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ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01841 8506
TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIXTH
GC 974.402 AB58AR, 1948
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
TOWN OF ABINGTON
IN .
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For the Year Ending December 31
1948
TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIXTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
TOWN OF ABINGTON
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NAMOOSKEAGIN
. TOWN .OF .A
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CORPOR
For the Year Ending December 31
1948
TOWN OFFICIALS AND COMMITTEES FOR 1948
Town Moderator John R. Wheatley
Town Clerk Kathaleen R. Coughlan
Selectmen
George H. Rounds Martha Ware Vinson Blanchard
Term expires 1949 Term expires 1950 Term expires 1951
Town Accountant ( appointed by Selectmen ) Bernard V. Crowley Term expires 1949
Treasurer Francis S. Murphy
Tax Collector Ina A. Gould
Town Counsel (appointed by Selectmen )
John R. Wheatley Term expires 1949
Assessors
Henry J. Harriss* Roy C. Lucas
Term expires 1949
Term expires 1949
Benjamin W. Farnham
Term expires 1950
Herbert D. Sampson
Term expires 1951
*Deceased
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School Committee
Norman B. Nash Norma B. Kent J. Edward Brothers George F. Garrity H. Palmer Blake
Term expires 1949
Term expires 1949
Term expires 1950
Term expires 1951
Term expires 1951
Superintendent of Schools (appointed by School Committee) Gilbert D. Bristol
Library Trustees
Archie C. Gilman
Term expires 1949
Burton L. Wales
Term expires 1949
Henry E. Claflin
Term expires 1949
Abby N. Arnold
Term expires 1950
Mable R. Record
Christine F. Curtis
Mary T. Sweeney
Louise Sanderson
Grace H. Wright
Term expires 1950 Term expires 1950 Term expires 1951 Term expires 1951 Term expires 1951
Police Officers John A. Litchfield, Chief
John H. Manley
Francis T. Condon
Stephen O'Brien Lawrence J. Griffin
Constables
John A. Litchfield
John H. Manley
Walter Milewski
Chief of Fire Department and Forest Warden John L. Casey
Tree Warden William J. Wright, Jr.
Superintendent of Gypsy Moth William E. Mielke
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Sealer of Weights and Measures (appointed by Selectmen) Carlton A. Owen
Superintendent of Streets (appointed by Selectmen) Charles F. Loud
Board of Health
Anthony F. Gawronski
Term expires 1949
Joseph A. Valatka
Term expires 1950
Raymond J. Lirosi
Term expires 1951
Inspector of Milk (appointed by Board of Health) Joseph S. Smith
Inspector of Slaughtering (appointed by Board of Health) Dr. Chester N. Harden
Inspector of Animals (appointed by Selectmen) Eugene J. Harkins
Board of Public Welfare
William D. Coughlan Timothy J. Callahan
Merrill D. Haskins
Term expires 1949 Term expires 1950 Term expires 1951
Welfare Agent John Shanahan
Park Commissioners
Walton G. Wyman Fred Curtis
Melvin Libby
Water Commissioners
Harrison C. Witherell Term expires 1949 Winslow A. Robbins Term expires 1950 Frank L. Merrill Term expires 1951
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Registrars of Voters (appointed by Selectmen )
Lester E. Callahan
Term expires 1949
Harry C. Morrison
Term expires 1950
Bradford C. Powers
Term expires 1951
Trustees of the Soldiers', Sailors' and Marines' Memorial of the Town of Abington
Leo F. Meady
Term expires 1949
Thomas H. Buckley
Term expires 1950
Merrill D. Haskins
Term expires 1950
Raphael F. Mckeown
Term expires 1951
Burton E. Thompson
Term expires 1951
George H. Rounds (Chairman of Selectmen, ex-officio)
Planning Board
Sterling Myrick
Term expires 1949
Robert C. Craig
Term expires 1950
Charles F. Whitman, Jr.
