Town annual report of the officers and committees of the town of Scituate 1925-1927, Part 4

Author: Scituate (Mass.)
Publication date: 1925-1927
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 588


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April 18, John Earl Sewell of Reading and Eliza- beth M. Purnell of Scituate, married by Elwood Wor- cester, Clergyman, at Boston.


May 28, William Conte of Scituate and Nora Sylvia Bessette of Scituate, married by Cornelius Heyn, Clergy- man, at Scituate.


June 3, James Lockhart Forbes of Scituate and Gladys Irene Moore of Halifax, N. S., married by Carl Knudsen, Clergyman, at Scituate.


June 6, Eben Everett Bearce of Scituate and Edith Cornelia Bates of Cohasset, married by Linneus M. Bos- worth, Clergyman, at Cohasset.


June 10, Dennis Madden of Malden and Bridget F. Harrington of Scituate, married by Joseph P. Lawless, Priest, at No. Scituate.


June 19, Robert Kinsley of Cohasset and Beatrice V. Bates of Scituate, married by Linneus M. Bosworth, Clergyman, at Cohasset.


June 20, Harry Allen Newcomb of Scituate and Isabelle Christine Sterling of Scituate, married by Howard Key Bartow, Clergyman, at Quincy.


June 28, Charles Atkinson of New York and Pauline T. Ceppi of Scituate, married by Joseph P. Lawless, Priest, at Cohasset.


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June 29, Harold F. Cole of Scituate and Hazel Lin- coln of Scituate, married by Francis W. Holden, Clergy- man, at Rockland.


July 8, Malcolm Trask Hall of Scituate and Edith Gertrude Wagner of Norwell, married by Allan D. Creel- man, Clergyman, at Scituate.


July 26, Laban R. Bates of Scituate and Lillian Agnes (Elliot) Jackman of Scituate, married by Linneus M. Bosworth, Clergyman, at Cohasset.


July 26, Laurence C. House of Hanover and Mary Southard Vickery of Scituate, married by John A. Hayes, Clergyman, at West Bridgewater.


July 28, Martinlio de Meranda of Scituate and Sadie Alice (Bacchus) Rilley of Scituate, married by Harry F. Tilden, Justice of the Peace, at Cohasset.


August 9, Louis Edmund Salvador of Cohasset and Gladys Doane Vickery of Scituate, married by Harry F. Tilden, Justice of the Peace, at Cohasset.


August 15, Harold D. Richardson of Scituate and Rebecca L. Williams of Littleton, N. H., married by George A. Merrill, Clergyman, at Littleton, N. H.


August 17, Fred A. Beals, Jr., of Scituate and Ruth A. Ricketts of Scituate, married by R. Perry Bush, Clergy- man, at Cambridge.


August 19, Carl Knudsen of Scituate and B. Sylvia Blanchard of Brockton, married by Edwin H. Gibson, Minister, at Brockton.


August 26, Francis W. Dana, 3rd, of Scituate and Katherine Nancy Krabbe of Rochester, Mass., married by Arthur L. Fenderson, Clergyman, at Wareham.


September 3, Max Duffield Miles of Cleveland, Ohio, and Margaret Bailey of Cleveland, Ohio, married by Allan D. Creelman, Clergyman, at Scituate.


September 4, Paul R. Gannett of Scituate and Jessie Mary Walker of Scituate, married by Grady D. Feagan, Minister, at Lowell.


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Report of Town Clerk-Marriages


September 5, Larcom Randall of Hingham and Helen Seward Forknall of Scituate, married by Charles C. Wil- son, Clergyman, at Scituate.


September 10, Lawson Cook Vickery of Scituate and Madeline Beatrice Fisher of Scituate, married by Joseph P. Lawless, Priest, at Cohasset.


September 15, John L. Davis of Boston and Lilla B. Litchfield of Scituate, married by Stoddard Lane, Clergy- man, at Manchester, N. H.


