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SELECTMENS OFFICE
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SECOND
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town Officers
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OF THE
TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1933
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SECOND
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town Officers
AIRHA
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INCORPOR P
TOWN HALL
22 - 1812.
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FEB
OF THE
TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN
FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1933
The Fairhaven Star, Inc.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS OF THE
TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN
COMPRISING THOSE OF THE TOWN CLERK AND TREASURER COLLECTOR OF TAXES ASSESSORS SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
BOARD OF HEALTH BOARD OF APPEALS POLICE DEPARTMENT FIRE DEPARTMENT SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
SEWER COMMISSIONERS PARK COMMISSIONERS
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT SAFETY COUNCIL TREE WARDEN FIRE ENGINEERS BUILDING INSPECTOR PLANNING BOARD SCHOOL COMMITTEE STATE AUDIT
AND THE REPORT OF THE
MILLICENT LIBRARY FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1933
List of Town Officers FOR THE YEAR 1933
Town Clerk Town Treasurer WILLIAM D. CHAMPLIN Collector JOHN H. STETSON
Deputy Tax Collector THOS. J. MCDERMOTT Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare
F. EBEN BROWN, 1935 CHARLES W. KNOWLTON, 1936 THOMAS W. WHITFIELD, 1934 WILLIAM TALLMAN (resigned March 1, 1933)
Secretary to the Board CLAUDIA I. SCHILLER
Board of Health
WILLIAM F. DELANO CLARENCE A. TERRY DR. C. E. P. THOMPSON
Term expires 1934 Term expires 1935 Term expires 1936
Assessors
CLARENCE A. TERRY JOSEPH B. PECK CHRISTOPHER J. BIRTWISTLE
Term expires 1936 Term expires 1934 Term expires 1935
School Committee
WILLIAM B. GARDNER GEORGE F. BRALEY
ORRIN B. CARPENTER JAMES A. STETSON ELISABETH M. KNOWLES
ELLA H. BLOSSOM
Term expires 1935 Term expires 1935 Term expires 1934 Term expires 1934
Term expires 1936 Term expires 1936
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Sewer Commissioners
G. WINSTON VALENTINE FRANK W. MORSE JOHN M. REILLY
Term expires 1934 Term expires 1936 Term expires 1935
Commissioners of Trust Funds
GEORGE B. LUTHER
Term expires 1936
ISAAC N. BABBITT
Term expires 1935
WILLIAM B. GARDNER
Term expires 1934
Park Commissioners
LEWIS F. POOR
Term expires 1934
HAROLD B. DUTTON
Term expires 1935
MABEL L. POTTER
Term expires 1936
Tree Warden PETER MURRAY
Planning Board
WARREN DAVIS
Term expires 1937
GEORGE A. STEELE
Term expires 1937
JAMES A. STETSON
Term expires 1935
VICTOR O. B. SLATER
Term expires 1935
GEORGE ATWOOD (resigned)
Term expires 1934
SAMUEL DUDGEON
Term expires 1934
LEWIS F. POOR
Term expires 1936
KENNETH S. PEIRCE
Term expires 1936
Board of Appeals
GEORGE A. STEELE
HOWARD ODIORNE
VICTOR O. B. SLATER THOMAS LIVESEY
RAYMOND T. BABBITT
Finance Committee 1933
North
JOHN T. SUTCLIFFE 1934
RICHARD A. MARCH
1935
JAMES HENSHAW
1936
L. W. LOVEJOY
1935
Oxford
STANLEY H. PACKARD
1934
RICHARD A. TERHUNE
1935
JOHN H. SEAMAN
1936
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Center
WARREN L. SWETT 1934
HAROLD HOXIE 1934
GEORGE B. LUTHER (resigned) 1935
A. L. BUFFINGTON 1935
WALTER DOUGLAS
1934
R. WILLIAM STERLING
1936
ARTHUR L. SIMMONS 1936
R. W. FOSTER
1936
W. J. FITZSIMMONS 1935
WILLIAM TALLMAN
1935
East
REUBEN A. AUSTIN 1934
HENRY T. HOWARD
1935
JOHN GELETTE 1936
Sconticut
ALEXANDER A. HADFIELD 1935
MANUEL F. SILVA 1936
Auditors
CHARLES E. SHURTLEFF RALPH E. LUMBARD
Superintendent of Streets HENRY T. HOWARD
Moth Superintendent PETER MURRAY
Superintendent of Fire Alarm
CLIFTON A. HACKER
Forest Fire Warden
EDWARD G. SPOONER, JR.
