From Providence, R. I. - Take Route 6 towards Fall River, Mass, take a right at either Route 114 or 136 which will take you to Newport, R. I. via Portsmouth. From the area - Take Route 24 Turnpike PORTSMOUTH or 138, Route 138 takes you right into Portsmouth. From the Cape Cod area - Take Route 6, turn left onto 138 when you arrive in Fall River, Mass.

STAR CREAMERY

HOME COOKED FOOD - HOMEMADE ICE CREAM

BREAKFAST SERVED

AMPLE PARKING SPACE

East Main Road Portsmouth, R. I. Mary Mulford, Manager

Dancing Every Saturday Night Ballroom available for Weddings - Banquets - Social Events Tel. Portsmouth 582 9 Hole Public Golf Course

BRISTOL FERRY ROAD PORTSMOUTH , R.

Welcome - - - Neighbors and Summer Visitors: This brochure has been designed and prepared as a source of infor- "What a man does for himself dies with him, mation to our neighbors and as a What he does for his community lives on forever." guide to our visitors greater pleasure. The merchants and businessmen of Portsmouth, R. I. have helped make this brochure possible and all of them sincerely hope your visit with us will be most enjoyable. Sincerely yours, PORTSMOUTH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INC. Henry J. Danis, Pres. \//allLey.e UNION STREET

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TELEPHONE VI 6-8705

For REAL ESTATE or INSURANCE

Drop in at the old colonial RED HOUSE at 2520 East Main Road Portsmouth, R. I. Pierce Insurance Agency

TEL. PORTS 2W We whose names are underwritten do here sol- emnly, in the presence of Jehovah, incorporate our- selves into a Bodie Politick and as He shall help, will submit our persons, lives and estates unto our Lord Jesus Christ, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, and to all those perfect and most absolute laws of His 859 W. MAIN RD.

PORTSMOUTH. R. I. given us in His Holy Word of Truth, to be guided and judged thereby. Phone 1097 John Clarice PORTSMOUTH William Hutchinson, Jr. PACKAGE STORE 624 Park Avenue Edward Hulchinson, Jr. Esq. Island Park - Portsmouth, R. I. William Freeborne Choice Wines, Liquors and Beer Phillip Shearman John Walker Richard Garder William Baulston Phone: Portsmouth 400 or 437 Edward Hutchinson, Sen'r. Quaker Hill Cottages and Trailer Court Thomas Clarke

"HOME OF MOBILE HOMES" John Johnson William Hall East Main Road John Orightman, Esq. Route 138 Portsmouth,

30' x 50' Lots 110-220 Volt Wiring T.C.M.A. APPROVED Fully Modern TEL 981

Hauling - Storing - Repairs Marine Supplies Florists and Gardeners Since 1917

Garden Shop — Greenhouse — Farm Fresh Vegetables

Complete line of Floral Arrangement Accessories

Common Fence Point Tel. 433-W RT. 138 - COZY CORNER PORTSMOUTH

Route 138 Tel. Ports. 113

Corner ^l/1/l Almy and Chase OVERNIGHT or WEEKLY General Contractors &* Engineers

Water Street Portsmouth 76 2599 East Main Road Portsmouth, R. I.

& HEDLY'S INC 2574 East Main Road 2580 EAST MAIN ROAD

"Fast Dependable Service" PORTSMOUTH PHONE 110 "New - Butler Clean Process - Odor Free" Oil*.

Mary Peideia, Manager Tel. Portsmouth 1090

Drugs Fountain Service Gifts IN NEWPORT COUNTY BE SURE c/ Vaaca w 9s /% arm ctcu TO LISTEN TO DIAL 3034 East Main Road WADK'ISAO Portsmouth, R. I. Phone 127

TEL. DAYS - VI 7-5931 NITES - PORTS 122 friendly ' ^ / ' Heeling C/la KINGSTON SERVING

LARGEST AND MOST MODERN BODY SHOP IN NEWPORT, R. I. sunckeon C/ce C/rea^n Lxoc/c?at/5 WRECKS REBUILT • FRONT END WORK WHEELS STRAIGHTENED AND BALANCED HOWARD JOHNSON'S DUCO REFINISHING - BAKED ENAMEL STORAGE • FRAME MASTER (ONLY ONE IN NEWPORT) Route 138 - East Main Road - Portsmouth, R. 5 OAK ST. COR. BROADWAY BEAR WHEEL ALIGNER JECUEATIGN Imported and Domestic

James E. Gleeson, Prop. Portsmouth, R. I.

