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The circulation record for the year 1937 is as follows:
Main library
37,360
(953-High School).
Cliftondale 34,904
East Saugus
5,970
Lynnhurst
3,090
North Saugus
1,401
Total
82,725
JOHN B. LANG,
KALER A. PERKINS,
LEVERETT B. MEARS,
ALBERT R. MAGEE,
WALTER D. BLOSSOM,
CHAUNCEY V. WHITTREDGE,
Trustees .-
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Report of Town Employment Officers and W. P. A. Certifying Board
December 31, 1937
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Town of Saugus,
Gentlemen:
The first aim of this board has been to certify and sys- tematically arrange in classes each and every person who has appeared before us. Secondly, we have diligently maintained contacts with every possible source of employment, that the greatest number of cases be given work at all times.
Through this system, we were able to certify and place three hundred and fifty-eight (358) laborers and thirty-seven (37) carpenters on the projects of B. Perini & Sons, for vary- ing periods of from one week to a full year. Eighty-seven (87) laborers were placed on the Frank P. Bennett Highway project. Warren Bros. accepted seventy-five (75) men among them skilled carpenters, firemen, truck drivers and laborers. In addition, one hundred and eighty-one (181) men were sent to the Federal Flood Control Project at Haverhill, for from four to five months' employment. Twenty (20) men were used by the Lynn Gas and Electric Company for laying new mains on the Newburyport Turnpike.
On December 31, 1937 this board had a total registra- tion of one thousand one hundred and twenty-four (1124) persons, divided as follows :
Employed on W. P. A. 285
Not qualified 191
Receiving Soldier's Relief 45
Youths 80
Seeking employment 523
Total 1124
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EMPLOYMENT OFFICERS' REPORT
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The five hundred and twenty-three (523) seeking em- ployment together with their dependents represent a total of .two thousand and ninety-two (2092) persons.
A summary of the above shows one family out of every seven in the Town of Saugus seeking support from the Federal Government or from one of the various social agencies which render assistance to the needy.
To the Board of Selectman, the Board of Public Welfare, the Director of Soldiers' Relief, the Superintendent of Public Works and all other town departments which have co-opera- ted with us, we wish to extend our sincere thanks
We respectfully submit the above report,
GEORGE B. DIXON, L. ELMER DAY, DELMONT E. GODING,
Certifying Board for the Town of Saugus.
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Report of the Chief of Police
January 1, 1938
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
It again becomes my pleasure to present to you my sev- enth annual report of the Police Department during the year 1937.
The department consists of a Chief, one Captain, one Lieutenant, eleven patrolmen, and five reserve officers. There are also forty special police officers. Of this amount twenty- seven of them are equipped with uniforms and are capable of doing regular police work in emergencies. There are also the watchmen at the Lynn Water Shed, who are special police officers. There are seven in this group.
