Town annual report of Braintree, Massachusetts for the year 1943, Part 7

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"Obedience to law is Liberty" is a quotation which, if the world would recognize, accept and act in accordance therewith, would create, or at least tend to create a world brotherhood of man and NOT the world chaos of today. A recognition of the other fellow's rights is most important. After this war the difficulty of the problem will be tremendous but at least some progress may be made in a small way through activities conducted for pupils in our schools by means of which there may be a more desirable mental attitude developed. Some progress I believe has been made in the class room in the social studies by an effort to increase the real understanding of the people of other countries in connection with the activities and ideas of those peoples. When one gets to know people their ideas frequently do not seem to be so strange after all. When one gets to KNOW a child his ideas and actions may be understood and effective guidance undertaken which may lead to desirable ideas and actions. The class room, where schol- astic work is done is, to the child, an artificial environment where it is difficult to know the child. Get him into a game with his fellows, on the play-ground, in the gymnasium, anywhere so long as it is an environment with an atmosphere which he feels is of his own making, and the oppor- tunity is there for KNOWING the child.


Sometimes the term "extra-curricula activities"' is used. We are doing more of this in our High School than we are in our grade schools but even in our High School not as much as might well be done had we the facilities -namely, an adequate building with proper facilities. In our grade schools we are trying to do something-4 H Clubs, Boy Scouts, Cub Packs, Sea Scouts, Basket Ball, Soccer, Tag Ball. To improve in our results more fa- cilities will have to be provided which costs money but definite plans should be prepared with some assurance of approval for their execution in the future.


Many powerful educational agencies can not be controlled or even per- haps influenced by schools and teachers but with public approval the school day can be lengthened so that with the provision of proper facilities and with increased financial support, there can be more extra-curricula activi- ties effectively organized for the benefit of children and efficiently super- vised by a trained personnel and there would be less time for undesirable influences of other agencies to do their work.


After the war I am of the opinion that a plan for accommodating a group of much older students in our High School should be made. I hope that education will be looked upon as being of sufficient value to the individ- ual so that those returning who did not secure a High School diploma will


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want to do so and possibly some others in an older age group who perhaps have not been away may feel encouraged to take up the problem of in- creasing their academic credits to the point of securing a High School di- ploma if and when they see that an older group of students is more or less segregated from the younger group. If, when the time comes, this may seem to be impractical because of limited facilities the solution might be found in the establishment of an evening school.


The health of the pupil is most important and I feel that the work done in our schools is better than just averagely good. The following is quoted from the report of the Annual Report of the Director of Health:


"The work in physical education continues on a very high plane; all instructors are concerned with improving physical fitness at their own par- ticular grade and age level. The two high school instructors use a definite plan of action in determining individual physical fitness and then set up a program of correction and improvement for those who indicate a low fitness. Their achievement tests, seasonal programs of activities and gen- eral class work has proven of interest and benefit to the boys and girls. Expressions of praise and thankfulness have been offered to this depart- ment by our boys and girls in the service for the training received in phy- sical education as preparation for the more intensive training which is handed out by our military authorities.


The program in the grades, while of less intensity, nevertheless, is di- rected toward accomplishing beneficial results to all. Body building exer- cises, marching, skills and games are being taught in progression. The time and effort devoted to physical education is so noticeable when our pupils' responses are compared with those of transfer pupils from other schools which have not had this important work."


The press has given no small amount of space lately to so-called juve- nile delinquency. I would like to quote from the annual report of the Super- visor of Attendance:


"Delinquency comes under the head of volitional behavior and the background of volition is the mental life-ideas. Boys and girls see their older brothers and sisters off to join the war services, and their greatest desire is to grow up suddenly, to be emancipated from all family restraints. They are seemingly thrown out of balance, and this is very much on the increase. "Uncertainty" seems to fill the air as far as the High School age, pupils are concerned. I feel that "uncertainty" which radiates from most of the young people I call on every day. This type is habitually on my lists. I can also understand their feelings because I am familiar with their immediate home environments and I can truthfully say the students are NOT to blame." J. Edgar Hoover says, "It is not a problem of Juvenile Delinquency but rather one of Adult Delinquency."


