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BEE RESTAURANT
MARTIN CIGARS
MADE IN GLOUCESTER SOLD IN FIVE PACKS
GEORGE STEELE'S SONS INSURANCE
Prompt Courteous Reliable
120 MAIN STREET
GLOUCESTER, MASS.
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CHANTICLEER ICE CREAM (JOHN H. LOVETT) "A Pal For Your Palate" Home Made Confectionery Wholesale and Retail Store
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1 DUNCAN STREET GLOUCESTER NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
GEORGE L. BROWNE Undertaker and Embalmer
Open Day and Night Personal Attention Guaranteed
Embalming, Funeral, Transfer, Cemetery and Crematory Work
Orders from any part of the sur mer Colony Given Immediate Attention
3. MAIN STREET GLOUCESTER, MASS. Telephone 1202-W
CAPE ANN ROOFING CO.
20 ROGERS STREET, GLOUCESTER, MASS.
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BOOKSELLER and NEWSDEALER Wholesale and Retail
Agent for Boston and New York Daily and Sunday Papers
FRANK M. SHURTLEFF 114 MAIN STREET THE WAITING STATION
RICHARD L. MOREY EVERYTHING IN INSURANCE SERVICE and SATISFACTION EVERY MINUTE
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201 MAIN ST. Telephones Office 1410
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THE GLOUCESTER DIRECTORY
MASSACHUSETTS
1932-1933
COMPRISING ALSO THE TOWN OF ROCKPORT
Containing
Alphabetical Section (Gloucester, page 129; Rockport, page 301). Gives names, occupa- tions and addresses of men and women eighteen years old or over, also all business houses. Wives' names are listed immediately after that of the husbands, enclosed in parentheses. The names of partners in firms are also given in this department. Dates of deaths during the previous year are given and, where possible, the addresses of people who have moved to other cities. Much other information is given that cannot be found elsewhere.
Business Directory (Gloucester, page 269; Rockport, page 329). All business houses, in- dividuals in business for themselves, and professional men are listed without charge under the heading that best describes them. The more progressive houses, realizing that it pays to be easily found, pay a nominal charge for special listings in heavy type, under every heading where a buyer might look for them, cross-indexed to a descriptive space in the "reference section."
Street Directory (Gloucester, page 25; Rockport, page 296). A complete list of Streets, giving numbers at intersections, and enabling one to tell at once between what streets a given number lies, and the quickest way to get there.
Advertising Department (Page 63). Where more information than is possible to give under the headings is placed on file for buyer's and seller's reference. The value of this department cannot be estimated. It is an index of the best business interests of the city, and stands for them and the city in reference libraries all over the country, as well as on the desks of progressive business men. It is accessible to everybody, and the log- ical place to look for specific information. This probably explains why no other form of publicity is so generally endorsed by business men, as a glance at this department will show.
Map (Opposite). The clearest map ever made of the city, on a scale large enough to see, and small enough to be handled easily.
Miscellaneous Information (Gloucester, page 14; Rockport, page 298). Organization of City Departments, giving officers-Post Office branches-Parcel Post zones and rates- Courts-Population tables-Calendar, etc.
(For detailed Index to Contents, see page 7)
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For Sale By FRANK M. SHURTLEFF, 114 MAIN ST.
COPYRIGHT, 1931, SAMPSON & MURDOCK CO., BOSTON, MASS.
PRICE, $6.00
Printed in U. S. A.
NAMES IN THE GLOUCESTER DIRECTORY
Glou-
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Total
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*Names in General Directory of 1932.
14,975
2,952
17,909
Names in General Directory of 1929.
13,291
2,479
15,770
Increase in names.
1,684
473
2,157
*This number includes the names of 748 individuals in Gloucester, and 180 in Rockport who have died since the last issue, or have removed from the city, with date of death, etc.
CALENDAR
1931
1932
1932
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PUBLISHERS' NOTE
The information in this book is gathered as far as possible by actual canvass, and. is compiled in a way to ensure maximum accuracy. While the Publishers will in no way be held responsible for any errors that may occur, they will be glad to have any inaccuracies brought to their attention, so that they may be corrected in succeeding: editions.
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INDEX TO CONTENTS
PAGE
PAGE
Abbreviations. 129, 301
Huntress Home for Old Ladies.
