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Wakefield
4 Lynn
Carol Kupinski
Wakefield Wakefield
Annie Kozloska Szomsdr
Arthur Bartlett Keene
Lynn
8 Wakefield
Eleanor Harriet Blaikie
Wakefield
Wakefield
Margaret Ellen MacDonald
Wakefield
Margaret Mary Colantuonio
Wakefield
Pauline S. McCollette
Malden
Valda Gertrude Kenison
Melrose
Marion Hanson Hall
Wakefield
Mary Margaret O'Neil
Melrose
Wakefield
Wakefield
Wakefield
55
MARRIAGES
Date Place of Marriage
Name
Residence
8 Wakefield
Elion John Melanson
Wakefield
Nellie Mary LeFave
Wakefield
9 Wakefield
Nathaniel Bailey Doane
Reading
Mary Ruth Whitten
Wakefield
9 Wakefield
Abraham Pizer
Roxbury
Katir Kreitzer
Roxbury
15 Wakefield
George Farrell Holmes
Reading
Holly Cobb
Wakefield
15 Winthrop
William H. Climo
Wakefield
Eleanor M. Conway
Winthrop
15 Natick
Allan Burditt Dix
Wakefield
. LaVerna Russell
Boston Malden
16 Malden
John Joseph Connors
Marion Cornelia Gerry
Wakefield
16 Wakefield
Edward Stanley Norris
Reading Reading
16 Wakefield
Robert A. Simmons
Boston
17 Melrose
Charles Elmer Rollins
Oakland, Me. Wakefield
21 Wakefield
Horace S. Teague
Bedford
Vivian E. Dickison
Bedford
22 Wakefield
David Hunt Linder
Cambridge
Dorothy Mary Flannigan
Wakefield
23 Stoneham
George Carl Hubbard
Wakefield
Ellen Barbara Gallella
Stoneham
24 Wakefield
George R. Pearce
Wakefield
28 · Wakefield
Bartlett Kimball
Quincy
Phyllis Peavey
Bangor, Me.
Aug.
1 Wakefield
Michael Francis O'Brien Stoneham
Irene Catherine Kennedy Wakefield
3 Lyndonville, Vt.
Arnold Currier Heath Wakefield
5 Wakefield
Arthur William McMurtry Erma June Ramsdell
Cambridge Wakefield
6 Wakefield
Francis Joseph Dunn, Jr. Reading
Margaret Mary Regan
Wakefield Wakefield
6 Roxbury
Linwood Frederick Young Juliette Mary Guertin
Roslindale
10 Wakefield
George F. Mattews Hudson
Hudson
12 Milton John Findlay, 3rd Wakefield Alice Louise Clark Wakefield 12 Wakefield Roslindale Richard Henry White Mary Helen Park Wakefield 18 Medford Frederick William McLean Medford
Edith Cavell Thomson
Wakefield
19 Somerville Rodney Stewart Hamilton Somerville
Lillian Beatrice Kearns Wakefield
19 Stoneham Clarence Reuben Muse Wakefield
20 Medford
Elizabeth Ann Green Stoneham Joseph Novello Wakefield Mary Salasi Medford
26 Wakefield Wesley Irwin Grant Wakefield Elizabeth Baker Wakefield
26 Greensboro, Vt.
Harvey Linwood Smith, Jr. Richmond, Va. Audrey Reed Harmon Wakefield Wakefield
27 Woburn
Harold Joseph Maloney
Caroline Crudden Brady
Woburn
Evelyn Leona Ferrie
Agnes Johnson
Boston
Marion Leone Moore
Nellie Louise Kirschenbaum Key West, Fla.
Gladwyn Lorraine Blackwell
Springfield
Isabel (Whitcomb) Robbins
56
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Date Place of Marriage
Name
31 Wakefield
Christopher Gilligan Theresa A. O'Keefe
Residence Reading Wakefield
Sept.
