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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OF MIDDLEBORO MASSACHUSETTS
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For the Year Ending December 31 1945
ORGANIZATION CHART
TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGH
ELECTORATE
Planning Board
Finance Committee
Treas. and Collector
SELECTMEN
Assessors
Moderator
School Com.
TOWN MANAGER
Town Counsel
Town Clerk and Acct.
Park Comm
Tree Warden
Forest Warden
Insp. Wires
Dog Officer
Fire Dept.
Police Dept.
Registrars of Voters
Library Trustees
Sealer Wts and Meas.
Water Dept.
Gas and Elec. Dept.
Welfare Dept.
Highway Dept.
Health Dept.
Sewer
Insp. Plumbing
Rubbish and Garbage
Clinics
Insp. Animals Slaughtering Milk
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A. D. 1669
For the Year Ending December 31 1945
MIDDLEBOROUGH
MASSACHUSETTS
GENERAL INFORMATION AND FIGURES ABOUT THE TOWN
Elevation-100 feet above sea level Settled-1660
Incorporated as a Town-1669 Population 1945 Census-9,596 Registered Voters- 4,632 Poll Tax Commitments-3,382-abated 1,142 Valuation-8,448,365 (exclusive of automobiles) Tax Rate-$38.00 per thousand
Area-68.1 square miles Number of Dwellings-2,377 Number of Manufacturers-15 Miles of Street-148 Municipally Owned-Water, gas, electric light plants Motorized Police and Fire Departments Schools in Class A Municipally Owned- Swimming pool, tennis courts, playgrounds
Principal Industries
Fire Apparatus Varnishes Shoes Drug Sundries
Brass Goods Grain Elevator
and Thirty Other Products
The Center of the Cranberry Industry
Located
35 Miles from Boston 22 Miles from New Bedford 30 Miles from Providence, R. I.
Railroad Center
Direct Rail Connections with
Provincetown
Boston
New York
Brockton
Direct Bus Connections with
Taunton
Carver
Providence New Bedford
Plymouth
Brockton
IN MEMORIAM
BENJAMIN C. SHAW Assessor September 17, 1945
GEORGE A. PHILBROOK
Superintendent Gas & Electric Dept. November 10, 1945
FOREST E. THOMAS
Member of School Committee October 4, 1945
JOHN J. PEARSON Plumbing Inspector August 30, 1945
H. JANE BENNETT Trustee of Public Library January 14, 1945
MARION K. PRATT Trustee of Public Library April 30, 1945
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1945
BOARD OF SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Ralph E. Nourse
Term expires 1947
Benjamin Bump
Term expires 1947
William J. MacDougall, Chairman
Term expires 1948
William G. L. Jacob
Term expires 1948
TOWN MANAGER Roger W. Macdonald
MODERATOR
Fletcher Clark, Jr.,
Term expires 1946
TOWN CLERK AND TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Term expires 1948
Waldo S. Thomas
TREASURER AND COLLECTOR
Chester L. Shaw
Term expires 1946
WELFARE AGENT George C. McKay
TOWN COUNSEL
L. Francis Callan
Term expires 1946
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Joseph C. Whitcomb
Virginia C. Smith
Term expires 1946 Term expires 1946 Term expires 1947
L. Francis Callan
Term expires 1947
Forest E. Thomas, deceased
Term expires 1946
Lorenzo Wood, Chairman
Term expires 1948
Horace K. Atkins
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS J. Stearns Cushing
ASSESSORS
Fred F. Churbuck, Chairman Harrison F. Shurtleff Benjamin C. Shaw, Chairman, deceased Adrien Bissonnette, appointed
Term expires 1946
Term expires 1947 Term expires 1948 Term expires 1946
