Members
of Distinction
Charter Members of the Gaspee Days Committee in 1965:
George E. C. Allen * Henry A. L. Brown Mrs. William Belconis, Jr. Donald R. Conlon
Manuel Cooney * Mary A. Duffy John Florence * Connie Gagnon Earl Gagnon Joseph Hackett Lemuel Jackson * Arthur Johnson * Hazel Kennedy * Jeanne Knowles L. Hazard Knowles * Walter Kraus, Jr. Richard A. Marshall Eugene J. McCaffrey Marcylyn McKenna Forrest Morgan * Mrs. Forrest Morgan * Mrs.Edith Paulson * George Paulson * Marcelyn Perrier Arlene Russell * William Rymell * John E. Sahigian Willet Schaefer * Forrest R. Sprague * Richard Sullivan David L. Stackhouse * Lewis A Taft * Kenneth Tombs Paul C. Toy, Jr. Annie Totten * Maurice Turcotte Willard Winchester * Mrs. Willard Winchester * Edward Yatsko * *Deceased Compliled from the files of Arlene Russell, Secretary, 1965
Past Presidents of the Gaspee Days Committee:
Forrest Sprague *
1966-1967 Forrest Sprague *
1966-1967 L. Hazard Knowles *
1968 Rene O. Bellevance *
1969 Anthony Moretti *
1970-1971 Edward Yatsko*
1972 Zack C. Terzian *
1973-1974 James A. Collinson, Sr. 1975-1976 Richard Beneduce 1977-1978 Arthur R. Cole 1979 Marguerite Dube * 1980-1981 W. Terrance Murphy 1982-1983 Milton Wrath 1984-1985 David Walker 1986-1987 Mark Russell 1988-1989 Jack Hutson 1990-1991 Michael McManus 1992-1993 Scott H. Avedisian 1994-1995 Patricia Peshka 1996-1997 Bernie Long 1998 Karleen Wrath 1999-2000 Diane Longtin 2001--2002 Daniel Rooney 2003-- 2004 Elizabeth Fournier 2005--2006 *Deceased
Left: Gaspee Past Presidents at Installation Dinner, September 2002. L to R:
- Milton Wrath,
- Jim Collinson,
- Diane Longtin,
- Karleen Wrath,
- Pat Peshka,
- Scott Avedisian,
- Bernie Long.
Recipients of the Abraham Whipple Award for Distiguished Service to the Gaspee Days Committee
Nick and Virginia Agresti Mark Russell Milton Wrath Hazel Kennedy Donald and Pat McLeod Jeanine Thompson John and Mary Concannon
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