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Voted, To pass over.
ARTICLE 15
Voted, That the Town do increase the salary of its Treas- urer, making the same $500 per year.
ARTICLE 16
Voted, That the Town increase the firemen's wages to 75 cents per hour while fighting house and brush fires.
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ARTICLE 17 Voted, That the Town pay $3 per day for Town labor.
ARTICLE 18
Voted, That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $200 to build a new float at the Public Landing.
ARTICLE 19
Voted, That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $200 for the collection and disposal of rubbish throughout the Town to be expended under the direction of the Clean-up Committee.
ARTICLE 20
Voted, That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $500 for the maintenance of a free bed at the South Shore Hospital.
ARTICLE 21
Voted, That the Highway Surveyor be instructed to re- move the stone trough and pump on or near the premises of William E. Moran at Scituate Centre.
ARTICLE 22
Voted, That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $2500 to complete the work of widening the road bed and macadamizing Mann Hill Road, so called, from Charles Street to Hatherly Road.
ARTICLE 23
Voted, That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $2000 to extend the macadam on Summer Street from the residence of George Hill to the Norwell line, or as far as the money will permit.
ARTICLE 24
Voted, That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1500 to extend the macadam on Pond Street, beginning at the estate of H. H. Northey and going as far as the money will allow.
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ARTICLE 25
Voted, That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $120 for six lights, three on Summer Street, and three on High Street, to be placed under the direction of the Select- men.
ARTICLE 26
Voted, That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $40 to install two electric lights on Lighthouse Road between the Pilot Boat and the Lighthouse.
ARTICLE 27
Voted, That the Town resurface with oil, and make safe for travel with horses, that portion of the highway from Garfield Avenue to the residence of H. G. Dick and raise and appropriate $500 for the same.
ARTICLE 28
Voted, That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $500 to macadamize the Primary School Hill, so called, on Cedar Street.
ARTICLE 29
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1000 to cut the bushes along our highways, or act thereon?
Voted, To pass over.
ARTICLE 30
Voted, That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1500 to macadamize Surfside Road.
ARTICLE 31
Voted, That the Town raise and appropriate the sum o $2000 to complete the macadam on Beach Street from the Hatherly Road to the Gateway in the Sea Wall in such a manner that horses can travel on it.
ARTICLE 32
Voted, That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1200 to build drains and catch basins on Beach Street near
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Damon Avenue, Pond Road and Surfside Road, and at Cleveland Avenue and Grasshopper Lane.
ARTICLE 33
Voted, That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1500 to complete the work on Bailey's Causeway from Garfield Avenue to Glades Road.
ARTICLE 34
Voted, That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1000 on the order of notice from the County Commissioners in relation to widening Main Street and constructing a side- walk thereon at North Scituate.
ARTICLE 35
Voted, That the Town accept the layout of the Selectmen in widening a portion of Central Street near the residence of Arthur Williams, and raise and appropriate the sum of $1000 to build the sidewalk on the northerly side of said street, beginning at the drinking fountain and extending in a westerly direction as far as the appropriation will allow.
ARTICLE 36
Will the Town accept the layout of the Selectmen making Pond View Avenue, as it leads from Beach Street, a public way, etc .?
Voted, To pass over.
ARTICLE 37
Voted, That the Town accept the layout of the Selectmen making Bridge Avenue at Second Cliff a town way, and raise and appropriate the sum of $800 for the construction of the same.
ARTICLE 38
Voted, That the Town accept the layout of the Selectmen making Scituate Avenue at the Sand Hills a town way and
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raise and appropriate the sum of $2500 for construction of the same.
ARTICLE 39
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $3000 for the preparation of road material during the winter months? Voted, To pass over.
ARTICLE 40
Voted, That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $150 as its contribution toward the erection of the watch tower at Hingham; said amount is provided for in the amount of money already raised for forest fires ..
