Report of the city of Somerville 1952, Part 15

Author: Somerville (Mass.)
Publication date: 1952
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°Eileen R. Ivons, 41 Bay State Avenue


1952


2 *Rita A. Lawler, 18 Peirce Street, Arlington


1948


1 Anne S. Brenton, 14a Watson Street


Michael B. Dewire, Principal, 600 Washington Street, Brookline 1929


5


°Robert L. Brosnahan, 379 Broadway


1952


John J. Collins, Principal, 91 Belmont Street


1932


6 Edward J. Harrington, 15 Bowdoin Street


225


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Teachers in Service, December 31, 1952-Continued


Name and Residence


Grade


JOHN A. CUMMINGS SCHOOL School Street, near Highland Avenue


4


Margaret J. Collins, 35 Meacham Road 1926


6


Mary M. Healy, 83 Bow Road, Belmont 1927


5 Helen McNally, 52 Vinal Avenue 1937


3


Mabel M. Sheehan, 49 Avon Street


1930


2 Mary E. Hughes, 24 Rogers Avenue


1933


1


Elsa K. Hall, 9 Gloucester Street, Arlington


1943


1 Helena M. Regan, 129 Hudson Street


1949


Kdgn.


Marion Pugh, 46 Glen Street


1943


Asst. Helen T. Brooks, 4 Spring Hill Terrace 1946


JOHN G. EDGERLY SCHOOL


Otis and Cross Streets


3


Alice M. MacFarland, 62 Spruce Street, Watertown


1923


3


Mary L. O'Neill, 36 Hudson Street 1936


2


Margaret F. Driscoll, 101 Glen Street


1936


2


Mary V. Devine, 47 Houghton Street


1929


1


Florence Barry, 14 Bromfield Road


1950


1


Mary A. Albano, 25 Highland Avenue


1937


Kdgn.


Gertrude E. Prichard, 38 Benton Road


1920


Asst.


Gertrude M. Bell, 97 Clement Avenue, West Roxbury


1951


JACOB T. GLINES SCHOOL Jaques Street, near Grant Street


Wilfred H. Roberts, Principal, 1 North Gateway, Winchester


1928


5


Helen G. Kane, 123 Highland Avenue


1932


6


Ruth Herlihy, 37 Banks Street 1933


1936


4


Eleanor Mitrano, 4 Orchard Street, Concord


1932


4


Rose F. Willwerth, 7 Oxford Street


1940


3


Philomena Buccelli, 71 Bonair Street


1936


3


Kathleen Cullinane, 19r Prospect Hill Avenue Marion C. Drew, 22 Sewall Street


1945


2


Mary Donohoe, 6 Gibbens Street


1948


1


Mary J. McEachern, 14 Sanborn Avenue


1929


1


Laurette Waters, 243 Summer Street


1942


1


° Mrs. Martha Gruber, 406 Mystic Avenue


1952


Kdgn.


Ida M. Kane, 38 Moore Street


1905


Asst. °Mary H. Botelho, 28 Main Street


1952


CHARLES A. GRIMMONS SCHOOL Shore Drive


1


Anna M. Dee, 10 Bromfield Road


1928


6


Henry J. Lambert, 95 West Quincy Street


1948


5


Catherine O'Connor, 40 Adrian Street


1942


4 Margaret Sliney, 88 Glen Street


1928


3


Agnes Battit, 56a Elm Street


1948


2


Leda L. Dini, 22 Heath Street


1947


1


Elaine Cotter, 11 Governor Winthrop Road


1950


Kdgn.


Mrs. Margaret G. Baine, 38 Moore Street


1946


Asst.


