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Wakefield Wakefield
27 Wakefield
Anne C. Mulligan Arthur J. Roberto
Anna Serafino
27 Wakefield
Harry B. McCormick
27 Wakefield
Barbara A. Malcolm Joseph P. Sardella Rose M. Ripa
Lowell Wakefield Wakefield Milton Wakefield Wakefield Wakefield
11 Melrose
N. Marguerite Dinan Samuel J. Nardone
Wakefield
Emily Dexter
Georgia Irons
Marion M. Walsh
Dorothy M. Hennessey
Clara M. Shedd
Jean C. White
81
RECORD OF MARRIAGES
Residence
Date Place of Marriage Oct. 3 Wakefield
Alford H. King
Ann Merritt Greene
4 Wakefield Ralph W. Stone, Jr.
Marion B. Merritt
6 Wakefield Harold Schiffbauer
Marjorie Ann Galvin
Wakefield
10 Wakefield Theodore R. Seavey
Shirley Johnson
10 Wakefield
Richard Webb
Doris Reid
10 Wakefield
Edwin T. Thorpe Barbara Twitchell James D. Humphrey
Wakefield Reading Reading Wakefield Newport, R. I. Wakefield Reading Wakefield Wakefield Wakefield Malden Malden Wakefield
12 Quincy
Hugh D. Sagrans
Susan Waldfogel
North Quincy Long Island City
13 Waterbury, Vt.
Frank Leone
Ruth L. Piper
Wakefield
14 Wakefield Harold F. Roberts Aida Strong
Wakefield Wakefield
16 Wakefield
Benjamin E. Foster
Wakefield
Hattie N. Parker
Wakefield
17 Wakefield Frank J. Spang
Barbara M. Smith
Wakefield Wakefield
17 Wakefield
Frank W. Purdy
Seattle, Wash. Wakefield
18 Wakefield Leonard F. Loughlin
Wakefield
Nora E. Meade
Wakefield
23 Saugus
Julian J. Loubris Helen Higgins (Parker)
Wakefield
24 Cambridge
Leander M. Crosby
Wakefield
Marion S. Harvey
Boston
24 Lynn
John Sylvester Sophie Kulikowski
Wakefield Saugus
24 Wakefield
Walter Thomas Peterson Barbara Colwell Joseph Nardone
Hartford, Conn. Stoneham
25 Wakefield
Woburn
Dorothy Crosby
Wakefield
26 Wakefield
Walter E. Keady Rita T. Neagle
Melrose Wakefield
11 Wakefield
Elsie E. Muse Robert C. Glynn Frances Salesi
12 Wakefield
John J. Sweeney
Ruth E. Russell
South Sudbury Wakefield Omaha, Neb.
11 Wakefield
Name
Rochester, N. Y. Lynn
Saugus
Elizabeth Silverthorn
82
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Date Place of Marriage
Name
Residence
31 Wakefield
Antonio Scheri
Dorothy Deveau
31 Wakefield
Valentine J. Kravitz
Mabel (DelRossi) Perrotti
Boston Wakefield Quantico, Va. Wakefield
Nov.
