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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS OF THE
TOWN of CARVER
MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ending December 31 1940
Annual Town Meeting, March 3, 1941 at 2:00 p. m.
Linotyped, Printed and Bound by THE ROGERS PRINT Plymouth, Mass.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN of CARVER
MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year Ending December 31 1940
Annual Town Meeting, March 3, 1941 at 2:00 p. 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
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES FOR THE YEAR 1940
Moderator-Frank E. Barrows.
Town Clerk, Treasurer and Collector of Taxes-Jack L. Martin.
Auditors-Arthur G. Burbank, Norman V. Holmes, Ken- neth E. Shaw.
Selectmen-Bernard W. Roby (1943), Arthur W. Peter- son (1942), Earl B. Ware (1941).
Board of Public Welfare-Selectmen.
Assessors-Ralph E. Washburn (1943), William M. Shaw (1942), Arthur H. Wade (1941).
Highway Surveyor-Frank F. Weston.
School Committee-Bradford H. Cole (1943), Winston B. Leach (1942), Clyde D. Griffith (1941).
Park Commissioners-Levi T. Thomas (1943),-de- ceased, Frank E. Barrows (1942), James S. McKay (1941).
Cemetary Commissioners-James H. Peckham (1943), Ralph L. Linton (1942), Frank E. Barrows (1941),
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Library Trustees-Elthea E. Atwood (1943), William M. Shaw (1943), Myrtle L. Atwood (1942), A. Viola Griffith (1942), Henry M. Shaw (1941), Marjorie E. Telfer (1941).
Constables-Myron H. Hayden, Edwin E. Bisbee, A. John Halunen.
Town Director-County Aid to Agriculture-Almira C. Holmes.
Field Drivers and Pound Keepers-Edwin E. Bisbee, A. John Halunen, Myron H. Hayden.
Fence Viewers-Jesse A. Holmes, Arthur W. Peterson, Ernest W. Shaw.
Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood-Frank H. Cole, Jesse A. Holmes, Frank F. Weston, Norman V. Holmes.
Tree Warden-John F. Tubman.
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APPOINTED OFFICERS
Inspector of Animals-Edwin E. Bisbee.
Inspetor of Slaughtering-Edwin E. Bisbee Sealer of Weights and Measures-Edwin E. Bisbee.
Forest Warden and Gypsy Moth Supintenedent-John F. Tubman.
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Special Police Officers-Myron H. Hayden (on perm- anent duty), Chesley Knowlton; Daniel H. Dempsey (Town Property) ; Thomas Kenney, Walter L. Ellis, John W. Morse, Francis D. Barry, Harry Morris, (Private Property) .
Public Safety Committee-Myron H. Hayden, Neil D. Murray, Warren L. Chandler.
Finance Committee-Terms expire in 1943: Thomas L. Kenney, Andrew Paananen, Warren L. Chandler, Ellis D. Atwood, Jesse A. Holmes. Terms expire in 1942: William I. Ward, William E. W. Vaughan, Harrison W. Jordan, Carroll D. Griffith, Neil D. Murray. Terms ex- pire in 1941: Joseph W. Bradford, Thomas H. Rey- nolds, Roger Williams, John B. Bourget, Perez L. Shurt- leff.
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CONDITION OF THE TOWN TREASURY AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS DEC. 31, 1940
Assets
Cash
$37,635.43
Outstanding Taxes 1940
8,784.50
Outstanding Taxes 1939
952.15
Outstanding Excise Taxes 1940
159.38
Chapter 81, due from State
3,155.26
$50,686.72
Liabilities
Temporary Loan
In anticipation of
reimbursement, Chap. 81
$5,000.00
reimbursement, Chap. 90
1,500.00
Overlay for 1940
537.88
Overlay for 1939
385.58
Overlay Reserve Acct.
1,422.99
Unpaid bills 1940
504.45
Unexpended Accts.
1,069.31
Florence Pina Acct.
12.90
Balance
40,253.61
$50,686.72
JACK L. MARTIN, Treasurer.
ARTHUR G. BURBANK, NORMAN V. HOLMES, WARREN S. CHANDLER,
Auditors.
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TREASURER'S REPORT
JACK L. MARTIN, Treasurer
Dr.
