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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS OF HARWICH
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1926
HARWICH, MASS. H. M. SMALL, PRINTER 1927
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ANNUAL REPORTS
OF THE
Town Officers of Harwich
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31st, 1,926
TOW
ORATED SEPT. 14. 16
INCORP
SEAL
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ADOP'
4.1897.
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SEPT
HARWICH, MASS. H. M. SMALL, PRINTER 1927
Harwich was incorporated Sept. 14, 1694. Population by Census 1925, 2,077.
Town Officers, 1926
Assessors
Charles T. Chase
Term expires February 1928
Jabez W. Crowell
Term expires February 1927
Henry T. Cobb
Term expires February 1929
Selectmen, Overseers of Poor and Board of Health
Charles T. Chase Term expires February 1928
Jabez W. Crowell Term expires February 1927
Henry T. Cobb Term expires February 1929
Town Clerk, Treasurer and Tax Collector Henry K. Bearse
School Committee
Charles D. Holmes
Term expires February 1927
Ralph W. Doane Term expires February 1929
Henry M. Small Term expires February 1928
Registrars of Voters
Arthur Z. Nickerson Term expires May 1, 1929
Clarkson P. Bearse Term expires May 1, 1929
George W. Banspach Term expires May 1, 1928
Herring Committee
Eldorus D. Cahoon Emulous A. Cahoon
Alton P. Hall
Superintendent of Streets Alonzo Nickerson
Constables
Robert F. Pierce Isaiah Kelly
Emulous E. Hall
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Trustees Cabel Chase Fund
Theophilus B. Baker Walter Emery Henry T. Cobb
Darius Weekes J. Burleigh Atkins George W. Banspach
Commissioners Brooks Park
George Moody Term expires February 1928
Heman E. Bassett Term expires February 1927
Mervin C. Hall Term expires February 1929
Trustees Broadbrooks Free Library
Harrie D. Handy
Term expires February 1928
Mildred Paine
Term expires February 1929
Arthur F. Cahoon
Term expires February 1927
Sealer Weights and Measures Laban Snow
Tree Warden Frank I. Shackley
Fire Warden John Condon '
Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering Charles H. Taylor
Surveyors of Wood and Lumber
James M. Moody Roswell H. Nye
Field Drivers, Fence Viewers and Pound Keepers Albyron Ellis, E. H. Herbert F. Berry, W. H.
Alonzo Kendrick, S. H. Marshall E. Chase, N. H.
William P. Nichols, P. L. Isaiah Kelly
Superintendent Moth Department Frank I. Shackley
essors' Report
The Assessors herewith respectfully submit the following report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1926.
Valuation of the Town Dec. 1, 1925 $3,610,610.00
Valuation of the Town Dec. 1, 1926 4,618,380.00
Increase in valuation 1,007,770.00
Tax valuation on land excluding building 1,513,400.00 Tax valuation on buildings excluding land 2,677,480.00
Tax valuation on personal estate April 1, 1926 4,275.00
Tax on real estate Apr. 1, 1926 $83,817.60
Tax on personal estate, April 1, 1926 8,550.00
Tax on polls, April 1, 1926 1,320.00
$93,687.60
Amount of Warrant
93,687.60
Added valuation Dec. 15, 1926
15,850.00
Total added valuation Dec. 15, 1926 15,850.00
Tax on added valuation 317.00
Rate of Taxation $20 on $1000.
Number of polls assessed
660
Number assessed on polls only
92
Residents assessed
1029
Number of non-residents assessed
776
Number of Horses
62
Number of Cows
146
Number of Neat cattle assessed
2
Number of fowl
1260
Number of swine
3
6
Appropriations
Town expenses $87,058.07
State tax 5,400.00
Estimated Receipts Income tax $6,057.90 Corporation tax Schools 2,410.00
Licenses 200.00
Court Fines 500.00
Special assess-
ments
1,089.89
General Govern-
ment
1,080.00
Protection of Per-
sonal property 450.00
Soldiers Benefits 216.00
deductions
14,528.79
Libraries 700.00
Interest on De-
posits
150.00
Interest on tax
assessment 200.00
Net Amt. raised
by taxation $93,687.60
$14,528.79
Tax abatements 1926 for the year 1925 $119.10
Tax abatements 1926 228.30
CHARLES T. CHASE, HENRY T. COBB, JABEZ W. CROWELL,
Assessors of Harwich.
State highway tax 1,295.40
State audit and ac-
counting system 987.08
County tax 10,783.87
Overlays, current
year 2,691.97
Total $108,216.39
Total
Selectmen's Report
WEST HARWICH SHORE ROAD
Cr.
