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Town of Reading Massachusetts Annual Report Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016 https://archive.org/details/townofreadingmas1951 read TOWN OF READING MASSACHUSETTS Annual Report OF THE TOWN OFFICERS For the Year Ended December 19 5 1 Town Officers 1951 Board of Selectmen CHARLES E. WILKINSON, Chairman Term Expires 1952 G. LAWRENCE ROBERTS, Secretary " " 1953 KENNETH C. LATHAM " " 1954 Board of Public Welfare JOSEPH D. KNIGHT Term Expires 1954 NEWELL H. MORTON, Chairman ” " 1953 DANIEL L. CHAMBERLAIN, Secretary " " 1952 tGWENDOLYN H. NEWHOUSE EDWARD E. HARNDEN, Welfare Agent GLADYS M. WILSON, Social Worker Bureau of Old Age Assistance JOSEPH D. KNIGHT Term Expires 1954 NEWELL H. MORTON, Chairman ” " 1953 DANIEL L. CHAMBERLAIN, Secretary ” " 1952 tGWENDOLYN H. NEWHOUSE 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 " 1952 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 Deceased tAppointed to fill vacancy 2 Board of Public Works IVALTER S. HOPKINS, JR., Chairman Term Expires 1952 ff 99 COLEMAN J. DONAHUE, Secretary 1954 JOHN W. HARRISON 19 99 1952 JAMES E. CALVIN 99 1953 HARRY R. WALKER 99 99 1954 Board of Health CHARLES R. BAISLEY, M.D., Chairman Term Expires 1953 CHRISTINE ATKINSON, Secretary 99 1954 EDWARD M. HALLIGAN, M.D. 99 99 1952 Finance Committee JOSHUA T. DAY, Chairman Term Expires 1953 EVERETT H. BROMLEY 99 99 1952 ERNEST E. GALLANT 99 1952 99 99 SAMUEL J. MALONE 1952 EARLE D. MARTIN 99 1952 EMERSON A. WILLARD 99 99 1952 CHARLES P. ANDERSON 99 99 1953 GEORGE E. CURTIS 1953 WALTER M. FOWLER 99 1953 WILLIAM D. MacKINNON 99 99 1953 LOUIS DAVIS 99 1954 CLEMENT T. GLEASON 99 1954 EDWARD B. HALLIGAN 99 99 1954 CARL H. AMON, JR. 99 99 1954 CHARLES STRATTON 99 99 1954 School Committee ALEXANDER P. GLOVER, Chairman Term Expires 1952 ARTHUR B. LORD, JR., Secretary GLADYS F. MILTON 1952 *MELVIN S. CROSBY »» 1953 NEWELL H. MORTON »» »» 1953 ROBERT E. TURNER »» »» 1954 JOHN L. GRIFFIN tr 1954 tPHILIP R. WHITE School Physicians Superintendent of Schools JUSTIN L. ANDERSON, M.D. ARTHUR B. LORD, JR. CHARLES R. BAISLEY, M.D. Attendance Officer EDWARD M. HALLIGAN, M.D. ROBERT A. GRUNDY School Nurse MARGARET B. CLEWLEY Municipal Light Board JOSEPH H. REED, Chairman Term Expires 1953 FRANK D. TANNER, Secretary " ” 1952 ALFRED H. DOLBEN '' " 1954 3 Board of Registrars ROBERT S. RALSTON, Chairman Term Expires 1953 WALTER A. SCANLON, Secretary >> 9f 1952 LOUIS BACIGALUPO Term Expires 1954 Board of Cemetery Trustees FRED L. NUTTER, Chairman Term Expires 1952 DAVID E. HERSEE, Secretary 99 99 1953 WILLIAM P. PIERPONT 99 99 1952 M. RUSSELL MEIKLE 99 99 1953 EDOUARD N. DUBE 99 99 1954 ERNEST E. BROWN 99 99 1954 Planning Board CHARLES WILSON, Chairman Term Expires 1954 PHILIP R. WHITE, Secretary 99 99 1953 GEORGE B. PEASE 99 99 1953 WINTHROP D. PARKER 99 99 1952 A. LLOYD DAVID 99 99 1952 Board of Library Trustees WILLIAM J. TONKS, Chairman Term Expires 1954 EVE T. HENDERSON, Secretary 9 9 99 1953 NEIL C. ROBINSON 99 99 1953 SIDNEY M. HODSON 99 99 1952 KATHERINE C. PIERCE 9 9 9 9 1954 C. NELSON BISHOP 99 99 1952 Commissioners of Trust Funds ROBERT M. BROWN, Chairman Term Expires 1953 RALPH G. BABCOCK 99 99 1957 H. RAYMOND JOHNSON 9 9 9 9 1955 tARTHUR BANCROFT Town Treasurer and Chairman of Selectmen members ex-officiis Board of Appeals RICHARD JACKSON, Chairman Term Expires 1954 ERNEST L. NIGRO, Secretary II II 1952 II II CLIFTON S. NICHOLS 1953 Associate Members Board of Appeal LAWRENCE A. INGHAM Term Expires 1952 RUSSELL L. MILLER If 99 1953 FORREST D. COOK 99 99 1954 Sealer of Weights and Measures Inspector of Milk and Foods CARL M. SMITH CARL M. SMITH Insector of Plumbing and Gas Inspector KENNETH G. SHAW Resigned tAppointed to fill vacancy 4 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 §CHARLES H. MELENDY MAURICE H. DONEGAN WILLIAM H. DEWSNAP Custodian of Soldiers and Sailors Graves HAROLD F. DAVIS Forest Warden CHIEF HUGH L. FAMES Deputy Forest Wardens DEPUTY CHIEF JAMES S. PERRY CAPT. HERBERT L. ROBERTSON LIEUT. GEORGE W. GOODRIDGE JOHN A. 