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*Evelyn L. Bailey, 19 Webster Street, Rock School Florence L. Gilberti, Hillside Avenue, Thompsonville School
* Hilda G. MacKeen, Miller Street, Green School
Supervisors
* Music-Wirt B. Phillips, 2 Reland Street
* Art-Sylvia C. Matheson, Oak Street
* (On tenure)
JANITORS
Central Schools
Charles H. Goodwin, Memorial High School Warren Jefferson, Bates School
Ernest S. Maxwell, School Street School
Daniel F. McCarthy, West Side School Frank M. Gibbs, Forest Street School
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John L. Luippold, Assistant Memorial High School John J. Sullivan, Union Street School
Suburban Schools
Clifford Graham, South Middleboro School
Chester Vickery, Rock School
Mrs. Harold Gates, Thompsonville School
Marion L. Nutter, Thomastown School
Mrs. William Cherrett, Soule School Elsie LeBlanc, Waterville School Mitchell Canfield, Purchade School
James Brooks, Pleasant Street School Henry Zion, Plymouth Street School
Edward W. Fessesden, Green School
CHANGES OF TEACHERS
January 1, 1937, to January 1, 1938
Withdrawals
Eleanor A. Barden, Union Street School George Q. Hill, High School
Evelyn I. Bickford, High School
Appointments
Alfred E. Farley, High School
Margaret H. Ryder, High School
Evelyn I. Bickford, High School
Transferals
Abby Rugg Field, High to Bates School Olive M. Kidd, Bates to School Street School
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GRADUATION EXERCISES
Memorial High School
TOWN HALL
Middleboro, Massachusetts Wednesday Evening, June 16 1937 At eight o'clock
Class Flower: Yellow Rose
Class Motto : We Finish to Begin
Class Colors : Blue and Gold
Fred B. Alger, Chairman School Committee J. Stearns Cushing, Superintendent of Schools Lindsay J. March, Principal
Leonard O. Tillson, Sub-master
ORDER OF EXERCISES
March of the War Priests From Athalia - Mendelssohn M. H. S. Orchestra
Prayer
Rev. William F. Preston
Salutatory and Essay : The Real Tschaikowsky Priscilla L. Commeau
Essay : Gordon Low
Emily Atkins
Senior Girls Glee Club : Dark Eyes Russian Folk Song
Mary Anacki Lillian Berry
Marion Clark
Alice M. Huxley
Luella G. Bissonnette
Olga A. Laine
Madeline F. Dunham
Lillian A. Norvish
Priscilla S. Hathaway
K. Irene Porter
Priscilla V. Martenson
Marie W. Shaw
Helen F. Matheson
Margaret Shurtleff
Giselle G. Millette
Edythe M. Standish
Vieno I. Paananen Margaret E. Standish
M. Pauline Westgate
Margaret E. Wood
Accompanist : Margaret-Anne Preston
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Essay : The United States Supreme Court Thomas C. Archer
Essay : Judge Peter Oliver Margaret-Anne Preston
Flute Solo: Le Babillard (The Chatterer)
A. Terschak
Marguerite Mendall
Reading : "A Night Out" Edward Peple
Myrtle B. Leighton
Instrumental Ensemble: a. Maria Mari
DiCapua
b. Silver Threads Among the
Gold
Danks
Harvey T. Belmont Sherwood B. Griffith
Norman R: Fickert
Alfred W. Heleen
Stanley H. Hull John W. Scanlon
Richard E. Taylor
Daniel M. West
Essay : The High School in Middleboro Edward W. Sawicki
Valedictory and Essay: Horace Mann, The Great Educator Annie Smarsh
Class Ode How Can I Leave Thee Words by Olga A. Laine
Awards J. Stearns Cushing, Superintendent of Schools John Cabot Club Essay Prize
American Legion Medal-Excellence in Social Science Washington and Franklin Medal-Excellence in History Northeastern University Awards-
Excellence in Mathematics and Science Excellence in Social Science
Cabot Club Prizes The Middleboro Lodge of Elks Scholarship Alumni Scholarship
Anne White Washburn Scholarship
Cabot Club Scholarship
Presentation of Diplomas Fred B. Alger, Chairman of School Committee Benediction
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CLASS ODE
Tune: How Can I Leave Thee
Farewell, dear M. H. S. Sadly we now depart
You've helped us gain success, Strengthened our heart. Teachers and friends we've met Never shall we forget. To you we owe a debt, Dear M. H. S.
