Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Milford, Massachusetts 1951, Part 8

Author: Milford (Mass.)
Publication date: 1951
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 290


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28


1st


25 Robert Kenneth Lamora Jane Elizabeth McGrath


24


1st


23 '


1st


25 Joseph Adolph Mineau


21


1st


Shirley Beatrice (Fisher) Pichette


23


2nd


31 John Melvin Bradanick, Jr. Ruth Myrtle (Hardy) Jones


26


1st


Rev. Jordan D. Cole Franklin


SEPTEMBER


1 Columbo Ernest Crescenzi


27


1st


Rev. Victor DeMichei


Pasqualina Theresa Russo


25


1st


1 Joseph Michael Fertitta


25


1st


Rev. Louis C. Antonelli


Josephine Carmen Areano


20


1st


Rev. W. O'Donnell Cleveland, Ohio


Rev. Haroutun Toumagan Medford


Rev. Dowie G. DeBoer


Rev. Raymond Dalla Porta


Rev. Alfred E. Wheeler Southborough


Charles B. McLaughlin Justice of the Peace Manchester, N. H.


Rev. Joseph A. Lacey


Rev. Louis C. Antonelli


Rev. Raymond Dalla Porta


Rev. Joseph J. Porrello Worcester


Rev. Sherman W. Andrews Hopedale Rev. John P. Farnon


Rev. John P. Farnon


29


1st


Robert S. Leonard


Justice of the Peace Grafton


Rev. C. Malcolm Keir


41


2nd


24


1st


21


1st


23


1st


25


1st


27


2nd


23


1st


44


3rd


28


1st


30


1st


156


Date Name


Age


No. of Marriage


By Whom Married


1 George Thomas Wilson Jeanette Coscia


20


1st


Rev. Raymond Dalla Porta


1 Robert Joseph Armstrong


22


1st


Rev. Joseph A. Lacey


Janet Marie Stanley


17


1st


1 Arthur Lopes Fernandes


24


1st


Rev. Joseph A. Lacey


Ruth Virginia Lapham


20


1st


1 Mark Leo Cunniff Amelia Galanis


41


1st


2 Pasquale Chinappi Concetta Lazzarino


22


1st


3 William Vito Bellantonio


36


1st


Rev. Victor DeMichei


Concetta Marie Mastroianni


26


1st


3 James Timothy McGrath


26


1st


Dorothy Violet Caiazzi


24


1st


3 Richard Allen Kingsbury Theresa Roselind Speroni


24


2nd


8 John Leo Tabor


30


1st


Josephine Ruth Landry


25


1st


8


William Joseph Seaver


25


1st


Helen Katherine MacEachern


24


1st


8 Albino Francis Ferreira Rita Mae Ferrante


23


1st


8 Charles Eric Abrahamson Eleanor Marie Hagstrom


37


1st


9 Paul Robert Phillips


32


1st


Ruth Theresa LeVangie


23


1st


13 Kenneth George Scheid Minette DeBoer


27


2nd


15 Paul Peter Pagucci, Jr. Camilla Teresa Casali


24


1st


Rev. F. Howard Mccullough Hopedale


Rev. Louis C. Antonelli


15 William Edward DeMaria Ada Eleanor Biagetti


25


1st


15 Arthur Floyd Kinsman Anna Frances Murphy


24


1st


22 Alfred Joseph Costantino Helen Catherine Farrell


38


1st


22 Louis Robert Consigli Helen Marie Small


27


1st


22 Louis Anthony Beccia Antonette Veronica Cardone


22


1st


22 John Natale Savelli Gloria Emelia DeMeo


20


1st


29 Robert Micheal Fino Helen Lucy Lucier


17


1st


29 Michael Anthony DePalma Alice Theresa Luby


21


1st


29 Joao Carneiro Mary Roda


26


1st


Rev. Jaime V. Mendes New Bedford


24


1st


29 Justin William Kinch Mildred Agnes Zahara


41


1st


Rev. George F. Sullivan


35


1st


Newton Centre


Rev. J. G. Glennon · Marlboro


Rev. N. Properzi Somerville, Mass.


