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The following is a schedule of the names of all persons for whom votes for Representative were given in said dis- trict and the number of votes given for each person, viz :
Henry L. Andrews of Woburn
. 1706
Irving F. Batchelder of North Reading . 1886
90
Dennis P. Blake of Woburn
. 1636
Leon L. Dorr of Woburn
. 1700
William H. Henchy of Woburn
1
Defective
3
Blanks
1828
Total
8760
In witness whereof we, the City Clerk of Woburn and the Town Clerks of Burlington, Reading, North Reading and Wilmington hereunto set our hands this fourteenth day of November, A. D. 1913.
BERNARD F. MCHUGH, City Clerk, Woburn. SELWYN H. GRAHAM, Town Clerk, Burlington.
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk, Reading. ARTHUR F. UPTON, Town Clerk, North Reading. JAMES E. KELLEY, Town Clerk, Wilmington.
Town Clerk's Office, Reading, Mass.
Received and recorded, November 14, 1913.
Attest :
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING. ADJOURNED FROM NOVEMBER 3, 1913
LYCEUM HALL, READING, November 17, 1913.
Pursuant to adjournment, a town meeting was held and was called to order by the Moderator, George L. Flint.
Art. 4. On motion of James W. Killam it was voted that the Sewerage Committee be instructed to petition the Legislature for an act which will permit the Town of Read- ing to become a part of the North Metropolitan Sewerage System.
Art. 13. Voted to take from the table.
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On motion of Charles A. Loring it was voted that the Municipal Light Board be instructed not to make any con- tract or agreement to furnish electricity to the Town of Wakefield without first submitting the same to the voters of the Town of Reading in town meeting assembled for approval.
On motion of Harry P. Bosson, voted that the Selectmen be instructed to confer with the Boston & Maine Railroad in regard to the grade crossing matter, and report to the Town before they take any action.
Art. 12. On motion of Jesse W. Morton it was voted to accept Chapter 635 of the Acts of 1912, known as the Tene- ment House Act.
Art. 10. On motion of Charles A. Loring it was voted to recommit to Playground Commission, for their investiga- tion, and to report at the next town meeting on all matters in regard to a playground.
The Playground Commission, to which was referred the subject of Playground, reported in favor of Sweetser's Field, on Washington street, now used as a ball field, and in addi- tion recommended the purchase of the Catholic Church property adjoining, at a price of eleven thousand ($11,000) dollars.
Voted to adjourn.
MILLARD F. CHARLES,
Town Clerk.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING REFERENDUM ON PLAYGROUND
TOWN WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, MIDDLESEX SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Reading, Greet- ing :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of
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the Town of Reading, qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, to meet in Lower Lyceum Hall, in said Reading, on Monday, the fifteenth day of December, A. D. 1913, at two o'clock in the afternoon, to bring in their votes to the Select- men on the following question : Shall the following vote passed at the town meeting held on the third day of Novem- ber, 1913, be ratified?
Voted, that for the purpose of acquiring land of Sumner E. Claggett, containing fifteen acres more or less, for a pub- lic playground, in accordance with Section 19, Chapter 28, of the Revised Laws and amendments thereto :
Ordered that the Town Treasurer under direction of the Selectmen issue notes or bonds of the Town, payable one thousand ($1000) dollars each year at a rate of interest not exceeding five per cent. per annum.
The polls will be opened at two o'clock p. M. and may be closed at nine o'clock p. M.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to ourselves at or before the time appointed for said meeting.
Given under our hands this twenty-ninth day of Novem- ber, A. D. 1913.
EDWIN L. HUTCHINSON, JAMES W. KILLAM, OTIS B. RUGGLES,
Selectmen of Reading. READING, December 8, 1913.
