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AT 974.48 A88a 1952
ANNUAL REPORTS
ATTLEBORO, MASSACHUSETTS
1952
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ATTLEBORO PUBLIC LIBRARY
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ANNUAL REPORTS
CITY OF ATTLEBORO 1952
Attleborowah. Mass. City officers a departementy
AS SUBMITTED BY THE OFFICERS AND DEPARTMENTS
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ATTLEBORO PUBLIC LIBRARY JOSEPH L. SWEET MEMORIAN
ELECTED OFFICIALS
Mayor Cyril K. Brennan Term expires January, 1954
City Clerk Kenneth F. Blandin Term expires Janaury, 1954
City Treasurer William Marshall Term expires January, 1954
City Collector Doris L. Austin
Term expires January, 1954
Councilmen-at-large Terms expire January, 1954
Franklin R. Mckay
Ernest I. Rotenberg
Roger K. Richardson
William O. Sweet
William F. Walton
Ward 1
John M. Kenny
Ward 2 Arthur Hinds
Ward 3 Elton S. Nottage
Ward 4 Bertrand O. Lambert, President
Ward 5 Herbert C. Lavigueur
Ward 6 Charles A. Smith
Terms expire January, 1954
School Committee Mrs. Alice H. Stobbs
Mrs. Deborah O. Richardson Irvin A. Studley Royal P. Baker
Terms expire January, 1956
Mrs. Henrietta Wolfenden
William A. Nerney Thomas G. Sadler
Henry M. Crowther
Pierre B. Lonsbury
Terms expire January, 1954
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APPOINTED OFFICIALS
OFFICE
Inspector of Animals City Almoner (Welfare Agent) Assessors
City Auditor Building Inspector Constables
Incumbent
Term Expires
March 31, 1953
Permanent
January, 1954
January, 1955
January, 1953
January, .. 1954
February, 1953
February, 1953
February, 1953
February, 1953
February, 1953 Indefinite
April, 1953
Permanent
February, 1953 Indefinite
February, 1953
February, 1954
February, 1955
Supt. of Fire Alarm Forest Warden
City Forester- Moth Supt.
Health Officer
Health Nurse (Appointed by Health Officer)
Lois E. Wilmarth
Permanent
Barbara Arnold
Indefinite
Cyril K. Brennan, Mayor
February, 1953
William Marshall
ex-officio
Bertrand O. Lambert
February, 1953
John E. Turner, Chair.
April, 1953
Leland B. Smith
April, 1954
Harold W. MacDonald
April, 1955
Leonard I. Lamb Mrs. Francis J. O'Neil-
(Appointed by Governor ) Zelotus Wetherell
April, 1956
June, 1953
E. Raymond Truell
June, 1955
Francis P. Cronan
June,
1957
Dr. James C. DeWitt
Frederick J. Franz
Christopher W. McNary
Carl A. Nelson
Patrick J. Byrnes, Chair.
Ismay A. Sharkey
Joseph O. Mowry
Hormidas Allard
Eli Franklin Howard E. Caswell
Clarence E. Weeman
Custodian of Foreclosed Property Henry Rotenberg Dog Officer Michael Quaglia Electrical Inspector William S. King Fence Viewer-Field Driver Arthur S. Cate Fire Department Board of Fire Engineers
Joseph O. Mowry, Chief
Hayward H. Sweet
Joseph O. Mowry Charles G. Thomae
John W. Wolfenden William S. King
February, 1956 Permanent
February, 1953
Warren P. Hofmann
February, 1953
Dr. Fernand Girouard
February, 1953
Dental Hygienist (Appointed by Health Officer) Sturdy Hospital (City Repre- sentative on Board of Managers)
Housing Authority
April, 1956
Board of Licenses
Joseph O. Mowry
APPOINTED OFFICIALS
Office
Public Library, Trustees of,
Librarian (Appointed by Library Trustees) Lockup Keeper Measurer of Lumber Measurers of Wood & Bark
City Messenger Milk Inspector (Appointed by Health Officer) Park Commisioners
Park Supt. (Appointed by Park Commisioners) Planning Board
Plumbing Inspector Police Commisioners
Police Chief Public Works Superintendent Recreation Commisioners
Board of Registrars
Incumbent
Term Expires
Mrs. Margaret E. Conro
February, 1953
Lydia J. Gregory
Edwin F. Leach, Chair.
