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Oct.
1
Arlene Ruth Nichols
Raymond D. and Marjorie Holland
Oct.
2
6 Ernest Melvin Alves Brenchick
August F. and Nellie Alves William P. and Pearl Brenchick
Sousa Monaghan
Oct.
6
Jeannette Beverly Walker
Conroy
Oct.
17
James Edward Rice
Harold M. and Evelyn A. Jenkins
Nov. Nov.
26 4 5
William Francis Jenkins
John B. and Clara Andrews
Nov.
19
Female
Manuel S. and Katherine Andrews
Nov.
21
John Harry Andrews
Peter and Pleinana Jacobucci
Nov. 21
David Lawrence Merritt
Nov.
20 9
Joan Marie Roderique
Dec.
13
Richard Paul Loughman
Dec.
27
Mary Spencer Goodnow
1931
Russell P. and Mary E. Keyes
Stetson Lydon
Jan. June 1932
31 2
Jane Munroe Keyes
John F. and Mary J. Duffey
Joseph A. and Helen Janard
Silva
May 17
Allan Kenneth Janard
1934
Feb. 18 Jane Ellen Flaherty
Bernard J. and Florence M. Dwyer
Carroll Curtis Otis Holland Shepherd Jellows
Smith
Aug.
20 Paul Herbert Frye
Herbert A. and Marion E. Frye John F. and Mary J. Duffey
Lydon Sears Barnum
Sept.
5 Nathaniel Langford Hogan
John D. and Gladys M. Webb
Wheeler
Leary
Oct.
Howard R. and Edith A. Walker
Johnson
Oct.
10
Donald Edward Henry
Laurence L. and Margaret A. Rice
Flaherty
Kelley Forte
Gomes Jacobucci Coffey Faira
Dec.
D ntikamen
Spencer
Donald C. and Madelaine L. Merritt John L. and Mary M. Roderique William Jr. and Virginia Loughman John M. and Catherine L. Goodnow
John and Florence Flaherty
Mother's Maiden Name
Names of Parents
Date
Name
Holland
Harrison F. and Ann E. Henry
Oct.
.John B. Andrews, Jr.
Joseph Peter Jacobucci
Norman Robert Duffey
La Vange
20 Judith Bongarzone
Mar. 2 Markus Flaherty
Marcus T. and Angela Flaherty
Holland
Apr.
Emily Augusta Newcomb
Augustus L. and Ruth E. Newcomb Henry S. and Florence Mendes
Bean
May
18 Daniel Sirafino Mendes
Winslow Sears
May
20 Louise Elizabeth Small
Leonard W. and Evelyn E. Small Frank H. and Jeannette Cole
Bonnell
June
11 Ralph Harlow Cole
Henry T. and Marion M. Fitts
Rosenberg
Aug. Sept. 30 James Rocco Scarsilloni
James and Elizabeth Scarsilloni John and Bernadette Shyne
Carney
Nov.
11 Louise Guilfoyle
John F. and Helen Guilfoyle
Rodgers
Dec.
1 Jacqueline Anne Grenzeback
Arthur and Jacqueline A. Grenzeback John M. and Josephine D. Roderique
Kawl
Dec.
21 Pauline Cecilia Roderique
Kelley
Report of Town Clerk-Births
111
29
Shirley Marie Fitts
MacPhee
Oct. 1 Kevin Timothy Shyne
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Report of Town Clerk-Births
Parents, be sure to record the birth of your child with given name in full.
READ THE LAW !
"Parents, within forty days after the birth of a child, and every householder, within forty days after a birth in his house, shall cause notice thereof to be given to the clerk of the town where such child is born." General Laws, Chapter 46, Section 6.
SOME OF THE MANY REASONS WHY BIRTHS SHOULD BE RECORDED
To establish identity.
To prove nationality.
To prove legitimacy.
To show when the child has a right to enter school.
To show when the child has the right to seek employ- ment under the child labor law.
To establish the right of inheritance to property.
