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Partial Logs of the Holden, Mass. Police Department
January, 1964
 
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Wednesday, January 1st, 1964
1.10 a.m.
Don Boyce Jr. of 159 Bailey Road calls re: a guest is out of order and is creating a disturbance.
1.15 a.m.
Mrs Don Boyce calls re: party out of control. Called No.1 who on arrival arrested one Douglas Stevenson for being drunkard and locked him up in Worcester.
 
Friday, January 3rd, 1964
1 p.m.
S. Nowak on patrol duty. Out with him re: traffic control during the time that the school busses are coming through. Traffic is very slow on route 31 and the busses have to wait for lights to change, which is not necessary. "Kiss and tell technique". Wnet down to Reed Rolled Thread Die Co. with him at 310 pm. They come out heavy at 3.20 sharp and continue to 3.40 pm. A man should be there at 3.15 pm. We did not do traffic at 5 pm because there was no light there as yet on the pole. Will try from 5 pm to 5.15 pm.
   
Saturday, January 4th, 1964
2.10 p.m.
Call re: accident on Bailey Road. near Chapin. Richard J. Harrington, Jr. Maple S. Sterling, Mass. Reg. R56157. Operator had a cut over right eye. Not bad. He was alone in the car heading towards Holden and dropped a cigarette on the floor. Picked it up off the floor and lost control of car. Car hit two large stones and flipped over on its top. Completely demolished same.
   
Monday, January 6th 1964
6.30 p.m.
 Chief De Lude of North Brookfield Te. VO 7-6000 calls re: rubbish dumped. Belongs to Doris Anderson, of 1971 No. Main St. Holden. I called her and she will call him back. Guilty.
   
Wednesday, January 8th, 1964
7.25 p.m.
Louise (G.F.Howatt) who works upstairs in re: strange actions of a young man. Between 8.15 and 8.45 am he walkes up from Putnam Road, onto Bailey Road and then up Chapin Lane. They live in the old Reidy house up in the woods. She has two girls about 12 to 13 years old. The boy is Bisonnette ???, black hair, 5'10' medium build, good looking, dark jacket and does not wear hat. She says she will call me the next time she sees him up that way and I will check him out.
   
Thursday, January 9th, 1964
11.55 a.m.
Mr. Waukeen, of Putnam Lane, calls re: strange acting boy walking down the street. I checked and found Steven Bissonnette, d.o.b. 10-19-45, 18 years old beard on face long black hair, walking down the street aimlessly, Said that he does not work but just walks around. Has never been in trouble.
1 p.m.
S. Nowak on duty. We went up to the hospital re: yesterdays accident and interviewed both drivers. Robert Holbrook told us that he had been in court quite a bit as a youngster and as a matter of fact served two years in the Billerica House of Correction for stealing cars, when he was about 18 or 19 years old. Has operated cars for 16 years.
3.10 p.m.
Out to Reed Rolled Thread Die Co. on traffic, 104 cars came out between 3.30 and 3.40 p.m.
   
Friday, January 10th, 1964
2.30 p.m.
 Call from Harold Norquist fell our of second floor with a large sheet of wood paneling and broke hip. Had Nowak and Jas. Oliver take him to the Hospital.
   
Monday, January 13th, 1964
6.00 p.m.
J.C. Oliver and Hammond on patrol. Real snowstorm. 8".
 
Wednesday, January 15th, 1964
3 p.m.
Ed. LeMay calls re: Mr. Gordon Damery, Sherwood Hill Drive 2nd on left. Wife drove car deliberately through barrier at bridge, Portsmouth, N.H. and then dove into the water herself. He has gone up there to identify her. She is in the hospital.
 
Thursday, January 16th, 1964
3.46 p.m.
Zottolis Garage calls for an ambulance. Auto jack slipped and man got hurt bad. Sent Nowak. ok.
8.02 p.m.
Sgt. Obertuk of S.P. calls re: complaint about some boys throwing stuff at passing cars near the Wor. line. Sent Pettis.
   
Friday, January 17th, 1964
8 a.m.
 Mrs. Richard Hultman, Reservoir St. who lives next to Fred Johnsons complains that every Thursday night some one knocks over their mail box. I will check.
3.30 p.m.
Ann Hope Mill Outlet, Cumberland, RI Mr. Sharkey, Manager calls re: one George Festa (salesman, 39 years old) of Lincoln Ave., Holden, gave him a bad check for $100.00.
6.05 p.m.
Called home of George Festa and son told me that his dad was a salesman and did not know when he would get home. I told him to have him call me at once on his return, regardless of the time.
 
Saturday, January 18th, 1964
10.00 a.m.
Call from home of George Festa that he is now at the Vets Hospital, Rutland.
10.25 a.m.
I called Warwick RI, Mr. Sharkey re: bad check of $100. given him by Festa and he is not going to the police department at Warwick re: warrant.
   
Sunday, January 19th, 1964
6.00 p.m.
McInnis to New York Boat Show.
   
Monday, January 20th, 1964
8.40 a.m.
Call from Mrs. Harges, Twinbrook re: speeders on Salisbury St. between 8.15 am and 8.45 am.
 
Tuesday, January 21st, 1964
6.40 p.m.
S. Nowak calls re: John Crystoff complaint about dirty telephone call to his wife.
 