The roster of the Police Department is as follows:
Chief John T. Stuart
Captain Henry P. Wheaton
Lieutenant Roland E. Mansfield Regular Patrolmen
James P. Sullivan Thomas F. Spencer
Clarence H. Berrett
Walter F. Neal
William MacDougall William F. Cahill
Joseph A. Lambert Jr. Ernest A. Dunham
James F. Maher Howard P. Berrett
Carl G. W. Pearson
Reserve Patrolmen
Rosario A. Buccheire John E. Luoma
Walter J. Ellsmore Edgar T. McKenney
Edward F. Newbury
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Special Police Officers
Gustave A. Anderson
John E. Mansfield
Timothy J. Bannon
Alexander S. McCarrier
Oren O. Bentley
Barney McCular
Matthew J. Buckley
Willie Penney
James Blair
Charles B. Pugsley
Minor Brown
George Robinson
Thomas E. Canavan
Henry R. Robinson
David A. Craig
Percy Pidgeon
Leslie E. Downs
Fred Sellick
Herbert Diamond
George F. Sullivan
John W. Foley
Frank L. Symonds
Phillip A. Farnham
Ralph Whidden
Frank Garafano
Louis Winchell
Norman Hatch
Everett Vickery
Clarence Howard
John W. White
George I. Hull
Charles Wilson
Phillip A. Hull
Charles H. Mason
Charles S. James
George W. Jeffrey
Warren P. Lovell
William F. Hubbard
William Maag
Police Matron Mabel D. Murdoch
Special Police for Lynn Watershed
Michael A. Ahern
Patrick Garrity
Henry A. Dever
Dennis Keane
Albert R. Fallon
Dennis Mead
William Kennedy
Daily Reports of Officers Show the Following
Complaints received 1126, Complaints investigated 466, Doors and Windows found open 354, Autos stolen 20, Autos recovered 26, Articles lost 41, Articles found 47, Persons miss- ing 53, Persons found 49, Dogs lost 68, Dogs found 114, Lights found burning 61, Conveyed to hospitals 195, Con- veyed from hospitals 59, Fires responded to 81, Breaks 76, Larcenies 143, Dog bites 43, Dogs barking 62, Birds and Animals killed by dogs 35, Property damaged or destroyed 112, Playing in street 331, Domestic troubles 36, Drunks 71,
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Assaults 49, Holes in streets and sidewalks 55, Disturb- ances 80, Animals killed 72, Miscellaneous complaints 468, Miscellaneous reports 301. All others 385.
During the year 1937 there were 781 arrested. Of this amount 742 were males, 29 females, 10 juveniles. This is an increase over 1936.
These arrests for the following offenses :- Drunken- ness 276, Operating a motor vehicle under influence of liquor 60, Violation motor vehicle laws 172, Law of the road 12, Larceny 19, Larceny delinquent 2, Violation school law 5, Non-Support 1, Assault 2, Assault & Battery 26, Violation gaming laws 7, Breaking and entering and larceny 12, Il- ligitimacy 1, Indecent exposure 1, False alarms 2, Evading fare 1, Robbery 2, Disorderly conduct 12, Stubborn child 1, Lewd and Lascivious 1, Abortion 1, Accessory before the fact to abortion 1, Rape 4, Accosting 1, Arson 1,- Adultery 2, Tramp 1, Vagrant 2, Disturbing the peace 7, Trepassing 4, Destroying personal property 2, Assault with intent to rape 2, Attempt to rescue a prisoner 2, Bathing in domestic waters 1, Violation of Town by-laws 2, Violation of Fish and Game Laws 3, Setting fires without permit 4.
Dispositions of the year's arrests are as follows: Fined 233, Filed 186, Released 110, Dimisssed 12, Discharged 28, Committed to House of Correction 27, Committed to State Farm 7, Held for Grand Jury 28, Costs of Court and Filed 9, Placed on Probation during the year 1937 11, Surrendered to Lyman School 1, Committed to State Hospital 1, Arrests for Out of Town Police 128.
The nativity of the persons arrested, segregated are as follows: Americans 564, Canadians 20, Dutch 2, Polish 24, Irish 4, French 3, Greeks 2, Swedish 2, Scotch 5, English 7, Italians 20, Jews 3, Norwegians 2.
The total amount of fines collected in the Saugus Police Court for the year 1937, amounted to $1378.00 Of this amount the Town of Saugus received $473.00, and the Coun- ty of Essex $895.00, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts $10. From the Lynn District Court the Town of Saugus re- ceived $195.20 which is a slight increase over 1937.
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POLICE CHIEF'S REPORT
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At this time I wish to call to your attention that fact that your department is very much undermanned, and under paid. When you look around and find that towns our size and much smaller in population, and area, and not in the condition we have here in the Town of Saugus are paying for patrolmen $2200 per year or $6.00 per day as of Saugus $2007.50 per year or $5.50 per day. This will be a matter for the town meeting members to consider at the Annual Town Meeting this year. The reason we are asking for this increase, is the high cost of living, also outside cities and Towns supply their men with uniforms and other equipment. The Saugus Police are one of the lowest paid departments in the State, and one that has very much more work and crime to handle. We are entitled to the request we are asking for, and hope you will see your way clear, and give the Department a just wage that is comparable with other departments, so that the men will continue to give the same efficient work as in the past.
