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Balance, December 31, 1964 -$1,700.00
Uncollected December 31, 1964
11,300.00
Charges to Consumers (est.) Hydrant Service (Public Safety)
74,000.00
26,700.00
Maintenance and Operation
$54,200.00
Commissioners' Salaries
500.00
Out-of-State Travel
200.00
Fixed Charges:
Amortization Charge
(1962 Est.)
3,900.00
Interest on Debt
7,400.00
Maturing Debt
West Duxbury
5,000.00
Phase I
15,000.00
Autumn & Winter Sts.
2,000.00
Old Route 3
3,000.00
Franklin St.
3,000.00
Autumn & Winter Sts., & Lake
Shore Drive, & Oak 4,000.00
Uncollected December 31, 1964
Water Charge & Liens
11,300.00
Totals
$109,500.00 $110,300.00
Surplus $800.00
The Commissioners again wish to commend the Water Department employees for their dedicated service, and to thank the Town officials for their cooperation.
Respectfully submitted,
J. ALVIN BORGESON LEONARD B. GALLAGHER Colonel, U.S.A. (Ret.) ALPHEUS H. WALKER
Water Commissioners
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Report of the Superintendent Water Department
To the Board of Water Commissioners
Town of Duxbury
Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
Following are the 1964 statistics of the Duxbury Water Department as required by the Massachusetts Department of Health:
Greatest amount pumped in any one day: June 30, 1964; 1,993,000 gallons.
Greatest amount pumped in any seven consecutive days, June 25 through July 1, 1964; 11,477,000 gallons. Total amount pumped during 1964: 315,793,000 gallons. Number of services at the end of the year: 2061. Number active services at the end of the year: 2036. New services installed at the end of the year: 79. Miles of water mains at the end of the year: 54.7. Number of hydrants at the end of the year: 410. Acres of land owned for water supply purposes: 57.67.
Respectfully submitted,
KENNETH O. MACOMBER, Superintendent
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Report of the Waterfront Advisory Committee
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
The Committee has not been too active since the 1964 Town Meeting. We felt at that time that the majority of the people in Town were not too enthusiastic about ac- quisition of land for future waterfront development.
The few meetings we held pertained to discussion of the additional dredging which we anticipate having com- pleted some time early in 1965. We hope this dredging at the Eastern edge of the basin will eliminate a great deal of the strong tidal current that sweeps through a large mooring area causing considerable damage to boats at these moorings.
Respectfully submitted,
Manuel Oliver
John M. Clark
Norman White Jackson Kent
Myron Linde
Victor Nickerson
Frank Davis W. Gordon Tucker
Grant Wilber
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Report of the Treasurer
Receipts and Disbursements for 1964
Receipts
Balance January 1, 1964
$472,906.14
Total Receipts
2,409,625.81
Total Cash
$2,882,531.95
Disbursements
Paid on Selectmen's Warrants
2,544,167.87
Balance, December 31, 1964
$338,364.08
Investment - U.S. Treasury Bills
296,273.00
Total Available Cash
$634,637.08
Respectfully submitted,
MAURICE H. SHIRLEY, Treasurer.
DEBT STATEMENT
Date of
Outstanding Principal Jan. 1, 1964 Paid 1964 Paid 1964 12/31/64 Due 1965
Interest Due 1965
Additional Water
5/1/54
$30,000
10
13/4%
$3,000
$3,000
$26.25
West Duxbury Water Extension
10/1/56
46,000
9 2.70
10,000
5,000
270.00
$5,000
$5,000
$135.00
Water Phase I
7/15/57
240,000
15 3.20
135,000
15,000
4,320.00
120,000
15,000
3,840.00
Winter St., Autumn Ave., Water Ext. 4/15/60
21,500
15 3.70
15,000
2,000
518.00
13,000
2,000
444.00
Additional Water Mains; Sta. Wagon
& Back-hoe (Art. 38, 39 & 42, 1961) 5/1/61
19,000
3,000
507.50
16,000
3,000
420.50
Franklin St. between Temple and Congress Sts.