Rev. John A. Borkowski N. Agawam


B. Piper


Justice of the Peace Goffstown, N. H.


Rev. John P. Farnon


Rev. Thomas L. Boland Framingham


27


1st


Rev. Raymond Dalla Porta


34


2nd


Rev. Theodore E. Franklin Worcester


Rev. William J. Noonan Hull


Rev. Dowie G. DeBoer


20


1st


Rev. Thomas J. Carberry


36


1st


Rev. John P. Farnon


32


1st


Rev. Francis A. Small, S.J. Fairfield, Conn.


22


1st


Rev. Victor DeMichei


24


1st


Rev. Victor DeMichei


18


1st


Rev. Thomas J. Carberry


26


1st


Rev. Francis Pitroff


20


1st


39


1st


28


1st


27


2nd


27


1st


21


1st


22


1st


157


Date Name


Age


No. of Marriage


By Whom Married


29 Frank Alphonse Garofano


28


1st


Florence Marie Niro


28


1st


29 Ralph Edward Acquafresca


29


1st


Amalia Vivian Grassi


25


1st


OCTOBER


4 Harry Edward Beady Mabel Estella (Force) Lane


71


2nd


Rev. L. George Butt Framingham Rev. Louis C. Antonelli


Rev. Thomas J. Carberry


Rev. John P. McGuire Providence, R. I. Rev. Anthony P. Sanis Webster


C. Howard Phillips Justice of the Peace Merrimac


Rev. David F. Cox Boston


Rev. John F. O'Neill


Woonsocket, R. I.


