Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1957, Part 1

Author: Reading (Mass.)
Publication date: 1957
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 306


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Town of READING MASSACHUSETTS


Annual Report Of The Town Officers


For The Year Ended December


-1957-


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Annual Report Of The Town Officers


For The Year Ended December


-1957-


TOWN OFFICERS 1957


Board of Selectmen


LAWRENCE DREW, Chairman GILBERT M. LOTHROP, Secretary JAMES E. CALVIN


Term Expires 1959


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1958


1960


Board of Public Welfare


NEWELL H. MORTON, Chairman


Term Expires 1959


DANIEL L. CHAMBERLAIN


"


1958


DONALD C. McKIE


QUINCY B. PARK, Welfare Agent


GLADYS M. WILSON, Social Worker


Bureau of Old Age Assistance


NEWELL H. MORTON, Chairman


Term Expires 1959


DONALD C. McKIE


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" 1960


DANIEL L. CHAMBERLAIN


QUINCY B'. PARK, Director


VIRGINIA C. SMITH, Social Worker


Board of Assessors


HAROLD B. CURRELL, Chairman


RALPH T. HORN, Secretary


WILLIAM T. FAIRCLOUGH


"


1960


Town Counsel


Town Clerk


CARL H. AMON, JR.


BOYD H. STEWART


Treasurer


Moderator


PRESTON F. NICHOLS


KENNETH C. LATHAM


Town Accountant


Town Collector


BOYD H. STEWART


WILLIAM E. MORRISON


Personnel Board


WILLIAM F. MURPHY, Chairman RALPH G. SIAS LAWRENCE E. MacLEOD BOYD H. STEWART, Secretary


Director, Veterans' Service - Veterans' Benefits Agent CHARLES W. H. SMITH


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1960


1958


Term Expires 1959 " " 1958


Board of Public Works


KENNETH R. JOHNSON, Chairman COLEMAN J. DONAHUE, Secretary WALTER S. HOPKINS, JR. HAROLD D. KILGORE, JR.


Term Expires 1958


"


1960


"


1958


1959


DOMENICK ZANNI, JR.


1960


Board of Health


CHARLES R. BAISLEY, M.D., Chairman


Term Expires 1959


CHRISTINE F. PARKER, Secretary


1960


EDWARD M. HALLIGAN, M.D.


1958


Finance Committee


WILLIAM H. DOLBEN, Chairman


Term Expires 1959


WALTER M. FOWLER


"


1959


ERNEST E. GALLANT


"


1958


CLEMENT T. GLEASON


"


1960


JOHN R. KAY


"


1958


DUDLEY B. KILLAM


1959


SAMUEL J. MALONE


1958


PAUL MICH


",


1960


GEORGE E. MILLNER


1959


WILLIAM F. MURPHY


1960


CARL B. PITMAN


1959


FREDERICK F. STEVENSON


1958


EMERSON A. WILLARD


1958


ALFRED R. JOHNSON


1960


School Committee


ROBERT E. TURNER, Chairman


Term Expires 1960


ROBERT F. PERRY, Secretary


PIIILIP R. WHITE


">


1960


BARBARA WINKLER


1958


PAUL R. BERGHOLTZ


1958


NEWELL H. MORTON


1959


School Physician


Superintendent of Schools


ROBERT W. WAKELING, D.O.


ROBERT F. PERRY


Attendance Officer


ROBERT A. GRUNDY


School Nurse MARGARET B. CLEWLEY


Municipal Light Board


PHILLIP G. WILLCOX, Chairman PHILIP O. AHLIN, JR., Secretary WINFRED F. SPURR


Term Expires 1959


" 1960


" 1958


3


" 1959


WILLIAM E. BURPEE


"


1960


ROBERT D. GOODOAK


Board of Registrars


ROBERT S. RALSTON, Chairman JOHN J. WALSH, Secretary LOUIS BACIGALUPO BOYD H. STEWART, Clerk


Term Expires 1959


"


1958


"


1960


Board of Cemetery Trustees


EDOUARD N. DUBE, Chairman


Term Expires 1960


M. RUSSELL MEIKLE, Secretary


"


1959


WILLIAM P. PIERPONT


1958


STANLEY F. MAXWELL


1958


ERNEST E. BROWN


1960


LAWRENCE A. PARTELOW


",


1959


Planning Board


EDWARD W. BATTEN, Chairman


Term Expires 1959


WILLIAM D. SOMMERS, Secretary


"


1960


W. FRANKLIN BURNHAM, JR.


"


1958


*BENJAMIN M. HARTSHORN, JR.


