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Bernard E. shaw Do Carne
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN of CARVER
MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ending December 31 1937
Annual Town Meeting, March 7, 1938 at 8:45 a. m.
Linotyped, Printed and Bound by THE ROGERS PRINT Plymouth, Mass.
RESOLUTION
Whereas;
Circumstances of ill health caused our venerable and beloved townsman,
Mr. Henry S. Griffith,
to retire from the offices of Town Clerk, Treasurer and Collector of Taxes of Carver after serving for 44 years continuously as Town Clerk, and the last 32 years in the combined offices of Town Clerk, Treasurer and Collector of Taxes;
Therefore be it resolved;
That, we the citizens of Carver being in Town Meeting Assembled on this first day of March in the year of our Lord 1937, do here and now on the last day of his long term in the above mentioned offices, take recognition of what we believe to be a record in the Town of Carver, if not in the Commonwealth of Mr. Henry S. Griffith in having held public office for so long a term of years continuously. And be it again resolved;
That the sincere thanks of the Town and its heartfelt gratitude for the faithful services so honorably and unstintingly rendered, be extended to him by a rising vote of those present at this Town Meeting.
And be it further resolved;
That as we miss him at his accustomed place with us today, this resolution be inscribed upon the Minutes of this Town Meeting and a true copy be sent to him and his wife with the sincere wishes for the happiness and peace of mind he so justly deserves.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN of CARVER
MASSACHUSETTS
Ror the Year Ending December 31 1937
Annual Town Meeting, March 7, 1938 at 8:45 a. m.
Linotyped, Printed and Bound by THE ROGERS PRINT Plymouth, Mass.
Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2015
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Town of Carver
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OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES FOR THE YEAR 1937
Moderator-Frank E. Barrows.
Town Clerk, Treasurer and Collector of Taxes-Henry S. Griffith. (March 1, 1937) Jack L. Martin.
Auditors-Arthur G. Burbank, Harrison W. Jordan, Ken- neth E. Shaw.
Selectmen-Earl B. Ware (1938), Arthur W. Peterson (1939), Allen A. MacDonald, (resigned June 1, 1937), Bernard W. Roby (1940).
Board of Public Welfare-Selectmen.
Assessors-Arthur H. Wade (1938), William M. Shaw (1939), Ralph E. Washburn (1940).
School Committee-Clyde D. Griffith (1938) Eleanor L. Shaw (1939), Russell E. Shaw (1940).
Park Commissioners-James S. Mckay (1938), Frank E. Barrows (1939), Henry S. Griffith (1940 served until April 26, 1937), Levi T. Thomas (appointed to serve until 1938).
Cemetery Commissioners-Frank E. Barrows (1938) Ralph L. Linton (1939), James H. Peckham (1940).
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Library Trustees-Henry M. Shaw (1938), Marjorie E. Telfer (1938), Myrtle L. Atwood (1939), Viola Grif- fith (1939), Elthea E. Atwood (1940), William M. Shaw (1940).
Constables-Edwin E. Bisbee, William E. Holmes, Harry C. Morris.
Town Director-County Aid to Agriculture-Almira C. Holmes.
Field Drivers and Pound Keepers-Edwin E. Bisbee, Wil- liam E. Holmes, Harry C. Morris.
Fence Viewers-Jesse A. Holmes, Arthur W. Peterson, Herbert A. Stanly.
Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood-Frank H. Cole, Jesse A. Holmes, Frank F. Weston.
Tree Warden-John F. Tubman.
APPOINTED OFFICERS
Chief of Police-Myron H. Hayden.
Superintendent of Streets-Frank F. Weston.
Inspector of Animals-Hillery J. Bergman.
Inspector of Slaughtering-Edwin E. Bisbee.
Sealer of Weights and Measures-Edwin E. Bisbee.
Forest Warden and Gypsy Moth Superintendent-John F. Tubman.
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Special Police Officers-Alden Sissons, Middleboro, Rus- sell Dearborn, Robert Fogarty, Plymouth, Harry C. Morris, Ralph L. Linton, Edwin E. Bisbee, William E. Holmes, Chesley H. Knowlton, Walter L. Ellis, John W. Morse, Alex Carlson, Thomas L. Kenney, Merton T. Griffith.
