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7 David Allan Turnbull
7 Lynn Marie Sleightholm
10 George Joseph Bolan
11 Cheryl Ann Silvia
11 Gomes
12 Ray Barttlett Waterman, Jr.
12 Stephen Francis Bassett
13 Kathleen Ellen Gallagher
17 Ann Margaret Scott
17 Joanne Theresa Wilson
Harold G. & Mary F. Thomas
18 George Howard Taylor, Jr. George H. & Dorothy L. Long 18 Frank Millard Raymond, Jr.
19 Sandra Kendrick Holmes
19 David Robert Brown
20 Donna Maria Fernandes Patstone
21
22 David Leonard Kendall
23 Cyrus Cahoon Lee Baker 23 Glenn Douglas Estes 25 Lois Elaine Santos
27 Pena 28 Susan Martha Flood
George E., Jr. & Faith Atwood John F. & Madeline P. Bell William F. & Marie W. Shaw Wayne E. & Flora E. LeCain Walter J. & Doris L. Alley Normand W. & Mildred H. Rix
Richard S. & Billie E. Mills Walter L. & Dorothy M. Hiltz Manuel M. & Phyllis J. Shaw Alfred J. & Mary Charves
Ray B. & Rosa S. Crane
William F. & Betty M. Wright Arthur M. & Doris C. Tierney Walter & Ruth C. Yanak
Frank M. & Miriam A. Powell William R. & Virginia L. Kendrick Robert T. & Dorothy M. Sampson Silvino E. & Margaret M. Gomes William J. & Myrtle C. Dunn John J. & Ruth N. Leonard Herbert F. & Gwendolyn S. Lee George A. & Betty A. Hughes Leo & Maxine F. Shaw John F. & Dorothy L. Chor Norman L. & Phyllis M. Eldridge
Dec.
1 Richmond Mason Robinson, Jr.
3 Douglas Edwin Soule
6 Dorothy Ann Stigh
8 Robert Alden Gurney, Jr.
8 Frates
8 Joanne Lee Barrow
13 Mary Jane Pierce
15 Gerald Miller
20 Rodney Mauro Guidaboni
Name of Parents
Henry J. & Avis G. Lacombe Arthur V. & Helen M. Pasztor Leo R. & Helen L. Braley
Thomas & Lucy A. Rounds Clarence E., Jr. & Mary I. Cornell
Kenneth E. & Marcia E. Richmond
Richmond M. & Clesta I. Athanasion Roger E. & Barbara Otto Maurice H. & Beatrice M. Boucher Robert A. & Barbara I. Marshall George W. & Vera W. Pittsley James P. & Florence A. Staples Raymond W. & Barbara Hoard Andrew W. & Adeline M. Carr Albert A. & Faye B. Roberts
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Names
Name of Parents
20
Lauffer
24 Charles Simmons, Jr.
25 Michael Robert Dudley
26 Ward
Paul E. & Olga M. Rehner Charles & Christine A. Silva Stuart H. & Arlene E. Jewell Austin S. & Doris S. Eames Robert C. & Rose Mary A. Murphy
26 David Brian Hosley
27 Edgar Leonard Holmes, Jr. Edgar L. & Shirley L. Holmgren 28 Melanie Christine Paquin Cyrenus S. & Miriam I .. Koerner 29 Edward Francis Thompson Clarence P. & Leona W. Michaud 30 Margy Ann Drew Donald E. & Faye D. Kumm 30 Linda Ellen Colcord James G. & Lillian E. Hamor
DEATHS RECORDED IN THE TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGH IN 1949
1943
Oct.
Names
Yrs. 29
Mos.
Days
2 Howard Earle Shaw, Jr.
9
25
1949
Jan.
3 Cynthia Horr Hewitt
60
2
22
5 Albert Deane
82
6
29
6 Philip Monteiro
64
12 Ada Louise Cullen (Dean)
88
0
7
13 Samuel A. Haskins
70
10
9
16 Clara B. (Gammons) Chase
90
10
2
20 John Stout Crawshaw
73
2
2
28 Caddie Moulton Butler (Corson)
79
3
4
Feb.
