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1625 QUINCY 1953
+ 1953 ANNUAL REPORT of the
CORRIDOR
Q.R. 352 QU4 1953
y of Quincy, Massachusetts
JOHN HANCOCK 1737 - 1793 NATIVE OF QUINCY
The Signature of John Hancock, first to be signed to the Declaration of Independence, is the most famous in American History
City of Quinry Massachusetts
MANET
QUINCY.
ANNUAL CITY REPORT 1953
This annual report is prepared under the direction of the City Manager
Credit : Pictures marked "QPL" are by courtesy of the Quincy Patriot Ledger
Table of Contents
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SECTION ONE - HISTORIC QUINCY
THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER
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THE CITY COUNCIL
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PREFACE
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DIRECTORY OF CITY OFFICIALS
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THE CITY MANAGER REPORTS
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How YOUR TAX DOLLAR IS SPENT
13
YOUR CITY FINANCES
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THE AMERICAN WAY AT WORK IN GOVERNMENT
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QUINCY INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE
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SECTION Two - MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENTS
CITY CLERK
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LEGAL DEPARTMENT
33
CITY TREASURER
33
BOARD OF ASSESSORS
34
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
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PURCHASING DEPARTMENT
35
LICENSE COMMISSION
35
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
35
HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT
39
WELFARE DEPARTMENT
40
POLICE DEPARTMENT
41
FIRE DEPARTMENT
43
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
43
BUILDING INSPECTOR
45
WIRE INSPECTOR
46
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
46
PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT
46
LIBRARY DEPARTMENT
47
RECREATION COMMISSION
48
PARK DEPARTMENT
48
CIVIL DEFENSE
48
RETIREMENT BOARD
49
VETERANS' SERVICES
49
DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING
49
HISTORICAL PLACES
50
QUINCY HOUSING AUTHORITY
50
BOARD OF RENT CONTROL
51
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
51
WOODWARD SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
54
CITY ELECTION
55
SECTION THREE - FINANCIAL STATISTICS
AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS
57
OFFICE OF THE COLLECTOR
70
OFFICE OF THE TREASURER
75
BOARD OF ASSESSORS
83
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QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS 1625 - 1953
THE CITY OF PRESIDENTS
QUINCY IS RICH IN HISTORY
Explored by Captain John Smith, 1614 Visited by Captain Myles Standish. 1621 Settled by Captain Wollaston, 1625 Incorporated as part of Braintree. 1640 Incorporated as a separate town, 1792
Chartered as a city, 1888
Birthplace of JOHN ADAMS
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS JOHN HANCOCK
QUINCY IS RICH IN PRESENT RESOURCES
AND IN PROMISE
OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
Population, U. S. Census. 1950 - 83.835 Population, estimated in 1953 - 85,000 Assessed valuation, $154.964.450 Population of trading area - 300,000
Retail sales in 1953 - $114,721.000 Eight miles from downdown Boston Has 26 miles of waterfront Has nationally famous parking facilities
Expanding industrial development Fast growing retail shopping center Value of 1953 building permits - $3.927,265
New single family homes in 1953 - 203 Cut tax rate substantially in 1953 Home of great Fore River shipyard
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CITY OF QUINCY
THE MAYOR
THE MANAGER
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HON. DAVID S. McINTOSH Mayor 1952-1953
WILLIAM J. DEEGAN. JR. City Manager Since January, 1950
Broad general policies are formed by the city council, elected by the citizens; and administered by the City Manager through department heads. Close liaison between the Manager and the Council, which is headed by the Mayor. is a requisite to the efficient operation of the council-manager form of government, under which Quincy functions.
- City of Quincy
THE QUINCY CITY COUNCIL, 1952-1953
CARL W. ANDERSON Vice Chairman
Councillor EDNA B. AUSTIN
Councillor AMELIO DELLA CHIESA
HON. DAVID S. McINTOSH Mayor
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Councillor DAVID J. CROWLEY
Councillor ALFRED G. HELFRICH
Councillor FRANK N. ORCUTT
Section One
HISTORIC
QUINCY
Preface
This is the story of Quincy's city government in 1953. simply told in words, figures and pietures. It is designed to: one, doenment sig- nifieant activities ; two. interest citizens in the operation of their govern- ment at the community level.
Quiney is one of America's oldest communities: its annals contain the names of men who played important roles in hewing out a new nation dedicated to the new political eoneept that all men have equal rights to make their lives worth while.
