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Board of Public Welfare-Daniel A Rollins, chair- mn; Philip Bowker, Theodore G Bremer, Walter J Cusick, Marion C Cutler, Wm J Hickey jr, Anna A Rooney
Committee for Planting Trees-Ernest B Dane, chairmn; Theodore Lyman, Emma G Cummings, sec
Constables-John E Griffin, Charles L Hapgood, Matthew S McNeilly, Dell W Turner, Edward A Fahey, Robert M Boehner, Frank Dolan
Fence Viewers-Thomas F Costello, Charles R Burns Field Driver-Myron D Fisher
Moderator- Philip S Parker
Park Commissioners-Paul M Hubbard, chairmn; Richard C Floyd, Francis J Oakes, jr
Planning Board-Gorham Dana, chairmn; Wm B Coffin, James D Henderson, Frederick L Olmsted
Pound Keeper-Myron D Fisher
Selectmen and Board of Health-Daniel A Rollins, chairmn; Philip G Bowker, Theodore G Bremer, Wal- ter J Cusick, Wm J Hickey, jr
Town Clerk-Fred B Richardson
Treasurer and Collector-Albert P Briggs
Trustees of Walnut Hills Cemetery-Charles H Stearns, chairmn; Albert F Bigelow, Henry B Cabot, Frederick A Leavitt, Henry R Shepley, Charles F White
Water Board-Timothy J Burke, chairmn; George H Francis, Francis W Hamilton
APPOINTED OFFICERS FOR THE MUNIC- IPAL YEAR
Assessors-Herbert N Bates, sec Asst Treas-Matthew S McNeilly
Board of Appeal-Henry Ware, chairmn; Michael D Mealey, Leonard C Wason, Fred B Richardson, clk Board of Health-Francis P Denny, health officer and director of laboratory; Willard E Ward, agent for inspection of milk and food; Wm F Coughlin, collector of samples; J Albert C Nyhen, bacteriologist and director of fly and mosquito control; Thomas J Riley, sanitary agent; James P Mahon, plumbing inspector; Charles A Levis, gas inspector; Horace K Boutwell, dispensary physician; Cedric F Harring, director dental dispensary; Malcolm J Macleod,
chemist; Ella R Jarvis, supv nurses; Mary A MacDon- ald, Regina A Thomas, health nurses; John A Mina- han, tenement house inspector
Building Commissioner-Ernest Lyon
Building Inspectors-Arthur F Finnegan, Thomas J Moran
Department of Public Welfare-Mrs Mary D Per- kins, matron of infirmary
Examiners of Gas Fitters-Thomas A Conroy, Wal- ter J Cusick, Ernest Lyon
Forest Fire Warden-Selden R Allen
Forestry Department-Daniel G Lacy, supt; Helena M Rick, sec
Gymnasium and Baths Committee-Richard C Floyd, chairmn; Wm F Foley, Augustus W Soule, directors
Highway Dept-Daniel G Lacy, supt; Stephen E Burke, asst; John G Gerrish, supt of equipment; Arthur A O'Shea, acct; Helen Driscoll, Alice M Lyons, Catherine A O'Day, clks
Indigent Soldiers and Marines (Agent for Burial of)-Edward C Kelley
Inspector of Petroleum-Willard E Ward
Inspector of Plumbing-James P Mahon
Keeper of Lock-up -- H Allen Rutherford
Measurer of Wood and Bark-Wm E Coughlan, Wil- lard E Ward
Moth Superintendent-Ernest B Dane
Park Commissioners-Edward P Sheehan, supt
Planning Board-Henry A Varney, sec
Playground Commission-Richard C Floyd, chairmn; Warren D Arnold, Stewart Burchard, Wm F Foley, Paul M Hubbard
Registrars of Voters-Joseph W Cook, chairmn; Fred B Richardson, town clerk sec ex-officio; Thomas R Daley, Harold Williams jr
Sealer of Weights and Measures-Willard E Ward; Wm F Coughlin, Malcolm J MacLeod, Matthew F Mealey, deputy sealers
Selectmen -- Agnes G Killion, sec; Agnes R Donahue, Elizabeth J Morrow, Sarah R Nolan, stens
Superintendent of Streets-Daniel G Lacy
Superintendent of Town Hall-Michael F Fahey
Superintendent of Wires and Lights and Gas Inspec- tion-Eugene N Davis, Max L Elliott, asst
