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Lynn
13 Franklin
George Henry Adams
Wakefield Franklin
14 East Boston
James Francis Roberts
Wakefield
25 Dorchester
Louis· Fine Eve Kessler
Wakefield Boston
25 Revere
Gaetano John Gesualdo
Wakefield
25 Malden
Fernando Ildebrando Proia
Revere Wakefield Bronx, N. Y. Wakefield
25 Wakefield
Charles Burton Robbins
Wakefield
25 Wakefield
Francis Louis Ryder Stoneham
Mary Frances Landry
Wakefield
25 Salem, N. H.
Knute W. Youngdale
Isabella A. Scione
Malden Wakefield
Dec. 12 Wakefield
John Walter Muse Lillian Emma Darling Sebastiano Cavalieri
Wakefield
18 Malden
Wakefield
24 Reading
Alice Geselda (DiFrofio) Vittorini Andrew Angelo Zanni
Reading
Anne Dominsky
Wakefield
25 Wakefield
William John Doucette Ann Gertrude Muis
Wakefield
Wakefield
Dorothy Louise Abbott
Bride Joy
East Boston
Filomena Anna Natola
Dorothy Celeste Doucette
Wakefield
Wakefield
Ernestine Cuneo
Wakefield
Dorothy Smith Field
RECORD OF MARRIAGES
57
Date Place of Marriage
Name
Residence
26 Wakefield
John Percy Dingle
Wakefield Wakefield
Anita Robertine LePage
27 Wakefield
Herbert Stanley Clark, Jr.
Reading
Jennie Nellie Gudzevich
Wakefield
27 Salem, N. H.
· Ralph Dinsmore Greene Priscilla Jane Kenney
Wakefield
Wakefield
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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
Name
Years
Months
Days
Jan. 1 Elizabeth E. Keady
54
2 Elmer Randall Hines
75
8
8
2 Emma F. Lambert
91
5
5
6 Ada Ward
72
1
1
7 Caroline J. Dowden
77
5
23
8 William Henry Hooper
79
2
9 George Francis Cox
87
5
4
11 Cora Contant
51
5
24
13 Josephine Alberta Meekins McMaster
77
10
4
13 Margaret Isabella Gray
79
11
1
15 Kanchuga
84
10
18
20 Mary Eva McDuffee
65
5
12
24 Annie E. Lenners
70
3
24
25 Buck O'Neil
36
5
14
29 Roselia Lucia Sawin
89
7
28
29 Mary Mccarthy
71
30 Catherine M. Cameron
60
30 Anizie LaChance
70
2
30
Feb.
4 Frederick A. Gerry
50
6
23
8 George Cassidy
82
4
9 Margaret R. Chandler
78
6
6
17 Cornelius Hickey
89
18 Hilaire Bourdon
85
4
19 Edgar Henning Peterson
49
4
14
19 Annie M. Lane
79
1
20 Ruth Aageson
42
10
4
21 Franklin Pierce Glynn
84
21 Louise Nelson Kennedy
40
10
25
22 Mary E. Ford
63
2
23 Stillbirth
24 David Joseph Winton
26 Rebecca Reeves Richardson
90
2
18
26 Emma E. Peters
60
Mar. 1 Thomas W. O'Neil
68
11
1 Ann Blakie Whelpley
59
16
22
33 min.
20 Rosanna Frances Low
59
RECORD OF DEATHS
Date of
Death
Name
Years
Months
Days
6 Bessie Waterman Morrill
57
10
13
6 Roy Everett Braley
28
8
15
10 John Wittekind
83
6
13 Madaline Hubbard
68
9
23
13 George Eugene Vincens
75
14 Rebecca Stopper
60
14 Julius Appleton Jones
83
8
8
15 Peter Burgess Munier
2 hrs.
20 George Sederquest
57
8
20
22 Campbell Daniel Hines
84
5
12
23 Adelaide W. Boynton
67
8
19
24 Louis Frederic Greene
57
7
14
Apr.
