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Helene Christine Preston
Wakefield
16 Stoneham
Robert Colby Brown Mary Kathrine Swinich George Frederic Oldham Sarah (Boyd) Beach
Stoneham Wakefield Wakefield
24 Wakefield
William H. Barrington
Mary L. A. Henderson
March 2 Melrose
Herbert Stevens Fowler Helen Maude Jones Coleman Miller Dobson
Ruth Christina Keeney
15 Somerville
Richard Edward Hopkins
Esther Elizabeth Thompson
April 16 Wakefield
Forrest Stephen Wood
Eleanor Grace Crabiel
16 Wakefield
Charles Warren Kearns
Wakefield
17 Wakefield
Edna Marion Reynolds James Bisso
Carmela Ripa
19 Somerville
John Ewart Calley
Mildred Frances Moses
19 Melrose
Richard James Scanlon
Wakefield
Mary Gertrude Murphy
26 Wakefield
John Edgar Veno Dorothy Hill
Melrose Wakefield Melrose
May 7 Wakefield
Kenneth Alan Cushman
Elizabeth Dellinger
Portland, Maine Wakefield
Wakefield Reading Wakefield Wakefield Melrose Wakefield
13 Wakefield
Vincent Denis Moulaison Arthenise Mary Babine
Wakefield
23 Roxbury
Boston Springfield Holyoke
12 Melrose
Melrose Wakefield Wakefield Gardner Wakefield Boston
Boston Wakefield Wakefield
Wakefield Wakefield Wakefield Somerville
Murial Olsson
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Date Place of Marriage May 10 Beverly
Name
Raymond Holbrook Orben Gladys Evelyn DeRenne
11 Waltham
Delbert Spell Estella Marie Gedwell
Maynard Wakefield Wakefield
13 Wakefield
Thomas Edward Curley Ruth Louise Goodwin Roland Hardy Nickerson
Lynn Reading Wakefield Wakefield
22 Wakefield
Michael Costello Mary Ann McCarthy
Wakefield Wakefield
26 Arlington
Thomas Edward Dinan Gladys Virginia Perkins Frederick Henry Searles
Arlington Wakefield Melrose
June 3 Reading
Forrest Edward Carter
Bessie Elizabeth Temple
5 Wakefield
Orlando Lendolph Brumfield
Florence Rita DeCecca
5 Wakefield
Francis Earl Robbins
Eva Louise Ann LeGendre
5 Wakefield
Owen John Short Helen Gertrude Rice
Melrose Wakefield Wakefield
8 Melrose
Daniel Edward Harrington
Emily Mildred Leonard
10 Wakefield
Chales Henry Sargent, Jr. Arlene Mabelle Gardner Water Gillette Knight
12 Bratteboro, Vt.
Louise Rachel Blanchard
12 Wakefield
Albert Joseph Duff, Jr.
