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29 David Anderson Margaret Houlihan
30 John MacPherson Newkirk Louise Hicks Cline
Oct.
2 Manuel Morris, Jr. Margaret Lavina Reynolds
9 Charles Frederick Griswold Hazel Arlene White
9 Carroll George Robbins · Flora Marguerite Ware
10 Herbert Wilbur Farnum Helen Frances Jones
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1926 Name of Bride and Groom
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Roland Littlefield Bradford Lura Atwood Thomas
19 Columbo Guidoboni Doris Weston Loring
24 Joseph Magnus Gabrey Ruth Ellen Dyer
27 Frank Harrison Harrington Helena Patricia Sullivan
28 Arthur Everett Boardman Dorene Whitney
Nov.
4 David D. Cairns Florence E. Davis
15 John Afarian Eva Woitkins
21 Zydor Sawicki Viktoria Kwiatkowska
25 Treffly Moquin Mary Lesniak
Dec.
1 Erwin Fulton Blake Elsie May Haskins
11 Frederick Woodward Howland Marion Anne Weeman
14 Francis Joseph Curran Fae Mildred Thomas
16 Lewis Bartlett Washburn Elsie May Howes
19 David Lawrence Boville Annio Gertrude Rudolph
22 Herbert Ernest Thompson Doris Lillian Erwin
23 Harold Alton Shurtleff Aldina Ada Ferrari
23 Robert Franklin Pond Mabel Emma Shurtleff
24 Russell Leonard Haskins Jennie Cotti
27 Daniel Barry Louise Agnes Miller
25 Vilmere Soucy Cora Esteller Connor (Borden)
Residence
Middleborough Middleborough Middleborough Whitman
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BIRTHS RECORDED IN THE TOWN OF MIDDLE- BOROUGH DURING THE YEAR 1926
1886 Name
Names of Parents
Calvin Henry and Lura Abbie Hazelton
1901 June 10 David Forest Washburn
David Thomas and Florence M. Dingwell
1907 Sept. 28 Lena Margaret Trocchi
1908 Oct. 9 Clifford Stanley Davis
Clifford W. and Jennie W. Worcester
1910 Feb.
9
15 Vera Annie Hartling Joseph Coelho
Alfred I. and Mary Ella Purdy Manuel and Mary Leonora
1920 May 21 Allan Malcolm Lee
Jules Roland Gamache Isabella Carriero
Joseph B. and Annie Duford Manuel and Anna Carriero
Harry and Vera Heywood George C. and Francis M. Hall Frank J. and Louise E. White Charles P. and Mary E. Stewart Ralph and Ruth Jones Manuel and Annabelle Doleman
Hugh M. and Sarah Thurston
1926 Jan. 5 Alice Grace Pike
Leonder B. and Grace Mary MacDonald
Joseph and Margaret McCausland 9 Joseph Paganotti 9 Robert Alexander Sullivan Dominic and Mary Veroni John Francis and Margaret Mary McDonnell 11 Hazel Mildred Tibbetts Wesley Vernono and Emily Hazel Pratt 13 Maciezewski
20 Clifton Bertram Hall
21 Vernon Lincoln Brooks
23 Gloria Winifred Niro
26 Dorothy Lois Caswell 30 Donald Greene
Feb.
4 Dorothy King
5 Roger William Buckman 7 William Henry Bishop
8 Robert Chester Sisson
9 Vivian Francis Braley
12 Emil Joseph Gerrior
22 Donald Taylor Peterson Charles Leopold Guertin, John Austin Belden, Jr. 23
25 Ruth Evelyn Gates
25 Margaret Ellen Morse 27 Natalie Constance Seaver
28 Leona Irene Desrossiers
Mar.
