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TOWN OF READING MASSACHUSETTS
THE
ANNUAL
REPORT
For the Financial Year
Ended December 31st
1930
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TOWN OF READING
ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE
FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31
1930
The Reading Chronicle Press Reading, Mass.
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TOWN OFFICERS 1930-1931
Elected and Appointed
Board of Selectmen
CHARLES F. TREVOR, Chairman
Term expires 1931
W. HOMER MORRISON, Secretary
66
66
1932
MOLLIE A. SWEETSER LEON G. BENT, Clerk
66
1933
Board of Public Welfare
MARY F. DANIEL, Chairman
Term expires 1932
MYRTLE L. LEMAN, Secretary
1933
CHARLES F. TREVOR LEON G. BENT, Clerk
HELEN A. BROWN, Visitor
Board of Assessors
J. FRED RICHARDSON, Chairman
Term expires 1931
ALVAH W. CLARK, Secretary
1933
GEORGE E. HORROCKS
66
1932
Town Clerk MILLARD F. CHARLES
Collector of Taxes Town Counsel
GRACE V. VIALL *MELVILLE F. WESTON
Treasurer
To April 15, 1930
PRESTON F. NICHOLS
SAMUEL H. DAVIS From April 15, 1930 Town Accountant LEON G. BENT
Moderator CHARLES P. HOWARD
Board of Public Works
*SAMUEL H. DAVIS, Chairman to April 11, 1930 MARTIN B. HARTSHORN, Chairman from April 11, 1930
Term expires 1933
66 1931
WILLIAM T. FAIRCLOUGH, Secretary HAROLD W. PUTNAM
66
1931
FRANK M. MERRILL WILLIAM J. LUMBERT, Supt.
66
1932
¥
1933
*Resigned
1931
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Board of Health
EDWARD M. HALLIGAN, M. D. Chairman CHRISTINE F. ATKINSON, Secretary
Term expires 1931
1933
GEORGE W. S. IDE
1932
Finance Committee
ROBERT B. MOUNT, Chairman
Term expires Mar. 31, 1933
EDWARD W. BRIGGS
WILLIAM A. CONNELLY, D. M. D.
66
66
1931
JOHN L. DEVANEY
66
66
1931
MARGARET R. ELLISON
66
66
1931
HARRY G. PORCH
66
66
1932
WILLIAM A. HALEY
66
66
1932
ORLANDO C. MOYER
66
1932
EDWARD J. SCOTT
60
1933
JAMES W. FAIRCHILD
1933
HOWARD P. KNOX
66
66
1933
HELEN R. GRIMES
66
66
1933
LEON G. BENT, Clerk
School Committee
CARL M. SPENCER, Chairman
Term expires 1933
LAURA S. GORDON
1933
JOSEPHINE L. FOWLER
1931
ARTHUR W. COOLIDGE
66
1931
HAROLD A. CARNES, D. M. D.
