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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN of CARVER
MASSACHUSETTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 1944
Annual Town Meeting, March 5, 1945 - at 12:00 Noon
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS OF THE
TOWN of CARVER
MASSACHUSETTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 1944
Annual Town Meeting, March 5, 1045 at 12:00 Noon
Linotyped, Printed and Bound by THE ROGERS PRINT Plymouth, Mass.
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Town of Carver
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES FOR THE YEAR 1944
Moderator-NormanV.Holmes.
Town Clerk-Treasurer and Collector of Taxes-Jack L. Martin.
Auditors-Roger V. Weston, Warren L. Chandler, Allena E. Ward.
Selectmen-Jesse A. Holmes (1947), Bernard W. Roby (1946), Ellis D. Atwod (1945).
Board of Public Welfare-Selectmen.
Assessors-Arthur H. Wade (1947), Ralph E. Wash- burn (1946), William M. Shaw (1945).
Highway Surveyor-Frank F. Weston. School Committee - Eunice Bailey (1947), Harriet J. Snow (1946), Winston B. Leach (On leave of absence for Military Service) (1945), John Carter, (Military substitute for W. B. Leach).
Park Commissioners-James S. Mckay (1947), Robert M. Andrews (1946), John F. Tubman (1945).
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Cemetery Commissioners - Edwin E. Bisbee (1947), James H. Peckham (1946), Ralph L. Linton (1945).
LibraryTrustees-Henry M. Shaw (1947), Marjorie E. Telfer (1947), Elthea E. Atwood (1946), William M. Shaw (1946), Myrtle L. Atwood (1945), A. Viola Grif- fith (1945).
Constables-Edwin E. Bisbee, Ellis S. Bumpus, William E. Holmes.
Town Director - County Aid to Agriculture - Earl E. Boardway.
Field Drivers and Pound Keepers - Edwin E. Bisbee, Ellis S.Bumpus, Myron H. Hayden.
Fence Viewers-Edwin E. Bisbee, Ellis S. Bumpus, My- ron H. Hayden.
Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood-Frank H. Cole, Jesse A. Holmes, Frank F. Weston, Norman V. Holmes, Bradford H. Cole, Everett F. Cassidy, William E. Holmes, William M. Shaw, Ebenezer A. Shaw.
Tree Warden-John F. Tubman.
APPOINTED OFFICERS
Inspectorof Animals-Edwin E. Bisbee.
Inspector of Slaughtering-Edwin E. Bisbee.
Sealer of Weights and Measures-Edwin E. Bisbee.
Forest Warden-Norman V. Holmes, (Francis Merritt, Military Substitute).
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Gypsy Moth Superintendent-John F. Tubman.
Finance Committee-Terms expire in 1947: Leonard N. Heikkila, Lewis W. Jenney, H. W. Jordan, Kenneth E. Shaw, Herbert J. Vaughan; Terms expire in 1946: Carroll D. Griffith, Chesley H. Knowlton, Frank D. Costello, Arthur W. Peterson, George C. Paulding; Terms expire in 1945: Earl E. Boardway, Onni Hj. Erickson, Walter R. Carmichael, Herbert A. Stanly, Ebenezer A. Shaw.
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CONDITION OF THE TOWN TREASURY AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS DEC. 31, 1944
Assets
Cash
$58,262.93
Outstanding Taxes 1944
4,446.36
Outstanding Excise Taxes 1944
9.29
Due from State Chap. 81
2,838.81
Due from State Chap. 90
777.85
Due from County Chap. 90
777.85
$67,113.09
Liabilities
Overlay 1944
$2,643.94
Overlay Reserve Account
5,489.88
Unexpended Accounts
870.31
Benj. Ellis School Fund
181.12
Florenz Pina Account
12.90
Balance
57,914.94
$67,113.09
JACK L. MARTIN, Treasurer,
ROGER V. WESTON, WARREN L. CHANDLER,
ALLENA E. WARD,
Board of Auditors.
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TREASURER'S REPORT
JACK L. MARTIN, Treasurer
Dr.
1944
Jan. 1, Balance from 1943
$63,222.89
Received from Commonwealth ; Highways, Chap. 81, contract · 4010 $1,700.15
Highways, Chap. 81, contract 4189
5,243.59
Highways, Chap. 90, Maint.
222.13
Income Taxes
9,375.00
Corporation Taxes
5,829.56
Meal Tax, Old Age Assist.
