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84
9
11
11 Mary Clymenia (Haselton) Raymond
87
11
16
20 Fred G. Mower
85
4
0
20 Alfred J. Fredette
87
5
18
21 Nellie (Lepre) Pintamarino
86
7
20
23 Laura Joy Fessenden (LeForte)
82
5
28
26 Elisha Hermann Shaw
78
7
25
26 Joseph E. Wrightington
76
0
0
27 John Andrew Cameron
85
11
12
27 Katherine J. (Hamblin) Kirkland
82
3
7
28 Annie Theresa Farrington
73
10
6
28 William Frederick Guild
88
8
20
July
1 George Edgar Glazier
64
7
23
3 Israelena (Sutherland) Higgins
80
8
24
6 Anna (Paananen) Erickson
62
5
28
2 Eva Allen (Hannon)
80
5
29
6 Curtis Frank Kraus
69
5
19
8 Eva Maria (Messier) Dimond
63
2
6
41
ANNUAL REPORT
Date Names
Yrs.
Mos.
Days
8 Elizabeth May (Besse) Schroeder
65
9
1
10 Mary (Costa) Giberti
80
0
0
10 Nellie (McRae) Boardman
66
1
9
12 Joseph Carr
65
6
1
12 Mauro Guidaboni
78
5
7
19 Hope W. Alden
51
6
24
20 Albert J. Bernier
59
7
11
20 Sarah (Demoranville) Ladd
95
10
4
21 Alonzo R. Dealtry
80
0
15
22
Etta Marion (Pratt) Bisbee
54
0
13
22
Almira Keith (Bourne) Doty
85
3
22
23
Margaret Monteiro
62
0
0
24 Donald Sturgis Thayer
27
3
15
26
Harry Alexander Eaton
69
2
18
27 Mildred Amelia (Manton) Hall
60
9
17
August
1 Cornelia Rounseville (Cudworth) Parker
88
1
10
4 Gardner Perry
59
0
0
5 Etta Clark (Brackett) Kelley
76
5
29
9 Archibald Alexander MacNayr
73
1
11
11 Bissonnette
5 minutes
12 Ashton Morgan Barney
90
10
3
12
Ellis Miles Davis
56
4
23
12
Charles Edwin Gaskin
74
9
12
14
Thomas William Broughton
90
8
8
17
Albertine (Banville) Bois
72
4
17
17
Maria W. Lind
69
1
17
18 Mary Kinsley (Churchill) Benson
72
2
3
19
George Delmar Dorr
96
4
23
25 Anna Erickson
58
7
1
27
Idella Bartlett (Shaw) Grose
76
9
27
30 Harry Dunn
73
0
0
September
3 Myra R. Brigham
82
6
19
5 Elizabeth L. Burnett
84
11
29
6 Stanley Sawicki
58
0
0
9 Joseph Francis Cowan
0
0
2
11 John Hewitt 12 John Geggatta, Jr.
81
9
18
15 Williams Eaton
83
0
19
15 Ralph DeMoranville
71
10
7
16 Maude Estelle Mercer
91
0
21
17 Harvey C. LeFurgey
79
9
24
20
Grace Ellen (French) Logrien
76
5
19
20
Bessie Lee (Mitchell) Whitehead
74
2
18
23 Arthur Vincent Boucher
46
10
11
24 Lester Pearl Spaulding
67
5
20
25 Eugene Russell Chausse
41
2
21
27
Roger Winchester Macdonald
65
9
2
27 Jacintho Camillo Martins
66
6
7
70
1
14
42
ANNUAL REPORT
Date Names
Yrs.