Term expires 1951
Helen L. Buckley
Term expires 1952
Donald R. Smith
Term expires 1953
Finance Committee (appointed by Moderator)
Edward W. Zakrzewski
Term expires 1949
Norman W. Collingwood
Term expires 1949
William J. Spratt
Term expires 1950
Joseph C. Belcher
Term expires 1950
Kenneth M. Stevens
Term expires 1950
Allen P. Hoyt
Term expires 1951
Harry D. Robinson
Term expires 1951
Harold T. MacPhelemy
Term expires 1951
Election Officers (appointed by Selectmen ) Precinct 1 Charles T. Rourke, Warden Josephine O'Brien, Deputy Warden Ruth E. Howe, Clerk William Tribou, Deputy Clerk
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Inspectors
Helen Callahan Arthur G. L. Gervais
Bessie F. Nash. Donald MacPhelemy
Precinct 2 Charles Doughty, Warden Frederick McKenney, Deputy Warden Harold Kavanaugh, Clerk Robert F. Driscoll, Deputy Clerk
Inspectors
Elsie M. Shaw Francis Zakrzewski
Sophie Hemmings Stefania Jurgielewicz
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1
REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK
MARRIAGES
Registered in the Town of Abington for the Year 1948
Jan.
2 Robert L. Torrey of Hanover and Jean Taylor of Abington.
66
10 Francis E. Ryan and Betty C. Ellis, both of Abington.
10 Earl A. Ross of Abington and Lillian T. Bouch- er of Quincy.
17 James E. Melville of Abington and Barbara P. Cook of Brockton.
66
18 Godfrey Gold of Roxbury and Gloria Brown of Abington.
25 Raymond J. Shepherd of Rockland and Jane N. Tamkun of Abington.
66
31 Laroy Busby and Helen M. Dombrowski, both of Abington.
66
31 Arthur J. Kelley of Stoughton and Beatrice R. Bailey of Abington.
Feb.
1 George H. Warren of Abington and Grace A. Crane of Rockland.
66 6 Harold M. Farrar of Abington and Marion G. Ashe of Boston.
66 7 James G. Chappell of Abington and Anna M. Lee of Chelsea.
14 John F. Chalmers and Marie J. Arnold, both of Abington.
14 Richard E. Knott of Sharon and Frances E. Rasetzki of Abington.
14 Leo A. Koski of Abington and Gertrude M. Greig of Rockland.
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28 George J. Kyser and Dorothy L. Ledwell, both of Abington.
Mar.
28 Joseph A. McCormack of Abington and- Frances M. Corey of Brockton.
28 Stanley W. Locke of Abington and Madeline L. Greene of Brockton.
Apr.
3 Charles T. Walls of Rockland and Elizabeth J. Smith of Abington.
66
4 Robert L. Ellmes of Abington and Lillian Ran- some of Brockton.
66
11 Daniel F. Kelleher of Brockton and Helen C. Saulenas of Abington.
11 Merton Uzinsky of Dorchester and Sylvia B. Katz of Abington.
14 Douglas W. Warner of S. Weymouth and Lillian R. Denbroeder of Abington.
15 Harry D. Robinson, Jr., and Ruth Melville, both of Abington.
16 Reginald M. Curtice of Abington and Roberta A. Daniels of Belmont.
66
16 Carroll F. Pierce of Abington and Gertrude T. Carroll of Quincy.
18 Howard P. Damon of Abington and Catherine A. Lawson of Rockland.
May
1 Ernest E. Olson of Abington and Cecille G. La- Liberte of E. Bridgewater.
1 Russell L. Snow of Abington and Florence H. Davis of Brockton.
2 Anthony J. Mackiewicz of Abington and Frances L. Porter of Brockton.
66
14 Charles E. McNeil of Abington and Eleanore R. Hanlon of Brockton.
66 22 Edward P. Treacy of Abington and Priscilla J. Webb of E. Weymouth.
66
22 Edward M. Gallagher and Alice M. Stevens, both of Abington.
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23 Joseph F. Sciara of Kansas City, Missouri, and Victoria M. Dombrowski of Abington.