Mary Josephine Barrett Louis Addington Daniels
' 15 Lowell
Audrey Neilson Harold Bertram Reynolds
Lynn Wakefield Wakefield Boston Wakefield Wakefield
17 Manchester, N. H.
Theodore C. MacClary Marian C. Allen John Ross Logan
Wakefield
19 Wakefield
Stoneham
Jeanette Barbara Logan
21 Melrose, Mass.
Ralph Laurence Hall Emma Welden Phillips Robert P. Reid
Wakefield Wakefield Melrose Malden
22 Wakefield
Frances M. McNeil
Malden
25 Wakefield
Lawrence Watson Hutchinson
Dorothy Faye Young
Lynn Milton Wakefield Wakefield Orange Medford Wakefield Wakefield
16 Wakefield
Barbara Jean Kelley
18 Alstead, N. H.
Orin W. Hornsberger Dorothy L. Scott
Wakefield Reading Wakefield Wakefield Wakefield Wakefield
28 Billerica
Eunice Marian Russell
Residence North Reading Wakefield
15 Wakefield
Loretta Gertrude Dulong
Boston Wakefield
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RECORD OF MARRIAGES
Date Place of Marriage June 25 Wakefield
Name
Residence
Donald Leonard Houghton
Ellen Walton Packard
25 Wakefield
Francis Xavier Rooney Alice Mary Doyle
26 Wakefield
John Joseph O'Leary
Lillian Elizabeth Storti
26 Melrose
Graham Shute
Boston Wakefield Wakefield
26 Haverhill
Nicholas Tsialas
Melrose Wakefield Haverhill
28 Wakefield
Duane K. Reynolds
Malden
Ruth E. Landers
Malden
30 Waltham
Roland Hugh Kinder
Wakefield Waltham
30 Malden
Henry Marvin Bailey
Ethel Gertrude McDonnell
Frank Henry Hackett Jr.
Vivian Eugenia Meagher
Walterboro, S. C. Wakefield Wakefield Melrose
July 2 Wakefield
Laurence Manning Hayden
Wakefield
Ruth Beatrice Ames
Wakefield Wakefield
9 Wakefield
Herbert Parsons
Dorothy Marston Dunn Roy Lutts
New York
Hilda Whitney
Wakefield
17 Boston
Vertume Dufault, Jr.
Wakefield
Margaret Jennette Leach
Boston
18 Wakefield
Frank H. Purdy
Sandwich, Mass. Sandwich, Mass.
24 Danvers, Mass.
George Warren Austin, Jr.
Wakefield Wakefield
24 Peabody, Mass.
Peabody
28 East Boston
Manuel Francis Costa
Anna Alves
29 Wakefield
Karl Louis Conrey
Winnifred Mary Collins
30 Salem, N. H.
Herbert J. Boucher
Essie Margaret Hawkes
Wakefield
31 Lawrence, Mass.
Emil Francis Zagaja
Wakefield
Emily Agnes Wodyka
Lawrence
Aug. 1 Salem, N. H.
Albert N. Withington Mildred P. Aims
Wakefield
7 Ipswich, Mass.
Waldimar Horak
Thelma Idella Gray
Wakefield Wakefield Reading
3 Lynn
Robert Leonard Hatfield
Caroline Wierzbowski
Lynn Tylertown, Miss. Wakefield
10 Hampton, N. H.
Melinda B. Ellis
Meriam Gertrude Allison James Orgettas
Angelina Bernabeo
Wakefield Wakefield East Boston Reading Wakefield Belmont
30 Wakefield
Dorothy Eleanor Muzzey
Newton Wakefield Somerville Wakefield
Doris Snow
Christine Buchika
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Date Place of Marriage Aug. 13 Nashua, N. H.
Name
Edward V. Seeser
Mildred H. Fellows
27 Wakefield
Charles Edward Barker
27 Lynn, Mass.
Helen Margaret Gaines Edwin May Winslow
Beatrice Parsons
30 Wakefield
Joseph Zarella Lillian Nutile
Residence Wakefield Peabody Wakefield Boston
Wakefield Revere Wakefield Wakefield
Sept. 1 Wakefield
Wendell Phillips Thayer Myra Kelley
Wakefield Melrose Wakefield
3 Lynn
Henry Adolph Doucette Ann Genevieve Muise
3 Wakefield
Forrest Vanstine Paige
Estelle Christine Wolsey
4 Winchester
10 Wakefield
24 Boston
26 Stoneham
Laurence Hughes Gould Elizabeth Ruth Foley James Edward Fleming Mary Florence MacDonald Henry Joseph Reid Ellen Elizabeth Bennett John James Figucia Annette Theresa Nasella
Boston Woburn Wakefield
Oct. 3 Wakefield
Charles Spear Wheeler Elizabeth Emma Mansfield James Joseph McDermott
Mary Elizabeth (Morgan) McHale Charles William Cook
Wakefield Wakefield Stoneham Wakefield Malden Wakefield Wakefield Wakefield Wakefield
15 Peabody
Marjorie Jeanne Rowe William Wesley King Arlene May Davis Bertram F. Mills Merida E. White
