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Walnut Hills Cemetery-Fred B Richardson, clk; Myron D Fisher, supt
Water Dept-Zephaniah R Forbes, clk and water registrar; Fayette F Forbes, supt water works; Walter B Bushway, asst supt; H Eugene Royce, civil eng; Mary M Hooban, Eileen M Lynch, G Theodosia Mahoney, clks
Weigher of Hay-Wm F Foley
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FIRE DEPARTMENT Headquarters 338 Washington Fire Commissioner-Willard W Estabrook Chief-Selden R Allen Fire Prevention Insps-Capt Frank T Pons, Daniel
J McCarthy
Secretary-Joseph H Kelliher Fire Alarm Oprs-Joseph E Wallace, John H Daley, Wm T Madden
Master Mechanic-Richard McDonald
Station A 140 Washington John B McDonald 1st deputy chief Francis J Hayes 2d deputy chief
LIGHTING TRUCK Alexander W Bain, Frederick J O'Day, chaufs
CHEMICAL 1
Frederick A Kelley, George E Harnedy, chaufs; John J O'Neil, hosemn
ENGINE 1
George H Murray, capt; Hiram C Hamilton, Martin P Meehan, Joseph P O'Connor, lieuts; Henry W Cran- well, Wm P Costello, Frank J Cunniff, Frank Fogerty, James J Gannon, Robert P Keady, Daniel J Linnehan, Patrick J McCarthy, John A Pearson, hosemn
Station B 340 Washington Aides to Chief-George P Love, Charles W Madden
ENGINE 2
George L Gettings, Edward McGrath, lieuts; Edward J Carroll, James J Davis, John E Donovan, Thomas F Ford, Francis E O'Connor, Norman J Rose, Robert J Stanfield, Charles D Taggart, hosemn
LADDER 2
Joseph W Kelley, capt; Thomas F J Malloy, lieut; Thomas J Daxon, Edward M Doheny, Thomas E Duggan, Francis J Hayes, jr, Walter E Macleod, Edward J McGrail, Joseph C Murray, Hugh V O'Neil, Augustine P Pons, Michael Raftery, Thomas W Taylor, Martin V Tonra, laddermn
Station C 92 Monmouth ENGINE 3
John W Manley, capt; Michael F Keegan, lieut; Wm J Clegg, Francis S Conley, Wm G Fitzgerald, Walter C Macleod, Thomas J Norris, Dennis A O'Con- nor, Patrick J Ryan, hosemn
Station D 827 Boylston ENGINE 4
Thomas J Burke, capt; Thomas J Grennan, lieut; Alexander G DeLorie, George H Dunn, John J Costello, James L Love, Thomas J Mahon, Robert J O'Connor, Wm H O'Connor, Michael F Tonra, hosemn
LADDER 3
Patrick H Kirrane, Richard E O'Day, lieuts; John L Fay, John H Hinchley jr, Frank X Love, John M Mealey, John H Mitchell, John E Patterson, James Priestly, Michael A Rourke, laddermn; Thomas Curry, Daniel F Donovan, Joseph P Harrington, Patrick J Hogan, Francis H Norton, hosemn
Station E 18 Devotion ENGINE 5
Matthew J Nolan, capt; Wm R Longmore, lieut; John L Fay, Wm Gould, James Kentley, John F Lyons, John R Murphy, John T O'Neil, John J O'Sul- livan, Shirley D Smith, hosemn
Station F 500 Heath ENGINE 6
Joseph F Stranahan, capt; James Brutcher, lieut; Francis J Hennessy, John R Hunter, George McIntosh, John J Magennity, Wm F Norris, Thomas F Roach, Joseph F Strain, John F Taylor, hosemn
Station G 665 Washington ENGINE 7
Edward J Forbes, lieut; Joseph Duggan, Thomas F Kelley, Frank J Downes, Michael J Hughes, Joseph F McCarthy, Patrick J McCarthy, hosemn
LADDER 1