Wednesday, January 22nd, 1964
4.25 p.m.
S. Nowak out to cover accident on Shrewsbury St. Paul Hughes, 8-4-52 of 437 Shrewsbury St. who goes to the Dawson School was hit by a car. Father is John D. and Mother is Adrienne. Gust A. Hiding, d.o.b. 9-16-93 of West Ave. Spencer operating car R56482, 51 Ford Sedan, Green hit him. The Hughes boy was being chased by larger boys throwing snowballs and ran out into the path of car by Lutheran Church. Mr. Hiding driving into the sun did not see the boy until he hit the windshield.
   
Thursday, January 23rd, 1964
7.15 a.m.
Out to check traffic on Salisbury St. by the Dawson School. Got one Jr. High teacher and one W.R.H. teacher, who drives the Volkswagon and smokes a pipe. Warned both drivers. ok.
6.30 p.m.
Ed hale out to Reservoir St. to see Mrs. Hultman who has had her mail box tipped over for the past three weeks, on each Thursday night.
   
 
Friday, January 24th, 1964
7.50 p.m.
 Chief O'Connor calls for permission to pick up young Koski boy who is suppolsed to be at the WRH basketball game.
   
 
Saturday, January 25th, 1964
9 a.m.
Mr. and Mrs. James Robbie, 68 High Ridge Road in re: an attempted break at their home last night. Last house on the right. Out on same. They had some company last night and were out in the dining room entertaining at the time. I doubt very much that any one attempted at this particular time.
7.45 p.m.
Called No. 1 re: theft of Holden Heating Co. truck last night in Worcester. Green and white, 1958 model. Panel Truck.
   
 
Sunday, January 26th, 1964
5.35 p.m.
Curtis Peabody, Elmwood Ave, complains re: druing his absence this afternoon someone smashed a homemade heavy wire handle on his back screen door. Sent Riordan to investigate.
   
Monday, January 27th, 1964
3.45 p.m.
Mrs. John Woodbury calls re: sick dog of Cooks on Jamieson Road. The dog did snap at her child the other day but she admits the dog is not vicious. Suggested that she drive the dog off with sticks or have her husband talk to Mr. Cook. Mrs. Woodbury says that she talked to Mrs. Cook but got nowhere.
   
 
Tuesday, January 28th, 1964
12.50 p.m.
Officer Joseph Berry of Worcester Police Department No. 34 Lansing Ave. Worcester calls re: consideration for Mrs. Olive Stone stopped yesterday. Husband is in Vets Hospital. So I sent a letter to the Registry asking for warning letter only.
   
 
Wednesday, January 29th, 1964
7.30 a.m.
School patrol on Highland St. by Jamieson Road and took one Mr. Seegar of Brattle St. who had been treated for injured finger, home from the Hospital. I told the girl in the office not to call again as we only used the cruiser for emergency accident cases and that we were not using same for taxi purposes.
9 p.m.
McCauley in with Henry Chas. Dudley of Sterling who was involved in heated argument at W.R.H. game. He had 1 1/2 quarts of beer to drink. With him had been Red Lofgrins boy who had also been drinking.
10.15 p.m.
State Police calls re: call from Anthony Wisner of Sawyer Lane, about missing daughter Lillian and boyfriend Richard Randall, She has a 1964 Chev. Convertible, Seville model, red bottom and ivory top. His wife works.
   
 
Thursday, January 30th, 1964
8 a.m.
State Officer Wes Boutelle, in re: missing girl and boy. Richard Randall, 3-2-46, 17 Centerwood Drive and Lillian Wisner 4-7-47 of Sawyer Lane, daughter of Anthony Wisner, left home Wednesday afternoon in her ar, a 1964 Chev. Convertible, red bottom and crem top. We inteviewed Gerald Logan, Kerry Hunt, and one George Supernor, at Amoco Webster Square, lives on Hickock Road, friend of hers. also friends of the girl, Evelynn Asplucn, Evelyn Crawford. At 3 p.m. received a call from the S.P. that Randall and Wisner were at the No. 66 Raymmond St. home of Susan McKeen, a friend. Nowak and I took them home to their parents.
4 p.m.
 Out to Mrs. Swensons at 808 Main Street the antique lady to get a dead cat that was on her front lawn.
   
Friday, January 31st, 1964
7 p.m.
State Officer Perriseau in with summonses to serve and re: missing Cook girl.
7.05 p.m.
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Cook, Putnam Lane in re: their missing daughter CARROL COOK, 5'7", 150 lbs. blond hair, blue eyes, red jacket, 3/4 length, black collar, black loafers and blue plaid skirt, white blouse, 16 yrs. old.
9 p.m.
Mr. John Benoit teacher at Jr. High in with another teacher Mr. Roger Pedjoe. Carol Cook called his home about 8.15 pm and he was lying down on the couch and when he answered the phone he was a little gruff to her and she hung up. Call Neal Skillings also.
9.15 p.m.
Called Forst Gilmore, Carol Cook's teacher of the special class. Fife girl, not there at ther home, Jean Hall, Wachusett St. Holden, not there,,,,Joanne Lund, Sterling Road, not there---Morgan Girls, Maple Ave., Rutland, no phone--- Susan Melican, 179 West St. Paxton, no phone, --- Ann Pouttu, Siomi Road, Paxton, SW9-9715.