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WEAN
RHODE ISLAND'S FIRST STATION
CROWN HOTEL - PROVIDENCE
PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1954)
G
98
RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS
Radio and Television Station
WJAR
OWNED AND OPERATED BY
The Outlet Company RHODE ISLAND'S LARGEST DEPARTMENT STORE EL mhurst 1-3800
PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND WPRO
BASIC Columbia Broadcasting System
CHERRY & WEBB BROADCASTING CO. 630 KC - 5000 WATTS FULL TIME - AM & FM
WPRO BUILDING
24 MASON STREET
Telephone Plantations 1-9776
(1954) R. L. POLK & CO.'S
99
REAL ESTATE
SINCE JULY 1, 1904
Gamwell & Ingraham INC.
REALTORS
OF
ARE ACTIVE MEMBERS OF CONSTITUENT DOARDS AL ESTATE
Complete REAL ESTATE SERVICE
City and Suburban Homes . Industrial Locations
Property Management . Appraisals
CITY . STATE . NATION . WORLD WIDE
MEMBER OF THE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AGENTS
INSURANCE PROTECTION
For Life and Property on Land - on Water - in the Air
Engineering · Inspection · Claim Service
Fidelity and Surety Bonds
1612 Industrial Bank Bldg. GAspee 1-4263 - 1-9800
Providence 3, Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1954)
BOARDS NOLLVI
100
REAL ESTATE
ESTABLISHED 1888
G. L. & H. J. GROSS
INC.
MEMBER OF THE
REALTORS
BOARDS NO
ARE ACTIVE MEMBERS OF CONSTITUENT
ESTATE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE AGENTS
Realtors
Insurance
Sales-Rentals
Auctions Appraisals
Management
Mortgages
Fire Marine Casualty Bonds
Automobile
GAspee 1-6010
170 WESTMINSTER ST.
PROVIDENCE 1, R. I.
(1954) R. L. POLK & CO.'S
101
REAL ESTATE
Protect Your Real Estate
AND
Mortgage Investmen
WITH
TITLE INSURANCE
MORTGAGE GUARANTEE & TITLE COMPANY
NATHAN M. WRIGHT, JR. President
ERNST T. VOIGT Vice-President
WALDO S. SEAMANS Secretary-Treasurer
FRANK L. DONAHUE Assistant Secretary
WILLIAM E. PARMENTER
Vice-President
HAROLD P. WRIGHT Assistant Treasurer
FRANCIS M. KELLEY Assistant Secretary
WALTER M. LEE Assistant Secretary
Telephone GA spee 1-3352
85 WESTMINSTER ST. PROVIDENCE, R. I.
PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1954)
102
REAL ESTATE
TITLE GUARANTEE COMPANY of Rhode Island ESTABLISHED 1902
IVORY LITTLEFIELD President
CHARLES J. HILL Vice-President
EDWARD L. SINGSEN Vice-President
CLARENCE L. FULLER Secretary
FREDERICK E. SCHOENEWEISS Treasurer
DANIEL J. HIGGINS Assistant Secretary
EDWARD L. SINGSEN Counsel
EUGENE H. SULLIVAN Title Officer
C. WILLIS THOMPSON Title Officer
DIRECTORS
IVORY LITTLEFIELD, President, Title Guarantee Company of Rhode Island
CHARLES J. HILL, Vice-President, Title Guarantee Company of Rhode Island
A. LIVINGSTON KELLEY, President, Providence Institution for Savings
CHARLES A. POST, President, Citizens Savings Bank
EDWARD L. SINGSEN, Vice-President and Counsel, Title Guarantee Company of Rhode Island
BAYARD EWING, Attorney-at-Law
WILLIAM H. EDWARDS, Attorney-at-Law
CARROLL HARRINGTON, Treasurer, Howard Realty Company
W. EASTON LOUTTIT, Jr. Treasurer, Louttit Laundry Company
BANCROFT LITTLEFIELD Attorney-at-Law
H. STANFORD McLEOD Brown, Lisle & Marshall
Insurance against flaws in Real Estate Titles 66 SOUTH MAIN STREET Providence, Rhode Island
NEXT TO COURT HOUSE
(1954) R. L. POLK & CO.'S
103
REAL ESTATE
ARTHUR RUSHTON WIlliams 1-3681
WILLIAM VARONE EL mhurst 3-2346
HERBERT Y. MASON, Associate ST uart 1-1877
MERCHANTS REALTY CORP.
