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70
11
11
Sept. 26
Patrick Lucey
72
6
10
Sept. 26
Amelia E. Davis
81
7
Sept. 26
Ella Everist Hendrickson
73
11
16
Sept. 26
Stillborn
Sept. 26
Eugene A. Hughes
30
Sept. 26
Jeanette Bonnell
87
2
5
Sept. 27
Luella Thayer
73
9
28
Sept. 27
Alice Lothrop Page
78
11
19
Sept. 28
Philip H. Quinn
40
Sept. 28
Ingrid L. Waal
44
10
2
Sept. 28
Frederic Hallsworth
79
Sept. 28
Mary Bartlett Jordan
9
5
Sept. 12
Catherine Martin
77
Sept. 12
Stillborn
74
399
REPORT OF CITY CLERK
Date
Name
Years
Age Months Days
Sept. 28
Mary Caroline Walsh
40
Sept. 28
Robert John Williams
85
5
7
Sept. 28
William L. Nicholas
24
Sept. 29
Stillborn
84
7
3
Oct. 1 Catherine DiBona
77
8
6
Oct. 1 George Joseph Norris, Jr.
68
3
28
Oct. 2 Walter J. Berry
72
-
Oct. 2 Denis Crowley
38
5
11
Oct.
3 Stephen Perette
69
Oct.
4 Elizabeth Kappler
77
Oct. 5 Patrick J. Halloran
67
Oct. 5 Hannah Emelia Williams
73
2
6
Oct.
5 Margaret Mary Hickey
54
Oct.
6 James J. O'Donnell
33
Oct. 7 Thomas F. Maguire
44
Oct.
7 Robert F. Forsyth
69
11
27
Oct.
7 Julia Poehler
84
Oct. 9 Wilhelmina M. Sorensen
60
Oct. 9 Alphonsus A. R. Doyle
42
Oct 10
Alice M. Gates
58
Oct. 10
Martha B. Wrisley
84
Oct. 11 Martha Lyons
42
11
26
Oct. 12
Alexander Aberdein
79
1
Oct. 12
Donald H. Miller, Jr.
14
Oct. 12
Nora Coffey
75
Oct. 12
Otto John Rautio
66
Oct. 12
Israel Wilson
79
9
Oct. 12
Stillborn
Oct. 14
William Smith Richardson
75
6
. 14
Maude Alena Kirkland
75
3
14
Oct 14
Stillborn
64
2
22
Oct. 15
Carl Clifton Loring
58
Oct. 16
Mary Alice Boyd
76
6
7
Oct. 16
Herbert Otis
70
-
Oct. 17
James Dervin
68
4
6
Oct. 17
Agnes Margaret Marr
70
11
5
Oct. 18
James Henry Young
80
Oct. 19
James Edward Richardson
60
Oct. 19
Albert A. Vose
78
Oct 19
John J. Murphy
66
-
Oct. 20
John Ojala
66
Oct. 20
Parker
Oct. 22
John Bowhay
75
8
2 hrs.
Oct. 23
Lewis Marinius Enholm
66
7
Oct. 23
Frances Dorey
74
9
10
Oct. 24
Charles S. Redman
63
8
10
Oct. 24
James Henley Smith, Jr
16
-
-
-
-
-
-
Oct. 14
Mary L. Wickman
Oct. 16
Mary J. O'Brien
84
15
Oct. 22
Eddy
25
Oct. 1 Joshua Wylie Ellis
64
Oct. 3 Mary A. Gutro
Sept. 30 Margaret Kane
400
CITY OF QUINCY
Date
Name
Years
Age Months
Days
Oct. 25
Stanley F. Turner
28
5
18
Oct. 25
Helen M. Sabine
79
2
5
Oct. 25
Bryant Golden
3
10
Oct. 25
Viola Gleason Harrington
49
3
24
Oct. 26
Margaret Clark
78
8
6
Oct. 27
Ellen D. Holder
85
Oct. 27
Frederic C. Stevens
38
6
8
Oct. 27
Letitia Allen
81
10
2
Oct. 27
Timothy Dolan
64
Oct. 28
George Holmes
74
1
24
Oct. 28
Robert Arthur Pemberton
87
Oct. 28
David Booth
86
4
6
Oct. 28
Margaret A. McCarthy
71
-
Oct. 30
Martin Holyoke Stearns
75
3
Oct. 30
Arthur G. Hall
59
7
7
Oct. 30
Amanda Alden
83
Oct 31
John Jolly
59
10
26
Oct. 31
Margaret B. Degan
58
Nov.
