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T“
own Officers, 1937-38
Selectmen
George J . Evans, Chairman
Charles F. Young, Secretary Donald White
William Blanchard V . Richard Fazio
T own Clerk
Frederic S . Hartshorne
Assistant T own Clerk
Margaret V . Hurley
T own T reasur er
Arthur H . Boardman
T ax Collector
Carl W . Sunman
T own Accountant
Charles C . Cox
Moderator
Thomas G . O ’
connell
Assessors
Hugh Connell,Chairman Term Expires March ,
1939
Arthur C . V/erge
,Secretary 1940
David Sliney 1 938
Municipal Ligh t CommissionersMarcus Beebe , 2nd , Chairman Term Expires March ,
1938
A . Francis Harrington , Secretary 1939
Curtis E . Sopher 1940
'
W ater and Sewerage Board
William B . S tantial , Chairman Term Expires March, 1938
George 0 . Sheldon , Secretary 1939
Sidney F. Adams 1940
4 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Board of Public W elfare
Dennis P . Hogan , Chairman
Elsie M . Gladwin,Secretary
Etta C . Stoddard , Agent
Frank P . Wakefield
HaroldC . Robinson
C
School Committee
Harry B . Allman , Chairman
Thomas F. Kenney, Treasurer
Eva Gowing Ripley, SecretaryWilliam E . Jones
Mary Louise Tred innick
Patrick H . Tenney
Gardner E . Campbell (Resigned)
T rustees Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
Hervey J . Skinner, Chairman Term Expires
Florence I . Bea‘
n , Secretary
Albert W. Rockwood
Dr . Richard'
D utton
Alice W. Wheeler
Walter C . Hickey
Arthur L. Evans
Dr . Frank T. Woodbury
John J . Round
Board of Health
Wesley S . Goodwin , Chairman
Ned C . Loud , Secretary
Dr . Carl E . Allison
Park and Cemetery CommissionersJohn T. Stringer, Chairman
George W. Abbott , Secretary
John W . MacGillvray
William J . Garden (Resigned )
T own Planning Board
Edward M . Bridge, Chairman
D r . T. Fulton Parks, Secretary
Edward G . Lee
Dr .
‘Frank T. Woodbury
Maurice 0 . Carter
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 5
M W
so Constables
John G . M . Gates George B . DeRoche
Joseph L . Pi eston Walter E . Peterson
Harry A . Simonds Louis N .
‘
Tyzzer
Harold Anderson
Registrars of Voters
Fred E . Bunker, Chairman Term Expires March ,1940
Frederic S . Hartshorne, Clerk
James F. Curley
Owen A . Kenney
F inance Committee
John 1 . Preston, Chairman Expires
Loring P . Jordan, Secretary
Howard A . Jones
Maurice F. Walsh,
Samuel B . Horovitz
Cornelius Horgan
Harry 1 . Reed
Harry Marshall
Virgil F. Cambareri
Harry A . Simonds
Orvi l W. Smith
Arthur M . Moore
Edwin L . Nute
William R . Lindsay
Orrin J . Hale
Board of Appeal
J . Theodore Whitney , Chairman Term Expires March ,1938
William C . McKie 1 939
A . Francis Harrington 1940
Recreation Commi ttee
Eugene J . Sullivan, Chairman and Treasurer
George F. Gardner William Dill
Dorothy Schlotterbeck Edmund W . SlineyElizabeth Neary Orrin J . Hale (Resigned)
Thomas F. Powers
For other appointive town officers,see Selectmen ’
s Report .
6 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
T OWN OF WAKEFIELDPopulation 1935 Census 16 494
Congressman, 7th District Lawrence J . Connery , Lynn .
Councillor, 6th District Eugene A . F. Burtnett, Somerville .
Senator, 7th Middlesex District Joseph R . Cotton , Lexington .
Representat ive, 1 9th Middlesex District -'Joseph A . Hines , Wakefield .
LIST OF JURORSPrepared by the Selectmen
Name
Abbott,Arthur G . ,
’
36
Abbott, I . Harold,’36
Achorn,Howard F ’
36
Adams, Robert H . ,
’37
Ahearn , Harold 37
Alden , Walter, 36
Altieri,Peter C .
,
’
37
Anthony , James W . ,Jr . ,
’
37
Ashenden ,James H . ,
’
37
Barber, Manley P . ,
’
37
Barker,Charles E .,
’
37
Barrett , J ames,’
35 -l ’37
Bartlett , Donald
Bartlett, Russell T . ,
’
37
Bateman, Henry G . ,
’
37
Bayrd , C . Orne,’
37
Bears,Earl L . ,
’
37
Bennett,Everett N .,
’
37
Berry,”
Fred B . ,
’
36
Beyea,Arthur G . ,
’
36
Blodgett, George E . ,
’
36
B‘
oody , Philip G. ,
’
37
Boothby , Bradford ,’
37
Bratt , Hans A . ,
’
36
Brockbank, Gray B .
’
37
Burbank , Colby L . ,37
Burrill,Arthur G . ,
’
37
Butler , Aaron T . ,
’
37
Butler,Charles ’
36
Butler,Edward J ’
35
Canavan , John’
36
the Town of Wakefield ,
Residence
1 9 Bryant St
5 COOper St .
27 Bryant St .
32 Strathmore Rd .
Shumway Circle
30 Byron St .
55 Harrison Ave .
39 Strathmore Rd .
37 Greenwood Ave .
32 Madison Ave .
37 West Water St .
22 Gould St .
20 Aborn Ave .
23 Park St .
3 Swain PI .
1 4 Crescent Hill
7 Greenwood Ave .
24 Yale Ave .
26 Chestnut St .
9 Druid Hill Ave .
238 Albion St .
_
4 E aten St .19 Chestnut St .
12 C rystal St .
16 Chestnut St
92 Gould St .
38 Byron St .
Butler Ave .
1 06 Broadway
230 Albion St .
153 Albion‘
St .
REPORT O F TOWN CLERK
Cardillo,Charles,
’
37
Carr,Charles B 37
C arter, Frank Q ,
’
37
Christopher , Pasquale A .,
’37
Clough, Leslie R .,
’
36
Coates, Irving T . ,
’
36
Cochrane , G . Warren ,Jr . ,
’
36
Colantunio, Peter,’
37
Colcord , George W .,
’36
Coleman, Wesley S .,
’
36
Connelly , Edward J’
37
Conohan , William J . G . ,
’
36
Conway, Martin L . ,
’
37
Cooke , Charles’
37
Crosby,Charles R .
,
’
36
Crosby, Paul B . ,
’
36
Curley, John J. ,
’
36
Curran, Matthew R ,
’
37
Dayton , Charles H .,
’
36
D eF eo, Angelo ,’
37
Dempsey, Benjamin J.,
’
36-e’
37
D esmond , Daniel J.,
’
35
Dinan , Jeremiah J . ,
’
35
Donovan, John J .,
’
36
D OW , Jesse M. ,
’
37
Doyle , Charles J’
35 ¥
Ellis,Sherman D ’
37
Ennis, Harry J.,
’
36
F airfield , Percy W . ,
’
36
Fine, Harry,’
37
Fleming , Charles M .,
’
37
Flint, Albert
F ober , John,
’
37
Forbes; William V .,
’
37
Foss, Ralph P . ,
’
36
Francis, Nestor ,’
36
Galloway, Charles“
F,
’
36
Galvin, John J’
35
Galvin , Maurice F . ,
’
37
Gambale , Carmine ,’
36
Gardner , George F . ,
Gibbs, George’
36
Gibbs, Joseph L . ,
’
36
Gibson, Warren H . ,
’
37
Gladwin, Frank B .,
’
36
Gooding , Earle D . ,
’
37
Residence
97 Nahant St .
8 Avon St
9 Bellevue Ave .
84 Preston St .
1 6 Am es St .
63 Oak St .
5 Crystal St .
1 02 Nahant St .
1 82 Ashland St .
1 0 Crystal St .
39 Lawrence St .
3 Edmunds PI .
10 Bennett St .
26 Chestnut St .
1 Byron St .
1 8 Crystal St .
3 Elm Sq .
45 Lake St
20 Crystal St .’
1 3 Brook Ave .
52 Bennett St .
‘
68 Broadway
61 Broadway.
57 Chestnut St .
New Salem St .
Jordan Ave .
7 Atwood Ave
43 Madison Ave .
28 C onverse‘
St
370 Main St .
19 Lafayette St
860 Main S t .
60 Richardson St .
1 0 Babson St .
40 Elm St .
1 2 Grafton St .
25 Pine St .
38 ~ Gould St .
216 Albion St .
59 Bennett St .
1 86 Main St .
33 Madison Ave.
33 Madison Ave .
1 9 Cooper St .
67 Madison -Ave .
1 3 Cooper St .
8 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Name
Gould , Lawrence H . 37
Grady, William A . , 37
Grant , Edward ,’
37
Grant, ;Wilmot B . 36
Gray,Henry W . , 37
Greenleaf,Donald ,
’
37
Habblitz , William G . , Jr . ,
’
36
Hale, Orrin J.,
’
35
Haley , George,’
36
Haley,John J ’
37
Hall,William A .,
’36
Halloran,Harold J ’
37
Hallstrom, John O’
37
Hampton , George A . ,
’
36
Hannington , Cecil R .,
’
37
Hannon , Albert J . ,
’
37
Harding , Arthur E .,
’
37
Hastings, William M .,
’
37
Hawkes , Francis R ,
’
36
Hawkes, John C . ,
’
37
Hicks, Howard H .,
’
37
Hines, Charl es M .,
’
37
Hogg, Clarence P .,
’
37
Hogg , Wilton P . ,
’
37
Hollett , Jabez,’
36
Horton, Wilbur W . ,
’
37
Hubbard , Edwin B . ,
’
36
Hubbard, Joseph L . ,
’37
Humphrey, John’
36
Hurley , Edmund J. ,
’
37
Jackson , Ernest W . ,
’
36
Jazukawiz , Thomas W . ,
’
35
Jeffery,Charles F 37
Johnson , Fred A .,
’
36
Johnson ,John E . ,
’
36
Joyce,Walter C . ,
’
36
Kane , Harold E .,
’
36
Kane, Thomas H . ,
’37
Ketchum , Herbert D . ,
’
35
Killam ,
‘ Leonard A .,
’
36
Killorin, Karl C . ,
’
36
Kimball , Everett C . ,
’
37
King , Walter J’37
Kirk, Joseph F . ,
’36
Kitchenman, Vassar,’
36
Lamprey,Ernest B .,
’37
Residence
40 Lakeview Ave .
215 Albion St .
36 Bartley St . Machinist
4 Forest St Reporter
16 C rystal St . Clerk
1 0 Auburn St . Reig. Engr .
704 Main St . Carpenter
232 Albion St . Foreman
5 Francis Ave . Druggist
50 Chestnut St . Clerk
Davidson Rd . Bookkeeper
1 2 Lafayette St . Shoe Worker
12 Cooper St Draftsman
Norway St . Engineer
200 Albion St . Iron Worker
6 Bartley St . Bookkeeper
Achorn Ave . Civil Engr .
6 Merriam St . Woodworker
33 Green St . Printer
20 Line Rd . Chauffeur
1 0 Arundel Ave . Coffee Roas ter
12 Crystal St . Chauffeur
Achorn Ave: Printer
784 Main St . Agent
17 Gladstone St Build er
1 3 Cooper St . Dry Cleaning
23 Myrtle Ave . Proprietor
35 Bartley St . Chauff eur
1 Curve St . Electrician
7 Madison Ave. Heat and Vent .
1 0 Aborn Ave . Secretary
Kendrick Rd . Contractor
5 Court St . Shoe Worker
4 Newell Rd . Insurance
20 1 Oak St . Sheet Metal Worker
196 Albion St . Clerk
Butler Ave . Shoe Worker
Butler Ave . Painter
18 Cooper St . Chauffeur
47 Elm St . Clerk
72 Chestnut St . Real Estate
9 Court St. Bank Clerk
18 Court St . Machinist
44 Avon St . Merchant
34 Lawrence St . Salesman
5 Edmunds Pl . Clerk
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
Name
Lamprey, Leonard L . ,
’
36
Lazzaro, Pasquale J1,’
37
LeDuc, Charles W’
37
Leone , JohnM. ,
’
37
Lindsay, William R 35
Long, Richard W , ,36
Loubris, Julian J . ,
MacInnis, Joseph W .,
’
36
MacIntosh , Harry R . 35
Magee , Edgar A . ,
’
35 36
Martin,Frank E .,
’
35
Martin , John A .,
’
36
Mayer , George A’
36
Mayers, William A’
35
Mayo, Lester L . ,
’36
McCabe, Russell W . ,
’
35
McCullough , George J. ,
’
35
McIntire, Frank N . 36
McKay, Frank 36
McManamin, Joseph L . ,
’
35
McMaster, Lauren L . ,
’
36
Meade , J . Edward,
’
37
Melonson , Fred P ,
’
36
Merritt , Harold W . ,
’
35
Moore,Roger I ’
37
Moore , William B .,
’
35
Morrill, George 0 37
Morse, Walter H ., 36
Muise, Howard A .,
’
36
Munier, Theodore A . ,
’
36
Murkland , Frederick W .
,
’
36
Murphy, John W .,
’
37
Nutile, Joseph,
’
36
Nutile, Joseph ,
‘
Jr .,
’
37
Owen , Lloyd N’
37
Paglia , Thomas F. 37
Parker , Frank H ., 35
Perkins, Walter E ,
’
35
Perry , Frank W . ,
’
35'
Pilgrim, Albert,’
36
Pizzano,John J ’
37
Powers, Thomas F .,
’
35
Ring , Harold”
J.,
’
36
Roach , Vernon R . ,
’35
Robbins,Jeffrey
,
’
37
Rowe , Ralph P . ,
’
35
Residence O ccupation
68 Spring St . Ins. Adjuster
32 Richardson St . Shoe Worker
2 Cottage St . Laborer
586 Main St . Helper
77a Albion St . Merchant
5 Evergreen St . Policy Writer
29 Summer St . Clerk
58 Chestnut St . Electrician
77 Gould St . Carpenter
2 West St . Carpenter
29 Evergreen St . Painter
452 Main St . Mechanic
21 0 Albion St . Machinist
210 Albion St . Painter
1 2 Morrison Ave . Advertiser
6 Evergreen St .
182 Albion St .
36 Brass Worker
22 Greenwood Ave . Carpenter
1 5 Lake St . Civil Engr .
36 Yale Ave . Merchant
30 Greenwood Ave . Salesman612 Main St . Carpenter
1 Grafton St . Civil Engr .
41 Greenwood Ave. Salesman
20 Gladstone St . Carpenter
8 Oak St . B . M . R . R .
1 7 Aborn Ave . Salesman
Crystal Lake Pk. Shoe Worker
1 1 1 Pleasant St . Pr inter
299 Salem St . Newspaper
25 Sweetser St . Merchant
Curtis St . Salesman
38 Curtis St . Salesman
Crest Rd . Student
73 Val ley St . Shoe Worker
9 Byron St . Time Keeper
1 0 Strathmore Rd . Teller
9 Sheffield Rd . Conveyancer
2 Elm St . Metal Worker
59 Valley St . Mason
62 Bennett St . Dunlop Tire Co.
‘
36 Grafton St . Grain Inspector
17 Park St . Office Clerk
38 Melvin St . Steam Fitter
75 Pleasant St . Supt .
1 0 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Name
Saunders, Charles,’
37
Schafer, Oscar F . ,
’
37
Schefisch , Arthur E . ,
’
37
Schefisch , Robert J’
37
Seavey,Charles L . ,
’
36
Sederquest , Arthur T 37
Shanahan , John D . ,
’
37
Shea , Richard F . ,
’
36
Sheehy , George A . ,
’
37
Sibelli, Michael A . ,
’
37
Smith“
, Albert W .,
’
37
Smith , Charles H . ,
’
37
Smith , Francis J . ,
’
35
Sorenson , Hans S .,
’
37
Southworth , Arthur R ,
’
35
Spear , Clinton W.
Spero,Samuel D . , 37
Stohl , Charles L . ,
’
37
Stout , Richard C . ,
’
36
Sullivan,Charles L . ,
’
37
Sweeney, Daniel’
37
Taylor,Fred L ’
37
Taylor , Philmont T .,
’
37
T erravech ia, William ,
’
37
Thompson,George A . ,
’
37
Tucker, Martin L . ,
’
35
Turner , Fred A ., Jr . ,
’
37
Tyler,Clyde L .
,
’35
VonKlock, Gerhard ,’
36
Walsh, Edward J’
37
Walsh , John J’
36
Walsh, Thomas W . ,
’
36
Warchol , Mitchell S . ,
’
37
Watts,Sidney S .
,
’
37
Welford , George W 37
White , Francis W . ,
’
36
White , Frank A .,
’
35
Whitney , Frank D . ,
’
37
Windt , Roy,
’
35
Winters,Ira B .
,
’37
Zappala , John ,
’
37
Residence
28 Evergreen St .
1 87 Salem St .
1 6 Butler Ave .
Butler ave .
45 Cedar St .
43 Charles St .
9 Emerald St .
74 Broadway
32 Charles St .
1 27 Water St .
6 Newhall Ct .
233 Lowell St .
33 Lafayette St .
7 Richardson Ave .
1 1 Sheffield Rd .
37 Central St .
59 Chestnut St .
742 Main St .
4 Bennett St .
“
7 Yale Ave
9 Crescent Hill
19 Madison Ave .
Arundel Ave .
68 Valley St .
30 Madison Ave .
1 28 Salem_ _S t .
1 1 5 Pleasant St .
1 07 Prospect St .
21 Salem St .
8 Rockland St .
40 Bartley St .
1 5 West Water St .
4 Swain Pl.
4 Oak Ave .
800 Main St .
23 West Water St .
23 West Water St .
4 Cooper St .
1 6 Charles St .
32 Lafayette St .
37 Richardson St .
Occupation
Painter
Window Decorator
Shoemaker
Shoe Worker
Antique Dealer
Electrician
Shoe Worker
Clerk
Clerk
Furniture Rep’
rer
Shoe Worker
Druggist
Jeweler
Sales Mgr .
Milk Dealer
Merchant
B . 81: M . R . R .
Buyer
Carpenter
Upholsterer
Salesman
Clerk
Reed Worker
Chand elier Mkr
Machinist
Foreman
Clerk
Salesman
L . L . I . P . Co .
Market Man
Mason
Filling Sta . Att .
Dept . Manager
Laborer
Mechanic
Clerk
Hearse Livery
Glazier
Carpenter
Restaurant
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 1 1
Record of T own Meetings
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING,JANUARY 4
,1937
Meeting“
called to order at o ’clock P .M ., by Moderator O
’
connell ,
who read the call for the meeting .
On motion by Mr . Clemons .
Voted : That further reading of the warrant , with the exception of
the Constable ’s Return , be omitted . Constable ’s Return read .
ARTICLE 1
To raise and appropriate Sii fficient money to pay ex - O fficer'
Frank
H . Robinson h is pens ion,until further appropriation at the annual meeting .
On motion by Finance Committee
Voted : That the town raise and appropriate the sum of for
the purposes specified in Article 1 .
ARTICLE 3
T o see if the town will vote to transfer the control of the premises at
the corner of Common and Lafayette Streets ,the old high school property ,
from the School Committee to the Board of Selectmen ; and authorize the
Board of Selectmen to use the fund in the town treasury known as
'
the
Surplus War Bonus Fund , for remodeling,under their direction; the Old
”
high school building and grounds for municipal purposes . Action under
this Article to be conditional upon a Federal WPA project being author
ized for and,in connection with such . remodeling,
and embracing one or
more projects .
On motion by Mn Edgett .
Voted : That Article 3 be taken up . Yes 73, No 1 .
A motion by Finance Committee to indefinitely postpone was lost .
On motion by Mr . Clemons .
Votefl : T o transfer the control of the premises at the corner of
Common and Lafayette Streets, the old high school property , from the
School Committee to the Board of Selectmen ; and authorize the Board
of Selectmen to use the_
fund in the town treasury known as the Surplus
War Bonus Fund for remodeling under their direction the old high school
building and grounds for municipal purposes , provided that Federal
WPA projects are authorized for and in connection with Such remodeling .
ARTICLE 2
To raise and appropriate the sum of to be used for Federal
WPA projects .
On motion by Finance Committee .
Voted : That the town raise and appropriate the'
sum of for the
purposes specified in Article 2.
12 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
ARTICLE 4
T o hear and act upon a report of the Board of Selectmen laying out a
town way under the Betterment Act in substantially the location of the
private way known as Bowdlear Road , running northerly fromGreenwoodStreet
,and determine whether the name thereof shall be Oak Ledge Road
or otherwise , and raise and appropriate money for the construction thereof .A motion by the Finance Committee to indefinitely postpone was lost .
On motion by Mr . Evans .
Voted : That the report of the Selectmen (Oak Ledge Road) be ao
cepted and adopted .
On motion by Mr . Jordan .
Voted : That this meeting be now dissolved .
Adjourned at o’clock . Attendance 1 40.
REPORT OF T OWN CLERK
Restflt’
Of Election Held March 1,1937,
as Canvassed by the Board
of RegistrarsIndicates Election
Selectmen
William Blanchard
Bradford S . Boothby
Leo F. Douglass
George J Evans*V. Richard Fazio
Orrin J . Hale
William Robert Lindsay
Fred erick W. MurklandJoseph Nutile
,Jr .
Donald White
Charles F. Young
Blanks
T own Clerk For One Year
aF rederic S . Hartshorne 1582
Edward O ’
Brien 1
Blank 689
T own T reasurer For One"
Year
*Arthur H . Boardman 1530 562
Blank 742 99
Mode'rator For One Year
Thomas G . O ’
connell 1 540
Blank 732
Collector of T axes F or One Year
1639 605
1
632
Assessor For Three Years
1463 570'
1
808
For one yearPre . 1 Pi e. 2
1 1 57 562
620 273
539 1 26
1303 467
1 064 31 6
554 33
791 233
575 136
274 27
993 384
1 175 305
2305 343
1 4 TOWN O F WAKEFIELD
Municipa l Ligh t Board F or Three Years
Pre . 1 Pre . 2 Pre . 3 Total
Charles L . Churchill, Jr . 721 223 368 1312
Curtis L . Sopher 1 1 83 363 574 21 20
Blank 368 75 1 61 604
1W ater and Sewerage Board For Three Years
Sidney F. Adams 1386 544
Harry Peck 1
Blank 885
W ater and Sewerage Board For Two Years
George 0 . Sheldon 1 385 548
Leonard D eMarcO 1
Blank 886
Board"
of Public W elfare F or Three Years
Harold C . Robinson 1341 307
Etta C . Stoddard 1 5 12 505
William C . Strong 843 347
Blank 848 1 63
Schgol Commi ttee For Three Years
Eva Gowing Ripley 1386 578
Blank 886 83
School Committee F or T wo Years
Patrick H . Tenney 1 526
Blank 746
Sch ool Committee F orOne Year
William E . Jones 1382 552
Benjamin Butler 1
Blank 889
Board of Health F or Th ree Years
1 408 5 16
864 1 45
T rustees of Lucius Beebe Memorial Library For Three Years
Florence L.Bean 1347 527 652
John J . Round 1387‘
577 666
Hervey J . Skinner 1321 497 631
Blank 2761 3 82 1360
REPORT O F T OWN CLERK 1 5
P ark and Cemetery Commissioners For One Yearv
Pre . 1 Pre . 2 Pre . 3 Total
George W . Abbott 1 417 509 693 261 9
William J . Garden 1 348 5 19'
652 251 9
J ohn T. Stringer 1 531 538 723 2792
Blank 2520 417 1241 4 178
*John G . M . Gates”Walter E . PetersonJoseph L. Preston
Morton Griffin
Blank
Referendum Question Shall act passed authorizing town to pay
certain sum of money . to Antonio Muccio‘
be accepted ?
998 219 470
488 203 233
Blank 786 239 400
Appointment of Assistant T own Clerk
March 9,1 937.
T o Margaret V . Hurley :
Under and by the authority vested in me by Section 1 9 of Chapter 41
of the General Laws, you are hereby appointed Assistant Town Clerk of
the T own of Wakefield for the current municipal year ; having all the
powers and being subject to all the requirements“
and penalties applicable
to the Town Clerk as provided by the General Laws and amendmentsthereto .
FREDERIC s . HARTSHORNE,
Town Clerk .
Constables F or One Year
1 445
1 476
1 481
1
241 3
1 6 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Record of T own Meetings
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING , MARCH 8 , 1937
In the absence of the Moderator , the meeting was called to order
by Town Clerk Hartshorne , who read the call for the meeting .
On motion by Mr . Clemons.
Voted : That the reading of‘
the remainder of the warrant be waived
with the exception of the Constable’
s Return .
Constable ’s Return read .
1
The Clerk then called for nominations for Moderator Pro Tem .
Mr.Howard Jones placed the name of T heodore Eaton in nomination .
N0 other nominations being made .
Voted : That Theodore Eaton be appointed Moderator . Unanimous
Mr . Eaton was duly qualified by the Town Clerk .
ARTICLE 1
To act upon the reports of T own Officers as published .
"On motion by Mr . Clemons.
Voted : That the reports of the Town Officers as published be laid
upon the table .
ARTICLE 2
T o choose all Town Officers not required to be chosen by ballot .
On motion by Mr . Marshall .
Voted : That a committee of five. be appointed to bring in nominations
for Town Officers not required to be chosen by ballot .
ARTICLE 3
To see if the town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer , with
the approval of the Selectmen , to borrow money from time to time in
anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1 , 1937,
and to issue a note or notes therefor , payable within one year , and to renew
any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in
accordance With Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws .
On motion by Mr . Clemons .
Voted : That the Town Treasurer , with the approval of the Selectmen ,
be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in antici
pationof the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1 , 1937,
and to issue a note or notes therefor , payable with in one year , and to
renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one
year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
1 8 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
For the original construction of public ways or the e xtension or
widening thereof, including land damages and the cost of pavement and
sid ewalks laid at the time of said construction or for the construction of
stone, block , brick or other pavement of similar lasting character,under
specifications approved by the Department of Public Works,and authorize
the issue of notes or bonds therefor .
On motion by Mr . Evans as amended by Mr . Jordan .
Voted : That Articles 16, 17, 1 8 and 26, be taken up .
A motion by Finance Committee to indefinitely postpone the four
articles was lost .
ARTICLE 26
On motion by Mr . Evans .
Voted : That the town raise and appropriate the sum of for
the purposes set forth':
in this Article , namely : For the original construc
tion of public Ways or the extension or widening thereof , including land.
damages and the cost of pavement and sidewalks laid at the time of
said construction ,or for the construction of stone , block , brick or other
pavement of similar lasting character, under specifications approved by
the Department of Public Works, and : authorize the issue of notes or
bonds therefor to the amount of payable in or within ten years
in equal annual payments ; all in conn ection with WPA projects so far
as possible .
FINANCE COMMIT TEE
Appointments by Moderator
Orvil W. Smith ,Arthur M . Moore, Orrin J . Hale , Edwin L . Nute ,
William R. Lindsay.
ARTICLE 1 6
On motion by Mr . Evans .
Voted : That the town accept and allow a report of the Board of
Selectmen laying out a town way in substantially the location of the
private way known as Central Street , all as shown on a plan filed with
the Town Clerk with said report . The street to be laid out under the
law authorizing Betterments .
The cost of construction of said street to be taken from the proceeds
of the bond issue , voted under Article 26.
ARTICLE 17
On motion by Mr . Evans .
Voted : That the town accept and allow a report of the Board of
Selectmen laying out a town Way in substantially the location of the
private way'
known as Converse Street , all as sh own on a plan filed with
the Town Clerk with said report . The street to be laid out under the
law authorizing Betterments .
The cost of construction of said street to be taken from the proceeds
of the bond issue , voted under Article 26.
REPORT O F TOWN CLERK 1 9
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ARTICLE 1 8
On motion by Mr . Evans .
Voted : That the town accept and allow a report of the Board of
Selectmen laying out a town way in substantially the location of the
private way knownas Gladstone Street , all as shown on a plan filed with
the Town Clerk with said report . The street to be laid out under the
law authorizing Betterments.
The Cost of construction of said street to be taken from the proceeds
of the bond issue, voted under Article 26.
ARTICLE 4
T o see if the town will vote to authorize various departments to
purchase new equipment at net costs not exceeding amounts specified
below, exchanging similar equipment therefor , where n ow owned,the
net cost of such new equipment to be expended from the appropriations
voted for such departments .
Legal Department
1 Bookcase
Police Department
1 Automobile
1 Radio Transmitter
1 Radio Receiving Set
Fire Department
1 Pumping Engine
500 feet new Hose
Highway Department
2 Stone Spreaders
1 Cement Mixer
1 Cletrac and Plow
1 Commercial Truck
1 Second-hand Automobile
1 Plow for Mack Truck
3
Sealer Weights and Measures Department1 Meter Testing Outfit
School Department
1 Power Mower
Exchange of 19 Typewriters
1 Air Pump
2 Filing Cabinets
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Recreation Commission
6 Swings
2 Slides
4 See - Saws
Freight on Equipment
35
Cemetery Department
1 Power Mower
Water and Sewer Department
1 Automobile
1 Typewriter
1 Sealing Machine
Welfare Department
2 Typewriter Desks
2 Typewriter Chairs
9 Chairs
1 Typewriter
1 Cabinet Safe
1 Addressograph
Motion by Finance Committee .
That the town authorize various departments to purchase new equip
ment at net cost not exceeding the amount specified below, exchanging
similar equipment therefor where now owned . The net cost of such
equipment to be taken from the appropriation voted for such depart
ments as follows :
Legal Department
1 Bookcase
Police Department
1 Automobile
1 Radio Transmitter
1 Radio Receiving Set
Fire Department
5 00 feet new Hose
Highway D epartment
1 Stone Spreader
1 Cement Mixer
1 Cletrac and Plow
1 Commercial Truck
1 Second-hand Automobile
1 Plow for Mack‘
T ruck
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Sealer Weights and Measures Department1 Meter Testing Outfit
School Department1 Power Mower
Exchange of 19 Typewriters
1 Air Pump
2 Filing Cabinets
Cemetery Department
1 Power Mower
Water and Sewer Department
1 Automobile
1 T ypewriter
1 Sealing Machine
Welfare Department
2 Typewriter Desks
2 Typewriter Chairs
9 Chairs
1 ~ T ypewriter
1 Cabinet Safe
1 Addressograph
Amendment by Mr. Sullivan that the Recreation committee be
authorized to purchase equipment as f ollows :
6 Swings
2 Slides
4 See - Saws
Freight on Same
Amendment carried and original motion as amended was then voted .
ARTI CLE 5
To determine how . much money the town will raise and appropriate
for General Government, Protection of Persons and Property , Health and
Sanitation , Highways, Charities and Soldiers’ Benefits, Education , Recre
ation , and Unclassified , Public Service Enterprises ,Interest and Maturing
Debt , specifying what apprOpriatiol‘iS Shall be taken from the receipts
of a department .
On motion by Finance Committee as amended by Mr . Blanchard .
Voted : T hat the town raise and appropriate the sum of
to be apportioned as follows :
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Moderator
Selectmen ’
s Department
Salaries of Board
1 Department ExpensesAccounting Department
Treasurer ’s Department
S alary of Treasurer
Department Expenses
Collector ’s Department
Salary of Collector
Department Expenses
Assessors ’ Department
Salaries of Assessors
Department Expenses
Legal Department
Town Clerk ’s Department
Salary of Clerk
Department Expenses
Vital Statistics
Election and Registration
Town Hall
Protection of Persons and Property
On motion by Finance Committee .
Voted : That the town raise and appropriate the sum of
apportioned as follows :
Police Department
F ire Department
Hydrant Rental
Moth Department
Inspector of Buildings
Inspector of Buildings Use of Auto
Sealer Weights and Measures
D og Ofiicer
Animal Inspector
Compensation Account
Forest Warden
Wire Inspector
Hea lth and Sanitation
On motion by Finance CommitteeVoted : That the town raise and appropriate the sum of to
be apportioned as follows :”
Health Department
Salaries of Board
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Department Expenses
Unpaid Bills
Collection of,Garbage
Care of ~ Dumps
Sewer Maintenance
Sewer Connections
Highways
On motion by Finance Committee .
Voted : That the town raise and appropriate the sum of for
Highways.
