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In the Spring the library and staff were host to the Young Adult Group, a group of librarians who meet periodically to discuss books and services for the teen-age group.
FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
As mentioned earlier, the library staff is here to serve, but occa- sionally they receive fresh incentive when they are recipients of expres- sions of gratitude for their service. There is one thoughtful gentleman who remembers each member of the staff at Christmas with a pound box of chocolates. Another library patron invited the entire staff to her home for luncheon, and from one of the artists who exhibited paintings, each staff member received a water-color painting.
One of the most practical gifts the library has received was from the Middleborough Co-operative Bank, which presented the library with several hundred plastic bags with the bank imprint to be used to protect books on rainy days.
Speaking of gifts, it was discovered when looking over some old books in the basement that there were ten volumes of the Illustrated London News, 1843 to 1852, presented to the library by Mrs. Lavinia Bump Stratton Magri, better known as Mrs. Tom Thumb.
We are indeed grateful to the Middleboro Garden Club for their thoughtfulness and generosity in supplying the library with flowers and to Mrs. J. A. B. Smith, a member, from whose garden many of the flowers came and who was responsible for many of the beautiful floral arrangements.
Thanks are extended to all those who contributed during the year gifts of books, photographs and phonograph records. I wish to extend my personal thanks to all those friends of the library who helped us in so many ways, to the staff and members of the board of trustees for their aid and support in making it possible for the library to bring better living and better reading to the citizens of the community.
Respectfully submitted,
MERTIE E. WITBECK, Librarian.
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MIDDLEBORO PUBLIC LIBRARY STATISTICS
Circulation statistics :
Main library :
Adult books and magazines
44,271
Juvenile books and magazines
27,270
Phonograph records
2,141
73,682
South Middleborough Branch
1,094
School deposits
5,801
Rest homes
600
St. Luke's Hospital
575
8,070
Total circulation, 1957
81,752
Books added by purchase
1,442
Books added by gifts
121
Books transferred from Rental Collection
121
Total number of volumes added 1957
1,684
Books lost or discarded
551
Total number of books at close of 1957
61,290
Phonograph records added by purchase
58
Phonograph records added by gift
4
Breakage and loss
3
Total number of phonograph records at close of 1957
618
Magazines currently received
133
Newspapers currently received
12
Money received from fines on books and magazines
$918.86
Money received from rental books
80.38
Money received from borrowers' cards, non-residents
63.00
66 non-residents' cards ($1.00 per year; $ .50 per six months) New borrowers registered, 1957 459
Adult, 244; juvenile, 215
Borrowers re-registered (cards renewed every 5 years)
424
Total number of active borrowers
4,131
LIBRARY STAFF December 31, 1958
Librarian
Edith G. Veazie
Young People's Librarian
Miriam A. Bassett
General Assistant
Louise B. Pratt (Retired Sept. 30, 1957)
Cataloger
Helen E. Southwick
Cataloger
Leah K. Rockwell
Part-time Assistant
John Rebell
Custodian
Mrs. Doris S. Warren Volunteer Librarian, South Middleboro Branch
TRUSTEES
Horace K. Atkins
Ernest E. Thomas
Thomas H. Kelly
Ethel M. Washburn
Joseph F. Riley
Thomas Weston Helen S. Whitcomb
Myra A. Shaw
Theodore N. Wood
Mertie E. Witbeck
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OFFICERS
Theodore N. Wood
President
Ernest E. Thomas
Vice-President
Helen S. Whitcomb
Secretary
Thomas Weston
Treasurer
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, MIDDLEBOROUGH PUBLIC LIBRARY SHOWING EXPENDITURE OF ENDOWMENT FUNDS
Receipts
Payments
Balance Jan. 1, 1957
$2,145.79
Peirce Fund
3,262.87
$2,824.10
Pratt Fund
289.84
179.50
Copeland Fund
180.63
154.40
Hullahan Fund
105.00
123.75
H. O. Peirce Fund
14.37
14.37
H. E. Beals Fund
28.75
28.75
Rental Books
80.38
80.38
Book Sales
284.84
284.84
General Funds
6.08
Balance Dec. 31, 1957
2,696.30
$6,392.47
$6,392.47
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS WESTON, Treasurer.
