Town annual report of Middleborough, Massachusetts 1931, Part 6

Author: Middleboro (Mass.)
Publication date: 1931
Publisher: s.n.
Number of Pages: 250


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Departmental needs for remainder of year. From


Town Manager-automobile $1,000.00 Water Dept.


$1,000.00


Town Treas .- office exp.


500.00 Military Aid


250.00


Reserve Fund


250.00


Forest Fires


250.00 Military Aid


250.00


Welfare Outside Aid


8,200.00


Old Age Asstce.


500.00


Mothers Aid


2,500.00


Infirmary


1,500.00


Health T. B.


500.00


New Sidewalks 18.00


Soldiers Burial


60.00


Parking


30.00


Interest


3,000.00


Reserve Fund


92.00


94


Health Rubbish & Garbage


260.00 Health T. B. 260.00


Highway Snow & Ice


350.00 New Sidewalks


350.00


Soldiers Relief


1,000.00 New Sidewalks


1,000.00


State Aid


132.00 New Sidewalks


132.00


Town Reports Incidentals


50.00 Planning Board 50.00


Water Dept. Mtce.


2,000.00 Water Dept. Constr. 2,000.00


Overlay 1929


385. 72 Surplus Overlay 385.72


Overlay 1930


166.02 Surplus Overlay


166.02


$14,293.74


$14,293.74


Voted: the following transfers-


To


From


Forest Fires


$250.00 Military Aid $250.00


Welfare Outside Aid


8,200. 00 Old Age Asstce. 500.00


Mothers Aid


2,500.00


Infirmary


1,500.00


Health T. B.


500.00


New Sidewalks


18.00


Soldiers Burial


60.00


Parking Space


30.00


Interest


3,000.00


Reserve Fund


92.00


Health Rubbish & Garbage


260.00 Health T. B.


260.00


Highway, Snow & Ice


350.00 New Sidewalks


350.00


Soldiers Relief


1,000.00 New Sidewalks


1,000.00


State Aid


132.00 New Sidewalks


132.00


Town Reports & Incid.


50.00 Planning Board 50.00


Water Dept. Mtce.


2,000.00 Water Dept. Constr.


2,000.00


Overlay 1929


385. 72 Surplus Overlay


385.72


Overlay 1930


166.02 Surplus Overlay


166.02


$12,793.74


$12,793.74


Article 3: To see if the Town will authorize the Heads of the Departments with the approval of the Selectmen, to make such transfers of funds within their departments as may become necessary, and act thereon.


Voted: that the Town authorize the Heads of the De- partments with the approval of the Selectmen, to make such transfers of funds within their departments as may become necessary, such authority to continue until the next annual deliberative town meeting of 1932.


95


TOWN CLERK


Financial statement for year ending December 31st 1931


Receipts


Theatre Licenses


$130.00


Sunday 66


24.00


Auctioneer


66


8.00


Pool & Billiards


4.00


Transient Vendors


150.00


Innholder


2.00


Fireworks


20.00


Bottling Works


10.00


Fuel Oil


2.00


Pasteurizing Milk


20.00


Marriages


66.00


Common Victualler


146.00


Dealers


80.00


Miniature Golf


10.00


Gasolene


456.00


Ice Cream Mfg.


8.00


Garage


12.00


Pedlars


40.00


Junk Pedlars


85.00


Dog license


Fee for Town


176.20


Fee for County


2,043.80


Fish & Game Licenses


Fee for Town


110.25


Fee for State


1,152.50


Recording mortgages


73.74


Interest on deposits


4.91


Certified copies


16.75


Total receipts


$4,851.15


96


Disbursements


William W. Brackett, Treas. 1,654.85


Division of Fisheries & Game


1,152.50


County Treasurer


2,043.80


Total disbursements $4,851.15


Respectfully submitted,


WALDO S. THOMAS, Town Clerk.


97


VITAL STATISTICS


BIRTHS RECORDED IN MIDDLEBORO FOR THE YEAR 1931


Delayed Returns


1853 Name


May 28 Fletcher Clark


1875 Jan. 17 Elizabeth Bradford Thomas 1893 Mar. 26 Harold Clifton Maranville 1895 Oct. 5 Roy Franklin Keith 1896 Apr. 7 Henry Murdock Cushing 1903 July 24 Priscilla Lee Churbuck 1910 Sept. 15 Henry (Heikki) Anderson 1915


Feb. 15 Manuel Degrass


Mar. 10 Ralph Serra 1924 Feb. 1925 Jan.