Building Inspector
HENRY T. HOWARD
Inspector of Animals
EDWARD G. DWELLEY Inspector of Wires CLIFTON A. HACKER
Associate Inspector of Wires EDWARD E. PIERCE
Pound Keeper CHARLES F. BENSON
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Field Drivers
ANTONE A. D. FREITAS MICHAEL KERNS
Fence Viewers CLIFTON A. HACKER CHRISTOPHER J. BIRTWISTLE
Inspector of Petroleum FRANK H. KELLEY
Measurers of Wood and Bark
L. FRANK WILDE H. L. WILSON CHARLES F. BENSON HENRY T. HOWARD
Sealer of Weights and Measures CHARLES P. THATCHER
Wharfinger JOHN A. W. BURGESS Shellfish Inspectors JOSEPH C. SYLVIA TRACY W. MARKS
Head of Police Department GEORGE T. SYKES
Registrars of Voters
HENRY D. WALDRON JOHN F. GOGGIN
WILLIAM D. CHAMPLIN
JOSEPH M. EATON
Board of Fire Engineers
E. G. SPOONER THOMAS LIVESEY ALEXANDER G. PRICE GILBERT W. TUELL PIERCE D. BROWN Clerk
Chief
First Assistant
Second Assistant
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TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
30 Town Meeting Members - At Large
Brown, F. Eben
Peirce, Kenneth S.
Blossom, Ella H.
Poor, Lewis F.
Braley, George F.
Potter, Mabel L.
Birtwistle, Christopher J.
Reilly, John M.
Carpenter, Orrin B.
Slater, Victor O. B.
Champlin, William D.
Stetson, James A.
Delano, William F.
Stetson, John H.
Dudgeon, Samuel
Steele, George A.
Dutton, Harold B.
Terry, Clarence A.
Gardner, William B.
Tripp, Thomas A.
Knowles, Elisazeth M.
Thompson, Dr. C. E. P.
Knowlton, Charles W.
Valentine, G. Winston
Morse, Frank M.
Whitfield, Thomas W.
Murray, Peter
51 Town Meeting Members - Precinct 1. FOR THREE YEARS
Term expires 1936
Adshead, Harold G.
Allen, William M.
Allmond, Benjamin G.
Ames, George B.
Cowen, Edson S.
. Frost, Milton H.
Gidley, Henry T.
Hoxie, Harold L.
Keith, Frederick A., Jr.
Macomber, Harold S.
"
Pierce, Edward T. Sawyer, Marshall M.
Shurtleff, Lewis T.
Stowell, Bertram F.
Terry, Bradford C.
Terry, Clarence B.
Tripp, Stanley R.
FOR TWO YEARS
Aiken, James Buffinton, Arthur L. Burghardt, Milton Crowell, Howard G.
Term expires 1935
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Foster, Rufus W. Hayward, Frederick J.
Lawton, Charles H.
Macomber, Edgar T.
McAuliffe, John L.
McMeehan, William
Porter, Herbert D. Price, Alexander, Jr.
Pierce, Clarence A.
Spooner, Harry A. Sherman, George E. Tripp, George H. Tuell, Gilbert W.
Term expires 1935
FOR ONE YEAR
Term expires 1934
Allen, Joseph H. Babbitt, Frank M.
Pauldry, Lyman C.
Baylies, Wallace B.
