Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1923, Part 2

Author: Reading (Mass.)
Publication date: 1923
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 320


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Art. 13. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to proceed to perfect the title in such property as is held by the Town for the non- payment of taxes.


(Selectmen.)


Art. 13. On motion of Frederick L. Springford, it was voted that the Board of Selectmen be and hereby are authorized and directed to proceed to perfect the title in such property as is held by the Town for non-payment of taxes.


Art. 14. To see what disposition the Town will make of the legacy of one hundred dollars ($100.00) received from the estate of the late Ben- jamin L. Fabens. (Selectmen.)


Art. 14. On motion of Leon G. Bent, if was voted that the legacy left to the Town by Benjamin L. Fabens of one hundred dollars be trans- ferred to the Trustees of the Public Library for use of the Public Library.


Art. 15. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00) for the purpose of reimbursing or exonerating the Tax Collector for, or on account of, expenses incurred or to be incurred in attempting to collect taxes assessed on personal property and which have been due and payable for more than a year, or what it will do in relation thereto. (Town Counsel.)


Art. 15. On motion of Frederick L. Springford, it was voted that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars for the purpose of reimbursing or exonerating the Tax Collector for, or on account of, expenses incurred or to be incurred in attempting to collect taxes assessed on personal property and which have been due and payable for more than a year.


Art. 16. To see what action the Town will take regarding the instal- lation of additional street lights on the public streets during the year 1923.


(Municipal Light Board.)


Art. 16. On motion of William G. Long, it was voted that the subject matter of Art. 16 be referred to the Municipal Light Board, with authority to install such additional lights as in their judgment are necessary, and to make such changes in existing lights as may be advisable, the cost of same to be paid from the Depreciation Fund.


Art. 17. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate, or otherwise provide, a sufficient sum of money to replace the flag pole on the Common, or what it will do in relation thereto. (Otis B. Ruggles and others.)


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Art. 17. On motion of Otis B. Ruggles, it was voted that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars for the purpose of erecting on the Common a 100 foot, wooden topmast flag pole, butt to be not less than nineteen inches in diameter, pole to be fitted with oak cross trees and other necessary fittings, with a suitable ornament on top of mast. Bottom of pole to be preserved with pitch and set in ground with a concrete base. 126 voted "Yes," 47 voted "No."


Art. 18. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate, or otherwise provide, the sum of seventy-five hundred dollars ($7500.00) to purchase the playground, so called, on Washington Street, for athletic sports, or what it will do in relation thereto. (Reading Baseball Association.)


Art. 18. On motion of Otis B. Ruggles, it was voted that the sum of seventy-five hundred dollars ($7500.00) be raised and appropriated for the purchase of the playground property, so-called, being land on Wash- ington Street, 514 acres, more or less, owned by Delia E. Sweetser: said land to be acquired for playground purposes as provided by Sec. 14, Chap. 45, of the General Laws, and that the Treasurer be authorized, with the approval of the Selectmen, to issue notes of the Town therefor in the sum of seventy-five hundred dollars ($7500.00), with interest not to exceed five per cent per annum; notes to be payable twenty-five hundred dollars in one year, twenty-five hundred dollars in two years, twenty-five hundred dollars in three years, and issued under the provisions of Clause 6, Sect. 8, Chap. 44, of the General Laws. 177 voted "Yes," none voted "No."


Art. 4. On motion of George H. Clough, it was voted to take Art. 4 from the table.


On motion of George H. Clough, it was voted to raise and appropriate for Care of the Common, Park and Supervised Play, two thousand three hundred seventy dollars.


On motion of George H. Clough, it was voted to lay Art. 4 on the table.


Art. 19. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred and ninety dollars ($290.00) for Child Welfare Work, to be expended under the direction of the Reading Visiting Nurse Association, or what it will do in relation thereto.


(Elizabeth H. Brown and others.)


Art. 19. On motion of Elizabeth H. Brown, it was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred ninety dollars ($290.00) for Child Welfare Work to be expended under the direction of the Reading Visiting Nurse Association and the Board of Health.


