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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE TOWN OF
DIGHTON
Year Ending December 31, 1939
DIGHTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
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OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE TOWN OF
DIGHTON
Year Ending December 31, 1939
TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1939
SELECTMEN, BOARD OF WELFARE AND BOARD OF HEALTH GEORGE B. GLIDDEN, Chairman P. O. North Dighton, Mass .- Telephone Dighton 2381 LYMAN E. BRIGGS, P. O. No. Dighton, Mass. Telephone Dighton 3593 JOHN BOLGER, P. O. Dighton, Mass. Telephone Dighton 3451
TOWN CLERK, TREASURER and AGENT OF BOARD OF HEALTH DWIGHT F. LANE, P. O. Address, Segreganset, Mass. Telephone Dighton 2931
AUDITOR CLAYTON H. ATWOOD, P. O. Segreganset, Mass. Telephone Dighton 3442
TAX COLLECTOR DAVID A. BUFFINGTON, P. O. Segreganset, Mass. Telephone Dighton 2771
ASSESSORS WALTER HAMPTON, Chairman P. O. Segreganset, Mass .- Telephone Dighton 3241 FRANK R. O'CONNELL, P. O. No. Dighton, Mass. Telephone 2236-W Taunton ARTHUR F. SPRAGUE. P. O. Dighton, Mass. Telephone Dighton 2321
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS LYMAN E. BRIGGS, P. O. No. Dighton, Mass. Telephone 1152 Taunton or Dighton 3593
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES JOHN R. INGHAM, P. O. No. Dighton, Mass. Telephone 2035-W Taunton
FINANCE COMMITTEE JOSEPH K. MILLIKEN, Chairman J. WILLIS ANDREWS VIRIATO MONTERIO
JOSEPH P. DUPONT EDWIN R. WYETH
HENRY LINCOLN NORMAN S. BOWEN
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE ROY F. WALKER, Chairman, No. Dighton, Mass LELAND BULLARD, Segreganset, Mass.
H. JUDSON ROBINSON, Segreganset, Mass. FRANK C. DUTRA, Dighton, Mass. CLARA L. WYETH, Segreganset, Mass. TRENOR GOODELL, Dighton, Mass.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS NORMAN D. BAILEY, P. O. No. Dighton, Mass. Telephone 505-W Taunton
TOWN NURSE MRS. LEILA P. HOARD, R.N. Telephone Dighton 2141
MOTH SUPERINTENDENT *GEORGE E. HATHAWAY P. O. No. Dighton, Mass. 1
TREE WARDEN HENRY P. GOFF Telephone 1484-R_2 Taunton
FOREST FIRE WARDEN JOHN W. SYNAN, P. O. No. Dighton Telephone 180 Taunton or 2812 Taunton
CHIEFS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT (Dighton) WENDELL B. CAREY P. O. Dighton, Telephone Dighton 3421 (North Dighton) JOHN W. SYNAN, P. O. North Dighton Telephone 180 Taunton or 2812 Taunton
CHIEF OF POLICE JOHN W. SYNAN, P. O. North Dighton Telephone 180 Taunton or 2812 Taunton
* Deceased
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BOARD OF SELECTMAN
To the Citizens of Dighton:
While last year we showed a deficit of over six thous- and dollars, this year we have kept within the amount of appropriations ending the year with a credit balance of nearly two thousand dollars. This has been accomp- lished through the desire of each department to keep well within its appropriation and while there were over- drafts notably in the Welfare Departments, the total amount appropriated more than covered all overdrafts. We hope that this policy will prevail in 1940 with like results.
Pleasant Street in the district flooded during the hur- ricane of last year is in very poor condition and we have reason to believe that the State and the County will assist in putting this street in a good state of repair. Appli- cation for such assistance has already been made and we understand that should this come through we will be able to give much of the work to those in our Town who are unemployed.
The Dighton_Berkley Bridge should be painted in 1940. The original job of painting at the time the bridge was motorized has not withstood the weather as well as might be expected and we have brought this fact to the attention of both the State and the County. If the bridge is painted before it gets in worse condition it will save money in the future and we shall ask for an appropria- tion for this purpose trusting that the State Department of Public Works and the County Commissioners will vote to do likewise.
Negotiations are still in progress with reference to. water in the South part of the Town. There are many points of law, engineering and financing which are still to be ironed out, all of which take more time than would
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appear necessary to the casual observer.