Benson, Clarence E.
Benson, Colby H.
Braley, Eli G.
Browne, Henry DeW. H.
Campbell, Elwyn G.
Dammon, William F.
Dennie, Richard A.
Dunham, Roswell B. Maddaford, John H.
Monk, Audell W., Jr.
Parker, William H.
Paull, Alton B.
Prior, Charles F.
51 Town Meeting Members - Precinct 2. FOR THREE YEARS
Term expires 1936
Alien, Charles B. Babbitt, Isaac N. Bates, Chester M. Brown, Pierce D. Dean, William D. Delano, Clarence F. Hammond, Edward F.
Hawkins, Reuben E. Haydon, Ernest J. Hughes, Charles H.
10
Jepson, Frank A.
Term expires 1936
Kellish, Otto C.
Kenny, John F.
Sherman, Leonard A.
"
Spooner, Edward G.
Xavier, Augustus H.
Young, William L.
FOR TWO YEARS
Bosworth, Mary A.
Term expires 1935
Cieurzo, Paul F.
Davis, William H.
Eldred, Chester W.
Fleming, Anna C.
jordan, Catherine H.
Long, Helena A.
Murray, Lauchlan W.
Odiorne, Howard E.
Oldham, George A.
Reilly, Maria
Ryder, John Q.
Schofield, John W.
"
"
Spooner, Harold S.
Stubbs, Margaret J.
Wilde, Lorenzo F.
FOR ONE YEAR
Baker, Mary A.
Term expires 1934
Card, William C.
:
Dutton, Mabel O.
Hirst, Eben P.
Marston, James H. C.
Packard, Stanley H.
Parkinson, James
Porter, Charles H.
Scaman, John H.
Taber, Jonathan Terhune, Richard A.
Whitfield, Joseph O. Wilde, Webster Wing, Chester R.
Morrison, Charles W.
"
Sullivan, Catherine W.
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"
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Simmons, Arthur L.
DeCoffe, Edward G.
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44 Town Meeting Members - Precinct 3. FOR THREE YEARS
Bentley, Lewis E.
Term expires 1936
Benoit, Henry L.
Benoit, William C.
Bond, Adam
Dreher, Arthur L.
Duval, Arsene G.
Grindrod, Joseph T.
Grindrod, William
Howland, Walter C.
"
Lovejoy, Luzerine W.
"
March, Richard Henry
Porter, Richard
Rogers, Edward
Rogers, Edith E.
FOR TWO YEARS
Broadland, John
Carr, Charles R.
"
Howcroft, John
Howland, Claribel S.
Howland, Herbert W.
Knowles, John
Meal, Lewis
Mellor, Mary E.
"
Milette, John A.
Pardee, Milton I.
Radcliffe, Charles
Stevens, Henry
Suffern, George H.
"
Whalley, James H.
Winterbottom, Fred
FOR ONE YEAR
Barnes, Thomas
Term expires 1934 "
Dana, Edith
Henshaw, James
Lilley, Alice
Livesey, Thomas
Livesey, William, Jr.
"
"
McDermott, Thomas J.
Norris, Robert R.
Robinson, Lawrence V.,
Sutcliffe, Joseph, Jr.
.
"
Term expires 1935
"
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Valley, Alice P. Valley, David P. Whitworth, Percy Young, James M. Young, William
Term expires 1934
"
30 Town Meeting Members - Precinct 4
FOR THREE YEARS
Anderson, Charles A.
Avilla, Antonio R.
Babbitt, Raymond T.
Bradley, Richard H.
Benson, Lucy W.
Darling, Edgar W.
Douglas, Walter F.
Dugdale, Charles R.
Hadfield, Alexander A.
Maxfield, Charles A.
FOR TWO YEARS
Term expires 1935
Aiken, Warren V.
Barber, Albert
Couture, Noel B.
Fraits, Frank W.
Gonsalves, Albert M.
Howard, William E.
27
Hammond, Herbert F.
