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Station 2 340 Washington Aides to Chief-George P Love, Charles W Madden
ENGINE 2
George L Gettings, Edward J McGrath, lieuts; Ed- ward J Carroll, James J Davis, John F 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; Joseph A Crowley, Thomas J Daxon, Edward M Doheny, Thomas E Duggan, Francis J Hayes, jr, Wal- ter E Macleod, Edward J McGrail, Joseph C Murray, Augustine P Pons, Michael Raftery, Thomas W Taylor, Martin V Tonra, laddermn
Station 3 92 Monmouth ENGINE 3
John W Maniey, capt; Michael F Keegan, lieut; Wm J Clegg, Francis S Conley, Wm G Fitzgerald, John R Hunter, jr, John J McCarthy, Dennis A O'Connor, Joseph F Ryan, Patrick J Ryan, hosemn
Station 4 827 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; 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 H Mitchell, Thomas J Norris, Francis H Norton, John E Patterson, James Priestly, Clement J Tynan, hosemn
Station 5 18 Devotion ENGINE 5
Matthew J Nolan, capt; Wm R Longmore, lieut; Henry Cranwell, James M Fay, Wm Gould, James Kentley, John R Murphy, John T O'Neil, John J O'Sullivan, Shirley D Smith, hosemn
Station 6 500 Heath ENGINE 6
Joseph P O'Connor, capt; James Brutcher, lieut; Wm P Costello, John J Magennity, George McIntosh, W'm F Norris, John J O'Neil, Thomas F Roach, Michael A Rourke, John F Taylor, hosemn
Station 7 665 Washington ENGINE 7
Joseph Stranahan, capt; Edward J Forbes, lieut; Frank J Downes, Michael J Hughes, Richard F Kee- gan, Joseph F McCarthy, Patrick J McCarthy, Wm F McCarthy, John H Ryan, Joseph F Strain, hosemn
LADDER 1
Peter A Mealey, capt; Daniel G McNamara, lieut; Walter F Adler, Paul V Davis, Joseph P Forbes, Frank Greene, Roy E Kessler, James F Kirrane, Charles P Love, Thomas F McInerney, Francis J Mealey, John E Murphy, Wm J Newman, Frank T Pons, jr, laddermn
LIBRARY DEPARTMENT PUBLIC LIBRARY 361 Wash nr School (146,048 volumes)
Trustees-Albert F Bigelow, chairmn; Walter Humphreys, sec; George B Baker, Robert Cutler, Thomas M Devlin, Reginald Fitz, Carleton S Francis, Walter Humphreys, Theodore Lyman, Charles D Ma- ginnis, Mrs Eleanor Parker, Abbot Peterson, Harold P Williams
Louisa M Hooper, librarian; Helen M Thayer, see; 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, Louise Rowley, Esther Sanborn, Mary Stack, Elizabeth Suther- land, 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
Mrs 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-John F Donovan, Robert J Evans, Thomas J Hill, Stephen D Halloran, James A Lacey, Joseph P Mahoney, Joseph J O'Connell, jr, Allen Wilson
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W. A. GREENOUGH CO.'S. [1934] BROOKLINE DIRECTORY
Sergeants-James D Casey, James Gleason, John J Kirrane, Charles B M Knowles, Robert J Maloney, Henry H McNeill, Alexander Minnis, James W Tonra Policewoman-Josephine H Wilder
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, Wm M Cameron, Homer W Campbell, Thomas P Carroll, Chester C Chapman, Wm A Charlton, Michael J Cunniff, David F Curtin, Charles B Davis, Thomas F Donahue, James J Donovan, John J Duffy, Clarence Duston, John J Dwyer, Williard A Farnsworth, Thomas J Fay, John H Foster, Charles M Gallagher, Peter Gould, Lawrence K Grennan, Thomas G Grennan, Wmn 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, Francis P Lowry, Daniel J Lynch, Michael C Lynch, Herbert F Lynn, Wilbur R MacMillan, Edward J McCracken, Wm P McCracken, Thomas P McCusker, Michael J McGrail, John J McInerney, Wm F Mc- Inerney, Kieran F McManus, James G McMorrow, Samuel J McNeilly, James P Meade, James A Meehan, David Minnis, John A Moloney, Richard H Moloney, James Moreland, Matthew Moreland, Edward C Mun- sil, Frederick C Munsil, Phillip P Murphy, Wm E Murphy, Patrick J Norris, John H Norton, 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, Bernard H Sulli- van, Edward J Sullivan, John J Sullivan, Michael J Tarpey, Edwin L Thompson, John G Thompson, Harold E Tolman, 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 Watter- SOD, Melvin H Wharton
