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An appropriation of $2,500.00 is recommended for 1919.
Respectfully, IRA C. WARD, Forest Warden.
List of 1918 Deputy Forest Wardens.
Elmer E. Raymond, Assistant Forest Warden. W. S. Bumpus, John W. Churchill, H. O. Whiting, Benjamin F. Raymond, James H. Nixon, John F. Raymond, L. B. R. Barker, George W. Douglass, E. P. Bartlett, James W. Hazen, Wallace J. Miles.
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TREE WARDEN
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
I hereby submit my report for the year 1918. Appropriated March 23, 1918, $1,200 00
Appropriated September 28, 1918, 300 00
$1,500 00
Payments.
Superintendent,
$309 80
Labor,
545 93
Teams,
203 70
Hardware and tools,
93 80
Insecticides,
306 90
Telephone,
22 25
All other,
17 44
Total payments,
$1,499 82
Balance to excess and deficiency, $ 18
The shade trees have been well cared for as usual, although time and other causes are gradually taking toll of some of our largest and oldest elms. Several of them have been removed the past year, the most notable being one of the group in Town Square and the one opposite the Central Fire Station. There are several more to be removed, some entirely dead and others in such condition as to cause more or less danger to public travel.
There are also many dead limbs to be removed and pruning to be done. Quite a number of trees have been more or less
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damaged by automobile accidents and by horses gnawing the trees ; in the latter case I wish to call the attention of drivers and owners that there is a heavy fine for such damage.
Several new trees were set out and more could be added this year to good advantage.
Owing to the higher costs of material, labor, supplies, etc., I would respectfully recommend an appropriation of $1,500.00 for the ensuing year.
CALVIN S. MIXTER, Tree Warden.
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GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTH ACCOUNT
Dr.
To appropriation,
$5,000 00
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Cr.
By supt.,
$780 77
Labor,
1,801 74
Insecticides,
870 36
Hardware and tools,
583 02
Carfare and teams,
901 75
Telephone,
22 35
Miscellaneous,
40 00
Balance,
01
$5,000 00
During the past year, the residential sections of the town have been kept in good condition, by carrying on the work as in previous years.
In the outlying districts, more work must be done, especially to protect the cranberry industry. The Cranberry Growers' Committee on Moth Work, after having inspected the bogs very carefully, have found them badly infested with Gypsy Moths. In some cases considerable damage has been done, with the prospects of much more damage sure to occur in the next year, and for some time to come. The cranberry industry means a great deal to Plymouth, for there are 1,2331/4 acres, assessed at a valuation of $629,852 00. This department is ready to give advice or assistance to cranberry growers at any time.
Considering the protection I know these people and others must have, I respectfully recommend an appropriation of $6,000.00 for this department for the ensuing year.
A. A. RAYMOND, Superintendent.
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SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Plymouth, Mass., Jan 21, 1919. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Gentlemen : In compliance with the public statutes I here- with submit my report for 1918, as Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Property of the State in the Department.
One brass beam scale and cabinet.
One each 50-lb., 25-1b., 20-1b., 10-1b., 5-lb., one 4-1b., one 2-1b., 1-1b., 8-oz., 4-oz., 1-oz., 1/2-oz., 1/4-oz., nickle.
Dry measure, 1/2-bushel, 1 peck, 1/2-peck, one 2-quart, one quart, iron.
Linear Measure, one steel tape, one 1-yard measure, brass.
Working Set Belonging to the Town.
Nineteen 50-lb. weight, iron; one 25-lb., one 10-lb., one 5- Ib., weight, nickle; one 4-1b., one 2-1b., one 1-1b., one 1/2-1b ; one 4-oz., one 2-oz., and 1-oz .; one 1/2-oz., one 1/4-oz., one 1/8-oz.
Dry Measure, one 1/2-bushel, one peck, 1/2-peck, 2 quart, wood.