Art. 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00), or some other amount, and that the Selectmen appoint a director, the money to be expended by and the director to serve in cooperation with the County Agricultural Trustees of the Middlesex County Bureau of Agricultural and Home Economics under the provisions of Sec. 40 to 45, Chap. 128, General Laws.


(Rolland L. Perry.)


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Art. 20. On motion of Rolland L. Perry it was voted that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150.00), and that the Selectmen appoint a director, the money to be expended by and the director to serve in co-operation with the County Agricultural Trustees of the Middlesex County Bureau of Agriculture and Home Eco- nomies under the provisions of Sections 40 to 45, Chapter 128, of the General Laws. 4


Art. 21. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to sell the Parker Tavern Property, so called, and to determine the extent of such authority as may be granted including price, terms of payment and the granting of an option to a prospective purchaser, or what it will do in relation thereto. (Charles F. Brown and others.)


Art. 21. On motion of Charles F. Brown, it was voted that the Selectmen be authorized and directed to make a conditional sale of the building known as the Parker Tavern and such portion of the land on which said building is located as may not in their judgment be required for use of the Town, for the sum of one hundred dollars, the said sale to be upon the condition that said building shall be used by the purchaser for historical purposes and not as a source of pecuniary profit, and shall revert with the land to the Town unless so used.


Art. 22. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2500.00) for the purpose of widening Lowell Street to its proper width, as laid out originally by the County Com- missioners, and to construct a curb from a point near Winthrop Avenue to the Lowell Street School House to a point near'y opposite High Street on Lowell Street, or what it will do in relation thereto.


(Logan R. Dickie and others.)


Art. 22. On motion of George H. Clough, the subject matter of this article was referred to the Board of Public Works.


Art. 23. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of five thousand dollars ($5000.00) for sidewalks, or what it will do in relation thereto.


(Charles H. Swain and others.)


Art. 23. On motion of Albert R. Shepardson, the subject matter of this article was referred to the Board of Public Works.


Art. 24. To see if the Town will accept and maintain such part of Ellis Avenue, leading off Summer Avenue, as has been improved and made passable, or what it will do in relation thereto.


(Byron W. Whitney and others.)


Art. 24. On decision of the Moderator, this article was indefinitely postponed.


Art. 25. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) for grading the sidewalks on Park Avenue, also put in two (2) catch basins to take away the surface water.


(William Carney and others.)


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Art. 25. On motion of Albert R. Shepardson, the subject matter of this article was referred to the Board of Public Works.


Art. 2. On motion of Frederick L. Springford, it was voted to take this article from the table.


On motion of Frederick L. Springford, it was voted to accept the report of the Town Officers as printed in the Town Report, also the report of the Finance Committee and Planing Board and Hospital Committee.


On motion of Albert R. Shepardson, it was voted to indefinitely post- pone action on proposed hospital gift of John B. Lewis.


On motion of Frederick L. Springford, it was voted to adjourn sine die.


MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.


SPECIAL TOWN MEETING


Security Hall, Oct. 29, 1923.


Pursuant to the warrant and the Constable's return thereon, a town meeting was held and was called to order by the Moderator, Jesse W. Morton. The warrant was partially read by the Town Clerk, when it was voted to dispense with further reading except the Constable's return. After the Constable's return was read, the meeting proceeded to business.


Art. 1. To hear and act on reports of town officers and special com- mittees, and determine what instructions will be given the town officers.


Art. 1. On motion of Frederick L. Springford, it was voted to lay this article on the table.


Art. 2. To see if the Town will appropriate and authorize the trans- fer of the sum of eight hundred and sixty-four dollars and thirty-eight cents ($864.38), from the Overlay Reserve Fund to the Reserve Fund, or what it will do in relation thereto. (Town Accountant.)


Art. 2. On motion of Leon G. Bent, it was voted that the sum of eight hundred sixty-four dollars and thirty-eight cents ($864.38) be ap- propriated from the Overlay Reserve Fund, and that the Town Accountant be authorized to transfer said sum to the Reserve Fund.


Art. 3. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate, or otherwise provide, for the purpose of providing funds for extensions and enlargements of the Municipal Light Plant, or what it will do in relation thereto.


