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ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
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GC 974.402 M42AR, 1954-1956
TOWN OF MATTAPOISETT
Ninety-eighth
ANNUAL REPORT
1954
NINETY-EIGHT
ANNUAL REPORT OF
THE TOWN OFFICERS
OF
MATTAPOISETT, MASS.
SE
COR
1857
RATED
TT
PLYMO
MASS
FOR THE
YEAR 1954
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A
INC
TOWN OF MATTAPOISETT Incorporated 1857
Population 2265 - 1950 Census Ninth Congressional District First Councillor District
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING First Monday in March
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ELECTIONS OF OFFICERS
Tuesday following Annual Town Meeting
Town Officers
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1954 TOWN CLERK Joseph H. Magilton TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR William H. Winslow
SELECTMEN -- BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE BUREAU OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Manuel C. Linhares-1957 George S. White-1956 Lester A. Crampton-1955
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Rita H. Dunn-1957 Walter E. Longmore-1956 Nelson Floyd Tinkham-1955
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Flavel M. Gifford
ASSESSORS
Earl Tinkham-1957 Enoch LeBaron Winslow-1956 Anthony J. Sylvia-1955
WATER COMMISSIONERS
Winfield F. Jenney-1957 Roscoe E. Barstow-1956 Nelson F. Harriman, Sr .- 1955
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WATER DEPARTMENT
Clifford I. Tripp, Superintendent Frederick LeBaron, Assistant Joseph H. Magilton, Clerk
BOARD OF HEALTH
Grace M. Howard-1957
Rodney W. Perkins-1956 Albert I. York, M. D .- 1955
DISTRICT NURSE Grace DeCosta, R. N.
SOCIAL WORKER
Alice Quinn
Bureau of Old Age Assistance and Public Welfare
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
Lemuel LeBaron Dexter-1957 Ira R. Hiller, 2nd-1956 James R. Maury-1955
AUDITOR Nelson Franklin Harriman, Jr.
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR Manuel R. Nunes, Jr.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Nelson Franklin Harriman, Sr.
WHARF COMMISSIONER Winfield F. Jenney
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HARBOR MASTER Winfield F. Jenney
TREE WARDEN Joseph A. A. N. Farley
LOCAL MOTH SUPERINTENDENT
Joseph A. A. N. Farley
HERRING INSPECTOR Charles H. Dexter
CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
George C. Bradley Kenneth M. Wood, Assistant Chief George W. Douglass, Special Police
FOREST WARDEN
George C. Bradley
CONSTABLES
Joseph A. Bauer, Jr. Alfred E. Faria
POLICE OFFICERS
Alden S. Kinney, Chief
Alfred E. Faria, Sgt. Robert Lowe
Gilbert Alves
Charles Avilla
Ralph V. Moore
Joseph A. Bauer, Jr. Oman R. Price
Joseph A. Bauer, Sr. (deceased) Norman Roylance
Martin Bauer Alfred Spagnoli Harry G. Erhard Kenneth Tirrell William Keane Murray D. Tuttle
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INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS Alfred F. Sylvia
INSPECTOR OF PETROLEUM (G. L. Chap. 48 - Sec. 18) George C. Bradley
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN Albert I. York, M. D.
SHELLFISH CONSTABLES
Frank B. LeBaron E. Everett Eldridge (In charge of shellfish interests)
SOLDIERS BURIAL AGENT (G. L. Chap. 115 - Sec. 19) Anthony DeCosta
CARE OF VETERANS GRAVES (G. L. Chap. 115 - Sec. 22) Ralph LeBaron
VETERANS' AGENT Lester A. Crampton, Sr.
SURVEYORS OF WOOD AND LUMBER Walter Apperson, Jr. Harold D. Mahoney (deceased) Philip LeBaron Victor Mandeville Thaddeus Walega
WEIGHERS OF HAY AND COAL Edward Arruda Harold D. Mahoney Miss Nellie Stetson
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FENCE VIEWERS
Frank B. LeBaron Dennis Sylvia Earl H. Tinkham
SPECIAL POLICE - TOWN HALL Nelson F. Harriman, Sr.