5 Mary Alice Harrison (Law)
74
10
17
6 James Howard Taylor
49
1
14
7 Lyman W. Cobb
83
11 Olive May Small (Goss)
73
2
18
12 Arthur Eureka O'Toole
65
7
22
12 Martha G. Mosher (Bellmix)
72
6
9
27 Clara I. Long (Sproule)
84
4
13
March
2 James S. Keane
70
9
4
3 Edna Marion Carter (Nourse)
58
6
10
4 Matildo Bernier (Moreau)
71
7
28
5 Lucretia Bartlett Thomas (Shurtleff)
77
11
25
5 Arthur Milton. Walker
62
8
10
6 Grace L. Figueredo
15
8
9 Cora Lena Westgate (Bumpus)
87
0
26
15 Harriet Estelle Goodwin (Miller)
64
5
4
17 William Francis Murphy
71
8
4
16 Sarah Morse Tillson
76
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Date
Names
Yrs.
Mos.
Days
21 Sarah B. Tripp (Briggs)
88
9
10
22 Levi Orville Atwood
78
10
18
25 William Collis Pratt MacNeill
71
7
13
26 Richard Zebedee Matthews
83
0
13
26 Harold Earl Clark
46
2
11
27 Emile Alfred Houle, Jr.
18
11
17
29 George H. Blakeman
85
5
23
30 Mary Theresa Mullins
59
1
28
April
1 Wilfred J. Ouellette
51
1 Caroline V. Giberti
80
2 Susan Porter Endres (Burgess)
79
0
18
3 Elizabeth Mary Williams (Young)
59
0
16
6 George Myron DeMaranville
78
6
11
6 Edmund Douglas Reynolds
63
10
9
8 Clara Louise Metcalf
87
12 Wladyslawa Zielinski
65
18 Baby Boy Facchiano
1
24 Maud Augusta Hastay (Raymond)
77
1
1
26 David Louis Babbitt
59
10
27
Lizzie N. Shaw (Moulton)
82
6
29 Burton Torrey
75
3
14
29 Ellen Chadwick (Kelly)
67
4
20
May
1 Edward Hoyt Stearns
81
9
6
4 Hannah King Nelson
88
7
25
7 Arthur Brainard Monroe
80
4
12
19 Victoria Fortin (Rieux)
84
11
18
20 Baby Boy Burr
143/4 hrs.
20 Thomas Leslie Pittsley
51
11
19
June
1 Eva Mae Guild (Harris)
67
1
28
2 Andrew Peter Campbell
81
9
15
6 Anna Eunice Elliott (Godfrey)
80
8
11
8 Minnie T. Huckins
84
7
22
15
Mary Humphry Shaw (Atwood)
92
1
11
19 Biagio Rossini
60
4
16
19 Frank H. Dutra
50
9
9
21 Walter Beckman
58
5
9
21 Mary Barry Mahoney
85
22 Abraham Lincoln Thomas
84
2
25
24 George Hebert
48
3
3
28 Edwin Nathaniel Seaver
80
11
29
July
1 Ludwig T. Peterson
73
9
15
2 John Francis Murphy
77
5 Baby Boy Hopkins
9 hrs.
10 Franklin Nichols Woodward
86
1
3
11 Charles Frederick Gammons
51
3
25
15 Julia Schonfeldt
61
-
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Date
Names
Yrs.
Mos.
Days
17 Charles Thain
64
6
3
20 Elmer Bradford Pittsley
55
9
13
20 Sylvester Greene
50
5
20
29 Verna Christina Bowles (Mosher)
49
11
21
Aug.
1 Sebastao Pina
76
-
3 Baby Zilinsky
1 hr.
5 Francis William Murdoch
47
9
29
6 Syrvell Myrtle Shurtleff (Westgate)
77
10
21
8 Edward Howland Moore
64
7
24
10 Linda Suzanne Sharp
5
4
11 Anthony Vertuccio
42
2
30
20 Jennie Drake (Ironside)
54
7
7
21
Mercy Estelle Marble (Keyes)
66
7
11
22
Amanda Duphily
64
26 George Roscoe
85
3
21
Sept.