(Municipal Light Board.)


Art. 3. On motion of Arthur G. Sias, it was voted that there be raised and appropriated for the purpose of extending and enlarging the Mun- icipal Light Plant the sum of ($10,000.00) in addition to the amount which may be available for such purposes in the Depreciation Fund, to be ex-


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pended by the Manager of Municipal Lighting under the direction and control of the Municipal Light Board; and that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen be, and hereby is, authorized to borrow for the above purposes the sum of $10,000.00, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, which bonds or notes shall bear interest at a rate not ex- ceeding six per cent (6%) per annum, and shall be payable in accordance with the provisions of Chap. 44 of the General Laws, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than twenty (20) years from the date of the first issue of said bonds or notes. 22 voted "Yes" and none "No."'


Art. 4. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to construct sewers in Sweetser Avenue in accordance with the plans drawn by F. A. Barbour, C. E., and adopted by the Town, or what it will do in relation thereto. (Board of Public Works.)


Art. 4. On motion of George H. Clough, it was voted that the Board of Public Works be, and they hereby are, authorized to construct sewers in Sweetser Avenue, in accordance with plans drawn by F. A. Barbour, C. E., and heretofore adopted by the Town.


Art. 5. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum not to exceed $15,000 for the purpose of paying for any portion of the cost of installing additional sewers in accordance with plans drawn by F. A. Barbour, C. E., and adopted by the Town, and will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow said sum and issue there- for bonds or notes of the Town, such bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 7, Chap. 314, Acts of 1909, with amendments thereof and additions thereto, or what they will do in relation thereto. (Board of Public Works.)


Art. 5. On motion of George H. Clough, it was voted that the sum of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000.00) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of paying for any portion of the cost of installing additional sewers in accordance with plans drawn by F. A. Barbour, C. E., and adopted by the Town; and that the Treasurer be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow said sum, and to issue therefor bonds or notes of the Town, such bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Section 7 of Chapter 314 of the Acts of 1909, with amendments thereof and additions thereto, so the same shall be paid in not more than thirty years or such earlier date or dates as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine. 28 voted "Yes and none "No."'


Art. 1. Voted to take this article from the table.


A motion was made as to assessing property which was discussed by Walter L. Legg and others but no action was taken.


Voted to adjourn sine die.


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


Sec. 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 occupation of the father. If the child is illegitimate the name of the father shall not be stated, unless at the joint request in writing of both father and mother, which request shall be filed with the returns of births. The fee of the physicians or midwives 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 require- ments 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


Sec. 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 1923


Whole number of licenses issued 398


67 Female licenses @ $5.00 $ 335.00


330 Male licenses @ $2.00


660.00


1 Kennel license @ $50.00


50.00


Total cash received


$1045.00


Less fees for 398 licenses


79.60


Total due County Treasurer


$965.40


Paid County Treasurer June 1, 1923


697.20


Paid County Treasurer Dec. 1, 1923


268.20


Total due County Treasurer $965.40


HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES ISSUED IN 1923


1 Alien Fisherman license


$ 2.00


88 Hunting and Fishing licenses


176.00


108 Hunting and Trapping licenses 162.00


104 Fishing licenses


104.00


52 Minor Trapping licenses


13.00


$457.00


353 Licenses issued (fees)


52.95


Total paid Fish and Game Commission


$404.05


1923


May 9, cash


$ 93.55


June 25, cash 48.00


July 2, cash


24.55


Aug. 6, cash


29.30


Sept. 11, cash


26.00


Oct. 1, cash


59.85


Nov. 5, cash


99.45


Dec. 4, cash


20,65


Jan. 4, cash


2.70


Total


$404.05


MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.


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BIRTIIS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1923


Date


Name


Parents


Jan.


2 Philip Augustus Surrette


6 Dorothy May Racine


7 S Earl Joseph Birchall


10 Lawrence Vincent Grant


13 John Swain Lynsky


13 Lillis Janet Childs


George O. and Flora M.