To establish liability to military duty, as well as ex- emption therefrom.
To establish the right to vote.
To qualify to hold title to, and to buy and sell real estate.
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Report of Town Clerk-Births
To prove the age at which the marriage contract may be entered into.
To establish the right to public office.
To make possible statistical studies of the health con- ditions.
Your co-operation to the end that all births may be properly recorded will be greatly appreciated.
Blanks for returns of births will be furnished upon application to parents, househoders, physicians, and registered medical offices as provided in Chapter 46. Sec- tion 15, General Laws.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN SCITUATE IN THE YEAR 1935
Date
Name of Deceased
Y.
Age M. D.
Cause of Death
Names of Parents
Jan. 2
Lizzie Holmes Cobbett
58
4 16
Cancer of Mammary Gland, Metastasis of Intestines
Jan. 10
Louise Augusta Young
71
5 6
Umbilical hernia, Intestinal obstruction, Dia- betes mellitus
Jan. 12
John Thomas Fitts
73 8
7
Valvular heart disease, Arterio Sclerosis, Lobular Pneumonia
Jan. 16
Marietta Butler Jenkins
72
3
5
Chronic Nephritis, Acute Bronchitis
Jan. 17
.
Anna B. Jones
81
9
14
Chronic Cardiac, Odema
Jan. 24
George Orlando Merritt 70
5
19
Cancer of Prostate, Metastatis of Pelvis Bones
Jan. 25
Leonard W. Litchfield
87
2 21 Arterio Sclerosis
Feb. 7
William T. Damon
60
6
24
Mesenteric thrombosis, Intestinal obstruction Intestinal obstruction
Nathaniel and Frances Harvey
Feb. 24
Frederick S. Allen
68
4
9
Acute Intestinal Obstruction
Otis and Julia Allen
Feb. 28
John Douga'd Ferguson Helena Augusta Hobson
72
12
Mar. 6
Margaret Hill
82
5
Acute Pleurisy, Cardiac Thrombosis Arterio Sclerosis, Arterio Sclerosis Gangrene (right leg) Senility, Chronic Myocarditis Acute Leukemia
Mar. 10
Mary E. Barry
58
2
20
Mar. 16
William Howard Clapp
65
3
2
Mar. 17
Margaret M. Sexton
81
6
3
Mar. 21
Marjorie E. Sharp
33
11
20
Apr. 2
Archie Wallace Torrey
56
10
4
Apr. 3
John E. Weeden
52
10
2
Apr. 12
Mercy Thomas Lincoln
81
10
29
Chronic Myocarditis, Chronic Bronchial Asthma, Fractured Hip from Fall
Apr. 13
Annie Duffey
72
0
27
Arterio Sclerosis, Cerebral Hemorrhage, Ab- dominal Caecum
Apr. 14 May 5
Sarah E. Turner Victoria S. Moulton
89
3 26
63
11
12
Arterio Sclerosis, Hypostatic Pneumonia Carcinoma of Stomach, Infiltrating Medul- lary type with involvement of regional lymph glands. Secondary Anemia.