By virtue of the within warrant, I have this day notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Reading qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs, to meet in the place and at the time within specified by posting attested copies of the same in the following public places, within the said Town of Reading, namely : Willis' drug store, Post Office, Lyceum Hall building, Electric Light office, Frank Parker's barber shop, Horrocks' store, Morse's lunch room, Main
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street barber shop, Danforth's drug store, Badger's real estate office, Town Building, Moran's barber shop, Salem street garage, Pierce's organ pipe factory, William A. Rich's market, Reading Co-operative building, Cummings' express office, Myers' lunch room, Reading depot, Hancock engine house, the same being more than seven days before the return hour thereof, and causing the same to be published in the Reading Chronicle, issue of December 12, 1913, the the same being more than one day before the return hour thereof.
Signed, ARDINE M. ALLEN, Constable of the Town of Reading.
READING, MASS., December 15, 1913.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant and the Constable's return thereon, a town meeting was held at the time and place specified therein and was called to order by the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, Edwin L. Hutchinson. The warrant was partly read when it was moved by Otis B. Ruggles that further reading of warrant be dispensed with except the Constable's return and it was so voted.
The following ballot clerks were duly sworn by the Town Clerk, Millard F. Charles :
Chester O. Richardson, George M. Hutchinson, Samuel Rounds, James A. Freeman, James A. Waters, Bartholemew J. Lehan, Richard N. B. Wilson.
The ballot box was duly opened, examined and found empty and registered 0000. The ballots were delivered to the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, he receipting for the same. Then the polls were duly declared open.
On motion of James W. Killam it was voted to close the polls at nine o'clock p. M.
The polls were duly closed at nine o'clock p. M., the bal- lot box registering that 518 votes had been cast. The ballot clerks reported that the check lists showed that 517 names
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had been checked and the tellers reported that 517 votes had been counted with the following result :
Shall the vote whereby it was voted by the Town to pur- chase "Claggett's Land," so called, be ratified by a referen- dum vote as per Chapter 276, Acts of 1910, and amended by Chapter 359, Acts of 1912 ?
Yes . 151
No .
· 366
And it was declared not a vote to purchase Claggett's property.
The ballots were duly sealed and delivered to the Town Clerk, whereupon it was voted to adjourn.
MILLARD F. CHARLES,
Town Clerk.
DOGS LICENSED DURING YEAR 1913
Whole number of dog licenses issued
322
39 female licenses issued at $5.00 .
·
$195 00
283 male licenses issued at $2.00 566 00
Total cash received
$761 00
Less fees for 322 licenses at 20 cents 64 40
Total paid County Treasurer $696 60
June 1, 1913, paid County Treasurer .
$486 00
Dec. 1, 1913, paid County Treasurer . 210 60
Total paid County Treasurer
$696 60
HUNTERS' LICENSES ISSUED YEAR 1913
170 Hunters' Licenses issued at $1.00
. $170 00
170 Hunters' Licenses fees at 15 cents
25 50
Due Fisheries and Game Commissioners . $144 50
Paid Fisheries and Game Commissioners
. $144 50
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
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BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS
98
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN
THE TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1913
THE
DATE
SEX
NAME OF CHILD
NAME OF PARENTS
Jan. 2
M
Paul Harry Green-
Jan. 3 M John Walter Frotton ..
Jan. 7
F Gertrude Ella Murphy
Jan. 12 M Kenneth Chandler Holden .. .
Jan. 13
M William Franklin Burnham ..
Jan. 14
M Robert Leonard Livingstone.
Jan. 25 M Joseph Clarence White ..
Jan. 27
M James Smart Perry
Jan. 28 M Jefferson Kiel Barnekov
Jan. 28 M Frank Garfield Stiles . .
Jan. 29 F
Madeline Augustine Esty .
Jan. 30 F F
Feb. 12
Feb. 13
M Woodrow Augustine Cutcliffe John Duncan Brennan
Feb. 16 M
Feb. 18 M William Robert Muse.
Feb. 18 F Grace Elizabeth Ellis
Feb. 18 F Thelma May Dimock
John Elmer Keith
James E. and Josephine (Olsen) Cutcliffe John G. and Sarah L. (Hamilton) Brennan Joseph W. and Fannie M. (Doucette) Muse Alfred W. and Alice (Shanahan) Ellis Ernest F. and Elizabeth A. (Burke) Dimock John J. and Mabel (Bowman) Keith
Mar. 5
F
F Elizabeth Hillman Jeffrey
Mar. 7 Mar. 10 M Joseph H. Doucette
Mar. 20 F Verna Eileen Mitchell
Mar. 22 M Robert Austin Dodge.
