1 ' REFERENCE TOWN OF READING MASSACH U SETTS THE ANNUAL REPORT For the Financial Year Ended December 31st 19 3 2 TOWN OF READING ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31 1932 Reading Chronicle Press Reading, Mass. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2016 https://archive.org/details/townofreadingmas1932read 3 TOWN OFFICERS 1932 Elected and Appointed Board of Selectmen W. HOMER MORRISON, Chairman Term expires 1935 “ MOLLIE A. SWEETSER, Secretary “ 1933 “ ALBERT N. LEMAN “ 1934 LEON G. BENT, Clerk Board of Public Welfare MYRTLE L. LEMAN, Chairman Term expires 1933 “ MARY F. DANIEL, Secretary “ 1935 “ GEORGE H. SIDEBOTTOM “ 1934 LEON G. BENT, Clerk HELEN A. BROWN, Visitor ANNIE E. PATRICK, Visitor Old Age Assistance Board of Assessors ALVAH H. CLARK, Chairman Term expires 1933 “ ARTHUR S. COOK, Secretary “ 1934 “ GEORGE E. HORROCKS “ 1935 Town Clerk Moderator MILLARD F. CHARLES CHARLES P. HOWARD Collector of Taxes Town Counsel GRACE V. VIALL SAMUEL H. DAVIS Treasurer Town Accountant PRESTON F. NICHOLS LEON G. BENT Board of Public Works MARTIN B. HARTSHORN, Chairman Term expires 1934 “ ROBERT E. FOWLE, Secretary “ 1933 “ WILLIAM T. FAIRCLOUGH “ 1935 “ HAROLD W. PUTNAM “ 1934 “ FRANK M. MERRILL “ 1933 ALEXANDER BIRNIE, Superintendent 4 Board of Health EDWARD M. HALLIGAN, M. D., Chairman Term expires 1934 CHRISTINE F. ATKINSON, Secretary 1933 CORNELIUS THIBEAULT 1935 Finance Committee ROBERT B. MOUNT, Chairman Term expires Mar. 31 1933 PEARL M. BURGESS 1935 WILLIAM A. HALEY 1935 J. WARREN KILLAM, JR. 1935 LOGAN R. DICKIE 1935 EDWARD J. SCOTT 1935 MILES C. HIGGINS 1933 JAMES W. FAIRCHILD 1933 HOWARD P. KNOX 1933 MARGARET S. CANTY 1933 EDWARD W. BRIGGS 1934 WILLIAM A. CONNELLY, D. M. D. 1934 JOHN L. DEVANEY 1934 MARGARET R. ELLISON 1934 HARRY G. PORCH 1934 LEON G. BENT, Clerk School Committee ARTHUR W. COOLIDGE, Chairman Term expires 1934 CHARLES A. HOLCOMB 1935 LAURA S. GORDON 1933 CARL M. SPENCER 1933 HELEN B. HARTSHORN 1934 *FRANK D. TANNER 1935 Superintendent of Schools ADELBERT L. SAFFORD Attendance Officer ABIGAIL H. MINGO School Nurse MABEL M. BROWN, R. N. School Physician CHARLES R. HENDERSON, M. D. Municipal Light Board HENRY R. JOHNSON, Chairman Term expires 1935 HERBERT G. EVANS, Secretary 1933 HARRY P. BAKER 1934 ARTHUR G. SIAS, Manager Municipal Light Plant. 5 Board of Cemetery Trustees PHILIP H. TIRRELL, Chairman Term expires 1933 “ “ CLARENCE C. WHITE, Secretary 1935 “ WINTHROP D. PARKER “ 1935 “ HAROLD F. DAVIS “ 1933 FRANK LEE EDGERLEY “ “ 1934 “ “ FRED L. NUTTER 1934 WILLIAM P. PIERPONT, Superintendent. Board of Registrars ROBERT S. RALSTON, Chairman Term expires 1935 OWEN McKENNEY “ 1933 “ WALTER S. PRENTISS 1934 “ §§RALPH S. KENEELY 1934 Planning Board CLARK S. ROBINSON, Chairman Term expires 1934 “ NORMAN W. HAINES, Secretary “ 1935 McPherson daniel “ “ 1933 “ WINTHROP D. PARKER “ 1934 “ GEORGE W. G. POOLE “ 1935 “ “ §SHERBURNE J. WATTS 1933 Trustees of Public Library ARTHUR N. MANSFIELD, Chairman Term expires 1933 “ “ HARRY J. BARCLAY, Secretary 1935 “ IDA C. LUCAS “ 1935 JESSE W. MORTON “ “ 1934 “ “ RALPH S. KENEELY 1934 “ §WARREN L. FLETCHER “ 1933 “ JENNY F. WEEKS “ 1933 “ §HELEN P. TIRRELL “ 1933 Board of Appeal HENRY Q. MILLETT, Chairman FRED L. NUTTER, Secretary CHARLES A. DAMON Commissioners of Trust Funds PHILIP H. TIRRELL Term expires 1935 “ CLARENCE C. WHITE “ 1933 “ H. RAYMOND JOHNSON “ 1937 Town Treasurer and Chairman Selectmen, members ex officiis Reading Safety Council FLORENCE H. LIBBY, Chairman ADELBERT L. SAFFORD JEREMIAH CULLINANE ALEXANDER BIRNIE ELIZABETH H. NELSON MARIE L. DAY MARY H. RALEY ORVILLE O. ORDWAY Resigned §§Appointed to fill vacancy §Elected to fill vacancy 6 Police Department JEREMIAH CUEEINANE, Chief Sergeants FRANCIS T. SLACK, FRANCIS L. JOHNSON Patrolmen TIMOTHY J. CULLINANE OSCAR H. LOW FRANK R. FISHER GORDON G. MacINTIRE HAROLD W. O’BRIEN EARL R. HUTCHINSON WILLIAM F. O’BRIEN JAMES H. LAWLER THOMAS E. WALL PATRICK J. LONG THOMAS J. FITZPATRICK Reserve Officers ARTHUR M. CURTIN NORMAN L. DICKINSON JOHN CONDON JOSEPH M. GREENE PATRICK J. PANTANO Fire Department ORVILLE O. ORDWAY, Chief JOHN J. O’BRIEN, Deputy Chief HUGH L. EAMES, Capt. WM. H. Van HORN, Lieut. FRANK L. McKENNEY CHARLES H. HESELTON GEORGE W. GOODRIDGE ALBERT C. MAXWELL HERBERT L. ROBERTSON Superintendent of Fire Alarm Inspector of Wires HUGH L. EAMES Forest Warden Deputy Forest Warden ORVILLE O. ORDWAY HENRY M. DONEGAN Constables LEON G. BENT J. WINTHROP SIAS Sealer of Weights and Measures and Inspector Milk and Food CARL M. SMITH Inspector of Plumbing and Gas Inspector DAVID TAGGART Inspector of Animals CORNELIUS THIBEAULT, M. D. V. Inspector of Slaughtering WILLIAM C. SMITH Inspector of Buildings A. RUSSELL BARNES 7 Superintendent of Moth Work and Tree Warden HENRY M. DONEGAN Burial Agent, Soldiers and Sailors ALFRED E. GOODWIN Custodian Soldiers’ Graves HARRY A. TURNER Measurers of Wood and Bark THOMAS E. BROGAN PERCY N. SWEETSER BURTON K. SYMONDS WARREN M. WHITEHOUSE Measurers of Lumber ORA L. MILBURY BURTON K. SYMONDS WARREN M. WHITEHOUSE WILLIAM R. ZWICKER EDWARD B. EAMES ROLLAND L. PERRY Weighers of Coal and Hay W. IRVING BANCROFT THOMAS E. BROGAN BERTHA D. MacLELLAN MABEL L. MacKAY WENDELL B. NEWELL PERCY N. SWEETSER CHARLES W. LEE WILLIAM D. WARD KATHERINE L. SWEETSER RUTH CLIMO CHARLES H. SWEETSER Field Drivers WILLARD A. BANCROFT ADOLPH S. LARSEN ROLLAND L. PERRY Fence Viewers CARL B. SAWYER ALBERT E. TEMPLE WENDELL B. NEWELL Committtee on Town Forests LELAND W. KINGMAN, Chairman ORVILLE 0. ORDWAY HENRY M. DONEGAN TOWN OF READING Population 1930 Census : 9747. Registered Voters 1932; Men 2611, Women 2659, Total 5270. Fifth Congressional District. Sixth Councillor District. Seventh Middlesex Senatorial District. Eighteenth Middlesex Representative District. Representative in Congress, 5th District, Edith Nourse Rogers, Lowell. Councillor 6th District, Joseph O. Knox, Medford. Senator 7th Middlesex District, Joseph R. Cotton, Lexington. Representatives 18th Middlesex District, Norman L. Duncan and Fred H. Bowser, Jr., Woburn. 8 LIST OF JURORS FOR 1932-1933 Prepared by the Board of Selectmen Abbott, George W., Ass’t. Manager 20 Mineral St. Alger, C. Irving, Salesman 78 Woburn St. Anderson, John L., Electrician 64 Federal St. Anderson, Percy E., Clerk 64 Federal St. Anderson, Walter J., Manager 63 Summer Ave. Badger, William S., Clerk 4 Middlesex Ave. Barclay, Harry J., Accountant Vale Road Barnes, George E., Operator 63 Green St. Bell, J. Angus, Voicer 57 Hanscom Ave Benjamin, William H. Jr., Salesman 12 Berkeley St. Berle, Theodore P., Insurance 126 Ash St. Blake, Willie R., Pressman 27 Pleasant St. Bolton, John A., Voicer 14 Union St. Brackett, Herbert A., Merchant 176 Summer