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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF CARVER MASSACHUSETTS 1962
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THE NATION'S BEST - Mr. Cranberry Grower - and there isn't a close second- H. Clayton (Clate) McFarlin who raised more barrels of cranberries per acre, over a longer period, than any man who ever lived. His Paul Bog in one season averaged better than 425 barrels to the acre.
In the long era when the cranberry industry was pros- perous, Mr. McFarlin both pruned and weeded his better than 30 acres of bog alone, and behind his cranberry pickers. His pruning, and it had to be right, was done by jack-knife. The weeding - and any weed was intolerable to "Clate" - meant getting the roots as well as the top and he cared not how long it took.
During the berry-growing season, shoes were not allowed on "Clate's" bog, and his sanding was done with microscopic eyes. He had little use for a cranberry scoop and less for a mechanical picker, using either only when forced to do so. Snapping berries - costly harvesting - was the only picking process that would leave his vines in proper condition, and after a crop had been harvested there was little evidence that anyone had been on his bog. He gladly paid the price and his berries were sought across the country.
Clate hated to have water or fertilizer on his bog, using both only as a final alternative. During the summer one. could walk his main ditch without dampening the bottom of his feet. He is quoted as saying "the misuse of water is the industry's greatest hazard." And, he is further quoted: "No one has effectively challenged that point."
As an employer, Mr. McFarlin was exacting, but he never asked any worker to do what he, Mr. McFarlin, couldn't. And "Clate" at his best never scaled more than 130 pounds.
A fetish with Mr. McFarlin, and a good one, was his frugality. Clothes meant nothing to him unless he was unable to find a patch to put on top of a patch. And that also went for his head wear and foot wear. However, his generosity for practically any worthy purpose, and it was invariably anonymous, was considerable.
Clayton McFarlin's talents were varied. As a surveyor, with more than 60 years experience, he had few, if any, superiors. As a Carver town official - especially as a long- time assessor from March 1916 until March 1930-he was meticulous and fair. His knowledge of Carver's history probably has no present counterpart, and to find an equal one might have to go back to the late Henry S. Griffith.
With the death of H. Clayton McFarlin, not only did the nation lose its greatest cranberry grower, and the town one of its most able servants, but one of the Henry Thoreau breed - and it is a rare breed - one who cared and dared to live his life to the fullest.
HENRY CLAYTON McFARLIN Son of Solomon F. McFarlin and Harriet Atwood January 4, 1873 - November 8, 1962
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF CARVER
MASSACHUSETTS
S
YCORPOR
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TED 1790
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31
1962
Annual Town Meeting, March 2, 1963 at 12:00 Noon
COVER PICTURE: America's First Divided Highway
The CHILTON Press
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TOWN OF CARVER OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES FOR THE YEAR 1962
Moderator - Bradford H. Cole
Town Clerk, Treasurer and Collector of Taxes - Onni H. Erickson (1965)
