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GENERAL INDEX
PAGE
PAGE
Abbreviations
24
Military
18
Advertisers Index
4
Newton Chamber of Commerce C
Aldermen
11
Newton Free Library 13
Alphabetical Section
25
Police Court 14
Apartment Buildings
505
Police Department 13
Assessors
12
Population of Newton 10
Association of North American Directory
Post Offices 18
Publishers
X
Probate Court 16
Associations & Clubs-Commercial 506
Public Welfare
12
Auctioneers
12
Railroad Passenger Stations
536
Board of Health 12
Registrars of Voters
12
Boston Business Directory
547
Representatives
17
Buildings-Public & Office
511
School Committee
14
Buyers' Guide opp
505
School Holidays 14
Churches 512
Schools
14, 540
Circuit Court of U S
16
Senatorial Districts
17
City Government
11
Senators
17
City Statistical Review
8
Sheriff and Deputies
15
Classified Business Directory
504
Sinking Fund Commissioners
12
Clubs 515
Societies
541
Congressional District
18
State Offices
17
Constables
12
Street Commissioner 12
County Officers
15
Street Directory 555
Courts
16
Street Index by Postal Districts 549
District Court of Newton
14
Street Lighting 15
Superior Court 16
Halls
524
Supreme Court
16
Health Dept
12
Supreme Judicial Court of Mass 16
Trust Funds 21
Homes & Asylums
525
United States Courts 16
House Directory
555
United States District Court 16
Land Court
16
United States Government 17
Libraries
13 Voting Precincts 20
Massachusetts State Government
16 Ward Boundaries 19
Medical Examiners
16 Water Department 15
Middlesex County Officers 15
Fire Department
12
Hills 18
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION, THE YELLOW PAGES
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Albert's Beauty Studio 17
Allen J Mervin 37
Alvord Bros .right side lines and 54 Harris Vincent L .... right top lines and 49
Auburndale Co-operative Bank right side lines and 17
B & R Lumber Co 41
Bailey and Antonellis 25
Barker George J Lumber Company 43
Barron's Inc 25
Blakemore and Lee
39
Bond's Convenience Shop
left bottom side lines and 27
Boston Consolidated Gas Co (Newton Di- vison) .. right top lines and Bowers William K. . right side lines and
66
63
Bradley R M & Co Inc left top side lines and 63
Breil Elton A
Brown W Frank & Sons
right bottom lines and 64
Bryson George W .front cover and 55
Burlen Robert & Son. . right bottom lines and 17 Joyce and Joyce
Burns John T & Sons Inc. . front stencil, left top lines and
Carter & Blood
Cate Henry F Inc 33
Centre Gardens 29
Champion Motor Sales .... left top lines, back cover and
3
Chandler J H & Son Inc
36
35
Clapper Co The. . left top side lines and Cleveland Thomas V. . left top lines and 64 Colburn G Clement & Son 37
Collins C S Inc 8 35
Come and See Shop .. right top lines and Cronin's Sunoco Station right bottom side lines and 10
Curtis-Newton Co 42
Dardis J F 50
Deane Norman H . . left bottom side lines and
64
Deerfoot Farms Milk Company
left side lines and 44
Dodd Arthur H
.left top lines and
62
Dodge W E & Son. . right top side lines and 10
Doelcam Corporation. . left side lines and 52
Eastman Funeral Service.
