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as completed has resulted in a very satisfactory addition to the usable portion of the Main Street, and has been much appreciated by those who are obliged to use the street every day. It is intended to complete this at an early date. The policy of hardsurfacing the side streets has been continued and nearly all of the side streets in the main part of the Town are now provided with a good usable surface. It is intended to keep on with this practice from year to year, as there are many outside roads that can be maintained in this manner cheaply and with great satisfaction to the users.
The sidewalks have been added to as fast as the appro- priation would allow, and it is doubtful if any Town or small city in this vicinity has any better public ways than our town. It is also intended to continue this pol- icy. It being our ambition to have every street in the town limits provided with a water proof walk at least on one side of the street. Granolithic walks have been laid to the extent of the funds available, and in most cases in cooperation with the abutting owners. This, too, should be kept up.
The new so-called "Westerly Road" has been cut through and rough graded in accordance with the plan submitted at the last Annual Meeting. A very consider- able portion of the water pipe has been laid and the stand- pipe erected. When this is completed it will be of great benefit to the property owners in that part of the Town as they will now be able to get a sufficient supply of water which before could not be done, and also have much better fire protection.
There are several new streets being presented to the Town for acceptance at the coming meeting. This is some- thing that will always be with us. As new tracts are opened and people build it will be necessary for the Town to add to its street mileage. In particular, Manomet has been urging for several years to have some of the so- called "Summer Colony streets" taken over. It has been
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difficult to do this in the past on account of insufficient funds, but we are this year making a start on Manomet Avenue, and hope to continue from year to year until the more important roads are taken care of.
The question of police quarters is one that is coming soon. The County Commissioners are preparing plans for extensive alterations in the building now used as Police Station. The proposition will soon be put to the Town as to whether it is a better plan to invest from $15,000 to $20,000 in this building or to build a building of our own in some other locality. It is a serious matter and should be carefully thought out. The work of the Police Depart- ment has been well done this past year. The constant increase in traffic makes larger and larger demands on the present force, and it is quite a problem to arrange a schedule that will take care of traffic and at the same time cover the other needs of the Town. Should the Town grant the not unreasonable request of the Officers for an eight hour day (as obtains in most other Towns) it will be necessary to add two permanent men to the department. This is a matter for the voters to decide. But it seems not undesirable to keep in line with other communities and other lines of labor. Eight hours is being accepted as a standard day most everywhere.
The Lighting system has been added to as need has appeared and this will probably continue. Light at night is one of the best investments that a town can make, not only as regards the comfort and convenience of the citi- zens but as a deterrent of crime. Well lighted streets do not appeal to law breakers, and while our Town is quite free from serious crime it is much better to take every possible preventive measure than to be sorry afterwards. The ordinary 40 candle power lights that comprised the larger part of the Town's lighting system have been re- placed with others of 60 candle power, giving much more light and very little more expense. It is intended to light Brewster Gardens this coming season and thus do away
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with some of the minor disorder that has taken place in that locality.
The Memorial Hall has done a trifle better this past year than before. But the increase in receipts has been entirely from the large hall, the use of the small one hav- ing fallen off materially. As may be seen from the finan- cial statement it does not pay its way and whatever ad- vantage the Town gains must always be in the fact that we have a desirable place in which to hold large gather- ing, and in the advertising value that such a place gives to the Town.
It has developed this past year that the floor in the large hall has given way and investigation has shown that the timbers under the floor have completely rotted away. This will necessitate relaying the floor on a proper foun- dation. Most of the upper floor can probably be saved. We have endeavored to place the blame for this defect, but have been unable to get either architect or builder to admit any fault. And while it is very evident that there is fault somewhere it appears to be impossible to place it.
The situation of the Town Wharf has not changed much in the past year. There is a gradual increase in the use made of it and there are a few more locations rented than formerly. The chief value, however, to the Town will be in the fact that possession of the wharf gives the Town an advantage in freight rates over other places which is reflected in the retail price of coal. This in the long run may make the wharf a profitable investment, although the actual receipts may never equal the outlay.
