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Middleboro
Sept.
Middleboro
Middleboro
Middleboro
12 Harold W. Pierce Inez E. Cayton
Braintree, Mass.
Lakeville
Middleboro
Brockton
153
Florence May Clark
Middleboro
10 Zigmund A. Stulpin Helen A. Logrien
Middleboro
11 E. Vincent Bissonnette
Middleboro
Dorothea P. Cummings
W. Roxbury
20 Arthur F. Benson
Middleboro
Doris M. Godbout
Whitman
27 Manuel L. Gomes
Carver
Elsie Pina nee Santos
Carver
27
Albert R. Carey
Middleboro
Eleanor K. Brown
Lakeville
29 Winthrop R. Manwaring
Middleboro
Ethel Hanscom
Middleboro
30 Edwin F. Jefferson
Middleboro
Margueritte, Crowell
Randolph
31 Edward J. McCarthy
Middleboro
Edna M. English
Middleboro
Nov.
1 Johan K. H. Lamminmaki
Middleboro
Mildred E. Charron
Middleboro
7 Alden Stringer
Wareham
Gladys H. Pratt
Middleboro
11 Frank E. Johnson
Carver
Dorothy Thelma Fuller
Middleboro
14 John B. Hinds
Cromwell, Conn.
Helen W. Brownell
Cromwell, Conn.
17 Amedeo J. Giberti
Middleboro
Annie T. Fabbri
Middleboro
25 Donald M. Kraus
Middleboro
Elizabeth F. Eayrs
Middleboro
26 Ernest M. Drake, Jr.
Middleboro
Marie Louise Lounsbury
Brockton
26 Willard F. Rand Louise R. Nolan
Wareham
28 Eugene Cabral
Middleboro
Cecelia Pestana
Taunton
29 Ralph Morrison Olive Eileen Mary Sullivan
Bridgewater
Manchester, N. H.
11 Alfred Kraus
Middleboro
Martha E. Bordeaux
Middleboro
Newport, R. I.
19 Walter A. Chase
Middleboro
Eleanor M. Caldwell
Middleboro
24 Donald Atwood Garnier Louise Nelson Greene
Middleboro
24 Frederic J. Carey Doris E. Baldwin
Middleboro
Middleboro
26 Ford Westcott Martyn Lee Marie Hayward
Middleboro
30 Philip J. Silva Pearl E. Hodgdon
Middleboro
31 Frances L. Caswell Virginia H. Jacques
Middleboro
Middleboro
Middleboro
Middleboro
Dec.
18 Peter Aloysius Dyer Elizabeth Eloise, Sheehan
Middleboro
Middleboro
Lancaster
Middleboro
31 Albert Thompson Lillian Duphily
Middleboro
Middleboro
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154
DEATHS RECORDED IN THE TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGH DURING 1936
Date 1936 Jan.
3 Kusti A. Maki
55
6
5
3
Minerva Perkins
93
2
0
11
Mabelle A. White
59
2
1
13
Alfred J. Patterson
66
0
8
15
Albert Allen Sisson
76
1
14
17
James Frank Howe
44
3
20
20
Mary Armenia Smith
84
0
20
23
William E. Whitty, Jr.
8
2
8
25
George F. Reynolds
87
8
19
26
Luther S. Bailey
77
1
9
26
Ellen Mable Burns
72
11
0
29
Royal F. Burgess
79
11
8
31
Lucy G. Holbrook
82
1
28
31
Della Avery
68
Feb.
5
George L. Wood
70
2
11
7
Hiram Bryant
81
5
30
10
Phillip L. Egger
65
10
13
11
Mary A. Howe
73
7
12
15
Louisa A. O'Hearn
82
17
Peter J. Nolan
48
8
7
18
Walter Bosworth
92
3
11
19
Terry A. Tillman
78
1
15
24
George Tate
73
6
19
Mar.
2 John Morrison
85
7
14
8 Frank E. Thomas
66
11
16
9
Mary McNabb
75
6
2
11 Dorathy E. Liber
1
4
15
12
Amanda F. Burgess
87
8
3
13
Mildred Page
65
1
24
25 Margaret M. McLeod
56
3
9
28
Thomas B. Thompson
67
9
Apr.
