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James and Martha Litchfield Carl and
Mary Isgimondi John and
Freeman
Charles Lay and Kate Williams
Sudden death; heart disease, presumably coronary thrombosis. Bronchial pneumonia following la grippe.
Coronary thrombosis.
Wilbur Nichols and Vivian Charlotte Burns Matthew and Catherine Rothery - and Mary Camella Vitaliano Thomas M. and Hannah McElroy
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Feb. 14 Margaret Annie Foster 69 4 25
Lobar pneumonia; arteriosclerosis.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN SCITUATE FOR THE YEAR 1943-Continued
Date
Name of Deceased
Age Y. M. D.
Cause of Death
Names of Parents
Feb. 25
Louis G. Keyes
59 4 18
Natural causes, bronchopneumonia, arterio- sclerosis. Myocarditis.
Feb. 26
Flora Augusta Randall
82 5 -
Feb. 26 Elmer Mott
77 8 25
Carcinoma prostate.
Feb. 27
Crimmins
1 5
Respiratory failure.
Mar. 1 Elizabeth Howland White
4 11 18
Compound fracture of skull; struck by truck.
Mar. 9 Rena Gertrude Clapp
61
8 18
Arterio-sclerotic heart disease.
Mar. 10 Walter Scott Harrub
65 - 25
Virus pneumonia.
Mar. 14 Walter I. Gage
65 9 3
Mar. 20
Mary Josephine Bailey
89
1 23
Sudden death; heart disease, presumably angina pectoris. Myocarditis, arteriosclerosis.
Mar. 20 Stillborn
Mar. 22 Anna Isabel Anderson
79 - -
Arteriosclerotic heart disease.
Cancer of head of pancreas.
Mar. 31 Helen E. Gemmel
77 --
Apr. 1 Ellen I. Stout
72 - -
Cerebral hemorrhage.
Cardiac hypertrophy and dilatation, rheumatic heart disease with fibrosis and calcification mitral valves, generalized arteriosclerosis, hyperplasia of prostate.
Charles A. and Harriet Keyes Henry C. and Emily Augusta Newcomb and Lydia Mott John F. and Leonora Crimmins Edward P. and Sylvia H. White Albert and Mary Alice Clapp Walter Scott and Clara Harrub Moses N. and Evaline A. Gage Joseph and Mary Bailey
Ataide and Cunha David J. and Elizabeth White Daniel J. and Ellen I. Weston Jonathan and Mary Holbrook
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Apr. 7 Clinton E. Holbrook
78 3 12
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN SCITUATE FOR THE YEAR 1943-Continued
Date
Name of Deceased
Age Y. M. D.
Cause of Death
Names of Parents
Apr. 14
James Litchfield
76 3 23
Carcinoma of stomach.
Apr. 14
Anna Elizabeth Delabarre
74
4 10
Cerebral hemorrhage, arteriosclerosis, hyper- tension.
Apr. 17 Alfred Atkins
35 11 5
Pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema.
Apr. 20 Sedgley Abner Morrison
57 10 27
Bronchopneumonia, myocarditis with decompen- sation.
Apr. 22
William J. Fallon
3 11 -
Streptococcus haemolyticus, septicemia.
May May
6 Stillborn
8 Ethel Stewart
74 11 -
Cerebral hemorrhage, hypertension, generalized arteriosclerosis.
May 17
Sarah Cohen
71 - -
Coronary occlusion, arteriosclerosis, senility.
May 20 Frederick Kane
75 6 12
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May 29 Charles Bertram Tilden 68
1 25
June 3 Stillborn
June 4 Grace Loring Wilder 70 8 24
Myocarditis.
June 6 Charles Alexander Delaronde 73 1 12
Bilateral broncho-pneumonia.
June 6 Harry E. Bowden 64 7 4
Sudden death; cerebral hemorrhage spontaneous.
June 12 Alfred Bertram Cole 62 3 21 June 17 Caroline Winifred Marsh 65 1 24 Coronary occlusion.
· Sudden death; heart disease, presumably coro- nary thrombosis.
Perez and Clara Ann Litchfield Henry M. and Sweeney
Fred A. and Emily Atkins Abner and Emma Morrison Peter G. and Mary Fallon
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Mark and Ellen Slade Morris and
Furman
Cerebral hemorrhage, arteriosclerosis and hyper- tension. Coronary thrombosis.
