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420 ft. of 6" cast iron cement-lined pipe was laid at Braley Lane but it was impossible to connect this because the special fittings were not being turned out by the foundry. This connection will be completed as soon as these fittings are obtainable. A new hydrant will be set here, also.
592 ft. of 6" cast iron cement-lined pipe was laid at Royal St., replacing some old 2" galvanized. One hydrant was set at this location.
A 10" main was replaced at the Standish Ave. railroad bridge, where the roadway was widened, and this has eliminated a serious traffic hazard.
Nineteen leaks were repaired in mains and forty in services. It was necessary to drill thirty-two corpor- ations to improve pressure at various services. Twenty- four services were added, sixteen of these being in Mano- met. As in previous years, only the necessary ones were
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given attention on account of the shortage of material. Several applications for services have already been filed for connection the coming year.
Hydrants were painted and the usual inspections car- ried out with the result that all were in condition at the end of the year. It was necessary to repair several broken hydrants.
Both the Fairbanks-Morse and the Wolverine-Gould engine and pumps were overhauled and are in excellent condition, giving fine service.
Auxiliary Well Supply at Manomet was operated 4591/2 hours during June, July, August and September, pump- ing 4,440,600 gallons of water. 920 gals. of gasoline was consumed, as well as 6 gals. of lubricating oil.
Samples from taps and source of supply ponds were submitted as requested by the Department of Public Health, reports of which are on file in the Superintend- ent's office.
The engineering survey of the Water Department by Metcalf & Eddy was a most interesting study and a detailed report on this will be found in the Commissioners' report.
Respectfully submitted,
THEODORE BRINK, Superintendent.
1945 PUMPING RECORDS FAIRBANKS-MORSE
NHS
Month
Hrs. Run
Gals. Fuel Oil
Gals. Pumped
Hrs. Run
Gals. Fuel Oil
Gals. Pumped
Gals. Pumped
GRAVITY in Gals.
RAIN in Inches
AVERAGE TEMP. Max.
Min.
January
1273/4
420
13,087,000
105
290
11,036,000
795,000
19,583,000
5.29
29
11
February
1133/4
3771/2
11,677,000
108
299
11,351,000
1,067,000
17,645,000
4.83
32
15
March
118
388
12,461,000
95 1/2
263
10,079,000
ยท 964,000
19,964,000
2.64
48
30
April
1143/4
380
12,127,000
1093/4
303 1/2
11,533,000
1,001,000
17,197,000
1.94
57
37
May
1173/4
389 1/2
12,391,000
134
3471/2
13,989,000
1,077,000
17,124,000
4.25
61
43
June
1431/2
4741/2
15,006,000
1581/2
4361/2
16,475,000
1,396,000
17,431,000
4.55
71
52
July
181
5921/2
18,715,000
169
465
17,581,000
1,443,000
18,940,000
2.85
77
60
August
2031/4
669
20,826,000
1533/4
423
16,062,000
1,415,000
20,082,000
3.31
75
56
September
1671/2
552
17,380,000
1403/4
388
14,509,000
1,126,000
14,364,000
1.78
71
54
October
1303/4
4351/2
13,533,000
152
418
15,708,000
978,000
6,623,000
4.23
56
39
November
1241/4
3831/2
12,416,000
1221/4
339
13,226,000
841,000
9,717,000
10.42
48
33
December
113
3761/2
12,366,000
1161/4
323 1/2
12,688,000
741,000
10,818,000
9.36
31
16
Total
1,6551/4 5,4381/2
171,985,000 1,5643/4 4,296
164,237,000
12,844,000
189,488,000
55.45
Duty based on BTU in Fuel 19,500 per lb. fuel oil Head, 74.5 ft.
Hrs. Run
Gals. Fuel
Gals. Pumped
Wolverine-Gould
1,655 1/4
5,4381/2 gals. 4,296
171,985,000
145,304,900
Fairbanks-Morse
1,5643/4
164,237,000
175,694,100
N. H. S. Electric
12,844,000
Total
3,220
9,7341/2 gals.
