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Middleboro
8 Lawrence J. Robbins June L. Keene
15 Richard J. Tanguay Mildred L. Wright
Middleboro
Middleboro
E. Taunton
Middleboro
Monponsett Middleboro Brockton
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ANNUAL REPORT
Date Bride and Groom
16 James H. DeMoranville Louise L. Walker
16 Edmund C. Rondelli Louise M. Thompson
21 William T. Sullivan Mary MacLean Fedor 22 Robert S. Jones, Jr. Mary J. Ballestraci 22 William M. Rogers, Jr. Theresa C. Fortin
23 Warren Wilson Mabel Owens
23 William J. Silva Phyllis I. Houlihan
24 Robert Eldon Hallock Jean Claire Phillips
March
25
1 Edwin Smalley, Jr. Hazel L. Godfrey William Metcalf Eleanor Atkins
April
3 Kendall K. Bryant Frances E. Morgan
5 Arnold F. Thomas Dorothy A. Adair
6 Calvin Hampton, Jr. Jeannette E. Freeman
6 Linfield R. Thomas Marjorie H. Melix
7 Walter A. Chase Eileen A. Poirier
11 Carlton Francis Oldhan Mary E. Correio
13 Thomas B. Nichols Ann Gibbs
19 James Joseph Mullins Jane Marie Ryan
19 Edward J. Ouellette, Jr. Barbara Ann Higginson
20 Joseph Edward Costa Lillian Patricia Tornari 26 Manuel Katon Marie Louise Scanlon
26 Alfonso Vieira Joan M. Ruprecht
26 Arthur G. Gamache Mary Yvette Forbes
Residence
Middleboro Whitman Middleboro Plympton Brookline Brookline Middleboro Bridgewater Wareham Middleboro Middleboro Carver Plymouth Middleboro Middleboro Middleboro
Middleboro Lakeville Middleboro Middleboro.
Middleboro Lakeville Middleboro Dorchester Falmouth Middleboro Middleboro Sandwich Middleboro Bridgewater Wareham Carver Middleboro Middleboro Middleboro Milton Middleboro Middleboro Plymouth Middleboro No. Dighton Middleboro Plymouth Middleboro Middleboro New Bedford
.
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ANNUAL REPORT
Date Bride and Groom
May
2 Malcolm Duff Patricia Cunningham
4 Leavitt C. Simmons Mae C. Guilford
9 Gerald Faltis Spooner Lois Ann Winchenbach
10 Michael Charves, Jr. Lillian Hebert
14 Frank James Teceno Barbara Jean Healey
11 John W. Bass Addie R. Crown
11 Ronald F. E. Warr Audrey A. Sault
18 Charles W. Caswell Pauline A. Joncas
29 William W. Falconer Dorothy S. Turner
29 Alfred Joseph Falconieri Ethel Griswold (Morse)
17 Joseph F. Costa Nancy J. Mello
24 Robert Foster Howes Jean Burgess Thomas
June
2 George Willis Frances A. Bzdula
2 Dene Russell Allen Florence Simmons
7 Douglas Kinney Davidson Eleanor Catherine Rogers
8 Allen D. Demers Marjorie K. Smith
14 Francis Thomas Nugent Mildred Claire Riley
15 Richard Allan Ray Joan Esther Shurtleff
21 Walter Lewoczko Irene P. Malkosky
21 Richard Alton Washburn Jeanette Gertrude Millette
22 Leon L. Dary, Jr. Pauline Saunders
27 Albert J. Perry Ann M. Ryan
Residence
Lakeville Middleboro Brockton Middleboro New Bedford Lakeville Middleboro Middleboro Middleboro Middleboro
Lakeville Lakeville Middleboro Taunton Middleboro Middleboro
W. Warwick, R. I. Bridgewater Middleboro Whitman Middleboro Middleboro Middleboro Middleboro
Middleboro Amesbury Middleboro Rochester
Washington, D. C. Middleboro Middleboro Lakeville
Milford Middleboro Middleboro Middleboro
Lakeville Middleboro Middleboro Middleboro Media, Pa. Middleboro Bridgewater Brockton
