Town of Reading Massachusetts Annual Report
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Annual (l&p&il TOWN OF READING MASSACHUSETTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 1952 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016 https://archive.org/details/townofreadingmas1952read TOWN OF READING MASSACHUSETTS Annual Report OF THE TOWN OFFICERS For the Year Ended December 19 5 2 TOWN OFFICERS 1352 Board of Selectmen KENNETH C. LATHAM, Chairman Term Expires 1954 G. LAWRENCE ROBERTS, Secretary ” ” 1953 ” JAMES E. CALVIN ” 1955 Board of Public Welfare NEWELL H. MORTON, Chairman Term Expires 1953 ” DANIEL L. CHAMBERLAIN, Secretary ” 1955 GWENDOLYN H. NEWHOUSE ” ” 1354 EDWARD E. HARNDEN, Welfare Agent GLADY M. WILSON, Social Worker Bureau of Old Age Assistance NEWELL H. MORTON, Chairman Term Expires 1953 GWENDOLYN H. NEWHOUSE, Secretary ” ” 1954 ” DANIEL L. CHAMBERLAIN ” 1955 EDWARD E. HARNDEN, Director RUTH C. CORBETT, Social Worker VIRGINIA C. SMITH, Social Worker Board of Assessors HAROLD B. CURRELL, Chairman Term Expires 1953 RALPH T. HORN, Secretary 1955 LEON G. BENT 1954 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 G. LAWRENCE ROBERTS EMERSON A. WILLARD BOYD H. STEWART, Secretary Director, Veterans' Service — Veterans' Benefits Agent CHARLES W. H. SMITH 2 Board o£ Public Works WALTER S. HOPKINS, JR., Chairman Term Expires 1955 COLEMAN J. DONAHUE, Secretary 1954 §JOHN W. HARRISON 1955 HAROLD D. KILGORE 1953 HARRY R. WALKER 1954 t KENNETH JOHNSON Board of Health CHARLES R. BAISLEY, M.D., Chairman Term Expires 1953 CHRISTINE F. ATKINSON, Secretary 1954 EDWARD M. HALLIGAN, M.D. 1955 Finance Committee JOSHUA T. DAY, Chairman Term Expires 1953 CHARLES P. ANDERSON 1953 *GEORGE E. CURTIS 1953 WALTER M. FOWLER 1953 WILLIAM D. MacKINNON 1953 CARL Ii. AMON, JR. 1954 LOUIS DAVIS 1954 CLEMENT T. GLEASON 1954 WILLIAM F. MURPHY 1954 CHARLES STRATTON 1954 EVERETT H. BROMLEY 1955 ERNEST E. GALLANT 1955 SAMUEL J. MALONE 1955 EARLE D. MARTIN 1955 EMERSON A. WILLARD 1955 School Committee PHILIP R. WHITE, Chairman Term Expires 1953 ARTHUR B. LORD, JR., Secretary NEWELL H. MORTON 1953 ROBERT E. TURNER 1954 JOHN L. GRIFFIN 1954 GLADYS F. MILTON 1955 ALEXANDER P. GLOVER 1955 School Physician Superintendent of Schools ER CHANG PING, M.D. ARTHUR B. LORD, JR. Attendance Officer School Nurse ROBERT A. GRUNDY MARGARET B. CLEWLEY ^Resigned f Appointed to fill vacancy § Deceased 3 Municipal Light Board JOSEPH H. REED, Chairman Term Expires 1953 ” FRANK D. TANNER, Secretary ” 1955 ALFRED H. DOLBEN ” 1954 t DONALD L. MILLER 99 ” 1953 Board of Registrars WALTER A. SCANLON, Chairman Term Expires 1955 ” ROBERT S. RALSTON, Secretary ” 1953 LOUIS BACIGALUPO 99 ” 1954 Board of Cemetery Trustees FRED L. NUTTER, Chairman Term Expires 1955 DAVID E. HERSEE, Secretary 99 ” 1953 M. RUSSELL MEIKLE 99 ” 1953 EDOUARD N. DUBE 99 ” 1954 ERNEST E. BROWN 99 ” 1954 WILLIAM P. PIERPONT 99 ” 1955 Planning Board CHARLES WILSON, Chairman Term Expires 1954 ROBERT G. CLINCH, Secretary 99 ” 1955 * GEORGE B. PEASE 99 ” 1953 PHILIP R. WHITE 99 ” 1953 A. LLOYD DAVID 