Report of the city of Somerville 1943, Part 14

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2365


1914


6


Anna G. Molloy, 520 High Street, Medford


2200


1921


6


Regina Pimentel, 153 Lowell Street


1400


1941


5


Helen F. Wiseman, 43 Highland Avenue, Cambridge


2200


1932


5


Julia M. Riordan, 165 Albion Street


2200


1914


4


Alice E. Griffiths, 39 Ames Street


2200


1920


3


M. Gertrude McCarthy, 18 Rangely Ridge, Winchester


2200


1917


3 Philomena C. Lombardi, 8 Mt. Pleasant Street


2200


1929


Frances H. Allen, 391 Broadway


2192.50


1936


1938


Joseph A. Regan, Master, 42 Stone Avenue


1929


220


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 29-Teachers in Service, December 31, 1943-Continued


Name and Residence


Salary


Began Service


Grade


2 Frances E. Fisher, 215 Eastern Avenue, East Lyyn


2200


1921


2 Gertrude M. Dewire, 399 Washington Street


2200


1925


1 Mary Maguire, 432 Medford Street


2117.50


1929


1 Loretta M. Tansey, 108 Bromfield Road


2200


1928


Kdgn. Marguerite M. Driscoll, 20 Benton Road


2200


1921


Asst. Claire M. O'Brien, 59 Boston Street


1400


1941


MARTIN W. CARR SCHOOL Atherton Street


Michael B. Dewire, Master, 600 Washington Street, Brookline


$3750


1929


6


Eva S. Bent, 10 Steeves Circle


2365


1915


6


Dorothy L. Lundgren. 93 Lowden Avenue


2200


1915


5


Mrs. Hazel F. Quinn, 21 Hamilton Street, Wollaston


1925


1915


5


Margaret M. Brennan, 15 Waldo Street


2200


1917


5 §Mrs. Rita Collins, 366 Lowell Street


1650


1941


4:3 Helen Hession, 57 Alpine Street, Arlington Heights


2200


1924


4


Alice M. Cumming, 117 School Street


2200


1917


3


· Bessie I Berry, 11 Oak Terrace, Malden


2200


1915


2


Eleanor Rose, Cadet, 149 Lowell Street


1200


1942


Mildred L. Shanahan, 68 Avon Street


2117.50


1933


1 Margaret Morgan, 123 Highland Avenue


1870


1931


Kdgn. Mabel R Ingham, 62 Central Street


2200


1912


Asst. Ruth Sproul, 104 Holland Street


1000


1943


(ENOCH R.) MORSE SCHOOL Summer and Craigie Streets


John W. Healey, Master, 214 Powder House Boulevard


1931


2


Eleanor M. Shanahan, 28 Benton Road


2355


1934


6


Eunice M. Lanigan, 161 Lowell Street


1650


1942


Maybeth T. Gralton, 57 Bay State Avenue


1760


1941


4


Helen T. Leddy, 162 Highland Avenue


1475


1941


4 Mary T. Crotty, 17% Vinal Avenue


1870


1936


3


Frances E. O'Brien, 16 Prescott Street


1475


1941


3


Agnes C ('Brien, 16 Prescott Street


1725


1941


2


Isabel M. Leyden, 3 Langdon Street, Cambridge


2200


1933


1


Mrs. Helen T. Smith, 985 Broadway


2117.50


1912


1 Ruth G. Harrington, 1 Carver Street


2200


1930


Kdgn. Mildred D. Williston, 26 Warren Avenue


2195


1934


Asst. Margaret Walsh, 37 Oak Street


1000


1942


GEORGE O. PROCTOR SCHOOL Hudson Street


Joseph S. Hawthorne, Master, Lowell Road, Concord


1915


6


Winifred I. Macdonald, 308 Commonwealth Ave., Boston 2365


1917


5


Anne B. Mullin, 140 Medford Street, Arlington


2200


1930


4


Ruth E. Andrews, 123 Highland Avenue


2200


1917


3


° Andrea A. Driscoll, 101 Glen Street


1200


1943


2


Cecilia A. Sheehan, 49 Avon Street


2035


1933


1 Mrs. Ethel M. Ziegel. 8 Foskett Street


2090


1934


GEORGE W. DURELL SCHOOL Beacon and Kent Streets


1930


*John J. Collins, Master, 25 Hall Street Francis X. Rooney, Acting Master, 46 Browning Road


1929


4


Grace E. Packard, 14 Winslow Road, Belmont


2310


1912


3


Mary A. Dewire, 48 Central Street


1952.50


1939


?


