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1074 Pleasant Street, East Weymouth, Mass. January 1, 1933
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, East Weymouth, Mass.
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit my Third Annual Report as Superintendent of the Alewife Fishery in the Town of Weymouth for the year ending December 31, 1932. Work was started on April 11, and continued until approximately one hundred thousand (100,000) Alewives were deposited in Whitman's Pond for spawning. The run was good and most of the fish that came up were deposited in the Pond for spawning.
The young fish came down to the salt water the latter part of the season in endless numbers as did many of the older ones.
In closing my report I wish to extend my sincere thanks to your Honorable Board of Selectmen, to the Weymouth Light & Power Company and to the Weymouth Wool Scouring Company for the help and co-operation given me during the season.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS M. O'TOOLE, Superintendent of Alewife Fisheries.
WEYMOUTH TOWN INFIRMARY REPORT FOR YEAR 1932 To the Honorable Board of Public Welfare,
Town of Weymouth :
Herewith submit report of the Weymouth Town Infirmary for the year 1932 :
There are two women and twelve men residing at the Infirmary, detailed as follows :
Number of residents January 1, 1932 16
Number admitted during year. 6
Lost by death 3, Discharged 5. 8
Number of residents December 31, 1932. 14
As usual, those who are not too feeble have been very co-operative in working about the place, caring for the hens, lawns, garden, straw- berry patch, etc. Many supplies of vegetables and fruit were canned for winter use.
Owing to the complete repairs done two years ago, very little repairing has been necessary this year outside minor repairs done without outside help.
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In addition to the physical care, mental diversion has been avail- able to the residents through reading matter, a radio in the Smoke House and the annual trip to Weymouth Fair in the fall, and a tree at Christmas with gifts for each one, made possible through the kind- ness of your honorable Board and various Weymouth organizations and citizens who send gifts.
In closing my sixth annual report, I wish to thank all for the helpful co-operation received by Mrs. Berry and myself.
Respectfully submitted,
CLIFFORD A. BERRY, Superintendent.
REPORT OF TOWN ENGINEER
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of the Town of Weymouth,
Gentlemen :
I submit herewith my twenty-sixth annual report on surveying and engineering work done for the town.
In the first part of the year 1932 the yearly revision of the 65 Assessors maps was completed to April first of that year and the sheets delivered to the Assessors for their use.
On the town survey work, so called, a complete revision of the Assessors sheets is made each year, and maps showing the various parcels of land throughout the town, with the area given, the build- ings shown, and the owners of record printed on each parcel, are filed at the office of the Assessors.
For the year ending April 1, 1932, 999 transfers, takings or re- leases (including tax titles), and 141 probates were copied; this shows a decrease of 105 or 81/2% from the previous year. 44 dwellings, 184 other buildings, and 182 additions or exterior changes in existing buildings were measured, located and plotted on the maps.
There were also 56 buildings removed from the maps; these were presumably destroyed by fire, torn down or merged with or changed into other buildings.
The municipal changes were the addition of the high school cafe- teria and the standpipe at the Edison Company, North Weymouth.
Although the new dwellings showed a decrease of 26 over the pre- vious year, other buildings increased 19, and the number of exterior changes increased 52 making an aggregate increase to be located and plotted of 45 or about 12%.
It seems unnecessary to again recite the method of revision as it has been reiterated in many if not all of my previous reports ; I should
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be glad to go over or explain it to any citizen who cares to come to my office.
In general the data for each revision is obtained from the Registry of Deeds and the Registry of Probate for Norfolk County; from sur- veys, and locations of buildings throughout the town; and by the use of all plans of private surveys which I am able to obtain from records or elsewhere. All of the above is included in the town survey work and charged to that appropriation.
I would like to again urge every one who acquires ownership in land to immediately record their deed in order that the correct name may appear on the maps as the owner of record is the one who will be shown thereon, and the one to whom the assessment will be made.