1959


#C. DEWEY SMITH


"


1958


Board of Library Trustees


KATHERINE' C. PIERCE, Chairman


"


"


1959


ROBERT E. STEWART


"


"


1958


SYDNEY M. HODSON


"


1958


*NEIL C. ROBINSON


"


1959


#WILLIAM H. DIAMOND


"


1958


Commissioners of Trust Funds


JOSEPH B. IVERSON, Chairman


Term Expires 1963


H. RAYMOND JOHNSON


ERNEST S. JOHNSON


"


1959


Town Treasurer and Chairman of Selectmen members ex-officiis


Board of Appeal


GERALD E. FOSBROKE, Chairman


Term Expires 1960


PHILIP R. WHITE, JR., Secretary


"


1959


ERNEST L. NIGRO


" 1958


Associate Members Board of Appeal


JOSEPH D. CAHILL


Term Expires 1958 "


ROBERT S. TOPERZER


" 1960


Sealer of Weights and Measures Inspector of Milk and Foods CARL M. SMITH CARL M. SMITH


Inspector of Plumbing KENNETH G. SHAW


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1958


ROBERT G. CLINCH


Term Expires 1960


H. IRENE LATHAM, Secretary


1960


C. NELSON BISHOP


",


1961


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


Constables


WILLIAM H. DEWSNAP 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 Health School Committee


Board of Assessors Board of Public Works Board of Public Welfare


Municipal Light Board


Personnel of Police Department


Chief ROLAND E. ELLIS


Lieutenant JOHN F. BEAUDOIN


Sergeants


THOMAS J. FITZPATRICK EDWARD M. HUBBARD


WILLIAM H. FAULKNER JOHN L. POWER


Inspector


WILLIAM H. DEWSNAP


5


Patrolmen


FRANK R. FISHER JOSEPH M. GREENE FREDERICK J. KEEFE WILLIAM J. WEBB, JR. PHILLIP N. CAIL FRED GRANELLI EVAN P. EDWARDS ROBERT A. CASTINE PAUL J. MURPHY


HAROLD W. O'BRIEN PATRICK J. PANTANO WINFRED A. MacDONALD JOHN A. BILICKI HERBERT G. PERRY JOSEPH W. CORMIER ROBERT E. MARCHAND BRIAN F. DESMOND BERNARD PAIVA


ROBERT M. MOORE


Clerk J. ROBERT CLARK


Special Police Officers


ELMER F. YOUNG


WILLIAM J. BROUSSARD DANIEL J. WHITE


VINCENT SERRENTINO STUART R. NICHOLS


REGINALD W. SOUTHARD


FRED REISSLE ANDREW J. LOMAX


FRED GIBSON ROBERT A. VARS


HENRY GROMYKO


JOHN B. MILLER EDWARD F. HARRISON


ROY J. BROGAN DANIEL J. BUCKLEY


RALPH PLOUFF


Memorial High School Memorial High School Memorial High School Memorial High School Memorial High School Memorial High School Junior High School Junior High School Junior High School Joshua Eaton School Joshua Eaton School Highland School Birch Meadow School Pearl Street School Reading Community Center Methodist Church Welfare Department Municipal Bldg., Masonic Bldg., Sanborn Apts. Library


QUINCY B. PARK HENRY O. BALLOU EDWARD TEER WILLIAM G. HENDERSON JAMES T. PUTNAM


Middlesex County National Bank Public Works


JOHN H. VANDENBERG


Reading Rifle and Revolver Club


DONALD E. FLORENCE Reading Rifle and Revolver Club Public Works


WILLIAM H. MILLER JOHN D. LOUANIS ARTHUR G. REES ROBERT P. SMITH HARRY A. TURNER RALPH E. WILSON J. ROBERT CLARK DUNCAN STANLEY HAROLD F. DAVIS HUGH L. EAMES


