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SELECTMEN'S OFFICE
1857 - 1953.
ANNUAL REPORTS TOWN of FAIRHAVEN, MASSACHUSETTS 1952
THOMAS A. TRIPP 1857 - 1953
Fairhaven suffered the loss of one of its outstanding citizens on January 6, 1953, when Thomas A. Tripp, who had been active in local affairs for nearly a century, suffered fatal injuries in an accident at the age of 95. Mr. Tripp, in addition to being a leader in finance, commerce and industry in this area for more than the life span of most men, had served the town of Fairhaven in several official capacities in former years, and, as its senior citizen, as an adviser in many activities in his later years.
A native and life-long resident of Fairhaven, Mr. Tripp was the son of the late Arnold Gifford Tripp and Susan T. (Swift) Tripp. His father was a prominent resident of this town, a con- tractor and builder who erected a number of the town's finer business buildings and residences, many of which are still standing. Mr. Tripp was graduated from the Fairhaven high school in 1875, and at the time of his death was its oldest living alumnus. He later was graduated from the Friends' school, now Moses Brown school, in Providence, R. I.
Mr. Tripp became associated with the glass manufacturing industry in New Bedford immediately after completing school, and won rapid advancement, serving as an executive of the Mt. Washington Glass Co. and the Pairpoint Co. In 1895 Mr. Tripp was instrumental in effecting a merger of the companies as the Pairpoint Corp., and served as general manager of the latter concern until his retirement in 1932, after being active in the growth of the industry over a 54-year period.
Mr. Tripp's financial and banking activities extended over a great span of years, and at the time of his death he was president of the Fairhaven Institution for Savings, which he had served 50 years as president and more than 65 years as a director, and a director of the First National Bank of New Bedford, which he had served in that capacity for 60 years. He served many years as a director of the National Bank of Fairhaven.
Despite his manifold commercial interests, Mr. Tripp found time for civic interests as well. He was a member of the Fairhaven school committee from 1890 to 1893, and again from 1900 to 1918, for 16 years of which period he was chairman of the committee. He served as town moderator for five years, starting in 1932. While
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF
The Town Officers
OF Fairhaven, Mass.
FA
AV
MAS.
INCORPOR
22-1812.
ORATED FEB
FOR THE Year 1952
THE A. E. COFFIN PRESS-PRINTERS NEW BEDFORD, MASS.
1953
Table of Contents
Factual Information about Fairhaven
Page 5
Calendar of Board Meetings 7
Directory of Town Officers 8
Selectmen's Message 14
Financial Reports of Town Accountant
17
Departmental Reports 48
Report of Fairhaven Water Company for 1951 105
Report of the School Committee 115
Appendix
Annual Town Meeting 166
Adjourned Annual Town Meeting 176
Special Town Meeting 185
List of Town Meeting Members 190
Vital Statistics 153
Report of the Millicent Library
201
Index 233
Town of Fairhaven
Settled 1653
Incorporated 1812
Population 12,764 - 1950 Census Ninth Congressional District First Councillor District
Third Bristol Senatorial District Ninth Bristol Representative District
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING First Saturday in March
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
First Monday in February
Fairhaven, Massachusetts
GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE TOWN
Located On The Shore of Buzzards Bay
1 Mile from New Bedford 56 Miles from Boston
Registered Voters - 7.523 Tax Rate - $50.00 Valuation - $14.020.990
Area - 7,497 Acres Miles of Streets and Roads - Approximately 60 Number of Dwellings - 4,928 Churches - 9
Public Schools - 6 Private Schools - 3 Banks - 2 Shore Resorts - 7
PRINCIPAL INDUSTRIES
Ship Building Winches & Fishing Machinery
Tack & Nail Making Pharmaceuticals Oil Refinery
Fishing Industry Diesel Engine Repairing Loom Crank Shafts Toilet Preparations Fish Freezing
BENEFACTIONS OF THE LATE HENRY H. ROGERS Millicent Library High School
Town Hall
Rogers School
Fairhaven Water Works Unitarian Memorial Church Cushman Park
· ORGANIZATION · OF· FAIRHAVEN.TOWN. GOVERNMENT.