If any owner has a recorded deed that has not been properly en- tered on the maps I will make the correction at once, if he will bring the matter to my attention.
An appropriation as in former years was made for the purchase and setting of stone bounds on old town streets and this was untilized in many cases where the angle points or points of curvature on said streets had been placed for other work thus saving the expense of staking same from being charged to this appropriation and making it possible to set more bounds than could have been done otherwise. Academy Avenue, Pleasant Street, Elinor Road, Durant Road, Hibis- cus Avenue, corner Front and Congress Streets and Richards Road are streets on which bounds from this appropriation were set during the year.
The combined appropriation for the town survey work and the setting of bounds on existing town ways for several years past has been $3,000. I would recommend that they be combined the coming year and that an aggregate appropriation of $2,895.00 be made to cover both items.
Other routine surveying work common to every town and necessary in the various departments was attended to and also special work ordered or authorized by your Board was done during the year 1932.
The total budget for the Engineering department for 1932 voted by the town was $4,525.00. With a desire to co-operate in the reduc- tion of appropriations for the ensuing year I would recommend for 1933 an appropriation of $4,045.00 or 101/2% less than that of 1932.
During the past year 59 stone bounds for which special provision was made were set on the new streets, widenings or relocations laid out at the last March meeting. These included North Street, Westminster Road, Litchfield Road, Glendale Road, Randall Avenue, Roosevelt Circle, Blanchard Road, Harding Ave., Trafalgar Court, corner Webb and Commercial Streets and corner Broad and Essex Streets.
While additional bounds on these streets were and are desirable it was the intention to set only those absolutely necessary in order that the lines laid out by the town should be definitely established and permanently marked.
No money was recommended or appropriated in 1932 for the sur- vey of cemeteries and the making of plans showing the location of graves of Veterans of the various wars. From the unexpended balance
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of the previous year Mt. Hope Cemetery was completed and prints delivered to your Board, and I hope to deliver prints of Elmwood Cemetery and possibly of one more of the smaller cemeteries from a small balance still remaining.
No outstanding special work was undertaken the past year, but I would list the following routine work: giving street lines for abuttors ; giving lines and grades for curbs; taking profiles of streets; surveys and plans of proposed streets, relocations, takings, and widenings at corner junctions as requested or authorized by your Board; staking and giving grades for the new streets, relocations and widenings made and accepted by the town; staking and grades for sea wall at Fore River; surveys and plans for drain easements; staking and grades for many major street drains; staking and giving grades for work to be done on streets and elsewhere by the Welfare department; street des- criptions and descriptions of takings, etc .; staking lots owned by the town on which wood could be cut; surveys and plans of proposed takings around Weymouth Great Pond; giving grades for gutters on streets with every little slope in an endeavor to eliminate the necessity for putting in a special drain; testing street line as shown on land court plan of land abutting on a town way; topographical survey of a portion of Weston Park and staking and giving grades for a ball field thereon; topographical survey of the meadow on the Bicknell School grounds and staking and giving grades for the grading of same; giving grades for the baseball field at the Bicknell School; giving grades for the football field and for the surfacing of the tennis courts at Legion Field ; taking elevations for estimate of excavation at the Adams School and staking and giving grades for the drive, curb, and grading on these grounds; giving grades for additional grading on the Hunt School grounds; taking profile and staking the right of way adjacent Great Hill Park; and other minor work.
The above includes work done for your Board, for the Street de- partment, Water department, Park department, School department and for those in charge of the Welfare work.
In closing I extend to your Board, to all town officials, and to many other citizens my thanks for their courtesy to me and for the assistance given to me and to my assistants in our work throughout the town.
Respectfully submitted,
RUSSELL H. WHITING, Civil Engineer.
REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS & MEASURES
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of the
December 31 , 1932 Town of Weymouth :
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit my annual report for the year 1932 with the sealing fees amounting to $332.45.
