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Registration figures (shown in the table at the end of this report) show that about 31 per cent of the Town's population are library borrowers.
Statistics Circulation-comparative figures for five years
Adult
Juvenile
Total
1950
51,832
25,579
77,411
1951
48,264
31,554
79,818
1952
48,341
33,282
81,623
1953
48,357
37,161
85,518
1954
48,218
39,668
86,886
American Library Association Form of Statistics
Name of the Library
Saugus Free Public Library
Town
Saugus, Massachusetts
Librarian
Miss Huldah Blackmer
Date of founding
1887
Population served (1950 census)
17,329
Library appropriation per capita
$ .946
Total number of agencies
7
Consisting of
Main Library
Lynnhurst Branch
Cliftondale Branch
North Saugus Branch
East Saugus Branch
Oaklandvale Branch
High School
Hours open for lending and reference (per week) :
Main Library
371%
Cliftondale
21
East Saugus
131%
Lynnhurst
3
(Since September-for juveniles only)
2
North Saugus
4
Oaklandvale (for juveniles only)
2
High School (hours per school year)
828
Book Stock:
Volumes at beginning of year
32,216
Volumes added
1,815
Volumes withdrawn
1,053
Total (December 31, 1954)
32,978
Registration:
Active Borrowers
Adult
Juvenile
Adult
New or Re-registered Borrowers Juvenile
Main Library
1796
1030
522
304
Cliftondale
672
902
142
275
East Saugus
208
387
56
93
Lynnhurst
32
131
11
49
North Saugus
74
71
16
19
Oaklandvale
151
37
Total
2692
2672
747
777
Grand totals
5364
1524
66
Staff:
Miss Huldah Blackmer, librarian
Gladys H. Warren, assistant librarian
Frances Sperry, branch librarian-Cliftondale and Lynnhurst
Maude Moses, branch librarian-North Saugus
Margaret D. Adams, Nettie Sargent, assistants-East Saugus
Elizabeth Platt, assistant-Oaklandvale
Hourly workers: Nancy Buckwell, Carol Bothroyd, Patricia Hayes, Dorothy Kyle, Anita Mitton, Henry Klockson, Robert Forward, Robert Quirk, Donald Ruthman.
Respectfully submitted,
ERNEST L. SHAPIRO, Chairman HAROLD J. ADLINGTON KALER A. PERKINS LILLIAN D. GEORGE CATHERINE REYNOLDS KATHERINE C. SILVER Board of Library Trustees.
TIME SCHEDULE OF THE SAUGUS FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Monday, 1 to 9 P.M .; Tuesday, 1 to 5:30 P.M .; Wednesday, 1 to 9 P.M .; Thursday, 1 to 5:30 P.M .; Friday, to 5:30 1 P.M .; Saturday, 1 to 9 P.M.
Summer Schedule
Same as above except Friday the hours are 1 to 9 P.M., and closed all day Saturday, from July 1 to Labor Day.
Schedule of Hours at Branches
Cliftondale Branch, Sweetser School, Lin- coln Avenue: Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 2 to 5 P.M., and 6 to 9 P.M., all through the year.
East Saugus Branch, 30 Lincoln Avenue, (in Sewer Pumping Station): Regular Schedule: Tuesday, Thursday and Satur- day, 3:30 to 8 P.M. Summer Schedule: Same, except closed on Saturdays.
Lynnhurst Branch, Lynnhurst School, Cleve- land: Open Monday mornings 9 to 11 A.M. during school season only.
North Saugus Branch, North Saugus School, North Saugus Square: Monday, 3 to 5 P.M., and Thursday, 7 to 9 P.M., through- out the year.
Oaklandvale Branch, Oaklandvale School, Main Street: Open Wednesday mornings 9 to 11 A.M. during school season only.
"MR. SAUGUS" - 88 YEARS YOUNG Albert C. Day, believed to be the oldest elected town official in the Commonwealth, played a great part in making the town's 325th anniversary possible. Mr. Day is an elected member of the Town Meeting from Precinct One and a valuable member of the Planning Board.
