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5 Helen F. Wiseman, 51 Prentiss Street, Cambridge
1932
3:4
Alice E. Griffiths, 39 Ames Street
1920
3
Philomena C. Lombardi, 8 Mount Pleasant Street
1929
2
Frances E. Fisher, 215 Eastern Avenue, East Lynn
1921
2
Gertrude M. Dewire, 399 Washington Street
1925
1 Mary T. Maguire, 432 Medford Street
1929
1 Loretta M. Tansey, 108 Bromfield Road
1928
Kdgn. Marguerite M. Driscoll, 20 Benton Road
1921
Asst.
° Mrs. Margaret Grady, 34 Highland Avenue
1947
MARTIN W. CARR SCHOOL
Atherton Street
6
Eva S. Bent, 10 Steeves Circle
1915
6
Dorothy L. Lundgren, 93 Lowden Avenue
1915
5 Margaret M. Brennan, 15 Waldo Street
1917
5 Francis X. Leahy, 1.01 Glenwood Road
Michael B. Dewire, 600 Washington Street, Brookline
1929
1946
3
1929
Joseph S. Hawthorne, Master, Lowell Road, Concord
1915
225
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Teachers in Service, December 31, 1947-Continued
Name and Residence
Began Service
4 Helen Hession, 30 Merrill Road, Watertown
1924
4:3 Alice M. Cumming, 117 School Street
1917
3 Bessie I. Berry, 11 Oak Terrace, Malden
1915
2 Mary E. Flanley, 4 Avon Street, Wakefield
1915
2 Mildred L. Shanahan, 68 Avon Street
1933
1 Eleanor Rose, 149 Lowell Street
1942
1 Margaret Morgan, 123 Highland Avenue
1931
Kdgn.
Mabel R. Ingham, 62 Central Street
1912
Asst. Helen T. Brooks, 4 Spring Hill Terrace
1946
(ENOCH R.) MORSE SCHOOL Summer and Craigie Streets
John W. Healey, Master, 214 Powder House Boulevard
1931
4
Eleanor M. Shanahan, 176 Summer Street
1934
6
#Eunice F. Lanigan, 161 Lowell Street 1942
5 Agnes C. O'Brien, 16 Prescott Street 1941
1947
3
Mrs. Eileen Hartwell, 39 Highland Road
1944
2
Ruth G. Harrington, 1 Carver Street
1930
1
Catherine E. Frazer, Cadet, 95 Heath Street
1946
1 °H. Jeannette O'Brien, 36 Ash Avenue
1947
Kdgn.
Mildred D. Williston, 26 Warren Avenue
1934
Asst. Margaret Walsh, 37 Oak Street
1942
GEORGE O. PROCTOR SCHOOL Hudson Street
6
A. Teresa Diotaiuti, 170 Lowell Street
1942
5
Anne B. Mullin, 33 Allen Street, Arlington 1930
4 Ruth E. Andrews, 123 Highland Avenue
1917
3 Mary E. McCarthy, 101 Central Street
1926
2
Cecilia R. Sheehan, 49 Avon Street
1933
1 Mrs. Ethel M. Ziegel, 8 Foskett Street
1934
Kgdn. Claire M. O'Brien, 59 Boston Street
1941
GEORGE W. DURELL SCHOOL Beacon and Kent Streets
3
Mary A. Dewire, 48 Central Street 1939
4
Mildred I. O'Meara, 17 Norfolk Street, Weymouth
1946
2 Mary M. Sharry, 27 Summit Avenue
1944
1 Mrs. Beatrice B. Ahern, 163 Elm Street
1945
MARK F. BURNS SCHOOL
Cherry Street, near Highland Avenue
3
Ethel F. Morang, 16 Curtis Avenue 1920
4 M. Constance MacDonald, 74 Belmont Street 1941
4 V. Maria DelTorto, 275 Highland Avenue 1943
3:2 °Rhoda Crowell, 82 Bromfield Road 1947
2 Josephine Lacy, 64 Vinal Avenue 1921
1 Mrs. Marjorie D. Clough, 38 Linnaean Street, Cambridge
1927
1942
1 Marjorie Kincaid, 86 Bromfield Road
John W. Healey, Master, 214 Powder House Boulevard 1931
John J. Collins, Master, 25 Hall Street
1930
Joseph S. Hawthorne, Master, Lowell Road, Concord
1915
4:3 °Mrs. Ruth Anderson, 38 Oxford Street
226
ANNUAL REPORTS
Teachers in Service, December 31, 1947-Continued BENJAMIN G. BROWN SCHOOL Willow and Josephine Avenues
Name and Residence
Began Service
Grade
John W. Healey, Master, 214 Powder House Boulevard
1931
6
Gertrude E. Macdonald, 50 Bromfield Road
1926
6
° Mrs. Blanche Green, 42 Liberty Avenue
1947
5
Mrs. Gertrude T. MacNamara, 383 Broadway
1940
4 Elsie G. Brady, 148 School Street
1947
3 Helen M. Lawrence, 433a Broadway
1923
2 Andrea Driscoll, 101 Glen Street
1944
2
Mrs. Clare M. Stanton, 754 Broadway
1937
1 Anne E. Waters, 243 Summer Street
1940
Kdgn.
