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In October your Board felt that definite steps should be taken to reduce the compensation of the town employees commensurate with the reductions in income of our citizens in private industry. After a con- ference held with the Boards of the Town, a committee was appointed consisting of one member from each board and the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen to consider the matter of salary and wage ad- justments. This committee met regularly over a period of several weeks with the final result of a reduction in compensation of from two (2) to twelve (12) percent, graded as to the amount received and effective as of January 1, 1933.
The Police Department, acting on their rights under Civil Service Law, asked for a hearing and employed an attorney to represent them. Your Board with the able advice of our Town Counsel proceeded to carry out their order for reduction by firmly rejecting any offers of compromise, with the final result that the officers eventually withdrew their objection and accepted the reduction.
Whether the amount saved namely $35,000 in all the budgets, is or is not sufficient is a matter of personal opinion. Your Board feels that it is fair to all concerned and hopes that general conditions may not require further action.
Unemployment Emergency
The unemployment emergency was faced early in the year by securing a $3,000. appropriation at a special town meeting. This sum was expended during the winter months to furnish jobs for worthy
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needy able-bodied men. Useful work projects were done under the supervision of the trained personnel of the Public Works, Cemetery, Tree Warden and Forest Warden Departments. Contributions were also received from citizens and this sum was used to create jobs or give relief.
The number of men on the payroll increased so rapidly that after the March Town Meeting, emergency relief was carried out and paid for mostly by the Welfare Department and by the Soldiers' Relief funds. Your Board was able to place a limited number of heads of large fam- ilies on State road work which furnished three days a week steady jobs and thus kept these men from needing town relief funds. This presidential year brought several elections and, because of the size of the ballots, required more than the usual number of election of- ficers, counters, etc. These jobs were distributed primarily on the basis of need and in turn helped many in their financial emergency.
Applicants for War Veterans' benefits have increased, many of them being disabled veterans unable to secure and hold jobs. The Town Farm property has been used as a wood yard, where wood has been brought, sawed and distributed to needy families. The co-opera- tion of all municipal departments in order to utilize the unemployed of the welfare and soldiers' relief lists is worthy of praise, for this team-work has saved the town expense, secured many public improve- ments, and carried out the sound principle that every able-bodied man should work in return for town aid.
Traffic
When Reading Square was repaved, underground conduits for some future traffic lighting system were laid by men on the unem- ployment lists. Such work was necessary then, because once the square was repaved, the streets could not be redug for a period of years. These conduits were placed at street intersections in accord- ance with a survey and plan made by Traffic Engineers and are ready to be connected with any traffic lighting system adopted at a later date. As an added safety measure isolated stop signs were placed at the junction of Summer ave. and Mineral st.
Police
Pursuant to a vote of the Town at the Annual Town Meeting, a Plymouth Sedan was purchased for the Police Department. This car has been used especially to furnish protection for outlying districts during the entire night. Two officers armed with revolvers and sawed- off shot guns conduct a motor patrol in every section of the town. The time and directions of this motorized beat are changed nightly. This vigilance gives added security to the business district and restrains potential law breakers. The car has been frequently used to chase and catch auto thieves. In the fall while two officers were chasing escaping auto thieves the criminals jammed the police car off the
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road. The auto was wrecked beyond repair and the two officers injured. The thieves later were caught. This loss of a car made necessary a transfer from the reserve fund to purchase a new auto for this motor patrol is a most efficient modern method of reducing crime.
The rules and regulations under which the department operated had been in force for years and hence did not meet many modern con- ditions. So a complete new set of rules and regulations have been adopted by your Board to fit present day life, and these are now in force.
The increase in the needs of the department required an additional Sergeant. A Civil Service examination open to all regular patrolmen was held. As a result Patrolman Francis L. Johnson was promoted to this position. Patrolman James H. Lawler was cited for bravery in arresting an armed man, one of two persons apprehended in the act of committing a burglary at night.
Fire Department
During the year an accident to the apparatus used principally for fighting forest fires rendered same unfit for further use. Your Board purchased a Chevrolet truck which was placed in commission without delay.
Hose House 2 has been painted and the land in the rear cleared and graded by the unemployed under the direction of the Superintendent of Public Works, thus making the property more presentable.
