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Annual Report
TOWN OF
READING
MASSACHUSETTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER
1953
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Annual Report OF THE TOWN OFFICERS
For The Year Ended December
1953
TOWN OFFICERS 1953
Board of Selectmen
KENNETH C. LATHAM, Chairman G. LAWRENCE ROBERTS, Secretary JAMES E. CALVIN
Term Expires 1954
1956
" 1955
Board of Public Welfare
NEWELL H. MORTON, Chairman DANIEL L. CHAMBERLAIN, Secretary *GWENDOLYN H. NEWHOUSE EDWARD E. HARNDEN, Welfare Agent GLADYS M. WILSON, Social Worker
DONALD C. McKIE
Term Expires 1956
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1955
" 1954
Bureau of Old Age Assistance
NEWELL H. MORTON, Chairman
Term Expires 1956
*GWENDOLYN H. NEWHOUSE, Secretary
1954
DANIEL L. CHAMBERLAIN EDWARD E. HARNDEN, Director
RUTH C. CORBETT, Social Worker VIRGINIA C. SMITH, Social Worker ¡DONALD C. McKIE
Board of Assessors
HAROLD B. CURRELL, Chairman RALPH T. HORN, Secretary LEON G. BENT
Term Expires 1956
1955
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1954
Town Counsel SAMUEL H. DAVIS
Town Clerk BOYD H. STEWART
Treasurer PRESTON F. NICHOLS
Moderator
CHARLES P. HOWARD
Town Accountant
BOYD H. STEWART
Town Collector WILLIAM E. MORRISON
Personnel Board HAROLD L. JONES, Chairman G. LAWRENCE ROBERTS EMERSON A. WILLARD BOYD H. STEWART, Secretary
Director, Veterans' Service - Veterans' Benefits Agent CHARLES W. H. SMITH
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1955
Board of Public Works
HARRY R. WALKER, Chairman COLEMAN J. DONAHUE, Secretary KENNETH R. JOHNSON WALTER S. HOPKINS, JR. HAROLD D. KILGORE, JR.
Term Expires 1954
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" 1954
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" 1955
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1955
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1956
Board of Health
CHARLES R. BAISLEY, M.D., Chairman
Term Expires 1956
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1954
CHRISTINE F. ATKINSON, Secretary EDWARD M. HALLIGAN, M.D.
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1955
Finance Committee
CARL H. AMON, JR., Chairman
Term Expires 1954
LOUIS DAVIS
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1954
CLEMENT T. GLEASON
1954
WILLIAM F. MURPHY
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1954
CHARLES STRATTON
1954
EVERETT H. BROMLEY
ERNEST E. GALLANT
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1955
*EARLE D. MARTIN
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1955
JOSHUA T. DAY
"
1956
CHARLES P. ANDERSON
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1956
WALTER M. FOWLER
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1956
WILLIAM D. MacKINNON
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1956
CARL B. PITMAN
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1956
1JOHN R. KAY
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1955
School Committee
PHILIP R. WHITE, Chairman
Term Expires 1956
ARTHUR B. LORD, JR., Secretary
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1.956
ROBERT E. TURNER
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1954
JOHN L. GRIFFIN
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1954
GLADYS F. MILTON
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1955
ALEXANDER P. GLOVER
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1955
School Physician ER CHANG PING, M.D.
Superintendent of Schools ARTHUR B. LORD, JR.
Attendance Officer
ROBERT A. GRUNDY
School Nurse · MARGARET B. CLEWLEY
*Resigned
¿Appointed to fill vacancy
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1955
SAMUEL J. MALONE
1955
EMERSON A. WILLARD
1955
BOYD H. STEWART, Clerk
NEWELL H. MORTON
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Municipal Light Board
ALFRED H. DOLBEN, Chairman FRANK D. TANNER, Secretary DONALD L. MILLER
Term Expires 1954
1955
", 1956
Board of Registrars
ROBERT S. RALSTON, Chairman
Term Expires 1956
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1955
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1954
Board of Cemetery Trustees
FRED L. NUTTER, Chairman
Term Expires 1955
DAVID E. HERSEE, Secretary
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1956
M. RUSSELL MEIKLE
1956
WILLIAM P. PIERPONT
1955
EDOUARD N. DUBE
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1954
ERNEST E. BROWN
1954
Planning Board
A. LLOYD DAVID, Chairman
ROBERT G. CLINCH, Secretary
"
1955
CHARLES WILSON
"
1954
A. ERNEST CORINDIA
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1956
BENJAMIN M. HARTSHORN, JR.