1 Peter Otto Becker 2 Ernest Clinton Lees
Waldyslaw and Bertha Gzywai Arthur and Mildred Manton John W. and Mildred C. White Emilio and Sadie Burton Arthur and Myra E. White Sylvester P. and Lulu E. Brooks
John P. and Dorothy C. Morrill Arthur W. and Lillian M. Hudson George A. and Ada Parkinson Phillip G. and Ella Thompson Theodore A. and Fanny L. Tatro Alexander J. and Mary Louise
Bernier
Bendix L. and Marion J. Taylor JrCharles L. and Mary E. MacNeil John A. and Alberta F. Stickney Clinton B. and Agmar B. Freeman Raymond F. and Doris A. Pierce Ralph A. and Rebecca Raymond Alfred J. and Nellie Faille
Peter O. and Phyllis W. Sullivan Ernest C. and Ella Vigers
July 23 Sept. 20 26 Bernice Arlene Caldwell Mary Elizabeth Walker
15 Teresa Catherine McDonald
13 John Alden Washburn
21 Marjorie Verna Conant
6 Eva Viola Fernandes
Charles Anson and Agnes May Canieron
1925 June Aug. 12 Sept. Oct. Oct. Dec. Dec. 30 Thurston Matheson
Joseph Albert Teceno
Ettore and Emma Busi
Dec.
Jan. 24
Lurabell Shaw
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4 Marion Elizabeth McTravisHarold J. and Beatrice MacDonald 8 Elsie Bartlett 8 Natalie Evelyn Guilford Basil W. and Lea E. Galfre Paul K. and Marian E. Thomas Chester P. and Anna L. Dimond James A. and Elsie W. Bourne William H. and Bessie E. Bennett
10 Alice Anna Haire
12 Bertha Arleen Tallman
26 Mary Elizabeth Howard
29 Bedford Reid Snowden, Jr. Bedford R. and Florence M. Catlin
31 Augustus George Laten- ville, Jr.
31 Arnold Waldo Kheary
John and Viola Thompson
April
2 Jean Arvilla Glover
16 John Rogers Perkins
18 Caroline Eaton Johnson
18 William Francis Gaudette
22 Chester Ralph Kennedy
23 John William Ditano
26 Eleanor Germaine DoucetteJoseph and Germaine H. Deschenes
Andrews
30 Roger Paul Gamache
Annabelle May Pittsley
Frank and Julia Fernde Joseph and Ina Duford Geo. F. and Annie M. Horn
May
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4 Dorothy May Wilber
10 Mary Agnes Mello
14 Oliver Cary Brett, Jr.
15 Shirlie Arleen Buckman
16 Claire Lynet Coleman
18 William Alfred Marra
18 Roy Edward Carroll
22 Charlotte Bradford Morse
27 Jeanne Ellen Carver
30 Arline May Belben
June
1 Wilfred Dimock Deane, Jr. Wilfred D. and Hazel M. Long 2 Frederick Raymond Remil-Ovila and Margarite Doucette lard
4 Virginia Mae Shaw
6 Bertha May Briggs
7 Ada May Sylvester
10 Lawrence Francis Ware
16 Patricia Burnett
17 Beverly Lois Gay
17 June Brown
23 Mildred Cannon
25 John Jugelewicz, Jr.
27 Dolores Harriett Provost
Lewis W. and Elsie Griswold Arthur E. and Bertha Long Wright William H. and Frances E. Stacey Warren F. and Annie .A. Kellev Dorr T. and Elizabeth E. Sherwood Edgar A. and Myra Pratt Simpson Eben H. and Fannie Steele Philip and Emily Camara John and Jessie Kazlawska Alphonso and Harriett A. Eldridge
July
1 Arleen Spavold
2 Helena Linnea Fellman Verna Fairmont Shaw
3
5 Isabelle Agnes Sousa
6 Barbara Staples Gurney
11 Leo Joseph Gerrior
12 Donald David Grant
14 Pollison
17 Harold Anthony Tassinari
18 Robert Leonard Powers
20 Gerald Taylor Shaw
21 Ruth Hathaway Thompson
George L. and Elsie Dorothy Carver Gerard F. and Mildred Ada Taylor George Conn and Madeline E.
Hathaway
24 Marjorie Bennett Keedwell Eugene W. and Marion B. Jacques
25 Arthur Thomas Gorrie
25 Marilyn Scudder
25 Fowler
26 June Beverly Hunter
27 Marian Louise Orrall
31 Gilbert Leroy Westgate
Arthur T. and Irene M. Gaudette Wilson and Mildred Fisher John J. and Ethel Aray George M. and Hannah L. Potter Norman B. and Annie M. Matheson James H. and Rose A. Dickerman
Aug.
