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Town of READING MASSACHUSETTS iM:- Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016 https://archive.org/details/townofreadingmas1958read Town of READING MASSACHUSETTS Annual Report Of The Town Officers For The Year Ended December TOWN OFFICERS 1958 Board of Selectmen LAWRENCE DREW, Chairman Term Expires 1959 JAMES E. CALVIN, Secretary 1960 RUDOLF SUSSMANN 1961 Board of Public Welfare NEWELL H. MORTON, Chairman Term Expires 1959 DANIEL L. CHAMBERLAIN, Secretary + 1961 DONALD C McKIE 1960 QUINCY B. PARK, Welfare Agent GLADYS M. WILSON, Social Worker Bureau of Old Age Assistance NEWELL H. MORTON, Chairman Term Expires 1959 DONALD C. McKIE, Secretary 1960 DANIEL L. CHAMBERLAIN 1961 QUINCY B. PARK, Director VIRGINIA C. SMITH, Social Worker Board of Assessors HAROLD B. CURRELL, Chairman Term Expires 1959 RALPH T. HORN, Secretary 1961 WILLIAM T. FAIRCLOUGH 1960 Town Counsel Town Clerk CARL H. AMON, JR. BOYD H. STEWART Treasurer Moderator PRESTON F. NICHOLS KENNETH C. LATHAM Town Accountant Town Collector BOYD H. STEWART WILLIAM E. MORRISON Personnel Board WILLIAM F. MURPHY, Chairman RALPH G. SIAS LAWRENCE E. MacLEOD BOYD H. STEWART, Secretary Director, Veterans' Service — Veterans' Benefits Agent * CHARLES W. H. SMITH t FRANK A. GALLAGHER ^Retired •{•Appointed to fill vacancy 2 Board of Public Works COLEMAN J. DONAHUE, Chairman Term Expires 1960 ” DOMENICK ZANNI, JR., Secretary ” 1960 ” DONALD E. FLORENCE ” 1961 LLOYD W. HARRISON ” ” 1961 ” HAROLD D KILGORE, JR. ” 1959 Board of Health CHARLES R. BAISLEY, M.D., Chairman Term Expires 1959 ” CHRISTINE F. PARKER, Secretary ” 1960 EDWARD M. HALLIGAN, M.D. ” ” 1961 Finance Committee WILLIAM H. DOLBEN, Chairman Term Expires 1959 WALTER M. FOWLER ” ” 1959 M ERNEST E. GALLANT ” 1961 ” CLEMENT T. GLEASON ” 1960 PAUL C NICHOLAS ” ” 1960 ” JOHN R. KAY ” 1961 ” DUDLEY B. KILLAM ” 1959 GEORGE LARSON ” ” 1961 PAUL MICH ” ” 1961 ” GEORGE E. MILLNER ” 1959 ” WILLIAM F. MURPHY ” 1960 ” CARL B. PITMAN ” 1959 ” FREDERICK F. STEVENSON ” 1961 EMERSON A. WILLARD ” ” 1961 ” ALFRED R. JOHNSON ” 1960 School Committee ROBERT E. TURNER, Chairman Term Expires 1960 ROBERT F. PERRY, Secretary ” BARBARA E. WINKLER ” 1961 ” PAUL R. BERGHOLTZ ” 1961 WILLIAM E BURPEE ” ” 1960 NEWELL H. MORTON ” ” 1959 ” PHILIP R. WHITE ” 1959 School Physician Superintendent of Schools ROBERT W. WAKELING, D.O. ROBERT F. PERRY Attendance Officer School Nurse ^ROBERT A. GRUNDY MARGARET B. CLEWLEY t 'WILLIAM O’KEEFE fALTON C. BENNETT ^Resigned tAppointed to fill vacancy 3 Municipal Light Board WINFRED F. SPURR, Chairman Term Expires 1961 PHILIP O. AHLIN, JR. ” ” 1960 PHILLIP G. WILLCOX ” ” 1959 Board of Registrars LOUIS BACIGALUPO, Chairman Term Expires 1960 99 JOHN J. WALSH ” 1961 H. NELSON BATES 99 ” 1959 Eoard of Cemetery Trustees EDOUARD N. DUBE, Chairman Term Expires 1960 M. RUSSELL MEIKLE, Secretary ” ” 1959 ” STANLEY F. MAXWELL ” 1961 ” ERNEST E. BROWN ” 1960 LAWRENCE A. PARTELOW ” ” 1959 CHARLES E. ELLIS, JR. ” ” 1961 Planning Board EDWARD W. BATTEN, Chairman Term Expires 1959 WILLIAM D. SOMMERS, Secretary ” ” 1960 ” C. DEWEY SMITH ” 1961 ” JAMES J. SULLIVAN, JR. ” 1959 ROBERT D. GOODOAK ” ” 1961 Board of Library Trustees KATHERINE C. PIERCE, Chairman Term Expires 1960 H. IRENE LATHAM, Secretary ” ” 1959 WILLIAM H. DIAMOND ” ” 1959 ” ROBERT E. STEWART ” 1960 ” C. NELSON BISHOP ” 1961 SYDNEY M. HODSON ” ” 1961 Commissioners of Trust Funds JOSEPH B. IVERSON, Chairman Term Expires 1963 H. RAYMOND JOHNSON 9) ” 1961 ERNEST S. JOHNSON ” 1959 Town Treasurer and Chairman of Selectmen members ex-officiis Board of Appeal GERALD E. FOSBROKE, Chairman Term Expires 1960 ” PHILIP R. WHITE, JR. ” 1959 THOMAS A. PERKINS ” ” 1961 Associate Members Board of Appeal ROBERT S. TOPERZER Term Expires 1960 ” JAMES W. KILLAM, III ” 1959 ” ALTON C. BENNETT ” 1961 Sealer of Weights and Measures Inspector of Milk and Foods CARL M. SMITH CARL M. SMITH 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 Treo Warden WILLIAM H. DEWSNAP MAURICE H. DONEGAN Custodian of Soldiers' and Sailors' Graves HAROLD F. DAVIS 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. MITCHELL, Chairman BOYD H STEWART, Secretary ARTHUR C. ALDRICH Law Committee Consists of Chairmen of the following Boards: Board of Assessors Board of Selectmen Board of Public Works Board of Health Board of Public Welfare School Committee Municipal Light Board Personnel of Police Department Chief ROLAND E. ELLIS Lieutenant JOHN F. BEAUDOIN Sergeants THOMAS J. FITZPATRICK WILLIAM H. FAULKNER EDWARD M. HUBBARD JOHN L. POWER Patrolman - Inspector WILLIAM H. DEWSNAP 5 Patrolmen FRANK R. FISHER HAROLD W. O’BRIEN JOSEPH M. GREENE PATRICK J. PANTANO FREDERICK J. KEEFE WINFRED A. MacDONALD PHILLIP N. CAIL WILLIAM J. WEBB, JR. HERBERT G. PERRY EVAN P. EDWARDS JOHN A. BILICKI JOSEPH W. CORMIER FRED GRANELLI ROBERT E. MARCHAND GEORGE A. LEFAVE ROBERT A. CASTINE BRIAN F. DESMOND PAUL J. MURPHY BERNARD J. PAIVA ROBERT M. MOORE Temporary Patrolmen RAYMOND J. DOUCETTE WILLIAM S. DEFERRARI, JR. Clerk J. ROBERT CLARK Special Police Officers ELMER F. YOUNG Memorial High School DANIEL J. WHITE Memorial High School VINCENT SERRENTINO Memorial High School STUART R. NICHOLS Memorial High School REGINALD W. SOUTHARD Memorial High School HERMAN L. HUBBARD Memorial 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 JOHN B. MILLER Highland School EDWARD F. HARRISON Birch Meadow School ROY J. BROGAN Pearl Street School JOSEPH PETRONI Pearl Street School RONAN J. LASKEY Birch Meadow School FRANK MacMILLAN All Schools FRANK C. MITCHELL Joshua Eaton School DANIEL J. BUCKLEY Reading Community Center QUINCY B. PARK Welfare Department HENRY O. BALLOU Municipal Bldg., Masonic Bldg., Sanborn Apts. EDWARD TEER Library WILLIAM G. HENDERSON Middlesex County National B'ank JAMES T. PUTNAM 