Mar. 25 F Florence Marchetti
Mar. 29 F
Mary Ellen Hickey
Mar. 29 F
Doris Sylvia Meuse.
Mar. 30 M M Wallace Martin Hubbard
Apr. oC Apr. 11
F Ruth Ella Kingsley.
Apr. 15 M Walter Edward Thomas
Apr. 21 F Ada Elizabeth Tait
Apr. 24 F Lucelle Clifford .
Apr. 26 M Nelson O'Brien . .
Apr. 27 M Robert Earl Cowles .
Apr. 29 M Walter Frederick Ingalls
John A. and Celenie (Amiro) Hubbard Leroy I. and Lucy B. (Stewart) Kingsley George and Margaret (Burns) Thomas Joseph and Lottie L. (Stock) Tait James J. and Loraine (Cushman) Clifford John J. and Edith (Nelson) O'Brien Henry W. C. and Minnie (Halse) Cowles George J. and Mary H. (Mellen) Ingalls
May 2
M
Arthur Braman Low
May F Blanche M. White.
May 16 M Arthur Victor Buote ..
May 21 F Virginia Constance Smith .. .
May 22 F Elizabeth May Pendergrace.
May 24 M Victor Herbert Cail
May 25 F Alice Richardson
May 28 M Roy James Barnes
Oscar H. and Charlotte K. (Arthur) Low Hervie and Josephine (Amereault) White Arthur J. and Margaret (Martin) Buote Alfred B. and Catherine (Burke) Smith Arthur E. and Minnie E. (Gallant) Pendergrace Fred W. and M. Elizabeth (McMichael) Cail Floyd and Alice (Heselton) Richardson Roy J. and Florence S. (Hoff) Barnes
June 1
M June 4 M
Gilbert Curtis Watts
Hulda Grace Crosby.
June 5 F June 8 F Margaret Elizabeth Greene. .
June 16 F Elizabeth Burrage.
June 21 M Jeremiah Cullinane
June 23 M Leonard Daniel McLeod.
June 26 M Charles Robert Heselton
June 29 M Richard Granger Karch.
Roland H. and Clara B. (Simpson) Watts Edward A. and Mary M. (Hubbard) Crosby Timothy G. and Delia (Higgins) Greene Alvah L. and Louise B. (Eames) Burrage Jeremiah and Annie (Blake) Cullinane Daniel G. and Annie L. R. (Martin) McLeod Charles H. and Minnie (Porter) Heselton Ralph J. and Clover (Granger) Karch
F May 6
Daniel J. and Nora (Driscoll) Desmond Charles A. and Eva M. (Pendleton) Ridlon William G. and Bessie (Hillman) Jeffrey Robert E. and Mary (Doucette) Doucette Fred G. and Bertha L. (Pierce) Mitchell Harry B. and Mildred (Haley) Dodge James and Marie (Bartolina) Marchetti James J. and Margaret (Malaney) Hickey Edward F. and Florence M. (Muse) Meuse
Mar. 6
Feb. 25 M F Louise Aloysius Desmond . Gladys May Ridlon
Anna De Vista
Karl and Dora (Levik) Green Fred J. and Mary J. (Doucette) Frotton John W. and Beulah (Burch) Murphy Lewis C. and Grace H. (Milbury) Holden W. Franklin and Florence (Jackson) Burnham Leonard A. and Laura (Murree) Livingstone Edward J. and Annie S. (White) White George B. and Olive S. (Smart) Perry Jefferson K. and Myrtle (Conkling) Barnekov Frank G. and Etta E. (Johnson) Stiles Roy L. and Grace L. (Upton) Esty Gaimsudo and Gizrannia (Ruiana) De Vesta
99
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF READING FOR THE YEAR 1913
DATE
SEX
NAME OF CHILD
NAME OF PARENTS
July 6
F Maude La Loud.
