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TELEPHONE 1110 120 MAIN STREET GLOUCESTER, MASS. SEE PAGE 33 Buyers' Guide
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CITY DIRECTORY
VOL. 1944 XXXVII
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GENERAL INDEX
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PAGE
Abbreviations
24
Aldermen
15
Alphabetical Section 25, 333
Holidays 19
Homes
239
Index to Advertisements 4
Labor Organizations 241
Libraries .19, 241, 332, 380
Board of Health 16, 330
Board of Public Welfare .16, 330
Buildings-Public & Office 229, 378
Buyers' Guide
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224
Parks
22
Points of Interest
21
Cemeteries . 230, 378
12
Chamber of Commerce
226
Churches .230,
378
City Government
15
City Offices
16
City Statistical Review
8
Registrars of Deeds 18
Registrars of Voters 16, 330
Rockport Classified Business Directory . . 377
Rockport General Directory 329
Rockport Street & House Directory 385
Rockport Town Officers 330
School Department 18, 331
Sheriff
18
Signal Boxes 16, 331
Societies
248, 382
Statistical Review 8
Straitsmouth Light Station 332
Street Directory of Gloucester 253
Street Directory of Rockport 385
Superintendents, Inspectors, &c
16
Gloucester Classified Business Directory 225 Gloucester General Directory 25
Gloucester Statistics 20
Gloucester Street & House Directory 253
18
District Court 19
Drives
22
Fire Alarm Signal Boxes 16, 331
Fire Departments .16, 331
18
Courts
18
Custom House
19
Directory Library
241
District Attorney
225,
377
Clubs 231, 379
Constables 18, 330
County Commissioners
18
Public Health Service
19
Railroad Passenger Stations
246, 381
City Statistics
20
Classified Business Directory
Police Departments 18, 331
Census of Massachusetts
Population 12
Post Offices 19, 332
Probate Court 18
Military
19
Park Commissioners 16, 331
Cape Ann Light Station 332
Halls and Public Buildings 229, 378
Harbor Masters 16, 331
Assessors 16, 330
Association of North American Directory Publishers X
Associations & Clubs-Commercial .. 226, 377
Medical Examiner 18
United States Coast Guard 19
Water Commissioners 16, 331
Wharves
251
County Officers
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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 28 Art Jewelry Co Inc. . left bottom lines and 36 Atlantic Supply Co . right bottom lines and 26
Babson-Elwell Inc. . right bottom lines and 34 Barton A J & Son Inc
left top corner cards and 40
Baxter & Kerr Inc right top corner cards and 15
Bernstein E L
35
Brown Allan F. . left top corner cards and 44
Brown William G Company
right top corner cards and 13
Browne George L . .front cover and 21 Burgess Elmer F Inc. . left top lines and 23 Busy Bee Restaurant ... front cover and 47 Butman A Carl 35 Cape Ann Anchor & Forge Co
Cape Ann Fisheries Inc left bottom lines and 20
Cape Ann Motors Inc right bottom lines and 16
Capt Ann National Bank
right bottom lines and
2
Cape Ann Savings Bank
right top lines and
5
Cape Pond Ice Co right top lines and 6
back cover, right top lines and 28 Chekares Gus .... right top corner cards, 35 and 47
Chick George P & Son left bottom lines and 45
Chisholm John Fisheries Co left bottom lines, 19 and 39 Colonial Rest Home . left top corner cards and 28 Cooney Sail Co Inc .... left top lines and 48 Cooper-Bessemer Corp The right bottom lines and 14
Corliss Bros Inc 42 Cunningham Paint Co Inc
right top corner cards and 44 Cunningham & Kerr. . left top lines and 34 Davis Bros Fisheries Co Inc . right bottom lines and 16
Davis Frank E Fish Co right top lines and 17
Dodge C Furniture Co 26 Ederer R J Company 19
Fabet Corporation. . left bottom lines and 17
Faulk Bros.
... left bottom lines and 11
Fernwood Garage. . left bottom lines and
4
Flye Everett A ..
.. front cover and 42
Gloucester Coal & Lumber Co
back cover, right top lines and 37
Gloucester Co-operative Bank right top lines and 8
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Gloucester Daily Times and Cape Ann
Advertiser
.. left top lines and 41
Gloucester National Bank of Gloucester ..
8
Gloucester Safe Deposit & Trust Co ....
right top lines and
7
Gorton-Pew Fisheries Co Ltd ...
