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Gallagher Frank A & Son 20-22 Fed- eral st Salem See page 68
Silver's Supply Co Inc 44-48 Lafayette st Salem See Beverly map
Plymouth Sales and Service
Beaver Auto Co 281 Derby st Salem See page 14
Poultry and Eggs
Greycroft Farm Main st Wenham See page 59
Printers
· Deschamps Brothers 6 New Derby st Salem See page 1053
Public Accountants
Swan Roy 228 Essex st Salem See page 72
Radiator Repairs
Boston Expert Auto Radiator Repairs rear 69 Bridge .st Salem See page 19 Witch City Auto Body Co Inc 35 Bridge st Salem See Beverly map
Radio Tubes (Manufacturers)
Hytron Radio & Electronics Corp 76 Lafayette st Salem See head lines Sylvania Electric Products Inc 60 Bos- ton st Salem See foot lines
Radios, Sales and Service
Delande's Supply Co 56 Lafayette st Salem See page 38
Kerr T R Furniture Co 68 Washington st Salem See page 801 Lee & Osborn Inc 197-201 Washing- ton st Salem See back cover Silver's Supply Co Inc 44-48 Lafayette st Salem See Beverly map
Real Estate
Frye David 265 Essex st Salem See page 71 Johnston Charles S jr 276 Essex st Salem See page 71 Martin Willard D Inc 38 Exchange st Lynn See page 71 Norris Fred 221 Essex st rm 47 Salem See page 72
VIC'S Caterers
135 CABOT ST., BEVERLY
Telephone 3855
DINE WITH US and enjoy our Delicious Food. Our aim is to please our patrons. Everything of the best served here. May we serve you.
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HYTRON RADIO & ELECTRONICS CORP.
RADIO TUBE MANUFACTURERS 76 LAFAYETTE ST., SALEM
Tel. Salem 2263
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Ryan Insurance Agency 227 Washing- ton st Salem See. page 1055
Swan Roy 238 Essex st rm 7 Salem See page 72
Twiss Chester N 44 High st Danvers See page 70
Ready-to-Wear Clothing
Clark & Friend 225 Essex st Salem See page 33
Donahue Dan A 178 Essex st Salem See page 33
Kennedy's Inc 203 Essex st Salem See page 33
Realtors
Johnston Charles S jr 276 Essex st Salem See page 71
Martin Willard D Inc 38 Exchange st Lynn See page 71 .
Records
Lefavour Music House 186 Essex st Salem See page 60
Refrigeration Sales and Service
Cabeen John F Co 81 North st Salem See page 68
Lee & Osborn Inc (Westinghouse) 197-201 Washington st Salem See back cover
Refrigerators
Audet Furniture Co 92 Lafayette st Salem See page 42
Kerr T R Furniture Co 68 Washing- ton st Salem See page 801 Silver's Supply Co Inc 44-48 Lafayette st Salem See Beverly map
Restaurants
Parsons Restaurant 165 Washington st Salem See page 72
Riggers Goodwin B F & Son Co Marblehead See page 30
Roofers
Belleau Metal Works 125 Canal st Sa- lem See page 73
Minott Construction Co 50 Lawrence st Danvers See page 72
Trask Roofing Co Inc 36 St Peter st Salem See colored insert 802
Roofing Materials
Belleau Metal Works 125 Canal st Sa- lem See page 73
Howard for Hardware Inc 78 Wash- ington st Salem See page 1055
Pitman & Brown Co 40 Bridge st Sa- lem See page 29
Putnam Calvin Lumber Co 128 Lib- erty st Danvers See page 2
Trask Roofing Co Inc 36 St Peter st Salem See colored insert 802
Waters & Brown Co 57-59 Washing- ton st Salem See page 79
Rooms
Lincoln Hotel 117 Lafayette st Salem See page 48
Rug Cleaning
Salem Laundry Co 51 Lafayette st Sa- lem See page 53
Sacro-Iliac Belts
Curtis & Spindell Co 205 Oxford st Lynn See page 37
Sacro-Iliac Treatments
Masse R A W (M G) 176 Essex st suite 12 Salem See page 70
Safe Deposit Vaults
Merchants National Bank 253 Essex st Salem See page 23
Savings Banks
Salem Five Cents Savings Bank 210 Essex st Salem See page 23 Salem Savings Bank 125 Washington st Salem See page 22
Scenic Strips
Stacey William F 294 Essex st Salem See page 76
School (Secretarial)
Salem Commercial School 254 Essex st Salem See page 32
For any form of Insurance call FORNESS & MORGAN, INC. BEVERLY SAVINGS BANK BLDG. Tel. 885 and 886
PICKERING GEORGE W. PICKERING CO.
