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We have had quite a lot of trouble with sewers this past year, and there are now several sections that require a con- siderable expenditure to replace and repair. There are also one or two places that from their situation do not lend them- selves readily to the existing system and yet are of import- ance enough to warrant some relief. A study is being made of these propositions and something will undoubtedly be done in the near future.
POLICE DEPARTMENT
The activities of this Department have not declined the past season. The traffic on our Main St. has increased and it has been necessary to keep officers constantly on duty to prevent congestion and accident. This has obliged us to keep several Special men on duty as the regular force of the Department is not sufficient to cover all the points and do the other work that the situation demands. The unfor- tunate accident that occurred this Fall resulting as it did in
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the resignation of two of the Regular Force has left tlie Department short handed. One new officer has been ap- pointed but in order to fill the other place we shall have to get an officer from out of Town as the Civil Service List (from which we have to select) has no more local men on it. We are somewhat loath to do this as it seems to us that this position should be attractive enough to warrant some of our Townsmen in taking the examination and qualifying for the office.
The Civil Service Regulations limit the length of time for which we can employ Special Officers, and we are faced the near future.
with the situation of having to increase our Police Force in
STREET LIGHTING
There have been no great changes made during the past year in this. The usual number of additional lights have been installed as occasion required and four new "White Way" lights have been placed continuing the Circuit from Town Square down Market St. and through Sandwich St. to the foot of Main St. Extension. This has greatly improved Market St. and the dark corners at the junction of Summer and Sandwich Streets. The controversy with the Electric Light Co. in regard to its extension of the High Tension line into the center of the Town, has been adjusted by moving the present Terminus of the line to a point in the rear of Newfields St. This they claim will so benefit them, that most of the present troubles will be cured.
The new Wharf and the Towns Memorial building which were started this past season are progressing as fast as the weather will allow and gives promise of completion during the coming season. There have been some unforseen com- plications at the wharf due to the unexpected presence of Springs. These have delayed the work and caused some extra expense but it is believed that all difficulties have been overcome and that the work will now go forward to com- pletion. It was found necessary in order to lease portions
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of the Wharf to ask for authority from the Legislature. This has been done and will undoubtedly be granted.
The tax rate for this year is very gratifying to all. But the voters must not lose sight of the fact that the new under- takings of Hall and Wharf will be expensive propositions and only strict economy in expenditure will prevent the Tax from becoming more burdensome. Every proposition for new streets, public buildings and other things should be given careful consideration and only such should be under- taken as will prove of merit and will fully warrant the expense.
The Public Health, safety and convenience should be amply safeguarded and it is not wise to curtail expenditures for these thing if they can be proved to be necessary. Our Town debt is now at a point where we may well pause be- fore increasing it.
The matter of law enforcement is greatly complicated by present Traffic conditions. The requirements for Traffic Officers seriously cripple our present small Force. The ordinary citizen can if so disposed, render great Public Ser- vice by reporting infractions of law to the Police Station and aiding to secure convictions.
A Community is just as Law abiding as the people want it to be. If the inhabitants of a Town are indifferent and content themselves with saying that they hire men for that work, they will have just such conditions as a small force of Officers can enforce. Public sentiment will go farther in curing faults, than the passing of laws.
We would call special attention to the request of the Chief of Police for a signal system. With our present small force it is advisable to take advantage of every possible means for increasing their efficiency and the need of such a system has been manifested a number of times in the past year.
In conclusion we have to agree that Plymouth, in com- , parison with other Communities, is a well ordered Town. Our Citizens have most of the Public conveniences that Cities afford. Our streets are well taken care of, well lighted, we
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are not yet suffering from the high Tax rate of some com- munities and the continuance of these conditions will depend largely on the careful consideration of the' Voters them- selves.
The situation with regard to the Traffic in illegal liquor is no worse here than in other places. Our location on the Coast makes for some business in that respect. And it will probably always be so as long as so called respectable people encourage the business by aiding and abbetting the Crimi- nals who carry this on, in the way of purchasing the goods, and in other manner lending moral support to such outlaw Traffic.
