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Section 6. Parents and householders shall within forty (40) days after the date of a birth occurring in his house give notice 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.
SPORTING LICENSES IN 1931
253 Sporting Licenses at $2.75
$ 695.75
9 Trapping Licenses at $5.25
47.25
9 Minor Trapping Licenses at $1.25
11.25
3 Duplicate Licenses at $.50 1.50
Total
$ 755.75
Licenses at 25c, Town Clerk's Fee
$ 67.75
Balance due Fish and Game Commission
$ 688.00
271
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The following payments were paid :
Feb. 11 Paid
$ 107.50
March 4 Paid
15.00
April 7 Paid
20.00
May 6 Paid
110.00
June 10 Paid
80.00
July 22 Paid
55.00
Aug. 12 Paid
35.00
Sept. 9 Paid
25.00
Oct. 5 Paid
20.00
Nov. 16 Paid
178.50
Dec. 1 Paid
47.00
Jan. 9 Paid
5.00
$ 698.00
DOGS LICENSED, 1931
June 1, 1931 :
370 Males at $2.00
$ 740.00
48 Females at $5.00
240.00
2 Kennel Licenses at $25.00
50.00
Total
$ 1030.00
Town Clerk's fees, 420 at 20c
$ 84.00
June 1, 1931, Paid County Treasurer
$ 946.00
Dec. 1, 1931 :
175 Males at $2.00
$ 350.00
47 Females at $5.00
235.00
2 Kennel Licenses at $25 and $50
75.00
Total
$ 660.00
224 Licenses at 20c
$ 44.80
Dec. 1, 1931, Paid County Treasurer $ 615.20
Total Paid County Treasurer $ 1561.20
Total number of Licenses Issued 644
MILLARD F CHARLES, Town Clerk
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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1931
Date
Name
Parents
Jan.
2 Vierkant 3 Maynard Gardner Clemons
10 Malcolm William Hubbard
10 Mary Theresa Lorraine Theriault 10 12 Richard Thomas Sillars
Elmer V. and Gertrude M. Ray H. and Alice H.
Norman L. and Gladys R.
Walter W. and Louise M.
20 Donald Peter Arsenault
Peter J. and Obeline P.
22 Ruth Evelyn Mace
Junius E. and Ida R.
23 Richard George Flint
Clarence E. and Ethel C.
29 Barbara Ann Bitzer
William L. and Greta L.
31 Whitcomb
Clarence E. and Kathleen N.
Feb.
1 George William Maling
7 Grace Marion Horrigan
8 Theodore Kenneth Campbell
12 Jeanette McKenna
14 Joanna Evelyn Smith
20 Shirley Louise Runge
27 Frank Travers Berry, Jr.
John C. and Katherine S. Michael B. and Grace C. Theodore B. and Doris R. Joseph F. and Alice J. Thomas W. and Emily C. Carl O. and Dorothy S. Francis T. and Marietta M.
Mar.
5 Mary Louise Hatfield
7 Raymond Joseph Meuse
8 Edward Anthony Ryan, Jr.
10 Joan Rowell
12 Robert Donald Moore
William and Edna W. William E. and Edith C. Edward A. and Gladys H. Walter L. and Mabel T. Albert and Mary F.
13 15 George William Blanchard, Jr. George W. and Millicent M. 16 Lawrence Charles Grant John E. and Florence T. 17 Richard William McSheehy Harold J. and Bertha C. 26 Virginia Baisley Charles R. and Dorothy R. Maurice and Pauline D.
27 Richard Fitzgerald
Frank W. and Marion D. Maynard G. and Mary B. Simon D. and Mary D. Nelson and Lillian B.
12 Joan Estelle Wallace
13 Richard Dickinson
14 Dorothy Joan Borthwick
68
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1931
Date
Name
Parents
April
3 Nancy Fay Middleton
7 Doris Gwendolyn Lane
12 Jeanne Frances Doucette
15 Barbara Jean Bertwell
16 John Peter Greeley
Francis and Mary M.
20 Shirley May Young
27 Charles Francis Parrett, Jr.
30 James Leo McMahon
30 Jean Elizabeth Meuse
Frederick J. and Delina D. Henry J. and Minnie D.