Ch arities and Soldiers’ Benefits
On motion by Finance Committee .
Voted : That the town raise and appropriate the sum of
apportioned as follows
Welfare DepartmentSalaries of Board
Outside Relief
Old Age Assistance
Old Age As sistance Administration
Outside Relief, Unpaid Bills
InfirmaryInfirmary Unpaid Bills
Military Aid
State Aid
Soldiers’ Relief
Soldiers’ Relief Unpaid Bills
Soldiers’ Relief Agent
Soldiers’ Relief Agent ExpensesI
E ducation
Motion by F inance Committee .
That the town raise and appropriate the sum of to be
apportioned as follows :
School Department
Trade School
Library Department
Amendment by Mr .
‘Allman .
T hat the appropriation for School Department be increased in the
sum of so as to read
Amendment carried and original motion as amended was then voted .
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Recreat ion and Unclassified
Motion by Finance Committee .
That the town raise and appropriate the sum of to be
apportioned as follows :
Park and Cemetery Department
Salaries of Board
Department Expenses
Cemetery Department
Miscellaneous
Recreation Commission
Planning Board
Board of Appeal
Lake Quannapdwitt
Fire Alarm,Police Signal , Traffic Lights
Street Lights
Fire Insurance
Rifl e Range, Company E
Rifle Range, Medical Co.
Reserve Fund
and that be transferred from the Overlay Surplus Account
to the Reserve F und .
Amendment by Mr . Sullivan .
That the amount of the Recreation Commission appropriation be
increased in the sum of making that appropriation
Amendment by‘
Mr . Evans .
That the amount of the Reserve Fund be increased in the sum of
making a total for the Reserve Fund
Amendment of Mr . Evans was voted in the affirmative .
Amendment of Mr . Sullivan was voted in the affirmative . Original
motion a s amended was then voted .
On motion by Mr . Jordan .
Voted : That this meeting stand adjourned to Thursday evening ,
March 1 1 , at o ’clock , P .M .
Adjourned at o ’clock . Attendance 500 .
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING , MARCH 1 1 , 1937
Meeting called to order at o ’clock P .M ., by Moderator Eaton ,
Article 5 being in order .
On motion by Mr . Young .
Voted : To amend the appropriation made for the Moth Department ,
by increas ing that appropriation in the sum of making the
total appropriation in place of Yes”103,
“No
”90 .
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ARTICLE 6
T o see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money
for the improvement of Vernon Street ; said money to be used in con
junction,with a ny money which may be alloted by the state or county ,
or both , for this purpose ; or take any other action in relation thereto .
Onmotion by Finance Committee .
Voted : That the town raise and appropriate to carry out the
purposes Of Article 6,only such portion thereof to -be expended as may
be equal to one-half the sum provided by the state and county together
for the same purpose .
T o see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money
for the improvement"of Salem Street ; said money to be used in con
junction with any money which may b e allotted by the state or county ,
or both,for this purpose ; or take any other action in relation thereto.
On motion by Finance Committee .
Voted : That the town raise and appropriate to carry out the
purposes of Article 7, only such portion thereof to be expended as may
be equal to one-half the sum provided by the state and county together
for the same purpose .
1 ARTICLE 8
To seeif the town will vote to raise and apprOpriate a sum of money
for the maintenance of various streets ; built under Chapter 90 , General
Laws , Ter . E d . , said money to be used in conjunction with any money
which may be allotted by theState or County , or both , for this purpose ;
or take any other action in relation thereto .
On motion by Finance Committee .
Voted : That the town raise and appropriate to carry out the
purposes of Article 8 , only such portion thereof to be expended as may
be equal to one-half the sum provided by the state and county together
for the same purpose .
ARTICLE 9
To see if the town will vote to purchase for Highway Department
purposes a lot of land on North Avenue adjoining the land now used by
said department,said lot being bounded and described as follows : South
westerly by North Avenue , 130 feet ; Southeasterly by land of the American
Reed and Fibre Furniture Co feet ; Northwesterly by land noworformerly of Alice Burditt , 120 feet and more ; Westerly by land of the
town , feet , and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum therefor .
On motion by Finance Committee .
Voted : That the town raise and appropriate the sum of to
carry out the purposes of Article 9.
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ARTICLE 12
T o see if the town will vote to appropriate the fund known as the
Surplus War Bonus Fund now ‘in the treasury, together with all interest
remaining thereon from investment up to January 1 , 1 937, in payment ofmaturing town indebtedness in the year 1937.
On motion by Finance Committee .
Voted : That the town appropriate the fund known as the Surplus
War Bonus Fund now in the treasury, together with a ll interest remaining
thereon from investment up to January 1 , 1 937, for payment of Maturing
Town Indebtedness for the year 1937.
ARTICLE 13
To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money
for the payment to Antonio Muccio on account of injuries sustained , as
authorized by Chapter 313, of the Acts of 1936.
A motion by Finance Committee to indefinitely postpone was lost .
Yes”65 ,
“No” 185 .
On motion by Mr . Frankel .
Voted : That the town raise and appropriate the sum of for
the payment to Antonio Muccio on account of injuries sustained , asauthorized by Chapter 31 3, of the Acts of 1936.
ARTICLE 1 4
T o raise and appropriate sufficient money to paypension for a periodcommencing March 1
,1937, and ending F ebruary 28 , 1938
, to ex—O fficer
Frank H . Robinson , under authority of Chapter 1 03, Acts of 1936, and
provide for the payment thereof by any legal method .
On'
motion by Finance Committee .
Voted : That the town raise and appropriate the sum of to carry
out the purposes of Article 1 4 .
ARTICLE 15
T o see if the town will appropriate (a sum sufficient to pay the County
of Middlesex as required by law on account of assessments levied on the
town for its Share of the principal . of the Middlesex County TuberculosisHospital Funding Loan,
Act of 1932 bonds maturing in 1937, issued in
compliance with Chapter 1 0 Acts of‘
1932, ,a1so for any other indebtedness
incurred and outstandingunder said Chapter 1 0 , also for the town’
s Share
of the cost and interest onsaid bonds due in 1937, also for the care , main
tenance, and repair of said hospital for 1936,and including interest on
temporary notes issued“
therefor in accordance with sections of Chapter
1 1 1 of the General Laws applicable thereto,and for all other expenses
in connection therewith , determine how the money shall be raised,or in
any way act thereon .
On motion by Finance Committee .
Voted : That the town raise and appropriate the sum of to
carry out the purposes of Article 1 5 .
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ARTICLE 19
To hear and act upon a report of the Board of Selectmen re- locatingand altering a public way known as Spring Street, between Greenwood
Street and Myrtle Avenue, and raise and appropriate money necessary to
carry out the purposes of this article .
On motion by Finance CommitteeVoted : That the subject matter of this Article be indefinitely postponed .
ARTICLE 20
T o see if the town will authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to
construct a sewer in Western Avenue (a private way) from Elm Street
westerly, approximately 300 feet ; and raise and appropriate a sufficient
sum of money therefor .
On motion by Finance Committee .
Voted : That the Water and Sewerage Board be authorized to construct
a sewer'
in Western Avenue as proposed under Article 20 and that the town
raise and appropriate the sum of therefor .
ARTICLE 21
T o see if the town will authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to
construct a sewer in Charles Street from Main Street to“
Birch Hill
Avenue approximately 900 feet ; and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum
of money t herefor , or authorize the Treasurer with the appproval of the
Selectmen to borrow and issue notes or bonds therefor .
On motion by Finance Committee .
Voted : That the Water and Sewerage Board be authorized to construct
a seWer in Charles Street as proposed under Article 21 and that th e town
raise and appropriate the sum of therefor .
ARTICLE 22
To see if the town 'will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of
to refund to Albert F. Simpson ,328 Salem Street , over assessment for side
walk work.
On motion by Finance Committee .
Voted : That the town raise and appropriate the sum of to carry
out the purposes of Article 22.
ARTICLE 23
To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of
be apportioned as follows :
To Herbert and Evelyn Murkland
To Margaret A . Tyler
T o Eastern Massachusetts Electric Go .
T o Albert Simpson
to cover damages awarded to the aforesaid and assessed
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 29
Wakefield by decree of t he County Commissioners dated September 22, 1 936.
On motion by Finance Committee .
Voted : That the town raise and appropriate the sum of to carry
out the purposes‘
of Article'
23.
ARTICLE 24
T o see if the town will accept a gift of a parcel of land , as Shown on
the Assessors’ Plans
,Plat 1 0
,Lot 70 , and containing square feet ,
bounded on the northwest , west , and south by Crystal Lake and on the
east by land of the Boston and Maine Railroad .
On motion by Finance Committee , it was unanimously Voted : That
the town accept as a gift the parcel“
of land described in Ar ticle"
24, and
that the Town Clerk be directed to express the gratitude of the town to
the donor,John J . Round , for this gift .
ARTICLE 25
To see if the town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to take byeminent domain for park purposes under Chapter 79 of the General Laws,
Ter . E d . , lots 64 to 67 inclusive, 69 to 85 inclusive , 88 to 132 inclusive , as
Shown on Plat 35 Of the'
AssessorS’ plans together with the land included
in the private ways Shown on said Plat 35,and all Shown enclosed by a
heavy dark line Shown on plan filed with the Town Clerk . Said lots and
land being bounded by a line shown as aforesaid , and commencing at about
the northeast corner of the playground at Greenwood,thence by said
line by many courses, northeasterly to a point about 1 28 feet from Oak
Street nearly opposite a private way known as
,
Holland Road ; thence
southerly by Lots 25/
and 58 and across a p aper private way to the north
line thereof ; thence easterly by said line to the easterly line of Melrose
Avenue, to Lot 96; thence northerly by the easterly line of Melrose Avenue
and Short Street to the northeasterly corner of Lot 89; thence south
easterly by said line and by Lot 89 to Lot 88 ; thence northwesterly by Lot
88 and said line to Oak Avenue ; thence southeasterly by said line and the
southwesterly line of Oak Avenue ; thence northeasterly across the end of
Oak Avenue to said line and Lot 22; thence more northeasterly by said line
and the southeasterly line of Achorn Avenue, to the northeasterly corner
of Lot 125 ; thence southeasterly by said line by Lots 125 , 1 26, 1 27, 128 , 1 29,130 , 131 , 132 to an acute angle ; thence westerly by said line and Lots 1 32,
121 , 1 19, 1 18 , 1 17, 1 16, 1 1 5 , 85 and 84, to said playground ; thence, north
westerly by said line and playground about 1 0 feet by a part of Lot 81 , to
the point of beginning ; and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money
therefor . Said lots are all supposed to be held under tax titles owned by
the town .
A motion by F inance Committee to indefinitely postpone was
withdrawn .
Voted : That a committee of three be appointed to consider the subjectmatter of Article 25 , and report at a future town meeting .
30 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
ARTICLE 27
T o see if the town will vote to sell to Harris Ch ickles and George
Scarononzos a triangular lot of land on Wakefield Avenue , bounded
easterly by Wakefield Avenue 61 .60"
feet,southerly by land of Town of
Wakefield feet,and westerly by other land of said Chickles and
Scarononzos 62.05 feet ; total area 585 square feet , as shown on plan by
Harry H . Denning , C . E . , dated January 30 , 1 937, and fix the price therefor .
On motion by Finance Committee .
Voted : That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to sell to Harris
Ch ickles and George Scarononzos for a nominal consideration , the land
described in Article 27.
ARTICLE 28
To see if the town will raise and appropriate the Su n of $850 to be
expended by :
Wakefield Post NO . 21 06, Veterans of Foreign Wars ; Corp . Charles F .
Parker Camp No 39, United Spanish‘
War Veterans ; Corp . Harry E . Nelson
Post No . 63, American Legion ; H . M . Warren Post No . 1 2, G . A . R ; for the
proper observance of Memorial Day , May 30 , 1937.
On motion by Finance Committee .
Voted : That the town raise and appropriate the Sum of to carry
out the purposes of Article 28 .
ARTICLE 29
T o see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of to
cover part of the expense of rent of quarters for Corp . Charles F . Parker
Camp No. 39, United Spanish War Veterans.
On motion by Finance Committee .
Voted : That the town raise and appropriate the sum of to carry
out the purposes of Article 29.
ARTICLE 30
T o
/
See if the townwill raise and appropriate the sum of for
nursing , the same to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen ,
as salary to the nurse employed by the Wakefield Visiting Nurse Asso
elation ,in aid of its nursing work among the people of Wakefield .
On‘
inotion by Finance Committee .
Voted : That the town raise and appropriate the sum of to carry
out the purposes of Article 30 .
ARTICLE 31
T o see if the town will vote to return to the Town Treasury the sum
of (which is the net profit of the department ) this sum being
part of the balance of the Operating Fund of the“
Municipal Light De
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
partment a s of December 31 , 1936, and to‘
authorize the Assessors to use
the same in\
computing the tax rate for 1937 ; also , to see if the town will
authorize th e Municipal Light Department to transfer the sum of
from .its Operating Fund to its Construction Fund , this sum being the
remainder of the balance of its Operating Fund as of December 31,1936.
On motion by Finance Committee .
Voted : That of the cash balance in the Operating Account
of the Municipal Light Department , December 31 , 1936, be returned to the
T own Treasury and the Assessors be hereby authorized to use the same
in computing the Tax Rate for 1 937, and authorize the Municipal Light
Department to transfer from its Operating Account to its Con
struction Account, the same being the remainder of the balance in the
Operating Account as of December 31 , 1936.
ARTICLE 32
To see if the town will vote that the income from the sales of gas
and electricity to private consumers , for gas and electricity supplied to
municipal buildings and for municipal power and street lighting , and from
s ales of appliances and jobbing during the current fiscal year , be appro
priated for the Municipal Lighting Plant,the whol e to be expended by
the manager of the Municipal Lighting Plant under the direction of the
Municipal Light Board for the expense of the plant for said fiscal year , as
defined in S ection 57 of Chapter 1 64 of the General Laws,and that
,if
said income shall exceed said expenses for said fiscal year, that the use of
such excess, in whole or in part , be determined _by the 1938 Annual Town
Meeting .
On motion by Finance Committee .
Voted : That the subject matter of Article 32 be - indefinitely postponed .
ARTICLE 33
To see if the town will vote to place curb stones on Main Street at all
places where there are now no curbs the curbing to begin at a point
Opposite the southern boundary of the High School lot and ext ending to
the Melrose line on both Sides of the street and to raise and appropriate
sufiicient money to pay for them , and authorize the Board of Selectmen
to take any action , which in their judgment may be advisable , to carry
out the purpose of this Article either by the Highway Department or by
co- operation with any department of the Federal Government .
On motion by Finance Committee .
Voted : That the subject matter of Article 33 be indefinitely postponed .
ARTICLE 2
Moderator appointed the following committee under Article 2 : HarryMarshal l, Eugene J . Sullivan , Patrick H. Tenney
,Orrin J . Hale
,Harry A .
Simonds.
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ARTICLE 25
Moderator appointed the following committee under Article 25 : JohnJ . Round, Dr . Charles E . Montague , William H . Allyn .
ARTICLE 34
T osee if the town will authorize the Board of Public Welfare to appoint
any member thereof as their Agent, and vote to fix the compensation of
the same .
A motion by Finance Committee to indefinitely postpone was lost .
Yes”87,
“No 1 09.
On motion by Mr . Frankel as amended by Mr . Hogan .
Voted : That the town authorize the Board of Public Welfare to appoint
any member thereof as its agent and fix the compensation for such agent
at
ARTICLE 35
To see if the town'will authorize or ratify a contract for the employ
ment by the Welfare Board and Bureau of Old Age Assistance to employ
Frank B . Gladwin as supervisor and visitor of Old Age Assistance .
A motion by Finance Committee to indefinitely postpone was lost .
Yes”83,
“No 1 19
On motion by Mr . Hogan .
Voted : That the town ratify a contract for the employment by the
Board of‘
Public Welfare and Bureau of Old Age Assistance to employ
Frank B . Gladwin as Supervisor and Visitor of O ld Age Assistance .
ARTICLE 36
To see if the town will return the barn and outer buildings at the
Infirmary to the jurisdiction of the Welfare Department .
On motion by Finance Committee .
Voted : That the subject matter of this Article be indefinitely postponed .
ARTICLES 37 AND 38
T o see what action the town will take relative to exchanging land
and releasing rights of way with Albert C . Murray and Sophie Murray ,
which land and ways are adjacent to other land of said Mur rays , the
Greenwood Playground and High Street .
To seeif the town will take by right of eminent domain a piece of landfronting on High Street
,approximately 42 feet long on said High Street , and
about feet in width, said land being the property of Albert C . and Sophie
Murray and bounded on the south by land taxed to Nina"
H . McGovern
on the east by the Greenwood Playground , said land when taken to leave
Mr.Murray ’s lot with its southern boundary straight and provide a clear
entrance to the Greenwood Playground , and raise and appropriate vmoney
to pay for it .
34 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
ARTICLE 40
T o see if the town will vote to authorize the Treasurer with the ap
proval of the Selectmen to borrow for ordinary maintenance expenses ofthe town and for Revenue Loans , the sum of or the amount of
the Tax T itles taken and held by the town , or a lesser sum, and to issue
a note or notes of the town therefor , in accordance with the provisions of
Chapter 49 of the Acts of 1 933, as most recently amended - by Chapter 28 1
of the Acts of 1936 and to authorize the Assessors to use said sum for the
purpose of the reduction of ‘the 1937r
I:ax Levy or take any action relative
thereto .
On motion by Finance Committee .
Voted : That the subject matter of this Article be indefinitely postponed .
ARTICLE 41
To see if_ the town will amend the Zoning By-Laws, by changing that
part of the Single Residence District lying 200 feet easterly from the east
erly side of Main Street from the center line of Salem Street northerly to
the center line of Cordis Street to a General Residence District .
Mr . Lee reported for the Planning Board and moved indefinite post
ponement which was voted .
ARTICLE 42
T o see if the town will vote to change the Zoning By-Law by inserting
in Section under special cases (b) after the word cemetery, the words,“Public Recreational use as a Private Business
Mr . Lee reported for the Planning Board and moved indefinite post
ponement which was voted .
ARTICLE 1
On motion by Mr . Clemons .
Voted : That Article 1 be taken up .
Voted : Th at the report of the Town Officers as printed be accepted .
ARTICLE 43
To see if the town will amend the Zoning By-Laws by adding to
Section 3, General Residence Districts , the following paragraph :
Special Case. 6 . Any dwelling existing in the year 1936 which has ten
or more rooms above the basement or cellar may be altered into a tenement
house provided the requirements of the tenement house act are complied
with .
Mr . Lee reported for the Planning Board that a hearing had been held .
Voted : T hat the town amend its Zoning By-Laws by adding to Section
3, General Residence Districts, the following paragraph :
Special Case. e . Any dwelling existing in the year 1936 which h as ten
or more rooms above the basement or cellar may be altered into a tenement
house provided the requirements of the tenement house act are complied
with . Unanimous vote .
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
ART ICLE 44
To hear and act upon the report of the committee appointed to study
the Tenement House Act and its effect on the Town of Wakefield , said
committee having~been appointed under Article 37 of the Annual Warrant
for 1936.
Mr . Wh itney reported for the committee .
Voted : That the report be accepted and adopted .
ARTICLE 45T o see if the town will amend Chapter 1 1 of t he Building Laws of the
town, adopted April 1 6, 1928, and Apri l 1 , 1929, by adding at the/end, anew section, as follows :
Section XIX— Wh oever violates any of the provisions of Chapter 1 1
of the Bui lding Laws, adopted April 16, 1928 , and April 1 , 1 929, shall be
punished by a fine not exceeding
On motion by Mr . Whitney .
Voted : That the town amend Chapter 1 1 of the Building Laws adopted
April 16, 1 928 , and April 1 , 1 929, by adding at the end , a new section , as
follows
Section XIX— Whoever violates any of the provisions of Chapter 1 1
of the Building Laws,‘
adopted April 1 6, 1928 , and April 1 , 1929, shall be
punished by a fine not exceeding Unanimous vote .
On motion by Mr. Wakefield .
Voted : That this meeting be now d issolved .
Adjourned at o’clock. Attendance 350 .
SPECIAL TOWN'MEETING, APRIL 29, 1937
Meeting called to order at o’clock P.M ., by Moderator O’
Connell ,
who read the call for the meeting .
On motion by Mr. Clemons.
Voted : That further reading of the warrant be waived,with the
exception, of the Constable’
s Return . Constable’s Return read .
T o see if the town will vote to,raise and apprOpriate a sufficient sum
of money to provide funds for the Contributory Retirement System. author
ized under Chapter 318 , Acts of 1936,accepted by vote of the town,
November 3, 1 936, and eff ective July 1,1937, and for administrative ex
penses incidental thereto .
On motion by Finance Committee .
Voted : That thetown raise and appropriate the sum of to
provide funds for the -Contributory Retirement System for the period from
July 1 , 1 937, to December 31 , 1937, and raise and appropriate the sum of
for administrative expenses incidental thereto .
36 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
ARTICLE 2
T o see if the town will authorize the Water and Sewerage Board toconstruct a sewer in
,
Birch Hill Avenue from Nahant Street southerly ,
approximately 260 feet ; and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of
money,therefor .
Motion by Finance Committee .
Vot ed : That the Water and Sewerage Board be authorized to construct
a sewer in Birch Hill Avenue as proposed under Article 2 and that the town
raise and appropriate the sum of therefor .
ARTICLE 3
To see if the town will authorize a lease to be executed on behalf of
the Town by the Water and Sewerage Board of the so- called Hackett
property off North Avenue, and bordering on Lake Quannapowitt , to the
Sea Scouts.
On motion by Finance Committee .
That the Water and Sewerage Board be authorized to execute a lease
on behalf of the town, for a period not exceeding one year,of the so
called “Hackett” property as described in Article 3 to the Sea Scouts .
Amendment by Mr . Clemons.
That lease be executed by some responsible person on behalf of the
Sea Scouts
Amendment accepted and original motion as amended was then voted .
ARTICLE 4
T o hear and act upon a report of the _Board of Selectmen laying out
a town way under the Betterment Act in substantially the location of
the private way known as Eastern Avenue running from Court Street to
Vernon Street, and raise and appropriate money for the constructionthereof.
On motion by Mr . Blanchard .
Voted : T hat the town accept and allow a report of the Board of Select
men laying out a town way in substantially the location of theprivate way
known as E astern Avenue, all as . shown on a plan filed with the Town Clerk
with said report . The street to be laid out under the law a uthorizing
Betterments . The cost of construction of said street to be taken from the
proceeds of the Bond Issue authorized under Article 26 of the Annual Town
Meeting of 1937.
ARTI CLE 5T o hear and act upon a report of the committee appointed under
Articles 37 and 38 of the Warrant for the Annual Meeting of 1 937, relative
to releasing rights of way‘
and taking or purchasing land of Albert C . and
S ophie Murray under the following Ar ticles :
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 37
To seevwhat
‘
iactiim the town will take relative to exchanging land and
releasing rights of way with Albert C . Murray and Sophie Murray, which
land and ways are adjacent to other land of said . Murrays, the Green
wood Playgrounde and High Street .
T o see if the town will take by right of eminent domain a piece of landfronting on High Street, approximately 42 f eet long on said High Street, and
about 24% feet in width , said land being the property of Albert C . and
SOph ie Murray, and bounded on the south by land taxed to Nina H . Mc
Govern,on the east by the Greenwood Playground , said land when taken
to leave Mr . Murray’s lot with its southern boundary straight and provide
a clear entrance —to the Greenwood Playground , and raise and appropriate
money to pay for it .
Mr. Blanchard reported for the committee .
A motion by Mr . Round that the report be accepted was withdrawn .
On motion by Mr . Clemons.
Voted : That the report of the committee be laid upon the table, until
the report of the Finance Committee be heard .
Finance Committee reported as follows :
That the town take for park purposes by right of eminent domain
under Chapter SOA of the General Laws, Tercentenary Edition ,a piece
of land fronting on High Street, approximately 42 feet long on said High
Street , and about feet in width,
‘
said land being the property of Albért
C . and Sophi e Murray, and bounded on the south by land taxed to Nina
H . McGovern, on the east by the Greenwood Playground , said land when
taken to leave Mr . Murray’5 lot with its southern boundary straight and
provide a clear entrance to the . Greenwood Playground .
On . motion by Mr . Clemons.
Voted: That the committee report ‘
be taken from the table .
On motion by Mr . Clemons.
Voted : Th at the entire matter be referred back to the same committee ,to report at a future town meeting .
ARTICLE 6
T o hear and act upon a report of the committee appointed underArticle 25 of the Warrant of the Annual Town Meeting of 1937, and to see
if the town will author ize and request the Town Treasurer and T ax Col
lector to foreclose—
the Town Tax Titles , described in°
Ar ticle 25 .oi the
warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of 1 937, and raise and appropriate
a sum of money therefor .
Mr . Round reported verbally for the committee .
On motion by Finance Committee .Voted : That the town authorize and request the Town Treasurer and
Tax Collector to foreclose the Town Tax Titles described in Article 25 of
the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of 1937; and raise and appro
priate the'
sum of therefor.
38 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
T o see if the town will raise and appropriate additional money to be
used in WPA projects for supervision , trucking, materials, office supplies,
etc .
Finance Committee moved indefinite postponement and it was so
voted .
On motion by Mr . Blanchard .
Voted : Th at this meeting be now dissolved .
Adjourned at P . M . Attendance 75 .
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, JUNE 1 6, 1937
Meeting called to order at o’clock P . M by Moderator O’
Connell ,
who read the call for the meeting .
On motion by Mr . Clemons.
Voted : That further reading of the warrant be dispensed. with ,
excepting the Constable ’s Return .
Constable ’s Return’
read .
ARTICLE 1
T o see if the town will authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to‘construct a sewer in Cordis Street , 624 feet to Main Street, thence south
erly in said Main Street to the intersection of Central Street , also in
Central Street , 491 feet to Main Street , and in Main S treet from Central
Street to the intersection of Sweetser Street, and also to construct and equip
an underground sewage ejector station opposite Central Stree t , in land
between Main Street and Lake Quannapowitt , and also to install and lay
a force main from said ejector station in Main Street to the gravity sewer
near Aborn Avenue and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor ,and authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to bor
row such money and issue the notes or bonds of the town therefor .
Finance Committee recommended that the town authorize the Water
and Sewerage Board to construct a sewer as called for in the Article .
On motion by Mr . Clemons.
Voted : That the town authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to
construct a sewer in Cordis Street , 624 feet to Main Street , thence southerly
in said Main Street to the intersection of Central Street , also in Central
Street, 491 feet to Main St reet, and in Main Street , from Central Street
to the“
intersection of Sweetser Street , and also to construct and equip an
underground sewage ejector station Opposite Central Street , in land be
tween Main Street , and Lake Quannapowitt and also to install and lay
a force main from said ejector station'
in Main Street to the gravity
sewer near Aborn Avenue , and appropriate the sum of therefor ,
and that said sum be borrowed and the Town Treasurer be , with the
approval of the Selectmen, authorized to borrow said sum of and
issue notes or bonds of the town therefor, said notes or bonds to be payable
in each of the years 1938 to 1947 inclusive. Unanimous Vote .
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK 39
ARTICLE ’
2
To see if the town .will authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to
construct . a sewer from Lindbergh Road through Crystal Street to Green
wood Street , thence through Greenwood Street to Myrt le Avenue ,thence southerly in Myrtle Avenue, 382
"feet ; thence easterly through
land of the Wakefield Savings Bank and land and locat ion of the
Boston and Maine Railroad to the trunk line outfall sewer, and appro
priate a sufi‘icient sum of money therefor, and authorize the Treasurer
with the,
approval of the‘
Selectmen to borrow the necessary money
therefor and issue notes or bonds of the town , and authorize the taking
by eminent domain or the purchase of any necessary easements or rights
in lands or locations for said sewers ;
Finance Committee recommended that the town authorize the Water
and Sewerage Board to construct a sewer as called for in the Ar ticle .
Motion by Mr . Clemons.
That the town authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to construct
a sewer from Lindbergh Road through Crystal Street to Greenwood Street
thence through Greenwood Street , to Myrtle Avenue, thence southerly in
Myrtle Avenue , 382 feet ; thence easterly through land of the Wakefield
Savings Bank and land and location of the Boston and Maine Railroad to
the trunk line outfall sewer , and appropriate the sum of therefor ,
and that said sum be borrowed and the T own Treasurer be , with the
approval of the Selectmen, authorized to borrow said sum of
and issue notes or bonds of the town therefor, said notes or bonds to be
payable in the year 1938 and in each of the years.
1939
to 1947 inclusive , and authorize the taking by eminent domain or the
purchase of any necessary easements or rights in lands or locations for
said sewers.
An amendment by Mr . Yeuell limiting the length of the sewers was lost .
The main question was then put to vote with the following result :Affirmative 1 1 4, Negative 15 .
The necessary two - thirds being attained, the vote was declared carried .
ARTICLE 3
To hear and act upon a report of the Board of Selectmen laying out a
town way under the Betterment Act in substantially the l ocation of the
private way known as Wilson Avenue running from Preston Street to
Oakland Street and appropriate money for the construction thereof .
On motion by Mr . Clemons.
Voted : That the town accept and allow a report of the Selectmen
laying out a town way in substantially the location of the private way
known as Wilson Avenue , all as shown on a plan filed with
Clerk with said report . T he street to be laid out underizing Betterments.
40 TOWN OF WAKEF IELD
ARTICLE 4
T o hear and act upon a report of the Board of Selectmen laying outa town way in substantially the location of the private way known as
Maple Way running from Greenwood Avenue to the Greenwood Park or
Playground and appropriate money for the construction thereof .
On motion by Mr. Clemons.
Voted : That the town accept and allow a report of the Selectmen laying
out a town way in substantially the location.
of the private way known as
Maple Way, all as shown on a plan filed with the Town Clerk with said
report .
ARTICLE 5
To hear and act .upon a report of the Board of Selectmen altering
and re- locating Grafton Street and Main Street at their . intersection and
appropriate money for the construction thereof .
On motion by Finance Committee .
Voted : That the town accept and allow a report of the Board of Se
lectmen on altering and re- locating Grafton and Main Streets at their
intersection, providing no appropriation is called for at this time . The
plan on such alterations filed with the Town Clerk .
On motion of Mr. Wakefield .
Voted : That this meeting be now dissolved .
Adjourned at o ’clock P.M . Attendance 1 60 .
S PECIAL TOWN MEETING, AUGUST 1 1 , 1 937
Meeting called to order at o ’clock P .M., by Moderator O’
Connell ,
who read the call for the meeting.
On motion by Mr. Clemons.
Voted : That further reading of the warrant, with the exception of
the Constable’s 'Return, be dispensed with .
Constable ’s Return read.
ARTICLE 1
T o see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to
purchase a second -hand commercial truck at a net cost not exceeding
exchanging similar equipment therefor, where now owned , thenet cost of same to be paid from the Highway Department appropriation
in the amount of and from WPA'
Funds in the amount of
On motion by Finance Committee .
Voted : That the Board of Selectmen be authorized to purchase a
second-hand commercial truck at a net cost not exceeding ex
changing similar equipment therefor, where now owned , the net cost of
same to be paid from the Highway Department appropriation in the
amount of“and from WPA Funds in the amount of (A
motion by Mr. Landers to indefinitely postpone was lost .)
42 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
DEMOCRATIC
Congressman Seventh D istrict (T o fill Vacancy)
Lawrence J . Connery ,
1 5 Bellevue Rd . , Lynn 303
Joseph A . Langone, Jr .,
190 North St . , Boston
Blank
UNION PARTY
Seventh D istrict (T o fill vacancy)
Fred G . Bushold
21 5 Haverhi ll St Lawrence
Blank
RESULT OF SPECIAL ELECTION,HELD SEPT EMBER 28
,
As Canvassed by the Board of Selectmen
Congressman Seventh District (T o fill vacancy)
Pre . 1 Pre 2 Pre . 3
Fred - G . Bushold of Lawrence
Lawrence J . Connery of Lynn
Edward Devlin Sirois of Lawrence
Blank
RECORD OF BIRTHS 43
Record of Births
Any errors or omissions noted in these records should be reported to
the Town Clerk at once .