Joseph F. Riley, appointed
Term expires 1948
Manuel J. Silvia
Term expires 1946
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FINANCE COMMITTEE
Alexander M. Barta
Term expires 1946
Frederic W. daCosta
Term expires 1946
Roy B. Cook
Term expires 1946
Joseph A. Picone
Term expires 1947
Bertram L. Thomas
Term expires 1947
Charles V. Giberti
Term expires 1948
Irving H. Murphy, resigned
Term expires 1948
Alfred M. Butler, appointed
Term expires 1946
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
Sarah A. Sheehy
Term expires 1946
George E. Gove
Term expires 1947
William P. Scanlon, Chairman
Term expires 1948
TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Marion K. Pratt, deceased
Helen N. Whitcomb, appointed
Term expires 1946
Theodore N. Wood, President
Term expires 1946
Thomas Weston
Term expires 1946
Myra A. Shaw
Term expires 1947 . Term expires 1947
Walter L. Beals
Ernest E. Thomas
Term expires 1947
Joseph Riley
Term expires 1948
Thomas H. Kelly
Term expires 1948
M. Ethel Washburn
Term expires 1948
BUREAU OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Romeo Millette William Crapo
Rev. Wililam C. Kilpatrick
PARK COMMISSIONER Roger W. Macdonald
CHIEF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT Bertram Tripp
SUPERINTENDENT GAS AND ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT George A. Philbrook, deceased
HEALTH OFFICER
Roger G. Eldridge Clarence H. Hayward
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS Louis H. Forney
CHIEF OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT Alden C. Sisson
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CONSTABLES
Alden C. Sisson
J. Adrian Bissonnette
Clarence L. Shaw
Tree Warden Louis Forney
Forest Warden
Bertram Tripp
Fish Warden
George Barney
Moth Superintendent
Louis Forney
Sealer of Weights and Measures Fred F. Churbuck
Inspector of Animals John Rebell
Inspector of Slaughtering
John Rebell
Inspector of Wires
Emilio Niro
Inspector of Plumbing
John J. Pearson
Harry Rowe
Dog Officer
Nelson R. Greer
Burial Agent
Roger W. Macdonald
Keeper of Lock-up
Alden C. Sisson John Rebell
Certifying Officer
Roger W. Macdonald
Trustee M. L. H. P. Luxury Fund George C. McKay
Agent for Care of Veterans Graves Ernest E. Thomas
APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE SELECTMEN
As of March 1st, 1945
Term
Office
Name
Expires
Registrar of Voters
William P. Scanlon
1948
Trustees of Public Library
Joseph Riley 1948
Thomas H. Kelly
1948
M. Ethel Washburn
1948
Tree Warden
Louis Forney
1946
Burial Agent
Roger W. Macdonald
1946
Dog Officer
Nelson R. Greer
1946
Inspector of Animals
John M. Rebell
1946
Inspector of Wires
Emilio N. Niro 1946
Fred Churbuck
1946
L. Francis Callan
1946
Keeper of Lock-up
Alden C. Sisson
1946
Field Driver and Pound Keeper Constables
Alden C. Sisson
1946
J. Adrien Bissonnette
1946
Inspector of Milk
John M. Rebell
1946
Inspector of Animals
John M. Rebell
1946
Town Physician
Dr. James M. Bonnar
1946
Forest Warden
Bertram Tripp
1946
Moth Superintendent
Louis Forney 1946
Health Dentist
Dr. Louis D. Fuller
1946
Agent of Liquor Establishments to represent the Board
Alden C .Sisson 1946
Inspector of Milk
Sealer of Weights and Measures Town Counsel
Alden C. Sisson 1946
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PUBLIC WEIGHERS
Bettina H. Eaton
Chester H. Camandona, Jr .