May
1 Leon James Blackwell
1 Jean Marie Colford
11 Robert McCarthy
13 John Kenneth Campbell
13 Marcia Ann Chipman
Henry A. Jr. and Phyllis M.
14 Marion Josephine Beauchamp
15 Gwendolyn Dean
29 Mary Elinor Sullivan
30 John Pote Wait
Charles R. and Gladys A.
June
1 Elizabeth Carnes
4 David Irving Austin
12 Shirley Edith Bowie
13 David Alan Nelson
14 Ann Cecilia Doucette
Edward and Marion M.
15 Norman Victor Balcom
Howard A. and Madeline N.
16 George Albert Peters William Albert Isbill
22
24 Joseph Harvey Racine
27 Arthur M. Curtin, Jr.
27 Marian Lee Scanlon
29 Shirley Louise Wooldridge
Harold A. and Helen C. Irving C. and Thelma J. Everett D. and Ethel T.
.
Dewey and Ruth B.
John L. and Josephine G. Albert and Doris S. Wilfred J. and Mary G.
Arthur M. and Margaret G. John J. and Marguerite D. Chester M. and Viola N.
July
1 Carl Vernon Wells, 2d.
4 Joan Elizabeth Spillane
Carl V. and Marjorie J. Timothy J. and Arline D.
Wilbur W. and Charlotte D. Alfred J. and Annie B.
John J. and Caroline H.
Donald and Ruth F.
Roland and Nellie S.
Robert L. and Mildred S.
Charles. and Bertha D.
Charles F. and Alberta S. Harry S. and Gladys N.
Clarence and Frances S. Samuel L. and Florence R.
Kenneth C. and Winnie E. Charles F. and Ruth R.
69
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1931
Date
Name
Parents
July
6 Robert Earl Owen 8 Marilyn Anne Castine
8 Fred Joseph Neiss
8 Howard Arthur Surette
9 Mary Patricia MacMillan
10 Laurence Carleton Shepherd
15 Bertil Idof Johnson
22 Robert Stephen Hegarty
23 William Henry Muise
27 Leonard Raymond Muise
30 Alton Everett Brown
Aug.
1 William Alexander Foley 2 Julia Josephine Miller
3 Richard Albert Surette
4 Everett Sidney Wheeler
7 Anne Mary Maguire
8 Christine Ann Gadbois 8 Robert David Muse
13 George Shackford Zanni, Jr.
20 Reginald Julian D'Entremont
23 Anne Marie O'Malley
29 29 Philip Paul Kelley
30 Clifton Melvin Opland 31 Robert Paul Jones
Sept.
2 Pauline Anne Doucette
2 Priscilla Anne Dow
4 Mary Georgine Muise
5 Elizabeth Louise Curtis
6 Patricia Anne Connolly
6 Deborah Williams
9 Lloyd Hamilton Gaw Paul Vincent Surette
10
13 Patricia Frances Andrews
13 John Anthony Smith
16 Lorraine Marie Doucette
17 Bernard Joseph Cox
Harold L. and Alice A. Wilbur F. and Catherine L. Frederick J. and Dorothy S. Joseph M. and Bertha L. Edward J. and Catherine H.
Francis G. and Jennie S. Anders I. and Louise H. Michael J. and Anna F. Benjamin and Sylvia D. George A. and Hilda M. Robert M. and Greta S.
William W. and Estelle L. Joseph and Sophie D. Anselm E. and Bridget D. Sidney S. and Florence K. John F. and Margaret R. Albert D. and Rose F. John P. and Mary A. George S. and Eleanor M. Edmund S. and Mary D. John J. and Annie C.
Arthur W. and Genevieve K. Alfred N. and Lillian S. William F. and Margarite H.
Eli J. and Mary M. Philip L. and Ida B. John A. and Josephine F.
George E. and Harriet D.
William A. and Katherine C. Samuel H. and Elizabeth C.
George and Jennie C. Leo A. and Alethea A. Jacob S. and Beatrice S. Melvin F. and Mary R.
Charles and Eva D. Herbert and Margaret M.
70
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1931
Date Name
Parents
Sept.