2 Fred G. Mitchell
69
6
26
2 Charles August Johnson
69
2 Mary A. Sweeney
60
5 Katherine Elizabeth Meyer
83
10
19
5 John E. Sullivan
66
6 Everett Foster
81
10
10
12 Margaret E. Walsh
62
6
30
13 Clara Petrillo
79
11
11
18 Gustave Bernard Keander
73
11
27
19 Martha Jane Evans
93
7
3
22 William Henry Landers
72
9
22 William E. Muse
41
23 Andrew S. Mckinney
41
10
29
23 Oliver Tavallee
71
24 John James Regan
61
May
1 Vincenzo Buciachio
42
3 Katherine Killian
62
7
15
5 Carrie Aloha Fall
50
8
29
5 Paul Haladej
52
11
19
7 James Collins
78
8 William E. MacDonnell
80
16 Stillbirth
16 Charles D. Hall
75
4
10
19 Martha Ann' Iveson
89
2
26
20 William Mulligan
86
15
29 Mary T. Brown
51
11
16
31 Camilla Hooper
64
4
3
June
2 Jennie A. Bentz
55
9
9
7 Charles W. Sunman
86
1
20
7 Mary Theresa Killorin
71
3
16
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Date of Death Name
Years
Months
Days
9 Rosalie Blanchard
90
2
15
10 Arthur Sellars
79
8
23
14 Herbert E. Stockbridge
67
9
1
19 Orrin Douglas Howlett
78
2
2
19 Isabel Gertrude Flint
66
4
28
20 Dora A. Burnham Proia
66
11
15
22 Wilhelmina A. Ohman
80
1
6
22 Milledge Elliott
82
8
10
24 Sarah Ann Farrington
53
3
8
25 Mary Helen Foster
59
6
28 Ann Louise Stanley
47
8
25
29 Julia A. Lewis
74
11
26
July
2 Mary T. Sliney
72
6
2 Louis Anderson
68
4
21
3 William F. Bowman, Sr.
86
4 Walter Grosvenor Rockwood
43
2
8
4 Harry Edward True
62
8
1
5 William H. Smith
61
2
10
5 Hallie M. Gatchell
53
7
7
8 Mary Frances Corcoran
80
8 Mariette C. Kingman
91
2
10 Edith Lorraine Carey
84
1
12
10 James F. Zappala
2
16 Levi Flanders
77
11
14
17 Elizabeth Thompson
76
11
21
18 Mary Robinson
46
10
26
19 Henry Fay
83
9
9
28 Nellie Elizabeth Sweetser
62
2
5
28 Amanda F. Jordan
84
8
4
29 De Feo
2
Aug.
6 George A. Sheehy
51
2
30
6 Arthur Gould Walton
82
6
2
10 Thomas I. Paon
75
10
24
10 Agnes Harrison Meeks
84
11 Nunziata De Feo
44
12 Jennie M. Schloesser
65
9
26
17 Stillbirth
17 Gillespie
20 mins.
17 William H. Foster
72
2
17 Charles Davenport
13
18 Idora P. Roulston
57
9
6
18 Elmer Winfield Cayting
72
3
3
27 Stillbirth
RECORD OF DEATHS
61
Date of
Death Name
Years
Months
Days
26 Elizabeth Brown Porter 26 Frank Amyntas Fuller
78
Sept. 2 Stillbirth
2 Clara Stevens
82
9
6
2 Hedley Vickers Reynolds
77
11
15
4 Katherine Wilkinson
74
6
17
7 Mary Alice· Cate
82
8
15
8 Virginia Susan Phinney
1
8
12
10 Emma J. McKennon
81
23 Jean Elizabeth Moses
68
1
23
24 Susan H. Toth
73
2
9
25 Cora E. Catline
80
28 Katherine Atherton
70
5
2
29 Annie Barratt Davis
63
5
13
Oct.