66
1932
LOGAN R. DICKIE
66
1932
ADELBERT L. SAFFORD, Secretary
Superintendent of Schools ADELBERT L. SAFFORD
School Attendance Officer ABIGAIL H. MINGO
School Nurse MABEL M. BROWN
Municipal Light Board
HENRY R. JOHNSON, Chairman
Term expires 1932
HERBERT G. EVANS, Secretary
1933
HARRY P. BAKER
.. 1931
ARTHUR G. SIAS, Manager
66
1931
PEARL M. BURGESS
66
66
1932
J. WARREN KILLAM, Jr.
1932
FOREST H. BRYANT
66
66
1931
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Board of Cemetery Trustees
PHILIP .H. TIRRELL, Chairman
CLARENCE C. WHITE, Secretary
1932
HAROLD F. DAVIS
1933
WINTHROP D. PARKER
1932
FRANK LEE EDGERLEY
66
1931
FRED L. NUTTER WILLIAM P. PIERPONT, Superintendent
1931
Board of Registrars
OWEN McKENNEY, Chairman
Term expires 1933
ROBERT S. RALSTON
66
1932
WALTER S. PRENTISS MILLARD F. CHARLES, Clerk
1931
Planning Board
LELAND W. KINGMAN, Chairman
Term expires 1932
FREDERICK E. BOYERS, Secretary
66
1931
GEORGE W. G. POOLE
66
1932
MACPHERSON DANIEL
66
66
1933
Trustees of Public Library
ARTHUR N. MANSFIELD, Chairman
Term expires 1933
RALPH S. KENEELY, Secretary
66
66
1931
IDA C. LUCAS
66
66 1932
HARRY J. BARCLAY
1932
JENNY F. WEEKS
66
66
1933
Board of Appeal
HENRY Q. MILLETT, Chairman FRED L. NUTTER, Secretary CHARLES A. DAMON
Commissioners of Trust Funds
PHILIP H. TIRRELL, Chairman
Term expires 1935
1933
CLARENCE C. WHITE H. RAYMOND JOHNSON
66
66 1931
Town Treasurer and Chairman of Selectmen members ex officiis
1931
JESSE W. MORTON
1931
WINTHROP D. PARKER
Term expires 1933
66
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Police Department JEREMIAH CULLINANE, Chief FRANCIS T. SLACK, Sergeant
Patrolmen
TIMOTHY J. CULLINANE
FRANK R. FISHER
FRANCIS L. JOHNSON
EARL HUTCHINSON
JAMES H. LAWLER
PATRICK J. LONG OSCAR H. LOW GORDON G. MacINTIRE
HAROLD W. O'BRIEN
WILLIAM F. O'BRIEN
THOMAS E. WALL
PATRICK J. PANTANO, Special Patrolman
Fire Department ORVILLE O. ORDWAY, Chief
HUGH L. EAMES, Capt. JOHN J. O'BRIEN, Capt.
FRANK L. McKENNEY
CHARLES H. HESELTON
GEORGE W. GOODRIDGE
WILLIAM H. VAN HORN
HERBERT L. ROBERTSON
ALBERT C. MAXWELL
Superintendent of Fire Alarm HUGH L. EAMES
Forest Warden O. O. ORDWAY
Deputy Forest Warden HENRY M. DONEGAN
Constables
LEON G. BENT
J. WINTHROP SIAS
Inspector of Milk CARL M. SMITH
Inspector of Plumbing and Gas Inspector DAVID TAGGART
Inspector of Animals CALVERT H. PLAYDON, M. D. V.
Inspector of Wires HUGH L. EAMES
Inspector of Building A. RUSSELL BARNES
Sealer of Weights and Measures CARL M. SMITH
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Superintendent of Moth Work and Tree Warden HENRY M. DONEGAN Burial Agent for Deceased Soldiers and Sailors ALFRED E. GOODWIN Custodian of Soldiers' Graves *WALTER I. SWEETSER §HARRY A. TURNER Inspector of Slaughtering CHARLES R. HERRICK
Measurers of Wood and Bark
THOMAS E. BROGAN PERCY N. SWEETSER WARREN M. WHITEHOUSE
BURTON K. SYMONDS
Measurers of Lumber
ORA L. MILBURY
BURTON K. SYMONDS
WARREN M. WHITEHOUSE
EDWARD B. EAMES
WILLIAM R. ZWICKER ROLLAND L. PERRY
Weighers of Coal and Hay
W. IRVING BANCROFT THOMAS E. BROGAN
BERTHA D. MacLELLAN MABEL L. MacKAY
WENDELL B. NEWELL PERCY N. SWEETSER
CHARLES W. LEE WILLIAM D. WARD
KATHERINE L. SWEETSER RUTH CLIMO
CHARLES H. SWEETSER
Field Drivers
WILLARD A. BANCROFT ADOLPH S. LARSEN ROLLAND L. PERRY Fence Viewers
CARL B. SAWYER ALBERT E. TEMPLE WENDELL B. NEWELL Director of Agriculture and Home Economics (Chapter 128, Section 41, General Laws) ROLLAND L. PERRY Soldiers' Memorial Committee
ELIAS B. CURRELL, Chairman *SALLY F. BUCK SAMUEL H. DAVIS FRANK D. TANNER
GRACE B. SHEPARDSON LELAND W. KINGMAN WINTHROP D. PARKER DANIEL H. SHAY
*Deceased §Appointed to fill vacancy
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Safety Council
FLORENCE H. LIBBY ALVAH W. CLARK
ADELBERT L. SAFFORD
GLADYS S. N. FAIRCHILD EDWARD G. QUINLAN JEREMIAH CULLINANE
WILLIAM J. LUMBERT
Committee on Revision of Zoning By-Laws
HENRY R. JOHNSON
JAMES P. BROWN
WILLARD P. ADDEN Members of Planning Board
Committee on Town Forests
LELAND W. KINGMAN, Chairman ORVILLE O. ORDWAY HENRY M. DONEGAN .