1956
Board of Library Trustees
SYDNEY M. HODSON, Chairman
Term Expires 1955
NEIL C. ROBINSON, Secretary
1956
WILLIAM J. TONKS
1954
KATHERINE C. PIERCE
1954
C. NELSON BISHOP
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1955
H. IRENE LATHAM
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1956
Commissioners of Trust Funds
ROBERT M. BROWN, Chairman
Term Expires 1959
H. RAYMOND JOHNSON
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1955
JOSEPH B. IVERSON
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1957
Town Treasurer and Chairman of Selectmen members ex-officiis
Board of Appeal
ERNEST L. NIGRO, Chairman
Term Expires 1955
LAWRENCE A. INGHAM, Secretary
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1955
*RICHARD JACKSON
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1954
Associate Members Board of Appeal
RUSSELL L. MILLER
1956
GERALD E. FOSBROKE
1954
QUINCY A. LOTHROP, III
1955
4
1954
¿FORREST D. COOK
Term Expires 1955
#WALTER A. SCANLON, Secretary LOUIS BACIGALUPO ¡JOHN J. WALSH BOYD H. STEWART, Clerk
Sealer of Weights and Measures CARL M. SMITH
Inspector of Milk and Foods CARL M. SMITH
Inspector of Plumbing KENNETH G. SHAW
Inspector of Animals GARDINER A. LESTER, D.V.M.
Inspector of Buildings HAROLD B. CURRELL
Game Warden JAMES T. PUTNAM
Superintendent of Moth Work MAURICE H. DONEGAN
Dog Officer WILLIAM H. DEWSNAP
Tree Warden MAURICE H. DONEGAN
Custodian of Soldiers and Sailors Graves HAROLD F. DAVIS
Forest Warden CHIEF HUGH L. EAMES
Deputy Forest Wardens Deputy Chief, JAMES S. PERRY Capt. HERBERT L. ROBERTSON Lieut. GEORGE W. GOODRIDGE
Lieut. DONALD C. MITCHELL MAURICE H. DONEGAN
JOHN A. SPURR
Constables
JAMES T. PUTNAM
ARTHUR L. HARRIS
Insurance Committee Consists of Board of Selectmen, Town Treasurer, and Chairman of Finance Committee
Contributory Retirement Board
DONALD C. MITCHELL, Chairman BOYD H. STEWART, Secretary ARTHUR C. ALDRICH
Law Committee
Consists of Chairmen of the following Boards:
Board of Selectmen Board of Assessors
Board of Health Board of Public Welfare
School Committee Board of Public Works
Municipal Light Board
*Resigned ¡Appointed to fill vacancy #Deceased
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Police Department ROLAND E. ELLIS, Chief
Sergeants
THOMAS J. FITZPATRICK
WILLIAM H. FAULKNER EDWARD M. HUBBARD
Patrolmen
FRANK R. FISHER
HAROLD W. O'BRIEN
JOSEPH M. GREENE
PATRICK J. PANTANO
WILLIAM H. DEWSNAP
GEORGE A. LeFAVE
JAMES E. HOWARD
FREDERICK J. KEEFE JOHN L. POWER ROLAND E. ELLIS, JR.
WINFRED A. MacDONALD, JR. WILLIAM J. WEBB, JR. JOHN A. BILICKI PHILLIP N. CAIL HERBERT G. PERRY
JOSEPH W. CORMIER ROBERT N. HOWE EVAN P. EDWARDS LEONARD P. HOYT FRED GRANELLI, JR.
Keeper of the Lock-Up ROLAND E. ELLIS
Clerk J. ROBERT CLARK
Special Police Officers
ROBERT A. VARS
W. RAY YORKS
WILLIAM A. BROUSSARD
FRED RIESSLE
ANDREW J. LOMAX
FRED GIBSON
STUART NICHOLS
GEORGE REES
WILLIAM LLOYD
DANIEL BUCKLEY
RICHARD MacBRIEN, JR.