5/15/63
46,000
15
2.75
46,000
4,000
1,210.00
42,000
3,000
1,113.75
Autumn Ave., Winter St., Oak St., &
Lake Shore Dr. (Art. 52, 1964)
6/1/64
49,000
15 3.10
759.50
49,000
4,000
1,457.00
$460,500
$228,000
$32,000
$7,611.25
$245,000
$32,000
$7,410.25
School Loans
Elementary School
9/1/48 $274,000
20
21/4
$49,000
$15,000
$1,102.50
$34,000
$15,000
$765.00
Elementary School Addition
9/1/53
280,000
20
21/4
130,000
15,000
2,925.00
115,000
15,000
2,587.50
Jr .- Sr. High School
6/1/60
996,000
20
3.25
845,000
50,000
26,650.00
795,000
50,000
25,025.00
$1,550,000
$1,024,000
$80,000 $30,677.50
$944,000
$80,000 $28,377.50
Grand Total
$2,010,500
$1,252,000 $112,000 $38,288.75 $1,189,000 $112,000 $35,787.75
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Interest Outstanding Principal
Water Loans
Issue
Amount Years Rate
28,000
15
2.90
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Report of the Trustees of the Jonathan and Ruth Ford Fund
To the Citizens of Duxbury:
The following is a statement of the operations of the principal and income account of the Jonathan and Ruth Ford Fund for the year 1964:
Balance December 31, 1963
Principal $25,000.00
Income $5,932.38 932.11
Income for 1964
Paid in 1964 for relief of worthy
6,864.49
cases
52.00
Balance December 31, 1964
$25,000.00
$6,812.49
Respectfully submitted,
PHILIP W. DELANO
JAMES H. W. JENNER J. NEWTON SHIRLEY MAURICE H. SHIRLEY, Treasurer
Cemetery Trust Fund Account
Total Amount of Cemetery Perpetual Care
Funds January 1, 1964
$203,272.87
Accumulated Interest
4,364.44
Total January 1, 1964
$207,637.31
Received in 1964:
New Accounts Additions $400.00
John T. Nathan
Leslie C. Turner and Henry W. Curtis
$100.00
John A. Reed
200.00
Henry S. Bothfeld
600.00
Anna S. Billings
100.00
Thelma A. Loring
400.00
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Anne Philbrick Hall
200.00
Howard G. Kitt
200.00
Eleanor M. Wickham
400.00
Edmund B. Weston
100.00
Florence Zinsius
250.00
Harry A. McNaught and Clarence O. Snider
400.00
Leonard F. Mason
100.00
John H. Lamb
600.00
Robert M. Otterstein
200.00
Lottie E. Duclos
200.00
John D. Viega
500.00
John W. Bolton
300.00
George A. Rice
400.00
Naham Hodgdon
400.00
Judy R. Smith
200.00
Frances E. Southwick
200.00
Edward R. Williams
100.00
Mark L. Simmons
50.00
Carl J. Santheson, Jr.
200.00
Louis Nardi
150.00
Helen W. Cheney
200.00
Frederick W. Stetson
500.00
Arthur E. Savastano
400.00
Francis W. Perry
600.00
Hope F. Bolton (includes $50.00 toward Flower Fund)
100.00
Rebecca T. Holmes
200.00
George P. E. Hagman
100.00
Esther Randall
100.00
Ada F. Noyes
50.00
Charles S. Edwards
266.68
Charles S. Edwards
133.32
Benjamin Alden
400.00
Arthur E. Swanson
400.00
Gerard Frazar
200.00
Marion K. Baker
200.00
Robinson Murray
400.00
Agnes M. Cattell
600.00
Lawrence A. Sykes
600.00
John S. Loring
200.00
Myron S. and Ida C. Holman
25.00
Ebenezer Chandler
200.00
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Robert J. Sanderson
400.00
Donald S. Foster
100.00
Gladys R. MacKeown
200.00
William W. Radcliffe
100.00
Robert Seymour
200.00
Earle M. Chandler
400.00
Edward S. Fitzgibbons
600.00
Harold E. Fitzgibbons
1,200.00
Hiram B. Lucas
400.00
Fred W. Wadsworth
400.00
Mayflower Cemetery Fund
200.00
Total Additional Funds
$13,666.68
$3,358.32
$17,025.00
Interest Added in 1964
8,415.51
$233,077.82
Interest Withdrawn for Cemetery Use
8,385.41
$224,692.41
Total Fund
$220,297.87
Accumulated Interest
4,394.54
$224,692.41
By MAURICE H. SHIRLEY, Town Treasurer.
