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Division of Your Tax Dollar for Year 1947
Police and Fire
9.29%
Other Protection 1.30%
General Government 3.27%
Pensions 2.79%
Cemeteries 1.70%
Debt and Interest 1.69% Unclassified 1.50%
Insurance 1.35%
Street Lighting 1.25%
Charities and Ard 16.16%
Health Sanitation 0.84%
Veterans Benefits 0.80%
Library 0.83%
Public Works
20.94%
Education
36.29%
Annual Report Reading Mass
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THREE HUNDRED and THIRD
Annual Report
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READING MASSACHUSETTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER
1947
Town Officers 1947
Board of Selectmen
KENNETH C. LATHAM, Chairman CHARLES E. WILKINSON, Secretary G. LAWRENCE ROBERTS
Term expires 1948 "
1949
MILDRED J. GRAY, Clerk
Board of Public Welfare
JOSEPH D. KNIGHT, Chairman
Term expires 1948
CLARENCE J. STALLIDAY, Secretary
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1950
MILES C. HIGGINS
EDWARD E. HARNDEN, Welfare Agent
GLADYS WILSON, Social Worker
Bureau of Old Age Assistance
JOSEPH D. KNIGHT, Chairman
Term expires 1948
MILES C. HIGGINS
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CLARENCE J. STALLIDAY
1950
GWENDOLYN H. NEWHOUSE, Secretary to the Bureau
EDWARD E. HARNDEN, Director
VIRGINIA C. SMITH, Social Worker
RUTH CORBETT, Social Worker
Board of Assessors
HAROLD B. CURRELL, Chairman
Term expires 1950 " " 1949
RALPH T. HORN, Secretary
LEON G. BENT
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1948
Town Counsel SAMUEL H. DAVIS
Town Clerk GUY W. ELLISON
Treasurer
Moderator
PRESTON F. NICHOLS
CHARLES P. HOWARD
Town Accountant
Town Collector
BOYD H. STEWART
WILLIAM E. MORRISON
Agent, Veterans' Benefit CHARLES W. H. SMITH Board of Public Works
HAROLD W. PUTNAM, Chairman
Term expires 1949
HARMON D. SMITH, Secretary
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WENDELL P. DAVIS
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ALEXANDER LINDSAY
1948
*WILLIAM J. WEBB
1948
* Appointed to fill vacancy
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1949
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Board of Health
E. M. HALLIGAN, M.D., Chairman CHRISTINE F. ATKINSON, Secretary CHARLES R. BAISLEY, M.D.
Term expires 1949
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Finance Committee
LOUIS DAVIS, Chairman
Term expires 1948
WILLIAM A. CONNELLY, D.M.D.
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HORACE A. BAILEY
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ERNEST E. GALLANT
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CLARENCE M. KIMBALL
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1949
HALLAN H. STURGES
GEORGE E. CURTIS
1950
WALTER M. FOWLER
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1950
WALTER S. HOPKINS, JR.
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1950
JOSHUA T. DAY, JR.
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+ROBERT E. FOWLE
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LAWRENCE J. RUST
1948
CHARLES STRATTON
1948
W. GARDNER LONG
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*EMERSON A. WILLARD
1949
BOYD H. STEWART, Clerk
School Committee
ALEXANDER P. GLOVER, Chairman
Term expires 1949
GLADYS F. MILTON
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MARY E. EARLEY
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MERLE W. WESCOTT. D.M.D.
1948
GOULD B. RUGGLES
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1950
MELVIN S. CROSBY
1950
ELBRIDGE C. GROVER, Ph.D., Secretary
School Physician
Superintendent of Schools
ALBERT E. MORRIS, M.D.
ELBRIDGE C. GROVER, Ph.D.