Dr. N. L. Engelhardt says, "The boys coming back from the world fronts will have their ideas about community solidarity, the services to be rendered, and the opportunities they seek for their families. Their world experiences will furnish splendid backgrounds for the reinterpretation of educational programs. They will sense the values of a community educa- tional program of the widest scope and will insist on the schools functioning for longer hours and in the service of adults and young alike" and I am sorry he did not add, with a physical plant and facilities adequate and suit- able for effective functioning but this is so self-evident that it, perhaps, is not necessary that it be stated.


May my wishful thinking come true, "Peace on earth-Good will to- wards men" at least by the time for my next annual report.


Respectfully submitted,


C. EDWARD FISHER, Superintendent of Schools


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FINANCIAL STATEMENT


Teachers' Salaries (including Principals,


Supervisors and 4 Secretaries)


$269,608.44


Superintendent's Salary


5,175.00


Secretaries' Salaries


3,090.00


Supervisor of Attendance


1,150.00


Telephones, Printing, Postage, etc.


1,620.84


Nurse, Physicians and Health Supplies


3,314.35


Janitors' Salaries


21,184.68


Fuel


11,575.85


Light, Water and Misc. Operating


4,651.58


Text Books and Supplies


16,962.06


Transportation


10,122.85


Tuition


3,408.07


Repairs and Improvements


14,606.15


Outlay


89.50


Miscellaneous


454.79


$367,014.16


RECEIPTS OF THE TOWN ON ACCOUNT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


Massachusetts School Fund


.$ 28,815.00


State Reimbursement (on tuition paid)


1,610.03


Tuition (State Wards and others)


1,046.52


Miscellaneous


176.50


Net Cost to Town for Support of Schools


$31,648.05 $335,366.11


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GRADUATES OF 1943


HIGH SCHOOL


Ruth Ellen Burke


Helen Muriel Davis


Anne Louise Powers Mary Jane Carty Mary Ann Gorman


Elizabeth Macandrew Helen Grey MacFee Theresa Eunice MacInnis Mary Elizabeth Mattie John James McCue


Dorothy Clark Tarr Theresa Grace Iamele


Lilian Alice Pierce


William Ingram Mccullough, Jr.


John Lawrence McDonnell


Lansing Hartwick McGill


Myrna Isabel Jewell John Francis Sullivan


*George Creighton Macdonald, Jr. Gretchen Paulus Janet Mary Wilson


Kenneth Morrell McIlvin Paul Joseph Mckeever Charles Francis McNulty Ralph Prestat Melville


Robert Edwin Milk


Patricia Geraldine Murphy Althea VirginiaNason


Jean Millicent Neal


Shirley Elena Nelson


Clara Elizabeth Nott


Pauline Louise Oakley


Helen Patricia O'Brien


Janet Parker


Lynde Catlin Patridge


Norma Leone Payne


Elizabeth Lee Beetle


Raymond Everett Bence, Jr.


Muriel Ward Benjamin


Robert Wallace Bewley


George Arnold Prescott, Jr.


James Richmond Qualey


Donald Harrison Quimby


Robert Wildred Routhier Mary Alice Conconnon


Dorothy Elizabeth Boltz


Gordon Bonny Copp


Charles William Brown


Estelle Louise Cousins


Donald Frederick Brownell


Ruth Marilyn Coyle


Doris Elizabeth Butler Ann Campbell Maureen Carey


George Gordon Cumming Kenneth Curran Paul Bertram Curran


Grace. Elizabeth Cavanagh


George Edward Cusick


Isabel Frances Cavanagh


Nancy Marie Damiano


Constance Bernadette Cheverie


Marion Helen Davies


Ruth Elizabeth Chisholm


Hazel Frances Davis


Sarah Atwood Clark


Robert Eugene Day Elsie Marie DeFrancesco


Grace Ellen Cocozella


Margaret Janet Collier


Louis Paul DeGregorio


Claire Cushman Hyland


Virginia Gertrude Denton


Gloria Mildred DeShong


Helen Mary Kelley John Andrew Kelley Wallace Macmillian Kemp Verle William King


Robert Thomas Donahue Marjorie Elsie Drollett Nancy Duffee Lucy Elizabeth Duffy


Warren John LaCroix


Arthur Edward Lake


Edwin Otis Learnard


Thelma Irene Libby Catherine Elizabeth Little


Elaine Marjorie Little


Henrietta Carrington Lockwood


Mary Malvina Lynch


Dorothy Rose Argentina


Faith Gambino


*Barbara Elizabeth Roberts Philip Holmes Chamberlain, Jr. Edith May Joudrey Wendell Edward Albert