VOTERS
Moderator
Town Meeting Members
Precinct Chairmen
Finance Commitee
Planning Board
Town Collector
School Committee
Town Treasurer
Town Clerk
Board of Assessors
Auditors
Comm'snrs of Trust Funds
Park Comm's'nrs
Tree Warden
Board of Selectmen
Board of Health
Sewer and Water Com- missioners
Welfare Board
Bureau of Old Age Assistance
Registrars 3 of Voters
Town Accountant
Burial Agent
Veterans Services
Slaughter Inspector
Animal Inspector
Plumbing Inspector
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Safety Committee
Police Dept.
Supt. of Sts. Building Inspector
Civil Defence
Fire Dept.
Shellfish Inspector
Dog Officer
Forest Committee
Forest Warden
Board of Appeals
Calendar
BOARD MEETINGS
SELECTMEN-Every Monday at 7:00 P. M. Telephone 2-5416.
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE-Every Monday following Selectmen's Meeting. Telephone 2-5416.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-Second Tuesday at 7:30 P.M. Telephone 3-1241. SEWER and WATER COMMISSIONERS-Every Thursday at 7:00 P.M. Telephone 3-8531.
BUILDING INSPECTOR-Business transacted in Assessors' Office daily from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. Monday to Friday. Saturdays 9:00 A.M. to 12 Noon.
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT-Office located at Town Yard, Rotch Street, and is open 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. Monday to Friday. Saturdays 9:00 A.M. to 12 Noon.
THOSE OFFICERS NOT MAINTAINING OFFICE HOURS IN THE TOWN HALL MAY BE REACHED AS FOLLOWS:
SHELLFISH INSPECTOR: 163 Main St., Fairhaven. Telephone 9-6367.
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS and DOG OFFICER: 138 Alden Road Fairhaven. Telephone 2-1561.
SLAUGHTER INSPECTOR: 373 Alden Road, Fairhaven. Telephone 2-3557.
INSPECTOR OF WIRES: 110 Green Street, Fairhaven. Telephone 3-1963. SEALER OF WEIGHTS and MEASURES: 38 Rotch Street, Fairhaven. Telephone 5-7762.
INSPECTOR OF PETROLEUM : 11 Bridge Street, Fairhaven. Telephone 2-0125.
TREE WARDEN : 134 Bridge Street, Fairhaven. Telephone 3-0866. WHARFINGER: 3 Cowen Street, Fairhaven.
PARK COMMISSIONERS: Call Kenneth R. Vining, 41 Fort Street, Fairhaven. Telephone 6-8465.
Directory of Town Officers
LEGISLATIVE STUART M. BRIGGS - Moderator
Term expires 1953
Finance Committee At Large
Frederick J. Hayward
William C. Brennan
F. Eben Brown
Precinct 1
Fred A. Hubbard
Jack B. Hirschmann, Chairman
Eliot Mowat
Term expires 1953 Term expires 1954 Term expires 1955
Precinct 2
John B. Humphreys Webster Wilde John A. Murley
Term expires 1953
Term expires 1954 Term expires 1955
Precinct 3
James J. Medeiros Walter J. Borowicz, Secretary
Term expires 1953
Gilbert Vieira
Term expires 1954 Term expires 1955
Precinct 4
Term expires 1953
Augustus H. Xavier Eldred E. Besse Clarence I. Bangs
Term expires 1954 Term expires 1955
Precinct 5
Harry D. Bridges, Jr. Joseph H. Mckenzie Marinus VanderPol
Term expires 1953
Term expires 1954 Term expires 1955
