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ANNUAL REPORT TOWN OF READING, MASSACHUSETTS 19 6 4 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016 https://archive.org/details/townofreadingmas1964read Town of READING MASSACHUSETTS Annual Report Of The Town Officers For The Year Ended December - 1964 - READING PUt* READING* MAbbriun- TOWN OFFICERS 1964 Board of Selectmen C. DEWEY SMITH, Chairman Term Expires 1966 ” W. FRANKLIN BURNHAM, JR., Secretary ” 1967 ROBERT A. CURTIS ” ” 1965 Board of Public Welfare WILLIAM H. WILLSON, JR., Chairman Term Expires 1966 ” DANIEL L. CHAMBERLAIN, Secretary ” 1967 NEWELL H. MORTON ” ” 1965 QUINCY B. PARK, Director of Public Assistance GLADY M. WILSON, Social Worker Bureau of Old Age Assistance WILLIAM H. WILLSON, JR., Chairman Term Expires 1966 NEWELL H. MORTON, Secretary ” ” 1965 ” DANIEL L. CHAMBERLAIN ” 1967 QUINCY B. PARK, Director of Public Assistance ANNE E. BLEAU, Social Worker Board of Assessors RALPH T. HORN, Chairman Term Expires 1967 FRANK M. STEVENS, Secretary ” ” 1965 CARL W. GOODRIDGE ” ” 1966 Town Counsel Town Clerk J. WARREN KILLAM, JR. BOYD H. STEWART Treasurer Moderator PRESTON F. NICHOLS KENNETH C. LATHAM Town Accountant Town Collector BOYD H. STEWART FREDERICK A. ASMUSSEN Personnel Board WILLIAM F. MURPHY, Chairman Term Expires 1965 99 HERBERT F. GENT, JR. 99 1967 HERBERT M. RIXON 99 99 1966 BOYD H. STEWART, Secretary Director, Veterans' Service — Veterans' Benefits Agent DONALD T. TAYLOR Board of Public Works FRED C. KENNEY, JR., Chairman Term Expires 1965 ” GEORGE W. COCHRANE, III, Secretary ” 1966 ” DONALD E. FLORENCE ” 1967 LAWRENCE W. LEONARD ” ” ”1966 ” WILLIAM H. WATT ” 1967 2 Board of Health CHARLES R. BAISLEY, M.D., Chairman Term Expires 1965 99 CHRISTINE F. PARKER, Secretary ” 1966 ROBERT W. WAKELING, D.O. ” ” 1967 Finance Committee WOODBURY C. TITCOMB, Chairman Term Expires 1965 DAVID T. BRIGHAM 99 ” 1965 * FRANK C. BARKER 99 ” 1967 99 ” ROBERT S. CUMMINGS ”1966 LAWRENCE DREW 99 ” 1965 THOMAS F. GALVIN 99 ” 1967 WILLIAM E. LOCKE 99 ” 1966 DANIEL McBRIDE 99 ” 1965 WILLIAM L. MEHRINGER 99 ” 1967 GEORGE E. MILLNER 99 ” 1965 ROBERT A. MUIR 99 ” 1966 WILLIAM F. MURPHY 99 ” 1966 tPAUL C. NICHOLAS 99 ” 1966 WENDELL H. PACKARD 99 ” 1967 LAWRENCE A. PARTELOW 99 ” 1967 tHENRY E. HAWLEY 99 ” 1967 99 t LLOYD S. GLIDDEN, JR. ” 1966 School Committee EDWARD W. PALMER, Chairman Term Expires 1966 ROBERT F. PERRY, Secretary DONALD R. WALKER 99 ” 1967 BARBARA E. WINKLER 99 ” 1967 99 STANLEY I. ROBINSON ” 1966 HENRY M. PAYNTER >• ” 1965 ROBERT S. TOPERZER 99 ” 1965 School Physician Superintendent of Schools ROBERT W. WAKELING, D.O. ROBERT F. PERRY School Nurse ALDONA G. BELL 4-H Club Director LOIS M. PIPER Municipal Light Board WINFRED F. SPURR, Chairman Term Expires 1967 EUGENE GRAF, Secretary 1965 ROBERT H. SULIS 1966 ^Deceased tResigned JAppointed to fill vacancy Board of Registrars LOUIS BACIGALUPO, Chairman Term Expires 1966 H. NELSON BATES ” ” 1965 DANIEL COLLINS ” ” 1967 BOYD H. STEWART, Clerk (Ex Officio) 3 Board of Cemetery Trustees EDOUARD N. DUBE, Chairman Term Expires 1966 M. RUSSELL MEIKLE, Secretary ” ” 1965 ” HAROLD F. DAVIS ” 1965 ERNEST E. BROWN 99 ” 1966 ” STANLEY F. MAXWELL ” 1967 ” CHARLES E. ELLIS, JR. ” 1967 Planning Board JAMES J. SULLIVAN, JR., Chairman Term Expires 1965 ” JOHN H. CROOKER, Secretary ” 1966 