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23 At Home Reading
6 Ernest Leland Wilkinson Helen Knight Graves 37 Kindergartener
Reading
8 Eldon Birkley Milley Mary Gladys Skinner
32 Housekeeper
Reading
8 Arthur William Graustein Audrey Lois Cook
20 Bookkeeper
Reading
8 Francis Brown Mary (Adden) White
Journalist 30 At Home 36 New York City Reading
23 Chain Store Mgr. Stoneham
9 Harry Nesmith Carr Francena Stevens
20
Biller Reading
12 Edward Francis Parker Lillia M. (Bradford) Stebbins 59 At Home Melrose, Mass.
14 Ralph Augustine Mulligan Muriel June Scheffield
28
Machinist Reading
22 At Home Lewiston, Me.
40 General Merchant Kingston, N. H.
31 At Home Reading
66 Elevator Inspector Reading
52
At Home
Reading
Supervisor
Reading
18 Robert Durfee Norton Esther Burnham Jenkins
30 Bank Clerk
Reading
26 Bank Clerk
Boston, Mass.
24 W. P. A.
Reading
20 At Home
Reading
22 Herbert Ernest Cloudman Ruth Elizabeth Stevens
33 At Home
Reading
22 Mario Lentine Mary Cannuli
21 Hairdresser Reading
26 Deputy Collector
Wakefield
23 Robert Harris Curley Helen Theresa Riley
20 At Home
Reading
28 Laborer
Reading
38 Insurance Mgr. Methuen, Mass.
36 Factory Worker
Reading
22 Mechanic
Reading
57 Bank President Reading
15 Warren Gordon Bakie Marion Lucinda Allard
17 William Caldwell Stewart
Reba (Wireman) Charles
17 Joseph Patrick Toner 28 Eleanor Veronica Connelly 24 Stenographer
Reading
19 Alvin Alfred Munnis Doris Mardell Humphrey
37 Stereotyper
Reading
24 Leather Worker Winchester
22 Machinist
Reading
94
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING, YEAR 1940
Date Name
Age Occupation
Residence
June
27 Bernard Blackburn
Cavanaugh
Catherine Louise Ingalls
34 Secretary
Reading
24 Draftsman
Reading
22 Secretary
Melrose, Mass.
July
4 Joseph Fortunato Louise Mildred Witham
6 Vito Paul Ripa Hazel Mary White
24 Laundry Worker
Reading
21 Baker
Melrose
6 Harvey Vincent Fitzgerald Beatrice Elizabeth Meuse 18 Housework
Reading
12 Ernest Roosevelt Siefkin 34 Engineer Burbank, Cal. Violet May Richardson 28 Social Worker Reading
13 Robert Eugene Morrow Effie Stewart Poole
25 At Home
Reading
14 Herbert W. Hunt Pauline Berg
16 Lester J. Galvin Winifred G. Vebber
20 Forrest Benton Eames Mildred Edith Gesing
39 Stitcher
Lawrence
23 Salesman Reading
Milford, N. H.
22 Radio Service Medford
18 At Home
Stoneham
25 Riveter
Reading
23 Stenographer
Melrose
52 Salesman
Belmont
34 At Home
Reading
42 Cashier
Reading
38
Clerk
Reading
August
2 Philip Emerson Little Selma Grace Hammond
4 Charles Edward Rudolph Nellie Frances Brown
21 Truck Driver
Reading
23 At Home
Reading
38 Meat Cutter Reading
33 File Clerk
Everett
24 Navy Service
Newport, R. I.