School books we put away; Life's road before us lies. Sad are our hearts today, Tear-dimmed our eyes. Friends, from the narrow way
May we ne'er go astray ;
But honor every day Dear M. H. S.
CLASS OF 1937
Classical Course
* Mary Anacki Emily Atkins Elsie Emma Barta Marguerite Frances Beal Luella Gertrude Bissonnette Marion Clark
** Priscilla Louise Commeau Madeline Frances Dunham Thomas Chandler Elliot "Marion Elizabeth Hokanson
* Ruth Elizabeth Hulley Alice Margaret Huxley *Victoria Katherine Jurgelewicz
Mary Maksimuk
Mary Louise McCaig Marguerite Mendall * Maynard Benton Morton Lynwood Catterall Murray Lillian Anne Norvish Katherine Irene Porter
*Margaret-Anne Preston *Helen Sabalewski Alice May Sampson
*Edward Walter Sawicki Marie Wordell Shaw Margaret Shurtleff Edythe Margaret Standish Margaret Edythe Standish Leo Alphonse Swietlowich Margaret Elizabeth Wood
Scientific Course
John Starbuck Alden John Williams Archer *Thomas Clifford Archer John Everett Atwood Harvey Thomas Belmont
Sherwood Bartlett Griffith Edward Joseph Harris Priscilla Standish Hathaway Arthur John Lagadimos William Edward McDowell
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* William Everett Coman Robert Alson Crozier Frederick William daCosta Kenneth Bryant Erickson Stuart Hemingway Flanders
Joseph Louis Mello
John William Scanlon Richard Eaton Taylor
William Robert Thomas
Stanley Alden Washburn
Commercial Course
Angelo Nicholas Dascoulias
Wilfred Joseph Duphily
Gertrude Celia Girard
Helen Margaret Gomes
Giselle Georgianna Millette
Eugenia Shaw Griffith
Mary Barbara Norris
Lionel Ferguson Hawkesworth
Annie Alice Sinoski
Dorothy Viola Hayward Elmer Gregory Hopkins Adam Kunces *Olga Araminda Laine
* * Annie Smarsh Daniel Merton West Margaret Ormsbe Westgate Ethel Amanda Wiksten Celia Eva Wolska
Virginia Mae Wood
General Course
Adelaide Atwood Lillian Berry
William Elwell Bigelow Marie Agnes Bolduc Arthur Franklin Boyce
Francis Wilder LeBaron Priscilla Virginia Martenson Helen Frances Matheson Vieno Ilona Paananen John Willard Rebell Harold Chester Reed Elsie Howe Robbins
Marjorie Louise Breach
Edna Elizabeth Churchill
Herbert Joel Spaulding
Harold Edward Joseph Coughlin Norman Robert Fickert Edward Armen Gauthier
Robert Irvin Stuart
Weldon Allen Thomas
Alfred Walterman Heleen
Benjamin Franklin Walker Robert Stephen Welch
William Hubschwerlin
Stanley Harrison Hull Armen Garabed Kayajan
*Mae Pauline Westgate Allerton Bernard Wilbur Sophie Tresa Zion
Valedictorian Salutatorian *Pro Merito
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* Myrtle Beryl Leighton Emily Maleska Philip Paul Marra
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PROMOTION DAY EXERCISES
Bates School
Middleborough, Massachusetts Town Hall Wednesday, June 9, 1937 At Two O'clock
HENRY B. BURKLAND, Principal
1. March: "March of the Graduates" J. Z. Scott Bates School Orchestra Under the direction of Wirt B. Phillips, Supervisor of Music
2. Invocation Rev. David J. Julius
3. Response : "Thanks to Thee" Sicilian Hymn
4. Free Schools for a Free People
A pageant based upon the study of the development of education, with special emphasis upon the work of Horace Mann, arranged by Effie D. Tucker and Henry B. Burkland, teachers of eighth grade Social Studies, and produced through the cooperation of all departments and members of the Faculty.