William and Helen (Derby) La Loud
July 10
F
July 20 F
Lillian Frances McCarthy . ..
John J. and Catherine F. (Penney) McCarthy Thurman J. and Eva F. (Strong) Hier
July 23 M William Franklin Hier.
M Edgar Carl John Kampersall
Charles and Lucy (Janowitz) Kampersall
July 24 1
F
Olive May Woodbridge ...
Chester M. and Viola M. (Howe) Woodbridge Charles A. and Grace (Shackley) Hathaway
Aug. 6
F
Aug. 7
F
Katherine Spencer
Aug. 9 M Elmer Francis McIntire
Aug. 17 M John Joseph Goff ...
Aug. 20 F Mary Isabelle Smith.
Aug. 20 MI
F
Aug. 26 M
Charles Edward Folsom
Robert M. and Hattie F. (Skillen) Folsom
Sept. 6
M Herbert Francis Carter
Sept. 10
F Barbara Foster Livermore ..
Sept. 10 M James Sheehan .
Sept. 14 F Norma Mildred Waldron
Sept. 21 M Howard Wesley Weaver
Sept. 26 M
James McKay Robson
Sept. 28 M Ralph Ernest Vanhon
Sept. 23 M Lawrence Heselton .
James Edward Robbins
Sept. 30 M F Sarah Annette Davis.
Oct. 9
Oct. 10
F Marguerite Frost ...
Oct. 10
F
Jean Gladys Goodale
Oct. 13 M
Oct.
15
M
Walter Baldwin Knight. Charles Ellsworth White.
Oct. 19 M Frank Cate ..
Oct. 19
F Helen Adelaide Groff .
Oct. 24 M John Kenneth Burbine
Oct. 29
M
John Neal Briggs
Oct. 30 M Francis Paul Riley
Nov. 3
F Mabel Harriet Lind
Nov. 5
M Lawrence A. Morrison
Nov. 5
M
Nov. 8
F
Doris L. Johnson
Nov. 9 M Herbert Richmond Heselton .
Nov. 18 F Norma Ellsworth Perry ..
Nov. 21 F Agnes Louise Clement . .
Nov. 23 M Bernard Joseph Peters . .
Nov. 24 M Francis James Murphy .
Nov. 28 M Sterland Ellsworth Harrop ..
Nov. 28 F Margaret Cummings
Dec. 8
F Edith May Ratcliffe
Dec. 12 M Harry Edward Frotton .
Dec. 16 F Bertha Olive Nichols .
Dec. 19 F Dorothy Wheeler Berle.
Dec. 19
F Ethel Anderson
Dec. 19 M Stanley Warren Moore
Dec. 23 M
Dec. 24 M Dec. 28 M Irvin Cornelius Brogan
Dec. 29 M Charles Sumner Deering
Baymond Foster Nelson
Carl M. and Elizabeth B. (Beaudry) Spencer Melvin S. and Elizabeth (Bell) McIntire John W. and Josephine M. (Cummings) Goff Edward M. and Mary E. (Denehey) Smith Bartholemew and Mary (Crowley) Carney
Francis A. and Alice M. (Griffiths) Carter Harold C. and Harriet (Foster) Livermore Daniel and Hannah (Hagerty) Sheehan Edward P. and Edna L. (Clough) Waldron Howard W. and Alice M. (Newcomb) Weaver James M. and Anna (Kankuba) Robson William H. and Dora (Morrison) Vanhon Carl E. and Lovis (Jaquard) Heselton Jeffrey and Emily (Doucette) Robbins
Charles and Florence I. (Marshall) Davis James E. and Marguerite (Bartlett) Frost William F. and Gladys V. (Parks) Goodale
Walter B. and Grace H. (Fernald) Knight Charles P. and Jeanette (Eldridge) White Frank and Lucille (Abbott) Cate Edward L. and Annie M. (Lewis) Groff John A. and Lavinia (Colcord) Burbine Edward W. and Edith (Hutchinson) Briggs George J. and Louise J. (Ingalls) Riley
Frank E. and Alice M. (Burnside) Lind W. Homer and Ethel A. (Alger) Morrison
Levi H. and Irene L. (Betts) Johnson Ralph F. and Harriet M. (Carter) Heselton Rolland L. and Lottie F. (Abbott) Perry Frank E. and Annie (Doucette) Clement Joseph L. and Marie (Peters) Peters William J. and Xavier (Maher) Murphy Ernest and Anna E. (Long) Harrop Dennis F. and Mary E. (Connelly) Cummings
Edward F. and Annie E. (Rogers) Ratcliffe Raymond and Philene (Doucette) Frotton Elmer B. and Rena (Flanders) Nichols Theodore P. and Avis W. (Hill) Berle Ancil and Margaret (O'Brien) Anderson Edward A. and Clarissa E. (Warren) Moore
Charles S. and Charlotte M. (Trowbridge) Deering Thomas J. and Alice M. (White) Brogan Raymond T. and Elizabeth C. (Foster) Nelson
July 21
July 28
M Edwin Everett Hathaway . ..