Peter A Mealey, capt; Daniel G McNamara, lieut; Clarence O Donovan, Joseph P Forbes, Frank Greene, Roy E Kessler, James F Kirrane, Charles P Love, Thomas F McInerney, Francis J Mealey, John E Murphy, Frank T Pons, jr, laddermn
LIBRARY DEPARTMENT PUBLIC LIBRARY 355 Wash nr School (135,086 volumes)
Trustees-Arthur L Endicott, chairman; Walter Humphreys, sec; Albert F Bigelow, John T Creagh, Harvey Cushing, Arthur B Denny, Thomas M Devlin, Carleton S Francis, Walter Humphreys, Mrs Eleanor Parker, Abbot Peterson, Barrett P Tyler, Harold P Williams
Louisa M Hooper, librarian; Helen M Thayer, sec; Mrs Caroline R Siebens, High School librarian; Bertha E Davis, reference librarian; Ruth E Brown, head cataloguer; Dorothy M Brown, Bertha L Cain, Edith M Carlson, Alice W Clark, Anne Fitzgerald, Barbara C Glidden, Georgia C Glidden, Alice M Hobson, Julia P Parker, Louise Rowley, Esther Sanborn, Serena W Sawyer, Elizabeth Sutherland, Dorothy Thompson, Carol M Walden, Dorothea K Wetherell, Harriet E Williams, assts; Robert S Bell, Thomas Farrell, Stewart Lee, John A Mccullough, janitors
The library is open fr 8:30 a m to 9 p m every secular day, except legal holidays: viz New Year's Day, Washington's Birthday, Patriot's Day, Memorial Day, Seventeenth of June, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Armistice Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas; Sun 2 to 9 p m; During July and August close 6 P M Tues, Thurs and Fri and all day Sundays
CHESTNUT HILL BRANCH 490 Heath
Grace L Roscoe, librarian
Open daily except Sun fr 2 to 6 p m; Mon, Wed and Fri fr 7 to 9 p m; Sat fr 9 a m to 1 p m and fr 2 to 6 pm
COOLIDGE CORNER BRANCH - 31 Pleasant
Lilla N Morse, librarian
Open daily except Sun fr 9 a m to 9 p m closed Sun and holidays
SEWALL READING ROOM 279 Cypress
Open fr Oct to June; Tues, Thurs, Sat fr 6 to 9 p m
POLICE DEPARTMENT 337 Wash cor Prospect
Chief-H Allen Rutherford
Lieutenants-Robert J Evans, Henry M Fogerty, Stephen D Halloran, James A Lacey, Edward J Mealy, Joseph J O'Connell, jr
Sergeants-James Gleason, Thomas J Hill, Charles B M Knowles, Joseph P Mahoney, Alexander Minnis, James W Tonra
Detective Sergeants-John F Donovan, Allen Wilson Policewoman-Josephine H Wilder
Chiefs Chauffeur-Thomas H Morrow
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Patrolmen-Charles Adams, Emery E Allen, Thomas R Barrett, Wm C Barrett, Cornelius P Buckley, Clif- ford J Burgess, Wm H Burke, Homer W Campbell, Thomas P Carroll, James D Casey, Thomas F Cas- sidy, Chester C Chapman, Michael J Cunniff, David F Curtin, Charles B Davis, Thomas F Donahue, James J Donovan, John J Duffy, Clarence Dustin, John J Dwyer, Williard A Farnsworth, Thomas J Fay, John H Foster, Charles M Gallagher, Peter Gould, Lawrence K Grennan, Thomas G Grennan, Wm Harris, Joseph P Higgins, James F Holt, Thomas J Hourihan, George T Hughes, jr, John Hunt, Frederick Ingram, George C Johnson, jr, Walter F Johnson, Alexander B Johnston, Peter F Kelleher, John J Kelley, Thomas E Killion, John J Kirrane, Martin J Lally, Richard F Lally, Joseph M Larkin, Christian Larsen, Daniel J Lynch, Michael C Lynch, Herbert F Lynn, Robert