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Penmanship-Walter G. Hicks, 17 School Street
Principal Emeritas, High School
Walter Sampson, 28 School Street
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JANITORS
Memorial High School
Charles H. Goodwin
Bates and Union Street Schools Warren Jefferson
School Street School
George A. Cox
West Side School
Daniel F. McCarthy
Forest Street School
Frank W. Gibbs
Green School
Edward Buchanan
Pleasant Street School
William Brooks
Purchade School
Elias Marchant
Plymouth Street School
Henry Zion
Thompsonville School
George Beals
Waterville School
Perley Pike
Wappanuckett School
Roger Wall
South Middleboro School
Ralph Tripp
Rock School
Chester Vickery
Soule School
Frank Wiksten
Thomastown School
Charles Wrightington
SCHOOL CENSUS
October 1, 1929 SUBURBAN DISTRICTS
Years
Males
Females
Total
5-6
51
34
7-13
185
137
14-15
47
52
506
CENTRAL DISTRICT
Years
Males
Females
Total
5-7
108
93
7-13
377
403
14-15
126
119 .
1226
Grand Total
1732
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PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF TEACHERS
Teacher
Normal School College Attended
No. Years Completed
No Years Teach'g Ex
J. Stearns Cushing Sylvia G. Comley
Harvard, Bridgewater
2, 4
12
Mass. Normal Art
2
6
Hyannis
2
4
Worcester
2
2
Bridgewater 66
2
9
Edith Frost
2
10
Ruth B. Maxim
2
4
Raye F. Guidoboni
66
3
10
Marjorie McClusky
2
4
Sara E. Matheson
66
2
11
Dorothy B. Robinson Olive M. Kidd
66
2
6
Lowell
2
9
A. Elena Manley
Bridgewater
2
13
Mary R. Hammond
2
6
Rose E. Maley
2
10
Blanche K. Howell
2
16
Annie D. Lee
Bridgewater
2
3
Alfred R. Mack
Brown, Bridgewater
2, 4
10
Leonard O. Tillson
Bridgewater
1
29
H. Beatrice Randall
Boston Univ.
4
2
Roland C. MacGown
Dartmouth
4
4
Walter G. Hicks
Salem
4
2
Herbert L. Wilber
Boston Univ.
7
3
Alice D. Brawn
4
7
Mary A. Wood
Bridgewater
4
2
Anna C. Erickson
Colby
4
4
Abby Rugg Field
Tufts
4.
15
Chrystal M. Chase
Ohio Wesleyan
3
21
Ernest E. Thomas
Dartmouth
4
10
Elizabeth H. Benson
Bridgewater
1
27
Eva Grant
Leslie
2
2
Flora M. Clark
Wheelock
2
26
Bertha M. Cross
Boston Univ.
4
1
Madeleine A. Duncklee
North Adams
2
1
Mabel I. Guidoboni
3
1
Russell B. Marshall
4
1
Lillian M. O'Neill
Bryant & Stratton
2
0
Joseph R. Hyman
Brown, Dartmouth
2,2
0
Wirt B. Phillips
N. E. Conservatory
1
10
Catherine F. Coen
Salem
2
3
Greta T. Becker
Leslie
2
1
Lillian M. Tinkham
Bridgewater
3
20
Elsie L. McCarthy Catherine M. Smith Alice R. Begley
Hyannis 66
Bridgewater 66
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PROFESSIONAL TRAINING OF TEACHERS
No. Years completed in
Teacher
College
Normal
Trg. School
Related Oc.
No. Weeks
Summer
No. Years
Teaching Ex.
Etta W. Toothaker
I
15
21
Nellie L. Sawyer
1
1
24
20
Henry B. Burkland
15
8
Lucy E. Merrihew
1
31
Winifred S. Carver
1
5
Margaret E. Peck
6
Martinia K. Donahue
1
4
19
Faye H. Deane
1
4
24
Maude DeMaranville
1
22
Eleanor A. Barden
1
20
35
M. Alice Jones
20
10
Esther M. Spooner
10
8
Bessie B. Bailey
1
25
Lottie N. Lang
1
16
27
Effie D. Tucker
1
6
16
Grace Allen
2
30
36
Esther L. Moore
9
6
8
Florence Culhane
1
3
7
9
Bernice C. Shaw
5
PROFESSIONAL IMPROVEMENT OF TEACHERS SUMMER 1929
Where Courses Taken
School and Teacher HIGH
Harvard Graduate School
2
Anna Erickson
66
66
66
2
H. Beatrice Randall
Boston University
2
Lillian M. O'Neil
66
66
2
Ernest E. Thomas
66
2
Herbert L. Wilber
66
2
Roland C. MacGown
Mass. Inst. of Technology
2
Bertha M. Cross
Doris P. Chase
Leland Powers Summer School10 European Travel
Alfred R. Mack
1
30
Hattie M. Jones
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BATES
Henry B. Burkland
Boston University
1
Martinia K. Donahue
.
