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331 Lincoln School
335 High School
341 Lafayette & Common
343 Central Fire Station
344 Municipal Light Plant
351 Albion, n Methodist Church
352 North Ave. & Chestnut
3521 Item Building
361 Main, opp. Armory
363 Boit Home for Aged Women
364 Armory at North Ave. 381 Cor. Salem & Pleasant
431 Hurd School 485 Rifle Range
531 Montrose School
541 Lowell & Wharton Pk.
631 Prospect School
731 Franklin School
732 Woodville School
No School Signals (Three Rounds of Box 33) Note: The time at which the signal is sounded governs the grades affected. 7:15 A.M .- No morning session, any school, including high school
1 7:45 A.M .- No morning session for all
grade schools.
8:00 A.M .- No morning session for grades 1, 2, 3 only
11:15 A.M .- No afternoon school.
session at high
12:30 P.M .- No afternoon session for all
grade schools.
12:45 P.M .- No afternoon 1, 2, 3 only session, grades
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TOWN OFFICERS TOWN OFFICERS 1936 (Elective and Appointive) Selectmen George J. Evans, Chairman
D. Thomas Dinan, Secretary William Blanchard
Charles F. Young Donald White
Town Clerk
Frederic S. Hartshorne
Town Treasurer Arthur H. Boardman
Tax Collector Carl W. Sunman
Moderator
Thomas G. O'Connell
Assessors
Municipal Light Commissioners
Marcus Beebe, 2nd, Chairman A. Francis Harrington, Secretary Curtis L. Sopher
Water and Sewerage Board
William B. Stantial, Chairman Sidney F. Adams, Secretary George O. Sheldon
Registrars of Voters
Fred E. Bunker, Chairman Frederic S. Hartshorne, Clerk
James F. Curley Owen A. Kenney
School Committee
Harry B. Allman, Chairman
Eva Gowing Ripley
Thomas F. Kenney
Gardner E. Campbell
Patrick H. Tenney Mrs. Frank A. Tredinnick
Trustees Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
Hervey J. Skinner, Chairman
Florence L. Bean, Secretary
Albert W. Rockwood
Dr. Richard Dutton
Alice W. Wheeler
Board of Health
Park and Cemetery Commissioners
Wesley S. Goodwin, Chairman Ned C. Loud, Secretary Dr. Carl E. Allison
William J. Garden, Chairman George W. Abbott, Secretary John T. Stringer
Town Planning Board
Edward M. Bridge, Chairman
Dr. T. Fulton Parks Dr. Frank T. Woodbury
Maurice O. Carter Edward G. Lee
Board of Public Welfare
Frank P. Wakefield, Chairman Etta C. Stoddard, Secretary William C. Strong Dennis P. Hogan Elsie M. Gladwin
Constables
John G. M. Gates (elected) Walter E. Peterson (elected) Joseph L. Preston (elected) Harry A. Simonds (appointed) Louis N. Tyzzer (appointed) Harold Anderson (appointed) George B. DeRoche (appointed)
Walter C. Hickey Arthur L. Evans Dr. Frank T. Woodbury John J. Round
Hugh Connell, Chairman Arthur C. Verge, Secretary David Sliney
283
TOWN OFFICERS - CHURCHES
Finance Committee
John I. Preston, Chairman
Edward J. Connelly
Loring P. Jordan, Secretary
Howard A. Jones
Harry I. Reed
Maurice F. Walsh
Harry Marshall
Samuel B. Horovitz
Virgil F. Cambareri
Cornelius Horgan
Orvil W. Smith
Charles C. Cox
Arthur M. Moore
Edwin L. Nute
Board of Appeal J. Theodore Whitney, Chairman
William C. McKie A. Francis Harrington
Recreation Committee
Eugene J. Sullivan, Chairman and Treasurer
George F. Gardner
Edmund W. Sliney Orrin J. Hale
Dorothy Schlotterbeck
William G. Dill
Adelaide A. Shedd
Town Counsel Maynard E. S. Clemons
Superintendent of Streets Harry H. Denning
Janitor of Town Hall
James J. Logan
Fire Inspector
Fred D. Graham
Inspector of Animals George A. Bennett
Burial Agent
John Findlay, Jr.
Soldiers' Relief Agent John Findlay, Jr.
Agent, Care of Soldiers' Graves John Findlay, Jr.