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
Anna M. Barstow (Dem.) Term ex. March 1957
Gertrude M. Brennan (Dem.)
Term ex. March 1956
Frederick LeBaron (Rep.) Term ex. March 1955
Joseph H. Magilton (Rep.)
Town Clerk
TOWN MEETING MODERATOR
Roscoe E. Barstow
TOWN COUNSEL George H. Potter
AID TO AGRICULTURE Frank Sylvia - Town Director
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Richard N. Stone Resigned November 23, 1954 Robert E. Townsend Appointed to vacancy Term ex. March 1956 Term ex. March 1956 Term ex. March 1955
Earl Underwood Frank T. Pimental, Jr. Lemuel LeBaron Charles Whalen
Term ex. March 1957
Term ex. March 1957
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COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF VETERANS OF MATTAPOISETT MEMORIAL PARK
Lester A. Crampton, Sr. Alfred E. Faria
Martin Bauer Frederick LeBaron
Ralph LeBaron (Mattapoisett Planning Board included)
MATTAPOISETT HOUSING AUTHORITY
Joseph R. Nunes - Chairman
Term ex. March 1, 1958
John Raphael - Treasurer
Term ex. March 1956
Ralph LeBaron - State Appointed Member
Term ex. July 1, 1957
Joseph Furtado - Vice Chairman Term ex. March 1955
Robert Johansen - Assistant Treasurer Term ex. March 1959 George B. Monteiro - Executive Director and Secre- tary
MATTAPOISETT PLANNING BOARD
G. Raymond Lamarre (Resigned September 28, 1954) Donat R. Couet - Clerk
Thomas Brennan
Richard Chase - Chairman
George Eldridge
Osmond Gingras (Appointed October 5, 1954)
MATTAPOISETT CIVIL DEFENSE
William W. Croft, Director
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AUXILIARY POLICE - CIVIL DEFENSE
Albert Andrews
John Figueiredo
Edward Francis
Osmond Gingras
Milton Heuberger
Edward Kinney
Thomas Benjamin
William Croft
Manuel Rego
Robert Raphael
David Moore Andrew Paine Norman Soares William Suzan, Jr. Antonio Sylvia Kenneth Tirrell
Robert Westrom Joseph Sullivan George Monteiro Walton Phillips
Frank Cabral
CHIEF AIR OBSERVERS
Joseph W. Farrell Assistant, Edward Andreasen
FIELD DRIVER Alden S. Kinney
SPECIAL COMMITTEE
Appointed at the Annual Town Meeting, 1954 to : Study and make preparations for a Celebration of the Town's Centennial in 1957 under Article 13.
Roscoe E. Barstow
Emily Perry
Ralph W. LeBaron Francis C. Rowland Marjorie L. Morris Anthony J. Sylvia
Enoch LeB. Winslow
SPECIAL COMMITTEE
Appointed at the Annual Town Meeting, 1954 to : Investigate procurement of a new Rubbish Disposal Area under Article 20.
Board of Health Chairman of Finance Committee
Board of Selectmen George C. Bradley Michael Ellis
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SPECIAL COMMITTEE
Appointed at the Annual Town Meeting, 1954 to : Study Public Sewage System under Article 21. George D. Heath, Jr. Edwin L. Perkins
Manuel R. Nunes, Jr. Domingo A. Sylvia
Earl H. Tinkham
SPECIAL COMMITTEE
Appointed at the Annual Town Meeting, 1954 to : Bring in plans for a Memorial To Veterans Of World War II under Article 23.