14 15 Carolyn Lumsden


15 Charlotte Phyllis Johnson


21 Doris Elizabeth Steele


William J. and Roberta M.


Herbert E. and Ruth F.


Edwin H. and B. Viola


Augustine P. and Anna D. George E. and Esther H.


Feb.


4 William Harvey Ambler 5 Paul Dana Doucette


8 Charlene Frances Williams


8 George Watson Hardaker


9 Beth Janice Davidson


10 Dorothy Frances Meuse 11 Priscilla Carter Johnson


14 Paul Geary


16 17 Margaret Mary Donahue Louis Cornelius Babine 21


21 Shirley Eleanor Field


24 Barbara Gonnam


26 Marjorie Lillian Rathbun


26 David Percy Doucette


Lloyd E. and Lillian G. Harvey and Beatrice


Mar. 2 3 Evelyn Corinne Doucette 4 6 Esther Margaret Muise 8 Mary Gladys Maguire John Walter Marchetti


8 11 Margaret Esther Carney


12 Nancy Ross


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28 Gloria Sheffield Gibbs


George H. and Evelyn A.


Apr. 3 Roy James Sherrod, Jr.


4 Richard Beverly Keene


6 Dorothy Isabel Stratton


8 Morris Thomas Fitzgerald, Jr.


11 Robert Brackett Tucker


Leo A. and Alethea M. Wilfred J. and Mary Louise


Joseph C. and Hattie B. Joseph A. and Rose


Michael J. and Mary Clara


Robert B. and Josephine E.


Edward J. and Edith N.


21 Leslie Morgan Slocum


21 Elizabeth Cail Addis


27 Cecelia May Cummings


29 Robert Nason Larrabee


Morton H. and Dorothy A. William J. and Mary B. George B. and Eleanor K. George W. and Evelyn S. Frank C. and Letitia N.


Joseph E. and Elizabeth M. Ralph S. and Elizabeth G. Paul J. and Katherine S.


Joseph and Irene F. Louis C. and Mary Charles H. and Emma K. Harold E. and Elizabeth


Peter S. and Ella M.


Leslie and Margaret F. Joseph P. and Catherine E. Hugo H. and Helen J. John J. and Christina John and Doris May


Roy J. and Florence M. Edward B. and Abbie E. Charles and Gertrude F. Morris T. and Pauline F. Willis F. and Helen G.


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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1923


Date Name


Parents


21 John Alden Loring, Jr.


23 Margaret Laura Christie


28 Margaret Howard


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Eugene M. and Jennie K. Charles P. and Katherine G.


May


2 Herbert Daniel White


2 Paul Wilfred Doucette


6 Charles Duane Perry


7 Ralph Ward Jury


10 Orin Orville Ordway, Jr.


12 Milton Earl Clark


22 Carleton Perry Adams


23 Alice May Spiller


23 John Cameron Hamilton


26 Ruth Amanda Cobb


28 Joseph Alfred Muise


Benjamin and Sylvia


Bartholomew T. and Catherine M.


June 1 1 Gertrude Frances Lorgeree


2 Jean Sargent


3 Margaret Patricia Joyce


4 Nicholas William Halloran, Jr.


5 Orlando Edwin Ames, Jr.


7 Gilbert Powers Camp


10 Thelma Currell


11 Margery Ellen Maguire


12 James Edmund Wallace


14 Dorothy May Young


15 Norma Esther Charles


15 Barbara Elizabeth Tasney


John Justin Quinlan, Jr.


22 23 Robert Arthur Olsen


24 Andrew James McLaughlin


24 26 Robert Irving Story


27 Lillian Grace Heselton


29 Arthur William Hatfield, Jr.


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George E. and Mary E. Ralph E. and Clara V. Patrick J. and Lelia


Nicholas W. and Alice R.


Orlando E. and Ethel F. Harry U. and Adra C.


Harold B. and Gertrude M. John F. and Margaret Chester J. and Nancy C. Samuel K. and Viola E.


Norman P. and Esther L.


Charles E. and Florence E.


John J. and Mary E.


Arthur E. and Eugenia M. James A. and Agnes H.