21 Secretary North Reading
25 Shoe Worker Wakefield
23 Dentist
Lynn
64 Manufacturer
Reading
50 Secretary
Dorchester
37 Grocer
North Reading
33 Clerk
North Reading
51 Janitor
Reading
24 Salvatore Joseph Saraceno Agnes Cochrane Smith 25 Waitress
25 James Joseph Lee, Jr. Mary Ellison Hunt
26 Robert Lewis Webster Marian Amazeen
27 Charles Thomas Stackpole Lillian Hill Allen
27 John Francis Sullivan Alice Roosevelt Whittle
41 Claims Adjuster
Belmont
28 Charles John Mullen Gloria Elizabeth Muller
95
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING, YEAR 1940
Date
Name
Age Occupation
Residence
August
10 Victor E. Buonopane Helen G. Lowe 20 30
10 Walter Wilhelm Graustein Jr. 20 Pauline Lillian Carter 20
Secretary
Reading
10 Russell Colby Stevens Elizabeth Louise Bodwell 23
24
Accountant
Andover
Librarian
Reading
10 John Marshall Kirk Barbara Grace Turkington 21
23
Steel Worker
Reading
At Home
Reading
17 Paul Frederick Junkins Florence Margaret McSheehy 21
22
Warehouse Employer At Home
Reading
18 Raymond Edward Tewksbury 37 Myrtle Brown 25
Housework
North Wilmington
20 Frank Francis Queenan 23 Truck Driver Gertrude Louise Reynolds 18 Mother's Helper
28 Filter Man
Reading
24 Salesgirl
Melrose
21 Paul Jerome Crowley Virginia Rae Lester
19
At Home
Reading
22 Anthony Herbert Fernald Elizabeth Chase
25 Insurance Clerk
Reading
Baker
North Woburn
24 Nurse
Reading
46 Dentist
Nahant
38 Secretary
Reading
24 Wool Grader
Reading
25 Norman Spencer Bogle Ruth Adelaide Bodwell
27 Dietitian
Reading
23 Welder
Reading
17 At Home
South Boston
23
Contractor
Reading
25 George Morris McSheehy Frances Evelyn Meuse 23 Bookkeeper
Reading
31 Clifford Arthur Boudreau Ida Evelyn Cotreau
29 Stitcher
Reading
21 Landscape Gardener
Reading
31 Burton Francis Ames Gladys Carolyn Putnam 18 At Home
Reading
31 Roger Leslie Davis
24 Salesman
Reading
Edith Constance Mussells 25
Secretary
Reading
September
1 Leo Joseph Emile Arsenault 24 Shoe Worker
Laura Vella
20 Stitcher
Reading® Wakefield:
Shoe Worker
Saugus Saugus
At Home
Truck Driver
Greenwood
Stoneham
Mill Worker
Reading
Reading
Reading
20 Arnold Gunnar Holter Bertha Mockus
26
Baker
Andover
30 Brokers Clerk
Brookline
25 Homer Ronald Boissonneault 22 Catherine Ryan Marr
25 John Greenough Goodridge Ruth Elizabeth Curtis
25 Earl Francis Vasey Dorothy Mary Cole
29 Fish Cutter
Medford
96
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING, YEAR 1940
Date Name
Age Occupation
Residence
September
1 Francis Frederick Gallella Evelyn Mary Meuse
21 Gas Station Attendant Stoneham Reading
20 At Home
6 Harold Wilbur Bridges, Jr. 26 Insurance Underwriter Reading
Helen Virginia Sargent 22 At Home Manchester, N. H.
7 Edwin Hobbs Etta D. Nelson
44 Engineer
Everett
40 At Home Reading
26 Draftsman North Andover
25 At Home
Reading
23 Truck Driver Reading
12 William Frances Brennan Sylvia M. (Dooley) Bunker 23 At Home Reading
26 Laboratory Technician Reading
27 Nurse Melrose
26 Truck Driver South Hanson
23 Telephone Operator Reading
33 Iron Worker Reading
24 At Home Malden
25 Foundry Worker Reading®
19 Stenographer
Stoneham
31 Mechanic Boston
27 William Joseph Burton Doris Lillian Birchall 26 Insurance Clerk
Reading
23 Clerk
Malden
19 Clerk
Malden
October
3 Michael J. Cullinane Helen (Colbert) McGrath
51 Wine Clerk
North Reading
37 At Home North Reading
26 Crossing Tender B. & M. Reading
19 Instructor
Reading
24 Advertising Rep. Reading
21 Secretary Melrose
42 Salesman
Reading
32 At Home
Arlington
23 Salesman
Reading
22 Secretary
Melrose
22 Photographer
Reading
22 At Home
Reading
55 Leather Worker Salem
43 At Home
Reading
7 James Matthew McClung Ruth Ainsworth
13 Charles Edward Hilts, Jr. Dorothy Ada Swensson
21 Charles Clifford Davis Mary Pauline White
22 George Stephen Lehr Gladys Gay Goad
27 Daniel Francis Barrett Evelyn. Margaret Flynn
29 Arthur A. Marr, Jr. Marjorie F. Greenyer
5 Robert Nichols Howard Mary Agnes (Watson) McLaughlin
6 Henry James Skane Patricia Ann Legg
10 Ralph Hall Dennison Barbara Sears
11 Robert Wesley Burns Jean Allanbrook
11 Gardner C. Knapp Elinor M. Mills
12 Thomas Leo Galvin Beatrice (Glen) Perry
97
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING, YEAR 1940
Date
Name
Age Occupation
Residence
October
12 Herbert Ancel Nickerson 38
Marion Alvira Perkins 38 Factory Worker
Wakefield
14 Charles Henry Kurtz Bessie Williams
16 Car Mechanic Manchester, N. H. 18 At Home Reading
14 James Aubra Cannington, Jr. 28 Margaret Anne Cummings 26
Salesman Daytona Beach, Fla.