23 Leonard G. Palopoli and Mary C. McCarthy, both of Abington.
June
5 Stanley M. Fralick and Eleanor R. Higgins, both of Abington.
- 16 6 Paul H. Wayne and Edna R. Raples, both of Abington.
12 William H. Rogers of Chathamport and Jean E. Drake of Abington.
13 Clifford N. Paquette of Abington and Germaine F. McCabe of Rockland.
19 Cornelius E. Kiely of Abington and Esther M. Kerivan of Newton.
26 Raymond K. Lovell of Abington and Constance E. Brown of Edgewood, R. I.
26 Horace A. Donovan of Rockland and Kathryn L. Flynn of Abington.
26 Richard E. Champlin of Westerly, R. I., and Elaine E. Greenlaw of Abington.
27 Francis T. Condon of Abington and Margaret P. Bishop of Dorchester.
July
3 Richard L. Paquette of Abington and Esther T. Cook of W. Hanover.
3 Cornelius J. Horrigan of Brockton and Lydia M. Bosak of Abington.
10 Ericsson C. Barton of Seymour, Conn., and Catherine M. Callahan of Abington.
24 Richard L. Winsor, Jr., and Jean F. Moran, both of Abington.
25 Roy M. MacDonald of Abington and Constance M. Taylor of Whitman.
Aug.
5 Edward A. Hendrick, Jr., of Abington and Gena B. Watts of Springfield.
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14 Kenneth R. Vickery and Hazel C. LaChimia, both of Abington.
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14 Adolph Gutowski of Taunton and Mary A. Rohacewicz of Abington.
14 Francis J. Doody and Ruth Gertrude Kennan, both of Abington.
15 Charles J. McCarthy of Abington and Beatrice L. Valley of Brockton.
66
15 Daniel J. Sullivan of Abington and Lorraine M. Simonds of Brockton.
66
22 Joseph F. Green, Jr., of Brockton and Irene J. Waugh of Abington.
25 Vincent J. White of Abington and Evelyn F. Pederzoli of Rockland.
27 Edward H. May and Dorothy L. Brown, both of Abington.
66
28 Robert L. Cushing of Abington and Marian E. Cochrane of Quincy.
28 Edwin L. Crowley of Abington and Doris M. Partlow of Canton.
28 Daniel J. Leary of Winthrop and Dorothy M. Gay of Abington.
28 Charles F. Medford of Abington and Avis E. Redding of Cambridge.
Sept.
3 Hans G. Johanson of E. Weymouth and Anna M. Jacbsen of Abington.
5 George Kasparian of Brockton and Greta A. Ward of Abington.
9 Robert N. Keith of Abington and Evelyn R. Fries of Kingston.
11 John J. O'Neil of W. Newton and Mary F. Mc- Carthy of Abington.
66
12 Lawrence F. Griffin and Mary V. Milewski, both of Abington.
12 Leon F. Thompson. Jr .. of Rockland and Mar- jorie L. Paulding of Abington.
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14 Julius J. Miskinis of Brockton and Shirley M. Staples of Whitman.
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17 John Berg of Plymouth and Hilja E. Pekkar- inen of Abington.
25 George W. Gildersleeve of Jamaica, N. Y., and Grace L. Lindahl of Abington.
25 Russell F. Hutchings of Abington and Barbara L. Hawes of S. Weymouth.
Oct.
2 Carl R. Ohlson, Jr., of W. Bridgewater and Marjorie A. Gilbride of Abington.
66
7 Adam V. Skarinka of Brockton and Pauline I. Newcomb of Abington.
66 9 Anthony W. Jerasonek and Sally T. Kachinska, both of Abington.
66
16 Amilian N. Pastuszak and Veronica H. Chad- wick, both of Abington.
66
17 Frank A. Chuilli of Abington and Norma T. Canzano of W. Bridgewater.
Nov.