ADMINISTRATIVE (Elective Officials Designated by Capital Letters)
BOARD OF SELECTMEN
DR. HAROLD E. KERWIN Term expires 1953
WALTER SILVEIRA, Chairman Claudia I. Schiller Addie M. Stowell
CHARLES W KNOWLTON Term expires 1954 Term expires 1955 Secretary Assistant
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TOWN CLERK
MICHAEL J. O'LEARY Mabel E. Gammans
Term expires 1953 Assistant Town Clerk
TREASURER
MICHAEL J. O'LEARY Rose E. G. Keen
Term expires 1953 Statistical Clerk
TAX COLLECTOR
THOMAS J. MCDERMOTT Term expires 1953 Helen M. Westgate Assistant to the Tax Collector
DEPUTY TAX COLLECTOR John F. Hennessey TOWN ACCOUNTANT Irva M. Bushnell ASSESSORS
CHRISTOPHER J. BIRTWISTLE CLARENCE A. TERRY
SUSAN B. VINCENS
Term expires 1953 Term expires 1954 Term expires 1955
BOARD OF HEALTH
CLARENCE A. TERRY
DR. C. E. P. THOMPSON
Term expires 1953 Term expires 1954
DR. FILBERT A. SILVEIRA, Agent Term expires 1955
TOWN PHYSICIAN
Dr. C. E. P. Thompson HEALTH AND SANITATION
Dr. Edward J. Mee Grace E. Smalley, R.N. John M. Reilly Eben P. Hirst
Dentist District Nurse Plumbing Inspector Associate Plumbing Inspector
SHELLFISH INSPECTOR Tracy W. Marks INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS Samuel C. Barrett DOG OFFICER Samuel C. Barrett
SLAUGHTER INSPECTOR Henry Stevens
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SEWER AND WATER COMMISSIONERS
JOHN M. REILLY LAWRENCE B. MAXFIELD
Term expires 1953
Term expires 1954
G. WINSTON VALENTINE
Term expires 1955
Elizabeth H. Church
Clerk
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
HAROLD S. MACOMBER, JR.
Term expires 1953
EDITH M. MOORE
Term expires 1953
ALBERT M. GONSALVES
Term expires 1954
WALDO E. HAYDON
Term expires 1954
CLARENCE E. MAGUIRE
Term expires 1955
DAVID W. FITZGERALD
Flavel M. Gifford
Beatrice M. DeCoffe
Elinor R. Dobson
Term expires 1955 Superintendent Secretary to the Superintendent Clerk
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
GEORGE A. SELLEY
Term expires 1953
DOROTHY S. KEARNS, Chairman
Term expires 1954
JAMES F. MURRAY
Michael J. O'Leary
Term expires 1955 Town Clerk
SAFETY COUNCIL
Norman D. Shurtleff E. Cooper Jacques
CHIEF OF POLICE DEPARTMENT Norman D. Shurtleff BOARD OF FIRE ENGINEERS
Frank Rogers Audell W. Monk
Augustus H. Xavier Harold S. Macomber, Jr. Lindsey S. Gifford
CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT AND SUPERINTENDENT OF FIRE ALARM Frank Rogers CIVIL DEFENSE
Dr. Arthur J. Mullen Patricia O'Brien Catherine Bernard
Director Clerk Clerk
INSPECTOR OF WIRES Clifton A. Hacker
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ASSOCIATE INSPECTOR OF WIRES John C. Avila
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Charles P. Thatcher INSPECTOR OF PETROLEUM Augustus H. Xavier
AUDITORS
BRADFORD C. TERRY
Term expires 1953
HAROLD B. DENNIE
Term expires 1954
EDWARD B. SHURTLEFF
Term expires 1955
COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS
CHARLES RADCLIFFE, JR.
