Town annual reports of Carver 1947, Part 1

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Publication date: 1947
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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS OF THE


TOWN of CARVER


MASSACHUSETTS


OF


CA


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CORPOR


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FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 1947


Annual Town Meeting, March 1, 1948 at 12:00 Noon


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS OF THE


TOWN of CARVER


MASSACHUSETTS


OF


CA


ER


MAS


NCORPORATED 1790 TTS


S


FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 1947


Annual Town Meeting, March 1, 1948 at 12:00 Noon


Printed by THE MEMORIAL PRESS Plymouth, Mass.


Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2015


https://archive.org/details/annualtownreport1947carv


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OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES FOR THE YEAR 1947


Moderator-Norman V. Holmes.


Town Clerk, Treasurer and Collector of Taxes-Jack L. Martin.


Auditors-Roger V. Weston, Warren L. Chandler, Harri- son W. Jordan.


Selectmen-Jesse A. Holmes (1950), Bernard W. Roby (1949), Frank D. Costello (1948) .


Board of Public Welfare-Selectmen.


Assessors-Arthur H. Wade (1950), Ralph E. Washburn (1949), William M. Shaw (1948).


Highway Surveyor-Charles M. Haynes.


School Committee-John Carter (1948), Harriet J. Snow (1949) deceased, Constance B. Holmes, appointed, Frank H. Cole (1950).


Park Commissioners-William E. Holmes (1948), James V. Santarpia (1949), George T. Harriman (1950).


Cemetery Commissioners - Edwin E. Bisbee (1950), Thomas H. Reynolds (1949), Ralph L. Linton (1948) .


Library Trustees-Henry M. Shaw (1950), Grace W. Pass (1950), Elthea E. Atwood (1949), William M. Shaw (1949), A. Viola Griffith (1948), George L. Parker (1948) .


Constables-Edwin E. Bisbee, Ellis S. Bumpus, William E. Holmes.


Town Director-County Aid to Agriculture-Carroll D. Griffith.


Field Drivers and Pound Keepers-Edwin W. Bisbee, Ellis S. Bumpus, William E. Holmes.


Fence Viewers-Edwin E. Bisbee, Ellis S. Bumpus, Wil- liam E. Holmes.


Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood-Frank H. Cole, Jesse A. Holmes, Norman V. Holmes, Bradford H. Cole, Everett F. Cassidy, William E. Holmes, William M. Shaw, Ebenezer A. Shaw, James E. Thomas, Jr., Curtis Shaw.


Tree Warden-William E. Holmes.


APPOINTED OFFICERS


Inspector of Animals-William E. Holmes.


Inspector of Slaughtering-William E. Holmes. Sealer of Weights and Measures-Edwin E. Bisbee. Forest Warden-Francis Merritt.


Gypsy Moth Superintendent-William E. Holmes.


Finance Committee-Terms expire in 1948: Eldred S. Mosher, Bradford H. Cole, Olive S. Ward, Gordon C. LeCain, Roger Williams; Terms expire in 1949: Homer F. Weston, Eleanor L. Shaw, Bernard E. Shaw, Roger A. Chauvin, Russell A. Trufant; Terms expire in 1950: Earl B. Ware, Albert C. Higgins, Donald H. Bailey, Ellis D. Atwood, Perez L. Shurtleff (deceased)-Harold L. Ballard appointed.


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CONDITION OF THE TOWN TREASURY AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS DEC. 31, 1947


ASSETS


Cash


$82,169.90


Outstanding 1946 Taxes


198.24


Outstanding 1947 Taxes


3,479.45


Outstanding 1947 Excise Taxes


271.54


Due from State Chapter 81


5,289.11


Due from State Chapter 90


5,590.77


Due from County Chapter 90


2,795.38


$99,794.39


LIABILITIES


Overlay 1946


$198.24


Overlay 1947


2,000.61


Unexpended Accounts


2,311.14


Benjamin Ellis Fund


200.32


Carver Public Library Donation, L. E. Blenheim


6,000.00


Florence Pina Account


12.90


Interest on G. Bond.


825.00


Dog fund


19.20


Plymouth County Retirement Assoc.


28.18


Balance


88,198.80


$99,794.39


JACK L. MARTIN, Treasurer. ROGER WESTON, WARREN L. CHANDLER, HARRISON W. JORDAN, Board of Auditors.


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TREASURER'S REPORT


JACK L. MARTIN, Treasurer


Dr.