1
Eleanor L. Barry
24
Nov. 1 Ellen Thompson
75
Nov. 2 Elena C. Cassani
45
Nov.
2 Ellen G. Delorey
85
Nov. 2 Harding
1 hr.
Nov 2 Mary Bannigan
78
Nov. 3 Florence Emma Dillon
50
7
Nov. 3 John R. C. Steele
16
Nov.
3 Nancy Jane Murray
84
4
Nov.
3 Woodbury Towle
83
Nov.
5 Joseph Ludger St. John
57
8
1
- Nov.
5
George Martin Woodman
79
1
-Nov.
5
Harriet Mabel Small
77
10
7
Nov.
7
Mary Lane Phelps
66
3
4
Nov.
7
Robert F Sawyer
67
Nov. 8
9
Benjamin Russell McQuinn Harold James Furniss Clarrie Ettie Brown
76
7
21
Nov. 9 Minnie Meurer
61
2
12
Nov. 9
Joseph Frank Newcomb
70
2
-
Nov. 10
John Clark
79
Nov. 10
Winfred Stetson Bennett
80
6
4
Nov. 11
Carl J. Carlson
51
Nov. 12
Saverio Frank Frantiello
75
Nov 12
Anne Maguire
56
Nov. 13
Victor Houle
70
4
28
Nov. 13
Muriel Stella McCarty
26
Nov. 13
Joseph Patrick Kerrigan
67
7
13
Nov. 13
Cayo Higuera
37
1
20
Nov. 14
Josephine Henderson
52
9
21
Nov. 14
George Clark
77
11
5
Nov. 15
Bartoli Armani
71
5
28
Nov. 15
Isabel Bunton
47
-
-
Nov.
9
Nov. 9 Dorothy Mathieson
40
68
7
Nov.
13
-
Oct. 27
D'Alessandro
12 hrs.
401
REPORT OF CITY CLERK
Date
Name
Years
Age Months Days
Nov. 15
Margaret F. Kemp ..
54
Nov 16
Bessie Vernon Tabb
49
11
19
Nov. 16
Annie Travis
74
Nov. 17
Christine Adams
79
Nov. 18 William Vincent
77
8
1
Nov. 19
Cordelia S. Moffatt
82
Nov. 19
Helen Akeson Merrill
36
3
15
Nov. 20
Jane Phillips
86
3
26
Nov. 21
Samuel Edmund Brough
75
Nov. 22
Lilla Bell
51
3
11
Nov. 23
Margaret Gentile
41
Nov. 23
William Anthony Boudreau
18
Nov. 23
T. Elmer Johnson
33
10
11
Nov. 23
Charles T. McGilvray
40
Nov. 23
David Young
81
6
22
Nov. 24
James Chakriotes
48
Nov. 25
Salvatore Purpura
47
Nov. 25
Isabel Francis Gammell
91
1
21
Nov. 25
Homer Noyes, Jr.
7
7
Nov. 26
Dana F. Howes
82
Nov. 26
Francis Wyman Nightingale
71
11
26
Nov. 26
John E. L. Flynn
62
Nov. 26
Maria Armani
51
Nov. 27
Patrick P. Grogan
63
Nov. 27
Edward Junius Wells
38
Nov. 28
Sampad Ajemian
46
Nov. 28
Herbert R. Densmore
41
10
25
Nov. 28
Sydney Stanley
67
Nov. 28
Allison A. Taylor
92
Nov. 28
Harold F. Frantiello
14
Nov. 28
Luella M. Desmond
46
Nov. 29
Joanna Crane Nightingale
80
6
28
Nov. 29
Edward B Madden
45
10
29
Nov. 30
Henry Wiley
75
Nov. 30
Leonard Capen Johnston
70
Dec. 1
Alfred Doyle
59
Dec.
1
Percy C. Stevens
44
Dec.
1
Moriarty
- Dec.
1
Barbara Adams Skinner
75
7
9
Dec. 2
Mary J. Gariboldi
65
Dec. 3
Harry Webster Rayner
52
2
23
Dec.
3 Margaret Lufkin
62
2
20
Dec.
3 Joseph Kalil
50
Dec.
3 William M. McIntosh
71
Dec.
4 Thomas Edmond Furnald
89
29
Dec.
5 James P. Mahoney
80
Dec.
5 Hastings Masfen Moles
69
5
26
Dec.
5 John Henry Barry
88
Dec.