Payments
$496.20
Dr. Appropriation $500.00
Bal. to Revenue
3.80
$500.00
$500.00
BRIDGES
Cr.
Payments
$416.28
Dr. Appropriation $500.00
Bal. to Revenue
83.72
$500.00
$500.00
SNOW REMOVAL
Cr.
Payments
$1,473.40
Dr. Appropriation $1,500.00
Bal. to Revenue
26.60
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
BREWSTER HARWICH ROAD 1924 ACCT.
Cr.
No Payment
$147.32
Dr.
Credit Bal. to Town $147.32
TOWN TRACTOR
Cr.
No Payment
$19.40
Dr.
Credit Bal. $19.40
8
ELECTRIC STREET LIGHTS
Cr.
Payments
$2,850.18
Bal. to Revenue
349.82
$3,200.00
$3,200.00
FENCE AND RAILINGS
Cr.
Payments
$439.30
Dr.
Appropriation
$500.00
Bal. to Revenue
60.70
$500.00
$500.00
STREET SIGNS
Dr.
Payments
$216.00
Dr. Appropriation
$300.00
Bal. to Revenue
84.00
$300.00
$300.00
BANK STREET
Cr.
Dr.
Payments
$474.50
Appropriation
$500.00
Bal. to Revenue
25.50
$500.00
$500.00
BAY VIEW ROAD
Cr.
Payments
$299.04
Dr. Appropriation
$300.00
Bal. to Revenue
.96
$300.00
$300.00
Dr. Appropriation $3,200.00
9
HAMMOND ROAD
Cr. Payments Bal. to Revenue
$76.00 24.00
Dr.
Appropriation
$100.00
$100.00
$100.00
FOREST STREET
Cr.
Payments
$397.45
Dr.
Appropriation
$400.00
Bal. to Revenue
2.55
$400.00
$400.00
J. P. NICKERSON ROAD
Cr.
Payments
$21.00
Bal. to Revenue
279.00
Dr.
Appropriation
$300.00
$300.00
$300.00
BENJAMIN BEE ROAD
Cr.
No Payments
Dr
Appropriation
$100.00
HARWICHPORT SIDEWALKS
Cr.
Payments
$293.41
Dr.
Appropriation
$300.00
Bal. to Revenue
6.59
$300.00
$300.00
10
GYPSY AND BROWNTAIL MOTH
Cr.
Payments
$2,671.88
Dr. Appropriation $2,489.96
Trans fr Misc Acct 26.80
$2,516.76
Credit fr State
152.45
Bal due fr State 2.67
$2,671.88
$2,671.88
TREE WARDEN
Cr.
Payments
$31.00
Dr. Appropriation
$75.00
Bal. to Revenue
44.00
$75.00
$75.00
FISH WARDEN
Cr.
Payments
$8.00
Dr. Appropriation
$50.00
Bal. to Revenue
42.00
$50.00
$50.00
WIRE INSPECTOR
Cr
Payments
$500.00
Dr.
Appropriation
$500.00
11
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Cr.
Dr.
Payments
$197.19
Appropriation $200.00
Bal. to Revenue
2.81
$200.00
$200.00
FIRE WARDEN
Cr.
Payments
$1,211.67
Dr.
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Bal. to Revenue
288.33
$1,500.00
$1,500.00
BOARD OF HEALTH
Cr.
Dr.
Payments
$29.00
Appropriation
$400.00
Bal. to Revenue
374.50
Trans fr Misc Acct 3.50
$403.50
$403.50
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
Cr.
Payments
$50.00
Bal. to Revenue
100.00
$150.00
$150.00
INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
Cr.
Payments
$25.00
Bal. to Revenue
25.00
Dr.
Appropriation
$150.00
Dr. Appropriation $50.00
$50.00
$50.00
12
MILK INSPECTOR
Cr.
Payments
$125.00
Dr. Appropriation $125.00
HARWICH VISITING NURSE
Cr.
Payments
$1,000.00
Dr. Appropriation
$1,000.00
TOWN DUMP
Cr.
Payments
$129.00
Dr. Appropriation
$200.00
Bal. to Revenue
71.00
$200.00
$200.00
CHAPTER 81, GENERAL REPAIRS, ROADS
Cr
Payments
$14,799.76
Bal. to Revenue .24
Dr. Appro. by Town $7,400.00 State Appro. 7,400.00
$14,800.00
$14,800.00
HIGHWAY GENERAL REPAIRS
Cr. Payments
$2,890.50
Dr. Appropriation $1,500.00 Trans. fr Chap. 81 and Dodd Lane 1,390.50
$2,890.50
$2,890.50
13
DODD LANE
Cr.