Prologue-Education Through the Ages
A. Classical Education-The Oath of the Athenian Youth: Ralph Chartier, Edward Grant, An- thony Marra, Ralph Morse, Clark Perry, Robert Pierce, Albert Smith, Raymond Vickery.
B. Hebrew Synagogue School (In 64 A. D. Jewish law decreed that all boys must be sent to school) -Psalm XXIII: Niobe Carter, Grace Chausse, Bessie Dascoulias, Dimitria Dascoulias, Minnie Freedman, Louise MacDonald, Evelyn St. Amand ,Cecilia Savard, Arleen Tibbetts.
C. Monastic Education-"Alleluia-St. Francis of Assissi-Chorus : Gordon Andrews, Arlene Bry- ant, Donald Cannon, Michael Cordiero, Doris
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Griffith, George Griswold, Florence Hall, Louise Houlihan, Arlene McAnaugh, Harold McAnaugh, Arnold Shaw, Tremaine Smith, Anthony Yukna, Gilbert Vaughn, Ray Vickery.
D. Puritan Education-First school financed by public taxes, Dedham, Mass. 1648: Helen An- thanasiou, Kenneth Belben, George Gaudette, Dorothy Gingras, William Guild, Marianna Lemmo, John Martins, Robert Olson, Vernon Porter, Emerson Ray, Elizabeth Shaw, Thomas Smith, Barbara Sturtevant, Helen Thomas, George Travassos, Ralph White. "Dundee" Chorus
Episode One-Early Life of Horace Mann
Education, Fletcher Clark; "Mann's Youth," Joanne Mendall; Horace Mann, Trafton Mendall; his sister, Edna Zeronski; Mrs. Mann, his mother, Virginia Richmond; Mr. Pearson, straw dealer, George Standish.
Vocal Solo Lillian Sylvia
Episode Two-The Village School
"Mann's Education," Helen Taylor; school master, William Waugh. Pupils: Robert Anderson, Dorothy Breck, John Burgess, William Crossley, Jean Thomas, Jean Dodenhoff, Robert Gay, Louis Garafalo, George Michael, Ted Stefmaier. Chorus : Onward' Wepf
Episode Three-The Greatest Discovery By Mildred Sandison and Eleanor Craven "Mann, the Lawyer," Pauline Roach; Mr. Barnes, John Berry; Mr. Smith, Norman Clark; Horace Mann, adult, Kenneth Hammond; Mr. Payne, Malcolm Buck.
Episode Four-A Decision (from the Beebe Bulletin, Malden, Mass.)
"Antioch or Governor?", Elizabeth McDonald; Hon. Seth Webb, Philip Iampietro; Mrs. Mary Pea- body Mann, Priscilla Kelley; Henry Wilson, Gordon Burger.
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Episode Five-Sayings of Horace Mann
Arthur Alley, Elizabeth Eaton, James Hayward, Lucille MacDowell, Alfred Malenfant, Irene Murdock, Stephen Pawlak, Natalie Perkins, Rozella Saunders, Eleanor Shaw, Stephen Stan- ulewicz, Francis Walker. Our Debt Sylvia Drake
Orchestra : Fortuna Overture . Zamecnik
Epilogue-Youth of Today
A. The Civic Creed. John Alexander, Dorothy Canfield, Constance Haley, Edward Kincus, Barbara Leddy, Robert Logan, Jane Kelly, Albert Maddigan, Natalie Provonche, Donald Rogers, Barbara Shaw, El- mer Shaw, Albert Lang.
B. Safety Pledge.
Mary Brown, June da Costa, Susanne da Costa, Norman DesRosiers, Marion DeMoranville, John Evanoff, Nicholas Galanto, Robert Gur- ney, Douglas MacAulay, Clara Mello, Rita Quagan, Francis Robidoux.