Saugus Wakefield
22 Wakefield
James Joseph O'Rourke
Wakefield
23 Lynn
Blanche Victoria Szydlowski
Wakefield Wakefield
25 Reading
Louis Michael Thibodeau Elizabeth Mary Pendergrace
Reading
Nov. 1 Wakefield
2 Concord, Mass.
4 Salem, N. H.
James Hooper Danenhower Gertrude Mabel Choate Bragdon James Alexander Daniels Grace May Cutter
Robert Santoro
Victoria Beccario
San Pedro, Cal. Wakefield Wakefield Milton Wakefield Wakefield
Lynn Wakefield Medford Wakefield Winchester Reading Wakefield Wakefield
12 Wakefield
15 Wakefield
22 Salem, N. H.
Mary Elizabeth Lally George James Flynn
Stoneham
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RECORD OF MARRIAGES
Date Place of Marriage
Name Residence
Nov. 5 Medford, Mass.
. Horace Grant Allen Wakefield Mary Elizabeth O'Connor Medford
5 Wakefield
Sydney Bagshaw Brita Heurlin
Wakefield
7 Wakefield
Samuel Robinson Aldrich-Ames
Melrose
Eleanor K. Williams Melrose
9 Melrose
Everard Cornelius Martin Melrose
Idamae Donald
Wakefield
19 Wakefield
Salvatore Zappala
Wakefield
Ann Mary McLaughlin
Woburn
20 Wakefield
Don Joseph Powell
Pontiac, Ill.
Marion Frances Hubbard
Wakefield
23 Cambridge
Karl Colbert Killorin
Wakefield
Marie Gertrude McGilvray
Wakefield
27 Reading
Melvin William Talbot
Wakefield
Katherine Frances Doherty Reading
Dec. 16 Belmont
Alvin Vincent Hart
Belmont
Lucia Edith Buckle
Wakefield
18 Newton, Mass.
Henry Joseph LaRiccia
Wakefield
Marceline Bartoli
Newton
26 Tilton, N. H.
Norman V. Dufault
Wakefield
Mary E. Milotte Northfield, N. H.
Ralph Smith Flannigan Wakefield
Mary Alberta (Cadogan) Waters 'Wakefeld
31 Stoneham
Frank Joseph Pendergast, Jr. Stoneham
Irene Gertrude Haley Wakefield
Ettore Falletti Wakefield
Gioconda Angelina Piazzo No. Agawam, Mass.
30 Peabody, Mass.
31 No. Agawam, Mass.
New York, N. Y.
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Record of Deaths
Any errors or omissions noted in these records should be reported to the Town Clerk at once.
Date of
Death
Yrs.
Mos.
Days
Jan. 3 Charles Lucas Gilman
63
4
3 Thomas H. Thistle
68
4 Amelia Ann Kennedy
77
4
13
6 Cynthia Bernice Fish
52
1
5
7 John Manning
73
7 Giuseppe Guarnaccia
74
9
17
9 Florence Ethelind Curtis
77
8
21
10 Joseph B. Mclaughlin
92
8
28
13 Charles Florence
80
14 Mary J. Muise
57
15 Solomon Nickerson
69
2
11
16 Una Mary Scoullar
73
8
8
16 Jennie Jane Round
82
10
19 Annie M. Holt
73
21 Thomas F. Mc Mahan
60
10
23
22 Salma M. C. Wooldridge
52
5
22 Sarah Matilda Boynton
75
8
16
24 Henry Edwin Anderson
52
8
13
25 Elizabeth G. Salipante
77
5
23
28 William C. Verrington
71
6
13
30 Alice Jane Pettiner
76
1
8
Feb.
