Fire chief warns Bristol on water shortage and fire risks
Fire Chief Moses M. Moore cautions residents amid worsening water shortage. He halts new fire permits until rain reduces scarcity and urges careful fire building and removal of hazards to prevent large water losses. Bristol Water Co manager Willam Streit reinforces need to conserve water, noting fires could exhaust daily supply of 2.5 to 3 million gallons.
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Moses M. Moore
Moore
Bristol
Willam H. Streit
Bristol County Water Company
Bristol Private First Class Frank A Abate Silver Star Hero
Frank A Abate of Bristol Rhode Island, a Private First Class in the 37th Infantry Division, earned the Silver Star for rescuing a wounded comrade under heavy fire on Bougainville. Overseas nine months including New Caledonia and Guadalcanal, he also holds the Combat Infantryman Badge. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Abate of 45 Catherine Street.
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37Th
Southwest Pacific
Bougainville Island
Frank A Abate
Bristol
Rhode Island
Abate
New Caledonia
Guadalcanal
Andrew Abate
Catherine Street
Traditional Clambake For Portuguese Club Members
The Portuge uese Independent Club and Band announces a traditional clambake for members and invited guests to be held Sunday at Rego's Farm on Bay View Avenue. State and Town officials and presidents of local Portuguese American clubs have been invited. Caesar Menezes chairs the committee which includes Max F Barros as secretary Dennis P D Agostinho Manuel Amaral Manuel Fernandes Manuel Pacheco and Hipolito Pina.
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Rego’s
Bay View Avenue
Caesar Menezes
Max F Barros
Dennis P D’agostinho
Manuel Amaral
Manuel Fernandes
Manuel Pacheco
Hipolito Pina
Plans for Eighth Annual Bristol Police Ball
At a Bristol Police Beneficial Association meeting plans for the eighth annual ball were announced. A floor show by a professional troupe will run an hour at the Bristol Casino on September 22. Tickets are selling rapidly, aiming for about 400. Officer Joseph Teixeira chairs the ball committee. Irving Rosen's orchestra will provide the music.
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Bristol Police Beneficial Association
Bristol
Irving Rosen
Joseph Teixeira
McGann Injured After Hope Street Collision
George W. McGann of 718 Hope Street sustained a facial laceration and head injuries with shock when his pickup collided with a beer delivery truck driven by Thomas J. Cote of 314 Manton Avenue Providence. McGann received four stitches at Dr William L. Serbst office after the 6 45 P M crash.
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George W McGann
Hope Street
Thomas J Cote
Manton Avenue
Providence
McGann
Longfield
Knowlton
McGan
Officials Honor Probation Officer Nerone in Fifth District Court
U S Navy probation officer Augustine B Nerone received a farewell in Warren from Fifth District Court attaches. Judge O Donnell praised his service and Sheriff O Leary presented a monetary purse on behalf of the court. Nerone expressed hope to be reassigned after the war as William Laverty of Pawtucket steps in temporarily for the Fifth District.
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Augustine B. Nerone
U.S. Navy
Fifth District Court
Warren
Nerone
William T. O’donnell
James F. O’leary
Clambake to Close Bristol Yacht Club Season
The Bristol Yacht Club hosts a Monday noon clambake at the clubhouse with chowder fritters for members guests and Cole's River Yacht Club contestants Edward Traynor oversees baking racing between Herreshoff 12s and visitors arranged by Harleigh V Tingley Commodore R F Haffenreffer III presides. Evening dancing follows with flower arrangements by Mrs R F Haffenreffer III. Clubhouse closes next week.
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Bristol Yacht Club
Cole's River Yacht Club
Edward Traynor
Herreshoff
Harleigh
Tingley
R F Haffenreffer
R. F Haffenreffer
Catholic Girls Club to Aid Knights at September Carnival
The Catholic Girls Club volunteered to help the Knights of Columbus at their forthcoming carnival. A social committee for September was appointed at Tuesday’s meeting in K of C Hall with Peggy George as chair and members Anne Borges Anna George Rose Digat and Jenny Iasiello ex officio. A brief social and community singing followed the business portion.