Thomas D. Hathaway Trust Fund
Amount of Gift
$2,000.00
Accrued Interest Dec. 31, 1964
364.04
$2,364.04
Investment:
Plymouth Savings Bank
$1,184.78
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank 1,179.26
Total amount of fund, December 31, 1964 $2,364.04
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Income to be expended "annually in the purchase, planting and replanting of shade and ornamental trees and shrubbery, on and in the several town ways and highways in said Town of Duxbury and in the care of the same, but should the Selectmen of said Town in any year or years think there was more money from said income than could be well expended for the foregoing purposes they may expend a portion of said income as shall seem to them expedient in improving the sidewalks in said Town of Duxbury."
William Penn Harding Library Fund
Amount of Gift $1,000.00
Accrued Interest December 31, 1964 501.76
$1,501.76
Investment:
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank $1,501.76
Total amount of fund December 31, 1964 $1,501.76
Income to "be paid by the Town Treasurer to the Trustees of the Public Library of said Town, sometimes called the "Wright Memorial Library," to be expended by them in the month of May of each year, in the pur- chase of recent books on Science, Art or Travel of a popular and instructive character, which books shall be placed in said Library for general circulation. Said be- quest shall be designated as "The William Penn Hard- ing Library Fund," which designation shall be printed or written in all books so purchased when placed in said Library."
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Lucy A. Ewell Cemetery Fund
Amount of Gift
$500.00
Accrued Interest, Dec. 31, 1964
129.81
$629.81
Investment:
Plymouth Savings Bank
$629.81
Total amount of Fund, Dec. 31, 1964 $629.81
Income to be paid over "annually, to the authorities in charge of the "Upper Cemetery" on Keene Street in that part of the Town of Duxbury called Ashdod, to be expended by them for the care, improvement and embel- lishment of said cemetery."
Myles Standish Houselot Fund
Amount of Gift
$1,133.16
Additional Donations by
Various Persons
317.44
Total Gifts to Fund
$1,450.60
Accrued Interest
517.93
$1,968.53
Investment:
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank
$1,968.53
Total amount of Fund, Dec. 31, 1964
$1,968.53
Under Article 30 (Annual Meeting of Town of Dux- bury, March 7, 1931) voted unanimously to accept the Gift of $1,133.16 from the Standish Monument Associa- tion, the income from this amount to be used for the care of the lot at Standish Shore where the original Myles Standish House was located).
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Under Article 15 (Annual Meeting of Town of Dux- bury, March 1, 1930) voted unanimously that the Town accept the home site of Myles Standish at Standish Shore and send thanks to the Trustees of the Standish Monu- ment Association) .
Under Article 21 (Annual Meeting of Town of Dux- bury, March 12, 1960) voted to authorize the Town Treasurer to accept from time to time, any and all sums of money which may be donated to the Myles Standish Homesite Fund).
Lucy Hathaway Trust Fund
Amount of Gift (349 shares of stock at Par Value of $100 per share) $34,900.00
Book Value December 31, 1964
$24,956.97
Accrued Income, Dec. 31, 1964 5,073.30
$30,030.27
Investment:
28 shares U.S. Steel, Par Value $100
Book Value $2,800.00
$3,900 New York Central Railroad Co. Collateral Trust 6% Bonds - Due 1980 2,600.00
48 shares National Shawmut Bank of Boston, Par Value $12.50 600.00
85 shares First National Bank of Boston 2,227.05
766 shares Am. Tel. and Tel. Co. 14,569.98
80 Am. Sugar Co. 5.44% Cumulative Pref. Par Value $12.50 1,000.00
1 Am. Sugar Co. 5.30% Subordinated Debenture - Due 4/2/1993 1,000.00
62 Old Colony Railroad (Market Value as of 12/31/38) 87.50
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Plymouth Savings Bank (Savings Book)
72.44
Principal, December 31, 1964
$24,956.97
Accrued Income:
Plymouth Savings Bank
$1,268.60
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank
3,804.70
Balance, December 31, 1964
$5,073.30
Total of Principal and Accrued Income $30,030.27
Income to be "applied for the purposes and in the proportions hereinafter specified: (a) One-fourth of said income to be applied to the care and improvement of the public streets in said Duxbury. (b) One-eighth of said income to be applied to the care of the shade trees within the limits of the public highways in said Town of Dux- bury. (c) One-sixteenth of said income to be applied to the care and improvement of Mayflower Cemetery in said Town of Duxbury. (d) One-fourth of said income to be applied to the support of the public schools in said Town of Duxbury. (e) One-sixteenth of said income to be applied to the purchase of books for the public library in said Duxbury. (f) One-eighth of said income to be applied to the care and maintenance of the public land- ings in said Town and the approaches thereto. (g) One- eighth of said income to be applied to the maintenance and care of public bridges in said Town."
