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1935
Dec. 24 Madelon Elizabeth Nelson Roy T. and Rose R.
66
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING, YEAR 1936
Date
Name
Age Occupation
Residence
October 12, 1935
James D. Gorman Ethel F. White
26 Machinist
21
Bookkeeper
Gloucester Reading
January
9 Charles Edward Hilts Coletta Eileen Keenan
34
Registered Nurse
Reading
11 Orrin George Colley Nancy Munro
22 At Home
Marblehead
17 James Richard Sanborn Winnifred Anne Christie 23
20
Poultryman
Reading
18 Francis Linwood McFadden 28 Bank Teller Esther Emily Malonson 24 Bank Teller
35 Merchant
Wakefield
21 Joseph Cincotta Marjorie Ardelle Hall 21
At Home
Wakefield
21 Ansel S. Richards 63 Teacher
Reading
Miriam Elizabeth (Gulledge) Lambert 42 At Home
Reading
February
2 Chester Paul Maleski
22 Marine
Portsmouth, N. H.
Harriet Marie Maddocks
18 Housework
Reading
7 Kenneth Holden
23
Printer
Reading
Mary K. Fultz
19 At Home
Reading
8 C. Linwood Young 47
Manager
Rochester, N. H.
Marion E. Park
40 Secretary
Reading
9 James Walter White Reading 28 Millhand Florence Margeson 21 Housework North Reading
33 Salesman
Reading
13 Kenneth W. Colburn Dorothy G. Mein
23
None
Brockton
29 Robert C. Edgar
32 Engineer
Reading
Edithe M. Benson
23 None
Chicago, Il1.
March
1 Chester Hamman Thieme Lillian May Brewster
2 Arthur Russell Barnes
26
Treasurer Reading
Jane E. Potter
23
Assistant Buyer
Wakefield
8 Kenneth Chester Latham Edith Marion Hilts 23 At Home
22 Clerk
Reading
18 At Home
Medford
21 Supervisor Reading
Reading
49 Embalmer
Reading
25
Merchant
Reading
Bookkeeper
Wakefield
Melrose
Reading
.
67
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING, YEAR 1936
Date
Name
Age Occupation
Residence
April
4 Roger Arnold Kenney Elizabeth Kinsley
4 Karl Frederick Miller Marguerite Ellieen Mead
7 Harry Parker Nicholson Virginia Temple 22 At Home
11 Leander Payne Smith Phyllis Roberta Clark
18 Edward Nelson Morand Phyllis Trevor
22 William John Knight Gertrude Alice White
29 Garageman
Reading
26 At Home Reading
23 Automobile Mechanic
Reading
21 Inspector
Wakefield
20 Laborer
Reading
Reading
29 Machinist
Reading
27 Bookkeeper
Reading
22 Salesman
Reading
23 At Home
Reading
22 Laborer
Reading
25 Nurse
Reading
May
15 Joseph Edward Babine Mary Edna Roach
20 P. O. Letter Carrier
Reading
20 At Home
Reading
23 Shipper
Malden
22 Hair Dresser
Malden
22
Rubber Worker
Reading
23 Paul Roland Hebert Edith Marion Woods
26 Billing Clerk
Reading
23 Garageman Reading
24 Jeremiah J. Cullinane, Jr. Dorothy Louise Nesbitt 23 At Home
Lynnfield
27 John Joseph Brown
26 Mechanic's Helper Reading
Mary Myrtle Grove 25 Clerk Reading
June
8 Wilfred Melvin Tyler Gladys Marian McCall 23 Clerk
10 Harry Ray Newell Lillian Florabel Little 27
12 Elmer Goodearl Carrie Westcott 19 At Home
13 Gregory Adams Killam Ethel Louise Purdy 25 Stenographer
16 Eugene Herman Bronson Ruth Smith Parker 22 At Home
25 Roofer
Stoneham
Stoneham
41 None
Reading
Clerk
Reading
22 Leather Worker
Wilmington
Reading
29 Compositor Reading
Wakefield
25 Clergyman Reading
