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425.20
Dutch Elm Disease Control
210.60
Dog Officer
130.00
15,387.59
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3. Health and Sanitation:
County Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment 2,993.16
Board of Health Expense
912.90
Dental Clinic
218.00
4,124.06
4. Highways and Bridges:
Chapter 81 Highway Maintenance 14,986.00
Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance 2,808.80
Chapter 90 Bridge Cable 562.20
Road Machinery Account 121.96
Berkley-Dighton Bridge Expense 381.65
Snow Removal, Sanding, Snow Fence 650.00 Street Lights 115.50
19,626.11
5. Charities and Veterans' Benefits :
A-D-C Administration, Fed. Grants 342.91
D-A Administration, Fed. Grants 102.31
O-A-A Administration, Fed. Grants 589.53
Welfare Administration
1,522.96
General Relief, Aid
4,009.57
D-A Aid, Fed. Grants
725.00
D-A Aid, Town Appropriation
1,177.60
A-D-C Aid, Fed Grants
7,206.92
A-D-C Aid, Town Appropriation
9,140.01
O-A-A Aid, Fed. Grants
12,194.87
O-A-A Aid, Town Appropriation 18,295.95
Dept. of Veterans' Services
2,358.75
57,666.38
6. Schools and Libraries:
School Committee Salaries
148.40
School Department 50,525.97
Unpaid 1953 Bills 11.40
Construct and Furnish Classroom
2,498.93
School Milk
717.72
Public Library
1,193.13
Library Basement
74.00
55,169.55
7. Recreation and Unclassified:
State Parks and Reservations
235.27
County Retirement Assessments
324.25
Town Reports
620.00
Memorial Day
60.50
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Berkley Common 30.00
Building at Myricks Expense
160.14
Honor Roll 6.00
Workmen's Compensation Insurance 490.34
Care of Veterans' Graves 50.00
Test Borings-Well Construction 6,652.35
Emergency Hurricane Work "Carol" 2,841.10
Emergency Hurricane Work "Edna" 411.00
11,880.95
8. Cemeteries:
E. H. Allen Fund Income 50.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds Income 158.00
Cemetery Appropriations
198.00
406.00
9. Interest
435.00
10. Municipal Indebtedness:
School Remodeling Loan
2,000.00
Fire Station Loan
1,000.00
3,000.00
11. Agency:
County Tax
2,761.29
Dog Licenses
783.60
3,544.89
12. Trust:
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds Income
49.00
Federal Withholding Taxes
4,306.03
Blue Cross
53.40
County Retirement
362.40
4,770.83
13. Investment:
Giles Leach Fund Income
230.00
14. Refunds
150.99
Total Cash Payments
$182,939.99
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Statement of Annual Reserve Fund
Town Appropriation $ 500.00
Transfers by Finance Committee: Workmen's Compensation Insurance $ 140.34 Veterans' Services 320.00
$ 460.34
Statement of Town Debt
School Remodeling Loan 1951 $10,000.00
Fire Station Loan 1953 9,000.00
$19,000.00 School Remodeling Loan matures $2,000.00 each year through 1957, then $1,000.00 each year through 1961. Fire Station Loan matures $1,000.00 each year through 1963.