Patrick and Hannah Kane Edgar and Eliza Williams Tilden
Edmund A. and Harriet Shaw Charles A. and Henriette Delaronde Nathaniel and Priscilla Bowden Charles A. and Emily Cole Luther C. and Hattie M. Litchfield
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN SCITUATE FOR THE YEAR 1943-Continued
Date
Name of Deceased
Age Y. M. D.
Cause of Death
Names of Parents
June 19
Malinda N. Inge
45 9 0
Sudden death; heart disease, presumably coro- nary thrombosis.
Joseph and Catherine Neaves Jere B. and
June 20 Courtney Beals Howard
63 2 5
Myocarditis, coronary vessel disease.
Inez Howard
June 21 Emma Francis Nichols
85 3 18
Hypertensive heart disease, hypertension.
Luke G. and
June 22 Louise Just Rothery
63 7 2
Broncho-pneumonia, general abdominal carcino- matosis.
George and Just
June 22 Alfred E. Campbell
72
4 8
Acute appendicitis with peritonitis.
John and Catherine Campbell
June 25
Polly H. Manson
82 8 -
Broncho-pneumonia, sepsis, fecal fistula.
John and
Mary S. Manson
July 10
William Eaton
84 2 -
Acute coronary occlusion, myocarditis. William and
Prematurity.
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July 24 Bartley Francis Welch
57 10 19
July 25 Manuel Barros
44 --
Aug. 5 James Daniel Fisher
48 --
Coronary thrombosis (while swimming) .
~ Aug. 8 Timothy Joseph O'Leary
59 4 5
Cardiac insufficiency.
Aug. 9 Louis J. DeSmet
51
4 26
Coronary occlusion; rupture of atherocheuma into lumen. DeSmet and
Aug. 10 Stillborn
Aug. 11 Henry Michael Lyons 68 2 8 Cerebral hemorrhage, arteriosclerosis.
Michael E. and Mary Anne Lyons
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Eaton John James and Beatrice McNamara
July 21 Martha Jane McNamara
21 h., 45 m.
Heart attack (presumably coronary thrombosis) while swimming. Pulmonary tuberculosis.
Bartley and Mary Welch Cannot be learned
Alexander C. and Mary E. Fisher James and Catherine O'Leary
Pauline Fitts
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN SCITUATE FOR THE YEAR 1943-Continued
Date
Name of Deceased
Age Y. M. D.
Cause of Death
Names of Parents
Aug. 12
- O'Keefe
18
Bronchopneumonia.
Aug. 18 Helen Wingate Kelley
58
2 13
Cerebral thrombosis, hypertension.
Aug. 22
Mary J. O'Neil
77 4 -
Carcinoma right kidney.
Aug. 23
Sarah Mckinnon
61 --
Bronchopneumonia, myocarditis, arteriosclerosis.
John J. and Mary A. Moore
Aug. 27 Anna Louise Pompeo
44 - -
Found dead in bed; presumably coronary thrombosis.
Cornelius J. and
Aug. 28
William A. Reynolds
67
Cerebral thrombosis, arteriosclerosis.
Sept. 1 Jeremiah McCarthy
74 0 1
Coronary thrombosis, myocarditis, arteriosclerosis.
Sept. 6 Marjorie Elizabeth Garland
58 4 28
Coronary thrombosis, myocarditis.
Sept. 6 Aurilla Gertrude Litchfield
59 8 25
Acute malnutrition, taenia saginata.
Franklin Cudworth and
Sarah Ann Litchfield
Sept. 18
Edward Allen Nichols
23 4 16
Decapitation, multiple and generalized fractures.
Sept. 19 Hyman Cohen
72 - -
Found dead; heart disease, presumably coronary thrombosis. Coronary thrombosis, angina pectoris.
Sept. 20 Charles Mackintosh Hewett 52 5 5
Oct. 5 Katherine Kelliher Crowley . 74 1 17
Oct. 5 Frederick W. Lake 54 - -
Oct. 9 Ellen Anette Andrews 78 7 23
Myocarditis, chronic interstitial nephritis.