Committee on Revision of Building Laws
ELIAS B. CURRELL, Chairman FRANK E. GRAY
HAROLD F. PARKER ARTHUR MICHELINI
WINTHROP D. PARKER
TOWN OF READING
Population 1930 Census : 9747. Registered Voters 1930: Men 2321, Women 2374, Total 4695.
Fifth Congressional District.
Sixth Councillor District.
Seventh Middlesex Senatorial District.
Eighteenth Middlesex Representative District.
Representative in Congress, 5th District, Edith Nourse Rogers, Lowell. Councillor 6th District, Joseph O. Knox, Medford.
Senator 7th Middlesex District, Joseph R. Cotton, Lexington. Representatives 18th Middlesex District, Norman L. Duncan and Fred H. Bowser, Jr., Woburn.
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LIST OF JURORS FOR 1930-1931
Prepared by the Board of Selectmen
Abbott, Edwin K., Clerk Abbott, George W., Ass't Manager Albee, George H., Clerk Allen, Lawrence W., Clerk
Anderson, Walter J., Manager
Barclay, Harry J., Accountant Bedley, Robert A., Salesman Bell, J. Angus, Voicer
Berle, Theodore P., Insurance Blood, Ernest A., Salesman
Boyers, Frederick E., Bookkeeper
Brackett, Herbert A., Merchant
Briggs, Edward W., Treasurer
Brooks, George Clark, Salesman
Browne, George H., Salesman Bryant, Forest H., Adjuster Burgess, Pearl M., Merchant
Burgess, Robert S., Insurance Agent
Burnham, Vaughan F., Salesman Carleton, Philemon P., Clerk Carroll, Granger, Carpenter Charles, Warren F., Clerk Christensen, Andrew, Florist Clough, George H., Manufacturer Colley, George A., Merchant
Corbett, Howard L., Telephone
Crooker, Elmer P., Real Estate Cullinane, Charles M., Trucking
12 Bancroft Ave. 20 Mineral St. 12 Mineral St. 29 Sanborn St. 63 Summer Ave. Vale Rd. 75 Howard St. Hanscom Ave. 126 Ash St. 33 Hillcrest Rd. 45 Howard St. 176 Summer Ave. 40 John St. 48 Hillcrest Rd. 97 Prescott St. II Lowell St. o Dudley St. 28 Pratt St. 65 Highland St. 81 Prospect St. 13 John St.
