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Article 7. To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Chapter 240 of the Acts of 1920 entitled, "An Act to permit under Public Regulation and Control, certain Sports and games on the Lord's Day," or what it will do in relation thereto."
Article 7. A motion was made by Otis B. Ruggles, to accept the provisions of Chapter 240 of the Acts of 1920 entitled, "An Act to permit, under public regulation and control, certain sports and games on the Lord's Day." The motion was defeated by the vote of "Yes", 88; "No", 199.
Article 8. To see what amount the Town will raise and appro- priate to settle the suit brought against the Town by Adelbert E. Batchelder to recover damages for injuries suffered by him through the alleged negligence of employees of the Moth Department, or what it will do in relation thereto.
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On motion of Otis B. Ruggles, it was voted to raise and appro- priate the sum of four hundred dollars to settle the suit of Adelbert E. Batchelder against the Town. ($400.00.)
Article 9. To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Sec. 73 of Part 2 of Chapter 344 of the General Acts of 1917, a section providing that, when accepted, a building line not more than forty feet distant from the exterior line of a highway or town way may be established in the manner provided for laying out ways, and there- after no structures shall be erected or maintained between such build- ing line and such way, except parts of buildings, such as steps, win- dows, porticoes and other usual projections appurtenant to the front wall of a building to the extent prescribed in the vote establishing such building line, and except that buildings, steps, fences, gates, etc., existing at the time of the establishment of the building line may be permitted to remain and to be maintained under such condi- tions as may be prescribed in the vote establishing such building line and providing for damages and the collection thereof as in laying out a Town way, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Article 9. On motion of Otis B. Ruggles, it was voted to accept the provisions of Sec. 73, Part 2, of Chap. 344 of the General Acts of 1917, "To establish on Streets a Building Line not more than 40 feet from line of existing Street or way." Said motion was not carried.
Article 10. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of four thousand, four hundred and sixty-five dollars to provide for additional insurance, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Article 10. On motion of Henry H. Kinsley, it was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of three thousand, seven hundred and sixty dollars to pay for additional insurance. ($3,760.00.)
Article 11. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to lease the land and buildings maintained as the Town Home upon such conditions as to length of term and amount of rent, and other condi- tions, as the Selectmen shall deem expedient, or what it will do in relation thereto.
On motion of Otis B. Ruggles, it was voted that the Selectmen be authorized to lease the land and buildings maintained as the Town Home upon such conditions as to length of term and amount of rent and other conditions as the Selectmen shall deem expedient.
On motion of Galen A. Parker, it was voted to extend a vote of thanks to Mrs. Clara G. Brande for her generous gift of land on Main St. for the addition to Memorial Park, and that a copy of this vote be suitably transcribed and presented to her by the Town Clerk.
On motion of Otis B. Ruggles it was voted to adjourn "sine die".
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
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STATE AND NATIONAL ELECTION, NOV. 2d, 1920 SECURITY HALL, READING, MASS., Nov. 2D, 1920. The following is the result of the ballot for State and National officers :
FOR PRESIDENT-COX AND ROOSEVELT, Democratic
Marcus A. Coolidge (at large) 424
Rose D. Forbes (at large) 424
1 Ellen M. Boland 424
2 Mary E. Wooley
3 Joseph E. Venne 424
424
4 Arthur Gordon Webster
424
5 Charles Francis Adams
424
6 Annie I. Dodge 424
7 Abbie May Roland
424
8 Charles W. Elliot 424
9 Thomas J. Boynton 424
10 Mary F. Sullivan
424
11 William Gaston 424
12 Mary Madden Jackson 424
13 Dorothy Whipple Fry 424
14 Eugenia B. Frothingham 424
15 Harold E. Sweet 424
16 Hannah Ashley 424
COX AND GILHAUS, Socialist Labor
Peter O'Rourke (at large)
Paul Schepis (at large)
4
1 Henry Noffke
4
2 Oscar Kinsalas
4
3 Herman Koepke
4
4 Joseph Jiskra . .
4
5 John Mackinnon .
4
6 Jeremiah P. McNally
4
7 Fred E. Oelcher
4
8 John W. Aiken
4
9 Leon Greenman
4.