Term expires 1953
BRADFORD W. LUTHER
Term expires 1954
ORRIN B. CARPENTER
Term expires 1955
BOARD OF RETIREMENT
Helen M. Westgate
Claudia I. Schiller
Irva M. Bushnell
George A. Greene
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
DR. HAROLD E. KERWIN
Term expires 1953
CHARLES W. KNOWLTON
Term expires 1954
WALTER SILVEIRA
Term expires 1955
Claudia I. Schiller
Marion D. Candage
Edith B. Horne
Edith S. Alden
Doris S. Terry
Clara S. Durfee
Social Work Supervisor Social Worker Social Worker Senior Clerk-Typist Junior Clerk-Typist Junior Clerk-Typist
PLANNING BOARD
HERBERT L. CANDAGE
Term expires 1953
GEORGE A. STEELE
Term expires 1953
CHARLES R. DUGDALE
Term expires 1954
JAMES PARKINSON
Term expires 1954
ALFRED RAPHAEL
Term expires 1955
WILLIAM TALLMAN
Term expires 1955
ARSENE G. DUVAL
Term expires 1956
KENNETH R. VINING
Term expires 1956
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BOARD OF APPEALS
Henry T. Howard
Term expires 1953
Warren Thompson
Term expires 1954
Rudolph Brenneke
Term expires 1954 Term expires 1951
Joseph A. Walker
Stanley Packard
Term expires 1956
Wendell T. Eldridge
William C. Brennan
Term expires 1956 Term expires 1957
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Ellsworth M. Burgess
Thomas R. Thomas
Superintendent Clerk
BUILDING DEPARTMENT
Ellsworth M. Burgess Building Inspector Clerk
TREE WARDEN AND MOTH SUPERINTENDENT
JOHN JARVIS Term expires 1953
PARK COMMISSIONERS
JOSEPH G. MELLO
ERNEST TRIPANIER
KENNETH R. VINING
Term expires 1953 Term expires 1954 Term expires 1955
TOWN FOREST COMMITTEE
Mabel L. Potter Wallace B. Baylies
Kenneth R. Vining
Term expires 1953 Term expires 1954 Term expires 1955
WHARFINGER Frank J. Cunniff MEASURER OF WOOD AND BARK Ellsworth M. Burgess
FIELD DRIVER Michael Kerns
FENCE VIEWERS
Clarence A. Terry
Christopher J. Birtwistle
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Susan B. Vincens
OFFICERS OF FEDERAL, STATE AND COUNTY GOVERNMENTS
Senators in Congress
Leverett Saltonstall Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
Representative in Congress Ninth Congressional District
Donald W. Nicholson
GOVERNMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH
Governor Lieutenant Governor
Paul A. Dever Charles F. Jeff Sullivan
Governor's Councillor, First Councilor District
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Treasurer and Receiver General
Joseph P. Clark, Jr. Edward J. Cronin John E. Hurley Francis E. Kelly
Attorney General
Senator, Third Bristol District
Edward C. Peirce
Representative, Ninth Bristol District F. Eben Brown
BRISTOL COUNTY GOVERNMENT
Commissioners
Sheriff Register of Deeds Treasurer District Attorney
Leo H. Coughlin Arthur R. Machado Charles A. Frates Patrick H. Dupuis Lawrence W. Caton Ernest W. Kilroy Maurice M. Lyons
LOCAL JUDICIARY
Third District Court of Bristol :
Justice
Special Justice
Special Justice
Clerk
Assistant Clerk
Second Assistant Clerk
Court Officer
Chief Probation Officer
Assistant Probation Officers
Juvenile Probation Officer
August C. Taveira Samuel Barnet George H. Potter Walter R. Mitchell Mary E. Bannister Daisy L. Putz William S. Downey George D. Cram Alfred F. Dunham Anthony M. Lima Albert J. Moquin
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The Selectmen's Message
The Board of Selectmen and the Board of Public Wel- fare organized with Walter Silveira as chairman and Dr. Harold E. Kerwin as clerk. Dr. Kerwin, who served for two years previous as Veterans' Agent consented to con- tinue in that capacity. The third member, Mr. Charles W. Knowlton, to serve on both Boards.
Financial Condition
The financial Balance Sheet on December 31, 1952 shows Surplus Revenue, or free cash, of $135,503.27. Votes of the Annual and Special Town Meetings drew from the surplus fund for Reconstruction of Roads, Fire Ladder Truck, the Millicent Library, Civil Defense and the Fire Department. A total of $20,889.32 was added to it at the close of business from unexpended appropriation balances. Bonded debt was increased by a net of $30,000.00 due to the school building program.
School Building
Greatest expenditure this year was for school build- ing, as additions to both Oxford and East Fairhaven schools were completed, thereby adding to our educational institu- tions two very fine examples of architecture and workman- ship, and alleviating for the time being overcrowded con- ditions in the elementary schools. Land adiacent to the Oxford School was transferred to the jurisdiction of the School Committee. The town will vote on the purchase of land for the purpose of erecting a junior high school at the Annual Town Meeting of 1953.
Road Construction
The widening and reconstruction program on Sconticut Neck Road was continued from Manhattan Avenue north to the curve approaching the railroad bridge. The ques- tion of abandonment of the railroad is expected to be set- tled during the coming year, which will make possible work from Washington Street south to the curve. Main Street from Wood Street north to Coggeshall has been recon- structed and has greatly improved this section, which has been poor for a good many years.
