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NORWELL TOWN REPORT
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Norwell Public Library
Seventy-First Annual Report
OF THE
BOARD OF SELECTMEN AND OTHER TOWN OFFICERS OF THE
TOWN OF NORWELL
FOR THE
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YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31 1920
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY ROCKLAND. MASS.
INDEX
Appropriations Recommended 96
Articles in Warrant IOI
Assessors' Report 71
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Auditor's Report
95
Board of Health Report
89
Financial Statement
95
Forest Warden Report
83
Highway Account
40
Incidental Account
76
Jury List 97
Miscellaneous
91
Moth Report
81
Overseers of Poor Report
73
Report of Ridge Hill Public Library
87
School Report
IO7
Sealer of Weights and Measures
86
Snow Account
61
Tax Collector's Report 38
Town Clerk's Report
5
Town Officers' Account
69
Treasurer's Report 31
Town Officers, 1920 3
Tree Warden's Report
79
Trustees' Report 98
TOWN OFFICERS
Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of Poor EDWARD M. SEXTON LOTHROP E. FESSENDEN WILLIAM J. LEONARD
Town Clerk Treasurer
JOSEPH F. MERRITT
HERBERT E. ROBBINS
Tax Collector WILLIAM H. SPENCER
Surveyor of Highways WALTER T. OSBORN
School Committee
BENJAMIN LORING MRS. AMY SYLVESTER MRS. NELLIE L. SPARRELL
Auditor ELIOT W. CROWELL
Board of Health JOHN F. WILDER MINOT WILLIAMSON JOSEPH F. MERRITT
Constables
WALTER T. OSBORN JESSE M. WINSLOW
J. WARREN FOSTER JOHN F. WILDER LESTER D. WEST
Cemetery Committee W. WALLACE FARRAR ARTHUR T. STODDARD
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Tree Warden FRED M. CURTIS
Scaler of Weights and Measures J. WARREN FOSTER
Field Drivers THE CONSTABLES OFFICERS APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN
Registrars of Voters
JOSEPH F. MERRITT JEREMIAH H. LEHAN
HENRY J. TOLMAN WILLIAM O. PROUTY
Warden of Almshouse JAMES H. PINKHAM
Forest Fire Warden Gypsy Moth Agent
JOHN T. OSBORN FRED M. CURTIS
Inspector of Animals
J. WARREN FOSTER
Inspectors of Slaughtered Animals
AMOS H. TILDEN ALPHEUS DAMON
Surveyors of Lumber, Wood and Bark
BERT RICHARDSON JOHN WHALEN
W. D. TURNER ARTHUR T. STODDARD
BENJAMIN LORING F. E. HENDERSON J. FRANK TURNER
JOHN E. LESLIE
Keeper of Lockup JAMES H. PINKHAM
Town Weigher
JAMES H. PINKHAM
Report of the Town Clerk
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 1-8, 1920
Pursuant to a warrant under the hands of the Selectmen, duly executed and return made by Walter T. Osborn, a con- stable of Norwell, the inhabitants of the Town qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, met at the Town Hall on Monday, March I, at 7 P. M., and took the following action :
Article I. To choose a Moderator.
John Whalen was chosen Moderator by ballot. He was sworn by the Town Clerk.
Owing to the extremely bad passing and the small number of voters present, it was voted to adjourn until Monday, March 8, at 12 noon.
On Monday, March 8, 1920, at 7 A. M. the qualified voters of the Town of Norwell met at the Town Hall to act on the following article in the warrant :
Article 38. To bring in their votes for a Town Clerk for one year; one Selectman; one Assessor, and one Overseer of the Poor for three years; a Treasurer; a Collector of Taxes; an Auditor; a Surveyor of Highways; five Consta- bles and a Tree Warden for one year; one member of the School Committee for three years; one member of the Board of Health for three years; and to vote Yes or No in answer to the question, "Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town?" all on one ballot. Polls open from 7-II A. M.