Auditors - Francis A. Merritt, Phyllis J. Harriman, Doris S. Ward
Selectmen - Frank R. Mazzilli (1965), Gordon W. Fountain (1964), Clark A. Griffith (1963)
Board of Public Welfare - ( Selectmen)
Assessors - George A. Perkins (1965), Ralph E. Washburn (1964), William E. Bisbee (1963)
Highway Surveyor - Eugene J. Clifford
School Committee - Alan I. Dunham (1965), Erwin K. Washburn (1964), Virginia K. Shaw (1963)
Regional District School Committee - Franklin P. Wilbur (1964)
Park Commissioners - Leslie H. Telless (1965), James V. Santarpia (1964), Russell W. Holmes (1963)
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Cemetery Commissioners - Louis A. Bryant (1965), William Bisbee (1964), Ralph L. Linton (1963)
Library Trustees - Vienna P. Cole (1965), Catharine H. Shaw (1965), Elthea E. Atwood (1964), Laura H. Hudson (1964), Marjorie Griffith (1963), Sally Merritt (1963)
Constables - Raymond A. Parent, Theodore E. Halunen, David B. Nye
Tree Warden - Toivo J. Kallio
Town Director, County Aid to Agriculture - Earl E. Boardway
Field Drivers and Pound Keepers - Raymond A. Parent, Theodore E. Halunen, David B. Nye
Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood - Toivo J. Kallio, Bradford H. Cole, Homer F. Weston
Herring Committee - Frank R. Mazzilli, Gordon W. Fountain, Clark A. Griffith
Planning Board - Philip H. Gibbs (1967), John A. Shaw (1966), Russell A. Trufant (1965), Alan I. Dunham (1964), Simon F. Majahad (1963)
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APPOINTED OFFICERS
Inspector of Animals - David B. Nye
Inspector of Slaughtering - David B. Nye Inspector of Wires - Walter E. Miller Sealer of Weights and Measures - William E. Bisbee Building Inspector - Harold W. Beal
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Health Agent - Edward A. White Forest Warden - Homer F. Weston Fire Chief - Homer F. Weston Deputy Fire Chief - John E. Atwood Deputy Fire Chief - Paul W. Williams, Sr. Gypsy Moth Superintendent - Toivo J. Kallio Chief of Police - Raymond A. Parent Police Sergeant - David B. Nye Dog Officer - Raymond A. Parent
Civil Defense Director - George E. Young (resigned) David L. Centeio, appointed
Board of Registrars of Voters - Rodney N. Griffith (1965), Ebenezer A. Shaw (1964), Alma H. Romano (1963), Onni H. Erickson (Town Clerk)
Election Officers - Warden, Jacob W. Laurila (R), Deputy Warden, Matti R. Saisa (R); Clerk, Eugene P. Souza (D), Deputy Clerk, Jacqueline A. Gomes (D); Inspectors - John P. Gomes (D), Ethel M. Wood (D), Aune M. Wood (R), Florence K. Sand (R); Deputy Inspectors - Evan- geline Centeio (D), Margaret E. Souza (D), Rose G. Harriman (R), Vieno M. Penti (R)
Finance Committee - Terms expire in 1965: George A. Paulding, George F. Pearson, Roger V. Weston. Terms expire in 1964: Arne M. Erickson, Henry M. Shaw, Faith A. Young. Terms expire in 1963: Lillian B. Chauvin, Domingo M. Fernandes, Edwin O. Heleen.
Special Police Officers - James V. Santarpis, Arnold T. Sher- wood, Henry D. Ruprecht, Jr., Theodore E. Halunen, David B. Nye, Robert W. Bishop, Jr., Eugene J. Clifford, William E. Bisbee, Albert Raymond, Joseph G. Morris, Rudolf Bohlen, Leslie H. Telless, Russell W. Holmes
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Veterans Agent - George E. Wheeler, Town Hall, Middleboro, Mass.
Town Counsel - L. Francis Callan, Jr. (deceased), Paul R. Callan appointed, Middleboro, Mass.
Superintendent of Schools - George R. Austin, Lakeville, Mass.
