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The Newton Chamber of Commerce
MURRAY E. SHOLKIN President
HUGH H. FARRINGTON Vice-President
WILLIAM H. SULLIVAN Treasurer
RUPERT C. THOMPSON Executive Secretary
Newton, the Garden City, covers an area of 18 square miles, has a population of 83,000, high civic standards, one of the best school systems in the country, and because of its close proximity to Boston, has unusual advantages as a place of residence.
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GENERAL INDEX
PAGE
Abbreviations 24
Newton Chamber of Commerce C
Advertisers Index
4
Newton Free Library 13
Aldermen
11
Organizations 523
Alphabetical Section
25
Police Court 13
Apartment Buildings 497
Police Department 13
Assessors
12
Post Offices
18
Association of North American Directory Publishers
x
Public Welfare
11
Auctioneers
12
Railroad Passenger Stations
527
Board of Health
12
Registrars of Voters
12
Boston Business Directory
534
Representatives
17
Buildings-Office and Public
502
School Committee
14
Buyers' Guide opp
496
Schools-Parochial 530
14
Circuit Court of U S
16
Schools and Colleges 530
City Government
11
City Statistical Review
8
Senators 17
Calendar
6
Sheriff and Deputies 15
Classified Business Directory
497
Sinking Fund Commissioners 12
Clubs
506
State Offices
16
Congressional District
17
Street Commissioner 11
Constables
12
Street Directory 543
County Officers 15
Courts
16
Street Lighting 14
District Court of Newton
13
Superior Court
16
Fire Department
12
Supreme Court 16
Halls
514
Supreme Judicial Court of Mass 16
Hills
18
Trust Funds 21
Homes & Asylums 515
United States Courts 16
House Directory
543
United States District Court 16
Land Court
16
United States Government 17
Libraries 13 and 519
United States Postal Information 22
Massachusetts State Government
16
Voting Precincts 20
Medical Examiners
15
Ward Boundaries
19
Middlesex County Officers 15
Water Department
15
Military
17
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HOW TO USE YOUR CITY DIRECTORY SEE PAGE 23
Churches 503
Schools-Public
Senatorial Districts 17
Street Index by Postal Districts 537
16
Probate Court
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION, THE YELLOW PAGES
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Landscape Service Co of Framingham The .... right side lines and -47
Alvord Bros .. right side lines and 50 Atwood's Camera Shop 48 Langley Book Shop The 18 Leavitt W P Sons Co .. left side lines and 64 Auburn Door & Window Co 18 Lee Insurance Agency right top lines and 39
Auburndale Jewelers
Bagley Jas J .
Bagley John J .... right side lines and 57 Madden John C
Barbour and Travis .... front cover and 38
Barker George J Lumber Company .. 43 Boston Consolidated Gas Co (Newton Divi- sion) right top lines and 62
Bowers William K Insurance Agency .. right side lines and 58
Boyes Motor Co Inc . . right top lines and 7
Bradley R M & Co Inc left side lines and
58
Brown W Frank & Sons right top lines and 58
Browne Realty Co .. right side lines and 58
Bryson George W .... left side lines and
59
18
Burlen Robert & Son . right top lines and
Burns John T & Sons Inc
front stencil, left top lines and
51
59
41
Canner & Daniels Realtors
Carter & Blood
Cate Henry F Inc
34
Chandler J H & Son Inc
Chestnut Hill Garage Inc left side lines and
Clapper Co The ...... left side lines and
12
35
Cleveland Thomas V . . left side lines and 59
Colburn G Clement & Son left side lines and 39 49
Coleman Supply Co
Come and See Shop . . right side lines and Conroy Martin E .left top lines and Corner G H Company
right side lines, front cover and Curtis-Newton Co
63
42
59 Deane Norman H .... left side lines and Deerfoot Farms . . left side lines and 44
DiCarlo Bros Inc 21 Newtonville Electrical Company Inc Diehl F & Son Inc right side lines and 43 26 Nolan Fabian M Co .. right top lines and 66
right side lines, 19 and Eastman Funeral Service left side lines and 29
Eddy C F Company
... left top lines and
19
Edgar H E
. back bone and
45
Edwards Roy S Inc
Frost Motors Inc
.left top lines and
7
41
Gallagher James P
Garden City Print Inc 49
Glennon Leo J 60
Gregg George H & Son
right top lines and
35
37
Harney Hardware & Supply Co
Hastings Kenneth B
right top lines, left top lines and Hawes Electric Co .... left side lines and 26
56
Hilliard's Kitch-in-vue Candy 19 Reubens A Maurice Associates right top lines and Holden's Taxi Service 60
right side lines and 65 52
Howe Associates . bottom edge and
Hugo Pontiac Inc .... left side lines and Ideal Concrete Block Co 23
Joe's Atlantic Service 12
Joyce and Joyce . back cover and Jurad & Norwood Inc
right top lines and
Ken-Kaye Krafts Co .... back cover and 3 Silver Lake Chevrolet Co Inc front cover and 5 Kenny Business Service Kerrigan Brothers Inc 10 right side lines and 18 Stefaney Anthony J 27 Thomas Benjamin M back cover, left side lines and 49 Kidder Peabody & Co 39
