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Number of children having had nose and throat defects corrected 34
Number of children having defective vision 45
Number of children having had vision defects cor- rected 10
Number of children with heart defects 86
Number of children with posture defects
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
Number of children with speech defects 4
Number of children with defective hearing 18
Number of children receiving treatment for pre-
vention of diphtheria (some of whom were in the pre-school age group) 104
Number of children tested in the Chadwick Clinic 138
Number of cases of mumps 104
Number of cases of chicken pox 34
Children were excluded from school for the following reasons :
Scabies 3
Impetigo
15
Pediculosis 12
Ringworm 4
Skin eruptions
2
Respectfully submitted,
MARGARET J. O'DONNELL, R.N.,
School Nurse.
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
REPORT OF ATTENDANCE OFFICER
Mr. Harold C. Wingate, Superintendent of Schools, Scituate, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir:
All cases of absences concerning which I have been notified have received my prompt attention. In nearly all of the cases investigated, the reasons have been sick- ness or other conditions which justified the absence.
Respectfully submitted,
ANNIE M. S. LITCHFIELD, Attendance Officer.
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
ROLL OF PERFECT ATTENDANCE
For the School Year Ending June 30, 1937
HATHERLY SCHOOL
Name
Grades
Bartlett, Sargent
III
Brown, Kathleen
IV
Brown, Ora
IV II
Conte, Joseph
Dolan, Olive
Hattin, Marjorie
III VI III
Heffernan, Ann
Hermann, Robert
Meschini, Louis
Moffitt, Alice
Prouty, Jean
Santia, Lillian
Santia, Mary
Sylvester, Thelma
JENKINS SCHOOL
Ahola, Wilho
Gillis, James
Huntley, Shirley
Patterson, Alice
Patterson, Charles
III IV VI
Patterson, Gilbert
I
Rotchford, Jean
II
Rouleau, Joan
VI
VI IV VI I VI IV III
Rotchford, Edward
IV V V
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
Secor, Dorothy VI
Sylvester, Robert VI
Webb, Jacqueline IV
Whittaker, Katherine
V
Wilbur, Thomas
IV
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Bearce, Herbert
VII
Bonomi, Gloria
VII
Bonomi, Lawrence
VIII
Hattin, Elizabeth
VII
Hooper, Edward
VII
Kane, Elizabeth
VII
Montanari, Alfred
VII
Secor, Elizabeth
VIII
Sylvester, Dorothy
VIII
Sylvester, Harry
VII
Vinal, George
VII
Whittaker, Wendell
VII
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Barber, Sidney
X
Cerilli, Alberta
X
Cole, Jean
IX
Curran, Mary
IX X
Duffey, Madeline
Franzen, Elizabeth
XI IX
Franzen, Fred
Girard, John
IX XI
Hewett, Atherton
Holland, Lois
XII X
Litchfield, Francis
Merritt, Rachel
IX X
Mitchell, George
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
Spear, Esther
XII
Sylvester, Fred
IX
Sylvester, Louise
XII
Wade, Nancy
X
Zollin, Albert
XI
ENROLLMENT, MEMBERSHIP, ATTENDANCE
For the School Year Ending June 30, 1937
Hatherly School :
Total Membership
Average Membership
Per Cent of Attendance
Grade I
40
35
93
Grade II
32
28
93
Grade III
35
30
95
Grade IV
34
32
94
Grade V
30
27
95
Grade VI
33
30
95
Totals
204
182
94*
Jenkins School:
Grade I
44
37
93
Grade II
30
26
92
Grade III
34
31
94
Grade IV
41
37
93
Grade V
42
40
95
Grade VI
39
38
96
Totals
230
209
94*
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
Junior High School:
Grade VII
79
75
95
Grade VIII
58
54
94
Totals
137
129
94.5*
Senior High School:
Grade IX
71
67
94
Grade X
57
53
93
Grade XI
65
60
91
Grade XII
40
34
94
Totals
233
214
93*
Grand Totals
804
734
94*
* Average.
