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Protection of Persons and Property
Under the caption of Protection of Persons and Property, there is grouped the Police Department, Fire Department, Moth Work, Elm Beetle Control, Tree Warden, Sealer of Weights and Meas- ures, and Dog Officer. These various positions are correlated to accomplish the desired goal. Both the Police and Fire Depart- ments are called into action in case of a fire.
The Police Department in Berlin is a modern development. Two Constables were elected at the District Meeting of 1784; and, with the exception of the period of 1789-92, one Constable has been elected annually from 1785 to the present time. From 1789-92 there were two Constables, one designated to collect the ministerial taxes only. The Constable was also a tax collector until 1821, when the collection of taxes was vested in the office of Treasurer.
A Police officer, as distinct from the Constable, originated in 1880 when the Selectmen appointed one policeman "with all the powers of a Constable, except serving civil processes." The Se- lectmen have continued to appoint special police, annually, since 1880. Prior to 1922 the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, served as Chief of Police, but in the aforesaid year the Selectmen, following the requirement of the law, appointed a Chief of Police. Since that time the annually-elected Constable has been ap- pointed Chief of Police, with a number of special police to assist him.
The organization of a Police Department of Berlin occurred in 1935 under the direction of the newly-appointed Chief. The
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officers of the department are entitled to join the Central Massa- chusetts Police Association, which gives them an opportunity to take the twelve weeks schooling on police efficiency and inter- pretation of the law. There is also a special course offered to the chiefs in the analysis of the new laws enacted by the General Court. Thereby the policemen become qualified to perform more efficient service.
In 1948 a two-way radio was installed in the police car for the convenience of the Chief. In 1950 the Chief of Police possessed a new, fully equipped service car suitable for patrol and ambulance accommodations.
There are certain positions and offices of the Town govern- ment which, although not directly under the supervision of the Police Department, are generally manned by a police officer. That of Pound Keeper was one of these positions. Although it was voted in the meeting of May 26, 1785, "to build a Pound and provide Stocks" a Pound Keeper was not elected until the District Meeting of 1797. The pound was built of stone, located on Woodward Avenue, opposite the Meetinghouse and the stocks were set up near the Meetinghouse with the accompanying whip- ping post. A new pound was built in 1833 on Carter Street, across from the Library in the niche under the shelter of "Pulpit Rocks" to the north of the Waino Tervo home. Stocks and Whipping Post were demolished long before the erection of the new meet- inghouse of 1826. A small brick building was built in the Town Pound in 1877, used especially for the accommodation of tramps. By vote of the town, on March 6, 1911, the Selectmen were em- powered to remove the trees and the tramp house from the Pound. Hereafter, visitors and victims were placed in the "cooler" in Clinton.
A Pound Keeper was elected annually from 1787 to 1915. In that year the office became appointive, and appointments were made annually until 1918. Isaac Holbrook was one of the last Pound Keepers and he submitted a bill in 1900 of $69.00 for car- ing for 460 tramps. After a lapse of several years, David Minor was appointed Pound Keeper and sworn in on May 20, 1924, by Lemuel D. Carter, Justice of Peace.
Another related position is that of Dog Officer. As a humani- tarian and safety measure, the Selectmen appointed a Dog Officer
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in 1933. This office is generally filled by one of the police officers. The practice has continued annually since its origin.
After the adoption of a Truancy Law in 1880, one Truant Officer was appointed by the Selectmen. From 1881 to 1890 two Truant Officers were appointed, as provided in the Truancy Law. In 1890 the Town voted "not to appoint a Truant Officer," since it was in the province of the School Committee to do so. There- fore, since then the School Committee has made this appoint- ment; however, in 1928 the designation was changed to that of Attendance Officer. The services of an Attendance Officer have not been required since 1948, due to the extended transportation accommodations.
Board of Public Welfare
The question concerning the support of the poor was of minor importance to the Town of Berlin during its primitive years. Most of the needy persons were supported by their relatives and friends. But there were some friendless cases, so, at the first Town Meeting of 1784, they began the practice, then common in most towns, of putting up to vendue the keeping of the poor to the lowest bidder. This became a convenient source of income to those who had an ample supply of home food products and spare room, and there is no doubt that some of the poor fared "poorly." The sum of twenty-four pounds was appropriated in 1784 for the support of the poor. The tax on dogs went for sup- port of poor in 1799.
