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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF MERRIMAC
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31
1931
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THE WHITTIER PRESS AMESBURY, MASS. 1932
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF MERRIMAC
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 1931
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TOWN OFFICERS
Moderator Clarence O. Libby
Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare John K. Sargent Andrew O. Nicol Charles W. Morrell
Assessors
George B. Crofut. Term expires 1932 Term expires 1933
Harold Whiting Clifford R. Howe. Term expires 1934
Town Clerk D. Edward Flynn
Tax Collector A. Raymond Waterhouse
Town Treasurer Roy C. Journeay
Muicnipal Light Commissioners
Louis B. Davis. . . . Term expires 1932
Richard E. Sargent. Term expires 1933
John Marshall. Term expires 1934
Municipal Light Commissioners -
Louis B. Davis. . Term expires 1932
Richard E. Sargent. Term expires 1933
John Marshall . Term expires 1934
School Committee
Harry A. Pease . . Term expires 1932
Annie W. Hoyt. Term expires 1933
Willard T. Kelly Term expires 1934
Trustees of Cemeteries
Charles A. Lancaster Term expires 1932 Clarence O. Libby. . Term expires 1933 Richard A. Sargent. Term expires 1934
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Trustees of Public Library
Abbie W. Sargent. Term expires 1932
Frank E. Walker.
Term expires 1932
Laura R. Jewell. . Term expires 1933
F. Leslie Viccaro
Term expires 1933
John B. Judkins.
Term expires 1934
Alvin F. Heath .
Term expires 1934
Trustees of Kimball Park
Fred A. Reardon
Term expires 1932
Richard A. Sargent.
Term expires 1933
Alden B. Morse
Term expires 1934
Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood and Bark John E. Currier Edgar P. Sargent Byron H. Sargent
Tree Warden
Charles R. Ford
Town Counsel
F. Leslie Viccaro
Chief of Police James P. Donahue
Patrolman Leon L. Dow
Special Police
Clarence O. Libby Oran W. Burke
Geo. W. Goldsmith James F. Pease
George B. Crofut
Edward J. O'Keefe
Alexander M. Sullivan Obed O. Skillings Harold M. Waterhouse
Constables
James P. Donahue Leon L. Dow George W. Goldsmith
Engineers of Fire Department Fred O. Bailey J. Arthur Ollis
Aaron A. Hume
Town Accountant James C. Pease
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TOWN OFFICERS
Inspector of Milk and Slaughtering Fred H. G. Chase
Inspector of Wiring John E. Bean
Sealer of Weights and Measures Harold R. Eastman
Moth Superintendent Charles R. Ford
Forest Warden Aaron A. Hume
Burial Agent Benjamin C. Flanders
Byron H. Sargent
Sworn Weighers Alice J. Hoyt Edward H. Preble
Walter Stillings
Superintendent of Streets Edward C. Emerson
Town Forest Committee
James T. Colgan Term expires 1932 Charles R. Ford. Frank N. Rand. Term expires 1933 Term expires 1934
George W. Berry
Registrars of Voters D. Edward Flynn Mortimer E. Sullivan J. H. Parker Thornell
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MERRIMAC TOWN REPORT
LIST OF APPROPRIATIONS
Appropriations voted at the Annual Town Meeting, March 2, 1931.
General Government:
Moderator.
$15.00
Selectmen .
750.00
Accountant.
1,100.00
Treasurer.
300.00
Tax Collector for 1930
790.00
Assessors .
800.00
Town Counsel
100.00
Town Clerk.
250.00
Registrars .
125.00
Bonding Town Officers.
210.00
Election Officers.
115.00
Town Hall Maintenance.
700.00
Town Hall Repairs .
500.00
Total for General Government
$5,755.00
Protection of Persons and Property :
Police Department $4,700.00
Fire Engineers . 200.00
Fire Department . 3,500.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures. 100.00
Inspector of Wiring.
100.00
Moth Department.
1,100.00
Tree Warden .
250.00
Town Forest. .
200.00
Forest Warden.