66
1
Winifred S. Carver
66
66
1
Elizabeth H. Benson
Massachusetts Univ. Ex.
1
SCHOOL STREET
Esther M. Spooner
M. Alice Jones
66 66
2
Alice R. Begley
Boston University
1
WEST SIDE
Etta W. Toothaker
North Adams Normal 2
UNION STREET
Eleanor A. Barden
Boston University 1
FOREST STREET
Raye F. Guidoboni
Boston University
1
GREEN
Annie D. Lee
Hyannis Normal 2
SUPERVISORS
Wirt B. Phillips
Boston University 1
TEACHERS ON TENURE LIST JUNE 1929
HIGH SCHOOL
BATES SCHOOL
Alfred R. Mack
Henry B. Burkland
Leonard O. Tillson
Elizabeth H. Benson
Grace Allen
Lucy E. Merrihew
Chrystal M. Chase
Olive M. Kidd
Roland C. MacGown
Hattie M. Jones
Herbert L. Wilber
Martinia K. Donahue
Florence Culhane
Faye H. Deane
Alice D. Brawn
Winifred S. Carver
Anne C. Erickson
Esther L. Moore
1
Harriett M. Jones
North Adams Normal 2
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SCHOOL STREET SCHOOL Lottie N. Lang Edith Fost Alice R. Begley
Esther M. Spooner
Bessie B. Bailey M. Alice Jones Elsie L. McCarthy Catherine M. Smith (resigned)
UNION STREET SCHOOL Eleanor A. Barden Marjorie Mccluskey
WEST SIDE SCHOOL
Nellie L. Sawyer Mary R. Hammond Rose Maley Margaret E. Peck
Etta W. Toothaker
SUBURBAN SCHOOLS
Maude DeMaranville Dorothy B. Robinson
Blanche K. Howell (resig'd)
Elena Manley
Effie D. Tucker
Bernice C. Shaw
FOREST STREET SCHOOL Ruth B. Maxim Flora M. Clark Raye F. Guidoboni
SUPERVISORS 1
Wirt B. Phillips Sylvia G. Comley
CHANGES. OF TEACHERS
January 1, 1929 to December 31, 1929
WITHDRAWALS
Mary Wood, High School Russell B. Marshall, Bates School Catherine M. Smith, School Street School Greta T. Becker, West Side School Lillian M. Tinkham, West Side School Eva Grant, Union Street School Blanche K. Howell, Thompsonville, School
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APPOINTMENTS
Irene M. Wentworth, High School Lillian M. Tinkham, West Side School Catherine F. Coen, West Side School Margaret Sullivan, Soule School Leah M. Boutin, Thompsonville School Elizabeth Drew, Rock School
Freida F. Hartmann, Bates School
Mark R. Shibles, Bates School Eleanor Thomas, School Street School
TRANSFERALS
Mabel I. Guidoboni from Rock to Union Street Lillian M. O'Neil from Soule to High School
PRESENT SCHEDULE OF SALARIES
TEACHERS
Superintendent of Schools
$4000.00
Supervisor of Music, 3 days a week
1800.00
Supervisor of Art
1700.00
Principal of High School
3200.00
Sub-Master of High School
2600.00
Head of Commercial Department
1800.00
2100.00
Supervisor of Penmanship
300.00
Head of History Department
2300.00
Teacher-Coach
2200.00
High School Teachers
Two
1800.00
One
1700.00
Six
1600.00
Three
1500.00
One
1400.00
One
1200.00
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Principal of Junior High School
2000.00
Assistant Principal of Junior High School Junior High School Teachers
1600.00
Two
1300.00
Five
1200.00
One
1100.00
Principal of School Street School
1500.00
Principal of West Side School
1500.00
Principal of Union Street School
1500.00
Principal of Forest Street School
1350.00
Central Grade Teachers
One
1300.00
Fourteen
1200.00
One
1100.00
Suburban Teachers
Eight
1200.00
Three
1000.00
JANITORS
Senior High School
1600.00
Junior High and Union Street Schools
1450.00
School Street School
1200.00
West Side School
1000.00
Forest Street School
340.00
Rock School
$4.00 a school week
Purchade School
4.00"
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Green School