We wish to thank all the different Departments for the consistent good work that the past year has shown.
WILLIAM T. ELDRIDGE, HENRY W. BARNES, JR. FRANK EASTWOOD, JOSIAH A. ROBBINS, EMERSON F. SAMPSON.
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Report of Superintendent of Streets and Town Engineer
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit the report of the Street and Engineering Departments for the year ending December 31st, 1924.
SEWERS
Sewers have been laid in the following streets during the past year.
In Grant Street and McKinley Road, on what was for- merly the C. S. Davis Est., there was laid 753.0 ft. of 8 in. sewer pipe at a cost of $846.08. In South Cherry Street an extension of 353.0 ft. of 8 in. pipe was made at a cost of $435.27. Moning Terrace, a new development west of Stand- ish Avenue, required 200 ft. of 8 in. pipe at a cost of $183.70. An extension of 162.0 ft. of 8 in. pipe at a cost of $202.39 was made in Allerton Street to the house owned by the Pilgrim Society.
The 14 in. sewer siphon that crosses under the channel at the end of the State wharf was broken during the past year, prob- ably by some craft lying at the wharf. The channel at this point is 15.0 ft. deep at low water and the siphon is 5.0 ft. be- low the channel bottom.
Repairs were made by the Bay State Dredging and Con- tracting Company at a cost of $1,372.75.
Warning signs have been erected at this point which should prevent a recurrence of this accident.
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A 20 in. drain, leading from Court Street opposite the Cordage Library into the Cordage Company Pond, has given trouble for several years on account of being laid on a very flat grade.
The location was changed, somewhat, and a better grade was obtained so that no further trouble is anticipated from this source. The cost of this work was $303.49.
SEWER OUTLET AT LUMBER LANE .
The original sewer outlet at this location was a wooden box 1.400 feet carrying the sewage to Goose Point Channel.
In 1912 a section of this wooden box 500 feet long was re- placed with 12 inch cast iron pipe. A portion of this iron pipe has settled and some of the wooden box needs renewal.
I estimate the cost of repairs to be $2,000.00 and recom- mend an appropriation of this amount.
It is probable that requests will be received for about the usual amount of sewer pipe extension during the ensuing year and I recommend an appropriation of $4,000.00 for sewers.
ROAD OILING
There has been used during the year 1924, 38,254 gallons of No. 3 road oil, purchased of the Standard Oil Company of New York.
The price was $.083 per gallon applied to the road.
One carload was used at Cedarville and the balance on the side streets in the centre of the Town and in Chiltonville.
CALCIUM CHLORIDE
The use of Calcium Chloride, as a dust layer, was tried for the first time during the summer of 1924.
The South and Long Pond Road, between Obery Street and Long Pond, was the section selected for treatment.
The chloride was shipped in steel drums, containing 375 lbs., and applied from a lime spreader attached to a truck.
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The proper rate of application appears to be about 1 1-2 lbs. per square yard of road surface and the total cost applied is about $.03 per square yard.
The section of the road treated in this way remained com- paratively free from dust all summer and ravelled less under traffic than similar sections that were untreated.
I recommend the treatment of this road for its whole length, between Plymouth and Cedarville, the coming season.
BRIDGES
In the report of last year a recommendation was made to rebuild the bridge on Clifford Road, over the stream running out of Howland Pond, and an appropriation of $1,500.00 was made for this work.
Plans for this work included flash boards to regulate the elevation of Howland Pond, and a contribution of $500.00 to cover the estimated extra expense of installing flash boards was made by Mr. Sherman L. Whipple, who was interested in having the pond kept up to normal level.
The grade of the road was raised slightly at this point and a new guard rail fence built.
I recommend that the present wooden floor on the bridge over Eel River, near Hayden Mill, be replaced with a con- crete slab the coming year.
The abutments of this bridge are of stone and appear to be in good condition. A floor consisting of steel I beams en- cased in concrete with a reenforced concrete slab between the beams could be built for about $1,500.00.
