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The Physicians' Store of the North Shore Where Particular People Trade
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Page
Abbreviations
153
Alphabetical Directory
154
Apartment Buildings
79
Associations, Clubs and Societies
79
Banks and Trust Companies
87
Beverly "What You Should Know About" 12
Buildings-Office and Public
90
Buyers' Directory 41-76
Cemeteries 91
Chamber of Commerce 40
Churches
92
City Officers
23
Classified Directory
77
Corporations and Chartered Institutions-
See Alphabetical Directory
Councillors
31
County Officers (Essex)
31
Courts
31
Fire Department
26
Governmental Directory
21
Halls
113
Hospitals and Dispensaries
115
Index to Advertisers
8-11
Library
23
Map
inside Back Cover
Notaries Public
125
Numerical Directory
697
Police Department
24
Post Office
34
School Department
25
Schools, Colleges and Academies
141
Senators
31
State Government
32
Town Officers
21
U.S. Government
33
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page
ADAMS SHARPENING SERVICE
75
ALLEN'S PHARMACY
55
ARCHER CLEMENT C
62
ASTOLFI MARY REALTOR
73
BARTER BROTHERS INC
Front Cover
BEVERLY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
40
BEVERLY CONSTRUCTION CO
52
BEVERLY CO-OPERATIVE BANK
44
BEVERLY EVENING TIMES
top lines
BEVERLY ICE CO
inside Front Cover
BEVERLY MOTOR SALES CO INC
See Ribbon and insert opp Name Alphabetical Directory
BEVERLY NATIONAL BANK
back edge and 45
BEVERLY SAVINGS BANK
Front Cover 76
BEVERLY SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF
BEVERLY STORAGE WAREHOUSE
Back Cover
BEVERLY TRUST CO
46
BILL'S OIL SERVICE INC 69
BOMAC LABORATORIES INC 67
BOOMA-BREED INC
70
BORAH'S
Front Cover 43
BOWMAN'S BAKERY
BURSAW OIL CORPORATION Back Cover and top lines
CALLAHAN A J & SONS INC 71
foot lines
CANN ARNOLD A
52
CANN WILLIAM H & SON INC
top edge
CAPE ANN SAVINGS BANK
48
CARLSON OTTO D 70
CASSOLA ALBERT B 52
CENTER REXALL DRUG CO INC top lines and Front Cover
72
CHAPUT PAUL N INC
61
CHERRY HILL FARM 69
CLARK & FRIEND INC 50
CLEVELAND FUNERAL HOME
Back Cover and 58
COR-NIX RUBBER CO
75
CRICKET PRESS INC THE
Adv Manchester Map
DANJOU ADELARD E 52
CHADWICK ORREN C
CAMPBELL FUNERAL SERVICE
BEVERLY DIRECTORY-1959
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DANVERS SAVINGS BANK
48
DAVE AND POP'S SERVICE STATION
42
DAVIS COAL & OIL CO
Back Cover
DAVIS DRUG CO INC
55
DAY ARTHUR W 53
DEFIANCE ENGINEERING AND MICROWAVE CORP 67
DELANDE'S SUPPLY CO INC
insert opp Beverly
Alphabetical Directory
DELANEY APOTHECARY INC THE
Front Cover
DEL-WEST INC top lines
DESJARDINS REAL ESTATE
top lies
DI PAOLO ALUMNUM DOOR & WINDOW CO
41
DODGE ASSOCIATES INC THE
76
DONOVAN JOSEPH F X 62
DOOLING OIL SERVICE 58
DOUCETTE CONTRACTING CO INC
53
ENDICOTT JUNIOR COLLEGE
51
ESSEX SURVEY SERVICE
top lines
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF IPSWICH MASS 47
FISHER & GEORGE ELECTRIC CO INC 55
FLINT WALTER S INSURANCE AGENCY INC
top lines
FORNESS & MORGAN INC
foot lines and 74
FORTUNATO PETER F
Front Cover
FOSTER GEORGE A INC
41
FOSTER NORMAN C
53
FULLER ALVAN T JR CADILLAC INC
41
GEE JAY UPHOLSTERING CO 76
GOLDBERG SAM & SON INC
70
GORDON GREENHOUSES INC
57
GOVE LUMBER CO THE 64
GREENLAW ELECTRIC CO
foot lines
HATCH WILLIAM J
53
HAYES STANLEY G
74
HERSEY LEE OIL CO
foot lines
HOLYOKE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
61
HOMAN APOTHECARY
56
HYDE JOHN PHARMACY
56
INCAMPO PASQUALE
54
IPSWICH SAVINGS BANK
48
KLINK'S BAKERY 43
KNIGHT SAMUEL SONS CO
Front Cover
KRANSBERG FURNITURE CO
inside Front Cover