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There were four convictions made during the year as follows : three for peddling without a license as required by law of which two paid fines and the other was placed on file and one for using an unsealed and false scale of which the defendant was found guilty and paid a fine.
My general work for the year is as follows :
Sealed 3,352 articles
Not sealed
174 articles
Condemned 16 articles
Gas Pumps
246 articles
Reweighings
457 articles
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES W. BURGESS, Sealer of Weights & Measures.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COLLECTOR OF TAXES
January 13, 1933
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of the
Town of Weymouth :
I am pleased to submit to you, and through you, to the Citizens of Weymouth, my annual report of the Taxes and Interest collected by me, as Collector of Taxes, during the year 1932. These collections, as made and paid over to the Town Treasurer, apply to the several lists as committed to me for the years 1930, 1931 and 1932, and in- clude assessments of Real and Personal Property, Moth, Sidewalk, Polls, Old Age Assistance and Motor Vehicle Excise.
1930 TAXES
Balance outsanding Jan. 1, 1932 (includes all 1930 taxes)
$34,499.28
Interest charged and collected during 1932 : Personal and Real Estate
$2,360.97
Motor Vehicle Excise
20.25
2,381.22
Total
$36,880.51
Less Collections on 1930 Taxes :
Personal and Real Estate
$32,529.80
Moth
30.00
Motor Vehicle Excise
148.39
Interest on above
2,381.22
,
Total $35,089.41
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Less Abatements on 1930 Taxes :
Personal and Real Estate Moth Motor Vehicle Excise
$1,599.24
2.00
189.86
Total
$1,791.10
Total Collections and Abatements
$36,880.51
Balance Outstanding December 31, 1932
None
1931 TAXES
Balance outstanding Jan. 1, 1932 (including all 1931 Taxes) $292,394.18 Interest charges and collected during 1932 :
Personal and Real Estate
$9,998.29
Motor Vehicle Excise
217.01
Polls
29.60
10,244.90
Commitment No. 4 on 1931 Motor Vehicle Excise
812.60
Total
$303,451.68
Less Collections on 1931 Taxes :
Personal and Real Estate
$225,344.03
Moth
455.25
Motor Vehicle Excise
6,286.18
Polls
442.00
Old Age Assistance
600.00
Interest on Above
10,244.90
Total
$243,372.36
Less Abatements on 1931 Taxes :
Personal and Real Estate
$7,803.29
Motor Vehicle Excise
1,423.05
Polls
442.00
Total
$9,668.34
Total Collections and Abatements
$253,040.70
Balance Outstanding December 31, 1932
$ 50,410.98
Summary :
Personal and Real Estate
$49,815.88
Motor Vehicle Excise
595.10
Polls
None
Old Age Assistance
None
Total
$50,410.98
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1932 TAXES
Commitments to Collector from Assessors :
Polls :
June 23, 1932
Nov. 2, 1932
$ 13,384.00 272.00
$13,656.00
Old Age Assistance :
June 23, 1932
$ 6,745.00
Nov. 2, 1932
136.00
$6,881.00
Motor Vehicle Excise :
April 1, 1932
$ 14,624.80
Aug. 1, 1932
16,180.23
Dec. 1, 1932
6,497.20
Dec. 10, 1932
2,811.87
$40,114.10
Personal and Real Estate :
Oct. 13, 1932
$1,124,860.75
Dec. 20, 1932
4,045.20
$1,128,905.95
Moth :
Oct. 13, 1932
$1,519.75
Sidewalk:
Oct. 13, 1932
$11.00
Total of all 1932 Commitments
$1,191,087.80
Add Interest Charges and Collected : Personal and Real Estate
$319.79
133.32
Motor Vehicle Excise Polls
34.98
Total
488.09
Total
$1,191,575.89
Less Collections on 1932 Taxes :
Personal and Real Estate
$813,274.62
Moth
1,001.75
Sidewalk
11.00
Motor Vehicle Excise
27,352.80
Polls
11,308.00
Old Age Assistance
5,759.00
Interest on Above
488.00
Total
$859,195.26
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Less Abatements on 1932 Taxes :
Personal and Real Estate Motor Vehicle Excise
$2,536.27
1,026.29
Polls
564.00
Total
$4,126.56
Total Collections and Abatements
863,321.82
Balance Outstanding December 31, 1932
$328,254.07
Summary :
Personal and Real Estate
$313,095.06
Moth
518.00
Motor Vehicles Excise
11,735.01
Polls
1,784.00
Old Age Assistance
1,122.00
Total $328,254.07
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK W. HOLBROOK, Collector of Taxes.
