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HISTORY
From the time of the early explorers Gloucester, Mass., has occupied a large place in the history of New England and the na- tion. It is claimed that the Norsemen in 1001 skirted the New England Coast, which they called New Vineland and landed here. It has also been said that they called the place "Kroasnes", the Cape of the Cross; that they were attacked by the Indians, their chieftain, Thorwald, being killed and buried on shore. In 1605, as authentically recorded, Cham- plain, on a voyage of exploration and discov- ery sailed about the cape which he named CAPE AUX ISLES.
The next year in early September he founded what is now Eastern Point and came
to anchor in the inner harbor between Five and Ten Pound Islands-so named for the sums for which they were purchased from. the Indians in Colonial times. Champlain was charmed with the place and made a pro- longed stay. His name for it was singularly appropiate, "Le Beau Port", the Beautiful Harbor.
After Champlain's departure came Captain John Smith and Miles Standish with his com- pany of followers. The honor of making the first settlement, however, which was also the first permanent settlement in Massachusetts Bay, belongs to the Dorchester Colony, a company formed by the Rev. John White, a Puritan minister, rector of StPeter's church of Dorchester, England. His colony sailed for and reached what is now Gloucester in 1623, not, as had been supposed, for the purpose of escaping religious persecution. Its real ob- ject was the pursuit of the fisheries which had been successfully carried on off the New England Coast since 1606. The site of the. first settlement was at Stage Fort, now a public reservation known as "Stage Fort Park", where their landing is suitably com- memorated with a bronze tablet which bears an inscription telling the story of their orig- inal landing.
In 1624 Roger Conant was appointed Gov- ernor and the Colony attracted much atten- tion. Its interests were concerned entirely in fishing and farming. The fisheries were successfully pursued and good catches sent to Balboa, Spain, but the arable land of the Cape was exceedingly limited. This latter fact resulted in the agricultural part of the colony moving to Salem. Those remaining, however, were joined by others from time to time, among them being a colony from Ply- mouth in 1630. In 1632 the first church was built and services held. In 1639, the General Court was asked to incorporate the town. A charter was granted in 1642, the town taking the name of Gloucester from the ca- thedral city in England, whence many of the early settlers came.
The history of Gloucester is entwined with events of national importance. It tells us the story of the expedition against Louisburg, the Gibraltar of America,-how these men, in a craft commanded by Captain Sanders an in a land company under Captain Byles, gave splendid service in reducing that stronghold; they were with Wolfe at Quebec and were in the foreground when the flag of France was lowered for the last time on the American Continent. In the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, in the Spanish American War and in the World War, the call to arms has ever been answered by the population of this fish- ing city. Their services have been rendered on land and sea and they have left behind a record of which any community may well be proud.
FISHERIES
Destiny ordained that Gloucester should be the first and greatest fishing port in the New World. Back as far as 1602, that daring navi- gator, GOSNOLD, found that codfish were plenty in Massachusetts Bay and for twenty years before a permanent settlement was made here, the fisheries were pursued off this coast with profit. Destiny also took a hand
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when the Dorchester Company set out from England in 1623 to engage in a fishing trip and also to found a permanent colony. The ancient records tell us that the expedition had no definite place in view for settlement and that arriving late in the season at the fishing grounds on the Maine coast, finding the fishing poor and in hopes of making up a full fare, the voyage was continued to Massa- chusetts Bay. Our first colonists, therefore, were fishermen and the first business of the place was fishing.
With the exception, possibly, of a very few years immediately following 1626, the fisher- ies have been followed from this port throughout all these 300 years, practically without interruption. Its history is a fitting story of a hardy race of fisher folk, who have ever braved the call of the deep in the pur- suit of their industry which today ranks as the oldest in Massachusetts. It teems with stories of self-sacrifice and valor. It has been a costly industry, however. Braving the storms and perils of the ocean in seeking their existence, scouring the seas almost to the Arctic Circle in their perilous quest, at the mercy of the storms and the heavy fogs, the treacherous shoals and drifting boats, over 8,000 of these men have been sacrificed in this perilous calling.