7 Anna Ruzycki
26
8
4
8 Silas Thomas
61
10 James Maxim
69
4
25
10 Elizabeth O. Sheehan
61
3
25
13
Alma J. Gibbs
74
8
26
14
Lewis A. Thayer
79
11
29
17
John Joseph Mahoney
63
4
3
91
3
22
28
Jessie C. Beck
31
2 hrs.
18
Lois C. Smith
1
16
27
Harry E. Braley
56
4 Emily E. Kingman
51
8
8
8 Joseph M. Gibbs
50
2
0
10 Josephine Perkins
2 hrs.
22
Frank C. Whitney
27
Edward Gamache
Y
M
D
29
Clarence A. Pierce
155
May
1
Clement W. Barrows
79
9
1
7
Elizabeth Pittsley
90
8
16
7 Leslie E. Wood
9
7
Clara J. Sampson
81
4
8
Elmer E. Bumpus
74
2
16
9
Grover C. Patterson
50
2
27
10
Joseph H. Schofield
68
4
3
10
Mary Vantura
52
6
10
20
John E. Harvey
77
21
Abbie D. Shaw
77
5
23
23
Charles F. Roberts
59
7
26
23 Mary F. Frazier
63
5
14
25 Mary E. Everbeck
77
9
22
25
Lillian S. Russell
56
1
25
28
Florence G. Cobb
71
2
5
29
Margaret E. Averell
74
7
4
30
George A. Cox
74
4
18
June
6 Daniel Sevigny
68
1
8
7 Amasa Foster
86
8
17
10
Roger Mathews
23
10
0
16
Frieda E. Morrison
29
11
28
17
John W. Dunn
73
6
14
17
Viola L. MacAuley
37
10
20
18
Marie E. Rogers
10 hrs.
20
Patrick A. Grant
67
21
Clarence L. Hathaway
80
3
28
25
Pasquarosa Chuippi
82
5
19
26
Joan E. Deming
2
2
17
30
Clifford Choate
29
10
0
July
7
Emma D. Decker
74
9
14
7
Robert Fish
48
8
27
13 Adelia C. Richards
68
6
18
16 Amelia A. Holbrook
97
2
27
18
Joseph Povilonis
47
2
3
20
George Dainis
46
24
Emma E. Bryant
86
5
11
30 Elizabeth J. Campbell
54
3
6
31
Allerton C. Bennett
75
11
31
Aug.
2
Susan L. Surrey
89
7
22
7
Sophie M. Clark
76
10
12
9
Myron W. Baxter
67
10
26
10
John A. McBane
3
9
26
13
Marion L. Johnson
6
8
28
15
Emma C. Morrison
71
4
6
16
Lillian M. Sampson
65
7
8
21
Minnie M. Russell
70
6
18
22
Charles M. Campbell
58
8
8
Y
M
D
16 Annie H. Walker
69
6
25
17 Achsah A. Bennett
73
9
25
19 Edward Moquin
74
4
20
24 Lydia F. Keyes
71
8
5
27 Octavie Boutin
65
8
11
30
Frank K. Saltmarsh
82
2
17
7 Eliza Glassey
77
4
1
156
24
Bertha McAnaugh
35
7
3
26 Abner L. Long
88
11
17
26 William L. Soule
74
8
27
27 Geraldine Garnett
5
Sept. 2 Germaine B. Marois
52
2
22
7
Charles W. Hidden
79
10
25
11
Samuel C. Smith
83
2
30
14
Elizabeth Lewis
67
8
27
15
Joseph Reas
71
2
12
Oct.
1
Florence L. Vaughan
85
7
25
5 Samuel W. Guilford
72
1
24
6 Lucy H. Sullivan
71
10
7
8
Mary E. Murtagh
82
11
5
12
Nora McKenna
66
13
Frank Mooney
64
21
Anthony Zilonis
18
6
2
25
Israel F. Bishop
29
7
24
26
Isaac A. Sheldon
67
6
9
27
Charles M. Ellis
73
16
1
Anna B. Meier
75
11
5
10
Josiah Carver
88
2
5
13
Thomas F. Boucher
70
2
7
14 Sarah F. Sisson
77
2
19
15
Alva Ward
83
2
5
16
Ednah C. Kinne
87
7
15
22 Eva B. Simkus
83
8
31
Dec.
1
Frederick Solmonson
73
8
9
3
Dewitt C. Delamartes
81
2
10
7
Angeline E. Lovell
54
1
5
10
Lelah M. Hathaway
80
1
20
12
Martin F. Jefferson, Jr.