Fred and Mary J. Winslow
Robert and Charlotte J. Hall
Luke G. and Pauline Fitts James L. and Matilda A. Damon Richard and Deborah Winsor
William. and Joan Merritt Lot and Betsey C. Litchfield Silas and Damon
Feb. 10
Ida Fostina Jackson
72 3
5
Arterio Sclerosis, Hypostatic Pneumonia
Dougald and Sarah A. Ferguson
James D. and Lucinda Carter
John and Sarah Farren Charles J. and Collins Elizah T. and Anna R. Clapp Nicholas and Elizabeth Wherity
Peter W. and Ella Sharp Frank W. and Elizabeth Torrey
John A. and Hannah Weeden
Joseph E. and Hannah Merritt
Patrick and Ellen Walls Henry and Lydia Vinal
John G. and Sarah Elder
114
Mar. 5
82
1 10
General Paralysis La Grippe
Carcinoma of Stomach, Generalized Metasta- sis, Terminal Broncho Pneumonia Coronary Occlusion, Cardiac Dilatation Carcinoma of Throat and Tuberculosis of Throat
May 16 May 10 Margaret Dowd Edmund B. Packard
94 89
2
-
Myocarditis
17
Heart Disease, probably Coronary Sclerosis Carcinoma of Lung 4
May 16
Warren Irving Whittaker Joseph Edward Rush Anne S. Green
68
7
79
81
11
0
Chronic Heart Disease, Arterio Sclerosis Arterio Sclerosis, Hypostatic Pneumonia Arterio Sclerosis, Mitrol Stenosis, Cardiac Decompensation, Hypostatic Pneumonia Cerebral Hemorrhage, Arterio Sclerosis Heart Disease, Coronary Sclerosis
Henry and Emily S. Young William and Joanna Sexton Alonzo S. and Clara Locke
May 30
Ernest L. Locke
52
11
24
June 13
Nicholas Wherity
92
June 22
Elijah W. Reed
7
9
5
Accidental Drowning
June 28
Charles Henry Davis
74
3
14
Cerebral Hemorrhage
June 29
Bartholomew Curran
68
9
7
Carcinoma of Bowels
July 6
Elizabeth R. Woodside
81
19
Arterio Sclerosis
July 12
Henrietta Walker Curtis
81
28
Arterio Sclerosis. Hydromephosis
July 12
Charles Henry Hardwick Ste'la Lee Johnson
68
11
22
Diabetes, Arterio Sclerosis, Cerebral Apoplexy Drowning. body in water about 2 mos.
July
Unknown Małe
40 62
- 4
6
Aug. 19
Mary Palin . Stevenson
23
11
14
Aug. 19
Armando Forniri
41
Lung Abscess (upper left), Cardiac Decom- pensation
Aug. 25
James Cunningham
68
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Sept.
6
Hogan
Sept. 14
Dorothea Jarvis
13
-
Sept 21
George Bailey Vinal
75
3 13
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Oct. 1
William Hamilton
Oct. 2
Everett M. Linville
59
4
Oct. 6
Nellie F. Spurr
78
-
Epidermoid Carcinoma of Cervix, grade III Angina Pectoris
Oct. 14
William M. Smith
73
0 21
Ort. 18
Henry Ensign Merritt
69
1
23
Oct. 20
Ida L. Panetta
81
5 19
Nov. 5
Ellen Maria Doten
59
4
14
Nov.
16
Nov. 19
Thomas Hatch Farmer Female
71
3
Angina Pectoris
Eugene and Elizabeth Byrne Alpheus and Jane A. Packard George H. and Mary Whittaker John and Bridget Rush John S. and Ann S. Greene
May 19 May 21 May 21
Benjamin Judson Young 89
11
20
May 26 Edward M. Sexton
7 27
1 12 Chronic Nephritis Cancer Prostate 10
Patrick and Bridget Wherity Reuben M. and Sophia A. Reed
June 25
Mary Catherine Quinn
Frank H. and M. Louisa Quinn Cannot be learned 'ohn and Barbara Curran
Reuben and Sarah Johnson Unknown Charles and
Phillips
Aug. 12
Charles Aaron Phillips
Cannot be learned
Cannot be learned John and Mary Cunningham
-
31
15 Prematurity, Ateteclasis (right lung) En- larged Thymus Acute Anterior Poleomyelitis, Bulbar Paral- ysis
Philip F. and Mary Hogan
William L. and Ethel M. Jarvis Nathanie! B. and Maria Vinal Frank and Zoei Hamilton
Isaac and Amanda Linville Augustus M. and Harriet Smith Matthew G. and Elizabeth Smith Joseph E. and Hannah Merritt George and Mary Holt John N. and Stiles John H. and Mary Young Tvor and Mary Johnson Edward O. and Eunice J. Farmer
Chronic Heart Disease, Myocarditis Lobar Pneumonia, Diabetes Chronic Heart Disease