Water and Sewer Pumping Station, Town Forest


Victory House Victory House Baptist Church V.F.W. Quarters Police Station Police Station Cemeteries Fire Department


6


JAMES H. MADDEN HAMILTON H. GAW FRED H. DODGE FRANK C. MITCHELL


CHARLES DOUCETTE EDWARD F. HURLEY, JR. DONALD McGILLVEARY PHILLIP J. MILES RALPH B. WILLIAMS


St. Agnes Church School Traffic Control School Traffic Control School Traffic Control School Traffic Control School Traffic Control School Traffic Control School Traffic Control School Traffic Control


Reading Fire Department


Permanent Firefighters Chief, HUGH L. EAMES Deputy Chief, JAMES S. PERRY


Captain, HERBERT L. ROBERTSON


Captain, GEORGE W. GOODRIDGE


Captain, DONALD C. MITCHELL


CLIFFORD E. LITCHFIELD


LESLIE C. HADLEY ROBERT W. SHANNON


ELMER A. DYKENS, JR. WILLIAM R. VAN HORN


ROBERT H. THOMAS RICHARD D. BROWN ROBERT W. PRATT LESLIE L. HADLEY


HERBERT J. HUTCHINSON RUSSELL E. CARTER GERALD W. HUMPHREY ELMER W. MOORE


THEODORE W. TURNER, JR. NELSON F. ANDREWS RONALD D. MICHELINI FREDERICK E. LIVINGSTONE DONALD L. MICHELINI §VICTOR H. CAIL §GEORGE L. TURNER §ERNEST G. BABCOCK, JR.


Call Firefighters


JOSEPH ARSENAULT HENRY O. BALLOU DANIEL J. BUCKLEY


EVERETT G. CARROLL §THOMAS R. CROSWELL JOHN F. ENOS DeMELLE G. GAREY JAMES R. GAW


EARL W. HOBART IVAR F. JOHNSON RALPH E. NICKERSON HERMAN L. RIESSLE GEORGE G. ROGERS F. LIONEL SPRINGFORD JOHN A. SPURR ERNEST R. WATSON


Dispatcher, DUNCAN H. STANLEY


Supt. of Fire Alarm HUGH L. EAMES


Forest Warden HUGH L. EAMES


Deputy Forest Wardens


Deputy Chief, JAMES S. PERRY Captain, DONALD C. MITCHELL Captain, HERBERT L. ROBERTSON Captain, GEORGE W. GOODRIDGE JOHN A. SPURR


MAURICE H. DONEGAN


JAMES T. PUTNAM


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Inspector of Wires JAMES F. O'DOWD


Measurers of Lumber


HAROLD B. CURRELL


FRED F. SMITH


MAURICE H. DONEGAN


Measurers of Wood and Bark


MAURICE H. DONEGAN THOMAS E. BROGAN


HAROLD B. CURRELL


Field Drivers


JAME'S T. PUTNAM RONALD WINSLOW


Fence Viewers


WENDELL B. NEWELL


WARREN F. CHARLES


Weighers of Coal and Hay


THOMAS E. BROGAN


MABEL L. MacKAY


BERTHA L. MacLELLAN


DONALD FUNK


WENDELL B. NEWELL


Committee on Elm Tree Protection


MAURICE H. DONEGAN


JOHN F. SAWYER


MARION V. HARRINGTON


Committee on Town Forests


MAURICE H. DONEGAN


Term Expires 1960


JAMES T. PUTNAM


"


1959


HUGH L. EAMES


1958


Capital Expenditures Planning Committee


*LAWRENCE A. CATE, Chairman W. FRANKLIN BURNHAM, JR.


STANLEY F. MAXWELL, Secretary JOHN B. HARKER


ERNEST E. GALLANT *BENJAMIN M. HARTSHORN SAMUEL J. MALONE


Recreation Committee


HERBERT M. RIXON, Chairman RICHARD D. GALE


C. SUMNER TEEL, Secretary NEWELL H MORTON ALBERT J. CHISHOLM WILLIAM H. WILLSON, JR. H. LEE DONLEY BARBARA WINKLER


DOMENICK ZANNI, JR.