2 Patrick Heffernan
77
8 William T. McCabe
81
6
4
9 Lydia Melosa Shaw
88
1
12
15 Nellie Bethsheba Porter (Wilbur)
87
9
7
20 Agnes Fredericka Brigham (Matinsen-Graun)
63
9
9
20 Helen Shaunessey Gotham
75
21 George Stanley Jacobs
57
6
28
22 Hebert Morrill DeMoranville
73
11
29
26 Baby Girl McManus
11/2 hrs.
30 William Anthony Monroe
87
6
13
Oct.
1 Mabel Frances Hatch (Frost)
78
1
12
1 Mary Ann MacDaniel (MacIntosh)
88
2
1
3 Edward Nichols Hunt
77
6
20
4 Vacia Ruzycki
28
5 Helen Etta Pratt (Shaw)
56
1
28
9 Frank Bird Ogden
85
8
24
14 Cora May Lowe (Willis)
74
6
25
14 Daisy E. Ferson
57
2
19
15 Lida Hammond (Shaw)
79
10
18 Doris Alma Richmond (Forsberg)
46
5
1
28 Frederick Hormisdas Maltais
62
7
29 Arthur T. Gorrie
49
4
29
31 Marguerite Remillard (Doucette)
66
4
23
Nov.
3 Thomas Francis O'Melia
60
4
4
4 William Ernest Parsons
79
6
5 Julia Elizabeth (Purn) Christensen
77
3
6
5 James McNeil
67
9 Josephine Gushie (Bennett) Pierce
60
8
17
12 Eva M. Wordell McCabe
82
6
13 Robert Breed Fraser
26
-
-
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Date
Names
Yrs.
Mos.
Days
17 Suoma Maria (Renvall) Lehto
62
10
19
18 Ann Maria Billington
81
5
10
20 John Patrick Skahill
48
7
21
21 Stanley Frank Zedialis
69
3
9
23 James H. Boucher
58
-
26 Adelaide Palmer Caswell
78
9
13
26
Catherine Florence Peck
69
6
29 John William Hatch
79
7
28
Dec.
5 Joseph Elzard Therault
63
6
3
8 Eldora Leonard Shaw (Blackwell)
65
9
-
10 William Rose
18
10
12
26 Cyrenia Briggs Clark (Maker)
85
5
12
29 Ida Elizabeth Ridgeway
73
8
18
SUMMARY OF RETURNS FOR 1949
Marriages
144
Births
312
Deaths
140
ELECTION OFFICERS 1949-1950 Precinct One
Warden
Deputy Warden
Clerk
Deputy Clerk
Inspector
Inspector
Deputy Inspector
Deputy Inspector
Robert C. West Georgianna M. Townsend Lelia Allen Inez M. Chandler Ruth Caswell Doris Thorson Stella R. Fickert Mildred C. Teeling
Precinct Two
Warden
Deputy Warden
Clerk
Deputy Clerk
Inspector
Inspector
Deputy Inspector
Deputy Inspector
Elisha H. Shaw Laura Norris Wilbur Fillmore Gertrude Martin Esther M. Robidoux John Touhy Jacob Swift Annie C. Healey
Precinct Three
Warden Deputy Warden Clerk
Harlas L. Cushman Harold A. Williams Ellen C. Gallagher
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Deputy Clerk Inspector Inspector Deputy Inspector Deputy Inspector
James A. Brennan Alice MacAllister Susan B. Brackett Frank M. Jefferson Bessie Sweeney
JURY LIST July 1, 1949-July 1, 1950
Names Addresses
Anacki, Alexander M., 92 Oak
Allen, Carlton H., 7 Everett
Anderson, Gordon B., Cherry
Atwood, Kenneth E., 26 Frank
Baker, Everett C., River
Barstow, Frank L., 360 Center Beaton, Kenneth D., Wareham
Beatt, David A., Pleasant
Begley, T. Francis, 7 Beaton
Bemis, Edson M., 33 Bourne
Benton, Albion M., Plymouth
Bernabeo, Victor, Center Bernier, Louis J., 7 Lovell
Bernier, William L., Wareham
Bigelow, William E., East Main
Bissonnette, Alvin, 34 Courtland Bissonnette, J. Adrian, 152 Peirce Boucher, Arthur V., Taunton
Boutin, Wilfred J., Short
Brennan, James A., Highland