School Teacher Reading
18 Sherburne Jarvis Watts Ruth Moir Fairclough 35 Secretary
46 Architect
Reading
19 Charles Robert Stark Nathalie Virginia Cushing 22
21 Insurance
Reading
At Home Reading
26 Machinist Reading
19 Carleton Clifford Phinney Edith Velma Wells 26 Salesgirl Belmont
19 Edgar C. Haselton Barbara Kimball 21 At Home North Reading
20 Charles K. Forbes Ann Ridge
24
Truck Driver At Home
Brighton
24 Paul Alfred Carroll Shirley Rae Taylor
37
Salesman
Reading
33
Secretary
Medford
26 Marion L. Connerley Martha H. Ellingwood
23
Nurse
Boston
26 William Brady Connors Olga Marie Conti 27
28
Oil Business
Stoneham
At Home
Reading
27 George Bradstreet Wright Marion Roberta Nowell 21
22
Bookkeeper
Reading
At Home
Melrose
27
Clerk
Dedham
26 Bookkeeper
Reading
27 Salesman
Medford
23 Stenographer Reading
November
2 Leon Stephen Clough Lillian Mona Pedler
27 Aviator
Reading
20 Nurse
Boston
29 Rubber Worker
Andover
22
Clerk
Reading
29 Physician
Medford
24 Nurse
Medford
27
28
M. D.
Terre Haute, Ind.
27 Norman Eric Backius Grace Helen Burrans Mills
30 James Francis Boudreau Dorothy Sargent
Millworker
Reading
98
3 Edward Henry Dwyer Eleanor Patricia Wright
6 Donald Ellsworth Kenny Ella Marie Wright
Swampscott
23 Special Agent Syracuse, N. Y.
Wollaston
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING, YEAR 1940
Date
Name
Age Occupation
Residence
November
9 Leo Joseph Houle Rose Theresa Arsenault
Methuen Reading
9 Ralph Stanley Garland Irene Goodwin
22 B. & M. R. R.
North Reading
20 Clerk
Reading
13 Willis Edward Carter Thelma L. Skidmore 26
21 Millhand
Reading
16 Benjamin Daniel Marcy Helen Katrycz
24
Millworker Manchester, N. H.
16 Arthur Padios Olga Gardulis
22 Hat Worker
Haverhill
24 Curtis R. Bush Florence Thompson
32 Service Man
Lawrence
28 Mill Operator
Lawrence
27 Frank Suther Murray Lois Elizabeth Abram
30
Publisher
Durham, Maine Mt. Vernon, N. H.