The Town figured that they could save money by having a house where a family could care for the poor. So in 1802, they bought of Samuel Spofford a small house (the only house then standing in Carterville) for the accommodation of the poor. After a trial of some twenty years, they decided that there were not enough needy persons in. Berlin to warrant the maintenance of such a house. Therefore, in 1825, the property was sold to Joel Gage.
Then, the Town paid certain applicants a reasonable amount for the "keeping of a pauper." In 1845 the town voted to allow the account of Joseph Howe "for bringing Polly K ... from Bolton to his house" for four shillings, and for cleaning said
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Polly, four shillings and ninepence. Polly's board was also allowed at four shillings per week.
Gradually the cost of living increased and the number of paupers also mounted, so that in the year of 1855 the town layed out $454.80 for the keeping of eight paupers. The designation of "pauper" was eliminated from the records and the term "support of poor" was used. In 1865 the Town paid $501.62 for the support of poor. This covered seven cases, of which one family (whose husband was in the Army ) received $12.00. By the next ten years the amount for the support of the poor increased to $592.43. In 1886 it was $1,093.79, and in 1895 the sum of $1,432.76 was paid toward the support of the poor and $89.66 for feeding and housing tramps.
Formerly the Selectmen had charge of public welfare, and in their report for the year 1930 the sum of $2,633.85 was paid on ten welfare cases. In 1933 the town established a Board of Public Welfare and elected three members to the same, one of which is elected annually to serve for three years. Beginning with the year 1934, the Town bore the extra expense of the Federal Proj- ects of the C.W.A., E.R.A., and W.P.A. During the period of the functioning of these Federal Projects (1934-1941) the Town of Berlin appropriated a total of $3,879.60 toward them.
After the organization of the Board of Public Welfare, their responsibilities were distributed among several dependent causes. There was the pure Public Welfare (needy cases), Old Age Assistance, Soldiers Benefits, Aid to Dependent Children, Dis- ability Assistance, Temporay Aid, and Veteran Benefits. So that the Report of the Welfare Board for the year 1954 reads some- thing as follows:
$24,000.00
Appropriation
Expended on Old Age Assistance
$30,102.60
Expended on Aid to Dependent Children
3,080.35
Expended on Disability Assistance
1,507.90
Expended on Temporary Aid
2,532.95
Administrative Expenses
1,591.28
Total
$38,815.08
Received from other sources
$14,815.08
$38,815.08
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Fire Department
A Fire Warden was elected at the first District Meeting in 1784, and from that date until 1882 one was elected annually. Since 1882 the office has been appointive and the Town voted that provisions for the extinguishing of fires be left in the hands of the Selectmen. In 1887 the number appointed annually was increased to three and the title was changed to that of Forest Fire Warden. Thus, provision was made for the care of forest as well as house fires.
This number prevailed until 1916, when one person was ap- pointed annually as Forest Warden. A Fire Chief was first appointed in 1921, in conjunction with the Forest Warden, which was filled by the same person. This procedure continued annually until 1928. During this period, Earle A. Wheeler, Chester Randall, Hermon L. Sawyer, and Clifford H. Wheeler served as joint Forest Warden and Fire Chief.
From 1929 to 1951 five Engineers were appointed by the Board of Selectmen to run the Fire Department. Said Engineers selected one of their number to act as Chief. They supervised the equip- ment and members of the Fire Company. The Fire Company are a body of volunteers who are bonded together to learn firefight- ing and to be on call to extinguish any fires that occur in town, and are on call to go out of town at request of the Engineers. In 1951, the number of Engineers was reduced to three.
The Forest Warden from 1929 to 1953 was nominated by the Selectmen and appointed by the State Department of Conserva- tion. He is now appointed in the month of June by the Board of Selectmen, and while he has been a member of the Fire Depart- ment in the past, and usually one of the engineers, he now may be any one separate. However, to date he has been one of the engineers, but not the Chief.
In 1953, by act of State Government, the word fireman was dropped and these men are now called "firefighters."
The Fire Department was organized on January 11, 1928, and forthwith faced the task of developing a more efficient and modern fire fighting equipment. They also availed themselves of the opportunity of training themselves for more effective methods
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of handling a fire situation. The Berlin Fire Company has joined with five other towns to form the Wachusett Firemen's Muster Association. This includes the towns of Princeton, Sterling, West Boylston, Lancaster, and Bolton. They vie in their Muster and Field Days. In September of 1950 the Association held a well- attended Field Day in Berlin in which the Berlin Fire Depart- ment made a creditable showing in the various contests.
