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asst librarian; James Burns, John McGinnis, Walter McTigue, George A Meade, janitors
GEORGE S BALDWIN 490 Heath
Margaret C O'Hearn, prin; Frances E Grennan, Rose Johnson, Sophie E Butler, Doris Beal, tchrs; Wm Hewitt, janitor
J ELLIOT CABOT 34 Marion
Lucie A Metcalf, prin; Ruth G Blasser, Sarah M Keeler, Dorothy M Kenyon, Helen Parker, tchrs; John F Mahan, janitor
DEXTER SCHOOL 169 Freeman
Myra E Fiske, prin
EDWARD DEVOTION 345 Harvard
Charles H Taylor, prin; Gladys F Abbott, Florence L Adams, Madeline I Anderson, Betsey Bean, Olive V Bicknell, Elizabeth Clark, Elsie B Crossman, Vernie 0 Dawe, Josephine Day, Maude Doolittle, Josephine S Emerson, Jeannette M Falconer, Blanche Fitzhenry, Frances Forsbeck, Helen I Gaw, Gladys B Goodnow, Minnie E Gray, Nan J Grindle, Cecile E Harris, Maria L llaskell, Ethel M Hayden, Alice N Jameson, Marie C Kelley, Florence E Lewis, Isabel Macdonald, Grace H Manter, Margaret L McQuaid, Annie G Molloy, Marguerite Moore, Helen Potts, Annie A Smith, Ma- rion M Thomas, E'dna G Towle, tchrs; Anthony Ford, Philip H Duggan, janitors
MICHAEL DRISCOLL 64 Westbourne ter
Minerva E Fales, prin; Ruth Clifford, Caroline E Comins, Helen Hicks, Ida M Holden, Helen M Hurd, Grace A Potter, Elsie V Robbins, Helen L Soule, tchrs; Patrick J Kelley, janitor
HEATH 121 Reservoir rd
-- prin; Anna E Allen, Lucie H Cham- berlain, Ethel Christensen, Mary Godsell, Elsa M Hackerbarth, Emma F Hall, Georgia D Mansfield, Ella G Monroe, Ida L Montgomery, Catharine G 0'- Brien, Mary J Porter, Lelia H Smith, Bernadette Flyn, Frances Knudsen, tchrs; John Tonra, janitor
LAWRENCE 27 Francis
prin; Margaret Fealy, Laura B Gillilan, Gladys I Greenleaf, C Gertrude Knox, Cora W Reed, Helen W Weare, Helen M Westgate, tchrs; James L Fossa, janitor
WILLIAM H LINCOLN 194 Boylston
Francis T Hall, prin; Grace E Bartlett, Madeline Beaman, Ila D Berry, Josephine Courtwright, Irene M Cummings, Florence L Fairbanks, Virginia Follett. Abbie F Hearn, Ora D Hutchinson, Della E Joslin, Alice S Morrison, Sue H Nason, Theresa G O'Rourke, C Frances Quille, Rose E Ryan, Blanche B Stone, Ircne Varrell, Mary A White, tchrs; John T Cunniff, John P Kelley, janitors
LONGWOOD 129 St Mary's
-prin; Evelyn P Read, Vesta M Turner, Grace Kimball, tchrs; John F Mahan, janitor
NEWTON STREET 295 Newton (unoccupied)
PARSONS 60 Walter av
Lillian W Davis, prin; Louise E Finney, Eleanor P Moody, Nellie L Moody, tchrs; John J Nyhen, janitor
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W. A. GREENOUGH CO.'S [1929] BROOKLINE DIRECTORY
PIERCE 50 School
Mary McSkimmon, prin; Jennie M Alden, Elizabeth Burnss, Ada E Chevalier, Bertha V Cobb, M Alice Connor, Madeline Devine, Edna A Gault, Josephine M Goldsmith, Ellen M Goodrich, Alice R Harper, Eliza- beth E Joyce, Nina M Kettembeil, Maybelle E Knight, Ellen P Low, Ida M Lynch, Miriam McQuaid, Enid Merrill, Grace W Morrill, Alice M Nelson, Ethel A Tillinghast, Lena B Winter, tchrs; Andrews F Con- way, Philip H Duggan, Louis Swett, janitors
JOHN D RUNKLE 50 Druce