6 Margaret Elizabeth Clark
12 Donald Earl Millerd
Fletcher Jr. and Marguerite E. Swift Earl and Edith Harriett Clark
Augustus G. and Irene B. Weightman
John A. and Hazel F. LeBaron Elliott H. and Elizabeth Rogers Herbert L. and Avis Tobey
George P. and Ellen J. Carlson
Chester R. and Mary C. Mello Leonard and Amelia Rose
30 2 George Raymond Doyle Albert Zournajian
George R. and Mary A. Gallagher Koren and Houlin Zournajian Herbert L. and Edith May Dickey Joseph and Mary MacDonald Oliver C. and Grace E. Gardner Robley E. and Ada Maude Peterson Arthur C. and Stella May Norris Angelo and Josephine Bova Albert J. and Marie G. Del Vecchio Nahum B. and Lucille E. Hadden Russell E. and Jessie Alice White William J. and Marjorie I. Keene
John and Elizabeth Thibault Leander J. and Anna M. Rimpila Arthur G. and Miriam Stappen Augustus R. and Alice Mary Coyle Nelson W. and Elva Mae Staples Leo M. and Anna D. Fortin Arthur H. and Olive M. Frazier James J. and Georgia Anastaphs Anthony and Norma V. Borsari
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Fay Elizabeth Melix Madeline Elaine Ouellette
Fielding
Schnieder Jeanne Francis Mendall
Edith Mary Finnegan
Beatrice Marie Standish
William Henry Wichel
Ellen Farmari John Murdock
Leon Francis and Helen Stetz Arthur and Marion Flood Andrew and Catherine E. Pearce Leopold and Lois F. Parker Ralph B. and Marjorie Kendall James M. and Edith L. Oatley Henry and Addie M. Wells William P. and Hazel E. MacIvor Medardo and Ani Kabral John and Mary E. Moore
Howard Cudworth Gardiner,Howard C. and Annie M. Galfre J ... Raymond Charles Henry Stone
· Dubrowsky
Justin R. and Rose LeBeau Walter F. and Irene E. Keith Charles and Stephaine Czymbos
Charles and Amy Vigers
John V. and Daisy R. McClintock John A. and Mary Shavenlel
1 6 Maurice Leonard Fuller, Jr.Maurice L. and Lillian Grinnell
7 Natalie Marion Clark
9 Louis F. Duprey
10 Gloria Tresia Boyer
10 William Francis Sullivan
11 Anthony Belmont
12 Charles Dominica ArmanettiEmilio and Maria Chiocca
John Browne
21 21 Henry Mello
Francis Nathaniel Berry
28 1
Oct.
Gomes
Carr
3 5 Jefferson 5 Davis 10 Marita Dame 13 Ernest Harold Miner 14 Edmond Homer Latendre 16 George Collin McLeod Nash Dorothy Nellie Cusick 16 18 20 Marjorie Arlene Vickery 24 Robert Francis Noyer 26 Norma Rae Crowley 29 Stanley Francis Alger, Jr. Stanley F. and Priscilla Stetson