349,066,000
Gravity
189,488,000
Total Consumption
538,554,000
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WOLVERINE
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ASSESSORS' REPORT 1945
Aggregate Value
Exempted under Clauses 11-17-18-22-23
$21,817,326.00 45,976.00
Available for Revenue
$21,771,350.00
Valuation of Personal
$1,791,275.00
Valuation of Real
19,980,075.00
To be raised by taxation:
State Tax
$27,350.85
County Tax
44,110.64
Tuberculosis Hospital
17,311.52
From Available Funds
69,500.00
Town Appropriation
1,056,116.23
Overlay
11,406.27
$1,225,795.51
Estimated receipts, including:
Dog Tax voted by the Town to be used by Assessors $401,645.77
Out of available funds under approval of Commissioner of
Corporations and Taxation. TOWN MEETING,
March 24, 1945 109,500.00
511,145.77
$714,649.74
Division of Taxes:
January 1 Personal
$58,037.31
January 1 Real Estate
647,354.43
April 1 Polls 9,258.00
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December 31 Additional Polls December 20 Additional Real Rate of Taxation $32.40 on $1,000
10.00
58.32
Warrants to Collector:
Personal Property
$58,037.31
Real Estate
647,412.75
Polls
9,268.00
Moth 86.25
Exempted under Chapter 59,
Sec. 5, General Laws as Amended.
Houses of Religious Worship
$352,000.00
Charitable, Benevolent, Literary and Edu- cational
776,625.00
Parsonages Exempted
33,050.00
United States of America
124,200.00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
183,625.00
County of Plymouth
559,125.00
Town of Plymouth
1,489,650.00
TABLE OF AGGREGATES:
Number of Persons, Firms, and Cor-
porations Assessed on Property
4,780
Polls Assessed 4,639
Polls exempted under Clause 18 21
Polls exempted under Clause 23 11
Polls exempted under Clause 202
Sec. 1, Chap. 59, G. L., Acts of 1936 433
Polls Exempted under Sec. 8 Ch. 58 (Men in Armed Forces)
945
Horses
41
Cows
243
Neat Cattle
52
Swine
103
Sheep
62
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Fowl
13,050
All Others
4
Dwelling Houses
4,308
Acres of Land
48,000
Motor Vehicles and Trailers assessed under Motor Excise and Trailer Law: Value of Motor Vehicles and Trailers Registered $383,660.00
Warrants to Collector:
(Motor Excise and Trailer) $12,633.45
State Rate on Motor Vehicles and Trailers, $35.60 on $1,000.
ABATEMENT ACCOUNT
Levy of 1944:
Dec. 31, 1944 Balance
$12,394.75
Dec. 29, 1944 Abatements
Polls
$4.00
Personal 17.94
Real Estate 311.22
$333.16
To Reserve Overlay
12,024.15
12,357.31
$37.44
Levy of 1945:
May 18, 1945 Overlay
$11,406.27
Dec. 29, 1945
Abatements
Polls
$2,976.00
Personal
73.71
Real Estate
1,526.85
4,576.56
$6,829.71
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Reserve Overlay: Dec. 31, 1944 From Overlay of 1944
$34,631.66
12,024.15
$46,655.81
To Reserve Account
12,768.07
$33,887.74
THOMAS L. CASSIDY, GEORGE E. BLACKMER, ROBERT A. CARR, Board of Assessors.
PLYMOUTH PUBLIC LIBRARY AND LORING LIBRARY
From the annual report submitted to the Board of Directors of the Plymouth Public Library:
BOOKS STOCK
Number of volumes end of 1944
25,982
Volumes added by purchase
955
Volumes added by gift
43
Total
26,980
Volumes lost and withdrawn
1,530
Number of volumes end of 1945
25,450
Number of prints (estimate)
20,000
Periodicals subscribed to
78
Newspapers subscribed to
5
USE
Volumes of non-fiction lent
22,703
Volumes of fiction lent 50,626
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Prints lent 1,182
Volumes lent through 45 school deposits 18,527
Total number of volumes lent 91,856
Percent fiction lent 67.7
Circulation per capita (includes Loring Library) 7.9
REGISTRATION
Number of new borrowers registered 299
Total number of borrowers registered
3,947
Percent of registered borrowers of population served (includes Loring Library)
37
LORING LIBRARY
Books added 1945 435
USE
Volumes of non-fiction lent
6,158
Volumes of fiction lent 9,773
Total number of volumes lent
15,931
REGISTRATION
Number of new borrowers registered
98
Total number of borrowers registered
1,053
REPORT OF HARBOR MASTER FOR 1945
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
According to my records there was 1,589,000 pounds of fish landed in Plymouth during 1945.
