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61 James R. Mackie Agnes Dickens
Lynn
Lynn
19 John Colburn Carr, Jr.
Braintree
Dorothy Terese Carlson
Quincy
:22 Carl Einar Anderson Dora Potts
Braintree
Weymouth
:23 John Cameron Ganzel Helga Knuttunen
7
Braintree
Quincy
:25 Edward Francis Dwyer Aleatha Williams
Quincy
Quincy
Braintree
Braintree
Braintree
Quincy
New York City
NOVEMBER
1 George Sherman Prodham, Jr. Ellen Carolyn Crockett
Portsmouth, N. H.
Portsmouth, N. H.
9 William Francis Welch Catherine Mary Lally
Quincy
Braintree
Braintree
Dighton
Roxbury
Braintree
25 Myron Newell Lane Mary Baxter Hayward
:26 Roger Lakin Mary E. McInnis
:29 Maurice Richard Spillane Thelma Josephine Bateson
111
Date
Name
Residence
Braintree
Braintree
West Warren
West Warren
Braintree
Braintree
Quincy
Braintree
Manchester, N. H.
Braintree
Braintree
Dorchester
Braintree
Brockton
Braintree
Quincy
DECEMBER
3 Henry James Fielding Nellie Adelaide Randall
3 Heinz Wilhelm Gottwald Ruth Huntington
15 Henry Noel Summerell Elizabeth Hill
17 Charles Clifton Dunton Dorothy Deschenes
25 Henry Turner Fitts Marion Marie Rosenberg
25 Frank E. Nevins Dorothy A. Davis
26 Edwin Francis Russell Mary Helen O'Brien
27 Robert John Hudson Irma Frances Ferguson
Moodus, Conn. Braintree
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Braintree
East Milton
Braintree
Arlington, Vt.
Scituate
Scituate
Braintree
Braintree
Braintree
Roxbury
Norton
Braintree
10 Robert Willis Ewing Ruth Elizabeth Ross
15 George Buysse Cecelia Sonia
18 Donald Eugene Sprague Gertrude Eucharia Barry
20 Nicola Antonio DiTullia Eva Anna Libertine
23 William Price Mildred S. Nickerson
24 Edward Peter Tassinary Mary E. Donovan
24 Edward Patrick Russell Katherine Ethel Brady
26 Anthony Rossi Elizabeth Marini
112
Date Name
Residence
29 Herbert Lincoln Myers Gertrude Estelle (White) Hagerty
Weymouth Weymouth
31 William Ranalli Janet Vinton
Braintree
Braintree
31 Saul Hopkins Dow Annie Smith
Braintree
.Braintree
Total number of marriages: 131.
Residence of Males: Braintree 72; other places in Massachu- setts, 53; Portsmouth, N. H., 2; Manchester, N. H .; Knoxville, Tenn .; Moodus, Conn .; Brooklyn, N. Y., 1 each.
Residence of Females: Braintree, 68; other places in Massa- chusetts, 57; Eastport, Maine; Drewsville, N. H .; Portsmouth, N. H .; Arlington, Vt .; Brooklyn, N. Y .; New York City, 1 each.
Birthplace of Males: Braintree 24; other places in Massachu- setts, 62; Scotland 5; Maine 4; Canada 4; New York 3; New Hampshire, 3; New Jersey, 2; Minnesota, 2; Italy, 2; England, :2; Sweden, 2; Germany, 2; Pennsylvania, Vermont, Connecticut, North Carolina, South Carolina, Indiana, Virginia, Oklahoma, California, Russia, China, Ireland, Lithuania, Turkey, 1 each.
Birthplace of Females: Braintree, 25; other places in Massa- chusetts, 62; New Hampshire, 9; Canada, 7; Maine, 4; Vermont, 3; New York, 3; Ireland, 3; Italy, 2; Pennsylvania, 2; Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Louisiana, North Dakota, 'Scotland, England, Sweden, Germany, Turkey, Finland, 1 each.
Marriages solemnized: Braintree, 61; Quincy, 17; Boston, 13; Weymouth, 12; New Hampshire, 5; Brookline, 3; Rockland, 2; Marshfield, 2; Harwich, Easton, Cambridge, Stoughton, Beverly, Worcester, Norwood, Stockbridge, Cohasset, Newburyport, Springfield, Randolph, Brockton, Montague, Rhode Island, Hali- fax, N. S., 1 each.