2 Lynn
Adam Bernard Zurawski
Wakefield
Stella (Marderowich) Dycyan
Wakefield
2 Wakefield Howard Freeman Pratt
Beverly Madge Sederquest
Wakefield
2 Saugus
George Harold Strath
Wakefield
3 Wakefield
Joseph John Moriana
Waltham
Stefena Mary Cicciarella
Wakefield
3 Wakefield Stanley J. Robbins
Wakefield
Amelia A. Benedetto
Wakefield
4 Wakefield
Alvah Goldthwaite Clark, Jr.
Stoneham
Eleonora Totman
Stoneham
4 Boston
George Henry Logan
Wakefield
Roberta Frances Titus
Boston
8 Wakefield
Mark Andrew Newbegin
Lynnfield
Phyllis Evelyn Reid
Wakefield
9 Peterborough, N. H. Willard Barber Atwell, Jr.
Wakefield
10 Bedford
Donald S. Carlin
Bedford
Winifred Gilligan
Wakefield
10 Brookline
Richard Copeland
Wakefield
Helen Frances Hanson
Brookline
12 Winchester
John L. Gregoire
Wakefield
12 Brookline
Michael L. Kelly
Wakefield
Helen Katherine MacDonald
Brookline
16 Wakefield
Manfredi M. Ghibellini
Wakefield
Carmela Ann DeMarco
Revere
16 Chelsea
Guarino James Moretti
Wakefield
Maude Agelina Sutton
Chelsea
18 Reading
Wilbur C. Aageson
Wakefield
Lucy M. Moores
Everett
23 Cambridge
Axel Hjalmar Pamp
Wakefield
Phillis Dagmar Arnesen
Medford
24 Wakefield
Leonard Preston Smith
Lynnfield
Elizabeth Cecilia Emro
Wakefield
24 Wakefield
Harold Christian Jackson
Medford
Gladys Mary Shanahan
Wakefield
28 Malden
Joseph Barbone
Wakefield
Mary (DelRossi) Dorazio
Wakefield
30 Wakefield
Ernest Robert Watson
Reading Wakefield
Oct.
1 Revere
Rosario Calvo
Wakefield Revere
1 Lynn
Lawrence Peter Brown
Wakefield
Mary Leona Kennedy
Lynn
1 Melrose
Wilfred Coleman Rogers
Wakefield
Frances Ann Meehan
Melrose
1 Wakefield
William C. Currie
Freedom, Me. Wakefield
1 Wakefield
Antonio Marotta Eva Pasquale
Wakefield Wakefield
1 Dorchester
Joseph A. Smith
Mary (McCauley) MacIssac Boston
7 Wakefield
John Edward Howard
Everett
Margaret Mary Murphy
Wakefield
86305
Mary Lucille Martelli
Phyllis G. Fairweather
Medford
Ruth Anderson Hoag
Woburn
Olive Margarite Dolan
Jane Wallace Morse Peterborough, N. H.
Medford
Ruth Ellen Russell
Lynnfield
57
MARRIAGES
Date Place of Marriage
Name
Residence
7 Quincy
Walter H. Comee, Jr.