REPORT OF DOG OFFICER
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Town of Middleboro
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report as Dog Officer for the year 1957:
Number of dogs picked up
116
Number of dogs redeemed by owners
74
Number of dogs dead on highway
53
Number of dogs sold
4
Number of dogs destroyed for individuals
211
Number of cats destroyed for individuals
367
Number of complaints answered
71
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR F. BENSON, Dog Officer.
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REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS
To the Citizens of Middleborough:
We submit herewith the report of the Board of Assessors for the year 1957:
The second annual school for assessors, sponsored by the Associa- tion of Massachusetts Assessors, the State Tax Commission, and the Board of Government Research, was held at the University of Massa- chusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, on September 4, 5, and 6, 1957. Asses- sors Ralph Crane and Theodore Deane of Middleboro were among the nearly three hundred members who attended.
The Bureau of Government Research, established in January, 1956, is a research training and service organization operated by the University of Massachusetts; one of its functions being to conduct training schools for public officials. At its first school for Assessors in 1956, two hundred fifty-five assessors from one hundred forty-two communities attended the three day course.
An act relative to assessment systems in cities and towns is Chapter 649 of the Acts of 1955, approved August 9, 1955. The original impetus for the enactment came from the Massachusetts Federation of Taxpayers which became concerned with the many inequalities existing in the field of local real property assessment. To have a base for an assessment system, a real property appraisal manual for Massachusetts Assessors was drawn up. Much of the material being gathered from manuals of other States and Canada, especially from those of Illinois, Indiana, Ken- tucky, Maine and New Hampshire.
An outline of the first annual school lessons and lecture material and uses of the manual were published in the Gazette last year. The courses this year were divided into three groups - basic, intermediate, and advanced.
The basic group reviewed much of the material used last year - the Assessors' job, advantages of tax maps, depreciation, equalization by small town assessors, and office equipment and files.
The intermediate group gave lectures on how to maintain equaliza- tion, public relations, the Appellate Tax Board and land valuations.
The advanced group spoke on Motel Appraisal, Industrial Park Development, and Urbal Land valuation and depreciation.
Thus the Assessors were divided into small groups, each of which visited one of the following: a small farm; a large dairy farm; an old, very large residential place renovated with modern conveniences; a newer, small residential house; a newer, larger residential building; a motel; a super market; a small manufacturing plant; a large industrial factory; and a drive-in theatre. These field trips are very helpful, the prime object being to make the utmost use of the Manual. However, much is learned of the methods, trials and pitfalls of Assessors of other cities and towns, which are brought out in the discussions and analysis of the Thursday judgments in the Friday morning classes.
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A few small towns are very poorly equipped with information, data and system. The Assessors receive little or no pay and the real estate values are very low. In one city, the Chairman said that the Assessors reviewed none of the property themselves as they were only on duty part time. They hired field men to do all the work of that nature. They were on the best of terms with the taxpayers and the Mayor and City Council, and had no trouble getting all the money they asked for to carry out the job. They asked for, and got, $10,000.00 for office furniture and fixtures.
Middleboro is between these extremes. Having one of the largest land areas of any town in the State, it has special problems. An annual appropriation for mapping, field work and keeping data up to date» is much needed. A project of that nature was started in 1946, but was later dropped because its great value was not recognized. The town is far behind on its mapping and other data desired by the State for its Manual type of appraising. A Tax Accounting Machine would also be a big step forward in bringing the office up to date, insure more accuracy and save enough money to pay for itself in a few years.
Chapter 59, Section 8A of the General Laws, became effective Janu- ary 1, 1957.
This permits any person, not including a Corporation, engaged prin- cipally in agriculture to pay a Farm Animal Excise Tax at a rate of $5.00 per thousand valuation instead of the Personal Property Tax at the Town Rate on all Farm Animals. The valuations of these animals are set by the Commonwealth.