200.00
Total for Protection and Property
Health and Sanitation:
Board of Health. $1,000.00
Public Health Nurse. 1,450.00
Inspector of Animals. 100.00
Inspector of Slaughter 50.00
Inspector of Milk
25.00
Essex County T. B. Hospital :
Maintenance.
682.02
Addition
408.63
Total for Health and Sanitation. $3,715.65
$10,350.00
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LIST OF APPROPRIATIONS
Highways:
Highway Department. . $5,500.00
Snow and Washouts. 4,000.00
Permanent Sidewalks . 1,000.00
Sidewalks, Railings, Bridges
500.00
Rocks Bridge 650.00
Street Lighting. 2,296.43
Cutting Bushes on Roadside . 200.00
Gravel on Roads.
2,000.00
Gravel on Nichols Street .
500.00
Rebuilding Bear Hill Road
2,000.00
Total for Highways.
$18,646.43
Charities :
State Aid.
$200.00
Public Welfare
10,000.00
Soldiers Relief
3,500.00
Total for Charities. $13,700.00
Schools and Libraries :
School Committee Salaries. $175.00
School Department. 29,825.00
Toilets and Heating (Merrimacport School).
1,500.00
Public Library
1,000.00
Total for Schools and Library. $32,500.00
Unclassified :
Memorial Day $200.00
Printing.
350.00
Miscellaneous. 800.00
Insurance .
2,125.97
Reserve Fund.
1,000.00
Vocational Training 1931. 200.00
Vocational Training 1930.
89.42
Overdrafts 1930. 3,489.63
Lighting Town Buildings
383.30
Total for Unclassified . $8,638.32
Public Service Enterprises:
Cemeteries . $1,400.00
Water Main Extension (Attitash)
1,500.00
Total for Public Service Enterprises $2,900.00
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Interest and Maturing Debt:
Interest . $600.00
Total for Interest.
$600.00
Total Appropriations Voted at the An- nual Town Meeting. $96,805.40
Appropriations voted at the Special Town Meeting, June 30, 1931.
Charities :
Public Welfare. $2,487.07
Old Age Assistance
800.00
Schools:
Transportation.
260.00
Fire Department:
Cement Driveway
100.00
Appropriations voted at the Special Town Meeting, July 16, 1931.
Public Welfare.
1,200.00
Appropriation certified to the Assessors under emergency created on July 6, 1931 Public Welfare. 838.88
Appropriations Voted at the Special Town Meeting, Aug. 10, 1931.
Soldiers' Relief
2,700.00
Total Appropriations Voted at Special Town Meetings $8,385.95
Total Amount Appropriated in 1931
$105,191.35
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APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED
APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED FOR 1932
To the Citizens of the Town of Merrimac:
Your finance committee again calls attention to the fact it very keenly feels the present proceedure of passing upon departmental appropriations only is extremely unsatisfactory, as it is not con- ducive to the best interests of the townspeople. Ordinarily these departmental appropriations vary but slightly in amounts from year to year, while the committee is not requested to investigate the large appropriations sought for special purposes which each year appear in the warrant for the town meeting. It is obvious that these latter appropriations to a very large extent determine the tax rate, and it is logical to assume that if these articles were referred to the committee for consideration and recommendation the town meeting could act upon them to far greater advantage than under the present conditions. To this end we earnestly recommend that the finance committee be empowered to consider and report its recommendations to the town meeting upon every article in the warrant which involves the appropriation of any money.
The various boards and heads of departments are to be com- mended for the co-operation given the committee in its efforts to keep the departmental costs at a low level for the current year. However, in view of the extraordinary demands enforced by pre- vailing conditions the result of these economies must appear trivial as compared with other necessary expenditures which augur an- other high tax rate.
We recommend the following appropriations for the year 1932:
General Government
Moderator.
$12.00
Selectman, Chairman
$450.00
Selectman, Clerk
125.00
Selectman, other
100.00
675.00
Accountant.
1,000.00
Treasurer.
270.00
Tax Collector, 1931.
790.00
Assessor, Chairman.