Liquid measure, one 5-gallon, one 3-gallon, one 2-gallon, 1- gallon, one 2-quart, one 1-quart, one pint, one 1/2-pint, tin.
One portable balance with case.
One hanger weight, nickle.
One sealer case with tools.
One hand press seal. One sealing clamp.
Wire, nickle, paper and aluminium seal, marking acid, rec- ord book, steel alphabet, dies and safe.
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Scales, Etc., Tested.
Scales,
Sealed Adjusted Not Sealed Con.
Platform over 5,000,
15
1
16
Platform under 5,000,
141
5
16
Counter scales,
9
Balance scales,
Spring balance,
63
Computing scale platform,
15
Computing hanger,
25
Spring weighing scales,
2
2
Weights, avoirdupois,
1,109
179
Apothecary weights,
30
Dry measure,
4
Liquid measure,
117
30
Oil measuring pump,
19
4
Molasses pump,
4
Yard measures,
37
4
Cranberry barrels,
4,160
Sealing fees,
$108 22
Fund collected and handed to the Treasurer,
$108 23
I recommend an appropriation of $800.00.
F. L. ST. GEORGE, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
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REPORT OF PARK COMMISSIONERS
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To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Citizens of Plym- outh :
During the past year the various parks and Training Green have been taken care of as usual.
No real improvements have been made except at Morton Park. Here we are pleased to say that a decided improvement has begun there, i. e. the cleaning out of the oak wood on sev- eral acres that were badly infested with the Gypsy Moth and where the white pine and other varieties of trees would war- rant the taking out of all the oak.
At a special meeting of the Finance Committee on Septem- ber 28, an appropriation of $500 was granted us for the cut- ting, piling, etc., of wood at Morton Park.
This sum has been used by us exclusively for this purpose. (95) ninety-five cords of wood being cut and sold for $570.
Out of the regular appropriation for Parks in 1918, 631% cords of wood were cut and sold for $254, making a total of 1581/2 cords of wood taken from the Park in 1918.
We are satisfied that this is making a good start in the right direction, by starving out the Gypsy Moth, which we believe is the only permanent way of getting rid of them, getting a new and different kind of growth of wood started and also al- lowing the public a chance to get some fuel at a moderate price.
We recommend an extra appropriation of $500 for the ex- tension of the same work for the ensuing. year.
Last spring, 1,000 two year old spruce, Austrian pine and
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- white pine were purchased of the State Nursery and planted in the park, also several hundred white pine were transplanted in different places.
We are sorry to note that some of the boys think that these trees are planted and taken care of for their special use at Christmas time. We would especially advise parents to warn their children against mutilating or carrying way shrubs or trees from any of the Parks.
Owing to war conditions the receipts from the Bath Houses were not quite as large as in 1917.
Stevens Field Playground is still being graded and filled and we recommend that the unexpended balance of $56.13 from last year and an additional sum of $150 be appropriated to defray the expenses at this place for the coming year.
The board walks on Training Green are in very poor condi- tion and it looks very doubtful as to whether or not they can be made to give service for another year. Thus the question arises whether we have some more new board walks or a sub- stantial concrete walk.
Your Park Commissioners recommend the latter as it would mean something permanent and the most economical in the end. 1
We recommend $1,000 for a concrete walk on Training Green.
We ask for the ensuing year an appropriation of $1,800 for the care and maintenance of parks and bath houses, $200 for Training Green. Also the unexpended balance of $56.13 left over from last year and an additional sum of $150 to defray the expenses at the Stevens Field Playground. Also an appro- priation of $1,000 for concrete walks at Training. Green.
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REIMBURSEMENTS.
Bath Houses,
$289 95
Sale of wood at Morton Park, 254 00
$543 95
Appropriation 1918,
$1,700 00
Income from Morton Fund,
91 00
Total
$1,791 00.
PAYMENTS.
Salaries and wages,
$1,293 03
Teams,
135 00
All Other,
80 56
Bathing Beaches,
281 45
Total Payments,
$1,790 04
Balance to excess and deficiency,
$ 96
Training Green.