20 Pleasant St. Sunnyside Ave. 8 Perkins Ave. 28 Prospect St. 36 Ash St. 70 Salem St. 119 Washington St.
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Cummings, Joseph P., N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. Danforth, Percy R., Druggist
Davis, Malcolm C., Teacher
Dennison, Ralph H., Clerk Devaney, Martin L., Bookkeeper
Dickie, Logan R., Treasurer Dickinson, Norman L., Auto Painter Donegan, Maurice H., Salesman
Dukelow, John, Superintendent
Fairclough, William T., Civil Engineer
Farwell, Howard P., Insurance
Fleming, Harold I., Traffic Manager
Fortune, William J., Assistant Vice President
Gale, Roger D., Chemist
Goldsmith, Alexander E., Salesman
Graupner, Albert C., Meat Cutter
Haag, Leslie J., Clerk
Harnden, Edward E., Salesman Hawkins, Louis O., Engineer
Henderson, William A., Bond Salesman
Higgins, Royal G., Jr., Salesman
Holcomb, Charles A., Advertising
Hopkins, Walter S., Merchant Hutchinson, Jesse N., Porter Ives, C. Quincy, Salesman Keating, Raymond O., Accountant
Killam, James W., Civil Engineer
Knight, Joseph D., Manager
Macdonald, Alexander F., Bookkeeper
Marston, Chester H., Accountant
McCaughy, Joseph, Foreman Merritt, Robert M., Salesman Millett, Henry Q., Auditor Nash, Mahlon G., Weather Stripper
Nodding, Leonard J., Salesman Noyes, Herman M., Buyer
Owen, John W., Civil Engineer Parker, Harold F., Insurance
4 Grant St. 17 Middlesex Ave. 12 Federal St. Copeland Ave. 59 Ash St. 56 Walnut St. 40 Mt. Vernon St. 243 Main St. Spruce Rd. Grove St. 128 Salem St. 41 Hanscom Ave. 60 Prescott St. 8 Dudley St. 75 West St. 35 Pleasant St. o Ash St. 195 Summer Ave. 21 Arlington St. 126 Woburn St. 8 Kingston St. 6 John St. 348 Summer Ave. 101 Middlesex Ave. 96 Oak St. 11 Kingston St. 16 Arlington St. 7 Perkins Ave. 16 Locust St. 41 Prescott St. 11 Elliott St. 1 Dudley St. 59 Linden St.
11 Hancock St. 42 Berkeley St. .57 Howard St. 155 Main St. 24 Pratt St.
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Parker, Percival, Salesman Partelow, Arthur E., Manufacturer Paul, Theodore L., Accountant Perkins, Thomas, Superintendent Pinkham, Carl W., Voicer Pomfret, George H., Bookkeeper Prentiss, Archer R., Insurance Quigley, H. Harvey, Painter Ralston, Robert S., Compositor Richardson, Charles L., Broker Richardson, Charles W., Clerk Roberts, Arthur E., Treasurer Robinson, Joseph E., Insurance Rogers, Ernest W., Merchant Ruggles, Walter G., Manufacturer Schoppelry, Herbert T., Carpenter Sias, Wilbur S., Machinist Smith, Carl M., Druggist Smith, Frank A., Draughtsman Stembridge, Alfred R., Salesman Stevens, Frank M., Special Agent Stimpson, George H., Salesman Thompson, Sylvanus L., Mechanic Torrey, Howard, At Home Veazie, Harold K., Clerk Wells, Charles D., Blacksmith Whitchurch, Ruel L., Farmer Wilson, Richard N. B., Auditor Wilson, W. Fred, Salesman Winslow, Warren L., Insurance Wright, Marc S., Treasurer Young, Frank W., Tailor
64 Washington St. 22· Middlesex Ave. 2 Cross St. 29 Woburn St. 24 Pleasant St. 13 Winter St. 33 Berkeley St. 119 Main St. la Dudley St. 302 Summer Ave. 107 Haven St. 128 Summer Ave. 60 Lowell St. 193 Main St. 10 Fremont St. 223 Lowell St. 430 Main St. 10 Linden St. 29 Berkeley St. 56 Mineral St. 4 School St. 7 Kingston St. 8 Intervale Ter. 159 Summer Ave. 48 John St. 55 Prescott St. 279 Franklin St. 169 Woburn St. 24 Arlington St. 65 Mineral St. 32 Hillcrest Rd. 19 Highland St.
Approved : CHARLES F. TREVOR W. HOMER MORRISON MOLLIE A. SWEETSER Selectmen of Reading
Reading, Mass. June 30, 1930.
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TOWN MEETINGS, 1930
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Security Hall, Woburn St., Feb. 17, 1930.
Pursuant to a warrant duly issued and posted according to law, a town meeting was held at the place and time mentioned therein. The meeting was called to order by the Moderator. The Town Clerk proceeded to read the warrant. When same was partly read, Charles F. Trevor made a motion to dispense with further reading of the war- rant except the Constable's return which was so voted. Then the Constable's return was duly read by the Town Clerk.