Payments
$1,485.15
Bal. to Revenue
42.05
Trans. fr Chap 81 27.20
$1,527.20
$1,527.20
WYCHMERE HARBOR DOCK
Cr.
Payments
$28.50
Dr. Appropriation $2,000.00
Bal. due Dock
1,971.50
$2,000.00
$2,000.00
ALMSHOUSE ACCT.
Cr.
Dr.
Payments
$2,243.10
Appropriation $2,700.00
Bal. to Revenue
459.15
Trans fr Misc Acct 2.25
$2,702.25
$2,702.25
OUTSIDE POOR ACCT.
Cr.
Payments Acct. of
Mothers Aid $795.00
Other Poor 2,708.92
$3,503.92
Bal. to Revenue
481.78
$3,985.70
Dr.
Appropriation $3,500.00 Cabeb Chase fund 485.70
$3,985.70
Dr. Appropriation $1,500.00
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POOR OF OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS
Cr
Payments
$727.74
Dr.
Appropriation
$800.00
Bal. to Revenue
72.26
$800.00
$800.00
STATE AID
Cr.
Payments
$192.00
Dr. Due from State $192.00
SCHOOLS AND TRANSPORTATION
Cr. .
Payments
$30,267.74
Bal. to Revenue 3.80
Trans fr Misc Acct 20.40
Trans fr Town Officers Salary
248.59
$30,268.59
Sale of Books 2.95
$30,271.54
$30,271.54
PLEASANT LAKE CULVERT
Cr.
Payments
$489.50
Dr. Appropriation
$500.00
Bal. to Revenue
10.50
$500.00
$500.00
Dr.
Appropriation $30,000.00
15
TAKING LAND ON HERRING RIVER FOR HERRING FISHERIES
Cr No Payments
Dr. Appropriation $300.00
CEMETERY TRUST FUND-PERPETUAL CARE
Cr.
Dr.
Payments
$191.21
No appropriation
Paid fr Bank Acct $191.21
$191.21
$191.21
INTEREST ACCOUNT
Cr.
Payments
$393.61
Dr. Apropriation
$1,000.00
Bal. to Revenue
606.39
$1,000.00
$1,000.00
STATE AND COUNTY TAXES
Cr.
Payments
$18,518.22
Dr. Appropriation $19,700.00
TRUST FUNDS CASH AND SECURITIES
Caleb Chase Charity Fund, Bal.
$10,314.73
Henry C. Brooks Medal Fund, Bal.
1,240.57
B. D. Eldredge Pump Fund, Bal. 217.29
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
4,805.66
$16,578.25
16
SCHOOL MEDALS
Cr.
Dr.
Payments
$48.42
Appropriation $50.00
Bal to Trust fund
1.58
$50,00
$50.00
SCHOOL HOUSE PLANS, INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE
Cr.
Dr
Payments
$313.00
Appropriation $313.00
BROOKS LIBRARY ACCOUNT
Cr.
Dr.
Payments
$1,023.93
Appropriation $1,000.00
Bal. to Revenue
15.83
Donations 29.00
Bal. of Library Cash
10.76
$1,039.76
$1,039.76
REPAIRS OF BROOKS LIBRARY
Cr.
Payments
$1,975.00
Bal. to Revenue
25.00
Dr. Appropriation $2,000.00
$2,000.00
$2,00000
CHASE LIBRARY
Cr.
Payments
$49.90
Dr. Appropriation
$50.00
Bal to Revenue
.10
$50.00
$50.00
17
HARWICHPORT LIBRARY
Cr. Payments
$50.00
Dr. Appropriation $50.00
PARK COMMISSIONERS
Cr.
Payments
$119.75
Dr.
Appropriation
$250.00
Bal. to Revenue
130.25
$250.00
$250.00
TOWN OFFICERS SALARIES
Cr.
Payments
$4,312.02
Dr. Appropriation $4,500.00
Bal. to Revenue
187.98
Trans to Officers Salary 4,312.02
$4,500.00
$187.98
$4,500.00
MISCELLANEOUS ACCOUNT
Cr.
Dr.
Payments
$10.00
Appropriation $2,000.00
Bal. to Revenue
460.68
Trans. to Depts. 1,529.32
$470.68
$470.68
REPAIRS OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Cr.
No Payments
Dr
Appropriation
$500.00
18
INSURANCE ACCOUNT
Cr.
Payments
$663.69
Dr. Appropriation
$800.00
Bal. to Revenue
136.31
$800.00
$800.00
TOWN REPORTS
Cr.
