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CITY DIRECTORY
VOL. 1941-42 XXXV
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GENERAL INDEX
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Abbreviations
32
Harbor Masters
16, 248
Aldermen
15
Holidays
19
Alphabetical Section. .33, 251
Homes 309
Assessors 16, 248
Labor Organizations Index to Advertisements.
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Association of North American Directory Publishers X
Associations & Clubs Commercial .. 298, 321
Board of Health 16, 248
Board of Public Welfare 16, 248
Buildings-Public & Office 301, 322
Buyers' Guide opp
296
Parks
22
Cape Ann Light Station. 250
Points of Interest
21
Cemeteries 301, 322
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Population
11
Chamber of Commerce
298
Port Wardens 19
Churches .
302,
322
City Government
15
Probate Court
19
City Offices
15
Public Administrator
18
City Statistical Review
7
Public Health Service
19
City Statistics
20
Railroad Passenger Stations.
315, 324
Classified Business Directory
297, 321
Registrars of Deeds
18
Commissioner of Wrecks
19
Rockport Classified Business Directory ..
321
Constables
18, 248
County Commissioners
18
Rockport Street & House Directory. 283 .
248
Courts
19
School Department 18, 249
18
Directory Library
311
Signal Boxes
16, 249
District Attorney
18
Societies
317, 325
Statistical Review 7
Straitsmouth Light Station. 250
Street Directory of Gloucester 187
Street Directory of Rockport 283
Superintendents, Inspectors, &c 16
United States Coast Guard 19
Gloucester Statistics 20
Gloucester Street & House Directory. 187
Halls and Public Buildings .301, 322
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Drives
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Fire Alarm Signal Boxes 16,
249
Fire Departments 16, 248
Gloucester Classified Business Directory 297
Gloucester General Directory. 33
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Custom House
19
Sheriff
Registrars of Voters ..
16, 248
Rockport General Directory.
251
County Officers
Rockport Town Officers
310, 324
Libraries
19, 249, 311, 324
Light Houses and Harbor
19
Medical Examiner . 18
Military
19
Park Commissioners .16, 248
Police Departments 18, 249
Census of Massachusetts
Post Offices 19, 249
Clubs
303, 322
District Court
Water Commissioners 16, 248
Wharves
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
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Alderman Choate B
back cover
Allen Raymond C. . 9
Andrews L E & Co 16
Atlantic Supoly Co. 16
Automotive Distributors Inc. 4
Baycraft Press
left top lines
Brown William G Co.
11
Browne George L.
front cover and
13
Burgess Elmer F
left top lines and
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Busy Bee Restaurant
front cover
Butman A Carl.
20
Cape Ann Motors Inc 2
Cape Ann National Bank 6
Cape Ann Pontiac Co
2
Morey Richard L
21
Cape Ann Savings Bank 6 National House Furnishing Co. . front cover Nauss L B & Sons Inc
Chisholm John Fisheries Co 12
Cooney Sail Co Inc .
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Cooper-Bessemer Corp The 11
Corliss Bros Inc
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Davis Frank E Fish Co
12
Dodge C Furniture Co 15
Ederer R J Company 12
Elwell Warren A
20
Faulk Bros 10
Fernwood Garage 2
Ferron P H & Co
right top lines
Flye Everett A
front cover
Frost D O Corp
.right top lines
Garland Simon
10
Gloucester Auto Sales Co 2
Gloucester Coal & Lumber Co
left top lines and 23
Gloucester Daily Times and Cape Ann .. Advertiser left top lines and 24
Gloucester Garage Co 3
Gloucester Motor Co 3
Gloucester National Bank.
right top lines and 7
Gloucester Safe Deposit and Trust Co ..
right top lines and 5
Granite Savings Bank. . left top lines and 7
Gray Charles J & Sons Inc .... . back cover
Greely James C
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Griffin & Co .
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Gronblad Albert A
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Hall Bros
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Hart Garage Company ..
back cover, right top lines and 3 and 8
Hodgkins' D B & Sons. 15
Hodgkins Pierce N
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Hotel Savoy back cover and 17
Howard John F Co
right top lines
Jack's Dent Shop
left top lines
John Alden Coal Co
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Johnson John A Inc.
front cover and
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Lothrop L D Sons.
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12
Ludlow Manufacturing & Sales Co ... 13
Mahony G Everett Inc .. back cover and
19
Pettingill Gilbert N 8
Pike W S Funeral Service
back cover and 14
Presson Express Co
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Purdy Albert H
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Reed George A & Son. 13
Roberts George E
Rockport National Bank
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Rogers George K Store
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StJoachim's R C Church
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Saunders Ice Cream Co. front cover, right top lines and 18
Shackelford Fred A
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Smith J Raymond
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Smith L E Inc
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Smith L E Plumbing & Heating Co
left top lines
Steele & Abbott Co Inc
back cover, right top lines and
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Steele's George Sons .... front cover and
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Thurston George W Inc
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Thurston Helen Lane.
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Tompkins C F Co (The Patillo Store)
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Young Men's Christian Association
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Noble E G
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Perkins & Corliss Inc 4
Cunningham & Kerr .... left top lines and 18 Persson Karl H 16
Cape Pond Ice Co .... right top lines and Y
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INTRODUCTION
R. L. POLK & CO., publishers of more than 750 city, county, state and national Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1941-1942 edition of the Gloucester City Directory, including Rockport.