527.55
Loss of Taxes
192.08
Old Age Assistance
5,807.98
Aid to Dependent Children
744.54
Temporary Aid
933.95
Contagious Diseases
173.82
State Highway Fund, Chap. 569 Acts 1943
5,947.68
English Speaking Classes
183.50
High School Transportation
4,843.30
School Superintendent
771.92
Division of Child Guardianship
1,437.09
Vocational Education
260.60
$44,194.44
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U. S. Grants, Old Age Assist. (assist.) $6,460.75
U. S. Grants, Old Age Assist. (admin.)
215.32
$6,676.07
U. S. Grants, Aid Dependent Children (aid)
$456.00
U. S. Grants, Aid Dependent Children (admin.)
23.00
$479.00
County of Plymouth :
Dog Fund
$323.98
Chap. 90, Maintenance
222.13
Reimbursement, Postage, dog tags 1.14
$547.25
Received from Cities and Towns :
Middleboro, Schools $498.52
Mattapoisett, Public Welfare 421.05
Plympton, Old Age Assistance 50.33
Bridgewater, Old Age Assistance
8.70
Lakeville, Use of Sand Spreader
15.00
Rochester, Use of Sand Spreader
18.00
Marion, Use of Sand Spreader
6.00
Fall River, Public Welfare
88.00
Fall River, Old Age Assistance
39.96
New Bedford, Public Welfare
227.80
Boston, Schools
175.60
$1,548.96 .
Cemetery Funds :
Pelham W. Barrows
$200.00
Lakenham Cemetery Fund
145.00
$345.00
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Eleanor L. Shaw, Library Fines
$6.05
Town Clerk, Dog Fund
429.20
Town Clerk, Sporting License Fund
342.25
Pratt School Fund
48.78
Benj. Ellis, School Fund
175.00
Director of Standards, Pedlar's
Licenses
6.00
Town Clerk :
Marriage License Fees
$30.00
Chattel Mortgage Fees
8.00
Miscellaneous Fees
11.50
$49.50
Town Histories
6.00
Milk Licenses
4.50
Sunday Licenses
1.00
Gasoline Renewals
4.00
Alcohol Permits
1.00
Second Hand Car License
5.00
Sale of Motor Cycle
450.00
Insurance Refunds
138.20
Special Cemetery Work
309.14
Sealer's Fees
11.99
Sale of Cryolite
28.08
Sale of Junk
6.60
Telephone Calls
.40
Unclaimed Checks
3.60
Interest on U. S. Bond, Series G.
125.00
Cemetery Bills, Perpetual Care
210.88
Tax Collector :
Poll and Property Taxes, 1942 $114.79
Poll and Property Taxes, 1943
4,326.51
Poll and Property Taxes, 1944
56,119.54
Interest on Poll and Property
Taxes
138.84
Demand Fees
21.00
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Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes, 1943 70.11 Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes, 1944 2,037.01
Interest on Excise Taxes 3.23
$62,831.03
Excise Taxes, 1942
38.09
Tax Title Redemption
45.50
$182,290.40
Cr.
Selectmen's Orders
$60,148.94
School Orders
39,554.78
Division of Fisheries and Game
342.25
Plymouth County Dog Fund
429.20
Cemetery Bills, Perpetual Care
210.88
Motor Vehicle Excise Refund
5.02
Cemetery Funds
345.00
Benjamin Ellis School Fund
174.98
Tillson Pratt School Fund
97.56
State Tax
5,445.00
State Reservations
83.41
County Tax
4,687.95
Middleborough Trust Co., No. School Loan
500.00
Middleborough Trust Co., No. School Loan Interest
2.50
Note Anticipation of Reimbursement
2,000.00
Post War Rehabilitation Fund, U. S. Bond Series G
10,000.00
Balance December 31, 1944
58,262.93
$182,290.40
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LIBRARY FUNDS
Name
Principal
Bal. of Inc. Jan. 1 1944
Inc. for Year
Exp. for Year
Bal. of Inc. Dec. 31st 1944
Rosa A. Cole
$1,000.00
$47.70
$21.05
$68.75
Mary P. S. Jowitt
100.00
24.94
1.86
26.80
PARKWAY FUNDS
Bal.
Name
Principal
Bal. of Inc. Jan. 1 1944
Inc. for Year
Exp. for Year
of Inc. Dec. 31st 1944
Sarah F. McFarlin
$100.00
$26.56
$1.89
$28.45
LICENSES AND PERMITS MILK LICENSES (25c and 50c)
Minnie B. Raymond
Cora M. Thomas
George Eastman (2)
Jack Thimas
Embert Eames, Jr.
