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1936
Town Garage on South Street
November 10, 1940 First Congregational Church destroyed by fire
August
I, 1943
Fenno Day, Honoring Commander Frank W. Fenno
November 11, 1943
World War II Honor Roll dedicated
March
3, 1945
Names and locations of streets and roads accepted as recorded by Massachusetts State Highway Department
March
3, 1945
Abandonment of Town Scales voted
May
8, 1945
European Peace Treaty observed with church service
August
14, 1945
May
26, 1946
Douglas E. Hicks Post 7389, Veterans of Foreign Wars, organized
Smith Box Shop again destroyed by fire
October
12, 1946
Welcome Home Day World War II
April
1947
May
20, 1947
January
1, 1948
March
13, 1948
May 30, 1948
Spanish War Memorial dedicated
June
I, 1951
July
12, 1951
August
20, 1952
50th Anniversary of Forbush Memorial Li- brary building observed
October
12, 1952
St. Edward the Confessor Parish Church Building dedicated
1946
Celebration of Japanese surrender
Smith Box Factory again destroyed by fire Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary or- ganized
Old Mill Tea Room destroyed by fire Westminster Hotel destroyed by fire
St. Edward the Confessor Parish authorized Loughlin School wing voted
Observance of Massachusetts Tercentenary Australian ballot voted for Town elections Smith Box Shop destroyed by fire
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HISTORY OF WESTMINSTER
April
1, 1953
Westminster Women's Club organized Westminster Teachers' Association ganized
July
1, 1954
Post Office advanced to Second Class
October
13, 1954
Municipal Water System voted
March
5, 1955
Planning Board voted
March
5, 1955
New Fire Station voted
March
17, 1955
Telephone Dial system inaugurated
November
6, 1956
Fenno School Wing dedicated
January
13, 1957
New Fire Station Open House Day
December
27, 1957
Committee of five appointed to organize 200th Anniversary of Incorporation of Town
March
1, 1958
Town Co-ordinator voted
October
14, 1958
Money appropriated for expense of 200th Anniversary Committee
December 16, 1958
School Union formed with Ashburnham in connection with Regional Junior Senior High School
or-
1953
Appendix
A. Town Officers: 1894; 1930; 1958
Reference
Chapter
2
B. List of Public Roads
Chapter
9
C. Business Directory Chapter 10
D. Schools: Teachers and Staff, 1947-1957 Chapter 6
THE TOWN HALL
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ES Appendix A.
TOWN OFFICERS: 1894; 1930; 1958
1894
Town Clerk Town Treasurer Selectmen
Overseer of Poor
Assessors
Superintendent of Highways School Committee
Constable Registrars
Election Officers
Auditors
Edward S. Kendall
Frank W. Fenno
Edwin L. Burnham
Hobart Raymond
Henry M. Weatherbee
Edwin L. Burnham
Hobart Raymond
Henry M. Weatherbee
William H. Carter
Charles H. Dupee
Judson Foster Edwin L. Burnham
Mrs. K. Augusta Delva Daniel E. Hurd
Frank A. Merriam
George W. Merriam
George W. Bruce Edward S. Kendall
Frank A. Miller
Henry J. Partridge Frank M. Sawyer Lyman Allen George W. Barnes Charles H. Dupee Caleb S. Merriam S. Dwight Simonds
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HISTORY OF WESTMINSTER
1894
Fence Viewers
Field Drivers
Edwin L. Burnham Lyman M. Drury Thomas S. Eaton Charles C. Dawley Albert E. Gates Stillman Whitney
Appointed Officials
Collector of Taxes Surveyors of Wood, Lumber, and Bark
Fire Department
Library Committee
Street Railway Committee
Legislative Committee Judical District Committee Cemetery Commissioners
Daniel C. Miles Samuel K. Brown Henry N. Derby Walter H. Laws Oscar B. Raymond John C. Goodridge Daniel C. Miles Samuel H. Sprague Miss Abbie S. Brown Mrs. Arabella R. Hager Mr. Hobart Raymond Mr. Charles A. Simonds Mrs. Sarah C. Warner
Joseph Hager Stephen F. Lamb Daniel C. Miles Marcus M. Nichols S. Dwight Simonds Augustine Whitney Theodore S. Wood Hobart Raymond Hobart Raymond Joseph T. Marshall Harvey L. Pierce E. W. Raymond Hobart Raymond