Briggs, Newell R., Carey
Burt, William T., 99 Everett Camandona, Thomas J., 84 Everett
Cannon, Donald S., Wareham
Card, Edward S., 15 West Grove
Caswell, Edwin S., 23 Rock Chamberlain, Russell A., 18 Court End
Champlin, A. Dalton, 10 Forest Clark, Charles B., North
Cleverly, Thomas F., Court End
Cobb, Charles R., Wareham Cobb, John S., 4 Forrest Cushing, Robert L., Courtland
DeMoranville, Lester C., Shaw Donner, George A., 31 School Drew, J. Lawrence, Forest Dunham, Arthur H., Bedford Dupont, George N., 4 Alden Farmer, John, 87 Everett
Farrington, Charles L., 11 Warren
Ficket, Norman, 12 Myrtle
Occupations
Shoeworker Shoeworker Proprietor Salesman Shoeworker Painter Clerk Poultryman Bank Treas. Salesman Farmer Clerk Shoeworker Bus Driver
Foreman Insurance Trucker Farmer Music Business Truck Driver Town Employee Poultryman Auto Dealer Varnish Mfgr. Retired Office Worker Carpenter Mechanic Clerk Supt. Clerk Aetna Ins. Chauffeur Real Est. Agent Clerk Electrician Retired Clerk Shoeworker Mechanic
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Names Addresses
Flood, Norman L., 33 Webster
Gamache, Leo J., Plymouth
Gerrior, Albert J., Everett
Glidden, Robert N., Plymouth
Godfrey, Herbert E., 14 Shaw Hinckley, Richard, 11 Coombs Holden, Parker, 9 Myrtle
Holmquist, Henry F., Highland
Howes, Benjamin E., Wareham Howe, Ralph, 74 Everett
Kelley, Edward J., 33 Forest
Kyrouz, Joseph R., 8 Coombs Leggee, C. Elmes, 918 Center Lowe, George H., 8 Barrows MacDougall, William J., Everett
Maddigan, James F., Jr., 32 East Main Malenfant, Albert, 23 High
Marshall, John M., Wareham Martenson, Anders, Jr., Plymouth
Martin, John J., 26 Webster
Maxim, Howard W., Wareham
McCulloch, Joseph R., 88 Peirce
McNeil, Walter J. D., Rock Medeiros, Joseph, South Main Melville, Robert W., Rocky Meadow Moore, William C., East Grove Neilson, George T., School
Nichols, Gordon E., 40 Oak
O'Hara, Stephen F., 64 Everett
Oliver, Boyce E., North Main
Parker, Howard W., 30 North
Perkins, Elliot H., Plymouth Pfister, August, 2 Star
Phillips, Edward M., 49 East Grove
Pierce, Frank A., Everett
Porter, Russell H., Carmel
Quindley, Leo A., Plymouth
Ray, Arthur L., 676 Center
Rebell, John W., Jr., Summer Redgate, John H., Plymouth Reed, David G., 9 Everett
Reed, Harold G., 9 Everett
Reynolds, James D., 15 Oak Richmond, Preston, 11 North
Roberts, Joseph, Jr., 1046 Center Scanlon, John W., Peirce Schofield, Howard F., Montello Shaw, Arthur B., Wareham
Smith, S. Forrest, 4 Pearl Standish, Harland D., Center Sullivan, Paul, 116 South Main Starr, John B., Center
Surrey, Bruce M., 974 Center Taylor, Freeman, 288 No. Main
Occupations
Asst. Janitor Shoeworker Laborer Ins. Agent Clerk Jeweler Ins. Farmer Cranberry Grower Truck Driver Clerk Civil Eng. Shoeworker Shoeworker Retired Carpenter
Town Employee Mechanic Merchant Merchant
Electrician Clerk Clerk Manager Mechanic Poultryman Radio Man
Artist Shoeworker Clerk Florist Pattern-Maker Sheet Metal Worker Shoeworker State Employee
Poultry Dealer Shoeworker Lumberman
