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288.60
149.11
20.44
Crest Street
Madison Avenue to Alton Road ..
Northerly
98.00
54.40
1.50
Crest Street
Dale Avenue to Alton Road.
Southerly
340.50
153.80
55.40
Dale Avenue
Crest Street to Nicholls Street.
Easterly
156.00
80.00
10.60
Darrow Street
Sea Street to River Road.
Northerly
1,873.40
1,344.20
200.63
Dartmouth Street
Ellerton Road to South Street ..
Westerly
388.00
266.78
40.00
Dartmouth Street
Ellerton Road to South Street.
Easterly
258.00
169.56
35.56
Dixwell Avenue
Whitwell Street to Avon Way
Easterly
937.50
377.91
70.27
226
CITY OF QUINCY
Dixwell Avenue
Whitwell Street to Avon Way ..
Westerly
1,023.80
425.33
44.17
Ellerton Road
Atherton Street to Dartmouth Street.
Southerly
604.00
289.28
66.22
Elmwood Avenue
Safford Street to Farrington Street.
Northerly
210.00
88.5
31.9
Everett Street
Beale Street to Hillside Avenue.
Westerly
519.90
248.84
64.84
Farrington Street
Brook Street to Wilson Avenue.
Easterly
1,990.00
864.15
237.41
Farrington Street
Hobart Street to Wilson Avenue.
Westerly
500.00
212.24
88.25
Farrington Street
Wilson Avenue to West Squantum Street ..
Easterly
1,446.00
639.13
172.81
Farrington Street
Wilson Avenue to West Squantum Street.
Westerly
1,489.00
631.93
262.47
Franklin Street
Independence Avenue southeasterly.
S'westerly
837.10
682.61
88.82
Garfield Street
Quarry Street to Granite Street.
Southerly
1,506.60
780.03
153.87
Glendale Road
Opposite Monroe Road.
Westerly
186.40
69.80
76.64
Glendale Road
Monroe Road to Bedford Street.
Easterly
1,335.80
645.89
216.20
Glendale Road
Dimmock Street northerly
Westerly
390.20
192.06
51.33
Gould Street
Beach Street to West Elm Avenue.
Northerly
432.90
229.64
67.54
Gould Street
Beach Street to West Elm Avenue ..
Southerly
510.40
299.46
30.87
Granite Street
Water Street to School Street.
Southerly
1,958.00
1,198.83
334.00
Granite Street
Water Street, northerly.
Southerly
45.50
35.37
Hall Place
Copeland Street to Crescent Street.
Easterly
282.50
175.00
13.33
Hall Place
Rogers Street, southerly.
Westerly
424.00
243.77
44.33
Hall Place
Copeland Street to Crescent Street.
Westerly
51.00
49.11
Hancock Street
Standish Avenue, southerly
Westerly
351.20
361.28
65.39
Hilltop Street
Furnace Brook Parkway to Common Street.
Southerly
786.20
602.48
95.30
Hilltop Street
Furnace Brook Parkway to Common Street.
Northerly
752.00
602.78
63.68
Hobart Street
Safford Street to Highland Avenue.
Northerly
445.00
200.00
85.00
Hobart Street
Safford Street to Highland Avenue ...
Southerly
453.00
268.67
55.56
Jenness Street
Furnace Brook Parkway to Common Street.
Southerly
888.10
592.17
110.29
Jenness Street
Furnace Brook Parkway to Common Street ......
Northerly
928.30
632.89
83.15
Lafayette Street
Putnam Street to Furnace Brook Parkway ......
Southerly
597.50
222.50
128.45
Lafayette Street
Putnam Street to Furnace Brook Parkway ......
Northerly
523.00
182.53
113.33
Liberty Street
Center Street to Brook Road.
Easterly
1,644.00
1,064.11
226.11
Madison Avenue
Kendrick Avenue to Crest Street ..
Easterly
778.00
403.30
47.90
REPORT OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
227
228
Street
Location
Side
Length
Square Yards Walk
Drive
Madison Avenue
Kendrick Avenue to Crest Street.