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LAW DEPARTMENT
Dear Mr. Manager:
Last year was exceptionally busy for the Law Department and many written opin- ions were furnished at the request of the Town Manager, Board of Selectmen, Moder- ator, Planning Board, Building Department, Public Works Department, Board of Ap- peals, Board of Health, Town Clerk and others.
The subject matters were varied and in- cluded, rights of abutting owners in private ways; status of the Town Landing; reim- bursement for anti-rabic vaccine; powers and duties of the Board of Selectmen under the Board of Chapter 17 of the Act of 1947; farms as permitted uses in single residence districts under the zoning by-law, and legality of many articles in Town Meeting warrants.
Town Meeting; surplus water revenue; li- censes for dog kennels; eminent domain; veterans preferences; plumbing regulations; liability for injuries on playgrounds; repairs to private ways; sidewalk assessments; rights of cemetery lot owners in the paths and avenues; sales by greenhouses in single residence districts; liability for water main breaks, abandonment of non-conforming uses in residence areas under the zoning by-law; druggists' liquor licenses; hours for sale of liquor on secular days, and scores of others.
Many consultations were held with vari- ous town departments and scores of oral opinions rendered.
The following cases appeared on the lists of various courts, including the Supreme Judicial Court, Middlesex Superior Court, Suffolk Superior Court, Essex Superior Court, Essex Probate Court, Appellate Tax Board, First District Court of Essex and the District Court of Southern Essex in Lynn.
Saugus v. Hagan; Shafner v. Saugus; Flynn v. Saugus; Surabian v. Saugus; Ny- man v. Saugus; Saugus v. MacNally; Saugus v. Martin; Shickling v. Saugus Assessors; Hopkins v. Saugus; Trimont v. Saugus, et al; Day v. Saugus Bd. of Appeals; Migdula v. Saugus; Oljey v. Saugus; Chaves v. Saugus Bd. of Appeals; Pereira v. Saugus Bd. of Appeals; and Saugus v. Garland.
Also, Iritano v. Saugus; Batchelder v. Saugus; Fiske v. Saugus; D'Amico v. Sau- gus; Haughn v. Saugus Bd. of Appeals; Mer- rill v. Saugus Selectmen; Sheehan v. Saugus Bd. of Appeals; Mills, et al v. Saugus Town Manager; Saugus v. Rubner; and Saugus v. Feinstein.
All of the above cases tried were decided in favor of the Town of Saugus although in the Sheehan case an adverse decision was received in the Superior Court and it was necessary to appeal to the Supreme Judicial Bench to achieve ultimate victory. A few cases are still pending, but the majority of them have been finally disposed of favorably to the Town of Saugus.
While recent legislation pertaining to Old Age Assistance and Public Welfare, such as the lien law, so called, and the uniform support act, have added new duties to those of this department, it has also resulted in the recovery of thousands of dollars by the town during the past year.
The many public improvement projects now under way have had a tendency to in- crease the work of the law department con- siderably, not only in respect to the number of opinions required, but in the legal work resulting from the building of new public buildings, highway construction, drainage installations, and the acquisition of land and easements for these and other improve- ments.
Enforcement of the Zoning By-Law has occupied the time and attention of this de- partment during the past year for consul- tations, legal research, opinions, the com- mencement of actions, and the preparation of cases.
Through the medium of this report I de- sire to express my great appreciation for the patience and understanding of those officials and department heads who may not have received the customary prompt service from the Law Department this year that they might ordinarily expect. This has been due to the illness of the Town Counsel.
Respectfully submitted,
ALBION L. HOGAN,
Town Counsel.
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BOARD OF HEALTH
To the Town Manager:
The Health Department consists of three board members, an agent, who is also Plumbing Inspector, Sanitary Inspector, Animal Inspector, Slaughtering Inspector, and Burial Agent; a Registered Nurse and a clerk, who is also clerk for the Building Department.