2 Horace B. S. Teague
56
9
17
3 Howard W. Porter
31
1
7
4 Frank O. P. Lux
62
4
3
4 Annie Wheelock Lee
79
26
4 Eldred R. Crosby
32
7
10
8 Hallet Orde
64
6
23
8 Albert I. DuBois
70
7
24
9 Lilley
5m
9 Agnes Kemp Currier
78
1
16
Il Hugh Morgan
79
11
12 Edward L. Kenfield
70
1
23
13 Stillbirth
15 George Edwin Dunbar
76
6
9
15 Mary Anna Gleason
98
4
22
16 William Hodges Tay
75
5
17
16 Mary Cahill
70
21 Silas Alfred Plummer
88
1
24.
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RECORD OF DEATHS
Date of Death
Yrs.
Mos.
Days
22 Frank J. Henkel
74
1
23 Mathew Edward Quinn
69
3
27
25 Mary Jane Hubbard
57
5
27 Margaret McCarthy
78
29 Richard Sidney Mansfield
1
15
March 1 Harold D. Miller
43
10
24
4 Margaret A. Reid
73
11
17
7 Julia F. Hogan
76
29
11 Elizabeth L. Casey
77
5
16 Benjamin Franklin Chase
67
19 Mary A. Cassidy
72
5
19
22 William Henry Harrison Savage
92
6
10
22 Cecelia F. Foley
60
6
9
23 Alonzo Lawton
90
9
24
23
Lowry
1
26 Moses E. Coupal
68
6
28 Clarence M. Adams
62
5
4
29 Carmela Marino
63
9
2
30 Ferenz Toth
69
1
8
April
1 William T. Stidstone
72
10
21
6 Mary J. Lindsay
85
7
6
12 Stillbirth
15 Anna Belle Niles
42
4
12
15 Herbert R. Hyde
38
4
4
16 Anastasia Kelly
77
10
19 James H. Welch
47
3
12
23 Margaret F. McCarthy
42
11
24 Eliza Ann Dager
81
5
27 Sarah A. Fuller
86
5
4
30 Adelaide Alice Johnson
41
7
21
May
7 John William DeWolfe
83
5
15
8 Saverio Tammone
38
3
13
11 Emma J. Valentine
80
22
12 Frank R. Hanright
61
2
13
14 Mary Lyons Reagan
90
16 Clarence James Fawcett
34
7 12
16 Ellen O'Connell
74
18 James Parker Goodhue
77
10
21
20 Laurence Judson Boardman
33
1
20
23 Harriet A. Otis
65
5
24
25 Joseph Frank Knowlton
79
10
13
27 Matthew Barr
72
4
7
28 Jesse Craig Towle
44
1
16
30 Arendia Lydia Hawkes
52
2
5
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Date of Death
Yrs.
Mos.
Days
June 5 James Walter Devir
17
5 Philip Terrasi
18
8
7
6 Mary Frances Mulligan
75
4
10 Melinda L. Chadsey
85
7
5
14 Bessie Irene Rogers
34
10
21
15 Patrick Downe
85
25
16 Harriet F. McAvoy
89
8
17 Mary Chase
70
2
11
22 Helen Evangelista
2
8
20
23 Stillbirth
24 Earl H. Heath
36
8
10
26 Hannah M. Emerson
95
4
28 Emma Cockel
94
6
July 2 Melvin Joseph Hill
88
11
25
7 Alma H. Whitelaw
73
9 Gustav S. Karston
67
2
15
11 Stillbirth
11 Gaetano Guttadauro
56
1 19
13 Michael J. McCarthy
40
15 Patricia Curley
5
16 Laura Maria Mason
81
3
21
18 Abel R. Fridston
41
1
4
18 Elizabeth Ress
80
7
4
19 Daniel H. Madden
55
7
2
19 Samuel Gorman
51
5
18
20 Cora A. Richardson
67
21 George B. Edwards
65
21 Annie Jane Stetson
74
11
19
23 Ann Morris
71
25 Michael McCarthy
63
28 Flora M. Bemis
65
6
6
29 Charles Herbert Kittrell
13
5
31 Jane Connolly
59
10
11
Aug.