99 ” 1955 Board of Library Trustees SIDNEY M. HODSON, Chairman Term Expires 1955 EVE F. HENDERSON, Secretary 99 ” 1953 NEIL C. ROBINSON 99 ” 1953 99 WILLIAM J. TONKS ” 1954 KATHERINE C. PIERCE 99 ” 1954 C. NELSON BISHOP 99 ” 1955 f H. IRENE LATHAM Commissioners of Trust Funds ROBERT M. BROWN, Chairman Term Expires 1953 ” H. RAYMOND JOHNSON ” 1955 ” § ARTHUR BANCROFT ” 1957 Town Treasurer and Chairman of Selectmen members ex-officiis Board of Appeals RICHARD JACKSON, Chairman Term Expires 1954 ERNEST L. NIGRO, Secretary 99 ” 1955 99 CLIFTON S. NICHOLS ” 1953 Associate Members Board of Appeals RUSSELL L. MILLER Term Expires 1953 FORREST D. COOK 99 ” 1954 ” LAWRENCE A. INGHAM ” 1955 *Resigned f Appointed to fill vacancy §Deceased 4 Sealer of Weights and Measures Inspector of Milk and Foods CARL M. SMITH CARL M. SMITH Inspector of Plumbing KENNETH G. SHAW” Inspector of Animals Inspector of Buildings GARDNER 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 Sailors 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 Constables LEON G. BENT 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 Selectmen Board of Assessors Board of Health Board of Public Welfare School Committee Board of Public Works Municipal Light Board 5 Police Department ITHOMAS E. WALL, Chief Sergeants tTHOMAS J. FITZPATRICK tARTHUR M. CURTIN ROLAND E. ELLIS Patrolmen FRANK R. FISHER JOSEPH M. GREENE HAROLD W. O’BRIEN PATRICK J. PANTANO tEARL R. HUTCHINSON tPAUL F. JUDKINS GEORGE A. LeFAVE FREDERICK J. KEEFE JOHN F. BEAUDOIN JOHN L. POWER WILLIAM H. FAULKNER ROLAND E. ELLIS, JR. WILLIAM H. DEWSNAP WINFRED A. MacDONALD, JR. EDWARD M. HUBBARD JOHN A. BILICKI JAMES E. HOWARD WILLIAM J. WEBB, JR. Keeper of the Lock-up Clerk tTHOMAS E. WALL J. ROBERT CLARK Special Police Officers ROBERT A. VARS Maintenance Supervisor W. RAY YORKS Senior High School WILLIAM A. BROUSSARD Senior High School FRED RIESSLE Junior High School ANDREW J. LOMAX Junior High School FRED GIBSON Junior High School STUART NICHOLS Eaton School GEORGE REES Eaton School WILLIAM LLOYD Lowell St. School DANIEL BUCKLEY Highland School EDWARD MacBRIEN, JR. Highland School EDWARD HARRISON Pearl St. School ROY BROGAN Pearl St. School HENRY GROMYKO Bus Driver RALPH PLOUFF Methodist Church EDWARD E. HARNDEN Centre School Building CHARLES E. LANGDON Odd Fellows Building HENRY O. BALLOU Municipal Bldg., Masonic Bldg. ROBERT BALLOU Library WILLIAM N. RICHARDS Middlesex County National Bank JAMES T. PUTNAM Reading Rifle and Revolver Club, Public Works CARL W. PINKHAM Reading Rifle and Revolver Club JOHN H. VANDENBERG Reading Rifle and Revolver Club WILLIAM H. MILLER Public Works MAURICE H. DONEGAN Town Forest ARTHUR G. REES Victory House ROBERT P. SMITH Victory House HARRY A. TURNER First Baptist Church RALPH E. WILSON V.F.W. Quarters J. ROBERT CLARK Police Station HAROLD F. DAVIS Cemeteries HUGH L. EAMES Fire Department JOHN L. GOODRIDGE Traffic Control JAMES H. MADDEN St. Agnes Church 6 Fire Department Permanent Firemen Chief, HUGH L. EAMES Deputy Chief, JAMES S. PERRY Captain, HERBERT L. ROBERTSON Lieutenant, GEORGE