27 Sydney Murdock Hodson, Jr. 24 Katherine Brewer Pidgeon 23 Stenographer Melrose Service Man
Reading
25 Reservation Clerk Reading
21 Stenographer
Melrose
23 Stone Cutter Northfield Falls, Vt.
22 Governess Reading
December
7 Donald S. Greene Helen Muriel Penney
20
None
Wakefield Wakefield
10 Reginald E. Scott
27
Engineer
North Reading North Reading
14 Francis K. Doucette 20 Laborer
Reading
Barbara Louise Gregory 18 Show Worker
38 Accountant
Reading
14 Norman Herbert Evans Ann Merrill
23 Secretary
Boston
26 Machinist
Reading
Reading
27 Rigger
Reading
31 William H. Faulkner, Jr. Ethel Cecelia Monahan 26 Stenographer
Wakefield
26 Millworker
25 At Home
Housework
Reading
29
Clerk Manchester, N. H.
25 Shoeworker
Nashua, N. H.
35 Teacher
27 Donald Wadsworth Lindsay Jaquelyn Gaynor
28 Leonard Noah Eurbin Annie Dora Peters
20 Salesman
Margaret (Keating) Fronduto 28
Housekeeper
Greenwood
14 Alfons Blaze Gromyko Janice Edna McClintock 23 Clerk
99
DEATHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1940
Date
Name
Y M D Causes of Death
January
1 Elizabeth A. (Mason) Lane 73
2 Horace Chandler Bodwell 61
2 Florence A. (Morine) Chesley 73
2 Baby Boy Muise 0
4 Alexander Dulong 66
6 Mary (Groat) Ferguson 79
6 Roswell H. Mather 88
6 Philip B. Whithed 4
7 Fannie E. (Smith) Stiles 75
9 Carrie E. (Wells) Cloudman 66
-
6
17 Cerebal Hemorrhage
17 Carcinoma
0 Stillborn
- Coronary Thrombosis
- Carcinoma
2 Acute Indigestion
1 Septicemia
- Carcinoma
3
22 Cardio-Vascular
Disease
11 Ernest Clifton Munroe 69
11 Isabella A. (Rivron) Povall 78
13 Helen (Burkett) Richardson 62
15 Mary A. (Blake) Jewett 83
15 Catherine (Cashman) Sullivan 78
21 Elizabeth Mary (Seed) Gaw 83
21 Marcelus Putnam 87
23 Wells -
27 Albert S. Nichols 78
28 Alice M. (Buckler) Zapp
82
10
25 Thrombosis
7 26 Cerebral Hemorrhage
February
1 John F .Turner
74
6
7 Acute Dilation of Heart
1 Walter S. Litchfield
31
3
- Fractured Spine, legs and pelvis
4 Louise L. (Savory) Howard 79
4 Annie S. (Gray) White
88
9
16 Carcinoma
2 Carcinomatosis
7 Ella M. Wall
77
10
9 Myocarditis
11 Coronary Sclerosis
- Thrombosis
9 Heart Disease
9 Herbert B. Wood
80
8 12 Uremia
10 20 Cerebral Hemorrhage
-
8 Katherine (Allen) Ives 78
9 Jessie A. (King) Caines
79
9 Leon Surette
65
8
10 Annie J. (Conant) Barton 83
4
20 Coronary Thrombosis
- Cardia Infarct
5
4 Carcinoma
9 Arterio Sclerotic Heart Disease
- Chronic Myocarditis
17 Arterio Sclerosis
29 Carcinomatosis - Stillborn
-
2
21 Carcinoma
29 John Talbot Timlin 65
5
8
24 Mesenteric Thrombosis
0
2
8
1
5
26 Myocarditis
6 Mary H. (Mellen) Ingalls 62
10
100
DEATHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1940
Date
Name
Y M D Causes of Death
February
10 Clara A. (Norris) Roberts 78 2
12 Cora M. (Libby) Milbury
18 Clara E. (Alger) Small 61
19 Edith M. (Parks) Bryant 45 5 - Diabetis Mellitus
19 George F. A. McDougall 72 3
25 William O. Melendy 50 9
29 Orissa L. (Smith) Lovering 64
6 17 Thrombosis
March
5 Millard F. Charles
86
9
12 Cerebral Hemorrhage
6 Ella (Decker) Kincaid
88
6 George Herbert Lincoln 77
7 Anna Boyce (Black) Bancroft 87
9 8 Thrombosis
7 Stephen J. Joyce 59
- Cerebral Hemorrhage
7 Cirrhosis of Liver