1 Emilie E. Taylor
90
11
21
2 James Joseph Chambers -
61
11
5 Agavni Kazanjian
76
6 Frank D. Martin
83
6
1
6 Mary Terese Deveney
9
8 Elizabeth Wells
79
1
10 Harriette Gertrude Eastman
64
11
16
13 William H. Gardner
60
14 John Climo
49
1 10
18 Phoebe A. Hudson
73
20 Stillbirth
22 Wilbur Chandler Crocker
82
5
13
22 Emille White
58
1
13
28 Ernest Batchelder Lamprey
62
5
30 Dr. Oswald A. Parker
71
8
17
Nov. 2 William H. Jarvis
93
10
12
4 Marie (Hansen) Anderson
74
2
10
5 Mary Louise Hilton
44
10 Mary A. Butler
91
4 21
11 Donald Greene
6
14 Richard O'Hara
60
14 John MacKirdy
56
9
7
14 Stillborn
16 Carrie Blanchard Purdy
78
17 Stillborn
17 Vito Paglia
82
5
2
20 Cora Martha Winkler
54
3
29
21 Stillborn
84
10
4
28 Pearl M. Landry
62
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Date of Death Name
Years
Months
Days
21 Katherine E. Caughlin
74
8
29
22 Lydia Frances Seip
96
9
17
24 Margaret B. Ward
68
24 Harold H. Brownson
83
23
29 Fred Wentworth
69
3
26
Dec.
2 John Loring Crane
81
1
14
2 Walter Scott Hall
83
6
22
2 Mary Jane Chapman
87
7
10
3 James A. Coleman
80
3
19
7 Mary Stringer
90
9 Frances Palmerino
54
3
9
9 Pasquale Carosella
72
5
13
10 Effie Lyndia Heustis
63
17
12 David W. Muse
11
22
13 Rose E. Coombs
87
28
14 Annie Finneran
71
17 Catherine A. Coyne
25
3
17
18 Abbie Gates Lewis
84
6
4
18 Louise Higgins Brown
56
2
6
21 Alice B. Foster
71
3
10
21 Warren Arthur Robbins
54
11
24
23 Elizabeth Bisacre
74
4
20
24 Sarah W. Bent
82
11
21
26
Mills
6 hrs.
26 Charles I. Herbert
75
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
Dog Licenses
Number of Licenses issued
989
Tax on 670 Males at $2.00
$1,340.00
Tax on 93 Females at $5.00
465.00
Tax on 226 Spayed Females at $2.00
452.00
$2,257.00
Deduct Clerk's Fees
197.80
Paid Town Treasurer
$2,059.20
Hunting and Fishing Licenses
Number of Licenses issued
367
Resident Citizen Fishing-103 at $2.00
$ 206.00
Resident Citizen Hunting-156 at $2.00
312.00
Resident Citizen Sporting-47 at $3.25
152.75
Resident Citizen Minor and Female Fishing-28 at $1.25
35.00
Resident Citizen Minor Trapping-1 at $2.25
2.25
Resident Citizen Trapping-4 at $5.25
21.00
Non-resident Fishing, special-1 at $1.50
1.50
Duplicate Licenses-2 at $0.50
1.00
Resident Citizen Sporting-25 Free
Deduct Clerk's Fees
85.00
Paid Division Fisheries and Game
$ 646.50
$ 731.50
FREDERIC S. HARTSHORNE, Town Clerk.
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Report of Selectmen
To the Citizens of the Town of Wakefield:
We herewith respectfully submit the annual report of the Board of Selectmen for the year ending December 31, 1937, together with the reports of the several departments under our control or supervision.
ORGANIZATION
The Board consisting of George J. Evans, Donald White, William Blanchard, Charles F. Young and V. Richard Fazio organized March 9, 1937 by electing George J. Evans, Chairman and Charles F. Young, Secretary. Charles C. Cox was appointed Clerk.