Maurice F. Robbins
H. P. Hood & Sons (50c)
Manuel G. Thimas
Otto Salmi
William Pesonen
John Baptista
Svante Halunen
Jesse A. Holmes
E. J. McIntire (50c)
Nannah Salminen
GASOLINE RENEWALS ($1.00)
Gordon C. LeCain
Emma E. Roby
Arnold B. Adams John O. Eaton
ALCOHOL PERMITS ($1.00)
Walter Ellis
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LORD'S DAY LICENSES
John O. Eaton
SPORTING LICENSES ISSUED IN 1944
Resident Citizens Fishing
39 @ $2.00
$78.00
Resident Citizens Hunting
42 @
2.00
84.00
Resident Citizens Sporting
47 @
3.25
152.75
Women and Minors Fishing
13 @
1.25
16.25
Resident Citizens Trapping
7 @
5.25
36.75
Non-Residents Citizen Fishing
2 @
5.25
10.50
Duplicate Licenses
3 @
.50
1.50
Res. Cit. Sporting and
Trapping (free) 10
Military and Naval Sp.
License (free)
2
Old Age Citizens Fishing (free)
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153
$379.75
Fees
37.50
Paid Division of Fisheries and Game
$342.25
DOG LICENSES 1944-1945
Males
130 @ $2.00
$260.00
Females
30 @
5.00
150.00
Spayed Females
23 @ 2.00
46.00
Breeders
1 @ 10.00
10.00
184
$466.00
Fees
36.80
Paid County of Plymouth
$429.20
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CONDITION OF CEMETERY FUNDS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31. 1944
CENTRAL CEMETERY
Bal.
Name
Principal
Bal. of Inc. Jan. 1 1944
Inc. for Year
Exp. for Year
of Inc. Dec. 31st 1944
John B. Hatch
$100.00
$2.30
$2.05
$2.00
$2.35
Wilson Shaw
100.00
2.14
2.05
2.00
2.19
Clara M. Benson
100.00
2.10
2.05
2.00
2.15
E. L. Griffith
200.00
4.30
3.06
4.00
3.36
Isaac Vaughan
200.00
4.22
3.06
4.10
3.18
Catharine L. Gray
75.00
1.61
1.53
1.50
1.64
Betsey C. Look
100.00
2.05
2.05
2.05
2.05
D. W. Nash
100.00
2.05
2.05
2.05
2.05
Isaac Shaw
100.00
2.07
2.05
2.07
2.05
Linus Shaw
100.00
2.05
2.05
2.05
2.05
Theodore T. Vaughan
200.00
5.37
4.12
5.25
4.24
L. A. F. Baker
150.00
3.31
3.07
3.25
3.13
Sarah S. Nash
100.00
2.07
2.05
2.00
2.12
John A. Thomas
100.00
2.05
1.52
2.05
1.52
Horatio A. Lucas
100.00
2.05
1.52
2.05
1.52
Eben S. Lucas
100.00
2.05
2.05
2.05
2.05
Aravesta B. Shaw
100.00
2.05
2.05
2.05
2.05
Thomas Vaughan
200.00
4.10
3.06
4.00
3.16
James A. Vaughan
200.00
4.10
3.06
4.00
3.16
Albert T. Shurtleff
200.00
4.42
3.06
4.35
3.13
Benjamin Shurtleff
100.00
2.05
1.52
2.05
1.52
Edward Watson Shaw
100.00
2.05
2.05
2.05
2.05
Herbert H. Atwood
100.00
2.64
2.05
2.50
2.19
James E Vaughan
200.00
4.02
4.10
4.02
4.10
Frank Thomas
100.00
1.83
2.03
2.83
1.03
Nathan Maxim
150.00
2.51
3.06
2.51
3.06
Merton F. Dorr
100.00
1.00
2.03
1.00
2.03
Pelham W. Barrows
200.00
$4,050.00
$80.07
$71.08
$78.88
$72.27
LAKENHAM CEMETERY
Jennie E. Robbins
$100.00
$36.96
$2.74
$3.00
$36.70
Augustine Shurtleff
100.00
4.00
2.09
2.00
4.09
Theron M. Cole
100.00
2.86
1.53
1.50
2.89
Morse & Dunham
200.00
35.84
4.73
3.00
37.57
Cobb & Barrows
100.00
1.42
2.03
2.00
1.45
John Snow
100.00
2.05
1.52
2.05
1.52
Central Cemetery Fund 225.00
4.48
4.40
4.25
4.63
Fred A. Dimond
50.00
.98
.76
.75
.99
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Bal.