Reading
20 Winston T. Matheson Phyllis Bishop
22 Edward H. Doucette Louise A. LeFave 17 Housekeeper
Reading
25 Brokerage Clerk
Everett
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING, YEAR 1936
Date
Name
Age Occupation
Residence
June
17 Edward Weston McBrien 55 Janitor
Reading
Lottie (Evans) Rose 49 At Home Reading
18 Earl Francis Skidmore 24 Steamfitter's Helper Reading
Doris Evelyn Powers
22 At Home
Stoneham
20 Bertram Edgar Hannaford Edna Frances Surette 26 24 Painter Housework
Stoneham
21 John E. Lane Hazel Rae Ballou
44 Bookkeeper
Malden
27 Francis Sumner Merritt Priscilla Hardwick 23 Comm. Fashion Artist Reading
23
Artist
Reading
27 George William Richardson 41 Machinist Marie Therriault 22 Bookkeeper
Reading
28 Russell Emerson Carter 26 Garageman
Reading
Ruth Gladys Thorpe 25 At Home Peabody
33 Telephone Testman Everett
28 Kenneth Gerald Swindell Clara Clementina Huestis 27 Waitress Everett
29 Floyd S. Potter
27 Clerk Manchester, N. H.
Esther D. Johnson
19 At Home Manchester, N. H.
July
3 Earl Charles MacPherson 22 Gas Station Attendant Melrose Margaret Ann Smith 19 At Home Reading
5 Henry Joseph Arsenault 32 Painter Reading Mary Gertrude Doucette 28 Paper Box Worker Wakefield
5 Talmade Franklin Monk 25 Student Bay Springs, Miss. Josephine Eleanor Langillo 16 At Home Wakefield
11 Harold M. Traver 25 Bakery Foreman Albany, N. Y. Blodwyn M. Bailey 28 Teacher Schenectady, N. Y.
16 William James Sumner 27 Laundry Worker Wilmington Margaret Mary Desmond 30 Telephone Operator Reading
18 Ralph William Marshall Miriam Wentworth Warren 18 Clerk
21 Store Manager
Wakefield
Wakefield
20 Howard Goodwin 21 Milkman Margaret E. Howard 25 Attendant
Reading
24 George Towle Gutterson Eleanor Elizabeth Miller 19 Maid
Quincy
Quincy
26 Collection Manager Boston
25 Chester M. Crowell Genevieve Merrill 18 Bookbinder Reading
69
Malden
27 Watchman
Lawrence
Reading
34 Salesman Reading
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING, YEAR 1936
Date
Name
Age Occupation
Residence
July
25 Harry Ruffie Foster, Jr. Lorraine Beaudry
25 Clyde Wilbur Hilton 48 Plant Work
Mary Rebecca Pitcher 38
25 Walter Augustus Jacobs Ellen Josephine Willworth 39 Counter Girl 59 Insurance
22 Engineer
Reading
20 At Home
North Reading
Reading
Reading
Reading
Malden
August
1 Dana Leon Dow Lora Kelley
18 Waitress
Reading Milo, Maine
1 Clarence Julius McIntire Helen Abbie Anderson 27 Teacher
1 Reuben Isaac Surette Irene Victoria Bennett 23 Housework
33 Rubber Worker
Reading Reading
2 Frank F. Strout Ella Ervina Bacheller 70 At Home 78
Stationary Engineer
Reading
5 William D. Watters Doris Dexter Davis
34 Salesgirl
Wakefield
8 Leon E. Moody Eleanor M. Quigley
22
Clerk
Reading
9 John Joseph Doherty Dorothy Marie Buckley 23
30
Salesman
Reading
15 Robert Grosvenor Currier Ruth Folsom
25
Clerk
Cambridge
24 At Home
Reading
37 Switch Board Oper. Stoneham
At Home
Reading
31 Engineer
Reading
32 Secretary
Reading
33 Garageman Reading
Reading
27 Teacher
Reading
26 Knitting Instr. North Andover
28 Salesman Reading
24 At Home
Manchester, N. H.