113
Deaths in 1932
JANUARY
Date Name
Birthplace
Age
1 Peter Benzie
Scotland 67- 7- 5
4 Amelia Adaline Young
Boston
86- 9- 4
4 Anna Mary Walker
Milford 64- 5-11
7 Frederick Benjamin Forbes
Hartford, Conn.
49-11-25
7 Arthur Foster
Quincy 47- 3-27
8 Carrie Elizabeth Dorman
Bristol, R. I. 66- 4- 7
9 Russell Matthews
Quincy
29- 1-25
11 LaForest Tufts
Farmington, Me.
98- 5-13
11 Campbell
Boston 35 Min.
12 Francis A. Hunt
Braintree
70- 0- 0
13 Antonio Ransil
Italy
77- 8- 0
13 Oakes Ambrose Bridgham
Hebron, Me. 69- 4-26
14 Richard B. Nickerson
Brockton
13- 3-16
16 Edward T. Jordan
West Roxbury
81- 7-25
16 Carl T. Lethe
Sweden
55- 0- 0
16 Henry Wood Boutilier
Boston
39- 0-24
16 Anna Cora Nichols
17 Philomela Elmina Chamberlin
Prescott
97- 9-11
23 John Henry Scott
Quincy
81- 1-21
24 Joseph Michienzie
Italy 46- 1-27
Chatham 89. 7- 0
Manchester, N. H. 55- 8-15
28 Barbara Grossman
Quincy
0- 2-14
29
- - Kennedy
Braintree 20 Min.
30 Helen E. Pitkanen
Braintree
0- 0- 9
FEBRUARY
5 Frank Harry Litchfield
Lynn
53- 1- 0
5 Walter F. Dwyer
Braintree
0- 0- 1
Charlestown
77- 0- 29
25 Amelia F. Bears
26 William Bailey Marshall
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Date Name
Birthplace
Age
9 J. Charles Stever
Utica, N. Y. 69- 2- 0
12 Henry Field Arnold
Quincy
66- 0- 3
13 Lawrence James MacNab
Boston
39- 6- 7
14 Emma Lydia Martz
Camden, Me.
68- 9-29
15 Albert E. Jones, Jr.
Quincy
0- 7- 8
15 Charles F. Cose
Boston
59- 3-19
19 John Thomson
Scotland
44- 2-28
23 Donald Laukkanen
Braintree
0- 0- 7
24 Emilie Schaefer
Boston
66- 2- 3
24 Mary A. Mahar
Ireland
93- 0- 0
24 Laura Whittum
Berwick, Me. 85- 5-12
24 Wilder Farley Hall
Dameriscotta, Me. 83- 6-28
27 Annie L. Mooney
Boston 69- 0- 0
29 Elizabeth H. M. Blanchard
Braintree
55- 1-28
MARCH
2. Amy Relief Howland
Braintree
39-10-25
2 Edward J. De Young
Nova Scotia 87- 0- 0
3 Frederick Arthur Field
Springfield, Vt. 64- 8-15
3 John Stewart, Jr.
Philadelphia, Pa.
34- 8-16
5 Thomas Arnold
England
65- 4-13
6 Mary A. Doherty
Fall River Abt. 69
11 Susan Emma Corliss
Rockland, Me. 77- 3-16
10 William W. Dyer
Braintree 65- 8-25
12. Margaret Weinstock
Nova Scotia
40- 0-15
12 Charlotte S. Ruhl
Boston 65- 0- 0
13 Alice A. Johnston
Canada
74-11-30
14 Emily Payne Storm
Brighton, N. Y.
81- 2- 3
14 Abbie G. Richards .
Calais, Me.
74-10-16
16 Patrick McCabe
Ireland 63-11-29
16 Seth Catlin
Brooklyn, N. Y.
48- 2- 6
17 Susan J. Lawson
Weymouth
78- 0- 0
19 Sarah Sophia Merzi
Braintree
25-11-26
19 Marion Vincenti
Italy 25- 8-19
20 Nicholas Anderson
Sweden
76- 3-18
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Date Name
Birthplace
Age
26 Elizabeth Whittum
Portland, Me.
