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Melrose Melrose
6 Reading
Vito Ripa
Helen T. Foley
Stoneham
Cornelia R. Chesley
90
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Date Place of Marriage
Name Russell A. Grout
Residence Wakefield
3 Boston
Priscilla L. Powell
Boston
3 Andover
A. Frank Bailey, Jr.
Wakefield
4 Wakefield
Fred DeFelice
Wakefield
Catherine Whalen
Wakefield
9 Boston
Daniel Manosky
Wakefield
Marguerite Holland
Wakefield
10
Wakefield
Lawrence H. Martin
Wakefield
Naomi S. Walton
Wakefield
10 Reading
Walter W. Graustein, Jr.
Wakefield
17 Wakefield
Arthur E. Oschwald
Roslindale
Eleanor F. Barnes
Wakefield
18 Wakefield
Herbert C. MacDonald
Wakefield
Mildred M. Curley
Wakefield
21 Wakefield
Alfred W. Chesley, Jr.
Withersfield, Conn.
Alice G. Dalzell
Wakefield
21 Stoneham
Frederick F. Hannon
Wakefield
Eileen L. McCall
Stoneham
24 Wakefield
George R. Watkins, Jr.
Stoneham
Rosina T. Howard
Wakefield
24 Wakefield
Robert V. Prive
Stoneham
Margaret J. Conway
Wakefield
25 Wakefield
Guida Santonelli
Malden
Louise Romano
Wakefield
30 Newport, R. I.
Francis B. Luken
Wakefield
Marjorie R. Brown
Newport, R. I. Springfield, Vt.
31 Bellows Falls, Vt.
Francis I. Livingstone
Wakefield
31 Wakefield
Edward W. Cronin
Wakefield
Fannie Zarella
Wakefield
Sept.
1 Wakefield
Frank DeFazio
Melrose
Helen B. DiDonato
Wakefield
1 Reading
Leo J. Arsenault
Reading
Laura Vella
Wakefield Melrose
1 Wakefield
Peter E. Spadafora
Marion B. Guttadauro
Wakefield
1 Wakefield
Harold D. Sheaff
Wakefield
Edna M. Mosher
Wakefield
2 Lynnfield
Harry F. Russell
Wakefield
Marianna L. Whitaker
Wakefield
2 Stoneham
Americo J. Todesco
Wakefield
Mary T. Mele
Stoneham Wakefield
2 Melrose
Gerard Constantino
Agnes U. O'Neil
Melrose
Muriel A. Sawin
Reading
Pauline L. Carter
Boston
Cilestia H. Bailey
91
MARRIAGES
Date Place of Marriage
Name
Residence
4 Scituate
S. Morton Sherman
Viola S. Davison
Wakefield Wakefield Wakefield
5 Lynn
Joseph Nardone, Jr.
Ada Holmes
Melrose Revere
6 Stoneham
George DelGenio
Helen Mayhew (Surette)
Wakefield
6 Wakefield
Donald W. Winson
Melrose
Dorothy R. Gates
Wakefield
7 Wakefield
Henry A. Scanlon
Stoneham
7 Lowell
Mary C. Gleason Robert G. Rosewell
Wakefield
Barbara L. Patterson
Lowell
8 Wakefield
Anthony F. Dulong
Wakefield
8 No. Reading
William H. Muse
Wakefield
8 Wakefield
Anna Belle Wiggin Lawrence W. Mills
Wakefield
F. Louise Zelck
Wakefield
9 Melrose
Ernest E. Huntoon, Jr.