Dr.
Payments
$310.00
Trans fr Misc Acct $310.00
AMBULANCE ACCOUNT
Cr.
Payments
$65.00
Dr. Appropriation
$100.00
Bal. to Revenue
35.00
$100.00
$100.00
FARM BUREAU
Cr.
Discontinued Acct.
Dr. Appropriation $200.00
No Payments
1
HERRING BROOK
Cr.
Payments
Bal. to Revenue
$440.19 59.81
Dr. Appropriation
$500.00
$500.00
$500.00
19
TREASURER AND COLLECTORS EXPENSE NO APPROPRIATION
Cr.
Payments
$124.05
Dr. No Appropriation Trans fr Misc Acct $124.05
TREASURER AND COLLECTOR'S SALARY
Cr. Payments
$1,200.00
Dr.
From Town Officers' Salaries $1,200.00
TREASURER'S BOND
Cr.
Payments
$184.80
Dr. Appropriation $110.00
Trans fr Misc Acct 74.80
$184.80
$184.80
LAW
Cr.
Payments
$5.00
Dr. No Appropriation Trans fr Misc Acct $5.00
TOWN CLERK'S SALARY
Cr. Payments
$300.00
Dr
Trans from Town
Officers Salary
$300.00
20
TOWN CLERK'S EXPENSE
Cr.
Payments
$80.14
Dr. No appropriation Trans fr Misc Acct $80.14
CERTIFICATION OF TOWN NOTES
Cr. Payments
$6.00
Dr. No appropriation Trans fr Misc Acct 6.00
ELECTION OFFICERS
Cr.
Payments
$45.50
Dr.
Appropriation
$75.00
Bal. to Revenue
29.50
$75.00
$75.00
REGISTRAR'S EXPENSE
Cr.
Payments
$190.65
Dr.
No appropriation
Trans fr Misc Acct $190.65
REGISTRAR'S SALARY
Cr
Payments
$195.00
Dr.
Trans from Town
Officers
$195.00
21
EXCHANGE BUILDING
Cr.
Dr.
Payments
$1,316.25
Appropriation $2,000.00
Bal. to Revenue
687.25
Trans fr Misc Acct 3.50
$2,003.50
$2,003.50
REPAIRS TO INTERIOR EXCHANGE BUILDING
Cr.
Dr.
Payments
$3,653.35
Appropriation $4,000.00
Bal. to Revenue
346.65
$4,000.00
$4,000.00
TRAFFIC OFFICERS
Cr.
Payments
$930.04
Dr Appropriation $1,000.00
Bal. to Revenue
87.50
Trans fr Misc Acct 17.54
$1,017.54
$1,017.54
SUPPRESSION OF CRIME 1
Cr.
Payments
$95.50
Dr Appropriation $200.00
Bal. to Revenue 104.50
$200.00
$200.00
SECOND DISTRICT COURT
Cr
Dr.
Payments
$1,241.47
Appropriation $1,250.00
Bal. to Revenue
8.53
-
$1,250.00
$1,250.00
22
HEARINGS
Cr.
Dr.
Payments
$298.82
Appropriation
$250.00
Bal. to Revenue
67.18
Trans fr Misc Acct 116.00
$366.00
$366.00
MODERATOR
Cr.
Payments
$10.00
Dr. Appropriation $10.00
SELECTMEN'S EXPENSE
Cr
Payments
$225.85
Dr. No appropriation Trans fr Misc Acct $225.85
SELECTMEN'S SALARY
Cr.
Payments
Dr.
$1,166.59
$1,166.59
ASSESSORS' EXPENSE
Cr. Payments
$328.99
Dr. Trans fr Misc Acct $328.99
1
ASSESSORS' SALARY
Cr.
Dr.
Payments
$1,166.59
$1,166.59
23
AUDITOR'S EXPENSE-NO APPROPRIATION
Cr. .
Payments
$4.75
Dr No appropriation Tran fr Misc Acct $4.75
AUDITOR'S SALARY
Cr. Payments
Dr.
$35.25
$35.25
ACCOUNTANTS
Cr
Payments
$333.68
Dr.
Appropriation
$500.00
Bal. to Revenue
166.32
$500.00
$500.00
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TOWN OF HARWICH BALANCE SHEET DEC. 31, 1926 GENERAL ACCOUNT
Assets
Liabilities
Cash on hand C. C.
Trust Co. $26,973.59
Due from Taxes
1925 70.57
Due from Taxes
1926 12,514.42
Due from State State Aid 192.00
Taking land for
Herring Brook 300.00
Due from other
Bal. Overlays re-
Cities & Towns 667.74
served for Abate- .
