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MIDDLEBORO TOWN HALL and SOLDIERS' MONUMENT
The Town Hall
This stately building is situated on land once owned by Isaac Howland. "Negotiations for this building were made in the early part of 1872. The building committee consisted of Horatio Barrows, Albert Alden, Zebulon Pratt and I. H. Harlow, who were empowered to transact all necessary business. Solomon K. Eaton of Mattapoisett, the architect and contractor, died before it was completed, and it was finished by Mr. Horatio Barrows, chairman of the building committee. It was dedi- cated in December, 1873, by a public celebration, at which appropriate remarks were made on the part of the building committee and represen- tatives of the town, and a public address was given to commemorate the event. The cost of the building was $48,984.36."
The Soldiers' Monument
"During the Civil War Middleboro furnished about four hundred and sixty-five men, thirteen of whom were commissioned officers, and had a surplus of twenty-one after filling its quota upon every call made by President Lincoln. The town expended, exclusive of state aid, $31,915.57. Great sacrifices for the defense of the Union were made by the men of Middleboro, and in no instance was there ever reported any lack of bravery or want of discretion on the part of the officers and privates who went out from our town. The monument, erected by the citizens of Middleboro to perpetuate the memory of her soldiers who fell in the War of the Rebellion, stands on the lawn in front of the town house. It is built of selected Quincy granite, nine feet at the base, rising to a height of forty feet and eleven inches. Action was first taken towards its erection by the E. W. Pierce Post 8 of the Grand Army of the Republic, and those who served in the quota raised by the town. It was completed at a cost of about five thousand dollars, and dedicated May 30, 1896, with appropriate exercises and an address by Ex-Governor John D. Long. The monument is a beautiful structure, and will stand for all time to perpetuate the lives, the valor and the sacrifices of Middleboro men in the War of the Rebellion."
From "History of Town of Middleborough," by Thomas Weston
ORGANIZATION CHART
TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGH
ELECTORATE
Housing Authority
-
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
Annual Report
OF THE
TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGH MASSACHUSETTS
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MOUTH
COUNTY
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WINCORPORATED
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For the Year Ending December 31 1950
THE PRINTCRAFT PRESS MIDDLEBORO 1951
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 Valuation (exclusive of automobiles) - $10,222,550 Tax Rate - $50.00 per thousand
Area - 68.1 square miles Number of Dwellings - 2,606 Number of Manufacturers - 15 Miles of Street - 148 Municipally Owned - Water, sewer, gas, electric light plants Motorized Police and Fire Departments Schools in Class A Municipally Owned - Swimming pool, tennis courts,
playgrounds
PRINCIPAL INDUSTRIES
Fire Apparatus Photo Finishers Varnishes
Shoes Calendars 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. On Rte. 44 to Plymouth and Rte. 28 to Cape Cod RAILROAD CENTER Direct Rail Connections with
Cape Cod Boston
Brockton Direct Bus Connections with
Boston
Brockton
Providence Fall River
Bridgewater
New Bedford
Plymouth
Taunton
Carver
MIDDLEBORO MANUFACTURERS
2414
MAXIM MOTOR COMPANY
Builders of Motor Fire Apparatus, Aerial Ladders and Crash Trucks Sold throughout the United States and in export.
A BOUQUET OF NEEDLES
V
PATENTED
WARM-O-HOT ..... Electric Heating Padt
The Other Side is Warmer Druggists' Sundries THE LOBL MFG. CO.
Millions of knitters prefer Hero Standard Knitting Needles.
HERO MANUFACTURING CO.
MIDDLEBORO MANUFACTURERS
WINTHROP-ATKINS CO., Inc. MANUFACTURERS OF
SUPER PAK
Snaps
PHOTO FINISHING COVERS 19,000,000 IN 1950
. Nulether
DESK CALENDAR SPECIALTIES 9,000,000 IN 1950
. DOUBLE - Q
PHOTO FINISHING SERVICE FOR SO. EASTERN MASS. 3,000,000 PRINTS IN 1950
Varnish Making at the Geo. H. Shaw Co.
MIDDLEBORO MANUFACTURERS
The Middleborough Factory of the Geo. E. Keith Company, shown above, produces all of the Keith Company's men's shoes, which are famous throughout the world under the trade names WALK-OVER and KEITH HIGHLANDERS.
