Town annual report of Middleborough, Massachusetts 1956, Part 5

Author: Middleboro (Mass.)
Publication date: 1956
Publisher: s.n.
Number of Pages: 184


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Quindley, Donald S., 15 Oak


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Ramsden, Harold J., Cedar Rebell, John, Everett Rhinehart, John B., East Grove Robidoux, Vincent J., 23 Arch Robinson, Emil D., 9 Forest Rockwood, Richard A., 27 Pearl Rose, Manuel M., Carpenter


Sampson, Ralph, 21 Rock Schofield, Harry F., 12 Montello Sears, Albert N., Jr., Plympton Shaw, Arthur G., Jr., 16 Forest Soule, Clarence E., Carmel Sousa, Doris, 19 North Southwick, Helen E., 6 Elm


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At Home Mechanic Mechanic


Shoeworker


Carpenter


Chef


Optometrist Caretaker Moulder Photo Finisher Accountant Foreman Shoeworker


Electrician Janitor Water Department Merchant Poultryman Stenographer Office Manager


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Name


Address


Spencer, Robert W., 465 Plymouth


Standish, Harland I., 1089 Center


Stegmaier, Theodore H., 116 South Main Sullivan, William E., 15 Cambridge


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Thomas, Lloyd E., 590 Wareham Thompson, Walter O., 26 Forest Tierney, Helen E., 35 Rock Tripp, Arthur W., 1 East Main


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Vigers, George M., 5 Frank


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Walker, Joseph E., 96 North Washburn, Zimri T., Fuller Welch, Robert S., North West, Robert C., Pleasant Wheeler, Elsie L., 96 North Whitehead, Samuel A., 39 Forest Williams, Harold H., Locust Wood, Lorenzo, Plymouth Wright, Donald, 16 Washburn


Occupation


Florist Shoeworker Retired Shoeworker


Operator Manager Housewife Chauffeur


Foreman


Merchant Lineman Plumber Poultryman Secretary Shoeworker Photographer Editor Truck Driver


REGISTRAR'S REPORT


December 31, 1956


Number of Registered Voters


Men & Women


Precinct 1


Precinct 2


Precinct 3


540 4,764 677


Total


5,981


WALDO S. THOMAS,


Clerk of the Board


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ELECTION OFFICERS 1956 - 1957


Precinct One


Warden


Deputy Warden Clerk


Deputy Clerk


Inspector


Inspector


Deputy Inspector Deputy Inspector


Robert C. West Georgianna M. Townsend Doris Thorson Inez M. Chandler Jessie Carver Madeline Davis Stella Fickert Mildred G. Teeling


Precinct Two


Warden


Deputy Warden Clerk


Deputy Clerk


Inspector


Inspector


Deputy Inspector Deputy Inspector


William G. L. Jacob Laura Norris A. Wilbur Fillmore Alice Sylvia Frank Minott Esther H. Robidoux Jeannette Bigelow Annie C. Healey


Precinct Three


Warden


Deputy Warden


Clerk


Deputy Clerk


Inspector


Inspector


Deputy Inspector


Deputy Inspector


Walter H. Gillis Perley W. Perham Susan B. Brackett Doris Warren Rhoda Maxim Euphemia Lincoln M. Esther Neelon Alice H. Tripp


REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF WIRES


Number of miles traveled


1665


Number of Inspections


610


Number of Re-inspections


20


Number of Change-overs


114


Number of Temporary Meters


23


Number of New Installations


59


Respectfully submitted,


EMILIO N. NIRO,


Wire Inspector


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Protection of Persons and Property


REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Gentlemen:


I hereby submit the forty-eighth annual report and detailed state- ment of duties performed by the Police Department of the Town of Middelborough, for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1956.


Chief of Police William E. Gardiner


Deputy Chief of Police William C. Elliott


Acting Sergeant Robert C. Germaine, resigned


Patrolmen


William W. Briggs Raymond Moffett, Sr. Frank Pierce Benjamin J. Mackiewicz


Francis A. Bell Arthur Quelle, resigned John Gamache Joseph Byrne


Temporary Patrolmen


Daniel R. Guertin Robert Buck


Richard Ray Joseph Oliver


Special Police Officers


Lloyd Banks Arthur Benson Charles Brown Raymond Chapman Ernest Crowell Francis Crowley John Dutra Joseph Dutra Patrick McMahon John Rebell


Leonard Ditano Lawrence Olson, Sr.


