Springfield, West Springfield, Chicopee and Longmeadow directory 1960, Part 1

Author: Springfield (Mass.)
Publication date: 1960
Publisher: Price & Lee Co.
Number of Pages: 1230


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MASSACHUSETTS


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SPRINGFIELD DIRECTORY - 1960


9


4


Westford Avenue Westford Circle Westminster Street


9


5


A


0


4


7


Westwood Street (E. Long- mcadow)


8


5


Stevens Street Stevenson Avenue Stockbridge Street Stocker Street


4 9


3


- V-


4


4


4


4


Valrico Road


8


8


Van Buren Avenue


48


8 Whiting Street


7


9


Van Dyke Road (E. Long- meadow)


8


Whittier Streot


8


Van Horn Circle


4


Wbittum Avenue


8


4


Van Horn Place


4


Wigbt Place


3


Van Nesa Street


7


Wigwam Place


8


Vassar Street


9


Ventura Drive


9


Ventura Street


8


Wilbraham Avenue Wilbraham Road 1-1861 1862 on


9 0


9


9 aa


8


Vermont Street


8


Wilcox Street Wilkes Street


8


Swanton Court Swift Court


Q


Villa Parkway


Vincent Street


8


Vine Street


4


8


Vineland Street (E. Long- meadow) Vinton Street


8


8


9


Symonds Avenue


3


Viola Street


Wilton Strect


Q


7


-T-


8


Winchendon Street


Tabcr Street


8 4


Winchester Square Winchester Street


9


9 7


Talcott Street


7 NO


Wait Street


4


Winnipeg Street


Q 00


Tavistock Street


9


Walden Street


8


8


9


9


Tembey Street


Q


Wallace Street


Wolfe Street


7


Temple Place


S


Walnut Court


Wollaston Street


O


Temple Street


5


Walnut Street


Walter Street


Terrence Street


O


Waltham Avenue


Wood Ridge Drive


5


Texel Drive


8


Ward Court


Thames Street


4


Wareham Street Warehouse Street


8


4


5


Thetford Road


Warner Street


8


Thomas Street


7


Warren Place


Woodside Terrace


5


Thompson Street


9 Warrenton Street


Woodstock Street


Warriner Avenue


5


Woodwortb Avenue


5


Thorndyke Strect


Washburn Street


2


Worcester Avenue


5


Thornfell Street


4


Washington Boulevard


8


9


Thornton Street


4


Washington Road


8


Tiffany Street


8


Washington Street


8


8


Tilton Street


9 Wason Avenue


7


5


Tinkham Road


8


Watling Street


4


8


Townsley Avenue


3


Waterman Street (E. Long- meadow)


8


Spruce Street


5


Trafton Road


8


Waverly Street


7


8


Tremont Street


4


8


8


Webb Street


7


4


Trinity Terrace


8


Webber Street


8


-x-


8


Tulsa Street


8 Webster Street


"X" Court


8


9


Turner Street


8


Welcome Place


9


- Y-


3 5


Uncas Street


9


Wendell Place


5


York Avenue York Street


5


O


Underwood Street


4


Wentworth Street


4


9


Undine Circle


5


Union Street 1-457


5 West Alvord Street


8 8


All streets in Longmeadow, Mass. are in Zone 6


Stearns Square


3


458 on


8


Veil Street


8


4


Valentine Street


8


9 98


5


9


5


4


4


8


8


4


8


Veranda Street (E. Long- meadow)


8


8


Verge Street


8


8


Vernon Street


3


7


Victoria Street


4


Willard Avenue


4


8 4


Switzer Avenue Sycamore Street Sylvan Street Sylvester Street


Wilmont Street Wilson Street


4


4 7


Tacoma Street


Taft Street


8


- W-


Wachusett Street


8


Windemere Street Windsor Street


Taylor Street 1-116 117 on


3


Wales Conrt


4


5


Walker Street


Wolcott Street


8


Tenth Street


4


889 8 8


Smith Street Somerset Street Sorrento Street South Street


8


Thayer Avenue


8


Woodmont Street Woodrow Street


8 4


Thompkins Street (E. Longmeadow)