Again we wish to express our appreciation for the whole hearted support and co-operation we have had from all Town Officers, Committees and Employees without which the standing of our Town would not be what it is today.
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JURY LIST - DIGHTON, MASS. 1939-1940
Name Occupation
Angell, Edgar L., Farmer
Atwood, Ernest H., Mill Worker
Barrow, Thomas Jr., Machinist Borges, Seth, Carpenter's helper Bradley, Norman, Shipper Carr, Louis H., Farmer Crawforl, Aubrey A., Mill Worker Enos, John A. Jr., Trucking Glynn, John T., Painter Gordon, Carl P., Automobiles Hathaway, Donald B., Carpenter Hathaway, Harry S., Retired Hathaway, Roy W., Bookkeeper Hoard, Luther B., Textile Ov's'r Hornby, Benjamin, Salesman Ingalls, Lyle C., Watchman Knott, Walter, Folder Marble, S. Palmer, Farmer Mendoza, Frank, Farmer Oldmixon, E. Roland, Farmer Paull, Frank A., Textile Worker Perry, Gene, Truck Driver Phillips. Russell H., Automobiles Pike, Roy E., Teacher Perry, Harold A., Mill Worker Sherman, Milton A., Mason Silvia, Anthony N., Truck Driver Simmons, Charles A., Farmer Smith. Frank H .. Chemist Asst Smith, Fred, Textile Foreman Tew, George W., Retired Townsend, Robert V .. O'ler Wall, Fred J., Cloth Folder Waterson, Edgar W., Textile wkr Wood, Lewis E., Painter
Residence Post Office 648 Winthrop St., No. Dighton Somerset Ave., Segreganset Mt. Hope St., No. Dighton
Pleasant St., Dighton
117 School St., No. Dighton Elm St., Dighton 66 Spring St., No. Dighton Pleasant St., Dighton
School St., No. Dighton
Lincoln Ave., No. Dighton Main St., Dighton
Pleasant St., Dighton
Centre St., No. Dighton
Somerset Ave., Segreganset
Pleasant St., Dighton
Centre St., Segreganset
53 Spring St., No. Dighton William St., No. Dighton
Elm St., Dighton Elm St., Dighton 30 Park St .. No. Dighton Somerset Ave., Dighton Pleasant St., Dighton
Chestnut St., No. Dighton
Lincoln Ave., No. Dighton Somerset Ave .. No. Dighton Main St., Dighton Elm St., Dighton
25 Bedford St., No. Dighton 104 Summer St., No. Dighton Pleasant St., Dighton
251 School St., No. Dighton Mt. Hope St., No. Dighton 395 Spring St., No. Dighton Centre St., No. Dighton
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Jurors Drawn
January 4-Francis Buckley, School St., Piper, Grand Jury, Taunton; Norman J. Cameron, Pearl St., Chemist, Criminal Jury; Lester M. Briggs, Main St., Trucker, Criminal Jury, Taunton.
January 12-Joseph P. Dupont, Williams St., Farmer; Louis E. Menard, Prospect St., Mill Worker. Tra- verse Jury, Taunton.
February 15- Frank S. Gracia, Somerset Ave., Mill Worker, Traverse Jury, Taunton.
March 8 Harold Meacock, Summer St., Mill Worker, Civil Jury, Fall River.
April 5-Lawrence Stafford, Chase St., Mill Worker, Traverse Jury, New Bedford.
August 23-Edgar W. Waterson, Spring St., Mill Worker, Civil Jury; S. Palmer Marble, Williams St., Farmer, Civil Jury, Fall River.
October 11-Benjamin Hornby, Pleasant St., Salesman Superior Court, Fall River.
December 13- Norman Bradley, School St., Shipper, Traverse Jury, Fall River.
Respectfully Submitted,
GEORGE B. GLIDDEN LYMAN E. BRIGGS JOHN BOLGER
Selectmen of Dighton.
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BOARD OF HEALTH
To the Citizens of Dighton:
Again we are pleased and fortunate to be able to re- port that the Town has been free from any epidemic during the past year. There has been one case of a rather unusual disease, Undulant Fever, which is caused by drinking raw milk from an infected cow. Pasteur- ized milk cannot carry the Undulant Fever Germ.
We have had a number of cases which from one cause or another have required hospitalization and because of these cases our Health appropriation was exceeded by a few hundred dollars.