REPORT OF THE PARK COMMISSIONERS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of the
Town of Weymouth,
December 31, 1932
Gentlemen :
BEALS PARK
The grass was mowed during the summer months and the grounds kept cleaned up, also the tennis court was finished by putting the fencing around the court and the furnishing of the tennis net.
The game of tennis is getting very popular and is enjoyed by both young and old for the court was in constant use all summer.
A settee was placed at the lower end of the park at Sea Street and we believe it was appreciated by the many older people waiting for the electric cars at that point.
GREAT HILL PARK
The Park Commissioners started the working of a parking space at the foot of the park at North Street through the hiring of all un- employed men of the Town and we believe we made very good pro-
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gress with the amount of money we had to spend, it is not finished as yet; but we hope and believe this proposition should be finished by the Street department.
The bath-house was open daily from June 17th to Sept. 6th and we can say that it was well patronized, the average attendance being about 250 people each day.
Now we believe that any amount of money which is appropriated for the care and maintenance of the bath-house and bathing beach is well invested for the enjoyment and pleasure of the citizens of Wey- mouth both old and young.
REPORT OF PLAYGROUNDS AND SUPERVISED PLAY
To the Honorable Board of. Park Commissioners :
The 1932 Playground Season opened July 5th, and continued for six busy weeks, ending August 12th. The season was favored with fine weather throughout the period which encouraged heavy sustained attendance of children to all eight playgrounds. A study of the at- tendance chart reveals the fact that Weston Park attracted the most boys and girls the opening week with an average of 257 children daily. Lake Street led the second week with an average daily membership of 247 children, and Lovell's Corner took the attendance banner for the third week with 262 members daily. Likewise Lovell's Corner led the fourth week also with an average of 279 children in daily at- tendance.
There was a marked increase in attendance at Bicknell Playground throughout the season, over previous year's records. Stetson Play- ground, Lovell's Corner, and Webb Park also had more children present this season than at any previous year.
This year the supervised play on the eight playgrounds was di- rected by the eight regular teachers. In addition there was an Assist- ant Supervisor who divided his time between the two playgrounds in South Weymouth; one for the two Parks in Weymouth; one for the two Parks in North Weymouth and the Supervisor directed the two in East Weymouth. These men Assistants supervised the older boys' athletics, taught boys' handcraft classes; provided transportation for all athletic teams in inter-playground leagues and tournaments, boys and girls; and directed all the boys' activties. This arrangement pro- vided the regular teacher with ample time to direct the activities of smaller children, permitted her more time to supervise the older girls' activities, teach handcraft classes and to lead the music periods and reading hours.
Regular meetings of the Assistants were held with the Supervisor who explained the program for the coming week, arranged athletic schedules and distributed plans and material for the handcraft classes which made some new articles each week. The Assistants could thus direct the program on their respective playgrounds for the entire week and all playgrounds in town were working on a unified program.
The playground day was increased one hour this season, one half hour being added to both the morning and afternoon sessions. This provided for five hours of supervised play daily, thus allowing for more activities per day than in previous years. These two factors,
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more time and more supervision are the chief reasons why this season shows a larger playground membership than in previous years.