February, 1953
Raymond L. Horton, Treas.
Mrs. Winthrop Barden, Sec.
Mrs. Gertrude F. Chilson
Leland B. Smith
February, 1955
Frederick V. Murphy, Jr.
George E. Nerney
February, 1955 February, 1955
Mrs. Lucille Palmer Cavender Peter J. Marron
Indefinite
February, 1953
George F. Lincoln
February, 1953
Harold Demers
February, 1953
Richard Bauer
February, 1953
John B. Bowen
February, 1953
Frank L. Cushman
Samuel M. Stone, Chair.
Harry C. Wolfenden, Sec.
Thomas G. Sadler, Jr.
February, 1955
. Robert W. Sharkey, Jr.
Lawrence R. Fitton
Robert W. Mawney
Leo F. Lyons
Harold E. Washburn
February, 1955
Clifford A. Swanson
February, 1955
J. Burleigh Moulton
February, 1956
Rev. Frank L. Briggs
February, 1957
Allen A. Gross
February, 1953
Frank J. Nerney
February, 1953
John E. Turner, Chair.
February, 1954
Thomas H. Brennan
February, 1955 Indefinite
Russell F. Tennant
February, 1954
February, 1953
William Liddell, Chair.
February, 1953
Frank Miller
February, 1954
Walter N. White
February, 1.954
Louis J. Perry
February, 1953
Mrs. Lilla Conant
February, 1954
Mrs. Eva L. Kent
February, 1955
Clayton A. MacDonald, Chair. February, 1956
Permanent
February, 1953
February, 1954
Permanent
February, 1953
February, 1954
February, 1954
Peter J. Marron
Thomas E. Dube
February, 1953
February, 1954
February, 1954
February, 1954
APPOINTED OFFICIALS
Office
Incumbent
Terms
Daniel O'Connell
Ismay A. Sharkey
Doris L. Austin, (Elected by members of system) Earl P. Cooper
March, 1955
July, 1953
Dr. Anson B. Barber
Permanent
Dorothy B. Wendell, R. N.
Permanent
Simon Coren Daniel O'Connell
Permanent February, 1953
A. B. Cummings Francis M. Flaherty
February, 1953
Gladys Hinds
February, 1953
All Ex-officio
Cyril K. Brennan , Mayor William Marshall, Treas.
Pierre B. Lonsbury, Chair. of School Committee James McBrien Ralph Gunner
February, 1953
February, 1955
John K. Henderson, Chair.
February, 1953
Patrick Duffy
February, 1954
John J. Maynard
February, 1955
Charles E. Judge
February, 1953
Elmer E. Tufts, Chair.
February, 1954
Clarence D. Roberts
February, 1955
John D. Baer (Asso. Mem;)
February, 1953
Bazil B. Mulligan (Asso. Mem) February, 1953 Hazel Shaw, Clerk Indefinite
Rehabilitation and Reemploy- ment Director Retirement Board
Supt. of Schools (Appointed by School Committee) School Nurse (Appointed by School Committee) School Physician (Appointed by School Committee) Sealer of Weights and Measures Soldiers' Relief and Burial Agent City Solicitor City Stenographer Treasurer of the Capron and Deborah Starkey Funds
Trust Fund Commissioners
Board of Public Welfare
Zoning Board of Appeals
Indefinite ex-officio
February, 1953
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REPORT OF THE CITY CLERK 1952
Honorable Cyril K. Brennan Mayor, City of Attleboro, Mass.
I hereby submit the annual report of the officer of City Clerk for 1952. A total of $15, 168. 62 was taken in over the counter of the City Clerk's depart- ment in 1952 up to closing time on Dec. 31, 1952. This included $5, 499. 50 for sporting licenses, $4, 444 for dog licenses and $5, 225. 12 for various licenses, permits, miscellaneous fees, etc. In March $3, 019. 28 was handled by the department and in April there was $3, 855. 08 taken in. The high totals of these two months was due to the annual renewal of Sunday, sign, amusement licenses etc. , also the rush for fishing licenses in early April and the sale of dog licenses that was at the height in those two months.