10 Felix Manevitz
4
11 George Nelson
4
12 Henry C. Hess
4
13 Walter J. Hoar
4
14 Patrick H. Loftus
4
15 Albert Barnes 4
16 James W. Holden
4
DEBS AND STEDMAN, Socialist
John J. McEttrick (at large)
12
Thomas H. Fair (at large) 12
1 Dan McGahan 12
4
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2 Walter J. P. Shakan 12
3 Charles E. Fenner
12
4 Adolph Wirkula 12
5 Sylvester J. McBride
12
6 Parkman B. Flanders
12
7 Joseph Wallis
12
8 George E. Roewer, Jr. 12
9 Henry Erskine .
12
10 Joseph M. Meirovitz 12
11 Louis Marcus
12
12 Samuel P. Levenberg 12
13 Samuel Zorn 12
14 N. Albion Jeppson 12
15 Morris Rosen 12
16 Wilbur M. Austin 12
HARDING AND COOLIDGE, Republican
Charles Sumner Bird (at large) 2497
Elizabeth Putnam (at large) 2497
1 Frank H. Metcalf 2497
2 Henry P. Field 2497
3 Arthur H. Lowe
2497
4 Chandler Bullock 2497
5 Alfred C. Gaunt 2497
6 Elihu Thomson 2497
7 Martin Cowan Burrows 2497
8 William H. Lewis 2497
9 J. Edward L. McLean 2497
10 Emma Romano 2497
11 Charlotte H. J. Guild
2497
12 Albert H. Curtis
2497
13 Ernest B. Dane
2497
14 Harold C. Keith 2497
15 Joseph W. Martin, Jr. 2497
2497
Blanks 44
GOVERNOR
Channing H. Cox of Boston 2459
Walter S. Hutchins of Greenfield 14
Patrick Mulligan of Boston 4
381
Blanks
123
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Marcus A. Coolidge of Fitchburg
370
David Craig of Milford
8
Alvan T. Fuller of Malden
1938
16 Albert H. Washburn
John J. Walsh of Boston
-
31
Thomas Nicholson of Methuen 8
Robert M. Washburn of Boston 487
Blanks
170
SECRETARY
Frederic W. Cook of Somerville 2405
Edward E. Ginsberg of Brookline 330
Anthony Houtenbunk of Boston 5
20 Edith M. Williams of Brookline Blanks 221
TREASURER
George H. Jackson of Lynn 59
James Jackson of Westwood 2382
Louis Marcus of Boston 8
Patrick O'Hearn of Boston 340
9
Blanks
183
AUDITOR
Alonzo B. Cook of Boston 2341
Alice E. Cram of Boston
407
Stephen J. Surridge of Lynn
6
Herbert H. Thompson of Haverhill 19
Blanks
208
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
J. Weston Allen of Newton 2392
Morris I. Becker of Boston
9
John Weaver Sherman of Boston
14
Michael L. Sullivan of Salem 348
Blanks
218
CONGRESSMAN, 5TH DIST.
Jackson Palmer of Lowell 398
John Jacob Rogers of Lowell 2415
Blanks
168
COUNCILLOR, 6TH DIST.
Charles Sumner Smith of Lincoln .2418
Blanks 563
SENATOR, 7TH MIDDLESEX DIST.
Charles H. Burns of Lynn
381
Gardner W. Pearson of Lowell 2330
Blanks
270
Albert L. Waterman of Boston
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REPRESENTATIVES IN GENERAL COURT, 18TH MIDDLESEX DIST.
William J. Farrell of Woburn 286
George L. Flint of Reading 428
Samuel W. Mendum of Woburn 1969
Walter S. Parker of Reading 2335
Blanks 944
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, MIDDLESEX COUNTY
Alfred L. Cutting of Weston 224G
Walter C. Wardwell of Cambridge 2222
Blanks 1494
SHERIFF, MIDDLESEX COUNTY
John R. Fairbairn of Cambridge 2272
Blanks 709
Shall an Act entitled, "An Act to regulate the manufacture of Beer, Cider and Light Wines, and in which it is provided that all bev- erages containing not less than one-half of one per cent and not more than two and three-fourths per cent of alcohol by weight at 60 de- grees Fahrenheit shall be deemed not to be intoxicating liquor," which Act passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 121 in favor and 67 against and passed in the Senate by a vote of 26 in favor and 6 against and was thereafter vetoed by His Excellency, the Governor, and failed of passage in the Senate over the said veto by a vote of 14 in favor and 22 against, be approved?
