Waltham, Massachusetts city directory 1930-1931, Part 1

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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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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.


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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


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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


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Baxter George W 389 Moody.


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Belmont Trust Co 482 Trapelo rd, Bel-


mont.


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Bent's Auto Repair Shop 16 Lane. 74


Berry Carleton W 30 Wadsworth av. .


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Blake Charles H 34 Spruce.


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Bleachery Fuel Co office 200 Moody ..


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Blocksom H W 837 Main.


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Boston


Consolidated Gas Co 210


Moody


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Broderick Patrick S 364 Moody 107


Brown & Benson 420 Moody.


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Business Letter Shop 420 Moody.


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Canton Low Restaurant 309 Moody.


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Carter Geo O & Co 342 Moody.


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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.


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Colantropo S 153 Calvary.


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Libby Bros 158 Lexington


111


Community Motors 576 Main. 69


Connors L A Inc 32 Spruce 91


Corcoran Edward J 49 Cedar.


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Corney & Bunten Co 373 Moody.


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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


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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.


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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.


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Waverley


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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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Meaney & Urpin Inc 165 Prospect .... 122


Metropolitan Life Ins Co 267 Moody.


inside back cover and 104


Miller Oil Co 69 River


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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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