left side lines and 31
Eddy C F Company. . left top lines and 21 Mount Ida Inc . inside front cover Moye Chevrolet Co Inc .. right side lines and
Edgar H E .... right bottom lines and 45 Emerson Fashions Inc 25 Ferguson D A & Son 23
Fidelity Radio Co. . left bottom side lines
and 53
Flood John right side lines and 33
Frost Motors Inc. left top lines and 7
Furden D J & Sons
50
Newton Cemetery and Crematory left top lines and 18
Garden City Radio Co 53 Newton Centre Savings Bank left side lines and Gleason's Home Appliances 14 Newton Chamber of Commerce .. right bottom side lines and 27 C Newton Co-operative Bank. . front cover, left top lines and 14
Gregg George H & Son right top lines and 33
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Gregorian Arthur T 49 Harney Hardware Co 36
Hastings Kenneth B .... right top lines, left top lines and 62
Hatch B S Co
.front cover and
20
Hawes Electric Co. . left bottom side lines and 28 27
Hertel Electric Company
Hill Donald Mackay Sr Hilliard's Kitch-in-vue Candy
39
19
Hinckley & Woods
Hockridge W H Co. left top side lines and Holden's Taxi Service
Hollingsworth Motor Sales Inc
left top side lines and 8
38
64 Howe Associates. ... bottom edge,
right top lines and 57 9
Kellar William
Ken-Kaye Krafts Co .
39
Kerrigan Brothers Inc
Kidder Peabody & Co
Kinchla Charles J . . left side lines and Lake Street Taxi .... right top lines and Landscape Service Co Inc right side lines and
70
47 67
Leavitt W P Sons Co .... back bone and Liebermann Herb Agency right side lines and 38
Little Tree Farms Inc .. right side lines and 48 34
Lyons Thomas J
MacMillan Richard R
left bottom side lines and 65
Madden John C
40
Magnuson K G ...... right top lines and 30 Manning H A Company 26 Massachusetts Wharf Coal Co. 22 McNeil A J & Sons Inc right bottom lines and 44
Metropolitan Coal Company left top lines and 21 Metropolitan Ice Co .. right top lines and 22 Modern Printing Co . . left side lines and 52 Moore & Moore Inc 35
7
New England Window Conditioning Com- pany .. right side lines and 72
Newton Awning Co Inc. . front cover and 11 Newton Buick Co. . right side lines and 8
Newton Carburetor & Ignition Co 10
Gallagher James P 39
37 51 70
Hugo Pontiac Inc. . left top side lines and Hunting's Express. . right top side lines and 28 34 24 2 10 38 63
Home Maintenance Service
56
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Newton Glass Co. . left top side lines and 50 Newton Graphic Publishing Co Inc. . left top side lines and 47 Newton Machine Rental Service 44 45
Newton Memorial Art Co
Newton Motor Sales Co. . right top lines, back cover and 4
Newton National Bank 12 13
Newton Savings Bank. . front cover and
Newton Secretarial School front cover and 68
Newton South Co-operative Bank 17
Newton-Waltham Bank and Trust Com- pany .. back cover and inside back cover Newtonville Electrical Company Inc 28
Nonantum Lumber Co Nordstrom H M Company right top lines and North Star Ice & Fuel Co
49
23
North Star Valet Service 69 27
O'Donnell Electric Appliance Co
Ogilvie B L & Sons Inc. . right top lines and 19 Association .left top lines and 16 Waltham Publishing Co. right side lines and 46
Oil Burner Sales & Service back cover and 48
Osterlund August Inc. 9 left bottom side lines and Palmer F E Florist 30 58
Palmer Russell Co
Paul Luther Co
Peck Lumber Co .. .left top lines and
Perkins L Frank Inc. . left top lines and Pratt E W Co
Quinn Lawrence P & Company
Quint Harry
Rich & Bellinger .. right top lines and Rich William N Company Inc right bottom lines and 37
Riggs Flower Shop .. right bottom lines and 30
Riverside Sand & Gravel Co .23 and Savage Henry W Inc back cover, Scipione Charles
69
59
Silver Lake Chevrolet Co Inc front cover and 5 Silver Lake Liquor Co 40 Spring Mrashall C Co Inc right top lines and 43 Stone H L Dairy Inc. . left side lines and 45
Stone Mason H 40
Strangman Mfg Co. . left top side lines and 44 Suburban Home Laundry of Newton Inc 38
Suvalle David Inc. . left bottom side lines and 51
Thomas Benjamin M. ...... back cover,
left side lines and 51 Town Paint & Supply Co. . left top lines and 72 11
Turgeon's Garage Inc
Nonantum Coal Co .. right top side lines and 22 43 Uneeda Termite Service Inc right side lines and 29 25 71
Vachon R A' & Son Inc
Vanta Company The. right side lines and
Village Beverage Store Inc
left top side lines and 40
Waltham Federal Savings & Loan
Waltham Savings Bank 16 Waterman J S & Sons Inc ... back cover and 32
Watt Norman B Realtor left bottom side lines and 65 Wellcome F D & Son. right side lines and 36 Wentworth-Jennings Motor Co ... back cover and 6
West Newton Auto Body & Welding Co 9
West Newton Co-operative Bank
right top lines and
15
West Newton Motor Mart Inc.