EDWARD HARRISON
ROY BROGAN
HENRY GROMYKO
RALPH PLOUFF
EDWARD E. HARNDEN
CHARLES E. LANGDON
HENRY O. BALLOU
Municipal Bldg., Masonic Bldg., Sanborn Apts. Library
WILLIAM N. RICHARDS
Middlesex County National Bank
JAMES T. PUTNAM Reading Rifle and Revolver Club, Public Works CARL W. PINKHAM Reading Rifle and Revolver Club
WILLIAM H. MILLER
MAURICE H. DONEGAN
Public Works Town Forest Victory House Victory House
ARTHUR G. REES ROBERT P. SMITH
Pearl St. School Bus Driver Methodist Church Centre School Bulding Odd Fellows Building
EDWARD TEER
Maintenance Supervisor Senior High School Senior High School Junior High School Junior High School Junior High School Eaton School Eaton School Lowell St. School Highland School Highland School Pearl St. School
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HARRY A. TURNER RALPH E. WILSON J. ROBERT CLARK HAROLD F. DAVIS HUGH L. EAMES JOHN L. GOODRIDGE WALTER L. ALLEN HORACE A. AUSTIN CHESTER A. COOK JAMES H. MADDEN
First Baptist Church V.F.W. Quarters Police Station Cemeteries Fire Department Traffic Control Traffic Control Traffic Control Traffic Control St. Agnes Church
Fire Department
Permanent Firemen Chief, HUGH L. EAMES Deputy Chief, JAMES S. PERRY Captain, HERBERT L. ROBERTSON Lieutenant, GEORGE W. GOODRIDGE Lieutenant, DONALD C. MITCHELL
CLIFFORD E. LITCHFIELD LESLIE C. HADLEY ROBERT W. SHANNON
RICHARD D. BROWN ROBERT W. PRATT LESLIE L. HADLEY
ELMER A. DYKENS, JR. HERBERT J. HUTCHINSON GEORGE F. FOGG RUSSELL E. CARTER WILLIAM R. VAN HORN ELMER W. MOORE ROBERT H. THOMAS GERALD W. HUMPHREY
THEODORE W. TURNER, JR.
Call Firemen
JOSEPH ARSENAULT HENRY O. BALLOU ROBERT L. BALLOU
DANIEL J. BUCKLEY
HOWARD E. BUSSELL
EVERETT G. CARROLL
¡THEODORE J. deBRUYN MYLES A. DENNO ¡JOHN F. ENOS DeMELLE G. GAREY JAMES R. GAW
EARL W. HOBART IVAR F. JOHNSON *JAMES R. MERCER §H. HARVEY QUIGLEY HERMAN L. RIESSLE GEORGE G. ROGERS F. LIONEL SPRINGFORD JOHN A. SPURR ERNEST R. WATSON GEORGE S. ZANNI ROBERT M. GRAHAM
Dispatcher JOHN L. GOODRIDGE
Superintendent of Fire Alarm HUGH L. EAMES
*Resigned §Retired *Appointed to fill vacancies
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Inspector of Wires GEORGE F. FOGG
Measurers of Lumber
HAROLD B. CURRELL
FRED F. SMITH MAURICE H. DONEGAN
Measurers of Wood and Bark
#PERCY N. SWEETSER
HAROLD B. CURRELL THOMAS E. BROGAN
Weighers of Coal and Hay
THOMAS E. BROGAN BERTHA L. MacLELLAN
WENDELL B. NEWELL
MABEL L. MacKAY #PERCY N. SWEETSER D. GEORGE GAW
MOLLIE A. SWEETSER
Field Drivers
ERNEST T. WAKEFIELD JAMES T. PUTNAM
Fence Viewers
WENDELL B. NEWELL CARL B. SAWYER
WARREN F. CHARLES
Committee on Elm Tree Protection
MAURICE H. DONEGAN JOHN F. SAWYER
MARION V. HARRINGTON
Committee on Town Forests
MAURICE H. DONEGAN HUGH L. EAMES
Capital Expenditures Planning Committee
CHARLES E. WILSON, Chairman
LAWRENCE A. CATE, Secretary
ERNEST E. GALLANT
GEORGE R. BARRIS STANLEY F. MAXWELL JOHN R. KAY
Recreation Committee
NEWELL H. MORTON, Chairman C. SUMNER TEEL, Secretary
HARRY R. WALKER
ROBERT E. TURNER JAMES E. CALVIN CARL W. PINKHAM
REV. JOSEPH H. GIUNTA
#Deceased
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STATISTICS
Area, 10 square miles
Population, census of 1950, 14,006
Registered Voters: Precinct No. 1, 1,883; Precinct No. 2, 2,097; Precinct No. 3, 1,786; Precinct No. 4, 2,357; Total, 8,123
Eighth Congressional District
Sixth Councillor District
Seventh Middlesex Senatorial District
Eighteenth Middlesex Representative District
Fourth District Court of Eastern Middlesex held in Woburn
Representative in Congress, 8th District, Angier L. Goodwin, Melrose Councillor 6th District, M. Edward Viola, Arlington
Senator 7th Middlesex District, George J. Evans, Wakefield
Representatives 18th Middlesex District, Frank D. Tanner, Reading, and Charles E. Wilkinson, Reading
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TOWN OF READING List of Jurors for 1953-1954 Prepared by the Board of Selectmen
Name
Occupation
Bacigalupo, Mary B., Housewife
Bangs, Edward E., Heating Engineer
Barnes, Gordon E., Electrician
Barney, Howard V., Survey Super.