6 Sven Edward Hellstrom
59
9
Dec
6 Edmund Gallagher
77
Dec.
7 Mary DiNatale
45
Dec.
7 Matti Salmi
58
2
14
-
3
Nov. 23
Barbara Pelletier
1 hr.
Dec 2 Mary Mercurio
100
402
CITY OF QUINCY
Date
Name
Years
Age Months
Days
Dec. 7
Eugene Babbitt
80
7
25
Dec.
7
Michael Simon
53
Dec. 7 Joseph Meisse
72
Dec. 8 Mary E. Dugan
63
Dec.
9 George Franklin Pratt
87
4
9
Dec.
9
George Bryson
49
10
18
Dec. 9
Stillborn
Dec. 9
James Galante
54
4
Dec. 10
Frank Allen Seavey
83
3
11
Dec. 10
Thomas P. Martin
47
Dec. 10
Ina Hendrickson
50
Dec. 11
Elizabeth Maguire
43
-
Dec. 11
Sarah C. Trott
78
Dec 11
Fanny Masters
68
Dec. 12
Mary Walker
80
9
5
Dec. 12
Fenwick Cowling
76
Dec. 13
Emmons E. White
82
1
Dec. 13
Andreas Nielsen
86
10
21
Dec. 13
Stillborn
-
Dec. 1
Charlotte Hadley Dyer
80
3
14
Dec. 15
Isaac R. Miranda
75
Dec 16
Grace G. Hall
67
8
9
Dec. 16
Teresa Giuseppini
60
Dec. 16
Frances Louise Farmer
85
17
Dec. 17
Francis Xavier Martell
12
4
7
Dec. 18
John R. McAlpine
55
9
14
Dec. 20
George Ostburg
78
Dec. 20
Mattson
Abt. 7 hrs
Dec 21
Frank Leslie Mollins, Sr.
50
Dec. 21
Barney Shangold
23
Dec. 22
James A. Hunter
59
Dec. 22
Selina Amelia Weeden
66
4
26
Dec. 22
Robert Crothers
Abt. 72
Dec. 23
Alton Morrison Barstow
66
11
19
Dec. 23
May Viola Hey
55
Dec. 24
James Winthrop Pratt
77
9
24
Dec. 25
Joseph Bernard Glynn
71
6
Dec. 25.
Lizzie Jane Osgood
75
10
11
Dec. 25
Jessie A. Lamb
63
11
29
Dec. 26
Elaine Andrea Moore
47
Dec. 26
James Moorhead. Sr.
87
Dec. 27
Sarah E. Taylor
89
Dec. 27
Paul Bennett
9
Dec. 27
Mary Selina Girard
Abt 58
Dec. 27
Joseph P. Hall
56
Dec. 28
Effie Scarborough
72 .
5
24
Dec. 29
Hildur P. Johnson
72
1
20
Dec. 29
Edna M. Ruggles
58
Dec. 29
David Schraut
6
Dec. 29
Thomas J. Harper
76
Dec. 30
Elvira Biloni
58
Dec. 30
Matteo Louis DiNicola
56
Dec. 31
Alfred Dahlquist
74
5
Dec. 31
Lula L. Macleod
46
-
Dec 25
James Taylor
65
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403
REPORT OF FARK DEPARTMENT
REPORT OF THE PARK DEPARTMENT
Quincy, Massachusetts
March 1, 1940.
To the Honorable Mayor, THOMAS S. BURGIN
Dear Sir:
We have the honor of submitting to you the fifty-first annual report of the Park Department, which is accompanied by our recommendations for further development and activities.
The growth of the Department during the past year, has been of the mushroom variety; so many added facilities have been officially turned over to us that we have spent considerable time pondering how to get every district organized so that the citizens will get the most out of what we have to offer. Tennis courts, ball fields, skating ponds, hockey rinks, picnic grounds, an estate, and the revival of Pine Island, all have their place in this year's development.
As we review the past year, let us state that it has been a pleas- ure to work with you, Mr. Mayor. Your understanding of the recrea- tion possibilities has been most encouraging and gives us the urge to continue to serve and keep pace with your foresight.
This Board is unanimous in its opinion that the Park Department is now one of the major parts of the City set-up. It's budget is on the increase and will continue to grow if all the added facilities are to be maintained. We need men to do this work; no jobs should be abolished or consolidated. The Superintendent of Parks is a position approved by your administration, one that is necessary through the development of our Department. This can be verified by the records of other cities. It is ridiculous to think of retarding a De- partment in the midst of its growth by any such recommendation as that made by a committee in its recent study of Municipal affairs.