Public Safety Committee-Myron H. Hayden, chairman, Neil D. Murray, Warren L. Chandler.
Finance Committee-Terms expire in 1938; John E. Johnson, Warren L. Chandler, William E. W. Vaughan, ¡Grace H. Burgess, Walter R. Carmichael. Terms ex- pire in 1939, Jesse A. Holmes, Jay A. Ward, Richard M. Smalley, Ernest W. Shaw, *Earl E. Boardway. Terms expire in 1940 Andrew F. Griffith, Almira C. Holmes, Eldred S. Mosher, Russell E. Appling, Frank H. Cole.
*Resigned, Ellis D. Atwood appointed March 29, 1937.
+Resigned, Edward S. Griffith appointed April 20, 1937.
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CONDITION OF THE TOWN TREASURY AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS DEC. 31, 1937
Assets
Cash
$26,638.82
Outstanding Taxes 1937
9,833.10
Outstanding Taxes 1936
480.93
Outstanding Excise Taxes 1937
1,054.93
Outstanding Excise Taxes 1936
88.92
Overdrafts
3,553.71
Chap. 81, (due from State)
36.27
Appropriations of Dec. 18
2,500.00
$44,186.68
Liabilities
Overlay 1937
$461.22
Overlay 1936
373.54
Overlay Reserve
1,572.25
Unexpended accounts
2,705.12
Florenz Pina account
315.50
Balance
38,759.05
$44,186.68
JACK L. MARTIN, Treasurer
KENNETH E. SHAW, HARRISON W. JORDAN, ARTHUR G. BURBANK, Auditors.
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TREASURER'S REPORT
HENRY S. GRIFFITH, Treasurer.
Dr.
1937
Jan. 1. Balance from 1936
$34,137.63
Received from Commonwealth :
Highways (contract 2762)
1,612.00
U. S. Grants, Old Age Assist, (assist.)
258.50
U. S. Grants, Old Age Assist. (admin.) 8.61
County of Plymouth, Dog Fund
269.44
Fourth District Court, fines
22.00
Town Clerk, Sporting Licences
Fees,
$7.25
Dog Licenses, fees
.20
Miscellaneous 1.00
8.45
Town Clerk, Dog Fund
1.80
Town Clerk, Sporting License fund
85.50
Town Clerk, Chattel Mortgage fees
2.00
W. E. W. Vaughan, Tr. Pratt school fund
59.69
Mrs. Robert E. Hill, Central Cemetery fund 15.00
E. S. Mosher, John Snow Cemetery fund 100.00
Hall Rent
2.50
Unidentified Receipts
4.43
Town Scraper
50.00
U. S. Army C. C. C., gravel
24.50
25.36
Tax Collector, Interest on Taxes Interest on Excise taxes
2.11
Excise Tax 1936
174.20
Excise Tax 1935
6.73
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Poll and Property Tax 1936 Poll and Property Tax 1935
1,675.79 77.17
$38,623.41
Cr.
Town Orders
$4,709.77
School Orders
2,334.85
Vocational Education
16.00
Div. of Fisheries and Game
85.50
Land Damage, Purchase St.
88.35
Excise Refunds
6.31
Balance Feb. 27, 1937
31,382.63
$38,623.41
JACK L. MARTIN, Treasurer
Dr.