1940
Jan. 1. Balance from 1939
$31,468.70
Received from Commonwealth :
Highways Chap. 81, 1939 Contract No. 3296
$2,809.08
Highways Chap. 81, 1940 Contract No. 3473 6,594.74
Highways Chap. 90 Maint. Contract No. 7074 21.01
Highways Chap. 90 Maint. Contract No. 7512
999.94
Highways Chap. 504 Acts of 1939
7,072.68
Income Taxes
6,680.38
Corporation Taxes, business
297.47
Corporation Taxes, Gas, Elec. and water
4,590.92
Loss of Taxes
195.03
Old Age Assistance
4,721.25
Aid to Dependent Children
600.50
Temporary Aid
640.86
Support of Indigent persons
96.75
Burial of Indigent persons
80.00
Public Health Subsidy
433.57
Div. of Child Guardianship,
Tuition and Transportation
841.52
High School Transportation
4,485.95
High School Transportation, supplementary 111.36
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School Superintendent, Small Towns Vocational Education
644.45
6.75
$41,924.21
U. S. Grants Old Age Assist. (assist.)
5,782.87
U. S. Grants Old Age Assist. (admin.)
192.69
5,975.56
U. S. Grants Aid to Dep. Children (Aid)
479.66
U. S. Grants Aid to Dep. Children (Admin.)
24.34
504.00
County of Plymouth
Dog Fund
334.49
Chap. 90 Plymouth St.
999.94
1,334.43
Fourth District Court, fines
40.00
Myrtle L. Atwood, Library fines
8.87
Town Clerk
Marriage fees
42.00
Chattel Mortgage fees
8.00
Miscellaneous fees
13.75
63.75
Town Clerk, Dog Fund
385.40
Town Clerk, Sporting License fund
317.00
Wm. E. Vaughan, Pratt School fund
113.00
H. A. Stanly, Ellis School fund Teacher's Dist. No. 4 572.66
City of Brockton, Public Welfare $20.00
City of Fall River, Old Age Assist. 97.50
City of New Bedford, Public Welfare 138.26
$255.76
Town of Plymouth, Public Welfare 35.00
Whitman, Public Welfare
352.44
Westport, Public Welfare 69.09
Mattapoisett, Public Welfare 106.56
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Middleborough, Old Age Assist. 52.55
Middleborough, Schools
946.70
West Bridgewater
90.00
Fairhaven
20.00
1,672.34
Cemetery Funds,
Charles F. Washburn
100.00
Olive F. & Annie D. Atwood
100.00
George E. Atwood
100.00
Z. Albert Tillson
100.00
E. L. Griffith
100.00
500.00
William Egger Co., Inc., Central Cem. Lot
20.00
Ralph L. Linton, Lakenham Cem. Lot
20.00
Ralph L. Linton, Lakenham Cem. 1/4 Lot
10.00
Director of Standards, Pedlar's Licenses
24.00
Robert Shurtleff, Slaughtering license
2.00
Arthur Parker, Pedlar's license
5.00
Town Histories
57.00
Town Histories, postage
.05
Florenz Pina, for care at Plymouth County Hospital
400.00
Milk Licenses
10.50
Lord's Day permits
14.00
Gasoline renewals
10.00
Victuallers' Licenses
3.00
Fireworks permits
2.00
Alcohol permits
7.00
Oleomargarine Permits
.50
Insurance Refunds
47.79
Library Account Refund
46.15
Sealer's fees, Weights and measures
22.45
Sale of Logs
100.36
Sale of material, North School
4.00
Town Hall, rent
5.00
Unclaimed checks
3.50
Cemetery Bills, perpetual care
384.14
Rosa Cole, Library fund
82.39
Tax Collector
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Poll and property taxes 1938 $365.71
Poll and property taxes 1939 5,915.95
Poll and property taxes 1940 65,263.17
Interest on Poll & Property taxes
285.04
Demand fees 27.65
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 1939 229.14
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 1940 3,556.68
Interest on Excise Taxes 1.96
75,645.30
Middleborough Trust Co., Revenue Loan
25,000.00
Middleboro Trust Co., Anticipation of Reimbursement Loan 6,500.00
Middleborough Trust Co., North School remodeling Loan 3,500.00
$197,061.81
Cr.