September 18, Frederick Lloyd De Costa of Scituate and Lillian Mildred Buckley of Scituate, married by Rev. Vivian Broderick, Minister, at Brockton.


October 3, John Bogdanoff of Scituate and Elizabet Wis'ral of Roslindale, married by Allan D. Creelman, Clergyman, at Scituate.


October 4, Frank H. Quinn of Scituate and Louise Le Merrer of Boston, married by William A. Dacey, Priest, at Boston.


October 8, Stanley Curtis Ferguson of Whitman and Irene Gladys Brown of Scituate, married by William M. Newton, Minister, at Whitman.


October 10, Francis Peter Driscoll of Hingham and Mary Elizabeth Stanley of Scituate, married by Patrick J. Buckley, Priest, at Scituate.


October 11, Donald Allen Whittaker of Scituate and Hattie Rose Schinzel of Scituate, married by Fred V. Stanley, Minister, at Cohasset.


October 17, Cecil Francis McGoldrick of Scituate and Mary Seymour Ford of Roxbury, married by Albert C. Mullin, Priest, at Merrimac.


October 18, Frederick W. Sullivan of Cohasset and Florence E. Scannell of Scituate, married by Joseph P. Lawless, Priest, at Cohasset.


October 31, James J. Barry of Scituate and Clara E. (Taylor) Bearce of Scituate, married by Percy M. Hickcox, Clergyman, at Malden.


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November 1, Royden K. Huntley of Scituate and K. Velma Pelrine of Scituate, married by Howard Key Bartow, Clergyman, at Quincy.


November 11, Kenneth Boylston of Scituate and Thelma Ruth Laxton Gifford of Marshfield, married by Allan D. Creelman, Clergyman, at Scituate.


November 19, Alfred G. Leighton of Scituate and Eva F. Jenkins of Scituate, married by Richard C. Raines, Minister, at Scituate.


November 25, James L. Merritt of Scituate and Doro- thy Smith of Scituate, married by Harry F. Tilden, Justice of the Peace, at Cohasset.


November 26, Rudolph Jacobucci of Quincy and Concettina Ricci of Scituate, married by Joseph P. Law- less, Priest, at Cohasset.


November 28, Kenneth R. Briggs of Scituate and Mildred Elsie Webster of Scituate, married by Allan D. Creelman, Clergyman, at Scituate.


November 30, George M. Hodgkinson of Quincy and Alma Jenkins of Scituate, married by George Leo Patter- son, Minister, at Scituate.


December 27, Henry Herman Sommerman of Scituate and Marjorie Louise Fay of Longmeadow, mar- ried by P. A. Killam, Minister, at Belmont.


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Report of Town Clerk-Deaths


DEATHS REGISTERED IN SCITUATE IN THE YEAR 1925


1


Date


Name


Age Y. M. D.


Cause of Death


Name of Parents


Jan. 15


6


Thomas Henry Ney


49


0 23


Heart Disease


Jan.


22


William P. Richardson


67


4 10


Heart Disease


Feb.


8


Thomas W. Lawson


67


11


13


Diabetes


Feb.


16


Mary Esther Litchfield


21


10


22


Pulmonary Tuberculosis


Feb. 22


Samuel Hyland


92


3


0


Senile Gangrene of left Foot Samuel Hyland and Mehitable Bates and Leg


Feb. 24


Carrie Frances Jackson


54


7 2


Double Lobar Pneumonia


Feb.


25


William W. Manson


77


Arerio Sclerosis


Mar.


2


Perez L. Young


63


1.


Cerebral Hemorrhage


Mar. 2


Irene Frances Jackson


81


7


26


Acute Bronchitis


Mar.


4


Margaret Mary Kane Male


Stillborn


Mar. 29 George G. Leighton


69


7


0


Intestinal Hemorrhage


Apr.


2


Charles William Hoitt


77


5


1


Lobar Pneumonia


Apr.