PLACEMENT
OR A REFUND OF MONT Guaranteed by Good Housekeeping IF NOT AS ADVERTISED THEREIN
No. 204
WE RECOMMEND
Walker HEATING PADS
Top quality. Long usage assured. No radio static. Underwriters approved. Sturdy construction. Attractive outer cover removable for cleaning. Brail- way "Feeling Eye" switch. A Pad for every purse and purpose. Guaranteed.
THE WALKER COMPANY, Inc.
Outstanding producers of quality elec- tric Heating Pads and Checkered Ice Bags.
Products of the Company are nation- ally advertised in leading magazines and enjoy country-wide distribution.
Ranks high among local manufactur- ers in providing steady employment at modern factory on East Main St.
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MINK
MIDDLEBORO MANUFACTURERS
MIDDLEBORO
HOME of PLYMOUTH SHOE COMPANY LEONARD & BARROWS SHOE COMPANY
Plymouth Style Shoes for Men PRODUCING OVER FIVE THOUSAND PAIRS DAILY
DRY GINGER AT
NEMASKET
PALE DRY
Middleboro, home of famous and his- torical Nemasket Spring, by analysis one of the purest waters to be found ; estimated flow is 100,000 gallons every 24 hours.
Here is manufactured the famous Ne- masket Ginger Ales and super carbon- ated Club Soda, with ingredients coming from all parts of the world, under the most rigid sanitary controls.
Modern plant has an annual capacity of 300,000 cases per year and is sold throughout Southeastern Massachusetts.
Eatmor Cranberries
The New England Cranberry Sales Company - the "fresh fruit" Cranberry Co-operative- has had its offices in Middleboro, Massachusetts since its organiz- ation in 1907.
Members pack and ship their product under the nationally ad- vertised brand "Eatmor Cran- berries".
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ANNUAL REPORT
WHERE TO CALL FOR SERVICE
Fire
250
Police
264
Ambulance
264
Aid to Dependent Children
Welfare Department 1027
Animal Inspection
Inspector of Animals 779
Bills and Accounts
Town Accountant
780
Birth Certificates
Town Clerk
780
Burial Permits
Health Officer or Town Manager
470-W
928
Business Certificates
Town Clerk
780
Death Certificates
Town Clerk
780
Dog Licenses
Town Clerk
780
Elections
Town Clerk
780
Employment
Town Manager
928
Entertainment Licenses
Town Clerk
780
Fishing and Hunting Licenses
Town Clerk
780
Fuel Oil Storage
Fire Department
250
Garbage Collection
Health Department
470-W
Health
Health Department
470-W
Library
Middleborough Public Library
613
Licenses
Town Clerk
780
Light and Power
Municipal Gas & Electric
Department
470-M
Light and Power Bills
Municipal Gas & Electric Department
470-M
Marriage Certificates
Town Clerk
780
Milk Inspection
Milk Inspector
779
Old Age Assistance
Welfare Department
1027
Playground
Town Manager 928
Plumbing Permits
Plumbing Inspector
470-W
Purchasing
Town Manager
928
Schools
School Department
81
Selectmen
Town Manager
928
Slaughtering Inspection
Inspector of Slaughtering
779
Veteran's Benefits
Agent
245
Street Maintenance
Highway Yard
724-W
Tax Assessments
Assessors
766-W
Tax Collections
Tax Collector
766-M
Trees
Tree Warden
724-W
Voting and Registration
Registrars
780
Water
Water Department
90
Water Bills
Water Department
90
Weights and Measures
Sealer of Weights and Measures
90
Welfare
Welfare Department
1027
Wiring Permits
Inspector of Wiring
818
Town Manager's Office
928
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PUBLIC OFFICIALS 1950
Board of Selectmen
William J. MacDougall
Manuel J. Silvia, Chairman Ralph E. Nourse Ralph W. Maddigan Rhodolphus Alger
Term expires 1951
Term expires 1951
Term expires 1952
Term expires 1953
Term expires 1953
Town Manager Roger W. Macdonald School Committee
Lorenzo Wood, Chairman
Term expires 1951
Horace K. Atkins
Term expires 1951
George A. Shurtleff, Jr.