Selectmen's Orders
$74,822.31
School Orders 33,750.82
Division of Fisheries and Game
317.00
Plymouth County Dog fund 385.40
Cemetery Bills-perpetual care
384.14
Charles F. Washburn, Cemetery fund
100.00
Olive F. and Annie D. Atwood, Cemetery fund
100.00
George E. Atwood, Cemetery fund
100.00
100.00
Z. Albert Tillson, Cemetery fund E. L. Griffith, Cemetery fund Sale of Central Cemetery Lots Sale of Lakenham Cemetery Lots
100.00
35.00
30.00
Motor Vehicle Excise Refunds
118.81
Plymouth County Hospital, Pina account
392.60
Director of Accounts, Note fees
14.00
Middleborough Trust Co., Anticipation of Reimbursement Loan 5,000.00
Middleborough Trust Co., Revenue Loan
25,000.00
Interest-Revenue Loan 31.25
Interest-Anticipation of Reimbursement Loan 9.48
Interest, No. School remodeling loan 17.50
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Check Books
8.00
Rosa Cole-Library fund
82.39
Benj. Ellis School fund
572.66
Remodeling North School
4,683.09
Town of Middleboro-School tuition pd. from balance of 1939 appropriation
747.60
State Audit of Accounts
375.90
County Tax
4,846.43
State Tax
7,200.00
State-Parks and Reservations
82.08
State-Veteran's Exemption
19.92
Balance December 31, 1940
37,635.43
$197,061.81
LIBRARY FUNDS
Bal.
Bal. of Inc. Inc. for Exp. for of Inc.
Name
Principal
Jan. 1
year
year
Dec. 31st 1940
Rosa A. Cole
$1,000.00
$95.46
$31.87
82.39
$44.94
Mary P. S. Jowitt
100.00
19.08
2.39
21.47
$1,100.00
$114.54
$34.26 $82.39
$66.41
PARKWAY FUNDS
Bal.
Bal. of Inc. Inc. for Exp. for
of Inc.
Name
Principal
Jan. 1 1940
year
year Dec. 31st
1940
Sarah F. McFarlin
$100.00
$27.30
$2.55
$29.85
$100.00
$27.30
$2.55
$29.85
1940
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LICENSES AND PERMITS
MILK LICENSES ($0.25 and $0.50)
Jesse A. Holmes (2)
Otto Salmi
Robert Raymond
Alexander McLure
Edward Broullard (2)
N. A. Sherman (50c)
Louis Bryant
William Holmes
Embert Eames
Earl E. Boardway
Emma E. Roby
Svante Halunen
Florence Cole
Cora M. Thomas
A. R. Parker (50c)
Florence Weston
Myrtlie L. Atwood
Henry S. Pink
Elias Erickson
Maurice Robbins
John B. Bourget
Wiksten Bros. (50c)
Standish Dairy Farm (50c) Frank Laine
Manuel Centeio
Theo Thomas
Alex Johnson
Lewis W. Jenney
James S. McKay
H. W. Jordan
Edwin Blake
William R. Mckenzie
Manuel G. Thimas
Hanna Salminen
Andrew Palm
Mary S. Aho
LORD'S DAY PERMITS ($1.00)
John O. Eaton
Manuel Centeio
Joseph Barros
Emma E. Roby
Roger Williams
C. G. Norcross
John B. Bourget
Boy's Club
Walter Carmichael
Oscar Lammi
Lewis W. Jenney
H. W. Jordan
Ernest Gonsalves
George Paulding
GASOLINE RENEWALS ($1.00)
Jesse A. Holmes & Son Walter Carmichael
Ellis D. Atwood
John O. Eaton
Roger Williams
John B. Bourget
Henry S. Pink
Arnold B. Adams
Emma E. Roby
H. W. Jordan
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VICTUALLERS ($3.00) I. Blanche Murphy
FIREWORKS PERMITS ($1.00) Walter Carmichael Ernest Gonsalves
ALCOHOL PERMITS ($1.00)
Bernard W. Roby (2)
John O. Eaton
Roger Williams (2)
Adams Garage
Walter R. Carmichael
OLEOMARGARINE PERMITS ($0.50)
John B. Bourget
CONDITION OF CEMETERY FUNDS, FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1940 CENTRAL CEMETERY
Bal. of Inc. Inc. for Exp. foi
Name
Principal
Jan. 1 1940
year
year
Bal. of Inc. Dec. 31st 1940
John B. Hatch
$100.00
$3.17
$3.11
$3.00
$3.28
Wilson Shaw