We have arranged the report of the various recreation centers by the wards in which they are located, with the work accomplished in each and our recommendations to assist each councillor to better familiarize himself with their needs.
In closing, the Board is ever mindful of Your Honor's splendid cooperation. Your faith in us will react in accomplishments that will in no small measure be a credit to your administration.
WILLIAM M. TRUSSELLE, Chairman.
WARD 1 Alfred N. LaBrecque Park
The only activities carried on during the past year were the regular summer playground program. The field during the year was under a W.P.A. Park Project. The infield was regraded, bleachers and backstop erected, and double tennis court laid out. All these facilities will be available this year, giving this district an ideal recreation center. Two instructors are provided during the playground season, which is well attended.
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CITY OF QUINCY
Manet Lake
The grass and rubbish have been cleaned out here and the area flooded for skating. A hockey rink was erected and lighted for night skating and hockey. Forty skating days were recorded.
William Cushing Baker Park
This Park was graded and seeded down. It contains a popular bathing beach and has one instructor during the playground season.
Sea Street Skating Pond
This area was flooded for skating and was well attended by the small children of the district.
Perkins Playground
A hockey rink equipped with nets was provided during the winter season and was well used and appreciated by the youth of this section. A W.P.A. Park Project will take over this field in the spring. A softball diamond will be laid out, bleachers erected and two tennis courts are in the plans. A rearrangement of playground apparatus will be made before the season opens. Two instructors are provided during the playground season, which is well attended.
Adams Shore Playground
This is a popular play area, fully equipped. Two instructors are in attendance during the season.
Faxon Field
This field is in constant use for football, soccer, softball. High School football practice, and outdoor gym activities for the High School. We recommend that a skating rink be provided on the Coddington Street side next winter.
Faxon Tennis Courts
These tennis courts are in use during the season and are very popular among the better tennis players. The City Tennis Tourna- ment was conducted here for cups offered by Mr. Henry M. Faxon. William Bowyer was supervisor.
Cranch School
A well equipped playground is provided here, with a full program during the season under the supervision of two instructors. It is a safe and popular place for small children to play.
WARD 2 Fore River Club House
This club house is one of the community buildings of the city and is under the supervision of the Park Board. It was used a great deal during the past year for a W.P.A. Center and local activities, as well as for dances, whist parties, banquets, weddings, and socials.
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REPORT OF PARK DEPARTMENT
Dressing Rooms are provided for baseball and soccer players who use Fore River Field. A full time janitor is in charge. The interior has been painted, the floors refinished and the plumbing and heating system overhauled. The building serves also as a comfort station during field activities.
Fore River Field
This field was one of the most used in the city, by baseball teams in the Park, South Shore, and Industrial Leagues, plus many inde- pendent teams. The field has reached the stage where grading is necessary. It is planned to resod the infield and grade the outfield. New first base bleachers were built this year and the grandstand repaired. Skating was provided by flooding the tennis courts.
Avalon Beach
At this location is the only city supervised beach. Two rafts are furnished, the seats and shelter are kept in repair, and the beach is cleaned daily during the season; a fully equipped playground is provided with two instructors. We recommend that a life guard be furnished during the bathing season as a safety measure.
Munroe Playground
This area is under construction, but is used for softball, football, and as a practice field for Junior High School football. A W.P.A. Project is now filling in the low land that will offer wonderful pos- sibilities in the future for a full size baseball field, football gridiron. running track and softball diamond, serving a district that is in real need of these facilities.
Faxon Park
This beautiful area covering 54 acres, was officially accepted by the Park Board. It will add much to the Park System for a place for large groups to enjoy picnics and outings. It is planned to put a custodian in charge during the summer months. The softball field will receive necessary attention. Park benches will be placed in con- venient spots, a full set of playground apparatus has been set up which will add to the pleasure of the children. Several tables will be placed in convenient places around the fireplace, this has been used for weinie roasts and clam bakes. Firewood is furnished by the Park Department. Permits for outings are issued at the Board Office.
Daniel Webster School Playground
The playground is well equipped and ideal for small children; two instructors are provided during the season.
Whiton Park
This is a popular breathing spot for the people of this section. The shrubs and grass plot are cared for by Park workers.
Pollard School Playground
It is a naturally shaded spot ideal for small children, and has two instructors during the playground season.
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CITY OF QUINCY
Elm Street Playground
This is one of the most popular playgrounds in the City, with three instructors in charge. It is well shaded, fully equipped, and well attended. A comfort station is needed.