Due from State
ments 1925 673.39
Chap. 81 200.00
Bal. Overlay 1926 2,463.67
Due fr State School
Dept. Supt.
737.71
$6,208.66
Due fr State School
Assets in excess of
Dept. Tuition
1,785.24
Liabilities
37,490.37
Due from City of
Boston Tuition 557.76
$43,699.03
Wychmere Harbor Dock $1,971.60
Repairs Public Buildings 500.00
Farm Bureau 200.00
Benj. F. Bee Road 100.00
$43,699.03
Treasurer's Report
RECEIPTS
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1926
$16,488.13
Received from :
Licenses
150.05
Oyster Grants
25.00
Permits
47.00
Court fines
290.00
Com. Mass., House of Correction
110.00
State Chapter 81, from 1925
291.87
State Chapter 81, 1926
7,200.00
State, School Tuition
92.00
Dog Licenses, Bal. 1925
37.60
Donation to Library, Samuel Small
25.00
Hearings
63.50
Town Clerks fees
68.15
Town Rentals, Town Buildings
1,714.98
Election and Registration
.25
Use of Fire Truck
105.00
Milk Inspector Licenses
14.00
Moth Dept., Sale of Lead, etc.
152.45
N. Y., N. H., & H. R. R. Forest Fires
475.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
90.34
Use of Town Tractor
10.00
Almshouse
12.00
Charities
1.07
State, Poor of other Cities and Towns
751.83
State, Mothers Aid
391.05
State, Soldiers exemption
30.86
Sale of Books
2.95
Library fines
24.76
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Park, sale of wood
3.00
Unclassified
.66
Herring Brook
1,475.00
Cemetery Trust Fund
191.21
Caleb Chase Trust Fund
485.70
Brooks Medal Fund
48.42
Refunds
936.83
Interest on Deposits -
233.46
State Income Tax
6,057.90
Corporation Tax, Schools
2,580.00
Corporation Tax, Business
693.30
Corporation Tax, Public Service
366.34
Corporation Tax, Income
367.80
Corporation Tax, Business
64.68
National Bank Tax
92.06
Trust Company Tax
2997.07
Town Loans Anticipation Revenue
28,000.00
Taxes 1925
8,164.80
Taxes, 1926
80,944.88
Moth Tax 1925
72.15
Moth Tax 1926
937.44
Interest 1925 Taxes
188.55
Interest 1926 Taxes
47.90
Total Receipts
$160,913.99
Total Payments Selectmen Orders
133,940.40
Balance
$26,973.59
CR.
Selectmens orders
$133,940.40
Cash on Hand, Dec. 31. 1926
26,973.59
$160,913.99
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Surplus Overlays 1925 Abatements
$792.49
119.10
Balance Overlays
$673.39
Overlays 1926
$2,463.67
Abatements
237.90
Balance Overlays
$2,225.77
LAWRENCE B. ROBBINS, Accounting Officer.
Benjamin D. Eldredge Trust Fund-Town Pump
Deposited
$200.00
Dividends
28.27
On hand December 31, 1926
$228.27
Report of Cemetery Trust Funds, Year Ending December 31, 1926
Deposited Expended On Hand
Mary James
$200.00
$10.00
$200.13
Henry C. Berry
100.00
5.00
100.05
James C. Berry
100.00
5.00
100.05
Henry Nickerson
50.00
2.50
50.03
Mary T. Ives
50.00
1.25
51.99
Henry J. Reed
50.00
1.25
51.99
Caleb Chase
300.00
15.00
300.18
Benj. F. Kelley
75.00
3.75
75.03
Daniel H. Smith
100.00
8.25
101.63
Huldah Nickerson
50.00
4.91
50.00
Mrs. Nathan Foster
250.00
15.70
303.36
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Levi Long
200.00
15.00
213.39
Eunice B. Kelley
100.00
2.00
139.28
Isaiah K. Eldredge
100.00
5.00
100.05
Albert D. Long
50.00
1.00
60.44
Chas. W. Dunton
25.00
3.00
26.89
Clara M. Long
50.00
2.50
50.03
Ann J. Norris
100.00
105.05
Wm. E. Ansell
100.00
105.05
Jonathan B. Young
75.00
1.50
98.10
Samuel J. Miles
75.00
2.00
90.09
Lawrence Doyle
50.00
2.28
52.63
Baxter D. Kelley
50.00
2.50
50.03
Ruth S. Cook
50.00
9.75
57.13
Mrs. Cyrus Baker
100.00
8.60
102.14
Aug. C. Snow
100.00
1.50
114.01
Love C. Atwood
150.00
165.20
Wm. F. Crapo
150.00
7.15
185.24
Polly M. Eldredge
50.00
2.00
64.88
Sarah M. Baker
50.00
2.50
50.03
Lucy E. Underwood
150.00~
6.82
157.90
Ant. S. Megathlin
100.00
9.00
103.44
Samuel Small
50.00
61.01
Ebenezer Eldredge
100.00
...