The Knox Pump at the Central Fire Station is now twenty-one (21) years old. The Chief of the Fire Department has recommended its replacement. We are reluctant under the existing conditions, to ask the town to appropriate the necessary funds, but all should know that it may be necessary to face this emergency at any time. We do not believe that the citizens will favor a reduction in the apparatus for protection of life and property from fire.
A study has been made of the Fire Alarm system and some ac- tion must be taken on replacement within a comparatively short period. Some of our equipment is nearly thirty (30) years old and with the growth of the town and the advisability of a further exten- sion of our Mutual Aid system, new circuits must be added. Again your Board hesitates to ask for an appropriation at this time, but our citizens should realize that if this emergency should present itself dur- ing the year, prompt action would be essential to the welfare of our people.
Appointments
During the year your Board met with the Library Trustees and in accordance with the law elected Warren L. Fletcher to fill the unexpired term of Ralph S. Keneely, resigned, and Mrs. Helen P. Tirrell to fill the unexpired term of Mrs. Jennie F. Weeks, moved from town. It also met with the Planning Board and elected Sherburn L.
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Watts to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of George W. Poole. Ralph S. Keneely was appointed to the Board of Registrars to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Walter S. Prentiss.
A group of townspeople known as the Northern Residents As- sociation, have held social gatherings in the North Main Street Hose House every week during the past year. They have promoted in that part of the town a wonderful community spirit. Your Board granted them the use of this building. Negotiations for the sale of this building are now in progress between this board and the Asso- ciation, in accordance with the vote of the special town meeting held in December.
This Board has used every legal power to improve the condition of dumps, especially those on private land along traveled roads. Un- sightly dumps have been cleared and covered by unemployment relief workers. Police have been alert to prevent unlawful dumping. How- ever, the major offenders are thoughtless citizens who throw house- hold and store rubbish in secluded spots. If these would make certain that their own rubbish is sent to the Town Dump on John Street on the road to Wakefield, their co-operation would abolish most of the dumping nuisance that harms the appearance of the town.
At a special Town Meeting held in December it was voted the sense of the meeting that your Board seek to have Mason's Coach Service pick up and discharge passengers more frequently on North Main St. At present, by ruling of the State Department of Public Utilities, such action is forbidden, and permission is beyond the con- trol of the town or town officials. However, your Board already has started steps which we hope may improve this present transportation condition.
Residents in the neighborhood of the Willow St. railroad crossing appealed to your Board for relief from the whistling of locomotives. Your Board requested a public hearing before the State Department of Public Utilities which was held in the State House in September at which the complaints of residents were presented by a large repre- sentative body of citizens and town officials. The Board of Public Utilities took the case under advisement and as the year closes no decision has been rendered.
The year 1932 has been a strenuous one for town officers. Your Board of Selectmen feels that Reading is particularly fortunate in the fine spirit of co-operation existing between the different departments, without which many of the problems would be almost impossible of solution. All have given of their best during these trying times,- Boards of the Town, elected officials and employees and we commend them as loyal officers and faithful public servants.
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Zoning Law
A flagrant violation of the zoning law was prosecuted before the Courts by our Town Counsel on instructions of your Board. It will be our purpose to insist on the strict observance of this law in all parts of the town, for the value of the law to all citizens is less- ened if its regulations and restrictions can be violated with impunity.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
To the citizens of Reading :
The Board of Overseers of the Public Welfare submits its report for the year 1932 as follows :
The Board organized on March 11, 1932, with the following officers : Myrtle L. Leman, chairman, Mary F. Daniel, secretary, and George H. Sidebottom, treasurer of the Special Fund. The Board reappointed Helen A. Brown and Annie E. Patrick as visitors, and Leon G. Bent as clerk.
No one needs to be told that there has been an enormous increase in need in the town and that correspondingly the expenditures of the Welfare Department have mounted during the past year.
For easy comparison the Board is including in this report a table of the expenditures for the years 1931 and 1932.
1931 1932
Aid, Board and Care
$ 21,003.13
$ 37,477.80
Temporary Aid
4,045.88
10,107.14
Mothers' Aid
4,812.01
4,632.06
Old Age Assistance
4,266.62 12,926.52
(The Old Age Assistance Law went into effect July 1, 1931, thus operating during only one half of that year).
