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Town of Wakefield, Massachusetts 152nd Annual Report — 1963 Dedicated to 1917 JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY 1963 35th President of the United States G^3 e^ £ *4 f John Fitzgerald Kennedy On Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, for the fourth time in the history of this Republic, our Chief Executive had been struck down by an assassin's bullet. On that day of terrible tragedy, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, a man beloved by mankind and an inti- mate of many of us in Wakefield, died. We in Wakefield were indeed fortunate to have had the op- portunity to know personally this hard-working, dedicated young man, brilliant and articulate, tough of mind but tender of heart, a man of many joys but much suffering. One knew from his first meeting with him that he was destined for great things. On July 3, 1950 Congressman John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the guest speaker on the Common at the night before the 4th celebration sponsored by the West Side Social Club. This was his first visit to Wakefield. Earlier that evening he was the guest at a reception in his honor by public officials and officers of the West Side Social Club at the Elks Lakeside Home. On December 3, 1950 he was the speaker at the memorial services of the Wakefield Lodge of Elks. On December 4, 1951 he was the guest speaker at a joint meeting of the Wakefield and Stoneham Rotary Clubs. On March 23, 1958 he spoke before the 9:29ers of the Congregational Church. On July 4, 1958 he was the Honorary Chief Marshal of the annual 4th of July parade sponsored by the West Side Social Club, and his last visit to Wakefield was on October 15, 1958 when he toured Wakefield while campaigning for re-election to the United States Senate, visiting at that time Transitron, Wakefield Daily Item, with a brief stop at Minahan's to renew acquaintances, then to the American Mutual Insurance Company. The tour was culminated at a reception by the women of Wakefield in honor of Jacqueline, his beloved wife, at the home of the Wakefield Lodge of Elks, Bay State Road. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, naval hero, Congressman and Senator from Massachusetts, thirty-fifth President of the United States, be- fore the greatest assemblage of world dignitaries ever to honor an American statesman, on November 25, 1963 was laid to rest on a hillside facing the Potomac River at a spot that General Robert E. Lee had called the prettiest place on earth. How inspired are the words of Congressman Torbert Mac- donald, his dearest friend, spoken from the floor of the Congress they both served with such great distinction: "In the same way that the eternal light shines from the ground near his grave, in the same way will life and the love which he kindled in our hearts and minds grow forever." vi/ittiam fy. JLee 15 2nd Annual Report of the TOWN OFFICERS of W AKEFIELD. M A S S Financial Year Ending December Thirty-first Nineteen Hundred and Sixty-three 1963 Also THE TOWN CLERK'S RECORD OF BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS During Year 1963 •TEM PRESS-WAKEFIELD TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Population, 1960 Federal Census—24,276 Congressman, 8th District—Torbert H. Macdonald of Maiden. Councillor, 6th District—Joseph Ray Crimmins of Somerville. Senator, 7th Middlesex District—James J. Long of Woburn. State Representatives, 22nd Middlesex District—Theodore J. Vaitses, Mel- rose; Gardner E. Campbell, Wakefield; Lloyd B. Conn of Melrose. TOWN OFFICERS, 1963-64 Selectmen Hugh J. Morgan, Jr., *1965, Chairman Lawrence J. McCluskey, *1965 Burton F. Whitcomb, *1966 John W. Moccia, *1964 Kenneth E. Morang, Jr., *1966 Town Clerk tCharles F. Young Assistant Town Clerk Georgette A. Clark - { Moderator tRoger H. Wingate Treasurer Paul Lazzaro, *1965 Tax Collector Catherine E. Simpson, *1964 Town Accountant **John J. McCarthy Assessors John J. McShane, Chairman Term Expires March 1964 Leo F. Douglass, Secretary Term Expires March 1966 Frank A. Tredinnick Term Expires March 1965 Municipal Light Commissioners John Morley, Chairman Term Expires March 1964 James Bolt Wiswall Term Expires March 1966 Jean C. Hartshorne (Resigned) Term Expires March 1965 Edward C. Conway Term Expires March 1964 Board of Public Works Lewis Day, Chairman Term Expires March 1964 Harry H. Denning Term Expires March 1966 Anthony Minichiello (Resigned) Term Expires March 1966 Albert V. Boland Term Expires March 1964 Sabatino Benedetto Term Expires March 1965 Thomas F. Daley Term Expires March 1964 152ND ANNUAL REPORT School Committee Lawrence J. Fitzgerald, Chairman Term Expires March 1966 Henry B. McConville, Treasurer Term Expires March 1966 Gertrude M. Spaulding, Secretary Term Expires March 1966 Lenora LeCours Term Expires March 1964 Harold E. Staunton Term Expires March 1964 William W. Allyn Term Expires March 1965 John P. Turner Term Expires March 1965 Trustees Lucius Beebe Memorial Library Rosaria Hodgdon Term Expires March 1966 Edward Lynch Term Expires March 