A. L. D. REALTY CORPORATION
MORTGAGES REAL ESTATE APPRAISALS
Developers and Financing of Business Properties
For Lease (Chain Stores, Service Stations, Etc.)
86 WEYBOSSET ST.
Tels. GAspee 1-1757-1-1758
R. E. WALLACE Real Estate
City and Country Homes Farm Agency
Old Homes with Fireplaces - Country Places with Brooks and Ponds Homes, Farms, Acreage, Building Lots, Camps, Shore Property, Business and Investment Property
List With Us
REALTORS Ans ACTIVE MEMBERS OF CONSTITUENT
RDS
Buy From .S
Insurance . Appraisals - Management - Auctioneer Telephone REgent 7-9100
3129 POST RD. (U. S. Route 1) APPONAUG, R. I.
PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1954)
104
REAL ESTATE
MAURICE H. CALDWELL
181 WATERMAN ST.
REAL ESTATE
Insurance - Mortgages - Rentals
Telephones UN ion 1-1808 GA spee 1-4282
DUNLAP-PRICE INC. REAL ESTATE
Sales Appraisals Mortgages
INSURANCE
49 WESTMINSTER ST., Suite 708-710
TEL. UNion 1-3900
APPRAISALS
EL mhurst 1-5243
ELMHURST REALTY JOSEPH S. VOTTA AGENCY
Real Estate . Insurance
Appraisals Mortgages
910 SMITH STREET at River Avenue
PROVIDENCE, R. I. Near Providence College
RHODE ISLAND'S PHOTO-LISTING OFFICE
THE HOME CENTER . A MODERN REAL ESTATE ORGANIZATION
33, THE ARCADE
PROVIDENCE
UNION 1-5910
Stephen B. Nicholson, Jr., Realtor
(1954) R. L. POLK & CO.'S
REAL ESTATE
105
R. A. HURLEY REALTOR
Selling Leasing
Auctioneering
Advising Appraising
Insurance Property Managing
GAspee 1-7210 723 HOSPITAL TRUST BLDG., PROVIDENCE
PASCALE REALTY COMPANY ASSURANCE REALTY COMPANY ASSOCIATED
General Real Estate and Insurance
Offices 307 HAWKINS STREET Near Providence-Union Bank CHARLES STREET BRANCH
TELEPHONES Residence: PL antations 1-2722 Office: DE xter 1-3395
PREFERRED REALTY CORP. ... General Real Estate ... CITY - FARM - SHORE REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT INSURANCE Phone HI Ilsgrove 1-2953
405 HARRIS AVENUE
PROVIDENCE, R. I.
ROBERT L. WALKER CO. Sales Sixty Million in Sixty Years REAL ESTATE - INSURANCE - BUILDING CONTRACTORS "Let Us Sell or Build Your Property" Phone GAspee 1-6410 171 WESTMINSTER ST., Room 211 PROVIDENCE, R. I.
PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1954)
106
REAL ESTATE
WOODLAND MANOR REALTY CO.
E. LESLIE ARCHIBALD, Inc., Builders and Developers
REALTORS
INSURANCE
TION
REALTORS
CARE ACTIVE MENSILI OF
BOARDS
TE
APPRAISALS FINANCING
Telephones RE gent 7-3200-7-3201
108 WEST SHORE ROAD HOXSIE, R. I.
REFINERS
ESTABLISHED 1879
HORACE REMINGTON & SON COMPANY Oldest Gold and Silver Refining Company in New England Gold, Silver and Platinum Refiners Assayers and Sweep Smelters
Office, 91 FRIENDSHIP ST. PROVIDENCE, R. I. Telephone GA spee 1-5481
RIGGERS
JOHN M. ANDERSON CO. MACHINERY MOVING and RIGGING BOILERS ERECTED MACHINERY MOVING
TANKS - SAFES
CLARENCE W. ANDERSON, President
74 CLIFFORD STREET
TEL. GAspee 1-5247
(Nights: Tel. WI Iliams 1-3466)
D. M. WESTON & COMPANY, INC. Riggers and General Contractors All Kinds of Heavy Machinery Moved SPECIALIZING IN EMERGENCY BREAKDOWN WORK
228 SOUTH WATER STREET - PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND
Telephones GAspee 1-7567-Nights BRistol 1-1032
(1954) R. L. POLK & CO.'S
107
ROOFERS
ESTABLISHED 1875
MAGUIRE ROOFING CO. ROOFING and SHEET METAL WORK
ROOFING TAR AND GRAVEL ASBESTOS SMOOTH SURFACE COPPER AND SLATE
BONDED ROOFS BARRETT COMPANY KOPPERS COMPANY JOHNS-MANVILLE
SHEET METAL
SKYLIGHTS - VENTILATORS GUTTERS - CONDUCTORS FLASHINGS-TIN CLAD FIRE DOORS
MEMBRANE WATERPROOFING - ASPHALT MASTIC FLOORS
Telephone PA wtucket 5-3394
118 SPRING STREET
PAWTUCKET, R. I.
