Town annual report of the officers and committees of the town of Scituate 1937-1939, Part 12

Author: Scituate (Mass.)
Publication date: 1937-1939
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1032


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18.00


949.36


Expenses :


Edgar L. Hyland


64.00


H. S. Palmer, James Lee Loomis, Hen-


ry B. Sawyer, Trs. N. Y. N. H. & H. R.


R. Co.


25.00


89.00


$1,324.56


FIRST PARISH ROAD AND ROUTE 3A


Trucks:


Donald Whittaker


$14.00


Prescott Damon


28.00


Ferdinand Feola


28.00


Henry Cole


47.80


Norman Merritt


60.35


Ray Litchfield


25.00


Joseph Bonomi


16.50


A. B. Curtis


21.75


John Duffey


16.50


Paul Gannett


4.50


Walter Harrub


12.00


Renie Jacobucci


16.50


Charles Litchfield


13.40


Clinton Merritt


16.50


Harold Stonefield


28.50


Nathaniel Tilden


29.10


Howard Young


16.50


Mitchell Brothers


7.00


$401.90


288


ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937


Labor:


Wilfred Appleton


28.30


James Cobbett


25.10


Francis Curran


23.40


Carlton Merritt


20.80


James McIntire


5.20


Roy Spear


15.60


George Duffey


26.00


Frederick Mahon


5.20


Alvin Blanchard


43.80


Merton Burbank


27.70


Martin Mahoney


27.90


Hubert Denker


31.20


William Evans


5.20


Caleb Jenkins


18.21


Cecil Babbitt


42.00


Con Magaw


58.10


James Otis


23.70


John T. Fabello


15.60


Dennis F. Quinn, Jr.


74.30


Walter A. Campbell, Jr.


20.80


Leonard Richardson


31.50


Carl Zollin


28.60


John Vespaziani


26.00


William J. Jenkins


7.50


William P. Jenkins


5.50


Frederick Kane


5.50


Winsor Keyes


8.75


Robert Kinsley


1.50


Benjamin LaVange


5.50


Joseph Lavoine


7.50


Alfred Leighton


9.00


Lewis Litchfield


25.85


John Lonergan


5.50


Edward Macomber


4.00


Harold Merritt


1.50


Primo Montanari


1.50


James Murphy


6.00


Walter Murphy


5.50


Fred McCarthy


5.50


Richard Nichols


6.00


James O'Connor


1.50


289


ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937


Randall O'Hanley


5.50


Lawrence Rice


18.50


Lucian Rousseau


5.50


Francis Stanley


5.50


Fred T. Stanley


8.00


John Stark


5.50


William Steverman


5.50


Erving L. Studley, Jr.


2.00


Michael O'Hara


2.60


Wilfred Prouty


27.95


Gordon Andrews


5.50


John Barry


7.50


Joseph Curran


7.50


Thomas Curran


1.50


John Dalby


2.00


Gardner DeCosta


5.50


Daniel Appleton


6.00


James Dwyer


10.40


Allen Bates


5.20


Carl Bernard


2.60


Joseph Cerilli


7.80


Dewitt Clark


10.40


Charles W. Curran


2.60


Conrad Erixon


5.20


Earl Jenkins


7.80


Fred LaVange


22.75


Gordon Litchfield


7.80


Peter Meschini


2.60


Herbert Friese


5.50


Ernest Gilman


5.50


William Graham


3.50


Malcolm Hall


5.50


Thomas Harrigan


5.50


Lawrence Henderson


5.50


Eugene Jellows


5.50


Charles F. Jenkins


7.50


Lloyd Jenkins


1.50


Russell Jenkins


7.50


John J. Dwyer


5.50


Robert Dwyer


5.50


William Flynn


5.50


Manuel Fontes


1.50


290


C


ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937


George Thayer


5.50


Charles Timpany


5.50


George Tyler


1.50


Joseph Veiga


4.00


Daniel Ward


5.50


James Wherity


20.00


Nicholas Wherity


3.50


Arthur Withem


5.50


Harold Withem


4.00


Albert Woodward


5.50


Norman Merritt


3.58


1,080.09


Expenses :