105.05
Elvira Cahoon
125.00
9.00
126.46
James Berry, Sr.
100.00
5.00
100.05
James B. Doane
100.00
5.00
100.05
James McLean
50.00
52.53
Richard Baker
100.00
1.00
112.99
Henry T. & Eliza Crosby 200.00
4.50
205.63
Nathan Underwood
200.00
10.00
201.68
Isaac B. Eldredge
200.00
210.13
Burgess T. Simmons
100.00
105.05
Alonzo Overbaugh
Joseph L. Butler
200.00
200.00
...
$191.21
1
......
Tax Collector's Report 1925
Bal. of Warrant Collected
$8,386.47
8,196.80
189.67
Abatements
119.10
Bal. uncollected
$70.57
TAXES 1926
Assessors Warrant
$93,687.60
Amount collected 80,944.88
12,742.72
Abatements
237.90
Bal. uncollected
$12,504.82
Moth Warrant
$1,089.89
Collected
937.44
Bal. uncollected
$152.45
Added Tax Warrant for Dec.
$317.00
LAWRENCE B. ROBBINS,
Accounting Officer.
Report of Trustees Caleb Chase Fund
INTEREST ACCOUNT
1926
Dr.
Dec. 31 Received interest for the year, $485.70
Cr.
1926 Dec. 31 Paid Overseer of the Poor $485.70
Statement of Investments
1926
Dec. 31 1,000 N. E. Tel & Tel Co. 5% Bond, $1,000.00
1,000 Middlesex & Boston St. Ry. 41/2% Bond 950.00
1,000 Boston & Albany R. R. 4% Bond 917.39
1,000 Mass. Gas Co.'s 41/2 % Bond 945.00
1,000 Am. Tel. & Tel. Co. 5% Bond 980.00
2,000 U. S. Liberty Loan 41/4 % Bond 2,000.00
2,000 U. S. Liberty Loan 41/4 % Bond 1,892.88
10 Shares W. L. Douglas Shoe Co. 1,000.00
Deposit C. C. 5c Savings Bank 314.73
$10,000.00
31
Statement of Investments
1923 Dec. 30 1,000 N. E. Tel & Tel Co. 5% Bond, $1,000.00
1,000 Middlesex & Boston St. Ry. 41/2% Bond 950.00
1,000 Boston & Albany R. R. 4% Bond 917.39
1,000 Mass. Gas Co's 41/2 % Bond 945.00
1,000 Am. Tel. & Tel. Co. 5% Bond 980.00
2,000 U. S. Liberty Loan 41/4% Bond 2,000.00
Respectfully submitted, Darius Weeks,
Theophilus B. Baker, 1
Walter Emery,
Henry T. Cobb,
Joseph B. Atkins,
Joseph K. Robbins, Geo. W. Banspach, Trustees Caleb Chase Fund.
December 31, 1926
LAWRENCE B. ROBBINS.
Accounting Officer.
32
Births Recorded in the Town of Harwich for the Year 1926
Date
Name of Child
Name of Parents
Jan. 4
Feb.
7
Rosamond Stetson Ellis Charles Arnold Barrett
Feb.
8
Rufus Clayton Small
Feb.
22
Beverly Arnold Thornton
Mar. 16
Andrew John Fortes
Mar.
26
Martha Sequeira
Mar.
28 Annie Theresa Kelley
Mar. 29 Amos P. Fernandes
Apr.
28
Doris Josephine Galvin Illegitimate
May 4
May
22
James O. Galvin, Jr.
May 25
29
Jennie Elizabeth Santos Sylvia Ernestine Higgins Ralph Robert Crowell
June 2
Irvin Robert Hall
June
13
June
29
Clifton A. Nickerson
July
3
Priscilla Alden Owens
July
4
Lucille Frances Chase
July
13
Joshua G. Ryder 2nd
July
13
Ronald Harold Eldridge
July
16
Mary L. Evonne Babineau Stillborn
July
23
Aug. 10
Illegitimate
July 17
Charles Freeman Walker
Aug.
10
Rita Eudora Stalker
Aug.