Captain John Smith explored Qniney's shoreline; Captain Myles Standish elanked his sword here; Captain Wollaston chose this site for his settlement ; here Thomas Moreton and some froliesome Indian Braves and maidens daneed around the first Maypole in the Western World; here were born John and John Quincy Adams and John Hancock.
Quiney is rightfully proud of her rieh historie yesterday ; but she is more concerned with solving the aente problems of today and pre- paring to meet the problems of tomorrow.
The efforts of the municipal government to meet publie problems in 1953 are recorded in these pages. Quiney's achievements in two important fields during the year are, perhaps, signifieant: Qniney eon- tined its multi-million dollar sehool construction program and, at the same time, reduced its tax rate while rates in other eities were inereasing; and Quiney won continued national recognition for developing an ont- standing retail shopping industry through the promotion of off-street parking while many other eities were making frantie last-minute plans to save their shopping areas from threatened disintergration.
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DIRECTORY OF CITY OFFICIALS
(Elected by the Voters)
CITY COUNCIL
DAVID S. McINTOSH, Mayor CARL W. ANDERSON, Vice-Chairman EDNA B. AUSTIN DAVID J. CROWLEY
AMELIO DELLA CHIESA
ALFRED G. HELFRICH FRANK N. ORCUTT
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
DAVID S. McINTOSH, Chairman, ex-officio A. WENDELL CLARK, Vice-Chairman DOMINIC CHIMINELLO PAUL K. DUFFEY CARTER LEE JOSEPH E. MCDERMOTT REV. JOSEPH D. PARKMAN, Resigned ETHEL B. WILEY. Elected to Fill Vacancy
CITY OFFICERS
(Appointed by the City Council)
City Auditor
ALEXANDER SMITH
City Clerk
HATTIEMAY THOMAS
City Manager WILLIAM J. DEEGAN. JR.
Clerk of Committees
PERCY N. LANE
(Appointed by the School Committee)
Superintendent of Schools PAUL GOSSARD
(Appointed by the City Manager)
Administrative Assistant EDWARD T. LEWIS
Chairman Park Commission J. ERNEST COLLINS
City Solicitor GEORGE W. ARBUCKLE
Assistant City Solicitor DOUGLAS A. RANDALL
City Physician DR. WILLIAM R. HELFRICH
Commissioner of Public Works CHARLES R. HERBERT
Director of Civil Defense
THOMAS F. MACDONALD
Director of Veterans' Services EDMUND F. GENEREAU
Director of Finance ALEXANDER SMITH
Director of Hospital
DR. JOSEPH P. LEONE
Harbor Master KENNETH YOERGER
Health Commissioner DR. BROOKS RYDER
Purchasing Agent JOSEPH A. E. ERICKSON
Shellfish Constable CARMELLO MOREALE
Treasurer and Collector MILDRED L. TYLER
Board of Assessors N. GORHAM NICKERSON, Chairman
WILLIAM J. CALLAHAN
ARNOLD O. EASTMAN
(Selected through Civil Service)
Building Inspector ALRICK A. WEIDMAN
Commissioner of Welfare
ANTHONY J. VENNA
Director of Planning
WILLIAM G. FARRAR
Fire Chief THOMAS F. GORMAN
Personnel Director GERTRUDE M. McGILL
Police Chief WILLIAM FERRAZZI
Sealer Weights and Measures
HENRY H. HUGHES
Superintendent of Cemetery ARTHUR W. DRAKE
Superintendent of Engineering HENRY F. NILSEN
Superintendent of Forestry A. WARREN STEWART
Superintendent of Highways AMBROSE IGO
Superintendent of Sewers PATRICK TYMON
Superintendent of Water Division
JAMES P. DONOVAN
Wire Inspector
FRANK LINTS
Plumbing Inspector
JOHN F. HAGERTY
BOARDS
ADAMS TEMPLE AND SCHOOL FUND
(Board of Managers)
WILLIAM J. DEEGAN, ex-officio DAVID S. McINTOSH, ex-officio MILDRED L. TYLER, ex-officio WILLIAM C. EDWARDS, Clerk GEORGE W. ARBUCKLE
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DIRECTORY OF CITY OFFICIALS
