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The Waltham Directory
MASSACHUSETTS
1930-1931
Containing
Alphabetical Section (page ₮165). Gives names, occupations and addresses of all men and women eighteen years old or over and all business houses. Dates of deaths during the previous year are given, and where possible, the addresses of people who have moved to other cities. The names of partners in firms are given in this department (the wife's name being in parentheses) also incorporated companies and their officers with much other information that cannot be found elsewhere.
Business Directory (page 581). All business houses, individuals in business for themselves, and professional men are listed without charge under the heading that best describes them. The more progressive houses, realizing that it pays to be easily found, pay a nominal charge for special listings in heavy type, under every heading where a buyer might look for them, cross-indexed to a descriptive space in the "reference section."
House Directory (page 417) A list of Householders and Places of Business arranged in numerical order upon their respective streets. The Streets are arranged in alphabetical order. The location of Intersecting Streets is clearly shown at the actual numbers where they intersect.
Advertising Department (page 65). Where more information than is possible to give under the headings is placed on file for buyer's reference. The value of this department can- not be estimated. It is an index of the best business interests of the city, and stands for them and the city in reference libraries all over the country, as well as on the desks of progressive business men. It is accessible to everybody, and the logical place to look for specific information. This probably explains why no other form of publicity is so gen- erally endorsed by business men, as a glance at this department will show.
Map (opposite). The clearest map ever made of the city, on a scale large enough to see and small enough to be handled easily.
Miscellaneous Information (page 6). Organization of City Departments, giving officers- Cemeteries-Post Office branches-Parcel Post zones and rates-Churches and Minis- ters-Societies, Institutions, etc., with officers-Courts-Population tables,-Calendar, etc.
(For detailed Index to Contents, see page 8)
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CALENDAR 1930
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CALENDAR 1931
JANUARY
JULY
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AUGUST
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SEPTEMBER
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JULY
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SEPTEMBER
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OCTOBER
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NOVEMBER
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DECEMBER
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NAMES IN THE WALTHAM DIRECTORY
*Number of Names in General Directory of 1931. 20,794
Number of Names in General Directory of 1929.
20,269
Increase of Names. 525
*This number includes the names of 806 persons who have died or removed from the city since the 1929 Directory was issued.
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113936 INDEX TO CONTENTS
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PAGE
Abbreviations. 165, 417
New England Order of Protection 51
Advertisers' Index.
9
Newspapers 604
Advertising Department.
65
Notaries Public. 604
American Legion.
47
Nurses 605
Army & Navy Union
47
Odd Fellows.
49, 50
Assessors 21
Odd Ladies
52
Association of North American Direc- tory Publishers. 133
Parks & Playgrounds. . 63C
Associations. 41
33
Attendance Officers. 33
Patrons of Husbandry. 51
Banks.
584
Permits & Licenses 17
Buildings, Public & Office.
587
Business Directory.
581
Police Court
22
Calendar.
6
Police Department.
22
Cemeteries.
630
Population of Mass.
15
Census.
15
Post Office.
61
Chamber of Commerce.
44
Postage Rates.
62
Churches.
37,589
Probate Court
57
City Government.
19
Public Administrators
55
. City Statistical Review
11
Public Library
35
Clergymen 37,589
Public Schools.
28
Clubs.
41
Public Welfare Commission
21
Constables.
20
Pythian Sisters
51
County Officers.
53
Railway Stations. 63C
Courts.
55
Rates of Postage.
62
Daughters of StGeorge.
48
Real Estate. 610
District Court.
56
Red Cross
41
Eagles.
48
Registrars of Voters.
22
Elks.
48
Royal Arcanum
51
Express Companies.
594
Fire Alarm Boxes.
24
Savings Banks
584
Fire Department.
23
School Committee 28
29
Fraternal Aid Union
48
Schools 28, 611
Fraternal Societies.
47
Sheriff and Deputies.
54
Funeral Directors. 595
Sinking Fund Commissioners 21
Gas Light Company.
596
Societies and Associacious. . . 41
Good Templars. c 49
State Officers 58
Street Directory 417
Halls.
.509
Sunday School Superintendents 37
Hibernians.
147
Superior Court.a.
57
Home for Aged Wonen
42
Supreme Court.
55
Hospitals
36, 599
Hotels
599
Telegraph Offices
614
House Directory
417
Telephone Offices
614
Improved Order Red Men.
48
Training School for Nurses
35
Index to Advertisements.
9
Trial Justices 55
614
Justices of the Peace
55
Trust Funds. 22
Undertakers 595
Knights of Pythias.