Regional District School Committee - Erwin K. Washburn
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CONDITION OF THE TOWN TREASURY AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS DECEMBER 31, 1962
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ASSETS
Cash
$147,127.49
Taxes
Levy of 1961:
Poll
$12.00
Personal
207.40
Real Estate
6,534.22
Levy of 1962:
Poll
26.00
Personal
1,406.34
Real Estate
37,393.35
45,579.31
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise:
Levy of 1961
364.08
Levy of 1962
5,756.19
6,120.27
Farm Animal Excise - 1962
30.38
Tax Titles
2,162.02
Accounts Receivable:
General Relief
40.01
Aid to Dependent Children
505.05
Veterans' Benefits
142.11
School
196.11
883.28
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Aid to Highways:
State, Chapter 81
18,150.00
State, Chapter 90
17,000.00
County, Chapter 90
8,500.00
43,650.00
Underestimates - 1962:
Plymouth County Mosquito Control Assessment 68.93
$245,621.68
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Revenues Reserved:
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
$6,120.27
Farm Animal Excise 30.38
Tax Titles
2,162.02
Departmental Accounts Receivable 883.28
Aid to Highway
43,650.00
$52,845.95
Overlays Reserved for Abatements:
Levy of 1961
2,828.22
Levy of 1962
5,413.34
8,241.56
Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus
9,643.94
Federal Grants:
Disability Assistance,
Administration
80.99
Disability Assistance
690.53
Aid to Dependent Children, Administration
191.58
Aid to Dependent Children
1,166.38
Old Age Assistance,
Administration
135.39
Old Age Assistance
11,985.94
Medical Assistance for Aged,
Administration 4.58
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Medical Assistance for Aged 2,282.22 Smith-Hughes, George Barden Fund (Schools) 155.00
16,692.61
Payroll Deductions:
Mass. Withholding Taxes
536.78
Dog License Fees due County
17.00
School Lunch Fund
106.99
Road Machinery Fund
5,283.91
Tailings
276.50
Sale of Cemetery Lots
120.00
E. Tillson Pratt School Fund Income
51.58
Treasurer's and Collector's Unidentified Receipts
304.89
Perpetual Care Bequest, Union Cemetery
100.00
Veteran's Benefits Recoveries
1,844.65
Sale of Real Estate Fund
2,900.00
Unexpended Appropriation Balances
1,582.86
12,588.38
Overestimates 1962:
State Parks Assessment
132.80
County Tax Assessment
1,152.24
1,285.04
Surplus Revenue
143.787.42
$245,621.68
Net Funded or Fixed Debt: Inside Debt Limit: General Outside Debt Limit: General
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Serial Loans: Inside Debt Limit: School Outside Debt Limit: School
$64,000.00
40,000.00
40,000.00
$104,000.00
$104,000.00 TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust and Investment Funds: Cash and Securities: In Custody of: Town Treasurer Trustee
In Custody of Town Treasurer: Library Funds: Rosa A. Cole Mary P. S. Jowitt
$1,194.47
$67,011.91
150.71
4,039.82
Lawrence E. Blenheim
8,213.97
McFarlin Parkway Fund 179.61
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Cemetery Funds:
Jesse Murdock Perpetual
and General Care .: 5,496.79
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Betsey C. Look General Care for Central Cemetery 1,158.90
41,826.36
Perpetual Care Sale of Lots and Graves Fund
1,477.14
Post-War Rehabilitation Fund
610.31
Stabilization Fund
6,703.62 :
In Custody of Trustee: E. Tillson Pratt School Fund
4,039.82
$71,051.73
$71,051.73 ONNI H. ERICKSON, Town Treasurer
$64,000.00
:
67,011.91
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REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER
Onni H. Erickson, Treasurer
CLASSIFICATION OF RECEIPTS ..
General Revenue .
1962 January 1, Balance
$136,665.58
Taxes:
Receipts for Current Year:
Poll
$ 914.00
Personal Property
26,613.96
Real Estate
221,923.53
249,451.49
Receipts for Previous Years:
Poll
14.00
Personal Property
279.63
Real Estate
17,331.49
17,625.12
Tax Titles
469.88
469.88
Receipts from State
Income Taxes
11,700.00
Business Corporation Taxes
17,592.47
Loss of Taxes
973.18
30,265.65
Licenses and Permits
Licenses
Alcoholic Beverages