J Maloney, Edward J McCracken, Wm P McCracken, James McDonald, Michael J McGrail, John J McInerney, Wm F Mc- Inerney, Kieran F McManus, Heny H McNeill, Samuel J McNeilly, James P Meade, James A Meehan, David Minnis, John A Moloney, Richard H Moloney, Mat- thew Moreland, Edward C Munsil, Frederick C Munsil, Phillip P Murphy, Wm E Murphy, Patrick J Norris, John H Norton, John F O'Brien, Thomas J Ochiltree, Cornelius F O'Connor, jr, Michael E O'Day, Thaddeus D O'Hearn, Wm H Oram, Henry F Pinner, James J Powers, Joseph Priestley, Michael J Raftery, John W Roach, Francis A Russell, Patrick J Rutledge, Patrick J Ryan, Dennis J Scully, Nicholas J Skalla, Harry R Stanfield, Albert A Strain, Edward J Sullivan, jr, John J Sullivan, Michael J Tarpey, Edwin L Thompson, John G Thompson, Henry E Tiernan, James H Tolnian, Stephen J Tonra, James F Travers, Wm J Walizer, John J Walsh, Patrick J Walsh, James A Ward, Wm H Ward, Charles C Watterson, Melvin H Wharton
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Office Town Hall R12
School Committee-Abbot Peterson, chairmn; Mary Adams, sec; Richard C Floyd, Lotta B Schick, terms expire 1932; Edith C Baker, Margaret M Robinson, Wm T Reid jr, terms expire 1933; Thomas P Ken- drick, Francis A Niccolls, Sidney F Strickland, terms expire 1931; meet 3d Mon at 8:30 p m expect July and August
Supt of Schools-Ernest R Caverly, office Town Hall R12; hours 9 to 10 a m. Mon, Wed and Fri; 3 to 4 p m, Tues and Thurs
Sec to Supt-Mary Adams Business Agent-Helen V O'Brien Stenographer-Evelyn Alter Attendance Officer-James H Connelley Custodian-Thomas F Costello
Schools HIGH 115 Greenough
Ernest R Caverly, headmaster; Mary W Sawyer, dean of girls; Lulu G Adams, Grace M Allen, Kelsey C Atticks, Mabel P Bailey, Florence Barnard, Bessie L Barnes, Marion W Bates, Jane G Berriman, Rose D Bliss, Minot A Bridgman, Wm Burbank, Annie G Burnham, Elmer Case, Geneva Chamberlain, Caroline V Cook, John E Corcoran, Ada B Deal, Chester M Downing, Anne C Egan, Thomas E Fitzgerald, Arthur W Flemings, Louise Gambrill, Maria E Gardner, Faith J Hale, Grace Hamblin, Louise A Hannon, Homer Har- bour, Patience B Henderson, Hazel B Henry, Leland G Hollinworth, Francenia Horn, John V Jewett, Evelyn Johns, Mary C Jones, Rachel L Kelley, Tyler Kenner, Celina H Lewis, Anna R Liden, Carroll H Lowe, Anna Maguire, Bertha C Marshall, Edward H Merrill, Etta M Miller, Florence G Nasmyth, Zenas Neumeister, Francis W Newson, Miriam A Nichols, Adeline F Nickerson, Kathryn L O'Brien, John C Packard, Eliza- beth K Paine, Marion W Parker, Elizabeth DeK Pease, Florence G Perkins, Jane W Perkins, Emma Poland, Jane G Ricker, Hildred Robertson, Benjamin D Roman, Aurelia Schober, Anna M Schwind, Albert Seamans, Catherine M Sears, Carl A Smith, Lillie C Smith,
Wm L Snow, Alice H Spaulding, Dorothy Taft, Charles H Taylor, Ralph W Totman, Mary C Thurston, Con- getta S Vanacore, Gertrude I Wadsworth, Laura G Willgoose, Rebekah Wood, Frederick L Woodlock, Maud Young, tchrs; Mae Mawhinney, sec; Miriam E Linsky, Elvira Potter, clks; Mrs Caroline R Siebens, librarian; Mary M Stack, 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; Eleanor L Bowker, Dorothy M Kenyon, Helen Parker, tchrs; John F Mahan, janitor