100.00
3.31
3.11
3.10
3.32
Clara M. Benson
100.00
2.02
3.08
1.95
3.15
E. L. Griffith
200.00
2.35
2.05
2.20
2.20
Isaac Vanghan
200.00
4 82
4.10
4.35
4.57
Catharine L. Grey
75.00
2.52
2.33
2.45
2.40
Betsy C. Look
100.00
2.81
2.58
2.65
2.74
D. W. Nash
100.00
2.84
2.58
2.65
2.77
Isaac Shaw
100.00
4.15
3.14
3.85
3.44
Linus Shaw
100.00
2.87
2.58
2.65
2.80
Theodore T. Vaughan
200.00
6.53
6.23
6.00
6.76
L. A. F. Baker
150.00
4.80
4.67
4.50
4.97
Sarah S. Nash
100.00
3.57
3.13
3.15
3.55
John A. Thomas
100.00
2.39
2.05
2.20
2.24
Horatio A. Lucas
100.00
2.52
2.05
2.35
2.22
Eben S. Lucas
100.00
3.23
3.11
2.85
3.49
Aravesta B. Shaw
100.00
3.34
3.11
3.35
3.10
Thomas Vaughan
200.00
5.02
4.12
4.80
4.34
James A. Vaughan
200.00
5.10
4.12
4.80
4.42
Albert T. Shurtleff
200 00
5.15
4.12
5.10
4.17
Benjamin Shurtleff
100.00
2.69
2.05
2.30
2.44
John Snow
100.00
2.61
2.05
2.35
2.31
Central Cemetery fund
130.00
2.79
3.30
2.50
3.59
Fred A. Dimond
50 00
1.24
1.02
1.10
1.16
Edward Watson Shaw
100.00
3.03
3.11
2.80
3.34
$3,105.00
$84.87
$76.90
$79.00
$82.77
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LAKENHAM CEMETERY
Bal.
Name
Principal
Jan. 1 1940
year
year
of Inc. Dec. 31st 1940
Jennie E. Robbins
$100.00
$38.62
$4.17
$3.25
$39.54
Augustine Shurtleff
100.00
3.30
3.11
1.75
4.66
Theron M. Cole
100.00
2.18
2.05
2.50
1.73
Morse & Dunham
200.00
27.25
6.86
4.00
30.11
Cobb & Barrows
100.00
3.33
3.11
2.50
3.94
N. M. Ransome
200.00
10.54
6.35
3.50
13.39
Edward W. King
100.00
2.19
2.05
2.50
1.74
Levi Cobb
100.00
3.18
3.11
2.50
3.79
L. & A. R. Eames
100.00
2.44
2.05
2.50
1.99
Joseph W. Sherman
100.00
2.62
2.57
2.00
3.19
Gustavus L. Swift
200.00
24.12
4.50
4.00
24.62
Mary A. Shurtleff
100.00
2.76
2.58
2.50
2.84
Henry Sherman
130.00
5.29
4.09
3.00
6.38
Joseph B. Rickard
150.00
15.18
4.99
3.00
17.17
Lafayette Braddock
100.00
4.32
2.09
2.75
3.66
E. T. Stetson
200.00
188.84
11.73
26.56
174.01
Rosa A. Cole
1,000.00
24.97
30.96
29.63
26.30
James Dunham
100.00
4.15
3.14
2.50
4.79
Chase & Barrows
100.00
3.79
3.13
2.00
4.92
George P. B. Atwood
100.00
2.32
2.05
2.50
1.87
Lakenham Cemetery
135.00
9.65
3.45
13.10
Timothy Cobb
50.00
1.83
1.55
.50
2.88
Thomas Tillson
100.00
2.77
3.09
1.00
4.86
James W. Griffith
100.00
3.05
3.11
1.00
5,16
Mary D. Braddock
100.00
2.25
2.25
Albert C. Bradford
100.00
3.27
3.27
Benjamin W. Robbins
150.00
.75
4.55
5.30
George E. Atwood
100.00
.50
.50
Olive F. & Annie
100.00
.50
.50
$4,415.00
$392.37 $129.01 $109.94
$411.44
UNION CEMETERY
Hannah P. Richards
$100.00
$75.72
$3.52
$4.00
$75.24
Rufus L. Richards
100.00
54.34
3.09
.60
56.83
Irene A. Bent
100.00
24.88
2.50
.60
26.78
Alexander Law
100.00
6.50
2.13
8.63
Eliza A. Bowers
200.00
17.54
4.36
4.00
17.90
Thomas B. Griffith
1,000.00
256.76
34.71
17.00
274.47
Hannah B. Shaw
1,000.00
118.24
22.47
140.71
Marcus Atwood
200.00
142.13
10.34
4.00
148.47
Charles W. Griffith
500.00
132.27
19.10
7.20
144.17
Philander W. Bump
100.00
33.61
4.03
5.20
32.44
Ellis Griffith
200.00
103.71
9.17
3.50
109.38
Albert W. Perkins
100.00
40.98
4.25
5.00
40.23
Joseph Pratt
500.00
608.58
33.50
11.25
630.88
Ebenezer Smith
100.00
14.90
2.30
3.00
14.20
John A. Winberg
100.00
4.78
3.15
3.00
4.93
Joseph R. Sherman
100.00
2.93
2.05
2.00
2.98
D. Atwood
Bal. of Inc. Inc. for Exp. for
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Bal.