Manuel and Louisa Gonsalo Forest W. and Madeline L. Tibbetts
Nov. 2 Jane Mack
John and Mary Finch
5 Stanley Bettencourt
6 John Dyer
Andrade
Shirley Ann LaComb
Henry and Mary Sebastian George C. and Helen E. Nye
Sousa
Manuel Silvia
10 Delano
11 Alice Anna Allison
13 Ruth Mary Parker
14 16 22 Taylor
22 Harold Clinton Gates, Jr.
25 Baptist
Dennis and Mary Roderick Quintus L. and Felixine L. Savard
Robert Kenneth Broadbent Robert K. and Alice C. Laflamme
Clinton C. and Julia Mackay John and Ila Holmes John A. and Irene M. Quigley 8 Ruth Beatrice Hartling Alva Burton and Beatrice M. Lawrence 15 17 20 21 22 23
29 30 2 Betty Caroline Page
Domingo Barrows
Edna Louise Fenstermaker
Louis E. and Minnie M. Morgan William and Amabylic Germache William H. and Annie V. Fred Charles and Lucy Santos
Richard J. and Mary Etta Benson John and Mary Sylvia Walter and Marion McLean
Joseph P. and Annie Silva Pina Peter J. and Annie C. Coughlin Arnold S. and Gertrude Ellen Reed Frank F. and Alma Jane Mclaughlin Frederick J. and Mary Roderick Hugh H. and Harriet Ann Jenkins Homer A. and Emma M. Arsenault George C. and Dorothy E. Isackson Elmore R. and Ruth O. Palmer John J. and Marion G. Brackett Ralph L. and Helen R. Tripp Francis R. and Margaret Quelle Robert J. and Miriam S'ears Hall
Dennis Edward Trinque, Jr.Dennis E. and Blanch Smith Lopes Donald Arthur Ashley
Dec. 8 8 9 Frederick Earl Simmons
Betty Rose Oldham Alice Edith Johnson
Charles and Mary E. Fred Antonio and Mary Cravalla Stanley C. and Methyl D. Caswell Rolfe A. and Madlyn P. Stearns William C. and Mattie S. Murdock Arthur H. and Ruth Catherine Dryden Leon R. and Marie C. Mulcahy Robert A. and Edith H. Hoekstra James H. and Alice E. Angiers Harold C. and Ellen G. McCarthy John S. and Anne Bouchard
Sept.
Donald Delarocco Edward Manning Sylvia William Francis McNabb
William T. and Mary E. Roberts
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DEATHS RECORDED IN THE TOWN OF MIDDLE- BOROUGH DURING THE YEAR 1926
1925
Aug. 11 Donald Lincoln Benton
10
1
7
1926
Jan.
1 Susan M. Vaughn
76
4
21
7 Lelia E. Raymond
69
1
17
7 Mary I. Vickery
64
10 Edward Doherty
71
8
11 Mary Ann Howlett
73
17-
12 John Giles Burrows
85
2
12 George Edward Hopkins
74
6
27
12 Frank Stanley Jost
62
6
12 Hannah Richards
76
2
12
13 John Winslow Howes
75
17 James Hartling
72
5
1
23 Howard Warren Chandler
15
11
16
27 Mary Lynch
67
11
24
27 Elizabeth Coffin Perkins
62
11
18
28 George Lewis Gilman
82
1
8
28 John Glaser
75
4
18
Feb.
1 George E. Robidoux
30
4
27
9
10 C. Augusta Shaw
95
3
12
14 Joseph Gaillius
71
2
26 Irene Vincent
43
4
20
27
Kathrine Tinkham
40
10
27
William Blackburn
46
7
7
Mar.
2 Alerton Shurtleff
74
3
29
3 Samuel Savery Lovell
80
4
9
8 Stillborn
13 Lucy Pickens Shores
43
8
25
14 Josephine Marian Fuller
33
2
17
18 Earl Franklin Davis
38
4
18
19
Albert Sydney Penny
41
21 Henry Lewis LeBaron
78
1 19
23 Caroline White Holmes
83
8
13
24 Mary Irwin Stetson
70
0
19
24 Elbridge G. Haven
65
28 Sylvanus Tinkham
91
4 28
31 William M. Haskins
72
11
18
31 John O'Brien
46
April
1 James Garfield Kelley
43
6
13
3 August Antilla
72
5 Harriett R. Foster
85
8
4
6 Odille St. Denis
71
7
8
9 Annie E. Clark
73
6 28
16
Mary M. Bourne
87
24
Y.
M.
D.
14 Oraville Park Kennedy
75
10
25
16 Joseph Oliva Fournier
34
8
2
3 Mary Evelyn Lang Stillborn
19
6
9
.