Daniel J. and Edith O'Keefe James D. and Helen Wingate John and Barbara O'Donnell
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Richard A. and Eva B. Nichols Jacob and Ida Cohen Henry D. and Annie Hewett Patrick and Mary Kelliher
Cardiac congestion, myocarditis, arteriosclerosis.
Cerebral hemorrhage, arterial degeneration.
William and Celia Lake
Daniel C. and Minea A. Bedell
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- -
Hannah Ford Patrick A. and Mary Reynolds Timothy and Margaret McCarthy John and Mary Dixon
DEATHS REGISTERED IN SCITUATE FOR THE YEAR 1943-Continued
Date
Name of Deceased
Age Y. M. D.
Cause of Death
Names of Parents
Oct. 11
Carlos Baxter Smelzer
37 11 17
Gunshot wound of head, self-inflicted.
Oct. 22 Effie Altena Peavey
82 - -
General paralysis, syphilis, bronchopneumonia.
Oct. 27 Nelson Kindlund
23 1 17
Crushing injury to chest and abdomen; motor vehicle accident.
Oct. 29
Thomas P. Stanley
66
5 25
Peritonitis, localized, due to perforation of bowel, subphrenic abscess, empyema, generalized ar- teriosclerosis.
Oct. 30
James Andrew O'Connor 65 9 0
Coronary occlusion, coronary thrombosis.
Carcinoma prostate and bladder.
Hemorrhage of the brain, traumatic, multiple lacerations and abrasions. Coronary thrombosis.
Injuries, multiple, extreme; airplane crash
Acute cardiac failure, generalized arterio- sclerosis. Congenital heart disease, enteritis.
Congenital heart disease.
Chronic valvular heart disease (rheumatic).
·Tuberculosis-acute miliary, involving lungs, liver, lymphnodes and meninges.
Carlos Hall and Anna Elizabeth Smelzer Charles R. and Mary F. Blaisdell Eric A. and Olive M. Kindlund and
Julia Stanley
Dudley and Mary Ann O'Connor Luke W. and Ellen Taylor Joseph D. and Marjorie Logan John Neilson and Anna Neilson Carpenter Chester Rainsford anc Ethel Gurney Robert and Martha Elliott Bertram Clinton and Alice Johanna Stetson Edwin and Gertrude Russell George and Charlotte Doherty John and Mamie Pina
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Oct. 30 Luke Hemingway Taylor
73 1 12
Oct. 31 Gordon Douglas Logan 28 6 25
Nov. 11 Anna Kemp Bearman 64 7 27
Nov. 25 Chester Rainsford Gurney, Jr. 22 8 22
Nov. 27 Maude Theresa Cole 70 6 22
Nov. 28 Stetson - 12
Nov. 28 Elaine Virginia Russell
- - 9 Dec. 9 Stephen J. Doherty 59 4 14 Dec. 10 Diana Mendes
21 10 9
DEATHS REGISTERED IN SCITUATE FOR THE YEAR 1943-Continued
Date
Name of Deceased
Age Y. M. D.
Cause of Death
Names of Parents
Dec. 11
Roy Albert Wilder
46 10 27
Rheumatic heart disease with decompensation.
Dec. 15 Lawrence A. Dubois
73 11 15
Chronic myocarditis, myocardial degeneration.
Dec. 16 Emphemia Creacy Woodworth 90
8 22
Encephalomalacis, cerebral arteriosclerosis.
Dec. 18 Teresa Buttrick
85 7 14
Dec. 26
Cynthia Ann Bayles 2
4 29
Broncho-pneumonia, cardiac failure, decompensa-Thomas and ted heart, anasarca, arteriosclerosis. Leukemia. '
David and Mary Wilder Albert and Bridget Dubois John and Mary Creacy
Mary Corbett Alfred Charles and Mary Bayles
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
Licenses Issued for Division of Fisheries and Game in 1943
Resident Citizen Fishing, 23 @ $2.00 each $46.00
Resident Citizen Hunting, 127 @ $2.00 each. 254.00
Resident Citizen Sporting, 38 @ $3.25 each 123.50
Resident Citizen Minor and Female Fishing, 4 @ $1.25 each 5.00
Resident Citizen Trapping, 2 @ $5.25 each
10.50
Resident Citizen Sporting (age 70 or over) , 7 free
Duplicate, 2 @ $0.50 each
1.00
$440.00
Less Clerk's fees as agent for the State 1
48.50
Paid to Division of Fisheries and Game
$391.50
Number of Dogs Licensed for the Year 1943
286 Males @ $2.00 each
$572.00
59 Females @ $5.00 each 295.00
84 Spayed Females @ $2.00 each 168.00
2 Kennels @ $50.00 each 100.00
$1,135.00
Less Clerk's fees as agent for the County
86.20
Paid to Town Treasurer
$1,048.80
1943 Gasoline License Renewals Issued through office of Town Clerk
27 Renewals @ $0.50 each
$13.50
Paid to Town Treasurer
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM M. WADE, Town Clerk.
