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VOL. 47 No. 16 Thursday, January 8, 2015
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Koch Ta]
Substai
Abui
Other Mid-Term Hi[
• New Infrastructure
• To Unveil Parking]
Plan For Center De\
By SCOTT JACKSON Public
Mayor Thomas Koch, son Re
delivering his fourth mid- 200.
term address, called for a speech]
renewed sense of purpose in plans fi
POLAR PLUNGERS - Some 50 brave souk - including Ward 1 Councillor Margaret Laforest (wearing Mack hat) participated
the fight against substance spendij
in Saturday's "Polar Plunge" at the Houghs Neck Maritime Center. Sponsored by the Atherton Hough School PTO, the very
abuse as Quincy and com- downto
quick dip into the 39-degee Quincy Bay raised more than $1,100 for the school. Story, other photos on Pages 12 and 36.
munities across the South project
Quincy Sun Photo/Robert Bosworth
Shore and beyond see an in- news
Fire Causes $600,000 Damage
crease in opiate overdoses. appeal j
The mayor gave his mid- maps,
term address Monday night would i
By SCOTTJACKSON alarm five minutes after the and high pressure hoses on on ice and declined to go to inside the Thomas Crane
Investigators are still de- firefighters arrived on scene, the ground. One hose was the hospital.
termining the exact cause as the fire extended out of even brought to the roof of Damage to the building
of a three-alarm fire that the third floor. a nearby building to attack was estimated at $600,000,
caused $600,000 in dam- Initially, firefighters at- the fire. Barron said, and Inspec-
age to a multi-family home tempted to put out the fire Barron said access to the tional Services Director Jay
early Sunday morning, but from inside the building, house was made difficult be- Duca posted notice that the
officials believe it started in Barren said. After about 30 cause Bent Terrace is a nar- house is too dangerous for
a second floor kitchen acci- minutes, Bayliss ordered row, dead end street. entry.
dentally. firefighters out of the home "Our guys did an out- Investigators, includ-
The fire at 12 Bent Ter- because of excess heat and standing job," he said. ing the state's fire marshal,
race, located off Washington the inability to reach void The fire took several continue to investigate the
Street in Quincy Point, was spaces where the fire was hours to put out; the last fire as of Monday afternoon.
called in just after 12:30 raging. Bayliss struck a third firefighters left the scene just Barron said it appears the
a.m. on Sunday, according alarm at that time. before 6 a.m. on Sunday. fire was accidentally started
to Fire Chief Joseph Barren. After the third alarm was Occupants of the build- in the second floor kitchen.
When the first firefighters ar- struck, nearly 40 firefight- ing's four units were able to "It appears accidentally,"
rived on scene at 12:37 a.m., ers using all of the depart- escape without injury; the he explained. "It started in
there was a heavy fire on the ment's apparatus - eight Red Cross provided shelter the second floor kitchen, but
second floor of the three- engines and three ladders for at least two of the fami- we haven't pinned down the
story house. Capt. Stephen - attacked the fire from the lies. No firefighters were in- exact cause yet."