281
Advertising Department.
63
Insurance Companies
282
Aldermen
Labor Organizations.
282
Alphabetical Section. 129, 301
Lawyers
283, 331
Assessors
17
Libraries
283, 299, 331
Association of North American Directory lishers
Pub-
Light Houses and Harbor.
21
Lodging Houses ..
272
Associations & Clubs Commercial. 270, 329
20
Bands of Music. 271
Medical Examiner.
20
Banks . 23, 271, 299, 329
Military
21
Blocks, Buildings, Halls, &c .. 273, 330
Motion Picture Theatres
284
Board of Health.
17
Music Teachers 285, 332
285
Business Directory of Gloucester
269
Nurses 285, 332
17
Calendar
6
Cape Ann Light Station.
299
Park Commissioners
17
Cemeteries 274, 330
Parks
62
Census of Massachusetts.
14
Physicians .286, 332
31
Police Department.
19
Population
14
Port Wardens
21
City Statistical Review.
10
Post Offices
21, 299
City Statistics
23
Clergymen
274, 330
Clubs 275, 333
21
Commissioners
20
Railroad Passenger Stations
287
Constables 19
20
Courts
20
Rockport Business Directory
329
Custom House.
23
District Attorney.
20
Drives
62
Salvation Army. 274
School Department.
19, 298
Fire Alarm Signal Boxes. 18, 298
Schools, Colleges & Academies 288, 332
Sheriff 20
Signal Boxes 18
Societies 289, 333
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Straitsmouth Light Station ..
299
Gloucester Street Directory.
25
Street Directory of Gloucester
25
Halls and Public Buildings. 273, 330
296
Harbor Master
17
Holidays
20
Telegraph and Telephone Offices. 291, 333
Homes
281
Theatres
284
Hospitals 281, 331
Water Commissioners 17
293
17
City Officers
17
Probate Court.
20
Public Administrator
20
Public Health Service.
21
Registrars of Deeds ..
20
Registrars of Voters ..
17
County Officers
Rockport General Directory 301
Rockport Town Officers
298
Expresses 278
Fire Departments. 18, 298
Gilbert Home for the Aged. 281
Gloucester Business Directory. 269
Gloucester General Directory. 129
Statistical Review.
Gloucester Statistics. 23
Street Directory of Rockport ..
Superintendents, Inspectors, &c. 17
Hotels
281, 331
Wharves
Newspapers
Boarding Houses.
272
Business Directory of Rockport. 329
Overseers of Public Welfare.
Parcel Post Information. 22
Chamber of Commerce.
175
Points of Interest.
Churches 274, 330
City Government
Commissioner of Wrecks.
116
Master in Chancery
17
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INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS
PAGE
Adams John C 196 Main 110
Allen Raymond C, Manchester. 77
American Net & Twine Co 105 Maple- Fernwood Garage 211 Essex av. 66 wood av ... 87 Ferron P H & Co 351 Main .. 106
Andrews L E & Co 117-121 Main
93
Atlantic Supply Co 37 Rogers 93
Bangor Creamery 7 Exchange
inside back cover
Barton A J & Son Ipswich.
101
Bentley & Mellow 97 Main ..
back cover
Bishop Print Shop 1 Centre. 108
Borge Anthony F & Co 133A Prospect. ..
107
Bowen Bros 20 Marsh ..
107
Brown Allan F 10 Neptune pl
104
Brown Brothers Co 67 Rogers 99
Brown's Walk Over Shoe Shop 133 Main. 112
Browne George L 30 Main ..
front cover and
88
Budrow Dennis H 143 Wash. . 104 Busy Bee Restaurant 84 Main line front cover Butman A Carl Agency 31 Main, Rock- port 95
Call Thaddeus F Estate 46 Washington. . 105
Cameron C F Co Inc 65 Wharf 107 Gloucester Nat Bank 185 Main. 71 Cameron Harvey J 89 Duncan 106 Gloucester Safe Deposit and Trust Co 191-193 Main. 72.
Campbell's Men's Shop 112 Main .. 79
Cape Ann Furniture Co 1 Water. 90
Cape Ann Laundry & Dry Cleaning Co 8 Parker 96
Cape Ann Mfg Co 31 Commercial. 79
Cape Ann Nat Bank 154 Main .. 73
Cape Ann Roofing Co 20 Rogers
front cover and 111
Cape Ann Savings Bank 109 Main ..