1947


Jan. 1, Balance from 1946


$86,162.35


Received from Commonwealth:


Highways Chap. 81, contract 4548


4,676.75


Highways Chap. 81, contract 4728


7,360.37


Highways Chap. 90, contract 9821


1,875.43


Highways Chap. 90, contract 10083


999.80


Highway Fund


5,002.68


Income Tax


21,981.97


Income Tax Business


5,440.65


Meal Tax Old Age Assist.


524.58


Loss of Taxes


258.83


Old Age Assistance


5,645.56


Aid Dependent Children


2,935.35


Temporary Aid


2,517.76


Public Health Subsidy


408.57


Division of Child Guardianship


1,167.85


Vocational Education


227.95


Tuition of Children


11.74


Burial of Indigent Person


108.45


$61,144.29


U. S. Grants, Old Age Assist. (Assist.)


6,893.22


U. S. Grants, Old Age Assist. (Admin.)


316.55


7,209.77


U. S. Grant Aid Dependent Children (Aid)


2,974.31


U. S. Grant Aid Dependent Children (Admin.)


104.66


3,078.97


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County of Plymouth


Dog Fund


284.93


Chap. 90, Purchase St.


937.72


Land Damage, Holmes St.


112.00


Land Damage, Seipet St.


316.00


Received from Cities and Towns


Boston schools


246.75


Plymouth, Old Age Assist.


43.21


289.96


Cemetery Funds


Lakenham Cemetery Fund


40.00


Myra A. Hammond


100.00


Lothrop W. Barrows


200.00


George I. Johnson


200.00


540.00


Town Clerk Dog Fund


415.60


Town Clerk Sporting License Fund


493.50


E. Tillson Pratt School Fund


48.78


Benjamin Ellis School Fund


175.00


Director of Standards Pedlars License


18.00


Eleanor L. Shaw, Library Fines


18.90


Town Clerk


Marriage License fees


42.00


Chattel Mortgage fees


60.25


Miscellaneous fees


9.75


112.00


Town Histories


25.00


Milk Licenses


3.25


Lord's Day Licenses


18.00


Gasoline Renewals


2.00


Revolver Permits


4.50


Victualer's License


6.00


Pedlar's License


2.00


Oleo Permits


1.00


1,650.65


-8-


Inn Holder's Licenses


3.00


Second Hand Car Dealer's Licenses


10.00


Junk Dealer's Licenses


5.00


Permit to sell Fire Arms


.50


Sealer's Fees


15.01


Slaughter House fees


48.50


Hall Rent


15.00


Interest on U. S. Bond, Series "G"


250.00


Refunds


107.75


Received for Damages to Town Property


60.54


Phone Calls


.23


Court fines


41.40


Cemeteries, Perpetual Care


813.91


Special Cemetery Work


332.00


U. S. Withholding Tax


3,364.00


Plymouth County Retirement Assoc.


119.29


Note No. 89


1,000.00


Tax Collector


Property Taxes 1946


1,757.48


Poll and Property Taxes 1947


85,461.72


Interest on Poll and Property Taxes


83.20


Demands


9.80


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 1946


449.26


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes 1947


4,043.62


Interest on Excise Taxes


5.29


91,810.37


$259,416.02


Cr.


Selectman's Warrants


$80,503.54


School Warrants


49,655.64


Old Age Assistance Warrants


16,307.65


Aid Dependent Children Warrants


9,823.93


Division of Fisheries and Game


493.50


County of Plymouth Dog Fund


396.40


Cemeteries Bills, Perpetual Care


813.91


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Cemetery Funds


540.00


U. S. Withholding Tax


3,364.00


State Tax


2,250.00


County Tax


6,701.90


State Parks and Reservations


89.79


State Audit


466.31


Benjamin Ellis School Fund


177.07


E. Tillson Pratt School Fund


75.51


Note No. 89


1,000.00


Interest


3.08


Plymouth County Retirement Assoc.


91.11


Land Damages, Seipit St.


629.00


Land Damages, Holmes St.