Clerk Clerk Meat Cutter Mechanic Poultryman Clerk Truck Driver Policeman Truckman Shoeworker News Dealer Ins. Agent Laborer Chauffeur
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Names Addresses
Thomas, William R., Summer
Thompson, James, 113 Everett
Trinque, Wilfred J., Center
Tripp, Raymond P., South Main
Washburn, George T., 741/2 Oak
Wheeler, George E., 65 Pearl
Williams, Harold H., Wareham
Washburn, Charles P., 3rd, South Main
Waters, Charles J., Jr., Court End
Wright, Crawford, Woodlawn Wright, John, Cherry
West, Thomas W., Pleasant
Hathaway, Ralph W., Arlington
Occupations
Prop. Manager Shoeworker Farmer Reporter Merchant Photographer Grain Employee Electrician Barber Shoeworker Poultryman Clerk
REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS
To the Citizens of Middleborough:
We submit herewith the report of the Board of Assessors for the year 1949.
RECAPITULATION
Appropriations
State Audit of Municipal Accounts
$965,016.15 1,568.60 816.69
State Parks and Reservations
County Tax
32,976.55
Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment
10,701.07
Overlay of Current Year
14,883.95
Gross Amount to be Raised
$1,025,963.01
Estimated Receipts and Available Funds
470,162.13
Net Amount to be Raised by Taxation
$555,800.88
Value of Personal Estate
$907,210.00
Tax
$48,989.34
Value of Real Estate 9,273,510.00
Tax 500,769.54
Total Value of Assessed Property
January 1, 1949 $10,180,720.00
Tax $549,758.88
Value of Omitted Property 8,320.00
Tax
449.28
Total Value of All Assessed
Property Dec. 31, 1949 $10,189,040.00
Tax $550,208.16
Rate $54.00 per Thousand
Tax
$6,090.00
Taxes Committed in 1949
Commitments on Polls
$6,090.00
Commitments on Personal Estate
48,989.34
Commitments on Real Estate
501,218.82
Commitments on Motor Vehicles and Trailers
47,628.81
Total Taxes Committed
$603,926.97
Number of Polls Assessed 3,045
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Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
Number of Motor Vehicles and Trailers Assessed Value of Motor Vehicles and Trailers Assessed Tax on Motor Vehicles and Trailers Assessed Rate Per Thousand
4,518
$1,456,450.00
47,628.81
41.32
Abatements and Exemptions
Taxes Abated in 1949
Polls
Personal
Real Estate
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise
Levy of 1947
$67.05
$29.26
$4.00
Levy of 1948
$12.00
342.94
55.31
Levy of 1949
942.00
83.70
12,440.84
3,534.53
Number of Live Stock Assessed
Horses
81
Neat Cattle
1,044
Swine
3
Fowl
57,634
Sheep
13
All Other
713
Number of Dwelling Houses Assessed
2,582
Number of Acres of Land Assessed
37,726.97
Exempt Property
Property of the Commonwealth
$28,500.00
Property of the United States
105,000.00
Literary, Benovolent, and Charitable Institutions
368,940.00
War Veterans
3,860.00
Churches
336,865.00
Parsonages
28,025.00
Cemeteries
54,010.00
Schools
443,450.00
All Other
1,947,705.00
Total
$3,316,355.00
Respectfully submitted,
HARRISON F. SHURTLEFF FRED F. CHURBUCK JAMES E. HOULIHAN,
Board of Assessors,
Middleboro, Mass.