17 Katherine Weston Roberts
19 Donald Charles Murray
22 Richard Daniel Nickerson
23 Jean Elizabeth Grenier
24 Barbara Anne Ruggles
25 27 Frank Richard Hadley
29 Betty Alden Goldsmith
30 Elizabeth Taber Chadwick Oct.
2 Charlotte Lucille Nelson
9 John Osgood McSheehy
12 Ronald Edward Meuse
14 Clarence Albert White
19 Phyllis Louise Mahoney
19 Phyllis Mary Wells
24 Gerald Sydney Lassell
24 Raymond Walter Theriault
26 Shirley Helene Grant
Carl W. and Vera B. Thomas C. and Mildred G. Blanchard S. and Helen H.
Eugene and Florence W. Carter K. and Doris S.
Leslie C. and Annie D. A. Alden and Jennie J. Norman S. and Barbara B.
Charles L. and Zelda A. George P. and Isabel M. Steven E. and Edith D. Harry E. and Nellie H.
John E. and Frances M. Arthur and Celestine M. . Sydney H. and Dorothy L. Amos M. and Bernice G. Addison W. and Alice S.
Nov.
1 Richard Spence Bateman
2 Gerald Richard Griffin
2 Deborah Upton
5 Bartholomew Joseph Valido
6 Nancy Cullinane
7 George Henry Farr
15 Muriel Louise Harris
16 Alfred Schlittler
30 Nancy Ann Doucette
30 Evelyn Theresa Thornton
Squire W. and Harriet W. James J. and Beatrice F. Joshua D. and Helen C. Rosario and Blanche G. Michael F. and Florence M. Merle W. and Edna G. Arthur L. and Helen C. Kaspar and Eleanor H. Douglas P. and Gertrude M. Francis J. and Evelyn H.
Dec. 4
10 Mary Lydia Gibson
11 Marjorie Palmer Delano
11 Lois McDowell
15 Carl David Arsenault
. 27 Charles John Gallant
31 Ernest Clifton Whittredge
Robert and Jane B. William Jr. and Louise D. Ralph A. and Rachel H. Joseph and Mary M. John A. and Frances D. Leonard C. and Marie H.
71
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR PREVIOUS YEARS
1902
Oct.
9 Dean Winthrop Byers
David W. and A. LeEtte P.
1907
Dec.
8 Natalie Burnham
W. Franklin and Florence J.
1908
Dec.
4 George Raymond White
Peter J. and Amelia H.
1912
Jan. 3
1925
Feb.
11
Constance Virginia Baxter
William G. and Beatrice B.
1930
Nov.
22 Anthony
Arthur and Isabella S.
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING, YEAR 1931
Date Names
Age Occupation
Residence
July 31, 1929 Arthur H. Choate 49 Scientific Research
Reading
Edith A. Killam 45 At home
Reading
Jan.
1 Norman Paul MacInnis Grace Blanche Miller
28
Nurse
Reading
11 James Edward McCormack
39 State Employee Timekeeper
Stoneham
Mary Ann Halpin
34 Storekeeper
Reading
28 Frank J. Bacigalupo Mary L. Boyce
29 Manager
Reading
30 At home
Reading
Feb.
1 Edgar Joseph Hazlett Roseann Sweet
20 Chauffeur
Reading
16 Maid
Stoneham
24 Melvin Francis Smith Mary Ryland
21 Laundry Salesman
Wakefield
20 Mill worker
Reading
Mar.
2 George E. Doyle Elsie Amelia Caldwell 32 Nurse Reading
5 George F. Malcolm Jennie M. (Phinney) Clark
51 Housewife Reading
28 Mechanic Belmont
7 Francis Saunders Clark Catherine Eva Parks
32 Draughting
Reading
42 Electrician North Reading
23 Alexis Turcott Helen Agnes Mary Lyons 32 Housekeeper North Reading
66 Agent, B. & M. R. R. Reading
Apr.
4 John Anthony Dirkman 32 Photo Engraver
Reading Lena Rose Doucette 30 Hair Dresser
Reading
4 Fred Kimball Fowler 31 Tariff Compiler Reading
Lena Mildred Schlott 27 At home Lawrence
5 Leon Arthur Ayer 22 Guide Rockwood, Maine
Esther Louise Whitehouse 23 School teacher Reading
48 Merchant
Merrimack, N. H.