Town Accountant-Leon L Allen; Margaret M Rooney, asst
Town Counsel-Philip S Parker
Town Engineer-Henry A Varney; Chester J Wal- lace, asst; Mildred F Smith, sten
Walnut Hills Cemetery-Fred B Richardson, clk; Myron D Fisher, supt
Water Dept-Zephaniah R Forbes, elk and water registrar; Fayette F Forbes, supt water works; Walter R Bushway, asst supt; H Eugene Royce, civil eng; Anna Hooban, Eileen M Lynch, G Theodosia Mahoney, clks Weigher of Hay-Wm F Foley
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W. A. GREENOUGH. CO.'S {1932] : BROOKLINE DIRECTORY
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Headquarters 338 Washington Fire Commissioner- Willard W .Estabrouk? 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 104 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; James E Duggan, hosemn
ENGINE 1
George H Murray, capt; Hiram C Hamilton, Martin P Meehan, Joseph P O'Connor, lieuts; Henry W Cran- well, Frank J Cuuniff, Frank Fogerty, James J Gannon, Robert P Keady, Daniel J Linehan, Patrick J Mc- Carthy, Francis E O'Connor, John A Pearson, hosemn
Station B 340 Washington Aides to Chief- George P Lowe, Charles W Madden
ENGINE 2
George L Gettings, Edward McGrath, lieuts; Edward J Carroll, James J Davis, John E Donovan, Thomas F Ford, Francis J Hennessy, 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, John R Ilunter, Dennis A O'Connor, 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 Lowe, 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; Thomas Curry, Daniel F Donovan, John L Fay, Joseph P Har- rington, John H Hickey, jr, Patrick J Hogan, Frank X Love, John M Mealey, John II Mitchell, Thomas J Norris, Francis H Norton, John E Patterson, James Priestly, Clement J Tynan, hosemn
Station E 18 Devotion ENGINE 5
Matthew J Nolan, capt; Wm R Longmore, lleut; 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
"Joseph' F Stranahan, capt; James Brutcher, lieut; Wm P Costello, George McIntosh, John J Magennity, Wm F Norris, John J O'Neil, Thomas F Roach, Michael A Rourke, John F Taylor, hosemn
Station G 665 Washington ENGINE 7
Edward J Forbes, lieut; Clarence O Donovan, Frank J Downes, Michael J Hughes, Joseph F McCarthy, Patrick J McCarthy, Joseph F Strain, hosemn
LADDER 1
Peter A Mealey, capt; Daniel G McNamara, lieut; 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 361 Wash nr School (135,086 volumes)
Trustees-Albert F Bigelow,
chairmn; Walter Humphreys, sec; Harvey Cushing, Robert Cutler, Arthur Denny, Thomas M Devlin, Carleton S Francis, Wal- ter Humphreys, Theodore Lyman, 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 486 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, Thomas J Hill, Steph- en D Halloran, James A Lacey, Joseph P Mahoney, Joseph J O'Connell, jr
Sergeants-James D Casey, James Gleason, John J Kirrane, Charles B M Knowles, Alexander Minnis, James W Tonra
Detective Sergeants-John F Donovan, Allen Wilson Policewoman-Josephine H Wilder
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W. A. GREENOUGH CO.'S [1932] BROOKLINE DIRECTORY
Chiefs Chauffeur-Thomas H Morrow