There will be many requests for appropriations at this coming meeting. All have more or less merit. They should be judged carefully from the standpoint of value to the Town as a whole, and there should be the most wide spread information given of all of them in order that voters may act intelligently. No project should be rushed through at this time of financial stringency.
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Labor is largely unemployed, and the outlook locally is not too bright. While undoubtedly conditions will im- prove still expenditures are more easily made than suf- ficient economies can take care of at once.
The State Highway Dept. is starting to rebuild the road from Jabez Corner to Fresh Pond. It is intended to make the passage over the Pine Hills safer by easing the curves and widening in such places as need it. This work will entail an expense on the Town of an amount sufficient to pay the land damage caused by the taking on either side of the present road. Reference to the warrant will show this amount as $6,000. When completed the way to the Cape will be much safer and the darger of bad curves largely eliminated.
In conclusion we wish to express our appreciation of the cooperation of the different departments during the past year. The business of the Town can be much more effectively done if there is no friction between the dif- ferent branches of the Town Officers and this condition has largely obtained this past year.
It is to be hoped that a large number of voters will appear at the Town Meeting and express themselves freely. There can be no fault found with the result if it is the opinion of a large majority of the voters. The people are entitled to have what they want despite the contrary wishes of others. And there can be no criticism if the meeting expresses the wish of a majority of the listed voters.
WILLIAM T. ELDRIDGE, FRANK EASTWOOD, WALTER E. BENT, WILLIAM H. BEEVER, HENRY W. BARNES, JR.
Selectmen.
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS AND TOWN ENGINEER
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To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Plymouth, Mass.
Gentlemen :-
In accordance with an annual custom I herewith sub- mit a report of the work done in these Departments during the year 1928.
REMOVAL OF CAR TRACK
In June, 1928, the Plymouth & Brockton Street Rail- way Company discontinued operation of electric cars and left about three and one-half miles of track and ties to be removed.
This necessitated some new construction in the space previously occupied by the car track and an appropria- tion of $20,000.00 was made for same.
A graded mixture of coarse and fine stone mixed with tar and sold by the trade name of "Tarvialithic" was used for this work.
All rails and ties, in the main line, and turnouts were removed from Town Square to Jabez Corner, and from Samoset Street to the Kingston line.
In making up the estimate for the cost of this work it was thought that an average width of 9.0' would be sufficient to replace the old road bed of the car track, but as the work progressed it seemed very desirable to carry the new work over to the west curb nearly the full length of the work.
All street approaches and driveways were improved and in several places the old road surfaces adjacent to the
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new work was covered with "Tarvialithic", notably on Sandwich Street, at Cornish meadow, and at the inter- section with Sandwich Street and Main Street Extension. Many of the pipes under private driveways were removed and the result has been a vast improvement along Court and Sandwich Streets, making a much wider and safer road than was available before.
The average width of the new work varied from 12.0' to 14.0' and the result was that the total yardage of new work actually built was materially in excess of the esti- mated quantity. As a consequence there were unpaid bills incurred amounting to $8,323.30.
NEW WESTERLY ROAD
At the regular Town Meeting, in March, 1928, an ap- propriation of $35,000.00 was made to cover land damage and grading on the new street laid out by the Town, ex- tending from Town Brook near Deep Water Bridge, northerly, to land of Joseph Malaguti, a distance of ap- proximately 8,000 feet.
The estimated amount of material to be moved was 39,150 cubic yards.
Bids were obtained from three contractors for doing this work and the prices submitted are shown in the table below.
BIDS RECEIVED FOR GRADING NEW WESTERLY ROAD
Price Per Cub. Yd. Earth Rock
Contractor
A. K. Finney (Plymouth) $ .70
.... This price to include all rock excavation.
Otis R. Mann (Hanover) .69 $5.00
Joseph Malaguti & Sons
(Plymouth) .62 2.75
Upon receipt of these bids the contract was awarded to Joseph Malaguti & Sons, the lowest bidders.