Mrs. Alice Burkhart, 15 Summit Avenue


1947


CHARLES FORSTER SCHOOL Sycamore Street and Evergreen Avenue


Joseph S. Hawthorne, Principal, 11 Everett Street, Concord 1


1915


Ann Laffin, 21 Lowden Avenue


1939


6


Francis W. Escott, 8 Liberty Avenue, Medford


1947


6 Hazel C. Wellington, 71 Oxford Street


1924


5


Lois E. Banks, 15 Hawthorne Street


1949


2


Wilfred H. Roberts, Principal, 1 North Gateway, Winchester


1928


Joseph A. Regan, Principal, 42 Stone Avenue


1929


Began Service


Michael B. Dewire, Principal, 600 Washington Street, Brookline 1929


226


ANNUAL REPORTS


Teachers in Service, December 31, 1952-Continued


Name and Residence


Began


Grade


Service


6


Irene Alle 2, 391 Broadway


1931


5


John Murray, 21 Prospect Hill Avenue


1950


5


Mrs. Monira G. Blodgett, 8 Teele Avenue


1921


5


Gladys M. Wellington, 71 Oxford Street


1925


4


Lillian J. Rollins, 230 Pearl Street


1925


4 Jane A. Doyle, 80 Hinckley Street


1925


4 °Robert H. Leahy, 34r North Street


1952


3 Florence V. English, 83 Glenburn Road, Arlington


1926


3


Mrs. Helen M. Mason, 36 College Avenue


1936


3


Elsie Capone, 309 Lawrence Road, Medford


1934


2


Mary Bridges, 21 Crocker Street


1933


2


Gloria K. Mawhinney, 25 Walnut Street


1948


1


Mary A. Clark, 25 Columbus Avenue


1942


1 Mary L. McKenna, 119 College Avenue


1915


Kdgn.


Esther D. Hamilton, 28 Dearborn Road


1924


Asst.


Catherine Killilea, 51 Oakland Avenue


1946


NORMAN W. BINGHAM SCHOOL Lowell Street, near Vernon Street


4


Anna R. Canfield, 205 Cedar Street


1914


6


Anna G. Molloy, 520 High Street, West Medtord


1921


6


James L. Sullivan, Cadet, 21 Waldo Street


1951


5


Julia M. Riordan, 165 Albion Street Helen F. Wiseman, 51 Prentiss Street, Cambridge


1922


4


Bessie Nahigian, 32 Putnam Road


1941


3


Philomena C. Lombardi, 8 Mount Pleasant Street


1929


3


Catherine E. Wiggins, 139 Lowell Street


1925


2


Frances E. Fisher, 215 Eastern Avenue, Lynn


1921


2


Gertrude M. Dewire, 399 Washington Street


1925


1


Mary T. Maguire, 181 Lexington Street, Belmont


1929


1


Mary Battit, 56a Elm Street


1950


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 Daniel N. Macero, 192 Washington Street


1950


5


Margaret M. Brennan, 15 Waldo Street


1917


5


Francis X. Leahy, 158 Summer Street


1946


4


Helen Hession, 30 Merrill Road, Watertown


1924


4:3


Alice M. Cumming, 117 School Street


1917


3


Mildred L. Shanahan, 68 Avon Street


1933


2


Mary E. Flanley, 4 Avon Street, Wakefield


1942


1931


Kdgn.


Mabel R. Ingham, 62 Central Street


1912


Asst. °Mrs. Marion J. Mitchell, 10 Daniels Street, Arlington


1950


ENOCH R. MORSE SCHOOL Summer and Craigie Streets


Grade


John W. Healey, Principal, 214 Powder House Boulevard


1931


6


Euince F. Lanigan, 161 Lowell Street


1942


6


John P. Joyce, Cadet, 15 Prospect Hill Avenue


1951


5


Agnes C. O'Brien, 16 Prescott Street


1941


4


+Isobel M. Leyden, 3 Langdon Street, Cambridge


1930


4 "Theresa Andrews, 225 Tremont Street


1952


4:3 Margaret B. O'Hare, 24 Essex Street, Belmont


1949


3 Marjorie M. O'Brien, 22 Hancock Street, Brookline


1949


2 Mrs. Ruth Kaup, 58 Central Street


1946


2 Dorothy Lally, 123 Highland Avenue


1950


Joseph S. Hawthorne, Principal, 11 Everett Street, Concord


1915


1914


5


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


1929


1915


1 Eleanor Rose, 149 Lowell Street


1 Margaret Morgan, 123 Highland Avenue


Service


227


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Teachers in Service, December 31, 1952-Continued