182.00


Plymouth County Hospital Assessment


3,627.54


Real Estate Tax Refund


31.88


Poll Tax Refund


2.00


Excise Refund


20.36


Balance Dec. 31, 1947


82,169.90


$259,416.02


LICENSES AND PERMITS SPORTING LICENSES ISSUED IN 1947


Resident Citizens Fishing


44 @ $2.00


$88.00


Resident Citizens Hunting


69 @ 2.00


138.00


Resident Citizens Sporting


66 @


3.25


214.50


Women and Minors Fishing


23 @


1.25


28.75


Resident Minors Trapping


1 @


2.25


2.25


Resident Citizens Trapping


12 @


5.25


63.00


Non-resident Citizens Fishing


2 @


5.25


10.50


Non-Resident Military and Naval


Sporting


1 @


2.00


2.00


Duplicate


2 @


.50


1.00


Resident Citizens (free)


10


10


220


$548.00


Fees


54.50


Paid Division of Fisheries and Game


$493.50


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DOGS LICENSED IN 1947


Males


130 @


$2.00


$260.00


Females


27 @


5.00


135.00


Spayed Females


18 @


2.00


36.00


Kennel $10.00


2 @


10.00


20.00


177


$451.00


Fees


35.40


$415.60


Total due County Paid County Due County


$396.40


19.20


$415.60


PISTOL PERMIT


Ethel Savery


.50


Harold Ballard .50


Robert McCaig


.50


Jesse A. Holmes .50


Wesley Shurtleff


.50


Waino M. Peltokorpi


.50


Arthur T. Braddock


.50


Earl V. Barnes


.50


Daniel Potter


.50


GASOLINE RENEWALS


Wenham Garage 1.00


Clara Eaton 1.00


LORD'S DAY LICENSES


Harry C. Morris & Son


(2)


2.00


Gordon C. LeCain


1.00


Ellis D. Atwood (3)


3.00


Lewis W. Jenney


1.00


Keating Bros. (2)


2.00


George A. Raymond


1.00


Clara Eaton


1.00


Manuel Centeio


1.00


Celia Santos


1.00


Walter R. Carmichael 1.00


H. W. Jordan 1.00


Paul W. Williams


1.00


George C. Paulding


1.00


MILK LICENSE


McIntire's Dairy


.50 H. P. Hood & Sons .50


William E. Holmes


.25


Ellis D. Atwood .25


Lewis W. Jenney


.25


Minnie Raymond .25


Florence Miller


.25 Wiksten Bros. .50


Florence Cole


.25 Paul W. Williams .25


Albert C. Higgins 1.00


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VICTUALER'S LICENSE Harry C. Morris & Son 3.00 Ellis D. Atwood 3.00


FIREARMS LICENSE Harold T. Braddock, .50


PEDLAR'S LICENSE Kenneth E. Wilder, 2.00


OLEO PERMITS


Lewis W. Jenney .50 Paul W. Williams .50


SECOND HAND CAR DEALERS PERMIT


Wenham Garage 5.00 Albert L. Chandler 5.00


INN HOLDERS LICENSE Ida B. Murphy, 3.00


JUNK DEALER'S LICENSE Frank Barrow's, Jr., 5.00


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CONDITION OF CEMETERY FUNDS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1947 CENTRAL CEMETERY


Name


Principal


Bal. of Inc. Jan. 1, 1947


Inc. for Year


Exp. for Year


Bal. of Inc. Dec. 31, 1947


John B. Hatch


$100.00


$2.05


$2.05


$2.00


$2.10


Wilson Shaw


100.00


2.05


2.05


2.00


2.10


Clara M. Benson


100.00


2.05


2.05


2.00


2.10


E. L. Griffith


200.00


3.05


3.05


3.05


3.05


Isaac Vaughan


200.00


3.05


3.05


3.00


3.10


Catherine L. Gray


75.00


1.53


1.53


1.50


1.56


Betsey C. Look


100.00


2.05


2.05


2.00


2.10


D. W. Nash


100.00


2.05


2.05


2.00


2.10


Isaac Shaw


100.00


2.05


2.05


2.00


2.10


Linus Shaw


100.00


2.05


2.05


2.00


2.10


Theodore T. Vaughan


200.00


4.11


4.10


4.00


4.21


L. A. F. Baker


150.00


3.07


3.07


3.00


3.14


Sarah D. Nash


100.00


2.05


2.05


2.00


2.10


John A. Thomas


100.00


1.51


1.51


1.50


1.52


Horatio A. Lucas


100.00


1.51


1.51


1.50


1.52


Eben S. Lucas


100.00


2.05


2.05


2.00


2.10


Aravesta B. Shaw


100.00


2.05


2.05


2.00


2.10


Thomas Vaughan


200.00


3.05


3.05


3.00


3.10


James A. Vaughan


200.00


3.05


3.05


3.00


3.10


Albert F. Shurtleff


200.00


3.05


3.05


3.00


3.10


Benjamin Shurtleff


100.00


1.51


1.51


1.50


1.52


John Snow


100.00


1.51


1.51


1.50


1.52


Central Cem.