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Town Hall
The Town Hall was repaired on the front exterior above the arches by removal and replacement of brickwork to eliminate a bulge caused by seepage from drain pipes within the wall. The contract was awarded to Sullivan & Foster, who completed the job in a first-class manner. Necessary roof repairs were made by J. H. Duggan & Son Roofing Company.
Complete redecoration of the auditorium and first and second floor hallways was carried out under con- tract to Mr. George DeFelice, an artist-painter of renown. This has been done in a fine manner and he has done far more than the contract called for. Members of the Fair- haven Improvement Association inspected the work and in their annual report noted "In July we inspected the restoration inside of the Town Hall and suggested chan- ges and improvements - wonderful art-work by a com- petent artist". The opinion of Mr. William Tallman, arch- itect, is set forth in his report to the Board as follows: "Con- sidering that the overall obligation of the contractor was to design as well as to do all work from repairs to complete finish, I believe the town has little or no ground for com- plaint as to quality, and certainly none as to quantity".
A new lighting circuit of proper voltage is contem- plated for the building in the coming year to replace the 50-year old circuit which is overloaded.
Reorganization of Departments
Evidence of the continued growth of the town is borne out by the volume of business carried on in the Town Hall each day. This is particularly true in the office in which both the Selectmen's and Public Welfare work has been conducted for years. No longer is it feasible for these department to be combined. The increase in the Public Welfare, both in case-load and administrative detail, make mandatory more personnel if all requirements of the Fed- eral and State Governments are to be met. Failure to con- form could result in withholding of Federal reimbursement. Approximately forty percent of adminstrative costs are re- imbursed the town, a factor which must be considered in increasing the staff. We propose to reorganize and to find separate quarters for the Public Welfare Department. To
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do this it will be necessary to hire three additional persons, one for the Selectmen's Department and two for the Public Welfare. It is our considered opinion that the best inter- ests of the town can be served thereby.
Town Accountant
The Annual Town Meeting voted to accept the law which empowered the Selectmen to employ a Town Ac- countant. Mrs. Irva M. Bushnell was appointed in May on a part-time basis and has discharged her duties in a cap- able manner from her office built into the banquet hall.
Traffic Regulations
After long negotiations with the Department of Public Works of Massachusetts traffic signal lights were installed at Middle Street.
WALTER SILVEIRA CHARLES W. KNOWLTON DR. HAROLD E. KERWIN
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TOWN ACCOUNTANT BALANCE SHEET DECEMBER 31, 1952
Town Accountant BALANCE SHEET - DECEMBER 31, 1952
GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash
General
$442,589.29 25.00
County Hospital Overestimate
218.80
Tax Title Receipts Reserved
963.10
Sale of Real Estate Fund
5,854.81
Accounts Receivable
Taxes
Levy of 1950
Real Estate
04
Levy of 1951
Sewer Connections
1,703.11
Personal
24.00 224.81
Sidewalks
52.66
Real Estate
11,331.35
Water Connections
1,026.39
2,782.16
Levy of 1952
Old Age Assistance Recoveries Trust Funds-Income
5.140.20
Poll
188.00
Personal
2,542.37
Julia A. Stoddard Charity Fund
1,899.21
Real Estate
41,276.08
Andrus Spriit Charity Fund 838.79
Anna B. Trowbridge Fund 90.00
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
2,828.00
Levy of 1951
57.89