Name
Principal
Bal. of Inc. Jan. 1 1944
Inc. for Year
Exp. for Year
of Inc. Dec. 31st 1944
N. M. Ransome
200.00
18.90
4.39
3.00
20.29
Edward W. King
100.00
1.79
1.51
1.50
1.80
Levi Cobb
100.00
3.40
2.07
2.50
2.97
L. & A. R. Eames
100.00
.82
1.50
2.32
Joseph R. Sherman
100.00
1.37
1.51
1.50
1.38
Jospeh W. Sherman
100.00
2.41
2.05
2.50
1.96
Gustavus L. Swift
200.00
24.10
3.36
3.00
24.46
Mary A. Shurlteff
150.00
2.63
3.06
2.50
3.19
Henry Sherman
130.00
4.84
2.70
3.00
4.54
Joseph B. Rickard
150.00
16.26
3.33
3.00
16.59
Lafayette Braddock
100.00
5.33
1.57
3.00
3.90
E. T. Stetson
200.00
154.44
7.11
19.26
142.29
Rosa A. Cole
1,000.00
39.70
20.89
20.26
40.33
James Dunham
100.00
5.45
2.11
3.00
4.56
Chase & Barrows
100.00
2.21
2.05
2.00
2.26
George P. B. Atwood
100.00
.71
1.50
2.21
Lakenham Cemetery
364.06*
14.08
4.46
19.48
Timothy Cobb
50.00
.99
.76
Thomas Tillson
100.00
8.39
2.17
3.00
7.56
James W. Griffith
100.00
2.98
2.06
3.00
2.04
Mary D. Braddock
100.00
3.68
2.07
2.00
3.75
Albert C. Bradford
100.00
2.77
2.05
2.00
2.82
Benjamin W. Robbins
150.00
7.32
3.15
3.00
7.47
George E. Atwood
100.00
6.23
2.13
3.00
5.36
Oliver F. and Annie
D. Atwwod
100.00
4.72
2.09
3.00
3.81
$4,694.06
$415.61
$95.00
$120.00
$391.32
* Exp. 94c in excess of Interest and Income.
** 23c of Interest added to Principal to take care of deficit in 1943.
WENHAM CEMETERY
Mary E. Forbes
$100.00
$7.61
$1.61
$1.00
$8.22
Reuben Sherman
100.00
3.98
1.55
1.00
4.53
Julia F. Hammond
100.00
3.11
1.54
1.00
3.65
Sarah A. Hammond
100.00
7:50
2.15
1.00
8.65
Henry T. Hammond
100.00
12.44
2.25
2.00
12.69
Eliza C. Dunham
100.00
12.12
1.66
.50
13.28
Alfred Cole
200.00
27.73
4.57
1.00
31.30
$800.00
$74.49
$15.33
$7.50
$82.32
UNION CEMETERY
Hannah P. Richards
$100.00
$75.69
$2.61
$78.30
Rufus L. Richards
100.00
61.13
2.42
63.55
Irene A. Bent
100.00
32.99
1.97
34.96
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Alexander Law
100.00
12.74
1.67
14.41
Eliza A. Bowers
200.00
23.57
3.35
26.92
Thomas B. Griffith
1,000.00
308.30
26.28
2.00
332.58
Hannah B. Shaw
1,000.00
210.86
18.20
229.06
Marcus Atwood
200.00
166.65
7.36
174.01
Charles W. Griffith
500.00
179.35
13.65
193.00
Philander W. Bump
100.00
32.91
2.66
35.57
Ellis Griffith
200.00
124.07
6.51
130.58
Albert W. Perkins
100.00
43.06
2.87
45.93
Joseph Pratt
500.00
702.75
24.16
2.50
724.41
Ebenezer Smith
100.00
15.28
1.71
16.99
John A. Winberg
100.00
7.58
2.15
9.73
Olive B. Leoard
100.00
48.66
2.98
51.64
Charles Donnelly
100.00
13.60
2.27
15.87
Sarah McFarlin
100.00
11.94
1.65
13.59
Stephen Atwood
200.00
31.67
4.64
36.31
John J. Barrows
100.00
9.73
2.19
11.92
Lucius Atwood
100.00
9.76
1.63
11.39
Frank F. Tillson
100.00
13.02
1.68
14.70
Clarence H. Knowlton
100.00
12.24
2.25
14.49
Wilfred A. Tillson
100.00
11.19
1.65
12.84
Josiah W. Atwood
200.00
18.61
3.27
21.88
Oren Atwood
200.00
17.44
3.25
20.69
Lothrop A. Hayden
100.00
7.36
2.15
9.51
Samuel A. Shurtleff
200.00
15.17
4.32
19.49
Stillman Shaw
150.00
6.13
2.33
8.46
Samuel Shaw
150.00