Confidence in the growth of Gloucester's and Rockport's industry and wealth, and in the advancement of their civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting Gloucester and Rockport to the world.
The enviable position occupied by R. L. POLK & CO.'S Directories in the estimation of the public throughout the country, has been estab- lished by rendering the best in Directory service. With an unrivaled organization, and having had the courteous and hearty co-operation of the business and professional men and residents, the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the Gloucester and Rockport Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the cities.
Five Major Departments The five major departments are arranged in the following order :.
THE MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT, on white paper, pages 7 to 22 for Gloucester and 248 to 250 for Rockport, presents lists of city, county, state and federal officials, post office information, schools and institutions, with officers, courts holding sessions in the city, population tables, statistical review, and manufacturing, trade and civic surveys.
THE ALPHABETCIAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns, on white paper, is included in pages 33 to 185 for Gloucester and 251 to 281 for Rockport. This is the only record in existence that aims to show the name, marital status, occupation and addresses of each adult resident of Gloucester and Rockport, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corpora- tion in the city.
THE BUYERS' GUIDE beginning opposite page 296, printed on tinted paper in a separate series of pages from 1 to 26, contains the advertisements of leading banking, manufacturing, business and profes- sional interests of Gloucester and Rockport. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference advertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. In a great com- mercial and industrial center like Gloucester, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available is obvious. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.
THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 297 to 320 for Gloucester and 321 to 325 for Rockport, on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional con- cerns in alphabetical order under appropiate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numerous in- terests of the community. The Directory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller. As such it plays an important part in the daily activities of the commercial and professional world. More buyers and sellers meet through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium.
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THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, covers pages 187 to 246 for Gloucester and 283 to 296 for Rockport. In this section the names of the streets are arranged in alphabetical order; the numbers of the residences and business concerns are arranged in numerical order under the name of each street, and the names of the householders and concerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the intersecting streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street. A feature of this section is the designation of tenant-owned homes. A new feature is the designation of homes and places of business having telephones as given to our enumerators.
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GLOUCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
" The Fish City"
Form of Government: Commission com- posed of Mayor and four Aldermen.
Normal Population: 23,877 (U. S. Census 1940).
Summer Population: 50,000, estimated. Area: Thirty-six square miles Altitude: Fifty-seven feet.
Assessed Valuation: Personal $3,552,875; Real Estate $38,396,260; Automobile $1,145- 410; Vessels, $1,121,830 with $35.20 tax per $1,000.
White Population: 23,877 Colored Population: None.
Number of all Males: 11,843. And of all Fe- males: 12,034.
Native Born Population: 85 per cent of whole population.
Predominating Nationalities in City: Native American, Italian, Portuguese, Finnish, English.
Parks and Playgrounds: Eleven with 700 acres.
City's Bonded Debt : $2,490,000.
Financial: Two National banks. One Trust Company, with total deposits of $8,070,- 128.67, resources $9,435,421.14. One sav- ings bank with total deposits of $6,711,441 .- 76, resources $7,664,991.93; One co-operative bank with total resources of $4,266,374.59. Post Office Receipts: $138,369.25 (1939). Telephones in Service : 7,613.
Church Buildings: Twenty-three.
Real Estate: Dwellings total number 6,038 total acres of land 9.846.
Industry: Number of establishments forty- nine, employing 1,608, paying wages $1,542,- 706 annually, and having products valued at $7,519,207.
Trade: Territory (Retail) serves 40,000 peo- ple within the trading area covering a ra- dius of thirteen miles.
Hotels: There is one commercial hotel open all year, with total of twenty-seven rooms; also twenty-four hotels which operate only in the summer months.
City Served By: Boston & Maine railroad. Amusements: There are two theatres, with a total seating capacity of 2,132 people. Hospital: One with eighty-five beds, fifteen bassinets.
Education: Number of schools eighteen including one high school, one parochial school. Number of pupils in public schools 4,026. Total of all teachers is 160. Value of all school property, private and public, ap- proximately $2,121,376.
Libraries: There are about 30,000 volumes in the library of the city.
City Statistics: Total street mileage one hun- dred twenty, with approximately ninety miles paved. Miles of gas mains laid, fifty- nine, of sewers, eighteen miles main lines (approx). Capacity of water works (muni- cipal) 975,000,000 gallons, daily average pump of 1,828,390 gallons (1939), with 101.97 miles of mains and value of plant estimated at $3,119,563.61.
Fire Department: Employs 93 men includ- ing a chief, a deputy chief, a motor super- visor, six permanent captains, 34 perma- nent men and 50 callmen, with the follow- ing equipment: five pumping engines (combination), three ladder trucks, 2 hose wagons, 1 combination hose and water trucks, 1 squad wagon, one straight chemi- cal and a chief's car. There are six fire stations. Value of fire department property $290,000.
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City Electrician: Has two cars in service Police Department: Has thirty regular men and eleven reserve men with one station and eight pieces of motor equipment.
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.
The next year in early September he founded what is now Eastern Point and came to anchor in the inner harbor between Five and Ten Pound Islands-so named for the sums for which they were purchased from the Indians in Colonial times. Champlain was charmed with the place and made a pro- longed stay. His name for it was singularly appropriate, "Le Beau Port", the Beautiful Harbor.
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