10 Milton E. Henderson
52
1
14 Coronary Occlusion
14 Maxime Pineau
70
13 Cardio-Vascular disease 8
15 Ellen Josephine (Willwerth) Jacobs 43
-
Carcinomatosis
15 Lucy Annette (Reeves) Oldmixon
93
11
9 Myocarditis
16 George Herbert Fowle
82
11
16 Thrombosis
19 Hattie E. (Horne) Libby
91 6
25 Accidental Fall
21 Mira Bell (Hanson) Dewey
77 9
24 Myocarditis
23 Broncho Pneumonia
23 Emma H. (Worthley) Bangs 89
4
23 Cardio-vascular disease
24 Ellen (Kelley) Hurlburt
79
- Carcinoma
25 Charles Henry McGarry
53
7
- Thrombosis
27 Minnie Celeste (Rounsavell) Loveland
75
1
9 Carcinoma
27
William Becker
78
3 1 Arterio Sclerosis
April
1 Luville J. Poore
80
11
21 Myocarditis
1 Lewis F. Paine
31
3 20 Suicide
3 Horace Rounsville
72
- Arterio Sclerosis
1 14-hr. 12-min. Atelecasis
4 David Irving Florence
-
11
17 Thrombosis
9
10 Carcinomatosis
21 Myocarditis
- Thrombosis
6 6 Cerebral Hemorrhage
1 26 Nephritis
8 James Joseph Hathaway 60
2
20 Hemiplegia Coma
69
101
23 John H. Laumann 6 77
DEATHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1940
Date
Name
Y M D Causes of Death
April
5 Joseph W. Whitaker
78
-
24 Massive Cerebral Hehorrhage
6 Wilbur F. Turner
80
4
17 Surgical Operation
10 Ellen (Stone) Heselton
56
11
10 Cardiac
Decompensation
11 Gordon Everett Holder
32
9
16 Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
11 Eva Medira (Barrett) 74 Ellenwood 7 29 Nephritis
15 Robert W. Totten
54
22 Cerebral Hemorrhage
16 Desere Honle
89
1 22 Fall in the house
18 Blanche G. (Russell)
68
2
29 Carcinoma
18 Ernest Hallenleaf 60
-
- Thrombosis 7 24 Coronary Sclerosis
- Myocarditis Failure
23 Cecil I. Williams
40
16 Ulcerative Colitis 1
23 Charles S. Hussey
83
6
20 Thrombosis
23 Williams -
26 Emma E. (Eberling) Young 68
-
8 Intestinal Obstruction
May
4 Babette (Mueller) Sammet 67
11 Michael F. McSheehy 48
12 Charles Van Stone 77
12 Rufus L. Tay Goodridge 89
13 Anna W. (Marters) Marston 80 11
15 Ida P. (Dean) Eaton 79
- Arterio Sclerotic Heart Disease
23 Carrie (Commell) Logan 67
8
19 Cardiac Decompensation
28 Richard Wagner
28
5 - Lymphoma
29 Albert W. Doyle
80
6
29 Congestive failure
30 Joseph Van Buskirk
62
7
22 Massive Hemorrhage
31 Twin No. 1 Boy Maybury -
8
2 Uremia
- Carcinoma
-
11 27 Myocarditis
11 16 Cerebral Hemorrhage
13 Carcinoma
-
- Premature Birth
June
2 Bertha A. (Smith) Flint 74 7 - Mitral Regurgitation
7 Sarah J. (Crooker) Kempton 79 9 17 Thrombosis
102
- Stillborn
20 George W. Marshall 69
22 Annabella (Whalen) Coleman 51
DEATHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1940
Date Name Y M D Causes of Death
June
7 Frank B. Newhall
73
1
3 Thrombosis
8 Etta M. (Betts) MacDonald
75
2
3 Arterio Sclerosis -Stillborn
9 Baby Castine
12 Walter Sipala
4
2
17 Influenzal meningitis
13 Edward Joseph Arsenault
15
1
10 Accidental Drowning
14 Violet Maude (MacLean) 67 Flagg 4
7 Cerebral Sclerosis
19 Henrietta (Carty) Guthoie 59
-- Carcinoma
19 John Howard Bussell
78
5
17 Coronary Occlusion
20 Christopher Knight
53
-
-Coronary Heart Disease
21 Mary J. (McKinley) Borthwick 80
0
13 Arterio Sclerosis
22 Edgar O. Dewey
61
10
13 Suicide
22 Bernard W. Conefey
65
-Arterio Sclerosis
22 Mary E. (McInnis) Whitehouse 72 8