Spooner, Roger T. C.
Stanton, Albert E.
Silva, Manuel F.
FOR ONE YEAR
Aiken, Alice L.
Term expires 1934
Alden, George L.
Austin, Reuben A.
Blossom, Lewis F.
Cory, Clarence M.
Delano, Allerton T.
Gamans, Walter H.
Howard, Henry T.
Thatcher, Charles P.
Thatcher, Richard T.
.
Term expires 1936
Report of the Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare
The Board organized on February 8, 1933, as follows: F. Eben Brown, Chairman; Charles W. Knowlton, Clerk, Board of Selectmen. F. Eben Brown, Chairman; Claudia I. Schiller, Sec- retary, Board of Public Welfare and Old Age Assistance.
The year was marked by the resignation on March first of William Tallman as Selectman and member of the Board of Pub- lic Welfare, and by the election on June 13th of Thomas W. Whitfield to fill his unexpired term.
George T. Sykes was appointed as Head of the Police De- partment upon the resignation of Walter H. Francis.
Appointments to the Board of Fire Engineers were as fol- lows: E. G. Spooner, Alexander G. Price, Thomas Livesey, to serve as regular fire engineers, Gilbert W. Tuell and Pierce D. Brown as civilian members, to serve without pay.
Fees were established for Common Victuallers, Innholders and Sunday licenses, as well as various licenses for the sale of 3.2 beer, revenue from the same being $1,026.68.
Traffic rules and orders were adopted and the proper signs provided and placed therewith. In cooperation with Elliott and Watrous, contracting firm, the wrecks and scows at the Fair- haven end of the bridge were removed, labor being supplied from Welfare forces and some material by the Highway Depart- inent. This has helped to make the approach to the town more beautiful, an aim long sought.
The problem of welfare relief has been increasingly difficult to handle, with an expenditure for the year of $70,224.87 for Public Welfare alone. Relief was given through increased activ- ity in the textile mills, welfare gardens, Federal Emergency Re- lief Funds, Civilian Conservation Camps and Civil Works Admin- istration projects. Crops of 250 bushels of potatoes and 175 bushels of turnips were raised at the Town Infirmary and several shipments of flour and pork were received for distribution to needy cases. Under the Federal Emergency Relief Act the sum of $10,767.48 was returned to the town. Thirty boys were sent to Civilian Conservation Camps, thereby reducing the expendi- tures by $78.50 per week. Under the Civil Works Administra- tion projects listed below were approved and work begun, em-
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ploying 188 men and women and reducing the number of cases being aided by 73, or a weekly expenditure of $410.
Re-setting Curb on Green Street.
Hawthorn Street Sewer.
Painting of Infirmary.
Cleaning Sewers.
Cleaning Brush Along Highways.
Making Roads Passable for the Fire Department.
Taking Down Decayed Trees.
Rebuilding Wall at the High School.
Making of Clothing, Bedding, etc.
Listed below you will find expenditures from Public Welfare ar.d Soldiers' Relief exclusive of the cost of boarding of children, and hospital care.
The Selectmen appreciate the cooperation they have received from all departments, and at this time wish to publicly thank them for that cooperation.
Respectfully submitted,
F. EBEN BROWN, CHARLES W. KNOWLTON, THOMAS W. WHITFIELD.
Report of the Infirmary
During the year 1933 there have been a total of eleven in- mates at the Infirmary. Ten were the most accommodated at one time and eight the least, at present, four men and four women.
We have two senile cases, both having constant care and oversight. One of these is unable to go downstairs and is in bed part of the time.
One death has occurred during the year. One case, a woman, paralyzed and entirely helpless, and who has been in our care for four years, needed hospital treatment and was moved to Tewks- bury. One man, with incurable cancer, was taken to the Rose Hawthorne Lathrop Hospital in Fall River. Two are now under the care of our physician all the time, one of these now confined to his bed, having constant care,
Table referred to on Page Fourteen.
