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(Wilbraham)
Spencer Court Spencer Street
8
Tilton Street
9
Wason Avenue
7
Spring Street
5
Tinkham Road
8
Watling Street
4
3
Soule Street (Wilbraham)
8
Townsley Avenue
3
Waterman Street (E. Long- meadow)
8
Trafton Road
8
Waverly Strcet
7
Spruceland Avenue
8
Tremont Strcet
4
Wayne Street
8
Stafford Street
4
Trenton Street
8
Weaver Road
7
Wyckoff Street
Standish Street
8
Trillium Street
8
Webb Street
7
4
Trinity Terrace
8
Webber Street
8
-x-
8
Tulsa Street
8
Webster Street Welcome Place
9
- Y-
-U-
Wellington Street
9
Yale Street
9
Uncas Street
9
Wendell Place
S
York Avenue
5 5
State Street Avenue
9
Undine Circle
State Street Court
5
Union Street 1-457
5 West Alvord Street
8
All streets in Longmeadow, Mass.
Stearns Square
3
458 on
9 Westernview Street
8
are in Zone 6
4
Storms Court
9
Stony Hill Road Stratford Terrace
8
5
Strathmore Street Strong Avenue
9
Van Dyke Road (E. Long- meadow)
8
Whittier Street
8
Whittum Avenue
8
4
5
4
Stuyvesant Street Suffolk Street Sullivan Street
9
Upland Street Upton Street 1-36
4
Westford Avenue Westford Circle
9
7 Stebbins Street Sterling Street
7
Q
Stetson Street
4 Stevens Street
4
4
8
8
A
Stockhridge Street
3
Wexford Street Weymouth Street Wheeler Avenue
8
Schley Street Scantic Corner School Street
Whiting Street Whitney Place
5
4
Searle Place Second Street Sedgelia Street Segnal Street
8
8
Surrey Road
8
Swanton Court Swift Court
Q
Vincent Street
8
Willow Street 1-45 46 on
5 3
Shaw Street (E. Longmeadow) Shaw's Lane
4 8
Sylvester Street
9
Shawmut Street Sheffield Street Shefford Street
4 7 9 7
Tacoma Street
Winchester Street
Sherman Street Sherrington Court Sherwood Road Shillingford Street Short Street
9 9
Taylor Street 1-116 117 on
5
Walker Street
5
Wolcott Street Wolfe Street
9 8
Sixteen Acres
Tenth Street
Slater Avenue
Terrence Street
Thames Street
4
Wareham Street Warehouse Street
8
Woodlawn Street
9 8
Sorrento Street South Street
5
So. Branch Boulevard
8
South Main Street (Hampden) 8 Thompkins Street (E. Longmeadow)
8 8
Warwick Street
4
Woodworth Place
5 2
8
Tiffany Street
8
Washington Street
8 Worthington Court
5
Springfield Street Spruce Street
7
Tracy Street
4
9
5
Worthy Street Wrentham Road
9 9 8
Stapleton Road
9
Turner Street
9
Wellesley Street
State Street 1-195 196-478 479 on
3 5
9
Underwood Street
4 Wentworth Street
4
York Street
8
7
LONGMEADOW, MASS.
