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ANNUAL REPORT '.v3 1 9 6 7 3 TOWIV OF READING MASSACHUSETTS Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016 https ://arch i ve .org/detai Is/townof readi ng mas 1 967read In Memorium J. WARREN KILLAM, J Town Counsel 1960 - 1967 TOWN OFFICERS 1967 Board of Selectmen HERBERT F. GENT, JR., Chairman Term Expires 1968 ” ” C. DEWEY SMITH, Secretary 1969 ” ” ROBERT S. CUMMINGS 1970 Town Accountant Treasurer BOYD H. STEWART FREDERICK A. ASMUSSEN Moderator Town Collector KENNETH C. LATHAM FREDERICK A. ASMUSSEN Board of Assessors RALPH T. HORN, Chairman Term Expires 1970 FRANK M. STEVENS, Secretary ” ” 1968 CARL W. GOODRIDGE ” ” 1969 Board of Registrars H. NELSON BATES, Chairman Term Expires 1968 *LOUIS BACIGALUPO ” ” 1969 ” WILLIAM M. CONNELL, III ” 1970 BOYD H. STEWART, Clerk (Ex-Officio) fJOSEPH P. RIEMER Board of Appeal GERALD E. FOSBROKE, Chairman Term Expires 1969 JOHN E. SHEEHY, Secretary ” ” 1968 DAVID K. YOUNG M ” 1970 Associate Members of Board of Appeal FREDERICK F. MARTIN Term Expires 1970 ” ROBERT C. SPONGBERG ” 1968 ” JAMES H. WATTS, III ” 1969 Planning Board EDWIN H. BJORKMAN, Chairman Term Expires 1970 ROBERT W. GRIEVE, Secretary ” ” 1969 ” JJAMES J. SULLIVAN, JR. ” 1968 DONALD W. DAVIDSON ” ” 1968 ” WILLIAM H. PARKER, III ” 1970 tRUSSELL H. STONE, SR. ” ” 1970 ^Resigned Deceased 3 Finance Committee LAWRENCE DREW, Chairman Term Expires 1968 RONALD A. WINSLOW, Vice-Chairman 1970 LAURENCE P. CABLE 1969 EDWARD P. CAMERON 1968 PHILIP J. CLOUGH 1968 DONALD C. DOLBEN 1970 THOMAS F. GALVIN 1970 SYDNEY M. HODSON, JR. 1968 WILLIAM E. LOCKE 1969 GEORGE E. MILLNER 1968 ALFRED E. MURPHY 1970 WILLIAM F. MURPHY 1969 ROBERT I. NORDSTRAND 1969 JAMES J. SULLIVAN, JR. 1970 WILLIAM A. WESTWATER 1969 Personnel Board DAVID C'. STARKEY, Chairman Term Expires 1969 PHILIP J. CLOUGH 1968 KEITH G. CARTER 1970 Board of Health ROBERT W. WAKELING, D.O., Chairman Term Expires 1970 CHRISTINE F. PARKER, Secretary 1969 CHARLES R. BAISLEY, M.D. 1968 Board of Public Welfare DANIEL L. CHAMBERLAIN, Chairman Term Expires 1970 WILLIAM H. WILLSON, JR., Secretary 1969 NEWELL H. MORTON 1968 GERALD B. LONG, Director of Public Assistance GLADYS M. WILSON, Social Worker Bureau of Old Age Assistance DANIEL L. CHAMBERLAIN, Chairman Term Expires 1970 NEWELL H. MORTON, Secretary 1968 WILLIAM H. WILLSON, JR. 1969 GERALD B. LONG, Director of Public Assistance ANNE E. BLEAU, Social Worker 4 Director, Veterans' Service — Veterans' Benefits Agent DONALD T. TAYLOR School Committee DONALD R. WALKER, Chairman Term Expires 1970 ROBERT S. WELLS, Secretary FRANK A. SMITH, JR ” 1970 DONALD McGILLICUDDY ” 1969 KENNETH P. ROBERTS ” 1969 $JOHN M. NEWELL ” 1968 ” BARBARA I. WEEKS 1968 tROBERT A. MUIR Superintendent of Schools School Physiciatn ROBERT S. WELLS ROBERT W. WAKELING, D.O. Regional School District Committee STANLEY I. ROBINSON Term Expires 1969 Board of Library Trustees ALFRED R. JOHNSON, Chairman Term Expires 1968 ELISABETH A. DAGDIGIAN, Secretary ” ” 1970 WILLIAM H. DIAMOND ” ” 1968 GEORGE M. RICHARDS ” ” 1969 ” ROBERT J. FIELDS ” 1969 ” JOSEPH J. SCHMUCH ” 1970 Board of Public Works GEORGE L. HODGKINS, Chairman Term Expires 1969 ” EDWARD C. WRIGHT, Secretary ” 1970 ” FRED C. KENNEY, JR. ” 1968 GEORGE W. COCHRANE, 3rd ” ” 1969 ” DONALD E. FLORENCE ” 1970 Municipal Light