A small wooden bridge, near the Watson Ellis place, so called, on the road to Mr. George R. Briggs, needs to be re- newed and I recommend two 30 inch pipes be substituted for the existing structure. The estimated cost of this work is $500.00.
If the recommendations made by the Planning Board, in- corporating Standish Avenue in a proposed westerly route through Plymouth, are carried out, it will become necessary
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to replace Standish Avenue Bridge with a new structure, capable of carrying much heavier loads than it is safe to allow on the present bridge.
Messrs. Fay, Spofford & Thorndike, Consulting Engineers of Boston, have made some sketches and preliminary estimates for a new re-enforced concrete bridge to have a 38.0 ft. road- way and two 6.0 ft. sidewalks, as compared to a 16.0 ft. clear roadway and one 5.0 ft. sidewalk on the present bridge.
If a new bridge is built it is planned to improve the ap- proach to it from Centennial Street by rounding the corners of the intersection of Centennial Street and Standish Avenue.
The estimated cost of this proposed new bridge is $40,000.00.
SIDEWALK
The K. P. type of sidewalk has been built the past year on Oak Street, between Samoset and Summer Streets; on Whit- ing Street, between South and Mt. Pleasant streets; and shorter sections on Davis, Mt. Pleasant and Alden Streets.
The total number of yards built was 3,994 and the average cost was $.60 per square yard.
A new asphalt mixed sidewalk was laid in Manomet on the easterly side of the State Highway, from the Arch bridge to the Point Road, a distance of approximately 3,400 ft.
A special appropriation of $1,000.00 was made to cover the cost of this work.
GRANOLITHIC SIDEWALK
Pursuing the customary policy of building granolithic sidewalk whenever applications are received from abuttors and on condition that one half the cost be paid by them, there has been built during the past year 1,364.3 square yards of this type of walk.
COURT STREET RESURFACING
The largest single job undertaken by the Department this year was the resurfacing of 10,820 square yards of Court
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Street, between Cherry Street and Russell Avenue, for which a special appropriation of $20,000.00 was made.
The old road surface was scarified and reshaped and about 3 inches of new stone added. The crown of the road was flat- tened which has materially increased its usable width. Tarvia "X" was used for penetration work on this job and Tarvia "B" for a seal coat.
Standish Avenue was used as a detour during the resur- facing of Court Street and the travel was so great that the Standish Avenue bridge had to be replanked at a cost of $489.32 which was charged against the Court Street Resur- facing appropriation.
WHITE HORSE ROAD
Taylor Avenue, at White Horse, from its junction with the White Horse Road southerly for a distance of 1,120 ft. was surfaced with a 3 inch asphalt mixed surface, laid about 16.0 ft. wide. There was laid a total of 2,437 square yards on this job at a cost of $1.25 per square yard.
BARTLETT ROAD
A special appropriation of $6,000.00 was made to surface the Bartlett Road in Manomet, beginning at the State High- way and running westerly toward Fresh Pond.
The total length of the finished road is 2900 ft. and the width is 16.0 ft.
LIGHT SURFACE TREATMENTS ON GRAVEL STREETS
A recommendation was made in the report of last year that $10,000.00 be appropriated to continue this type of treatment on additional streets during the year 1924.
A special appropriation of $10,000.00 was made in accord- ance with this recommendation.
As in previous years, the method of construction was to
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spray hot "K.P." at a rate of about 1-2 gallon per square vard on the gravel road, then spread either 3-4 in. trap rock or No. 2 local stone on and roll them into the tar.
The following streets were so treated the past year :
Standish Avenue, from Alden to Spooner Streets, Spooner, from South Spooner to Forest Avenue, and the following side streets ; North Spooner, Forest Avenue, South Spooner, Sa- very Lane, Hamilton and Centennial ; also Allerton from Rus- sell to Alden, and the side streets of Cushman, Clyfton and Vernon Streets.
After the usual summer travel was over these streets re- ceived a seal coat of bitumen, about 1-3 gallon per square yard, in some cases hot "K.P." and in others an 85 per cent asphalt oil, which was covered with sand.