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
20,286.12
Levy of 1952
10,828.31
10,886.20
Overlay-Reserved for Abatements Levy of 1951
3,995.93
County Tax Overestimate
$3,258.33
Petty
$442,614.29
Tailings Collectors Unidentified Receipts
360.64
27.16
Lady Fairhaven Gift
551.59
Deposits
Poll
11,580.16
44,006.45
Tax Titles Tax Possessions
28,106.63 14,554.01
Revenue-Reserved until collected Motor Vehicle Excise 10,886.20
Departmental
Town Hall
105.00
Sewer
22.95
Sidewalks
76.98
Federal Grants
Aid to Dependent Children
3,085.99
Aid to Dependent Children
13,752.23
Old Age Assistance
1,669.47
Aid to Dependent Children-Adm. 695.95
Veterans Benefits
2,558.98
Old Age Assistance 6,836.06
School
288.20
Shellfish
90.00
School Lunch and Athletic Program
Union Wharf
1,106.12
Water
726.39
High School Lunch 3,194.81
9,730.08
High School Athletic 1,207.48
Water Rates
1,534.84
5,339.09
Water Services
56.95
Unexpended Balances
241,410.34
1,591.79
Surplus Revenue
191,089.88
Overlay 1952
5,569.18
Chapter 90 Maintenance
1,456.22
School Premium Loan
80.00
Blue Cross
84.05
$570,259.10
$570,259.10
42,660.64
Tax Titles and Tax Possessions Departmental Water
42,660.64
9,730.08
1,591.79
64,868.71
21,284.24
Elementary School Lunch 936.80
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$868,000.00
Fire Department Equipment Loan $10,000.00
Water System Loan 98,000.00
65,000.00
$868,000.00
$868,000.00
TRUST, RETIREMENT AND INVESTMENT FUNDS
Trust, Retirement, Investment Funds $799,032.67
James Ricketts Charity Fund
$1,430.66
Julia A. Stoddard Charity Fund
22,162.90
Hannah Chadwick Fund 500.00
Andrus Spriit Charity Fund 10,000.00
H. H. Rogers Elementary School Fund
112,465.12
Abner Pease School Fund
7,558.12
E. Anthony Jr. School Fund
10,000.00
Anna B. Trowbridge Fund
6,240.77
Pension Accumulation Fund
26,819.78
Annuity Savings Fund 42,393.74
Expense Fund
211.52
Annuity Reserve Fund
6,198.95
Undistributed Income
1,801.69
Military Service
751.33
Post War Rehabilitation Fund
51,701.18
Rogers Family High School Fund
495,387.30
School Funds
3,409.61
$799,032.67
$799,032.67
Sconticut Neck Water Loan School Additions Loan 695,000.00
SOURCE OF THE 1952 REVENUE DOLLAR
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
14.20%
SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION LOAN 33 31 % $ 680,000.00
289,998.18
STATE
TAXES
9.70% $ 198,112.55
REAL, POLLE PERSONAL TAXES
33.47 % $ 683,389.61
LICENSES
0.49 %
$ 9.974.50
DEPARTMENTAL
0.82 %
16,763.99
WATER AND WHARF
0.84 %
17, 199.37
SCHOOLS
1.28 % 25,903.49
INTEREST
1.29 % 26,208.27
STATE & COUNTY HIGHWAYS
1.37 %
28,092.86
EXCISE TAXES, TAX TITLES
3.23 %
66,026.65
HOW THE 1952 REVENUE DOLLAR WAS SPENT
PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
19.48 % $ 384,585.80
HIGHWAYS 8.78% +173,223.69
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY 8.24% $ 162,567.15
HEALTH & SANITATION 4.67% $ 92.127.58
SCHOOLS
46 08% ៛ 909,869.10 ·
LIBRARY
0.99 %
$ 19.611.00
PARKS AND UNCLASSIFIED
1 26 %
24,822. 70
WATER AND WHARF
1.74 %
34,260.39
STATE & COUNTY TAXES
1.97 %
38,826.20
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
3.38 %
66. 725.54
DEBT AND INTEREST
3.41 %
67,292.86
ANALYSIS OF RECEIPTS TAXES
Current Year
Poll
$6,682.00
Personal
54,415.63
Real Estate
578,631.34
Motor Vehicle Excise
50,701.48
Vessel Excise
1,851.17
Sewer Assessments
103.40
$692,385.02
Previous Years
Poll
64.00
Personal
1,927.90
Real Estate
41,668.74
Tax Title Redemptions
627.67
Tax Possessions
1,688.14
Motor Vehicle Excise
11,054.79
57,031.24
From State
Income Tax
118,574.79
Corporation Tax
68,424.44
Meal Tax Old Age Assistance
11,113.32
Marine Fisheries
600.00
198,712.55
LICENSES AND PERMITS
Liquor
5,205.00
Pedlars
32.00
Sunday Entertainment
1,185.00
Shellfish
800.00
All Other
2,752.50
9,974.50
FINES AND FORFEITS
Court Fines
205.00
GRANTS AND GIFTS
Federal Government
For Old Age Assistance