74
Cape Pond Ice Co 1053 Main ..
inside back cover
Cape Supply Co 160 Granite P C. 80 Carroll E F & Son 15 Cleveland. . 115 Chisholm John Fisheries Co 35 Wharf ... 86
Chisholm Leo A 19 Duncan. 108
Comeau Leo E 276 Main .. . line back cover Cooney's Novelty Shoe Shoppe 242
Main 112
Corliss Bros Inc 9 Proctor 104
Cox Lee M 172 Main. 104
Coyle J Motor Transportation 2 Main. 115 Cunningham Paint Co Inc 55 Main. 105
Cunningham & Kerr 111 Main. 95
Davis Frank E Fish Co 93 Rogers. 86
Day John W & Son 465 Washington. 81
Dodd A W & Co Inc 20 Pearce.
80
90
MacDonald John J 15 Washington. 85
McGinn Lawrence J 20 Main.
106
Ederer R J Company 53 Duncan. 87 Mckenzie F S & A H 78 Main. 108
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Elwell Warren A 1913 Main.
95
Faulk Bros 7 Warner .. 83
Flye Everett A 156 Main ..... line front cover Frost D O Corp 11 Wharf. 79
G M I Laundry Co 12 Burnham
96
Garland Simon rear 13 Pearce 81 General Seafoods Corp 51 Commercial .. . 86 Gloucester Auto Body Co 23 Rogers .. 69
Gloucester Auto Sales Co 23 Western av 66
Gloucester Bookshop The 39 Pleasant ... 75
Gloucester Business College 209 Main ... 112
Gloucester Chamber of Commerce 141 Main 76
Gloucester Coal & Lumber Co 43 Duncan front colored 3
Gloucester Daily Times and Cape Ann Advertiser 3 Centre .. . 103
Gloucester Electric Co 102 Main. inside back cover
Gloucester Garage Co 130 Washington .. . 68
Gloucester Nash Co 7 Washington 66
Gloucester Service & Sales Inc 5 East Main 66
Granite Savings Bank, Rockport. 74
Gray Charles J & Sons Inc 129 Main 113
Greely James C 85 Pleasant. 88 Griffin & Co 50 Commercial. 80
Gronblad Albert A 54 High. 84
Hagstrom Co Inc 241 Eastern av.
inside front cover
Hall Bros 446 Washington. 83
Hall C A Radio Shop 5 Centre
110
Harriman S G Inc 138 Prospect. 68
Harris D F & Son 26 Wharf .... . back cover
Hersey Travel Agency 148 Main. 113
Hodgkins' D B Sons 30 Pearl. 91
Hotel Savoy 215 Main .. 94
Howard John F 19 Main. 85
Hygienic Ice & Wood Co 123 E Main 94
Ipswich Mills Inc 33 Maplewood av. 94
John Alden Coal Co, Whittemore st. 80
Johnson A L & Co Magnolia. 107
Johnson Frank M 371 Main. 81
Johnson J Leonard, Rockport .. 92
Johnson John A 1 Duncan .. .
Kinghorn William A, Rockport.
114
Lothrop L D Sons 68-70 Duncan .. back cover Lucas Ralph G 201 Main .. 65
Davis Garage, Magnolia ... front cover
68
Dodge C Furniture Mfg Co, Manchester- by-the-Sea
Eaton's Garage 21 Broadway, Rockport .. 69
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INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS
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Mclaughlin J J Machine Co Inc, Walen's wharf 99
McLaughlin Marine & Oil Co 21 Han- cock 101
Mahony G Everett 201 Main .. back cover and 95
Martin Cigar Factory 15 Duncan. front cover and 77
Mary's Gift & Linen Shoppe 124 Main ... 91
Merrill's Music Store 110 Main. 102
Michael Charles F 5 Willow 82
Mitchell's Coat, Apron & Towel Service 18 Gloucester av .. 113
Morey Richard L 201 Main.
inside front cover
National House Furnishing Co 196-198 Main 90
Nauss L B & Sons Inc, Railroad av. backbone, edges of book and 98 Noble E G Co Inc 19 E Main 70 Smith L E Company 221 and 223 Main .. 93 Souza Jim 14 Main. 93
North Shore Building Wrecking Co 7 Michaelson pl.