Kinchla Chas J ... .left side lines and 56 Toy Chest The . . .. left side lines and 65
24
McDonald's Newton Kaiser-Fraser Co right side lines and 8
McMullin Automotive Service
11
Mendelsohn's Inc
36
Metropolitan Coal Co 20
Moore & Moore Inc 37 Mulhern P & Sons .... left side lines and Newton Auto Top Co
12
right side lines and 10
Newton Buick Co .... right side lines and 9 Newton Cemetery and Crematory left top lines
Newton Centre Garage Inc
9
Newton Centre Savings Bank
left side lines and
16
Newton Chamber of Commerce The C Newton Co-operative Bank front cover, left top lines and 13
Newton Corner Florist 28 Newton Glass Co .... left side lines and 48 Newton Memorial Art Co 44
Newton Motor Sales Co
right top lines, back cover and 4 Newton National Bank . . front cover and 14
Newton Savings Bank . front cover, left top lines and 15 Newton South Co-operative Bank right side lines and 17 Newton-Waltham Bank and Trust Com- pany .. back cover and inside back cover 2 Newton and Wellesley Ambulance Ser- vice
Nonantum Lumber Co
Nordstrom H M Company
right side lines and 48 60
43
Nutting Merrill C
Pacific Electric Supply Co
Palmer Russell Co
right side lines and
26
Patterson Ralph M
Paul Luther Co
53
60
20
Paulini Bros
.left top lines and
22
Pilibosian Kasper .. right side lines and
48
Pratt E W Co .front cover and 31
Quint Upholstery Shop left side lines and 66
Rich, Bellinger & MacKay top stencil and 32 28
9
Riggs Flower Shop .. right top lines and
Riverside Sand & Gravel Co
front cover, 21 and
8
64
54
55
Scipione Charles . . ribbon book mark and
Short & Williamson
34
30
Savage Henry W Inc
Lindestrand Chas G . ...
11
57
Longwood Associates Inc
35
41
57
Lyons Thomas J
Magnuson K G . .right top lines and 28
Manning H A Company
Auburndale Co-operative Bank right side lines and 17 40
Acme Electrical Co Inc right side lines and 26
37
36
34
Nonantum Coal Co .. right side lines and
20
43
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PAGE Turgeon's Garage Inc Turner Louise 12 36 Vachon R A & Sons Inc right side lines and 22
Vespa Bros Trust Co
right side lines and
23
Village Beverage Store Inc
left side lines and 41 White & Franke Inc
Waltham Publishing Co right side lines and 46 White Richd Sons Inc
Ware G R
.right top lines and
40
Waterman J S & Sons Inc
back cover and
33
Watt Norman B Realtor left side lines and 61
PAGE
Wentworth-Jennings Motor Co
back cover and 6
West Newton Co-operative Bank
right top lines and 16 West Newton Motor Mart Inc ..
left side lines and 10 West Newton Savings Bank
right side lines and 17 65
left side lines and 22
White S A & Son
27 Whitney & Whitney Inc
left 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 1951 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 496, 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 496 and separately paged from 1 to 68, 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 497 to 534, 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 537 to 541.
THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, covers pages 543 to 695. 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.
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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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"THE GARDEN CITY"
(Courtesy Newton Chamber of Commerce)
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: 80,996.
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: (1950) $203,271,700 with $36.00 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: April 30, 1951, $9,- 918,000.
Financial: 1 National bank with 2 branches, 1 bank and trust company with 7 branches and 3 savings banks, 4 co-operative banks.
Church Buildings: 46.
Building and Construction: Value of building permits in 1950, $12,467,098; 1270 permits 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 235 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 12,051; in private schools 1,169, in parochial schools 2,365. Total of all teachers in public schools is 573.
Libraries: There are 249,000 volumes in the libraries of the city.
City Statistics: Total street mileage 288,405, 222.038 miles of accepted streets, 66.367 miles private ways and 5.14 miles State Highway. Miles of sewers 238.068, Metro- politan 2.94. Capacity of water works (state and municipal) 10,000,000 gallons daily average consumption of 6,454,000 gal- lons, with 264,100 miles of mains and value of plant estimated at $4,000,000. Fire de- partment employs 235 men with following motor equipment; 4 autos, 10 motor en- gines, 3 city service ladder trucks, 1 light- ing plant, 1 aerial truck, in 11 station houses. Police department has 156 men 23 women with 18 pieces of motor equip- ment.
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