Very few visitors were in Plymouth Harbor during 1945, because of war conditions and gasoline rationing.
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Some of the yacht basin has filled in from storms of the past few years, and from the Town Brook.
The required amount of alewives were stocked at Town Brook, Eel River and Manomet Brook.
Dories reported missing 38
Missing dories recovered 28
Total boats in Plymouth Harbor 5,362
Respectfully submitted,
ELMER P. BOUTIN, Harbor Master.
REPORT OF TREE WARDEN'S DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
During the year 1945 nearly all the street trees were sprayed for safety, although the elm beetles were not as plentiful as in former years. No damage was done by gypsy or browntail moths to the street trees.
Trimming was done to more than one hundred of the street trees, and the work will be carried on in the same way in 1946 as much remains to be done.
The department planted twenty-three trees about the town to take the places of the trees that had to be taken down. We plan as many more this year.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN A. KENNEDY,
Tree Warden.
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REPORT OF GYPSY AND BROWN-TAIL MOTH DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
This department managed to get practically all of the gypsy and brown-tail moths cleaned from the residential parts of the town.
Nearly all roads and shore property were sprayed. The moths were not as plentiful as in other years, so we sprayed where it was needed the most.
The brown-tail moth nests were cut and burned throughout the entire town, about five thousand five hun- dred in number.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN A. KENNEDY, Moth Superintendent.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON INLAND FISHERIES
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen:
Owing to the labor shortage and the difficulties experi- enced in obtaining transportation, your Committee was unable to carry out its plans for the year 1945 in securing a sufficient number of fish for restocking purposes.
However, several hundred small black bass were liber- ated, but only one hundred dollars of the three hundred dollar appropriation were expended, the balance of two hundred reverting to the Treasury.
This year your Committee will liberate both bass and yellow perch, and it requests that the sum of three hun- dred dollars be appropriated for that purpose.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK L. BAILEY, Chairman GEORGE L. GOODING HOWARD M. MORTON
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REPORT OF THE TOWN ENGINEER
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
The past year has been an unusually busy one for the Engineering Department.
During 1945 a survey was made of the High School property, and a plan was drawn for acquiring addi- tional land.
Plans and specifications were drawn up for a new sea wall at the Nelson St. Playground.
Surveys were made of Cape Cod Ave., Reed Ave., and Melix Ave. in Manomet.
Surveys and plans were made of South Cherry St., Squanto Rd., and a portion of Nicks Rock Rd. in North Plymouth.
A permit plan was made for a ramp at the State Pier.
A plan was drawn for house numbering on Billington St.
Surveys and plans were made of Boutemain Ave.
Lots at the Town Wharf were staked out.
Miscellaneous engineering work was done for the Board of Assessors.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD CHASE, Town Engineer.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR 1945
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
The high degree of efficiency is still being maintained as will be seen by the report.
The department answered 466 calls; Box alarms, 206; still alarms, 236; radio alarms, 20.
BUILDINGS
The assessed value of buildings and contents involved by fire was $862,375.00, the loss being $19,685.00 based on 13,000 inhabitants, shows a loss of about 1.38 per person and 2.27 of property involved.
There is still work to be done on the Central Station, as we were unable to get brick work pointed. The North Station should be painted this year.
The work on building in rear of Central Station is complete, and building is in good shape.
FIRE ALARM
The outside lines are in good condition but should be extended south from Cliff Street to junction of Warren Ave. and State Highway.
RADIO
The F.M. sets have been installed and have improved conditions remarkably.
APPARATUS
All apparatus is in good condition.
REPAIR DEPARTMENT
This department has proven to be of immense value, not only to this department, but to the Forest Fire Department, also all repair work of both departments being taken care of.