The name of Gloucester has been associ- ated with the curing, catching, packing and distribution of fish since its early settlement in 1623. This industry may truly be said to be the corner stone upon which the city's prosperity and reputation has been based, although at the same time other pursuits have gained ground and prospered.
"Gloucester now has 26 firms engaged in handling and processing fish. It has more than 200 vessels of from 5 to over 100 tons gross engaged in off-shore fishing, and more than 100 under 5 tons gross engaged in in- shore fishing and lobster fishing. Crews of Gloucester fishing vessels total more than 2,200. The total number employed in shore plants varies from 1,400 to 2,500 during the peak production season.
Gloucester has a State Fish Pier which started operating early in 1939, located at the foot of Parker Street and over-lapping Five Pond Island. It has a modern cold storage plant with a capacity of 7,500,000 pounds. This pier is equipped to engage in an extensive fresh fish business. Individual stalls are rented to operating firms.
Landings of fresh fish at Gloucester in- creased from 44,699,000 pounds in 1937, with a value to fisherman of $861,728, to a total of 259,669,856 pounds in 1951, with a value to fishermen of $12,694,800.
In recent years Gloucester has been the largest producing port of edible fish food in the country. It is primarily a fish processing port. About 90% of fish landed is filleted and frozen.
MANUFACTURING AND LOCAL INDUSTRIES
Gloucester has many other industries aside from the fisheries but one directly connected with these, is the manufacture of liquid fish glue. The ancient Greeks and Romans knew that a strong adhesive could be extracted from the skins of certain fish, and used this adhesive for such delicate purposes as fasten- ing precious stones in their setting. Fish glue, however. was made in very small quan- tities and had to be used immediately. It was
not until the last century, sometime between 1870 and 1875, that liquid glue was made a commercial possibility by the discovery of means whereby it might be permanently pre- served in liquid form.
Formerly, quarrying of granite was a very important industry. In recent years, quar- ries at Rockport have been closed, and the industry there is concerned principally at the present time in the cutting of granite pavement blocks.
Awnings, barrels, boats, box shooks, bread, castings of iron and brass, cigars, codliver and vitamin oils, cookies, copper paint, crackers, dip nets, drop forgings, fish-fresh, salted, smoked and canned, fishlines, fish meal, fish- ing tackle, fish-traps, flags, foghorns, glue, granite, hammocks, hawsepipes, inks, iron forgings, iron-work for vessels, machinery for cold storage, masts, men's clothing, mucilage, nets, overalls, pants, paste, pastry, patent bits, patent steering wheels, paving blocks, pipeless heaters, porch dresses, printing, re- frigerators, rudder braces, sails, sand soap, seines, sheeplined coats, ships' blocks, show- cases, smokestacks, spars, steel forgings, stove polishes, street dresses, tanning oils, tents,. traffic signs, trawl nets, truck bodies, ventila- tors, vessel steerers, windlasses for vessels, wooden boxes and drums, yacht steerers.
While Gloucester is situated far from the sources of supply of some raw materials, it has several advantages over inland cities. For instance, the city is on the sea coast where it can obtain various supplies direct by water, at a cheaper rate than by rail. It is located on the Boston & Maine Railroad, with a schedule of sixteen trains daily to and from Boston. Route 128, opened to traffic in 1953 with a high-level bridge over the Annis- quam River, now provides Gloucester with a modern double-barreled scenic highway connecting with Routes 1, 2, 3, 9, 15, 20 and with other major highways, thus affording rapid truck transportation to New York points and beyond.
SUMMER COLONIES
The whole of Cape Ann is an ideal resort for the summer tourist. Its admirable loca- tion, surrounded practically on every side by the open sea, its magnificent summer climate, never extreme on the hottest days in sum- mer; its natural rugged beauty; its many beaches, both large and small; its pretty in- land roads through hard wood groves; its splendid summer cottages and hotels; all combine to make Cape Ann a splendid sum- mer home for those who wish to escape the monotony of city life. Gloucester has long since taken its place as the ideal summer re- sort. To point out any particular charm it may hold for the summer visitor is difficult, for the attractions are many and of sufficient varieties to satisfy the most exacting critic.