State Street Terrace
9
Taft Street
8
9
Waldorf Strcet
9
Winthrop Street
5
4
4
4
Sioux Avenue
Temple Strect
Wood Avenue (E. Long- meadow) Wood Ridge Drive
4 9 8
South Main Street (Wilbraham) So. Street Court
Worcester Avenue Worlds End Road
8
8
Worthington Street 1-390 391-946 947 on
5
4
Stanley Street Stanton Street
"X" Court
Tyler Street
Voyer Street (E. Longmeadow) 8
Winchester Square
Q
Sheridan Lane
9
Wilcox Street Wilkes Street
5
9
Seymour Avenue Shamrock Court Shamrock Street Sharon Street
4
Switzer Avenue Sycamore Street Sylvan Street
5
3
7
9
8
98 8
4 9
8
7
4
8 399979895 9 9 7 8 Q 5
9 Wesson Street West Street
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195S-THE PRICE & LEE CO.'S
CONTENTS
Page
Page
Abbreviations
297
Fire Department
26
Aldermen, Board of
25
Governmental Directory
25
Aldermen, Standing Committees of
25
Halls 250
Alphabetical Directory
297
Homes and Asylums 252
Apartment Buildings
211
Hospitals and Dispensaries 252
Associations, Clubs and Societies
213
Index to Advertisers
13
Buildings-Office and Public
227
Justices of the Peace 258
Buyers' Directory
33-208
Cemeteries
229
Map
inside Back Cover
Churches
230
City Officers
25
Numerical Directory 795
Parks and Playgrounds 272
Police Department 26
Post Office 29
7
Railroads
278
School Department
28
Councilmen, Standing Committees of 25
Schools, Colleges and Academies
284
County Officers (Hampden)
29
Springfield-"What You Should Know About"
15
Courts 29
State Government
29
Day Nurseries
237
United States Armory
29
Express Companies
242
United States Government 29
Fire Alarm Telegraph
26
Water Works
27
Notaries Public 267
Classified Directory
209
Convents
236
Corporations and Chartered Institutions
Postal Zones
See Alphabetical Directory
Councilmen 25
Libraries 28
WEST SPRINGFIELD, LONGMEADOW (SEE FOLLOWING LAST PAGE OF SPRINGFIELD PINK SECTION)
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SPRINGFIELD DIRECTORY-1958
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Page
Acme Hearing Aid Optical
Service Front Cover
Adams & Ruxton Construction
Co 85
Aetua Life Affiliated Companies 127
American Exterminating Co Inc Front Cover
American International College 81
American Saw & Mfg Co 151
Insurance Classified Directory
Ificks T J Inc 178
Highland Co-operative Bank 67
Highland Hotel 117
Hinckley R L Inc 103
Homemaker Electric Co 198
Hotel Charles
120
Howatt Insurance Agency
Front Cover How-Dee Co Inc 77 Hurley William A . inside Front Cover Hutchinson William 96
Industrial Credit Corporation of Springfield 131
Industrial Equipment & Supply Co 122
Interstate Overall Service Corp 205
Interstate Tire Stores Inc
Jensen Insurance Agency Inc 128
Jones Ralph D Inc 36
K-V Homes Inc 95
Keiser MI Clayton 131
Kelleher & Mixer Inc 37
Kinney Palmer Goodell & Keeney 124
Landen-True Inc 133
Lane A J Coal and Grain Co The
foot lines
LaPlante Albert Construction Co Inc 96
Leete Bradford W
Legal Investigation Service top lines and 132
Leger Thomas P & Son Inc 96
Lewis Charles C Co The 191
Ley Construction Co 88
129
Lomas Charles B Co The . Front Cover
Lumber Centre Inc 135
Lynch H F Lumber Co 137
MacDonald & Johnson Inc
top lines and 125
Madamas Funeral Home 111
Main & Cypress Garage 19
Manning H A Company 172
Marcus Leonard H Inc 188
Markarian & Markarian Inc
Front Cover
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insur-
ance Co insert opp