11 Harold M. Brady and Marie T. Jackson, both of Abington.
25 John M. Macleod of Rockland and Madeline G. Doherty of Abington.
66
27 Norman N. North of Abington and Beatrice E. Pfyffer of Taunton.
66
30 Melvin W. Chubbuck of Abington and Mary Ellen Smythe of Brockton.
Dec.
8 Watson T. Fisher of Abington and Barbara A. Pierce of N. Weymouth.
66
12 Arnold L. Locke of N. Abington and Anne Mc- Donnell of Boston.
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BIRTHS
Registered in the Town of Abington for the Year 1948
Date
Name
Name of Parents
January
7 Cynthia Elaine Loud
10 Sally Jane Morse
14 James Michael Kelliher
18 William Joseph Mostyn
19 Thomas Richard Batson
21 Lawrence Francis McCarthy
26 Deborah Sears Hall
26 Roland Jon Gasunas
28 Charles William Lotti
28 Elizabeth Mae Schroth
31 Hilston Leslie Ireland
Lawrence F. and Mary F. Charles T. and Maybelle V. Alfred J. and Marjorie E. Louis C. and Mary F. Daniel H. and Marjorie E. Hilston H. and Ann J.
February
4 Patricia Mary Mahoney
Francis W. and Alice E.
6 Stillborn
9 Janice Kleinowskis
Stephen and Rejeanne M.
12 Madaleine Louis Donovan William H. and Marjorie K. John J. and Kathryn T. 14 Kathleen Frances Sniger 14 Linda Janis Damon James I. and Dorothy L. 15 Edward Peter Semino Herbert J. and Frances E. 17 Margaret Ellen Voudren 22 Linda Jane Reynolds Frederick W. and Mary J. Frederick E. and Mildred F. 28 Cornelius William Keenan Louis G. and Mary E. 29 Kevin Michael Wolcott Harvey B. and Edna M.
March
9 Mariellen Blenis
9 William James Raspa
10 Stillborn
11 David Evan Wight
11 Joanne Patricia O'Brien
13 Ann Ellen Farley
George W. and Ellen C. James V. and Clara L.
George G. and Ruth C. Stephen J. and Helen G. Alfred E. and Ellen L.
13
Charles I. and Shirley William H. and Winifred
11 John Alden Worcester John A. and Cynthia M. Joseph J. and Sophie T. 15 William Francis Martin William F. and Marian L. William J. and Catherine E.
James A. and Mabel E.
Date Name
14 Edward Casey
15 Paul Norman Boudreau
15 Patricia Anne Sawtelle
24 Roberta Rae Morrisette
30 Margaret Jane D'Amato
Name of Parents
Bernard G. and Ann U. Edwin H. and Gertrude L. Ernest and Edith C. Robert R. and Evelyn I. Alexander and Helen L.
April
1 Sidney Gilbert Gates
1 Ann Devereux
5 Jennette Mae Cook
5 Eric Robert Franzen
10 Jeffrey Leonard Ripley
12 Mary Louise Whiting Sarah Ann Kinsella
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20 Donald Francis Ward
20 Deborah Ann LeDoux
22 Kenneth Ray Bradford
25 John Horton Kendall
26 Peter James Barrows
Ralph W. and Mary P. Frederick J. and Ann C. Lyman E. and Ann M. Carl S. and Helen E.
Meredith L. and Helen L. George L. and Mary L. Michael R. and Violet B. Raymond D. and Patricia R. Edward E. and Elizabeth C. Ray E. and Constance A. John H. and Maxine W. Bernard W. and Jane E.
May
1 Charles Joseph Dombrowski Charles J. and Adela D.
1 Patricia Ann Fagan Lawrence J. and Margaret C.
4 Barbara Lee Sederquest Edward L. and Grace E.
7 Richard Eugene Robbins Raymond F. and Lois C.
8 Charles William Shaffer, Jr. Charles W. and Barbara
11 Stephen Ralph Baker
12 John Horatio Frohock
13 Ronald Irving Gustavus
13 (Unnamed) Holman
15 Linda Louise Tower
19 Michael Francis Clifford
20 Patricia Anne Gaffney
24 Thomas Lynn White
25 Richard Lenwood Morse
27 Joyce Ellen Craig
28 Kathleen Gilpin
30 Steven Wallace Carter
30 Kenneth Paul Johnson
30 Mary Elizabeth Mahoney
Lewis H. and Ethel Sylvanus E. and Marion B. Roy and Mabel S.