Term expires 1952
Virginia C. Smith
Term expires 1952
Miriam Campbell
Term expires 1953
Joseph F. Riley
Term expires 1953
Superintendent of Schools J. Stearns Cushing Planning Board
John J. Kendall Adam K. Kunces
Joseph C. Kunces, Secretary
Term expires 1953
C. Trafton Mendall, Chairman
Term expires 1954
Assessors
James E. Houlihan
Term expires 1951
Fred F. Churbuck, Chairman
Term expires 1952
Lloyd Sturgis
Term expires 1953
Housing Authority
Adnah H. Harlow, State Appointee
Term expires 1951
Ford Campbell
Term expires 1952
Allan Hale, Chairman
Term expires 1953
Doris Stetson
Term expires 1953 Term expires 1954
Measurers of Wood, Bark and Lumber
Ernest S. Pratt
Gilbert M. Simmons Alfred B. DesRosiers
Ernest Standish Finance Committee
Charles W. Giberti Arnold Thomas Kenneth Atwood
Term expires 1951 Term expires 1951 Term expires 1952 Term expires 1952
Frederick W. da Costa James J. Mahoney, Chairman
Term expires 1952
Kenneth Keedwell
Charles P. Washburn
Term expires 1953 Term expires 1953
Maurice W. Washburn
Fred W. Thorley
Term expires 1951
Term expires 1952
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ANNUAL REPORT
Trustees of the Public Library
Joseph Riley Thomas H. Kelly /M. Ethel Washburn Helen N. Whitcomb
Theodore N. Wood, President Thomas Weston Myra S. Shaw Ernest E. Thomas William J. MacDougall
Term expires 1951
Term expires 1951
Term expires 1951 Term expires 1952
Term expires 1952
Term expires 1952
Term expires 1953
Term expires 1953
Term expires 1953
"Park Commissioners
Ralph B. Mendall Bartlett H. Harrison /William N. Sheehy
Term expires 1951
Term expires 1951 Term expires 1951
Superintendent of Playground Joseph C. Kunces
Registrars of Voters
William P. Scanlon, Chairman 3 Sarah A. Sheehy George E. Gove
Term expires 1951 Term expires 1952 Term expires 1953
Constables
VCharles H. Rogers
+Clarence L. Shaw
F Sheldon L. Phinney
1
" Romeo Millette
Ernest S. Pratt Nellie Kelley Garrett Whitty John Dutra
Antone Freitas Winifred S. Carver Roger Tripp Russell Buck
Henry P. Smith
Howard Lincoln
Bettina Eaton
George Thomas
Charles S. Carver
Chester Camandona John Washburn Robert LaCombe
Francis Borsari
Moderator
Fletcher Clark, Jr. Term cxpires 1951
Town Clerk and Town Accountant
Waldo S. Thomas
Term expires 1951
Chester L. Shaw
Term expires 1953
Town Counsel
V L. Francis Callan
1
Wilfred Bois Albert Soule Arthur Gallagher
Fence Viewers
Leo A. Quindley Public Weighers
Lester Briggs Robert J. Greenwood Alfred Gomes
Treasurer and Collector
Term expires 1951
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Welfare Agents
George C. McKay
Edwin O. Wilson
Manager of Gas and Electric Department Hermon R. Dyke
Chief of the Fire Department Bertram Tripp
Chief of the Police Department
Charles H. Rogers
Health Officer Bertram N. Cameron
Veterans' Service Agent v Louis A. Cole
Superintendent of Streets Louis Forney
Moth Superintendent Louis Forney
Tree Warden \Louis H. Forney
Forest Warden Bertram Tripp
Sealer of Weights and Measures Lloyd E. Banks
VInspector of Wires
Emilio N. Niro
Inspector of Animals, Milk, Slaughtering John Rebell
Inspector of Plumbing Harry Rowe
Dog Officer
Arthur F. Benson
Burial Agent Louis A. Cole
Keeper of Lock-up
V'Charles H. Rogers
Trustees M.L.H.P. Luxury Fund
George C. Mckay
William J. MacDougall
Registrar vAgent for Care of Veterans' Graves Ernest E. Thomas
Field Driver and Pound Keeper Charles H. Rogers
Town Physician Dr. Sterling McLean
V Health Dentist
Dr. Louis D. Fuller
Agent of Liquor Establishments to Represent the Board Y Charles H. Rogers
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ANNUAL REPORT
REPORT OF THE TOWN MANAGER
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Middleborough, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
I herewith present the annual report of the Town Manager for the year ending December 31, 1950.