Article 1. To hear and act on the reports of town officers and special committees and determine what instructions will be given town officers and special committees.
Article 1. On motion of Charles F. Trevor, it was voted to lay Article 1 on the table.
Article 2. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Select- men to procure plans and estimates for the construction and furnishing of a police station, so-called, to provide facilities for the Police Depart- ment and a town lockup, and to see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the cost of such plans and estimates or what it will do in relation thereto. Board of Selectmen
Article 2. On motion of Charles F. Trevor, it was voted that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to procure plans and estimates for the construction and furnishing of a police station, so-called, to pro- vide facilities for the Police Department and town lockup and that six hundred dollars be raised and appropriated for the cost of such plans and estimate, the matter to be presented at a later town meeting.
Article 3. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate as pro- vided by Acts of 1930 the sum of three thousand dollars, ($3,000.00) for the observance of the tercentenary of the founding of the Massachu- setts Bay Colony, or what it will do in relation thereto.
TercentenaryCommittee
Article 3. On motion of James W. Killam, it was voted that three thousand dollars be raised and appropriated as provided by legislative acts of 1930 for the observance of the tercentenary of the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, said sum to be expended under the direction of the Tercentenary Committee.
Article 4. To see if the Town will accept the report of the Board of Public Works on laying out or, relocating, or altering Main Street by widening the same at its westerly side and northerly of its
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intersection with Haven Street, so that the westerly side line of said Main Street as so laid out, relocated or altered shall be a line beginning at a point on the northerly line of Haven Street 33 feet southwest of the intersection of the northerly line of Haven Street with the westerly line of Main Street, thence running due north for a distance of 239.64 feet on property of the Masonic Temple Corporation, Arthur D. Gordon, Friend Bros. Realty Trust and Anna Goldberg, thence by a curve to the left having a radius of 250.15 feet for a distance of 82.52 feet on the property of Anna Goldberg to a point of intersection with the westerly line of Main Street and to see if the Town will accept the said way as so laid out or relocated or altered and to see what amount the Town will raise and appropriate by borrowing or otherwise to defray the expense of such widening, including all land damages incident thereto, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works
Article 4. It was moved by Samuel H. Davis to accept the report of the Board of Public Works laying out and or relocating and or alter- ing Main Street by widening the same at its westerly side and north- erly of its intersection with Haven Street so that the westerly side line of said Main Street as so laid out and or relocated and or altered shall be a line beginning at a point on the northerly line of Haven Street 33 feet southwest of the intersection of the northerly line of Haven Street with the westerly line of Main Street, thence running due north for a distance of 239.64 feet on property of the Masonic Temple Cor- poration, Arthur D. Gordon, Friend Bros. Realty Trust and Anna Gold- berg. thence by a curve to the left having a radius of 250.15 feet for a distance of 82.52 feet on the property of Anna Goldberg to a point of intersection with the westerly line of Main Street and to accept the said way as so laid out and or relocated and or altered and to raise and appropriate the sum of $111,000.00 to defray the expense of such widen- ing, including all land damages incident thereto and that of the said sum of $111,000.00 there be raised in the tax levy of the current year the sum of $27,500.00 and that the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and he is hereby authorized to borrow the sum of $83,500,00 and to issue bonds or notes to be therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than ten years from the date of issue of the first bond or note or at such earlier date as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine.
The vote was taken by ballot with the following result :
Yes
171
No
318
Not being a two-thirds vote it was declared not carried.
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Article 5. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate by borrowing or otherwise to be expended under the direction of the Board of Public Works for construction in the widening of Main Street on the westerly side at and northerly of Haven Street, including back filling, resurfacing, curbing, pavement and sidewalk construction or what it will do in relation thereto. Board of Public Works
Article 5. On motion of Theodore P. Berle, it was voted to lay this article on the table.