The statistics concerning the Farm Animal Excise are included below.
Assessors' Department Statistics
RECAPITULATION
Appropriations
$1,663,598.18
State Audit of Municipal Accounts
2,213.96
State Parks and Reservations
3,161.70
State Parks and Reservations, 1956 underestimate
1,011.32
County Tax
42,679.76
County Tax, 1956 underestimate
326.87
Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment
15,427.25
Overlay of Current Year
41,290.25
Deficits due to abatements in excess of Overlays : 1955, $665.83; 1956, $7,787.86
8,453.69
Gross Amount to be Raised
$1,778,162.98
Estimated Receipts and Available Funds
813,106.94
Net Amount to be raised by Taxation
$965,056.04
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Value of Personal Estate Value of Real Estate
$647,615.00 $11,961,675.00
$49,218.74 Tax Tax 909,087.30
Total Value of Assessed Property, Jan. 1, 1957
$12,609,290.00
Tax $958,306.04 Tax 133.00
Total Value of All Assessed Property, Dec. 31, 1957
$12,611,040.00
Tax $958,439.04
Rate Per Thousand - $76.00
Number of Polls Assessed, 3,376
Tax
$6,752.00
Farm Animal Excise Valuation, $186,881.50
Tax
$934.50
Farm Animal Excise Rate Per Thousand - $5.00
Total Taxes Committed - 1957
Commitments on Farm Animal Excise
$934.50
Commitments on Polls
6,752.00
Commitments on Personal Estate
49,290.94
Commitments on Real Estate
909,148.10
Commitments on Motor Vehicles and Trailers (through Dec. 31, 1957)
110,964.75
Total Taxes Committed
$1,077,090.29
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise Tax (Through December 31, 1957)
Number of Motor Vehicles and Trailers
4,357
Value of Motor Vehicles and Trailers
$1,930,400.00
Tax on Motor Vehicles and Trailers
$110,964.75
Rate Per Thousand
$57.10
Abatements and Exemptions Taxes Abated and Exempted in 1957
Polls
Personal
Real Estate
Excise
Levy of 1955
$378.74
$88.40
$118.50
$101.90
Levy of 1956
44.00
273.00
77.20
9,580.34
Levy of 1957
1,340.00
3,045.71
40,735.40
17,062.86
Number of Live Stock Assessed on Personal Property Tax Horses 15, Swine 3, Sheep 80, Neat Cattle 39, Fowl 5,599, All Other 3
Number of Live Stock Assessed on Farm Animal Excise Tax Horses 17, Swine 0, Sheep 27, Neat Cattle 905, Fowl 55,735, All Other 0 Number of Dwelling Houses Assessed, 2,936
Number of Acres of Land Assessed, 35,355.14
EXEMPT PROPERTY VALUATIONS Real Estate
Property of the Commonwealth
$237,500.00
Property of the United States
120,000.00
Literary, Charitable and Benevolent Institutions
446,150.00
War Veterans
239,600.00
Churches
490,850.00
Value of Omitted Property
1,750.00
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Parsonages
25,880.00
Cemeteries Schools All Other Town Owned Property
61,240.00
540,500.00
2,094,860.00
Total Exempt Real Estate
$4,256,580.00
Personal Estate
Literary, Charitable and Benevolent Institutions War Veterans
$58,900.00
All Other Town Owned Property
333,500.00
Total Exempt Personal Property
$393,900.00
BETTERMENTS
The Town has adopted the Betterment System of payment for exten- sions of Sewer Mains and Water Mains, etc.
On December 31, 1957, a Sewerage Betterment covering portions of Reland Street, School Street, Coombs Street, North Main Street, Myrtle Avenue, Myrtle Street and North Street was committed for collection charged at $2.25 per front foot and totaling $22,614.95.
Each individual charge can be apportioned at the owner's request, not exceeding a ten year period.
