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Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016 https://archive.org/details/townofreadingmas1955read Town of READING MASSACHUSETTS Annual Report Of The Town Officers For The Year Ended December - 1 9 5 5 - TOWN OFFICERS 1955 Board of Selectmen KENNETH C. LATHAM, Chairman Term Expires 1957 LAWRENCE DREW, Secretary ” ” 1956 GILBERT M. LOTHROP 1958 Board of Public Welfare NEWELL H. MORTON, Chairman Term Expires 1956 DANIEL L. CHAMBERLAIN, Secretary 99 99 1958 DONALD C. McKIE 99 99 1957 QUINCY B. PARK, Welfare Agent GLADYS M. WILSON, Social Worker Bureau of Old Age Assistance NEWELL H. MORTON, Chairman Term Expires 1956 DONALD C. McKIE, Secretary 1957 DANIEL L. CHAMBERLAIN 1958 QUINCY B. PARK, Director VIRGINIA C. SMITH, Social Worker Board of Assessors HAROLD B. CURRELL, Chairman Term Expires 1956 RALPH T. HORN, Secretary 1958 WILLIAM T. FAIRCLOUGH 1957 Town Counsel Town Clerk SAMUEL H. DAVIS BOYD H. STEWART Treasurer Moderator PRESTON F. NICHOLS CHARLES P. HOWARD Town Accountant Town Collector BOYD H. STEWART WILLIAM E. MORRISON Personnel Board HAROLD L. JONES, Chairman GILBERT M. LOTHROP WILLIAM F. MURPHY BOYD H. STEWART, Secretary Director, Veterans' Service — Veterans' Benefits Agent CHARLES W. H. SMITH 2 Board of Public Works HAROLD D. KILGORE, JR., Chairman Term Expires 1956 99 ” COLEMAN J. DONAHUE, Secretary 1957 DOMENICK ZANNI, JR. 99 ” 1957 " ” WALTER S. HOPKINS, JR. 1958 KENNETH R. JOHNSON 99 tt 1957 Board of Health CHARLES R. BAISLEY, M.D., Chairman Term Expires 1956 99 ” CHRISTINE F. ATKINSON, Secretary 1957 EDWARD M. HALLIGAN, M.D. ” ” 1958 Finance Committee CARL H. AMON, JR., Chairman Term Expires 1957 LOUIS DAVIS 99 ” 1957 ” tt JOSHUA T. DAY, JR. 1956 WALTER M. FOWLER 99 tt 1956 99 ” ERNEST E. GALLANT 1958 CLEMENT T. GLEASON 99 tt 1957 ” ” JOHN R. KAY 1958 WILLIAM D. MacKINNON 99 ” 1956 99 tt SAMUEL J. MALONE 1958 WILLIAM F. MURPHY 99 tt 1957 99 ” CARL B. PITMAN 1956 CHARLES STRATTON ” ” 1957 EMERSON A. WILLARD 99 ” 1958 99 ” GEORGE E. MILLNER 1956 " ” FREDERICK F. STEVENSON 1958 BOYD H. STEWART, Clerk School Committee PHILIP R. WHITE, Chairman Term Expires 1956 ROBERT F. PERRY, Secretary NEWELL H. MORTON ” 99 1956 » ” ROBERT E. TURNER 1957 » 99 WILLIAM E. BURPEE 1957 PAUL R. BERGHOLTZ ft 99 1958 BARBARA WINKLER tt 99 1958 School Physician Superintendent of Schools HERBERT LAND, M.D. ROBERT F. PERRY Attendance Officer School Nurse ROBERT A. GRUNDY MARGARET B. CLEWLEY Municipal Light Board ALFRED H. DOLBEN, Chairman Term Expires 1957 PHILLIP G. WILLCOX ” ” 1956 ” WINFRED F. SPURR ” 1958 3 Board of Registrars ROBERT S. RALSTON, Chairman Term Expires 1956 ” JOHN J. WALSH ” 1958 LOUIS BACIGALUPO ” ” 1957 BOYD H. STEWART, Clerk Board of Cemetery Trustees EDOUARD N. DUBE, Chairman Term Expires 1957 M. RUSSELL MEIKLE, Secretary 99 ” 1956 ERNEST E. BROWN 99 ” 1957 WILLIAM P. PIERPONT ” 1958 STANLEY F. MAXWELL ” 1956 LAWRENCE A. PARTELOW 99 ” 1956 Planning Board ROBERT G. CLINCH Chairman Term Expires 1958 ” W. FRANKLIN BURNHAM, JR., Secretary ” 1958 ” BENJAMIN M. HARTSHORN, Jr. ” 1956 A. ERNEST CORINDIA ” ” 1956 ” WILLIAM D. SOMMERS ” 1957 Board of Library Trustees SYDNEY M. HODSON, Chairman Term Expires 1958 H. IRENE LATHAM, Secretary ” ” 1956 ” NEIL C. ROBINSON ” 1956 ” KATHERINE C. PIERCE ” 1957 ” ROBERT E. STEWART ” 1957 ” C. NELSON BISHOP ” 1958 Commissioners of