29 Hemorrhage
26 Caroline (Bullis) Hallock 77
3
9 Mediastinal Abscess
28 Newton Tucker
48
10
18 Hemorrhage of Stomach
30 Martha F. (Wilkins) Adams 78
8 22 Thrombosis
July
1 George W. Wilkinson 85
8 Edward P. Van Stone 54
11 Ellen (Cullinane) Bowman 49
12 Arthur Edwin Partelow
79
11
4 Cancer
13 Ralph E. Young 49
10
7 Broncho Pneumonia
14 Marion T. Pratt
63
1
24 Carcinomatosis
14 Lucy I. Nickerson
55
9
6 Heart Disease
19 Sarah J. (McIntyre) Bailey
73
6 15 Uremia
6 2 Fracture of Skull
August
3 Anna K. (Gerlach) Haag 68
11 Leo Ross
46
-
8 9 Thrombosis 15 Brain and Lung Abcess
13 Henry A. Doucette 67
7
18 Carcinoma
103
2
22 Cerebral Hemorrhage
9
6 Cerebral Embolus
12 Heart Disease
-
29 Nicholas J. Roberts 34
DEATHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1940
Date
Name
Y M D Causes of Death
August
13 Elsie J. (Mirser) Munnis
18 Frederick G. Averill
91
9
25 Dora M. (Morrison) Van Horn 57 1
30 Cerebral Hemorrhage
28 James Waldron Deering
66
6 24 Broncho Pneumonia
28 Charles C. Hibbert
95
2
14 Arterio Sclerosis
September
6 Merrick A. Stone
93
2
12 Uremia
6 Florence L. (Dunshee) Maxon
57
8
4 Cellulitis
9 Mary L. (Sherritt) Ohnesorge
72
- Thrombosis
22 Gale O'Brien
-
3
10 Broncho Pneumonia
28 Donald McPherson
72
-
- Arterio Sclerosis
30 Charles Waye
68
11
17 Endocarditis
October
1 Arthur Bernard Callan 53
2 William J. Dunton
61
21 Heart Disease
2 Mary F. (Hutchins) Smith
81
6 James L. Keating
58
7 Annie W. Quillen
43
5
13 Cerebral Hemorrhage
12 Albert E O'Brien
68
10
16 Cerebral Hemorrhage
13 Daniel J. O'Keefe
56
11
28 Multiple 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degree burns
14 Harriett (Bacon) Norton
90
10
20 Myocarditis
19 Phyllis Arline Muis'e
-
5
12 Cardiac Dilatation
19 Charles F. Spaulding
69
8
23 Cardio-Vascular Disease
20 Dorothy (Chase) Harrington 30
10
11 Abcess of the Brain
21 Helen F. (Frost) Gooch 74
8
21 Carcinoma
21 Earle B. Ordway 55
10
6 Myocarditis
26 Carcinoma
7
23 Automobile Accident
30 George Francis Platts 84
11 22 Myocarditis
55
11
20 Pulmonary Embolus 8 Thrombosis
8 Heart Disease
6 7
4 1 Cerebral Hemorrhage -Thrombosis 2
-
25 Frank G. Jones 83
1
26 Leander F. Carey 37
104
DEATHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1940
Date
Name
Y M D Causes of Death
November
1 Helen T. Hardy
87
8
12 Paralysis Agitans
5 James Gardner Eames
85
11
2 Broncho Pneumonia
5 Charles W. Ware
74
8
15 Arterio Sclerotic Heart Disease
5 Williamson
- Stillborn
9 Gracie G. (Gills) Hanchett
71
5
15 Thrombosis
9 Ernest Paul Surrette
- 9 hrs. Asphyxia Neonatorum
.27 J'ennette E. (Woodin) Hammond 81
28 Helena F. (Ingalls) Anderson 57
10
13 Thrombosis
December
1 Edwin Grey Conger
60
2
9 Thrombosis
11 Mary G. (Gould) Wyman
89
4
11 Mary L. (Caswell) Nesmith
83
6
15 Duncan A. Stanley
71 5
17 James Galvin
80
11
14 Hypostatic Pneumonia
18. Adelbert E. Batchelder
83
-
6 Myocarditis
22 Fanny L. (Gordon) Craig 84
11
9 Abcess, General Infection
22 Mary E. (Meuse) Dulong 78
- Myocarditis -
23 Rozella M. (Doucette)
Siegars 60
4
23 Broncho Pneumonia
25 Mary Elizabeth (Cail) MacMichael 73
27
Mabel (Howland) Anthony 72
4 27 Cerebral Hemorrhage
28 Bertha E. (Pickering) Benton 50
8