8 Veronica Dellorocco


3 Katherine Fuller Soule


Sept. 17 James Francis Bissonnette Nov. 2 Barbara Carlton Fish


1928


Mar. 7 John Patrick Furey


1931 Jan. 2 John Atwood Thomas, Jr. 6 Catharine Mary Bryant 8 Richard Littlefield Washburn 10 Leonard Wood Pickering 15 Gloria Mary Westling 18 Sylvia Mary Dutra 20 Ellen Marie Casey 21 William Lester Byrne 21 Norman Linwood Vickery 22 Joseph Walter Gomes 22 Carol Emma Stacey 22 Miriam Elizabeth Fellman 24 Edward Ditano


Feb. 2 Joan Betty Card 5 George Rodney Fredette Jr. 5 Marjorie Southworth 7 Clinton Neakkeamuk Wixon 13 Marilyn Ruth Shaw 15 Robert Sharp Jones, Jr. 21 Harold Gerald Bolton 25 Ronald Harold Craig 28


Mello


Name of Parents Robert C. and Hannah S. Hooper James A. and Elizabeth Bradford Charles N. and Mattie F. Pittsley Weston E. and Alfretta C. Parry Nathaniel S. and Ruth A. Lee Fred F. and Mary A. Ryder


Andrew and Alexsandra Saariparvi


Joseph and Mary Fernandes Angelo and Frances Bova


Charles D. and Amy Vigers


Albert F. and Alberta N. Soule Cecil and Cecilia M. Bradford Robert and Esther L. Macdonald


James J. and Annie E. Furey


John A. and Anna E. Kalaher Percy I. and Helen F. Haight Irving P. and Esther M. Littlefield Ray W. and Hazel A. Flood Edward W. and Annie Jardulo John R. and Silvie A. LeWillie Raymond E. and Margaret J. Moriarty Joseph and Helen Shaw Chester L. and Rosalie B. Pierce Joseph J. and Ruth I. Farnum Charles A. and Ruth W. Seaver Leander J. and Anna M. Rimpila Leonard V. and Amelia S. Rose


Edward W. and Inez R. Vickery George R. and Dorothy M. Broadbent Edwin S. and Annie Halpen Clarence M. and Lucretia E. Tinkham Charles N. and Wilhelmina F. Boos Robert S. and Louise M. Powers Harold R. and Rena J. Ambrosini Arthur P. and Gladys L. Demmings John B. and Mary S. Rego


98


Mar. 2 Eleanor Grace Pike 2 Curtis Linden Osborne 3 Rosemary Richmond 3 James Conway McCarthy 4 Janice Claire Shaw


7 Lorraine Alden Dunham 7 LeRoy Arthur Letourneau 9 Alfred Edward Mackiewicz 12 Joanne Elizabeth Morse 22 Loraine Elizabeth Millette


22 Eleanor Louise Connolly 23 Carolyn Ann Baker 25 William Raymond Nickerson 26 Rex Burt Coombs


28 Gordon Towle Benjamin


Apr. 5 Robert Brewster Sherman . 7 James Forrest Garnett 7 Nicholas Martin, Jr. 7 Virginia May Kelly


10 Lloyd Alden Holmes


11 Muriel Esther Meack 16 Shirley Ann Churchill 19 Leonard Wayne Brackett 20 Joanne Carol Denson 25 DeArruda


25 Marion Eloise Tubman


27 Dorothy Barbara Walker 28 Richard Burton Jefferson 30 Jeanne Buisson


May 3 Dorothy Anne Carver 3 Dafne Paul Mitrakas


3 Earl Forest Block, Jr. 6 Evelyn Louise Tornari 7 Barbara Joan Bordeaux 8 Raymond Adolph Nitz


9 Edward Wordell Goodhue Jr. 13 Robert Stanley Rhodes 15 Paul Raymond Morse 17 Esther Claire Dunham 18 Arthur Horne Harris 20 Lillian Jessie Perkins 24 Williams 26 Donald Darby Craft Jr. 31 Edward Allan Robbins, Jr.