Appropriation,
$200 00
Payments-
Salaries and wages,
$175 80
Teams,
8 00
All Other,
16 20
Total Payments,
$200 00
Plymouth 12
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Stephen's Field.
Appropriation,
$300 00
Payments-
Right of way,
$25 00
Labor,
132 65
ยท Pipe,
86 22
Total Payments,
$243 87
Balance remaining,
$56 13
Respectfully submitted, BENJ. F. RAYMOND, JOHN RUSSELL,
Park Commissioners.
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PLYMOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Directors of the Library respectfully submit the follow- ing report for the year ending December 31, 1918.
Notwithstanding the many demands made during the year upon the time of the readingpublic by the necessities of the Great War, viz: the work of the Red Cross, the various bond loans, the fact that the Library was closed four evenings of each week from January 31, to April 15 to conserve fuel, and entire- ly closed from September 27 to October 21 on account of the epidemic of influenza, yet the work of the Library and its use to the public were greater than ever before in its history.
The total circulation of the books of the Library for home reading was 36,529 volumes (adult 22,658, juvenile 13,871) being: an increase of 2,043 over the circulation of 1917.
The attendance at the Library for reading and reference was 10,528 adults and 12,340 juveniles-total 22,868.
1,188 volumes were added to the Library during the year by purchase and gift. 283 volumes and 52 magazines were bound. The Plymouth Book Club presented their usual collection of good books and the Arts and Crafts Committee of the Plymouth Woman's Club added to their collection of Arts and Crafts, books and pictures of colonial houses, furniture, etc., making a very valuable and unusual collection.
Miss Mary Pratt gave one hundred dollars for the purchase of juvenile books, and about 50 volumes were given by Mrs. Levy Mayer, about 500 volumes by Mrs. Richard Morgan, Mr. Charles S. Davis, and Mr. Russell Davis, 18 volumes by Miss Clara Litchfield, and numerous other volumes by other friends of the Library.
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The Library also received a bequest under the will of the late Benjamin Marston Watson of Plymouth of his botanical, horticultural and scientific library of about 1,000 volumes.
The Library also received a handsome filing case from Miss Mary Grattan Bartlett.
During the year about 4,000 donated volumes of books and periodicals were sent from the Library to the various camps and naval stations for the use of the soldiers and sailors.
PERIODICALS.
American Forestry
American Magazine of Art
Atlantic Monthly
Bird Lore
Book Review Digest
Century
Collier's
Country Life in America
Current History Magazine of the New York Times
Etude
Fibre and Fabric
Harper's Monthly
Italy To-day
Journal of Geography
Ladies' Home Journal
Library Journal
Literary Digest
Musical America
Nation
National Geographic
New Republic
North American Review
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Old Colony Memorial Our Dumb Animals
Outing
Outlook
Playground
Popular Mechanics
Popular Science Monthly Public Libraries
Red Cross Magazine Review of Reviews Saint Nicholas
Scientific American
Scientific American supplement Scribner's
Survey Wireless Age
World's Work
Youth's Companion
Boston Transcript
Christian Science Monitor
New York Times Springfield Republican
Religious Weeklies presented to the Library-
America Christian Register Church Militant Christian Science Sentinel Lutheran Witness Union Signal
In April the first assistant Miss Smalley left the Library to enter the U. S. Service at Washington and her successor Miss Longfellow left in September to be married.
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Considering the various disadvantages of the year, the Directors are gratified that they can report the best year of the work and usefulness of the Library in its history, largely ow- ing to the faithful and conscientious services of Miss Kerr, the librarian, and her assistants.
WILLIAM HEDGE,
President.
FOR THE DIRECTORS.
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BY-LAWS.
Adopted by the Town of Plymouth under article fifteen at, the Town Meeting held March 23, 1918, and approved by the Attorney General on April 2, 1918.
