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Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate $4000. for general highway repairs.
Article 20. To see what' sum the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the improvement of the triangular piece of land in Jackson Square, or take any other action in relation thereto.
You are directed to serve this warrant by posting a copy thereof, attested by you in writing, in each of two public places in each voting precinct in said Town seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting called for in this warrant.
Hereof fail not, make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk of said Town, on or before the twenty-second day of August in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and twenty-five.
Given under our hands at Weymouth, this tenth day of August in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and twenty-five. A true copy. Attest:
FRED E. WAITE, WINSLOW M. TIRRELL, WILLIAM B. DASHA, H. FRANKLIN PERRY, THERON L. TIRRELL, Selectmen of Weymouth. EDWARD F. BUTLER, Constable of Weymouth. August 10, 1925.
Return of Service
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Weymouth, Mass., August 17, 1925
NORFOLK, ss. I have this day served the within warrant by posting a copy thereof attested by me in writing in each of two public places in each voting precinct in said town of Weymouth, seven days before the time of holding said meeting.
EDWARD F. BUTLER, Constable of Weymouth.
I hereby certify that a copy of this warrant, with the articles printed thereon, was mailed to each Town Meeting Member, also giving the time and place of holding said meeting, seven days before the date of the meeting.
CLAYTON B. MERCHANT, Town Clerk.
Special Town Meeting August 24, 1925.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant a special meeting of the inhabitants of Weymouth, represented by the Town Meeting Mem- bers, was held at the hall of the Weymouth High School, this Monday, the twenty-fourth day of August 1925, the meeting was called to order at 7:45 p. m. by Hon. George L. Barnes, annual moderator, who ordered the Town Clerk to read the warrant, after reading the call for the meeting, it was voted that the reading of the several articles be omitted, the Town Clerk then read the last three paragraphs of the warrant and the names of the Selectmen, also the return of the Constable who served the warrant.
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Art. 1. Voted: That the town sell to the Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Boston for the consideration of $1200. the following two described parcels of land in Weymouth:
Parcel 1. Southerly by Broad Street four hundred twenty- eight and 1-100 (428.01) feet; westerly by land of Weycroft Wey- mouth Trust six hundred thirty-seven and 45-100 (637.45) feet; and land now or formerly of E. W. Metcalf eight hundred forty- seven and 78-100 (847.78) feet; easterly by land of the Town of Weymouth thirteen hundred four and 37-100 (1304.37) feet; southerly by land of Hennessey and land now or formerly of one Caulifield one hundred twenty-eight (128) feet; easterly again by land now or formerly of said Caulifield ninety-nine and 7-100; (99.07) feet; containing four hundred sixty-one and eighty-one. one thousand (461.081) square feet.
Parcel 2. Northerly by Broad Street three hundred twenty- three and 15-100 (323.15) feet; easterly by land of Walmsley one hundred twenty-three and 51-100 (123.51) feet; southeasterly by land of R. G. Hunt et al two hundred nine and 63-100 (209.63) feet and southwesterly by land of R. G. Hunt et al two hundred fifty-four and 26-100 (254.26) feet; containing forty-six thousand five hundred forty-eight (46,548) square feet; said parcels being shown as Parcel 1 and 2 on a plan entitled "Land owned by the- Town of Weymouth dated March 25, 1925, made by the Street Engineering Department of the Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Boston," and also that the Board of Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to sign, execute and deliver a deed, subject to. the Town Counsel also, that the town reserve a strip of land forty (40) feet wide as a right of way to land owned by the town, this also subject to the Town Counsel.
Art. 2. Voted: That the Town Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to deposit the legacy received by the town under the. will of Laban Pratt in equal portions in the Weymouth Savings Bank, East Weymouth Savings Bank, South Weymouth Savings. Bank and the Savings Department of the Weymouth Trust Com- pany, and be it further voted: That the Selectmen be a committee to investigate a site for the proposed Hospital at Weymouth Heights and to report at the next annual town meeting.