4
10
15
13
Joseph Costa
69
9
5
16
Anna M. Johnson
79
6
29
23
Arthur J. Carr
70
25
Lucy E. Field
85
6
25
27
Aurelia L. Harrison
91
11
7
31
Ernest J. Ouellette
26
5
Total Births 162
Total Marriages 107
Total Deaths 148
Y
M
D
49
22
3 Bridget McCarthy
34
4 Bradford D. Bennett
88
17
25
Helen M. Sullivan
26
Eunice F. Harlow
62
2
22
2
Jennie Horn
78
4 hrs.
29
Annie M. Curley
28
20
16 Ellen M. McClusky
Nov.
2 Joseph E. Lamoureaux
2
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TOWN CLERK'S FINANCIAL REPORT
Receipts
Fish and Game Licenses :
Resident Citizen Fishing, 170 @ $2.00
$340.00
Resident Citizen Hunting, 218 @ $2.00
436.00
Resident Citizen Sporting, 138 @ $3.25 448.50
Resident Citizen Minor and
Female Fishing, 30 @ $1.25
37.50
Resident Citizen Minor Trap- ping, 11 @ $2.25 24.75
Resident Citizen Trapping, 22 @ $5.25
115.50
Special Non-Resident Fishing, 7 @ $1.50 10.50
Non-Resident Citizen Fishing, 2 @ $5.25 10.50
:
Duplicate, 5 @ $.50
2.50
$1,425.75
Due Fish and Game Dept. $1,276.25
Due Town -- Fish and Game Fees 149.50
Dog Licenses :
Males, 576 @ $2.00 $1,152.00
Females, 115 @ $5.00 575.00
Spayed, 129 @ $2.00 258.00
Kennel, 1 @ $25.00 25.00
Replacement, 3 @ $.25 .75
Duplicate, 13 @ $.10
1.30
$2,012.05
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Due County
1,845.80
Due Town-Fees
166.25
Licenses :
Marriages
$196.00
Common Victualler
76.00
Gasoline
309.50
Alcohol
6,027.00
Beano
135.00
Mortgages
181.75
Certified Copy
21.75
Sunday
68.00
Fire Arm
1.00
Fuel Oil
1.00
Junk
25.00
Ice Cream
15.00
Theatre
65.00
Pedlar
39.00
Fire Works
15.00
Masseur
3.00
Dealer
141.00
Inn-holder
2.00
Transient Vendor
40.00
Billiards and Bowling
2.00
Auctioneer
8.00
Total Receipts
7,372.00 $10,809.80
Disbursements
Town Treasurer
$9,533.55
Division of Fisheries and Game 1,276.25
Total Disbursements
$10,809.80
Attest :
WALDO S. THOMAS,
Town Clerk.
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REGISTRAR'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR Ending December 31, 1936
Several meetings were held revising check list.
Several meetings were held for certifying nomina- tion papers.
The following sessions were held for registering voters :
Names Added to List
1936
Mar. 20
8
27
1
Apr. 8 59
30
10
July
20
10
Aug. 12
43
21
29
26
55
Sept. 25
72
Oct.
2
62
5
13
9
52
13
18
14
190
Dec. 11
4
18
2
19
2
23
2
1937 Jan. 6 3
160
After deducting from and adding to, the total regis- tration after Jan. 6th session is :
Precinct 1
Males 189
Females 147
Total 336
Precinct 2
2,117
1,789
3,906
Precinct 3
301
229
530
Totals
2,607
2,165
4,772
Respectfully submitted,
ADNAH H. HARLOW, SARAH A. SHEEHY, WILLIAM P. SCANLON, WALDO S. THOMAS,
Board of Registrars.