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BOARD OF REGISTRARS' REPORT
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGISTRARS
Meetings held for registration of voters in 1943:
February 4th at Town Clerk's Office
February 11th at North Scituate Fire Station
February 16th at Scituate Harbor Fire Station
February 17th at Town Hall
A meeting was held at the Town Clerk's office on February 4, 1943 for the purpose of certifying names on nomination papers.
There were 30 names added to the voting list in 1943 by regis- trations, while 126 names were dropped because of deaths and change of residence, resulting in a loss in registration of 96.
Registered Voters in the Town of Scituate on December 31, 1943: Males 1,528
Females 1,503
The Board made a house to house canvass throughout the entire Town of Scituate as required by Chapter 440 of the Acts of 1938, an Act transferring certain duties of local Assessors to the Registrars of Voters relative to the listing of inhabitants.
The attention of interested parties is called to Chapter 51, Section 2 of the General Laws, viz .: If the name of a female who is duly regis- tered as a voter is changed by marriage or by decree of court, her right to vote in her former name shall continue until January first next following. Adherence to this law requires every female now on the voting list whose name is changed by marriage or by decree of court to appear at an advertised meeting of the Board of Registrars and re-register as a voter if desirous of continuing to vote in Scituate, as her previous name will automatically be stricken from the list.
Respectfully submitted,
BERTHA L. TURNER, J. EDWARD HARNEY, DANIEL J. QUEENEY, WILLIAM M. WADE, Clerk, Board of Registrars of Voters.
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CHIEF OF POLICE REPORT
REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE .
Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Scituate, Mass.
Gentlemen:
The report of the Police Department is herewith submitted for your approval.
This report is based on the activities of the department from Janu- ary 1, 1943 to December 31, 1943.
Arrests
Assault
3
Assault with intent to Rape
1
Disturbing the Peace
5
Drunkenness
66
Indecent Exposure
1
Insane
2
Larceny
12
Lewd and Lascivious Cohabitation
2
Murder
1
Narcotic Drug Violation
2
Nonsupport
4
Peddling Unlicensed
1
Rape
1
Vagrancy
1
Motor Vehicle Violations
Failure to stop upon signal of police officer
1
Leaving the scene of accident without making self known.
2
Not being licensed
1
Operating under the influence
7
Operating uninsured car
1
Operating unregistered car
1
Traffic Rule violations
4
Using motor vehicle without authority
1
Violation of Executive Order No. 35
5
Fines imposed
35
Found not guilty
1
Placed on file
12
Released, first offence-drunkenness
41
Suspended sentences-placed on probation
15
Turned over to other police departments.
9
1
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Sentenced to County or State Institutions
12
Complaints investigated by police officers 1 2716
Cottages inspected 2375
Fires covered by police officers
56
Fires discovered by police officers
2
Intended sale and transfer of motor vehicles
211
Operators booked
136
Windows unlocked, lights left on.
167
Pistol permits issued
40
Summonses served for other police departments
53
Motor vehicle accidents investigated by police officers Ambulance Service-
39
Number of trips
231
Mileage 10326
Juvenile Delinquency
A marked increase in juvenile delinquency has been apparent. Many cases of vandalism have been reported, not all the work of juveniles. These acts, causing property damage (in most cases), have been adjudicated to the satisfaction of the aggrieved parties. Fifteen offenders were before the court on delinquency charges growing out of unlawful entries and larcenies. In most of these instances the stolen property has been recovered or restitution made. It has been the ' purpose of this department, and with full accord of the Court, to protect first offenders charged with delinquency from a court record, which might be a severe handicap in later life. In this respect much credit is due Howard S. Pierce, Esq., Juvenile Probation Officer of Plymouth County. He has been untiring in his efforts to rehabilitate young offenders and has been extremely cooperative with this department in its efforts to recover stolen property.