For details of our Health service we refer to the report of our Town Nurse, Mrs. Leila P. Hoard, R. N., whose untiring work and constant vigilance have been most important factors in keeping the incident of disease at its present low figure.
Respectfully Submitted,
GEORGE B. GLIDDEN LYMAN E. BRIGGS JOHN BOLGER
Board of Health.
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REPORT OF TOWN NURSE
It is my pleasure to submit the following report for the year 1939. 1
There were very few contagious diseases reported to the Board of Health for the past year. Namely, one case of Measles, four cases of Chicken Pox, two cases of Whooping Cough, and one case of Undulant Fever.
Five hundred eighty-three nursing visits were made to patients with grippe, pneumonia, arthritis, infections, cancer, communicable diseases, and post operative cases. Forty-seven visits were made to prenatal patients. In- cluded in these visits is the teaching of daily hygiene, the necessity for early and constant medical care, and the required equipment and teaching the patient and the family to carry out the doctor's advice. Assistance was given at six deliveries and seventy-two visits were given to patients after delivery. Eighty-six visits were made to give nursing care to infants. Ten visits were made to a premature infant after it was discharged from the hospital. All parents are urged to have the births registered fully and accurately.
Inoculations, to protect against Diphtheria, were given to two hundred seventy-four children. Over half of these children were between the ages of six months and six years which is the time when they are most suscep- tible to Diphtheria. This necessitated holding five clinics in both North and South Dighton. Parents and teachers were most helpful in making this work most effective.
All children needing special orthopedic care were taken to the crippled childrens' clinic in Fall River. These children are all followed up from the clinic and the local board. The parents are instructed in home care
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and special exercises that may be needed. All reported cases of Tuberculosis are followed up and the contacts are taken to the Bristol County Sanatorium for X-rays and examinations. Visits were made to the State Cancer Clinic in Fall River with patients who needed care and special treatment. Other visits were made to other clinics as needed. Many patients were taken to Boston, Fall River and Taunton when special, and many times emergency care was imperative.
A nutritionist from the State Department of Public Health was in town four days visiting families where nutritional and budgetary advice was requested. This was of great assistance in helping to solve problems which involved the amount of money the family had as well as the number and ages of the children and the likes and dislikes of the family.
One hundred fifty-four Social Welfare Visits were made. Twenty-eight meetings attended in connection with Public Health and Welfare activities in various cities and towns.
Again I wish to thank all Town Officials and general public for their co-operation.
Respectfully Submitted,
LEILA P. HOARD, R.N. 1
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BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
To the Citzens of Dighton:
Thanks to our welfare agent Mr. Carl J. Bottomley, and our clerk Mrs. Rosabelle Menard Boucher, our wel- fare appropriation of $22,500.00 was exceeded by less than $1,400.00. To offset this there is due the Town from outside welfare sources about $1,900.00, but this reverts to the Town Treasury and cannot be applied di- rectly to the Welfare account. Likewise funds received from outside sources for Old Age Assistance and Aid to Dependent Children also revert to the Town Treasury with the exception of receipts from the Federal Govern- ment which are applied directly to those accounts.
The Bristol County Kennel Club through Mr. James J. Egan made its usual generous contribution at Christmas to our Welfare Department which enabled us to supply Christmas dinners and needed clothing together with toys and candy for the children to all those who were so unfortunate as to be unable to provide those things which make Christmas a day of rejoicing. We believe these gifts were thoroughly appreciated.
The sincere thanks of this Department and of the re- cipients were extended to the Kennel Club.
The report of Mr. Carl J. Bottomley our Welfare Agent follows.
To the Selectmen of the Town of Dighton:
The following is my report for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1939, as Agent of the Board of Public Welfare in Dighton.
I will not go into any detail as to financial statements regarding increase or decrease of the welfare costs in
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Dighton as you are already familiar with those items.
The Works Progress Administration gave employment to a small number of relief cases, and about the same number of cases who were certified as being in need of employment. When W. P. A. employees are laid off, a small proportion of them start looking for work, the others immediately apply for Welfare. I believe this is the most serious problem to be faced, not only in Digh- ton, but in all other towns and cities. The men who are physically able to work and do not care to do so should be brought into court and prosecuted if possible. The aid given these families constitute approximately 25% of the total Welfare cost.