345.00


5.65


6.76


5.50


6.91


Fred A. Dimond


50.00


.51


.50


.50


.51


Edward Watson Shaw


100.00


2.05


2.05


2.00


2.10


Herbert H. Atwood


100.00


2.05


2.05


2.00


2.10


James E. Vaughan


200.00


4.10


4.10


4.00


4.20


Frank Thomas


100.00


2.05


2.05


2.00


2.10


Nathan Maxim


150.00


3.07


3.07


3.00


3.14


Merton F. Dorr


100.00


2.05


2.05


2.00


2.10


Pelham W. Barros


200.00


4.06


4.10


4.00


4.16


Robert F. Dimond


100.00


1.17


1.17


Abbie T. Allen


100.00


1.12


1.00


.12


George I. Johnson


200.00


Myra A. Hammond


100.00


. . . .


$4,870.00


$77.84


$82.53


$76.30


$84.07


LAKENHAM CEMETERY


Jennie E. Robbins


$100.00


$23.03


$2.47


$6.00


$19.50


Augustine Shurtleff


100.00


3.75


2.07


2.00


3.82


Theron M. Cole


100.00


1.58


1.51


1.50


1.59


Morse & Dunham


200.00


34.56


4.70


6.00


33.26


Cobb & Barrows


100.00


2.53


2.05


2.50


2.08


N. M. Ransome


200.00


18.11


4.38


6.00


16.49


1


Oliver L. Shurtleff


200.00


1.75


3.02


.75


4.02


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Name


Principal


Bal. of Inc. Jan. 1, 1947


Inc. for Year


Exp. for Year


Bal. of Inc. Dec. 31, 1947


Edward W. King


100.00


1.85


1.51


1.75


1.61


Levi Cobb


100.00


2.32


2.05


2.25


2.12


L. & A. R. Eames


100.00


2.36


1.53


2.25


1.64


Joseph R. Sherman


100.00


2.15


1.52


2.00


1.67


Joseph W. Sherman


100.00


2.29


2.05


2.25


2.09


Gustavus L. Swift


200.00


10.15


3.14


6.00


7.29


Mary A. Shurtleff


150.00


3.33


3.07


3.00


3.40


Henry Sherman


130.00


2.90


2.66


2.75


2.81


Joseph B. Richard


150.00


9.15


3.19


6.00


6.34


Lafayette Braddock


100.00


1.98


1.51


1.50


1.99


E. T. Statson


200.00


71.77


5.45


10.00


67.22


Rosa A. Cole


1,000.00


21.95


20.53


10.50


31.98


James Dunham


100.00


2.70


2.05


2.50


2.25


Chase & Barrows


100.00


2.36


2.05


2.25


2.16


George P. B. Atwood


100.00


2.24


1.53


2.00


1.77


Lakenham Cemetery Fund


461.16


8.12


8.60


8.00


8.72


Timothy Cobb


50.00


2.28


1.57


2.50


1.35


Thomas Tillson


100.00


1.71


3.06


1.50


3.27


James W. Griffith


100.00


2.64


2.05


2.50


2.19


Mary D. Braddock


100.00


3.39


2.07


3.00


2.46


Albert C. Bradford


100.00


3.42


2.07


3.00


2.49


Benjamin W.


Robbins


150.00


3.67


3.08


3,00


3.75


George E. Atwood


100.00


3.05


2.07


3.00


2.12


Olive F. & Annie D.


Atwood


100.00


2.43


2.05


2.00


2.48


Albert Linton


100.00


.17


3.03


3.20


George W. Linton


100.00


.17


3.03


3.20


Robert L. Edwards


200.00


1.50


3.02


1.50


3.02


Lothrop W. Barrows


200.00


$5,391.16


$255.61


$106.72


$111.00


$251.33


UNION CEMETERY


Hannah P.