Art. 3. Voted: That the Water Commissioners be and here- by are authorized to acquire by purchase or take by eminent domain, or both, for the protection of the water supply a certain parcel of land on Weymouth Great Pond owned by "The Raynor Cor- poration", bounded as follows: Westerly by Great Pond three- hundred sixteen (316) feet; northerly by parcels C and D on the plan hereafter mentioned about two hundred fifty-four and 44-100. (254.44) feet; easterly and southeasterly by land now or formerly of The Raynor Corporation one hundred nine and 95-100 (109.95) feet; southerly by Swan Avenue as shown on said plan one hun- dred fifteen (115) feet; easterly by Swan Avenue and land now or formerly of The Raynor Corporation as shown on said plan one hundred forty-four and 7-100 (144.07) feet; southerly again by land now or formerly of Emmons Hanscom two hundred fifteen and 12-100 (215.12) feet; westerly by land of Albert L. Doble five (5) feet; and southerly by land of said Doble forty-five (45) feet; being shown as parcels A and B on a plan entitled "Plan of land' in South Weymouth, Mass., to be taken for public water supply purposes" dated June 27, 1925, Russell H. Whiting, Civil Engineer ..
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Art. 4. Voted: To appropriate $801 from the revenue of the Water Department for the purchasing or paying for the land described in article 3.
Art. 5. Voted: To appropriate from the revenue of the Water Department the sum of one thousand ($1000) dollars for the payment of a note of the Department becoming due October 1st, 1925.
Art. 6. Voted: To accept the report of the Selectmen upon the laying out as a town way the private way known as Pecksuot Road (See records of roads page 248.)
Art. 7. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of three thousand dollars ($3000) for the working of Pecksuot Road.
Art. 8. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of fifteen hundred (1500) dollars for the completion of Birchbrow Avenue.
Art. 9. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of six hundred (600) dollars for the widening of Forest Street.
Art. 10. Voted: That a committee consisting of the senior officer of the Massachusetts Society Sons of the American Revolu- tion resident in Weymouth, the senior officer of Susannah Tufts Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution resident in Wey- mouth, the president of the Weymouth Historical Society, the chairman of the Board of Selectmen, or some member of the board designated by him, the chairman of the Appropriation Committee, or some member of the committee designated by him and ten per- sons to be appointed by the moderator; said committee to be authorized to arrange a suitable celebration of the 150th anniver- sary of the Independence of the United States; said committee to report at the next annual town meeting.
The moderator appointed as this committee:
Waldo Turner, Irving E. Johnson, Parker T. Pearson, Wallace L. Whittle, Mrs. J. H. Libby, Stanley T. Torrey, Mrs. Perley J. Buchanan, Theron L. Tirrell, Emery L. Welch, Irwin B. Hawes, Col. Frederick G. Bauer, Sons of American Revolution, Harriet M. Nash, Daughters of American Revolution, Howard H. Joy, pres. Weymouth Historical Society, Fred E. Waite, chair. Select- men, Arthur I. Negus, chair. Appropriation Committee.
Art. 11. Voted: That the subject matter of this article be referred to the next annual town meeting.
Art. 12. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $152.50 for the payment of pensions to members of the Police Department, under the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 32, Section 85.
Voted: Articles 13 and 14 be taken up with Article 15.
Art. 15. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of ($650) six hundred fifty dollars for the Police Department, to be used for the purchase of two motorcycles, the tellers reported 56 in favor and 20 against.
The Chief of Police stated that the motorcycle officers would attend to the matter referred to in article 13.
Art. 16. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of twelve hundred ten ($1210) dollars for the Police Department, to be used for the salary of two motorcycle officers.
Art. 17. Mr. Guy W. C. Hartt, for the committee on the collection of Garbage reported as follows:
Mr. Moderator and Town Meeting Members:
The committee on the collection of Garbage desires to report as follows:
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Arrangements were made to have printed cards distributed to the families of the town in connection with the taking of the school census. Mr. Berry and Mr. Madden who performed the work gave out a total of 4217 cards. The number of cards re- turned to the committee was 658. Of this number, 333 indicated that they wished to have garbage collected and 321 did not desire to have it collected. Detailed figures showing approximate results of the canvas by precincts and a specimen of the questionaire cards distributed are attached hereto for record purposes. In view of the indifference of our town people, as shown by these figures, the committee is unable to make any recommendation. It is still the opinion of the committee that the town should take action in the matter of the collection of garbage in those sections of North and East Weymouth where there is real need of it. .Guy W. C. Hartt Lottie F. Sampson Arthur H. Pratt Gertrude C. Andrews Patrick Casey
Specimen of the questionaire sent to householders
April 1, 1925
To the Householders of Weymouth:
The committee appointed by the Town to investigate Garbage Collection desires your answers to the following questions: Do you wish to have *Garbage collected ? If so, are you willing to pay for the service, provided the cost does not exceed $5 per annum ?
