2017 March 5777
INSIDE This Issue Centennial Update page 3
Hanukkah Contest page 4
Channel 12’s Tim White Highlights our February Lodge Meeting By Barry Jay Schiff
Mayor Avedisian page 5
Out & About Who Done it! page 7
Happy Birthday Milt! page 7
1967 Touro’s 50th Anniversary
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n Wednesday February 15th Channel 12’s Emmy winning investigative reporter Tim White highlighted our lodge meeting at the Shriner’s Imperial Room. A Newport native, Tim is the son of Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Jack White. Tim White and Barry Schiff Tim is the co-author of “The Last Good Heist,” the untold story of the infamous Bonded Vault heist on August 14, 1975. The book details the robbery at 101 Cranston Street, Providence which cleaned out safe deposit vaults filled with the spoils of the New England mob, which was controlled by Raymond Patriarca. It is based on the exploits of Robert “Deuce” Dussault, Charles “Chucky” Flynn and six others who were the perpetrators. Tim’s PowerPoint presentation gave us a chronological history of the heist and the characters involved. A very lively questions and answer session followed. Some of our members turned out to be peripherally involved with the Bonded Vault location and the stories were very enlightening. The meeting was a “home run” for the Social Committee!
SAVE THE DATE
1993 Touro’s 75th Anniversary
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SEPTEMBER 16 & 17, 2017
G A L A continued D I N NonEpage R & B RU N C H 2 - Mattiello Crowne Plaza, Warwick