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Jonathan and Ruth Ford Trust Fund
Amount of Gift
$25,000.00
Accrued Interest, Dec. 31, 1964
6,812.49
Investment:
$31,812.49
United States Treasury Bonds,
Series G (in accordance with Will) $25,000.00
Accrued Interest:
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank
$5,480.26
Plymouth Savings Bank
1,332.23
6,812.49
Total Amount of Fund, Dec. 31, 1964
$31,812.49
"Net Income only, of said fund, is to be paid by said Town from time to time each year to or for the benefit of those residents of the said Town who are, in the sole discretion of said Town, financially unable to secure badly needed medical and/or nursing care, supplies, apparatus, hospitalization, operations, X-rays, and/or other assist- ance (including dental work) deemed necessary by said Town in any case."
Agnes S. Ellison Trust Fund
Amount of Gift
$1,000.00
Accrued Interest Dec. 31, 1964 470.02
$1,470.02
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Investment: Plymouth Federal Savings & Loan Assoc. $1,470.02
Total Amount of Fund, Dec. 31, 1964 $1,470.02
"The income to be used for under-privileged children in need of medical attention, particularly to alleviate blindness and deafness."
Benjamin M. Feinberg Trust Fund
Amount of Gift (9/6/60)
$1,500.00
Accrued Interest Dec. 31, 1964 271.37
Investment:
$1,771.37
Plymouth Federal Savings & Loan
Assoc., December 31, 1964 $1,771.37
"I give and bequeath to the Inhabitants of the Town of Duxbury, Massachusetts, for educational purposes, the sum of Fifteen Hundred ($1,500.00) Dollars. Said sum shall be held in Trust by the Town of Duxbury and the Principal thereof shall be invested so that the members of the School Committee of said Town may make an annual award to a member of each year's graduating class of the high school, who intends to pursue his or her education further, either in a college, university, trade school, or other institution of higher learning. It is my desire that preference be given to a student who may be in need of financial assistance. The amount of such award shall be determined by the Trustees and shall be paid out of the annual income or out of the undistributed income of this fund.
"The term 'Annual Income' shall be the 'net income,'
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as herein defined, for the 'fiscal year' of the Fund which ends prior to the date of graduation for which such award is to be made. The term 'net income' as herein used shall include income received from all sources, other than gains from sales or exchanges of property, held by such Fund, after deducting all expenses properly charge- able against Income. Any gains or losses from sales or exchanges of property held by such Fund shall be re- garded as an addition to or as a charge against Principal. The fiscal year of such Fund shall be the twelve-month period commencing with the first day of the month in which such Fund shall be created."
Marieta F. Russell School Library Fund
Amount of Gift (9/8/64) $1,500.00
Received from the Estate of Marieta F. Russell check for $1,500.00 bequeathed to the Town of Duxbury by said Marieta F. Russell, under and in accordance with the provision of Paragraph 14 of her will, in memory of her parents, Edward B. Russell and Katherine A. Russell, to be held in Trust, and the income therefrom to be used annually for the purchase of books for the Library of the Duxbury High and Elementary Schools. Investment:
Plymouth Savings Bank $1,500.00
Marieta F. Russell Science Material Fund
Amount of Gift (9/8/64) $500.00
Received from the Estate of Marieta F. Russell, check for $500.00 bequeathed to the Town of Duxbury by said Marieta F. Russell, under Paragraph 34 of her said will for the purchase of science material for the Elementary and High Schools.
