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1937 W. P. A. Fund:
In the Annual Town Meeting of 1937, the Board of Selectmen advocated an appropriation of $25,000.00 under their control for mate- rials and other necessary expenses to carry on W. P. A. work and thus secure for the Town the wages that the Federal government pays under this arrangement. The Finance Committee had proposed a sum of $15,000.00 but the Town Meeting voted the larger sum to be spent by the Selectmen.
Previous appropriations for E. R. A. and W. P. A. in 1934, 1935 and 1936 had been administered by the Finance Committee with economy and prudence, so that substantial balances had been saved from year to year to help in the following year's work. In addition the Water De-
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partment carried on extensive W. P. A. projects, the cost of materials being borne by the department itself. A large number of worth-while projects had been carried through to completion under this plan, and when the Finance Committee was relieved of this duty, the W. P. A. organization was functioning smoothly, and there was bequeathed to the Selectmen a large program of work prepared, investigated and ap- proved in advance.
However, the Selectmen chose to use this money for nearly every- thing except W. P. A. work, and spent it recklessly, irresponsibly and without regard for the Town's interest. It was all gone in September 1937 less than six months after it had been appropriated. It brought to the Town only $6,381.00 in Federal wages instead of $100,000.00 as anticipated. Only two Highway projects were completed, Bickford Road and Cedarcliff Road. The whole burden of carrying on W. P. A. work fell on the Water and Sewer departments with a corresponding increase of the Town's expenditure through these departments.
This appropriation of $25,000.00, plus a further allowance of $3,000.00 from the 1936 fund, was spent as follows:
Administration Salaries $ 2,928.00
Office Supplies and Gasolene 524.81
Payrolls, Workers not on Relief or W. P. A. 9,434.87
$12,887.68
Material:
Weymouth Asphalt Co.
$ 4,724.64
Independent Coal Tar Co.
3,082.38
Hausler Co.
546.11
Crystal Concrete Co.
421.99
Miscellaneous Material
3,958.54
$12,733.66
Miscellaneous Charges:
Thorp's Garage - Balance due on one 1935 Plymouth 2 Door Sedan. $ 400.00
Joseph Peach - Mason Work on Craw- ford Road, Allen Street and Pleasant- view Avenue
491.98
J. Barile - Labor of Plumbers on new office for Selectmen
185.50
J. F. Preston Labor and Material Carpenter Work
147.00
(Invoice not approved by Selectmen and no designation of where work was done or what work, but accountant's book has a note "Selectmen's office.")
L. A. Qualey - 12 new outlets in new office
55.00
L. A. Qualey - Electrical Expense
10.45
Jannell Motors Co. - Rebuilding Ford car and adding truck body - Old Am- bulance
495.00
Sundry Labor - New Office
47.50
Sundry Charges: Telephone, postage, oil, tires, etc.
546.23
$ 2,378.66
$28,000.00
The construction work accomplished with the above funds was located mainly on unaccepted streets, and on locations for which W. P. A.
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projects had already been requested from the government. After this work was done, a number of these projects were approved by the W. P. A., so that a great part of the labor charge can be counted as waste, as the government would have paid all the wages if the Selectmen had chosen to wait.
The use of this money to build new offices and shower-baths in the Town house was manifestly illegal and unwarranted.
This whole fund was used at the whim of the Selectmen not for W. P. A. work, but for their own brand of work relief in which the Town had to bear the whole of the cost. It is reported that the sedan bought from this fund was operated by Selectman Cahill for any and all purposes. The Selectmen and the W. P. A. office neglected to pre- pare any new projects so that the Town began the 1938 W. P. A. work in an embarrassing position with only the Water, Sewer and School departments having projects.