8 8


Warwick Street


4


Woodworth Place


5 7


Spencer Court Spencer Street Spring Street Soulc Street (Wilbrabam)


Springfield Street


7


Tracy Street


4


Wayne Street Weaver Road


8


Wortby Street Wrentham Road Wyckoff Street


5 muavaa 4 0 9


Spruceland Avenue Stafford Street Standish Street Stanley Street Stanton Street Stapleton Road


4


Trenton Street


8


Trillium Street


Tyler Street


-U-


Wellington Street


9


Yale Street


9


State Street Avenue State Street Court State Street Terrace


9 Wesson Street West Strect


8


LONGMEADOW, MASS.


9


7 Stebbins Street 3 Sterling Street Sterns Terrace 4 Stetson Street 4


7


Upiand Street Upton Street 1-36 37 on Utica Street


Wexford Street Weymouth Street Wheeler Avenue Wbitfield Street White Street


8


8


8


O


White Oak Road


8


Van Dam Place


Whitney Place


5


4


4


5


8


8


8


Sumner Avenue Sumner Strect Sumuer Terrace Sunapce Street Sunrise Terrace Surrey Road


8 985995 5 5 3


5


9


4


7


Virginia Street


Voyer Street (E. Longmeadow) 8


Q


4 5 8 458558449 8


5 5


Waldorf Strcet


Q


Winter Street Winthrop Street Winton Street


5 59


5 557948 A 8 7


Wood Avenue (E. Long- meadow)


C


Woodbine Avenue Woodlawn Street


8


8


8


8


So. Branch Boulevard So. Church Court South Main Street (Hampden) South Main Street (Wilbraham) So. Strect Court Southampton Street


Worlds End Road (Wilbraham) Worthington Court Worthington Street 1-390 391-946 947 on


8 5


8


Taplcy Street


9


9


C


Williams Street Willow Street 1-45 46 on


4


Wilber Avenue Wilber Street


Stockman Street Storms Court Stony Hill Road Stratford Terrace Strathmore Street Strong Avenue Stuart Street Stuyvesant Street Suffolk Street Sullivan Street Summit Street


Sanderson Street Sanford Street san Miguel Street Santa Barbara Street Santa Maria Street Saratoga Street Sargeant Stroet Sargon Street Savoy Avenue Savoy Place Schley Street Scantic Corner School Street Schuyler Street Scott Street Searle Place Second Street Sedgelia Street Segnal Street Senator Street Seventh Street Sewell Street Sexton Street Seymour Avenue Shamrock Court Shamrock Street Sharon Street Shattuck Street Shaw Street (E. Longmeadow) Shaw's Lane Shawmut Street Sheffield Street Shefford Street Sheldon Street Sherbrooke Street Sheridan Lane Sherman Street Sherrington Court Sherwood Road Shillingford Street Sbort Street Shumway Street Sidney Place Silaa Street Silver Street Sioux Avenue Sixtcen Acres Slater Avenue


9


1


Westernview Street


7


9 Wellesley Street


State Street 1-195 196-478 479 on


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1960 - THE PRICE & LEE CO. 'S


CONTENTS


Page


Page


Abbreviations .


243


Halls .


198


Aldermen, Board of


29


Homes and Asylums


199


Aldermen, Standing Committees of


29


Hospitals and Dispensaries .


199


Alphabetical Directory


244


Index to Advertisers


13


Apartment Buildings


164


Justices of the Peace. 204


31


Buildings-Office and Public .


178


Map


inside Back Cover


Buyers' Directory .


.37-162


Notaries Public


212


Cemeteries


180


Numerical Directory .


(Pink Section) - 1


Churches .


181


Parks and Playgrounds


216


City Officers


29


Police Department


30


Classified Directory


163


Post Office


33


Postal Zones


7


Railroads .


221


School Department


31


Schools, Colleges and Academies


226


Councilmen, Standing Committees of


29


County Officers (Hampden)


32


Courts .


32


State Government


33


Day Nurseries


187


United States Armory


33


Express Companies


191


United States Government.