Name of Child
Jean Harriet Bower
Carol Jackman
Earl Auerbach'
Ladd
Sarah E lizabeth Wiley
George Arthur LeF ave
Kendall Dustin Smith
Esther Kanchuga
Damien Paul RichNancy Leona Bourque
Robert Bruce Wallace
Bruce Allen Wheeler
Mary Theresa McGrath
Jeanette Ethel Louise
Donnelly
Florance Mae MacLeod Alex and Jessie (MacGregor )
Cecelia Rebecca Steeves Leslie A . and Cecelia (Boyd)
Dorothy Ruth Veno John E . and Dorothy (Hill)
1 James Frederick Lilley
4 Robert Reed Gardner
4 Henry Arthur Sonier
4 George William Wilkinson
5 Eleanor Nikitin
5 Clara Mae Pitman
6 Claire Lucile Meuse
9 David Joseph Winton12 Elinor Mabelle White
1 6 Edward F ayle
20 David Herbert_F ieldhouse
20 Thomas Gerald Johnston
21 Judith Hayden Hewitt
23 Stillbirth
23 Lorraine Esther Sylvester HuntingtonR. and Esther (Veholm)
25 Evelyn Marie Burgess John W. and Alice M . (Reynolds)
27 John Lawrence Blais Claude and Marion (Shatttick)
Parents
Luther A . and Laura M . (Dumas )
John and Angelina J . (Sul livan)
Earl D . and Louise K . (Thomas)
Arthur and Ruth (Ober)
Louis J . and Velma (Fradette)
Sidney K . and Cornelia (Moynihan)
Julius and Christina (D omachowicz)
Fred L. and Susie (Leone)
Gustave J . and Marion (Doucette)
William S . and,
Dorothy C . (Gilbert )
Clyde and Elsie (Lord)
Laurence F. and Margaret (McGarr )
Thomas J . and Eleanor (Gilson)
James M . and Mary L . (F ouhey)
Lawrence R. and/
Marjorie”
E . (Reed)
Allen E . and Rosetta M . (Murray)Charles W. and Velma K . (King)
Harry and Talka (Sawcky)
Harold I . and May E . (Clain)
Walter E . and Sara M . (Doiron)
Joseph H . and Mary E . (White )James W. and F lorence A . (Marge
son)
William H . and Irene F. (Holland)
Herbert , Jr . , and Ruth G . (Foster )
Joseph L . and Hazel I . (Ger'
rior )
Forrest H. and Elizabeth L ., (Harn
den)
44
Apr .
May
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Name of Child
2 Russell Vincent Smith
4 Joan Lea Horrigan
8 Gordon Ira‘
Crowell
12 Graves
12. Jeri Lee Hull13 Elizabeth Ripley Conner
1 5 David Giles Saunders
1 5 Peter Burgess Mu’
nier
17 Francis Xavier Mahoney
1 9 George Donald Lowry
20 Mary Jane Dolan
24 Ruth Evelyn Hanson
25 Lawrence Brooks Edgett
27 Eugenie Sylvia Paon
31 Betty Virginia Rindone
31 Kathryn Marie Allan
1 Charles Albert Fowlie
4 Ronald Francis Meuse
4 George Lawrence Wren
4 Frank Milton Roberts
5 Marie Martha D elRossi
7 Sally Leighton
1 1 Robert Charles Bisacre
1 4 George Edward Garland
1 5 Shirley Ann Gerrior
17 Virginia Cambareri
1 9 Peter VanAmburgh
21 Christine Helen Giuffre
22 Marjorie Gail Boyce24 Lois Irene Butler
27 McPartland28 Robert W ixtead Grant
29 Francis Joseph Walsh , Jr .
1 Barbara Anna Thomsen
1 Peter Bellandi
1 Victor Carbone
3 Janet May Meuse
4 Judith A . Leonard
5 Lois Frances Doiron
Albert E . and Andrea R . M . (Du
charme)
Joseph and Josephine T. (T erravec
chi)
Nicholas and Mary (Rauseo)
Leopald A . and Frances M . (Perkins)
Elliott B . and Gladys B . (Lowrey)
Wilfred H and Ethel V . (Dingle)
6 Marjorie Elizabeth McIntire Ralph A . and Ruth N . (Belcher)
8 Gordon Russell Pipe Gordan E . and Mary S . (S tone)
Parents
James A . and Lillian (Doucette)
Frank H . and Doris N . (Snowdon)
Horace E . and Mabel J. (Whalen)
Edwin L. and Ruth E . (Solomon)
Newton J . and Olive J . ( Rodgers)
George E . and Marguerite (Smith)
Paul A . and Marjorie N . (Forbes)
Theodore and Alice (Burgess)
John J . and Margaret C . (Reardon)
Edgar A. and Gladys (F oward )
Jeremiah J .and Margaret A . (Keefe)
Carl H . and Frances (Bronson)Harold J . and Pauline B. (Taft)
Joseph C . and Gladys S . (Raymond)
Louis F. and Ruth W. (Meade)
William V. and Marie 0 . (French)
Albert A . and Helen D . (Colby)
George A . and Hilda (McKenna)
George M . and Charlotte M . (O’
Con
nell)
Clarence J . and Mary I . (McManuis )
Serafinoand Alice (Kovalch ick)
Leon E . and Isabel A . (Renton )
Robert and Edith (Curley)
William G . and Grace L . (Atkins)
Leo T. and Helen (Cullen)
Virgil and Ida (Nutile)
Charles and Agnes (Shannon)
Dominic and Helen I . (Winter)
Joseph R . and Marjorie C . (Sullivan)
Aaron T. and Leilia (Ross)
James and“Viola (Southwick)
Edward and Margaret (W ixtead)
Francis J and Pauline F. (Dingle)
Date
RECORD OF BIRTHS 45
Name of Child
1 0 Mary Louise DeRenne
1 0 Richard James Dingle
10 George Wi lliam Wanamaker
1 1 Barbara Lee Anderson
13 Frederick Wil liam Miller
1 4 Judith Wh ittney Grant16 Stillbirth
16 Janet Evelyn Spiers
18 William Francis Burbine
19 Jane Ciarfella
19 Dorothy Anne Jones
1 9 Edward Francis Bird
20 Wayne Paul Lanzillo
20 Edward Francis Rhodes
21 Ralph Donald Lazzaro
31 Dorothy May O ’
Brien
4 Gail Leanor Weyland
7 Bryan Noble
8 David George Boucher
9 Mary Anderson
10 Robert Karle Cunningham
1 1 Helen Hannah Walker
12 Claudia Miriam Ryder
16 Alice Irene Malench ini
18 Doucette
19 Louise Rita Devita
20 Margaret Louise Pope
23 William Gerard Bowman
23 Margaret Grainger Scholl
23 Phyllis Lorraine T ecce
27 Stillbirth
28 Joseph Thomas Powers
2 Eleanor Muriel Jacques5 Susan Drew Blake
8 Albert Joseph Giles10 Robert Francis Haggerty
1 1 Barbara Joan Colucci1 1 Carole Ann Hughs
1 1 Kenneth Paul Mortimer12 John Haggerty13 Donald Philip Cotton1 4 Karl Reid
Thomas P. and El izabeth E . (Mc
Gowan)
Parents
Lawrence L . and Anna M . (S iedzik)
Joseph L. and Esther (Seeley )
Stephen J . and Helen (McCloud )
Albert G . and Helen (Willey)
Karl F. and Marguerite E . (Mead)
William D . and Evelyn M. (T recartin)
William L. and Edith T. (Craig)
Daniel F. and Phyllis (Pottle)
Vincent and Stella G . (Caterino)
Elmer R . and Janet G . (Spear )
Harry H . and Edna M . (Ayscough )
Ernest and Mildred R . (Saunders)
Ivan F. and Vera M . (Bickford)
Pasquale J . and Lucy J . (D éSardis)William A . and Lillian A . (Crosby)
Wendell V. and Helen L. (Bissett)
Herbert K . and Claudia. (Bryan)
Herbert J . and Essie (Hawkes)
Charles R. and Mary R . (Pica)
Paul K . and Margaret M. (Cundy)
Lloyd A . and Daisy K. (Wildman)
Claude M . and Miriam (Skul ley)
Aristide P and Mary I . (Robinson)
Louis T. and Alice A . (Boudreau )
Dominic A. and Anna E . (Marosca)
Raymond F. and Elizabeth V . (Elles)
Francis J.“
and Anne (Lennon)
Henry U . and Margaret J . (Grainger)
Louis and Cecelia (Gravellese)
T heodule and Muriel (Robbins)
Walter S. and Ruth M . (Drew)
Albert'
and Evelyn (Matson)Robert and Dorothy L . (Garvey)
Louis J . and Helen (Kozlowski)
James L. and Angela (Polito)
Rich ard P. and Patricia (Go'
odwin)
Thomas C . and Marion G . (Surrette)
Philip and Anna (Tapley)
George W ., Jr ., and Eunice A . (Lor
ins)
46 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Date Name of Child
1 5 Alan Reed Fairbanks
17 Frederic Valentine Larson
21 Stephanie Belle Binden
23 Shirley Doris Kondrup
Claudette Constance
Cucurullo
27 Frederick D eF eo
27 Sandra Gayle Farwell
29 Thomas Sullivan
30 F rank Russell Holt
2 Virginia Ann“ Robinson
4 Charles Davenport
5 Richard Merritt Quinn
5 Lorraine Subzda
8 Aletha Layton
Jacqueline Marie English9 James Arthur Crane
14 Dani el Cooney1 4 Vincent Paul Majeski
1 5 Lan'
ce Robert Newman
17 Stillbirth
17 Camille Louise Drinkwater
17 Gillespie
1 7 Ruth Elizabeth Muse1 9 David Fielding Lyons
1 9 Roberta Doris MacCaughey
20 Ann Bernadette Robbins
William Hardy Cottle, Jr .
21 David Harr is Hinckley
23 Janet ElaineNilsen
24 David Malcolm Taylor
27 Merelyn Carol Daniels
30 Sarah Elizabeth Lewis
Carol Ree'
d Crandall
31 Donald Crupi
2 Stillbirth
5 Sylvia Pauline Perkins Paul and Ethel (Povetkin)
8 Thomas Joseph Talbot , Jr . Thomas J . and Grace (Bower)
1 0 Barbara Ann W eadick James M . , Jr and Catherine J .
(Flowers)
1 1 Melbourne Joseph Doucette, Melbourne J . and Ann L. (Deveau)
Jr
1 1 Charlotte Anne LeBlanc Albert and Marguerite (Meuse)
Parents
Evan H. and Phyllis (Reed)
Eric V . and Florence I . (Hoag )
Alfred L. and Miriam (Harlow)
Georgei
W . and Ida E . (Dame)
Salvortore and Antoinette (Filli
pone)
Alfred and Lena (Devito )
Elliot C . and Carolyn M . (Bragdon)
Thomas W . and F lorence M . (Dou
cette)‘
Minard and Eleanor (Russell)
Herman L. and Lois J . (Hamilton)Louis B . and Margaret (MacInnis)Peter A . and Elsie E . (Potter)
Henry V . J . and Mary H . (Ferry)
Frank S . and Edna M . (Hawkes)
Frederick and Irene (Lilley)
Nathan~
J. and Helen W. (Carter)
Daniel R . and Katherine (Foley )
Vincent and Margaret (Walsh)
George D . and Marion E . (Labby)
Jeremiah and Florence (Waden)
Leo and Marion (Allison)
John L. and Silvia C . (White)
Ewert and Edith (Noyes)
Harold J . and Florence L. (Wilkes)
Joseph and Leona (Doucette)
William H . and Mary (Robbins)
David H . and Margaret 0 . (Murray)
Carl A . and Ruth L . (Powers)
Richard S . and Viola (Castle)
0 . Warren and Grace (Russell)
F rederick‘
W . and Mary -G . (Jenkins)
Kenneth R . and Myra E . (Newell)
Carmello and Rose (Pizzuto )
Date
Oct .
RECORD OF BIRTHS 47
Name of C h ild
1 1 Robert Francis Crowell
12 Ralph John Tropeano
Parents
Francis A . and Alberta I . (Mart in )
Ralph J. and Margaret (Doldt)
1 4 Geraldine VengenzeBenedetto Sabatino and F lorence M . (Powers)
1 4 Waldo Adams Phinney, Jr .
1 4 Helen Marie Raffael
1 5 Pearl Mary Landry
17 Margaret Ann E dmands
19 Janet Milstead Ring21 John Melanson
22 Lawrence Joseph Landry
24 Robert StirlingGerry25 Geraldine Lois Deveau
25 Beverly Ann Boivin
25 Barbara Jean Lepore
25 Betty Ann Lepore
26 Esther Doris Palmerino
26 Edward Dexter Barker
27 Edgar Stevens Cook, Jr .
27 E linor Joan Wenzel
29 Charles Lawrence Shea
30 Daniel Wayne Pinkney
2 Marjory Vera Harris4 Gail Elaine Bertholf
4 Cusato
6 John William Robbins
6 James Eaton Harris, Jr .
8 Raymond-Holbrook Orhen ,
Arni Gunnar Asg’
eirss
l
on
Polly Heyford Phillips
Eugene George“
Luce
Neal Lewis T ucker
Stillbirth
Paul Michael D eF elice
Constance Crocker
Charles James Clas sen
Richard Cedric Smith
James Louis Conley
Barbara Louise Windt
Waldo A . and Katherine A . (Stenti
ford)
John and Rose (Marsello)
Frank E . and Rose (Rosati)
Francis and Margaret 0 . (Gorman)
Percy L. and Jessie (Hawkins)
Walter G . and Alice E . (Surette )
Augustin and Chantal A . (D’
Entre
mont)
Frederick B . and Josephine (Flynn)
Henry T. and Josephine A . (Anto
nioli)
Harvey J . and Eleanor M . (Wyman)
Joseph and Anna :
(Cardillo)
Joseph and Anna (Cardillo)
Michael A. and Jean F. (Amerault )
Charles and,Florence (Keating)
Edgar and Elizabeth (D ay)
W illiam L. and Gertrude F.
Fadden)
Richard J . and Anna J. (Driscoll)Harold E . and Alice (Farley)
(Mc
Paul and Theresa (Nasella)
Alden C . and Esther C . (Gustafson)
John E . and Emily R . (Burke)
Olson E . and Ruth E . (Dodge)Arthur and C atherine (Coughlin )
Roy and Lillian (Meuse)
William E . and Astrid V . (Veholm)
Ralph J . and Ethel L. (Umstat )Ralph and Annie (Storti)
Joseph P . and Margaret (Gourlay)
James E . and Catherine W. (Clements)
Raymond H . and Gladys E . (De
Renne)‘Arni and Christine (Antonson)
Herbert I . and Marjorie (Selfridge)
George and Doris (Downs)
George and Edwina (Neal)
48
Date
Nov.
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Name of Child
3 Eleanor Alice Hanscom
4 Roberta Daly
6 Judith Merriss Campbell
7 Marilyn Ann Foss
9 John David Nolan
10 Frotton
1 2 Vincent Campanello
1 4 Stillbirth
1 5 Gladys Lorraine Hogg Charles P. and Marjorie (Morrison)1 7 Stillbirth
20 Mary Priscil la Stone Ward E . and Linda (Slack)
21 Stillbirth
21 Anthony Hazen
Ralph Lawrence Fredette
29E lizabeth Carter
29 Jean Marie Horake
30 -Louis Rosati
30 Ronald James McClelland
30 Peter Nelson Ober
2 Sara Jane Cook Charles W. and Marjorie (Rowe)4 Dorothy Louise DeF elice Nicholas L. and Louise V. (Babine)
4 George Alden Mohla George H. and Louise M. (Vinton)
4 C hristine El izabeth Seavey Murray A . and Astrid (Josephson)
8 Barbara Jean Cole Arthur G . and Fran ces M . (Burry)
8 Lorimer Allison Mackenzie, Lorimer A . and Della (Astle)
Jr
1 0 Lucille Mary DeAngelis
1 2 Jeanette Beverley Martino
14 David Al bert Spaulding
1 5 Geraldine Collins
1 5 Gerald Collins
1 5 Peter James Walsh
18 Graves
20 Bourque
21 Cynthia Rose Terravecchia
22 James Norman Frautten
25 Mills
26 Sandra Jean Marshall26 Robert Preston Royal
27 Kenneth Eugene Williams
27 Mary Louise DelRossi'
27 Edward Paul Haladay
Parents
Theodore R . and Dorothy J . (Shep
pard)
Paul a nd Theresa (Grawke)
Wendell P. and Louise (Peckham)
Benjamin; D . , Jr . , and Dorothy M .
(Eastman)John A. and Th eresa A . (Hennessy)
Maurice and Mary E . (Muse)
Vinzenzio and Rita (Meuse)
Holland W. and Veronia (Odell)
Joseph L. and Jeannette E . (Malon
son)
Forrest E . and Bessie E . (Temple)
Waldimar and T helma (Gray)William and Theresa (Foley)
James and Mac (White)
Walter N Jr . , and Emi ly J . (Chad
John and Josephine (Pizzuto)John and Evelyn (Chetwynde)
Albert J . and Leilia (Barstow)
Jacob and Elizabeth (White)
Jacob and Elizabeth (White)
Thomas A . and Eleanor (Humphrey)
Elmer and Leonore (Chandler)
Melbourne J . and Minnie (Landry)
Charles and Laura 1 . (Clarke)
Raymond J. and Alice F. (Meuse)
Bertram F. and Merida (White)
Earle O . and Ruth F. (Price)
Henry P . and Mabel (Kessler)
John and Helen (McDonnell )
John and Antonette (Petrecca)
Henry E. and Mary K . (LeBlanc)
50 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Date Place of Marriage Name
28 Wakefield Joseph Walter Babine
Marie Hermiline Cottreau
29 Lowell John David Maloney
Berenice Elizabeth Lyons
Apr . 3 Wakefield
4 Wakefield
16 Wakefield
17 Manchester, N .
18 Saugus
18 Wilmington
20 Wakefield
24 Haverhi ll
24 Melrose
25 Wakefield
25 Wakefield
May 1 Wakefield
2 Malden
5 Derry , N . H .
7 Wakefield
9 Wakefield
15Worcester
1 5 Boston
1 8 Wakefield
19 Salem , N . H .
Frank Edward Landry
Rose Rosati
Asa Osgood Pike, 3d
Doris Mary HarwoodWarren Irving Crosby
Ethel Sylvia Noyes
George E . MacKay
Ruth M . Newell
George Fred eric Riley, Jr .
Mildren Cecelia Walsh Wakefield
Wilson James Hier Center Barnstead, N . H .
Helen Katherine Contant Wakefield
Robert Norman Duffie Wakefield
Irma Marguerite O ’
Donnell Wakefield
James Vincent Collins Wakefield
Alexina JoSephine Morel Haverhill
Casimir Parolski
Marion F rances Foster
Walter Paul Kurkier
Louise Margaret Nardone
Earl Weston McDaniel
Lillian Mary Dingle
Luther Maxwell Howe
Edith Ann (Chellis) Howe
Norman GeorgeHiggins
Grace Thelma Orsini
Thomas L. Parsons
Helen F. Leonard
John Edward Sias
Dorothy Ruth Blair
Arthur Selwyn Plummer
Mildred Gertrude Moore
William James Graif
Esther Simcox Brodeur
Paul Waldron Perkins
Ethel Povetkin
James Francis Melonson
Dorothy Belle CurtisLewis J. Davis , Jr.
Thelma B . Smith
RECORD OF MARRIAGES 51
Date Place of Marriage
22 Wakefield
23 Wakefield
28 Wakefield
29 Salem, N . H .
29 Newton
30 Springfield
30 Wakefield
Wakefield
June 2 Wakefield
3 Wakefield
3 Winchester
5 Stoneham
5 Malden
5 Malden
5 Wakefield
5 Wakefield
6 Wakefield
8 Wakefield
1 0 Cambridge
12 Wakefield
13 Wakefield
15 Wakefield
1 6 Melrose
Name
James Willard Harnden
Thelma Mae Fogg
Louis E . Waitt , Jr .
Virginia Frances Evans
Franklin Osgood Brittan
Sara Eliza (Dewolf) SturgesSherman David Ell is
Josephine Mary Comeau
Thomas Aloysius Walsh
Eleanor Frances Humphrey
Walter Ralph Krupski
Mary Petrosky
Edward Harrington White
Mildred Catherine Doucette
David Bradley Stud ley Stoneham
Annie Agnes Campbell Stoneham
Donald Higgins Winchester
Eleanor Lillian White Wakefield
Donald McLellan Wakefield
Eugenia Rose Marion Sikora Wakefield
John Thomas Dyer Wakefield
Alice Frances Breagy Stoneham
Salvatore Paul Gesualdo WakefieldFannie S tevens Medford
Wallace Albert Homer Wakefield
Dorothy Fuller Janes Malden
John Hugo Gustafson Arlington
Esther Mae Peterson Wakefield
Samuel McLeod Brooks St . JOhnsbury, Vt .
Martha Louise,
Potter Wakefield
Leo Joseph Hurley Wakefield
Eleanor Devito Wakefield
Alfred Vincent Scipione Wakefield
Garriel Luenette Finney Wakefield
Harry'
Rathbun Jackson N.Y.
Harriet Elizabeth Ridlon Wakefield
Raymond William Hayward Lynnfield
Barbara Shirley Studley Lynnfield
William Edward Chase StonehamPalma Russo Wakefield
Joseph Eaton Wakefield
Mary Josephine Barry Wakefield
Kendall Parker Abbott WakefieldGrace Nielsen Roberts Wakefield
52
Date
July
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Place of Marriage
17 Stoneham
17 Wakefield
18 Wakefield
18 Wakefield
19 Lynn
20 Wakefield
20 Malden
20 Wakefield
25 Malden
26 Wakefield
26 Wakefield
26 Wakefield
27 Wakefield
27 Wakefield
27 Wakefield
27 Melrose
27 Quincy
30 Wakefield
1‘
Methuen
2 Wakefield
2 Wakefield
3 Salem, N . H.
Name
John Joseph Donovan
Elizabeth Landers Cas eyGeorge Arthur Hoyt
Henrietta Ann Bartnick
Albert Otis Crowell
Annie Eliza (Card) Grace
Lewis Nelson Hatch
Mary Pauline Besser
Leonard Franklin Wetherbee
Madelyn Rose Ashenden
Arthur Joseph Howes
Mary Doris Amiro
Nunzio Desantis
Elaine Jessie Berardi
Russell Paul Johnson
Frances Elizabeth White
David Parkhurst Dutton
Barbara Atwood Hobbs
Homer Bradford Lamprey
Marion Evelyn (Curry) CormierAlbert James Novello
Julia Ann Lan
Bertram Allison Wil kes
Johanna Catherine Foley
Warren Emery Brown
Julia Cecelia BilickiRoland Charest
Mildred Marion Porter
James Hashem
Florence Rita T iberi
John ReggieMuise
Margaret Frances Casey
Guy Thomas PasqualinoAnna Elinor Capone
George Taylor Payzant
Blanche Lamont Hallowell
Ralph BrooksS tantial
Dorothy Christina Kelloway
James Stephen Devine
Rosalie Marion Maliszewski
Theodore Wesley Guptill
Elena Mae Blankenbeckler
Robert Trafton
Lois Butters
Residence
Wakefield
Stoneham
Wakefield
Wakefield
Wakefield
North Reading
Wakefield
Melrose
Melrose
Wakefield
Stoneham
Wakefield
Wakefield
Malden
Stoneham
Wakefield
Wakefield
Malden
WakefieldWakefield
Date
Aug .
RECORD OF
Place of Marriage
3 Boston
4 Wakefield
4 Everett
1 1 Wakefield
1 1 Everett
15 Revere
17 Wakefield
17 Boston
17 Wakefield
24 Wakefield
24 Wakefield
25 W akefiel d
31 Wakefield
2 Wakefield
6 Wakefield
12 Wakefield
13
,
Wakefield
1 4 Wakefield
1 4 Wakefield
1 4 Wakefield
14 Wakefield
14 Melrose
MARRIAGES 53
Name
Paul Anthony Moccia
Helen Frances Butler
William Patrick McBride
Helen Marie Hanrahan
Stanley Rosati
Theresa Pione
Curt Ernest Nitsche
Mildred Bertha MacLeod
Robert Joseph White
Irene Bourque
Chester Brown , Jr.
Marion Joyce Bailey
John Jameson CaldwellJean Macdonald
Joseph Nicholas Contaldo
Anna Louise D eMa’
tteo
James Samuel George
Myrta Eliza (Bean) KnightHiram Forrester
”
Thomas
Carolyn Marquis Reams
Robert James TrimbleLillian Frances CarrJohn Dewey Maloney
Matilda Elizabeth Rich
William Francis S ullivan
Rose Ella Cahill
Henry Ludger Pottier Wakefield
Mary Elizabeth (Muise) Landry Wakefield
T h omas Weiss Leidy Reading, Pa.
Kathryn Bouvé DuttOnCharles Willis Darby Eas t Lansing, Mich .
Elizabeth Barbara Humphrey Wakefield
John T odd Cowles Burlington,Vt .
Viola -Maud Hovey Stoneham
George Augustus Buckle, Jr . Wakefield
Reba Ann Bliss Wakefield
Robert Joseph Deveau Malden
Corila Mary“
Seguin Wakefield
O scoe Edmund Gilman Newburyport
Marjorie Lowe MacDearmid Wakefield
Frederick Dexter Johnson Danvers
Laura Margaret Crosby WakefieldRichard Chester Johnson CambridgeMargaret Elizabeth uWhitehead Wakefield
54 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Date Place of Marriage
1 5 Wakefield
1 5 Wakefield
11 5 .Wakefield
19 Wakefield
21 Wakefield
21'
Wakefield
21 Lynnfield Centre
29 Medford
29 Dorchester
29 Everet t
Sept. 1 wakefield
4 South Lynnfield
5 Wakefield
5 Reading
6 Wakefield
1 1 Wakefield
1 1 Stoneham
1 1 Melrose
12 Wakefield
12 B oston
13 Wakefield
1 8 Stoneham
Name
Philip .Aime DuBois
Dorothy Mary Doucette
Earl Henry Perry
Marjorie LouiseMortimerJohn Edwin Surrette
Eleanor Mae O ’Brien
Carleton William Lewis
Marian Elizabeth Clary
John Butler
Blanche Madeleine Dufault
Reginald Packer Geer
Marion Griswold
Mark Chapman Wheeler
Lois Chase Huff
John Anthony Drinkwater
Celia Geraldinei
vardaro
Morris Arthur Miller
Dorothy Kassner
Joseph Palumbo
Mary Teresa King
Angelo Verrenzia Wakefield
Esther Phyllis (Davis) Kenvin Wakefield
George Henry Young Wakefield
Marjorie Eleanor Messer So. Lynnfield
John Hall Frizzell Wakefield
Charlotte Rita McPartland Wakefield
John Edward Roberts Wakefield
Rita Agnes Hubbard Wakefield
Joseph Raymond Veno Everett
Mildred Frances Brown Wakefield
Jerome Richardson Ipswich
ouise Sherman Wakefield
Francis Leighton Mitchell Smith Wakefield
Ruth Elizabeth Chapman Stoneham
Ralph Wesley Wilbur Melrose
Gwendolyn Holmes Kelloway Wakefield
Kenneth Joseph Berube Wakefield
Mary Catherine Ramsdell Wakefield
Francis Anthony Langone Boston
Margaret T erravech ia Wakefield
Charles Henry Linnell East Brewster
Elisabeth Owen Prescott Wakefield
Paul Kenneth Baker Wakefield
Marion Kendall Stoneham
Date
Oct .
RECORD OF MARRIAGES
Place of Marriage
22 Melrose
23 Wakefield
26 Wakefield
26 Wakefield
1 Wakefield
2 Wakefield
3 Wakefield
3 Wakefield
8 Melrose
8 Melrose
9 Reading
9 Wakefield
10 Wakefield
1 0 Wakefield
1 1 Wakefield
12 Hartford , Conn .
12Reading
1 4 Wakefield
1 6 Read ing
16 Cambridge
16 Boston
17 Reading
55
Name
Wilfred Lawrence Peat
Ruth Layden
Maurice Hugh O ’
connell
Edith Mae Richards
Leonard David Carroll
Agnes Louise Doucette ,
Michael John T ecce
Concetta Rassiccia
Harold Childs HOlden Boston
Ruth Leonor Scott Wakefield
Cyrus Tyzzer Cunningham Wakefield
Doris Louise Crouse WakefieldWilliam Francis McDonough Stoneham
Winifred Mary Monks WakefieldRoy Bartlett Wh iteman Wakefield
Anna Marie Anderson Wakefield
Owen Fremont Alley Wakefield
Gertrude Belinda Kelloway Wakefield
Clifton Edward Bain Wakefield
Mildred F ardon Nash MelroseAmbrose Francis Knowlton Reading
Madeline Phyllis Greer Wakefield
Henry William Lowe New York, N . Y .
Eleanor Hayes Wakefield
Roy Harold Hawkes Wakefield
Janet Emily Cunha Wakefield
Arthur Delbert LeF ave Wakefield
Doris Ruth Lewis Wakefield
Eric Erickson Malden
Dorothy Ruth Liljestrom Wakefield
Salvatore Giuliano Wakefield
AngelineMargaret Ferla Hartford,Conn .
Paul Walton Madden WakefieldAgnes Ma
'
rjorie Marshall Lawrence
Francis James Coflan Wakefield
Edith Child Miller Wakefield
Robert Ambrose Bowman,Jr . Wakefield
Gladys Cecelia F rottan Reading
Edward Amos Carlton . Somerville
Marion (Wells) Gammons Wakefield
Paul Clifford Hubble U:S . S . Vincennes
Sophie ‘Dunbeck Wakefield
John Nicholas Crosby Wakefield
Mae (Wells) Dunstan Wakefield
56
Date
NOV.
Dec .
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Place Of Marr iage
17 Reading
23 Malden
30 Wakefield
31 Wakefield
7 Brockton
7 Saugus
8 Melrose
1 1 Lynn
13 Franklin
1 4 East Boston
25 Dorchester
25Wakefield25 Wakefield25 Salem, N.
‘
H.
1 2 Wakefield
18 Malden
24 Reading
25 Wakefield
Vittorini
Wakefield
Name Residence
Alfred Richard . Guttadauro Wakefield
Katherine Frances Mccarthy Reading
Irving Jay Halperin Wakefield
ThelmaBurnim Wakefield
Edward Francis Ellis Wakefield
Mary Josephine Porter Malden
James Watt, Jr . Wakefield
Lillian May Ritchi e Montville, Conn .
William James O’
shinski Wakefield
Florence Phyllis Nutile Wakefield
Norman Oliver Hawkesworth
Dorothy Smith Field’
Joseph Russo
Mary Agnes McCadden
Frank Delbert Atwood
Joan Elizabeth Petronella
Edward Derwood Grant
Ada Alice Moore
Emile '
O liver LePage
Alice Rose Sansouci
George Henry Adams .
Dorothy Louise Abbott
James Francis Roberts
Bride Joy
Louis : Fine
Eve KesslerGaetano John GesualdoFilomena Anna Natola
Fernando Ildebrando Proia
Ernestine CuneoCharles Burton Robbins
Dorothy Celeste Doucette
F rancis Louis Ryder
Mary Frances Landry
Knute W . Youngdale
Isabella A . Scione
John Walter Muse
Lillian Emma Darling
Sebastiano CavalieriAlice Geselda (D iF rofio)
Andrew Angelo Zanni
Anne DominskyWilliam John Doucette
Ann GertrudeMuis
58 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Record of Deaths
Any errors or omissions noted in these records should be reported to
the Town Clerk at once .