Morris H. and Ruth E. William O. and Thelma L. James J. and Florence G. Harold M. and Irma G.
Robert A. and Nancy
Richard L. and Alice D. Richard A. and Constance William E. and Mary P. William W. and Mary L. Calvin C. and Meredith Martin B. and Dorothy E.
June
1 Roesmary Villa
4 Paul Thomas Whiting
Carlo and Bronia Oren T. and Marjorie E.
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Date Name
5 Linda Lorraine Bowser
7 Paul Robert Sylvester
10 Joan Cecilia Ashton
10 Rosemary Christine Bean
16 Edward Harry York
18 Linnaya Lorraine Paiva
24 Kenneth Morris Newcomb, Jr.
26 Stillborn
30 Susan Linda Mott
John L. and Shirley
July
2 Pamela Jeanne Fader
3 Donald William Garfield
8 Robert Suffern Hudson
12 Richard Ledwell Stevenson Thomas A. and Marion A.
12 Donald Earle Genthner, Jr.
14 Anita Louise Wolentukewicz
18 Franklin Turnbull Ripley, Jr.
19 Sheila Mae Garbitt
19 James Lester Blodgett
20 Howard Aidan Dempsey, Jr. Howard A. and Anna J.
25 Cheryl Ann Seymour
26 Michael William Franey
27 Roberta Ellen LaPointe
29 Marcia Ellen Monahan
30 Stephen Francis Farley
Franklin T. and Helen C. Ernest J. and Adelaide M. Lester A. and Etta May
Albert J. and Janet M. John J. and Ella E. Philip and Cecille R. Joseph A. and Linna L. John R. and Gertrude L.
August
3 Linda Marie Robertson
C Marie Anne Busby
10 Sandra Jean Funk
12 Peter Douglas Jordan
13 David George Skillings
16 Charles Durling
16 John Phelie McGovern
17 Diane Marie Griffin
20 Peter Bruce Hillstrom
20 Thomas Edward Landry
23 Martha Elizabeth Whiston
26 Donna Anne Roan
26 Roy Robinson Damon
Name of Parents
Robert L. and Ann Robert E. and Muriel * Joseph E. and Celia C.
Lauress A. and Jeannette F.
Harry C. and Margaret V. Anthony and Meredith L.
Kenneth M. and Priscilla J
John N. and Norma M. William H. and Margaret B. James F. and Georgia L.
Donald E. and Ardelle
Peter J. and Stasia
John C. and Helen H. Laroy and Helen M. Samuel B. and Jean M. James F. and Edith P. Vernon P. and Dorothy L. Charles W. and Helen John F. and Mary L. Dennis and Patricia M. Stanley H. and Evelyn D. Wilfred G. and Mary F. Donald and Mae E. David J. and Kathleen F. Roy R. and Eleanor D.
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Date Name Name of Parents
September
1 Jean Wieliczki John J. and Bronia A.
8 Thomas Henry Clinton III
Thomas H. and Veronica S.
9 Betty-Jean Edith Spaulding
Horace A. and Madelyn E.
11 George Grant Jordan Malcolm G. and Wilhelmina
15 Lewis Bradford Nason, Jr. Lewis B. and Ruth E.
30 Sheila Marie Ahearn Raymond C. and Madeline E.
October
4 Michael Winiewicz
5 Linda Louise Hansen
7 Stillborn
11 Pamela Ann Miller
15 Ernest Michael Howard
19 Peter Guy Talmage
27 Ralph William Soper
27 Mark Harlan Chappell
28 Pamela Adair Wetterberg
29 Wayne Keith Staples
30 Dana Allen Seaman
Michael and Helena L. Walter R. and Marjorie L.