EDWARD DEVOTION 345 Harvard
Charles H Taylor, prin; Gladys F Abbott, Florence L Adams, Madeline I Anderson, Betsey Bean, Olive V Bicknell, Elizabeth Clark, M Etta Cooney, Elsie B Crossman, Vernie O Dawe, Josephine Day, Maude Doolittle, Josephine S Emerson, Jeannette M Fal- coner, Blanche Fitzhenry, Helen I Gaw, Gladys B Goodnow, Minnie E Gray, Nan J Grindle, Helen P Hardy, Maria L Haskell, Ethel M Hayden, Alice N Jameson, Marie C Kelley, Florence E Lewis, Isabel Macdonald, Grace H Manter, Margaret L McQuaid, Annie G Molloy, Annie A Smith, Marion M Thomas, Edna G Towle, tchrs; Anthony Ford, Frank L Harring- ton, janitors
MICHAEL DRISCOLL 64 Westbourne ter
Minerva E Fales, prin; Ruth Clifford, Caroline E Comins, Virginia H DeWolf, Edna A Gault, Elizabeth Gaffield, Helen Hicks, Ida M Holden, Helen M Hurd, Maybelle E Knight, Pearl I Macdonald, Jane A Mc- Cabe, Grace A Potter, Elsie V Robbins, Mary E Slattery, Henry L Soule, tchrs; Patrick J Kelley, James Fossa, janitors
HEATH 121 Reservoir rd
Arthur W Murphy, prin; Anna E Allen, Bessie P Erbe, Bernadette R Flynn, Mary Godsell, Elsa M Hackerbarth, Frances C Knudsen, Georgia D Mans- field, Ella G Monroe, Ida L Montgomery, Catharine G O'Brien, Mary J Porter, Lelia H Smith, Lena B Winter, tchrs; John Tonra, janitor
LAWRENCE 27 Francis
Raymon W Eldridge, prin; Ruth A Cutler, Marjorie H Davenport, Margaret Fealy, Ethlinda R Free, Gladys I Greenleaf, Sarah M Keeler, Ethel C King, C Gertrude Knox, Gladys A Levesque, Barbara C MacKay, Mar- guerite Moore, Cora W Reed, Ruth Segal, Helen M Westgate, Margaret C Whyte, tchrs; Fred E Penning- ton, 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, Ora D Hutchinson, Della E Joslin, Alice S Morrison, Sue H Nason, Theresa G O'Rourke, C Frances Quille, Rose E Ryan, Irene Varrell, Mary A White, tchrs; John T Cunniff, John P Kelley, janitors
LONGWOOD 129 St Mary's
Lucie H Chamberlain, prin; Evelyn P Read, Vesta M Turner, Grace Kimball, tchrs; John F Mahan, janitor
NEWTON STREET 295 Newton (unoccupied)
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PARSONS 60 Walter av
Lillian W Davis, prin; Louise E Finney, Eleanor P Moody, Nellie L Moody, tchrs; Cornelius Sullivan, janitor
PIERCE 50 School
Mary McSkimmon, prin; Jennie M Alden, Helen C Barley, Hazel G Beckett, Ada E Chevalier, Bertha V Cobb, M Alice Connor, H Hertha Daley, Margaret E Flanders, E Mildred Gillis, Ellen M Goodrich, Alice R Harper, Elizabeth E Joyce, Nina M Kettembeil, Florence M Lathrop, Ellen P Low, Ida M Lynch, Miriam McQuaid, Mary McSkimmon, Enid Merrill, Josephine G Messan, Grace W Morrill, Alice M Nelson, Vera E Rogers, Ethel A Tillinghast, tchrs; Andrews F Conway, 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, Eleanor Dresser, Dorothy M Hayden, Alice B Hazelton, Blanche E Henshaw, Vera Libby, Gertrude R March, Eleanor B Mitchell, Grace E Murray, Bernice H Newell, Alice L Reeve, Helen Rhodes, Ethel L Sargent, Florence M Shirley, Elizabeth I Spargo, Mildred L Taylor, tchrs; Joseph P Hartigan, Leo Maher, janitors