ARTICLE 41
Voted, That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $400 to continue the edgestone and sidewalk on Turner Avenue from Scituate Avenue to Jericho Road.
ARTICLE 42
Will the Town raise and appropriate $200 for the accept- ance and improvement of the plot of land known as Allen Park?
Voted, To pass over.
ARTICLE 43
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $150 for additional lights on Scituate Avenue and Hatherly Road?
Voted, No.
ARTICLE 44
Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $500 as a contribution toward the celebration of the Fourth of July at Sand Hills, etc .?
· Voted, To pass over.
ARTICLE 45
Voted, That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1000 for the general improvement of the roads at Humarock Beach.
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ARTICLE 46
To see if the Town employ a landscape architect to pre- pare a plan for the development of its grounds at Scituate Centre, etc.
Voted, That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $250, to be expended under the direction of a committee consisting of the Chairman of the Selectmen, the Chairman of the School Committee and the Chairman of the Park Com- missioners, who are hereby authorized and directed to em- ploy a landscape architect of proven ability and experience in Town planning, to prepare a plan for the developing of the Town property at Scituate Centre, and report to the Town on or before April 25, 1917.
ARTICLE 47
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $200 for sports, music, etc., at North Scituate on July 4, 1917, etc.
Voted, To pass over.
ARTICLE 48
Will the Town vote to install three electric lights on Blossom Street, etc .?
Voted, No.
ARTICLE 49
Voted, That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000 for the Soldiers and Sailors' Monument, to be paid out of the current taxes, to cover contract made and con- tracts to be made by the committee for the completion of said monument.
ARTICLE 50
Voted, That the Town make $2 the license fee of peddlers in the Town.
ARTICLE 51
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $1500 to purchase a chemical combination for District No. 2.
Voted, To pass over.
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ARTICLE 52
To see if the Town will vote to remove Hose Building No. 1 from Brook Street, its present location, to a lot on Front Street owned by the Town, and raise and appropriate the sum of $500 for the same.
Voted, To pass over.
ARTICLE 53
Voted, That the Town do not repeal the By-Laws that provide for the appointment and duties of the Advisory Board.
The resignation of the Advisory Board tendered to the Town, read by the Moderator, the Town
Voted, Not to accept their resignation.
ARTICLE 54
Voted, That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $100 to improve and make safe the corner at junction of State Highway and Neal Gate Street, that the said sum be taken from Roads, General.
ARTICLE 55
Voted, That the Town do instruct the Park Commissioners to take by right of eminent domain, Lot A, Turner Plan, on Billow Avenue, Sand Hills, for a public bathing beach, and raise and appropriate the sum of $650 to cover the expense of the same.
Voted, That the Moderator be paid $10 for his services.
Voted, To dissolve the meeting.
Attest: JETSON WADE, Town Clerk.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 12, 1917 ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Total vote, 651.
Male vote, 587.
Female vote, 64.
Selectmen for Three Years:
Herbert F. Bates. 92
Percival S. Brown 139
William E. Supple. 81
G. Dana Yeaton 253
Blanks . 22
Assessors for Three Years:
Herbert F. Bates. 92
Percival S. Brown 135
William E. Supple. 87
G. Dana Yeaton . 242
Blanks . 31
Overseers of the Poor, for Three Years:
Herbert F. Bates. 87
Percival S. Brown 132
William E. Supple 90
G. Dana Yeaton . 239
Blanks . 39
Selectman, for One Year:
W. Cleveland Cogswell 132
Henry A. Litchfield . 173
Arthur R. Merritt 20
Charles W. Peare 234
Blanks . 28
Assessor, for One Year:
W. Cleveland Cogswell . 123
Henry A. Litchfield . 165
Arthur R. Merritt 19
Charles W. Peare 231
Blanks . 49
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Overseer of the Poor, for One Year:
W. Cleveland Cogswell . 126
Henry A. Litchfield . 167
Arthur R. Merritt . 19
Charles W. Peare 226
Blanks . 49
Town Clerk, for One Year:
Archie W. Torrey 164
Jetson Wade 400
Blanks . 23
Town Treasurer, for One Year:
William P. Richardson 533
Blanks . 54
.Collector of Taxes, for One Year:
Albert D. Spaulding 499
Blanks . 88
Auditor, for One Year: .