Joseph R. Nunes Earle D. Wilson Nelson F. Tinkham Edwin C. Winslow, Jr.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE
Appointed at the Annual Town Meeting, 1954 to : Present New Proposed Zoning Laws under Article 79. Walter H. Apperson, Jr. Osmond Gingras
Robert N. Flanders, Jr. David C. Moore Planning Board
ABRAHAM SKIDMORE
April 29, 1878 December 13, 1954
Town Barber - And A Friend To All
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IN MEMORIAM
VIRGINIA D. MAHONEY
April 15, 1901
April 15, 1954
Assessor 1937-1953
JOSEPH A. BAUER
February 18, 1885
August 16, 1954
Police Officer
Town Bathing Beach - School Patrol
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Report of the Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare
To the Citizens of the Town of Mattapoisett:
In accordance with Section 49, Chapter 40 of the General Laws your Board of Selectmen herewith sub- mit the following reports of the various departments and officers to this Board.
On March 9, 1954, the Board organized as fol- lows: Lester A. Crampton, Chairman, Board of Se- lectmen and Public Welfare; George S. White, Clerk.
The List of Jurors is also incorporated in this re- port as required by Chapter 234, Section 4 of the General Laws.
We also submit a report of a State Audit of Ac- counts of the Town of Mattapoisett for the period from December 6, 1953 to November 27, 1954 made in accordance with provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws.
Due to the new system installed in the method of telephone communication in the Town the Board, fol- lowing the authorization of Article 32 of the Town Meeting of 1954, established the twenty-four hour tel- ephone coverage control center. The control room has now become the nerve center for the police, fire and civil defense forces.
For the third time in the living memory of many citizens of Mattapoisett our Town was met once again with the devastating forces of Atlantic hurricanes. While the fury of the hurricane was still striking the shore lands of our Town, the Board of Selectmen, with
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the experience of two hurricanes as guides, declared a State of Emergency on August 31, 1954.
The Board, realizing that the need for protection would be extreme and extensive, contacted His Ex- cellency the Governor and he in turn ordered the Head- quarters Battery of the 212th Field Artillery Battalion Massachusetts National Guard under command of Lt. Col. Richard Carreia to active duty in the Town and excellent service was rendered during the early stages of the emergency.
The following information will clearly show the extreme devastation which our Town has experienced. The report of the Board of Assessors as submitted to the Board of Selectmen at a joint meeting of all de- partments held on September 4, 1954 states :
Land and Buildings, replacement value $2,150,000.00
Assessed value of buildings 716,000.00
Personal Property, including boats replacement value 490,000.00
Personal Property, including boats assessment value 300,000.00
Total Loss Assessment Value $1,016,000.00
Shortly after the meeting held September 4, 1954 the following information was submitted to the Board of Selectmen regarding cottage damage at the various Town beaches :
Out of a total of 564 cottages 247 were complete- ly destroyed, 77 partially destroyed, 63 suffered heavy water damage and 119 were slightly damaged leaving only 58 unharmed.
All persons were evacuated from the beaches in time to prevent any loss of life.
To aid the Board of Selectmen in the clearing of the debris caused by the storm the Board received an
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emergency authorization from the Director of Accounts to expend Town funds to the extent of $42,300.00. Up to the time of going to press reimbursement has been made to the Town in the amount of $21,907.45.
On October 5, 1954 the Board employed Mr. Wal- ter E. Rowley of Wareham as consulting engineer to prepare the necessary brochures and estimates of dam- age to public property which information was sub- mitted to the State Hurricane Relief Board in January 1955.
Preparations are now being made with the Hur- ricane Relief Board and the Division of Waterways to replace the damaged wharves and lost town own- ed buildings in the early spring. The buildings to be replaced are as follows: Bath House, Cabana, Com- fort Station and Fishermen's Building.
Your Board of Selectmen recommends that only those expenditures which are essentially necessary should be appropriated at the Annual Town Meeting to be held March 7, 1955.