There shall be an Advisory and Finance Committee consist- ing of fifteen citizens of the Town to be appointed by the Mod- erator within thirty days following the meeting at which these By-Laws are adopted.
Five members of said Committee shall be appointed for the term of one year, five members for the term of two years, and five members for the term of three years, and thereafter five members shall be appointed by the Moderator of the annual Town Meeting, not more than thirty days after the final adjournment of the annual Town Meeting, to hold office for the term of three years.
No Town officer shall be eligible to membership on this Committee, and no member on a special committee of the Town shall have a vote as a member of the Advisory and Fin- ance Committee, on any matter effecting the duties of, or ex- pended by such special committee.
The Advisory and Finance Committee shall meet for the purpose of organization each year within thirty days after no- tice of the appointment of new members.
Said Committee shall choose its own chairman and secre- tary.
Within ten days after the Committee is organized, the secre- tary shall notify the Selectmen of such organization in writing.
It shall be the duty of the Advisory and Finance Committee to consider all matters proposed to be acted on at all Town meetings, except such matters as may have been especially re-
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ferred to the Committee appointed for that purpose; except that, in no case shall the Committee make any recommendation pertaining to the candidacy of any person for any office, nor shall it make any recommendation or suggestion in regard to any question involving license for the sale of intoxicating liquors, or in regard to any article involving the adoption of constitutional amendments.
It shall be the duty of the Selectmen after drawing the Town Warrant to transmit immediately a printed copy of the warrant to each member of the Advisory and Finance Com- mittee.
The report of the Committee to the annual Town Meeting shall be in print, but reports on all other Town Meetings shall be in such form as the Committee shall deem advisable.
The report of the Committee to the Town shall set forth clearly and concisely the appropriations it recommends the Town to make to defray Town charges for each year, together with such recommendations on other matters as in its judg- ment should be brought to the attention of the Town.
The Advisory and Finance Committee may appoint such sub-committees as it may deem advisable.
The Advisory and Finance Committee shall have authority at any time to investigate the Town's accounts and manage- ment, and the books, records and accounts of all departments of the Town shall be open to the inspection of the Advisory and Finance Committee or any of its authorized sub-commit- tees and any person employed by it. -
A true copy, Attest :
GEORGE B. HOWLAND, Town Clerk.
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TOWN WARRANT
To either of the Constables of the Town of Plymouth, Commonwealth of Massachusetts :-
GREETINGS:
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby directed to notify and warn the Inhabitants of Plymouth qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet in the Armory in said Plymouth on Saturday the first day of March, 1919, at fifteen minutes before six o'clock in the forenoon, and in said Armory in said Plymouth on Saturday the twenty-second day of March, 1919 at two o'clock in the afternoon, to act on the following articles to wit :-
Article 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meet- ing.
Article 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers. The fol- lowing officers to be voted for all on one ballot, viz :
Five Selectmen, Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, one member of a Board of Health for three years, one Assessor for three years, one Overseer of the Poor for three years, one Water Commissioner for three years, one member of a School Committee for three years, one Park Commissioner for three years, three Constables, three members of a Committee on Agawam and Halfway Pond Fisheries, Tree Warden; and one Cemetery Commissioner for three years; and to vote by ballot "Yes" or "No" in answer to the following question :-
"Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town ?"
The polls for the election of officers and the votes on the fore- going question, will be open at the Armory at fifteen minutes before six o'clock in the forenoon on said Saturday the first
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day of March, 1919, and may be closed at three o'clock in the afternoon. Both of said days will constitute the annual meet- ing and this call is issued in accordance with the vote of the Town passed June 5, 1897 as amended March 2, 1903 and April 2, 1904.
Article 3. To hear the reports of the several boards of of- ficers and committees of the Town, and act thereon.
Article 4. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen or a majority thereof, to borrow during the financial year beginning Janu- ary 1, 1920, in anticipation of the revenue of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the Town, giving the notes of the Town therefor, payable with- in one year from the dates thereof. All debts incurred under authority of this vote shall be paid from the revenue of said financial year.