ADAMS TEMPLE AND SCHOOL FUND (Board of Supervisors) CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, Chairman THOMAS S. BURGIN WILLIAM C. EDWARDS, Clerk ROBERT M. FAXON N. GORHAM NICKERSON
BOARD OF APPEALS, BUILDING
JOHN J. GALLAGHER, Chairman PAUL N. SULLIVAN, Secretary JAMES R. HANLON
BOARD OF APPEALS, ZONING
HESLIP E. SUTHERLAND, Chairman WALTER II. HOLLAND JOHN II. FALLON
( Alternates) GUY L. HARDEN WILLIAM H. COUCH IVAR LOFGREN HENRY F. NILSEN, Clerk
BOARD OF LITERARY REVIEW
REV. JOSEPH D. PARKMAN, Chairman (Resigned) REV. WESLEY A. MALLERY IDA G. GLASSER KATHERINE I. QUINN
BOARD OF MANAGERS OF HISTORICAL PLACES
WILLIAM C. EDWARDS, Chairman GEORGE L. ANDERSON MRS. GEORGE H. BONSALL LAWRENCE W. LYONS (Deceased) MRS. MAURICE P. SPILLANE
BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS
THOMAS F. GORMAN. Chairman. ex-officio DR. BROOKS RYDER, ex-officio WILLIAM FERRAZZI, ex-officio IIATTIEMAY THOMAS, ex-officio ALRICK A. WEIDMAN. ex-officio
BOARD OF HOSPITAL MANAGERS
GEORGE W. ARBUCKLE. Chairman GUY W. HART Z. CRANSTON SMITH PAUL E. IIURLEY JOSEFII B. GROSSMAN, 2nd
QUINCY HOUSING AUTHORITY
LOUIS A. GEORGE, Chairman MATTHEW CUSHING
REV. VICTOR V. SAWYER GERALD J. HURLEY DANIEL J. DACEY J. GIRARD WHITE, Director
PARK BOARD
J. ERNEST COLLINS, Chairman WILLIAM J. MITCHELL KENNETH P. FALLON, JR.
RETIREMENT BOARD
GEORGE II. BONSALL, Chairman ALEXANDER SMITH, ex-officio LEON E. RAICHIE
RECREATION COMMISSION
J. ERNEST COLLINS, Chairman GILBERT L. CROFTS KENNETH P. FALLON, JR. KATHERINE G. McCOY
WILLIAM J. MITCHELL JOSEPH E. MCDERMOTT WALLACE ROCKWELL
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
MARY E. HURNEY WILLIAM F. MAHAR HATTIEMAY THOMAS CHARLES H. THORNER
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DIRECTORY OF CITY OFFICIALS
PLANNING BOARD
WALTER A. SCHMITZ. Chairman FRED E. BERGFORS, SR.
JOHN P. FLAVIN
C. FRANCIS N. ROBERTS ERNEST N. GELOTTE ROBERT A. ZOTTOLI (Resigned) WILLIAM G. FARRAR, Director
WOODWARD SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
(Board of Managers)
WILLIAM J. DEEGAN, JR., City Manager. ex-officio MILDRED L. TYLER, City Treasurer, ex-officio HATTIEMAY THOMAS, City Clerk. ex-officio ALEXANDER SMITH. City Auditor, ex-officio JACK McCRACKEN, Citizen Member Elected by Council ( Board of Trustees)
QUINCY MINISTERS
REV. CHARLES WING, First Parish Church, Chairman KATHERINE BACON, Principal
THOMAS CRANE LIBRARY TRUSTEES
L. PAUL MARINI, Chairman JAMES S. COLLINS
D. FOSTER TAYLOR SAMUEL P. COFFMAN MRS. CLARA COSTANZA
MRS. LAWRENCE J. JOHNSON
GEORGIANA C. LANE, Honorary
GERTRUDE F. CALLAHAN, Librarian
BOARD OF RENT CONTROL
HARRY E. WILKINS, Chairman JOSEPH P. MCDONOUGH PHOEBE FORSYTHE
ALLAN MONTGOMERY IRVING COUGHLIN
FRANCIS HACKETT LAWRENCE J. JOHNSON RITA SHERRY JOHN W. WILSON (Resigned)
GEORGE C. SMITH, Appointed to Vacancy RALPH W. LAKIN, Director
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QUINCY 1886
Wm. J. Deegan, Jr. City Manager
City of Quincy Massachusetts
To the Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council City of Quincy, Massachusetts
Madam Councillor and Gentlemen:
We, your employees, are proud to present this report covering the fiscal year 1953 and the fourth year of municipal operation under the Council- Manager form of government. We respectfully dedicate this report to the City Council in appreciation of the cooperation and consideration which the Council has given to the problems of our city as they effect the many public service activities of our departments.