Annie Place
Ivan Sparow
Ernest S. Pratt
Ingvald Hansen
Grant B. Hadsell
Garrett E. Whitty
Charles L. Newton
Howard T. Lincoln
Frances Nichols
Joseph Pierce
Nellie A. Kelley
Winifred S. Carver
Henry H. Smith
Lawrence Huntley
MEASURERS OF WOOD BARK AND LUMBER
Ernest S. Pratt
Gilbert M. Simmons
SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS
Paul F. Anderson
James McDonald
George A. Barney
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William O. Casey
William McBane Roy W. Pendleton John Rebell
Arthur B. Caswell
Chessman E. Coombs
Fred F. Churbuck
Francis H. Crowley
Clarence Shaw
Joseph R. Dutra John R. Dutra
Ralph Sampson Louis Tessier
Nelson R. Greer
James Vigers
Harry W. Hull
Albert T. Westgate
Harold Jackson
William Watson
Leroy E. Mawhinney Patrick J. McMahon
Clarence Hayward
Ernest Crowell
SPECIAL AUXILIARY POLICE OFFICERS
Horace K. Atkins
Kimball B. Harrison
James E. Houlihan
Richard H. Blair
Philip Iampietro
Clyde A. Briggs George J. Boutin Louis A. Cole
Kenneth Maker
John S. Cordeiro
Henry J. Marois Fred J. Mills William J. McMahon
Harold E. Nelson
Freeman T. Shaw
Leroy E. Shaw
Ivan B. Sparrow Frank Simkewicz Freeman E. Taylor Clyde S. Thomas Herve A. Tourigny
Irving B. Westgate John E. Weeman Leslie M. Woodward
Charles E. Haley Frank A. Harris
Joseph M. Briggs
William D. Church Guy G. Davis George P. Deane Reginald W. Drake Roy V. Fagerberg Charles R. Fickert Vincenzo Morrone Herman N. Fuller Frederick E. Eayrs Weston Eayrs, Jr. Nye D. Estey Arthur S. Hall
Robert West
William L. Bernier
Everett A. L'eBaron
Frederick G. Feas
John J. Sullivan
John R. Dutra Ivan P. Shaw
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RESERVE POLICE OFFICERS
Lawrence A. Huntley Alden C. Perry
Richmond C. Matthews Robert Germaine
WAR MEMORIAL COMMITTEE
Benjamin J. Bump Frederick W. daCosta
Reginald W. Drake
Leslie M. Woodward
Harry J. Goodale Amelia Fuller Mrs. William Caswell Michael Cronan
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31st, 1945
RECORD OF THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
January 15, 1945, with its Adjournments
Article 1. To choose all necessary Town Officers, the follow- ing officers to be voted on one ballot, viz: a Moderator for one year, two Selectmen for three years, two members of the School Committee for three years, one member of the Board of Assessors for three years, one member of the Finance Committee for two years, two members of the Finance Committee for three years, one member of the Planning Board for one year, one member of the Planning Board for two years, one member of the Planning Board for three years, one member of the Planning Board for four years, one member of the Planning Board for five years.
The meeting was called to order by Bert J. Allan, Warden in pct. 1, by Fletcher Clark, Moderator in pct. 2, and by Harlas L. Cushman, Warden in pct. 3, at 11:45 A. M.
The polls were declared open at 12 noon.
The following Election Officers were sworn in .-
Pct. 1-Bert J. Allan, Robert C. West, Leila M. Allan, Inez M. Chandler, Maurice J. Guerin, Ruth E. Caswell, Georgiana M. Townsend, William O. Casey, Police.
Pct. 2-Elisha H. Shaw, Laura Norris, A. Wilbur Fillmore, Gertrude Martin, Esther Robidoux, Annie C. Healey, Ellen Gaud- ette, John Touhy, Jacob Swift, Agnes Murdock, Doris Keith, Mary H. Casey, Esther McKay, Mary Kelley, Louise Cashon, Theresa Pillsbury, Harriett F. Reimels, Alden C. Sisson, Police.
Pct. 3-Harlas L. Cushman, Chester Thomas, Ellen Gallagher, Henry Walker, Susan Brackett, Frank Jefferson, Harold Williams, Viola Cushman, Richmond Matthews, Police.
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The result of the votes was as follows :-
Pct. 1
Pct. 2
Pct. 3
Total
Moderator
Fletcher Clark
72
892
56
1020
Antone Rose
1
1
Walter C. Shaw Blanks
7
184
4
195
79
1078
60
1217
Assessor
Benjamin C. Shaw
72
890
54
1016
Laura V. Champlin
1
1
Walter C. Shaw
7
186
6
199
79
1078
60
1217
School Committee
Horace K. Atkins
67
853
51
971
Lorenzo Wood
64
832
53
949
Walter C. Shaw
1
1
Blanks
27
470
16
513
158
2156
120
2434
Selectmen
Alfred M. Butler
41
229
15
285
William G. L. Jacob
44
586
41
671
Romeo Millette
37
386
23
446
Edmund D. Reynolds
2
95
3
100
Manuel J. Silvia
22
651
31
704
Walter C. Shaw
1
1
Benjamin J. Bump
1
1
Blanks
12
207
7
226
158
2156
120
2434
Finance Committee for Two Years
Bertram L. Thomas
37
4
41
Harold A. Williams
2
Joseph C. Kunces
1
1
2
Elmer G. Allan
1
1
2
Charles V. Giberti
8
8
Bernard Cabral
1
1
Laura V. Champlin
1
1 3
Carl Kendall
1
1
Edmund D. Reynolds
1
1
Lorenzo Wood
1
1
Caleb Thomas
1
1
John Martin
1
1
George W. Griswold
1
1
Charles Dimond
1
1
Robert Hallock
1
1
Blanks
77
1018
54
1149
79
1078
60
1217
1
1
1
1
Blanks
Irving H. Murphy
3
2
11
Finance Committee for Three Years
Irving H. Murphy
33
4
37
Charels V. Giberti
1
55
3
59
Bertram L. Thomas
1
11
12
Elmer G. Allan
1
1
2
Herbert E. Thompson
1
1
Charles Devlin
1
1
Charles Boehme
1
1
Virginia M. Deane
1
1
Virginia Y. Griffith
1
1
Ralph Mendall
1
1
Robert E. Hallock
2
2
Joseph C. Kunces
2
2
Walter C. Shaw
1
1
Alfred Kraus
1
1
Harry J. Riggs
1
1
Kenneth Keedwell
1
1
Blanks
155
2042
113
2310
158
2156
120
2434
Planning Board for One Year
Chester W. Thomas
1
1
Henry C. Walker, r.