Name and Residence


Began


Grade


Service


2 Ruth G. Harrington, 1 Carver Street


1930


1


Catherine E. Frazer, 95 Heath Street


1946


1 H. Jeannette O'Brien, 70 Richfield Road, Arlington


1947


Kdgn. Lucille Moseley, 21 Playstead Road, Medford


1942


Asst. Janet M. Hadden, 70 No. Main Street, Sharon


1951


GEORGE O. PROCTOR SCHOOL Hudson Street


Joseph S. Hawthorne, Principal, 11 Everett Street Concord


1915


A. Teresa Diotaiuti, Rem, Read., 170 Lowell Street


1942



Andrew A. Mountain, Jr., 12 Benton Road


1952


5


° Nerio Restani, 24 Miller Street


1951


4


Anne B. Mullin, 33 Allen Street, Arlington


1930


3


Anne M. Clark, 25 Columbus Avenue


1942


2


Mary E. McCarthy, 101 Central Street


1926


1


Mrs. Ethel M. Ziegel, 8 Foskett Street


1934


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


1941


GEORGE W. DURELL SCHOOL Beacon and Kent Streets


John J. Collins, Principal, 91 Belmont Street


1932


3


Mary A. Dewire, 48 Central Street


1939


4


Mildred 1. O'Meara, 272 Farrington Street, Wollaston


1946


2


Helen Volante, 391 Dedham Street, Newton Center


1950


1 Mrs. Marion Lemander, 14 Sheridan Avenue, Medford


948


MARK F. BURNS SCHOOL Cherry Street, near Highland Avenue


John W. Healey, Principal, 214 Powder House Boulevard


1931


4


M. Constance MacDonald, 74 Belmont Street


1941


4:3


V. Maria DelTorto, 275 Highland Avenue 1943


1950


2


Martha Stanton, Cadet, 754 Broadway


1951


2


Josephine Lacy, 64 Vinal Avenue


1921


1 °Mrs. Margaret K. White, 87 Hudson Street


1952


1 Helen Constant, Cadet, 44 Mansfield Street


1951


BENJAMIN G. BROWN SCHOOL Willow and Josephine Avenue


6


Gertrude E. Macdonald, 50 Bromfield Road


1926


5


Frederick E. Tirrell, 54 Woods Avenue


1949


4 Andrea Driscoll, 101 Glen Street


1944


4:3 Helen M. Lawrence, 433a Broadway


1923


3 Mrs. Gertrude T. MacNamara, 383 Broadway


1940


2 Ruth Kelley, 250 Willow Avenue


1931


2


Andrea Driscoll, 101 Glen Street


1944


:


Anne E. Waters, 243 Summer Street


1940


1


Olivia H. Norcross, 11 Shawsheen Avenue, Wilmington


1914


Kdgn. Elizabeth V. Colbert, 89 Ripley Road, Cohasset


1933


Asst. Anna M. Burke, 52 Mount Vernon Street, Arlington


1946


HERBERT CHOLERTON SCHOOL Highland Avenue and Grove Street


Edward L. Smith, Principal, 10 Francis Street


1930


6


Marion Allen, 14 Billingham Street


1911


6


Margaret McLeod, 20 Grove Street


1923


6 Perry Yanow, 109 Highland Avenue


1948


5 Mary Ahern, 62 Curtis Street


1928


5


Anne M. Doherty, 49 Electric Avenue


1932


5


Raymond 1. Rigney, 35 Nathaniel Road, Winchester


1949


Kdgn.


Mrs. Dorothy C. Huddy, 16a Forest Street, Cambridge


1921


Asst.