60- 6-16
28 Harvey Williamson
New York City
45- 3-25
29 William Chadbourne Brooks
Boston
64- 6-16
APRIL
4 Tjitsch Bokke Yntema
Holland
58- 7-13
4 David Edward Leggett
Quincy
0- 1- 7
6 Mary Benson
Scotland
20- 7-10
6 Miriam Child Price
Braintree
0- 0- 2
8 Catherine McInnis
P. E. I.
85- 0- 0
9 Leo Davis
Wisconsin
17- 8-26
10 Gladys Norma Burke
Braintree
0- 4-10
13 Marjorie N. Price
Braintree
0- 0- 9
14 Mary A. Frazier
Braintree
Abt. 29
15 Lucia M. Reed
Elmwood
85- 7- 6
18 John Westberg
Sweden
58- 7- 3
18 Robert Locke
England
78- 0- 0
18 Bertille Briand
Nova Scotia
19- 0- 0
19 Mary Elizabeth Costa
Weymouth
0- 0- 5
25 Edward Ford
Mass.
26- 1-25
28 John L. Shepard
Milford
65-11- 0
30 Nellie R. Clark
Lincolnville, Me.
75- 8- 5
MAY
1 Mary Emma Chase
Palmyra, Me.
73- 6-29
2 George Cushing Fuller
Chelsea
71- 6-27
2 Laura Abbie Brown
New Sharon, Me.
79- 7-14
6 Winifred Agnes Chamberlain
Stoneham
32- 1-18
7 James L. Thayer
Braintree
84- 0-22
7 Alice Hopkins
Pittsfield
42- 3-23
8 Arthur H. Henry
Natick, R. I.
70-11- 0
10 Margaret T. Concannon
Ireland
71- 0- 0
11 Mary J. Stokinger
Keene, N. H.
76- 0- 0
15 Charlotte Anna Sanford
Boston
69- 0-20
15 William Charles
Scotland
77- 2-19
17 Annie E. Buker
Weymouth
55- 2.1
116
18 Maria Kelley
20 Alice Evans Fisher
23 Emma Powers
28 Jennie Martin Wilcox
28 J. Homer Card
29 Agnes Greta Cooper Howard
29 Mary E. McMahon
30 Maria Caldwell Fisk
31 Alfred De Young
Ireland
77- 2-26
Bellows Falls, Vt. 53- 4-22
England 90- 0- 0
Millington, Conn. 61- 3-19
So. Kingston, R. I. 33- 7- 0
Nova Scotia 25- 5-19
Ireland 66- 0- 0
Oxford, Me. 95- 5-30
Braintree
39- 9-22
JUNE
1 Thys Marten Yntema
Holland
58- 8-26
4 Gladys Dolan Bissett
Boston
34- 2- 5
4 Werner T. Olander
Sweden 57- 8- 0
5 Margaret Amnelius
Sweden
70- 0- 0
6 William A. Thompson
Scotland 56- 1-10
10 James Henry Curran
Boston
46- 2-15
10 Josephine Devlin
Quebec, Canada
63- 0- 0
11 Nellie M. Dupras
Randolph
30- 8-14
12 James Brown
Scotland
78-10- 9
14 Carolyn Marie Monaghan
Bridgewater
35- 5-25
15 Gayton Eddy
Randolph
84- 7- 1
17 John S. Hull
Boston
25- 4- 7
19 John Richardson
Mass.
50- 2-24
21 Albion M. Hill, Jr.
Braintree
1 hour
22 Mary Venuti
Italy
42- 2-20
22 George Edwin Arnold
Braintree
84- 9- 1
24 George A. MacInnis
P. E. I.
69- 2-14
24 Virginia May Coulstring
Quincy
1- 2- 0
29 Elizabeth Lane
Rockport
89- 9-25
29 James McNamara
Ireland
49- 3-16
JULY
2 Emily Frances Arnold
7 Harriett C. Hamilton
Nova Scotia
93- 6- 5
9 Emma Jane Hartshorn
Sharon
79- 2- 9
10 Frances Hawkins
Braintree
59- 2-28
Norwood
49- 3- 0
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Date Name
Birthplace
Age
Ireland 80- 0- 0
17 Catherine Donovan
Braintree 0- 8-13
19 John R. Nichols
Charlestown
81-10- 0
20 Sarah E. Loring
Troy, N. Y.
79- 0- 0
20 Marie Costello
Ireland 27- 6-13
23 Daniel Sullivan
England
67- 0- 0
28 James O'Brien
Braintree 27- 4- 7
30 Robert Wood Robinson
England
65- 1-22
AUGUST
4 George White, Jr.
Braintree
0- 0- 2
4 Arthur MacKenney
Eastport, Me. 60-10- 9
9 Franklin H. Merriam
Mason, N. H.