It combines within a radius of one-half dozen miles practically every type of natural scenery found anywhere. Its picturesque har- bor wharves, inspiring in thought the 300 years of struggle with the sea that its fisher- men have endured in the pursuit of its indus- try; its many boats entering and leaving the harbor in plying their trade; its foreign fish- ing colonies,-those of the Italian and Portu- guese; its beaches and parks; combine to make Gloucester ideal to the tourist.
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CHURCHES
Church influence is strong in Gloucester, many social and welfare activities centering in the church organizations, of which there are twenty-five in the city. The first church was organized in 1632.
There are over ninety clubs and fraternal organizations in the city, including the Woman's Club, Rotary Club, The Kiwanis Club and the Gloucester Chamber of Com- merce.
Good government, good roads, good schools, congenial social conditions, a high standard of citizenship, convenience to shipping points, nearness to a market, excellent transporta- tion facilities, abundant recreational and amusement facilities, the advantages of homes in the open spaces combined with urban conveniences-these are the qualities that go to make a city desirable-and Gloucester has them all.
ROCKPORT
Rockport, or Sandy Bay, as the town was formerly called, was a part of Gloucester un- til 1840 when it was incorporated and set up its own town Government. Like Gloucester, its inhabitants early engaged in the fishing industry, but not possessing the facilities for large vessels the pursuit of this industry has been largely confined to the shore fisheries, the trapping of lobsters forming the major portion of the business as carried on today.
Rockport granite is known the country over and the quarries at Rockport, Pigeon Cove and Bay View have produced many
thousands of tons of this valuable stone and have furnished employment to several hundred workmen. The industry dates from about 1823, when the quarries were first worked, and has furnished granite for govern- ment fortifications and navy yards, Boston Custom House Tower, Woolworth Building in New York, and Brooklyn Bridge.
The summer colony has grown consider- ably in the last twenty years. A cleaner and more wholesome town in which to spend the summer cannot be found in New England. There are a number of good beaches, a beau- tiful shore drive, and the ocean scenery is unsurpassed. Many artists make their homes here during the summer months and find in- teresting subjects to transfer to their can- vasses along the quaint old wharves and rugged shore.
The breakwater erected by the government has given Rockport a safe harbor, available for large vessels of all types, and the town is often visited during the summer by some of the fleets of United States Warships.
GLOUCESTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
The Gloucester Chamber of Commerce is organized for the service of the public and for the promotion of the business and industrial growth of the community. Further informa- tion regarding manufacturing opportunities, business facilities and residential advantages, will be gladly supplied upon request by the Gloucester Chamber of Commerce, 120 Main street.
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POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS
· STATE CENSUS OF 1945
Total in 1945, 4,493,281
* Cities designated by an asterisk.
UNITED STATES CENSUS OF 1950
Total in 1950, 4,664,984
Shire towns in Bold Face Type.