Richards


$100.00


$62.52


$2.43


$12.00


$52.95


Rufus L. Richards


100.00


60.45


2.40


6.00


56.85


Irene A. Bent


100.00


30.95


1.94


6.00


26.89


Alexander Law


100.00


10.79


1.64


5.00


7.43


Eliza Bowers


200.00


24.73


3.37


5.00


23.10


Thomas B. Griffith


1,000.00


345.34


27.02


269.50


102.86


Thomas B. Griffith


1,000.00


266.31


19.04


65.00


220.35


Marcus Atwood


200.00


175.06


7.53


8.00


174.59


Charles W. Griffith


500.00


134.51


12.74


5.00


142.25


Philander W. Bump


100.00


25.90


2.52


7.50


20.92


Ellis Griffith


200.00


115.58


6.33


8.00


113.91


Albert W. Perkins


100.00


39.71


2.80


6.00


36.51


Joseph Pratt


500.00


723.61


24.58


30.00


718.19


Ebenezer Smith


100.00


11.42


1.65


4.50


8.57


John A. Winberg


100.00


5.07


2.11


7.18


Olive B. Leonard


100.00


45.66


2.92


6.00


42.58


Charles Donnelly


100.00


11.46


2.23


4.50


9.19


Sarah McFarlin


100.00


9.95


1.63


4.00


7.58


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Name


Principal


Bal, of Inc. Jan. 1, 1947


Inc. for Year


Exp. for Year


Bal. of Inc. Dec. 31, 1947


Stephen Atwood


200.00


30.73


4.63


7.50


27.86


John J. Barrows


100.00


7.35


2.15


4.00


5.50


Lucius Atwood


100.00


8.68


1.62


3.00


7.30


Frank F. Tillson


100.00


11.58


1.65


3.50


9.73


Clarence H.


Knowlton


100.00


10.53


2.21


4.00


8.74


Wilfred A. Tillson


100.00


9.66


1.63


3.00


8.29


Josiah W. Atwood


200.00


16.48


3.24


6.00


13.72


Oren Atwood


200.00


15.26


3.21


6.00


12.47


Lothrop A. Hayden


100.00


5.85


2.11


3.00


4.96


Samuel A. Shurtleff


200.00


18.28


4.38


6.00


16.66


Stillman Shaw


150.00


6.17


2.33


3.00


5.50


Samuel Shaw


150.00


6.63


2.33


3.00


5.96


Henry C. Washburn


100.00


14.74


2.29


4.50


12.53


Jane G. Burgess


100.00


15.31


2.31


4.50


13.12


Alfred M. Shaw


100.00


14.74


2.29


4.50


12.53


Ephraim Griffith


100.00


5.93


2.11


8.04


Charles A. Perkins


200.00


28.34


3.43


6.00


25.77


A. Sampson Perkins


100.00


7.94


1.61


3.00


6.55


Henry M. Gammons


100.00


3.65


1.55


5.20


John S. Atwood


100.00


6.59


1.59


3.00


5.18


Andrew M. Bumpus


100.00


3.90


1.55


5.45


Alice G. Shaw


100.00


7.20


1.61


3.00


5.81


Mildred V. Wallace


100.00


6.16


1.58


3.00


4.74


Ellis D. Atwood


200.00


55.91


5.13


6.00


55.04


Alton H. Griffith


100.00


6.26


2.13


3.00


5.39


S. Dexter Atwood


200.00


22.03


3.33


6.00


19.36


Hugh R. Bailey


200.00


35.61


3.52


6.00


33.13


Eli Southworth


100.00


7.15


1.60


3.00


5.75


Peleg McFarlin


100.00


5.43


2.11


2.00


5.54


Elijah H. Thomas


130.00


10.40


2.10


4.00


8.50


Cobb & Shurtleff


1,000.00


204.69


24.20


12.00


216.89


Preston Manter


100.00


8.22


2.17


4.00


6.39


Frederick Anderson


100.00


6.02


1.58


2.00


5.60


Robert F. Shurtleff


100.00


9.27


2.19


4.00


7.46


Charles F. Washburn


100.00


7.53


2.15


3.00


6.68


Z. Albert Tillson


100.00


7.78


2.15


2.00


7.93


William F. Stanley


200.00


8.93


4.19


3.00


10.12


$10,330.00 $2,755.95


$236.84


$595.50 $2,397.29


WENHAM CEMETERY


Mary E. Forbes


$100.00


$9.91


$1.63


$1.50


$10.04


Reuben Sherman


100.00


6.11


1.58


2.00


5.69


Julia F. Hammond


100.00


5.38


1.57


4.07


2.88


Sarah A. Hammond


100.00


11.03


2.23


5.99


7.27


Henry T. Hammond


100.00


15.05


2.31


3.91


13.45


Eliza C. Dunham


100.00


15.11


1.70


2.50


14.31


Alfred Cole


200.00


37.92


4.77


11.14


31.55


$800.00


$100.51


$15.79


$31.11


$85.19


SARAH McFARLIN PARKWAY FUND


Sarah F. McFarlin $100.00


$32.31


$1.97


$34.28


REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR


POLL AND PROPERTY TAXES


Year


Warrant


Collected


Abated


Tax Titles


Outstanding Dec. 31, 1947


1947 Polls


$994.00


$756.00


$194.00


$44.00


1947 Personal


7,384.21


7,177.04


71.25


135.92


1947 Real Estate


80,947.15


77,528.68


132.03


18.76


3,299.53*


Real Estate Refund


31.88


* Error 3ยข (Warrant in excess of commitment list.)