62- 4-25
10 Charles E. Chick
Limington, Me.
50-11- 4
Abt. 10 Edith M. L. DuBois
France
44-10-13
12 Julia A. O'Keefe
Boston
78- 0- 0
13 Luigi Michilli
Italy
59- 9- 0
14 Peter Stengard
Sweden
76- 4-24
19 William S. Tracey
Rockland
72- 7-27
20 Richard Connors
Boston
14- 7-19
20 Clara A. Olson
Boothbay, Me. 69- 0- 7
21 Ada Howard
Dedham
34- 6- 7
26 Nellie Mabel Wishart
Portland, Me.
64- 6-23
26 Albert Litchfield Belyea
Braintree 0- 0- 2
30 Jenkins
Braintree
0- 0- 2
SEPTEMBER
3 Evelyn M. Frazier
Braintree
0- 0- 5
6 Frank Henry Kibble
Charlestown 80- 7-24
7 James Edward Mallon
Boston 9- 3- 7
8 George Myron Percy
North Burke, N. Y. 73- 0-28
10 Adelia Pierce Kingsley
Boston 84- 0- 6
11 Thomas Curran
Gloucester 30- 2- 3
14 Margaret J. Stackhouse Canada 95- 0- 0
16 Charles Edward DuBois
·Patterson, N. J. 39-10-20
19 Edmund S. Baron Grand Rapids, M. 37- 0- 0
17 John McSweeney
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Date
Name
Birthplace
Age
22 Cyrus W. Clark
Rockland, Me.
77- 6- 6
28 Carl Ludvig Ronnquist
Sweden
61 5-12
29 John Fitzgerald
Ireland
79- 0-13
OCTOBER
1 Walter Nathan Mckean
Caryville 57- 1- 6
6 Emma Louise Powers
Weymouth 73- 1-12
·9 Mary Morris
Providence, R. I.
72- 0- 0
15 Katherine V. Clinton
Weymouth
57- 5-19
16 Marcus I. N. Mullen
Canada
38- 4-16
16 Benjamin Levangie
Canada
66- 2- 6
17 Michele Pantano
Italy
55- 0 -- 0
21 Carrie Imogene Heal
Plaistow, N. H.
49- 8-24
24 Carl Johanson
Sweden
60- 6-26
31 Stillborn
NOVEMBER
1 Lucy Ella Keith
Brockton
66- 0-15
1 Stillborn
1 John Early
Ireland
60- 0- 0
2 Arthur Willie Cass
Boston
68- 2- 5
4 Susan J. Wilde
Braintree
86-10-14
.- 4 Charlie Zani
Somerville
13- 7- 4
7 Angelo Graziano
Italy
55- 1- 7
17 Eugene Fowle Richards
Boston
81- 0- 0
19 Sebastian Cabot Peters
Delaware, Ohio
80- 1-29
20 Judson Abraham Smith
Nova Scotia
66-11-21
22 Sarah Hollinshead
England
88- 3-12
23 John MacLeod
Nova Scotia
29-10- 7
23 Martin J. Williams
Mass. 27- 0- 0
24 Rachael Annette Prescott
Thomaston, Me. 37-11- 9
24 Nathan J. Crane
Braintree
83- 5-28
30 John McLellan
Rockport
75- 8-26
30 Philomena D. Mansfield
Boston
65- 4-10
DECEMBER
1 Emma L. Ronan
Stoughton
39- 0- 0
6 Frederick Hugh Sanford
Nova Scotia
69- 9-14
119
Date Name
Birthplace
Age
11 Mildred Austin
Chelsea
29- 3-10
11 Sarah Ann Nickson
England
83- 5- 0
11 Rhoda E. Young
Boston
70- 0- 0
13 Elizabeth W. Sharpe
Scotland
91- 0-0
14 Elizabeth Winchester
Boston
23- 2-14
15 James Edward McGlone
Braintree
36- 7-26
17 Mabel Conti
Braintree
31- 2- 0
21 Mary Perkins Sheppard
Glover, Vt.
67- 7-26
22 Nesseb Nader
Boston
19- 8- 7
24 Mark Tisdale
Canada
84- 1- 0
25 Mary Hines Wilcox
Nova Scotia
78- 2- 2
30 Margaret Geary
Ireland
20-10-26
Total number of Deaths: 201.