Providence, R. I.
29 William Theodore Zimmer Barbara Towle Nutter 26 At Home 25 Salesman
Reading
24
Chemist
Providence, R. I.
Cashier
Boston
15 Walter Edwin Garland Marion Emily Graustein 28
15 Albert J. Schneider Doris Josephine Cutcliffe
27 Lloyd Livingtone Hook Dorothy Buttler (Dyer) Boyce 23 Clerk
28 Edward Preston Batchelder Marguerite Neville
29 John L. Wilson Marjorie Hoffman
22 Truck Driver
35 Research Eng. Glen Falls, N. Y.
Wakefield
Reading
34 Machinist
Reading
Housework
70
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING, YEAR 1936
Date
Name
Age Occupation
Residence
Sept.
30 Joseph Walter Barrett Eleanor Joyce Braddock
30 Joseph Patrick Doherty Rita Mary Ainsworth 22
23
Clerk
Reading Salem, N. H. Reading
Reading
September
1 Leroy Wright Merritt Florence Virginia Murphy
3 John Cincotta Raffael (Tollarino) Carella 42 Housework
3 James Alexander Richmond 20 Lois Myrtle Fleming
20 Stenographer
Reading
5 Vincent Harold Cooke Mildred Edith Robinson
21
Chauffeur
Woburn
19 Clerk
Stoneham
5 Fred Elwell Graham Anna Mary Glaeser 25
Clerk
Reading
5 George Alvin Cotreau Mary Ann Surrette
32
Housework
Reading
5 Caleb Wroe Wolfe Cornelia Ella Cell
27 School Teacher
Reading
30 Poultry Farm
North Reading
25 Housework Reading
Lumber Business Reading
23 At Home
Wakefield
22
Salesman
Reading
23 Private Secretary Reading
55 Physician Mattapan, Mass.
41 Music Teacher Brookline, N. Y.
26 Assistant Manager
Malden
20 Lionel Strout Nichols
24 Clerk
Reading
Margaret Alice Curran
22
Waitress
Wakefield
23 Clarence Joseph White 23 Olive Augusta Smith 22
Chef
Reading
Clerk North Reading
Truckman
Reading
27 Alfonso B. Gromyko Agnes M. (Sypher) Clark 43 At Home 22
Reading
October
1 George Henry Mercier
21 Butler
Boston
Dorothy Lillian Maybury 18 Maid
Reading
,
19 Farmer
Reading
20 45 Expressman
At Home
Epping, N. H.
North Reading
North Reading
Poultryman
Reading
26 Mechanic
Lynn
29 Rubber Worker
Reading
27 Recreational Director
Reading
9 Walter R. Fearon Gertrude E. Marr
24
12 Denton Marshall Locke Barbara Gould
19 Fred Eugene Farnum, Jr. Earline Austin
20 William Collenes Marguerite C. Weafer 23 Nurse
Reading
19 Charles A. Reese Helen (Raymond) Barrett
20 Laborer
19
Clerk
Stenographer
71
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING, YEAR 1936
Date
Name
Age Occupation
Residence
October
4 Joseph Alfred DeAngelis Dorothy Gertrude Hayes
24
At Home
Reading
10 Ralph Edward Bemister Alice Mae Barrett
27
Clerk
Reading
10 Angus J. MacPhee Edith L. Cox
45
Mechanic
North Reading
38 Clerk North Reading
10 Lawrence Arthur Partelow Dorothy Adele Cummings 25
28
Assistant Supt.