Westerly
601.00
307.70
41.70
Madison Street
Hancock Street to Newbury Avenue ..
Northerly
970.10
649.18
133.27
Monroe Road
Glendale Road to Fairmount Way ...
Easterly
667.00
283.63
35.56
Monroe Road
Dimmock Street to Glendale Road.
Westerly
810.0
406.02
88.28
Montclair Avenue
Pope Street to Sterling Street.
Westerly
709.10
454.85
79.44
Montclair Avenue
West Squantum Street to Becket Street.
Northerly
888.40
654.69
111.20
Narragansett Road
Sea Street, easterly.
Westerly
271.10
51.04
143.97
Nelson Street
Arthur Street to Suomi Road.
Westerly
670.00
383.10
..
..
CITY OF QUINCY
Pine Street
Beale Street to Elmwood Avenue.
Easterly
788.54
310.03
116.90
Pine Street
Beale Street to Elmwood Avenue.
Westerly
773.40
355.67
95.73
Roberts Street
Water Street to Brooks Avenue ..
Westerly
1,495.00
1,137.40
........
Roberts Street
Water Street to Playground.
Easterly
461.00
369.60
........
Rock Island Road
Sea Street to Spring Street ..
Westerly
1,969.60
760.13
121.26
Safford Street
Beale Street to North Central Avenue ..
Westerly
1,467.00
649.78
156.44
Safford Street
Wilson Avenue to Elmwood Avenue.
Easterly
1,492.00
639.00
230.00
Safford Street
Brook Street to near Beale Street ..
Easterly
401.00
190.50
17.78
Safford Street
North Central Avenue to Wilson Avenue
Westerly
1,024.00
442.00
133.33
.
Warren Avenue to end.
Easterly
585.90
277.91
86.57
Newton Avenue
Warren Avenue to end.
Westerly
401.60
201.74
37.41
Newton Avenue
Franklin Street to Alton Road
Northerly
570.00
278.90
62.10
Nicholls Street
Franklin Street to Alton Road
Southerly
595.00
296.10
55.00
Nicholls Street
Warren Avenue to Standish Avenue
Easterly
749.30
338.83
141.00
Old Colony Avenue
Beale Street, southerly.
Westerly
681.40
154.96
83.73
Old Colony Avenue
Brunswick Street to Bayside Road.
Southerly
443.20
337.69
55.87
Orchard Street
Brunswick Street to Bayside Road
Northerly
389.20
321.55
25.64
Orchard Street
·
Water Street to School Street (Colprovia only)
Easterly
750.00
450.70
73.90
Phipps Street
Suomi Road, southerly
Easterly
173.00
98.10
Nelson Street
.
.
Safford Street
Holbrook Road to Wilson Avenue
Easterly
811.00 728.00
372.06
106.22
Safford Street
Holbrook Road to Wilson Avenue.
Westerly
312.67
107.56
Samoset Avenue
Merrymount Road to Q. S. Boulevard.
Northerly
1,300.50
604.00
146.44
School Street
Granite Street to Pleasant Street ..
Southerly
563.00
292.50
140.69
School Street
Phipps Street to Church
Southerly
127.00
112.90
School Street
Phipps Street to Franklin Street.
Southerly
176.50
126.36
10.86
Smith Street
Garfield Street to Suomi Road.
Westerly
795.00
485.80
Suomi Road
Smith Street to Buckley Street ..
Southerly
944.00
717.80
Suomi Road
Buckley Street, easterly.
Northerly
379.00
336.90
Taylor Street
Hobart Street to Wilson Avenue.
Easterly
526.00
229.00
68.44
Taylor Street
Hobart Street to Wilson Avenue.
Westerly
504.00
226.44
76.11
Upland Road
Adams Street, southerly ..
Easterly
131.00
76.44
8.00
Verchild Street
Independence Avenue to Franklin Street
Westerly
1,431.60
584.82
209.23
Verchild Street
Independence Avenue to Franklin Street.
Easterly
921.20
432.88
109.53
Warren Avenue
Newton Avenue to Old Colony Avenue.
Northerly
313.70
163.72
34.23
Warren Avenue
Newton Avenue to Old Colony Avenue ..