$320.00
Assessors, other two, each
200.00
$720.00
Town Counsel
75.00
Town Clerk.
225.00
Registrars .
112.50
Town Hall Maintenance.
950.00
Town Hall Repairs
100.00
Bonding Town Officers
. .
205.00
Election Officers.
.
. .
220.00
. .
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Protection of Persons and Property
Police Department
4,200.00
Fire Engineers .
180.00
Fire Department.
3,120.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
90.00
Inspector of Wiring.
90.00
Moth Department.
1,050.00
Tree Warden
200.00
Forest Warden
150.00
Town Forest.
175.00
Health and Sanitation
Board of Health.
$600.00
Public Health Nurse.
1,275.00
Inspector of Animals. ·
180.00
Inspector of Slaughtering.
40.00
Inspector of Milk.
20.00
Essex Co. T. B. Hospital .
715.82
Essex Co. T. B. Hospital, proportionate costs of addition to buildings
13.16
Highways
Highway Department.
5,000.00
Snow and Washout.
2,250.00
Sidewalk, railings, bridges
450.00
Permanent sidewalks.
500.00
Rocks Bridge
500.00
Street Lights
2,189.41
Cutting Brush on Roadside.
. . ·
175.00
Charities
State Aid.
200.00
Public Welfare
20,000.00
Soldiers' Relief
7,000.00
Old Age Assistance
6,500.00
Schools and Libraries
School Committee, Chairman $45.00
School Committee, Clerk.
67.50
School Committee, other
45.00
157.50
School Department
30,105.00
Vocational Training
200.00
Public Library .
900.00
. . .
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APPROPRIATIONS RECOMMENDED
Unclassified
Memorial Day (G. A. R.) .
$75.00
Memorial Day (American Legion) 75.00
Printing.
500.00
Miscellaneous.
720.00
Lighting Town Buildings
.
486.85
Insurance
2,273.15
Reserve Fund.
900.00
Water Extension Note
2,000.00
Interest .
1,800.00
Cemeteries
1,250.00
$103,580.39
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN K. SARGENT,
HOWARD C. LOVELL,
EVERETT L. JEWELL,
GEORGE F. WILDE, F. LESLIE VICCARO,
Finance Committee.
.
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MERRIMAC TOWN REPORT
SELECTMEN'S REPORT
To the Citizens of the Town of Merrimac:
The Selectmen herewith submit their annual report for the year 1931. There have been no unusual projects this year but we have found it to be a year of unusual problems.
Welfare Department
The principal one is the Welfare Department. We are now passing through the third winter of the depression. . Many of our citizens are unemployed and have been so for some months. Some who have had a little laid by have spent all of it and are now obliged to call on the town for aid. Last year there were 233 persons aided in this department. Of this number two persons claimed their residence in Lawrence, sixteen in Amesbury, three in Quincy, seven in Haver- hill, three in Newburyport and fifty one persons were state charges. In all 82 persons were aided for which the town received reim- bursement.
A year ago this winter there was an unemployment appropriation which was the means of keeping many from applying to the town for aid. This year there was nothing of the kind, consequently their only help was to come to the Welfare Department for aid. Many cities and towns are furnishing employment to the heads of the families aided thus receiving something in return for the aid ren- dered. Those in this town who are receiving aid would much rather work for what they get than to have it given to them.
It is difficult sometimes to know who should receive aid and also how much to give, but those in charge of this department have tried to be fair with the town and those in need of aid.
Soldiers Relief
What has been said regarding the Welfare Department is also true of this department. Many who thought they never would be obliged to apply for aid have been forced by unemployment to seek aid from the Soldiers Relief. So far as we know all worthy cases have been taken care of.
Old Age Assistance
The law creating this department became effective July 1, 1931. It was a new law and there was a good deal of doubt as to how it should be conducted.
Several who through pride and other reasons would never have applied to the Welfare Department for aid, have applied for the Old
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Age Assistance, feeling that they were entitled to this aid because the town was partly reimbursed by the state. These people would have struggled along with the aid of relatives or friends for some time longer. Several others who are receiving the Old Age Assis- tance would have been forced by circumstances to apply to the Welfare Department for aid.
