Polk's Providence (Providence County, R.I.) City Directory, 1956, Part 7

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Publication date: 1956
Publisher: R.L. Polk & Co. Publishers
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BRIDGE RAILINGS

Telephones Elmhurst 1-1098, 1-0570

1704 WESTMINSTER STREET

PROVIDENCE 9, R. I.

FIRE ALARM SERVICE

ESTABLISHED 1881

RHODE ISLAND ELECTRIC PROTECTIVE COMPANY

Rhode Island's Only Underwriters Approved Grade A Central Station Burglar - Hold-Up - Fire Alarm Services - A.D.T. Electronic Systems Maximum Insurance Discounts - Free Estimates

111 Mathewson St. HENRY G. CLARK, Pres.

Providence (1)

GAspee 1-0250 S. R. GRAY, Plant Mgr.

CITY DIRECTORY ADVERTISING IS National ADVERTISING

* Each edition of your City Directory is widely distributed to free- reference City Directory Libraries located at the Chambers of Commerce of hundreds of other cities.

Therefore your ad in the City Directory is seen by buyers from coast-to-coast

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

A. RAYMOND PEARSON, Prop.

ESTABLISHED 1899

JUHLIN-PEARSON

Funeral Directors

A Professional Service that Assures Peace of Mind

OFFICE: Hopkins 1-1213

754-756 BROAD STREET

V. H. MARIANI, Proprietor

Established 1890

A. A. MARIANI & SON

Funeral Directors

FUNERAL HOME BRANCH AVENUE AT HAWKINS STREET

Day and Night Service

PHONE

DExter 1-5432

Office: 593 CHARLES STREET

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

Pennine Funeral Home

26-28 Grove St. (off Knight & Vinton St.) GAspee 1-7739

ALFREDO PENNINE

ANTHONY P. PENNINE

Tel.

Providence

GAspee 1-1636 TEmple 1-9545

24 HOUR SERVICE

BAILEY-SHIPPEE FUNERAL HOME ESTABLISHED 1910

Funeral Directors

Telephone ELmhurst 1-1149

417 PLAINFIELD STREET

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

CORBETT and QUIRK Funeral Home Telephone DExter 1-7390

Funeral Home 971 BRANCH AVENUE

Office 1026 BRANCH AVENUE

FUNERAL DIRECTORS

DRABBLE- SHERMAN FUNERAL HOME

KENNETH B. SHERMAN, Manager

309 Benefit Street

Providence, R. I.

Telephone GAspee 1-9887

MAX SUGARMAN FUNERAL SERVICE

FUNERAL HOME Best Granite and Marble Monuments

TELEPHONES: DExter 1-8094, 1-8095 458 HOPE STREET

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

Residence Telephones: GAspee 1-6655; DExter 1-8636

FURNITURE

COLETTI'S FURNITURE, Inc.

FRIGIDAIRE

52 Pocasset Ave., Providence, R. I. MODERN and COLONIAL FURNITURE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES TELEVISION

Tel. TE 1-5421

JOHN COLETTI

NICK COLETTI

I am looking for some one ... Likewise, some one is looking for me

If I have something to sell and I am not listed in this Directory under the proper heading

I LOSE A CUSTOMER

GAS COMPANIES

"NEW FREEDOM GAS KITCHENS"

You Will Find Them to Be The Finest Kitchens of All Time

Plan to Use GAS SERVICE

for

COOKING REFRIGERATION WATER HEATING HOME HEATING

PROVIDENCE GAS COMPANY

100 Weybosset Street Phone TEmple 1-8800

HARDWARE

BARKER-CHADSEY COMPANY

Hardware - Mill - Industrial Supplies - Fishing Supplies

WHOLESALE

Telephone JAckson 1-2704

27 MILL ST. NEAR PLAINFIELD ST. AT ATWOOD AVE.

JOHNSTON, R. I.