1 Frederick Allan Young
1
24
4 Robert Mc Manius
23
3
2
5 Julia Ann Dalyrymple
84
9
6
10 Albin Johnson
51
12 Sarah Dennis Gooch
80
12
13 Rose J. Sardella
4
6
14
15 Nancy Caroline Joseph
71
4
25
19 John Brown Wass
68
11
23
19 Mary Horrigan
76
22 Dinan
11/2h.
22 Georgina W. Bugbee
85
65
RECORD OF DEATHS
Date of Death
Yrs.
Mos.
Days
Aug. 26 Eileen Helen Quigley
20
29 Eliza Cleaves Hodson
76
5
29
Sept. 7 Lionel Chaulk
18
4
12
8 Winfield Scott Ripley
63
5
27
10 Arthur E. Holt
84
9
12 Katherine Carr
80
13 Manuel B. Roach
60
6
27
20 Lilla B. Starbuck
87
1
10
21 Mary A. Hickey
79
11
24
23 Nathan P. Howe
81
2
23
23 Margaret F. Waten
46
25 Hamilton Porter
91
2
27 Kenneth Coughlin
1
28 Parney Wing
64
3
4
Oct.
1 Barbara Eldredge
9
5
17
1 Daniel C. Smith
85
1
3 Herbert Huntington Borden
79
5
5
6 Barbara Bullock
2
1
10
7 Thomas O'Connor
61
8 John F. Mahoney
57
13 Stillbirth
14 Tony Cavalier
50
16 Nora Sullivan
75
10
16 Mary F. Harlow
83
1
12
17 Mary S. Malonson
55
4
12
25 Anthony Tecce
5
5
26 Ida Marie Alden
82
9
28 Jennie May Perkins
63
10
17
29 Norman Allen Plummer
37
13
Nov. 7 Stillbirth
8 Harvey Wallace DeRenne
10
3
13 Lucia E. Johnson
1
30
13 Sarah Melissa Cobb
88
6
22
14 Elizabeth Eaton Boit
83
4
5
22 John Halgren
83
4
2
22 Mary E. Fulton
81
7
24
23 George Winston Moulton
25
5
18
23 Frances Foster
51
25
24 Martin Joseph Devney
2
24 Michael Charles Zarbo
5
26 Delia C. Bouve
85
4
7
27 Mary Emma Hutchinson
72
5
28 Thomas Palmer
61
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Date of Death
Yrs.
Mos.
Days
Dec. 3 Robert J. West
74
7
27
4 Rise K. Hood
54
11
5
8 Mary A. Davis
58
10
10 James Joseph Burns
57
8
12 Ellen Sumner Rogers
76
1
15
16 William Wardsworth Allyn
80
2
16
19 Sarah Elizabeth Armour
73
10
11
23 Emma Cowdrey King
83
5
2
26 Edith Barrows Underwood
53
5
21
26 Caroline Reardon
60
26 Mary E. Surrette
2
10
30 Almira Alta Haley
74
8
12
31 Janice M. Thompson
1
10
Hunters' Licenses
Total number of Licenses issued
264
Resident Citizen Sporting 111451-111695
245 @ $2.75
$673.75
Minor Sporting
8326
1 @
1.25
1.25
Duplicate Licenses
3551-3552
2 @ .50
1.00
Free Sporting Licenses
16
Deduct Clerk's Fees
61.50
$614.50
Dog Licenses
Number of Licenses issued
751
Tax on 661 Males at $2.00
$1,322.00
Tax on 90 Females at $5.00
450.00
$1,772.00
Deduct Clerk's Fees
150.20
$1.621.80
FREDERIC S. HARTSHORNE,
Town Clerk.
$676.00
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REPORT OF SELECT MEN
Report of Selectmen
To the Citizens of the Town of Wakefield:
We herewith respectfully submit the annual report of the Board of Select- men for the year ending December 31, 1932, together with the report of the several departments under our control or supervision.