120 General Ice Cream Division name Alphabetical Directory McClean Fred C Heating Supplies Gleason Alton E Co Inc Back Cover and 99 Inc side lines
Goodrich B F Co 199
Goodyear Service Stores
200
Meacham L E & Co Inc 131
Merrill & Sears 104
Merritt Joseph & Co 106
Metal-Craft Service 52
Miller Taxi Service Inc 194
Moore Drop Forging Co 142
Morin Realty Corporation
foot lines and 185
Mulvihill General Tire Co Inc 57
Mutual Fire Assurance Co of Springfield 129
Hall's Hardware Co Inc 115
IIampden Brass and Aluminum Co 145
Hampden Coal & Oil Co Inc 163
Construction Service Inc 83 Hampden Savings Bank
Cook Builders' Supply Co 157
Cooney John P Company 115
Cordner Co Inc .. opp inside Back Cover Country Club Soda Co Inc 69
Credit Bureau Inc 100
Croft T C & Co 116
Curran-Jones Inc
Back Cover side lines and 1038
Curtis Universal Joint Co Inc 156
Cuzzone Edward C 97
Davis & Daggett Co 162
Dav Ron Manufacturing Co Inc 155
Art Cement Products Co Inc
187
Ascher Harold R Funeral Home 111
Asphalt Hot Mix Ine 169
Associated Building Wreckers 76
Associated Electric Company Inc 103
Automatic Oil Heating Co 162
Automobile Sales Company 35
Avezzie Raymond A 165 112
B & G Appliance Outlet
Bailey M J & Son
170
Dusty's Taxi Service 194
Eastern States Storm Window
Inc 192
Easton C Clement Agency
inside Front Cover
Elkas Bros Inc 196
Ellis Title Company 201
Estabrook & Co
71
66 Farm Credit Bank of Springfield Ferrara Spring and Parts Co Inc 55
Field Eddy & Bulkley top lines
Firestone Tire Center Front Cover side lines and 128 58
Fisher Carl Co Inc 188
Fisk Tire Service Inc 53
Fitzgerald Michael J Jr
Front Cover and 184
Flagg Richard C
184
Boyes-Lincoln-Mercury Co Inc 43 Forbes & Wallace Ine
Bradley Milton Co 152
Brooslin S B Agency 131
Buckley James H & Son Inc
Back Cover
Byrnes James C Co 40
Byron's Funeral Home Inc 110
Cabrini Moving Service Inc
foot lines
Carlisle Hardware Co 115 Garrettson-Ellis Lumber Co
Carlson Ernest F Inc 87
Carlson Pattern Shop Inc 168
Carparts Inc 51
Center Arthur E Inc 45
94
Chapman Valve Mfg Co The
153
Chemical Corp The 78
Cheney J E & Staff Inc Back Cover
Chicopee Mason Supplies Inc 157
Chicopee Motor Sales Co 40
Chiz William Z 181
Christensen O N 156
City Spring and Brake Corp 54
City Stamp Works
190
Grodsky Harry & Co Inc
95
Guarantee Typewriter Exchange
inside Back Cover
Haarmann Steel Co 189
Hafey Funeral Service Front Cover
Community Feed Stores 107
Page
Page
Connecticut General Life Insur-
ance Co 123
Connecticut Valley Block Co The 74
top lines and 63
Hayden Stone & Co
71
Haynes & Company Inc
79
Heroux Raymond A insert opp
Andersen and Scolari Inc 84
Anderson C E Associates 105
Anderson & Benson Corp
Back Cover
Angers H E & Bros Inc 181
Angers Lumber Co 137
Angers Real Estate 183
Archie Construction Co Inc
98
Daylight Dairy Products 158
Decoteau N Paul 184
Dee Air Conditioning Ine 33
DePalma Motor Sales Co 41
Devens Realty Co . foot lines and 182
Dickinson-Streeter Co back edge
Drum Shop and Temple of Music The 159
Durkee White & Towne 105
Bal's Studio Baldarelli A Corp
Baldwin Simons & Campbell Inc
Balise Motor Sales Co
Bannon John J Co 198
Bay State Film Productions Inc 159
Bay State Fire Brick Co Inc 70
Beaudry Construction Co Inc 94 Belcher Leonard E Inc 164
Berkshire Plasties Co Inc 150
Better Heat Inc 161
Better Used Car Exchange Inc 38
Black Diamond Coal & Oil Co 79 Boilard A Sons Inc opp Title Page and 75 Boilard Bros Block Co Inc Back Cover
Boyer Arthur J Inc 86