William Greeley Ralph Sampson Clarence Shaw Alden C. Sisson John Rogers John A. P. LaCombe Samuel Whitehead Napoleon Derosier Charles Wambolt, Jr.


Intermittent Patrolmen H. John Hayward Clarence Hayward Roy Pendleton


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Custodian Roy Pendleton


Matron Laura Norris Constables


William E. Gardiner


Clarence Shaw


In Memoriam Alden C. Sisson, Honorary Chief of Police


Offenses


Female Juvenile Total


Assault and Battery


0


1


32


Break and Enter in Nighttime and


Larceny


6


0


6


12


Break and Enter in Daytime and Larceny


0


0


6


6


Capias


29


0


0


29


Drunk


166


9


0


175


Insane


6


5


0


11


Larceny


12


0


15


27


Motor Vehicle Violations


142


3


9


154


Non-Support


57


1


0


58


Operating Motor Vehicle under In- fluence of intoxicating liquors


104


6


0


110


Operating Motor Vehicle so that Lives and Safety of Public Might be Endangered


91


7


2


100


Adultery


1


2


0


3


Assault with Dangerous Weapon with Intent


1


0


0


1


Cruelty of Animals


2


0


0


2


Disturbing the Peace


9


1


0


10


Giving False Name


3


0


0


3


Giving False Name on Motel Register


2


2


0


4


Fugitive from Justice


1


0


0


1


Illigitimate Child Act


10


0


0


10


Lewd and Lascivious in Speech and Behaviour


2


1


0


3


Malicious Destruction of Property


11


0


12


23


Manslaughter


1


0


0


1


Neglected Child Act


0


0


0


1


1


Runaway


0


0


5


5


Suspicious Person


1


0


0


1


Stubborn Child


0


0


1


1


Taking Motor Vehicle without Au- thority


1


0


4


5


Unnatural Act


0


0


1


1


Violation of Parole


1


0


0


1


Violation of Probation


0


0


3


3


TOTAL


690


37


66


793


Male 31


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Statistical Report of Police Department


Amount of fines imposed in Middleboro Court


$7,321.00


Bonds Posted and Forfeited to the court


145.00


Buildings found open


139


Cases investigated


627


Disturbances quelled without arrest


93


Defective street lights reported out


139


Arrests for the year


769


Males


663


Females


41


Juveniles


65


Non-Residents


417


Local


352


Lodgers


38


Summonses served


211


Traffic and Parking Violations, warning tags


354


Motor Vehicle Defective lights tagged


52


Motor Vehicle Violation tickets issued, request made to Registry for either a warning or suspension of license


103


Motor Vehicle Violation tickets issued, action left to the dis- cretion of the Registrar of Motor Vehicles


136


Motor Vehicles stopped for minor offenses and warnings given Motor Vehicle Violation tickets issued and Court action taken Motor Vehicle accidents involving Personal and Property damage


285


73


Motor Vehicle accidents involving Property damage, one or more vehicles involved


50


Bicycles registered in 1956


183


Value of stolen and lost property recovered


$3,355.00


Sales or transfers of motor vehicles


3110


Motor Vehicle Licenses suspended or revoked in Middleboro


108


Motor Vehicle licenses granted, after suspension, by the Registry


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Conclusion


The police department, consists of one Chief of Police, one Deputy Chief of Police, one Sergeant, which is vacant at this time, and ten patrolmen. We have two ranch type cruisers, one a 1953 model, the other a 1955 model, both of which are equipped with two-way radios and can handle emergency accident ambulance cases. A private con- cern is used in all motor vehicle accident cases when possible, this vehicle is fully equipped to handle all types of accident cases and is also equipped with two-way radio. We have a transmitter and receiv- ing two-way radio in the police station which is manned twenty-four hours of the day. We are connected by radio with most of the sur- rounding towns and the Cape area. All calls given out by the Massa- chusetts State Police radio are monitored by this department as we have a receiving set on the State Police radio wave band.


