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GENERAL INDEX
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PAGE
Abbreviations 24
Military 17
Advertisers Index
4
Newton Chamber of Commerce C
Advertisers in Boston 543
Newton Free Library 12
Aldermen
11
Organizations
533
Alphabetical Section
25
Police Court 13
Apartment Buildings 509
Police Department 13
Assessors
11
Post Offices 18
16
Auctioneers
15
Railroad Passenger Stations
537
Board of Health
12
Registrars of Voters
13
Boston Business Directory
509
Representatives
17
Buildings-Office and Public 514
School Committee
13
Buyers' Guide opp
508
Schools-Parochial
539
Calendar
6
Schools-Public
14
Churches 514
Circuit Court of U S 16
City Government
11
Senators 17
City Statistical Review
8
Sheriff and Deputies 15
Classified Business Directory
509
Sinking Fund Commissioners 14
Clubs 517
State Offices
16
Congressional District
17
Street Commissioner 14
Constables 15
Street Directory 551
County Officers 15
Street Index by Postal Districts 545
Courts
16
Street Lighting 14
District Court of Newton
13
Superior Court 16
Fire Department 12
Supreme Court 16
Halls 525
Supreme Judicial Court of Mass 16
Hills
18
Trust Funds 21
Homes & Asylums 526
United States Courts 16
House Directory 551
United States District Court 16
Index to Advertisers
4
United States Government 17
Land Court 16
United States Postal Information 22
Libraries 13 and 530
Veteran's Services Dept 15
Massachusetts State Government 16 Voting Precincts 20
Medical Examiners 15
Ward Boundaries
19
Middlesex County Officers
15
Water Department
15
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Schools and Colleges 539
Senatorial Districts 17
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION, THE YELLOW PAGES
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Alvord Bros .. ... right side lines and 43
Atwood's Camera Shop 41
Auburndale Co-operative Bank
Bagley David J right side lines and
16 47 31
Barbour and Travis ...... front cover and
Barker George J Lumber Company ...... 36
Boston Consolidated Gas Co (Newton Divi
sion) . right top lines and 50
Bradley R M & Co Inc left side lines and 47
Brown W Frank & Sons right top lines and 48 48
Bryson George W .... left side lines and
Burlen Robert & Son. . right top lines and
Burns John T & Sons Inc
front stencil, left top lines and
44
Canner & Daniels Realtors
48
Carter & Blood 33
Cate Henry F Inc
28
Chandler Albert M jr
Chandler J H & Son Inc right top lines and 32
left side lines and 30
Chestnut Hill Garage Inc
11
Clapper Co The ........ left side lines and 29
Cleveland Thomas V ... left side lines and 48 Colburn G Clement & Son. . Collins C S Inc left side lines and 32 9 35
Curtis-Newton Co
Deane Norman H . left side lines and 49 21 North Star Valet Service left side lines and 19
Diehl F & Son Inc.
right side lines, 19 and 36 40
DuBois Oil Co
Eastman Funeral Service
left side lines and 25
Eddy C F Company. .left top lines and 19
Edgar H E. left top lines and 37
Edwards Motor Sales
8 36
Edwards Roy S Inc
Gallagher James P 33
Garden City Print Inc 42
Gordon John H & Son. . left side lines
Gregg George H & Son. right top lines and 28
Gregorian Arthur T
40
Hall Norman A . 18
Hastings Kenneth B
left and right top lines and 47
Hawes Electric Co .... left side lines and 23
Hemeon Melbourne W left side lines and 41 18
Hilliard's Kitch-in-vue Candy
Howe Associates bottom edge and 45 Hugo Pontiac Inc .. . .. . left side lines and 8
Joe's Atlantic Service 10
Jurad & Norwood Inc
right top lines and
7
Turner Louise
Ken-Kaye Krafts Co. .. . back cover and 3 Vachon R A & Sons Inc right side lines and 22
Kenneth Emily. . left side lines and Kerrigan Brothers Inc
29 9
Kidder Peabody & Co 32
Landscape Service Co of Framingham
The
. right side lines and
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Waban Market
30
Langley Book Shop The
Leavitt W P Sons Co .. left side lines and Lyons Thomas J 29
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McMullin Automotive Service .
right side lines and
10
Metropolitan Coal Co
20
Moore & Moore Inc
30
Moye Chevrolet Co Inc
right side lines and
7
Newton Buick Co
8 Newton Cemetery and Crematory left top lines
Newton Centre Savings Bank ..