The following reimbursements have been or will be received :
From Comm. of Mass.
$ 18,737.24
From Other Cities and Towns
3,388.10
The great increase in the number of cases is shown herewith :
1931
1932
Aid, Board and Care
79
126
Temporary Aid
12
32
Mothers' Aid
6
7
Old Age Assistance
39
49
Total number of cases
136
214
Total number of persons aided
757
Attention is drawn to the reimbursements from the State and from other cities and towns, which are approximately one third of the total expenditure and reduce considerably the total amount which relief of the poor actually costs the town. The town receives both
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the labor and the reimbursed cash from cases with other than Reading settlements.
Since the Fall of 1931 when the increase in unemployment brought increasing numbers of heads of families to this department, all able- bodied men have been required to work in return for aid given them.
Their labor at that time was valued at 40c an hour by the Board, a sum substantially less than that paid by other town departments. But when outside employers were found to be paying less than this amount, the Board decided to cut the rate of pay to 30c an hour to make welfare employment less attractive than other work.
The type of people seeking aid has altered materially during the year. Men of skilled trades and even professional men have been forced to ask the town for help and have been willing to work at un- accustomed labor in return for aid received.
Under the direction of Alexander Birnie, superintendent of the Board of Public Works, welfare labor was employed on highway maintenance, sidewalk construction, cleaning ditches, gutters, catch basins and dumps, and other projects which come under the jurisdiction of the Highway department. A great deal of work was done in the Water and Sewer department, also, but perhaps most pleasing to the eye, is the fine piece of work done at Memerial Park, where a deep ditch was dug to drain the land thoroughly and the whole area was carefully graded and seeded. At Birch Meadow Playground too, a fine start has been made to drain the land.
The Tree Warden, Henry M. Donegan, the Forest Warden, Orville C. Ordway, and the Cemetery Department have also used Welfare labor to good advantage for the Town.
Reading was one of the first towns to use Welfare labor in this way and the success of the undertaking was largely due to the fine co-operation of Mr. Birnie, Mr. Donegan, Chief Ordway, William P. Pierpont and their trained personnel.
It must be remembered also, that since there were no appropriations for major projects of any sort, with the exception of resurfacing of the Square, which used practically no Reading labor, the Welfare Depart- ment has carried nearly the whole financial burden of unemployment in the town.
In order to give the town an additional safeguard against fraud, beyond the visitor's investigation, the Board has had each applicant sign a witnessed affidavit appended to a questionnaire. The law which provides the penalty for perjury is also quoted in the affidavit as follows :
Section 29, Chapter 117 of the General Laws of Massachusetts.
"Whoever knowingly and wilfully makes any false written repre- sentations to the Overseers, to their agents or to the Department of Public Welfare or its agents, for the purpose of causing any person to
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be supported in whole or in part as a pauper by a town or by the Commonwealth, shall be punished by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year."
The Board felt this affidavit would deter any persons who were not strictly in need. Believing that constant contact with all cases is the best check on expenditures, the Board began on Sept. 1 to give two evenings a week at the Town Building, interviewing applicants and considering requests for additional aid. Members of the Board have also visited homes, receiving in that way a better idea of how to deal with conditions. It has been the policy of the Board to rein- vestigate thoroughly any complaint by any reputable person as to the worthiness or need of any person who is receiving aid.
Miss Helen A. Brown, visitor for the Town Aid, Temporary Aid, and Mother's Aid Departments, has given unsparingly of her time and energy. The Board is truly grateful to have so conscientious and efficient a worker in this difficult year.
The Old Age Assistance Bureau has also increased its number of cases, due in great measure to the inability of relatives to aid their old people. It is expected that when employment increases many of these cases may be closed. The State, due to the large amount of money received from the Old Age Assistance tax, will reimburse in full for all cases in this department from July 1, 1931 until April 1, 1932.
The great amount of exact, detailed information necessary in proving the eligibility of these cases, the handicap of failing memories and loss of records on the part of the applicants, has kept the visitor, Mrs. Annie E. Patrick, very busy, but she has still found time to take some of the detail work from Miss Brown's shoulders.