Bayliss called in a second outside using aerial hoses jured, though several slipped
Fire Chief Issues Cold Weather Warning
By MICHAEL SLADE stay warm, so a little cau- you the earliest possible ing to the home of a friend
Fire Prevention Officer tion can help you make it warning that something is or relative who has heat
Quincy Fire Department safely through the extreme wrong so you can escape rather than relying on alter-
Quincy Fire Chief Jo- weather. safely when there is an native heating sources. ^^►•e.--
seph Barron has issued a fire Make Sure Smoke Alarms emergency. Space Heaters
safety warning to Quincy And CO Alarms Keep thermostats set at Cold snaps like this is
residents as we enter the Are Working Properly the lowest comfortable tem- when we tend to see space A THREE-ALARM fire at 12 Bent'
first period of extremely One of the simplest steps perature as furnaces may heater fires and one of every ed $600,000 in damage early Sunday
of the four-family home were able to <
cold weather this winter. for safety that Quincy resi- struggle to keep the house four space heater fires in the
fighters were injured. The fire is under i
Sub-freezing temperatures dents can take is to make warm; wear warm clothes past five years has caused
cials believe it started in a second-floor 1
will dip this week and will sure your smoke and carbon and put an extra blanket on a fire injury. Space heaters
Photo Co
tax our heating and elec- monoxide alarms are work- the bed. If you run out of oil, need space, so use them in
For more Quincy nej
trical systems as we try to ing properly. They will give or lose power, consider go- Cont'd On Page 10
Lf If 28 Apply For New Housing Authority Position - Page 25
UriJiAWrlriLf! Mike Rowland An inspiration On. Off Court - Page 19
Salvation Army Surpasses Fundraising Goal
Pages 14,15
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Employees Bid Quincy Medical Center Farewell
Pages 2,35
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VOL.47 No. 16 Thursday, January 8, 2015 75c
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Koch Targets
Substance
Abuse
Other Mid-Term Highlights:
• New Infrastructure Spending
• To Unveil Parking, Traffic
Plan For Center Development
By SCOTT JACKSON Public Library's Richard-
Mayor Thomas Koch, son Room before a crowd of
delivering his fourth mid- 200. During his 15-minute
term address, called for a speech, Koch also outlined
renewed sense of purpose in plans for new infrastructure
POLAR PLUNGERS - Some 50 brave souk - including Ward 1 Councillor Margaret Laforest (wearing Mack hat) participated the fight against substance spending, hinted at future
in Saturday's "Polar Plunge" at the Houghs Neck Maritime Center. Sponsored by the Atherton Hough School PTO, the very
abuse as Quincy and com- downtown redevelopment
quick dip into the 39-degee Quincy Bay raised more than $1,100 for the school. Story, other photos on Pages 12 and 36.
munities across the South projects, promised positive
Quincy Sun Photo/Robert Bosworth
Shore and beyond see an in- news related to the city's
Fire Causes $600,000 Damage
crease in opiate overdoses. appeal of new federal flood
The maypr gave his mid- maps, and said the city
term address Monday night would not relinquish any of
By SCOTTJACKSON alarm five minutes after the and high pressure hoses on on ice and declined to go to inside the Thomas Crane Cont'd On Page 3
Investigators are still de- firefighters arrived on scene, the ground. One hose was the hospital.
termining the exact cause as the fire extended out of even brought to the roof of Damage to the building
of a three-alarm fire that the third floor. a nearby building to attack was estimated at $600,000,
caused $600,000 in dam- Initially, firefighters at- the fire. Barron said, and Inspec-
age to a multi-family home tempted to put out the fire Barron said access to the torial Services Director Jay
early Sunday morning, but from inside the building, house was made difficult be- Duca posted notice that the
officials believe it started in Barron said. After about 30 cause Bent Terrace is a nar- house is too dangerous for
a second floor kitchen acci- minutes, Bayliss ordered row, dead end street. entry.
dentally. firefighters out of the home "Our guys did an out- Investigators, includ-
The fire at 12 Bent Ter- because of excess heat and standing job," he said. ing the state's fire marshal,
race, located off Washington the inability to reach void The fire took several continue to investigate the
Street in Quincy Point, was spaces where the fire was hours to put out; the last fire as of Monday afternoon.
called in just after 12:30 raging. Bayliss struck a third firefighters left the scene just Barron said it appears the
a.m. on Sunday, according alarm at that time. before 6 a.m. on Sunday. fire was accidentally started ■WfMibjb
to Fire Chief Joseph Barron. After the third alarm was Occupants of the build- in the second floor kitchen.
When the first firefighters ar- struck, nearly 40 firefight- ing's four units were able to "It appears accidentally,"
rived on scene at 12:37 a.m., ers using all of the depart- escape without injury; the he explained. "It started in
there was a heavy fire on the ment's apparatus - eight Red Cross provided shelter the second floor kitchen, but
second floor of the three- engines and three ladders for at least two of the fami- we haven't pinned down the .»
story house. Capt. Stephen - attacked the fire from the lies. No firefighters were in- exact cause yet."