In our Laboratory at the Sweetser School, the following tests were made:
Samples collected:
Market milk 89
Grade "A" milk 44
Homogenized milk 97
Special milk 12
Cream 72
Ice Cream 35
Chemical Analysis of milk and cream. 330
(Three found below standard)
Bacteriological examination of milk and
cream 673
(25 found below standard)
Coliform count 344
(46 found below standard)
Chemical analysis of ice cream 40
(One found below standard)
Bacteriological examination of Mix and Ice Cream 105
(11 found below standard)
Phosphatase Test 381
Late in the year our Laboratory was approved by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health for testing drinking water.
Our program for the control of Tubercu- losis has continued as in previous years. All known cases are followed closely and a search is made for any new ones that may be developing. Fifty visits were made throughout the year on follow-up cases, and three patients were re-admitted to Essex Sanatorium. Twenty-five patients were transported to the Sanatorium for x-days and examination. Three hundred fifty High School students and 300 grade school pupils were patch tested.
Some 412 children were transported and treated in our Dental Clinic.
A total of 130 appointments were kept at the Well Child Clinic, which is for children from birth to pre-school age and who are followed in feeding, vaccination, immuni- zation and regular physical examination.
At the beginning of each school year a Diphtheria Clinic is held at the Board of Health office, and last year 100 children were immunized against Diphtheria, Tetanus and Whooping Cough.
Another part of this program is the mail- ing of cards to all mothers of new babies, advising them to have their infants im- munized, and 120 cards were sent out.
There were 165 cases of communicable diseases reported in 1953, and 265 in 1954. Twenty-five of these cases required home visits by our nurse.
Two families were aided in hospital care of their premature infants.
Complaints received at the office are numerous and varied, such as Garbage, 590 - Rubbish, 105 - Overflowing cesspools, 14-illegal dumping, six-miscellaneous, 16, making a total number of complaints, 731.
During 1954, 63 connections were made to the common sewer, which was largely due to extension of sewers.
Following is the revenue received by the department from permits, licenses and sub- sidies :
Plumbing permits $1,309.00
Subsidies 1,242.04
Animal permits 70.00
Alcohol permits 38.00
Bottling permit 10.00
Oleo permits 21.50
Milk permits 52.00
Ice cream permits 74.00
Trailer, motel and cabin licenses 231.50
Kindergarten permits 3.00
Dental clinic 71.50
License to manufacturer frozen
desserts 5.00
License for meat processing plant
10.00
Licenses to transport night soil. 10.00
License to transport manure.
4.00
License to transport garbage
36.00
License to transport waste.
20.00
Drain layers licenses. 38.00
Licenses to maintain dumps 4.00
Pasturization license 10.00
Funeral director licenses.
15.00
Total $3,274.54
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Following are department operational ex- penses for the past four years:
General
Salaries
Expense
1951
$6,945.29
$12,545.67
1952
7,497.18
13,591.52
1953
8,724.98
27,660.68
1954
9,262.50
46,530.95
The large increase in general expenses over 1953 is due to the Health Department assuming charge of the Ashes and Rubbish collections.
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR W. PRICE LEROY C. FURBUSH PETER L. GRADY
Board of Health
HARBOR MASTER
To The Town Manager:
Faced with almost unsurmountable and unpredictable catastrophes in the floods of last Spring and the two hurricanes of mid- Summer, the Harbormaster has continued to maintain order and save lives and prop- erty along the far-flung Saugus waterfront and in the inner reaches of Lynn Harbor.
It was a year of much and varied ac- tivity inside the protective breakwaters of Nahant Roads and extending up to and in- cluding the storm-tossed waters of our own Saugus River.
Again and again, often in the dead of night, when the turbulent winds tossed my sturdy rescue boat viciously to and fro on the mountainous waves, I have responded to calls for aid either to vessels in danger or occupants fearful of their lives as their puny craft drifted helplessly at sea as pawns of fate on the storm-tossed waters of the Atlantic.