Chelsea Wakefield Wakefield
14 Revere
Joseph L. Muse
Margaret R. Doucette
Lynn
14 Lynnfield
George W. Page
Wakefield
Phyllis Stone
Lynnfield
14
Wakefield
Salisbury
14 Reading
Benjamin M. Fiske
Wakefield
Jeannette A. Cheyne
Wakefield
14 Wakefield
Walter T. Roach
Wakefield
Frances O. Munier
Wakefield
15 Wakefield
Felix A. Pottier
Malden
Bernice Fraughton
Wakefield
15 Stoneham
Clarence J. Malonson
Wakefield
Margaret B. Emanuel
Stoneham
15 Malden
Frederick E. DeVere
Malden
15 Wakefield
Walter I. Green Alice E. Smith
Wakefield
15 Wakefield
Wilfred H. Pilgrim
Mary B. Russo
16 Wakefield
George F. Mosa
Manchester, N. H.
Frieda Joseph
Edgar M. Holland
Frances W. Down
Manchester, N. H. Wakefield Saugus
14 Andover
Fred Blackburn
Ann Daley
Andover Wakefield
Joseph F. Dow Irene D'Amico
Wakefield
Dorothy P. Daland
Wakefield
Haverhill
Wakefield Wakefield
17 Saugus
Mary C. Macdonald
Wakefield
Wakefield
Barbara Kelloway
Wakefield
92
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Date Place of Marriage
Name
Residence
22 Wakefield
Norman E. Lewis
Wakefield Wakefield
26
Everett
Maurice Ball
Wakefield
Audrey E. Heinz
Baltimore, Md.
28
Wakefield
John W. Lee
Wakefield
Annie T. O'Brien
Wakefield
29 Malden
John G. Morse
Medford
Ercelia E. Corindia
Wakefield
30 Wakefield
Frederick C. Hupprich, Jr.
Wakefield
Jean K. Graham
Wakefield
Oct.
1 Wakefield
Raymond F. Boody
Wakefield
Dorothy A. Harriman
Wakefield
5 Wakefield
Carl H. Peterson
Wakefield
Eileen D. Sullivan
W. Peabody
5 Wakefield
Raymond L. Hatch
Wakefield
Charlotte E. Ayscough
Wakefield
5 Melrose
William C. McKie, Jr.
Wakefield
Beatrice H. Jones
Melrose
5 Wakefield
Thelma Allen
Wakefield
5 Revere
Dominic Mannucci
Wakefield
Mary DaAvila Ernest J. Martino
Wakefield
Frances T. Stokowski
Lynn
6 Wakefield
Sidney F. Thompson
Saugus
9 Wakefield
George E. Moore, Jr.
Wakefield
Linda Carbone
Wakefield
10 Boston
Salvatore Raia
Wakefield
Antonina Favuzza
Wakefield
11 Wakefield
Joseph F. Dollen
Amesbury
Anna M. Lamprey
Kensington, N. H.
11 Stoneham
Richard E. Munnis
Wakefield
Dorothy M. Buttrick
Wakefield
12 Lynn
Frank Sampieri Josephine Migliore
Wakefield
12 Wakefield
Vito Perna
Lynn Wakefield Wakefield Melrose
12 Melrose
Norman A. Preece
Mary T. Andrews
Wakefield
12 Wakefield
Herbert A. Nickerson
Wakefield
Marion E. Perkins
Wakefield
12 Manchester, N. H.
Louis C. Goetz
Stoneham
Madeline A. Messenger
Wakefield
12 Melrose
Herbert L. Gilbert
Wakefield
Doris M. Hutchinson
Wakefield
Kenneth T. Diamond
Malden
Wakefield
6 Lynn
Florence L. LeDoux
Wakefield
Mary P. DeFelice
Ruth B. Harris
93
MARRIAGES
Date Place of Marriage
Name
Residence
13 Wakefield
Robert E. Stevens
Roslindale
Catherine E. Riley
Wakefield
19 Cranston, R. I.
Bernard F. Ayer
Wakefield
20 Wakefield
Edward N. Robinson
Wakefield
Jennie M. Dulong
Wakefield
24 Everett
Charles Calvo
Wakefield
Amelia Sylvester
Everett
25
Wakefield
Charles H. Buxton, Jr.