Name
Principal
Jan. 1 1940
year
year
of Inc. Dec. 31st 1940
Olive B. Leonard
100.00
45.73
4.39
4.00
46.12
Charles Donnelly
100.00
10.90
3.33
3.00
11.23
Sarah McFarlin
100.00
9.17
2.19
2.00
9.36
Stephen Atwood
200.00
24.25
6.77
5.00
26.02
John J. Barrows
100.00
7.60
3.25
3.00
7.85
Lucius Atwood
100.00
7.64
2.15
2.50
7.29
Frank F. Tillson
100.00
11.85
2.23
3.00
11.08
Clarence H. Knowlton
100.00
14.82
3.45
3.00
15.27
Wilfred A. Tillson
100.00
9.43
2.19
2.50
9.12
Josiah W. Atwood
200.00
15.39
4.32
5.00
14.71
Oren Atwood
200.00
13.35
4.28
5.00
12.63
Lothrop A. Hayden
100.00
6.03
2.67
2.50
6.20
Samuel A. Shurtleff
200.00
11.04
5.30
5.00
11.34
Stillman Shaw
150.00
3.81
3.08
3.00
3.89
Samuel Shaw
150.00
5.20
3.11
3.00
5,31
Henry C. Washburn
100.00
13.17
3.41
3.00
13.58
Jane G. Burgess
100.00
13.70
3.43
3.00
14.13
Alfred M. Shaw
100.00
12.51
3.39
2.50
13.40
Ephraim Griffith
100.00
3.08
3.11
2.50
3.69
Charles A. Perkins
200.00
23.47
4.48
4.00
23.95
A. Sampson Perkins
100.00
7.45
2.15
2.25
7.35
Henry M. Gammons
100.00
2.74
2.05
2.25
2.54
John S. Atwood
100.00
5.78
2.11
2.25
5.64
Andrew M. Bumpus
100.00
2.96
2.05
2.25
2.76
Alice G. Shaw
100.00
7.71
2.15
2.25
7.61
Mildred V. Wallace
100.00
6.07
2.13
2.25
5.95
Ellis D. Atwood
200.00
33.33
7.04
3.00
37.37
Alton H. Griffith
100.00
3.16
3.11
2.50
3.77
S. Dexter Atwood
200.00
16.94
4 35
3.50
17.79
Hugh R. Bailey
200.00
25.27
4.52
3.00
26.79
Eli Southworth
100.00
5.57
2.11
2.25
5.43
Peleg McFarlin
100.00
2.79
3.09
3 00
2.88
Elijah H. Thomas
130.00
8.21
2.77
3.00
7.98
Cobb & Shurtleff
1,000.00
66.58
32.22
8.40
90.40
Preston Manter
100.00
5.97
3.19
1.50
7.66
Frederick Anderson
100.00
2.98
2.06
2.00
3.04
Robert F. Shurtleff
100.00
.50
3.03
3.53
Charles F. Washburn
100.00
1.00
1.00
Z. Albert Tillson
100.00
$10,130.00 $2,101.09 $310.28 $180.45 $2,230.92
WENHAM CEMETERY
Mary E. Forbes
$100.00
$16.25
$2.33
$2.75
$15.83
Reuben Sherman
100.00
4.58
2.09
2.75
3.92
Julia F. Hammond
100.00
3.51
2.07
2.75
2.83
Sarah A. Hammond
100.00
7.12
3.23
2.75
7.60
Henry T. Hammond
100.00
15.72
3.49
2.75
16.46
Eliza C. Dunham
100.00
5.47
2.11
.50
7.08
Alfred Cole
200.00
7.08
6.26
.50
12.84
$800.00
$59.73
$21.58
$14.75
$66.56
Bal. of Inc. Inc. for Exp. for
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SUMMARY
Bal. of Inc. Inc. for Exp. for
Name
Principal
Jan. 1
year
year
Dec. 31st
1940
1940
Central
$3,105.00
$84.87
$76.90
$79.00
$82.77
Lakenham
4,415.00
392.37
129.01
109.94
411.44
Union
10,130.00
2,101.09
310.28
180.45
2,230.92
Wenham
800.00
59.73
21.58
14.75
66.56
Bal. of Inc.