Josephine P. Hourihan, 20 Central Street


1400


1941


1 Marjorie E. E.nvaid, 86 Drer:field Road


1650


1942


Mary E. Flanley, 4 Avon Street, Wakefield


2200


1915


221


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 29-Teachers in Service, December 31, 1943-Continued MARK F. BURNS SCHOOL Cherry Street, near Highland Avenue Name and Residence


Grade


Salary


Began Service


3


Ethel F. Morang, 16 Curtis Avenue


2365


1920


4


Mary R. Mingolelli, 29&A Highland Avenue


2090


1930


3 Margaret Crowley, 39 High Street


2200


1933


Josephine Lacy, 64 Vinal Avenue


2200


1921


2 M. Constance MacDonald, 74 Belmont Street


1475


1941


1


Mrs. Frances E. Savage, 303 Highland Avenue


2200


1908


1 Marjorie E. Drew, 38 Linnaean Street, Cambridge


2200


1927


BENJAMIN G. BROWN SCHOOL Willow and Josephine Avenues


John W. Healey, Master, 214 Powder House Boulevard


$3600


1931


6


Gertrude E. Macdonald, 50 Bromfield Road


2365


1926


6:5


Mrs. Gertrude T. McNamara, 108 Summer Street


1870


1940


5:4


Mrs. Clare M. Stanton, 754 Broadway


1870


1937


4


Anna N. Johnson, 391 Broadway


2200


1913


3


Helen M. Lawrence, 431 Broadway


2200


1923


3:2


Alice Fitzpatrick, 54 Trull Street


2027.50


1935


2


Anna L. McCarthy, 51 Liberty Avenue


2090


1930


1


Anne E. Waters, 243 Summer Street


1650


1940


1 Olivia H. Norcross, Wilmington


2200


1914


Kdgn. Elizabeth V. Colbert, 901 Broadway


2045


1933


Asst. Rita P. McNamara, 53 Dartmouth Street


1865


1937


HIGHLAND SCHOOL


Highland Avenue and Grove Street


Edward L. Smith, Master, 10 Francis Street


1930


6


Marion Allen, 74 Collins Street, Danvers


2035


1911


6


Margaret McLeod, 20 Grove Street


2200


1923


6


Grace M. Murphy, 114 Belmont Street


2200


1933


5


Anne M. Doherty, 49 Electric Avenue


2200


1933


5 Carolyn E. Crockett, 38 Day Street


2200


1923


Kdgn. Mrs. Dorothy C. Huddy, 16A Forest Street, Cambridge


2200


1921


Asst. Marjorie R. Glendon, 2 Curtis Avenue


1400


1941


(WILLIAM H.) HODGKINS SCHOOL Holland Street


Edward L. Smith, Master, 10 Francis Street


1930


4


Olevia M. Woods, 13 Garrison Avenue


2365


1908


6


Grace A. McElhiney, 126 Oakley Road, Belmont


2200


1925


6 Margaret E. Bucknam, 35 Curtis Avenue


2200


1926


5:4


Helen M. Merry, 12 Summit Street


2197.50


1936


5


Edith M. Murchie, 3 Lincoln Street


2192.50


1937


3


Isabelle G. Porter, 36 College Avenue


2090


1928


3


Dorothy Reynolds, 37 Chetwynd Road


2165


1937


2


Mary M. Diskin, 33 Lexington Avenue


2117.50


1938


2


Abbie M. Brown, 154 Morrison Avenue


2200


1923


1


Gertrude O. Kohler, 24 Jackson Road


2200


1931


1 Mary C. Sweeney, 18 Alpine Street


2110


1938


Kdgn.§Mrs. Alice B. Seabrook, 351 Washington Street


2035


1933


Kdgn. Elinor M. Sullivan, 345 Washington Street


1980


1936


Asst. Lucille K. Moseley, 42 Electric Avenue


1000


1942


John W. Healey, Master, 214 Powder House Boulevard


1931


222


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 29-Teachers in Service, December 31, 1943-Continued S. NEWTON CUTLER SCHOOL Powder House Boulevard, near Raymond Avenue Name and Residence


