A member of old and distinguished New England families, Robert Aldrich has passed his entire active life in his native State of Rhode Island. As owner and operator of a contract painting enterprise, he has made a place for himself in the business life of the Wickford and North Kingstown section, where he is equally …
Following two years’ active military service in the United States Army during the World War, Mr. Benson then spent some time in business and later served for three years with the Rhode Island State Police. Since 1928 he has been a very efficient chief of police of the town of East Greenwich and during his …
In the educational affairs of West Warwick, Rhode Island, a man who has for many years taken an important part is Winfield Corey Potter, Ph. B., who has been serving since 1922 as principal of the high school of this place. Both in this position and in his previous work as teacher, Mr. Potter has …
Rhode Island has been the American home of the Helme family since the early half of the seventeenth century, when the first of the name, Christopher Helme, is recorded as a sergeant and a member of a Court of Trials in Warwick, in 1647, his death taking place there in 1650. His youngest son was …
Born and educated in Italy, and a veteran of the Italian Armies during the World War, Giovanni Senerchia came to America in 1921 and has since made this country his home. Dr. Senerchia has been a physician in both the old and new worlds, being carefully trained in one of the finest of Italian schools. …
Born in River Point, Rhode Island, on July 12, 1890, Dr. Daniel S. Harrop, health officer of the town of West Warwick, is the son of Thomas H. Harrop, a dyer, and Bridget Harrop. He was educated in the parochial schools of St. James’ parish, finishing that course in 1906 and then attending La Salle …
A practicing physician at West Warwick, Rhode Island, for some years, Dr. George B. Farrell has built up a wide local following as the demands on his services have constantly increased. Thoroughly trained in the medical sciences, he has kept well abreast of latest developments by constant reading and study, and having quickly won the …
The late Caleb B. Parker, of Providence and West Greenwich, who had served in the offices of United States marshal, deputy sheriff and chief of police, was a descend ant of two of the oldest families in America—the Parkers and the Tillinghasts—tracing back to the earliest Colonial times. He was a citizen of high reputation, …
A native and lifelong resident of Warwick, Kent County, Mr. Senerchia during the early part of his career was identified with the grocery business. Eventually, however, he decided to enter the drug business and in recent years he has been the owner of two popular and successful drug stores located in Apponaug, and West Warwick …
As pastor of the Church of the Sacred Heart of Natick, Rhode Island, Rev. F. A. Tirocchi is in charge of the only Italian church in the Pawtuxet Valley. Sacred Heart parish was organized in 1929, but before that time the task of erecting a church building had already been undertaken. Ground had been broken …