$18,450.00 $2,638.06 $537.77 $384.14 $2,791.69
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REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR
POLL AND PROPERTY TAXES
Year
5 Warrants
Collected
Abated
Tax Titles $21.89
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1940 $8,784.50
1940
$74,290.55
$65,263.17
$220.99
1939
Outstanding
Jan. 1, 1940
6,909.38
5,915.95
41.28
952.15
1938
375.71
365.71
10.00
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MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES
Year
4 Warrants
Collected
Refunds
Abated
1940
1939
$3,794.31 Outstanding Jan. 1, 1940 228.89
$3,446.04
$110.64
$78.25
Outstanding Dec. 31, 1940 $159.38
19.66
Warrant of Jan. 11, 1940
220.97
8.17
6.02
13.39
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
EXCERPTS FROM TOWN MEETING RECORDS 1940
(March 5th)
Voted to accept the following cemetery funds :
Robert F. Shurtleff $100.00
Benjamin W. Robbins 150.00
Mary D. Braddock 100.00
Albert C. Bradford
100.00
Voted that the Dog fund be appropriated for the free Public Library account.
Voted to sell the histories of the Town of Carver at $1.00 per copy.
The following committee was appointed and authorized to make plans for putting the Tillson Pratt lot in the Cen- tral Cemetery in proper condition, providing suitable gravestone or gravestones, to ascertain the cost thereof, to solicit by private contribution the money needed to meet the expense incurred, and when sufficient funds have been secured, to carry the project to completion.
Winston B. Leach,
Andrew F. Griffith,
Henry Miller Shaw,
Committee.
It was also voted that the committee place a memorial to Tillson Pratt in the Town Hall, the cost of which to be charged to the Unclassified account.
The report of the By-Laws Committee was accepted and adopted. It was voted that the By-Laws Committee be continued.
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BIRTHS RECORDED IN CARVER FOR THE YEAR 1940
Date
Name
Parents
Jan. 1 Nunes Philip Pina*
John Baptiste Pina
Leora Viola Hicks
Jan. 11 Robert John Santos
Lawrence Santos
Rose Pina Costa
Jan. 17 Jack William Wainio*
Feb. 4 Elmi Eileen Heikkila*
Leonard N. Heikkila Aili T. Piispanen
James V. Santarpia Mary H. Halunen
Fall River Carver
Plymouth New Bedford
Mar. 2 Sonia Marie Vincent
Mar. 27 John Ferriera*
Joseph Ferriera Mary Pimentel
Lewis Brier Olive Purington
Paul Woodrow Williams Irene R. Balboni
Carver Plymouth
Carver Wareham
Cape DeVerde Is. Rochester
Carver New Bedford
May 9 Carol Ann Vaughan*
May 19 John Kenneth Munies*
May 23 Rosemary Lee Wilbur*
June 23 Henry Anthony Robidoux Joseph F. Robidoux
Carrie Mary Joseph
July 2 Roger Teixeira
John Teixeira
Armandina Fernandes
Manuel M. Pina
Mary Anna Thatcher
Andrew A. Gomes Jacqueline Ann Silva
Boston Carver
July 24 Jeanne Audrie Goodreau
July 26 Sallie Ann McIsaac*
Aug. 4 Manuel Lawrence Silva*
Manuel Pina Silva Daminga Ann Barrows
Nativity of Parents
Fogo, Cape De Verde Is. Norfolk, Va.
Fogo, Cape De
Verde Is. Wareham, Mass.
Worcester, Mass. New Bedford,
Carver, Mass. So. Weymouth,
Feb. 9 John Roland Santarpia*
Feb. 20 Richard Townsend Battles*
Louis Emery Battles Beulah Townsend
Lewis B. Vincent Jeanette T. Silva
Wareham S. Carver
Lisbon, Portugal Fall River
Azores, Portugal Epping, N. H.
Apr. 2 Paul Woodrow Williams, Jr .*
Apr 5 Philip Vernel Shurtleff*
Apr. 10 Arlene Gomes Thimas
Apr. 16 Marguerite Yvonne Thomas
Nelson A. Thomas Marguerite Cormier
Theodore T. Vaughan Florence I. Roby
Philip W. Munies
Martha A. Shaw
Franklin P. Wilbur Lillian Arthur
Boston Plymouth
Attleboro N. Tonawanda, N. Y.