Rev. Victor DeMichei


Rev. Louis C. Antonelli


Rev. Thomas J. Carberry


Robert S. Leonard Justice of the Peace Grafton Rev. Francis Pitroff


Rev. Raymond Dalla Porta


Russel T. Ober


Justice of the Peace Worcester


NOVEMBER


3 Ricco Biuso


37


1st


Roxie Asadoorian


35


1st


3 Frank Candelli Pierina Theresa DiCesare


33


1st


10 John Joseph D'Amico Anna Mary Atterata


34


1st


10 John William Casasanta Olga Mary Macchi


26


1st


Rev. Raymond Dalla Porta


19


1st


39


1st


Rev. Victor DeMichei


17 Michael Schiappucci Louise Agnes Marcello


29


1st


Rev. Louis C. Antonelli Milford


Rev. Victor DeMichei


6 Louis Anthony Tosches Yolanda Dolores Baci


29


1st


6 Frank George Satkiewicz Lavina Jeannette Smith


25


1st


6 Angelo Mazzuchelli Anne DelRicco


23


1st


7 Robert Anthony Carchio Eudoxia Rose Kotopoulos


21


1st


10 Michael Joseph Anzivino Elizabeth Cline


18


1st


13 Theodore Norton Prescott Wilhelmina Alexander McAlister


48


1st


35


1st


13 Ernest Michael Panorese Jean M. Brand


25


1st


20 George David McGill Elvira Marie Bianchi


23


1st


20 Salvatore John Torregrossa Angelina Ann Niro


25


1st


20 Walter Richard Moynihan Marie Therese Kilburn


24


1st


21 David Cottel Brown Celeste Marie Alves


25


1st


27 Joseph Oliver Walter Morse Shirley Marie Amero


19


1st


19


1st


27 Joseph Ingargiola


24


1st


Norma Rae Calzone


20


1st


29 Frank Sarrocco Mabel May (Brown) Stanley


58


3rd


35


2nd


70


2nd


30


1st


24


1st


26


1st


20


1st


23


1st


21


1st


27


1st


28


1st


26


1st


Rev. James A. Deery Northbridge Rev. Raymond Dalla Porta


Rev. Victor DeMichei


32


2nd


22


1st


20


1st


158


Date


Name


No. of Age Marriage


By Whom Married


18 Louis Arthur Macchi Mary Lucille Diana


20


1st


22 Arthur Antonio Schiavo


25


1st


Rev. Raymond DallaPorta


Mary Veronica DiFonzo


26


1st


24 Kenneth Russell Evers, Jr. Eleanor Patrice Johnson


21


1st


Rev. Francis Pitroff


19


1st


24 Arthur Ovanesian Margaret Rose Haroian


20


1st


25 Robert Lester Morrill


18


1st


Amy Evelyn Benoit


18


1st


DECEMBER


1 Raymond George DePonte Ethlyn Elizabeth Spencer


29


1st


1 Libero Charles Valente


27


1st


Constance Ann Lumenti


20


1st


1 Roy McQueen


24


1st


Rosina Ambrose Bryce Todd


23


1st


8 George Joseph Lussier


28


2nd


Caroline Florence (Ferrelli) Lussier


27


2nd


22 Joseph John DiVittorio Marjorie Esther Cox


21


1st


63


2nd


Rev. William Kilpatrick Medway


Rev. Francis Pitroff


Rev. Michael A. Saab Springfield


Lionel R. Trudeau Justice of the Peace Bellingham


Rev. Herbert G. Weeks


29 Richard Metcalf Prouty Constance Faith Spragg


29


1st


29 Furnie Robert White, 3rd Margaret Louise Dowden


19


1st


20


1st


Rev. William C. Kilpatrick Medway


Deaths Registered in the Town of Milford, 1951


Date of


Death


Name of Deceased


Years


Age Months


Day


JANUARY


3 Annie (Kippaveham) Wieners


62


10


26


4 Adelia B. Sheehan


88


11


29


5 Florence (Whitney) Barnard


76


4


6


27


1st


Rev. Francis Pitroff


Rev. Louis C. Antonelli


Rev. Albert C. Hutchison Hopedale


Rev. Arthur A. Faron Hopedale


Rev. C. Malcolm Keir


25 Harry Oscar Proal Helen Louise Staples 29 Armand Wilfred Charest Dorothy Regina Casey


47


1st


24


1st


25


1st


29 Francis Xavier Hourihan Evelyn Theresa Brown


31


1st


29 Harry Ernest Daniels, Jr. Dorothy Patricia Bacchiocchi


22


1st


19


1st


27


1st


23


1st


Rev. Silvio Sartori Framingham


28


1st


Rev. Nercas Shahinian Worcester


Rev. C. Malcolm Keir


33


2nd


25


1st


159


Date of Death Name of Deceased


Years


Age Months


Days


6 Katherine M. Harty


84


11