Outstanding Jan. 1, 1947


1946 Polls


24.00


20.00


4.00


1946 Personal


120.96


71.52


49.44


$131.73


30.61


$101.12


Jan. 1, 1947


Bal. of Inc.


LIBRARY FUND


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MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES


1947 Excise Taxes


$4,390.04


$4,043.62


$90.40


$271.54


$35.30


1.94


$33.36


Year


Inc. for


Outstanding Jan. 1, 1947


1946 Excise Taxes


206.25


Warrant Jan. 9


209.07


Warrant Feb. 3


54.98


449.26


25.88


Refunds


4.84


JACK L. MARTIN, Collector of Taxes


$167.03


32.55


$134.48


1947


Dec. 31,


of Inc.


Bal.


Mary P. S. Jowitt


Rosa A. Cole


Name


$1,100.00


100.00


$1,000.00


Principal


1946 Real Estate


1,814.76


1,665.96


148.80


1947 Excise Refunds


15.52


Year


Exp. for


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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK


MARRIAGES RECORDED IN CARVER FOR THE YEAR 1947


Jan. 26. Oscar W. Niemi, and Doris L. Masi of Plymouth.


Feb. 3. Wayne E. Maki, and Eileen F. LeCain.


Apr. 7. Herbert Lester Dudley, and Blanche M. Siman- ski (Nickerson).


Apr. 12. Svante Halunen, and Hilda K. Karimaki (Ny- kanen) of Quincy.


May 17. Joseph A. Krakowski of Middleboro, and Ber- nice E. Perry Bumpus of Middleboro.


May 24. Warren E. Dionne, and Shirley A. Wrestling of Middleboro.


June 21. Curtis Franklin Shaw, and Jeanette Murchie of Somerville.


July 7. Lester S. Baker of Taunton, and Virginia M. Briggs of Taunton.


July 12. Francis J. Silva, and Doris Ann Andrews of Middleboro.


July 27. George Adrien Holmes of Plymouth, and Martha Louisa Thomas.


July 30. Jack Lewis Martin, and Myrtle Louise Atwood (Gardner).


Aug. 9. John Franklin Cunningham of Bourne, and Katherine Louise Brown of Falmouth.


Sept. 7. Harry Wesley Morris, and Alvina Joncas of Middleboro.


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Sept. 8. George Clarence Paulding Jr., and Pauline Joyce Armstrong of Plymouth.


Sept. 20. G. William Hart of Taunton, and Muriel P. Braddock.


Sept. 20. Raymond Alfred Parent, and Sarah Catherine Holmes.


Sept. 21. James Patterson of Wareham, and Blanche Elizabeth Roby.


Sept. 27. William John Lindros, and Jeannette Eddy of Kingston.


Oct. 4. Harold Arthur Shurtleff, and Arlene Edna Rosa of Bridgewater.


Oct. 12. Peter J. Mendes, and Martha J. Randolph (Hin- ton) of East Bridgewater.


Oct. 28. Franklin Costa, and Mary Gonsalves (Barrows)


Nov. 7. Paul Anderson of Middleboro, and Kathleen Elizabeth Shaw.


Nov. 27. Albert Frederick Fowler, and Arlene Mary Cobb of Stoughton.


Dec. 7. James Francis Bissonnette of Middleboro, and Barbara Frances Raymond.


Dec. 24. Ronald Linwood Shaw, and Arlene Marguerite Linton.


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BIRTHS RECORDED IN CARVER FOR THE YEAR 1947


