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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 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
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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 presently has 25 firms engaged in handling and processing fish. Of this number, five are engaged in fish cooking processes, principally fish sticks. The total number employed in shore processing and fish cooking plants varies from 1,100 to 2,600 during the peak production season.
Production of cooked fish items in 1958 amounted to over 30,000,000 lbs., of which 21,806,000 lbs. were fish sticks. The base product from which fish sticks and other cooked fish items are made are from frozen blocks of fillets, principally cod, imported from Canada, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Greenland, Iceland, and more recently from Norway and Denmark. These imports come in principally by cargo steamer, although large amounts are trucked from other ports of entry. Gloucester in recent years has developed into a distributing port of fish blocks to fish stick processors all over the country-as far as the Pacific Coast. Of the total landings of fish blocks in 1958, over 31,000,000 lbs. were re-shipped via refriger- ated trucks to operating plants in other sec- tions of the country.
Gloucester has upwards to 150 vessels of from 5 to over 100 tons gross engaged in off- shore fishing, and more than 100 under five ton engaged in inshore fishing and lobster fishing. Crews of Gloucester fishing vessels total upwards to 2,000.
Gloucester has a State Fish Pier which started operating early in 1939, located at the foot of Parker Street and over-lapping what formerly was Five Pound Island. It has a modern cold storage plant with ca- pacity of 7,500,000 pounds. This pier is equipped to engage in an extensive fresh fish business. Individual stalls are rented to operating firms. Seven facilities now provide Gloucester with a total of 37,640,000 pounds cold storage space, and a total daily
freezing capacity (24 hours) of 1,075,000 pounds. Landings of fresh fish at Gloucester increased from 75,661,000 pounds in 1939 with a value to fishermen of $1,202,000 to a total of 230,218,000 pounds in 1958 with a value to fishermen of $7,973,000. Gloucester is one of the largest fish producing ports in the country. Gloucester also has three plants engaged in fish by-product manufac- ture. These plants use waste resulting from fish processing and non-edible fish (princi- pally menhaden) for extraction of fish oils and the conversion to fish solubles and fish meal used in the processing of poultry and animal feeds.
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, bread, castings of iron and brass, cigars, codliver and vitamin oils, copper. marine and house paints, dip nets, drop forgings, fish-fresh, salted, smoked and canned, fishlines, fish meal, fishing tackle. fish-traps, glue, granite, ham- mocks, hawsepipes, inks, iron forgings, iron- work for vessels, machinery for cold storage, masts, men's, women's and children's cloth- ing, mucilage, nets, overalls, pants, paste, pas- try, patent bits, patent steering wheels, porch dresses, printing, protective outer clothing, rudder braces, sails, seines, sheeplined coats, ships' blocks, smokestacks, spars, steel forg- ings, stove polishes, street dresses, tanning oils, tents, traffic signs, trawl nets, truck bodies, ventilators, vessel steerers, windlass- es 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. Route 128 is a modern double- barreled highway into Gloucester with a cir- cumferential connection to the State Fish Pier and to Route 127 into Rockport. Route 128 connects with all major highways to New York and to points west. Routes 121 and 127 also are primary highway routes into Gloucester.
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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.
CHURCHES
Church influence is strong in Gloucester, many social and welfare activities centering in the church organizations, of which there are twenty-one 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
UNITED STATES CENSUS OF 1950
Total in 1950, 4,664,984
Shire towns in Bold Face Type.
* Cities designated by an asterick.