Grade


Salary


Edward L. Smith, Master, 10 Francis Street


$3750


1930


6


Bernice J. Andrews, 24 Hamilton Road


2365


1914


6


Mrs. Minnie E. Lougee, Moorland Road, Scituate


2200


1922


6 Gladys R. Clark, Lowell Road, Concord


2200


1926


5


Alice A. Libbey, 32 Paulina Street


2200


1919


5


Eugenia Carver, 119 College Avenue


2200


1922


5


Stella G. Bucknam, 35 Curtis Avenue


2200


1917


4


Mary R. Egan, 22 Aberdeen Road


2145


1933


4


Mildred H. Lunt, 119 College Avenue


2200


1926


4


Eliza I. Patterson, 55 Ossipee Road


2200


1919


3 §tMrs. Doris S. Purcell, 39 Eliot Road, Arlington


2145


1934


3


Alice E. Campbell, 6 Revere Street, Arlington


2200


1928


2


Alice J. McNally, 52 Vinal Avenue


1400


1942


2


Evelyn G. Stern, 4 Billingham Street


2200


1928


2 Pauline Emery, 36 College Avenue


2200


1925


1


Muriel P. King, 77 Wheatland Street


2200


1931


1


Mildred Buinitsky, 54 Farragut Avenue


2200


1919


Kgdn. Mrs. Dorothea G. Lamb, 12 Conwell Avenue


2200


1921


Asst. Marion R. Pugh, 46 Glen Street


1400


1940


MARTHA PERRY LOWE SCHOOL Morrison Avenue near Grove Street


John W. Healey, Master, 214 Powder House Boulevard


1931


2


Clara G. Hegan, 100 School Street


2365


1897


4


Marion A. Cannon, 16 James Street


2200


1928


3


Mrs. Katherine D. Millen, 108 Powder House Boulevard


2200


1920


3


Mrs. Helen M. Mason. 36 College Avenue


2165


1935


2


Ruth Brooks, 17 Cedar Street


1400


1943


1


Selena G. Wilson, 11 Irving Street


1870


1922


1 Octavia A. Stewart, 15 Kenwood Street


2007.50


1917


EVENING SCHOOL PRINCIPALS


Per Evening


John F. McMahon. High and Elementary Gertrude C. Dooley, Practical Arts for Women


CADETS


6 Conwell Street


Mary J. Gilhooly


12 Harvard Street


Eleanor M. Rose


149 Lowell Street


Norma M. Morandi


22 Austin Street


Mary Dalaklis


52 Linwood Street


Frances A. Welch


921 Broadway


Helen B. Busher


33 Bromfield Road


SUPERVISORS AND SPECIAL TEACHERS ELEMENTARY SUPERVISOR


William J. Crotty, 52 Highland Road


$4050


192%


MUSIC


Bart E. Grady, 35 Sagamore Avenue. West Medford


$3250


1935


James M. Clark, 60 Irving Street


2530


1929


6-1 Arthur F. Sullivan, 119 West Adams Street


2750


1934


...


1 Mildred M. Lougee, Mt. Pleasant Street, Marblehead


2200


1923


1917.50


1940


3 E. Mildred Milner, 119 College Avenue


2200


1920


1 Eleanor E. Waldron, 135 Powder House Boulevard


$7.50


6.00


*Robert Healey


12-7


Began Service


223


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Table 29-Teachers in Service, December 31, 1943-Continued


ART


9-1 Mrs. Elsie M. Guthrie, 50 Bromfield Road


$2640


1919,


PENMANSHIP


6-1 Ruth L. Whitehouse, 123 Highland Avenue


$2420


1915


SEWING


6-5 Mary Rhilinger, 48 Prince Street, Jamaica Plain


$1952.50


1926


6-5 Pia M. Fortini, 274 Willow Avenue


2200


1930


6-5 Alice C. Sullivan, 74 Ossipee Road


1975


1930


MANUAL ARTS


Melvin T. Carver, Supervisor, 247 Winthrop Street,


Winthrop


$440


1936 ..