There were 1, 801 dog licenses sold up to closing time Dec. 31, 1952 beside 28 kennel licenses that indicates a dog population of close to 2,000 canines in Attleboro. The increased price of sporting licenses accounted for the high gross value, and the increased amount of money handled. The State's re- turn on the licenses sold in this city alone was $5, 099. The county's share of the dog licensing take was $4, 076. 40. The city realized $768. 10 from dog and sporting licenses.
The city clerk's office has been open every Wednesday night until 8 p. m. , throughout the year. Though few people have availed themselves of this service it will be continued in 1953. South Attleboro had its "night for dog licensing when the City Clerk Visited the fire station there to issue li- censes to those unable to get up town handily. This policy will also be con- tinued.
The clerk's office had a part time clerk added to the meager staff of two people late in the spring, after the budget was passed providing for that. It was after the bulk of the busy spring licensing business had been com- pleted but the clerk was able to help out considrably from then on. Compar - able to other city clerk offices in the State, Attleboro is still well below the average in help and decidedly so in the wages paid. During the year the na- tional and state primaries and the election of November caused extra work for the city clerk's staff. The death records from 1883-91 were found to be in very poor condition and the clerk has personally recorded them in a separate book and indexed them. This was done in 63 hours of extra work for which the clerk has not charged the city and does not intend to . The city clerk's department has claimed no overtime for anything but election work in the past 11 years. Miss Levis the assistant clerk has put in much overtime without pay or request for overtime pay both in 1952 and in 1951.
Working conditions are very bad. There are three departments on one phone line that is tied up a great deal as a result and the time taken to call other departments amounts to considerable waste. There is not sufficient
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working or filing space. The filing facilities must be taken care of to insure proper care of the records. These conditions have been reported before-but there has been nothing done about it. Continued delay in doing something about that may cost the city a lot of money at some future date-when records, like the ancient death records, have to be brought up to standard.
There were 1, 241 births recorded in 1952 against 1, 202 in 1951. There were 400 deaths recorded in 1952 compared to 391 in 1951. Marriages dropped to 264 in 1952 as compared to 325 in 1951.
The clerk's office was among the nine in the entire State that received commendation and the "gold star" of the Deputy State Secretary in charge of vital statistics for having its 1951 vital statistic records completed on schedule, last January.
Respectfully submitted
Kenneth F. Blandin City Clerk
DOG LICENSES SOLD IN 1952
Fees
Month
Male Female Spayed Kennels Totals
Gross Value
to City
to County
Jan.
7
1
8
$ 24. 00
$ 1.60 $
22. 40
Feb.
3
1
4
8.00
.80
7. 20
March
267
22
149
6
444
1022.00
88. 60
933.40
April
447
74
200
10
731
1794. 00
146. 20
1647. 80
May
240
42
100
10
392
990.00
73.40
911. 60
June
68
9
20
1
98
231.00
19. 60
211.40
July
35
7
10
52
125. 00
10 40
114. 60
Apg.
26
4
3
33
78.00
6. 60
71.40
Sept.
18
2
9
29
64.00
5. 80
58.20
Oct.
15
2
6
23
52. 00
4.60
47. 40
Nov.
11
1
1
13
29.00
2. 60
26. 40
Dec.
8
1
3
12
27. 00
2. 40
24. 60
Totals
1145
164
502
28
1839 $4444. 00 $367. 60 $4076. 40
2
Motor
Vehicles
Sales Lic.
Hackney-
Express
Sunday
Common
Lodging
Pool
Bowling
Misc.
Second
Hand
Junk
ments Amuse-
Theaters
Auctioneers
Ammuni-
Signs
Marriages
Certified
Copies
Record-
ings
Jan.
18.00
6.00
36. 00
1.20
18.00
4.00
10. 50
2.00
30.00
23. 10
145. 00
Feb.
2.00
14.00
5.00
9.00
100. 00
3.00
5.00
1.00
24.00
21. 50
112. 50
Mar
2.00 219.00
180. 00
6.00
210. 00
6. 40
600. 00
39.00
54.00
3.00
103.00
77. 00
16.00
29.35
178. 53
Apr.
37. 00
25.00
3.00
2. 10
5.00
11.00
4.00
9.00
9.00
38. 00
29. 25
133. 73
May
2.00
9.00
5.00
6.00
8. 80
30.00
5.00
8.50
5.00
38.00
30. 70
156. 50
June
9.00
20.00
9. 00
5.70
18.00
4.00 10.00
4. 50
3.00
76.00
29. 55
229. 25
July
4.00
3. 40
14.00
5. 00
8. 50
44.00
44. 50
167. 75
Aug.