9 Gloria A. (Morin) Moore


22


4


10 Robert Wayne Farrer


1


13 Florence (Lamoreaux) Christiansen


73


7


17


14 Andrew H. Richardson


72


3


6


14 May M. (Mackey) Lancisi


50


6


8


15 Francesco Alberto


64


19 Stillborn


23 Luigi A. Bassetti ·


77


FEBRUARY


2 Bonafacio Santoli


81


8


22


3 Nelson R. Jones


57


9


18


3 Roland H. Burrows


77


5 Loretta Bridget Smith


59


6 Charles A. Whitney


83


14


20


8 Margaret E. Hynes


78


7


7


12 Alice Jane (Matatall) Langill


34


1


26


12 Peter Ricci


70


14 James Hanfield


37


18 Mary (Durda) Cieslinski Borris


58


7


20


18 Mary E. (Conlon) Connolly


65


11


3


19 George Tarpisian


78


25


19 Antoinetta M. (Baranzini) Ghiringhelli Mainini


66


1


2


20 Paul R. Metivier


70


21 Stillborn


21 Fannie (Park) Rice


62


22 David P. Butler


71


20


23 Ernest O. Rose


67


12


25 Domenic Antonio Betteulli


62


3


14


26


Bessie (Cohen) Ryan


63


27 Salvatore D'Agostino


75


11


15


27 Mary Tominsky


5


11


14


28 John Peterson


81


9


25


28 Ellen S. (Marshall) Harris


90


9


7


28 Katherine G. Moore


75


11


23


MARCH


1 Alden Taylor Mann


89


1 William Kolenda


67


1 29


3 John E. Eldredge


80


4 Marianna (Jenckes) Cooke


91


3


10


4 Stillborn


5 Lawrence H. Gillon


52


21


5 Stillborn


6 Charlotte E. (Smith) Whitney


78


11


11


7 Lucy M. (Newell) Knowlton


86


4


23


11 Richard V. Pruvot


11 Petrina (Zacharrisson) Johnson


88


1


17


22


12 Mary (Hightaian) Garabedian


54


160


Date of Death Name of Deceased


Years


Age Months


Days


15 Domenica (Alberto) Tomaso


66


16 Mary E. (O'Brien) Raftery


79


10


4


19 Aaron Pressman


68


19 Antoinette Blanche (Chevalier) Palmer


71


9


3


23 Isaac Gill


77


5


5


23 Alexander Waselewski


55


11


26


26 Joseph T. Gibbons


80


11


26


28 Eliza (Hallan) Bonsall


94


10


21


29 Fred Blackler


67


10


7


30 Sarah (Gill) Clifton


80


10


APRIL


1 John Edward Bancroft


78


8


7


1 Kathryn M. Kelly


82


8


14


1 Ethel C. (White) Mosher


66


7


22


2 Charles M. Gaffney


49


8


4


5 Jean Charzenski


2


10


8


6 Margaret E. (Burke) Gwynne


81


2


3


8 John (Sjostrom) Seastrom


84


7


30


9 Lucinda M. (Gaskill) Esty


93


1


5


10 Maria Lusia (Fino) Andreola


62


12 Stephen P. Davis


74


2


8


13 L. Blaine Libbey


61


2


3


14 Katherine Sheehy


59


14 Angelina (Pompili) Bacchiocchi


79


14 Frank Caraceni


63


16 Dr. Benjamin Franklin Hartman


72


4


12


18 Mary Ellen (Fallon) Flaherty


85


5


15


21 Herbert Warren Moore


80


9


23


23 Margaret H. (Faulkner) Austin


76


1


14


24 Beatrice (Lohnes) Prescott


66


5


25 Mary A. (O'Neill) Page


66


1


27


26 Ellen J. Davoren


67


26 Alice (Barraclough) Ward


68


7


28


27 John E. Higgiston


73


3


16


28 William Holden


80


7


7


29 Noreen P. Smith


21 hrs., 59 min.


30 Catherine (Johnson) Brennan


80


24


MAY


2 Angelina L. Cenedella


74


7


12


6 Stillborn


6 Margaret A. (Chilsholm) Riley


79


5 20


8 Almedos A. Gaulin


46


13


10 Clara Hersey


65


3


3


10 Domenica (Testa) Ferigno


90


11 Maria (Oppici) Cattani


62


12 John Fino


55


23 James J. Catiras


48


28 Mary Ellen Carney


88


161


Date of Death Name of Deceased


Years


Age Months


Days


13 Anthony Giallonardo


78


10


22 William J. Moore


64


9


17


23 Henry Ace Hammond


74


3


7


24 Herbert E. Dalton


72


4


6


24 Helen Mary (Fitzpatrick) Monehan


42


3


16


26 Thomas F. Kelley


85


7


1


26 Ersa (Castracani) Monti


70


27 Michael Rassemes


65


6


28 Bertha A. (Blake) Beals


75


7


24


29


Revolti


1 day 9 hrs.


48 min.


