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Town of READING Massachusetts ANNUAL REPORT 1973 Town of READING MASSACHUSETTS Annual Report Of The Town Officers For The Year Ended December 1973 rfading public library READING. MASSACHUSETTS : : STATISTICS Area, 10 square miles Population, Census of 1970 — 22,534 Number of residents according to 1973 Town Census — 23,592 Registered Voters: Precinct 1 — 3,289 Precinct 2 — 3,100 Precinct 3 — 2,551 Precinct 4 — 3,345 Total Registered Voters — 12,285 Federal Seventh Congressional District Torbett H. MacDonald Senators Edward M. Kennedy Edward W. Brooke State: Fifth Councillor District Thomas J. Dane Third Essex Senatorial District William L. Saltonstall Twenty-first Middlesex Representative District Nils L. Nordberg, Reading Daniel C. Towse, Stoneham Fourth District Court of Eastern Middlesex, Woburn 2 TOWN OFFICERS 1973 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Fred C. Kenney, Jr., Chairman Term Expires 1974 Edward P. Cameron, Secretary 1975 Robert S. Cummings 1976 EXECUTIVE SECRETARY John W. Agnew, Jr. TREASURER James N. Boyd, Jr. TOWN ACCOUNTANT Richard E. Gould TOWN COLLECTOR C. Dewey Smith MODERATOR Kenneth C. Latham TOWN CLERK Lawrence Drew TOWN COUNSEL Tyler & Reynolds BOARD OF ASSESSORS William E. Locke, Chairman Term Expires 1976 Michael T. Sullivan, Secretary 1974 ” Robert I. Nordstrand 1975 3 BOAHI) OF REGISTRARS Joseph P. Riemcr, Chairman Term Expires 1975 Pearl E. Malphrus ” ” 1974 ” Daniel F. Driscoll, Jr. ” 1976 BOARD OF APPEAL John A. Anderson, Chairman Term Expires 1974 John B. Tewksbury, Secretary ” ” 1976 ” Thomas C. Chase ” 1975 ASSOCIATE MEMBERS OF BOARD OF APPEAL Elizabeth M. Kay Term Expires 1975 William H. Watt ” ” 1976 PLANNING BOARD Andrew B. White, Chairman Term Expires 1974 ” William E. Clark, Secretary ” 1975 ” Melvin E. Jones ” 1976 ” John P. Collins, Jr. ” 1976 ” Carroll E. Ayers ” 1974 PERSONNEL BOARD James J. Fandel, Chairman Term Expires 1975 David F. Ham ' ” 1976 * Joseph H. Picano ” John C. Newman ” 1976 David W. Kruger ” ” 1976 #Leo R. Campbell FINANCE COMMITTEE * James J. Sullivan, Jr., Chairman Term Expires 1976 ” Elizabeth Klepeis, Vice-Chairman ” 1975 Ralph Dangelmair ” ” 1976 Donald W. Davidson ” ” 1974 Alfred T. Doughty ’ ” 1975 ” Richard C. Evans ” 1976 ” Harry M. Johnson, Jr. ” 1974 ^Resigned ^Appointed to fill vacancy 4 ” Bayard R. Lincoln ” 1975 ” * Kenneth W. Magoon ” 1976 Paul A. Miller ” ” 1976 Richard J. Ogden ’ ” 1974 ” Arthur E. O’Brien ” 1974 ” "'Joseph H. Picano ” 1975 John W. Price ” ” 1975 George M. Sanford ’ ” 1974 ” #James J. Fandel ” 1975 BOARD OF HEALTH Robert W. Wakeling, D.O., Chairman Term Expires 1976 Mary Polychrones, Secretary ” ” 1975 ” Thomas J. Dowd, M.D. ” 1974 DIRECTOR VETERANS’ SERVICES — VETERANS’ BENEFITS AGENT * Donald T. Taylor #Russell F. Winam SCHOOL COMMITTEE Frank A. Smith, Jr., Chairman Term Expires 1976 ” Nancy E. Elgart ” 1974 W. Bruce MacDonald ” ” 1975 Robert A. Muir ” ” 1974 ” Kenneth P. Roberts ” 1975 Louis H. Martinage ” ” 1976 SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Robert S. Wells SCHOOL PHYSICIAN Robert W. Wakeling, D.O. REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT COMMITTEE John B. Pacino Term Expires 1977 ^Resigned ^Appointed to fill vacancy 5 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES Robert J. Fields, Chairman Term Expires 1975 Barbara E. Winkler, Secretary ” ” 1976 William H. Diamond ” ” 1974 Alfred R. Johnson ” ” 1974 ” Edward F. Fuller, Jr. ” 1976 George M. Richards ” ” 1975 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS Lawrence