Are you in favor of paying for the service through general taxation ?
Do you pay a property tax in Weymouth ?
Name
Street and Number Precinct
*By Garbage is meant refuse vegetable or animal matter from the kitchen, or from food scraps from the table. It does not in- clude rubbish, ashes, tin cans, broken glass or crockery or non -. perishable material of any kind.
DETAILED FIGURES SHOWING APPROXIMATE RESULTS BY CANVASS
Precinct
Cards Given Out
Want Collection Yes
Will Pay $5 Yes
Prefer Gen. Tax. Yes No
Cards Tax Payer Yes No Returned
1
953
97
39
79
36
. 79
42
118
16
136
2
1195
28
44
25
32
18
42
54
13
124
3
767
86
59
56
43
70
53
110
21
147
4
575
14
47
12
40
12
39
52
10
102
5
727
81
68
70
54
64
68
134
11
149
6
*
16
36
10
31
14
30
46
6
*
7
S
11
28
9
18
10
21
36
2
S
Totals
4217
333
321
261
254
267
295
550
79
658
No
No
* Cards combined with those given out and returned in Precinct 2
S Cards combined with those given out and returned in Precinct 4
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Art. 18. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of Two thousand four hundred fifty (2450) dollars for the Fire Depart- ment, to be used as follows: $925 for changing heater and build- ing room for same at the South Weymouth engine house. $525 for salary of permanent man September 21st to December 31st, 1925. $1000 for Forest fires.
Art. 19. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of Four thousand ($4000) dollars for the Street Department, and of this sum the Highway Department be instructed to spend $500 for repairs on Summer Street from junction with West Street, North.
Art. 20. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of Four hundred ($400) for the improvement of the triangular piece of land in Jackson Square.
Voted to adjourn.
CLAYTON B. MERCHANT,
Town Clerk.
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WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
NORFOLK, ss.
To the constables of the Town of Weymouth in said County. Greetings:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Weymouth aforesaid who are qualified to vote in Town affairs. to meet at the Hall of the Weymouth High School on
MONDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF NOVEMBER 1925 at seven o'clock and thirty minutes in the evening, then and there to act upon the following articles, namely:
Article 1. To see if the Town will rescind the vote passed under Article 86 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting held March 3, 1924, whereby it was "Voted that the sum of Fifty Thousand ($50,000) Dollars be raised and appropriated, for the payment of the Town's proportion of the cost of the Monatiquot. River Bridge in Braintree, as determined by the Commissioners appointed by the Superior Court for the County of Norfolk, to- gether with accrued interest thereon, under the provisions of Chapter 315 of the Acts of 1917, Chapter 269 of the Acts of 1918, Chapter 44 of the Acts of 1919 and Chapter 90 of the Acts of 1920,. and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow of said amount the sum of Forty-five Thousand (45,000) Dollars, for the purposes aforesaid; and to issue bonds and notes of the Town therefor, under the pro- visions of Chapter 44, Section 7, Clause 5 of the General Laws, same to be payable within twenty (20) years from the date of the issue thereof, or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer and the Selectmen may, determine". And to appropriate any money in the treasury of the town raised and appropriated under the foregoing vote, for the purposes of the next following article.
Article 2. To see if the town will authorize and instruct its Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to prepare and issue notes of the town, not exceeding Fifty-One Thousand ($51,000) under the provisions of Chapter 351 of the Acts. of 1920, the same to be payable within twenty (20) years from the date of the issue thereof; proceeds to be paid to the County of Norfolk, in payment of the Town's assessment of the expense of the construction of the Monatiquot River Bridge in Braintree as determined by the Commissioners appointed by the Superior Court for the County of Norfolk, under the provisions of Chapter 315 of the Acts of 1917, Chapter 269 of the Acts of 1918, Chapter 44 of the Acts of 1919 and Chapter 90 of the Acts of 1920, or to take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 3. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate for repair work at the Ale- wive Fishery.
Article 4. To see what sum of money the Town. will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate, for the payment of unpaid bills.
Hereof, fail not, make due return of this warrant with your doings to the Town Clerk of said Town, on or before the twenty -.. sixth day of October, 1925.
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Given under our hands at Weymouth this twenty-second day of October, in the year of our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Twenty- Five.