A Gracious Heavenly Father has stood ceaselessly at my elbow in such hours of danger and aided my puny efforts to the end that no lives were lost in Saugus waters during the past year of tempestuous sea storms.
Heavy rains last Spring caused unusual flood conditions along the shore. Hurricanes Carol and Edna caused many boats to break from their moorings, some being heavily damaged or totally destroyed. I rescued
many of these craft, returning their owners and occupants drenched but safe to the santuary of their families.
Last Summer thieves stole a boat be- longing to a local resident. I later recovered it, after considerable investigation.
In August, I rescued three fishermen in the vicinity of Grave's Light. Their 26 foot boat had become disabled. Taking their craft into tow, I hauled it into Lynn Harbor. In the same month, a 30-foot speedboat sunk in the Saugus River. I raised the craft, which was a total wreck, and managed to salvage motor, propeller and shaft.
In September, a large boat owned by Two Lynn policemen caught fire and was a total loss. Severe storms during the course of the year caused fishermen to lose control of their boats and many had to be rescued and towed ashore by my 42-foot rescue craft, the "Florence 11."
The two gasoline pumps which I own came in very handy during the year in pumping out flooded boats and cellars of homes along the shore. Scores of small craft which broke from their moorings at various times, were picked up by me, and these and other routine duties made 1954 a very busy and active year for the Saugus Harbor- master.
Respectfully submitted,
RICHARD PORTER, Harbormaster.
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WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Dear Mr. Manager :
At the request of the Town Manager, Walter E. Lawrence, we are again present- ing a graphic demonstration of the opera- tions of the Welfare Department in all cate- gories of assistance during the past four years.
Additional duties and responsibilities were given to the department by directives periodically received from the State and Federal authorities. Among these was a comprehensive State Medical Plan, which encompasses procedures for prior approval and vendor payments for all medical ex- peneses. This is definitely a step in the right direction, since the principal problem for Welfare Departments, throughout the coun- try, has been ever increasing medical ex- penses.
While this deprives no one of necessary medical care, it does keep the department cognizant of the client's condition and aware of what expenses are being incurred.
Rates for doctors and hospitals were in- creased during the past year.
Despite the fact that these changes have increased duties of the personnel in the de- partment, there has, as yet, been no in- crease in the staff and we again point out the appointment of another social worker would measurably increase the efficiency of the agency, as the case load is too heavy for one worker to handle properly.
William Trostel, who has been a most capable Welfare Agent, for the past two years, resigned at the close of 1954 to take the position of agent in his home town of Randolph. We regret sincerely his transfer, and wish him success in his new endeavor. Despite this loss, we are fortunate in hav- ing a capable staff and the activities of the agency will be carried on in the interim.
Until such time as the department of Civil Service certifies a new agent, a provi- sional agent, John F. Keane, administers the office.
The following is our financial report:
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1955
Depart- ment's Request
Manager's Request
AID:
Expended
$214.020.65 $248,751.49 $236,948.17 $213,707.47 $127,700.00 $120,000.00
Received
196,135.82
212,922.01
205,113.61
185,424.16
Net Cost to Town
17,884.83
35,829.48
31,834.56
28,283.31
ADMINISTRATION:
Expended
6,414.18
6,750.57
8,493.94
10,363.12
12,951.00
12,951.00
Received
2,709.86
3,365.27
5,350.03
5,317.34
Net Cost to Town
3,704.32
3,385.30
3,143.91
5.045.78
CASE LOAD AS OF
DECEMBER
283
274
233
236
AVERAGE COST PER
CASE PER MONTH
$58.27
$72.27
$75.65
$85.60
APPLICATIONS
57
71
43
63
DEATHS
34
36
29
30
*STAFF
PERSONNEL
3
3
4
* These figures apply to all four categories in that each staff member works on all four categories.