Inspector of Buildings Joseph W. MacInnis
Moth Superintendent John A. Landry
Agent, Federal Relief Projects J. Theodore Whitney
Forest Warden Fred D. Graham
Sweetser Lecture Committee
George E. Potter, Chairman Eb V. Yeuell Charles J. Peterson, Secretary
Harry I. Reed, Treasurer Cyrus M. Dolbeare J. William O'Connell
CHURCHES
Baptist-Common and Lafayette sts. Congregational (First Parish)-Church and Common sts, cor. Lake ave. Episcopal-Main and Bryant sts.
Greenwood Union-Oak st, near Main st, Greenwood District
Italian Baptist Mission-Water and Melvin sts.
Methodist Episcopal-80 Albion st.
Montrose Chapel-Salem st, Montrose District
Most Blessed Sacrament (Catholic)-Main st, opp. Grafton st, Greenwood District
St. Joseph's (Catholic)-Albion and Tuttle sts, near North ave. Universalist-Main st, opp. Yale ave.
Woodville Chapel-Farm st, near Water st, Woodville District
Night Janitor, Town Hall Thomas E. Giles
Wire Inspector Fred D. Graham Dog Officer George A. Bennett
Lock-up Keeper Eugene P. McDonnell
Compensation Agent
Joseph W. MacInnis
284
TOWN OFFICES, LOCATION, TELEPHONES TOWN OFFICES
Office or Department
Location
Crystal
Selectmen
Town Hall, Room 3
0259
Accountant
Town Hall, Room 3 0259
Town Clerk
Town Hall, Room 1 0716
Town Treasurer
Res., 56 Pleasant st.
0668-W
Tax Collector
Town Hall, Room 5 2028
Assessors
Town Hall, Room 4 0310
Water and Sewer Department
Town Hall, Room 10
0036
Sewer Station
0461-W
Pumping Station
Broadway
0761-W
Light Department Plant
North ave.
0027
Electric Superintendent
Residence
0966
Gas Superintendent
Residence
0442
Health Department
Town Hall, Room 11
1504
Health Officer
Residence
0304
Plumbing Inspector
Residence
0304
Health Nurse
Residence
0378-R
T. B. Dispensary Physician
Residence
0680
Milk and Food Inspector
Residence
Stoneham 0173-J
Welfare Department
Town Hall, Room 7
1082
Town Farm
1440
School Department
Committee Room, W. H. S.
0122
Superintendent's Office
0122
Residence of Superintendent
0363
High School
0314
Franklin
1343
Greenwood
0411
Hurd
0619-M
Lincoln
1049
Montrose
0193-R
Prospect
0111-R
Warren
1519
Woodville
0717-W
Beebe Memorial Library
0790
Greenwood Branch
1697-W
Park and Cemetery Commissioners, Secretary
0686-W
Planning Board, Chairman
Residence
0533-J
Registrars of Voters
Town Clerk's Office
0716
Finance Committee, Clerk
0259
Board of Appeal, Chairman
1563-M
Recreation Committee, Chairman
0740
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Residence
0421-M
Building Inspector and Compen- sation Agent
Residence
1542-J
Highway Dept., Office and Barn Superintendent
Residence
1521
Animal Inspector
Residence
1434
Dog Officer
Residence
1434
Town Counsel
Residence
0621-R
Janitor, Town Hall (0780)
Residence
1956-J'
Selectmen's R'm, Town Hall 0259
North ave.
1732
Savings Bank Building
0027
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TOWN OFFICES, TELEPHONES - 1936-37 CALENDAR
Soldiers' Relief Agent
Residence
Crystal 1893-W
Burial Agent, Care of Soldiers' Graves
1893-W
Fire Dept., Central Station
Mechanic and Crescent sts.
0058-W
Greenwood Station
Oak st, near Main 0058-R
Forest Fire Warden
Chief of Fire Dept.
0058-W
Wire Inspector
Chief of Fire Dept.
0058-W
Hart's Hill Fire Observatory
0097
Police Headquarters
Town Hall, Room 9 0780
Moth Department
Superintendent's Residence 1031-M
Sweetser Lecture Committee Chm.