Bartholemew Carney .
Aug. 26
Oct. 16 M
100
BIRTHS IN OTHER YEARS OMITTED
DATE
SEX
NAME OF CHILD
NAME OF PARENTS
1893
Oct. 21
F
Zoia Ruth Lampro·
Edward J. and Sarah (Fortier) Lampro
1895
Jan. 15
M
Jesse Parker Thorn
Jesse S. and Nellie G. (Parker) Thorn
1904
June 24 M
Hazen Curtis.
Hazen and Martha (Campbell) Curtis
1906
Oct. 27 M
George Edward Curtis .
Hazen and Martha (Campbell) Curtis
1907
June 9
F
Dorothy Emerson Whall
Richard A. and Grace B. B. (Tozier) Whall
1912
Feb. 20
M Gerald Edward Cummings . .
Dennis F. and Mary E. (Connelly) Cummings Edwin F. and Belle (Lamprey) Cole
June 17
F Edna Louise Cole .. .
June 18
M Roscoe Clark Wallace
Roscoe C. and Edith V. (Tarbox) Wallace
June 26
M William Walter Goff .
July 10
M
. Kenneth Wright Brown
John W. and Josephine M. (Cummings) Goff Arthur H, and Nellie A. (Kenney) Brown Albert E. and Josephine (Lane) Fowler
Dec. 29
F
Fowler ..
Whole number of Births, 123. Nativity of Parents: American born Males, 8; American born Females, 7; Foreign born Males, 49; Foreign born Females, 39.
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF READING FOR THE YEAR 1913
DATE
NAME OF BRIDE AND GROOM AGE
OCCUPATION
BIRTHPLBCE
1912
Oct. 2
Arthur W. Bancroft .. 27
Clerk
Reading, Mass.
Grace M. Stimpson
.28
Stenographer
Reading, Mass.
1913
Jan. 7
Jeffrey Robbins . .23
Carpenter
Bellville, N. S. Bellville, N. S.
Feb
4
Joseph L. Weston . .34
Conductor
Reading, Mass.
None
Woburn, Mass.
Feb. 10 Chester Wills Brown 31
Broker
Reading, Mass.
None
Boston, Mass.
Feb. 10
Frederick E. Merrill .29
Auditor
Woburn, Mass.
Laura Byther Bestwick .29
Stenographer
Roxbury, Mass.
Feb. 15 George S. Squires . . .43
Jeannette Vincent Tucker 28
None
Memphis, Tenn. Stow. Me.
Feb. 16
Arthur Corydon Eastman .36
Charlotte Elizabeth Briggs 36
None
England
Mar. 2
Charles Kampersal 22
Organ Pipe Maker
Russia
Laundry.
Brighton
Mar. 15 Clarence Reuben Horton 23
Mar. 19
Hans W. Jorgensen 29
Fannie M. Sanderson .24
Mar. 22 Howard J. Stearns 23
Eleanor Dunshee 22
Mar. 29 A. Shirley Dike 22
Helen Jane Burbine 18 None
Reading, Mass.