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AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955 Depart- ment's Request
1955
Manager's Request
AID:
Expended
$29,573.05
$28,728.95
$28,943.73 23,142.48
$31,763.78 26,013.66
Net Cost to Town
6,663.05
5,819.21
5,801.25
5,750.12
ADMINISTRATION :
Expended
714.50
807.55
3,205.44
2,634.03
1,726.80
1,726.80
Received
480.25
521.25
1,003.80
1,428.37
Net Cost to Town
234.25
286.30
2,201.64
1,205.66
CASE LOAD AS OF
25
23
27
25
AVERAGE COST PER
CASE PER MONTH
$97.46
$118.13
$102.00
$108.00
APPLICATIONS
18
9
15
10
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE
1952
1953
1954
1955 Depart- ment's Request
Manager's Request
AID:
Expended
$ 6,429.22
$14,199.25
$17,184.36
$11,232.00
$ 7,232.00
Received
2,896.66
10,849.20
13,177.19
Net Cost to Town
3,532.55
3,350.05
4,007.17
ADMINISTRATION :
Expended
1,324.67
2,241.08
1,339.14
1,726.80
1,726.80
Received
293.01
621.55
654.39
Net Cost to Town
1,031.66
1,619.53
684.75
CASE LOAD AS OF
DECEMBER
11
17
17
AVERAGE COST PER CASE
PER MONTH
$89.29
$82.65
$78.00
APPLICATIONS
15
15
14
Note: Disability Assistance is a new category of Public Welfare that became effec- tive in November of 1951. No persons in Saugus were aided in this category until 1952. On a State-wide basis the average monthly case load for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1952 was 4,184. By June 30, 1953, it had increase to an average case load of 7,882. The amount expended for this same period increased from $2,809.693 to $8,626.759.
GENERAL RELIEF
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955 Depart- ment's Request
Manager's Request
AID :
Expended
$22,021.97
$23,521.48
$19,690.56
$22,686.29
$28,350.00
$28,350.00
Received
2,830.68
2,156.16
3,868.71
3,381.66
Net Cost to Town
19,191.29
21,365.42
15,821.85
19,304.63
ADMINISTRATION :
Expended
No Report
No Report
1,079.10
1,194.31
1,218.00
1,218.00
Received
0,000.00
Net Cost to Town
1,079.10
1,194.31
CASE LOAD AS OF
DECEMBER
13
14
8
12
AVERAGE COST PER
CASE PER MONTH
26.22
43.56
51.50
45.00
APPLICATIONS
23
23
10
21
$21,380.00
$17,500.00
Received
22,910.00
22,909.74
DECEMBER
1955
1955
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1953-RECAPITULATION
1954-RECAPITULATION
Category
Receipts
Expenditures
Receipts
Expenditures
G.R .- Aid
$ 3,868.71
$ 19,690.56
$ 3,381.66
$ 22,686.29
G.R .- Admin.
0,000.00
1,079.10
0,000.00
1,194.31
A.D.C .- Aid
23,142.48
28,943.73
26,013.66
31,763.78
A.D.C. - Admin.
1,003.80
3,205.44
1,428.37
2,634.03
O.A.A .- Aid
205,113.61
236,948.17
185,424.16
213,707.47
O.A.A .- Admin.
5,350.03
8,493.94
5,317.34
10,363.12
D.A .- Aid
10,849.20
14,199.25
13,177.19
17,184.36
D.A .- Admin. 621.55
2,241.08
654.39
1,339.14
$249,949.38
$314,801.27
$235,396.77
$300,872.50
249,949.38
235,396.77
Net cost to town 1953
$ 64,851.89
Net Cost 1954. ... $ 65,475.73 Respectfully submitted, ERNEST M. HATCH, Chairman WALTER T. BRANDER, Secretary GEORGE A. ANDERSON
TERRIFIC VELOCITY OF THE WINDS OF HURRICANE CAROL is demonstrated by this beautiful photographic work of Patrolman Joseph E. Taatjes of the Police Photographic Bureau. For generations this spreading tree on Chestnut Street, East Saugus, has sheltered this lovely colonial home at 49 Chestnut Street. A neighbor, grieving at its destructive dissolution, looks sorrowfully at the chaos caused by the winds.
