Paul Aldege Bourget

Submitted by Woonsocket_Admin on Fri, 09/02/2016 - 11:07

Paul has lived in Woonsocket all his life. He attended school at the St. Ann's Parish school where he was also a parishioner. In the year 2000 the parishes of St. Ann's, St. Louis and Our Lady of Victories merged to form All Saints Church. Paul now belongs to that parish. He attended and graduated from Our Lady of Providence Seminary in 1965 and from Rhode Island College in 1969.

Elphege Paul Bourget

Submitted by Woonsocket_Admin on Thu, 09/01/2016 - 14:51

Born on July 2, 1911 in St. Aime, Quebec, Elphege and his family immigrated to Woonsocket in 1921. He attended St. Ann's School and graduated from the 8th grade in 1926. He was a communicant of St. Ann's Church. In WWII, he served as a Navy veteran aboard the USS Alaska (1943-1945), assigned to the Pacific Theater. Elphege worked in various mills including the Argonne Worsted as a carder, Getchell & Sons, Inc. and ACS Industries as a sheet metalist.

Leo Lucien Paradis

Submitted by Woonsocket_Admin on Thu, 09/01/2016 - 13:43

While working at the French Worsted Leo invented a synthetic cloth scrambler which he sold to the owner for $2,000 and any accompanying royalties.

The picture accompanying this biography was taken in July 1962.