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APPENDIX
1930 Moderator Town Clerk Treasurer Selectmen
Board of Public Welfare
Assessors
School Committee
Library Trustees
Cemetery Commissioners
Hager Park Commissioners
Tax Collector Constable Tree Warden
Appointed Officials
Measurers of Wood, Lumber, and Bark
Arno E. Hurd Charles F. Giles Frank W. Fenno
Lucius W. French
Harold D. Merriam
Edward R. Miller
Lucius W. French
Cyrus T. Miller Maud I. Miller
Henry L. Curtis
Arno E. Hurd
Emory J. Raymond
Arno E. Hurd
E. Frances Merriam
Ernest M. Vieweg
Maurice P. Billings Frank W. Fenno Lucy M. Giles
Ida E. Merriam
Cyrus T. Miller
Sarah J. Wyman Windsor F. Neal Frank S. Parks Elmer E. Walker
Carlos E. Barron
Frank W. Fenno
Floyd W. Vincent
Windsor F. Neal
Harold A. Towle
Emory J. Raymond
Edward R. Flagg Edward F. Hetu
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HISTORY OF WESTMINSTER
1930
Finance Committee
Town Accountant Agricultural Director Sealer of Weights and Measures Board of Fire Engineers
School Housing Investigation Committee
Arno E. Hurd Arthur E. Merriam Frank S. Smith Henry Waltonen Wickliffe H. Waterhouse Emil Wuth
Charles B. Dawley Philip H. Loughlin C. Herbert Mansur Florence B. Rice
Ernest M. Vieweg
Arno E. Hurd
Herbert L. Rowe
Frank S. Smith
Raymond I. Stockwell
Frank W. Fenno
Lucius W. French Arno E. Hurd
Philip H. Loughlin
E. Frances Merriam
Wickliffe H. Waterhouse
Ernest M. Vieweg
Water Committee
Carlos E. Barron
Frank W. Derby
Edward R. Miller
Joseph F. Montville
Herbert L. Rowe
1958
Moderator
Town Clerk
Treasurer
John H. Lothrop Esther H. Hicks James A. Adams
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APPENDIX
1958
Selectmen
Tax Collector Board of Public Welfare
Assessors
School Committee
Regional School Committee
Library Trustees
Hager Park Commissioner Constable Tree Warden Water Commissioners
Preston A. Baker Daniel J. O'Hearn Lennard C. Salo Florence B. Rice
Eva E. Coombs
Kaino Poikonen
Olive J. Rivers Eino W. Winter
Elliott D. Halpin Eino N. Salo
Howard W. Winter
Stuart C. Butterfield Ruth J. Foster
Joyce R. French
Windsor P. Towle
Herman C. Vieweg
Stuart C. Butterfield
Victor E. Byron
Melvin A. Hawes
Gladys C. Leavenworth
Paul H. Murray
Ronald E. Snell
Doris M. Fenno Edward W. Hitchcock
J. Philip Howard
Marion R. Noble
Edwin M. Ruuska
Theresa Torppa Peter V. Arcangeli Toivo Tuominen
Peter V. Arcangeli
George A. Henstridge John Ojala Ralph Owen
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HISTORY OF WESTMINSTER
1958
Planning Board
Walter Engman June Johnson John Lothrop John McKinnon Frank Onischuk
Appointed Officials
Town Accountant Measurers of Wood, Lumber, and Bark
Field Drivers
Fence Viewers
Sealer of Weights and Measures Town Co-ordinator Town Director Cemetery Commissioner Advisory Board
Board of Fire Engineers
Civil Defense Officer Highway Commissioner Superintendent of Water Department Veterans' Service Officer
Mary B. Wright Edward F. Hetu Arthur E. Merriam
Ralph W. Young Preston A. Baker Daniel J. O'Hearn Lennard C. Salo Alfred P. Jones Raymond I. Stockwell
Edwin M. Ruuska
Raymond I. Stockwell
Mildred G. Puranen Fred Chalmers Harry N. Howard Albert E. Luke Carl O. Maki
Karl J. Malmgren
T. Fraser Noble Burtt P. Cummings John J. McConlogue Frederick J. Slade Arthur J. Hunt
Wilfred H. Goodridge
Wilfred H. Goodridge Uuno W. Ruuska
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APPENDIX
1958
Parks and Recreation Committee
Dog Officer Inspector of Wires Barn and Animal Inspector 200th Anniversary Committee
Chester Baker Walker C. Brown Eino Haynes Arthur Hurd Gordon Leavenworth Leo C. Grenier
George A. Henstridge Eino W. Winter
Sylvia Haynes Frank Onischuk Eino N. Salo
Aili M. Wilen Walter Vieweg
S Appendix B. LIST OF PUBLIC ROADS
Name
Academy Hill Street Adams Street Bacon Street
Barrell Road
Bragg Hill Road to South Ashburnham Road