24


Leslie T. Lake


11


19


Heart Disease


May


1 Joseph H. Levoine


39 7


29


Lobar Pneumonia


May


1


Margaret F. Sullivan


Sarcoma of Kidney, Liver and Lung


56


18


Cerebral Hemorrhage


May


5


Frederic Cobb Show


62


6 18


Chronic Nephritis


May 10


1+ David Lewis Studley 11


2


Chronic Valvular Heart Dis- ease


May 20 Orete Vannolli


36


Pluro Pneumonia


May


20


Louise Edson


37


10


2


May


31 Ann T. Staples


78


11


26


June 2


Annie M. Brown


67 6 6


Acute Parenchymatour Neph- ritis


June 6


Frank Otis Clapp


76


1 14


Chronic Valvular Heart Dis- ease


June 27 Minta C. Merritt


6 3


Cerebral Hemorrhage


July 5 George Webb Shepard


87


10 22 Cerebral Hemorrhage


July


6


Isabelle A. Tolman


67 6


6


July 24 Marion Murphy


47 11


15


Aug. 2 Grace Crane Bailey


53


8


15


Aug. 10 John Francis Watts


1


23


Aug. 14 Samuel Reddy


67


1


11


Cerebral Hemorrhage


Aug. 27 Calista Edson


71


0)


2


Carcinoma of Stomach


Sept. 6 Sarah Allen Monro


68 S


4


Cerebral Hemorrhage


William T. Jackson and Irene F. Jackson Wm. C. Manson and Frances Chamberlain Edwin Young and Mary L. Litchfield Eben E. Jackson and Ora Hatch Robert Croft and Catherine Calbert


Alfred G. Leighton and Margaret Chambers William K. A. Hoitt and Sarah C. Swain Ezekiel Lake and Adelaide Mosher Maximus E. Lavoine and Selina Vanosse John Sullivan and Margaret Driscoll


Patrick McDermott and Delia Norton Frances Cobb Snow and Sarah Jane Black Homer Studley and Lydia Jenkins


Angelo Vannolli and Firmina Acprilani George F. Edson and Calista Jordan Nathan W. Morse and Elizabeth Abbott Moses L. Brown and Sophia Litchfield


Rufus Clapp and Nancy Hall


Edwin C. Bowditch and Mary Coleman Jeremiah Shepard and Oreilla Wilson Henry A. Brett and Hannah F. Gills Thomas Harris and Nellie Duffey Benjamin H. Crane and Lydia Hill John F. Watts and Annie Colquhoun


John Jordan Allen Jordan and Mary Fuller


Jan.


Jolın O'Brien


6 22


Arterio Sclerosis


John O'Brien and Margaret Sweeney John Ney and Louise Litchfield


Joseph P. Richardson and Sarah A. Wilson Thomas Lawson and Anne Loring William J. Litchfield and Lillian Mansfield


,


21


10


13


Pulmonary Tuberculosis


Mar. 24


1


-


5 John Henry McDermott


Gangrene of the Righ Thigli Cerebral Hemorrhage


Cerebral Hemorrhage Cancer


Cerebral Hemorrhage Enteritis


5


Sept. 6 Sept. 19 James E. Bobbett


74 79


Heart Disease


10 Cerebral Hemorrhage Drowning-Accidental


Sept. 20 Joseph S. Frazer


Sept. 21 J. Frank Bailey


58 10 23 Gun Shot Wound


Sept. 22 Ethell M. Evans


Sept. 30 Gilbert Bates


Oct. 12


John Nee


Oct. Lucy J. Stockbridge


Oct.


29 Julia Elizabeth Stockbridge Mary S. Bouve


87 79


0 13 Chronic Cardiac Disease


Nov. 17


Nov. 26


Albert Howard Forbes


16


Nov.