There were 22 applications received. Three were refused and 19 were aided of this number one died last year, and another died in January.
Highway
With the yearly increase of travel by automobile there is a very general demand for good roads.
Owing to hard times and a general desire of the citizens to keep down expense no new road work is contemplated this year. But we think that our roads should be kept in good repair. To oil the streets that were oiled last year and to keep the other roads in re- pair will require an appropriation of at least $5,000.00.
If we could have the usual $2,000.00 appropriation for graveling roads this year, this money could be used for purchasing gravel and truck hire and the labor supplied from the Welfare Department. In this way several streets might be graveled and the men who are receiving aid be given a chance to earn what they are now getting for nothing.
When every man earns what he receives not only is the man him- self better off but the moral of the community is at a higher standard.
JOHN K. SARGENT, CHARLES W. MORRELL, ANDREW O. NICOL,
Selectmen of Merrimac.
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MERRIMAC TOWN REPORT
1931 JURY LIST
As prepared by the Selectmen of Merrimac in compliance with Chap. 234, Sec. 4, of the General Laws
Aldrich, George L. Merrimac St. Agent
Barry, George J ..
Vendome
Insurance Agent
*Chase, Fred H. G.
Central St.
Carpenter
Clement, Frank B.
Forest St.
Draftsman
Colgan, James T.
Bear Hill St
Shoeworker
Doust, Samuel C.
Church St.
Metalworker
Gibbs, Frederick E
Locust St.
Shoecutter
How, J. Duncan.
Merrimac St.
Salesman
Hoyt, Charles E.
Grove St.
Painter
Jewell, Everett L.
Main St. .
Woodworker
Kelley, Willard B
Birch Meadow
Laborer
Lancaster, Charles A Main St.
Clerk
Newton, Fred G. Main St. Retired
Nicol, Andrew
Pleasant.
Laborer
Odiorne, Charles T
Locust St.
Shoeworker
Pease, Harry A
Walnut St
Painter
Sargent, George A.
Bear Hill.
Farmer
Sargent, John K.
Merrimac St.
Farmer
Stevens, Burt.
Locust St.
Trimmer
Thorn, Frank L
Pine St.
Electrician
Trefethen, Arthur G Locust Grove Ave. Trimmer
*Twombly, Fred C.
Grove St
Painter
Wheeler, Jefferson M .
Pleasant St., Port .
Salesman
Williams, Isaac A .
Merrimac St.
Woodworker
*Drawn this past year.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
In submitting my report as Town Clerk, it is my belief that one of the most important duties of the office is the registration of vital statistics. Persons unacquainted with this importance fail to realize the difficulties encountered when application for a birth certificate is made and no record can be found. I would like to impress upon parents the necessity of being sure that their children are correctly recorded within the time limit required by law, which is forty days after the birth.
The various duties connected with this department have been administered mainly in the same manner as in the past. I wish to express my appreciation to the town officials and others who so generously gave me advise during my term in office.
D. EDWARD FLYNN,
Town Clerk.
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MERRIMAC TOWN REPORT
IMPORTANT REQUEST
Please notify the Town Clerk immediately of any error or omission in the following List of Births.
BIRTHS RECORDED IN MERRIMAC, 1931
Date
Name of Child
Names of Parents
Jan. 4
8
Vivian Thelma Mader
Feb. 17
Sally Ann Wilde. .
25
Deloirs Bertha Harrington.
March
3
Arthur George Bisson.
April
7
Frederick John Goddard .
10
Richard Wallace Deminie.
11
Jean Lorraine Arsenault.
May
10
Weldon Flanders .
June
7
Dorothy May DeCosta.
8
Judith Ann Bessette.
13
Virginia Gertrude Heath
18
Robert Everett Bowley .
26
Walter Herman Sargent, Jr.
July
31
Marilyn Elizabeth Foisy
31
Mary Janet Thomson.
Aug.
2
Priscilla Jean Emery.
5
Baby Steer.