57 Manufacturer Harrison, Maine
28 Fred E. Chesley Florence A. (Marine) Watson 63 Housekeeper Reading
26 Bank Clerk
Reading
73
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING, YEAR 1931
Date
Names
Age Occupation
Residence
April
13 John James Higgins Jean Rose Kemp
25 Meat Manager
27 Stenographer
Reading Blairmore, Alberta, Canada
25 George Warren Sprague Ardell M. Messenger
23 At home
Reading
May
4 Herbert Ethian Gilson Mary Claire Brennan
20 Mechanic
Wilmington
20 Gen. office worker
Reading
11 Horace Everett Crowell Mabel Juanita Whalen
24 Shoe worker
Reading
11 Fred D. Johnson Ruby A. Bulger
30 At home
Nashua, N. H.
16 Richard Kneeland Palmer Phyllis Nodding
24 At home
Reading
40 Confectioner
Reading
23 William Ernest Connell Jean (Pendrigh) Bonneau
44 Housework
Reading
29 Abbott L. Deroo Kathryn Hoey
24 Electrician
Winthrop
23 Saleslady
Reading
June
1 Michael F. Keating Bridget (Joyce) Quinn
61 Laborer
Melrose
59 Housework
Reading
6 Ernest Arthur Peterson 32 Shipping Clerk
Stoneham
Louise Montagu Perkins
29 Clerk
Stoneham
7 David Isaac Calish Rose Ravich
30 Salesman
Roxbury
27 Saleslady
Reading
23 Retail Store Mgr.
Reading
11 Adelbert H. Carter Annie G. Stover
60 Music Printer
Somerville
28 Musician
Reading
24 Printer
Reading
Margaret Mary Donovan
19 Tel. Operator
Woburn
75 Gardener
Reading
16 William H. Guscott Fanny V. Cassidy
72 Housekeeper
Brookline
16 John A. Meuse
34 Mason
Reading
Josephine Amelie Fitzgerald 25 Housework
Wakefield
28 Inspector
Reading
21 Truck driver Wakefield
40 Salesman
Reading
25 Insurance Keene, N. H.
7 Melvin Heaton Johnson Esther Marion Southwick 23 Commercial Artist
Reading
72 Music Printer
Reading
13 Albion Edmund Metcalf Natalie Viola Ives 19 At home
Reading
14 Joseph Michael Savoia
74
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING, YEAR 1931
Date Names
Age Occupation
Residence
June
19 Vincent M. Notarangeli Grace Elizabeth Ellis
18 Waitress
Reading
17 Henry David Gaffney Frances Louise Dulong
29 Attorney-at-Law
Winthrop
24 At home
Reading
23 Benjamin Riseman Lillian Sibulkin
24 Physician
Reading
22 Bookkeeper
Dorchester
July
4 Joseph Joaquin Farpelha Leovegilda Perry
25 Stitcher
Reading Somerville
5 Clarence S. Smith Jessie M. (Salsman) Young
61 At home
Bangor, Me.
12 William Covert Wright Ora Exelia Goulette
43 Electrician
Reading
24 Housekeeper
Reading
70 Merchant
Reading
15 Lewis A. Bigelow Frances M. (Cady) Doughty 44 22 Shipper
18 Robert Francis Hayes Dorothy Gertrude Borthwick 19
Laundry worker
Reading
24 William Alan Henderson Ruth Emelie Taylor 21 Clerk
27 Salesman
Reading
24 Alfred Byron Pearson Elizabeth Dawn
52 None
Reading
Agnes Johnson 27 At home
30 Stevens Lambert
19 Salesman
North Reading Marshfield
Caroline Johnson 22 Shoe worker
Brockton
Aug.
1 Walter William Borthwick 26 Chauffeur
Louise Meuse
19 At home
Wakefield
1 Clarence Ray Brown 45 Contractor
Reading
Nellie Louise (Krook) Zappy 52 At home
Reading
1 Herbert Temple Noel Alice Leda Caldwell 30 At home Reading
15 Ernest Eveleth Clapp Maud Evelyn Clark 39 Bookkeeper
54 Elec. Contractor
Reading
Reading
15 Thomas Stuart McGill 27 Builder Helen May Thompson 27 Teacher
Dover
Reading
21 Barber
Malden
53 Chauffeur
Reading
32 Auto glazier
Teacher
Reading
Stoneham
Reading
Reading
25 Chauffeur
Lawrence
75
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING, YEAR 1931
Date
Names
Age
Occupation
Residence
Aug.