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The polls were declared open at 7.05 and closed at 11.25 A. M., 167 ballots were cast, one of which was a partial ballot for School Committee; on being canvassed and coun- ted in open meeting, they were found to be for the following persons, and the result was announced by the Moderator :
Town Clerk ( for one year )
Joseph F. Merritt I45
Blanks 21
Selectman (for three years)
William J. Leonard 145
Blanks 21
Assessor (for three years)
William J. Leonard I43
Blanks 23
Overseer of Poor (for three years)
William J. Leonard I37
Blanks 29
Treasurer (for one year)
Herbert E. Robbins 147
Blanks 19
Collector of Taxes (for one year)
William H. Spencer 140
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Ernest H. Sparrell
John H. Sparrell I
Blanks 24
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Auditor (for one year)
Jerome F. Wadsworth I35
Humphrey W. Turner I
Blanks
30
Board of Health (for three years)
John F. Wilder I28
Blanks 38
School Committee (for three years)
Nellie L. Sparrell 125
Blanks
42
Highway Surveyor (for one year)
Edward A. Jacobs 72
Walter T. Osborn 89
Blanks 5 F
Constable ( for one year )
J. Warren Foster I31
Walter T. Osborn I28
Lester D. West 115
John F. Wilder II7
Jesse M. Winslow
I20
Blanks 219
Tree Warden ( for one year)
Fred M. Curtis I3I
Harry Pinson 2
Blanks 33
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Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town for the ensuing year ? Yes 91 No 62
Blanks 13
OFFICERS ELECTED
Town Clerk, Joseph F. Merritt.
Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of the Poor, William J.
Leonard.
Treasurer, Herbert E. Robbins.
Collector of Taxes, William H. Spencer .
Auditor, Jerome F. Wadsworth.
Board of Health, John F. Wilder .
School Committee, Nellie L. Sparrell.
Highway Surveyor, Walter T. Osborn.
Constables, J. Warren Foster, Walter T. Osborn, Lester D. West, John F. Wilder, Jesse M. Winslow
Tree Warden, Fred M. Curtis.
At 12 o'clock, the time to which the business meeting was adjourned having arrived, the Moderator called the meeting to order and called Article 2 in the warrant :
Article 2. To hear the reports of the several boards of officers and comittees of the town and act thereon.
The committee on a central school building reported orally to the meeting.
' It was voted to recommit the matter to the same commit- tee and that they furnish the information required by them in their report.
Voted to accept the reports of the several boards of town. officers as printed.
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Article 3. To make the necessary appropriation to defray the expenses of the town and for other purposes and to raise such sums of money as the town shall deem expedient.
Voted to appropriate the following amounts :
Support of Poor $ 1500.00
Almshouse 2100.00
Support of Schools I2000.00
Highways, general
4500.00
Highways, special tarvia
4500.00
Snow
7500.00
Memorial Day
150.00
State Aid
2000.00
Soldiers' Relief
400.00
Town Officers
2000.00
Washington Street Cemetery
75.00
Tree Warden
50.00
Mowing Bushes 150.00
Board of Health 500.00
Board of Health, Inspector of Slaughtering . 350.00
School Physician
100.00
Squares and Triangles
100.00
Town Hall
75.00
Electric Lights
500.00
James Library 200.00
Fire Department
300.00
Gypsy Moth
515.29
Superintendent of Schools
500.00
Interest
1250.00
State and County Taxes
6000.00
Gaffield Park
25.00
Incidentals
1400.00
Spraying Elms
200.00
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Other appropriations and amounts authorized :
Plymouth County Trustees $ 150.00
Unexpended balance School appropriation 1919 1555.05
Snow Scraper 265.00
Ridge Hill Public Library 50.00
Power Sprayer
250.00
Grading around Common
150.00
Painting Town Hall
350.00
Central Street (Conditional)
5000.00
Voted to raise by taxation a sum not to exceed $42000.00 to be assessed on the polls and estates of residents and on the estates of non-residents.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year.
Voted that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Select- men be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1920, and to issue a note or notes there- for, payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred un- der this note to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.