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Office Town Hall R12
School Committee-Wm T Reid, jr, chairmn; Mary Adams, sec; Stewart Burchard, Thomas P Kendrick, Mrs Lotta B Schick, terms expire .1935; Edith C Baker, Mary McSkimmon, Wm T Reid, jr, terms ex- pire 1936; Walter S Burrage, Samuel B Finkel, George E Hills, terms expire 1937; 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 Connelly Custodian of School Properties-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, Donivan Barnes, Warren L Bartlett, Harold N Bates, Marion W Bates, Charles H Bemis, jr, Jane G Berriman, M Roland Blanchard, Rose D Bliss, Minot A Bridgman, Harry E Brown, Annie G Burnham, Geneva Chamberlain, Helen S Col- lins, Caroline V Cook, John E Corcoran, Ada B Deal, Fillda C Donahue, Chester M Downing, Anne C Egan, Thomas E Fitzgerald, Arthur W Flemings, Louise Gam- brill, Marguerite Greenshields, Faith J Hale, Grace Hamblin, Arthur N Hammond, Louise A Hannon, Ho- mer Harbour, Rosamond Haskell, Patience B Hen- derson, Thomas H Hines, Leland G Hollingworth,
Francenia J Horn, M Evelyn Johns, Eleanor R Johnson, Mary C Jones, Gordon A Joslin, Rachel L Kelley, Tyler Kepner, Celina H Lewis, Anna R Liden, Carroll H Lowe, Anna L 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, Eliza- beth K Paine, Marion W Parker, Elizabeth DeK Pease, Florence G Perkins, Jane W Perkins, Aline Perrin, Emma Poland, Jane G Ricker, Hildred E Robertson, Benjamin D Roman, Anna M Schwind, Albert Seamans, Otis C Severance, Carl A Smith, Lillie C Smith, Wen- dell F Smith, Wm L Snow, Alice H Spaulding, Dorothy Taft, Ralph W Totman, Congetta S Vanacore, Ger- trude I Wadsworth, E Montgomery Wells, Everett F Weygant, Trask H Wilkinson, Laura G Willgoose, Re- bekah Wood, Frederick L Woodlock, Maud Young, Wm L Young, tchrs; May M Stanfield, sec; Selma Einstein, registrar; Helen F Cleary, nurse; Marion G Berry, Miriam E Linsky, Anna E Reynolds, clks; Mrs Carolino R Siebens, librarian; Mary M Stack, asst librarian; James M Burns, Philip H Duggan, John P Kelley, John J McGinnis, James P McGrath, George A Meade, Philip T Wallace, janitors
GEORGE S BALDWIN
490 Heath
Margaret C O'Hearn, prin; Ethel B Barnes, Doris Beal, Sophie E Butler, Virginia Grilley, Rose G John- son, Anna H Shannon, Edith H Snow, tchrs; Frances C. Barnaby, nurse; Wm Hewitt, janitor
BOYLSTON 195 Boylston (unoccupied)
J ELLIOT CABOT 34 Marion
Lucie A Metcalf, prin; Ethel B Barnes, Virginia Grilley, Miriam Hoaglund, Dorothy M Kenyon, Helen D Parker, Vesta M Turner, tchrs; Elizabeth R Ma- guire, nurse; John F Mahan, janitor
EDWARD DEVOTION 345 Harvard
Charles H Taylor, prin; Gladys F Abbott, Madeline I Anderson, Betsey Bean, Olive V Bicknell, Wm Bur- bank, Anne B Chamberlain, Mildred B' Cole, M Etta Cooney, Elsie B Crossman, Vernie O Dawe, Josephine Day, Maude Doolittle, Jeannette M Falconer, Bea- trice Finn, Blanche Fitzhenry, Helen I Gaw, Gladys B Goodnow, Minnie E Gray, Virginia Grilley, Nan J Grindle, Maria L Haskell, Ethel M Hayden, Luey B Howard, Alice N Jameson, Dorothy E Kane, Marie C Kelly, Florence E Lewis, James B Lidstone, Isabel Macdonald, Grace H Manter, Paul Mather, Emily R McCarn, Margaret L McQuaid, Annie G Molloy, Helen K Nicholson, Marguerite F Pfleghaar, Marion C Rams- dell, Annie A Smith, Edith H Snow, Susie T Sprout, Marion M Thomas, Edna G Towle, Elizabeth C Weber, Everett F Weygant, Alice L Wheaton, tchrs; Frances E Tomlinson, nurse; Anthony Ford, Samuel Stewart, janitors