Southerly
321.00
146.39
75.58
Washington Street
Foster Street to Elm Street.
Southerly
850.00
561.77
47.31
Washington Street
Elm Street to east of Edwards Street.
Southerly
556.70
367.87
72.08
Water Street
Quincy Street, easterly
Southerly
247.00
168.33
37.50
Water Street
Granite Street to Town Brook.
Southerly
695.50
453.56
40.63
Wedgewood Street
Bellevue Road to Cross Street.
Northerly
497.10
211.57
55.34
Wedgewood Street
Bellevue Road, easterly.
Southerly
86.80
39.85
10.70
Wibird Street
Washington Street to Spear Street ..
Northerly
240.00
174.50
........
Willard Street
Hall Place, northerly ..
Easterly
48.00
52.72
..
.....
........
.....
REPORT OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
229
230
TOTALS
Length in Feet
Mileage
Sq. Yds. Walk
Sq. Yds. Drive
Ward One
13,956.60
2.64
6,842.15
1,541.42
Ward Two
2,562.70
.49
1,600.60
306.30
Ward Three
18,201.30
3.45
10,567.58
1,986.58
Ward Four
9,100.70
1.74
6,321.42
575.81
Ward Five
17,935.34
3.40
8,340.52
2,402.38
Ward Six
11,751.30
2.23
6,458.01
1,316.40
Totals
73,507.94
13.95
40,130.28
8,128.89
CITY OF QUINCY
ACCEPTED STREET NAMES CHANGED IN 1932
Present Name
Location
New Name
BEECH STREET, Curtis Avenue to Newcomb Avenue.
Ward
2
Beechwood Street
BIGELOW STREET, Cherry Avenue to Revere Road
Ward
1
Miller Stile Road
BROOKS STREET, Billings Road to Henry Street .....
Ward
6
French Street
BRYANT STREET, Adams Street to Ballou Street ..
Ward
4
Stedman Street
CENTRE ROAD, Sea Street to Darrow Street.
Ward
1
Macy Street
CHARLES STREET, Southern Artery to Baxter Avenue.
Ward
2
Moore Street
CHERRY AVENUE, Miller Stile Road to Washington Street ..
Ward
1
Bigelow Street
CONANT STREET, West Street to end.
Ward
4
Lyons Street
ELIOT STREET, South Payne Street to Bradford Street ....
Ward
3
Endicott Street
ELM PLACE, Washington Street to end.
Ward
1-2
Elm Street
EVERETT STREET, Hudson Street to Furnace Brook Parkway ....
Ward
1
Armory Street
GROVE STREET, Robertson Street to Grove Street ..
Ward
4
Bryant Avenue
HAYWARD PLACE, Conant Street to Ida Street ..
Ward
4
Hopedale Street
HIGHLAND AVENUE, Wilson Avenue to Holbrook Road.
Ward
6
Belmont Street
HILSIDE STREET, Station Street to end ..
Ward
4
Greystone Street
JOHNSON STREET, Holbrook Road to Barham Avenue.
Ward
6
Clement Terrace
LINDEN STREET, Hancock Street to Oak Avenue ..
Ward
2
Lancaster Street
MADISON STREET, Hancock Street to Newbury Avenue ..
Ward
2
Edwards Street
OAK STREET, Myrtle Street to Walnut Street
Ward
6
Oakridge Road
OLD COLONY STREET, Sagamore Street to Newbury Avenue. ..
Ward
6
Young Street
REVERE STREET, Hobart Street to W. Squantum Street ..
Ward
6
Amesbury Street
WATSON TERRACE, Chubbuck Street to Cleverly Court ..
Ward
2
Raycroft Street
WILLIAM STREET, Curtis Avenue to end.
Ward
2
Nevada Road
WILSON STREET, Station Street to end.
Ward
4
Westford Street
231
REPORT OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
LYNDON ROAD, Grafton Street to Sumner Street.
Ward
6 Kendall Street
NEWCOMB PLACE, Union Street to end.