Elizabeth V. Colbert, 1572 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
1933
Asst. ° Anna M. Burke, 52 Mount Vernon Street, Arlington
1946
HERBERT CHOLERTON SCHOOL Highland Avenue and Grove Street
6
Marion Allen, 14 Billingham Street
1911
6
Margaret McLeod, 20 Grove Street
1923
5
Mary Ahern, 62 Curtis Street
1928
5
Anne M. Doherty, 49 Electric Avenue
1933
5
Carolyn E. Crockett, 38 Day Street
1923
Kdgn.
Mrs. Dorothy C. Huddy, 16a Forest Street, Cambridge
1921
Asst.
Lucille K. Moseley, 21 Playstead Road, Medford
1942
(WILLIAM H.) HODGKINS SCHOOL Holland Street
4
Stella G. Bucknam, Asst., 35 Curtis Avenue
1917
6
Helen B. Busher, 33 Bromfield Road 1943
6
Edith H. Murchie, 3 Lincoln Street 1937
5
°James A. Devlin, 25 Everett Street
1946
3
Gertrude O. Kohler, 24a Jackson Road
1931
3
Isabelle G. Porter, 36 College Avenue
1928
2
Mary M. Diskin, 33 Lexington Avenue
1938
2 Abbie M. Brown, 154 Morrison Avenue
1923
1
" Doris F. Tomlinson, 9 Watson Street
1947
Kdgn.
Louise Gartland, 7 Craigie Circle, Cambridge
1928
Asst. ° Mrs. Natalie Smith, Apt. C-4, Stearns Village, Tufts College, Medford 1947
S. NEWTON CUTLER SCHOOL
Powder House Boulevard near Raymond Avenue
6
Bernice J. Andrews, 24 Hamilton Road
1914
6
Mrs. Minnie E. Lougee, Moorland Road, Scituate
1922
5
Alice A. Libbey, 32 Paulina Street
1919
5 Eugenia Carver, 119 College Avenue
1922
5 Frances Cronin, 24 Bow Street, Medford
1946
4
Mary E. Egan, 22 Aberdeen Road
1933
4
Mildred H. Lunt, 119 College Avenue
1926
4
Eliza I. Patterson, 59 Ossipee Road
1919
3
Mrs. Mary D. Manning, 125 West Adams Street 1945
3 ° Mrs. Audrey Brown, 51a Raymond Avenue
1947
3 E. Mildred Milner, 119 College Avenue
1920
1 Olivia H. Norcross, 11 Shawsheen Avenue, Wilmington
1914
Edward L. Smith, Master, 10 Francis Street
1930
6 ° Mrs. Eileen L. Wilson, 184 Summer Street
1945
Edward L. Smith, Master, 10 Francis Street
1930
5:4 Helen M. Merry, 12 Summit Street
1936
1 °Mrs. Mary E. Kirkpatrick, 40 Barry Street, Dorchester 1945
6 Gladys R. Clark, Lowell Road, Concord 1926
Edward L. Smith, Master, 10 Francis Street 1930
227
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Teachers in Service, December 31, 1947-Continued
Name and Residence
Began Service
Grade
2 Alice J. McNally, 52 Vinal Avenue
1942
2
Pauline Emery, 36 College Avenue
1925
2
Nora F. Keniry, 110 West Quincy Street
1941
[Helen Sullivan, 23 Packard Avenue
1931
1 1
Eleanor E. Waldron, 135 Powder House Boulevard
1919
Kdgn.