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MEMBERSHIP BY GRADES
October 1, 1937
Grades
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII Total
Hatherly School
35 30 30 32 27 30
184
Jenkins School
37 34 26 33 38 36
204
High School
62 72 54 64
46
60*
358
Total
72 64 56
65
65
66
62
72
54
64
46
60*
746
% Increase (from previous year)
5
15
9
22
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Decrease (from previous yr.) Net Decrease
5 8 7 6
3 15
16
18
78
27
Includes four post-graduates.
ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
FINANCIAL STATEMENT 1937
RECEIPTS
Appropriation
$84,750.00
Federal Funds
144.49
Dog Tax
866.79
$85,761.28
EXPENDITURES
General Expenses
School Committee, expenses
$198.30
Superintendent, salary
2,376.68
Superintendent, travel
183.45
Clerk
337.75
Truant Officer, salary
100.00
Other Expenses of Administra- tion 30.02
$3,226.20
EXPENSES OF INSTRUCTION
Supervisors
$4,172.50
Teachers, including Principal, High
24,539.25
Teachers, including Principals, Elementary
19,451.50
Textbooks and Scholars' Sup-
plies, High
3,791.47
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
Textbooks and Scholars' Sup- plies, Elementary 956.31
52,911.03
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF SCHOOL PLANT
Janitors, High
$3,138.00
Janitors, Elementary
2,288.00
Fuel, High
1,043.25
Fuel, Elementary
1,261.80
Upkeep and Replacement, High
4,493.52
Upkeep and Replacement, Ele- mentary
1,183.32
Miscellaneous, High
1,086.73
Miscellaneous, Elementary
489.36
14,983.98
AUXILIARY AGENCIES
Library
$488.87
Health
496.84
Transportation
12,272.05
Miscellaneous Auxiliary
1,235.07
14,492.83
OUTLAY
New Equipment ...... $345.14
345.14
SPECIAL ITEMS
Tuition $937.17
937.17
Total Expenditures
$86,896.35
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
Overdraft 1,135.07
(In this report, High refers to Grades VII-XII inclu- sive, and Elementary to Grades I-VI.)
Appropriation for Civic Center Grounds $1,500.00
Amount Expended
1,277.06
Balance
$222.94
Special Appropriation for Materials for
Placing Two Hydrants at Jenkins School $791.50 Amount Expended 779.79
Balance $11.71
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
GRADUATION EXERCISES
Class of 1937
SCITUATE HIGH SCHOOL
Wednesday, June the Sixteenth Eight O'Clock
HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
PROGRAM
"Processional March from Tannhauser" Wagner High School Orchestra and Glee Club
Invocation Reverend Allan D. Creelman
"Prayer Perfect" Girls' Glee Club
Stenson
Address of Welcome Lawrence Gates
Presentation of Washington and Franklin Medal Mr. Frederick A. Calkin, Principal
Presentation of Class Gift President of Senior Class "Finlandia"
Jan Sibelius Senior Class and Glee Club
Address, "The Challenge of the New Day"
Mr. David D. Vaughan, Professor of Social Ethics, Boston University
Conferring of Diplomas Mr. Donald S. Pitkin Chairman, School Committee Class Ode Graduating Class
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
ROLL OF CLASS MEMBERS
College Preparatory Course
Madeleine Elizabeth Bailey Herbert Carville Hands Vincent Theodore Elkind Grace Frances Reynolds Margaret Lincoln Soule
Scientific Course
Robert Charles Chessia Daniel Joseph Queeney, Jr.
Lawrence Sumner Gates Theodore Lawrence Soren-
Allyn Robert Lumbert sen Fenton Winchester Varney
Commercial Course
Mary Frances Cahir Lillian Rose Jackman®
Helen Evelyn Chicko
Lillias Georgia Moore
Elizabeth Damon Louise Mary Pickett
Pauline Mae Fitts
Mary Carlene Schafer in.
Lois Holland Esther Matilda Spear
Margaret Janet Huntley Louise Mahala Sylvester
Virginia Louise Young
General Course
Thomas Nelson Ewell Marion Bernice Spear
William Alexander MacAl- James Douglas Steverman pine Hugh Walsh, Jr.