Article 5. What compensation will the town make for removing snow and appropriate money for the same.
Voted to pay 5oc per hour for shoveling snow.
Appropriation made under Article 3.
Article 6. In what manner and time shall the taxes be collected for the ensuing year.
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Voted that the Statutes cover the matter of the collection of taxes.
Article 7. To make allowance to town creditors.
No bills were presented.
Article 8. What sum of money will the Town appro- priate for the use of Post 112, G. A. R. on Memorial Day.
Appropriation made under Article 3, $150.00.
Article 9. Will the Town cause a statement of its finan- cial condition to be printed in February next.
Voted that a report be printed in February, 1921.
Article 10. . Will the Town appropriate a sum of money to be expended in the cemetery on Washington Street.
An appropriation of $75.00 was made under Article 3.
Article II. What price will the Town pay for labor on the highways for the ensuing year.
Voted to pay $4.00 for men and $6.00 for man and horse, and $8.00 for man and two horses. Sunday and holiday work, time and one-half.
Article 12. What action will the Town take in regard to keeping the sidewalks in repair.
Voted to place the care of the sidewalks in the hands of the Highway Surveyor.
Article 13. Will the town give any instructions to Town Officers.
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Voted that the School Committee be instructed to publish the contracts awarded by them together with the names of the successful bidders and amount of bid.
Voted that the Selectmen look into the matter of the clam flats this Town owns in Scituate and see what can be done for the citizens of the Town.
Voted that the Auditor so certify if he finds proper vouch- ers for amounts paid.
Voted that the Highway Surveyor be instructed to imme- diately make Bowker Street passable.
Voted that the Highway Surveyor render to the citiens of the Town, by having printed in the next annual report, the amount of money expended for scraping and also money spent separately on each street in the Town for oil and re- pairs for the ensuing year.
Voted that the Town consider the amount paid by Mr. James H. Barnard for building and land at No. 6 as paid for building alone, as it is understood that he already owns the land.
Article 14. What price will the Town pay for work at fires for the ensuing year.
Voted to pay 50c per hour for work at fires.
Article 15. Will the Town take any action in regard to the care of parks, squares and triangles and make any ap- propriation for the same.
Voted that the Tree Warden have charge of the appro- priation for this purpose.
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Article 16. Will the Town make an appropriation for the James Library in return for the free privilege of taking books, which the townspeople now have.
An appropriation of $200.00 was made under Article 3.
Article 17. Will the Town act in connection with the Town of Hanover, to have electric lights at the terminus of River Street, Norwell, and Broadway, Hanover, at the Third Herring Brook, and Assinippi.
Voted that the Town still continue to act with the Town of Hanover in regard to lights at the above locations.
Article 18. Will the Town appropriate the sum of $515.29 for the suppression of the Gypsy and Browntail Moths.
Appropriation made under Article 3.
Article 19. What sum will the Town appropriate to pay the Superintendent of Schools.
Voted to appropriate $500.00 under Article 3.
Article 20. Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars for the purpose of fighting fires.
Voted to appropriate the above amount under Article 3.
Article 21. What sum of money will the Town appropri- ate for the spraying of elm trees along the highways.
Voted to appropriate $200.00 under Article 3.
Article 22. What sum of money will the Town appro- priate for electric lights.
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Voted to appropriate $500.00 under Article 3.
Article 23. To see if the Town will authorize the Treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money on and after January 1, 1921, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year, beginning January 1, 1921, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year. Any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of the financial year, beginning January 1, 1921.
It was voted that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow money on and after January 1, 1921, in anticipation of the revenue of the finan- cial year beginning January 1, 1921, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1921.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate for the use of the Plymouth County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture the sum of $150.00 and choose a Town Director as provided in Chapter 273 of the Acts of 1918 and act thereon.
Voted to appropriate $150.00 for this purpose and Mr. Joseph C. Otis was named Town Director.
Article 25. What appropriation will the Town make toward procuring suitable tablets bearing the names of its citizens who served in the World War.