2.50 " 66 66
South Middleboro School
2.50 " 66
Thomastown School
2.00 " 66 66
Pleasant Street School
2.00 " 66 66
Plymouth Street School
2.00 "
Thompsonville School
2,00 " 66 66
Soule School
2.00 " 66 66
Waterville School
1.00 "
66 66
Wappanuckett School
1.00 "
66
66
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SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORTATION
Rate per Pupils
school car- travelled ried
day
per day
North Middleboro District
$8.00
66 142
12
North Middleboro to Center
10.00
Thomastown District
5.00
24
12
Thomastown to Center
8.00
18
25
Thompsonville District
6.00
28
16
*France District
to
Highland District
Center
17.95
152
90
So. Middleboro District
Waterville District
Soule District
to Center
5.00
134
27
Green District
Wappanuckett District
6.00
30
18
Wappanuckett to Center
4.00
10
12
Thompsonville to Center
3.00
12
22
*December, January, February $2.25 additional.
SCHOOL SESSIONS
Memorial High School from 8:10 to 1:25.
Bates School from 9:00 to 11:45 and from 1:00 to 3:30.
Central Elementary Schools from 9:00 to 11:45 and from 1:15 to 3:30.
SCHOOL BUILDINGS IN USE JANUARY 1, 1930
One room buildings Two room buildings 66 (portable)
12
1
1
Four room buildings
1
Buildings of five or more rooms
4
Total number of buildings
19
62
Miles
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GRADUATING EXERCISES Class of 1929 Memorial High School
TOWN HALL Middleboro, Massachusetts Wednesday Evening June 19, 1929 At Eight O'Clock
Class Flower:
Wisteria
Class Motto:
Altiora Quaere
("Seek Higher Things.")
Class Colors :
Lavender and Silver
ORDER OF EXERCISES
March of the Graduates Goldman
M. H. S. Orchestra
Prayer
Rev. A. G. Cummings
Salutatory and Essay: The Importance of Science Roger M. Leonard
Music: A Southern Hush Song L. Lynn
Girls' Glee Club
Reading: A Chip Off the Old Block
J. W. Thompkins
Dorothy E. Childs
Class Statistics
Elinor M. Kinsman
Music:
Trumpet Solo, "Columbia" Fantasia
Arthur L. Whitten
Poem: The Price of Freedom
Frances Warren
Music: Piano Solo, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12
Bessie M. Veazie
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Essay: English D. Evelyn Sylvia
Music: Nellie Was a Lady Boys' Quartette
Stephen Foster
Class Prophecy
Robert C. Long Albert C. Merrihew
Essay and Valedictory: Past, Present and Future of the Calendar
Lois B. Thomas
Singing of Class Ode: Words by Cheridah A. Paquin Directed by George Weeman
Presentations Awards
Cabot Club Essay Prizes Washington and Franklin Medal Legion Medal
Scholarships Cabot Club Scholarship Anne White Washburn Scholarship Diplomas Allan R. Thatcher, Member of School Committee
Benediction
CLASS ODE Tune: The End of a Perfect Day We stand at the end of a garden fair Where our dreams at last have come true. Here the golden hours were the blossoms rare, And our fears were but morning dew. But alas! as we sing with our garlands gay, We know that we soon must part. The voice uplifts with a gladsome note While the song sighs in the heart.
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And what are the gifts of our garden fair- All the joy that the years have brought. For the seeds we've sown and tended with care
Are flowering now into thought.
The world has its paths that we soon will tread; That criss-cross divide and part. Oh, the voice-let it ring with a gladsome note, The song has a sigh at heart.
Cheridah Paquin.