Mary De Gregrio, 2 Rogers Avenue


1951


3


Estelle Brennan, 38 Arborway, Jamaica Plain


John W. Healey, Principal, 214 Powder House Boulevard


1931


228


ANNUAL REPORTS


Teachers in Service, December 31, 1952-Continued


Name and Residence


Began Service


Grade


(WILLIAM H.) HODGKINS SCHOOL Holland Street


Edward L. Smith, Principal, 10 Francis Street


1930


4


Stella G. Bucknam, 35 Curtis Avenue


1917


6


Helen B. Busher, 33 Bromfield Street 1943


6:5 5


Edith H. Murchie, 3 Lincoln Street


1937


Carolyn E. Crockett, 38 Day Street


1923


4


Helen M. Merry, 12 Summit Street


1936


3


Gertrude O. Konler, 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


1


Helen B. Hesson, 64 Horne Road, Belmont


1930


1


°Mrs. Sarah Talbot, 15 Teele Avenue


1952


Louise Gartland, 7 Craigie Circle, Cambridge


1926


1950


S. NEWTON CUTLER SCHOOL Powder House Boulevard near Raymond Avenue


6


Bernice J. Andrews, 22 Hamilton Road


1914


6


Mrs. Minnie c. Lougee, Mooriand Road, Scituate


1922


6


Gladys R. Clark, Lowell Road, Concord


1926


5


Alice A. Libbey, 36 College Avenue


1919


5


Eugene J. Hayes, 581 Fellswey West, Medford


1951


5 Eugenia Carver, 119 College Avenue 4 Evelyn J. Bucknam, 35 Curtis Avenue


1943


4


Mildred H. Lunt, 119 College Avenue


1926


4


Eliza I. Patterson, 59 Ossipee Road


1919


3


Mrs. Mary D. Manning, 15 Teele Avenue


1945


3


Eileen M. Dewire, 80 Kirkland Street, Cambridge


1950


3


E. Mildred Milner, 119 College Avenue


1920


2


Alice J. McNally, 52 Vinal Avenue


1942


2


Pauline Emery, 36 College Avenue Nora F. Keniry, 6 Bailey Street Mrs. Nancy G. Higgins, 34 North Street


1950


1


* Muriel P. King, 148 Powder House Blvd.


1931


1


Mildred M. Lougee, Gingerbread Hill, Marblehead


1928


1


Barbara Lee, Cadet, 916 Broadway


1951


1


Eleanor E. Waldron, 135 Powder House Boulevard


1919


Kdgn.


1 °Marcia Livingstone, 88 Newton Street Catherine M. Hagan, 351 Washington Street


1943


Kdgn.


Katherine R. Austin, 34 Ware Street


1945


Asst.


Mary E. Barrett, 61 Park Drive, Boston


1950


Asst.


Mrs. Ada Mawhinney, 25 Walnut Street


1951


MARTHA PERRY LOWE SCHOOL Morrison Avenue near Grove Street


4


Marion A. Cannon, 6 Cherry Street, Lexington


1928


4


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, 30 Hall Avenue


1922


1 Helen J. Dervan, 46 Bates Avenue, Winthrop


1928


EVENING SCHOOL PRINCIPAL John F. McMahon, High and Junior High


CADETS


James L. Sullivan, 21 Waldo Street


Helen Constant, 44 Mansfield Street


11


Barbara M. Lee, 916 Broadway


John P. Joyce, 15 Prosepct Hill Avenue


Martha M. Stanton, 754 Broadway


Term Expires September 1, 1953.


"


11


2


1941


1


Edward L. Smith, Principal, 10 Francis Street


1930


Kdgn. Asst. Corinne A. Dillon, 57 Bromfield Road


1922


1925


1952


John W. Healey, Principal, 214 Powder House Boulevard 1931


229


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Teachers in Service, December 31, 1952-Continued


Name and Residence


Began


Service


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, 219 Beacon 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 Cornelia Dalaklis, 52 Linwood Street


1948


MANUAL ARTS


Melvin T. Carver, Supervisor, 247 Winthrop Street, Winthrop 1936


ATHLETICS


Charles A. Dickerman, Director, 68 Nichols Road, Cohasset


1925


PHYSICAL INSTRUCTION


John St. Angelo, Director, 109 Highland Avenue


1928


ATYPICAL


Edward M. McCarty, Supervisor, 48 Upland Road


1939


Winifred M. Ford, Educational Tester, 83 Pearson Road


1927


Dorothy M. Leighton, 148 Lovell Road, Watertown


1936


Muriel H. O'Brien, 18r Adrian Street


1949


Mrs. Margaret E. Sullivan, 22 Pennsylvania Avenue


1936


James Keefe, 108 Webster Street, Arlington Wilson E. Whittaker, 135 Walnut Street