1,018.00
Director of Standards
6.00
All Other
107.00
Permits
Marriage
40.00
All Other
40.00
1,211.00
Court Fines
482.50
482.50
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Grants and Gifts
From Federal Government
Old Age Assistance
20,113.95
Medical Aid for Aged 9,441.04
Disability Assistance
1,710.57
Aid to Dependent Children
2,487.00
Smith-Hughes, George Barden Fund (Schools )
150.00
33,902.56
From State
Aid, National Defense Education
411.96
Vocational Education
5,949.47
School Building Assistance
5,127.32
Tuition and Transportation
26,717.95
Income Tax - School Aid,
Chapter 70
16,136.56
Union Superintendent
866.61
Highways - Chapter 81
18,150.00
O. A. A. Meal Tax
1,753.64
75,113.51
From County
Dog Fund
359.84
359.84
Departmental Revenue
General Government
Treasurer
3.00
Tax Collector
276.35
Town Clerk
247.25
526.60
Protection of Persons and Property
Police
61.50
Inspector of Buildings
171.00
Planning Board Expense
25.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
8.30
Sale of Dogs
39.00
Services of Dog Officer
60.00
364.80
Health and Sanitation
Public Health Nurse Fees
207.50
Slaughtering Fees
2.00
209.50
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Highways For Expenses Snow Removal
204.00
204.00
For Outlays
State - Chapter 90
21,000.00
County - Chapter 90
10,500.00
31,500.00
Machinery Rental and Sale
Road Machinery Fund
3,623.50
Hire of Town Equipment
88.00
Sale of Town Equipment
55.00
3,766.50
Public Welfare
Aid to Dependent Children
State
1,750.85
1,750.85
Old Age Assistance State
7,862.95
Cities and Towns
508.36
8,371.31
Disability Assistance State
2,459.90
2,459.90
Medical Aid for Aged State
6,420.94
6,420.94
Veterans' Services
State
1,640.18
From Individuals
1,844.65
3,484.83
Schools and Libraries
Schools
Tuition and Transportation
State
5,766.65
Other Sources
1,196.90
School Lunch
State
4,425.08
Local Program
11,390.13
22,778.76
Libraries
State
500.00
Sale of Books
3.00
503.00
Commercial Revenue
Cemeteries
Sale of Lots and Graves
300.00
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Care of Private Lots
50.00
Perpetual Care of Lots
1,433.00
Burials
490.00
2,273.00
Interest
General
On Tax Titles Redeemed
179.42
On Deferred Taxes
895.88
Motor Vehicle Excise
136.87
On Trust and Investment Funds
E. Tillson Pratt School Fund 51.58 Rosa Cole Library Fund Income 43.24
1,306.99
Privileges and Enterprise
Motor Vehicle Excise
30,029.84
Farm Animal Excise
29.38
30,059.22
Agency, Trust and Investment
Dog Licenses
480.25
Sporting Licenses
1,297.50
Cemetery Perpetual Care Bequests
300.00
Federal Withholding Taxes
21,525.83
County Retirement Fund
1,733.79
Massachusetts Withholding Taxes
1,858.60
Employer's Compsensation - Massachusetts
Withholding Taxes
27.58
Teachers' Retirement Fund
3,854.06
Teachers' Group Insurance Plan
261.14
Blue Cross - Blue Shield
1,977.60
Stabilization Fund - Reg. School Const.
11,000.00
44,316.35
Refunds
General Departments
350.94
Welfare
Federal Grants
82.80
Town Appropriation
295.50
729.24
$706,572.92
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CLASSIFICATION OF EXPENDITURES
General Government
Moderator
$20.00
Selectmen
2,219.56
Auditors
296.25
Treasurer
4,342.07
Tax Collector
4,102.53
Town Clerk
1,464.86
Assessors
3,610.37
Assessors' Plans
4,000.00
Law
150.00
Elections, Registrations and
Street Listing
1,203.43
Finance Committee Expense
10.00
Town Hall
4,684.17
Planning Board Expense
373.99
Planning Board Expense Deposits
25.00
$26,502.23
Protection of Persons and Property
Police
10,305.70
Fires
6,941.05
Weights and Measures
200.00
Police Cruiser Lease
.1,879.92
Civil Defense
373.35
Inspector of Wires
213.92
Building Inspector
391.91
Tree Warden
2,400.00
Gypsy Moth
800.00
Dutch Elm Disease
2,875.00
Dog Officer
203.20
26,584.05
Health and Sanitation
Health
2,886.28
Public Health Nurse
ยท 3,184.04 6,070.32
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Highway Maintenance and Construction
General Highway
4,305.64
Snow Removal
12,979.08
Roads - Chapter 81
24,750.00
Roads - Chapter 90 (Tremont St.)
9,996.57
Roads - Chapter 90 (Main St.)