Trust Funds JOSEPH B. IVERSON, Chairman Term Expires 1957 H. RAYMOND JOHNSON ” ” 1961 ” ERNEST S. JOHNSON ” 1959 Town Treasurer and Chairman of Selectmen members ex-officiis Board of Appeal GERALD FOSBROKE, Chairman Term Expires 1957 ” LAWRENCE A. INGHAM, Secretary ” 1956 ” ERNEST L. NIGRO ” 1958 Associate Members Board of Appeal RUSSELL L. MILLER Term Expires 1956 ” * FORREST D. COOK ” 1957 ” *QUINCY A. LOTHROP, III ” 1958 §PHILIP R. WHITE, JR. Sealer of Weights and Measures Inspector of Milk and Foods CARL M. SMITH CARL M. SMITH *Resigned §Appointed 4 Inspector of Plumbing KENNETH G. SHAW Inspector of Animals Inspector of Buildings GARDINER A. LESTER, D.V.M. HAROLD B. CURRELL Game Warden Superintendent of Moth Work JAMES T. PUTNAM MAURICE H. DONEGAN Dog Officer Tree Warden WILLIAM H. DEWSNAP MAURICE H. DONEGAN Custodian of Soldiers' and Sailor' Graves HAROLD F. DAVIS Forest WARDEN CHIEF HUGH L. EAMES Deputy Forest Wardens DEPUTY CHIEF JAMES S. PERRY CAPT. HERBERT L. ROBERTSON LIEUT. GEORGE W. GOODRIDGE LIEUT. DONALD C. MITCHELL MAURICE H. DONEGAN JOHN A. SPURR JAMES T. PUTNAM Constables WILLIAM H. DEWSNAP ARTHUR L. HARRIS Insurance Committee Consists of Board of Selectmen, Town Treasurer, and Chairman of Finance Committee Contributory Retirement Board DONALD C. MITCTHELL, Chairman BOYD H. STEWART, Secretary ARTHUR C. ALDRICH Law Committee Consists of Chairmen of the following Boards: Board of Selectmen Board of Assessors Board of Health Board of Public Welfare School Committee Board of Public Works Municipal Light Board Police Department ROLAND E. ELLIS, Chief Sergeants THOMAS J. FITZPATRICK WILLIAM H. FAULKNER EDWARD M. HUBBARD JOHN F. BEAUDOIN Patrolmen FRANK R. FISHER WINFRED A. MacDONALD, JR. HAROLD W. O’BRIEN WILLIAM J. WEBB, JR. 5 JOSEPH M. GREENE JOHN A. BILICKI PATRICK J. PANTANO PHILIP N. CAIL. WILLIAM H. DEWSNAP HERBERT G. PERRY JAMES E. HOWARD JOSEPH W. CORMIER FREDERICK J. KEEFE EVAN P. EDWARDS JAMES L. POWER FRED GRANELLI, JR. ROLAND E. ELLIS, JR. ROBERT P. JONES J. ROBERT CLARK, Clerk Special Police Officers ELMER E. YOUNG Senior High School WILLIAM J. BROUSSARD Senior High School DANIEL J. WHITE Senior High School VINCENT SERRENTINO Senior High School STUART R. NICHOLS Senior High School FRED REISSLE Junior High School ANDREW J. LOMAX Junior High School FRED GIBSON Junior High School ROBERT A. VARS Joshua Eaton School HENRY GROMYKO Joshua Eaton School WILLIAM A. LLOYD Lowell Street School DANIEL J. BUCKLEY Highland School EDWARD F. HARRISON Pearl Street School ROY J. BROGAN Pearl Street School RALPH PLOUFF Methodist Church QUINCY B. PARK Centre School Building, Welfare Dept. HENRY O. BALLOU Municipal Bldg., Masonic Bldg., Sanborn Apts. EDWARD TEER Library ALEXANDER SMYTHE Odd Fellows Building WILLIAM G. HENDERSON Middlesex County National Bank JAMES T. PUTNAM Reading Rifle and Revolver Club, Public Works JOHN H. VANDENBERG Reading Rifle and Revolver Club DONALD E. FLORENCE Reading Rifle and Revolver Club WILLIAM H. MILLER Public Works JOHN D. LOUANIS Water and Sewer Pumping Station, Town Forest ARTHUR G. REES Victory House ROBERT P. SMITH Victory House HARRY A. TURNER Baptist Church RALPH E. WILSON V.F.W. Quarters J. ROBERT CLARK Police Station DUNCAN STANLEY Police Station HAROLD F. DAVIS Cemeteries HUGH L. EAMES Fire Department JAMES H. MADDEN St. Agnes Church HORACE A. AUSTIN School Traffic Control JOHN R. O’BRIEN