left top lines and
9
West Newton Savings Bank.
right side lines and
15
White Richard Sons Inc
left top side lines and
24
Whitney & Whitney Inc
right top lines and 60 right side lines and 61
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INTRODUCTION
R. L. POLK & CO., publishers of more than 800 city, county, state and national Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1948 edition of the Newton City Directory.
Confidence in the growth of Newton's industry, population and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting Newton 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 established 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 Newton Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the city.
Six Major Departments
The six major departments are arranged in the following order :-
THE MISCELLANEOUS DEPARTMENT, pages 8 to 21 on white paper, presents lists of city, county, state and federal officials; post office, public school and fraternal organization Directories; statistical review; historical sketch; and manufacturing, trade and civic surveys.
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 25 to 501, on white paper. This is the only record in exist- ence that aims to show the name, marital status, occupation and address of each adult resident of Newton, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the city.
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, beginning opposite page 504 and separately paged from 1 to 72, on tinted paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Newton. 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 progressive community like Newton, 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 505 to 546, on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numerous interests of the community. The Directory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller. As such its 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.
LIST OF STREETS BY POSTAL DISTRICTS is included in pages 549 to 553.
THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, covers pages 555 to 706. 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 intersect- ing streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street. Special features of this section are the designation of tenant-owned homes and the designation of homes and places of business having telephones.
Municipal Publicity
The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the city, depicting in un- biased terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as a manu- facturing site and as an educational center. To broadcast this information, the publish- ers have placed copies of this issue of the Directory in Directory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference, and serve as perpetual and reliable advertise- ments of Newton.
The Newton Directory Library
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The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those progressive busi- ness and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the City Directory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.
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It tells how all the streets run, giving numbers at corners ; the clearest map of the City; Buildings, Government, Societies and a wealth of facts about the City that can only be appreciated by glancing at the Index.
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"THE GARDEN CITY"
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Statistical Review
Form of Government: Mayor and Board of Aldermen; each of the seven wards repre- sented by three members: one alderman elected by the ward, and two aldermen-at- large elected from the ward on a general ticket; election held biennially on the Tues- day next following the first Monday in No- vember of the odd numbered years.
Population: 80,000.
Colored Population: 680.
Native Born Population: 83.9 per cent of
whole population
Predominating Nationalities in City: Native American; Irish, Canadians and Italians.
Area: 18 square miles.
Altitude: 15 to 320 feet.
Assessed Valuation: (1946) $169,681,050.00 with $29.000 tax per thousand.
Parks: City, 100 acres; 370 acres playgrounds and 95 acres Water Works land; Metropoli- tan 209 acres; 12 acres Quinobequin Road, from Washington Street, Lower Falls to Boylston Street, Upper Falls
City's Bonded Debt : January 1, 1947, $4,823,- 000.00.
Financial : 1 National bank with 2 branches, 1 trust company with 7 branches and 3 savings banks, 4 co-operative banks.
Church Buildings: 46.
Building and Construction: Value of building permits in 1946, $3,426, 840.00; 864 permits Dwellings: Total number, 18,344.