Ward
6 Spruce Street
232
CITY OF QUINCY
DEDICATED SQUARES IN QUINCY
Ward 1
Name
Location
George W. Morton Square. Bird Street and Sea Street
John Shaw Pfaffman Square Adams Street and Bridge Street
Frederick M. Atwood Square. Washington St. and Coddington St.
Matteo DiVesto Square Washington St., Canal St. and Revere Rd.
Seth Eldridge Square.
Washington St. and Elm St.
Charles G. Arbuckle Square Hancock Street and Granite St.
Walter A. Avery Square .. Hancock St. and Cottage Ave.
Hobart Adams Lawton Square. Hancock St., School St. and Quincy Avenue
Raoul W. Nordquist Square Whitwell St. and Glendale Rd.
Edward A. Bumpus Square Monroe Rd. and Presidents Lane Eric C. Patch Square Furnace Bk. Pkwy. and Adams St.
Ward 2
Arthur B. Little Square. Elm Street and South Street
Julian E. MacDonnell Square Southern Artery and Baxter Ave.
Francis L. Souther Square Stewart St. and Edison Park
Ward 3
Dante J. Baratelli Square School Street and Marsh Street
John Revenney Square. School Street and Franklin St.
George F. Bryan Square. Water Street and Franklin St.
John Joseph Callahan Square High Street and Franklin Street
Abigail Adams Square. Franklin Street and High Street Liberty Street and Penn Street
Peter Farenelli Square
James Stewart Square. Liberty Street and Brooks Street
Chester Moyle Square. Brooks Street and Centre Street
Thomas D. King Square. Water St., Copeland St. and Granite St.
Ward 4
John A. Boyd Square. Copeland St. and Common St.
Thomas J. Sullivan Square Willard Street and West Street
Cyril P. Morrisette Square. Furnace Brook Pkwy. and Cope- land Street
Wilbert J. Bertrand Square Cross Street and Common Street
William E. Fitzgerald Square Willard St. and Copeland St.
William T. McGrath Square Willard St. and Robertson St.
Arthur J. Lakin Square. Beale Street and Adams Street
233
REPORT OF ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
Ward 5
Robert E. Ball Square
Hancock St., Elm Ave. and Wol- laston Ave.
Rayburn Melendy Square
Beale St., Beach St. and Han- cock St.
Sherman S. Brokaw Square Beale St. and Old Colony Ave.
Malcolm E. Webster Square. Billings Road and Vassall Street
Anne Hutchinson Square
Grand View Ave. and Beale St.
Waldemar Crosscup Square. Winthrop Ave. and Beale St.
Everett Sutermeister Square Beale St. and Prospect Ave.
George T. Nesbit Square.
Winthrop Ave. and Marion St.
Ward 6
Matthew Smith Square. Hancock St. and Billings Road
Frank H. O'Brien Square. Hancock St. and E. Squantum St. Clifford Allen Fratus Square Sagamore St. at Atlantic RR Sta
234
CITY OF QUINCY
REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
QUINCY, MASS., JANUARY 1, 1933.
HON. CHARLES A. Ross, Mayor, City of Quincy, Mass.
DEAR SIR :- I hereby submit the annual report of the department of Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year ending December 31, 1932.
Sealing fees
$768 81
Adjusting charges
139 08
Hawkers and peddlers
500 00
Special city licenses
325 00
Fees from weighings on City Scales
10 95
$1,743 84
JAMES M. CANTFILL, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
SEALING SCALES
Platform over 5,000 lbs.
27
Platform 100 to 5,000 ibs
331
1
Counter 100 lbs or over
5
231
2
Beam 100 lbs. or over
1
20
Spring under 100 lbs.
27
485
1
17
Computing 100 lbs. or over
5
Computing under 100 lbs.
23
486
2
4
Personal Weighing
111
10
Prescription
48
1
Avoirdupois weights
75
2,376
2
Apothecary weights
356
18
Metric weights
128
Troy weights
1
Vehicle tanks
6
Liquid measures
722
Dry measures
11
Gasoline measuring pumps
2
246
6
24
Gasoline measuring meters
295
295
13
Kerosene measuring pumps
14
Oil measuring pumps
3
69
385
·| Adjusted
Sealed
NJ Non-sealed
2 N| | Condemned
2
Counter under 100 lbs.