C. Health.
Domingo Baptiste, Francis Bernier, Leonard Dunham, Ernest Griswold, Lewis Hammond, Paul Mitchell, Arthur Morris, John Reed, Wil- liam Vassar.
D. Home Membership. Eileen Dunphy, Louis Duphily, Boleslaw Jurge- lewicz, Natalie Potter.
E. The American's Creed. John Carter, Helen Eaton, Shirley Forney, Thalia Farrington, Robert Schofield, Albert Soule, Arleen Thayer, Stewart Washburn. Chorus : "To Thee O Country". Eichberg
5. Presentation of Certificates of Promotion Fred B. Alger, Chairman, Middleboro School Committee
6. Awarding of Honors J. Stearns Cushing, Superintendent of Schools, Middleboro American Legion Medal for Excellence in Science
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7. Class Song-By Trafton Mendall
Tune: Anchors Aweigh!
Onward we take our way-up the hill of life: Striving in every test-all through the years to do our best
Teachers, who've helped us thro' bright days and- gray
We thank you, one and all, and say good-bye to dear old Bates to-day.
8. Benediction
Rev. Michael J. Danahy
9. March : "Always Jolly" Fox
The Orchestra
School Colors: Blue and Gold School Motto: "Onward !"
PROMOTION LIST, BATES, 1937
GRADE EIGHT, BATES SCHOOL
Alexander, John H.
Logan, Robert W.
Alley, Arthur J.
MacAulay, Douglas W.
Anderson, Robert L.
MacDowell, A. Lucille
Maddigan, Albert T.
Andrews, Gordon L. Athanasiou, Helen L. Baptiste, Domingo Belben, Kenneth E. Bernier, Francis M.
Malenfant, Alfred E.
Marra, Anthony J.
Martins, John C.
McAnaugh, Arlene R.
Berry, John E.
McAnaugh, Harold L.
Breck, Dorothy W.
McDonald, Elizabeth M.
Brown, Mary E.
McDonald, Louise R.
Mello, Clara R.
Bryant, Arlene A. Buck, Malcolm D. Burger, Gordon N.
Mendall, Joanne
Burgess, 3d, John A.
Mendall, C. Trafton Michael, George J. Mitchell, Paul C.
Canfield, Dorothy M. Cannon, Donald S. Carter, John L. Carter, Niobe S. Chartier, Ralph J.
Morris, Arthur A.
Morse, Ralph C.
Murdoch, Irene F.
Olson, Robert
Pawlak, Stephen D.
Perkins, Natalie C.
Chausse, Grace M. Clark, 3d, Fletcher Clark, Norman M. Cordiero, Michael J. daCoste, June F. da Costa, Susanne H. Crossley, William B. Dascoulias, Bessie
Perry, Clark A. Pierce, Robert E.
Porter, Vernon A.
Potter, Natalie S.
Provonche, Natalie F. Quagan, Rita M.
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Dascoulias, Dimitria DeMoranville, Marion L. DesRosiers, Norman N. Dodenhoff, Jean T. Drake, Sylvia C. Dunham, Leonard E. A.
Dunphy, Eileen M.
Duphily, A. Louis Eaton, Elizabeth
Schofield, Robert S.
Shaw, Arnold W.
Shaw, Barbara E.
Farrington, Thalia M.
Forney, Shirley A.
Freedman, Minnie
Shaw, R. Elmer
Smith, Albert
Smith, Thomas H.
Smith, Tremaine S.
Gay, Robert H.
Soule, Albert F.
Gingras, Dorothy
St.Amand, Evelyn R.
Standish, George E.
Griffith, Doris A.
Stanulewicz, Stephen
Griswold, Ernest J.
Stegmaier, Theodore H.
Griswold, George A.
Sturtevant, Barbara P.
Guild, William C.
Sylvia, Lillian P.
Gurney, Robert A.
Taylor, Helen M.
Haley, Constance A.
Thayer, Arleen M.
Hall, Florence M.
Thomas, Helen R.
Hammond, Kenneth E.
Thomas, Jean B.
Hammond, Lewis W.
Tibbetts, Arleen E.
Hayward, James C.
Travassos, George R.