Males, 106; Females, 95; Single, 60; Married, 86; Widowed, 53; Divorced, 2.
Birthplace: Braintree, 28; other places in Massachusetts, 71; Maine, 18; Canada, 17; Ireland, 11; Sweden, 8; Scotland, 7; Italy, 7; England, 7; New York, 6; Rhode Island, 4; New Hamp- shire, 4; Vermont, 3; Connecticut, 2; Holland, 2; New Jersey, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, France, 1 each.
Ages: Stillborn, 2; Under 1 year, 18; 1-10, 2; 11-20, 8; 21-30, 15; 31-40, 18; 41-50, 15; 51-60, 22; 61-70, 39; 71-80, 32; 81-90, 22; over 90, 8.
Diseases: Tuberculosis, 34 (6 residents and 28 non residents ) ; Cerebral hemorrhage, 21; Arterio sclerosis, 20; Myocarditis, 20; Heart disease, 15; Carcinoma, 14; Pneumonia, 13; Accident, 9; Nephritis, 7; Premature birth, 7; Endocarditis, 4; Appendicitis, 3; Suicide, 3; Hemorrhage, 3; Intestinal obstruction, 3; Still- born, 2; Regurgitation, 2; Septicema, 2; Cancer, Tumor, Paraly- sis, Leukaemia, Lympoblastima, Oedema of brain, Epilipsy, Enteritis, Coronary embolism, Cyst of cervicle vertibre, senility, Mitral insufficiency, Pulmonary embolus, Pylosis stenosis, Bron- chitis, Anemia, Sleeping sickness, Apolstic uremia, Puerperal sepsis, 1 each.
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Tax Collector's Report
1928 Real Estate
Reopened account $563.92
Collections to January 1, 1933.
$200.00
Abatements to January 1, 1933. . 363.92
$563.92
$563.92
1929 Real Estate and Personal
Outstanding January 1, 1932
$32.40
Reopened account .
601.02
Collections to January 1, 1933 .. .
$232.40
Abatements to January 1, 1933. .
401.02
$633.42
$633.42
1929 Excise Tax
Outstanding January 1, 1932.
$77.90
Collections to January 1, 1933. $77.90
$77.90
$77.90
1930 Real Estate, Personal Moth, Betterments and Committed Interest
Outstanding January 1, 1932
$2,304.45
Reopened accounts
613.17
Taken by Town
$169.40
Adjusted by Court decision .
23.35
Collections to January 1, 1933. .
1,876.59
Abatements to January 1, 1933 . . 305.16
Outstanding January 1, 1933
543.12
$2,917.62 $2,917.62
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1930 Polls
Outstanding January 1, 1932
$52.00
Collections to January 1, 1933. . . .
$20.00
Abatements to January 1, 1933. . . 22.00
Outstanding January 1, 1933
10.00
$52.00
$52.00
1930 Excise
Outstanding January 1, 1932
$1,316.93.
Collections to January 1, 1933.
$225.46
Abatements to January 1, 1933. 584.11
Outstanding January 1, 1933
507.36
$1,316.93
$1,316.93
1931 Betterments
Outstanding January 1, 1932
$24,424.67
Collections to January 1, 1933. . .. $1,241.25
Abatements to January 1, 1933. .. 3,984.84
Outstanding and recommitted in
Assessor's warrant
$ 19,198.58
$24,424.67 $24,424.67
1931 Real Estate, Personal Moth, Betterments and Committed Interest
Outstanding January 1, 1932 . $298,177.57 Reopened accounts 1,687.07
Collections to January 1, 1933. .. $262,755.68
Abatements to January 1, 1933. .. 7,142.68
Adjusted by decree of Court.
287.62
Town takings 318.36
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Town tax titles-unpaid 1931 taxes 16,246.80 Outstanding January 1, 1933. 13,113.50
$299,864.64 $299,864.64
1931 Polls
Outstanding January 1, 1932
$738.00
Additional commitment
266.00
Collections to January 1, 1933 . $362.00
Abatements to January 1, 1933. ..
486.00
Outstanding January 1, 1933
156.00
$1,004.00 $1,004.00
1931 Old Age Assistance Tax
Outstanding January 1, 1932.
$210.00
Additional commitment
133.00
Collections to January 1, 1933
$169.00
Reimbursed by State
107.00
Outstanding January 1, 1933
67.00
$343.00 $343.00
1931 Excise
Outstanding January 1, 1932.