30


Jane Hetherington


89


26


Dee. 1-


Dec. 15


Sarah A. Merritt Mary Elizabeth Watkins


82


10 7


Accidental Burns


Willard Whitcomb and Cynthia Battles Ezra L. Stoddard and Mary Hendricks


John McDermott and Mary Norris


Dec. 24


Hubert F. McDermott


24


7 16


Dec. 24 George E. Burrows


32 3 22


18


S 16 Accidental Suffocation and


Fracture of Skull-over- turning of Fire Truck


Dec. 30


George A. Hardwick


60


3 -


Chronic . Valvular Heart Dis- ease


Dec. 31


Lillian V. Merrill


27


S 15


Septic Pneumonia


Samuel D. Hardwick and Ruth L. Clapp Harry Barrett and May MacDonald


NOT BEFORE IN PRINTED REPORT


.


1924 June


4 Herbert Monroe Merritt


65 -


Carcinoma of Stomach


Monroe Merritt and Deborah Litchfield


Report of Town Clerk-Deaths


Joseph Sterverman and Mary Skaragis James J. Cobbett and Jones


1


William A. Evans and Antoinette Jacobs Gilbert Bates and Thais Richards Festus Nee and Barbara Manning Josiah R. Gurney and Emily J. Leach


William Brown and Julia F. Merritt Slyvanus Bouve and Mary Jenkins Frederick B. Forbes and Emma J. Soesman John Armstrong and Letitia Frizzell David Stoddard and Salome Clapp


Mitral


Arerio Sclerosis Aortic Regurgitation and


Walter James Stoddard .


69 7


S


25


Dec. 21


Chronic Valvular Heart Dis- ease


Accidental Fracture of Skull -overturning of Fire Truck Accidental Fracture · of Skull -overturning of Fire Truck


Dec. 24


Robert Frank Hall


1


0 Carcinoma of Esophagus Accidental Drowning


39 8 3 Acute Lymphatic Leukaemia Cancer of Colon Heart Disease 66 10 73 10 8 ~ 00 Ischemis Necrosis of Spinal Cord


17


Emerick Joseph Steverman


71


87


BROUGHT INTO TOWN FOR INTERMENT


Date


Name of Person


Y.


Age M. D.


Cause of Death


Place of Burial


Place of Death


April


4, 1924


Carl R. Fuller


12


9 26


Brain abcess


Fairview Cemetery


Lynn


Feb.


1,


Mary E. Carlton


59


3


Carcinoma


Fairview Cemetery


East Milton -


April 10,


Mercy C. Turner


63


S


Lobar Pneumonia


Fairview Cemetery


Sept.


2, 1923


George H. Stevens


67


Chronic Myocarditis


Fairview Cemetery


Randolph


Dec.


25, 1924


Joseph S. Parker


66


1


17


Myocarditis


Fairview Cemetery


Boston


July


23, 1908


Hazel J. Parker


11


Diphtheria


Fairview Cemetery


Oct.


14, 1870


Hattie May Brown


7


2


Hydrocephalus


Fairview Cemetery


Feb.


6, 1872


Edward Everett Brown


26


Tubercular Phthisis


Fairview Cemetery


Removal


Oct.


25, 1888


Herbert O. Wade


2


5


Congestion of Lungs Enteritis


Removal


Jan.


1, 1892


Franklin H. Wade


2


S


Peritonitis


Removal


Feb.


24, 1925


George S. Hatch


84


5


8


Chronic Bronchitis


Marshfield


Mar.


28.


Alice S. Butman


66


7


Peritonitis


Boston


Jan.


24.


.6


Sarah Elizabeth Bailey


11


Prematurity


Mt. Hope Cemetery


Melrose


May


21.


Mary A. Litchfield


80


16


Acute Cardiac Dilation Frysipilas


Allegheny. Pa.


June


21,


46


Rishard Ice Ellis


75


Cerebral Hemorrhage


Oct.


16. 1923


Phillipe L. Clark


72


8


2


Paralytic Stroke Cancer


Los Angeles, Cal.


Sept.