Doris Lorraine Simmons
John Matthew White
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
CLASS OFFICERS
President, Lawrence Gates
Vice-President, Robert Chessia Secretary, Esther Spear Treasurer, Grace Reynolds
CLASS MOTTO
"Success does not seek; it must be sought"
DETAILED EXPENDITURES SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Salaries:
Harold C. Wingate
$2,376.68
Frederick A. Calkin
2,976.25
M. B. Gillespie
2,430.00
Nels H. Sandberg
1,761.25
Edward L. Stewart
1,558.75
Clarence O. Atkinson
1,255.00
Bessie M. Dudley
1,923.75
Dorothy E. MacFarlane
1,558.75
Adelaide Colburn
1,618.75
Esther M. Harrington
1,457.50
Ruth E. Hawkes
1,356.25
Edward W. Whitmore
1,862.50
Anne L. Cunneen
1,457.50
Marion L. Brine
857.50
Dorothy L. Maxim
1,255.00
LeRoy E. Fuller
1,822.50
Mildred S. Young
1,052.50
Bessie M. Monahan
1,356.25
Marguerite O'Hern
1,052.50
Eunice M. Cole
1,396.50
Lillian M. Weeden
1,417.50
Grace E. Hague
1,417.50
Helen L. Jones
1,215.00
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George W. Burrill
1,822.50
Doris C. Crocker
1,417.50
Helen Pearl
1,417.50
Sara M. Souther
1,417.50
Helen G. Knox
1,417.50
Lucy A. Lockhart
1,417.50
Jeanne E. Bradford
1,558.75
Doris D. Ward
918.75
Ruth A. Whidden
1,215.00
Ina B. Litchfield
717.00
Esther F. Gillespie
27.50
Ruth Dwyer
233.00
Edith W. Burrill
27.50
Florence M. O'Hern
95.00
Blanche MacIntosh
20.00
Mary Sexton
90.00
Clare Walker
480.00
Elizabeth Giles
440.00
Doris M. Rowell
480.00
Mrs. Waldo Litchfield
100.00
Dr. T. B. Alexander
300.00
Lois Cushing
2.50
Louis H. Madore
1,661.00
Augustus Abbott
1,451.00
Lewis B. Newcomb
1,092.00
Frank Young
1,196.00
Ralph Sylvester
26.00
$57,476.68
Transportation :
Joseph W. Appleton
1,342.00
J. W. Appleton
28.00
G. Wilbur Damon
1,330.00
Ferdinand Feola
1,218.00
Robert H. Huntley
1,292.00
Daniel J. Queeney
1,444.00
Whittaker Bros.
1,444.00
Howard H. Young
2,840.00
Perez L. Young
1,230.00
Town of Marshfield
85.95
Ruth A. Whidden
18.10
:
12,272.05
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
Expenses :
C. C. Birchard & Co.
50.20
The Boundbrook Press
67.50
A. B. Dick Co.
33.05
Dowling School Supply Co.
465.79
John S. Fitts
439.25
The Gregg Pub. Co.
89.21
Hollis D. Hatch
11.20
Royal Typewriter Co., Inc.
258.00
Town of Scituate
385.00
Seaverns Pharmacy
4.24
Underwood Elliott Fisher Co.
91.50
Jeanne E. Bradford
10.35
Jeanne E. Bradford, Treas.
4.00
The Bruce Pub. Co.
22.96
Edison Elec. Ill. Co.
434.00
D. C. Heath & Co.
44.88
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co.
253.98
Phillips Ribbon & Carbon Co.
21.60
Benj. H. Sanborn & Co.
40.71
A. P. Billings
11.30
Brockton Gas Light Co.
114.00
Omin Co., Inc.
2.00
Standard Mailing Machines Co.
85.74
Robert Webster
.50
S. C. Webster
1,043.25
The Welch Co., Inc.
1,500.64
College Entrance Book Co., Inc.
1.96
Houghton Mifflin Co.
56.58
The Macmillan Co.
