Waltham, Massachusetts city directory 1962, Part 1

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WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS


"CENTER OF INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN MASSACHUSETTS"


WALTHAM'S population is 55,207 with a potential shopping population of 500,000 as it is the trading and working hub of a wheel that has 29 suburban shopping community spokes in its circumference of Commerce. (Estimated 1962 population, 60,000).


WALTHAM is 9 miles west from the port of Boston, situated on the Charles River, and served by the Boston and Maine Railroad, Massachusetts Central Division, Watertown Branch line and eleven lines of Middlesex and Boston St. Ry Co. busses.


The city has excellent business and manufacturing facilities.


THINK OF WALTHAM AS THE CITY


As a City Economically in Balance - with a clear vision of where it is going.


Where the first single Board of Government in Massachusetts was adopted.


Where kerosene oil was first refined and made available for house- hold usage.


Where chalk crayons were invented and first made.


Where all the operations of cotton cloth were first performed under one roof.


THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE


Through the public spirit and splendid co-operation of its business com- munity, government & citizens, Waltham maintains an active Chamber of Commerce, the slogan of which is :-


THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR THE ECONOMIC GOOD OF ALL


For Reference


Not to be taken


from this library


Waltham Area Chamber of Commerce


657 MAIN STREET


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT BERNARD L. ROACH EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT TWinbrook 4-4700


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DIRECTORY SYMBOLS AND DESIGNATIONS


HOUSEHOLDERS SECTION


HOME OWNER


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CITY DIRECTORY VOL. 1962 XIX


Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, and Much Information of a Miscellaneous Character; also a


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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX


R. L. POLK & CO., publishers of more than 1,000 city, county, state and national Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1962 edition of the Waltham City Directory.


Confidence in the growth of Waltham's industry, population and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting Waltham to the world.


The enviable position occupied by R. L. POLK & CO,'S Directories in the estimation of the public throughout the country, has been established by render- ing the best in Directory service. With an unrivaled organization, and having had the courteous and hearty co-operation of the business and professional men and residents, the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the Waltham Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the city.


Four Major Departments


The four major departments are arranged in the following order: -


I. THE BUYERS' GUIDE constitutes the first major department, printed on goldenrod paper, and contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Waltham. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference ad- vertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize them - selves with sources of supply. In a progressive community like Waltham, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is obvious. General appreciation of this fact is evidencedby the many reference users of this City Directory service.


II. THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is the second major department, printed on canary paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispendable catalog of the numerous in- terests of the community. The Directory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller. As such, it plays an important part in the daily activities of the commercial, industrial and professional world. More buyers and sellers meet through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium.


III. THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is the third major department included on white paper. This is the only record in existence that aims to show the name, marital status, occupation and address of each adult resident of Waltham, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the city.


IV. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, is the fourth major department printed on green paper. In this section the numbered streets are arranged in numerical order followed by the named streets in alphabetical order; the numbers of the residences and business concerns are arranged in numerical order under the name of each street, and the names of the householders and concerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the intersecting streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street. Special features of this section are the designation of tenant -owned homes and the listing of telephone numbers.


Municipal Publicity


The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the city, depicting in unbiased terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as a manufacturing site and as an educational center. To broadcast this information, the publishers have placed copies of this issue of the Directory in Directory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference, and serve as perpetual and reliable advertisements of Waltham.


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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX


The Waltham Directory Library


Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Waltham City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the offices of the Chamber of Commerce, for free reference by the general public. This is one of more than 1,000 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities and towns of the U. S., Canada and Puerto Rico by members of the Association of North American Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the system is operated.


The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recognition by those pro- gressive business and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the City Directory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.


R. L. POLK & CO. Publishers.


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Page numbers below refer to the Buyers' Guide Section


Page 38


Allied Sheet Metal & Heating Co . right side lines and


American Movers Inc . right bottom lines and


Ames B C Co. left side lines and


Atlantic Business Forms Co


top stencil and


Barnes Rowland H Co


left top lines and


Beatty Brothers Inc .


right bottom lines and


Bilodeau E J


Bird Richard H & Co Inc. left top lines and


25


Bonney Oil Co Inc . back cover and 34


Boston Gas Co . back cover


23


Brasco Florist .left side lines and


Burke P E Moving & Storage Corp right bottom lines and


Byron's Inc .


