Town of Reading Massachusetts Annual Report
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Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016 https ://arch i ve . o rg/detai Is/townofread i ng mas 1 947 read THREE HUNDRED and THIRD Annual Report TOWN OF READING MASSACHUSETTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 19 4 7 Town Officers 1947 Board of Selectmen KENNETH C. LATHAM, Chairman Term expires 1948 ” CHARLES E. WILKINSON, Secretary ” 1949 ” G. LAWRENCE ROBERTS ” 1950 MILDRED J. GRAY, Clerk Board of Public Welfare JOSEPH D. KNIGHT, Chairman Term expires 1948 ” ” CLARENCE J. STALLIDAY, Secretary 1950 ” MILES C. HIGGINS ” 1949 EDWARD E. HARNDEN, Welfare Agent GLADYS WILSON, Social Worker Bureau of Old Age Assistance JOSEPH D. KNIGHT, Chairman Term expires 1948 ” MILES C. HIGGINS ” 1949 ” ” CLARENCE J. STALLIDAY 1950 GWENDOLYN H. NEWHOUSE, Secretary to the Bureau EDWARD E. HARNDEN, Director VIRGINIA C. SMITH, Social Worker RUTH CORBETT, Social Worker Board of Assessors HAROLD B. CURRELL, Chairman Term expires 1950 ” RALPH T. HORN, Secretary ” 1949 ” LEON G. BENT ” 1948 Town Counsel Town Clerk SAMUEL H. DAVIS GUY W. ELLISON Treasurer Moderator PRESTON F. NICHOLS CHARLES P. HOWARD Town Accountant Town Collector BOYD H. STEWART WILLIAM E. MORRISON Agent, Veterans’ Benefit CHARLES W. H. SMITH Board of Public Works HAROLD W. PUTNAM, Chairman Term expires 1949 ” HARMON D. SMITH, Secretary ” 1950 ” WENDELL P. DAVIS ” 1948 ” ALEXANDER LINDSAY ” 1948 ” ” WILLIAM J. WEBB 1948 Appointed to fill vacancy 2 Board of Health E. M. HALUGAN, M.D., Chairman Term expires 1949 ” CHRISTINE F. ATKINSON, Secretary ” 1948 ” CHARLES R. BAISLEY, M.D. ” 1950 Finance Committee LOUIS DAVIS, Chairman Term expires 1948 WILLIAM A. CONNELLY, D.M.D. 99 99 1949 HORACE A. BAILEY 99 99 1949 ERNEST E. GALLANT 99 99 1949 CLARENCE M. KIMBALL 79 99 1949 tALLAN H. STURGES 97 99 1949 GEORGE E. CURTIS 99 99 1950 WALTER M. FOWLER 99 99 1950 CARL W. PINKHAM 99 99 1950 99 99 WALTER S. HOPKINS, JR. 1950 JOSHUA T. DAY, JR. 99 99 1950 tROBERT E. FOWLE 99 99 1948 99 99 LAWRENCE J. RUST 1948 CHARLES STRATTON 99 99 1948 W. GARDNER LONG 99 99 1948 *EMERSON A. WILLARD 99 99 1949 BOYD H. STEWART, Clerk School Committee ALEXANDER P. GLOVER, Chairman Term expires 1949 ” 99 GLADYS F. MILTON 1949 99 99 MARY E. EARLEY 1948 MERLE W. WESCOTT. D.M.D. 99 99 1948 GOULD B. RUGGLES 99 99 1950 99 99 MELVIN S. CROSBY 1950 ELBRIDGE C. GROVER, Ph.D., Secretary School Physician Superintendent of Schools ALBERT E. MORRIS, M.D. ELBRIDGE C. GROVER, Ph.D. Attendance Officer School Nurse JEAN F. RAMSAY MARGARET B. CLEWLEY Municipal Light Board HERBERT G. EVANS, Chairman Term expires 1948 ” LOUIS ELLENWOOD, Secretary ” 1949 ” JOSEPH H. REED ” 1950 t Resigned * Appointed to fill vacancy 3 Board of Registrars ROBERT S. RALSTON, Chairman Term expires 1950 ” 99 WALTER A. SCANLON, Secretary 1949 LOUIS BACIGALUPO 91 1948 Board of Cemetery Trustees FRED L. NUTTER, Chairman Term expires 1949 » ” JAMES W. FAIRCHILD, Secretary 1950 99 HARRY C. BARR 99 1948 EDOUARD N. DUBE 99 99 1948 WILLIAM P. PIERPONT 99 99 1949 99 " DAVID E. HERSEE 1950 Planning Board PHILIP R. WHITE, Chairman Term expires 1950 A. LLOYD DAVID, Secretary 99 99 1948 WALTER D. BERRY 