June 4 June Marilyn Cooper 8 Warren Eggar Perry, Jr. 11 Linfield Russ Thomas 12 David McClellan Melville 13 Henry Austin Bump, Jr.


17 Maryland Ann McManus


17 Richard Warren McCarthy


Andrew F. and Lorella G. Lowe Lawrence L. and Lillian I. Peck


Winston D. and Dorothy G. Choate Francis E. and Katherine E. Conway Ralph B. and Florence M. Mooney Francis M. and Jennie M. Snow Oliver and Violet M. Schwrtz Frank and Annie Maconka Nahum B. and Lucille E. Haddon Leon and Bertha Bindeau Raymond H. and Bernice I. Davis Frank E. and Margaret Carroll Allen P. and Edith M. Raymond William A. and Dorothy M. Burt Hanry O. and Cecelia M. Towle


Henry C. and Gertrude W. Tower Forrest M. and Ruth Bliss Nicholas and Annie Martin Edward and Agnes LeBarnes Leon A. and Irlene B. Young Arthur M. and Gertrude L. Parris Clarence and Frieda Hartman Frank L. and Gladys R. Burnham Frank F. and Pauline A. Pearce Manuel and Marie Corriee Kenneth L. and Doris F. Vickery Hermon R. and Gladys M. Plumley Arthur B. and Ruth L. Dunham Joseph C. and Mildred S. Windsor


Charles S. and Winifred S. Berry Paul and Despina Mirandos Earl F. and Dorothy Y. Caswell Medard and Annie Cabral Richard E.and Katherine J.Trefethen John T. and Mary K. Palowscka Edward W. and Irma C. Foye Robert S. F. and Lydia Frost Raymond F. and Doris A. Pierce Herbert H. and Mabel Ann McGarigle Frank A. and Winifred S. Deane Jesse C. and Lillian H. Perkins Geo. R. and Arline Palmer Donald D. and Dorothy D. Leach Edward A. and Mary E. Guild


Joseph W. and Roberta M. Kidd Warren E. and Alice Gale Arnold L. and Bertha J. Russ David M. and Madeline Marshall Henry A. and Madeline DeMoranville Albert V. and Clara D. Jacinthe Arthur T. and Florence E. Ferguson


99


June 19 Gloria Nichols 20 Shirley Augusta Ruprecht 23 Lorraine Anne King 28 Raymond Glenn Bodge July 2 Hoad 2 Betty Frances Maranville 4 Marian Louise Richards


5 John Everett McManus, Jr. 6 Josephine Marie Muir 6 Nancy Jeanne Mello 10 Raymond Hubert Baker 11 Carleton Bradley Gammons 11 Raymond Harry Wood, Jr. 13 Donald Nelson Thomas 15 David Vaughn Poland 22 Prudence Lang Hall


23 Carol Clifton Gibbs


25 Jean Marilyn Pittsley 27 John Frederick Martin


28 Polly Miller Wood


28 Clarence Edward Pierson


30 Roger Francis Ryder, Jr. 30 Phyllis Louise Sousa


Aug. 4 Maureen Barbara Fiske 4 Marilyn Anne Fiske


6 Raymond Euric Leighton, Jr. 7 Joyce Margaret Hopkins 10 Mary Josephine Scanlon 11 John Edward Richmond 11 Joanne Mario Richmond 15 Iampietro


17 Charlotte Marie Brady 25 Joyce Nickerson


28 Beverly May Conant


Sept. 3 Theresa Anna Farley


5 Carolyn Elizabeth Evans 5 Avelino Gomes 6 Arnold 6 Ernest Frederick Huber, Jr. 7 Arthur Francis Letendre 10 Elizabeth Jean Gardner 10 Mary Lucy Iampetro 11 Promades 12 Sally Elaine Coussens 12 William Lester Phinney 14 Russell Arthur Wright Croteau 20 Stuart Lyman Butler 22 Craig Matheson