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Investment: Plymouth Savings Bank
$500.00
The Annie Drew Dunham Scholarship Fund
Copy of a Citation issued by the Plymouth County Probate Court in connection with the allowance of the Will of Annie D. Dunham, late of Duxbury.
Article Sixteen: (b) Three-fourths thereof I give to the Town of Duxbury, in trust, nevertheless, to invest, reinvest, and from time to time to change the investments at the discretion of said trustee, and annually (January first to December first) to pay the net income therefrom derived in a scholarship to, or on behalf of, a student selected as hereinafter provided, in furtherance of his or her education in any branch of learning which such student prefers, and which student is a resident of Dux- bury who is graduating from, or has graduated from, Duxbury High School (or if Duxbury no longer shall have its own high school, then the regional or district high school of which Duxbury is a participant). Selec- tion of such student (preferably one in the then-current graduating class) shall be made before June first of each year by a group made up of the following members: - The Superintendent of Schools of the Town of Duxbury (or if Duxbury shall no longer have its own school super- intendent, then the superintendent of the regional or district school of which Duxbury is a participant) ; the Principal of the Duxbury High School (or if Duxbury shall no longer have its own school principal, then the principal of the regional or district school of which Dux- bury is a participant) ; and the members of the Duxbury School Committee.
Should the group hereinbefore provided, or any of them, be unwilling to accept the responsibility of select-
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ing students, to receive such scholarships, the Town of Duxbury, may, at any regular or special Town meeting, appoint alternates for said principal, superintendent, and members of the School Committee, and such alternate or alternates may substitute for the person or persons unwilling or unable to participate in such selection.
The fund hereby created shall be known as "The Annie Drew Dunham Scholarship Fund," and the schol- arship shall be known as "The Annie Drew Dunham Scholarship."
(This gift has not been received by the Town as of 12/31/64, but the Town voted to accept the terms of the will at its Annual Town Meeting March 14, 1964 - Article 45).
King Caesar Poor and Hospital Fund
On February 15, 1916, in accordance with the terms of the Will of William Bradford Weston, the sum of $6,158.00 was deposited with the Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company to be held in trust until July 14, 2015.
"On July 14, 2015, the principal sum and accumula- tions of this policy shall be divided by said Company into two parts, one of one-eighth (1/8) and one of seven-eighths (7/8), issuing therefor two new policies to provide as follows:
"First Policy -being one-eighth (1/8) of said fund and accumulations. The said Company shall continue to hold said fund and pay the net income thereof quarterly (less any charge that may be made for said quarterly payments) to the Treasurer from time to time of the testator's native Town of Duxbury, in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, to be expended by the proper authorities,
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of said Town for the relief of the old and worthy poor of said Town, who are not from time to time living in the Poorhouse so-called.
"This fund is created in memory of the testator's great-grandfather, Ezra Weston, formerly known by his fellow townsmen and County as 'King Caesar,' and his son Ezra, the testator's grandfather, two of the most prom- inent, energetic, active, persevering and wealthiest citi- zens of the Town, and under the firm name of E. Weston and Son were said to be rated to be the largest ship- owners in the United States. This fund shall always be known by the name of 'King Caesar's Poor Fund.'
"Second Policy - (Being seven-eighths (7/8) of said fund and accumulations). The said Company shall con- tinue to hold said fund, and it may at any time thereafter purchase from the Principal thereof suitable land in said Duxbury (unless the said Town or some well-disposed, kind-hearted citizen gives a lot) and erect thereon a small fire-proof Hospital with all the then modern im- provements, to cost not more than one-quarter of the then value of the said seven-eighths (7/8) of said ac- cumulated fund, as it shall then exist; and to hold the balance of said fund and expend the income thereof toward the running expenses of said Hospital, adding any income not appropriated for this purpose to the principal.
"All the beds in said Hospital shall be absolutely free to all citizens of the Town of Duxbury, unless they are perfectly able to pay, and said Hospital shall be known as 'King Caesar's Hospital.'"
At the present time (12/11/64) there are 5,339.589 shares of Massachusetts Life Fund valued at $65,249.78.