Wakefield
Barbara Louise Turner
Wollaston
7 Stoneham
John C. Whitten
Wakefield
Arville L. Lockwood
Wakefield
11
Wakefield
Harcourt A. Daniels
Malden
Maria L. Moores
Everett
11 Somerville
Angus Gaudet
Somerville
Adelaide Sava
Wakefield
12 Boston
Edgar DeRenne
Wakefield
Christine Russo
Winchester
12 Wakefield
E. Hayward Bliss
Wakefield
Maybelle Louise Anderson
Wakefield
12 Wakefield
Allen William Doucette
Wakefield
Edith Violet Barker
Dorchester
12 Wakefield
Allen Francis Drugan
Wakefield
Margaret Rosamond Hatch
Wakefield
12 Revere
Christopher Coviello
Wakefield
Ida E. Cittadine
Saugus
12 Wakefield
Charles Gihon McCarthy
Lynnfield
Veronica Kathryn Collins
Wakefield
12 Cambridge John Timothy Sullivan
Helen Mckay
Wakefield
12 Melrose
John Francis McTeague
Wakefield
Kathryn Louise Mace
Melrose
12 Wakefield
Malcolm Otis Delano
Wakefield
Helen Carrie Yazinka
Wakefield
15 Wakefield
Paul Francis Faucher
Malden
Bernice C. Rufo
Wakefield
21 Wakefield
Joseph George Iannelli
Cambridge
Angelena Mary Orsini
Wakefield
21 Melrose
Walter M. French
Wakefield
Bertha M. (Hitchcock) Hastings
Melrose
22 Wakefield
Robert C. Oppen
Stoneham
Lettie H. Christie
Wakefield
22 Lynn
Leon Francis Dulong
Wakefield
Mary Anna Aherne
Lynn
28 Wakefield
Edward Ellard Curley
Brighton
Loretta Johanna Fitzgerald
Wakefield
28 Wakefield
Florenda Pizzano Wakefield
Sabatina (Leone) Storti Freeman Wakefield
29 Wakefield
Henry Trepsas
Wakefield
Thelmar Marion Crowley
Wakefield
Nov.
3 Melrose
Edward M. Ladley
Melrose
Cynthia Streeter
Wakefield Wakefield
5 Lynnfield
Carl Loyal Jacques, Jr.
Wakefield
8 Wakefield
Clarence W. Stebbins
Wakefield
Alice M. Beane
Wakefield
11 Wakefield
Otis N. Jewell
Malden
Mildred B. Hardy (Davenport) Wilton, Me.
17 Wakefield
Walter Leo Walsh Wakefield
Margaret Marie Gleason Wakefield
20 Wakefield
William Gould Haverhill
Marion E. Eastman
Wakefield
22 Wakefield
Emery Thomas Dingwell Medford
Jeanette Cunningham
Everett
4 Cambridge
Eastman Tuttle
Christine Mildred Grant
Boston
Helen Gertrude McCarthy Reading
Cambridge
58
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Date Place of Marriage
Name
Residence
25 Lynnfield
Bernard August Schnurbush
Wakefield
Ruth Alma MacGregor
Lynnfield
26 Wakefield
James A. Smith
Wakefield
Dorothy F. Curran
Wakefield
26 Lynn
Edward Muccio
Wakefield
Marguerite Lillian Avery
Reading
30 Wakefield
Eugene J. Sullivan
Wakefield
Irene (Coradina) Lazzaro
Wakefield
30 Wakefield
Roy Edwards
Wakefield
Mary Catherine Dycyan
Wakefield
Dec.
2 Cambridge
Roy E. Luken, Jr.
Wakefield
Marjorie C. Macleod
Cambridge
2 West Newton
Charles Henry Learoyd, Jr.
Wakefield
Dorothy D. Ball
Boston
13 Wakefield
John James Curley
Wakefield Wakefield
14 Wakefield
Charles G. Lord
Melrose
Alice L. Frye
Wakefield
17 Wakefield
William Ernest Doucette
Wakefield
Catherine Elizabeth McCauley
Wakefield
22 Wakefield
George Jelly Evans
Wakefield
24 Revere
Sebastian Tine
Wakefield
Matilda D'Orlando
Revere
29 Melrose
Daniel James Keefe, Jr.
Wakefield
Gertrude Caroline Schefisch
Lynnfield
31 Malden
Joseph S. Moran
Wakefield
Miriam W. Beatham
Malden
31 Wakefield
Daniel Hubbard
Roslindale
Marjorie Edmands
Wakefield
31 Wakefield
Alexander Walsh
Melrose
Mildred Brown
Wakefield
31 Wakefield
Lawrence A. Wade
Wakefield
Shirley R. Nickerson
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 Mildred R. Marean
50
8
4
2 Anthony M. Cieuzo
62
4
18
5 Mary M. Mills (McKie)
77
8
25
6 Phillip Puleo
82
13
7 Mary E. Rowe
77
9
8 George John Costules
46
9 Emma Perry (Little)
70
10 Sheppard
11 min.