left top lines and 18
Granite Savings Bank. . left top lines and
9
Gray Charles J & Sons Inc
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back cover and 27
Greely James C ...... right top lines and 23 Gronblad Albert A. . left bottom lines and 12 Hall Bros ... left bottom lines and 12
Harris D F & Sons Inc
right bottom lines and
4
Hodgkins' D B Sons
right top corner cards and 26
Hotel Savoy. . back cover and 29 Howard John F Co .... left top lines and 14 John Alden Griffin Co right bottom lines and 11 Johnson John A Inc .... front cover and 31 Lothrop L D Sons ...... back cover and 19 Mahony G Everett Inc .... back cover and 32 Metropolitan Ice Company right top lines and 48 National House Furnishing Co front cover and 25
Nauss L B & Sons Inc. . back bone, top and
bottom ends, front edge and 38
Noble E G
45
North Shore Fillet Co
right top corner cards and 18
North Shore Furniture Co
left bottom lines and 25
North Shore Taxi
right top corner cards and 48
Parks Brothers
14
Perkins & Corliss Inc
right bottom lines and
2
Pettingill Gilbert N
10
Pike W S Funeral Service
back cover and 22
Presson-Ryan Express Co
15
Purdy Albert H
10
Reed George A & Son
right bottom lines and 20
Reed's Roy Garage
right top corner cards and
3
Riverside Nursing Home
28
Rockport National Bank
left top lines and
9
Rocky Neck Marine Railways Division
left bottom lines and 39
Rogers George K Store
36
Rogers Louis A .... left bottom lines and 46
StJoachim's R C Church
10
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Saunders Ice Cream Co (Chanticleer Ice
Cream) .. front cover, right top lines and 30 Savoy Hotel. . back cover and 29
Sears, Roebuck & Co right bottom lines and 13
Shackelford Fred A right bottom lines and 47 Smith J Raymond Inc right top corner cards and 39 Smith L E Plumbing & Heating Co left top lines and 45
Steele Carroll K ... .front cover and 33 Steele & Abbott Co Inc .. back cover and 43
Stoddart A P & Co .. right bottom lines and 39 4
Sunnyside Bakery
Thurston George W Inc
right bottom lines and
3
Thurston Real Estate Agency
left bottom lines and 46 Tognazzi Bros Co
right top corner cards and 40
Tompkins C F Co ..
.front cover and 24
West End Taxi Service
right top corner cards and B
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 1944 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 8 to 22 for Gloucester and 330 to 332 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 25 to 223 for Gloucester and 333 to 374 for Rockport. This is the only record in existence that aims to show the name, marital status, occupation and address 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 224, printed on tinted paper in a seperate series of pages from 1 to 48, 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 225 to 252 for Gloucester and 377 to 383 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 DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, covers pages 253 to 325 for Gloucester and 385 to 402 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 of the designation of tenant-owned homes and the designa- tion of homes and places of business having telephones as given to our enumerators.
Municipal Publicity
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The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those progressive and professinal 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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CITY DIRECTORY STATISTICAL REVIEW
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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 $3,288,225
(1944); Real Estate $33,242,285 (1944); Automobile $693,170 1943); Vessels $1,476,315 with $38.00 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 percent of whole population.
Predominating Nationalities in City: Native American, Italian, Portuguese, Finnish, English.
Parks and Playgrounds: Eleven with 700 acres.
City's Bonded Debt: $2,184,904.02 (Dec 31, 1943).
Financial: Two National banks, One Trust Company, with total deposits of $17,301,- 629.21, resources $17,602,213.59. One sav- ings bank with total deposits of $8,154,000; resources $8,920,000; One co-operative bank with total resources of $4,305,898.74.
Post Office Receipts : $147,414.00 (1943). Telephones in Service: 7,535.
Church Buildings: Twenty-three.
Real Estate: Dwellings total number 6,133; total area 26.5 square miles.
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 seventeen including one high school, one parochial school. Number of pupils in public schools 3,520. Total of all teachers is 160. 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 hundred 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) 716,176,000 gallons, daily average pump of 1,962,000 gallons (1943) with 103.2 miles of mains and value of plant estimated at $3,294,585.25. 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 85 men includ- ing a chief, two deputy chiefs, a motor supervisor, five permanent captains, 34 per- manent men and 42 callmen, with the fol- lowing equipment: five pumping engines (combination), three ladder trucks, 2 hose wagons, 1 combination hose and water truck, 1 squad wagon, one straight chemi- cal and a chief's car and 6 auxiliary pump- ers. There are five fire stations. Value of fire department property $290,000.
City Electrician: Has two cars in service. Police Department: Has thirty-seven regu- lar men, twenty-nine patrolmen and eight superior officers and eleven reserve men with one station and ten pieces of motor equipment and one police boat. Four pieces of apparatus and the police boat are equip- ped with two-way radios.
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 chieftain, 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 appropiate, "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.
In 1624 Roger Conant was appointed Gov- ernor and the Colony attracted much atten- tion. Its interests were concerned entirely in fishing and farming. The fisheries were successfully pursued and good catches sent to Balboa, Spain, but the arable land of the Cape was exceedingly limited. This latter fact resulted in the agricultural part of the colony moving to Salem. Those remaining, however, were joined by others from time to time, among them being a colony from Ply- mouth in 1630. In 1632 the first church was built and services held. In 1639, the General Court was asked to incorporate the town. A charter was granted in 1642, the town taking the name of Gloucester from the ca- thedral city in England, whence many of the early settlers came.
The history of Gloucester is entwined with events of national importance. It tells us the story of the expedition against Louisburg, the Gibraltar of America,-how these men, in a craft commanded by Captain Sanders an in a land company under Captain Byles, gave splendid service in reducing that stronghold; they were with Wolfe at Quebec and were in the foreground when the flag of France was lowered for the last time on the American Continent. In the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, in the Spanish American War and in the World War, the call to arms has ever been answered by the population of this fish- ing city. Their services have been rendered on land and sea and they have left behind a record of which any community may well be proud.
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