In conclusion I wish to thank the Honorable Board of Selectmen, the several town officials, and all the citizens of the town who by their co-operation and good will aided me in maintaining the high degree of efficiency that the Police Department ranks. I also wish to thank Judge Charles E. Flynn for his co-operation during the past year. Last, but not least, I want to thank all the members of the Department for their part in keeping the efficiency of the Department at a high standing.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN T. STUART, Chief of Police.
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Report of Cemetery Commissioners
Your Commissioners are pleased to report that during compared with running expenses of $8,543.92. They are the year 1937 the receipts of the Cemetery were $12,027.85, turning back to the Town as unexpended, the difference be- tween $8,700 appropriated and the above mentioned amount.
At the last Town Meeting there was appropriated $3000.00 for filling the pit on the Montieth lot (so called) purchased the previous year. We were fortunate in securing advantageous bids for this fill, and have expended to date $2,314.77 of the $3000.00, leaving a substantial amount to complete the job.
There is a special article in this year's warrant asking for $1200.00 for a new wall on the Winter Street side of the Montieth land (so called), some 230 feet long, to match the wall already bordering the Cemetery on Winter Street.
There are a few lots remaining in the main Cemetery, but with the new land purchased in 1935, and with this wall built to match the wall already bordering the Cemetery, it will add much to the appearance of this new plot and enable us to care for our citizens for some years to come.
We want to acknowledge the splendid co-operation given us during the year by Superintendent Merrithew of the Pub- lic Works Department, who has always been ready and will- ing to help out on short notice.
A suggestion has recently been made that eventually a crematory be built in the Cemetery, and as we have a splendid site available this is worth the consideration of the people of the Town and the Commissioners in future years.
A substantial amount has been added to the Perpetual Care Fund during the year but the interest paid by the Sav- ings Banks is so small that this amounts to much less than
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the Commissioners had hoped, but with the return of higher interest rates, it will mean a substantial income toward the care of the grounds.
HENRY A. B. PECKHAM, Chairman WILLIAM E. LUDDEN, BENJAMIN A. FULLERTON, Cemetery Commissioners
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Report of Safety Committee
The Safety Committee, out of the appropriation of $100 made at the last annual town meeting, expended $98.75. This did not cover the cost of work done but we were able to do this with the co-operation of the Public Works Depart- ment, who furnished all labor for painting streets, etc., ad- joining the school buildings.
We are asking the Finance Committee to give us an ap- propriation of $150 extra this year, as the traffic signs around town have been pretty well battered by youths who enjoy decorating them with missiles. These should be replaced and a number of new signs erected for safety in the town, all of which can be accomplished without any labor expense.
Thanks of the Committee are due Chief John T. Stuart, of the Police Department, who has taken an active interest in the Safety Campaign and done splendid work with his force during the year.
SAUGUS SAFETY COMMITTEE,
Henry A. B. Peckham, Chairman
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PUBLIC WELFARE REPORT
1937]
Report of the Board of Public Welfare
To the Citizens of the Town of Saugus:
Your Board of Public Welfare herewith submits its an- nual report for the year ending December 31, 1937.
The appropriation for Public Welfare at the Annual Town Meeting was $37,500.00 ; refunds amounted to $117.50, plus Federal Grants of $1,902.66 for Aid to Dependent Chil- dren, making a total of $39,520.16.
The expenditure of the Division of Public Welfare was $30,893.22 and that of Aid to Dependent Children, $5,086.50 making a total expenditure of $35,979.72.
At a special Town Meeting held October 4, 1937, $3,000.00 was transferred to Soldiers' Relief and $500.00 to Infirmary accounts, respectively. Forty dollars and forty- four cents was returned to the Town Treasury as an unex- pended balance.
In the Old Age Assistance Division, the appropriation at the regular town meeting was $27,500.00 with refunds of $714.32 during the year, plus Federal Grants of $37,132.62 and a Federal Administration Grant of $1,237.62 making a total of $66,684.56.