Callvin Real Estate


Camuti Plumbing & Heating right top lines and


Charter House Motor Hotel . right bottom lines and


Clevite Transistor left side lines and


Compo Shoe Machinery Corp


right side lines and


3


Durrell Electronics Inc


. right top lines and


16 16


Emery W A Co .


right bottom lines and


Ernie's Driving School


. right side lines and Everett Herbert I left side lines and


Finn Insurance Agency


right side lines and


Gibbs Express Company


Glenmeadow Apartments


Guthrie Lumber Co


Hays J S Co Inc left top lines and


Holland Thomas P Co


Hollywood Health Studio left bottom lines and


Ideal Concrete Block Co right side lines and


Irwin's Furniture Co .


Johnson Robert B


right bottom lines and


Jordan's Furniture . right bottom lines


Joyce Francis J & Son


Kay Jewelry Co


right bottom lines and


Lelievre Door Service


15


Lewis Associates Inc .


right bottom lines and


Lynn's Floral and Gift Shop


right top lines and


Maple Hill Farm Dairy Inc


Mara Plymouth Center Inc


Mech-Lab


right bottom lines and


.right bottom lines Mendelsohn's Inc


Middlesex & Boston Street Railway Co Z and


41


Middlesex Family Co-operative Bank right top lines and


11


Miller William R Funeral Service .


19


Mooney Frank J Insurance Agency Inc


front stencil and


Mullin Bernard E .


Newton-Waltham Bank & Trust Co , backbone 6 and


27


Nolan Industries Inc


left top lines and


Nolan Thomas F


right top lines and


36


O'Neil Roderick J


35


Park Snow Inc


15


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17 31 13 39 36 30 42 40 14


Credit Control Bureau Inc .


Donovan & Kiley.


right bottom lines and


Electro Contracting & Service Corp.


right side lines and


37 3 39 24 20 42 3 11 14 13


21 29 20 26


. left top lines and 19 26 15


Lee Drug Co .


17 17 4 14 4 30


Main Street Auto Sales & Service Inc


22 20 7


Nichols W H Company . . . left side lines and Nims Robert E Caterer Inc right side lines and 13 2


A T V Television & Radio . Abbott Motors Inc. . left bottom lines and 4 2 31 37


12 17 16 15


Bay State Supply Co


35


Bowers Insurance Agency Inc. right top lines, right side lines and


Fraser Lee M Funeral Service


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


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Piety Corner Gardens Restaurant Inc right top lines and 40


Professional Exchange Telephone Answering Service right side


lines and 40


Reece Corporation The


28


Regan James E Realtor left side lines and


39


Rinehart Functional Handwriting .


Robinson J F & F I Inc left top lines and


St Germain Ed Inc .


Salvation Army. The


13


Sanborn Company


Sheer Sign Co Inc . . back cover, right side lines and


Thompson William H Insurance Company right side lines and


24 5


Twinbrook Concrete Corp right side lines and


Waltham Area Chamber of Commerce


Waltham Camera Shop .left side lines and


Waltham Chemical Co . left bottom lines


Waltham Citizens National Bank. back cover and


Waltham Coal & Oil Co Inc. . . right side lines and


Waltham Federal Savings & Loan Assn right top lines, right


side lines


Waltham Hospital The left top lines and 21 9


Waltham Motor Company right bottom lines and 5


Waltham Publishing Co. front cover and 33


Waltham Savings Bank. back cover, right top lines and


10 21


Waltham Visiting Nurse Assn


33


Watch City Liquor Store


right side lines and 26


Wentworth Freedom & Sons Inc


bottom stencil, left top lines A and


18


West End Chevrolet Inc front cover, right top lines, right side lines and 5


Weston H E Jewelry Company Inc


26


right top lines Wilder R S Inc. .


20 24 4


38


40


Towne Line Motors . right side lines and


14 B


35 8 35


Waltham Supply Co Inc right side lines and


WALTHAM MASSACHUSETTS


(Courtesy Waltham Chamber of Commerce)


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Statistical Review


Issued January 1, 1962


Form of Government; Mayor and Council; Council consists of six councillors - at-large and nine ward councillors, elected biennially.


Population: U. S. Census, (1960), 55,413.


Area: 13.56 square miles.


Altitude: 67 feet.


Assessed Valuation: $125,152,200 (January 1, 1961).


Number of Dwelling Houses Assessed: 9,723 (January 1, 1961).


Number of Families: 14,484


Total Dwelling Units: 14,135 (estimated January 1, 1962).


Native Born Population: 79.80 o/o of whole population.


Predominating Nationalties in City: American, Canadian, Italian.