Flynn Robert J Agency Realtors 176 Licursi Nicholi A Insurance Agen-
top lines and 101
Forest Park Dairy Inc 158
Forest Products Company .. Back Cover Foss W J Company 121
Frank Bros Paper Co Inc 168
Freedman Irving O Company Inc front edge and 177
Gallant William D Co Inc 193
Back Cover
Gays Nursery Furniture and Toys Inc 113
General Fibre Box Co 154
Gour Leon J 34
Graham-Wallengren Funeral Home Inc side lines 202
Greylock Express
City Tire Co Inc 56
Clark Henry M Co 183
Cobb Beesley & Miles 105
Collins Helena MI 208
170 75 127 13
Chapdelaine Joseph Inc
McClintock & Craig Inc 104
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Page
Mutual Oldsmobile Inc
National Gage & Die Co Inc
Back Cover and 154
National Library Bindery
The 70
New England Blue Print Paper
Co side lines
New England Container Co 141
New York - Massachusetts Motor Service Inc 204
Northeast Service Co top lines
Oakes Electrical Supply Co 104
Old Storrowton Tavern foot lines Oliver Auto Body Company Inc 48
O'Malley M J Co The 171
Omartian Toros & Son Inc foot lines 69
Orchid Beauty Salon
Orenstein Max 100
Orr Sterling A Ine
41
P T Remedy Laboratory
Paine Webber Jackson & Curtis
Palazzesi A 89 78
Park Cleaners & Dyers Inc
Pearson T A Associates Inc
97
Perkins B F & Son Ine
148
Perkins Machine & Gear Co 146
Petit Leo A 184
Petroleum Engineering Corp 162
Phelps A L Inc 90
Pieroway Electric Co 103
Plante & Gaudet Lumber Co 138
Powell Benj Sons Inc
side lines and 207
Preston and Olmstead Inc top lines
Price & Lee Co The 173
Production Tool & Die Co Inc 155
Public Finance Company
134
Radio Station WTXL 174
Ramah Realty Co Inc 182
Ratell Funeral Home Inc 112
Realty Sales & Service Co top lines
Reliable Telephone Service 195
Republican Publishing Co 160
Retail Furniture Warehouse Inc 112
Rivest Alfred V Oil Co
164
Springfield Veos Tile Co 97
Springfield Wallpaper & Paint Co foot lines
Springfield Wheel Service Inc 16
Springfield & Suburban Express Inc 205
Page
Steer-O-Matic Safety Service Inc 47
Steiger Albert Company 102
Stephen Stores Ine 166 Storms Drop Forging Co 143 Strom Realty Co 179 203
Sullivan J J The Mover Inc
Sullivan Robert E Inc top lines
Sullivan T J Coal Co top lines
Superior Rug Cleaning Co Inc 186
Swett Bros Inc top lines
Tait-Maynard Fuel Co Inc 80
Tarbell J C Associates Inc 140
Teece Howard M 130
Tehan John F & Son-Realtors Front Cover
Third National Bank & Trust Com- pany of Springfield insert opp
name Alphabetical Directory and 61 Tucker Anthony & R L Day 73
Union Central Life Insurance Co The foot lines
United States Envelope Co 144
Vadnais Lumber Company Inc 136
Valentine Concrete Co Ine 82
Valley Bank & Trust Co insert opp
name Alphabetical Directory and 62
VanNorman Industries Inc 156
WACE Radio Station top edge
WHYN-TV Channel 40
175
WMAS Ine
side lines
Walsh Daniel M Jr
top lines
Warriner Pontiac Co 44
Webster Pinney & Webster Inc 126
Weidner Travel Bureau Inc 201
Wernick Marvin H 130
West Springfield Branch of West- field Savings Bank 65
Western New England College
opp inside Back Cover
Westfield Ford Motor Sales Inc .. 44
White A C Jr Realtor
foot lines and 180
White Service Corp .. foot lines and 180
Wieczorek Funeral Home 111
Worcester Federal Savings and Loan Association 158
Wright Roy M 106
Yankee Pedlar Inn foot lines
Yarsley T Jr & Co 207
Young J O Co Inc 207
Young W F Inc
Back Cover
R for BETTER BUSINESS
If your business is in a slump, we prescribe an ad in the DIR- ECTORY- it will bring results.