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ANNUAL REPORT
Date Bride and Groom
29 Edmund Yarusites Albena Rose Lemmo
22 Roger William Young Sylvia Mary Dutra 28 John C. Bryant Priscilla B. Tinkham
28 Robert Covel Marie Wainwright
28 Lawrence R. Westgate Elsie B. Reynolds
30 Lester W. Briggs, Jr. Kathryn B. Hill
July
4 Walter E. Hamilton, Jr. Alberta C. Snow
4 Robert Kinney Barbara A. Deane
13 Mason C. Sisson Marilyn Vertuccio
19 Roger Montrond Alice Alves
20 Herbert D. Holmgren, Jr. Claire S. Wright
24 Joseph Thomas Andrews Mary Fontes
25 Robert C. Sisson Jeralyn C. Blake
26 Edward J. Willett Lillian G. Gauthier
26 Richard W. Vancour Carolyn V. Ray
29 William T. Benton Barbara A. Mahoney
31 Richard B. Jefferson Dorothy A. Welsh
August
2 Nelson Wallace Sherman Gladys Leach (Lincoln)
2 Robert E. Fuller Arlene A. Goodnow
3 Edwin Peterson Irene Mello
9 George Robert James Ann Blessington Kuppers
9 Arthur Minot Aubrey Victoria Baldwin
10 Alvan D. Brooks Mary Louise Linton
15 Ramiro S. Dias, Jr. Charene S. Turney
Residence
Middleboro Middleboro E. Taunton Middleboro Taunton Middleboro Middleboro Middleboro E. Taunton Lakeville Middleboro Brockton
Dighton Middleboro Middleboro Middleboro Middleboro Middleboro Taunton Plymouth Middleboro Halifax Middleboro E. Falmouth Middleboro Middleboro Middleboro Lakeville Acushnet Middleboro Brockton Middleboro Middleboro Taunton
Lakeville Lakeville Middleboro Middleboro Middleboro Middleboro Manchester Flushing, N. Y. Middleboro Pawtucket, R. I. Middleboro Lakeville Taunton Middleboro
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ANNUAL REPORT
Date Bride and Groom
16 Craig R. Wonder Mary L. Sullivan
21 Kendrick H. Washburn Barbara C. Fish
22 David Halsted Bonney Margaret Ethel Turner
30 Robert E. DeMoranville Lois E. Malaguti
September
6 John A. Thomas, Jr. Mary C. Emery
6 Walter S. Carmichael Betty Anne Canova
7 Robert E. Ames Margaret E. Millett
7 Philip P. Marra Lydia A. Patriarca
25
13 Robert O. Richardson Audrey J. Haskell John D. Alley Patricia M. Patstone
27 Francis J. Gill Jean Ann Kelly
27 Norman E. Thibeault Patricia L. Britton
October
3 John J. LaMere Alice May Shaw
4 Roger M. Nelson Lois C. Fawcett
5 James Kenneth Luther Irene C. Picard
12 Louis W. MacMillan Marie Rose Donnelly
21 James E. Denson Frances M. Viera
25 Edward Viera Judy Barros
26 Richard Govaya Elizabeth A. Michael
26 Albert Grossman Bernice Mae Larrabee
November
1 Alfred Oliver Janet E. Santin
8 Oram A. Dubey Fay E. Melix
8 Donald Francis Kinsman Mary Florindo
Residence
Daytona Beach, Fla. Middleboro ยท Middleboro Middleboro Plympton Hanson Middleboro Middleboro
Middleboro Arlington Carver Middleboro Middleboro Middleboro Middleboro Bridgewater Middleboro The Weirs, N. H. Middleboro Middleboro Middleboro Randolph Middleboro Middleboro
Falmouth Middleboro Middleboro Middleboro Middleboro Middleboro Middleboro W. Roxbury Middleboro Lakeville' Waterbury, Conn. Middleboro Taunton Middleboro Middleboro Taunton
New Bedford Middleboro St. Francis, Maine Middleboro Middleboro Wareham
ANNUAL REPORT
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8 Robert H. Telless Elizabeth M. Calvin
