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Town of READING Massachusetts Annual Report 1977 Town of READING MASSACHUSETTS Annual Report Of The Town Officers For The Year Ended December 31, 1977 1 READING PUBLIC LIBRARY READING, MASSACHUSETTS Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016 https://archive.org/details/townofreadingmas1977read Statistics Area — 10 square miles. Population, 1977 — 23,399 REGISTERED RESIDENTS PRECINCT PRECINCT 17 & OLDER UNDER 17 TOTAL 1 840 2118 2958 2 890 2179 3069 3 661 2304 2965 4 882 2014 2896 5 678 2070 2748 6 791 2148 2939 7 813 2076 2889 8 889 2046 2935 6444 16955 23399 Reading Residents 65 + = 8.1% of Population. REGISTERED VOTERS Precinct Republicans Democrats Independent Total 1 388 542 646 1576 2 304 573 619 1496 3 318 486 622 1426 4 444 451 629 1524 5 390 497 591 1478 6 455 531 628 1614 7 477 466 657 1600 8 395 477 679 1551 3171 4023 5071 12265 HOUSING Public Housing. Tannerville Elderly Housing — 80 Units. Section 8 Subsidized Housing — 55 Units. 3 TYPE NO: UNITS One Family Homes 5532 1 Two Family Homes 377 754 Three Family Homes 23 69 Four Family & Over 31 1660 Store Apartments 29 29 Commercial 137 Industrial 26 Federal: Seventh Congressional District Edward J. Markey — 223-2781 2100-A J.F.K. Bldg. Boston, Mass. 02203 Senators Edward M. Kennedy — 223-2826 2400 J.F.K. Bldg. Boston, Mass. 02203 Edward W. Brooke - 223-7240 2003-H J.F.K. Bldg. Boston, Mass. 02203 State: Fifth Councillor District Dr. John F. Markey — 1-683-8782— OFFICE 246 Turnpike St. North Andover, Mass. 01845 First Essex & Middlesex Senatorial District William L. Saltonstall State House Boston, Mass. 02133 Thirty -second Middlesex Representative District Nils L. Nordberg — 944-5087 32 Pennsylvania Ave., Reading, Mass. 01867 Fourth District Court of Eastern Middlesex 30 Pleasant St. - 935-4000 Woburn, Mass. 01801 4 Town Officers 1977 Term Expires BOARD OF SELECTMEN Richard J. Ogden, Chairman 1978 Frank A. Smith, Jr., Secretary 1979 James J. Sullivan 1980 EXECUTIVE SECRETARY John W. Agnew, jr. TREASURER James N. Boyd, Jr. TOWN ACCOUNTANT Raphael W. McDonald TOWN COLLECTOR C. Dewey Smith MODERATOR Kenneth C . Latham TOWN CLERK Lawrence Drew TOWN COUNSEL Tyler & Reynolds & Craig 5 BOARD OF ASSESSORS William E. Locke, Chairman 1979 Robert I. Nordstrand, Secretary 1978 Michael T. Sullivan 1980 BOARD OF REGISTRARS Joseph P. Riemer, Chairman 1978 Pearl E. Malphrus 1980 Daniel F. Driscoll, Jr. 1979 Lawrence Drew, Clerk 1978 BOARD OF APPEALS John A. Anderson, Chairman 1980 John B. Tewksbury 1979 William H. Watt 1978 ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF BOARD OF APPEALS Eugene A. Nigro 1979 PLANNING BOARD Maureen . T O 'Brien , Chairman 1979 Charles J. Keller, Secretary 1979 George V. Hines 1980 Gayllis Paynter 1980 Joseph C. Sturm 1978 PERSONNEL BOARD John C. Newman, Chairman 1979 Winslow F. Blake 1980 John J. Castellano 1980 Bayard R. Lincoln 1980 Domenic Patalano 1979 6 FINANCE COMMITTEE Elizabeth Klepeis, Chairman 1978 Charles W. Hewitt, Vice-Chairman 1980 Carl A. Beaulieu 1978 John L. Black 1980 Theresa Bond 1979 Peter DelGreco 1979 Douglas A. Cowell 1979 James McTeague 1980 Paul T. Metcalf 1979 Walter Palmunen 1978 John M. Silvaggi 1978 Donald Trudeau 1980 Mark Whelton 1980 