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FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
Article 16. We recommend $1,500.00 be appro- priated.
Article 17. We recommend $200.00 be appro- priated.
Article 18. We recommend $1,000.00 be appro- priated.
Article 19.
Article 20. We recommend $1,000.00 be appro- priated.
Article 21. We recommend $3,000.00 be appro- priated.
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Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to finish the curbing and hard-topping of the unfinished sidewalk on the east side of Baptist Street, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purchase and installation of a new Air Horn to replace the old siren now in use for the Fire Department, or act any- thing thereon or thereunto. (Selectmen) .
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to purchase and equip an automobile to be used as a Rescue Truck by the Fire Department, or take any other action in rela- tion thereto. (Chief of Fire Department).
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to pur- chase a new automobile for the Police Department and raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor. (Selectmen) .
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to au- thorize the Board of Selectmen to trade or dispose of either the 1955 or 1956 Ford automobile used by the Police Department or take action thereon or there- unto. (Selectmen) .
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to purchase a new Radio to be used in the automobile (Police Cruiser) of the Police Department, or take any action thereon or thereunto. (Selectmen).
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FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
Article 22. We recommend $1,700.00 be appro- priated.
Article 23. We recommend $3,500.00 be appro- priated.
Article 24. We do not recommend.
Article 25. We recommend $1,800.00 be appro- priated.
Article 26. We recommend that the Selectmen be authorized to trade or dispose of the 1955 Ford used by the Police Department.
Article 27. We recommend $565.00 be appro- priated.
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Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 40, Section 6-B, of the General Laws, (which reads as follows: "A City or Town which accepts this Section may appropriate money for the purchase of uniforms for members of its Police and Fire De- partments), or take any action in relation thereto. (Chief of Police Department) .
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to purchase uniforms for members of the Police Department, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $705.00 for extra Police work during the week of the Town's Centennial Cele- bration, in August, 1957.
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of constructing a circular driveway and parking area on the east side of the school between the school and Barstow Street. (School Committee).
Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of en- larging the school kitchen, rearrangement of its facil- ities, and the purchase of new equipment. (School Committee) .
Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to create a special unpaid committee to be known as a Regional School District Planning Committee, to consist of three members, including one member of the School Com- mittee, to be appointed by the Moderator in accord- ance with the provision of Section 14 of Chapter 71 of the General Laws as amended. (School Committee).
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FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
Article 28. We do not recommend.
Article 29. We do not recommend.
Article 30. We recommend $705.00 be appro- priated.
Article 31. We recommend $2,000.00 be appro- priated for the driveway only.
Article 32. We recommend $6,000.00 be appro- priated.
Article 33. We so recommend.
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Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the expense of the Regional School District Planning Committee. (School Committee) .
Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to cut bushes and to grade and seed the standpipe lot on North Street, or act anything thereon or thereunto.
Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money, not exceeding $600.00 to prepare Assessor's plans. (Assessors) .
Article 37. To determine if the voters will direct the moderator to appoint a committee of six to inves- tigate the addition of fluorine preparations to the water supply for the prevention of dental caries, said committee to make a written report and recommenda- tion to the Town for the following Annual Town Meet- ing. This committee shall include, if possible, one member of the Board of Health and one member of the Board of Water Commissioners.
Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 for the pur- chase of new water meters. (Water Department).
Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to extend the eight- inch (8 in.) Water Main on North Street, from its pres- ent ending northerly to the property of Robert Flan- ders, 1600 feet, and to determine how said money shall be raised, by notes or otherwise, or act anything thereon or thereunto.
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FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
Article 34. We recommend $200.00 be appro- priated.
Article 35. We do not recommend.
Article 36. We recommend $600.00 be appro- priated.
Article 37.
Article 38. We recommend $1,500.00 be appro- priated.
Article 39. We do not recommend.
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Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to resurface Perry Avenue, or act anything thereon or thereunto.
Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to repair the Bowman Road, so called, in East Mattapoisett, or act anything thereon or thereunto.
Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to repair Oliver Lane, so called, or act anything thereon or thereunto.
Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to widen and resur- face Foster Street, beginning at Beacon Street and run- ning northeasterly to the end of the present Town property.
Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the installation and operation of street lights at the following locations, or take any action thereon or thereunto :
No. 1-Hawthorne Street
Pole No. 60096 and Pole No. 60094; No. 2-Aucoot Road-
Pole No. 61506.
Article 45. To see if the Town will vote to take by eminent domain for park purposes all of the land being reversions and situated in Mattapoisett within the original "Location" of the Fairhaven Branch of the Old Colony Railroad and now under lease to the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company which is not owned by said Company and make an appropriation therefor, the operation of its line no longer existing and the same having been abandoned and discontinued by said Railroad Company. (Select- men).
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FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
Article 40. We do not recommend.
Article 41. We recommend $200.00 be taken from the General Highway Fund for this purpose.
Article 42. We recommend $200.00 be taken from the General Highway Fund for this purpose.
Article 43. We recommend $2,800.00 be appro- priated.
Article 44. We recommend $28.80 for Pole No. 60096 on Hawthorne St. and $31.20 for Pole No. 61506 on Aucoot Road be appropriated.
Article 45. We recommend $500.00 be appro- priated.
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Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to amend its By-laws, by adding thereto the following, viz :
"No person or corporation shall erect or main- tain any building on any new development of land or any subdivision thereof nearer than twen- ty-five feet from the street line or within less than ten feet from the adjoining land on the sides, and no lot on any subdivision shall be less than 80 feet frontage or less than 100 feet deep.
"Whoever violates any of the provisions of this By-law shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars."
Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to amend its By-laws, by adding thereto the following, viz:
"No person shall park, store or occupy a trailer or mobile home for living or business purposes except :
A. In a garage or other accessory building, or in the rear half of a lot occupied by the owner of the trailer or mobile home, but it must be located at least 25 feet from the rear and side lot lines, and its use for living or business pur- poses is prohibited.
B. The owner or occupant of a parcel of land may permit occupancy of such land by a non- paying guest, using a trailer or mobile home for living purposes for a period not exceeding two weeks in any calendar year. A permit for this purpose must be obtained from the Board of Selectmen or its agent before the land can be so occupied.
195
FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
Article 46.
Article 47.
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C. As a temporary office or dwelling, inciden- tal to continuous construction on the site on which the trailer or mobile home is located. In no case may a trailer or mobile home be so occupied for longer than two years. A permit for this purpose, approved and signed by the Board of Health, must be obtained from the Board of Selectmen or its agent by the owner of land.
"Whoever violates any of the provisions of this By-law shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars."
Article 48. To see if the Town will vote to become a member of the Southeastern Mass. Regional Plan- ning District under the provisions of Chapter 40B of the General Laws and appropriate a sum of money therefor or take any action thereto.
Article 49. To see if the Town will vote to amend its By-laws by adding thereto the following :
"Section 1. - No person shall hunt or fire or dis- charge any firearm on Mattapoisett Neck south- erly from Molly's Cove.
"Section 2. -- This By-law shall not apply to the lawful defense of life or property, nor to any law enforcement officer acting in the discharge of his duties.
"Section 3. - Any person violating any of the pro- visions of this By-law shall be punished by a fine of not more than fifty dollars for each offense."
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FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
Article 48.
Article 49.
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Article 50. To see if the Town will vote to accept the layout of Tobey Lane Extension from present end- ing, easterly to Pearl Street, in accordance with Chap- ter 79 of the General Laws, as per plan and layout with boundaries and measurements thereon filed in the office of the Town Clerk, and raise and appropriate the sum of $75.00 for the bounding of same, or act any- thing thereon or thereunto.
Article 51. To see if the Town will vote to accept the layout of Mechanic Street Extension from Ham- mond Street northerly to County Street (State High- way) in accordance with Chapter 79 of the General Laws, as per plan and layout with boundaries and measurements thereon filed in the office of the Town Clerk, and raise and appropriate the sum of $75.00 for the bounding of same, or act anything thereon or thereunto.
Article 52. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to pay any land damage awards made necessary by Article 50 and 51.
Article 53. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to resurface the ex- tension of Tobey Lane, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 54. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds in the Treasury, a sum of money for the permanent con- struction of Mechanic Street Extension, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 55. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3000 to continue (north- erly) the widening and resurfacing of Crystal Spring Road. (Requested by the taxpayers of said Road).