Polic Welfare and Soldiers' Relief
EXPENITURES FOR 1933-EXCLUSIVE BOARDING OF CHILDREN AND HOSPITAL CARE
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARC
APRIL
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
TOTALS
No
No.
No.
No.
No.
No
No.
No Persons Families No
No. Persons Families No
No. No Persons Families
No No. Persons Families
No. No Persons Families
No Persons Families No.
No.
No Persons Families
No.
No.
Persons Families
No, active cases first day of month No. new cases given relief during month
1,024
212
936
197
753
162
662
186
636
141
485
127
526
130
578
138
No. rcopened and recurrent cases
6
80
11
250
19
124
24
No. cases receiving relief during month
148
575
1-10
804
187
722
168
No. cuses closed during month
1,024
212
936
197
753
162
662
186
636
14
1.85
127
526
130
578
138
386
100
Resident Families receiving relief Direct Relief-No. of Families No. of Persons
288
331
288
245
232 1,094
213
249
159
148
140
187
168
1,170
1,004
984
720
575
804
722
Single persons receiving relief
27
30
25
24
22
21
25
No. new cases given relief during month
32
31
31
28
26
1
1
27
30
25
2.1
22
21
22
25
28
Food
$2,279.03
$4,295.32
$44.58
$3,344.07
$3,226.20
$2,085.71
$4,249.11
$3,395.84
$2,374.00
$2,163.60
$2,277.00
$1,889.24
$35,803.70
Shelter
14.00
14.00
1.00
122.50
102.00
132.00
172.50
111.00
96.00
96.50
70.50
65.50
1,067.50
Clothing
114.14
143.04
2.90
169.38
182.94
134.99
58.17
26.59
236.91
121.50
159.63
165.64
1,695.83
Fuel
735.37
1,041.70
1.1.85
550.75
158.30
89.40
92.00
65.40
74.69
287.40
795.32
713.34
5,745.52
Medical Care
66.92
220.74
14.23
132.26
147.58
118.00
184.55
165.95
131.52
253.48
184.50
289.57
1,979.30
Household Necessities
1,011.50
1,442.00
19.50
1,329.50
1,363.50
1,677.00
1,140.50
993.00
919.00
786.00
786.50
634.00
13,542.00
Transportation
10.00
10.00
:3.25
14.50
1.00
17.25
6.75
41.00
3.53
40.75
178.03
Burials
235.00
Welfare Gardens
91.80
Express
.86
Moving Expenses
10.00
Totals
$1,230.96
$7,166.80
$77.31
$5,662.96
$5,314.02
$4,277.60
$5,964.08
$4,818.33
$3,873.12
$3,732.87
$4,306.23
$3,798.04
$60,392.32
Pay Roll: Administration
64.00
40.00
ยท0.00
94.10
52.00
78.25
41.16
66.60
40.00
50.00
40,00
50.00
656.11
Social Workers
29.75
29.75
15.50
50.00
28.00
40.00
50.00
50.00
94.50
50.00
50.00
50.00
557.50
Total Pay Roll
$93.75
$69.75
'5.50
$154.10
$80.00
$118.25
$91.16
$116.60
$134.50
$100.00
$90.00
$100.00
$1,213.61
Grand Totals
$4,324.71
$7,236.55
$72.81
$5,817.06
$5,394.02
$4,395.85
$6,055.24
$4,934.93
$4,007.62
$3,882.87
$4,396.23
$3,898.04
$61.605.93
.
21
49
10
226
49
336
68
No. active cases last day of month
1
10
CI
28
8
20
6
No. active cases first day of month
1
1
26
25
No. cases closed during month
85.00
10.00
50.00
40.00
20.00
22.78
42.78
Cash
48.50
29.50
13.80
.86
10.00
3
No. cases reopened and recurrent
No. cases receiving relief during month .
No. active cases last day of month
Persons Families Persons Familles
Perso na tales
Persons Families
Table referred to on Page Fourteen.