Arthur H. Sibley


17.88


$1,499.87


EDWARD FOSTER ROAD


Trucks:


Joseph Andrews


$28.00


Henry Cole


28.00


A. B. Curtis


28.00


Ferdinand Feola


28.00


Andrew Finney


14.00


Renie Jacobucci


14.00


A. L. Littlefield


28.00


Harry Merritt


28.00


Lester Merritt


28.00


Percival Merritt


28.00


Roy Merritt


45.50


Bernard Meyers


28.00


Bertram Stetson


14.00


Harold Stonefield


28.00


Howard Young


28.00


Wilson Brown


17.50


Norman Merritt


2.20


Nathaniel Tilden


16.20


$431.40


Labor:


James Andrews


11.70


Atherton Baker


10.40


John Barry


16.90


291


ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937


Allen Bates


11.70


Mario Bongarzone


11.70


Dewitt Clark


16.90


Frank Cook


5.20


Arthur Cross


16.90


Charles W. Curran


16.90


Francis Curran


16.90


William Curran


16.90


Edward Durant


16.90


George Dwight


16.90


Robert Dwyer


10.40


Vincent Dwyer


11.70


Parker Ewell


16.90


John Fernendes


16.90


Joseph Fitzsimmons


16.90


John Flaherty


16.90


William Flaherty


16.90


William Flynn


16.90


George Friese


11.70


Herbert Friese


16.90


Marino Fresina


5.20


Douglas Graham


6.50


Duncan R. Graham


16.90


William Graham


5.20


Malcolm Hall


16.90


Robert Hall


16.90


Hubert Harriman


5.20


Charles W. Harris


16.90


A. Wallace Hunt


5.20


Julius Jacobucci


10.40


Eugene Jellows


16.90


Richard Kennedy


16.90


Robert Kinsley


10.40


Benjamin LaVange


16.90


Joseph Lavoine


5.20


John Lonergan


11.70


Edward Macomber


16.90


Con Magaw


20.80


Stephen Mahoney


5.20


Martin Mahoney


16.90


Norman Merritt


16.90


Primo Montanari


11.70


292


ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937


Secundo Montanari


16.90


James Murphy


16.90


Leo Murphy


2.60


Michael O'Hara


16.90


Gilbert Patterson


16.90


Wilfred Prouty


22.10


Manuel Ramos


11.70


Lawrence Rice


24.70


John Sexton


10.40


Matthew Squire


16.90


William Steverman


10.40


Charles Sylvester


16.90


Chester Taylor


16.90


Charles Timpany


16.90


E. Russell Tobin


5.20


Russell Tower


10.40


Walter Vinal


11.70


John Webb


19.18


James Welch


16,90


Nicholas Wherity


17.55


Kenneth Whorff


5.20


August Alves


6.50


John Alves


6.50


Wilfred Appleton


1.30


Francis Barry


6.50


Kenneth Bell


1.30


Carl Bernard


6.50


Alvin Blanchard


8.45


Alexander Bonnell


6.50


Robert Bonney


6.50


Joseph Cerilli


6.50


James Cobbett


6.50


Bernard Coletta


1.30


A. B. Curtis


5.20


George Duffey


6.50


Robert Dwight


6.50


Manuel Fontes


6.50


Neal Fraser


6.50


Raymond Gillis


6.50


Walter Hardwick


5.20


Earl Jenkins


6.50


Richard Jenkins


18.00


293


ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937


Russell Jenkins


1.30


Winsor Keyes


6.50


Alfred Leighton


6.50


Carl Litchfield


1.30


Davie Litchfield


1.30


Lewis Litchfield


6.50


Carlton Merritt


6.50


Harold Merritt


6.50


Peter Meschini


6.50


James Otis


1.30


Dennis F. Quinn, Jr.