ATHLETICS


Charles A. Dickerman, Director, 163 Summer Street


$3550


1925.


. PHYSICAL INSTRUCTION


9-1 John J. St. Angelo, 4 Dickson Street


$3350


1928


ATYPICAL


Edward M. McCarthy, Personnel, 48 Upland Road


$2557.50


1939


Winifred M. Ford, Educational Tester, 83 Pearson Road 2310


1927


Nicoletta Grillo, 12 Minnesota Avenue


1725


1942


Irma DiGiusto, 19 Flint Street


2255


1934


Ursula H. Cairns, Main Street, South Hanson


2090


1934


Dorothy M. Leighton, 148 Lovell Road, Watertown


2255


1936


§Mrs. Margaret E. Sullivan, 22 Pennsylvania Avenue


2255


1936


Margaret E. Connors, 138 Lowell Street


2252.50


1936


*James Keefe, 31A Trull Street


........


1938


Gasperina Messina, 49 Pennsylvania Avenue


1400


1942


*Marion E. Blanchard, 33 Gordon Street Mary F. Clifford, 125 Berkeley Street, Lawrence


1650


1942


A. Teresa Diotaiuti, 170 Lowell Street


1725


1942


Amy F. Woodbury


1400


1943.


SIGHT SAVING


Alice M. Hayes, 181 Central Street


$2255


1913:


LIP READING


Grace A. Foley, 2 Kenwood Street


$2337.50


1937


THRIFT


E. Bella Weisman. 78 Gibbs Street, Brookline Eva Palmer, Assistant, 24 Austin Street


$2310


1921


1210


1930-


Salary


Began Service


...


1942


224


ANNUAL REPORTS


Table 29-Teachers in Service, December 31, 1943-Concluded


FIELD MUSIC


Wesley A. Maynard, 75 Central Street


$2420


1925


AMERICANIZATION


Mary A. Whitney, Supervisor, 10 Dow Street


$2640


1916


PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED


Mrs. Blanche G. Crowell, 82 Bromfield Road Mary E. Miller, 16 MacArthur Street


$2200


1928


1952.50


1936


AUDIOMETER


Virginia Holman, 277 Highland Avenue


$1705


1940


Table 30-OFFICERS, ETC., IN SERVICE DECEMBER 31, 1943 SUPERINTENDENT AND SECRETARY


Everett W. Ireland, 97 College Avenue


$7120


ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT


Leo C. Donahue, 383 Broadway


$4870


CLERKS


Mary A. Clark, 15 Pleasant Avenue


$1929.40


Mildred A. Merrill, 11 Summit Avenue


1747.90


Marion E. Marshall, 30 Gilman Street


1747.90


Regina Truelson, 38 Rogers Avenue


$30.25 per week


Margaret R. O'Connor, 2 Adrian Street


28.05 "