The Board of Selectmen wishes to extend to one and all of the Boards thanks and appreciation for the help which was received in administering the Town Affairs for the interest of all. It also wishes to extend its appreciation to those volunteers and civic and church organizations and to the American Red Cross for their splendid service rendered to the Town dur- ing the Hurricane Carol emergency.
Respectfully submitted,
LESTER A. CRAMPTON MANUEL C. LINHARES GEORGE S. WHITE
Board of Selectmen
Ninety-eighth Annual Report of Officers of the Town of Mattapoisett
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE FINANCIAL REPORT
Cash in Treasury, January 1, 1955
General
$63,261.93
School Lunch
1,422.05
Water Loan Act - 1952
1,008.75
$65,692.73
UNCOLLECTED TAXES
Real Estate 1953
1,333.79
Real Estate 1954
20,421.80
Poll Tax 1954 6.00
Personal 1953
125.62
Personal 1954
1,404.75
Motor Vehicle Excise and Trailer Taxes
1953
10.11
1954
2,225.93
LIABILITIES
School House Addition Loan 190,000.00
Water Loan, Spring Road and North Street 33,000.00
Water Loan Developing Wells and
Extending Water Mains 140,000.00
Water Loan, Harbor Beach, Water Mains Extension 50,000.00
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Fire Station Loan 19,000.00
Insurance Loan (G. L. Chap. 4
Clause 16) 2,500.00
Bathing Beach Addition Loan
2,000.00
POST WAR REHABILITATION FUND
Fairhaven Institution for Savings Balance January 1, 1954 14,653.84
Accrued Interest 480.08
15,133.92
SELECTMEN'S REPORT ON APPROPRIATIONS TOWN OFFICERS (Salaries)
Appropriation
$15,400.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund 190.00
15,590.00
William H. Winslow
Treasurer and Tax Collector $3,300.00
Lester A. Crampton, Chairman Board of Selectmen and Public Welfare 3,300.00
Manuel R. Nunes, Jr., Highway Surveyor - March 1 - December 31, 1954 3,250.00
Manuel C. Linhares, Selectman Public Welfare 575.00
George S. White, Selectman Public Welfare 575.00
Joseph H. Magilton, Town Clerk 675.00
Enoch LeBaron Winslow, Chairman Board of Assessors 825.00
Anthony J. Sylvia, Assessor 550.00
Earl Tinkham 550.00
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Dr. Albert I. York, Board of Health
100.00
Grace M. Howard, Board of Health 100.00
Rodney W. Perkins, Board of Health 100.00
Nelson Floyd Tinkham, School Committee
100.00
Rita Dunn, School Committee
100.00
Walter E. Longmore, School Committee
100.00
Nelson Franklin Harriman, Jr., Auditor
50.00
Roscoe E. Barstow, Moderator
100.00
Nelson F. Harriman, Sr., Water Commissioner
100.00
Winfield J. Jenney, Water
Commissioner
100.00
Roscoe E. Barstow, Water
Commissioner
100.00
Anna M. Barstow, Reg. of Voters
25.00
Gertrude Brennan, Reg. of Voters
25.00
Frederick LeBaron, Reg. of Voters 25.00
Joseph H. Magilton, Reg. of Voters 25.00
14,750.00
840.00
SCHOOLS
Appropriation
114,000.00*
Transfer from Reserve Fund
1,000.00
Barstow School Fund
320.23
115,320.23
Paid :
Orders of School Committee
115,320.23
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TEACHER'S ANNUITY
Received from State
4.76
Paid :
School Payroll November 27, 1954
Refund Retirement Board
4.76
SCHOOL LUNCH ACCOUNT
Paid :
Orders of School Committee 7,674.74
GRADING AND SEEDING THE FORMER SYLVIA LOT ON HAMMOND STREET - NEW PORT OF THE SCHOOL GROUNDS