Howard O. Frye. 383
Blanks . 204
Surveyor of Highways, for One Year:
Frank H. Cole. 203
Archie L. Mitchell 208
Warren D. Randall 25
Charles M. Wagner
108
Henry Webb 27
Blanks . 16
Constables, for One Year:
Elmer F. Burrows . . 369
Charles M. Litchfield 353
John F. Turner . 371
Ralph H. Young 237
Blanks . 431
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Tree Warden, for One Year:
William F. Ford . 388
Benjamin Nichols 137
Blanks . 62
Park Commissioner, for Three Years:
William H. North 357
Blanks . 230
School Committee, for Three Years:
Rena M. Cole. 265
James L. Prouty 48
Charles S. Short 226
Olive Wilder 72
Blanks. 40
Board of Health, for Three Years:
William P. Grovestein
452
Blanks . 135
Advisory Board, for Three Years:
William O. Clapp 344
Frederic Cole . 341
Edgar Tilden 312
Blanks 764
Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town?
Yes, 156. No, 350. Blanks, 81.
At a recount of the votes cast for Surveyor of Highways between Frank H. Cole and Archie L. Mitchell it was determined that Frank H. Cole received 203 votes and Archie L. Mitchell 210 votes.
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, JUNE 22, 1917
William J. Roberts chosen Moderator.
Tellers, William W. Wade, Frank S. Watson and Russell T. Knox.
ARTICLE 2
Voted (by unanimous vote), That the Town do rescind its vote of December 13, 1916 (Article 4), which reads as follows: "That the Town designate the open space between the New High School Building, the Town Hall, and the Thorn- dyke House, so called, as the location for the Soldiers' Monument."
ARTICLE 3
Voted, That the Town do accept a certain parcel of land deeded by Thomas W. Lawson to the Town of Scituate under date of May 25, 1917, for the purpose of erecting and maintaining thereon a Soldiers' Monument, to be erected under the direction of the Monument Committee heretofore appointed by the Town of Scituate, said parcel of land situ- ated in the Town of Scituate, and being a portion of the lot commonly known as the Old Meetinghouse Lot, or Church Common, bounded and described as follows: Northerly by Willow Street 350 feet, southwesterly by Central Street 350 feet, and easterly by other land formerly of the Grantor 195 feet, more or less.
ARTICLE 4
Voted, That the Town instruct the Monument Committee to locate and erect the Soldiers' Monument on the parcel of land as described in Article 3.
Unanimous vote.
ARTICLE 5
Voted, That the Town pay a man and two-horse team $6.60 per day, and a man and single team $4.80 per day, in the various Town departments, same to date from March 12, 1917.
ARTICLE 6
Voted, That the Town authorize the transfer of 10 per cent of unexpended balance of all special road, street and
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sidewalk appropriations voted March 12, 1917, same to be used to pay team owners, balance, if any, to apply to an emergency fund occasioned by the present war conditions, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Select- men, should the 'occasion require.
ARTICLE 7
Voted, That in case of any balance at the completion of the Soldiers' Monument, said balance to revert to an emer- gency fund, for special purposes, occasioned by the present war conditions.
ARTICLE 8
Voted, That the Town do reconsider its vote of March 5, 1917, and accept the layout of the Selectmen making Pond View Avenue, as it leads from Beach Street, a public way, and raise and appropriate the sum of $200 to improve the same.
ARTICLE 9
Voted, That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1000 for additional grading around the New High School Building.
ARTICLE 10
Voted, That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $2500 for the furnishing of the New High School Building.
Voted, To pay the Moderator $5 for his services. Voted, To dissolve the meeting.