Eleanor R. Walker, 26 Warren Avenue
1941
Asst.
° Mrs. Elisabeth S. Fenn, 31 Ossipee Road
1946
Asst. Katherine R. Austin, 34 Ware Street
1945
MARTHA PERRY LOWE SCHOOL Morrison Avenue near Grove Street
John W. Healey, Master, 214 Powder House Boulevard
1931
4
Marion A. Cannon, 16 James Street
1928
4:3
Mrs. Katherine D. Millen, 108 Powder House Boulevard 1920
3
Clare A. Stanton, 754 Broadway
1945
2
Ruth Brooks, 17 Cedar Street
1943
2
Elizabeth M. Sliney, 19 Garden Street, Cambridge
1925
1
Selena G. Wilson, 11 Irving Street
1922
1 Helen J. Dervan, 75 Crest Avenue, Winthrop
1928
EVENING SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
John F. McMahon, High and Elementary
CADETS
Term Expires September 11
, 1948 11
Catherine Frazer, 95 Heath Street
Evelyn J. Dewire, 48 Central Street
11
1949
Mary T. Shanahan, 176 Summer Street
11 11
SUPERVISORS AND SPECIAL TEACHERS ELEMENTARY SUPERVISOR
William J. Crotty, 52 Highland Road
1926
MUSIC
12-7
Paul O. Kelley, Director, 585 Broadway James M. Clark, 60 Irving Street 1929 1946
6-1 Arthur F. Sullivan, 157 Lowell Street
1934
ART
Mrs. Elsie M. Guthrie, Director, 50 Bromfield Road
1919
PENMANSHIP
6-1 Ruth L. Whitehouse, Supervisor, 123 Highland Avenue
1915
SEWING
6-5 Mary Rhilinger, 48 Prince Street, Jamaica Plain
1926
6-5 Pia M. Fortini, 274 Willow Avenue 1930
6-5 Alice C. Sullivan, 74 Ossipee Road
1930
1
* Muriel P. King, 77 Wheatland Street
1 1 Mildred M. Lougee, Gingerbread Hill, Marblehead
1928
Mildred Buinitsky, 54 Farragut Avenue
1940
Mary E. Whelan, 63 Berkeley Street
228
ANNUAL REPORTS
Teachers in Service, December 31, 1947-Continued
Name and Residence
Began Service
MANUAL ARTS Melvin T. Carver, Supervisor, 247 Winthrop Street, Winthrop 1936
ATHLETICS
Charles A. Dickerman, Director, 163 Summer Street 1925
PHYSICAL INSTRUCTION
John St. Angelo, Director, 4 Dickson Street 1928
ATYPICAL
Edward M. McCarty, Personnel, 48 Upland Road
1939
Winifred M. Ford, Educational Tester, 83 Pearson Road
1927
° Mrs. Ethel Garfield, 16 Wesley Park 1947
¡Irma Di Giusto, 19 Flint Street 1934
Dorothy M. Leighton, 148 Lovell Road, Watertown
1936
§Mrs. Margaret E. Sullivan, 22 Pennsylvania Avenue Margaret E. Connors, 5 Sherborn Court
1936
James Keefe, 108 Webster Street, Arlington
1938
°Mrs. Ida White, 34 Bowers Avenue, Medford
1947
Gasperina Messina, 49 Pennsylvania Avenue 1942
1946
°Mrs. Dorothy Merrifield, 84 Bay State Avenue Elena Alberghini, 12 Lowell Street
1943
Susanne Lombardi, 8 Mount Pleasant Street
1946
SIGHT SAVING
Alice M. Hayes, 181 Central Street
1913
LIP READING
Grace A. Foley, 49 Dover Street
1937
THRIFT
E. Bella Weisman, 78 Gibbs Street, Brookline 1921 Eva Palmer, Assistant, 24 Austin Street 1930
FIELD MUSIC
Bart E. Grady, Jr., 123 Highland Avenue
1945
AMERICANIZATION
Mary A. Whitney, Supervisor, 10 Dow Street
1916
PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED
Mrs. Blanche G. Crowell, 82 Bromfield Road
1928
Mary E. Miller, 16 MacArthur Street
1936
Mrs. Clifford Hulbert, 67 Ossipee Road
1946
Anna L. McCarthy, 51 Liberty Avenue
1930
1936
229
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Teachers in Service, December 31, 1947-Continued Name and Residence AUDIOMETER
Began Service
Marion C. Moran, 42 Montrose Street
1929
SUPERINTENDENT AND SECRETARY Everett W. Ireland, 18 Day Street
ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT
Leo C. Donahue, 108 Summer Street
CLERKS
Marion E. Marshall, 30 Gilman Street Regina Truelson, 38 Rogers Avenue Margaret R. O'Connor, 2 Adrian Street