33


Fire Department


30


Water Works


30


Governmental Directory


29


Convents .


186


Corporations and Chartered Institutions


See Alphabetical Directory


Councilmen


29


Springfield - "What You Should Know About "


19


Associations, Clubs and Societies


167


Libraries


WEST SPRINGFIELD, LONGMEADOW (SEE FOLLOWING LAST PAGE OF SPRINGFIELD PINK SECTION)


SPRINGFIELD DIRECTORY - 1960


13


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


Adams & Ruxton Construction Co


72


American Exterminating Co Inc


front edge and 88


American International College


69


American Saw & Mfg Co.


115


Anderson C E Associates


87


Anderson & Benson Corp


Back Cover


Angers Real Estate.


140


Ascher Harold R Funeral Home


91


Asphalt Hot Mix Inc.


132


Automatic Oil Heating Co. 125


Automobile Sales Company


38


Baldarelli A Corp 66


Baldwin Simons & Campbell Inc opp inside Front Cover


Balise Motor Sales Co


46


Bannon John J Company.


152


Bay State Film Productions Inc


120


Bay State Fire Brick Co Inc .


61


Beaudry Construction Co Inc


78


Belcher Leonard E Inc


127


Bencardee Construction Co Inc


side lines


Berkshire Plastics Co Inc.


114


Better Letter Service of Springfield Inc.


Back Cover and 37


Boilard A Sons Inc


.opp Title Page and 66


Boilard Bros Block Co Inc


Back Cover


Boyer Arthur J Inc


73


Bradley Milton Co


117A


Brian-Lincoln-Mercury Inc


42


Brody James C


139


Buckley James H & Son Inc


Back Cover


Byron's Funeral Home Inc


90


Cabrini Moving Service Inc


122


Carlisle Hardware Co.


93


Carlson Ernest F Inc


74


Carlson Pattern Shop Inc


131


Carparts Inc.


49


Center Arthur E Inc


47


Chapdelaine Joseph Inc


78


Chemical Corp The.


67


Cheney J E & Staff Inc


Back Cover


42


Chicopee Motor Sales Co Chiz William Z.


140


City Stamp Works Inc.


147


Clark Henry M Co


141


Cobb Beesley & Miles


87


1


Aetna Life Affiliated Companies .


98


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Cobb's Insurance Agency


100


Collins Helena M.


123


Columbus Rental Service Inc.


47


Community Feed Stores .


89


Connecticut Valley Block Co The


65


Construction Service Inc


71


Cook Builders' Supply Co


119


Credit Bureau Inc of Greater Springfield


82


Croft T C & Co.


94


Curran-Jones Inc.


Curtis Universal Joint Co Inc


Back Cover side.lines and 1006 117B


Daley's Family Service .


86


Davis & Daggett Co.


125


Daylight Dairy Products Inc


120


Decoteau N Paul


141


De Palma Motor Sales Co


43


Devens Realty Co


foot lines and 139


Dickinson-Streeter Co . back edge


119


Durkee White Towne & Chapdelaine


87


Dusty's Taxi Service .


149


Earle's Wallpaper & Paint Co Inc 159


Easton C Clement Agency inside Front Cover


Elkas Bros Inc .


150


Ellis Title Company


153


Estabrook & Co


62


Farm Credit Bank of Springfield . 59


Ferrara Spring and Parts Co Inc.


51


Field Eddy & Bulkley .


top lines


Firestone Tire Center


51


Fisher Carl Co Inc


145


Fitzgerald Michael J Jr


Front Cover and 141


141


Flynn Robert J Agency


top lines


Forbes & Wallace Inc .


top lines and 83


Forest Products Company


Back Cover


Foss W J Company


95


Freedman Irving O Company Inc


137


Garrettson-Ellis Lumber Co.


Back Cover


Gaugh School of Business


67


Gays Nursery Furniture and Toys Inc.


91


General Fibre Box Co.


117


Gleason Alton E Co Inc


81


Goodrich B F Co .