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ELECTION OFFICERS 1936 - 1937
PRECINCT 1
Warden
Deputy Warden Clerk
Deputy Clerk Inspector Deputy Inspector Officer
Bert J. Allan
William Lewis
Percy W. Keith
Mrs. Stella Fickert
Harold M. Pratt
Maurice J. Guerin
Robert C. West
PRECINCT 2
August St. Amand
Frank S. Thomas
Elwyn Lynde John F. Perry Louis Cole Frank Diotte
Ralph W. Maddigan Luke F. Callan Harold S. Thomas
PRECINCT 3
Harlas L. Cushman Leslie M. Woodward Archibald W. Reedy Susan M. Brackett William E. Tierney Henry W. Walker Richmond Mathews
iWarden Deputy Warden Clerk Deputy Clerk Inspector
Deputy Inspector
Officer
Warden Deputy Warden Clerk Deputy Clerk Inspector Deputy Inspector Officer
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APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE SELECTMEN AS OF MARCH 1st, 1936
Office
Name
Term Expires
Assessor
Registrar of Voters
Trustee of Public Library
March 1, 1939
March 1, 1939
Tree Warden
Harry J. Goodale
March 1, 1937
Burial Agent
Luke F. Kelley
March 1, 1937
Dog Officer
Robert E. Hewitt
May 1,1937
Inspector of Slaughtering
Leslie N. Clark
April 1,1937
March 1, 1937
Inspector of Wires Ralph Sampson Sealer of Weights and Measures Town Counsel
Louis C. Littlejohn
March 1, 1937
Luke F. Kelley
March 1, 1937
Alden C. Sisson
March 1, 1937
Keeper of Lockup Soldiers' Physician
Dr. A. Vincent Smith March 1, 1937 Dr. Edward L. Perry March 1, 1937
Field Driver and Pound Keeper Fence Viewer
Alden C. Sisson
March 1, 1937
Frederick S. Weston March 1, 1937
Frank S. Thomas March 1, 1937
Ernest S. Pratt March 1, 1937
Alden C. Sisson
March 1, 1937
Constable
Alfred M. Butler March 1, 1937
Robert E. Hewitt March 1, 1937
Harry E. Allen March 1, 1937
J. Adrien Bissonnette March 1, 1937
Collector of Water, Gas and Electric and all other de- partmental bills
Chester L. Shaw March 1, 1937
Benjamin C. Shaw William P. Scanlon Grace H. Noble Thomas H. Kelley H. Jane Bennett
March 1, 1939
April 1,1939
March 1, 1939
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HEALTH OFFICER Louis C. Littlejohn
INSPECTOR OF MILK Louis C. Littlejohn
ADMINISTRATION OF WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Harry J. Goodale, Administrator William G. Boynton, Assistant Laura B. Whittemore, Assistant
BUREAU OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
William C. Kilpatrick Romeo Millette
Frederic H. Noble
PUBLIC WEIGHERS
Melville D. Wilbur
Edwin F. Shaw
Garrett E. Whitty
Ernest S. Pratt
Elliot H. Perkins
Lura A. Bradford
George F. Keyes
Paul E. Gamache
John E. McManus
John R. Dutra
Albert F. Soule
Charles Ruhmpohl
William E. Gardner
Lawrence H. Thomas
Raymond Langley
Ralph D. Kelley
Lewis F. Harding Annie Place
Vernon Briggs Alden C. Sisson
Ivan B. Sparrow
William F. Fickert
Robert A. Clark
Leah Fabbri
Lewis Garney
Howard T. Lincoln
Leon Corsini
Nellie A. Kelley
William Briggs
Louis C. Littlejohn
Gordon DeMoranville
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SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS
Paul F. Anderson
Herbert Batchelder
Clyde A. Briggs
Arthur B. Caswell
John T. Connor
Leroy E. Mawhinney James McDonald Roy Pendleton Chester H. Rice
Chessman Coombs
John Callan
John J. Sullivan
Francis Crowley
Alton T. Smith
William O. Casey
Arthur L. Smith
Jesse Carpenter, Jr.
Wallace Grant
Ralph Sampson James J. Vigers
Harry W. Hull
Albert T. Westgate
Robert E. Hewitt
William Watson
Warren E. Jefferson
Jesse C. Wilbur Harold S. Wood
Alfred Butler
William E. Gardiner, Jr.
Thomas E. Hirst
Robert B. Wenner William E. Scott
George Barney
MEASURER OF WOOD, BARK AND LUMBER
Levi O. Atwood
Gilbert M. Simmons
William G. Wilcox
Sheldon L. Phinney N. S. Cushing, Jr. Albert Deane Ernest S. Pratt
Harrison F. Shurtleff
Leo A. Quindley
Henry W. Sears, Jr. Frederick S. Weston Forest S. Churbuck Benjamin C. Shaw Frank S. Thomas Myron W. Baxter Charles N. Warren Ernest L. Standish Herbert E. Dodge
Russell B. Tripp
Louis C. Littlejohn Patrick McMahon
Melville Wilbur
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JURY LIST ADOPTED BY BOARD OF SELECTMEN JUNE 30, 1936
Names Address Occupation
Atwood, Levi O., Miller St., Box Mfgr.