The total expenditure of the Division of Old Age Assist- ance including administration was $60,491.46. Six thousand, ninety-three dollars and ten cents was returned to the Town Treasury as an unexpended balance .
It is an interesting fact, and we feel it should be brought to the attention of the taxpayers, that while the total expen- ditures of the three divisions, namely: Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children and Temporary Aid, amounted to $96,471.68 that the Town received during the year, through Federal Grants, reimbursements from the State and Cities and Towns $57,521.22, making a net cost to the Town for all de-
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partments under the jurisdiction of the Public Welfare, $38,- 950.46.
The average number of families aided on Temporary Aid was 262, representing approximately 1,310 persons; under Aid to Dependent Children, 12 families, representing 42 per- sons. The number of recipients on Old Age Assistance to- talled 272 in 1937.
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Through this Department, 24 boys from families form- erly or now on relief have been sent to Civilian Conservation Corps Camps during the year.
We have done our utmost to lighten the burden of the taxpayers by co-operating with other departments in the town, insomuch that the following is a list of work days per- formed in the several departments by the recipients of Tem- porary Aid :
Men
Days
Public Works Department
92
138
Town Farm
211
214
Cemetery
167
178
Town Hall
9
10
W. P. A. Commissary
21
24
The W. P. A. Commissary now located in the Town Hall has been a medium of added relief, not only to those actual- ly on welfare rolls but also to a large number of families whose income was so small that the Board felt justified in certifying them for clothing and commodities as they are available.
Your Board of Public Welfare wishes to go on record at this time as thanking the private charitable organizations in the Town for their splendid co-operation in aiding so many of our people who have refrained from applying for public aid.
We have endeavored to conduct the Department in an efficient and business-like manner, keeping ever in mind our duty to the applicant for assistance, also our responsibility to the taxpayer.
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TOWN INFIRMARY REPORT
1937]
Report of the Town Infirmary
The appropriation at the Annual Town Meeting was $4,000.00. An additional sum of $500.00 was transferred at a special town meeting held in October, from the Public Welfare appropriation to this account and the sum of $93.00 was transferred from the reserve fund to the Infirmary ac- count in December, making a total of $4,593.00.
Receipts from produce was $228.50.
The total expenditures for the year were $4,592.80 with $.20 reverting to the Town Treasury as an unexpended bal- ance.
At the present time there are eleven inmates at the In- firmary, six men and five women.
We have delivered 75 loads of wood to Welfare reci- pients which is approximately 371/2 cords.
Approximately two acres of land were ploughed and given to citizens of the Town for home gardens, enabling worthy families, endeavoring to solve their problem of un- employment or small income, to augment their resources. Our only regret is that more people did not see their way to take advantage of our offer.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR C. DUNK, Chairman GUSTAVE A. ANDERSON, Secretary ERNEST M. HATCH.
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[Dec. 31
Report of the Board of Assessors
Assessors' Department
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Number of polls assessed 4,574
Number of persons paying on property 7,193
Number of persons liable to do Military Duty 3,057
Population as taken by the Assessors Jan. 1, 1937. . 15,566
Schedule of Property Assessed
Number of dwelling houses 3,765
Number of acres of land
5,534
Number of acres of land (exempted)
Number of horses
43
Number of cows
300
Number of sheep
6
Number of swine
1,266
Number of goats
22
Number of fowl
9,801
Number of rabbits
36
Number of dogs to be registered (female 364, male
884)
1,248
Value of Real and Personal Property
Buildings (excluding land) $10,262,225
Land (excluding buildings) 4,633,144
Personal Property 1,426,662
Total Amount of Public Property Exempt from Taxation
Final takings of unredeemed real estate. $ 45,000
Town Property 2,087,613
Religious Societies 424,700
Civic Societies 8,775
Literary Societies 7,025
Sons of Veterans Building Association 10,675
Salvation Army of Massachusetts 150%
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ASSESSORS' REPORT
427
Lynn Council Boy Scouts of America, Inc. of Lynn .