Article 5. To make the necessary appropriations to defray the expenses of the Town, and for other purposes, and to raise such sums of money as the Town shall deem expedient.
Article 6. To take such action as the Town may see fit in aid of the Plymouth Public Library.
Article 7. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty ($250) dollars in aid of the Manomet Public Library.
Article S. To see what appropriation the Town will make for the care and improvement of the various Parks and of the Training Green.
Article 9. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding two hundred and twenty-five ($225) dollars, to pay the expenses of the observance of Memorial Day.
Article 10. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty ($250) dollars for the use of the Plymouth County Farm Bureau.
Article 11. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of thirteen hundred and forty-nine 35-100 dollars ($1349.35) to
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the Health Department appropriation, the same to be used in paying outstanding obligations, and bills contracted in 1918.
Article 12. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of seven hundred ($200) dollars, the same to be expended on Bartlett Road in Manomet in building a permanent road. (By petition).
Article 13. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of fifteen hundred ($1500) dollars, to deepen the bed of Eel River from Warren Avenue down. (By petition).
Article 14. To see what action the Town will take in re- gard to building a permanent road from the State Highway at the Manomet Church to White Horse Beach, and to make the necessary appropriation therefor. (By petition).
Article 15. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one thousand ($1,000) dollars to help pay the expenses of the public reception to the Plymouth men who have served with the Military and Naval Forces of the United States. (By pe- tition ).
Article 16. To see if the Town will authorize the transfer of the sum of eleven hundred and three and 13-100 dollars ($1,103.13) the same being the balance of overlay of taxes from 1916, to overlay of 1917.
Article 17. To see if the Town will authorize the use of four thousand ($4,000) dollars of the overlay of taxes of 1918 to reduce the tax levy of 1919.
Article 18. To see what action the Town will take in re- gard to the salaries of Town officers.
Article 19. To see if the Town will reconsider and rescind the vote of the Town passed at a meeting of the Town on March 25, 1911, authorizing the Selectmen to subscribe for or purchase stock 'of the Plymouth and Sandwich Street Railway.
Article 20. To see if the Town will accept Chapter 154, Acts of Massachusetts for 1903, providing for the establisli- ment of a Board of Public Works; and to take such other ac- tion thereon as may be necessary.
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Article 21. To see what action the Town will take in re- gard to the erection of a Town Hall, to make an appropriation therefor, and to authorize the issue of notes or bonds of the town for said purpose.
And you are hereby required to serve this warrant in the manner prescribed by a vote of the Town, by posting notices thereof in three public places in the Town, seven days at least before the meeting, one of which postings shall be in Chilton- ville and one in Manomet Ponds, and also by publishing the warrant in the newspapers published in Plymouth; and make return thereof with your doings thereon at the time and place above mentioned.
Given under our hands this twentieth day of February, 1919.
WILLIAM T. ELDRIDGE, EPHRAIM D. BARTLETT, D. H. CRAIG, GEORGE W. BRADFORD, HENRY O. WHITING, Selectmen of Plymouth.
Plymouth, ss. February 21, 1919.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, the Inhabitants of Plym- outh qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs are hereby notified to meet at the time and place and for the purpose therein mentioned.
JOHN ARMSTRONG,
Constable of Plymouth.
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LIST OF JURORS
Adams, James P., River street, mason. Anderson, George F., 23 Standish avenue, overseer. Anderson, James, Manomet, contractor. Andrews, Thomas H. Jr., 2 Lewis street, mason. Akeley, Leon B., 115 Court street, weaver. Ashton, John W., 16 Vernon street, weaver. Avery, Lester' E., Stafford street, farmer.
Axford, William C., 14 Mayflower street, weaver. Bachelder, John L., 95 Sandwich street, machinist. Badger, Leon D., 4 Lewis street, painter. - Bartlett, Edwin H., Manomet, steamfitter.