ORGANIZATION
The Board consisting of Eugene J. Sullivan, Charles F. Young, Rena M. Colson, Fred S. Grant and Asa A. Boothby organized March 8, 1932, by elect- ing Rena M. Colson, Chairman, and Charles F. Young, Secretary. Harry A. Simonds was appointed Clerk.
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
Highways-Fred S. Grant
Fire Department-Charles F. Young . Police Department-Eugene J. Sullivan
Town Hall-Asa A. Boothby
APPOINTMENTS
Town Counsel-Maynard E. S. Clemons Superintendent of Streets-Harry H. Denning Janitor of Hall-Harvey S. Parker Fire Inspector-Fred D. Graham Wire Inspector-Fred D. Graham Registrar of Voters 3 years-James F. Curley Inspector of Animals-George A. Bennett Dog Officer-George A. Bennett Burial Agent-John Findlay, Jr. Agent Care of Soldiers' Graves-John Findlay, Jr. Soldiers' Relief Agent-John Findlay, Jr. Board of Appeal-3 years-J. Theodore Whitney Lock- Up Keeper-James J. Pollard Moth Superintendent-John A. Landry Forest Warden-Fred D. Graham
Inspector of Buildings-Joseph W. MacInnis Compensation Agent-Joseph W. MacInnis
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Constables-Harold Anderson, Harry A. Simonds, Louis N. Tyzzer, William H. Jack.
Sweetser Lecture Committee-John F. White, J. William O'Connell, Cyrus M. Dolbeare, Eb. V. Yeuell, Charles J. Peterson and George E. Potter.
PEDDLERS' LICENSES
Nicholas DiDonatis. John H. Whipling, George C. Driscoll, Augustine Leone, Benjamin Tecce, Irving H. Elliott, Anthony Fazio, John Gallucci, H. B. Quint, John E. Veno, Michael F. Callan.
MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSES
Classen Bros. Inc., Wakefield Motor Sales & Service, Saunders-Nash Co., McGonagle Sales & Service, Main Street Chevrolet Co., W. J. Walker & Co.
VICTUALLERS' LICENSES
Lillian Draper, George Murphy, Walter Baltzer, James H. Paul, Gertrude M. Wilson, Nellie Tate, Frederick C. Hupprich, Hugh E. Riley, Robert A. John- son, Thomas V. Thorne, Wesley Parker, Michael J. O'Gready, Roy C. Skidmore, James C. Hayman, Patterson & Pitanis, J. B. Blood Co., Stella Dycyan, L. L. McMaster, Daisy A. Barsanti, Mary E. Goodhue, Millie Randall, Celia Angell, Edith Pinkney, Harold J. Hill, Fred B. Forristall, Godias Lachance, Josephine C. Dailey, Edna White, Jennie H. Jenkins, Jennie Timmerman.
SUNDAY LICENSES .
Elizabeth R. Taber, Charles J. Klapes, Raffaele Piccolo, Nicholas Sullo, Leland S. Hager, Frank Szydlowski, Michael Cavalier, Leeds Ice Cream Co., Livas & Lilley, James C. Hayman, George O. Maxim, John Sardella, George C. Graham, Steves Papas, John Moccia, Mary F. Murphy, Nick Bennedetto Nellie M. Fuller, Mina M. Wilkinson, Crystal Ice Cream Co., John Hottoian, Pasquale Christopher, William H. Frawley, Roy Thistle, DeVita's Conservatories Inc., Joseph Santoro, Alphonse Martino, Florence Fennelly, Thomas Y. Magee, Joseph Longo & Son, Harold J. Hill, Shell-Eastern Petroleum Products Co., John Radocckia, John Jeffrey, Leslie E. Day, Ralph Cusato, Josephine C. Dailey, Michael Santoro, Ernest W. Hodge.
POOL AND BOWLING
George E. McConville, Nelson Bishop, Concetto Guiliano, Charles Cucurello.
LODGING HOUSE
Frank D. Whitney, Jennie M. Sorenson, Tilda E. Barthlemess.