The report highlights the developments and accomplishments of your City Government in meeting your objectives of an attractive, progressive and well- balanced community. How successful these efforts have been may be seen in the growth figures prepared by and reported herein by William A. O'Connell, Execu- tive Vice-President of the Chamber of Commerce. Confidence, on the part of industry and commerce, in the policies of the City Council is attested to by the establishment, during the past four years, of new enterprises in Quincy employing more than 3282 people who receive more than $12, 000, 000 per year in salaries and wages.
Financial statements have been condensed in the interest of brevity. Detailed statements are on file in the office of the City Auditor and copies are available on request.
The surplus from 1952 operations, the largest in the City's history, made possible a $3.00 reduction in the 1953 tax rate. The anticipated increase in school enrollment, the need for new school buildings, the rising demand for new public services and improvements will preclude any further tax rate reduc- tions for some years.
Significant municipal progress is noted in the continued betterment of our purchasing practices ; the expansion of our Health Education programs; the establishment of and our participation in the South Shore Mosquito Control District; the substantial reduction in juvenile delinquency court cases; the
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cooperative program developed by the Welfare and Library Departments to provide book service and other entertainment facilities to patients in hospitals and nursing homes; the acceptance of and the benefits apparent in the In-Service- Training program for public employees ; and the substantial reduction of the hospital deficit as the result of the modern management and control system instituted during the previous year. It is particularly encouraging to note that the hospital deficit was reduced 42.8% below that of 1951 in spite of rising prices. This in itself represents a saving to the taxpayer of $1.80 on the tax rate.
Several critical and unresolved problems lie ahead which will require the cooperative efforts and resources of the community for solution. Most pressing is the need for new school buildings to accommodate the known and predictable increase in school enrollment. Equally as predictable is the need for additional cemetery capacity. An essential need for increased bed capacity at the Quincy City Hospital has been apparent for the past several years.
The problem presenting perhaps the greatest challenge for Quincy is the one approaching us on several fronts simultaneously. Our police records indi- cate an increasing number of traffic accidents. Automobile registrations are rapidly going up and may be expected to continue to increase. The unqualified success of your off-street parking program is attracting a growing throng of out-of-town shoppers who reach our doors by automobile. These factors alone are creating serious traffic headaches and when coupled with the problems to be presented by the Southeast Expressway now under construction, pose traffic flow problems of great magnitude, the solution to which is vital to the con- tinued well-being of our community.
May I, in presenting this report, thank the City Council for the coop- erative assistance which you have given to our operating organizations and all its members which has made the administrative task in Quincy a most pleasant and successful one. The wisdom of your policies is evident in the very high regard held for Quincy nationwide.
Respectfully submitted,
Wm. J. Deegan, Jr. City Manager
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City of Quincy
THIS IS HOW YOUR TAX DOLLAR WAS SPENT IN 1953
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
PEST CONTROL
.035
MISCELLANEOUS
.093
.165
PUBLIC SAFETY
COLLECTOR
.08
11
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STATE-COUNTY
SOCIAL SERVICE
.322
.175
,020
AVI
EDUCATION
PUBLIC WORKS
PUBLIC SERVICE
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YOUR CITY'S FINANCES 1953 GENERAL OPERATIONS
WHERE THE MONEY CAME FROM -
Grants in Aid
$ 796.675.00
State Shared Taxes
1,182.452.17
Earned Income
2.580,485.27
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
422.029.80
Personal and Poll Taxes
537.442.36
Real Estate Tax
7.388.237.70
Total
$12,907,322.30
WHERE IT WENT -
Legislative
$ 79,075.00
Executive
41,853.00
General Government
259,522.00
Public Safety
1.783.048.29
Social Service
3.53.826.00
Public Works
1.981,096.36
Public Service
227,876.00
Education
3.202.219.00
Debt Service
857,127.00
State and County
850.296.19
Miscellaneous
90.393.46
Total
$12,907.322.30
Total Bonded Debt December 31. 1952
$ 6.589.000.00
Total Bonded Debt December 31. 1953
9.067.500.00
Tax Rate 1952
$53.80
Tax Rate 1953
50.80
MONTHLY PER CAPITA COSTS OF MUNICIPAL SERVICES IN 1953
Health and Welfare
$ 1.22
Hospital
.40
Fire
.91
Police
.72
Public Works, including garbage and rubbish
1.89
Education
3.22
Veterans' Services
.27
General Government
.25
Parks and Recreation
.12
Library
.18
Rubbish and Garbage only
.28
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THE AMERICAN WAY AT WORK IN GOVERNMENT
To see Quincy's municipal machine in operation is to see The American Way at work in govern- ment at the community level. The key to The American Way is: the right of the individual citizen to a Square Deal is supreme.