Bartlett, Ephraim D., 58 Allerton street, contractor. Bartlett, Frederick H., 86 Sandwich street, laborer. Bartlett, Herbert K., 58 Allerton street, clerk. Barke, Theodore, Russell avenue, weaver. Barlow, George F., 2nd, 103 Court street, janitor.
Bassett, Ernest L., Long, Pond, plumber. Baumgartner, Charles J., 139 Sandwich street, clerk. Beaton, Daniel, 31 Samoset street, loom fixer. Beauregard, J. Ernest., 5 Alden street, electrician. Beever, John A., 268 Court street, overseer. Bennett, Nathaniel B., 2 Fremont street, clerk. Bennett, Sylvanus S., 7 Highland place, carpenter. Berg, William J., 42 Court street, clothing. Beytes, Leon H., 430 Court street, civil engineer. Birnstein, Emil C., 221 Summer street, weaver. Blackmer, C. Walter, 5 Warren avenue, clerk. Bliss, Edgar F., 207 Sandwich street, merchant. Briggs, James A., 10 Lothrop street, percher.
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Briggs, Laban B. Jr., Manomet, lobster catcher. Broadbent, Edgar, 64 Oak street, designer. Brown, Daniel G., 80 Sandwich street, machinist. Brown. Walter, H. 7 Holmes terrace, foreman. Bunker, Guy C., 21 Leyden street, foreman. Burgess, Asa H., 53 Allerton street, clerk. Burns, Alfred S., 14 Cushman street, clerk. Churchill, John W., 13 Chilton street, cranberry grower.
Corey, Bert H., 4 Alden street, insurance agent.
Corkum, Leaman A., Jordan Road, assistant superintendent. Craig, Charles D., 11 Jefferson street, clerk. Cushing, Robert W., 14 Oak street, druggist.
Cushman, Frank H., 31 North street, real estate.
Dalphin, George E., Beaver Dam Road, farmer. Damon, John H., 258 Court street, master mechanic.
Dixon, Edward L., Manomet, fisherman.
Dodge, Milo C., 4 Holmes terrace, clerk.
Doten, Charles R., Chiltonville, laborer.
Douglas, Charles E., Jr., 46 Mayflower street, music teacher. Douglas, George W., Cedarville, cranberry grower.
Dowling, Vincent, 8 Murray street, weaver. Downton, Ernest, Goddard's Lane, dresser tender.
Ellis, Chester G., 10 South Russell street, plumber. Ellis, Ernest C., Ellisville, carpenter. Farris, 'James, 26 Middle street, chauffeur. Ferguson, John R., 22 Robinson street, shoe dealer. Field, Bernard, 15 Allerton street, manager. Finney, Arthur K., 9 Warren avenue, teamster.
Fletcher, F. Roscoe, 18 Brewster street, clerk. Freeman, Charles M., 129 Court street, clerk. French, William L. 49 Union street, engineer. Gardner, Clyfton H., Sandwich Road, clerk. Geary, Henry T., 76 Sandwich street, collector. Goddard, Fred A., 271 Court street, draughtsman. Gooding, Benjamin W., 18 Chilton street, retired.
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Goodwin, John J., 71 Samoset street, watchman. Graves, Thomas W., Warren avenue, caretaker. Gray, Arthur G., 26 Davis street, clerk. Griswold, George W., Manomet, carpenter. Gould, Fred E., 34 Stafford street, cranberry grower. Guy, Henry, 39 Russell street, dresser. Hardy, Arthur D., 421 Court street, cordage employee.
Harlow, Albert T., 208 Sandwich street, carpenter.
Harlow, Porter T., Manomet, farmer. Haskell, John L., Pondville, stone mason.
Hayden, Charles E., 43 Court street, machinist.
Helling, George J., 48 Allerton street, tinsmith.
Herrick, John W., Howes Lane, librarian. Hill, Carl W., 10 Winter street, clerk.
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