Bristol Red Cross Women Boost First Aid and Sewing Drives
Bristol Branch of the American Red Cross mobilizes 150 women in first aid classes, sewing and knitting for overseas aid, and motor corps work. Weekly sessions run through winter with examinations for certificates, led by Dr. C Paul Bruno and Mrs. Myra B. Whitman.
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Bristol
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Clara Diman
Motor Corps
C Paul Bruno
Myra B. Whitman
Norton Minderstein
Albert H Flint, Jr
Henry Street
Myra B Whitman
Mary Sousa
Manuel Almeida
Harleigh Tingley
John H. Tucker, Jr
Frederick A Sutcliffe
Peggy Connors
Walter Briggs
Peter Mousseau
Wesley Armstrong
R .S. Bosworth
Stewart F Campbell
Sidney Herreshoff
Samuel A Hall
William H Angevine
Quitetta Marshall
Rosemarie Foster
William Pinch
Wm. H. Angevine
Holmes House
Providence
Washington
Franklin Street
Atlantic Refining Company
Albert H. Flint, Jr
Frederick A. Sutcliffe
R. S. Bosworth
Bristol Hosts Thank You Night For English Hostel Gift
A Bristol Rhode Island radio broadcast thanked Bristol England for gifting a hostel. The program noted Mr Scudder who spoke in Bristol and who received the final installment of 5000 dollars to deliver to Bristol England’s mayor. The Thank You Night also featured the Bahamas and was heard by Robert W. Nelson.
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England
Bristol
Rhode Island
Scudder
London
Bahamas
Robert W. Nelson
Silver Jubilee Ball At Bristol Casino Tuesday
In view of many tickets sold a large crowd is expected at the Silver Jubilee ball for Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church to be held Tuesday evening at the Bristol Casino. Miss Mary A. Santo chairs the committee with helpers including Mary Turillo Emily Bernardo Nancy Vitiello Josephine Calvino Madeleine Cristiano Anna Squatrito and others. Police Chief Anthony Ferrara and several local officials also serve on the committee.
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Bristol
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Mary A. Santo
Mary Turillo
Emily Bernardo
Nancy Vitiello
Josephine Calvino
Madeleine Cristiano
Anna Squatrito
Mary Palumbo
Emily Monte
Mary de Felice
Anna Romano
Anthony Ferrara
James J Velleca
Benjamin Mansi
James Salzano
D V I Capone
Joseph F Pannone
Anthony DaPonte
Carl Bisbano
Plans Made For Holding Americanization Classes
WPA Administrator Orlando Jrisban announced twice weekly Americanization classes for those registered as aliens at the Post Office. Sessions are at Reynolds School Mondays and Wednesdays 7 to 9 pm and Tuesdays and Thursdays 1 to 3 pm. Register at the school. naturalization steps will be covered by teachers Miss Amy Hantey Miss Gordon and Mr Spector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Orlando Jrisban
Reynolds School
Bisbane
Amy Hantey
Gordon
Spector
Bristol Boy Scout Bugle Corps Competes in Rhode Island Field Day
The Bristol Boy Scout Bugle and Drum Corps enters the Rhode Island Fife Drum and Bugle Corps Association Field Day in Providence Sunday. The parade departs Market Square at noon for Dexter Training Grounds where state championships are held. Bristol defends last year’s title amid 50 to 70 New England corps expected.
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Bristol
Bristol Boy Scout Bugle and
Providence
Rhode Island Fife, Drum, and Bugle Corps Association
Market Square
Dexter Training Grounds
New England
Thomas Foley
John Freitas
Frank
Manuel Sousa
Norman Rene
Bristol Scouts
Scout Hall
Springfield Mass
Rotary Scholarship Awarded to Attilio A Topazio
The $100 Rotary Scholarship was given to Attilio A Topazio after a Rotary Club meeting. Topazio, Bristol High School athlete and student leader, enrolled at Rhode Island State College and earned the Rennselaer Polytechnic Medal for excellence in science and mathematics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Attilio A. Topazio
Rotary Club
Topazio
Bristol High School
Rhode Island State College
The
Green
Taft School Club to Mark 100th Anniversary Event
Taft School Club in October will host Fathers Night and commemorate the school's 100th anniversary. Mrs. Calbraith B. Perry, president, said plans were made yesterday for a noted speaker and a special musical program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft School Club
Taft School
Calbraith B. Perry
Texans Win First Playoff Game In Bristol Softball League
The Texans of Collins and Aikman defeated the Officers of the U S Rubber 10 to 6 at Bears Stadium Wednesday evening. Tom Brown starred on defense while Baker Pertry and John Church showcased base running. Umpires were John Joseph and James Duffy Jr. The second game is set for tonight at 6 at the same venue.
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Collins and
Aikman
U. S
Bristol
Bears Stadium
Tom Brown
Baker Pertry
John Church
John Joseph
Twenty seven Colt Memorial graduates seek higher education
Twenty seven of Colt Memorial High School Class of 1941 plan or have begun attending higher education. Rhode Island State College and Rhode Island College of Education lead with five graduates each, nine enter commercial schools, and one each will attend Pembroke Bates Providence College Randle's School Doane College. One boy joins a monastery and one girl trains as a nurse in February.