·Handcraft was a regular feature on the playground program each day for an hour, with the boys and girls generally divided into separ- ate projects. The boys worked mostly on jig-saw toys and ornaments which they made from panel board donated by the Rhines Lumber Company and Weymouth Lumber Company. Among the articles which they cut out and painted were Bunny Rabbit Napkin rings, Elephant lawn ornaments, Dog and Squirrel Door Wedges, Necktie Racks and Weather Vanes. Among the handcraft products of the girls classes were Fancy Wall Paper Stationery Folders, Sailor Man Cloth, Embroidered Dolls, Sipping Straw Bird Cages, Cellophane Paper Belts; Bean Bags, Oil Cloth Kitchen Memo Pads and Overstuffed Silk Covered Chair Jewel Cases. On some of the grounds the older boys made their own bases by filling old cement and burlap sacks with sand. Pitching targets were also made for baseball accuracy throwing.
Many new features in athletics were introduced this season on the playgrounds in addition to the usual baseball leagues, paddle ten- nis tournaments and volley ball leagues. These contributed a healthy rivalry between the playgrounds and provided some very keen compe- tition among the boys and girls. The broadened program encouraged large numbers into athletics and offered many the opportunity and the honor to represent their respective playground in playing in the Town Championships. And thus hundreds of our boys and girls were molding their character for useful citizenship in future years by learn- ing those valuable lessons taught in athletics-to win fairly; to lose with a smile without alibi; to play the game according to the rules and to respect the rights and property of others.
The new features included separate swimming meets for boys and girls at Wessagussett Beach, Horseshoe Pitching, Track and Field Meets, Tennis Tournaments and Checker Playing. In each of these activities the children on the local playgrounds were given instruction and opportunity to practice and then the local touranments were held and playground champions were proclaimed at the various Parks. Then these local playground champions met in competition to decide the Town Championships.
Lovell's Corner won the Boys Swimming Meet through the efforts of their champions Lloyd Morrell, Wesley Babineau and Roger Porter. The Lake Street Team won the Girls' Swimming meet with their champions Albina Gailus, Betty Byrne, and Edith DiLorenzo carry- ing off most of the aquatic honors.
The Horseshoe Tournament was held at Lovell's Corner Play- grounds with both Junior and Senior Champions from all Parks com- peting. Stetson Playground won the Senior Town Championship, and Weston Park the Junior Championship. The Senior Town Champions are Harold Fay and Ellston Dunbar and the Juniors are William Noble and William Frazier. The Bicknell Senior Champions were Ted O'Leary and Francis Long; Weston Champions, Abe Brava and Lester Bowie. Lovells champions, William Reid and William Cole; and Lake Street champions, Tony Cavallo and James DiGravio. Lov- ells Junior champions were Gus Verde and Robert Sample; Bicknell champions, Joseph Mckinnon and William Pray; Webb champions,
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Mark Hannabury and William McCarthy; Lake Street champions, John Braccia and Joseph Pecararo and Stetson champions, Burton Poole and Minot Holbrook.
The Track and Field Meet was held at Legion Memorial Field with 125 boys and girls, ranging from 7 years to 18 years of age, competing. Weston Park won a hotly contested meet with 26 points and Lake Street placed second with 24 points. Stetson placed third with 15; Bicknell 13; Pond 11; Lovells Corner 10 and Webb Park 9 points finished in that order. The winning Town Champion in each event follows :-
Senior Girls Basketball Throw-Frances O'Leary; Bicknell Boys 100 Yard Dash-Elmont Abbott, Weston; Senior Girls 75 Yard Dash- Francis O'Leary, Bicknell; Girls under 10 years, 25 Yard Dash-Edna Fay, Stetson; Boys under 10 years, 25 Yard Dash-Cecil Butler, West- on; Girls under 12 years, 40 Yard Dash-Louise Whiting, Lake St .; Boys under 12 years, 40 Yard Dash-Joseph Slattery, Webb; Girls under 14 years, 60 Yard Dash-Florence Condrick, Stetson; Boys un- der 14 years, 60 Yard Dash-Leonard Ferguson, Lovells; Boys Shot Put-Jerry Cavallo, Lake St .; Girls Standing Broad Jump-Beatrice Libbey, Weston; Boys Standing Broad Jump-Kendall Newbert, Pond Plain.