Date of
Death Name Months
Jan . 1 E lizabeth E . Keady
2 Elmer Randall Hines
2 Emma F. Lambert
6 Ada Ward
7 Caroline J . Dowden
8 William Henry Hooper
9 George Francis Cox1 1 Cora Contant
13 Josephine Alberta Meekins McMaster
13 Margaret Isabella Gray
15 Kanchuga
20 Rosanna Frances Low
20 Mary Eva McDuffee
Annie E . Lenners
25 Buck O’Neil
29 Roselia Lucia Sawin
29 Mary McCarthy
30 Catherine M. Cameron
30 Anizie Lachance
4 Frederick A . Gerry
8 George Cassidy
9 Margaret R. Chandl er
17 Cornelius Hickey
18 Hilaire Bourdon
19 E dgar Henning Peterson
19 Annie M . Lane
20 Ruth Aageson
21 Frankl in Pierce Glynn
21 Louise Nelson Kennedy
22 Mary E . Ford
23 Stillbirth
24 David Joseph Winton26,Rebecca Reeves Richardson
26 Emma E . Peters
Mar . 1 Thomas W. O’Neil
1 Ann BlakieWhelpley
RECORD OF DEATHS
Date ofK
Death , Name
6 Bessie Waterman (Morrill
6 Roy Everett Braley
10 John Wittekind
13 Madaline'
Hubbard
13 George Eugene Vincens
14 Rebecca Stopper
1 4 Julius Appleton Jones
15 Peter Burgess Muni er
20 George S ederquest
22 Campbell Daniel Hines
23 Adelaide W. Boynton
24 LOuis F rederic Greene
Fred G . Mitchell
Charles August Johnson
Mary A . Sweeney
Katherine Elizabeth Meyer
John E. Sullivan
Everett Foster
Margaret E . Walsh
Clara Petrillo
Gustave Bernard Keander
Martha Jane Evans
William Henry Landers
William E . Muse
Andrew S . McKinney
Oliver T avallee
John James Regan
1 Vincenzo Buciachio
3 Katherine Killian5,
Carrie Aloha Fall
5 Paul Haladej7 James Collins
8 William E . MacDonnell
16 Stillbirth
16 Charles D . Hall
19 Martha Ann’
Iveson
20 William Mulligan
29 Mary T. Brown
31 Camilla Hooper
June 2 Jennie A . Bentz
7 Charles W . Sunman
7 Mary T heresa Killorin
59
60 TOWN OF WAKEF IELD
Date of
Death Name
9 Rosalie Blanchard
1 0 Arthur Sellers14 Herbert E . Stockbridge
19 Orrin Douglas Howlett
1 9 Isabel Gertrude Flint
20 Dora A . Burnh am Proia
22Wilhelmina A . Ohman
22 Milledge Elliott
24 S arah Ann Farrington
25 Mary Helen Foster
27 Stillbirth
28 Ann Louise ( Stanley
29 Julia A . Lewis
Mary T. Sliney
Louis Anderson
William F. Bowman , Sr.
Walter Grosvenor Rockwood
Harry Edward T rue
William H. Smith
Hal lie M. Gatchell
Mary Frances CorcoranMariette C . Kingma'
n
Edith Lorraine CareyJames F. Zappala
Levi Flanders
Elizabeth Th ompson
Mary Robinson
Henry Fay
Nellie Elizabeth Sweetser
Amanda F. Jordan
De F eo
6 George A . Sheehy
6 Arthur Gould~
Walton10 Thomas I . Paon
1 0 Agnes Harrison Meeks
1 1 Nunziata De Feo
12 Jennie M. Schloesser
17 Stillbirth
17 Gillespie 20 mins.
17 William H . Foster
17 Charles Davenport18 I dora P. Roulston
18 Elmer Winfield Cayting
RECORD OF DEATHS
DateofDeath Name
NOV.
26 Elizabeth Brown Porter
26 Frank Arnyntas Fuller
2 Stillbirth
2 Clara Stevens
2 Hedley Vickers Reynolds
4 Katherine Wilkinson7 Mary Alice Cate8 Virginia Susan Phinney
1 0 Emma J. McKennon
23 Jean Elizabeth Moses
24
25 Cora E. Catline
28 Katherine Ath erton29 Annie Barratt Davis
1 Emilie, E. Taylor
2 James Joseph Chambers
5 Agavni Kazanjian6 Frank D . Martin
6 Mary Terese Deveney
8 Elizabeth Wells
10 Harriette Gertrude Eastman
13 William H. Gardner
1 4 John Climo~ 18 Ph oebe A . Hudson
20
22 Wilbur Chandler Crocker22 Emilie Wh ite28 Pearl M. Landry28 Ernest Batchelder Lamprey30 D r . Oswald A . Parker
2 Wil liam H. Jarvis
4 Marie (Hansen) Anderson
10 Mary A. Butler
1 1 Donald Greene
14 Richard O ’Hara
14 John MacKirdy14 Stil lborn
16 Carrie Blanchard Purdy
17 Stillborn
17 Vito Paglia
20 Cora Martha Winkler21 Stillborn
Years
84
78
Months
10
61
Days
4
62 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Date of
Death Name
21 Katherine E . Caughlin
22 Lydia Frances Seip
24 Margaret B . Ward“24 Harold H. Brownson
29 Fred Wentworth
2 John Loring Crane
2 Walter Scott Hall
2 Mary Jane Chapman
3 James A . Coleman
7 Mary Stringer
9 Frances Palmerino
9 Pasquale Carosella
10 Effie Lyndia Heustis
1 2 David W. Muse
13 Rose E . Coombs14 Annie Finneran
17 Catherine A . Coyne
1 8 Abbie Gates Lewis
18 Louise Higgins Brown
21 Alice B . Foster
21 Warren Arthur Robbins
23 Elizabeth Bisacre
24 Sarah W. Bent
26
26 Charles 1 . Herbert
Years
74
96
68
83
69
Months Days
29
1 7
'
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
DogLicenses
Number of Licenses i ssued
Tax on 670 Males at
Tax 93 Females at
Tax on 226 Spayed Females at
Deduct Clerk’s Fees
Paid Town Treasurer
Hunting and Fishing Licenses
Number of Licenses issued
Resident Citizen Fishing— 1 03 at $2 00
Resident Citizen Hunting— 156 at
Resident Citizen Sporting— 47 at
Resident Citizen Minor and Female Fishing— 28
Resident Citizen Minor Trapping— 1 at
Resident Citizen Trapping— 4 at
Non-resident Fishing , special— 1 at
Duplicate Licenses— 2 at
Resident Citizen Sporting— 25 Free
Deduct Clerk’s Fees
Paid Division F isheries and Game
FREDERIC S . HARTSHORNE ,~
Town Clerk .
63
64 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Report of Selectmen
To the Citizens of the Town of Wakefield :
We herewith respectfully submit . the annual report of the Board of
Selectmen for the year ending December together with the reports
of the several departments under our control or supervision.
ORGANI ZATIONThe Board consisting of George J . Evans, Donald White , William
Blanchard,Charles F. Young and V. Richard Fazio organized March 9, 1937
by.electing George J.
‘Evans , Chairman and Charles F. Young , Secretary.
Charles C . Cox was appointed Clerk.
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
Highway Department— George J .Evans.
W. P . A .—
,Geoi'ge J . Evans.
Fire Department— Ch arles F. Young .
Police Department— Donald White.
Town Hall— William Blanchard .
Moth Department— William Blanchard.
Cominittee on T raffic— Donald White .
APPOINTMENTS
Town Counsel— Maynard E . S. Clemons.
Superintendent of Streets— Harry H. Denning.
Janitor Of Town Hall— James J . Logan.
Night Janitor of Town Hall— Thomas E . Giles.
Fire Inspector— Fred D . Graham .
Wire Inspector— Fred D . Graham .
Registrar of Voters, 3 years— Fred E . Bunker.
Inspector of Animals— George A . Bennett .
D og Ofii cer— George A . Bennett.
Burial Agent— John Findlay, Jr.
Agent,Care of Soldiers’ Graves— John Findlay , Jr .
Soldiers’ Relief Agent— John Findlay, Jr.
Board of Appeal for Three Years— A. Francis Harrington .
Lock-Up Keeper— Eugene P . McDonnell , March- June, John G . Gates,
June -December.Inspector of Buildings— Joseph W. MacInnis.
Compensation Agent— Joseph W. MacInnis .
Moth Superintendent— John A . Landry.
Forest Warden— Fwd D . Graham.
66 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
ment , the laying of water pipes on Strathmore and Outlook Roads,the pre
casting of feet of curb , and the laying of feet of curb and
feet of concrete sidewalk . Much work was also done on Moulton Play
ground, the Forest Glade Cemetery and on other smaller projects which will
be mentioned in the report of the W. P . A . administrator .
Although the road and sidewalk construction under the W . P . A . in
creased the work, both 'in regard to supervision and the use of equipment ,of the Highway Department, that department completed t he work planned
for the year . Crescent Street was rebuilt its entire length and about 700
feet of Pleasant Street was resurfaced . A section of P rospect Street was
widened and a new. sidewalk was laid on Chestnut Street from Main
Street to'
North Avenue . With the help of the State and County , as pro
vided under Chapter 90 of the General Laws, about 1 000 feet of Salem
Street was resurfaced and Vernon Street was resurfaced from Cordis Street
north feet, the surface drainage being put in to the Lynnfield line .
The repairing of the exterior of the Town Hall and the installation of a
new boiler by the Selectmen and the extensive construction of sewers by
the Water and Sewerage Department, particularly on Greenwood Street
and Cordis Street, added to the permanent construction of the year .
The reorganization of the Police Department which was started last
year was continued. Sergeant George B . D eRoch e was appointed a lieuten
ant in February and examinations were held to fill the position of sergeant .
On recommendation of Chief Gates the department regulations werechanged so that the superior officers shall consist of a chief
,a lieutenant ,
and two sergeants.On November 2, Officers John M . Wenzel and Walter
E . Peterson were raised to the rank of sergeant .
Early in the year it became necessary to remove one of the patrolmen
from the“
force and this was done in accordance with the regulations of theCivil Service Department . On August another vacancy was caused
by the retirement of Officer James McF adden after fifty years of service on
the Wakefield Police Force . These vacancies were filled on November 2
by the promotion of Eugene Hathaway and Winslow Smith from the re
serve force to the position of regular patrolmen and the appointment of
Harold J . Maloney and John F. Mahoney to the reserve lis t .
The customary good work of the Fire Department was again endanger
ed by the age of certain pieces of its apparatus. The White truck now be
ing used is a 1917 touring car rebuilt into a fire truck in 1920 and it should
be replaced as soon as possible .
Vacancies occurring in various town boards during the year resulted
in joint meetings of the respective boards with the Selectmen and the ap
pointment of William Jones to the School Committee , John W. MacGillvary
to the Park and Cemetery Board and Thomas Powers to the Recreation
Committee.Further appointments were made , in accordance with the
Town ’
s acceptance of an act providing for a contributory retirement system ,
when James M. Henderson ,Charles C . Cox and Leonard H . D eMarco were
appointed as a Retirement Board .
REPORT OF SELECTMEN 67
The increase in the cost of living during the spring and summer and the
possibility that the Town ’
s financial condition had improved brought about
an increas e for the employees of the town departments under the control
of the Selectmen .
'
On December 1 the ten per cent cut from the‘
employees’
salaries in‘
1 932 was“
returned and certain other salary adjustments were
made in order that the wage schedules be more equitable .
In closing this report the Selectmen would like to recommend to the
people of Wakefield that they purchase a new 750 - gallon pump for the F ire
Department to replace the White truck now being used .
The Selectmen were greatly aided during the year by the excellent work
of their agents and by the constant cc—operation'
of the other town boards,
and to them they wish to extend their thanks.
GEORGE J . EVANS
DONALD WHITE
CHARLES F. YOUNGWILLIAM BLANCHARD
V . RICHARD FAZIO
Selectmen .
68
Report of Chief of Police
January 1 st , 1 938 .
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen
I have the honor to submit to your Honorable Board, the report of the
doings of the Police Department for the year ending D ecember 31 , 1 937
Number of arrests
Number of arrests on warrants
Number of arrests without warr ants
Number of arrests on capias
Number of arrests on default warrants
Number of summons served
Males
Females
Residents
Non-Residents
FOR THE FOLLOWING CRIMES, VIS
Adul tery
Arrested for other omcersAssault and Battery
Automobile Laws, Violations of
Operating under the infl uence of liquor
Operating so as to endanger
Operating after revocation of license
Operating without registration certificateOperating without being licensed so to do
Operating Speeding
Operating— Failing to slow down at intersection
Causing property damage
Failing to stop on signal of an officer
Improper brakes
Improper equipment
Mechanical signal , not stopping
Not keeping to the right of way
Using without authority
Unregistered car
Breaking, entering and larceny in night time
Breaking, entering in the night time with intent to commit larceny
Breaking , entering in the day time with intent to commit larceny
Collecting junk without a licenseDog law, violation of
Drunkenness
REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE
Escaped from Danvers State Hospital
Evading taxi fare
Fish and Game Law, violation of
Fornication
Gaming
Gaming , being present
Glass, throwing in the’
street
Indecent exposure
Insane
Illegitimacy
Larceny
Larceny , attempt to commit
Leased property, concealing
Lottery tickets in possession
Liquor Law, keeping and exposing
Maintaining a gaming device
Malicious mischief
Non- support
Probation , violation of
Promoting a lottery
Receiving stolen property
Robbery, armed
Robbery, unarmed
Runaway boys
Safe keeping
Stubborn child
Suspicious persons
Truancy
Vagrancy
Wilfully and maliciously injuring a town property
HOW DISPOSED OFAppealed
Continued
Concord ReformatoryfDelivered to other omcersDischarged
D ismissed
Defaulted
Fines imposed
House of CorrectionGrand Jury
Insane Hospital
Lyman School
Middlesex T raining SchoolPlaced on file
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Probation
Released
RestitutionShirley School
State Farm
State 1Dept . of Public Welfare
State Prison
Suspended sentence to House of Correction
AMOUNT T HE COURT
Total
MI SCELLANEOUS REPORT
Amount of stolen property recovered
Amount of lost property recovered
Amount of property left outside of stores and cared for
Accidents reported
Bicycles found
Bicycles brought in‘
for no lights
Buildings found open and secured
Broken wires reported
Complaints and cases investigated
D etail for public assemblages
Detail for private assemblages
Defects in streets and sidewalks reported
Defects in hydrants reported
Defects in water pipes reported
Dogs“killed
Dead bodies cared for
Electric light poles blown down and reported
Fires discovered and alarm given
F ires discovered and extinguished without alarm
Fences blowndown and reportedLost children cared for
Lost dogs found and returned to owners
Lanterns put in dangerous places
FINES IMPOSED
REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE 71
Liquor search warrants served
Medical Examiner cases
Obstructions removed from streets
Officers at fires
Persons reported as missing 45
Posting"
notices 24
Runaway boys cared for 5
Runaway girls cared for 1
Search Warrants Served— for gaming 4
Search warrants served— for stolen property 3
Serious sickness signs put out 19
Sick and disabled persons assisted 28
Stray cow cared for 1
Street lights not burning and reported 41 4
Wires burning trees and report ed 1
Water running to waste and reported 9
Legal papers served for out of town Police D epts . during the year 196
Duty calls for the year
Ambulance calls 234
Miles covered by ambulance
Miles covered by Ford cruising car
Miles covered by Chevrolet carMiles covered by motorcycle 100
Money collected at office for fines imposed by the courtMoney collected at Office for non - support
Money collected at office for restitution
Money collected for revolver permits issued
During the past year some changes have been made within the depart
ment . On February 1 6, Sergeant George B . D eRoche was appointed a
Lieutenant of Police . This appointment became effective’
on March 1,1937.
On August”
1 5 , 1 937, Patrolman James A. McF adden , after having served
the town as a police officer since May 1,1888 with h onor, courage and
honesty, retired on pension .
On November 2, the Board of Selectmen ,upon my recommendation
,
voted to Change the number of sergeants in,
the department from one to
two and section one of the Rul es.and Regulations of the -Department was
changed to comply with theyote .
On November 2, Patiolmen John M . Wenzel and Water E . Peterson
were appointed Sergeants . These appointments became effective- f on De
cember 1,1937.
On November 2, 1937, Officers Eugene F. Hathaway and ‘Winslow R .
Smith were appointed fromthe reserve list to regular —patrolmen to fill va
cancies in the department . These appointments became effective D '
ecemw
ber 1 1
On November 2, John F. Mahoney and Harold J . Maloney were ap
pointed reserve ofiicers to fill vacancies. These appointments became ef
fectiveDecember 1 , 1937.
72 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
During the year the cruising car has been equipped with radio whereby
officers in the car not only receive messages sent to them from the office by .
way of the Arlington police radio but are able to talk by means of th e
radio in the car to our station at all times.
Th is means of communication with the station has proved to be very
efficient and reliable and during the year it has proven its worth in several
instances.
DISCIPLINE
During the year one offi cer was dismissed from the department and
one officer was d isciplined for violations of the rules and regulations gov
erning the department .
RECOMMENDATIONS
I recommend the sum of for the installation of the teletypesystem , this being necessary owing to the fact that theNew England Tele
phone Company has increased the price on the private line to the Arlington
police radio and I had it taken out .
I recommend the sum of for the purpose Of purchasing a camera
and finger print equipment and the furnishing of quarters for'
the main
tenance of the same
CONCLUSION
In closing this report I wish to extend my sincere thanks to the Hon
orable Board of Selectmen for the interest and co- operation manifested by
each of them in all matters pertaining to this department during the
past year ; also to Mr . Donald Whi te for his hearty co- Operation , advice
and time‘
given during the year as Committee on Police .
To the various town departments who have assisted and co- operated
with the Police Department in various ways during the year and to each
and every p erson who has in any way assisted this department , my thanks .
I want also to extend my Sincere thanks to Dr . Curtis L. Sopher for h is
manifested interest in the department and for the many favors he has done
for it dur ing the past year.
I wish to extend my sincere thanks to the Lieutenant, Sergeants and all
members of the department for their hearty co- operation and their faithful
discharge of their duties.
Respectful ly submitted,
JOHN G . GATES ,
Chief of Police
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I s equipped with centrifugal type pump , 1350 ft . of - inch hose , 200
ft . of - in0h hose for booster line, 80- gallon water tank , cellar pipe ,
salvage covers, smoke mask, ladders, and other necessary equipment .
In urging the replacement of CombinationNo . 1 , I feel that this piece
of apparatus no longer can be relied upon to perform the many emergencycalls towhich it is put dur ing a year .
I wish to call to your attention the condition of the heater in the
Central Fire Station . This is a tubular type heater which was installed
in 1900 , when the station was built . In the past few years the shell“
has
been patched three times and tubes renewed . Boiler inspect ors have
advised that this heater be replaced .
During'
the year the department has responded to 354 alarms divided
as follows : 75 box alarms, and 279 still alarms.
Estimate of property endangered
Loss on same
Insurance on same
Insurance paid on same
Transit value
Transit loss
CONCLUSION
In closing this report I wish to extend my sincere thanks to the
Honorable Board of Selectmen for the interest and co- Operation mani
fested by them in all matters pertaining to this department .
To Mr . . Charles F. Young for h is hearty co- operation and interest
during the past year on matters pertaining to this department as Com
mittee on Fire Department .
To the various other Town Departments who have rendered valuable
assistance b y their ,hearty co- operation with this department during the
past year .
T o the officers and members of the Fire Department for the prompt
and faithful discharge of their duties , my sincere thanks are also due .
To D r . Curtis L. Sopher , Department Physician , my sincere thanks
for the interest shown and the valuable aid given to members of th is
department who were injured in the line of duty .
i’
Respectfully submitted ,
CHIEF FRED D . GRAHAM ,
Chief of Fire Department .
This year has seen the passing away of two loyal members .of this
department .
On March 20, Captain George Sederquest passed away following a
brief illness.
Captain Sederquest was appointed a call -man in June , 1 901 , and
assigned to the Ladder Company.
In April of 1918 he was appointed to the permanent force .
When the two-platoon system went into effect Mr . Sederquest was
promoted to the r ank of Lieutenant .
REPORT OF CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT 75
December 1 935, Lieut . Sederquest was promoted to a Captaincy and
served as such until h is death .
The Fire Department has lost a loyal and efficient officer .
Death claimed another member of the department on July 1 9,when
Henry Fay passed to h is reward, following a short illness .
Mr . Fay was the oldest active member of the Fire Department with
an enviable record dating back to June , 1 876, when he became a memberof the old Cyrus Wakefield Company .
In 1881 he was transferred to the Yale .
On June 2, 1884 , he was assigned to the Chemical .
In May, 1 885 , he was transferred to the Carter Hose Company , where
he served as Lieutenant for three years and Captain for one year in 1 891 .
On November 1 6, 1906, Mr . Fay was transferred to the Steamer Com
pany and with the abolition of the steam fire engines he was assigned to
the motorized Engine Company No . 1, serving with this company until
his death .
Mr . Fay also acted as observer at the Hart ’s Hill forest fire tower
for several years.
GEORGE SEDERQUE ST HENRY FAY1 901 1 937 1 876 1937
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Report of Forest Warden
Wakefield , Mass , January 1 , 1938 .
To the. Honorable Board of Selectmen
Gentlemen
During the past year there was a total of 209 woods and grass fires.
Respectfully submitted,
CHIEF FRED D . GRAHAM,
Forest Warden .
Report of Inspector of Wires
Wakefield, Mass , January 1 , 1938 .
To the Honorable Board of
Gentlemen
I herewith submit my Annual Report as Inspector of Wires in com
pliance with the vote of the Town,1922.
There was a total of 387 inspections made . All defects found were
made‘to conformwith the National Code.
Respectfully submitted,
CHIEF FRED D . GRAHAM,
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS 77
Report of Superintendent of Streets
January 20, 1938
T o the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Wakefield , Massachusetts.
Gentlemen
I respectfully submit theannual report of the work done and the
expense incurred in theHighway Department for the year ending December31 , 1937.
Appropriation— March
Gasoline T ax Refund
Expenditures
Balance 35
Receipts
N . E . Road Machinery Co.— Sale of Second
hand Snow Blows
Louis Levineu - Sale of JunkDavid F einburg Company— Sale of JunkPreferred Accident Insurance Co.
— Settlement
of ClaimW. E. Wilkinson— S ale of Second - hand Snow
Plow
A. M . Storeker— Sale of Second-hand Asphalt
Tank
John Orsini— Sale of Second-hand TruckLumbermen’
s Casualty Co.— Settlement of Claim
Boston Maine Railroad— Use of Roller
Carl O rdway— Sale of Second-hand Dump Body
Jessie Harrison— Sale of Tar
Mr. O’
Neill— Sale of Junk
Overhead
Salary of Superintendent
T imekeeper and General Assistant
Clerkomce
78 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
General Maintenance
Patrol
Patching
Tar and Sand
Street Cleaning
Repairs to Guard Rail
Repairs to Sidewalks
Repairs to Equipment
Resurfacing and Repairs
Supplies
New Guard Rai l
Cleaning Catchbasins
Street Signs
Traffic Lines
New Tools
Miscellaneous
Buildings
WPA
Saturday Afternoons
Holidays
Vacations
Drainage
Snow and Ice
Rebuilding
New Equipment
Sidewalks
Removal of Ashes
Gravel and Dust
Cement
Lawns
Curb
Stone Bounds
Asphalt
Resetting Curb
Retaining Walls
GENERAL MAINTENANCE
Pa trol— The cleaning of the business sections of the town daily by
one man .
T ar and Sand— The following streets, approximately nine (9) miles ,
received surface treatment .
Avon Street— entire 1400’
Bancroft Avenue— 500
Brook Street— entire 2800'
REPORT O F SUPERINTENDENT O F STREETS 79
Byron Street— Albion Street to Gould Street— 650
Cedar Street— uAuburn Street to Chestnut Street— 200
Church Street— entire 2000'
Clarina Street— entire 300'
Columbia Road— entire 500’
Cooper Street— Grove Street to Main Street — 250
Cottage Street— entire 450’
Crystal Street — entire 750 ’
Elm Street - Brook Street 500 ’ east
Elm S treet— Prospect Street 400'north
Emerald Street— entire 600’
Evergreen Street— entire 300 ’
Farm Street — Woodville School to Nahant Street— 1 000
Greenwood Street — Crystal Street 400' south
Grove Street— Hanson Street to Cooper Street- 350
Hawthorne Street— entire 500 ’
Highland Street— entire 550 ’
Lafayette Street— entire 1 000 ’
Lakeside Avenue— entire 1 50 ’
Laurel Street— entire 700 ’
Main Street— Crescent Street to Church Street— west gutter 500 ’
Meriam Street— entire 1700’
Melvin Street— Richardson Street to Bennett Street— 400
Morrison Avenue— entire 400 ’
Morrison Road— Park Avenue to Morrison Avenue— 300
Nahant Street— entire 8300 ’
North Avenue— Winn Street 1 400 ’ south
Park Avenue— entire 1 600 ’
Parker Road— Prospect Street to E lm Street— 2300
Pearl Street— entire 850
Pitman Avenue— entire 1000
Prospect Street— Cedar Street to Sheffield Road— 2800'
Prospect Street— Morrison Road West to Hopkins Street— 600
Richardson Street— Melvin Street to Wakefield Avenue— 600
Salem Street— Pleasant Street to Vernon Street— 700
Salem Street— Vernon Street to New Salem Street— 72950"
Sheffield Road— entire '1 200'
Spring Street — Stoneham line— 600 south
Spring Street — Greenwood Street — 300 west
Stedman Street— Clarina Street to Dell Avenue— 250Yale Avenue— entire 1 400
'
Winn Street— Railroad to North Avenue— 300
The cost : Labor
Trucks
Material
80 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Repairs to Equipment — The following is a list of equipment ,
money spent to keep same .in repair which includes both,
material
Plymouth Coupe, 1937
Dodge Pick-up, 1 937
Mack Truck, 1 925Dodge Truck, 1934
Dodge Truck, 1935
Chevrolet Truck, 1 935 (Used by WPA)
Ford Truck 1 Ton 1928
Ford Truck 1 Ton (Used by WPA)
Ford Delivery Sedan, 1929
Plymouth Sedan, 1933
Dodge Truck, 1936
Derrick
Jack
Crusher (Motor, Plant)
Shovel -yard Marion
Gas Roller 6 Ton, . 1929
Gas Roller 14 Ton, 1931
Spraying Machine
Best Tractor 5 Ton, 1927
Stone Spreader
Cement Mixer, 1932
Hone
Graders, 1921 and 1 928
C old Patch Mixer, 1928
Holt Tractor 2 Ton , 1925
Hauck Torch
Cletrac 2 Ton, 1935
Cletrac 2 T on, 1936
Cletrac 2 Ton, 1 937
Fordson
Repairs to Tools
Acetylene , Oxygen
Grindstone
Resurfacing and Repairs— The following streets were scarified , resh aped
with gravel,rolled
,
’
given two coats of tar and sanded .
Vernon Street— Cordis Street to Lowell Street
Montrose Avenue— sections where WPA eliminated a dangerous
curve
Melvin Street— Water Street to Richardson Street , in conjunctionwith the building of concrete curb and sidewalk by WPA
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
WPA— Such highway equipment as could be spared was used on
Government projects and no rental charged The operators of the equipment such as mechanic, shovel operator , roller operator , truck drivers ,
etc .,were paid from the highway appropriation , and this year amounted
to
DRAINAGE
Surface drains laid
Size
Location and Type
Laurel Street at Meriam St . 1 2 r . c .
Myrtle Avenue at Gladstone St . 12"r . c .
Water Street— east of Valley St . 6"v. c .
Aborn Avenue’
at Pleasant St . 12” r . 0 .
Jordan Avenue— Fox Rd . to Walter Ave . 12” r. 0 .
Salem Street — west of Vernon S t . 12” r . 0 .
Forest Street 6” corr .
Prospect Street — west of High St .
Main Street— near Cooper St .
Main Street at Greenwood Ave .
Green Street at Oak St .
Fitch Court 1 2 r . c .
Melvin Street— Water St . to Rich ’
son St . 12"r . c .
Stedman Street 12” r . c .
Madison Avenue 24”r. c .
In addition, leaves and debris on tom of catchbasins were cleaned
and culverts cleared during and after rain storms.
The cost on the above work was as follows :
Labor
Trucks
Material
REBU ILD ING
Pleasant Street (Vernon Street to Otis Street) 450’ x 24'
(Pearl Street to Salem Street) 225'x 24 ’
T he rebuilding of these two sections of roadway accomplished this
year makes a continuous stretch now from Vernon Street to Salem Street .
The old surface , with rather steep gutters was sscarified , reshaped with
REPORT OF SUPERINT ENDENT OF STREETS 83
gravel, rolled , and thensurfaced with 3 of crushed stone and penetrated
with asphalt .
T he cost of the abovewas as follows
Labor
Material
3
Crescent Street (Water Street to Main Street) 1 575 ’ x 24’ to 32’ wide .
Th is irnportant artery has been in need of permanent construction
for many years. The old surface'
w as broken up and reshaped to a better
cross section , rolled and crushed stone,penetrated with asphalt . One
inch bituminous concrete type “I” was laid on top -for a finish course .
This type of road surface is gaining favor , particularly on residential
streets, _as it helps to reduce noise of passing cars, is easier to keep clean ,
and to make surface repairs due to other public utilities . A portion
(60' x 1 1
’ wide) of the cement apron in front of the Fire Station was
broken out and raised with new concrete, thereby improving the entrance .
During construction, applications for curb were received , and with
your approval , 274 linear feet of concrete curb were placed . In order to
prevent surface water from running on private land , it was necessary to
rebuild 270 linear feet of asphalt walk with 65 linear feet of granite
retaining wall .The cost
'
of the above was as follows
Labor
T rucks
Material
e
NEW EQUIPMENT
1 T wo- ton C letrac with Plow
1 Two- ton Dodge Dump T ruck
1 One-half ton Dodge Truck
1 Burch Stone Spreader
1 Second-h and Plymouth Sedan
1“
Blade Plow
SIDEWALKSIn thi s year’s budget was the rebuilding of the asphalt sidewalk on
the south side of Chestnut Street , between Main Street and North AvenueEight hundred eighty linear feet of asphalt sidewalk were built, and 526
linear feet of concrete curb were laid .
T he northwest corner of Wakefield‘
Avenue at Water Street was re
built with new granite curb and cement sidewalk in accordance with the
new layout by the County CommiSsionersZ
84 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Also included in this year’
s budget was the installation of 269 linear
feet of granite curb for five abutters on Stedman Street .
The cost of sidewalk work for the year was :
CHAPTER 90’
WORK
This year we resurfaced Vernon Street from a point about 200 feet
south of Cordis Street to about Foster’
s Lane , a d istanceof 2350 l inearfeet x 30 feet wide, type
“1” construction, including the very large inter
section at Lowell Street . Surface drainage was installed to the town line .
Fibre ducts were laid at the intersection of Lowell Street for electric wires
to proposed islands . that will be required in the future .
Appropriation by Town 3
Allotment from State
Allotment from County
T Otal AllotmentExpended
Balance
Balance from 19360
Expended on Account
Balance
The reconstruction of Salem Street was continued fromwhere weleft off in 1 936 for a distance of 525 linear feet
‘
x 30 feet wide. The old
surface of bituminous macadam , about 20 feet wide , was saved and
widened on both sides with crushed stone , and then the entire surface
was topped with bituminous concrete . Surface drainage was installed
prior to resurfacing .
Appropriation by Town
Allotment from State
Allotment from County
Total Allotment
Expended
Balance
Balance from 1 936
Expended on Account
Balance 35
REPORT OF , SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS 85
Chapter 90 Maintenance— T he following streets received surface treat
ment of tar or asphalt :
Water Street— from Melvin St . to Saugus line
Salem Street— Charles St . to Lynnfield line
Lowell Street— Main St . to Reading line
Albion Street— Byron St . to Stoneham line
Main Street— Salem Street to White Avenue— ou east side , was
excavated , and crushed stone laid to the curb line, and asphalted .
Main Street— Forest Street to Melrose line— g utters on both sides were
excavated and surfaced with pre-mix asphalt type “E” to the new concrete
curbings installed by WPA .
Iron rail fence On Main Street, guard rail posts on Lowell Street andNew Salem Street were painted .
Appropriation by Town
Allotment from State
Allotment from County
Total Allotment
Expended
Balance
During the past few years, the department has“
availed itself Of every
opportunity to employ welfare labor in departmental activities in orderto effect possible savings in current appropriations. The value of the
labor received from the Welfare Department on the basis of per
eight-hour day for the year 1 937, amounted to and was dis ~
tributed as follows :
Patching
Tar and Sand
Street CleaningGuard Rail
Sidewalks1.
Grass Plots and Removing Paper
Snow and Ice
Build ings
Snow Fence
DrainageRebuilding
Traffic Lines
Resurfacing and Repairs (Widening of
Streets)
WPA
86 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
The value of the labor received from the Soldiers’ Relief Department
on the bas is of per eight-hour day, for the year 1 937, amounted to
and was distributed as follows
Patching
Tar and Sand
Street Cleaning
Drainage
Street Signs
Grass Plots and Removing Paper
Snow and Ice
WPA
Removal of Ashes
Buildings
T rafi c Lines
Sidewalks
Guard Rail
Repairing Equipment
Rebuilding
Repairs to Tools
Resurfacing and Repairs (Widening of
Streets)
Snow Fence
Respectfully submitted ,
HARRY H . DENNING,
Superintendent of Streets .