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
Highway Department-George J. Evans.
W. P. A .- George J. Evans.
Fire Department-Charles F. Young.
Police Department-Donald White. Town Hall-William Blanchard.
Moth Department-William Blanchard.
Committee on Traffic-Donald White.
APPOINTMENTS
Town Counsel-Maynard E. S. Clemons.
Superintendent of Streets-Harry H. Denning. Janitor of Town Hall-James J. Logan. Night Janitor of Town Hall-Thomas E. Giles. Fire Inspector-Fred D. Graham. Wire Inspector-Fred D. Graham.
Registrar of Voters, 3 years-Fred E. Bunker. 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 for Three Years-A. Francis Harrington.
Lock-Up Keeper-Eugene P. McDonnell, March-June, John G. Gates, June-December.
Inspector of Buildings-Joseph W. MacInnis.
Compensation Agent-Joseph W. MacInnis.
Moth Superintendent-John A. Landry.
Forest Warden-Fred D. Graham.
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Constables-Harry. A. Simonds, Louis N. Tyzzer, Harold Anderson, George B. DeRoche.
Agent, Federal Relief Projects-J. Theodore Whitney.
Sweetser Lecture Committee-Cyrus M. Dolbeare, George E. Potter, Eb V. Yeuell, Charles J. Peterson, Harry I. Reed, and Thomas F. Kenney.
Licenses granted by the Selectmen for the sale of Alcoholic Beverages for the year 1937 are listed below, actual receipts from same, also receipts from other licenses granted during the year 1937 are shown in Town Ac- countant's report.
RETAIL PACKAGE GOODS STORES, ALL KINDS OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Israel Blank, 6 Water Street.
John Jeffrey, 410 Main Street. Ignazio Palumbo, 39 Albion Street.
Salvatore Tine, 38 Water Street.
The year 1937 was notable for the amount of work that may be classed as permanent construction that was undertaken and for the most part com- pleted by the various town departments.
As in the past few years, the local administration of the federal relief program, carried on in Wakefield under the Works Progress Administration, has been the greatest problem confronting the Board of Selectmen. With a quota of employees varying between 150 and 315 and a federal contribu- tion of approximately $160,000 paid in salaries during the year, a definite program was undertaken with as much emphasis as possible being placed on construction of a permanent nature. Under a Town meeting vote of January 4, $17,000 was appropriated for the remodeling of the Lafayette School into a building suitable for municipal offices and quarters for the veteran organizations, with the understanding that the work would be done under a federal project. The rebuilding of this school was the major relief project throughout the year. Additional funds were taken from the general W. P. A. account when necessary and at the close of the year the building is nearing completion and should be ready for occupancy next spring.
Second perhaps in importance of the projects undertaken, was the original construction of certain newly accepted streets. Funds for this work were obtained by the issuing of bonds under a vote of the annual town meeting, the labor being provided by the federal government as on other relief projects. Under this group of projects Swain Place, Fox Road and a section of Strathmore Road were completed. Considerable work was also done on Converse Street, Central Street and Gladstone Street, while Oak Ledge Road, Wilson Avenue and Eastern Avenue have been accepted by the Town for similar construction.
Outstanding among the other W. P. A. projects, there being some twenty-four in all, were the construction of a Pumping Station at the Town wells off Nahant Street, replacing a temporary building of the Water Depart-
.
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ment, the laying of water pipes on Strathmore and Outlook Roads, the pre- casting of 15,000 feet of curb, and the laying of 12,000 feet of curb and 11,000 feet of concrete sidewalk. Much work was also done on Moulton Play- ground, the Forest Glade Cemetery and on other smaller projects which will be mentioned in the report of the W. P. A. administrator.