A severe electric storm which prevented the relay races and high jump events was greatly regretted by all the children.
The Tennis Championship Tournaments were held at the fine Courts at Weston Park. Beals Park won both Senior and Junior Boys Championships. These Senior Town Champions are Alfred Dewey and Ernest Fisher; the Junior Town Champions are Frank Padging- ton and Curtis Ruggles. The other competing local Champions were Seniors :-
Pond Plain-Stephen Pratt and Eugene Marceau.
Weston-George Dunning and Chester Howsbager.
Lovells Corner-Lester Jones and Walter Cole.
Junior Champions were Lovells-Gus Verde and Lawrence MacFawn. Pond Plain-Charles Shaw and Edward Grieves.
Weston Park-William Frazier and Robert McCulloch.
And strangely enough the Girls Championship were both won by one Playground, Weston Park, in both Senior and Junior Divisions. The Senior Girl Town Champions are Helen Cannon and Irene Noble, and the Junior Champions Christine McCulloch and Barbara Blake. Local Playground Champions playing in the tournament were : Seniors : Lovells Corner-Mary Tirrell and Estheia Burke. Beals-Beryl Gray and Rita Murphy.
Pond Plain-Hazel Dyment and Dorothy Dyment.
The Junior Girls Playground Champions were :
Beals Park-Rita Murphy and Catharine Gunville; Pond Plain-Eva Fitzgerald and Pauline Dyment; Lovells Corner-Alice Tirrell and Frances Cobb.
Interest in playing checkers surprised the fondest hopes of the teachers in every playground.
The checker boards were in constant demand daily, from opening
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until closing time by the children. Weekly tournaments were held to determine the local champions and these players competed in the Town Championship Tournament held at Beals Park. It is interest- ing to note that some of these were boys and several were girls. Jo- seph McKinnon of Bicknell Playground won the Town Championship and Robert Johnson of Beals won second place, Burton Sample of Lovells Corner placed third and Mary Gloster of Webb Park, fourth.
The champions of the individual playgrounds were :
Pond Plain-Dorothy Wadman and Victor Peterson.
Stetson Park-Virginia Norton and Nancy O'Donnell. Lovells Corner-Eva Doyle and Burton Sample. Webb Park-Catherine Harrington and Mary Gloster. Weston Park-Robert Collins and Robert Rennie. Beals Park-Pearl Colarusso and Robert Johnson. Bicknell Park-Marjorie Huxley and Joseph Mckinnon.
Webb Park won the Baseball League championship and have the honor of completing the season undefeated. These Junior Champions who share the rare distinction of playing on an undefeated baseball team are Edward Duncan, Joseph Slattery, Eugene Duncan, Charles Marsh, Thomas Slattery, Roger Gorham, Mark Hannabury, Walter Marsh, William McCarthy, Francis McCarthy and Joseph Duncan. Pond Plain finished second in the Baseball League.
Lovells Corner won the Girls' Volley Ball Championship and also distinguished themselves by winning all their matches. These fair Champions are Mary Tirrell, Muriel Doble, Marjorie Doble, Estheia Burke, Eleanor Maynard, Catherine Reid, Frances Cobb, Alice Tir- rell and Ellen Sjoberg. Stetson's won second place.
The Annual Paddle Tennis Tournament was again held at Stet- son's Playground. Webb Park won both the boys and girls divisions. This year's champion girls are Mary Harrington and Marie Morrisroe. The boy champions are Mark Hannabury and Edward Duncan.
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