The approximate total area of the streets so treated this year was 36,000 square yards.
I recommend that the following streets be resurfaced dur- ing the year 1925 in a similar manner.
Bay View Avenue, Mt. Pleasant, Whiting, Stephens, Fre- mont, Lincoln, Union, Mayflower, Washington, Franklin, High, Russell, Davis, Stafford, Lothrop and Murray streets.
The approximate total yardage in the above mentioned streets is 30,000 square yards and the estimated cost of re- surfacing is $7,500.00.
I recommend a special appropriation of this amount to cov- er the cost of this work.
HERRING POND ROAD
The Herring Pond Road, in Cedarville, extending south- westerly from Costello's corner, a distance of about 7,925 ft. to connect with a hard surfaced road built several years ago, was built during 1924.
This road was an asphalt mixed job, constructed by con- tract, by M. F. Roach & Sons of East Bridgewater, Massa- chusetts.
The total cost of the job was $32,365.53, of which the Town
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paid one-third, the balance being paid by the State and County.
SNOW REMOVAL
The problem of snow removal from highways has become one of great importance, due to the increasing number of automobiles in use and the demand for roads free from snow, so that cars may be used all winter.
Recent legislation requires all Towns, having State High- ways within their limits, to keep such highways reasonably free from snow and ice.
The five ton Holt Caterpillar Tractor with Sargent Plow, that was purchased a year ago, has proved to be a very useful piece of equipment in snow removal work. (In passing, it may be remarked that in addition to its use with the snow plow, the tractor has been used with the road machine on gravel roads, with a plow for making a fire belt around the Town Forest and proved very helpful in the storm of August 26 in removing stumps and large tree trunks from the highway.)
The main road through Plymouth, from Kingston to the Bourne line was divided into three sections for snow removal. The G. M. C. truck with plow handled the section from the Post Office to the Kingston line. The tractor cleared the route from the Post Office to Fresh Pond, together with the Darby Road, and Mr. George R. Briggs, with a plow on a Nash Quad, cleared the State Highway from Fresh Pond to the Bourne line.
For the winter of 1924-25 the Highway Division of the Massachusetts Department of Public Works has loaned the Town a Four Wheel Drive truck equipped with a 10 ft. blade plow to be used in place of our own, lighter and less powerful, GMC truck.
Arrangements are made with the Police Department to no- tify the snow plow crew when a storm occurs at night and snow has collected to the depth of 2 inches, because a prompt start at the beginning of the storm makes the problem of clear-
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ing the road much less difficult than it becomes if no work is started until the storm ceases.
The total amount spent on snow removal for 1924 was $1,080.28.
ENGINEERING
The usual lines and grades for new work have been given. and plans of new sewer and water pipes laid and connections made have been completed.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR E. BLACKMER,
Superintendent
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN CLERK
Births, Deaths, Marriages
FOR THE YEAR
1924
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN PLYMOUTH IN 1924
Jan. 1. Harold E. Giles and Gertrude Y. Brown, both of Plymouth, married in Lowell.
Jan. 1. Frank J. Kessler and Freda M. Hanelt, both of Kingston, married in Plymouth.
Jan. 2. Marcellus A. Phelen and Ida Wirzburger, both of Plymouth.
Jan. 5. Adrian A. Holmes and Mary Maderos, both of Plymouth.
Jan. 6. Bernard J. MacMann of Plymouth and Hattie Luna Ocean of Woodstock, Vt., married in Woodstock, Vt.
Jan. 12. Charles E. Davis and Lora M. Bates, both of Cam- bridge, married in Plymouth.
Jan. 16. Americo D. Antonello of South Boston, and Mary Ferreira of Plymouth, married in Boston.
Jan. 26. William Dewey Hughes of Uxbridge and Mildred N. Ginhold of Plymouth, married in Brockton.
Jan. 27. Robert Diodato and Leonie M. St. Lawrence, both of Plymouth.
Jan. 31. Alexander H. P. Besse and Margaret A. Strassel, both of Plymouth.