500.00
Appropriation
Paid :
Order of School Committee
408.50
91.50
AGRICULTURAL AND VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS
Appropriation
1,400.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
182.00
1,582.00
Paid :
Tuition
866.50
Transportation
671.52
1,538.02
43.98
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NEW BEDFORD VOCATIONAL SCHOOL The following pupils attended during the year :
Day Session
Laura Andrews
Ronald Martin Irene Morgado
John Aylesbury
Janet Cathcart
Elton Nottage
Harold Crapo
Thomas Shea William Shea
Anthony Furtado
William Hubbard
James Junier
Patricia Silveria Peter Titcomb
Evening Session
Joseph Almada
Arthur Marcoux
Edward Alves
Beatrice Andrews
Ray Buckley
John Concannon
Clara Santos
Cecelia Cornell
Davina Smart
Joanna DeLuz
Alice Smith
Robert Flanders
Cora Smith
Ruth Gast
Beryl Sullivan Helen Tinkham
Eleanor Graeben
Adella Jenkins
Elizabeth Lawrence
Retta Tuttle William Warburton Ralph Wordell
Marcia Leary
May Worsley
Margaret MacFarlane
John Lomba
Russell Worsley Joseph Zychowicz
MAINTENANCE OF TOWN HALL
Appropriation 1,600.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
717.58
2,317.58
Mildred Marcoux William Matthews Adeline Santos
Evelyn Goodwin
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Paid :
Nelson F. Harriman, Janitor 347.40
New England Tel. & Tel. 505.10
New Bedford Gas and Edison Light Co. Electricity 194.84
New Bedford Gas and Edison Light Co. Gas 558.80
Big Three Lumber Co.
52.91
Eastern Construction Co. Painting Flag Pole
40.00
Russell S. Sherman, Lamp
5.00
Boston Janitor's Supply Co. 90.79
Buckman Electric Co. 30.96
John Carlos 7.20
Est. Walter Dexter
1.50
C. E. Beckman Co.
28.80
Hawes Electric Co.
4.67
Freddie's Texaco Station
58.17
Alfred Faria
15.00
C. B. Dolge Co.
33.73
Edwin L. Perkins
75.49
Lester A. Crampton, Jr.
8.00
Mattapoisett General Store
7.38
Donat Couet
4.60
Andrew Bros.
6.50
Carpenter Mfg. Co.
14.12
Frederick Silsby
3.00
The Town Shop
74.08
J. W. Ramsbottom
13.00
Dahill Co.
66.16
Standard-Times
4.44
2,251.64
65.94
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REPAIRS TO TOWN HALL
Appropriation
1,000.00
Forwarded January 1, 1954
223.40
1,223.40
Paid :
Arthur A. Satterley
556.62
Manuel C. Linhares
376.98
Dennis Mahoney & Sons
29.72
Big Three Lumber Co.
27.90
Alfred Spagnoli
40.00
Frank B. LeBaron
4.64
1,035.86
187.54
FOR THE PURPOSE OF REMOVING THE TOWER ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE TOWN HALL
Appropriation
2,000.00
Paid :
Eastern Construction Co.
1,100.00
900.00
BOARD OF HEALTH
Appropriation - General
1,500.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
675.00
2,175.00
Paid : Orders of Board of Health
2,162.25
12.75
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COLLECTION OF GARBAGE
Appropriation 2,700.00
Paid : Orders of Board of Health
2,659.92
40.08
MAINTENANCE OF TOWN DUMP
Appropriation 1,800.00
Paid :
Orders of Board of Health
1,603.31
196.69
SUPPORT OF DENTAL CLINIC FOR THE CHIL- DREN OF THE MATTAPOISETT CENTER SCHOOL
Appropriation
250.00
Paid :
Orders of Board of Health
250.00
ELECTIONS AND TOWN MEETINGS
Appropriation
500.00
Paid :
The Darwin Press
90.00
Standard-Times
12.58
Meiling's Restaurant
52.50
Alfred Faria
4.00
Nelson F. Harriman, Sr.