"A GREAT STORE IN A GREAT CITY"

CITY HALL HARDWARE

Builders Hardware

Mill Supplies

Electrical Equipment Plumbing Supplies

Lighting Fixtures

Tools

Janitor Supplies Paints

Washington and Snow Streets

Tel. JAckson 1-2000

HEAT TREATING

HAYES "CERTAIN CURTAIN" ELECTRIC FURNACES For

HIGH SPEED HARDENING · CONVEYOR HARDENING

· COPPER BRAZING

SOLDERING TEMPERING . CARBO-NITRIDING . BRIGHT ANNEALING

BRIGHT HARDENING OF STAINLESS STEELS . SINTERING

C. I. HAYES, INC.

Oldest Manufacturers of Controlled-Atmosphere Furnaces

800 WELLINGTON AVE.

ESTABLISHED 1905 HOPKINS 1-3400 CRANSTON, R. I.

HEATING ENGINEERS

Our 58th Year

Established 1898

Heating Engineers

Fuel Oil, Burners

Telephone PAwtucket 2-0080

Fuel Oil and Oil Burner Service 24 Hours a Day

FRANK DUPUIS COMPANY

Nights, Sundays and Holidays Telephone GAspee 2-2212

Rhode Island Distributors for

WESTINGHOUSE AIR CONDITIONING . GENERAL ELECTRIC OIL BURNERS

599 MAIN STREET

PAWTUCKET, R. I.

HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT

ALBERT W. CLAFLIN, Pres .- Treas. PASQUALE FARUOLO, V .- Pres. Telephone GAspee 1-5800

GEORGE H. DUGGAN, Sec.

THE CLAFLIN COMPANY

SURGICAL, MEDICAL AND HOSPITAL SUPPLIES WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS - MANUFACTURING PHARMACISTS LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND CHEMICALS

HOSPITAL BEDS AND WHEEL CHAIRS Sold - Rented

40 MATHEWSON STREET

PROVIDENCE 3, R. I.

EASTERN SCIENTIFIC CO.

MAX BRODSKY, Proprietor

Physicians' and Hospital Equipment ALSO Scientific and Laboratory Supplies

Est. 1926

45-51 BASSETT STREET

Telephone GAspee 1-4600

Know Your Directory SYMBOLS

0 means HOME OWNER

means TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBER

PARK PLACE (Highland Park)-From 21 S Ist av east 110 Hayter Jennie A Mrs 4 10 1114Cortelyou Wm E 2 O 1124 Shepard Robt L 3 O

1154Redfield Benj F 3 O

116 Whitmer Chas A C

1174McCrelis Cornelius B 3 O

1184Ring Lawrence L 3 O

1194Clapp Harry W 2 O

AND

If you wish to know whether a man owns his home or has a telephone, refer to the Householders and Street Guide Section of your City Directory. The symbols shown above enable you to learn if the occupant owns the home and is a telephone sub- scriber.

HOTELS

GUYLILI

LULLLILLILIUL

RHODE ISLAND'S FINEST HOTEL

The FALSTAFF Room with old-English atmosphere luncheon, dinner, cocktails.

The TOWN Room best for luncheon, dinner or supper.

The BACCHANTE Room

renowned cocktail lounge where luncheon and dinner are served. informal entertainment.

The CAROL Lounge convenient street level cocktail lounge.

The MINUTE CHEF handiest place in town for a delicious quick snack.

. . . offers a complete hotel service, both to those who visit, and to the communi- ties in the area. The Sheraton-Biltmore is in the downtown heart of Providence and easily accessible. Banquets, large or small; Conventions, Entertainments, Business Meetings .. . every type of function can be accommodated.

. . . a popular meeting place at lunch- eon, the cocktail hour, dinner or supper. Five famous rooms are here for your enjoyment.

SHERATON-BILTMORE HOTEL

Operated by the SHERATON CORPORATION OF AMERICA

HOTELS

HOTEL

NARRAGANSETT

· INDIAN ROOM · COFFEE SHOP

· KING'S TAP

GOLDEN GLOW COCKTAIL LOUNGE

Traditionally Famous for Fine Food Outstanding Banquet Facilities for Business Meetings, Conventions and Functions of All Kinds in a Newly Redecorated Distinguished Atmosphere

· PARK-AND-SLEEP PLAN · FAMILY PLAN · TELEVISION AVAILABLE

97 Dorrance St.

GA spee 1-6320

IN DOWNTOWN Providence

. Completely redecorated . Local Ownership and Management

208 WEYBOSSET STREET

. Free Parking

. Air Conditioned

. Family Rates

. Excellent Function Facilities

ER Groun hotel

. Send for our New Brochure

George J. Sanker, Mgr.