19


24 Eva May Travers


24 William Barrington Morse


26 Dorothea Catherine Picone


27 Phyllis May Griswold


John and Francis Kuncus Casper A. and Dorothy F. Hebert Alexander J. and Susie A. Perry Harry A. and Nellie C. Gay Wendell G. and Helen M. Thomas Leslie G. and Helen E. Perkins Frederick E. and Hazel A. Burnham John E. and Vera H. Hoadley William F. and Edith Kidder Manuel and Lois E. Nelson Ralph W. and Helen A. Silva Charles F. and Lavinia Benn Raymond H. and Thelma E. Brigham Clarence and Florence Robbins Moses S. and Dorothy Boynton Richard and Elizabeth Lang


Warren B. and Dorothy Gifford


Walter L. and Elizabeth A. Rogers John J. and Gertrude B. Goodale Lorenzo.and Mary C. Stetson John E. and Anna M. Hausehe Roger F. and Ida M. Merrihew Augustus and Alice Coyle


Frank R. and Anna M. Manwaring Frank R. and Anna M. Manwaring Raymond E. and Louise S. Macomber Howard A. and Mildred J. Maxim William A. and Lucy P. Dole Harry E. and Doris A. Fosberg Harry E. and Doris A. Fosberg Michael and Rose DeSalve John M. and Angella M. Ambrosini Ralph O. and Lillian A. Powell Ralph G. and Ruth L. Jones Edward J. and Elizabeth G.McCaus- land


King I. and Kleo E. Hodges Avelino and Emma Cabral Harold P. and Helen G. Sanda Ernest F. and Mildred M. Maxwell Arthur T. and Doris L. Doucette Carlton W. and Grace J. Hardy


Philip and Carmella Capuano Frank K. and Jennie Vose Paul D. and Rose Detano Sheldon L. and Dorothy L. Orrall Clarence and Isabelle R. Worthington Edward and Mertie F. Trinque


Lyman E. and Enid S. Bigelow John R. and Verna M. Dunphy Orrin L. and Iola Hartling Clinton D. and Vilna L. MacInnis Joseph A. and Mary T. Marchese Franklyn T. and Jessie R. Boynton


100


Oct. 3 Dolores Natalie Vertuccio 4 Ralph Winston Hupfer 9 Barbara Ann Pfister 11 Elizabeth Blanche Crowell


11 Anthony Silva, Jr.


17 William Reuben Willis 19 Robert Leroy Bennett 25 Paul Sampson Trenouth 27 James Byron Cutter 28 Marilyn Elsie Farnum


29 Warren C. Leggee


29 Richard William Kyrouz


Nov. 13 Mabel Owens


17 William Harold Wall


18 Janice Sparrow Foye


20 John Rhodolphus Alger


21 William Arthur Irving, Jr.


22 Murdock 23 Robert Charles Newton


26 Russell Winthrop Rogers, Jr.


28 LeBarnes


28 Virginia Alden Standish


Dec. 4 Russell Theodore Kennette, Jr. Russell T. and Sonia V. Nilson


5 Barbara Jeanne Goodreau 8 Helen Elizabeth McIntire


12 Letourneau


15 Clyde Stetson Thomas, Jr. 18 Mary Agnes Black


24 Rogers Winston Shurtleff, Jr.


29 Margaret Anne Westgate


30 Evelyn Esther Mayhew


Anthony V. and Madeline N. Rogers Ralph and Margaret W. Drew August and Millicent F. Porter Ernest A. and Ruth Nunn Anthony and Mary Carvalho Milton C. and Alma M. Pratt Leroy A. and Emily A. Hall Clarence C. and Frances McFarlin Byron W. and Carrie J. Hoadley Herbert W. and Helen F. Jones Cyrus E. and Edith C. Robinson Joseph R. and Clara G. Chase


Bernard J. and Madeleine A. Duncklee Arthur I. and Louise E. Casey Harold O. and May T. Sparrow Rhodolphus P. and Elizabeth C.Smith William A. and Hazel M. Tranmer Robert and Thelma Baker Charles L. and Nora C. O'Neil Russell W. and Louise Alger Frank A. and Cora Richards Henry and Addie M. Weld


Theodore H. and Audrie N. Birdsall Charles I. and Esther M. Saunders Peter W. and Mary B. Somers Clyde S. and Cora L. Staples John and Laura Jones