Edith E Wright, prin; Carolyn E Armitage, Edith P Bartlett, Olga E E Blasser, Lois E Booth, Elgie Clucas, Dorothy Collins, Lillian B Cox, Eleanor Dresser, Dorothy M Hayden, Alice B Hazelton, Blanche E Henshaw, Vera Libby, Gertrude R March, Eleanor B Mitchell, Graee E Murray, Bernice H Newell, Alice L Reeve, Ethel L Sargent, Florence M Shirley, Elizabeth I Spargo, Mildred L Taylor, tchrs; Joseph P Hartigan, Leo Maher, janitors
SEWALL 279 Cypress
L Margaret Amsden, prin; Mabel K Farnum, Ka- therine Johnson, Marian S Rice, Alice M Wyman, tchrs; Richard Kelleher, janitor
ROBERT C WINTHROP
599 Brookline av
Grace A Bosworth, Grace Kilburn, tchrs; Edward R Weinstein, janitor
Special Teachers
Chief Medical Inspector-David M Hassman Director of Domestic Science-Lillie C Smith
Instructor in Domestic Science-Mary E Ditson, Mary C Jones, Miriam Loker, Susie T Sprout Director of Drawing-Mary C Thurston
Instructors in Drawing-Anne B Chamberlin, Vir- ginia Grilley
Economic Education-Florence Barnard, manager Director in French-Louise Gambrill
Instructors in French-Hazel B Henry, Marguerite
F Pfleghaar, Flora V Wilkinson
Instructor in Health-Ida M Lewis
Instructors in Manual Training-Everett J McIn- tosh, Myldred Moore, Joseph E Owens, Daniel J Sullivan
Director in Music-Russell A Cook
Instructors in Music-Wm Burbank, Miriam Hoag- land, Edith H Snow, Benjamin F White
Director in Needlework-Anna M Schwind
Instructors in Needlework-Annie G Burnham, Mar- ion K Dormon, Annie C Egan, Eva Knox, Emily R McCarn
Directors of Physical Training-Bessie L Barnes, Thomas Fitzgerald
Instructors in Physical Training-Margaret Bacon, Francis T Ball; Charles H Bemis jr, Ethel I Brower, John T Connor, Rosamond Haskell, Nancy James, Helen Sherman, Miriam A Tobey
Visiting Teacher-Ada R Joyce
School Nurse-Ida L Carter, Beulahı B Welt
CHURCHES Baptist
FIRST 1371 Beacon; Samuel M Lindsay, Pastor; John F Nickerson, Sexton, 15 Linden pl
Congregational
HARVARD 210 Harvard; Ashley D Leavitt, DD, Pastor; Frank J McNeilly, sexton, 218 Harvard
LEYDEN 1851 Beacon; Douglas Horton, Pastor; Frederick Outram, sexton, 202 Corey rd B
Eloist
ELOIST MINISTRY INC 49 Francis; Walter De Voe, pres
Episcopal
ALL SAINTS 1773 Beacon; Barrett P Tyler, rec- tor; Robert P Heigham, sexton, h at Br
CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOUR 39 Monmouth; Henry McF B Ogilby, rector; John Robillard, sexton
ST PAUL'S 15 St Paul; Wm L Clark, rector; Lin- coln Walizer, sexton, 8 School
Hebrew
CONGREGATION KEHILLATH ISRAEL 384 Har- vard; Louis M Epstein, rabbi; Joseph Rudnick, pres; 104 Babcock
CONGREGATION SONS OF ISRAEL 67 Fuller; Raphael V Landau, rabbi
TEMPLE OHABEI SHALOM 1187 Beacon; Samuel J Abrams, rabbi
Methodist Episcopal
ST MARK'S 90 Park; Wm R Leslie, pastor; Her- bert S Woodard, sexton, 43 Linden
Presbyterian
FIRST 32 Harvard; Allen J Crooks, pastor; Samuel Wright, sexton, 209 Wash
Roman Catholic
ST AIDAN'S 156 Pleasant; John T Creagh, rector; Joseph P Quigley, James J Somers, curates; Edward Rowe, sexton, 215 Freeman
ST LAWRENCE 770 Boylston; Charles J Sullivan, rector; James F Cassidy, John B Mullen, asst rector's; Patrick Egan, sexton, 671 Chestnut Hill av
ST MARY'S OF THE ASSUMPTION 3 Linden pl; Michael J Splaine, rector; Wm J McCarthy, James A Brewin, Daniel F Herlihy, Bernard S O'Kane, curates; Thomas Coulter, sexton
Swedenbogian