ESTABLISHED 1867
J. W. MOORE ROOFING CO.
Gravel, Slate, Tin and Iron Roofing SHEET METAL WORK MASTIC FLOORS
70 ATWOOD STREET
TELEPHONE EL mhurst 1-8891 PROVIDENCE, R. I.
GEO. L. PARKER CO., Inc. Contractors and Manufacturers of SHEET METAL WORK AND ROOFING
ESTIMATES FURNISHED
ROOFING
Johns-Manville Smooth Surface, Barrett's Tar and Gravel Roofing for Industrial and Institutional Buildings. Slate, Tin and Copper Work.
Fire-Proof Sheet Metal Work of All Descriptions, Cor- nices and Skylights, Metallic Doors. Jobbing Attended to by Expert Mechanics.
81-83 CARPENTER STREET
TELEPHONE GA spee 1-0125 PROVIDENCE 3, R. I.
MAIN-From 203 Oakwood cast to City Limits, 1 south of Lawton 1014Jackson Chas E @
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1034Doran John @
IusKing Geo L
105 Glies Louisa B O
Lor Foster Frank D
1084 Harader .Donald D
1104Rurton Victor O Of
118 Jones J Paul . @
Weat av intemdk1.
-means TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBER
30 Cunningham Philip 2100Wilson Carter B
-means HOME OWNER
THE HOME-OWNER SYMBOL, in the Householders' Guide of the New City Directory, designates Home-owners on every Street and Avenue in the city. As a means of Checking Credits, conducting Direct Mail Campaigns, Sales Planning, Prospect Lists, etc., it is of invaluable assistance. THE BELL SYMBOI designates Telephone Subscribers and appears in the Householders' Guide following street numbers. NEW FEATURES and DEPARTMENTS are constantly being adopted in our efforts to improve and add to the recognized value of the City Directory service demanded by the public.
PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1954)
SPECIALTIES
108
SHEET METAL WORKERS
THE ANDERSON SHEET METAL COMPANY
SHEET METAL WORKERS
HEATING, VENTILATING and SMOKE BREECHING Manufacturers of STEEL GARAGES
Telephones GAspee 1-0476-1-7376
168-170 CARPENTER ST.
PROVIDENCE 1, R. I.
EST. 1880 ALLENSON BROTHERS Sheet Metal Workers Dealers and Repairers of FURNACES Gutters and Conductors - Metal Roofing and Repairing of All Kinds TELEPHONE DExter 1-2479 9 STEEPLE STREET
PROVIDENCE, R. I.
PROVIDENCE SHEET METAL CO. SHEET METAL WORK --- ROOFING Industrial - Commercial Specialists on Tin and Copper Roofs - Slate and Asphalt Shingles Skylights - Conductors - Ventilators
123 CHARLES STREET Telephone DExter 1-7455
(1954) R. L. POLK & CO.'S
109
SHIP AGENTS
GOFF & PAGE CO.
FREIGHT FORWARDERS Custom Brokers and Ship Agents Order Your Goods Shipped "In Bond to Providence" Telephones GAspee 1-9856-1-9857 FOURTH FLOOR 54 CUSTOM HOUSE STREET .. PROVIDENCE, R. I.
SIGNS
DARCY Sign Company
NEON
. LICENSED ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS BONDED SIGN ERECTORS
· MAINTENANCE
. TRUCK LETTERING
· WINDOW LETTERING
· ROOF STRUCTURES
· MARQUEES
. WALL SIGNS
Telephone UNion 1-7123
159 SUTTON STREET (off Broadway) PROVIDENCE 3, R. I.
Jansen Eleanore tehr Highland 8ch Gox
London av.