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Colt Memorial High School
Rhode Island State College
Rhode Island College of Education
Pembroke and
Bates
Providence College
Randle’s School
Washington, D. C
Doane College of
Nebraska
R. S. State
Cazemiro M. Antonio
Frank P. Catallano
Alfred H. Ferreira
Elsie J. Medeiros
Attilio A. Topazio
R. S. College of Education
Marcia B. Gifford
Josephine M. Kerr
Shirley Levy
Mary D Paniello
Louise A. Ruggiero
Pem
Broke College
Nancy D. Bosworth
Evelyn E. Brito
Bates College
Leonard Marino
Alfred R. Rego
Randle’s
Mariano J. Bucolo
Doane College
Alexander
Fales Charles A Coggeshall
Mary K Burns
Clarence F Bowron
Collins and Aikman Corporation
Raymond M. DeLeo
Michael A Maturi
Warren
Norman H. Rene
Bristol’s Snackers Form Junior Club Clambake At Swansea
The Junior Snack Club in Bristol plans their first annual clambake Sunday at Urban's Grove in Swansea. Officers include Mrs Gladys Urban president and Miss Bernadette Cote secretary with Walter Urban bakemaster. Senior Snackers led by Chief of Police Anthony Ferrara will attend to lend support along with local residents.
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Bristol
Urban’s Grove
Swansea
Gladys Urban
Bernadette Cote
Warren
Daniel Rhee
Frank Messinger
Worcester
Jen Borden
Walter Urban
Anthony J. Ferrara
Frederick A Sutcliffe
Albert Green J. H. Davidson
Harold W. Gifford
Housewarming At New Eagles Home Sept 22
Bristol Aerie No 953 of F O E prepares for a housewarming at Lincoln Hall Usher Avenue Monday September 22 The Eagles occupy 419 Wood Street with committee chair Francis P Cuomo and members Anthony J Nunes Manuel Perry Louis Romano Jose F Pannone and Joseph F Medeiros ex officio The current officers include Worthy President Joseph F Medeiros and other officers with Francis P Cuomo as Past Worthy President
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Bristol Aerue
Lincoln Hall
Usher Avenue
Recordacces da Patria Club
Eagles
Wood Street
Francis P. Cuomo
Anthony J. Nunes
Manuel Perry
Louis Romano
Joséph F Pannone
Joseph F Med
Site East of DeWolf Avenue Favored for Recreation
State Planning Board staff engineer S G Tinkham assessed the DeWolf avenue site offered by R F Haffenreffer for town recreation. He noted strong potential for winter sports and summer playground use. Present were A A Edmonds planning chair, Mrs Sidney Herreshoff recreation chair, Orlando J Bisbane and Wesley Armstrong recreation board members.
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A. A Edmonds
DeWolf Avenue
R F. Haffenreffer
S. G Tinkham
State Planning Board
Tinkham
Mr. Edmonds
Sidney Herreshoff
Board of Recreation
Orlando J. Bisbane
Wesley Armstrong
Ivy Guild Plans Fall Activities and October Harvest Supper
Ivy Guild outlines October Harvest Supper with Mrs. Charles L. Davis chairing the committee and assistants named. A September 25 bridge and food sale is planned with Mrs. Anthony Russo leading the bridge group and several members listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Davis
Ivy Guild
Davis
Earl H. Hobson
Austin Waite
Freda Schafft
Chester C. Myers
Harold Manchester
Guild
Anthony Russo
Stannard B. Sylvia
Warren L. Huston
Mervyn Clay
Riley Lamson
Leonard P. Sanford
James St. Angelo
Irene Gallo
William Darling
St Marys Alumni Dance Planned for October 24
Plans for an old fashioned barn dance were approved at a St Marys School Alumni meeting in the parish hall. John McCarthy was chosen chairman of the committee to arrange the event slated for October 24 with members Marjorie McHugh Donalda Saucier Ruth Tattrie Antoniette Rucci Paul Connery Raymond Sartini Arthur Sampson Gene Ferreira and Joseph Gallagher. A winter activities program will be organized by Arthur Sampson as chairman with Lillian Dunbar Marjorie McHugh and Gene Ferreira on the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's School
John McCarthy
Marjorie McHugh
Donalda Saucier
Ruth Tattrie
Antoinette Rucci
Paul Connery
Raymond Sartini
Arthur Sampson
Gene Ferreira
Joseph Gallagher
Lillian Dunbar
Haystack Fire Destroys Pile at Mt Hope Farms
Firefighters respond to a general alarm at Mt Hope Farms Metacom Avenue as a large haystack is destroyed yesterday afternoon. Four companies battled the blaze to prevent spread and assess damage.
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Mt. Hope
Farms
Metacom Avenue
Bristol fur coats tale and sailor shell painter tale
A column recalls a Bristol woman given six fur coats to send to England who ends up with fifteen from the same furrier. It also shares a bricklayer joke from Thames Street and a sailor’s wife gullibility anecdote, then profiles Alec Templeton’s view on blindness and memory and notes a national aluminum drive yielding 2,800 fighter planes and a scrap iron drive proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
England
Providence
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Oscar Levant
Virginia
Dale
Barbara Allen
Raymond Washburn
Connie Boswell
Rochester
Pete Smith
White Eagle
Binnie Barnes
Gilbert Roland
Billy Gilbert
Sidney Blackmer
Lois Ranson
Edward Norris
Ralph Bellamy
Margaret Lindsay
Lowell Thomas
Ree
Henry Fonda
Joan Bennett
Carole Landis
Cesar Romero
William Ainere
June ‘Atorey
J. E Réward
Bromberg
Menamee
Waspaper-News
Boy Scout Corps
Rotary
Attilio Topazio
Texans
R. I. State
Collins & Aikman
New Eagles
DeWolf
St. Mary’s
Stere
Bob McKay
Thames Street
Collins and Aikman
Alec Templeton
Beethoven
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