Bicycle Registration
The "New Bicycle Act," so called, which was adopted by the town at the annual meeting, March 1, 1943, was put into effect. Registra- tions were issued to approximately 747 bicycle owners. A set of rules and regulations governing the use of bicycles was given each registrant. Fees totaling $179.35 were turned over to the town treasurer, leaving a cash balance of $7.40. An expense of $77.93 covering various items connected with these registrations of bicycles was paid from the police budget. The benefits expected from the registrations of bicycles have in a large measure been realized. Many wheels unlawfully appropri- ated here have been located in adjacent communities and bicycles recov- ered locally which had been taken unlawfully from other towns were returned to the owners.
Respectfully submitted,
M. E. STEWART, Chief of Police.
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AIRPORT COMMITTEE REPORT
REPORT OF THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE
At the Annual Town Meeting held March 1, 1943, under Article 24, it was
"VOTED: To instruct the Moderator to appoint a Committee of five to study all phases of an airport to be located in the Town."
Pursuant to said Vote the following Committee was appointed by the Moderator:
Walter S. Allen
Wallace Goodnow
John J. Heffernan
M. Gale Lemoine William F. Slattery
One of said Committee Members, M. Gale Lemoine, has been for several years actively engaged in aeronautic operational work, and is now engaged in airplane transportation for the United States Government. Desiring to have available the advice and assistance of Mr. Lemoine, the organization of the Committee was postponed from time to time awaiting the availability of Mr. Lemoine. Finally, Mr. Lemoine being unable to attend meetings of the Committee, and with Mr. Wallace Goodnow discontinuing his residence in Scituate, the remaining members of the Committee appointed, namely Walter S. Allen, John J. Heffernan and William F. Slattery, undertook the study entrusted to the Com- mittee and investigated probable sites. No appropriation was made for the Committee to enable it to make a real comprehensive study of the matter.
Members of the Committee conferred with officials of the U. S. Civil Aeronautics Commission and the Massachusetts Aeronautics Com- mission. The Committee is indebted to Mr. Ingals, of the U. S. Civil Aeronautics Administration, for his advices and his coming to Scituate to view sites, particularly that lying between Driftway Road and the North Bank of the North River, which your Committee had considered as a probable site. This site was deemed to be inadequate in area and heavy expense would be involved in constructing a suitable airport there.
There are many factors to be considered in airport planning. Much has been learned in the past few years concerning the necessity of proper planning in the construction of airports. It is a commonly
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acknowledged and well known fact that if costly mistakes are to be avoided in the undertaking, a comprehensive, preconceived plan is of essential importance. Nowhere is this more true than in the selection of a site and the development of an airport.
Of first importance in the planning of any airport is the consider- ation of the type of air service the port is to serve, in addition airports which will furnish storage and operating facilities for such activities as sales, service, school, aerial photography and crop dusting, etc.
In the case of smaller cities and communities, the airport will be expected to accommodate both the miscellaneous operations and the scheduled transports.
A common mistake in the past has been the starting of an airport on a limited area located in such a way that expansion was economically impossible because of paved streets, highways, railroads and other permanent developments.
The result has been that many of these airports have proven inade- quate in the face of steady growth and expansion of local operations and the increased size of the scheduled transports. Many have had to be abandoned in favor of new locations which provided sufficient area.
The experience and knowledge gained from the past indicates that in the selection and development of any airport site emphasis should be placed upon the acquisition of a land area sufficient for the type of operations which the airport will ultimately serve, even though the development of only a portion of it is undertaken initially.
Of first consideration, therefore, in the planning of any airport is the determination of the type of airport necessary for the aviation activities contemplated. Not only should provision be made for present operations but careful consideration should be given to long range planning for all future operations as nearly as they can be anticipated.