"-Garrett W (Louise El mach Barber-
Colman Cola de collare Grove av
Lauritz C Uxlen! mach Rehnberg-
"h"-HOUSEHOLDER
.. Jacobson Nin co hi02 London By
: Lorena sten Rid Deskt Co 1104 Lod-
WIFE'S NAME
RA dot av
Louise E clk Urbom's Bakery P109 Cot-
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OCCUPATION
* Richd (signe y) mach Woodward Govering on Dv N Court
EMPLOYER
(sime y Mre ale Urbom's Bakery :124
IN Court
WIFE EMPLOYED
. Valdemar E (Audrey L) teller .Third Nati Bank h513. Walnut
Check the obove information in your CITY DIRECTORY
Your Credit, Soles and Advertising Departments demond this infor- motian daily regarding customers and prospects. Responsibility, proboble approximate incame and similar questians can thus be answered instantly.
PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1954)
MODERNIME TAILLETTERS
UT OUTS
. "r"-RESIDENT V
110
STAMPS AND STENCILS
ce line
ce
line
CENTRAL RUBBER STAMP WORKS
"WE MAKE THEM"
DExter 1-9609
35 WESTMINSTER STREET
PROVIDENCE 3, R. I.
(1954) R. L. POLK & CO.'S
111
STAMPS AND STENCILS
A. A. WHITE CO., Inc.
Established 1860
RUBBER STAMPS --- STEEL STAMPS
Numbering Machines - Stencil Inks and Brushes Branding Irons - House Numbers and Plates Sign Markers - Doctors' and Office Signs Auto Emblems - Time Stamps - Inks - Stamp Pads Ribbons - Dating Stamps - Pattern Letters
BADGES, MECHANICAL ENGRAVING
Telephones DExter 1-2253-1-0254
48 CHESTNUT STREET
PROVIDENCE 3, R. I.
RUBBER STAMPS
MFRS. FOR OVER 65 YEARS Prompt Service Metal, Plastic & Celluloid TAGS, PLATES & BADGES MECHANICAL ENGRAVING Shipping Room Stencils and Supplies
SEALS
SEAL
4141.
1949
AYAXL
CROHA
MAURICE C. SMITH CO., Inc. 52 PINE ST., 11 Arcade Bldg. TELS. GA spee 1-1064-65-66-67
MR. CITIZEN!
CORRECT INFORMATION IS VALUABLE TO YOU!
Cooperate with the City Directory enumerators to see that your name and those of your family are correctly listed in each edition. Your name, listed correctly in the City Directory, is a great asset. This has been proved thousands of times, especially in cases of employment application, proof of residence, questions relating to citizenship, applications for welfare assistance, distribution of mail, etc. Be better established ... be on record as a local citizen by seeing that your name is not missed or incorrectly listed in the Directory.
PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1954)
112
STATIONERY AND OFFICE SUPPLIES
CENTRAL FALLS PA wtucket 5-3230
PROVIDENCE DE xter 1-3400
PAWTUCKET PA wtucket 2-0137
WOONSOCKET 3836
NEWPORT
511
S. L. Freeman Company
Stationers and Printers
Office Supplies - Engraving Loose Leaf Systems
"Built Like a Skyscraper"
EXCLUSIVE AGENTS FOR SHAW - WALKER OFFICE FURNITURE
FILING EQUIPMENT
Tels. DExter 1-3400 - 1-3401
79 WESTMINSTER STREET PROVIDENCE, R. I.
STEEL FABRICATING AND CONCRETE BARS
PLANTATIONS STEEL COMPANY Concrete Reinforcing Bars - Wire Mesh DESIGN - DETAIL - FABRICATION Distributors for U. S. Steel Corp. TEL. ELmhurst 1-0810 12 STUKELY STREET PROVIDENCE 9, R. I.
STEVEDORES
JOHN J. ORR & SON OPERATING PIERCE ARROW TRUCKING CO. OF RHODE ISLAND
Contracting Stevedores and Truckers
425 SOUTH WATER STREET PROVIDENCE, R. I.
Telephones GA spee 1-6405-1-6406
(1954) R. L. POLK & CO.'S
113
TOOLS
ANCHOR TOOL & DIE CO.