Frances C. Geaton, 29 Tennyson Street William E. Hogan, 23 Calvin Street
Mary P. Brady, 164 Washington Street
SUPERVISOR OF ATTENDANCE James G. Hourihan, 225 Powder House Boulevard
VISITING TEACHER
Estelle M. Walsh, 12 Wendell Street, Cambridge
230
ANNUAL REPORTS
SCHOOL CUSTODIANS, DECEMBER, 1947
School
Name
Residence
High
Frank Quirk
333 Broadway
High
George A. Sullivan
275 Medford St.
High
John F. Mack
High
John J. Irving
High
Andrew J. Curran
John Mullaney
7 Green St.
9 Spring Hill Terr.
3 Harvard Place
High, Central Heating Plant
Martin J. Frazer
95 Heath St.
High, Central Heating Plant
High, Central Heating Plant
Prescott
Jeremiah O'Connor
Prescott
Thomas R. Mullin
Hanscom
Richard Sullivan
Bennett
Edwin C. Lamkin
Baxter
George M. Caley
192 Morrison Ave.
Knapp
Peter McNally
23 Everett Ave.
Perry
George Kelley John F. Kiley
122 Heath St.
Southern Jr. High
Michael J. Reilly
52 Thurston St.
Southern Jr. High
23 Summit Ave.
Southern Jr. High Cummings
Thomas Murphy
63 Endicott Ave.
New Vocational
William J. Hickey
9 Aberdeen Rd.
New Vocational
John F. Fonseca
43 Garrison Ave.
New Vocational
Elmer Carleton
67 Electric Ave.
New Vocational
Royal W. Brenize
34 Otis St.
Glines
John P. Driscoll
44 Montrose St.
Glines
Francis Gormley
32 Sewall St.
Grimmons
Earl R. March
121 Ten Hills Rd.
Northeastern Jr. High
Hugh F. McQuaid
139 Walnut St.
Northeastern Jr. High
John F. O'Connell
32 Foskett St.
Northeastern Jr. High
George E. Babin
33 Vernon St.
Northeastern Jr. High
George T. Pickett
25 Fenwick St.
Forster
Frank Regan
209 Powder House Blvd.
Forster Annex
Arthur F. Law
71 Park St.
Bingham Carr
Joseph F. Kelley
84 Rogers Ave.
Morse
Joseph Binari
47 Lowell St.
Proctor
Thomas J. Driscoll
20 Lincoln Parkway
Durell
Francis J. Donovan
3 Harvard Place
Burns
Anthony Liberatore William Anderson
36 Rhode Island Ave.
Cholerton
William McLane Cornelius Collins
49 Woods Ave.
Western Jr. High
Wilfred J. Secord
18 Acadia Park
Western Jr. High
23 Gordon St.
Western Jr. High Western Jr. High
Thomas Copithorne Harry Hoyt Harry Dangora
92 Elm St.
5 Grove St.
22 Richdale Ave.
Cutler Cutler
Thurston W. Buchan
Antonio Severino Walter M. Burns
53 Sunset Rd.
Lowe
23 Avon St.
120 Summer St. 10 Sterling St. 11 Pleasant Ave.
High High High, Gymnasium
Leo J. Callahan
Patrick Delmore
Paul F. Sheridan
7 Record Court
Michael P. Harrington
7 Lee St. 28 Rhode Island Ave.
13 Fremont Ave. 64a Gordon ·St. 17 Grand View Ave.
10 Nevada Ave.
Pope
Bartholomew Cronin James E. Dowd
66 Hudson St.
Bernard J. Kelley
230 Broadway
95 Jaques St.
Brown
25 Clark St.
Hodgkins
231
POLICE DEPARTMENT
REPORT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
January 1, 1948.
To the Honorable, the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville, Massachusetts
Gentlemen :-
I respectfully submit herewith the Annual Report of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1947 :
ARRESTS
Whole number of arrests
3242
3242