Salvage Committee BOARD OF SELECTMEN


*Resigned #Appointed to fill vacancy §Appointed


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STATISTICS


Area, 10 square miles


Population, census of 1955, 16,440


Registered Voters: Precinct 1, 1974; Precinct 2, 2442; Precinct 3, 1780; Precinct 4, 2708; total 8904


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, Torbert H. Macdonald, Malden Councillor 6th District, Joseph R. Crimmins, Somerville


Senator 7th Middlesex District, Charles E. Ferguson, Lexington


Representatives 18th Middlesex District, Frank D. Tanner, Reading and Thomas F. Donohue, Woburn


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TOWN OF READING List of Jurors for 1957-1958


Name


Occupation


Residence


Abley, Edward C., Salesman


Adams, Robert W., Proprietor


Ainsworth, Donald M., Merchant


Aitkins, Reginald C., Machinist and Technician


Alexander, Jack K., Industrial Engineer


Allen, Robert W., Jr., Truck Driver Alonzo, William, Technician


Ames, Willard C., Staff Assistant Anderson, Charles P., Salesman


Andrews, Donald L., Clerk


Asmussen, Frederick A., Accountant


Aucella, Thomas A., Carpet Installer


Awde, Robert A., Mechanical Designer


Axtman, William H., Oil Burner Service Supervisor


306 Ash St. 20 Susan Dr.


Aylward, James R., Loftsman


Bagocius, Frank J., Millhand Bailey, Bernard C., Clerk


Baker, Arnold R., Builder


Barker, Frank C., Director of Communications Barnes, David H., Maint. Electrician


Bartlett, Willard D., Jr., Insurance


Batting, Frances S., Housewife


Beninati, Joseph W., Truck Driver Benjamin, Walter P., Auditor


Bergholtz, Marjorie R., Housewife


Bergholtz, Paul R., District Manager


Berninger, Melvin V., Supervisor


Berry, James O., Jr., Tool Planner Birdsall, Robert C., Repairman Blake, John H., Salesman Blanchard, Winona M., Cashier Blunt, George R., Clerk Bottelsen, John F., Shipper


Boyd, Stanley W., Jr., Electrical Engineer


Brackett, David H., Salesman


Braun, James E., Asst. Serv. Mgr.


Brissenden, Harold S., Jr., Pipefitter


Bronk, Frank H., Salesman


Buffett, Francis E., Mach. Oper.


Burns, Gertrude E., Adm. Asst.


Burt, John J., Telegrapher


Cahill, James, Instr. Maint. Cain, David A., Jr., Shipper Chandler, Clarence I., Jr. Eng.


Chapman, Lloyd E., Mech. Engineer


163 County Rd. 71 Woburn St. 245 Pearl St. 34 Oak St. 89 Ash St.


287 Woburn st. 137 Prospect St. 17 Lincoln St. 14 Grove St. 20 Puritan Rd. 20 Puritan Rd. 16 Grand St. 4 Tower Rd. 131 Forest St. 12 Haverhill St. 14 Middlesex Ave. 33 King St. 9 Brook St. 109 Oak St. 155 Forest St. 16 Lothrop Rd. 3 Gardner Rd. 11 Larch Lane 17 Wilson St. 253 South St. 675 Haverhill St.


129 Woburn St. 170 Green St. 412 South St. 41 Forest St.


241 Pearl St. 57 Wescroft Rd. 3 Beacon St. 20 Dana Rd. 400 South St.


214 Van Norden Rd. 12 Beverly Rd. 36 Parkman Rd. 8 Puritan Rd. 34 Winslow Rd. 100 Woburn St. 14 Crosby Rd. 11 Spring St.


10


Cleary, Raymond H., Store Manager Clough, Philip J., Research Chemist Cogger, Harold W., Salesman Coldwell, Emerson J., Sales Engineer Cotreau, Delmar D., Salesman Cressinger, H. Grant, Proc. Analyst Cullen, John E., Jr., Supervisor Cullen, Walter J., Sales Engineer Cutler, Chester T., Manager


Dacey, Charles R., Insurance Broker Daley, Russell, Foreman


Danforth, Everett D., Real Estate and Ins. Broker


Davis, Ralph B., Supervisor


Day, Joshua T., Jr., Salesman


Dean, Warren M., Sales Representative


DePatie, Ronald D., Machinist


DiDonato, James C., Stat. Engineer


Dodge, Elmer F., Shop Supt.