Voted to pass over this article.
Article 26. Will the Town vote to use the unexpended balance of the school appropriation for 1919, $1555.05, for the support of schools in 1920.
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Voted that the above amount be used toward the support of schools this year.
Article 27. Will the Town vote to raise and appropriate $265.00 to provide a snow scraper or act or do anything relative to the above.
Voted to appropriate $265.00 for this purpose. The Selectmen and Road Surveyor to be a committee to procure one before October Ist.
Article 28. Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $50.00 and name two Trustees for the Ridge Hill Public Library.
Voted to appropriate $50.00 for Ridge Hill Public Li- brary and that William J. Leonard and William O. Prouty be named as Trustees.
Article 29. Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $250.00 to purchase a power sprayer.
Voted to purchase a power sprayer and appropriate $250 for that purpose.
Article 30. Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $150.00 for grading about the Common.
Voted to appropriate $150.00 for this purpose to be spent under the direction of the Highway Surveyor.
Article 31. Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $350.00 to paint the Town Hall.
Voted to appropriate $350.00 to paint the Town Hall.
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Article 32. Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $3500.00 for repairs on the entire length of Grove Street, from its junction with Lincoln Street to its junction with Washington Street, or act or do anything relative to the same.
Voted to pass over.
Article 33. Will the Town instruct the Selectmen to sell the stone crusher, engine and boiler.
Voted to pass over.
Article 34. Will the Town authorize its Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow a sum not exceed- ing nineteen thousand ($19000.00) dollars, and issue bonds or notes of the Town, bearing interest payable semi-annually and principal payable in such annual payments as will extin- guish the debt in five years, to provide for the appropriation of $12000.00 made at the special town meeting April 23, 1919, and an additional appropriation of $7000.00 made at a special town meeting, October 18, 1919, for the purpose of resurfacing and new construction of River Street, authorized at said meetings.
It was voted by a unanimous vote, 89 voting in favor, none voting against, to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow a sum not exceeding nineteen thousand ($19000.00) dollars, and issue bonds or notes of the Town, bearing interest, payable semi-annu- ally, and principal payable in such annual payments as will extinguish the debt in five years, to provide for the appropriation of $12000.00 made at the special town meeting April 23, 1919, and an additional ap- propriation of $7000.00 made at a special town meeting, October 18, 1919, for the purpose of resurfacing and new construction of River Street authorized at said meetings.
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Article 35. Will the Town appropriate a sum not to exceed $5000.00 to be expended with like appropriation from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the County of Plymouth, as provided by Chapter 155, Acts of 1918, and other acts in amendment thereto and connection therewith, for highway construction on Central Street as petitioned by the Selectmen; and further authorize its Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow a sum not to exceed five thousand ($5000.00) dollars, and issue bonds or notes of the Town bearing interest payable semi-annually and principal payable in five equal annual payments to provide for said construction.
It was voted by a two-thirds vote of the voters present and voting, 89 voting in favor, 2 against, to appropriate a sum not to exceed five thousand ($5000.00) dollars, to be expended with like appropriations from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the County of Plymouth, as provided by Chapter 155, Acts of 1918 and other acts in amendment thereto, and connection therewith, for highway construction on Central Street, as petitioned by the Selectmen, and further authorize its Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow a sum not to exceed five thousand ($5000.00) dollars, and issue bonds or notes of the Town, bearing interest payable semi-annually and principal payable in five equal annual payments to provide for said construction.
Article 36. To act or do anything relative to the above.
Voted that Officers receive the following salaries
Treasurer
$225.00
Tax Collector 225.00
Auditor 50.00
Secretary of School Committee 50.00
Other Members of School Committee, each 25.00
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Moderator, for services 10.00
Cemetery Committee : W. W. Farrar, Arthur T. Stoddard, Herbert Simmons.
The Selectmen were chosen Fence Viewers.
The Constables were chosen Field Drivers.
George S. Hatch purchased the fish rights for $1.00 and $2.00.