MICHAEL DRISCOLL 64 Westbourne ter
Minerva E Fales, prin; Harry E Brown, Wm Bur- bank, Anne B Chamberlain, Ruth Clifford, S Lucretia Collins, Caroline E Comins, Dorothy Ellis, Edna A Gault, M Elizabeth Gaffield, Gertrude A Greene, Doris M Griffith, Virginia Grilley, Cynthia Harriman, Helen Hicks, Miriam Hoagland, Ida M Holden, Maybelle E Knight, Mildred P. Loker, Pearl I Macdonald, Ber- nice E Mason, Paul Mather, Jane A McCabe, Emily R McCarn, Everett J McIntosh, Grace A Potter, Elsie V Robbins, Ruth H . Russell, Helen L Soule, Everett F Weygant, tchrs; Elizabeth R Maguire, nurse; Patrick J Kelley, John Connell, janitors
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HEATH
121 Reservoir rd
Arthur W Murphy, prin; Anna E Allen, Francis T Dall, Wm Burbank, Anne B Chamberlain, Hilda C Donahue, Marion K Dormon, Josephine S Emerson, Bernadette R Flynn, Ada O Fookes, Mary Godsell, Virginia Grilley, Elsa M Hackebarth, Dorothy E Kane, Margaret E Kendrick, Frances C Knudsen, Ella G Monroe, Ida L Montgomery, Myldred Moore, Mary J Porter, Clara P Rassmussen, Lelia H Smith, Edith H Snow, Susie T Sprout, tchrs; Frances C Barnaby, nurse; John Tonra, janitor
LAWRENCE 27 Francis
Raymon W Eldridge, prin; Francis T Ball, Ethel B Barnes, Eleanor L Bowker, Wm Burbank, Anne B Chamberlain, Marjorie H Davenport, Emma W Elliott, Margaret Fealy, Gladys I Greenleaf, Virginia Grilley, Miriam P Hayward, Miriam Hoagland, Sarah M Keeler, Grace Kimball, Ethel C King, C Gertrude Knox, Gladys G Levesque, Barbara C Mackay, Paul Mather, Mar- guerite Moore, Joseph E Owens, Cora W Reed, Ruth Segal, Muriel E South, Helen M Westgate, Margaret C Whyte, Doris U Wilbur, tchrs; Elizabeth R Ma- guire, nurse; Frank L Harrington, Fred E Pennington, janitors
WILLIAM H LINCOLN 194 Boylston
Francis T Hall, prin; Grace E Bartlett, Madeline Beaman, Ila D Berry, Grace A Bosworth, Harry E Brown, Wm Burbank, Anne B Chamberlain, Josephine Courtwright, Irene M Cummings, Lillian W Davis, Fiorence L Fairbanks, Louise E Finney, Virginia Fol- lett, Doris M Griffith, Virginia Grilley, Miriam P Hayward, Abbie F Hearn, Miriam Hoagland, Ora D Hutchinson, Della E Joslin, Grace Kilburn, Norine G MeKenny, Alice S Morrison, Sue H Nason, Theresa G O'Rourke, Joseph E Owens, C Frances Quille, Rose E Ryan, Muriel South, Irene Varrell, Alice L Wheaton, Mary A White, Flora V Wilkinson, tchrs; Ida L Carter, nurse; John T Cunniff, Leo Maher, janitors
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, Harry E Brown, Wm Bur- bank, Anne B Chamberlain, M Alice Connor, Edith D Cornelius, Marion K Dormon, Margaret E Flanders, E Mildred Gillis, Ellen M Goodrich, Audrey Griffin, Doris M Griffith, Virginia Grilley, Gertrude A Hawkes, Elizabeth E Joyce, Ellen P Low, Ida M Lynch, Kath- ryn A McGarry, Miriam McQuaid, Enid Merrill, Eleanor P Moody, Myldred Moore, Grace W Morrill, Marguerite F Pfleghaar, Elizabeth P Shaw, Helen Sher- man, Edith H Snow, Susie T Sprout, Ethel A Tilling- hast, Lois M Weeman, Flora V Wilkinson, tchrs; Fran- ces C Barnaby, nurse; Andrew F Conway, Walter Mc- Tigue, Cornelius Sullivan, janitors
JOHN D RUNKLE 50 Druce
