\ • [ •- ANNUAL-—=*= REPORT OF THE TOWN OF r ^v— CHELMSFORD \ »X&* \i*f 55 FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 1944 ^ *? ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CHELMSFORD FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 1044 Cottm qf Chelmsford Tflis °Pa^e °t)eclicas."tecl to the ^Uemor^ of tdose heroes idRo Rave paid tfie Supreme Sacrifice. 1943 1944 yfaixl flXlCtmcL Iftolaitct Caixrchatiie "frz&evick (Br.^hearit James JLfcioIIttiicl lElalplt <3. Cctpuaxto IBrgce §Lpifrerd ]Donald |Cfogg trtfmg ^PIHteu^u* {Thomas lE^Arnold XfceX X£occq>o dJosephlk. toilette jBlalcolm ^fllcftoum Ambrose ptcPottatct- John »HTefterson Waller 'pelleuJXIe,Jr. Joint X £mrtfu 'Cheodore ftftlfteed,^ <Jiarold Ofcpeed^n »K)atrae l&JjBernfcee Cla-rexice^.Xtaljeg4c TOWN CLERK'S REPORT OFFICERS ELECTED MODERATOR Walter Perham (Term expires 1945) TOWN CLERK Harold C. Petterson (Term expires 1945) SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE Stewart MacKay Term Expires 1945 Raymond H. Greenwood Term Expires 1946 Karl M. Perham,. Term Expires 1947 TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR Harold C. Petterson (Term Expires 1945) BOARD OF ASSESSORS Carl A. E. Peterson • Term Expires 1945 Walter Jewett • Term Expires 1946 Warren Wright ••• Term Expir es 1947 TREE WARDEN Vinoent P. Garvey (Term Expires 1945) BOARD OF HEALTH Raymond H. Greenwood •• Term Expires 1945 Harry L. Shedd Jr , • • Term Expires 1946 B • Murtaugh Borrows Term Expires 1947 SCHOOL COMMITTEE Harold E. Clayton.... Term Expires 1945 Mar jorie M. Kiberd Term Expires 1946 Stephen G. Mansur Term Expires 1947 PARK COMMISSIONERS Charles R. Wood..... Term Expires 1945 Walter Merrill Term Expires 1946 James F . Dunigan Term Expires 1947 CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS William Bellwood Term Expires 1945 Arthur W. House • • Term Expires 1946 Bayard C • Dean Term Expires 1947 TRUSTEES OF ADAMS LIBRARY Edward B. Russell ..(Term Expires 1945)»««» E. Wayne Jenkins Polly L. Johnson (Term Expires 1946) Lydwin Bachelder Frances H. Clark (Term Expires 1947) Charles W. Henry 1 SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS Royal Shawcross Term Expires 19U5 Walter Perham Term Expires 1946 Frits H. Pearson • • Term Expires 1947 PLANNING BOARD Bayard C. Dean •• Term Expires 1943 Riohard L • Monahan •••• Term Expires 1946 Howard D. Smith » • Term Expires 1947 John. J. Meagher Term Expires 1947 Sidney E. Dupee ••••• Term Expires 1947 William Bellwood Term Expires I9I4.8 Arnold C. Perham. •• • Term Expires 1949 CONSTABLE Lawrence W. Chute (Term Expires 1945) ^t*** ************************** ********* ********,M****** ************* *********** APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS TOWN ACCOUNTANT Winthrop A, Parkhurst FINANCE COMMITTEE Leslie Adams* • Sidney E. Dupee. Arthur R. Nystrom Charles E. Boles. Eustace B. Fiske Paul D. Petterson Howard D. Smith SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS Timothy F. 0» Sullivan INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS Arnold C. Perham FIRE ENGINEERS John Dixon »•• H. Edward Hoyt... Theodore W. Reed REGISTRARS OF VOTERS Daniel E. Haley Term Expires 1945 James F. Leahey ••••• Term Expires 1946 John J. Carr • • Term Expires 1947 Harold C. Petterson.. Ex-Officio TOWN COUNSEL