CORPS OF TEACHERS
Walter Sampson, Principal Emeritus Alfred R Mack, Principal
Leonard O. Tillson Herbert L. Wilber Roland C. MacGown
Walter G. Hicks Joseph R. Hyman Ernest E. Thomas Grace Allen Chrystal M. Chase
Florence Culhane
Alice D. Brawn
Anna C Erickson
Esther L. Moore
Doris P. Chase
Mary A. Wood
Abby R. Field Bertha M. Cross H. Beatrice Randall
Wirt B. Phillips, Music Sylvia G. Comley, Art
CLASS OF 1929
CLASSICAL COURSE
Eleanor Kathryn Brown *Dorothy Eva Childs *Evelyn Stuart Clark Arlene Louise Farrington *Raymond Wilfred Gerrior *George Narcisse Harlow Helen Isabelle Hoard
Eleanor May Kinsman *Mary Gertrude McGuire *Elizabeth Mary Roht Florence Arnold Sellers *** Lois Bowker Thomas *Barbara Blakeney Vinal
*Frances Virginia Warren
SCIENTIFIC COURSE
Jeanette Frances Bassett Elliot Freeman Bryant Albert Ransome Carey Lorimer Thompson Cummings
*Wilmont Baenziger Flanders Robert Crowell Long *Arthur Lincoln Whitten Stanley Anthony Zidiales
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COMMERCIAL COURSE
Evelyn Longfellow Bailey Anna Mae Cox Corinne Morton Cushman Louise Mary Desrosiers Ruth Eliza Duncklee Ruth Lincoln Dunham
Elsie Sestine Galfre Hazel Alberta Hanson Arnette Florence Haywood *Annie Rose Jacintho
Ethel Bernice Keough *Mildred Frances Keyes Hilda Grace MacKeen Ruth Elena Manley Dorothy Sheldon Maranville Helen Louise Redlon Ellen Campion Rogers *Norma Ernestine Smith *Bessie Mae Veazie Helen Dorothy Wiksten
GENERAL COURSE
Dana Alden Blandin George Robert Borsari Edmund Francis Churchill
Herbert Edwin Colburn Ethel Stella Cole Edith Anna Cronan Carrie Chilson Eayrs
Mary Frances E. Faulkner
Carolyn Estelle Fish Elinor Sara Fuller Ellen Marguerite Gaudette Robert Norwood Glidden Arthur Lewis Guidaboni
Horace Didimo Guidaboni
Leslie Allen Hinckley Alwin Crampton Jones Corinne Marianne Kidd Dominick Patrick Laemmo ** Roger Melvin Leonard Lillian Mary Makie Albert Chester Merrihew Cheridah Adelaide Paquin Stella Hammond Robbins William Smith Vincent Andrews Sukeforth John Francis Sullivan *Dorothy Evelyn Sylvia George Elmer Weeman
*Julia Agnes Wholan
Valedictorian ** Salutatorian
*Pro Merito
GRADUATING EXERCISES Grade VIII MIDDLEBOROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS Town Hall Wednesday, June 12, 1929 at two o'clock
PROGRAM Class Motto: "Onward is our aim" 1. March, "March of the Graduates" Bates School Orchestra Under the direction of Wirt B. Phillips, Supervisor of Music
Fox
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2. Invocation Rev. Samuel J. A. Rock
3. Response, "Cast Thy Burden Upon the Lord" Mendelssohn
4. Class Recitation, Middleborough Civic Creed
5. Boys' Glee Club "Up the Airy Mountain" "Captain Jinks"
Allingham-Wilson
Lyman Abbott
6. Oration, "Patriotism" Benjamin J. Bump
7. Trumpet Solo, "The Sweetest Story Ever Told" Stults
Harold E. Nourse
8. Girls' Glee Club, "Desert Lullaby" Clark-Lorenz
"Spring Moon" Wilson
9. Recitation (first prize, Nemasket Grange Oratory Contest)
"Whistling in Heaven" Selected
D. Arleen Egger
10. Pianoforte Solo, "Military Polanaise" Chopin
Joseph C. Cleveland
11. "The Bates School Spirit" H. B. Burkland
Characters
The Graduate Daniel Friedman
The Teacher R. B. Marshall
The Parent Mrs. F. W. Eldridge
English Helen Maddigan
Science Frank Mendosa
Social Studies .
.
.