W. GOODRIDGE Lieutenant, DONALD C. MITCHELL * NELSON P. O’BRIEN WILLIAM R. VAN HORN CLIFFORD E. LITCHFIELD ROBERT H. THOMAS LESLIE C. HADLEY RICHARD D. BROWN ROBERT W. SHANNON ROBERT W. PRATT ELMER A. DYKENS, JR. t LESLIE L. HADLEY GEORGE F. FOGG f HERBERT J. HUTCHINSON Call Firemen JOSEPH ARSENAULT EARL W. HOBART HENRY O. BALLOU IVAR F. JOHNSON ROBERT L. BALLOU JAMES R. MERCER t DANIEL J. BUCKLEY H. HARVEY QUIQLEY HOWARD E. BUSSELL HERMAN L. RIESSLE EVERETT G. CARROLL GEORGE C. ROGERS MYLES A. DENNO F. LIONEL SPRINGFORD DeMELLE G. GAREY JOHN A. SPURR JAMES R. GAW ELMER W. MOORE ROBERT M. GRAHAM ERNEST R. WATSON GEORGE S. ZANNI Dispatcher JOHN L. GOODRIDGE Superintendent of Fire Alarm HUGH L. EAMES Inspector of Wires GEORGE F. FOGG Measurers of Lumber HAROLD B. CURRELL FRED F. SMITH MAURICE H. DONEGAN Measurers of Wood and Bark PERCY N. SWEETSER HAROLD B. CURRELL THOMAS E. BROGAN Resigned ^Retired tAppointed to fill vacancy 7 Weighers of Coal and Hay THOMAS E. BROGAN MABEL L. McKAY BERTHA L. MacLELLAN PERCY N. SWEETSER WENDELL B. NEWELL D. GEORGE GAW MOLLIE A. SWEETSER Field Drivers ERNEST T. WAKEFIELD JAMES T. PUTNAM Fence Viewers WENDELL B. NEWELL CARL B. SAWYER WARREN F. CHARLES Committee on Elm Tree Protection MAURICE H. DONEGAN JOHN F. SAWYER MARION V. HARRINGTON Committee on Town Forests MAURICE H. DONEGAN HUGH L. EAMES Capital Expenditures Planning Committee A. LLOYD DAVID, Chairman GEORGE R. BARRIS LAWRENCE A. CATE, Secretary JOHN E. FLYNN EDWARD B. HALLIGAN CHARLES E. WILSON EARLE D. MARTIN Salvage Committee BOARD OF SELECTMEN HERBERT K. MILLER §CHARLES F. TREVOR Recreation Committee NEWELL H. MORTON, Chairman ROBERT E. TURNER C. SUMNER TEEL, Secretary JAMES E. CALVIN HARRY R. WALKER CARL W. PINKHAM iWILLIAM E. BILLINGHAM, D.D. £Moved from town §Deceased 8 STATISTICS Area, 10 square miles Population, census of 1950, 14,006 Registered Voters: Precinct No. 1, 2026; Precinct No. 2, 2332; Precinct No. 3, 1907; Precinct No. 4, 2491; Total 8756 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, John F. Casey, Somerville Senator 7th Middlesex District, George J. Evans, Wakefield Representatives 18th Middlesex District, Frank D. Tanner, Reading and Malcolm S. White, Woburn 9 TOWN OF READING List of Jurors for 1952-1953 Prepared by the Board of Selectmen Name Occupation Residence Ainsworth, Dennis J., Electrician 15 Woodbine St. Anderson, Carl E., Florist 362 Summer ave. Bancroft, Arthur W., Contractor 63 West St. Barney, Howard V., Survey Super. 62 King St. Beaman, Stanley H., President 206 Woburn St. Belzer, Edwin, Gen. Elect. 60 Haverhill St. Bigelow, Frances M., At Home 43 Oak Ridge Rd. Blackmer, Gordon W., Clerk 20 Perkins Ave. Blake, Thomas J., Salesman 67 Belmont St. Bromley, Everett H., Salesman 235 Summer Ave. Camacho, Manuel F., Grill Man 73 Bancroft Ave. Campbell, Allison L., Accountant 175 Forest St. Chadwick, Norman S., Retired 930 Main St. Chamberlain, Raymond E., Salesman 19 Cape Cod Ave. Chapin, Edward G., Salesman 37 Willow St. Chapman, Robert E., Salesman 521 Summer Ave. Clarke, Fred E., Salesman 113 Bancroft Ave.