Wakefield Wakefield Lynn
25 Wakefield
Ralph L. Hosker
Mabel A. Muse
Wakefield
27 Wakefield
Walter H. Canning
Malden
Mildred A. Gamble
Wakefield
27 Wakefield
Raymond O. Gould
Danvers
Ruth E. Cammon
Wakefield
27 Stoneham
William A. Stankewicz, Jr.
Wakefield
Mildred Zavadskas
Wakefield
Melville F. Williams
Somerville
Esther L. Moore
Wakefield
31 Rochester, N. H.
Frank Willard Judkins
Esther Pearl Dennett
Melrose Wakefield
Nov. 2 Wakefield
Robert W. Clarke, Jr.
Wakefield
Phyllis D. Chase
Wakefield
4 Wakefield
William J. Carr
Gardner
Dorothy E. Dinan
Wakefield
8 Stoneham
Norman P. Gilvey
Wakefield
Margaret E. Landers
Stoneham Wakefield
9 No. Andover
Lawrence C. Floyd Evelyn G. Kirsh Michael F. Collins
Melrose
1) Wakefield
Somerville Wakefield
12 Wakefield
Wakefield
13 Revere
Elizabeth C. Grady John M. Hogg, Jr. Elizabeth L. Watts George P. Pizzano Anna Larriccia
Wakefield Wakefield
14 Wakefield
Charles E. Robbins Hannah W. Meloney
Chelsea Wakefield Wakefield Wakefield
14 Boston
Ernest E. Climenson Mona A. Watson
Albert H. Collins
Hyde Park Wakefield Wakefield
17 Wakefield
Wakefield
22 Wakefield
Arthur D. Repetta
Evelyn L. Ayoub . Ralph C. Hilton
Katherine R. Muse
Wakefield Wakefield Malden Wakefield
10 Wakefield
Mary E. Bennett Otis LeRoy Christie Mary M. Hubbard
Wakefield
23 Wakefield
Constance Odeal OKell
Cranston, R. I.
Myrtle M. Ames
29 Wakefield
94
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Date Place of Marriage
Name
Residence
23 Wakefield
Francis S. Joyce
Wakefield
Matilda M. Rosati
Wakefield
11 So. Boston
David L. Borland
Wakefield
27
Boston
Louis F. Amiro
Wakefield
Annie M. LeBlanc
Wakefield
28 Everett
Frank S. Gregorio
Wakefield
Josephine M. Ciulla
Everett
28 Wilmington
Lewis H. Millett
Melrose
Anne F. Kimball
Wakefield
28
Melrose
Thomas Christopher Lillian M. Mayer
Wakefield
30
Wakefield
James C. Muse
Wakefield
Sarah A. Muse
Wakefield
30 Newton
Richard D. Butler
Wakefield
Mary L. Curley
Portland, Me.
Dec.
1 Wakefield
Zebe W. DeYoung
Wakefield
Esther M. Elliott
Wakefield
7
Wakefield
Gordon H. Neal
Wakefield
Grace E. Oicles
Wakefield
7 Reading
Donald S. Green
Wakefield
Helen Muriel Penney
Wakefield
12 Wakefield
Eckley H. Cahoon
Wakefield
14
Reading
Francis K. Doucette
Reading
Barbara L. Gregory
Wakefield
15 Melrose
Francis Ferraro
Melrose
15 Wakefield
Thomas A. Allen Concetta Giaquinta
Wakefield
22 Medford
Herman J. Sanborn, Jr.
Medford
Mildred E. Graves
Wakefield
24 Stoneham
Francis R. Thompson
Wakefield
Frances A. Serafini
Wakefield
28 Andover
John M. Sullivan
Wakefield
Mary M. Daley
Andover
29 Wakefield
John H. Johnson
No. Reading Wakefield
29 Wakefield
Francis T. Connelly
Melrose
Rose Marie Terravechie
Wakefield
29 Lynn
Stanley E. Buttrick
Wakefield
Doris A. Williams Arthur M. Gates
Wakefield
Gretchen G. Martin (Goerisch)
Wakefield
31 Wakefield
William H. Faulkner
Reading
Ethel C. Monahan
Wakefield
31 Greenfield
Robert F. Morrison
Wakefield
Vivian M. Howard
Greenfield
Pearl A. Muse
Wakefield
Grace Ann Ripa
Wakefield
Lakewood, Ohio
Dorothy M. Russell
Wakefield
29 Wakefield
Margaret E. Dodge
Saugus
Melrose
95
DEATHS
Record of Deaths
Any errors or omissions noted in these records should be reported to the Town Clerk at once.