COAL .. OIL COKE G. E. OIL BURNERS HOME APPLIANCES
Telephone - Beverly 1 or 2 97
PATRONS' CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY, 1947
Screen Doors and Windows (mnfrs)
Pelletier Shade Shop 135 Washington st Salem See page 74
Pitman & Brown Co 40 Bridge st Sa- lem See page 29
Securities (Listed and Unlisted)
Mann and Gould 70 Washington st Sa- lem See page 24
Sheet Metal Work
Belleau Metal Works 125 Canal st Sa- lem See page 73
Trask Roofing Co Inc 36 St Peter st Salem See colored insert 802
Sheet Music
Lefavour's Music House 186 Essex st Salem See page 60
Side Walling
Minott Construction Co 50 Lawrence st Danvers See page 72
Trask Roofing Co 36 St Peter st Salem See page 802
Silver Plating
Champion Chrome Plating Co cor Broadway and Canal st Salem See page 68
Silverware
Low Daniel & Co Inc Essex cor Wash- ington st Salem See page 52
Skirts
Newmark's 207 Essex st Salem See page 36
Slate Roofing
Belleau Metal Works 125 Canal st Sa- lem See page 73 Trask Roofing Co Inc 36 St Peter st Salem See colored insert 802
Sportswear
Boston Leader 189 Essex and Central st Salem See head lines
Stationery and Office Supplies
Moody L B Co 133 Washington st Sa- lem See page 74
Steam Laundries
Parsons' Laundry Salem See foot lines. Salem Laundry Co 51 Lafayette st Sa- lem See page 53
Stocks & Bonds
Mann & Gould 70 Washington st Sa- lem See page 24
Stokers (Coal)
Gallagher Frank A & Son 20-22 Fed- eral st Salem See page 68
Storm Windows
Pelletier Shade Shop 135 Washington st Salem See page 74
Pitman & Brown Co 40 Bridge st Sa- lem See page 29
Stove and Furnace Parts
Belleau Metal Works 125 Canal st Sa- lem See page 73
Trask Roofing Co Inc 36 St Peter st Salem See page 802
Stoves and Ranges
Kerr T' R Furniture Co 68 Washing- ton st Salem See page 801
Studebaker Cars
Gauthier's Garage 62 Leavitt st Salem See page 14
Studio Couch Manufacturers
Beverly Mattress Co 51 Canal st Salem See page 56
Suits and Sweaters (Ladies')
Newmark's 207 Essex st Salem See page 36
Summer Properties
Martin Willard D Inc 38 Exchange st Lynn See page 71 .
PARSONS' LAUNDRY
Serving the Merchants of Beverly and the North Shore Since 1893 BEVERLY EVENING TIMES
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PATRONS' CLASSIFIED DIRECTORY, 1947
Surety Bonds
Chaput Paul N Inc 106 Lafayette st Salem See foot lines
Surgical Appliances
Curtis & Spindell Co 205 Oxford st Lynn See page 37
Surveyors
Nilson Engineering Service 101 Wash- ington st rm 34 Salem See page 32 Palmer Osborn 13 Lowell st Peabody See page 32
Sweaters
Boston Leader 189 Essex and Central st Salem See head lines
Tailors
LeBrun Harry N 260 Washington st Salem See line on back cover
Tires
Bursaw Oil Corpn (Atlas) Colonial rd off Jefferson ave Salem See page 64 Davison S G cor Lafayette and New Derby sts Salem See page 15
Tools (Mechanics)
Automotive Distributors Inc (garage tools) 115 Central ave Lynn See page 18.