Residence 0031-M Office 0957
Federal Relief Projects Agent
Residence, 1563-M
0703
Daily Item - Item Press -
0080
Wakefield News Agency
0260
Wakefield Chamber of Commerce
0379
Wakefield Visiting Nurse
1843
Wakefield Theater
0412-W
Wakefield Trust Company
0070
Wakefield Savings Bank
0900
Wakefield Co-operative Bank
1420
Wakefield Post Office
0064
Boston & Maine R. R. Station
1140-J
Boston & Maine Freight House
0072
1936-1937
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
Su |Mo Tu We Th Fr | Sa
1 2 3 45
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
2 3 4 567 8
9 10|11 12 13 14 15
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30
OCTOBER
Su Mo Tu We Th |Fr Sa
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
Su Mo| Tu We Th |Fr | Sa
1 2345
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
JANUARY
Su Mo | Tu We Th |Fr | Sa
Su Mo Tu We Th, Fr | Sa
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr | Sa
1 ! 213 4 .516
71 8 9 10 11 12 13
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28
28 29 30 31!
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
Su Mo Tu We Th | Fr Sa
1 2 3
1
2 345678
6 71 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
Su |Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 13 4 5
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
FEBRUARY
MARCH
1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 14 15 16 17 18 19|20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
1 2 3 1 2 3 4 56 7
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
4 5 678 9 10 8 9 10|11|12|13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27:28 29 30 31 29 30
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr |Sa
Su Mo Tu |We Th Fr & Sa
1234
12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
345678 9
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr |Sa]
286
PHYSICIANS - DENTISTS - POLITICAL DATA
Wakefield Physicians
Name Address Crystal
Dr. Carl E. Allison, 8 Avon st. 0123
Dr. Howard A. Bouvé, 22 Yale ave. 1000
Dr. J. William Burke, 18 Lafayette st. 1880
*Dr. S. W. Crittenden, 49 Fairmount ave. 1861
0708
Dr. Charles W. DeWolf, 6 Bryant st.
1020
Dr. Thomas E. Dinan, 19 Yale ave.
1231
Dr. Richard Dutton, 33 Avon st.
0400
Dr. Ernest A. Fessenden, 35 Avon st. 0561
Dr. F. Morton Lee, Main and Oak sts., Greenwood
1405
Dr. Charles E. Montague, 15 Richardson ave. 0202
Dr. Ira W. Richardson, 21 Yale ave. 0680
Dr. Irving Showstack, 10a Avon st. 0870
Dr. Curtis L. Sopher, 6 Avon st.
0037
Dr. William J. Sweeney, 4 Avon st.
0723
Dr. Ernest E. Tyzzer, 175 Water st. 0354
Dr. Elwin H. Wells, 33 Yale ave. 1400
Dr. Frank T. Woodbury, 21 Chestnut st. * Retired
.
0010
Wakefield Dentists
Dr. Raymond P. Cassidy, 461 Main 'st. 0740
Dr. William H. Corcoran, 424 Main st. 1105
Dr. Edward J. Donovan, 461 Main st. 0190
Dr. John E. Drugan, 461 Main st. 1593
Dr. Philip J. McAuliffe, 470 Main st. 0757-W .
. Dr. T. Fulton Parks, 393 Main st. 0115
Dr. George E. Potter, 393 Main st. 0957 . . . .
Dr. Vernon A. Roach, 17 Park st. . . . .
. . ....
0321
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POLITICAL AND LEGISLATIVE DATA Town of Wakefield
POPULATION, 1935 Census-16,494
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT (Seventh)-Comprising towns of An- dover, Lynnfield, Nahant, Saugus, North Reading, Wakefield, Win- throp, and the cities of Lawrence, Lynn, Peabody, Salem (Ward 4), Revere. William P. Connery, Jr., of Lynn, Congressman.
COUNCILLOR DISTRICT (Sixth)-James J. Brennan of Somerville.
SENATORIAL DISTRICT (Seventh Middlesex)-Comprising Bedford, Billerica, Burlington, Lexington, Wards 1, 9 and 10 of Lowell, North Reading, Reading, Stoneham, Tewksbury, Wakefield, and Wilming- ton. Joseph R. Cotton of Lexington, Senator.
REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT (Nineteenth Middlesex)-Edward J. Connelly, Representative.
COURT DISTRICT (First District Court of Eastern Middlesex)-Court House, Summer st., Malden. Sessions every week day (except holidays) at 9.30 a.m. Elbridge G. Davis of Malden, Judge. Wilfred B. Tyler, Clerk. Courthouse Telephone, Malden 0121.