1937
March 1 Balance from Henry S. Griffith $31,382.63
Received from Commonwealth :
Highways, Chap. 81
$10,013.70
Highways, Chap. 90
2,799.92
Income Taxes
9,633.82
Corporation Taxes, business
41.37
Corporation Taxes, Gas, Elec. Lt. etc. 1,656.11
Corp. Taxes, Gas, Elec. Lt., interest .56
Old Age Assistance
2,175.10
Temporary Aid
809.51
State Aid 70.00
School Supt., small Towns
644.45
Transportation High School Pupils 3,467.01
Tuition of Children
425.85
Loss of Taxes 194.50
Burial of Indigent person
40.00
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Public Health Subsidy 350.71 Aid to Independent Industrial schools 105.74
$32,428.35
U. S. Grant Old Age Assist. (assist.) $3,708.19
U. S. Grant Old Age Assist. (admin.) 123.56
$3,831.75
U. S. Grants Mothers' Aid 20.00
County of Plymouth, Purchase St. $1,399.95
Land Damage, Purchase St. 454.76
$1,854.71
Fourth District Court, fines
15.00
Myrtle L. Atwood, Library fines
10.07
Town Clerk, Marriage, fees
$42.00
Sporting Licenses, fees
27.25
Dog Licenses, fees
29.20
Miscellaneous fees 16.00
$114.45
Town Clerk, Dog fund
342.80
Town Clerk, Chattel Mortgage fees
3.50
Town Clerk, Sporting License fund
223.00
Rosa A. Cole, Library Fund
41.71
Wm. E. W. Vaughan, Tr. Pratt School Fund
78.55
Director of Standards, Pedlar's licenses
18.00
Sale of lead
3.48
Insurance Dividends
17.64
Sealer's fees, Weights & Measures
25.87
Cemetery bills, perpetual care
459.68
Tax Title Redeemed
79.42
Spraying bill
1.00
Town of Plymouth, schools
$24.00
Plympton, Use of scraper
20.00
Hanson, Use of scraper
39.38
Kingston, Use of scraper
27.50
Randolph, Old Age
70.00
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Provincetown, Old Age
68.34
Lakeville, Old Age
72.26
Middleboro, Old Age
22.50
$343.98
City of New Bedford, Old Age
$34.00
City of New Bedford
61.76
$95.76
¥
Arthur H. Wade, Central Cem. fund
$15.00
Ralph L. Linton, Lakenham Cemetery
fund
20.00
Eliza C. Dunham, Cemetery fund
100.00
Laura F. Atwood, Cemetery fund
100.00
$235.00
Milk Licenses
$6.75
Lord's Day permits
11.00
Gasoline Renewals
15.00
Victuallers' Licenses
12.00
Fireworks Permits
4.00
Oleomargarine Permits
.50
Pedlar's License
10.00
Garage License
10.00
Town Histories
13.25
Refunds
47.15
Exchange charge Florida check
.15
Andrew Lopes, medical care
31.00
Florenz Pina, care at Plymouth County Hospital
400.00
Michael Anthony, medical care
20.00
Recording Lease
1.00
A. D. Makepeace Co., repairing signal beacon
51.90
Tax Collector, Interest on Taxes
286.06
Interest on Excise
43.22
Demand fees
23.10
Excise Tax 1935
46.23
Excise Tax 1936
643.61
Excise Tax 1937
2,623.13
Poll and Property tax 1935
481.66
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Poll and Property tax 1936 Poll and Property tax 1937 Middleborough Trust Co., Revenue Loan
4,733.26
49,990.37
20,000.00
$151,130.69
Cr.
Town Orders
$61,043.46
School Orders
28,376.71
Vocational Education
103.40
Middleborough Trust Co., Revenue Loan
20,000.00
Division of Fisheries and Game
223.00
Cemetery Bills, Perpetual care
459.68
Rosa Cole Library fund
41.71
Check Books
4.00
Exchange charges-Florida check
.15
Excise Refunds
24.06
Land Damage Purchase St.
15.30
Director of Accounts-Note fee
2.00
County Tax
5,069.33
Benjamin Ellis School Loan-Notes
2,000.00
Benjamin Ellis School Loan-Interest
85.00
Revenue Loan, Interest
83.33
Plymouth County Hospital-Florenz Pina account
84.50
Central Cemetery Cemetery Fund
30.00
Lakenham Cemetery Cemetery Fund
20.00
Eliza C. Dunham Cemetery Fund
100.00
John Snow Cemetery Fund
100.00
George P. B. Atwood Cemetery Fund
100.00
State Tax
5,512.50
State-Auditing Town accounts
535.13
State-Parks and Reservations
68.52
State-Veterans Exemption
17.04
County of Plymouth-Dog fund
346.40
Mass. Dept. of Public Welfare
46.65
Balance Dec. 31, 1937
26,638.82
$151,130.69
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LIBRARY FUNDS
Bal.
Name
Bal. of Inc. Inc. for Exp. for Bal of Inc. Principal Jan. 1, 1937 Year Year Dec. 31
Rosa A. Cole
$1,000.00 $42.35 $31.49 $41.71 $32.13
M. P. S. Jowitt 100.00 10.83 2.78
13.61
$1,100.00 $53.18 $34.27 $41.71 $45.74
SARAH McFARLIN PARKWAY FUND
Dr.