Roger W. and Elsie S. Galfre Arthur B. and Mary E. Brothers Milton M. and Alice M. Sanford


101


MARRIAGES RECORDED IN THE TOWN OF MIDDLEBORO, DURING THE YEAR 1931


1930


Name of Bride and Groom


Sept. 27


Melvin MacDonald Julia L. Cassamas


Residence Middleboro


E. Greenwich, R. I.


1931


Jan. 15 Peter Chiuppi Lorna M. Paquin


Middleboro


Lakeville


Middleboro


17 William A. Coombs Dorothy M. Burt


Middleboro


31 Edgar L. Smith


Hanover


Lucy B. Proffitt


Rockland


Feb.


2 Arthur P. Boutin Arline A. Savard


Avon


15


Anthony Proia


Newton


Anita M. Rondelli


Middleboro


21 Roderick G. Matheson


Middleboro


Sylvia G. Comley


Middleboro


26 Arthur W. Leonard Clara M. Atkins


Middleboro


Mar.


7 Willard M. Shaw Mary E. Wrightington


Middleboro


14 Anthony Enos


Middleboro


Sophie M. Grant


Middleboro


16 Russell L. Westgate Dorothy E. Moranville


Taunton


21 Clyde S. Thomas Cora L. Clough


Lakeville


April 2 Milford W. Logan Judith E. Lamminmaki


Middleboro


10 Edward J. Croteau Mertie F. Trinque


Middleboro


14 Tony Vertuccio Madeline N. Rogers


Middleboro


15 John J. Turner Gladys D. Thomas


Middleboro


23 William N. Cudworth Nellie F. Ryder


Middleboro


25 Everett R. Houlihan Norine D. Malaguti


Middleboro


25 Joseph A. Tomkowicz Marie I. Paradis


Rochester


29 Levi T. Thomas Helen E. Mahler


Carver


May


1 Arthur W. Tripp Bernice L. Shaw


Middleboro


2 Theodore H. Goodreau Audrie N. Birsdall


Middleboro


Middleboro


5 Clifton A. McCrillis Ruth E. Skillings Ernest J. Hanson Myra L. Trinque


Middleboro


29


Middleboro


Middleboro


31 Ivan B. Sparrow Florence S. Shaw


Middleboro


Middleboro


Middleboro


Middleboro


Taunton


Middleboro


Middleboro


Marlboro, N. H.


Middleboro


Taunton


Lakeville


Middleboro


Dartmouth


Middleboro


Middleboro


Middleboro


Middleboro


102


June 3 Arthur L. Stephenson Elizabeth F. O'Neil


6 Paul P. Kodis Anne M. Rogers


Middleboro


7 Anthony R. Stonkus Eileen T. Czesnuelewicz


Brockton


Middleboro


Raynham


Raynham Middleboro


17 John J. Welsh Jr. Verna M. Cobb


Taunton


Middleboro


19 Gustavus T. Phillips Dorothy C. Goodgidge


Lakeville


Lakeville


Middleboro


21 Theodore Sopa Olive F. Orrall


Lakeville


Middleboro


22 Granville D. Fuller Mabel S. McCrillis


Middleboro


23 Robert C. Germaine Iola J. Traverse


Middleboro


25 Joseph Dutra Della R. Perry


Middleboro


Willimantic, Conn.


Middleboro


27 Walter O. Thompson Dorothy L. Shurtleff


No. Carver


28 George A. Wilson Jean M. Desrosiers


Middleboro Middleboro


29 Harrie E. Clark Florence M. Galligan


Middleboro


29 Henry O. Roy Eva M. Gagnon


Middleboro Fall River


July


3 Alphonse E. Stecke Victoria Sabalewski


4 Middleton B. Trites Olive M. Rideout


7 Wilfred E. Hill Eleanor A. Haskell


Middleboro


18 William N. Nickerson Marjorie A. Stanhope


Attleboro Attleboro Middleboro


Brockton


Middleboro


Middleboro


Aug.