These apportioned figures are to be added to the 1958 Real Estate Taxes together with a 4 percent committed interest.
This is the first of the Betterments to be assessed and involves much additional work in the Assessors' Department.
The January 21, 1957, Elections resulted in the loss of James E. Houlihan and the addition of Ralph S. Crane to the Board of Assessors.
WINTHROP LLOYD STURGIS, Chairman THEODORE V. DEANE, RALPH S. CRANE,
Board of Assessors, Middleborough.
1,500.00
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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-ninth 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, 1957:
Chief of Police William E. Gardiner Deputy Chief of Police William C. Elliott Sergeants
Benjamin J. Mackiewicz
Patrolmen
William Briggs Raymond Moffett
Richard Ray
Joseph Oliver
Joseph Byrne (Resigned)
Daniel Guertin
Frank A. Pierce
Norman Record
William Greene
Francis Bell
Robert Buck
Wilfred Lavallee, Jr.
William Perry
Intermittent Patrolmen
Lawrence Olson Clarence Hayward H. John Hayward
Special Police Officers
Lloyd Banks Charles Brown
John Dutra John Rebell
James Quigley
Clarence Shaw
Ernest Crowell
Charles Wambolt
Francis Crowley
George Wheeler Joseph Ortelt Robert Mahoney
Patrick McMahon Ralph Sampson Samuel Whitehead
Ernest Bigelow
Arthur Benson Raymond Chapman Joseph Dutra William Greeley
Robert Spencer
Samuel Foye Charles Lang Matron Laura Norris
Custodian Roy Pendleton
Constables
William E. Gardiner
Clarence Shaw
Roy Pendleton Leonard Ditano
John A. LaCombe Lorenzo Judge Joseph Landry
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Offenses
Male
Female Juvenile
Total
Assault and Battery
30
1
0
31
Break and Enter in Nighttime and Larceny
4
0
10
14
Break and Enter in Daytime and Larceny
6
0
18
24
Capias
18
0
0
18
Drunk
131
4
0
135
Insane
4
2
0
6
Larceny
7
0
7
14
Motor Vehicle Violation
106
0
1
107
Non-Support
35
1
0
36
Operating Motor Vehicle Under In-
70
1
0
71
Operating Motor Vehicle so that Lives and Safety of Public Are Endangered
59
0
1
60
Adultery
2
1
0
3
A.W.O.L. Army
1
0
0
1
A.W.O.L. Navy
1
0
0
1
Assault
1
0
0
1
Assault with Dangerous Weapon
0
0
1
1
Cruelty to Animals
4
0
0
4
Minor
4
0
0
4
Contempt of Court
2
0
0
2
Carrying Revolver Without Permit
4
0
0
4
Disturbing Peace
30
2
0
32
Illigitimate Child Act Lewd, Lascivious Speech and Be- havior
8
0
0
8
1
0
0
1
Larceny by Check
2
0
0
2
Illegal Distilling erage
2
0
0
2
Loaded Shotgun in Motor Vehicle
3
0
0
3
6
0
10
16
Neglect of Children
0
5
0
5
Neglected Children
0
0
4
4
Runaway
0
0
2
2
Statutary Rape
1
0
0
1
Stubborn Child
0
0
3
3
Selling Leased Property
3
0
0
3
Trespassing
4
0
0
4
Vagrancy
4
0
0
4
Violation of Probation
0
0
1
1
Using Firearms to Cause Bodily In- jury
1
0
0
1
Failure to Pay Wages
1
0
0
1
-
557
19
58
634
2
0
0
2
Contributing to Delinquency
of
Malicious Destruction of Property Fornication
0
2
0
2
fluence of Intoxicating Liquors
Armed with Dangerous Weapon to Rob
Alcoholic Bev-
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Statistical Report of Police Department
Amount of fines imposed in Middleboro Court
$5,106.00
Bonds posted and forfeited to the court
40.00
Buildings found open
189
Cases investigated
737
Disturbances quelled without arrest
92
Defective street lights reported out
97
Arrests for year
634
Males
557
Females
19
Juveniles
58
Non-resident
300
Local
334
Lodgers
37
Summonses served
197
Arrests for other police departments
5
Traffic and parking violations, warning tags
395
Motor vehicle violations tickets issued, request of Registry for either a warning or suspension of license
180
Motor vehicle violation tickets issued, action left to the dis- cretion of the Registry