Summoned by the Court
615
On warrant
580
Without Warrant
2047
3242
Held for trial
3000
Delivered to other Departments
201
Released on waiver
41
3242
Males
3002
Females
240
3242
REPORTS
Cases investigated
5151
Value of property stolen
$49,537.00
Value of property recovered
$106,790.00
CHANGES IN THE DEPARTMENT
Deaths
Patrolman Daniel F. Murphy No. 2 died May 5, 1947
Patrolman, Patrick J. Doolin died June 8, 1947
Patrolman Michael J. Dowd died June 24, 1947
Appointments
James M. Fitzpatrick appointed a patrolman July 7, 1947 Carmine L. Perna appointed a patrolman July 7, 1947 Albert N. Dempsey appointed a patrolman July 7, 1947 John R. Ambrogne appointed a patrolman July 7, 1947 Robert E. Doyle appointed a patrolman July 7, 1947
232
ANNUAL REPORTS
William L. Bavin appointed a patrolman July 7, 1947 John T. Canty appointed a patrolman July 7, 1947 Linwood N. Thompson appointed a patrolman July 7, 1947 Salvatore Salemme appointed a patrolman July 7, 1947 John F. Colleran appointed a patrolman July 7, 1947 Peter F. O'Brien appointed a patrolman September 2, 1947 James C. Baird appointed a patrolman September 2, 1947 Harold A. MacDonald appointed a patrolman September 2, 1947 Harold J. Collins appointed a patrolman September 2, 1947 Charles T. McCarthy appointed a patrolman September 2, 1947 William A. Kinsley, Jr. appointed a patrolman September 2, 1947 William J. Shine appointed a patrolman September 2, 1947 Thomas J. Sullivan appointed a patrolman September 2, 1947 William S. McDonough appointed a patrolman September 2, 1947
Promotions
Lieut. John J. Killourhy promoted to Captain March 7, 1947 Lieut Thomas M. Sharry promoted to Captain March 7, 1947 Lieut. Charles J. Fulton promoted to Captain March 7, 1947 Lieut. Dan. M. O'Connell promoted to Captain March 7, 1947 Sergt. Hugh R. Cunningham promoted to Lieutenant August 29, 1947 Sergt. Joseph F. Small promoted to Lieutenant August 29, 1947 Sergt. LeRoy V. Pierce promoted to Lieutenant August 29, 1947 Sergt. Henry W. Roche promoted to Lieutenant August 29, 1947 Sergt. Earle W. Elliott promoted to Lieutenant August 29, 1947 Sergt. Joseph A. Dwyer promoted to Lieutenant August 29, 1947 Sergt. Francis X. Cavanagh promoted to Lieutenant August 29, 1947 Captain Thomas P. Walsh promoted to Deputy Chief September 1, 1947
Pensions
Sergt. Walter Reed pensioned January 12, 1947 Captain William G. Kenney pensioned February 22, 1947
Deputy Chief A. J. Fitzpatrick pensioned September 1, 1947 Captain Charles J. Fulton pensioned September 1, 1947 Sergeant Joseph A. Dwyer pensioned September 1, 1947 Patrolman Harry C. Young pensioned September 1, 1947 Patrolman Jeremiah Keniry pensioned September 1, 1947
Patrolman Jeremiah O'Connor pensioned September 1, 1947 Patrolman Charles W. Shepherd pensioned September 1, 1947 Patrolman John J. Cummings pensioned September 1, 1947 Patrolman John J. Shay, pensioned September 3, 1947
Retired Members
Carleton, George H.