Public Welfare and Soldiers' Relief
EXPENDITURES FOR 1933-EXCLUSIVE BOARDING OF CHILDREN AND HOSPITAL CARE
JANUARY
FEBRUARY
MARCH
APRIL .
MAY
JUNE
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
TOTALS
No
No
No
No
No
No
No. No Persons Families
No No. Persons Families
No. Persons Families No
No. No. Persons Families
No No Persons Families
No. Persons Families
No. No. Persons Families
No.
No
No
No
Persons Families Persons Families
No. active cases first day of month No. new cases given relief during month
1,024
212
93G
197
753
162
662
186
63(
141
485
127
526
130
578
138
No. reopened and recurrent cases
G
80
11
250
49
124
24
No. cases receiving relief during month
148
575
1-10
804
187
722
168
No. cases closed during month
1,024
212
936
19
753
162
662
18G
636
141
485
127
526
130
578
138
386
100
Resident Families receiving relief Direct Relief-No. of Families No. of Persons
288
334
288
232
213
249
159
148
140
187
168 722
Single persons receiving relief
27
30
25
24
22
21
22
25
No. new eases given relief during month
No. eases reopened and recurrent
32
31
31
28
26
92
1
No. cases closed during month
27
30
25
24
00
21
25
28
Food
$2,279.03
$4,295.32
$4,224.58
$3,344.07
$3,226.20
$2,085.71
$4,249.11
$3,395.84
$2,374.00
$2,163.60
$2,277.00
$1,889.24
$35,803.70
Shelter
14.00
14.00
71.00
122.50
102.00
132.00
172.50
111.00
96.00
96.50
70.50
65.50
1,067.50
Clothing
735.37
1,041.70
1,141.85
550.75
158.30
89.40
92.00
65.40
74.69
287.40
7.95.32
713.34
5,745.52
Medical Care
66.92
220.74
84.23
132.26
147.58
118.00
184.55
165.95
131.52
253.48
184.50
289.57
1,979.30
Household Necessities
1,011.50
1,442.00
1,459.50
1,329.50
1,363.50
1,677.00
1,140.50
993.00
919.00
786.00
786.50
634.00
13,542.00
Transportation
10.00
10.00
33.25
14.50
1.00
17.25
6.75
41.00
3.53
40.75
178.03
Burials
Welfare Gardens
91.80
Express
Moving Expenses
10.00
Totals
$4,230.96
$7,166.80
$7,197.31
$5,662.96
$5,314.02
$4,277.60
$5,964.08
$4,818.33
$3,873.12
$3,732.87
$4,306.23
$3,798.04
$60,392.32
Pay Roll: Administration
64.00
40.00
40.00
94.10
52.00
78.25
41.16
66.60
40.00
50.00
40.00
50.00
656.11
Social Workers
29.75
29.75
35.50
50.00
28.00
40.00
50.00
50.00
91.50
50.00
30.00
50.00
557.50
Total Pay Roll
$93.75
$69.75
$75.50
$154.10
$80.00
$118.25
$91.16
$116.60
$134.50
$100.00
$90.00
$100.00
$1,213.61
Grand Totals
$4,324.71
$7,236.55
$7,272.81
$5,817.06
$5,394.02
$4,395.85
$6,055.24
$4,934.93
$4,007.62
$3,882.87
$4,396.23
$3,898.04
$61.605.93
1
10
2
28
20
6
21
49
10
226
49
336
G8
No. active cases last day of month
1,170
1,094
1,004
984
720
57
804
No. active eases first day of month
1 1
1
28
No. cases receiving relief during month
No. active cases last day of month
114.14
143.04
182.90
169.38
182.94
134.99
58.17
26.59
236.91
121.50
159.63
165.64
1,695.83
Fuel
20.00
22.78
42.78
Cash
85.00
10.00
50.00
40.00
48.50
29.50
13.80
.86
.86
10.00
Persons Families
Persons Familles
Persons Families
245
235,00
3
1
No.