Dolben, Alfred H., Realtor


Drury, Olga F., Housewife


Dubois, Ernest J., Electrical Engineer


Dunlea, Robert A., Mason


Eastman, Arthur B., Bank Clerk Eastman, Earle, Retired Etling, Fred R., Parts Engineer


5 Wells Rd. 2 Waverly Rd. 235 Walnut St.


Farris, Robert H., Engineer Fillmore, Edward C., Stock Clerk


12 Fremont St. 125 Main St.


Fowler, Walter M., Real Estate Salesman & Ins. 38 Fairmount Rd.


Franklin, Paul A., Tool Maker Frazier, John L., Supervisor


Freese, John B., Jr., Accountant


Furber, Elbridge N., Photostat Operator


Galvin, Thomas F., Construction Supt. Gardner, Walter L., Business Agent Geder, Rudolph B., Gauger Gibson, Meredith H., Salesman


Gillespie, Charles H., Shipper


Godfrey, Charles L., Treasurer Goodoak, Robert D., Mechanical Engineer


Hackett, Joseph T., Accountant Hall, Stanley A., Asst. Engineer Halligan, Edward B., Dist. Super. Hanson, Clarence F., Retired Harding, Robert F., Insurance Haynes, Whitcomb, General Supt. Higden, Albert L., Supt. Hodges, Samuel H., Broker in Hides Hodgkins, Otis P., Cashier and Bookkeeper


S Palmer Hill Ave. 16 Gardner Rd. 23 Meadow Brook Lane 38 Tamarack Rd. 35 Pierce St. 33 Selfridge Rd. 877 Main St. 9 Meadow Brook Lane 218 West St.


62 Oak Ridge Rd. 16 Winter St. 93 Salem St. 65 Grove St. 64 Berkeley St. 15 Pennsylvania Ave. 629 Pearl St. 8 B Street 83 Libby Ave. 17 Bond St. 57 Harrison St. 9 Tennyson Rd. 15 Longwood Rd.


13 Winthrop Ave. 103 Green St. 31 Selfridge Rd. 4 County Rd.


20 Fairmount Rd. 9 Essex St. 39 Cross St. 24 Overlook Rd. 160 Hopkins St. 32 Scotland Rd. 15 Evergreen St.


217 Lowell St. 1130 Main St. 34 John Carver Rd. 22 Middlesex Ave. 152 Oak St. 10 Orchard Park Dr. 251 Walnut St. 10 California Rd. 13 Hanscom Ave.


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Hynes, Thomas J., Traffic Mgr.


Johnson, Ernest S., Vice-Pres. & Comptroller Johnson, William J., Poultry Man Jones, Russell G., Corps. Pres. Jones, Wilmot W., General Manager


Kean, Robert H., General Manager Kellett, Walter G., Auditor Kenney, Fred C., Jr., Salesman


Kittredge, Allen S., Supervisor


Kittredge, Guy L., Jr., Engineer


Knox, James A., Salesman Kyle, John W., Compositor


Lander, William J., Salesman Libby, Henry T., Laboratory Technician


Lincoln, Elmer B., Asst. Manager Lloyd, Francis, Purchasing Agent Loring, J. Alden, Salesman


Macleod, Lawrence E., Instrument Insp. Madden, Adelaide J., Housewife


Maddock, Samuel B., Poultry Salesman


Marston, Woodbury S., Maint. Work Martin, Earle D., C.P.A.


Mason, Joseph F., Grinder


McCleery, Dorothy, Bank Teller McDermott, Frank P., Parking Manager


McDonald, Howard A., Optician


McGrath, Edmund R., Sales Manager


Merchant, Harry A., Jr., Purch. Agent Meuse, Theresa M., Matron Mick, Eben W., Sheet Metal Supt.