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POLICE DEPARTMENT
Dear Mr. Manager:
Once more it becomes my duty to tender you the annual report of the Police Depart- ment, together with its doing, for the year ending December 31, 1954.
The roster of the department follows:
Chief
Roland E. Mansfield Captain Fred Forni Sergeants
James F. Maher
Charles N. Wormstead, 3rd
Carl G. W. Pearson Ernest A. Dunham
Regular Patrolmen
William F. Cahill
Rosario A. Bucchiere
Walter J. Elsmore
John J. Mclaughlin
Edward J. Koschei
Joseph P. A. Collette John W. MacGlashing
Richard T. Eichel
Edgar T. McKenney
Edward F. Newbury
William D. McNulty
Ralph E. Pace Joseph F. Taatjes Joseph Markowski David C. Osgood
James Monico
Reserve Patrolmen
Richard R. MacDonald
William A. Calhoun John S. Reynolds
Francis X. Meredith
Warren G. Harding
Special Officers
Frank A. Bond
*Charles R. Babcock, Jr. Albert S. Coffin *Baylus W. Cundy Earl Dumas Stanley B. Goldberg
*Benjamin A. MacGlashing Richard Porter *John M. Robertson *Guy M. Rupright Minor Brown Frederick A. Bonsal James Como
Charles C. DeFronzo Welcome Goss *Clarence W. Howard *John E. Mansfield *Lloyd W. Reynolds *George E. Robinson John V. Spencer George F. Sullivan Joseph Vatcher Joseph E. Wadliegh *Leroy Valyou Jr. *Everett Vickary
(*Signifies uniformed.) SCHOOL JANITORS
Robert Bertrand
Richard Curra
Andrew Keech
Thomas McDonough
Ernest Coy
Edmund Gibbons
John J. Madden
Luvico Sullo
General Electric Co. Guards (For company property only)
Bernard A. Conrad
Richard A. Girard
Arnold C. Hult
Cornelious McCool
Raymond E. Morrison
John M. Robertson
Frederick C. Steele
Frederick C. Walz
Francis J. Cunningham
Phillips A. Hull
Alfred J. Hutchinson
James J. Mullen
Ralph P. Richards
Carl R. Southwick
Harold E. Tyler
Guards for Lynn water sheds
Michael J. Ahern
John J. Hines
Dennis J. Keane
Francis L. Cusick
Robert J. Heaphy
Uniformed Auxiliary Police
Earl Anthony
Marshall Campbell
Irvine Chisholm
Luther Cluff
Leo P. Dupuis
Freeman Gallant
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Roy A. Helmer
=9
10
10
18
#10
10
12
22
#11
8
4
6
#12
1
6
2
Joseph J. Panarello
Totals
59
69-1
109
Colin Rees
1 (Killed)
Fiori Sacco
Henry Smith
Cut-Out Locations
#1
Gibbs Service Station
#2
New High School
George Carbone
#4 Mandarin House
#5 Ten Acres Cabins
#6 Saugus Pines Cabins
#7 Wigwam Restaurant
#8
Open Air Theater
#9
Saugus Animal Hospital
Adelbert Libby
John Lumsden James McGill
John J. Mitchell
Gilbert E. Randall
Joseph Robertson
Harry Schneider
James O. Smith
Herbert Wilson
Arthur J. Benway
Morris A. Cherkofsky
Perry Clayton
Warren Denley
Frank Evans 3rd.
Willard Hall
Francis Kennedy Jr.
Charles Loguercio Jr.