1
1
Arthur Dunham
1
1
Edmund D. Reynolds
6
6
Virginia H. Smith
1
1
Antone Rose
1
1
Earl F. Gates
2
2
Bertram L. Thomas
1
1
Walter C. Shaw
1
1
Edmund L. Reynolds Blanks
78
1065
58
1201
79
1078
60
1217
Planning Board for Two Years
Elmer A. Sisson
1
1
Charles E. Boehme
1
1
Eleanor Greene
1
1
Antone Rose
1
1
Irving Murphy
1
1
George W. Griswold
1
1
Edmund D .Reynolds
1
1
Bertram L. Thomas Blanks
79
1071
59
1209
79
1078
60
1217
Planning Board for Three Years
Edmund D. Reynolds
1
1
Virginia C. Smith
1
1
Antone Rose
1
1
Charles V. Giberti
3
3
Herbert Thompson
1
1
Blanks
79
1072
59
1200
79
1078
60
1217
1
1
1
1
12
Planning Board for Four Years
Laura V. Champlin Antone Rose Earl Gates Blanks
1
1
1
1
1
1
79
1075
60
1214
79
1078
60
1217
Planning Board for Five Years
Edmund D. Reynolds
1
1
2
Elmer A. Sisson
1
1
Antone Rose
1
1
Earl F. Gates
1
1
Walter C. Shaw
1
1
Stewart D. Willis
1
1
James Creedon
1
1
Blanks
79
1072
58
1209
79
1078
60
1217
Tabulation of Vote
Men
Women
Total
Precinct 1
42
37
79
Precinct 2
643
435
1078
Precinct 3
34
26
60
719
498
1217
The result of the vote was announced at 9:30 p. m.
Article 2. To raise such sums of money by tax or otherwise as may be necessary to defray the expense of the town for the current year, appropriate the same and to act anything in rela- tion to the assessment and collection of taxes for the year.
VOTED the following appropriations as per budget as follows:
Aid to Dependent Children
Items .
Salary Welfare Agent
649.04
Salary Sen. Clerk and Stenog.
260.00
Salary Worker No. 2
402.96
Expenses
Office Supplies
150.00
Postage
125.00
Telephone
25.00
300.00
Transportation
175.00
Less. Fed. Reimbursement ....
1,014.00
773.00
Cash Grants
20,000.00
Less Fed. Reimbursement
4,500.00
15,500.00
......
Ledger
1,787.00
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Assessors
Salary, Chairman
885.50
Salary, Assessors (2)
1,391.50
Salary, Clerk
1,430.60
Salary, Part-time Clerk
75.00
Transportation
150.00
Expenses
Printing and Adv.
50.00
Postage
12.00
Telephone
32.00
Office Supplies
14.00
Miscellaneous
22.00
130.00
Dog Officer
Salary
316.25
Transportation
25.00
Expenses
Lime
2.00
Telephone
2.00
Printing and Postage
15.00
19.00
Election and Registration
Salaries, Registrars
359.61
Wages Elec. Officers
150.00
Expenses
Street Lists
325.00
Miscellaneous
100.00
425.00
Finance Committee
Expenses
300.00
Fire Department
Salaries
Chief
2,621.40
Dep. & 8 Men
19,175.09
Call Men
6,131.25
Wages Lakeville Fires
150.00
Hydrant Rental
2,070.00
Oper. Reps. Mtce.