Edith E Wright, prin; Carolyn E Armitage, Olga E Blasser, Lois E Booth, Wm Burbank, Anne B Chamberlain, Elgie Clucas, H Hertha Daley, Eleanor Dresser, Anne C Egan, Alice M Elliot, Virginia Grilley, Dorothy M Hayden, Blanche E Henshaw, Vera Libby, Mildred P Loker, Gertrude R March, Everett J Mc- Intosh Eleanor B Mitchell, Grace E Murray, Bernice H Newell, Alice L Reeve, Helen E Rhoads, Ethel L Sargent, Helen Sherman, Edith H Snow, Florence M
Shirley, Elizabeth I Spargo, Mildred L Taylor, Everett F Weygant, Flora V Wilkinson, tchrs; Frances E Tom- binson, nurse; Joseph F Hartigan, Wm Mullaney, jan- itors
SEWALL 279 Cypress
Katherine Johnson, prin; Lucie H Chamberlain, Doris Griffith, Virginia Grilley, Miriam Hoagland, Grace Kilburn, Margaret Murray, Elsie Richardson, Eva Rosenberg, Alice M Wyman, tchrs; Ida L Carter, nurse; Richard Kelleher, janitor
ROBERT C WINTHROP 599 Brookline av (unoccupied)
EVENING HIGH AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 115 Greenough
Leland G Hollingworth, prin
EVENING VOCATIONAL SCHOOL 115 Greenough
Minot A Bridgham, Gertrude E Howe, supers
SUMMER SCHOOL 115 Greenough
C Gertrude Knox, prin
Special Teachers
Chief Medical Inspector-David M Hassman Director of Child Placement-James R Hobson
Director of Domestic Science-Lillie C Smith
Director of Drawing-Anne B Chamberlain
Director of French-Louise Gambrill
Director of Guidance- John V Jewett Director of Manuel Training-Joseph E Owens Director of Music-Wm Burbank
Director of Needlework-Anna M Schwind Director of Physical Training-Thomas H Hines Director of Social Studies-Tyler Kepner Instructor in Health-Ida M Lewis
Supervisor of School Luncheons-Elvira E Potter
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-Edmund R Dewing (Wellesley)
Assistant District Attorneys-George W Arbuckle (Quincy), Ovide V Fortier (Brockton), Robert G Clark, jr (Bridgewater)
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-Bennett V Mc- Laughton (Holbrook)
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), Robert A Doherty (Franklin), Edwin H Downs (Foxborough), Albert Fales (Norwood), Howard Lynch (Dedham), Wm F Lynch (Dedham), Richard L Shedd (Brookline), Harry, G Studley (Quincy), Dell W Turner (Brookline),
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W. A. GREENOUGH CO.'S [1934] BROOKLINE DIRECTORY
Ernest 8 Woodman (Quincy), Howard B Capen (Can- ton), 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, Oct 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 55 Prospect cor Wash
Justice-Philip S Parker
Associate Justices-Daniel A Rollins, Francis 8 Wyner
Clerk-Mrs Dellie B Murphy, Maude A MacNaught, asst elk
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; lobby open holidays 8 to 10 a m and Sundays 11 to 12 a m for box holders
Brookline Station 327-331 Harvard
Percy H Prior, supt; George H Conley, asst supt; James L Barry, Henry A Bragg, Mary M Conroy, George C Dunlavey, John E Fay, Louis Flint, Wm Foley, John J Graham, Peter F Hayes, Edward M Hession, Samuel B Hutchinson, John J Igoe, Henry J Leen, John A McManus, Thomas F Meehan, Ernest P Menzies, Caeser J Moalli, Elmer J Puello, John F Reall, George J L Richardson, Peter W Rooney, Frank E Shea, Henry F Sheedy, John G Sheehan, Patrick M Sullivan, clks