Article 6. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate by borrowing or otherwise, the sum of $25,000.00 to be expended under the direction of the Municipal Light Board for the purpose of installing on Main Street from a point adjacent to the Reading Theatre building to a point adjacent to the junction of Main and Salem Streets, under- ground ducts, manholes and cables including transformer installations and service connections to consumers' premises and connecting to the overhead system on intersecting streets, also installing twenty-three ornamental street lights with the necessary posts and underground connections and of removing all existing overhead construction, includ- ing wires, crossarms, transformers and streets lights and such of the existing poles as are not needed for the support of wires of other utilities, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Municipal Light Board
Article 6. On motion of George W. Davis, it was voted to lay this article on the table.
Article 7. To see what amount, if any, the Town will raise and appropriate to be expended under the direction of the Board of Select- men in laying underground the signal and other wires of the police and fire departments on Main Street between the building of the Municipal Light Department and Salem Street or what it will do in relation thereto. Supt. of Fire Alarm
Article 7. On motion of Theodore P. Berle, it was voted to lay this article on the table.
On motion of Charles F. Trevor, it was voted to adjourn without date.
The following were appointed. as checkers at the meeting of Feb. 17, 1930. David J. Whelton, George L. Pratt, Louise M. Whelton, Jessie N. Thaxter.
Whole number checked in, 545.
MILLARD F. CHARLES,
Town Clerk
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ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION
Security Hall, Woburn St., March 3, 1930
Pursuant to the warrant duly issued and posted by the Constable, a town meeting was held at time and place therein specified and was called to order by the Moderator, Charles P. Howard. The warrant was partly read, when on motion of Charles F. Trevor, it was voted to dispense with further reading except the Constable's return which was duly read.
Article 1. To bring in their votes on one ballot for Moderator ; one member of the Board of Selectmen for three years; Treasurer; Collector of Taxes; one member of the Board of Assessors for three years; Town Clerk; two members of the Board of Public Works for three years; Tree Warden; one member of the Board of Health for three years; one member of the board of Public Welfare for three years ; two members of the School Committee for three years; two Trustees of the Public Library for three years; one member of the Municipal Light Board for three years; two members of the Board of Cemetery Trustees for three years; two Constables; one member of the Planning Board for three years.
Moderator, One Year
Charles P. Howard, 122 Summer Ave 1944
Blanks and scattering 456
Town Clerk, One Year
Millard F. Charles, 66 Bancroft Ave.
2112
Blanks 288
Selectman, Three Years
James E. Lewis, 10 Park St. 722
Mollie A. Sweetser, 110 Woburn St. 1597
Blanks 81
Board of Public Welfare, Three Years
Myrtle L. Leman, 13 School St. 1920
Blanks 380
Assessor, Three Years
Alvalı W. Clark, 232 Main St. 1069
Arthur S. Cook, 59 Bancroft Ave. 908
Charles F. Gormlie, 36 Pearl St. 276
Blanks 147
Treasurer, One Year
Preston F. Nichols, 56 Linden St. 2070
Blanks 330
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Tax Collector, One Year Grace V. Viall, 42 Bancroft Ave.
2078
Blanks 322
Board of Public Works, Three Years
Samuel H. Davis, 67 Highland St. 1261
Frank E. Gray, 91 Middlesex Ave. 975
Frank M. Merrill, 9 Dudley St. 1203
Herbert J. Wooldridge, 138 High St. 855
Blanks
506
Two Constables, One Year
Leon G. Bent, 215 Main St. 1966
James W. Sias, 5 Salem St. 1888
Blanks
939
Tree Warden, One Year
Henry M. Donegan, 15 Federal St. 2129
Blanks 271
Municipal Light Board, Three Years
Herbert G. Evans, 40 Howard St. 1896
Blanks 504
School Committee, Three Years
Laura S. Gordon, 92 Haven St. 1359
Grace B. Shepardson, 48 King St. 1360
Carl M. Spencer, 119 Woburn St. 1393
Blanks
688
Board of Health, Three Years
Christine F. Atkinson, 32 Washington St. 2069
Blanks 331
Trustees Public Library, Three Years
Arthur N. Mansfield, 107 Woburn St. 1964
Jenny F. Weeks, 99 Summer Ave. 1887
Blanks 949
Cemetery Trustees, Three Years
Harold F. Davis, 10 Forest St. 1949
Philip H. Tirrell, 225 Main St. 1899
Blanks 952
Planning Board, Three Years
McPherson Daniel, 17 Harnden St. 1951
Blanks 449
The votes were counted and declared in open town meeting, sealed and delivered to the Town Clerk whereupon the meeting ad- journed.