Thomas McFarlin
Mathematics
·
. Dorothea Panesis
Music Mildred Lang
Art. Victoria Stanley Penmanship Irene Caswell
Physical Education . Edgar Paun
Character Education Wilfred Benoit
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The Clubs: Hazel Turner, Joseph Cordeiro, Alma Hill, Margaret Norris, Virginia Burger, Alice Fuller, Ruth Lamoureux, Louise Bowman, Bernard Eldridge, Gladys Merrihew, Gerard DeBoer, Harold Moskoff, Madeline Camandona, George Nolan, Robert Tobey, Thelma. Tanguay, Melba Weeman, Richard Dunham, and George Duncklee.
12. Chorus, "America Triumphant" Holmes-Demarest
13. Awarding of Honors
a. Women's Christian Temperance Union Essay Prizes
b. Davis Medal for Excellence in Current Events.
c. American Legion Medal for Excellence in Amer -. ican History.
Superintendent of Schools, J. Stearns Cushing
14. Presentation of Certificates by Mr. Allan R. Thatcher ..
15. Class Song
Led by Helen Boehme
16. £ Benediction Rev. Clara Cook Helvie
17. Exit March, "Little Corporal" Orchestra
Zamecnik
CLASS SONG
By Helen Boehme
We are singing to thee, Bates School
Bidding thee a fond farewell
All the happiness you gave us,
Just in words we ne'er can tell.
Since the first day when we came here
We've enjoyed you from the start.
We are keeping all loved memories Keeping them locked in our hearts Now it is the hour for parting,
Time for us to say good-bye
But we'll give to thee where e'er we'll be
Our loyalty, our loyalty, that ne'er will die.
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BATES SCHOOL, JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY
Henry B. Burkland Principal Social Studies Russell B. Marshall, Submaster. Science
Elizabeth H. Benson English
Sylvia G. Comley Art
Faye H. Deane Literature
Martinia K. Donahue English
Lucy E. Merrihew Mathematics Wirt B. Phillips Music
BATES SCHOOL
List of Graduates-June. 1929
Alden. Maybell P.
Gerrior, Lillian E.
Allen, Ernest C.
Gifford, Gladys M.
Anderson, Frederick L.
Gillius, Annie R.
Baker, Lawrence G.
Goodreau, Arthur E.
Balkam, A: Reginald
Grossman, Edna E.
Benoit, Wilfred I. Benson, Charles C.
Guidaboni, Caesar
Bernier, Edward
Hepel, Jeanette M.
Berry, Walter E. Boehme, Helen F.
Hill, Alma M.
Bowley, Richard
Hill, Norman H.
Bowman, Louise
Hiseler, Mildred E.
Brennan, Marjorie R.
Howe, J. Francis
Bump, Benjamin J. Burger, Virginia C.
Iampietro, Dora L.
Inglese, Russell D.
Burt, Ida M. Cabral, Bernard F. Camandona, Madeline
Jackson, Warren C. Jessup, Willard A. Kelly, Frank G. Keough, Mildred C.
Caswell, Irene S. Cleveland, Joseph C.
Kinsman, Priscilla F. Lamoureaux, Ruth E.
Conant, Gordon C.
Lavallee, Albert F.
Lang, Mildred V.
Mackiewicz, Joseph J.
Maddigan, Helen E. Main, Stuart R.
Malaguti, Francis J.
Malenfant, Henry J.
Marra, Demetria L.
Martin, Glorai E.
McFarlin, Thomas H.
McLaughlin, Robert J.
Mendosa, Frank J. Merrihew Gladys M.
Moles. Nellie T. Morrison, Donald A.
Morrone, Angeline M. Moskoff, Harold L. Nolan, George H. Norris, Margaret L.
Finneran, William Fish, Kenneth A. Friedman, Daniel Fuller, Alice E. Gamache, Anna M. Gangone, Anthony
Hulley, Dorothy J.
Carver, Violette L.
Conant, Lillian M. Cordeiro, Joseph F. Curley, Leo D. DeBoer, Gerard W. DeMoranville, Marjorie
Donner, Harold J. Duncklee. George N.
Dunham, Richard L. Egger, D. Arleen Eld ·idge, Bernard H. England LeRoy A. Faietti, Eleanor R. Finneran, Bertha M.
Harriet M. Jones Social Studies Olive M. Kidd Mathematics
Guerin, Rita A.
Heleen, Edwin O.
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Norton, Lindora A. Nourse, Harold E. Panesis, Dorothea Paun, Edgar A.