Reading
Secretary
Reading
10 James Smart Perry 23
Mechanic
Reading
Carol Conant Stevens
22
Clerk
Reading
.16 Charles Leonard Smith
21 Brush Worker
Reading
Frances Villa
19
Millhand
Wakefield
17 Robert Samuel Cowdrey Anna Marion Reck
22
At Home
Reading
13 John Francis Cummings Effie Frances Scanlon
39
Tree Worker
Reading
32 Necktie Worker
Reading
18 Francis William Ellis Rita Margaret Hill
19
At Home
Wakefield
18 Joseph P. Luce Mary E. Rowland
37
At Home
Reading
22 Charles H. Soule Eva M. Webb
41
At Home
Reading
24 William Edward Burpee Thelma McClintock
26
Clerk
Reading
24 Napoleon Voudrin, Jr. Catherine Donnelly
35
Foreman
Reading
27 At Home
West Springfield
31 Factory Worker
Reading
28 Factory Worker
Woburn
27 Automobile Mechanic
Reading
Reading
November
8 John Lawrence Frontin Mary Angela LeBlanc
14 Herbert Allen Fowler Gertrude Anna Wright
15 Clarence Charles Graf Lora Standish Leathe
27 Factory Worker
Reading
23 At Home
Reading
24 Oil Burner Business
Reading
23
At Home
Reading
48 Mfg. Representative
Reading
44 Bookkeeper
Reading
31
Carpenter
Reading
47
Carpenter
Woburn
24
Engineer
Reading
26 W. Stewart Alward Lillian Lucille Sanborn
31 William Kelver Read Pearl Thelma MacDonald 25 Bookkeeper
23
Clerk
Arlington
27 Shoe Worker
Reading
24 Electrician
Stoneham
27
Clerk
Reading
72
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING, YEAR 1936
Date
Name
Age Occupation
Residence
November
15 Joseph William Whitmore 23 Salesman
Eleanor Jane Dearborn
21 James Ernest Merrow
24 Rubber Worker
Reading
Catherine Gertrude Scully
18 Weaver
Malden
22 Albert Jesse Penney Anna Marie Dulong 18
21 Steel Worker
At Home
Reading
25 Edwin Oscar Lundberg Ruth Caroline Lindquist
20 Clerk
Reading
26 Peter Ferriara
28 Shoe Worker
Wakefield Reading
Florence Meuse
20
Laborer
Stoneham
19 At Home
Reading
28 Herbert E. Dickinson
28 Track Man
Reading
Helen I. Eldredge
26 Clerk
Wakefield
December
5 Charles H. Strout Alice May Goodwin
33 Builder
Reading
23 Bookkeeper
Reading
5 Aymar Hovey Taber Evelyn Louise Goodale
30 Bank Clerk
Reading
29 Bank Clerk
Waltham
5 Russell H. Bridges K. Doris Martinage 26 Bookkeeper
29 Chauffeur
Reading
6 Joseph Antonio Bonanno Carnella Rapino
21 At Home
East Boston Boston
24 Chester Alton Ewing Jean Sweetland
24 Teacher
Reading
26 Thomas Leo Richard Lenora I. (Barrett) Sirard
36 Chauffeur North Reading
29 At Home North Reading
49 Cabinet Maker Lisbon Falls, Me.
28 Everett Sandford Knight Ethel Rebecca Murray 57 Practical Nurse Reading
22 Housekeeper
Somerville Somerville
Salem, N. H.