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One hundred and twenty-three persons were injured in motor vehicle accidents in Middleboro in 1956, thirteen of these were for severe injuries, one hundred and ten were for minor injuries. There were three fatal accidents in 1956 in which three persons were killed. Two of these accidents took place on Route 28 and the other on Thomp- son Street.


Seventy-three motor vehicle accidents were investigated by police in which there were both personal injury and property damage. Fifty motor vehicle accidents in which there was only property damage, a total of one hundred and twenty-three accidents with on the scene investigation by police. This is the third consecutive year in which Middleborough has not had a fatal pedestrian accident.


Cruiser car number one traveled 27,794 miles in patrols and in- vestigations and took five persons to the hospital as stretcher cases fom auto accidents.


Cruiser car number two traveled 22,757 miles in patrols and in- vestigations and took seven persons to the hospital as stretcher cases from auto accidents.


With 81,000 more cars registered in Massachusetts in 1956 than in 1955, 101,000 more licenses issued and an estimated 750,000,000 more miles traveled than in 1955, Middleborough with its four main high- ways, which are heavily traveled, shows a better ecord for the year than in 1955 except for fatal accidents.


I wish to express my thanks and appreciation for the assistance and cooperation given me by the Honorable Board of Selectmen, the Town Manager, the Finance Board, the Fourth Distict Court, the Su- perintendent of Schools and the Teachers, the Telephone Operators, the Staff of St. Lukes Hospital, the Residents of Middleborough and the Offices of this Department, who have helped to make the admin- istration of this Department a success.


Respectfully submitted,


WILLIAM E. GARDINER,


Chief of Police


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REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


I herewith submit for your consideration and approval the Thirty- Fifth Annual Report of the Fire Department for the year ending De- cember 31, 1956.


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


Aerial Ladder


Dodge 1 ton Truck


Dodge Tank Truck


1 Trailer Unit Donated


1 Rescue boat, trailer and equipment donated


Purchased October 15, 1954


Purchased April 23, 1928 Purchased March 29, 1934 Purchased March 29, 1934 Purchased April 26, 1946 Purchased Jan. 18, 1956 Purchased Sept. 8, 1956 Purchased May 26, 1949


Organization


The personnel of the Fire Department as of December 31, 1956 is as follows:


1 Permanent Chief


1 Permanent Deputy Chief


1 Permanent Captain


4 Substitute Call Men


10 Permanent men Total Members-60


South Middleboro Unit 12 Call Men Total-13


1 Call Captain


Equipment


1 Ford 500 gallon pumper


1 Chevrolet 500 gallon pumper


Operation


Box Alarms-14 Resusitator-1 Squad Calls-40 Aid to Bridgewater-1


Stills-102 False-3 South Middleboro Unit-19


Property Loss


Valuation-$146,450.00


Total insurance-$161,800.00


Estimated damage-$19,039.38


Insurance paid-$16,339.38


Loss not covered by insurance-$2700.00


Contents Estimated Value-$62,750.00 Total Insurance-$32,000.00 Estimated damage-$11,528.53 Insurance paid-$7,828.23


Loss not covered by insurance-$3700.00


5 Call Captains 38 Call Men


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The apparatus and equipment are in good condition, the Fire Alarm system is in good condition although new batteries will have to be installed this coming year.


A new Aerial Truck was purchased and put into service Jan. 18, 1956, also a new Dodge 1 ton truck was purchased Sept. 8, replacing the old one which was put out of service due to an accident.


New hose, nozzles, coats and boots, hose bridges and other equip- ment have been added. The usual inspections of the Hospital, Rest Homes, Oil heaters, Bottled gas, gasoline storage tanks etc. have been made. Three new overhead doors were purchased and installed.


Bonfire, incinerator, and rubbish permits totaling 6845 were issued this past year.