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The work was begun in July and finished in December and left in a satisfactory condition.
It is of interest to note that the actual number of cubic yards excavated was 36,557 as compared to an estimated quantity of 39,150 cubic yards.
WATER STREET EXTENSION
An appropriation of $10,000.00 was made for resur- facing on Water Street Extension, from Park Avenue to Nelson Street Playground.
About 600' of the old road had been transferred to the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company in exchange for their shore rights when the new Town Wharf was built.
It, therefore, became necessary to build about 600' of new road on the land thus acquired.
The material on the site of this stretch of road was clay dredged from the channel.
This material, in the area to be occupied by the new road, was excavated to an average depth of 2.0' below finished grade and then backfilled with coarse gravel and sand after an under strain had been laid. This gravel surface has been thrown open for travel and left to settle during the winter.
With a balance left in the appropriation of about $1,900.00, a crushed stone penetration surface can be laid on this section in 1929.
The remaining piece of road to the Nelson Street Play- ground was resurfaced as a stone penetration job.
LOTHROP STREET, EAST OF RAILROAD
This short piece of road, from the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad to Water Street Extension, was resurfaced at a cost of $772.96.
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LIGHT SURFACING STREETS
The method of light surfacing on side streets that has given apparent satisfaction for the past few years was continued during 1928 and approximately 11,500 sq. yds. of this type of surface was put down on streets previously untreated.
There are several streets on which this work might be extended and I recommend an appropriation of $7,500.00 for the ensuing year to continue this light surfacing work.
SIDEWALKS
The hot asphalt mix type of sidewalk that we started to build in 1927 has been continued during 1928.
In 1927, about 9,300 sq. yds. of this work was done and in 1928 about 12,000 sq. yds. was constructed.
I recommend an appropriation of $7,000.00 to continue this work in 1929.
PARKING PLACE AND DRIVE AT MEMORIAL TOWN HALL
An appropriation of $2,000.00 was made for develop- ing the vacant land at the rear of the Memorial Town Hall as a parking place for automobiles.
The area was graded and then covered with coarse gravel or cinders, after which a covering of crushed stone dust was put on.
Space has thus been provided for approximately 275 autos.
Notices were posted at each entrance informing the public that a free parking place was available.
In connection with the Parking Place the right of way recently acquired by the Town bordering on the south side of the Parking Place was graded and surfaced with tar and pea stone, and a concrete approach from Water Street was constructed.
This driveway permits entrance to the Parking Place from Court Street and Water Street, but the exit must be on to Water Street.
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ALVIN ROAD
At the March 1928 Town Meeting the Town accepted the layout of Alvin Road, a street about 600' long leading from Oak Street, westerly, to Vine Hills Cemetery, and made an appropriation of $3,000.00 for building the same.
After the road had been subgraded, a 6" layer of gravel was spread and rolled and the road opened for travel.
Later in the season, a surface treatment of KP and Pea Stone was applied.
There was 944' of concrete curbing built and 245 sq. yds. of concrete walk, in addition to 66 sq. yds. of con- crete approach in the roadway from Oak Street.
BROOKSIDE AVENUE
Brookside Avenue was laid out by the Selectmen and accepted by the Town in March, 1913, but no work has been done toward improving the street.
I recommend an appropriation of $2,500.00 for gravel- ling this street, putting in a concrete curb, asphalt mix sidewalk and a tar and stone surface on the road.
SHORE ROAD
An appropriation of $2,500.00 was made for continu- ing the hard surface on the Shore Road, near the old Taylor Farm.
This work was done by Wm. A. Jones, Contractor, of Barnstable. 2,000 sq. yds. of a 4" two course hot mix road was built, and I recommend an appropriation of $2,500.00 for continuation of the work during the year 1929.
GRANOLITHIC SIDEWALK
Bids for laying concrete sidewalk and curb were re- quested of local contractors for the work to be done during 1928.