Although the road and sidewalk construction under the W. P. A. in- creased the work, both in regard to supervision and the use of equipment, of the Highway Department, that department completed the work planned for the year. Crescent Street was rebuilt its entire length and about 700 feet of Pleasant Street was resurfaced. A section of Prospect Street was widened and a new sidewalk was laid on Chestnut Street from Main Street to North Avenue. With the help of the State and County, as pro- vided under Chapter 90 of the General Laws, about 1000 feet of Salem Street was resurfaced and Vernon Street was resurfaced from Cordis Street north 2,200 feet, the surface drainage being put in to the Lynnfield line.
The repairing of the exterior of the Town Hall and the installation of a new boiler by the Selectmen and the extensive construction of sewers by the Water and Sewerage Department, particularly on Greenwood Street and Cordis Street, added to the permanent construction of the year.
The reorganization of the Police Department which was started last year was continued. Sergeant George B. DeRoche was appointed a lieuten- ant in February and examinations were held to fill the position of sergeant. On recommendation of Chief Gates the department regulations were changed so that the superior officers shall consist of a chief, a lieutenant, and two sergeants. On November 2, Officers John M. Wenzel and Walter E. Peterson were raised to the rank of sergeant.
Early in the year it became necessary to remove one of the patrolmen from the force and this was done in accordance with the regulations of the Civil Service Department. On August 15, another vacancy was caused by the retirement of Officer James McFadden after fifty years of service on the Wakefield Police Force. These vacancies were filled on November 2 by the promotion of Eugene Hathaway and Winslow Smith from the re- serve force to the position of regular patrolmen and the appointment of Harold J. Maloney and John F. Mahoney to the reserve list.
The customary good work of the Fire Department was again endanger- ed by the age of certain pieces of its apparatus. The White truck now be- ing used is a 1917 touring car rebuilt into a fire truck in 1920 and it should be replaced as soon as possible.
Vacancies occurring in various town boards during the year resulted in joint meetings of the respective boards with the Selectmen and the ap- pointment of William Jones to the School Committee, John W. MacGillvary to the Park and Cemetery Board and Thomas Powers to the Recreation Committee. Further appointments were made, in accordance with the Town's acceptance of an act providing for a contributory retirement system, when James M. Henderson, Charles C. Cox and Leonard H. DeMarco were appointed as a Retirement Board.
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REPORT OF SELECTMEN
The increase in the cost of living during the spring and summer and the possibility that the Town's financial condition had improved brought about an increase for the employees of the town departments under the control of the Selectmen. On December 1 the ten per cent cut from the employees' salaries in 1932 was returned and certain other salary adjustments were made in order that the wage schedules be more equitable.
In closing this report the Selectmen would like to recommend to the people of Wakefield that they purchase a new 750-gallon pump for the Fire Department to replace the White truck now being used.
The Selectmen were greatly aided during the year by the excellent work of their agents and by the constant co-operation of the other town boards, and to them they wish to extend their thanks.
GEORGE J. EVANS DONALD WHITE CHARLES F. YOUNG WILLIAM BLANCHARD V. RICHARD FAZIO Selectmen.
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Report of Chief of Police
January 1st, 1938.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :-
Gentlemen:
I have the honor to submit to your Honorable Board, the report of the doings of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1937. Number of arrests 507
Number of arrests on warrants
19
Number of arrests without warrants
363
Number of arrests on capias
35
Number of arrests on default warrants
1
Number of summons served
89
Males
495
Females
12
Residents
283
Non-Residents
224
FOR THE FOLLOWING CRIMES, VIS :-
Adultery
1
Arrested for other officers
2
Assault and Battery
10
Automobile Laws, Violations of
Operating under the influence of liquor
15
Operating so as to endanger
11
Operating after revocation of license
1
Operating without registration certificate
2
Operating without being licensed so to do
7
Operating - Speeding
10
Operating-Failing to slow down at intersection
18
Causing property damage
3
Failing to stop on signal of an officer
2
Improper brakes
1
Improper equipment
1
Mechanical signal, not stopping
28
Not keeping to the right of way
2
Using without authority
1
Unregistered car
1
Uninsured car
3
Breaking, entering and larceny in night time
2
Breaking, entering in the night time with intent to commit larceny Breaking, entering in the day time with intent to commit larceny
3
Collecting junk without a license
1
Dog law, violation of
2
Drunkenness
208
1
REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE
69
Escaped from Danvers State Hospital
2
Evading taxi fare
.