21 Carcinoma of Liver
30 Edith G. (Woodbury) Bridges 58
7
16 Carcinomatosis
30 Annie J. Wilson 89
5
-
4 Paralysis Agitans -Pulmonary Embolism
31 Ronald S. Mckinnon 69
31 Ella F. (Gray) Parker 76
11 2 Cerebral Hemorrhage
December 1, 1939
Richard Amback
12 5 17 Accidental Drowning
105
-
6 Cerebral Hemorrhage
11 Hypostatic Pneumonia 5 Cerebral Hemorrhage
22 Arterio Sclerosis
8 4 Cerebral Hemorrhage
REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen : :
Reading, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen :
I hereby submit the annual report of the Police Department for the Town of Reading for the year ending Dec. 31, 1940.
Arrests for the Year 1940 238 Males, 224; Females, 14; Adults, 217; Minors, 21; Residents, 147; Non Residents, 91; American Born, 204; Foreign Born, 34.
Causes of Arrests
Drunkenness, 118; Automobile Violations, 22; Operating Under the Influence of Liquor, 21; Non Support, 14; Warrants for Out of Town Officers, 11; Delinquency, 8; Assault and Battery, 7; Railor and Brawl- er, 5; Participating in an Immoral Show, 4; Larceny, 4; Insane, 3; Set- ting a Fire, 3; Illegitimacy, 2; Breaking and Entering in the Night- Time, 2; Malicious Damage to Property, 2; Stubborn Child, 1; Break- ing and Entering in Day Time, 1; Worthless Check, 1; Armed Rob- bery, 1; Non-Payment of Dog License, 1; Habitual Truant, 1; Larceny by False Pretense, 1; Disturbing the Peace, 1; Unnatural Act, 1; Runa- way, 1; Promoting a Lottery, 1; Operating Negligently, 1. Total Ar- rests for Year 1940, 238.
Disposition of Cases in Courts
Released, 70; Filed, 45; Fined, 29; Turned Over to Out of Town Officers, 20; Not Guilty, 19; Suspended Sentence, 13; Continued, 11; House of Correction, Billerica, 8; Dismissed, 5; Continued Without a Finding, 5; Danvers State Hospital, 3; Dismissed for Lack of Pros- ecution, 3; Capias Issued, 2; Shirley School, 2; Probation, 1; State Farm, Bridgewater, 1; Nol Pros, 1. Total Cases Disposed of, 238.
Amount of Fines Imposed by Courts
7 Fines at $5.00 each, $35.00; 2 Fines at $10.00 each, $20.00; 3 Fines at $20.00 each, $60.00; 1 Fine at $25.00, $25.00; 2 Fines at $35.00 each, $70.00; 1 Fine at $40.00, $40.00; 13 Fines at $50.00 each, $650.00. Total Fines Imposed by Court, Year 1940, $900.00.
Valuation of Properties Stolen and Recovered
Total Value of Properties Reported as Stolen $ 3,211.55 Value of Properties Recovered 6,873.85
Value of Properties Recovered for Out of Town Officers .. 1,885.00
Total Val. of all Properties Recovered, Year 1940 $ 8,758.85
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Miscellaneous
Cases investigated, 455; automobile accidents, 132; transient put ups, 77; buildings found open and secured, 115; cats shot by officers, 5; special messages delivered after hours, 155; children reported lost, found and turned over to their parents, 26; windows found open and secured, 39; live wires found and reported, 5; street lights out and reported, 41; old persons found straying and returned to their homes, 4; defective streets and sidewalks reported, 46; summons delivered, 157; dead bodies cared for, 6; fires reported by officers, 10; covered all fires.