220.97
W. A. Manson
2.00
D. F. Munroe Co.
43.43
City of Quincy
13.36
American Book Co.
48.44
Jos. E. Avent
2.40
Eben E. Bearce
492.24
The Benton Review Shop, Inc.
5.36
City of Boston
84.61
Carl Fischer, Inc.
11.65
Ginn & Co.
117.81
Masury-Young Co.
54.74
Thompson-Winchester Co.
37.62
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
Harold C. Wingate
184.25
Dr. T. B. Alexander
88.00
American Education Press, Inc.
3.88
William S. Clements
18.00
Drukin, Reeves & Co.
3.28
L. E. Gunderson
2.25
J. Edward Harney
238.00
William H. Harney
498.23
Litchfield's Express, Inc.
3.25
Dorothy E. MacFarlane
3.54
The Papercrafters, Inc.
5.12
Reddy's Battery Shop
9.50
The Seaverns Store
20.84
Yawman & Erbe Mfg. Co.
145.50
Frederic T. Bailey & Co.
128.65
Ferdinand Feola
9.60
The Holden Patent Book Cover Co.
18.05
Junior Literary Guild Corp.
4.67
B. H. LaVange
46.08
J. G. Blount Co.
37.00
James W. Brine Co., Inc.
133.86
James L. Fitzgerald
9.95
Horace Partridge
83.88
Milton Bradley Co.
83.36
W. Stanley Dorr
64.00
Nemasket Transp. Co.
.70
W. C. Vaughan Co.
78.24
Fred W. Wolfe
19.25
Prescott A. Damon
26.00
Newson & Co.
21.38
Brockton Edison Co.
186.16
Trefry & Welch
59.65
Augustus Abbott
2.00
Cambosco Scientific Co.
79.67
Harry Houston
15.23
Howe & French, Inc.
46.51
Whittaker Brothers
5.08
James J. Barry
20.00
L. M. Glover Co., Inc.
17.89
Reformatory for Women
16.44
Remington Rand Inc.
2.75
Student's Digest
1.50
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
E. B. Gray
6.75
Jordan Marsh Co.
8.95
Row, Peterson & Co.
3.50
Timpany Oil Service
2.55
Scott, Foresman & Co.
1.00
Wm. E. Tully
11.50
Town of Cohasset
100.00
South Shore Dept. Store
5.04
John M. Hartwell
2,184.54
The University Pub. Co.
20.89
Railway Express Agency
1.9]
J. A. Richards, Inc.
39.50
Security Fence Co.
45.00
Walter H. Baker Co.
3.00
G. & C. Merriam Co.
25.10
Peerless Unit Ventilation Co., Inc.
66.50
Plymouth County Health Assn. Inc .....
2.00
American Constitutional Anniversary Committee
1.14
Education Div. Natl. Safety Council.
2.00
The National Education Assn.
2.00
The Welles Pub. Co.
28.50
National Home Library Foundation.
1.00
Granite City El. Supply Co.
18.60
Scituate Electric Co.
227.60
Burroughs Adding Mch. Co.
5.00
The Satuit Press
4.75
William B. Pepper
16.20
M. M. Ross Co.
306.78
Frank L. Westerhoff
353.49
John C. Winston Co.
89.39
World Book Co.
41.09
A. P. W. Paper Co.
92.62
Boston University
1.67
M. F. Ellis & Co.
36.65
The Gamewell Co.
283.00
Alice Lavoine
59.00
Edward E. Babb & Co., Inc.
195.57
Front St. Sales & Service Co.
4.27
J. L. Hammett Co. 104.69
Noble & Noble Pub. Inc.
7.96
Silver Burdett Co.
37.42
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
American Brush Co., Inc.
64.50
Edward W. Whitmore
9.00
Henry S. Wolkins Co.
3.85
The Bobbs-Merrill Co.
12.51
Frederick A. Calkin
26.69
C. A. Gregory Co.
11.19
William M. Horner
21.60
Jenkins Music Co.
24.65
The Boston Music Co.