Mos. Days
October
8 Ina Rich
68
0
0
9 Wesley Herbert Raymond
63
2
1
12 "Baby boy" DeMoranville
0
0
1
13 Nellie Prescott Colvin
81
1
6
21 William James MacDougall
73
8
17
22 Frederick W. Wholey
59
3
23
23 William M. MacDonald
76
0
0
25 Thomas C. Pedersen
92
9
0
27 Silas Irving Pickens
83
4
23
27 Howard George Kennedy
89
1
15
27 Margaret Garabed (Hachadoorian) Kayajan
73
9
12
28 Mary Alice (Grothe) Foley
74
9
7
30 Helen Kakstis (Truses)
64
7
25
30 Benjamin Kakstis
72
0
29
31 William Carrie
93
6
8
November
2 Lizzie V. Watt
83
0
24
12 Albert Lewis Long
73
1
17
15 Charles Richmond Cobb
63
5
14
17 George Morton Gammons
52
2
0
19 Lillian M. (Dougals) Barnard
79
0
0
20 Hope Tinkham (Gibbs) Cobb
69
7
6
22 Willard Alton Dunham
83
7
0
22 Felix Waszczeniuk
65
0
0
23 Harold W. Pierce
57
0
0
23 Francis Eugene Mullen
50
11
0
26 Christian J. (Carter) Howe
84
1
13
26
Charles Leon Farrington
65
4
1
27 Antonio G. Matrisciano
73
11
26
27 Ethel Vaughan (Robbins) Hammond
82
4
3
27 Edgar Clark Upham
32
4
19
30 Goldie Elizabeth (Hayes) Haskell
56
4
29
December
2 Gerhardt Philip Holz
78
3
9
3 George Edward Hatch
96
0
28
4 Anders Martenson
84
2
13
5 Enid Stuart (Bigelow) Butler
47
4
3
6 Albert Nelson Sears
91
11
1
7 Ella Amanda Perry
86
3
3
8 John William Touhy
79
6
13
10
Minnie Estella (Carpenter) Davis
86
10
11
11
Lawrence Kelley
67
5
19
15
Gertrude Mae (Batchelder) Boldt
68
2
18
16
George Bradley Hawkes
81
2
3
18 Damian Pawlak
69
0
0
19
Jefferson H. Moody
90
3
4
22
Sarah Francis (Davis)
64
0
0
23 Arthur Carlton Thomas
82
4
1
28 Walter Robert Frizzell
80
1
20
30
Josiah Stearns Cushing
63
8
13
43
ANNUAL REPORT
JURY LIST July 1, 1955 -July 1, 1956
Name Address
Occupation
A
Adams, Helen S., 3 High
Akers, Harold P., 54 Pearl Amsden, Ira E., 53 Sproat
Anderson, Gordon W., Cherry Anderson, Paul F., Cherry
Anderson, Paul T., Winter
Ayers, Brenton S., Fuller
B
Baker, Madeline A., 72 So. Main St.
Banks, Lloyd E., 225 Everett
Becker, Peter O., III, 6 Court End Ave.
Becker, Otto P. Jr., 6 Court End Ave. Begley, T. Francis, 50 Bourne
Bernier, Louis J., 7 Lovell Bernier, William L., 49 No. Main
Blair, Katherine E., 62 Pearl
Boardman, Arthur E., Cherry Briggs, Newell R., 4 Carey Burnham, Cleveland E., Wood
C
At Home Machinist Service Mgr. State Employee Bank Employee Shoeworker Bus Driver Housewife Clerk Mechanic Merchant
Cahill, Vincent J., 131 Everett Camandona, Thomas J., 84 Everett Campbell, Harriett G., 68 No. Main St. Carpenter, Jesse Jr., Plympton Carey, Charles R., 6 West Grove Carver, Charles S., 84 Pearl Caswell, Edwin S., 23 Rock Champlin, Arthur D., 4 Reland Chapman, Everett M., 71 Forest Clark, Leslie N., 105 Pearl Crane Ralph S., 59 No. Main Cushing, Henry M., East Grove Cushing, Robert L., 16 Courtland
Painter Milk Dealer At Home F. F. Observer Draftsman Truck Driver Retired Carpenter Jewelry Worker State Employee Salesman Machinist Field Rep.