Miller, Viola L., Housewife


Mitchell, William B., Salesman


Moller, Edwin, Retired


Morris, Margaret D., Clerk Mumley, Reginald E., Maint. Welder


Nelson, Anna M., Housewife Newman, James E., Bank Clerk Nichols, C. Harold, Engineer


Paul, Gordon D., Accountant Penney, William C., Auto Dealer Peoples, Robert R., Chemical Engineer


Pinkham, Carl W., Jr., Engineer Plummer, Malcolm B., Structural Designer Powers, Walter C., Test Leader


Quinlan, John J., Jr., Asst. Pur. Agt.


Regan, Frank J., Supervisor Roberts, Harland M., Telegraph Operator


23 Temple St. 22 Orchard Park Dr. 468 West St. 47 Highland St. 3 Wescroft Rd. 79 County Rd. 16 Hunt St. 39 County Rd. 15 Manning St. 89 Wakefield St. 12 'Temple St. 30 Whittier Rd. 88 Glenmere Circle 3 Evergreen Rd. 46 Glenmere Circle 139 Woburn St. 100 South St. 113 Longwood Rd. 228 Washington St. 26 John Carver Rd. 71 Cross St. 21 Copeland Ave. 1 Condor Rd. 21 Colburn Rd. 20 Vine St. 17 Springvale Rd. 63 Whittier Rd. 62 Scotland Rd. 41 Winter St. 1 Weston Rd. 47 Prescott St. 80 Washington St. 75 Glenmere Circle 130 Woburn St. 13 High St.


12 Lothrop Rd. 14 Plymouth Rd. 28 Winslow Rd.


69 Scotland Rd. 55 Bear Hill Rd. 241 Charles St. 33 Barrows Rd. 18 School St. 2 Whittier Rd. 38 Bear Hill Rd. 183 Salem St. 15 Glen Rd.


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Roffi, Louis J., Foreman Rogers, Hattie N., Housewife


Romano, Ferdinand J., Meat Cutter


Scott, Leon L., Radio Foreman


Searle, Donald P., Sales Engineer


Selfridge, John E., Builder Sellers, Ralph E., Banker Sewell, Henry M., R.E. & Ins.


Shoecraft, Charles W., Sales Manager


Sias, Ralph G., Personnel Assistant


Smith, Carl Dewey, Insurance Smith, Rober D. D., Sales Manager


Starkey, David C., Personnel Staff Specialist


Steele, Robert P., Production Supervisor


Stevens, Frank M., Life Insurance Agent Stevens, Ralph E., Superintendent Sutherland, Edward, Salesman Swain, Raymond H., Electrical Engineer


Swanberg, Bertil R., Control Clerk Swenson, George J., Payroll Auditor


Tarbox, Robert W., Television Tech. Tassi, Attilio T., Truck Driver


Thomas, Albert C., P.O. Clerk


Titcomb, Helen A., Housewife


Valido, Homer D., Salesman Viall, Jennie L., Housewife


Weeks, George F., Turret Lathe Supervisor


Zitzow, Harold P., Electronic Design Engineer


307 Ash St. 119 Salem St. 54 Linden St. 28 Pennsylvania Ave. 26 Harrison St. 88 Colburn Rd. 17 Vale Rd. 86 West St.


52 Hartshorn St. 40 Federal St. 110 Grove St. 28 Glen Rd. 16 Catherine Ave. 56 Glenmere Circle 14 School St. 160 Howard St. 80 Bancroft Ave. 428 South St. 58 Lothrop Rd. 297 Woburn St. 56 Prospect St. 158 Salem St. 11 Ridge Rd. 68 Longfellow Rd.


15 Gardner Rd. 175 Bancroft Ave.


18 Timberneck Dr.


11 Oak St.


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ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION


Security Hall


March 4, 1957


Pursuant to the warrant and the Constable's return thereon, a Town election was held at the time and place specified in the Warrant.


In the absence of the Moderator, the Town Clerk, Boyd H. Stewart, called the meeting to order at 7:00 A.M. and asked for nominations for a moderator to act at this meeting.


Arthur L. Harris moved that Kenneth C. Latham be named Mod- erator to act at this meeting.


On motion of Arthur L. Harris it was voted that the nominations be closed.


On motion of Arthur L. Harris it was voted that the Town Clerk be instructed to cast one ballot for Kenneth C. Latham for Moderator to act at this meeting.