1949


Elena Alberghini, 18 White Street, Arlington


1943


Susanne Lombardi, 8 Mount Pleasant Street


1946


Donald Jones, 12 Brown Street, Maynard Katherine E. Dooley, 18 Bagnel Street, Allston Ruth Buttery, 416r Washington Street


1950


"Joan N. Silverman, 66 Fenway, Boston


1951


SIGHT SAVING


Alice M. Hayes, 181 Central Street


1913


LIP READING


Marion C. Moran, 42 Montrose Street


1929


THRIFT


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


1921


1930


1938


1948


1946


230


ANNUAL REPORTS


Teachers in Service, December 31, 1952-Continued


Name and Residence


Began Service


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, 145 Highland Avenue 1928


Mary E. Miller, 16 MacArthur Street 1936


° Mrs. Madeleine Scammell, 21 Greene Street 1951


AUDIOMETER


Helen A. Moran, 315 Alewife Brook Parkway 1919


SUPERINTENDENT AND SECRETARY


Everett W. Ireland, 18 Day Street


ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT


Leo C. Donahue 108 Summer Street


CLERKS


Marion E. Marshall, 62 Highland Avenue


Regina Truelson, 23 Black Rock Road, Melrose


Frances C. Geaton, 104 Bartlett Street


William E. Hogan, 12 Richardson Road, Newton


Mary P. Brady, 273 Washington Street


Anna M. Boyle, 49 Spring Street


Eileen M. Mahoney, 14 Madison Street


SUPERVISOR OF ATTENDANCE


James G. Hourihan, 225 Powder House Boulevard


VISITING TEACHER


Estelle M. Walsh, 369 Lowell Street, Lexington


CUSTODIAN SCHOOL COMMITTEE ROOMS


Leo J. Callahan, 9 Spring Hill Terrace


231


SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


SCHOOL CUSTODIANS, DECEMBER, 1952


School


Name


Residence


High


Harold F. Killam


5 Henry Ave.


High High


John Mullanev


High


Robert Siggens


Leonard C. Mallette


Patrick Delmore


Thomas Burns


248 Summer St.


8 Parker Pl.


7 Lee St.


John P. Driscoll


44 Montrose St.


Prescott


Prescott


William J. Hickey


Hanscom


Richard Sullivan


Bennett


Edwin C. Lamkin


Baxter


George M. Caley


Peter McNal'y


George Ke,'ev


10 Nevada Ave.


Southern Jr. High


Michael J. Reilly


52 Thurston St.


Southern Jr. High


Bartholomew Cronin


23 Summit Ave.


Southern Jr. High


William G. Hitch


393 Somerville Ave.


Southern Jr. High


Frank J. Boyle


36 Greenville St.


Glines


Elmer V. Santarlasci


229 School St.


Vocational


Francis Gormley


253 Broadway


Vocational


John F. Fon-eca


43 Garrison Ave.


Vocational Vocational


Austin A. Albanese


162 Hudson St.


Grimmons


Earl R. March


Hugh F. McQuaid


Northeastern Jr. High


Northeastern Jr. High


John F. O'Connell


40 Concord Ave.


Northeastern Jr. High Forster Forster Annex


Arthur F. Law


63 Prospect St.


Bingham Bingham Carr


Joseph F. Kelley


86 Rogers Ave.


Morse


Joseph Binari


47 Lowell St.


Proctor


Thomas J. Driscoll


20 Lincoln Parkway


Durell


Andrew J. Curran


95 Jaques St.


Brown


William Anderson


36 Rhode Island Ave.


Cholerton


Emilio P. Buccelli


16 Grant St.


Hodgkins


Cornelius Collins


49 Woods Ave.


Western Jr. High


Carl Marotti


5 Derby St.


Western Jr. High


Edward Buckley


27 Pearson Rd.


Western Jr. High


George E. Babin


33 Vernon St.


Western Jr. High Cutler


Thurston W. Buchan


22 Richdale Ave.


Cutler