4.15
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
2.98
Edmund B. Fitzgerald
40.00
Harrison-Simpson Co.
56.06
R. H. Hinckley Co.
35.00
Louis H. Madore
1.62
United Publishers Service
37.55
Phillips Paper Co.
36.06
W. R. Schultz
2.50
Doris D. Ward
7.40
Allyn & Bacon
18.40
D. Appleton-Century Co.
2.62
P. Blakiston's Son & Co., Inc.
3.89
Harcourt, Brace & Co., Inc.
9.63
Henry Holt & Co., Inc.
8.07
Little, Brown & Co.
1.30
J. B. Lippincott Co.
1.62
McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc.
50.32
Scituate High School Cafeteria
36.23
M. B. Gillespie
13.66
Town of Marshfield
739.20
David D. Vaughn
35.00
Ward's
16.00
The Arlo Pub. Co.
5.70
Helen L. Jones
34.00
Rand MacNally & Co.
19.22
A. J. Nystrom & Co.
20.31
The L. W. Singer Co.
162.05
O. H. Toothaker
10.18
Charles Scribner's Sons
161.73
The Harbor Book Store
251.08
Anderson Fuel & Supply Co.
411.25
Richard Nichols
120.20
Fred Harris
58.90
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
James A. McCarthy
189.68
Boston Metal Ceiling & Mfg. Co.
125.00
Mabel Knox
64.00
Elizabeth F. Welch
172.00
E. L. Pinkham
12.86
Gledhill Bros. Inc.
15.97
Marion C. Alexander
55.00
Ralph S. Brown
59.70
Cinelab Inc.
5.30
Donald S. Pitkin
83.60
Wright & Potter Prtg. Co.
7.49
H. J. Dowd Co., Inc.
2.70
The Jacobs Mfg. Co.
5.64
Sanderson Brothers
18.75
Crowley & Gardner
5.67
F. Lester Sylvester
47.60
The Manual Arts Press
.96
B. F. Sturtevant Co.
94.60
Max D. Miles
13.90
Elwood C. Damon
12.00
17,147.62
$86,896.35
CIVIC CENTER GROUNDS-HIGH SCHOOL
Trucks:
Ferdinand Feola
$7.00
Prescott A. Damon
10.12
$17.12
Team:
Prescott A. Damon
12.00
Labor:
Charles N. Barce
34.13
Ferdinand Feola
32.18
Charles H. Pratt
400.40
Arthur Withem
8.13
Edward L. Stewart
252.00
Eben E. Bearce
7.20
734.04
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1937
Expenses :
James W. Brine Co., Inc.
31.69
Prescott A. Damon
12.00
Charles T. Fish
57.25
William B. Pepper
17.00
The Welch Co., Inc.
7.10
Rogers & Hubbard Co.
43.20
Robert W. Balam
277.20
William H. Harney
19.35
Solvay Sales Corporation
26.93
Whittaker Brothers
3.18
Town of Scituate
5.00
Eben E. Bearce
2.00
John S. Fitts
12.00
513.90
$1,277.06
HYDRANTS-JENKINS SCHOOL
Expenses :
Eddy Valve Co.
$233.80
Johns-Manville Sales Corp.
545.99
$779.79
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INDEX
Accountant's Report
Summary
84 88
Assessors' Report
127
Board of Health
Clean-Up Committee
Fire Department
Forest Warden
Highway Surveyor
262 322
Inspector of Milk
324 325
Inspector of Slaughtering
323
Juror List
326
Libraries
308-310
Park Commissioners
315
Police Department
191
Plymouth County Extension Service
317
Public Health Nursing Service
253
Public Welfare Report
302
Registrars' Report
189
School Committee
Appendix
School Dentist
252
Sealer of Weights and Measures
229
Selectmen's Report
13
State Audit of Accounts
18
Town Collector's Report
118 136 173
Marriages
Births
177 182
Town Counsel
131 321
Town Officers
5
Treasurer's Report
112
Tree Warden
231
Water Department
209
Report of Building Committee
312
Planning Board
313
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Balance Sheet
239 260 199 235
Inspector of Animals
Inspector of Plumbing
Town Clerk's Report
Deaths
Town Forestry Committee
Peirce Memil Libran
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
OF THE
TOWN OF SCITUATE
For the Year Ending December 31
1938
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PERCIVAL S. BROWN TREE WARDEN 1906 - 1916 DIED JANUARY 23, 1938
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WILLIAM A. BURTON ADVISORY BOARD 1927 - 1938 DIED MARCH 7, 1938
In Memoriam
ALTON B. CURTIS POLICE OFFICER 1924 - 1938 TTED MAY 17 1938
WILLIAM H. VARRELL SELECTMAN 1902 - 1905 DIED 1937
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
OF THE
TOWN OF SCITUATE
FOR THE
Year Ending December 31, 1938
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Printed By THE SATUIT PRESS Scituate, Mass.