1937
Jan. 1 Principal
$100.00
Bal. of Income
18.48
Inc. for year
2.97
$121.45
Cr.
Dec. 31
Dep. Middleboro
Savings Bank
$121.45
$121.45
LICENSES AND PERMITS
VICTUALLER'S ($3.00)
Harrison W. Jordan
Theo. Thomas
Walter R. Carmichael
C. G. Norcross
GASOLINE RENEWALS ($1.00)
Harrison W. Jordan
John O. Eaton
Walter R. Carmichael (2)
Lewis W. Jenney (2)
Walter L. Ellis
Arnold B. Adams
John B. Bourget
Roger Williams
Henry S. Pink (2)
Joseph Moreau
Emma E. Roby (2)
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OLEOMARGARINE PERMITS ($0.50) Henry S. Pink
FIREWORKS PERMITS ($1.00)
Henry S. Pink
Ernest Gonsalves
Walter R. Carmichael
Bernard W. Roby
LORD'S DAY PERMITS ($1.00)
John O. Eaton Walter R. Carmichael
Lewis W. Jenney
Emma E. Roby
Roger Williams
Ernest Gonsalves
John B. Bourget
Manuel Roberio
Harrison W. Jordan
Theo. Thomas
John Lobo
SALE OF LEAD
Arthur W. Peterson $2.28
Napoleon Dionne 1.20
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CONDITION OF CEMETERY FUNDS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1937
CENTRAL CEMETERY
Bal.
Name
Principal
Jan. 1 1937
year
year
Dec. 31st 1937
John B. Hatch
$100.00
$3.63
$3.13
$3.45
$3.31
Wilson Shaw
100.00
3.63
3.13
3.15
3.61
Clara M. Benson
100.00
1.25
3.05
1.25
3.05
E. L. Griffith
100.00
3.62
2.59
2.95
3.26
Issac Vaughan
200.00
6.58
5.19
5.75
6.02
Catharine L. Gray
75.00
2.64
2.33
2.40
2.57
Betsy C. Look
100.00
3.74
2.86
3.45
3.15
D. W. Nash
100.00
3.43
2.85
3.25
3.03
Isaac Shaw
100.00
3.55
3.13
3.25
3.43
Linus Shaw
100.00
3.83
2.86
3.50
3.19
Theodore T. Vaughan
200.00
14.99
6.48
14.85
6.62
L. A. F. Baker
150.00
5.35
4.69
5.00
5.04
Sarah S. Nash
100.00
3.63
3.13
3.20
3.56
John A. Thomas
100.00
3.58
2.59
3.50
2.67
Horatio A. Lucas
100.00
3.65
2.59
3.50
2.74
Eben S. Lucas
100.00
3.40
3.11
3.00
3.51
Aravesta B. Shaw
100.00
4.05
3.14
4.00
3.19
Thomas Vaughan
200.00
12.29
5.33
11.85
5.77
James A. Vaughan
200.00
6.69
5.19
6.50
5.38
Albert T. Shurtleff
200.00
6.65
5.19
6.00
5.84
Benjamin Shurtleff
100.00
3.91
2.60
3.55
2.96
John Snow
100.00
1.04
1.04
Central Cemetery
75.00
1.02
1.02
Fred A. Dimond
50.00
.77
1.94
.65
2.06
$2,850.00
$104.86
$79.16
$98.00
$86.02
LAKENHAM CEMETERY
Jennie E. Robbins
$100.00
$39.79
$4.21
$3.30
$40.70
Augustine Shurtleff
100.00
4.10
3.14
*3.95
3.29
Theron M. Cole
100.00
4.11
2.61
3.00
3.72
Morse & Dunham
200.00
25.45
6.80
3.60
28.65
Cobb & Barrows
100.00
5.79
3.19
3.90
5.08
N. M. Ransome
200.00
16.19
6.53
3.90
18.82
Edward W. King
100.00
5.45
2.64
2.70
5.39
Levi Cobb
100.00
1.81
3.07
3.90
.98
L. & A. R. Eames
100.00
4.57
2.61
3.60
3.58
Joseph R. Sherman
100.00
6.22
2.67
3.60
5.29
Joseph W. Sherman
100.00
4.23
2.87
3.60
3.50
Gustavus L. Swift
200.00
23.96
5.62
3.60
25.98
Mary A. Shurtleff
100.00
3.48
2.86
3.30
3.04
Henry Sherman
130.00
9.12
4.21
4.20
9.13
Joseph B. Rickard
150.00
17.59
5.06
4.20
18.45
L. Braddock
100.00
12.82
2.83
3.60
12.05
E. T. Stetson
200.00
262.26
13.97
17.10
259.13
Rosa A. Cole
1000.00
33.11
31.22
32.00
32.33
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Bal. of Inc. Inc. for Exp. for of Inc.