MAURICE H. SHIRLEY, Treasurer
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Report of the Trustees of The Lucy Hathaway Trust Fund
To the Citizens of Duxbury:
The following is a statement of the operations of the principal and income accounts of the Lucy Hathaway Trust Fund for the year 1964:
Principal
Income
Stock*
Cash
On Hand December 31, 1963
$24,384.29
$2,463.95
Sold 278 Am. Tel. & Tel. Co. Rights for $572.68
less .24ยข transfer tax. Used $500.00 plus 100
Rights to purchase 5 Shs. Am. Tel. & Tel., and
balance of $72.44 to Cash Principal.
500.24
$72.44
$24,884.53
$72.44
$2,463.95
Income for 1964
2,609.35
On Hand December 31, 1964
$24,884.53
$72.44
$5,073.30
Respectfully submitted, PHILIP W. DELANO
JAMES H. W. JENNER
J. NEWTON SHIRLEY MAURICE H. SHIRLEY, Treasurer
*For more detailed information see Investment section in this report.
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Report of the Department of Civil Defense
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Duxbury, Massachusetts
The fear of nuclear attack is still somewhat lessened from the past years. Many changes are taking place in the world powers. It shall behooves all of us to be ever on the alert and ready for any possible disaster whether natural or man-made.
In the past year, we in civil defense, have tried to carry out a program of training in self-survival or first aid. Our goal is to eventually have one member of every family trained to administer such aid. This is a very large order, but we believe it possible. We have pur- chased, through funds made available by the Town, "Simulaids," a "Resuscitator Annie" and other instruc- tional material which has been a great help in this program.
The Women's Auxiliary of the Duxbury Fire Depart- ment, under the direction of Chief Radio Officer Arthur Bradford, have carried out the actual operation of the communication center. We have attended the regional CD meetings, filled out the many required forms and reports and have taken part in the required drills.
Through the generosity of the Gerstenslager Com- pany of Wooster, Ohio, the builders of the Fire Depart- ment Ambulance, we were given a rescue unit which was formerly used by the Providence, R.I. Fire Depart- ment. We have an article in the warrant requesting the Town to accept this gift. It will be used as a mobile communication unit for any emergency operation. This will be especially helpful to the Underwater Rescue Squad or any other search operation. It is also planned to use this unit at the scene of any of the larger fires.
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In cold weather it would give the men, who have to stay and guard the possible rekindling of the fire, a place to get in out of the cold.
We in the CD Organization sincerely hope the Town will grant our requested budget. We feel that the CD operation is very worthwhile and that the Town can greatly benefit from it.
Respectfully submitted, CHIEF GEORGE S. BUTLER,
Director
LT. HOWARD M. BLANCHARD, Deputy Director
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Report of the Duxbury Finance Committee
The Organizational Meeting of the Duxbury Finance Committee was held June 30, 1964. At this meeting the new members, Harold L. Emerson, Arthur V. Faass and B. Kendall Way were welcomed and the following officers were elected:
Chairman: Haven Sawyer, Jr.
Vice Chairman: James Holt
Secretary: Harold L. Emerson
During the Fall the committee visited the various Town Departments to inspect the facilities. These trips have proved most helpful in understanding the various departmental problems.
Throughout the year the Finance Committee has worked closely with Town Officials and the Personnel Board in related matters and also with the various Special Study Committees established at last year's Town Meet- ing. The committee has participated in activities of the State Association of Finance Committees and the newly organized Plymouth County Association of Finance Com- mittees. By attendance at all Public Hearings, the com- mittee has attempted to remain informed on matters of local interest.
Although transfers from the Reserve Fund were be- low the level of last year, the soundness of maintaining ample funds in this account have been proven in the past. The following transfers were made this year:
4/9/64 Chandler St. Award $160.00
8/31/64 Health Department 2,000.00
11/5/64 Fire Insurance Schedule 25.00
11/15/64 Tree Department 400.00
11/15/64 Parks and Playgrounds 200.00
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11/15/64
Dutch Elm Disease 400.00
11/15/64
Insect Pest Control 200.00
12/6/64 Building Inspector 320.00
12/22/64
Snow and Ice
1,000.00
12/30/64
Water Department
1,400.00
12/30/64
Health Department 28.22
12/30/64
Plumbing Insp. Department 500.00
Total $6,633.22
The Finance Committee wishes to express apprecia- tion and thanks to the Selectmen, Department Heads and the various other committees who have been of such great assistance in our work.
Respectfully submitted,
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