Faxon Meadow
The Park Department was indeed fortunate to have this area for skating. By daming the brook, a natural pond was made, with the ideal skating weather, this winter, thousands enjoyed this popular winter sport. A hockey rink was erected at one end and was used by hockey enthusiasts. Forty skating days were recorded.
WARD 3 Bradford Street Playground
A fine program is carried out, with three instructors in charge of the large number in attendance. Tennis courts are a great asset to the field. A comfort station is also needed here. Tennis courts are flooded for skating.
Henry L. Kincaide Park
The largest attendance in the city is at this playground, which is well equipped to serve the children of this section and carries out a complete program. Two tennis courts are in use at all times. The baseball field is used by teams in the Park, South Shore and Indus- trial Leagues, as well as by local teams. It is also used as a football practice field by the Junior High School and for their outdoor pro- gram. A W.P.A. Park Project will close the facilities for the most part of this year. It includes a stone wall enclosing the entire field, regrading the ball field, and building new bleachers and backstop. Baseball games scheduled, will be transferred to Joseph O'Rourke Field. When completed. this park will take its place with the finest in the City.
WARD 4 William T. Shea Park
This beautiful spot received the regular care of Park workers. A popular breathing spot on hot evenings for the people of this dis- trict.
Joseph O'Rourke Playground
At this location are a well equipped playground, with two in- structors in charge during the season, and a field used for baseball by the Park, South Shore, and Industrial Leagues and independent teams. Double tennis courts available this year for the first time, proved very popular. The Field House was dedicated with fitting ceremonies. A custodian is in charge during the summer months, filling a long felt want at this Park. Aside from the regular spring work of conditioning, this field will be ready to take the double use occasioned by the closing of Kincaide Park.
WARD 5 Merrymount Park
This is the recreation center of the City, where during the past year, considerable work has been done.
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REPORT OF FARK DEPARTMENT
Stadium. This fine project was completed, with a seating capacity of 5500, and used for many purposes during the past year, including a Memorial Service by the Quincy Veterans Council. A sun rise service on Easter Sunday, Junior Drum Corps Competition, Play- ground round up, home schedule of both North and Quincy High Schools, City Football League, Manet Professional Football Team, three night games, with four night games under City League aus- pices. The season ended with a playoff with the champions of the Boston Park League meeting the City League, with victory coming to Quincy. Fore River apprentices also played their home games here. There is need of a permanent custodian and shower room for game officials. A W.P.A. Project is pending for completion of stands on the opposite side of the field which will increase the seating capacity so necessary in school games. The Board intends to install a loud speaker. a necessity in an area of this size.
Charles Francis Adams Baseball Park. This baseball field was constructed under a W.P.A. Project and dedicated with appropriate ceremonies with Charles Francis Adams as the guest speaker. The first baseball game was played on the same day, between Quincy and North High Schools. During the year the field was used by the Park League, South Shore League, Wollaston Post 295, American Legion Junior Baseball Team. On July 6, the South Shore All Stars played the Boston Bees. A drinking fountain was dedicated to Fred Doe, father of Sunday baseball in Massachusetts. The National League players had the highest praise for the fine facilities afforded at the field. Bob Quinn, President of the Boston team, presented the Department with ten bags of special clay for the pitching box. As this is the only enclosed baseball field, the Board insists that a police officer be present at each game. Several changes are planned this year which will add to the facilities. These include a batting cage, score board and comfort station. Signs denoting the distance to the fence were also posted. In the fall the field was seeded and fertilized. The second year turf should be an improvement over last year.
Pageant Field. This large area is used for picnics, band concerts, Fourth of July celebrations, and a playground. It is connected to Wollaston by a 750-foot bridge with entrance on Florence Street.
Pine Island. This part of the Merrymount Park System has been connected by a 70 foot span bridge. During the summer, this island was a popular gathering place for the Camp Fire Girls, Boy Scout Troops, Girl Scouts, picnics and family gatherings. A shelter was built by Park workers. This year, fireplaces will be built by the N. Y. A. under Park supervision.
Bowling Green. This is located on the Pageant Field and is used by the older men of the city for the game known as "Bowling on the Green." It is used daily and lighted for use at night. One Greenskeeper is in charge.
Playground. One instructor is in charge of this playground, con- ducting a regular program. The apparatus is left up over week- ends for the use of people who bring children on picnics.
Safford Park
This park has received regular maintenance during the season.