20
Kathrine Vagenas
Aug.
25 Raymond Clifton Gomes
Aug.
30
Augustus Santos Thatcher James Hall
Sept. 15
Elizabeth Anna Fonseca
Sept. 16
Earl Foster Small
Sept.
22 Marie Eleanor Doyle
Sept.
25
(Patricia Anne Ostby (Helen Weekes Ostby Geraldine Frances Buckley
Oct. 10
John Joseph Souza
Oct. 12 Hope Meredith King
Oct.
16
Frances Myrtle Cahoon Illegitimate
Oct.
27
7 Isaiah C. Nickerson
Nov.
21
Vincent Perry Souza, Jr.
Dec. 9
Jacqueline Mae Holmes
Joseph L. and Mildred Stetson Bradford L. and Doris E. Holmes Rufus H. Jr. and Alice Giles Roy S. and Lucille R. Sisson Antone and Maria Anicleto Augustus and Olivia Fernandes Franklin W. and Ella T. Beauprie Joseph and Mary Pena Benjamin and Emma Lopes
James O. and Edith Lopes John D. and Mary Pena Albert W. and Pauline M. Nickerson Frederick W. and Helen Eldredge Chas. F. and Christine F. Nickerson Ernest R. and Hilda Chase Clifton F. and Lillian C. Bearse Llewellen S. and Marion L. Stewart Josiah W. and Emma L. Volz Almond G. and Wilhelmena Pye Harold and Madeline Eldredge Dominique and Elmire LeBlanc
William B. and Susan F. Crosby Clifton E. and Olive A. Eldredge Nelos and Erene Stefanes Isaac and Isabelle Monteiro Manuel S. and Mary Raneo
.
Sept. 5
Orick D. and Mary A. McNeil Frank and Beatrice Lopes Bernard F. and Pauline M. Sylvester George R. and Edith L. Kendrick
Gothard N. and Marjorie B. Weekes Timothy J. and Alice B. Young Joseph and Elvira Rose Albert G. and Mary G. Daniels Roger W. Jr., and Mildred E Higgins
Walter B. and Elsie J. Harding Vincent P. and Laura Gonsalves Theron C. and Gladys M. Chase
May
12
June
Virginia Louise Small
Oct. 11
Nov.
33
Report of Marriages Recorded in the Town of Harwich for the Year 1926
Date
Names
Age Residence
Jan 6
Oliver Lambert Studley Beatrice Homer
17 Yarmouth, Mass.
April 12
William B. Walker
41 Harwich
Susan F. Crosby Cahoon
34 Harwich
April 24
Charles H. Hammond Marion R. Smith
54 Harwich
May 15
William Allen Dexter Hattie F. Wilbur Court
36 Harwich
May 26
Benjamin F. Kelley
41 Harwich
May
30
Theodore Brown Cahoon Vivian Margaret Perry
19 Dennis, Mass.
June 7
Elmer M. Woodward
35 Taunton, Mass.
32 Taunton, Mass.
June 19
Katherine Welch Murray Joseph Souza Elvira Rose
19 Harwich
June 27
Theron Clifton Holmes Gladys M. Chase
16 Harwich
Jùly 1 Lester Francis Childs
32 Yarmouth
July 6
Gladys May Taylor Nelson Benson Sackett Elizabeth Noble Gray Raymond Francis McLain Beatrice Kane
21 Bethany, W. Va.
Aug. 3
George D. Sleeper Ann F. Bush
24 New York, N.Y.
Aug. 4
William Henry Sylvester Beatrice Francis Eldredge
17 Orleans, Mass.
Aug. 8
Henry Kingman Bearse Lillian Hunt Weeks Maynard Johnson Mildred Bassett Desmond
58 Harwich
Sept.
4
26 Yarmouth, Mass.
29 Hyannis, Mass.
Sept. 4
Warren S. Rogers Caroline L. Ellis
66 Dennis, Mass.
Sept. 9
Albert Lawrence Simpson Lillian Gertrude Buck Donald Frederick Nesbitt Doris Mertis Cahoon
23 Harwich
Oct. 2
Leslie Gilbert Hunt
22 Dennis, Mass.
Oct.
16
Elsie Louise Keander John Marcellino
21 Wareham, Mass.
Lucy Laport Ramos
19 Harwich
23 Harwich
Oct. 16
George W. Maxwell Helen M. McFarland
23 Melrose, Mass.
Etta May Kelley
32 Harwich
22 Harwich
21 Harwich
19 Harwich
28 Harwich
29 New York, N.Y.
23 Detroit, Mich.
July 29
21 Bethany, W. Va.
25 S. Thomaston, Me.
23 Harwich
52 Harwich
67 Dennis, Mass.
24 Chatham, Mass.
18 Harwich
Sept. 11
25 Providence, R. I.
26 Harwich
21 Yarmouth, Mass.
75 Harwich
50 Dennis, Mass.
34
MARRIAGES-Continued.