Sergeant
Jan. 9, 1883
Mar. 27, 1914
Davis, Edward M.
Patrolman
May 22, 1895
July 25, 1918
Rice, George L.
Patrolman
May 22, 1905
Sept. 23, 1927
Hawes, Albert L.
Patrolman Mar. 26, 1895
Nov. 22, 1932
Burns, Samuel Morrison, Alexander
Patrolman Apr. 25, 1894
Dec. 21, 1932
Patrolman Nov. 30, 1911
Apr. 14, 1934
Lacey, Charles F.
Patrolman
May 22, 1919
Apr. 14, 1934
Begley, Francis R.
Patrolman
Apr. 24, 1924
Sept. 14, 1936
Downey, Denis
Patrolman
Apr. 6, 1905
Oct. 1, 1936
Lynch, James M.
Sergeant
Sept. 16, 1902
Jan. 11, 1937
233
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Raymond, Elmer G.
Potrolman
Apr. 12, 1917
June 10, 1937
Carey, Alfred J.
Patrolman
May
2, 1928
June
2, 1938
Roche, Frank J.
Sergeant
July
26, 1917
July 15, 1938
Crossman, Claude L.
Patrolman
Mar. 26, 1904
Dec. 1, 1938
Culliton, Edward L.
Patrolman
July
25, 1918
Sept. 18, 1939
Moore, Peter
Patrolman
May
14, 1908
Jan. 14, 1940
Hagerty, John J.
Patrolman
Feb.
14, 1929
June
1, 1940
McCabe, Bernard
Patrolman
May
14, 1908
Mar. 22, 1942
May, Edward L.
Patrolman
Jan.
9, 1930
Apr. 26, 1942
Strangman, George R.
Patrolman
Jan.
24, 1929
June 7, 1942
Hopkins. Edward J.
Patrolman
May
10, 1906
Sept. 23, 1942
McNamara, Thomas F.
Patrolman
May
8, 1902
Jan.
6, 1943
Cidado, August S.
Patrolman
Apr.
24, 1925
June 20, 1943
Reardon, Leo C.
Patrolman
Jan.
9, 1930
Dec. 19, 1943
Higgins, Francis P.
Patrolman
Apr.
27, 1911
Dec.
24, 1943
Baker, John H.
Patrolman
May
12, 1921
Dec.
29, 1943
Riley, Daniel J.
Patrolman
May
14, 1926
July 16, 1944
MacDonald, George D.
Patrolman
July 25, 1918
Nov.
22, 1944
McAvoy, Charles H.
Patrolman
May
22, 1919
Feb.
23, 1945
Estee, George R.
Patrolman
Nov.
1, 1924
Aug. 16, 1945
Butman, Edward G.
Patrolman
Apr.
22, 1915
Feb. 22, 1946
Dewar, Robert D.
Patrolman
May
14, 1908
Feb. 22, 1946
Begley, Cornelius T.
Patrolman
Jan.
9, 1930
April
8, 1946
McAuliffe, Daniel F.
Patrolman
May
27, 1927
Aug.
1, 1946
Reed, Walter
Sergeant
April 26, 1906
Jan.
12, 1947
Kenney, William G.
Captain
May
10, 1906
Feb.
22, 1947
Fitzpatrick, Aug. J.
Dep. Chief
Mar.
12, 1908
Sept.
1, 1947
Fulton, Charles J.
Captain
July
12, 1917
Sept.
1, 1947
Dwyer, Joseph A.
Lieutenant
May
3, 1907
Sept.
1, 1947
Young, Harry C.
Patrolman
May
14, 1908
Sept.
1, 1947
Keniry, Jeremiah
Patrolman
May
25, 1916
Sept.
1, 1947
O'Connor, Jeremiah
Patrolman
Sept. 14, 1911
Sept.