George and Dorothy L. Franklin and Catherine R. Archilbald A. and Dorothy E. Ralph S. and Gertrude A. James G. and Anna M. Ernest W. and Lorraine C. Alton H. and Barbara J. Warren A. and Helen
November
3 Richard Tipping Dempsey
3 Keith Ewell Dunlap
4 John Warren Ambrosini, Jr.
5 James Edward Melville
5 William Joseph Farrell, III
6 Robert Norton Bancroft
7 Joyce Marie Messier
8 Susan Cummings
12 Joyce Elizabeth Anderson
12 Cvnthia Ann Faxon
12 Arthur Carl Hemmings
17 Francis Edward Ryan, Jr.
17 Heidi Charlene Jacobsen
18 Thomas William Buchawski
20 Javne Anne Williams
23 Doris Elaine Snell
23 Robert Crawford Julier
James M. and Mary A. Henry T. and Mary S.
John W. and Jeannette A. James E. and Barbara P. William J. and Regina E. William S. and Mary L. Francis G. and Wilhelmina W. John R. and Mardita T. Robert S. and Mary E. Leslie C. and Lorraine M. Arthur A. and Sophie A. Francis E. and Betty C. Charles E. and Lillian V. Stanley P. and Mary F. Francis W. and Ruth M. Clifford F. and Constance L. Bertram H. and Ann L.
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Date
Name
27 Lawrence Erwin Morris
28 Dana Roy Parsons
30 Stillborn
Name of Parents
Lawrence E. and Ruth L. Ralph L. and Dorothy J.
December
4 Terry Wayne Gardiner
4 Trudy Lane Gardiner
13 Stuart John Coughlin, III Stuart J. and Barbara L.
14 John Francis Casey, Jr.
14 Timothy Patrick Paulding
16 Paul Steven Tonoli
19 James Henry Long
20 Lynne Marie Chalmers
22 Kathleen Anne Moriarty
24 Donna Elizabeth Maki
26 Mary Ann Reidy
29 (Unnamed) Lillie
Shirley B. and Barbara D. Shirley B. and Barbara D.
John F. and Barbara A.
Albert P. and Patricia M.
Augusto B. and Barbara H. James D. and Stella V. John F. and Marie Jessie John E. and Eileen L. Alfred J. and Margaret T. John E. and Josephine J. Stanton P. and Florence E.
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DEATHS
Registered in the Town of Abington for the Year 1948
Date
Name
Y. M. D.
Birthplace
January
2 Clarence Seward Luitwieler
86
6 17
Rochester, New York
4 Arabella A. Bent
80
2 10
Canada
6 Frances Cleverly
89
4 15
Boston
7 Mary E. Hochstrasser
88 7 14
Switzerland
9 Margaret E. Gillpatrick
44 3 -
Brockton
10 Elizabeth F. Winchenbaugh
84
Dorchester
11 August Nickerson
80
Sweden
13
Katherine A. Gilbride
75 10 1 Abington
18 Lois G. West
88
2 14
Rockland, Maine
20
Myra A. Rose
80
Stoughton
27 Bridget Knowles
83
St. John, N. B.
29 John Robbins
86
27
Abington
February
3 Mary J. Moran
85
2 18
Ireland
3 Samuel J. Ross
51
5 9
So. Weymouth
6 Stillborn
7 Martha H. Hall
90
5 17
Rochester, Mass.
7 Willie C. Fuller
71
7 17
Avon
10
Margaritha M. Werren
74
7 27
Galveston, Texas
11 George Arnold
77
3 4
Cohasset
12 Emma Belcher
76
2 22
Braintree
16 Matilda E. Turner
75
19
Rhode Island
19 Phillip S. Collins
56
9 26
Westboro
29 Catherine T. Murphy
78
5 10
Kerry, Ireland
March
6 James Henry Fogarty
81
6
9
East Weymouth
6 George S. Boothby
56
6 12
Fall River
9 Edna Nunez
71
2
8
Waltham
9 Stanley Thomas Drake
51
3
6
Abington
10 Stillborn
10 Willie A. Fowler
89
3 24
Hill, N. H.