Dr. L. Marshall Crosby, 31 Avon st.
MISCELLANEOUS FACTS ABOUT WAKEFIELD
287
MISCELLANEOUS FACTS ABOUT WAKEFIELD
Settled, 1639. Incorporated, 1644. Incorporated as South Reading, 1812 Name changed to Wakefield, 1868.
Area of town, acres 4,568
Number of acres, Lake Quannapowitt 247.94
Number of acres, Crystal Lake
82.86
Number of acres, Hart's Hill 23.06
Number of acres, Common 9.25
Number of acres, Old Cemetery, Church st.
4.14
Number of acres, Forest Glade Cemetery, Lowell st. 35.00
Area of Rockery 4,300 sq. ft.
Area of school property in acres
30.03
Geographical location: Latitude, 42 deg., 30 min., 26 sec., north; Longitude, 71 deg., 4 min., 42 sec., west
Elevation above sea level: South corner of first concrete step of main entrance to town hall, 98.3 feet. South corner of first step of Wakefield Trust Company Building, 105.32 feet.
Elevation Crystal Lake, stone ledge at overflow, Wakefield Junction near Broadway, 89.4 feet
Height of Castle Rock, 260 feet above sea-level.
Height of Hart's Hill at base of standpipe, 240.5 feet above sea-level.
Height at Green st, Stoneham, standpipe base, 226 feet above sea-level.
Registered voters, April 8, 1936
7671
Number of dwelling houses assessed, 1936
3403
Valuation land and buildings, 1936 $19,893,845.00
Valuation, personal, 1936 $1,079,300.00
Assets of Town, including Land, Parks, Playgrounds, Build- ings, Library, Schoolhouses, Municipal Light Plant,
Water Works, Sewer and Tangible Personal Property $4,729,034.00 Less Bonded Debt, Jan. 1, 1936 $ 754,000.00
Number of Polls assessed, 1936 5,178
Number of Motor Vehicles assessed to June 1, 1936
2,850
Rate of Taxation, per $1,000 for 1936
$35.20
Miles of accepted streets
51
Miles of water mains, Jan. 1, 1936
54
Feet of gas mains 351,000
Road miles of Boston and Maine R. R. in Wakefield-3.57 miles main
line; 2.11 miles Newburyport Branch
Public School pupils, May 29, 1936
3322
Parochial School pupils, Oct. 1, 1935
442
Number of schoolhouses 9
Number of churches 11
Number of hydrants (including 9 privately owned and 10 in Heywood-Wakefield Co. yard) 369
Number of railroad stations
5
288
PUBLIC HALLS - PAGE INDEX PUBLIC HALLS AND THEATERS
Figures denote approximate seating capacity. (Some halls do not have sufficient chairs and equipment.) For banquets a smaller allow- ance should be made. Unless otherwise noted engagements may be made at the hall.
Town Hall, Wakefield Square 1250
Wakefield Theater, Main and West Water sts. 920
State Armory, Main st. '800
Wakefield High School Auditorium
800
Princess Theater, Mechanic st.
725
Franklin School Auditorium
692
Greenwood School
600
Knights of Columbus Hall, Wakefield Square
400
Montrose School Auditorium
400
St. Joseph's Hall, Murray st.
350
Warren School Auditorium 320
Odd Fellows' Hall, Main and Avon sts.
300
Elks' Hall, Lakeside
275
Legion Hall, Main st.
250
Woodville School Auditorium
216
Odd Fellows' Lower Hall, Main and Avon sts.
200
G. A. R. Hall, Foster st.
200
A. O. H. Hall, Foster st., cor. Albion st.
200
Red Men's Hall, Bourdon Bldg., Albion and Main sts
200
Y. M. C. A. Hall, Yale ave. and Main st. 175
Beebe Library Lecture Hall, Main st. 150
Greenwood Hose House Hall 100
INDEX
Alphabetical List, Female
233
Alphabetical List, Male
193
Calendar for 1936-37
285
Churches
283
Dentists
286
Emergency Calls
280
Fire Alarm Boxes 281
List of Persons, Precinct 1
6
' List of Persons, Precinct 2
108
List of Persons, Precinct 3
148
Miscellaneous Facts of Wakefield
287
Physicians
286
Political and Legislative Data
286
Public Halls and Theatres
288
Street Guide
2
Town Offices, Location and Telephone Numbers 284
Town Officers 282
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