16 Louis Bacigalupo Alice Helen Curley
30 Clerk
Reading
30 Asst. Dietitian
Lowell
30 William Arthur Doucette Fannie (LeFave) Burbine
47 Calendar man
Reading
62
Housework
Reading
.0 Malcolm William Blue
25 Plumber
Reading
Viola Maud Hardacker
24 Secretary
Wakefield
Sept.
1 Charles Elwin McSheehy Margaret Genevieve White
21
At home
Reading
5 Edward Mulgrave Laskey Emelie Marie MacDonald
36 Engineer
Reading
29 At home
Somerville
7 John H. Frotten Margaret I. Hatch
42 Superintendent
Reading
18 At home
Reading
8 Walter Anthony Scanlon
31
Computer
Reading
Rachel Bernardine Williams
26
Nurse
Medford
11 Arthur Montelle Hathaway Anne Mae Crowell
24
Secretary
Reading
18 Mechanic
Reading
19 Bookkeeper
Stoneham
19 Joseph Francis Grenier Florence Mabel White 22 At home
25 R. R. Employee
Salem
20 George Burkehead Keyes Olympia Anna
22
Manager
Middleboro
Wojciechouski 21 Cashier
Reading
21
Franklin Leroy Simpson Hazel Marguerite
25 Pressman
Winthrop
(Cloudman) Rich 21
Secretary
Reading
26 Carl Ragnar Carlson
26 Draughtsman
Brookline
Ethel Elizabeth Anderson 22 At home
Reading
26 Frederick William
Van Duyne, Jr.
28 Bond Business
Newark, N. J.
Florence Lavinia Goddard 25 Teacher
Reading
27 Edward Calvin McIntire 26 Laborer
Reading
Gertrude Elizabeth Doucette 17 At home
Reading
Oct.
3 John Francis Rich
Helen Frances Partelow 33 At home
43 Auditor
Dorchester Reading
27
Mason
Reading
26
Accountant
Reading
12 Wilfred Dunn Alice Moody
Reading
76
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING, YEAR 1931
Date
Names
Age
Occupation
Residence
Oct.
10 Norman Mitchell Dufton Virginia Trull Parsons
24
Carpenter
Andover
24 Stenographer
Reading
10 Findley Thomas MacIntyre Ellen Lucile Robinson
31 Insurance Broker
Malden
31 Teacher
Reading
10 Hugh Alexander Ross Charlotte Irene Harvey
34
Dyer
Lowell
11 Hyman Geller Marion Stone
22
Merchant
Chelsea
20 Bookkeeper
Reading
23 Concetto Giuliano Elsa Larson
21 Barber
Reading
20 Dressmaker
Reading
24 John William Hogan Katherina MacDougall
50 Line Foreman
Reading
24 Wayne Raymond
Weatherhead 24 Wood heel man
Reading
Almira Elizabeth Townsend 26 Tel. Operator
Saugus
Nov.
10 Lawrence Muise 19 Laundryman Margaret Deveau 19 Hospital work
Everett
15 Clyde Winfred Ingersoll Nora Gertrude O'Connor
33 Stenographer
Woburn
21 Wardell C. Thaxter Beulah F. Munro 19 At home
24 Market Gardener
Reading
22 Robert Leande D'Entremont Beatrice Augustine
29 Shoe worker
Roxbury
D'Entremont 27 Domestic
Reading
Dec.
1 Louis Stone Ida Schneider 27 At home
12 James Herbert Tibbetts Ruth Anderson 23 At home
29 Shoe Salesman
Reading
21 Library Asst.
No. Reading Reading Melrose
44 At home
Boston
20 Stenographer
Reading
Reading
31 Chauffeur
Reading
Reading
C / oher.
16 Jerez Haven St
DEATHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING, FOR YEAR 1931
Date
Name
YMD
Cause of Death
Dec.