FRED . E. WAITE, WINSLOW M. TIRRELL, WILLIAM B. DASHA, H. FRANKLIN PERRY, THERON L. TIRRELL, Selectmen of Weymouth.
A true copy, Attest: ARTHUR H. PRATT, Constable of Weymouth.
A true copy, Attest: Arthur H. Pratt Constable of Weymouth
Return of Service COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
NORFOLK, ss.
Weymouth, Mass., October 24, 1925.
I have this day served the warrant by posting a copy there- of, attested by me in writing in each of two public places in each voting precinct in said town of Weymouth, seven days before the time of holding said meeting.
ARTHUR H. PRATT, Constable of Weymouth.
A true copy, Attest: CLAYTON B. MERCHANT, Town Clerk.
On October 23, 1925, a notice of the aforesaid meeting was mailed to each Town Meeting Member with the time and place of holding said meeting, with the articles of the warrant printed thereon.
CLAYTON B. MERCHANT, Town Clerk.
Special Town Meeting
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant a special meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Weymouth, represented by the Town Meeting Members was held at the hall of the Weymouth High School, the meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk, who announced that owing to a previous engagement Hon. George L. Barnes, annual moderator, would be unable to be present, and that it would be obliged to elect a moderator pro-tem.
Voted: That Emerson R. Dizer be instructed to cast one bal- lot bearing the name of William J. Holbrook as moderator pro- tem, there being no further votes he was declared elected, and was sworn to the faithful performance of that duty, by the Town Clerk. The moderator then ordered the reading of the warrant by the Town Clerk, after the reading of the call, it was voted: that the further reading of the articles be omitted, the Town Clerk read the last two paragraphs of the warrant and the return of the constable who served the warrant.
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Article 1. Voted: That the Town rescind the vote passed under article 86 of the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting held March 3, 1924 whereby the sum of Fifty thousand (50,000) dollars was raised and appropriated for the payment of the cost of con- structing the Monatiquot River Bridge in Braintree.
Art. 2. Voted: That the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, prepare and issue notes of the town, in the sum of Forty thousand ($40,000) dollars under the provisions of Chapter 351 of the Acts of 1920 the same to be payable within twenty (20) years from the date of issue thereof; proceeds to be paid to the County of Norfolk, in payment of the Town's assess- ment of the construction of the Monatiquot River Bridge in Brain- tree as determined by the Commissioners appointed by the Superior Court of the County of Norfolk, under the provisions of Chapter 315 of the Acts of 1917, Chapter 269 of the Acts of 1918, Chapter 44 of the Acts of 1919 and Chapter 90 of the Acts of 1920; that there be further appropriated from surplus the sum of $6,000 for the same purpose and that the $5,000 in the town treasury which was raised and appropriated under article 86 at the annual meeting of 1924 be re-appointed for said payment.
As this question required a two thirds vote, the moderator appointed Newland H. Holmes and Prince H Tirrell as tellers, they were sworn to the faithful performance of their duty.
The tellers reported 44 in the affirmative and 1 opposed. So voted.
Art. 3. Voted: That the town appropriate from surplus the sum of $400 for repair work at the Alewive Fishery.
Art. 4. Voted: That the town appropriate from surplus the sum of $243.44 for the payment of unpaid bills, as follows:
Street Department
$42.00
Miscellaneous account
50.00
Election expenses
16.00
Poor Department
80.00
Fire Department
55.44
Total
$243.44
Voted to adjourn.
CLAYTON B. MERCHANT,
Town Clerk.
The Police Officers checked 50 names of the Town Meeting Members as being present at this meeting.
· CLAYTON B. MERCHANT,
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WARRANT FOR SPECIAL TOWN MEETING COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
NORFOLK, ss.
To the constables of the Town of Weymouth in said County, Greetings:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Weymouth aforesaid who are qualified to vote in Town affairs to meet at the Hall of the Weymouth High School on
MONDATY THE 30th DAY OF NOVEMBER 1925
at seven o'clock and thirty minutes in the evening, then and there to act upon the following articles namely:
Article 1. To see if the town will vote to amend the vote passed under Article 86 of the warrant for the annual town meet- ing of March 3, 1924, so as to read as follows: That the sum of $51,000 be raised and appropriated for the payment of the town's proportion of the cost of Monatiquot River Bridge in Brain- tree, as determined by the commissioners appointed by the Superior Court for the County of Norfolk, together with accrued interest thereon, under the provisions of Chapter 315 of the Acts of 1917, Chapter 269 of the Acts of 1918, Chapter 44 of the Acts of 1919 and Chapter 90 of the Acts of 1920, and to meet said ap- propriation that the sum of $6,000 be transferred from the sur- plus funds in the treasury, and that the treasurer with the approval of the selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $40,000 under authority of Chapter 351 of the Acts of 1920, and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Section 19, Chapter 44, General Laws, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than twenty years from the date of issue of the first bond or note or at such earlier dates as the treasurer and selectmen may determine.