Apr. 10
Thomas Vasco Mcclintock 30
Selma Theolinda Johnson· .29
Apr. 8 Daniel F. Horne. .24
Emily M. L. Hamm 20
Apr. 11 Edward A Connor .29
Regina M. Squires
18
Apr. 12 Louis G. Dulong 20
Olive Turner .20
Apr. 17 Charles Henry Maunder .33
Mabel Frances Eaton 32
John Babine. .
23
Anna E. Surrette .18
Apr. 22
Charles S. Young .. 49
A. Blanche Little .29
Apr. 23 Harris D. Gates. .29
Rose Maher 26
Apr. 30 William Thomas Goode 27
Ruby Amelia Oxley 23
Stenographer
Charlestown, Mass. Wakefield, Mass.
May 1 Joseph L. Peters 27
Marie Peters. 21
May
1 George L. Hubbard . .42
Mattie A. Morse 43
May 5 Elmer S. Harris. 70
Letitia Beattie 60
May 8 Frederic M. Day .27
Mary Lucy MacNeil .23
May 29 Walter H. Thurston .33
Pearl Warren .23
May 29 Charles Burbine. 24
Mary E. Muse. .. 21
None
Prince Edward Isle Prince Edward Isle Medford, Mass.
Whitefield, N. H.
Haverhill, Mass.
Retired
Ireland Reading, Mass.
Letter Carrier
Telegrapher
Cape Breton
Moulder
Madison, N. H.
Stenographer
Conway, N. H.
Nova Scotia Wilmington, Mass.
Knitter
Painter
Nova Scotia
None
Nova Scotia
R. R. Man
New Brunswick
None
Cambridge, Mass.
Car Repairer .
Reading, Mass.
None
Reading, Mass.
Compositor
None
Fisherman
None
Bookkeeper
Nurse .
Newbury, Mass.
Carpenter
Nova Scotia
Domestic
New Foundland
Salesman
Machine Operator
Domestic
Druggist
Chef . . .
Retired
Norway
Housework
Prince Edward Isle
Salesman
Boston, Mass.
Stenographer
Charlestown, Mass.
Enameler
Hampden, Me.
Hydraulic Engineer
Dover, N. H. Sweden
Salesman
Rockland, Mass.
Bertha Harriet Crafts .27
None
Worcester, Mass.
Farmer
Superintendent
Naugatuck. Ct.
Bertha Blake Hoyt. .29
Mill Hand
Ann Emily Carpenter .19
Hattie E. Blake .24
Lucy Janewitz 18
Apr. 21
Chelsea, Mass. Andover, Mass. Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Winchester, Mass.
Foreman
Carpenter
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF READING FOR THE YEAR 1913
DATE NAME OF BRIDE AND GROOM AGE
June 1
Daniel Joseph O'Keefe.
30
June
Ernest E. Clapp. 36
June 7
Harvard Wilson Kittredge
.25
Annetta Maude Carter .. .27
June 9
Herbert S. Clark 23
Blacksmith ·
No. Reading, Mass.
None
No. Reading, Mass. No. Chelmsford, Mass.
June 10 Frank Blood 33
Edith Frances Warren 33
June 14 George B. Beaudry . 24
Jennie Marion Gerry .24
June 14
Albert B. Carr. . 58
Amelia Sinton .48
June 22 Everett W. Brown. .23
Helen M. Sweeney .19
June 25 Ralph W. Foster .21
Nellie Warner. 22
June 29 Charles Merrill . . 56
Estella A. Bumpus. .46
June 30 Joseph Oliver Carroll . .25
Minnie Agnes Ernst 27
June 30 Chester A. Jenkins .24
Louise M. Dunlap. 23
June 30
Roland Rounds. .34
Anna Elizabeth Licht 25
OCCUPATION
BIRTHPLACE
Ireland
Domestic
Ireland
Electrician
Dorchester, Mass.
Stenographer
Dorchester. Mass.
Waltham, Me.
Stenographer
New Brunswick
Trainman
None .
Mfg. Jeweler
None .
Shoe Maker
Seamstress
Conductor
No. Reading, Mass.