Telephone DExter 1-8200

HOUSE FURNISHINGS-WHOLESALE

BALLOU, JOHNSON & NICHOLS CO. WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS

House Furnishings Electrical and Gas Appliances Floor Coverings

128 DORRANCE STREET Telephone DExter 1-8320

Necessary to the complete and efficient equipment of every office. THE CITY DIRECTORY

INSURANCE

EARL M. IRONS INSURANCE

Of Every Description

FIDELITY AND SURETY BONDS

GAspee 1-7345

1119 INDUSTRIAL BANK BLDG. PROVIDENCE 3, R. I.

INSURANCE

Organized 1851

MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

PIRNIE and BURROWS General Agents

Telephone GAspee 1-2672

TURKS HEAD BUILDING

INSURANCE

HAROLD R. SHIPPEE, President-Treasurer

ELMER R. SHIPPEE, Vice-President

E. W. SHIPPEE & SONS

INC.

Automobile - Liability Accident - Fire

INSURANCE

FIDELITY and SURETY BONDS

Telephones GAspee 1-5746 and 1-8432, 1-8433

221 WATERMAN STREET PROVIDENCE 6, R. I.

Pawtucket Office, 24 Spring Street Telephone PAwtucket 2-4872

INSURANCE

CORMACK-ROUTHIER AGENCY

INSURANCE-BONDS

Telephone Plantations 1-7600 31 Canal St. Providence SPECIALIZING IN SERVICE TO CONTRACTORS

WILLIAM H. GARRAHAN & CO., INC.

Insurance -- Bonds Real Estate

Fire - Marine - Automobile Liability - Accident

Telephones DExter 1-8313, 1-8314

7 DYER ST. cor. WESTMINSTER PROVIDENCE 3, R. I.

INSURANCE

Kagan and Shawcross

INSURANCE - REAL ESTATE For Every Need

COURTESY Kc SECURITY

SERVICE

Telephone JAckson 1-3900

805 INDUSTRIAL BANK BLDG. PROVIDENCE 3, R. I.

Service Office in Lobby

MORTON SMITH, INC.

General Insurance Agents

FIRE - BUSINESS INTERRUPTION - CASUALTY INLAND AND OCEAN MARINE BID - PERFORMANCE - PROBATE SURETY AND FIDELITY BONDS

Telephone UNion 1-1117

100 Medway St., at Wayland Sq. Providence 6, R. I.

INSURANCE

THE PROVIDENCE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY

INCORPORATED 1800

Over One Hundred and Fifty-Five Years' Experience With All Losses Paid in Full

JAL FIR E

THE

1800

Telephone GAspee 1-1091

The Oldest Agency Mutual Fire Insurance Company in New England

MUTUAL PLACE

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

INSURANCE

for Business and Individuals

Talk to The Man from Starkweather & Shepley

&SECURITY

STARK WEATHER & SHEPLEY, INC. INSURANCE Established 1871 17 Custom House St. - Providence 2, R. I. - Phone GAspee 1-6900 Offices in New York and Chicago

COMPAN

INSURANCE

CHARLES G. MORGAN, Pres .- Treas. BEACH & SWEET INC.

STANLEY HENSHAW, JR., Vice-Pres .- Sec.

SINCE 1868

General Insurance Agents

HOSPITAL TRUST BUILDING

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

Telephone GAspee 1-9870

EQUITABLE

Fire and Marine Insurance Company Providence, R. I.

CAPITAL $2,000,000 THE PHOENIX INSURANCE COMPANY OF HARTFORD T. E. HOPKINS, State Agent

ASSETS $19,620,519.30 "Connecticut

FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HARTFORD

515 Hospital Trust Building

JOHN F. BERRY, Special Agent Telephones GAspee 1-8666, 1-8667

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

JOHN A. GAMMONS ALL KINDS OF INSURANCE

"'Bebind the Clock"

JOHN A. GAMMONS, Inc. ALL KINDS OF INSURANCE

Fidelity and Surety Bonds Real Estate

Phone GAspee 1-5330

Providence, R. I.

187 Westminster Street

THE HOLM AGENCY

THE CONNECTICUT MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITIES Estate Planning - Pensions - Estate Taxes Telephone GAspee 1-5401 732 INDUSTRIAL BANK BLDG. PROVIDENCE, R. I.