Ave. Brande, Mahlon E., Real Estate 103 Woburn St. Brooks, George Clark, Saleman 48 Hillcrest Rd. Burchard, Edgar R., Express Agent 16 Middlesex Ave. Burnham, Vaughan F., Salesman 65 Highland St. Burns, William A., Plasterer 412 Franklin St. Cahoon, Benjamin B., Tel. Man 94 Oak St. Carroll, Granger, Carpenter 13 John St. Chapin, Earle H., Salesman 122 High St. Charles, Warren F., Clerk 20 Pleasant St. Clapp, Ernest E., Electrician 15 Highland St. Clark, Edward H., Mechanical Eng. 56 Summer Ave. Coan, Donald W., Claim Adjuster 43 Berkeley St. Colley, George A., Merchant 28 Prospect St. Corbett, Howard L., Telephone 36 Ash St. Crafts, Clinton W., Merchant 177 Summer Ave. Cullinane, Charles M., Trucking 119 Washington St. Cummings, Joseph P., N. E. T. & T. Co. 4 Grant St. Currell, Harold B., Contractor 5 Woodward Ave. 9 Cutcliffe, Frank, Millhand 22 Pleasant St. Danforth, Percy R., Druggist 17 Middlesex Ave. Davis, Clyde L., Clerk 91 Bancroft Ave. Davis, Malcolm C., Teacher 12 Federal St. Davis, Victor H., Merchant 21 Arlington St. Dennison, Ralph H., Clerk Copeland Ave. Dillaway, Newton L., Financial Business 12 Perkins Ave. Downs, Edward F., Accountant 170 High St. Dukelow, John, Superintendent Spruce Rd. Esterbrook, Alvin E., Engineer 48 Temple St. Farwell, Howard P., Insurance 128 Salem St. Ferris, Thomas, Jr., Mechanic 23 Arlington St. Fleming, Harold I., Traffic Manager 41 Hanscom Ave. Fletcher, Warren L., Voicer 43 Highland St. Fortune, Wm. J., Asst. Vice Pres. 60 Prescott St. Frost, Edgar L., Contract Service 35 Oak St. Fuller, Albert S., Salesmanager 18 Salem St. Gallagher, Francis A., P. O. Clerk 113 Green St. Goff, John W., Decorator 25 Lincoln St. Goodridge, George E., Manufacturer 44 Temple St. Greenleaf, Emmet F., Clerk 10y2 Village St. Hapgood, Charles H., Salesman 21 Salem St. Harnden, Edward E., Salesman 195 Summer Ave. Helrick, Martin W., Machinist Knollwood Rd. Higgins, Linville, Asst. Treasurer 3 Echo Ave. Hobart, Earl G., Garage Prop. 66 Main St. Holcomb, Charles A., Advertising South St. Holmes, Henry J., Clerk 9 Winthrop Ave. Horton, Lawrence L., Superintendent 56 Highland St. Ingalls, Frederick D. B., Electrical Eng. 1 Hopkins St. Ives, C. Quincy, Salesman 96 Oak St. Jewett, Irving F., Insurance 213 Summer Ave. Keating, Raymond O., Accountant 11 Kingston St. Kimball, Walter B., Salesman 14 Hartshorn St. Knapp, Arthur C., Engineer Pinevale Rd. Knight, Joseph D., Manager 7 Perkins Ave. Lincoln, Elmer B., Chemist 12 Echo Ave. 10 Loring, Richard F., Manager 49 Temple St. MacLeod, Herbert W., Salesman 17 Vine St. Metcalf, Edmund C., Real Estate 36 Highland St. McDougall, George F. A., Inspector Lafayette Rd. Palumbo, John, Fruit Dealer 110 Ash St. Parker, Robert E., Civil Engineer 26 Pratt St. Partelow, Arthur E., Manufacturer 22 Middlesex Ave. Pearson, Alfred B., Salesman 38 Hanscom Ave. Pinkham, Carl W., Voicer 24 Pleasant St. Prescott, Lincoln T., Clerk 26 Thorndike St. Prince, Carl C., Insurance Broker 19 Oak St. Quigley, Harvey H., Painter 119 Main St. Rich, Guy E., Superintendent 13 Harriman Ave. Sanborn, James F’., Treasurer 281 Lowell St. Sawyer, Carl B., Merchant 156 Summer Ave. Scanlon, Walter A., Clerk 31 Wilson St. Schimpfke, Joseph C., Merchant 123 West St. Siegars, William W., Steamfitter 42 Temple St. Smith, Fred E., Supervisor Acct. Dept. 34 John St. Steele, Earle G., Merchant Gilmore Ave.