Pawlowski, Josephine M. Pearce, Margaret E. Penna, Carmelina
Pierce, Bertha Y. ·
Perkins, Bernice A.
Phillips, Lillian E.
Place, Jessie M. Powell, Margery E. Pratt, Gladys H. Rais, Annie I.
Rais, Joseph Remillard, George O.
Roberts, Anna M.
Rondelli, Edmund C. Rondelli, Edward J.
Sabalewski, Victoria
Souza, Charles A. Stanley, Nancy Stanley, Victoria Strojny, Amelia A. Stuart, Ivan F.
Tanguay, Thelma M. Teceno, Beatrice M.
Thatcher, Ronald G.
Thomas, Florence A.
Thomas, Gladys D.
Thomas, Myron B.
Tobey, Robert L.
Turner, Hazel S.
Warren, Mildred S.
Warren, Priscilla F.
Weeman, Evelyn D.
Weeman, N. Melba
Westgate, Lawrence B. Winterhaulder, Mildred H. Young, Bertha M.
Zidialis, Polly
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REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I hereby submit the Twenty-first annual report and de- tailed statement of the duties performed by the Police Dept. of the Town of Middleborough, for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1929.
The past year has been an unusually busy one. There being a large increase of automobiles, going through the town, which kept the Police Dept. very busy.
I recommend that the department be equipped with new telephone boxes, also new wiring for the red light system, as the old equipment is getting very poor, and is out of order a good part of the time.
CHIEF OF POLICE Alden C. Sisson
SERGEANT William Murdock
PATROLMEN
Alton R. Rogers Charles H. Rogers
Thomas L. Pittsley
CLERK Chester Rice
SPECIAL OFFICERS
· Paul Anderson Myron A. Bump Bert S. Brown George A. Barney William O. Casey John Callan
E. Kimbal Harrison Samuel Hathaway Warren E. Jefferson Louis Littlejohn S. Edward Matthews Archer S. Phillips
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Arthur B. Caswell
Walter R. Carmichael Elmer Gay
Robert E. Hewitt
Frank P. Stanton
Patrick McMahon
Jesse C. Wilbur
Lorenzo W. Rice John J. Sullivan Alton T. Smith Ralph Sampson Ernest St. Armand James J. Vigers
OFFENCES
Males Females Total
Assault and battery
10
0
10
Bastardy
2
0
2
Breaking and entering and larceny
5
0
5
Capias
2
0
2
Causing injuries to property
15
0
15
Drunkeness
53
1
54
Disturbing the peace
4
0
4
Gaming
6
0
6
Keeping and exposing of liquor
4
0
4
Liquor nuisance
2
0
2
Lodgers
14
0
14
Lewd, lascivious person
1
3
4
Motor Vehicle Violation
98
0
98
Manufacturing of liquor
2
0
.
2
Neglect of children
1
0
1
Operating under the influence
14
0
14
Violation of game law
5
0
5
Non-support
2
0
2
Larceny
24
0
24
Violation of weekly wage law
2
0
2
Vagrancy
1
0
1
Track Walking
4
0
·
4
Keeping a lodging house without a license
0
1
1
.
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STATISTICAL REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
Ambulance calls
9
Arrest for out of town officers
11
Amount of fines imposed in Middleboro Court
$5,235.00 117
Automobile accidents investigated
Automobile accidents fatal
0
Automobile accidents persons injured
68
Buildings found open
129
Cases investigated
525
Disturbances quelled without arrest
11
Defective sidewalks reported
2
Defective water-pipes reported
1
Defective street lights reported
31
Dogs shot
15
Lost children restored
2
Liquor search warrants served
6
Liquor seizures
6
Number of arrest during the year
128
Males
122
Females
4
Minors
2
Non-residents
60
Native born
49
Foreign-born
19
Number of commitments
14
Number of adult cases in Middleboro Court
420
Number of Minor cases in Middleboro Court
30
Number of non-residents in Middleboro Court
195
Nuisances
4
Runaways from home
2
Search warrants for property served
2
Summons served
352
Street obstructions removed
5
Sale of second-hand automobiles reported
1,624
Value of stolen property recovered and restored
$2,000.00
Warning tags on autos 130
1
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MOTORCYCLE REPORT
Cost of operation, of Indian Motorcycle,
$31.78
gas, oil, repairs
Cases in Court 45
Auto violators reported to Police Headquarters
51
Fines taken in the Court
$590.00
Assisted motorist
9
Arrest
19
Accidents reported
18
Disturbance quelled without arrest
6
Mileage
5205
Obstructions on highway removed
3
Summons served 25
CONCLUSION
I wish to express my thanks and appreciation for the assistance that the operators of motor vehicles have given me in the past year. And due to the cooperation of the public with the police department, we have not had one fatal accident in the past twelve months. And have had fewer accidents and injuries to person than we have had in previous years.