Oct. 22
Cord. lia Hall Summon
83
1
15 Heart Disease, presumably Coronary Sclerosis Probable Cardiac
Nov. 10
John Lovell Johnson
115
Report of Town Clerk-Deaths
Perez and Lydia V. Cushing Samuel and Meleney Samuel V. and Ruth Hardwick
11 4 9
86
7
Cerebral Hemorrhage
July 21 20
Tuberculosis of the Lungs, Arterio Sclerosis Accidental Drowning
72
12 Chronic Myocarditis Heart Disease, probably Acute Cardiac Dil- atation -
60 7 25
5
0 11
77
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Date
Name of Deceased
Y. 100
M. D.
Nov. 21
78 6 20
Nov. 30 Dec. 1
William Edward Moran James McIntyre Jane O'Neil
66 1
84 1
Dec. 17 Dec. 25
Edith Lincoln Litchfield Mary Elizabeth O'Neill
54 60
9
5
-
Cancer Lower Bowel Cerebral Hemorrhage. Arterial Hypertension Arterio Sclerosis, Chronic Interstitial No- phritis. Chronic Heart Disease Cancer Chronic Myocarditis, Chronic Interstitial Ne- phritis, Arterio Sclerosis
Names of Parents
1 Edward and Mary A. Moran Chunit be learned
Thomas and Margaret Graham Thomas W. and Marion Whitcomb Arthur H. and Rosanna O'Neill
Report of Town Clerk-Deaths
Cause of Death
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SUMMARY OF VITAL STATISTICS FOR 1935
Number of births registered in Scituate for the
year 1935 75
Males 39
Females 36
Number of marriage licenses issued 31
Number of marriages recorded 38
Number of deaths recorded 65
Males 36
Females 29
Number of Dogs licensed for the year 1935:
271 Males @ $2.00 each $542.00
57 Females @ $5.00 each 285.00
62 Spayed Females @ $2.00 each 124.00
2 Kennels @ $25.00 each 50.00
2 Breeders @ $50.00 each
100.00
$1,101.00
Less clerk's fees as agent for the County
78.80
Paid to Town Treasurer $1,022.20
Licenses issued for Division of Fisheries and Game : Resident Citizen Fishing, 19 @ $2.00 each $ 38.00
Resident Citizen Hunting, 98 @ $2.00 each 196.00 Resident Citizen Sporting, 18 @ $3.25 each 58.50 Resident Citizen Minor and Female Fishing, 12 @ $1.25 each 15.00
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Resident Citizen Trapping, 5 @ $5.25 each 26.25 Resident Citizen Minor Trapping, 4 @ $2.25 each 9.00
Resident Citizen Sporting (Age of 70 or over) Free
Duplicate .50
Lobster & Crab, 45 @ $5.00 each 225.00
568.25
Less clerk's fees as agent for the State 50.25
Paid to Division of Fisheries and Game 518.00
Transient Vendor's Licenses :
Justina M. Bishop, Hatherly Rd. $ 50.00
Guay's Bakery, Front St. 50.00
Dorothy Muriel Inc., Front St. 50.00
K. H. Forkey, Chief Justice Cushing Way 50.00
Edward P. O'Brien, Chief Justice Cushing Way 50.00
Paid to Town Treasurer $250.00
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM M. WADE, Town Clerk.
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REPORT OF SCITUATE FIRE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Gentlemen :
The report of the Scituate Fire Department, for the year 1935, is herewith submitted for your approval.
APPARATUS
The apparatus of the department consists of the fol- lowing :
1 White 600 G. P. M. combination pumping engine and hose car with booster tank.
2 White 350 G. P. M. combination pumping engines and hose cars with booster tanks.
1 G. M. C. 450 G. P. M. combination pumping engine and hose car with booster tank carrying 110 feet of ladders.
1 Model A Ford hose car with booster pump and tank.
1 Chief's car, 1935 Ford Sedan.
1 Fire alarm truck, Model A Ford Pick-up.
The ladder equipment of the department is not nearly sufficient for it's needs. A ladder truck should be pur- chased and quarters provided for housing the same in the near future.