S,


Annie Ward


26


Oct.


8,


Mary A. Burke


66


Oct.


20,


Ellen J. Duffy


(+)


Oct.


30,


Thomas S. Grassie


00


10


Dec.


6.


Thomas Edwar Cummings


57


11


4


Dec.


12.


64


William H. Dalby


3


2


Cerebral Hemorrhage


Catholic Cemetery Groveland Cemetery


Braintree


I


7


Fairview Cemetery


Removal


June


13, 1891


Edward F. Brown


22


9


Fairview Cemetery Fairview Cemetery Union Cemetery Catholic Cemetery Union Cemetery


Norwell


Mar.


12.


Susan B. Guelpa


64


3 6357


3


Accidental Drowning


Groveland Cemetery Groveland Cemetery Catholic Cemetery Groveland Cemetery Groveland Cemetery Catholic Cemetery


Boston


.June


17,


Mary Ormond


Los Angeles. Cal.


July


23, 1925


Annie Chubuck Clark


61


Pulmonary Tuberculosis Bronichal Pneumonia Cerebral Hemorrhage Hypostatic Pneumonia Nephritis abcess


Catholic Cemetery


Marshfield


Cambridge


Catholic Cemetery Catholic Cemetery


Cohasset


Providence. R. I.


88


Report of Town Clerk-Deaths


Quincy


28


-


Boston


Boston Removal


Norwell


-


89


Report of Town Clerk


BIRTHS REGISTERED IN SCITUATE IN THE YEAR 1925


Date


Name


Name of Parents


Maiden Name of Mother


Jan. 17


Feb. 2


Feb. 28


Richard Franzen


William E. and Bessie Franzen


Caetano Lopes and Bella Nazulino Frederick and Ellen E. Fredrickson


Merritt Finnie Richardson Barrows Anderson


Gaffney Jackson Scars White Ferguson


Sullivan Cushman Hawes


Litchfield Del Gandis Stark Clapp Hourihan


Crocker Champion Powers Amsden Andrews Biasey Blands Cole Loughlin McIntyre Kenderson Arthur


Callahan Hawes Ricketts Tewan Appleford Fisher Smith Bessette White Doyle McNeill Shanahan


Vickery Ashton Hathaway Haartz Webb Smith Flaherty


Merritt Cole Perkins


NOT BEFORE IN PRINTED REPORT


1924


May 22


June 10


Sept. 26


Feb. 29


Nancy Ives Finn


Camilla Elizabeth Sewell Evelyn Shepard Jackson


Paul F. and Ruth Ives William J. and Anne F. Finn Robert R. and Catherine Sewell Charles F. and Sylvia S. Jackson


Merrill Gunn Purnell Shepard


Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. May May May May May May May June June June June June July July July July July July 26


22 24 26 28 1


Santia


Theresa Victoria Spear Richard Melvin Turner Stillborn


14 14


Carlton Davis Burney McHale Patterson


William Humphrey Turner Richard Healy


Clifton Linwood Damon Raymond Greenfield Brown


5


5 Elizabeth Frances McIntyre 9 Paul Davis Sulham


24 Wilson Theodore Hollis, Jr. Frank Stanley Jones 3 Albert Barros


4 9 George Burrows


15 Francis Xavia McDonough


18 Dorothy Catherine Secor Charles Edson Butman


July 27 Phyllis Cobbett Priscilla Cobbett 1 Barbara Murphy


Aug. Aug. Aug. 12 Aug. 16 Aug. 18 Sept. 11 Sept. 23 Sept. 20 Sept. 27 Oct. 9 Oct.


6 George Marvin Fallon


Victoria Ellen Lavoine Mary Quinn


William Daniel Vines


Cecelia Vickery Campbell Robert Armond Conte Genevieve Wilder


Donald Robert Dwyer


Joseph Francis Dabue


Oct. 14 Joseph Francis Fitzpatrick Robert Patrick Fitzpatrick Mary Theresa Salvador Gladys Shone


Nov. 2 8 Nov. Nov. 15


Dec. Dec.