I wish to thank the Superintendent of Schools for the system he has installed into the schools for the education of the children in regards to traffic.
I wish to thank the operators of the local telephone ex- change for the good service given the department, which has been a great assistance in our work.
I wish to express my thanks and appreciation for the assistance and cooperation given me by the Honorable Board of Selectmen, the Fourth District Court, the people of the Town of Middleborough, and the officers of the De- partment, who have helped to make the administration of this department a success.
Respectfully submitted,
ALDEN C. SISSON, Chief of Police
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Middleboro Stand Pipe Built 1915
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WATER DEPARTMENT
There have been more improvements in this department this year than for several past years.
At the annual town meeting $11,000.00 was voted to extend an eight inch pipe from the end of the line on Nemas- ket St. at the river bridge, for a distance of one mile through Plymouth St. into the. Warrentown district. Plans and specifications were prepared and bids called for to be opened April 30th. Six bids were submitted, the lowest being the Ideal Contracting Co. of Boston. The contract was award- ed to them May 7th, and work was begun May 20th and proceeded slowly until August 27th when the job was ac- cepted. The amount asked for to make this extension, including the meters and services was $13,000.00, but the meeting saw fit to appropriate only $11,000.00, then the additional money needed to complete the job had to come from the water department, thus necessitating a transfer from reserve to cover an overdraft. The total cost of the main line including all labor and materials was $11,428.91; the cost of services and meters $1,434.99, making a total cost of this job $12,863.90, as against the $13,000.00 origin- ally estimated.
WATERPROOFING THE STANDPIPE
After a thorough investigation by this office and con- sulting with Mr. Sampson of Weston & Sampson, Consulting Engineers of Boston, it was decided that the waterproofing of our standpipe could best be accomplished by the use of the Ironite Method as applied by the Western Waterproofing Company of Boston. A contract was entered into with them July 26th to furnish all labor and materials and do all the work necessary to line the inside of the standpipe. The water was drawn from the tank Aug. 11th and work pro- gressed rapidly until completion and the tank refilled Sept. 15th. The contract price for doing this work was $7000.00,
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including a five year guarantee of its water tightness. The need for waterproofing was that the seepage through the horizontal construction cracks caused by the cement setting during the time the forms were reset had saturated the outer layer of concrete, causing it to spall off in quite large patches and to a considerable depth, but not so deep as to expose the steel re-enforcing of the structure, but getting danger- ously near it. The method used was to wire-brush and thoroughly clean and wash the inside, then with air drills to cut out all the horizontal cracks and what few vertical cracks there were in a V shape about three inches on the face and from three to four inches deep. These cuts were then filled with successive layers of Ironite until flush with the face. The whole inside including the bowl, which had shown no signs of seepage, was given two coats of Ironite of a total thickness of 14 to 3/8 inches, after which two brush coats of specially prepared asphalt was applied. The tank was then filled for a test and only a few moist spots showed on the outside. These soon dried out and up to the present time the tank seems to be perfectly tight.
Ironite is a combination of cement, sand and iron fillings. The object of the iron is to form rust which seals the hair cracks which come in all cement as it sets.
To repair the outside, all the loose and disintegrated concrete was removed and this space filled with Ironite. Contrary to expectation, the cement in the inside was found to be as hard and in as perfect condition as when the tank was built, and the cracks at the construction joints only showed a very fine hair line.
During the five weeks the standpipe was empty we had of course to depend on direct pumping for our water supply and fire protection.
As the pumping capacity at the station is only 1600 G. P. M. we did not feel that this was sufficient for fire pro- tection, so a Maxim 1000 G. P. M. motor fire truck was located at the pumping station to compensate for the 500,000 gal. reserve supply which is always held in the standpipe.
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