Statement of Trust and Investment Accounts
The Giles Leach Investment Fund
Balance Jan. 1, 1954 $2,259.02
Interest and Dividends Received
Balance Dec. 31, 1954
The Edwin H. Allen Cemetery Fund
Balance Jan. 1, 1954 1,072.73
Interest Added 29.69
1,102.42
Drawn for Cemetery Care
50.00
Balance Dec. 31, 1954 1,052.42
1,102.42
Post War Rehabilitation Fund
Balance Jan. 1, 1954 per 1953 report 6,683.96
Deduct error in figuring redemption value .23
6,683.73
Add increase in redemption
value $ 203.15
Interest savings deposit .28
203.43
Balance Dec. 31, 1954
6,887.16
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Statement of Tax Possession Account
Balance Jan. 1, 1954, 9 possessions $ 665.03
Tax possessions sold:
John Hart, off Plain St. 75.00 John Hart, Turtle Lane 125.00
$ 200.00
Book value in excess of selling price:
John Hart, off Plain St. 39.80
John Hart, off Turtle Lane 39.62
79.42
Balance Dec. 31, 1954, 7 possessions
385.61
665.03
List of Tax Title Possessions :
G. Caswell, et al, Bear Swamp 58.41
J. Correiro, Bear Swamp 27.92
Edmund P. Dean, off Bay View Ave. 21.36
Thomas H. Parker, off Plain St. 41.17
Edmond O. Phillips, off Jerome St. 39.21
Alton H. Thurston, Assonet Beach 140.00
George E. White, off Jerome St. 57.54
385.61
Statement of Tax Titles
Balance Jan. 1, 1954, 42 titles
$2,211.44
5 Titles taken in 1954 71.94
Fees resulting from takings 15.00
Subsequent taxes certified in 1954:
1949 $ 31.90
1950
45.67
1951
42.05
1952
36.25
1953
47.04
1954
331.83
534.74
Interest on subsequent taxes, certified
24.22
Insurance costs added, 1954
6.60
$2,863.94
Redemptions in 1954, 2 titles 315.83
Balance Dec. 31, 1954, 45 titles
2,548.11
$2,863.94
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Statement of Federal Grant Accounts
Balances Jan. 1, 1954:
Disability Assistance: Administration Aid
$ 16.38
138.49
Aid to Dependent Children:
Administration Aid
334.53
Old Age Assistance:
56.41
Administration Aid
183.40
$ 833.31
Grants Received in 1954:
Disability Assistance: Administration Aid
97.40
602.55
Aid to Dependent Children:
Administration Aid
7,189.53
Old Age Assistance:
Administration Aid
541.72 12,164.74
20,843.94
Refunds credited to Federal Grants:
Aid to Dependent Children Aid
14.79
$21,692.04
Payments from Federal Grants 1954
Disability Assistance:
Administration $ 102.31
Aid
725.00
Aid to Dependent Children: Administration 342.91
Aid 7,206.92
248.00
104.10
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Old Age Assistance: Administration Aid
589.53 12,194.87
$21,161.54
Balances Dec. 31, 1954:
Disability Assistance:
11.47
Administration Aid
16.04
Aid to Dependent Children:
9.19
Administration Aid
331.93
Old Age Assistance:
Administration
8.60
Aid
153.27
530.50
$21,692.04
Respectfully submitted, FRANCIS F. G. ANDREWS,
Town Treasurer
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS Berkley Common Cemetery
Date
Name of Fund
Principal
Balance
Jan. 1, 1954
Interest
Received
Expended for
Care of Lots
Balance
Dec. 31, 1954
1898
Philip C. Porter
$ 100.00
$ 100.87
$ 2.78
$ 2.50
$ 101.15
1900 William Babbitt
100.00
100.67
2.78
2.50
100.95
1906 Calvin T. Crane
150.00
155.18
4.29
5.00
154.47
1906
Susan H. Allen
200.00
242.95
6.71
9.50
240.16
1908
Thomas Terry
100.00
101.19
2.79
2.50
101.48
1909
Samuel C. Norcutt
100.00
100.88
2.78
2.50
101.16
1910
W. Burt and A. Simms
100.00
100.69
2.78
2.50
100.97
1910
Rev. Thomas Andros
200.00
220.42
6.10
9.50
217.02
1914
Asa W. Reed
200.00
209.43
5.79
6.00
209.22
1915
James Macomber
100.00
100.81
2.78
2.50
101.09
1916
J. Haskins and E. Burt
100.00
197.73
5.46
6.00
197.19
1918
J. Hervey, E. Hervey, et al
200.00
201.52
5.57
5.00
202.09
1920
Abail B. Crane
210.00
212.26
5.88
8.00
210.14
1922
Witherell & Seekell
100.00
101.41
2.79
2.50
101.70
1922
Stephen Corey