TAXI LICENSES
Henry G. Batemen, David Gersin, William H. Burnham, Scott A. Bullard, Walter Walsh.
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MISCELLANEOUS LICENSES
Signs-Frederick B. Hupprich, Nellie Tate, Florence Fennelly, Lillian A. Draper, J. Rayner Whipple, James C. Hayman, Merrill & Fracker, Mina Wil- kinson, Ray Carpenter, Crystal Ice Cream Co., Samuel Casper, M. O. Carter & H. J. Maher, Michael O'Gready, Daisy A. Barsanti.
Auctioneers-William E. Eaton, Harold F. Miles, Frederick S. Hartshorne, R. H. Cother, William H. Woodman, David K. Shumway.
Liquor-Francis J. Smith, Riberot Dutton, Edward G. Nagle.
Dance Hall-Harold J. Hill, Wesley Parker.
Awning-Merrill & Fracker, Parker's Flower Store, Saunders-Nash Co., A. G. Goldsmith, M. O. Carter & H. J. Maher.
Gas Station-Edward Barker, William A. Hickey, Josephine C. Dailey, Al- phonse Martino.
Golf Course-Wesley Parker.
Second Hand Dealers-Felix Goldberg, Rufus C. North.
Junk-Louis Levine, Israel Horovitz, Samuel Casper.
Wakefield, in common with other municipalities, has been faced this year with problems unknown during normal times-problems that are a product of the so- called period of depression.
Superintendent Denning, new appointee of the Highway Department entered on his duties with the balance of an appropriation only slightly over one-half the amount available in the same department the previous year, while demands for work were greater than ever before. In spite of these facts, the Highway Department closed the year with a number of projects completed in a commend- able manner, and with all bills paid-a condition which has occurred but once since 1915. We believe this worthy of mention because it shows that the new superintendent who had entire charge of hiring help for his department, and, in general, distributed it as equitably as possible, kept in mind that it was es- sential that the main part of employment be given to those who gave in return the best work for the money paid them, and by careful planning, assured no expenditures made beyond the amount allotted the department.
The car tracks on Main Street from Water Street to the Rockery were re- surfaced with asphalt. Besides greatly improving the general appearance of the entire square, this work does away with the old cobblestone construction that made riding very uncomfortable, raised the central portion of the road which acted as a trough in every rain and afforded the opportunity to install manholes so that an old drain under the tracks can now be cleaned out without disturbing the pavements which before was necessary.
Hopkins Street, from Prospect Street to the Reading line was widened and rebuilt with bituminous macadam. Although not a main artery, increased travel on this street resulting from its improved condition will tend to develop a section of our town now sparsely populated.
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Hillside Avenue, from Fairmount to Cedar Street, was widened and rebuilt with bituminous macadam, correcting a poor and dangerous condition.
Dillaway Street, from Sidney Street to Green Street, and Upland Road were rebuilt with bituminous macadam, necessary catch basins and pipes. The work on these streets was done, although not accepted streets, because wash of gravel and debris from them after every rain caused the town to annually expend considerable money. The work represents a worth-while future saving, and was done after several conferences which resulted in co-operation of the abutters, Municipal Light, Water and Highway Departments, providing funds to carry out the project.
Considerable sidewalk has been laid this year, and much more should be undertaken, the Board believing that consideration should be given pedestrians as well as vehicular traffic.
Wiley Street Bridge has been widened and rebuilt from granite slab con- struction to reinforced concrete. The street has been straightened, widened and rebuilt so that property on the street, heretofore unaccessible may now be reached with fire apparatus.
The drainage problem is a major one, and can be corrected only with a considerable expenditure of money. We endeavored this year to correct trouble- some drainage in the various districts. The old drain running east and parellel to Main Street from Mechanic Street to Lincoln Street was cleaned and man- holes installed. In Greenwood, the culvert under the B. & M. R. R., was lowered and laid with 24" reinforced concrete pipe, across Myrtle Avenue, to relieve swamp area. west of Myrtle Avenue, and to adequately drain the watershed of that area.