Page
Roy J G & Sons Co 92
Royce Superior Laundry Inc 134
Ryland Thomas P Co opp inside Front Cover St Germain D J & Co side lines and 72
St Jean Electrical Co Inc . side lines Sanford F L Co 39
Sapelli Construction Co Inc
side lines and 93
Sarat Ford Sales side lines and 42
Scott Robert F Co Inc 54
Security National Bank of Spring- field 59
Shearson Hammill & Co 73
Shechan James T Co 185
Shelton Hotel The 118
Sheraton-Kimball Hotel The 119
Shorty's Outlet
Simons Burner and Petroleum Corp
See opp inside Front Cover and p 162A Smith Seymour M 183
Springfield Alignment Co 206
Springfield Auction Co 147
Springfield Buick Co 43
Springfield Coal Co bottom edge
Springfield Co-operative Bank 68
Springfield Federal Savings and Loan Association 186
Springfield Five Cents Savings Bank insert opp Five Cents Savings Bank Alphabetical Directory
Springfield Gas Light Co 114
Springfield Heat Treating Corpo- ration 116
Springfield Institution for Savings
insert opp Institution for Savings Alphabetical Directory and 64
Springfield Oil & Coal Co .. bottom edge Springfield Safe Deposit & Trust Co insert opp
name Alphabetical Directory and 60
Springfield Steam Carpet Cleaning Co 185
Springfield Television Broadcast-
Ricardi Alfredo 97 ing Corp 197
Robinson Florist 109
Roncari Construction Co Inc
91
Ross H L Co Inc 165
Rourke-Eno Paper Co Inc The 167
Roy J G Lumber Co 138
149
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SPRINGFIELD DIRECTORY-1958
A SUMMARY
Suggested and Planned by American Community Advertising Association Adopted as a regular feature in all directories published by the Association of North American Directory Publishers Completed and corrected annually through the courtesy of the Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce
SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
"The City of Homes"
Form of Government
Bicameral with Mayor. 8 Aldermen. 18 Coun- cilmen.
Population
Estimated (1955) 166,342. U. S. Census (1950) 162,601.
Area
31.90 square miles. Altitude 75 to 243 ft.
Temperature
50.1°. Ten year average.
Rainfall 42.1". Ten year average.
Parks, Playgrounds, Zoo and Land
149 with 2,129.91 acres valued at $7,922,- 135. Estimated value of Zoo buildings, $70,000. Animals valued at $15,000.
Assessed Valuation
$357,719,030 (1957).
Tax Rate *63.00 per $1,000 (1957).
Bonded Debt
$26,175,000 (Dec. 31, 1957) Gross Debt.
Financial
Five commercial banks with total deposits of $229,105,521 (Dec. 31, 1957) ; total re- sources of $255,967,120.00 (Dec. 31, 1957) and clearings of $797,567,951.00. Eight savings institutions with total deposits of $374,298,265 (Dec. 31, 1957).
Post Office Receipts *3,937,536.00 (year ending Dec. 31, 1957).
Churches Total 105. 74 Protestant, 6 Jewish and 5 Nondenominational, 20 Catholic.
Building Construction-1957
836 new permits issued $6,686,634 1,086 alterations and additions $2,965,554
1,922
$9,652,188
Radio Broadcasting Stations
WBZA; WSPR; WMAS; WHYN; WJKO; WTYM, WTXL, WSpfd; WACE, Chico- pee.
Television WWLP-Channel 22; WIIYN-Channel 40.
Industrial
Chief manufacturers of the city and sur- rounding territory (manufacturing) ; elec- trical machinery, apparatus and supplies, foundry and machine shop products, ma- chine tools and machine tool accessories, firearms, plastic materials, printing and publishing, envelopes, motorcycles and parts, forgings, clothing, bronze and alu- minum castings, knit goods, games and toys, handbags and billfolds, chemicals, tires, magnetos, valves, electrical appli- ances, sporting goods.
Trade (Retail and Wholesale)
Retail area has radius of 50 miles and popula- tion of 656,742. Wholesale area extends 100 miles and population of 800,000.
Newspapers Two daily. One Sunday.
Hotels
6 major hotels.
Motels
19 in Springfield and West Springfield.
Railroads
NY Central (Boston & Albany), Boston & Maine, New York, New Haven and Hart- ford.