Feb. 6. Albert J. Cavicchi and Margaret C. Warde, both of Plymouth.
Feb. 6. John O. Peterson and Evelyn Wellman, both of Duxbury, married in Plymouth.
Feb. 14. Antonio Bonzagni of Plymouth and Elizabeth Lamborghini of Whitman, married in Whitman.
Feb. 17. Arthur D. Scott of Randolph and Elizabeth M. Dries of Plymoutth, married in Providence, R. I. Feb. 22. Roy Vitti and Elizabeth Danti, both of Plymouth. Feb. 25. Herman J. Emond and Ida M. Cote, both of Plym- outh.
Mar. 1. Carl J. Peck and Anna T. Barke, both of Plymouth. Mar. 1. Michael Tavares of Providence, R. I., and Annie Jesse of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
Mar. 6. Clifton A. Bumpus and Mary M. Winter, both of Plymouth.
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Mar. 8. Herbert Heppleston and Sarah J. Whiteley, both of Plymouth.
Mar. 8. Maurice C. Ruprecht and Anastasia E. Mahler, both of Plymouth.
Mar. 15. Albert J. Schneider and Nazareth Rosario, both of Plymouth.
Mar. 15. Charles R. Bowser of North Abington and Ellen C. Lahey of Plymouth, married in North Abington.
Mar. 29. James R. E. Fairman of Brockton and Anna C. Carleton of Plymouth, married in Whitman.
Mar. 29. Philip L. Taylor of Springfield and Dorothy S. Bumpus of Plymouth, married in Enfield, Conn.
Apr. 2. Arthur L. Fox of Beverly and Sarah A. Schofield of Plymouth, married in Fall River.
Apr. 6. George B. Clough of Stoneham and Sarah M. Fenn of Boston, married in Plymouth.
Apr. 9. Carl L. Covell and Marion G. Weimert, both of Plymouth.
Apr. 12. Anton F. Dries of Plymouth, and Gladys V. Whelden of Rockland, married in Plymouth.
Apr. 12. Irving E. Montanya of Bethlehem, Pa., and Ger- trude F. Cash of Plymouth, married in Duxbury.
Apr. 14. Alfred L. Bartlett and Grace C. Warnsman, both of Plymouth.
Apr. 17. Alvin W. Philbrick and Alice L. Swift, both of Bourne, married in Plymouth.
Apr. 19. Walter R. Roberts and Ida L. Lovell, both of Plymouth.
Apr. 21. James F. Metcalf and Katharine T. Fitzgerald, both of Plymouth.
Apr. 23. Howard E. Vacchi and Ida Bongiovanni, both of Plymouth.
Apr. 27. John Santos and Mary I. Nunes, both of Plym- outh.
Apr. 28. John F. Brown of Plymouth and Dorothy Dud- ley of Dorchester, married in Dorchester.
Apr. 29. Ellery Stedman of Plymouth and Grace W. Edes
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of Cambridge, married in Boston.
May 4. Richard S. Glover of Duxbury and Florence Har low of Plymouth, married in Duxbury.
May 6. Russell E. Lewis of Chicago, Ill., and Mary E. Verre of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
May 6. J. Bertram Lewis of Chicago, III., and Cecelia A. Verre of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
May 7. Charles R. Schoppmann of Jamaica, N. Y., and Anna L. Hoppe of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
May 9. Chester B. Wall and Thelma C. Stringer, both of Plymouth.
May 12. Francis T. Verre and Marie E. Callahan, both of Plymouth.
May 14. Manuel Andrade and Rosa Perry, both of Carver. married in Plymouth.
May 17. Alexander C. Bain of Lowell and Hazel P. Milne of Plymouth, married in Springfield.
May 28. John L. Morton of Plymouth and Dorothy Lane of Reading, married in Whitman.
June 2. Edward Tache of Kingston and Rose Cote of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
June 5. Silvio Pellegrini and Lena Albertini, both of Plym- outh.
June 7. William F. Wager and Mary Silva, both of Plymouth.