INSURANCE

HAROLD HOLT & CO., INC. ALL FORMS OF INSURANCE

SAFECO

Including The New Automobile Contract Written On Semi-Annual Basis At Reduced Cost

2 RICHMOND ST. COR. WEYBOSSET

Phone GAspee 1-7771 PROVIDENCE, R. I.

Partnership Insurance Business Insurance Pension Trusts

Personal Insurance Tax Liquidation Insurance Bonus or Profit Sharing Trusts

EUGENE T. LOTHGREN

Chartered Life Underwriter

3rd Floor 146 WESTMINSTER STREET

Phone DExter 1-1230

O'DONNELL & CO., INC. JOHN F. O'DONNELL, Treasurer

INSURANCE OFALL KINDS 1419 INDUSTRIAL BANK BUILDING 111 WESTMINSTER STREET PROVIDENCE, R. I. Established by Thomas E. O'Donnell in 1894

You Don't Have To Be Rich

. . . to retire at 60 on an income of $300 a month-through the Phoenix Mutual Retirement Income Plan. Send for the illustrated booklet giving the facts. No cost-no obligation. Just write or phone . .

LLOYD E. CRANDALL, Manager

PHOENIX MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HARTFORD, CONN. WATERMAN AVE., EAST PROVIDENCE (at Six Corners)

0 1937 PMLICO

Tel. GE 4-6700

INSURANCE

APPRAISALS

REAL ESTATE

INSURANCE

GAspee 1-0824

THE Wm. R. WARBURTON AGENCY

GAspee 1-8234

1215-1216 UNION TRUST BLDG.

PROVIDENCE 3, R. I.

"The Family Agency Built on Personal Service"

Established 1864

E. L. WATSON CO., INC.

GENERAL INSURANCE SURETY BONDS · Providence, R. I.

49 Westminster St.

GAspee 1-0909

CAUTION ...

Pay no money in advance to itinerant Di- rectory canvassers. We are led to mention this from the fact that certain parties have been fraudulently using our publications as speci- mens, and by that means collecting money in advance. Before signing an order, see that it has the name of the publisher of this City Direc- tory printed thereon. We ask no payment until the work is delivered, and our solicitors have strict orders not to take advance payment for either advertising or subscriptions.

IRON AND STEEL

UNITED IRON WORKS, INC.

WROUGHT IRON WORK · LIGHT STRUCTURALS

FIRE ESCAPES

Miscellaneous Iron, Aluminum, Bronze and Brass Work of All Types

ARTISTIC WROUGHT IRON WORK IRON FENCES IRON GUARDS ORNAMENTAL RAILING HAND FORGING BRIDGE RAILING PIPE RAILINGS STAIR TREADS

Tel. Elmhurst 1-1098

ALUMINUM RAILINGS BRONZE LETTERING BLACKSMITHING WELDING AND BRAZING BRACKET LANTERNS WIRE FENCES GATES OF ALL KINDS ANDIRONS

1704 WESTMINSTER STREET

PROVIDENCE 9, R. I.

PROVIDENCE STEEL & IRON CO.

STRUCTURAL STEEL AND LIGHT IRON WORK

27 SIMS AVENUE

Telephone GAspee 1-0173

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

JANITORS' SUPPLIES

ODORITE CO. COAST TO COAST SANITATION COMPLETE TOILET AND WASHROOM SERVICE You Don't Buy Anything - We Supply Everything ELECTRIC HAND TOWELS

17 Randall Street

JAckson 1-5829

JEWELERS

KAY JEWELRY CO.

DIAMONDS

WATCHES RADIOS

JEWELRY

- NOW TWO STORES TO SERVE YOU

240 WESTMINSTER ST.

GAspee 1-1072

173 WEYBOSSET ST. GAspee 1-9349

JEWELERS-MANUFACTURING

FULFORD MANUFACTURING COMPANY

ESTABLISHED 1891

Jewelry Findings

SMALL STAMPINGS

Metal Specialties and Ornaments of All Kinds

. General Office and Plant PROVIDENCE 1, R. I.