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ORGANIZATION
Fire Commissioner
Henry Walton
Fire Chief
Everett B. Wood
Deputy Chief
Clifton B. Hatton
Fire Dept. Surgeon Dr. William E. Curtin
Chaplain Reverend Ernest Pugh
3 Permanent Captains
1 Call Captain
1 Call Lieutenant
13 Permanent Men
35 Call Men
REPORT OF FIRE DUTY
Miles traveled, 7,893.7; false alarms, 8; rescue boat, 8; E & J resuscitator, 5; feet of hose laid, 28,125 ft. 21/2", 36,460 ft. 3/4", 18,950 ft. 11/2"; water from booster tanks, 49,490 gallons; 189 gallons of chemical; 1,307 feet of ladder used.
OUT OF TOWN CALLS
Kingston 4
Marshfield 1
Assessed Value of Buildings
$700,300.00
Value of Contents 162,075.00
$862,375.00
Insurance on Buildings
$726,760.00
Insurance on Contents
43,800.00
$770,560.00
Loss on Buildings
$14,080.00
Loss on Contents
5,605.00
$19,685.00
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Insurance Paid on Buildings
$12,890.00
Insurance Paid on Contents
3,261.00
$16,151.00
HENRY WALTON, Fire Commissioner.
REPORT OF FOREST FIRE WARDEN
Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my report for the year 1945.
APPARATUS
Three addiional Army Four-Wheel Drive Trucks were purchased and converted to fire trucks by the repair department of the regular department.
CONDITION OF WOODS
As previously stated the fire hazard in the woods is extremely serious, but it is hoped that with the heavier machines we shall be able to successfully combat the condition.
FIRES
We had 34 Forest Fires this year, that burned a total of 1,307 acres, one of which was 1,200 acres, the balance of 33 fires being an average of 3.14 acres per fire. 28,173 feet of hose laid; gallons of water pumped 27,430; 362 gallons chemical; miles traveled, 3,194.7.
BUDGET
Of the 1945 appropriations, we have the following balance:
Salaries
$492.58
Fire Pay Roll
404.62
Equipment Maintenance
100.70
$997.90
HENRY WALTON, Forest Fire Warden.
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REPORT OF THE TOWN FOREST COMMITTEE
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
A lot of work has been done in the Town Forest. Trimming has been done on a large group of red pine, and all roadways have been widened. All fire lanes have been plowed. A lot of the hurricane damage has been cleaned up and a great deal more has to be done.
We had to spend some money on the tower and build- ing as the rain was leaking in, damage done by the hurricane.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN A. KENNEDY GEORGE L. GOODING JAMES A. WHITE
REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Following are the reports and activities of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1945:
Number of arrests for the year 1945:
Males 370
Females 33
Total 403
Amount of Fines Imposed $3,776.00
Property Recovered 9,440.74
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MISCELLANEOUS WORK BY DEPARTMENT
Complaints investigated
2,390
Auto accidents investigated
173
Pedestrian
13
Personal injury
45
Property damage
111
Cyclists
4
173
Prisoners detained for other departments
62
Summonses served for other departments
39
Summonses (no-fix) issued
178
Trips guarding mail
94
Bank Alarms (false)
2
Fatal accidents investigated
Drownings
3
Burned to death
3
Sudden deaths
6
12
Street lights reported out
97
Doors found unlocked
76
Beacon lights reported out
6
Night lodgers
48
Dog complaints to Mr. Hanson
51
Dead cats to Board of Health
33
Missing children located
13
Missing persons located
22
MILEAGE OF DEPARTMENT
Patrol wagon
740
Cars
65,828
Ambulance
6,492
Motorcycle
3,745
Total mileage 76,805
Respectfully submitted,
LEO M. MURPHY, Sergeant in Charge.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF RETIREMENT
To the Citizens of the Town of Plymouth:
The Board of Retirement presents herewith its ninth report covering the activities and condition of the Con- tributory Retirement System for the year 1945.
All of our veterans of World War II, except one regular policeman and a few callmen, have returned to civilian life and, with one exception, to the employ of the town. We heartily welcome them back to our ranks and hope that the others may be back soon.
Chapter 658 of the Acts of 1945 comprises a complete revision of the contributory retirement law, effective January 1, 1946. Your Board has attempted in the follow- ing paragraphs to inform the members of the highlights of this new law, as they interpret it.