15
16 Timothy Anderson
1 0
1
133
17 Melissa A. Collins
70
5
8
18 Enoch Pratt
82
6
14
21 Mary Purtell
54
22 Julia Boardman
87
23 Maria A. L. Washburn
59
6
5
24 Gamaliel Cushing
87
8
13
24 Helen Small Millen
72
0
21
27
Agnes M. Stevens
66
28 Alfred Standish Tallman
81
5
15
6 Delia Doucette
68
6
19
8
Karl Kraus
66
8
1
20
Amelia F. Butterworth
89
2
6
22
Mary Elizabeth Boynton
74.
3
2
23 Patrick Coughlin
77
23
John Huxley
9
31
George Howard Shaw
36
11
13
1
Timothy Edwin Anderson
33
10
22
1
George Ward Stetson
60
3
5
2
Arlene May Belben
2
7
Robert Edward Viera
1
1
4
7
Charles H. Seekell
58
9
Julia Etta St. Peter
72
3
13
9
(Infant) Remillard
83
7
15
20
Ivan Leroy Hodder
4
20
Jennie Ellen Dyer
72
6
17
26
Sarah Ann Howard
83
7
14
July
6 Clarence Augustus Kendall
60
3
4
17
Lucy Evelyn Pratt
71
9
0
17
John G. Tinkham
65
9
17
22
Janet R. Farnham
68
23
Walter Merrick Chipman
58
8
12
27
Mabel Hammond Robbins
49
0
7
30
Henry Mathais Winterholder
20
11
3
Aug.
1
Ezra Joseph Kelley
61
5
22
2
Dura Ellis Weston
41
5
23
2
Margaret Mahoney
81
4
16
7
Eliza Ann Cobb
92
1
12
8
Theresa Martin
6
18
Timothy Edward Leary
60
2
1
21
Orlando Soule
79
9
13
22
Shirley Jane Neal
3
2
23
John Howard Ryder
78
8
7
23
Leonardo Galanto
1
2
5
29
Mable Arbella Anderson
46
5
2
29
Emily Frances De Jongh
78
4
18
29 George H. Tuck
79
3
29
29
Susan Louise Little
65
3
23
31
Lucy MacIntosh
94
4
7
Sept.
6
Ephraim Henry Gammons
81
7
5
7 Julia Watts Jenkins
59
10
18
56
9
28
8 Julia Henrietta Osgood
97
8
11
17 Shirley Arleen Buckman
2
·
3
12
Hilda Isabel
7
15
Hannah Fagon
June
26 Benjamin Robinson Hathaway
May
i
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10
Ella A. White
77
11
10
10 Caroline Bragg Dyer
78
4
2
13 Margaret Edith Finegan
74
17 Kate M. Cameron
58
21 Galen Erastus Haskins Lovell
87
11
9
21 Luigi Pettorosse
35
Oct.
1 Stillborn
5 Lillian M. Benson
14
3
6
5 Agnes Price
48
8
8
6 Willie Weston Tillson
66
8
1
7 Ellen T. Porter
72
7
Fred Carleton Sparrow
69
8
18
11
Henry Edmund Standish
67
0
4
12
Dorothy Dow
12
2
15
13
William T. Clarke
36
5
16
20
Charles Albert Savery
57
10
22
23
Fred Sheldon Sparrow
44
2
8
27 Rebecca F. Dorrance
93
4
12
Nov.
5 Frank Stetson Jones Thompson
68
8
26
8
Susan Matilda Alden
83
0
13
15
Anne Margaret Sinclair
30
3
5
16
Dennis Trinque
0
0
2
17
Margaret Kelley
64
9
16
22 Stillborn
66
7
19
24 Edward E. Sisson
61
8
1
27 Elsie Mary Preti
1
6
0
Dec.
11 Jean Baptiste Gamache
81
4
11
13 Charles Dexter Noyes
65
6
19
19 James Willard Thomas
74
5
3
20 Alice Frances Bryant
2
6
28
22 Julia A. Cornell
72
4
22
Ralph L. Hathaway
45
1
14
8 Mertis Susan Philbrook
56
1
26
3
19
Frank Albert Lewis
22 Thomas S. Theobald
24
15 Harriet Jackson
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SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
H. J. Goodale, Town Manager, Middleboro, Mass.
Dear Sir :
I herewith submit my report for the Weights and Meas- ures Department for the year 1926.