D
Devlin, Elizabeth, 2 High
Donner, George A., 59 School
Donner, Harold J., 122 North Drake, Malcolm C., 35 Bourne Drake, Reginald W., 171 Peirce Drewinsky, Peter J., 14 Lane
Housewife Real Estate Agent Teller Bank Treas.
Insurance Agent Student
At Home State Employee Shoeworker Merchant Mechanic Civil Engineer At Home
44
ANNUAL REPORT
Name
Address
Occupation
Dunbar, Richard H., Bedford Dunham, Elizabeth S., 1 Rice Dunham, Richard L., 1 Rice
Gas Station Prop. Housewife Carpenter
F
Falconieri, Anthony, 185 So. Main Falconieri, Crispi, 55 W. Grove
Falconieri, Florence, 55 W. Grove
Farrington, Marcus S., 49 No. Main Ferraguto, John H., 106 Pearl Finneran, Edward T., 19 E. Main Fish, Donald K., 19 E. Grove
Driver Manager Shoeworker Varnish Worker Manager Engineer Merchant
G
Gamache, Jules R., 4 Shaw Ave. Gammons, Marguerite L., 8 Court End Ave. Gellar, Mary F., 15 Coombs Greenleaf, Clarence J., Wareham
Shoeworker Housewife Seamstress Mechanic
H
Halahan, John W., Jr., Prospect Hanson, Arthur A., 20 Rock Hardy, Irving R., E. Main
Harrington, Cornelius F., 390 Wareham Haskell, Gordon H., 44 Arch Heath, Albert M., 9 W. Grove Higginbotham, Thomas W., 4 Howland Court Hinckley, Richard G., 11 Coombs Holt, Gladys, 5 Park
Horan, Bernard D., 7 Reland
Howes, Charles, M., 1 Marion Rd.
Hoye, William J., 55 Everett Hull, Stanley H., 19 Court End Ave.
J
Jackson, Harold M., Vernon
K
Keith, Doris A., 68 Bourne Keough, Joseph F., 53 Everett Kramer, Alton M., 18 Peirce Krikorian, Moushah C., 14 Shaw
L
LaForest, Robert B., 91 So. Main Lavallee, Wilfred H., 112 So. Main
Manager State Employee Professor Manager Mechanic State Employee R.R. Employee Jeweler Housewife State Police Shoeworker R.R. Employee State Employee
Silversmith
Housewife P. O. Clerk Merchant Clerk
Clerk Real Estate
45
ANNUAL REPORT
Name
Address
Lavalley, Yvonne, 1 Shaw Ave. Lindstrom, Sigfried, 40 North Lynde, Elwyn B., 107 So. Main Lynde, John B., Peirce
M
MacAuley, Roger A., Walnut MacCready, Harry L. Jr., 26 Bourne McNeil, Walter J. D., Mitchell Maddigan, Ralph W. Jr., 3 High Maloney, Daniel W., 51 Montello Matthews, Richmond C., 13 East Main Maxim, Josephine E., Cherry McClellan, George B., 13 R. Elm McFarlin, William S., 19 Coombs McDonald, John C., East Grove Morrissey, Edward F., 80 So. Main Maxim, Leighton L., 25 Bourne
N
Nichols, Thomas B., 25 E. Grove Nourse, Ralph E., North
O'Hara, Everett F., 64 Everett O'Toole, Joseph M., 24 Forest Ouellette, Eva, 11 East Main
P
Paun, Louise R., 67 North Penniman, Dalton L., 50 School Perkins, Alice L., 6 Warren Ave. Piver, George C., 44 Vine
R
Rebell, John, Everett Reed, David G., 9 Everett Riley, Joseph F., 88 School Roht, Robert T., 19 Pearl Rogers, Florence L., 24 Pearl Romaine, Lawrence B., Bedford Roy, Howard A., 7 Howland Ct. Rudolph, Norman E., 11 Barrows
S
Saunders, Everett L., 381 Wareham Sears, Henry W. Jr., 98 So. Main
Occupation
At Home Shoeworker Retired Clerk
Laundry Clerk Rug Mfg. Merchant Ins. Broker Time Keeper Merchant Housewife R.R. Employee Correction Officer Restaurateur Field Rep. Salesman
Merchant Shoeworker
Clerk Laborer Housewife
Stenographer Bank Clerk Housewife Shoeworker
Farmer Merchant Ins. Agent Civil Engineer Housewife Antique Dealer Reporter Janitor
Merchant Retired
46
ANNUAL REPORT
Name Address
Silvia, Manuel J., 4 Warren Ave.