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, Thomas F Cassidy, 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, Martin J Lally, Richard F Lally, Joseph M Larkin, Christian Larsen, Daniel J Lynch, Michael C Lynch, Herbert F Lynn, Wilbur R MacMillan, Robert J Maloney, Ed- ward J McCracken, Wm P McCracken, Thomas P Mc- Cusker, James McDonald, Michael J McGrail, John J McInerney, Wm F McInerney, Kieran F McManus, Henry H McNeill, Samuel J McNeilly, James P Meade, James A Meehan, David Minnis, John A Moloney, Richard H Moloney, Matthew 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 Thomp- son, Henry E Tiernan, James H Tolman, 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-George W Wightman, chairmn; Mary Adams, sec; Edith C Baker, Margaret M Rob- inson, Wm T Read, terms expire 1933; Walter S Burrage, Stewart Burchard, terms expire 1934; Roger Griswold, Thomas P Kendrick, Lotta B Sehick, terms expire 1935; meet 3d Mon 8:00 p m except July and August
Supt of Schools-Ernest R Caverly, office Town Hall R12; hours 2:30 to 3:30 p m on school days Sec to Supt-Mary Adams Business Agent-Helen V O'Brien Stenographers-Evelyn Alter, Ethel L Levinson Attendance Officer-James H Connelley Custodian-Thomas F Costello
Schools HIGH 115 Greenough
Wilfred H Ringer, headmaster; Willis B Gifford, sub master; Mary W Sawyer, dean of girls; Lulu G Adams, Grace M Allen, Kelsey C Atticks, Mabel P Bailey, Francis T Ball, Florence Barnard, Bessie L Barnes, Donivan Barnes, Warren L Bartlett, Marion W Bates, Charles H Bemis, jr, Jane G Berriman, Rose D Bliss, Minot A Bridgman, Annie G Burnham Geneva Chamberlain, Helen S Collins, Caroline V Cook, John E Corcoran, Irene Cummings, Ada B Deal, Chester M Downing, Anne C Egan, Thomas E Fitzgerald, Arthur W Flemings, Louise Gambrill, Maria E Gard- ner, Marguerite Greenshields, Faith J Hale, Grace Hamblin, Arthur N Hammond, Louise A Hannon, Ho- mer Harbour, Rosamond Haskell, Patience B Hen- derson, Leland G Hollingworth, Francenia Horn, Ev- elyn Johns, Eleanor R Johnson, Mary C Jones, Gordon A Joslin, 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, Francis W Newson, Miriam A
Nichols, Adeline F Nickerson, Kathryn L O'Brien, John C Packard, Elizabeth K Paine, Marion W Parker, Elizabeth DeK Pease, Florence G Perkins, Jane W Perkins, Aline Perrin, Emma Poland, Jane G Ricker, Marquis Robb, Hildred Robertson, Benjamin D Ronan. Anna M Schwind, Albert Seamans, Otis C Severance, Carl A Smith, Lillie C Smith, Wm L Snow, Alice H Spaulding, Dorothy Taft, Ralph W Totman, Congetta S Vanacore, Gertrude I Wadsworth, E Montgomery Wells, Everett F Weygant, Trask Wilkinson, Laura G Willgoose, Rebekah Wood, Frederick L Woodlock, Maud Young, Wm L Young, tchrs; Mae Mawhinney, sec; Marion G Berry, Miriam E Linsky, Anna E Reynolds, clks; Mrs Caroline R Siebens, librarian; Mary M Stack, asst librarian; James Burns, Philip H Duggan, John McGinnis, James P McGrath, George A Meade, Wm Mullaney, janitors
GEORGE S BALDWIN
490 Heath
Margaret C O'Hearn, prin; Rose Johnson, Sophie E Butler, Doris Beal, tchrs; Wm Hewitt, janitor
BOYLSTON 195 Boylston (unoccupied)
J ELLIOT CABOT 34 Marion
Lucie A Metcalf, prin; Eleanor L Bowker, Dorothy M Kenyon, Helen Parker, tchrs; John F Mahon, janitor
EDWARD DEVOTION 345 Harvard
Charles H Taylor, prin; Gladys F Abbott, Madeline I Anderson, Betsey Bean, Olive V Bicknell, Anne B Chamberlain, Elizabeth Clark, Mildred B Cole, M Etta Cooney, Elsie B Crossman, Vernie O Dawe, Jose- phine Day, Maude Doolittle, Josephine S Emerson, Jeannette M Falconer, Blanche Fitzhenry, Helen I Gaw, Gladys B Goodnow, Minnie E Gray, Virginia Grilley, Nan J Grindle, Helen P Hardy, Maria L Haskell, Ethel M Hayden, Lucy B Howard, Alice N Jameson, Marie C Kelley, Florence £ Lewis, James B Lidstone, Emily R McCarn, Isabel Macdonald, Grace H Manter, Margaret L McQuaid, Annie G Molloy, Helen K Nicholson, Marguerite Pfleghaar, Marion C Rams- dell Annie A Smith, Marion M Thomas, Edna G Towle, tchrs; Anthony Ford, Samuel Stewart, janitors