6.57
2.33
8.90
Henry C. Washburn
100.00
16.68
2.33
19.01
Jane G. Burgess
100.00
16.74
2.33
19.07
Alfred M. Shaw
100.00
16.21
2.33
18.54
Ephraim Griffith
100.00
5.99
2.12
8.11
Charles A. Perkins
200.00
29.23
3.43
32.66
A. Sampson Perkins
100.00
9.05
1.62
10.67
Henry M. Gammons
100.00
4.94
1.56
6.50
John S. Atwood
100.00
7.74
1.61
9.35
Andrew M. Bumpus
100.00
5.18
1.56
6.74
Alice G. Shaw
100.00
9.31
1.63
10.94
Mildred V. Wallace
100.00
7.81
1.61
9.42
Ellis D. Atwood
200.00
49.67
5.01
54.68
Alton H. Griffith
100.00
5.84
2.11
7.95
S. Dexter Atwood
200.00
22.93
3.34
26.27
Hugh R. Bailey
200.00
34.02
3.50
37.52
Eli Southworth
100.00
8.28
1.62
9.90
Peleg McFarlin
100.00
4.10
2.09
6.19
Elijah H. Thomas
130.00
11.03
2.11
13.14
Cobb & Shurtleff
1,000.00
156.30
23.23
179.53
Preston Manter
100.00
10.55
2.21
12.76
Frederick Anderson
100.00
5.75
1.57
7.32
Robert F. Shurtleff
100.00
8.18
2.17
10.35
Charles F. Washburn
100.00
7.02
2.15
9.17
Z. Albert Tillson
100.00
5.37
2.11
7.48
William F. Stanley
200.00
.67
4.02
4.69
$10,330.00 $2,688.61
$235.53
$4.50 $2,919.64 ~
REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR
POLL AND PROPERTY TAXES
Year
6 Warrants
Collected
Abated
Tax Titles Outstanding Dec. 31, 1944
1944 Polls
$980.00
$842.00
$130.00
$8.00
1944 Personal
4,459.05
3,731.40
727.65
1944 Real Estate
55,316.43
51,546.14
50.13
9.45
3,710.71
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1944
1943 Polls
$16.00
$8.00
$8.00
1943 Personal
243.65
243.65
1943 Real Estate
4,118.53
4,074.86
42.68
99
1942 Real Estate
127.12
114.79
11.79
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MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES
Year
4 Warrants
Collected
Abated
Refunds Outstanding Dec. 31, 1944
1944
$2,061.00
$2,031.99
$14.70
$5.02
$9.29
Outstanding
Jan. 1, 1944
1943
$69.38
8.00
70.11
7.27
Warrant Jan. 15th
JACK L. MARTIN, Collector of Taxes.
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
EXCERPTS FROM TOWN MEETING RECORDS 1944 (March 7th)
It was voted to appropriate the Dog Fund for the Free Public Library.
Earl E. Boardway was chosen Town Director for County Aid to Agriculture.
Voted from available fund $10,000.00 to purchase an interest bearing bond for a Post War Rehabilitation Fund in accordance with Chapter 5 Acts of 1943.
Voted to authorize the Selecmten to sell the Police Motor Cycle.
(December 12th)
Authority given to the Selectmen to dispose of the felled trees on Town property.
Authority given to the Selectmen to sell the steam pump used on the road mixer.
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN CARVER FOR THE YEAR 1944
Jan. 4 Fred Martin Thomas, and Mary Hodge Tripp MacIntyre of Brookline.
Feb. 26 Walter Rodrick Carmichael, and Thalia Flor- ence Eames.
Mar. 26 Louis Barros, and Carolina Machado (Bap- tista).
Apr. 1 Henry John Teixeira, and Madeline Sousa of East Providence, R. I.
Apr. 12 John Orin Eaton, and Clara Eugenia Packard.
May 6 Wesley Warren Shurtleff, and Bessie Mae Brad- dock.