The Town Clerk then cast one ballot for Kenneth C. Latham to act as temporary Moderator, and declared him elected.


The warrant was partially read by the Town Clerk, when on motion of Arthur L. Harris, 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 Kenneth C. Latham, with the following results.


Prec. Prec. Prec. Prec.


1


2


3


4 Totals


Moderator for one year


Kenneth C. Latham


600


826


669


978


3073


Blanks


57


71


55


60


243


Totals


657


897


724


1038


3316


Town Clerk for one year


Boyd H. Stewart


590


816


656


960


3022


Blanks


67


81


68


78


294


Totals


657


897


724


1038


3316


Selectman for three years


Joseph D. Cahill


202


244


165


264


875


James E. Calvin


446


643


548


755


2392


Blanks


9


10


11


19


49


Totals


657


897


724


1038


3316


14


Board Public Welfare for three years


Donald C. McKie


551


780


638


909


2878


Blanks


106


117


86


129


438


Totals


657


897


724


1038


3316


Assessor for three years


William T. Fairclough


369


571


501


723


2164


Brendan L. Hoyt


261


302


207


280


1050


Blanks


27


24


16


35


102


Totals


657


897


724


1038


3316


Treasurer for one year


Preston F. Nichols


585


801


659


948


2993


Blanks


72


96


65


90


323


Totals


657


897


724


1038


3316


One Member


Municipal Light Board for three years


Philip O. Ahlin, Jr.


196


411


337


305


1249


James L. Faden


177


127


125


196


625


Robert D. Goodoak


188


225


162


398


973


Blanks


96


134


100


139


469


Totals


657


897


724


1038


3316


Two Constables for three years


William H. Dewsnap


564


794


644


931


2933


Arthur L. Harris


543


772


628


859


2802


Blanks


207


228


176


286


897


Totals


1314


1794


1448


2076


6632


Two Members


Board of Public Works for three years


Coleman J. Donahue


386


582


480


639


2087


Domenick Zanni, Jr.


460


611


507


674


2252


Lester W. Bowen


298


419


312


532


1561


Blanks


170


182


149


23


732


Totals


1314


1794


1448


2076


6632


Board of Health for three years


Christine F. Atkinson


576


787


649


929


2941


Blanks


81


110


75


109


375


Totals


657


897


724


1038


3316


15


Two Members School Committee for three years


William E. Burpee


457


673


564


833


2527


Robert E. Turner


508


733


618


849


2708


Daniel J. Brady


203


253


156


252


864


Blanks


146


135


110


142


533


Totals


1314


1794


1448


2076


6632


Two Members


Board of Library Trustees for three years


Katherine C. Pierce


488


671


570


838


2567


Robert E. Stewart


529


713


598


879


2719


William H. Diamond


157


239


180


171


747


Blanks


140


171


100


188


599


Totals


1314


1794


1448


2076


6632


Two Members


Board of Cemetery Trustees for three years


Ernest E. Brown


567


796


644


936


2943


Edouard N. Dube


548


754


643


889


2834


Blanks


199


244


161


251


855


Totals


1314


1794


1448


2076


6632


Planning Board for three years


William D. Sommers


544


764


639


919


2866


Blanks


113


133


85


119


450


Totals


657


897


724


1038


3316


Question


"Shall chapter thirty-two B of the General Laws, authorizing any county, city, town or district to provide a plan of group life insurance, group accidental death and dismemberment insurance, and group gen- eral or blanket hospital, surgical and medical insurance for certain persons in the service of such county, city, town or district and their dependents, be accepted by this town?"


Yes


314


398


380


511


1603


No


133


203


145


207


688


Blanks


210


296


199


320


1025


Totals


657


897


724


1038


3316


Precinct 1


Fifteen Town Meeting Members for three years


Henry O. Ballou, 71 Green St.


462


Vivian W. Bliss, 194 Pleasant St.


403


William C. Bliss, 194 Pleasant St.


380


16


R. Tracy Eddinger, 40 Wakefield St. 443


William B. Herrick, 515 Summer Ave. 426


Herbert Mitchell, 156 Salem St. 452


Everett P. Packer, 271 Haven St. 109


A. Waldo Phinney, 61 Cross St. 435


Clifford P. Wadman, 66 Pearl St.