153


Graham-Wallengren Funeral Home Inc . side lines


Graves R S Co


159


Haarmann Steel Co . 146


Hafey Funeral Service


Front Cover


Hall's Hardware Co Inc


93


Hampden Brass and Aluminum Co


111


Ducharme R Inc


Flagg Richard C


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Hampden Coal & Oil Co Inc


126


Hampden Savings Bank


top lines and 57


Hayden Stone & Co 62


Haynes & Company Inc


68


Highland Co-operative Bank


60


Hinckley R L Inc 85


Hotel Charles


94


Howatt Insurance Agency


Front Cover


How-Dee Co Inc


158


Hurley William A .


inside Front Cover


Interstate Industrial Uniform Rental Service Inc 157


Interstate Tire Stores Inc 52


Jensen Insurance Agency Inc . 98


Jones Ralph D Inc. 43


K-V Homes Inc . 79


Keiser M Clayton .


100


Kelleher & Mixer Inc


39


Kinney Palmer Goodell & Keeney


96


Kirkland Realty-Realtors


top lines


Landen-True Inc 101


Lane A J Coal and Grain Co The foot lines


La Plante Albert Construction Co Inc


79


Leete Bradford W. .Front Cover side lines and 99


79


Lewis Charles C Co The


148


Ley Construction Co


75


Licursi Nicholi A Insurance Agency.


100


Litch Elmer D Inc


121


Lomas Charles B Co The


Front Cover


Lynch H F Lumber Co


104


MacDonald & Johnson Inc


top lines


Main & Cypress Garage


49


Manning H A Company


134


Markarian & Markarian Inc Front Cover


Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co


insert opp


name Alphabetical Directory side lines


McClean Fred C Heating Supplies Inc.


McClintock & Craig Inc


86


Meacham L E & Co Inc


100


Metal-Craft Service


50


Miller Taxi Service Inc


149


Moore Drop Forging Co


108


Morin Realty Corporation


142


Mutual Fire Assurance Co of Springfield


top lines


Mutual Oldsmobile Inc. 40


National Gage & Die Co Inc. , Back Cover and 117


National Library Bindery Co The . 61


New England Container Co . 107


New York - Massachusetts Motor Service Inc


157


(


Leger Thomas P & Son Inc.


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Oakes Electrical Supply Co.


86


Old Storrowton Tavern


.foot lines


O'Malley M J Co The


133


Omartian Toros & Son Inc


Front Cover


Orenstein Max


82


Orr Sterling A Inc


44


Paine Webber Jackson & Curtis


63


Palazzi A C & Sons 128


Pearson T A Associates Inc


80


Perkins B F & Son Inc


113


Petit Leo A


142


Petroleum Engineering Corp


125


Pieroway Electric Co


85


Powell Benj Sons Inc


side lines


Preston and Olmstead Inc


top lines


Price & Lee Co The . 135


117A


Public Finance Company .


102


Realty Sales & Service Co


Front Cover


Republican Publishing Co


124


Retail Furniture Warehouse Inc.


91


Robinson Florist


89


Roncari Construction Co Inc


76


Ross H L Co Inc


128


Rourke-Eno Paper Co Inc The


130


Roy J G & Sons Co


77


Royce Superior Laundry Inc


101


Ryland Thomas P Co


opp inside Front Cover


St Germain D J & Co


. top edge, side lines and 63


41


Sarat Ford Sales


side lines and 44


102


Security National Bank of Springfield


53


Shearson Hammill & Co


64


Sheehan James T Co.


142


Sherwood Company


45


Smith Seymour M


142


Spencer Stamp Service Inc


143


Spencer's Automatic Transmission Service top lines


Springfield Alignment Co. 160


Springfield Auction Co . 112


45


Springfield Federal Savings and Loan Association.


145


Springfield Five Cents Savings Bank. . insert opp


Five Cents Savings Bank Alphabetical Directory


Springfield Gas Light Co .


92


Springfield Heat Treating Corporation 94 .


Springfield Institution for Savings insert opp


Institution for Savings Alphabetical Directory


Springfield-Monarch Insurance Companies 97


Springfield Oil & Coal Co bottom edge


Springfield Safe Deposit & Trust Co insert opp


name Alphabetical Directory and 54


Sanford F L Co .


