Spouse: Margaret A. Gale
Parents: George E. & Edna (Rice) Gale
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George Gale
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G. Ellsworth Gale Jr.; In R.I. House, Senate
G. Ellsworth Gale, Jr., 73, of 776 Division St., East Greenwich, a member of the General Assembly for 10 years before he retired from politics in 1964, died in his home yesterday, November 23, 1972, after a long illness. He was the husband of Margaret (Arthur) Gale.
Mr. Gale, who was affectionately dubbed “Windy” by his General Assembly colleagues, was a political newcomer when he was first elected to the state House of Representatives in 1954. He was elected to the state Senate two years later.
As a state senator, he was instrumental in establishment of a rehabilitation program at the Ladd School in Exeter and worked for improvement at the school.
After retiring from politics, he said the accomplishment of which he was most proud was his introduction of a state anti-littering law which was enacted in 1958.
Mr. Gale’s political career included membership on the East Greenwich Republican Town Committee and his selection as an alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1956.
He was born in Amesbury, MA, the son of the late George E. & Edna (Rice) Gale, and was educated at the Boston Latin School, Andover Academy and Moses Brown School.
During World War I, he left high school to join the Navy spending most of his eight months of service on the Brown University campus.
“My big sea experience was two weeks on a destroyer in Newport,” he used to joke about his war record.
He graduated from Brown University in 1922 with a degree in economics and geology, and spent some time abroad with a geological team from Brown. He received a master’s degree from Harvard Business School in 1925.
He worked briefly as a sales manager for a Providence printing firm before going to England where he worked as general manager of the Cole Gold Leaf Co., for six years.
He then returned to Providence where he became research manager of Bostitch Inc. After five years there, he took a job as assistant to the owner of Rau Fastener Co., leaving after several years to take a job as sales manager of the Bronze division of the Gorham Company. In 1958, he left that position to become a special representative of Plantations Bank of Rhode Island.
Mr. gale was a member and former governor of the Rhode Island Society of Founders and Patriots and served as an official of the Visiting Nurses and Anti-Tuberculosis Association of East Greenwich and as chairman of the American Red Cross branch in East Greenwich.
He was a member of the Providence Art Club, the Providence Lions Club, the Dunes Club in Narragansett, the Society of Colonial Wars, Sons of the American Revolution, the Varnum Continentals, the American Legion post in East Greenwich, the Navy League of Rhode Island, the Providence and East Greenwich Preservation Societies, the Rhode Island Historical Society and the East Greenwich Chamber of Commerce.
Besides his wife he is survived by a son, George E. Gale, 3rd of Grand Rapids, MI; two daughters, Mrs. L. Gale Harris of Providence and Mrs. James Sommerville of Denver; a sister, Mrs. Dorothy G. Hamilton of Saunderstown, and eight grandchildren.
Memorial services will be held Tuesday at 11: a.m. at the chapel of Swan Point Cemetery, Providence.
Published in the Providence Evening Bulletin, November 24, 1972
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Parents: George E. & Edna (Rice) Gale
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George Gale
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G. Ellsworth Gale Jr.; In R.I. House, Senate
G. Ellsworth Gale, Jr., 73, of 776 Division St., East Greenwich, a member of the General Assembly for 10 years before he retired from politics in 1964, died in his home yesterday, November 23, 1972, after a long illness. He was the husband of Margaret (Arthur) Gale.
Mr. Gale, who was affectionately dubbed “Windy” by his General Assembly colleagues, was a political newcomer when he was first elected to the state House of Representatives in 1954. He was elected to the state Senate two years later.
As a state senator, he was instrumental in establishment of a rehabilitation program at the Ladd School in Exeter and worked for improvement at the school.
After retiring from politics, he said the accomplishment of which he was most proud was his introduction of a state anti-littering law which was enacted in 1958.
Mr. Gale’s political career included membership on the East Greenwich Republican Town Committee and his selection as an alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1956.
He was born in Amesbury, MA, the son of the late George E. & Edna (Rice) Gale, and was educated at the Boston Latin School, Andover Academy and Moses Brown School.