11 Arthur Francis James
71
2
9
London, England
13 George Eldridge Perry
83
2
9
Abington
17 Henry O. Henrikson
70 8 - Sweden
18 Edward L. Manley
83
1 11
Abington
18 Robert L. Faux
52
1 6
Belgium
19 Emma M. Weeks
76
20
New Brunswick
19 Roman F. Lescynski
61 10
Poland
21 George Eugene Barter
73
9 10
So. Thomaston, Me.
26 Harry Haskell Harrington
60
6 21
Milton
31 Katherine Roberta Murray
55
Oak Bluffs
April
2 Lillie Mildred Bumpus
10 Blandina A. Field
15 Mary A. Garrity
22 Patrick Francis Richardson
25 Hattie A. Brigham
79 10 19 Racine, Ohio
86 10 8 Hampden, Me.
90
3 5 Abington
65 9 12 County Clare, Ireland
70 6 27 Marlboro
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18
DEATHS-Continued
Date
Name
Y. M. D.
Birthplace
May
1 John V. Olson
52
6 18
Sweden
2 Frank Stoddard Cobbett
77
23
No. Scituate
5 Agnes M. Bradshaw
80
Northboro
11
William F. Martin, Jr.
3 25
Brockton
13
Joseph T. St. Armand
77
St. Rosalie, Canada
14 (Unnamed) Holman
112 hrs.
Brockton
16 Horatio Lyman Culver
51 11 6 Williamsburg
21 Elizabeth L. Sears
70
3 20
Cambridge
21 William Bates
74
New York
27 Mary Carter
75
7 -
Abington
June
8 Abbie K. Boyden
79
3
4
Boscawen, N. H.
10 Grace T. Howland
70
- 16
Braintree
11 Lillian M. Sylvester
62
Brockton
17 Marion A. Brown
67
9 9
Abington
23 Arthur F. Hackett
66
4
1
Portland, Me.
25 Clara Maude Tirrell
74 4 23
Abington
26 Stillborn
29
Ella Marion Poole
63
Roxbury
July
2 Richard Charles Obert
17
Brockton
3 Cora Belle Wood
82
5
6
Randolph
5 Richard C. Patten
44
7 20
Taunton
13 John L. Gibby
69
9 15 Chelsea
19 Florence P. Keith
53 10 - Hillsboro, N. B.
19 Alfred Di Cicco
23
5 27
Abington
30 Charles S. Rent
70
- Cambridge
August
13 Agnes Maguire
77
1 2
Scotland
16 Sandra Lee Staples
1 11 10
Brockton
21 Jesse M. Van Buskirk
81
Nova Scotia
22 Peter B. Hillstrom
2
Brockton
September
1 Elizabeth R. Belyea
38
2 24
Boston
2 Mary J. Mielke
66 10 23
Prince Edward Island
9 Morris Corre
87
London, England
18 Mary Ann Johnson
2
Chelsea
28 Edward H. Snyder, Jr.
18
1 20
Abington
October
6 Louis A. Reardon
48
Abington
7 Stillborn
8 Eugene H. Arnold
68
5 29
Abington
17 Mabel R. Osgood
84 7 22
Bethel, Me.
19 Henry J. Harriss
76
7 14
England
19 Lindall C. Blanchard
59
26 Woburn.
22 Zepherine Miron
69
4 - Quebec, Canada
28 Joseph Doughty
85
6 14
Eastport, Me.
30 Elizabeth A. Goodrich
88 10 17
Dorchester
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19
DEATHS-Continued
Date
Name
Y. M. D.
Birthplace
November
14 Johannah F. Clark
97
1 5 Abington
18 Henry L. Pratt
71
3 10 Rockland
28 Krikor Krikorian
74 -
Turkey
30 Gertrude Ward
48 10 17
Germany
30 Stillborn
December
3 Cora K. MacGown
89
26
Holden, Me.
5 Mary A. Donovan
71
Richmond, Va.