After the 1937 W. P. A. fund was exhausted in September 1937, the work was carried on by the Finance Committee from the balance left in the 1936 fund, and by contributions from the Water Department. Town Hall Maintenance:
Appropriation
$ 2,000.00
Expenses :
Gas and Fuel
$ 12.55
Light
296.04
Janitor's Supplies
193.18
Water and filter rental
147.88
Flower beds
30.00
Flags
7.01
Repairs
489.76
New Selectmen's office and shower-bath
822.77
$ 1,999.19
Balance
$ .81
This account was spent mainly for the new and unauthorized construction of Selectmen's offices. The whole cost of this work so far as can be determined was:
From Town Hall Maintenance $ 822.77 445.45
$ 1,268.22
Inasmuch as the School Department was forced to spend nearly as much to construct new offices in the Pond School after being ordered from the Town House so that this renovation could be made, the work can be considered a costly luxury.
Attention is called that the amount of fuel paid for in 1937 is negligible, but early in 1938 several large bills for coal were paid, evidently for coal previously delivered.
Attention is called to the construction of a wood and glass par- tition in the public corridor of the Town House second floor. This work was done in September 1937 but the bill was rendered and paid for in January 1938, contrary to law.
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The details of this bill are as follows:
J. F. Preston - Glass Corridor
Material $ 165.80
Labor, 5 days @ $ 8.00
40.00
Labor, 4 days @
10.00 40.00
5.00
Hardware
$ 250.80
The value of this work has been estimated to be approximately $100.00.
The inclusion of this bill together with the coal bills have seriously impaired the Town Hall Maintenance account for 1938.
Employees' Compensation Insurance :
This account shows an irregularity which should be reported.
The appropriation for 1937 for this kind of insurance was $6,800.00. The annual policy placed with John C. Paige as agent expired on March 31, 1937 and was renewed by a policy through A. E. Boynton as agent. Although three months' premium was due the Paige agency, the Boynton agency rendered a bill on March 20, 1937 for the whole amount of $6,800.00, which was promptly paid. In exchange for this payment, the Boynton agency gave the Town a policy carrying an estimated premium of $5,000.00.
In September 1937 the Selectmen requested the Finance Com- mittee for a transfer from the Reserve Fund to meet John C. Paige's bill of $2,145.56 for the first three months. The Finance Committee promptly investigated the transactions, and found that the Boynton agency had remitted only $5,000.00 less commission to the Insurance Company, and had retained $1,800.00 unaccountably. The Finance Committee made a protest to the Selectmen, the sum of $1,800.00 was refunded immediately and was used to meet the Paige bill. At the expiration of the Boynton policy it was found that only $183.28 addi- tional was needed from the 1938 appropriation. Granted that the parties to this transaction were innocent of dishonest intentions, it remains that the Selectmen were negligent of the Town's interest.
Some of the matters presented to you herein are indications of negligence on the part of Town officials rather than unlawful acts subject to prosecution by your office but they are presented because they form a background for the unlawful expenditures which con- stitute the actual overdrafts. That these overdrafts were unlawful there can be no doubt. There is no evidence of the existence of emer- gencies, as contemplated by the statutes, which justified the incurring of liability for the goods furnished or the services performed, and there is good evidence that neither the goods furnished nor the serv- ices performed were in any way necessary for the proper operation of the Town's affairs.
The Selectmen not only acted to incur liability but they went beyond that, and further than the statutes contemplate in any event when they authorized the use of Town funds without appropriation to pay for liabilities unlawfully incurred.
Our Committee respectfully urges you to assign a member of your staff to procure complete evidence relating to the matters out- lined herein and you may be assured of the fullest cooperation not only from the members of our committee but from Town officials as well.
The opinion is widely expressed that your successful prosecution of these evident violations of municipal law will have a profound
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effect on the future administration of Town affairs not only in Braintree but in other towns of the Commonwealth and we ask your best effort to this worthy end.
Yours very truly, GEORGE L. ANDERSON, Chairman, Special Committee.
. Voted: To transfer from Surplus Revenue the amount of $55,296.47 for overdrafts of the year 1937 and that the report of the Committee be accepted. Carried - 10:25.
ARTICLE 64 and 67.
Voted: That Article 67 be considered in conjunction with Article 64. Carried.
Mr. Bartlett moved: That the Moderator appoint a committee of five Citizens, two of whom shall be members of the School Com- mittee, to have a survey made by an outside expert of the Braintree School System, and of the School Housing situation, and a sum of $2,000.00 be appropriated for that purpose.