LAROE & BURR INC
69
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LEE FRASER & PATCH INC 74
LEE AND MOODY FUNERAL HOME insert opp Beverly
Alphabetical Directory and back edge
LEE & OSBORN INC
Back Cover
LEONARD RALPH L & SON
Front Edge
LEWIS CLARK & BROWN INSURANCE AGENCY
74
LOCALE TREE COMPANY
76
LYMAN H GUY CO 71
57
MANZI O & SONS 51
McQUEENEY CHARLES E CO top lines
MERCHANTS-WARREN NATIONAL BANK OF SALEM 49
MEREDITH & GREW INCORPORATED 73
MERRIMACK-ESSEX ELECTRIC CO 57
65
MIKULSKI STANLEY J
75
MONTONI ANTONIO & SONS
Back Cover and 54
MORGAN & DOUGLAS
foot lines and 74
MULLINS THOMAS J
72
NATIONAL BICYCLE SHOP 50
NAUMKEAG AUTO SALES INC 42
NAUMKEAG TRUST CO 49
NELSON ENGINEERING INC 66
NELSON ROBERT T
72
NIELSEN VIGGO H top lines
NORTH BEVERLY HARDWARE & SHELL STATION INC 60
NORTH SHORE GAS CO 59
NORTH SHORE PROTECTIVE PATROL 73
70
PATTI ANTHONY
Front Cover
PICKERING GEORGE W CO
top lines
PRICE & LEE CO THE
opp Title Page
PUTNAM CALVIN LUMBER CO
50
QUALITY PRESS THE
foot lines
RANTOUL PHARMACY
foot lines
ROBB C S CO INC 54
ROGER CONANT CO-OPERATIVE BANK
48
ROPES DRUG CO INC 56
RUSSO BROS-PLUMBERS INC 72
SALEM CO-OPERATIVE BANK 49
SALEM FIVE CENTS SAVINGS BANK
47
SALEM LAUNDRY CO 64
SALEM SAVINGS BANK 49
MAGNUSON AXEL INC
METAL HYDRIDES INC
O'HARA P F ESTATE
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SAM'S CLEANSERS
SCOTT-LEE KENNELS
Back Cover Back Cover
SETTLERS THE
Front Cover
SIHPOL TED C
top lines and bottom edge
SILVER SUPPLY CO
Adv Beverly Map
STANDLEY'S GARAGE
42
STERLING AGENCY
75
STORY JOSEPH A AGENCY THE
63
THOMPSON ARTHUR F & SON
54
TOWER BENJAMIN C REALTOR opp inside Back Cover
UNITED ELECTRICAL RADIO & MACHINE WORKERS OR AMERICA LOCAL 271 63
UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CORPORATION 68
VITALE STEPHEN CONSTRUCTION CO INC 55
WATERS & BROWN
59
WEDGWOOD PHARMACY
56
WEST ENGINEERING
top lines
WHITTEN C E & SONS
42
WILLMONTIN'S INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE AGENCY 63
WINER BROS INC 60
WRIGHT ERNEST & ERNEST B foot lines
ZINA GOODELL CORP 60
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A Summary Suggested and Planned by American Community Advertising Association Adopted as a regular feature in all Directories published by the Association of North American Directory Publishers Completed and Corrected Annually through the Courtesy of the Beverly Chamber of Commerce, Oscar A. Olsen, Sec .- Manager.
BEVERLY, MASS. "Birthplace of the American Navy" "A city in the country by the sea"
LOCATION
This seaside community is located on the North side of Massachu- setts Bay, on the picturesque North Shore, 18 miles from Bos- ton, 13 miles from Gloucester. POPULATION
Federal Census (1950) 28,884
State (1955) 31,432
Native born white (1950) 25,052
Foreign
3,774
Negro
38
Other 20
Predominating Nationalities of Foreign Born
24.7% were of Canadian other than
French; 20.1% Italian; 11.0%
English;
10.8%
Irish;
8.2%
French-Canadian;
5.9%
Scotch
origin
AREA
15.14 square miles
DENSITY
1955-2,083 persons per
square mile
CLIMATE
Mean temp. in Jan. - 34.2ºF Mean temp. in July - 70.7ºF RAINFALL Mean annual precipitation 41.10 inches
ALTITUDE Elevation at City Hall approx. 44 ft. above mean sea level TOPOGRAPHICAL
Rolling countryside with some hills of 100 ft. elevation in northern section of the city. 9 miles of shore line.
FORM OF GOVERNMENT
Mayor and Board of Aldermen, 3 elected at large, 6 elected by wards. School Committee, 2 elect- ed at large, 6 nominated in wards but elected at large. Mayor ex- officio member.