Date


Name


Parents


Jan. 9 Beverly Ruth Johnson*


Solon Elmer Johnson


Alma Mae Siebenschu


Feb. 27 Barbara Louise Heikkila*


Leonard N. Heikkila


Aili T. Piispanen


Mar. 1 Robert Earl Blenheim*


Laurence E. Blenheim


Bertha E. Olsen


Mar. Geraldine Carter*


Laurence Carter Barbara Dempsey


Apr. 19 Mark Fosdick Weston*


Homer Franklin Weston


Celia Vienno Pentikainen


Francis Russell Mazzilli


Grace Marie Bisbee


June 2 Brenda Lee Furtado*


Noy Furtado Carolyn Gomes


David Steiles Eaton Myrtle Emily Oliver


June 16 Edwin Fernandes


Edwin C. Fernandes Mary Gomes


June 21 Linda Marie Pimental*


July 16 Timothy Alvin Brier


July 23 John Perry*


John Aquino Perry Virginia Lopes


July 25 Robert Anthony Corshia*


Ralph Michael Corshia Jessie Ella Thompson


Wilho Erland Harju


Lillian Jean Langevin


Edwin G. Brown Celia F. Gammons


James Vincent Santarpia Mary Halunen Howard Russell Jordan Florence A. Shaw


Silvino Edward Fernandes Margaret Mary Gomes


Manuel Pina Silva Domingo Ann Barrows


Oct. 30 Doris Leona Hinckley


Nov. 2 Franklin Pierce Wilbur, Jr .*


Nov. 30 Theodore Souther Hatch*


Dec. 17 Carol Lillian Gonsalves*


Dec. 31 Linda Costa*


*Born in Hospitals


Walton Hinckley Alberta M. Gammons Franklin Pierce Wilbur Lillian Taylor Arthur Benjamin W. Hatch, Jr. Florence H. Richmond


Harry Gomes Gonsalves Rosetta L. Boynton


Franklin Costa Mary R. Barrows


Aug. 1 Lawrence Carl Harju*


Aug. 11 Robert Henry Brown


Aug. 14 Mary Ann Santarpia*


Aug. 28 Gary Russell Jordan*


Sept. 13 Rochelle Anne Fernandes :


Oct. 27 Alvina Marie Silva*


Antone Michael Pimental Zelpha Marie Mansfield


Louis J. Brier Olive Purington


Apr. 20 Donna Marie Mazzilli*


June 5 Mark Wayne Eaton*


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DEATHS RECORDED IN CARVER FOR THE YEAR 1947


Date


Name


Age Y. M. D.


Cause of Death


Jan. 5 James J. O'Brien


85


10


12 Carcinoma of Transverse colon


Jan. 17 John Revstadt


59


4


10 Carcinoma of Sigmoid Cerebral Hemorrhage


Feb. 14


Robert Gomes


65


Mar. 2 Elizabeth B. Parker (Black)


71


9


Mar. 6


Hulda Lammi


60


21 Cerebral Hemorrhage 20 Chronic Vascular Nephitis uremia


Mar. 12 Lirania C. Oliveira


66


Natural Causes Probably Coronary Thrombosis


Apr. 5 Elvie Patterson


55


2


6


Hypertensive Arterio Sclerotic Disease


Apr. 15


Lizzie Swan


82


10


10 Malignancy of Urinary Bladder


Apr. 30


Anna Belcher Savery


63


3


9


Encephalomalacia


Apr.


16


George A. Eastman


74


11 24 Natural Causes Probably Coronary Sclerosis


May 7


James Bernard Braddock


72


10


28 Pulmonary Embolism


July


2


Ray Dennis Pierce


18


9


9 Chronic Nephritis


July 11


Robert Gray


72


3 22


Heart Disease Presumably Coronary Thrombosis


July 13 Platt Arlington Pink


56


2 Heart Disease Presumably Coronary Thrombosis


Aug. 7 Edwin Fernandez


1 22 Meningitis due to B. Coli and Streptococcus


Aug. 17


Perez LeRoy Shurtleff


53


7


4 Heart Disease Probably Coronary Thrombosis


Sept. 1


Jack Thatcher


63


Hypertensive Heart Disease General Paresis


Sept. 4 Sandra Shaw


5


2


19 Fractured Skull and Asso- ciated internal injuries sustained when struck by automobile


Nov. 16 Ida Blanche Murphy (Andrews)


Metastic Carcinoma of Liver


10 29 Dec. 14 Harriet Otis Snow (Jackson) 65


70


5


27


Myocardial Failure


Carcinoma (Gastric)


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ASSESSORS' REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDING DEC. 31, 1947


TOWN APPROPRIATIONS


Special Town Meeting May 3rd, 1946


Centre School Building Committee $500.00


Special Town Meeting Nov. 26, 1946 New Police Cruiser 1,700.00


Annual Town Meeting March 4th


Selectmen


1,075.00


Treasurer


1,496.50


Collector of Taxes


1,377.00


Town Clerk


596.50


Assessors


1,500.00


Moderator


20.00


Auditors


145.00


Town Hall


2,000.00


Elections, Registrations and Street Listing


225.00


Law


50.00


Unclassified


650.00


Memorial Day


150.00


Health


2,300.00


Public Welfare


5,500.00


Public Welfare Administration


285.00


Old Age Assistance


10,100.00


Old Age Assistance Administration


490.00


Aid to Dependent Children


6,100.00


Aid to Dependent Children Adm.