T Frank Abberton, John H Ago, Robert A Barry, Harry O Bernard, John J Buckley, George S Campbell, John T Carey, Wm H Carney, Frank J Cleary, Corne- lius F Connors, James & 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, Wm 5 Harnedy, Alfred A Hickey, Owen Hillen, jr, Richard Ikels, 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, W'm F Mullins, Thomas J Murphy, George J O'Brien, Harry J O'Hare, Joseph A Revelle, Thomas W Robin- son, Herbert C Rodday, Adam F Schottmiller, Fred F Sears, Wm J Shannon, Thomas F Shea, Selden L Staples, Wm A Sullivan, John J Sullivan, Herbert R Sumner, Eugene J R Waldron, Hubert Walsh, James F Welsh, Wm H Wheeler, Charles W White, Charles W White, jr, 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, elk in charge No 41, 236 Harvard; Julius Cohen, elk in charge No 134, 999 Beacon; W Lee Campbell, elk in charge
No 168, 1784 Beacon; Elbert 8 Kidd, elk in charge
Chestnut Hill Station
14 Middlesex rd (Newton)
John C Brennan, supt
Joseph B Feneno, Maurice F P Hickey, John P Hurley, clks
Rix H Andrews, Harold Dixon, Joseph W Doherty, James T Donohoe, Charles J Donovan, Patrick J Flaherty, John J Shea, Daniel J Sullivan, Edmund Tierney, M Aloysius Walsh, carriers
RAILROAD STATIONS
BEACONSFIELD 50 Dean rd; Walter R Grant, agt BROOKLINE 35 Station off Wash; Wm M Daudelin, 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 ar; Homer A Sires, 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 0 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 Gor- 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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W. A. GREENOUGH CO.'S [1934] BROOKLINE DIRECTORY
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 Selectmen
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
Cows 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
Gasoline for private use
Board of Selectmen
Goats None
Hackney Carriages Board of Selectmen
Hawkers and Pedlers
Heating Permits
Henfowl, roosters and ducks Board of Health
Hunting Certificates
Town Clerk
Ice Cream confectionery, soda water and fruit,
sale of on Sunday Board of Selectmen
Innholders Board of Selectmen
Intelligence Office Board of Selectmen
Jobbing Wagon
Junk Collector
Board of Selectmen
Junk Dealer Board of Selectmen
Liquor License Board of Selectmen
Permits and Licenses By whom issued
Lodging Houses
Board of Selectmen
Lunch Cart
Lying-in Hospital, certificates by -- Board of Health
Manicuring and Massage Board of Health
Marriage License Town Clerk
Milk, license to sell by producers Inspector of Food Milk, license to sell by retailers Inspector of Food
Motor Vehicles, second hand sale of
Board of Selectmen
Moving houses thru street Board of Selectmen Numbers to Building to be given by Town Engineer Oleomargarine, registration of sellers of
Inspector of Food
Optometry, registry of
Parades after approval by Chief of Police
Board of Selectmen
Pawnbrokers
. None
Physicians, registration of
State House
Picnic Groves
Plumbing permits
Building Commr
Poles, private telephone wires, etc
Board of Selectmen
Pool tables
Board of Selectmen
Posting Bills Placards etc
Revolver or Pistol, license to sell Police Dept
Revolver or Pistol, license to carry Police Dept
Sale of Goods in Streets or on Sidewalks Police Dept
(a) by minors
Police Dept
(b) Soldiers and Sailors, injured etc
Police Dept
(c) Manufactured by self or employer
Police Dept
(d) Obstruction of Street by team or stand
Police Dept
Secondhand articles, Dealers in Board of Selectmen
Sidewalks, obstruction of Street Dept
Sidewalks, opening in Street Dept
Signs, Advertising Devices, Clocks, Marquees etc Bldg Dept (Commr)
Signs, permits to attach to building etc
Bldg Dept (Commr)
Signs, permits to obstruct sidewalk while hanging Bldg Dept (Commr)
Skating Rink
None
Spur Tracks R R
Stables Board of Health
Street or Sidewalk speaking Police Dept
Streets, obstruction of Street Dept
Streets, opening for drains, gas etc Street Dept
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