Batty, Charles A., Salesman Beaman, Stanley H., President Belzer, Edwin, Gen. Elect.
Berry, Walter D., Supervisor
Bigelow, Frances M., At Home
Bigelow, Kenneth A., Locomotive Fireman
Blake, Thomas J., Salesman
Bromley, Everett H., Salesman
Buck, Robert H., Accountant Buckler, Harold E., Insurance
Burley, Albert M., Transportation
Camacho, Manuel F., Grill Man
Campbell, Allison L., Accountant
Chadwick, Norman S., Retired
Chamberlain, Raymond E., Salesman
Cochrane, Doris G., Housewife
Collette, Richard L., Res. Physicist
Coolidge, Frank O., Clerk
Coombs, Walter J., Milk Salesman
Cooper, J. Donald, Salesman
Cowan, Robert F., Traffic Mgr.
Crosby, Hilda G., Clerk Croswell, Ray R., Test Man Crouse, Mahlon D., Accountant
Curtis, Grace C., Trust Officer
Cutler, Walter C., Bus Driver
Dalton, George W., Vault Erector
David, A. Lloyd, Bank Officer Davis, Thomas R., Carpenter DeSilvio, John, Bricklayer
Devaney, John E., Salesman
Dodge, Helen E., Housewife
Domin, Dorothea E., Nurse
15 Ellis Ave. 21 Echo Ave. 23 Warren Ave.
Douglass, William H., Manager Dow, John A., Mech. Eng. Dresser, William R., Bank Teller
Dugan, George R., Milk Salesman
Eaton, Roger P., Bank Clerk
Englund, Thurston C., Engineer
Everett, Donald S., Engineer
Residence®
19 Woburn St. 27 California Rd. 19 Lawrence Rd. 62 King St. 113 Haverhill St. 206 Woburn St. 60 Haverhill St .. 26 Virginia Rd. 43 Oak Ridge Rd. 14 D St. 67 Belmont St. 235 Summer Ave. 30 Dudley St. 194 Summer Ave. 219 Pearl St. 73 Bancroft Ave. 175 Forest St. 930 Main St. 19 Cape Cod Ave. 26 County Rd. 57 Woburn St. 64 Village St.
10 Criterion Rd. 522 West St. 14 Grant St. 17 Beech St. 52 Hancock St. 26 Berkeley St. 22 Orchard Park Drive 84 Forest St. 97 Summer Ave. 70 Howard St. 753 Pearl St. 52 Mt. Vernon St.
42 Tamarack Rd. 30 Priscilla Rd. 7 Pine Ridge Rd. 145 Washington St. 22 Echo Ave. 47 Mt. Vernon St. 17 Indiana Ave.
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Galvin, Joseph L., Serv. Mgr. Garey, DeMelle G., Map Mounter Gaw, Kenneth E., Clerk Gleason, Clement T., Bank Clerk Godfrey, Lillian G., Housewife Greene, William J., Machinist Gullam, Gordon A., Purch. Agent Halloran, Martin J., Jr., Bank Clerk Harding, George N., Civil Eng. Hatch, William H., Retired Higgins, Claude A., Free Lance Writer Hirtle, Clayton N., Cost Acct. Howe, Hallett D., Jr., Supt. Jefferson, M. Tennyson, Inspector Johnson, Ethel F., Housewife
Johnson, Walter C., Executive Jones, Harold L., Asst. Mgr. Keaveny, Thomas F., Retired
Kendrick, Edward R., Draftsman
Knight, Alfred S., Salesman
Knowles, Edmund F., Supt. Leary, Phillip F., Manager Leighton, Robert P., Engineer Lindsay, John E., Clerk Look, Sidney L., Const. Eng.