2.00
6.00
36.00
. 70
4.00
4.00
50
1.00
40.00
42. 25
180. 03
3
Sept.
8.00
28.00
6. 80
5.00
21.00
4.00
3.00
3.00
56.00
28. 25
168. 25
Oct.
25. 00
10.00
6.00
1.30
19.00
5.00
1.50
2.00
30. 00
30. 25
92.00
Nov.
20.00
21.00
18. 00
2. 60
19.00
4.00
38.00
51. 25
128. 50
Zec. .
24.00
6.00
54.00
1.60
100. 00
6.00
4.00
6.00
4. 00
2.00
16.00
31. 25
164. 28
Tct- als
95.00 349.00
235. 00 147. 00
274.00 40. 60
810,00
202.00
102. 00
22. 00
154.00
101.00
446.00
391. 20 1856. 32
Totals - Jan. - $293. 80 Feb. - $297. 00 Mar. - $1723. 28 Apr. - $306. 08 May-$304. 50 June-$418. 00 July-$291. 15 Aug. - $316. 48 Sept. - $331. 30 Oct. - $222. 05 Nov. - $302. 35 Dec. - $419. 13
Total for 1952 -- $5, 225. 12
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Gas -
tion
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Report of City Clerk-continued
SPORTING LICENSES SOLD IN 1952
Fees
Month
Number
Gross Value
to City
to State
Free Licenses Issued
Jan.
126
$ 495. 50
$ 29. 50
$ 466.00
8
Feb.
11
39.00
2.50
36. 50
1
March
77
274.00
19.00
255. 00
1
April
566
1755. 00
135. 25
1619. 75
23
May
219
652. 25
51. 75
600. 50
12
June
137
391. 25
31. 75
359. 50
9
July
62
185. 50
14. 50
171.00
3
Aug.
50
144.00
11. 50
132. 50
2
Sept.
32
96.25
7.25
89.00
3
Oct.
194
657. 00
46. 50
610. 50
7
Nov.
66
210.00
15.50
194. 50
3
Dec.
14
39. 25
2.75
36.50
2
1952 Lic.
sold in 1951- 263
560. 50
32. 75
527. 75
132
Totals
1817
$5499. 50
$400. 50
$5099. 00
206
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REPORT OF ATTENDANCE OF COUNCILMEN AT
1952 COUNCIL MEETINGS
Present
Absent
Total
President Lambert
27
1
28
Mr. Walton
21
7
28
Mr. Smith
28
0
28
Mr. Hinds
27
1
28
Mr. Rotenberg
28
0
28
Mr. Kenny
26
2
28
Mr. Richardson
17
11
28
Mr. Lavigueur
26
2
28
Mr. McKay
23
5
28
Mr. Nottage
22
6
28
Mr. Sweet
19
9
28
Total number of meetings held in 1952:
28
MEETING DATES
January 2, 1952
Regular
July 1, 1952
Regular
January 15, 1952
Regular
August 5, 1952
Regular
February 5, 1952
Regular
August 14, 1952
Special
February 13, 1952
Special
September 2, 1952
Regular
February 19, 1952
Regular
September 16, 1952
Regular
March 4, 1952
Regular
October 7, 1952
Regular
March 18,1952
Regular
October 14, 1952
Special
April 1, 1952
Regular
October 21, 1952
Regular
April 15, 1952
Regular
October 30, 1952
Special
April 29, 1952
Special
November 4, 1952
Regular
May 6, 1952
Regular
November 18, 1952
Regular
May 20, 1952
Regular
December 2, 1952
Regular
June 3, 1952
Regular
December 16, 1952
Regular
June 17, 1952
Regular
December 30| 1952
Special
Total:
Regular 22
Special 6
28
.
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REPORT OF PLANNING BOARD 1952
To His Honor the Mayor and the Honorable Municipal Council
Gentlemen:
The Planning Board held nineteen meetings with an average attendance of five plus out of a possible seven.
A vacancy occured on October 20, 1952 when Mr. Philip F. Leach tendered his resignation after nearly six years of faithful service.
Fifteen matters were referred to the Board for recommendation by the Municipal Council and an opinion was rendered in each case.