Bayliss called in a second outside using aerial hoses jured, though several slipped
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Fire Chief Issues Cold Weather Warning
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By MICHAEL SLADE stay warm, so a little cau- you the earliest possible ing to the home of a friend
Fire Prevention Officer tion can help you make it warning that something is or relative who has heat
Quincy Fire Department safely through the extreme wrong so you can escape rather than relying on alter-
Quincy Fire Chief Jo- weather. safely when there is an native heating sources. 1
seph Barron has issued a fire Make Sure Smoke Alarms emergency. Space Heaters
safety warning to Quincy And CO Alarms Keep thermostats set at Cold snaps like this is
residents as we enter the Are Working Properly the lowest comfortable tem- when we tend to see space A THREE-ALARM fire at 12 Beat Terrace CMBcd an <
first period of extremely One of the simplest steps perature as furnaces may heater fires and one of every ed $600,000 in damage early Sunday morning. The <
of the four-family home were able to escape safely i
cold weather this winter. for safety that Quincy resi- struggle to keep the house four space heater fires in the
fighters were injured. The fire is unde
Sub-freezing temperatures dents can take is to make warm; wear warm clothes past five years has caused
rials believe it started in a second-floor kitchen i
will dip this week and will sure your smoke and carbon and put an extra blanket on a fire injury. Space heaters Photo Courtesy Michael Worley
tax our heating and elec- monoxide alarms are work- the bed. If you run out of oil, need space, so use them in
trical systems as we try to ing properly. They will give or lose power, consider go- Cont'd On Page 10
LUJLIMJ 28 Apply For New Housing Authority Position - Page 21
Mike Rowland An inspiration On, Off Court - Ripe 19
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, January 8,2015
PAST AND PRESENT Qnincy Medical Center employees wave as a drone equipped with a camera hovers over the lawn in front of the old Administration building on Whitwell Street. Over 200
employees gathered at the now-closed QMC building Dec. 31 for one final group photo. Steward Health Care closed the 124-year-old hospital Dec. 26 and reopened a satellite emergency facility
at the site of the former ER Dec. 27. Quincy Sun Photos/Robert Bosworth
Over 200 Employees
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Bid Quincy Medical
Center Farewell
Commemorate Moment With Group Photo
By KRIS KALABOKAS was posted to Facebook on "A lot of the other nurses
Employees past and pres- Dec. 27. did not have that same op-
ent gathered at Quincy Med- Many were hugging and portunity," she said. 'T^ey
ical Center last Wednesday some were crying as they had a list of open positions
to bid their final farewells fondly recalled their years in all the hospitals but a lot
and commemorate the mo- working at the hospital. of them were per diem. Not
ment with a group photo on "I'm the oldest one ip this a lot of fully benefitted posi-
the steps of the hospital's whole joint," said Nancy tions."
former administration build- Miller proudly. She worked While many have found
ing. in the food service depart- positions at other facilities
Over 200 former nurses, ment for 50 years starting within the Steward network,
lab technicians4, and caf- in 1965. "I always said 20 some are still struggling
eteria staff members stood years ago I will not leave to find full-time work, she
shoulder to shoulder while this place until they close said.
waving and cheering at the door and they did." Nicole Maher worked
passersby who honked their Alyssa Webster worked for 12 years in the telemetry
horns or cheered back in a as a nurse in the surgical- unit as well. "It was devas-
SUSAN PAQUETTE,who worked at Qnincy Medical Center for 24 ye*re, holds the pink "one-
show of support for those medical telemetry unit for tating. It was very sad," she
i a pktnre of a stork and the words "Life Begins at Quincy City Hospital" her daughter
birth at Qnincy Medical Center on Dec. 31, 1980. Thirty-four affected by Steward Health over five years. She luckily said. "Part of me is missing
- employees who gathered for a group photo in Care's announcement on has found work in Norwood now."
; on Whitwell Street last Wednesday. All past and Nov. 6 to close the hospital, but worries that her former Things seemed good
preseat employees from al departments were invited to take part in the group photo to remem- leaving 650 hospital staff coworkers are having a when Steward first acquired
ber all of the dedicated service and exceptional care provided to patients through the years. members unemployed. more difficult time securing QMC.she added. Shefeltthe
I both of her children were all born at Quincy Medical Center. News of the staff photo employment. company was making posi-
tive and beneficial changes
to the struggling hospital
and saw herself employed
there for several more years.