After a conference with all public works departments, it was agreed that the Highway Department act as a clearing house for the unemployed, a clerk to be paid jointly by the several departments, keeping a card index with history and work allotted each applicant. This plan has proved so valuable in checking beyond question how much work has been given out, that it is recommended that it be continued while such conditions as at present exist. The records show ap- plications made by 578 men 83 of whom were veterans and citizens, 437 citizens, and 58 non-citizens.
Through the efforts of Building Inspector MacInnis who is also Compen- sation Agent and a new appointee this year, a uniform charge for doctors' ser- vices has been established, which represents a saving to the town. Several buildings which yielded no revenue to the town, but have stood for years, a detri- ment and fire hazard, particularly to the locality in which they were situated, have been removed this year. The Inspector has discovered several cases of building for which no permit had been applied for. This constant checking up not only represents increased revenue from paid permits, but furnishes valuable information for the assessors. Property for which Reading has been receiving taxes for the past 60 years, was found by the Inspector to be located in Wake- field and will be so assessed in the future.
Realizing that the economic issue is the most important matter confront-
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REPORT OF SELECT MEN
ing the town, the Board of Selectmen have met the situation in every depart- ment under its jurisdiction. All employees and heads of departments under the Selectmen have been paying their telephone expenses this year. We are the only department that has instituted this economy. There have been three readjustments made in the pay of Highway employees; one when Superintendent Denning assumed his duties; one represented by the general 10% wage reduction; and one whereby men, until recently employed full time, were placed on the so- called stagger system, which in some cases means a reduction of as much as 50 or 60% of their former wages. The Board sincerely regrets this decrease of in- come to its employees, but found it expedient to meet the decreased income of the town. The Board can conscientiously state that every instance of laxity in expenditures has been corrected, and that diligence in the interests of the tax- payers has been paramount in their efforts to faithfully serve. .
The Board takes this opportunity to thank all departments for co-operation during the year, and extends to its clerk, Harry A. Simonds, appreciation for his loyal assistance.
RENA M. COLSON, CHARLES F. YOUNG, FRED S. GRANT, EUGENE J. SULLIVAN, ASA A. BOOTHBY,
Selectmen of Wakefield.
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Report of Sweetser Lecture Committee
Receipts
Interest on Sweetser Lecture Fund
$425.00
Sales of tickets by school pupils
235.50
Sales of tickets in stores
34.50
Sales of tickets at door
212.75
Total
$907.75
Expenditures
A. H. Blackington
$105.00
Walter C. O'Kane
50.00
Arthur H. Merritt
62.00
Robert S. Fogg
112.00
J. J. Walsh, M. D.
100.00
Item Press (Printing and Advertising)
90.00
Secretary of Committee (Expenses)
7.80
Balance to Sweetser Charities.
380.95
Total
$907.75
JOHN F. WHITE,
J. WILLIAM O'CONNELL,
CYRUS M. DOLBEARE,
E. V. YEUELL,
CHARLES J. PETERSON,
GEORGE E. POTTER,
1932 Sweetser Lecture Committee.
Report of Sweetsir Charity
Rosa B. Cutler-In account with Sweetser Charity:
Dr.
$344.13
March 16, 1932-Received of Treasurer of Sweetser Lecture Committee
380.95
February and August Dividends Wakefield Savings Bank
15.54
$740.62
Cr. By disbursements
$419.29
January 1, 1933, balance
$321,33
ROSA B. CUTLER,
Treasurer.
To balance on hand, January 1, 1932
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REPORT OF PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Report of Public Welfare Department December 31, 1932
To the Citizens of Wakefield:
The year 1932 has seen the greatest expenditure of Welfare Relief in the history of the town. To an original appropriation of $85,785.00, was added $12,000.00 transferred from the Reserve Fund in the late fall, but even this was not enough to meet the conditions with the result that the Department is carry- ing over $16,991.30 in unpaid bills.
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