Attendance Officer
JEAN F. RAMSAY
School Nurse MARGARET B. CLEWLEY
Municipal Light Board
HERBERT G. EVANS, Chairman
Term expires 1948
LOUIS ELLENWOOD, Secretary JOSEPH H. REED
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* Resigned
* Appointed to fill vacancy
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1949
1950
CARL W. PINKHAM
Board of Registrars
ROBERT S. RALSTON, Chairman WALTER A. SCANLON, Secretary LOUIS BACIGALUPO
Term expires 1950
1949
1948
Board of Cemetery Trustees
FRED L. NUTTER, Chairman
Term expires 1949
JAMES W. FAIRCHILD, Secretary
1950
HARRY C. BARR
1948
EDOUARD N. DUBE
1948
WILLIAM P. PIERPONT
1949
DAVID E. HERSEE
1950
Planning Board
PHILIP R. WHITE, Chairman
Term expires 1950
A. LLOYD DAVID, Secretary
1948
WALTER D. BERRY
1949
WINTHROP D. PARKER
1949
GEORGE B. PEASE
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1950
Library Trustees
WILLIAM J. TONKS, Chairman
Term expires 1948
EVE F. HENDERSON, Secretary
1950
NEIL C. ROBINSON
1950
SYDNEY M. HODSON
1949
C. NELSON BISHOP
1949
KATHERINE C. PIERCE
1948
Commissioners of Trust Funds
ROBERT M. BROWN, Chairman
Term expires 1953 "
RALPH G. BABCOCK
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H. RAYMOND JOHNSON
1949
Town Treasurer and Chairman of Selectmen members ex-officiis
Board of Appeal
DUDLEY B. KILLAM, Chairman
Term expires 1948 " " 1949
CLIFTON S. NICHOLS
1950
Associate Members Board of Appeal
EDWARD J. SCOTT
HOWARD T. CLINCH
Term expires 1948 " 1949
Sealer of Weights and Measures Inspector of Milk and Food CARL M. SMITH CARL M. SMITH
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HERBERT T. SCHOPPELRY, Secretary
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Inspector of Plumbing and Gas Inspector KENNETH G. SHAW
Inspector of Animals GARDINER A. LESTER, D.V.M.
Inspector of Buildings
GEORGE H. SIDEBOTTOM
Game Warden JAMES T. PUTNAM
Superintendent of Moth Work MAURICE H. DONEGAN
Dog Officer CHARLES H. MELENDY
Tree Warden
MAURICE H. DONEGAN Term expires 1950
Burial Agent, Soldiers and Sailors CHARLES E. TASNEY
Custodian of Soldiers and Sailors Graves HARRY A. TURNER
Forest Warden HUGH L. EAMES
Deputy Forest Wardens
CHARLES H. HESELTON HERBERT L. ROBERTSON GEORGE W. GOODRIDGE JOHN SPURR
MAURICE H. DONEGAN
Constables
LEON G. BENT ARTHUR L. HARRIS
Insurance Committee Consists of Board of Selectmen, Town Treasurer, and Chairman of the Finance Committee
Contributory Retirement Board
PHILIP R. WHITE, Chairman BOYD H. STEWART, Secretary THOMAS J. FITZPATRICK
Law Committee
Consists of the Chairmen of the following Boards : Board of Selectmen Board of Assessors Board of Health School Committee Board of Public Welfare Board of Public Works
Municipal Light Board
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Police Department THOMAS E. WALL, Chief Sergeants THOMAS J. FITZPATRICK ROLAND E. ELLIS
ARTHUR M. CURTIN
Patrolmen
TIMOTHY J. CULLINANE
JOHN R. CONDON
FRANK R. FISHER
JOHN F. BEAUDOIN
HAROLD W. O'BRIEN
WILLIAM F. FAULKNER
EARL R. HUTCHINSON
PAUL F. JUNKINS
JOSEPH M. GREENE
WILLIAM H. DEWSNAP
PATRICK J. PANTANO
EDWARD M. HUBBARD
GEORGE LeFAVE
Keeper of the Lock-Up THOMAS E. WALL
Fire Department HUGH L. EAMES, Chief CHARLES H. HESELTON, Deputy Chief
HERBERT L. ROBERTSON, Capt.
LESLIE C. HADLEY
GEORGE W. GOODRIDGE, Lieut.
DONALD C. MITCHELL
LEWIS C. HOLDEN
ROBERT W. SHANNON
JAMES S. PERRY
ELMER A. DYKEN'S, JR.