Division of AMERICAN ASSOCIATES, Inc. Special Machinery - Punch and Dies Jigs and Fixtures - Gages and Metal Stampings Tool Design TELS. Williams 1-5585-1-5586
1 BAKER STREET PROVIDENCE, R. I.
TRADE
HURCO MARK
Designers and Manufacturers of All Types of Standard and Special Milling Cutters and Saws for the Machine Tool Industry
THURSTON MFG. CO.
45 BORDEN STREET PROVIDENCE, R. I.
TELEPHONES DEXTER 1-0243-1-0244
"Comparison by Official Test Shows Thurston's are the Best"'
TRUCKING
ESTABLISHED 1919
W. F. CULTON MOTOR EXPRESS, INC.
DAILY EXPRESS SERVICE Providence - Pawtucket - Attleboro - Boston Contract Hauling Anywhere in Rhode Island
Providence-DExter 1-8714-1-8715 Boston-Liberty 2-4182
WALL PAPER DEALERS
ESTABLISHED 1884
PROVIDENCE WALL PAPER HOUSE, Inc. Quality Wall Papers SCENICS - SANITAS - WALL CANVAS WHOLESALE and RETAIL PHONE GAspee 1-1934 - 1-1935
479 WESTMINSTER STREET
Corner GREENE STREET
PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1954)
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114
WELDING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES
CORP BROTHERS, INC.
UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
Distributors of Linde Oxygen and Prest-O-Lite Acetylene
Distributors of WELDING EQUIPMENT and SUPPLIES
DExter 1-8020
1 BROOK STREET PROVIDENCE 3, R. I.
WELL DRILLERS
BARKER ARTESIAN WELL COMPANY Well Drilling Contractors FOUNDATION TESTING TEL. UNion 1-4718 18-24 CLIFF STREET
PROVIDENCE, R. I.
WINDOWS
GILBERT R. CORDIN
BUILDING and FACTORY EQUIPMENT
HOPE'S STEEL WINDOWS
HOLLOW METAL DOORS & FRAMES
STEEL PARTITIONS
KALAMEIN DOORS and FRAMES TIN CLAD FIRE DOORS
LAMINATED TIMBERS & ARCHES PHONE DE xter 1-9439
86 WEYBOSSET STREET
PROVIDENCE 3, R. I.
(1954) R. L. POLK & CO.'S
115
WIRE MANUFACTURERS
KENNECOTT WIRE AND CABLE COMPANY Subsidiary of KENNECOTT COPPER CORPORATION
BARE AND TINNED COPPER WIRE AND CABLE WEATHERPROOF WIRE AND CABLE
MAGNET WIRE (Silk, Cotton, Enamel, Formvar, Paper and Glass Insulated) PAPER INSULATED LEAD ENCASED TELEPHONE CABLE PAPER INSULATED LEAD ENCASED POWER CABLE VARNISHED CAMBRIC CABLES (Braided or Lead Covered)
PHILLIPSDALE, R. I.
Telephone EAst Providence 1-2800
TEL. GA spee 1-4946 TEL. JA ckson 1-0917
MILLARD WIRE CO., Inc.
MANUFACTURERS OF FANCY WIRES - WIRE FINDINGS - TUBULAR RINGS ROLLED GOLD PLATE-STERLING SHEET AND WIRE
47 CULVER STREET PROVIDENCE, R. I.
WIRE GOODS MANUFACTURERS
PROVIDENCE WIRE WORKS, Inc.
Rhode Island's Only Manufacturer of Chain Link Fabrics Ornamental Iron Fences and Railings - Wire Partitions & Iron or Wire Window Guards
W. ELDRIDGE
F. ELDRIDGE
84 SPRAGUE ST.
PHONES DE xter 1-2371-1-2372
YARNS-DYERS
FRANKLIN PROCESS COMPANY
PROVIDENCE, R. I.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
FINGERVILLE, S. C. New York City Office: FRANKLIN PROCESS CO., INC., 40 Worth St.
Yarn Dyers - Yarn Merchants - Yarn Manufacturers TEL. DExter 1-8292 Principal Office: 564 EDDY ST. PROVIDENCE, R. I.