Highways
Route No. 5 north to Canada and south to New Haven; Route No. 20 east to Boston, west to Albany; Route No. 57 connects Springfield with College Highway; Route No. 116 to Amherst ; Route No. 83 to Som- ers, Conn .; Mass. tpk. east to Boston and west to Albany.
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Airports
American Airlines, Eastern Airlines, North- east Airlines, United Airlines and Trans World Airlines, serving Springfield from Bradley Field, Windsor Loeks, Conn., 12 miles from city.
Mohawk Airlines, Northeast Airlines, from Barnes Airport, Westfield. 13 miles from city.
Amusements
9 moving picture theatres. Municipal audi- torium seating 3.218. 4 drive-in theatres.
Golf Courses
Two municipal.
Hospitals (Metropolitan Area)
Eleven hospitals include two in Holyoke, two in Westfield, one in Ludlow and the new Municipal Springfield Infirmary and Shriners. Total number of beds, 2,241.
Educational-1957
American International College; Springfield College; Western New England College and State University Extension-Spring- field Division. Bay Path Junior College. Ursuline Academy. MacDuffie School for Girls.
Public Schools: 43, including seven junior highs, and four Senior High Schools. Number of pupils in public schools, 27,549.
Number of parochial schools, 20. Number of pupils, 10,044. Number of teachers in public schools, 997. Value of public school property, $22,000,000.
Public Libraries
Seven branches, Central Building, and a bookmobile with a total of 562,024 vol- umes in 1957.
Latest City Statistics
Total publie street mileage, 296.5 with 292.9 paved miles. Miles of gas mains, 753: of sewers (storm and sanitary), 439 (14.939 put in during 1957). Number of water meters, 38,093; electric meters, 64 .- 615 and gas meters, 65,614. Capacity of water works 55 million gallons per day with a daily average water consumption of 34,000,000 gallons; 520.52 miles of water mains and water plant gross value is $32,216,468.04. Fire department has 489 paid men with 11 autos, 10 engines, 13 hose wagons, 10 hook and ladder trucks and 16 station houses. Value of fire depart- ment real estate and equipment $2,038 .- 361.50. Police department has 349 paid men, with three stations, 66 pieces of mo- tor equipment, 23 of these being motor- cycles. Value of police department equip- ment, $448,000. There are 94,440 tele- phones operating out of the Springfield Central office.
SPRINGFIELD GAS LIGHT RATES, JANUARY 1, 1958.
Household Rate-First 100 cu. feet $1.15; next 400 cu. feet at 3212 cents per 100 cu. feet ; ex- cess .25 cents per 100 feet.
Water Heat and Refrigeration-First 500 cu. feet at $2.45; next 500 feet at .25 cents per 100 cu. feet ; anything above is 16 cents per 100 cu. feet.
Heating Rate-First 500 at $2.45; next 500 feet at 25 cents per 100 cu. feet. Next 2,500 at 16 cents per 100 cu. feet. First 60 hour use of demand at 1512 cents per 100 cu. feet. Over 60 hours use of demand at 121/2 cents per 100 cu. feet. 1,000 B.T.U. Natural Gas replacing 581 B.T.U. Manufactured Gas.
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC LIGHT RATES, JANUARY 1, 1958
Residential Schedule A-1-First 12 KWH or less, $1.00; next 88 KWII at 31/2 cents per KWH; balance over 100 KWH is 2.8 cents per KWH.
Optional Residential Schedule A-H-The standard energy rate is the first 400 KWH or less computed at rate of available residential schedule. All over 400 KWH at .021 cents per KWH. Inducement energy rate-all KWH's used between 11:30 P.M. and 7:00 A.M. or such other hours as the company may deem advisable but not less than 71/2 hours daily shall be at the rate of .013 cents per KWH.
Water Heating-for off-peak storage water heating-first 50 KWII, 3 cents per KWHI : over 50 KWH, 1 cent per KWH.
