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Amusements | The Call to Action | Celebrating the End | Charitable Organizations | Civil Defense | Dining and Drinking | Education | Ethnic Worcester| Fraternal Organizations | Local Businesses | Military Organizations | Patriotic Displays | Rationing |Religious Life | War News | Worcester Geography | Work Life | Miscellaneous

Amusements

Crompton Park

• Theresa Courtney #2: 1

Johnny Hynes's Ballroom

• Marie Riley: 1, 2

Movies

• Sarah Avedisian: 1
• Theresa Courtney #1: 1
• Evelyn Dunton: 1
• Winnifred Margaret Fournier: 1
• William Gibbons, Sr.: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
• Alice Johnson: 1
• Bess Kaffeman: 1
• Father Peter Scanlon: 1, 2
• Gloria Smith Scricco: 1
• Father Solon Tsandikos: 1
• Pauline Woolson: 1
  
  Old Providence Club
  
  
• Anonymous: 1
  
  Rialto Theatre

• Theresa Courtney #2: 1, 2
• Marie Riley: 1, 2
  
  White City
  
  
• Theresa Courtney #2: 1, 2
• Evelyn Dunton: 1, 2
• Gloria Smith Scricco: 1
  
  The Call to Action: At Home and Abroad
  
  The Draft
  
  
• Sarah Avedisian: 1
• Orlando Columbo: 1, 2
• Dorothy Cronin: 1, 2
• Ruth Fugere-Downs: 1, 2
• Patrick Lucci: 1
• Father Peter Scanlon: 1, 2
• Edwin Smith: 1, 2, 3
  
  Enlisting
  
  
• Orlando Columbo: 1, 2
• Charles Estaphan: 1
• Edwin Smith: 1
  

  War Bonds

• Cecile Dickinson: 1
• Father Peter Scanlon: 1
  
  Celebrating the End
  
  Bonfire
  
  
• Alice Johnson: 1
  
  Parades
  
  
• Cecile Dickinson: 1
• Charles Goddard: 1, 2
• Alice Johnson: 1
• Father Peter Scanlon: 1
  
  Charitable Organizations
  
  Red Cross
  
  
• Orlando Columbo: 1
• Evelyn Dunton: 1
• Ruth Fugere-Downs: 1
• Angelina Ramm: 1, 2
• Father Peter Scanlon: 1, 2
• Gloria Smith Scricco: 1
  
  Salvation Army
  
  
• Evelyn Dunton: 1
• Alice Johnson: 1, 2
• Father Peter Scanlon: 1
  
  Civil Defense
  
  Blackouts
  
  
• Ima Anderson: 1
• Orlando Columbo: 1
• Ruth Fugere-Downs: 1
• Father Peter Scanlon: 1
• Pauline Woolson: 1
  
  Air Raid Drills
  
  
• Ima Anderson: 1, 2
• Orlando Columbo: 1
• Dorothy Cronin: 1
• Ruth Fugere-Downs: 1
• Hilda Sechs: 1
  

  Dining and Drinking
  

The Blue Goose

• Theresa Courtney #1: 1
• Theresa Courtney #2: 1
  
  Coney Island
  
  
• Theresa Courtney #1: 1
• Theresa Courtney #2: 1
• Evelyn Dunton: 1, 2, 3
• Winnifred M. Fournier: 1
• Father Solon Tsandikos: 1, 2, 3
  
  Education
  
  Clark University
  
  
• Cecile Dickinson: 1
• Bess Kaffeman: 1
• Beatrice Lampey: 1
• Edwin Smith: 1
  

Holy Cross

• Anonymous: 1
• Ima Anderson: 1
• Theresa Courtney #2: 1
• Evelyn Dunton: 1
• Hilda: 1
• Beatrice Lamprey: 1, 2, 3, 4
• Father Peter Scanlon: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
• Edwin Smith: 1
  
  Worcester Boys Trade School
  
  
• Orlando Columbo: 1
  

Ethnic Worcester

Ethnic Rivalry

• Ima Anderson: 1
• Orlando Columbo: 1
• Angelina Ramm: 1
• Edwin Smith: 1
  
  The French
  
  
• Edwin Smith: 1
  
  The Irish
  
  
• Ima Anderson: 1
• Orlando Columbo: 1, 2
• Theresa Courtney #1: 1
• Father Peter Scanlon: 1
• Edwin Smith: 1, 2, 3
  
  The Italians
  
  
• Ima Anderson: 1
• Millie A. Arbour: 1, 2
• Orlando Columbo: 1, 2, 3
• Theresa Courtney #1: 1
• Ruth Fugere-Downs: 1
• Charles Goddard: 1
• Bess Kaffeman: 1
• Patrick Lucci: 1
• Angelina Ramm: 1, 2, 3
• Edwin Smith: 1, 2
  