SEWALL 279 Cypress
Katherine Johnson, prin; Audrey Griffin, Abbie F Hearn, Katherine Johnson, Margaret Murray, Marian S Rice, Alice M Wyman, tchrs; Richard Kelleher, jan
ROBERT C WINTHROP 599 Brookline av
Grace A Bosworth, Frances J Canty, 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, 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, Lucienne Wilkinson Instructor in Health-Ida M Lewis
Instructor in Manuel Training-Wm L Hartnett, Everett J McIntosh, Myldred Moore, Joseph E Owens Director in Music-Wm Burbank
Instructors in Music-Miriam Hoagland, Robert C McCoy, Edith H Snow
Director in Needlework-Anna M Schwind
Instructors in Needlework-Annie G Burnham, Mar- ion K Dormon, Annie C Egan, Jessie W Law, Emily R McCarn, Miriam Poole
Directors of Physical Training-Bessie L Barnes, Thomas H Hines
Instructors in Physical Training-Margaret Bacon, Francis T Ball, Charles H Bemis jr, Ethel I Brower, John T Connor, Rosamond Haskell, Nancy James, Wm Pendleton, Helen Sherman, Miriam A Tobey Visiting Teacher-Ada R Joyce
School Nurses-Frances C Barnaby, Ida L Carter, Helen F Charly, Elizabeth R Maguire, Frances E Tomlinson
COUNTY OFFICERS Norfolk County County Seat Dedham Clerk of Courts-Robert B Worthington (Dedham) Assistant Clerks-Willard E Everett (Walpole), Al- fred E Henderson (Dedham)
County Commissioners-Edward W Hunt (Wey- mouth), chairmn; Frederick A Leavitt (Brookline), Russell T Bates (Quincy)
Asso Commissioners-Ernest H Gilbert (Stoughton), Arthur G Chapman (Braintree)
County Treasurer-Frederic C Cobb (Dedham)
District Attorney, Southeastern District-Winfield M Wilbar (Brockton)
Assistant District Attorneys-Wm T Kelley (Brain- tree), John W Sullivan (Middleboro), Edmund R Dewing (Wellesley)
Jailer-Richard G Shedd (Dedham)
Judge of Probate and Insolvency-Joseph R Mc- Ccole (Dedham)
Referees in Bankruptcy-B Loring Young, Charles C Cabot
Register of Deeds-Walter W Chambers (Dedham) Assistant Register-James . F Reynolds (Quincy) Register of Probate and Insolvency-Thomas V Nash (Weymouth)
Assistant Register-James F Reynolds (Quincy)
Medical Examiner-Frederick E Jones
Asst Medical Examiner-Frederick L Hayes MD (Bline)
Sheriff-Samuel H Capen (Dedham)
Special Sheriff-Wm Wragg (Dedham)
Deputy Sheriffs-George W Conant (Weymouth), Melvin L Coulter (Holbrook), Edwin H Downs (Fox- borough), Albert Fales (Norwood), Wm T Hooper (Franklin), Howard Lynch (Dedham), Wm F Lynch (Dedham), Richard L Shedd (Brookline), Harry G Studley (Quincy), Dell W Turner (Brookline), Ernest S Woodman (Quincy), Howard B Capen (Canton), Archie L Walden (Plainville), Everett L Coldwell (Millis)
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 Justice-Daniel A Rollins
Clerk-Mrs Dellie B Murphy, Maude A MacNaught, asst clk
Probation Officers-Evan C Thorpe, Josephine H Wilder
Court Officer-Charles L Hapgood