During the year 1950, the Sewage Treatment Plant and Trunk Line Sewer, started in December of 1949, were practically completed. This work consisted of constructing an intercepting sewer from the foot of Mayflower Avenue along the valley of the Nemasket River to the sewage treatment plant on the Clark property in the rear of North Street. This line picks up the sewage from the town at points where it was previously discharged into the Nemasket River, at the foot of Mayflower Avenue and in the rear of the Electric Light Station, and flows by gravity to the Sewage Treatment Plant, shown on the accompanying picture, where it is treated and then discharged into the Nemasket River.
In addition to the above work, by vote of the Town, street sewers were installed in portions of East Main and Montello Streets and Star Avenue. All the above work was done by Thomas Brothers, local con- tractors.
It is hoped that in the future we will be able to carry on the installa- tion of street sewers, especially in areas that are thickly settled and soil conditions do not lend themselves to sewage disposal.
Highway
Considerable work was accomplished on rural highways because of the mild winter. This work consisted mostly of placing gravel, grading, and cutting brush. It has been the policy of the Department to apply asphalt to a few miles of these rural roads each year so as to improve them and have a good riding surface at all times of the year. Middle- borough has about 40 to 50 miles of gravel roads, so it can be seen that this is a large program to accomplish.
Under Chapter 90 Maintenance, 8150 feet of seal coat was applied to Spruce and Thompson Streets, 6041 feet of new surface placed on Wareham Street, with appurtenant drainage, and 4060 feet honed to improve the riding surface.
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Under Chapter 90 Construction, 4200 feet of Plymouth Street, from Everett Street southerly was reconstructed, bad curves eliminated, drain- age and culverts installed, and a new surface placed thereon.
About 60,000 gallons of asphalt were applied to various streets throughout the Town as a seal coat, or honed, as well as surfacing gravel roads. The usual maintenance work on the highways was carried out.
Water
The requests for new services continued throughout the year. Since the extension of the water works system in 1947, the number of customers has increased rapidly. This is shown by the following figures: In 1946 there were 1458 customers; in 1950, 2040. During the year about 2400 feet of water mains were added by the department. These mains were put in on South Main Street to the Lakeville Line and Carpenter Street. The well water supply at the Rock is still furnishing water of first class quality without treatment.
Insect and Pest Control
In 1950, an attempt to eradicate the gypsy moth was carried out on a county-wide basis by airplane spraying with fine results, and its benefits were appreciated by all citizens. It is hoped that this is the an- swer to pest and insect control and will be permanent. In addition to this work, the dead limbs on elm trees were cut out in an effort to control the Dutch Elm Beetle disease. It is planned to carry on this work during the coming year. As there are about 2500 elm trees in the Town, it can be seen that this is a major project.
I am referring you to the departmental reports of Welfare, Health, Police, Gas and Electric, Fire and Town Clerk for information regarding their activities for the year which are listed in this report.
ROGER W. MACDONALD,
Town Manager.
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ANNUAL REPORT
General Government
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK For the Year Ending December 31, 1950 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING January 16, 1950 with its Adjournments
Article 1: To choose all necessary town officers, the following 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; two members of the Finance Committee for three years; one member of the Planning Board for five years; one Treasurer and Collector of Taxes for two years; one member of the Housing Authority for five years.
The polls will be open at 12 o'clock noon for vote on the foregoing article and will not be closed before 8 o'clock P.M.
Meeting was called to order at 11:45 A.M. in Precinct 1 by Robert West, in Precinct 2 by Moderator Fletcher Clark, and in Precinct 3 by Harlas L. Cushman.
The polls were declared open at 12 Noon.
The following election officers were sworn in:
Precinct 1- Robert C. West, Georgiana M. Townsend, Leila M. Allan, Inez M. Chandler, Mildred C. Teeling, Doris B. Thorson, Stella R. Fickert, Ruth E. Caswell, and Lawrence Olson served as Police Officer.