At a joint meeting of the Board of Selectmen and the School Committee, held at the Town Hall on Thursday evening, August 9, 1917, it was voted that Mr. Edward I. Wilson be elected to fill Mr. Joy K. Gannett's unexpired term until the Annual Meeting in March, 1918.
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STATE ELECTION, NOVEMBER 6, 1917
Ansel F. Servan, Presiding Election Officer. Ballot Clerks, W. W. Wade and John W. Burke. Tellers, George F. Dwyer and Russell T. Knox. Registrars, Charles F. Clapp and William Stanley. Polls opened at 6.30 A.M .; closed at 1.30 P.M. Total vote, 286.
The result was as follows:
For Governor:
James Hayes (Socialist Labor) 2
Chester R. Lawrence (Prohibition) 3
Frederick W. Mansfield (Democratic) 58
Samuel W. McCall (Republican) 219
John McCarty (Socialist) 1 Blanks 3.
Lieutenant-Governor:
Calvin Coolidge (Republican) . 216
Matthew Hale (Democratic and Prohibition) 52
Sylvester J. McBride (Socialist) 3
Fred E. Oelcher (Socialist Labor) 2
Blanks . 13
Secretary:
Herbert S. Brown (Prohibition) 7
Albert P. Langtry (Republican) 207
Ingvar Paulsen (Socialist Labor) 0
Arthur B. Reed (Democratic) 57
Marion E. Sproule (Socialist) 10
Blanks . 5
Treasurer:
Charles L. Burrill (Republican) 208
Solon Lovett (Prohibition) . 5
Joseph A. Murphy (Socialist) 2
Humphry O'Sullivan (Democratic) 54
Mary E. Peterson (Socialist Labor) 1
Blanks . 14
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Auditor:
Elzear H. Choquette (Democratic) 60
Alonzo B. Cook (Republican) 200
David Craig (Socialist Labor) 2
Walter S. Peck (Socialist) 1
Henry G. Smith (Prohibition) 4
Blanks . 16
Attorney-General:
Henry C. Attwill (Republican) 204
Frank Auchter (Prohibition) 5
William R. Henry (Socialist) 1
Thomas J. Maher (Socialist Labor) 6
Josiah Quincy (Democratic) 57
Blanks . 13
Councillor, First District:
Norman D. Gillepsie (Socialist)
11
David L. Parker 217
Blanks . 58
Senator, Norfolk and Plymouth District:
Clarence W. Harding (Democratic) 60
Kenneth L. Nash (Republican) 200
Elmer A. Wright (Socialist) 2
Blanks . 24
Representative in General Court, Second Plymouth District: Walter Haynes of Scituate (Republican) 243
Blanks . 43
County Commissioners, Plymouth County :
Edward P. Boynton (Democratic) 69
Jere B. Howard (Republican) 195
Robert A. Nutting (Socialist) 2
Blanks . 20
Amendment, relative to absentees voting, submitted by the Constitutional Convention:
Yes, 188. No, 39. Blanks, 59.
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Amendment, relative to appropriations for educational and benevolent purposes, submitted by the Constitutional Convention :
Yes, 194. No, 62.
Blanks, 30.
Amendment, relative to the taking and distributing by the Commonwealth and its municipalities of the common necessaries of life, submitted by the Constitutional Con- vention :
Yes, 202. No, 35. Blanks, 49.
Attest:
JETSON WADE, Town Clerk.
TOWN CLERKS' CONVENTION
At a meeting of the Town Clerks of the several towns comprising the Second Plymouth Representative District, held at the Town Clerk's Office in Marshfield on Friday, the 17th day of November, 1917, at 12 o'clock noon, it was ascertained by the returns from each town that the number of votes cast for each candidate for Representative to the General Court on Tuesday the 6th day of November, 1917, were as follows:
Walter Haynes
Scattering
Blanks
Total
Marshfield
149
15
164
Norwell
125
15
140
Duxbury
98
27
125
Pembroke
84
2
27
113
Scituate
243
43
286
699
2
127
828
Walter Haynes of Scituate having a majority of the votes returned, was declared elected and his certificate was made out in accordance therewith.
