Red Cross forms Disaster Preparedness and Relief Committee
Rev. Anthony R. Parshley announces Bristol Red Cross committee to coordinate disaster relief. Edmund S. Rex of the American Legion named chairman with sub chairman posts for survey rescue medical aid shelter food clothing transportation and communication registration and information fundraising and public information and central purchase and supply. The panel aligns with Civilian Defense and Red Cross aims to alleviate suffering and support local government during emergencies.
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Red Cross
Anthony R. Parshley
Bristol
American Red Cross
Edmund S. Rex
Kearney
American Legion
Rex
A. A. Edmonds
Samuel A. Hall
C. Paul Bruno
Domenic Mascola
J. Floyd Huestis
Sebastian Bernard, Jr
John H. Tuplin
Joseph A. Almeida
Robert M. Nelson
Central Purchase
F. Reginald Dimond
National Organization of the American Red Cross
Conan Parshley
F H. LaGuardia
Norman FE. Davis
Bristol Evening High School Registers Students Next Week
Evening sessions begin Monday at the Andrews School while registration occurs Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at Colt Memorial High School. Principal Miss Annie D Sisson announces a three year commercial course with diploma plus English Typewriting Shorthand Bookkeeping Americanization Office Machines Commercial Law Woodworking Foods and Clothing.
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Annie D. Sisson
Bristol Evening High School
Colt Memorial High School
Andrews
Seven More Stores Join Stamp Sales Network in Bristol
Bristol County officials announce that seven additional Bristol stores now offer Defense Savings Stamps. County director Albert Jamiel says Bristol is the first Rhode Island county to register retailers selling stamps. Other participating shops include Frank Perry Pure Food White Front Market Philips Dry Goods Union Commercial Bucclo Market and Pozzi Pharmacy.
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Bristol
Albert Jamiel
Jamiel
Bristol County
Rhode Island
Frank Perry
Pure Food
White Front Market
Philips Dry Goods
Union Commercial Co
Bucclo's Market
Pozzi Pharmacy
Richardson deRocha Wedding Tomorrow at St Michael's Church
Tomorrow afternoon at four o'clock St Michael's Church will host the wedding of Miss Uzelle Ward deRocha, daughter of Mr and Mrs Vergimo J deRocha, of this town, and Frank Sturges Richardson, son of Mr and Mrs Harry W Richardson, of Rumford. Canon Anthony R Parshley will officiate.
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St Michael's Church
Uzelle Wardwell deRocha
Vergimo J. deRocha
Frank Sturges Richardson
Harry W. Richardson
Rumford
Anthony R. Parshley
National Defense Work Keeps Three Bristol Plants Busy
Bristol plants push defense orders with over 700 workers. Bristol Manufacturing holds 400 on government work and domestic orders, including 30 000 boot pairs for the Aviation Corps due by year’s start. Hershsoff Manufacturing employs 200 for minesweepers while United States Rubber Company gears up for assault military wire production with a $3 143 000 government order and $700 000 plant upgrades.
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Bristol
Maurice C Smith, Jr
Bristol Manufacturing Company
Aviation Corps
U. S Navy
Herreshoff Manufacturing Company
US Signal Corps
United States Rubber Company
Wesley Armstrong
Defense Plant Corporation
Army
US Rubber Company
Armstrong
Army Signal Corps
Harvest Supper and Food Sale Held by Local Lodges
September 27 marked a food sale by Mount Hope Chapter 230 at Hopkins Electric Store on Hope Street. October 2 hosts a Harvest Supper by Reba Rebekah Lodge.
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Mount Hope
No. 230 . S
Hopkins Electric Store
Hope Street
Reba Rebekah Lodge
Bristol community forms tree planting campaign leadership
Judge Benjamin F. Lindemuth heads a Bristol campaign to raise funds for replacing trees lost in a hurricane. The general committee includes officers and Bristol residents, with support from Garden Club presidents and local groups. A future meeting will organize efforts with state road officials.