Report of Supt. of Moth Dept.
Wakefield,Mass , January 1 , 1 938 .
T o the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Gentlemen
I herewith .submit my report as Superintendent of t h e Moth and Tree
Departments for the year ending December 31 , 1 937.
We have found that the Satin Moth and the Brown Tail Moth are
about the same as in 1936. The Gypsy Moth h as increased ten per cent ,
the Elm Leaf Beetle and the Tent Caterpillar have increased twenty-nveper cent over 1936. The increases of the Gypsy Moth and the Tent
Caterpillar a re ‘very serious. We h ave found no trace of the Dutch Elm
D isease as yet but with the increase of the Elm Leaf Beetle comes the
danger of infestation fromthis disease.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF MOTH DEPARTMENT 87
We“
have been obliged“
to cut down 35 shade trees which have died
from various causes and from the widening of streets: We have planted
1 25 young trees along streets where they were needed most . Of these
trees, 80 were bough t with an expenditure of T he other 45 were
grown in our. own nursery at Broadway .
We Spent for moth work and spraying ; for trim
ming, cutting down trees and cutting brush .
For other expenditures and . appropriations of this department see
the Town Accountant ’s Report
Respectfully yours ,
Superintendent of Moth and Tree Dept .
Report of Inspector of Buildings
Wakefield , Mass JanuaryT o the HonorableBoard of Selectmen,Wakefield, Mass.
Gentlemen
I submit the following report of my activities for the
Building permits granted
Building inspections
Public buildings inspected
Elevators,inspected
Convalescent homes inspected
Fire escapes inspected
Signs and awnings
Rooming houses inspectedInspections after fir esBuildings torn down
Buildings”
moved to new locations
Buildings without permits
Permits refused
Cases to Appeai BoardSchools inspected
Permits suspended temporarily for violations
of. building laws
Complaints investigatedInstalling signs or awnings without permits
88 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Approximate valuation of new construction permit
of the above approximate valuation is for the Lafayette
School and not taxable .
I wish to thank the Municipal Light, Water, and Highway Departments
for helping to promote building and co- operating with me during the year .
Thanks also are due to Fire Chief Graham for h is assistance on fire
hazards.
Respectfully submitted ,
JOSEPH W . MacINNI S ,
Building Inspector .
Report of Compensation Agent
Wakefield,Mass , January 1 , 1938 .
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Wakefield , (Mass.
Gentlemen
There were 35 compensation cases in 1 937 requiring an expenditure
out of an appropriation of with a refund to town
making a total of
Expenditures are as follows :
Appropriation
Refund
Total
Water Dept . . 1 1 injuries costSewer Dept . 1 8 injuries costHighway Dept. 7 injuries cost
Balance
There was one case before the Industrial Accident Board during the
year,case settled by attorneys on both sides satisfactorily to the
‘
injured
and myself.
Respectfully submitted ,
JOSEPH W . MaciNNI S ,
Compensat ion Agent .
90 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
The Town has one action pending for relief, paid to Malden Hospital ,
on Wakefield settlement case .
Bes ides attending the Selectmen’
s weekly meetings, I have been present
at many other officials’ meetings and have attended and given advice to the
Retirement Board and have acted on a Central Committee at the StateHouse with auditors and town and city legal advisers on retirement law
problems.
Eight tax titles were filed in the Land Court foreclosure . See
Treasurer ’s Report for titles held by Town.
Respectfully submitted,
MAYNARD E . s . CLEMONS .
Town Counsel
REPORT OF ANIMAL INSPECTOR 91
Report ofAnimal Inspector
Wakefield, Mass , January 10 , 1938 .
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Gentlemen
At this time I wish to submit my report as Animal Inspector for the
year ending December 31 , 1 937.
Th ere have been 1 83 heads of cattle and 21 cow barns inspected .
There have been 55 dogs placed in quarantine .
Respectfully submitted ,
GEORGE A . BENNETT,
Animal Inspector .
Report of DogOfficer
Wakefield, Mass January 1 0 , 1938.
T o the Honorable Board of Selectmen
At this time I wish to submit my r eport as Dog Officer for the year
ending December 31 , 1937.
I have answered 217 calls,and have canvassed the townfour times for
unlicensed dogs.
There have been 42 dogs returned to their rightful owners, 31 dogs
gassed and 38 dogs sent to the Animal Rescue League .
Respectfully submitted ,
GEORGE A . BENNETT,
Dog Officer .
92 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
Wakefield, Mass , January 2, 1938
T o the Honorable Board of Selectmen .
Gentlemen :
I respectfully submit the following report for the year 1 937.
Adjusted Condemned
Platform scales 5000 lbs . or over
Platform scales under 5000 lbs.
Counter scales 100 lbs . or over
Counter scales under 1 00 lbs.
Spring scales 1 00 lbs. or over
Spring scales under 1 00 lbs.
Computing scales 1 00 lbs. or over
Computing scales under 1 00
Prescription scales
Avoirdupois weights
Metric weights
Apothecary weigh ts
Personal weighing
Liquid measures
Meters l f-inch inlets
Meters over l a inch inl ets
Gasoline pumps
Oil measuring pumps
Quantity stop on pumps
Yard Sticks
Cloth measuring devices
Fees collected,
13250 gallons pumped with meter tester
Respectfully submitted ,
JAMES J . DEVL IN ,
Sealer .
REPORT OF SWEETSER LECTURE COMMIT T EE 93
Report of Sweetser Lecture Committee
SEASON OF 1937
ReceiptsIncome from invested funds
Received from sale'
of tickets
Season tickets sold by pupils
Season tickets sold at lectures
Single tickets sold at lectures
Season tickets sold by stores
Bonney Dutton
Greenwood Pharmacy
Smith ’
s Drug Store
Nat Eaton’
s Drug Stere
Nagle’
s Drug Store
Item Oni ce
T otal
Expenses
Oct . 1 3, 1937 Lucius Beebe
Oct . 20 , 1937 Capt. G. T. Plummer
Oct . 27, 1937 Mrs. Mary L. J . Akeley
3, 1937 Melinda Alexander
Nov. 1 0, 1 937 Donald B. MacMillanNov. 17, 1937 Rev ; Cornelius Greenway
Daily Item, Advertising and printing
Ticket Boys
Police and Firemen at lectures
Electrical workMachine operator
Orchestra
Amplifier1
Telephone, postage, miscellaneous
Balanceto Sweetser Charities
Total 3
E . v. YEUELL
THOMAS F . KENNEYGEORGE E . POTTERCHARLES J. PETERSONCYRUS
,M. DOLBEARE
HARRY I . R EED
94 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Report of Sweetser Charity Fund
January 1 , 1937 January 1 , 1938
Charlotte R . Fitz, Treasurer
Receipts
Balance brought forward January -1 , 1 937
Dividends Wakefield Savings Bank :
February 1 , 1937
August 1 , 1937
Gift from Monday Club,January 7, 1937
Sweetser Lecture Committee, November 24, 1937
Total Receipts
Expenditures
For Charity, January 1 , 1 937 January,
1 , 1 933
Leaying Balance on hand January 1 , 1938
As follows :
In Wakefield Trust CompanyIn Wakefield Savings Bank
Total on hand
CHARLOTTE R .
-
F 1 T z ,
Treasurer Sweetser Charity Fund .
REPORT OF CONT RIBUT ORY RET IREMENT BOARD
Report/
of ContributoryRetirement Board
T o theHonorable Board of Selectmen,
Wakefield ,
~
Massachusetts .
Gentlemen
Pursuant to acceptance by theTown of Chapter 318, of the Acts of 1 936,
covering Contributory Retirement Systems, the Board of Selectmen ap
pointed the following as members oi'
the Ret irement Board : James M .
Henderson; for a term of three years ; Charles C . Cox, for a term of two
years ; and Leonard“
H . D eMarco, for a term of one year .
The Retirement Board organized on July 1 , 1937, by the election ofLeonard H. D eMarco as chairman, and Charles C . Cox as secretary . Up
to the end of 1937, the Board has met on an average of once a week .
T here were approximately two hundred and fifty ( 250) employees eligible
to enter the Retirement System , of whomtwenty- eight (28) employees hadpreviously elected to be placed under th e Veterans’ Retirement Act . As
of December 31 , 1937, the membership in the system numbers one hundred
and fifty-nine and of this number there have' been retired : Police
Department, one ; Water and Sewer Department , four ; L ight and Gas De
partment , two; School Department , two; Assessors, one ; or a total'
o f ten .
T here are at present six applications for retirement pending. In‘
addition ,
there are eleven employees who are OVer seventy years of age ; who weregranted permission to continue in the s ervice . for a period not to exceed
two years from July 1,1937, and are eligible
“for retirement at any time
during 1938 , the maximum c ost of which will'
be"
approximately
Up to the close of the year, there has been paid out in pensions, to
retired members , the sum of At the present time , the total
amount of monthly pension payments is The total amount of
contributions from members , deducted from payrolls, as of December 31,
1937, is and a like amount to be appropriated by the town,together
with three per cent interest, guaranteed under the law.
Th ere is presented below aCash Statement up to December 31 , 1 937.
Appropriated by the Town for payment of pensionsAppropriated by the Town for expense Ret . BoardT ransferred from Reserve, expense Ret . Board
From members’ contributions
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F or pens ions to retired members
F or expense of Retirement BoardClerical Assistance
Filing Cabinet
Accounting Books, Card System
Office Supplies, Stationery, Print
ing, etc .
0
Balance
The above balance is made up of the following
Savings
Annuity Reserve
Pension Accumulation
.63
Respectfully submitted ,
LEONARD H . D eMARCO , Chairman ,
JAMES M . HENDERSON ,
CHARLES C . COX, Secretary
Contributory Retirement Board
98 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
week they usually do not work on the construction they previously leftas it is necessa ry to run two shifts on projects to prevent the dragging
out over too long a period , with the attendant disturbance of conditions
and possible h azards'
to the public .
No serious accident has occurred this year,
and the minor injuries have
been very few . To each Project is assigned a First Aid Man who has
passed the First Aid Course , and all injuries are immediately given
attention .
The Transient C amp at Camp Curtis Guild was discontinued this
year and many of the men took up residence in Wakefield , adding to the
number on the Wakefield list of eligible workers.
Due to the remodeling of the old Lafayette School , the Sewing Project
and Commodities D istribution Center were shi fted to the Hamilton School .
The National Youth Administration group of girls assisting in theWPA Office was . dropped in June . T wo N . Y . A . girls are employed at
the Library .
The WPA authorities still operate the Nursery School at the Franklin
School with two teachers assigned .
At least a score of Wake-field persons have been employed by WPA
during the year , out of town , exclusive of those assigned to State Beau
tification work.
At the close of the year of 1 937 there were over 300 people eligible forWPA assignment .
Appended is a schedul e which details the expenditures on the various
projects carried on this past year .
I wish to thank the various Boards of the Town and the Superintendents of the different departments for their willing and earnest co- opera
tion and also to especially thank Mrs . Vera North for her loyalty and
effort as Secretary of the local WPA Office . Her knowledge of require
ments, sympathy for the WPA workers and untiring zeal have won the
commendation and praise of WPA officials .
Respet ul ly submitted ,
J . T. WHITNEY ,
WPA Sponsor’
s Agent and C'
o- ordinator.
1 00 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
O ld Age Assistance ( 1933)
Overlay for 1 937
Total Gross LevyEstimated Receipts
Transfer from Light Department to TreasuryTransfer from Overlay Surplus to Reserve4854 Polls at each
Total Receipts .07
Net Levy
Rate of Taxation, per
TOWN VALUATIONSBuildings
Land
Personal
Total Valuations
Loss in Valuations 1937
Bonded Debt of Town January 1 , 1937
Payments made in 1 937
Balance of Bonded Debt
New Bonds issued July 1 , 1 937
Bonded Debt of Town January 1 , 1 938Assets of Town including Land and Buildings,
Municipal Light Plant, Water Works, Sewer ,and Tangible Personal Property
Less Bonded Debt
Assets above Liabilities 4
PROPERTY EXEMPT FROM TAXATION
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Land and Buildings
Literary Institutions
Benevolent Institutions
Organizations of Veterans
Houses of Religious Worship
Cemeteries , Land and Buildings
Total
REPORT OF BOARD OF ASSESSORS 1 01
Number of Polls assessed (a gain of 21 since date
of Tax Levy)Number of Motor Vehicles assessed
Valuation of Motor Vehicles
Excise Tax committed in 1937
Number of Dwelling Houses assessed
Number of Persons, Partnersh ips and Corporations
assessed
Value of Assessed Stock in TradeValue of Machinery assessed
Value of Real Estate assessed
Value of Live Stock assessed
Value of all other Ratables assessed
Number of Horses assessed
Number of Cows assessed
Number of Swine assessed
Number of Fowl assessed
Number of Acres of Land in Town
Number of Acres , Lake QuannapowittNumber of Acres, Crystal LakeNumber of Acres, Town Common
Number of Acres, Park at Lakesideof Acres , Hart
’s Hill Park
Number of Acres, Cemetery on Church StreetNumber of Acres , Cemetery on Lowell Street
Area of Town RockeryRespectfully submitted by Wakefield Assessors,
HUGHCONNELL, Chairman
DAVID SLINEY J
ARTHUR c . VERGE,Secretary
1 02 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Report of Board of Health
To theCitizens of Wakefield
It seems fitting to continue a four- year comparison of infectious and
reportable diseases to present a picture of the health conditions for the
four- year periods.
Tuberculosis
Diphtheria
Pneumonia
Poliomyelitis
Measles
Mumps .
Chicken PoxSeptic Sore Throat
Scarlet Fever
Typhoid Fever Paratyphoid
D og Bites
The Board of Health feels that interesting and enlightening infor
mation for the townspeople is presented in the following list of diseases
legally reportable in Massachusetts .
Actinomycosis
Anterior Poliomyelitis
Anthrax
Asiatic Cholera
Chicken Pox
Cholecystitis of Typhoid Origin
Diphtheria
D og Bite
Dysentery
a . Amebic
b . Bacillary
Encephalitis Lethargica
German Meas les
GlandersHookworm Disease
Infectious Disease of the Eye:
a . Ophthalmia Neonatorum
b . Suppurative Conjunctivitis
c . Trachoma
Leprosy
Lobar PneumoniaMalaria
Meas les
Meningitis
a . Meningococcus
b . Pfeiffer BacillusMumps
Paratyphoid Fever A
Paratyphoid Fever B
Pellagra
Plague
Rabies
Scarlet Fever
Septic Sore Throat
Small Pox
Tetanus
Trichinosis
Tuberculosis (all forms)
T yphoid Fever
Typhus Fever
Undulant Fever
Whooping Cough
YellowFever
1 04 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
at T B hospitals : Eight at Middlesex County Sanatorium,Waltham
,Mass ;
two at Lakeville State Sanatorium , Middleboro, Mass ; one at North Read ;
ing State Sanatorium, North Reading , Mass . This compares with two
one and one, respectively, a year ago .
The Board of Health, acting under Section128 , Chapter 94 , with theapproval of the State Department of Public Health, appointed Dr . Cor
nelius Thibeault as Inspector of Slaughtering . No slaughtering was done
in Wakefield for t he year 1937.
The Board of Health again stresses the wish that all refuse which
gathers around the house be taken to one of the three dumps, which have
the care of the Board— Salem Street, Aborn Avenue, or Green Street .
This Board h as made arrangements for opening a dump on .North
Avenue, notices of whi ch will be made public later.
May we hope for full co- operation of the townspeople in the care of
refuse to the end that the whole town may be clean, and its approaches
attractive .
WESLEY S . GOODWIN, Chairman
CARL E . ALLISON, M . D .
NED C .~ LOUD , Secretary
T uberculosis Dispensary Report
The annual report of the T uberculosis Dispensary is herewith respect
ful ly submi tted .
The Dispensary is open the first and third evenings in the month from
8 to 9 and the second and fourth Tuesday afternoons from to
We have examined at the dispensary during the year patients dis
charged from sanatoriums , contact cases, suspicious cases of tuberculosis ,
and a number of underweight children . Eighty-one examinations were
made .
A great many cases examined at the Dispensary are sent to North
Read ing State Sanatorium for further chest examination ,X- rays and
Von Pirquet tests. Miss Russell makes the appointments and arranges
for transportation , if the patients are unable to provide transportation .
Seventy patients were examined at North Reading Sanatorium this year ,
ten at Middlesex County Sanatorium , and several at the Massachusetts
General Hospital . We have several patients who are taking Pneumothorax treatment at the Middlesex Sanatorium two having treatment
every two weeks , one every four weeks. One patient had to have Alpine
Lamp treatment for tubercular glands. This treatment was given at the
REPORT OF HEALTH OFFICER 105
Massachusetts General Hospital . Transportation was provided by the
Health Department .
We have at the present time eight patients at the Middlesex County
Sanatorium , two at Lakeville State Sanatorium , one at North Reading
State Sanatorium .
Respectfully submitted ,
IRA W. RICHARDSON, M . D . ,
Dispensary Physician .
NELLIE B . RUSSELL,R . N .
Dispensary Nurse .
Report of Health O fficer
T o the Board of Health .
Gentlemen
I herewith submit my report as,Health Officer for the year ending
December 31 , 1937.
I have been in daily attendance at the office through out'
the year and
find the work has increased somewhat from that of preceding years in
that general complaints have become more numerous . Overflowing cess
pools and unsanitary accumulation of rubbish ,in congested areas, have
been the cause of many complaints .
The latter presents a problem to Which the town will have to give
serious and constructive consideration in the near future .
Garbage complaints , in many instances, have not been justified be
cause of unsatisfactory containers which cannot be readily handled bythe collectors . In this respect, I would recommend an underground con
tainer , if! poss ible ; otherwise the installation of a uniform r eceptacle
with a cover which cannot be removed by dogs or other animals .
It will be noted that fewer permits have been issued this year for thekeeping of swine, a practice that in time should be regulated by the Boardto meet the present day
'
trend toward a residential community .
Much time has — been spent , out of office hours, th is year , in postingcontagious disease warning cards, as well
’
as in the general supervision
of the three town dumps .
J
Eight hundred thirty-nine inspections and adjustments have been
handled through th is~
ofiice in the past year and . all with gratifying results.
Respectfully. submitted ,DAVID TAGGART
,
Health Officer.
1 06 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Report of PlumbingInspector
the‘lWakefield Board of Health :
I herewith submit my report for ending 1937.
Number of permits granted
Number of fixtures installed
Divided as follows :
Lavatories
Bath tubs
Closets
SinksWash Trays
Boilers
Showers
Fountains
Total
I have made 233 inspections during the year.
Respectfully submitted ,
DAVID TAGGART,
Inspector of
Report of the Inspector ofMilk and Food
T o the .Board of Health .
Herewith is submitted my report as Inspector of Milk and Food for
the year’
ending December 31 , 1937.
The work of this bureau during the year just past may be divided
into two —separate branches : namely , ofiice work and field work .
The office work for this period consisted of the issuing of all licenses
and permits pertaining to milk sales, milk processing, ice cream manu
facturing and oleomargarine sales . Also coming under this branch is the
notification and recording of analytical tests, the keeping of all other
office records and carrying 011 of a general correspondence that arises in
relation to this work .
There has been issued from this office during the year a total of
155 licenses and permit‘s, as well as approximately 200 other pieces of
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
ASSIGNMENT OF AID RECIPIENTS TO WORK
The Department has continued the practice of former years in assigning all able- bodied recipients to work out their orders in the various Town
Departments as follows :
Highway Department
Park and Cemetery Department
Town Hall
Hamilton SchoolMoth Department
EXPENDITURES IN DETAIL FOR THE YEAR 1937
Salaries of the Board
Appropriation
Expenditures
Balance to Revenue None
Outside Relief Expenses
Appropriation
Refunds
Balance to Revenue
OUTSIDE RELIEF
Salaries
Shoes and Clothing
Groceries
Fuel
Board
Medical Attention
Hospital Care
Aid to Dependent Ch ildren
REPORT OF BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE 1 09
Relief by Other Cities and Towns
Rent
Office Expense
Motor Vehicles
Burialy
Commonwealth of Mass. Sewing and Commodities
Transportation
All Others
Plus Unpaid Bills (E st)
Gross Outside Relief Expenses
Does not include spent from Federal Funds .
Less ReimbursementsCities and Towns
Aid to Dependent Children
Temporary Aid
Net Outside Relief Expenses
DISTRIBUTION OF WOOD
During the year 1937, the Welfare Department distributed 190 cords
of wood in the same manner as it was distributed during the year 1936.
DISTRIBUTION OF SHOES, RUBBERS AND CLOTHING
During the year 1937, the Welfare Department distributed approxi
mately pairs of shoes and rubbers to recipients of aid .
AID T O DEPENDENT CHILDREN FEDERAL ACCOUNT
Amount Received
Amount Expended
Balance
WILLARD DONNELL FUND
On Hand Jan . 1 , 1 937Receipts
Refund
Expended
Balance
1 1 0 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
The O ld Age Assistance Bureau has now been operating one entire year
under'
the present law, and is in a position to ascertain somewhat the
expense of this new idea of caring for the needy aged . The number of
recipients each month is as follows :
January 197
February 1 98
March 202
April 204
May 206
June 21 2
Total
Average per month
RECEI P T S AND EXPENDITURES
Town Appropriation
Federal grant on hand Jan . 1 , 1937
Federal grants during year
Refund
EXPENDITURES
overdraft . Charged to Federal funds due us .
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION
Receipts and Expenditures
Town Appropriation
Federal Funds onHand January 1 , 1937Federal Grants for Administration
Expenses
Salaries
Automobile
Stationery
Postage
Rent
New Equipment
Telephone
Electricity
July
August
September
October
November
December
2539
21 1
1 12 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Tobacco
Feeds Stuff
Seeds and Fertilizer
Telephone
Barbering
Wate‘r
Oil Burner Maintenance
Refrigerator Repairs
All Others
Plus Unpaid Bills
Receipts
Board Received in 1 937
Outstanding Dec . 31 , 1 937
Total for 1937
Vegetables
Total Receipts
Net Cost .of Infirmary for 1937
bill disputed trying to collect .
T he amount of vegetabl es consumed at the Infirmary and raised on
the Infirmary property amounted to
3111mrmnrmmMrs . Melvin W. Brown was appointed Matron -oi the Town Infirmary
April 1 , 1919. Her many years of patient,faithful and conscientious work
endeared her, not onl y to the patients, but to all those wh o came in
contact with her, both within and without the Infirmary . On May 29,
after about two months ’ illness, she passed away at the Infirmary , which
she called home . Wakefield is glad to have had the services of Mrs . Brown
for so many years.
We wish to express our appreciation to all private individuals and
organizations who made donations of any kind during the past years .
DENNIS P. HOGAN , Chairman
ELSIE. MARY GLADWIN , Secretary
ETTA C . STODDARD , Agent
HAROLD C . ROBINSON
FRANK P . WAKEFIELD
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE 1 13
Report of School Committee
ORGANIZATION O F SCHOOL COMMITTEE
School Committee for 1 937
Harry B. Allman , Chairman Term Expires 1 939
43 Greenwood Street
Mrs. Eva Gowing Ripley, Secretary Term E xpires 1940
40 Emerson Street
ThomasF. Kenney, Treasurer Term Expires 1938
12 Charles Street
*William E . Jones Term Expires 1938
29 Lafayette Street
Mrs . Mary Louise Tredinnick Term Expires 1939
129 Pleasant Street
Patrick H . Tenney Term Expires 1939
14 Ernerson Street
SUB-COMMITTEE S
The Committee as a whole acts as sub- committees with the following
chairmen :
Mrs. Tredinnick- f T ext Books and Supplies
Mrs. Ripley— Teachers and Salaries
Mr . Tenney— Finances and Accounts
Mr . Jones— Courses of Study
Mr . Kenney— Public Property
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Willard B . Atwell, 94 West Chestnut Street
SECRETARY TO T HE SUPERINTENDENTPauline E . Meads, 240 Lowell Street
CLERK
Doris Skinner, 9 Franklin Street
Elected for the unexpired termof Gardner E . C ampbell .
1 1 4 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
REPORT OF T HE SCHOOL COMMIT TEE
T o the C l tizens of the Town of Wakefield
Herewith is submitted the annual report of the School Committee forthe year of 1937.
Amhng the important actions of the Committee were :
Added a course in German as an additional elective —in foreign language
to fulfill the College Board requirements for Scientific Schools .
Provided bus tickets for those pupils who'
are entitled to transportation ,
instead of reimbursing the parent for fares paid .
Voted to try intra-mural baseball and to shorten the season for the
varsity nine.
Voted, with the consent of the Board of Selectmen , to sell such old
furni ture in the Lafayette Bui lding as was not usable for school purposes .
Granted the use of Walton Field to the Recreation Commission .
Established a new school district composed of t he Lincoln and Mont
rose districts, making three districts in the Town .
Established a policy of requiring at least one year of experience of all
candidates for high school positions.
Re- established the Simon-Binet Tests for children Under the required
school age for admission to the first grade for 1 937.
Established the tuition rates for 1937- 1938 :
High School Elementary
Appointed Mr. Joseph H .
l
F anck as director of the orchestras in the
High School .
‘Appointed‘Miss Edna Parks as director of the Girls
’ Glee Clubs in the
High School .
Ch anges in the personnel for th e year may be found in Append ix H .
FINANCIAL SUMMARY
T otal Cost
Net Cost of Schools for Maintenance and Operation
Expenditures for 1 937
Receipts through the School Department
Net Cost to the Town through local taxation
Per Pupil Cost
Cost per pupil for instruction and maintenance , based on average mem
bersh ip for the school year, 1936- 1 937
High School , exclusiveof general control
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Freshmen
198 216 414
Total 543 600 1 143
This gives an enrollment for the high school of pupils ,a decrease
of ninety pupils over last. year .
The following courses are offered in the High School :
College Preparatory, preparing for admission to college ; Scientific, pre
paring for admission to a scientific or technical school ; English ,a general
educational course ; Commercial , preparing for work in offices or in business ;Industrial Ar ts, for students who by natural inclination are more interested
in Work with their hands ; High School Preparatory, for certain pupils who
will probably need five years to do the work required for graduation
domestic science for girls and woodworking for boys are electives in this
course .
A certificate from the High School is accepted by any college whichadmits students by certification . The High School is approved in Class A
High Schools,which is the highest rating given by the State Departmentof Education and means that a certificate from the Wakefield High Schoolis accepted for admission to any of the state colleges .
Assemblies are held frequently in the High School with varied types of
programs, including patriotic , educational and musical .
The circulation in the Charles H . Howe Library shows a 57% increase
over the previous school year .
At the present time, about 325 boys and girls are receiving musical
instruction . in the High School in the glee clubs, bands and orchestra .
There are 125 pupils in the Senior and Junior bands and 30 pupils in the
orchestra.
At present, there are about 1 40 girls in the Senior and Junior Girls’
Glee Clubs and'
70 in the Boys ’ Glee Clubs . T h e Boys’ Glee Clubs rehearse
in the Y. M . C . A. building as there is no room for them in the High
School . The girls rehearse in the Auditorium in . the afternoon and fore
noon at the same time that the gymnasium classes are held in the gym
nasium . Th is arrangement is very unsatisfactory, but there is ,
no other
place for rehearsals . Under these adverse conditions, the Girls’ Glee Clubs
do very satisfactory work.
In sports, the High School has had a successful year . The record of
the football team was the best for years . In baseball , an experiment was
tried in having intra-mural as well as inter - school baseball . Under this‘plan
there were 1 57 boys playing baseball instead of less than 30 .
The number in the different sports is :
Boys : Football 87, Cross Country 30, Basketball 270 , Baseball 1 57, T rack
47, Soccer 22, Hockey 1 6.
Girls : Field Hockey 70 ,Riding 23, Bowling 1 60 , Swimming 20 , Track 50 ,
Archery 1 62, Tennis 80 , Basketball 230, Baseball 56, Tennis Tournaments :
Advanced (Fall) 52, Advanced (Spring) 35 , Beginners 45 .
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE 1 17
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
The registration in the various elementary schools,-
as of December 31 .
1937, is as follows:
Franklin 360 Montrose
Greenwood 493 Warren
Hurd 1 09 Woodvil le
Lincoln 385 West Ward
A year ago last September , all eighth grade pupils were transferred
from the High School to the districts in which they lived . As far as pos
sible , the work in the seventh and eighth grades h as been put on a depart
mental basis , that is , if a teacher h as specialized in Geography or History ,for example, and enjoys instructing in her specialty , She is assigned to
teach that subject in as many grades as possible in the building in which
she is serving . Thi s arrangement gives to the pupil expert teaching inh isseveral fields. The teachers have worked conscientiously under the changed
conditions .
“The work in character training has been
,
continued . Each teacher
takes charge of one assembly‘program. Work on safety, health and citizen
ship is carried on as incidental teaching without interfering with the
regular school work .
A Parent -Teacher Association purchased a radio for one of the Schoolslast spring . It is being used to listen to the worthwhile programs which
are being put on by the“School of the Air” notably those in music appre
J
elation by Walter Damrosch . Radios brought in by several pupils in various
schools enabled the upper grades to hear the broadcast of the coronation of
King George VI .
Last spring. there were several successful ,speaking contests and
musicales.
The teachers of physical and health education encourage all children
to form proper habits of exercise and health habits which will make for a
strong, healthy body and a keen and .alert mind which will help them to
realize‘
the highest physical , mental and social possibilities .
“The instructor visits each room once
"
in two weeks,
“the . lessons are
graded beginning with the sitting and standing positions, marching , sing
ing- games, stunts and team games to practice safety and cc- operation along
with sportsmanship and leadership . Talks on safety, care of the teeth ,the
value of good posture , cleanliness, first aid, proper clothing , home and
schoolroom hygiene are given .
“After - school activities. include team games for girls and individual
activities together with grammar school leagues for the boys, starting with
tag football in the fall, grammar school basketball in the winter and fin
ish ing the year with baseball and track in thespring .
“Cups for the champions in the various boys
’
sports are donated by the
Wakefield Daily Item , the Hi-Y Club and the Wakefield Elks .
”
1 1 8 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
The following paragraphs are taken from the report of the School
Physician :“There have been no serious epidemics among the pupils during the
year . Measles were rather prevalent , as they are each five or six years .
There was no case of d iphtheria . The absence of diphtheria for several
years has tended to lull the parents to the need of eternal vigilance . In
other words , not quite as many parents are consenting to have their chil
dren immunized as when diphtheriawas a constant menace . One hundred
and seventy- six pupils immunized las t year were “Sch icked” and nine were
found still susceptible . These were re- immunized . One hundred and forty
four were immunized using their doses of ‘toxoid’
, three weeks between
doses .
“Physicians from the North Reading Sanatorium conducted the testing
for tuberculosis with X- ray of all reacting to the skin test and‘
physical
examination of pupils with suspicious /or defini te X- rays . No active case
of tuberculosis was discovered . In addition to this, several suspicious . cases
discovered in routine examination, and contacts of discovered tuberculosis
in the family, have been taken to North Reading .
“The first grade, fifth grade and first year high pupils have been given
physical examinations, stripped to the waist , and the results recorded on
the health‘
Cards furnished by the State . Deviations f rom normal . have
been reported to the parents on notices furnished by the State . Such a
notice doesnot necessarily mean actual disease but that the cond ition is
so suggestive that the family physician should be consulted . As a result of
examination , the following notices were Sent home— teeth needing dentalcare 1 50 , disease of the nose , throat and tonsils 1 44
, organic heart disease
8 , infections of eyes and eyelids 5 , infectious skin d lseases 7, and various
mino'
r needs of attention to person or clothing .
“The teeth and throats of all other pupils have been examined . It is
noticeable that in the High School , the girls’ teeth are much better cared
for than are the boys’ . This is not true in the grades. There has been
considerable improvement in the care of teeth; but there is still much
neglect .”
The following gives an account of the work of the School Nurse outside
of the regul ar routine work in the schools .
Attended : First Aid cases, 52 ; boys injured in manual training 4
slight burns in chemistry , 5 ; children taken to North Reading Sanatorium
for X - rays, 1 5 ; children taken to Middlesex County Sanatorium for exam
inations , 4 ; home visits, investigating and follow up work, 435 .