6,100
City of Lynn
350
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Breakheart Reservation 66,043
City of Melrose
50
Basis of Taxation
Town Appropriations $733,033.06,
Deficits in Overlay Accounts 1930-1933-1934 7,943.55
State Tax
27,830.00
Charles River Basin
1,572.07
Metropolitan Planning
116.62
Metropolitan Park Loan
7,266.32
Metropolitan Sinking Funds
723.12
Metropolitan Nantasket, Main
549.86
Wellington Bridge
13.97
Abatement of Smoke Nuisance
167.49
Audit of Municipal Accounts
3.90
Hospital Home Care
150.00
West Roxbury, Brookline
5.27
County Tax
22,735.60
Tuberculosis Hospital
6,107.09
Overlay
2,763.61
State Tax paid in 1936 in excess of estimates
raised
1,460.91
Total
$812,442.44
Less Town Income
201,000.38
$611,442.06
Appropriated as follows:
On real estate
$549,649.53
On personal property
52,644.53:
On polls 9,148.00
Net amount to be raised by taxation on property
and polls $611,422.06
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Taxes of State, County and Town Committed to the Tax Collector
April 14, 1937 $ 9,148.00
July 17, 1937 . 602,294.06
October 28, 1937 919.02
December 20, 1937
216.22
Tax Rate per $1000 $36.90
Abatements on Polls, Real Estate and Personal Estate
Levy of 1930
$ 2.57
Levy of 1931
3.00
Levy of 1933
132.77
Levy of 1934 682.01
Levy of 1935
1,372.76
Levy of 1936
7,712.73
Levy of 1937
3,419.80
Motor Excise Tax Committed to the Tax Collector
April 16, 1937 $ 9,710.89
July 12, 1937 1,163.25
August 20, 1937 12,358.25
October 26, 1937 353.58
November 4, 1937
2,596.31
December 22, 1937
700.16
Abatements on Motor Excise Tax
Levy of 1934 $ 134.72
Levy of 1935
212.48
Levy of 1936
399.99
Levy of 1937
1,765.41
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PLAYGROUND COMMISSIONERS' REPORT
1937]
Report of the Playground Commission
The Board of Playground Commissioners submit to you their annual report.
The board has met on the first and fourth Tuesdays of the month with Dr. Mary M. Penny as chairman and John J. Bucchiere as secretary and business agent.
Mr. Henry B. Winslow caretaker of Stackpole Field has been retired on pension, we appreciate the manner he served the Town as caretaker of Stackpole Field.
Improvements have been made on all playgrounds. Equipment has been added and with the addition of this equipment there has been a large increase in the number of children who have patronized our playgrounds. The Anna Parker playground has been improved, the old dump that was an eyesore to the community has been completely cov- ered over, the grounds are in better shape than they ever were, the drainage problem has been put into the hands of the Selectmen, and they have ordered a project made up that will eliminate this hazard.
The recreation project is now under the direction of Freeman Murray who is the Supervisor of Recreation, this project is a great benefit to the school children, the Federal Government is to be commended for their contribution of funds which make up the wages of all instructors. The young children kindergarten classes under the direction of Miss Phyllis Easter have been very successful. We thank the WPA officials and the Board of Selectmen along with Mr. Frank Murphy our co-ordinator for their co-operation.
It was promised by this board that plans would be pre- sented for a new football gridiron and bleachers on Stackpole Field; we are glad to announce at this time that the new field, clubhouse and bleachers will be ready for the opening of our 1938 high school football season next October. We thank all those who played a part in this project, but special
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credit should be given to the Co-ordinator and all WPA workers who have been employed on this project; they are a credit to the Town of Saugus; we thank them all for their ef- forts towards having this project complete and ready for the coming football season of our high school athletes. With the installation of a drain system, new green grass turf, track, bleachers, clubhouse with all facilities we will be able to boast of one of the finest athletic plants in this part of the State, and for the first time in the history of Saugus we will present to the public a first class recreational plant with all the modern facilities and the comfort that recreation pro- vides.