The lowest bidder was Louis Cotti, who submitted a
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price of $2.00 per sq. yd. for a 4" concrete walk, and $0.65 per lineal foot for curbing 24" deep, and the contract was awarded him.
There was built 1,953 sq. yds. concrete sidewalk and 3,628 lineal feet of curbing out of this appropriation.
SEWERS
The Prince Street Sewer, so called, for which an appro- priation was made in 1926, was completed in 1927.
There was 3,160' of this work done in 1927 on Prince Street, Cordage Street and Hedge Road to the shore, in- cluding 850' of cast iron outlet pipe to a guzzle.
In 1928 this sewer was extended along Hedge Road, from its intersection with Cordage Street, westerly, about 980' to Court Street and southerly on Court Street about 735'.
A short stretch of sewer was laid on Cordage Terrace Extension and connected with the sewer of the Plymouth Cordage Company.
NEW EQUIPMENT
The steam roller now owned by the Town was pur- chased in 1911 and is in need of repair.
The estimated cost of necessary repairs is $2,200.00.
During the last few years the gasoline motor roller has been developed until, in the judgment of road builders, it is a practical and satisfactory machine and possesses the additional advantage of permitting the owner of such a roller to have it operated by men who do not have an engineers license.
I recommend an appropriation of $5,200.00 for the purchase of a new roller.
I also recommend an appropriation of $850.00 for a new dump truck for use in the Highway Department.
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SNOW REMOVAL
The total expenditures for snow removal and equip- ment during 1928 was $5,512.73.
Prior to 1928, the cost of snow removal on the fourteen miles of State Highway in Plymouth, as well as the snow removal on our Town ways has been borne entirely by the Town.
Beginning in 1928, the State assumed half the cost of all snow removal on its State Highways and, also, as- sumes the responsibility of sanding all icy hills and curves.
CALCIUM CHLORIDE
Calcium Chloride has been applied to some of the gravel roads in the outside districts, as usual, and I recommend an appropriation of $6,000.00 to take care of this work during 1929.
The necessary lines and grades for new road construc- tion and sewer work have been furnished from the Town Engineer's office during the past year and record plans of sewer construction and miscellaneous work have been prepared and are on file.
Resectfully submitted,
ARTHUR E. BLACKMER,
Superintendent of Streets and Town Engineer
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN CLERK
Births, Deaths, Marriages
For the year 1928
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN PLYMOUTH IN 1928
Jan. 7. Joseph J. Vecchi and Nella Zucchi, both of Plymouth.
Jan. 7. Ralph F. Matinzi of Plymouth and Mary V. Hor- gan of Kingston, married in Plymouth.
Jan. 13. Arthur J. Pimental of Kingston and Catherine F. Griffin of Plymouth, married in Kingston.
Jan. 14. Joseph Souza and Mary Dias, both of Plym- outh.
Jan. 14. Aldo Fornaciari and Mary Maini, both of Plymouth.
Jan. 14. James Minelli, Jr., and Mary Henrion, both of Plymouth.
Jan. 18. Frank A. Mitchell of Plymouth and Edith Howes Kelley of Brockton, married in Brockton.
Jan. 21. Daniel E. Ellis and Priscilla M. Collingwood, both of Plymouth.
Jan. 22. Angelo Cinto of Walpole and Alice Cianfarani of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
Jan. 23. Richard Higgins, Jr., and Catherine D. McDon- ald, both of Plymouth.
Jan. 27. George Brenner and Bertha L. Duell, both of Plymouth.
Jan. 28. John E. Eastwood of Danvers and Eva C. Chute of Digby, Nova Scotia, married in Plymouth.
Jan. 29. Charles St. Amant of Kingston and Alice Car- don, of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
Jan. 30. Carl Wentworth Harris of Duxbury and Louise Huriaux of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
Jan. 31. George Weston Besse and Edith Veronica Roy, both of Plymouth.
Feb. 8. Everett A. Williams and Abbiean Giberti, both of Kingston, married in Plymouth.