27 Painter
Lynnfield
27 Stitcher
28 Alfred Edward Collella Edith Louise Moore
25 Osteopathic Physician
Reading
Methuen
29 Engineer
73
DEATHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1936
Date
Name
Y M D Cause of Death
November 15, 1906
James A. Robinson
55
-
Railroad Accident
March 26, 1932 Mary Surette
30
6 24
Tuberculosis
January
2 Charles F. Brown
87
2
12
Hemorrhage Thrombosis
10
14 Elia De Marchi
71
Hemorrhage
20 Patricia Dolliver
3
10
Anaemia
20 Effie D. (Dunton) Watts
41
9
8
Carcinoma
22 James Wheaton Allen
69
10
Pneumonia
23 Ursula (Froten) Oldfield
40
4
-
Appendicitis
24 Seward E. Dill
67
5
10
Angina Pectoris
24 James D. Mackay
58
4
13
Angina Pectoris
28 Walter E. O'Connell
45
Encephalitis
29 Mary L. Brown
0
8
23
Microcephalus
February
1 Henry Hartwell
58
8
29
Pneumonia
2 Stephen Martin
46
5
14
Heart Disease
2 Joseph H. Westcott
69
2
Heart Disease
6 Charles Barney
74
1
5
Carcinoma
6 Theresa Ann (McKekron) Carey
42
Hemorrhage
19
Wendell Irving Bancroft
60
5
8
Heart Disease
23 William Lex
58
Heart Disease
25 Charles Lang
48
6
3
Hemorrhage
26 Emma Louise (Hoffman) Dane
90
0
30
Edema
28
Audrey F. Lowell
15
8
5
Automobile
Accident
29 Lyle Delong
26
7
-
Pneumonia
29 Lewis C. Raymond
78
7
10
Diabetes
-
5 Rose (Ward) Toale
69
-
74
DEATHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1936
Date
Name
Y M D Cause of Death
March
9
14 Thomas Parkman Lennox
74
3
4
Carcinoma
16 Sarah J. (Doucet) Doucette
71
1
21
Pneumonia
18 Henry W. Webber
80
9
19
Cancer
19 Richard Maguire
61
2
24
Tuberculosis
19 Alma Parker (Hanley) Wakefield
81
1
19
Myocarditis
27
Harley Lindsay Prentiss
68
0
3
Bronchitis
April
1 Mary (Moore) Cook
79
-
Carcinoma
6 Frank Buck
76
11
13
Arterio Sclerosis
6 Leonard G. Nichols
48
5
19
Asphyxiation
7 Hattie (Lewis) Swett
69
7
12
Gas Poisoning
11 Melvin Henry Meuse
38
9
10
Heart Disease
12 George O. Copeland
56
2
27
Thrombosis
12 Alpha Toussaint
41
Carcinoma
13 William Labou
75
5
26
Arterio Sclerosis
13 Mary Elizabeth (Day) Totten
82
10
2
Heart Disease Automobile
Accident
22 Jennie (Bosson) Hatch
36
1
27
Intestinal
Obstruction
24 Walter F. White
5
7
3
Tumor
May
1 Mary (Hayes) O'Brien
67
-
-
Pneumonia
8 Nellie F. (Russell) Corbett
76
2
8
Asthma
11 Loretta E. Ployer
7
6
22
Nephritis
15 Elizabeth (Doucette) Doucette
78
-
Arterio Sclerosis
15 Christine (Jonson) Johnson
66
8
10
Heart Disease
24 James Webb
46
1
21
Carcinomatosis
27 Arthur Dodge
9
-
-
Appendicitis
27 Annie (Hannafin) Kelley
82
7
27
Carcinoma
-
16 James J. Doucette
44
-
75
DEATHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1936
Date
Name
Y M D Cause of Death
June
1 Forest T. Staples
2 Emily (Hartshorne) Long
61
8
25
Pneumonia Carcinoma
5 Emma Porter (French) Raymond
80
6
Carcinoma
7 Cora F. (Hunter) McIntire
71
3
23
Pyonephrolithiasis
9 Webster Eames
79
10
14
Carcinoma
12 Beatrice Turenne
39
11
10
Tuberculosis
19 Henry J. McMahon
40
0
2
Abscess Embolism
23 George S. Merriam
64
8
25
Carcinoma
29 William S. Badger
56
3
6
Carcinoma
29 Emma J. (Damrell) Moulton 72
-
July
1 Frank S. Jarvis
56
10
9
Thrombosis
2 Arthur Kenny Lowell
48
0
20
Pericarditis
5 Eva S. (Lewis) Stone
83
5
1
Hemorrhage
6 John L. Pickett
32
7
21
Automobile
Accident
6 Evelyn T. White
20
10
-
Intestinal
Obstruction
11 Thomas Hoyston O'Neill
70
10
24
Carcinoma
11 Carl C. Prince
42
7
19
Heart Disease