Date Name of Deceased
Yrs.
Mos.
Days
Jan.
3 Catherine Mary MacMillan
70
4
3
4 Alice Ford Perkins
88
11
25
€ Lucy M. Brown West
88
2
12
7 Agnes C. Brown
62
10
14
Nathan A. Heath
86
-
-
10 Edward Charles Young
70
2
16
11 Henry Stoddard Ruggles
93
2
10
12 Charles H. Lunt
82
4
12
17 Alfrena Jane Whittredge
90
10
26
19 Edward H. Pendergrace
85
5
22
19 Robert Wright Geilhard
51
10
13
23 Robert Hatfield Osborn
66
1
18
24 Pasquale A. Didonato
64
0
18
25 Margaret J. Dykeman (Lee)
75
7
0
25 Ella May Crocker
78
6
6
27 Francis X. Mahoney
2
10
0
30 Julia Ritchie
72
1
18
Feb.
1 Charles Porter
39
9
26
2 Margaret Alice Tyler
64
4
2
3 Irene F. Fayle (Holland)
46
10
17
3 Ellen V. Kelly
80
0
0
7 Elmer F. Bennett
48
5
16
12 Michael Greek
90
0
0
13 Joseph Warchol
57
10
30
13 Lillian E. Crowe (Stiles)
59
0
23
17 Melvin W. Brown
61
7
28
28 Lillian Slack
86
7
1
Mar.
1 Mary (Benson) Curran
66
0
0
1 Margaret M. Leary (Sullivan)
59
9
0
2 George Murray
74
4
7
3 John F. Dunlea
64
5
17
3 Lester Raymond Grant
45
2
27
5 Antonina Caracoglia (Puglisi)
59
6
0
7 Peter William Harrington 9 Fairbanks
61
2
21
10 Hrs. 47 Min.
19 Henrietta Hayden Merrill Collins
83
4
1
19 Nora (Horgan) Dinan
60
0
0
20 Bernard Lett
66
3
25
96
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Date Name of Deceased
Yrs.
Mos.
Days
21 Sarah M. Heishberg
83
0
0
24 Annie E. D. Hamilton
95
7
24
25 Grace E. Biggs Russell
62
1
9
27 Stillborn
-
-
-
28 Abbie Ellen Thompson Linnell
89
6
16
28
Vivian Gudrund Lindahl
20
7
26
Apr.
1 Blair Crosbie
72
0
0
2 Addie Maria Sweetser
75
8
21
3 Sarah Velzora L. Wallace
83
8
6
4 Letitia S. Brewer
60
9
11
9 Lottie Butters
80
0
0
13 Edward J. Sharpe, Jr.
0
8
14
14 Henry H. Norris
66
11
18
14 James Howard Paul
70
11
5
15 Genevieve Doucette
60
(About)
19 John Barry
70
11
3
19 Charles A. Cheney
88
3
18
23
Eben Tasker Newhall
67
9
26
23 George Pinkney Baker
85
6
16
25
18 Hours
25 Ora F. Kimball
85
11
8
25 Nicholas Fornaro
37
11
5
25 John Talbot
72
0
0
May
2 Lydia R. Roundy
92
1
1
4 Mary A. Coughlin (Bourne)
75
0
0
6 Frank Warren Keith
75
5
17
6 Jean Isabel Reid Powell
41
2
20
8 Peter S. Pappas
56
0
4
9 Nathan Hillson
76
0
0
23 George E. Bennett
60
0
0
24 Arthur J. Parker
52
9
24
25 Lorraine Flynn
0
0
1
June
2 John Harnden Richardson
66
0
10
5 Catherine E. (Cassidy) Kelly
80
0
0
7 Emily J. C. Butler
74
5
18
7 Anthony E. Anderson
56
9
5
10 Louise E. Anderson
87
0
0
11 William E. Wallace
60
0
5
14 Hattie G. Smith
84
6
0
14 Peter H. Burrage
44
7
6
15 Mary E. Nichols
90
6
9
15 Beatrice A. (Wacks) Young
60
0
0
16 Maud Harris Chase
69
0
28
-
97
DEATHS
Date Name of Deceased
Yrs.