TAX RATE
$72.80 per $1,000 (1959) Assessed Valuation $56,297,800 (1959)
BONDED DEBT Jan. 1959 - $4,014,000.00 FINANCIAL
Four banks with total deposits of $69,680,019.74 and total resources of $41,174,935.27
POST OFFICE RECEIPTS
1958-$335,049.94 (Beverly P.O.) TELEPHONES
15,153 - 1959; Customers 10,250 (1959) CHURCH BUILDINGS
22 representing 11 denominations HOMES (1950)
4,348 single units out of a total of 8,829 dwelling units. 56.6% of total were owner occupied and 43.4% were rented.
INDUSTRIAL
47 firms in 1956 with 4,655 em- ployees; annual payroll $20,911,- 000. Value of products $92,000,- 000.
TRADE (Retail)
308 firms serve 70,000 people in trade area, north, east and west of city. Volume $40,000,000 (1958) PRINCIPAL PRODUCTS
Shoe machinery, machine tools, electronic equipment and tubes, box machinery, leather shoes and leather products, metal powders and alloys, sheet metal products, apparel, toys, wood furniture and wood products, printing, plastics, shoe lasts, pop corn, food products and sportswear.
Newspapers One - Beverly Evening Times
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Motels
1-new -22 units.
Hotels
Two Inns - 40 rooms; One Hotel - 22 rooms
TRANSPORTATION
Railroad: Boston & Maine to Port- land, Gloucester and Boston. Five railroad stations (32 trains daily). Beverly, No. Beverly, Farms, Monserrat, Pride's.
Bus: Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway and Michaud Bus Lines local and suburban bus service. Taxi: 4 Taxi Companies.
HIGHWAYS
Principal highways are Routes 128, 1A, 97, and 127. Route 128 cir- cumferential 6-lane highway a- round Boston enters Beverly from west and proceeds northeast to Gloucester. Route 1A to Salem and Boston south and north par- allel to U.S. No. 1 to Ipswich and Newburyport. Route 127 is the scenic shore route starting in Beverly to Cape Ann. Route 97 carries traffic north to Haverhill and New Hampshire.
AMUSEMENTS
2 theaters - seating 2000, 1 unique summer music theater-in-round, seating 1,200. 19 auditoriums - seating 7,975 - largest seats 1,300. 1 golf course, 12 tennis courts, 2 bowling alleys, 3 boat clubs, 2 boat liveries.
RECREATION
8 parks, 10 playgrounds, 7 beaches, 2 bathhouses, 11 baseball fields, 1 stadium seating 7,500, 1 public landing - Organized city recre- ation program.
Airports
Beverly Municipal Airport - 3 run- ways, maximum 5,000 ft. - lighted.
Hospitals One general; one Dental Center.
Educational
Gordon College, Endicott Junior College, Shore Country Day School, Beverly School for the Deaf.
17 public schools, including 1 high, 2 junior high, 13 grammar, 1 trade. No. of pupils, 6,220. No. of teachers, 230. 3 parochial schools, including 1 high school. No. of pupils in private schools, 1,503. (1956 figures).
Public Libraries
Beverly Public Library containing 112,912 volumes, 1 branch li- brary plus school and hospital service.
Y.M.C.A. Modern building, con- taining swimming pool, gymnas- ium, recreational facilities and dormitory.
LIGHT AND POWER
Provided by Merrimack-Essex Elec- tric Company and North Shore Gas Company.
WATER SUPPLY
Abundant filtered water from Wen- ham Lake and a new large reser- voir in Danvers, maintained by Salem-Beverly Water Supply Boards.
U.S. GOVERNMENT
3 Post Offices; Army Nike installa- tion.
CITY STATISTICS
94 total street mileage, 85 paved. Miles of gas mains, 94. Sewers, 53 miles. 7,622 gas meters. 10,816 light meters. 7,937 water meters. Capacity of waterworks, 6,600,- 000 gallons per day. 94 miles of water mains. Value of water plant, $1,500,000.
Fire Department: 86 permanent men - 25 call men - 24 C. D. Auxiliary - 6 fire stations. Value of Fire Dept., $500,000.
Police Department: 55 permanent men - 15 reserve - 300 Auxil- iary. Value of Police Department, $25,000.
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BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS
"Birthplace of the American Navy"
DOWNTOWN BEVERLY
Early American history is abundant in Beverly, Massachusetts, but few cities blend so well the old and the new. The Beverly of today was included in the territory called "Naumkeag", settled in 1626 by Roger Conant and his followers, and set aside as a township in 1668. It was incorporated as a city in 1894. The early settlers handed down to its present generation a worthy heritage of tradition and history, along with a wealth of natural beauty and assets.
Situated only 18 miles north of Boston, Beverly is the heart of the North Shore. It has the convenience of the city, the serenity of the country and the charm of a New England seafaring town. Excellent trans- portation and modern highways, with a backdrop of nature's loveliest scenery, make it popular for living, business, industry, and recreation.