10.40


Joseph Riani


6.50


Frank Rose


6.50


Rocco Santia


6.50


Burt Shaw


5.20


Roy Spear


6.50


Francis Stanley


6.50


Arthur Staples


1.30


Erving L. Studley, Jr.


1.30


Howard Thayer


6.50


Herbert Trohon


6.50


Daniel Ward


6.50


John Wheeler


1.30


Harold Withem


1.30


Carl Zollin


6.50


1,168.18


Expenses :


Mary J. Doherty


15.00


May Futrelle


50.00


65.00


$1,664.58


BEAVER DAM ROAD AND HAZEL AVENUE


Trucks :


Ferdinand Feola


$70.00


Norman Merritt


13.20


Allan Wheeler


105.00


Kenneth Whorff


28.00


Henry Cole


42.00


A. B. Curtis


14.00


Walter Harrub


14.00


294


ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937


A. L. Littlefield


28.00


Clinton Merritt


21.00


John Duffey


14.00


$349.20


Labor:


Daniel Appleton


51.00


Allen Bates


46.80


Harold Bates


28.60


Francis Curran


68.25


James Duffey


41.60


Robert Hall


46.80


Thomas Harris


52.00


Eugene Jellows


25.35


Caleb Jenkins


29.00


Richard Jenkins


144.00


William J. Jenkins


52.00


Fred LaVange


56.55


Jesse Leavitt


10.40


Alfred Leighton


46.80


James McIntire


52.65


Dennis F. Quinn, Jr.


53.30


Lawrence Rice


26.00


Ralph Sylvester


40.95


Kenneth Bell


26.00


Blaine Brown


5.20


John P. Dwyer


15.60


Conrad Erixon


31.85


Charles F. Jenkins


3,25


Fred T. Stanley


16.90


Harry Sylvester


63.05


Carl Zollin


63.38


Milton Bates


26.65


Alvin Blanchard


47.45


E. Cecil Burleigh


5.20


Vincent Dwyer


26.65


Harry Ellms


10.40


William Graham


15.60


Stephen Mahoney


15,60


Clinton Merritt


18.85


Leonard Richardson


15.60


Lester Sylvester


26.00


George Duffey


5.20


295


ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937


George Flaherty


5.20


Norman Merritt


10.40


Expenses :


American Oil Products Co.


73.55


$1,748.83


SIXTH AVENUE


Trucks :


Andrew Finney


$85.75


Bertram Stetson


56.00


Frank Fallon


42.00


Prescott Damon


14.00


George Davis


14.00


John Duffey


36.75


Charles Litchfield


14.00


Ferdinand Feola


51.63


Paul Gannett


88.38


Wilson Brown


23.63


$426.14


Labor:


James Andrews


5.20


John Barry


15.60


Allen Bates


20.80


Joseph Cerilli


7.80


James Cobbett


61.10


Robert Cole


35.10


Charles Connolly


15.60


Francis Curran


20.80


George Friese


20.80


Douglas Graham


10.40


Caleb Jenkins


21.88


Frederick Kane


36.40


Winsor Keyes


10.40


Benjamin LaVange


41.60


Joseph Lavoine


5.20


Con Magaw


35.10


Primo Montanari


31.85


James McIntire


39.65


Joseph O'Donnell


26.00


1,326.08


296


ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937


Gilbert Patterson


23.40


Dennis F. Quinn, Jr.


21.78


Adelbert Rice


20.80


George Stetson


36.40


William Stetson


15.60


Charles Timpany


15.60


Herbert Trohon


20.80


Daniel Ward


20.80


Carl Zollin


41.28


Cecil Babbitt


42.00


Arthur Cross


5.20


Conrad Erixon


5.20


Herbert Friese


15.60


Duncan R. Graham


5.85


Robert Hall


10.40


Joseph Holland


20.80


Eugene Jellows


30.88


Richard Jenkins


12.00


Alfred Leighton


35.10


Clinton Merritt


31.20


Lucian Rousseau


20.80


George Thayer


5.20


Oscar Anderson


10.40


Joseph Barry


10.40


Lester Litchfield


2.60


Harold Merritt


5.20


John Stark


2.60


Fred La Vange


27.95


977.12


Expenses :


The Welch Co., Inc.