CHURCH OF THE NEW JERUSALEM 48 Irving junct Allerton; John Daboll, pastor
Unitarian
FIRST PARISH 410 Walnut; Abbot Peterson, pas- tor; Robert Burniston, sexton, 193 Cypress
SECOND 56 Sewall av; Cloyd H Valentine, pastor; Thomas Davin, sexton, 73 Longwood av
Universalist
BEACON 286 Harvard; Crawford 0 Smith, pastor; Thomas Pollitt, sexton, 286 Harvard
Undenominational
BROOKLINE GOSPEL CHAPEL 366 Wash
COUNTY OFFICERS Norfolk County
County Seat Dedham
Clerk of Courts-Robert B Worthington ( Dedham)
Assistant Clerk-Willard E Everett (Walpole)
County Commissioners-Edward W Hunt (Wey- mouth), chairmn; Frederick A Leavitt, (Brookline), Russell T Bates (Quincy)
County Treasurer-Frederick' C Cobb (Dedham)
District Attorney, Southeastern District-Winfield M Wilbur (Brockton)
Assistant District Attorneys-Wm T Kelley (Brain- tree), Dudley P Ranney (Wellesley), John W Sullivan (Middleboro), Edmund R Dewing (Wellesley)
Jailer-Oliver J Curtis (Dedham)
Judge of Probate and Insolvency-Joseph R Mc- Coole (Dedham)
Referee in Bankruptcy-Henry M Hutchings (Ded- ham)
Register of Deeds-Walter W Chambers (Dedham) Assistant Register-James F Reynolds (Quincy )
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Register of Probate and Insolvency-Thomas V Nash Weymouth)
Assistant Register-E Gordon Brownville (Need- ham)
Sheriff-Samuel H Capen (Dedham)
Special Sheriff-Wm Wragg (Dedham)
Deputy Sheriff's-Thomas L Bates (Cohasset), George W Conant (S Weymouth), Melvin L Coulter (Holbrook), Albert Fales (Norwood), Wm T Hooper (Franklin), Wm F Lynch (Dedham), T P Murray (Dedham), Richard L Shedd (Brookline), Harry G Studley (Quincy), Ernest S Woodman (Quincy), Howard B Capen (Conton), Archie L Walden (Plain- ville), Everett L Caldwell (Millis), Howard Lynch (Dedham)
COURTS
See Also County Officers SUPERIOR COURT FOR CIVIL BUSINESS
At Dedham with jury 1st Mon of Jan, May and Oct; without jury 1st Mon of Feb, Apr, Sept and Dec
SUPERIOR COURT FOR CRIMINAL BUSINESS At Dedham 1st Mon of Apr, Sept and Dec
PROBATE COURT
At Dedham 1st and 3d Wed of each month
At Quincy 2d Wed of each month
At Brookline 4th Wed of each month except Aug
MUNICIPAL COURT OF BROOKLINE 59 Prospect cor Wash
Justice Philip S Parker
Associate Justices-Daniel A Rollins, Harold C Haskell
Clerk-Maude A MacNaught Mrs Dellie B Murphy, asst clk
Probation Officer-Evan C Thorpe
Asst Probation Officer-Josephine H Wilder
Court Officer-Charles L Hapgood
FRATERNAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Legion The
BROOKLINE POST NO 11; John T Connor, com- mander, 15 Hurd rd; Sylvester Kaufman, adjt; meet 4th Thurs at 50 Harvard
American Legion Auxiliary
BROOKLINE UNIT NO 11; Mrs Viola Broadbent, sec; 75 Highland rd; meet 2d Fri at 50 Harvard
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
BETH-HORON LODGE; Charles A Bowditch, sec, 11 Waverly; meet 2d Tues at 1 Harvard
BROOKLINE LODGE; Fred B Richardson, sec, 41 Stanton rd; meet 3d Thurs at 1 Harvard
Ancient Order of United Workmen
ROBERT C WINTHROP LODGE NO 210; Alfred P Waterman, recorder, 40 Stanton rd, meet 1st Wed at 107 Wash
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
BROOKLINE LODGE NO 886; Joseph A S Gohl, sec, meet 1st and 3d Mon at 693 Wash