Precinct 2 - Elisha H. Shaw, Laura Norris, A. Wilbur Fillmore, Gertrude Martin, John Touhy, Jacob A. Swift, Annie Healey, Esther Robidoux, Harriett Sylvester, Alice Silvia, Mary Kelley, Elizabeth Devlin, Helen Casey, Louise Cashon, Lillian Raymond, Bertha Dunham, and Chief Rogers served as Police Officer.
Precinct 3 - Harlas Cushman, Walter Gillis, Ellen Gallagher, James Brennan, Alice MacAllister, Bessie Sweeney, Viola Cushman, Harold Williams, and Patrick McMahon served as Police Officer.
The result of the vote was as follows:
Pct. 1
Pct. 2
Pct. 3
Total
Moderator
Fletcher Clark, Jr.
90
1239
145
1474
Blanks
10
221
13
244
100
1460
158
1718
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Pct. 1
Pct. 2
Pct. 3
Total
Selectmen
Rhodolphus P. Alger
56
757
106
919
Ralph W. Maddigan, Jr.
73
922
99
1094
George M. Vigers
28
338
29
395
36
675
58
769
George E. Wheeler Blanks
7
228
24
259
200
2920
316
3436
Treasurer and Collector
Chester L. Shaw
91
1277
145
1513
Blanks
9
183
13 .
205
100
1460
158
1718
School Committee
Miriam M. Campbell
79
1018
109
1206
Frederick W. daCosta
37
584
80
701
Joseph F. Riley Charles Devlin
63
965
95
1123
1
1
Blanks
21
352
32
405
200
2920
316
3436
Assessor
Harrison F. Shurtleff
55
638
84
777
Winthrop L. Sturgis Blanks
2
80
7
89
200
2920
316
3436
Housing Authority
Doris K. Stetson
91
1189
130
1410
Blanks
9
271
28
308
100
1460
158
1718
Finance Committee
Kenneth B. Keedwell
78
1129
127
1334
Charles P. Washburn
86
1205
126
1417
Edward Stuart
1
1
Blanks
36
585
63
684
200
2920
316
3436
Planning Board (Five Years)
Elmer Sisson
0
0
2
2
James A. Brennan
0
0
1
1
Charles Devlin
1
2
0
3
Joseph Teeling
1
0
0
1
Leighton Maxim
0
2
0
2
Walter Shaw
0
1
0
1
Lewis Hammond
0
1
0
1
Ralph Morse
0
2
0
2
43
742
67
852
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Pct. 1 Pct. 2
Pct. 3
Total
Norman Lindsay
0
1
0
1
Joseph Marra
0
1
0
1
William Thibault
0
6
0
6
Norman LaForest
0
5
0
5
Samuel Deich
0
4
0
4
Louis A. Cole
0
1
0
1
Henry B. Burkland
0
1
0
1
Robert Howes
0
2
0
2
William G. L. Jacob
0
1
0
1
Leo P. LaForest
0
1
0
1
Percy Churbuck
0
1
0
1
Edmond Yarusites
0
1
0
.
1
William Auld
0
2
0
2
Harold A. Atkins
0
1
0
1
Edward Kraus
0
1
0
1
George M. Ryder
0
1
0
1
Helen Robbins
0
1
0
1
Paul D. Sullivan
0
1
0
1
Blanks
98
1420
155
1673
100
1460
158
1718
TABULATION OF VOTE
Men
Women
Total
Precinct 1
54
46
100
Precinct 2
832
628
1460
Precinct 3
84
74
158
The result of the vote was read at 9:45 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, to appropriate the same and act anything in relation to the assess- ment and collection of taxes for the year.