Yes 896
1659
No Blanks 426
Shall Chapter 166 of the Acts of 1920, which authorizes the granting of one day off in every eight days to Police Officers without loss of pay, be accepted by this Town?
Yes
1630
No
620
Blanks 731
The votes were counted and declared in open town meeting and sealed and delivered to the Town Clerk.
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, CITY OF WOBURN
In accordance with the provisions of Sec. 322, Chapter 835, Acts of 1913, the City Clerk of Woburn, and the Town Clerks of Reading and Stoneham, being the City and Town Clerks of every city and town
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in Representative District No. 18 within said County, met at the City Hall, Woburn, at noon on Friday, Nov. 12th, A. D. 1920, being the 10th day succeeding the day of the State Election held on Tuesday, Nov. 2d, A. D. 1920, and then and there opened, examined and com- pared the copies of the records of votes cast at said election for the office of Representative and determined therefrom that Walter S. Parker of Reading and Samuel W. Mendum were elected to the office of Representative.
The following is a schedule of the names of all persons for whom votes for Representative were given in said district and the number of votes given for each person, viz :-
3259
William J. Farrell of Woburn 2693
George L. Flint of Reading
Samuel W. Mendum of Woburn 6584
Walter S. Parker of Reading 6432:
In witness whereof, we, the City Clerk of Woburn and the Town Clerks of Reading and Stoneham hereunto set our hands this twelfth day of November, A. D. 1920.
JAMES A. McLAUGHLIN, City Clerk, Woburn.
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk, Reading. GEORGE N. GREEN, Town Clerk Stoneham.
Received and recorded in Town Clerk's Office, Reading, Mass., Nov. 12, 1920.
ATTEST: MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
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NOTICE TO PARENTS, HOUSEWIVES, PHYSICIANS AND MIDWIVES
Your Attention is Called to the Sections Below Taken from the Revised Laws .- Blank Forms for Return of Births Can be Obtained of the Town Clerk.
SECTION 3, CHAPTER 444, ACTS 1897
SECT. 3 .- Physicians and midwives shall on or before the fifth day of each month report to the clerk of each city or town a correct list of all children born therein during the month next preceding, at whose birth they were present, stating the date and place of each birth, the name of the child, if it has any, the sex and color of the child, the name, place of birth and residence of the parents, the maiden name of the mother, and the occupation of the father. If the child is illegiti- mate the name of the father shall not be stated, unless at the joint re- quest in writing of both father and mother, which request shall be filed with the returns of births. The fee of the physicians or midwife shall be twenty-five cents for each birth so reported, and shall be paid by the city or town in which the report is made, upon presentation of a certificate from the city or town clerk, stating that said births have been reported in conformity with the requirements of this section. Any physician or midwife neglecting to report such list for ten days after it is due shall for each offence forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars.
SECTION 6, CHAPTER 444, ACTS 1897
SECT. 6 .- Parents and Householders shall within forty (40) days after the date of a birth occurring in his house give thereof or cause such notice to be given to the clerk of the city or town in which such child is born.
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
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DOGS LICENSED DURING YEAR 1920
Whole number of licenses issued 334
40 Female licenses at $5.00 $200.00
293 Male licenses at $2.00 586.00
1 Kennel license at $50.00
50.00
Total cash received $836.00
Less fees for 334 licenses
66.80
Total due County Treasurer
$769.20
Paid County Treasurer June 1, 1920
$478.20
Paid County Treasurer Dec. 1, 1920
291.00
Total Paid County Treasurer $769.20
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
Fishing and Hunting Licenses Issued Year 1920
235 Hunting Licenses issued at $1.00 $235.00
3 Alien Fisherman's Licenses at $1.00 3.00
132 Fisherman's Licenses at 50 cents 66.00
20 Trapper's Licenses at 25 cents
5.00
Total
$309.00
Less 390 license fees at 15 cents
58.50
Balance due State
$250.50
Paid Fisheries and Game Commissioners:
February 25, cash $ 49.05
May 27, cash
15.75
August 3, cash
63.70
October 19, cash
70.00
December 17, cash
52.00
Total
$250.50
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1920
Date
Name
Parents
Jan.