"Things then took a turn for
the worst," she said.
Maher, like many others,
made her way to the now-
Reason #2, not your average box gym.
closed QMC building not
just to pose for the photo-
"fitness Unlimited is completely different with six separate
graph but to see her friends
specialty studios plus two lacge workout rooms. The and former coworkers, many
who worked at the hospital
atmosphere is so much more comfortable and after my
for decades.
workout I can enjoy a complete locker-room with steam Susan Anderson was a
member of the food ser-
and sauna. You feel the difference day one. Talk about
vice department for 11
results, I feel great." years until 2002 along with
her friend Barbara Bouzan
- Sandra. 10 year member. who worked for 16 and a
half years in food service as
New for 2015 Tribe Team Training, feel amazingly fit.
well.
Bouzan said she was
worried that the city's hos-
pital was closing as she lives
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Thursday, January 8,2015 Tlxe Quincy
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FAMILY, DEPARTMENT HEADS, elected officials and other guests applaud Mayor Thomas MAYOR THOMAS KOCH delivers his Mid-Term address at the Richardson Room of the
Koch after the mayor delivered his Mid-Term address at the Thomas Crane Library's Richard- Thomas Crane Public Library Monday night. In his "state of the city" remarks, Koch advo-
son Room Monday evening. In the front row (from left) are the mayor's wife, Christine Koch, cated for a "renewed sense of purpose in our fight against substance abuse."
his sisters Simone and Deb, and seated at the end, his mother, Simone Koch. Quincy Sun Photos/Robert Bosworth
Koch: 'We Need To Do More' On Substance Abuse
Cont'd From Page 1 On substance abuse, as doubling the size of the to work with the mayors of who will be sworn in today education programs and en-
its rights relative to Quincy Koch noted the city and its narcotics unit and equipping Braintree and Weymouth, (Thursday) at noon. forcement and treatment
Medical Center and its prop- Police Department have tak- all officers with Narcan, a Joseph Sullivan and Susan "Tonight, I am call- strategies. And because
erty. . en proactive measures, such nasal spray that can reverse Kay, respectively, and U.S. ing for a renewed sense of this epidemic knows no
overdoses caused by opi- Rep. Stephen F. Lynch to purpose in our fight against boundaries, either locally or
High School Equivalency
ates - a class of drugs that call for national action on substance abuse. Through nationally, I will be joined
Test Prep Begins Jan. 26 includes prescription pain- substance abuse. Koch also our task force, we will be by fellow Mayors Joe Sul-
killers and heroin. Going hopes to enlist the help of making a new serifs of rec- livan of Braintree, Sue Kay
forward, Koch said he plans Gov.-Elect Charlie Baker, ommendations for expanded
Quincy Community Ac- and Wednesday evenings Cont'd On Page 9
tion Programs, Inc. is ac- from 6 to 9 p.m. at Quincy
cepting enrollments for the Community Action Pro-
semester beginning Jan. 26 grams, Inc., 1509 Hancock
for individuals preparing to St., Quincy,. Homeowners with equity:
take the high school equiva- To register, contact
lency test. Margaret Doherty at: mdo-
Roll all your debt
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PubMwd \MMtdy on Ibumtay by By ROBERT BOS WORTH
The Qufncy Sun Publishing Co.. Inc
1372 Hancock St., Quincy, MA 02169
Hospital's Legacy: People
BnOnChN mM^T Un. D1*1 O■■ ■t wo r.Hm.