9 George P. Covel Elsie Pasquarello
11 John F. Farrell Shirlie A. Fickert
11 Lloyd B. Horton, Sr. Delia Perkins
11 Daniel M. West Mary A. Carson
16 Alfred J. Elliott Olive Porter
20 Alfred J. Willette Virginia E. Jackson
23 Philip W. Wilber Gladys G. Stanger
27 Frank J. Silvia Nancy C. Jennings .
30 Frank Manuel Almeida, Jr. Mary Lorraine Santos
30 Richard C. Houghton Annette Menard
Carver Lakeville Middleboro Middleboro Dorchester Middleboro Middleboro Middleboro Middleboro Brookline, N. H. Scituate Middleboro Taunton Middleboro Middleboro Boston Taunton Middleboro Bridgewater Carver Middleboro Rockland
December
6 Orrin Ellsworth Standish Alice J. Crutchfield (Nourse)
Middleboro Middleboro
Middleboro
Middleboro Middleboro
Lakeville
Washington, D. C. Middleboro
Taunton Lakeville
Middleboro
27 Arthur H. Dunham Arlene Hayes
30 Stanley John Adaszkiewicz Anna Mabel Rullo
31 Kenneth Elton Belben Myra Evelyn Freeman
Lakeville Middleboro
Summary of Returns for 1952
Marriages
119 / 3 2
Births
327
334
Deaths
151 / 7 3
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WALDO S. THOMAS
Town Clerk
6 Joseph F. Oliver Rosemarie McDougall
24 Clyde S. Thomas, Jr. Nancy Lewoczko
27 Philip Eugene Howard Mary Beverly Vigers
27 Joseph Howard Rezendes Carolyn Ann Wall
Middleboro Maspeth, N. Y. Middleboro
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ANNUAL REPORT ELECTION OFFICERS
1952 - 1953
Precinct One
Warden
Deputy Warden Clerk
Deputy Clerk
Inspector
Inspector
Deputy Inspector Deputy Inspector
Robert C. West Georgianna M. Townsend Ruth Carence Leila Allan Inez M. Chandler Jessie Carver Ruth Caswell Doris Thorson Stella R. Fickert Mildred C. Teeling
Precinct Two
Warden
Deputy Warden Clerk
Deputy Clerk
Inspector
Inspector
Del nty Inspector Det ity Inspector
alice silvia Gertrude Martin- Esther H. Robidoux John Touhy Jacob Swift Annie C. Healey
Precinct Three
Wa den
Der uty Warden
ClerK
Deputy Clerk
Inspector
Inspector
Deputy Inspector
Deputy Inspector
Harlas L. Cushman Susan . Brackett. Perley W. Perham Ellen C. Gallagher James A. Brennan Rhoda Maxim Euxlemnia Cincal Susan B. Brackett Walter H. Gillis Ruth Collins
REGISTRAR'S REPORT
After adding the new registrations and deducting for removals, the present registration is as follows:
Precinct 1
202
Men 244
205 222
>>> 466
Precinct 2
2 118 2318
2 2 9 72319
19 15 4637
Precinct 3
.255 316
340
302 656
265-5
2878 273 9 2881
Women
Totals
54 94 5759
WALDO S. THOMAS Clerk of the Board
Elisha H. Shaw Laura Norris Wilbur Fillmore
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ANNUAL REPORT
JURY LIST
July 1, 1952 - July 1, 1953
Name Address
Anderson, Charles A., Center Street
Anderson, Gordon, Cherry
Atkins, Harold A., 4 Williams Place
Babcock, Melvin E., 17 Forest
Bass, Priscilla, 15 Frank Bassett, Miriam A., 275 Center Beals, Austen L., 91 So. Main
Begley, Agnes W., 45 Bourne
Belcher, Arthur F., 5 Pearl
Belcher, Freida S., 34 Pearl
Belmont, Marion T., 112A So. Main
Benson, Mary K., 17 Court End Bernabeo, Victor, Center
Bernier, William L., Wareham
Berry, Lillian, 1 Everett
Bigelow, William E., E. Main Bissonnette, J. Adrien, 152 Pierce Blouin, Paul, 72 Everett Borden, Raymond M., 11 Webster
Boucher, Joseph, Wareham Brennan, James A., Highland Brett, Oliver C., Sr., 61 Everett Broadbent, Robert S., 7 Courtland Borsari, Evo E., 5 Coombs Budd, Virginia, Center
Burgess, David W., 120 So. Main
Burgess, Walter E., 85 So. Main Burnett, Dorr T., 1 Everett Cannon, Donald S., Wareham Card, Edward S., 15 W. Grove Carver, Winifred S., Plymouth Carver, Winsor R., 38 School Champlin, A. Dalton, Reland Champlin, Laura V., Reland Cobb, Lydia, Wareham Collins, Ruth M., Wareham Coughlin, Harold E., 5 Benton Craig, Arthur P., Plymouth Crowell, Ellsworth S., 3 Coombs Curley, William H., 1 Alden daCosta, June Faith, Plymouth Danielson, John, 222 Center Davis, George E., Plymouth Davis, Mary B., Wareham Dean, Theodore V., Cross Dewhurst, Vivian, 376 Wareham Drew, J. Lawrence, Forest Drake, M. Lazelle, 17 Pierce