MICHAEL DRISCOLL 64 Westbourne ter
Minerva E Fales, prin; Virginia D Agnew, Ruth Clifford, Caroline E Comins, Edna A Gault, Elizabeth Gaffield, Cynthia Harriman, Edna H Hendershot, Helen Hicks, Ida M Holden, Maybelle E Knight, Pearl I Macdonald, Bernice Mason, Paul Mather, Jane A McCabe, Grace A Potter, Elsie V Robbins, Ruth Rus- sell, Helen Soule, tchrs; Patrick J Kelley, John Connell, janitors
HEATH 121 Reservoir rd
Arthur W Murphy, prin; Anna E Allen, Bernadette R Flynn, Mary Godsell, Elsa M Hackebarth, Frances C Knudsen, Georgia D Mansfield, Ella G Monroe, Ida I: Montgomery, Catharine G O'Brien, Mary J Porter, Clara Rasmussen, Lelia H Smith, Lena B Winter, tchrs; John Tonra, janitor
LAWRENCE 27 Francis
Raymon W Eldridge, prin; Marjorie H Davenport, Emma E Elliott, Margaret Fealy, Gladys I Greenleaf, Sarah M Keeler, Ethel C King, C Gertrude Knox, Gladys A Levesque, Barbara C Mackay, Marguerite Moore, Cora W Reed, Ruth Segal, Helen M Westgate, Margaret C Whyte, Doris Wilbur, tchrs; Frank L Harrington, Fred E Pennington, janitors
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WILLIAM H LINCOLN 194 Boylston
Francis T Hall, prin; Grace E Bartlett, Madeline Beaman, Ila D Berry, Grace A Bosworth, Josephine Courtwright, Lillian W Davis, Florence L Fairbanks, Louise E Finney, Virginia Follett, Ora D Hutchinson, Della E Joslin, Abbie F Hearn, Norine McKenny, Nellie L Moody, 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; Vesta M Turner, Grace Kimball, tchrs; John F Mahan, janitor
NEWTON STREET 295 Newton (unoccupied)
PARSONS
60 Walter av (unoccupied)
PIERCE 50 School
Ada E Chevalier, prin; Florence L Adams, Helen C Bailey, Hazel G Beckett, Bertha V Cobb, M Alice Connor, Margaret E Flanders, E Mildred Gillis, Ellen M Goodrich, Audrey Griffin, Alice R Harper, Elizabeth E Joyce, Ellen P Low, Ida M Lynch, Miriam McQuaid, Enid Merrill, Eleanor P Moody, Grace W Morrill, Alice M Nelson, Ethel A Tillinghast, tchrs; Andrew F Conway, Wm McTigue, Cornelius Sullivan, janitors
JOHN D RUNKLE 50 Druce
Edith E Wright, prin; Carolyn E Armitage, Olga E E Blasser, Lois E Booth, Elgie Clucas, H Hertha Daley, Eleanor Dresser, Dorothy M Hayden, Alice B Hazelton, Blanche E Henshaw, Vera Libby, Gertrude R March, Eleanor B Mitchell, Grace E Murray, Ber- nice H Newell, Alice L Reeve, Helen E 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; Grace Kilburn, Margaret Murray, Elsie Richardson, Eva Rosenberg, Alice M Wyman, tchrs; Richard Kelleher, janitor
ROBERT C WINTHROP 599 Brookline av (unoccupied)
Special Teachers
Chief Medical Inspector-David M Hassman Director of Domestic Science-Lillie C Smith
Instructor in Domestic Science-Mildred B Cole, Mary C Jones, Miriam Loker, Muriel South, Susie T Sprout
Director of Drawing-Anne B Chamberlain
Instructors in Drawing-Virginia Grilley, Francenia
J Horn, Marion W Parker, Vernie O'Dawe
Economic Education-Florence Barnard, manager Director in French-Louise Gambrill
Instructors in French-Geneva Chamberlain, Louise Gambrill, Marie E Gardner, Kathryn L O'Brien, Eliz- abeth K Paine, Aline Perrin, Marguerite F Pfleghaar, Paul Mather, Flora V Wilkinson
Instructor in Health-Ida M Lewis
Instructors in Manuel Training-James B Lidstone, Everett J McIntosh, Myldred Moore, Joseph E Owens Director in Music-Wm Burbank