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FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
Article 50. We recommend to accept the layout of Tobey Lane Extension as filed in the Town Clerk's Office and appropriate $75.00 for the bounding of same.
Article 51. We recommend to accept the layout of Mechanic Street Extension as filed in the Town Clerk's Office and appropriate $75.00 for bounding of the same.
Article 52. We recommend $500.00 be appro- priated.
Article 53. We recommend $2,600.00 be appro- priated.
Article 54. We recommend $7,243.88 be appro- priated.
Article 55. We recommend that $3,000.00 be ap- propriated and that "mix in place" materials be used on this job,
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Article 56. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3000 to resurface Long Plain Road (so called) starting at the end of previous project and continuing northerly along same. (Re- quested by the taxpayers of said Road).
Article 57. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2000 for the purchase of a new Sand-Spreader for the Highway Department. (Highway Surveyor).
Article 58. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $8100 for the purchase of a new Truck for the Highway Department to re- place the present 1940 Truck which is in very poor condition. (Highway Surveyor).
Article 59. To see if the Town will vote to trade or dispose of the present 1940 Highway Truck.
Article 60. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $900 to continue the re- surfacing of Pearl Street Extension. (Highway Sur- veyor) .
Article 61. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2200 to resurface Main Street starting at Route #6 northerly to corner of Cathaway Lane and Acushnet Road. (Highway Sur- veyor) .
Article 62. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for Mosquito Control in accordance with a bill now before the legislature entitled "An Act Creating a Mosquito Control Project in Plymouth County."
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FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
Article 56. We recommend that the Selectmen investigate having this road resurfaced under Chap- ter 90 in 1958.
Article 57. We do not recommend.
Article 58. We recommend that $8,100.00 be ap- propriated.
Article 59. We so recommend.
Article 60. We recommend $900.00 be appro- priated.
Article 61. We do not recommend.
Article 62.
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Article 63. To see if the Town will vote to in- struct the Moderator to appoint a committee of five to look into the advisability of acquiring beach prop- erty for public bathing facilities and said committee to report at the next Annual Town Meeting.
Article 64. To choose all necessary Officers for the year, viz: Town Clerk; Town Treasurer and Tax Collector, for one year; One Selectman and Board of Public Welfare, for three years; One Water Com- missioner, for three years; One Assessor, for three years; One Member of the Board of Health, for three years; Trustee for the Public Library, for three years ; Wharf Commissioner, for one year; Herring Inspector, for one year; Two Constables, for one year; Auditor, for one year; One Member of the School Committee, for three years; Moderator, for one year ; One Member of the Planning Board, for five years; One Tree War- den, for one year; One Highway Surveyor, for one year.
All the above to be voted for on one ballot.
The Polls for Election of Officers will be open at the Town Hall at twelve o'clock noon and shall close at eight P. M.
Both of said days will constitute the Annual Town Meeting.
You are directed to serve this Warrant by posting up attested copies thereof at the several places desig- nated in the Town By-Laws, seven days at least be- fore the day appointed for said Meeting.
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FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
Article 63. We so recommend.
Article 64.
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Hereof fail not and make due return of this War- rant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of Meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this twenty-second day of January in the year One Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty-seven.
LESTER A. CRAMPTON, MANUEL C. LINHARES, GEORGE S. WHITE,
Board of Selectmen
A True Copy Attested :
ALFRED E. FARIA,
Constable of Mattapoisett
Posted February 1, 1957 at 1:10 p.m.
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FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
Respectfully submitted,
LEMUEL LeBARON, Chairman
RICHARD H. BLASDALE, Secretary
WILLIAM J. SPARKS, JR. WALTER H. APPERSON, JR. CHARLES WHALEN
Town Finance Committee
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BIRTHS - 1956
Date Name of Child
Parents
Maiden Name of Mother
January
12 Pamela Mary Breakell
18 Deborah Allen Richards
22 Gail Haskell
31 Robert George Randall
Leonard A. and Marilyn V.
Miller
February
13 Susan Beatrice Perry
28 Beth-Anne Winslow
29 Lynnette Marie Ledoux
Louis and Blanche B.