112
Motor vehicle violation tickets issued and court action taken
132
Motor vehicles stopped for minor offenses and warning given
241
Motor vehicles tagged for defective lights
43
65
Motor vehicle accidents involving personal and property damage Motor vehicle accidents involving property damage only, one or more cars involved
32
Motor vehicle accidents involving property damage only, one or more cars involved, less than $200.00 damage
77
Bicycles registered in 1957
220
Value of lost and stolen property recovered
$2,280.00
Sales or transfers of motor vehicles
4,845
Motor vehicle licenses suspended or revoked in Middleboro
124
Motor vehicle licenses granted, after suspension, in Middle-
boro, by Registry of Motor Vehicles
81
Conclusion
The Police Department has a personnel of fifteen men, consisting of a Chief, Deputy Chief, two Sergeants and eleven Patrolmen. Each man as near as possible has a set schedule which he works and these schedules are made up so that each shift laps, making the man-power greater at the times when school children are going to school in the morning, when traffic reaches the high peak in the afternoon and in the early morning hours when motor vehicle accidents are most liable to take place. We are equipped with two ranch-type cruisers which have emergency equip- ment for motor vehicle accidents. Both cars are equipped with two-way radios and the police station has a two-way transmitter and receiver, which is manned twenty-four hours each day. A six-volt car radio which was in the old cruiser that was turned in has been changed over to alternating power and is installed in the home of the Chief of Police. At this time we are in radio contact with every town from Hull to the tip of Cape Cod and are also able to transmit and receive messages with the State Police, Troop D, Middleboro.
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One hundred and twenty-one persons were injured in motor vehicle accidents in Middleboro in 1957. Twenty of those injured were serious, and one hundred and one were minor. There were two fatal accidents in 1957 in which two persons were killed. One accident took place at the Rotary Circle and the other on Route 44, East Main Street, both persons killed were operators of the vehicles and cause of accident was deter- mined to operators having fallen asleep.
Sixty-five motor vehicle accidents were investigated by police in which there were both personal injury and property damage involved. Thirty-two accidents were investigated in which there was property damage involved only over $200.00 damage. Of the seventy-seven acci- dents involving property damage, less than $200.00, police investigated 52 of the 77. For the fourth consecutive year Middleboro has not had a pedestrian fatal accident.
Cruiser car number one traveled 9,890 miles from January 1 to May 20, 1957, when it was turned in. New cruiser car number one traveled 8,062 miles in cruiser and investigation patrols. Cruiser car number two traveled 31,627 miles in patrols and investigations. Fifteen persons were taken to either a doctor or hospital for treatment as a result of an auto accident.
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 District Court, the Superinten- dent 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 Depart- ment a success.
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM E. GARDINER, Chief of Police.
REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I herewith submit for your consideration and approval the Thirty- Sixth Annual Report of the Fire Department for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1957.