1
Fish and Game Law, violation of
4
Fornication
3
Gaming
5
Gaming, being present
10
Glass, throwing in the street
1
Indecent exposure
1
Insane
12
Illegitimacy
4
Larceny
33
Larceny, attempt to commit
4
Leased property, concealing
1
Lottery tickets in possession
2
Liquor Law, keeping and exposing
1
Maintaining a gaming device
4
Malicious mischief
5
Non-support
7
Probation, violation of
36
Promoting a lottery
2
Receiving stolen property
2
Robbery, armed
2
Robbery, unarmed
1
Runaway boys
1
Safe keeping
17
Stubborn child
1
Suspicious persons
2
Trespass
1
Truancy
1
Vagrancy
1
Wilfully and maliciously injuring town property
4
HOW DISPOSED OF
Appealed
5
Continued
20
Concord Reformatory .
1
Delivered to other officers
14
Discharged
10
Dismissed
3
Defaulted
3
Fines imposed
193
House of Correction
24
Grand Jury
3
Insane Hospital
12
Lyman School
1
Middlesex Training School
1
Placed on file
56
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Probation
30
Released
63
Restitution
2
Shirley School
1
State Farm
13
State Dept. of Public Welfare
2
State Prison
1
Suspended sentence to House of Correction
49
AMOUNT OF FINES IMPOSED BY THE COURT
91 at
$ 5.00
$ 455.00
60 at
10.00
600.00
6 at
15.00
90.00
8 at
20.00
160.00
11 at
25.00
275.00
1 at
35.00
35.00
9 at
50.00
450.00
2 at
75.00
150.00
5 at
100.00
500.00
Total
$2715.00
MISCELLANEOUS REPORT
Amount of stolen property recovered
$12,361.01
Amount of lost property recovered
2,089.16
Amount of property left outside of stores and cared for
242.80
Accidents reported
349
Bicycles found
7
Bicycles brought in for no lights
9
Buildings found open and secured
314
Broken wires reported
1
Complaints and cases investigated
1,377
Detail for public assemblages
325
Detail for private assemblages
4
Defects in streets and sidewalks reported
54
Defects in hydrants reported
1
Defects in water pipes reported
4
Dogs killed
11
Dead bodies cared for
1
Electric light poles blown down and reported
2
Fires discovered and alarm given
5
Fires discovered and extinguished without alarm
2
Fences blown down and reported
1
Lost children cared for
26
Lost dogs found and returned to owners
72
Lanterns put in dangerous places
18 .
REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE
71
Liquor search warrants served
2
Medical Examiner cases
2
Obstructions removed from streets
5
Officers at fires
85
Persons reported as missing
45
Posting notices
24
Runaway boys cared for
5
Runaway girls cared for
1
Search warrants served-for gaming
4
Search warrants served-for stolen property
3
Serious sickness signs put out
19
Sick and disabled persons assisted
28
Stray cow cared for
1
Street lights not burning and reported
414
Wires burning trees and reported
1
Water running to waste and reported
9
Legal papers served for out of town Police Depts. during the year
196
Duty calls for the year
33,479
Ambulance calls
234
Miles covered by ambulance
3,580
Miles covered by Ford cruising car
35,320
Miles covered by Chevrolet car
8,420
Miles covered by motorcycle
100
Money collected at office for fines imposed by the court
$1,173.50
Money collected at office for non-support $151.00
Money collected at office for restitution $136.00
Money collected for revolver permits issued $44.50
During the past year some changes have been made within the depart- ment. On February 16, 1937, Sergeant George B. DeRoche was appointed a Lieutenant of Police. This appointment became effective on March 1, 1937. On August 15, 1937, Patrolman James A. McFadden, after having served the town as a police officer since May 1, 1888 with honor, courage and honesty, retired on pension.
