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CITY DIRECTORY
VOL. 1942
XXXVI
INCLUDING ROCKPORT
Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Pri- vate Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide and Much Information of a Miscellaneous Character ; also a
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GENERAL INDEX
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Abbreviations
32
Aldermen
15
Alphabetical Section. 33, 249
Holidays 19
Homes
308
Index to Advertisements 4
Labor Organizations. .309, 321
Libraries .
19, 247, 309, 321
Board of Health. 16, 246
Board of Public Welfare. 16, 246
Buildings-Public & Office. 300, 320
Military
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Park Commissioners. 16, 246
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Cemeteries 301,
320
Census of Massachusetts. 11
Chamber of Commerce 298
Churches 301
320
City Government.
15
City Offices.
15
City Statistical Review
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City Statistics.
20
Classified Business Directory
.297, 319
Clubs .302, 320
Commissioner of Wrecks.
19
Constables 18,
246
County Commissioners.
18
County Officers.
18
Rockport Town Officers
246
Courts
18
Custom House. 19
Directory Library 309
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District Court. 19
Drives
22
Fire Alarm Signal Boxes. 16, 247
Fire Departments. 16, 246
Gloucester Classified Business Directory. 297
Gloucester General Directory. 33
Gloucester Statistics .. 20
Water Commissioners 16, 246
Gloucester Street & House Directory ..
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Wharves
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313,
322
Registrars of Deeds.
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Registrars of Voters. 16.
246
Rockport Classified Business Directory. . Rockport General Directory.
319
Rockport Street & House Directory.
281
18, 247 School Department. Sheriff 18
Signal Boxes. .16, 247
Societies
315, 323
Statistical Review.
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Straitsmouth Light Station. 248
Street Directory of Gloucester 185
Street Directory of Rockport 281
Superintendents, Inspectors, &c 16
United States Coast Guard 19
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Halls and Public Buildings
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Harbor Masters. 16, 248
Assessors 16, 246
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Associations & Clubs-Commercial. . 298, 319
Light Houses and Harbor 19
Medical Examiner 18
Buyers' Guide.
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Cape Ann Light Station 248
Parks
Points of Interest. 21
Police Departments 18, 247
Population
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Port Wardens. 19
Post
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Probate Court.
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Public Administrator
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Public Health Service.
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Railroad Passenger Stations
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District Attorney
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION- THE YELLOW PAGES
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Andrews L E & Co
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Atlantic Supply Co 13
Brown Allan F 21
Brown William G Co 8
Browne George L
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Burgess Elmer F
left top lines and
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Busy Bee Restaurant
.front cover
Butman A Carl 16
Cape Ann Motors Inc
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Cape Ann National Bank
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Cape Ann Savings Bank
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Cape Pond Ice Co .... right top lines and Y
Chanticleer Ice Cream (Saunders Ice
Cream Co) .. front cover, right top
lines and
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Chisholm John Fisheries Co
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Cooney Sail Co Inc left top lines
Cooper-Bessemer Corp The 8
Corliss Bros Inc 21
Cunningham & Kerr ... left top lines and 14
Davis Frank E Fish Co.
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Dodge C Furniture Co 12
Ederer R J Company 9
Elwell Warren A
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Faulk Bros
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Fernwood Garage
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Flye Everett A . front cover
Garland Simon 7
Gloucester Coal & Lumber Co. . left top lines Gloucester Daily Times and Cape Ann
Advertiser .left top lines and 20
Gloucester National Bank of Gloucester right top lines and 4
Gloucester Safe Deposit & Trust Co ... right top lines and 4 Gloucester Times Co .. left top lines and 20 Gorton-Pew Fisheries Co Ltd
right top lines
Granite Savings Bank . . left top lines and 5 Gray Charles J & Sons Inc .... back cover Greely James C .... right top lines and 11
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Griffin & Co
right top lines and
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Gronblad Albert A
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Hall Bros
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Hodgkins D B Sons 12
Hotel Savoy
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13
Howard John F Co
right top lines
John Alden Coal Co 7
Johnson John A Inc ..
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Lothrop L D Sons ...
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10
Mahony G Everett Inc .. back cover and
15
National House Furnishing Co
line front cover
Nauss L B & Sons Inc .. back bone, top and bottom ends, front edge and 18
Noble E G . ..