JUNE


1 Marie L. (Goulet) MacQuaid


73


2 Stillborn


4 Rosalia (Merlino) Tomaso


71


11 Ignazy Osieuk


80


5


9


12 William C. Waters


79


6


15


14 Stillborn


17 Patricia Blinkhorn


4


6


18 Vena W. (Pierce) Wheeler


74


3


16


18 Stillborn


18 Leon Arthur Wright


73


8


30


19 Frederick V. Casey, Sr.


61


10


14


20 Caroline (Reed) Bassett


89


9


1


20 Robert Boyd


23 Lillian (Ryan) Coleman


58


5


7


28 Mary E. (McDermott) Burns


76


JULY


1 Annie I. (Forbes) White


88


11


24


7 Gioachino John Pisani


76


8


29


8 John Henry Naylor


64


8


20


8 George Brantford Herron


77


11


1


10 Fannie F. Blake


76


8


13


10 Maria (Iadarola) Trotta


65


11 Frances (DelGuidice) Tessicini


55


12 Angela (Rossetti) Ferdenzi


62


12 Eleanor Marie Baraiolo Ristaino


27


1


12


14 Frank Perrone


81


16 Martha (Henderson) Lester


78


2


26


18 Herbert F. McGovern


71


7


13


19 Warren E. Rice


55


6


24


22 Michael Andreola


64


10


18


23 Francesco DiGiannantonio


83


26


Diomedes


3 hrs. 7 min.


29


Annie (Kariy) Ramme


65


AUGUST


3 George Loftis Smith


48


10


18


6 Leonardo Oliveri


73


4


9


1


1 hr.


2


1


162


Date of Death Name of Deceased


Years


Age Months


Days


7 Adelaide (Ferrari) Costa


81


2


22


10 John Flynn


62


19


11 Catherine C. (Curran) Pendergast


74


24


16 Arlene Catherine (Sainio) Colaianni


38


6


19


19 Edward Francis Castiglione


66


11


27


22 Paul A. DiVitto


60


24 Margaret A. (Barry) Farrell


74


4


17


25 Ralph H. Claflin, Jr.


27


7


26 Grace Florence (Smith) Barns


86


6


12


26 Stillborn


SEPTEMBER


1 Ellen (Nellie) F. Moore


81


9


26


3 Annie L. Harris


87


7


19


5 Stillborn


6 Concetta (Anania) Mastroianni


85


1


14


7 Mary F. (Drake) Howes


87


9


4


9 Stillborn


2 hrs.


14 Ambrogio Lordi


79


14 John J. Ford


31


3


13


21 Stillborn


23 Allen Innerasky


8


4


5


23 William P. Cook


76


8


10


26 Margaret E. (Casey) Cahill


92


1


27


27 J. Harry Leslie


66


11


10


28 Charles S. Hoglund


59


3


19


29 Peter P. Pessotti


69


10


25


OCTOBER


2 Noel A. Blette (Barrell)


43


4 Blanche (Burnham) Abell


65


6 Nellie M. (Wood) Bagley


85


7 Carl Augustus Nickerson


53


6


19


8 Henry Ernest Saben


9 Mary (Kaziukonis) Chandler


9 Michael Pavento


64


53


11 Stillborn


13 Mary Maroney


19


14 Alma Elizabeth (Barbadoro) Maher


48


9


24


15 Patricia A. Hazard


16 Peter A. Kibirkistis


55


18 Kate A. (Turner) Shangraw


72


19 William Augustus Dugan


68


5


18


21 Mary (Tieuli) Bulso


56


23 Annie C. (Kane) Albro


67


8


19


29 Hannah F. Cahill


87


21


9


10 Anna T. (Anderson) Johnson


78


26


23


8


11


6


12


Roberts


163


Date of Death Name of Deceased


Years


Age Months


Days


NOVEMBER


1


Hayes


15 min.


2


Boivin


4 hrs.


3 Enrico Iacucci


61


5 David Ferrucci


2


9


9 Sarah (Adams) Martin


79


2


25


10 Peter Tedeschi


73


5


23


10 Abbie L. (Flagg) Withington


85


6


7


10


Matilda (Albin) Hokanson


85


4


19


11 Hattie Louisa Williams


82


1


12 Louis Sumner Anthony


72


5


7


15 Arthur Wilbur Turner


71


5


28


16 Ernest Agustus Whitney


83


2


19 George William Nelson


90


21


20 Walter W. Johnson


57


24 Henry Thomas Swift


89


10


21


25 Margaret (Coffey) Miller


78


14


28 Emma (Veronesi) Lordi


71


11


15


30 Leo F. Miller


63


3


15


DECEMBER


1 George L. Mullen


56


2 Edward J. Dillon


74


5


5 Frederick A. Stimpson


91


1


5 Charles Abdullah Farrah


80


8 William Ambrose Gormley, 3rd


21


11


27


10 Lucia (Parachini) Romiglio


80


10 Marietta A. (Mainini) Calderara


73


3


6


12 Marion (Demeres) St. Martin


51


14


Peter F. Gallagher


85


7


29


14


John T. O'Connell Plouff


15 min.