50
United Spanish War Veterans .. 53
United States Courts. 55
Lawyers 601
United States Government 60
Library
35
United Workmen 47
Loyal Order of Moose
50
Walter E Fernald State School. 34
Masonic Societies
50
Waltham Baby Hospital.
36
Massachusetts Government. 58
Waltham Hospital 36
Masters in Chancery. 54
Waltham Public Library. 35
Medical Examiners.
55
Waltham School for Girls. 34
Middlesex County Officers. 53
Wards. 63D
Military. 53
Woman's Relief Corps. 53
Music Teachers 604
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Teachers. 30
Insurance Companies and Agents. 600
Trust Companies.
Knights of Columbus. 50
Land Court 57
Salvation Army
40
Foresters 48, 49, 51
School Holidays.
Grand Army of the Republic.
Parcel Post. . 63B
Parochial Schools.
Physicians. 608
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INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS
PAGE
Alberti John 255 Newton.
73
Alcazar Restaurant & Coffee House
481 Moody. 126
Alcorn Machine Co 6 Water.
112
Allen Thomas M R 463 Main opp Newton. 90
Anderson Florist 292 Moody
92
Ball A T 609 Main
131
Barker Geo J Lumber Co 649 Main.
110
Barry Printing Co, Music Hall av ..
123
Bartlett Ball 903 Main
72
Baxter George W 389 Moody.
130
Belmont Trust Co 482 Trapelo rd, Bel-
mont.
78
Bent's Auto Repair Shop 16 Lane. 74
Berry Carleton W 30 Wadsworth av. .
96
Blake Charles H 34 Spruce.
98
Bleachery Fuel Co office 200 Moody ..
85
Blocksom H W 837 Main.
120
Boston
Consolidated Gas Co 210
Moody
125
Broderick Patrick S 364 Moody 107
Brown & Benson 420 Moody.
124
Business Letter Shop 420 Moody.
114
Canton Low Restaurant 309 Moody.
126
Carter Geo O & Co 342 Moody.
90
Cataldo J M Real Estate Exchange 353
Moody 125
Cedar Hill Farm Inc, Kendal Green Weston Mass. 115
Central Motor Trucking Co 85 Central 131
Chamber of Commerce 613 Main back colored X
Champion Art School 47 Moody. 130
Chapin George L 247 Bacon.
115
Clark George A 29 Spruce.
95
Clarkson Furniture Co 600 Main.
back cover and 99
Cobb Clifford S Co 720 Main.
S9
Colantropo S 153 Calvary.
87
Libby Bros 158 Lexington
111
Community Motors 576 Main. 69
Connors L A Inc 32 Spruce 91
Corcoran Edward J 49 Cedar.
94
Corney & Bunten Co 373 Moody.
97
Cushing J Co 22 Felton. 96
Dean Dairy, Beaver cor Warren 115
Delaney J B & Son 79 Francis. 89
Dowd & French 680 Main rm 11.
107
Dunbrack Tool & Die Co Inc 106
Alder. 111
Dunder Martha C School of Dancing
3 Lexington cor Main. 130
Eastern Auto Parts Co 917 Main.
70
Edgar William W Co 541 Trapelo rd
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Ferson E E Son Co 15 Grant.
front edge and 118
First Church of Christ Scientist of
Newton, Walnut corner Otis New- tonville. 81
Fisher's Ginger Ale Co Inc 60 Woerd
av.
80
Fuelite Natural Gas Corp 705 Main. . back colored Y
Godden Motor Co 870 Main. .
68
Goodrich Tire Service Co 98 Maple .. .
73
Gray Andrew W 424 Lexington.
88
Greenough Construction Co 200 Cal- vary 86
Griff Furniture Co 284 Moody
101
Harrington John J 657 Main
66
Hawes Electric Co 15 Main Water- town. 91
Healey Frank C 333 Moody.
124
Household Fuel Corp 688 Main
8-1
Howard E Clock Co 256 Charles.
back cover and 82
Ideal Concrete Block Co 232 Lexing- ton. S9
Jacklyn Studio 353 Moody.
121
John Hancock Mutual Life Ins Co 740
Main
104
Johnston Charles J Jr Inc 582 Main. . front cover and 67
Jones Ralston P 899 Main.
68
Jordan Furniture Co 278 Moody.
100
Joyce Francis J 552 Main
95
Joyce Thomas A 135 Moody.
3
Kay Jewelry Co 316 Moody
106
Keane M & Son 30 Elm
116
Keefe Patrick J 22 Lyman
127
Keith G Lafayette 119 Adams.