John H. Valentine JANITORS OF PUBLIC HALLS Charles Greene Centre Hall, Chelmsford Philip Merrill North Hall, North Chelmsford SEALER OF WEIGHTS MID MEASURES John B. Emerson FOREST WARDEN Herbert M. Sturtevant SUPERINTENDENT OF BURIALS OF INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS Walter Perham **************************************** POLICE DEPARTMENT CHIEF OF POLICE Ralph J. Hul 3 lander PATROLMEN Allan H. Adams Wins low P. George REGULAR SPECIAL Leo A* Boucher Raymond E. Harmon ... Basil J. Larkin SPECIAL OFFICERS Lawrence W. Chute ••• ••••• Edward F . Miner Allan Kidder Kenneth R.Reid. SPECIAL SCHOOL OFFICERS George W. Mar inel • • John Wrigley POLICEWOMAN Christina N« Simpson DESK OFFICER Fritz H, Pearson ***************** *********************** DOG OFFICER Lawrence W. Chute SPE CIAL CONSTABLE Bernard F. McGovern MEASURERS OF SA'tfDUST William Batch elder Richnrd D. Davis, Pearl T. Durrell WEIGHERS OF HAY John J, Dunigan, Mary C. Healy Sarah Dunigan. ., . Arthur V. Larkin Herbert Elliott, Harold D. Macdonald Edward T. Healy, Walter Perham MEASURERS OF LUMBER William Batchelder Claude J. Harvey William W. Clement , Morton Pickard Richard D. Davis.., .... Ray Pickard Pearl T. Durrell.., , •• Y/yman Russon Arthur Gauthier..., . • George Taylor MEASURERS OF WOOD William Batchelder Richard Davis Pearl Durrell MEASURERS OF LOGS William Batchelder, , .... Richard Davis..... Pearl Durrell MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE William Bellwood . John M. Kempe Frank A. P. Coburn Arthur DeLong Thomas Roach WEIGHERS OF SAND AND GRAVEL James F. Dunigan WEIGHERS OF MERCHANDISE Bertrand Bean Sarah Dunigan Arthur V. Larkin Sewell Bowers Herbert E. Elliott James Leahey John Brown Joseph Foley Harold D. Macdonald William Brown Emil Haberman Betty H. Mahoney John Carter David Hamer Warren Mansur Earl Christians on Edward T. Healy Thomas ^iskell James Coughlin Mary C. Healy Yalter Perham Francis Craven John J. Hehir Elmer Fever ill E. Clark Dixon Elsstrom Johnson James Walker John J. Dunigan Bernard Kane Paul -tfestwood Edward Whitworth WELFARE INVESTIGATOR Leonard S. MacElroy (Resigned - July 15, I9I1U) Marguerite E. Hoar (Temporary) k MEAT INSPECTOR Patrick H. Haley AGENT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH Christina N. Simpson SCHOOL NURSE Christina N. Simpson BUILDING INSPECTOR Arthur Gauthier MILK INSPECTOR Daniel E. Haley PLUMBING INSPECTOR George E. Gagnon TOW FOREST. COMMITTEE Arthur M. Batchelder , Luther Faulkner Edward B. Russell BOARD OF HEALTH PHYSICIANS Dr. Edmund J. Boucher... ••• Dr. Arthur G. Scoboria MOTH SUPERINTENDENT Timothy F. 'Sullivan ZONING APPEAL BOARD Richard T. Boyd Donald A. Dunsford ELECTION OFFICERS Precinct One Precinct Two Chelmsford Centre North Chelmsford Peter MoHugh, Warden . John Andrews, Warden Stella C. wells, Clerk Kathleen Audoin, Clerk Walter L. Ferguson, Dep. Warden M. Ruth Conlin, Dep. Warden Eva McMaster, Dep. Clerk Hazel L. Swallow, Inspector Polly L. Johnson, Inspector Laura Shugrue, Inspector Francis J. Moran, Insoector Anna Cummin gs, Inspector Hester L. Emerson, Inspector Adella MoEnaney, Inspector Augusta A. Haley, Inspector Helena V. Sinnett, Inspector Florence E Beauregard, Inspector Precinct Three Precinct Four West Chelmsford East Chelmsford Fred W. Edwards, Warden James