Frances C. Geaton, 29 Tennyson Street


28.05


SUPERVISOR OF ATTENDANCE


James G. Hourihan, 225 Powder House Boulevard


$2630


VISITING TEACHER


Estelle M. Walsh, 12 Wendell Street, Cambridge $2200


Salary


Began Service


225


Table 31-SCHOOL CUSTODIANS, DECEMBER, 1943


School


Name


Residence


Weekly Salary


High


Frank Quirk


166 Broadway $34.00


High


John J. Irving


10 Sterling St. 34.00


High


John F. Mack


18 Loring St. 34.00


High


Joseph F. Kiley


62 Highand Ave. 34.00


High


Edward J. Barbour


109 Pennsylvania Ave. 34.00.


High


Jeremiah Sullivan


1091 Broadway 40.00


High, Central


Heating Plant


Martin J. Frazer


95 Heath St. 47.30


High, Central


Peter McNally


23 Everett Ave. 37.00


High, Central Heating Plant


Michael J. Reilly


7 Lee St. 37.00


Prescott


Jeremiah O Connor


43 Pennsylvania Ave. 36.00


Prescott


William H. Prestley


21 Cambria St. 38.00


Hanscom


Richard Sullivan


21 Caldwell Ave. 36.00


Bennett


Edwin C. Lamkin


17 Grand View Ave. 37.00


Baxter


George M. Caley


192 Morrison Ave. 34.00


Knapp


Maurice T. Mullins


13 Fremont Ave.


39.50


Perry


George Kelley


10 Nevada Ave. 34.00


Pope


William W. Kennedy


508 Broadway


35.00


Southern Jr. High


Albert L. Sullivan


273 Medford St.


42.00


Southern Jr. High


George A. Sullivan


275 Medford St.


32.00'


Southern Jr. High


John T. Donovan


9 Hillside Park


34.00


Southern Jr. High


James E. Dowd


66 Hudson St.


34.00


Cummings


Roval Brenize


27 Prescott St.


34.00


New Vocational


William J. Hickey


7 Aberdeen Rd.


34.50


New Vocational


John F. Fonseca


43 Garrison Ave. 34.00


New Vocational


Elmer Carleton


33 Paulina St.


38.00


Glines


John P. Driscoll


44 Montrose St. 38.00


Grimmons


Earl R. March


121 Ten Hills Rd.


38.00


Northeastern Jr. High


*George W. McGray


131 Walnut St.


32.00


Northeastern Jr. High


John F. O'Connell


13 Conwell Ave.


34.00


Northeastern Jr. High Forster


George E. Babin


33 Vernon St.


37.00


Forster Annex


Arthur F. Law


71 Park St. 36.00.


Bingham


Bernard J. Kelley


230 Broadway


40.00


Carr


(Temporary man) Joseph Binari


48 Lowell St. 37.50


Proctor


Jeremiah Canniff


49 Spencer Ave. 40.00


Durell


Francis J. Donovan Anthony Liberatore


95 Jaques St. 34.00


Brown


( Temporary man)


Highland


(Temporary man)


26 Packard Ave. 39.00


Western Jr. High


18 Acadia Park


42.00ª


Western Jr. High


Thomas Copithorne


23 Gordon St. 34.00


Western Jr. High


Patrick L. Delmore


3 Harvard Place


42.00


Western Jr. High


Charles J. Elkins


16 Cutter Ave.


34.00


Cutler


Thurston W. Buchan


22 Richdale Ave. 34.00


Cutler


52 Garrison Ave. 37.00


Lowe


*Thomas Murphy Walter M. Burns


23 Avon St.


34.00*


Leave of Absence.


3 Harvard Place 34.00


Burns


Andrew J. Curran


237 Medford St.


34.00-


Morse


Inceph Farrington Wilfred J. Secord


Hodgkins


(Vacancy)


High, Gymnasium


Heating Plant


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


226


ANNUAL REPORTS


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS


January 1, 1944.


To the Honorable, the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen :


The following report is respectfully submitted as the An- nual Report of the Board of Assessors for the year ending De- cember 31, 1943 :


1943 RECAPITULATION


City Appropriations:


To be raised by taxation


$5,597,136.88


To be taken from available funds In 1943


$19,436.55


In 1942, since 1942 tax rate was fixed


355,625.16 375,061.71


$5,972,198.59


1932 Overlay


Deficit $44.11


1933 Overlay


Deficit


305.40


1934 Overlay Deficit 1,812.53


1935 Overlay Deficit


1,508.12


1936 Overlay Deficit


648.17


1937 Overlay


Deficit


2.024.53


1938 Overlay Deficit


2,187.16


1939 Overlay Deficit


1,381.96


1940 Overlay Deficit


6,339.75


1941 Overlay


Deficit


11,575.88


27,827.61


1943 1942 Estimates Underestimates


State Tax and Assessments:


State Tax $86,900.00


State Audit of Muni-


cipal Accounts. 3,745.28


227


BOARD OF ASSESSORS


Hospital or Home


Care for Civil


War Vets


553.86


139.25


Smoke Inspection


Service


2,003.64


Additional State As-


sessments


393,034.22


$486,237.00


$139.25


486,376.25


County Tax and Assessments :


County Tax


$123,641.45


Tuberculosis Hospital 55,185.17


$178,826.62


178,826.62


Overlay Current Year


123,892.13


GROSS AMOUNT TO BE RAISED


$6,789,121.20


ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS


Income Tax


$346,039.78


Corporation Taxes


161,411.03


Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise


98,600.00


Licenses


96,210.49


Fines


5,242.07


General Government


10,144.90


Protection of Persons and Property


1,222.33


Health and Sanitation


25,574.77


Highways


89.90


Charities


237,928.13


Old Age Assistance


191,546.28


Old Age Tax (Meals)


9,823.21


Soldiers' Benefits


11,607.75


Schools


46,033.99


Libraries


2,837.61


Recreations


663.50


Public Service Enterprises (Water)


472,094.23


Electrolysis


500.00


Interest: On Taxes and Assessments


37,977.35


Tax Title Interest Refund


2,388.54


Dog Licenses


4,182.84


TOTAL ESTIMATED RECEIPTS


$1,762,118.70


Overestimates previous year .47


Available Funds (Approved by Tax Comm.)


375,061.71


TOTAL AVAILABLE FUNDS. 375,062.18


TOTAL ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS


2,137,180.88


NET AMOUNT TO BE RAISED BY TAXATION ON POLLS AND PROPERTY


$4,651,940.32


Number of Polls: 33,860 @ $2. ea. $67,720.00


Total Valuation :


Personal Property $5,612,800 226,757.12


Real Estate 107,858,000 4,357,463.20


$4,651,940.32


Tax Rate: $40.40 per thousand


228


ANNUAL REPORTS


The Board of Assessors wishes to thank the other depart- ments for the co-operation extended during the year, partic- ularly to the Legal Department.


Respectfully submitted,


CHARLES R. BRUNELLE MAURICE F. AHEARN FRANCIS MACDONALD WINFIELD S. PATTERSON JOHN B. CARR


229


LICENSING COMMISSION


REPORT OF THE LICENSING COMMISSION


To the Honorable. the Mayor and the


Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville.


Gentlemen :


The following factual information is respectfully submit- ted as the Annual Report of the Licensing Commission for the year ending December 31, 1943.


John F. McNamara was elected as Chairman of the Com- mission for 1943. Joseph D. Lonergan was reappointed by the Acting Mayor, approved by the Board of Aldermen and sworn in on June 30, 1943.


The following table will show the number of licenses per- missable by law as compared with number of licenses that have been granted and are now in effect :


All Forms All Forms Beer & Wine


Pkg. Resta. Resta. or Pkg. Clubs Druggists


Allowed by Law


21


82


21


13 unlimited


Issued by Commission


21


68


7


5


6


Balance to issue


0


14


. 14


8 unlimited


During the year the Commission has not deemed it neces- sary to grant any new license for the sale of alcoholic beverages in any form. Two new applications received were given "leave to withdraw". One of the two applicants appealed to Alcoholic Beverage Control Board and was granted an "All Forms Club" license.


The established policy of the Commission relative to rou- tine matters of office procedure has not materially changed. The Commission after inspection and serious consideration de- cided to continue the restriction on, so called, entertainment in all liquor dispensing establishments by banning floor shows, master of ceremonies, and all brass musical instruments, and allowing only radio and music box, for the duration of the War.


230


ANNUAL REPORTS


A general inspection of all restaurants brought out the fact that all establishments are now equipped with adequate toilet and washing facilities. All licensees have co-operated with the Commission most satisfactorily during the year con- forming to the following regulations :-


1. No Alcoholic Beverages should be served to minors.


2. No Alcoholic Beverages should be served to intoxicated patrons.


3. No excessive serving of Alcoholic Beverages to those in the uniform of the United States Service.


4. No gambling of any kind allowed on the premises.


We acknowledge the splendid co-operation, wise counsel and wholehearted support given our Commission by our Inspec- tor, Captain Augustus Sharry of the Police Department.