Publisher and Editor
Henry W. Boswof Ui, Jr. There were hugs and handshakes, laughs and tears. in recent decades. Closing the maternity ward in 1998
Founder They came alone and with colleagues. Some is one example. Even removing the name "City" from
1968-2009
brought their children aad grandchildren. Quincy City Hospital years ago was done in an effort
75c per copy newsstand • $27 per year by mail in Quincy They exchanged emails, home addresses and cell to change public perceptions about community hospi-
$32 per year by mail outside Quincy • $40 out-of-state phone numbers. tals and retain its viability in the competitive health
Telephone: [phone] Fax: [phone] It was one last chance to be together at the site that care field and arena of mega hospital mergers.
had meant as much to them as it has for this commu- But the only way to shape a perception is to experi-
online at: www.thaquincyaim.com
nity. ence it. And you can count me among the tens of thou-
email address: thaquincyaunOvarizon.net
More than 200 past and present Quincy Medical sands of patients who received outstanding medical
rtXMWorthOthaquincy8un.com Center employees gathered for a photo Dec. 31 - New attention and care at Quincy Hospital. During my high
Year's Eve - to share a moment for the ages. To under- school years, I was hospitalized there three different
Periodicals postage paid at Boston, MA score one last time all the dedicated service and excep- times for a broken jaw, broken shoulder and mono. I
Postmaster Send address change to: tional care provided to patients throughout the years. spent so much time there, my friends used to say, that
The Quincy Sun, 1372 Hancock St, Quincy, MA 02169
After 124 years of serving the city and surrounding they bequeathed Quincy Hospital to me in our class
The Quincy Sun assumes no tor typographical errors in community, Steward Health Care closed Quincy Med- will.
s but w* reprint that part or an In which the typographical
ical Center Dec. 26 due to millions in red ink attributed No one likes spending time in a hospital but when
in large part to low Medicare reimbursements rates. you needed it, there was always a sense of comfort and
[jg Moments
"It's sad and heart-breaking but understandable," calmness knowing you were in good hands.
one longtime worker said of the hospital closing. "The As the employees lined up on the steps of the for-
wr\ in time
figures don't lie." mer Administration Building for the group photo, I
I* The reimbursement issue is something that has to be thought back to another photo opportunity at the very
iTHFHlCTfflrvrHANNn addressed or other community hospitals may face the same spot some 15 years ago.
same fate as QMC. It was October, 1999 and federal, state and city of-
• On Jan. 23,1775, London merchants petition Par- But QMC's legacy is not finances. ficials gathered in front of those steps under brilliant
liament for relief from the financial hardship put upon It's people. blue skies and a bright, sunny afternoon. Then Gov.
them by the curtailment of trade with the North American Specifically, all the doctors, nurses, technicians and Paul Cellucci and Lt. Gov. Jane Swift signed legisla-
colonies. Most critical to the merchants' concerns were staff and others who worked collectively as a team on tion that changed the hospital from a municipal insti-
the 2 million pounds sterling in outstanding debts owed the behalf of the patients. It's been that way since the tution to a private, not-for-profit community hospital
to them. institution was founded in 1890 by physicians treating renamed Quincy Medical Center. The legislation also
• On Jan. 19,1915, during World War I, Britain suf-
granite workers. created an affiliation with Boston Medical Center and
fers its first casualties from an air attack when two Ger-
I asked one of the workers after the group photo approved a $12.1 million interest-free loan to help
man zeppelins drop bombs on Great Yarmouth and King's
what she hopes the community understands about keep the facility afloat.
Lynn on the eastern coast of England.
QMC. Among those present was Sen. Ted Kennedy who
• On Jan. 20,1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt
"We cared about them," she said without hesitation. remarked as a throng of hospital employees encircled
is inaugurated for the second time as president. The Con-
"We cared about the people and we cared about our the front lawn:
stitution had originally set March 4 as the presidential
population." "This has been a community facility. This has been
inauguration date to allow the winner time to travel to
the nation's capital. Another former worker, Art Milmore of Weymouth, a family serving facility. This has served children, the
• On Jan. 25, 1949, the Academy of Television Arts worked 28 years in the x-ray and ultrasound depart- workers and senior citizens and now this great facility
& Sciences holds its first annual awards ceremony in Los ments. He expressed hope that some other hospital provides a combination of those services ... It serves
Angeles. The now-famous award statuette "Emmy" was entity would purchase QMC and reopen it as a full- the people in Quincy and that's what we want to con-
a feminized version of "immy," the shorthand term for fledged hospital again. tinue. That's what this is all about."
the image orthicon tube that was used in TV cameras un- "Quincy needs a hospital with the amount of people The headline over the front page hospital story that
til the 1960s.
who live here and the number of condos they keep week read: "Quincy Medical Center - A New Era."