Daughters of American Revolution JOHANNA ASPINWALL CHAPTER; Emma W Burt, sec, 28 Centre; meet 3d Wed at members houses
Grand Army of the Republic
CHARLES L CHANDLER POST 143; Wm B Web- ber, commdr; 311 Newton; meet 1st and 2d Wed at 329 Wash
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
LOMIA LODGE NO 221; Harry M Mosher, rec sec, 1 Fremont, Malden; meet every Wed at 8 School BETHEL REBEKAH LODGE NO 179; Mrs Jennie P McCracken, rec sec, 15 Linden; meet 1st and 3d Tues at 8 School
Independent Order of Odd Ladies M U
GOLDEN OAK LODGE NO 63; Penelope Moore, P S, 15 Elder (Dor); meet 1st and 3d Mon at 20 Prospect
Junior Order United American Mechanics
WASHINGTON COUNCIL NO 14; Franklin W Wig- gin, rec sec, 106 Hillside av Arlington Hgts; meets 2d and 4th Tues at 8 School
Knights of Columbus
BROOKLINE COUNCIL NO 110; Thomas F Cos- tello. sec, 51 St Paul; meet 2d and 4th Mon at 109 Wash
Knights of Pythias
ASPINWALL LODGE NO 168; Frederick Outram, K R S, 202 Corey rd, Br; meet 1st and 3d Wed at 20 Prospect
Massachusetts Catholic Order of Foresters
AVE MARIA COURT NO 160; Winifred A McCabe, rec sec; 51 Arborough rd (Ros) ; meet 1st and 3d Tues at 107 Wash
FATHER THOMAS F McMANUS COURT NO 208; Frederick J Love, rec sec; 39 Eliot Cres, meet 1st and 3d Tues at 771 Boylston
ST LAWRENCE COURT NO 61; Francis J Rigor da Eva, rec sec, 44 Centre; meet 1st and 3d Mon at 107 Wash
Order of Scottish Clans
CLAN SUTHERLAND NO 191; Andrew G Wright, sec, 22 High; meet 1st and 3d Fri at 20 Prospect
Order of the Eastern Star
BROOKLINE CHAPTER NO 112; Mrs Mabel L Hallett, sec, 59 River, Mattapan; meet 4th Tues at 1 Harvard
Order of the Rainbow for Girls
BROOKLINE ASSEMBLY NO 14; Betty Wade, sec, 23 Netherlands rd; meet 2d and 4th Thurs at 1 Harvard
Royal Arcanum
BROOKLINE COUNCIL 2163; Albert M Carver, sec, 12 Fairfax rd Milton, meet 1st and 3d Mon at 31a Harvard
Veterans of Foreign Wars
STEPHEN F RUTLEDGE POST NO 864; John L Sherry, adjt; 282 Cypress, meet 2d Fri and 4th Sun at 195 Boylston
WOMAN'S AUXILIARY; meet 1st Mon at 194 Boylston
Woman's Relief Corps
CHARLES L CHANDLER CORPS NO . 109: Mrs Mary J Dearborn, pres, 269 Beach Wollaston; meet 1st and 3d Tues afternoons at 329 Wash
LABOR ORGANIZATIONS
TOWN EMPLOYEES UNION NO 44; Clarence E Delano, rec sec; 133 Cypress, meet 1st Sun at 107 Wash
PAINTERS UNION NO 709; James McKinnon, financial sec; 110 Hewlett (Ros) ; meet 2d and 4th Fri at 8 School
PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS
ARMORY PLAYGROUND, 39 Amory n Beacon BEACON PLAYGROUND, 20 Clinton path BOYLSTON PLAYGROUND, 167 Boylston
BROOK ST PLAYGROUND, 111 Brook n Perry BROOKLINE AV PLAYGROUND, 575 Brookline av cor Aspinwall av
BROOKLINE FIELD, 317 Pond av cor Jamaica rd CLARK PLAYGROUND, 205 Cypress cor Mulford
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COOLIDGE PLAYGROUND, 51 Russell cor Columbia COREY HILL OUTLOOK, 158 Summit av n Lan- caster ter
CYPRESS ST PLAYGROUND, 95 Cypress cor Tap- pan
DEVOTION PLAYGROUND, 49 Stedman cor Devo- tion
DEXTER SCHOOL PLAYGROUND, Freeman cor Pleasant
EMERSON GARDEN, 19 Emerson cor Davis av GRIGGS FIELD, Griggs rd cor Griggs ter , HUNTINGTON ATHLETIC FIELD, 180 Kent KENT ST PLAYGROUND, 106 Kent cor Brook LONGWOOD PLAYGROUND, 101 Stearns rd LOWELL PLAYGROUND, 1276 Boylston RESERVOIR PARK, 588 Boylston