15.50
Alice Quinn
50.00
Anna Barstow
33.00
Gertrude Brennan
33.00
Cynthia Powers
38.00
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Minnie Tinkham
11.00
Pauline St. Jacques
34.00
Florence Nash
13.00
Ethel Barlow
28.00
Charles C. Willett
13.00
427.58
72.42
COLLECTION OF ASHES AND RUBBISH
Appropriation
3,600.00
Paid :
Abel Grace a/c Contract
3,600.00
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF BATHING BEACH
2,350.00
Appropriation
Paid :
Bridie Derraine, Supt.
360.00
Joseph A. Bauer, Sr.,
Police Officer
80.00
Frank Caples, Swimming Instructor
600.00
Edwin L. Perkins, Plumbing
56.71
Mattapoisett General Store
62.14
Big Three Lumber Co.
25.75
The Village Drug Store
6.12
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
56.46
Samuel Hathaway, Skiff Boat
100.00
Lester A. Crampton, Jr., Painting
40.00
N. B. Gas & Edison Light Co.
2.38
The Town Shop
7.20
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Robert Jones
80.00
Larry Peck
10.00
Peter Gerry
3.00
Murray D. Tuttle
29.00
Joseph Farley
50.00
Milton Heuberger
8.00
Kenneth Tirrell
32.00
Ralph Moore
227.00
Buckman Electric
7.90
Romeo's
3.34
Manuel C. Linhares
214.43
John Denham, Jr.
20.00
Freddie's Texaco Station
10.15
2,091.58
258.42
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
6,000.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
167.69
6,167.69
Paid :
Orders of Chief of Fire Department
Golden Rule Oil Co.
356.40
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
133.98
N. B. Gas & Edison Light Co.
48.07
Big Three Lumber Co.
51.77
Dahill Co.
607.15
Gingras Service Station
3.00
Joseph L. Murphy
74.10
Freddie's Texaco Station
68.26
DeCoffe's Service Station
164.74
Ernest Briggs
50.00
Maxim Motor Co.
47.40
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John Paiva
39.50
Russell Chase
124.50
Martin Bauer
12.50
John Denham, Jr.
101.88
Donald Wood
5.00
The Town Shop
4.43
Walter C. Dexter
40.85
Est. Walter C. Dexter
4.00
Donat Couet
15.85
Rose Marie
5.50
Paul Bradley
165.00
George Bradley
210.00
John Souza, Jr.
58.00
Donald Chase
30.70
George Heath
105.00
Paragon Stamp Works
5.05
Hobbs & Warren, Inc.
8.45
Charles Clougherty
62.50
N. E. Association Fire Chiefs
3.00
Hawes Electric Co.
160.17
Fire Engineering
6.00
Sudbury Laboratory
12.50
Motorola Communications and Electronics
1,054.66
Dennis Mahoney & Sons
124.78
Murray D. Tuttle
300.00
Manuel C. Linhares
55.00
Fire Department Payroll
December 31, 1954
1,848.00
6,167.69
GEORGE PURRINGTON, JR. FUND FIRE DEPARTMENT a/c FIRE TRUCK Accrued Interest 450.90 Expenditures 1954 None
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PURCHASE OF A NEW FIRE ENGINE AND SELECTMEN AND CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT AUTHORIZED TO TRADE OR DISPOSE OF THE MAXIM BUILT 750 GAL. PUMPER 1927 MODEL
Appropriation
17,000.00
Paid : Joseph L. Murphy
414.00
(Contract Price - $16,490.00)
16,586.00
GRADING AND SEEDING OF THE FIRE STATION LOT
Appropriation
300.00
Paid :
Pimental and Borges, Per Contract
300.00
STREET LIGHTING
Appropriation
4,950.00
Balance Forwarded January 1, 1954
110.27
Articles 26 and 87
99.00
Special Town Meeting July 31, 1953 Street Lights on Brandt Island Road
330.00
5,489.27
Paid :
New Bedford Gas & Edison Light Co.