TOWNS
1945
1950
TOWNS
1945
1950
TOWNS
1945
1950
Marblehead
12,524
13,711
Merrimac
2,384
2,796
Methuen
23,160
24,411
Middleton
2,415
2,913
Nahant
2,396
2,654
Newbury
1,636
1,985
*Newburyport
14,079
14,073
North Andover
7,936
8,429
*Peabody
22,303
22,647
Rockport
3,992
4,180
Rowley
1,585
1,759
*Salem
42.833
41,842
Salisbury
2,622
2,672
Saugus
16,662
17,146
Swampscott
11,835
11,535
Rehoboth
3,036
3,692
Seekonk
5,249
6,087
Somerset
6,815
8,512
Swansea
5,565
6,080
*Taunton
38,612
40,056
Westport
4,748
4,964
TOWNS
1945
1950
373,619
381,304
FRANKLIN
Ashfield
933
979
Bernardston
1,022
1,116
Buckland
1,525
1,597
Charlemont
812
860
Colerain
1,455
1,541
Conway
867
872
Deerfield
3,083
3,082
Erving
1,315
1,325
Gill
918
1,068
Greenfield
17,020
17,237
Hawley
203
244
Heath
327
307
Leverett
594
790
Leyden
254
306
Monroe
171
176
Montague
7,602
7,793
New Salem
364
394
Northfield
2,064
2,230
Orange
5,762
5,880
Rowe
178
206
Shelburne
1,656
1,745
Shutesbury
201
208
Sunderland
1,018
914
Washington
242
276
*Haverhill
46,162
47,213
6,877
Warwick
401
424
W. Stockbridge
1,059
1,159
Williamstown
4,623
6,013
Windsor
274
370
*Lynn
105,153
99,515
Whately
973
941
Lynnfield
2,921
3,925
Manchester
2,539
2,849
51,066
52,578
Acushnet
4,272
4,402
*Attleboro
22,375
23,865
Berkley
1,182
1,258
Chatham
2,192
2,446
Dartmouth
9,909
11,120
Dennis
1,807
2,427
Dighton
3,021
2,988
Easton
5,723
6,226
Falmouth
7,751
8,497
Harwich
2,071
2,655
Mashpee
343
436
Orleans
1,543 .
1,740
Provincetown
3,564
3,736
Sandwich
1,524
1,322
Truro
582
651
Wellfleet
851
1,087
Yarmouth
2,461
3,295
38,216
46,331
BERKSHIRE
Adams
12,724
12,027
Alford
207
211
Beckct
682
744
Cheshire
1,718
1,919
Clarksburg
1,401
1,431
Dalton
4,367
4,753
DUKES
Chilmark
230
179
Edgartown
1,296
1,494
Great Barrington. .
6,232
6,598
Hancock
349
441
Hinsdale
1,276
1,459
Lanesboro
1,556
1,962
Tisbury
1,719
1,886
West Tisbury
239
.345
Lenox
2,951
3,415
Monterey
305
371
MtWashington
53
31
New Ashford
99
118
New Marlboro
896
990
ESSEX
Amesbury
10,824
10,810
Andover
11,920
12,261
*Beverly
28,814
28,855
Boxford
811
925
*Pittsfield
53,560
53,055
Richmond
646
736
Danvers
14,614
15,702
Sandisfield
370
436
Essex
1,561
1,795
Savoy
294
291
Sheffield
1,752
1,940
Stockbridge
1,739
2,178
Tyringham
211
232
Hamilton
2,387
2,762
*Lawrence
85,603
80,427
Wendell
348
343
127,620
130,941
BRISTOL
Barnstable
8,647
10,397
Bourne
3,519
5,786
Brewster
757
982
Eastham
604
874
Fairhaven
12,072
12,811
*Fall River
.115,062
112,041
Freetown
1,830
2,100
Mansfield
6,978
7,156
*New Bedford
.110,308
109,033
North Attleboro ..