Date
Names
Age Residence
Oct.
17
Cecil Matthews Smith Grace Mildred Pratt
37 Harwich
34 Weymouth, Mass.
Nov.
17
Manuel Thatcher Gladys L. Walker
17 Harwich
Dec.
9
Edwin Kingman Bearse Maria Putnam
53 Harwich
48 Harwich
1
42 Harwich
35
Deaths Recorded in the Town of Harwich for the Year 1926
Date
Name of Deceased
Y
Age M
D Cause of Death
Jan.
7
Stephen B. Gammons
59
8
26
Cerebral embolus
Jan.
17
Mary Louise Kelley
73
3
10
Organic heart disease
Jan.
20
George M. Chase
72
3
11
Cirrhosis of liver
Jan.
20
Charles S. Calhoon
70
6
27
Chronic brights disease
Jan.
27 Edward C. Baker
86
2
2
Cerebral hemorrhage
Feb.
2 Emily F. Allen
81
9
24
Cerebral hemorrhage
Feb.
2
Abner F. Long
72
3
21
Acute Indigestion
Feb.
6
Benjamin C. Kelley
70
. .
18
Arterio sclerosis
Feb.
10
Obed E. Nickerson
73
1
24
Arterio sclerosis
Feb.
19
Victory York
6
10
5 Cerebral meningitis
Feb.
23 Nehemiah B. Kelley
77
2
23
Progressive dementia
Feb.
24
Harvey C. Phillips
78
8
16
Chronic endocarditis Epilepsy
Mar.
1 Henry Q. Gorham
83
9
23
Chronic myocarditis
April
18 Huldah P. Butler
78
7
8
Arterio sclerosis
April
18 Amos Fernandes
.
·
20
Found dead in bed
April
27
Melissa Ann Ellis
88
2
27
Accidental burning
May
14
Frank A. Hoyt
72
. .
Arterio sclerosis
May
18
Myrtle Laporte
1
22
Influenza
May
21 John W. Bulman
58
10
17
Organic heart disease
May
22
Laban Snow, Jr.
29
11
4
Abscess of Lung
May
22
Didama Doane
87
14
Arterio sclerosis
May
24
James Galvin Jr.
. .
5
18
Mitral regurgitation
June
7 Sylvia Ann Swift
82
6
20
Apoplexy
June
16 Phebe L. Nickerson
7.8
2
10
Pulmonary hemorrhage
June
19
Paulina S. Long
83
9
2
Arterio sclerosis
July
9 James H. Stetson
75
3
16
Cerebral embolus
July
9
Benjamin Gage
79
4
25
Arterio sclerosis
July
13 Letitia P. Butler
81
3
22
Arterio sclerosis
July
14 Edith W. Winslow
52
3
12
Cerebral hemorrhage
July
22 Katherine Silva
54
6
27
Pulmonary tuberculosis
July
22
Lena Peres
62
.
. .
·
Aug.
2 Ruth Adams Eldredge
85
11
7
Cerebral hemorrhage
Aug.
17
James B. Martin
60
7
28
Cerebral hemorrhage
Aug.
18 Georganna B. Ellis
70
4
4
Progressive dementia
Aug.
20 Grace Davis Small
63
9
10
Cerebral hemorrhage
Sept.
4 Eliza West
70
8
6
Chronic myocarditis
Sept.
16
James Small Baker
66
8
11
Chronic interstitial nephritis
Sept.
16 Henrietta W. Chase
76
8
18
Cancer of uterus
Sept.
17
Mary S. Ellis
79
4
Acute indigestion
Sept. 24 Augustus S. Thatcher
.
. .
24
Bronchial pneumonia
.
2
Congenital heart lesion
May
31
Alfred M. Davidson
63
8
16
Cirrhosis of lung
June
20 Nettie Taylor
68
11
4
Feb.
24
Christopher C. Eldredge29
. ·
Cancer of liver
July
23
Stillborn
36
Deaths Recorded in the Town of Harwich for the Year 1926-Continued
Date
Name of Deceased
Y
Age M D Cause of Death
Oct.
1.5
Samuel Small
91
11
25
Chronic interstitial nephritis
Oct.
27
Stillborn
Nov.
10
Hettie F. Clark
59
1
22
Apoplexy
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