TOWNS
1950
1955
TOWNS
1950
1955
TOWNS
1950
1955
BARNSTABLE
Barnstable
10,397
12,051
Acushnet
4,402
4,892
Merrimac
2,796
2,980
Methuen
24,411
26,437
Brewster
982
1,172
Berkeley
1,258
1,372
Middleton
2,913
3,370
Chatham
2,446
3,116
Dartmouth
11,120
13,077
Nahant
2,654
3,231
Dennis
2,427
3,322
Dighton
2,988
3,315
Newbury
1,985
2,281
*Newburyport
14,073
14,549
North Andover
8,429
9,362
*Peabody
22,647
26,682
Rockport
4,180
4,633
Mansfield
7,156
7,708
Rowley
1,759
2,007
*Salem
41,842
40,117
Salisbury
2,672
2,807
Norton
4,368
5,160
Saugus
17,146
18,489
Raynham
2,426
3,307
Swampscott
11,535
13,070
Rehoboth
3,692
4,211
Topsfield
1,409
2,208
Wenham
1,636
2,245
West Newbury
1,589
1,621
Swansea
6,080
9,043
*Taunton
40,056
41,281
Westport
4,964
6,343
Adams
12,027
12,789
Alford
211
252
Becket
744
777
Cheshire
1.919
2.188
Clarksburg
1,431
1,602
Dalton
4,753
5,574
Egremont
721
851
Florida
479
537
Great Barrington
6,598
6,930
Hancock
441
463
Hinsdale
1,459
1,451
Lanesboro
1,962
2,681
Lee
4,607
5,155
Lenox
3,415
3,592
5,555
6,069
MtWashington
31
42
New Ashford
118
155
ESSEX
Amesbury
10,810
11,189
Leverett
790
845
Otis
360
491
Andover
12,261
14,535
Leyden
306
335
Peru
143
172
*Beverly
28,855
31,432
Monroe
176
176
Montague
7,793
8,428
New Salem
394
439
Sandisfield
436
571
Essex
1,795
2,031
Northfield
2,230
2,337
Savoy
291
312
Georgetown *Gloucester
25,048
25,966
Rowe
206
207
Stockbridge
2,178
2,292
Groveland
2,338
2,643
Shelburne
1,745
1,752
Tyringham
232
231
Hamilton
2,762
4,116
Shutesbury
208
240
Washington
276
301
*Haverhill
47,213
45,436
Sunderland
914
1,270
W. Stockbridge
1,159
1.192
Ipswich
6,877
7,841
Warwick
424
476
Williamstown
6,013
5,911
*Lawrence
80,427
76,094
Wendell
343
339
Windsor
370
376
*Lynn
99,515
99,020
Whately
941
1,006
Lynnfield
3,925
5,667
130,941
138,119
Manchester
2,849
3,376
52,578
55,573
874
1,107
Easton
6,226
7,324
Falmouth
8,497
9,952
Fairhaven
12,811
13,376
Harwich
2,655
3,367
*Fall River
.112,041
105,195
Mashpee
436
524
Freetown
2,100
2,573
Orleans
1,740
2,201
Provincetown
3,736
3,415
Sandwich
1,322
1,642
Truro
651
851
Wellfleet
1,087
1,331
Yarmouth
3,295
4,156
46,331
52,728
BERKSHIRE
381,304
389,540
DUKES
Chilmark
179
242
Ashfield
979
1,072
Bernardston
1,116
1,277
Buckland
1,597
1,669
Charlemont
860
857
Colerain
1,541
1,511
Conway
872
888
Deerfield
3,082
3,111
Erving
1,325
1,385
Gill
1,068
1,125
Greenfield
17,237
18,059
Hawley
244
281
Heath
307
327
New Marlboro *North Adams
21,475
21,493
*Pittsfield
53,055
55,290
Boxford
925
1,177
Richmond
736
837
Danvers
15,702
18,185
2,821
Orange
5,880
6,161
Sheffield
1.940
2,110
Edgartown
1,494
1,518
Gay Head
88
125
Gosnold
57
100
Oak Bluffs
1,506
1,564
Tisbury
1,886
2,163
West Tisbury
345
357
Monterey
371
450
BRISTOL
Marblehead
13,711
15,908
Bourne
5,786
4,881
*Attleboro
23,865
24,870
*New Bedford
109,033
105,488
North Attleboro
12,119
13,069
Seekonk
6,087
7,290
Somerset
8,512
10,646
521,087
543,526
Eastham
STATE CENSUS OF 1955
Total in 1955, 4,837,645
FRANKLIN
990
1,051
2,398
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POPULATION OF MASSACHUSETTS-Continued
TOWNS
1950
1955
TOWNS
1950
1955
TOWNS
1950
1955
* Melrose
26,919
29,239
Plymouth
13.652
13,892
Natiek
19,663
26,213
Plympton
693
760
*Newton
81,736
86,535
Rochester
1,323
1.43J
Blandford
597
705
North Reading
4,421
6,083
Rockland
8.929
10,516
Brimfield
1,183
1,393
Pepperell
3,456
3,437
Seituate
5,983
8.341
Chester
1,293
1,323
Reading
13,879
16,440
Wareham
7.863
8.612
*Chicopee
48,939
49,071
Sherborn
1,245
1,439
W. Bridgewater
4.001
4.558
E. Longmeadow
4,856
7,857
Shirley
4,279
2,832