27, 1930 Frank Lamphrey
85 8 26 Arterio Sclerosis
Jan.
2 Stephen Harrow
78
3 21 Hemorrhage
2 Willie E. Twombly
66
9 5 Hemorrhage
5 Walter S. Parker
84
5 15 Myocarditis
6 Edward J. Whitehead
39 - Tuberculosis
8 George F. Hatch
53 0 12 Heart Disease
9 John Hickey
65
Arterio Sclerosis
10 Chole Suprenant
56
Carcinoma
10 Elizabeth F. Walsh
38
Embolism
10
13 Richard Dickinson
0
0
1
Hemorrhage
16 James Smith Barr
55
5 3 Carcinoma
18 Eben Francis Graves
81
7 16 Arthritis
20 Mary A. Sherman
71
10 6 Myocarditis
21 Chester S. Buck
40 0 28 Heart Disease
23 Louise M. Whelton
51
5 - Heart Disease
24 Mary L. Brooks
77
3 22 Pneumonia
26 Clara K. Bump
81
2
8 Myocarditis
29 Mary M. Kaan
71
2
1 Myocarditis
Feb.
1 Emma L. Clark
66
2 - Carcinoma
6 Olive Pitts Rounday
76
5 8 Arterio Sclerosis
1 6 27 Laryingitis
17 Mary A. Marsh
84
- - Heart Disease
18 Elizabeth G. Abbott
75 6 3 Hemorrhage
18 Milton Stephen Smith
80
2
12 Myocarditis
23 Mabel B. Worthen
58
-
11 Arterio Sclerosis
28 Charlotte McLean
14
3
4 Meningitis
Mar.
2 Anna M. Hutchins
80
65
0 15 Heart Disease
79
9 27 Carcinoma
60
- - Carcinoma
Ray
Schoppile Prowin
- 4 Myocarditis 3 Mary Bussell
6 Frederick D. Sperry
10 Bryan E. Flaherty
C.
C
77
-
7 William Howard Chipman
78
DEATHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING. FOR YEAR 1931
Date
Name
YMD
Cause of Death
Mar.
13 Thomas D. Bond
44
2 6 Peritonitis
13
13 Alma Robbins
35
- Carcinoma
13 Edward F. Smart
75
4
18
Hemorrhage
16 William Kip Cleverley
0
5 0 Brain Abscess
19 Katherine Agnes Hynes
50
3 21 Carcinoma
21 Robert Frank Dulong
65
8
19 Bronchitis
23 Annie C. Kingman
72
1
13 Carcinoma
25 Clementine V. Davis
77
5
15 Hemorrhage
25 Richard N. B. Wilson
54
-
Carcinoma
Apr.
4 Eliza J. (McRae) Moore
73
9 20
Thrombosis
8 Eleanor P. Hutchings
89
0
2 Pneumonia
15 Mary Jane Phinney
86
2 23 Angina Pectoris
15 Henry S. Pike
84 2 9 Hemorrhage
16 Alice M. Gascoigne
39 5 16 Automobile Accident
19 Joseph Defarrari
53
- - Pneumonia
19 John Gandiosa
65
- - Nephritis
19 Jennie A. Whall
75
- Pneumonia
24 William C. Mckinley
75
0 18 Pneumonia
28 Alfred L. Dion
51
10
12 Bullet Wound
28 George F. Perry
72
3
8 Hemorrhage
30 Chester P. Blake
78
7 16 Hemorrhage
May
3 Alma F. Campbell
66
-
-
Carcinoma
3 Anthony DeMarco
46
0 21 Tuberculosis
3 Elizabeth A. Palmer
73
10 9 Appendicitis
6 Hannah Good
83
8 17 Arthritis
7 Mary A. Zwicker
63
4 12 Tuberculosis
14 William Edward Munday
17 Alice N. Newell
52
3 15 Carcinoma
21 Catherine Zanni
52
3
7 Diabetes
25 Harriet A. Wentworth
69
9
6 Tumor
26 Austin P. Childs
83
7
2 Embolus
27 Albion K. Pierce
67
9 11 Cancer
-
61 5 15 Pneumonia
79
DEATHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING, FOR YEAR 1931
Date
Name
Y M D
Cause of Death
May
30 Dorothy French Coburn
36
9 11 Tuberculosis
31 Sara Berwick Parsons
84
5 14 Arterio Sclerosis
June
2 Donna E. Beaman
44
2 25 Atrophy of Liver
4 Alan Muise
1
3 9 Meningitis
5 Hattie Mabel Thorburn
5 25 Myocarditis
12 Fred E. Richards
63 2 2 Angina Pectoris
15 Palmer J. Seaman
67 2 8 Carcinoma
18 Lilla L. Swain
66
2 2 Carcinoma
22 Phineas A. Hodgdon
63
10 8 Heart Disease
28 Henry E. Holden
75
6
2 Pneumonia
July
21 Bertil Johnson
0 0
6 Prematurity Hemorrhage
28 Frederick M. Field
74
1 19 Obstructing Prostate
Aug.