NELSON P. O'BRIEN
GEORGE F. FOGG
CLIFFORD E. LITCHFIELD
Call Men
JOSEPH ARSENAULT
ELMER W. MOORE
GEORGE F. BAXTER
H. HARVEY QUIGLEY
FRANK X. BROWN
HERMAN L. REISSLE
RICHARD D. BROWN
GEORGE G. ROGERS
HOWARD E. BUSSELL
F. LIONEL SPRINGFORD
JOHN J. CARNEY JOHN A. SPURR JAMES R. GAW WILLIAM R. VAN HORN JOHN L. GOODRIDGE ERNEST R. WATSON GEORGE S. ZANNI
JAMES R. MERCER, JR.
Substitute Call Men
HENRY O. BALLOU MYLES A. DENNO
DeMELLE G. GAREY CLEMENT T. GLEASON
Superintendent of Fire Alarm HUGH L. EAMES
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Inspector of Wires HUGH L. EAMES
Measurers of Lumber
HAROLD B. CURRELL FRED F. SMITH MAURICE H. DONEGAN
Measurers of Wood and Bark PERCY N. SWEETSER HAROLD B. CURRELL THOMAS F. BROGAN
Weighers of Coal and Hay
THOMAS E. BROGAN CHARLES W. LEE
BERTHA D. MacLELLAN MABEL L. MCKAY
WENDELL B. NEWELL PERCY N'. SWEETSER
MOLLIE A. SWEETSER D. GEORGE GAW
Field Drivers
ERNEST T. WAKEFIELD ADOLPH S. LARSON
EDWARD E. NICHOLS
Fence Viewers
WENDELL B. NEWELL CARL B. SAWYER
WARREN F. CHARLES
Committee on Elm Tree Protection
ANDREW CHRISTENSEN MAURICE H. DONEGAN JOHN F. SAWYER
Committee on Town Forests
LELAND W. KINGMAN
Term expires 1949 " " 1950
ORVILLE O. ORDWAY
MAURICE H. DONEGAN
1948
Veterans' Advisory Committee Post War Planning Committee
CHARLES W. H. SMITH, Chairman
IRVING C. AUSTIN
H. WILSON POWERS
W. GARDNER LONG
FRANK D. TANNER GEORGE B. PEASE
RALPH G. BABCOCK GERRIT OLDENBROOK, JR.
DeMELLE G. GAREY J. HENRY CARLETON WILLIAM A. SORENSON
Capital Expenditures Planning Committee HENRY W. SHUMAKER, Chairman
A. LLOYD DAVID, Secretary GEORGE R. BARRIS GEORGE E. CURTIS GEORGE B. PEASE
LEON G. BENT JOSHUA T. DAY, JR.
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Salvage Committee
#OTIS B. RUGGLES CHARLES F. TREVOR BOARD OF SELECTMEN Recreation Committee HAROLD W. PUTNAM, Chairman
NEWELL H. MORTON
MARY E. EARLEY
CARL W. PINKHAM C. SUMNER TEEL
CHARLES F. LANCASTER, D.D. ELBRIDGE C. GROVER, Ph.D. G. LAWRENCE ROBERTS
Special Police Officers
JOHN F. MAGUIRE
Reading High School
PERCY W. CURTIS
Reading High School
WILLIAM A. LLOYD
Lowell St. School
EDWARD W. McBRIEN
SIMON CASTINE
ANDREW LOMAX
FREDERICK L. REISSLE
W. RAY YORKS
Pearl St. School Pearl St. School Junior High School Junior High School Junior High School Highland School
WILLIAM BROUSSARD
LEANDER SMITH
GROVER C. EATON
RALPH F. PLOUFF
EDWARD E. HARNDEN
CHARLES L. GOWING, JR.
WILLIAM SLACK
FREDERICK W. BURNS
CHARLES E. LANGDON
CARL W. PINKHAM
Reading Rifle and Revolver Club
WILLIAM N. RICHARDS
JACOB C. NEILSON
HENRY O. BALLOU GEORGE G. ROGERS JAMES T. PUTNAM
WILLIAM H. PIERPONT
CHARLES H. MELENDY
J. EDWARD BLACK
GEORGE W. HALL WILLIAM H. MILLER
HUGH L. EAMES
CHARLES E. HILTS
HARRY A. TURNER
FRED C. CURTIS
First Baptist Church Pearl and Salem Sts.