Any member of the system may now retire at the age of 55, a member in Group B (police and fire) must retire at age 65 and any other member at age 70. Persons be- coming employees after the age of 55 may not join the system but, unless they were employees when the system started, must leave the employ at the age of 65 in the case of police or firemen and at the age of 70 in the case of other employees.
There is a new formula for determining the amount of retirement allowance to be received upon retirement, which is simpler and generally more liberal than the old formula. Moreover, at the time of retirement, a member has his choice of one of three options. Option (a) gives the member the largest monthly allowance. Option (b) consists of a somewhat smaller monthly allowance, with the provision that, if the member dies before receiving in annuity payments a total amount equal to the total of his accumulated deductions, the difference shall be paid in one sum to his designated beneficiary. Option (c) consists of a still lesser retirement allowance but with the
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provision that two-thirds of the amount received by the retired member shall be continued, after his death, during the lifetime of the beneficiary designated by him at the time of his retirement.
Deductions from member's compensation is now based on a full 5%. This affects only those receiving over $2,600 a year, where formerly the maximum deduction was $130 a year. This additional deduction will increase the amount of a member's retirement allowance. Any member who so desires may pay into the annuity savings fund, by increased deductions from his compensation, additional amounts over the regular 5% to be used to in- crease the amount of annuity at the time of his retirement.
There are benefits payable for ordinary disability, if, after completing ten years, in the case of a veteran, or twenty years, for non-veterans, a member becomes totally and permanently incapacitated for the further perform- ance of duty. There are also benefits for accidental dis- ability resulting from an accident occurring at any time while in the performance of duty. In order to protect his interests, every member should report to the Board any accident which might give rise to a claim for accidental disability benefits. This report should be in writing within ninety days after its occurrence. In case of death from an accident occurring while in the performance of duty, there are also benefits payable to certain classes of dependents.
In case of death of a member before retirement, the amount of his deductions with regular interest will be paid to the designated beneficiary. It is therefore impor- tant that every member should file with the Board a "Designation of Beneficiary" form. A member has a right to change his choice of beneficiary by filing a new form at any time, except in the case of a member who has retired under option (c).
A veteran who joined the system before July 1, 1939, has full and complete rights under the Veterans' Act and, if so retired, will be paid the amount of his accumulated deductions at the time of his retirement. Any employee
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retiring under either the Contributory Retirement System or the Veterans' Act for disability must first be examined by a Medical Panel, composed of one physician desig- nated by the state surgeon, a second physician designated by the retiring board and a third physician designated by the employee.
If a member permanently leaves the employ of the town, except to take up employment in another gov- ernmental unit working under the Contributory Retire- ment Law, his deductions with interest will be returned to him on request. However, a member who has twenty years or more of creditable service may leave his deduc- tions in the system and take advantage of a deferred retirement allowance.
Any former member of the system who seeks re-em- ployment within two years after leaving the system and withdrawing his deductions must repay with interest the amount withdrawn. Since this is a condition of re- employment, it is recommended that members leave their deductions in the system for at least two years after termination of service. Any member who ceases employ- ment after age 55 cannot withdraw his deductions but must retire, except in the relatively few cases where the retirement allowance would be less than $240 per year.
This new law contains an additional factor for a veteran retiring under the Contributory Retirement Act, which increases his retirement allowance. For a veteran in Group A retiring for superannuation this would amount to one-fifth of the normal yearly amount of allowance to which he would have been entitled had he not been a veteran, provided that such additional amount shall not exceed $300.