19 Frank Bourgeois


65


20 Rose C. (Arduini) Luzietti


55


9


6


21 Mary Annie (Burns) McMann


59


12


22 Elizabeth M. (Murphy) Herlihy


82


11


23 Nelson L. Huff


80


7


17


23 Helen G. Heuklon


2


2


17


24 Minnie Mabel (Barrows) Wilcox


80


4


3


25 John L. Shaver, Jr.


18


26 John J. Fahey


76


2


22


26 Rachel (Foster) Jackson


76


7


2


27 Charles J. Mullen


69


5


25


27 Carlie C. (Clark) Healy


65


11


21


29 Daniel Joseph Cloutier


79


9


19


75


4


22


14


164


Annual Report of the Board of Selectmen


On March 6, 1951 the Board organized and unani- mously elected William F. McAvoy, Jr., Chairman.


The necessary funds having been appropriated by the Town Meeting, the board was able to extend the "white way" on Central Street. It also continued the program of providing street lighting in residential areas, where needed. The program, however, was impeded con- siderably by federal regulations curtailing the use of essential metals for non-defense use.


A decrease in the fire insurance rate on Town build- ings enabled the board to increase the insurance on the Town buildings at no additional cost. The amount of insurance now in force on these buildings more ade- quately reflects their present value.


The board held conferences with the officials of the Milford Water Company. As a result the Water Com- pany agreed to establish a long range plan to improve its plant. The first project will be the installation of a booster pump to increase the water pressure in the upper Congress and Highland Street areas.


The board also conferred with the Department of Public Works relative to a serious health problem which exists because the river overflows its banks so fre- quently, thereby creating swampy, stagnant bogs. The D.P.W. engineers believe the only remedy is to dredge the river, which will cost $30,000. The board has filed a petition with the D.P.W. to obtain financial assistance


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from the state to dredge the river. Because the cause of the present situation may be the use to which the river is put below Milford, the board is seeking to have the work done at no expense to the Town.


For the youth of Town, the board again sponsored a Better Fishing Contest and a Halloween Party. In ad- dition the board inaugurated a Good Government Day under which students from the Stacy School assumed all Town offices for a day. The students became Town of- ficials on May tenth and held a Town Meeting on May seventeenth. For the success of the program the board expresses its sincere appreciation for the co-operation it received from Mr. David I. Davoren, the Superintendent of Schools, Mr. Paul F. Raftery, Principal of the Stacy School, the faculty of the Stacy School, and all the Town officials, department heads and employees. The board is especially grateful to Miss Rose Bertorelli and Miss Rita M. Daigle of the Stacy. School faculty, who directed the program.


The enthusiasm and earnestness of the student of- ficials confirmed the belief of the board that the program would help to make the youth of today better citizens of tomorrow.


The Board, at the request of the Chief of Police, adopted new regulations for taxis to eliminate certain deficienties which were found to exist in the former rules. The board also undertook a new compilation of the Regu- lations and By-Laws of the Town. Since 1941 compila- tions, there have been so many changes made in some of the regulations, especially the Traffic Regulation that the 1941 edition is for many purposes practically useless. The board recommends that the Town Meeting provide the funds necessary to print the new compilation.