Cape Verde Is. Port. E. Carver
Fogo, Cape De Verde Is.
Carver
July 11 Gomes *
Theodore Goodreau Audrie Birdsell
Carver Poughkeepsie
Donald W. McIsaac Doris E. Grogan
Weymouth Hingham
No. Carver Middleboro
Mar. 29 Daniel Bruce Brier
Philip V. Shurtleff Laura Frances Black
Henry Gomes Thimas Cecelia Lopes
Carver Brooklyn, N. Y.
New York, N. Y. Canton
July 5 Edward Pina
Vaino E. Wainio Pearl Frances Jackson
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Aug. 13 Marie Delores Gonsalves
Antone Gonsalves Catherine Miranda
So. Carver New Bedford
Sept. 26 Geraldine Gomes
Manuel Gomes
Elsie Rose
Oct. 8 Helen Ann Shurtleff*
Robert F. Shurtleff Helen A. DeFelice
Oct. 18 William Edward Bolduc*
Edward Homer Bolduc Phyllis Mary Callahan
Carver Brockton
Oct. 22 Janet Lee Parker*
Theodore W. Parker Pauline M. Eames
Boston
No. Carver
Dec. 4 Stephen Francis Brown
Edwin G. Brown
Celia F. Gammons
Dec. 10 Steven George Patrick*
William C. Patrick
Sylvia Ann Penti
Carver
Dec. 21 Donald Elbridge Pratt*
Clifton M. Pratt Ruth M. DeMoranville
Bridgewater Middleboro
Dec. 25 Richard Allen Brown*
Harmon C. Brown Elsie H. Robbins
Plymouth Carver
* Born in Hospitals
Fogo, Cape De Verde Is. St. Michael, Cape De Verde Plympton Kingston
Falmouth Carver
Corinth, Ver- mont
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN CARVER FOR THE YEAR 1940.
Jan. 20 Alfred Bennett, of Duxbury, and Hazel Alberta Thomas.
Mar. 26 Joseph A. Bolduc, and Olida Robidoux.
Apr. 19 Arthur Philip Pacheco, of Wareham, and Aune Irene Halunen.
May 12 Philip Vernol Shurtleff, and Laura Frances Black, of Middleboro.
May 29 Lawrence Elbridge Shaw, and Roberta Beatrix Palmer.
June 1 Clifford Alfred Morris, and Dorothy Alban Scanland, of Plymouth.
June 19 Theodore Warren Parker, and Pauline Mildred Eames.
June 22 Henry John Andrade, Jr., and Alice Gonsalves
July 12 Otto Everett Johnson, and Mary Agnes Mello (McDonald) of Middleboro.
Aug. 10 Noy Gomes Furtado, and Carolyn Mary Gomes, of Boston.
Aug. 31 Robert Eldred Everton, and Agnes Margaret Strycharz.
Aug. 31 Carl Wendell Johnson, and Elsie Josephine Carlson.
Sept. 1 John Evertt Atwood, and Alice Margaret Hux- ley, of Middleboro.
Sept. 7 Martin B. Ferrero, of New Bedford and Floretta Carter.
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Oct. 3 Albert Balboni, of Sandwich, and Stella E. Burgess, of Sandwich.
Oct. 4 Howard Searle Lewis, of Osterville, and Phyllis Arline Murray.
Oct. 6 Oiva Allen Hannula, of East Jaffrey, N. H., and Elsie Louise Thomas.
Oct. 9 Arthur Barros Alves, and Jennie Gomes Gon- salves.
Nov. 2 Francis Russell Mazzilli, of Plymouth, and Grace Marie Bisbee.
Nov. 26 Theron Metcalf Cole, and Mary Elizabeth Reese, of Fairhaven.
Dec. 22 Walton Hinckley, of Osterville, and Alberta May Gammons.
Dec. 25 Russell Franklin Shurtleff, Jr., and Alice O. Shurtleff, of Middleboro.
DEATHS RECORDED IN CARVER FOR THE YEAR 1940
Date
Name
Age Y. M. D.
Cause of Death Parents' Names
Jan.