June 9 James Leslie Ferreira of Plymouth, and Rose Alice Majahad.
June 25 Urho Jacob Wainio, and Irja Mary Rantakan- gas of Wareham.
June 25 William Russell Holmes, and Virginia Louise Kendrick of Framingham.
July 1 Arnold Taber Sherwood of Kingston, and Helen
Gertrude Gustavson.
Aug. 12 John P. Gomes, and Arlene H. Fernandes Bar- rows of Middleboro.
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Aug. 20 Harry Gomes Gonsalves, and Roseta Louise Boynton.
Sept. 19 Lawyer Vaughan Smith, and Dorothy Lucille Regan.
Oct. 5 Elwyn Gardner Atwood, and Dorothy Alice
Houlihan of Middleboro.
Oct. 29 Vernon Roy Porter of Brockton, and Gertrude Blanche (Canwell) Hassan of Reading.
Dec. 2 Charles Joseph Barengo of Plymouth, and Shir- ley Jeanne Thomas.
Dec. 30 Maurice Andrew Silva, and Louise Ann Marie Arciero.
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BIRTHS RECORDED IN CARVER FOR THE YEAR 1944
Date
Name
Parents
Jan. 5
Douglas Johnson*
Carl Wendell Johnson
Elsie Josephine Carlson
Jan.
6
Clayton Manuel Barboza*
Frank Corell Barboza Irma Olivia Shelton
Jan.
7
Leonizia Ruth Thimas*
Manuel Gomes Thimas Dorothy Cosmos
Jan. 16 Eldred S. Mosher III*
Eldred Selden Mosher Marjorie Dempsey Willian Pesonen Hulda Ellen Heino
Jan. 18 Anna Pesonen*
William Pesonen Hulda Ellen Heino
Feb. 1 Lillian Wilbur*
Franklin Pierce Wilbur Lillian Arthur Franklin Pierce Wilbur Lillian Arthur
Feb. 3 Myrtle Eleanor Brien*
Feb. 5 Ellsworth Paul Shaw*
Mar. 18 Robin Page Luttes*
Mar. 31 Jerilyn Kangas*
Apr. 14 Nancy Elaine Johnson*
Solon Elmer Johnson
Alma Mae Siebenschee
Louis Brier Olive Purington
Charles Jesse Perry Jennie Cecelia Barros
Philip Warren Munies Martha Ann Shaw
Leonard Nicholai Heikkila Aili Tarald Piispanen
Earl Thomas Knight Mary Brown
Lloyd Joseph Thomas Madeline Louise Vickery
Oct. 9 Anne Devlin Mills*
Dec. 6 Margaret Dunklee*
Dce. 7 Arthur Lee Goodreau*
Dec. 19 Karen Lee Penti*
Dec. 31 Edwin Albert Brown
* Born in Hospitals
Edward John Kangas Aldia Frances Barnes
June 24 Deloris Anita Brier
July 23 Betty Ann Perry*
July 28 Russell Thomas Munies*
Aug. 27 Roger Frederick Heikkila*
Sept. 21 Roberta Knight*
Sept. 21 Robert Eli Thomas*
Francis Xavier Mills Marguerite Emma Ketchen
Daniel Emerson Dunklee Doris Evelyn Mosher Theodore Homer Goodreau Audrie Naomi Birdsall Yuno Paul Penti Rachel Elizabeth Rantaleargo
Edwin G. Brown Celia F. Gammons
Jan. 18
Sylvia Pesonen*
Feb. 1 Ida Wilbur*
George Joseph Brien Olive Mildred Chandler
Frederick Ellsworth Shaw Eleanor Margaret Hein
Ivan Jams Luttes Charlotte Elizabeth Andrews
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DEATHS RECORDED IN CARVER FOR THE YEAR 1944
Date
Name
Age Y. M. D.
Cause of Death
Jan. 4 Charles Howard Pease
83 9
11 Bronchopneumonia
Jan. 29 Catherine M. Costello
81 6
4 Generalized Arterioscler- osis with Terminal Chronic Nephritis.
Feb. 2 Ida Wlibur (4 hrs .- 30 min.)
Prematurity
Feb. 2 Lillian Wilbur (13 hrs .- 29 min.)
Feb. 8 Lawrence M. Chase
60
6
15 Natural causes-probably Heart.
Mar. 20 Oscar Lammi
59
1 1 Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Mar. 27 Joseph S. Amado
68
Cerebral Thrombosis
June 16 Tappan E. Francis
47
1 3 Acute Nephritis
June 27
Manuel Enos
79
5 21 Terminal monia.