Apparatus
Engine No. 1 - Dodge 500 gal. pumper Engine No. 2- Maxim 1000 gal. pumper Engine No. 3 - Maxim 750 gal. pumper Engine No. 4 - Maxim 500 gal. pumper Ladder No. 1 - Maxim
Purchased October 15, 1954 Purchased April 23, 1928 Purchased March 29, 1934 Purchased March 29, 1934 Purchased April 26, 1946 Aerial Ladder No. 1 - Maxim Purchased January 18, 1956 Dodge 1 Ton Truck Purchased September 8, 1956 Dodge Tank Truck Purchased May 26, 1949 1 Trailer Unit, 1 Rescue Boat and Equipment - both donated
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Organization
The personnel of the Fire Department as of December 31, 1957 is as follows:
1- Permanent Chief 5-Call Captains
- Permanent Deputy Chief 39 - Call Men
- Permanent Captain
5 - Substitute Call Men
12 - Permanent Men
South Middleboro Unit 12- Call Men
Total Members - 76
South Middleboro Unit - Two 500 gal. Pumpers - One Tractor Trailer Tank Truck
Operation
Box Alarms 12 - Stills 159 - Squad 24 - False 6 - Resuscitator 4 South Middleboro Unit - 68 Calls
Aid to Outside Towns - Plymouth 6; Carver 2; Freetown 1; Lakeville 3; Bridgewater 3; Plympton 1 Aid to Middleboro from - Carver 3; Wareham 4; Lakeville 4; Duxbury 2; Plympton 2; Halifax 1; Bridgewater 3
Property Loss
Valuation
$25,900.00
Total Insurance
30,318.00
Estimated Damage
17,942.30
Insurance Paid
14,826.30
Loss not covered by Insurance
3,083.00
Contents
Estimated Valuation
$13,700.00
Total Insurance
13,400.00
Estimated Damage
9,302.05
Insurance Paid
5,616.00
Loss not covered by Insurance
3,686.05
All apparatus and equipment are in good condition with the excep- tion of Engine No. 4 which should be replaced in the near future.
Building: Some of the upstairs rooms were painted and varnished, 1 overhead door was installed replacing the old one.
The roof on the north wing should be repaired this coming year.
The usual inspections of rest homes, hospital, oil heaters, gasoline storage tanks, etc., have been made.
Permits totaling 7213 were issued this past year for incinerators, rubbish and bonfires.
Respectfully submitted,
BERTRAM TRIPP, Chief of Fire Department.
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REPORT OF THE CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
The year 1957 has been a busy one of organizing, training, and active participation for the Civil Defense Agency of Middleboro. The depart- ment has acquired its own floor space located in the basement of Town Hall and formerly used by the National Guard. The central control center which will be the nerve center of all town facilities in time of a State or Federal declared emergency is almost complete. Already a permanent radio station consisting of communication facilities between our Town and State, local two-way communication between station and Civil Defense mobile units, and communications between station and mobile amateurs is in use at that location. Plans are now being made to connect this sta- tion directly to the police and fire stations.
The radio men of the Communication Service have been active all year participating in weekly drills and actual service. During the fire emergency of early Spring these men kept the Middleboro Civil Defense radio station operating day and night relaying situation reports from this area to Sector Headquarters. These men were again active to set up essential two-way communication between Barden Hill water tower and the pumping station during the time that the repaired tower was being filled.
The Civil Defense Police Service is now completely organized and trained to its full force of 35 patrolmen, 3 sergeants, and 1 captain. These men have been active all year doing traffic and cruiser car duty and patrolling on special occasions such as the Fourth of July, Memorial Day, and Halloween. They also did commendable duty during the Spring fire emergency.
The Welfare Department has been very successful in organizing its various services such as feeding, lodging, clothing, and registration teams. A complete housing survey of the Town has just about been com- pleted by the lodging teams. The first of a series of public suppers to be prepared by the feeding teams is being held in January. The clothing teams are inventorying and estimating the available clothing supplies in stores and other locations.
The Medical Service has given First Aid classes during the year and 110 people received their certificates for passing the course. An auxiliary ambulance corps has been organized consisting of people with station-wagons and panel trucks. This group with C. D. medical per- sonnel, and C. D. police efficiently evacuated 46 patients from the Cedar- vale Rest Home during the fire scare of last Spring. Letters were received from relatives of the patients commending the Middleboro Civil Defense for its efficient handling of the evacuation operations.
The Rescue Service has been training during the year, however due to the lack of funds in the 1957 budget, it was impossible to complete the rescue truck and complete their training. This is a piece of equip- ment which our town could use advantageously and it is hoped it will be given more careful consideration in 1958.
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