In addition to this district organization, there is the Minute- men's Forest Warden's Protective Association to which many of the Firemen belong and receive practical training and instruc- tions, as well as of the State Department. A radio fire signal and communication system has been established whereby contact can be carried on between the fire trucks, central station, and towers.
The present firefighting equipment has evolved from very elementary arrangements. From the time of the early settlement of the territory of Berlin until about the year 1883, the inhabi- tants depended upon the prompt and efficient response of the neighbors for the defense of their homes from conflagration. It was wise to keep a ladder standing against the house with a quantity of pails handy, and carpets or blankets ready to smother and drown the blaze.
There exists among our relics the "Tub" used to agitate the blaze at the Capt. C. S. Hastings two-tenement house fire of South Berlin in September of 1860. They saved the ashes-to make potash. The "Tub" consisted of a wooden cask mounted on a wheeled platform to which a hand pump was attached. By dumping water into this tub, from the bucket brigade, and oper- ating the hand pump, you could squirt a jet of water at the fire.
The first firefighting apparatus was ordered by the Town in 1883, when in Town Meeting assembled, the Selectmen were "instructed to purchase hooks, ladders, and buckets and a car- riage for the transportation of the same." No doubt the citizens were induced to order this flimsy outfit due to the horror pro- duced by the several destructive fires which raged about this period. There was the Rudersdoff house, on the Harper place of Sawyer Road, which burned on January 31, 1881. The Parker Shoe Factory, which stood at the corner of Walnut and Carter Streets, was completely destroyed by the fire of February 18, 1882, and on the following May 6th, the Stone's Carriage Factory,
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at East Berlin, was burned. Then, on the night of September 26, 1883, the Belmont House which stood on Central Street, at the Center where Ellsworth G. Sawyer now resides (the former Unitarian parsonage), was destroyed.
In 1901 the town took out insurance on the Hook and Ladder House and its contents. At the Town Meeting of 1909, the matter of purchasing a Chemical Engine for fire purposes was left in the hands of the Selectmen. Then in April of 1911 this fine new red wagon was drawn around Carter Street by that fine span of black horses of A. D. Brewer. For several years thereafter the anxious householder depended upon teams at the Center (C. F. Hale or A. D. Brewer) to draw this large fire extinguisher to the scene of the fire.
In 1917 it was voted to purchase a Motor Chemical Fire Appa- ratus, and $1,250 was appropriated for the same. This outfit sufficed for a time, but it became necessary to provide a suitable storage place, especially in cold weather. Since it is not required that you have a muffler on a piece of fire apparatus, the neigh- bors always knew when the truck rolled out. This undependable outfit was supplemented by seventeen hand extinguishers geo- graphically distributed among the homes of the town.
In 1928 the town purchased a new American LaFrance Fire Truck, with pump and equipment, for $5,500, and also spent $910.80 on enlargement and repairs on the engine house. Then the following year another Fire Truck was secured for $1,000 to replace the Chemical outfit. So, then, the department had two pumpers, which made it convenient for conveying a stream of water for a great distance, by hitching them in tandem.
The subject of a sufficient water supply has been a constant problem; so that during the years of 1934-36 the Town, with the aid of C.W.A. labor, constructed several water holes at con- venient locations about the Town. This act was followed by securing a large motorized tank, with pump, to carry a supply of water to the scene of the fire.
By the year 1950 it was decided that the twenty-four-year-old Knott Pumper and the twenty-seven-year-old Ford Tank Truck were due for retirement, and that they should be replaced by new, modern equipment. So, by the close of 1952, the Berlin Fire Department had three trucks in operation.
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(1) There was the new International truck which carries 1,000 gallons of water, 1,450 ft. of 21/2" hose, 300 ft. of 11/2" hose, and 60 ft. of ladders and is supplied with a 600-gal. per min. pump.
(2) A Ford truck which carries 300 gals. of water, 1,200 ft. of 21/2" hose, 200 ft. of 11/2" hose, 1,000 ft. of forest fire hose, and 36 ft. of ladders and is equipped with a 500 gal. per min. pump.