Houlihan, Louise F.
Vassar, William J.
Iampietro, Philip V.
Vaughn, Gilbert T.
Jurgelewicz, Boleslaw J.
Vickery, Ray W.
Kelley, Priscilla
Vickery, Raymond L.
Kelly, Jane H. R.
Walker, Francis B.
Kincus, Edward A.
Washburn, Stewart A.
Lang, Albert 'B.
Waugh, William L.
Leddy, M. Barbara
White, Ralph A.
Lemmo, Marianna A.
Ray, Emerson F. Reed, John L. Richmond, Virginia R.
Roach, M. Pauline
Robidoux, Francis A.
Rogers, Donald L. Saunders, Rozella W.
Savard, Cecilia A.
Eaton, Helen K. Evanoff, John
Shaw, Eleanor M.
Shaw, Elizabeth B. L.
Galanto, Nicholas A.
Garafalo, Louis J.
Gaudette, George P.
Grant, Edward J.
Yukna, Anthony A.
Zeronski, Edna L.
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GRADUATION EXERCISES
Pratt Free School
Thursday, June 10, 1937 At Eight P. M.
PROGRAM
March
Accompanied by Mrs. Harold Pratt
Invocation
Rev. Harold H. Rogers
Essay : "Welcome" Eunice Louise Jones
Oration : "The History of North Middleboro" William Roscoe Caswell
Essay : "Horace Mann" Jane Frances Carmo
Songs (a) "A Dream Boat Passes By" (b) "Canoe Song" Assisted by Miss Anne H. Andrews
"The Class of 1937" Richard Brent Wilmot
Essay : "The Right Education" and "Valedictory" Marjorie Louise Dupre
Duet : "O, That We Two Were Maying !" Mrs. Clarence Churchill-Mr. Harold Pratt
Trumpet Solo
Raymond Rogers
Play : "It Happened in June"
Characters
Betty Branson Marjorie Dupre
Susie Crundel . Marion Commeau
Nell Crundel .
Virginia Nourse
Mollie Jessop
Jane Carmo
Evalina Scroggs . Carolyn Drake
Charles Atkins Richard Wilmot
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Randy Stewart Warren Tharion Jim Pritchett. .. George Lee William Caswell
Jarvis Sneed. Class Song
Presentation of Diplomas
Judge B. J. Allan
Benediction
CLASS SONG Tune: In the Chapel in the Moonlight
Our Pratt Free school days are over tonight, New fields we must enter they say ; But we can't forget, the days we have spent Together in work and in play.
How we've loved to be at Pratt Free, In the school we've held so dearly, Where we've learned to struggle through Work hard and new,
How it grieves us to break those ties That have joined us in our young lives ; And we'll always hold them dear Be far or near.
Friendships we have formed at Pratt Free Will be ever dear and true,
As on life's path we travel far Thinking teachers too of you. Thanks to those who have in some way Helped us journey through our school days ; We must part and say to you A fond-"adieu."
/ Graduates
Jane Frances Carmo Marjorie Louise Dupre
William Roscoe Caswell Eunice Louise Jones Richard Brent Wilmot
Class Motto : "Never Give Up" Class Colors : Blue and Gold Class Flower: Forget-me-not
Principal, Mrs. Myra A. Shaw
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REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen :
I hereby submit the twenty-ninth annual report and. detailed statement of duties performed by the Police Department of the Town of Middleboro for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1937.
I would recommend that another regular officer be added to the Department for the good of the Depart- ment.
I recommend that a coat of paint be put onto the Police Station and Court House.