Occupation Plumber Proprietor Photo Worker Laundryman Artist Asst. Librarian Salesman Housewife Manager
Housewife Housewife Clerk Bus Driver Typist
Insurnace Agent Shoe Worker Shoe Worker Chauffeur
Music Business Foreman Electrician Helper Housewife Office Employee Furniture Dealer Salesman Auto Dealer Varnish manu. Housewife Driver Carpenter Housewife Clerk Housewife State Empl. Carpenter Laborer Clerk Dental Hygt. Merchant Truck Driver Housewife Surveyor At Home Clerk Housewife
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Dunham, Arthur H., Bedford DeMoranville, Lester C., Shaw Edlund, Ivar H., Plymouth
Edwards, Doris L., 40 Bourne Fagerberg, Goldie E., 11 Forest
Fish, Barbara, 85 So. Main Finneran, Edward T., 19 E. Main Foye, Harold O., Summer
Foye, May T., Summer
Foye, Lyda S., Plymouth
Freedman, Nathan B., 18 West
Gates, Maude E., 3 Coombs
Gerrior, Wilfred R., Woodlawn
Gibbs, Virginia E., 3 Court End Glidden, Richard, 12 Court End Green, Frank A., Vernon Green, Howard V., Wareham
Greene, Kenneth R., 676 Center
Guidoboni, Sarah, Soule
Hathaway, Ralph W., Arlington
Hanson, Ruth, 70 Oak
Haskell, Goldie, 77 Oak
Hayden, Norman C., Benson
Hegarty, Everett N., 80 Pearl
Howes, John B., Thomas
Huntley, Lawrence R., Plymouth
Keedwell, Polly M., 55 So. Main Kelley, Barbara E., Miller
Kelley, Nellie A., School
Kelley, William W., Jr., Miller
Keyes, Wilfred S., 35 School
Lowe, George H., 8 Barrows Lyford, Emerson F., Tispaquin
Lynde, Elwyn B., 107 So. Main
Macdonald, Mary D., 71 So. Main
Martinson, Anders Jr., Plymouth
Maxim, Howard W., Wareham McNeil, Nellie, 27 Rock
Moore, William C., E. Grove
Nourse, Fred A., Wareham
Nourse, Ralph E., 99 Pearl Nyberg, Carl, Cherry
Parker, Herbert H., Everett
Perkins, Herbert C., 1 High
Pierce, Verna, Barden Hill Rd.
Electrician Chauffeur Salesman Saleslady Housewife At Home Engineer Farmer Housewife Reg. Nurse Junk Dealer Clerk Photo Worker Housewife Clerk Farmer Contractor Shoe Worker Shoe Worker Clerk At Home Ice Bag Worker Farmer
Manager Cranberry Grower Clerk Housewife Secretary Coal Dealer Bank Empl.
Shoe Worker
Shoe Worker Retired Retired Housewife Merchant Electrician Housewife Poultryman Pattern Worker Shoe Worker Lineman Shoe Worker Salesman Stenographer
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ANNUAL REPORT
Polland, James E., 10 Court End Ave. Redgate, John H., Smith Riley, Joseph F., 38 School Rosen, Elin, 14 Washburn Ryder, George M., 73 Center
Ryder, N. Dorrance, 30 Pearl
Salley, Mildred H., 288 No. Main Sanford, Vivian B., 34 Forest Scanlon, John W., Peirce Sears, Henry W., Jr., 98 So. Main Shaw, Carlton, 23 Archer Ct. Sisson, Lucy B., Wareham Soule, Roger E., Carmel Sparrow, Ivan B., 12 Barrows Starr, John B., Center Stets, Sylvia, Everett Stetson, Doris K., Plympton Tierney, William E., 24 Coombs Thatcher, Ronald, 25 Webster Thomas, Clyde S., 7 Rock Thomas, George B., Everett Thomas, Lillian B., Spruce Thomas, Weldon A., Smith Thorley, Frederick W., 6 Clifford Townsend, Leon, Bedford Thomas, William R., Summer Travassos, Cecelia, 45 E. Main Tribou, Helen, 101 Sproat Tribou, William E., 101 Sproat Walter, Caroline, Wareham Washburn, John A., 62 Bourne West, Thomas W., Pleasant Weston, Thomas, E. Grove Wheeler, George E., 65 Pearl Whitehead, Samuel A., 116 Wareham Wilbur, Florence T., Wareham Williams, Ellis, So. Main Wilmot, James E., 57 Oak Wood, Virchel E., Center Woodward, Leslie M., 6 Reland Wright, John, Cherry
Ins. Agt.