Batherick Road Battles Road
Depot Road to Howard Road
State Highway No. 2 to State Highway No. 2A
Bean Porridge Hill Road
State Highway No. 12 to South Ashburn- ham Road
Beech Hill Road Bolton Road Bragg Hill Road
State Colony Land to Sargent Road
West Princeton Road to Mile Hill Road
South Ashburnham Road to Ashburn- ham line
Brooks Avenue
State Highway No. 2 to end
Carter Road
Ellis Road to South Street
Church Street
State Highway No. 2 to end
Cody Road
Notown Road to gate
Cross Road
Knower Road to Minott Road
Curtis Road Davis Road
Depot Road to Turnpike Road
Dawley Road
South Street to Academy Hill Street
Dean Hill Cross Road
Dean Hill Road
State Highway No. 12 to Dean Hill Road State Highway No. 12 to Fred Smith Road
Depot Road
Description
Leominster Street to Worcester Road
State Highway No. 2 to end
State Highway No. 2 to North Common Road
Railroad Station to Leominster Street
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Lanes Road to West Princeton Road
ES Appendix B. LIST OF PUBLIC ROADS
Name
Academy Hill Street Adams Street Bacon Street
Barrell Road
Batherick Road Battles Road
Depot Road to Howard Road
State Highway No. 2 to State Highway No. 2A
Bean Porridge Hill Road
Beech Hill Road Bolton Road Bragg Hill Road
State Colony Land to Sargent Road West Princeton Road to Mile Hill Road South Ashburnham Road to Ashburn- ham line
Brooks Avenue
State Highway No. 2 to end
Carter Road
Ellis Road to South Street
Church Street
State Highway No. 2 to end
Cody Road
Notown Road to gate
Cross Road
Curtis Road Davis Road
Knower Road to Minott Road Depot Road to Turnpike Road
Dawley Road
South Street to Academy Hill Street
Dean Hill Cross Road Dean Hill Road
State Highway No. 12 to Dean Hill Road State Highway No. 12 to Fred Smith Road
Depot Road
Description
Leominster Street to Worcester Road
State Highway No. 2 to end
State Highway No. 2 to North Common Road
Bragg Hill Road to South Ashburnham Road
State Highway No. 12 to South Ashburn- ham Road
Lanes Road to West Princeton Road
Railroad Station to Leominster Street
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East Gardner Road East Road Eaton Street Elliott Street Ellis Road Elm Street Fitchburg Road
Foster Street Fred Smith Road Frog Hollow Road Gate House Road Goodridge Street Hank's Hill Road Harrington Road Howard Avenue Howard Road Knower Road Kurikka Place Lanes Road
Leominster Street
Lovewell Street (Lovell) Mark Newton Road Marshall Hill Road Merriam Road
Mile Hill Road Minott Road Mossman Road
Needham Road
Newcomb Road
Newton Road Nichols Street
APPENDIX
Colony Drive to North Common Road Worcester Road to Leominster Street State Highway No. 2 to end Bacon Street to State Highway No. 2 Gardner line to Nichols Street Howard Avenue to Lovewell Street Princeton line to Fitchburg line (State Highway No. 12) Academy Hill Street to Dawley Road Dean Hill Road to State Highway No. 12
South Street to Carter Road
Worcester Road to East Road
Bacon Street to end Stone Hill Road to end
South Street to Davis Road
Smith Avenue to end
Town Farm Road to end
Nichols Street to Hubbardston line
Minott Road to end
West Princeton Road to Hubbardston line
Depot Road to South Street and State Highway No. 2
State Highway No. 2 to end Newton Road to end
Leominster Street to Worcester Road
State Highway No. 2A to State Highway No. 2A
Worcester Road to Princeton line
South Street to Gardner line
North Common Road to East Gardner Road
South Ashburnham Road to Ashburnham line
State Highway No. 2A to Batherick Road Minott Road to Hubbardston line State Highway No. 2 to Knower Road
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HISTORY OF WESTMINSTER
North Common Road
Overlook Road to South Ashburnham Road
Notown Road Old Ashburnham Road
Leominster Street to Fitchburg Road South Ashburnham Road to South Ash- burnham Road
Old Ashburnham Turnpike