Bailey, Harold C., 19 Webster St., Garage Mgr.
Ball, Kingsley A., 93 So. Main St., Salesman Begley, Edward E., Webster St., Merchant Bissonnette, J. Adrien, 152 Peirce St., Merchant Boucher, Thomas F., Jr., 16 E. Grove St., Clerk Briggs, Clyde A., 20 Forest St., Laborer Broadbent, Gilbert, 1119 Center St., Mechanic Brooks, John W., Jr., Plymouth St., Grocer Brown, Edward J., Bedford St., Mechanic Carr, Harold J., 41 Forest St., Mechanical Dentist Carter, George T., 27 Lovell St., Shoeworker Caswell, Arthur B., 26 Jackson St., Shoeworker Caswell, William R., Plymouth St., Grocer Churchill, Clarence T., Center St., Chauffeur Clark, Leslie N., E. Grove St., Farmer Cole, Louis, 11 Benton St., Retired
Crapo, William H., 67 School St., Retired Cushman, Earl B., Plymouth St., Farmer Deane, Albert, Soule St., Farmer Diotte, Frank, Arch St., Telegrapher Donner, George A., North St., Salesman Drake, Reginald, Peirce St., Ins. Agt. Dunbar, C. Delmar, 33 Bourne St., Clerk Dunham, Arthur H., Bedford St., Poultryman Dunham, Horace H., 82 Pearl St., Janitor Dunham, George I., 112 Oak St., Mechanic Eayrs, Walter G., 3 Rice St., Shoeworker Erickson, A. Victor, Wood St., Shoeworker Faulkner, James M., Wareham St., Laborer Fickert, Alfred H., Plymouth St., Farmer
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Fickert, Charles R., 10 Myrtle St., Shoeworker Fish, Alphonso, Wareham St., Restaurant Galfre, Dante, Everett St., Shoeworker Gamache, Paul E., 6 Shaw Ave., Chauffeur Gibbs, Joseph M., Wareham St., Shoeworker Glover, William J., 34 Pearl St., Pharmacist Goodwin, Charles H., Forest St., Janitor Harris, Clarence E., Everett St., Shoeworker Haskins, Lorenzo, North St., Engineer Hathaway, George L., So. Main St., Clerk Heath, Albert M., Center St., Shoeworker Hennessey, Edward F., 395 Center St., Shoeworker Hokanson, Sven, Wareham St., Tailor Holmes, Charles E., Miller St., Laborer Hudson, Guy L., Plympton St., Chauffeur Johnston, John D., Peirce St., Salesman Jones, Robert S., Plymouth St., Machinist Keyes, Wilfred S., 35 School St., Shoeworker Lang, Edward S., 53 Arch St., Clerk Lang, Fred, Pearl St., Merchant
Langley, Raymond, North St., Manager LeBaron, William E., Wareham St., Mechanic Lynde, Elwyn B., So. Main St., Retired MacCormick, Columbia J., 16 Forest St., R. R. Employee Martin, John J., Webster St., Clerk Massicott, Arthur, 38 Montello St., Weaver McMahon, William J., 43 Arch St., Shoeworker McQuade, James F., 28 Pearl St., Candymaker Moulton, Ralph L., Center Ave., R. R. Employee Murphy, Peter J., 1105 Center St., R. R. Employee Nelson, George S., Wareham St., Shoeworker Newkirk, Abraham G., 26 Rock St., Bookkeeper Nickerson, Ralph O., Plymouth St., Shoeworker Nourse, Ralph E., Bedford St., Shoeworker O'Neil, Michael J., 22 Pearl St., R. R. Employee Orcutt, Myron E., Rocky Meadow St., Shoeworker Paradise, Wilfred H., 32 Frank St., Shoeworker
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Pearson, Arthur B., 348 Wareham St., R. R. Employee Pendleton, Roy, Smith St., Teamer
Perkins, George H., 29 West St., Shoeworker
Perkins, Herbert C., 40 School St., Salesman
Phinney, Elmer E., Pearl Court, Shoeworker Pickard, Emil L., 23 Lovell St., R. R. Employee Pratt, Harold M., Vernon St., Retired Pratt, Lewis A., North St., Farmer
Purdon, George B., 25 Oak St., R. R. Employee Richmond, Rufus H., Vernon St., Laborer Robinson; Richard W., 13 Elm St., R. R. Employee Rose, Manuel M., E. Main St., Shoeworker Rose, William V., 40 Forest St., Salesman Ryder, Ralph E., Plymouth St., Carpenter Shuman, Wilfred, 44 School St., Foreman Smith, Arthur L., Plymouth St., Merchant Snow, Marshall A., Oak St., Electrician Souza, Alfred M., 42 Wareham St., Barber St. Amand, August, Jr., 67 Oak St., Laborer Standish, Walter I., Woodlawn, Shoeworker Taylor, Freeman, No. Main St., Chauffeur Townsend, Leon I., Bedford St., Shoeworker Wilbur, Alden D., Wareham St., Clerk Wilmot, James J., Plymouth St., Painter Woodward, Leslie M., Benson St., Accountant
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SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
To the Board of Selectmen, Middleboro, Mass.