Waters & Brown Co 57-59 Washing- ton st Salem See page 79
Towing ( Automobile)
Sawyer's Garage Inc 47 North st Sa- lem See page 18
Transportation
Wall F L 7 Dodge st Salem See head lines
Tree Movers
Chebacco Nurseries off Belcher st Es- sex See page 52
Tree Pruning and Spraying
Chebacco Nurseries off Belcher st Es- sex See page 52
Trees, Shrubs, Etc.
. Chebacco Nurseries off Belcher st Es- sex See page 52
.
Trucking, Etc.
Speedway Express Co 90 Washington st Boston See page 30 Wall F L 7 Dodge st Salem See head lines
Trusses and Crutches
Curtis & Spindell Co 205 Oxford st Lynn See page 37
Typewriters
Witch City Repairing Co 173 Wash- ington st Salem See page 32
Undertakers
Crosby William H 15 Cherry st Dan- vers See head lines
-Upholstery Refinishing
Witch City Auto Body Co Inc 35 Bridge st Salem See Beverly map
Varnishes, Etc.
Goodell · Zina Corpn 86 Lafayette st Salem See page 47 |
Howard for Hardware Inc 78 Wash- ington st Salem See page 1055 Pitman & Brown Co 40 Bridge st Sa- lem See page 29 Waters & Brown Co 57-59 Washing- ton st Salem See page 79
Venetian Blinds
Beaulieu & Linsky 3 Front st Salem See page 52 Pelletier Shade Shop 135 Washington st Salem See page 74
Wall Papers
Beaulieu & Linsky 3 Front st Salem See page 52 Stacey William F 294 Essex st Salem See page 76
Watch and Jewelry Repairing
Low Daniel & Co Inc Essex cor Wash- ington sts Salem See page 52
Household Fuel Corp. DL & W BLUE COAL"
Henry S. Archer, Manager
"The CELEBRATED
68 PLEASANT STREET Tel. 2094
RANGE AND FUEL OILS
ESSEX & CENTRAL STREETS SALEM, MASS.
Boston Leader
Smart Millinery Cameo Hosiery
FOR Nice Sportswear
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Watches
Low Daniel & Co Inc Essex cor Wash- ington sts Salem See page 52
Weather Strips (Metal)
Pelletier Shade Shop 135 Washington st Salem See page 74
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Wheel Balancing
Witch City Auto Body Co Inc 35 Bridge st Salem See Beverly map
Window Glass
North Shore Glass & Mirror Co 731/2 North st Salem See page 45
Window Shade Manu- facturers
Pelletier Shade Shop 135 Washington st Salem See page 74
Women's Ready-to-Wear Clothing
Boston Leader Essex and Central st Salem See head lines
Clark & Friend 225 Essex st Salem See page 33 Newmark's 207 Essex st Salem See page 36
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ERNEST WRIGHT ICE AND OIL RIGHT PRICES PROMPT DELIVERIES THE QUALITY ICE THAT GIVES SATISFACTION Our Trucks Can Serve You Daily. Office and Res. 24 Odell Ave., Beverly, Mass. Tel. 764-W
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BEVERLY CITY DIRECTORY, 1947 VALUATION AND TAX RATE Of the City of Beverly Since 1900 Copyright 1947 by Crowley & Lunt
Value of
Value of
Total
Tax Rate Amt. Raised
Year Real Estate Per. Estate Valuation on $1,000
Polls
1900 $11,964,050
$4,291,425 $16,255,475
$16.00
By Tax $265,727.60
3780
1901
12,195,550
5,049,150
17,244,700
15.75
277,051.12
3766
1902
12,663,325
4,814,675
17,478,000
16.00
295,188.00
3885
1903
13,595,700
4,697.675
18;293,275
16.50
309,362.60
3988
1904
14,394,600
4,865,300
19,259,900
16.00
325,947.89
4102
1905
15.901,725
4,915,100
20,816.825
16.80
357,943.58
4415
1906
17,747,800
5,478,125
23,225,925
18.00
428,190.65
5108
1907
18,802,750
10,252,975
29,055,725
14.40
438,279.92.
5029
1908
19,183,150
10,398,000
29,581,150
17.40
524,728.01
5008
1909
19,464,225
15,779,625
35,243,850
15.40
532,367.29
5106
1910
20,552,775
15,090,700
35,643,475
15.20
552,608.82
5414
1911
21,409,700
16,646,900
38,056,600
15.00
568,924.16
6109
1912
22,476,975
16,528,365
39,005,340
15.00
596,308.82
6133
1913.