Instructors in Music-Miriam Hoagland, Gordon A Joslin, Edith H Snow '
Director in Needlework-Anna M Schwind
Instructors in Needlework-Marion K Dormon, Anne C Egan, Miriam P Heywood, Emily R McCarn
Directors of Physical Training-Bessie L Barnes, Thomas H Hines
Instructors in Physicial Training-Francis T Ball, Charles H Bemis, jr, Ethel I Brower, Rosamond Has- kell, Doris Griffith, Rachel L Kelley, Helen Sherman, Miriam A Tobey, Everett F Weygant, Alice L Wheaton Visiting Teacher-Ada R Joyce
School Nurses-Frances C Barnaby, Ida L Carter, Helen F Cleary, 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-Ralph D Pettingell (Dedham)
District Attorney, Southeastern District-Winfield M Wilbar (Brockton)
Assistant District Attorneys-George W Arbuckle (Quincy), John W Sullivan (Middleboro), Edmund R Dewing (Wellesley)
Jailer-Richard G Shedd (Dedham)
Judge of Probate and Insolvency-Joseph R Mc- Coole (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-Benjamin W Rudman
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 ₣ 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 & Parker
Associate Justices-Daniel A Rollins, Francis S Wyner
Clerk-Mrs Dellie B Murphy, Maude A MacNaught, asst clk
Probation Officers-Evan C Thorpe, Josephine H Wilder
Court Officer-Charles L Hapgood
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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, George C Dunlavey, John E Fay, Joseph B Feneno, Louis Flint, Wm J Foley, Cornelius L Gar- rity, John J Graham, Peter F Hayes, Edward M Hes- sion, Samuel B Hutchinson, John J Igoe, Henry J Leen, Joseph W McGarry, John A McManus, Ernest P Men- zies, Thomas M Murphy, Robert A Neale, Caeser J Moalli, Elmer J Puello, John F Reall, George J L Richardson, Peter W Rooney, Frank E Shea, John G Sheehan, Patrick M Sullivan, 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 Cleary, Corne- lius F Connors, James S Curry, John J Counihan, James Dempster, Percy L DeWitt, Joseph A Doherty, Dennis F Donlon, Edmund J Farrell, John J Finnerty, James J Fitzgibbons, James F Gabbett, Joseph T A Greer, Edward J Hallahan, Michael J Healy, Wm F Harnedy, Alfd 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 McGovern, Owen A Mclaughlin, Wm F Mullins, Thomas J Murphy, George J O'Brien, Harry J O'Hare, Joseph A Revelle, 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, James F Welch, 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, Timothy F Sheehan, 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 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, Harold Dixon, Joseph W Doherty, James T Donohoe, Charles J Donovan, Patrick J Fla- herty, John J Shea, Daniel J Sullivan, Edmund Tierney, M Aloysius Walsh, carriers
RAILROAD STATIONS
BEACONSFIELD 50 Dean rd; Arthur Germaine, agt BROOKLINE 35 Station off Wash; Nerbert A Wilbur, agt
BROOKLINE HILLS 24 Tappan rear Cypress; Wm J Cook, agt
COTTAGE FARM 140 Essex cor Comlth av 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)
1800 Town Census 605
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 1844 then Town Hall now Pierce Hall, 404 Walnut 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 Census 47,490
1931 628 Trees were planted on the public streets
1932 Population Publishers' Estimate 47,900
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PRECINCT BOUNDARIES
Established by Selectmen Dec. 27, 1915. Re-established 1925.
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