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Tercentenary observance at United Brothers Synagogue
Town officials clergymen and friends gathered for the tercentenary of Jewish arrival in America at United Brothers Synagogue. Judge Mortimer A. Sullivan praised Jewish Americans as good neighbors and linked Newport and Bristol histories. Local officials and civic leaders attended, with remarks on fellowship and contributions, followed by refreshments in the synagogue rectory.
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America
United Brothers Synagogue
Superior Court
Mortimer A. Sullivan
The
United States
Sullivan
Newport
Bristol
Old City
Samuel Adelson
Judge Sullivan
George Washington
William P. Sousa
William E. Magee
Joseph P. Goulart
John W. Church
Alfred N. Nunes
Vincent Saviano
T. Thomas Balzano
Frank Duarte
General Assembly
Gladys M. Brightman
Wilfred Jeffries
Warren
John N. Sinclair
Trinity Episcopal Church
Walter W. Swanson
First Baptist Church
Delbert W. Tildesley
St. Michael's Church
Albert C. Larned
Ben Hazen
Oberrance
Ellis E. Howe
Charles B. Rockwell
Raymond J. Makowsky
Fred E. Suzman
Herbert Eisenstadt
Joseph Fineberg
Benjamin Ebersman