The Board appreciates the extra time Leon G. Bent has had to put in, due to the increased number of records, letters, bills, work lists and work slips. We are grateful for his co-operation. We wish to thank Preston F. Nichols, the Town Treasurer, for the patience with which he has accepted the multitude of detail on the payroll and bills. It has increased his work greatly, but he has not complained.
The townspeople have been most generous with gifts of money to the Special Fund. The Public Works and Light Department em- ployees, the school teachers and janitors, and the Police Department donated the greater part of the amount given to this Board during the last year for this fund. There have also been many donations of clothing, bedding, furniture and toys.
The government-owned wheat, 270 barrels, distributed through the Reading Chapter of the American Red Cross has been of inestimable help to the needy. The government-owned cotton is just beginning to be distributed through the same agency as the year closes.
It is hoped that the coming year will see employment on the in-
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crease and this Board feels that a large part of its duty will be to urge people to become self-supporting at the earliest opportunity. Respectfully submitted, MYRTLE L. LEMAN MARY F. DANIEL GEORGE H. SIDEBOTTOM . .
To the Board of Public Welfare :
The following is submitted for the year ending Dec. 31, 1932.
A large increase in the number of applications for aid due to unemployment brought a corresponding greater amount of work to the Welfare Board. The visitor has given practically all her time to the work, the larger part of which has been spent in the office. Many people come to the office to apply for aid, others for advice or special requests. The increase in cases means much more time given in looking up settlements, which is a most important part of the work. Notices must be sent to other towns and the State, on all cases not settled in Reading. ` Records must be written of all new cases and changes have to be recorded in the old cases.
Quarterly visits are made to the families receiving Mother's Aid and reports of these visits are made to the State. Other calls have had to be limited to the first investigation of new families, emergen- cies in cases of sickness or some other complication, and giving out clothing. Eight hundred and four calls were made during the year, in addition 132 deliveries of apples, vegetables and food donated, 12 trips to hospitals taking patients or bringing them home, and 2 visits to Court, making a total of 950 calls. The State and Relief Officers Association have ruled that a visitor should not take care of more than 200 cases. As we are now aiding 173 families with new ones added each week, we are fast approaching the maximum number of cases allowed a full time visitor.
Formerly much time was given by the visitor in writing the grocery orders and taking them to the stores. The visitor is grate- ful to the members of the Board for inaugurating a new system by which the grocery orders are given from the office to persons need- ing aid in groceries and having them take the slips to the stores, thus saving the visitor much time. The grocery orders are returned with the bills at the end of the month, in order that a check can be kept of the articles bought by each family.
We find that many people discontinue taking milk when faced with the necessity of curtailing their expenses. This is a most neces- sary part of the diet of young children, so we have provided milk to a much larger number of families than in any previous year. We are grateful to the Visiting Nurse and other organizations who have as- sisted in giving milk to many families who are in need of it. All the
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dealers have co-operated by furnishing pasteurized milk as advised by health authorities.
Fuel has been furnished in aid to some families, a definite amount per month being allowed. Except in cases of sickness only enough is given for a kitchen range, and we urge everyone to use the fuel as carefully as possible. It is a hardship in the coldest weather to have only one fire in a house, and there are times when it is necessary to have a little more heat. Unemployed men not working for other departments have cut wood under the direction of the Tree Warden, which has been given to a number of families.
The visitor has had many requests for shoes and clothing, and is grateful to the many individuals who have given good clothing. Ar- ticles not immediately given out are kept on hand at the Town Build- ing, and whenever possible the people requesting clothing are supplied. Many pairs of shoes have been repaired and paid for by a special fund which is given to the visitor for small emergencies. This in addition to the larger Special Fund which is under the direction of the Board. As many families could not provide shoes and clothing for their child- ren to start school this year, some were provided for by this fund, and several pairs of shoes were bought by the committee who had charge of the Salvation Army drive, and we extend our thanks to them for their help in many ways. The Red Cross has recently helped by paying for shoes, which has been much appreciated.