24,027.73
Roads - Chater 90 (Tremont St. - 1961 bal. )
299.73
Snow Removal (1961 Unpaid bills )
370.80
Machinery Account
1,524.72
Pickup Truck Purchase
1,760.26
Street Lighting
1,756.26
Snow Plow Equipment
842.10
Town Shed Construction
1,000.00
83,612.89
Public Welfare and Veterans' Services
Public Assistance Administration
3,900.00
Public Assistance
27,668.66
Veterans' Benefits Administration
550.00
Veterans' Benefits
1,913.22
U.S. Grants, Disability Assistance Admin. 640.15
U.S. Grants, Disability Assistance 1,910.02
U.S. Grants, Aid to Dependent Children Admin. 466.46
U.S. Grants, Aid to Dependent Children
2,067.89
U.S. Grants, Old Age Assistance, Admin. 2,204.80
U.S. Grants, Old Age Assistance 18,096.09
U.S. Grants, Medical Assistance for Aged Admin. 833.53
U.S. Grants, Medical Assistance for Aged 7,337.58 67,588.40
Schools and Libraries
Schools and Vocational Education
202,540.65
Plymouth-Carver Regional School District
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Maintenance and Operating Assessment
18,041.90
Regional High School Construction
11,000.00
Smith-Hughes, George Barden Fund 178.00
Library
1,286.00
Rosa A. Cole Library Fund
43.24 233,089.79
Recreation and Unclassified
Gasoline for Police, Fires and Highways 1,419.01
Parks
976.31
Old Home Day
200.00
Memorial Day
175.00
Workmen's Compensation Insurance
1,767.69
Center Carver Athletic Field
130.59
American Legion Post Rent
400.00
Plymouth County Retirement Board
2,318.50
Unclassified Account
1,429.60
Aid to Agriculture
100.00
8,916.70
Cemeteries
Cemeteries
4,634.74
Special Cemeteries
510.00
Perpetual Care, Cemeteries
1,433.00
Lakenham Cemetery Driveways
100.00
6,677.74
Municipal Indebtedness
Consolidated School Bonds
13,000.00
Interest, School Bonds
1,755.00
14,755.00
Agency and Trust
U. S. Withholding Taxes
21,525.83
Massachusetts Withholding Taxes
1,758.28
County Retirement System
1,733.79
Teachers' Disability Insurance
284.88
Teachers' Retirement
3,830.32
Blue Cross-Blue Shield
1,977.60
Sporting Licenses
1,297.50
Dog Licenses
465.00
Sale of Dogs
39.00
Tax Collector's Fees
196.86
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School Lunch Fund
16,399.42
Sale of Cemetery Lots
370.00
Perpetual Care Bequests: Lakenham Cemetery
200.00
State Recreation Areas Assessment
1,362.04
County Tax Assessment
18,017.64
County Hospital Assessment .
6,675.41
County Mosquito Control Assessment
3,621.45
State Audit
84.50
Stabilization Fund
5,000.00
84,839.52
Refunds
1962 Poll Tax
2.00
1962 Real Estate Taxes
201.03
1961 M.V. and T. Excise
89.86
1962 M.V. and T. Excise
515.90
808.79
559,445.43
Balance, December 31, 1962
147,127.49
$706,572.92
REPORT OF THE TAX COLLECTOR POLL and PROPERTY TAXES
Outstanding Jan. 1, 1962 Commitments
Assessors'
Refunds and Transfers
Payments to Treasurer
Tax Titles
Outstanding Transfers Dec. 31, 1962
1960 Personal Property
$19.95
$5.70
$14.25
1960 Real Estate
6,052.97
6,033.30
$11.12
8.55
1961 Poll
30.00
14.00
4.00
$12.00
1961 Real Estate
17,835.16
11,279.89
11.90
9.15
6,534.22
1961 Personal Property
499.63
292.23
207.40
1962 Poll
$1,214.00
$2.00
914.06
276.00
1962 Personal Property
28,079.80
26,613.96
59.50
1962 Real Estate
263,610.90
201.03
221,923.53
280.35
4,214.70
26.00 1,406.34 37,393.35
1961 Farm Animal Excise
24.38
24.38
1962 Farm Animal Excise
35.38
5.00
30.38
$24,462.09
$292,940.08
$203.03
$267,105.99
$303.37
$4,586.15
$45,609.69
MOTOR VEHICLE
and TRAILER EXCISE
Levy of 1960
$481.16
$794.78
$89.86
5,639.80
484.12
$364.08
Levy of 1962
32,920.10
515.90
24,192.28
3,487.53
5,756.19
$6,084.52
$33,714.88
$605.76
$30,029.84
$4,255.05
$6,120.27
ONNI H. ERICKSON, Collector of Taxes
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$197.76
$282.40
Levy of 1961
5,603.36
Abatements and
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RECORDS OF TOWN MEETINGS AND ELECTIONS FOR THE YEAR 1962
ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION MARCH 3, 1962
The Annual Election of Officers was held at the Governor John Carver School on March 3, 1962. The polls were open from 10:00 o'clock, A. M., until 6:15 o'clock P. M. A total of 493 ballots were cast and the results of the election were as follows :.