Lothrop, Ruth S., Housewife Lovering, Homer F., Salesman
Lowe, Horace P., Bank Teller
Luscombe, Harry C., Credit Mgr.
Mackenzie, Archibald A., Salesman
Marr, George F., Manager Maxwell, John I., Bank Teller McCullion, John, Salesman Mccullough, Helen D., At Home McHugh, John T., Manager
Mckinnon, John R., Electronics
Merrill, Frank M., Mortgage Broker
Messier, Francis G., Salesman Miller, Herbert K., Bank Teller Milley, Eldon B., Shipper
Milley. Jethro, Perfume Maker
Mixer, Charles A., Engineer
Moore, Clyde A., Struct. Steel
Murphy, William F., Salesman
Nelson, Harley C., Chemical Eng. Nordstrom, John S., Shipper
Noyes, Sumner C., Machinist Oliver, George J., Sales Eng.
Packard, Dana L., Medical Rep. Page, Paul S., Credit Mgr.
12 Woodbine St. 15 Hopkins St. 3 Village St. 53 Prescott St. 32 Scotland Rd. 7 Warren Ave. 71 Highland St. 22 Prescott St. 46 Prescott St. 29 Gardner Rd. 32 Dudley St. 20 George St. 133 Walnut St. 175 Lowell St. 15 Woodward Ave. 39 Berkeley St. 348 South St. 6 Willard Rd. 40 Orange St. 229 West St. 9 Warren Ave. 39 Hillside Rd. 220 Charles St. 79 Grand St. 52 Bear Hill Rd. 13 Longfellow Rd. 25 Lincoln St. 21 Pine Ridge Rd. 63 Belmont St. 51 Hartshorn St. 4 Kingston St. 18 Belmont St. 22 West Hill Circle 36 Chute St. 80 John Carver Rd. 165 South St. 88 Prescott St. 7 Temple St. 23 Fairview Ave. 9 Swan Rd. 9 Harold Ave. 264 Ash St. 31 Curtis St. 3 Fielding Rd. 60 Bancroft Ave.
8 A St. 22 Glen Rd. 13 Middle St. 101 Lowell St. 133 Prospect St.
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Palmer. Edward W., Public Rel. Parker, Harrison B., Metallurgist Parkman, Lauress T., Sales Eng. Paul, Theodore L., Inspector Phinney, John L., Retired Pitman, Harold I., Wholesaler Poehler, Arnold F., Electrician Porter, Henry Y., Accountant Powell, Albert W., Truck Driver Pratt, Richard A., Painter
Rackle, William H., Investigator Reed, Samuel L., Salesman Richards, Arthur B., Salesman
Richards, John F., Supervisor
Richardson, Raymond C., Salesman Rooney, George, B. & M. R.R.
Rousseau, William G., Chem. Eng.
Rowe, Ernest Y., Asst. Manager
Sampson, Donald K., Engineer Sampson, Earl F., Auditor Sawin, George W., Div. Mgr.
Schoppelry, Marjorie L., Housewife Sharp, George H., Prod. Planning
Small, Norman B., Jr., Manager
Smith, Mary V., Housewife
Smith, Raymond L., Foreman
Smith, Virginia C., Social Worker
Snow, Everett S., Supt.
Spurr, Winfred F., Sales Mgr.
Steele, Earle G., Real Estate Broker
Stewart, Jasper D., Accountant
Sturges, Eric B., Banker
Sweetser, Allen A., Asst. Sales Mgr.
Tasney, Florence E., Housewife
Taylor, Edward J., Estate Dist.
Tennett, Gordon W., Insurance Tine, Albert, Elect. Helper Tonks, Anne D., Housewife
Tonseth, Richard G., Adv. Salesman
Tormey, John F., Foreman Twombly, Norman, Bookkeeper
Vidito, Francis E., Technician
Vincent, F. Raymond, Salesman Weeks, Sumner C., Salesman Wells, Walter A., Retired Whelpley, George E., R.R. Fr. Rep. White, Melvin A., Comp. Man
Williamson, Joseph, Compositor Windsor, Edward D., Bank Officer Winsor, Gordon D., Salesman Zagorski, Stephen S., Bus. Mgr.