Mary S. Ziegler 1979 John Zorbedian 1978 BOARD OF HEALTH John D. Cafazzo, Chairman 1979 David W. Pehrson 1980 Sandra J. Trainor 1978 DIRECTOR OF VETERANS’ SERVICES VETERANS’ BENEFITS AGENT Russell F. Winam SCHOOL COMMITTEE Mary Jolene Guerra, Chairman 1978 Eugene R. Nigro, Vice Chairman 1979 W. Bruce MacDonald 1978 Louis Martinage 1979 Paul Landers 1980 Margaret Russell 1980 SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Robert S. Wells 7 SCHOOL PHYSICAN Robert W. Wakeling, D.O. REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT COMMITTEE John B. Pacino 1977 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES Edward F. Fuller, Jr. Chairman 1978 Robert J . Fields , Secretary 1978 William H. Diamond 1980 Barbara E. Winkler 1979 Elia A. Danglemaier 1978 Stephen G. Viegas 1978 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS Paul C. Dustin, Chairman 1979 John W. Price, Secretary 1980 John H. Russell 1979 Lawrence R. Blood 1978 Douglas A. Cowell 1978 MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD John H. Crooker, Chairman 1978 Francis H . Doughty 1980 Allan E . Ames 1979 BOARD OF CEMETERY TRUSTEES Clifford P. Wadman, Chairman 1978 Charles E. Ellis, Jr., Secretary 1979 Carl H. Amon, Jr. 1980 Edward N. Dube 1978 Herbert F. Gent, Jr. 1980 Fred C. Kenney, Jr. 1979 8 RECREATION COMMITTEE Duane B. Heineck, Chairman 1980 Paul Landers 1978 Judith A. McCaffrey 1979 Newell H. Morton 1978 Donald I. Pierce 1979 Marvin M . Rosenthal 1979 Jack Russell 1978 William Hughes 1980 Sue Cavicchi 1980 HOUSING AUTHORITY Jr. Chairman 1980 Philip R. White, , Edouard N. Dube, Vice-Chairman 1978 Frank J. Johnson, Jr., Asst., Secretary 1981 Charles Stratton, Treasurer 1981 Richard S. Dempster, Asst., Treasurer 1979 Janet Pierce, Exec., Director COUNCIL ON AGING Guy H. Rennison, Chairman 1979 Jean Dube 1980 James J. Dumas, Jr. 1980 Everett Lemaire 1978 Vincent Guerra, M.D. 1980 Verna Lantz 1978 Elizabeth Louanis 1980 Eugene Richey 1978 Harold Wyatt 1979 John MacDonnell 1979 SUPERINTENDENT OF MOTH WORK Irving E. Dickey, Jr. TREE WARDEN Irving E. Dickey, Jr. 9 INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS Charles H . Stamatis WIRE INSPECTOR Blanchard K. Stoddart INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING William J. Murphy GAS INSPECTOR William J. Murphy SEALER OF WEIGHTS & MEASURES Charles H . Carroll DOG OFFICER Douglas Carpenter INSPECTOR OF MILK & FOODS James J. Nugent, Jr. INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS Gardiner A. Lester, D.V.M. CUSTODIAN OF SOLDIERS’ AND SAILOR’S GRAVES J. Henry Vik DIRECTOR OF CIVIL DEFENSE John W. Agnew, Jr. 10 CONSTABLES Sally M. Hoyt Lloyd W. Locke, Jr. CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT BOARD George R. Larson, Chairman Raphael W. McDonald, Secretary John F. Tormey 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 COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS George R. Larson, Chairman 1979 Ebbe Ebbeson 1982 David E. Hersee 1977 James W. Boyd, Jr., Secretary Town Treasurer and Chairman Board of Selectmen Members Ex-Officio COMMITTEE ON TOWN FORESTS George B. Perry, Chairman 1979 Irving E. Dickey, Jr. Vice Chairman 1978 Benjamin E. Nichols, Secretary 1980 11 CONSERVATION COMMISSION Lynn Stasz, Co-Chairman 