Mos.
Days
18 Patrick J. Fitzgerald
65
2
26
19 Celestine M. Amirault
56
3
11
21 Elizabeth H. Clements
71
3
11
25 Richard W. Ladd
0
2
5
28 Katarzyna Wojtylo
64
2
28
July
5 Joseph Melonson
80
11
16
5 Rosa Pasqualino (Bisso)
64
9
0
9 Mary Pratt
52
3
27
13 Arthur Wesley Morse
74
4
15
13 Isaiah Richards
91
6
20
15 Myrtie Cooper Feindel
64
10
28
16 Sofia K. Lofstrom
68
0
0
25 Anna C. Nygren
77
0
0
26 John C. Davis
79
0
0
27
Capone
6 Hours
28
Rufus Enre
68
0
0
Aug.
1 Alice J. Graham
68
11
0
2 Nathaniel H. Hines
82
0
11
6 Stillborn
0
0
0
16 Frank Oley
69
0
0
22 Edith E. (Day) Temple
64
6
15
25 Francis Fazio
(Female)
65
3
25
26 David A. Caracoglia
5
0
30
29 Embert Hawkes
71
0
0
29
John Calvin Noyes
66
11
16
Sept.
2 Benjamin F. Butler
57
0
0
7 Joseph P. Jack
49
4 25
7 Berton F. Sargent
65
4
11
8 Agnes O'Donnell
71
0
0
9 Barbara Jean Maker
0
2
4
12 Grace M. H. Hawkes
71
9 26
14 George F. Lucas
86
2
12
16 Susan F. Hancock
68
0
7
16 Maria H. Fitzgerald
78
0
0
21 Bridget McTague
87
2
28
26 Lena M. P. Smith
59
11
2
28 Virginia T. Sederquest
70
11
26
30 Raleigh B. Daniels
67
3
14
30 Mary J. D. McTague
79
5
1
Oct.
1 Carl D. Willson
60
5
29
10 Charles M. Tyler
74
3
18
98
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Date Name of Deceased
Yrs.
Mos.
Days
14 Anna L. Martin
70
10
15
17 Catherine A. Murphy
72
9
18
19 Catherine P. Trepsas
56
4
4
28 Faustino Sateriale
88
1
23
30 Harriet A. Raymond
82
0
27
30 Mary E. Emerson
76
0
19
Nov.
2 Rachael Angeline Morrison
72
10
10
3 Philip Frankel
72
0
0
4 Charles W. Dolan
52
4
15
4 John F. Rydon
69
7
9
16 Daniel J. Sweeney
61
10
0
18 Willard Wing
73
2
16
21 Edna G. Crocker
54
0
9
22 William S. Connolly
64
0
0
23 Elsie May Shea (Shea)
60
8
22
23 Nellie Josephine Frazier
82
2
27
27 Ida Ascher (Schulz)
73
8
4
27 John Rober Cardigan
75
0
0
28 William W. Spreadbury
72
0
6
23 Alonzo Johnson
83
0
0
30 James Augustus Reid
77
0
0
Dec.