12 Willow St. 18 Elliott St. 63 Locust St. 83 Cross St. 49 Chute St. 144 Haverhill St. 34 Winter St. 276 Summer Ave. 13 Martin Rd. 22 Union St. 56 Prospect St. 5 Coolidge Rd. 31 Mt. Vernon St. 36 Chestnut Rd. 35 Pine Ridge Rd. 12 Center Ave. 4 Laneton Way 419 Haverhill St. 12 Priscilla Rd. 10 Orchard Park Drive 51 Walnut St. 130 Woburn St. 125 Summer Ave. 536 Haverhill St. 22 Scotland Rd. 9 Parker St. 273 Haverhill St. 62 Belmont St. 29 Perkins Ave. 84 Prescott St. 33 Wescroft Rd. 66 Winthrop Ave. 63 Pine Ridge Rd. 21 Sanborn St. 232 High St. 19 Hartshorn St. 337 Ash St. 3 Copeland Ave. 52 Highland St. 57 Dividence Rd. 18 Gould St. 659 Haverhill St. 8 Gilmore Ave. 38 Hillcrest Rd. 49 Oak Ridge Rd. 430 West St. 14 Green St. 65 Prescott St. 265 Ash St. 3 Gilmore Ave. 320 Haverhill St.
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ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION
Security Hall
March 2, 1953
Pursuant to the warrant and the Constable's Return thereon, a Town Election was held at the time and place specified in the Warrant.
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 A. M. by the Moderator, Charles P. Howard.
The warrant was partially read by the Town Clerk, when on mo- tion of Kenneth C. Latham, it was voted to dispense with the further reading of the warrant except the Constable's Return, which was then read by the Town Clerk.
The ballot boxes were examined by the Constable in charge and each found to be empty, and all registered 000.
The polls were declared open by Charles P. Howard, with the following results.
Prec. Prec. Prec. Prec.
1
2
3
4 Total
Moderator for one year
Charles P. Howard
354
432
357
421
1564
Blanks
54
64
45
39
202
Totals
408
496
402
460
1766
Town Clerk for one year
Boyd H. Stewart
363
448
362
415
1588
Blanks
45
48
40
45
178
Totals
408
496
402
460
1766
Selectman for three years
Eugene S. Blanchard
205
166
151
202
742
G. Lawrence Roberts
175
310
234
240
959
Blanks
28
20
17
18
83
Totals
408
496
402
460
1766
Board of Public Welfare for three years
Newell H. Morton
372
447
368
425
1612
Blanks
36
49
34
35
154
Totals
408
496
402
460
1766
Assessor for three years
Harold B. Currell
327
400
343
389
1459
Blanks
81
96
59
71
307
Totals
408
496
402
460
1766
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Treasurer for one year Preston F. Nichols Blanks
361
441
365
419
1586
47
55
37
41
180
Totals ..
408
496
402
460
1766
Municipal Light Board for three years
Donald L. Miller
347
426
348
406
1527
Blanks
61
70
54
54
239
Totals
408
496
402
460
1766
Two Constables for one year
Henry O. Ballou
147
120
127
143
537
William H. Faulkner, Jr.
201
139
96
150
586
Robert A. Grundy
65
116
76
66
323
Arthur L. Harris
176
308
255
241
980
James T. Putnam
121
196
171
230
718
Blanks
106
113
79
90
388
Totals
816
992
804
920
3532
Board Public Works (3 yrs.)
Harold D. Kilgore, Jr.
325
411
331
384
1451
Blanks
83
85
71
76
315
Totals
408
496
402
460
1766
Board of Public Works (2 yrs.)
Kenneth R. Johnson
333
419
333
398
1483
Blanks
75
77
69
62
283
Totals
408
496
402
460
1766
Board of Health (3 yrs.)
Charles R. Baisley
359
434
355
415
1563
Blanks
49
62
47
45
203
Totals
408
496
402
460
1766
Two for School Committee (3 yrs.)
Newell H. Morton
303
396
336
367
1404
Clara N. Ralston
167
162
119
155
603
Philip R. White
201
301
243
254
999
Frences Welch (Sticker)
47
47
57
54
205
Blanks
96
86
49
90
321
Totals
816
992
804
920
3532
Two Library Trustees (3 yrs.)