The families who attempt to do farming on a small scale competing with the large truck farmers should realize after a number of years running up more bills year after year, that the taxpayers cannot afford to pay for their experiments. If they cannot make a profit they should get steady employment and keep off of Wel- fare. Also the families who have gardens and do not preserve or store away any part of produce for their needs in the winter time, must understand they should do so. More people are applying for Old Age Assistance. In 1939 there was a 23% increase in the case load. As near as I can estimate the case load may increase to about 60 persons in 1940. This increase is taking place all over the State. Dighton's case load is average. Some of the relatives of the persons applying for Old Age Assistance accuse the town officials for the so-called red tape. All investigations and forms that are made out are governed by laws and rules of the Federal Government and the State Department of Public Welfare and must comply with them, or aid cannot be granted.
Aid to Dependent Children has increased approxi- mately 18% with 13 families being aided, and may in-
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crease in 1940 to 15 families.
There has been a decrease in Welfare costs for 1939 over 1938 in spite of less W. P. A. employment and not much improvement in business conditions. If I have been concerned in reducing these costs it is due to the co-operation from the Selectmen, Mrs. Rosabelle Boucher the Clerk of the Town Office, Mrs. Leila Hoard the Town Nurse, and Mr. John Synan Chief of Police who has given a considerable amount of his time and knowledge to the Welfare Department.
Respectfully Submitted, CARL J. BOTTOMLEY Agent.
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DIGHTON PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT
To the citizens of the Town of Dighton I herewith submit my ninth report as librarian.
Total circulation of books and periodicals for the year ending December 31, 1939:
24,165
Adult
12,029
Youth's
10,143
Periodicals
1,993
Number of persons using reading room
1,567
Number of books repaired
1,055
Amount collected in fines
$41.22
Number State Reading Certificates awarded school children 186
The following books have been added during the year:
Reference
2 Travel 5
Science
3 History 9
Useful Arts
2
Biography
13
Fine Arts
2 Fiction
264
Literature
12
Respectfully submitted,
ROSE E. PALMER,
Librarian.
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BOARD OF ASSESSORS
We herewith submit to the Citizens of Dighton our annual report for the year 1939.
Expenditures
Town Appropriations
$141,774.10
1939 State Tax
10,260.00
1938 State Tax
5,141.51
Auditing
3.31
State Parks
185.98
Excess of Overlay
253.90
County Tax
6,217.43
Deficits
6,802.54
Overlay 1939
1,429.36
$172,068.13
Estimated Receipts
Income Tax
15,035.44
Corporation Tax
19,295.28
Motor Vehicle
6,300.00
Licenses
205.00
Fines
53.10
Co-operative Bank Interest
59.43
Sealer of Weights
36.67
Highways
7,142.06
Charities
6,000.00
Old Age Assistance
5,800.00
Aid Dependent Children
2,250.00
Schools
7,000.00
Library
37.96
Interest on Taxes
500.00
Veterans' Exemption
6.82
County Tax
13,33
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Free Cash
2,500.00
$72,235.09
Total to be raised
$99,833.04
$172,068.13
Valuation
Land
$542,410.00 2,165,716.00
Buildings
$2,708,126.00
Stock in Trade
$60,310.00
Machinery
12,200.00
Live Stock
53,430.00
Other Personal Property
180,915.00
Motor Vehicles
223,660.00
530,515.00
Total Valuation
$3,238,641.00
Tax on Real Estate. {
$88,014.23
Tax on Personal Property
9,972.81
Tax on Polls
1,846.00
Tax on Motor Vehicles
6,820.73
$106,653.77
Tax Rate per Thousand
1
$32.50
Number of Motor Vehicles
1,085
Number of Horses "
115
Number of Cows
387
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Number of Neat Cattle
76
Number of Swine
52
Number of Fowl
8,340
Number of Bulls
7
Number of Turkeys
20
Number of Oxen
2
Number of Sheep
2
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Number of Goats
15
Number of Acres of Land
12,928
Number of-Dwellings ----- 726
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Number of Polls Assessed
923
Electric Light District
Valuation
Personal Property
$218,535.00
Real Estate
714,515.00
$933,050.00
Tax-$3,033.42
Rate $3.25
Fire and Water District
Valuation
: Personal Property
$27,215.00
- Real Estate
1,121,846.00
$1,149,061.00
Tax-$2,470.48 Rate-$2.15 Value of Exempted Property under Chapter 59, Sec. 11. Real Estate $412,900.00
Personal Property 24,717.00
Town Property
206,200.00
$643,817.00
Respectfully submitted, WALTER HAMPTON FRANK R. O'CONNELL ARTHUR F. SPRAGUE
Assessors.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
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At the Annual Town Meeting held March 6, 1939, the following Town Officers were elected and qualified:
George B. Glidden was elected Moderator.