Gentlemen :
The following is the report of the Weights and Meas- ures Department for 1936 :
State Standards .- The State Standards have for a number of years been located at 13 Forest Street, and are in excellent condition considering the length of time that they have been in use. They are the property of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and are loaned to the Town of Middleborough. The town treasurer is directly responsible for their care and maintenance. This year they were sent to Boston for a careful test and recalibration; this was done and they now conform exactly with the State Standards. This testing and recalibration is compulsory by State Statute.
Town Owned Equipment .- The field or working equipment, which is owned by the town, is in very good condition with the exception of the big nickle weights and two small ones. I have referred to these weights and their condition in my reports of 1932-33-34-35. The large fifty-pound weights have been sandpapered, painted and all recalibrated and are now good for a long period of time if given proper care.
Liquid Measures. - These include the gasoline test measures of which we have a full battery. They are in excellent shape, having been cleaned, new glasses put in, thus giving them the appearance of new ones. The volume liquid measures are kept in a case especially
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made for them and in this way they are kept in the best possible condition.
Town Scales .- The town scales are still out of com- mission and have been since they were condemned in 1923 by the Massachusetts Division of Standards. They should be put in shape so that the town would have a Master Scale available at all times. They are fast deteriorating from the elements, and if let go will be a total loss to the town.
Gasoline Pumps .- Most of the pumps today are elec- trically driven; the few hand pumps left are kept for use in case that the electricity fails, and it gives the merchant a chance to serve his customers.
Gasoline Meters .- Computing Meters are the last word in dispensing gasoline and are coming into use more extensively. Each customer can see just how much he gets, the price per gallon and the total amount of his purchase, and by looking at the viz-gauge the purchaser can always see if he is getting correct measurement, and if he is getting gasoline pumped into his car. This is in my opinion the best way to deliver gasoline to the customer.
The Viz-Gauge .- The viz-gauge is placed on each pump so that it will be possible for each customer to see that he is getting his just measurement, and that the pump is working properly. The viz-gauge should have gas in it at all times.
Butter .- Butter has the past year been the source of much trouble, as it has come through in many instances short weight and had to all be reweighed and made to weigh 16 ounces. It has required a constant watch, and has taken a lot of the sealer's time. Whole ship-
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ments have been sent back for readjustment. I have been called to the packers several times in regard to short weight. We think that the trouble has been over- come and feel that from now on it will come through much better.
Onions and Potatoes .- Sacks of onions and potatoes come through short weight to quite an extent. Each and every bag of onions and potatoes have to be weighed to see if the weight is correct. The weight of small fruits and vegetables has been very good. The merchants who have put up goods for sale ahead have co-operated to such an extent that one rarely finds a single package that is not correct in weight.
Package goods have been weighed all through the year and with one or two exceptions have been correct.
The change in the transient vendor law caused a de- cided drop in transient vendors in the town.
Pedlers .- We have, coming into this town, a very large number of pedlers from other towns and cities and they need constant checking to keep track of their licenses and sales to see that they keep within the scope of the law. Our own local pedlers co-operate in every way possible to make this an ideal town. Fruit and vegetable pedlers that come from the state of Rhode Island give the most trouble and need constant watch- ing. Buyers of live poultry that come into this state from Rhode Island need to be carefully watched.