Thanks are extended to the Visiting Nurse Association and friends who help in giving the Thanksgiving dinners every year, and also help in packing Christmas boxes for a number of families not provided for in some other way. This year with its greater need has been met by a very generous response by many organizations and many kind friends. We wish to thank them all for their gifts of money, toys, clothing, and apples, pears and vegetables in the fall. Many women gave of their time and strength in preserving fruit to be given out for the holidays, and in sorting and packing the baskets. The Girl Scouts gave a great deal both at Thanksgiving and at Christmas, and have proved that they are a real help to the community. Many organiza- tions gave Christmas dinners for which we are very grateful.
The visitor wishes to express her thanks to the members of the Board, who patiently give many hours a week without renumeration, for their help and advice, and to Mrs. Patrick, the Old Age Visitor, and Mr. Bent, the clerk of the Board, for their assistance, without which it would be difficult to carry on.
Respectfully submitted,
HELEN A. BROWN, Visitor
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REPORT OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
The following report is submitted for the year ending December 31, 1932.
The Old Age Assistance has increased the past year from 39 cases to 50, on the list at present. We have lost 2 by death, 4 by removal from town and one transferred to town aid. Ten have other settle- ments than Reading which will be reimbursed to the town. We have had fewer applications that have not met with the stated requirements this year owing to a better understanding of the Act. The State re- imbursed the cities and towns for all approved cases up to April 30, 1932. When the State found that so many were applying for the Aid they required that every case be thoroughly investigated and particularly the 20 years residence and birth be proven fully, making some extra work for your Visitor proving the cases already acted on. Your Visitor has made 275 calls the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
ANNIE E. PATRICK, Visitor
REPORT OF CUSTODIAN OF VETERANS GRAVES
The Honorable Board of Selectmen, Town of Reading.
I respectfully submit my report for the year 1932 as Custodian of soldiers' and sailors' graves.
Two Spanish War Veterans were buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery. Herbert E. Marcione, Dec. 16, 1932.
George E. Stevenson, Dec. 20, 1932.
One World War Veteran was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
Elmer H. Richardson, March 31, 1932.
During the year six veterans graves were repaired.
One foundation.
Two veterans lots were repaired.
The graves of all the soldiers and sailors in Laurel Hill Cemetery have been kept in wonderful condition owing to the untiring efforts of Mr. Pierpont, Supt. of the Cemetery.
Respectfully submitted,
HARRY A. TURNER
Custodian of Soldiers and Sailors Graves, Town of Reading.
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF CEMETERY TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR 1932
The reports of the Superintendent of Cemeteries, Mr. William P. Pierpont, which cover in detail the work of the Department, and ap-
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proved by the Trustees, are appended.
There have been no changes on the Board during the year. Mr. Philip H. Tirrell and Mr. Clarence C. White have served as Chairman and Secretary respectively.
The terms of Mr. Philip H. Tirrell and Mr. Harold F. Davis expire in March, 1933, and it is expected that they will be candidates for re- election.
In reviewing the work of the year, we find that good progress has been made, although less money has been expended than formerly, and the condition of both cemeteries is steadily approaching the high standard for which the Board is planning.
Most respectfully,
PHILIP H. TIRRELL, Chairman
CLARENCE C. WHITE, Secretary FRED L. NUTTER
WINTHROP D. PARKER
HAROLD F. DAVIS
FRANK LEE EDGERLEY
Board of Cemetery Trustees
LAUREL HILL CEMETERY REPORT, 1932
To the Board of Cemetery Trustees,
Town of Reading, Mass.
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit to you my fifth annual report of Laurel Hill Cemetery.
The general routine of Cemetery work has been carefully followed and the results obtained have been very satisfactory.
There were eighty-seven interments during the year. Eleven lots and eleven single graves were sold. Thirty-one monument and marker foundations were built. Eighty-two single graves were loamed and seeded. Ten lots were reloamed and seeded and one hundred and twenty-nine sunken graves repaired. Eight old lots were placed under perpetual care.
All the wooden buildings were repaired and painted one coat.
Three hundred stepping stones were made and one hundred and fifty were set in paths. Four hundred and fifty cement markers were made.
The special work along the line of permanent improvements de- signed by the Board was accomplished and has added much to the appearance of the Cemetery.