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Bal.
Bal. of Inc. Inc. for Exp. for of Inc.
Name
Principal
Jan. 1
year
year
Dec. 31st
1937
James Dunham
100.00
3.64
3.13
1.20
5.57
Chase & Barrows
100.00
5.67
3.19
1.20
7.66
George P. B. Atwood
100.00
.63
.63
Lakenham Cemetery
85.00
2.05
1.83
3.88
Timothy Cobb
50.00
1.42
1.55
2.97
$3,615.00 $492.83 $116.44 $109.45 $499.82
*$1.55 of this amount expended on lot in Central Cemetery.
UNION CEMETERY
Hannah P. Richards
$100.00
$73.10
$4.35
$5.00
$72.45
Rufus L. Richards
100.00
48.34
3.73
52.07
Irene A. Bent
100.00
20.93
3.03
23.96
Alexander Law
100.00
3.96
2.60
3.00
3.56
Eliza A. Bowers
200.00
10.81
5.29
2.80
13.30
Thomas B. Griffith
1000.00
336.76
38.41
48.58
326.59
Hannah B. Shaw
1000.00
40.52
26.16
66.68
Marcus Atwood
200.00
123.25
9.77
3.00
130.02
Charles W. Griffith
500.00
132.87
19.11
6.00
145.98
Philander W. Bump
100.00
35.46
4.09
6.00
33.55
Ellis Griffith
200.00
117.96
9.59
5.00
122.55
Albert W. Perkins
100.00
43.09
4.33
5.00
42.42
Joseph Pratt
500.00
556.67
31.92
9.30
579.29
Ebenezer Smith
100.00
17.47
2.94
5.00
15.41
John A. Winberg
100.00
3.51
3.13
5.00
1.64
Olive B. Leonard
100.00
46.56
4.41
6.00
44.97
Charles Donnelly
100.00
9.94
3.31
3.00
10.25
Sarah McFarlin
100.00
8.30
2.71
3.00
8.01
Stephen Atwood
200.00
19.26
6.26
5.00
20.88
John J. Barrows
100.00
8.87
3.27
5.00
7.14
Lucius Atwood
100.00
7.82
2.70
3.00
7.52
Frank F. Tillson
100.00
15.57
2.90
5.00
13.47
Clarence H. Knowlton
100.00
13.99
3.43
3.00
14.42
Wilfred A. Tillson
100.00
11.44
2.79
5.00
9.23
Josiah W. Atwood
200.00
14.73
5.39
5.00
15.12
Oren Atwood
200.00
12.84
5.34
5.00
13.18
Lothrop A. Hayden
100.00
5.81
2.92
3.00
5.73
Samuel A. Shurtleff
200.00
13.51
5.90
9.00
10.46
Stillman Shaw
150.00
4.62
3.88
5.00
3.50
Samuel Shaw
150.00
4.98
3.88
5.00
3.86
Henry C. Washburn
100.00
12.01
3.38
3.00
12.39
Jane G. Burgess
100.00
12.51
3.39
3.00
12.90
Alfred M. Shaw Ephraim Griffith
100.00
10.48
3.33
3.00
10.81
Charles A. Perkins
200.00
16.54
5.44
3.00
18.98
A. Sampson Perkins
100.00
7.65
2.69
3.00
7.34
Henry M. Gammons
100.00
3.25
2.59
3.00
2.84
John S. Atwood
100.00
6.08
2.67
3.00
5.75
Andrew M. Bumpus
100.00
3.45
2.59
3.00
3.04
Alice G. Shaw
100.00
7.89
2.70
3.00
7.59
Mildred V. Wallace
100.00
6.33
2.67
3.00
6.00
Ellis D. Atwood
200.00
20.95
6.66
2.00
25.61
Alton H. Griffith
100.00
2.40
3.08
3.00
2.48
100.00
3.30
3.11
4.00
2.41
1937
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Bal.