Soule, Clarence E., Carmel Sousa, Doris, 19 North Stegmaier, Theodore H., 116 So. Main
Stetson, George Ward, 40 Barden Hill Rd.
Sturgis, Winthrop L., 35 North
Sullivan, Paul D., 67 South Main
Occupation
Shoeworker Poultryman Stenographer Insurance Agent Income Tax Manager News Dealer
T
Thomas, Melvin G., 11 Court End Ave. Tripp, Alice M., Benson
Manager Housewife
W
Warren, Perley S., Spruce Washburn, John A., 62 Bourne
Shoeworker Grain Mill Lineman
Washburn, Zimri T., Fuller
Weston, Thomas, E. Grove
Gen. Mgr.
Williams, Harold H., Locust
Witbeck, Mertie E., 120 So. Main
Wright, Fred M., 339 Center
Photographer Librarian Engineer
REGISTRAR'S REPORT
December 31, 1955
Number of Registered Voters:
Men & Women
Precinct 1
497
Precinct 2
4,398
Precinct 3
608
Total
5,503
WALDO S. THOMAS
Clerk of the Board
47
ANNUAL REPORT
ELECTION OFFICERS 1955 - 1956
Precinct One
Warden
Robert C. West
Deputy Warden Clerk
Georgianna M. Townsend Doris Thorson Inez M. Chandler
Deputy Clerk
Inspector
Jessie Carver
Inspector
Deputy Inspector
Deputy Inspector
Madeline Davis Stella Fickert Mildred C. Teeling
Precinct Two
Warden
Deputy Warden
Clerk
Deputy Clerk
Alice Silvia
Inspector
Esther H. Robidoux Frank Minott Jeannette Bigelow Annie C. Healey
Precinct Three
Warden
Walter H. Gillis
Deputy Warden
Clerk
Deputy Clerk
Inspector
Inspector
Deputy Inspector
Deputy Inspector
Perley W. Perham Susan B. Brackett James A. Brennan Rhoda Maxim Euphemia Lincoln M. Esther Neelon Alice H. Tripp
REPORT OF THE COLLECTOR OF TAXES Year Ending December 31, 1955
Outstanding Taxes December 31, 1955:
Tax Levy, 1954 Real Estate
$ 15,663.17
Tax Levy, 1955 Real Estate
83,469.04
Tax Levy, 1954 Personal
1,698.33
Tax Levy, 1955 Personal
11,005.50
Tax Levy, 1954 Excise
43.13
Tax Levy, 1955 Excise
7,453.45
Tax Levy, 1954 Poll
12.00
Tax Levy, 1955 Poll
128.00
Tax Possession (Town Owned Property)
1,549.61
Tax Title Account (In charge of Treasurer)
3,687.34
$ 124,709.57
CHESTER L. SHAW Collector of Taxes
4
William G. L. Jacob Laura Norris Wilbur Fillmore
Inspector
Deputy Inspector
Deputy Inspector
48
ANNUAL REPORT
REPORT OF THE TOWN TREASURER OUTSTANDING INDEBTEDNESS
December 31, 1955
WATER EXTENSION BONDS PAID BY TAXATION
Note Nos.