Quincy's government was created by citizens, acting through their state and national spokesmen. It is operated by citizens, through their city councilors, for citizens. Under The American Way the Divine Right claimed by kings in olden days is now held by individual citizens.
The city charter was framed by the General Court under powers given the state by the nation. The municipal machine thus created, under the Plan E form of charter placed in operation by the citizens in 1950, is run by seven councilors elected every two years. Public education is supervised by a School Committe, also elected biennially.
The Council elects one of its members as Mayor. He is the ceremonial head of the city government, presides at Council meetings and appoints Council committees.
The Council appropriates money and formulates broad general policies. The city manager, elected by the Council and serving at its pleasure, administers these policies. Other than the city clerk and auditor, who are elected by the Council, all city officials and other personnel are appointed by the City Manager, with Civil Service regulations affecting most appointments.
Early each year the manager, after conferring with his department heads, fashions his budget, which is an estimate of proposed expenditures. The Council studies the budget in detail. It can and often does cut proposed expenditures, but it ean not increase any item in the budget.
Final adoption of the budget by the Council determines the amount of money needed to run the city for the year. Estimated receipts are deducted from this sun, and the remainder is the amount that must be raised from local taxation. The Assessors apply this sum to the assessed valuation and thus compute the tax rate.
The manager can spend only the money the Council has given him, and only for the purposes stipu- lated. A large portion of the expenditures are fixed sums such as debt service charges, state and county taxes. salaries and the like. Efficiency of operation in some functions of government, such as maintenance, expenses, purchasing and the like, may effect substantial savings -the difference between good and poor administration.
If actual expenditures in an account are less than anticipated, the Council may transfer the balance to other uses; or it may revert at the end of the year to the reserve fund, called the excess and deficiency fund. If actual receipts exceed anticipated receipts, the balances go into the E and D: and can be used subsequently to reduce the following year's tax rate.
The Council holds regular meetings on the first and third Monday of each month, and public hear- ing sessions on the second Monday.
The rights of individual citizens, or groups of citizens, to voice their opinions on public issues at Council meetings are jealonsly guarded. That is the express purpose of numerous public hearings held by the Council. The Council can disregard public opinion. Councilors, however, are keenly sensitive to such influences - they well know that voters carry memories to the polling places.
In the American Way, as typified by city government in Quincy, the individual citizen has the right to a square deal. He constantly reminds his councilor of this right; and if the councilor forgets it too often, the citizen simply gets a new councilor at the next election.
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QUINCY INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE GROWS
By WILLIAM A. O'CONNELL (Executive Vice President, Quincy Chamber of Commerce)
Settled in 1625, Quincy was one of the first shopping centers in America. As the struggling little settlement was a pioneer retail rendezvous in early Colonial days, so is modern Quincy a pioneer in ex- panding its shopping industry through the development of a nationally famous off-street parking program.
Located on Quincy Bay eight miles south of Boston, and with its 1950 federal census figure of 83,835 increasing each year, Quincy, the natural gateway to the South Shore, commands a market of almost 400,000 potential retail customers.
Retail sales, totalling $35,000,000 in 1940 as the off-street parking program was getting under way, had jumped to $108,233,000 in the next dozen years. Sales came to $114,721,000 in 1953, an increase of $6,488,000 over 1952.
The original municipal off-street parking area, Parkingway, West of Hancock Street, completed fonr years ago, provides metered parking for 565 cars. The first section of the John Hancock Parking Area, East of Hancock Street, completed late in 1953, provides additional accommodations for 348 cars. The second section of the Hancock area, to be constructed in 1954, will add another 250 cars, giving Quincy 1163 metered parking stalls located within a stone's throw of the biggest retail stores.