HERBERT I. MACOMBER, Town Clerk of Marshfield.
JOSEPH F. MERRITT, Town Clerk of Norwell.
GEORGE H. STEARNS, Town Clerk of Duxbury.
WILLIAM A. KEY, Town Clerk of Pembroke. JETSON WADE, Town Clerk of Scituate.
Attest: JETSON WADE, Town Clerk.
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MARRIAGES, 1917
Jan. 8, Carl F. W. Schafer of Scituate and Elizabeth M. Donnellon of Scituate, married by Rev. Thomas A. Flynn, Priest, at Cohasset.
Jan. 18, Fred L. Barry of Scituate and. Delephini Baggiolini of Brookline, married by Michael McManus, Priest, at Brookline, Mass.
Jan. 28, Richard W. Robbins of Scituate and Elsie C. Litchfield of Scituate married by William S. Packer, Minister, at Winchester, Mass.
Feb. 10, Wilbur A. Carter of Scituate and Agnes M. Davis of Scituate, married by Charles E. Eaton, Clergyman, at Boston.
Feb. 11, John S. Kelly of Scituate and Gertrude L. (Duffy) Cunningham, married by Mark D. Driscoll, Clergy- man, at Cambridge.
Feb. 14, Lawrence H. Bailey of Scituate and Olive G. Elliott of Scituate, married by Harrie R. Chamberlin, Minis- ter, Newton.
Feb. 20, George L. Litchfield of Scituate and May C. Haartz of Scituate, married by John P. H. Schlenter, Priest, at Boston.
April 14, Ralph L. Roberts, Jr., of Scituate and Elsie C. Butman of Cohasset, married by Howard Key Bartow, at Cohasset.
April 26, Donald S. Pitkin of Scituate and Dorothy A. Bacon of Chicago, Ill., married by Howard. Key Bartow, Clergyman, at Cohasset.
May 6, Harry G. De Costa of Brockton and Rita A. Stetson of Scituate, married by Daniel J. Carney, Priest, at Cohasset.
May 16, J. Sanford Fitts of Scituate and Helen F. Jen- kins of Scituate, married by Rev. Lester R. Norton, Minister, at North Scituate.
May 19, George F. Dwyer of Scituate and Josephine I. Barry of Scituate, married by Daniel J. Carney, Priest, at Cohasset.
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June 4, Frank L. Westerhoff of Connecticut and Florence M. Perkins of Scituate, married by John A. Raymond, Town Clerk, of Weymouth.
July 17, Clifford H. Attwood of Boston and Lillian M. Ovens of Scituate, married by Ernest Mariett, Clergyman, at Boston.
Aug. 5, William H. Mellen of Bangor, Me., and Cath- erine T. Chapman of Scituate, married by Henry W. Pink- ham, Minister, at Scituate.
Aug. 20, Arthur H. Damon of Scituate and Margery M. Spicer of Boston, married by John G. Taylor, Clergyman, at Arlington.
Sept. 8, James S. Ridley of Brunswick, Me., and Marjorie I. Pratt of Scituate, married by Rev. Lester R. Norton, Minister, at North Scituate.
Oct. 3, Harold W. Cole of Scituate and Eunice M. Priest of Scituate, married by William I. Nichols, Minister, at Scituate.
Oct. 7, R. Frank Hall of Scituate and Bertha (Rund) Mader of Scituate, married by Ezra M. Cox, Clergyman, at Scituate.
Oct. 16, Fred G. McCarthy of Scituate and Nora L. Hen- nessey of Scituate, married by Daniel J. Carney, Priest, at Cohasset.
Oct. 18, Danforth P. Sylvester of Scituate and Mary F. Litchfield of Scituate, married by M. J. Splaine, Priest, at Cohasset.