During World War I, he left high school to join the Navy spending most of his eight months of service on the Brown University campus.
“My big sea experience was two weeks on a destroyer in Newport,” he used to joke about his war record.
He graduated from Brown University in 1922 with a degree in economics and geology, and spent some time abroad with a geological team from Brown. He received a master’s degree from Harvard Business School in 1925.
He worked briefly as a sales manager for a Providence printing firm before going to England where he worked as general manager of the Cole Gold Leaf Co., for six years.
He then returned to Providence where he became research manager of Bostitch Inc. After five years there, he took a job as assistant to the owner of Rau Fastener Co., leaving after several years to take a job as sales manager of the Bronze division of the Gorham Company. In 1958, he left that position to become a special representative of Plantations Bank of Rhode Island.
Mr. gale was a member and former governor of the Rhode Island Society of Founders and Patriots and served as an official of the Visiting Nurses and Anti-Tuberculosis Association of East Greenwich and as chairman of the American Red Cross branch in East Greenwich.
He was a member of the Providence Art Club, the Providence Lions Club, the Dunes Club in Narragansett, the Society of Colonial Wars, Sons of the American Revolution, the Varnum Continentals, the American Legion post in East Greenwich, the Navy League of Rhode Island, the Providence and East Greenwich Preservation Societies, the Rhode Island Historical Society and the East Greenwich Chamber of Commerce.
Besides his wife he is survived by a son, George E. Gale, 3rd of Grand Rapids, MI; two daughters, Mrs. L. Gale Harris of Providence and Mrs. James Sommerville of Denver; a sister, Mrs. Dorothy G. Hamilton of Saunderstown, and eight grandchildren.
Memorial services will be held Tuesday at 11: a.m. at the chapel of Swan Point Cemetery, Providence.
Published in the Providence Evening Bulletin, November 24, 1972
Contributor:
greenwich1677 - [email protected]
Spouse: Margaret A. Gale
Parents: George E. & Edna (Rice) Gale
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George Gale
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Obituary
G. Ellsworth Gale Jr.; In R.I. House, Senate
G. Ellsworth Gale, Jr., 73, of 776 Division St., East Greenwich, a member of the General Assembly for 10 years before he retired from politics in 1964, died in his home yesterday, November 23, 1972, after a long illness. He was the husband of Margaret (Arthur) Gale.
Mr. Gale, who was affectionately dubbed “Windy” by his General Assembly colleagues, was a political newcomer when he was first elected to the state House of Representatives in 1954. He was elected to the state Senate two years later.
As a state senator, he was instrumental in establishment of a rehabilitation program at the Ladd School in Exeter and worked for improvement at the school.
After retiring from politics, he said the accomplishment of which he was most proud was his introduction of a state anti-littering law which was enacted in 1958.
Mr. Gale’s political career included membership on the East Greenwich Republican Town Committee and his selection as an alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1956.
He was born in Amesbury, MA, the son of the late George E. & Edna (Rice) Gale, and was educated at the Boston Latin School, Andover Academy and Moses Brown School.
During World War I, he left high school to join the Navy spending most of his eight months of service on the Brown University campus.
“My big sea experience was two weeks on a destroyer in Newport,” he used to joke about his war record.
He graduated from Brown University in 1922 with a degree in economics and geology, and spent some time abroad with a geological team from Brown. He received a master’s degree from Harvard Business School in 1925.
He worked briefly as a sales manager for a Providence printing firm before going to England where he worked as general manager of the Cole Gold Leaf Co., for six years.
He then returned to Providence where he became research manager of Bostitch Inc. After five years there, he took a job as assistant to the owner of Rau Fastener Co., leaving after several years to take a job as sales manager of the Bronze division of the Gorham Company. In 1958, he left that position to become a special representative of Plantations Bank of Rhode Island.
Mr. gale was a member and former governor of the Rhode Island Society of Founders and Patriots and served as an official of the Visiting Nurses and Anti-Tuberculosis Association of East Greenwich and as chairman of the American Red Cross branch in East Greenwich.