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HOSE
We have, in the department at the present time, 4950 feet of 21%" double jacket hose, 800 feet of 1" 4 ply rub- ber chemical hose and 900 feet of 1" single jacket, rub- ber lined booster hose. Of the 21/2" hose, 2900 feet are in good condition and 2050 feet are in poor condition. All of the 1" hose is in good serviceable condition.
During the year, 300 feet of 21/2" hose and 150 feet of 1" hose were condemned as unfit for service.
The department purchased, in 1935, 1000 feet of new double jacket, rubber lined 21%" hose.
The Board of Engineers feels that the department should purchase at least 500 feet of 21/4" hose yearly, until enough hose shall be on hand that each piece of ap- paratus will have a reload of dry hose. At this time, the wet hose must be repacked in the apparatus, with conse- quent damage from mould and corrosion to the fabric and couplings.
FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
The fire alarm system is of the Gamewell closed cir- cuit type, consisting of two circuits covering most of the Town. The addition of a third circuit would greatly in- crease the protection offered to those sections not now covered by the present lines.
The Fire Alarm Headquarters is now located at Sta- tion 1 (Brook St.) which houses the transmitter panel, batteries and switch boards, which, in conjunction with the telephone switch board, make up a very efficient system.
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The audible alarms, for notification of part time and call men, are located as follows :
1 Diaphone horn at Station 1, Brook St.
1 Diaphone horn at Station 3, North Scituate.
1 Bell striker at Station 2, Greenbush.
1 10" turtle gong at Station 4, North Scituate Beach.
In addition to the above, there are tappers located in positions advantageous to the notification of the Police and Water departments and in various public buildings.
The greater part of the wire was installed in 1928 and due to natural deterioration will require replacement in the very near future.
This Board strongly recommends that at least two fire alarm boxes be added to the circuits each year.
ORGANIZATION
The personell of the department is as follows:
Board of Engineers. (3)
9 Permanent men, ie;
1 Deputy Chief
1 Captain
1 Lieutenant
1 Superintendent of Fire Alarm
5 Privates
27 Part time men
12 Call men
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All of the permanent men are graduates of two courses at the State Regional School for Firemen, held at Brockton.
FIRE STATIONS
Station 1, Brook St., Fire Alarm Headquarters, is manned by five permanent men and houses two pieces of apparatus. There have been no major repairs made to this station, during the past year. It will be necessary to reshingle the roof on this station in the coming year.
Station 2, Greenbush. The department is, at this time, using only the apparatus room and a second floor store- room in this building. The Water Department is pro- vided with offices in one part of the building and the second floor is used by the Womens Sewing Project of the W. P. A. The Distributing Agent of the W. P. A. has an office on the first floor and storage space in the basement.
Station 3, North Scituate. This station has been pro- vided with overhead doors in both sides, paid for out of departmental funds. The engine room was rebuilt with concrete floor and cement stucco walls. This construc- tion makes it feasible to use the room as a wash stand, for the apparatus, during the winter months. The living quarters were refinished throughout. All the labor in the rebuilding and refinishing of the station was paid for out of E. R. A. funds, the Town furnishing trucks, tools and materials out of funds provided for that use. This station is manned by two permanent men and houses one piece of apparatus and the Chief's car.
Station 4, North Scituate Beach. This station is manned by two permanent men and accomodates one piece of apparatus, the fire alarm truck and the ambu- lance which is serviced by the Police Department. The
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meeting room in the basement was occupied, for about 12 weeks, by the Women's Canning Project of the E.R.A.
Station 5, Humarock. This station is rented and the piece of apparatus which is housed there is serviced by yearly contract.
REMARKS
The Department was called to 140 alarms during the year 1935, a summary of which appears elsewhere in this report. The Board believes that a careful study of this summary will be interesting and instructive to all of the townspeople.