7 Florence L. Birge
65
7 3
Natick
14 James S. Lydon
82
9 19 Abington
15 James A. Simmons
69 10 22 Taunton
21 Kathleen R. Angeley
75
2 4 County Cork, Ireland
23
Nellie E. Pitreau
68
5 16 Scituate
26 Delia F. Wilkes
87
9
8 So. Abington
28 Edward C. Ashton
78
3
Montreal, Canada
29 Fred O. Jenkins
72
17 Whitman
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JURORS DRAWN IN 1948
Superior Court, Grand Jury: Lawrence C. House.
Superior Court, Traverse Jurors: Albert R. Winders, George H. Patenaud, Charles F. Hill, Ernest W. Hines, Karl P. Lipsohn, John Ruzycki, Paul G. Stimpson, Robert A. Wood, William VanDale, Stuart F. Gaffney, Robert M. Waters, Allen P. Hoyt, George T. Connell, Granville H. Wright, Edward M. Frame, Paul H. Janson, John P. Smith, Walter L. Alcorn.
SPORTING LICENSES
The number of Resident Citizens' Fishing Licenses issued in 1948 was one hundred ninety-one.
The number of Resident Citizens' Hunting Licenses issued in 1948 was seventy-six.
The number of Resident Citizens' Sporting Licenses issued in 1948 was one hundred four.
The number of Resident Citizen Women's and Minors' Fishing Licenses issued in 1948 was forty-eight.
The number of Resident Minor Trappers' License issued in 1948 was one.
The number of Resident Citizens' Trappers' Licenses issued in 1948 was six.
The number of 3-day Non-Resident Fishing Licenses issued in 1948 was two.
The number of Resident Citizen Sporting and Trap- ping Licenses issued free in 1948 was twenty.
The number of Resident Citizen Military or Naval Sporting Licenses issued free in 1948 was four.
The number of Duplicate Licenses issued in 1948 was three.
ABSTRACTS OF RECORDS FOR THE YEAR 1948 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 1, 1948
(For officers elected March 6, 1948, see list of Town Officials, ante: for general appropriations, see list of appropriations, post) :
The meeting was opened by Prayer, the Rev. William R. Keefe presided.
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A motion was made and carried that the Town Meet- ing of Abington urge its Town Officials and Transportation Committee members to exert every influence to maintain rail service on the lines of the Old Colony Railroad division of the New Haven Railroad, even to the extent of State operation of the rail service.
As a testimonial to the many years of faithful and efficient services of Frank H. Lynch and Ira E. Wright, the Inhabitants of the Town, in Town Meeting assembled, arose and stood in silence for one minute.
A rising vote of thanks was given to the retiring Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, Howard W. Belcher.
The reports of the various Town Officers and commit- tees appointed by the Town were taken up and it was
Voted, To accept as printed in the Town Report, the Report of the Town Clerk, Report of the State Auditor, Selectmen's Report, Report of the Town Treasurer, Report of Assessors, Report of Tax Collector, Report of Police Department, Report of Chief of Fire Department, Forest Warden, Tree Warden, Moth Superintendent, Board of Health, Inspector of Slaughtering, Inspector of Animals, Visiting Nurse Association, Inc., Visiting Nurse Report, Superintendent of Streets, Board of Public Welfare and Bureau of Old Age Assistance, Report of Welfare Agent, Trustees of the Memorial to the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines of World War I, Director of Veterans' Services, Veterans' Agent, Veterans' Building Committee, Planning Board, Library Trustees, Real Estate Assessment Com- mittee, High School and Memorial Field Committee, Park Commissioners, Swimming Pool Committee, Water Com- missioners' Report, Superintendent of Joint Works, Water Registrar, Sealer of Weights and Measures, Inspector of Milk, School Committee, Superintendent of Schools, Town Accountant.
Voted, To authorize the 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, 1948, and to issue a note or notes therefor, pay- able within one year, and to renew such note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accord- ance with Sec. 17, Chapter 44, General Laws. This was a unanimous vote.
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