Bertram Frederick Anderson Doris Kathleen Andrews


Dorothy Louise Appleyard Jeanne Russell Archer Esther Frances Arnold Ruth Ellen Bailey Virginia Bates


Charles Abbott Bean


Mary Woods Phemister


Arthur Leslie Porter


Gerald Joseph Post


Geraldine Ethel Bickford Ethel Louise Bierman Hollis Melville Black, Jr. Ruth Antoinette Bliss


John Pratt


Elaine Wright Duquet James Robert Eisenhauer


John Scott Elliott


Barbara Ann Farren


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Eileen May Finnegan Leo James Foley Marjorie Evelyn Ford William Middleton Fowler Virginia Maureen Furlong Helen Carole Gongaware Norman Wentworth Goodwin John Francis Gorham Marie Frances Gorham Marjorie Doreen Graham Shirley Crabtree Graham Barbara Ann Greene Joseph Augustus Hackett Margaret Elsie Hammett Frank Gordon Harris, Jr. Antoinette Marie Henrich Thomas Anderson Henshaw Rowena Orriville Hilton Jean Evangeline Hixon Marie Linder Holmberg Robert Wellman Howe


Shirley Bartlett Howland Ellen Jane Hughes


*Donald George Hunter Joseph Warren Sampson Grace Sargent


* Warren Craig Scott * Alice Miriam Shedd Mary Margaret Shepardson Patricia Ellen Shortall


Harold Glenn Simms


Cynthia Elizabeth Simpson


Robert Thomas Smart Kenneth Morton Smith Patricia Joy Smith Duncan Harry South Gertrude Catherine Spinney George Oliver St. Andre Marie Margaret Stafford


Elizabeth Oralee Starkey Donald Clark Stevens Barbara Stevenson


*Noami Alice Story Gordon Stanley Stovold Mary Elaine Sullivan Rita Ann Sullivan Lillian Ann Tassinari Paul Douglas Taylor


*Mildred Florence Tellier Marjorie Louise Thompson Robert Lewis Thompson Franklyn Willard Thurlow Marilyn Thurlow Patricia Anne Tobin


Mary Eleanor Tully Shirley May Twitchell


Catherine Mary Venuti Geraldine Margaret Wain Ruth Louise Wentworth Stanley LeRoy Westover Marjorie Clayton Willis Frances Rosalia Wilson Shirley Agnes Woodford Ruth Elizabeth Young


First eighteen names are arranged according to rank, with grade aver- ages of 90% or over.


* Not absent during four years' course.


BRAINTREE HIGHLANDS SCHOOL


Donald Frederick Adams


Robert Harold Le Vangie


Harry Leroy Annis


Warren Edward Newman


Anthony A. Asci


Richard Harold Olson


Raymond John Brickley


Paul Merton Pratt


Lois Shirley Butler


Joanne Rhoades


Norma Irene Carlsen


Agnes Campbell Ricketson


Lillian Frances Carmichiel


Thomas Morgan Robinson


Richard Harley . Cassidy


Grace Elizabeth Scott


Dirck Lloyd Dimock


Harry Leighton Sears


Oral A. Hardy, Jr.