$3,670.40
Additional commitments
330.45
Collections to January 1, 1933 . $2,168.19
Abatements to January 1, 1933 . . .
13.53
Outstanding January 1, 1933
1,819.13
$4,000.85
$4,000.85
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1932 Real Estate, Personal Moth, Betterments and Committed Interest
Commitment $836,551.70
Collections to January 1, 1933. ... $439,846.05
Abatements to January 1, 1933. ..
2,833.62
*Outstanding January 1, 1933
393,872.03
$836,551.70 $836,551.70
1932 Polls
Poll tax commitment. $9,624.00
Additional Commitments
312.00
Collections to January 1, 1933 .
$8,494.00
Abatements to January 1, 1933 . . 82.00
Outstanding January 1, 1933
1,360.00
$9,936.00
$9,936.00
1932 Old Age Assistance Tax
Old age assistance commitment
$4,812.00
Additional commitments
157.00
Collections to January 1, 1933 $4,355.00
Outstanding January 1, 1933. 614.00
$4,969.00
$4,969.00
1932 Excise
Commitments $35,045.75
Collections to January 1, 1933. .
$27,307.87
Abatements to January 1, 1933. ..
1,194.79
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Outstanding January 1, 1933 6,543.09
$35,045.75 $35,045.75
*There is approximately $28,000, included in the out- standing 1932 taxes, held by the Town as Tax Titles.
OTIS B. OAKMAN,
Tax Collector.
The above statements agree with the commitments of taxes as given to the Tax Collector. The amounts have been turned in to the Town Treasurer as stated, and are a correct reproduction of the Collector's books. The out- standing taxes have been compared with the Collector's commitment books and found correct.
RALPH W. ARNOLD, HERBERT W. CURTIS, THOMAS J. HENSHON, Auditors for 1932.
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Treasurer's Report
OTIS B. OAKMAN, Treasurer,
In account with Town of Braintree. DR.
Balance, January 1, 1932.
General Town balance. $136,095.11
Water Department balance. 59,184.17
Electric Light Department balance. 5,428.42
School Fund Income balance. 1,348.42
Penniman Trust Income balance
58.90
C. E. French Trust Income balance
98.33
Electric Depreciation Fund .
66,983.16
Charles Thayer Fund Income balance
701.92
George W. Kelley Fund balance
.13
Braintree Tercentenary Fund Income balance
1.65
$269,900.21
FROM COLLECTIONS DEPARTMENT
Tax
Interest
1928-reopened account
$200.00
1929-reopened account
310.30
$31.65
1930.
2,122.05
274.73
1931.
266,696.12
11,364.89
1932.
480,002.92
620.19
$761,622.85
Loans in Anticipation of Revenue
$625,000.00
Sidewalk Construction Loan :
Principal
$33,000.00
Premium
123.75
$33,123.75
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Sundry Accounts (including Gasoline Tax $20,821.12) .... $148,346.95 All other sources, including divi- dends on Town Funds, given in detail in Accountant's Re- port 764,142.04
$2,332,235.59
CR.
Paid by orders of Selectmen. . $2,140,926.35
Credit Water Department money transferred to Town Account. 57,617.75
Cash Book balance, December 31, 1932. 133,691.49
$2,332,235.59
The above cash book balance is made up as follows :
General Town Account balance · $66,559.76
Water Department balance. 22,162.08
Electric Light Department balance 8,360.59
School Fund Income balance.
1,160.16
C. E. French Trust Income balance
86.25
Penniman Trust Income balance. 82.27
Electric Light Depreciation Fund 34,594.36
Charles Thayer Fund Income balance. 675.78
George W. Kelley Trust balance Income
2.32
Hannah R. Hollis Trust Income balance. . .