107 STEWART ST.

GAspee 1-2600

NEW YORK

CHICAGO LOS ANGELES

New York Office: 303 FIFTH AVENUE - Philadelphia Office: 722 SANSOM STREET Chicago Office: 29 E. MADISON STREET - Los Angeles Office: 448 SOUTH HILL STREET

Aurora Jewelry Company Division of UNCAS MANUFACTURING COMPANY Telephone GAspee 1-0680 623-633 ATWELLS AVENUE

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

JEWELERS-MANUFACTURING

MAKERS OF EMBLEMS SINCE 1861

The Experience of Nearly a Century is Built Into Every One

IRONS & RUSSELL COMPANY

Telephone DExter 1-9362

PROVIDENCE

CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO

NATIONAL TOOL AND FINDING CO., Inc. JEWELERS' FINDINGS Metal Belts -- Buttons - Ornamental Wire Phone UNion 1-2816 387 CHARLES STREET

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

NEW YORK

DALLAS

CHICAGO

ATLANTA LOS ANGELES SPEIDEL CORPORATION

Manufacturing

Speidel

Jewelers

Telephones GAspee 1-6840-41-42-43-44-45; 1-6105, 1-6355, 1-6327, 1-7951 SEVENTY SHIP STREET PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND

New York Office: 303 FIFTH AVENUE - Philadelphia Office: 722 SANSOM STREET Chicago Office: 29 E. MADISON STREET - Los Angeles Office: 448 SOUTH HILL STREET

UNCAS MANUFACTURING CO. "America's Largest Ring House"

623-633 ATWELLS AVENUE

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

Telephone GAspee 1-0680

JEWELERS-MANUFACTURING

D. M. WATKINS CO.

Manufacturers of Jewelry Findings and Screw Machine Products

METAL ORNAMENTS . GALLERIES . PINS, JOINTS AND CATCHES, ETC.

274 Pine Street

Tel. GAspee 1-2758

Providence, R. I.

THE WILLIAMS & ANDERSON CO., INC.

MANUFACTURERS OF Emblematic Specialties

NORTH MAIN AND THIRD STREETS

PROVIDENCE, R. I. Phones GAspee 1-3621, 1-3622

JEWELERS' FINDINGS AND SUPPLIES

The American Brass Company

ANACONDA from mine to consumer

REGUS PAT.OFF.

COPPER AND BRASS PRODUCTS

Copper, Yellow Brass, Red Brass, Commercial Bronze, Nickel Silver and Gilding in all forms of Sheets, Wire, Rods, Tubes, Platers' Bars and Cores

Anaconda Brass Pipe and Copper Water Tube Sheet Copper for Roofing

200 CHESTNUT STREET PROVIDENCE 3, R. I.

TELEPHONE GAspee 1-2180

General Offices, Waterbury, Conn .; Boston Office, 238 Main Street, Cambridge, Mass.

JEWELERS FINDINGS AND SUPPLIES

A. M. WOOD CO.

Jewelers' Findings

Metal Specialties - Contract Stampings Assemblies

GAspee 1-5776

155 CLIFFORD ST.

PROVIDENCE 3, R. I.

B. A. BALLOU & CO., INC. JEWELERS' FINDINGS

A quality line of mechanical findings- the foundation of good jewelry.

61 Peck Street

Providence 2, R. I.

Tel. DExter 1-1400

More Goods Are Bought and Sold Through the Classified Business Lists of City Directories, Than Through Any Other Medium!

LABEL MANUFACTURERS

RHODE ISLAND LABEL WORKS

Incorporated

SINCE 1880

· GUMMED

. UNGUMMED

HEAT SEAL

· PERFORATED AND ROLLED

DIE CUT

PRESSURE SENSITIVE

SHOP TICKETS

· TAGS

TALCOTT BUILDING, 91 SABIN ST. PROVIDENCE 3, R. I.

Telephone GAspee 1-0170

EMBOSSED LABELS

OMPLET O 3

MEMBER OF Seal

Call GAspee 1-2386

roxon Designet

The FOXON COMPANY 239 WEST PARK ST., PROVIDENCE 1, R. I. OFFICES IN PRINCIPAL CITIES

HED

SERVICE FROM CREATION OF DESIGN TO FINI

LAUNDRIES

What Cheer Laundry The Gentle Laundry

93 Cranston St.

What Cheer LAUNDRY

Providence, R. I.