PROVIDENCE CITY DIRECTORY (1954)
116
SHERATON-BILTMORE HOTEL
NU
JUHULULLILUL
HAILIAILILL
RHODE ISLAND'S FINEST HOTEL
The FALSTAFF Room with old-English atmosphere.
The TOWN Room
best for luncheon, dinner or supper,
The BACCHANTE Room
renowned cocktail lounge where luncheon and dinner are served,
.
.
offers a complete hotel service, both to those who visit, and to the communities in the area. The Sheraton-Biltmore is in the down-town heart of Providence and easily accessible. Banquets, large or small; Conventions, Entertainments, Busi- ness Meetings ... every type of function can be accommodated.
a popular meeting place at luncheon, the cocktail hour, dinner or supper. Three old and famous rooms are here for pure enjoyment.
SHERATON-BILTMORE HOTEL
Operated by the SHERATON CORPORATION OF AMERICA
(1954) R. L. POLK & 00.'8
733
O'DONNELL & CO., INC.
INSURANCE
1419 INDUSTRIAL TRUST BUILDING
Telephone GA spee 1-8510
POLK'S PROVIDENCE Classified Business Directory 1954
Copyright, 1954, by R. L. Polk & Co.
Names appearing under headings marked thus (*) are inserted only when specially contracted for.
*Abrasives CONGDON & CARPENTER CO The 405 Promenade tel DExter 1-4200-See front cover, inside front cover and left side lines
Abrasives-Mfrs
AMERICAN EMERY WHEEL WORKS
(grinding wheels) 9 Richmond sq tels PL 1-2260-1-2261-See page 79 Buyers' Guide
Waldron Co Inc 105 Plainfield
Abstracters
MORTGAGE GUARANTEE & TITLE CO 85 Westminster tel GAspee 1-3352 -See page 101 Buyers' Guide and bottom edge
*Accountants-Certified Public
Comery, Davison & Jacobson 1022 In- dustrial Bank Bldg 111 Westminster tel GAspee 1-3843
Haskins & Sells 922 Industrial Bank Bldg tel Union 1-0740
Ward, Fisher & Co 2400 Industrial Bank bldg 111 Westminster tel GAS- pee 1-5768
*Accountants-Chartered Over Spencer H 506 Hospital Trust bldg 15 Westminster tel GAspee 1-5232
Accountants-Public *Denotes Certified Public Account- ants
Accinno & Campanella 354 Bway Accountants Associated 240 Academy av
Accounting Associates 35 Westminster 87 Weybosset rm 322
Adler Louis 17 Exchange rm 411 Allen David 170 Westminster rm 712 Ambrifi M S and Associates 17 Ex- change rm 319
Andelman, Andelman & Goluses 111 Westminster rm 528
Andelman Leo 111 Westminster rm 528
Andelman Murray M 111 Westminster rm 528
Andrew Prete 669 Charles
Armitage John C 15 Westminster rm 724
Asmussen John E 49 Westminster rm 136
*Baer Albert H 111 Westminster rm 533
Berkowitz Saml M & Co 86 Weybosset rm 21
*Bernstein Perry 15 Westminster rm 627
Bernstein-Pliner Co 15 Westminster rm 627
*Blackman & Blackman 111 Westmins- ter rm 1209
#Blackman Edw 111 Westminster rm 1209
Blake Harvey 17 Exchange rm 501 Bogdan John P Co 111 Westminster rm 527
Borod Audit Co 51 Empire rm 605 *Brindamour Henri 111 Westminster rm 533
Brown Harry C 111 Westminster rm 611
Cabral-Duncan-Jones 144 Westminster rm 302
Cain Wm J jr 1491 Broad rm 3 Carley Robt J 509 Westminster rm 44 Cbatto Howard W 146 Westminster rm 209
Christiansen & Co 170 Westminster rm 1210
Ciardiells Augusto 711 Atwells av Cimaglia John L 616 Plainfield
Ciolfi Alex 663 Hartford av (tax serv- ice)
Clegg Geo B 49 Westminster rms 613- 21
Cofman Morris & Associates 111 West- minster rm 816
Cohn Newton B 87 Weybosset rm 422 Colwell John T jr 171 Westminster rm 528