The following paragraphs are from the report of the Music Supervisor :“The music program continues to expand . The short chorus period
provided in"
the morning session of the High School mad e it possible to
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Found in homes and taken to school
Found on street and taken to school
Found on street and taken home
Taken to courtPlaced on probation
Taken to Chelmsford
Girls taken home ill
Boys taken home ill
Left school
Misdemeanor on school grounds
Holding warrants for good behavior
Suspensions
Notified by court
Teachers taken home ill
RE T IREMENTS
During the year, two teachers retired from active service , Miss Alice
J . Kernan and Mrs . Myrta Knight .
Miss Kernan was elected in 1 890 and“h as served continuously since
then . It is interesting t o note that Miss Kernan taught the same grade
and in the same room in the Warren School from the time it was built up
to the time s of her retirement . Miss Kernan gave unstintingly of her time
and energy and is beloved by all who have passed through her classes.
Mrs. Myrta Knight retired in June after serving since 1 910 except for
a few months. The first part of her service was as a permanent substitute,
and as such , she came into contact with the pupils of the various schools
who recognized the benefits of her instruction . Later when sh ewas assigned
to a regular teaching position , she became a firm friend and a helpful guide
to all of the pupils in the building .
A pension system for town employees became Operative on July 1 . Two
janitors, Mr . Charles Stevens and Mr . Eugene Lenners, retired in September
under the provisions of the Retirement Act . Both had rendered excellent
service including a wholesome infiuenCe in their contact with the pupils.
COMMENT
The total number of pupils in the Wakefield schools declined by 1 16
last year, but as yet the present tendency toward decreased school popula
tion cannot result in any large savings to the Town . It h as enabled th e
Committee to close two classrooms and save the salary of two teachers, but
increased cost of school supplies and higher maintenance costs have more
than offset this saving .
From an educational standpoint, the outstanding problem in Wakefield’
s
schools is th e two - platoon system in the High School . It not only affects
the regular study program ,but also all extra- curricula activities . F or in
stance, all band and orchestra rehearsing has to be done after the‘
after
noon session or in the evening .
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE 121
Under the present system, the working day for the pupils is far tooshort . A very large number are in sch ool only four hours a day , and so
practically all of t heir lessons must be studied at home . Under a one
session plan , all pupils were in school six hours a day , yet we endeavor
to accomplish as much now as we did years ago. It simply cannot be done .
In spite of these handicaps the Committee is carrying on , and the
students are “being given the best possible training .
HARRY B . ALLMAN, Chairman .
MRS . EVA GOWING RIPLEY,Secretary .
THOMAS F . KENNEY, Treasurer .
MRS . MARY LOUISE"
TREDINNICK
PATRICK H. TENNEY
WILLIAM E . JONES
122 .TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
APPENDIX
A . Statistics of School Enrollment and Attendance .
B . Tabulation of Records of Attendance - for School Year , 1 936- 1937.
C . School Organization .
D . Cost of Public Day Schools .
How aSchool Dollar is Spent.
F. Age and Grade Chart , January, 1 938 .
G . School Census.
Changes in Personnel .
I . High School Graduation .
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128 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Name
Janet S . Height, A.B . , M .A .
Ruth F. Hiatt, M .B .A .
Isabel M . Hirst
Alice E . Ladieu
Margaret L. Macdonald
Louis P. Marché
Anne H. Meserve , B .S .
Thomas C . Murray , A .B .
Rita T. Neagle , A .B . , A .M.
Katharine H. Nichols
Ethelyn M . Pattee, A .B M .A .
Alfred E . Preble,B .S .
Ethel G . Reed, A .B M .A .
M . Alice Ryan ,B .B .A .
Margaret A . Ryan,A .B .
Louise E . Sheldon
Homer M.Shellenberger,Assistant
Dorothy L . Shepard
*S . Morton Sherman
Genesta B . Tooker
Elizabeth V . Upham , B .S . , M .A .
Donald White, A .B .
Olive G Glover S ecretary
FRANKLIN SCHOOL
George E“
. Hayes, BS . in Ed . Principal
Mary Kalaher
Eva M . Chick
Edna M . Paulson
Not a graduate
Date of
First
Grade Election Where Educated
1929 Boston University
1921
1916
1 936
1 924
1923
1925
1931
1936
1936
1927
1913
191 1
1902
1905
Librarian 1937
Columbia University
Boston University
Mass. School of Art
Salem NormalSalem Commercial
Wentworth Institute
Uni versity of N . H .
Boston College
Boston University
Bouvé-Beston School of
Physical Education
Wellesley College
Columbia University
Tufts College
Tufts College
Middlebury College
Boston University
Boston University
Boston University
Simmons College
Springfield College
Bouvé -Boston School of
Physical Education
Carnegie Institute
Wash ington State Normal,
Maine
Tufts College
Harvard College
Mass . State College
Clark’
s Business School
Bridgewater State Teachers ’
College (4 years)
Boston University
Salem State Teachers’
College
Gorham Normal
Fitchburg State T eachcers’
College
REPORT O F SCHOOL COMMITTEE 129
Name
Cora Guarnaccia
Mabel F. Johnson*Stella H . Blaikie
Helen Harper, BS . in
Katherine L . Kelly
Helen M . Delaney
Lydia M . Sullivan
Lee Pfeiffer
Avis M . Jones
Elizabeth D . Burke
Hester A . Walker
GREENWOOD SCHOOL
Eliot B . Leonard , B S . in Ed . Principal 1931 Newark State Normal
New York UniversityAbbie A . Bell 1 925 Salem State Teachers
’
Clarebef‘
ta Wilson , A .B .
Signe M . Peterson
Ethel M . Wi lson
Theresa J . Collins
Amanda J . Stephenson
M. Grace Pike
Winifred Beal
Lillian J . Shoff
Laura A . Hart
Hilda M . Hayden
Susie E . Long
Grace E . W idtfeldt
Maude E . Parks 1 919 Plymouth Normal
Not a graduate
Date of
First
Grade Election Where Educated
6 1923 Salem S tate Teachers ’
Coll ege
1926 Plymouth Normal
1927 Wellesley College
1935 Lowell State Teachers’
College
1 894 Salem State Teachers’
College
1924 Fitchburg State Teachers’
College
191 6 Fitchburg State Teachers ’
College
1925 Wheelock K . T. S .
1 1925 Aroostook State Normal
Special 1927 Lowell State Teachers’
C ollege
Special 1924 Salem StateTeachers’
Radcliffe College
Salem State Teachers’
College
Plymouth Normal
Salem StateTeachers’
College
Aroostook State Normal
Keene Normal
Washington State Normal
Plymouth Normal
Framingham State Teach
ers’
College
Salem State Teachers’
College '
CastineS tate Normal
Salem State ‘Teachers’
130 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Date of
First
Name Grade '
Election Where Educated
Madaliene J . Crocker 1 1930 Lesley Normal
Alice E . Calkins 1 1924 ‘Wh eelock K . T. S .
George E . Hayes, BS . in Ed . Principal
Ruth V . Conley, BS . in Ed .
E leanor B . Ringdahl
Katheryn Carney
Bella A . Rattray'
LINCOLN SCHOOL
T. Frank Shea Principal
*Isabel M . Elliot
Catherine A .
"Doran
Ruth B . Spence
Gladys M . Douglass
Dorothy M . Flannigan
Rose Assenza, BS . in Ed .
Bernice E . Hendrickson
Alice M . Scipione
Ruth C . Webber
Mary T. Bonney
Blanche L. Meserve
MONTROSE SCHOOLT. Frank Shea Principal 1902 Westfield State Teachers
’
College (4 years)
Beatrice D . Moody 1936 Salem State Teachers’
College
Christine Callan, BS . in Ed . 1931 Teachers’ College , Boston
Not a Graduate
Bridgewater State Teachers’
College (4 years)
Boston University
Gorham Normal
Boston University
New Britain State Teachers’
College
Salem State Teachers’
4
College
Perry t . Normal
Westfield State Teach ers’
College (4 years)
Boston University
Keene Normal
Gorham Normal
Salem State Teachers’
College
Salem State Teachers’
College
Salem State Teachers’
College
Salem State Teachers’
College
Salem State Teachers’
C ollege
Aroostook State Normal
Wheelock K . T. S.
Plymouth Normal
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
SPECIAL
Eleanor H . Blaikie Physical Training
Vivian Dix, B .S . , M . Ed . Music
Grace A . Jenkins Drawing
Dr . C . E . Montague School Physician
Mary K . English School Nurse
J . Edward Hatch Attendance Officer
Custodian of Buildings
JANI T ORS
Edward E . Eaton
George E . Zwicker
Irving A . Wells ,Engineer
Carl A . Peterson, Asst . Engineer
Carrie M . Agry
M . Leo Conway
Thomas Hemsworth
Lyman E . Allen
Michael Neary
Chester I . :Hopkins
James F. Curley
G . Fred Dodge
T. John Ardill
1929
1935
1919
191 2
1916
1928
Sargent
Boston University
Mass . Normal Art
Williams College
Boston Univ . Med . School
21 Park Street
49 Emerson Street
1 8 Pleasant Street
242 Albion Street
1 6 Charles Street
1 0 Bennett Street
27 Park Street
199 North Avenue
57 Greenwood Avenue
. 40 Sweetser Street
2 Birch Hill Avenue
46 Albion Street
8 Fairmount Avenue
REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE 133
COST OF PUBLIC DAY SCHOOL
General Expenses Total High Elementary
Supt . of Schools
Attendance Officer
Salaries
Other“Expenses
School Committee :
Clerks, Other Expenses
Instruction :
Supervisors :
Salaries
Expenses
Principals
Teachers
Text BooksSupplies
Operation
Janitor Service
Fuel
Miscellaneous
Maintenance
Repairs and Upkeep 9Auxiliary Agencies
The receipts for 1937 are:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on account Of TeachersCommonwealth of Massachusetts, Tuition,
State Wards
City of Boston , Tuition , City Wards
Town of Lynnfield , Tuition
Town of Saugus
T own of Stoneham“
Individuals , Tuition
Miscellaneous
1 34 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
HOW A SCHOOL DOLLAR IS SPENT
Outlay
Office Expenses, includ ing clerk hire, telephones, etc .
Miscellaneous : Water, Light, Janitor Supplies
Auxiliaries
Fuel
Books and SuppliesRepairs and UpkeepJanitorsSupt , Att . Officer, T eachers, Scho
’
ol Physician and Nurse
136 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
REPORT OF CENSUS
Girls
5 - 7 7- 14 1 4- 16 5 -7 7- 14 1 4- 16 Totals
WakefieldPublic Schools 168 853 316 160 8 19 345
St . Joseph’
s 32 193 7 40 168 4
Trade School 1 0 2
Registered in
Private Schools
Registered in Out
side Public Schools
Employed
Not in school
Physically handicapped
unable to attend school 1
CHANGES IN PERSONNEL IN 1937
Resignations
Office of Superintendent
Ann M . Anderson T o be married
High School
Annette Lane Burbank Married
Mildred G . Moore To be married
Retired
Alice J . Kernan From Warren School
Myrta E . Knight From Woodvi lle School
Eugenex
Lenners Janitor— From Woodville School
Charles W. Stevens Janitor— From Warren School
Appointments
Office of Superintendent
Doris Skinner O ffice ,“
Junior High School— R eading
High School
Louise E . Sheldon FromBeebe Library
REPORT -OF SCHOOL COMMITT EE 137
E lementary
Lyman Allen
Chester HopkinsAnna Maloney
T ransfers
Hertha BergnerRuth Conley
NancyD’
AmicoMarion E . Garland
Mary E . Grace
Thomas Hemsworth
Beatrice D . Moody
Rita T. Neagle
Alice M . Scipione
D istricts
T. Frank Shea Lincoln and Montrose
T o Janitor— Woodville School
To Janitor— Hurd School
Salem State. Teachers ’ College
From Montrose to Woodville
From Warren to Hurd
Froom Woodville to Warren
From Franklin to Montrose
From Lincoln to Montrose
Janitor— . From Hurd to Warren
From Woodville to Montrose
From Hurd to High
From Montrose to Lincoln
138 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION PROGRAM
Overture . and Processional
Essay— What Were the Contributions of Horace Mann to Education?
Walter J . LeBlanc, Salutatorian
The Education of an American Boy Anonymous
Vincent R. Collins
Chorus—“
Our Heritage
Five Days and an Education Dallas L. Sharp
Myrtle E . Oliver
Essay— Are Modern High Schools Exemplars of Horace Mann ’
s Ideals?
Paul F. Salipante, Honor Pupil
Clarinet Solo— Liebesfreud
Song to the Evening StarMax W. Robinson
The Ground of the Free School System Horace Mann
Lawrence Joseph Burns
P eter Projects Muriel Brady
Irma Dorothea Clapp
Chorus— America— from Epic Symphony Bloch
Essay— What T ype of Education Will Improve Our Democracy?
Richard H . Bridge, Valedictorian
Presentation of Diplomas
Mr. Willard B . Atwell, Superintendent of Schools
Class Song
Recessional
GRADUATES
Robert A . Adams
Angelo A . Al lecaf
Muriel A . Ames
Myrtle Ames
Doris Mary Anderson
Albert Arsenault
Howell Ware Atwell
Lance Chaffee Ballou , Jr .
Ralph Edward Bangs
Mary Virginia Baril
Robert A . Barker
Gladys Irene Barnes
Richard Allen Barnes
Mary Josephine Barry
Douglas Bartlett*Rosemarie Batty
Raymond Joseph Beane , Jr .
Annette Rose Benedetto
Anthony Robert Benedetto
Jean C . Benedetto
Harold Spencer Bennett
Alvin E . BeyeaJosephine Joan Bilicki
Florence Pearl Blair
Bernal ine Brannon
Richard Huntley Bridge
Eleanore Mae Brown
Malcolm West Brown
Mildred Barbara Brown
Nancy Franklin Brown
Phyllis Virginia Brown
William A . Brunswick, Jr .
Anne Adrienne Burke
Gertrude Alicia Burke
Lawrence Joseph Burns
Irene Frances Butler
Alford Walter Calkins
Ruth E . Cammon
Hope Carter
Charlotte M . Chelman
John Chillemi
Karin Christenson
Mildred E. Christenson
Marion E . Clafl in
Irma Dorothea. Clapp
Lauren A . Clo‘u‘
gh
Leon W . Cobb
Edward Morton Cochran*Vincent Richard Collins
Phyllis Collinson
John A . Confalone
Tony Richard Confalone
Rita Consoli*Vivian Cook
Barbara Irene Copeland
Mary Dolores Cotter
Lillian Ann Cottreau
Ruth E . Coulter
Elizabeth F. Coviello
Arthur B . Cragin , Jr .
George E . Crocker
John E . Cronin
Marie Agnes Cronin
Agnes Macdonald Crosby
Isabel Ann Cundy
Charlotte Rita Curley
John J . Curley
Mary Catherine Daley
Lillian E . Darling
Lawrence Burnham Davis
Eleanor Martin Davison
Fred D eF elice
Stella Mary D elRossi
Marjory Fairbrother Denton
Mary Elizabeth D eRoche
Agnes Constance Desantis
Grace Margaret Devlin
John Bernard Dignan
Charles S. Dill
William G . Dill, Jr .
Eleanor M . Dodge
Richard W. Doremus
Harold Doucette
Mary Virginia Duane
Newton H . Eckert
Samuel Paul Evangelista
Eugene F. Fairbanks
Kathryn J . Farrington
Norman H . Florence
Antoinette Ann Framiglio
Alice Louise Fraughton
Anne Pierce Gardner
REPORT OF SCHOOL CO -lVIlVI I T T EE 1 41
Blanche Louise Gardner
Sherman Russell Gates
Sarah Rose Gersinovitch
Richard Goodwin Gibson , Jr .
Rita Giunta
Edith‘
E rminnie Glueck
Madeleine Gould
James F. Grady
Helen Marie Grant
Nicholas‘
John Gregorio
Samuel Gregory
Fred Joseph Haladay
Genevieve N . Baladay
Virginia Frances Hale
Stanley Harold HalperinDorothy Arlene Hartley
Helen Lorraine Hartley*Pierre Frederic Hartshorne
Donald'H. Hatch
Walter Irving Hatch
Everett John Henry
Charles M . Hibbard , Jr .
Dorothy Holland
Anne Elizabeth Hurton
James
'
T homas Burton
Howard Leon Ineson
Joseph John Iosua
Marjorie A . Jewell
Catherine M . Jones
L . Frederica KellowayWilliam Warren Kimball, Jr .
Minerva Caroline King
John J. Klapes
Edward F. Kulacz
Julia A”
. Lan*Walter J . LeBlanc
Doris Kathryn LeF ave“
Clarence Ernest Lobacz‘
Madeline Joan Lofaro
Frances True Lombard*He1en Louise Lombard
Daniel George Luciano
Jean MacAlpine
Ellsworth NewtonMacLaughl in,
Richard Maher
Raymond F. Malonson
Ruth Dexter Marshall
Dorothy Mary McGrail
Josephine Anne McGrath
E sther 'Marilyn McKennaLouis Migliore
*Edith Child Miller
Winifred F. Mills
Sarah O . Minardi
Everett Charles Mitchell
Mary Modica
Harry Earl Mohla
Veronica Pauline Monahan
Frances Sarah Moore
Louis e E . Mosher
Beatrice Anne MuseAlfred Paul Musi
Mary Ann Musi
Avis Muriel Nickerson
Ignace Nikitin
Robert O ’
Connor
Myrtle Emily OliverHarold O ’
Neil
Lawrence MacLennan Owen*Flora Nina Palmete
‘
r
Lois Parker
Walter T. Peterson
Fred Petrillo
Verna Pauline PinkneyGeorge Paul Pizzano
Rupertia’
Mildred Plummer
William Hugh PowersDana Chipman Pratt
Fred Joseph Ramocki
Robert Leighton Ramsdell
Alice Claire Regan
Arthur John Renz , Jr .
Lois Dorothy Ring
Russell A . Robb
Max William Robinson
Meinzie Louise Roper
Lewis A . Ruggles
Arthur H . Russell
Eleanor M . Russell*Ida Claire Russo*Paul Francis Sal ipante
Eva L. Sampson
Agnes J . Savage
Eleanor K athryn Seabury
142 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Ruth Alice Sellar
Marion Eleanor Shanahan
Nora V . Shanahan
Louise Beatrice Shaw
Eleanor M . Sheridan
Caroline Magdelyn Signorelli
William Tanton Singleton
Alice Mary Smith
Beverley D . SmithRichard Allison Smith
Robert L. Sparks
Elaine Newcomb Spaulding
Ralph M . Stearns
Barbara Steele
Charlotte 1 . Stockbridge
Margaret E . Stoddard
Clarence Hammond Stone
Edith Mary Storti"Brenda A. Sturges
John Chester Sullivan
Honor pupil
T Not“
absent, tardy or dismissed during the twelve years of school
Mary Patricia SullivanG . Clifford Taylor
Robert W illiam Taylor
TAlma E . Todd
William George T repsas
Marion Constance Tropeano
Evelyn Regina Turner
Lennart E. Turnquist
E . Arlena Wall
Hugh Joseph Walsh
Mary Ellen Walsh
David Wardwell
Albert Fraser Watts
Paul Frank Wheeler
Arthur Dennis White
Mary Elizabeth Wil liams
George F ranklynn Wilson, Jr .
Marion Elizabeth Winter
Warren Ario WintersMuriel Woodbury
1 44 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
The Wakefield Grange enjoyed a 4-H night in September with exhibits
and a special program in charge of Mrs. Frances Hastings.
The following attended Camp Middlesex in Amherst : Bertha Climo ,
Ethelyn Ramsdell, Barbara Reid, Ruth Reynolds, Octavia Zwicker , and
Ellen Jane Leonard . Doris Climo and Emily Climo attended State Camp ,
and Mrs . John Climo attended leaders’ camp at the Massachusetts State
College.
A two- day trip was awarded to seven club members for excellence in
their club records. T he winners were Arline Sullivan, Norma Boyce ,
Catherine Titus , Anna Nikitin ,Evelyn Thompson , Wilfred LeBlanc,
Gaetano F alabella, and Robert Gerarde.
REPORT OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES 1 45
“
Report ofLibraryT rustees
BOARD OF TRUSTEES O F T HE LUCIUS BE’
E'
BE
MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Mrs . Florence L. Bean Albert W . Rockwood
Arthur H . Bo‘ardman* John J . Round
Richard Dutton, M . D . Hervey J . Skinner
Arthur L. Evans Mrs . Alice W. Wh eeler
WalterC. Hickey Frank T . Woodbury, M . D .
ORGANIZATION O F TRUSTEES
Hervey J . Skinner
Mrs . F lorence L . Bean
Arthur H . Boardman
BOOK COMMITTEE
Frank T. Woodbury, M.D ChairmanAll members of the Board
BRANCH COMMIT T EE
John J . Round, Chairman
Richard Dutton , Arthur L.E vans
CHILDREN ’S ROOM
Mrs . Alice W. Wheeler,Chairman
“
Mrs. Florence L. Bean Albert W. Rockwood
CIRCULAT ION COMMITTEEArthur L. Evans
,Chairman
John J . Round Richard Dutton , M. D .
EXECUTIVE COMMITT EE
Richard Dutton , M. D . ,Chairman
Mrs. Florence L. Bean Hervey J.Skinner
. F INANCE COMMITTEEHervey J . Skinner
,Chairman
Richard Dutton, M . D . John J ROund
GROUNDS COMMIT T EE
Albert W . Rockwood,Chairman
Walter C . Hickey Mrs . Alice W . Wheeler
*Ex Officio as Town T reasurer
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HOUSE COMMITTEE
Walter C . Hickey, Chairman
Albert W . Rockwood Frank T. Woodbury, M . D .
PERSONNEL COMMITTEEMrs. Florence L. Bean ,
Chairman
Hervey J . Skinner Frank T. Woodbury, M . D .
LIBRARY PERSONNEL
Librarian
Helen Frances Carleton
Adul t Circulation
E lizabeth Black
Barbara LeNoir
Dorothy Peterson
Dorothy M. Rogers
Louise E . Sheldon*
Children’s Room
H . Gladys MacKenzie
Greenwood Branch LibraryClara G. Wilson
Margaret D oe
Senior Part - T ime As'
sistants
Marian Etta F. Smith
Junior Par t -T ime Assistants
Marjorie Allman Elizabeth Edson
Marjorie Bridge Josephine Ferrara
Earl Richard
H. T. Mitchell, Main Library Michael Neary , Greenwood Branch
Resigned
1 48 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
and industry of those members of the WPA engaged in this work is
worthy of commendation .
The Library has received a very unusual gift from Mrs. Gustave
Keander in memory of her husband , the l ate Gustave Keander . Mr .
Keander was a well known wood carver and maker . of artistic frames of
fine woods for paintings and etchings . Through h is work he became
acquainted with the masterpieces of both European and American artists,
and accumul ated a large number of Medici prints of the famous canvases
in European Galleries ; these are considered to be the best prints in
colors that are made . The collection given by Mrs . Keander comprises
some 72 . of these prints with - a financial value of well over in
catalogue prices . These prints which have been catalogued and placed
in folders for preservation , already have been on,exhibition in the Lecture
Hall where their beauty of subject and color has been much admired .
The late Mr . Harris M . Dolbeare and Mr . Gardner E'
. Campbell have
continued the generous; gift of space in the Daily Item . Mrs. Junius Beebe
again furnished the Christmas decorations which add so much to the cheer
of‘
the holiday season . Other friends have remembered the library with
gifts of books, magazines and fl owers .
During the year the Library has lost two members of the staff . In
February,Miss Dorothy Peterson resigned to accept a position in New
York at a considerable increase in salary . Later in the year Miss Louise
E. Sheldon resigned to take charge of the Charles H . Howe'
Memorial
Library at the Wakefield High School . Miss Sheldon had been a member
of the staff since 1 925 and understands thoroughly the various branches
of library service .
In the reorganization which followed these resignations, Miss Dorothy
Rogers , a recent Simmons graduate,'
was appointed cataloguer and Miss
Elizabeth Black, a part- time assistant who is taking work at Simmons,
was made a full time assistant . Perhaps it will not come amiss to say
at this time that it is increasingly difficult to find experienced library
assistants so necessary for efficient and economical service , at the prices
Wakefield pays.
Last year it was thought that redecorating the Reference Room and
some repairs on the upholstery were almost imperative, but this work has
been delayed as it was found necessary to do some outside repair work .
At all times a careful watch is kept that the cost of repairs may be keptat a minimum .
Th is year the circulation has been or thirteen and one -half
books per capita . There are at present registered borrowers, thus
an average of 30 books were issued to each card holder . An analysis of
the book circulation shows an increase of over books of a serious
nature , especially in the fields of philosophy; sociology, science , useful
REPORT OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES 1 49
and fine arts, travel‘and biography . In addition, there was a large
number of musical scores borrowed from the new Wakefield Choral
Society collection ; from the picture collection a total of loans were
made during the year .
HERVEY J. SKINNER
FLORENCE L . BEAN
FRANK T . WOODBURY
JOHN J. ROUND
WALTER Cl. HICKEY
RICHARD DUTTON
ALICE W . W HEELER
ARTHUR-
L . EVANS
ALBERT W. ROCKWOOD
Trustees.
1 50 TOWN OF WAKEF IELD
DONORS
It is with appreciative thanks that we acknowledge loans
gifts from :
American Rose Society
American Telephone and Telegraph CompanyAmerican Viscose Corporation
Mr . and Mrs. Ralph C . Bean
Mrs. Junius Beebe
Lucius Beebe
Mrs . Josiah Bonney
Boston Public Library
Boston University
Brookline Bird Club
Mrs . Herbert Brown
Lois Burbine
Bureau of Air Commerce
George Carpenter
Mrs . Clara Carr
Ch ristian Science Church , Reading , Massach usetts
Cleveland Trust Company
Thomas Cook Company
Mrs . George Cowdrey
Cunard Line
Daughters of the American Revolution, Faneuil Hall Chapter
Demco Supply Company
Doubleday, Doran Publishing Co .
E . I . Dupont de Nemours Company
Mrs. Richard Dutton
William E . Eaton
Mrs. F. L. Edson
Electric Storage Battery Company
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
First National Bank of Boston
J . M. Fitzgerald
Miss Isabel Flint
Philip Foster
Mrs. J . D . Fraser
General Motors Company
Golfing Inc .,Publisher
Foster Hall
Hamburg-American Line
Harvard University
Honorable Joseph Hines
Mrs . Helen -M. Hitchcock
Ar thur W. Hixson
Charles W. Hodgdon
Loea Parker Howard
Howard D . Johnson Restaurants
1 52 TOWN OF WAKEF IELD
LIBRARY EXHIBITS— 1937
MAIN LIBRARY
FROM PICTURE COLLECTION
Presidents (from Washington to Roosevelt)
Lithographs and wood engravings
Reproductions of paintings fromMellon collectionAncient civilization in America
Cave drawings and pre-historic sculpture
Birds
Coronation in England
Summer sports of yesterday
Electricity in the service of man
Early exploration
Chinese arts and crafts
Christmas books and posters
Madonnas from. the Keander collection
LOANS FROM :
Gardner Campbell (White Mountain photographs)Miss Marian Cannon , Paintings
Miss Edith Fisher , Christmas Cards and Madonnas
Richard Hartshorne , Paintings
Charles W. Hodgdon, motion picture stills
GREENWOOD BRANCH LIBRARY
FRO 'M PICTURE COLLECTION
Scandinavian exhibit (Miss Isabel F lint)Drawings (Greenwood School)
Ai rplane drawings (7th Grade , Greenwood School)Handwork (Greenwood playground)
Handwork (Boy Scouts, Troop 2)
PROJECTS
Library Exhibits
Winter display
Poem— Dutch garden
Circus display
Christmas in other lands
REPORT OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES 1 53
TABLE 1
FINANCIAL STATISTICS 1937
Receipts
Town Appropriation
Dog tax
Income from Library Funds :
Junius Beebe Fund
Marcus Beebe Fund
Decius Beebe Fund
Katherine Beebe-
Fund
Eleanor H . Beebe Fund
Frederic Beebe Fund
Charles S. Beebe Fund
John H . Beebe Fund
J. Oliver Beebe Fund
Alice B. Carpenter Fund
George 0 . Carpent er Fund
Sylenda B . Stearns Fund
J . G . Aborn Library Fund
Cyrus Gilbert Beebe Fund '
Frederic Beebe Library Fund
Willard Donnell Fund
Rev . Thomas A. Emerson Fund
Flint Memorial Library Fund
M . W. Gove Library Fund
Melvin Hill Fund
Dr. F. P. Hurd Library Fund
Franklin Poole Library Fund
Mary H. Pratt Library Fund
Cyrus Wakefield Library Fund
T otal Income
Expenditures
Books
Periodicals
Binding
Salaries, library service
S lipplies, printingHeat, light, power, water
Salaries, janitor service
Repairs, furniture , maintenance , et cetera
Telephone, postage; freight, express
Unexpended Balance
Total
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TABLE III
RESOURCES"
Volumes belonging to Library , January 1 , 1937
Additions in 1937
MAIN LIBRARY
New Titles
Adult
Juvenile
Replacements and duplicates
Adult
Juvenile
GREENWOOD BRANCH
New Titles
Adult
Juvenile
Replacements and duplicates
Adult
Juvenile
Gifts accessioned
Books,
for school deposits
Bound magazines
Unclassified
Total additions
Volumes withdrawn, 1937
Voliimes belonging to Library, December
REPORT”
OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES 1 57
TABLE IV
American Library Association Form for Uniform Statistics
Population of Wakefield ( 1937)
Term of use of Library : FREE
Agencies : MainLibrary, one Branch, 34 school class rooms, 1
deposit station
Days open during the year— Main Library
Days open during the year— Branch Library
Hours open'
each week for lending -Main Library
Hours open each week for reading— Main Library
Hours open each week for lending— Branch Library
Hours open each week for reading— Branch Library
Number of volumes at beginning of year
Number of volumes added by gift
Number of volumes withdrawn during year
Number of volumes added
Number of volumes at end of year
Pictures mounted)
Pamphlets
Number of registered borrowers
Number of volumes lent for home use
Number of pictures lent for home use
Registration period (since May, 1937)
Number of newspapers (2 gifts) received currently
Number of periodical titles currently received
Main Library
Greenwood Branch
Library receipts
Town appropriation
Income from dog tax
Income from trust funds
Library expenditures
BooksPeriodicals
Binding
Salaries , library service
Salaries , janitor service
Supplies
Heat
Other maintenance
Balance returned to town
Library receipts returned to town from fines , pay
ment of lost books, etc ., during 1937
Report -Oi Park and CemeteryCommissioners
T o the Citizens of
“
Wakefield
The Park and Cemetery Commissioners hereby submit their annual
report for the year ending December 31 , 1937.
The Park and Common were kept in first class condition by t heSuperintendent , Arthur G . Abbott , and at this time the Commissioners
wish to commend him for h is splendid efforts .
We have fourteen . ( 14) triangular plots under our care in different
parts of the town as follows : Common and Church Stree ts, Eaton and
Crescent Streets, Lafayette and Church Streets, North Avenue and Church
Street, Prospect and Cedar Streets, Prospect and Elm Streets , Prospect
Street and Shumway Circle, Prospect and Hopkins Streets, Vernon and
Salem Streets , Main Street opposite High School , Farm and Nahant Streets,
Main Street Opposite Junction Depot , and Oak and Green Streets. In addi
tion to these triangular plots we have five (5 ) playgrounds under our care .
We recommend an extra man in order that these -shall be maintained in
a creditable manner .
The bath house was under the care of Mr . David Ingerton , instructor ,
and a corps of men who had a very successful season , and the commissioners
received no reports of misconduct, although thousands of children
took advantage of the bath house . The Commissioners hope that in the
near future a WPA project will be started for a new bath house to
take the place of the one we now have . The present building h as outgrown
its usefulness and is badly in need of repair . Mr . Ingerton’
s report is
submitted under another heading .
The Old Cemetery has been taken care of, grass cut and the grounds
cleaned up twice a year . We also recommend a WPA project to put this
cemetery in better condition .