Oct. 27, Howard T. Wentworth of Marshfield and Ruth Clapp of Scituate, married by John F. Phillips, Clergyman, at Everett.
Nov. 6, Benjamin J. Kendrigan of Rockland and Eunice L. Clapp of Scituate, married by Linneus M. Bosworth, Clergyman, at Cohasset.
Nov. 6, Howard E. Bailey of Scituate and Ruth E. Stone of Braintree, married by Adelbert L. Hudson, Clergyman, at Quincy.
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Nov. 8, Elwood C. Damon of Scituate and Vera G. Bates of Scituate, married by Lester Reed Norton, Minister, at North Scituate.
Nov. 15, George E. Bearce of Scituate and Minnie L. Welch of Scituate, married by Ezra M. Cox, Clergyman, at Scituate.
Dec. 14, Oliver L. Nourse of Marshfield and Anna Monk- rude of Marshfield, married by Thomas H. Goodwin, Clergy- man, at Scituate.
Dec. 25, Roy E. Litchfield of Scituate and Nellie E. Brown of Cohasset, married by Linneus M. Bosworth, Clergyman, at Cohasset.
Report of Town Clerk -- Births
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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN SCITUATE IN THE YEAR 1917
DATE
NAME
NAMES OF PARENTS
MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER
Jan. 13
Joseph Eugene Lavoine.
Joseph HI. and Martha Lavoine .
Jan.
30
Barbara Jollemore ..
Howard G. and Grace Jollemore.
Feb.
5
Herbert Ellwood Clapp
Elijah T. and Olive J. Clapp.
Feb.
8
Isaiah Franklin Lincoln
W. Irving and Edwina L. Lincoln Harold w. and Vehna Poland
Mar. 18
Steven Leo Matthews
Howard L. and Catherine F. Matthews Jesse M. and Macion A. Withem Lester R. and Helen D. Norton .
May 29
Ruth Stonefield .
John and Ethel Stoncfield .
June 6
Laura Katherine Cogswell
June
8
George Hawley Thompson
June 14
John Thomas Barry:
June 16
Alberta Frances Turner.
Albert F. and Alice Turner.
June
18 Dorothy Gillis.
John E. and Margaret E. Gillis.
June 24
Frank Loring Bates. Jr.
June
27
Eleanor May Merritt .
July
Ronald E. Gardner . - Morrison
William and Jane Morrison.
July
25
Irving Lincoln Studley, Jr
Irving L. and Katherine Studley
July
28
Wesley Evans Richardson
Earl S. and Marian T. Richardson
July
30
Edward Holbrook Baker, 3d. Barbuto
Patrick and Julia Barbuto.
Aug.
6
Marion Augusta Yenctchi
George V., Jr., and Agnes Yenetchi .
Aug.
25
Florence Elizabeth Wheeler ..
Clarence G. and Sarah A. Wheeler.
Aug.
26
William Lewis Jarvis, Jr
William L. and Ethel M. Jarvis
Aug.
30
Joseph Durell Hall .
Ralph N. and Ethel Hall.
Aug.
31
Priscilla Adams Simpson
Eugene P. A. and Nellie E. Simpson.
Oct.
5
Gilman Bates Wilder
Russell J. and Vera L. Wilder.
Oct.
18
Charles Warren Cox
Ezra M. and Glenn Cox
Oct.
20
Virginia Elizabeth Vines
Daniel A. and Susie G. Vines
Oct.
28
Margaret Young
Irving N. and Helen J. Young
Nov. 8
John and Esther Lonergan
Nov. 21
Pauline Frances Westerhoff.
Frank L. and Flossie Westerhoff
Nov. 20
Jeanne Marie Bresnahan .
J. Francis and Marie L. Bresnahan
Nov. 26
Fritz Mocbius Bucholz .