MILLARD F. CHARLES Town Clerk
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Reading, March 7, 1930.
The Board of Registrars on petition for a recount of votes cast for School Committee made the following report on the result as re- counted.
Election
Recount
Laura S. Gordon
1359
1366
Grace B. Shepardson
1360
1362
Carl M. Spencer
1393
1404
Blanks
688
672
MILLARD F. CHARLES,
Town Clerk.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Security Hall, Woburn St., March 10, 1930.
Pursuant to the annual warrant a town meeting was held and called to order by the Moderator, Charles P. Howard, and proceeded to act on the following articles.
Article 2. To hear and act on the reports of the Board of Select- men; Town Accountant; Treasurer; Collector of Taxes; Board of Assessors; Board of Public Works; Town Clerk; Tree Warden; Board of Health; Board of Public Welfare; School Committee; Public Library Trustees ; Municipal Light Board; Board of Cemetery Trustees ; Finance Committee; Planning Board or any other Boards and Special Com- mittees.
Article 2. On motion of Theodore P. Berle, it was voted that it is the sense of this meeting that all officials of the Town shall furnish their copy of their reports for the annual town report on or before February 1st, of the year of issue of such report.
Article 2. On motion of Charles F. Trevor, it was voted to lay this article on the table.
Article 3. To choose all other necessary town officers and determine what instructions shall be given town officers and special committees.
Article 3. On motion of Charles F. Trevor, it was voted that the following be chosen to serve as Measurers of Lumber for the ensuing year : Ora L. Milbury, Edward B. Eames, Burton K. Symonds, William R. Zwicker, Warren M. Whitehouse, Rolland L. Perry; and the following as Measurers of Wood and Bark: Percy N. Sweetser, Burton K. Symonds, Thomas E. Brogan, Warren M. Whitehouse.
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Article 4. To determine how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for General Government, Protection of Persons and Property, Health and Sanitation, Highways, Charities, Soldiers, Benefits, Schools, Public Library, Recreation, Cemetery Department, Memorial Day Observance, Municipal Light Department, Water Department, Maturing Debt, Interest, Insurance, and General Accounts.
Article 4. On motion of Charles F. Trevor, it was voted that $25,166.00 be raised and appropriated for general government as fol- lows :
Selectmen's Expenses
$ 300.00
Selectmen's Clerical
1,310.00
Town Accountant's Salary 2,000.00
Treasurer's Salary
1,200.00
Treasurer's Expenses
600.00
Collector's Salary
2,300.00
Collector's Expenses
1,300.00
Collector's Clerical
400.00
Assessors' Salaries
1,800.00
Assessors' Expenses
1,400.00
Assessors' Clerical
2,756.00
Block System Survey
500.00
Town Counsel's Salary
500.00
Town Counsel's Expenses
100.00
Town Clerk's Salary
350.00
Town Clerk's Expenses
600.00
Board of Public Works, Salaries & Office Expenses
6,000.00
Registrars' Salaries
250.00
Election and Registration Expenses
1,500.00
$25,166.00
Article 4. On motion of Charles F. Trevor, it was voted that there be raised and appropriated for general accounts as follows :
$ 2,500.00
Miscellaneous Expenses
3,000.00
Municipal Building Maintenance
1,450.00
Fire Stations, Maintenance
25.00
G. A. R. Rooms, Lighting
5,750.00
Insurance
350.00
Planning Board Expenses
Maturing Debt (not including Water, Light or Sewer)
38,000.00
$ 51,075.00
Article 4. On motion of Charles F. Trevor, it was voted that $74,407.00 be raised and appropriated for protection of persons and property as follows :
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Police Department, Maintenance
$ 3,655.00
Police Dept. Salaries and Special Officers 31,218.00
Fire Department, Maintenance 3,130.00
Fire Dept. Salaries
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