Andrews
William H. and Barbara J. Briggs
Philip G. and Anna M. Hicks
March
3 Paul Neil Stover
5 Dana Kevin Lobo
Donald and Benvinda
Reynolds Alves
5 David Kenneth Lobo
Donald and Benvinda
Alves
5 Dwight Andrew Dycus
Marold R. and Marjorie
Cannon
5 Jennifer Sue Hodgson
Harry and Christine L.
Morgan
5 Jeffrey Stuart Hodgson
15 Bruce Howland Robertson
Harry and Christine L. James D. and Mary T.
Athy
May
7 Christopher Gingras
Norman and Virginia A. Dunstan
June
10 Polly Ann Perkins
23 James Garber Tripp
26 Rebecca Elizabeth Heath
Allan H. and Carolyn Joseph G. and Juliet K. George D. and Ruth L.
Dudgeon Doberck Perkins
July
12 Kathy Anne Charron
24 David Alden Hathaway
24 James Scott Bradley
27 Ray Anthony Buckley
Lawrence and Martha Bradford A. and Priscella John A. and Hope Raymond A. and Olive V.
Salley Alden Farren Peterson
George B. and Corine E. Milam
Robert L. and Ann C. Allen
Lloyd S. and Lorraine Norwood
Robert D. and Patricia
Morgan
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Date Name of Child
Parents
Maiden Name of Mother
August
3 Elizabeth Ann Tsouprake
4 Michael Alan Vaughan
13 Beverly Francis
16 David Alan Perry
17 Robert Mark Illingworth
25 Oman Robert Price
Oman R. and Irene A. Leach
September
10 Stephen Michael Shurtleff
20 Robert Anthony Le Blanc
28 James Philip Kubiski
29 Jayne Price Morris
Louis B. and Joan A.
Pollard
Paul A. and Jeanne L.
Deneault
John J. and Constance T. Dugas
Roger C. and Janice C.
Price
October
11 Thomas Paul Mullaney
18 John Francis Silveira
20 Cynthia Ellen Roylance
31 James Douglas Livsey
Paul R. and Janice K.
Clifford S. and Janice E.
Norman W. and Beryl L. Thomas and Gladys M.