1978 Thomas Riley, Co-Chairman 1979 Nancy W. Anderson 1978 Henry W. Fienemann 1979 Jean Westwater 1979 Laurier Beaulieu 1980 Sally M. Hoyt 1980 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. FIELD DRIVERS Norman B. Small, Jr Ronald A. Winslow REPRESENTATIVE METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING COUNCIL Joseph C. Sturm 1979 POLICE DEPARTMENT ROSTER CHIEF John F. Beaudoin 12 LIEUTENANTS Edward M . Hubbard Bernard J . Paiva Fred Granelli LIEUTENANT—DETECTIVE Edward W. Marchand SARGEANTS Robert E. Marchand William F. Keefe Gerald F. Hoyt PATROLMAN—DETECTIVES Leo S. Iacopucci Richard L. Nelson John Green David E . Saunders SAFETY OFFICER Joseph W. Cormier PATROLMEN George A. LeFave Herbert G. Perry Evan P. Edwards Robert A. Castine Raymond J. Doucette Herbert N. McSheehy Leonard P. Hoyt Richard L. Wood William Arakelian Paul K. Sheridan William Pacunas Michael S. Conchiglia Paul G. Peoples Dennis T. Farrell Paul A. Vallee Robert J. Silva Joseph R. Veno Chester M. Thurston Murray C. Airhart Robert F. Flynn Walter R. Franklin N. Kevin Patterson Hobart E. Nelson Patrick M. O’Brien Michael P. Clooan Brian A. Richards Larry E. Frederick Charles R. Pothier Bruce J. Donaghey 13 CLERK Barbara B . Adams POLICEWOMAN Marie A. Cormier FIRE DEPARTMENT ROSTER CHIEF Robert W. Pratt DEPUTY CHIEF Victor H . Cail CAPTAINS Theodore W. Turner, Jr. Leonard J. Redfem Russell E. Carter Arthur W. Steele LIEUTENANTS Leslie L. Hadley Donald V. Jackson Robert H . Thomas James W. Sharkey FIREFIGHTERS Nelson F. Andrews Robert P. O’Brien Ronald D. Michelini Joseph T. Hines, Jr. Frederick E. Livingstone Verlon M. Curtis Donald L. Michelini Joseph Cummings, III George L. Turner Thomas W. Lyle Ernest G. Babcock, Jr. Anthony J. Gentile Wilfred E. Boudreau Jr. Paul D. Murphy Daniel J. Doran Alan B. McMahon Willard F. Nichols William F. Campbell, III Peter R. Vincent Francis P. Driscoll Malcolm W. Hubbard Richard E. Van Horn 14 James A. Stevenson Stephen M. Shea John F. Beaudoin, Jr. Kenneth M. Campbell, Jr Roger C. Quimby David C. Bishop Arthur H. Vars John A. Faulkner Stephen A. Ballou John T. Kucinski Philip G. Dole Gordon E. Sargent George E. Cress Donald E. Stead James D. Freda John T. Mooney Steven M. Granelli Domenic D. Ricci Donald L. Wood James A. Tracy Robert J. Campbell CLERK Ruth K . Murray MECHANIC Albert A. Tarpin SUPT. OF FIRE ALARM Robert W. Pratt FOREST WARDEN Robert W. Pratt DEPUTY FOREST WARDENS Deputy Chief, Victor H. Cail Benjamin E. Nichols Lieut. Robert H. Thomas George B. Perry, III Irving E. Dickey, Jr. 15 List of Jurors for 1977 - 1978 Prepared by the Board of Selectmen Adams, Charles M., Jr. 169 Wakefield St. President & Owner Adams, Charlotte S. 245 Lowell St. Housewife Adams, Robert W. 57 Westcroft Rd. Retired Afentakis, Nicholas J. 73 Linden St. Data Proc. Sr. Analyst Allan, Robert B. 235 Pearl St. Adm. Assistant Arsenault, Lisa M. 23 Barbara Lane Clerk Aunchman, Patricia A. 82 Middlesex Ave. Kitchen Help Bailey, Richard L., Sr. 69 Woburn St. Custodian Bailey, Scott K. 81 Forest St. Optial Tech Baione, Lawrence J. 80 Woburn St. Music Teacher Baird, Elizabeth 227 Woburn St. Homemaker Baltier, Mark P. 48 Charles St. Student Barraclough, Susan B. 3 Beacon St. Advertising Manager Barrett, Lucretia L.