8
Dorothy Marion Young
29
6 10 Acute Lobar Pneumonia Bernard W. Roby and
Emma E. Gassett
Jan. 9 Charles H. Kennedy
60
11 21
Cerebral Apoplexy
Ansel Kennedy and Lou- isa Penno
Jan. 15 Louise A. Garnett
75 11 28 Lobar Pneumonia
John Wilkinson and .Louise A. Lee
Jan. 19 Nunes P. Pina
18 Inanition Fever
John Pina and Leora Hicks
Jan. 26 Melzar Bass
79
6 26 Arterio Sclerosis .Myocarditis
Alden Bass and Philanda Gray,
Feb. 27 Lillie F. Josselyn
75
1 10 Arterio Scleritic heart disease
James Winslow and Lyd- ia A. Davis
Mar. 3 Fannie O. White
73
11 20 Angina Pectoris
David L. Taylor and
Eliza A. Lombard
Mar. 14
Eliza Gomes
,
70
- Arterio Sclerosis Dilatation of Heart
Unknown and Elizabeth Glascow
Mar. 28 Walio A. Oksanen
26
22 Tubercular Empyema 6
Carl Oksanen and Olga Oksanen
Apr. 3 Israel Dufresne
75
2 Arterio Sclerosis
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Jean Dufresne and Un- known
Apr. 10
Ernest Dunham
61
3 3 Crushed chest with lac-Eben Dunham and Mary Gates eration of lungs and hemothorax lacerations of liver and spleen
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June 12 Ethel J. Storey
62 8 21 Broncho-Pneumonia James Andrews and Josephine Smith
June 24 Jens Gilliussen
87
6 22 Myocardial Degenera-Gillius Halnorsen and
tion
Mary Erickson
June 26 Gusti Heikkila
60
9
13 Mitral Regurgitation
Unknown Unknown
July 28 Clara Manter Benson
70
1 10 Cerebral Thrombosis
Timothy
Benson
and
Rebecca W. Sears
Aug. 9 Minnie (Dinsmore) Langille
76
9 29 Mitral Disease
Robert Dinsmore and
Diabetes Mellities
Christie Miller
Aug. 13 George Henry Williams
82
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Chronic prostalitis with Unknown obstruction & sepsis Unknown -
Aug. 26 John Tavares
52
- - Coronary occlusion
Unknown Unknown
Aug. 28 Florencio J. Pina
55
8 24 Tuberculosis of lungs Antonio J. Pina and Clementina Ferara
Sept. 4 Selma Maria Erickson
78
0
3 Arterio Sclerosis Antti Piispanen and Unknown
Sept. 4 Ponsonby M. Swan
83
1 11 Cerebral Apoplexy George Swan and Sarah Marshal
Oct. 12 Emil Hietikko
55 11 Heart disease. FoundUnknown and Vilhelmi- dead. 2
ina Rantanos
Oct. 21 George B. Colbauth
72
- - Alcoholism
Edwin Colbauth and Un- known
Oct. 22 Delia Atwood
82
1 18 Hypertensive heart dis-William J. Mckinley and ease congestive fail- Mary Furfy ure
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Oct. 26
Caesar Gonsalves
31
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- Cardiac Tampouade
Joseph Gonsalves and Louise Gomes
Nov.
7
Eugene Tetu, Jr.
29
9 5 Cerebral Hemorrhage Eugene Tetu and Delia Robideau
Nov.
8
Levi Timothy Thomas
61
3
1 Bronchial Asthma Levi T. Thomas and Eli- za Bourne
Nov. 20 Carrie I. Nye
81
4 14 Cancer of fifth sacral Ebenezer Haseltine and joint
Sarah Sanborn
Dec.
4
Margaret Elizabeth
McCloud Carmichael
69
10
Dec. 5 Elsie Gomes
45
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5 Cancer of left lung Chronic Mycarditis -
David McCloud and Eli- zabeth McClure Unknown and Maria Con- to Gangrene of left handJohn Cardoza and Isabel and right foot Barboza
Dec. 7 Frank Cardoza
51
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- Fracture of skull with Querino Corriea and Un- - associated hemorrh- known age 7 1 Hypertensive heart dis-Charles Chase and Mancy ease cerebral Arterio Hallett sclerosis
Dec. 20
Lucinda E. Morse
101
10
20 Broncho Pneumonia
James Dunham and Ruth Pratt
Dec. 21
Jane T. Lewis
75
4 5 Mitral Disease
James Bryant and Susan Sumner
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Dec. 14
Steve Corriea
55
Dec. 16 Doris (Chase) Deyette
46
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HARBORERS OF DOGS IN THE YEAR 1940
Adams, Arnold B., (Spa. F.) Amado, Joseph S.
Erickson, Arne Erickson, Elias
Aho, Mary
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