1,200.00
Hose
725.00
Mtce. Reps. Bldgs.
300.00
Fuel
700.00
Uniforms
700.00
Expenses
Light, Power & Gas
150.00
Water
30.00
Telephone
60.00
Laundry
75.00
Miscellaneous
50.00
365.00
Forest Fires
Wages ...
700.00
Mtce. and Oper.
250.00
Hose
193.76
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Health Department Salaries
Agent ..
939.55
Nurse
200.00
Inspector of Plumbing
506.00
School Dentist
392.15
Inspector of Animals
253.00
Inspector of Milk
253.00
Wages
Street Cleaner
1,184.04
Garbage Collector
1,720.72
Asst. Garbage Collector
1,460.00
Rubbish Collector
2,471.04
Dump Custodian
263.12
Vacations
153.68
Sewer Collection
600.00
Transportation, Agent
150.00
Transportation, Inspector of Plumbing
150.00
Expenses
Adv. and Printing
100.00
Board and Treatment
500.00
Medical Attendance
150.00
Drugs and Medicine
300.00
Dry Goods and Clothing
35.00
Hospital Care
200.00
T. B. Board and Treatment
1,500.00
County Hospital
6,171.70
Dental Clinic
65.00
Bottling Fee
10.00
Refuse and Garbage Truck Mtce.
500.00
Telephone
50.00
Riphtheria Clinic
35.00
Sewer Service Tools
25.00
Pre-School Clinic
10.00
Stationery
20.00
Miscellaneous
200.00
9,871.70
Highway Department
Salary Superintendent
2,500.00
Wages
16,171.52
Street Lighting
5,500.00
Snow Removal Equip. Hire
1,000.00
Snow Removal Wages
3,500.00
Tarvia and Road Oil, Urban
3,000.00
Tarvia and Road Oil, Rural
3,000.00
Street Signs
50.00
Expenses
Telephone
40.00
Fuel, Heat and Roller
100.00
Miscellaneous, Water, Elec., Taxes
75.00
Miscellaneous Materials
1,000.00
Repair Bridges
2,600.00
Resurfacing Streets
3,000.00
Resurfacing Gravel Roads
3,000.00
Drains, Surface
2,000.00
Sidewalks
1,000.00
12,815.00
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Inspector of Wires
Salary
506.00
Transportation and All Others
60.00
Interest on Municipal Indebtedness
Police Station and Court House
46.87
Union Street School
157.50
Temporary Loan
10.00
Water Note
20.00
Law Department
Salary
759.00
Moderator
Salary
31.63
Moth Department
Wages
3,000.00
Expenses
125.00
Repair to Sprayers Insecticides
500.00
New Equipment-Hose
100.00
Truck Maintenance
250.00
Miscellaneous
50.00
Municipal Indebtedness
Police Station and Court House
2,100.00
Union Street School
3,000.00
Water Notes
1,000.00
Old Age Assistance
Salary Welfare Agent
1,646.96
Salary Senior Clerk-Stenog.
860.00
Salary Worker No. 1
1,500.00
Salary Worker No. 2
574.08
Transportation
350.00
Expenses
Office Supplies
250.00
Postage
350.00
Telephone
40.00
640.00
5,571.04
Less Fed. Reimbursement
1,900.0.0
3,671.04
1,000.00
Cities and Towns
150,000.00
Cash Grants
151,000.00
Less Fed. Reimbursement
59,000.00
92,000.00
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Police Department
Salaries
Chief
2,640.00
Deputy Chief
2,267.80
Patrolmen (5)
10,672.52
Janitor
1,249.82
Specials and Matron
460.00
Transportation, Repairs ,Equipment
350.00
Fuel
600.00
Uniforms
700.00
Expenses
Lights
75.00
Printing
25.00
Telephone
120.00
Water
30.00
Miscellaneous
120.00
Building Repairs
100.00
470.00
Public Library
Salaries
Librarian
2,100.00
Assistants
3,636.00
Janitor
900.00
Janitor Substitute
23.00
Fuel
Expenses
Light
125.00
Building Repairs
500.00
Stationery and Printing
100.00
Furniture and Furnishings
25.00
Telephone
40.00
Water
20.00
Office Supplies
75.00
Miscellaneous
50.00
935.00
School Department
Salaries
Superintendent
4,300.00
All Other Salaries
Attendance Officer
63.25
Census Enumerator
126.50
Clerks
3,016.00
School Nurse
1,437.50
School Physician
632.50
Teachers
119,314.14
Janitors
9.615.80
Vocational Agriculture
2,762.50
Military Leave
297.85 137.266.04
Transportation
15,874.04
Textbooks
3,750.00
Physical Education Program
1,000.00
Fuel
6,390.00
Light and Water
1,890.00
Repairs Buildings (T. Mgr.)