POST OFFICES
Open daily except Sunday for money order, parcel post, postal savings, registry and stamps business fr 7 a m to 6 p m; holidays and Sundays 10 to 11 a m for box holders
Brookline Station 327-331 Harvard
Percy H Prior, supt; George H Conley, asst supt, James L Barry, Frank K Beals, Abraham L Denning, John J Doherty, Francis E Dowling, George C Dun- lavey, Wm D Elliott, John E Fay, Joseph B Feneno, Wm J Foley, Cornelius L Garrity, Edward M Hession, John J Igoe, Stephen J Keefe, Henry J Leen, Joseph W McGarry, John T Murphy, Thomas M Murphy, Robert A Neale, Frank L O'Connor, Patrick J Prender- gast, Elmer J Puello, John F Reall, Helen E Rice, Peter W Rooney, Frank E Shea, Augustine J Sheehan, John G Sheehan, Claude B West, Carl J Youngren, clks
T Frank Abberton, John H Ago, Robert A Barry, Harry 0 Bernard, John J Buckley, George S Campbell, John T Carey, Wm H Carney, Frank J Cavanaugh, Frank J Cleary, Cornelius F Connors, James S Curry, John J Counihan, James Dempster, Percy L DeWitt, Joseph A Doherty, Dennis F Donlon, Michael Dun- lavey, Thomas J Dwyer, Edmund J Farrell, Abraham Feinberg, John J Finnerty, James J Fitzgibbons, James F Gabbett, Joseph T A Greer, Edward J Halla- han, Michael J Healy, Wm F Harnedy, Alfred A Hickey, Thomas M Higgins, J Owen Hillen jr, Ray A Jefferson, David T Keefe, John J Lamb, Wm T Lan- drey, John C Larkin, Edward D Lyons, Joseph L Marmaud, Charles A McGovern, Owen A Mclaughlin, Wm F Mullins, James E Murley, George J O'Brien, Harry J O'Hare, Joseph A Revelle, David Rockwood, Thomas W Robinson, Herbert C Rodday, Adam F Schottmiller, Fred F Sears, Wm J Shannon, Thomas F' Shea, James E Sheehan, Selden L Staples, Wm A Sullivan, John J Sullivan, Herbert R Sumner, Patrick J Timmons, Hubert Walsh, Wm H Wheeler, Charles W White, Charles W White jr, George W Zuck, car- riers
BROOKLINE VILLAGE STATION 1 Harvard
Wm J McGuire, supt; James J Condon, Felix J Johnson, John J Walsh, clks
CONTRACT STATIONS
No 8, 1703 Beacon; Irving P Gammons jr, clk in charge
No 16, 402 Harvard; I Isidor Levin, clk in charge No 41, 236 Harvard; Mildred L Gilmore clk in charge
No 58, 1943 Beacon; Arthur C Morey, clk in charge No 59, 1412b Beacon; Albert M Zolovon, clk in charge
No 110, 1621 Beacon; Benj Gordon, clk in charge No 134, 1054 Beacon; Albert M Shaevel, clk in charge
No 168, 1784 Beacon Edward S Kidd, clk in charge
Chestnut Hill Station
14 Middlesex rd (Newton)
John C Brennan, supt
Maurice F P Hickey, John P Hurley, clks
Rix H Andrews, Joseph M Bishop, John J Har-
rington, Thomas J Noonan, John J Morrissey, Norman N Sess, John J Shea, M Aloysius Walsh, carriers
RAILROAD STATIONS
BEACONSFIELD 50 Dean rd; Walter R Grant, agt BROOKLINE 35 Station off Wash; Richard F Shield, agt
BROOKLINE HILLS 24 Tappan rear Cypress; Wm
J Cook, agt
COTTAGE FARM 140 Essex cor Comlth ar
LONGWOOD 30 Chapel; Edgar H Spencer, agt
RESERVOIR off 410 Chestnut Hill av; Lemuel B Bridges, agt
STATISTICS
1630 Settled as part of Boston, and until 1705 known as Muddy River Hamlet. In early days wood and hay taken to town of Boston by boats and lighters across what is now Back Bay lands.