He was a member of the Providence Art Club, the Providence Lions Club, the Dunes Club in Narragansett, the Society of Colonial Wars, Sons of the American Revolution, the Varnum Continentals, the American Legion post in East Greenwich, the Navy League of Rhode Island, the Providence and East Greenwich Preservation Societies, the Rhode Island Historical Society and the East Greenwich Chamber of Commerce.
Besides his wife he is survived by a son, George E. Gale, 3rd of Grand Rapids, MI; two daughters, Mrs. L. Gale Harris of Providence and Mrs. James Sommerville of Denver; a sister, Mrs. Dorothy G. Hamilton of Saunderstown, and eight grandchildren.
Memorial services will be held Tuesday at 11: a.m. at the chapel of Swan Point Cemetery, Providence.
Published in the Providence Evening Bulletin, November 24, 1972
Contributor:
greenwich1677 - [email protected]
Parents: George E. & Edna (Rice) Gale
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George Gale
Suggested Edit:
Obituary
G. Ellsworth Gale Jr.; In R.I. House, Senate
G. Ellsworth Gale, Jr., 73, of 776 Division St., East Greenwich, a member of the General Assembly for 10 years before he retired from politics in 1964, died in his home yesterday, November 23, 1972, after a long illness. He was the husband of Margaret (Arthur) Gale.
Mr. Gale, who was affectionately dubbed “Windy” by his General Assembly colleagues, was a political newcomer when he was first elected to the state House of Representatives in 1954. He was elected to the state Senate two years later.
As a state senator, he was instrumental in establishment of a rehabilitation program at the Ladd School in Exeter and worked for improvement at the school.
After retiring from politics, he said the accomplishment of which he was most proud was his introduction of a state anti-littering law which was enacted in 1958.
Mr. Gale’s political career included membership on the East Greenwich Republican Town Committee and his selection as an alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1956.
He was born in Amesbury, MA, the son of the late George E. & Edna (Rice) Gale, and was educated at the Boston Latin School, Andover Academy and Moses Brown School.
During World War I, he left high school to join the Navy spending most of his eight months of service on the Brown University campus.
“My big sea experience was two weeks on a destroyer in Newport,” he used to joke about his war record.
He graduated from Brown University in 1922 with a degree in economics and geology, and spent some time abroad with a geological team from Brown. He received a master’s degree from Harvard Business School in 1925.
He worked briefly as a sales manager for a Providence printing firm before going to England where he worked as general manager of the Cole Gold Leaf Co., for six years.
He then returned to Providence where he became research manager of Bostitch Inc. After five years there, he took a job as assistant to the owner of Rau Fastener Co., leaving after several years to take a job as sales manager of the Bronze division of the Gorham Company. In 1958, he left that position to become a special representative of Plantations Bank of Rhode Island.
Mr. gale was a member and former governor of the Rhode Island Society of Founders and Patriots and served as an official of the Visiting Nurses and Anti-Tuberculosis Association of East Greenwich and as chairman of the American Red Cross branch in East Greenwich.
He was a member of the Providence Art Club, the Providence Lions Club, the Dunes Club in Narragansett, the Society of Colonial Wars, Sons of the American Revolution, the Varnum Continentals, the American Legion post in East Greenwich, the Navy League of Rhode Island, the Providence and East Greenwich Preservation Societies, the Rhode Island Historical Society and the East Greenwich Chamber of Commerce.
Besides his wife he is survived by a son, George E. Gale, 3rd of Grand Rapids, MI; two daughters, Mrs. L. Gale Harris of Providence and Mrs. James Sommerville of Denver; a sister, Mrs. Dorothy G. Hamilton of Saunderstown, and eight grandchildren.
Memorial services will be held Tuesday at 11: a.m. at the chapel of Swan Point Cemetery, Providence.
Published in the Providence Evening Bulletin, November 24, 1972
Contributor:
greenwich1677 - [email protected]
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