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Catholic Girls’ Club
Knights of Columbus
K of C. Hall
Peggy George
Anne Borges
Anna George
Rose Digat
Jenny Iasiello
BTAA Formal Dance For Army Navy Marines Guests
The Bristol Train of Artillery Auxiliary will host a formal dance tomorrow in the BTA Hall with Army Navy and Marine guests. Lieutenants from two companies plan the affair and rifles loaned by the School Committee will be used for practice soon, announced by Capt Nelle Medeiros.
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Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Bristol Train of Artillery
BTA
Nelle Medeiros
Santulli Receives Master of Social Science Degree
Mary Leonora Santulli daughter of Mr and Mrs Nicholas Santulli of 328 High Street earned the Master of Social Science degree at Smith College School for Social Work on August 30 She is now a psychiatric social case worker She graduated Colt Memorial High School class of 1939 and earned an AB from Pembroke College in 1943
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Mary Leonora Santulli
Nicholas Santull
High Street
Smith College School For Social Work
Miss Santulli
Colt Memorial High School
Pembroke College
Herreshoff Mfg marks 20th anniversary with emblems
The Herreshoff Manufacturing Company observes its 20th anniversary under current management with seniority emblems for employees of 10 years or more. President R. F. Haffenreffer Sr. lauds workers and discusses Pacific theater contracts, postwar housing plans, and continued boat building. A ceremony at the Bristol yard honors longtime staff and lists the Quarter Century Club, Fifteeners, and Tener groups. Second Lt. Louis A. Durgin sails overseas again after a farewell at Fort Adams.
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Herreshoff Mfg
R. F. Haffenreffer
Herreshoff's
Herreshoff
Herreshoff Manufacturing Company
Bristol
Herreshoff Company
United States
Army
Navy
Quarter Century Club
Tom Ashton
John Barry
Otis Bailey
Tom Brightman
Manuel Cardoza
George Coggeshall
William Cooke
Charles Davis
Herman Gablinski
Walter Handy
Sidd
George Hibbert
Fred Hodgdon
Manuel King
Christie Lewis
Rocco Migliori
Fred Moore
Lafe Mott
Herbert Newman
Nappie Patenaude
Charlie Peterson
Harry Starkey
Harry Town
Charles Wall
Knute Berg, Sr
Charles Bickford
Everett P Church
William Darling
J H Garrity
Gene Girard
Harold Green Lee Hayes
R. F Haffenreffer
R F Haffenreffer, III
C W. Haffenreer
Walter Kilner
William Liscomb
Charles Martin
Joseph McDonough
Remembering Nazi Forced Labor in Duisberg steel plants
A Dutch survivor recalls a year in August Thyss e's Stahlwerke Duisburg where Dutch workers faced near slavery. He details 11 hour days, meager rations, deductions to Holland families, dangerous accidents, and wartime air raids. He notes postwar Dutch life under liquor ration rules and age limits for drinking.
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Holland
Duisberg
Germany
August Thysse
Labor Exchange
Amsterdam
Thysse
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Frank A. Abate
George W. McGann
Cary Grant
Janet Blair
Don Winslow
THE
Coast Guard
Dixie
David Bruce
Jerome Cowan
Anne Gwynne
Stephanie Bachelor
Richard Powers
Bette Davis
MR. Skeffington
Claude Rains
Walter Abel
Walt Disney Cartoon
USN
Yacht Club
BTAA
Mary L. Santulli
Bristol Cleansers
Hope ST
Mondkay
Herreshoff Mfg. CO. Marks
Pacific
Japan
Louis A. Durgin
U. S. Army Signal Corps
New York
Oversea
Arthur C. Durgin
Fort Adams
Newport
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