10 Stillborn
13 Charles Leonard Bayrd
83
10
15 William H. Constantine
81
8
1
17 Arthur N. Chartier
61
8
25
18 Laurio D. Darling
81
11
27
Lillian Irene Holt
Wakefield
Priscilla White
59
DEATHS
Date of
Death Name
Years
Months
Days
20 Juliette Todd
73
9
10
20 Charles Frederick Beecher
52
5
9
23 John Harlon Gates
39
3
4
25 Patrick Joseph Finn
56
11
11
26 Walter Harrison Frye
85
11
7
26
Angie R. Bryant
77
4
30
26
Ida Mae Quimby
80
4
17
27 Mary Peel (Jensen)
82
9
29 Sylvia A. Landry
57
7
22
30
Esther Leach
68
1
4
31
Amos Franklin Cutter
82
1
12
Feb.
4 Deborah Trask Barron
82
9
13
6 Angelina Lannie
83
10
26
14 Edmund Augustus Alden
89
8
28
17 Anna Frances Kingman
66
7
18
20 Alverta Ellenwood (Stowell) Oliver
85
3
3
21 Dean R. Mclellan
66
9
21
27 Harry H. Pease
66
5
26
28 Cora Elizabeth (Adams) Gibson
77
7
14
March
2 Charles Frederick Derrick
66
11
21
2 Joseph S. Ward
38
5
23
3 Lena Isabell (Brown) Gray
71
11
15
4 Stimpson Healy Low
80
3
18
5 James Edward Hatch
65
5
6
5 Frederick Crocker
61
10
21
6 James J. Millerick
63
4
11
9 Mary Ann (Bateman) Bolton
80
2
11
9 Mary J. Stone
76
7
9
11 Dominic Varallo
73
12 Marie S. Petterson
85
11
25
13 Maurice J. O'Leary
31
7
26
15 Stillborn
16 Annie (Keaneany) Towhill
80
17 Maria Storti
72
18 Nellie Gardner Stowell
81
3
1
18 Eugene Camparato
17
6
7
19 Austin Henry Cox
74
20 Anne E. McWade
84
4
2
21 Julia Kusnierz
64
2
18
21 Julia Evelyn Rounds
86
5
18
22 Margaret Lowe
83
2
21
23 Rose A. (Sweeney) Doherty
53
6
6
23 James A. Merrill
80
11
18
24 Olga Wilhelmina (Kuhlow) Wullenweber 55
3
4
27 Louise (Caruso) Rossi
60
27 Elizabeth Evans
9
16
29 George Hendry Macdonald
73
30 Emma M. A. Boxell
83
11
15
31 Lyman Ellsworth Sweetser
77
1
28
April
3 Eleanor Foster
24
11
3 Jessie Muse
78
11
11
5 Frances K. Boyd
8 Stillborn
79
4
27
11 Frances Rebecca (Chamberlain) Davis
89
17
23 Florence Mary (Fayne) Rice
60
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Date of
Death Name
Years
Months
Days
8 Marie Mondizia (Lawrence) Lawrence
78
10
22
11 John Evans
81
1
25
12 William Henry Wiley
77
4
20
12 Leda Emily (Horn) Climenson
46
4
15 Allison Hugh Lafavour
6
2
23
15 Stillborn
15 Frank Miezwa
16
1
26
16 Clarence V. Weeks
53
5
18
18 Nancy Homan Thayer
82
5
6
20 Ralph Emerson Whitney
51
8
15
28
Delia Theresa (Madden) Scott
75
2
28
29 Elizabeth McPherson
88
7
20
May
2 George W. McManius
57
6 Thomas H. Holoway
79
8
9 Catherine E. Clark
26
4
18
9 Ida Frances (Sherrock) Saunders
72
7
25
10 Mary White
86
12 Edgar H. Brown