1 John Maling
4
1 0 Hemorrhage
6 William D. Score
54
5 19 Carcinoma
9 Henry D. Babb
80
1 25 Hemorrhage
18
19 Enos Dulong
57
0 15 Automobile Accident
23 George H. Parker
22
1
1 Dilation of Stomach
23 William L. Rand
70
9 12 Heart Disease
Sept.
1 Bridget Devaney
79
- -
Myocarditis
3 Thomas Clement
53
8 - Heart Disease
3 Henry C. Parker
6 Fred N. Greenwood
49 9 20 Myelitis
8 Florence L. Badger
51
7 4 Nephritis
13 Ella G. Clark
76 2
2 Hemorrhage
14 Catherine Gill
63
1 5 Hemorrhage
19 George P. French
38
11 6 Carcoma
24 Addie M. Rich 25
74
9 27 Angina Pectoris
26 L. Renfrew McCurdy
71 -
80 5 2 Angina Pectoris
80
DEATHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING, FOR YEAR 1931
Date
Name
YMD
Cause of Death
Sept.
26 Thomas Munn
72
0 13 Arterio Sclerosis
27 Addison G. Scott
75
4 5 Accidental Fall
30 Julius I. Gleason
77 10 2 Myocarditis
Oct.
2 Louise E. Meuse
20
4 21 Heart Disease
5 Walter A. Richardson
62
1 21 Angina Pectoris
12 Elizabeth A. Lovejoy
78 2
3 Myocarditis
15 Sarah E. McKay
88 8 - Hemorrhage
26 Keziah M. White
74
4 12 Angina Pectoris
Nov.
5 Harriet F. Bigelow
69
1 2
Peritonitis
11 Clara J. Cox
69
11 4 Cardio Vascular Disease
11 Eva D. Nickerson
62
5 14 Myocarditis
12 Carrie A. George
79 2 19 Pneumonia
17 Julia LeFave
93 10 16 Myocarditis
17 Charles H. Sprague
90
9 19 Bronchitis
23 Blanche E. Frost
79
9 23 Nephritis
23 Guy L. Sides
51 9
- Hemorrhage
26 Thomas Perkins
59
1 7 Nephritis
26 Frederika Schultz
67
- - Angina Pectoris
27 Abbie H. Batchelder
94 2 14 Arterio Sclerosis
27 Cora Weigmann
48
4 28 Hemorrhage
Dec.
5 George S. Squires
61
-
Hemorrhage
6 Dennis W. Brown
57
- Hemorrhage
8 John G. Archibald
42 8
19 Endocarditis
10 William Rehm
40
- - Alcoholism
16 Mary A. Fyfe
77
1 16 Arthritis
19 Ernest A. Clapp
85
5
4 Myocarditis
81
REPORT OF SELECTMEN
To the Citizens of the Town of Reading :
The Annual Report of the Board of Selectmen for the year ending December 31st, 1931, is herewith submitted :
At the first meeting held on March 6th the Board organized as follows :
W. Homer Morrison, Chairman Mollie A. Sweetser, Secretary Albert N. Leman Leon G. Bent, Clerk.
Appointments
Chief of Fire Department-Orville O. Ordway.
Superintendent of Fire Alarm-Hugh L. Eames.
Inspector of Buildings-A. Russell Barnes.