Respectfully submitted,


BERTRAM TRIPP


Chief of Fire Department


REPORT OF FOREST WARDEN


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


I herewith submit my report for the year 1956. Warden calls


39


Still alarms, grass and brush


28


Total Estimated damage


67


$200.00


Wages


$ 955.43


Maintenance and operation


329.43


Total cost


$1,284.86


Receipts


For burning grass


$ 225.00


Respectfully submitted,


BERTRAM TRIPP,


Forest Warden


Cost of Extinguishing


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REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


January 21, 1957


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen Middleboro, Mass.


Gentlemen:


I herewith submit for your consideration and approval the report of the weights and measures department for the year 1956.


We are housed at 15 Forest Street, where the State Standards are kept undr lock and key at all times. The Town equipment or work- ing equipment have at regular intervals been compared and adjusted to these standards.


The revenue turned in to the Town Treasurer's office for the year 1956 is as follows: Sealing Fees $399.65 Adjusting Fees 20.25


Total


$419.90


Respectfully submitted, LORENZO C. JUDGE, Sealer of Weights and Measures


Scales


Adjusted 1


Sealed


Not Sealed


Condemned


Platform over 10,000 lbs.


4


Platform over 100 to 5,000 lbs. 32


96


4


Platform under 100 lbs.


35


140


6


Weights


8


268


Yard Sticks


12


Farm Tank


4


Liquid 1 gal. or under


21


Meters 1 in. or less Gasoline 24


91


1


Meters Oil or Grease


13


4


Meters more than 1 in. inlet Veh. Tank


1


15


Meters more than 1 in. inlet Bulk Storage


1


2


Kerosene Oil and Grease


11


4


Automatic Measuring Devices Cloth


1


-


-


Total


102


678


15


4


LORENZO C. JUDGE, Sealer of Weights and Measures


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REPORT OF THE CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


The Civil Defense Agency of Middleboro had quite a busy year in 1956. The office of the Director was moved from Town Hall and located in the police station.


An auxiliary police department was organized under the direction of Police Chief Gardiner and thirty-four men took the oath and were fingerprinted. The men have completed a first aid course given by Mr. Clarence Hayword and police training course given by Col Steven Martin of the military police. The men received favorable comment from the merchants in town as they patrolled the main streets on Halloween night.


The warden service was reorganized under the direction of Mr. Joseph Walker with thirty-five men joining. These men have received first aid training from Mr. Hayward and some warden training.


The rescue service will soon be organized under the direction of Mr. Henry Lavalle. Mr. Paul Weaver was sent to the State Rescue School in Topsfield for two weeks training. He is now qualified to teach rescue courses. A rescue truck body was given to the agency by Maxim Motors Co. As yet a suitable chassis has not been located to mount the body but it is hoped that one will be available soon.


Three two-way radios and one amplifier were purchased through matching funds which enabled the agency to buy them at half price. A civil defense radio station was set up at the police station which enables Middleboro to reach the State Civil Defense Agency and also carry on intertown communication by means of portables installed in automobiles. A communication service was organized under the di- rection of Mr. Franklyn Standish with thirteen men joining. The station actively went on the air on November 5, 1956 and now takes an active part in all state alerts.


Dr. Bernard Beuthner was appointed as medical officer and will organize the medical service in the near future. First aid supplies have been brought in and stored for emergencies. Plans are being formulated to obtain large quantities of medical supplies during 1957.


Mr. Robert Cushing was apopinted as welfare officer and will organize this group shortly. Other appointments made were Mr. Chester L. Shaw as Finance Officer, Mr. George Lowe as Publicity Of- ficer, and Mr. Ellsworth Standish as Ground Observer Supervisor.


A drawing contest was held for school children during Civil Defense Week with the Merchants of Middleboro donating the prizes. Mrs. Sylvia Matheson, Mrs. Joseph Kunces and Mr. George Lowe acted as judges.


I wish to express my thanks and appreciation to all of the people, too numerous to mention, who have come forward and have given of their time and efforts unselfishly to make the Civil Defense Agency an active organization dedicated to training and preparing our people to meet any emergency which may befall them.