  The Swedes
  
  
• Ima Anderson: 1
• Millie A. Arbour: 1
  
  Fraternal Organizations
  
  Ionic Avenue Boys Club
  
• Evelyn Dunton: 1

  Local Businesses
  

  Hood's Ice Cream
  
  
• Anonymous: 1
  
  Victoria Dairy
  
  
• Ima Anderson: 1, 2

Military Organizations

USO

• Bess Kaffeman: 1, 2
• Marie Riley: 1
• Father Peter Scanlon: 1
• Gloria Smith Scricco: 1
  
  Patriotic Displays
  
  Flags
  
  
• Father Peter Scanlon: 1, 2
  
  Posters
  
  
• Bess Kaffeman: 1
• Marie Riley: 1
  
  Rosie the Riveter
  
  
• Ima Anderson: 1
• Theresa Courtney #1: 1
• Father Peter Scanlon: 1
  
  Victory Gardens
  
  
• Bess Kaffeman: 1
• Father Peter Scanlon: 1

Rationing

Butter

• Ima Anderson: 1
• Anonymous: 1, 2
• Sarah Avedesian: 1
• Orlando Columbo: 1
• Dorothy Cronin: 1
• Alice Johnson: 1, 2
• Beatrice Lampey: 1, 2
• Father Peter Scanlon: 1, 2
• Pauline Woolson: 1
  
  Gas Rationing
  
  
• Anonymous: 1
• Charles Goddard: 1, 2
• Alice Johnson: 1, 2, 3
• Margaret Lucci: 1
• Father Peter Scanlon: 1, 2
• Gloria Smith Scricco: 1
  
  Rationing (general)
  
  
• Ima Anderson: 1
• Anonymous: 1, 2
• Mildred A. Arbour: 1
• Sarah Avedesian: 1
• Orlando Columbo: 1
• Dorothy Cronin: 1
• Cecile Dickinson: 1, 2
• Ruth Fugere-Downs: 1
• William Gibbons, Sr.: 1
• Charles Goddard: 1
• Alice Johnson: 1
• Bess Kaffeman: 1, 2
• Margaret Lucci: 1, 2
• Patrick Lucci: 1
• Marie Riley: 1
• Father Peter Scanlon: 1, 2
• Gloria Smith Scricco: 1
• Edwin Smith: 1
• Pauline Woolson: 1
  
  Ration [stamp] books
  
  
• Sarah Avedesian: 1
• Dorothy Cronin: 1
• Cecile Dickinson: 1
• Ruth Fugere-Downs: 1
• Charles Goddard: 1
• Alice Johnson: 1, 2, 3
• Bess Kaffeman: 1
• Margaret Lucci: 1
• Patrick Lucci: 1
• Marie Riley: 1
• Father Peter Scanlon: 1
• Pauline Woolson: 1, 2
  
  Religious Life
  
  Church-going
  
  
• Ima Anderson: 1
• Anonymous: 1
• Sarah Avedisian: 1, 2
• Dorothy Cronin: 1
• Theresa Courney #2: 1, 2
• Cecile Dickinson: 1
• Alice Johnson: 1
• Angelina Ramm: 1
• Marie Riley: 1
• Father Peter Scanlon: 1, 2
  
  Covenant Church
  
  
• Ima Anderson: 1
  
  Our Lady of the Rosary Church
  
  
• Anonymous: 1
  
  Parish Activities
  
  
• Ima Anderson: 1
• Mildred A. Arbour: 1
• Sarah Avedisian: 1
• Theresa Courtney #2: 1
• Cecile Dickinson: 1, 2
• Alice Johnson: 1, 2
  
  St. Casmir's
  
  
• Alice Johnson: 1
  
  Saint Steven's
  
  
• Father Peter Scanlon: 1
• Edwin Smith: 1
  
  St. Vernon's
  
  
• Marie Riley: 1
  
  War News
  
  Concentration Camps
  
  
• Cecile Dickinson: 1
• Hilda: 1, 2, 3
• Hilda Sechs: 1
  
  FDR
  
  
• Ima Anderson: 1, 2, 3
• Anonymous: 1
• Cecile Dickinson: 1, 2
• Charles Estaphan: 1
• Winnifred M. Fournier: 1, 2
• Charles Goddard: 1, 2
• Alice Johnson: 1, 2
• Bess Kaffeman: 1
• Beatrice Lamprey: 1
• Patrick Lucci: 1, 2, 3, 4
• Father Peter Scanlon: 1, 2, 3
• Gloria Smith Scricco: 1, 2
• Edwin Smith: 1, 2, 3
  