Sidney I. and Mary E. Ralph F. and Harriet M. Arthur W. and Edna C.


July


3 Philippa Horne


4 Marjorie Herbolzheimer


4 Kathleen Browne


5 Gertrude Sophia Dahlquist


5 Catherine Isabel Smith


11 Frank Bartlett Hardy 11 Katherine May Griffin


18 Emmons Joseph Whitcomb


28 Marie Theresa Palumbo


3.1 Mary LeFave


Adolph J. and Laura A.


John J. and Mary E.


Gardner A. and Ethel M.


Frank H. and Ruth M.


Orin O. and Edna M.


Leon L. and Mildred F.


Earl W. and Marion A. Edward A. and Amy J.


James S. and Gundhild H.


Viranas Cobb and Mabel


30 Catherine Agnes McDonough


John A. and Madeline


Harold Philip and Irene F. Harry W. and Doris H. Thomas R. and Angela B. Gunnar E. and Helga S. James H. and Sylvia A. Harold N. and Elvira John J. and Margaret M. Emmons J. and Vivian B. John and Mary S. John H. and Genevieve C.


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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1923


Date Name


Parents


Aug.


6 Joyce Whittemore VanTassell Stanley Routh Stembridge, Jr.


Raymond S. and Eleanore U. Stanley R. and Ruth S.


10 10 Margaret Frances Griffin


12 Thomas James Carey


18 Marjorie Rose Bourque


19 Marjorie Ruth Wright


19 Helen Rita Walsh


20 Lorraine Eulene Day


23 Mary Brouk


Henry and Mary


Alton William and Eleanor F.


Edgar J. and Winifred A.


Eddie and Marion M.


Sept.


2 Harry Cameron Barr, Jr.


2 Marceline Mary Babine


3 Anna Belle Gahan


5 Van Stone


6 Thomas Lyman Jacob


8 Ruth Shirley Kimball


9 Evelyn Marie Comey


11 James Edward Dulong


12 Shirley Bell Milbury


12 Elizabeth Eaton White


13 Anna Bell Gahan


15 Eleanor May Runge


16 Samuel Garfield Miles


19 Edward Joseph Doucette


19 Leonard Enos Rose


19 Rowena Margaret Damon


19 Natalie E. Cutcliffe


22 Catherine Elizabeth Davis


23 Mildred Louise Bennett


26 Norman Myrton Lloyd


28 Helen Sterling Farr


28 James Francis Arsenault Melanson


28 29 Peter Jakis Vavoudes, Jr.


30 Clarence James Murphy


Harry C. and Alice G. Edward and Rosalie


Arthur M. and Helen M.


Edward P. and A. Gertrude


Henry P. and Albertina B. Walter B. and Marie R. B. Herbert D. and Sadie E. James A. and Mary O. Will R. and Eva J. Harold and Helen W.


Arthur M. and Helen M. Carl O. and Dorothy S. Samuel G. and Alice C.


Jeremiah and Florence John C. and Elizabeth G. Herbert and Jennie H.


James E. and Josephine B. Charles E. and Margaret E. Austin F. and Mary M. William A. and Jessie L. Merle W. and Edna M.


John R. and Matilda M.


George and Lillian


Peter J. and Anna A.


Clarence J. and Flora M.


Oct.


1 Mildred May Smith


2 William Francis Ployer, Jr.


4 Francis Edward Beaudoin


6 Newton Dickie


7 Ruth Frances Whitten


9 James Brunswick Cail, Jr.


7 George Edward Brennan


12 Robert Michael Cail


15 Chester Morrison Wooldridge


James J. and Beatrice F.


John J. and Annie F.


Louis A. and Rose L.


Albert J. and Catherine V.


David J. and Elizabeth F.


Fred M. and Marie L.


24 Carol Braun


30 Edgar John Davis


31 Esther Margaret Doucette


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William R. and Mary N. William F. and Loretta E. Arthur J. and Annie M. Logan R. and Marion B. James F. and Agnes C. James B. and Lillian E. John G. and Sarah H. Wilbur S. and Margaret R. Chester M. and Viola


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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1923


Date Name


Parents


18 Janet Frances Amiro


29 Virginia Ethel Nevers


Ralph P. and Lorraine M.