EDWIN H. BJORKMAN 99 ” 1967 99 ERNEST R. POOR ” 1967 DONALD W. DAVIDSON 99 ” 1965 Board of Library Trustees WILLIAM H. DIAMOND, Chairman Term Expires 1965 HELEN L. CLARK, Secretary 99 ” 1966 ROBERT E. STEWART 99 ” 1966 VIRGINIA ERICKSON 99 ” 1967 IH. IRENE LATHAM 99 ” 1965 ” JOSEPH J. SCHMUCH ” 1967 ” tALFRED R. JOHNSON ” 1965 Housing Authority WILLIAM H. DOLBEN, JR., Chairman GILBERT M. LOTHROP PHILIP R. WHITE, JR. MARGARET J. MOORE JOHN T. SWEENEY Commissioners of Trust Funds JOSEPH B. IVERSON, Chairman Term Expires 1969 H. RAYMOND JOHNSON ” ” 1967 ” DONALD C. McKIE ” 1965 Town Treasurer and Chairman of Selectmen, Member Ex-officio Board of Appeal GERALD E. FOSBROKE, Chairman Term Expires 1966 t MALCOLM S. WHITE, JR., Secretary ” 1967 t HAROLD B. CURRELL ” 1965 JOHN E. SHEEHY ” 1965 Associate Members of Board of Appeal FREDERICK F. MARTIN Term Expires 1967 WILLIAM M. CONNELL ” ” 1966 DAVID K. YOUNG ” ” 1965 Sealer of Weights and Measures Inspector of Milk and Foods ROBERT M. GRAHAM KENNETH G. SHAW Inspector of Plumbing Gas Inspector KENNETH G. SHAW FREDERICK J. MONTGOMERY Inspector of Animals Game Warden GARDINER A. LESTER, D.V.M. *JAMES T. PUTNAM Inspector of Buildings Dog Officer ROYAL C. JAQUES WILLIAM H. DEWSNAP 4 Superintendent of Moth Work Tree Warden MAURICE H. DONEGAN MAURICE H. DONEGAN Custodian of Soldiers' and Sailors' Graves HAROLD F. DAVIS Constables * JAMES T. PUTNAM ARTHUR L. HARRIS ^HERBERT E. ROBSON, JR. Director of Civil Defense *JAMES T. PUTNAM J DONALD C. MITCHELL 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 Chairman of the following Boards: Board of Selectmen Municipal Light Board Board of Health Board of Assessors School Committee Board of Public Works Board of Public Welfare Capital Expenditures Planning Committee ALFRED T. DOUGHTY Term Expires 1967 ” JOHN J. GRIFFIN ” 1965 ” WAYNE E. WHITTEMORE ” 1966 ” ERNEST R. POOR ” 1965 ” JOHN H. CROOKER ” 1965 LAWRENCE DREW ” ” 1965 ” WOODBURY C. TITCOMB ” 1965 Deceased JAppointed to fill vacancy Development and Industrial Commission ROBERT E. TURNER, Chairman Term Expires 1968 FRANCIS C. ALBERTSON 1968 JOHN B. DOUGLASS 1967 ERNEST R. POOR 1967 NATHAN C. WHITE 1966 CLETUS G. BUDDENHAGEN 1965 Recreation Committee H. LEE DONLEY, Chairman Term Expires 1967 GUY RENNISON, Secretary 1965 RICHARD C. EVANS 1966 NEWELL H. MORTON 1967 EDWARD F. HURLEY, JR. 1967 GEORGE M. McSHEEHY 1966 ROBERT S. TOPERZER 1965 GEORGE W. COCHRANE, III 1965 t DOUGLAS H. ALEXANDER 1966 JJOHN R. VAUGHAN, JR. 1966 5 Committee on Town Forests MAURICE H. DONEGAN Term Expires 1966 ” JAMES S. PERRY ” 1967 ” * JAMES T. PUTNAM ” 1965 tBENJAMIN E. NICHOLS ” ” 1965 Committe on Elm Tree Protection MAURICE H. DONEGAN CHARLES H. STRATTON MARION V. HARRINGTON Inspector of Wires DONALD L. MICHELINI Measurers of Lumber HAROLD B. CURRELL MAURICE H. DONEGAN Measurers of Wood and Bark HAROLD B. CURRELL MAURICE H. DONEGAN LEON D. ELLIOTT Field Drivers RONALD A. WINSLOW NORMAN B. SMALL, JR. Fence Viewers WENDELL B. NEWELL *JAMES T. PUTNAM Weighers of Coal and Hay LEON D. ELLIOTT WENDELL B. NEWELL SANDRA HOPKINS GORDON R. BERRY Police Department Roster Chief ROLAND E. ELLIS Lieutenant JOHN F. BEAUDOIN Sergeants THOMAS J. FITZPATRICK WILLIAM H. FAULKNER EDWARD M. HUBBARD JOHN L. POWER Patrolman Inspector Safety Officer WILLIAM H. DEWSNAP PATRICK J. PANTANO Patrolmen