5 Samuel Warren Cheever
81
9
20
8 Augusta Peterson Parson
87
1 20
11 Mary A. Schurman
81
9
17
12 Robert E. Harper
42
9
14
19 Walter Merrill Cotting
70
10
6
22 Lottie Kohler
22
0
14
22 Agnes Houston (Bryan)
76
7
21
26 Emma D. Kennedy
84
0
10
27 Euphemia (Armistead) Steindorf
77
6
20
28 Mary I. Jillson (Miner)
65
11
27
28 Henry G. Gowing
74
3
26
99
TOWN CLERK
Dog Licenses
Number of Licenses Issued
1010
Tax on 710 Males at $2.00 $ 1,420.00
Tax on 55 Females at $5.00 275.00
Tax on 242 Spayed Females at $2.00 484.00
Tax on 2 Kennels at $50.00
100.00
Tax on 1 Kennel at $25.00
25.00
3 Transfers at 25c
.75
17 Tags at 10c
1.70
Total to Town Treasurer $ 2,306.45
Town's Fee
$ 204.45
Hunting Licenses
Number of Licenses Issued
395
Resident Citizen Fishing-
126 at $2.00 $ 252.00
Resident Citizen Hunting- 168 at $2.00 336.00
Resident Citizen Sporting- 42 at $3.25 136.50
Resident Citizen Minor and
Female Fishing-23 at $1.25 28.75
Resident Citizen Minor Trap- ping-3 at $2.25 6.75
Resident Citizen Trapping- 4 at $5.25 21.00
Non-resident Fishing Special -at $1.50 none
Non-resident Fishing-at $5.25
none
Duplicate Licenses-3 at 50c
1.50
Resident Citizen Sporting-28 Free
Total Paid to Department of Fisheries and Game To Town Treasurer (Town's Fee)
$ 782.50
$ 691.00
$ 91.50
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
CONCLUSION
As the foregoing pages indicate, the year 1940 has been an unusually busy one for the Town Clerk's department. In addition to the extra work caused by the Presidential Primaries and Presidential Election, the Town Clerk was called upon to prepare and conduct the Selective Service Registration on October 16, 1940, and the activities of the Federal Government's various Social Security boards is causing an increased demand for reference to birth and marriage records.
I desire to extend thanks and appreciation to the School Committee for their cooperation, and to the school of- ficials, and teachers, and other citizens who so ably assisted in the task of registration on October 16.
Owing to the amount of detail work in copying and recording vital statistics, particularly the amount of typing necessary, and, as the Town does not provide for a permanent clerk to assist the Town clerk in this work, and, in view of the increasing demands by the various social security agencies, I recommend that a sufficient sum for that purpose be provided.
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, 1940, together with the reports of the several depart- ments under our control or supervision:
ORGANIZATION
The Board consisting of William G. Dill, William R. Lindsay, V. Richard Fazio, Orrin J. Hale and Robert H. Adams organized March 5, 1940 by electing William G. Dill, Chairman and William R. Lindsay, Secretary. Charles C. Cox was appointed Clerk.
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
Fire Department, Orrin J. Hale Police Department, V. Richard Fazio Moth Department, William R. Lindsay Highway Department, William G. Dill Federal Projects, William R. Lindsay Traffic, Robert H. Adams Town Hall, Robert H. Adams Lafayette Building, Orrin J. Hale
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SELECTMEN
APPOINTMENTS
Town Counsel, John I. Preston Fire Inspector, Fred D. Graham Wire Inspector, Fred D. Graham Building Inspector, Joseph W. MacInnis Compensation Agent, Joseph W. MacInnis Animal Inspector, George A. Bennett Dog Officer, George A. Bennett Lock-up Keeper, John G. Gates Moth Superintendent, John A. Landry Registrar of Voters for three years, Fred E. Bunker Board of Appeal for three years, Willard P. Lombard Superintendent of Streets, Harry H. Denning Soldiers' Relief Agent, John Findlay, Jr. Burial Agent and Agent Care of Soldiers' Graves, John Findlay, Jr.