23,289,300
17,020,975
40,310,275
17.70
718,133.43
6254
1914
23,986,950
20,403,675
44,390,625
15.50
706,211.84
6278
1915
24,608,875
20,390,957
44,648,832
16.20
736,921.07
6805
1916
26,177,875
21,944,623
48,122,138
15.60
764,005.35
6650
1917 *_
27,211,450
6,542,259
33,753,709
18.80
894,551.50
6873
1918
28,750,700
6,693,541
35,444,241
17.80
902,203.05
5961
1919
28,728,925
7,632,865
36,415,790
19.20
915,173.23
6054
1920
35,149,675
6,753,940
41,903,615
20.00
1,630,227.30
8444
1921
35,684,875
7,014,875
42,699,750
22.80
1,004,004.30
6090
1922
35,878,100
6,816,825
42,694,925
20.40
905,671.47
6939
1923
37,291,075
6,782,350
44,073,425
22.00
1,004,975.35
7072
1924
38,224,425
7,050,075
45,274,500
24.00
1,086,588.00
7256
1925
38,854,050
6,832,675
45,686,725
27.40
1,251,816.26
7288
1926
39,715,125
6,739,275
46,454,400
27.40
1,675,205.83
7190
1927
39,555,075
7,026,375
46,581,450
28.00
1,718,032.54
7367
1928
40,455,625
7,136,325
47,591,950
28.00
1,797,471.75
7579
1929
41,392,875
6,221,750
47,614,625
27.20
1,727,735.30
7607
1930
42,090,525
6,347,875
48,438,400
28.00
1,878,555.14
7782
1931
42,411,625
6,110,425
48,522,050
28.40
1,897,681.30
7921
1932
41,598,925
5,403,100
47,029,025
30.80
1,448,493.97
7949
1933
39,687,900
4,908,800
44,596,700
32.80
1,462,771.76
7866
1934
38,940,575
4,715,050
43,655,625
32.40
1,414,442.25
8035 ·
1935
38,195,200
4,683,000
42,878,200
33.20
1,439,640.24
8042
1936
37,743,525
4,571.750
42,315,275
33.80
1,446,200.29
7972
1937
37,292,670
3,626,800
40,919,400
33.80
1,383,075.72
7414
1938
37,371,950
3,619,850
.
40,991,800
33.60 1,377,324.48
7392
1939
36,748,450
3,543,100
40,291,550
36.40 1,512,180.42
8224
1940
36,496,900
3,533,900
40,030,800
37.20 1,505,451.76
8153
1941
36,496,900
3,533,900
40,030,800
37.20 1,505,451.76
8153
1942
36,427,050
3,641,000
40,068,050
37.20 1,507,681.46
8575
1943
36.139.350
3.534.500
39,673.850
37.20 1,492,807.22
8470
1944
35,640,650
3,530,200
39,170,850
38.00 1,504,950.30
8447
1945
35,219,000
3,472,500
38,691,500
38.00 1,486,685.00
8204
1946
35,374,950
3,545,500
38,920,450
38.00 1,495,981.10
8502
*Reduction in Personal Estate through change in taxation laws.
ALMY'S
Department Stores Since 1858 Beverly 1091 Salem 1290
Danvers 2080
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRODUCING THE PRODUCTIVE
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INTRODUCTION
Probably no city in the Commonwealth blends the old and new as well as does Beverly. Founded in 1626, Beverly has handed down to its present gen- eration a worthy heritage of tradition and history. Not until 1900, however, did Beverly begin to show a rapid growth. Since then it has doubled in population. Recent figures place Beverly slightly over the 30,000 population class. It may be truthfully said that Beverly today presents the characteristics of a modern city, while retaining the best from the customs and traditions of the past. Let us briefly enumerate the reasons why Beverly is one of the best cities in our Commonwealth.
BEVERLY
"BIRTHPLACE OF THE AMERICAN NAVY"
"A GOOD PLACE IN WHICH TO LIVE AND DO BUSINESS" Founded 1626-Incorporated as a town 1668-As a city in 1894 DANIEL E. McLEAN, (Present Mayor.)