14 Harold F. Clark
43
11
13
Ulcer
19 David C. Grimm
74
9
11
Hemorrhage
19 Albert R. Kezer
66
7
29
Pneumonia Intestinal
22 Margery Ellen (Young) Harrow
75
3
8
Obstrucion
22 Susan (Hussey) Morse
92
7
11
Arterio Sclerosis
23 Althelia Olive Higgins
65
9
30
Endocarditis
27 Alvah W. Clark
82
1
16
Heart Disease
29 Olivia A. (Perry) Wheaton
38
Hemorrhage
August
1 Elizabeth R. (McGuire) Smith
72
7 Viola A. (Hale) Fleming
85
9 9 Carcinoma Accidental Fall 5 21
76
-
-
-
19 Louise S. Wilson
31
4
Myocarditis
69
DEATHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1936
Date
Name
Y M D
Cause of Death
August
7 George B. Griffiths
7 Gerald O'Brien
32
-
-
10 Rena E. Brown
22
2
30
Heart Disease Automobile Accident Poison
10 Dorothy M. (Hodson) Wooldridge
47
9
30
Carcinoma
11 Charles Bruorton
85
8
28
Myocarditis
14 Ellen M. (Bradeen) Green
88
10
21
Carcinoma
15 Robert Gaw
58
10
11
Heart Disease
15 Daniel J. Lehan
82
Carcinoma
18 Richard Mckinley
67
10
Diabetes Mellitus
22 George M. Davis
68
2
9
Thrombosis
27
29 Albert E. Merrill
49
6
7
Heart Disease
September
9 Annie Eliza (Thirkell)
Patrick
64
8
29
Hemorrhage Myocarditis Hemorrhage
12 Nellie Louise (Newhall) Leavis
74
11
0
Cardio-Renal
Disease
21 Hinda (Leretsky) Shrider
75
-
-
Myocarditis
26 Edward Judicial Smith
38
1
24
Tuberculosis
28 Margaret Ann (Flaherty) Canty
80
9
2
Embolism
29 Charles A. Greenleaf
73
0
23
Hemorrhage
29 Marie Julia (Morris) Rogers 34
1
Carcinoma
October
2 Zetta (Currier) Clough
83
10
5
Thrombosis
5 Leon A. Bassett
55
2
4
Accidental Fall
8 John W. White
66
9
6
Carcinoma
9 Mary Frances (Beard) Hale 78
3
16
Carcinoma
10 Cornelia (Bancroft) Damon
79
8
-
Myocarditis
11 James Albert Bliss
62
7
25 Diabetes Mellitus
15 Alice C. (Cushing) Reed 77
9
20
Hemorrhage
17
79
-
10 Emily M. (Trull) Eames
81
3
18
10 Elizabeth (Fitzgerald) Galvin 77
-
77
DEATHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1936
Date Name
Y M D Cause of Death
October
24 Nora T. (Collins) Phair 66
28 Sadie May (Brooks) Roach
44
4
28
Paralysis of
Bladder
31 Mary F. (Amsden) Brown 84
3 26
Heart Disease
November
2 George Mayo
72
-
Cardio-Renal
Disease
2 Charles H. Nichols
82
9
22
Pneumonia
6 Annie Herima (Newmarkle) Whipling
79
7
2
Arterio Sclerosis
10 Margaret E. (Kelley) McKenney
69
Myocarditis
13
16 Washington Wallace Buxton 85
2
19
Carcinoma
18 Arthur Eliot Payson
76
10
20
Carcinoma
20 Charles E. Blood
70
1
5
Hemorrhage
29 Joseph C. Sullivan
43
9
Nephritis
December
1 Jennie M. (Sawyer) Wilkinson
78
3
7
Heart Disease
2 Allie Bertha (Whitton) Richardson
65
0
23
Carcinoma
3 John Joseph Galvin
73
Hemorrhage
4 Benjamin W. Gonnam
78
Myocarditis
6 Jane F. (Smith) Deering
84
2
22
Hemorrhage
10 Arthur T. Mckay
71
5
13
Hemorrhage
13 Nellie C. (Wightman) Nason 75
76
6
21
Sclerosis
16 John Edward Thornton
34
5
-
Hemorrhage
19 Mary (Ferrick) Thornton
67
Hemorrhage
21 Effie D. (Boice) Baton
67
7
24
Hemorrhage
21 Edwin G. Clarke
72
10
27
Thrombosis
25 Linnie L. (Lake) Potter
73
5
20
Thrombosis
29 Joseph MacCaughey
64
8
8
Tuberculosis
31 George M. Hutchinson
69
5
12
Pneumonia
-
-
11
13
Heart Disease
16 Elizabeth (Barber) O'Neill
-
78
4
23
Hemorrhage
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN
To the Citizens of the Town of Reading :
The annual report of the Board of Selectmen for the year ending December 31, 1936 is submitted herewith.