Ambulance Records
During the year 1940, the Reading Police ambulance made the following trips :
Winchester Hospital, 54; St. John's Hospital, Lowell, Mass., 23; Choate Memorial Hospital, Woburn, Mass., 21; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass., 17; Carney Hospital, Boston, Mass. 10; Mel- rose Hospital, Melrose, Mass., 9; Massachusetts Memorial Hospital, Boston, Mass., 7; Baker Memorial Hospital, Boston, Mass., 6; Deacon- ness Hospital, Boston, Mass., 5; Chelsea Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Mass., 4; Enos Convalescent Home, Warren Ave., Reading, 3; New England Baptist Hospital, Boston, 2; New England Sanitarium, Stone- ham, 2; Osteopathic Hospital, Boston, 2; Pondville State Hospital, Wrentham, 2; Tewksbury State Hospital, Tewksbury, 2; McMasters Convalescent Home, Wakefield, 2; Worcester State Hospital, Worces- ter, 1; Children's Hospital, Boston, 1; Massachusetts Eye and Ear In- firmary, Boston, 1; Lawrence Memorial Hospital, Medford, 1; Dan- vers State Hospital, Danvers, 1; Kenmore Hospital, Boston, Mass., 1; Malden Hospital, Malden, 1; Greene's Convalescent Home, Harnden St., Reading, 1; Emergency to Willard St., Boston, 1; Emergency to Wilmington, 1; Trips made within Town Limits, 14. Total trips made by Police Department Ambulance for Year 1940, 195.
Eighteen (18) of the above recorded trips were made to various hospitals as a result of automobile accidents. A total of fifty-one (51) persons were taken from the scene of accidents to doctors for medical treatment. We have had no fatal automobile accidents in Reading during the year 1940.
Mileage Totals
The Police Ambulance covered a total of 3,773 miles; the Packard has travelled 3,571 miles; Cruiser No. 1 has travelled 37,453; the old Cruiser No. 2, a Plymouth Tudor Sedan, travelled 8,955 miles from Janu- ary 1, 1940 to April 26, 1940, when it was replaced by a new Ford Tudor Sedan. From April 26, 1940 until December 31, 1940, this latter car travelled 22,649 miles, making a total of 76,401 miles travelled by the various automotive units of the Police Department for the year 1940.
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Recommendations
I recommend the purchase of a new car to replace the 1939 Ply- mouth Tudor Sedan (Car No. 1) bought on October 4, 1939, which has travelled from the date of purchase, to January 13, 1941, inclusive, a total of 49,850 miles.
I also recommend an increase of the permanent force by the ap- pointment of two regular officers.
Conclusion
At this time I wish to thank the Honorable Board of Selectmen, the Judges of our District Court, the Clerks of our Court, our local Press, and all others who have assisted in promoting the welfare of this de- partment, also the members of this department for what they have don'e.
Respectfully submitted, JEREMIAH CULLINANE, Chief of Police, Reading, Mass.
REPORT OF THE BUILDING INSPECTOR
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Gentlemen :
I hereby submit my report for the year 1940.
The building construction for the past year was as follows : 97 new one family dwellings at an estimated cost of $ 350,045.00 1 new two family dwelling at an estimated cost of 4,000.00
21 Alterations and additions to dwellings at an estimated cost of 15,175.00
20 new private garages at an estimated cost of
5,476.00
1 new service station
1 new lubritorium
1 new greenhouse
5 new henhouses
1 new boiler house
1 new tool house
1 new storage house
14 alterations and additions to various buildings.
Estimated cost of the above building construction 18,105.00
Total estimated cost of all building construction $392,801.00 Number of permits granted, 164.
Fees received for building permits, $564.50.
Respectfully submitted,
A. RUSSELL BARNES, Building Inspector.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF APPEAL
To the Honarable Board of Selectmen : Reading, Mass.
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