Mr. Sylvester offered the following amendment: That the com- mittee be made up of the Chairman of each precinct and that the com- mittee consist of eight along with two members of the School Com- mittee. Not carried - 10:40.
The original motion as offered by Mr. Bartlett. Carried - 10:50. ARTICLE 18.
Mr. Blewett moved: That the Town appropriate the sum of $330,000. for the purpose of constructing, furnishing and equipping an addi- tion to the high school and for making additions, alterations and re- pairs to the present building, under the direction of a committee com- posed of five members to be appointed by the Moderator, two such members to be members of the School Committee; and that the sum of $7,000. of the above total amount be raised by taxation in the cur- rent year and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow the balance of said total amount, or if Federal funds are made available for this purpose through a grant or loan under the P. W. A. or other Federal agencies, then the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, is authorized to borrow such sum as may be necessary for the Town's share as sponsor; in either case, the borrowing to be for a term not exceeding twenty years. Not carried - 11:08.
ARTICLE 67.
Mr. Cavanagh moved: That the Town delegate a committee of two to negotiate for the purchase of two to three acres of land, in Precinct 4, for the site of a grade school building, lying in the neigh- borhood east of Hawthorn Road between Park Street and Thorndike Street extensions; instruct the Moderator to appoint the committee and the committee to submit a proposition for the purchase on an article in the warrant for next Town Meeting. Not carried - 11:10 P. M.
ARTICLE 65.
Voted: No action under Article 65. Carried - 11:11.
Mr. Bartlett moved: That we adjourn until two weeks from to- night - Monday, April 17, 1939 - at 7:45 P. M. Carried.
A true copy, Attest:
ERNEST C. WOODSUM, Town Clerk.
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April 17, 1939.
The adjourned Town Meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Wm. F. Rogers at 8.00 P.M. There were 204 Town Meeting Members present.
Mr. Bartlett moved: That the reading of the minutes of the last meeting be dispensed with. Carried.
Notice was served of desire to reconsider Article 63 and Article 64.
Mr. R. Lakin offered the following Resolution-RESOLVED: That it is the sense of the Town Meeting Members here assembled that the salary of the members of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusets should not be increased from $2,000.00 for the entire period until the next election in 1940 .- Carried 8:01.
Mr. Ira Young moved: Reconsideration of Article 63. Not carried -8:07.
Mr. Justice moved: Reconsideration of Article 64. Not carried- 8:28.
ARTICLE 66.
Voted: That the Selectmen be and are hereby authorized to sell property, the title to which has been acquired by the Town under tax title foreclosure procedure, at public auction pursuant to a notice of such sale published in one or more newspapers published in the Town, at least one week before the date of said sale, and to execute such deeds or instruments of conveyance as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this vote. Carried 8:29.
ARTICLE 68.
Mr. Bartlett moved: No action under Article 68. Not carried 8:40.
Mr. Murphy moved: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $2500.00 for the collection, transportation and disposal of rubbish and refuse from the private residences and stores or any other habita- tions in the Town of Braintree, collections to be made by the Highway Department.
Mr. Starr offered the following amendment: Strike out the words "and stores or any other habitations". Carried.
Moved: That the sum appropriated be $2800.00. Not carried.
The original motion offered by Mr. Murphy, as amended,-That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $2500.00 for the collection, transportation and disposal of rubbish and refuse from the private resi- dences in the Town of Braintree, collections to be made by the Highway Department. Carried 8:48.
ARTICLE 2.
Mr. Foley offered the following Resolution: That the Selectmen will put an article in the Town Warrant at the first Special Town Meet- ing, if there be any, to provide for an increase in the salary of the Town Accountant and the salary of the Town Treasurer, the same to be retro- active, to April 1, 1939. Not carried 8:50.
ARTICLE 69.
Voted: No action under Article 69. Carried 8:51.
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ARTICLE 71.
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to assist Braintree Post No. 86, American Legion, Antietam Camp No. 3, Sons of Union Veterans and Braintree Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, in defraying expenses of Memorial Day. Carried-8:52.
ARTICLE 72.