H. Irene Latham
338
419
345
398
1500
Neil C. Robinson
343
419
346
405
1513
Blanks
134
154
113
118
519
Totals
815
992
804
921
3532
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Two Cemetery Trustees (3 years)
David E. Hersee
339
417
350
401
1507
M. Russell Meikle
341
415
351
399
1506
Blanks
136
160
103
120
519
Totals
816
992
804
920
3532
Two for Planning Board (3 yrs.)
A. Ernest Corindia
203
191
167
224
785
Edward C. Emslie
176
138
144
191
649
John B. Harker
137
265
145
183
730
Benjamin M. Hartshorn, Jr.
167
226
245
200
838
Blanks
133
172
103
122
530
Totals
816
992
804
920
3532
Tree Warden for three years
Maurice H. Donegan
361
430
359
422
1572
Blanks
47
66
43
38
194
Totals
408
496
402
460
1766
Precinct 1
Fifteen Town Meeting Members for three years
Leon G. Bent, 773 Main St.
243
Ernest E. Brown, 76 Pearl St.
304
Philip J. Clough, 16 Gardner Rd.
244
Charles H. Easton, 30 Wakefield St.
242
R. Tracy Eddinger, 40 Wakefield St.
182
Louis Ellenwood, 46 Pleasant St.
235
Donald B. Ellingwood, 9 Gardner Rd.
258
Francis C. Emmons, Jr., 1 North St.
161
Walter M. Fowler, 38 Fairmount Rd.
248
James J. Jellison, 53 Salem St.
210
Daniel McBride, 23 Elliott St.
166
William H. Miller, 293 Haverhill St.
240
Carl W. Pinkham, 128 Pleasant St.
266
Edith J. Platt, 9 Smith Ave.
205
Arthur G. Rees, 268 Haven St.
182
Robert P. Smith, 28 Village St.
207
Robert F. Spousta, 52 Wakefield St.
119
Kenneth D. Sumner, 71 Salem St.
254
Raymond H. Swain, 428 South St.
184
Jack T. Turner, 221 Pleasant St.
268
Frank B. Welin, 43 Harrison St.
146
Blanks
1556
Total
6120
15
Town Meeting Member for two years Albert G. Berberian, 66 Libby Ave. 53
Gordon F. Frey, 26 Wakefield St. 90
Ernest C. Metcalf, 142 Salem St.
144
Andrew Mulhinch, 48 Bear Hill Rd.
33
Blanks
88
Total
408
Town Meeting Member for one year
Barbara E. Summer, 71 Salem St.
317
Blanks
91
Total
408
Precinct 2
Fifteen Town Meeting Members for three years
Percy E. Anderson, 174 Prescott St. 366
Edward F. Appleton, 24 Wentworth Rd. 163
W. Franklin Burnham, Jr., 106 Oak St. 326
Frank C. Cate, Jr., 201 West St. 307
Ruth W. Currier, 10 Vista Ave. 255
A. Lloyd David, 70 Howard St. 289
William G. Denhard, 25 Springvale Rd. 136
Francis R. Foxcroft, 100 Prescott St. 314
Alexander P. Glover, 158 Prescott St. 318
Samuel H. Grammer, Jr., 28 Lewis St.
139
Roy E. Hatfield, 19 Oak St.
303
Earl W. Hobart, 182 Main St.
331
Walter S. Hopkins, Jr., 472 Summer Ave.
380
Stanley F. Maxwell, 46 Pinevale Ave.
219
Florence G. Nichols, 109 Prescott St. 337
Charles E. Parker, 57 Pine Ridge Rd.
275
Carl B. Pitman, 23 Oak St.
292
Ernest R. Poor, 257 South St.
183
Herbert M. Rixon, 63 Oak Ridge Rd.
154
Charles K. Spalding, 124 Walnut St.
191
Charles Stratton, 117 Oak St.
335
Edward J. Sullivan, Jr., 4 Glenmere Circle
103
Harry R. Walker, 33 Curtis St. 251
1473
Total
6120
Precinct 3
Fifteen Town Meeting Members for three years
Donald B. Burkhardt, 33 Plymouth Rd. 129
Natalie Burnham, 189 Woburn St. 215
Daniel L. Chamberlain, 116 Lowell St. 271
Blanks
Edward L. Cornwall, 10 Pilgrim Rd. 181
16
George E. Curtis, 58 Grand St. 298
Louis Davis, 8 Vine St. 287
Francis H. Doughty, 25 Berkeley St. 209 Charles H. Edgar, Jr., 272 High St. 141
Quincy Adams Lothrop, II, 6 Harriman Ave.