Board WINFRED F. SPURR, Chairman Term Expires 1970 ” PAUL C. NICHOLAS, Secretary ” 1968 JOHN H. CROOKER ” ” 1969 Board of Cemetery Trustees EDOUARD N. DUBE, Chairman Term Expires 1969 M. RUSSELL MEIKLE, Secretary ” ” 1968 HAROLD F. DAVIS ” ” 1968 ” CLIFFORD P. WADMAN ” 1969 ” STANLEY F. MAXWELL ” 1970 CHARLES E. ELLIS, JR. ” ” 1970 ^Resigned 5 Recreation Committee RICHARD C. EVANS, Chairman Term Expires 1969 GUY H. RENNISON, Secretary 99 99 1968 REMO G. VINCI 99 99 1969 MALCOLM S. WHITE, JR. 99 99 1970 C. GORDON RICKER 99 99 1970 EDWARD F. HURLEY, JR. 99 99 1970 RUSSELL H. STONE, JR. 99 99 1969 GEORGE L. HODGKINS 99 99 1968 DONALD McGILLICUDDY 99 99 1968 Housing Authority WILLIAM H. DOLBEN, Chairman Term Expires 1968 GILBERT M. LOTHROP ” 99 1969 PHILIP R. WHITE, JR. 99 99 1970 99 99 MARGARET J. MOORE 1971 RALPH J. BENS, JR. (State appointed) NATHALIE C. BEATON, Executive Director Capital Expenditures Planning Committee ALFRED T. DOUGHTY, Chairman RONALD A. WINSLOW EDWIN H. BJORKMAN DONALD C. DOLBEN DONALD W. DAVIDSON Superintendent of Moth Work Tree Warden MAURICE H. DONEGAN MAURICE H. DONEGAN Inspector of Buildings Inspector of Plumbing ROYAL C. JAQUES WILLIAM R. HARRISON Gas Inspector Wire Inspector WILLIAM R. HARRISON ALBERT TINE Sealer of Weights and Measures Dog Officer ROBERT M. GRAHAM WILLIAM H. DEWSNAP Inspector of Milk and Foods Inspector of Animals JAMES J. NUGENT, JR. GARDINER A. LESTER, D.V.M. Custodian of Soldiers and Sailors' Graves HAROLD \ DAVIS Director of Civil Defense DONALD C. MITCHELL Constables ARTHUR L. HARRIS RALPH J. BENS, JR. 6 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 Low 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 Commissioners of Trust Funds JOSEPH B. IVERSON, Chairman Term Expires 1969 ” DONALD C. McKIE ” 1971 ” WALTER S. HOPKINS, JR. ” 1973 Town Treasurer and Chairman of Selectmen, Members Ex-officio Development and Industrial Commission ROBERT E, TURNER, Chairman Term Expires 1968 ” FRANCIS C. ALBERTSON ” 1968 RUSSELL H. STONE, SR. ” ” 1969 ” NATHAN C. WHITE ” 1971 ” JOHN B. DOUGLASS ” 1972 Committee on Town Forests BENJAMIN E. NICHOLS Term Expires 1968 MAURICE H. DONEGAN ” ” 1969 ” JAMES S. PERRY ” 1970 Conservation Commission ALBERT J. SCHNEIDER, Chairman Term Expires 1968 ” JAMES S. PERRY ” 1968 NANCY W. ANDERSON ” ” 1969 JOHN D. LOUANIS ” ” 1969 RUTH E. JOHNSON ” ” 1970 HENRY W. FIENEMANN ” ” 1970 CHARLES STRATTON 1970 Committee on Elm Tree Protection MAURICE H. DONEGAN CHARLES STRATTON MARION V. HARRINGTON Measurers of Lumber HAROLD B. CURRELL MAURICE H. DONEGAN 7 Measurers of Wood and Bark HAROLD B. CURRELL MAURICE H. DONEGAN Field Drivers RONALD A. WINSLOW NORMAN B. SMALL, JR. Fence Viewer WENDELL B. NEWELL Public Weighers WENDELL B. NEWELL GORDON R. BERRY ROBERT M. GRAHAM NORMAN L. BURKE WILLIAM F. SULLIVAN, JR. Representative Metropolitan Area Planning Council A. LLOYD DAVID Term Expires 1970 Police Department Roster Chief JOHN F. BEAUDOIN Lieutenants WILLIAM H. FAULKNER EDWARD M. HUBBARD JOHN L. POWER Sergeants THOMAS J. FITZPATRICK FRED GRANELLI BERNARD J. PAIVA Safety Officer Patrolman - Inspector PATRICK J. PANTANO WILLIAM H. DEWSNAP Patrolmen JOSEPH M. GREENE GEORGE A. LeFAVE FREDERICK J. KEEFE PHILIP N. CAIL JOHN A. BILICKI EVAN P. EDWARDS HERBERT G. PERRY ROBERT A. CASTINE JOSEPH W. CORMIER EDWARD W. MARCHAND ROBERT