Ins. Agent Saleslady Gov. Empl. Asst. Treas. Office Worker Shoe Worker Clerk Lumber Bus. State Empl. Candy Merchant U.S.C.G. Manager Ins. Agt. Housewife Housewife Clerk Printing Bus. Ins. Contractor Shoe Worker State Empl. Engineer Shoe Worker Prop. Beautician Office Worker Oil Dealer Shoe Worker Grain Mill Poultryman Manager Merchant State Empl. Housewife Lumber Dealer Painter Foreman Asst. Treas. Shoe Worker
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ANNUAL REPORT REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS
To the Citizens of Middleborough:
We submit herewith the report of The Board of Assessors for the year 1952.
RECAPITULATION
Appropriations
State Audit of Municipal Accounts
1,662.62
State Parks and Reservations
1,476.62
County Tax
33,778.90
Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment
16,743.46
Overlay of Current Year
18,825.74
Gross Amount to Be Raised Estimated Receipts and Available Funds
$1,316,660.91
648,269.88
Net Amount to Be Raised by Taxation
$668,391.03
Value of Personal Estate
$821,800.00
Tax
$50,951.60
Value of Real Estate
9,869,765.00
Tax 611,925.43
Total Value of Assessed Prop- erty January 1, 1952
$10,691,565.00
Tax Tax
$662,877.03 330.46
Total Value of All Assessed
Property Dec. 31, 1952 $10,696,895.00
Tax $663,207.49
Rate Per Thousand $62.00
Number of Polls Assessed
2,757
Tax
5,514.00
Taxes Committed in 1952
Commitments on Polls
$5,548.00
Commitments on Personal Estate
50,995.00
Commitments on Real Estate
612,212.49
Commitments on Motor Vehicles and Trailers
71,156.45
Total Taxes Committed
$739,911.94
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Tax
(figures to date - December 31st, 1952)
Number of Motor Vehicles and Trailers
4,960
Value of Motor Vehicles and Trailers
$1,795,040.00
Tax on Motor Vehicles and Trailers
$71,156.45
Rate Per Thousand
$48.25
Abatements and Exemptions
Taxes Abated
Polls
Personal
Real Estate
Motor Veh.
in 1952
Excise
Levy of 1950
None
$472.50
$32.50
$23.30
Levy of 1951
None
$542.93
$233.15
$7,292.28
Levy of 1952
$332.00
$175.15
$18,202.37
$2,863.77
Value of Omitted Property
5,330.00
1293 922.16 $1,244,173.57
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ANNUAL REPORT
Number of Live Stock Assessed
Horses
41
Neat Cattle
1,005
Swine
11
Fowl
63,975
Sheep
47
All Other
1,965
Number of Dwelling Houses Assessed
2,682
Number of Acres of Land Assessed
36,913.89
Exempt Property
Property of the Commonwealth
$31,500.00
Property of the United States
105,000.00
Literary, Charitable and Benevolent Institutions
369,000.00
War Veterans
278,860.00
Churches
339,165.00
Parsonages
16,065.00
Cemeteries
54,010.00
Schools
449,650.00
All Other Town Owned Property
1,952,760.00
Total
$3,596,010.00
Respectfully Submitted, JAMES E. HOULIHAN, Chairman WINTHROP LLOYD STURGIS THEODORE V. DEANE
Board of Assessors
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ANNUAL REPORT
REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER
OUTSTANDING INDEBTEDNESS December 31, 1952
WATER EXTENSION BONDS PAID BY TAXATION
Note Nos.