The receipts for Forest Glade Cemetery for 1937 were ih
cluding perpetual care receipts. We expect to have the receiving tomb
and office started this year as WPA funds have been set aside for this
work ; A new WPA general development project is in the offing , which
will improve the cemetery even more than it has been . The Commissioners
are indebted to several citizens who donated fine evergreen trees. We
are especially grateful to Mr . and Mrs. J . Lowe McMahon of Prospect
Street for the seven beautiful Norway spruce trees they donated .
On Memorial Sunday,May 30 , 1937, a beautifiI l shrine was ded icated
in the Catholic section of Forest Glade Cemetery . This“
shrine was donated
to the town by one of our most respected citizens, who does not wish h is
identity disclosed .The sh rine, valued at about exclusive of the
160 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Report of Bath House Supervisor
Wakefield Park Board ,
Wakefield, Massachusetts.
Gentlemen
The bath house opened June 28 and closed September 4, a period of
69 days, during which time protection was given the bathers from A .M .
to on week days, and from P .M . to P.M . on Sundays .
During a hot spell the bath house was kept open longer for the safety of
night bathers.
Total number in attendance
Average daily
Maximum weekly
Number of minor injuries
Number of serious injuries, requiring
medical attention :
(also 1 epileptic fit)
Number of persons beyond their depth
needing help
Help rendered to overturned boats
Number of suspensions
The continuation of the Learn to Swim campaign inaugurated in
1936 resulted in 274 persons learning to swim or improving their ability
to take care of themselves in the water . This figure does not include the
special class to Boy Scouts, 1 5 of whom passed their merit badge tests.
During the season , six children were picked up along the shores of
the lake and restored to their parents ; also five boys were rescued from
unsafe rafts or boats , which were then destroyed . Parents should guard
against things of this kind , as all of the craft were made at home and
carted to the lake .
I wish to thank all of the town departments for their generous help ,the Park Board for their co- operation, and especially the Police Depart
ment for their prompt and efficient handling of petty thefts .
DAVID F. INGERT ON,
Supervisor .
REPORT OF MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD 161
Report Of theMunicipal Light Board
T o the Citizens of the Town of Wakefield
We submit for your consideration , the fortyr-f6urth annual report of the
Municipal Light Board , covering the year ending December 31 , 1937.
The operations of the Department resulted in a net profit, after deduct
ing debt retirement, of as compared to a profit of in
1 936.
T he balance of our Operating Fund is as compared to $34,
in 1936 ; the decrease being due to a falling Off in collections during
the last few months of the year and to increased cost of materials, etc .
The amount of bonds outstanding has been reduced to The
other liabilities of the Department are accrued interest and insurance
amounting to Consumers’ Deposits liability is offset by the same
amount of cash in the banks.
T he Department turned back to the Town at the annual
Town Meeting in March , 1937, which makes a total of during
the past five years.
We are asking for an appropriation of for street lighting for
1 938, in order to comply with the state regulations, whi ch require Us to
charge electricity delivered for this purpose at our average cost per kilowatt
hour .
The report of the manager, showing the financial condition,of the plant
as of December 31 , 1937, and its operations for the year, is included in thisreport.
The books of the Department are being audited by Thomas B . Donnelly ,C . P.
‘A Boston .
Respectfully submitted ,
MARCUS BEEBE, 2nd , Chairman
A. FRANCIS HARRINGTON,Secretary
CURTIS L. SOPHER,M. D .
Board of Commis‘
sioners
Municipal Light Department
January2, 1938 .
January 1, 1938 .
T o the Board of Light Commissioners,Town of Wakefield , Massachusetts.
Gentlemen
I report herewith on the affairs of this Department for the year ending
December 31 , 1937. T he Balance Sheet shows the total’
assets to be
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The sales of gas amounted to the operating expense $90 ,and a profit of
The sales of electricity amounted to the operating expense
and a profit of
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
Plant investments and general equipment have been increased
net, including the completion of underground distribution for
residence service in Chestnut Street between Main Street .and North Ave
nue ; in North Avenue, between Chestnut Street and Yale Avenue ; and in
Yale Avenue and Avon Street. Thirty- six street lights were added to the
ornamental street lighting of the town, on Chestnut Street, Avon Street,Yale Avenue and North Avenue .
The entrance of,a new company at the Heywood-Bros . Wakefield
location, had an extension e of 3- phase and = single- phase services . The
pumping station of the Sewer Department at a“point opposite Central
Street on Main Street, h as been furnished with single- phase , three-wire ,underground service .
The yearly inspection and replacement of defective poles - h as been
completed. There has not been any large extension of aerial lines ;some new houses have been given underground service . Pole line extensions
have been made at the Flint Field development .A large amount Of change in layout and switchboard has been in prog
ress during the year, at the substation, and is to be continued during the
coming year. The regulators on commercial lines have been placed outside
the north wall of the substation and all made weatherproof at small cost
comparatively.
During the year the Gas Department put in 42 new services and re
placed 33 old ones. On Albion Street the main was stripped and examined
for leaks and new services were put in as required . In Central Street
91 0 ft. of 3” pipe was laid, replacing 400 ft . of pipe and connecting
Main Street to Pleasant Street. On Hopkins Street the main was extended
by 418 ft . of 4 pipe and on Mountain Avenue b y 1 50 ft . of 4” pipe . On
Bartley Street 250 ft . of 2"pipe was replaced by the same amount of
On Crescent Street 81 ft . of 3 pipe was laid across the new intersection .
On Gladstone Street the main was extended by 440 ft . with 4” pipe con
necting Myrtle Avenue and Crystal Street .
In the Heywood-Wakefield yard 350 ft . of 3 pipe was laid to serve
Build ing No. 1A . In the new development in Howard Street 400 ft . of 3"
pipe was laid and on Flint Street 320 ft.'
of 3” and on the lower end of
Main Street 250 ft . of 3"pipe. On Clifton Avenue and Lotus Avenue at
the Stoneham line, 605 ft. of 2” pipe was laid . On Cutter Avenue , the new
development off North Avenue, 240 ft. of 3” pipe was put in and on Kingmont Street, 245 ft . of 3
"pipe was put in ,replacing 1 50 ft of 1 ” pipe .
On Stedman Street 740 ft. of 1 ” pipe was replaced with 3 On Vernon
Street,where a new street was put in , 605 ft . of 3
” and 475 ft . of 4"pipe
164 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
BALANCE SHEET As OF DECEMBER 31 , 1937
LIABILITIES AND SURPLUS
BOND S'
PAYABLE
CURRENT LIABILITIESConsumers’ Deposits
Matured Interest
Li ability Insurance
Total Current Liabilities
ACCRUED LIABILITIES
Interest on Bonds
APPROPRIATED SURPLUSLoans RepaymentAppropriation for Construction Repayment
Total Appropriated Surplus
SURPLUS (Schedule D)
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SURPLUS
REPORT OF MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD 1 65
STATE MENT OF INCOME AND EXPENSE
GAS DEPARTMENT
INCOME FROM SALE OF GAS
Regular Meters
Prepay Meters
Municipal MetersMinimum Bills
Total Sales
DEDUCT OPERATING
Gas Purchased
Distribution
CommercialNew Business
General
Depreciation
Total Operating Expense
OPERATING INCOME
ADD OTHER INCOME
Merchandise .and Jobbing
Interest on Bank Balances
GROSS INCOME
DEDUCT OTHER EXPENSEInterest on Bonds
Interest on Consumers’ Deposits
Bad Debts
NET INCOME T O SURPLUS (Schedule D )
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
STATEMENT OF INCOME AND EXPENSE
ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT
INCOME FROM SALE OF
Commercial Lighting
Commercial PowerMunicipal PowerMunicipal l i ghting
Street Lighting
Minimum Bills
Total Sales
DEDUCT OPERATING EXPENSE
Energy Purchased
Distribution
Utilization
Commercial
New Business
General
Depreciation
Total Operating Expense
OPERATING INCOME
ADD OTHER INCOME
Merchandise and JobbingInterest on Bank Balances
GROSS INCOME
DEDUCT OTHER EXPENSE
Interest on Bonds
Interest on C'onsumers’ Deposits
Bad Debts
NE T INCOME T O SURPLUS (Schedule D )
168 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
SURPLUS AS OF DECEMBER 31 , 1937
CREDITS
Balance, J anuary 1 , 1937
Profit ifrom Electric Operations
Profit from Gas Operations
Total Credits
DEBITS
Bonds Retired
Property Abandoned
Cash Returned to Town
Total Debits '
Surplus December 31 , 1937, per Balance Sheet
COST OF GASCost in Holder
Cost in Holder per M . C . F.
Average Selling Price per M . C . F.
Average Cost Delivered per M . C . F.
Total Gas Purchased cubic feet
Total Gas Sold cubic feet
COST OF ELECTRICITY
Cost on Switchboard
Cost on Switchboard per K .W . H.
Average Selling Price per K .W. H .
Average Cost Delivered per K .W. H.
Total Electricity Purchased K . W. Hours
Total Electricity Sold K .W. Hour
REPLACEMENTS AND NEW CONSTRUCTIONS GAS
Street Mains (feet)Services
Meters
Meters in use beginning of year
Meters in use end of year
REPORT OF MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD
REPLACEMENTS AND NEW CONST RUCT I ONS ELECTRICITY
Street Lights
Transformers
Poles
Overhead wires (feet)
Services
Ducts (feet)
Underground Cables (feet)
Meters in use beginning of
Meters in use end of year
I again express my gratitude and appreciation for the support and co
operation of the Commission, the employees and our customers in the past
year . With the continuation of these relations , we can anticipate con
tinued successful results:
Respectfully submitted,
SAMUEL H. BROOKS, Manager
Municipal Light Department
Fire Alarm , Police Signal and
T raffic Lights
The battery room of the fire alarm system has been entirely re
organized . Old wood frames replaced by channel iron supported on pipe‘
posts , wire lines re- arranged , fl oor concreted,acid - proof plumbing
,and
new lighting and heating arranged . Some boxes have been changed by
the installation of one new box at No. 12. The mutual - aid system existing
between Reading and Melrose has been extended to include Stoneham:This Department has operated well during the past year . Some pieces
of fire alarm send ing equipment have been acquired through the Ga’
mewell
Company and installed‘
at the Central Station,relieving the old repeater
box to be placed at the Greenwood Station .
The Police Signal System and Traffic Lights, which are in the custodyof the Light Department, have been working sat isfactorily and have .
not
required any major attention . The installation of a radio in the cruising
car has added Very much to the efficiency of the signal system .
Respectfully submitted,
SAMUEL H. BROOKS, Superintendent .
28th AnnualReport of theC
W‘
akefieldWater and Sewerage Board
In our report Of one year ago , we urged constructionof a modern ,
fire- proof pumping station , to house the equipment necessary to operate
the driven wells located off Nahant Street .
Since then , a WPA project was authorized to construct such‘
a
station, plans for it being properly drawn and approved .
During the summer and fall of last year,the building was erected
and as this report is submitted, the pumping equipment a nd appliancesare located therein , after removal from the former worn- out wooden
shed used as a pumping station for several years, so that today, the town
possesses an adequate fire- proof building of brick , steel, and cement con
struction nearly ready for pract ical use. As will be noted in the report of
the Superintendent , the station pumped and delivered, direct to the water
mains ,'
a total of over gallons of pure water during the period
of nine months, from December 1 , 1936, to September 1 , 1 937, thus demon
strating to Qur people the value of this sub- supply of water in time of need .
As the town ’
s population increases, it is clearly evident that great er con
sumption of water must follow and this Board will , in due time , recommend
that provision ( be mad e to increase the number of dr iven wells at the
auxiliary station . Once more we congratulate our people in ‘possessing
this invaluable supply of high- grade water:
During the year 1937, material gains were made in sewerage construo
tion , as authorized by votes passed in Town Meeting . These additions
to our sewerage area have been completed and are in Operation aftersuccessful application of modern methods in two notable instances . These
are, first , the building and equipment of an ejector station on Main Street ,
Lakeside , automatically lifting the sewer fl ow sirom low level to higher
level for delivery to gravity flow on Main Street, at intersection of Aborn
Avenue . The operation of this ejector station is well worth the study
of all . The second instance is in connect ion with method used to
cross the Boston Maine roadbed from west side to east side in Green
wood . A three- foot diameter steel casing was driven through this mainline
roadbed - by men working within the casing and from the far end digging
their way along,the casing being advanced by power of jacks .
Regular movement.
of trains was not hindered at any time and . the
job was completed in less than two days .
T o safeguard the water supply in Crystal Lake , this Board is firmly ofthe Opinion that further sewer construction in Greenwood should be ac
complished during the coming spring and Slimmer to the end that the
entire area of Greenwood Plains be piped for sewerage . Portions of the
172 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
SUPERINTENDENT’S REPORT
To the Water and Sewerage Board
I respectfully submit the following report for the year ending
December 31 , 1 937
WATER CONSTRUCTION
Mountain Avenue , fromdead “
end westerly to new dead end Stonehamline, 125 feet of 2
” wrought iron pipe .
*Outlook Road , from dead end westerly to Strathmore Road , 342 feetof 6” cast iron pipe .
*Strathmore Road , from dead end northerly to,
Out ok Road , 220 feet
of 6"cast iron pipe .
Pine Ridge Road, from dead end easterly to Morgan Avenue , 44 feet
of 6” cast iron pipe .
Morgan Avenue, from Overlook Road northerly to Pine Ridge Road ,
262 feet of 6” cast iron pipe .
Overlook Road, from Nowell Road easterly to Morgan Avenue , 1 30feet of 6"cast iron pipe .
In taking of Heywood -W akefield Company yard , from Water Street
northerly "to d ead end , 275 feet of 6” cast iron pipe .
Howard Street,from dead end southerly to Flint Street , 243 feet
of 6” cast iron pipe .
Flint Street , from Main Street easterly to Howard Street, 250 feetof 6” cast iron pipe
Cutter Street, from North Avenue westerly to dead end , 254 feet of
2” wrought iron pipe .
Main Street , from Humphrey Street southerly to dead end, 21 8 feet
of 8” cas t iron pipe .
Pine Street, from dead end Opposite No . 39 northerly to Warren
Avenue, 1 88 feet of 6” cast iron pipe .
Warren Avenue, from Madison Avenue westerly to Greenwood Avenue,
244 feet of 8” cast iron pipe .
WPA'
projects
REPORT OF WATER AND SEW ERAGE BOARD 173
WATERRECONSTRUCTION
Overlook Road , from Nowell Road westerly to opposite No . 9, 213 feet
of 6” cast iron pipe .
Salem Street, f rom 24 feet west of Montrose Avenue westerly , 1 92 feet
of 1 2"cast iron pipe .
Green Street, Stonéham, near standpipe, from 12” tee on standpipe
branch easterly, 54 feet of .1 2"cast iron pipe .
Warren Avenue, from Pine Street westerly to Madison Avenue , 1 86
feet of 8"cast iron pipe.
NEW HYDRANT
Strathmore Road,corner of Outlook Road , 5
"Corey hydrant .
HYDRANTS BROKEN BY AUTO MOBILES
Pleasant Street, corner Eaton Street .
Columbia Road , corner Bancroft Avenue.
Nahant Street, opposite house of Bazley.
Main Street at entrance to Beebe Estate .
Meriam Street opposite No. 33.
RELOC‘ATED HYDRANTS
Hydrant No. 160 on Overlook Road, above Ashland Street, moved 19
feet westerly, increased from 4” to 5” Corey .
Hydrant No . 292 on Main Street Opposite Humphrey Street,to 8 1 feet
north of northerly side of Flint Street .
SERVICES
New services laid this yearServices relaid during the year
Number of feet of pipe laid on public . land
Nilmber of feet of pipe laid’
on p rivate land
Number of feet of pipe relaid bn public landNumber of feet of pipe relaid on private land
Services relaid from main to street line on account
street construction
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WATER SUPPLY
Crystal Lake, W akefield’
s water supply , is, at the present time,below high water mark ; The water is quite turbid , due to excess rainfall
and a very rapid runoff . From December 1 0 , 1936 to August 27, 1937, water
was pumped continually, day and night, from the driven wells supply on
Sexton avenue , off Nahant street . It has, at all times, met with the
complete approval of the State Department of Public Health .
F ILTRATION PLANT
The filtration plant has, as usual , produced water of excellent quality
dur ing the year. During the coming year, it will be necessary to replace
the sand , which has been removed in the process of cleaning for the last
few years .
WATER MAINS L LAID IN FOLLOW ING STREETS
UNDER WPA PROJECTS
Outlook Road
Strathmore Road
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE COMING YEAR
No. 1 Standpipe , located at Green street, Stoneham,muSt be painted
inside and outside . Al so , the foundation walls need to be repointed and a
cement weather cap placed on top of same .
No. 2 Standpipe should be painted inside .
Both intake cages at Crystal Lake must be replaced this year .
LOW LEVEL SEWER SYSTEM
The low level sewer system and pumping station h as, as in the past,
functioned properly . It has been necessary , during the year, to replace
both pump heads, due to their being worn through, thus causing leakage .
SEWER CONSTRUCTION
At a town meeting held June 1 6, 1937, the town voted to construct
sewers in the following streets :
Cordis Street
Main Street
Central Street
Also , they voted to construct a sewer ejector station on land owned
by the town between Main street and Lake Quannapowitt , opposite Central
street . This work has all been completed and the equipment has been
installed in the ejector station . The system is now in operation and is
functioning satisfactorily. The sewerage is discharged from the ejector
station into the gravity sewer on Main street at the intersection at Aborn
avenue .
REPORT OF WATER AND SEWERAGE BOARD 177
The department would be very glad to show this ejector Station t o anycitizen who S is interested in seeing it, as it is somewhat of a novel
installation in this vicinity .
At the same town meeting, the town voted to construct sewers in
Crystal Street, Gréenwood Street, Myrtle Avenue , across private land
and also under the Boston Maine Railroad track, to discharge the
sewerage into the trunk sewer and a manhole left there for that
purpose when the trunk sewer was originally built . This work has also
been completed and is in operation .
Sewers have been constructed in the following streets on the vote of
the town :
Western avenue — 300 feet, westerly from Elm street .
Charles street— From Main street to.
Birch H ill avenue .
Birch Hill avenue— From Nahant street , 250 feet southerly .
Th is work has been all completed and is in working order .
SEWER MAINTENANCE
T he entire system including the low level system has been inspected
twice during the year and thoroughly brushed and cleaned . The depart
ment is experiencing considerable difficulty, due to elm and poplar' roots
finding their way through the joints into the main sewer lines. These
roots grow very rapidly after entering the sewer and cause frequent
stoppages. When these stoppages occur, they must berelieved regardlessof the hour of theday or night .
Manhole covers and frames have been raised , lowered, or replaced as
necessary , to conform with new street grades .
‘ Also , n ew covers and
frames have been installed where old ones have been found to be faulty
or broken .
SEWER CONNECTIONS
A pplications for house connections to date
Number of connections made
Number of connections made during year
Number of connections waiting
SUMMARY OF WAT ER STATISTICSF OR T HE YEAR 1937
WAKEFIELD WATER .WORKS
Middlesex County
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD,MASSACHUSETTS
Popul ation Area of town acresDate of C
'onstruction— 1883— by Wakefield Water Company .
Source of supply
Crystal Lake .
Driven wells.
178 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Mode of supply : Pumping through distribution system to standpipes.
Standpipe capacities :
No . 1— Located on Green street , Stoneham gallons.
No . 2— Located on Sidney street, Wakefield gallons.
Type (if PurificationSlow sand filters.
Chlorination .
regularly supplied within town
regularly supplied outside town
Total population supplied
Consumption
Measured by Venturi Meter gallons
Builder of Pumping‘
MachineryHigh Lift Pump .
A . Knowles Steam Pump Company— one 1 0 xl9 x1 1 ”x27" duplexcompound condensing steam pump . Capacity million gallons
per twenty- four hours.
HIGH LIF I’ PUMP NO . 1
B . G oulds’ Pumps, Incorporated— one single Stage centrifugal pump ,
direct connected to 150 horse power , 550 volt, three phas e slip ring
motor, capacity million gallons for twenty - four hours.
HIGH LIFT PUMP NO . 2
C . Goulds’ Pumps, Incorporated — one single stage centrifugal‘
pump,
direct connected to 1 50 horse power, 550 volt, three phase sl ip
ring motor,'
capacity million gallons for twenty- four hours.
LOW LIFT PUMP NO . 1
D . Gould ’s Pumps, Incorporated— one single stage centrifugal pump
direct connected to 1 5 horse power, 550 volts, three phase slip ring
motor,capacity mil lion gallons for twenty- four hours.
LOW LIFT PUMP NO . 2
E . Goulds’ Pumps, Incorporated— one single stage centrifugal pump
direct connected to 1 5 horse power , 550 volts, three phas e slip ring
motor,capacity million gallons for twenty- four hours .
Total station capacity million gallons per day .
Purification statistics
Installed : 1927.
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Report of T own T reasurer
To the Citizens of Wakefield
I herewith present my report for the fiscal year ending December 31 ,
TRUST FUNDS
The Trust Funds°
and available income balances now in my hands are
as follows :
Cornelius Sweetser Lecture Fund
Cornelius Sweetser Lecture Guarantee Fund
John Gould Aborn Library FundCyril s G . Beebe Library Fund
Frederick Beebe l i brary F und
Willard Donnell Library FundReverend Thomas Albert Emerson Library Fund
Flint Memorial Library Fund
Merrill W. Gove Library Fund
Melvin J . Hill Library Fund
Dr . Francis P . Hurd l i brary Fund
Franklin Poole Library Fund
Mary H . P mtt l i brary Fund
Cyrus Wakefield l i brary Fund
MaryE . Aborn Park Fund
Nancy White Park Fund
Reverend Thomas Albert Emerson High School
Fund
Nancy White Hurd School Fund
Jonathan Nichols Temperance Fund .00
Annie L . Cox Prize for Advancement in Design
Fund
Annie L. Cox Scholarship Fund for Italian Students
Mary l i zzie Smith Fund for care of old cannon on
CommonGad and Clarissa Chandler Carter Burial Lot Fund
in O ld CemeteryAdams Coburn Burial Lot Fund in Old Cemetery
Ezra Eaton Burial Lot Fund in Old Cemetery
Carried forward
REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER 1 81
Brought forward
Reverend Thomas S Albert Emerson Old Cemetery
Fund
Levi Flanders Burial Lot Fund in Old Cemetery
Flint Old Burial Ground,
Fund
Dr . John Hart Burial Lot Fund in Old Cemetery
Harry E . Haskell Burial Lot Fund in Old Cemetery
Oliver Burial Lot Fund in Old Cemetery
Stimpson Family Burial Lot Fund in Old CemeteryClarissa E . Swain Burial Lot Fund in O ld Cemetery
Elizabeth Stout Burial Lot Fund in Old C emetery
Cornelius Sweetser Burial Lot Fund in Old
Cemetery
John Sweetser Burial Lot Fund in Old CemeteryRev. Horace Eaton Burial Lot Fund in Old
Cemetery
Jane K . Vinton Burial Lot Fund in Old Cemetery
James and Elizabeth Walton Burial Lot Fund in
Old CemeteryThe income from the following funds is for care of
lots in Forest Glade Cemetery :
Martha D . Wilson Fund
Reverend Johu_
M. Currie Fund
J . Walter Curley Fund
Sarah Burbank Fund
George M . Kelley Fund
P. M . Wilkinson Fund
Francis G . Robie Fund
Sylvester Burditt Fund
Isaiah Blake Fund
Lottie A. Lefave Fund
Michael Hennessey Fund
Joseph F . McNeil Fund
Mary B . Staples Fund
Joseph 0 . Surrette Fund
Fannie Doucette Fund
Mary Harwood Fund
Ellen Scott Fund
Masonic Lot Fund
George H . Collins Fund
Celia Moore Fund
Susan A . Champagne Fund
Eliza J . Church Fund
Carried forward
Principal Income
of Fund Available
1 82 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD~
Brought forward
Patrick Grimes Fund
E. E . Burns Fund
Jane A . Gaston Fund
Catherine North Fund .
Marjorie Smith Fund
John MeuseFund
Daniel Cotreau Fund
John McCarthy Fund
D . J . Dougherty Fund
Georgianna Patten Fund
Clara Sheperson Fund
P . J . McArdle
George A. Brown Fund
Mary J . Giles Fund
William H Burnham Fund
Mary Derby Fund
Eber Holmes Fund
Kathryn Thurston Fund
Charles McLellan Fund
Susie Callahan Fund
William E . Robinson Fund
Catherine Gates Fund
John McCarriston Fund
Mary Cook Fund
Mary G . Seabury Fund
Catherine Hyatt , Fund
Benjamin D . Foss F lmdJonathan N . McMaster Fund
Maria Short Fund
Lawton G . Holmes Fund
Nelson Bishop Fund
Mary C . Gould FundMary Marinelli Fund
Ar thur S . Hill Fund
Anni e Oldfield F und
Mr . and Mrs . Walter E . White Fund
Maud Doucette Fund
Georgianna Bailey Fund
James W. Pitman Fund
Hannah Sullivan Fund
Edmund R. Inglis Fund
Iva G . Mohl a Fund
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Brought forward
Anni e Haladay Fund
Edith‘A . Cahoon Fund
Catherine F. Goggins
Percy H. Callbeck F und
James Rogers FundPatrick O ’Keefe Fund
John P. Brewer Fund
Carl H . Hoyt Fund
Peter D ididin Fund
Herbert W . Murkland Fund
William D . Fox FundGrace M . Eaton Fund
Sally White Fund
Helen L. Bassill Fund
Francis J . McT ague Fund
Linwood L. Ramsdell Fund
Angelo D eF eo Fund
El izabeth Walsh Fund
John Roulston Fund
Gladys Doucette Fund
William Malonson Fund
Edward H. Green Fund
Harry J . McT ague Fund
Rose Rath é Fund
Frank H. Baker and George 0 . Morrill Fund
Urben J . Smith Fund
Evelyn Brown Fund
John MacLaren Fund
Frances Palmerino Fund
Alice Warren Fund
Emilie LeBlanc Fund
The above trust funds are invested as follows
Wakefield S avings Bank
Blackstone Savings BankCambridge Savings BankMalden Savings Bank
Charlestown Five Cents Savings BankMelrose Savings Bank
REPORT OF -TOWN TREASURER 1 85
LOAN ACCOUNT
The following sums have been borrowed on Temporary Notes in
anticipation of revenue during . the year
at 789 per cent discount
at .75 per cent discount
at .66"
per cent discount
at .349 per cent discount
Of this amount has been paid leaving a balance due in 1938
of in anticipation‘
of revenue .
PERMANENT DEBT
Permanent Debt January 1 , 1937
New Issue of Street Bonds
New Issue of Sewer Bonds
Paid during 1937
The permanent debt has decreased during the year 1937.
MATUR ITIES OF TOWN DEBT
Maturing
T he debt is chargeable the following :
Water Department
Light. Department
Metropolitan Sewer
Local Sewers
School Buildings
Streets
186 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
CASH ACCOUNT
Arthur H. Boardman,
To Balance from last report, cash
Borrowed on Temporary Notes
Board_
of Appeal, receipts
Building Inspector ’s, receipts
Cemetery receipts
Collector Of Taxes , receipts
Advertising Costs
Committed Interest
Costs
Excise Taxes
Moth AssessmentsOld Age Assistance
Sidewalks
T ax Certifications
Taxes and Interest
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Aid to I ndependent Industrial School
Burial of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
Contagious Diseases
Corporation Tax, Business
Corporation Tax, Part under Chapter 108, Acts 1937Corporation Tax, Public Service
Department of Public Works , Division of HighwaysDirector of Standards, Hawkers and Pedlers Licenses
Income Tax
Income Tax , Educational Measure
Income Tax, State Valuation Measure
Income Tax, Section 4 , Chapter 362, Acts 1936
Military Aid
Old Age Assistance
Public Health, Subsidies to Towns and Cities
Reimbursement on Boul evard Maintenance
Support of Indigent Persons
State Aid
Temporary Aid
Tuition of Children
Veterans’ Exemption
Court Fines
Health Department, receiptsHighway Department receipts
Carried forward
1 88 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Brought forward
Insurance received for damage to Highway Department
Insurance received for fire at High SchoolInsurance received for damage to car and fence
Insurance received for damage to water hydrant
Insurance r eceived for damage to Water Department
Library , receipts
Middlesex County :
Division of Highways
Dog Tax, 1936
For damage done by dogs
Joseph McE lroy, Master at Cambridge, fines
Charles H . Richardson, Master at B illerica , fines
Municipal Light Plant, receipts
Moth Department, receipts
Fire Department, receipts
Police Department, receipts
Public Welfare Department, receipts
Town Infirmary
Old Age Assistance
Commonwealth of”
Massachusetts, aiding mothers
Redemption Tax Tit le Deeds
Redemption Tax Title Deeds , interest
Refunds :
Board of Assessors
Compensation Account
Health Department
Highway Department, Gasoline Tax
Land Damage Salem Street
Lucius Beebe Memorial Library , cash advanced
Military Aid
School Department , cash advanced
Sewer Department
Soldier ’s Relief
Treasurer ’s Account, from Land Court
Treasurer ’s Account, Land Court costs collected
Water Department
Water Department, cash advanced
Water Department, Maintenance
Welfare Department
Welfare Department, Old Age Assistance
Welfare Department , Willard Donnell Fund
Carried forward
Arthur H . B oardman , Treasurer
REPORT O F TOWN TREASURER 189
In Account with T own Of Wakefield
Brought forward
Carried forward
190 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Brought forward
Welfare Department, Automobile I nsuranceWPA
Sale of‘Street 1 34 Bonds
Sale of Sewer 1% Bonds
Premium received on the above bonds
Interest received on the above bonds
School Department, receipts
Sealer of Weights and Measures, receipts
Selectmen’
s receipts
Rent of Factory Field
Various Licenses
Sale of Hay
Sale of Old Montrose School Lot
Sale of Land on MontroseAvenue
Miscellaneous receipts
Sewer Department, Receipts
Sewer Department, connections deposits
Sewer Department, Maintenance
Surplus War Bonus Funds, interest on deposit
T axTitle Redemption , Individual
T ax Title Redemption, Fee for Issuing CertificateTown Clerk, receipts, dog licenses
Town Hall, receipts
Trust Funds, receipts
United States Grant, Moth ers’ Aid
United States Grant, Aid to Dependent Children
United States Grant, Old Age Assistance
United States Grant, Cost of Administration
Wakefield Trust Company
Income of Willard Donnell Trust for use of the
Welfare Department
For the Lucius Beebe Memorial Library Seventy-five
percent of the income from Junius Beebe Trust
Marcus BeebeTrust
Decius Beebe Trust
Ninety percent of the income from
Frederick Beebe Trust
Alice Beebe Carpenter Trust
Charles S . Beebe Trust
George 0 . Carpenter Trust
E leanor H . Beebe Trust
Carried forward
H . Boardman, Treasurer
7.46
78
192 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Arthur H .
Brought forward
Sylenda B . Stearns Trust
Katherine E. Beebe Trust
JJohn H. Beebe Trust
Junius Oliver Beebe Trust
Water Department, receipts
Water Department , Maintenance
Water Department, Construction
Boardman, Treasurer
REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER 193
In A ccount with Town of Wakefield
Brought forward
194 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
TAX LIEN FORECLOSURES
During the year 1937 the town presented eight tax lien petitions to the
Land Court for foreclosure . One has been redeemed, the town receiving
in taxes and interest‘
On‘one arrangements have been made to
redeem . Under four tax titles the town acquired title to three lots of
vacant land and one lot with a building on it . One of the vacant lots
the town has sold for Two cases are still pending in the Land
Court.
FINAL STATEMENT
During the year 1 938, the following loans will fall due
to be included in the tax levy of 1938 .