North Shore Dyeing & Cleaning House 245 Main.
78 Standley C L, Manchester 70
North Shore Ice Cream Parlor 279 Main .. 94 Steele & Abbott Co Inc 287 Main ... back cover Nunes' Art Store 6 Centre. 65 Steele's George Sons 120 Main .... front cover Oakes E B Sales & Service 2 Western Stickney-Goodman Inc 91 Main. 89
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Palelli & Hunt 6 Andrews.
Superior Dye House 53 Main. 78
Patriquin John N 231 E Main. 67 Thomas & Lane 55 School, Manchester. . 105
Pearce Frank C Company 401 Main. 86
Perkins & Corliss Inc 1-5 Middle.
67
Pettingill Gilbert N 119 Main. 77
Phillips Earl O Inc 131 Main. 79
Pike Isaac S 29 Hartz. 82
back cover and 89
Trowbridge The Druggist 159 Main. 84
United Machine Co, Parkhurst Rail-
ways
99
United Sail Loft Co Inc 71 Wharf. 111
Ward Chester G, Magnolia. 96
Young Men's Christian Association 71
Reed Thomas E Inc 6 Pearce and rear 197 East Main. 114
PAGE Reed's Roy Garage 67 East Main. 68
Rice Charles E 10 Middle. 85
Roberts George E 21 Wharf. 110
Rockport National Bank, Rockport .. 75 Rockport Paving Block Corp. Rockport .. 92 Rogers Isinglass & Glue Co 210 Eastern av 91
Royal Restaurant Co 123 Main.
110
Sampson & Murdock Co, Boston. 109
Sampson & Murdock Co, Direct Advertis- ing Division, Boston. 100
Saunder's Ice Cream Co 55 Washington front cover Sharon Joseph F rear 167 East Main. .. 81 Sellman Albert P 12 Railroad av, Rock- port 83
Shurtleff Frank M 114 Main. inside front cover
Smith J Raymond, Rockport. 97
75 Spinney L E jr 63 Washington 106
Spittle Bros Dairy 17 Addison 101
Stoddart A P & Co 236 Main. 99
Thurston George E & Son 16 Commer- cial 105
Tognazzi Bros Co 40 Poplar.
101
Tompkins C F Co 67 Middle.
Pike Willard S 75 Washington. . back cover Pomeroy John S Co 135 E Main. 83 Poole F C Shops The, Bond's Hill. 3 Purdy Albert H 132 Main. . 77
Reed George A & Son 16 Myrtle sq. 87
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City Directory Statistical Review
Suggested and Planned by American Community Advertising Association
Adopted by Association of North American Directory Publishers
GLOUCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
" The Fish City"
Form of Government: Commission com- posed of Mayor and four Aldermen.
Normal Population: 23,811 (Mass. Census 1930).
Summer Population: 60,000, estimated. Area: Thirty-six square miles Altitude: Fifty-five feet.
Assessed Valuation: Personal and Real Es- tate $40,108,972, Automobile, $1,426,725, Vessels, $1,523,685, with $27.40 tax per $1,000.
White Population: 23,811.
Colored Population: None.
White Population of Age: Males 7,658. Fe- males, 7,825.
Number of All Males: 11,870. And of All Fe- males: 11,930.
Native Born Population: 85 per cent of whole population.
Predominating Nationalities in City: Native American, Italian, Portuguese, Finnish.
Parks: Six with 400 acres valued at $1,000,- 000.
City's Bonded Debt: $2,193,625.
Financial: Four banks, with total deposits of $17,287,326, resources $20,113,698 and clearings of $47,502,603.38 annually. One savings bank with $7,111,147.31 total de- posits.
Post Office Receipts: $196,586.13 with $2,- 184.35 in special deliveries. (1928) Telephones in Service: 6,244. Church Buildings: Twenty-seven.
Real Estate Transfers Total: 681. Dwellings total number 5,843.
Industry: Number of establishments eighty- one employing 2,288, paying wages $2,936,- 546 annually, and having products valued at $13,827,974.
Trade: Territory (Retail) serves 40,000 peo- ple within the trading area covering a ra- dius of thirteen miles.