100.00
101.48
2.79
2.50
101.77
1923
Cummings and Howard
100.00
101.04
2.79
2.50
101.33
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1925
Ebenezer D. Briggs
150.00
154.55
4.27
6.50
152,32
1925 Capt. Tamerlane Burt
150.00
165.51
4.57
6.50
163.58
1926
Herbert A. Perry
150.00
154.20
4.27
5.50
152.97
1927
Edward L. Smith
100.00
175.30
4.84
180.14
1929
Horace N. Macomber
100.00
102.92
2.83
2.50
103.25
1931
Albert French
200.00
202.88
5.60
6.50
201.98
1932
Charles E. French
150.00
151.84
4.18
4.00
152.02
1933
Dean Westgate
200.00
201.52
5.57
5.00
202.09
1938
Capt. John Cummings
100.00
100.56
2.77
2.50
100.83
1939
Capt. Joseph Sanford
200.00
202.42
5.60
5.00
203.02
1940
B. and A. Williams
100.00
102.65
2.83
2.50
102.98
1941
Frances A. Phillips
100.00
125.19
3.45
128.64
1942
Charles Westgate
100.00
103.26
2.85
2.50
103.61
1943
Harry E. Howland
100.00
120.35
3.33
123.68
1945
William P. Wood
200.00
209.55
5.79
8.00
207.34
1945
Burt and French
200.00
202.50
5.60
7.00
201.10
1947
Barnard Norcutt
100.00
101.09
2.79
2.50
101.38
Private Cemeteries
1916
Paull Bros.
200.00
302.42
8.36
8.50
302.28
1923 Andrew J. Webster
200.00
225.11
6.23
11.50
219.84
1950
Dillingham-James Dean Lots in Dean Cemetery
3,000.00
3,029.15
97.45
3,126.60
Totals
$7,960.00
$8,481.50
$ 248.04
$ 158.00
$8,571.54
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REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES
1. Charges to Collector
Balances Jan. 1, 1954:
Poll 1953
$ 22.00
Personal 1950
66.23
1951
5.80
1952
97.51
1953
626.75
Real Estate 1948
31.90
1949
31.90
1950
77.17
1951
147.76
1952
4,201.29
1953
9,769.43
Moth Assessment 1952
15.00
Motor Vehicle Excise 1950
123.30
1951
132.06
1952
921.91
1953
1,754.14
$18,024.15
Assessors' Commitments in 1954:
Poll 1954
840.00
Personal 1954
6,932.25
Real Estate 1954
50,098.77
Motor Vehicle Excise 1953
698.15
1954
9,343.73
67,912.90
Refunds Overpayments and Abatements:
Motor Vehicle Excise 1952
11.05
1954
109.65
120.70
Total Charges to Collector $86,057.75
2. Credits and Balances
Assessors' Abatements :
Poll 1953 1954
$ 10.00
106.00
Personal 1952 2.50
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Real Estate 1954
1,984.50
Motor Vehicle Excise 1950
10.16
1951
20.58
1952
68.55
1953
22.00
1954
236.64
$2,460.93
Added to Tax Titles :
Real Estate 1948
31.90
1949
31.90
1950
45.67
1951
42.05
1952
42.00
1953
47.04
1954
331.83
572.39
Collections paid Treasurer:
Poll 1953
$ 2.00
1954
658.00
Personal 1950
66.23
1952
79.76
1953
222.95
1954
5,980.50
Real Estate 1951
8.33
1952
3,744.91
1953
4,753.39
1954
39,371.23
Moth Assessments 1952
15.00
Motor Vehicle Excise 1951
31.36
1952
481.66
1953
2,372.10
1954
6,642.15
64,429.57
Balances Dec. 31, 1954:
Poll 1953
$ 10.00
1954
76.00
Personal 1951
5.80
1952
15.25
1953
403.80
1954
951.75
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Real Estate 1950
31.50
1951
97.38
1952
414.38
1953
4,969.00
1954
8,411.21
Motor Vehicle Excise 1950
113.14
1951
80.12
1952
382.75
1953
58.19
1954
2,574.59
18,594.86
Total Credits and Balances
$86,057.75
3. Interest Collections
Poll 1953
$ .04
1954
2.07
Personal 1950
1.84
1952
3.07
1953
7.49
1954
.74
Real Estate 1951
.12
1952
262.78
1953
138.08
1954
36.50
Moth Assessment 1952
1.10
Motor Vehicle Excise 1951
4.99
1952
43.62
1953
48.08
1954
8.40
Total Interest, paid Treasurer
$ 558.92
4. Charges and Fees Collections
Demands:
Poll 1953
$ .35
Real Estate 1951
.35
1952
4.20
1953
.35
Moth Assessment 1952
.35
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Motor Vehicle Excise 1951 .70
1952
3.50
1953
19.95
1954
5.60
$ 35.35
Advertising Costs, Etc. Real Estate 1952
5.08
Certificates of Municipal Liens
4.00
Total Charges and Fees, paid Treasurer $ 44.43
Respectfully submitted, FRANCIS F. G. ANDREWS,
Collector of Taxes.