1 Malden
Salvatore D'Amico
Wakefield
Mary L. Moreno
Malden
5 Woburn Alvie A. Sage
Woburn
Jeanette Borland
Wakefield
6 Wakefield Robert Allen Workman
Wakefield Wakefield
7 Wakefield
Katherine C. Miller John A. Maxsom
Niagara Falls, N. Y. Wakefield Revere Wakefield
11 Manchester, N. H.
Charles Kondrato Ruby Frances Wilson
Wakefield
11 Lancaster, N. H.
Robert D. King Sally Greenleaf Currier
Lancaster, N. H. Wakefield
11 Malden
John T. Lucey, Jr. Ann E. McCarthy
Malden
14 Wakefield
G. Warren Hooper Constance H. Applin
Wakefield
14 Wakefield Burton H. Curley Virginia Page
Wakefield
15 Wakefield William H. Delorey, Jr. Melrose
Gertrude R. Malonson
Wakefield
19 Swampscott
Walter D. Carroll
Lynn
Mary G. Lopresti
Wakefield
22 Wakefield
Daniel F. Paine Joan H. Bowser
Malden
22 Wakefield
Joseph Sullo
Wakefield Malden Wakefield
25 Kingston Kenneth O. Kite
Kingston
Flora S. Hall
Wakefield
26 Wakefield Donald S. Miles Nancy Rutter
Wakefield
26 Wakefield Walter J. Doyle
Wakefield
Dorothy Gerrior
Wakefield
26 Wakefield Richard J. Curley
Wakefield
Helen Rita Dockendorff
Wakefield
28 Melrose
Leo Turner
Melrose
Margaret Lux
Wakefield
29 Wakefield
George R. Slattery
Catherine E. Moulton
Chelsea Wakefield
8 Malden
Salvatore Mazzola
Concetta DeMattia
Wakefield
Mildred Paulson
Wakefield
Saugus
Melrose
Emily Pucko
Wakefield
RECORD OF MARRIAGES
83
Date Place of Marriage Dec. 1 Somerville
Name
Residence
Howard Harvey Jacqueline Gibbs
Somerville Wakefield
1 Everett
Joseph F. Lerra
Wakefield
Rose Gentile
Everett
5 Jamaica Plain
Edward J. Lilley
Wakefield
Mary F. Murray
Winchester
27 Revere
Paul F. Wheeler
Wakefield
Martha H. Zink
West Newbury
84
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.
2 Marjorie Lothrop Fawcett (Wheeler)
35
9
1
2 Alta Louise Kingston (Holmes)
45
11
30
4 Mark C. Lyman
62
0
0
4 Frances A. Morrison (Flockton)
52
6
25
4 Roy A. Leblanc
17
2
4
4 Joseph Michael Bowen
47
7
26
7 Frances A. Hawkins
28
8
29
8 Catherine Ann Benjamin (DeVeau)
40
0
0
10 Warren Sweetser
86
5
23
11 John Ross Roulston
61
5
30
17 Elizabeth J. Fitzpatrick (Rohbach)
83
4
7
22 Stillbirth
25 James E. McManuis
65
6
15
27 Nathan Wyman Eaton
86
2
11
28 Lizzie Neagles Strong
78
11
9
31 Emma A. Turner (Sherman)
83
4
2
Feb.
3 Michael Kelloway
68
0
25
3 Ernest Azel Lovejoy Hill
72
10
5
3 Mary Lizzie Hall (Kittredge)
75
3
15
4 Richard Dingle
0
1
14
6 Hannah Paine (Taft)
86
6
19
8 Albert William Torrey
83
5
21
11
Josephine Carlson (Ohlsson)
76
8
2
11 Anna DiDonatis
17
0
0
12 Ida May Stoddard
86
4
24
13 Elizabeth DeLorey Borden
75
5
15
14 Ida May (Banks) Graham
72
6
23
15 Camillo DelRossi
53
0
0
16 Albert Wheelock Greer
69
11
17
17 Grace Stowell Wall
68
6
7
17 Salvatore Giuliano
28
3
16
23
Elizabeth Alida Lindahl (Brunelius)
54
10
5
23 Herbert Osborne Spinney
73
6
0
23 Idella Narcissa Walton
79
1
23
24 Henry Frederick Whipling
51
1
2
25 Helen Prudence Harvison
60
1
26
26 George Henry Levirs
68
5
24
85
RECORD OF DEATHS
Date of
Death
Name
Years
Months
Days
26 Charles Wardwell Morrill
37
8
26
27 Rosanna Etherington Hayden
92
7
7
28 Thomas Hourihan
86
0
0
28 Samuel Henry Davis
79
2
2
Mar.
1 Mary Alice Doucette
0
2
13
3 Elizabeth Morton (Paul)
80
7
7
4 William Henry Cartland
73
6
15
7 Joseph W. Stewart
88
7
15
8 Anna Fine
52
0
0
8 Chester Sewell Eldredge
58
9
22
9 Walter Kurowski
52
11
1
10 Annie Powers Martin
79
0
0 ..
15 James Vaughan Mowrey
78
7
14
16 James F. Whiting
76
0
1
17 Emma Louisa Cade (Roson)
72
8
14
20 Mary Frances Dingle (LeBlanc)
66
5
26
20 Phoebe Nutting (Wilders)
82
7
17
20 Benjamin Harrison Finney
52
6
24
22 Nellie L. Weeks (Kendall)
87
0
0
23 Catherine A. Moriarty
60
0
0
26
Carrie Louise Evans
85
2
26
26 Adeline Martino (Luevani)
52
3
18
27 Jessie MacEchern Gould
66
3
10
28 Louise F. Walton
78
2
7
31 Burton E. Dudley
69
9
5
Apr.