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ROUTE 128
Covering 15 square miles of area, it has nine miles of coastline, including smooth white sandy beaches, rocky ledges interspersed with seaside estates or neat, well-kept homes. Back from the shore are wooded country lanes, with gentle rolling terrain and attractive homes. Approach- ing by land or by sea, the tall white spires of the churches can be seen nestled among the abundant foliage of the early planters' ground.
BALCH HOUSE
American Pioneers Roger Conant, John Balch and other "planters" built their homes here. One of the homes, the Balch House, among the six oldest houses in the country, still stands as a record of early days and an attraction for visitors.
The city has many "firsts" of which to be proud. Here the first cotton mill in America was established in 1788, the first Britannia ware was manufactured in 1808, and the first Sunday School in New England was started (1810).
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BEVERLY PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Beverly Public Library was established in 1855, and moved to its present building in 1913. The main floor of the library building con- tains two large reading rooms, reference room, charging desk, and office. In the basement is the workroom, pamphlet room and youth room. On the top floor is the auditorium seating 150, the art room, the geneology room and storage rooms. The branch library at Beverly Farms was built in 1915, and there are three deposit stations: Centerville, North Beverly and Ryal Side. The present book collection numbers 112,912 volumes. The hours of the Main Library at 32 Essex Street are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, and 9 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturdays. The Beverly Farms Branch at 24 Vine Street is open Monday through Friday 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays 9 a.m. to noon.
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COLLEGE HALL-ENDICOTT JUNIOR COLLEGE
The first ship of the American Navy, the schooner "Hannah", was outfitted, armed, equipped and provisioned at Beverly. Commissioned by General George Washington, it sailed from here on its first cruise on September 5, 1775, and two days later brought in a prize. This important incident in history, recorded in original documents at the Library of Congress, made Beverly the Birthplace of the American Navy. Many other ships were also comissioned at this important port of revolution- ary days, and at one time so many prizes were brought back to Beverly, it was necessary to construct new docks. Sixty vessels were in the harbor at one time ... aided greatly the continental forces through clothing, military stores and supplies.
MEMORIAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
George Cabot in 1798 was honored by President John Adams by being named the first Secretary of the Navy.
History also reveals that baked beans originated in Beverly and later became popular in Boston. Historian Morrison noted "After teaching
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Boston how to bake beans, that city took credit. After showing Salem how to fish and privateer, the larger port almost absorbed her neighbor".
Beverly was the scene of the Summer White House of President William Howard Taft, and Benjamin Harrison summered here the year after he returned from the Presidency. It has been the home of many distinguished citizens, including Rev. Joseph Willard, D.D. of the First Church in Beverly, President of Harvard College in 1781; Nathan Dane, member of the Continental Congress; birthplace of Poetess Lucy Larcom; both Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senior and Junior; former Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, now chief U. S. Delegate to the United Nations; former Ambassador William Phillips, and many other famous people.
Beverly is a pleasant, residential-industrial community. From fishing, commerce, and agriculture of earlier days, it has developed into a prosperous, well-balanced city. From manufacture of shoes, it grew to include the world's largest shoe machinery plant, owned by the United Shoe Machinery Corporation, Beverly's largest employer. In recent years, various types of machine tools, chemicals, metal products and electronic devices have helped expand the city's economy. Highway Route 128, opening new land for industrial use, is attracting further industry and retail trade here.
New homes in all sections, new churches and schools, enlarged hospital facilities and a convenient downtown shopping center have added to the ideal living conditions found in the community. Over 100 clubs and organizations include, improvement associations, Beverly Historical Society, veterans organizations, fraternal groups, Community Fund, and social service agencies.
A progressive city government, an active Chamber of Commerce and a healthy business climate have multiplied natural advantages found here to make Beverly the kind of place people are proud to call their "home town".
LYONS PARK AND DANE ST. BEACH
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BEVERLY CHURCHES
Beverly Farms Baptist Church 9 Hale St. Rev. William N. Kerr, Th. D. Beverly Gospel Mission 302 Cabot St. Mr. Victor E. Cleveland Centerville C. E. Church Standley St. T. Grady Spires, Pastor Congregation Sons of Abraham 39 Bow St. Rabbi Joseph H. Kelman
Covenant Congregational Church 10 Charnock St. Rev. Albert A. Damrose
Dane St. Congregational Church 10 Dane St. Rev. Richard G. Hinds
2 Hawthorne St. (Parsonage) 8:30 - Chapel - 10:45
First Baptist Church Cor. Cabot & Abbott Sts. Rev. Harry H. Hoehler
First Church of Christ Scientist 19 Hale St. Mrs. Winifred Sterling
First Federated Church of Beverly 167 Hale St. Rev. Dr. James F. Halliday
First Parish (Unitarian) Church Cor. Cabot & Hale Sts. Dr. Wm. H. Gysan
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