LABEL

Label

Foil . . Light-weight METAL PAPER . GUMMED . UNGUMMED PRESSURE . SENSITIVE . HEAT SEAL TRANSFER STOCK . BOX WRAPS HOT LEAF STAMPING . DIE STAMPING STRING TAGS . SMALL DISPLAYS

LEATHER SUBSTITUTES-PLASTIC

RESPRO Division of THE GENERAL TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY Rubberizing -- Impregnating -- Coating -- Calendering -- Processors of Plastics

RESPROID®-Unsupported Plastic Films and Sheetings and Plastic Coated Fabrics DURAKALF®-Leather Substitute, Impregnated and Cooted with Rubber or Pyraxylin VOLTAPE®-Electrical Insulating Tape for Winding Field Coils in Fractional Horsepower Motors PLASTICS-See Resproid above TUFSTA®-Reinforcing and Plumper for Leathers for the Shoe Industry

530 Wellington Avenue Telephone Williams 1-1600

Cranston 10, R. I.

LIQUORS

A. GASBARRO & SONS, Inc.

ESTABLISHED 1898

GASBARRO'S

RED STAR

WINES

Wholesale Liquor Dealers Wine Merchants - Importers Distributors of GASBARRO'S VERMOUTH

Telephone GAspee 1-2439

483 ATWELLS AVE.

PROVIDENCE 9, R. I.

MR. CITIZEN!

Correct Information Is Valuable To You!

Cooperate with the City Directory enumera- tors 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 thou- sands of times, especially in cases of employ- ment 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.

LOANS

CRANSTON LOAN COMPANY

Serving the People of R. I. for over a Quarter Century

LOANS FOR EVERY PURPOSE $50 TO $10,000

$100 LOAN-Cost to you $8.00 per year

Mortgages on Real Estate Automobile Loans

Savings Accounts

Savings Accounts may be Opened with $5.00 or More

CERTIFICATES OF INVESTMENTS INTEREST PAYABLE JANUARY 1st and JULY 1st

Four Convenient Locations

MAIN OFFICE

1647 CRANSTON STREET UNion 1-0215

CRANSTON, R. I.

BRANCHES

1955 SMITH STREET

CEntredale 1-4404

CENTREDALE, R. I.

121 BROAD STREET

PAwtucket 5-4465

PAWTUCKET, R. I.

330 TAUNTON AVENUE

GEneva 4-0506

EAST PROVIDENCE, R. I.

LOANS

AETNA FINANCE COMPANY LOANS

CASH WHILE YOU WAIT!

On Signature - Auto Household Goods

Phone: GAspee 1-6111

NO RED TAPE Quick CONFIDENTIAL SERVICE

75 WESTMINSTER STREET

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

AUTO OWNERS FINANCE

COMPANY INCORPORATED

Symbol of Service for 29 Years A LOCAL COMPANY Large Enough to Serve You - Small Enough to Know You LOW COST AUTO LOANS Fast Service . No Red Tape . No Co-Signers

68 EXCHANGE PLACE

JAckson 1-9600 "On the Mall" PROVIDENCE, R. I.

BEACON FINANCE CO. LOANS

Up to $1000 - Personal or Auto Loans

PROVIDENCE 170 WESTMINSTER, Room 216 JOSEPH E. MARSHALL, Manager GAspee 1-0248

WEST WARWICK, R. I. 1225 MAIN STREET JOHN A. DOYLE, JR., Manager VAlley 1-6800

COUNTY LOAN & FINANCE CORP.

PERSONAL CO-MAKER

LOANS

COLLATERAL AUTOMOBILE MORTGAGE

387 ATWELLS AVENUE Telephone DExter 1-9550

2891/2 POCASSET AVENUE Telephone TEmple 1-4785

LUMBER

STATE LUMBER CO., INC.

PAINTS LUMBER HARDWARE

BUILDERS' SUPPLIES MASONS' MATERIALS FLUORESCENT AND ELECTRIC LIGHTING FIXTURES

403 Charles Street 740 No. Broadway

TEmple 1-6233

GEneva 4-3187

Providence East Providence

Lumber Plywood Windows Doors

BREWSTER CALL STUART 1-9100

Certified QUALITY

SERVICE

Building Materials Co. 30. SHIPYARD ST. COR. ERNEST ST. OFF ALLENS AVE. PROV., R. I.