Article 2: Voted the following departmental appropriations:
General Government
Assessors
$8,218.81
Election and Registration
3,332.00
Finance Committee
300.00
Law Department
872.75
Moderator
50.00
Board of Selectmen
1,757.00
Town Clerk and Accountant
5,276.05
Town Hall
6,512.00
Town Manager
8,095.00
Town Treasurer and Collector
9,429.42
Total General Government
$43,843.03
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Protection of Persons and Property
Dog Officer
$565.00
Fire Department
48,550.72
Forest Fire
3,187.40
Inspector of Wires
707.00
Insect and Pest Control
4,100.00
Police Department
29,419.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
1,314.00
Tree Warden
750.00
Total Protection of Person and Property $88,593.12
Health and Sanitation Health Department
$20,977.00
Total Health and Sanitation
$20,977.00
Highway Department
Highway Department
$50,551.34
Total Highway
$50,551.34
Public Welfare
Aid to Dependent Children
$49,729.54
:
156,173.81
Old Age Assistance Welfare
47,264.51
Infirmary
19,751.00
Total Public Welfare
$272,918.86
Veterans' Benefits
Veterans' Benefits
$15,435.00
Total Veterans' Benefits
$15,435.00
School and Library School Department Library
$306,667.80 12,093.00
:
Total Schools and Library
$318,760.80
Unclassified
Unclassified
$13,628.32
Total Unclassified
$13,628.32
Pensions
Pensions
$11,712.50
Total Pensions
$11,712.50
Water Department Water Department
$38,516.76
Total Water Department
$38,516.76
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Park Department Park Department $2,457.00
Total Park Department
$2,457.00
Interest on Municipal Indebtedness Interest $9,540.00
Total Interest Municipal Indebtedness $9,540.00
Municipal Indebtedness Municipal Indebtedness
$64,000.00
Total Municipal Indebtedness $64,000.00
Reserve Fund
Reserve Fund
$10,000.00
Total Reserve Fund $10,000.00
The amendment for $10,000 was voted in place of budget figure for $20,000.
Voted as an amendment that the sum of $47,264.51 for Welfare Department be raised as follows:
Free Cash Taxes
$25,000.00 22,264.51
Voted that the Assessors be instructed to use the $50,000 from the E. & D. Fund to reduce the taxes for 1950. (This refers to the two $25,000 amendments under the A.D.C. and Welfare Department.)
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 be- ginning January 1, 1950, and to issue a note or notes therefor, 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 of the General Laws.
Voted 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, 1950, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44 of the General Laws.
Article 4: To hear the report of any committees or officers of the town, to appoint any committee or take any action relative thereto.
Rhodolphus P. Alger presented the following report:
"On October 3, 1949, Moderator Fletcher Clark, as a result of a majority vote in a previously held Special Town Meeting, appointed a committee of five to study Parking Meters and their proposed use in the Town of Middleboro and to report their findings to this town meeting. With the recent death of a respected member, Mr. James McNeil, that committee has been reduced to four. After serious consideration by the remaining committee members, the majority opinion is as follows:
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Traffic conditions in Middleboro do not warrant nor do they favor the installation and use of Parking Meters at this time. The enforce- ment of Parking regulations by our police has sufficiently eliminated congestion and made meters unwarranted. Our present lack of public parking areas creates a condition unfavorable to the use of meters. Our town house and North Main Street parking areas are already filled daily to capacity. Meters do not decrease the use of automobiles but they do increase congestion in unmetered areas and will in Middleboro create hazardous congestion in the side streets bordering our shopping center.
The great advantage claimed by proponents of meters is that they are a source of income. Regardless of the size of that income, it is an additional tax out of the pockets of the citizens of Middleboro with too much of the revenue going to the meter manufacturer for purchase price, maintenance and repairs and with our limited use of remaining funds governed by state legislation.
In' view of these conditions, it is the humble opinion of your com- mittee that the installation and use of meters at this time is undesir- able and unnecessary."
Signed,
RHODOLPHUS PY ALGER KENNETH KEEDWELL DAVID G. REED
Voted that this report be accepted, and that the committee be thanked and discharged.
Article "5: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the use of the Plymouth County Trustees for County Aid to Agri- culture, a sum not exceeding two hundred ($200) dollars, and choose a Town Director for one (1) year, as provided in Section 41 and 45 of Chapter 128 of the General Laws, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted to raise and appropriate for the use of the Plymouth County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture, a sum not exceeding two hun- dred ($200) dollars and choose a Town Director for one year, as pro- vided in Sections 41 and 45 of Chapter 128 of the General Laws. Voted to appoint H. Arthur Standish as Town Director for one year.
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