Bal. of Inc. Inc. for Exp. for of Inc.
Name
Principal
Jan. 1
year
year
Dec. 31st 1937
S. Dexter Atwood
200.00
10.45
5.29
3.00
12.74
Hugh R. Bailey
200.00
14.44
5.39
2.00
17.83
Eli Southworth
100.00
4.92
2.63
2.00
5.55
Peleg McFarlin
100.00
3.48
3.13
4.00
2.61
Elijah H. Thomas
130.00
4.27
3.37
7.64
Cobb & Shurtleff
1000.00
5.41
30.38
10.55
25.24
Preston Manter
100.00
2.25
2.25
Frederick Anderson
100.00
2.08
2.08
$9,830.00 $1,918.80 $326.72 $234.23 $2,011.29
WENHAM CEMETERY
Mary E. Forbes
$100.00
$23.65
$3.10
$4.50
$22.25
Reuben Sherman
100.00
3.86
2.60
2.00
4.46
Julia F. Hammond
100.00
12.01
2.81
3.50
11.32
Sarah A. Hammond
100.00
9.72
3.31
3.50
9.53
Henry T. Hammond
100.00
19.25
3.61
4.50
18.36
Eliza C. Dunham
100.00
.63
.63
$600.00
$68.49
$16.06
$18.00
$66.55
SUMMARY
Central
$2,850.00
$104.86
$79.16
$98.00
$86.02
Lakenham
3,615.00
492.83
116.44
109.45
499.82
Union
9,830.00
1,918.80
326.72
234.23
2,011.29
Wenham
600.00
68.49
16.06
18.00
66.55
$16,895.00 $2,584.98 $538.38 $459.68 $2,663.68
1937
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REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR
Year
3 Warrants $60,047.89
Collected $49,990.37
Abated $209.72
Outstanding Tax Titles Dec. 31, 1937
1937
$14.70
$9,833.10
Jan. 1, 1937 Outstanding
1936
7,149.05
6,409.05
256.89
2.18
480.93
1935
636.68
558.83
75.50
2.35
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE
Outstanding
Year 1937
3 Warrants $3,709.30
Collected Refunds Abated Dec. 31, 1937 $2,600.74 $22.39
$31.24
$1,054.93
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1937
1936
710.76 199.32 -1936 warrant issued Jan. 20, 1937
910.08
809.83
7.98
3.35
88.92.
1935
116.96
52.96
64.00
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
EXCERPTS FROM TOWN MEETING RECORDS 1937
(March 1)
Voted to accept the following cemetery funds;
Frederick Anderson
$100.00
Preston Manter 100.00
John Snow
100.00
Voted that the dog fund be appropriated for the free public library account.
Voted that the part of old Federal Road between Cran- berry Road and Mayflower Road be discontinued.
Voted to lay on the table article calling for the purchase of a new road roller.
Voted concerning town establishing a road machinery fund, No 37-Yes 26.
Voted that a highway surveyor be elected annually, Yes 86-No 57. To become effective at the Annual Town Meeting in 1938.
It was voted to send Mr. and Mrs. Henry S. Griffith a resolution commending Mr. Griffith for his services as a Town official, and a rising vote of thanks was taken. A copy of the resolution was placed in the Town Records.
MARCH 8 ADJOURNED MEETING
Voted to amend article 19, and the following committee appointed by the Moderator
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* Allen A. MacDonald, Chairman Russell E. Shaw, School Committee Eldred S. Mosher, Finance Committee Kenneth E. Shaw William I. Ward
*Resigned, Earl B. Ware appointed July 20, 1937
Voted to replace posts, repair and paint fence on the line between Central Cemetery and Shurtleff Park.
Voted to purchase a portion of the "Shurtleff Estate" on the south-westerly side of Central Cemetery for the purpose of enlarging the cemetery. The following com- mittee was authorized with full power to aquire this land.
William E. W. Vaughan Eldred S. Mosher Ernest W. Shaw
The following committee was appointed to investigate the advisability of discontinuing the present gas traffic lights at Center and South Carver.