88
Kelly Geo I Inc 429 Moody.
83
Kirwin Fred H 588'Main
122
MacFawn-Barry Co 42 Felton
81
McGennis Florence M Mrs 878 Main. 90
MacGillivray James 21 Crescent. ..
123
MacNeill Charles A 634 Moody near Brown. 119
McPherson Levi E 955 Main.
71
Madden W J 11 Myrtle.
75
Main Street Service Station Inc 1011
Main ..
71
Marcy Coal Co Inc 151 Lexington.
S5
Waverley
92
Maxwell Earl O 58-62 Adams.
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Lituri Charles 21 Crescent.
98
Lituri Frank C 19 Crescent.
108
Lundell Hans 105 Moody
83
McCaul R L & Co 15 Summer av. 122
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Bigham & Sons 259 South 75 Havey Michael J 245 High. 116
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INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS
PAGE
PAGE
Meaney & Urpin Inc 165 Prospect .... 122
Metropolitan Life Ins Co 267 Moody.
inside back cover and 104
Miller Oil Co 69 River
4
Miller William R 21 Cherry. 95
Mitchell & Corcoran 13-15 Whitney av. 122
Mobeco Sign Adv System 137 Moody. 131
Mooney Frank J 740 Main. 104
Mooney John J 749 Main. 95
Moore's Express 68 Grant
96
Morgan's Inc 326 Moody. 101
Mullin Bernard E 36 Elm. . top end and 94
Mulock Arthur F Inc 740 Main
87
Nanking Restaurant 659 Main.
126
New England Chemical Co 23 Walnut 103
Nunes Taxi 673 Main
132
O'Neil Joseph H, Lawrence bldg 681 Main. 119
Paul & Eaton 49 Moody. 116
Pearce Fred A 571 Main. 80
Perkins D E 479 Moody 124
Perry Radio Shop 620 Moody
123
Platt Construction Co 711 Main.
88
Potter Press The 537 South.
128
Quinn Furniture Co 386 Moody. 100
Reade Charles L 22 Common.
93
Richardson Frank W 698 Main.
97
Riverside Paint & Varnish Co Inc 87 Rumford av. 120
Robbins & Moulton Co Inc 596 Moody 69
Rooney Leonard J 7 Moody. 105
Salvucci Peter 55 Pond .. 87
Sampson & Murdock Co, Boston
113
Sampson & Murdock Co Direct Mail
Division, Boston.
113
Simpson Alfred F 837A Main
70
Sinclair Warren 412 Moody. 125
Smith Raymond P 149 Riverview av .. 81
Smith Weld I, National Bank bldg 637 Main. 4
Spencer Herbert T 708 Main. 101
Stone Howard L Dairy 1295 Main. 115
Stroum N Furniture Co 428 Moody .. 2
Sullivan Battery Station 1025 Main .. .
74
Thomson Judson L Mtg Co, South nr Roberts station 126
Totten J & Sons Co r 74 Bacon. 103
Travis & Gallagher Inc 46 Felton .. . 81
Varney Geo W 639 Main. 74
Viles Daniel F & Co Inc 637 Main. 105
Vining William F 26 Crescent.
108
Walnut Street Auto Repair 584
Walnut.
75
Walnut Street Battery and Electrical Service 40 Walnut. 72
Waltham Auto Electric Co 588 Moody 74 Waltham Automobile & Finance Corp 173 High. 70
Waltham Buick Co 400 Main
69
Waltham Chamber of Commerce 613 Main. back colored X
Waltham Chemical Co 118 Calvary ... 103 Waltham Coal Co 633 Main
front cover and 84
Waltham
Co-operative
Bank
45
Moody
. back cover and 76
Waltham Dairy Co 187 Adams. 114
Waltham Electric Welding & Iron Works 19 Heard 132
Waltham Foundry Co 71 Felton.
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Waltham Ice Co 200 Prospect
102
Waltham Jewelry Co 427 Moody.
106
Waltham Lumber Co 217 Lexington .. back bone and 109
Waltham Machine Works 296 Newton cor High. 111
Waltham National Bank of Waltham
The 637 Main
. bottom end and 77
Waltham News-Tribune 18 Pine ..
117
Waltham Oil Burner Corp, High cor Parmenter rd. 119
Waltham Publishing Co 18 Pine
117
Waltham Savings Bank 702 Main ..
Waltham School for Girls 327 Lexing- ton 129
Waltham School of Business 680 Main 129
Waltnam Spa 1 Moody. 85 Waltham Taxi & Transfer Co 645 Main. 132
Waltham Tire Exchange 913 Main .. . . 73
Waltham Trust Co 23 Moody.
front cover and 78 Watch City Co-operative Bank 7 Moody
Watch City Taxi 673 Main.