Antonio Severino


53 Sunset Rd.


Lowe Cummings


Thomas Copithorne


John Kiley


23 Gordon St. 122 Heath St.


126 Albion St. 27 Rogers Ave. 3 Harvard Place


High High, Gymnasium


High, Central Heating Plant


High, Central Heating Plant


High, Central Heating Plant High, Central Heating


Michael P. Harrington


Jeremiah O'Connor


12 Delaware St. 9 Aberdeen Rd. 66 Gordon St. 17 Grand View Ave.


201 Morrison Ave. 23 Everett Ave.


Knapp


Perry


Harold MacCorkle


113 Heath St.


Northeastern Jr. High


139 Walnut St.


Fred Sicard


18 Arcadia Pk.


Thomas Conley


14 Cedar St.


Frank Regan


74 Avon St. 71 Park St.


Bernard J. Kelley


Walter W. Kennedy


508 Broadway


11 Pleasant Ave.


Burns


Anthony Liberatore


Harry Dangora


5 Grove St.


George A. Sullivan


275 Medford St. 11 Stone Ave.


Dominick Benedetto


121 Ten Hills Rd.


232


ANNUAL REPORTS


REPORT OF THE CITY CLERK


Office of the City Clerk January 1, 1953


To the Honorable the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen


Gentlemen:


The following is respectfully submitted as the eighty-first Annual Report of the City Clerk of Somerville, and is for the year ending December 31, 1952.


The receipts and payments were as follows:


For dog licenses issued in 1952:


1444 males at $2.00


$2,888.00


176 females at $5.00 880.00


679 spayed at $2.00


1,358.00


7 kennel at $10.00 70.00


2 transfers at $.25


.50


5 issued to veterans at no charge


$5,196.50


For hunting and fishing licenses issued in 1952:


1071 fishing at $3.25


$3,480.75


469 hunting at $3.25 1,524.25


230 sporting at $5.25


1,207.50


127 minor fishing at $1.25


158.75


125 female fishing at $2.25


281.25


1 minor trapping at $2.25


2.25


3 non-resident fishing at $2.75


8.25


1 non resident citizen fishing at $7.75


7.75


1 non-resident military sporting at $2.


2.00


12 duplicate licenses at $.50


6.00


6,678.75


Recording mortgages, assignments, etc.


7,272.90


Certificates of marriage intentions, including postage


2,625.63


Furnishing copies of records 958.45


Licenses:


Auctioners, 15 at $2.00


30.00


Billiard, pool tables and bowling alleys,


233


CITY CLERK


99 licenses for 49 tables and 50 alleys, at $3.00 and 44 licenses for Sunday bowling at $2.00


385.00


Cut meat and sausage, 3 at $50.00


150.00


Drain layers, 6 at $1.00


6.00


Drivers, 260 at $1.00


260.00


Electric motors, 95 at $1.00


95.00


Garages:


1 at $10.00


2 at $5.00


20.00


Garage renewals


807.50


Hackney carriages, 119 at $1.00


119.00


Intelligence offices, 4 at $2.00


8.00


Junk and second hand licenses:


Collect junk, 25 at $10.00


250.00


Junk shops, 16 at $25.00


400.00


Lodging house licenses, 4 at $2.00


8.00


Outdoor parking, 11 at $10.00


110.00


Second hand auto dealers: 7 at $50.00 49 at $25.00


1,575.00


Slaughtering, 3 at $1.00


3.00


Street musicians, 10 at $.50


5.00


Storage of explosives:


1 at $1.00


3 at $10.00


3 at $20.00


2 at $40.00


3 at $50.00


321.00


Storage of explosive renewals


5,086.50


Storage of paper, 4 at $25.00


100.00


Transient vendors, 1 at $25.00


25.00


Wagon licenses, 6 at $1.00


6.00


Wagon stand licenses, 91 at $1.00


91.00


Permits for projections over the sidewalk:


60 awnings


28 neon signs


7 wooden signs


1 barber pole


10 metal signs


17 electric signs


1 outside telephone box for taxi


1 marquee


1 plastic sign


3 masonite signs


1 swing arm sign


2 belt-flat signs


60 licenses at $1.00


72 licenses at $5.00


420.00


Sale of firearms, 1 at $10.00


10.00


Badges


6.00


Registration of physicians, optometrists, and chiropodists 4.00


1.00


Copies of ordinances


234


ANNUAL REPORTS


Fees for registered mail notices


20.74


Advertising fees


96.00


Duplicate of dog license tags 3.90


Pole locations


219.10


Reporting congenital births


.50


Blank forms


.30


Close-out sale


1.00


Duplicate licenses


9.50


$21,510.02


PAYMENTS


To City Treasurer for dog licenses in 1952:


1444 males at $2.00


2,888.00


176 females at $5.00


880.00


679 spayed at $2.00


1,358.00


7 kennel at $10.00


70.00


2 transfers at $.25


.50


5,196.50


Less City Clerk's fees, 2306 at $.20 and


2 transfers at $.25


461.70


4,734.80


To Commissioners on Fisheries and Game for hunting licenses, etc. in 1952:


1071 fishing at $3.25


3,480.75


469 hunting at $3.25


1,524.25


230 sporting at $5.25


1,207.50


127 minor fishing at $1.25


158.75


125 female fishing at $2.25


281.25


1 minor trapping at $2.25


2.25


3 non-resident fishing at $2.75


8.25


1 non-resident citizen fishing at $7.75


7.75


1 non-resident military sporting at $2.


2.00


12 duplicate licenses at $.50


6.00


6,678.75


Less City Clerk's fees, 2028 at $.25


507.00


6,171.75


To City Treasurer monthly:


All the receipts above specified except for


hunting licenses and dog licenses


21,510.02


$32,416.57


LICENSES AND PERMITS


Besides the licenses mentioned in the foregoing list of re- ceipts, licenses and permits have been granted by the Board of Aldermen, without charge, as follows:


To parade with music in streets


5


Newspaper licenses 4


Street dances 2


Road race


1


235


CITY CLERK


BIRTHS


1952


Number of births reported by physicians and midwives for 1952:


Males


631


Females 574


1205


The following is a statement in full of the births for 1951. Number of births (exclusive of still-births) in Somerville in 1951:


REGISTERED 1145


Males


585


Females


560


1145


Born of American parents


940


Born of Foreign parents


39


Born of American father and Foreign mother


72


Born of Foreign father and American mother


80


Born of American mother and father unknown


14


Born of Foreign mother and father unknown


0


1145


Number of Still-births in Somerville in 1951 registered


29


Number of births in other places in 1951 registered


Number of cases twin


1457 7


MARRIAGES 1952


Number of intentions issued in 1952


1295


Less than previous year


89


Number of marriages registered in 1952


1319


Less than previous year


82


Both parties American


1157


Both parties Foreign


41


American groom and Foreign bride


46


Foreign groom and American bride


75


Total


1319


First marriage


2307


Second marriage


306


Third marriage


24


Fourth marriage


1


Total


2638


1951


236


ANNUAL REPORTS


DEATHS 1952


Number of deaths recorded in Somerville in 1952 Died in City


818


Died outside of the City


393


1211


Stillbirths


42


Males


636


Females


574


Undetermined


1


1211


Under ten years


70


10 and under 20 years of age


3


20 and under 30 years of age


16


30 and under 40 years of age


33


40 and under 50 years of age


79


50 and under 60 years of age


162


60 and under 70 years of age


253


70 and under 80 years of age


308


80 and under 90 years of age


236


90 and over


51


1211


Born in Somerville


120


Born in other places in U. S.