Whitman
8.422
9.345
Granville
733
824
*Somerville
102,254
97,032
189,457
214,456
SUFFOLK
*Boston
.788,554
724,702
* Chelsea
39,038
36,826
** Revere
36,663
39,565
Winthrop
19,494
18,704
*Waltham
47,198
50,115
Watertown
37,339
38,898
883,749
819,797
WORCESTER
Ashburnham
2,604
2,588
Athol
11,531
12,186
Auburn
8,838
12,442
Barre
3,401
3,591
Berlin
1,348
1,516
Blackstone
4,966
5.023
Bolton
955
1,101
Boylston
1,504
1.886
Brookfield
1,568
1,774
Charlton
3,132
3,466
Clinton
12,295
12,754
Douglas
2,627
2,666
Bellingham
4,100
5,421
Braintree
23,130
26,698
Goshen
315
340
Granby
1,862
2.853
Hadley
2,644
2,893
Ilatfield
2,178
2,236
Iluntington
1,261
1,376
Middlefield
294
335
*Northampton
28,998
26,271
Pelham
581
658
Plainfield
228
254
Medfield
4,540
5,293
Lancaster
3,590
3,835
Leicester
5,929
7.290
*Leominster
24,084
24,787
Lunenberg
3,999
5.282
Needham
16,262
21,560
1,614
1,905
Milford
15,405
15,622
Norwood
16,693
21,052
Millbury
3,144
9,282
Plainville
2,086
2,557
Millville
1,689
1,583
New Braintree
478
471
N. Brookfield
3,446
3,455
Northboro
3,104
4,943
Northbridge
10,328
10,626
Oakham
453
522
Ashland
3,496
5,828
Ayer
5,728
3,479
Bedford
5,216
8,776
Belmont
27,379
28,790
Billerica
11,001
14,403
Boxboro
437
594
Burlington
3,139
5,225
*Cambridge
120,676
98,958
Carlisle
878
1,138
Bridgewater
9,513
9,059
Southbridge
17,511
17.0.21
Spencer
7.047
7.411
Sterling
2,165
2.724
Dunstable
518
704
Duxbury
3,149
4,280
Sturbridge
2,791
3.418
Sutton
3,108
3.428
Templeton
4,499
5,384
Upton
2.671
2.921
Holliston
3,650
4,471
Hanson
3,248
3,763
Uxbridge
7,005
7,596
Hopkinton
3,474
4.407
Hinghanı
10,694
13,418
Warren
3,427
3.509
Hudson
8,131
8,904
Ilull
3,331
5,824
Webster
13,215
13.934
Lexington
17,098
22,256
Lincoln
2,329
2,949
Lakeville
2,069
2,382
W. Brookfield
1,638
1,935
Littleton
2.344
3,079
Marion
2,239
2,776
Westboro
7.266
8,130
*Lowell
96.523
93,876
Marshfield
3,247
4,959
Westminster
2,773
3,505
Winehendon
6,477
6.710
*Marlboro
15,741
16,892
Middleboro
10,139
11,119
Maynard
6,975
7.253
Norwell
2,496
4,127
*Medford
66,109
65,393
Pembroke
2,543
3,838
542,995
574,420
375
552
Stow
1,697
2,195
*Holyoke
54,442
53,213
Sudbury
2,595
3,646
Longmeadow
6,453
8,482
Tewksbury
7,375
10,848
Ludlow
8,629
10,530
Townsend
2,807
3,365
Monson
6,139
6,619
Tyngsboro
2,030
2,868
Montgomery
154
246
Wakefield
19,600
22,115
Russell
1.295
1,385
Southwick
2,839
4,479
*Springfield
162,600
166,052
Westford
4,241
4,923
Tolland
106
101
Weston
4,904
6,257
Wales
497
639
W. Springfield
20,961
22.871
Winchester
15,567
18,126
*Woburn
20,269
25,856
Wilbraham
3,985
5,600
367,507
389,237
HAMPSHIRE
Amherst
10,850
8,204
Belchertown
3,486
4,918
Chesterfield
496
515
Cummington
613
588
Easthampton
10,694
11,698
Dudley
5,166
5.596
E. Brookfield
1,242
1,391
*Fitchburg
42,671
12,925
*Gardner
19,617
20,108
Grafton
8,174
9,803
Hardwick
2,344
2,271
Harvard
3,869
1,597
Holden
5,970
8,608
Hopedale
3,476
3,773
Hubbardston
1,131
1,162
South lladley
10,122
11,307
Southampton
1,386
1,794
Ware
7,494
7,603
Westhampton
452
535
Williamsburg
2,055
2,248
Worthington
462
516
86,741
87,142
MIDDLESEX
Aeton
3,408
4,681
Arlington
43,984
47,148
Ashby
1,451
1,654
Wellesley
20,847
21,759
5.864
7,777
Paxton
1,066
1,565
Petersham
795
929
Phillipston
638
748
Prineeton
1,028
1.196
Royalston
837
848
Rutland
3.041
2.430
Shrewsbury
10,392
13,103
Abington
7,133
9,407
Southboro
2.652
3.173
Chelmsford
9,303
11,749
* Brockton
62,856
62,628
Draeut
8,547
11,050
Carver
1,530
1,669
*Everett
46,225
45,077
E. Bridgewater
4,409
5,359
Framingham
27,845
31,589
Halifax
948
1,377
Groton
2,873
3,497