Savoy J R Finance Co Inc


Springfield Buick Co


Production Tool & Die Co Inc.


17


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Page


Springfield Television Broadcasting Corp


151


Springfield Wallpaper & Paint Co. foot lines Springfield Wheel Service Inc. 48


Steiger Albert Company


84


Stephen Stores Inc. 129


Storms Drop Forging Co. 109


Strom Realty Co


140


Sullivan J J The Mover Inc . 156


Sullivan T J Coal Co top lines


Swett Bros Inc . top lines


Tarbell J C Associates Inc . 106


Teece Howard M 99


Tehan John F & Son-Realtors Front Cover


Third National Bank & Trust Company of Springfield name Alphabetical Directory and 55


insert opp


Traveling Plumbing Shops Inc The 133


Tucker Anthony & R L Day . 64


Union Automatic Transmission Service side lines


United States Envelope Co 110


Vadnais Lumber Company Inc 103


Valentine Concrete Co Inc 70


Valley Bank & Trust Co


insert opp


name Alphabetical Directory and 56


WHYN-TV Channel 40 136


Walsh Daniel M Jr side lines


Warriner Pontiac Co 46


Weidner Travel Bureau Inc 155 Wernick Marvin H top lines


West Springfield Branch of Westfield Savings Bank 58


Western Massachusetts Assn of Credit Executives Inc. side lines


Western New England College . opp inside Back Cover


White A C Jr Realtor top and foot lines and 138


White Service Corp top and foot lines and 138 Wright Roy M 88


Yankee Pedlar Inn


foot lines Young J O Co Inc 161


Young W F Inc


. Back Cover


18


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SPRINGFIELD, MASS. "The City of Homes"


Form of Government


Bicameral with Mayor. 8 Aldermen. 18 Councilmen. (Strong Mayor Plan A to be inaugurated in 1961.)


Population Local estimate (1959) 171,443. Mass. Census (1955) 166,052. U. S. Census (1950) 162,399.


Area


31.90 square miles. Altitude 75 to 243 ft.


Temperature 51.9 degrees. Eight year average.


Rainfall


49.0". Eight year average.


Parks, Playgrounds, Zoo and Land 149 with 2,215.97 acres valued at $7,895,335 (1959).


Assessed Valuation


$364,125, 285 (1959). Per cent assessed value of true value about 50% (1959).


Tax Rate


$64.90 per $1,000 (1959).


Bonded Debt


$19,508,000 (Dec. 31, 1959) City Debt. $9,253,000 (Dec. 31, 1959) Water Debt.


Financial


Four commercial banks with total deposits of $247,- 532,130 (Dec. 31, 1959); total resources $278,- 332,650 (Dec. 31, 1959). Eight savings institu- tions in city area branches and home office with total deposits over $280,000,000 (Dec. 31, 1959). Springfield is the headquarters for the Federal Farm Credit system of the Northeast.


Post Office Receipts $4,574,258 (year ending Dec. 31, 1959).


Churches


Total 90. 60 Protestant, 6 Jewish and 5 Nondenomina- tional, 19 Catholic.


Building Construction - 1959


564 new permits issued


$ 8,877,041


890 alterations and additions 4,255,888


$13,132,929


Radio Broadcasting Stations


WBZA; WSPR; WMAS; WHYN; WTYM, East Long- meadow; WTXL, W. Springfield; WACE, Chicopee; WREB, Holyoke; WDEW, Westfield.


Television WWLP - Channel 22; WHYN - Channel 40.


Industrial


Principal manufacturing of the city and surrounding territory; electrical machinery, apparatus and supplies, foundry and machine shop products, machine tools and machine tool accessories, fire- arms, plastic materials, printing and publishing, envelopes, forgings, clothing, bronze and alumi- num castings, knit goods, games and toys, hand- bags and billfolds, chemicals, tires, magnetos, valves, electrical appliances, sporting goods.


Trade (Retail and Wholesale)


Retail area has radius of 50 miles and population of 656,742. Wholesale area extends 100 miles with population over 800,000.