At the first meeting held on March 3, 1936 the Board organized as follows :
Albert N. Leman, Chairman Newell H. Morton, Secretary J. Warren Killam, Jr.
Regular meetings were held throughout the year along with sev- eral special meetings.
Appointments made in 1936 $
Town Accountant-Three years-Leon G. Bent.
Soldiers' Relief Agent-Forest H. Bryant.
Finance Committee : Appointed-Three years-Robert B. Mount, Louis Davis, Frank M. Merrill, Charles F. Trevor, Jemima L. Wellman. Appointed Robert M. Folsom-two years-A. Alden Goldsmith was ap- pointed to fill vacancy caused by resignation of Robert B. Mount.
Member of Board of Registrars-Three years-Owen McKenney.
Board of Appeal-Three years-Benjamin B. Piper.
Associate Member Board of Appeal-Three years-Herbert T. Schoppelry.
Commissioner of Trust Funds-six years-Clarence C. White.
Sealer of Weights & Measures-Carl M. Smith.
Gas Inspector-David Taggart.
Inspector of Animals-Bernard Schimpfke.
Dog Officer-Charles H. Melendy.
Inspector of Building-A. Russell Barnes.
Supt. of Moth Work-Henry M. Donegan.
Burial Agent, Soldiers & Sailors-Alfred E. Goodwin.
Custodian of Soldiers' Graves-Harry A. Turner.
Reading Safety Council-Albert C. Graupner, Alfred B. Pearson, Eva. S. Higgins, Earle H. Chapin, Lyman E. Pratt, Forrest B. Eames, Daniel J. Desmond, Charles R. Herrick, Inez Kimball. Charles Stratton. Marion L. Allard, Allan D. MacKillop.
Forest Warden-Orville O. Ordway.
Keeper of the Lock-up-Jeremiah Cullinane.
Supt. of Fire Alarm and Inspector of Wires-Hugh L. Eames.
Weighers of Coal & Hay-Thomas E. Brogan, Charles W. Lee, Mabel L. MacKay, Bertha D. MacLellan, Wendell B. Newell, Charles N. Sweetser, Percy N. Sweetser.
Field Drivers-Arthur W. Bancroft, Adolph S. Larson, Edward E. Nichols.
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Fence Viewers-Wendell B. Newell, Carl B. Sawyer, Albert E. Temple.
Committee on Elm Tree Protection-Andrew Christensen, Henry M. Donegan, John F. Sawyer.
Committee on Town Forest-three years-Henry M. Donegan.
Publicity Committee-Logan R. Dickie, H. Raymond Johnson, W. Fletcher Twombly.
Special Police Officers
John F. Maguire
J. Fred Richardson
Reading High School Prospect St. School Lowell St. School
Sylvanus Thompson
Edward McBrien
Walter Smith
James L. Healey
Henry W. Bryden
Wm. H. Killam
Center and Union Schools Junior High School Highland School Junior High School Municipal Building and Library
Frank F. Strout George O. Flanders Ralph F. Plouff
William P. Pierpont
William H. Manning
Charles H. Melendy
Gardner A. Perry
Edward Stuart
Robert O. Chesley
Thomas F. Classen
Sidney Frederick
Forest H. Bryant
Edward E. Harnden
Sterling W. Powell
Charles L. Gowing, Jr.