1. LOCATION
Beverly, one of the New England's oldest communities, is located on the North side of Massachusetts Bay, on the picturesque North Shore and possesses nine miles of the most charming ocean frontage to be found anywhere; 18 miles from Boston, 261 miles from New York, 90 miles from Portland, Maine, on the Portland Division of the Boston & Maine Railroad and on one of the most popular motor routes between Boston, Portland and the White Mountains. Beverly is located at a point well above the average sea-level height which affords us to boast a healthfui atmosphere.
2. POPULATION
Slightly over 30,000 population, and please note over three-fourths native born. Beverly's beauty attracts from all over, the type of persons who enjoy the finer things of life.
3. AREA. Approximately 15 square miles.
4. ASSESSED VALUATION: $38,920,450. NOTE: (Second among Massa- chusetts cities from point of view of valuation compared with popu- lation.)
5. TAX RATE: $38.00 per $1000. Total Tax (Personal and Real) $1,478,977.00.
6. STREETS: 82 miles of improved streets and highways.
(a) "White Way" post lighting system.
7. WATER SUPPLY: Pure water supply; new filter plant, 90 miles of water main. Public sewerage system 76 miles.
8. PUBLICATIONS
(a) Daily newspaper-Beverly Evening Times.
(b) The Beverly Directory-Published yearly by Crowley & Lunt, Directory Publishers, located in Beverly.
9. TRANSPORTATION
On Boston and Maine Railroad main line to Portland, and Gloucester Branch line; 61 passenger trains to and from Boston each week-day; 30 on Sundays, (31 minute running time). Railroad sidings accommo- dating 13 industries, with capacity for 135 cars. There are five railroad
CAMPBELL'S FUNERAL SERVICE SERVICE FOR ALL Low Operating Cost
65 Cabot Street Telephone 13 .
Assures Moderate Charges
MERRILL STATIONERS
159 CABOT ST., BEVERLY
Telephone 194
SOUVENIR CARDS, for all occasions are obtainable here. Finest assortment in the city. We carry Office Supplies of all kinds, Newspapers, Magazines, etc.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
stations. The main station is on both the Portland Division and the Gloucester Branch. The other four: Montserrat, Prides Crossing and Beverly Farms are on the Gloucester Branch, while North Beverly is on the main line. Also 'local and suburban Bus service.
10. LIGHT AND POWER: Furnished by the Beverly Gas & Electric Com- pany, a unit of the New England Power.
Beverly High School
11. INDUSTRY AND EMPLOYMENT
A thriving city with some 45 different manufactured products, including :
(a) Largest shoe machinery factory in the world. Manufacturers of confectionery, beverages, bakery products, potato chips, pop corn, ice cream, antique reproductions, modern and rustic furniture, lumber and wood products, mattresses, coil springs, organs, awnings, metals, toys, shoes, slippers, leather novelties, monuments, sheet metal products, photographic equipment, box machinery, machine tools, typesetting machine parts, grinders and shoe lasts. Also oil base, gas and electric service company, commercial laundry, printing, and welding shops, and fishing industry.
· (b) Mercantile Division-Over 600 places of business, including depart- ment 'stores, hardware stores, drug stores, grocers, shoe stores, jewelers, airplane dealers, auto dealers, chain stores, furniture stores, and miscellaneous.
(c) Site of the project a three million dollar modern trading center.
(d) Employment-7,500 (approximately).
(e) Average weekly payroll-$270,000 (approximately).
12. BANKS: National Bank, Savings Bank, Trust Company, Cooperative Bank, Industrial Bank and two Credit Unions.
13. CHURCHES: Twenty churches of practically every denomination.
14. MODERN Y. M. C. A. BUILDING, containing swimming pool, gymna- sium, recreational facilities and dormitory.
15. EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
(a) Twelve Grammar Schools.
(b) Junior High School.
(c) Two Trade Schools.
(d) Comprehensive High School (built in 1926), $1,100,000 valuation, generous elective privileges extended the students. The latest available figures of the State Department of Education rate Beverly as first in the State of Massachusetts in the number of high school pupils in proportion to the population of the city, and also first in the percentage of high school pupils in the proportion to all pupils in school.