Selectmen for three years- John Bolger.
Board of Public Welfare for three years-John Bolger.
School Committee for three years-Leland F. Bullard. School Committee for three years-Roy F. Walker. Treasurer for one year- Dwight F. Lane.
Assessor for three years-Walter Hampton.
Tax Collector for one year-David A. Buffington.
Auditor for one year-Clayton H. Atwood.
Tree Warden for one year-Henry P. Goff.
Trustee of Public Library for three years-Edward D. Greenlaw. ;
Fish Wardens for one year-Clayton H. Atwood, George F. Hathaway, Dwight F. Lane.
Oyster Wardens for one year-Clayton H. Atwood George F. Hathaway, Dwight F. Lane.
Appropriations voted for the year:
High School Bonds $ 4,000.00
Interest' on Bonds 1,400.00
Welfare Department
22,500.00
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Dighton and Berkley Bridge
925.00
Library
1,300.00
General Government
10,300.00
Memorial Day
60.00
Old Age Assistance
9,500.00
Schools
63,699.18
Board of Health
4,500.00
Interest on Loans
200.00
Police Department
1,200.00
Street Department
4,200.00
Soldiers' Relief
1,500.00
State Aid
160.00
WPA Incidentals
1,000.00
School Water
625.00
Fire Department
1,538.00
Bristol County Tuberculosis Hospital
2,796.92
Gypsy Moth Control
750.00
Mosquito Control
120.00
Aid to Dependent Children
4,500.00
Deficits in 1938 or Overdrafts
12,197.95
To be a Reserve Account
5,000.00
Voted: That the pay for labor on Highways be at the rate of $2.50 per day of eight hours.
Voted: That the reports of the Town Officials be ap- proved as printed except that $520.00 be added to School Budget, in the Annual Report of the. Town.
Voted: That the Selectmen be authorized to appoint all necessary Town Officials and Committees.
Voted: That the' Town Treasurer and Collector be bonded in the sum of $13,600 each.
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Voted: That the Town will grant the Collector of Taxes the authority in making collections possessed by a Town Treasurer.
Voted: That the Town authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1939 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Voted: (That the Dog Tax Refund be applied to the use of the Schools.
Voted: That the Town authorize the Selectmen to sell at public auction the properity, corner of Hart and Pleasant Streets formerly owned by William Blake, or to rent said property.
Voted: That the Town appropriates twenty eight hundred fifty dollars ($2,850.00) from the Highway Fund provided by Chapter 2 of the Acts of 1939, for any of the purposes authorized by said Chapter.
The following persons were appointed by the Select- men for the year 1939.
Finance Committee-Joseph K. Milliken, Chairman; J. Willis Andrews, Joseph P. Dupont, Henry Lincoln, Viriato Monterio, Norman S. Bowen, Edwin R. Wyeth.
Police Officers-John /W. Synan, Louis L: Ballou, John R. Ingham, John F. Synan, LeRoy Latimer, Elbert Cameron, Eric A. Christenson, Henry Burt, Harry Mc- Conville, Arthur F. Sprague, Clyde: W. Horton, Ray- mond A. Horton, Frank W. Buckley, Obe Gagner, Aus- tin Wheeler, Levite Carrier, Charles M. Gilbert, Wilson
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Reid, John J. McMann, Albert Reed, Everett B. Jones, Charles Mason, Earl M. Smith, Charles Broadbent, Charles A. Briggs, Ervin Barney, Benjamin Sherman, Jr., Wendell B. Carey, Everett W. Frazer, Maurice Boucher, William Mooney, William Lee, Harold Perry, Samuel Pine.
Constables-John W. Synan, Louis L. Ballou, Joseph K. Milliken, Jr., John Shea, Arthur Meacock, Clifford Wheeler, Hiram Sangster, Jason Johnson, Milton Sher- man, Willis Barlow, Walter Hamilton, Manuel S. Gra- cia, August P. White, Wallace F. Childs, Owen W. Sy- nan.