1, 1947
Shepherd, Charles W.
Patrolman
April 8, 1915
Sept.
1, 1947
Cummings, John J.
Patrolman
April 13, 1905
Sept.
1, 1947
Shay, John J.
Patrolman
April 22, 1915
Sept.
3, 1947
Deaths
Heron, Theodore, Patrolman Griffin, William H., Patrolman
Died March 28, 1947 Died May 28, 1947
OFFICIAL ROSTER OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
Chief of Police
Augustine F. Sharry
Deputy Chief of Police Thomas P. Walsh
John J. Kilhourhy
Captains Thomas M. Sharry Daniel M. O'Connell
Aug.
1, 1945
Canavan, Cornelius P.
Patrolman
Oct.
27, 1927
234
ANNUAL REPORTS
Hugh R. Cunningham Joseph F. Small LeRoy V. Pierce
James A. Fitzpatrick
John T. Mahood John J. Smith
William F. Wills Leo J. Gormley Thomas L. McGahan
Sergeants
John E. Hughes
Raymond J. Gleason
Cornelius J. Collins
Dennis F. Kearney
James M. Kilmartin
Thomas J. O'Brien
Patrolmen
Dillaway, John E.
Donovan, Jeremiah F.
Donovan, John F.
Donovan, John J.
Donovan, Thomas A.
Donovan, William H. Doody, Thomas F. Downey, William J.
Downing, James F.
Doyle, Robert E.
Dunleavey, John M.
Fahey, Edward L.
Faulkner, Ernest C.
Fedele, Joseph F.
Fitzgerald, William J.
Fitzpatrick, Aug. W. Fitzpatrick, James M.
Flanagan, Thomas J.
Fleming, Thomas J.
Forristall, Edward G. Fulmine, Francis J.
Gallagher, John J. Gordon, George L. Gullage, George Jr.
Hall, Thomas L. Hallion, Howard E. Heafey, John F.
Heafey, William J.
Higgins, James J.
Holmes, James F.
Hughes, James E.
Johnson, William E.
Keane, Francis J. Keating, James E. Kelley, Arthur W.
Allan, George R. Ambrogne, John R. Aucoin, Cornelius
Baird, James C.
Baird, William J.
Barrett, John K.
Bavin, William E.
Berg, Edward L.
Blake, Joseph P.
Blake, William F.
Brady, Robert J.
Brennan, Jeremiah G.
Brosnahan, John J.
Burke, Ulick M. Burlingame, John F. Burns, Allan S.
Calandrella, Nicholas J. Cammon, Fred A. Canty, Eugene M.
Canty, John T. Caswell, Lester A.
Clark, John J. Coffey, Harold L.
Colleran, John F.
Collins, Allan L.
Collins, Harold J. Cronin, John J. Crosby, George W.
Crowley, Joseph G.
Cruise, John F.
Cullinan, Christopher C.
Curran, Joseph F. Curtin, John J.
Davis, Preston C. Dempsey, Albert E. Desmond, Joseph F. DeVellis, Cosmo
Lieutenants
Henry W. Roche Earle W. Elliott Francis X. Cavanagh
235
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Kelley, Edward W. Kelley, William J. Kiley, Edward J. Kinsley, William A., Jr.
Landry, Frederick A. Lynch, William F. Lyons, Patrick J.
MacDonald, Harold A.
MacRae, Walter J.
Mahoney, John J.
Mahoney, Thomas F.
McCarthy, Charles T.
McCauley, George W.
McDonough, William S.
McFadden, Alfred J.
McGovern, Frederick W.
McGovern, Thomas W.
Mckenzie, John H.
McQuilken, Clifford A.
Meehan. Charles P.
Mehigan, Garrett F. J.
Mosher, Allan S.
Murphy, Daniel F.
Murphy, John W.
Nelson, Ludwig Nicholas, Glen B.
O'Brien, John F. O'Brien, Patrick F.
O'Brien, Peter F. O'Connell, Daniel J. O'Keefe, John P. L.
O'Loughlin, Michael Oesting, Walter C.
Perna, Carmine L. Phillips, George B.
Powers, James M. Powers, John F.