Article 37. Will the Town vote to form a Union High School District, or take action relative to the above.
Voted to form a Union High School District.
Voted that meeting be dissolved.
Attest :
JOSEPH F. MERRITT,
Town Clerk.
STATE ELECTION
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1920
Pursuant to a warrant under the hands of the Selectmen, ยท duly executed by Walter T. Osborn, a Constable of Nor- well, the qualified voters of the Town, met at the Town Hall on Tuesday, November 2, 1920, at 6 A. M., Edward M. Sexton, Chairman of the Selectmen, presided. The other election officers on duty were, Lothrop E. Fessenden, Wil- liam J. Leonard, Amos H. Tilden, Carlton O. Litchfield,
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Harry G. Pinson, John Whalen and George M. Currier. The polls were closed at 12.10 P. M. Four hundred and seventy-five names were checked and the same number of ballots cast. Two hundred and seventy-six men voted and one hundred and ninety-nine women. Seven absent voters ballots were presented by the Town Clerk.
The ballots were canvassed and counted in open meeting and the results announced as follows :
ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT
Cox and Roosevelt, Democratic 48
Cox and Gillhaus, Socialist Labor O
Debs and Stedman, Socialist O
Harding and Coolidge, Republican 409
Blanks 18
GOVERNOR
Channing H. Cox, Republican 405
Walter S. Hutchins, Socialist I
Patrick Mulligan, Socialist Labor O
John J. Walsh, Democratic 30
Blanks 39
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Marcus A. Coolidge, Democratic 34
David Craig, Socialist Labor O
Alvan T. Fuller, Republican 323
Thomas Nicholson, Socialist O
Robert M. Washburn, Independent 74
Blanks 44
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SECRETARY
Frederic W. Cook, Republican 392
Edward E. Ginsburg, Democratic 2I
Anthony Houtenbrink, Socialist Labor 0 Edith M. Williams, Socialist I
Blanks 61
TREASURER
George H. Jackson, Citizen II
James Jackson, Republican 389
Louis Marcus, Socialist O
Patrick O'Hearn, Democratic 21
Albert L. Waterman, Socialist Labor O
Blanks
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AUDITOR
Alonzo B. Cook, Republican 389
Alice E. Cram, Democratic 30
Stephen J. Surridge, Socialist Labor 0
Herbert H. Thompson, Socialist T
Blanks
55
ATTORNEY-GENERAL
J. Weston Allen, Republican 394
Morris I. Becker, Socialist Labor O
John Weaver Sherman, Socialist 1
Michael L. Sullivan, Democratic 19
Blanks
58
CONGRESSMAN-Sixteenth District
George Richards, Labor Party 15
Joseph Walsh, Republican 391
Blanks 69
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COUNCILLOR-First District
Norman H. Gillespie, Socialist 2
Harry H. Williams, Republican 379
Blanks
94
SENATOR-Norfolk and Plymouth District
Edward P. Boynton, Democratic 39
Elwin Temple Wright 388
Ozroe A. Wyman, Socialist 2
Blanks 46
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT Second Plymouth District
Ernest H. Sparrell, Republican 423
Walter Haynes, I
Blanks
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS-Plymouth County
Frederic T. Bailey, Republican 383
Jere B. Howard, Republican 267
Mathew Teehan, Socialist 4 Blanks 296
SHERIFF-Plymouth County
Earl P. Blake, Republican 371
Forest O. Nichols, Socialist 2
Blanks IO2
Shall an act entitled "An act to regulate the Manufacture and Sale of Beer, Cider and Light Wines," and in which it is provided that all beverages containing not less than one half of one per cent and not more than two and three fourths per cent of alcohol by weight at sixty degrees Fahrenheit
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shall be deemed not to be intoxicating liquor, which act passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 121 in favor and 67 against, and passed the Senate by a vote of 26 in favor and 6 against, and was thereafter vetoed by His Excellency the Governor, and failed of passage in the Senate over the said veto by a vote of 14 in favor and 22 against, be approved ?