(c) One Deaf Mute School.
NORTH SHORE PRINTING CO. Fine Commercial Printing
6 WALLIS ST. Bev. 2400 BEVERLY, MASS.
CROSBY FUNERAL HOME WILLIAM H. CROSBY
15 CHERRY STREET Tel. 1048 DANVERS, MASS.
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(f) Three Parochial Schools.
(g) Two private schools. One junior college.
(h) Modern and up to date library with a total of 102,700 volumes and average daily circulation of over 800 volumes-one branch library, four deposit stations and 11 school building collections.
16. RECREATION
(a) Municipal-6 Public Parks, 8 Public Playgrounds, 2 Beaches and Bathhouse, and Athletic Field with first class club house and grand- stand.
(b) One fine golf course with five others located in suburban area. Indoor tennis court as well as the splendid golf, tennis courts and bowling green of the United Shoe Machinery Athletic Association.
(c) Tourists' paradise with its miles of scenic beauty, including nine - miles of sea coast.
(d) Two modern theatres.
17. Government-recognized Airport.
(a) Municipally owned.
(b) Listed as an intermediate field on United States Air Charts and also under Government Airways as a class 4 airport, possessing a Night Directional Beacon, 3 Hard Surface runways, control tower.
18. One hundred and four clubs, associations and organizations, representing practically every type of organization in the country.
19. Summer homes, second to none, for many of the world's wealthiest families who have provided much to the scenic beauty of Beverly and the North Shore with their beautiful homes and surrounding estates and have also benefited the community as a whole by their increased purchasing power.
20. PUBLIC PROTECTION
(a) Fire Department-all motorized with a permanent force on a two platoon system.
(b) Police Department-permanent, motorized, foot patrol, 2-way radio system.
(c) Efficient postal, telephone and telegraph service.
(d) Health-Central clinics, including up-to-date Red Cross unit, and a modern hospital, second to none, rated as Class A by the Ameri- can College of Surgeons and Physicians.
21. INFORMATION SERVICE
Beverly Chamber of Commerce-Organization of industrial, commer- cial and civic interests, dedicated to the welfare and progress of Beverly and its environs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL-
O. A. OLSEN, Secretary
BEVERLY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Beverly 1450
JOHN GIRDLER CO. FUEL and HEATING
"Electric Furnace-Man" ) Stokers and "Winkler"
`Bring Your Heating Troubles to Us for Correction -
Phone Beverly 2480
HYTRON RADIO & ELECTRONICS CORP. RADIO TUBE MANUFACTURERS 76 LAFAYETTE ST., SALEM
Tel. Salem 2263
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BEVERLY CITY DIRECTORY, 1947
Why
Do So Many Advertisers Use the City Directory
Why?
Nearly every business has one or more copies.
A Growing Percentage of Homes have the special rate copy, sold for strictly home use at low cost .-
No waste circulation.
The Advertisement Lives and works for a year or more. City Directories are used many times each day.
"Reference Advertisement" is used by the buyers.
City Directories are used by buyers when in a buying mood.
The advertisement is in nearly every store, office, and factory every day of the year.
A City Directory never gets dusty - it is used too much. The advertisement is always before the Buyer, every day.
See Leslie Morgan of Forness & Morgan Inc. FOR REAL ESTATE TO BUY OR SELL Auctioneer and Notary Public BEVERLY SAVINGS BANK BLDG. TELEPHONE 885 - 886
Refrigerators Paints and Wall Papers
McQUEENY'S
All Electrical Appliance Service
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR ELLIS SQUARE, BEVERLY, MASS.
Tel. 674-W
BEVERLY MISCELLANEOUS DIRECTORY, 1947
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ESSEX COUNTY
Civil Government State of Massachusetts
ENSE PETIT
QVIETBM
LIBERTATE
ACIDAM
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For the Political Year.
1947
State Election Held the First Tues- day After First Monday in Nov- ember bi-ennially on the even year. Legislature meets Annually First Wed- nesday in January.
GOVERNOR, 1947
His Excellency, Robert F. Bradford, (Boston), $20,000.
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, 1947 Arthur W. Coolidge.
(Due to new appointments to be made, all board, departmental and commis- sion personnel has been deleted in this issue.)