Comery, Davison & Jacobson 111 West- minster rm 1022
Commette Arth J 111 Westminster rm 923
Connor Ralph J 17 Exchange rm 227
Croome H Howard 15 Westminster rm 911
*Daley Edw C 111 Westminster rm 2400 David & Villatico 170 Bway rm 205
Della Ventura Gaetano 848 Westmins- ter
Drummond R E & Co 111 Westminster rm 610
Elwell, Smith & Lawton 111 Westmins- ter rm 728
*Ernst & Ernst 1702 Industrial Bank bldg 111 Westminster tel GAspee 1-8430
Federico Michael T 37 Eddy rm 713 (tax specialist)
Feiner Philip A 111 Westminster ter rm 929
*Fielding Ralph R 15 Westminster rm 604
*Ford Earl F 111 Westminster rm 129 *Gereboff Saml 111 Westminster rm 1221A
*Gifford Seth B 15 Westminster rm 911 *Godfrey Albert E 111 Westminster rm 1481
Goluses Nicholas 111 Westminster rm 528
*Goodman Ernest L 111 Westminster rm 2400
Goodman Max M 111 Westminster rm 523
Gorman Robt 102 Somerset and 171 Westminster rm 515
Grande Albert 190 Plainfield
Haber Louis R 32 Custom House st rm 504
*Hanover John H 111 Westminster rm 533
*Harris & Gifford 15 Westminster rm 911
*Harris Townes M 15 Westminster rm 911
*Haskins & Sells 111 Westminster
Hill & Potter 36 Exchange pl rm 510 Isenberg Arnold M 170 Westminster i'm 712
Jones H Webster 111 Westminster i'm 1129
K-P Audit Co 111 Westminster rm 428 Kanter Herbert 76 Westminster rm 814 Kilberg Arnold 428 Smith rm 6
MANCHESTER & HUDSON CO.
Fire Resisting BUILDING and MASON MATERIALS Of All Kinds ASPHALT ROOFINGS and EMULSIONS Tel. JA ckson 1-6762
573 EDDY ST.
26
OVERHEAD DOOR SALES COMPANY
Division of G. FRED SWANSON Inc.
GA 1-0788 618 Cranston St. Providence R. I.
FOLDOOR SALES COMPANY
Division of G. FRED SWANSON Inc.
CA 1-0788 618 Cranston St. Providence R. I.
G. FRED SWANSON INC.
* TRUSCON STEEL BUILDING PRODUCTS
Aluminum Combination Windows Doors Screens Grilles * Steel and Fibreglass Awnings Door Canopies
Offices Warehouses Display Room
Open Evenings Until 9 P.M. Saturdays Until 5 P.M.
CALL® GAspee 1-0788
734
Company
UN ion
1-1110
METZ PAPER CO.
Quality Paper
110 TWEED STREET PAWTUCKET, R. I. Tel. PA wtucket 2-4400
Accountants, Public-Con
Kuperman, Glass & Co 111 Westmins- ter rm 925
*Lee Eric A 111 Westminster rm 1709 *Lee Henry J 144 Westminster rm 200 *Lees, Baer & Hanover 111 Westmins- ter rm 533
*Lees William T 111 Westminster rm 533
Lerchi & Stasio 170 Bway rm 204 Levin Leonard M 36 Exchange pl rm 404
Lipson Edw H 111 Westminster rm 1600
Lipson Louis 111 Westminster rm 1600 Midwood Earl F 111 Westminster rm 1209
Mitchell John A jr 15 Westminster rm 724
Morse David 170 Westminster rm 717 Mullin Wm 111 Westminster rm 2400 Muro Anthony 49 Westminster rm 233 Murphy Raymond F Co 58 Weybosset rm 701
Nanni & Corrente 434 Branch av
National Audit Service 170 Westmins- ter rm 1107
National Tax Service 666 Hope
*Neff Ralph 111 Westminster rm 533 Neves Jos S 415 S Main
*Northrup Ralph J 111 Westminster rm 1221A
O'Brien E L & Co 111 Westminster rm 2504
*Over, Ormiston & Company 506 Hospi- tal Trust bldg 15 Westminster tel GAspee 1-5232
Palmer Arth F 111 Westminster rm 2400
Palmisciano Carmine G 111 Westmins- ter rm 928
Pascarella Steph E 57 Eddy rm 302 Paterra J J & Co 264 Bway
Phillips Milton 49 Westminster rm 711 *Picchione Nicholas 111 Westminster rm 1230
Picchione Nicholas & Co 111 Westmins- ter rm 1230