99 99 1949 WINTHROP D. PARKER 99 99 1949 GEORGE B. PEASE 99 99 1950 Library Trustees WILLIAM J. TONKS, Chairman Term expires 1948 EVE F. HENDERSON, Secretary 99 99 1950 99 99 NEIL C. ROBINSON 1950 SYDNEY M. HODSON 99 99 1949 99 99 C. NELSON BISHOP 1949 " 99 KATHERINE C. PIERCE 1948 Commissioners of Trust Funds ROBERT M. BROWN, Chairman Term expires 1953 ” 99 RALPH G. BABCOCK 1951 H. RAYMOND JOHNSON 99 1949 Town Treasurer and Chairman of Selectmen members ex-officiis Board of Appeal DUDLEY B. KILLAM, Chairman Term expires 1948 HERBERT T. SCHOPPELRY, Secretary 99 99 1949 99 CLIFTON S. NICHOLS 1950 Associate Members Board of Appeal EDWARD J. SCOTT Term expires 1948 HOWARD T. CLINCH )) 99 1949 Sealer of Weight* and Measure* Inspector of Milk and Food CARL M. SMITH CARL M. SMITH 4 : Inspector of Plumbing and Gas Inspector KENNETH G. SHAW Inspector of Animals Inspector of Buildings GARDINER A. LESTER, D.V.M. GEORGE H. SIDEBOTTOM Game Warden Superintendent of Moth Work JAMES T. PUTNAM MAURICE H. DONEGAN Dog Officer Tree Warden CHARLES H. MELENDY MAURICE H. DONEGAN Term expires 1950 Burial Agent, Soldiers and Sailors CHARLES E. TASNEY Custodian of Soldiers and Sailors Graves HARRY A. TURNER Forest Warden HUGH L. EAMES Deputy Forest Wardens CHARLES H. HESELTON HERBERT L. ROBERTSON GEORGE W. GOODRIDGE JOHN SPURR MAURICE H. DONEGAN Constables LEON G. BENT ARTHUR L. HARRIS Insurance Committee Consists of Board of Selectmen, Town Treasurer, and Chairman of the Finance Committee Contributory Retirement Board PHILIP R. WHITE, Chairman BOYD H. STEWART, Secretary THOMAS J. FITZPATRICK Law Committee Consists of the 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 5 Police Department THOMAS E. WALE, Chief Sergeants ARTHUR M. CURTIN THOMAS J. FITZPATRICK ROLAND E. ELLIS Patrolmen TIMOTHY J. CULLINANE JOHN R. CONDON FRANK R. FISHER JOHN F. BEAUDOIN HAROLD W. O’BRIEN WILLIAM F. FAULKNER EARL R. HUTCHINSON PAUL F. JUNKINS JOSEPH M. GREENE WILLIAM H. DEWSNAP PATRICK J. PANTANO EDWARD M. HUBBARD GEORGE LeFAVE Keeper of the Lock-Up THOMAS E. WALL Fire Department HUGH L. EAMES, Chief CHARLES H. HESELTON, Deputy Chief HERBERT L. ROBERTSON, Capt. LESLIE C. HADLEY GEORGE W. GOODRIDGE, Lieut. DONALD C. MITCHELL LEWIS C. HOLDEN ROBERT W. SHANNON JAMES S. PERRY ELMER A. DYKENS, JR. NELSON P. O’BRIEN GEORGE F. FOGG CLIFFORD E. LITCHFIELD Call Men JOSEPH ARSENAULT ELMER W. MOORE GEORGE F. BAXTER H. HARVEY QUIGLEY FRANK X. BROWN HERMAN L. REISSLE RICHARD D. BROWN GEORGE G. ROGERS HOWARD E. BUSSELL F. LIONEL SPRINGFORD JOHN J. CARNEY JOHN A. SPURR JAMES R. GAW WILLIAM R. VAN HORN JOHN L. GOODRIDGE ERNEST R. WATSON JAMES R. MERCER, JR. GEORGE S. ZANNI Substitute Call Men HENRY O. BALLOU DeMELLE G. GAREY MYLES A. DENNO CLEMENT T. GLEASON Superintendent of Fire Alarm HUGH L. EAMES 6 Inspector of Wires HUGH L. EAMES Measurers of Lumber HAROLD B. CURRELL FRED F. SMITH MAURICE H. DONEGAN Measurers of Wood and Bark PERCY N. SWEETSER HAROLD B. CURRELL THOMAS F. BROGAN Weighers of Coal and Hay THOMAS E. BROGAN CHARLES W. LEE BERTHA D. MacLELLAN MABEL L. McKAY 1 WENDELL B. NEWELL PERCY N . SWEETSER MOLLIE A. SWEETSER D. GEORGE GAW Field Drivers ERNEST T. WAKEFIELD ADOLPH S. LARSON EDWARD E. NICHOLS Fence Viewers WENDELL B. NEWELL