Parks: 3 with 273.54 acres. 2 Metropolitan District Parks with 81.5 acres; 15 Playgrounds with 65.13 acres, plus 5 play areas at school sites; 1 MDC swimming pool.


City's Bonded Debt: $11,048,000 (December 31, 1961).


Financial: 1 Bank and Trust Company with resources of $74,830,419.32.1 Savings Bank with total deposits of $45,209,546. 1 Federal Savings and Loan Association with resources of $51,184,250.00. 1 National Bank with resources of $9,441,823.17. 1 Trust Company with resources of $11,548,414.65. 1 Family Co-operative Bank with assets of $2,375, 521.43. All figures as of December 31, 1961.


Post Office Receipts for 1959: $1,311,824.04.


Churches: 25.


Building and Construction: Value of Building Permits: $11,055,056. Number of Building Permits: 658 (December 31, 1961).


Motor Vehicle Registrations for Year Ending December 31, 1959; 22,300, (December 31, 1961), 27,000.


Real Estate Transfers for Year Ending December 31, 1961: Approximately 1,400.


Industry: Number of Industrial Establishments 233: Warehousing 15: Total: 248.


Trade: Territory (Retail) serves 520,000 people, 29 communities, within the trading area covering a radius of fifteen miles.


City Served by: 2 railroad lines, 11 bus lines.


Amusements: Largest theatre or auditorium seats 2,100 people. There are 2 theatres with a total seating capacity of 3,086 people.


Hospitals: Waltham Hospital with 183 beds and 28 bassinets: also Metro- politan State Hospital, 2,154 beds; Middlesex County Sanatorium, 350 beds; Walter E Fernald School for Feeble Minded, 2,525 beds.


Schools: Number of public school buildings; 19 including 1 high school, 3 junior high schools, 1 vocational high school, and 14 elementary schools. Enroll- ment: 9,370 pupils, with 393 teachers. Parochial schools: 2 parochial high schools and 3 elementary school buildings; Enrollment: 2,287.


Libraries: There are 167,906 volumes in the library and branches of the city.


City Statistics: Total street mileage is 153, with 108.7 miles of public way paved. Miles of sewers, 109.5. Water Works (Metropolitan) daily average con- sumption: 7,975,556 gallons with 135.4 miles of mains.


Fire Department: Employs 152 men with the following motor equipment: 4 autos, 1 utility truck, 8 engines, 2 hose and chemical wagons, hook and ladder trucks, 7 station houses. Value of Fire Department and property is $782,198.


Police Department: Has 100 permanent patrolmen and officers. 20 reserve officers and 29 police women, with 1 station and 11 pieces of motor equipment.


Meters: Electric meters 20,056; Water meters, 11,607; Gas meters 11,578. Telephones: 29,550. As of December 26, 1961. Resident, 16,000; Business 2,550; Extensions, 10,400.


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INTRODUCTION


Waltham, Massachusetts


Data of interest regarding a growing and progressive city.


Incorporated a town in 1738.


Voted to apply for City Charter November 30, 1883.


Incorporation act approved June 2, 1884.


Accepted by town July 16, 1884.


Election of first Mayor and Aldermen December 2, 1884.


Inauguration of first Mayor January 5, 1885.


Temperature Information


Mean Temperature, 46.5 degrees.


Highest Recorded, 102 degrees.


Lowest Recorded, 27 degrees.


Location


Situated on the beautiful Charles River, nine miles west of Boston, the rich and fertile plain on which stands the present city of Waltham was called "Eden Vale" by the earliest settlers. Altitude 67 feet, total area 13.56 square miles.


Incorporated


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 anything more than an agricultural community.


Gore Place


One of the early Governors of Massachusetts, Christopher Gore (1805) built a magnificent house with bricks brought from England, and surrounded it with imported shrubs and trees. This house and the extensive grounds were used for several years as the property of the Waltham Country Club. The property, espe- cially the house and immediate grounds, is being restored to its former grandeur and historic attractiveness by the present owners, the Gore Place Society.


Lyman House (The Vale)


This magnificent and unsurpassed country residence has been presented to the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities through the gener- osity of five children of the late Arthur and Susan C Lyman, descendents of the original Theodore Lyman. It is located on Lyman Street at its junction with Beaver Street. Erected in 1793 by Theodore Lyman, a Boston merchant, "The Vale" was designed by the noted American architect Samuel McIntire. Several features of the spacious building reveal Bulfinch's influence on the great Salem architect of that early day, McIntire. The house is a central motif of an estate of 36 acres with spacious lawns, old and modern greenhouses and many attrac- tive shrubs, flowering vines, plants and trees, some of the latter being 200 year old specimens. The place is open for inspection from early June until the middle of September with a nominal charge of admission to help maintain the interesting estate.