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 American Legion Victory House EVERETT P. PACKER American Legion Victory House 6 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 HAMILTON H. GAW School Traffic Control FRED H. DODGE School Traffic Control CHARLES H. DOUCETTE School Traffic Control EDWARD F. HURLEY School Traffic Control DONALD McGILLVEARY School Traffic Control PHILIP J. MILES School Traffic Control RALPH B. WILLIAMS School Traffic Control Reading Fire Department Permanent Firefighters Chief, HUGH L. EAMES Deputy Chief, JAMES S. PERRY Captain, HERBERT L. ROBERTSON GERALD W. HUMPHREY Captain, DONALD C. MITCHELL ELMER W. MOORE Captain, LESLIE C. HADLEY THEODORE W. TURNER, JR. Captain, CLIFEORD E. LITCHFIELD NELSON F. ANDREWS ROBERT W. SHANNON RONALD D. MICHELINI ELMER A. DYKENS, JR. FREDERICK E. LIVINGSTONE WILLIAM R. VAN HORN DONALD L. MICHELINI ROBERT H. THOMAS VICTOR H. CAIL RICHARD D. BROWN GEORGE L. TURNER ROBERT W. PRATT, Mechanic ERNEST G. BABCOCK, JR. LESLIE L. HADLEY tRICHARD E. VAN HORN HERBERT J. HUTCHINSON tWILFRED E. BOUDREAU RUSSELL E. CARTER f DANIEL J. DORAN tWILLARD F. NICHOLS Call Firefighters JOSEPH ARSENAULT EARL W. HOBART HENRY O. BALLOU IVAR F. JOHNSON DANIEL J. KUCKLEY RALPH E. NICKERSON EVERETT G. CARROLL HERMAN L. REISSLE THOMAS R. CROSWELL GEORGE G. ROGERS JOHN F. ENOS F. LIONEL SPRINGFORD DEMELLE G. GAREY JOHN A. SPURR JAMES R. GAW ERNEST R. WATSON Dispatcher, DUNCAN H. STANLEY Supt. of Fire Alarm HUGH L. EAMES Forest Warden HUGH L. EAMES f Appointed 7 Deputy Forest Wardens Deputy Chief, JAMES S. PERRY Captain, HERBERT L. ROBERTSON Captain, DONALD C. MITCHELL Captain, LESLIE C. HADLEY Captain, CLIFFORD E. LITCHFIELD MAURICE H. DONEGAN JOHN A. SPURR JAMES T. PUTNAM Inspector of Wires 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 Field Drivers JAMES T. PUTNAM RONALD A. WINSLOW Fence Viewers WENDELL B. NEWELL ROBERT M. GRAHAM Weighers of Coal and Hay THOMAS E. BROGAN WENDELL B. NEWELL DONALD E. FUNK Committee on Elm Tree Protection MAURICE H. DONEGAN CHARLES STRATTON MARION V. HARRINGTON Committee on Town Forests MAURICE H. DONEGAN Term Expires 1960 JAMES T. PUTNAM 1959 HUGH L. EAMES 1961 Capital Expenditures Planning Committee STANLEY F. MAXWELL JOHN B. HARKER NORMAN E. JONES C. DEWEY SMITH JAMES J. SULLIVAN, Jr. ERNEST E. GALLANT PAUL MICH Recreation Committee HERBERT M. RIXON, Chairman RICHARD D. GALE DONALD TEEL, Secretary NEWELL H. MORTON H. LEE DONLEY WILLIAM H. WILLSON, JR. ALBERT J. CHISHOLM DOMENICK ZANNI, JR. PAUL BERGHOLTZ Salvage Committee BOARD OF SELECTMEN 8 STATISTICS Area, 10 square miles Population, census of 1955, 16,440 Registered Voters: Precinct 1, 1943; Precinct 2, 2480; Precinct 3, 1796; Precinct 4, 2789; total 9008 Eighth Congressional District Sixth Councillor District Seventh Middlesex Senatorial District Eighteen Middlesex Representative District Fourth District Court of Eastern Middlesex held in Woburn Representative