Bronchopneu-
July 11 Walter N. Crowell
76
2 4 Cerebral Hemorrhage
July 19 Orrin M. Robinson
49
3 0 Cardiac Decompensation
Sept. 30 Joseph W. Laird
89
9
15 Acute Coronary Occlusion
Oct. 9 Alice Gomes 9
4 2 Congenital neys.
Cystic Kid-
Oct. 16 Peter Thatcher
60
Coronary Thrombosis
Oct. 23 John Lincoln Parker
80 11
23 Cerebral Hemorrhage
Nov. 22
Alice Tillson
67 Myocardial Failure
4
21 Natural causes-probably Heart.
Mar. 20 George Salvas
69
Prematurity
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ASSESSORS' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1944
TOWN APPROPRIATIONS ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 7, 1944
General Government
$7,539.50
Unclassified
500.00
Memorial Day
150.00
Health
1,200.00
Public Welfare
7,500.00
Public Welfare Administration
275.00
Old Age Assistance
9,740.00
Old Age Assistance Administration
225.00
Aid to Dependent Children
2,700.00
Aid to Dependent Children Ad- ministration
25.00
Soldiers' Relief
200.00
Police
850.00
Rationing Board
100.00
Carver State Guards
250.00
Road Machinery
500.00
Bridges
300.00
Removal of Snow
1,000.00
Highways, Chapter 81
5,417.00
Maintenance, Chapter 90
1,000.00
Fires
1,000.00
Fire Equipment
450.00
Cemeteries
985.00
Parks
200.00
Library
300.00
Weights and Measures
150.00
Tree Warden
750.00
Gypsy Moth
1,194.45
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School and Vocational Education
School Dental Clinic
39,721.78 100.00
Notes
500.00
Interest
75.00
Aid to Agriculture
100.00
American Legion, Rent
50.00
Old Home Day
175.00
Workmen's Compensation Insurance
400.00
General Highways
400.00
Alarm System
200.00
Public Welfare-Unpaid Bills of 1943
65.00
Police-Unpaid Bills of 1943
18.56
Health-Unpaid Bills of 1943
156.00
Carver State Guards-Unpaid
Bills of 1943 7.48
Cemetery Appropriations, Art. 18
400.00
War Bond
10,000.00
Reserve Account
750.00
Perpetual Care, Cemeteries
800.00
Chapter 90
2,000.00
Chapter 81
8,125.00
Total Town Appropriation
$108,544.77
State Tax
$5,445.00
State Parks and Reservations
83.41
Total State Assessments
$5,528.41
County Tax
$4,687.95
Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment
1,768.96
County Tax, 1943
172.69
Total County Assessments
$6,629.60
Overlay
$2,824.07
Gross Amount to be Raised $123,526.85
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Estimated Receipts and Available Funds :
Income Tax
$8,011.66
Corporation Taxes
4,089.64
Reimbursement of State Owned
Land
192.08
Gasoline Tax
5,947.68
Motor Vehicle Excise
2,300.00
Licenses
38.25
Fines
25.61
Health and Sanitation
1,175.43
Old Age Assistance
6,258.23
Old Age Tax, Meals
307.06
Schools
8,439.80
Interest on Taxes
187.99
Public Welfare, Other Towns
1,555.16
Temporary Aid
1,109.55
Aid to Dependent Children
1,246.02
Sundries
341.60
Total Estimated Receipts
$41,225.76
State Parks and Reservations $2.61
Free Cash approved by the Com- missioner, March 13 $21,675.00
Total Available Funds
$21,677.61
Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds $62,903.37
Amount to be Raised on Polls $866.00
Amount to be Raised on Personal Property 4,441.05
Amount to be Raised on Real Estate 55,316.43
Total
$60,623.48
K
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Value of Assessed Stock in Trade $20,170.00
Value of Assessed Machinery 66,340.00 Value of Assessed Live Stock 25,100.00 Value of all other Tangible Personal Property 135,115.00
Total
$246,725.00
Value of Land Exclusive of Buildings $2,254,080.00
Value of Buildings Exclusive of Land 819,055.00
Total
$3,073,135.00
Total Valuation of Assessed Estate
$3,319,860.00
Tax Rate $18.00
Increase in Value of Real Estate $48,795.00
Decrease in Value of Personal Property 11,995.00
Number of Persons Assessed
on Personal Estate only 16
Number of Persons Assessed on Real Estate only 535
Number of Persons Assessed on Personal and Real Es- tate 149
Number of Cranberry Bogs 291
Number of Acres of Cran- berry Bog 2802 3/4
Value of Cranberry Bogs $1,917,090.00
Average Value per Acre 683.94
Estimated Crop of 1943 100,000 Bbls.