4,000.00
500.00
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Expenses
Telephone
425.00
Maintenance Buildings
2,000.00
Printing, Stationery and Postage
300.00
Supplies
3,000.00
Tuition
1,200.00
Miscellaneous
300.00
7,225.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Salary
874.00
Transportation
200.00
Expenses. Equipment, etc.
60.00
Selectmen
Transportation and Meals
100.00
Dues
15.00
Printing Town Reports
800.00
Expenses
Office Supplies
25.00
Advertising and Printing
75.00
Postage
25.00
125.00
Soldiers Benefits
Care of Graves
100.00
State Aid
1.500.00
Military Aid
240.00
Soldiers Burials
100.00
Fuel
300.00
Clothing
50.00
Groceries and Provisions
500.00
Pent
800.00
Medical Aid
600.00
Cash Aid
2.000.00
6.190.00
Town Clerk and Accountant
Salaries
Clerk and Accountant
2,7.02.00
Clerk
1,314.29
Expenses
Stationery and Postage
20.00
Printing and Advertising
10.00
Binding Records
25.00
Office Supplies
50.00
Office Equipment
10.00
Telephone
55.00
Reporting Births and Deaths
100.00
Miscellaneous
10.00
Dues
3.00
Bonds
12.50
295.50
Town Hall
Salaries
1,849.20
Agent
250.00
Asst. Agent
34.50
Agent Vacation
750.00
Repairs and Maintenance
1,00000
Town Hall Lobby
275.00
Town Hall Dome
2,000.00
Expenses
600.00
Light
Water
30.00
630.00
Fuel
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Town Manager
Salaries
Manager
4,500.00
Clerk
1,304.80
Transportation
100.00
Expenses
Stationery and Postage 35.00
Printing and Advertising 10.00
Bonds
10.00
Office Supplies
75.00
Telephone
75.00
Miscellaneous
25.00
230.00
Treasurer and Collector
Salaries
Treasurer and Collector
2,800.00
Clerk No. 1
1,352.00
Clerk No. 2
1,248.00
Clerk No. 3
300.00
Expenses
Stationery and Postage 350.00
Printing and Advertising
250.00
Bonds
575.00
Recording
60.00
. Supplies
100.00
Telephone
35.00
Collection Fees
75.00
Miscellaneous
75.00
1,520.00
Tree Warden
Wages
500.00
Expenses
50.00
Program Pur. and Planting Trees
200.00
Unclassified
American Legion
250.00
G. A. R. Memorail Day
150.00
V. F. W. Rent
250.00
Old Fire Station Repairs
300.00
Herring Run
100.00
Town Forests
25.00
Playground Supervision
700.00
Playground Lease
1.00
Reserve Fund
5,000.00
Insurance
5,000.00
Parking Space Lease
300.00
Unpaid Bills
334.34
Pensions-G. and E. Dept.
2,009.99
Water Department
Salaries
Clerk
250.00
P. S. Engineer
2,208.00
Asst. P. S. Engineer
2,028.60
Meterman
1,840.00
Foreman
1,986.74
Wages
Relief P. S. Engineer ....
1,320.80
Dept .Wages
3,000.00
Filter Bed
500.00
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Expenses
Equipment and Meters
1,000.00
Pipes and Fittings
1,000.00
Truck Maintenance and Repairs
150.00.
Meter Bldg. Repairs
150.00
Fuel Meter Bldg.
112.00
Power and Fuel, P. S.
4,500.00
Filters P. S.
700.00
Misc. Expenses P. S.
400.00
Stationery and Postage
50.00
Printing and Advertising
50.00
Telephone
90.00
Misc. Dept. Expenses
100.00
P. S. Repairs
150.00
Electric Work P. S.