• On Jan. 24,1956, Look magazine publishes the con-
building. . . . The folks I worked with were some of In that story was a quote by then Mayor James
fessions of J.W. Milam and Roy Bryant, two white men
the best in the business. We were like family. We were Sheets who said without the $12.1 million loan, the
from Mississippi who were acquitted in the 1955 kidnap-
a team and it was always the success of the team that hospital would have had to shut down and 1,100 work-
ping and murder of black teenager Emmett Till. In Au-
was most important, not any one individual. ers laid off. He also noted that had it closed, it would
gust 1955, on a visit to relatives, the 14-year-old Till had
"I'd rather be the grunt and do the work and let have left Quincy as the only major city in Massachu-
allegedly whistled at a white woman who ran a store.
someone else take the bows." setts without its own hospital.
• On Jan. 21,1977, President Jimmy Carter grants an
It is sad that Quincy Medical Center is virtually no Which is where we are today.
unconditional pardon to hundreds of thousands of men
who evaded the draft during the Vietnam War. Some more. The only function it currently serves is as a sat- Call me a dreamer but I am hoping there is one more
100,000 young Americans went abroad, with 90 percent ellite emergency facility in the same location as the photo opportunity and/or press event at 114 Whitwell
going to Canada. The Canadian government had instruct- former ER on Whitwell Street. Steward has pledged St. and that it happens this year.
ed border guards not to ask too many questions. to keep the emergency facility open through the end The announcement that Steward has secured a buy-
• On Jan. 22,1981, the final portrait of John Lennon of this year. er for Quincy Medical Center and some other hospital
and wife, Yoko, appears on the cover of Rolling Stone. But perhaps what we are witnessing is the passing entity will reopen the medical facility to provide what
The photo, taken 12 hours before Lennon was assassinat-
of another industry that had defined Quincy for gen- Quincy deserves. A community hospital that can admit
ed, shows a naked Lennon curled up in a fetal embrace
erations. Has the community hospital concept run its and treat patients like any other hospital in Massachu-
with a fully clothed Yoko. Photographer Annie Liebowitz
course just like shipbuilding and granite quarrying? setts.
had been told by a Rolling Stone editor, "Please get me
Perhaps but only time will truly tell. Let's hope another hospital era can commence in
some pictures without [Yoko]."
Certainly the closing of QMC didn't occur over- Quincy in 2015.
(c) 2015 King Features Synd., Inc.
night. And there were signs the facility was struggling This community deserves nothing less.
City Selling Dawes Estate At Auction; Bids Due Jan. 16
The city held an open Beach, was donated to the The two 1.5-story house on located in a floodplain. disclosure form mandated The purchaser will be re-
house Jan. 4 at the Dawes city by the Dawes family. It site includes 3,764 square The city's Purchasing De- by Massachusetts General sponsible for any broker's
Estate, located at 657 Quin- was previously used by the feet of gross area and 1,742 partment is accepting bids Law Chapter 7, Section 40J. fees they incurred and the
cy Shore Drive, for parties city's Recreation Depart- square feet of living space. for the property through 11 Bidders must also provide a cost of recording the con-
interested in purchasing the ment as office space and as The whole property has an am. on Friday, Jan. 16. All $15,000 deposit to the city, veyance documents.
a senior center before the assessed value of $320,400, bids must include a signed refundable to non-winning The city will award the
The Dawes Estate, which Kennedy Center in Squan- according to the city asses- price proposal form, a cer- bidders, and proof of their property to the person or
is oo the corner of Charming tum opened. sor's online database. The tificate of tax compliance, ability to pay the full price corporation who submits the
Street aad Quincy Shore Tie property includes property is in a Residential a non-collusion affidavit, a of the property. highest responsible bid.
Drive opposite WoUaston 8/459 square feet of land. B zoning district; it is also
Thursday, January 8,2015 The Quincy gun Page 5
Scenes From Yesterday
Quincy's
This Week
YCStCrdayS 33 Years Ago
McCauley: 'We'll Face
Problems, Solve Them'
By SCOTT JACKSON
Mayor Francis X. McCauley was sworn in as the city's
27th chief executive, and pledged he would not try to blame
the current ills of the city on previous administrations.
