Town Report SUDBURY MASSACHUSETT 1959 THE OLD GOULDING HOUSE by Les Hall Gracing the town report cover this year is the home of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard P. Goulding, on Concord Road, and the second house north from the way leading into Mt. Wadsworth cemetery. The Leonard Goulding house is said to be one of the few remaining 17th century homes in the vicinity. Originally the house stood across the river in Sudbury settlers' first settlement in what is now the town of Wayland. There is confusion as to the original builder. Two families seem to claim the honor, the Maynards and the Beards. Supporting the Maynard family claim is the fact that its original location was on land town records say was deeded to jonathan Maynard in the first allotment of house lots in 1639. The house was built between 1690 and 1700. Mr. Goulding, then a practicing antique dealer and an authority on early New England antiquities, purchased the house in 1918 with a view to moving it to Sudbury as a show­ place to display his fine collection of antiques. Not caring to risk damage to the valuable old structure by moving it the several miles by skid and tow, he instead took the building carefully apart, stick by stick and beam by beam, and as carefully put the pieces back together again on the Concord Road, Sudbury, location. When reconstructed it was exact to the smallest detail of how it appeared on the day of its origin. Well did he succeed, as evidenced by the endorsement of leading antiquarians, including representatives from New York's Metro­ politan Museum of Art and the Boston Museum. All unqualifiedly declared the finished product to be one of the most perfectly restored very early American homes in all New England. With its small pane leaded windows and its distinct design, the building attracts considerable attention. Within, the house is equally charming. A huge central chimney divides the first floor rooms. Fireplaces are huge and designed for cooking the meals. Ceilings are beamed, walls paneled. And there is a secret hideout for the family in event of Indian attack. Furnish­ ings are in keeping with the great age of the house. Creating !n the altogether the atmosphere of a home typical of one of our well-set-up founding. fathers. Dorothy Linscott Clarke, of Sudbury, is the able artist who so beautifully produced the drawing of "The Old Goulding House." THE THREE HUNDRED TWENTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SEVEUAL OFFICI.-\L BOAUDS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST 1959 MASSi-\CDUSETTS MURPHY tk SNYDER, INC. • MAYNARD, MASS. 2 President of the United States of America DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER of Abilene, Kansas Vice President RICHARD M. NIXON of Whittier, California Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts FOSTER FURCOLO of Longmeadow Lieutenant Governor . Robert F. Murphy, Malden Secretary of the Commonwealth Joseph D. Ward, Fitchburg Treasurer and Receiver-General John F. Kennedy, Canton Auditor of the Commonwealth , Thomas J. Buckley, Boston Attorney General Edward J. McCormack, Jr. Boston Senators in Congress Leverett Saltonstall, Newton John F. Kennedy, Boston Representative in Congress 4th Congressional District Harold D. Donahue, Worcester Councillor, 3rd Councillor District Edward J. Cronin, Watertown Senator, 5th Middlesex Senatorial District . , William E. Hays, Waltham Representative in General Court lOth Middlesex Representative Dist. " James DeNormandie, Lincoln County Commissioners Thomas B. Brennan, Medford William G. Andrew, Cambridge Edward L. Buckley, Somerville Clerk of Courts, Middlesex County Edward J. Sullivan, Cambridge Register of Deeds, Middlesex South District . Edmund C. Buckley, Cambridge County Treasurer . Timothy J. Cronin, Somerville Register of Probate and Insolvency . John V. Harvey, Belmont District Attorney John J. Droney, Cambridge County Sheriff Howard W. Fitzpatrick, Malden 3 TOWN OFFICERS With Date When Term Expires MODERATOR J. Carrell Morris ............................................ Term expires 1960 TOWN CLERK Lawrence B. Tighe ........................................ Term expires 1962 SELECTMEN Lawrence B. Tighe ........................................ Term expires 1960 Francis W. Trussell ...................................... Term expires 1961 Harvey N. Fairbank ...................................... Tenn expires 1962 ASSESSORS Alton F. Clark ................................................ Term expires 1960 Harvey N. Fairbank ...................................... Term expires 1961 Paul H. C. Eck.e (Deceased May 9, 1959) Ralph E. Hawes (to fill vacancy) .............. Term expires 1960 TREASURER William E. Downing ...................................... Term expires 1S.60 COLLECTOR OF TAXES Thomas E. Newton ........................................ Term expires 1961 HIGHWAY SURVEYOR F. Alvin Noyes .............................................. Term expires 1960 TREE WARDEN Ernest T. Ferguson ...................................... Term expir.es 1960 BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE Beulah A. Stone ............................................ Term expires 1960 Louis F. Wynne ............................................ Term expires 1960 Roland R. Cutler ............................................ Term expires 1961 Richard C. Hill .............................................. Term expires 1961 Alfred F. Bonazzoli ...................................... Term expires 1962 CONSTABLES Douglas R. Lewis .......................................... Term expires 1960 Augustus V. E. Sharkey .............................. Term exp1res 1961 John F. McGovern ........................................ Term expires 1962 4 GOODNOW LIBRARY COMMITTEE Bertha W. Smith .......................................... Term expires 1960 Dene S. Howe .................................................. Term expires 1961 Luther M. Child, Jr....................................... Term expires 1962 BOARD OF HEALTH F. Daniel Buttner .......................................... Term expires 1960 Gordon R. Partridge .................................... Term expires 1961 Marjorie A. C. Young .................................. Term expires 1962 PLANNING BOARD Katinka P. Coleman ...................................... Term expires 19.60 Theodore R. Harding .................................... Term expires 1961 Trueman C. Jackson ...................................... Term expir.es 1962 Albert St. Germain ...................................... Term expires 1963 Margarita P. McCoy .................................... Term expires 1964 SCHOOL COMMITTEE Lawrence W. Tighe ...................................... Term expires 1960 John A. Anderson, Jr................................... Term .expires 1960 Robert P. Bowen ............................................ Term expires 1961 Ellen Jane Siegars .......................................... Term expires 1961 Edward A. Plumley ...................................... Term expires 1962 LINCOLN-SUDBURY REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT COMMITTEE Donald J. MacRae .......................................... Term .expires 1960 Howard W. Emmons .................................... Term expires 1961 Elizabeth B. Harding .................................... Term expires 1962 FINANCE COMMITTEE (Appointed by the Moderator) Edward F. Moynihan .................................... Term expires 1960 Arthur A. Smith ............................................ Term expires 1960 Peter M. Reding ............................................ Term expires 1961 John B. Shirley .............................................. Term expires 1961 John H. Rankin ............................................ Term expires 1961 Carlton W. Ellms, Sr .....................................Term expires 1962 Edgerton J. Antonia .................................... Term expires 1962 POLICE OFFICERS (Under Civil Service) John F. McGovern ................................................ Chief of Police Ernest A. Ryan ................................................................ Sergeant Richard R. Hawes Wesley M. Woodward Augustus V. E. Sharkey Nicholas C. Lombardi 5 BOARD OF PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSIONERS Elizabeth E. Atkinson .................................. Term expires 1960 Paul F. Hill (Resigned-Term to have expired 1961) Curtis E. Harding (to fill vacancy) ............ Term expires 1960 Richard R. Hawes .......................................... Term expires 1961 RichardT. Cutler .......................................... Term expires 1962 Abel Cutting .................................................... Term expires 1962 Appointments by Selectmen CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT Albert St. Germain BUILDING INSPECTOR WIRE INSPECTOR Albert St. Germain Albert St. Germain FOREST WARDEN Albert St. Germain PUBLIC WEIGHER POUND KEEPER Harvey N. Fairbank Richard C. Hill SURVEYOR OF LUMBER AND MEASURER OF WOOD Ralph H. Barton Patrick Cotter INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS Han-y C. Rice FENCE VIEWERS Board of Selectmen MEMBER OF SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL COMMITTEE Lawrence B. Tighe SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Ernest A. Ryan TOWN AGENT FOR INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT BOARD Lawrence B. Tighe 6 SUPERINTENDENT OF CEMETERIES F. Alvin Noyes GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTH WORK SUPERINTENDENT Ernest T. Ferguson VETERANS' AGENT AND DIRECTOR OF VETERANS' SERVICES Mary E. Quinn MEMBER SUDBURY PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING ASSOCIATION Francis W. Trussell TOWN ENGINEER CHIEF CLERK George D. White Mary E. Quinn CUSTODIAN TOWN PROPERTY Harvey N. Fairbank DOG OFFICER Harry C. Rice DIRECTOR OF CIVIL DEFENSE Lawrence J. Leone CO-DIRECTOR OF CIVIL DEFENSE Francis E. White TOWN ACCOUNTANT TOWN HISTORIAN Clifton