Martha Ann Story


Thomas S. Jones


William Thomas Sullivan


Dorothea Marie Kelly Barbara Knaus


John L. Webb


NOAH TORREY GRAMMAR SCHOOL


Clement Patrick Berrio Mary Olive Bonino


Marguerite Frances Cardarople Grace Correnti


John Richard Bregoli


Edward J. Corrigan


Barbara Jean Burke


Robert Norman Crocker


Eva Jean Burke


Mary Grace DeBerardinis


Louisa A. Cannelli Joseph Peter Canelli


Robert Francis DeCoste


Edward Michael Delgiacco


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Arnold DelVecchio Warren Joseph Eno Robert L. Evans Vera Ann Fabiano Mary Teresa Farina Caroline Rebecca Friedmann


John Joseph Graziano Mary Elaine Hall


. Ruth Haskell


Florence Ann Hutchinson William D. Hawkinson Gladys Irene Linscott


Francis Joseph Luther


Ronald James Lynch


Frances Grace Magazu


Robert Francis Malagodi


Dorothy Alice Maloney


Lois Elaine Mathews


Irene Helen McDonough Angie Medico


Louise Virginia Milton


Marjorie Molway


Elma Ruth Moore


Arthur Mostyn Morgan


Catherine Marie Pino


Mary Frances Ann Puliafico


Daniel P. Richardi Louis S. J. Sala Louise Estelle Thayer


Peter Leo


Grace Anne Tricomi


Louise Gertrude Venuti


Jean L. Whitcomb


Harold J. Williamson


Roy Edward Yoerger


MONATIQUOT SCHOOL


Dorothy Louise Artesani Annabel Ayer


Carol Brown


Rita Elsie Carlozzi


Rita Myrtle Clifford


Edward Joseph Mahar


Adalbert DiPaolo


George Raymond Moisan


Mary Anne Duffy


Eugene Lee Muller


William Henry Eburn


Margaret Mary Finnegan


Elinor Louise Gorman


Joseph Chalmers Harvey Hugh Louis Hennedy


Russell Warren Holbrook Edwin David Johnson Harold Johnson, Jr.


HOLLIS SCHOOL


Harry Roland Balfour Edgar L. Bergeron Beverly Hope Bradford Jane Buckner Joan Buckner Harrison Hadley Clement


Russell Francis Cook


Charles Hadley Copeland Doris Marie Diotte Robert Edmondson Bartlett Elliott


Joan Maureen Fitzgerald Joan Elizabeth Flaherty Robert Wallace Glass


Corinne Nellie Griffetlı Elaine Hall Phyllis Mary Hammett Harry Goodwin Johnson Philip Johnson Bentley Horton Key David Lloyd Kjellander Marjorie Norma Klay


Richard Theodore Larson


Ruth Claire Larrabee James Stanley Magee Jane Marr


Lois Arlene Marvin


Joanne Frances McMerriman


Edward Johnston Moffatt


Jacquelyn Mundt


Jean Alice Myshrall Maynard Earl Newell Ralph Lawrence Oatt Jean Sarah Petze


Walter Joseph Reardon


Roen Dorice Rhodes Robert Paul Rossi Marjorie Lois Saurman Barbara Ann Shortle David Philip Talbot Jean Elizabeth Thurlow


Phyllis Marion Weixler William Herbert Wick


Edith Thayer Kelley


Virginia Ann Lane


Virginia Anne Lockwood


Ruth Ann MacArthur


Frank Charles Partridge


Bruce Quimby Jack Quimby


Dorothy Evelyn Ross


Gerard James Starkey


Janet Ruth White


Herbert Barham Woodworth


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PENNIMAN SCHOOL


Ann Therese Abar


Madelyn Theresa Mischler


Donald Warren Allen


Dorothy Ann Moody


Arthur Homer Anderson


Barbara Jean Moseley


Mary Elizabeth Cahill June Leslie Callaway


Priscilla Florence Moulton


Andrew John Murphy, Jr.