Amount
Date
Due Date
Interest
377-423
47,000
July 1, 1947
July 1, 1956
11/2%
424-470
47,000
July 1, 1947
July 1, 1957
11/2%
471-516
46,000
July 1, 1947
July 1, 1958
11/2%
517-562
46,000
July 1, 1947
July 1, 1959
11/2%
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
11/2%
SEWERAGE BONDS PAID BY TAXATION
103-119
17,000
December 1, 1949
December 1, 1956
13/4%
120-135
16,000
December 1, 1949
December 1, 1957
13/4%
136-151
16,000
December 1, 1949
December 1, 1958
13/4%
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
13/4%
200-215
16,000
December 1, 1949 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
13/4%
280-295
16,000
December 1, 1949
December 1, 1967
13/4%
296-311
16,000
December 1, 1949
December 1, 1968
1 3/4%
312-327
16,000
December 1, 1949
December 1, 1969
13/4%
TAUNTON STREET WATER EXTENSION COUPON NOTES PAID BY TAXATION
7,000
May 15, 1954
May 15, 1956
1 1/2 %
7,000
May 15, 1954
May 15, 1957
11/2 %
7,000
May 15, 1954
May 15, 1958
11/2%
6,000
May 15, 1954
May 15, 1959
11/2%
Addition to the present High School and construction of a new Junior High School on Mayflower Avenue. Bonds paid by taxation.
Amount
Date
Due Date
Interest
$50,000.00
Jan. 15, 1955
Jan. 15, 1956
2.10%
50,000.00
Jan. 15, 1955
Jan. 15, 1957
2.10%
50,000.00
Jan. 15, 1955
Jan. 15, 1958
2.10%
50,000.00
Jan. 15, 1955
Jan. 15, 1959
2.10%
50,000.00
Jan. 15, 1955
Jan. 15, 1960
2.10%
December 1, 1962
13/4%
216-231
16,000
49
ANNUAL REPORT
50,000.00
Jan. 15, 1955
Jan. 15, 1961
2.10%
50,000.00
Jan. 15, 1955
Jan. 15, 1962
2.10%
50,000.00
Jan. 15, 1955
Jan. 15, 1963
2.10%
50,000.00
Jan. 15, 1955
Jan. 15, 1964
2.10%
50,000.00
Jan. 15, 1955
Jan. 15, 1965
2.10%
50,000.00
Jan. 15, 1955
Jan. 15, 1966
2.10%
50,000.00
Jan. 15, 1955
Jan. 15, 1967
2.10%
50,000.00
Jan. 15, 1955
Jan. 15, 1968
2.10%
50,000.00
Jan. 15, 1955
Jan. 15, 1969
2.10%
50,000.00
Jan. 15, 1955
Jan. 15, 1970
2.10%
50,000.00
Jan. 15, 1955
Jan. 15, 1971
2.10%
50,000.00
Jan. 15, 1955
Jan. 15, 1972
2.10%
50,000.00
Jan. 15, 1955
Jan. 15, 1973
2.10%
50,000.00
Jan. 15, 1955
Jan. 15, 1974
2.10%
50,000.00
Jan. 15, 1955
Jan. 15, 1975
2.10%
5,000.00
Jan. 15, 1955
Jan. 15, 1976
2.10%
5,000.00
Jan. 15, 1955
Jan. 15, 1977
2.10%
5,000.00
Jan. 15, 1955
Jan. 15, 1978
2.10%
2,000.00
Jan. 15, 1955
Jan. 15, 1979
2.10%
$1,017,000.00
TRUST FUNDS IN CUSTODY OF TOWN TREASURER December 31, 1955
Maria L. H. Peirce Fund:
Middleboro Trust Company, Savings Ac- counts
$3,798.74
Enoch Pratt Library Fund:
Middleboro Savings Bank, Savings Ac- count
$ 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"
Cemetery Trust Funds in Middleborough Trust Company and Middleborough Sav- ings Bank, including principal and inter- est at time of last State Audit, December, 1954
3,000.00
114,075.54
$131,793.03
Anyone wishing a detailed list of Cemetery Trust Fund Accounts may apply at the Town Treasurer's Office.