The 1941 Board of Selectmen reported: "We think that the construction of additional parking areas in the


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vicinity of Main Street should be undertaken." The present board wholeheartedly subscribed to that view. In 1951 the board constructed the parking areas on the North side of the Town Hall and on the site of the former Stone property. These areas serve their purpose; how- ever they do not and because of their size the cannot alleviate the "shoppers' problem." This problem is be- coming more ever acute as the number of registered cars in this area increases. The board appointed a committee to study the problem. The recommendations of the com- mittee, which represent, in the opinion of the board, a realistic and practical solution to the shoppers parking problem, call for the construction of an off street park- ing area in the business area of the Town without jeop- ardizing the effectiveness of the present parking meters. The plan will be submitted to the next annual Town Meet- ing for the consideration of the body.


The board thanks all the Town officials, Department heads, and Town people for the co-operation it received.


Respectfully submitted,


WILLIAM F. MCAVOY, JR., MARCO A. BALZARINI, JOHN J. CASEY, Selectmen of Milford.


Town Counsel's Report


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :


At the commencement of my term of office on Janu- ary 8, 1951, there was one claim outstanding against the Town for personal injuries. This claim was tried in the


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Worcester Superior Court and a verdict was rendered in favor of the Town with costs.


During the year 1951, four new claims for personal injuries and four new claims for property damage were brought against the Town. Of these eight claims, seven have been settled for amounts considered to be for the best interests of the Town. The one claim remaining is a personal injury claim now pending in the Worcester Superior Court.


Of the two suits pending at the start of my office concerning the Department of Public Welfare, one was settled. Two new actions were brought by the Town on matters pertaining to the Department of Public Welfare, one against the City of Boston which has been settled for the full amount due the Town and the other claim is still pending against the Town of Bellingham.


In September, 1951, the Petition for a Declaratory Judgment filed by an individual against the Board of Health was dismissed.


Conferences were held with the Massachusetts De- partment of Public Safety and consultations with various town departments were also held. Throughout the year, many opinions, both written and oral, were given to the different departments, from time to time.


Various instruments, including deeds, easements, contracts, and leases, have been drawn for the various departments.


My sincere thanks to all department heads, boards, and all town officials for the assistance, cooperation and courtesies extended to me during the past year.


Respectfully submitted,


ANNA B. O'BRIEN, Town Counsel


December 31, 1951


168


Memorial Hall Department, 1951


Salary Appropriation


$1,977.00


Vincent Dagnese


1,977.00


General Appropriation


$1,650.00


Expenditures :


Iacovelli Oil Co.


$666.07


Cattani Oil Co.


225.40


Bill Powers & Sons


328.80


W. H. Casey & Sons


167.26


Peter DeMatteis & Sons


28.00


John Ripley & Sons


54.00


Milford Water Co.


65.09


Guido Sabatinelli & Sons


35.00


Fantini & Trotta


10.00


Jacques Hardware Co.


5.00


Victor Cassasanta,


Fuller Brush Co.


10.25


J. L. Malcomb Mfg. Co.


23.55


Niro & Niro Co.


4.95


T. E. Morse Paint Co.


2.80


Milford Locksmith Co.


3.50


Public Cleaners


.50


Balance


19.83


$1,650.00


Respectfully submitted,


VINCENT J. DAGNESE,


Custodian.


169


Report of Town Hall Custodian


In submitting my annual report for 1951, I wish to state that I have tried in every way to co-operate with all the departments in the Town Hall and in return their excellent co-operation with me is sincerely appreciated.


FINANCIAL STATEMENT


Salary Appropriation


$3,270.00


John O'Connor


$3,150.00


Arthur Daniels


70.00


Clement Moran


25.00


Harry Anderson


25.00


$3,270.00


General Expense Appropriation


$4,660.00


Ahearn's Amoco Station


$1.00


Boston Janitors Supply Co.


49.95


Clancey, B. J.


18.28


Ernie's Cabinet Shop


7.98


Frieswick, Oliver


32.35


Gardella's Pharmacy


1.18


George T. Johnson Co.


11.50


Gulf Service Station


2.10


Holcomb, J. I., Mfg. Co.


17.65


Home Laundry Co.


3.20


Iacovelli Oil Co.


1,756.40


Krzciuk, Stanley


8.00


Lemieux, Frederick


545.58


M. D. Stetson Co.


260.08


Merit Paper & Chemical Co.


