9 September 1939 - Paul, age 18, arrived in New York from Le Havre on the Ile de France.

1942 directory shows him still living with his parents and working at Supreme Bakery and as manager at M. Winer Co.

1945 directory shows him still at his parents house, now president and treasurer of Supreme Markets Inc.

1948 directory shows him married to Dolores, still living at 9 Half Moon Street, and president of Sullivan’s Inc. and treasurer of NE Food buyers Inc.; brother John is president of Supreme Markets.

Harvard College - Kirkland House
AB - Bachelor of Arts 1941
GSA - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 1942 (1941-1942)
GSA - Graduate School of Arts and Sciences 1943 (1942-1943)

Office 540 Gallivan Blvd.,
Dorchester, MA 02124
617/825-8481

“CIFRINO, Paul James Of Cohasset, August 30, 2009. Beloved husband of Judith Chute. Father of Mark Cifrino of Boston, Margaret Souaiaia of Seattle WA., Andrew Cifrino of Arizona, Elizabeth Polky of Maine and the late Paul and Peter Cifrino. Stepfather of Pamina Brassey of London. Brother of James Cifrino of Cohasset, Mary Roever of Hingham, Elizabeth Cifrino of Braintree, Eleanor Flynn of Chevy Chase, Md. and the late John Cifrino and Ann Cifrino Garvey. Also survived by his former wife Dolores Cifrino of Westwood, 7 grandchildren and 2 step-grandchildren and many nieces, nephews and cousins. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Thursday, September 3 in St. Anthony's Church, Cohasset at 10:00 AM. Relatives and friends invited. Visiting hours Wednesday, 4-8 PM at the McNamara Sparrell Funeral Home, 1 Summer St., COHASSET. Interment St. Michael's Cemetery, Roslindale. In lieu of flowers, donations in Paul's memory may be made to Hospice of the South Shore, 100 Bay State Drive, Braintree MA 02184 or Italian Home for Children,1125 Centre St., Jamaica Plain, MA”

Dorchester Reporter - January 2009
“In 1962, Paul Cifrino purchased land adjacent to Fields Corner station that had served as a car barn for the city's public transit authority (now called the MBTA) and he developed a retail shopping center with nine tenants and a 300-car parking lot.
"It was a 100,000 square foot shopping center that nobody had seen in the inner city in years," Tom Cifrino said in an interview last week. Original tenants included a branch office of State Street Bank & Trust, a James H. McManus Ice Cream Parlor, a Hallmark card shop, among others. The first anchor tenants were a 20,000 state-of-the-art Supreme Market, and a 40,000 square foot Bradlee's department store.
Its popularity grew as residents from the surrounding neighborhoods flocked to the stores. In high school, Tom Cifrino himself found work at his uncle's supermarket: "I started at 16 as a bundle boy at the Supreme, and the parking lot was always two thirds filled," he recalled.
But over the years substantial changes came. The Supreme Market was sold to a new operator, the Purity-Supreme chain, and that eventually was sold to the Stop and Shop Company. The adjacent Bradlee's was purchased by Stop & Shop and when that store went belly-up in 2001, Stop & Shop still controlled the lease for both the market and the department store, some 60 percent of the retail space.
In 2003, Paul Cifrino gave ownership of the property to family and friends, operating under the name of Fields Station LLC. "My uncle Paul gifted 67 shares of ownership to 67 different people, and he made me manager," Tom Cifrino said. He became the managing partner, and says "I have to decide what happens to it."

“Paul James Cifrino COHASSET Paul James Cifrino died on Sunday, August 30, 2009 at his home in Cohasset after a long illness at the age of 88. Mr. Cifrino was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts in 1920 of Italian immigrants who had come to America as young children: his mother Mary Ferroli from Tramonte de Mezzo in northern Italy; and his father, Paul Cifrino, from Prepezzano in Campagnia, southern Italy. Mr. Cifrino attended Boston College High School and was a 1941 graduate of Harvard University. While attending Yale Law School, his father became ill and Paul returned home to help run the family business founded by his father and Uncle John in Uphams Corner, Dorchester. Paul and his brothers expanded the business, which became Supreme Markets, with numerous locations in Boston, Cambridge and the South Shore area of Boston. After merging with the Purity Save-Mor stores in 1970, Mr. Cifrino became Chairman of the Board of the newly formed Purity Supreme Markets. A short time later, at the request of the U.S. State Department, Mr. Cifrino was asked to work with the Agency for International Development to help develop a food distribution program for the country of India. After serving in India for two years, Mr. Cifrino returned to become Director of the Massachusetts Retail Grocers Association for a number of years. He also became involved with the Carroll School for the Blind serving on its Board of Directors. Having always been interested in dyslexia he also taught at the Landmark School in Beverly, MA and later served on its Board of Directors. During all this time he also managed the family's real estate and business interests. Mr. Cifrino always maintained close ties with his many relatives in Italy and was a strong supporter of the Assilo, an orphanage founded by his uncle John Cifrino in Prepezzano, which continues today as a primary school. On one of his last visits to Prepezzano he was greeted by a brass band as the village turned out to honor him. Mr. Cifrino is survived by his wife Judith Chute of Cohasset and his former wife, Dolores Cifrino of Westwood with whom he had six children - Mark Cifrino of Boston, Margaret Souaiaia of Seattle, WA, Andrew Cifrino of Tucson, AZ and Elizabeth Polky of Brunswick, ME. His two sons, Peter and Paul, predeceased him. He is also survived by a stepdaughter, Pamina Brassey of London, England, seven grandchildren: Mohammed, Mourad, Munya and Moncef Souaiaia; Sylvanus, Santina and Maria Polky, as well as two stepgrandchildren George and Vaishnavi Brassey, in addition he is also survived by his siblings James Cifrino of Cohasset, Mary Roever of Hingham, Elizabeth Cifrino of Braintree and Eleanor Flynn of Chevy Chase, MD. He also leaves behind many cousins, nieces and nephews. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Thursday, September 3 in St. Anthonys Church, Cohasset at 10 a.m. Relatives and friends invited. Visiting hours Wednesday, 4-8 p.m. at the McNamara Sparrell Funeral Home, 1 Summer St., Cohasset. Interment St. Michaels Cemetery, Roslindale. In lieu of flowers, donations in Pauls memory may be made to Hospice of the South Shore, 100 Bay State Drive, Braintree MA 02184 or Italian Home for Children, 1125 Centre St., Jamaica Plain, MA 02130. “ Quincy Patriot Ledger