50
ANNUAL REPORT
CASH RECONCILIATION
December 31, 1955
Middleborough Trust Company, General Account $ 120,533.26 400.00 Cash in office, General Account
Day Trust Company, Boston, General Account
325,000.00
Merchants National Bank, Boston, General Account 75,000.00 First National Bank, Boston, Junior and Senior High School 176,140.35 First National Bank, Boston, Sewerage Account
3,465.44
Merchants National Bank, Boston, Water Mains Extension Account 4,022.61
Middleborough Trust Company, West Grove Water Exten- sion Account 186.61
Middleborough Trust Company, Engineers Sewerage
Survey 1,000.00
U. S. Treas. Bills, Junior and Senior High School 400,000.00
$1,105,748.27
United States Savings Bonds, Series F. 2.53%, due July 1956 Cost $74,000.00-Maturity Value $100,000.00
CHESTER L. SHAW
Town Treasurer
REPORT OF THE DOG OFFICER
January 16, 1956
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Town of Middleboro
Sirs:
I hereby submit my report as Dog Officer for the year 1955:
Number of dogs picked up 127
Number of dogs redeemed by owners
70
Number of dogs dead on highway 63
Number of dogs sold 4
Number of dogs destroyed for individuals 181
Number of cats destroyed for individuals 159
Number of complaints answered
154
Respectfully submitted, ARTHUR F. BENSON Dog Officer
51
ANNUAL REPORT
REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS
To the Citizens of Middleborough:
We submit herewith the report of the Board of Assessors for the year 1955:
RECAPITULATION
Appropriations
$1,502,677.28
State Audit of Municipal Accounts
1,486.63
State Parks and Reservations
1,783.60
County Tax
40,049.96
Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment
18,184.17
Overlay of Current Year
28,857.25
Deficit due to abatements in excess of the 1954 Overlay
4,171.16
Hurricane Deficit
48,770.11
Gross Amount to be Raised
$1,645,980.16
Estimated Receipts and Available Funds
831,453.28
Net Amount to be Raised by Taxation
814,526.88
Value of Personal Estate
$ 776,295.00
Tax $ 52,788.06
Value of Real Estate
$11,099,865.00
Tax
$ 754,790.82
Total Value of Assessed Prop-
erty Jan. 1, 1955
$11,876,160.00
Tax
$ 807,578.88
Value of Omitted Property
35,665.00
Tax
2,425.22
Total Value of All Assessed
Property Dec. 31, 1955
$11,911,825.00
Tax
$ 810,004.10
Rate Per Thousand-$68.00
Number of Polls Assessed
3,474
Tax
$ 6,948.00
Total Taxes Committed-1955
Committments on Polls
$ 6,948.00
Committments on Personal Estate
52,893.46
Committments on Real Estate
757,110.64
Committments on Motor Vehicles and Trailers
111,528.99
Total Taxes Committed
$ 928,481.09
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Tax
Number of Motor Vehicles and Trailers
5,269
Value of Motor Vehicles and Trailers
$2,195,850.00 111,528.99
Tax on Motor Vehicles and Trailers Rate Per Thousand
53.37
52
ANNUAL REPORT
Abatements and Exemptions
Taxes Abated and
Exempted in 1955
Polls
Personal
Real Estate
Excise
Levy of 1953 $ 12.00
$414.08
$ 548.04
$ 130.48
Levy of 1954
48.00
407.34
720.30
9,558.32
Levy of 1955
1,486.00
715.32
27,960.59
14,496.62
Number of Live Stock Assessed
Horses
28
Swine
12
Sheep
77
Neat Cattle
848
Fowl
50,055
All Other
1,860
Number of Dwelling Houses Assessed
2,851
Number of Acres of Land Assessed
49,731.44
Exempt Property
Property of the Commonwealth
$ 31,500.00
Property of the United States
105,000.00
Literary, Charitable and Benevolent Institutions
418,150.00
War Veterans
285,860.00
Churches
355,165.00
Parsonages
16,065.00
Cemeteries
55,010.00
Schools
508,450.00
All Other Town Owned Property
2,101,750.00
Total Exempt Property
$3,876,950.00
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES E. HOULIHAN, Chairman WINTHROP LLOYD STURGIS
THEODORE V. DEANE
Board of Assessors
REPORT OF INSPECTOR. OF WIRES
Number of miles traveled
1,766
Number of inspections
461
Number of re-inspections
12
Number of change-overs
106
Number of temporary meters
29
Number of new installations
93
Respectfully submitted, EMILIO N. NIRO Wire Inspector
53
ANNUAL REPORT
Protection of Persons and Property
REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I hereby submit the forty-seventh annual report and detailed statement of duties performed by the Police Department of the Town of Middleborough, for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1955:
Chief of Police William E. Gardiner
Deputy Chief of Police
William C. Elliott
Acting Sergeant
Robert C. Germaine
William W. Briggs Raymond J. Moffett Sr. Frank Pierce Benjamin Mackiewicz Francis A. Bell
Patrolmen
Arthur V. Quelle Jr. John Gamache Daniel Guertin Robert Buck
Temporary Patrolmen
Daniel Guertin Robert Buck Raymond Moffett Jr.