Phyllis Janet Clark Virginia Leila Craig


June Ellen Ramsay Barbara Ann Richardson


Ralph Ernest Drysdale


Phyllis Mary Ferris


Joan Tufts Stephenson


Carlton Gillis


Jean Marie Thompson Helen Mae Throp


Eleanor May Harper


Joan Elizabeth Herendeen


Shirley Louise West


Allison Irving Libby


Robert Lockwood Wilkinson


Frances Claire Lisano


David Paige Winslow


Willard Lord Marshall


David Franklin Wright


Mary Lee MeLaughlin


Jeanne Wadsworth Young


JONAS PERKINS SEHOOL


William Dunlop Aitken Dora Edna Bersani


Raymond Axel Johnson


Jeanne Evelyn Konetzky


Marguerite Ellen Bjorkman


Joan Dorothy Macduff


Richard Dekle Borden


Margaret Ann Maloney Alexander McNeil


Donald Richard Buker


John Joseph McNeil


Jean Elizabetlı Cleggett Richard Drummey


Lincoln Adams Robbins


Richard Avery Hirtle


Norma Etta Davis


Barbara Ann Dennis


WilliamHenry Boltz


Joseph Lawrence Fontoni


William Joseph Boyle Nan Bradford


Paul Fife Jopling


Paul Francis Buckley Jeanette Carlson


Arlene Mildred Keigan Henry Lewis Keiser Marjorie Evelyn Kerr


Adrian Gerald Carter


Ruth Anne Carty


Leo Vincent Cleary


John William LeRoy, Jr. John Anthony Libertine Jean Watson Linnen


Betty Ann Cobb Joseph Alexander Concannon


Dorothy Louise McRae David Martin Mortimer Carl Werner Olson


Herbert Kenneth Cooke


Kenneth Benson Crosby Marjorie Louise Crossman


Muriel Gertrude Pink


Charles Franklin Pinkham


William Ritchie Smith Richard Walter Whitehouse


ABRAHAM LINCOLN SCHOOL


Robert Joseph Paul Adams Natalie Karin Anderson Shirley Mae Anderson Florence Marie Bourget Robert Edwin Boyd


Donald Edward Brown Joan Carter Elizabeth Irene Cooperstein Vernon Samuel Curtis


John Denton Drake


Gordon Norris Dudley


Robert Allan Fraser


Jean Ann Frazier


Frances Marie Gallivan


Doris Alice Geoffroy


John Joseph Hill Francis Bernard James Leonard Frederick Marinella


9.1.


Evelyn Marie Warren John King Willard


THOMAS WATSON SCHOOL


Eric Allinson Barbara Jane Babin


Joseph Martin Hauber, Jr.


Beverly Way Brooks


John Joseph Curran Jolın Francis Curry Gerald Malcolm Dagley


Elinor Frances Potter


Francis George McCue Charles Augustus McGarrigle Frank Wendell McKenney Doris Elizabeth Perrault Frances Esther Peterson Rose Perpetua Roberts James Ernest Rudolph


Donald Earle Stackhouse Margaret Ann Stark Clyde Donald Stevens Ernest Carey Turpel Leslie Earle Watts Jr. Irene Frances Woodworth


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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


WATER DEPARTMENT


OF THE


Town of Braintree


FROM


December 31, 1942 to December 31, 1943


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Report of Water Commissioners


The Board of Water Commissioners submit the Annual Report of The Water Department for the year ending December 31, 1943.


An itemized account of all expenses is on file in the office of the Water Department and available to any interested citizen or citizens.


Following are the reports of the Treasurer, Registrar and Collector.


GEORGE A. WALKER, Chairman, Term expires 1944 THOMAS E. SEARS, Term expires 1946 JOSEPH LANDERS, Term expires 1945


JOHN W. HARDING, Treasurer


FRANK J. O'ROURKE, Chief Engineer


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TREASURERS' REPORT JOHN W. HARDING, Treasurer


In account with the Board of Water Commissioners:


Balance January 1, 1943


$ 194.65


Receipts for year


113,105.24


Paid by orders of Commissioners


Balance December 31, 1943


$103,154.37 10,145.52


$113,299.89


$113,299.89


COLLECTOR'S REPORT


Balance from 1942


$ 190.00


Collected 1943


113,105.24


Paid Treasurer on his Receipts


$113,105.24


Balance December 31, 1943


190.00


$113,295.24


$113,295.24


REGISTRAR'S REPORT


Water Rates Charged 1943


$106,272.21


Material and Labor Charged 1943


6,508.02


Summonses


9.24


Telephone Account


22.05


Water Rates outstanding Dec. 31, 1942


20,386.37


Material and Labor outstanding Dec. 31, 1942.