3 Edward L. Ouellette Edna M. Ouellette


20 Christopher J. Dutra Dorothy C. Dubee


22 Robert G. Maxwell Martha E. Baker


.31 Samuel A. Whitehead M. Helen Borsari


31 Oscar H. Stets Sylvia M. Bigelow


Whitman


Middleboro


Brockton


9 Harry W. Crosby Priscilla L. Haskins


20 Roy G. Washburn Anne D. Lee


Lakeville


Middleboro


Bridgewater


27 William H. Butler Marjorie A. Heath


Middleboro


Fairhaven


Boston Middleboro Hyannis Malden


Lakeville


25 Biagio Rossini Pasqualina Colucci


26 Harrison F. Newcomb Olive M. Wrightington


Middleboro Fall River Middleboro Bridgewater Cambridge Arlington Fall River


Middleboro Middleboro Middleboro


103


Sept. 5 Edward F. Henning


Middleboro


Theresa M. White


Middleboro


6 Joseph W. Gabrey Angeline Amaral


Vineyard Haven


7 Angelo A. Inglese Mary E. Ryan


New Bedford


7 Stephen T. Kelley Dorothy A. Potter


Lakeville


New Bedford


Middleboro


Middleboro


Middleboro


9 Charles M. Westgate Nellie Mish


Middleboro


11 Ralph W. Denham Mary E. Lewis


Fairhaven


16 Walter H. Peterson Margaret Q. Cronan


Middleboro


17 Isaac A. Sheldon Parmelia A. Rodman


Middleboro


19 Milton Whalon Anartarya Stanulewicz


Middleboro


19 William A. Blancette Dorothy E. Perkins


Middleboro


20 George B. Keyes Olympia A. Wojcuchowski


Reading


25 Ralph Howe Gertrude H. Morrison


Middleboro


Middleboro


27 Alexander W. Zion Marion J. Nawlicki


Bridgewater


29 Russell L. Dorflinger Helen V. Young


Glastonbury, Conn.


Oct.


3 Myron H. McVay Marjorie L. Thomas


Taunton


Middleboro


3 Edgar C. Sowerby Bernice M. Reed


Lakeville


8 Chester M. Witbeck Myrtie S. Newhall


Middleboro


Taunton


Middleboro


Middleboro


Fall River


11 John W. Komar Jennie A. Ruzycka


Middleboro


11 W. Hollis Blackburn Louise M. Bassett


Lakeville


Lakeville


Lakeville


20


Boston


Boston


21 Ralph B. Gregory Elsie M. Wells


Middleboro


Middleboro


31 Raymond E. Hostetter Winnifred F. Cross


Barnstable


Barnstable


7 Ralph L. Northway Ruth A. Tripp


Rochester


Middleboro


Middleboro


Taunton


Taunton


Middleboro


Middleboro


Middletown, Conn.


Hingham


10 Adrien Bernard Helen Stanuleicz 10 Albertus Parent, Juliette E. Trepanier


So. Boston


Middleboro


18 Thomas E. Orrall Barbara Washburn Walter H. McArthur Florence I. Mercer


Middleboro


Middleboro


Middleboro


104


Nov. 2 Ian G. Morrison Elaine L. Flanders


Middleboro


4 Alfred W. Chase Lucille F. Koonce


Middleboro


7 Albert S. Perkins Mary T. Cabral


Middleboro


14 Ellis M. Davis Madelene B. Dunham


Middleboro


14 Henry S. Fawcett Gladys Mae Kettle


Middleboro


Oneco, Conn.


21 Louis Daddario


Franklin


Catherine E. Reynolds


Middleboro


Providence, R. I.


28 Emile S. Hall Margaret Jinks


Providence, R. I.


Dec. 3 Antoine A. Bessett Emily Costa


Middleboro


Middleboro


12 Ralph E. Ryder Beatrice L. Blandin


Middleboro


Middleboro


W. Dennis


S. Yarmouth


27 Emmons H. Bradford Mabel L. Enos


Plymouth


Middleboro


Bridgewater


Middleboro


105


DEATHS RECORDED IN MIDDLEBORO DURING THE YEAR 1931


1931


Y


M


D


Jan. 6 Lucy P. Greer


81


0


12


11 Martina M. Callan


63


0


0


18 Alice Bernier


64


3


30


20 Filomena Rossine


43


1


25


22


Nathaniel Bump


83


8


12


27 Edward Ditano


0


0


2


Feb. 3 Isabelle E. Kelly


63


3


18


7 Mary Ann Harvey


80


1


4


8 George Fredette


0


0


4


12 Walter T. Maddigan


26


4


1


14 Philip S. Butler


61


1


11


23 Norman McDermid


72


5


22


24


Christine D. Dyer


50


0


0


27


William A. Coombs


31


0


6


27


Hannah B. Auld


69


5


7


Mar.