Bookkeeper.
Woburn, Mass. Wakefield, Mass.
Boston, Mass. Livermore. Me.
Teamster
Housekeeper
Newburyport, Mass.
Teacher
None ..
School Master
Beverly, Mass.
Teacher
Rochester, N. H.
Boston, Mass. Brooklyn, N. Y.
July 8 William A. Doucette 22
Mary Muse .. 24
July 15 William Edw. Coulter 24
Rachel Eva Phinney .21
July 16 Walter E. Davis. 26
Jessie F. Peppard . .21
July 19 Ernest O. Smith. .32
Flora Marratt 27
Aug. 2 Elba Augustus Buckman 26
Gertrude Elizabeth Oxley 26
Aug. 11 William DeForest Ross. .45
Lena May Macdonald 38
Aug. 14 John Perry . . 20
Mary Waters .20
Aug. 20 Roy Richard Nichols 22 Mabel McBride . . 22
Aug. 22 Henry J. O'Connell 26
Marion S. Bancroft .23
Aug. 30 Alexander Richmond 25
Georgia Amelia Putnam 20
Aug. 30 Eden K. Bowser. .39
Lulu Beebe Gould 27
Aug. 31 Myer Prail 20
Rose Trailazar 20
Sept. 6 Oscar William Batchelder 24
Dorothy Jaquith 19
Sept. 8 Augustus C. Wiswall 28
Alice F. Griffiths . . . 21
Sept. 10 Chesley Preston Colson 32
Ariana Pearson Foster 34 Sept. 16 Dana Prescott Hadley 44
Grace Elizabeth Putnam 41
P. O. Clerk
Teacher
Clerk
Clerk
Mill Hand 6.
Mill Hand
Investigator
None
Clerk
None
Water Works.
None
Reading, Mass.
Lawyer
New Brunswick
None
Reading, Mass. Russia
Tailor
Dressmaker
Clerk
Bookkeeper
Manufacturer
None . .
Machinist
Stenographer
Lawrence, Mass.
Manufacturer
Teacher
Nova Scotia Reading, Mass.
None
Tel. Inspector
Nova Scotia Wakefield, Mass.
Operator
Clerk
Woodstock, Ct.
None
Woburn, Mass.
Shoe Maker
Shoe Worker
Hopkinton, Mass. Province Quebec
. .
Woodstock, Vt. Wakefield, Mass. Portland, Me.
Somerville, Mass. Prince Edward Isle Reading, Mass. Reading, Mass. Charlestown, Mass. Chelsea, Mass. Reading. Mass. Scotland
Poland
Reading, Mass. Andover. Mass.
Wellesley. Mass. Wakefield, Mass. Etna, Me.
Lyndeboro, N. H. Lowell, Mass.
Bridget Mary McDonough 28
Marian A. Bennett. .38
R. R. Fireman
Woburn, Mass. Roxbury, Mass.
Lynnfield, Mass. Candia, N. H.
New Brunswick
Mechanic
Necktie Worker
Lanesboro, Mass. Pittsfield, Mass.
Com. Traveller
None
Teamster
Ida M. McIntire. 19
St. R. R. Employe.
103
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF READING FOR THE YEAR 1913
DATE
NAME OF BRIDE AND GROOM AGE
OCCUPATION
BIRTHPLACE
Sept. 20
Charles A. McIntire- .21
Machinist
Reading, Mass.
Marion O. Cutter .23
Necktie Worker
Wilmington, Mass.
Sept. 22
Joseph D. Logan .23
Machinist
Reading, Mass.
Mary M. Aitkenhead . .18
None
Garfield, N. J.
Sept. 24 William D. Stanley
Agnes Wilson
.39
Shoe Worker
Lawrence, Mass.
Sept. 24
Robert Denham Lowell . .22
Shoe Cutter
Cambridge, Mass. Stoneham, Mass.
Oct. 4
Roger Poole Chase 24
Clerk
Salem, Mass.
None .
Melrose, Mass.
Oct. 6 Edwin Fairweather. .26
Minister
England
St. Louis, Mo.