OFFICERS
Frederic W. Cook, Somerville, Sec- retary of State; Laurence Curtis, Treasurer and Receiver General; Thomas J. Buckley, Auditor.
County of Essex, Incorporated 1643. Shire towns, Salem, Lawrence, New- buryport.
County Commissioners. J. Fred Man- ning, Lynn, term expires 1949; C. F. Nelson Pratt, Saugus, term expires 1949; Arthur A. Thompson, Methuen, term expires 1951.
Meetings held at Salem on Tuesday of each week.
Sheriff, Frank E. Raymond, Salem.
County Treasurer, James D. Bent- ley, Swampscott.
Register of Deeds, Southern District (office at Salem) A. Franklin Priest of Haverhill, Northern District (office at Lawrence) G. Hudson Driver, of Law- rence. Assistant Registers, Southern District, Carl C. Emery of Newbury- port; Arthur C. Martinson of Marble- head. Northern District, Helen M. Lyons, of Lawrence.
COURTS
Supreme Judicial Court
Chief Justice. Fred T. Field, of -- Newton.
Associate Justices. Henry T. Lum- mus, of Lynn; Stanley E. Qua, of Lowell; Arthur W. Dolan, of Boston; James J. Ronan, of Salem; Raymond S. Wilkins, of Winchester; John V. Spalding, of Newton.
Attorney General, Clarence A. Barnes of Mansfield.
Superior Court
Chief Justice. John P. Higgins of Boston.
Associate Justices. William A Burns, of Pittsfield; Edward T. Broadhurst, of Springfield; David F. Dillon, of Pal- mer; Harold P. Williams, of Brook- line; Walter L. Collins, of Boston; Daniel T. O'Connell, of Newton; Raoul H. Beaudreau, of Belmont; Edward F. Hanify, of Belmont; Abraham
E. Pinanski, of Brookline; James C.
GREENLAW ELECTRIC CO.
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BEVERLY MISCELLANEOUS DIRECTORY, 1947
Donnelly, of Worcester; Frank J. Donahue, of Boston; Lewis Gold- berg, of Brookline; John. E. Swift, of Milford; Vincent Brogna, of New- ton; George F. Leary, of Springfield; Thomas H. Dowd, of Brookline; J. Arthur Baker, of Buzzards Bay; Joseph L. Hurley, of Fall River; Francis J. Good, of Cambridge; Jesse W. Morton, of Reading; William C. Giles, of Long- meadow; Paul G. Kirk, of Newton; Allan G. Buttrick, of Lancaster; Felix Forte, of Belmont; Joseph E. Warner, of Taunton; Charles C. Cabot, of Dover; John V. Sullivan, of Middle- borough; Eugene A. Hudson, of Som- erville; Edward J. Voke, of Chelsea; Frank G. Murray, of Boston; Daniel D. O'Brien, of Northampton.
Clerk of the Courts. Archie N. Frost, of Andover. Assistant Clerks, Hollis L. Cameron, of Beverly; Charles H. Metcalf, of Beverly; Melville Row- and, of Salem; Jeremiah J. Twomey, of Andover; E. Philip Littlefield, of Mar- blehead.
District Attorney. Hugh A. Cregg, Methuen; Assistants, John J. Ryan, Haverhill; Henry. R. Mayo, of Swamp- scott; Samuel H. Jaffee, of Swamp- scott; Edward F. Cregg, of Methuen.
Probation Officers. Fred M. Barr, Lawrence; Ellen de S. Barrett, New- buryport; Clarence L Huntress, Law- rence; Eugene Fenton, Lawrence; Dan- iel J. Minihan, Haverhill. Offices Court House, Salem and Lawrence.
LAND COURT
Judge, John E. Fenton, of Lawrence. Associate Judges, Patrick J. Courtney, of Springfield; Joseph P. Cotton, of Lexington; Recorder, Robert
E. French, of Hyannis; Assistant Re- corders, the Registers of Deeds in the various counties. Sittings appointed by the court.
FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF ESSEX
Court held at Salem, in District Court Building, Central, corner Char- ter St. For Criminal business, daily at 9 A. M .; for civil business, 10 A. M. Writs returnable every Saturday in the year.
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