South Ashburnham Road to Fitchburg Line
South Street to South Street
Old Hubbardston Road Old South Ashburnham Road Old Worcester Road
Overlook Road
Page Road Park Street
Pleasant Street Potato Hill Road
Bacon Street to State Highway No. 2
Fitchburg line to Bean Porridge Hill Road
Ridge Street
Ridge Street East
Ripley Road
Nichols Street to end
Roper Road
Fitchburg line to South Ashburnham Road
State Highway No. 2 to Leominster Street
Sargent Road Seaver Street
Shady Avenue
State Highway No. 2 to State Highway No. 2
Smith Avenue
Nichols Street to Lovewell Street
Davis Road to Old Hubbardston Road
Spruce Road South Ashburnham Road
South Street
State Colony Road Stone Hill Road
Syd Smith Road
State Highway No. 2A to end
Worcester Road to Marshall Hill Road
Colony Drive to Bacon Street
Bean Porridge Hill Road to gate
Junction of Ridge Street and Ridge Street, East, to end
State Highway No. 2 to end
State Highway No. 2 to Ridge Street
Round Meadow Road
Shady Avenue to West Main Street
State Highway No. 2 to Leominister Street
State Highway No. 12 to Ashburnham line Leominster Street to Hubbardston line West Main Street to Gardner line East Road to Leominster Street North Common Road to end
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Town Farm Road
State Highway No. 2A to North Com- mon Road
Turnpike Road West Main Street
Fitchburg line to Leominster Street
Gardner line to State Highway No. 2
Worcester Road to Princeton line
Willard Road
Leominster Street to Depot Road
Woods Road
Barrel Road to Ashburnham line
Worcester Road
Leominster Street to Princeton line
APPENDIX
West Princeton Road
TOTAL MILEAGE: 79.5+ miles
Es Appendix C.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
THE FOLLOWING listing is presented to give a reasonably complete picture of Westminster business, agricultural and professional ac- tivity in the year 1958. If any errors or omissions have occurred, they were unintentional.
MANUFACTURERS
Name and number employed Active since Remarks
I. Advance Coatings 13
1935
Adhesives for pack- aging
2. Dawley and Shepard, Inc. 27
1828
3. A. Charles Hicks and Son 2
1947
4. New England Lumber Co. 3 1948
5. C. L. Smith Corporation 12- 24
1917
Boxes, lumber, tim- ber
6. Young Brothers 7
1943
7. Westminster Foundry 2
1948
Lumber and boxes Small castings
BUILDING CONTRACTORS
I. Victor Arcangeli 2 5
1938
Gen'l. construction
2. Albert J. Grenier 8
1919
3. Armand J. LaFosse 3
1954
4. Andrew Makela 5
1947
5. Wiktorski Brothers 3
1952
66 66
66 66
66
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136
Bakery-Crackers, etc. Nails, boxes, etc.
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APPENDIX
PLUMBING AND HEATING
Name and number employed Active since Remarks
I. Dante P. Arcangeli 14 1947
2. Harold E. Chalmers I 1950
GARAGES
I. Basha's Friendly Mobil Serv- ice Station 3 1955
2. Bill's Service Station, Inc. 1956
3. Burtt's Garage 4 1945
4. Gil's Service Station 2 1951
5. Henry's Service Station I
6. Westminster Garage 2 1959
1949
7. Westminster Jenney Service Station I 1959
8. Phillips Auto Sales, Inc. 3 1953
9. Andy's Auto Wrecking Serv- ice 2 1931
10. Tuominen's Auto Body Com- pany 2 1945
BOTTLED GAS FUEL
I. Blu-Flame I 1953
2. Brandt Oil Service 2 1949
TRANSPORTATION
I. Dee Transportation 8 1954
2. S. & H. Transfer, Inc. 22 1955
3. Flanagan's Bus Line 1924
STORES
I. Nap's T.V. and Appliance 2 1952
2. Westminster Pharmacy 5 1952
3. Grahn the Florist 3 1949
Landscaping, greenhouse
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HISTORY OF WESTMINSTER
STORES (cont'd.)
Name and number employed
Active since
Remarks
4. Log Cabin 4
1954
Nursery, garden supplies
5. Johnny's Market 6 1946
6. Allard's Hardware 2
1954
7. Frank's Wayside Furniture 3 1953
8. French, Florist 2 1947
9. Old Turnpike Antiques 2 1958
LIQUOR
I. Del's Package Store 1955
2. Walt's
3 1948
3. Boudreau "
1948
RESTAURANTS, LUNCH COUNTERS, ETC.