Moderator, 1 yr.
*Bradford H. Cole 381
Margaret Johnson 1
Celia V. Weston
1
Blanks 110
Selectman, 3yrs.
*Frank R. Mazzilli 380
Blanks 113
Assessor, 3 yrs.
*George A. Perkins 386
Blanks 107
Member of School Board, 3 yrs.
* Alan I. Dunham 360
Joyce E. Dunham 2
Blanks 131
Town Clerk, 3yrs.
*Onni H. Erickson 429
Blanks 64
Town Treasurer, 3 yrs.
"Onni H. Erickson 428
Blanks 65
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Collector of Taxes, 3 yrs.
42A
*Onni H. Erickson Blanks 69
Cemetery Commissioner, 3 yrs.
*Louis A. Bryant 373
Blanks 120
Park Commissioner, 3 yrs.
*Leslie H. Telless 313
Arthur T. Braddock 122
Blanks 58
Auditor, 1 yr.
*Phyllis J. Harriman 383
*Francis A. Merritt 367
*Doris S. Ward
363
Blanks 366
Tree Warden, 1 yr.
Toivo J. Kallio
384
Blanks 109
Constable, 3 yrs.
'Raymond A. Parent
367
*Theodore E. Halunen
253
Theodore S. Kaiser
98
Joseph G. Morris
112
*David B. Nye
235
Arnold T. Sherwood
163
Louis Bryant, Jr.
3
Blanks 248
Highway Surveyor, 1 yr.
William E. Bisbee
91
*Eugene J. Clifford 230
Theodore T. Vaughn, III
83
Paul W. Williams 83
Blanks 6
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Library Trustee, 3 yrs.
* Vienna P. Cole 384
*Catharine H. Shaw 386 Blanks 216
Member of Planning Board, 5 yrs.
*Philip H. Gibbs
379
Juliette B. Parent
2
Elsie J. Johnson
1
Francis X. Mills
1
Blanks
110
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* Elected
Meeting adjorned at 10:05 P. M. to re-convene at Gov- ernor John Carver School, on Saturday, March 10, 1962, at 2:00 P. M.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING March 10, 1962
The Annual Town Meeting of the Inhabitants of Carver was held at the Governor John Carver School on March 10, 1962. The meeting was called to order at 2:00 o'clock, P. M., by the Moderator, Bradford H. Cole, and the Invocation was offered by the Rev. Lawrence French, Pastor of the First Baptist Church. Article I, relating to the election of officers, having been disposed of at a prior meeting, the meeting pro- ceeded to act upon the Articles in the Warrant, beginning with Article 2, as follows:
Article 2. VOTED to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1962, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 3. VOTED to appropriate the sum of $1500.00 from free cash in the Town Treasury for the sole purpose of meeting charges against the Cemetery Funds in the Town Treasury.
Article 4. VOTED that the Dog Fund in the sum of $359.84 be applied to the Library Account.
Article 5. VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 for County Aid to Agriculture. Mr. Earl E. Board- way was unanimously elected Town Director County Aid to Agriculture.
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Article 6. VOTED to transfer from the Overlay Re- serve Account to the 1962 Reserve Account the sum of $5000.00.