1 Christie Ann Russell
55
0
9
1 John Walsh
82
0
0
3 Alice Mitts Jordon
78
9
7
5 Catherine E. (McFadden) Maloney
55
3
5
6 Ernest A. Nelson
71
0
11
6 Edwin Elmer Graves
62
3
22
7 Frances A. Coakley
60
6
12
7 Leonard Preston Smith, Jr.
0
10
10
10 James Maguire
41
0
0
12 Mary A. Geilhard (Tierney)
54
0
7
16 Frederick B. Robinson
65
10
18
18 Sarah Gwinn Hines
85
3
12
19 Joseph Edward Hopkins
80
11
19
20 Ralph Greenleaf
43
10
20
20 Carmen Bonito
56
10
5
27 Daisie Bradbury Allen (Waters)
69
9
30
29 Margaret Howe Perley
89
0
28
86
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Date of
Death
Name
Years
Months
Days
29
Assunta Petrillo
59
0
0
30 Maynard
0
0
0
30 Mary A. E. Kelly (Moloney)
81
9
0
May
2 Mary Nichols
84
3
0
2 Mary M. Rogers
19
9
10
2 William Henry White
48
7
25
5 Mary E. Pinto
72
8
3
5 Guiseppe Frederick LaRiccia
65
0
28
5 Paul R. Meuse
28
7
6
6 Nellie Elizabeth Black (Hufton)
64
5
20
8 Henry V. J. Subzda
27
0
5
12 William R. MacWhinnie
68
9
27
14 Orah F. Snow
89
1
3
15 Thomas H. McMahan
86
1
11
20 Stillborn
20
Bernard Thomas O'Hara
74
0
21
20 Edith Worcester Meriam
85
9
0
23 Noah Webster Farley
81
4
28
24 James Francis Barrett
62
6
5
27 Harriet Louise Morse
84
5
9
28 Allison Hugh Mackenzie
70
9
8
30 Robert John Gibb, Jr.
4
11
28
30 David S. Fitz
53
0
19
31 John Dunbeck
62
5
7
June
4 Martha Miriah Reid (Hart)
70
9
26
9 Mary I. Hawkins
75
5
27
13 Charles Bridge
72
5
16
14 Bridget Delaney (Kearney)
About 82 years
16 Ovidio Maroney
59
2
7
18 Alice Abley Dade
72
10
0
22 Ralph Cosato
49
0
0
24 George O. Moses
29
8
5
28 Hannah Etta Shaw
85
1
22
29
Clara J. Edmands Robbins
83
0
0
July
3 Mary F. Stewart
69
0
8
4 Wilfred Lemeiux
20
2
16
5 Dominic Testa
83
0
0
16 Irene C. Scipione
59
6
10
19 Ella Mary Parks
62
1
8
87
RECORD OF DEATHS
Date of
Death
Name
Years
Months
Days
21
Annie L. Jones
82
0
10
25 Lizzie Shumway
84
11
23
26 Fred M. Colpitts
56
1
11
Aug.
4 Ralph Lewis
73
4
21
6 James Crocker Johnson
69
1
12
6 Andrew C. Jeffrey
84
8
6
6 Edith Winifred Christie
62
4
8
10 John August Bernard Newman
67
3
19
11 Marcella Bumpus
88
0
0
16 Clara Garnett Crandall
67
11
5
20 Eugenie Wheelock Sweetser
88
0
0
21 Frederick Reynolds
57
3
0
23 Sarah Ann Singer
76
4
16
28 George C. Graham
72
3
5
Sept.
4 Sadie Malonson
57
8
27
6 Mary Elizabeth Kingston
82
9
7
7 Emma Louise Mellett
72
10
15
7 Joseph Longo
79
0
0
8 Walter H. Eaton
73
11
29
16 Robert M. Dwyer
81
0
26
16 Agnes S. Johnston
83
1
12
19 Alice Demaree
83
6
12
19 John H. Sullivan
79
5
28
19 Alice P. Howard
83
6
22
22 Ellen M. Butler
60
3
9
23 Francis J. Donaldson
66
0
0
26 Caroline E. Smith
68
0
16
Oct.