1.08
Julia Minchin Trust balance Income
1.47
Braintree Tercentenary Fund accrued interest
5.37
$133,691.49
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Paid During the Year on Town Notes and Bonds
Town Hall Bonds
$2,000.00
Lincoln School Addition Bonds. 6,000.00
High School Bonds 22,000.00
Temporary Loans 525,000.00
Thomas A. Watson School Bonds
4,000.00
Tuberculosis Hospital Bonds
1,000.00
Highway Construction Bonds
17,000.00
First Water Main and Standpipe Loan
5,000.00
Penniman School Addition Loan
7,000.00
Sewerage
15,000.00
Police and Fire Station
8,000.00
Second Water Main and Standpipe Loan
3,000.00
Braintree Highlands School Loan
8,000.00
Torrey School Addition Loan
10,000.00
$633,000.00
Interest Paid During the Year on Notes and Bonds
Temporary Loans, average rate 5.57 per cent. $18,912.40 Lincoln School Addition 3,510.00
Town Hall 40.00
Braintree Highlands School 4,680.00
Tuberculosis Hospital 180.00
Thomas A. Watson School.
1,760.00
High School
8,800.00
Torrey School Addition
3,825.00
Penniman School Addition.
2,440.00
First Water Main and Standpipe
1,000.00
Highway Construction
680.00
Sewerage
15,540.00
Police and Fire Station
4,320.00
Second Water Main and Standpipe.
1,080.00
$47,855.00
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The account of the Treasurer of the Water Department will be found in the Water Department Report.
MUNICIPAL LIGHT BOARD OTIS B. OAKMAN, Treasurer
Balance, January, 1932 $5,428.42
F. B. Lawrence, Mgr. (including $12,356.25 street lighting) 289,535.76
Interest on deposit
170.40
$295,134.58
Paid by order of Commissioners. . $286,773.99 Balance, Dec. 31, 1932 8,360.59
$295,134.58
Examined. Balance $8,360.59 found in custody of Treasurer :
Braintree National Bank. $6,680.84
State Street Trust Co. 1,579.75
Manager's cash Receipt 100.00
RALPH W. ARNOLD, HERBERT W. CURTIS, THOMAS J. HENSHON, Auditors 1932.
January 21, 1933.
FUNDED DEBT OF TOWN
Tuberculosis Hospital Bonds, dated December 1, 1919, 41/2%, maturing $1,000, 1933- 1935 inclusive $3,000.00
Thomas A. Watson School House Loan, 4% dated September 1, 1922, maturing $4,000, 1933-1942 40,000.00
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Torrey School Addition Loan, dated October 1, 1925, 41/4%, maturing $10,000, 1933- 1940 80,000.00
High School Loan, dated July 15, 1926, 4%, $1,000 each, maturing $22,000, 1933-1941 198,000.00
Penniman School Addition Loan, dated De- cember 1, 1926, 4%, $1,000 each, matur- ing $6,000, 1933-1941. 54,000.00
First Water Main and Standpipe Loan, dated December 1, 1929, 4%, $1,000 each, maturing $5,000, 1933-1936 20,000.00
Lincoln School Addition Loan, dated July 15, 1929, 41/4%, $1,000 each, maturing $6,000, 1933-1944 inclusive. 72,000.00
Braintree Highlands School Loan, dated De- cember 15, 1929, 41/2%, $1,000 each, Payable $8,000, 1933-1944. 96,000.00
Second Water Main and Standpipe Loan, 4%, dated October 1, 1930, maturing $3,000, 1933-1940 inclusive 24,000.00
Police and Fire Station, 4%, dated August 15, 1930, maturing $8,000, 1933-1941, and $7,000, 1942-1945 inclusive 100,000.00
Sewer Loan, 31/2%, dated August 15, 1931, maturing $15,000, 1933-1955, and $14,- 000, 1955-1961, inclusive. 429,000.00
Sidewalks Construction Loan 33/4%, dated December 15, 1932, maturing $7,000, 1933-1935, $6,000, 1936 and 1937 33,000.00
$1,149,000.00
In addition to the Funded Debt the Town owes $375,000 on Anticipation of Revenue Loans.
OTIS B. OAKMAN, Treasurer.
TRUST FUND TRANSACTIONS
Balance of Balance of
Amount of Fund Jan. 1, 1932
Balance of Income Jan. 1, 1932 Receipts
Income Paid from Paid from Fund Fund Income Jan. 1, 1933 Jan. 1, 1933
Nathaniel H. Hunt Trust
$24,276.99
$1,135.00
$1,135.00
$24,276.99
Charles Edward French Trust ....
2,419.50
$98.33
136.42
148.50
2,419.50
$86.25
Ann Maria Penniman Trust.
500.00
58.90
44.87
21.50
500.00
82.27
George W. Kelley Trust.