Burial Agent-Alfred E. Goodwin.
Custodian of Soldiers' Graves-Harry A. Turner.
Director of Agriculture-Rolland L. Perry.
Sealer of Weights and Measures-Carl M. Smith.
Board of Appeal-Henry Q. Millett, Chairman, Fred L. Nutter, Charles A. Damon.
Fence Viewers-Carl B. Sawyer, Albert E. Temple, Wendell B. Newell.
Weighers of Coal and Hay-W. Irving Bancroft, Bertha D. Mac- Lellan, Wendell B. Newell, Charles W. Lee, Thomas E. Brogan, Mabel L. Mckay, Percy N. Sweetser, Ruth Climo, William D. Ward, Charles N. Sweetser, Katherine L. Sweetser.
Field Drivers-Willard A. Bancroft, Adolph S. Larson, Rolland L. Perry.
Inspector of Wires-Hugh L. Eames.
Gas Inspector-David Taggart.
Reading Safety Council-Gladys S. N. Fairchild, Edward G. Quin- lan, Jeremiah Cullinane, Alvah W. Clark, Adelbert L. Safford, Florence H. Libby, Alexander Birnie, Ernest A. L. Hill.
Finance Committee-Re-appointments : Edward W. Briggs, William A. Connelly, D. M. D., John L. Devaney, Margaret R. Ellison, Harry G. Porch. Appointed to fill vacancies : Margaret S. Canty, Miles C. Higgins.
Inspector of Animals-Calvert H. Playdon.
Special Police-John F. Maguire, J. Fred Richardson, Sylvanus L. Thompson, Edward McBrien, Walter Smith, James L. Healy, Henry W. Bryden, William H. Killam, Frank F. Strout, Kenneth L. Crocker,
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George O. Flanders, Ralph F. Plouff, William P. Pierpont, William H. Manning, Charles H. Melendy, Gardner A. Perry, Norman L. Dickinson, Thomas F. Classen, Herbert E. Mosher, John R. Condon, Joseph M. Greene, Frank G. Nichols, Thaddeus P. Shaw.
Town Forest Committee-Leland W. Kingman, Henry M. Donc- gan, Orville O. Ordway.
Commissioner of Trust Funds for six years-H. Raymond John- son.
Board of Registrars-Walter S. Prentiss.
Regular meetings have been held each week and twenty-five (25) .. special meetings.
Transportation
During the year the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Co. served notice through the proper legal channels of the abandonment of their bus service between Reading and Woburn and between Mill St. and Reading Depot. Subsequently licenses were granted by the Board to. Holland Bros. of Woburn to operate between Reading and Woburn and to James Mason to take care of the Mill St. service. Permission to operate these services was granted after public hearings by the De- partment of Public Utilities of the State of Massachusetts. Regulations safeguarding the interests of the Town had been previously adopted by your Board.
Traffic
₣ A careful survey of traffic conditions has been made. Traffic warning signs have been located at a number of dangerous street inter- sections. Flashing over-head warning lights have been placed at the junctions of Summer. Ave. and Mineral Sts., Summer Ave. and Woburn St. Signs prohibiting the use of trucks on Summer Ave. have been posted. Brush obstructing the view at dangerous corners has been cut away. The Reading Safety Council has co-operated with your Board in bringing to the attention of school children and others, information and advice on public safety.
Appointments
At a joint meeting with the Planning Board held on February 6th, -Mr. Louis M. Lyons was elected to fill the vacancy caused by the resig- nation of Mr. Leland W. Kingman.
Miss Margaret S. Canty and Miles C. Higgins were appointed to fill vacancies on the Finance Committee caused by the resignations. of Helen R. Grimes and Forest H. Bryant.
A joint meeting was held with the School Committee to fill the vacancy caused by the removal from town of Dr. Harold A. Carnes of that Board. Frank D. Tanner was elected.
Thaddeus P. Shaw was appointed care-taker of the Town Farm. This appointment has resulted in a generally improved appearance of the property and Mr. Shaw is to be commended for his work.
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Thomas Fitzpatrick was appointed a patrolman from a Civil Ser- vice list of three (3) splendid applicants and has proven a valuable ad- dition to the Police Force.
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