*Pliner Milton 15 Westminster rm 627 Posner Martin J 213 Lenox av
*Price Waterhouse & Co 15 Westmins- ter rm 508
Pritcher & Block 111 Westminster rm 1235
Putnam Albert A 146 Westminster rm 209
Ratcliffe & Co 321 Hope
Reitman Benj 58 Weybosset rm 602 Rex and Fielding 15 Westminster rm 604
*Rex Howard H 15 Westminster rm 604
Robinson, Robinson & Mazel 32 Custom House st rm 504
Roiff Herbert A 36 Exchange pl rm 411 Scott C Watson 111 Westminster rm 2400
Scott Robt B 111 Westminster rm 2400
Selinker Solomon E 86 Weybosset rm 21 *Shea Quinlan J 15 Westminster rmn 328
Sherman Saml 171 Westminster rm 312 Smith Chas K 111 Westminster rm 928 Sparrow & Johnson 171 Westminster rm 501
*Taylor Richd W A 146 Westminster rm 209
Tragar Benj 136 Pavilion av
*Union Chester R 15 Westminster rm 508
*Ward Fisher & Co 111 Westminster rm 2400
Yosinoff Peter 87 Weybosset rm 230 Zarchen Oscar 111 Westminster rm 935
"Accounts-Bonus FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION OF PROVIDENCE
110 Westminster tel UNnion 1-5400- See page 12 Buyers' Guide and front cover
"Acetylene CORP BROTHERS INCORPORATED
1 Brook tel DExter 1-8020-See page 114 Buyers' Guide
* Acids MANN GEORGE & CO Inc 251 George M Cohan blvd tels GAspee 1-8466-67- 68
"Acids and Heavy Chemicals SESSIONS-GIFFORD CO Inc 255-261
Allen's av tel HOpkins 1-0770-1-0771 Boston office 7 Charlton Everett tel EVerett 7-0076-See page 24 Buyers' Guide
Acoustic Materials
Pitcher & Co Inc 15 Westminster rm 505
"Adding Machines MONROE CALCULATING MACHINE CO 32 Franklin tels UNion 1-1226- 1-1227-See page 24 Buyers' Guide
*Adding Machines and Type- writers BENE & CO Inc 150 Dorrance tel GAS- pee 1-5228-See page 85 Buyers' Guide and right side lines
"Addressing and Mailing
COGEN'S Inc 42 Weybosset rm 1 tel GAspee 1-4436-See page 96 Buyers' Guide and right top lines LETTER SHOP The 129 Canal tel GAS- pee 1-6650-See page 77 Buyers' Guide
POLK R L & CO, New York Office 244 Madison av New York 16 tel MUrray Hill 5-8500
Adjusters
Gaynor Harold W 203 University av General Adjustment Bureau Inc 31 Ca- nal room 401 (insurance)
Gray George V 170 Westminster rm 514 (ins)
Kim George L 15 Westminster rm 1142 (ins)
Lachapelle A Edw 111 Westminster rm 1219
MacPherson Geo W 171 Westminster rm 404 (insurance)
Pelletier Jos A 111 Westminster rm 1028 (ins)
Quinn Terence M 171 Westminster rm 510 (ins)
Swan Geo E 17 Exchange rm 501
Tainish Alex C 76 Dorrance rm 507 (ins)
Waitkun Walter E 171 Westminster rm 510 (ins)
*Advertising-Direct Mail
COGENS Inc 42 Weybosset rm 1 tel GAspee 1-4436-See page 96 Buyers' Guide and right top lines
*Advertising-Directories
POLK R L & CO District Office 179 Lincoln Boston, Mass tel HANcock 6-6309
Advertising-Outdoor
Newport Poster Advertising Co 170 Westminster rm 507
Old Colony Advertising Co 450 Potter's av
Standish-Barnes Co 170 Westminster rm 507 and 59 Carrington av
Weybosset Advertising Co 80 Point
*Advertising-Radio W P R O BROADCASTING STATION AM & FM WPRO Bldg 24 Mason tel PLantations 1-9766-See page 98 Buyers' Guide and right side lines
*Advertising-Radio Broad- casting
W P R O BROADCASTING STATION AM & FM W P R O bldg 24 Mason tel PLantations 1-9776-See page 98 Buyers' Guide and right side lines
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