Ret 917,448
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TOWN OF SCITUATE
Incorporated 1636
Population January 1, 1936-3846 Fifteenth Congressional District First Councilor District
Norfolk and Plymouth Senatorial District Second Plymouth Representative District Income Tax Division, Norfolk-Plymouth District
Annual Town Meeting First Monday in March
Election of Officers Second Monday in March
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1938
TOWN OFFICERS, 1938
TOWN CLERK
WILLIAM M. WADE, Greenbush ... Term Expires 1939
TOWN TREASURER
ROSE A. SMITH, Scituate . Term Expires 1939
SELECTMEN
JAMES W. TURNER, Chairman, Egypt Term Expires 1939
W. IRVING LINCOLN, North Scituate Term Expires 1940 PHILIP S. BAILEY, North Scituate. Term Expires 1941
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
HARRY T. HANDY, Scituate Center Term Expires 1939 NATHANIEL TILDEN, Chairman, Scituate Term Expires 1940 RALPH S. BROWN, North Scituate. Term Expires 1941
ASSESSORS
HENRY T. FITTS, Scituate ........ Term Expires 1939 HENRY A. LITCHFIELD, Chairman, Egypt Term Expires 1940
W. IRVING LINCOLN, North Scituate Term Expires 1941
TOWN COLLECTOR
JOSEPH R. DILLON, Scituate. ... Term Expires 1939
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ANNUAL REPORT, TOWN OF SCITUATE, 1938
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
MARION C. ALEXANDER, Scituate. Term Expires 1939 RALPH S. BROWN, North Scituate. Term Expires 1940 PETER W. SHARP, Chairman, North Scituate Term Expires 1941
BOARD OF HEALTH
WALTER L. ENOS, Chairman, Scituate
Term Expires 1939
GEORGE H. OTIS, Scituate. Term Expires 1940
DR. WILLIAM P. GROVESTEIN, Egypt Term Expires 1941
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR
CHARLES M. WAGNER, Scituate Center
Term Expires 1939
PARK COMMISSIONERS
ERNEST F. LITCHFIELD, Chairman, North Scituate
Term Expires 1939
JOHN F. DALBY, Egypt.