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SPRINGFIELD DIRECTORY-1958
FINANCIAL SITUATION
Though having one of the lowest municipal tax rates in Massachusetts, Springfield has been continuously developing without unduly burdening the public and has a total outstand- ing net bonded indebtedness of but $14,154,000. Economy is the rule of Springfield's admin- istration though large appropriations for permanent improvements are made yearly. Spring- field has five commercial banks and six savings banks; additional banks : two Co-op., one Fed- eral Land Bank. Due to its being so accessibly located Springfield was chosen as the logical location for the establishment in New England of the district branch of the Federal Farm Loan System.
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MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 1295 State Street, Springfield
The Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company was founded in 1851 and is one of the oldest companies in the industry. It now has 100 general agencies, 32 group insurance offices, and 10 mortgage loan and real estate offices in key cities throughout the United States and the Territory of Hawaii.
With assets of over $2 billion, the Massachusetts Mutual today ranks 10th among the more than 1,200 life insurance firms in the nation. The company's life insurance sales have more than trebled in the past decade and currently total nearly a billion dollars annually. The Massachusetts Mutual has more than $6 billion of insurance in force, protecting more than one million persons, and in excess of $2 billion has been disbursed to policyholders and beneficiaries since the company was organized. Described as "particularly a policyhold- er's company, "the Massachusetts Mutual enjoys a nationwide reputation for the quality of its policy contracts and service and its outstanding professional sales force.
Springfield possesses every type of amusement and recreation offered in cities of its size -theaters, dancing salons, boating, canoeing, golfing, tennis-all of these are available. Su- pervised recreation for children is made possible through the very efficient work of the Spring- field Park Department, which operates 149 public playgrounds, lands and parks covering more than two thousand acres.
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Springfield College Memorial Field House, dedicated in February, 1948, to Springfield College Students and Alumni who died in World War II.
THE CROSSROADS OF NEW ENGLAND
Springfield is the center to which tourists come over excellent highways, and through which they pass enroute to Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, as well as to points of interest in Eastern Massachusetts.
Springfield is a trading center for a population estimated at 656,742. To the community are attracted these persons who seek adequate shopping facilities, excellent stores, fine res- taurants and hotels.
The industrial prestige of the city has been developed as a result of the skill of its workers in mechanical trades. It is in a sense an agricultural base, for here are located the Eastern States Farmers' Exchange, the Hampden County Improvement League, and many other agencies working co-operatively for the development of agriculture throughout all of New England.
Springfield is the Western Gateway to New England. and the most easily accessible city in New England from points outside thereof. During 1957, 663,000 persons attended 45 con- ventions, trade shows and the Eastern States Exposition. The Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce operates a Convention and Visitors Bureau which actively solicits convention busi- ness and renders a maximum of co-operation to convention groups meeting in this city; it has for more than sixty years functioned in a capacity as a counsel and guide not only to citizens of the community, but to those from other cities seeking information or advice about the city.
It is ready to co-operate in every practicable way to assure interested persons that they will receive adequate and reliable information concerning the community and its activities.
ADVANTAGES AND CLAIMS
In summation Springfield has developed a balance of beauty, education, finance, indus- try, commercial and recreation.
THE CITY TODAY
Springfield, Massachusetts was settled in 1636, as a result of the efforts of William Pyn- chon and a band of faithful followers who sought the fertile valleys in this part of the coun- try, for homesteading purposes. It was made a town May 14, 1636, and incorporated a city May 25, 1852.
The city and area have grown to a community having a population estimated to be 424,- 000. Springfield is 89 miles from Boston, 103 miles from Albany, and 135 miles from New York City. Immediately surrounding Springfield are numerous smaller towns and cities, in- cluding West Springfield, Longmeadow, East Longmeadow, Wilbraham, Ludlow and Chicopee.
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Springfield has, since the last part of the eighteenth century, been continuously developing as a manufacturing center, although surrounded by communities agricultural in character. The industry of the community is of varied quality. The skill of workmen to be found here has developed the popularity of the community as an industrial section for the manufacture of many varied products. For the most part, raw materials and supplies are transported to the city. The location of the city nearly equidistant from the three large centers-Boston, Albany and New York-is an enviable one.
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