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ASSESSORS' REPORT FOR 1954
Value of assessed Personal Estate
Land exclusive of Buildings
$ 128,375.00 249,355.00
Buildings exclusive of Land
678,400.00
$1,056,130.00
Number of Horses assessed
29
Number of Cows assessed
194
Number of Cattle assessed other than Cows
68
Number of Swine assessed
25
Number of Sheep assessed
46
Number of Fowl assessed
11,774
All other
5
Number of Acres of Land assessed
9,777
Number of Dwelling Houses assessed
421
Number of Polls assessed
420
Rate per thousand
$54.00
Taxes for State, County, City or Town Purposes,
including Overlays:
Real Estate
$ 50,098.77
Personal Estate
6,932.25
Polls
840.00
$ 57,871.02
ROBERT J. LYNCH ANTHONY SYLVIA NORMAN E. WHITTAKER, Assessors of Berkley.
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TAX LIST FOR 1954
Personal
Real
Tax
Adams, Vernon
$ 32.40
$ 32.40
Adams, William L., Jr.
32.40
32.40
Adams, William L., Sr.
$ 8.10
97.20
105.30
Aguas, Maria and Joan and Antonia
186.30
186.30
Aguas, Abilio
1.62
1.62
Algonquin Gas Transmission Co.
791.10
791.10
Allen, Joseph and Louise
27.90
27.90
Allan, Donald and Wilma
43.20
43.20
Allen, John M.
165.78
165.78
Allen, James and Audrey
70.20
70.20
Alves, Manuel and Lena
70.20
70,20
Ames, Frank and Ruth
126.90
126.90
Ames, Elijah
108.00
108.00
Anctil, Paul S. and Anna M.
27.00
27.00
Anderson, Alfred and Julia
59.40
59.40
Anderson, Percy and Helen
13.50
201.15
214.65
Andrews, Agnes
88.56
88.56
Andrews, Francis and Julia
4.05
133.65
137.70
Anthony, Ralph and Myra
58.05
58.05
Anthony, Myra D.
48.60
48.60
Anthony, Myra D. and others
6.21
6.21
Anthony, Myra D. and others
38.07
38.07
Anthony, William and Edith
823.77
823.77
Arruda, Henry and Agnes
12.42
12.42
Ashley, Blanche M.
54.00
54.00
Ashley, Harold and Verna
169.10
169.10
Ashley, Harold and Ruth
29.70
29.70
Ashley, Herbert and Clara
26.19
167.94
194.13
Ashley, Verna and E. Whitman
45.90
45.90
Ashley, Miriam
167.94
167.94
Aspinwall, Herbert
44.55
109.62
154.17
Atterbury, Susan and Charles Harrison, Jr.
4.05
4.05
Avery, Vincent
15.39
15.39
Babbitt, C. Dexter
8.91
8.91
Babbitt, Joseph H.
4.05
224.10
228.15
Babbitt, John and Lois
135.00
135.00
Babbitt, George R.
193.05
193.05
Babbitt, Marion L.
245.70
245.70
Babbitt, Milton and Ruth
129.60
129.60
Babbitt, Lois W.
5.94
5.94
Babbitt, Louise
4.05
4.05
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Personal
Real
Tax
Babbitt, Russell
81.00
226.80
307.80
Babbitt, Russell and Richard
5.40
5.40
Babbitt, Rollin H.