  The German forces
  
  
• Anonymous: 1
• Cecile Dickinson: 1
• Bess Kaffeman: 1, 2
  
  Internment Camps
  
  
• Dorothy Cronin: 1
• Cecile Dickinson: 1
• Bess Kaffeman: 1
• Hilda Sechs: 1
  
  The Japanese forces
  
  
• Anonymous: 1
• Cecile Dickinson: 1
• William Gibbons, Sr: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
• Bess Kaffeman: 1, 2
• Beatrice Lamprey: 1
• Angelina Ramm: 1, 2
  
  Letter Writing
  
  
• Cecile Dickinson: 1, 2
• Charles Estaphan: 1
• Ruth Fugere-Downs: 1
• Bess Kaffeman: 1, 2
• Gloria Smith Scricco: 1
  
  Newspaper
  
  
• Anonymous: 1
• Sarah Avedisian: 1
• Orlando Columbo: 1
• Cecile Dickinson: 1, 2, 3
• Edwin Smith: 1
  
  Newsreels
  
  
• William Gibbons, Sr.: 1
• Father Peter Scanlon: 1, 2
  
  Pearl Harbor
  
  
• Ima Anderson: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
• Anonymous: 1
• Mildred A. Arbour: 1
• Orlando Columbo: 1, 2
• Dorothy Cronin: 1
• Cecile Dickinson: 1, 2
• Charles Estaphan: 1
• Winnifred M. Fournier: 1
• Ruth Fugere-Downs: 1
• William Gibbons, Sr.: 1, 2
• Charles Goddard: 1, 2
• Hilda: 1
• Alice Johnson: 1
• Bess Kaffeman: 1, 2, 3, 4
• Beatrice Lampey: 1
• Angelina Ramm: 1, 2
• Gloria Smith Scricco: 1
• Hilda Sechs: 1, 2
• Edwin Smith: 1
• Pauline Woolson: 1
  
  Radio
  
  
• Ima Anderson: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
• Theresa Courtney #2: 1, 2
• Cecile Dickinson: 1
• William Gibbons, Sr.: 1, 2
• Alice Johnson: 1
• Father Peter Scanlon: 1, 2, 3
  

Worcester Geography: Streets and Landmarks

Blackstone River

• Theresa Courtney #2: 1
  
  Cambridge Street
  
  
• Evelyn Dunton: 1
  
  College Hill
  
  
• Evelyn Dunton: 1
  
  Grafton Hill
  
  
• Edwin Smith: 1
  
  Greenwood Street
  
  
• Ima Anderson: 1
  
  Lincoln Square
  
  
• Evelyn Dunton: 1
  
  Millbury Street
  
  
• Theresa Courtney #1: 1
• Theresa Courtney #2: 1
• Evelyn Dunton: 1
• Ruth Fugere-Downs: 1
• Marie Riley: 1, 2
• Father Peter Scanlon: 1
  
  Shrewsbury Street
  
  
• Orlando Columbo: 1
• Theresa Courtney #1: 1, 2, 3, 4
• Patrick Lucci: 1
• Angelina Ramm: 1, 2
  
  Southbridge Street
  
  
• Anonymous: 1
• Theresa Courtney #2: 1, 2
• Evelyn Dunton: 1
  
  Vernon Hill
  
  
• Alice Johnson: 1
• Father Peter Scanlon: 1, 2, 3, 4
  

  Work Life
  

  American Steel and Wire
  
  
• Ima Anderson: 1
• Evelyn Dunton: 1, 2
• Father Peter Scanlon: 1
  
  Crompton Noles
  
  
• Sarah Avedisian: 1
  
  Deferments
  
  
• Charles Goddard: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
• Patrick Lucci: 1
• Edwin Smith: 1
  
  New England Manufacturing Company
  
  
• Alice Johnson: 1
  
  Norton Company
  
  
• Anonymous: 1, 2, 3
• Cecile Dickinson: 1, 2
• Charles Goddard: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
  
  Whitall Carpet Mill
  
  
• Therea Courtney #1: 1
• Theresa Courtney #2: 1
• Evelyn Dunton: 1, 2
• Father Solon Tsandikos: 1
  
  Miscellaneous
  
  G. I. Bill
  
  
• Father Peter Scanlon: 1
  
  
  St. Vincent's Hospital
  
  
• Marie Riley: 1, 2
• Father Peter Scanlon: 1
• Pauline Woolson: 1
  
  Trolley
  
  
• Theresa Courtney #2: 1
• Winnifred M. Fournier: 1
• Bess Kaffeman: 1
• Margaret Lucci: 1
• Hilda Sechs: 1
• Father Peter Scanlon: 1, 2