1680 Devotion House, 347 Harvard, built on Cam- bridge road
1705 By order of the General Court "the powers and privileges of a township given to the in- habitants of Muddy River, the Town to be called Brookline, etc"
1717 First meeting house completed (now the First Parish, 410 Walnut)
1825 First Town Hall dedicated (now Pierce Hall, 404 Walnut)
1843 High School established and conducted in the then Town Hall now Pierce Hall, 404 Walnut 1845 Second Town Hall dedicated on site occupied by present building
1847 Steam railroad Boston to Brookline opened
1851 Beacon street in Brookline built (now Gov- ernor's square to Chestnut Hill)
1858 Horse cars by way of Tremont street began running
1871 Brookline avenue and Cypress street play- grounds purchased by town
1873 Third and present Town Hall dedicated. An- nexation defeated
1875 Brookline Water
Works began supplying the Town
1879 Telephone franchise first granted. Electric light introduced
1887 Beacon street widened. Electric trolley in- troduced
1897 Municipal Bath House opened January 1st
1907 Municipal Gymnasium opened
1915 Brookline adopts the Representative Town Meeting Plan
1923 Brookline adopts the Zoning Law.
1925 Precinct Boundaries re-established
1927 New School and Library bldg cost $81,702.89
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PRECINCT BOUNDARIES Established by Selectmen Dec. 27, 1915. Re-established 1925.
PRECINCT 1
Northerly by town line from Babcock to St Mary's; easterly by the town line from Commonwealth av to Riverdale pkway; southeasterly by town line from the easterly side line of St Mary's extended to Longwood av; southerly by the centre of Longwood av from Riverdale pkway to Harvard; westerly by the centre of Harvard from Longwood av to Green; northwesterly by the centre of Green from Harvard to Dwight; south- westerly by the centre of Dwight from Green to Babcock; westerly by the centre of Babcock from Dwight to Commonwealth av
PRECINCT 2
Northwesterly and northerly by the town line from Winchester to Babcock; easterly by the centre of Babcock from Commonwealth av to Dwight; north- easterly by the centre of Dwight from Babcock to Green; southeasterly by the centre of Green from Dwight to Harvard; easterly by the centre of Harvard from Green to Webster; southerly by the centre of Webster from Harvard to Beacon; southwesterly by the centre of Winchester from Beacon to town line
PRECINCT 3
Easterly and northeasterly by town line from Long- wood av to opposite Brookline av playground; south- easterly and southerly by the Brookline av playground and the centre of Brook from Riverdale pkway to Homer; southeasterly by the centre of Homer from Brook to Harvard; southwesterly by the centre of Harvard from Homer to Harvard av; southerly by the centre of Harvard av from Harvard to Park; westerly by the centre of Park from Harvard av to Beacon; northerly by the centre of Webster from Beacon to Harvard; westerly by the centre of Harvard from Web- ster to Longwood av and northerly by Longwood av from Harvard to town line
PRECINCT 4
Easterly by town line from a point in Riverdale pkway opposite Brookline av playground to a point in Riverdale pkway opposite Allerton; southerly by the centre of Allerton from Riverdale pkway to High; westerly by the centre of High from Allerton to Wash; southwesterly by the centre of Wash from High to Harvard; and by the centre of Harvard from Wash to Homer; northwesterly by the centre of Homer from Harvard to Brook; northerly and northeasterly by the centre of Brook and by Brookline av playground from Homer to Riverdale pkway
PRECINCT 5
Southeasterly and southerly by the town line from a point in Riverdale pkway opposite Allerton to Chestnut; southwesterly by the town line and by the centre of Chestnut from Pond av to Walnut; north- westerly by the centre of Walnut from Chestnut to Cypress westerly by the centre of Cypress from Walnut to Boylston; northerly by the centre of Boylston from Cypress to Leverett; westerly by the centre of Leverett from Boylston to B & A; northerly by B & A from Leverett to Wash; northeasterly by the centre of Wash from B & A to High; easterly by the centre of High from Wash to Allerton and northerly by the centre of Allerton from High to Riverdale pkway
PRECINCT 6
Northwesterly by the centre of Gardner rd from Tappan to Gardner path; and by the centre of Gardner path from Gardner rd to Wash; northeasterly by the