High School
Montrose School
Woodville School
Greenwood School
Franklin School
Metropolitan Sewer
Extension Of SewerStreet
Water Loans (included in Water Department
appropriation)
Light Plant (paid from receipts of plant)
There also will be required following amounts to meet the interest
payments :
High School
Montrose School
Woodville SchoolFranklin School
Greenwood School
Metropolitan Sewer
Extension of Sewer
Temporary Loans (estimated)
Water Loans (included in Water Department
appropriation)
196 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Twenty-Third Annual Report
Of the
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
For the year ending December 3 1 , 1937
RECEIPT S FOR 1 937
From Taxes— Current Year
Real Estate
Personal
Poll
Taxes— Prior Years
Real Estate
Personal
Poll
Old Age . Assistance
Tax Title Redemptions
Tax T itle Possessions sold
From Special Assessments
Moth Extermination
Sewers Unapportioned
Sewers Apportioned
Sewers paid in full
Betterments Unapportioned
Betterments Apportioned
Betterments paid in full
From Motor Vehicle Excise
From Licenses and Permits
Liquor
Motor Vehicle Dealers
Victuallers
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Moth D epartment— Sale of Materials
Inspector of Buildings— Permit FeesSealer of Weights andMeasures— FeesHealth Department
Contagious Diseases
Tuberculosis
Milk and Food InspectorPlumbing Permits
All Other Permits
Highway Department
Sale of Materials
Damage to Cars and FenceRent of Roller
s
Welfare Department
Reimbursement other Cities and Towns
Temporary AidOutside Relief
Old Age Assistance
Soldiers Relief AccountInfirmary
Sale_
of Produce
Board
Sale of Hay
School Department
Tuition Town of LynnfieldOth er Tuition
Sale of Text Books and SuppliesSale of MaterialRental of Halls
All Other Receipts
l i brary Fines, etc .
Cemetery Department
Sale of Lots and GravesPublic Service Enterprises
Light DepartmentSale of ElectricitySale of GasMiscellaneous
REPORT O F TOWN ACCOUNTANT 199
Water and Sewer DepartmentsWater Rates
Water Services fand Maintenance
Water Construction
Water Turn-ons
Water Summons
Damage to HydrantsSewer Maintenance
Sewer Connection Deposits
From InterestDeferred Taxes
Deferred Special Assessments
War Bonus FundTax Title Redemptions
Foreclosed Property including costsTrust Funds
Cemetery (General Care)
Sweetser Lecture
Park Department
Willard Donnell Trust (Welfare)
From LoansTemporary Loans— Anticipation of RevenueBonds Issued Sewer Construction
Bonds Issued Highway Construction
Premium on Bonds
Accrued Interest on Bonds
From Commonwealth of MassachusettsCorporation Tax
Income Tax
Soldiers’ Exemptions
Aid to Industrial Schools
Tuition of State WardsBoulevard Maintenance RefundSoldiers ’ BenefitsState Aid
Military AidSoldiers’ BurialsHawkers and Pedlers Licenses
Highway MaintenanceHighwayC onstruction
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Welfare— Aid to Dependent Children
Welfare— Temporary Aid
Welfare— Old Age Assistance
From U. S . Government thru Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Old Age AssistanceOld Age Assistance Administration
Aid to Dependent Children
From Middlesex CountyDog Licenses
Health Department— Vaccine
Highway Maintenance
Highway Construction
Town RefundsHighway Department
Soldiers ’ ReliefWPA
Welfare
Old Age Assistance
Health DepartmentWater Department
Assessors’ Department
Treasurer ’s Expense
Military Aid
Compensation Account
Willard Donnell Trust
Land Damages— Salem Street
Total ReceiptsCash on Hand , January 1 , 1937
Total Receipts and Cash on Hand
PAYIVIENT S
Expenditures for the year ending December 31 , 1937Moderator , Thomas G . O
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Connell
S electmen
Salaries of BoardGeorge J. Evans , Chairman 15
202 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Department Expenses
E lsie B . Potter, Clerk
Other Clerk Hire
Postage
Printingomcc SuppliesRecording Tax Deeds
Advertising T ax Sales
Tax Sale— Other Expense
Bond
Telephone
All Other
3
Assessors’ DepartmentSalaries of Board
Hugh Connell, Chairman
Arthur C . Verge, Secretary
David Sliney
Department"
Expenses
AnnieT. Santos , Clerk
Everett E . Packard , Clerk
L. Belle Woodward , Clerk
Sadie E . Loughlin
Assistant Assessors
Telephone
PrintingPoll ListSupplies and PostageTaxi Hire
Transfers
All Other
Assessors’ Plans (Revision)
Legal Depar tmentSalary
,Town Counsel, M . E . S. Clemons
Damages— Connelly case
Damages— McT eague caseDamages— Peterson case
New Book- case
Recording FeesConstable NoticesAll Other
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 203
Town Clerk’s Department
Salary of Town Clerk— Frederic S ; HartshorneD epartment ExpensesRecording FeesEquipment
Printing, StationeryPostage
C lerk Hire
Advertising
Binding Records
All Other
Vital Statistics— Births, Marriages , Deaths 3
Election and RegistrationSalaries of RegistrarsFred E . Bunker, Chairman
Frederic S .‘Hartshorne, Sec
’y .
James J. Curley
Owen A . Kenney
Election Officers
Postage, Supplies
Printing, Advertising
Meals for~
Election Officers
Care of BoothsClerk Hire
Transportation
All Other
9
Town Hall
James J . Logan,Janitor
Thomas E. Giles, Night Jah itor
Bridget HopkinsFuelLightWater
Boiler RepairsNew Boiler
General Repairs
Janitor ’s SuppliesIce
204 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Repairs to Exterior of Town Hal l
Police Department'
John G . Gates, Chief
George B . DeRoch e, Lieut .
Walter E . Peterson, Sergt .
John M . Wenzel, Sergt .Morton V . Griffin
James F. Hartnett
Eugene P. McDonnell
James A. McFadden
Ernest Mcwhinni eJohn Peterson
Joseph L. Preston
Edwin M . Rowe
Hardy F. Russell
George F. Sheridan
Gervase V. Stanley
Eugene Hathaway
Various Other Officers
Special Duty for July 4th and Hallowe’en
Telephone
Police Radio Rental
New Two-Way Radio
Other Radio Equipment and Repairs
Police Signal
Motor Vehicle Expense
New Chevrolet SedanOther Equipment
Supplies, Postage, etc .
Meals for Prisoners
Medical Attention
Laundry
All Other
Fire DepartmentFred D . Graham, ChiefClifford E . Jacobs, Capt .
James W. Findlay, Capt .George Sederquest , Capt . (Deceased )
Robert P. MacDonald , Lieut .Harry A . Russell
206 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Inspector of Buildings :Joseph W. MacInnis, Inspector
Joseph W. MacInnis, Allowance for Auto
Sealer Weights and Measures
James J . Devlin, Sealer
James J . Devlin, Allowance for truck
New Meter Tester— Gas and‘
Oil
All Other
Inspector of AnimalsGeorge A . Bennett, Inspector
Dog Officer5
George A . Bennett; Salary
Dog Licenses— Fees Paid to County Treasurer
Health Department
Salaries of BoardWesley S . Goodwin, Chairman
Ned C. Loud , Secretary
Dr .
'Carl E . Allison
27
D epartment Expenses
David Taggart , Health Ofi cer
David Taggart, Plumbing InspectorLawrence E . Doucette, Milk and Food InspectorNellie B . Russell, R. N .
Ira W. Richardson, M. D .
Contagious DiseasesTuberculosisAnti-Rabic Treatment and Dog ClinicMilk Analyses
Supplies
Telephone
Allowance for Auto— Miss RussellAllowance for Auto— Mr . TaggartAll Other
Unpaid Bills for 1 936Care of DumpsJohn JoyceAll Oth er
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 207
Collection ofd
Garbage
John J . F arpelha 85 Son (Contract)
Highway Dep artment
Harry H . Denning, SuperintendentRobert B .MacKenna,Assistant to Superintendent
'Mary MacDougall , Clerk
Labor— See Payroll
Trucks and Auto Expense
Equipment RepairsSupplies
Omoe ExpenseBuil dings
Gravel, T ar and SandDrainageRebuilding Crescent Street (OutsideRebuilding Pleasant Street (Outside
New Dodge Half- ton TruckDodge Two- ton Truck (part of cost)Plymouth Sedan used
One New Tractor and PlowOne 9- foot Blade for PlowOne New Stone Spreader
All Other
Sidewalks and Curbing
Material
Snow and Ice Removal
Labor
Material
Sidewalk Plowing
Chapter 90— Maintenance
Labor
Material
Chapter 90— Rebuilding Vernon Street
208 TOWN’
OF WAKEFIELD
Chapter 90— Rebuilding Salem Street
Labor
TruckingMaterial
Construction of Public Ways
New Streets— Central Street, Gladstone Street,Strathmore Road, Converse Street, Oak Ledge
Road, Swain Place, Fox RoadLabor
Trucking
Material
Miscellaneous ( including Supervision)
WPA General Town FundLabor
T rucking
Material
WPA Project — Lafayette School
Labor
TruckingMaterial
Public Welfare DepartmentSalaries of Board
Dennis P . Hogan, Chairman 3;
E tta C . Stoddard , Secretary
Elsie M. Gladwin
William C . Strong
Harold C . Robinson
Frank P. Wakefield, Chairman‘Assistance Bureau
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Department Expenses and Disbursements
William F. Finneran, Accountant
Charles H. Buxton, Accountant
Etta C . Stoddard, Agent
Mary E . McKenna, Clerk
Irene Kennedy , ClerkFrances O ’Keefe, Clerk
Office Expense
Auto Expense
210 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Soldiers’ Benefits
Soldiers ’ Relief AgentJohn Findlay, Jr .
— Salary
John Find lay, Jr .— Expenses
Soldiers’ Relief DisbursementsCivi l War Veterans
Spanish War Veterans
World War Veterans
Other Expense
Unpaid Bills for 1 936
State Aid
Civil War Veterans
Spanish War Veterans
World War Veterans
Military Aid
World War Veterans
School DepartmentWillard B . Atwell, SuperintendentWillard B . Atwell, Allowance for Auto
Clerk Hire
Pauline Meads
Anna Anderson
Doris Skinner
Olive G . Glover
Other Clerk Hire
J . Edward Hatch, AttendanceOfiicer
C . E. Montague, Physician
Mary English , NurseHealth Expense
Motor Vehicle Expense
Books and SuppliesHigh
Elementary
Care of Build ingsHighElementary
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Teachers’ SalariesHighElementary
Janitor ServicesHighElementary
Outlay
Telephones
Office Expense
Committee ExpensesTransportation of Pupil sAll Other
Trade Schools
Library Department
Helen Frances Carleton, LibrarianAssistantsClara G . Wilson
H. Gladys Mackenzie
Margaret Doe
Barbara LeNoirElizabeth BlackDorothy M . Rogers
Other Assistants
Janitors
Herbert T. MitchellOther JanitorsTelephone
BooksPeriodicals
Binding
212 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Park and Cemetery Commission :Salaries of Board
John T. Stringer, Chairman
George W. Abbott , Secretary
William J . Garden
John W. Macgillvray
Park Department Expenses :
Arthur G. Abbott, Superintendent
Raymond U. Johnson
Other Labor
Equipment
Bath House
Care of Lake
Water
Plants and Bulbs
Playgrounds
Spraying TreesPainting and Repairing Fence and SeatsAll Other
35
Cemetery Department Expenses :
Frank LeGro, Superintendent
Charles Lynch
Other Labor
Plants and Trees
New Power Mower
Clerical Services
Notary Public FeesWater
Forest Glade CemeteryAll Other
F rom Various Trust FundsRecreation Commission :
New Equipment for PlaygroundsMoving Equipment
Supplies
UmpiringAll Other
21 4 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Albion Diner
All Other
Light Depar tment :Salaries of BoardMarcus Beebe, 2nd , Chairman
A. Francis Harrington, SecretaryCurtis L. Sopher
Samuel H. Brooks, ManagerJames M. Whitehead, Office Mgr .
Leonard H. DeMarco
Fred F. F ober
Howard Seabury
Edward ChambersHugh KelsoFred RichMyrtle I. T ylerW. F: Wright
Labor— See PayrollMaterial
Rent
Office Expenses
Telephones
Insurance
Transportation Expense
Meters and TransformersGas Purchased
Electric Current Purchased
Coal
DamagesAll Other
Light BondsLight Interest
Water and Sewerage Department
Salaries of BoardWilliam B . Stantial , Chairman
George 0 . Sheldon, Secretary
Sidney F. Adams
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 215
Department E xpenses
Morrison Merrill, Superintendent(Part of salary)
Leah F. Kinder, C lerk
(Part of salary)
Alice M . Loubris, Clerk
(Part of salary)
Other Clerks
Carl W. . Sunman, Paymaster and , Collector
Office ExpensesT elephones
Labor— See Payroll
Supervision and Analyses
Meters, Pipes, étc.
Equipment Repairs
Transportation ExpenseCoal
Power
Dodge One-half Ton T ril ck— new
New T ypewriter
New Sealer for OfficeAll Other
Water Construction
Labor
Material
Lake Quannapowitt
Water Bonds
Water. Interest
Sewer Department Expenses
Morrison Merrill, Superintendent
(Part of salary)Leah Kinder, Clerk (Part of salary)Alice M . Loubris, C lerk (Part of salary)Carl W. Sunman, PaymasterLabor— See Payroll
Tools and Equipment
Motor Vehicle Expense
All Other.
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Sewer Connections
Labor— See PayrollPipe
Motor Vehicle Expense
Charles Street Sewer Construction
Labor
Material
Western Avenue Sewer Construction :
Material
Birch Hill Avenue Sewer Construction :
Labor
Material
Bond I ssues :
North Ward Sewer ConstructionLabor
Material
Greenwood Sewer Construction :
Labor
Material
Interest
Sewer Loans
Highway Loans
School Loans
Discount on Temporary Loans
Temporary Loans
Anticipation of Revenue
Expense Preparing Bonds (Paid fromon Bonds)
218 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Labor (received less than
Truck and Equip-ment Rental '
Total Payrolls
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT PAYROLL— 1937
Willard B . Atwell
Charles J'
. Peterson
Roland H. Kinder
William D . Healey
George E . Hayes
Joseph H. FanokEliot B . Leonard
Homer M . ShellenbergerRaymond S. Dower
Arthur A . FultonHoward J . Heavens
T. Frank SheaR. Edgar FisherVivian Dix
Bernice L. Caswell
Louis P. Marche
Joseph Cassano
Alfred E . Preble
Donald Wh ite
Morton S. Sherman
Helen F. Gilmore
M . Alice R yan
Edward E . Eaton
Elvira C . Cosman
Ruth F. Hiatt
Isabel M . Hirst
Ethel G . Reed
Myron E . Gallop
J . Edward Hatch
Margaret L . Macdonald
Irving A. Wells
Thomas C . Murray
Ellen L. Cowing
Anne H .
‘Meserve
Ethelyn M . PatteeEleanor B . Ringdahl
Margaret A. Ryan
Marjorie T. Bunker
Janet S. HeightHarriet D . Dunning
REPORT’
OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 219
Bessie E . David e
Isabel M . E lliot
Blanche L. Meserve
Ethel M. Wilson
Irene F. Norton
Genesta B . Tooker
Bernice E . Hendrickson
Hazel O . Wilder
Mary Kalaher
Katherine L. K elly
Maude E . Parks
Lillian A . Shaffer
Hester A . Walker
M . Leo Conway
Lydia M . Sullivan
El eanor K . Abbott
Elizabeth D . Burke
Mabel A. Kernan
MaryP. Butler
Michael Neary
Carl A. Peterson
George E . Zwicker
Cora Guarnaccia
Signe M . Peterson
M . Grace Pike
Ruth B . Spence
James F. Curley
Amanda J . Stephenson
Winifred R. BealAbbie A . BellHertha Bergner
Helen M . Delaney
Lee Pfeiffer
Clareberta Wilson
Alice E . Calkins
Laura A. Hart
Avis M . Jones
Susie E. LongMary E. C .
,Geagan
Catherine A . Doran
Lois I . Jordan
Elizabeth M . Strout
Hilda M . Hayden
Ruth V. Conley
Pauline E. MeadsRuth C . Webber
Mabel F. Johnson
220
Lillian J . Shofi
John Butler
Katheryn D . Carney
Beatrice D . Moody
Edna M . Paulson
Mary K . English
Olive G . Glover
Grace A. Jenkins
Bernice O . Bazley
Al ice M . Drugan
Louise A . Allman
Eleanor M. Gleason
Bella A. Rattray
Grace E . W idtfeldt
Alice M . Scipione
G . Fred DodgeTheresa J . Collins
Walter E . Antunes
Alice E . Ladieu
Elizabeth V; Upham
StellalH . Blaikie
Winifred Geizer
Madaliene J . Crocker
Margaret M . Landers
Carrie M . Agry
Christine A . Callan
Dorothy M . FlanniganFlora S . Hall
Nancy D ’
Amico
Helen E . Harper
T homas Hemsworth
Rita T. Neagle
Marion E . Garland
Anna M . Anderson
Dorothy L. Shepard
Katharine H . Nichols
Rose Assenza
Mary T. Bonney
Gladys M . Douglass
Mary E . Grace
Marjorie FinneyMyrta E . Knight
Elean or H . Blaikie
Charles W. Stevens
Annette L. Burbank
Dr. Charles E. Montague
Louise E . Sheldon
222 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
James McGrath
Patrick Quinn
Richard T rahey
Raymond White
Joseph DeMarco
Dani el FlynnM . J . Kelly
John Collins
Martin Joyce
Patrick Meade
Thomas Hanright
Timothy Delaney
A . J . Vincent
John HumphreyWilliam Barry
Walter.Alden
Joseph BurnsEli Muse
Leo Smi th
Donald Cockburn
Lewis Evans
Joseph Smith
Michele Hourihan
Various persons (under
WATER AND DEPARTMENT PAYROLL — 1937
Morrison Merrill
Matthew P . Curran
James L. Palmer
William L. Wenzel
James J . O’
Rourke
Leah F. Kinder
Patrick Keefe
John R. FraughtonPatrick J . FinnPatrick Curran
Harold J . Maloney
Dominick Bennedetto
Chester S . Eldredge
Serafino Volpe
Arthur M . Gibbons
Edmund M. Deveau
J . J. Murphy
REPORT .OF. TOWN ACCOUNTANT 223
George H. C . Weeks‘5
Daniel Calore
Harry Ayscough
George H. Adams
Ernest KellowayPatrick ZagariaPatrick Sexton
Harry Costello
G . W . Muse
A ; F . FUI IK
Harold A. Butler
Alice M . Loubris
E. V. Scanlon
A. H. KellowayJ. J . McF adden
A. E . Delaney
Frank A. Butler
Carl Locash
Robert Glass
J . F. CurleyVarious Persons— Under
UNPAID BILLS AS OF DECEMBER 31 , 1937
Health Department
Middlesex County SanatoriumOld Age AssistanceCity of MedfordCity of MaldenCity of SalemCity of ChelseaCity of WorcesterCity of QuincyTown of StonehamTown of AndoverTown of ReadingTown of Millbury
Welfare DepartmentCity of Lawrence— 1934 Account 3Town of Reading— 1935 AccountCity of Malden— 1935 Account
224 TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Town of Andover— 1936 Account
Town of Reading— 1936 Account
City of Lynn— 1936 Account
T own of Seekonk— 1936 Account
City of Malden— 1936 Account
Town of Brookline— 1936 Account
City of Woburn— 1 936 Account
City of Somerville— 1936 Account
City of Chelsea— 1937 Account
Town of Seekonk
Town of Brookline
City of Somerville
W. J . Walker Co.
Massachusetts General HospitalTony Ross 85 Son
Tony Cuzzi 85 Bro.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Hospital School
Hutchinson-Winch
Mass. Eye and Ear Infirmary
The Children’
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D . D. Land ers
Wakefield Muni cipal Light Dept .Melrose Hospital Association
Wakefield Real E st . and Bldg . Ass’
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L. Russo
Barnet Gersin
Palumbo Bros.
Nicola Bernabeo
Angeline Migliore
Greer Agency
Dr . John H . Holleran
Tine’s Market
E . McManamin
Moccia’
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Nicolas Romano
McCarthy’
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Greenwood Supreme Market
Santoro’s
Morris Market
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Metropolitan Parks Loan Serial BondsMetropolitan Parks Loan Interest
Metropolitan Parks Loan Maintenance
Metropolitan Planning Division
Metropolitan Park Loan Series 2 Sinking FundMetropolitan Parks Loan Serial BondsMetropolitan Parks Loan Interest
Metropolitan Parks Loan Fund NantasketMaintenance
Wellington Bridge Maintenance
Metropolitan Sewerage Loan -North System
Sinking FundMetropolitan Sewerage Loan Serial Bonds
Metropolitan Sewerage Loan I nterest
Metropolitan Sewerage Loan Maintenance
Abatement of Smoke Nuisance
Auditing Municipal Accounts
Hospital or Home Care for Civil War Veterans
Land Takings— Revere Highway
Ways in Malden, Braintree , Weymouth andHingham
West Roxbury— Brookline Parkway
County Tax
Overlay for 1937
RECAPITULATION
Town Purposes
State Purposes
County Tax
Hospital Tax
Overlay— 1937
AVAILABLE BALANCES NOT APPROPRIATED IN 1937‘
Revision of Assessors ’ Plans
Balance January 1 , 1 937
Refund
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Paymentsw
Balance to 1938
Highways— Chapter 904— Vernon Street— 1936
Balance January 1 , 1937 Overdraft
Payments
Received from County
Received from State
Balance to Revenue
Highways-e-Chapter 90— Salem Street — 1936
Balance January 1 , 1937 OverdraftPayments
Received from County
Received from StateBalance to Revenue
Highways— Chapter 90— Maintenance 1936:
Balance January_
1 , 1937‘Overdraft
Received from County
Received from StateBalance to Revenue
Old Age Assistance— United States Grant :
Balance January 1 , 1937
Receipts,
Refunds
Payments
Balance to 1 938 Overdraft
3 3
Old Age Assistance Administration— United States GrantBalance January 1 , 1937
Receipts
Payments
Balance to 1938 Overdraft
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Aid to Dependent Children— United “States Grant
Receipts
Payments
Balance available for 1938
Welfare Department , Outside Unpaid Bills 1935 :
Balance January 1 , 1937
Payments
Infirmary Unpaid Bills 1 935
Balance January 1 , 1937
Balance to Revenue
George Reid Fund — From State :
Balance January . 1 , 1 937— (No payments in 1937)
Smith-Hughes Fund — From Federal Government :Balance January 1 , 1 937— (No payments in 1937)
Plans for Intermediate School :
Balance January 1 , 1937— (No payments in 1937)
Reserve Fund :Appropriation
Transfer from Overlay Surplus
Transfer to WPA Account
Transfer to Health Department
Transfer to . Sewer Connections
Transfer to Election and Registration
Transfer to Retirement Board Expense
Transfer to Selectmen’
s Expense
Transfer to Forest WardenBalance to Overlay Surplus
Willard Donnell Trust :
Balance January 1 , 1937
Income for 1937
Payments
Balance available for 1938
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Transfer to Construction Account
Transfers to Depreciation Account
Balance to 1938 Account
Construction Account
Transfer from Operation Account
Transfer to Operation Account
Depreciation AccountBalance January 1 , 1937
Transfers from Operation Account
Transfers to Operation Account
Balance to 1938 Account
Fire Alarm, Police Signal, Traffic LightsAppropriation
Transfers to Light Department Operation
Account
Guarantee Deposit Account
Cash on Hand , January 1 , 1937
Receipts
Payments
Balance, Cash on Hand December 31 , 1937
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I have examined the above account and the
balance is invested as follows
Wakefield Savings Bank
Wakefield Trust Company— Savings Department
Wakefield Trust Company— Checking Account
CHARLES C . COX,
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 231
RECEIVABLES
Taxes 1931 ‘
Commitment 405 .44
Cash 405 .44
9 3
Taxes 1932,
Commitment
Cash
Abatements
405 .44
Taxes 1933
Outstanding January 1 , 1937
CommitmentsAdjustment Entries
Cash
Abatements
Taxes 1934
Outstanding January 1 , 1937
Commitments
Refunds
Adjustment Entries
Cash
Abatements
Adjustment Entries
Outstanding December 31 , 1937
Taxes 1 935
Outstanding January 1,1937
Commitments
Cash Refunds
Adjustment Entries
Cash
Abatements
Credit to CollectorCertification of T ax Sale
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Adjustment EntriesOutstanding December 31 , 1937
Taxes 1936
Outstanding January 1 , 1937Cash Refunds
Cash
Abatements
Credits to Collect or
Outstanding December 31 , 1937
Taxes 1937
Commitments
Cash Refunds
Cash
Abatements
Cred its to Collector
Outstanding December 31 , 1 937
Old Age Assistance Taxes 1 933Outstanding January 1 , 1937
Cash
Abatements
Outstanding December 31 , 1937
7 7
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1934
Outstanding January 1 , 1 937Cash
Outstanding December 31 , 1937
Motor Vehicle Excise T ax 1935
Outstanding January 1 , 1937
Cash
Outstanding December 30 , 1937
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Betterment Assessments 1937
Commitment
Cash
Credits to CollectorOutstanding December 31 , 1937
Betterment Assessments Not Apportioned
Outstanding January 1 , 1937
Commi tments
Cash
Commitment to Collector
Adjustment Entries
Outstanding December 31 , 1937
Betterment Assessments Apportioned
Outstanding JanuaryCommitments
Paid in FullCommitment to CollectorForeclosure Tax TitlesAdjustment EntryOutstanding December 31 , 1937
Sewer Assessments 1934
Outstanding January 1 , 1937
Adjustment Entries
Cash
Abatements
Adjustment Entries
Outstanding December
Sewer Assessments 1935Outstanding January 1 , 1 937Adjustment Entries
Cash
AbatementsCertification of Tax TitlesAdjustment Entries
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Sew'
er Assessments 1936
Outstanding January 1 , 1937Credit to CollectorCash
Outstanding December ’ 31 , 1937
Sewer Assessments 1937
Commitment
Cash
AbatementsCredit to CollectorOutstanding December 31 , 1937
Sewer Assessments Not Apportioned
Outstanding January 1 , 1937
Commitments
Adjustment Entry
Cash
Commitment to CollectorAdjustment Entry
Outstanding December 31 , 1937
Sewer Assessments Apportioned
Outstanding January 1 , 1937CommitmentsPaid in FullForeclosure of Tax TitlesAbatement
Commitment to CollectorAdjiistment Entry
Outstanding December
Moth Assessments 1933
Outstanding January 1 , 1937AbatementsAdjustment Entry
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Moth Assessments 1 934 :
Outstanding January 1 , 1937Commitment
Adjustment Entry
Cash
Abatement
Adjustment Entry
Moth Assessments 1935
Outstanding January 1 , 1937
Commitment
Adjustment Entry
Cash
Abatements
Cert ification of Tax SaleAdjustment Entry
Moth Assessments 1936
Outstanding January 1 , 1937
CashCredits to Collector
Outstanding December 31 , 1937
Moth Assessments 1937
Commitment
CaSh
Abatements
Outstanding December 31 , 1937
Committed Interest 1935Outstanding January 1 , 1937
Adjustment Entries
Cash
Abatements
Certification of Tax SaleAdjustment Entries
9 9
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Accounts Receivable— School DepartmentOutstanding January 1 , 1937Commitments
Cash
Outstanding December 31 , 1937
Accounts Receivable— Welfare DepartmentOutstanding January 1 , 1937
Commitments
Cash
Adjustment Entry
Outstanding December 31 , 1 937
Accounts Receivable— Health Department
Outstanding January 1 , 1 937
CommumentsCash
Bad AccountsJ
Charged OffOutstanding December -31 , 1937
Commonwealth of Massachusetts— State AidDue from State Account of 1 936Cash
Due from State Account of 1937Outstanding December 31 , 1937
Commonwealth ofMassachusetts— Military Aid
Due from State Account of 1936Cash is
Duefrom State Account of 1937
Outstanding December 31 , 1937
Commonwealth of Massachusetts— Soldiers’ BurialsDue from State Account of 1 936Cash
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT 239
Accounts Receivable— Light DepartmentOutstanding January 1 , 1 937
Commitments
Cash
Discounts
Outstanding December 31 , 1937
Water Rates
Outstanding January 1 , 1 937CommitmentsCash RefundsCash
Refunds
Abatements
Outstanding December 31 , 1937
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Outstanding January 1 , 1937
Commitments
Cash
Abatements
Outstanding December 31 , 1937
Sewer Connection Deposits
Cash Balance January 1 , 1937
Cash Received
Cost of ConnectionsCash Returned
Balance Cash on Hand December 31 , 1937
Overlay 1 932
Balance January 1 , 1937— OverdraftAbatements
Adjustment EntryBalance December 31 , 1937— Overdraft
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Overlay 1933
Balance January 1 , 1937Abatements
Transfer to Overlay Surplus
Overlay 1934 :
Balance January 1 , 1937
Abatements
Transfer to Overlay Surplus
Balance December 31 , 1937
Overlay 1935
Balance January 1 , 1 937
Abatements
Transfer to Overlay Surplus
Balance December 31 , 1937
Overlay 1936
Balance January 1 , 1 937
Abatements
Balance December 31 , 1937
Overlay 1 937
Commitment
Abatements
Balance December 31 , 1937
Overlay Surplus— Reserve FundBalance January 1 , 1937
T ransfer to Reserve FundAdjustment Entry
Transfer from Overlay 1933- 1934- 1 935
Transfer back from Reserve FundBalance December 31 , 1937
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Index to T own“
Officers9 Reports
Animal InspectorAssessors
Bath House Supervisor
Births
Building Inspector
Compensation Agent
Dog Licenses
Dog Ofiicer
Election Results and Town Meetings
Fire DepartmentFishing L icenses
Health Department
Health Officer
Jurors
Marriages
Middlesex C ounty Extension Service
Milk and Food InspectorMoth Department
Park and Cemetery Department
Plumbing Inspector
Police Department
Retirement BoardSchool Committee
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Selectmen
Street Superintendent
Sweetser Charity
Sweetser Lecture Committee
Town Accountant
Town CounselTown Meetings and Election Results
Town Officers 1937 1 938
Treasurer
Tuberculosis Dispensary
Water and Sewerage Department
Welfare Department
Wine Inspector
W. P. A . Agent
W. P . A . Statement— Insert following
REPORT OF TOWN'
ACCOUNTANT
Index . to T own Accountant’
s Report
A’
ccounting
Accounts Receivable— Schools
Accounts Receivable— Welfare Department
Accounts Receivable— Light Department
Accounts Receivable— HealthAid to Dependent Children— U . S . Grant
Appeal Board
Appropriations Schedule— Insert followingAppropriations to Enter the Tax Levy
Assessors
Available Balances
Balance Sheet
Betterment Assessments 1 934 - 1935 - 1936‘
Betterment Assessments 1937
Betterment Assessments Paid in FullBetterment Assessments Apportioned
Betterment Assessments Not Apportioned
Birch Hill Avenue Sewer Construction
Bond Issues
Charles S treet Sewer Construction
Collector
Commonwealth of Massachusetts— State, Aid
Commonwealth of Massachusetts— Military Aid
Commonwealth of Massachusetts— ReceiptsCommonwealth of Massachusetts— Old Age AssistanceCommitted Interest 1935 - 1936- 1937
Compensation Account
Construction of Public Ways (New Streets )Departmental Revenue
Dog Licenses
Election and Registration
Excess and Deficiency
Excise Tax— Motor Vehicle— Receipts
Excise Tax— Motor Vehicle— 19344 935
Excise Tax— Motor Vehicle— 19364 937
Fines and ForfeitsFireFire Alarm, Police Signal, Traffic LightsFire InsuranceForeclosure Tax Titles
George Reid FundGreenwood Sewer Construction
Guarantee Deposit Account— Light Department
Health
Highway
Highway Maintenance, Chap . 90
Hydrant Rental
Indebtedness Account— Insert following
Inspector of Animals
Inspector of Buildings
Interest
Interest and Costs— 1932
Investigating Committee , Welfare Department
Land Damages— Salem Street
Legal
Library
Licenses and Permits
Light Department
Maturing Debt
Memorial Day— War VeteransMiddlesex County Receipts
Midd lesex County Tax
Middlesex County Hospital Tax
Military Aid
Miscellaneous Account
Moth DepartmentMoth Assessments— Receipts
Moth Assessments— 1933 to 1937 (incl .)
Moulton Playground
Muccio InjuriesNorth Ward Sewer Construction a.
Old Age Assistance — Commonwealth of Mass .
Old Age Assistance— U . S . Government
Old Age Assistance— Payments
Overlay— 1932
Overlay— 1933 to‘
1937 (incl .)
Park and Cemetery 198-212
Payments
Planning Board
Police
Pension— F . H. Robinson
Plans— Intermediate SchoolPurchase of Land— North Avenue
TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Welfare
Western Avenue Sewer Construction
W. P . A. Town FundW. P.
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Willard Donnell Trust