1966 David E. Sparks Term Expires March 1966 Philips C. Davis Term Expires March 1964 Gladys Watkins, Secretary Term Expires March 1964 Leslie J. Wilson Term Expires March 1964 Moses M. Frankel (Resigned) Term Expires March 1965 Thomas L. McManus (Resigned) Term Expires March 1965 Frank A. Tredinnick, Jr. Term Expires March 1965 A. David Mazzone Term Expires March 1964 Louis R. Sardella Term Expires March 1964 Board of Health Norman S. Bosworth, Chairman Term Expires March 1964 Dr. Robert Dutton Term Expires March 1966 Evan Fairbanks Term Expires March 1965 Town Planning- Board Burton C. Parker, Chairman Term Expires March 1968 Ruth M. Woodbury, Secretary-Treasurer Term Expires March 1964 Henry S. Brinkers Term Expires March 1965 Kenneth W. Thomson Term Expires March 1965 William R. Spaulding Term Expires March 1966 ^Wakefield Housing Authority George M. Livingstone, Chairman Term Expires March 1966 Lucian Colucci, Secretary Term Expires March 1965 Gardner C. Reed Term Expires March 1964 Herbert Kenneth Noble Term Expires March 1967 James J. Curley Term Expires March 1968 Constables Robert A. Wescott Harold J. Maloney James T. McKeon Harold R. Anderson Charles S. Antetomaso ^Registrars of Voters George E. Findlay, Chairman Term Expires March 1964 Edmund W. Sliney Term Expires March 1966 Charles E. Climo Term Expires March 1965 Charles F. Young, Clerk TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Board of Public Welfare Virginia M. Jackson Term Expires March 1936 P. Elizabeth Kitchenman Term Expires March 1966 M. Leo Conway Term Expires March 1964 Harold C. Robinson Term Expires March 1965 William D. Scott Term Expires March 1965 ^Finance Committee Fred A. Beyer, Chairman Term Expires March 1965 Willard P. Farwell, Jr., Vice Chairman Term Expires March 1966 Bertram A. Hudson Term Expires March 1965 A. Robert Almeida Term Expires Mprch 1966 Lloyd North Term Expires March 1964 Mario L. Simeola Term Expires March 1968 Carl J. Caroselli Term Expires March 1966 Paul Donovan Term Expires March 1964 Francis A. Johnson Term Expires March 1964 William K. Lawrence Term Expires March 1964 Merle G. Jones Term Expires March 1965 Herbert J. Kaiser, Jr. Term Expires March 1965 Melvin J. Levine (Resigned) Term Expires March 1964 Philip C. Boody Term Expires March 1966 Kenneth W. Giles Term Expires March 1966 "Board of Appeals James J. Curley, Chairman Term Expires March 1965 William C. McKie (Retired) Term Expires March 1963 Joseph L. McManamin Term Expires March 1964 David H. Ramsay Term Expires March 1966 Recreation Commission Earl G. Bonney, Chairman Term Expires March 1964 Thomas Hennessey Term Expires March 1964 Samuel D. Ferguson Term Expires March 1966 George J. Regan Term Expires March 1966 J. Frank Anderson Term Expires March 1965 Mary Ellen Hurton (Resigned) Term Expires March 1965 John B. Enearnacao Term Expires March 1965 Marcia Morang Term Expires March 1965 Surveyors of Lumber t George Kerr t Hiram A. Tobey t Ralph Morel t Harry R. Mcintosh f James E. Hewes t George J. Gould Field Drivers tEverett E. Packard tWalter J. Doyle t Richard Baker * Term Expires % Appointed ** Tenure t Elected Annual Basis General Government Reports of BOARD OF SELECTMEN BOARD OF ASSESSORS BOARD OF APPEALS PERSONNEL BOARD PLANNING BOARD TOWN OF WAKEFIELD Report of Selectmen Hugh J. Morgan, Jr., Chairman Lawrence J. McCluskey, Secretary Kenneth E. Morang, Jr. John W. Moccia, Jr. Burton F. Whitcomb John J. McCarthy, Executive Secretary At the Board's organizational meeting, following the Annual Town Meeting in March, Hugh J. Morgan, Jr. was elected Chairman, and Law- rence J. McCluskey was elected Secretary. Other Board members are Kenneth E. Morang, Jr., John W. Moccia, Jr., Burton F. Whitcomb. John J. McCarthy continued in the office of Executive Secretary and Margaret M. Brady was appointed Clerk. The Town was shocked by the assassination of President John Fitz- gerald Kennedy on November 22, 1963. The Board of Selectmen, in Special Meeting on November 23, 1963, voted as follows: "That, Monday, November 25, 1963, be observed as a day of mourning in reverent respect to the memory of the late President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, and that this decree be entered into in concord with the proclamation issued by the President of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson. All Town offices and departments shall be closed except as matters of public health and safety are involved." On November 25, 1963, representative Clergymen, Town officials and citizens joined with the Board of Selectmen in the conduct of a memorial service on Wakefield Common for the departed President Ken- nedy. It is with regard to the special relationship that President Kennedy had for the Town of Wakefield; where he became so personally attached, that this Board has dedicated this one hundred fifty second Annual Town Re- port to his revered and respected memory and has caused an inscription of this sentiment to be presented in this town report by the President's good friend, Attorney William J.

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