124.16


Milford Gas Light Co.


33.79


Milford Locksmith


23.50


Milford Water Co.


81.27


Milford Welding Service Co.


111.00


170


Niro & Niro Co.


289.87


Perron, S. H.


6.00


P. O.'s Furniture & Gift Shop


6.75


Potts Co., Inc., W. T.


30.10


Power, Bill


17.05


Power, John F. & Sons


108.15


Ripley, John C.


15.29


Rosenfeld's Garage


94.45


Rubenstein's Elec. Supply Co.


4.50


Weston Emergency Light Co.


103.50


Worcester County Elec. Co.


737.03


Zocchi, Leon


114.20


4,615.86


Balance


$44.14


Respectfully submitted,


JOHN O'CONNOR


Report of the Chief of Police


January 2, 1952


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and


Citizens of the Town of Milford, Mass.


Ladies and Gentlemen :


It is my pleasure to submit the following report of arrests and other duties, performed by your Police De- partment during the year 1951:


Total Arrests 351


Males 338


Females 4


171


Juveniles


9


Decisions :


Guilty


314


Not Guilty


15


Nolo .


5


Filed


39


Fined


128


Dismissed


5


Released Without Arraignment


126


A.W.O.L. (Provost)


1 32


Probation


Violation Probation


1


House Correction


8


State Farm


5


Grand Jury


28


Youth Service Board


3


Nature of Offenses :


Drunkenness


162


Affray


6


Assault and Battery


4


Breach of Peace


8


Breaking-Entering, night time


3


Breaking-Entering, susp. larceny


1


Larceny


18


Larceny by check


1


Non-Support


4


Resisting Officer


2


Insane Committments


15


Present at Gambling


51


Registering Bets


2


Exposing and keeping liquor for sale


1


Allowing gaming instruments in building in his charge


1


Victular, gambling instruments used


1


Assault, attempt Statutory Rape


3


Personally solicit prostitution


1


172


Contributing delinquency, minor


2


Lewd and lacivious conduct


1


Rape, statutory


6


Unnatural Act


1


Neglect of children


1


Disorderly person


1


Assault on Officer


4


Illegitimacy


1


Shirley escapee


2


Maintain horse room


1


Keeping gambling house


2


Setting up and promoting


3


Discharge firearms within 50 yards of Street


3


Destruction of property


2


Obscene literature


1 1


Profane language


1


Auto Violations


48


Operating without license


8


Operating under influence


2


Speeding


15


Operating without authority


2


Operating after revocation


1


Leave scene after personal injury


1


Leave scene after property damage


4


Permit illegal operator M. V.


1


Drive to endanger


3


Fail to keep right roadway


2


Fail to keep right of sign


1


Operating unregistered, uninsured car


2


Operating, faulty equipment


1


Operating, uninsured car


3


Operating, unregistered car


3


Summons served


221


Milford Police


132


Other Police


89


Gun permits issued


68


Carry revolver without permit


173


Bicycle plates issued


311


Registry supensions Taxi applications


33


56


Traffic violation tickets issued


2101


Accidents 156


Injuries 147


Fatal


1


Your Department is now equipped with two-way radio, with the Main Station at Police Headquarters and two mobile units installed in both police cars. This makes it possible for us to provide a more efficient emergency service to all the townspeople, particularly those in the residential districts.


An Auxiliary Police Unit of 36 men has been trained and equipped to assit the regular force in cases of emer- gency. This unit is under the direction of Sgt. E. A. Lombardi.


Installation of Traffic Lights, pedestrian controlled, has been completed at Main-Fruit Streets and East Main- Cedar Streets, for the greater safety of both the pedes- trian and motorist.


May we take this opportunity to thank the Honor- able Board of Selectmen and all other Town Departments for the generous cooperation we have received during the year.


Respectfully submitted,


WILLIAM F. FITZPATRICK,


Chief of Police.


174


GENERAL EXPENSE


Appropriation


$4,300.00


Ahearn's Amoco Station


$234.20




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