# Deceased
Prospect St. and Chestnut Hill School Pumping Station Methodist Church Center School Building Reading Theater
Town Dump Town Forest Odd Fellows Building
Middlesex County National Bank Skating Ponds Mun. Bldg., Library, Masonic Bldg. Legion House Pumping Station and Vic. P. W. Property
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MELVIN C. LANE HAROLD F. DAVIS ELWIN M. NESMITH ELMER F. WHITE
V.F.W. Quarters
Highland School
Statistics
Population, census of 1945, 12,327
Registered Voters : Precinct No. 1, 1754; Precinct No. 2, 1774; Precinct No. 3, 1730; Precinct No. 4, 1801; Total, 7059. Eighth Congressional District
Sixth Councillor District
Seventh Middlesex Senatorial District
Eighteenth Middlesex Representative District
Representative in Congress, 8th District, Angier L. Goodwin, Melrose Councillor 6th District, Victor A. Friend, Melrose
Senator 7th Middlesex District, George J. Evans, Wakefield
Representatives 18th Middlesex District, Logan R. Dickie, Reading and Malcolm S. White, Woburn
List of Jurors 1947-1948 Prepared by the Board of Selectmen
Name Occupation
Abbott, Albert B., Internal Revenue
Abbott, George W., Sales Manager
Abbott, H. Kingman, Civil Engineer
Albee, Curtis L., Dyestuff Tech.
Alger, Charles I., Salesman
Alger, James W., Sales Promotion
Allen, Lawrence W., Bank Clerk
Anderson, Eric A. R., Cabinet Maker
Babcock, Ralph G., Office Manager
Barnes, George E., Operator
Barstow, Merton C., Public Accountant
Batting, Joseph R., Structural Designer
Beaudry, George B., Inspector
Bell, J. Angus, Salesman Birchall, Joseph C., Machinist
Blaikie, Robert C., Clerk
Blaisdell, Grover C., Salesman
Bliss, William C., Salesman Bowers, Harrison W., Clerical
Brockway, Robert S., Manager Brogan, Thomas E., Bookkeeper Brown, Ernest E., Bank Clerk
Residence 26 Shipkin Ave. 32 Mineral St. 14 Bancroft Ave. 10 Pine Ridge Rd. 144 Woburn St. 144 Prospect St. 58 Temple St. 16 Pennsylvania Ave. 28 Berkeley St. 103 Green St. 77 Howard St. 114 Prescott St. 36 Pearl St. 87 Hanscom Ave. 25 Woodward Ave. 36 Prospect St. 113 Summer Ave. 194 Pleasant St. 84 King St. 56 Temple St. 5 Washington St. 76 Pearl St.
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Brown, Everett W., Credit Manager Buckler, Harold E., Insurance Burnham, Vaughan F., Govt. Inv. Clerk Byram, Joseph R., Decorator
Camp, Harry Upson, Elec. Contractor Carpenter, Albert E. C., Sales Eng. Castine, Simon A., Janitor
Chapin, Earle H., Heating Engineer
Chase, Robert P., Salesman Chesley, Richard B., Jeweler Christensen, Harold, Florist Clapperton, John, Shop Foreman Clark, Joseph R., Bookkeeper
Clifford, James J., Manufacturer
Coan, Donald W., Claim Manager Cogger, Harold W., Salesman Colburn, Stanley W., Broker
Collins, Henry O., Electrician Collins, Walter R., Stock Clerk
Cooper, Carl C., Co. President
Croswell, Ray R., Tel. Test Man
Cullinane, Jeremiah, Jr., Truck Driver
Currell, Harold B., Contractor
Dacey, Frederick F., Superintendent
Darling, George H., Office Work
David, A. Lloyd, Bank Officer
Davis, Victor H., Mechanic
Dean, Robert L., Developing Eng.