Quinlan, William J.
Reid, Garnet L.
Robitaille, Alfred E.
Rogers, Francis L.
Rossi, Ricco J.
Ryan, James F.
Ryan, James P.
Salemme, Salvatore
Scotti, James V.
Sheehan, Jeremiah G.
Shine, William J.
Silva, Frank A., Jr.
Skeffington, Richard H.
Smith, James L.
Souza, James
Spiers, George
Stokes, Herbert H.
Sullivan, Thomas J.
Tanner, John J. Thompson, Linwood L.
Versackas, William, Jr.
Warner, Chester F. Willwerth, Walter J.
Matron Helen F. Kammerer
Matron Susannah F. Bolt
RECOMMENDATIONS
That provisions be made to increase the space known as the main desk at police headquarters. The volume of business has increased to such an extent that this area is not now large enough to efficiently handle all necessary requirements.
This building was opened for police service in 1932 at which time it was supposed to be a model and up-to-date set up.
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Many changes in police communication and methods have been put into operation since then. We now have radio, tele- type system and mimeograph machine for printing daily mani- fold sheets, all of which were not planned for in 1932. The filing system has been extended beyond its capacity and must be in- creased to properly handle all necessary cases. All these take space and we now find ourselves without the needed space to properly and efficiently render the service to the citizens that they are entitled to.
IN CONCLUSION
I wish to thank his Honor the Mayor, members of the Board of Aldermen, heads of the various departments, and all officers and members of the police department, for their loyal support, cooperation and assistance during the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
AUGUSTINE F. SHARRY,
Chief of Police.
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LAW DEPARTMENT
REPORT OF THE LAW DEPARTMENT
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The Honorable, the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen Somerville, Massachusetts
May 18, 1948.
Gentlemen :
Submitted herewith is the annual report of the activities of the Law Department for the year 1947.
The year proved to be a most busy one for the personnel of this department. As in past years, the services of the Law Department were available to such other departments as found legal opinions necessary. Claims against the city for injuries to citizens arising out of alleged defects in streets and ways were settled whenever such were warranted and in other in- stances court action was resorted to for judicial determination.
The Welfare Department availed itself of the legal services of this department frequently because of the many settlement cases which arose. In some instances it was necessary to enter these cases in court for judicial determination. Notably among the cases adjudicated by the courts was a case which ultimate- ly went to the Massachusetts Supreme Judical Court and that court entered a finding for the city, reversing a previous deci- sion by the Superior Court against the city.
As in previous years, this department assisted the Asses- sors' Office in the Appellate Tax Board ; the Old Age Assistance Bureau in drawing bonds and mortgages ; the Engineering and Street Department at hearings of the various commissions of Middlesex County and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ; and the Treasurer's Office in obtaining tax lien foreclosures.
The work of the Law Department has increased in each of the recent years, this is perhaps due principally to the severe economic stress which prevails everywhere. There were many
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conferences concerning the housing situation with the Housing Authority in an effort to acquire suitable means of shelter for veterans and their families, as well as the special work affect- ing the welfare of veterans.
Again I express my gratitude to His Honor, the Mayor, the Board of Aldermen and the various department heads for their sincere cooperation during the past year, and to my assistant, Attorney Ashelen P. Senopoulos, and the inspector of claims, Charles W. Shepherd, who have aided the department.
Respectfully submitted,
ANTHONY W. DICECCA, City Solicitor
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SANITARY DEPARTMENT
REPORT OF THE SANITARY DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable, the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen of the City of Somerville.
Gentlemen :-
The report of the Sanitary Department for the year 1947 is respectfully submitted herewith :-
COLLECTIONS OF ASHES AND REFUSE
Loads
Yards
Tons
January
2500
16,250
5625
February
2400
15,600
5400
March
2400
15,600
5400
April
2250
14,625
5063
May
2200
14,300
4950
June
2150
13,975
4838
July
2000
13,000
4500
August
1900
12,350
4275
September
1800
11,700
4050
October
2300
14,950
5175
November
2450
15,925
5513
December
2550
16,575
5738
COLLECTIONS OF PAPER
Yards
Tons
January
4650
620
February
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