A card catalogue of all public and private ways has been completed, giving necessary information as to location and date of their acceptance by the City in whole or in part.
As there are thirty six ways with duplicate names, thirteen triplicates and three quadruplicates, besides many others that differ only in that they are called avenues, drives, places, squares, etc. instead of streets, it is evident that many streets must be renamed to avoid confusinon. This should be done in 1953 and we suggest that the people living on any of these streets (as well as the owners of old plats with "paper Streets") should get together and decide on a new name and submit it to the Planning Board.
The new copy of the original zoning map has been completed, showing all changes made in the Zoning Districts up to and including January 17, 1950. Work on the smaller map for general distribution has been held up pending the correction of the street names.
The book of Sanborn Insurance Maps of the City has been brought up to its latest revision in cooperation with the Board of Assessors.
There is an area originally zoned for industry situated westerly of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and southerly of the end of Linden Street which is six hundred feet wide and approximately four thousand feet long which is being graded by the owner for industrial sites.
Parking Lots. The increasing number of private cars in use creates a demand for more parking lots that are within convenient walking distance to the stores and factories where people shop and work. While the demand for such parking sites constantly increases, the supply of them is unfortunately limited. A surprising number of cars on the road carry only one person, yet such a car requires as
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much parking space as though it was loaded to capacity. If the car owners who drive to work could share their cars with other owners working in the same vicinity, it would greatly reduce both the need for parking space and the traffic jam at rush hours.
The space on the municipal parking lots reserved for shoppers should be continued in force even to the extent of installing two hour parking meters.
The need of a new city hall or more space in the present one is quite evident. Some years ago the city purchased a good site for the city hall southerly of the Public Library. It is still a good site, but the need for public parking in the center caused it to be used for a parking lot. Then the two Sanford Street school houses were abandoned and demolished. This would also have been a good site for a city hall. And again the pressure for parking space caused this fine site to become a parking lot. Possibly some of this parking could be trans- ferred across the Ten Mile River if the vacant land along Riverbank Road be - tween County and Mechanic Streets was filled, graded and opened to parking for the employees of the adjacent factories.
The Board approved the consolidation of the South Main Street and Union Street Fire Stations in a new building on the Union Street site after consulting with the New England Fire Insurance Rating Association.
The future development of the Public Library would seem to require the land on the westerly and northerly sides of the present building.
The further development of Capron Park will depend on the acquiring of the present undeveloped adjacent land in the very near future. This Park is invaluable as a place where large numbers of our people can gather for civic occasions and its cost should be measured against its great worth as a sta- bilizer of real estate values as well as a source of satisfaction and healthful recreation to our citizens. This Board wishes to express its appreciation of the gift of 49, 215 square feet of land on County Street made to the city by Mr. Edward L. Anderson as an addition to Capron Park.
The six year capital budget plan could be of great value in planning the development of the city.
For the next street building project under Chapter 90, General Laws, the Board suggests the continuation of the relocating and widening of County Street.
Recommendations on Streets. Ten ways were referred to the Board by the Municipal Council for an opinion in reference to their acceptance as streets. Five of these ways, Fuller Avenue, Prospect Avenue, Earle Avenue and Harvard Street extension were submitted in compliance with Section I of the
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Ordinance on Streets which requires that a satisfactory plan and profile of the street shall accompany each petition for the laying out of a street. These streets were approved with the recommendation that Section 5 of the Ordinance on Streets be applied, which states that betterments shall be assessed when the same are ex- pected to result from the improvement.
Five of the ways were not approved because they either lacked the necessary plan and profile or the plan and profile was unsatisfactory. They were Sadler Street, Carlton Street, Milton Avenue and parts of Pullman Avenue and Baltic Street.
The Board did not approve the discontinuance of Barrows Street as a public way.
Amendments to the Zoning Ordinance. Three public hearings were held and one was pending at the close of the year. The Board approved the three petitions heard and so recommended to the Honorable Mayor and Municipal Council. They were as follows:
1. To change from Single Residence to Industrial Use a certain area of land sit- uated on the westerly side of North Avenue, containing one hundred and forty acres more or less and formerly known as the Newcomb Farm.
2 .. To change from General Residence to Business Use, Lots 27 and 27A, New Plat #28 on the easterly side of Bank Street.