Delano, William J., Jr., District Manager DeMar, Clarence H., Printer
Dennison, Ralph H., Wholesale Grocer
Desmond, Daniel J., Filler
Dolben, Alfred H., R. E. Broker
Ducker, George A., Clerk
Emerson, Edward H., Manager
Fairclough, William T., Civil Engineer
Fienemann, Henry W., Asst. Manager
Folsom, Robert M., President Fowler, Walter M., Insurance
Foxcroft, Francis R., Salesman Frost, Edgar L., Salesman
Frost, Roscoe W., Machine Shop Clerk
Gallagher, Francis A., Electrician Gallant, Ernest E., Asst. Bank Cashier
100 John St. 194 Summer Ave. 89 Highland St. 68 Hillcrest Rd. 28 Highland St. 14 Vale Rd. 21 Green St. 134 High St. 18 Fairview Ave.
50 Pratt St. 12 Sunnyside Ave. 161 Pleasant St. 81 Ash St. 20 Hillcrest Rd. 292 Summer Ave. 9 Cross St. 193 Prescott St. 19 Glen Rd. 139 Salem St. 167 Summer Ave. 52 Hancock St. 9 Mineral St. 50 Chute St.
13 Hampshire Rd. 21 Fairview Ave. 70 Howard St. 12 Arlington St. 561 Pearl St. 98 Summer Ave. 249 Forest St. 26 Copeland Ave. 8 Center Ave. 17 Bond St. 73 Summer Ave. 934 Main St. 125 Grove St. 19 Hartshorn St. 20 Copeland Ave. 38 Fairmount Rd. 100 Prescott St. 272 Ash St. 3 Whittier Rd. 179 Green St. 48 Hanscom Ave.
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Gardner, Herbert L., Business Analyst Gleason, Clement T., Bank Clerk Goddard, Frank E., Accountant Godfrey, Charles L., Treasurer Goff, John W., Decorator Goldsmith, A. Alden, Insurance Broker Goodridge, Walter V., Chemical Co. Graupner, Frank C., Office Manager Griffiths, Eleazer H., Clerk
Gunn, George W., Tel. Engineer Halloran, Martin J., Jr., Bookkeeper Harris, Marshall P., Salesman Holmes, Henry J., Clerk Hopkins, Arthur F., Wholesale Grain
Horrocks, Percy L., Salesman
Hulsman, Kenneth G., Civil Engineer
Keleher, Charles G., Railroad Worker Kelley, C. Wilfred, Stereotyper Kevorkian, Edwin A., Rug Merchant
Kilgore, Ernest E., Clerk
Kimball, Clarence M., Accountant
Kimball, Walter B., Salesman
King, Chester R., Painter Knudson, Benjamin, Jr., Superintendent
Lazenby, Francis C. W., Elec. Engineer
Lee, William H., X-Ray Operator
Lowell, Ernest T., Shoecutter
Lucas, Kenneth A., Civil Engineer Mackinnon, William D., Banker MacLellan, Harry R., Salesman
Matson, Eric P., Florist Mclaughlin, James A., N. E. T. & T. Co.
Miller, Herbert K., Ex.Secretary
Morand, Edward N., Electrician
Morss, Lawrence V., N. E. T. & T. Co.
Mullen, Charles A., Manager
Nesmith, Arthur S., Auto Dealer Nichols, Ralph L., R.R. Accountant Ninde, George E., Accountant
Norton, Robert D., Bank Clerk Parker, Harold F., Insurance Parry, Louis A., Machinist
Perry, Prospier R., Bus Driver
Pitman, Carl B., Banker
Prescott, Lincoln T., Office Manager
15 Longfellow Rd. 53 Prescott St. 68 Scotland Rd. 32 Scotland Rd. 104 Woburn St. 199 Bancroft Ave. 103 Village St. 149 Pleasant St. 71 Harrison St. 37 School St. 22 Prescott St. 143 Prospect St. 16 Gardner Rd. 40 Scotland Rd. 63 Highland St. 284 Woburn St. 95 Howard St. 46 Fairview Ave. 32 Virginia Rd. 19 Fairview Ave. 280 Woburn St. 269 West St. 140 Village St. 60 Hanscom Ave. 773 Main St. 49 Locust St. 76 Linden St. 565 Franklin St.
11 Hunt St. 123 Woburn St. 279 Pleasant St. 63 Vine St. 23 Fairview Ave. 386 Summer Ave. 7 Bond St. 138 Woburn St. 93 King St. 69 Hanscom Ave. 171 Woburn St. 19 Sunnyside Ave. 76 Vine St. 7 Orange St. 189 Green St. 23 Oak St. 28 Thorndike St.