I. The Old Mill 175
1946
2. Cape Ann Diner 4 1948
3. Pantry Shelf 6 1953
4. Chat and Chew 6
1953
5. Silva's 4 1949
6. Picnic House 5
1949
7. Dairy Bar 4
1935
8. Village Motel 16 1954
9. Rambler Motel 5 1954
AGRICULTURE
1. Irving Hagg 2
1958
2. Johnson and Sons 8
1926
3. Aarne Lucander 2
1939
4. Axel Tuomi 3
192 I
5. Arthur Jess 2
1957
6. William Jamsa 2
1939
7. Matti Cedar
1912
8. Andrew VanHazinga 2 192 I
Poultry, broilers Poultry farm
Turkey farm
Poultry hatchery
Dairy farm
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APPENDIX
Name and number employed Active since Remarks
9. Toivo Wainonen 2
1919
Dairy Farm
10. Leavenworth Dairy Inc. 7
1950
II. Toivo Lamsa 2 1948
12. Edwin E. Savilampi 3
1930
13. Roper Farm 3
1866
14. Arnold Lehtola 3
1947
Berries
15. Kaino Poikonen
1950
16. Toivo Nikki
1926
17. Eino Friberg
1955
Evergreens
18. Smart Rabbit Farm
1951
BUSINESS OFFICES
I. Barron-Adams Insurance
1897
Insurance agency
2. Eugene Niemi Insurance
1953
3. Gardner Trust Company 2 1959
4. Charles F. Hartwell 2
1950
Real estate
MISCELLANEOUS
1. Fred Savage 5
1947
Auctioneer
2. Gar-West I
1946
Kennels
3. Spic-n'-Span 2
1958
Laundry
4. Spruce Manor 3
1955
Rest home
5. William Kultti I
1953
Upholsterer
6. Baker's Dairy Inc. 13
1939
Distributors
7. Ivar Tiainen
1933
Painter
CLERGYMEN
I. John W. Morrow 1957
2. George F. Moore 1958
3. Bernard J. Conlin 1957
4. Leroy Philaya 1959
5. Edward J. Abar 1902
Congregational, ordained 1955
Baptist
1958
Catholic 66
1940
Lutheran 66
1959
Baptist retired
66
66
66
66
Branch Bank
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HISTORY OF WESTMINSTER
PHYSICIANS
Arrived Here
I. Paul E. Dunn, M.D.
1932
Began practice 1932
2. Beatrice Perkins-Shepard, M.D. 1940
1924
LAWYERS
I. J. Philip Howard
1939
1939
2. John H. Lothrop 1954
1954
3. Edwin E. Kaarela 1953
1953
Appendix D
WESTMINSTER SCHOOLS, TEACHERS AND STAFF, 1947-1957
Year Engaged
Position
Resigned or Retired
W. Allan McCracken
1948
Supt. & Principal Res. 1956
Catherine A. Sullivan
1929
Gr. 6
Res. ,
'49
Josephine C. Melloon
1948
Jr. High
Res. '49
George Teravainen
1948
Jr. High
Res.
'50
Mary B. Smith
1930
Gr. 6
Bernice R. Hemmi
1945
Gr. 5
Gladys B. Towle
1925
Gr. 4
Helen P. Kendall
1947
Gr. 3
Ret.
'52
Carrie I. Estabrook
1910
Gr. 2
Ret.
56
Edna M. L'Ecuyer
1948
Gr. I
Fred Goodridge
1942
Custodian
Ret.
'52
Herbert Scanlon
1949
Jr. High
Res.
'5 I
Natalie Connors
1949
Jr. High
Res.
'51
Rilla Martin
1949
Gr. 2
Res.
,
'53
William Stone
1950
Gr. 6
Res.
'51
Ann Bardol
1950
Gr. 2 & 3
Res.
'52
Margaret Lawrence
1950
Gr. 2.
Res.
'56
Raymond Bogosian
1951
Jr. High
Res.
'53
Elinor Mckinley
1951
Jr. High
Res.
52 ,
Ann Shaughnessy
1951
Jr. High
Res.
'53
Elaine (Ojala) Bowman
1951
Gr. 4 & 5
Res.
57
Grace Ward
1951
Jr. High
Res.
'53
Olive Baker
1952
Jr. High
Ruth Carlson
1952
Jr. High
Res.
'56
141
,
Doris M. Fenno
1920
Gr. I
Ret.