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Feb. 11. Frank Hayden Blodgett, Jr., and Dorothy Stu- art Hollis, both of Duxbury, married in Plymouth. Feb. 18. Howard M. Wood of Plymouth and Alberta Carr of Hyde Park, married in Boston.
Feb. 20. Joseph E. Quintal of Lowell and Augusta Quin- tal of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
Feb. 21. John Simon Heath and Antoinette Pelletier, both of Plymouth.
Mar. 3. William Lincoln Payson of Brookline and Fred- erica Watson of Plymouth, married in Cambridge. Mar. 12. James Francis Barlow and Hazel Candace Danielson, both of Plymouth.
Mar. 12. Lester Joseph Murdock and Elizabeth Rowe Collingwood, both of Plymouth.
Mar. 15. Eugene Joseph Gross and Margaret Mary Mahler, both of Plymouth.
Mar. 17. Abbott Earl Johnson and Evelyn Louise Saw- yer, both of Plymouth.
Mar. 17. F. Joseph Yager and Hattie Mae Bruneau, both of Kingston, married in Plymouth.
Mar. 24. Andrew Rae and Florence A. Hatfield, both of Plymouth, married in Weymouth.
Mar. 26. Verner Greenwood West of Plymouth and Emma Adeline Witmer of Hauto, Pa., married in Plymouth.
Apr. 8. Renato Albert Stanghellini of Plymouth and Margaret Mary Harkins of Kingston, married in Boston.
Apr. 14. Enrico Ferrari of Plymouth and Leontine Della Lucca of Quincy, married in Quincy.
Apr. 21. Bernard Lawrence Busfield and Maybel Louise Hadley, both of Manchester, N. H., married in Plymouth.
Apr. 21. Manuel Fernandes and Eugenia P. Cardozo, both of Plymouth.
Apr. 21. Joseph Bongiovanni and Caroline Palavanchi, both of Plymouth.
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Apr. 21. Basilio Mili and Adele Romano, both of Plym- outh, married in Taunton.
Apr. 28. Orrin William Holman of Kingston and Lucy Hill Savery of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
Apr. 28. Joseph Rebella and Josephine Calzolari, both of Plymouth.
Apr. 29. Robert Edward Nichols of Plymouth and Doris Louise Crowell of Rockland, married in Rockland.
May 1. Lawrence Eugene Higgins and Gladys May Sar- gent, both of Plymouth, married in Chelmsford, Mass.
May 2. Michael J. Caramello and Ida Agnes Bregoli, both of Plymouth.
May 5. Rene A. Ewald and Bertha M. W. Pierson, both of Plymouth.
May 7. James Ernest Roy of Carver and Emma Frances Fornaciari of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
May 7. John L. Perry of Middleboro and Lucy Ferreira of Plymouth, married in Middleboro.
May 7. John Patrick Lyons of Wareham and Dorris Bradford Kingsley of Plymouth, married in Provi- dence, R. I.
May 12. Elwyn Samuel Beane and Hazel Gertrude White, both of Plymouth, married in Kingston.
May 16. George F. Grandi of Plymouth and Katherine L. Cosgrove of Marlboro, married in Marlboro.
May 17. Lawrence Regis of Medford and Victoria Annie Pasteris of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
May 19. Kenneth Stewart Hall and Merle Arvilla Boutemain, both of Plymouth.
June 2. Elisha Day Lacey and Evelyn Grace Corrine Dunning, both of Plymouth.
June 2. George Benjamin Ellis and Josie Abbie Neal, both of Plymouth.
June 2. James Henry Lovell and Eva Noyes, both of Plymouth.
June 2. Mauro Joseph Borsari and Florence Flora Maini, both of Plymouth.
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June 9. Charles George Darsch and Wanda Margaret Borgatti, both of Plymouth.
June 14. Edward A. Burnett and Ellen Jenette Stod- dard, both of Plymouth.
June 16. Frederick Charles Ruprecht and Mary Eliz- abeth Brenner, both of Plymouth.