11,552
12,119
Norton
3,096
4,368
Raynham
2,214
2,426
Topsfield
1,153
1,409
Wenham
1,406
1,636
West Newbury
1,503
1,589
Egremont
563
721
Florida
401
479
Gay Head
114
88
Gosnold
107
57
Oak Bluffs
1,345
1,506
Lee
4,347
4,607
*North Adams
22,230
21,475
Otis
377
360
Peru
116
143
Georgetown
1,978
2,398
*Gloucester
24,862
25,048
Groveland
2,150
2,338
Ipswich
6,610
519,333
521,087
5,050
5,555
BARNSTABLE
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POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS-Continued
TOWNS
1945
1950
TOWNS
1945
1950
TOWNS
1945
1950
HAMPDEN
Agawam
8,420
10,189
Blandford
521
597
*Newton
77,257
81,736
Rochester
1,107
1,323
Brimfield
975
1,183
North Reading
3,089
4,421
Rockland
8,603
8,929
Chester
1,252
1,293
Pepperell
3,119
3,456
Scituate
4,873
5,983
Wareham
7,439
7,863
W. Bridgewater
3,605
4,001
Whitman
8,290
8,422
*Somerville
105,883
102,254
Holland
265
375
Stoneham
12,032
13,206
180,318
189,457
SUFFOLK
*Boston
766,386
788,554
*Chelsea
39,940
39,038
*Revere
35,687
36,663
Russell
1,221
1,295
Southwick
1,885
2,839
*Springfield
.159,896
162,600
Wayland
3,901
4,393
Tolland
111
106
Westford
3,815
4,241
Wales
354
497
Weston
4,473
4,904
W. Springfield
19,453
20,961
*Westfield
19,956
20,398
Winchester
15,300
15,567
Wilbraham
3,442
3,985
*Woburn
19,886
20,269
351,757
367,507
HAMPSHIRE
NANTUCKET
Nantucket
2,870
3,417
Belchertown
3,769
3,486
Chesterfield
375
496
Cummington
532
613
Avon
2,533
2,662
Bellingham
3,494
4,100
Braintree
20,279
23,130
Brooklinc
56,940
56,952
Hadley
2,606
2,644
Canton
6,704
7,438
Hatfield
2,188
2,178
Cohasset
3,540
3,694
Huntington
1,242
1,261
Dedham
16,659
18,499
Hardwick
2,115
2,344
Harvard
1,065
3,869
Holden
4,846
5,970
Hopedale
3,317
3,476
Hubbardston
1,019
1,131
Lancaster
3,037
3,590
Leicester
5,154
5,929
*Leominster
23,549
24,084
Lunenberg
2,657
3,999
Mendon
1,504
1,614
Milford
15,801
15,405
Millbury
7,665
8,144
Plainville
1,837
2,086
Millville
1,616
1,689
*Quincy
82,084
83,190
New Braintree
409
478
Northboro
2,958
3,104
Northbridge
10,212
10,328
Arlington
43,515
43,984
Ashby
1,110
1,451
Ashland
2,920
3,496
Ayer
3,967
5,728
Bedford
4,170
5,216
Belmont
28,866
27,379
Billerica
8,504
11,001
Boxboro
358
437
Burlington
2,656
3,139
*Cambridge
.111,124
120,676
Carlisle
697
878
Abington
6,374
7,133
Southboro
2,330
2.652
Concord
8,382
8,676
*Brockton
65,202
62,856
Spencer
6,765
7,047
Dracut
7,434
8,547
Carver
1,383
1,530
Sterling
1,897
2,165
Dunstable
440
518
Duxbury
2,432
3,149
Sturbridge
2,329
2,791
*Everett
48,553
46,225
E. Bridgewater
4,008
4,409
Sutton
2,610
3,108
Framingham
25,502
27,845
Halifax
997
948
Templeton
4,435
4,499
Groton
2,835
2,873
Hanover
3,018
3,378
Upton
2,388
2.671
Holliston
3,311
3,650
Hanson
2,641
3,248
Uxbridge
6,635
7,005
Hopkinton
2,856
3,474
9,678
10,694
Warren
3,498
3,427
Hudson
8,126
8,131
Hull
3,388
3,331
Webster
13,534
13,215
Lexington
14,452
17,098
Kingston
2,922
3,449
Westboro
6,665
7,266
West Boylston
2,382
2,512
Littleton
1,673.