'50
1
,
,
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Year Engaged
Position
Resigned or Retired
Robert Duncan
1952
Jr. High
Res.
'55
Jeanette Fortin
1952
Jr. High
Res.
'53
Jeanne McGowen
1952
Gr. 4
Res.
'54
Constance Chartrand
1952
Gr. 4
Res.
55
Gertrude Carll
1952
Gr. I
Wilho Aalto
1952
Custodian
Phyllis McCaigue
1953
Jr. High
Res. '54
Dorothy Tucker
1953
Jr. High
Anna Klemetti
1953
Gr. 3
Margaret Sheldon
1953
Gr. 2
Marilyn D. Smith
1953
Gr. I
Res.
'54
Edith A. Vine
1954
Jr. High
John C. Baimas
1954
Jr. High
Res.
'56
Robert Sasseville
1954
Jr. High
Res.
'56
Beatrice Cross
1954
Gr. 2
Louise Wells
1954
Gr. I
Res.
55
Arthur Hurd
1955
Jr. High
Mildred E. Tinker
1955
Jr. High
Mary Asquith
1955
Gr. 6
Res. '57
Patricia Lasky
1955
Gr. I
Frank D. Lawler
1956
Superintendent
Joseph Aveni
1956
Principal
Robert Littlefield
1956
Jr. High
Anne Pilkovsky
1956
Jr. High
Norman Swicker
1956
Jr. High
Res. '57
Mary Burch
1956
Jr. High & Cafeteria
Joan Hannon
1956
Gr. 5
Theresa P. Skamarycz
1956
Gr. 5
Carolyn Julian
1956
Gr. 4
Res. '57
Mary Morgan
1956
Gr. 4
Clara DiNardo
1956
Gr. 2
Gladys Ball
1956
Gr. 2
Helge Best
1956
Custodian
,
Mary Devenson
1952
Gr. 3
Res.
,
'53
Leona Gates
1952
Gr. 6
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Year Engaged
Position
Resigned or Retired
Charles Atwood
1957
Jr. High
Eino Heikkila
1957
Jr. High
Marilyn Aveyard
1957
Gr. 6
Charlotte Waterman
1957
Gr. 3
Dr. Beatrice Perkins
194º
School Physician Res.
'57
Dr. Rocco Raduazo
1957
School Physician
Lempi Aalto
1948
School Nurse
PART II The Genealogies
Introduction THE GENEALOGIES
THE PREPARATION of the Genealogies for this history was begun in January 1958 and took a little over three years to finish. We have tried to make the records which follow as complete and accurate as possible. The task was not easy because of the many different sources of information which had to be brought together, compiled, checked, and wherever possible re-checked. The generous response and co-operation of the great majority of Westminster families is genuinely appreciated; it did much to make our work more enjoy- able and less difficult. There was much information, too, that we would have liked to include but were not able to because we have had to keep biographical data as brief as possible, since over 330 separate family records are listed; and we have had to omit a few families because we received no response to repeated inquir- ies. All the information sent us, however, is being preserved for reference in the files of the Historical Society.
The genealogies which follow are based on family questionnaires sent out in 1958 and on responses to notices which appeared in the Gardner and Fitchburg papers twice thereafter. Besides the infor- mation supplied to us directly by Westminster families, we also depended on vital statistics in the Town Reports. Two other sources were invaluable: one, the genealogies in the earlier History of Westminster by William S. Heywood, published in 1893, from which we have extracted information on the older families; the other, the unpublished material compiled by the late Carlos E. Barron. We are especially indebted to Mr. Barron and his assistant, Marion Roper Noble, for their labor of many years in extending the Heywood genealogies and bringing those family records up to the year 1943.
A large number of new families, which have made their perma-
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nent residence in Westminster, have been added. We have included those new families which in 1958 had lived here for at least five years. Of necessity we have had to omit families which have died out or moved away, those which did not respond to inquiries, and the very new arrivals in town.
With regard to the old families-that is, those appearing in the Heywood History-we have not included complete genealogical lines because of the limitations of space in this book. Instead we have extracted the name of the progenitor and given the records of his recent descendants who are living or did live in Westminster. Those wishing to obtain the early records of these families will find them in the earlier History or among the files of the Historical Society.
The italicized numbers which appear in parenthesis next to the names of many in the old families refer to the numbers given the same persons in the Heywood History. They are included for easier reference.
As a rule we have not included births, deaths or marriages which took place after 1958. This limitation was necessary because of the great bulk of information coming in during that year, and because we wished to maintain a consistent pattern for all families.
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