Carroll D. Griffith Bernard W. Roby
Norman V. Holmes Myron H. Hayden Frank F. Weston
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING APRIL 5
Committee to report on advisability of purchasing new seats for the Town Hall auditorium, appointed by the Moderator.
Walter L. Ellis, chairman William H. Stoddard Donald H. Bailey
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Committee to amend or change By-Laws, appointed by the Moderator.
Allen A. MacDonald, chairman
Rodney N. Griffith
William H. Harriman Thomas L. Kenney
Russell E. Appling
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING DECEMBER 18
Town By-Laws adopted,-
Article 13
Section 1.
That the Annual Town Meeting for the election of officers shall be held on the first Monday in March in each year, and that the polls shall open at Two o'clock P. M. and shall be held open for at least four hours.
Section 2.
That the Business Meeting for acting on the articles in the Town Warrant and appropriations of the Town Meeting shall be held at a later date which shall be with- in ten days from the date of the election of officers and shall be called at Nine o'clock A. M.
Article 14
That the Members of the Finance Committee shall be appointed by the Moderator as provided for in the By- Laws as appear under the date of April 14th 1933 and we recommend that no member of the Finance Committee after having served the three year period shall be eligible for appointment to said Committee until after one year shall have passed.
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BIRTHS RECORDED IN CARVER FOR THE YEAR 1937
Date
Name
Parents
Nativity of Parents
Jan. 30
Jonathan Austin Perkins* George A. Perkins
Myrtle Mossman
Carver Plymouth
Feb. 2 Female
Feb. 23
Kenneth Paul Gholson *
Amon Gholson
Illinois
Eileen Storey
Carver
Mar. 12 George Bradford Williams*Robert D. Williams
Apr. 6 Male
Apr. 29 Infant Barry*
Apr.
30
Female*
May 1 Manuel Pina
Theodore Pina
Cape De Verde Is. New Bedford
Amelia Perry
George Ausman
Judith Maki
Robert F. Shurtleff
Plympton
Helen A. DeFelice
Kingston
June 10 Jerome Richard Santos
John Duce Santos
Fogo, Cape DeVerde Is.
Rosemond Viola Monteiro
Boston
Lawrence Santos
Fogo, Cape DeVerde Is.
Rose Costa
Wareham
June 14 Shirley Ann Gonsalves*
Manuel Gomes Gonsalves
New Bedford
Cape Verde Is.
July 6 Mosher*
July 30 Irene Amado
Joseph B. Amado
Fogo, Cape Verde Is.
Carver
Aug. 6 Joan Mosher*
Aug. 10 Jean Mary Caron*
Aug. 19 Nason*
Albert L. Nason
Evelyn Thomas
Arthur Martin Silva
Fogo, Cape DeVerde Is.
Dipordina Furtache
Fogo, Cape DeVerde Is.
Nov. 1 Male
Nov. 24 Richard Edward Green* Albert Green Irene Garnet
Plymouth Carver
* Born in Hospitals
Leo Caron Gladys Moreau
Fall River Hanson
Whitman Carver
Oct. 20 Julia Silva
Ida Gonsalves
Eldred Seldon Mosher Marjorie Dempsey
Carver Carver
Laura Rogers Gonsalves
John S. Mosher Mabel Lamb
Carver Plymouth
Homer, N. Y. Quincy
May 19 Ausman*
May 28 Robert Francis Shurtleff, Jr .*
June 13 Bertha Mary Santos
Francis D. Barry Alice Collins
Somerset Fall River
Carver
Ingrid W. Carlson Finland
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN CARVER FOR THE YEAR 1937.
Jan. 1 Eugene B. Adams, Jr., of Plymouth and Bertha M. Ewald (Pierson), of Plymouth.
Mar. 15 Eldred S. Mosher, Jr., and Marjorie Dempsey.
Mar. 20 William R. Mackenzie, and Geneva M. Goff, of Taunton.
Mar. 27 Peter N. Leitao, of Wareham, and Etelvina Rose (Gomes) of Wareham.
Apr. 18 Manuel Maia, of Waterbury, Conn., and Jose- phine Gertrude Gomes.
May 1 Arnold Ilmari Paananen, and Alice Alma Gif- ford, of Fairhaven.
May 1 Arthur Leland Kenney, and Alma Mary Ron- delli, of Wareham.