3.51
3.51
Babbitt, Rollin H.
6.21
6.21
Bailey, Gwendolyn I. C. and Charles Peterson
206.28
206.28
Baldwin, Percy and Mabel
129.60
129.60
Bairos, Manuel and Maria
59.40
59.40
Baran, Michael and Sally Milko
48.60
48.60
Barrow, John W., Jr.
19.44
19.44
Barrow, Lawrence
2.43
109.35
111.78
Barrow, Mary
363.96
363.96
Barrows, Jennie
10.80
10.80
Barrows, Raymond and Jessie
2.70
2.70
Barboza, Manuel and Antoinette
135.81
135.81
Barboza's Package Store, Inc.
70.20
70.20
Barker, Merle T.
178.20
178.20
Barrett, Edwin and Viola
124.20
124.20
Barton, Jacob and Cora
4.05
68.85
72.90
Barton, Jacob
5.40
5.40
Bassett, Albert
36.45
36.45
Bassett, Arthur
1.08
1.08
Bay State Beagle Club, Inc.
208.44
208.44
Beaudoin, Lionel and Florida
102.60
102.60
Belcher, Martin and Grace
8.10
8.10
Bennett, William and Florence
27.00
27.00
Berman, Joseph
24.30
24.30
Bettencourt, Gil and Clara
151.20
151.20
Bettencourt, Marion
79.38
79.38
Bergstrom, Martin E.
132.57
132.57
Bindon, Albert and Sarah
93.15
93.15
Bindon, Albert W. J. and Ethel G.
45.09
45.09
Bindon, William and Helen
39.15
39.15
Biszko, Joseph
5.40
5.40
Blanchette, Hervey and Lena
504.90
504.90
Boehner, Burpee and Mary
48.60
48.60
Bonvie, Joseph
10.80
10.80
Bonvie, Hannah E.
81.00
81.00
Borden, Howard C.
2.70
2.70
Borges, Joseph W.
2.70
2.70
Boshco, Eleanor C.
275.40
275.40
Boyce, Borden and Bertha
17.55
17.55
Boyce, Enoch
11.34
11.34
Braese, Mary
24.30
24.30
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Personal
Real
Tax
Bradley, Tudor and Jessie
178.20
178.20
Brailey, Elsie
69.93
69.93
Brailey, Ernest and Harriett
35.10
35.10
Brennan, Edward and Alice
15.39
268.92
284.31
Briggs, Alvin E.
104.49
104.49
Briggs, Merton L.
10.53
59.40
69.93
Brightman, Iva
305.10
305.10
Brightman, John
48.60
100.44
149.04
Brockton and Taunton Gas Co.
54.00
54.00
Brown, Charles and Victoria
83.70
137.70
221.40
Brown, Everett and Mary
110.70
110.70
Brown, George S.
140.40
140.40
Brown, Marion and Lily Nyboe
8.10
8.10
Browning, George and Ada
47.25
47.25
Buckley, Harry, Jr. and Winifred
14.58
218.70
233.28
Buckley, Richard and Mary
59.40
59.40
Burpee, J. Ernest and Lillian
43.20
43.20
Burt, Alexander
1.35
1.35
Butler, Maurice A.
118.80
118.80
Burt, Helen M.
2.70
2.70
Bumpus, Ira and Doris
211.68
285.12
496.80
Cabral, Emanuel
57.78
57.78
Cady, Evelyn
5.40
102.60
108.00
Cambra, Bernard and Lylia
5.40
5.40
Cambra, Louis
37.80
37.80
Cambra, Mary
4.05
211.14
215.19
Campbell, Harold and Blanche
16.20
59.40
75.60
Card, Harold and Wilrene
5.40
5.40
Carle, Florence H.
31.05
31.05
Caron, Leo J.
54.00
54.00
Carpenter, Edwin and Florence
121.50
121.50
Carroll, Frank and Mary
29.70
29.70
Carroll, Frank and Jean
340.20
340.20
Castle, Arthur and Grace
112.05
112.05
Caswell, Carrie
5.40
5.40
Cavalier, William and Alpheda
102.60
102.60
Chace, Ervine
1.08
1.08
Chandler, Reginald and Mary
2.70
2.70
Chester, Fred and Edith
18.90
18.90
Chester, Edith T.