Automobile Dealers Licenses-Lassen & Babbitt, Carl P. Gorden, Jr.
Hairdressing Licenses-Mabel Deslauriers, Thelma Thompson.
Common Victualer's License-Max Silverberg.
Junk Dealer's License-Louis Sanders, Manuel Friz- ado, Jr.
Lord's Day Licenses-C. H. Babbitt, L. C. & Mar- guerite Ingalls, Medos Talbot, Massachusetts Good Hu- mor Inc.
Wines and Malt Beverages Licenses-Max Silverberg.
Gasoline Permit-Manuel Frizado, Jr.
Milk Licenses-Elliot F. Walker, William Burt, Helga Gorden, Mt. Hope Dairy, M. Araujo, Devine Milk Co., Martin & Sons, Elmer J. Wade, Marguerite Ingalls, Peter Kossoi, Andrews Store, Max Silverberg, No. Dighton Co- op. Association, Medos Talbot.
Pasteurizing Milk License-Elliot F. Walker.
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The following Dog Racing License was issued by the Commonwealth and filed with the Town Clerk.
Bristol County Kennel Club-June 17 - Aug. 14, 1939.
A special Town Meeting was held on December 29, 1939.
George B. Glidden was elected Moderator.
Voted: To dispense with the reading of the Warrant.
Voted: To transfer all unexpended balances to the Reserve Fund.
Voted: To transfer from the surplus Revenue Ac- count the following sums to pay overdrafts in the fol-
lowing departments:
General Government
$ 637.73
Fire Department
83.53
Board of Health
375.99
Welfare Department
1,357.98
Aid to Dependent Children
1,269.84
Old Age Assistance
1,512.51
W. P. A. Incidentals
451.31
Registrar of Voters for three years-Francis W. Buck- ley.
Milk Inspector-Peter F. Connolly.
Accident Compensation Agent-Walter Hampton.
Burial Agent-Walter Hampton.
Sealer of Weights and Measures-John R. Ingham.
Clerk of Board of Public Welfare, Board of Health, and Selectman-Bella Menard.
Chief of Police-John W. Synan.
Fence Viewers-Walter Hampton, Frank R. O'Con-
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nell, Arthur F. Sprague.
Field Drivers and Pound Keepers-Wendell B. Carey, Raymond Horton.
Forest Warden-John W. Synan.
Public Weighers-A. Chester Barber, Frank H. Booth- by, Norman Bradley, Frank G. Dutra, William F. Hatha- way, John A. Mather, Manuel Pacheco, Clifford Wake- field, Everett H. Waldron, Thomas L. Smith, Manuel Cardoza, Oswald F. Charlwood, Edward Sullivan, Abbott Wilson, Wendell Carey, Lester Lassen, Milton Chace, Walter Pilling.
Board of Health Agent-Dwight F. Lane.
Inspectors of Slaughtering-Arthur F. Sprague, George F. Hathaway.
Street Superintendent-Lyman E. Briggs.
Inspector of Animals-D. Thurber Wood.
Gypsy Moth Superintendent-George E. Hathaway. ...
The Regular Annual Town Meeting adjourned from March 6, 1939 to April 3, 1939 and to May 1, 1939 was called to order by George B. Glidden, Moderator ..
Voted: That the Town authorize the Assessors to use the available free cash in the surplus revenue account as of May 1, 1939 for the reduction of the 1939 Tax Levy.
Voted: That $840.00 be transferred from the Old Age Assistance appropriation to the Old Age Assistance Administration Account.
Voted: That $360.00 be transferred from the Aid to Dependent Children appropriation to the Aid to Depend -? . ent Children Administration Account.
The following licenses were granted for the year,.
Alcoholic Package Store License-Annie Mendoza.
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BIRTHS RECORDED DURING THE YEAR 1939
Date
Name
Jan. 5 David Edward Longton 5 George Robert Ingham
12 Wilma Ann Rose
17 David Ross Edwards®
22 Josephine Moniz Ferreira
22 Anne Marie Beaulieu
25 Caroline Rose
Feb. 4 Irene Susan Torres 10 Arthur Martin
10 James Francis Burton
12 Joseph D. Menoche
12 Thomas K. Webster, Jr.
12 William Sherman
23 Richard Lyons
24 Cynthia Ann Costa
24 Richard Alfred Menezes
24 Barbara Janet Chace
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