June 18. John J. Alsheimer of Kingston and Alice C. Roy of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
June 20. Guy Paul Formica of Plymouth and Gladys Dorothy Nielsen Houlberg of Bridgewater, married in Kingston.
June 23. Michael A. Gaspar of Plymouth and Florence Grozinger of Kingston, married in Duxbury.
June 23. John Alexander Armstrong and Anna Eliza- beth Raymond, both of Plymouth.
June 25. Oscar Leonardi of Kingston and Delina R. Savard of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
June 26. Adelio Corsini of Plymouth and Leontina Ben- otti of Kingston, married in Kingston.
July 7. Edmond Boutemain and Mary Jane Terry, both of Plymouth.
July 7. Joseph Richardson and Catherine McGee, both of Plymouth.
July 11. Charles K. W. Burt and Ives E. Weimert, both of Plymouth.
July 14. Henry Deans and Alma Irene Howland, both of Plymouth.
July 14. Carl Richard Krueger of Kingston and Sylvia Marinda Pinto of Plymouth, married in Plymouth. July 16. Edward N. Henry and Edna M. Evortz, both of New York, N. Y., married in Plymouth.
July 19. Colburn C. Wood of Plymouth and Gladys S. White of Abington, married in Bourne.
July 21. George Andrew Sewall and Laura Roderick, both of Plymouth.
July 22. Andrew Mihopoulos and Belva Deliou, both of Plymouth.
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July 28. Raymond Edward Bligh of Boston and Edna Martha Austin of Plymouth, married in Providence, R. I.
Aug. 4. Clifton B. Stever of Yarmouth and Laura A. Douglas of Plymouth, married in Yarmouth.
Aug. 4. Daniel Durnion and Anna G. Greene, both of Plymouth.
Aug. 5. John Francis and Marjorie Louise Karle, both of Plymouth.
Aug. 10. Leon M. Ryder of Duxbury and Ruth Hadley Whitten of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
Aug. 11. Quinto Baratta and Elena Marie Stefani, both of Plymouth.
Aug. 11. Charles William Cappella of Plymouth and Gertrude Wurster of West New York, N. J., married in Plymouth.
Aug. 11. John H. Magee of Bristol, R. I. and Miriam A. Downey of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
Aug. 18. Robert D. Quirk of Middletown, Ct., and Mar- guerite C. Gorman of Providence, R. I., married in Plymouth.
Aug. 18. D. Eric Hogan of Plymouth and Theresa Fran- ces Wagner of Pittsfield, Me., married in Plymouth. Aug. 20. Ernest J. Creati of Plymouth and Ethel May Hoadley of Middleboro, married in Plymouth.
Aug. 21. George E. Freeman of Plymouth and Elnora G. Pratt of Freeport, Me., married in Middleboro. Aug. 22. George L. Gray and Estella E. Denison, both of Plymouth, married in New Bedford.
Aug. 22. Ralph E. Dexter of New Haven, Conn. and Florrie Lee of Plymouth, married in Plymouth.
Aug. 25. Vernon M. Hawkins, Jr., and Velesta Louise Holmes, both of Plymouth.
Aug. 25. Armando Borgatti and Mary Gilli, both of Plymouth.
Aug. 25. Gustavo Guidaboni of Plymouth and Albertina Gilli of Kingston, married in Plymouth.
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Sept. 1. Austin Shaw Fratus and Mildred Nancy Allan, both of Plymouth.
Sept. 1. Pino Fantoni and Rose Maffeni, both of Plym- outh.
Sept. 1. Charles Edwin Janvrin of Urbana, Illinois and Elizabeth Alice Keith of Plymouth, married in Bos- ton.
Sept. 2. Allen Damon Perkins of Plymouth and Elean- or Gertrude Swindell of Pawtucket, R. I., married in Harwich.
Sept. 2. Ward B. Whitman of Plymouth and Carlyne P. Dickson of Milton, N. H., married in Milton, N. H.
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