5,173.65
315.62
Forwarded January 1, 1955
110.27
205.35
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MAINTENANCE OF WHARF PROPERTIES
Appropriation
888.00
Paid :
Orders of Wharf Commissioner
844.88
43.12
TO IMPROVE THE RIGHT OF WAY TO SHORT WHARF
Appropriation
400.00
Paid : Orders of Wharf Commissioner
400.00
HARBOR MASTER
Appropriation
150.00
Paid : Orders of Harbor Master
142.40
7.60
INSURANCE ON WHARVES ON THE TOWN WHARF PROPERTY
Appropriation
200.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
200.00
400.00
Paid : Insurance
300.00
100.00
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MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
Appropriation 4,000.00
Voted Annual Town Meeting - Dog Tax 313.06
4,313.06
Paid : Orders of Trustees 4,296.51
16.55
R. L. BARSTOW LIBRARY FUND
Balance January 1, 1954
309.26
Accrued Dividends - 1954
8.55
317.81
Paid :
Orders of Trustees
75.18
242.63
TOWN TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR EXPENSES
Appropriation $2,300.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund 200.00
2,500.00
Paid :
William H. Winslow, Postage and
Rent of P. O. Box 337.03
William H. Winslow-Expenses 12.76
Mass. Collector's and Treasurer's Association Dues 1954 4.00
Daniel F. McNearney-Deputy Tax Collector Bond 5.00
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Merchants National Bank-Checks 32.40
Merchants National Bank
Safe Deposit Bank
6.25
Plymouth County Registry of Deeds
25.28
John Johansen
281.75
A. W. Lafond & Co.
155.40
H. S. Horne Co.
11.45
Grinnell - Morse Transportation
1.65
C. E. Hiller
5.00
Baxter Transportation
1.60
Read & McLeod
53.53
Courier Publishing Co.
38.36
Hobbs & Warren, Inc.
8.99
Natalie Phillips - Clerical
1,519.55
2,500.00
ASSESSOR'S EXPENSES
Appropriation
700.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
450.00
1,150.00
Paid :
Orders of Assessors
1,092.43
57.57
FOR PREPARATION OF ASSESSOR'S PLANS AND CARDS
Appropriation
1,000.00
Paid :
Samuel H. Corse
1,000.00
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FOR THE PREPARATION OF ASSESSOR'S PLANS
Balance Forwarded January 1, 1954
200.00
Paid :
Samuel H. Corse
200.00
TOWN CLERK EXPENSES
Appropriation
150.00
Paid :
Joseph Magilton
29.00
Railway Express
3.60
Margaret B. Funaro
30.00
Mattapoisett Presto Press
48.00
Mass. Town Clerk Association
7.50
118.10
31.90
MICROFILMING TOWN RECORDS
Appropriation
400.00
Paid :
Graphic Microfilm
382.04
17.96
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
Appropriation
175.00
Paid : C. E. Hiller, Printer
122.00
53.00
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PLANNING BOARD
Appropriation
300.00
Paid :
Orders of Planning Board
135.57
164.43
FOR OBSERVANCE OF MEMORIAL DAY
Appropriation
350.00
Paid :
Fairhaven High School Band
75.00
H. S. Hutchinson & Co. 54.00
C. E. Hiller, Printer 10.50
Perry's River Gardens
156.00
American Legion Post
23.60
Seven-Up Bottling Co.