Spring 100 lbs. or over
84
10
463
Oil jars
$1,732 89
235
REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Molasses measuring pumps
5
Quantity measures on pumps Grease measuring pumps
63
912
1
1
Alcohol pumps Taxi meters
12
Cloth measuring devices
5
Totals
503
7,455
399
115
RE-WEIGHINGS
Tested
Correct
Under
Over
Bread
27
20
5
2
Butter
37
36
1
0
Bag coal
4
4
-
Coal in transit
10
2
1
7
Coke in cellar
1
1
Confectionery
5
5
5
Fruits and vegetables
87
34
36
17
Meats and provisions
16
15
1
Cord wood measured
1
1
-
INSPECTIONS
Clinical thermometers
308
Coal certificates
11
Ice scales
3
Marking of bread
32
Marking of food packages
162
Glass graduates
58
Hawkers and peddlers' licenses
67
Peddlers' scales
5
Transient venders
4
Wholesale milk cans
2
Oil jars
219
Tests made gasoline devices
92
Tests made Massachusetts seal milk jars.
2
Reweighings made for municipality
3
Oil in bottles
1
Oil in cans
4
Totals
973
-
Kindling wood measured
1
1
Totals
199
119
54
26
-
Dry commodities
10
5
-
Respectfully submitted, JAMES M. CANTFILL, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
3
236
CITY OF QUINCY
REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1932
FEBRUARY 1, 1933.
To His Honor, the Mayor of the City of Quincy and Members of the City of Quincy :
The Department of Public Welfare respestfully submits the fol- lowing report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1932.
The following is the financial statement for the year 1932:
Appropriations
Commissioner's salary
$2,400 00
Physician's salary
1,000 00
Clerk
1,750 00
Office and lights
325 00
Rent
1,440 00
Auto upkeep
600 00
Extra clerks (6)
5,616 00
Old age assistance
60,000 00
Old age visitor
1,560 00
City Home
13,000 00
Mothers' aid
21,000 00
Outside aid
151,000 00
New auto
475 00
New equipment
400 00
Insurance
800 00
$261,366 00
Expended
Commissioner's salary
$2,400 00
Physician's salary
1,000 00
Clerk
1,750 00
Office and lights
425 85
Rent
1,525 65
Auto upkeep
824 03
Extra clerks (6)
6,100 00
Old age assistance
66,487 72
Old age visitor
1,560 00
City Home
9,314 36
Mothers' aid
19,999 12
Outside aid
278,194 80
New auto
475 00
New equipment
355 50
Insurance
531 02
$390,943 05
237
REPORT OF PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Transfers
Transferred from Mothers' Aid
$1,000 00
Transferred from City Home 3,150 00
Receipts added to Outside Aid
$130,440 41
Add. Transfer to Outside Aid
91 01
Add. Transfer to Office and Lights 250 00
Add. Transfer to Rent 125 00
Add. Transfer to Auto Upkeep
225 00
Add. Transfer to Extra Clerks
550 00
Add. Transfer to Old Age Assistance
7,000 00
Receipts for 1932
Dept. of Public Welfare-(mothers' aid) $5,840 27
Dept. of Public Welfare-(outside aid) ....
11,495 69
Individuals-(outside aid)
153 35
Other cities and towns-(outside aid).