Dec. 13


O'Rourke


Dec.


24


Sylvester


Dec. 27 Dec. 31


La Vange


Frank Lawrence Westerhoff


Frederick and Elizabeth F. Kane Allan J. and Marion L. Blackhall Wendell W. and Beatrice A. Whittaker Earl Smith and Marion F. Richardson James J. and Helen M. Andrews


Anthony Leo and Anna Santia Chester F. and Mary E. Spear Albert F. and Alice Turner


Carlton A. and Alice C. Burney Eugene C. and Anna McHale Gilbert J. and Elizabeth Patterson Humphrey W. and Lois H. Turner John and Hannah Healy


George H. and Evelyn L. Damon Horace R. and Adrianna C. Brown Frank P. and Edith McIntyre Ralph G. and Edith N. Sulham Wilson T. and Edith B. Hollis Henry J. and Eleanor L. Jones Manuel L. and Bertha Barros George E. and Esther E. Burrows Francis L. and Agnes McDonough George J. and Helen J. Secor Charles E. and Eleanor L. Butman Sumner H. and Eva J. Cobbett


William Francis and Celeste Murphy Frank and Ellen Fallon Joseph and Martha Lavoine William A. and Janette E. Quinn Henry J. and Dorothy M. Vines Lawson Cook and Madeline B. Vickery Walter and Ellen Campbell William and Nora Sylvia Conte Russell J. and Vera L. Wilder James H. and Mary Dwyer Joseph F. and Marion M. Dabue John and Katherine Fitzpatrick


Louis Edmund and Gladys D. Salvador John E. and Florence Shone Clifton I. and Alta Mae Whittaker George Leo and May Litchfield Christopher Jr. and Mary O'Neil Robert Henry and Bessie T. Stevens Peter and Mary O'Rourke


F. Lester and Esther H. Sylvester Frederick Allen and Mercy LaVange Frank L. and Florence M. Westerhoff


Harry F. and Cora May Sylvester Henry E. and Mary A. Bearce


Mar. 7 Ruth Lopes Nazulino


Mar.


9


Helen Caroline Fredrickson Anna Elizabeth Fredrickson Franklin Kane


Mar. 9


Mar. 11 12 21


Elizabeth Janet Blackhall


Mar.


Harry Francis Sylvester, Jr. Herbert Elwood Bearce


Wendell Warren Whittaker, Jr. Andrew Leonard Richardson Raymond Elsworth Andrews Stillborn


17 20 25 30 1


14


Charlotte Mae Whittaker Litchfield


Nov. 18 2 Frederick O'Neil 5 Dorothy Frances Stevens


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SUMMARY, 1925


Number of Births registered in Scituate


for the year 1925 56.


Males


35


Females 21


Number of marriage licenses issued . 45


Number marriages recorded 44


Number of deaths for the year Males 31


54


Females 23


Brought to Town for interment and re- corded 26


Number of dog licenses issued for the year


270


Males @ $2.00. 201


Females @ $5.00. 67


Breeders @ $50.00 2


Amount less Town Clerk's fees paid into the County Treasury $783:


No. 1. Resident citizens' combination certificate, hunting, trapping and fishing, $2.00 44


No. 2. Resident citizens' hunting and trapping, certificate, $1.50. 159


No. 3. Non-resident combination certificate, $10.00. 1


No. 4. Resident citizens' fishing certificate (in- land). 4


No. 5. Minors trapping license 7 No. 6. Lobster fisherman's license 45


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Male residents of the Town of Scituate between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, subject to Military military duty. 521


Registered voters in the Town of Scituate 1,724


Male 948


Female 776


WALTER J. STODDARD, WILLIAM STANLEY, HARRY E. BATES, JETSON WADE, Clerk, Board of Registrars of Voters.


Blanks for returns of births furnished by applying therefor.