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Ralston, Robert S., Compositor Reed, Joseph H., Manager Reynolds, Chester A., Tel. Eng.
Richardson, Raymond C., General Manager Robbins, George, Upholsterer Rollins, Edwin E., Exterminator Sawyer, Kenneth E., Inspector W. U.
Schaeffer, Frank W., Asst. Engineer
Shumaker, Henry W., Asst. Treasurer
Spillane, Patrick J., Window Contractor
Springford, F. Lionel, Treasurer Stevens, Frank M., Insurance Stewart, Edward B., Retired
Stimpson, George H., Light Plant Operator
Torre, Frank J., Merchant
Turner, Clifton H., Clerk
Turner, Harry A., Retired
Viall, Milton B., Salesman
Wakefield, Ernest T., Farmer
Walsh, John J., Jr., Filler
Waterhouse, George C., Machine Operator
Whitney, Glenn E., Insurance
Widell, John M., Clerk
Wilcox, Loring F., Insurance Broker
Wilkinson, John E., Bank Clerk
Winchester, Laurence S., Cost Engineer
9 Dudley St. 78 Middlesex Ave. 14 Berkeley St. 35 Pine Ridge Rd. 8 Ordway Ter. 71 Vine St. 167 Lowell St. 74 Prescott St. 35 School St. 42 Park Ave. 35 Grand St. 14 School St. 18 School St. 14 Kingston St. 633 Main St. 16 Eaton St. 17 Highland St. 175 Bancroft Ave. 42 John St. 10 Temple St. 20 Spring St. 238 Woburn St. 8 Glen Rd. 67 Hillcrest Rd. 94 Summer Ave. 232 West St.
KENNETH C. LATHAM, CHARLES E. WILKINSON, G. LAWRENCE ROBERTS,
Selectmen of Reading, Mass.
July 29, 1947
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Report of the Town Clerk
TOWN WARRANT
(Sea1) Commonwealth of Massachusetts
March 3, 1947
Middlesex, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Reading, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Reading, qualified to vote in elections, to meet in Odd Fellows Building, Woburn Street, in said Reading: as the polling place designated for the four precincts in said Town, on Monday, the Third Day of March A. D. 1947 at six forty-five o'clock in the forenoon to act on the following articles, viz :
Article 1. To elect by ballot the following Town Officers: A moderator for one year; Town Clerk for one year; one member of the Board of Selectmen for three years; one member of the Board of Pub- lic Welfare for three years; one member of the Board of Assessors for three years; one member of the Board of Assessors for one year; Treasurer for one year; one member of the Board of Public Works for three years; two Constables for one year; one member of the Municipal Light Board for three years; one member of the Board of Health for three years; two members of the School Committee for three years; two members of the Board of Library Trustees for three years ; two members of the Planning Board of three years; two members of the Board of Cemetery Trustees for three years; one member of the Board of Cemetery Trustees for two years; Tree Warden for three years; also in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 7 of the Acts of 1943 in each of the four precincts the number of town meeting mem- bers as hereinafter specified: Precinct I, fifteen members for three years; Precinct II, fifteen members for three years; one member for two years; one member for one year; Precinct III, fifteen members for three years; Precinct IV, fifteen members for three years and one member for two years.
For these purposes the polls will be opened at each of the four precincts at 6:45 A. M. and will close at 8 o'clock P. M.
And to meet in Security Hall, Woburn Street, in said Reading on Monday, the Seventeenth Day of March A. D. 1947 at seven forty-five o'clock in the evening at which time and place the following articles are to be acted upon and determined exclusively by the Town Meeting Members in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 7 of the Acts of 1943.
Article 2. To hear and act on the reports of the Board of Select-
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men, Town Accountant, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Board of Asses- sors, Board of Public Works, Town Clerk, Tree Warden, Board of Health, Board of Public Welfare, School Committee, Public Library Trustees, Municipal Light Board, Finance Committee, Contributory Re- tirement Board, Cemetery Trustees, Planning Board, and any other Boards or Special Committees.
Article 3. To choose all other necessary town officers and special committees and determine what instructions shall be given town officers and special committees.