Flooring Millwork Mouldings Trim

Paints - Hardware - Kitchen Cabinets - Roofing - Shingles

Call STuart 1-9100

30 Shipyard St. Cor. Ernest St. Off Allens Ave. Providence, R. I.

HARRIS LUMBER CO., INC. LUMBER - SASH - DOORS BUILDING MATERIALS - PAINT - HARDWARE KITCHEN SPECIALISTS Phone GAspee 1-4750

CORNER HARRIS AVENUE AND ATWELLS AVENUE

LUMBER

LINCOLN LUMBER COMPANY

"Everything To Build Anything"

BUILDING MATERIALS

PAINTS HARDWARE

BRICK

CEMENT

MILLWORK

ROOFING MATERIALS

21 LOMBARDI STREET

Telephones JAckson 1-2253, 1-2254

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

WHEN YOUR NEEDS CALL FOR LUMBER - CALL

LUMBER

MILLWORK HARDWARE WINDOWS & DOORS

F.D. MEKENDALL LUMBER CO.

LEAD & TIN FLASHINGS

PAINTS & VARNISHES

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

735 ELMWOOD AVE. HO.1-7100

BUILDING SUPPLIES "From Foundation To Finish" WE'RE "46" IN "56"

361 CHARLES ST. DE.14496

ESTABLISHED 1857

INCORPORATED 1888

NEWELL COAL AND LUMBER COMPANY COAL - OIL - LUMBER MASONS' SUPPLIES Complete Building Service Telephone PAwtucket 2-7900 Connecting All Departments

28 HIGH STREET

PAWTUCKET, R. L.

MACHINERY

LAWRENCE H. COOK, INC.

Manufacturers of Plastic Moulds - Lead Hammers Special Machinery and Tools Phone EAst Providence 1-3881, 1-2095

65 MASSASOIT AVENUE

EAST PROVIDENCE, R. I.

Use Our BUDGET PLAN

MASON MATERIALS

ROOFING MATERIALS

MACHINERY MANUFACTURERS-TESTING EQUIPMENT

SCOTT TESTERS, INC. Established 1899 as Henry L. Scott & Co.

MANUFACTURERS OF Physical Testing Equipment for Textiles - Plastics - Rubber - Wire - Paper - Leather Telephone DExter 1-2853

101 BLACKSTONE STREET PROVIDENCE 1, R. I.

MAIL ADVERTISING

Dial.

Or Call GAspee 1-6650 for:

228 WEYBOSSET ST.

THE LETTER SHOP Creative Direct Mail

AUTOMATIC TYPEWRITING - MAILING LISTS DUPLICATING - ADDRESSING - MAILING

PROVIDENCE 3, R. I.

MANUFACTURERS-KNIVES AND CUTLERY

IMPERIAL KNIFE CO., Inc.

MANUFACTURERS OF

POCKET KNIVES

HUNTING KNIVES

KITCHEN CUTLERY STAINLESS STEEL TABLEWARE

Telephone UNion 1-4700

IMPERIAL PLACE PROVIDENCE, R. I.

MARINE SUPPLIES

J. T. O'CONNELL CO.

Marine Supplies HARDWARE - FISHING SUPPLIES - PAINTS Distributor BUCCANEER OUTBOARD MOTORS 132-134 Fountain Street

GAspee 1-6682

Providence 3, R. I.

MERCANTILE AGENCIES

Established 1841

Dun & Bradstreet, Inc. The Mercantile Agency

17 CUSTOM HOUSE, 3rd Floor

Phone GAspee 1-8100

MILK DEALERS

Viall's Grade "A" Milk

Homogenized Milk Heavy Cream - Light Cream Quality Ice Cream Wholesale and Retail Delivery

W. C. VIALL DAIRY, INC.

912 Broadway, East Providence Telephone GEneva 4-1255-56

MILL SUPPLIES

JAMES HILL MANUFACTURING CO.

INCORPORATED

Manufacturers of ROVING CAN SPRINGS

GALVANIZED-"HOT DIPPED" Florist's Vases and Buckets

Galvanized Ash Cans, Pails

Stove Pipe-Elbows and Fittings in Chrome Plate-Black-Galvanized

JOB GALVANIZING

Telephone Hopkins 1-2560

20 GORDON AVE.

PROVIDENCE 5, R. I.