All airport construction and improvement projects should be planned in a series of progressive stages commonly referred to as stage construction. The progressive stages of development should be planned to accomplish additional usable units as the increasing need for addi- tional airport facilities occurs. All stage construction should be in conformity with the master plan for the ultimate development.
The problem of determining the size of airport to be developed in any given locality is extremely complex, depending not only on the types of aircraft which are to be accommodated at the airport in the immediate future, but also upon some estimate of long term future requirements.
In order to determine whether or not a given airport is adequate in size for the safe operation of a given airplane, it is necessary to
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compare the distance required for the airplane to take off and to land with the landing area length available at that airport.
Mr. Ingalls stated to a Member of your Committee that the Federal Civil Aeronautics Administration in 1939 had selected throughout the country about 4,000 cities or towns that should have airport sites, among which was Scituate, and that the Civil Aeronautics Administration will be most willing to advise in considerations, investigations and selection of airport sites and matters of the basic factors in the preparation of a plan for the development thereof.
The Massachusetts Aeronautics Commission, through its Chairman, has expressed its willingness to advise in the matters relating to a proposed airport.
It is the opinion of your Committee that any airport for Scituate be a "Plan II Classification" which type serves general population range of five thousand to twenty-five thousand, to accommodate larger size privately-owned type planes and some small size transport planes. This represents roughly planes in the gross weight classification between . four thousand and fifteen thousand pounds, requiring landing strip lengths of twenty-five hundred to thirty-five hundred feet, having suf- ficiently clear approaches from the ends of the runways. In addition to sufficient areas for the runways, consideration must be given to provide sufficient area and facilities for airport terminal building, or group of buildings as the case may be, which should provide the same facilities for serving shippers, passengers and the general public as are found in other transportation terminals; not necessarily on as exten- sive a scale to begin with, but at least with the same degree of excellence. The principal terminal building is the administration building to include an office of the Airport Manager, so located as to command an unob- structed view of the entire landing area; United States Weather Bureau and Communications offices, ticket, telegraph and information offices.
Comfortable waiting rooms overlooking the landing area; freight, baggage, express, mail and check rooms; public telephone service, and concession stands, and provision should be made for an airport traffic control tower as required by the traffic handling at the airport.
There are many factors influencing the selection of an airport site.
Each community with its particular topography, meteorological and other local conditions, presents a different problem when the selec- tion of an airport site is considered. The problem is one which deserves careful study in each individual case since it involves the safety and efficiency of operations and an investment of a considerable sum of money. Each airport presents an individual problem demanding com- petent engineering knowledge and experience for its satisfactory so- lution.
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Primary consideration should be given to those factors which directly affect the safety of operations from the airport. These may briefly be summarized as: an adequate area, a firm, well drained surface at all times, favorable meteorological conditions, freedom from sur- rounding obstructions, and maintenance of sufficient distance front other airports. It is urgently recommended that an area adequate for all future needs, as nearly as can be anticipated, should be controlled from the start of an airport project in order to provide for future expansion.
Your Committee has had insufficient time and has not had available to it facilities to enable it to recommend at this time the selection by the Town of a particular site for an airport but does recommend that additional study be given to it, as an airport within the Town of Scituate will be a valuable asset for future development of the Town and make available to the Town facilities vitally necessary in the post-war era.
Your Committee, therefore, recommends that the Town vote to instruct the Moderator to appoint a Committee to further study all phases of an airport to be located in the Town and that such Com- mittee be authorized and empowered to engage services of competent engineering knowledge and experience to assist in such further study to the end that a satisfactory solution be had.
Respectfully submitted, JOHN J. HEFFERNAN WALTER S. ALLEN WILLIAM F. SLATTERY
January 29, 1944.
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PARK COMMISSIONERS' REPORT
REPORT OF PARK COMMISSIONERS
Citizens of Scituate:
We submit for your approval our annual report for 1943.
After a belated and uncertain start due to labor conditions our men finally got started and by hard work and a good break from the weather they brought the parks into good condition by the middle of July.
On July 15 Mr. John Dalby and Mr. Ernest Litchfield, who had served as Park Commissioners for several years, submitted their res- ignations. July 29 the remaining commissioner and the Selectmen acting as a committee chose Mr. Clifford L. Ward, Sr. and Miss F. Eugenia Brown to fill the vacancies.
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