Oct. 8 Wilber A. Perkins .22
Clerk
Danvers, Mass.
Oct. 9 John D. Muse. .23
Oct. 11
O. Edwin Ames
.25
Machinist
Somerville, Mass.
Oct. 18
Warren H. Grant .22
Shoe Worker
Haverhill, Mass.
Oct. 19
John Marven Burnham .23
Rattan Worker
Reading, Mass.
Mary E. Roach .
.23
None
Wakefield, Mass.
Oct. 29 Edward B. Mason.
.37
Chauffeur
Somerville, Mass.
Mabel Harrop
.30
Dressmaker
Canada
Oct. 29
William Milo Leach .29
Electrician
Goodground, N. Y. No. Reading, Mass.
Nov. 6
Robert Emerson Parker .25
Civil Engineer.
Reading, Mass. Malden, Mass.
Nov. 7 Norman McLeod .31
Upholsterer
Prince Edward Isle
Waitress
Prince Edward Isle
Nov. 12
Arthur G. Winship. .23
Clerk
Reading, Mass.
Nov. 19
Benjamin F. Flanders. .54
Conductor
E. Clarendon, Vt.
Cambridge, Mass.
Nov. 20
Charles Lyman Richardson 46
Broker
Reading, Mass.
Nov. 26
Henry W. Johnson .61
Farmer
Norwich, Ct.
Jennie F. Wright .62
None
New Brunswick
Nov. 26
John F. Curran .24
Plumber
Laster
Nov. 26
Albert A. Joyce .25
Clerk
Wakefield, Mass. Reading, Mass. Petraro, Cal. Reading, Mass.
Nov. 27 Paul L. Peters 35
Catherine Winefred Botts .33
Shoe Worker
Prince Edward Isle
Nov. 29 Grover Chase Eaton .27
Fireman
No. Reading, Mass. Nova Scotia
Dec. 28
Frank McCloud Wheeler 21
Teamster
Nova Scotia
Elsie May White
17
Mop Maker
Reading, Mass.
Mary Etta Meers .22
Stenographer
Lowell, Mass.
Shoe Worker
Nova Scotia
Irene M. Doucette
.21
Mill Hand
Reading, Mass.
Ethel F. Swain .26
None .
Reading, Mass. Boston, Mass.
Annie C. Hayes
.24
Shoe Worker
None
Reading, Mass.
Isabelle Siders .34
None
Ada Browne Horton .30
Bookkeeper
Eastham, Mass.
Katherine D. Galvin .24
Mary V. Dulong .18
Operator
Rubber Worker
Prince Edward Isle
Eleanor Pearl Best .28
None
Whole number of marriages, 79. American born: Males, 57, Females, 59. Foreign born: Males, 22, Females, 20.
.40
Mechanic
Province Quebec
Lillian France's Hanscom .20
Clerk
Ruth Sarah Sayward . 23
Florence Annie Turner 23
Stenographer
None ..
Edith Lynwood Ives. .26
Blanche Partridge . .34
Asunta Michelini. 23
None
Grace Edna Wright .19
104
DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF READING FOR THE YEAR 1913
DATE 1912
NAME
Y
M
D
CAUSE OF DEATH
Dec. 18
James A. Waters
22
7
18
Accidental
1913
Jan.
9
Freeman A. Marshall
40
2
18
Exephthalmic Goitre
Jan. 10
Mary A. Dodge
60
2
3
Carcinoma
Jan.
11
Abbie A. Elliott.
88
6
10
Lobar Pneumonia
Jan.
11
Mary Frances Granville
62
7
9
Dilation of Heart
Jan.
12
Mary A. Wright
79
1
10
Broncho Pneumonia
Jan.
16
Sarah M. Kimball
83
2
19
Pneumonia
Jan.
20
Arthur D. Stratton
4
7
26
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis
Jan.
23
Mabel H. Graham
36
5
27
Bulbar Paralysis
Jan.
27
Jennie A. Wheeler
88
1
29
Broncho Pneumonia
Jan.
29
Richmond Heselton
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