Richard Ray Lawrence Olson Sr. Charles Wambolt Jr.
Intermittent Patrolmen
Clarence Hayward Leonard Ditano Roy Pendleton
Lawrence Olson Sr. H. John Hayward Joseph Byrne
54
ANNUAL REPORT
Special Police Officers
Lloyd Banks Arthur Benson Raymond Chapman Ernest Crowell Francis Crowley John Dutra Joseph Dutra Patrick McMahon
Robert LaForest Donald Quindley John Rebell
William Greeley Ralph Sampson Clarence Shaw
Alden C. Sisson
Louis Tessier John Rogers John A. P. LaCombe
Samuel Whitehead
Napoleon Derosier Alfred Holmgren
Honorary Chief of Police Alden C. Sisson
Custodian Roy W. Pendleton
Matron Laura Norris
Constables
Clarence Shaw
William E. Gardiner
Offenses
Assault and Battery
Male 28
Female Juvenile Total
1
1
30
Break and Enter in Nighttime and Larceny
5
0
4
.
9
Break and Enter in the Daytime and Larceny
1
0
8
9
Capias
28
0
0
28
Drunk
139
2
0
141
Insane
4
3
0
7
Larceny
4
0
3
7
Motor Vehicle Violations
115
1
9
125
Non-Support
40
0
0
40
Operating Motor Vehicle under In- fluence of Intoxicating Liquor
74
0
1
75
Operating Motor Vehicle so that Lives and Safety of the Public might be endangered
69
8
2
79
Illegitimate Child Act
15
0
0
15
Criminal Trespass
11
2
2
15
Lewd and Lascivious Speech and Behaviour
2
2
4
8
Selling Leased Property
1
0
0
1
Absent Without Leave Army)
1
0
0
1
Stubborn Child
0
0
4
4
Disturbing Peace
3
0
0
3
Vagrancy
2
0
2
4
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ANNUAL REPORT
Male
Female Juvenile
Total
Truancy
0
0
3
3
Assault on Police Officer
1
0
0
1
Adultery
4
3
0
7
Larceny of Auto
1
0
0
1
Break and Enter in Nighttime to Commit a Felony
2
0
0
2
Assault and Batter with intent to Rape
2
0
0
2
Assault and Batter with Dangerous Weapon
2
0
0
2
Carrying Loaded Revolver, without permit
2
0
0
2
True Name Law
1
0
0
1
Unlicensed Dog
1
0
0
1
Larceny by Check
1
0
0
1
Interfering with Police Officer
1
0
0
1
Contributing to Delinquency, of minors
0
2
0
2
Neglect of Children
0
1
0
1
Lewd and Lascivious Cohabitation
1
0
0
1
Possession of Burglar tools
1
0
0
1
TOTAL
562
25
43
630
Statistical Report of Police Department
Amount of Fines Imposed in Middleboro Court
$5,637.00 95.00
Bonds Posted and Forfeited to Court
Buildings Found Open
130
Cases Investigated
553
Disturbances Quelled Without Arrest
98
Defective Street Lights Reported
120
Arrests for Year (Not including lodgers)
630
Males
562
Females
25
Juveniles
43
Non-Residents
311
Local
319
Lodgers
40
Summonses served
185
Traffic and Parking Violations, Warning tags
257
Motor Vehicle Defective Lights tagged
40
Bicycles Registered in 1955
147
Value of Stolen and Lost Property recovered
$2,275.75
Motor Vehicle violation tickets issued, request made to
61
Registry for either a warning or Suspension of license Motor Vehicle violation tickets issued, action left to the discretion of Registrar of Motor Vehicles
108
Motor Vehicle violation tickets issued and Court action taken
279
Motor Vehicles stopped for minor offenses and warnings given
225
Motor Vehicle accidents, involving Personal and Property damage
74
Motor Vehicle accidents involving Property damage, one or more vehicles involved
64
56
ANNUAL REPORT
Sales or Transfers of Motor Vehicles 4,685
Motor Vehicle Licenses Suspended or Revoked in Middle- 81