centre of Wash from Gardner path to Park; north westerly by the centre of Park from Wash to Harvard av; northerly by the centre of Harvard av from Park to Harvard; northeasterly by the centre of Harvard from Harvard av to Wash and by the centre of Wash from Harvard to B & A; southerly by B & A from Wash to Leverett; easterly by the centre of Leverett from B & A to Boylston; southerly by the centre of Boylston from Leverett to Clark rd; southwesterly by the centre of Clark rd to Sumner rd; northwesterly by the centre of Sumner rd from Clark rd to Blake rd; westerly by the centre of Blake rd from Sumner rd to Tappan and southwesterly by the centre of Tappan from Clark rd to Gardner rd
PRECINCT 7
Northwesterly by the town line from Williston rd to Winchester; northeasterly by the centre of Win- chester from the town line to Beacon; easterly by the centre of Park from Beacon to Wash; southwesterly by the centre of Wash from Park to Gardner path; south- easterly by the centre of Gardner path from Wash to Gardner rd; southerly by the centre of Winthrop rd from Gardner rd to Garrison rd and by the centre of Garrison rd from Winthrop rd to Tappan; westerly by the centre of Tappan from Garrison rd to Beacon and by the centre of Williston rd from Beacon to the town line
PRECINCT 8
Northerly, westerly and northwesterly by the town line from Chestnut Hill av to Williston rd; easterly by the centre of Williston rd from the town line to Beacon and by the centre of Tappan from Beacon to Garrison rd; northerly by the centre of Garrison rd from Tappan to Winthrop rd; and by the centre of Winthrop rd from Garrison rd to Gardner rd; south- easterly by the centre of Gardner rd from Winthrop rd to Tappan; northeasterly by the centre of Tappan from Gardner rd to Blake rd; easterly by the centre of Blake rd from Tappan to Sumner rd; southeasterly by the centre of Sumner rd from Blake rd to Boylston; southerly by the centre of Boylston from Sumner rd to Fisher av; southwesterly by the centre of Fisher av from Boylston to Clinton rd; southerly by the centre of Clinton rd from Fisher av to Chestnut Hill av; southwesterly by the centre of Chestnut Hill av from Clinton rd to the town line
PRECINCT 9
Northwesterly and westerly by the town line from the westerly corner of the town to Chestnut Hill av; northeasterly by the centre of Chestnut Hill av from the town line to Clinton rd: northerly by the centre of Clinton rd from Chestnut Hill av to Fisher av; northeasterly by the centre of Fisher av from Clinton rd to Boylston northerly by the centre of Boylston from Fisher av to Sumner rd; northwesterly by the centre of Sumner rd from Boylston to Clark rd; northeasterly by the centre of Clark rd from Sumner rd to Boylston; northerly by the centre of Boylston from Clark rd to Cypress; easterly by the centre of Cypress from Boylston to Walnut; southeasterly by the centre of Walnut from Cypress to Chestnut; northeasterly by the centre of Chestnut from Walnut to a point opposite the angle in the town line near the junction of High and Chestnut; southeasterly by the town line from Chestnut to the southerly corner of the town; southwesterly by the town line from the southerly corner of the town to the westerly corner of the town
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PERMITS AND LICENSES
Permits and Licenses By whom issued
Alcohol Denatured or Methyl Board of Health
Amusements Public Board of Selectmen
Apertures Sidewalk
Auctioneers Board of Selectinen
Awnings
Street Dept
Bakeries
Food Inspectors
Band Concerts on Sundays Board of Selectmen
Bandstand on Common, use of
Bay Windows &c overhanging Public way
Building Comm
Billboards Approved by
Billboards licensed by
Billiard tables and bowling alleys Board of Selectmen Blasting permits and transportation of
explosives Fire Dept Boarding houses for infants, application for
approved by
State House & Certified by Board of Health
Boats,
Power
Bonfires and permits to burn rubbish Fire Dept
Building permits of all kinds Building Commr
Burial permits Town Clerk
Chiropodists, registration of Board of Selectmen Circulars and handbills, advertising
Coasting on certain streets Police Dept
Concerts on Sundays Board of Selectmen
Board of Health
Dances (must be in licensed halls)
Board of Selectmen Dance Halls (supervision Recreation Dept)
Board of Selectmen
Day Nursery
Dogs License Town Clerk
Employment Office Board of Selectmen
Explosives, Ammunition Transportation and Storage of Fire Dept
Firearms Sale of
Board of Selectmen
Firecrackers &c sale of Fire Commr Fishing Certificates Town Clerk
Garages, 2 car Board of Selectmen
Garages and Gasoline
Board of Selectmen
Garbage Conveyance through streets __ Board of Health
Gas Meters and fixtures
Wires and Lights
Gasoline for private use Board of Selectmen
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