1 Frank E. Knowlton
70
8
12
8 Harriet E. Aborn
85
11
13
8 Lucy C. Knowlton
93
10
17
9 Sarah Kalet
76
0
0
10
McCarthy
0
0
0
10 Elsie L. Brockbank
46
9
20
11 Frank A. Powers
60
0
0
12 Lillian D. Halvorson
65
8
1
13 Walter L. Muse
49
7
30
14 Florence J. Stearns
84
4
1
14 Manuel Lawrence
76
1
4
20 Robert Seavey
0
0
4
20 Catherine Donegan
74
0
0
88
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Date of
Death Name
Years
Months
Days
22 George C. Page
62
0
0
22 Elizabeth J. Edgett
79
10
19
23 Benjamin D. Foss
72
5
15
23 Addie Muse
67
4
30
26 Frank B. Gray
84
2
12
27
George E. Goodrich
59
10
17
Nov.
7 Mary L. Payro
76
11
13
9 Jacob Burley
64
5
10
12 Augusta DeWolf
81
5
18
15 Howard D. Newhall
48
9
16
16 Ernest L. McBay
54
3
17
18 Frances A. G. Chellis
90
6
9
23
James R. Reid
90
2
8
28
Christine E. Reid
71
0
0
Dec.
2 Julia Dennehy (Hurley)
38
0
0
3
Richard Farwell
1
8
20
4 Daniel John Lynch
51
11
2
6 Margaret DeVeau
68
10
26
6 Robert E. Hutchinson
66
5
0
10
Barnard-Stillborn
12
Doris May Laurin
36
0
25
12
Jane Augusta Lawrence (Morse)
82
6
29
13
Bayrd-Stillborn
18
Charles Gibb
61
3
15
18
Joanna Phelan (Ryan)
95
0
0
20
Ellen Conley (Munday)
75
8
22
22
Levy
0
0
2
23
Isabelle Mclellan
74
5
14
23
Catherine North (Davidson)
75
0
0
25 Lulu G. Bowser
56
5
14
25
Ora Hinckley (Holt)
51
11
9
26
Charles Barnes
3
4
18
26
Effie May Hannah Abbott
78
4
1
27 Mary E. McCann
83
2
18
28 Denis C. Greany
65
0
8
30
Rena Hawkesworth (Griffin)
72
11
16
89
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
Dog Licenses
Number of licenses issued
1005
Tax on 645 Males at $2.00
$1,290.00
Tax on 65 Females at $5.00
325.00
Tax on 293 Spayed Females at $2.00
586.00
Tax on 2 Kennels at $50.00
100.00
Nine Transfers at 25 cents
2.25
Three Tags at 10 cents
.30
Total to Town Treasurer
$2,303.55
Town's Fee
$203.55
Hunting and Fishing Licenses
-
Number of Licenses issued
464
Resident Citizen Fishing-165 at $2.00
$ 330.00
Resident Citizen Hunting-198 at $2.00
396.00
Resident Citizen Sporting- 59 at $3.25 191.75
Resident Citizen Minor and Female Fishing-41 at $1.25 51.25
Non-resident Fishing Special-1 at $1.50
1.50
Duplicate Licenses-3 at 50 cents
1.50
Resident Citizen Sporting, Free, 31
Total
$972.00
Paid to Department of Fisheries and Game $ 856.00
To Town Treasurer (Town's Fee) $116.00
CHARLES F. YOUNG, Town Clerk.
90
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, 1942, together with the reports of the several departments under our control or supervision.
The Board, consisting of Robert H. Adams, Orrin J. Hale, William R. Lindsay, L. Wallace Sweetser and Ernest L. Brown, organized March 3, 1942 by electing Robert H. Adams, Chairman and Orrin J. Hale, Secretary. Charles C. Cox was appointed Clerk.
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
Fire Department-Orrin J. Hale.
Police Department-L. Wallace Sweetser.
Moth Department-William R. Lindsay. Highway Department-Ernest L. Brown. Federal Projects-William R. Lindsay. Traffic-Robert H. Adams.
Town Hall-Robert H. Adams.