79
10
4
12 Richard S. Foley
65
12 Helen M. Richardson
77
8
4
13 Margaret M. Laurillard
60
23 William Sweeney
77
25
Roscoe Sherabiah Butterfield
74
9
9
26 Catherine Helena Flynn
54
1
14
27 Eva May Decker
58
3
5
27
Delia McGreal Kenney
77
28
Hugh Connell
78
June
3 Kostas Patorgias
59
1
10
4 Lida Miller Littlefield
75
5
10
7 Aloysius P. Butler
67
9 Dr. Carl Edwin Allison
50
10
22
12 Otto Johnson
71
3
21
14 Amelia Lena (Mayer) Horne
69
1
13
14 Herman G. Mohla
81
8
28
15 Luella May Glynn
72
1
15 Frances (LoFaro) Ranelli
46
7
18 Frank Novello
59
10
3
24 Clarence J. Anderson
39
1
15
28 Asa W. Lewis
76
2
21
30 Henry Stanwood Bouve
69
4
18
30 Patrick J. M.cLaughlin
84
10
July
4 Susan Elizabeth Barker
80
10
15
4 Abbie M. (Aborn) Haskell
96
3
5
4 Daniel E. Harrington
58
11
5 Mary L. Yorks
53
9
1
6 Henry Cordes
82
3
29
6 Josephine (Vasile) Sampieri
52
9
17
7 Emma M. Cowdrey
88
8
17
7 Mary A. Hartnett
74
5
22
7 Frank J. Ryland
63
9
20
8 Walter Nathan Brackett
80
2
4
8 Catherine O'Halloran
75
3
24
9 LaRoy Perry
74
5
9 John Bradford Roberts
77
3
16
·
6 Thomas William Henry Fell
76
3
13
61
DEATHS
Date of
Death Name
Years
Months
Days
11 Catherine J. Burns
46
3
4
11 Libero A. Nasella
73
1
21
14 Charles Freeland Bucknam
69
5
22
14 Ellen Marshall
73
3
7
17
Stillborn
17 Elizabeth M. Black
26
5
1
19 Mary Jane Cloudman
85
21 Niles Alfred Nelson
61
26 George Orrin Maxim
80
3
6
30
Casimire Muse
77
Aug.
3 Herbert Biggs
57
4
20
6 Ruth George
7
11
26
6 Margaret T. Houlihan Pitman
64
17
8 Albert Confalone
16
11
12 Hubbard Breed Mansfield
65
26
13 John Hartshorne Beebe
75
11
18
13 Mary (Hargraves) Lambert
64
6
7
18 Mary E. (McLaughlin) Kirk
77
1
21
19 Helen Proctor
8
2
24
21 Elizabeth (McGowan) Powers
27
8
10
24 Herbert Mason Southworth
52
7
24
26 Joseph Sliva
49
29 Annie Julia Sullivan
81
Sept.
2 Mary J. (Higgins) Lynch
69
7 Anderson
76
3
8 Margaret L. (McMahon) Hilton
72
10
16
9 Isabel Matilda Oliver
79
1
21
13 Leo Gerrior
36
17
15 John Kidney Ferris
82
3
8
16 Arthur G. Simm
36
1
16
20 Frank Robinson
77
10
1
21 George E. Bemister
72
10
29
23 Walter Daley
45
23 Mary T. Landers
74
5
15
23 Stillborn
24 Minnie M. Anderson
61
27 Lewis H. Brown
60
11
15
Oct.
2 Margaret Keenan
52
6 Mary E. Robbins
76
7 Mary Abbey (Watson) Achorn
72
1
6
7 Levi Warren Curtis
81
1
28
10 Shirley Augustus Dimick
54
9
10
17 Louise Foley
6
3
3
20 Thomas Joyce
73
20 Sarah Blanche Fullington
57
10
3
26 Margaret Desmond O'Leary
71
26 Frank Calderaro
1
2
6
29 Lucy Payson Goodwin
60
Nov.