8.10
8.10
Chester, Roger and Carolyn
149.85
149.85
Church, M. E.
11.34
11.34
Churchill, Alice and others
21.60
21.60
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Personal
Real
Tax
Clark, Clarence H.
39.15
39.15
Clark, Elizabeth
10.53
10.53
Clark, Pearl
55.35
55.35
Clark, P. J.
5.40
5.40
Clegg, Damon
64.80
268.65
333.45
Clough, Florence
70.20
70.20
Clough, Horace and Marie
6.75
133.65
140.40
Combs, Kenneth
140.40
140.40
Cockrane, Laura
110.70
110.70
Colpitt, E. Roy
8.91
8.91
Colpitts, Norman and Helen
153.90
153.90
Comerford, Florence
124.74
124.74
Conant, Edward W.
199.80
199.80
Conant, Eva
5.40
5.40
Conaty, Mabel I.
21.60
21.60
Coombs, Frank E.
6.75
6.75
Cooper, Joseph P.
373.95
373.95
Coreio, John
4.05
4.05
Correia, Manuel
64.80
64.80
Corey, Joseph A. and Constance C.
48.60
48.60
Costa, Antone and Nellie
66.15
66.15
Costa, Frank G.
2.70
2.70
Costa, Francis, Jr.
8.10
8.10
Cox, William
62.64
62.64
Craw, Willis
117.18
117.18
Crimlisk, Russell
14.58
6.75
21.33
Crimlisk, George
8.10
8.10
Crowningshield, E. A.
6.48
6.48
Cuddon, Owen F.
10.80
10.80
Cummings, Carlton B. and Victoria
164.70
164.70
Cummings, L. Clyde
63.45
63.45
Cummings, Clarence
21.60
21.60
Cummings, Mary
20.52
20.52
Cushman, Don A.
.54
.54
Cushman, Beulah
79.65
79.65
Cronant, Edward L.
5.40
5.40
Cusick Corporation
29.70
29.70
Cybulski, Stanley J.
83.70
83.70
Dagenais, Norman and Hilda
202.77
202.77
Davis, Susan
89.10
89.10
Dean, Anthony P.
39.42
39.42
Dean, David B.
32.40
32.40
Dean, Lawrence.
5.40
5.40
78
ANNUAL REPORT
Personal
Real
Tax
Deane, Theodore
10.80
10.80
DeCosta, Gerald and Gladys M.
2.70
2.70
DeCosta, Melvin and Betsy
143.10
143.10
Delano, Charles
2.70
2.70
Delano, Florence
51.30
51.30
DeMoranville, Leonard W.
10.80
340.20
351.00
DeMoura, Antone and Margarett
124.20
124.20
Denson, Ernest
5.40
5.40
DeRocha, Vergino
10.80
10.80
Desaultels, Armond and Florence
1.89
288.90
290.79
DesRosiers, Norman N.
5.40
5.40
Dillingham, John and Others
119.34
119.34
Dillingham, John Q.
59.13
431.73
490.86
Doel, William R.
43.20
43.20
Doel, William R., Jr.
1.35
1.35
Doherty, William and Louise
10.80
10.80
Donati, Edward and Kathleen A.
8.10
8.10
Donnelly, Edith M.
21.60
21.60
Dow, Arlon and Estella
1.89
75.60
77.49
Drake, Carolyn
2.70
2.70
Duarte, James and John Augustino
75.60
75.60
Dulak, Kazimier
12.42
124.20
136.62
Dumais, Louis
91.80
91.80
Dunn, Margarett
59.40
59.40
Dutra, Manuel and Alice
13.50
13.50
Eaton, William
24.30
24.30
Edwards, Anna
108.00
108.00
Ellsworth, Charles and Azelda
183.60
183.60
Ellsworth, Charles
36.72
36.72
Falk, Walter and Elsie
126.90
126.90
Falk, Walter
4.05
4.05
Faria, Manuel and Virginia
128.25
128.25
Faria, Manuel
4.05
4.05
Faria, Mary
120.15
120.15
Farmer, Walton W.