Lafayette Building-Robert H. Adams.
APPPOINTMENTS
Town Counsel-John I. Preston.
Fire Inspector-Fred D. Graham.
Wire Inspector-Fred D. Graham.
Dog Officer and Animal Inspector-George A. Bennett. Lock-Up Keeper-John G. Gates. Moth Superintendent-John A. Landry.
Board of Appeal, Three Years-William C. McKie.
Soldiers' Relief Agent-John Findlay, Jr.
Burial Agent and Agent Care Soldiers' Graves-John Findlay, Jr. Fence Viewers-Frank D. Mackay, Dennis F. Regan, Albert W. Flint. Janitor Town Hall-James Logan. Night Janitor Town Hall-Thomas E. Giles.
Janitor Lafayette Building-John N. Heningar. W. P. A. Agent and Stock Clerk-Charles H. Buxton.
Custodian Town Farm Buildings-Jerry J. Peck. Constable-Harold R. Anderson. Superintendent of Streets-Harry H. Denning.
Acting Superintendent of Streets-Robert B. Mackenna.
Chairman, Committee on Public Safety-A. Stanley North. Building Inspector-Joseph W. MacInnis.
Compensation Agent-Joseph W. MacInnis. Registrar of Voters for Three Years-Matthew P. Curran. Forest Warden-Fred D. Graham.
91
REPORT OF SELECTMEN
Sweetser Lecture Committee-Harry I. Reed, Eb V. Yeuell, Charles J. Peterson, Thomas F. Kenney, Charlotte R. Fitz, Edward A. Rich and George E. Potter.
Licenses granted by the Selectmen for the sale of alcoholic beverages for the year 1942 are listed below. Actual receipts from same, also receipts from other licenses granted during the year 1942 are shown in the Town Accountant's report.
1
RETAIL PACKAGE GOODS STORES, ALL KINDS OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
City Hall Liquor Store (Israel Blank) 6 Water Street.
Jeffrey's Package Store Inc., (John Jeffrey, President) 354 Main Street. Palumbo's Annex (Ignazio Palumbo, Jr.) 37 Albion Street.
Tine's Grocery & Liquor Store, (Salvatore Tine) 38A Water Street.
Reports of the various departments under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen contain complete information. Therefore, it is unnecessary to state their accomplishments here.
The Chairman wishes to express his appreciation to the other members of the Board for their co-operation and efficient administration of Town affairs during the year.
John G. Gates resigned as Chairman of the Public Safety Committee. A. Stanley North was appointed to fill the vacancy.
It was voted to grant no more Beano licenses during the year.
Highway Superintendent Harry H. Denning was granted a leave of absence to enter the Armed Service. Robert B. Mackenna was appointed Acting Superintendent and under revised administration has given the Town economical and efficient service.
It was voted that the Highway, Water and Light Departments appoint one member each, to hold weekly meetings for the purpose of co-ordination of departmental work.
Owen A. Kenney declined reappointment as Registrar of Voters. Matthew P. Curran was appointed to succeed Mr. Kenney.
Matthew P. Curran resigned as Registrar of Voters to enlist in the Armed Service. Edmund W. Sliney was appointed to fill the vacancy.
The Board of Survey approved the plan of Victory Village for construc- tion of 39 duplex houses.
Major Samuel H. Brooks was appointed Chairman of the Committee on War Transportation.
It was voted to establish charges for use of the ambulance in certain cases.
Police Officer Rowe was retired under the Veterans' Act for disability. John F. Mahoney was appointed a Regular Patrolman in the Police Department on September 1, 1942, to fill the vacancy.
The Rationing Board membership was increased to 12 by the O. P. A., by appointment of nine additional members recommended by the Select- men, Public Safety Committee and Rationing Board.
92
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Patrolman Eugene F. Hathaway and Reserve Officers Henry F. Galvin and Daniel J. Sullivan, were granted a leave of absence to enter the Armed Service. Frederick C. Hupprich, Jr. was appointed Military Substitute Patrolman for Patrolman Hathaway on October 6, 1942. Max J. Ramocki was appointed a Reserve Officer on September 22, 1942 and later was granted a leave of absence to enter the Armed Service.
The Town Line between Lynnfield and Wakefield was perambulated by the Board, with officials from the Town of Lynnfield.