15
One woman helps with dishes and dusting, and another helps with light work, such as peeling vegetables. One man does light chores around the barn. No one takes care of his own room.
The cupola on the house was repaired with new window- frames, with zinc troughs, and four windows were put on pulleys, so they could be opened from the floor. This lets a circulation of air through the attic enough to lessen the risk of fire. New flooring, part of which is cement, and cement mangers, have been put in the barn, and the plan of the barn has been changed to conform with the state requirements for tuberculin tested cows. Also the windows necessary to repair in the attic and cellar of the house were taken care of and fitted with screens. Some of these windows had never been screened before.
This year we gave the use of a good-sized piece of land to the Outside Welfare Department, on which they raised potatoes and turnips, but that did not prevent us from raising plenty of vegetables for our own use.
One man is employed for the care of the barn, garden, lawn and furnace. He also helps with the care of the sick and in bathing the aged men. This man has been with "The Home" for six years, with the exception of a leave of absence when work- ing as orderly in a hospital. A woman is employed in the kitchen to do the cooking, with the care of the dining-rooms and trays. She also helps with the laundry. The maid has been with "The Home" nine years. She cares for the sick, takes care of the rooms, does the laundry and has been willing to help paint walls and floors, when the number of inmates is few.
We have spoken, in previous reports, of the loyalty of our help, and wish to say that they are still very loyal and faithful to "The Home".
A turkey dinner was enjoyed at both Thanksgiving and Christmas, but were unable to give presents as we usually do, because the money planned for this use was expended towards the painting of the buildings under the C. W .A. We decorated the house with colored lights, lighted trees at Christmas and received honorable mention in "The Star" even though we had not en- tered the contest. This pleased our people very much.
The King's Daughters sent each one a gift, with candy and fruit, as did also the Ladies' Aid of the Centre Methodist Church. Also, one of our Selectmen gave a big box of candy to help spread the cheer.
Respectfully submitted,
EDITH ELDRIDGE, Matron,
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RECEIPTS
GENERAL REVENUE
Taxes
Current Year
Poll
$ 5,140.00
Real Estate
191,109.29
Old Age Assistance
3,331.00
Motor Vehicle Excise
9,844.02
$209,424.31
Previous Year
Poll
539.00
Redeemed Tax Titles
7,912.37
Real Estate
97,459.19
Old Age Assistance
843.00
Motor Vehicle Excise
2,144.50
108,898.06
From State
Income
26,732.89
Corporation
7,571.88
Veterans' Exemption
101.81
National Bank 1931
.15
34,406.73
Licenses and Permits
Pedlars
63.00
Sunday
100.50
Pool, Billiards & Bowling
36.00
Milk
92.50
Scallop
188.00
Quahog
113.00
Alcoholic Beverages & 3.2 Beer
878.18
Common Victuallers & Innholders 48.00
Wm. D. Champlin-Dog Licenses 1,711.80
Fish Traps & Grants
119.00
All Other 64.00
3,413.98
Grants and Gifts County Dog Licenses
1,213.36
Fines and Forfeits Court Fines
48.50
$357,404.94
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COMMERCIAL REVENUE
Special Assessments
Sewers
529.30
Sidewalks
153.24
682.54
General Government
Tax Collector
60.00
Town Hall
1,006.00
Selectmen
4.15
Assessors
4.00
Board of Appeals
8.00
1,082.15