(3) A Stewart truck which carries 80 gals. of water, 400 ft. of 21/2" hose, 800 ft. of forest fire hose, 32 ft. of ladders and a 300 gal. per min. pump.
To this there was added a 660 gal. tank truck in 1953. In order to house all of this equipment it became necessary to remodel and enlarge the firehouse. This was accomplished by the Yankee spirit of the Firemen, both in their ability to secure the finances and by their contribution of construction services. This 38 x 24 foot new Fire Station, located on West Street opposite Powder House Hill, gives Berlin top ranking with other towns of its size.
Moderators
Henry A. Wheeler 1891-1927
James W. Barter 1928-1929
Clifford H. Wheeler
1929-to date
Town Clerks
Frank H. Crossman 1883-1929
Harris G. Field 1930-1956
Priscilla F. Jewett
1956-to date
Town Treasurers
Willis Rice 1896-1911
Truman P. Felton
1911-1921
Frank F. Dunfield
1922-1925
Annella M. Dunfield
1926-1934
Robert E. Taylor
1934-1945
Louis G. Hudson
1945-to date
Tax Collectors
Willis Rice 1896-1911
Lemuel D. Carter
1911-1921
Robert E. Taylor
1921-1928
Brittan A. Jackson
1929-1937
N. Harriman Fay 1938-dec. May 3, 1956
Wilmer G. Tenney May 1956-1958
Louis V. Rowe 1958-to date
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Constables
Henry A. Wheeler
1895, 1897-1899
Frank E. Knight 1896
John O. Osgood 1896
W. A. Hartshorn
1900-1902
I. F. Parmenter
1902-1908
Walter Cole 1908-1933
(dec. July 18, 1933)
Clyde E. Rogers
1933-1948
Benjamin H. Spaulding
1949-1950
(dec. Dec. 13, 1950)
Clifford H. Wheeler
1951-to date
Justices of the Peace
Harris G. Field
Silas H. Bacon
Representatives to the General Court
Arthur Hastings 1893-1894
Frank H. Crossman, elected Nov. 1904 to serve 1905-06
James D. Tyler elected 1911 to serve 1911-12
Lemuel D. Carter elected 1924 to serve 1925-26
E. Guy Sawyer elected 1944
to serve 1945-46
The following persons have served on the Cemetery Commit- tee (1895 to 1902), Cemetery Commissioners (1902 to date)
A. A. Bartlett
1895-1896
Silas Sawyer
1895-1896
Chester A. Sawyer
1895-1901
S. C. Chamberlin
1897
Willis Rice 1897
Charles M. Sawyer
1898-1921
William S. Eager
1898-1899
Waldo L. Wheeler
1899, 1902-1938
Arthur Hastings 1900-1908
Edmond Wheeler 1901
George F. Mathews 1909-1913
George H. Carpenter 1914-1922
Chester A. Howe 1922-1939
A. E. Bissell 1922-1923
Robert B. Churchill 1924, 1932-1934
Charles J. G. Hubbard 1934-1946
Herbert L. Wheeler 1939-1941
Raymond W. Cole
1941-1954 .
Bernard O. Wheeler 1942-1945
Hermon L. Sawyer
1945-1954
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Clifton W. Brewer 1946-to date
Haydn A. Hunt 1953-1956
Burton K. Wheeler
1954-1955
Robert H. Guild
1955-to date
Henry A. Wheeler
1956-to date
Vincent S. Eager
1957-to date
The following persons have served as Road Commissioners (board of three until 1902). From 1902 one person serving as Highway Commissioner, then as Highway Surveyor, again as Commissioner, and since 1922 to date as Superintendent of Streets.
George H. Bruce 1894
J. J. Randall
1894-1897
John H. Barnes
1894-1902
John O. Osgood
1895-1897
S. C. Chamberlin
1897-1901
L. E. Fosgate
1897-1899
W. A. Wheeler
1900-1904
A. L. Brewer
1901-1902
Chester A. Howe
1904-1941
Bernard O. Wheeler
1941-1942
Hermon L. Sawyer 1942-to date
The following have served on the Board of Public Welfare since its inception February 6, 1933. This period in history is sometimes called the period of the great depression. Previous to this date, the Board of Selectmen were also called the Overseers of the Poor. No doubt there was so much widespread relief needed that a new department was necessary. The Federal Gov- ernment became the benefactor, taking the relief duties from charitable organizations. At this date welfare has become a joint obligation Federal, State, and Town.