Term Expires 1940
GEORGE V. YENETCHI, Scituate. . Term Expires ·1941
WATER COMMISSIONERS
WILSON S. BROWN, Chairman, Greenbush
Term Expires 1939
STEPHEN C. WEBSTER, Greenbush Term Expires 1940 WILLIAMS B. JAMES, Scituate .... Term Expires 1941
CONSTABLES
ERNEST M. DAMON . Egypt WALTER S. ALLEN . Greenbush
*ALTON H. CURTIS North Scituate
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ADVISORY BOARD
PHILIP L. SCHUYLER, Chairman, Egypt Term Expires 1939
ROY C. MERRITT, North Scituate. . Term Expires 1939 WARD C. SWIFT, North Scituate .. Term Expires 1939 HARRY W. DONALD, Egypt .. .. Term Expires 1940
RICHARD CLAPP, Greenbush. . Term Expires 1940 PHILIP B. TERRY, Scituate. .. Term Expires 1940 JOSEPH O. SEVERANCE, JR., Scituate
Term Expires 1941
JOHN E. BAMBER, Minot. Term Expires 1941
JAMES G. CLARKE, Scituate. Term Expires 1941
PLANNING BOARD
ALEXANDER K. WILLIAMS, Chairman, Scituate
Term Expires 1939
RALPH C. ACKERMAN, Egypt .... Term Expires 1939 HAMILTON W. WELCH, Scituate Center Term Expires 1940
STEPHEN C. WEBSTER, Greenbush Term Expires 1941 RICHARD A. LEVANGIE, Scituate. Term Expires 1941
TREE WARDEN
WILLIAM F. FORD. North Scituate
MODERATOR
DENNIS H. SHEA North Scituate
FIELD DRIVERS
ERNEST M. DAMON North Scituate
*ALTON H. CURTIS. North Scituate
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SURVEYOR OF LUMBER, MEASURER OF WOOD AND BARK
ANSEL F. SERVAN. Scituate
POUND KEEPER
AUGUSTUS L. ABBOTT Scituate Center
TOWN DIRECTOR, PLYMOUTH COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICES
CHARLES E. MITCHELL North Scituate
Town Officers Appointed By Selectmen
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
WILLIAM M. WADE Greenbush
JOSEPH A. WARD. Scituate
J. EDWARD HARNEY Scituate
BERTHA L. TURNER. North Scituate
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
BERTHA A. DAVENPORT. Scituate Center Term Expires 1939
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CHIEF OF POLICE
MICHAEL E. STEWART Scituate
SERGEANT
WILLIAM F. KANE. Scituate
POLICE OFFICERS
W. FRANCIS MURPHY Scituate JOSEPH A. DWYER. Scituate
*ALTON H. CURTIS North Scituate
FRED W. STANLEY Scituate
CHESTER E. STONE. Scituate
*EDWARD W. CARSON Scituate CARL CHESSIA. Scituate Center
BERTRAM STETSON. . Scituate CHARLES B. JENSEN Scituate
ERNEST M. DAMON. North Scituate DAVID W. O'HERN. . Scituate
JOHN STONEFIELD. . Scituate
ANTHONY BONGARZONE North Scituate
F. MALBON CHASE ..
Scituate Center
ALLERTON L. BONNEY Scituate Center
SPECIAL OFFICERS WITH LIMITED TERRITORY
RUSSELL L. FISH Scituate
JAMES FINNIE.
Scituate
J. GEORGE VOLLMER Scituate LOUIS MADORE Scituate
ERNEST F. LITCHFIELD North Scituate
SAMUEL WILSON
. Greenbush
WALTER ENOS. .. Scituate WALTER S. ALLEN Greenbush JOHN HEALEY Minot
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FIRE ENGINEERS
D. ALLEN KILLEFER, Chief . Egypt MARK W. MURRILL. Scituate
WILLIAM E. SHUTTLEWORTH. Scituate
TOWN COUNSEL
VERNON W. MARR. North Scituate
TOWN ENGINEER
DANIEL F. APPLETON. Scituate Center
FOREST WARDEN
D. ALLEN KILLIFER. Egypt
SUPERINTENDENT OF MOTH WORK
WILLIAM F. FORD.
North Scituate
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
EUGENE H. LANE. North Scituate
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
CHARLES O. CHASE Egypt
KEEPER OF LOCKUP
MICHAEL E. STEWART. Scituate
HARBOR MASTER, CUSTODIAN OF PIER AND SPECIAL POLICE OFFICER FOR TOWN PIER
C. HARRY DRISCOLL. Scituate
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ASSISTANT HARBOR MASTER
ROBERT S. BOLES. Marshfield
CUSTODIAN OF BURIAL GROUND WILLIAM W. HUNT Scituate Center
BURIAL AGENT
ALONZO A. PRATT North Scituate
FENCE VIEWERS
THOMAS O. JENKINS Greenbush
CHARLES N. BARCE. . . Egypt
CHARLES F. ANDREWS. Scituate Center
CHARLES N. TURNER. . Greenbush
PUBLIC WEIGHERS
FRED C. JOSEPH . Scituate
JOHN S. FITTS.