Fred Riessle Daniel J. O'Keefe
J. Edward Black
Herbert F. Carter
Although the Board regretted to do so, it was mandatory to retire Chief Orville O. Ordway of the fire department since the town has ac- cepted the State Retirement Law for policemen and firemen.
The town is indebted to Chief Ordway for his long and faithful ser- vice.
Captain Hugh L. Eames, who has been a member of the fire de- partment since 1913, was appointed Chief.
Albert C. Maxwell was appointed Inspector of Wires to succeed Hugh L. Eames.
American Legion Quarters Unitarian Church and Community Hall
Sewerage Pumping Station and vicinity Town Farm Town Farm Town Farm Reading Theatre Junior High School Town Dump
Pumping Station B. & M. R. R.
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Police Department
Believing the patrol car a valuable addition to the department and the necessity for having it in the best of shape, a new car was pur- chased again this year.
It is the Board's recommendation that a new car be purchased every year, so extensively is the car used.
Two Reserve Officers were again given regular duty throughout the year. These have now become a necessary fixture and the pos- sibility of making them permanent officers should be considered.
Safety
Helpful suggestions from time to time were rendered by the Safety Council and many of these were carried out.
The many railroad crossings and the traffic on our Main Street have been the chief problems before the Board this past year.
The Board has entertained railroad officials and made recommenda- tions regarding the Willow Street, Woburn Street and Washington Street crossings, and also the pedestrian crossing at the Reading depot.
Government projects have been drawn up pertaining to the leveling of the grade at Willow Street crossing and increasing visibility for ap- proaching autoists. Certain complications have thus far held up these propositions.
The traffic problem, especially in the square, is one of our gravest problems, not only from the point of view of safety, but also convenience. to our merchants. It would seem that traffic control by lights should be given careful consideration.
In conjunction with the traffic problem is the ever increasing park- ing problem. An offer of land for parking in the rear of the Pfau block on Main Street has been given our attention.
Fire Department
The town must consider soon the purchase of a new ladder truck. The present one has been in operation since 1916 and many of the ladders are holdovers from the old horse-drawn wagon.
The advisability of increasing the call force is another point for consideration.
Occasion might arise when several call men would be out of town at one time, and the number already is none too many, when the opera- tion of our five pieces of apparatus is considered.
Tree and Moth Department
The Board continued to advocate the planting of shade trees, which are one of our biggest assets for beautifying our residential areas.
To protect the trees new spraying equipment will have to be pur- chased to supplant those machines now worn out and inadequate.
The Board has been and still is sponsoring tree trimming and pest extermination projects under the W. P. A.
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Fire Alarm
A new repeater for the system was purchased and installed which puts the fire alarm in good working order. The new equipment is housed in the vault at the Central Fire Station, insuring it against pos- sible damage by fire or dampness. Heretofore the operations were in the attic.
A new fire alarm truck was purchased and is in working order.
As new dwellings spring up, the need for fire alarm boxes arises, and the Board recommends the purchase of new boxes. Several of the old boxes also need replacement.
Hearings
Besides numerous routine hearings on storage of gasoline in family garages, there were two hearings as a result of applications for gaso- line stations.
A license was granted for a station in Post Office Square at the junction of Ash and Main Streets by a two to one vote, thereby re- versing the decision of previous years.
By way of explanation, practically all of the previous objections had been removed and there is apparently no fire or safety hazard to be created by putting a station at this location.
The other application concerned the installing of pumps at the tire shop next to the Gulf Station on So. Main Street. This application was withdrawn on advice of counsel while the hearing was in progress.
Two other licenses were granted following hearings involving the installation of new pumps at stations already being operated.
At a hearing for keeping and storing gasoline in cars at a body repair shop at the corner of So. Main and Minot Streets, there was con- siderable opposition. As the area is zoned for business and no fire or other hazard would be created, the license was granted.
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