113.40
113.40
Fernandes, Joseph
4.05
4.05
Fernandes, Joseph
8.10
8.10
Fernandes, Joseph and Mary
64.80
64.80
Fernandes, Joseph and Virginia
19.17
19.17
Fernandes, Manuel and Dorothy
40.50
40:50
Fernandes, Manuel and Mary
66.15
66.15
Dulak, Sophie
121.50
121.50
Dulude, Virginia
75.60
75.60
79
ANNUAL REPORT
Personal
Real
Tax
Fernandes, Virginia
172.80
172.80
Flint, Ellis K.
20.25
20.25
Flint, Fred E.
10.80
36.45
47.25
Flint, Herbert J.
2.70
2.70
Flint, Herbert J. and Mary
39.69
39.69
Flint, John B.
2.70
2.70
Flint, Ernest
8.10
8.10
Flint, Mary C.
52.65
52.65
Flint, Robert C.
35.10
35.10
Finglass, Mary
18.90
18.90
Fournier, Francis and Edith
79.38
79.38
Fournier, Francis and Marietta
183.06
328.86
511.92
Freeman, Joseph and Lillian
44.55
86.40
130.95
Frizado, John and Olive
94.50
94.50
Frizado, John
8.10
8.10
Furtado, Frank and Madeline
65.34
65.34
Furtado, Joseph and Esther
99.90
99.90
Gabrey, Arthur and Cecilia
2.70
2.70
Gaffney, Harry
27.00
27.00
Gaffney, Harry
156.60
156.60
Gagne, Alfred
8.10
8.10
Garcia, Manuel
99.90
99.90
George, Thomas
14.04
14.04
Gilmore, Robert and Josephine
302.40
302.40
Goddu, Arthur and Josephine
5.40
5.40
Goddu, Albert and Olivia
162.00
162.00
Goode, George and Julia
32.40
32.40
Goodwin, Effie S.
94.50
94.50
Goff, Henry and Eugenia
129.60
129.60
Goveia, Christina
106.65
106.65
Gracia, Anthony
151.20
151.20
Grace, Joseph and George Crimlisk
110.70
110.70
Greeg, Charles P. and Lillian M.
67.50
67.50
Greene, Ernest
1.62
1.62
Guertin, Gerald and Lylah
56.70
56.70
Hadro, John and Mary
87.75
87.75
Haines, Fannie
160.65
160.65
Hakajavi, Maria
206.82
206.82
Hall, Lydia
32.67
32.67
Hall, William F.
59.40
59.40
Hanson, Oscar
5.40
5.40
Harrington, Milton and A. Rita
5.40
5.40
Harrington, Theodore and Edna
13.50
13.50
80
ANNUAL REPORT
Personal
Real
Tax
Harris, Frank and Winifred
5.40
5.40
Harrison, Harold and Catherine
35.10
35.10
Harrison, Maurice W. and Rita J.
16.20
16.20
Harriman, and William King
2.70
2.70
Hart, Enos and Fred Austin
21.60
21.60
Hart, Leonore
5.40
5.40
Harmon, Robert B.
40.50
40.50
Haskell, Russell and Norine
56.70
56.70
Haskins, Florence
105.30
105.30
Haskins, Henry H.
56.70
56.70
Haskins, James and Julius and William
13.77
13.77
Hatch, Allen
179.55
179.55
Hathaway, Edward and Madeline
226.80
226.80
Hathaway, John
43.20
43.20
Hathaway, Harry C.
10.80
10.80
Hathaway, Harry and Winifred
24.84
24.84
Hathaway, Winifred
4.86
4.86
Hathaway, Levi
1.62
1.62
Hathaway, Wilfred
55.62
55.62
Hamilton, Walter, Jr.
45.90
45.90
Hayhow, George and Marie
62.10
62.10
Hemmingway, C. W.