MAPPING PROJECT
In the Town of Middleboro, we have about 5,000 deeds covering about 6,000 parcels of land. In 1939 a "3 card" system was introduced to file and index the information wanted on these parcels. Each of
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the three cards has the same number, but one carries the description copied from the deed and is filed numerically; one has the property data by which the owner is to be taxed and is filed alphabetically; and one carries the chain of title as parcels change ownership and is filed by streets. To this 3 card system we are now adding a fourth unit, which is a plot of each individual parcel together with all data from the deed and any other available information including the AC or "Assessors Card" number of abutting parcels, and chain of title. About 2400 or nearly half of the parcels are plotted, although much more information may be added. There are also datta maps, scaled at 400 feet to the inch, covering the town, which take up a space about 12 feet by 8 feet when put together.
Over 1,000 of the outside parcels are tentively located with their AC number, and about 500 more located but not numbered. As this scale is too small to plot small lots, many of the sections are plotted at 200 feet per inch or some other scale, and many of these are in the making but lack certain information to be completed. About 1,500 parcels are small lots in the central part of town, and about 500 more are small lots in some of the more than 20 Land Developments scattered throughout the town. The location and area of most of these is fairly well known. Of the 5,000 cards, a small percentage have no description, and from this the descriptions run from poor to fair and work up to a small percentage that are really good.
All the time description cards are being checked, and corrected, old information dug up, and new information added. Information comes from many sources, old deeds, people looking up long lost land, etc. In other words, the Mapping Fund pays for an active project that is in use every day, always available with whatever information we all ready have, and is laying the foundation of correct datta for generations to come. We want to know what we have to tax, and to tax what we have properly.
REGISTRAR'S REPORT
For the Year Ending December 31, 1949
After adding the new registrations and deducting for removals, etc., the present registration is as follows:
Men
Women
Totals
Precinct
208
177
385
Precinct 2
2113
1935
4048
263
266
529
2584
2378
4962
WALDO S. THOMAS,
Clerk of the Board
Precinct 3
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REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER OUTSTANDING INDEBTEDNESS December 31, 1949
WATER EXTENSION BONDS PAID BY TAXATION
Note Nos.
Amount
Date
Due Date
Interest
95-141
$47,000
July 1, 1947
July 1, 1950
1 1/2 %
142-188
47,000
July 1, 1947
July 1, 1951
11/2 %
189-235
47,000
July 1, 1947
July 1, 1952
11/2 %
236-282
47,000
July 1, 1947
July 1, 1953
11/2 %
283-329
47,000
July 1, 1947
July 1, 1954
11/2 %
330-376
47,000
July 1, 1947
July 1, 1955
1 1/2 %
377-423
47,000
July 1, 1947
July 1, 1956
11/2 %
424-470
47,000
July 1, 1947
July 1, 1957
1 1/2 %
471-516
46,000
July 1, 1947
July 1, 1958
11/2 %
517-562
46,000
July 1, 1947
July 1, 1959
1 1/2 %
563-608
46,000
July 1, 1947
July 1, 1960
11/2 %
609-654
46,000
July 1, 1947
July 1, 1961
11/2 %
655-700
46,000
July 1, 1947