Yes 157
No 213
Blanks
105
Meeting dissolved.
Attest : JOSEPH F. MERRITT,
Town Clerk.
TOWN CLERKS' CONVENTION
At a meeting of the Town Clerks of the several Towns comprising the Second Plymouth Representative District, held at Marshfield, November 12, 1920, the returns of the votes cast at the election held Tuesday, November 2, were canvassed and Ernest H. Sparrell of Norwell was elected Representative for said district. His certificate was made out in accordance therewith.
GEORGE H. STEARNS, Town Clerk of Duxbury.
JOSEPH F. MERRITT,
Town Clerk of Norwell. JETSON WADE,
Town Clerk of Scituate. WILLIAM A. KEY,
Town Clerk of Pembroke.
SHIRLEY A. CROSSE,
Town Clerk (Pro Tem) of Marshfield.
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The vote was as follows :
Whole number of ballots . 2939
Ernest H. Sparrell of Norwell. 2455 .
Walter Haynes of Scituate.
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Abraham Feinberg of Marshfield 3 Blanks 480
Sparrell Feinberg
Haynes
Blanks
Total
Duxbury
44I
I
I35
577
Norwell
423
I
5I
475
Scituate
834
I64
998
Pembroke
278
50
328
Marshfield
479
2
80
561
2455
3
I
480
2939
RESIDENT HUNTERS' LICENSES
Licenses to hunt, fish and trap issued during year ending December 31, 1920.
Resident combination hunting and fishing 93
Resident, fishing 2
Minor, trapping 15
DOGS LICENSED
Dogs licensed in Norwell for year ending November 30, I920.
82 Males at $2.00. $164.00
14 Females at $5.00 70.00
$234.00
Clerk's fees 96 licenses at 20C 19.20
Paid County Treasurer $214.80
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ENROLLED MILITIA
One hundred and eighty men were enrolled for military duty April 1, 1920.
REGISTERED VOTERS
At the close of registration October 23, 1920, there were 366 male and 218 female voters on the lists.
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1920.
January 25. Married in Hanover, Robert Montgomery of Norwell and Bertha Ellery Sproul of Hanover, by Rev. Edwin H. Gibson.
February 28. Married in Quincy, William D. Jacobs and Aice R. Farrar, both of Norwell, by Rev. Thomas R. Turner.
March 10. Married in Boston, Albert Shindler and Mary P. Baker, both of Norwell, by Thomas N. King, Jus- tice of the Peace.
April 4. Married in Rockland, Stephen A. Mott of Bos- ton and Josephine C. Molla of Norwell, by Rev. E. J. Fagan.
April 12. Married in Cohasset, Bertrand Stetson Gard- ner of Hanover and Martha Marion Wolfendale of Nor- well, by Rev. Howard Key Bartow.
April 30, Married in Wayland, William Rodney Cole of Waltham and Grace Emily Farrar of Norwell, by Rev. William H. Branigan.
May 5. Married in Norwell, William Thomas Fair and Helen Sophia Parr, both of Norwell, by Rev. Howard Charles Gale.
May 25. Married in Marshfield, Frank Thomas and Blanche Emeline Amhreim, both of Norwell, by Herbert I. Macomber, Town Clerk and Justice of the Peace.
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June I. Married in Norwell, Joseph B. Estes of Rock- land and Helen S. Farrar of Norwell, by Rev. Howard Charles Gale.
June I. Married in Norwell, Emmett Stanley Butler of Rockland and Ina Belle Gunderway of Norwell by Rev Ed- win H. Gibson.
June 30. Married in Norwell, Joseph William Condon of Whitman and Muriel Fona Walker of Norwell, by Rev. Howard Charles Gale.
July 15. Married in Norwell, Nathan Haywood Hart- well and Ethel May Burns, both of Norwell, by Rev. How- ard Charles Gale.
October 27. Married in Hanover, George Sumner Har- ris of Haverhill and Mildred Damon Mott of Norwell, by Rev. William H. Nobbs.
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