132
Waverley Lumber Co, Thayer rd Wa- verley 110
Webster Lumber Corporation 148 Wal- tham, Watertown 110
Webster Studio 211 Moody
121
Wellcome F D & Son 95 Riverview av 98
Wentworth Freedom & Sons 4 Cutler ct 93
West End Garage 870 Main.
68
Wetherbee Harry J 707 Main. 97 Whitney Harold F 24 Common. 71
Williams Motor Service 29 Yetten ter. 72 Winchester Laundry Division of the New England Laundries Inc 164 Galen Newton 106
Wollrath & Sons Inc, Beaver corner
Walsh Arthur A 353 Moody
88
Waverley Oaks rd.
92
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WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS
Form of Government: Mayor and Council; Council consists of four councillors-at- large, and seven councillors, one from each ward, elected biennially.
Population : Federal census of 1930, 39,425. Area: 13.56 square miles.
Altitude: 67 feet.
Assessed Valuation: $60,605,700 with $32.40 tax per thousand.
White Population: 39,030, estimated 1930.
Colored Population: 395, estimated 1930.
Number of All Males: 18,675. And of All Females: 20,740, estimated 1930.
Native Born Population: 73.6 per cent of whole population.
Predominating Nationalities in City: American, Canadian, Italian.
Parks: Fifteen with 253 acres valued at $1,085,000.
City's Bonded Debt: $2,435,500.
Financial: One National bank and one trust company with total deposits of $13,628, 012.45, and resources $16,933,775.23. One Savings Bank with total deposits of $9,956,204.
Post Office Receipts for Year Ending June 30, 1930: $140,166.31. Telephones in Service: 6,066.
Churches: Twenty.
Building and Construction: Value of building permits 1929, $2,292,730.
Real Estate Transfers: 1,710. Number of homes, 8,600.
Industry: Number of establishments 132.
Trade: Territory (Retail) serves 200,000 people within the trading area covering a radius of fifteen miles.
City Served by: Two railroad lines. Three bus lines.
Amusements: Largest theatre or auditorium seats 2,500 people. There are four theatres, with a total seating capacity of 5,197 people.
Hospitals: Three with 225 beds also a State Hospital in process of construction.
Education: Number of schools, twenty-eight including three high schools and four parochial schools. Number of pupils in public schools 5,500, in private schools 2,500. Total number of teachers in public schools 240.
Libraries: There are 85,561 volumes in the libraries of the city.
City Statistics: Total street mileage 71.903 with 48 589, miles paved, and two miles under construction or ordered. Miles of sewers, 57.38. Capacity of water works (municipal) 14,660,000 gallons, daily average pump of 2,252,580 gallons, with 83.29 miles of mains and value of plant estimated at $1,612,821.33. Fire de- partment employs seventy-seven men with following motor equipment: ten autos, two engines, three hose and chemical wagons, two hook and ladder trucks, one chemical, in five station houses. Valve of fire department with property is $150,000. Police department has sixty men with one station and six pieces of motor equip- ment.
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Historical Outline
Situated on the beautiful Charles River, nine miles to the west of Boston, the rich and fertile plain on which stands the present city of Waltham was called Eden Vale by the earliest settlers.
In 1738 this area, which then comprised the Western Precinct of the town of Watertown, was incorporated as a separate town and named Waltham, but it was not until the establishment of a paper mill in 1788 that it became ~ny- thing more than an agricultural community.
In 1826 Waltham achieved the distinction of a daily stage to Boston, and, with the improved transportation thus af- forded, became a popular residential town. One of the early Governors of Massachusetts, Christopher Gore (1809), built a magnificent house with bricks brought from England, and surrounded it with imported shrubs and trees. This house and the extensive grounds are now the property of the Wal- tham Country Club.
In 1844 the Fitchburg railroad was opened to travel. Forty years later, Waltham had outgrown town government, and was incorporated a city on June 2, 1884. The last three decades have seen a rapid increase in the number of homes within its borders, not at all surprising in view of the advan- tages which Waltham offers both to those who commute to Boston and to those who work near their homes. There are excellent automobile roads, eight convenient stations on the steam railroads, and bus lines which connect with the Boston Elevated system at half a dozen points.
Waltham's population in 1765 was 663; in 1865, 6,896; and in 1930, 40,000; with a potential population of 250,000, residing in the surrounding cities and towns. It is essentially an industrial city. With an area of 13} square miles, the city has ample room for expansion without overcrowding.