Marion C. Fromant 1933
Robert E. Taylor 1933-1935
Herbert L. Wheeler 1933-1935
John W. McCarty 1933-1936
Lemuel D. Carter 1934-1937
Cecil B. Wheeler 1935-1944
Everett E. Bartlett 1936-1942
E. Guy Sawyer 1937-1943
William E. McNamara 1942-1943
Andrew Drysdale 1943-1945
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Clifford H. Wheeler
1943-1948
William J. McCullough
1944-1947
Joe W. Davis
1945-1948
Blanche W. Nutting
1947-1951
Harry W. Featherstone
1948-1949
Louis V. Rowe
1948-1950
John G. Farrow
1951-1953
Eldon C. Wheeler
1949-to date
W. Lyle Woodward
1950 dec. Oct. 21, 1955
Florence L. Hawkins 1953-to date
Hattie B. Woodward
1955-to date
Auditors
W. E. Merrill
1897
James W. Barter
1900-1906-07
John E. Walter
1901-1905
J. D. Tyler
1907-1912
George H. Carpenter 1912-1913
Perley B. Sawyer
1913-1914
Arthur Hastings
1914-1915
Zoheth H. Woodbury
1914-1915, 1934-1936
Charles F. Harris
1915-1917
Clara W. Harris
1915-1921
E. Montrose Evans
1921-1927
George R. Spofford
1927-1930
Howard H. Pratt
1931-1932
James E. Andrews 1933-
Annella M. Dunfield 1934-
William J. Mccullough 1936-1937
Fay L. Bridges
1938
Ellsworth G. Sawyer
1939-1941
Waino H. Tervo
1941-1945
Blanche W. Nutting
1946
E. Guy Sawyer 1947
Helen L. Tansey
1948-1955
Priscilla F. Jewett
1955-1957
Barbara E. Lapan
1957-to date
Tree Wardens
H. C. Hubbard
1908-1909
Myron S. Wheeler 1911
E. C. Ross
1912-1920
C. A. Howe 1920
A. R. Jones
1921-1922
Walter J. Allen 1923-1945
Hermon L. Sawyer
1946-to date
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Dog Officers
I. F. Parmenter
1909-1911
L. D. Carter
1926-1927
Roland E. Wheeler
1930-1935
Myron R. Small
1935-1937
Clifford H. Wheeler
1938-1939, 1951-to date
Ernest L. Wheeler
1940-1941
John L. Nutting
1942-1943
Walter J. Allen
1944-1945
Clyde E. Rogers
1945-1948
Benjamin H. Spaulding
1949-1950
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Isaac Holbrook
1901-1917
Forrest Day 1918
George N. Davenport
1919-1923
L. D. Carter
1924-1929
Hermon L. Sawyer
1930-1944
Fay L. Bridges
1945-1952
Nathan I. Spaulding
1953-
Animal Inspectors
Robert B. Wheeler 1896-1900
Leonard W. Brewer
1900-1916
Ralph B. Small
1916-1920, 1931-1937
Marshall E. Chaplin
1920-1930
Benjamin Marble
1937-1940
John L. Nutting
1940-1944
Walter J. Allen
1944-1946
Warren W. Tansey
1946-1954
Alice L. Cole
1954-
Inspectors of Slaughter
Leonard W. Brewer 1914-1916
Marshall E. Chapin 1916-1931
William E. Wheeler
1931-to date
John L. Nutting 1946-to date
Amos G. Wheeler
1952-to date
Moth Superintendent
Willis Rice 1906-1911
Ernest C. Ross
1911-1920
C. A. Howe
1920
Fred L. Fairbanks
1920
A. R. Jones
1921-1923
Walter J. Allen 1923-1945
Warren W. Tansey 1946-1951
Hermon L. Sawyer
1951-to date
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County Aid to Agriculture, Directors
Marion C. Fromant 1931-1945
Ruth I. Allen
1945
Louise F. Lockhart
1946-to date
Chief of Police (Instituted 1922)
Walter Cole 1922-1933
Roland E. Wheeler
1933
Clyde E. Rogers
1934-1948
Benjamin H. Spaulding 1949-1950
Clifford H. Wheeler
1950-to date
Members of Finance Committee (Established Annual Meeting Feb. 4, 1924)