Hotels: There is one hotel, with total of thirty-five rooms; also twenty summer hotels
City Served By: Boston & Maine railroad.
Amusements: There are three theatres, with a total seating capacity of 3,000 people.
Hospital: One with fifty beds, fifteen bas- inets.
Education: Number of schools twenty-three including one high school, one parochial school. Number of pupils in public schools 4,139. Total of all teachers is 160. Value of all school property, private and public, ap- proximately $1,343,472.
Libraries: There are about 30,000 volumes in the libraries of the city.
City Statistics: Total street mileage one hun- dred twenty, with seventy-five miles paved. Miles of gas mains laid, fifty-six, of sewers, fifteen. Capacity of water works (munici- pal) 950,000,000 gallons, daily average pump of 1,609,000 gallons, with 95.64 miles of mains and value of plant estimated at $2,435,993.76.
Fire Department: Employs 103 men includ- ing a chief, a deputy and five captains, with following motor equipment: two autos, four engines, two hose wagons, two combi- nation wagons, three hook and ladder trucks, one squad wagon, one chemical wagon, two fire alarm cars, one fire-boat in six station houses. Value of fire depart- ment with property is $231,000.
Police Department: Has forty-two men with one station and eight pieces of motor equipment.
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GEOGRAPHY
Gloucester is located about thirty miles northeast of Boston, Massachusetts. The orig- inal town of Gloucester occupied the whole northern promontory of Massachusetts Bay, known as Cape Ann and was bounded on the north by Ipswich Bay, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Massachu- setts Bay and on the west by the towns of Manchester, Essex and Ipswich.
Cape Ann is divided into two nearly equal sections by the Annisquam River, an arm of the sea extending from Ipswich Bay about four miles towards and into Gloucester Har- bor. Gloucester of today retains practically its same boundaries and includes the follow- ing districts: Magnolia, Annisquam, River- dale, West Gloucester, East Gloucester, Bay View and Lanesville. The northeastern por- tion of the Cape, however, which was in- cluded in the territory of the original town of Gloucester, is separated into what is known as the town of Rockport, the extreme end being known as Pigeon Cove.
The principal harbor is on the south side of the city and is formed by Eastern Point- a strip of unequal width extending in a south- westerly direction about three miles-a rock bound coast that defies the violence of surg- ing waves dashing almost constantly against it, and affording within a safe shelter and anchorage for a large fleet.
The surface of the town is uneven; and its peculiar character strikes every beholder at first sight with astonishment. Bald, rocky hills, bold and precipitous ledges of rock, with acres of bowlders of various sizes, in many places scattered thickly over the sur- face, combine to present a rare scene of naked ruggedness. The small tracts and patches of clear land, by which this view of barrenness is occasionally relieved, are cov- ered with a strong and fertile soil, suited to the growth of most of our New England agri- cultural products.
The rocks of Cape Ann are granite, of a beautiful, dark color and are easily wrought into blocks of any needed size. Quarries have been opened in different localities, sev- eral at Rockport, at the lower extremity of the Cape; others at Lanesville and at Bay View-suburban districts of Gloucester prop- er. The products of these quarries in the form of monuments, decorative ornamenta- tions, paving blocks, etc. are shipped to every part of the world.
In all, Cape Ann is picturesque. It is truly typical of the rock bound coast of our north- ern Atlantic States. A drive around the shore road from which an open view of the ocean is afforded practically throughout the entire route, presents a picture of rugged rocks dashed over with spray, these interposed with as many as forty beaches of various sizes around the entire Cape. The drives around Cape Ann are pretty. The inland roads through wooded sections of hard-wood growth give a touch of country life in sharp contrast to the rugged scenery along the shore.
HISTORY
From the time of the early explorers Gloucester, Mass., has occupied a large place in the history of New England and the na- tion. It is claimed that the Norsemen in 1001 skirted the New England Coast, which they called New Vineland and landed here. It has
also been said that they called the place "Kroasnes", the Cape of the Cross; that they were attacked by the Indians, their chieftan, Thorwald, being killed and buried on shore. In 1605, as authentically recorded, Cham- plain, on a voyage of exploration and discov- ery sailed about the cape which he named CAPE AUX ISLES.
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