"It has been customary in recent years for the incoming
mayor to spend some of his time laying a little criticism on
his predecessors. I do not plan to take that approach this
morning," McCauley told a crowd of 700 inside the Voca-
tional Technical School Gym.
"We're going to approach the problems, we're going to
define them, and then we're going to solve them. I think
that's the best thing to do in the years ahead."
Among the pledges McCauley made during his off the
cuff remarks, the new mayor said he would meet with mu-
nicipal finance experts to seek an analysis of Quincy's fi-
nances and recommendations for moving forward.
+6j4, - St. PrencU-By-Ybe-Sea •&**€&*& GKfeolk Lyceum, H
"I've been in the banking business for 25 years and I
THIS 1915 postcard is a view of the first Cathofic Church was across from the Catholic Lyceum, the bungalow know it's easier to get into financial difficulties than it is to
in Houghs' Neck: St. Francis-by-the-Sea, which was shown here on the right with the sign over the porch. get out, but we're going to make a beginning this year," he
established in 1893 as a mission church of St. John's In 1915, Cardinal O'Connell renamed this The Most stated.
in Quincy Center. The Rev. Francis A. Friguglietti, Blessed Sacrament Church when he established a sepa- McCauley also said Arthur Foley, his administrative as-
pastor of St. John's, also established two other mission rate parish for Hough's Neck. The church building was sistant, would act as a liaison to the Norfolk Country Advi-
churches: Sacred Heart in North Quincy and St. Fran- demolished a few years later in 1919 when the present sory Board, which had responsibility for the county budget;
cis of Assisi in Braintree. Fr. Francis, as he was widely church with that name was built on Sea Street. The Paul N. Anderson, incoming public works commissioner,
known, went on to also become pastor of St. Mary's hand-drawn automobiles were added by the postcard's would be McCauley's representative on the MBTA advisory
in West Quincy and was known by all to be "Quincy's publisher. To contact Tom Calvin, e-mail tmgalvin® board; Michael Kitchen, the director of Quincy City Hos-
Pastor." This Hough's Neck church was located near verizon.net. pital, was given permission to file a certificate of need, the
the corner of Winthrop Street and Manet Avenue. It From the Collection of City Historian Tom Galvin first step toward building a $99 million hospital; and Foley
V and Planning Director James Lydon would be responsible
for economic development projects and working with de-
Special Education Subcommittee Meeting Jan. 21
velopers planning to move to Quincy.
The Special Education committee is to provide the Meetings are held in con- encouraged to attend. Ward 3 Councillor John J. Lydon, Jr.. was elected the
Subcommittee will meet School Committee direction junction with the Quincy For more information, City Council new president following McCauley"s swear-
Wednesday, Jan. 21 at 6 p m. on the issues and programs Parent Advisory Council to contact Debby Nabstedt, ing in. Lydon told his colleagues and the assembled crowd
in the Coddington Building, that affect special education Special Education (QPAQ QPAC President at 617-947- that voters at the national, state, and local level delivered the
34 Coddington St., Quincy. students within Quincy Pub- and Quincy Public Schools 2521 or president@quincy- message "government has become unwieldy and they want
The purpose of the Sub- lic Schools. administration. Parents are pac.org. that trend to stop "
"As consumers we have been restricting our patterns of
READERS FORUM consumption," he said. '"It is now time for government to
do likewise.
Wear Light-Colored Clothing For Pedestrian Safety "No longer can we rationalize the seemingly endless
growth of government. No longer can we allow manage-
I am very concerned pedestrians, especially at er clothing (hats, scarves, destrians can exercise more ment practices which foster waste. No longer can we make
about the increasing num- night and when it is raining gloves, boots, materials that caution during the dark time the mistake that bigger is better."
bers of pedestrians being in- I have a simple sug- reflect on-coming lights) of the year. School Committee member Mary Collins was chosen by
jured or killed by drivers. gestion that will hopefully so they can be more easily Ann Yeomans her colleagues to be the board's new vice chairwoman. She
I know that I, sometimes, alleviate these situations: seen, especially at night. Winthrop Avenue appealed city councillors, asking them not to make harsh
have a difficult time seeing Pedestrians can wear light- Both drivers and pe- Quincy cuts to the school budget in the wake of Proposition 2 Vi.