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 DONALD C. MITCHELL 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 THOMAS E. WALL, Chief Sergeants ARTHUR M. CURTIN THOMAS J. FITZPATRICK ROLAND E. ELLIS Patrolmen TIMOTHY J. CULLINANE JOHN F. BEAUDOIN FRANK R. FISHER WILLIAM F. FAULKNER HAROLD W. O’BRIEN PAUL F. JUNKINS EARL R. HUTCHINSON WILLIAM H. DEWSNAP JOSEPH M. GREENE EDWARD M. HUBBARD PATRICK J. PANTANO JAMES E. HOWARD GEORGE LeFAVE ^FREDERICK J. KEEFE tJOHN R. CONDON $ JOHN L. POWER § Deceased Retired t Removed $Temporary 5 Keeper of the Lock-Up THOMAS E. WALL Clerk J. ROBERT CLARK Fire Department Permanent Firemen Chief, HUGH L. EAMES JDeputy Chief, CHARLES H. HESELTON ^Deputy Chief, JAMES S. PERRY Captain, HERBERT L. ROBERTSON Lieutenant, GEORGE W. GOODRIDGE NELSON P. O’BRIEN ELMER A. DYKENS, JR. CLIFFORD E. LITCHFIELD GEORGE F. FOGG LESLIE C. HADLEY WILLIAM R. VAN HORN DONALD C. MITCHELL ROBERT H. THOMAS ROBERT W. SHANNON RICHARD D. BROWN ROBERT W. PRATT Call Firemen JOSEPH ARSENAULT EARL W. HOBART HENRY O. BALLOU LESLIE L. HADLEY ROBERT L. BALLOU IVAR F. JOHNSON t GEORGE F. BAXTER JAMES R. MERCER HOWARD E. BUSSELL ELMER W. MOORE tJOHN J. CARNEY H. HARVEY QUIGLEY EVERETT G. CARROLL HERMAN L. RIESSLE MYLES A. DENNO GEORGE G. ROGERS DE MELLE G. GAREY F. LIONEL SPRINGFORD JAMES R. GAW JOHN A. SPURR 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 ^Resigned tDeceased Appointed to fill vacancy 6 Meosurers 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 MABEL L. McKAY BERTHA D. MacLELLAN PERCY N. SWEETSER WENDELL B. NEWELL D. GEORGE GAW MOLLIE A. SWEETSER Field Drivers ERNEST T. WAKEFIELD JAMES 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 Term Expires 1951 HUGH L. EAMES ’’ ” 1952 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 JAMES E. CALVIN, Secretary C. SUMNER TEEL CHARLES E. WILKINSON CARL W. PINKHAM WILLIAM E. BILLINGHAM, D.D. 7 Special Police Officers *HUGH S. MacFARLANE All Schools GEORGE CASTINE All Schools W. RAY YORKS High School HARRY M. BERRY ' High School WILLIAM BROUSSARD High School ANDREW J. LOMAX Junior High School FREDERICK L. REISSLE Junior High School FRED B. GIBSON Junior High School ROBERT A. VARS Joshua Eaton School STUART R. NICHOLS Joshua Eaton School DANIEL J. BUCKLEY Highland School JOHN L. KNIGHT, JR. Highland School WILLIAM J. SHEMACK Highland School JSIMON CASTINE Pearl Street School EDWARD HARRISON Pearl Street School WILLIAM A. LLOYD Lowell Street School tGROVER C. EATON Pumping Station RALPH PLOUFF Methodist Church EDWARD E. HARNDEN Center School Bldg. ?CHARLES L. GOWING, JR. Reading Theatre CHARLES E. LANGDON Odd Fellows Bldg. HENRY O. BALLOU Municipal Bldg., Library, and Masonic Bldg. 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 Station tCHARLES H. MELENDY Dog Officer JOHN L. GOODRIDGE Traffic Control Resigned tRetired ^Deceased 8 STATISTICS Area, 10 square miles Population, census of 1950, 14,006 Registered Voters: Precinct No. 1, 1859; Precinct No. 2, 1638; Precinct No. 3, 1634; Precinct No. 4, 1933; Total 7064. 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 1951-1952 Prepared by the Board of Selectmen NAME OCCUPATION RESIDENCE Ainsworth, Dennis J., Electrician 15 Woodbine St. Anderson, Carl E., Florist 362 Summer Ave. Austin, Horace A., Brakeman 26 Hampshire Rd. Bancroft, Arthur W., Insulation 63 West St. Barber, Dana H.. Mechanical Designer 12 Hampshire Rd. Beal, E.
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