Boys' Club of Waltham


One of the nation's finest youth centers occupies 38,000 square feet of land on Exchange Street, a short distance from Central Square. Valued at an estimated million dollars, the Waltham Boys' Club was erected for $680,000 on a "self- help" plan designed to make two dollars do the work of three. Citizens raised $190,000 in a capital fund drive and by self-help qualitied for matching dollar assistance from the Charles Hayden Foundation to complete the facility, which also serves as a community center. The building, dedicated on November 24, 1952, is designed for a membership of 2,000 boys. It contains the William H. Nichols Gymnasium, the Thomas Worcester Auditorium, a flush-deck swimming pool with spectator facilities for 300, games and crafts rooms, a dining room with full kitchen for civic meetings and a conference room. Special activities are made available to girls, as well as to adult groups, without encroaching upon the boys' schedule. The Boys' Club is a Red Feather agency and supported in part from funds raised by the United Community Services of Greater Boston.


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INTRODUCTION


"Waltham, The Precision City"


"Waltham, The Precision City" was for many years called the "Watch City" because the making of fine watches was originally its principal industry. The Waltham Watch Company, one of the largest manufacturers of watches in the world, made fine watches by machinery as early as 1854. It has now discontinu- ed operations in Waltham and maintains headquarters offices in Chicago, Illinois. A portion of the building is now used by the Waltham Precision Instrument Com- pany, and several other concerns occupy the remainder of the space.


Diversity of Industries


There are 248 industries, service and warehousing firms. Of the 248, there are 233 industries engaged in the manufacture of clocks, precision machinery, jewel bearings, dairy and poultry food, pest exterminators, mica products, elec- trical switches, batteries, salesbooks, loose leaf account systems, grinding wheels, rivets, gauges, rayon metering pumps, and radar and electronics, along with hundreds of other products.


Agriculture


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. In the beautiful section of the city known as Cedar Hill is located the Waltham Field Station, a branch of the University of Massachusetts. Experiments are in progress in vegetable gardening, fruit growing and ornamental horticulture. Civic pride is strong among the residents of Waltham, and at the Field Station our citizens receive help and free information regarding the maintenance of their lawns and shrubbery and the general upkeep of the home grounds.


Meters-Post Office Receipts


Statistics of interest show 16,888 electric meters; 32,777 telephone stations. 11,268 water meters; 11,418 gas meters; postal receipts of $1,311,824.04 for the year 1961.


2300 Store Employees-487 Stores


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. Approx- imately 2,300 persons are employed in Waltham's approximate 487 retail out- lets, on a full-time basis. An extra 1,009 are employed on a part-time basis.


Banking Facilities


The Newton-Waltham Bank & Trust Co, a fine and progressive commercial bank, has resources of $74,830,419.32. Waltham has a Savings Bank over 100 years old with deposits of $45,209,546. The Waltham Federal Savings & Loan Association was organized in 1880. Federalized March 1, 1937, and the present resources are $51,184,250. The Waltham Citizens National Bank was opened on September 5, 1946 and lists resources of $9,441, 823.19. The Guaranty Trust Co., opened January 21, 1952 and lists resources of $11, 548,414.65. The Middlesex Family Co-operative Bank started operations on January 25, 1954, and lists assets of $2,375,521.43 as of December 31, 1961.


25 Churches


There are twenty-five church congregations, also numerous philanthropic societies, including the Waltham Community Fund Inc., embracing 8 relief, social service, philanthropic and character-building agencies.


Fraternal Societies


Nearly 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 wel- come him those affiliated with his own organization.


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INTRODUCTION


Theatres


Two theatres present moving picture entertainment in Waltham, The Em- bassy Theatre has a seating capacity of 2,093.


5,240 Hospital Beds


There are 4 hospitals, the Waltham Hospital. 183 beds and 28 bassinets; the Middlesex County Sanatorium, 350 beds; the Metropolitan State Hospital for the care of mental cases, present capacity 2,154 beds; and the Walter E. Fernald State School for the Feeble Minded, the oldest of its kind in this country, present capacity 2,525 beds.


Waltham Housing Authority


The Waltham Housing Authority, established in 1948, constructs, manages and maintains housing for families of low income and elderly persons 65 years of age and older. Rentals are based on income and family size, with Veterans preferance for family size units.




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