E. MARCHAND HERBERT E. ROBSON BRIAN F. DESMOND LEONARD P. HOYT RAYMOND J. DOUCETTE DAVID E. SAUNDERS WILLIAM F. KEEFE WILLIAM E. ARAKELIAN HERBERT N. McSHEEHY GERALD F. HOYT RICHARD L. WOOD JOHN F. MURPHY LEO S. IACOPUCCI JAMES M. McCAULEY RICHARD ,. NELSON Clerk BARBARA B. ADAMS Police Woman PAULINE M. THOMAS 8 Permanent Fire Fighters Chief, JAMES S. PERRY Deputy Chief, ROBERT W. PRATT Captain, DONALD C. MITCHELL ERNEST G. BABCOCK, JR. Captain, ROBERT W. SHANNON RICHARD E. VAN HORN Lieutenant, ELMER A. DYKENS, JR. WILFRED E. BOUDREAU, JR. Lieutenant, LESLIE L. HADLEY DANIEL J. DORAN Lieutenant, HARVEY J. RACINE WILLARD F. NICHOLS Lieutenant, ROBERT H. THOMAS LAURENCE G. COWARD, JR. Lieutenant, THEODORE W. TURNER, JR. PETER R. VINCENT Lieutenant, LEONARD J. REDFERN MALCOLM V/. HUBBARD Lieutenant, VICTOR H. CAIL JOHN C. DOUCETTE RICHARD D. BROWN DONALD V. JACKSON HERBERT J. HUTCHINSON ARTHUR W. STEELE RUSSELL E. CARTER ROBERT P. O’BRIEN GERALD W. HUMPHREY JOSEPH T. HINDES, JR. § ELMER W. MOORE VERLON CURTIS NELSON F. ANDREWS JOSEPH CUMMINGS, III RONALD D. MICHELINI JAMES W. SHARKEY FREDERICK E. LIVINGSTONE THOMAS W. LYLE DONALD L. MICHELINI ANTHONY J. GENTILE GEORGE L. TURNER RAYMOND F. MOONEY Clerk RUTH K. MURRAY Call Fire Fighters DANIEL J. BUCKLEY CLYDE A. MOORE DeMELLE C. GAREY CHARLES D. PERRY ROBERT M. GRAHAM § HERMAN L. RIESSLE U LAWRENCE J. HUBBARD Lieutenant JOHN A. SPURR *DUNCAN H. STANLEY Supt. of Fire Alarm JAMES S. PERRY, Chief Forest Warden JAMES S. PERRY, Chief Deputy Forest Wardens Deputy Chief, ROBERT W. PRATT JOHN A. SPURR Captain, DONALD C. MITCHELL MAURICE H. DONEGAN Lieutenant, ELMER A. DYKENS, JR. BENJAMIN E. NICHOLS § Retired ^Deceased 9 STATISTICS Area, 10 square miles Population, census of 1965 — 21,188 Registered Voters: Precinct 1, 2652; Precinct 2, 2622; Precinct 3, 2397 Precinct 4, 2810; Total 10,481 Federal: Fifth Congressional District F. Bradford Morse, Lowell Senators: Edward M. Kennedy Edward W. Brooke State: Fifth Councillor District Thomas J. Lane, Lawrence Third Essex Senatorial District William L. Saltonstall Eighteenth Middlesex Representative District Frank D. Tanner, Reading Fourth District Court of Eastern Middlesex, Woburn 10 TOWN OF READING List of Jurors for 1967 - 1968 Prepared by the Board of Selectmen NAME RESIDENCE BUSINESS OR OCCUPATION Acquaviva, William P., 18 Avon Street Carpenter Adams, Virginia P., 83 Locust St. Housewife and Parttime Clerk Ahearn, J. Francis, 77 Scotland Road Materials Engineer Bagdigian, Ralph P., 18 Marla Lane Heat & Frost Insulator Balkus, William, 23 Harrison St. Bulldozer Operator Barboza, Leona G., 313 South St. Assembler Barrett, Karl F., 20 Gardner Rd. Press Operator Batson, Edward R., 63 Dana Road Foreman Beals, Marcus L., 20 Irving St. Supervisor Beeman, Mary C., Ill High St. Housewife Beighley, David C., 117 Libby Ave. Laborer Bernat, Edward J., 183 High St. Plant Engineer Berninger, Melvin V., 16 Grand St. Supervisor Berry, Neil D., 25 Lincoln St. Optic Technician Birdsall, M. Priscilla, 185 Walnut St. Secretary Birmingham, Bernard M., 25 King St. Salesman Blake, Winslow F., 19 Sunnyside Ave. Zone Manager Blauvelt, Merrill M., 41 A St. Supervisor of Buildings & Maint. Blunt, Ralph C., 22 Linden St. Bank Auditing Bode, Fred W., 13 Shady Hill Lane Accountant-Controller Boschetti, Carlo A., 116 Franklin St.