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Newspaper
Bristol Phoenix
Location
Bristol, Rhode Island, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1942
Page
2
The editor defends free war bond ads as a swap for liberty and courage. He argues these messages defend freedom of religion expression fear-free thought and a nation free from Nazi racism and aggression while keeping ships sailing and planes flying for victory.
Miss Drusalina Orefice daughter of Mr and Mrs Roger Orefice wed Joseph Cortellessa son of Mrs Marietta Cortellessa in a double ring ceremony at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. Attendants included sister Concetta Orefice maid of honor and cousin Anthony Del Pozzo best man. The couple will reside at 128 Maple Avenue Barrington after a wedding trip to Washington, D C. The bride, a Colt Memorial High School graduate class of 1940, wore ivory satin with lace and a tulle veil. music and flowers accompanied the ceremony.
The Portuguese Independent Club and Band held its 19th annual clambake and outing at Rego's Farm Bay View Avenue on Sunday. Guests included Town Councilman John P Marshall School Committeemen John Andrade and John Cordeiro Polo Chief Anthony I Ferrara and State Representatives Ralph T Church and Henry Alfred. The single men beat the married men 17 to something. rosters listed players like Joseph Cordeiro John Castro Joseph Sylvia Anthony Williams John Camara Joseph Correjro Jr Anthony Pacheco and Joseph Quintal on the winning side with the married group featuring Gil Estrella Eugene Cabral Anthony Andrade and several others.
The Bristol area reports a range of community items including the town council meeting at Burriside Memorial Building, Altar Society postponement, navy enlistments, Harvest Ball plans for September 26 at Hotel Warren, and a Donfield Maine posting. Births announced at Camp Blanding Florida and Truesdale Hospital Fall River. Yacht Club dance at the clubhouse and YMCA girls committee hosting a soldiers dance. Minute Men flags for War Savings Bonds and Garden Club arrangements from Victory Gardens.
The fifth Collins and Aikman outing will be held Saturday at the Rockwell estate in Point Pleasant. Plants H and I will gather at 9 am for a service flag ceremony, then a 10 am caravan to Poppasquash for a day of sports, chowder, and turkey dinner. Over 100 employees in service will be honored.
The Bristol Order of Buffaloes held a wartime reunion in Bristol with 100 members and guests at Excelsior Tennis Club. William W. Perr s 79 played doubles tennis and joined in the Virginia Reel under moonlight with Japanese lanterns. In attendance were Arch ie McLean Hawks and long time members Dan iel W Knowlton Sr Winthrop De Wolf Mollie Hamill Miss Margaret Birtwell and others from Bristol Washington DC New York and Asbury Park New Jersey.
Wartime bulletins discuss reduced service deliveries and loyalty to voluntary war bonds under Morgenthau. Women workers rise in California plant output by 63 percent, aircraft production up 80 percent, and egg drying surges from 10 to over 200 million pounds annually. Cocoa shortages persist, margarine use rises, and WPB prolongs hairpin production. Leather may be rationed, and new petroleum soaps replace coconut oils as paints face shortages with slower dry times but maintained supply.
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