Edward J. Maher, 77 Summer Ave.
John W. Marzinzik, 131 Willow St.
296
Donald H. Morse, 18 Bond St.
281
Frederick L. Moulton, 10 Bond St.
195
Maurice O. Reebenacker, 51 Temple St.
182
Gould B. Ruggles, 224 High St.
280
Frank M. Stevens, 14 School St.
272
Robert E. Stewart, 37 School St.
278
Mollie A. Sweetser, 192 Woburn St.
286
Edward J. Taylor, 232 High St.
185
Robert E. Turner, 78 Middlesex Ave.
228
Herbert J. Wooldridge, 156 High St. 278
1093
Total
6030
One Town Meeting Member for two years
Clifford W. Baker, 169 Summer Ave. 159
Sherman R. Gates, 65 Longview Rd.
80
Albert H. Woodward, 287 West St. 78
85
Total
402
Precinct 4
Fifteen Town Meeting Members for three years
Arnold R. Baker, 576 Pearl St. 235
H. Nelson Bates, 23 Nelson Ave. 311
Nellie P. Beaton, 299 Lowell St. 307
Forest T. Benton, 4 Margaret Rd. 155
Eleanor C. Bishop, 55 Lowell St. 320
182
Dudley W. Burke, 40 Tennyson Rd.
141
William E. Burpee, 178 Wakefield St.
323
Adra P. Camp, 28 Highland St.
292
Elton C. Dummann, 37 Evergreen Rd.
120
Richard D. Evans, 102 Winthrop Ave.
206
Gerald E. Fosbroke, 75 Lowell St. 160
Carl W. Goodridge, 206 Bancroft Ave. 306
Elizabeth Graham, 299 Lowell St. 249
Herbert Higginbotham, Jr., 35 Tennyson Rd. 190
Harold D. Kilgore, Jr., 182 Franklin St.
263
Frank H. MacMillan, 863 Main St. 263
William J. McGee, Jr., 29 Woodland St.
115
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262 109 74
William E. Morrison, 6 Pilgrim Rd.
Blanks
Blanks
Lester W. Bowen, 1457 Main St.
George M. McSheehy, 14 Harvard St. 191
M. Russell Meikle, 141 Grove St. 299
Fred W. Nelson, 420 Franklin St. 326 Jane P. Peabody, 60 Sanborn St.
199
Marion R. Symonds, 170 Bancroft Ave. 318
Blanks 1429
Totals
6900
Town Meeting Member for two years
Leonard M. Jones, 24 Willard Rd.
383
Blanks
77
Total 460
Town Meeting Member for one year
Donald C. Mitchell, 22 Tennyson Rd.
379
Blanks
81
Total 460
The polls were closed at 8 P. M. with the following result:
Whole number of votes cast 1766
The votes were declared in open Town Meeting, sealed in ballot envelopes and transmitted to the Constable to be placed in the vault for safe keeping.
Voted to adjourn, sine die, 11:30 P. M., March 2, 1953.
'A true record
Attest
BOYD H. STEWART,
Town Clerk
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Shepardson Hall, Junior High School March 16, 1953
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Charles P. How- ard at 7:45 P. M.
The new Town Meeting Members were requested to stand and be sworn to office by the Town Moderator.
The Warrant was partially read by the Town Clerk when on motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted to dispense with the further read- ing of the warrant except the Constable's Return, which was then read by the Town Clerk.
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Article 2. The following report was read by A. Lloyd David: REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD on a Study of the Zoning By-Law and the By-Law for the Constructoin of Buildings
By vote of the town meeting held on March 19, 1951 the Planning Board has made a study of the present Zoning By-law and of the By- law for the Construction of Buildings.
As many overlapping and conflicting provisions have been found to exist in these two By-laws, it is the opinion of this Board that the interests of the town may be best served by first proposing revisions to the Zoning By-law and then, after final approval thereof, to submit, at a special meeting to be held during the Spring months or as deter- mined by the town meeting or Board of Selectmen, recommendations for the revision of the By-law for the Construction of Buildings.
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