5.40
5.40
Hewitt, George and Lillian
121.50
121.50
Haywood, Fred and Evelyn
5.40
5.40
Hoard, Rhoda
.81
.81
Hoard, Rhoda
32.40
32.40
Hoard, Rhoda
45.90
45.90
Hill, Frederick W. and W. F. Harrington
2.70
2.70
Hogan, William and Bernice
167.40
167.40
Holmes, Warren
30.78
224.10
254.88
Holmes, Clifton and Viola
131.49
131.49
Holmes, Nathan
10.80
10.80
Horbacy, Antone
4.05
4.05
Houtzager, Marcus and Olga
14.58
159.30
173.88
Howland, Ruth and Jessie
121.50
121.50
Howland, Robert
245.70
245.70
Hoxie, David
96.34
96.34
Hoxie, Albert R. and Hilda E.
108.00
108.00
Hunter, Robert H. and Harriet E.
110.70
110.70
Hunter, Robert H. and Harriet E.
21.06
21.06
Huntley, Bertha
5.40
5.40
Huntley, Jennie M.
5.40
5.40
Huntley, Roy
62.10
62.10
REPORT OF THE BERKLEY SCHOOL BUILDING NEEDS COMMITTEE
A committee to investigate the school building needs was established at a special town meeting held September 23, 1954. The committee was directed to report at the next annual town meeting and herewith complies with that directive.
By the article accepted, the membership in that committee was provided as follows: the three members of the School Committee; one member of the Board of Selectmen and one member at large both to be appointed by the chairman of the Board of Selectmen; one member of the Finance Committee and one member at large both to be appoint- ed by the chairman of the Finance Committee. Membership as filed with the Town Clerk is as follows:
Members of the School Committee:
Maria E. D. Aguas Willis G. Craw Richard W. Pilling
Selectman and member at large:
No selectman appointed Effie W. Robbins
Finance Committee and member at large:
Warren L. Ide Elwell H. Perry
The committee organized by electing Richard W. Pilling as chairman and Elwell H. Perry as Secretary. Seven meetings have been held at the time of this writing, one of which was an open forum type meeting sponsored by the Women's Club.
The overcrowded conditions that exist at the Dighton High School may in the next few years force that town to discontinue accept- ing tuition students. This means that Berkley has a potential problem in providing an education for our high school pupils. The formation of a regional school district holds many advantages to small towns both financially and educationally. By sharing the expense with other towns we can provide a broader program for our students. The State will offer more financial assistance to the construction of a regional school.
We recommend that the town accept the article to establish a Regional School District Planning Committee. This committee will meet with other committees from surrounding towns to discuss this problem. Berkley is not the only town having school building problems.
In regard to the Grammar School situation it was our unanimous decision that more room was needed immediately. The problem of how much room is needed to provide for the increasing enrollments and how best to increase and improve our school building was discussed at great lengths. We are of the opinion that an eight grade school should be maintained in the town, providing that proper arrangements are made to develop a suitable program for the critical seventh and eighth grades.
2.
Enrollment is the factor to determine the size of our school building present and future. The census taken this year will be of assistance in this matter but who can determine the extent of increase of new families that may move to our town. We have taken the number of births recorded and the enrollment figures for a basis to project an estimate into the future. The result of this figuring is that by 1960 we expect to have 300 pupils enrolled in grades one through eight. This number would require a minimum of ten classrooms.
It is the belief of this committee that the best solution is to build a new school at a new location. Realizing that this will be a big financial burden to the town we are recommending that a Building Committee be appointed to further investigate the situation to determine if any alternative is advisable. We are asking for a sum of money to enable this committee to acquire the services of engineers and architects to assist in solving the problem. To spend a huge sum of money to improve property that cannot be further developed would be a waste of the original expenditure.
We wish to thank the Selectmen for their co-operation in handling our articles for the warrant. We also express our appreciation to the Women's Club and to the interested citizens who made our open meeting possible and successful. It has been a pleasant duty serving the town in this capacity.
Sincerely submitted, (Signed) Richard W. Pilling Chairman
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To see if the town will vote to create a special unpaid committee to be known as a Regional School District Planning Committee, to consist of three members, including one member of the School Committee, to be appointed by the Moderator in accordance with the provisions of Section 14 of Chapter 71 of the General Laws, as amended.
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