Amount
Date
Due Date
Interest
236-282
$47,000
July 1, 1947
July 1, 1953
1 1/2 %
283-329
47,000
July 1, 1947
July 1, 1954
11/2 %
330-376
47,000
July 1, 1947
July 1, 1955
11/2 %
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
1 1/2 %
517-562
46,000
July 1, 1947
July 1, 1959
11/2 %
563-608
46,000
July 1, 1947
July 1, 1960
1 1/2 %
609-654
46,000
July 1, 1947
July 1, 1961
1 1/2 %
655-700
46,000
July 1, 1947
July 1, 1962
11/2 %
SEWERAGE BONDS PAID BY TAXATION
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
13/4 %
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
13/4 %
168-183
16,000
December 1, 1949
December 1, 1960
13/4 %
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
1 3/4 %
232-247
16,000
December 1, 1949
December 1, 1964
1 3/4 %
248-263
16,000
December 1, 1949
December 1, 1965
13/4 %
264-279
16,000
December 1, 1949
December 1, 1966
13/4 %
280-295
16,000
December 1, 1949
December 1, 1967
1 3/4 %
296-311
16,000
December 1, 1949
December 1, 1968
13/4 %
312-327
16,000
December 1, 1949
December 1, 1969
1 3/4 %
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ANNUAL REPORT
TRUST FUNDS IN CUSTODY OF TOWN TREASURER December 31, 1952
Maria L. H. Peirce Fund:
Middleboro Trust Company, Savings Ac- counts $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, income to be used for purchase of books for children, to be placed in Middleborough Public Library, and to be known as the "Mary Hullahan Collection" 3,000.00
Cemetery Trust Funds in Middleborough Trust Company and Middleborough Savings Bank, including principal and interest at time of last State Audit, December 31, 1951 98,039.51
$115,757.00
Anyone wishing a detailed list of Cemetery Trust Fund Accounts may apply at the Town Treasurer's Office.
CASH RECONCILIATION
December 31, 1952
Middleborough Trust Co., General Account $134,153.96 Cash in Office 400.00
Day Trust Co., Boston, Mass. Gen. Acct.
150,000.00
Merchants National Bank, Boston, Gen. Acct. 10,648.75
First National Bank Boston, Sewerage Acct. 8,802.03
First National Bank Boston Water Acct. .96
$304,005.70
United States Savings Bonds, Series F, 2.53%, due July 1956 Cost $74,000.000 - Maturity Value $100,000.00
CHESTER L. SHAW,
Town Treasurer.
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ANNUAL REPORT
Protection of Persons and Property
REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I hereby submit the forty-fourth 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, 1952.
Chief of Police Charles H. Rogers Deputy Chief of Police William C. Elliott Sergeant William E. Gardiner Patrolmen
Wlliam W. Briggs Joseph S. D'Elia Robert C. Germaine
Louis W. Hammond Irving I. Jefferson Benjamin Mackiewicz
Raymond J. Moffett Custodian William Hayward Honorary Chief of Police Alden C. Sisson Honorary Patrolman
Alton R. Rogers Special Police Officers
Lloyd Banks Francis Bell Arthur Benson Norman Belrose Alfred Benoit Ernest Crowell Francis Crowley James DeMoranville John Dutra Joseph Dutra Leonard Ditano
Harold Jackson Douglas MacAuley Richmond Matthews LeRoy Mawhinney James McDonald Patrick McMahon George Neilson Lawrence Olson, Sr. Roy Pendleton Frank Pierce John Rebell
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William Greeley Charles Guertin, Jr. Clarence Hayward H. John Hayward Allen Hoard Theodore DeArruda
Ralph Sampson Clarence Shaw Alden C. Sisson
Louis Tessier Norman Flood
George Rogers Laura Norris, Matron
In Memoriam Alton R. Rogers
Offenses
Female
Juvenile
Total
Assault and Battery
Breaking and Entering
the
Nighttime and Larceny
24
0
8
32
Breaking and Entering Daytime and Larceny
4
0
17
21
Capias
14
0
0
14
Drunk
146
13
0
159
Insane
5
5
0
10
Larceny
9
6
9
24
Motor Vehicle Violations
187
4
4
195
Non-Support
29
0
0
29
Operating Motor Vehicle under In-
90
11
0
101
Operating Motor Vehicle so Lives Might be Endangered
80
9
0
89
Accessory Before and After Fact
3
0
0
3
Assault on Police Officer
1
0
0
1
Assault with Intent to Rape
2
0
0
2
A.W.O.L. from Army
3
0
0
3
Bastardy
6
0
0
6
Contempt of Court
8
0
0
8
Disturbing Peace
7
0
0
7
Evading Taxi Fare
1
0
0
1
Fish and Game Violations
9
0
0
9
Illegitimate Child Act
4
0
0