School Traffic Control WILLIAM E. FLAHERTY School Traffic Control FRANK E. EPOLITE School Traffic Control LEONARD MERULLO Town Skating Areas 6 Fire Department Permanent Firemen Chief, HUGH L. EAMES Deputy Chief, JAMES S. PERRY Captain, HERBERT L. ROBERTSON ROBERT H. THOMAS Lieutenant, GEORGE W. GOODRIDGE RICHARD D. BROWN Lieutenant, DONALD C. MITCHELL ROBERT W. PRATT CLIFFORD E. LITCHFIELD LESLIE L. HADLEY LESLIE C. HADLEY HERBERT J. HUTCHINSON ROBERT W. SHANNON RUSSELL E. CARTER ELMER A. DYKENS, JR. GERALD W. HUMPHREY JGEORGE F. FOGG ELMER W. MOORE WILLIAM R. VAN HORN THEODORE W. TURNER, JR. Call Firemen JOSEPH ARSENAULT ROBERT M. GRAHAM HENRY O. BALLOU EARL W. HOBART ROBERT L. BALLOU IVAR F. JOHNSON DANIEL J. BUCKLEY §RALPH E. NICKERSON EVERETT G. CARROLL HERMAN L. RIESSLE THEODORE J. DE BRUYN GEORGE G. ROGERS MYLES A. DENNO F. LIONEL SPRINGFORD JOHN F. ENOS JOHN A. SPURR DE MELLE G. GAREY ERNEST R. WATSON JAMES R. GAW Dispatcher, ALBERT R. MAINES Superintendent of Fire Alarm HUGH L. EAMES Inspector of Wires tGEORGE F. FOGG §JAMES F. O’DOWD Measurers of Lumber HAROLD B. CURRELL FRED F. SMITH MAURICE H. DONEGAN Measurers of Wood and Bark MAURICE H. DONEGAN HAROLD B. CURRELL THOMAS E. BROGAN tRetired Resigned §Appointed 7 Weighers of Coal and Hay THOMAS E. BROGAN MABEL L. MacKAY BERTHA L. MacLELLAN MOLLIE A. SWEETSER WENDELL B. NEWELL D. GEORGE GAW Field Drivers ERNEST T. WAKEFIELD JAMES T. PUTNAM Fence Viewers WENDELL B. NEWELL WARREN F. CHARLES Committee on Elm Tree Protection MAURICE H. DONEGAN JOHN F. SAWYER MARION V. HARRINGTON Committee on Town Forests MAURICE H. DONEGAN JAMES T. PUTNAM HUGH L. EAMES Capital Expenditures Planning Committee LAWRENCE A. CATE, Chairman JOHN B. HARKER STANLEY F. MAXWELL, Secretary A. ERNEST CORINDIA ERNEST E. GALLANT BENJAMIN M. HARTSHORN, JR. Recreation Committee ROBERT E. TURNER, Chairman LAWRENCE DREW C. SUMNER TEEL, Secretary RICHARD GALE ALBERT CHISHOLM NEWELL H. MORTON H. LEE DONLEY WILLIAM H. WILLSON, JR. DOMENICK ZANNI Salvage Committee BOARD OF SELECTMEN 8 STATISTICS Area, 10 square miles Population, census of 1955, 16,440 Registered Voters: Precinct No. 1, 3,961; Precinct No. 2, 4,496; Precinct No. 3, 3,300; Precinct No. 4, 4,683 Eighth Congressional District Sixth Councillor District Seventh Middlesex Senatorial District Eighteenth Middlesex Representative District Fourth District Court of Eastern Middlesex held in Woburn Representatives in Congress, 8th District, Torbert H. MacDonald, Malden Councillor 6th District, M. Edward Viola, Arlington Senator 7th Middlesex District, George J. Evans, Wakefield Representatives 18th Middlesex District, Frank D. Tanner, Reading, and Charles E. Wilkinson, Reading 9 TOWN OF READING List of Jurors for 1955-1956 Prepared by the Board of Selectmen Name Residence Business or Occupation Alonzo, William, 12 Beverly Rd. Technician Anderson, Ralph W., 532 West St. Supervisor Arthur, Paul W., 37 Winslow Rd. Underwriter Bacigalupo, Mary B., 19 Woburn St. Housewife Bagocius, Frank J., 163 County Rd. Millhand Bailey, Bernard C., 71 Woburn St. Clerk Baker, Arnold R., 245 Pearl St. Carpenter Barnes, David H., 89 Ash St. Maint. Electrician Barnes, Gordon E., 19 Lawrence Rd. Electrician Bartosch, WTlliam J., 57 Cross St. Supervisor Basner, Frederick W., 82 Forest St. Bank Clerk Bateman, Squire W., 203 Wakefield St. Purchasing Agent Batty, Charles A., 113 Haverhill St.