boro
Suspended or Revoked licenses granted by Registry 55
Conclusion
We are equipped with two ranch wagon type cruisers, one a 1953 model and the other a 1955 model. Both are equipped with emergency type stretchers to handle any emergency ambulance accident cases. All motor vehicle accidents involving personal injury are handled by a private ambulance concern, using a regulation fully equipped ambulance.
Both cruisers are radio equipped as is the private ambulance used. A transmitter and receiver radio set is located in the police station and is manned twenty-four hours of the day.
One hundred and thirty-four persons were injured in motor vehicle accidents in Middleboro in 1955, of which two were pedes- trians. Thirteen of those injured were severe and one hundred and twenty-one were of minor degree. There was only one fatal accident in 1955 in which two persons were killed, this accident took place on Thomas Street.
Seventy-four motor vehicle accidents were investigated by police in which there was both personal injury and property damage. Sixty- four motor vehicle accidents in which there was only property dam- age, a total of one hundred and thirty-eight known accidents.
Cruiser car number one travelled 20,313 miles in patrols and investigations and took four persons to hospital as stretcher cases from auto accidents. Cruiser car number two travelled 26,379 miles in patrols and investigations and took nine persons to hospital as stretcher cases from auto accidents.
I wish to express my thanks and appreciation for the assistance and co-operation given me 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 Hospital, the residents of Middleboro and the officers of this Department, who have helped to make the administration of this Department a success.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM E. GARDINER
Chief of Police
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ANNUAL REPORT
REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I herewith submit for your consideration and approval the Thirty- Fourth Annual Report of the Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1955:
Apparatus
Engine No. 1 Dodge 500 gallon pumper
Engine No. 2 Maxim 1000 gallon pumper
Engine No. 3 Maxim 750 gallon pumper
Engine No. 4 Maxim 500 gallon pumper Ladder No. 1 Maxim
Dodge 1 Ton Truck
Dodge Tank Truck
1 Trailer Unit
1 Rescue Boat and Equipment, donated
Purchased October 15, 1954 Purchased April 23, 1928 Purchased March 29, 1934 Purchased March 29, 1934 Purchased April 26, 1946 Purchased April 26, 1946 Purchased May 26, 1949
Dec. 26, 1955
Organization
The personnel of the Fire Department as of December 1955 is as follows:
1-Permanent Chief 5-Call Captains
1-Permanent Deputy Chief 38-Call Men
1-Permanent Captain 4-Substitute Call Men
10-Permanent Men Total Members 60
South Middleboro Unit
1-Call Captain
12-Call Men
Total 13
Operation
Box Alarms-15; Squad Calls-48; Stills-113; Warden Calls-27; Na- tional Guard-1; Aid to Raynham-2; Lakeville-1; Plymouth-1; Carver-2.
Aid to Middleboro from Bridgewater-2; Carver-2; Wareham-1; Duxbury-1; Plympton-2; Lakeville-1; Halifax-1.
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