1 Charlotte Evangeline (Pothier) White
64
1
26
4 Stillborn
4 Albertena (Marden) Florance
53
3
18
15 James Francis Ryan
53
2
8 Annie Kennett Berry
62
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Date of
Death Name
Years
Months
Days
5 Lucy Jane Cutter
83
3
1
6 Ida Skinner
82
26
7 John Dolan
78
8 Nicholas M. Sullo
65
2
2
11 Alfred C. Doane
67
11 John Murray
71
2
1
12 Bessie Gertrude Burrage
62
4
12
14
Norah G. (Harrington) Mahoney
63
2
10
16
Florence Thresher (Wilson) Meeker
66
15
16 Michael J. Griffin
74
2
1
17 Matilda Brown Glass
84
9
19 Elizabeth Jane Gerry
86
1
12
20 Caroline B. Smith Bailey
85
7
21
21
Alice A. (Paige) Downing
87
6
21
22 Paul DeFelice
2
1
1
22
Horace Geizer
71
2
11
27
Arthur Willey Cate
84
3
18
28 John Orne Blanchard
83
10
28
28
Julia A. Lefave
79
2
21
29
Lucy Bell Cook
78
4
17
Dec.
1 Charles Derby White
85
8
22
14 Homer Curtis Davis
67
2
17
15 Willis Christy Robbins
69
10
27
16 Mary E. (Cook) MacNutt
78
17 John A. Munier
68
11
14
18 Elizabeth A. Driver
70
22 Elias Harlow
85
2
26
23 Alexander B. MacIntosh
72
2
2
31 Samuel Lovering Helms
79
3
14
31 Hulda V. Anderson
79
1
3
31 Frederick Solomon Howes
34
11
29
Dog Licenses
Number of Licenses Issued
1,058
Tax on 750 Males at $2.00
$1,500.00
Tax on 71 Females at $5.00
355.00
Tax on 234 Spayed Females at $2.00
468.00
Tax on 2 Kennels at $50.00
100.00
Tax on 1 Kennel at $25.00
25.00
4 Transfers at 25c
1.00
22 Tags at 10c
2.20
Total to Town Treasurer $2,451.20
Town's Fee
$214.80
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TOWN CLERK
Hunting and Fishing Licenses
Number of Licenses Issued
405
Resident Citizen Fishing-121 at $2.00 $ 242.00
Resident Citizen Hunting-161 at $2.00 322.00
Resident Citizen Sporting-51 at $3.25 165.75
Resident Citizen Minor and Female Fishing-27 at $1.25 33.75
Resident Citizen Minor Trapping - 3 at $2.25 6.75
Resident Citizen Trapping-3 at 5.25
15.75
Non-resident Fishing Special-at $1.50
none
Non-resident Fishing-at $5.25
none
Duplicate Licenses-2 at 50c
1.00
Resident Citizen Sporting-38 Free
Total to Town Treasurer
$787.00
Town's Fee $ 91.50
CHARLES F. YOUNG,
Town Clerk.
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, 1939, together with the reports of the several depart- ments under our control or supervision.
ORGANIZATION
The Board consisting of Donald White, William R. Lindsay, V. Richard Fazio, Charles F. Young and Wil- liam G. Dill organized March 7, 1939 by electing William R. Lindsay, Chairman, and Charles F. Young, Secretary. Charles C. Cox was appointed Clerk.