An Itemized report of fees received during the year ending December 31, 1943 is as follows :


REPORT OF THE LICENSING COMMISSION FOR YEAR 1943


Licneses granted and fees received :


(a) 69 Renewals-All Forms Restaurant Licenses @ $800.00


$55,200.00


3 Renewals-Beer & Wine Restaurant Licenses @ $400.00


1,200.00


21 Renewals-All Forms Pkg. Goods Store Licenses @ $700.00


14,700.00


4 Renewals-Beer & Wine Pkg. Goods Store Li-


€ censes $300.00


1,200.00


6 Renewals-Druggist-(Section 30-A) Licenses


@


$200.00


1,200.00


(b) 6 Renewals-Club Licenses @ $150.00


900.00


1 Renewal-Entertainment License @ $1.00


1.00


(c) 71 Renewals-Entertainment Licenses @ $5.00


355.00


(d) 1 Renewal-Entertainment License @ $5.00


4.00


1 Renewal-Innholder License @ $5.00


5.00


(e) 2 Renewals-Dance Licenses @ $5.00


10.00


53 Special Alcoholic Licenses @ $1.00


53.00


198 Lord's Day Licenses @ $5.00 990.00


141 Common Victualler's Licenses @ $5.00


705.00


TOTAL RECEIPT'S


$76,523.00


Expenses


3,015.11


NET TOTAL REVENUE of the DEPT. FOR 1943


$73,507.89 .


231


LICENSING COMMISSION


(a) All Forms Restaurant, 68 renewals for 1944, paid for in 1943. All Forms Restaurant 1, renewal for 1943, paid for in 1943.


(b) Club License 1, new license 1943, paid for in 1943. Club License 5, renewals for 1944, paid for in 1943.


(Of the 5 renewals for 1944, four are ALL Forms and one Beer & Wine).


(c) Entertainment License 1, renewal for 1943, paid for in 1943. Entertainment License 71, renewal for 1944, paid for in 1943.


(d) Entertainment License 1, renewal for 1943, paid for in 1942 ($1), '43 ($4).


(€) Dance License 1, renewal for 1943, paid for in 1943. Dance License 1, renewal for 1944, paid for in 1943.


Respectfully submitted,


JOHN F. MCNAMARA, Chairman DAVID Y. Ross JOSEPH D. LONERGAN


Commissioners


Attest :


MARY I. KENNEY


Clerk


232


ANNUAL REPORTS


REPORT OF THE BOARD OF APPEAL


January 26, 1944.


To the Honorable the Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville.


Gentlemen :


The Board of Appeal of the City of Somerville respect- fully submits the following report of its activities during the year ending December 31, 1943.


During the past year it was necessary to hold hearings and take action on twenty-three appeals taken from decisions of the Commissioner of Public Buildings, refusing to grant permits in Zoning, Building and Fire District Ordinance mat- ters. Relief was granted in nineteen cases of appeal and four were refused.


It has been the express intention of your Board at all times 10 act in good faith and without favor or prejudice to any- one, and to grant relief whenever in the opinion of the Board the interests of both the city and the appellant would be most favorably served. Appeals were granted because of no great variance from the existing laws or because of unnecessary hardship which would have been suffered by the appellants.


All of the members of your Board have during the year made it a part of their duty, in conjunction with the work of hearing and deciding appeals, to visit the premises that would be affected by the appeal, so that when the hearing was held the members had a mental picture of just what the appellant wanted.


The powers of the Board of Appeal are regulated by statute and favorable decisions may only be made by a unanimous vote of the full board when in its judgment there is practical difficulty and unnecessary hardship. It is therefore encumbent


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upon the individual members of the Board to become thorough- ly familiar with the facts in every case. This we have en- deavored to do before forming our opinions and giving deci- sions. After favorable decisions have been rendered it is then the duty of the Building Department to enforce the conditions as stated, and it is a pleasure to report that the fullest co-oper- ation has been received from the Commissioner of Public Build- angs in this regard.