left side lines and 15 Newton Chamber of Commerce The C Newton Co-operative Bank left top lines and 15
18
Newton Corner Florist
24
41
36
Newton Motor Sales Co
right top lines, back cover and 4 Newton National Bank. . front cover and 12 Newton Savings Bank
front cover, left top lines and 13 Newton South Co-operative Bank right side lines and 16 Newton-Waltham Bank and Trust Co .... back bone and inside back cover Newton and Wellesley Ambulance Serv- ice
2 Newtonville Electrical Company Inc. right side lines and 23
Nonantum Coal Co. . right side lines and 20
Nutting Merrill C
49
O'Halloran William E 33
Patterson R M 49 Paul Luther Co 20
Paulini Bros
34
41 front cover, right top lines, 22 and Pilibosian Kasper .... right side lines and Rich, Bellinger & Mackay top stencil and 26 24 Riggs Flower Shop .... right top lines and Riverside Sand & Gravel Co .. front cover, 21 and 51 Ruth's Pastry Shop 11 Schwab Andrew N & Son right top lines and 49 Scipione Charles .. ribbon book mark and Short & Williamson Inc Silver Lake Chevrolet Co Inc. 46 28 5 42
Suvalle David Inc .... left side lines and Thomas Benjamin M . back cover. left side lines and 42 24
Thomas Fish Market Inc
Toy Chest The . left side lines and 52
Transcript Publications Inc front cover and 38
Turgeon's Garage Inc
10
29
Vespa Bros Trust Inc
right side lines and
22
Village Beverage Store Inc
left side lines and
34
51 Waltham Publishing Co
right side lines and 39
DiCarlo Bros Inc
Newton Glass Co ...... left side lines and Newton Memorial Art Co
5
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Waterman J S & Sons Inc
PAGE West Newton Savings Bank
right side lines and 14
back cover and 27 Wentworth-Jennings Motor Co .. White & Franke Inc back cover and 6 White Richard Sons Inc
52
West Newton Co-operative Bank left side lines and 23 right top lines and 16 White S A & Son 24
West Newton Motor Mart Inc
9
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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 1953 edition of the Newton City Directory.
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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 507, 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 508 and separately paged from 1 to 52, 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 509 to 543, 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 545 to 549.
THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, covers pages 551 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.
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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
Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Newton City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Chamber of Commerce, for limited free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 500 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the system is operated.
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.
R. L. POLK & CO. Publishers.
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NEWTON
"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: 1953, 85,000.
Native Born Population: 83.9 per cent of
whole population.
Area: 18 square miles.
Altitude: 15 to 320 feet.
Assessed Valuation: $218,797,550 with $45.80 tax per thousand.
Parks: City, 100 acres, 370 acres playground and 95 acres Water Works land; Metropoli- tan 209 acres; 12 acres Quinobequin Road from Washington St., Lower Falls to Boyl- ston St., Upper Falls.
City's Bonded Debt: 1953, $13,558.000. Financial: 1 National bank with 2 branches, 1 bank and trust with 7 branches and 3 savings banks, 4 co-operative banks.
Church Buildings: 46.
Building and Construction : Value of building permits in 1952, $8,559.735: 443 permits.
Railroad and Bus Lines: Boston & Albany railroad, M. T. A., and Middlesex & Boston bus service.
Amusements: There are 2 theatres and 1
amusement park. Theatres seat 2.700 people.
Hospitals: 1, with 260 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 pub- lic schools, 13,445; in private schools. 1.176: in parochial schools. 2.507. Total of all educators in public schools is 602.
Libraries: There are 268,085 volumes in li- braries of the city.
City Statistics : Total street mileage, 290 miles, comprising 225 miles of accepted streets, 65 miles private ways, and 5 miles. State Highway. Miles of sewers 242.38. Metropolitan 2.94. Fire department em- ploys 231 officers and men. 2 clerks. 10 motor pumping engine and hose cars, 2 aerial ladder trucks, 1 city service ladder truck, 1 lighting plant truck. 8 automobiles and light trucks in 11 station houses. Police Department has 185 officers, men and women with 18 pieces of motor equip- ment.
A Few Historical Facts
As early as 1631 Newton was settled and fortified, less than a year after the foundation of Boston. In those days Newton consisted of a large tract of land with a dwelling here and there, a most modest settlement, but the foundation, nevertheless, upon which rests the beautiful progressive City of today. King's handbook of Newton states "the domain northward of the Charles was acquired from the Indian queen, the squaw-sachem, Nane- pashement's daughter, one of her perquisites being a new coat each winter as long as she lived."
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