200.00
.13
11.19
9.00
200.00
2.32
Hannah R. Hollis Trust
100.00
5.58
4.50
100.00
1.08
Julia A. Minchin Trust
100.00
5.47
4.00
100.00
1.47
Charles Thayer Trust
20,329.06
701.92
903.86
930.00
20,329.06
675.78
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Electric Depreciation Fund.
66,983.16
21,720.75
$54,109.55
34,594.36
Braintree Tercentenary Fund.
68.42
3.72
72.14
Accounts Approved. Amounts of funds and balances found in custody of Treasurer.
RALPH W. ARNOLD, THOMAS J. HENSHON, HERBERT W. CURTIS, Auditors 1932.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Fire Department OF THE
TOWN OF BRAINTREE FROM
December 31, 1931 to December 31, 1932
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Printed by Order of the Town
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REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen :
I respectfully submit to you the annual report of the Fire Department of the fiscal year ending December 31, 1932.
Total number of calls during the year-504, divided as follows :
Box Alarms
Month
Still Alarms
3
January
14
5
February
27
6
March
76
8
121
. April
55
1.
May
9
.June
13
July
7
19 9.
. August
7
. September
13
October
12
9
November
9
22
3
December
24
32
79
Totals 425
133
TOTAL CALLS IN EACH PRECINCT
Month
Precinct One
Precinct Two
Precinct Three
January
6
5
6
February
16
9
7
March
30
15
37
April
52
35
42
May
26
13
17
June
7
10
5
July
10
14
15
August
10
7
11
September
11
4
5
October
10
5
6
November
13
10
8
December
6
11
10
Total
197
138
169
134
TOTAL CALLS THAT EACH PIECE ANSWERED
Chief's Engine Engine
H&L Squad Squad
Month
Car
No.1
No. 3
No. 1
A
B
January
16
1
8
9
15
4
February
31
9
6
9
26
14
March
81
10
22
20
74
61
April
127
12
21
15
105
103
May
56
9
2
10
42
44
June
22
5
7
11
17
17
July
39
5
10
10
27
25
August
28
7
10
16
16
22
September
17
3
5
9
16
15
October
21
6
8
11
16
15
November
31
8
9
15
29
24
December
27
6
8
11
26
23
-
-
-
-
-
-
Total
496
81
116
146
409
367
135
Chemical Boosters
Ladders Used
Engines pumped Water (Ft.) (Hrs.) (Min.)
Month
January
850
3
550
50
2
5
February
1,450
9
610
100
2
10
March
5,150
3
2,910
200
10
20
April
13,900
20
4,525
100
15
20
May
6,300
6
1,050
60
3
25
June
1,900
9
300
40
1 0
July
5,450
6
865
125
2
30
August
2,850
3
160
200
0
30
September
6,950
12
150
35
0
30
October
1,350
6
300
75
1
0
November
1,450
3
700
175
3
5
December
3,050
12
650
152
1
40
-
-
-
Total
50,650
92
12,770
1,312
43
45
Hose Laid (Feet)
Used (Gals.)
Used (Gals.)
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Month
Valuation on Buildings
Insurance on Buildings
Damage to Buildings
Ins. Paid on Building
Jan.
$ 19,300.00
$ 17,000.00
$ 35.00
$ 10.00
Feb.
$ 99,300.00
$ 92,500.00
$2,735.00
$2,710.00
March
$183,600.00
$142,000.00
$3,458.00
$3,458.00
April
$ 22,300.00
$ 18,700.00
$ 610.00
$ 605.00
May
$198,750.00
$158,400.00
$1,069.00
$1,064.00
June
$ 21,900.00
$ 17,100.00
$ 407.80
$ 302.80
July
$ 35,850.00
$ 26,200.00
$3,267.05
$3,162.05
Aug.
$ 20,900.00
$ 18,600.00
$3,686.00
$3,661.00
Sept.
$ 18,400.00
$ 10,400.00
$ 25.00
$ 25.00
Oct.
$ 38,500.00
$ 33,300.00
$ 775.00
$ 750.00
Nov.
$ 93,750.00
$ 68,400.00
$3,333.00
$3,228.00
Dec.
$ 70,300.00
$ 64,500.00
$4,240.00
$4,220.00
$667,100.00 $23,640.85 $23,195.85 $817,850
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Month
Valuation on Contents
Insurance on Contents
Damage to Contents
Ins. Paid on Contents
Jan.
$ 5,500.00
$ 3,000.00
$ 25.00
$ 25.00
Feb.
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