Kingston
3,449
4,089
West Boylston
2,512
4.143
*Malden
59,779
59,497
Mattapoisett
2,220
2,661
*Worcester
201,885
202,612
HAMPDEN
Agawam
10.189
13,177
Hampden
1,320
1,756
Stoneham
13,206
1,061,021 1,115,252
NANTUCKET
Nantucket
3,417
3,642
NORFOLK
Avon
2,662
2,994
Brookline
56,952
56,876
Canton
7,438
10,128
Cohasset
3,694
4,729
Dedham
18,499
21,450
Dover
1.711
2,245
Foxboro
7,037
8,537
Franklin
8,043
8,466
Holbrook
4,007
6,286
Medway
5,048
4,169
Millis
2,546
3,030
Milton
22,395
24,043
Norfolk
2,688
2,769
** Quincy
83,190
84,495
Randolph
10,007
13,539
Sharon
4,832
7,814
Stoughton
11,139
13,754
Walpole
8,365
11,293
Oxford
Westwood
5,838
8,480
Weymouth
32,695
42,747
Wrentham
5,357
5,960
392,301
448,144
PLYMOUTH
Concord
8,676
10,889
Hanover
3,378
4,258
Wilmington
7,013
9,408
*Westfield
20,398
22,046
Palmer
9,524
10,316
Wayland
4,393
7,359
15,817
Holland
Mendon
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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
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
Washington County
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POLK'S GLOUCESTER CITY DIRECTORY 1960
Copyright, 1960, 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.
OF GLOUC
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CITY
T
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IN
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Settled 1623. Incorporated as a city 1873 Revised Charter in effect January 1, 1909 Plan E in effect January 1, 1954
CITY GOVERNMENT 1959
City Election biennially on Tuesday following first Monday in November
CITY COUNCIL For the Year 1958-59
MAYOR BEATRICE K. CORLISS
VICE-CHAIRMAN MANUEL F. LEWIS
NINE COUNCILORS
John J Burke jr Wm P Cafasso Roger C Edwards Pierce N Hodgkins
Manuel F Lewis Elliott H Parsons Owen E Steele Robt D Tobey
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CITY OFFICERS
City Manager-Philip Tartas City Clerk-Allen F Grant Asst City Clerk-Edith M McCallum
City Treasurer and Collector of Taxes-John W Hartford
City Auditor-Kenneth S Webber City Solicitor-Jas H Bagshaw
City Physician-Dr Morris H Pett
Purchasing Dept-Thos C Nolan, purch agt Superintendent of Highways-H Philip Saw- yer
City Engineer-Henry J Lasley
Civil Defense-Lewis E Weigland, dir
Agent to Issue Burial Permits-Allen F Grant
Assessors-Ronald H Hammond, chairman; G Elliott Carr, Paul F Lundberg
Board of Health-Dr Robt N Lundberg, chair- man; Chandler N Davis, Wm A Swett jr, Sanitary Inspector, Wm J Parsons
Bureau of Old Age Assistance-J Jos Roach, Chairman; Geo M Griffin, Alvin T Joyce, Margt E Irving, supvr
Housing Authority-Thos J Somers, chair- man; Geo W McPherson, vice-chairman; Willard H Whippen, treas; Jas H Cunning- ham, asst treas; Michl J Dailey; John W Sheedy, exec dir
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 jr
Inspector of Wires-Gardner T Burke
Liquor
License
Commissioners-Danl
E
Cleary, chairman; Robt S Burns, Alfred E Martin, Mrs Loretta J Ross, sec
Veterans Benefits-Geo I Sawyer, agt
Board of Appeal-Elliott C Rogers, Chair- man; Melvin Copeland, Russell W Parks; Alex J Guittar and Willis E Jordan, asso- ciate members
Planning Board-Devon C Bergengren, Richd C Clark, Richd V Hunt, Clara M Lagace, sec; Winslow S Parker
City Planner-Myron U Lamb
Board of Public Welfare-J Jos Roach, chair- man; Geo M Griffin, Alvin T Joyce, Er- nestine R Friend, dir of public assistance Registrars of Voters-Mary K Fanning, Chair- man; Howard R Corliss, John J Curley, Allen F Grant, clerk
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