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CITY OF QUINCY
Wollaston School
A fully equipped playground is maintained here, which is well attended and has two instructors who provide a fine program.
Massachusetts Field Playground
This is a regularly equipped playground which conducts a fine program under the supervision of two instructors, and has addi- tional facilities for softball playing. A Pet Stock Show is one of the features here each year.
Stoney Brae
The excellent possibilities of this area were realized this year. A dam was built diverting the brook water to two skating rinks, one for skating and one for hockey. A W.P.A. Project was secured to develop the hockey rink. Thousands enjoyed good skating for forty days during the winter. This is an ideal setting for a City Ice Carnival under the right winter conditions, should the opportunity present itself next winter.
· Sailor's Home Pond
At this pond a hockey rink was erected, flood lights furnished, and a skating area maintained, giving forty skating days during the past winter. A first aid ladder and life preserver were placed near the pond. Police protection provided on Sundays.
Fenno Street Tennis Courts
During the past year, the fence was rebuilt and minor repairs made to the surface of the tennis courts at this location. It is a popular place for Wollaston tennis enthusiasts. Four more courts are needed.
WARD 6 John Wendall Moses Playground
This section of the city is showing a rapid growth, while the facilities at the present are adequate, work will have to be done in the future. A field house is badly needed, the necessary land for its erection has been acquired. The field should be graded to bring the outfield up to the same level of the infield, in order to make it a first class ball field. The skating rink has proved to be a valuable addition. It was used in the summer as a roller skating rink. It was also used for dancing under the floodlights. We recommend that the clay courts be changed to amesite as it is more practical for public use. Two instructors are in charge during the playground season.
Welcome G. Young Playground
A fully equipped play area is provided for this thickly populated section, with two instructors in charge. It also contains two tennis courts, and a softball field. A set of bleachers were erected to seat 500 people, this was a popular asset to the field as many softball games were played here during the summer. We recommend that playground apparatus be moved to the area enclosed by the stone wall. This field was chosen as the site for the amateur Softball
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REPORT OF PARK DEPARTMENT
Association Playoffs, and North Quincy Associates were returned champions for Norfolk and Plymouth County and later competed at Norton Field, Worcester, in the State finals.
Dennis O'Neil Playground
The results on this field have not been satisfactory. A skinned diamond has proved to be an expensive proposition. The field should be closed one year and the grass given a chance to grow. A skating rink is a real want here and will be given consideration. A chain link fence will be erected this year near the playground. Two tennis courts were opened this year. Flooding for skating did not prove successful. The baseball field was in constant use by the Park League, South Shore League and North High School baseball teams. Two instructors are in charge during playground season which is well attended.
Montclair Field
During the fall months, this field was completed as a W.P.A. Park Project. It will be accepted and dedicated May 30, 1940 at which time the field will receive its official name, adding to the Park sys- tem a field enclosed with chain link fence. tennis courts, skating rink, a fine ball field with bleachers providing a seating capacity for two thousand people and full playground equipment. Two play- ground instructors are provided during the playground season which is well attended.
Kendall Park
During the past year, Dr. Walter G. Kendall, Quincy's grand old Sportsman, deeded his estate on Atlantic Street, North Quincy, to the City of Quincy. Mayor Thomas S. Burgin accepted for the City and formally turned it over to the Park Department. The estate has been named Kendall Park in honor of the donor.
The Park contains 45,000 feet of land with a 150 foot front ex- tending back 300 feet. The rear half is what is called a "Kettle- hole" and has been declared by geologists as a most perfect speci- men, measuring 150 feet across each way. Its origin is dated back many thousand years to the glacial period. This Kettle-hole has been terraced and made into a vineyard, some two hundred grape vines grow here and have taken the majority of prizes offered each year at the annual Massachusetts Horticultural Show for nearly half a century. It is the only place in this section of the country that is growing every variety of fruit that will succeed in this climate. There are about twenty varieties, from strawberries to apples and peas.
On the estate are two of the most beautiful elm trees in Quincy, one is of the vase form variety and the other the drooping type, in the latter has been built an observation platform forty feet in the air connected by a flight of steps with a seating capacity for twenty people. A table placed in the center makes it an attractive place for families to enjoy supper on hot evenings during the summer months. Under the tree is a six-hole putting golf course on which the youth of the district get instruction in the rudiments of golf from Dr. Kendall. The house is of Colonial construction and is over a century old. Within its walls are priceless antiques, trophies, oil paintings, ribbons and cups, all of which typify the active life of
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