Approximately 1188 feet of Chain Link Fence has been erected this year, 750 feet along the west and 438 feet along the north bounda- ries, completing all the new fence necessary in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
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Two sections of retaining wall have been built, one at the north boundary 438 feet long and one 86 feet long on the land purchased from the Clapp Estate.
Two catch basins were rebuilt and a new one built in the Main Street section.
7154 square yards of avenues had a coat of Tarvia B, including all the dirt avenues, thus eliminating a large amount of expense and labor of repairing them in the future.
During the past year a set of new record plans were made to in- clude all developments to date. To complete this work, approximately 1500 cement boundary markers were set, thus defining the location of every lot in the Cemetery.
Several unemployed men, through the Welfare Department, dug over 2628 square feet of land and removed all rock and boulders, the land to be used for extension of lots in the Willow Avenue section. They also raked leaves during the fall.
While it is always possible in this Department to make permanent improvements, it is not my intention to suggest any special improvement this year outside of a second coat of Tarvia B on the avenues done last year, which is necessary to maintain a good surface.
The financial statement will appear in the report of the Town Ac- countant.
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM P. PIERPONT, Superintendent
FOREST GLEN CEMETERY REPORT, 1932
To the Board of Cemetery Trustees,
Town of Reading, Mass.
Gentlemen :
The regular maintenance was kept up during the year, but no new development carried on. The lots were fertilized, grass kept mowed, shrubs watered and cared for and many other things done that go with the upkeep of the Cemetery.
Considerable filling was hauled and dumped into the section next to be developed.
One catch basin was built and one hundred and twenty feet of corrugated pipe was laid in the avenue extending south from Forest Street, taking care of the water from the northwest section of the Cemetery.
A sidewalk and tree lawn were built south of the Pearl Street Entrance.
Five men through the Welfare Department were employed two weeks digging trenches and doing other work.
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I have sold three lots this year and had three interments.
Forest Glen is a comparatively new Cemetery and although the lots are selling slowly at present, in a few years the supply in Laurel Hill will be exhausted, and this will become quite an attractive spot for future purchasers.
While there are many things that could be done, I feel that this Department should co-operate with others in holding its expenditures to the necessary demand only.
The financial statement will appear in the report of the Town Ac- countant.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM P. PIERPONT, Superintendent
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH
To the Citizens of Reading :
There were only twenty two (22) contagious cases reported during the year 1932.
Chicken Pox
4
Diphtheria
1
Measles
1
Lobar Pneumonia 2
Scarlet Fever
7
Tuberculosis
6
Whooping Cough
1
Number of Deaths 105
Male
50
Female
55
2 were over
90 years
23 were between
80 and 90
29
70 and 80
8
50 and 60
4
40 and 50
4
66
30 and 40
4
66
10 and 20
4
1 and 10
3 Still births.
Respectfully submitted,
E. M. HALLIGAN, M. D.
CORNELIUS THIBEAULT, M. D. V. CHRISTINE F. ATKINSON
Board of Health
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INDEX
Page
Accountant
227
Births Registered
68
Board of Appeal
148
Board of Assessors
290 305
Board of Public Welfare
297
Board of Public Works
157 167
Highway Department
Park Department
177
Playground
179
Sewer Department
180 159
Cemetery Trustees
302
Forest Glen Cemetery
304 303 142
Chief of Fire Department
Chief of Police
144 302
Deaths Registered
78
Dogs Licensed
66
Elections
State and National
50
Town
16
Electric Light Commissioners
187
Forest Warden
146
Inspector of Animals
155
Inspector of Buildings
148
Inspector of Food
153
Inspector of Milk
155
Inspector of Plumbing
147
Inspector of Wires
147
Licenses, Hunting and Fishing
67
List of Jurors
8
Marriages Registered
73
Notice to Parents, Housewives, Physicians and Midwives
66
Old Age Assistance
302
Planning Board
156
Primary
Presidential
41
State
43
Public Library
149
School Committee
83
Sealer of Weights and Measures
154
Selectmen
292
Superintendent of Fire Alarm
144
Tax Collector
285
Town Counsel
186
Town Forest Committee
146
Town Meetings
11
Town Officers
3 7
Treasurer
288
Tree Warden
143
Visitor
300
Board of Health
Water Department
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Custodian of Veterans' Graves
Town of Reading, Statistics
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