R. Blood, Chairman Term Expires 1975 ” Nathan C. White, Secretary ” 1974 ” Malcolm E. Reed ” 1975 ” John H. Russell ” 1976 ” Paul C. Dustin ” 1976 MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD Paul C. Nicholas, Chairman Term Expires 1974 John H. Crooker, Secretary ” ” 1975 William H. Parker ” ” 1976 BOARD OF CEMETERY TRUSTEES Edouard N. Dube, Chairman Term Expires 1975 ” Clifford P. Wadrnan, Secretary ” 1975 ” Harold F. Davis ” 1974 ” Charles E. Ellis, Jr. ” 1976 ” Herbert F. Gent, Jr. ” 1974 ” Stanley F. Maxwell ” 1976 RECREATION COMMITTEE Russell H. Stone, Jr., Chairman Term Expires 1975 ” ” Donald I. Pierce, Secretary 1976 Steven A. Rhodes ” ” 1976 ” Duane B. Heineck ” 1974 Nancy Hollingsworth ” ” 1976 John Morabito ” ” 1975 Nancy E. Elgart Paul C. Dustin ^Resigned ^Appointed to fill vacancy 6 HOUSING AUTHORITY Philip R. White, Jr., Chairman Term Expires 1975 Edouard N. Dube 1978 *Gilbert M. Lothrop 1974 Nathalie C. Beaton 1976 Charles Stratton (State Appointed) 1976 Janet Pierce, Executive Director #Gary B. Walker SUPERINTENDENT OF MOTH WORK Irving E. Dickey, Jr. TREE WARDEN Irving E. Dickey, Jr. INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS Joyal C. Jaques WIRE INSPECTOR Blanchard K. Stoddart INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING William R. Harrison GAS INSPECTOR William R. Harrison SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Robert M. Graham DOG OFFICER Ralph C. Marden, Jr. ^Resigned ^Appointed to fill vacancy 7 INSPECTOR OF MILK AND FOODS James J. Nugent, Jr. INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS Gardiner A. Lester, D.V.M. CUSTODIAN OF SOLDIERS’ AND SAILORS’ GRAVES Harold F. Davis DIRECTOR OF CIVIL DEFENSE Forest T. Benton CONSTABLES Robert M. Graham Sally M. Hoyt CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT BOARD George R. Larson, Chairman John F. Tormey Richard E. Gould, Secretary INSURANCE COMMITTEE Consists of Board of Selectmen, Town Treasurer, and Chairman of Finance Committee LAW COMMITTEE Consists of Chairman of the following Boards: Board of Selectmen Planning Board Board of Public Works Board of Assessors Board of Cemetery Trustees School Committee Board of Health Municipal Light Board Board of Library Trustees 8 COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS George R. Larson, Chairman Term Expires 1979 ” ^Joseph B. Iverson ” 1975 ” Donald C. McKie ” 1977 Town Treasurer and Chairman Board of Selectmen Members Ex-Officio ^William K. Weidman INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION John M. Celehar Term Expires 1958 ” Edward J. Coppinger ” 1975 Melvin E. Jones (from Planning Board) COMMITTEE ON TOWN FORESTS Benjamin E. Nichols, Chairman Term Expires 1974 ” * James S. Perry ” 1976 ” Irving E. Dickey, Jr. ” 1975 ^George B. Perry CONSERVATION COMMISSION Nancy W. Anderson, Chairman Term Expires 1975 ” ” James R. Boucher 1974 John D. Louanis ” 1975 ” ” Ruth E. Johnson 1976 George Cochrane, 3rd ” ” 1976 Henry W. Fienemann 1976 ” ” James E. Klepeis 1974 COMMITTEE ON ELM TREE PROTECTION Irving E. Dickey, Jr. Charles Stratton MEASURES OF LUMBER Harold B. Currell Irving E. Dickey, Jr. MEASURES OF WOOD AND BARK Harold B. Currell Irving E. Dickey, Jr. ^Appointed to fill vacancy * Resigned 9 FIELD DRIVERS Norman B. Small, Jr. Ronald A. Winslow PUBLIC WEIGHERS Gordon Berry George Hayes Kenneth Hall Jeffrey Buchanan Dennis Trainor Ronald Liss Carl Sias Albert K. Guglielmi Donald O’Shea William Knight William Capps Kathleen Joyce Edwin R. Chapman Diane M. Joyce REPRESENTATIVE METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING COUNCIL Melvin E. Jones Term Expires 1976 POLICE DEPARTMENT ROSTER CHIEF John F. Beaudoin LIEUTENANTS William H. Faulkner Edward M. Hubbard John L. Power SERGEANTS Fred Granelli Bernard J. Paiva Robert E. Marchand SERGEANT-DETECTIVE Edward W. Marchand 10 PATROLMAN-DETECTIVES Herbert E. Robson Leo S. Iacopucci Richard L. Nelson SAFETY OFFICER Joseph W. Cormier PATROLMEN George A. LeFave John A. Bilicki Herbert G. Perry Evan P. Edwards Robert A. Castine Raymond J. Doucette William F. Keefe Herbert N. McSheehy Leonard P. Hoyt Richard L. Wood David E. Saunders William E. Arakelian Gerald F. Hoyt John Green Paul K. Sheridan William A. Pacunas Michael S. Conchiglia Paul G. Peoples Dennis T. Farrell Paul A. Vallee Robert J. Silva Joseph R. Veno Henry F. Rich Chester M. Thurston Murray C. Airhart CLERK Barbara B. Adams POLICE WOMAN Marie A. Cormier FIRE DEPARTMENT ROSTER CHIEF Donald C. Mitchell DEPUTY CHIEFS Robert W. Pratt Victor H. Call CAPTAIN Robert W. Shannon 11 LIEUTENANTS #Elmer A. Dykens Theodore W. Turner, Jr. Leslie L. Hadley Leonard J. Redfern Harvey J. Racine Russell E. Carter Robert H. Thomas :!: Arthur W. Steele FIRE FIGHTERS Richard D. Brown Paul D. Murphy Gerald W. Humphrey Alan B. McMahon Nelson F. Andrews William F. Campbell III Ronald D. Michelini James A. Stevenson Frederick E. Livingstone John F. Beaudoin, Jr. Donald L. Michelini Roger C. Quimby George L. Turner Arthur H. Vars Ernest G. Babcock, Jr. Stephen A. Ballou Richard E. Van Horn Philip G. Dole Wilfred E. Beaudreau, Jr. George E. Cress Daniel J. Doran James D. Freda Willard F. Nichols Steven M. Granelli Peter R. Vincent Donald L. Wood Malcolm W. Hubbard Robert J. Campbell #John C. Doucette ^Stephen M. Shea Donald V. Jackson *Kenneth N. Campbell, Jr. Robert P. O’Brien *Edward Roy Tribble Joseph T. Hinds, Jr. *David C. Bishop Verlon Curtis *John A. Faulkner Joseph Cummings III *John T. Kucinski James W. Sharkey * Gordon E. Sargent Thomas W. Lyle *Donald E. Stead Anthony J. Gentile *John T. Mooney CLERK Ruth K. Murray MECHANIC Albert A. Tarpin SUPT. OF FIRE ALARM Donald C. Mitchell *Resigned ^Appointed to fill vacancy 12 FOREST WARDEN Donald C. Mitchell DEPUTY FOREST WARDENS Deputy Chief, Robert W. Pratt Irving E. Dickey, Jr. Deputy Chief, Victor H. Cail Benjamin E. Nichols Captain, Robert W. Shannon Lieutenant, Robert H. Thomas George B. Perry III ""Appointed to Fill Vacancy ^Retired 13 TOWN OF READING List of Jurors for 1973-1974 NAME RESIDENCE BUSINESS OR OCCUPATION Adams, Dorothy M. 44 Spring Street Waitress A1worth, William 16 Gardner Road Shipper Arnone, Philip A. 37 Canterbury Drive Foreman Athanas, Arthur L. 665 Pearl Street Mail Messenger Bailey, Richard A. 5 Lakeview Ave., Apt. 3 Laboratory Technologist Barker, Roger D. 264 Ash Street Service Manager Bartolomeo, Robert 139 Washington St. Apt. 15 Accountant Batchelder, Robert M. 20 Lawrence Road Automobile Mechanic Beckett, Ruth D. 35 Tamarack Road Secretary Benard, Denis 33 John Street Truck Driver Bennett, Elmer H. 46 Ash Street Unemployed Bernat, Edward J. 183 High Street Plant Engineer Berry, David K. 107 County Road Office Manager Berry, Richard M. 65 Martin Road Manager of Data Processing Bishop, Stephen 57 Wakefield Street Project Manager and Consulting Engineer Bocker, Ralyn M. 40 Deborah Drive Plant Manager Bonfanti, Leo 15 Lakeview Avenue Publisher Bordieri, Paul A. 376 West Street Manager Boyd, Kenneth W. 8 Crosby Road Paper Cutter Brady, Stephen V. 92 Lowell Street Repairman Braica, Philip A. 24 Highland Street Physicist Breugelman, Louis A. 357 South Street Retired Brophy, James F.