3. To change from General Residence to Business Use an area of land on the easterly side of County Street, one hundred feet deep between Lexington Avenue and Oakland Avenue, and two hundred feet deep between Oakland Avenue and Thacher Street.
Subdivisions. Three new subdivisions were under consideration, as follows:
Oakland Plat, situated southerly from Mendon Road and Dewey Plat No. 2, sit- uated westerly from North Main Street, were ready for public hearings as the year closed.
Donald Plat situated westerly from Newport Avenue was found to have most all of the land too low for the proper installation of the city water pipes and for the sanitary disposal of sewage. The owners were so notified and further action is pending,
Pitas Acres Plat Addition No. 1 was redrawn to the specifications of the land court showing no change in the layout of ways, but providing some additional lots with Lot No. 116 reserved for a playground. This new plan was approved by the Board on November 3, 1952 and supersedes the plan approved February 5, 1951.
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A change in the grade of Howarth Avenue in the Ellendale Terrace Plat from . 5% to 1. %, and a correction in the boundary line between Lots 7 and 8 were approved.
In Ridge Hill Terrace Plat, easterly of Park Street, a revision of the boun- dary line between Lots 7 and 8 was approved.
If anyone has any questions on Zoning, laying out of plats, or constructive ideas, they are always welcome at the Planning Board Office, Room 16, City Hall.
We wish to express our appreciation for the cooperation of the Public Works Department, the Board of Assessors, the City Solicitor, the Health Department and the many citizens who have shown their interest in Planning.
Respectfully submitted, Attleboro .Planning Board Frank L. Briggs, Chairman
J. Burleigh Moulton
Leo. F. Lyons
Clifford A. Swanson Lawrence R. Fitton
Harold E. Washburn Robert W. Mawney, Secretary
REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 1952
To His Honor the Mayor and Municipal Council
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit the following report as Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year ending December 31, 1952.
The laws governing weights and measures the testing of such articles re- quired by law and the sealing or condemning in accordance with the findings of tests have been carried out. Meters on gasoline pumps were tested also fuel oil tank meters.
Pedlars of various articles were checked for the proper licenses such as local, special, city, disabled veterans county and state.
Respectfully submitted, Daniel O'Connell
Sealer of Weights and Measures
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS STURDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL 1952
To His Honor, the Mayor and Municipal Council: and the Board of Trustees and Managers of the Sturdy Memorial Hospital:
From the standpoint of the Board of Managers of Sturdy Memorial Hospital the year 1952 has been one of unusual activity, for, in addition to the regualr hospital operational functions, much consideration was given to plans looking to much needed expeanded facilities. The patience and devotion of the members of the Board of Managers should not pass unnoticed. Such loyalty as they have shown is laudable.
Speaking of service focuses attention to the services of Mr. William Luther, who in his ninetieth year, (38th year of service to the hospital), re- signed. Although retired from active duty, we still have his promise to serve on special assignments for us.
Mr. Rathbun Willard, who replaced Mr. Luther on our Board, brings to us the benefit of his broad experience in successful planning.
Throughout the year we have maintained our high standard of service to patients of this area. There have been 5, 930 house patients who have spent a total of 42, 465 days in our care. In addition we have cared for 7, 760 people as out patients. During 1952, 1, 153 babies uttered their first cry in our care. Hundreds of people who had the misfortune to be injured in accidents of all types have blessed this house for care received in their tragic emergencies.
Stretching the hospital dollar to cover expenses has called for careful scrutiny on the part of management, and the cooperation of those responsible for the many phases of our activity.
Were it not for the splendid work of our director, the staff of doctors and nurses, we could not boast of the good service to the area we cover. Those who contribute through housekeeping, maintenance and laundry also help make us proud of our accomplishments.
1953 brings a tremendous challenge to us as we face the task of raising funds necessary to carry out the program of expansion Our need is great, but so also is the generosity of people who have sympathy for those who are ill.
The following is a report of the amounts expended from City appro- priations during 1952 and the estimates of requirements for 1953:
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Report of the Board of Managers (cont'd)
Appropriated 1952
Expended 1952
Requested 1953
Water
1,500.00
1,617. 54
1,650.00
Insurance
3,750.00
3,149. 66
5,057.55
Hydrants
60.00
60. 00
60.00
Heating
11,850.00
9,877.58
10,000.00
Light and Power
4,800.00
4,948. 71
5,000.00
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