Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Merrimac 1931, Part 1

Author: Merrimac (Mass.)
Publication date: 1931
Publisher: Merrimac (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 142


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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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INCORPORATED


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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INCORPORATED


THE WHITTIER PRESS AMESBURY, MASS. 1932


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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SELECTMEN'S REPORT


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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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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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


22


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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