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, Leonard W Dominique, George C Dun- lavey, Wm D Elliott, John E Fay, Joseph B Feneno, Wm J Foley, Cornelius L Garrity, John J Graham, Peter F Hayes, Edward M Hession, Samuel B Hutchin- son, John J Igoe, Henry J Leen, Joseph W McGarry, Ernest P Menzies, Thomas M Murphy, Robert A Neale, Caeser J Moalli, Frank L O'Connor, Elmer J Puello, John F Reall, George J L Richardson, Peter W Rooney, Frank E Shea, Augustine J Sheehan, John G Sheehan, Patrick M Sullivan, John J Sweeney, Carl J Youngren, clks
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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 Cleary, Corne- lius F Connors, James S Curry, John J Counihan, James Dempster, Percy L DeWitt, Joseph A Doherty, Dennis F Donlon, Thomas J Dwyer, Edmund J Farrell, John J Finnerty, James J Fitzgibbons, James F Gab- bett, Joseph T A Greer, Edward J Hallahan, Michael J Healy, Wm F Harnedy, Alfred A Hickey, Owen Hillen jr, Richard Ikels, Ray A Jefferson, David T Keefe, John J Lamb, Wm T Landrey, John C Larkin, Edward D Lyons, Joseph L Marmaud, Charles A Mc- Govern, Owen A Mclaughlin, Wm F Mullins, James E Murley, Thomas J Murphy, 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, carriers
BROOKLINE VILLAGE STATION 1 Harvard
Wm J McGuire, supt; James J Condon, Feltx J Johnson, John J Walsh, clks
CONTRACT STATIONS
No 8, 1703 Beacon; Irving P Gammon 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, (Boston) ; Arthur C Morey, clk in charge
No 59, 1412b Beacon; Albert M Zorolow, clk in charge
No 110, 1621 Beacon; Benj Gordon, clk in charge No 134, 1054 Beacon; Albert M Shaevel, cik in charge
No 168, 1784 Beacon; Edward S Kidd, clk 10 charge
Chestnut Hill Station 14 Middlesex rd (Newton)
John C Brennan, supt
Maurice F P Hickey, John P Hurley, clks
Rix H Andrews, Joseph W Doherty, James T Donohoe, Charles J Donovan, Patrick J Flaherty, Thomas J Noonan, John J Shea, Edmund Tierney, M Aloysius Walsh, carriers
RAILROAD STATIONS
BEACONSFIELD 50 Dean rd; Arthur Germaine, agt BROOKLINE 35 Station off Wash; Wm M Daudelin, agt
BROOKLINE HILLS 24 Tappan rear Cypress; Wm J Cook, agt
COTTAGE FRAM 140 Essex cor Comlth ar LONGWOOD 30 Chapel
RESERVOIR off 410 Chestnut Hill av; Harry A Strait, 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) Town Census 605
1800
1814 First P. O. in White's Block
1814 Mill Dam authorized
1821 Mill Dam opened
1821 The Philbrick House, 100th house built in Brookline
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 1844 Roxbury land added to Brookline
1845 Second Town Hall dedicated on site occupied by present building
1848 Steam railroad Boston to Brookline opened
1850 Inhabitants 2,516, Tax rate ($2.10)
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 (707-299)
1875 Brookline Water Works began supplying the Town
1879 Telephone franchise first granted. Electric
light introduced
1879 Annexation defeated (541-272)
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
1930 Federal Estimate 47,437
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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 fram 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
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