Article 7. VOTED to fix the salary and compensation of all elective officers of the Town, such salaries to be ret- roactive to January 1, 1962, as provided by General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 108, as amended, namely:
Highway Surveyor
$100.00 per week
Town Treasurer
2100.00
Town Clerk
800.00
Tax Collector 2100.00
Moderator $20.00 for the Annual Town Meeting, and $5.00 for each Special Town Meeting. Members of the School Board $3.00 for each meeting, plus $1.50 for all meetings of over two hours. All other elective Town Officers, $1.50 per hour.
Article 8. VOTED to choose all necessary Town Officers not elected by ballot. Thereupon, the following officers were duly nominated and unanimously elected: Field Drivers and Pound Keepers - Raymond A. Parent, Theodore E. Halunen, David B. Nye: Surveyors of Lumber and Mea- surers of Wood - Toivo J. Kallio, Bradford H. Cole, Homer F. Weston: Herring Committee - Frank R. Mazzilli, Gordon W. Fountain, Clark A. Griffith.
Article 9. VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $6,000.00 for Chapter 90 Highway Construction on Main Street and to transfer the sum of $18,000.00 from free cash in the Treasury to meet the State's and County's share of the cost of the work, the reimbursements from the State and County to be restored, upon their receipt, to free cash in the Treasury.
Article 10. VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500.00 for Chapter 90 Highway Construction on Tremont Street and to transfer the sum of $7,500.00 from free cash in
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the Treasury to meet the State's and County's share of the cost of the work, the reimbursements from the State and County to be restored, upon their receipt, to free cash in the Treasury.
Article 11. VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $6,600.00 for Chapter 81, Highways, and to transfer the sum of $18,150.00 from the Treasury to meet the State's share of the cost of the work, the reimbursements from the State to be restored, upon their receipt, to free cash in the Treasury.
Article 12. VOTED to authorize the Cemetery Com- missioners and the Park Commissioners to employ them- selves as laborers in the cemeteries and parks.
Article 13. VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $650.00 to be used to pay for all private work and material in Town Cemeteries, such as opening graves, buil- ding foundations, etc., as according to General Laws, Chap- ter 44, Section 53.
Article 14. VOTED to hear the report of any standing committees and establish any new committees. Mr. John A. Shaw presented a report of the Planning Board, and the report was unanimously accepted.
Article 15. VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,000.00 for Assessors' Plans, such sum to be used and expended by the Board of Assessors.
Article 16. VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of $370.80 to pay the following unpaid bill, namely: Inter- national Salt Company (1961 Snow Account) - $370.80.
Article 17. Upon motion duly made and seconded it was VOTED to raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges for the ensuing year, as follows:
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Moderator
$35.00
Selectmen
2300.00
Auditors
296.25
Treasurer
4440.00
Tax Collector
4155.00
Town Clerk
1505.00
Assessors
3600.00
Law
200.00
Elections, Registrations, St. Listing
1200.00
Finance Committee Expense
40.00
Planning Board Expense
450.00
Town Hall
4000.00
Police
10350.00
Fires
6726.00
Weights and Measures
200.00
Police Cruiser Lease
1131.86
Civil Defense
466.88
Building Inspector
500.00
Inspector of Wires
220.00
Tree Warden
2400.00
Gypsy Moth
800.00
Dutch Elm Disease
2125.00
Dog Officer
200.00
Health
3000.00
Public Health Nurse
3150.00
General Highway
4400.00
Street Lighting
2200.00
Snow Removal
12500.00
Machinery Account
1546.00
Public Assistance Administration
4400.00
Public Assistance
30350.00
Veterans' Benefits Administration
550.00
Veterans' Benefits
6500.00
School and Vocational Education
203,023.00
Library
926.16
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Parks
1075.00
Old Home Day
200.00
Memorial Day
175.00
Workmen's Compensation Insurance
1767.69
American Legion Rent
400.00
Plymouth County Retirement Board
2318.50
Unclassified
1800.00
Cemeteries
4635.00
School Bonds
13000.00
Interest, School Bonds
1755.00
Center Carver Athletic Field
265.00
Article 18. VOTED that no money be taken from avail- able funds for the purpose of reducing the tax rate.
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