. Greenbush
FRANK W. CLAPP. . Greenbush
HARRY WHITTAKER. Greenbush
ANDREW J. FILLMORE.
Scituate Center
DANIEL A. VINES Greenbush
ROBERT SMITH Scituate
RUSSELL L. FISH. Scituate
HENRY T. FITTS. Scituate
JAMES A. ANDERSON North Scituate
CLIFFORD T. BALCH.
North Scituate
JAMES WHERITY Scituate
GEORGE A. CLAPP Scituate
PETER BARBER Scituate
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
HAROLD C. WINGATE. Egypt
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INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING
PHILIP S. BAILEY . North Scituate
ASSOCIATE INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING
WILLIAM H. HARNEY Scituate
INSPECTOR OF MILK
GEORGE H. OTIS.
Scituate
INSPECTOR OF MEAT
EDWIN L. MERRITT
Greenbush
FISH AND GAME WARDEN
MATTHEW L. BROWN. Scituate
DOG OFFICER
FREDERICK R. CHASE. . Egypt
SHELLFISH WARDEN
F. MALBON CHASE. Scituate Center
* Deceased
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN
The report of the Selectmen for the year 1938 records completion of several much needed improvements and the accomplishment so far as financing obtains of others under process of construction. The enlargement and im- provement of the Town's Parking area East of Front St., we believe is a distinct credit to the Town and the con- struction of the new Water Tower on Mann Lot Road with its capacity of one and a quarter million gallons was undoubtedly the answer to the most critical condit- ions facing us, namely an adequate water storage. The improvement of Scituate Harbor under an appropriation of approximately $140,000 by the Federal Government and over $100,000 by the Commonwealth and Town has been started and when completed later in 1939 will give us a Harbor that we may well be proud of. The new Rec- reational Park at North Scituate being built under a W. P. A. Project, although incompleted at this writing already shows promise of its fulfiliment as an ideal play- ground and recreational center for that section of the Town. The rebuilding of Gannett Road under joint par- ticipation of the State, County and Town has been started and that section now contracted for will be completed this coming Spring. The final consumation of this improve- ment, if carried to completion, will be expensive and will require co-operative projects through these three agen- cies under so called Chapter 90 proceedings for the next four or five years unless larger annual appropriations are authorized for this purpose. The financial condition of the Town is apparently on an excpetionally good basis as is evidenced by the Treasurers ability to borrow un- der more favorable terms than almost any municipality in the State. Anticipation notes (notes issued in anticipa-
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tion of current revenue) have been issued during the past year for less than one Fourth of one percent per Annumn and notes for terms of five years at a rate of less than one percent per Annum. We were faced this Fall with an assessment for the State Tax more than double the amount estimated by the Tax Commissioners at the time our Assessors established our tax rate but due to receipts accruing to the Town which were also underestimated the net payment due the Commonwealth was less than in 1937. We hope the receipts from the State in 1939 will be equally favorable. Our tax rate for 1938 was $32.00 per thousand, a decrease of $.60 over the previous year and $5.00 under the State Average and it is entirely de- sirable that this rate shall not be increased in the coming years. The cost of conducting the various welfare agen- cies represents an increase over the previous year and had it not been for the very generous allotment of W. P. A. Funds for labor, and increase in quota of assigned W. P. A. Workers from 35 men in December of 1937 to 120 during the greater part of the present year the general Welfare load would of necessity have been much greater than it was. The picture presented in this report up to the present has been one of accomplishment and finan- cial soundness, but it seems wise and perhaps necessary that we present a more serious and less favorable phase of local conditions as they refer to our unemployment problem. The situation in this respect is perhaps more acute now than ever before and this in spite of the larger W. P. A. quota. Several factors contribute toward this condition but perhaps the curtailment in employment on our farms and in building operations are the principal causes. With reference to farm employment in the future it is not expected that there will be any improvement but perhaps the opposite may be expected. We are, however, hopeful of a resumption of home building operations but
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