Protection of Persons and Property
Police
.05
Fire
Permits-Oil, Gas, Fireworks Inspection
332.50
Sealer of Weights & Measures
115.92
Inspection of Buildings
64.00
512.47
Health and Sanitation
Health
Contagious Diseases
521.20
Tuberculosis
1,200.66
Dental Clinic
29.95
Vaccination Clinic
12.50
1,764.31
Sanitation
Sewer Connections
285.00
All Other
.20
285.20
Highways
Sale of Gas & Oil
536.01
Snow Removal
54.00
Rent of Land
25.00
615.01
Charities
Infirmary
Sale of Produce
104.93
Board
119.00
223.93
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Public Welfare
Relief given from Individuals
40.00
Cities and Towns
3,295.87
State-Temporary Aid
14,954.03
Federal Emergency Relief Funds
10,767.48
Mothers' Aid
585.42
Old Age Assistance
3,101.68
32,744.48
Soldiers' Benefits
State Aid
1,087.00
Military Aid
101.25
1,188.25
Schools
Tuition State Wards
717.75
Other Tuition
7,757.87
Sale of Books and Supplies
78.16
All Other
38.40
8,592.18
Interest
Deposits
58.60
Taxes
3,781.60
Special Assessments
Committed Interest
155.51
Redeemed Tax Titles
616.66
4,612.37
Trust and Investment Funds
H .H. Rogers Elementary Schools
4,607.79
H. H. Rogers High School
26,070.55
Julia A. Stoddard
990.22
Pease School Fund 266.83
James Ricketts Fund
50.49
Edmund Anthony Fund
353.06
Hannah Chadwick Fund
17.64
32,356.58
Municipal Indebtedness Temporary Loans in Anticipa- tion of Revenue 185,000.00
Tax Title Loan 50,000.00
Welfare Loan
30,000.00
265,000.00
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Public Service Enterprise
Union Wharf
Rentals & Wharfage
1,276.14
Rental of Fish Sheds
72.50
1,348.64
Refunds
Departmental
159.84
Accrued Interest
23.59
183.43
$351,191.54
708,596.58
Cash on Hand January 1, 1933
41,736.14
750,332.62
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PAYMENTS
GENERAL GOVERNMENT SELECTMEN'S DEPARTMENT
Salaries and Wages Selectmen
Clerk
$ 1,236.53 1,300.00
$2,536.53
Other Expenses
Stationery and Postage
$ 122.02
Printing and Advertising
548.42
Travel Expenses
92.00
Telephone
84.30
Office Supplies
123.56
All other
14.36
984.66
$3,521.19
TOWN CLERK AND TREASURER'S DEPARTMENT
Town Clerk
Dog Tags
$ 20.00
Certification of Births and Deaths 303.00
$
323.00
Treasurer-Salaries and Wages
Treasurer
$1,900.00
Clerk
938.00
2838.00
Other Expenses
Stationery and Postage
$ 36.12
Printing and Advertising
76.13
Travel Expenses
8.55
Telephone
87.85
Office Supplies
62.69
Certification of Notes
52.00
Insurance
234.26
All other
15.85
573.45
$3,734.45
TAX COLLECTOR'S DEPARTMENT
Salaries and Wages
Collector
$1,700.00
Deputy Collector
450.00
Clerk
957.00
$3,107.00
21
Other Expenses
Stationery and Postage
$ 294.88
Printing and Advertising
593.67
Telephone
.95
Office Supplies
39.24
Insurance
412.26
All other
9.75
1,350.75
Tax Titles -
Recording Fees
$1,357.50
Preparation of Deeds
1,110.00
Notary Fees
138.75
Disclaimers
86.00
2,692.25
$7,150.00
ASSESSORS DEPARTMENT
Salaries and Wages
Assessors
$3,000.00
Assistants
165.60
Clerks
1,036.00
$4,201.60
Other Expenses
Stationery and Postage
8.68
Printing and Advertising
52.91
Travel Expenses
161.00
Telephone
97.19
Office Supplies
118.50
Transfer Clerk
100.00
538.28
$4,739.88
ELECTION, REGISTRATION AND TOWN MEETING EXPENSES
Salaries and Wages
Registrars
$ 109.00
Election Officers
428.00
Clerk
61.50
Town Meeting Clerks
9.00
All other
96.30
$ 703.80
Other Expenses
Stationery and Postage
$ 11.10
Printing and Advertising
598.24
Meals
59.35
22
Travel Expenses
3.50
Repairs to Equipment
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