This Board feels that the Town should accept that ar- ticle in the Town Warrant which provides for numbering the houses on all streets of the Town, believing that the work of this department and the service rendered to the public will be greatly improved thereby.
A system of bookkeeping has been instituted whereby a better check is kept on all expenditures and a closer scrutiny of items made possible. This, we think, greatly improves the business efficiency of the department.
File systems have been set up whereby all details of fire, oil inspection and permit, personnel, hose and cor- respondence records are instantly and accurately avail- able. The result has been a closer touch with the finan- cial and clerical affairs of the department making for better and more economical service to the townspeople.
The Board extends its thanks to the Board of Select- men and to all other officials with whom it has worked and to the citizens of the Town of Scituate for their co- operation and assistance.
Respectfully submitted,
RUSSELL J. WILDER, FRANK M. WEYMOUTH, MARK W. MURRILL,
Board of Engineers.
ALARMS CLASSIFIED BY PROPERTY AND CAUSE 1935
Burning Soot
Careless use
of matches
Careless
Smoking
Electrical
Escaping Gas
Explosion of Water front
Fireworks
Miscellaneous
Overheated
Stove
Oil Burner
Sparks from
Spontaneous
Unknown
Volatile oils
Ammonia fumes
Totals
Automobile
1
2
Barn
2
1
2
Boat
1
1
Bridge
1
1
1
1
1
3
4
2
4
4
4
1
42
Garage
1
1
1
1
1
2
Hotel
1
1
Outbuilding
1
1
Store
2
--
1
Theatre
1
-
Totals
18
5
5
4
1
1
4
4
4
4
4
1
7
1
1
64
-
-
1
Club House
-
-
--
-
-
1
Publie building
-
--
--
2
-
-
Fire Department
1
4
3
1
Dwelling
15
2
4
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ALARMS BY DISTRICTS
Ditricts
1
2
3 4
5
1st Clip
2nd Cliff
3rd Cliff
Lighthouse
Sandhills
Scituate
Harbor
Shore Acres
Greenbush
Humarock
Rivermoor
North Scituate
North Scituate
Beach
Egypt
Mann Hill
Scituate
Center
Totals
Building
1
1
2
12
2
6
1
17
6
1
1
1 53
Forest
Í
2
12
6
4
1
13
7
7
8
65
Rescue work
1
2
Miscellaneous
2
1
3
-
1
1
00
2
2
15
Total all calls
6
5
5
29
8
11
2
1
31
16
10
co
12 140
Estimated value of property where fires occurred including buildings and contents Loss caused by fire Insurance loss paid Estimated loss on uninsured property
201,665.00
4,984.00
4,763.87
220.13
Fire Department
125
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3 7
1
-
-
3
Point
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REPORT OF FOREST FIRE DEPARTMENT 1935
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To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
I beg to submit, for your approval, the following re- port, for the year 1935 :-
During the past year, this department was called to 65 fires, a detailed summary of which will be found in- corporated with the record of alarms of the Fire De- partment.
A goodly part of these fires were caused by careless- ness with open air fires and incinerators which are classed as open air fires. In many cases, no permits were issued to the person kindling such fires. Let me again remind the people of the Town, that, under the State law, permits are required and any person burning without such permit is liable to a fine or imprisonment, or both. During the past year, 216 permits were issued by this department.
The equipment of this department is inadequate and should be repaired in some cases and replaced in others.
I feel that 1000 feet of 11/2 inch hose should be pur- chased in the coming year. At present, in the event of a fire of any magnitude, it becomes necessary to use the 21/2 inch hose belonging to the Fire Department. By so doing, the Fire Dept. is crippled and hose too expensive
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for this use is jeopardized. The 11/2 inch hose is much more readily handled by a smaller number of men and the cost is about half that of the larger size.
I extend my thanks to those officials with whom I have worked and to the people of the Town for the hearty co- operation which I have received at their hands.