499


Of Foreign Birth


589


Of Unknown Nationality


3


1211


Oldest Person 101


1253


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CITY CLERK CITY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS FOR 1952


MAYOR JOHN M. LYNCH, 34 Browning Road


BOARD OF ALDERMEN President, WALTER W. WHITNEY Vice President, WILLIAM J. DONOVAN


ALDERMEN-AT-LARGE


EDWARD T. BRADY THOMAS J. BURKE 38 Burnham Street T. EDWARD CORBETT 15 Lovell Street


WALTER W. WHITNEY 24 Brastow Avenue


ALDERMEN Ward One


ELVIN E. MacKENZIE 9 Brook Street


JAMES F. HALL Ward Two


29 Lewis Street


Ward Three


EDWARD J. BUTLER 121 Lowell Street


Ward Four


WALTER B. MacDONALD 50 East Albion Street


Ward Five


ANDREW CAPUANO


1 Williams Court


Ward Six


WILLIAM J. DONOVAN 71 Bay State Avenue


JAMES R. DONCASTER Ward Seven 70 Garrison Avenue


City Clerk-NORMAN E. CORWIN Assistant City Clerk-WILLIAM C. ARBUCKLE City Messenger-DANIEL A. DOWNEY Assistant City Messenger-RICHARD A. KEYES


277 Washington Street


238


ANNUAL REPORTS


Regular meetings, second and fourth Thursday evenings of each month, at eight o'clock, except when such Thursday is a holiday, in which case, the meeting is held on the preceding Tuesday evening.


STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN


ELECTRIC LINES AND LIGHTS-Chairman Brady, Butler, Burke


FINANCE-Chairman Whitney, Brady, Capuano, Hall, Donovan, MacDonald, Corbett


LEGISLATIVE MATTERS AND PUBLIC SAFETY-Chairman Mackenzie, Hall, Corbett, Donovan, MacDonald


LICENSES AND PERMITS-Chairman Hall, Corbett, Brady, Mackenzie, Burke


PUBLIC PROPERTY AND PUBLIC WORKS-Chairman Capuano, Corbett, Doncaster, Donovan, Butler


VETERANS' SERVICES-Chairman Doncaster, Butler, MacDonald


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Chairman-ELEANOR S. COYNE Vice-Chairman-SARAH M. McLAUGHLIN HON. JOHN M. LYNCH Mayor, Ex-officio WALTER W. WHITNEY President of the Board of Aldermen Ex-officio


Ward One


JOSEPH F. LEAHY 16 New Hampshire Avenue


Ward Two


FRANCIS H. BROWN


Ward Three


59 Preston Road


SARAH M. MCLAUGHLIN 167 Central Street


Ward Five


27 Aberdeen Road


Ward Six


MARGARET R. MORRISSEY 17 Warner Street


Ward Seven


JOHN J. BRENNAN


50A Gordon Street Superintendent and Secretary-EVERETT W. IRELAND Assistant Superintendent-LEO C. DONAHUE


34 Bow Street


ELEANOR S. COYNE


Ward Four


WILLIAM J. SHEA


239


CITY CLERK


Regular meetings last Monday of each month, except July and August.


ASSESSORS


WILLIAM B. BAILEY, Chairman, (term expires 1954) JOHN B. CARR, (term expires 1956) TIMOTHY J. CRONIN, (term expires 1954) GORDON FAULKNER, (term expires 1954) WILLIAM J. MORAN, (term expires 1956)


BOARD OF APPEALS


MARY E. WHOLEY, Chairman, (term expires 1954) HOWARD W. TAYLOR, Secretary, (term expires 1954) GEORGE FULGINITI, (term expires 1953) JOHN D. McLEOD, (term expires 1955) CHARLES T. SAURO, (term expires 1955)


Associate Members


FRANK C. CORREAU, (term expires 1954) HAROLD L. DEEGAN, (term expires 1953)


BOARD OF HEALTH


HUGH J. GALLAGHER, D.S.C., Chairman, (term expires 1953) JOSEPH H. McSWEENEY, M.D., (term expires 1954) ALFRED S. WASS, D.M.D., (term expires 1953) Medical Inspector, WILFRED C. MacDONALD, M.D. Inspector of Animals and Provisions, THOMAS J. HAGERTY Inspector of Slaughtering, THOMAS J. HAGERTY Inspector of Milk and Vinegar, WILLIAM H. WALLIS Supervisor of Dental Hygiene, DR. ANTHONY F. BIANCHI Veterinarian, E. WILLIAM JOHANSEN, V.S.




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