Truman P. Felton 1924-1927
Clara M. Hubbard
1924
Marion C. Fromant
1924-1929
E. Guy Sawyer
1924-1929
Ira G. Dudley 1924
Edna Z. Guertin
1924
E. Hope Puffer
1925-1929
Clifford H. Wheeler
1925-1927
Ruea E. Small
1925-1930
Charles M. Field
1928-1933
Ernest C. Ross
1928-1931
James E. Andrews
1930-1932
Edith R. Sawyer
1930-1932
Mildred P. Spofford
1930-1933
Flora E. Smith
1931-1936
Walter D. Stratton 1932
Fay L. Bridges
1933
Leon H. Cummings
1933-1935
Roy P. Marble
1933-1935
Helen L. Brewer
1934-1940
Lester G. Ross
1934-1936
Earle A. Wheeler
1934-1942
Louis C. Rowe
1936-1940, 1946-1947
Vincent S. Eager
1936-1950
Harold C. Wheeler
1936-1938
Myron S. Wheeler
1937-1945
Danford B. Tyler
1939-1941, 1943-1950
Robert H. Bryan 1941-1943
Brittan A. Jackson
1941-1943
Everett E. Bartlett
1942-1945
Leon A. Brewer
1944-1949
Richard Mungeam
1944-1949
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Raymond F. Stone
1946-1955
Carl A. Barter
1948-1950
Louis A. Emmonds
1950-1951
Ernest O. Wheeler
1950
Robert B. Coldwell
1951-to date
Clyde E. Rogers
1951-1958
Warren G. Field
1951-1952
Nelson C. Smith
1951-1955
Adelbert E. Coulson
1952-1955
Benjamin H. Spaulding, Jr.
1955-to date
John R. Bergen
1953-to date
John E. Collins
1956-to date
John Coolidge, Jr.
1956-to date
Willard H. Wheeler
1958-to date
Selectmen
(Board of Health) (Overseers of the Poor until 1933)
James E. Andrews
1896-1897, 1900-1903
Arthur Hastings
1896
1904-1911
D. C. Hastings
1896
Robert B. Wheeler
1898-1899
Daniel P. Hartwell
1898-1899
Sidney B. Carter
1898-1907
Henry A. Wheeler
1900-1904
Charles J. G. Hubbard
1905-1916, 1918-1920
James D. Tyler
1912-1914
Waldo L. Wheeler
1915-1917
Walter A. Wheeler
1917-1922
Arthur L. Brewer
1919-1923
Walter Cole
1921-1928
Lemuel D. Carter
1922-1927, 1934-1939
Hermon L. Sawyer
1924-1930
Herbert L. Wheeler
1928-1934
Robert E. Taylor
1929-1933
Chester E. Cole
1934-1946
Roy P. Marble
1936-1948
E. Guy Sawyer
1939 1947
Everett E. Bartlett 1946
Clifford H. Wheeler
1947-1953
George R. Spofford
1947-1952
Brittan A. Jackson
1948-1950
Herbert H. Guild
1950-Jan. 20, 1956
Carl A. Barter
1952-to date
Warren G. Field
1953-1957
Roger E. Wheeler
1956-to date
Nathan I. Spaulding
1957-to date
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Registrars of Voters
(Selectmen and Town Clerk to 1945)
Harris G. Field 1945-1956
Charles A. Fromant
1945-to date
Ralph M. Hopfmann
1945-1954
Edward L. Collins
1945
Waino H. Tervo
1946-1954
Dona E. Bellarosa
1954-to date
Cecil B. Wheeler
1954-to date
Priscilla F. Jewett
1956-to date
Civic Board
(Established 1951) (Changed to Planning Board 1953)
Roy P. Marble 1951
Marion C. Fromant
1951-1952
Frances E. Rice
1951-1953
Carl D. Phipps
1951-1953
Lester G. Ross
1951-1953
Everett E. Bartlett, Jr.
1954-1955
John W. Corman, Jr.
1954-1957
Ellsworth G. Sawyer
1954-to date
Leonard R. Mungeam
1952-1959
Donald H. Wheeler
1953-1954
John R. Cadogan
1955-1958
John J. Sallinger
1955-to date
Eric A. Brandt
1957-to date
Warren G. Field
1958-to date
Charles E. Nutting
1959-to date
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