On November 2, the Board of Selectmen, upon my recommendation, voted to change the number of sergeants in the department from one to two and section one of the Rules and Regulations of the Department was changed to comply with the vote.
On November 2, Patrolmen John M. Wenzel and Water E. Peterson were appointed Sergeants. These appointments became effective on De- cember 1, 1937.
On November 2, 1937, Officers Eugene F. Hathaway and Winslow R. Smith were appointed from the reserve líst to regular patrolmen to fill va- cancies in the department. These appointments became effective Decem- ber 1.
On November 2, John F. Mahoney and Harold J. Maloney were ap- pointed reserve officers to fill vacancies. These appointments became ef- fective December 1, 1937.
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During the year the cruising car has been equipped with radio whereby officers in the car not only receive messages sent to them from the office by way of the Arlington police radio but are able to talk by means of the radio in the car to our station at all times.
This means of communication with the station has proved to be very efficient and reliable and during the year it has proven its worth in several instances.
DISCIPLINE
During the year one officer was dismissed from the department and one officer was disciplined for violations of the rules and regulations gov- erning the department.
RECOMMENDATIONS
I recommend the sum of $392.00 for the installation of the teletype system, this being necessary owing to the fact that the New England Tele- phone Company has increased the price on the private line to the Arlington police radio and I had it taken out.
I recommend the sum of $250.00 for the purpose of purchasing a camera and finger print equipment and the furnishing of quarters for the main- tenance of the same.
CONCLUSION
In closing this report I wish to extend my sincere thanks to the Hon- orable Board of Selectmen for the interest and co-operation manifested by each of them in all matters pertaining to this department during the past year; also to Mr. Donald White for his hearty co-operation, advice and time given during the year as Committee on Police.
To the various town departments who have assisted and co-operated with the Police Department in various ways during the year and to each and every person who has in any way assisted this department, my thanks.
I want also to extend my sincere thanks to Dr. Curtis L. Sopher for his manifested interest in the department and for the many favors he has done for it during the past year.
I wish to extend my sincere thanks to the Lieutenant, Sergeants and all members of the department for their hearty co-operation and their faithful discharge of their duties.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN G. GATES,
Chief of Police
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REPORT OF CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
Report of Chief of Fire Department
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Wakefield, Mass., January 1, 1938. Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my Annual Report of the Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1937, with the total number of alarms, and the losses on same as near as is possible to obtain.
APPARATUS
There are at the present time 7 pieces of apparatus in this department.
One Triple Combination purchased from the Seagrave Corp. and put in service July, 1924. This piece of apparatus is equipped with a 750-gallon centrifugal pump, 1250 ft. of 21/2-inch hose, 80-gallon water tank, 200 ft. of 34-inch hose for booster line, two types of cellar pipes, salvage covers for furniture protection, stretcher, canister-type smoke masks, three types of extinguishers, fog nozzle for oil and gasoline fires, first-aid kit, ladders, and much other equipment necessary for an efficient unit.
One Double-bank Type 75-ft. Aerial Ladder Truck purchased from the Seagrave Corp. and put in service December, 1928. This piece of apparatus carries 379 ft. of ladders, 80-gallon water tank, 200 ft. of 34-inch hose for booster line, booster pump, life net, salvage covers, stretcher, 2 oxygen-type masks for heavy concentrateions of smoke and gases, 3 canister-type masks, 1 portable type Baker water gun, several types of cellar pipes, water gun mounted on aerial ladder with 3-inch hose attached, oxygen tank for resuscitation work, and other necessary equipment.
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