E. Reardon, Warden Catherine Riney, Clerk Birger Petterson, Clerk Jennie S. Brown, Dep. Clerk Jennie L. Kelly, Dep. Warden Rose Doherty, Inspector Lydia Barris , Dep. Clerk Lillian Fielding, Inspector M. Christina Reardon, Inspector ELECTION OFFICERS (CONT.) Precinct Five Precinct Six South Chelmsford Westlands r George L. Waite, Warden Lawrence Mar age, 7. arden Alice A. Philbrook, Clerk Eleanor Parker , Clerk Ethel Wright, Inspector Henrietta L. Conaton, Dep. Warden Elizabeth M. Calder, Inspector Florrie Walton, Dep. Clerk Viola B. Cochrane, Inspector Freda A, Stevens, Inspector **************************************** **************************************** VITAL STATISTICS For the Year Ending December 31, I9I4I4. Attention is called to the following vital statistics. It is important that these records shall be correct. If any errors are discovered, the Town Clerk will deem it a favor to have them reported at once so that corrections may be made, As required by Chapter 16, Section 15, General Laws of Massachusetts, notice is hereby given that the Town Clerk wi 11 furnish blanks for returns of births to parents, householders, physicians and registered hospital officers applying there- fore. BIRTHS RECORDED Date I9kh Name Parents Jan. 15. Slaney Harold and(Ethel L Black) 25. James Paul Jason.. •• John H. and (Laura D. Neves) 28. John Albert OlshinskL Natthero John and (Syble Marie Holcomb) 31. Judith Lee Palmer William Henry and(Jean E.Berubee) Feb. 5. Walter Francis McQuade John J. and (Mary E. Larkin) 9« Maureen Ethel Donaher James Edward and (Eileen R. Strobel)^ 11. Clifford Pierce •• Walter C. J. and (Josephine Stone) 12. Dennis Gouveia Manuel and (Elsie L. Augusta) 13« Leonard Ira Spaulding Jacob I. and (Maude E. Ferris) 21. Carol Theresa Gaudette Simon D. and (Genevieve M. Pothier) 23. Edward Joseph Gaudette • Albert E. and (Laura B # Gendreau) 27. James Joseph Long.. Thomas J. and (Maureen Sharkey) Mar. 8. Green George Arthur and (Gwendolyn Oswald) 9» David Titus Foucar Clifford W. and (Dorothie A. -Yelch) 10. Paula Judith We stwood. Paul F. and (Claire Davidson) 11. Pauline Gail Mai lie Paul E. and (Rita G. Moran) 18. Ralph Leonard Bean Clarence F. and (Margaret M.(Haselton) 20. Esther Magnant • Frederick J. and (Angela A. Marcel la) 27. Charles Alfred Marsden Clifford G. and (Mary D. DeAraicis) 27. Jane Anthony Estabrooks.. Wilbur and (Elizabeth W. Brown) 29. Grant Vondoll and (Jane bright) 30. Marion Priscilla Beek James Stewart and (Barbara Ruth Bowen) ) Date !9hU Name Parents Apr. 2. Barbara Ann Hulick Roger and (Charlotte Dndyk) 5. Donald Marco Moreno Marco and (Mary M. DiRocco) 6. Dwight Clifford Woodward Verne E. and (Eleanore M. Hartford) 7. Dorothy Marie Flanagan Daniel and (Dorothy M. L'Heureux) 7. William Ellsworth Cromer William E. and (Betty Ann Schiewetz) 9. Raymond Knox,.... Harold **. Knox and (Gertrude E. Crowther) 11. Irene Marie Cormier Antoine Joseph and (Marie Reine Simard) 11. Richard Henry Lend re Henry W. and (Louise J. Guilmette) 11+. Wallace Edward Maybury Jr Wallace E. and (Ruth E. Harvey) 16. Rachel Ann Lane Edgar and (Ruth E. Swanson) 17. Robert Peter Ouellette Joseph and (Alice A. Gauthier) 20. John David Hallberg John D. and (Lois M. Waite) 21. Arthur Robert Matura.. Arthur R. and (Sylvia A. Sanders) 23f Dudley Herbert French