9,231 39
$26,720 70
City Home
Clothing
$463 26
Coal
733 37
Grain
327 74
Groceries
2,303 12
Hardware
352 89
Lighting:
Gas
276 20
Electricity
476 57
Medical attendance
4 00
Medicine
288 11
Miscellaneous
777 53
Papers
6 00
Tools and equipment
134 55
Salary-superintendent
1,400 00
Shoes
75 35
Wages:
Laborer
$520 00
Cook, maids
1,175 67
1,695 67
$9,314 36
Insurance
531 02
$9,845 38
Mothers' Aid
Cash
$15,746 00
Coal
399 25
Groceries and provisions
2,597 95
Labor-wood delivery
530 00
Medical attendance
47 50
Medicine
44 69
Other cities and towns
625 13
Shoes
8 60
19,999 12
238
CITY OF QUINCY
Outside Aid
Board and care
$7,908 57
Burial
1,057 00
Cash
67,097 72
Clothing
192 37
Fuel-coal and oil
13,121 30
Groceries and provisions
159,071 28
Hospital
8,076 64
Labor-wood delivery
520 00
Medical attendance
581 00
Medicine
3,822 06
Miscellaneous
980 89
Gas bills (special pay roll)
260 63
Electric light bills (special pay roll)
492 83
Moving
82 00
Other cities and towns
3,106 52
Rent (special)
15 60
Shoes
11,808 39
278,194 80
Old Age Assistance Report Expended
Cash
$60,345 77
Wellington Home
4,354 92
Falconer Home
200 00
Medicine
48 75
Burials
600 00
Coal
581 20
Glasses
23 00
Taxi fare (applicant taken to home)
2 00
Equipment and office supplies
332 08
66,487 72 $34,159 31
Amount of reimbursement received from State.
Disallowances
597 03
Reimbursement from Walpole
61 86
City Home
Number of inmates January 1, 1932.
32
Number of inmates admitted during the year 1932 58
Total number during the year 1932 90
Number discharged during the year 1932 56
Number of inmates in City Home, January 1, 1933.
34
Mothers' Aid
Number of families aided under Chap. 118-Jan. 1, 1932 31
Number of individuals aided under Chap. 118-Jan. 1, 1932 138
Number of families having no settlement 3
Number of families having settlement-other cities or towns 6
Cases closed during the year 1932 2
239
REPORT OF PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Cases added during the year 1932.
3
Number of families aided under Chap. 118-Jan. 1, 1933 32
Number of individuals aided under Chap. 118-Jan. 1, 1933 150
Outside Aid
Number of families aided under Chap. 117-Jan. 1, 1932 337
Number of individuals aided under Chap. 117-Jan. 1, 1932
1,478
Number of families having no settlement ..
305
Number of families having settlement in other cities or towns
185
Number of families added during the year 1932.
613
Number of individuals added during year 1932.
3,272
Number of families discharged during year 1932.
201
Number off amilies aided under Chap. 117-Jan. 1, 1933
950
Number of individuals aided under Chap. 117-Jan. 1, 1933 4,750
In Massachusetts Hospital School at Canton
4
Division of Child Guardianship 24
Being cared for in private families, minors.
4
Being cared for in private families, adults.
3
Being cared for by private societies, minors
2
Being cared for by private societies, adults
1
Being cared for in Tewksbury Infirmary
4
Being cared for in Pondville Hospital
1
Being cared for in private hospitals
12
CHANNING T. FURNALD,
Commissioner of Public Welfare.
240
CITY OF QUINCY
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PARK DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Mayor, CHARLES A. ROSS.
DEAR SIR:
We have the honor of submitting to you the forty-fourth annual report of the Park Department, which is accompanied by the re- port of the Supervisor of Playgrounds.
Generally speaking, this has been a very active year in the Park Department, in spite of the fact that the Board was hampered by lack of funds to carry out the goal we set at the close of 1931. However, with the cooperation of our good citizens and the vari- ous organizations, we were able to put on a good showing in the many seasonal sports making every effort a real success. We feel that the work has been worth while.
Our constant endeavor has been to save wherever possible-but do not save where you cannot.
Money is being wasted right now trying to save where it can- not be done.
There is no saving in closing a church. It is a great extrava- gance to close the schools for "two days a week." There is real economy in opening up more libraries and buying and circulating more books. "Burning people out" through idleness is worse than burning up buildings because people are the real wealth, the cre- ators of wealth. Books to keep minds and souls alive, to keep them from turning to dust, are real economy. But everyone can't read and no one can read all the time. Man must be active or he ceases just that much to be man. That's the nature of man. Gar- dens now are for activity as well as for food. Music helps keep up the rhythm of living. Swimming pools, skating ponds, ball fields, indoor recreation centers, handcraft centers-are not luxu- ries, unless it is a luxury for the human being to keep active. Keeping men active when there is no work is the first essential in any program of economy. Men without activity-mines without pumps-both are equally wasteful. Even our machines we keep up against the time of using again. Activity is just as essential as food-to keep men fit for the time of working again. But God forbid that we think of men, of ourselves, only as a means of pro- duction !
