Clement Walter Labine

Submitted by Woonsocket_Admin on Wed, 07/26/2017 - 09:15

Clem Labine was a fixture on the iconic Brooklyn Dodgers baseball teams of the 1950s, sharing the field with future Hall of Famers like Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Duke Snider, Sandy Koufax and Pee Wee Reese. But before and after his remarkable fourteen-year pro ball career, (3 World Series rings and 2 All Star appearances), Clem was also a fixture on the “Jacob Finkelstein & Sons team”. Clem began working at the factory during his high school summers, beginning in 1942 at the age of sixteen. In 1944 he enlisted with the 101st Airborne and served until 1946.

Raymond Louis Parenteau

Submitted by Woonsocket_Admin on Tue, 07/25/2017 - 12:30

Raymond was born on a farm in St. Robert, Quebec in 1923. He was the youngest of eight children. In 1929 the family moved to Woonsocket where relatives had previously settled. After completing the 9th grade at St. Anne's School Ray went to work at the Argonne Worsted on Hamlet Avenue. He worked the 3rd shift, 10-6am for $14 per week.

In 1947 he married Jeannette Girouard from Lincoln, RI. They had 2 daughters, Irene Blais and Louise Suzzi.

Lucia Blanche Richer

Submitted by Woonsocket_Admin on Tue, 07/25/2017 - 11:49

Lucia left school after the 4th grade to go to work in the mills. When she was 18 she went to work at American Paper Tube. It is here where she met her future husband, Donat Raoul Richer. They married a year and a half later. They went on to have 8 children.

Donat Raoul Richer

Submitted by Woonsocket_Admin on Tue, 07/25/2017 - 11:01

Donat married Lucia Roy on September 27, 1920 at Notre Dame des Victoires.  They met while both were working at American Paper Tube. They went on to have eight children.