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
Fire Department, Charles F. Young Police Department, V. Richard Fazio Moth Department, William R. Lindsay Highway Department, William G. Dill
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Federal Projects, William R. Lindsay Traffic, Donald White Town Hall, V. Richard Fazio Lafayette Building, William G. Dill
APPOINTMENTS
Town Counsel, M. E. S. Clemons Fire Inspector, Fred D. Graham Wire Inspector, Fred D. Graham Building Inspector, Joseph W. MacInnis Janitor, Town Hall, James J. Logan Night Janitor, Town Hall, Thomas E. Giles Animal Inspector, George A. Bennett Dog Officer, George A. Bennett Lock-Up Keeper, John G. M. Gates Moth Superintendent, John A. Landry Registrar of Voters, Three Years, Owen A. Kenney Board of Appeal, Three Years, William C. McKie Sweetser Lecture Committee, Harry I. Reed, Eb V. Yeuell, Charles J. Peterson, Thomas F. Kenney, Charlotte R. Fitz, Cyrus M. Dolbeare, George E. Potter.
Constables, Harry A. Simonds, Harold R. Anderson, Gervase V. Stanley.
Superintendent of Streets, Harry H. Denning
Soldiers' Relief Agent, John Findlay, Jr.
Burial Agent and Agent Care of Soldiers' Graves, John Findlay, Jr.
Janitor, Lafayette Building, John N. Heningar
Town W. P. A. Agent, Aaron T. Butler
Charles F. Young resigned from the Board June 12 to assume the office of Town Clerk to which he was appointed as of June 14, 1939. V. Richard Fazio was elected Secretary of the Board to fill vacancy due to resignation of Charles F. Young. Donald White was appointed committee on Fire Department in place of Mr. Young.
Licenses granted by the Selectmen for the sale of alcoholic beverages for the year 1939 are listed below. Actual receipts from same, also receipts from other licenses granted during the year 1939, are shown in Town Accountant's report.
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SELECTMEN
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
Reports of the various departments under the super- vision of the Board of Selectmen contain complete in- formation making it unnecessary to state their accom- plishments here. These departments have shown a fine spirit of co-operation during the past year with the board.
The Chairman wishes publicly to express his appre- ciation of work performed by other members of the board and their willingness to co-operate at all times.
The personnel of several town boards changed during the year. Thomas F. Kenney resigned from the School Committee and James A. Fox was elected to fill this vacancy through joint action by the School Committee and the Board of Selectmen.
The vacancy on the Board of Health due to the un- timely death of Dr. Carl E. Allison was filled through election of Dr. Robert Dutton and the vacancy on the Welfare Board due to resignation of Dennis P. Hogan was filled by election of Herbert D. Anderson; in both cases through joint action of these boards and the Selectmen,
Willard P. Lombard was appointed a member of the Board of Appeal to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of A. Francis Harrington.
It was found that under a recent statute Fence Viewers must be appointed by the Board of Selectmen and Luther M. Howe, Dennis F. Regan and Albert W. Flint were appointed to these positions.
There were a number of employees and officials of the town retired during the year under the terms of the Contributory Retirement Act, including Frederic S. Hart- shorne, Town Clerk, and Maynard E. S. Clemons, Town Counsel. Charles F. Young resigned from the Board of Selectmen in June and was appointed by the board to serve as Town Clerk, filling the vacancy occasioned by the retirement of Mr. Hartshorne. Roger P. Clemons was appointed acting Town Counsel on July 1, taking over the duties of the office from his father on his retirement.
Frederic G. Gorman was appointed a member of the
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Registrars of Voters to succeed James F. Curley who retired on pension on July 1.
Fred D. Graham was appointed Forest Warden.
Charles H. Buxton was appointed janitor and stock clerk at W. P. A. headquarters.
The matter of relocation of Greenwood Street, under consideration for some time, has now been agreed upon with the abutters and will be laid out by the County Commissioners.
Widening of Centre Street has been authorized and will be of advantage as this will now permit two-way traffic on that street.
During the year several new developments for building purposes have come before the Selectmen and have been approved by them as the Board of Survey. These develop- ments include Country Club Village and Pine Hill Circle on the west side, the Flint Estate in Greenwood, Vernon Street and Keeling Road off Lowell Street on the east side.
The generosity of Mr. John J. Round in presenting to the town 10,000 small trees is greatly appreciated. These trees are being set out on land owned by the town in the vicinity of the Greenwood Playground.
