Ill-Advised Move Against Pupil Fare Sparks Outcry
An editorial denounces New England Transportation Company's decision to deny pupil fare tickets at peak hours. It argues the policy burden falls on students and parents, forces higher costs, and reduces access to higher education amid wartime. It notes colleges in the service area remain on current schedules and warns of longer-term harm to youth advancement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Transportation Company
Providence
Providence College
Bryant College
Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island College of Education
Brown University
Pembroke
Ois Sts
Bristol Notes Quietly Mix Local News And Milestones
Local notices report Claudia DeWolf leaving for Foxcroft School Virginia and Mrs Arthur Barrett recovering at home after operation. Newport couple celebrate seventh anniversary. Kearney Unit American Legion Auxiliary holds meeting. Bridge prize winners from Hope Circle D of I include White Wells Langello Tobin. Medford guest Walter Munroe visits Charles Peper. Remieres undergoes operation at Truesdale Hospital. Wayne Smith treated for appendicitis. Fourth anniversary mass for Elizabeth Riccio at Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Navy enlistments: Manuel Quintal joins service. Gladys Brightman attends Sargent College. Birth: Sharon Elizabeth DuPont. Harold DeWolf Jr stationed in Seattle. Engagement: Filomena Tamburro and Dennis Morris announced. Netonian Club meets Sept 23. Italian Socialites plan fall events. Ensign Edward Renfree guest of Virginia Brightman. Countryside Garden Club meets at James Connors home.
Donald E. Felix on furlough in Bristol for aviation training
Donald E. Felix 18 son of Mr and Mrs George Felix of 19 Usher Place Bristol is on furlough after completing Apprentice Seamanship training at Newport and has been selected for specialized instruction as Aviation Machinist's Mate at a Navy trade school He attended Colt Memorial High School and worked for Bristol Mfg Co before enlisting in the Naval Reserve for war service His Navy schooling will cover aircraft assembly service repair flight theory and seamanship for ground work. his role aligns with the civilian aviation mechanic trade.
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Donald FE Felix
George Felix
Usher Place
Newport
Naval Training Station
Felix
Colt Memorial High School
Bristol Mfe Co
Naval Reserve
Aviation
Boy Scout Troop Four Holds Roundup Tonight
Troop Four meets at 7 15 PM in Scout Hall to plan fall and winter programs and advancement. They will honor former members now serving in the U S armed forces and urge all current members to attend. The First Bristol Troop hosts its Fall Round Up next Monday at Scout Hall at 7 30 PM with roll call, contests, and plans for recruiting, hiking, camping, and fall activities.
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Troop
Scout Hal
United States
Bristol
Scout Hall
Wanted two linoleum mechanics for steady position
Classified brief seeking two experienced linoleum mechanics. Steady position offering 4500 dollars per week. Write to Bristol Phoenix, box .
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Bristol Phoenix
Engagement announced for Ann Dorothea to Corporal Manuel Souusa
Ann Dorothea Miro and Mirs Peter Nero announce the engagement of their daughter to Corporal Manuel Souusa Sean of Mro and Mrs Nicholas Sousa of 29 Brightman Street Fall River Massachusetts.
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Miro
Mirs Peter Nero
Wit Hope Avenue
Ann Dorthea
Manuel Souusa Sean
Mro
Nicholas Sousa
Brightman Street
Fall River
Mass
Bristol Soldier Praises Lexington Hospitality
A Bristol soldier writes from Fort Knox praising Lexington Kentucky for its generosity to service members. He notes Stop Over Station care a university visits and a dance hosted by locals, praising hosts Man O War Keene land Racetrack and local horse farms. He hopes Bristol readers see how well their troops are treated away from home and asks to print the letter.
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Bristol
Uncle Sam
Lexington
Kentucky
Phoenix
Navy
USO Club
Texington
Keeneland Racetrack
University of Kentucky
Transylvania University
Mary Todd Lincoln
Fort Knox
Theodore Landry
Benjamin Garner
Providence
Kentucks
Tristal
Hitler
Bristol Council Honors Brig. Gen Luke H Callan in 1942 Resolution
The Bristol Town Council adopts a unanimous resolution honoring Luke H Callan late Brigadier General and Bristol native. It lauds his rise from factory clerk to founder of a major New England engineering firm, his WWI service, charity, and devoted town leadership. The document records sympathy to his widow and children and directs a copy be inscribed in town records.
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Luke H. Callan
Bristol
Rhode Island
New England
Luke H Callan
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R. J
Roswell S. Bosworth
Bradford St. Comer
Thames
Alger
George R. McCarthy
LO. O. F
James F. Duffy
Easterbrooks
Wood Street
Perry’s Spa
Hope Street
P. F. Mahoney
Wm. J. Maisano
Guisti’s Spa
Bristol, R. I
ER. A. Skinner
Hope St
Bristol, R.1
Herbert G
Fale River
Claudia DeWolf
Harold DeWolf
High Street
Middleburg
Virginia
Foxcroft School
Arthur W. Barrett
Truesdale Hospital
Metacam Avenue
Jesse Perry
Silvia
Sylvia
Kearney
American Legion Auxiliary
Franklin Street
Hope Circle
D of I
Eliza White
Lena Wells
Pauline Langello
Mary Tobin
Walter¢Munroe
Medford, Mass
Charles J. Peper
Washington Street
Walter T. Remieres
Church Street
Wayne Smith
Elizabeth B. Riccio
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Manuel Quintal
Perry Plat
John Quintal
Gladys Brightman
Raymond S Brightman
Sargent College of Physical Education
Boston University
Edward George DuPont
Oliver Street
Sharon Elizabeth DuPont
Magdalen Wylie
This Town
Harold DeWolf, Jr
Seattle
Washington
War Department
Civilian Protection School
Filomena Tamburro
Vincent Tamburro
Cooke Street
Dennis Morris
Louis Morris
Swansea
Miss Tamburra
Netonian Club
Guiteras House
Emil Klein
S Barr
H B Burnham
Worner
Ensign Edward Renfree
Virginia Brightman
Ensign Renfree
Uo S Rubber Company
United States Naval Academy At
Annapolis
James Connors
Madeline Almeida
Charles Connery
Walter Kerr
Donald E. Felix
BOY Scout
French Coal Company
Tel. Williams
Ain Bristol
Vicdmus Evers
Avenes
Moore“Ottrell
Wasland Road
North Cohocton
New York
Joseph Servant
Mclellan’s
Hope Drug Co
Cottag
Bourn Street
Bradford
Samuel J. Steen
Tel
Red Cross
Paull House
Lexington, Ky
Yours
Thomas Olstead
Gadman Field
Fort Knox, Kentucky
Memoriam
the Best Made Dress CO
Warren
Best Made Dress CO
Warren, R.I
Ulysse Forget
M. D
RB L
True
Marcay
Laxativ
Salvador Nunes
Mt. Hope Ave
Tel. Br
Charles M. Connery
Burton ST
Industrial Trust Co
Lew
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