Charles H. Buxton resigned as W. P. A. Agent.
It was voted that all W. P. A. projects be closed as of December 1, 1942.
John N. Heningar, Lafayette Building Janitor, was granted a leave of absence to enter the Armed Service. Loren J. Farrar was appointed to fill the vacancy.
The Board wishes to express its thanks and appreciation to the heads and members of all departments under its jurisdiction for their accomplish- ments during the year.
To the citizens of Wakefield, the Board expresses its appreciation of the courtesy and consideration shown by them in all problems arising during the year.
ROBERT H. ADAMS
ORRIN J. HALE
WILLIAM R. LINDSAY
L. WALLACE SWEETSER ERNEST L. BROWN
Selectmen.
REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE
93
Report of Chief of Police
January 1, 1943.
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, 1942. Number of arrests 488
Number of arrests on warrants
27
Number of arrests without warrants
335
Number of arrests on capias
21
Number of summons served
105
Male
451
Female
37
Residents
278
Non-Residents
210
FOR THE FOLLOWING CRIMES, VIZ :-
Arrested for other officers
19
Assault and Battery
6
Automobile Laws, Violations of :
Allowing improper person to operate
1
Operating under the influence of liquor
22
Operating so as to endanger
3
Operating after suspension of license
6
Operating without a license
10
Operating without official inspection
45
Operating-Speeding
20
Operating-Failing to slow down at intersection
9
Causing property damage
1
Failing to stop on signal of police officer
3
Leaving the scene of an accident, not making self known
4
Mechanical signal, not stopping
2
Using without authority
2
Assault-Mutual
4
Breaking, entering and larceny in the night-time
4
Breaking, entering and larceny in the day-time Children:
4
Neglected
4
Parents contributing to delinquency of children
1
Drunkenness
200
Exposing person
1
Gaming
3
94
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Gaming, being present
3
Health Law, violation of
5
Illegitimacy
2
Insane
19
Labor Law violations
1
Larceny
31
Larceny, attempt to commit
2
Lewdness
1
Malicious mischief
2
Narcotic Drug Law violation
1
Non-support
12
Pulling false alarm of fire
2
Receiving stolen property
3
Runaway girl
1
Safe Keeping
11
Truancy
1
Violation of probation
16
Wilfully and maliciously injuring Town property
1
HOW DISPOSED OF
Appealed
4
Continued
11
Defaulted
2
Delivered to other officers
19
Discharged
5
Dismissed
5
Fines imposed
242
House of Correction
30
Insane Hospital
19
Lancaster
1
Middlesex Training School
1
Placed on file
27
Probation
19
Released
40
Restitution, ordered to be made
5
Sherborn, Reformatory for women
2
Shirley School
1
State Department of Public Welfare
4
State Farm
15
State Prison
2
Suspended Sentence to House of Correction
24
Suspended Sentence to Lyman School
2
Suspended Sentence to Shirley School
1
Suspended Sentence to State Farm
7
REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE
95
AMOUNT OF FINES IMPOSED BY THE COURT
60 at
$ 5.00
$ 300.00
105 at
10.00
1,050.00
18 at
15.00
270.00
1 át
20.00
20.00
25 at
25.00
625.00
1 at
35.00
35.00
27 at
50.00
1,350.00
2 at
75.00
150.00
3 at
100.00
300.00
Total $4,100.00
MISCELLANEOUS REPORT
Accidents reported
286
Amount of lost property recovered
$1,134.10
Amount of property left outside stores
65.45
Amount of stolen property recovered
7,119.68
Bicycles found
12
Broken wires reported
2
Buildings found open and secured
509
Burglary (False Alarm)
2
Complaints and cases investigated
1,577
Dead and stray cats reported
43
Dead bodies cared for
3
Defects in gas pipes reported
2
Defects in hydrants
1
Defects in streets and sidewalks
63
Defects in water pipes reported
6
Detail for private assemblages
621
Detail for public assemblages
132
Dog bites reported
26
Dogs killed
5
Fences blown down and reported
2
Fires discovered and alarm given
15
Fires discovered and extinguished without alarm
3
House lights reported out
40
Lanterns put in dangerous places
3
Lights found burning in buildings Lost children cared for
41
Lost dogs found and returned to owners
75
Medical Examiner cases
3
Obstructions removed from the streets
8
Officers at fires
295
Persons missing
25
233
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Posting notices
50
Rescued from drowning
1
Runaway boys cared for
7
Runaway girls cared for
5
Serious sickness signs put out
4
Sick and disabled people assisted
57
Street lights not burning
115
Water running to waste
8
Wires burning trees
7
Number of duty calls
52,173
Number of Light Dept. calls
1,603
Number of Report Center calls
1,038
Number of Armory calls
1,401
Number of ambulance cases
357
Miles covered by ambulance
4,412
Miles covered by Oldsmobile-Car No. 1
46,233