Island Park 3L E* (Cmttuirs Sandy Point - Town Beach

81 Bristol Ferry Road Portsmouth 251 Green Valley Country Club Montaup Country Club Merrill Hathaway Pocasset Country Club Middle Road Portsmouth, R. L-P GAS - SALES 6- SERVICE BOTTLED GAS HOMGAS Founders Memorial Grove

Telephone 67 Lehigh Park

FRANK L NUNES Stone Bridge Ramps - Salt Water

Hummocks Ave. - Portsmouth, R. I. - Ports. 1060 For further information regarding additional recreation facilities or list of events write to the: ) Viera Well Drilling 3, Over \OQ Years of Experience

Chief of Recreation and Tourist Activities

Middle Road ,i,:?j Tel,J-J ALFRED V. SHERMAN NOTARY PUBLIC

INSURANCE OF ALL KINDS

62 GLEN STREET TELEPHONE Founders Memorial Baptist Church PORTSMOUTH, R. I. PORTSMOUTH 632 East Main Road Phone 466

St. Anthony's Church East Main Road Stella Maris Chapel , Ceramics and Supplies Park Avenue, Island Park Instructions - Custom Firing - Greenware

Portsmouth Priory 3101 East Main Road Portsmouth, R. I. Cory's Lane W. G. LANGFIELD TELEVISION - RADIO G. CARON APPLIANCE

St. Mary's Church East Main Road St. Paul's Church Motorola Sales 6* Service East Main Road 241 Freeborn Street Tel. Ports. 685 Portsmouth, R. I.

Friends Meeting House Medley Street ?>.

Building Materials - Lucus Paint - Grain

Community Methodist Church Plumbing Supplies East Main Road East Main Road Portsmouth, R. I. Phone 202

TROPICAL FISH, BIRDS and ACCESSORIES WHY PAY FOR OVERHEAD, YOU CANT WAJ.K ON IT I RUO OUTLET

OPEN DAILY i.. Wilton. ; - A^xminster 6- Brpadjopm Rugs 10 A.M. to 9 P.M. Including Sundays c-- *'<< ; /.; -WALTER. J. MISKA, Propft it** b*^T j

Tel. Portsmouth 1077 ,V^ TfS'^f1]C>p^V:fc' 'j

706 PARK AVENUE 2922 East Main Road Portsmouth, R. I. PORTSMOUTH, R. I. On Route 138 Tel. Ports. 514 Another fact stands high above all others. It is this, (Enmpart — No person within the compass of the two towns, Portsmouth and Newport, later the Colony of Rhode $c Island, was ever called to a court of inquisition for his religious belief or practice and no person was ever de- prived of his liberty and civic freedom in opinion and action, except for crime.

(From Bull's Memoirs of Rhode Island.) "It was the Foundation of the future statutes and Bill of Rights, which distinguished the early laws and character of the state and people of Rhode Island from the other English From Colonies in America." Thomas Williams Biclcnell's "History of Rhode Island and " Rhode Island was early the asylum, "THE CITY OF REFUGE," of great souls, with noble ideals. Their gener- The first compact in the world looking to the ations still live. founding of "A Bodie Politick," on the broad platform of religious freedom, was signed in Boston, March 7, 1638, by William Coddington, Dr. John Clarke, and twenty-one others. Tel. 304 This compact took an organic form and practical accomplishment at Pocasset (PORTSMOUTH) on AQUIDNECK, on the 13th day of May, 1638, IN THE SETTLEMENT AND ORGANIZATION OF THE FIRST TOWN FOUNDED IN RHODE ISLAND.

NEWPORT, founded on the same principles as Flowers For All occasions Portsmouth, was organized and set up a Democratic Form of Government on the 28th of April 1639. 24 DEXTER STREET PORTSMOUTH, R. I. Peter and Peggy Carlone In 1640, the two Towns united to form a Colonial Government, and in 1641 this "BODIE POLITICK" was declared a "DEMOCRACIE," under MAJORITY RULE, and "THAT NONE BEE ACCOUNTED A DELIN- QUENT FOR DOCTRINE."

We find on the Island of Aquidneck (Rhode Island) a full-fledged DEMOCRATIC STATE, in the year 1641, Two Towns, Portsmouth & Newport, Constitute the "STATE."

Under the date of March 13, 1644, the freemen of the colony, in General Court assembled at Newport, ordered "That the Island commonly called AQUID- NECK, shall be from henceforth called the Isle of Rhodes Or RHODE ISLAND.

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iNSINEERS AND SCIENTISTS RAYTHEON ANNOUNCES NEW ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE CENTER PORTSMOUTH

Designed to probe all elec- est ASW center, this inte- Raytheon now of- Please forward your resume to: tronics aspects of the mys- grated facility will provide fers qualified in- Mr. Fred Darnley, teries and threats of the research, design, develop- dividuals with Personnel Manager deep, the new ASW Center ment and manufacturing bacJcgrounds in will enable Raytheon to con- operations, and will aid in acoustics and so- solidate and expand its ac- the development of a new nar, an opportun- [AYTHEoS tivities in this increasingly scientific community in this ity to join this critical area of military sci- local area. fast accelerating RAYTHEON COMPANY ence. Private industries' larg- pi~ogram. Connell Highway, Newport, R. I.