2 Eugene L. Dunham


50


0


0


5 Narcissa N. Johnson


81


0


0


9 Blanche K. Howell


46


9


18


17 Lodema E. Ober


75


0


19


17


Henrietta Kraus


73


0


7


18 Maude V. Hoadley


51


6


13


21


Violet H. Mott


41


6


13


21


Mary I. Smith


64


5


24


23 Emil Nelson


52


8


9


26


Helen Bishop


83


11


11


27


Harold Hemmingson


0


9


20


27


Emma J. Gammons


81


8


19


April 10 Mary C. Cotie


15


6


28


14 Michael H. Kelley


79


10


13


23 Ida M. Boucher


57


7


22


23 Walter Sampson


68


4


10


26


Lewis B. Mendall


62


0


8


May


3 Mary L. Shaw


54


9


1


4 James McCarthy


78


5


0


4 Horace D. Guidoboni


22


1


18


5 Abbie Shaw


78


4


15


11 Albert N. Rogers


60


10


19


14 Annie M. Fisher


80


8


7


17 Cynthia A. Shurtleff


76


4


29


25


James R. Dunham


52


2


16


26


Herbert Rogers


76


10


0


June


4 Mary Creeden


97


0


0


9 Joseph Zion


51


11


0


11 Frank Kelly


43


2


25


15 Emma F. Haskins


74


9


1


106


19 Vivian I. Higgins


22


9


14


19 William S. Clark


70


19


20 George A. Cook


69


8


2


21 Josiah D. Vaughan


86


2


16


21 Elsie W. Tallman


38


6


13


24 John R. McGrady


59


2


0


25 Thomas D. Jordan


70


6


4


25 Basil C. Bartlett'


50


3


0


29


May E. Clark


69


9


14


29


Ernest E. Coombs


60


1


7


July 2 Edward Manning


87


0


0


9 Nancy J. Meack


79


0


.


0


15 Thomas McMahon


71


0


0


18 James Collins


59


0


0


18 Lizzie F. Eaton


71


11


3


19


Edward Robinson


64


0


11


Aug.


4 Christiana N. Leonard


93


6


28


7 William Ross


16


0


0


7 Frederick A. Johnson


66


4


3


7 William E. Bryant


90


2


12


12 Letitia A. Chase


67


0


6


14 Henry S. Drake


75


1


22


16


Virginia F. Wiksten


6


8


25


19


William B. Wall


46


9


27


20 Standish Holmes


30


1


0


22 Mary Nuttall


74


7


16


25 Michael J. Maddigan


77


6


13


26 Richard W. Smith


0


11


15


30


Bradford K. Cushman


73


0


8


Sept.


2


Leontine Logan


71


0


0


5


Elizabeth Young


53


0


0


9 Mary H. Wetherbee


87


11


17


10 Polly M. Wood


0


1


13


11 Lottie M. Shurtleff


51


0


0


18


Hannah C. Clark


55


1


26


21


Mary E. Andrews


80


11


12


21


Helen L. Redlon


21


11


26


23


George W. Perkins


64


0


22


Oct.


2


Mary Mccarthy


75


9


7


5 Thomas A. Marsland


50


2


2


14 Eulalia V. Bean


29


0


0


17 Della R. Dutra


34


0


0


17 Vertuccio


0


0


13


18


John A. Fagerberg


70


4


8


21


Robert L. Bennett


0


0


3


31


Edna M. Harris


14


6


27


Nov.


5 Herbert T. Cushing


54


4


7


16 Richard E. Bigelow


20


2


12


17 Gertrude Brett


60


6


13


22


Anna J. Ryder


65


3


9


-


107


24


James F. Baker


44


4


19


24 Charlotte E. Donaghy


61


3


13


27 Harriett A. Dunham


85


10


15


30 Robert C. Bass


63


0


11


Dec.