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Assessed Valuation of Cranberry Bogs :
3/4 A at
$1,200.00
42 1/4 A at
1,100.00
11 A at
1,050.00
87 3/8 A at
1,000.00
161 1/8 A at
950.00
89 5/8
A at
900.00
266 1/4
A at
850.00
65 1/2 A at
800.00
199 3/8 A at
750.00
709 1/6
A at
700.00
342 1/12 A at
650.00
143 1/4
A at
600.00
175
A at
550.00
96
A at
500.00
60 1/2
A at
450.00
132 1/6
A at
400.00
153 5/6
A at
350.00
32
A at
300.00
9
A at
250.00
10
A at
200.00
11 3/8
A at
150.00
4 A at
100.00
Number of Corporaitons
24
Value of Corporations
$1,109,645.00
Number of Autos and Trucks Assessed 519
Valuation of Autos and Trucks
60,730.00
Amount of Excise Tax 2,081.00
Excise Tax Rate
35.85
Number of Horses 22
Number of Cows
76
Number of Other Cattle
21
Number of Swine
500
Number of Fowl
2,230
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Acres of Land Assessed
19,576 1/4
Dwellings Assessed
537
Polls Assessed
433
Summary of Warrants to the Collector :
Polls, February 19
$866.00
Excise, March 28
629.50
Town,Real Estate, April 22
55,316.43
Personal, April 22
4,441.05
Excise, June 6
1,205.16
Excise, August 23
178.38
Excise, November 6
47.96
Omitted Assessments, December 16
18.00
Polls, December 16
10.00
Excise, January 1945
20.00
WILLIAM M. SHAW,
RALPH E. WASHBURN,
ARTHUR H. WADE,
Assessors.
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT
Jack L. Martin, Town Clerk
$400.00
Jack L. Martin, Treasurer
700.00
Jack L. Martin, Tax Collector
700.00
Jack L. Martin, Town Clerk, Mileage, 126 miles
7.56
Jack L. Martin, Town Clerk, Postage
2.26
Jack L. Martin, Treasurer, Mileage, 1,316 miles
78.96
Jack L. Martin, Notary fee .25
Jack L. Martin, Treasurer, Postage 85.84
Jack L. Martin, Tax Collector, Mileage, 94 miles 5.64
Jack L. Martin, Tax Collector, Postage 47.37
Jack L. Martin, Tax Collector, Expense, Adver., etc. 11.80
James S. McKay, Janitor
520.00
Florence Washburn, Clerical Assist., Selectmen
75.84
Florence Washburn, Clerical Assist., Treasurer 6.87
Florence Washburn, Clerical Assist., Town Clerk 8.67
Florence Washburn, Clerical Assist., Tax Collector 5.00
Florence Washburn, Clerical Assist., St. Listing
23.79
Plymouth County Electric Co.
121.36
Petroleum Sales & Service, Inc., Oil
527.83
New England Tel. & Tel. Co. 127.91
Ralph Washburn, Assessor, Services
264.00
Ralph Washburn, Assessor, Mileage, 362 miles
21.72
Ralph Washburn, Assessor, Expense
1.50
William M. Shaw, Assessor, Services 321.50
William M. Shaw, Assessor, Mileage, 495 miles
29.70
William M. Shaw, Assessor, Expense
1.50
William M. Shaw, Assessor, Postage
1.35
Arthur H. Wade, Assessor, Services
252.50
Arthur H. Wade, Assessor, Mileage, 324 miles
19.44
Arthur H. Wade, Assessor, Expense 1.50
Eleanor Shaw, Clerk for Assessors
62.50
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Edith M. Farrington, Assessors Cards
30.71
Jesse A. Holmes, Selectman, Services
139.32
Jesse A. Holmes, Selectman, Mileage, 257 miles
15.42
Jesse A. Holmes, Selectman, Postage
2.64
Jesse A. Holmes, Selectman, Telephone
.15
Bernard W. Roby, Selectman, Services
76.86
Bernard W. Roby, Selectman, Mileage, 293 miles
17.59
Allena Ward, Auditor
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