Respectfully submitted,
RUSSELL J. WILDER, Forest Warden.
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REPORT OF TOWN FOREST COMMITTEE
To the citizens of Scituate :
This year Pinson Hill Town forest is in excellent con- dition. There is considerable more work which should be done at Mann Lot forest such as trimming and thin- ning out.
As in previous years on account of the unemployment situation it is planned as far as possible that the work be given to heads of families.
And again the Committee extends a general invitation to visit both Town forest plots.
Respectfully submitted, MARY CRESSY,
Recording Secretary.
129
REPORT OF THE TREE WARDEN
To the Citizens of Scituate :
I have planted one hundred and forty-eight shade trees, namely, Maple, Elms, Lindens and Willows.
The Elm Tree Beetle is very badly spread all over our town. The only remedy is to spray twice in the summer season.
The Dutch Elm Disease is in the southern end of our state near Connecticut line. Investigations show that the disease may be in a tree for several years before the leaves wilt, which is the only outward evidence of its presence.
This makes early detection very difficult and therefore many isolated infections may be in existence even in Massachusetts which will not be revealed for from three to five years.
The only known effective means of eradicating the disease is to cut down all infected trees and burn.
It is carried chiefly by insects such as the elm beetle which is the chief offender.
The attention of the public is called to the fact that unscrupulous persons representing themselves as expert tree men, have claimed to find the disease on private es- tates in the hope of getting work. The disease has not been found in this state as yet.
WILLIAM T. FORD,
Tree Warden.
130
REPORT OF THE PIERCE MEMORIAL LIBRARY
The Pierce Memorial Library has been open to the public two days each week during the past year, and in the summer months, three days weekly.
The circulation has increased a bit and the association has endeavored to arouse the interest of the public, by the aid of monthly exhibits. There have been exhibitions of Trays, Tiles, Dolls, Winter Bouquets, Photographs of Scituate, Japanese Prints, Madonnas, Red Cross Posters during the membership drive, Great Britain in commem- oration of the Silver Jubilee of the late King George V; one of Andrew Carnegie in honor of the 100th anniver- sary of his birth, as a great library benefactor, and one for Children's Book Week, part of which was a story- hour for the younger children.
New books purchased 256
Books replaced or rebound 33
Books donated 70
Books borrowed from State Library 11
Magazines purchased 19
Magazines donated 5
The trustees feel that the past year has been as suc- cessful, as their means have permited them to make it and thank the citizens of the town for their aid and co- operation.
Respectfully submitted, KATHERINE ELLIS, President.
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REPORT OF THE ALLEN MEMORIAL LIBRARY
The Allen Memorial Library has been open to the public three days a week the past year.
The circulation of books averaged about the same as last year. The summer residents appreciate the privilege of the library in the summer season.
Our Junior Literary Guild books are proving very popular with the young people, four books a month ranging in ages from beginners to high school age; very interesting as well as instructive for every child to read.
At Christmas time the library sponsored a story telling hour which was enjoyed by quite a large group of chil- dren.
Books purchased for 1935
200
Magazines
22
Magazines donated
1
Circulation around
10,000
Books rebound 50
Books are being borrowed from the State Library for students attending colleges. Books also loaned to public schools for the State reading ceritficates.
Respectfully submitted,
MRS. AMY FRYE,
President.
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REPORT OF THE CLEAN-UP COMMITTEE
We wish, at this time, to express our appreciation to all those with whom we have come in contact this year.
We divided the labor in all sections of the town to the best of our ability.
We also hope that the Town will see fit to carry this work on this coming year.
Respectfully submitted, HAROLD L. BATES, Chairman, LOUISE J. ROTHERY, ALLEN D. CREELMAN, Clean-Up Committee.
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REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
To the Scituate Board of Health,
Gentlemen :
I have examined all slaughtered animals during 1935 and found all in good condition and suitable to eat.
Respectfully submitted, E. L. MERRITT. Inspector of Meat
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