Clinical Thermometers .- Clinical thermometers in the various stores and hospital have been inspected and all have been listed carefully and the report sent to the Director of Standards at the State House.
Bread .- Bread has been weighed again and again to see that the buyer is getting his just weight. The bakers,
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as a general thing, are very willing to co-operate in any way and are conforming to the law as laid down by the Division of Standards as nearly as possible. The licenses are taken out at once and without any trouble, and no baker is coming into Middleboro who does not have a license.
Wood .- Wood dealers in the town are living up to the wood laws as nearly as it is possible. Many loads have been stopped and measured and in all cases have been found to be of lawful measure and length.
Flour .- The even weight of flour coming into town is remarkable. The weighing of many of these bags show that the consumer is getting just weight. Most flour is weighed on automatic scales and this has done much to regulate the weight of flour so that each bag conforms to the standard.
Licenses .- The Transient Vendors License Law was changed, which made a large difference in the appli- cations for these licenses. Local licenses have gone very good. Each driver is given a badge and plate to identify him. Only four prosecutions this past year, these on no license charges. The outside pedlers com- ing into town are a source of continuous trouble and annoyance and need constant watching. The licensing of pedlers has grown in leaps and bounds and takes much of the sealer's time to follow them up.
Truck Meters .- At the first of the year it was by a good deal of persuasion on the part of the sealer and the fact that at that time we had bad weather, I had to have the State Test Tank here for a whole week. At that time the State Inspector went over all the meters on the tank trucks and when completed all meters con- formed to state specifications. The state will not bring
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this tank here again this year. I respectfully request that the town make some provision to take care of this part of the sealing.
Platform Scales. - The big State Test Truck came here, after continual writing and begging for over a year to get it to come. While here it tested all coal scales in town and found them all to be in first class condition and all conform to state specifications. The dealers were all very thankful for this service. Both tank and truck are owned by the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts and are used to check up on the sealer by the State Inspectors. This is done to see that the sealers are doing their work correctly.
The following is a summary of the work for 1936:
There were 22 pieces adjusted, 870 pieces sealed, 16 pieces non-sealed and 14 pieces condemned.
Total number of Bread tested 154. Butter 460. Beans 107. Lard 66. Potatoes 293. Confectionery 32. Flour 104. Dry commodities 238. Fruits and vegetables 67. Grain and feed 66. Bailed hay 53. Coal in paper 39. Meats and provisions 63.
The following items were inspected and retested :
Paper cartons 25. Pedlers' licenses 15. Bread mark- ing 154. Food markings in package 320. Coal in paper bags 39. Transient vendor licenses 10. Clinical ther- mometers 86. Pedlers' scales 18. Ice scales 18. Junk scales 4. Oil jars 320. Other inspections 20. Retest gas devices 65. Approved paper cartons.
In closing, I wish to thank all those that have helped to make this department as efficient as it has been this past year.
LOUIS C. LITTLEJOHN,
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
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REPORT OF THE HEALTH OFFICER
December 31, 1936.
To the Board of Health, Middleboro, Mass.
I herewith submit for your approval the report of the Health Department for the year 1936.
The health conditions in the town have been very sat- isfactory during the past year. There were 218 con- tagious diseases reported to the department for the year. All roadside stands, restaurants and stores were in- spected as to their sanitary conditions and the mer- chants and owners have been very willing to cooperate in every way so as to improve conditions, and good prog- ress has been made along these lines.
Milk plants, dairies, dairy farms and ice cream plants and other conditions have been inspected and found in most cases to comply with the law. In cases where they did not the owner immediately made the changes as required.
· Contagious Diseases
We have had several cases of contagion that needed hospital attention and treatment during the year. These were sent to Massachusetts Memorial Hospital and to the Lakeville Sanatorium, where the cases were well taken care of. There was one severe case of mastoid, resulting from a contagious disease. There have been a number of cases of venereal diseases which have been given treatment and medical aid. All of the venereal disease cases are now being cared for by a local phy- sician which means a saving to the town. I would
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like to say here that under the able direction of the Inspector of Plumbing, Mr. John J. Pearson, the sani- tary condition of the town has been greatly improved and through his care and foresight many bad condi- tions and situations have been eliminated which might have caused contagion which might have resulted seriously. I should like to thank the Inspector of Plumbing for the very great help that he has been to me during the year.
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