The entire cost of this stadium project will be about $50,000. Five thousand dollars of this money will be paid out by the Town for materials, all the rest of which is for labor as the Government's contribution. We thank Mr. James Hughes, WPA field engineer, for the co-operation he has ex- tended on local WPA supervisors in making this project what it is. We hope that all citizens will take time to look over what the WPA has helped us here in Saugus to get.
We want to thank those members of the General Elec- tric Athletic Association who were so kind as to loan us 3000 bleacher seats. No one knew that our football team would draw the large number of people that they did, we were in no position to buy new bleachers, and for this we want to thank this board for their spirit of co-operation. If the field on Summer Street is made ready by the month of May they are contemplating the loan of their field to our high school baseball teams for the summer while Stackpole Field is un- der construction.
Our budget for 1938 that was presented to the Finance Committee for consideration has been reduced over that of 1937, 47 per cent, this was done in trying to keep the tax rate low. Progress is being made on all our playgrounds, and the sections of our Town where there are no playgrounds we have inserted in the Town Warrant an article for the in- stallation of playground equipment in the following school yards: Oaklandvale, North Saugus, Lynnhurst, Roby, Armi- tage, Sweetser, Emerson, Ballard, Mansfield, Cliftondale.
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1937]
All Town departments have been generous in their co- operation. Mr. Ralph Quirk of our Town Account's office has been of great service to us. We thank all those others who took part, and in closing may we reiterate that we are deter- mined to carry out our constructive program to a complete end; this program when complete will provide for the safety of our school children both in life and health.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD A. AMERY, JR. JOHN J. BUCCHIERE, Secretary Agent DR. MARY M. PENNY, Chairman
Trust Funds in the Hands of the Treasurer, Income of which is applied toward Perpetual Care of Lots
Lot or Grave
Name
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1937
Interest on Deposit
New Accounts
Total Credit
Paid Care of Lot
Balance on hand Dec. 31, 1937
464
Abbott, Pliny
90.00
2.72
92.72
2.72
90.00
T-101
Addison, Edith
5.00
5.00
5.00
647
Addison, John H. and Alexander S.
20.00
.50
20.50
50
20.00
385-E
Adlington, Winslow D ..
70.80
2.12
72.92
2.12
70.80
287-A
Ahlquist, John A. and Anna M. . ...
75.00
2.27
77.27
2.27
75.00
518
Ahman, Charles
15.00
38
15.38
38
15.00
833-834
Albohn, Adelaide
30.00
90
30.90
90
30.00
231
Allen, Carrie G.
75.00
2.27
77.27
2.27
75.00
768
Allison, Walter V.
1.50
120.00
121.50
1.50
120.00
192
Amerige, George M. .. .
200.00
5.03
205.03
5.03
200.00
363-W
Amery, Martha E. . ...
51.00
1.54
52.54
1.54
51.00
636-E1/2
Ames, Gladys . .
63.00
1.58
64.58
1.58
63.00
323-A
Anderson, Annie C.
60.00
1.80
61.80
1.80
60.00
690-B
Anderson, J. W.
75.00
1.88
76.88
1.88
75.00
A-15
Anderson, John
.63
60.00
60.63
.63
60.00
56
Andrews, Mary
100.00
3.02
103.02
3.02
100.00
T-267
Andrews, Oscar
8.00
8.00
8.00
662-3
Annas, Adella M.
40.00
1.00
41.00
1.00
40.00
469
Annis, Fannie C.
.
90.00
2.72
92.72
2.72
90.00
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108
150.00
4.53
154.53
4.53
150.00
50.00
1.50
51.50
1.50
50.00
Armitage, Addie S. .
201.69
5.06
206.75
5.06
201.69
345
Armitage-Parsons Lot. .
150.00
4.53
154.53
4.53
150.00
352
Armour, Malvern . .
15.00
.46
15.46
46
15.00
367-E
Armstrong, William H.
63.00
1.90
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