107,399.30
For Aid to Dependent Children 14,061.95
For Disability Assistance
3,864.16
125,325.41
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State
Vocational Education
3,805.13
School Aid, Chapter 70
3,510.00
School Building
1,000.00
High School Tuition and Transportation
3,452.69
11,767.82
County
Dog Tax Rebate
2,117.60
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Treasurer
15.02
Collector
3.92
Selectmen
548.63
Town Clerk
2,338.49
Town Hall
1,165.00
4,071.06
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Planning and Appeal
31.00
Police
163.00
Fire
353.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
313.30
Inspection of Buildings
411.00
Dog Officer
6.00
1,277.30
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Health
Dental Clinic
139.90
Tuberculosis
1,021.35
1,161.25
Sanitation
Sewer Connections
4,557.30
Other
20.89
Water Connections
2,338.44
6,916.63
HIGHWAY
New Sidewalks
2,029.85
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Joint Construction State County Maintenance State
12,105.78
14,987.08
1,000.00
30,122.71
PUBLIC WELFARE
Reimbursements for Temporary Aid
State Cities and Towns
7,998.47
37.50
4417.32 361865
8,035.97
Reimbursements for Aid to Dependent Children State.
9,951.52
Reimbursements for Old Age Assistance
State
107,484.82
Cities and Towns
21,226.27
Individuals
3,471.73
132,182.82
VETERANS' BENEFITS
Reimbursements from State 11,127.66
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE
Reimbursements from State
3,374.80
SCHOOLS
Tuition, State Wards
14,043.59 .75
Sale of Books and Supplies
All Other
91.33
14,135.67
SCHOOL LUNCH AND ATHLETIC PROGRAM
Elementary School Lunch 5,615.21
High School Lunch
32,291.21 4,389.71
High School Athletic
42,296.13
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UNCLASSIFIED
Town Property Sale of Real Estate Fish Grants
77.75
3,215.00
45.00
3,337.75
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE
Water Department
Water Rates
9,773.99
Water Services
1,872.12
11,646.11
Union Wharf
Rental of Space
4,613.26
Fish Sheds
240.00
Wharfage
700.00
5,553.26
DEPOSITS
Sewer
5,631.21
Sidewalks
1,051.25
Water
·4,379.00
11,061.46
MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS
School Addition Loan
80,000.00
Premium
108.80
Revenue Loan
150,000.00
230,108.80
INTEREST
On School Loan
1,784.15
On Deferred Taxes
1,916.11
On Tax Title Redeemed
46.87
On Treasury Bills
3,923.00
On Charity Funds
1,265.03
On School Funds
16,624.14
On Retirement Funds
625.00
Committed Interest
23.97
26,208.27
25.
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT
County Dog Licenses
2,944.90
Federal Withholding Taxes
60,054.03
Massachusetts Hospital Service
5,421.60
Retirement Funds
9,165.50
Anna B. Trowbridge Fund
240.77
77,826.80
REFUNDS
General Departments
13,071.47
Gas Tax
59.89
Insurance Dividend
131.10
Water Connections
985.42
14,247.88
$1,742,162.99
Cash on hand December 1, 1952
982,901.43
$2,725,064.42
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ANALYSIS OF PAYMENTS GENERAL GOVERNMENT LEGISLATIVE
Salary of Moderator
$50.00
Salary of Auditors
300.00
350.00
SELECTMEN
Salaries and Wages
Selectmen
2,100.00
Clerk
1,278.19
Secretary
1,038.70
Other Expenses
Stationery and Postage
11.32
Printing and Advertising
1,983.83
Travel Expenses
310.00
Office Supplies
59.84
All Other
207.87
6,989.75
TOWN TREASURER
Salaries and Wages
Treasurer
3,082.50
Clerks
2,066.40
Other Expenses
Office Supplies
212.07
Stationery and Postage
227.52
Printing and Advertising
315.16
Travel Expense
38.47
Telephone
138.42
Surety Bond Insurance
324.85
All Other
25.25
6,430.64
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Salary
813.65
Other Expenses
Printing and Advertising
147.75
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Office Expense Plans and All Other
64.65 400.00
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