I. MEMBERSHIP
1. Membership Dec. 31, 1944 140
Enrolled during 1945 27
Reinstated 6
173
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Withdrawals
27
Members retired
3
30
Total active members
143
2. Pensioners Dec. 31, 1944 22
Members retired during 1945
3
25
Deaths
2
Total pensioners
23
II. RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
Balance reported Dec. 31, 1944
$66,893.00
1. Receipts:
Appropriation, March, 1945
$25,497.70
Deductions from members' salaries and wages
9,634.21
Income from interest
2,050.82
Profit from sale of bonds
342.94
Increase in value of bonds
360.17
$37,885.84
2. Expenditures:
Pensions
$18,118.38
Annuities
810.26
Accidental death benefits
2,161.12
Refunds to former members
4,171.34
Clerical services
364.00
Stationery, printing, postage
27.22
Dues and travel expenses
16.50
Rental of safe deposit box
9.00
Loss on sale of bonds
81.79
Decrease in value of bonds
388.97
$26,148.58
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Cash balance
$7,136.75
Balance in securities
71,493.51
$78,630.26
III. BALANCE SHEET
1. Assets:
Plymouth National Bank
$7,136.75
Plymouth Savings Bank 5,923.89
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank 3,824.38
U. S. Treasury bonds, 27/8%
1,057.42
U. S. Treasury bonds, 21/2%
19,000.00
City of Boston bonds
2,537.40
Chesapeake & Ohio Rwy. bonds
1,049.00
Louisiana Arkansas Rwy. bonds
3,972.97
Northern Pacific Rwy. bonds
3,865.05
Great Northern Rwy. bonds
3,352.67
Louisville & Nashville Rwy.
bonds
2,192.50
New York Central & Hudson River Rwy. bonds 3,206.25
Reading Co. Rwy. bonds
5,093.50
Pacific Gas & Elec. Co. bonds, 3's of '70 2,028.18
Pacific Gas & Elec. Co. bonds, 3's of '71 2,106.04
Public Service Co. of New
Hampshire bonds 2,169.71
Southern California Edison Co. bonds 2,035.80
First National Bank of Boston stock
2,431.25
National Shawmut Bank stock
2,662.50
Brockton National Bank stock
2,985.00
$78,630.26
2: Liabilities:
Annuity Savings Fund $50,472.48
Annuity Reserve Fund 6,621.65
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Pension Fund 20,606.03
Special Fund for Military Service Credit 687.99
Expense Fund
242.11
$78,630.26
Respectfully submitted,
RUSSELL P. DEARBORN, Chairman CORA B. GRADY, Secretary HERBERT K. BARTLETT
Contributory Retirement System Board of Retirement, Plymouth
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
The Board of Public Welfare presents herewith its Annual Report for the year 1945.
The members of the Board of Public Welfare on Janu- ary 1, 1945, were Harold S. Damon, Chairman, Gordon S. McCosh and Harold G. Roberts. At the Annual Town Election held March 3rd, A. Rodman Hussey, Jr., was elected a member of the Board for a term of three years and Harold G. Roberts was elected for a term of one year. Following the Town Election, the Board, on March 10th, organized with A. Rodman Hussey, Jr. as chairman and the other members Gordon S. McCosh and Harold G. Roberts.
On August 13th, A. Rodman Hussey, Jr., resigned as Chairman of the Board, effective as of August 1st, and on August 28th Harold G. Roberts was elected Chairman of the Board.
As provided for in Chapter 708 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth, A. Rodman Hussey, Jr., no longer being able to perform his duties as a member of the Board by reason of his Naval Service, the vacancy on the Board was filled as provided in the same Chapter, and on September 5th, Andrew Rae, Jr., was appointed a military substitute. No further change in the membership of the Board took place during the year.
The year 1945 has presented to the Board many diversi- fied problems of both War and Peace. The first part of the year, before V. J. Day, we were called upon for a variety of Services, frequently by the Federal Govern- ment itself, relating to Selective Service, dependents of men in the service, persons affected by rulings applicable to enemy aliens, children of working mothers, young workers, migrating workers and their families in cases
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of juvenile delinquency, social protection and for furnish- ing general information, advice and referral services to the public at large and for persons with particular prob- lems. Although many of these required services were not new to the Public Welfare Department, it did do a great deal to develop "Public Welfare" in the direction of a unified approach to those basic human problems of social adjustment and which are considered the area of responsibility of social work.
Since V. J. Day, August 14th, it has become increasingly evident that not only were such services needed in the upheavals of the war years but that such public functions in the field of social work should be discharged through agencies responsible to the public and that our Public Welfare Department has recognized and expanding re- sponsibilities to the citizens of our town, in the area of social work. These responsibilities are becoming more apparent as the social insurances expand and mature.
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