96.41


$1,499.67


LAND NEAR PEGGOTTY BEACH


Trucks :


Frank Barry


$133.00


Henry Cole


133.00


Walter Harrub


169.76


Lester Merritt


133.00


Mitchell Brothers


133.00


Thomas Steverman


161.00


297


ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937


Stephen Webster


133.00


Donald Whittaker


133.00


Howard Young


133.00


Wilson Brown


182.00


Ferdinand Feola


126.01


Ray Litchfield


52.00


Percival Merritt


133.00


A. B. Curtis


112.00


Prescott Damon


91.00


George Davis


14.00


John Duffey


122.50


Paul Gannett


126.00


Ellery Hyland


112.00


Roy Merritt


77.00


Bertram Stetson


112.00


Renie Jacobucci


42.00


Joseph Kenney


42.00


Allan Wheeler


70.00


Kenneth Whorff


56.00


Norman Merritt


17.60


George Webb


28.00


$2,776.87


Steam Shovel:


Douglas Mitchell


48.75


Team:


Fred Wheeler


67.20


Labor:


Blaine Brown


5.20


Eugene Brown


104.00


James Cobbett


106.93


Robert Cole


85.80


Frank Cook


7.80


Robert Dwight


31.20


John P. Dwyer


106,60


Conrad Erixon


54.60


John Flaherty


50.70


Edmund A. Fortier


21.45


Douglas Graham


39.00


Robert Hall


101.40


Eugene Jellows


96.20


298


ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937


James Murphy


28.60


Leo Murphy


13.00


Joseph O'Donnell


96.20


Lawrence Rice


101.40


John Stark


41.60


Erving L. Studley, Jr.


74.43


Harry Sylvester


53.63


Herbert Trohon


60.45


Kenneth Whorff


7.80


Wilfred Appleton


85.80


Cecil Babbitt


33.00


Allen Bates


98.80


William Brenchick


23.40


Bernard Coletta


18.20


James Duffey


3.90


Vincent Dwyer


89.05


Raymond Gillis


33.80


Hubert Harriman


2.60


Ernest Hooper


16.58


Charles F. Jenkins


34.78


William J. Jenkins


81.90


Jesse Leavitt


62.40


Alfred Leighton


48.10


Stephen Mahoney


2.60


William Manley


2.60


Clinton Merritt


41.60


Norman Merritt


15.60


Primo Montanari


41.60


Wilfred Prouty


15.60


Dennis F. Quinn, Jr.


64.03


Leonard Richardson


101.73


Roy Spear


69.40


George Stetson


20.80


Charles Timpany


93.60


E. Russell Tobin


54.60


Daniel Ward


18.20


Carl Zollin


19.50


Albert W. Ainslie


15.60


Alvin Blanchard


13.00


Jerome Crowley


36.40


David Frazer


46.80


A. Wallace Hunt


5.20


299


ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937


Edgar L. Hyland, Jr.