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General Committee
William W. Perry
Benjamin F. Lindemuth
Charles M. Connery
Countryside Garden Club
William Perry
Bristol Garden Club
W. J. deRocha
Bristol Rotary Club
William H. Angevine
Ralph Kinder
Bristol
Harry D.W. Allen
Joseph A. Almeida
Sebastian Bernard, Jr
R. S. Bosworth
Ernest G. Brown
Charles B. Burns
Lucien Capone
Elizabeth D. Church
Russell G Colt
Fred M. Dixon, Jr
Albert H. Flint, Jr
Stanley E. Friswell
Mason Gross
Carl W. Haffenreffer
R . Haffenreffer
Sidney Herreshoff
Earl H Hobson
Wallis E Howe
Pauline Jencks
Joseph C Kinder
B. F. Lindemuth
George Lyon
Frederick V. Martin
Salvador Nunes
J. Howard Paull
William W Perry
Pasquale Pagnano
Vasta Lar. Ruggiero
Charles B Rockwell
William I. Serbst
James E. Sullivan
J . Tupin
W. Frederick Williams
Charlotte A. Young
State Department of Public Roads
Lindemuth
Joseph Chinder
Elizabeth Diman Church
Roswell S. Bosworth
Bristol Casino to resume management by Fall River businessman
Bristol's Bristol Casino may revert to Manuel Andrade of Fall River, with Steve Christie of New York returning as business manager. The owner is Roland Martelly, Bristol, while current manager Nathan Gross, Taunton, faces a Sunday dancing ban under state law enforced by Bristol officials.
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Bristol Casino
Fall River
Bristol
Hay
Manuel Fef
Mack) Andrade
Steve” Christie
New York
Andrade
Roland Martelly
Nathan Gross
Taunton
J Floyd Huestis
Anthony J. Ferrara
Huestis
Gross
Mr. Andrade
Father And Son Night Held By Scout Troop Five
Troop Five hosted a Father and Son night during its Wednesday meeting. The Eagle Fox and Question Mark patrols demonstrated signaling first aid and knot tying. Fathers then enjoyed a small social as scouts played games and doughnuts with cider served to close.
Air Raid Observers to Face Monday Testing Session
Bristol Warren Barrington and Narragansett Bay observers will take a Monday night examination at the Kearney Post Home under Frederick R Hazard in charge of aircraft identification. Third class ratings will be awarded to those who pass after a lecture and a slide show. Bertram W Wall invites residents to join the air raid warning service committee and sign up for tests with chief observer George R Fish. Battery K 243rd Coast Artillery officers and Warren Barrington air raid committees will attend.
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Bristol
Warren and
Barrington
Army
Narragansett Bay Area
Kearney
American Legion
Franklin Street
Frederick R. ‘Fritz’ Hazard
State Department
State Council of Defense
Hazard
Bertram W. Wall
George R. Fish
Warren
243Rd Coast Artillery
Ivy Guild Group Sells Bridge and Food at Parish Hall
The Ivy Guild of St. Michael's Church sponsored a bridge and food sale in Parish Hall on Hope Street. Winners at bridge included Mrs. Sebastian Bernard Jr and many others. door prize went to Mrs. Mervyn Clay.
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Ivy Guild
St. Michael’s Church
Parish Hall
Hope Street
Bridge
Sebastian Bernard, Jr
Samuel C. Wardwell
John W. Church
Mervin Reece
John L. Burke
J. William Sutcliffe
Louis Gallo
J. Lester Peat
Charles Cole
Harriet McKay
J. Winston Fetherston
Glen E. Smith
Charles O. F. Thompson
J. Floyd Huestis
Frank A. Rounds
Dorothy Holt
Catherine Levere
Mervyn Clay
Coincidence links Bristol families to two college roommates
A Rhode Island Rhode Island connection appears in a strange chain of family ties. Two girls, Helen Birtwell of Bristol and Lewise Pick, became roommates at Limestone College in Gaffney South Carolina after discovering their Bristol roots. The Pick family in Tuckahoe New York and the Birtwell family in Asbury Park New Jersey learn their daughters shared a Bristol background and the same room.
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Limestone College
South Carolina
Gaffney
Helen Birtwell
Lewise Pick
Pick
Tuckahoe
Birtwells
Asbury Park
N. J
the Phoenix
Margaret Birtwell
J. Howard Paull
Bristol
Lewise
Helen
Margaret
Mrs. Pick
Rego Enters Providence College as Freshman
Alfred R. Rego enters Providence College as part of the class of 300 freshmen. The Colt High School graduate, son of Mrs Manuel Rego of 180 Bay View Avenue, pursues a Bachelor of Science degree this week.
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Bristol
Providence College
Alfred R. Rego
Manuel Rego
Bay View Avenue
Colt High School
Rego
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