8
Barbara Anna Raymond .
Sept.
25
Shirley Mary LaFoutaine.
Oct.
31
Maude Gile
Nov.
8
Nancy Ada Germain.
19
Nancy Stevens Lowd.
Dec.
28
Hildred Jean Boyer.
Harry D. and Kath'ne Emrich Ric'd R. and Hild'd Trenholm
Number of births recorded 26
Comparison For Five Years
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
Number of Births
46
45
24
41
26
5
Eleanor Marie Snow
17
Virginia Gertrude Christesen.
Everett and Doris I. Bond Andrew and Emma Magy George F. and Olive Morse Wesley and Vera Canan Henry L. and Mary Tamer Reginald and Delia Gagnon Fred and Pearl Prescott Norman J. and Nellie Colbath Andrew C. and Catherine Barry Ivory W. and Gladys Carrather Scott K. and Elizabeth Mayo Wesley and Helen Currie Earl T. and Ruth Trull Alvin F. and Bertha Day
Charles E. and Euramia Locke Walter H. and Hazel Reynolds Eugene and Ruth Morriel
Robt. H. and Mary Hennessey Hazen M. and Hazel Morrison William G. and Marion Brown Carl E. and Edna Davis Arthur S. and Agnes Pickard Phinando and Maude Smith Carl and Hazel Sillers
Ethel Dwinnells.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
PARENTS BE SURE TO RECORD THE BIRTH OF YOUR CHILD WITH GIVEN NAME IN FULL.
READ THE LAW
Parents within forty days after Birth of a Child and every house- holder, within forty days after a birth in the house, shall cause no- tice thereof to be given to the clerk of the town where such child is born .- Gen. Laws-Chapter 46, Section 6.
Some of the many reasons why births should be recorded :
To establish identity.
To prove nationality.
To prove legitimacy.
To show child has the right to enter school.
To show when the child has the right to seek employment under the Child Labor Law.
To establish the right of inheritance to property.
To establish liability to military duty, as well as exemption therefrom.
To establish the right to vote. To qualify to hold to, and to buy or sell real estate.
To establish the right to hold public office.
To prove the age at which the marriage contract may be entered into.
To make possible statistical studies of the health conditions.
Your co-operation to the end that all births may be properly recorded will be greatly appreciated.
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MERRIMAC TOWN REPORT
MARRIAGES RECORDED 1931
January.
2
February.
1
March.
2
May.
1
June.
2
August.
1
September.
1
October
4
November.
1
Total
15
Marriages in Merrimac.
8
Marriages in other Towns or Cities
7
15
Foreign born grooms.
3
Native born grooms .
12
Foreign born brides.
0
Native born brides
15
Bride
Groom
First Marriage
11
10
Second Marriage.
4
4
Third Marriage.
0
1
COMPARISON FOR FIVE YEARS
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
Number of Marriages
19
31
17
17
15
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
DEATHS RECORDED IN MERRIMAC, 1931
Date
Name
Birthplace
Y.
M.
D.
Jan.
27 Mary Ellen Gilday
90
7
27
Ireland
Feb.
3|John Joseph Minahan. 4 Grace D. Staples .
51
11
2
Biddeford, Me.
21 William Robert Munroe.
43
9
19
Yarmouth, Me.
24 Harriet B. Mallard .
74
0
7
Lancaster, N. H.
27 Thomas Frazier
60
5
12
West Burrow
March 9 Sidney F. Greenwood
76
0
27
Ipswich, Mass.
13 Lucius S. Streeter .
68
6
1
Vernon, Vt.
14 Fred P. Clements.
79
Merrimac, Mass.
21 Annie Mary Laskey
82
7
15
Eastport, Me.
24 Emma W. Stuart.
48
9
2
Merrimac, Mass.
14 Georgenna M. L. Plouf.
51
11
13
Haverhill, Mass.
87
4
24 Merrimac, Mass.
17 Clara Brown. .
75
1
4
Haverhill, Mass.
20 Marcia Augusta Flanders.
86
7
9
Salisbury, N. H.