4 Nancy Elizabeth Boyle
4 Joseph Arthur White, Jr.
15 Barbara Leach
17 Donald Harvey Ross
19 Margaret Elizabeth Nickerson
20 Irving Roy Heselton
20 Ryland
22 George Stanley Harvey, Jr.
24 Margaret Eva Choporian
Feb.
1 Genevieve Carroll
5 Gladys Ethel Symonds
7 Barbara Louise Harris
7 Doris Mardell Humphry
8 Edward Howard Bowley, Jr.
10 Eileen Rogers
10 Margaret Mary Walsh
11 James Leo Castine
12 Esther Frances Tucker
14 Barbara May Campbell 15 Dorothy Leavitt
15 Priscilla Jones
22 24 Leonard Arthur Smith
24 Herbert Edward Slocum
25 Millicent Antoinette Beaulieu
27 James Franklin Whitton, Jr.
29 John Cronin
Mar.
9 Edward Albert Dulong
10 William John Sears
10 Joseph Albert Gallant
13 Mary Marion Charlotte Pluff
15 Priscilla Mae Kittredge
19 Ruth Gertrude Richardson
21 Rose Lillian Towne
22 Florence Burbine
24 Raymond Jordan
26 William John Richmond
31 Francis Adel Amiro
Harold N. and Mildred Joseph A. and Alexina M. William M. and Florence A. Walter A. and Florence M. Charles and Elizabeth H. Carl D. and Mary J. Herbert John and Frances V. George S. and Madelene D. John S. and Nellie D.
James F. and Catherine C. Hazen K. and Ethel F. Thomas L. and Lucretia F. George and Fleda B.
Edward H. and Pauline E. Warren P. and Bertha F. Joseph P. and Mary J.
Simon A. and Marion M. Walter D. and Rose V.
William F. and Faith L.
Nathaniel W. and Marian M.
Elmer D. and Flora E.
William R. and Mary B. Herbert E. and Ruth F. Noe H. and Eda H. James F. and Agnes H. Jeremiah J. and Agnes C.
Louis G. and Olive T. George L. and Amanda S. Stephen and Mary A. Fred E. and Marion P. Howard W. and Annetta C. George W. and Violet I. Samuel W. and Melina S. Peter J. and Rose G. George S. and Angie C. Alexander and Georgie P. Raymond and Frances H.
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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1920
Date
Name
Parents
Apr.
6 Louise Celestine Doucette
9 Helen Roach
16 Doris Ruth Lewis
16 Rita Louise Riley
17 Helen Theresa Riley
17 Arsenault
20 Virginia Ruth Runge
29 Henry Davidson Steadman
29 Mary Louise Callan
Jeffrey and Catherine L. George A. and Sadie B. Chas. E. and Ruth W. George J. and Louise I. George J. and Louise I. Joseph and Mary M. Carl O. and Dorothy S. James and Marion K. Arthur B. and Hermie S.
May
1 Esther May Burbine 5 Eric Morton Matson
9 Mary Ethel White
9 Gladys V. Duby
12 Lorraine Bruorton
13 Francis Kenneth Doucette
13 Harry William Herbolzheimer
17 Margaret Mary Bennett
20 Daniel Francis McMahon
23 30 McDonough
Frank and Mary D. Eric P. and Judith A. Adrian and Mary H.
Arthur C. and Gladys C. John R. and Gladys H.
William A. and Mary B. Harry W. and Doris B.
Austin F. and Mary M. Thomas M. and Louise M.
Bartholemew and Catherine
June
1 Albert Mayne
1 Richard Loring Guild
2 Brendon Leonard Hoyt
4 Mildred Abbott Yates
15 Effie Elizabeth Keene
16 Natalie Wallace
17 George Arthur Hamm
17 Gladys Elaine Killam
20 Anna Lockwood Florence
20 Ruth Lillian Gaffney
22 Joseph Roy White
22 Richard Storti
23 James Russell Stewart
23 Audrey Frances Lowell
23 Beatrice Seraphine Meuse
28 Jane Louise LèFave
Frank H. and Julia B. Robert and Ethel
Carl H. and Florence M.
George W. and Ethel B.
Edward B. and Abbie E.
Chester J. and Nancy C. Loring W. and Lora M.
Phineas S. and Gladys A.
William E. and Edith M.
John E. and Hilda S. Hervie and Josephine A.