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Perkins & Corliss Inc 2
Pettingill Gilbert N
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Pike W S Funeral Service
back cover and 11
Presson-Ryan Express Co
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Purdy Albert H
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Reed George A & Son 10
Rockport National Bank 5
Rogers George K Store 17
StJoachim's R C Church 6
Saunders Ice Cream Co (Chanticleer Ice Cream) .front cover, right top
lines and 14
Savoy Hotel back cover and 13
Shackelford Fred A
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Smith J Raymond 19
Smith L E Inc
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Smith L E Plumbing & Heating Co
left top lines
Steele Carroll K. .front cover and 16 Steele & Abbott Co Inc . . back cover and 21
Thurston George W Inc 2
Thurston Real Estate Agency 22
Tompkins C F Co ...... front cover and 12
Young Men's Christian Association right top lines and B
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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 1942 edition of the Gloucester City Directory, including Rock- port.
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 246 to 248 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 ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns, on white paper, is included in pages 33 to 181 for Gloucester and 249 to 278 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 DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, covers pages 185 to 243 for Gloucester and 281 to 295 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. Features of this section are the designation of tenant-owned homes and the designa- tion of homes and places of business having telephones as given to our enumerators.
THE BUYERS' GUIDE beginning opposite page 296, printed on tinted paper in a separate series of pages from 1 to 24, 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.
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THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 297 to 318 for Gloucester and 319 to 323 for Rockport, on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional con- cerns in alphabetical order under appropriate 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 publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those progressive and professional men who have demonstrated their confi- dence in the City Directory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.
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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: 40,000, estimated. Area: Thirty-six square miles Altitude: Fifty-seven feet.
Assessed Valuation: Personal $3,401,800; Real Estate $33,501,410; Automobile about $1,000,000; Vessels, $1,517,190 with $36.20 tax per $1,000.
White Population: 23,877
Colored Population: None.
Number of all Males: 11,843. males: 12,034.
And of all Fe-
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: $2,304,748.
Financial: Two National banks. One Trust Company, with total deposits of $9,193,- 013.66, resources $10,547,056.52. One sav- ings bank with total deposits of $6,665,941 .- 42, resources $7,496,621.30; One co-operative bank with total resources of $4,268,890.42.
Post Office Receipts: $141,630.00 (1941). Telephones in Service: 7,402. Church Buildings: Twenty-three.
Real Estate: Dwellings total number 6,115; total acres of land 9,844.
Industry: Number of establishments 51, em- ploying 1,775, paying wages $1,710,619 an- nually, and having products valued at $8,- 641,835.
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 fifteen 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 4,236. Total of all teachers is 158. Value of all school property, private and public, ap- proximately $1,963,441.
Libraries: There are about 30,000 volumes in the library of the city.
City Statistics: Total street mileage two hun- dred eighty, with one hundred twenty miles paved, seventy miles semi-public, gravel, oiled; and ninety miles unim- proved. Miles of gas mains laid, fifty- nine, of sewers, nineteen and one-half miles main lines (approx). Capacity of water works (municipal) 975,000,000 gallons, daily average pump of 1,928,000 gallons (1941), with 103.4 miles of mains and value of plant estimated at $3,276,911.96. New distributing reservoir has been built at Bond's Hill, with a 6,000,000 gallon capacity in place of old 3,000,000 gallon capacity. Fire Department: Employs 93 men includ- ing a chief, two deputy chiefs, a motor supervisor, five permanent captains, 34 per- manent men and 50 callmen, with the fol- lowing 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-seven regular men, thirty patrolmen and seven superior officers and eleven reserve men with one station and eight pieces of motor equip- ment and one police boat.
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.
After Champlain's departure came Captain John Smith and Miles Standish with his com- pany of followers. The honor of making the first settlement, however, which was also the first permanent settlement in Massachusetts Bay, belongs to the Dorchester Colony, a company formed by the Rev. John White, a Puritan minister, rector of StPeter's church of Dorchester, England. His colony sailed for and reached what is now Gloucester in 1623, not, as had been supposed, for the purpose of escaping religious persecution. Its real ob- ject was the pursuit of the fisheries which had been successfully carried on off the New England Coast since 1606. The site of the first settlement was at Stage Fort, now a public reservation known as "Stage Fort Park", where their landing is suitably com- memorated with a bronze tablet which bears an inscription telling the story of their orig- inal landing.
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