2,344
Marion
2,120
2,239
W. Brookfield
1,457
1,638
Westminster
2,153
2,773
*Malden
59,567
59,779
Matttapoisett
1,994
2,220
Winchendon
6,461
6,477
Maynard
7.017
6,975
Norwell
2,147
2,496
*Medford
67,071
66,109
Pembroke
1,821
2,543
522,607
542,995
13,536
13,652
Natick
15,789
19,663
Plympton
545
693
*Chicopee
44,626
48,939
Reading
12,327
13,879
E. Longmeadow
3,805
4,856
Granville
656
733
Hampden
1,153
1,320
*Holyoke
53,775
54,442
Stow
1,337
1,697
Longmeadow
6,411
6,453
Sudbury
2,051
2,595
Ludlow
8,065
8,629
Tewksbury
5,949
7,375
Monson
5,662
6,139
Townsend
2,298
2,807
Montgomery
137
154
Tyngsboro
1,495
2,030
Palmer
9,716
9.524
Wakefield
18,677
19,600
Winthrop
18,696
19,494
*Waltham
43,577
47,198
Watertown
37,438
37,339
860,709
883,749
WORCESTER
Ashburnham
2,325
2,604
Athol
11,804
11,531
Auburn
7,865
8,838
Barre
3.485
3,401
Berlin
1,119
1,348
Blackstone
4,349
4,966
Bolton
850
955
Boylston
1,313
1,504
Brookfield
1,390
1,568
Charlton
3,051
3,132
Clinton
12,736
12,295
Douglas
2,667
2,627
Dudley
4,725
5,166
E. Brookfield
.1,070
1,242
*Fitchburg
43,770
42,671
*Gardner
20,245
19,617
Grafton
7,969
8,174
Middlefield
226
294
* Northampton
24,977
28,998
Pelham
512
581
Franklin
7,531
8,043
Plainfield
224
228
Holbrook
3,716
4,007
Southampton
1,102 7,352
10,122
Ware
7,578
7,494
Westhampton
413
452
Williamsburg
1,828
2,055
Worthington
363
462
74,375
86,741
MIDDLESEX
Acton
2,869
3,408
Stoughton
9,063
11,139
3,121
3,446
Walpole
8,409
8,365
Oakham
424
453
Wellesley
17,581
20,847
Oxford
5,022
5,864
Westwood
4,797
5,838
Paxton
850
1,066
Weymouth
27,957
32,695
Wrentham
5,097
5,357
475
638
Princeton
866
1,028
363,410
392,301
PLYMOUTH
Shrewsbury
9,296
10,392
Chelmsford
8,726
9,303
Bridgewater
8,641
9,513
Southbridge
17,561
17,511
Millis
2,329
2,546
Milton
21,718
22,395
Needham
14,507
16,262
Norfolk
2,006
2,688
Norwood
16,508
16,693
Randolph
8,463
10,007
Sharon
4,073
4,832
Petersham
743
795
Phillipston
750
837
Royalston Rutland
1,561
3,041
Goshen
278
315
Granby
1,143
1,862
Dover
1,566
1,711
Foxboro
6,457
7,037
South Hadley
1,386
Medfield
4,199
4,540
Medway
3,363
5,048
Amherst
7,089
10,850
NORFOLK
Easthampton
10,578
10,694
Wilmington
5,564
7,013
Sherborn
1,036
1,245
Shirley
2,459
4,279
*Melrose
27,971
26,919
*Lowell
.101,229
96,523
Marshfield
2,405
3,247
*Marlboro
15,680
15,741
Middleboro
9,596
10,139
*Worcester
.
.198,741
201,885
Lincoln
1,998
2,329
Lakeville
1,555
2,069
Hingham
N. Brookfield
1,022,331 1,061,021
Plymouth
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POPULATION OF RHODE ISLAND
UNITED STATES CENSUS BY COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS FOR 1940, 1950 *Cities designated by an asterisk. Shire towns in Bold Face Type
Towns and Divisions of the State
1940
1950
Bristol County
Barrington
6,231
8,222
Bristol
11,159
12,311
Warren
8,158
8,506
Totals
25,548
29,039
Kent County
Coventry
6,998
9,950
East Greenwich
3,842
4,896
*Warwick
28,757
43,058
West Greenwich
526
871
West Warwick
18,188
19,416
Totals
58,311
78,191
Jamestown
1,744
1,989
Little Compton
1,492
1,544
Middletown
3,379
7,234
"Newport
30,532
32,090
New Shoreham
848
706
Portsmouth
3,683
4,762
Tiverton
5,018
5,621
Totals
46,696
53,946
Providence County
Burrillville
8,185
8,780
*Central Falls
25,248
23,610
*Cranston
47,085
55,048
Cumberland
10,625
12,806
East Providence
32,165
35,791
Foster
1,237
1,613
Glocester
2,099
2,686
Johnston
10,672
12,730
Lincoln
10,577
11,020
North Providence
12,156
13,793
North Smithfield
4,196
5,605
*Pawtucket
75,797
81,280
*Providence
253,504
254,027
Scituate
2,838
3,794
Smithfield
4,611
6,591
*Woonsocket
49,303
50,186
Totals
550,298
579,360
Washington County
Charlestown
1,199
1,600
Exeter
1,790
1,873
Hopkinton
3,230
3,670
Narragansett
1,560
2,275
North Kingstown
4,604
12,537
Richmond
1,629
1,767
South Kingstown
7,282
10,145
Westerly
11,199
12.354
Totals
32,493
46,221
THE STATE
713,346
786.757
Newport County
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City Directory Dont's
DON'T put your Directory in an out-of-the-way place, but keep it where your customers can see and use it without stopping someone to find it.