John and Edna B. Carl E. and May P.
Robert and Lillian H.
Dennie and Rose O.
Albert A. and Marie L.
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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1920
Date
Name
Parents
July
7 Ruth Althea Gibson
12 Doris Priscilla Williams
14 Donald Cole Larrabee
22 Leslie Richmond Heselton, Jr.
28 Gladys Leman
28 Lawrence Alpedo
31 Anderson
Archibald L. and Melita A.
Ralph and Frances W.
George E. and Esther H.
Leslie R. and Freida W.
Albert and Myrtle
Joseph and Florence L. Andrew and Ann K.
August
2 Robert Hutchison Williams
4 Emily Warren Ambrose
4 Evelyn May Hatfield
6 Frank Bernerd Doucette
14 Otto Christiansen, Jr.
18 Phyllis Stewart Perkins
18 Frances Warren Leighton Hubbard
21 Frances Helen Fairbanks
25 Charles Robert McLeod
25 Aine Frank Pritchard, Jr.
27 George M. Hoyt
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Sept.
1 Mary Virginia White
3 Irving Thomas Skidmore
8 Ruth Miriam Esterberg
8 Emma Augusta Stafford
10 James Arthur Gorey
20 Bernard Paul Muse 20 William Francis Jones, Jr.
26 Clarence Melvin Allen
29 Helen Gertrude McCarthy
29 Joseph Walter Doucette
Oct.
6 Donald Lincoln Ahern
10 Mary Anita Classen
12 Dorothy Galvin
15 Raymond Vincent Doucette
17 Edson Robert King 29 Alice Ruth Carter
31 Shirley Flager
Theodore R. and Annabel H. Charles M. and Rebecca N.
William and Edna K.
Frank P. and Ruth D.
Otto W. and Sarah W.
Howard D. and Lillian S. James and Louise L. Albert L. and Anna S.
Curtis S. and Helen L. Robert W. and Amy T.
Aine F. and Violet P. Frank and Alice P.
Edward J. and Anne W. Martin and Pearl W. William L. and Anna B. James H. and Jessie N. Edward H. and Mary M. Ambrose and Vera F. William F. and Margaret H. Francis S. and Abbie F. John J. and Catherine P. Edward and Marion M.
Dennis S. and Blanche G. Thomas F. and Maybelle L. Jeremiah F. and Minnie T. John J. and Eunice F. Chester R. and Almira W. William W. and Lydia P. Harold J. and Shirley G.
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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1920
Date
Name
Parents
Nov.
1 Blanche Gertrude Griffin
9 Harold Hardy Frotten Sullivan
11
16 Elizabeth Agnes Croswell
18 Carl Edward Gilman
20 Geraldine Frances Barton
24 Helen Frances White
27 Marjorie Frye
John J. and Margaret D. Larry J. and Laura F. Arthur J. and Daisy B. Thomas and Catherine K. Edgar M. and Edith B. Walter E. and Marie H. Francis P. and Mary D. Harold H. and Lillian F.
Dec.
1 Herbert Franklin Hill
1 Clarence Lorengo Dow
7
10 Mary Vera Robbins
13 Charles Vincent Mullin
21 Edward Meuse
27 Pauline Frances Meuse
Charles A. and Grace C. Clarence L. and Joanna N.
George and Alma A. Thomas V. and Ida R. Edward F. and Florence M. Frederick A. and Irene M.
Date Name
Parents
OMISSIONS AND CORRECTIONS FOR OTHER YEARS
1919
Jan. 2 Elizabeth Mavis Browne Thomas R. and Angela C.
Feb. 15 Jennie Rita Clements
Frank E. and Annie D.
Mar. 21
Aug. 14 Helen Mildred Proctor
Louis and Mildred M. Joseph A. and Rose M.
Aug. 11 Joseph Grant, Jr.
Sept. 12 Pauline Hussey Eames Hugh L. and Anne W.
Nov. 17 John Devaney
John L. and Sarah J.
1914 Jan. 18 Edward S. Taylor
Edward S. and Alice T.
1872
Dec. 26 Henry Adolph Doucette
John M. and Frances M.
1917
Jan. 25 Julian Weston Hurd
Ernest A. and Hattie E.