MILL SUPPLIES

American EMERY WHEEL WORKS

GRINDING WHEELS FOR EVERY PURPOSE Rubbing Bricks - Rubbing Sticks - New Amerflex

Investigate the new AMERFLEX wheel that replaces or supplements hand files, hack saws, scrapers, set-up wheels, coated abrasive discs. Flexible, safe, shock absorbing, self dressing. Write for further information.

Grinding wheels of the correct size, shape, grit and grade for every grinding machine and portable tool. Available in 6 Abrasives and 4 Bonds for grinding steel, malleable and cast iron, brass, bronze, tungsten carbide alloys, and many other materials.

9 Richmond Sq., Providence 1, R. I. Tels. PLantations 1-2260, 1-2261

MONUMENTS

ROCK OF AGES MEMORIALS

Beautiful in tone and texture, foremost in memorial art, every Rock of Ages monument is identified with the mi- nutely Rock of Ages trade-mark seal etched into the granite. Erected with an exclusive Rock of Ages Bonded Guaran- tee of its perfection. Whatever your fam- ily requirements, consultation is always welcomed.

ROCK OF AGES

PALMER

MEMORIALS

Send for Free Booklet "How to Choose a Memorial'' WM. P. PELLETT & SON, Inc. Tel. STuart 1-4919 PROVIDENCE, R. I.

1855 ELMWOOD AVE.

A. DEL GIUDICE AND SON, Inc. Designers of Fine Stone Memorials Telephone ELmhurst 1-9112

703 ATWELLS AVENUE PROVIDENCE, R. I.

MOVERS

Since 1900 - Coast to Coast PAUL ARPIN VAN LINES, INC.

FLORIDA - MIDWEST - TEXAS and CALIFORNIA SPECIALISTS

Weekly Trips To and From All Points IN THE 48 STATES Without Transfer LOWER RATES - All Moving Rates Are Not the Same - We Invite Comparison 5 STORAGE WAREHOUSES TO SERVE YOU - 24 HOUR TELEPHONE SERVICE

150 Manton Ave., Providence, R. I. Call ELmhurst 1-0900

NEW ENGLAND'S LARGEST MOVERS

J. A. CREAMER, President

ESTABLISHED 1874

CADY MOVING & STORAGE CO.

RHODE ISLAND'S OLDEST MOVING CONCERN

Fireproof Storage Warehouse Local and Long Distance Moving Crating and Shipping

Agent for Allied Van Lines, Inc. The World's Largest Long-Distance Movers

80-90 DUDLEY STREET PROVIDENCE, R. I.

Telephone DExter 1-7860

Member of National Furniture Warehousemen's Association

MOVERS

LANS WAREHOUSE CO. at WAYLAND SQUARE

LANS

1905

51 YEAR

1956

SERVICE

LONG DISTANCE AND LOCAL MOVING CRATING - STORAGE

Licensed for Moving Within the State of Massachusetts

Tel. UNion 1-1110

9 to 39 Seekonk St. at Wayland Square

Providence 6, R. I.

JONES WAREHOUSES, Inc. "Rhode Island's Largest Household Storage Firm"

STORAGE PACKING SHIPPING

59 CENTRAL ST.

Tel. GAspee 1-0081

Moving to Anywhere "Centralize

All Arrangements at Jones"

PROVIDENCE, R. I.

J. W. MILLER MOVING & STORAGE CO. LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE MOVING Packing-Storage-Crating Agent HOWARD VAN LINES, INC. NATION-WIDE MOVING SERVICE

2248 PAWTUCKET AVE. EAST PROVIDENCE, R. I. GEneva 4-1338

MOVERS

ERNEST A. PLANTE LOCAL and LONG DISTANCE MOVERS STORAGE

70 Bridgham Street

Providence, R. I.

Phone GAspee 1-1214 Res. Phone DExter 1-4350

EVERY STORE

should appear in the Directory and the Direc- tory should be in Every Store.

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Polk's Providence (Providence County, R.I.) City Directory, 1956, Part 7

Author: Publication date: 1956 Publisher: R.L. Polk & Co. Publishers Number of Pages: 1415

Author:
Publication date: 1956
Publisher: R.L. Polk & Co. Publishers
Number of Pages: 1415