1,692.04


Collections, 1943


$113,105.24


Water Rates outstanding Dec. 31, 1943


19,982.33


Material and Labor outstanding Dec. 31, 1943.


1,790.75


Abatement on Water


2.76


Overpayments, 1942


33.19


Advanced payments, 1943


24.34


$134,914.27


$134,914.27


SUMMARY OF EXPENDITURES


Maintenance


$ 8,132.78


Great Pond Pumping Station


16,553.20


Little Pond Pumping Station


1,746.42


System Maintenance


8,424.48


Services In Street


4,198.03


Services Outside Street


5,489.62


Meters


1,133.44


Meter Repairs


3,263.66


Meter Reading and Outside Collections


2,187.74


Hydrant Repairs


244.40


Hydrant Testing and Flushing


149.81


Main Pipe Extensions


7,666.78


Main Pipe Repairs


570.22


Automobiles


1,464.70


Garage


460.52


Tools


332.91


Filtration


10,503.68


Water Protection


77.96


Superintendent


1,604.45


Insurance


2,056.36


Care of Grounds


7,667.29


Emergency Guard


9,046.09


Land Taking


360.10


Dam and Dike Project-Great Pond


.... . .... . .


. . . . ... 9,819.73


$103,154.37


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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS Year ending December 31, 1943


In form recommended by New England Waterworks Association :


Population-1943: 20,000.


Date of Construction: 1886.


By Whom Owned: Town of Braintree.


Source of Supply :


Braintree Little Pond (Commercial Only).


Braintree Great Pond.


Mode of Supply: Pumping to Reservoirs.


Capacity of Reservoirs:


Great Pond Supply: 1,560,590 gallons.


Little Pond Supply : 458,000 gallons.


PUMPING STATISTICS


Great Pond


1. Pumping Machinery :


1. Platts cross compound Corliss valve gear steam pump.


2. Allis Chalmers, single stage, double suction centrifugal pump; driven by 100 H. P. eneral Electric motor.


3. Allis Chalmers, single stage, double suction centrifugal pupm ; driven by 100 H. P. Allis Chalmers Electric motor. Little Pond (Commercial only)


2. Pumping Machinery :


4. Allis Chalmers, single stage, double suction centrifugal pump; driven by 10 H. P. Allis Chalmers Electric Motor.


Capacity of Pumps :


No. 1 1,512,000


No. 2


2,000,000


No. 3


1,800,000 No. 4 720,000


1. Total Pumpage for Year:


1. Great Pond-621,962,000 gallons


Largest day's pumpage-2,050,000 gallons


2. Little Pond-64,658,000 gallons


2. Total Electric Current Used-K.W.H.


1. Great Pond-632,080


2. Little Pond-14,368


3. Average Static Lift of Pumps:


1. Great Pond-133 feet


2. Little Pond-17 feet.


4. Average Total Lift of Pumps :


1. Great Pond-220 feet 2. Little Pond -. 40 feet


5. Cost of Current per Million Gallons:


1. Great Pond-$9.76 2. Little Pond-$2.91


6. Cost per Million Gallons Raised One Foot :


1. Great Pond-0.044 2. Little Pond-0.073


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7. Cost of Pumping per Million Gallons Based on Total Expenses:


1. Great Pond-$26.61


2. Little Pond-$27.00


FILTRATION STATISTICS


Date of Construction: 1934


Type of Filter: Wheeler Pyramidal, rapid sand.


Capacity : 2,000,000 gallons per 24 hours


Machinery :


1. Bacharach Alum Feeder


2. Bacharach Nuchar Feeder


3. Bacharach Soda Ash Feeder.


4. Syntron Lime Feeder


Pumping Machinery :


1. Allis Chalmers, single stage, double suction pump, driven by 25 H. P. Allis Chalmers electric motor and/or 35 H. P. Waukeshu gaso- line engine.