Waltham is situated in the fourth largest metropolitan district, which in itself insures an excellent local market for all kinds of products. It is connected with Boston by two railroad lines, the Massachusetts Central and the Fitchburg Divisions of the Boston & Maine Railroad. Together with the Watertown Branch these roads provide ample shipping facilities, with spur tracks available when needed. It is only a short haul by truck to tap the main line of the Boston & Albany Railroad at Newtonville.
Paper manufacturing was the chief business of the town in the early days. Here, in 1788, John Boies, taking advantage of the waterpower privileges on the Charles, built a paper mill. This was soon followed by similar mills at the western and eastern boundaries of the town. In 1812 came the Boston Manufacturing Company, famed the world over as the first complete cotton mill to include both spinning and weaving by power under one roof.
Waltham is often familiarly called the "Watch City" because for years the making of fine watches was its principal industry. The Waltham Watch Company, one of the largest manufacturers of watches in the world, was the first to make fine watches by machinery. In Waltham, too, kero- sene was first refined and made available for household and commercial use.
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There are 114 factories engaged in the manufacture of watches, clocks, knit goods, precision machinery, furniture, canoes, enamel ware, jewel bearings, plumbing supplies, yard goods, paper, iron and brass castings, traffic signs, die stuffs, window frames, ice cream equipment, optical goods, paper tubes, automatic irrigation systems, dairy and poultry food, pest exterminators, mica products, electrical switches, batteries, sales books, loose leaf account systems, paper box machinery, grinding wheels, rivets, builders' finish, lacquer- chemicals, gauges, patent leather, oil burners and rayon metering pumps, also hundreds of other products.
Although Waltham has long been known throughout the world as the home of high grade industries engaged in the manufacture of quality products, it has always maintained its position as an important agricultural center. Here are located the headquarters of the Middlesex County Farm Bureau, and the Federation of Farm Bureaus. The experi- mental station of the Massachusetts Agricultural College was transfered to this city some years ago.
Waltham stores are well stocked and well managed, and carry a complete range of merchandise at prices as favorable as any in the large centers.
There are two fine and progressive commercial banks, with a combined capital and surplus of over $1,400,000 and deposits of over $13,500,000. The Waltham National Bank, the older of the two commercial banks, founded in 1836, has a capital and surplus of over $650,000. The Waltham Trust Company, organized in 1903, has resources of over $10,0 0,000. Both of the commercial banks are mem- bers of the Federal Reserve System. In addition to these, Waltham has a Savings Bank seventy years old with deposits of nearly $10,000,000 and over 15,000 depositors. There are two co-operative banks: the Waltham Co-operative Bank, which was organized fifty years ago, and the Watch City Co-opera- tive Bank, incorporated in 1914.
There are twenty church congregations, also numerous philanthropic societies. Every leading fraternal society has at least one branch in the city, while some have more than one. The stranger in the city will find here to welcome him those affiliated with his own organization. Three theatres, attractive in their appointments, present entertainment of a high grade. There are three hospitals, and in addition to these, there is the excellent Waltham Training School for Nurses.
The superior water supply of the city is derived from driven wells fed by underground courses, but in case of need the city can tap the Metropolitan system at a comparatively small expense. Practically all of the residential and business districts are connected with the sewer, of which there are now 57.38 miles. Disposition of the sewage is made through the South Metropolitan system. The tax rate in Waltham is among the lowest in the cities of Massachusetts. This has not been brought about by excessive valuations. The val- uation of the city for 1930 was $60,605,700.
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Nearly Six thousand pupils are enrolled in the twenty-four public schools. The Junior High School buildings are of the modern type, each with a spacious auditorium extensively used for community purposes. Besides its public schools, Waltham has four parochial schools, two of them extending through high school grades. There are also two private schools -the Waltham School for Girls, and the Mount Prospect School for Boys and one business school.
With parks, playgrounds and other facilities for outdoor recreation, Waltham is bountifully supplied. In the center of the city there is an unusually fine Common. Prospect Hill Park is a natural beauty spot such as can seldom be found within walking distance of a busy city. The Cornelia Warren Park, lying between Waltham and Waverley contains 67.78 acres, largely woodland. The Girl Scout headquarters, are housed in the spacious mansion on Cedar Hill, left for the pur- pose by Miss Cornelia Warren. There is also the High School Athletic Field, and ten active playgrounds competently supervised and with an efficient corps of instructors. The Charles River, with its facilities for boating and canoeing in the summer, and ice sports in the winter, has long been famed as a pleasure stream in New England.
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