DON'T think that a Directory is paying for itself unless you use it, any more than an idle clerk can make you money.
DON'T look mad when a customer asks to look at your Directory.
DON'T look happy when a neighbor wants to borrow your Directory, for if you do, he will borrow it again, and if all were borrowers, when would the next Direc- tory be published ?
DON'T forget that an up-to-date city must have a Directory; and a merchant that has no Directory is what ?
DON'T forget that a Directory borrower today will forget to return it tomorrow and you will call him what?
DON'T forget that the man who has a Directory pays for it and the borrower gets for nothing what an- other man pays for.
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POLK'S GLOUCESTER CITY DIRECTORY 1953-54 Copyright, 1954, by R. L. Polk & Co.
Miscellaneous Information
For information not found in this department see regular Alphabetical Section or under proper headings in the Classified Business Directory
GLOU
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CITY
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Settled 1623. Incorporated as a city 1873 Revised Charter in effect January 1, 1909 Plan E to go into effect January 1, 1954
CITY GOVERNMENT 1954
City Election bienially on Tuesday following first Monday in November
CITY COUNCIL For the Year 1954
MAYOR BENJAMIN A SMITH, 2d
ACTING CITY MANAGER ALLEN F. GRANT
VICE-CHAIRMAN WILLIAM M FRANCIS
NINE COUNCILORS
John J Burke jr
Geo E Carr
Wm M Francis -
Chester H Grant
Leonard Linquata ·
Robt M MacInnis /
Benj A Smith
Philip Tartas
Robt D Tobey
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CITY OFFICERS
City Clerk-Allen F Grant Asst City Clerk-Edith M McCallum City Treasurer-Robt R Bentley Collector of Taxes-Frank L Chandler City Auditor-Kenneth S Webber City Solicitor-Carlton W Wonson City Marshal-Winfred J Ellis City Physician-Dr Morris H Pett Purchasing Dept-Thos C Nolan, purch agt Superintendent of Highways-H Philip Saw- yer
City Engineer-Paul A Polisson Civil Defense-Peter J Ktistes
Agent to Issue Burial Permits-Allen F Grant
Assessors-Edward S Degnan (Chairman), Ronald H Hammond, Paul F Lundberg Board of Health-Dr Ever Curtis, Chandler N Davis, Wm A Swett jr, Ella H Dickman, clerk; Sanitary Inspector, Wm J Parsons Bureau of Old Age Assistance-J Jos Roach, Chairman; Geo M Griffin, Benj A Smith 2d, Edw G Hotchkiss, supvr
Housing Authority-Geo W McPherson, Chairman; Willard H Whippen, vice-chair- man; Jas H Cunningham, Michl J Daley, Thos J Somers, Allen F Grant jr, exec direc- tor
Inspector of Animals-Dr Osman Babson Inspector of Slaughtering-Dr Osman Babson Inspector of Milk-Wm J Parsons
Inspector of Plumbing & Buildings-Chester H Dennen
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