Economize, yes-but there is no economy in reducing religion, education, libraries, recreation, art, at a time when what holds men's souls together should be increased.
Unemployment times are no times in which to give up flowers, gardens, music, bright colors, games, good times, good books, good stories, good comrades, hearty laughter. Five thousand schools in America closed! Libraries dark. The gates of the playgrounds locked. Recreation centers and swimming pools shut up. Back toward the jungles from which mankind has climbed.
You don't save money in hard times by leaving out a pinch of salt from your food. Better a little less food and tasty. Unem- ployment is no disgrace to the individual-however great the dis- grace to the nation as a whole. Relief in such times is a sharing by those who have with those who need. Life and color and music
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and drama and the flavor of living, the savor of life, must be shared, too.
Surely we must, in times like these, also share the means of beauty in living, of sport in life, all that is known as art and rec- reation, or we have started back toward the jungle.
We believe in our City Government and we all must keep that government something to believe in; it is popular to throw stones at government as something abhorrent, swollen.
Government after all is all of us working together for the com- mon good. Government means schools, libraries, playgrounds, swimming pools, recreation centers, hospitals, fire protection- means work of all the people for the good of all the people.
With the many facilities offered our people in Quincy in the form of baseball fields, football gridirons, soccer fields, tennis courts, playgrounds, bathing beaches, picnic grounds, band shell, bowling green, horseshoe pitching courts, skating ponds and hockey rinks, we believe our city has not been unmindful of her duty to the well- being of her young people and citizenry.
We have arranged the report of the various recreation centers in the wards where they are located with the work accomplished on each, and our recommendations to assist each ward councillor to better familiarize himself with their needs.
In closing the Board is ever mindful of Your Honor's difficult task and the many problems confronting you. It is our sincere wish that you will meet these in the best way possible and give the Recreation and Park Department every consideration.
Ward 1-Alfred N. LaBrecque Park
This is one of the most ideal playgrounds in the city, with ample space for all sports. Interest was keen in all activities during the summer and fall. Football and baseball were the leading sports with a two-week volunteer and four-week paid supervision period during the summer by a male instructor.
On May 30 (Memorial Day) this beautiful field was dedicated to Alfred N. LaBrecque, World War Veteran and President of the City Council, who passed to his reward during the past year. Ap- propriate exercises were held with members of the LaBrecque family, leading citizens taking part, and the veterans represented by Cyril P. Morrissette Post No. 294, American Legion, and the Canadian Legion, of both of which the deceased was a member.
River Street Beach
A popular place during the bathing season, scene of many pic- nics and penny sales. Beach under care of park workers.
Faxon Field
Lined off for soccer and field hockey for girls.
This field was in constant use this year. All activities of the intramural program of Quincy High School in football, soccer and baseball were played here. All High School Varsity Football practice was held every day during the football season. Flood lights were erected for evening work-outs; several teams in the City Leagne and the Quincy Trojans had scheduled nights. Soccer held sway every Sunday and several championship cup tie games were played.
There is now room for two football fields with the grading and grassing of the north end of the field. Faxon Field is the center
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of athletic activity in our city and as the years go on this gift of Henry M. Faxon wins a warms place of appreciation in the hearts of our people.
Faxon Tennis Courts
Five courts under the direction of a paid instructor through the generosity of Henry M. Faxon, who also maintained the upkeep. Tennis championships of Quincy High School and junior and senior open tournaments for the City of Quincy were played off here. The tournament this year, as in years past, was the out- standing feature, the cups were donated by Henry M. Faxon. The play-offs were attended by hundreds of tennis enthusiasts. The fine supervision and method of regulating play for the many who applied for permits has the commendation of the Park Board. The system was copied by the Board and carried out on the ten- nis courts under the Park Department.
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