Chief of Police Alden C. Sisson
Sergeant Charles H. Rogers
Patrolmen
Alton R. Rogers
William C. Elliott
Thomas L. Pittsley Retired Lorenzo W. Rice
Clerk Chester H. Rice
Janitor John Washburn
Special Officers
Paul F. Anderson George A. Barney Alfred M. Butler John Rebell William O. Casey Arthur B. Caswell Jesse Carpenter, Jr. Chessman E. Coombs Francis H. Crowley Wallace S. Grant
William E. Gardiner, Jr. Joseph Gabrey Robert E. Hewitt
Leroy E. Mawhinney Patrick McMahon James A. McDonald
Chester H. Rice Roy Pendleton Alden C. Perry
Alton T. Smith
Arthur L. Smith John J. Sullivan Ralph Sampson
William E. Scott Leon Townsend James J. Vigers
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Thomas E. Hirst Harry W. Hull Warren E. Jefferson Louis C. Littlejohn Richard Matthews
Jesse C. Wilbur Melville D. Wilbur Harold S. Wood Albert T. Westgate William Watson John A. Washburn
OFFENCES
Males
Females
Total
Assault and battery
17
0
17
Assault with intent to rape
1
0
1
Assault on a police officer.
3
0
3
Breaking and entering and larceny
9
0
9
Capias
2
0
2
Drunkenness
94
3
97
Disturbing the peace
3
0
3
Insane
10
4
14
Larceny
13
2
15
Lodgers
25
0
25
Motor vehicles violations.
60
0
60
Non-support
7
0
7
Neglect of child
2
0
2
Operating under the influence.
13
0
13
Destroying property
6
0
6
Gaming
3
0
3
Receiving stolen goods
1
0
1
STATISTICAL REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
Arrest for out of town officers
10
Amount of fines imposed in Middleboro Court.
$1,545
Buildings found open
45
Cases investigated
700
Disturbances quelled without arrest
20
Defective street lights reported
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Dogs shot
9
Number of arrests during the year
235
Males
223
Females
12
Minors
2
Non-residents
80
Native born
70
Foreign born
85
Number of commitments
35
Number of cases in Middleboro Court
363
Number of minor cases in Middleboro Court
30
Number of non-residents in Middleboro Court
170
Nuisances
- 5
Summons served
200
Street obstructions removed
2
Sales of second hand automobiles reported
2,360
Value of stolen property recovered and restored
$4,000
Warning tag's on autos
150
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REPORT OF ACCIDENTS INVESTIGATED BY THE MIDDLEBORO POLICE DEPT.
Results
Number killed
3
Number injured 112
Property damage 76
Pedestrians Involved
Pedestrians, Adults 1
Pedestrians, children 9
Causes
Drunken Driving
5
Reckless driving
17
Speed
48
Failing to keep to the right 3
Miscellaneous 2
Month
January
February
3
March
6
April
6
May
4
June
13
Fog and mist. 7
July 10
August 10
Condition of Road
Dry roads 66
Wet roads 14
November
6
Snow 7
December
6 Ice
3
Drivers
Foreign.
Vehicles Involved
Passenger cars. 114
Trucks 11
Bicycles 3
Horse drawn vehicles 1
Bus 1
Hazard
Straight going 56
Intersections 10
Curves 15
Hills
2
Miscellaneous 7
District
Business section
6
Residential 35
Country 49
Weather
Clear
64
Cloudy
9
Rain and snow 10
September
5
October
17
84 Out of State 14
CONCLUSION
The patrol car has been a great help in the Depart- ment, and it has been doing a good job. It has covered 22,248 miles in the past year. All of the local factories are covered each night, and during the summer months, on traffic on Route 28 and 44, also on investigations in the outlying districts.
The ambulance has covered 361 miles in the past year, having 56 calls; 34 calls to accidents and 22 other calls.
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I wish to thank the Superintendent of Schools for the system he has installed into the schools for the edu- cation of the children in regard to traffic.
I wish to thank the operators of the local telephone exchange 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 co-operation given me by the Honorable Board of Selectmen, the Fourth District Court, the people of the Town of Middleboro, 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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ANNUAL REPORT OF PLANNING BOARD
To the Selectmen and the Town of Middleboro :
In our report for 1930 we described studies for a new parking space in the business district, and in the 1931 report we presented a concrete plan. The 1938 Warrant carries an article providing for a committee on this subject. Thus, the Town is eight years behind its Planning Board on this matter. In the same 1930 report we urged planting of shade trees along the highways. This work was started in 1936, six years after that time. That report also recommended a park-and-playground development, which we may consider matured in 1934, after four years.