Rules and regulations for control of Beano games have been drawn up by the Chief of Police in conjunction with the Selectmen, which include a requirement that reports shall be filed by the licensee with the board at the conclusion of each game.
Through efforts of the Selectmen, unsatisfactory drainage conditions on Quannapowitt Parkway have been remedied by action on the part of the Metropolitan District Commission. The new bath house, a W. P. A. project, was completed during the year and is soon to be turned over to the jurisdiction of the Park Depart- ment. The board wishes to express their appreciation for the co-operation of the Rotary Club in assisting in carrying through this project successfully.
In October, Charles C. Cox was re-appointed Town Accountant for a term of three years.
Efforts have been made to have the Boston & Maine Railroad construct a proper fence on North Avenue opposite Armory Street, the scene of fatal accidents, but so far without success.
During the last half of the year, the board has func- tioned with four members due to the resignation of Mr. Young. We believe the saving to the town of an ex-
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pense of about $500, which would have resulted by calling a special election, justifies this procedure on our part.
The board wishes to express its thanks and apprecia- tion to the heads and members of all departments under its control for the work accomplished during the year.
To the citizens of Wakefield; the board expresses their appreciation of the courtesy and consideration shown by them in their dealings in regard to problems which have arisen during the past year.
WILLIAM R. LINDSAY,
V. RICHARD FAZIO, DONALD WHITE, WILLIAM G. DILL,
Selectmen.
Report of Chief of Police
January 1, 1940.
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, 1939.
Number of arrests
442
Number of arrests on warrants
43
Number of arrests without warrants
300
Number of arrests on capias
24
Number of arrests on default warrants
1
Number of summons served
74
Males
422
Females
20
Residents
257
Non-Residents
185
FOR THE FOLLOWING CRIMES, VIS:
Abortion
1
Accessory to commit abortion
1
Adultery
2
Arrested for other officers
21
Arson
4
Assault and battery
3
Automobile Laws, Violations of
Operating under the influence of liquor
13
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Operating so as to endanger
10
Operation after revocation of license
1
Operating without registration
2
Operating without a license
9
Operating-Speeding
7
Operating-Failing to slow down at an intersection
4
Allowing improper person to operate
1
Causing injury to person
2
Causing property damage
2
Failing to stop on signal of Police Officer
1
Mechanical signal, not stopping
19
Parking overtime
1
Unregistered car
1
Uninsured car
1
Violation of one-way street law
6
Violation of auto inspection law
6
Breaking, entering and larceny in the night time
3
Breaking, entering in the night time-attempt to commit larceny
3
Burglar tools in possession
6
Collecting junk without a license
2
Children :
Contributing to delinquency
2
Habitual school offender
1
Neglected
6
Non-support of
4
Drunkenness
168
Exposing person
1
Fornication
2
Gaming
6
Insane
14
Illegitimacy
2
Labor law violations
4
Larceny
28
Lewd and lascivious cohabitation
2
Lewdness
4
Lottery tickets in possession
1
Malicious mischief
1
Promoting a lottery
5
Robbery while armed
2
Thumbing a ride
1
Safe keeping
27
Violation of probation
26
Violation of State Board of Health Laws
1
Unnatural Act
1
HOW DISPOSED OF
Appealed
4
Concord Reformatory
2
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Continued
24
Delivered to other officers
21
Discharged
4
Dismissed
7
Fines imposed
156
Grand Jury
8
House of Correction
20
House of Correction-suspended sentence
26
Insane Hospital
14
Lyman School
4
Lyman School-suspended sentence
4
Middlesex Training School
1
Placed on file
35
Probation
17
Released
61
Restitution
1
Sherborn Reformatory for women-committed
6
Sherborn Reformatory for women-suspended
1
Shirley School
1
Shirley School-suspended sentence
1
State Farm
13
State Farm-suspended sentence
4
State Department of Public Welfare
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