Voted: To appropriate from the Highway Fund, so-called, provided by Chapter 2 of the Acts of 1939, the sum of Five Thousand Two Hun- dred Eighty and 95/100 dollars ($5,280.95) for the purpose of remov- ing street car tracks and repaving Railroad Street and adjacent portions of Elm and River Streets. Carried-8:55.
ARTICLE 73.
Moved: To amend Article 1 of the By-Laws by adding a new sec- tion to said article, said section to read as follows :-
"Section 8. The following officials of the Town shall be members ex-officio of the Limited Town Meeting, in accordance with Section 3 of Chapter 17 of the Acts of 1937 :- Moderator, Town. Clerk, Treasurer, Town Accountant, Tax Collector, Chairman of the Selectmen, Chair- man of Assessors, Chairman of Water Commission, Chairman of School Committee, Chairman of Municipal Light Board, Chairman of Park Com- mission, Chairman of Planning Board, Chairman of Board of Health, Chairman of Trustees of Public Library, Chairman of Sewer Commis- sion, Chairman of the Finance Committee, and Secretary of the Finance Committee." Not carried-9:09.
ARTICLE 2.
Mr. Anderson moved: That a Committee of five be appointed by the Moderator to make a study of the By-Laws of the Town and report to the next Annual Town Meeting such revision for amendments to the By-Laws as it may deem desirable. Carried-9:10.
Mrs. French moved: That the Moderator appoint a committee of five to consider the matter of zoning and report at a subsequent Town Meeting. Carried-9:11.
Mr. Foley moved: That the Moderator appoint an Industrial and Development Committee to bring to the attention of Manufacturers the advantages, and Home Owners the residential qualities of the Town. Carried.
ARTICLE 74.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 for the ex- penses of the Planning Board. Carried-9:15.
ARTICLE 75.
Mr. Anderson moved: That the Town of Braintree adopt a stand- ardized purchase order form as approved by a Committee of five to be appointed by the Moderator, and that this approved form shall be put into general use in all purchasing departments of the Town not later than May 1, 1939, and that the Board of Selectmen shall be responsible for furnishing and distributing these forms to the various departments, and shall charge each department for the quantities used, and that the control copy of each purchase order issued by each department be prop- erly classified and mailed each week by the Town Accountant to the
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Chairman of the Controller's Committee which was authorized by the Town under Referendum No. 3, March, 1938. Carried 9:40.
ARTICLE 76.
Mr. Horace R. Drinkwater submitted a detailed report of the Special Committee appointed under Article 53 of the 1934 Annual Town Meeting, outlining plans for the Three Hundredth Anniversary Celebra- tion for Braintree.
Moved: To appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) for expenses of the committee authorized and appointed under a vote taken on April 2, 1934 under Article 53 of the Annual Warrant for that year. And further, to authorize, so far as the Town has the power to do so, the said committee to enter into certain contracts and agreements for the purpose of providing in 1940 a suitable celebration of the three hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of the Town of Braintree, said contracts and agreements not to obligate the Town to an extent exceeding six thousand five hundred dollars ($6,500.00), in addition to the above appropriation.
Mr. Justice moved: That this Article be laid on the table and re- ferred to the next Annual Town Meeting. Not carried 10:33.
The Moderator appointed the following Tellers: Messrs. Little, Almquist, Rice, Ryan, Walker, White, Hale and Young.
On the original motion, as offered, there being 90 in the affirmative and 89 in the negative-the motion was lost. (This motion required a two-thirds vote.) 10:37.
Mr. Cavanagh moved: Reconsideration of Article 76. There being 119 in the affirmative and 52 in the negative-Carried 10:47.
Vote was then taken on the original motion offered under Article 76. There being 116 in the affirmative and 64 in the negative-the motion was lost. (This motion required a two-thirds vote.) 10:52.
ARTICLE 23.
Voted: That we take up Article 23-Item 6 at this time.
Mr. Bartlett moved: That we raise and appropriate the sum of $14,000.00 for the purchase of a 65 Ft. Service Aerial Ladder Truck. There being 82 in the affirmative and 98 in the negative-Not carried. 12:02.