31 Herbert Francis Grimes


Fred E. and Alice R.


Nov.


1 Philip Charles Muise


3 Virginia Clara Florence


4 Leo Francis Muise


5 George Albert Doucette


Robert E. and Mary L.


7 John Weston


Melville F. and Marion S.


William and Mary


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9 George Henry Doucette


Bernard and Mary E.


19 Irving Warren Holcomb


19 Robert Andrew Melendy


21 Mary Alice Flynn


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29 Richard Joseph Robbins


Jeffery and Emily C.


Dec.


2 John Storti


3 Donald Leroy Plouff


6 Marjorie Doucette


8 Arthur Joseph Dahill


8 Lennox Schoppelry


11 Francis Herman Doughty


11 Alfred Tyrrell Doughty


13 Ruth Harriette Humphrey


16 Arthur Earle Knapp


17 Patricia Donegan


18 Philip Joseph Doucette


21 Elmer Herbert Adams


28 Robert Knight Bingham


29 Edwin Vincent Seero


31 Stella Marie Pollitz


John and Edna V.


Ralph F. and Lillis M. E. Raymond G. and Mabel P.


Edward J. and Margaret G.


Herbert T. and Marjorie L.


Charles F. and Frances C.


Charles F. and Frances Doughty


George A. and Fleda A.


Arthur C. and Eva Maurice H. and Doris M.


Jeffery and Catherine


Lester C. and Leona P.


John W. and Marjorie A.


Edwin and Annie D. Otto F. F. and Merle R.


Joseph and Janet M.


John A. and Momise E. William E. and Edith B.


Peter and Mary


8 Regina Margaret Sawyer Elsie May Mason


Ralph J. and Nellie F.


Charles A. and Edith


William O. and Flora A.


Peter J. and Margaret


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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1923


Date Names


Age Occupation


Residence


Jan.


1 Gerald Horace Brooks Mildred May Averill


22


Chauffeur


Reading


20


Stenographer


No. Reading


17 Arthur M. Ward


45


Fisherman


Reading


Lucy MacDonald


32 Housework


Reading


29 Harold N. Hardy


23


Chauffeur


Reading


Elvera Milliken


25


Housekeeper


Reading


Feb.


10 George Frank Willard Edna Eleanor Satre


25


Stenographer


Reading


11 Henry Albert Castine Eileen Pearl Hall


18 At home


Reading


11 Chester L. White Cora L. Hardy


17


At home


Reading


17 Louis E. Demars


33


Chauffeur


Reading


Anna A. (Mooney) Ross


24 Bookkeeper


Reading


17 Walden W. Watters Amy C. Sanborn


22 Welder


Boston


21 Clerk


Boston


Mar.


2 Alton William Braun Eleanor Frances Parker


21


Ticker Clerk


Reading


21 Stenographer


Reading


10 Leon F. MacDonald


26


Battery Maker


Reading


Jennie Johnson


32 Secretary


Boston


10 John J. Granfield Doris Madeline Hill 20


26


Clerk


Jamaica Plain


26 None


Reading


26 Bruce Gustave Swanson Grace Frances Skinner


37


Clerk


Reading


28 Walter M. Hovey Charlotte Lillian Johnston


50 Mill Operative


Lowell


31 Howard G. Burns Mae L. Young


19 Housework


Wilmington


31 Earl Ross Hutchinson


23 Trainman


Reading


Sarah Gray McCoy


19 Mail Clerk


Boston


Apr.


1 Albert D. Gadbois Rose A. Frotten


24


Packer


Reading


17 Knitter


Melrose


8 Dana Oscar Miller


47 Plumber


Reading


Annie Maude Henry Wormell


44 At home


Reading


10 George Patterson Agnes E. Rees


27 Coremaker


Reading


30 Operator


Reading


12 Joseph Amirault Jeanette Muise


24


Salesman


Hudson, N. H. Reading


18 At home


26


Clerk


Boston


25 Clerk


Reading


21 Manager


Reading


20 Printer


Stoneham




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