413


Ernest R. Watson, 16 Cedar St.


437


Charles Cacciola, 15 Torre St.


216


Marilyn J. Golon, 140 Green St.


385


Daniel McBride, 23 Elliott St.


345


Albert Tine, 337 Ash St.


370


Barbara E. Winkler, 52 Pearl St.


393


Armand F. Wood, 5 Brook St. 355


Margery E. Wood, 5 Brook St. 309


2593


Blanks


Total


9855


Two Town Meeting Members for one year


Robert M. Graham, 72 Cross St.


497


Virginia Broadbent, 225 Charles St.


73


Blanks


744


Total


1314


Town Meeting Member for two years


William F. Campbell, Jr., 55 Salem St.


512


Blanks


145


Total


657


Precinct 2


Fifteen Town Meeting Members for three years


G. Warren Cochrane, Jr., 26 County Rd. 620


Winthrop P. Frazier, 438 Summer Ave. 601


Arthur L. Harris, 59 Oak St. 687


Leon T. Hutchins, 175 Prescott St. 618


Grace C. Johnson, 22 Orchard Park Dr. 643


John B. Pacino, 111 Scotland Rd. 553


Charles L. Richardson, Jr., 418 Summer Ave. 675


William J. Tonks, 3 Copeland Ave. 568


Helen M. Towle, 22 West St. 572


Herbert C. Towle, 22 West St. 600


Emerson A. Willard, 56 Pine Ridge Rd. 619


Phillip G. Willcox, 20 Copeland Ave. 617


John B. Davis, Jr., 114 Prescott St. 516


William H. Dolben, Jr., 32 Copeland Ave. 599


17


296


Charles H. Howland, 24 Shackford Rd.


333


Philip R. White, Jr., 10 Fairmount Rd.


James W. Killam, III, 340 Summer Ave.


602 Walter J. Kulakowski, 44 Oak St. 240


Herbert M. Rixon, 63 Oak Ridge Rd. 376 William M. Warren, 149 Walnut St. 521


Ronald A. Winslow, 315 Summer Ave. 591


Blanks 2637


Total


13455


One Town Meeting Member for one year


Walter S Dasho, 18 Woburn St. 97


Richard C. Evans, 43 Springvale Rd.


451


Robert A. Grundy, 25 Lewis St. 227


Blanks 122


Total


897


Town Meeting Member for two years


Fred C. Kenny, Jr., 39 County Rd.


745


Blanks


152


Total


897


Precinct 3


Fifteen Town Meeting Members for three years


Stephen A. Abbott, 25 Prospect St. 602


Joshua T. Day, Jr., 64 Berkeley St.


609


John R. Kay, 50 Grand St. 591


Harry F. McRell, Jr., 14 Willow St. 579


Richard G. Moore, 40 Grand St.


591


Frederick S. Oliver, 89 Grand St.


588


George C. Ricker, 143 Willow St.


573 595


Robert H. Verdi, 264 High St.


577


Francis G. Wall, 386 Lowell St.


565


Philip O. Ahlin, Jr., 263 Woburn St.


579


Willard D. Bartlett, Jr., 287 Woburn St.


572


Alfred H. Dolben, 17 Bond St.


606


John Nargis, 150 Prospect St.


64


Lauress T. Parkman, 43 Prospect St.


563


Blanks


Total 10860


Two Town Meeting Members for one year


582


Blanks


866


Total


1448


18


Walter G. Kellett, 16 Hunt St.


2606


Dorothy F. Stevens, 14 School St.


Two Town Meeting Members for two years


573 Tracy C. Chandler, 94 Middlesex Ave. Paul J. Murphy, 166 Woburn St. 331 Blanks


544


Total


1448


Precinct 4


Fifteen Town Meeting Members for three years


C. Nelson Bishop, 55 Lowell St. 761


Lester W. Bowen, 1457 Main St. 662


Lawrence A. Cate, 264 Charles St. 706


Harold F. Davis, 17 Forest Glen Rd. 728


495


Donald Higgins, 51 Grove St. 637


Thomas F. Maher, 273 Forest St.


472




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