5.20


Harry Leavitt


10.40


Thomas Steverman


7.15


Daniel Appleton


12.00


Clarence Clapp


26.00


Gerald Delay


10.40


George Dwight


26.00


Flower Fresina


41.60


William Graham


46.80


Thomas Harris


57.20


Julius Jacobucci


20.80


Winsor Keyes


5.20


Charles Mitchell


46.80


H. W. Moreland


31.20


Albert Newcomb


36.40


Albert E. Reed


44.20


Adelbert Rice


18.53


Clarence Shelton


10.40


Russell Tower


31.20


Albert Vinal


31.20


Charles Colman


26.00


Edward Cook


15.60


Thomas Dowd


5.20


George Duffey


10.40


John J. Dwyer


10.08


John T. Fabello


31.20


Walter Harrub


18.53


Lawrence Henderson


2.60


Caleb Jenkins


3.75


Con Magaw


15.60


Fred T. Stanley


15.60


Fred Stanley


10.40


Kenneth Bell


47.60


Fred La Vange


10.40


Milton Bates


5.20


Merton Burbank


10.40


Gardner DeCosta


5.20


Pietro Jacobucci


5.20


Lucian H. Pitts


5.20


Marino Fresina


36.40


3,408.00


300


ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937


Expenses :


Berger Metal Culvert Co. of N. E.


104.47


The Welch Co., Inc.


177.31


Annie E. Brown


5,125.00


5,406.78


$11,707.60


301


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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937


ANNUAL REPORT OF BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE


To the Citizens of Scituate :


The Board of Public Welfare, after thorough inves- tigation, has acted to alleviate distress in all applica- tions for aid under Public Welfare, Aid to Dependent Children, and Old Age Assistance, during the year 1937.


The new Old Age Assistance and Aid to Dependent Children laws have been functioning during the past year. The Board has acted promptly to comply with all the requirements of the laws in order that our town might receive full benefits of federal grants. Federal auditors from Washington have examined the records and have approved the administration of both the Old Age Assistance and the Aid to Dependent Children departments. Including a balance of $89.01 carried over from 1936 we have received $12,285.08 in federal grants for the Old Age Assistance and Aid to Dependent Children departments in 1937. This sum has been available for immediate expenditure, thus relieving the local tax burden to that extent.


The Board has on file a detailed investigation of the settlement history of each applicant for relief, and as a result we have received reimbursements in many cases from other towns and cities and from the state. We received $11,553.89 from these sources in 1937. This sum is paid directly into the town treasury and is not available for this department as is the case in the fed- eral grants.


302


ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937


Available labor was very well assimilated during the past summer, there being work for all able bodied per- sons. Winter employment is still an acute problem, as the seasonal character of most local work causes many families to seek assistance in the winter months. The greater part of the Public Welfare assistance which we render is in the winter months, and is due to this seasonal lack of employment.


At this time the board wishes to thank all other town departments, societies, and individuals who have co- operated with us in the past year.


Respectfully submitted,


NATHANIEL TILDEN, Chairman, HARRY F. CLEVERLY, HARRY T. HANDY.


PUBLIC WELFARE


Salaries:


Harry F. Cleverly


$100.00


Harry T. Handy


100.00


Nathaniel Tilden


500.00


$700.00


Expenses :


Lucy N. Baker


442.29


Bearce's Food Store


654.39


Cecilia B. Brown


45.00


Sumner A. Chapman, Register


2.75


L. G. Chipman


1,023.86


Edison Elec. Ill. Co.


52.89


Greenbush Grocery Co.


610.66


Harry T. Handy


461.00


E. L. Merritt


665.83


Edwin L. Merritt


19.90


George T. Otis Co.


1,665.56


Lucien H. Rousseau


24.00


303


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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937


C. M. Wagner


111.83


Herbert A. Whiting


1,021.20


Lois Wilson


799.00


Cash Aid


867.35


Ruth D. Andrews


18.00


Allen Bates


1.50


Alson P. Billings


1.25


Harry F. Cleverly


468.38


John S. Fitts


266.45


The Great A. & P. Tea Co.


106.00


A. L. Littlefield


430.25


Norman C. Merritt


20.00


Cohasset Savings Bank


100.00


Whiting Milk Company


73,83


U. S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co.


10.00


F. A. Morse


628.22


South Shore Dept. Store


177.96


Nathaniel Tilden


221.86


The Welch Co., Inc.