Dec. 13
Julia Frances Fitts
C. Hermann and Margarite Bucholz. . J. Sanford and Helen F. Fitts. . James C. and Gertrude C. Calkin
Dec.
14
Calkin
Dec. 28
Doris Carter
Wilbur A. and Agnes M. Carter.
Rickets House Jenkins Seaverns Morris Connolly Ross Souder Fox Street Brooks Baggiolini Hawes Barry Mooney Curtis Mitchell Finncy Gillis White Noblit O'Leary Olson Ferguson Kennedy Loveland Pennel White Berry Dyer Małaniffi Hoar Perkins Marcoux Moebius Jenkins Prouty Davis
Feb.
7
Harriet Poland .
Apc.
Harold Jesse Withem
May
17
Willard Grant Norton .
Evelyn Stonefield
W. Cleveland and Rose D. Cogswell Frank V. and Hattie F. Thompson. Fred and Della Barry .
Frank L.and Esther F. Bates .. Percival E. and Harriet M. Merritt. . Elmer E. and Wilhemina Gardner .
July 20
Edward H. and Edith Baker
Aug.
Catherine Margaret Lonergan.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN SCITUATE IN THE YEAR 1917
DATE
NAME OF DECEASED
AGE Y. M. D.
CAUSE OF DEATH
NAMES OF PARENTS
Jan.
4
Bertha C. Bush
39
9 2
Bright's Discasc.
Jan
12
Abbie Griffing
72 4
2
Jan.
18
Henry Brown
82 10 13
Carcinoma of Stomach
Jan.
25
Cornelia M. Allen
84
6 15
Feb.
14
James Hall .
47
1 25
Chronic Bronchitis
Feb.
19
Isabel M. Cole
9 11 17
Diphtheria Cardiac Paralysis
Feb.
21
Frances Adelaide Merritt
66 1 -
Abscess of the Kidney
Mar 27
Sarah L. Merritt
77
8 15
Apoplexy
Apr.
16
George Currell
67
Chronic Valvular Discase of Heart.
Apr
27
John B. Damon.
81
9 16
Arterio Sclerosis ..
May
5
Almeda L. Barker
88
3 8
Results of Age.
May
9
Luther Clarence Litchfield
72
6 11
Cerebral Hemorrhage .
May
13
Matilda Harrub
77
9 6
Paralysis Hemiplegis, Apoplexy
May
20
Henry F. Vinal
57
6 -
Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
May
21
Edmund Parker Welch
83
6 16
Cerebral Apoplexy .
May 25
Matilda C Lewis
55
6 25
Acute Malignant Endocarditis
May
29
Sarah A. Litchfield
73
3 11
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
June
14 Allen R. Shaw
52 10 2
Unknown, Natural Cause.
July
9
William D. Reynolds, 2d .
-
July
12
Harriet A. Brown.
83 7 21.
July
21
Georgiana Chick
71 10 -
July
26
Samuel C. Bradford
72 -
Aug.
2
William B. Dowse.
64 2 6
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Aug.
16
Katherine A. Hill
43
2 7
Aug. 20
Daniel Ward . .
75
5 10
Aug.
25
Frederic Cole.
64 6 11
Aug.
26
80
6
Aug.
28
30 5
8
Sept.
2
Alice Colman Litchfield
Cerebral Sclerosis
Sept.
5
John F. Kenniff
82
Sept.
24
Lucy A. Ellms
73
Sept.
30
Robert Williams
28 6 2
77
9 22
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Nov.
7
Lillie Crane Stoddard
Valvular Disease of Heart.
Nov. 14
Margery Googins . .
77 3 23
Dec.
13
Eleanor F. Curtis.
78 -
Acute Lymphangitis of Neek
Dec.
13
Jean Turner Bailey .
21
Premature Birth
Dec. 15
- Calkin .
8 hrs.
Dec.
20
Norman Prouty Calkin
2
2 17
Dec.
23
Maria Jellows. Susan M. Otis.
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