Respectfully submitted, CLAYTON H. THOMAS Director of Civil Defense


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REPORT OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY


January 20, 1957


To the President and Board of Trustees, Middleborough Public Library:


It is gratifying to note that gradually reading seems to be coming into its own once more. People are learning to handle television AND reading, just as they learned some years ago to handle radio and read- ing. When radio first came into the home there were dire predictions that reading was ruined forever. Fortunately this proved not to be true. Children learned to use both media of communication much quicker than did their parents. Television has in no way interfered with children's reading; on the contrary it has seemed to stimulate it. Year after year, public libraries have reported that children's read- ing is on the increase. Scientific programs, those on nature and famous people whet the children's curiosity and send them to the public library to look up more about them.


During Book Week in November the library arranged an extensive exhibit of new books for children and young people to encourage them to keep on reading. Of the income received to be spent for books, one third is spent for books for the Young People's Room.


Books placed in the schools as classroom deposits add up to many hundreds of volumes each year. There are at present some five hundred books from the public library in the library and various classrooms in the new Junior High School, and from thirty to fifty books in almost every school room in the town, including the rural schools.


The State Certificate Reading plan cooperatively used by the schools and the library is an incentive for the children to read some of the best books, old and new, and helps in their literature marking at school. The past school year, from September 1955 to June 1956, in Grades Four to Eight, the library awarded 712 small certificates for five books read and 66 honor certificates for twenty books read.


It is most gratifying to note the popularity of phonograph records circulated on library cards just like books. Our collection is now large enough so that no limit is placed on the number of records that can be taken, enabling many borrowers to have added pleasure from new record players received for Christmas. The library has 559 records in albums and single records and of the three speeds most commonly used. It is a fine commentary on the careful use given the records that during the year only two were broken.


The Cranberry Room continues to serve in its special field. The only such collection known to exist, sponsored by the Cape Cod Cran- berry Growers' Association, the room contains every known book, pamphlet and magazine article written on the subject of cranberry culture. Students from far and near consult the material when writing


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theses and cranberry growers visit the room for information on the cranberry industry. A guest book is signed by each one using the room and it is interesting to observe from how many and far away states the visitors have come.


Weekly visits are made to St. Luke's Hospital to carry books and magazines to the bedside of patients. Collections of books are carried to Cedarvale, Green Pastures Rest Homes and to Shaw Home and Montgomery Home. The South Middleboro Branch continues to serve that portion of the town under the efficient direction of Mrs. Perley Warren. Hers is wholly a volunteer service and the effort and interest put into the work is indicated by the fact that the library, located in the Scout Cabin and open only a few hours each week, circulated almost one thousand books.


Members of the staff have attended library conferences in many towns and cities. Miss Veazie of the staff is currently serving as secretary-treasurer of the Round Table for Librarians of Young Adults.


An innovation was tried during the summer by closing the library from June 1st through September 29th at six o'clock on Saturday eve- nings instead of remaining open until eight o'clock. The new plan worked out so well it is very possible it may be repeated and continued through the year.


To improve plant equipment, we added a power mower and equipped about one half the radiators in the building with new valves. To relieve the crowded condition of the catalog in the Young People's Room another ten drawer unit was added.


We appreciate the space given each week by the Middleborough Gazette to the library column. That it pays to advertise we know from the many calls received each week for the books mentioned in the Gazette. Chief Gardiner of the Police Department has been most help- ful in assisting to recover long overdue books.


Many have expressed their friendliness toward the library by generous gifts. Special gratitude is due Mrs. William J. MacDougall for a large donation of books from the library of her late husband who was a member of the Board of Library Trustees; to Creedon's Flower Shop and Mrs. Mary Waterman for gifts of flowers, and to members of the Middleboro Garden Club who provided garden flowers all through the summer and well into the Fall. Mrs. Irving R. Hardy de- serves special mention for her beautiful floral arrangements.


To all these, and to the many others who contributed so gener- ously, to the staff and Board of Trustees, I wish to express my personal gratitude for their friendly and valuable assistance in helping to make the library the cultural center of our community.