23.20
342.30
7.70
CARE OF VETERANS' GRAVES
100.00
Appropriation Paid :
Robert A. Hathaway
48.00
Ralph W. LeBaron
34.00
82.00
18.00
HAMMOND AND BARLOW CEMETERIES Appropriation 150.00
Paid :
Clifford G. Aikinson
150.00
34
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS
Interest Drawn from Funds
357.66
Paid : Pine Island Cemetery Corporation 165.71
Cushing Cemetery Corporation 147.00
Ellis Cemetery Corporation 40.80
Robert A. Hathaway
c/o Annie Hammond Lot Quaker Cemetery 2.77
c/o Jonathan Cowen Lot Quaker Cemetery 1.38
Paid :
357.66
Fairhaven Institution for Savings 100.00 Perpetual Care of Francis A. Bowman Lot Pine Island Cemetery
INSURANCE ON TOWN BUILDINGS
Chap. 44, G. L. Clause 16
Appropriation
2,600.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund 33.24
2,633.24
Paid :
Ralph C. Dunn
656.02
Eleanor Lowell Correa
659.07
Frank F. Sylvia 659.08
Winters Insurance Agency
659.07
2,633.24
35
INSURANCE ON TOWN VEHICLES
Appropriation Paid : Ralph C. Dunn
1,500.00
261.12
Winters Insurance Agency
1,167.16
1,428.28
71.72
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION AND PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE
Appropriation 1,400.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
308.41
1,708.41
Paid :
James A. Stowell
1,708.41
FIRE AND POLICE GROUP ACCIDENT INSURANCE
Appropriation 400.00
Paid : James A. Stowell
392.00
8.00
BENEFITS OF THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT Chap. 112, Acts 1931
Appropriation 156.00
Paid : January 1, 1954 - December 31, 1954 156.00
36
MAINTENANCE AND EXPENSES AT HERRING WEIR
Appropriation
200.00
Paid : Orders of Herring Inspector
134.84
65.16
STAR FISH COLLECTION STATE FUNDS
Balance Forwarded January 1, 1954
504.80
Expenditures in 1954 None
STAR FISH COLLECTION
Appropriation
200.00
Expenditures in 1954
None
SHELLFISH PROPAGATION
Town Appropriation
500.00
State Department of Marine Fisheries-1954
300.00
State Department of Marine Fisheries Balance Forwarded January 1, 1954
533.75
1,333.75
Paid :
William Vermilya
9.00
Frederick Eldridge
115.50
James A. Tripp
7.20
Everett Eldridge, Jr.
218.50
John Bowman
45.75
Warren Bowman
3.00
Raymond Hebert
13.50
Wayne Phillips
9.75
37
Walter Bowman
27.50
Alexander Bowman
12.50
Wilfred P. Talbot
273.26
Quansoo Shellfish Forms
375.00
The A. E. Coffin Press
68.00
Standard-Times
20.72
1,199.18
Balance State Money Forwarded January 1, 1955
134.57
SHELLFISH CONSTABLES
Appropriation 2,050.00
Paid :
Frank B. LeBaron-Salary
756.00
Frank B. LeBaron-Auto Transportation
550.12
E. Everett Eldridge-Supervisor
200.00
1,506.12
543.88
FOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF A DISTRICT NURSE Appropriation 2,630.00
Paid :
Grace DeCosta, R. N.
Salary
2,180.00
Transportation
400.00
Supplies
50.00
2,630.00
38
FOR THE PURCHASE AND EQUIPPING OF A 30 WATT BASE RADIO STATION IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
Appropriation 400.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
451.59
851.59
Paid :
Motorola Communications and
Electronics, Inc.
851.59
MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF AMBULANCE
Appropriation
400.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
50.00
450.00
Expenditures
448.05
1.95
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
Appropriation
100.00
Paid :
Josiah H. Randall
100.00
HYDRANT RENTAL
Appropriation
$120.00
Paid :
Fairhaven Water Co.
120.00
39
TOWN CLERK TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR BONDS
Appropriation
483.00
Paid :
Winters Insurance Agency
5.00
Ralph C. Dunn
478.00
483.00
STATE RECLAMATION BOARD COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Chap. 112, Acts 1931
Appropriation 2,000.00
Paid :
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Treasury Department - Mosquito
Control 2,000.00
COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE
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