Respectfully submitted,


ALBERT F. BYRNES, Chairman GEORGE C. MULLIN, Secretary GEORGE T. LOWDEN JOHN V. MOTTA S. G. ZAHAROOLIS


234


ANNUAL REPORTS


REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


OFFICE OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES CITY HALL, MASSACHUSETTS


January 1, 1944.


To HIS HONOR, THE MAYOR, AND THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN :


The following report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year 1943 is respectfully submitted.


Work of Weights and Measures Department for 1943


Scales


Adjusted


Sealed


Not Sealed


Con- demed®


Platform over 10,000


0


35


3


0


Platform 5,000 Ibs. to 10,000 ..


0


4


0


0


Platform 100 to 5,000 lbs.


6


286


13


9


Counter 100 lbs. to 5,000


0


23


0


0


Counter under 100 lbs.


5


336


8


12


Beam 100 lbs. to 5,000


0


6


0


0


Beam under 100 lbs.


0


1


0


0


Spring 100 to 5,000


0


60


0


2


Spring under 100 lbs.


0


289


0


3


Computing 100 lbs. to 5,000 .:


0


6


0


1


Computing under 100 lbs.


0


468


7


6


Personal Weighing (Slot)


...


0


92


0


5


Prescription


0


50


0


0


Jewellers


0


3


0


0


Weights:


Avoirdupois


5


1414


0


18


Apothecary


0


623


0


3


Metric


0


142


0


0


Troy


0


0


0


0


Capacity Measure:


Vehicle Tanks


0


0


0


0


Liquid over 1 gallon


0


46


0


0


Liquid under 1 gallon


0


257


0


10


Oil Jars


0


16


0


0


Dry


0


4


0


0


Fuel Baskets


0


3


0


0


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Scales


Adjusted Sealed


Not Sealed


Con- demed


Automatic Measuring Devices :


Gasoline Pumps


0


2


10


0


Quantity Measure on Pumps ..


0


176


0


0


Gasoline Meter Systems


8


246


0


14


Oil Measuring Pumps


0


52


327


0


Tank Meter Systems


11


56


0


3


Bulk Meter Systems


0


0


0


Kerosene Pumps


0


1


0


Grease Measuring Devices


0


90


12


2


Grease Meters


0


25


10


0


Linear Measure:


Yard Sticks


0


92


0


4


Cloth Measuring Devices


0


4


0


0


Taxi Meters


0


4


0


2


Total


35


4912


390


229


Summary of Inspection made:


Clinical Thermometers


626


Coal Certificates


3


Ice Scales


0


Junk Scales


0


Marking of Bread


24


Marking of Food Packages


59


Metal Ice Cream Containers


0


Milk Jars


Oil Jars


919


Paper or Fibre Cartons


0


Pedlers' License


0


Pedlers Scales


0


Transient Vendors


0


Wholesale Milk Cans


0


Taxi Meters


4


Fuel Meters


0


Gas Pumps and Meters


0


Coal in Paper Bags


9


Kindling Wood in Paper Bags


0


Oil Measures (5 gallons)


0


Summary of Tests made:


Berry Baskets


0


Cartons (approved as measures)


0


Gasoline Devices (other than Sealings)


56


Ice Cream Cartons


0


Scales in Stores


27


Tax Meters (other than Sealing)


2


Fuel Meters (other than Sealing)


6


Applications inspected and signed for Special Licenses :


Special City Licenses


5


County


58


State


23


Disabled Veterans


1


Transfers


4


Total


91


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Gasoline Station Test:


Total number of calls


88


Number of different stations


82


6


Number of call-backs to stations previously inspected Number of Gallons drawn for tests


2845


Trial weighings and measurements of commodities sold or put up for sale:


Total No. Tested


Number Correct


Under


Over


Beans


55


22


6


27


Bread


24


6


1


17


Butter


14


6


1


7


Coal (in paper bags)


9


5


2


2


Coal (in transit)


3


0


2


1




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