9 Evelyn W. Thomas


66


3


27


9 Horace W. Macomber


71


3


5


15


Linnie W. Tripp


57


2


23


16 Alice G. Reed


78


2


24


19


George H. Robidoux


73


0


0


25


Manuel B. Mello


54


1


14


27


Charles A. Haskins


53


11


1


28


Isabella G. Thomas


65


0


28


30


William H. Ladbury


76


5


29


31 Caroline W. Robbins


43


8


10


Number of births recorded in 1931


183


Number of Marriages recorded in 1931


88


Number of Deaths recorded in 1931


109


Respectfully submitted,


WALDO S. THOMAS,


Town Clerk


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SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


Middleboro, Mass., January 1, 1932.


To the Board of Selectmen


Middleboro, Mass.


I herewith hand you the report of the Weights and Meas- ures Department for the year 1931.


The State Standards are in excellent condition, being oiled and wiped after being used. The weights owned by the town and used in field work are in great need of being renickeled. It should be done at once in order to save the town a greater expense some time later. The weights used in testing coal scales have been scraped and repainted and are now in good condition. The gasolene test cans have been all equipped with new glass tubes which make a quicker reading possible and all cans are in good condition. Gaso- lene pumps still need constant attention if the riding public is to get correct measurement. In a great many instances the old style hand pumps have been taken out and electric pumps put in to take their place. In cases of this kind the revenue has been cut down four-fifths. While in my opinion the electric pump has come to stay it is a question which is the best.


Butter has to be watched and reweighed continually. Potatoes that come through in burlap sacks are required to be weighed before being sold. Flour also has to be watched and reweighed. There was one prosecution in Court for using condemned scales. The State Inspector complained to the Sealer. Oil jars are now coming through with State seal. All Clinical thermometers have been listed and tabula- tion sent to the State House. The State Department in Boston is all the time requiring more and more from the Sealers, which causes a decided increase in the work of the Department. This detail work requires a lot of extra time.


A general summary of the work follows :- Pieces sealed- 1402, pieces non-sealed-28, pieces adjusted-66, pieces


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condemned-32. 1608 trial weighings were made, 1580 were correct, 16 under, 12 over. 19 stores were inspected for paper cartons. Inspections made were-20 peddlers' licen- ses, 5 milk dealers' jars, 26 food marking, 5 milk cans, 6 transient vendors' licenses, 3 stores on clinical thermometers, 20 peddlers' scales, 8 ice scales, 2 junk scales, 7 ice cream cans, 152 miscellaneous inspections. 77 pumps were re- tested with 263 stops. Bread weight and labels with mark- ings were also inspected. All complaints were investigated and adjusted. A number of warnings given offenders were all cheerfully complied with the law after being set right.


I wish to thank all who have helped make this year as successful as it has been.


Respectfully submitted, LOUIS C. LITTLEJOHN, Sealer of Weights & Measures.


110


REPORT OF THE MARIA L. H. PEIRCE LUXURY FUND.


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,


Middleboro, Mass.


Gentlemen :-


The close of another year brings again to our attention that fact that our town is unique in the possession of the Maria L. H. Peirce Luxury Fund inspired only by kindliness and the love of humanity.


We have purchased several medical appliances from this fund and various articles as they were needed.


As usual we had our Christmas Eve party with Santa Claus in person distributing gifts to each resident. Thanks are due to our local merchant, Harry Richmond, for his presents of cigars to the men and candy to the women.


To the delight of our men we had the illuminated Christ- mas tree in the front yard, and, as an innovation, we planted evergreens and shrubbery in front of and along the side of the imfirmary.


We have furnished the tobacco for two-thirds of the year, flowers at holidays, and fruit upon special occasions.


We feel extremely grateful to the manager of the Park Theatre who admits our residents to the pictures free of charge at any time. We have received a letter of commen- dation from the headquarters of the Women's Dept. of the National Civic Federation for this unusual courtesy. We plan to have these theatre parties about every six or eight weeks; thereby making a gala occasion in our usually well- ordered lives.


In closing, I wish to express my appreciation for the opportunity of administering this fund.


Very truly yours,




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