The set of state standards are in excellent condition. All standard weights were re-nickeled and a new standard yard measure added as ordered by the State Department. The auto truck scale is giving good service to the people of the town who have need of such a scale. The 50-pound weights have all been newly painted, as have the greater part of the gasoline test measures. All those painted are in good con- dition. Two new gasoline test cans will be needed this year as the others have outworn their usefulness and scales hard to read. A number of Peddlers were cautioned about licenses and weight. All cheerfully conformed to instructions. Gas- oline stations and pump installations are increasing so rapid- ly that during the season the numerous calls are making such an increased demand on the Sealer's time that it is impossible to keep all satisfied. Something must be done as the coming season means greater demands on the Sealer's time as de- manded by the State Department and the public.
Ordinary supplies for office and field will be needed for the work the coming year.
7028 pieces were sealed, 142 adjusted, 45 condemned, 451 pieces were re-inspected and found lawful, 48 gas pumps were re-tested and all found within tolerance. 122 retests were made of dry commodities in package form, 8 reweighings on
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coal, 558 reweighings on grocery articles and meats, 541 were correct, 6 underweight, 11 overweight. Inspection on the following were found lawful under Mass. Law: Ice scales, peddlers' scales, pkg. food marking, bread, labels and mark- ing milk jars, paper cartons and many others.
Thanking you for your co-operation, I beg to submit the above.
Respectfully, LOUIS C. LITTLEJOHN, Sealer Weights and Measures.
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEE OF THE MARIA. L. H. PIERCE FUND FOR INMATES OF THE TOWN FARM
The fourth annual report of the Maria L. H. Pierce Fund for inmates of the Town Home is herewith presented :
During the year 1926, with the exception of a few weeks, there were at the Home seven women and fourteen men.
At Christmas each of the women was given a knitted shawl, handkerchiefs, aprons, fruit and candy. The men had a special package of tobacco, new pipes, socks, handkerchiefs, also the fruit and candy. A Christmas tree was arranged for them, beautifully lighted and decorated.
The usual ice cream and cake have been given on holi- days, and through the warm weather it was furnished every Sunday.
The Victrola seems to be very much appreciated and a dozen or more records have been added.
I take this opportunity to thank the Matron for her sug- gestions and assistance in administering this fund. Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1926 $349.74 Income for 1926
201.16
$550.90
Expended during 1926
190.51
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1927
$360.39
Amount of Trust Fund, $4,190.97.
Respectfully submitted,
ADELAIDE K. THATCHER.
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REPORT OF THE MOTH DEPARTMENT
I herewith submit my report of work done by the Moth Department for the year 1926.
Early in January we started the work of creosoting Gyp- sy Moth egg clusters and the gathering of Brown Tail Moth nests on private property and also the roadside trees. That part of the town lying east of Bedford street to the Lakeville line, north and east of Grove street, and east of Wareham street to the Rochester line seemed to be fairly free from Gypsy infestation, although they were found in spots along the entire length of Purchase street. The North Middleboro section, especially in the southwestern part, and along the Lakeville line, the sections bordering Cross street and Taun- ton avenue, and also Marion Road, Miller, Highland and Spruce_ streets showed very heavy infestation. There was a complete defoliation of some oak and birch trees in these sections.
In the early spring we again sprayed the Wild Cherry and Beach Plum along the four main highways with Arse- nate of Lead to rid these streets of the unsightly appearance of the Tent Caterpillar nests.
We started the spraying of private orchards on May 11th, and continued with this work through to the 25th of June. About first of July we sprayed a few private elm trees to control the Elm Leaf Beetle. The 7th and 8th of July we sprayed two cranberry bògs, and a little later we sprayed three potato plantings totaling about seven acres, and an asparagus bed of about two acres. The Arsenate of Lead was an effective control for the Colorado Beetle or Po- tato Bug and also for the Asparagus Beetle.
We procured this spring, one barrel of liquid lime-sul-
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phur and incorporated it with our Arsenate of Lead spray on the private orchards, hoping to more effectively help con- trol other than chewing insects on apple trees. We soon found this combination impracticable to use because it would burn the leaves on peaches, plums, grapes and roses, and most every place we sprayed had some one of these trees.