173.00


C. C. Withem


40.13


S. F. Connolly


35.67


Wm. P. Grovestein


28.00


Henry P. O'Neil


30.00


The Seaverns Store


350.62


Philip Kallianotes


3.00


I. M. Cohen


120.00


Estate of Webster Litchfield


80.00


Elizabeth Jackson


156.00


Luther J. Litchfield


76.44


E. L. Pinkham


32.91


Plummer Farm School


150.50


Mildred Tinney


330.00


Sam Conte


6.00


S. Conte


2.00


H. C. Metcalf


3.50


The Satuit Press


17.40


Town of Whitman


259.00


South Scituate Savings Bank


21.00


J. Francis Bresnahan


.85


Gordon Charlton


2.93


Aldiero Foniri


5.00


J. R. Ainslie


18.00


304


ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937


Anderson Fuel & Supply Co.


34.15


W. A. Manson


12.25


Mary Spinzola


40.00


Mrs. Nicholas Spinzola


30.00


W. H. Stearns


18.00


Ruth Meyers


5.00


Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary


1.40


Max D. Miles


5.00


Sanderson Brothers


71.74


Treasurer of the United States


66.72


A. R. Kimpton


170.00


Carlton N. Morrow


26.00


W. R. Schultz


6.13


T. B. Alexander


82.00


The Children's Hospital


129.00


Lucien Rousseau


5.50


Seaverns Pharmacy


14.00


Stearn's Express


18.00


Frank Andrews


60.00


Timpany Oil Service


64.01


Lester E. Litchfield


1.63


H. B. McArdle


40.18


Charles H. Hayward


80.00


Hingham Co-operative Bank


150.32


Perry's Service Station


8.27


Mary G. Stearns


36.00


James J. Andrews


1.30


Julia Barber


40.00


Sidney S. Gates


13.92


Mrs. A. L. Littlefield


20.00


Howard Thayer


1.95


Weymouth Hospital


369.57


Bertram Stetson


20.00


Ferdinand Feola


50.00


North Abington Co-operative Bank


45.00


Chas. D. Wainwright


22.23


Mrs. Davina Brand


31.00


Town of Cohasset


279.85


Town of Needham


130.00


Town of Rockland


254.54


Maude Damon


306.00


Charles R. Viall


44.50


305


ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937


City of Boston Overseers of the Pub-


lic Welfare


954.38


Allan Wheeler


5.50


Harold M. Jenkins


7.15


Paul R. Gannett


4.80


Town of Marshfield


414.88


Prescott A. Damon


26.50


Cohasset Private Hospital, Inc.


109.29


Hilbert F. Day


75.00


Howard H. Young


7.00


Eleanor Merritt


22.00


Donald Whittaker


5.00


Willis B. Parsons


6.00


George E. Emerson


20.00


The Faulkner Hospital


97.50


Charles H. Tilden


12.20


Helen L. Drake


17.00


Edna F. Litchfield


10.00


Martha Seaverns


5.00


Sparrell Funeral Service


112.00


F. U. Wetmore


14.81


Percy E. Merritt, Jr.


16.60


Barbara H. Chase


24.00


Virginia Cole


42.00


Girard's Shoe Store


33.25


Hobbs & Warren, Inc.


1.55


Harriet I. Perkins


9.50


First National Stores, Inc.


8.00


17,799.23


$18,499.23


MOTHERS' AID


Expenses :


E. L. Merritt


$24.00


Whiting Milk Company


3.64


Hobbs & Warren, Inc.


5.22


The Welch Co., Inc.