Fence Viewers: Luther M. Howe, Dennis F. Regan, Albert W. Flint
Constable, Harold R. Anderson
Janitor Town Hall, James J. Logan
Night Janitor Town Hall, Thomas E. Giles Janitor Lafayette Building, John N. Heningar
Town W. P. A. Agent, Aaron T. Butler
Janitor W. P. A. Headquarters, Charles H. Buxton
Sweetser Lecture Committee: Harry I. Reed, Eb V. Yeuell, Charles J. Peterson, Thomas F. Kenney, Charlotte R. Fitz, Cyrus M. Dolbeare, George E. Potter.
Licenses granted by the Selectmen for the sale of alcoholic beverages for the year 1940 are listed below. Actual receipts from same, also receipts from other licenses granted during the year 1940, are shown in the Town Accountant'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
Reports of the various departments under the super- vision of the Board of Selectmen contain complete infor- mation, making it unnecessary to state their accomplish-
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ments here. These departments have shown a fine spirit of co-operation during the past year with the board.
The Chairman wishes to express his appreciation to the other members of the board for the co-operative and friendly spirit that existed during the year.
Sitting as a Board of Survey, the Selectmen approved several lay-outs of new developments, including those of Crosby off Sherman Road and Oakland Construction Company off Oak Street, the DeVries lay-out off Vernon Street and that of DeCristofaro in the old Walton pro- perty off Main Street. The development off Vernon Street resulted from sale of this tract of land, acquired through tax title foreclosure, to Mr. John DeVries. Sale of this land and development of this and other property was instrumental in bringing over $500,000 of building valua- tion to the town.
Mr. James M. Henderson, whose term as a member of the Contributory Retirement Board expired in June, was re-appointed as a member of that Board.
At the request of the Governor the name of Edward J. Connelly was presented to him and Major Connelly was appointed as Chairman of the Public Safety Committee for Wakefield. Later in the year Major Connelly resigned this position due to pressure of other duties and Mr. J. Theodore Whitney was appointed to succeed him in this position.
Quarters were provided in the Lafayette Building for use by the Selective Service Board for the Wakefield- Reading district.
New traffic regulations as amended were adopted and published both in the Wakefield Daily Item and in pam- phlet form, the latter being available for distribution by the Selectmen
On or about August first, two additional regular patrol. men were appointed to the Police Department, funds for same having been provided at the town meeting held in July. This brings the total complement of the Police Department up to seventeen men, which the Board be- lieves to be more nearly in proportion to the population of the town and which will bring about improved police service.
The Board wishes to express its thanks and apprecia- tion to the heads and members of all departments under its jurisdiction, for their accomplishments during the year.
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To the citizens of Wakefield the Board expresses their appreciation of the courtesy and consideration shown by them in all dealings regarding problems arising during the year.
WILLIAM G. DILL,
WILLIAM R. LINDSAY, V. RICHARD FAZIO, ROBERT H. ADAMS, ORRIN J. HALE,
Selectmen
Report of Chief of Police
January 1, 1941
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, 1940.