This year a still greater number of private jobs of spray- ing were done than ever before. The spray books show actual work done on 249 private places, an increase of 12 over 1925; 54 over 1924, and 161 over 1923. I believe that with our present equipment-two small sprayers-we have reached the limit of the number of orchards we can do effectively. This particular spray is called the Colyx Spray and the ele- ment of time is a very important factor, and in order to take care of this large number of jobs some of them were, undoubt- edly, done too early, before the blossoms had completely set, and others too late, after the Colyx end had closed.
The spraying of the roadsides to control the Gypsy Moths was started just as soon as the leaves had grown large enough to offer a surface on which the spray could be held. It was found necessary to run one of the big sprayers down on Marion Road, Miller, Perry and Spruce streets in order to reach the top of the tall oaks there, and after the feeding was done it was noticed that these sprayed roadside trees were the only ones, in some of that section, that still retained their leaves. Much more of this sort of work should be done in 1927, and we expect to keep one of the large sprayers at work in the south end of the town, and the other in the North Middleboro section.
Early in July the elm trees were sprayed to control the Elm Leaf Beetle. Finding that horses were too slow a motive power to haul the big sprayer, we attached it to the new Chevrolet truck and thus effectively took care of the elm trecs in North Middleboro. Again, as in 1925, the big sprayer worked in the vicinity of the Four Corners during the hours from 5 A. M. until 10 A. M., so as to eliminate the danger of spray dropping upon automobiles.
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Once again a survey was made of the willow and pop- lar trees of the town to determine to what extent, if any, the Satin Moth was working. Although this newly imported moth was working quite heavily on the Silver Poplars on the Cape, none were found here.
During the creosoting of the town's roadsides this fall, it was found that the previously stated infested areas had materially grown, and that for 1927 there will be nearly 1,200 acres of woodland either completely or partially stripped of leaves. This is an increase of practically 25 percent over 1926.
During the latter end of the feeding period of the Gypsy Moth a much larger number of the Calosoma Beetle were ob- served. This beetle is quite large and with a bright green-blue coloring of the wing cases. Please do not destroy these beetles. At this time too it was noticed that the signs of the Wilt Disease were numerous, especially in the vicinity of Cross and Everett streets. Durng the fall creosoting it was noticed that far more of the egg clusters were infested by the fly Ap- anteles than ever before. These observations show that the introduced parasites are on the increase.
A new Chevrolet ton truck was purchased by the depart- ment this spring. With this new piece of equipment we were able to furnish our own motive power for both small spray- ers and also to haul one of the big sprayers as a trailer. The old Ford truck is held in reserve and will be reconditioned for the 1927 season. All tools and equipment of the depart- ment, except the Ford truck and one big sprayer, are in good working order.
Having the knowledge and a crew of experienced men, the Moth Department is capable of correctly planting, graft- ing and pruning your orchards or shade trees, do cement cavity work, or remove trees at actual cost.
In conclusion I will state that the personnel of the Moth Department is vitally interested in the well-being of the town
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of Middleboro, and any knowledge or assistance that it can give is yours for the asking.
Respectfully submitted,
JESSE CARPENTER, JR., B.Sc., Local Moth Superintendent.
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REPORT OF DOG OFFICER
To the Board of Selectmen :
Number of male dogs licensed
785
Number of female dogs licensed 219
Number of kennel licenses 1
Number of breeders' licenses 2
Number of dogs killed at large without collar mark of identification 21
Yours respectfully,
JESSE C. WILBUR, Dog Officer.
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REPORT OF WIRE INSPECTOR
To the Board of Selectmen :
Number of Inspections 148
Number of jobs passed 148
Yours respectfully,
JESSE C. WILBUR, Inspector of Wires.
144
APPOINTMENTS BY THE SELECTMEN
Town Clerk and Accountant Waldo S. Thomas Assessor Harrison F. Shurtleff
Overseers of the Poor
Adelaide K. Thatcher
James H. Creedon, resigned
Morrill S. Ryder, resigned William G. Boynton
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