Mr. Connell moved: That the Chief of the Fire Department is in- structed and authorized to purchase a complete new ladder equipment for the present ladder truck if, in his judgment, that is necessary. That he buy the kind and type that best suits the needs of the Town, and that the total cost shall not exceed $1,000. Carried-12:05.
Mr. Connell moved: That the Chief of the Fire Department is here- by instructed to have John H. Hill Motor Service, 226 Water Street, Quincy, bring the present ladder truck up to the safest driving condi- tions possible by the installation of new Gunite Carbon Steel Drums and the best of linings, together with XT 1/2 operating valve as additional equipment, so as to operate emergency brakes as well as foot brakes with vacuum control, taking advantage of the Booster that is now in- stalled, total cost being $189.80-detailed specifications and proposed bid attached:
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Labor $54.00
2-Gunite rear brake drums
47.50
1-Set rear brake linings
14.30
1-XT1/2 Operating valve 17.50
10-Ft. air hose
4.50
4-Lbs. fibre grease
.80
2-Sliding yokes
2.00
1-Set drive shaft brake linings 4.50
1-Hand brake main cable
3.75
1-Drive shaft brake drum
23.75
1-Center cross shaft
6.00
Bolts, nuts, keys and springs
11.20
$189.80
Carried-12:07.
Mr. Connell moved: That the Chief of the Fire Department is here- by authorized to purchase a pair of new tires and tubes for the present ladder truck, same to be balloon type tires, cost to be approximately $128 .- Carried 12:09.
Mr. Foley offered the following resolution: RESOLVED-That the first meeting under the new form of Government, congratulates and wishes to express its gratitude on the fairness and impartial manner in which it was conducted under the Moderator, William F. Rogers. Car- ried.
Mr. Cavanagh moved: That the Tercentenary Committee be given a vote of Confidence. Carried 12:10.
ARTICLE 2.
Under Article 2, the following Resolution was offered:
Whereas: The W.P.A. was primarily designed to relieve unemploy- ment by providing work for the unemployed and
Whereas: The type of employment is of secondary interest and
Whereas: Those projects known as street improvements are more . economical for the Town to operate than curb or sidewalk projects and in the interest of economy should be preferred
Therefore: Be it Resolved, That, the Braintree Town Meeting in meeting assembled on April 17, 1939 do hereby instruct the Board of Selectmen to give preference to this type of project. Carried.
ARTICLE 77.
Voted: No action under Article 77. Carried 12:13.
Appropriations to be raised by taxation $1,028,490.20
Appropriations not in tax levy 251,860.55
Total Appropriations $1,280,350.75
Moved: That the Annual Town Meeting be adjourned. So voted- 12:14.
A true copy, Attest:
ERNEST C. WOODSUM,
Town Clerk.
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BIRTHS
BIRTHS received too late to appear in the Town Report:
Date Name
Dec. 30, 1934 Carolyn Bates Thayer
Jan. 3, 1938
Robert Gaton Burns
Dec. 4, 1938
Jeanne Kershaw Comeau
Dec. 9, 1938
Brian Edward Kenney
Dec. 17, 1938 Elaine Margaret Donnelly
Parents' Names
Kenneth and Miriam G. William and Clara John and Mary
Edward and Shirley M. Robert J. and Catherine
BIRTHS IN 1939 JANUARY
1 Nancy Ellen Yerkes
4 Judith McCusker
10 William Benoit
12 Carole Jean Richardson
12 Eileen Elizabeth Theresa Vitagliano
14 Philip John Faustini, Jr.
14 John Francis Finnerty
15 Carl Donald Scrivener
16 Allen Douglas Estabrook
17 James Mullen
19 Robert Atherton Hunt
19 James Atherton Hunt
19 Marcia Catherine Miller
20 Joan Brewster Cutler
21 Jacqueline Ruth Smith
24 Barbara Geraldine Allsopp
24 Kenneth Raymond Macleod
25 John Stanley Huber, Jr.
26 Betty Anını Bates
26 Jane Damon
26 Nancy Christine Luoma
28 Brenda Neubauer
31 Charlotte Clark Tripp
31 Frank Brown Whiting, Jr.
Harold L. and Mary J. Richard M. and Margaret H. Hormisdas A. and Eva A. James II. and Nina A. Generoso and Mary A. Philip J. and Margaret M. Joseph P. and Florence L. Carl II. and Christobel F. Gordon N. and Gertrude M. James and Marion Edward A. and Catherine R. Edward A. and Catherine R. Clare L. and Catherine H. David R. and -Patience B. J. A. and Ruth L. Arthur E. and Barbara H. Raymond A. and Margaret H. John and Wanda Everett E. and Clara E. Walter S. and Mary F. Francis G. and Cecile C. Hal and Madeline G. David A. and Elizabeth J. Frank B. and Florence M.
FEBRUARY
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5 Lyman Raymond Messer
7 James Richard Collins
7 Robert Norwood Elkington
8 Ann Estella Crehan
14 Robert Kevin Kelly
16 Patricia Ann Puglisi
18 Carol Stewart Thomas
19 Barbara Jane Connell
22 Albert Ralph DeBold
23 Virginia Mary Doyle
26 Bette Ann Wentworth
28 John Standish Temple, Jr.
Albert R. and Mary R. William H. and Mary J. Benjamin J. and Milwood E. Herbert F. and Ruperta A. James D. and Anne M. Santo and Florence Wendell E. and Lillian S. William J., Jr. and Olive William R. and Esther L. Richard E. and Evelyn M. Calvin D. and Ebba M. John S. and Phyllis E.
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MARCH
Date Name
4 Stillborn
5 Arlene Lorraine Waters
6 Charles Gregory Gillies
6 George Frederick Holden, Jr.
7 Robert Bruce Muirhead, 3rd
7 Dolores Anne Woelfel
12 Robert Donald Smith
14 Donald Owen Worthen
17 Archibald Livingston Whyte, Jr.
17 Julia Patricia Coletti
17 Patricia Brow
19 John Owen Myatt
20 James Lowell Van Doren
23 James Clement Le Vangie
23 Robert John Bullock
28 Maria Anne Faunce
29 William Scheures Jordan
30 Francis Eugene Shortsleeves
Parents' Names
John G. and Arlene G. Charles W. and Marjorie R. George F. and Eleanor K. Robert B. and Mary M. Francis and Cecelia William H. and Margaret Ray O. and Dorothy C. Archibald L. and Dorothy R. Arnold and Nellie Joseph and Josephine Walter J. and Helen G. John B. and Rena Curtis and Emily Robert J. and Grace E. Harry M. and Kathryn M. Malcolm G. and Wilhelmina Preston S. and Katherine A.
APRIL
1 Kenneth Parker Fallon, 3rd
3 Susan Allen
5 Joseph Peter Benotti
5 Gail Mary Johnson
6 Jean Roberta Darling
7 Phillips Campbell Baird
7 Nancy Lee Dockendorff
9 Judith Mary Leining
12 Sandra Anne Owens
14 Edward Douglas Rose
14 Kenneth Newton Hastings
15 Margaret Conant Sheldon
19 Graham Elliot Thomas Jenson
20 Maureen Kane
20 Donna Lee Murray
20 Robert Allen Vigneau
23 Francis Joseph Carlozzi
25 Geraldine Ann Paty
25 Joseph Francis Kelley
27 Jane Hunter Bennett
28 Irene Mary Abar
29 Stephen Wesley Flaherty
29 Elsie Lorraine Nickerson
30 Sheila Mae Hardy
Kenneth P., Jr. and Anna Ralph B. and Mary C. Amelado P. and Nancy F. Robert and Katheryne Joseph O. and Ethel E. Gordon M. and Dorothy William S. and Hazel F. Gustave H. and Edna B. Albert J. and Blanche M. Howard J. and Myrtle D. Newton H. and Ella V. Prescott B. and Edith James and Josephine Harold J. and Helen Harold F. and Mildred E. Robert A. and Evelyn Frank and Inez Leroy F. and Angelina Michael J. and Mary Charles M., 3rd and Margaret E. Burt G. and Irene E. Joseph W. and Elizabeth M. Frank L. and Emily G. Charles P. and Dorothy M.
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