21 William S. Mellon .
69
6
14
Lynn, Mass.
May
2 Sherman Haseltine
66
4
9
Plaistow, N. H.
15 Isabelle Damon Hill .
54
6
9
Merrimac, Mass.
16 Baby Weldon Flanders.
6
Amesbury, Mass. Ireland
26 Margaret Sheridan
90
29 Jeanne Cora Morin
7
16 Haverhill, Mass.
1 Elizabeth W. Smart .
87
7
29
Huntington, Mass.
15 Ada Zella Boardman.
79
4
0
Oldtown, Me.
4 William C. Russell.
70
5
16 Somersworth, N. H.
8 Ella Estelle Kingsbury 8 Norman Seaver Cole. .
78
0
18
Farmington Falls, N. H.
71
0
5
West Boxford, Mass.
22 Victor J. Sarsin .
20
4
20 Amesbury, Mass.
27 Addie J. Doe
54
0
26
Hampstead, N. H.
Aug.
4 Baby Steere.
Amesbury, Mass.
10 Annie Rose Coburn.
48
11
9
Amesbury, Mass.
10 Lay Linden.
74
8
13
East Haverhill
8 Annie B. Russell .
70
4
0
North Berwick, Me.
9 Willard R. Crane. 9 Josiah R. Smith, Jr.
62
8
17
Whitefield, N. H.
20 Margaret J. Valcourt
54
5
22
St. John, Newfoundland
Oct.
62
6
10
Pawtucket, R. I.
24 Esther Mae Titus
22
14
Nashua, N. H.
30 Mary E. Eaton
72
Merrimac, Mass.
31 Maude Gile.
Amesbury, Mass.
Nov.
17 Charles Colman
80
6
28
England
Dec.
Howard Vaughn Carter
45
4
10
Merrimac, Mass.
7 Douglas Deeb.
3
6
Boston, Mass.
9 Clifton Orian Allison. .
83
10
18 Merrimac, Mass.
11 Nettie M. Urquart .
64
9
2
Methuen, Mass.
15 Thomas Munroe Sargent .
79
4
10
Merrimac, Mass.
24 Martha C. Kierstead. .
73
10
8
Sterling, Vt.
COMPARISON FOR FIVE YEARS
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
Number of Deaths.
46
57
54
39
50
65
0
12 Lawrence, Mass.
April
14 Sally E. W. Sargent
29 Uriah Trull.
June
July
29 Rufus P. Clement . 3 John Lees.
91
11
12
Merrimac, Mass.
23 Honora Doherty .
72
Sept.
1
20
6
31 Jennie Belle Howieson . 75
Age
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MERRIMAC TOWN REPORT
NOTICE
All dog licenses expire March 31, 1932. Dogs must be licensed on or before April 1st or the owners or keepers thereof are liable to a fine.
The law applies to all dogs three months old or over, regardless of time of year ownership is acquired.
No tax bills are sent to owners of dogs.
D. EDWARD FLYNN,
Town Clerk.