JOSEPH M. GREENE GEORGE A. LeFAVE FREDERICK J. KEEFE WILLIAM J. WEBB PHILIP N. CAIL HERBERT G. PERRY JOHN A. BILICKI EVAN P. EDWARDS JOSEPH W. CORMIER FRED GRANELLI ROBERT E. MARCHAND ROBERT A. CASTINE BRIAN F. DESMOND BERNARD J. PAIVA RAYMOND J. DOUCETTE EDWARD W. MARCHAND WILLIAM F. KEEFE HERBERT E. ROBSON HERBERT N. McSHEEHY LEONARD P. HOYT RICHARD L. WOOD DAVID E. SAUNDERS JOHN F. MURPHY Clerk BARBARA B. ADAMS 6 Special Police Officers ELMER E. YOUNG Memorial High School STUART R. NICHOLS Memorial High School CHARLES H. BARRETT Memorial High School BERNARD L. DOUCETTE Memorial High School HERMAN L. HUBBARD Memorial High School t WILLIAM CRAWFORD Memorial High School VINCENT SERRENTINO Coolidge Junior High School RICHARD BAILEY Coolidge Junior High School FRED B. GIBSON Parker Junior High School JOHN B. MILLER Parker Junior High School HOWARD N. ORAM Parker Junior High School ROBERT A. VARS Joshua Eaton School LOUIS W. YOUNG Joshua Eaton School DANIEL J. WHITE Highland School *EDWARD F. HARRISON Birch Meadow School RALPH V. ERICKSON Birch Meadow School ROY J. BROGAN Pearl Street School FRANK C. MITCHELL Pearl Street School tJOSEPH PETRONI Lowell St. and Prospect St. Schools HERMAN BROWN Lowell St. and Prospect St. Schools WALTER E. WHITE Alice M. Barrows School FRANK B. MacMILLAN All Schools EUGENE W. PENDERGAST All Schools t JAMES E. DULONG All Schools DANIEL J. BUCKLEY All Buildings under Jurisdiction of Board of Selectmen QUINCY B. PARK Welfare Department HENRY O. BALLOU Municipal Bldg., Masonic Bldg., Sanborn Apts. ERNEST R. WATSON Public Works DAVID PERNA Town Dump FRED REBELLO Town Dump JOHN D. LOUANIS Water and Sewer Pumping Stations, Town Forest ANTHONY FLORENTINE Middlesex County National Bank JOHN H. VANDENBERG Reading Rifle and Revolver Club MERTON H. PETERS American Legion Victory Club ROBERT E. HOLDEN American Legion Victory Club DUNCAN H. STANLEY Police Station J. HENRY VIK Cemeteries JAMES S. PERRY Fire Department ROBERT W. PRATT Fire Department JAMES H. MADDEN St. Agnes Church 7 LOUIS B. BACIGALUPO Public Library PAULINE M. THOMAS Matron in Police Department FRANK C. MITCHELL School Traffic Control CHARLES H. DOUCETTE School Traffic Control HARRY E. STARK School Traffic Control §JOHN CLAPPERTON School Traffic Control GEORGE B. WILLIAMS School Traffic Control LOUIS E. SAMPSON School Traffic Control WILLIS F. BIRD School Traffic Control DENNIS HENNIGAN School Traffic Control JOSEPH E. DOUCETTE School Traffic Control THOMAS C. MURRAY School Traffic Control WALTER SMITH School Traffic Control tJOSEPH F. RYAN School Traffic Control tRONALD P. LAPHAM School Traffic Control EDWARD P. STANLEY All Schools Permanent Firefighters Chief, JAMES S. PERRY Deputy Chief, ROBERT W. PRATT Captain, DONALD C. MITCHELL VICTOR H. CAIL §Captain, WILLIAM R. VAN HORN GEORGE L. TURNER Lieutenant, ELMER A. DYKENS, JR. ERNEST G. BABCOCK, JR. Lieutenant, ROBERT W. SHANNON RICHARD E. VAN HORN Lieutenant, LESLIE L. HADLEY WILFRED E. BOUDREAU, JR. Lieutenant, HARVEY J. RACINE DANIEL J. DORAN Lieutenant, ROBERT H. THOMAS WILLARD F. NICHOLS RICHARD D. BROWN LAURENCE G. COWARD, JR. HERBERT J. HUTCHINSON PETER R. VINCENT RUSSELL E. CARTER MALCOLM W. HUBBARD GERALD W. HUMPHREY JOHN C. DOUCETTE ELMER W. MOORE DONALD V. JACKSON THEODORE W. TURNER, JR. ARTHUR W. STEELE NELSON F. ANDREWS ROBERT P. O’BRIEN RONALD D.