All persons are requested to report omissions or corrections in the births, marriages and deaths. JETSON WADE, Town Clerk.


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REPORT OF THE CIVIC CENTRE COMMITTEE "


The committee has taken pleasure in carrying out the vote of the town and completed the construction of the grounds at the Centre. The appropriation was not exceeded.


The next five years will show a very marked im- provement in the appearance of the grounds, as the trees and shrubs will need that time to develop. The area back of the high school building was fenced off to keep autos away from the newly seeded ground until the sod was well formed.


Of course much will depend on the care given the grounds, and it is hoped that all, both old and young, will take pride in keeping this "homestead" in condition worthy of the town. Townspeople and visitors as well as pupils of the school can do much along this line.


We recommend that the grounds be turned over to the Park Commission for general care and oversight, and that they, in conjunction with the School Committee, be empowered to make such rules and regulations governing the use of the whole area as shall be for the best interest of all.


We recommend the raising of a small sum for the erection of a Band Stand, and that an annual appropria- tion be made for the care of the grounds under the direc- tion of the Park Commission.


Respectfully submitted,


FREDERIC T. BAILEY, Chairman ERNEST R. SEAVERNS LOUIS E. COLE HARVEY H. PRATT


HAMILTON W. WELCH


HARRY F. CLEVERLY W. CLEVELAND COGSWELL, Secy.


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TOWN OF SCITUATE


LIST OF JURORS FOR 1925


Prepared as Provided in Chap. 348, Acts of 1907 Bailey, Philip S., Country Way, Plumber Baker, Atherton L., Stockbridge Rd., Stat. Engineer Bates, Aaron, Summer Street, Farmer Bergengren, Ralph W., Central Street, Author Blanchard, Archie M., Glades Road, Hotel Prop. Brown, Eugene T., Blossom Street, Laborer Brown, Frederick W., Country Way, Salesman Bush, Edward, High Street, Painter Calkin, James, Front Street, Clerk Chase, Charles O., Ann Vinal Road, Kennelman Chipman, Henry E., Country Way, Salesman Cummings, John, Brook Street, Retired Curtis, Alton H., Border Street, Laborer Fitts, J. Sanford, Stockbridge Road, Clerk Freeman, Don. W., Stockbridge Road, Clerk Harrub, Walter S., Jr., Highland Street, Farmer Huntley, Robert E., Brook Street, Garage Prop. James, Williams B., Common Street, Prov. Dealer Lee, Clifton B., Country Way, Salesman Litchfield, Arthur E., Summer Street, Farmer Litchfield, Joseph H., Central Street, Laborer Litchfield, Ralph M., Driftway, Mechanic Littlefield, A. L., Gannett Road, Teaming Lonergan, John, Third Cliff, Laborer McCarty, Jere, Willow Street, Fisherman Merritt, Wilbur F., Booth Hill Road, Retired Mitchell, C. Nathan, Hollett Street, Farmer O'Hearn, James, Front Street, Fisherman Peare, Charles W., Tilden Road, Garage Prop. Smith, Arthur L., Hollett Street, Caretaker Spear, Chester F., Light House Road, Carpenter Sylvester, Harold G., Booth Hill Road, Chauffeur


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List of Jurors


Tilden, Charles H., Tilden Road, Farmer Totman, Aubrey W., Driftway, Carpenter Turner, Thomas S., Turner Avenue, Fisherman Watson, Galen, First Parish Road, Retired Webb, Herbert, Ford Place, Retired Wherity, Richard, Brook Street, Fisherman Walker, S. Russell, Stockbridge Road, Engineer Yenetchi, George V., Jr., Central Street, Merchant ERNEST R. SEAVERNS HERBERT G. SUMMERS NATHANIEL TILDEN Selectmen of Scituate


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SCITUATE FIRE DEPARTMENT BOARD OF ENGINEERS


Scituate, Mass., December 31, 1925.


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen.