Railroad and Bus Lines: Boston & Albany railroad and Middlesex & Boston bus serv- ice.
Amusements: There are 2 theatres and 1 amusement park. Theatres seat 2,700 peo- ple
Hospitals: 1, with 290 beds.
Education : Andover Newton Theological School, Boston College, Newton College of the Sacred Heart, Lasell Junior College, Mount Ida Junior College, Newton Junior College and Fessenden. Number of schools, 40, including 5 high schools, 8 parochial and diocesan schools. Number of pupils in public schools 11,033; in private schools 1,145; in parochial schools 2,109. Total of all teachers in public schools is 494.
Libraries: There are 226,724 volumes in the libraries of the city.
City Statistics: Total street mileage 275, 197 miles of accepted streets, 78 miles private ways and 4.17 miles State Highway. Miles of sewers laid 201.87, Metropolitan 2.94. Ca- pacity of water works (state and muni- cipal) 10,000,000 gallons daily average pump of 5,130,000 gallons, with 241.717 miles of mains and value of plant estimated at $4,000,000. Fire department employs 138 men with following motor equipment; 8 autos, 10 motor engines, 3 city service lad- der trucks, 1 lighting plant, 1 aerial truck, in 11 station houses. Police department has 149 men with 20 pieces of motor equip- ment.
NEWTON Interesting Facts Regarding the City
It is interesting to note just what Newton stands for to residents in other parts of the country. With its beautiful long avenues, its long lanes leading into beautiful wide parks, its streams and hills, its lovely gardens and artistic residences, it stands for prosperity and success. It signifies elegance and beauty, rather than fashion and display.
Although the march of time has brought changes to Newton in every part, though much of its barren land has been transformed into house lots and streets, though many of its old farm houses have been turned into modern dwellings, still Newton maintains an abundance of its natural beauty which has given it the name of the Garden City-wide- spread recognition as a city of beauty-a city of homes.
The Charles River winds its course along the northern and western boundaries for more than sixteen miles, adding utilized water power at its upper and lower falls and much beauty to the scenery for miles around. New- ton has that same New England atmosphere which characterizes so many other Massa- chusetts cities, with its stable type of people whose interests are centered in their homes and the finer things of life. Each and every part of Newton typifies the modern "home city," a source of admiration to all visitors and of pride to its citizens.
A Few Historical Facts
As early as 1631 Newton was settled and fortified, less than a year after the founda- tion of Boston. In those days, Newton con- sisted of a large tract of land with a dwelling here and there-a modest settlement, but the foundation, nevertheless, upon which rests the beautiful progressive city of today. King's hand-book of Newton states "the domain northward of the Charles was acquired from the Indian queen, the squaw-sachem, Nane- pashemet's daughter, one of her perquisites being a new coat each winter as long as she lived."
Newton was incorporated a town in 1688, being called New Cambridge until 1692; and having outgrown town government by 1873, was chartered a city in that year.
During the war with the Indians the men of Newton left their homes and families and fought with the rest of the settlers. There is a stone in Nonantum, known as the Eliot memorial, which bears this inscription: "Here at Nonantum, October 28, 1646, in Waban's Wigwam near this spot, John Eliot began to preach the gospel to the Indians. Here he founded the first Christian community of In- dians within the English colonies."
During the period of the Revolutionary War, the men of Newton rose with the other men of Massachusetts and shared the hard- ships that the crude army led by the great George Washington endured. And so, history repeats itself down through the ages. There are many beautiful monuments and ancient landmarks, silent tributes to the men wlio so nobly answered the call to arms, from the early days when the settlers fought with the Indians, to the World War.
Population
The best estimates of the present popula- tion of Newton indicates that it is over the eighty thousand mark today. This shows a tremendous increase within the past decade. The steady stream of people who come to Newton yearly to make their homes here are of the thrifty, desirable sort-good citizens who soon blend into the social and civic life and share the pride of their neighbors in their adopted city.
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