2. Allis Chalmers, single stage, double suction pump, driven by 10 H. P. Allis Chalmers electric motor.


Capacity :


No. 1. 2,000,000 gallons per 24 hours No. 580,000 gallons per 24 hours


Total water filtered: 621,962,000 gallons


Total electric currend used-K.W.H. 105,550


Cost of current per million gallons: $1.64


Cost per million gallons based on total expense : $16.90


RELATING TO DISTRIBUTION MAINS


1. Kind of pipe: Cast Iron, Wrought Iron


2. Size: From 1"' to 16" to 16"


3. Extended 1943: 1885'


4. Replaced small wrought iron with cast iron: 1655'


5. Total cast iron installed : 3540'


6. Total now in use: 88.35 miles


7. Number of hydrants added in 1943: 2


8. Total number now in use: 513


9. Range of static pressure: 35-105 pounds


SERVICES


10. Kind: Cast Iron, wrought iron, lead, copper, tubeloy


11. Size: 5%" to 10"


12. Added in 1943: 59


13. Total now in use: 5141


14. Number of meters added in 1943: 98


15. Total now in use: 4799


16. Percentage of services metered: 93.34%


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Report of the BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE


To the Honorable Board of Public Welfare


Town Hall,


South Braintree, Massachusetts.


Gentlemen :


With the increasing demand for Defense workers during the year, many women procured employment, so that another drastic cut was made in Relief rolls, from 53 cases and 86 persons January 1, 1943 to 29 cases and 49 persons on January 1, 1944. This includes 9 children being cared for by the State.


It is extremely doubtful if this case load will be lowered during the coming year, as those remaining are incapacitated or not eligible for other catagories of Relief.


Food


$10;062.39


$ 3,468.00


Rent


7,052.46


1,716.56


Fuel


2,076.70


684.13


Light


480.48


127.22


Doctors


1,596.81


552.00


Hospital


2,278.47


157.00


Convalescent Homes


Pharmacies


571.76


307.10


Shoes


263.74


56.85


Clothing


140.71


1.78


Cash


2,982.00


949.16


Board and Care


1,361.50


700.00


Institutions


2,409.27


2,671.55


Cities and Towns


9,935.42


988.75


Total


$41,474.32


$16,452.25


Discounts


$ 122.05


$ 18.59


Refunds


223.50


150.05


Unexpended Appropriation


$13,697.80


Receipts from State


5,737.16


Receipts from Cities and Towns


579.88


I also wish to state that all accounts payable to the Town from the State or Cities and Towns have been collected.


Respectfully submitted,


FREDERICK D. LAWLEY,


Agent.


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3,303.10


All Others (including Burials)


262.21


769.05


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


POLICE DEPARTMENT


OF THE


Town of Braintree


FROM


December 31, 1942 to December 31, 1943


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Report of The Police Department


January 1, 1944


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Gentlemen :


I herewith submit my report of the activities of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1943:


ARRESTS


Whole number -- 406


Male-384


Female-22


No. 1-CRIMES AGAINST PERSON


Offences


Male


Female


Total


Assault and Battery


22


1


23


Rape


4


4


27


1


28


No. 2-CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY


Breaking and Entering-Larceny


6


6


Forgery


1


1


Larceny and Attempts


5


1


6


Larceny of automobiles


4


4


Malicious Mischief


1


1


Trespass


1


1


18


1


19


No. 3-CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER, Etc.


Adultery


1


1


2


Delinquency


34


5


39


Disturbing the Peace


4


4


Driving to Endanger


2


2


Driving under influence


15


15


Drunkenness


210


217


Illegitimacy


3


3


Indecent Exposure


1


1.


Lewdness


2


2


Motor Vehicle Laws, Violation


20


20


Neglect, Desertion, Non-Support


20


6


26


Stubborness


1


1


Traffic Rules, Violation


2


2


Tramps, Vagrants


1


1


Affray Public Streets


4


4


Probation, Violation


3


3


Profanity


4


4


Out Town Police, For


12


1


13


339


20


359


RECAPITULATION :


No. 1. Crimes Against Person


28


No. 2 Crimes Against Property


19


No. 3 Crimes Against Public Order


359


Total


406


1


1


Threats


. 100


COMPLAINTS, Etc.


Ambulance Trips


Car Trips, Hospital, etc.


168


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