June 7. Nunnie Pederzini of Plymouth and Alice Balboni of Kingston, married in Plymouth.
June 9. John Minelli of Plymouth and Emma Borghesani of Kingston, married in Kingston.
June 12. R. Flemming Calkin of Bridgewater and Isabella T. Bonney of Kingston, married in Plymouth.
June 14. E. Sumner Jewett, Jr., of Plymouth and Eliza- beth M. Mckay of Duxbury, married in Kingston.
June 16. Earl P. Alexander and Elizabeth B. Wirzburger, both of Plymouth.
June 19. Albert H. Shurtleff and Doris A. Stuart, both of Plymouth.
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June 19. Milton R. Millman of Plymouth and Margaret H. Tubman of Dennisport, married in Dennis.
June 19. Lawrence Sadow of Plymouth and Ruth Silver- stein of New Bedford, married in New Bedford.
June 20. Harold J. Payne of North Adams and Lyllian M. Spinney of Cohasset, married in Plymouth.
June 21. Gino R. Feci and Josephine A. Busi, both of Plymouth.
June 21. William N. Wall of Plymouth and Mary A. Dioz- zi of Kingston, married in Plymouth.
June 21. Howard A. Haire and Carmen Scagliarini, both of Plymouth, married in Kingston.
June 21. Augusta Costa and Inez Alberghini, both of Plymouth.
June 21. Joseph Caldeira and Isabella Quintal, both of Plymouth.
June 21. William P. Darsch and Mary O. Scagliarini, both of Plymouth.
June 23. John R. Yates and Gladys V. Pero, both of Plym- outh.
June 24. Thomas B. Coolidge of Concord and Eleanor W. Watson of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
June 26. Melzar P. Sampson of Plymouth and Helen L. Sullivan of Fall River, married in Fall River.
June 26. Walter J. Thom and Irene A. Longhi, both of Plymouth.
June. 27. William Denehey of Plymouth and Dora Sher- wood of Kingston, married in Plymouth.
June 28. Peter Gonsalves and Florence M. Andrews, both of Plymouth.
June 28. Edwin W. Nutter and Harriett R. Bartlett, both of Plymouth, married in Bellows Falls, Vt.
June 28. Henry Alfred of Bristol, R. I., and Belmira Re- zendes of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
June 28. Joseph M. P. Silva and Erminie Perry, both of Plymouth.
June 29. Anthony J. Bettini of Quincy and Margaret
Canevazzi of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
July 4. Chester A. Murray of Hyannis and Mildred II. Mul- laney of Harwich, married in Plymouth.
July 5. William W. Bearhope and Bethel F. Stevens, both of Plymouth.
July 5. Amaden Fernandes and Elisaria S. Fernandes, both of Plymouth.
July 5. Antone Viera and Mary Caldeira, both of Plym- outh.
July 5. Augusto Atti of Kingston and Mary Alberghini of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
July 12. Irving C. Valler and Gertrude M. Wood, both of Plymouth.
July 19. Italo Equi of Springfield and Mary Funai of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
July 20. Theodore A. Roy of Plymouth and Florence Sohn of New London, Conn., married in Plymouth.
July 21. Vincent Forni of Plymouth and Carrie Benea of Kingston, married in Plymouth.
July 30. Vincent Stefani and Iolanda Fortini, both of Plymouth.
Aug. 6. Milton F. Perkins and Mary G. Frawley, both of Plymouth.
Aug. 9. Manuel Mello and Flora Travers, both of Plym- outh.
Aug. 20. Chri topher L. O'Neil and Mary L. Webb, both of Seituate, married in Plymouth.
Aug. 23. Wilfred J. St. Amant of Kingston and Alice Walker of Plymouth, married in Kingston.
Aug. 23. Frank Rosa and Lydia Scagliarini, both of Plymouth.
Aug. 24. Harold F. Golden of Plymouth and Clara M. Kieseling of Boston, married in Boston.
Aug. 25. James E. Flanagan of Barnstable and Clemen- tine F. Nickerson of Plymouth. married in Barnstable.
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