July 1, 1962
1 1/2 %
SEWERAGE BONDS PAID BY TAXATION
1-17
$17,000
December 1, 1949
December 1, 1950
13/4 %
18-34
17,000
December 1, 1949
December 1, 1951
1 3/4 %
35-51
17,000
December 1, 1949
December 1, 1952
1 3/4 %
52-68
17,000
December 1, 1949
December 1, 1953
1 3/4 %
69-85
17,000
December 1, 1949
December 1, 1954
1 3/4 %
86-102
17,000
December 1, 1949
December 1, 1955
1 3/4 %
103-119
17,000
December 1, 1949
December 1, 1956
1 3/4 %
120-135
16,000
December 1, 1949
December 1, 1957
1 3/4 %
136-151
16,000
December 1, 1949
December 1, 1958
1 3/4 %
152-167
16,000
December 1, 1949
December 1, 1959
1 3/4 %
168-183
16,000
December 1, 1949
December 1, 1960
1 3/4 %
184-199
16,000
December 1, 1949
December 1, 1961
1 3/4 %
200-215
16,000
December 1, 1949
December 1, 1962
1 3/4 %
216-231
16,000
December 1, 1949
December 1, 1963
13/4 %
232-247
16,000
December 1, 1949
December 1, 1964
1 3/4 %
248-263
16,000
December 1, 1949
December 1, 1965
1 3/4 %
264-279
16,000
December 1, 1949
December 1, 1966
1 3/4 %
280-295
16,000
December 1, 1949
December 1, 1967
1 3/4 %
296-311
16,000
December 1, 1949
December 1, 1968
1 3/4 %
312-327
16,000
December 1, 1949
December 1, 1969
1 3/4 %
4
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TRUST FUNDS IN CUSTODY OF TOWN TREASURER December 31, 1949
Maria L. H. Peirce Fund:
Middleboro Trust Company, Savings Accounts $ 3,798.74
Enoch Pratt Library Fund: Middleboro Savings Bank, Savings Account $ 418.75
United States Savings Bond, Series G, 21/2 %, due February, 1956 5,000.00
United States Savings, Bond, Series G, 21/2 %, due December, 1956 5,500.00
10,918.75
Mary Hullahan Library Fund: 15 Shares Middleborough Co-operative Bank
3,000.00
Income to be used for purchase of books for children, to be placed in Middleborough Public Library, and to be known as the "Mary Hulla- han Collection".
Cemetery Trust Funds in Middleborough Trust Company and Middleborough Savings Bank, in- cluding principal and interest at time of last State Audit, Nov. 1, 1948 91,715.42
Reuben Howes Trust Fund:
Midleborough Savings Bank
12.92
$109,445.83
Anyone wishing a detailed list of Cemetery Trust Fund Accounts may apply at the Town Treasurer's Office.
CASH RECONCILLIATION
December 31, 1949
Middleboro Trust Company $128,077.54
Day Trust Company, Boston 125,000.00
Merchants National Bank, Boston
25,0000.00
Cash in office
250.00
First National Bank, Boston -- Water Bond Account 8,228.23
First National Bank, Boston --- Sewerage Bond Acount 326,722.75
$613,278.52 United States Savings Bonds Series F 2.53% due July 1956 Cost $74,00.00 - Maturity Value $100,000.00.
CHESTER L. SHAW,
Town Treasurer.
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REPORT OF THE COLLECTOR OF TAXES Year Ended December 31, 1949
Outstanding Taxes December 31, 1949:
Tax Levy, 1948 Real Estate
$ 7,691.52
Tax Levy, 1949 Real Estate
56,113.92
Tax Levy, 1948 Personal 859.53
Tax Levy, 1949 Personal 7,966.53
Tax Levy, 1949 Excise
5,178.33
Tax Levy, 1949 Poll
66.00
Tax Possession (Town Owned Property)
764.19
Tax Title Acount (in charge of Treasurer)
587.17
$79,227.19
CHESTER L. SHAW, Collector of Taxes.
Protection of Persons and Property
REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I hereby submit the forty-first annual report and detailed state- ment of duties performed by the Police Department of the Town of Middleborough for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1949.