35.00
Coke
1,400.00
Labor, Replacing Coke
.... 500.00
10,387.00
Welfare and Infirmary
Salaries
Welfare Agent
504.00
Senior Clerk-Stenographer
260.00
Social Worker No. 2
402.96
Town Physician
1,062.60
Transportation
150.00
Infirmary
Salary Supt. and Matron
1,725.00
Wages Infirmary Employees
3,200.00
New Truck
1,600.00
Expenses
Postage ...
50.00
Office Supplies Etc.
25.00
Telephone
40.00
Social Service Index
23.00
Other Supplies and Burials
500.00
Clothing
400.00
Rent
850.00
Groceries and Meat
2,000.00
Medical Care and Supplies
1,000.00
Fuel
750.00
Board and Care
2,500.00
Cash Grants
4,500.00
State Institutions
1,000.00
Other Cities and Towns
500.00
Hospital Care
1,200.00
Infirmary
Telephone and Supplies
45.00
Dry Goods and Clothing
250.00
Fuel, Light and Water
1,500.00
Grain
2,250.00
Truck and Tractor Repairs
300.00
Transportation Superintendent
125.00
.... Gasoline for Truck
250.00
Groceries and Meat
3,500.00
Farm Machinery and Equipment
300.00
Medical Supplies and Care
350.00
Building Repairs
2,500.00
All Other Expenses
1,500.00
28,208.00
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Budget appropriations to be raised as follows :- Taxation $524,994.93 Gas and Electric Dept. 2,009.99 Excess and Deficiency 28,521.14
The Gas and Electric Dept. for $2,009.99 is for the pensions.
The Excess and Deficiency for $28,521.14 is for the following:
Reserve Fund $5,000.00
Water Dept. 23,521.14
VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of five thousand ($5,000.) dollars for the use of the committee on a new high school building in accordance with the vote authorizing the appointment of such committee.
VOTED that the sum of $6,000.00 be transferred from unappro- priated available funds in the Treasury to meet the State's and County's shares in the cost of Chapter 90 maintenance.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1945, and to issue a note or notes there- for, payable within one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accord with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
VOTED to adopt.
Article 4: To hear the report of any committees or officers of the town, to appoint any committee to take any action relative thereto.
Theodore N. Wood for, the School Housing Committee read the following report :-
February 12, 1945
"Middleborough, Massachusetts
The Committee appointed to consider the matter of school accommodations submits the following report.
We have been materially aided in our study of the present conditions of school housing and those which may be expected to prevail in the future by a very comprehensive survey prepared under the auspices of the School Committee. Most of the conclu- sions of this survey are now available to the voters, either in a recent issue of the Middleboro Gazette or in the Town Report as a part of the annual report of the Superintendent of Schools. It seems unnecessary therefore to review them in detail in this pre- sentation. We have also been fortunate in being able to command the services and advice of Dr. Herbert Blair, former Professor of Education at Boston University and now Research Director of the Massachusetts Teachers' Federation. Dr. Blair's principal ac- tivity in that office is the making of surveys of school systems throughout New England with particular reference to housing problems. With the aid of data furnished by Superintendent Cush- ing, Dr. Blair undertook a similar task in connection with our own local problem and reached conclusions in which this commit- tee fully concurs.
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Stated briefly the present situation is this .- While there is no bad overcrowding at the moment, all school buildings are filled to approximate capacity, and it has been necessary to transfer some units from the School Street School to the Bates School, resulting in classes too large for efficient teaching and creating a situation which, while not immediately critical, certainly needs improvement.
Furthermore, experience proves that during periods of pros- perity or of war, marriages and births show a marked increase. In Middleboro there has been an increase in marriages from 78 in 1933 to 93 in 1944; and in births, from 142 in 1933 to 239 in 1944. Experience also shows that about 96% of the children born in any year enter our schools six years later. There is therefore indicated an increase of the equivalent of one classroom per year for the next six years or more. For the past few years it has been pos- sible to absorb the increase into existing school space, but due to the present capacity enrollment such absorption cannot be con- tinued. The need of additional space will be accentuated by the cumulative effect of steadily increasing enrollment in the lower grades and only normal withdrawals by graduation or otherwise at the top. The effect of all this is that overcrowded conditions will first appear in the primary grades, then in the middle grades, then in the junior high school grades and finally in the senior high school. The senior high school itself will, even after allowing for normal withdrawals, be seriously overcrowded and it will prob- ably be necessary to house the entering classes 'elsewhere.
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