CARL B. SAWYER WARREN F. CHARLES Committee on Elm Tree Protection ANDREW CHRISTENSEN1 MAURICE H. DONEGAN JOHN F. SAWYER Committee on Town Forests LELAND W. KINGMAN Term expires 1949 ” ORVILLE O. ORDWAY ” 1950 ” MAURICE H. DONEGAN ” 1948 Veterans’ Advisory Committee Post War Planning Committee CHARLES W. H. SMITH, Chairman IRVING C. AUSTIN H. WILSON POWERS W. GARDNER LONG FRANK D. TANNER GEORGE B. PEASE RALPH G. BABCOCK GERRIT OLDENBROOK, JR. DeMELLE G. GAREY J. HENRY CARLETON WILLIAM A. SORENSON Capital Expenditures Planning Committee HENRY W. SHUMAKER, Chairman A. LLOYD DAVID, Secretary GEORGE R. BARRIS LEON G. BENT GEORGE E. CURTIS JOSHUA T. DAY, JR. GEORGE B. PEASE 7 Salvage Committee $OTIS B. RUGGLES CHARGES F. TREVOR BOARD OF SELECTMEN Recreation Committee HAROLD W. PUTNAM, Chairman NEWELL H. MORTON MARY E. EARLEY CARL W. PINKHAM C. SUMNER TEEL CHARLES F. LANCASTER, D.D. ELBRIDGE C. GROVER, Ph.D. G. LAWRENCE ROBERTS Special Police Officers JOHN F. MAGUIRE Reading High School PERCY W. CURTIS Reading High School WILLIAM A. LLOYD Lowell St. School EDWARD W. McBRIEN Pearl St. School SIMON CASTINE Pearl St. School ANDREW LOMAX Junior High School FREDERICK L. REISSLE Junior High School W. RAY YORKS Junior High School WILLIAM BROUSSARD Highland School LEANDER SMITH Prospect St. and Chestnut Hill School GROVER C. EATON Pumping Station RALPH F. PLOUFF Methodist Church EDWARD E. HARNDEN Center School Building CHARLES L. GOWING, JR. Reading Theater WILLIAM SLACK Town Dump FREDERICK W. BURNS Town Forest CHARLES E. LANGDON Odd Fellows Building CARL W. PINKHAM Reading Rifle and Revolver Club WILLIAM N. RICHARDS Middlesex County National Bank JACOB C. NEILSON Skating Ponds HENRY O. BALLOU Mun. Bldg., Library, Masonic Bldg. GEORGE G. ROGERS Legion House JAMES T. PUTNAM Pumping Station and Vic. P. W. Property WILLIAM H. PIERPONT CHARLES H. MELENDY J. EDWARD BLACK GEORGE W. HALL WILLIAM H. MILLER HUGH L. EAMES CHARLES E. HILTS HARRY A. TURNER First Baptist Church FRED C. CURTIS Pearl and Salem Sts- t Deceased 8 MELVIN C. LANE V.F.W. Quarters HAROLD F. DAVIS ELWIN M. NESMITH ELMER F. WHITE Highland School Statistics Population, census of 1945, 12,327 Registered Voters: Precinct No. 1, 1754; Precinct No. 2, 1774; Precinct No. 3, 1730; Precinct No. 4, 1801; Total, 7059. Eighth Congressional District Sixth Councillor District Seventh Middlesex Senatorial District Eighteenth Middlesex Representative District Representative in Congress, 8th District, Angier L. Goodwin, Melrose Councillor 6th District, Victor A. Friend, Melrose Senator 7th Middlesex District, George J. Evans, Wakefield Representatives 18th Middlesex District, Logan R. Dickie, Reading and Malcolm S. White, Woburn List of Jurors 1947-1948 Prepared by the Board of Selectmen Name Occupation Residence Abbott, Albert B., Internal Revenue 26 Shipkin Ave. Abbott, George W., Sales Manager 32 Mineral St. Abbott, H. Kingman, Civil Engineer 14 Bancroft Ave. Albee, Curtis L., Dyestuff Tech. 10 Pine Ridge Rd. Alger, Charles I., Salesman 144 Woburn St. Alger, James W., Sales Promotion 144 Prospect St. Allen, Lawrence W., Bank Clerk 58 Temple St. Anderson, Eric A. R., Cabinet Maker 16 Pennsylvania Ave. Babcock, Ralph G., Office Manager 28 Berkeley St.