The Planning Board therefore averaged six years ahead of its time in 1930. The 1931 report was largely devoted to the parking problem again, and in 1932 to plans for zoning, and collaboration on additional facilities at the Water Works which are now under construction. Still six years ahead. The defeat of our zoning efforts the following years discouraged the Board so that activi- ties since that time have been minor.
This we must deeply regret. Any real Planning Board should be at least a generation ahead of its time. That we never got more than six years is of course due to lack of support, both financial and moral, from the townspeople.
Let us review the recommendations which the Town has not yet followed :
1. Zoning. Something still needs to be done in this direction.
2. Parking Space. We repeat, from 1934 re- port, that "if the merchants cared to donate the land, the improvements could be made free," or nearly so.
3. Lower Power Rates. Still a subject for study.
4. Modification of Water Rate Structure to Provide for Annual Program of Extensions. Still needed.
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5. Replacement of Standby Steam Unit at Pumping Station with Gasoline-Electric or Similar Unit. Still needed and deserving of study.
6. Assessors' Maps. Still needed.
We venture to add to the list at this time:
A. Sewerage Interceptors and Sewage Disposal Plant, Cleaning Up the River.
B. Rural Water.
C. Sewerage for Northern Portion of the Village.
D. Rural Schoolhouses.
E. Replacement of Obsolete Bridges.
F. Riverfront Development and Improvement.
Your Planning Board should be working on these subjects, with a, certain amount of expert advice and assistance. There will not be much incentive to do so, nor could it do so properly, as long as its annual appro- priation is limited to ten dollars for State-body dues.
Respectfully submitted,
RUSSELL A. TRUFANT, WILLIAM D. CHURCH, ENID S. CROZIER, ABNER H. SMITH, WILLIAM C. BARDEN,
Planning Board.
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WATER DEPARTMENT
To the Board of Selectmen, Middleboro, Mass.,
Gentlemen :
The work in this department has been mainly in maintaining the existing plant in good condition.
As has been our custom for several years past, we have tested all the main gates and curb stops, and re- paired all needing attention. This work is necessary in order that we may be prepared for any emergency that might arise.
All hydrants have been tested and flushed twice dur- ing the year, and necessary repairs have been made. We feel that this inspection is particularly necessary just before the winter sets in, in order that the possibility of frozen hydrants may be eliminated as far as possible.
We have continued this year the practice established twelve years ago of checking all meters which have been in use for five years. This policy has more than repaid the expense in the additional revenue which has come to the department by reason of correct registering meters.
Pumping Station
ยท A much needed addition is being made to this divi- sion of the Water Works System by the addition of a sand filter unit and a 250,000 gallon filter water storage basin. These units are estimated to cost $10,00 each, and are being done as a P. W. A. project, the Town contrib- uting 55% and the Federal Government. 45%. Weston & Sampson of Boston are the engineers and the Warnard Constructors Inc. of Cambridge the contractors. Work was begun the latter part of November, and it is expected that it will be completed and put in use early in the Spring. With the completion of this work our water supply will be well taken care of, but we still have condi- tions in the inside of the Pumping Station which are a cause for worry,
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Our main pumping equipment consists of an elec- trically driven 900 G. P. M. centrifugal pump which is used constantly, and a steam turbine driven 700 G.P.M. centrifugal pump used as a stand-by unit. This pump was thoroughly overhauled in 1936 and should be good for a number of years as it is only operated a few days each month for testing purposes.
Our main worry is the boilers, which are 30 years old, and while the steam pressure has not been cut as yet it may be expected to be cut in the near future, and when it is, the steam pump will be of little use. I therefore recommend that serious consideration be given to pro- viding a new pump driven by electricity from one end and by a gas or diesel engine on the other end, and we would then be sure of service at all times.
Respectfully submitted,
H. J. GOODALE, Supt. Water Dept. and Town Manager.
SUMMARY OF STATISTICS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1937
Population by census of 1935-8865. Date of con- struction-1885. By whom owned-Town of Middle- boro. Source of supply-well south of village near Nemasket River. Mode of supply-pumped direct over- flow to standpipe.
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