4
Kidnap
1
0
0
1
Larceny by Check
0
2
0
2
Lewd and Lascivious Speech and Behaviour
3
3
0
6
Lodgers
47
0
0
47
Malicious Destruction Property
1
0
0
1
Neglect of Children
9
1
0
10
Possession of Rifles Larger than .22
2
0
0
2
Receiving Stolen Property
1
0
0
1
Stubborn Child
0
1
3
4
Truancy
0
0
2
2
Wayward Child
0
0
1
1
Arrests for Other Police Depart-
ments
10
0
0
10
in
Male 26
2
0
28
in the
4
fluence Intoxicating Liquor
80
ANNUAL REPORT
Statistical Report of Police Department
Cost of Court Assessments
$10.00
Amount of Fines Imposed in Middleboro Court
5776.00
Bonds Forfeited to Court
350.00
Buildings found open
133
Cases Investigated
479
Disturbances Quelled Without Arrest
121
Defective Street Lights Reported by Police
88
Arrests for Year, Total
783
Males
672
Females
66
Juveniles
45
Non-Resident
459
Local
324
Summonses served
118
Sales or Transfers of Autos
3625
Traffic and Parking Violations, Warning Tags
292
Defective Lights on Motor Vehicles Tagged
26
Bicycles Registered in 1952
163
Value of Stolen and Lost Property Recovered
$2,195.00
Letters sent to Registry of Motor Vehicles, requesting
27
Letters sent to Registry of Motor Vehicles, requesting
5
Motor Vehicle Operators stopped and License and Registra-
tion taken for minor Motor Vehicle Violations, Oral Warning 146
Motor Vehicle Accidents Investigated, Involving Injury
62
Motor Vehicle Accidents Investigated, Involving one or
104
more vehicles with Property Damage only
Conclusion
We are equipped with two cruisers and a combination ambulance and patrol wagon and a private concern has handled the majority of all our motor vehicle accident calls for ambulance service to remove in- jured to hospital. This setup has made it possible for officers investi- gating accidents to clean up their investigation at the scene and to clear up the area where accident took place and then go to hospital and get the necessary data on the injured. In the past it was necessary for two officers to man the patrol ambulance, go to scene, pick up the injured and take them to the hospital and then return to scene of accident. This often times left the scene of the accident without any officer to handle traffic and cars involved would be in such positions as to be a menace to the users of the highways.
Ninety three adults were injured in motor vehicle accidents, of which two of these were pedestrians. Thirty-three children were in- jured of which seven were pedestrians. There were six persons killed in motor vehicle accidents of which three were pedestrians, two adults and one child.
Four of the fatal accidents occurred on Route 28, three were pas- sengers in cars and one was a pedestrian. One child was killed while playing in a cardboard box on Arch St. and one pedestrian was killed on Spruce Street. This was Middleborough's largest number of fatalities for past ten years.
Suspension of Operators License for Improper Operation
Warning to Operators of Motor Vehicles
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ANNUAL REPORT
Cruiser car No. 1 traveled 14,311 miles in patrols and investiga- tions. Cruiser car No. 2 traveled 22,964 miles in patrols and inves- tigations and took six injured to hospital as stretcher cases . from accidents. The ambulance has covered 141 miles for the year, of this 12 trips for accidents, five injured taken to hospital, mileage 130. Four patrol trips, two injured to hospital, mileage 11.
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 staff of St. Luke's Hos- pital, the people of Middleboro and the officers of this Department who have helped to make the administration of this Department a success.
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES H. ROGERS
Chief of Police
REPORT OF TREE WARDEN
22 During the year the following trees were removed: 30 Elm trees 1 Pine tree 2 Maples 2 Black Locust trees
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The following trees were planted during the year: 6 European Plain
17 Maples
4 Mountain Ash
3 Linden
LOUIS H. FORNEY check
Tree Warden
REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
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