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED
IN READING FOR YEAR 1920
Date
Names
Age
Occupation
Residence
Dec. 1919
22 William McDermott
26
Grocery Manager
Boston
Lillian M. Morrison
25
Nurse
England
Jan.
3 Northen Orr Tribble Marion Cecelia Stevens
24
Dentist
Reading
6 James H. Pulsifer
53 Boss Painter
Woburn
Chlora R. Southwick
43
Housekeeper
Wilmington
22 Francis Leo Johnson 21 Lida Karclur Williams 19 Millhand
Chauffeur
Reading
25 Frederick Albert Meuse Irene Margaret Dulong
19
Rubber worker
Reading
16
Rubber worker
Reading
25 Clarence James Peters Hannah Louise Curtin
21
Clerk
Somerville
27 Philip Roy Eaton Emma Dumas
38
At Home
Boston
Mill hand
Reading
27 Henry Benjamin Kenney Grace Helen Murphy 29 Arthur C. Duby
18
Rubber worker Clerk
Reading
Gladys C. Carroll
21
None
Wakefield
29 Harold E. Gonnam
29 Spreader
Reading
Elizabeth Pierce Higgins
22
At Home
Salem Depot, N. H.
Feb.
6 Rodney E. Buck Hilda May Buck
26
Grocer
Wilmington
25
Teacher
Wilmington
Shoe maker
Reading
8 George Gerard Rogers Marie Julia Morris
17
Shoe worker
Reading
11 Carl Winslow Goodridge Emeline Perkins Tyler
25
Stenographer
Boston
Jeweler
Attleboro
25 Shirley Goss Blackinton Helen Ruth Fowler
19 Switchboard oper.
Reading
29 Isie Mizner
29 Tailor
Reading
Rosa Messerman
23
Dressmaker
Reading
Mar.
6 George Ainsworth Proctor 27
Woodworker
Framingham
Robina Hamilton Milne 28
Machine operator
Framingham
17 James Goldsworth Watters 22
Chauffeur
Reading
Elinor Blake Chandler 18
None
Reading
20 John F. Clancy 24 Grace Nellie Torrance 28
Teamster
Malden
Housekeeper
Reading
Millwright Brighton
21 Anthony Bendist Szawlis 33 Josephine Ford 38 At Home
Winthrop
21
Cashier
Reading
31 Organ Pipe maker
Reading
27
Reading
25
23
Telephone installer
Reading
27
20
Reading
29 Physician
Atlanta, Ga.
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN READING FOR YEAR
1920
Date
Names
Age Occupation
Residence
Apr.
5 John Frank Dulong Mary Elizabeth Clark
41
Shoe worker
Reading
7 George R. Huestis
44
Salesman
Mattapan
Fannie I. Burgess
47 At Home
Wakefield
10 Henry Allen Brown 26 Gladys Gertrude Cloudman 20
Draft Clerk
Reading
14 Willard Symmes Vivian Smith
25
Clerk
Reading
21
Clerk
Stoneham
18 Avery Warren Clark Anna Barbara MacKillop
25
Civil Engineer Domestic
Boston
23 Civil Engineer
Reading
21 Carl Weston Roberts Rena Nelson
23
Telephone Operator
Reading
27 Auto Mechanic
Reading
24 Laurence Howard Buck Helen Fisher Burrell
24 None
Malden
25 George F. Richard
39 Moulder
Reading
Margaret Michelini
37 Housework
Reading
May
16 Paul William Pagel
24
Merchant
Riceville, Iowa
Marion Florence Ellis 18
None
Reading
20 Walter Strauthard Gibbons 21 Madeline F. Hobson 17
Salesman
Reading
21 John Henry LeFave Genevieve Cath'ne Doucette 20
23
Painter
Reading
Stenographer
Reading
Foreman
Reading
None
Melrose
26 Maurice Henry Donegan 21
Salesman
Reading
Doris Maria Bright 18
Clerk
Melrose
29 Edward Francis Golladay Edith Belle Brown
44
Clerk
Reading
June
2 John Eric Turner
22 Clerk
Reading
Dorothy Althea McKie
22
Clerk
Wakefield
2 Ralph B. Comins 30 Motor Truck Bus
Wakefield
Frances F. Oxley
26
Manager
Wakefield
2 Frank Elden Cross 18 Vivian Adela Brown 18 Stitcher
Machinist
Wakefield
Reading
6 Patrick James Joyce Anna Lelia Hickey 30 Millhand
32
Rubber worker
Reading
Reading
6 Jeremiah Joseph Bresnahan 24
Draftsman
Medford
35 Machinist helper
Reading
Welder Portsmouth, N. H.