115.00


Police 3,395.00


Public Safety, Civilian Defense


42.29


Road Machinery


775.00


Bridges


650.00


Removal of Snow


3,000.00


Chapter 81, Highways


6,500.00


Chapter 90, Highways


3,000.00


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Fires 1,200.00


Fire Equipment


1,600.00


Cemeteries


1,382.00


Special Cemetery Account


400.00


Parks


300.00


Library


500.00


Weights and Measures


150.00


Tree Warden


750.00


Gypsy Moth


1,250.00


Schools and Vocational Education 49,933.00


Interest 25.00


Aid to Agriculture


100.00


American Legion, Rent


100.00


Old Home Day


175.00


Workmen's Compensation Insurance 500.00


General Highways


400.00


Alarm System


100.00


Veterans' Benefits


1,000.00


Veterans' Benefits Administration


100.00


Town Real Estate 100.00


Public Welfare, 1946


164.65


Soldiers' Relief, 1946


20.00


Finance Committee Expenses


25.00


Total


Appropriations Voted from Available Funds Total Town Appropriations


State Tax


$2,250.00


State Parks and Reservations


122.96


State Parks and Reservations, 1946


46.11


State Auditors


466.31


Total State Assessments


2,885.38


County Tax


$7,709.24


County Tax, 1946


68.98


Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment


3,627.54


Total County Assessments


11,405.76


Overlay


2,397.89


Gross Amount to be Raised


167,057.97


$111,811.94 36,357.00 150,368.94


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Estimated Receipts and Available Funds:


Income Tax


$8,150.55


Corporation Taxes


4,089.64


Reimbursement, State-owned Land


284.50


Gasoline Tax


5,002.68


Motor Vehicle


2,400.00


Licenses


83.50


Fines


75.40


Health and Sanitation


472.85


Charities


1,399.93


Old Age Assistance


7,262.06


Meals Tax


475.00


Schools


7,089.42


Cemeteries


242.38


Interest on Taxes


98.47


Cities and Towns


1,270.98


Sundries


811.11


Total Estimated Receipts


39,208.47


Available Funds by Commissioner's Approval:


May 8th, 1946


$500.00


Dec. 3rd, 1946


1,700.00


March 13th


36,357.00


Total Available Funds 38,557.00


Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds 77,765.47


Amount to be Raised on Polls 982.00


Amount to be Raised on Personal


Property 7,383.87


Amount to be Raised on Real Estate 80,926.63


Fractional Gain 3.23


Total 89,295.73


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Tax Rate 25.00


Value of Assessed Stock in Trade


$42,870.00


Value of Assessed Machinery 101,850.00


Value of Live Stock 9,545.00


Value of all other Tangible Personal Property 141,090.00


Total


295,355.00


Value of Land Excluding Buildings 2,343,135.00


Value of Buildings Excluding Land 893,930.00


Total


3,237,065.00


Total Valuation of Assessed


Estate


$3,532,420.00


Increase in Value of Personal


Property $25,135.00


Increase in Value of Real Estate $306,045.00


Number of Persons Assessed on Personal Estate only 14


Number of Persons Assessed on Real Estate only 544


Number of Persons Assessed on Personal and Real Estate 138


Number of Corporations


21


Value of Corporations


$1,083,885.00


Number of Horses


22


Number of Cows


59


Number of other Cattle


9


Number of Swine


10


Number of Fowl


2,710


Acres of Land Assessed


19,715


Dwellings Assessed 570


Polls Assessed


491


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Number of Cranberry Bogs 281


Acres of Cranberry Bogs 2,8311/8


Value of Cranberry Bogs $2,019,540.00


Average Value per Acre 713.36


Estimated Crop, 1946


115,000 Bbls.


Assessed Valuation of Cranberry Bogs:


255/8 Acres at $1,200


133/4 Acres at 1,150


42 Acres at 1,100


573/4 Acres at


1,050


155/8 Acres at


1,000


741/2 Acres at


950


218 Acres at


900


1371/2 Acres at


850


6927/8 Acres at


800


111 Acres at 750


402 Acres at


700


3457/8 Acres at 650


1475/8 Acres at 600


601/2 Acres at 550


743/4 Acres at 500


1441/8 Acres at 450


142 Acres at


400


241/4 Acres at


350


371/2 Acres at


300


111/2 Acres at


250


9 Acres at 200


41/8 Acres at


150


141/4 Acres at




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