May 2 Charles Louis Bolduc, and Dorothy Alberta Boyd, of Campello.
May 30 Albert C. Green, of Plymouth, and Irene Nellie Garnett.
June 26 John Edwin Fowler, and Dorothy Mae VanDeu- sen of Brockton.
June 27 Franklin Pierce Wilbur, and Lillian Taylor Arthur, of Plymouth.
July 27 Edwin Garrison Brown, of No. Falmouth, and Celia Frances Gammons.
July 31 Richard Morgan Williams, of Newton and Lottie May Davis, of Newton.
Aug. 8 John Alfred Parker, of Middleboro, and Arlene Frances Washburn.
Aug. 16 Robert Godfrey Erickson, and Tyyne Mary Kari Sept. 3 Henry Ellsworth Wood, and Eugenia Shaw Griffith.
,
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Sept. 26 Herbert Elwood Clapp, of Greenbush, and Olive Mildred Chandler.
Oct. 23 Harry Lawrence Holway, Jr., of West Barn- stable, and Vieno Sophie Kallio.
Oct. 24 Walter Edwin Miller, and Edith Katherine Tinkham, of Middleboro.
Nov. 4 Olaf Wilson, and Genevieve Laurina Rogers, of Wareham.
Nov. 25 Lawrence Winsor Leach, and Nellie May Gray, of Plymouth.
Dec. 19 John Manuel Gomes, and Elsie Frances Amado.
DEATHS RECORDED IN CARVER FOR THE YEAR 1937
Date
Name
Age Cause of Death
Place of Birth Place of Death
Carver
Finland Lynn, Mass. Carver
Middleboro
Central Carver Oak Grove Plymouth Wrentham Wrentham Thomas Town Middleboro
Unknown Unknown George W. Fields Jennie Marsden
Unknown Unknown
Jan. 20 Mabel Perry (Fields)
46 1 11 Mitral regurgitation
Unknown Unknown
John Ensworth Conn.
Mary Hyde Conn.
Feb. 2 Russell T. Morse
54 5 2 Primary broncho- pneumonia Lung abscess
Carver
Carver
Union
Carver
Clark Bump Nova Scotia Caroline Westgate Nova Scotia
Canada
Feb. 19 Rosella M. Grover
53 6 28 Lobar pneumonia
New Bruns- Carver
Lakenham Carver
Joseph N. Garnet Louise A. Wilkinson Amon K. Gholson Illinois Miriam E. Story Carver
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Feb. 25 Kenneth Paul Gholson
2 Intracranial Hemorrhage
Plymouth
Jordan Hospital Central Plymouth
Carver
Mar. 4 Manuel Santos
47 - - Arterio-sclerosis Arteriosclerotic heart disease
Fogo, Cape Verde Is.
State Hospital St. Peter's Taunton
Plymouth
Leonarda Santos Cape Verde Is.
Apr. 2 John Gomes
87 - - Cerebral apoplexy
Cape Verde Islands
Carver
Central Carver
Unknown
Unknown Unknown
Apr. 6 Joseph D. Texiero
11 7 27 Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Cape Verde Islands
State Infirmary St. Joseph's Plymouth Tewksbury
Mary Amato
Cape Verde Is.
Apr. 10 Jennie L. Lee (Cromwell) Apr. 26 Henry S. Griffith
47 - - Mitral regurgitation
Plymouth
Carver
Oak Grove Plymouth
Frank Cromwell Delia Bumpus
Wareham Wareham
76 10 7 Carcinoma of parotid gland
Carver
Carver
Union
Carver
Andrew Griffith Martha Shaw
Carver Carver
Apr. 30 Female
Carver
Burial
Parents
Nativity of Parents
Jan. 20 Jenny Mary Kari
56 8 14 Ulcer of intestine with Salo, obstruction
Jan. 28 Forest L. Ensworth
82 1 17 Cerebral Hemorrhage
Danielson, Conn. Middleboro
Monson State Hospital
Cephas T. Morse Middleboro Augusta H. WestonMiddleboro
Feb. 2 Female Feb. 4 Johnathan Myrick Bump
80 11 - Thrombosis (femoral Lakeville artery) with gan- grene Interstitial nephritis
wick, Canada
Canada
Lionel Santos Cape
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