DOG LICENSES FOR THE YEAR 1931 Issued to the Following Persons
1 William A. Cleary
31 Alvah M. Currier
2 Merrill Follansbee
32 Harry J. Doe
3 Warren F. Heath
33 Idabelle Hargraves
4 Walter I. Colby
34 B. F. Carter
5 Joseph A. Moff
35 Constance Judkins 36 Rodney Fitzgerald
6 Frank L. Thorne
7 Kenneth L. Breed
37 C. W. Besbee
8 Endine Bridges 38 I. S. McClure
10 Betty Archibald
39 Fred E. Sweetser
11 Burt Stevens
40 John E. Bean
12 Lucille Schvavoni
41 William Andrews
13 Harlan Haight
42 Otto W. Burgess
14 Frank M. Hargraves
15 Annie A. Kelley
44 Hotense Bunker
16 James H. Hull
45 Steve Trenholm
17 F. A. Chase
46 Alfred A. Minahan
18 Elmer Grant
47 Clarence T. Allison
19 W. H. Goldsmith
48 Joseph Valliers
20 Sam Soreff
49 George W. Sargent
21 James F. Pease
50 Ralph Holmes
22 Clifton B. Bixby
23 William N. Eaton (2)
52 Charles Potter
24 A. S. Talbot
53 William Casazza
25 Roy N. Hoyt
54 Charles Zinck
55 Arthur Mason (3)
56 Henry Bousquet
28 Forrest Bishop
57 C. W. Darbe
58 Rudolph Larivee
59 Mrs. Harold J. Bean
30 Henry A. Stickney
51 Loren Wallace
26 William Dwyer
27 A. G. Laurendeau
29 Charles W. Bishop
43 Alfred Valcourt
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60 Carl A. Shafer (2)
61 Arthur D. Lockwood
62 Farra Crockett 63 Leslie B. Dore 64 John K. Sargent
65 Mrs. Eugena Greenwood 66 John Clement
67 J. M. Wheeler
68 Samuel P. Colby
69 Charles F. Hoyt
70 Charles Ford
71 Duncan MacRae
72 Perley Hargraves
73 W. F. Gilmore
74 William H. Franklin
75 Meriline Lewis
76 Wilbur Colby
77 Everett Goodwin
78 Mrs. Sherman Haseltine
79 Mrs. Annie Cameron
80 Joseph Gilmore
81 P. Leo Nome
82 Robert Casazza
83 Chester Streeter
84 William W. Gormley
85 Napoleon J. Donais
86 C. Lester Sweeney
87 George Peasley
88 Howard V. Carter
89 Margaret Reynolds
90 Daniel Hargraves
91 Mildred R. Perkins
92 Herbert F. Bailey 93 Alice M. Collins 94 George Eaton
95 Charles E. Hoyt
96 Amelia Krayenbuhl
97 O. M. Soule
98 Wallace Carter 99 Edson Walker 100 William Steer, Jr.
101 Harold A. Mouney
102 A. C. Sylvester
103 Wilfred Lavallee
104 C. D. MacKay 105 Elmer Battis
106 E. C. Emerson
107 Charles H. Staples
108 O. M. Sargent
109 Robert Thomson
110 Ralph J. Randall
111 James Humphrey 112 W. T. Kelley
113 H. M. Waterhouse
114 E. W. Knight
115 Mrs. F. O. Bailey
116 Joseph Messier
117 Alman Cooper
118 F. T. Hopkinson 119 H. W. Beloff
120 Chester Carter
121 Rolo E. Lane
122 John H. Murphy
123 George Roberts
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MERRIMAC TOWN REPORT
REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
As Chief of the Police Department of the Town of Merrimac, I hereby submit the annual report of the Department for the year 1931.
This town is very fortunate in not having had any fatal auto ac- cidents during the past year, although there were a number of collisions and injuries. In the early part of the Fall, the extra width of cement was finished on the main highway, making a three lane road, which will have a tendency to increase the speed of the autos, and in view of this fact I would suggest that warning signs be placed on the main highway at the following dangerous places; the entrance to Lake Attitash; the intersection of Woodland and Locust Streets; and at Prospect Hill Street, as several accidents have occurred at these points, fortunately none serious.
For the year 1931 the general work of the Department was about the same as the previous year, except for an increase in the number of Arrests.
Miscellanoeus Business
Auto accidents reported .
52
Autos reported stolen from this town and recovered .. .
1
Autos reported stolen from other towns and recovered here .
2
Assisted other officers.
5
Assistance to Medical Examiner.
3
Assistance to Fire Inspector
1
Complaints investigated. .
238
Court fines for use of town .
$625.00
Court fines for use of Commonwealth.
$1,030.00
Doors and windows found open and secured.
18
Dead bodies found.
1
Days attendance at District Court, (Chief)
143
Days attendance at Superior Court.
12
Days attendance at District Court, (Night Officer) .
24
Days attendance at District Court of Special Officers .
21
Disturbances suppressed without arrest .
8
Escorts furnished processions.
3
Defects in sidewalks and streets reported .
3
Headlight inspections held. .
3
Injured and sick persons assisted .
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