Chief of Police
Alden C. Sisson (Retired July 1) (Acting) Charles H. Rogers
Deputy Chief of Police
Charles H. Rogers (Acting) William C. Elliott
Patrolmen
William W. Briggs
William E. Gardiner Louis W. Hammond
Joseph S. D'Elia William C. Elliott
Robert C. Germaine Raymond J. Moffett Thomas L. Pittsley
Custodian William Hayward
Honorary Chief of Police Alden C. Sisson
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ANNUAL REPORT
Honorary Patrolman Alton R. Rogers
Special Police Officers
Carlton Allen Edward Alphonse Lloyd Banks
Clarence Hayward H. John Hayward Harold Jackson
Lawrence Olson, Sr. Roy Pendleton John Rinehart John Rebell
Norman Belrose
Alfred Benoit
Douglas MacAuley Richmond Matthews LeRoy Mawhinney James McDonald
Ralph Sampson Clarence Shaw
Louis Tessier
James Vigers
Joseph Dutra
Patrick McMahon George Neilson
Ralph Wilber
Arthur Benson
IN MEMORIAM THOMAS L. PITTSLEY
OFFENSES
Assault and Battery
Male 24
Female 0
Juvenile 0
Total 24
Assault and Battery to
Commit
Robbery
1
0
0
1
Breaking and Entering in the
1
0
0
1
Breaking and Entering in the Day- time to Commit Larceny
1
0
0
1
Capias
6
1
0
7
Drunk
91
6
0
97
Insane
4
4
0
8
Larceny
38
4
10
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Motor Vehicle Violations
94
0
0
94
Non-Support
30
0
0
30
Operating Motor Vehicle Under In-
28
1
0
29
Operating Motor Vehicle so that the Lives and Safety of Public Endangered
51
1
0
52
Neglect of Children
0
1
0
1
Animal Trespass
0
1
0
1
Contempt of Court
3
0
0
3
Cruelty of Animals
4
0
0
4
Fish and Game Violations
10
0
0
10
Illegitimate Child Act
5
0
0
5
Disturbing Peace
6
1
0
7
Larceny of Flowers
1
0
0
1
Neglected Children
0
0
5
5
Carrying Dangerous Weapon
2
0
0
2
Ernest Crowell James DeMoranville John Dutra
George Mckay
William Watson
Charles Guertin, Jr.
Nighttime to Commit Larceny
fluence of Intoxicating Liquors
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ANNUAL REPORT
Manslaughter
1
0
0
1
Trespass
9
0
0
9
Stubborn Child
0
0
1
1
Fornication
0
0
1
1
Lewd and Lascivious in Speech and Behaviour
2
0
0
2
Desertion of Children
1
0
0
1
Escapee from State Farm
1
0
0
1
Runaway Children
0
0
2
2
Statutary Rape
3
0
0
3
Arrests for other Departments
8
0
0
8
Lodgers
54
0
0
54
U. S. Armed Service Lodgers
34
0
0
34
STATISTICAL REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
Amount of fines imposed in Middleboro Court
$2,754.00
Buildings found open
240
Cases investigated
486
Disturbances quelled without arrests
79
Defective street lights reported by police
104
Arrests for year; Total Males
428
Females
27
Juveniles
34
Non-Residents
88
Local
401
Summons served
225
Sales or Transfers of autos
2859
Traffic and Parking Violations; warning tags
182
Defective lights on motor vehicles; tagged
25
Bicycles registered in 1949
120
Value of stolen and lost property recovered
$2,645.00
CONCLUSION
The police department is equipped with two cruising cars, a com- bination patrol-ambulance. Radios in the cruiser cars and a station transmitter. By a ruling of the Federal Communications Commission it became necessary for us to get a new frequency allocation from the F.C.C. A new frequency was given and this made it necessary for us to make certain changes in both cruiser radios and our station transmitter. We are now able to talk from car to car to station. This changeover will enable us to use a cruiser as a station transmitter if for any reason elec- tric power should go off or station set break down.
The ambulance has covered 448 miles for the year; of this 39 calls were for accidents, total mileage 335. Eleven calls for patrol; total mileage 84. Two calls for welfare; total mileage 29. Sixty-three per- sons were taken to the hospital in ambulance.
Cruiser car number one travelled 11678 miles in patrols and inves- tigations. Cruiser car number two travelled 14200 miles in patrols and investigations.
There were five fatal accidents in Middleboro in 1949, four of them on Route 28 and the other on Wareham Street.
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ANNUAL REPORT
I wish to express my thanks and appreciation for the assistance and co-operation given by the Honorable Board of Selectmen, the Finance Board, the Fourth District Court, the Superintendent of Schools and the teachers, the telephone operators, the people of Middleboro and the officers of the Department who have helped to make the administration of this department a success during my first six months of office.
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