Respectfully submitted,


MERTIE E. WITBECK,


Librarian


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MIDDLEBOROUGH PUBLIC LIBRARY STATISTICS


Circulation of Books


Central Library


Adult


Fiction


26,714


Non-fiction


15,936


Rental books


764


Phonograph records


1,753


Pictures


772


Stereoscopes


4


Foreign books


7


45,950


Juvenile circulation


Fiction


13,174


Non-fiction


14,023


27,197


Branches and Deposits


South Middleboro Branch


1,178


St. Luke's Hospital


810


Green Pastures


150


Montgomery Home


290


Shaw Home


190


Pleasant Street School


201


Plymouth Street School


263


School Street School


712


South Middleboro School


940


West Side School


1,085


5,819


Total circulation 1955


78,316


Total circulation 1956


78,966


Increase in circulation 1956


650


Books added by purchase


1,283


Books added by gifts


136


Bound volumes of Periodicals


18


Books transferred from Rental Collection


112


Total numbers of volumes added, 1956


1,549


Books lost or discarded


2,455


Total number of books at close of 1956


60,157


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Phonograph records added by purchase


92


Phonograph records added by gift


7


Breakage and loss


2


Total number of phonograph records at close of 1956


559


Magazines currently received


122


Newspapers currently received


11


Money received from fines on books and magazines and sales of Middleborough Histories


$976.00


Money received from Rental books


$110.92


Money received from borrowers cards, non-residents 64 non-resident borrowers ($1.00 per year; . 50 per 6 months)


476


Borrowers re-registered under 5 year plan


372


Total number of active borrowers 4,032


BOARD OF TRUSTEES MIDDLEBORO PUBLIC LIBRARY


Showing expenditure of Endowment Funds


Receipts


Payments


Balance January 1, 1955


$2,200.99


Peirce Fund


3,237.07


$3,305.81


Pratt Fund


452.28


455.59


Copeland Fund


851.00


850.58


Hullahan Fund


105.00


89.92


H. O. ePeirce Fund


12.50


12.50


H. E. Beals Fund


25.00


25.00


Rental Books


110.92


124.42


Book Sales


320.75


320.75


General Fund


5.15


Balance December 31, 1956


2,145.79


$7,335.51 $7,335.51


Respectfully submitted,


THOMAS H. KELLY,


Treasurer


New borrowers registered, 1956


Adult 224 Juvenile 252


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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES Under the Will of Thomas S. Peirce


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Town of Middleborough, Massachusetts


Gentlemen:


We are respectfully submitting herewith our Annual Report as Trustees Under the Will of Thomas S. Pierce for the past calendar year.


The schedules as prepared present the book value of the two Trust Funds under our care-first the fund held for the use and benefit of the Town of Middleborough and then the fund held for the benefit of the Middleborough Public Library. Schedules of Receipts and Dis- bursements of each fund for the year are made a part of the report.


Fund Held in Trust for Use and Benefit of Town of Middleborough


Stocks-Inventory value or cost


$196,312.82


Bonds-Inventory value or cost


112,335.81


Mortgages and Notes


82,564.69


Real Estate


63,537.30


Cabinet at Library


100.00


Office Equipment


155.50


Savings Bank Deposits


16,000.00


Cash on hand in checking account


5,138.52


$476,144.64


Income Account Receipts


Rentals


$ 9,808.22


Dividends


12,583.82


Coupons


1,742.38


Interest


4,846.72


Insurance Payments


450.27


Sundries


82.41


Disbursements


Salaries, Trustees


$2,500.00


Janitor


1,395.00


Insurance


1,427.88


Repairs


866.75


Light and Heat


1,059.46


Water


304.36


Taxes, Social Security


19.80


Taxes, Real Estate


4,640.38


Sundries


219.06


$29,513.82


$12,432.69


.


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Net Income for the year Balance on hand, January 1, 1956


$17,081.13


20,894.92


Total


$37,976.05


Paid for Use and Benefit of the Town


Uniform, School bands


$ 58.41


Instruments


800.00


High School, Commercial Course


1,217.50


Bates School Manual Training


748.60


Supt. Schools Department


850.00


Repairs Town Equipment


3,176.77


Repairs at Playground


565.87


Playground Operation


8,000.00


$15,417.15


Balance on hand, January 1, 1957


$22,558.90


Fund Held in Trust for the Middleborough Public Library




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