Reading
25
At Home
E. Weymouth
22 Frank Oliver Coolidge Florence Christine Purvis 25 26
36 Mason
Braintree
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED
IN READING FOR YEAR 1920
Date
Names
Age Occupation
Residence
June
Mary Agnes Fay
22
Telephone operator
Reading
7 Joseph Arthur Grant
27
Salesman
Reading
Rose B. Melanson
22
None
Reading
7 George Leonard Doyle
37
Machinist
Reading
Ida M. Tait
37
Machine operator
Wakefield
10 Garvin Bawden Helen Henderson
22
None
Reading
15
Aiden Lassell Ripley Doris Verne
22
None
Reading
16 George Henry Anderson 22 Mildred Elizabeth Harrison 22
Manager
Reading
16 Robert Bruce Lumsden 23 Josephine Esther Grout 17
27
Chief Clerk
Reading
20 Edward Thomas Shea Lillian McKenney 25
25
Conductor
Reading
Repairer
Reading
20 Edward Ira Gadbois Margaret S. White 21 Emmett Frank Greenleaf Mabel Esther Sherman 27 Frank Enos Doucette Bridget Frances Wall 28 Otis Witham Means Christine Marion Newton
20
Mill hand
Wilmington
Clerk Wakefield
23
Bookkeeper
Reading
24
Shipping clerk
Reading
23
Cloth inspector
Reading
36
Merchant
Machias, Me.
29 Nicholas William Halloran Helen Leszczyrisky
22
Rattan worker
Reading
18
Mill hand
No. Reading
30 Alexander Treat Forbes Ethel Mae Reed
30
Teacher
Reading
30 Thomas Parkinson
31 Foreman
Reading
Emma Newhall Leavis
33 Music teacher
Reading
July
1 George Albert Fearon Lydianna Letourneau 18 Operator Biddeford, Me.
3 Jacob Mitchell Annette McGrath
74 Treasurer
Reading
36 Nurse
Reading
3 Howard Elliott Russell 26 Paulina Roberts 26 Bookkeeper
Painter
Reading
Reading
19
17 Edward Fitzgerald, McCotter 26 Ruth Maude Thorburn Robert Paul McKeogh Anne Catherine Riley
28
Bookkeeper
Reading
30
Druggist
Gardner
23
Shipper
Reading
Contractor
Reading
Stenographer
Somerville
Mate Jacksonville, Fla.
24
Student
Cambridge
23
Artist
Wakefield
Grocer
Reading
22
29 Teacher
Reading
28 Mechanic West Haven, Conn.
21 Painter Biddeford, Me.
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED
IN READING FOR YEAR 1920
Date
Names
Age
Occupation
Residence
July
4 James Geddis 25 Katherine Soph'nia Lawler 24
Shipper
Boston
Bookbinder
Somerville
5 John R. Muse Victoria G. LeBlanc
22
Machinist
Reading Wakefield
14 Albert Joseph Smith Mabel Florence Foy
21
Laborer
Reading
15 Wilman Mansfi'd Macomber 53 Carrie Sargent Cole 53
19
Tel. Operator
Wakefield
R. R. Agent
Malden
None
Roxbury
Steamfitter
Reading
17 Earl Everett Florence 21 Venice Adelaide Milligen 21
None
Framingham
17 George Eugene Felton 22
Paint Mfg.
Reading
None
Reading
21
Edith Adelaide Buck Frank Edward Epolite Ella Frances Badger
41
Nurse
Reading
31 Frank Dawson Forbes
28
Rubber worker
Reading
Margaret Bertha Dumphy 28
None
Reading
Aug.
3 Albert Michael Rowean 22
Manager
Reading
Marjorie S. Creed
21
Clerk
Dorchester
7 Morton E. Setchell 49
Public Accountant
W. Roxbury
Lottie H. Gowing
46
None
Reading
29 Elmer B. Stratton
17
Truckman
Reading
Leora F. Gilman
20
At Home
Derry, N. H.
Sept.
1 Harold Worth Batchelder 26
Band Cutter
Reading
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