Number of arrests
555
Number of arrests on warrants
42
Number of arrests without warrants
329
Number of arrests on capias
52
Number of arrests on default warrants
2
Number of summons served
130
Male
524
Female
31
Residents
270
Non-Residents
285
FOR THE FOLLOWING CRIMES, VIS:
Adultery
3
Arrested for other officers
20
Assault and battery 7
AUTOMOBILE LAWS, Violations of
Operating under the influence of liquor
13
Operating so as to endanger
6
Operating after revocation of license
1
Operating after suspension of license
1
Operating without registration
1
Operating without license
9
Operating-Speeding
22
Operating-Failing to slow down at intersection
11
Operating without official inspection
35
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Operating with defective brakes
1
Causing property damage
2
Failing to stop on signal of officer
2
Parking overtime
9
Mechanical signal, not stopping
29
Using without authority
3
Unregistered car Uninsured car
1
Accosting
1
Arson
3
Allowing child to be neglected
1
Breaking, entering and larceny in the night time
3
Breaking, entering in the night time with intent to commit larceny
4
Breaking, entering and larceny in the day time
2
Children :-
Neglected
1
Stubborn
1
Carrying a dangerous weapon
1
Common nuisance, maintaining
1
Drunkenness
162
Fish and game law, violation of
1
Gaming
6
Gaming, being present
14
Insane
18
Illegitimacy
2
Labor law violations
3
Larceny
52
Lewd and lascivious cohabitation
4
Malicious mischief
2
Non-Support
3
Peddling junk without a license
2
Polygamy
3
Receiving stolen property
4
Robbery, Armed
3
Robbery, Unarmed
1
Setting up and promoting a lottery
3
Suspicious persons
2
Safe Keeping
22
Vagrancy
1
Violation of probation
50
Violation of State Board of Health Laws
2
HOW DISPOSED OF
Appealed
4
Continued
7
Concord Reformatory
7
Chelmsford School
1
1
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Delivered to other officer
20
Discharged
3
Dismissed
5
Defaulted
2
Fines imposed
212
House of Correction
37
House of Correction-Suspended Sentence
45
Grand Jury
10
Insane Hospital
18
Lyman School-Suspended Sentence
1
Placed on file
75
Probation
36
Released
43
Reformatory for women
1
Restitution
3
Shirley School
1
State Farm
15
State Farm-Suspended Sentence
6
State Prison
2
State Department of Public Welfare
1
AMOUNT OF FINES IMPOSED BY THE COURT
133 at $ 5.00
$665.00
48 at 10.00
480.00
3 at
15.00
45.00
6 at
25.00
150.00
1 at
35.00
35.00
17 at
50.00
850.00
1 at
75.00
75.00
3 at
100.00
300.00
$2600.00
MISCELLANEOUS REPORT
Amount of stolen property recovered
$10,893.45
Amount of lost property recovered
$823.36
Amount of property left outside of stores and cared for
$375.55
Accidents reported
380
Bicycles found
18
Bicycles taken away for no lights
8
Burglary (False Alarm)
4
Buildings found open and secured
715
Complaints and cases investigated
1691
Dead cats in streets reported
44
Detail for Public Assemblages
406
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Detail for Private Assemblages
1
Defects in streets and sidewalks reported 53
Defects in gas pipes reported
3
Defects in hydrants reported
2
Defects in water pipes reported
7
Dog bites reported
23
Dogs killed
7
Dead bodies cared for
6
Fires discovered and alarm given
22
Fires discovered and extinguished without alarm
2
Fences blown down and reported
2
Horses killed
1
House lights reported out
77
Lights burning in buildings and extinguished
79
Lost children cared for
22
Lost dogs found and returned to owners
94
Lanterns put in dangerous places
12
Medical Examiner cases
6
Obstructions removed from the streets
10
Officers at fires
110
Persons reported missing
25
Posting notices
39
Rescued from drowning
4
Runaway boys cared for
8
Runaway girls cared for
4
Sick and disabled persons assisted
37
Street lights reported not burning
120
Serious sickness signs put out
9
Wires burning trees
1
Water running to waste
2
Legal papers served for out of town Police Departments during the year
223
Duty calls for the year
49,788
Ambulance cases
264
Miles covered by the ambulance
3,808
Miles covered by Cruising Car-No. 1
49,788
Miles covered by Car-No. 2
9,683
Miles covered by motorcycle
1,807
Money collected at office for fines imposed by the court $1031.50
Money collected at office for non-support
$324.00
Money collected at office for restitution
$272.88
Money collected for revolver permits issued
$49.50
RECOMMENDATIONS
I earnestly recommend the purchase of a camera for the use of the Police Department. The one that I am recommending will cost $181.30 with equipment. It now
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costs the department on an average of $50.00 a year to have photographs taken, that are absolutely necessary for the successful prosecution of important cases in court, and this does not include many other photographs which are desirable and should be taken at the scene of a crime or an accident. Pictures could and would also be taken that would be desirable and valuable to the Legal Department of the Town in defending the Town in civil cases that are frequently brought against it.
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