Article 2. To see if the Town will indemnify the Common- wealth of Massachusetts against any and all claims for land grade and drainage damages which may be caused by result from the laying out, construction or reconstruction of Bridge Street, in the Town, and will authorize the Board of Selectmen to sign an indemnity agreement in behalf of the Town, or take any other action with respect thereto
Hereof, fail not, make due return of this warrant with your doings to the Town Clerk of said Town, on or before the twenty- seventh day of November, 1925.
Given under our hands at Weymouth this sixteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Twenty- five.
FRED E. WAITE, WINSLOW M. TIRRELL WILLIAM B. DASHA, H. FRANKLIN PERRY, THERON L. TIRRELL,
Selectmen of Weymouth.
A true copy, Attest:
ARTHUR H. PRATT, Constable of Weymouth.
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Return of Service
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Weymouth, Mass., November 19, 1925
NORFOLK, ss.
I have this day served the within warrant by posting a copy thereof, attested by me in writing in each of two public places in each voting precinct in said town of Weymouth, seven days before the time for holding said meeting.
ARTHUR H. PRATT, Constable of Weymouth.
A true copy, Attest: CLAYTON B. MERCHANT, Town Clerk.
On November 20, 1925 a notice of the aforesaid meeting was mailed to each Town Meeting Member, giving the time and place of holding said meeting, with the articles of the warrant printed thereon.
CLAYTON B. MERCHANT, Town Clerk.
Special Town Meeting
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, a special meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Weymouth, qualified to vote in town affairs was held at the hall of the Weymouth High School, East Weymouth, this 30th day of November, 1925, the meeting was called to order at 7:45 p. m. by Hon George L. Barnes, annual moderator, who directed the Town Clerk to read the warrant, after reading the call for the meeting, it was voted:
That the reading of the articles in the warrant be omitted, the Town Clerk read the last two paragraphs of the warrant and the return of service of the constable who served the warrant.
Art. 1. Voted: To amend the vote passed under article 86 of the warrant for the annual meeting of March 3, 1924, so as to read as follows:
"That the sum of $51,000 be raised and appropriated for the payment of the town's proportion of the cost of Monatiquot River Bridge in Braintree, as determined by the Commissioners appoint- ed by the Superior Court for the County of Norfolk, together with accrued interest thereon, under the provisions of Chapter 315 of the Acts of 1917, Chapter 269 of the Acts of 1918, Chapter 44 of the Acts of 1920, and to meet said appropriation, that the sum of $6,000 b transferred from the surplus funds in the treasury; and that the treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $40,000 under authority of Chapter 351 of the Acts of 1920 and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Section 19, Chapter 44 of the General Laws, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than twenty years from the date of issue of the first bond or note, or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine".
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Previous to the vote being taken the moderator appointed James D. Bosworth and Charles W. Burgess as tellers, who were sworn to the faithful performance of their duty.
The tellers reported 87 voted in the affirmative and 3 against, The moderator declared it a vote, as two-thirds having voted in the affirmative.
Art. 2. Voted: No action be taken under this article.
The Police Officers stationed at the entrance, checked 100 Town Meeting Members attending the meeting.
Voted to adjourn.
CLAYTON B. MERCHANT, Town Clerk.
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VITAL STATISTICS
BIRTHS RECORDED IN THE TOWN OF WEYMOUTH FOR THE YEAR 1925
Date · Name
Jan.
1 Female
1 Female
1 Everett Reginald Rand
1 Calvin Kenneth Maxwell
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5 John Burns Hartwell
5 Robert Winslow Knudsen
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Beatrice Estelle Diersch
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6 Rita Frances Smith
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John T and Mary (Kelly) Smith
7 Robert Lewis Richards
8 Samuel Hugh McCarroll
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Lewis J and Mabel (Delorey) St Pierre
9 Dorothy Ethel Bentley
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10 Pauline Gladys Lynch
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10 Edna McClain
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