"Should the School Committee be forced to cut the re-
Quincy Could Use A Stand Alone Emergency Room
quired 15 percent per year for the next two years, the result
Quincy Medical Center The idea of a 24/7 emer- three in the state and it also like the one that East Boston would be a system that is unrecognizable," she said. 'The
is now history. Several at- gency room remaining in happens to be the third busi- enjoys today. picture could be grim.
tempts over the past decade Quincy is a win-win for est emergency room in the As we enter a new year, "We will be dealing with painful situations in preparing
failed in the long run and city residenfs and if it can state, too. let us use this time as an op- the budgets for the coming fiscal year. Nothing less than
Steward Health Care Sys- be a successful idea as it is Rather than assign blame portunity to create a stand total commitment to working together on this will suffice.
tem felt it had no options over in East Boston with the for the hospital's closing, alone emergency room in There should be no sacred cows in the city budget."
left but to close the facil- East Boston Neighborhood the important thing is that the city like the one that the QUINCY-ISMS
ity. In the end, Steward did Health Center in Maverick an emergency room is guar- East Boston community en- David B. Macintosh was re-appointed to a five-year term
eventually agree to keep Square, it can work in Quin- anteed by Steward for the joys right now. on the hospital's board of managers. Rosemary Wahlberg
emergency room services cy. The East Boston facility next year. Quincy can use Sal Giarratani and John W. Kane were also appointed to five-year terms,
opened through 2015. has a 24/7 stand alone emer- this time working for a per- Prince Street replacing Ruth Janis and Simon Fireman... Urban Asso-
A VA clinic will still re- gency room, one of only manent emergency room East Boston ciates, a group hired by the Planning Department, was set
main on site until a new lo- to present their recommendations for Quincy's waterways
SUBSCRIPTION FORM
cation is found and all Quin- during an upcoming meeting of the Ward 2 Civic Associa-
cy residents will still have FILL OUT THIS SUBSCRIPTION BLANK AND MAIL TO tion, with Robert Allison presiding.. A meeting to discuss
Steward's Carney Hospital the Planning Department's Brewers Corner revitalization
open to them as well as a The Quincy study was scheduled... Bonnie, a Shetland sheepdog owned
number of other hospitals in by Helen and Russell Meteatfe, was found safe and sound
the surrounding area. after disappearing from an Oxford, Maine, cottage in Au-
It is unfortunate that the Historic' Quincy a Hotmhimn Wfeek/y Ntwsfxtfmr Sinew 1968 gust. .. Roberta M. Crow ley. a retired city treasurer, passed
City of Quincy with over 1372 HANCOCK STREET, QUINCY, MA 02169 away at the age of 73...U.S. Sen. Paul Tsongas planned to
100,000 residents have no NAME hold a town meeting for Quincy and other area residents
in-city hospital but in this at Quincy City Hall.. .Quincy High's boys basketball team
STREET
day and age, smaller com- beat North Weymouth to win the squad's second straight
munity hospitals are find- CITY STATE ZIP Hingham Christmas Tournament. Jim DePietro was named
ing it difficult to stay open tournament MVP after scoring 17 points in the tide cane.
CHECK ONE BOX IN EACH COLUMN
without a partnership with a Peter Papile had 14 points. Keith Smith had two goals
large medical entity, such as I ] 1 YEAR IN QUINCY $27.00 for North Quincy's hockey team in a 3-2 win over Waltham.
Milton Hospital with Beth [ ] 1 YEAR OUTSIDE QUINCY $32.00 [ ] CHECK ENCLOSED Scott Messina recorded the winning goal... Pvt. Steven H.
Israel Deaconess hospital in ]1 YEAR OUT OF STATE $40.00 Knudsen of Northheld Road completed bask training at
Boston. Fort Knox, Ky. <