Quincy's meter receipts, including both eurb and off-street meter take, were: 1948, $12,503; 1949, $37.978: 1950. $78.495: 1951, $87.195: 1952, $92,139: 1953, $100,210.
The assessed valuation of the central business area, which decreased slightly during the depression decade that preceded the inauguration of the off-street parking program, jumped from $11.292.000 in 1941 to $16,100,000 during the next ten years, and continues on the upward trend. Since 1951 Scars Roe- buck has increased its selling space from 20,000 to 34,000 square feet: Raymond's from 2,800 to 14,000; the Bargain Center from 62.000 to 100,000; and Lerner's is adding a new sales pace of 17,500 square feet.
The Boston University-Herald Traveler Survey of Shoppers' Habits in Metropolitan Boston, com- pleted in 1953, has this to say :
"The alert retailers of Quincy, by dynamic group action and with the aid of local government and a strong local newspaper, have kept pace with changes in shopping habits. Ample parking areas have been ercated: the importance of the square's retail activity is recognized by public transportation officials; and sales promotions have been coordinated with a cooperative program of night openings, credit and so on. With customer convenience its constant policy, Quincy has been able to stave off the problems that have beset most other areas of its type. Quincy is now probably the least vulnerable to present or to future control shopping-center competition."
Two nationally known retail executives made significant comments.
Said F. P. Williams, president of the S. S. Kresge 662-store chain: "Quincy's municipal parking areas are the best in the country for a city of its size. Old established business centers are destined for stagna- tion unless adequate parking is provided for shoppers on wheels."
Said Fowler B. McConnell, president of Sears Roebuck: "Sears' Quincy store is fortunate to be located in a city that has the type of parking that has been so successfully sponsored by Quincy's municipal gov- ernment, the Quincy Chamber of Commerce and the citizens."
New industries coming into Quincy during the past four years, and expansion projects undertaken by existing firms, have created 3,282 new jobs drawing an estimated earning of $12.000.000 surveys show.
Beginning with the establishment of Raytheon in Quincy four years ago and ending with the recent announcement that the Union Gear and Sprocket Company is moving here, 27 new retail outlets and 25 new industries have chosen Quincy as a new location. Furthermore, three industries and seven retail stores have undertaken major expansion programs during this period.
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SMOOTH TEAMWORK IS THE KEY TO GOOD CITY GOVERNMENT
Regular luncheon meetings enable the city manager to keep in close touch with department heads. Shown, left to right, arc Public Works Comm. Charles R. Herbert, Treasurer-Collector Mildred L. Tyler, Fire Chief Thomas C. Gorman, City Solicitor George W. Arbuckle; N. Gorham Nickerson, chairman of assessors; Assessor Arnold O. Eastman, Veterans Director Edmund F. Gencreau, Welfare Comm. Anthony J. Venna, Manager Deegan, Auditor Alexander Smith, Purchasing Agent Joseph A. E. Erickson, Assessor William J. Callahan, Sealer Henry H. Hughes, Librarian Gertrude F. Callahan, Civil Defense Director Thomas F. Macdonald, City Clerk Hattiemay Thomas, Ass't City Solicitor Douglas A. Randall and Planning Director William G. Farrar.
Assessor, Sealer. Purchasing Agent, Auditor, Librarian, Fire Chief. Civil Defense Director and Assistant City Solieitor. left to right, discuss various municipal problems in informal groups preceding regular department head mectings with manager.
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WOMEN HOLD IMPORTANT POSITIONS IN QUINCY MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
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These Four Women are Depart- ment Heads. They are, left to right, Mrs. Hattiemay Thomas, City Clerk; Mildred L. Tyler, Treasurer and Collector: Gertrude M. McGill, Personnel Director; and Gertrude F. Callahan, Librarian of the Thomas Crane Public Library. As administrative officers, they are directly responsible to the city manager for the administration of their respective departments. Miss Tyler will retire in 1954 after 47 years' service to the City of Quincy.
MUNICIPAL SERVICE IS A FINE FIELD FOR CAREER WOMEN
Annual Student Government Day, during which students from Quincy Schools view the municipal machine in actual operation, provides these Junior High School girls an insight into the job opportunities in city work. During the annual event stu- dents study close-hand all types of municipal activities. They then lunch in the QHS cafeteria with city officials to discuss and analyze the various operations they have witnessed.
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