6.75


Allan R. Wheeler


6.00


Town of Weymouth


734.24


Harry F. Cleverly


17.00


Cash Aid


3,550.45


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Nathaniel Tilden


.24


Willis B. Parsons


3.00


$4,350.54


U. S. GRANT-MOTHERS' AID


Expenses :


Cash Aid


$1,066.00


OLD AGE ASSISTANCE


Cash Aid


$15,280.61


Harry F. Cleverly


259.50


George E. Emerson


15.00


Weymouth Hospital


92.00


Sparrell Funeral Service


249.00


Marie B. Clement


6.00


City of Quincy


203.33


Seaverns Pharmacy


1.35


Carl Fresina


21.95


C. L. Rice & Son, Inc.


100.00


Town of Marshfield


26.00


City of Cambridge


19.50


Harry T. Handy


21.00


E. L. Pinkham


10.41


Town of Watertown


219.21


Helen Drake


55.50


Max D. Miles


4.00


Charles R. Viall


1.00


M. Sindone


2.50


J. Francis Bresnahan


.85


-


$16,588.71


U. S. GRANT-OLD AGE ASSISTANCE-ASSISTANCE Expenses :


Cash Aid


.... $10,829.91


U. S. GRANT-OLD AGE ASSISTANCE-ADMINISTRATIVE


Expenses :


Lois Wilson


$242.50


H. B. McArdle


14.70


The Satuit Press


14.00


Hobbs & Warren, Inc.


3.13


Nathaniel Tilden


3.30


$277.63


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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937


REPORT OF THE ALLEN MEMORIAL LIBRARY


The Allen Memorial Library hours are the same as last year, three afternoons and evenings a week.


The circulation of books did not vary very much from last year. We have had fiction which has proved ex- ceedingly popular; also three sets of technical books for boys and men, who are interested in these particular subjects: Carpentry, automobiles, with information about the new Diesel engines.


About fifty books were rebound, making them as good as new; also the State reading is being carried on and we are always glad to send to the State Library.


Respectfully submitted,


MRS. AMY FRYE,


President.


ALLEN MEMORIAL LIBRARY


Expenses:


John S. Fitts


$171.25


William H. Harney


31.39


United Publishers Service


91.90


Frank L. Young


300.00


Town of Scituate


26.00


Edith Freeman


180.00


Edith A. Freeman 60.00


Edison Elec. Ill. Co. 6.88


Eben E. Bearce 4.20


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De Wolfe & Fiske Co.


192.92


F. J. Barnard & Co.


43.13


Junior Literary Guild Corp.


74.00


Harold W. Cole


47.50


Jean Karr


14.53


Brockton Edison Co.


12.00


The Book House For Children


33.00


Miller & Lord


9.80


John L. Rothery Co.


7.13


Chester F. Spear


100.00


$1,405.63


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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937


REPORT OF THE PEIRCE MEMORIAL LIBRARY


The Trustees of the Peirce Memorial Library submit the following report for the year ending December, 1937, and wish to express their thanks to the citizens of Scituate for their assistance and co-operation. Books in circulation in 1937 14,256


Magazines in circulation in 1937


1,409


Books purchased in 1937 411


Books given in 1937 22


Magazines purchased in 1937


24


Increase in book circulation in 1937 1,184


Number of card-holders in 1937


300


During 1937 the entire library has been reclassified and recatalogued in order that the general public may use the files with more ease. This entailed the work of a special librarian and two assistants for two months during which time the library was open, as usual to all.


Respectfully submitted,


KATHERINE ELLIS, President.


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PEIRCE MEMORIAL LIBRARY


Expenses :


Anderson Fuel & Supply Co.


$85.50


F. J. Barnard & Co.


15.44


The Boundbrook Press


8.00


Lorenzo Jacobucci


57.00


Sarah H. Knowles


300.00


Clinton Merritt


1.55


Town of Scituate


10.00


Moore-Cottrell Subs. Agencies


66.65


Frederic T. Bailey & Co.


3.15


Esther L. Bates


3.85


Edison Elec. Ill. Co.


8.24


The H. R. Huntting Co., Inc.


627.67


J. C. Pierce


1.00


A. L. Littlefield


12.50


Fidelity Phenix Fire Ins. Co.


50.63


Franklin Pub. Co.


6.00


Brockton Edison Co.


24.48


Alonzo A. Pratt


44.00


Gaylord Bros., Inc.


67.38


Remington Rand Inc.


.90


City Desk Co.