Gentlemen :


The engineers appointed by your board, met in ac- cordance with your instructions, and elected the follow- ing officers: Chief, Ernest R. Seaverns; Assistant Chief, Maurice O'Hern; Second Assistant Chief, Louis E. Cole; Clerk, Albert F. Turner; District Engineer, Philip L. Schuyler.


During the year we have purchased one thousand feet of double jacket hose, five rubber coats, and five pair of firemen's boots for each company. The fire alarm was put into operation about the first of the year, and it has rendered efficient service in keeping the fire losses small, in view of the fact there were more fires than any pre- vious years. The property damage was very slight, with the exception of the house at Brierwood which was a total loss. The selection and purchase of a lot, upon which to build the new Fire station, at Minot, required some canvassing. But we were at last able to buy a lot from Mrs. Eva Graves, and we think the location is ideal. After careful consideration and conference with Architect and builders, we decided the best interests of the Town was to construct a Fire Station which would meet not only present requirements but future needs. And we feel this building will be not only suitable for the housing of the present apparatus and its caretaker, but is of sufficient size for such additional apparatus which a growing sec-


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Fire Department


tion will demand, and with all, will constitute a sightly as well as a serviceable building. The history of such buildings is that they increase the taxable valuation of property in their vicinity, and we believe that the in- creased value of such will in a few years more than con- tribute the amount of its cost. We have labored earnest- ly in securing for the Town, at the lowest expense possi- ble, a Fire house suitable for the needs of the depart- ment, and trust that our action meets with your approval. The new pumping engine was purchased with appropria- tion voted at our annual Town meeting, and after pass- ing the Underwriters' test was put into commission. In considering the applicants for driver, we selected Howard Cole, permanent, and Edward Hatton, spare driver. We were fortunate to secure the services of these two faith- ful men, and with the two already chosen at Engine No. 1, we have made a fine beginning.


Following is the list of alarms for the year:


Jan.


2, 9.00 A. M .- Box 34 Grass Fire


11, 6.00 P. M .- 58 Grass Fire


11, 8.00 P. M .- 15 Chimney Fire


Feb. 18, 2.00 P. M .- 25 " Grass Fire


22, 2.30 P. M .- "


13


Grass Fire


28, 2.40 P. M.


Mar. 12, 1.50 P. M .- 28 . Grass Fire


. Grass Fire, Lewis Estate


16, 9.40 P. M .-


Grass Fire


21, 11.45 A. M .- ", 32


Grass Fire


22, 12.30 P. M .- ,,


12


Grass Fire


22, 1.40 P. M. 35


Grass Fire


22, 2.15 P. M.


45 . Grass Fire


23, 2.50 P. M .- 33 Seed Shed


24, 9.00 A. M .- "


48 54


. Grass Fire 24, 1.30 P. M .- 32


Grass Fire


25, 8.05 A. M .- 36 Grass Fire


Grass Fire 24, 1.00 P. M .-


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16, 3.50 P. M. 57 56


Grass Fire


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16, 1.20 P. M .- 53 General Alarm


Grass Fire


28, 2.30 P. M .- 34 58 Grass Fire


GEORGE E. BURROWS Killed in the performance of his duty December 24, 1925


George E. Burrows was born in Scituate September 2, 1893. Joined the Fire Department August 1, 1923, being the first paid man in the Department as driver of Engine No. I. Made a Lieutenant in 1925.


Mr. Burrows enlisted and served in the Navy during the World War.


Was a member of Scituate Post No. 144, American Legion, Massachusetts State Firemen's Association, Permanent Firemen's Association, C. E. Bates Camp No. 88, S. of V., and Crescent Lodge I. O. O. F.


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30, 6.50 P. M .-


16


Seaverance Block


Apr. 1, 1.40 P. M. 66


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5, 2.00 P. M .- "


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7, 9.30 A. M .-


24


Chimney Fire


7, 10.10 A. M .-


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