Article 4. To determine how much money the Town will raise and appropriate for General Government, Protection of Persons and Pro- perty, Health and Sanitation, Board of Public Works, including High- ways, Sidewalks, Drainage, Common Parks and Supervised Play, Water Department and Sewer Department, Public Dumps, Charities and Aid, Veteran's Benefits, Public Schools, Public Library, Cemeteries, Memorial Day Observance, Municipal Light Department, Street Lighting, Maturing Debt, Interest, Insurance, Contributory Retirement System, Reserve Fund, Publication of Street List for 1947, further development of the Town Forest and General Accounts.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year begin- ning January 1, 1948 and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws. Town Treasurer
Article 6. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of foreclosing in the Land Court pursuant to provisions of Section 65 of Chapter 60 of the General Laws the right of redemption to any and all real estate taken by the Town for non-payment of taxes or what it will do in relation thereto. Town Treasurer
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance and Construction to be used in connection with monies received from the State and County, or what it will do in relation thereto. Town Treasurer
Article 8. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of eight hundred dollars ($800.00) for the care of graves of any persons who have served in the Army, Navy or Marine Corps of the United States, in time of war or insurrection, and who have been honorably dis- charged from such service, as provided by Section 22, Chapter 115, General Laws, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Selectmen
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Article 9. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate to pay into the Contributory Retirement System for Municipal Employees, excluding school teachers, for the benefit of municipal employees on military leave of absence during the year 1946 as provided for and under the authority of Chapter 419 of the Acts of 1943, or what it will do in relation thereto. Contributory Retirement Board
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Section 85E of Chapter 32 of the General Laws being a law relating to the retirement of permanent members of the police and fire departments of the Town, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Hugh L. Eames and others
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article III of the By-laws of the Town by adding after Section 2 the following Sections :
Section 3. The Collector of Taxes shall collect under the title of Town Collector, all accounts due the Town which are committed to him.
Section 4. Every department of the Town shall deliver to the Town Accountant at least once in every month a separate statement of each account due the Town arising through any transaction with such de- partment. Upon receipt of such statements of accounts the Town Ac- countant shall commit such accounts to the Town Collector for collec- tion. This section shall not apply to taxes and special assessments, licenses and permits issued or granted by the various departments of Town nor to costs and fees charged by said departments, nor to in- terest on investments of sinking or trust funds, nor to accounts due the Municipal Light Department.
Section 5. Any account committed by the Town Accountant which the Town Collector is unable to collect by ordinary efforts may be re- ferred by the Town Collector to the Town Accountant or Town Coun- sel for instruction as to procedure. So far as permitted by law any account or portion thereof may be abated by the department in which such account originated. The Town Accountant shall be notified in writing of the abatement of any such committed account or portion thereof.
Section 6. The Town Collector shall, once in each week or oftener, pay over to the Treasurer all money received by him during the pre- ceding week or lesser period on every such account, including any sums received as interest on moneys received by him on such accounts and deposited in any bank. He shall give bond to the town for the faithful performance of his duties in a form approved by the commissioner of corporations and taxation and in such sum, not less than the amount that may be established by said commissioner, as s'hall be fixed by the selectmen. Board of Selectmen
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Article 12. To see if the town will vote to direct the Board of Se- lectmen to petition the Director of Accounts of the Department of Cor- porations and Taxation for the installation of an accounting system, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, or what it will do in relation thereto. Board of Selectmen
Article 13. To see what sum the Town will vote to appropriate from the Cemetery Reserve for the permanent development of Laurel Hill and Forest Glen Cemeteries, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Cemetery Trustees
Article 14. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the purchase of a motor truck for the use of the Cemetery Depart- ment, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Cemetery Trustees
Article 15. To see what sum the Town will vote to appropriate from available funds for the purpose of maintaining, repairing, purchas- ing and operating road machinery and equipment for the use of and under the direction of the Board of Public Works, or what it will do in relation thereto. Board of Public Works
Article 16. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate by transfer or otherwise, for the purpose of improving and constructing a portion of Lowell Street from Winthrop Avenue toward Reading Square, under Section 34, Chapter 90 of the General Laws, together with such sums as may be provided by the State and County, or what it will do in relation thereto. Board of Public Works
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