3.00


Filing Equip. Bureau


2.13


$1,399.07


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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937


REPORT OF BUILDING COMMITTEE


The Building Committee appointed to have alter- ations and additions made to the Engine House, Brook Street, at a special town meeting held in September, begs to report :


We engaged an architect, had plans and specifications prepared and advertised for proposals. We awarded the contract to the lowest responsible bidder who com- pleted the work to our satisfaction, so that it was pos- sible for the Fire Department to occupy this building the latter part of November.


The new building provides office, signal room, battery room, large apparatus room and dormitory, all of which we believe were necessary for adequately housing the Fire Department equipment for this area.


We would express our appreciation for the co-opera- tion received from the officials of the town and for the co-operation and courtesy extended by the officers and men of the Fire Department stationed in this building while alterations and additions were being made.


Respectfully submitted,


A. K. WILLIAMS, D. A. KILLEFOR M. W. MURRILL, The Building Committee.


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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE. 1937


REPORT OF PLANNING BOARD


December 31, 1937


Board of Selectmen Town of Scituate W. Irving Lincoln, Chairman.


Gentlemen:


I am enclosing herewith the yearly report of the Planning Board of the Town of Scituate in accordance with your request and hope that same is in proper shape for the annual town report.


Respectfully yours,


A. K. WILLIAMS, Chairman, Planning Board.


During 1937, your Planning Board has been called on to give their opinion on various requests for variance from zones as established by the Town's Zoning By-Law.


Every case has been carefully studied and when prop- erly requested public hearings have been held in order that everyone might have an opportunity of being heard.


Probably more time was devoted to questions relat- ing to the so-called "Dreamwold Inn" situation than to any other. However, repeated requests for individual business zones on Route 3-A have been received and considered. It has been the opinion of your Board that the property bordering Route 3-A should be con- sidered over the full length of this route through Scitu- ate. It seems better to have a uniform program for the preservation of the appearance of this area if it


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is to be opened up for business. This would include consideration of a minimum set back, adequately off the road, parking facilities, types of advertising signs and buildings.


All of these things have a definite bearing on the im- pression made by Scituate on the traveling public as well as being extremely important considerations in regard to public safety.


It would be in the interest of the greatest number of citizens of Scituate to keep Route 3-A in a residence zone.


In addition to these questions the Planning Board has studied and given its opinion on the plans for the renovation of the Brooks Street fire station and the plans for the new Town standpipe. A special study was also given and a report made on the question of Front Street and the possibility of saving the elm trees bordering it on the westerly side.


There are other questions of major importance to the town which should have careful study. We have in mind the matter of town drainage, consideration of traffic and parking in business centers, and other things which will require time and some expense to study properly. Your Board plans to work on these matters and others which will, as usual, come before them dur- ing the ensuing year.


Respectfully submitted,


By RALPH C. ACKERMAN, Secretary, Planning Board.


PLANNING BOARD


Expenses :


Alton F. Tupper


$50.00


Spaulding-Moss Co.


5.15


Franklin Pub. Co.


7.50


$62.65


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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937


REPORT OF THE PARK COMMISSIONERS


Board of Selectmen


Gentlemen :


The Park Department respectfully submits for your consideration a resume of their work during the past year.


After carefully considering all of the work necessary for the proper operation of our department, we started to work on the various parks in the town with a view to improve them as much as possible to the best of our ability.


On Lawson Park, we put on one hundred and twelve loads of loam and also seeded the ground.


At North Scituate, we made a park, which we called Bound Brook Park. Due to the town widening of Henry Turner Baily Road, the park was slightly damaged, but next spring we intend to greatly improve it.


We are very thankful for the fine amount of co- operation we have received from the Town's people during the past year and hope that this year will prove a prosperous one for all town departments.


Respectfully submitted,


ERNEST F. LITCHFIELD, Chairman,


GEORGE V. YENETCHI, JOHN F. DALBY, Park Commissioners.




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