Robert Lumsden
Robert A. Melling
Harry Nelson
Ernest Redman
George H. Ross
Gordon A. Sim
Cosmo Spinosa
Reported Accidents Occurring at Cut-Outs on Broadway Saugus, Mass. 1/1/54 12/31/54
Total
Persons
Number
Location
Number
Injured Cars
Involved
#1
8
10
16
#2
3
6
5
#3
6
2
12
#4
6
11
12
#5
0
0
0
#6
0
0
0
#7
4
4 (1 fatal) 10
#8
3
4
6
#10 Carl's Duck Farm
#11 Topsey's Restaurant
#12 Saugus-Lynnfield Line
During the past 12 months 368 arrests were made. Of these 350 were males; 18 females; and 50 were juveniles. Of the total number of arrests but 143 were Saugus residents, which would speak well of our citizens. There were 63 persons arrested by State officers who were locked up in our station. 288 tags were issued for parking violations.
The offenses for which arrests were made and the number of persons arrested for each offense were as follows:
Adultery, 3; Assault and battery, 4; Break- ing and entering, 20; Breaking and entering, night time, 4; Cruelty to animals, 1; De- linquency, 50; Unlicensed dogs, 5; Drunken- ness, 113; Illegitimacy, 1; Lewdness, 7; Ma- licious injury to property, 13; Non-support of wife, 3; Non-support of minor children, 7; Rape, 2; Receiving stolen goods, 2; Stub- born children, 2; Trespass, 1; Vio. M. V. Laws 110; Vio. Liq. Laws, 3; Vio. School Laws, 1; Op. Inf. Liq., 23; Larceny, 23; De- fault, 7; Possessing burglarous tools, 1; Es- capees, 6; Unnatural act, 2; Insanity,1.
The dispositions of the above cases were: Appealed, 1; Arrested for other authorities, 31; Discharged, 5; Dismissed, 15; Filed, 65; Fined, 106; Held for Grand Jury, 7; Placed on probation, 40; Released, 72; Sentenced to House of Correction, 19; Sentenced to Lawrence Training School, 1; Sentenced to Youth Service Board, 6.
Of the money collected from fines, costs of court, etc., the Town of Saugus received
75
Frederick Leary
Warren P. Lovell
Robert J. Maguire
Robert Mills
James E. Stevens, Jr.
Leroy C. Banks
#3 Sawtelle Bros. Inc.
Norman Clark
Curtis Dalton
Stanley Edgecomb
Kenneth Green
William T. Hussey
from the District Court of Southern Essex the amount of $2,447.40.
Under the heading of miscellaneous police duties will be found the following. Total number of reports and complaints received, 5198 divided as follows: Accidents reported, 295; Animals reported lost, 183; Animals found, 102; Animals killed, 356; Doors and windows found open, 280; Defective street lights, 564; Defective streets or sidewalks, 61; Dog bites reported, 89; Fires discovered or responded to, 85; Lanterns placed in dangerous places, 23; Persons reported mis- sing, 69; Missing persons found, 75; Run- away children found, 11; Total value of property reported stolen, $21,905.85; Value of stolen property recovered, $1,503.79; Property lost, 88; Property found, 167; No- tified or investigated for other authorities, 218; Disturbances, 195; Autos reported stolen, 20; Stolen autos recovered, 21; Lar- ceny, 180; Breaks, 93; Property damaged, 190; Domestic trouble, 62; Prowlers and peepers, 36; Lights found burning, 89; As- saults, 17; Women and girls accosted, 18; Drunken persons, 62; All others, 1242, Sum- monses served, 773 and complaints investi- gated, 532.
During the past year 281 persons were conveyed to or from hospitals. As of Janu- ary 1, 1954, the practice of charging a very nominal fee for such services was instituted. Contrary to some publicity opposing this practice I must report that not a single complaint has been entered regarding the payment of these fees. In cases of hardship some charges have been abated and no citizen financially unable to pay has been so charged if the situation was called to the proper person. The total amount billed by this department to the Town Collector, including those abated was $1,442.50.
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