Miles covered by Oldsmobile-Car No. 2
7,724
Miles covered by motorcycle
2,381
Legal papers served for out of town police departments during the year 196
Legal papers served in town during the year
151
Number of cases investigated for the Department of Justice
133
Turned over to the Department of Justice the following articles
taken from aliens:
Cameras
4
Revolvers
2
Opera Glasses
3
Shot guns
3
Radio short wave
2
Money collected for fines imposed by the court
$994.00
Money collected on non-support cases
$1,664.00
Money collected for restitution
$118.18
Money collected for revolver permits issued
$54.00
Money collected on ambulance cases
$152.50
Money collected for bicycle registration plates
$75.90
CONCLUSION
During the past year, there have been some changes in the personnel of the department owing to the retirement of one officer, and four others having entered some branch of the armed services of the United States.
These changes in the personnel are as follows:
August 11, 1942, Patrolman Edwin M. Rowe was granted retirement under the Veterans' Retirement Act, on account of poor health.
September 15, 1942, Reserve Officer John F. Mahoney was appointed a regular patrolman to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Patrol- man Rowe.
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September 22, 1942, Maximilian J. Ramocki was appointed a reserve officer to fill a vacancy.
Patrolman Eugene F. Hathaway and Reserve Officers Henry F. Galvin, Daniel J. Sullivan, and Maximilian J. Ramocki, all of whom have joined some branch of the armed services, were granted a leave of absence for the duration of the war.
October 11, 1942, Reserve Officer Charles F. Hupprich, Jr., was appoint- ed a military substitute patrolman to fill the vacancy of Patrolman Hath- away.
In February, an Auxiliary Police School was organized with 145 citizens of the town attending and taking the various courses of the school. This school was conducted two nights a week until May, when a total of 138 completed the course and were graduated and sworn in as auxiliary police officers of this town.
Since then they have given many hours of their time both during the day and night, free of charge, in the performance of their various duties, some of which consist of enforcement of the blackout and dimout regula- tions and the enforcement of all the Governor's executive order.
Five sub police stations have been opened in various sections of the town, namely; at the Warren School, Montrose School and Greenwood School, also one in the basement of the Crystal Apartments and another branch at Police Headquarters.
Citizens of the various sections of the town should acquaint themselves with the location of these stations in case of trouble during blackouts, as an officer, if needed, could be obtained there much quicker than by sending to Police Headquarters.
These officers, as well as all others who have given their time to civilian defense activities, are deserving of the thanks and respect of all the citizens of the town.
I also desire to take this opportunity to thank the Honorable Board of Selectmen for their full and complete co-operation on all matters pertain- ing to the department during the past year.
To Mr. L. Wallace Sweetser, Committee on Police, for his individual support and co-operation at all times during the year, my sincere thanks.
To all the various town departments who have assisted and co- operated with the Police Department during the past year, and particularly to the school department, who set aside a room in each of three school houses, and to Mr. Frederick Gorman who set aside a room at the Crystal Apartments for the Auxiliary Police, and to Dr. Curtis L. Sopher, for the many things that he has done for the department during the past year, I extend my thanks, and to all other citizens and the local press who have assisted and supported the department, my sincere thanks.
I wish also to extend my sincere thanks to the Lieutenant, Sergeants, all members of the department and to the clerk, Miss Dorothy McGrail, for the faithful discharge of their duties at all times during the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN G. GATES, Chief of Police.
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Report of Chief of Fire Department
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January 19, 1943.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my Annual Report of the Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1942, with the total number of alarms, and the losses on same as near as is possible to obtain.
APPARATUS
There are at present 8 pieces of apparatus in this department, and are as follows:
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