Newspapers Daily: Springfield Union, Springfield Daily News. Sunday paper: Springfield Republican.


Hotels


5 major hotels.


Motels


19 in Springfield and West Springfield.


Railroads NY Central (Boston & Albany), Boston & Maine, New York, New Haven and Hartford.


Highways


Route No. 5 north to Canada and south to New Haven; Route No. 20 east to Boston, west to Albany; Route No. 57 connects Springfield with College Highway; Route No. 116 to Amherst; Route No. 83 to Somers, Conn .; Mass. tpk. east to Boston and west to Albany. (Under construction - U.S. Route 91 from New Haven through Springfield to Canada.)


Airports


American Airlines, Eastern Airlines, Northeast Air- lines, United Airlines, Trans-World Airlines, Slick Airways and Mohawk Airlines serving Springfield from Bradley Field, Windsor Locks, Conn., 12 miles from city. Over 28,000 scheduled flights and carried over 400,000 passengers for the first 11 months of 1959. Barnes Airport, Westfield, is 13 miles from city. (Charter and air taxi services.)


Amusements


9 moving picture theaters. Municipal auditorium seat- ing 3,218. 4 drive-in theaters.


1,454


20


1960 - THE PRICE & LEE CO. 'S


Two municipal. Golf Courses


Hospitals


Eight hospitals are listed including one in Holyoke and one in Ludlow Total number of beds, 1828. (Three other hospitals are utilized to some extent by Springfield residents, one in Holyoke and two in Westfield.)


Education - 1959


American International College; Springfield College; Western New England College and State Univer- sity Extension - Springfield Division. Bay Path Junior College. Ursuline Academy. MacDuffie School for Girls.


Public Schools: 46, including seven junior highs, and four senior high schools. Number of pupils in pub- lic schools as of Oct., 1959, 29,876. Number of teachers, 1,242. Total value of land, buildings and equipment as of Jan. 1, 1959, $23,935,625. City ranked second in Massachusetts in the following: maximum pay for elementary teachers with Bache- lor degrees, number of elementary teachers with degrees, and number of secondary teachers with Masters degrees. Modern Trade School graduates over 200 highly skilled workers each year. Aca- demic High School sends over 80% of graduating class to college each year. Number of parochial and private schools, 21. Number of pupils, about 11,099.


Public Libraries


Seven branches, Central Building, and a bookmobile with a total of 572,585 volumes as of December 31, 1959.


Museums (Metropolitan Area)


Eleven museums and permanent exhibits including 2 historical, 1 fine art, 1 art, 1 natural history, 1 industrial, 1 small arms, 1 agricultural, 1 music, a planetarium, and a colonial village restoration.


Protection of Persons and Property - 1959 Fire Department, 1959: 480 paid employees, 14 autos, 13 pumpers, 11 hose wagons, 10 ladder trucks, 14 station houses, 1 repair shop and 1 squad car. One new 750 gallon pumper purchased. Police Department, 1959: 372 paid employees, 48 pieces of motor equipment, 3 stations.


Public Works - 1959


Total paved miles of public streets, 300.591, with 3.81 } miles of new residential streets paved during 1959. Miles of storm and sanitary sewers, 469.703, with 9.71 miles of sanitary sewers and 7.31 miles of storm water drains constructed in 1959. Re- construction of .71 mile of city streets and con- struction of . 7 mile of highway under state aid. All sewage is treated and purified before discharge into the Connecticut River. Public waste and gar- bage collections given to all residents and busi- nesses, with downtown collections nightly and collections from the cellars of residences.


Telephone - (as of Nov. 1, 1959) There were 102,394 telephones in the three exchanges which serve Springfield, West Springfield, Indian Orchard and Agawam.


Telephone rates: one party line resident line, $6.00 plus tax; 2 party line, $4.90 plus tax; 4 party line $4.05 plus tax. Business lines, (1) measured busi- ness line, local service, $8.80 plus tax, allowing 80 calls; 514ยข each additional call; (2) straight business line, $16.30 monthly rate plus tax.




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