Holland Gallant Heuberger Lomas
November
7 Joseph George Caton
20 Carol Elizabeth Gingras
Manuel and Delia
Amaral
Robert A. and Elizabeth
Beçhan
December
7 James William Kane 9 Lauren Diane Croft
20 Jesse James Linhares
Charles S. and Elizabeth A. Clark
Clifton L. and Carol T. Waite
Edward D. and Florence J. Lopes
Edmund and Martha I. Shaw
Robert K. and Judith A. Crooker
Arthur J. and Silvana
Morgado
William W. and Anita H. Dawson
Maurice M. and Gail S. Jarvis
208
MARRIAGES - 1956
January
15 William A. Calise, Chester, Pa. Frances D. Morgan, Mattapoisett
21 John E. Barros, New Bedford Anita F. Brito, Mattapoisett
February
11 Clifford Smith Silveira, Mattapoisett Janice Eva Gallant, Fairhaven
25 Louis F. Vaughan, Mattapoisett Marieanne L. Saunders, Mattapoisett
March
10 George Donald Grant, New Bedford Madeline Rose Oliveira, Mattapoisett
17 Joaquim dePina, New Bedford Maria Luisa Pinto, New Bedford
29 Charles Edward Emerson, Mattapoisett June Converse Bowman, Mattapoisett
April
16 Philip T. Moy, Mattapoisett May Wong, Fairhaven
22 Donald Frank Littlefield, Pitman, N. J. Carol Anne Scott, Mattapoisett
28 Robert Ferreira Augustine, Fairhaven Lois Estelle Costa, Mattapoisett
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May
5 Anthony Costa, Mattapoisett Loraine Teresa Perry, Fairhaven
12 Raymond Arthur Lemieux, New Bedford Claire Lorraine Fleurent, Mattapoisett
19 Charles Matthew Howard, Mattapoisett Janet Oszajca, New Bedford
26 Brendan Joseph Whittaker, Jr., Newton Center Dorothy Lucille Alden, Mattapoisett
26 Lawrence Barros Alves, Fairhaven Ora Yvette Mandeville, Mattapoisett
June
16 Edward Caswell West, Fairhaven Rosalie Ann Mello, Mattapoisett
23 Robert Stanley Ennis, Mattapoisett Lois Knight Heuberger, Mattapoisett
30 Stephen Shepherd Hanna, Jr., Fairhaven Nancy Jane Silveira, Mattapoisett
30 Frederick Alfred Draeseke, Dexter, Maine Marjory Patience Tripp, Mattapoisett
30 Victor Milton Pierce, Mansfield Rosamond Jean Cameron, Mason, N. H.
July
28 Rene Jean Fleurent, Fairhaven Lou Ann Akin, Mattapoisett
28 Donald Kent Marvin, Mattapoisett Elsie-Lee McCarthy, Fairhaven
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August
4 Henry F. Pallatroni, Jr., Mattapoisett Constance Olaussen, Rochester
11 Francis William Keller, Jr., No. Hampton Carol Frances Hirst, Mattapoisett
13 Howard A. Allen, Bourne Helen H. Dexter, Mattapoisett
25 Leslie Paul Golonski, Chicago, Ill. Ruby M. Phelan, Chicago, Ill.
25 Richard Willis Pierson, Rock River, Ohio Mary Louise Landis, Mattapoisett
28 William Livingston Gill, Newport, R. I. Yvonne A. Harkin, Newport, R. I.
September
1 Raymond Jaskolka, New Bedford Sandra Jean Linhares, Mattapoisett
1 Alexander Duff, Mattapoisett Doris B. Michon, Fairhaven
3 Abell Couto, Fairhaven Helen Rapoza, Mattapoisett
8 Donald F. Murphy, Mattapoisett Joan F. Peloquin, Mattapoisett
22 Frederick H. Bennett, 3rd, Marion Barbara Ann Wilber, Mattapoisett
23 Emil John Kattermann, Dover, N. J. Frances M. Kouble, Mattapoisett
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October
20 John Clifton Bowman, Mattapoisett Doreen Yvette Chieppa, New Bedford
November
7 Frank A. Denham, Mattapoisett Nellie M. Sherman, Mattapoisett
17 Wilfred E. Genest, Fairhaven Priscilla A. Hiller, Mattapoisett
20 Louis Repeta, Mattapoisett Victoria Stezepek, New Bedford
24 Hudson Earl Hardy, Jr., Mattapoisett Elaine Kelly, New Bedford
29 William R. Baker, New Bedford Annie Evelyn Chase, Mattapoisett
December
1 Robert H. Chipman, Camden, N. J. Regina Sullivan, Mattapoisett
DEATHS - 1956
yrs. mos. days
January
16 Sarah E. Jordan, Fairhaven
97
3 20
26 Annie Hillman (daRocha) Mattapoisett 75
2 10
February
9 Mary E. (Leary) Farrington, Mattapoisett 88
13 Jane R. Stanton, Mattapoisett 85
11 1
24 Stanley W. Sterling, Mattapoisett 54 8 22
29 Frank S. White, Mattapoisett 72
212
yrs. mos. days
March
4 Thomas T. Blackburn, Mattapoisett 80 - 11
22 Daniel H. W. Charron, Mattapoisett 72
11 4
28 Susan Abbey (Chase) Morse, Mattapoisett 82 - 26
April
13 Manuel C. Britto, Mattapoisett
72
17 Leopoldina (Pereira) Batista, Mattapoisett 79
25 George E. Higbie, Mattapoisett
71
11 14
May
4 George L. Tinkham, Mattapoisett 69 3 10
28 Ellen M. Mahoney (Martin) , Mattapoisett 82
9 29
June
4 William H. Raymond, Mattapoisett 79
7 14
July
12 Fred Gardner Heald, Mattapoisett 45
3 3
18 Alice R. Quinn (Arnold), Mattapoisett 53 8 29
August
9 Manuel R. Nunes, Mattapoisett 84
17 John H. Gillies, Mattapoisett 84
20 Ida J. Nye, Mattapoisett 90 11 23
25 William J. Whalen, Mattapoisett 58
29 Joseph Vieira Costa, New Bedford 46
30 Albert Paul Bochman, New Bedford 63 10 12
September
1 Alfred C. LeBaron, Mattapoisett 73 6 17
24 Gertrude K. Blackburn, Mattapoisett 77 11 9
213
yrs. mos. days
October 9 Ruth E. Hathaway, Mattapoisett 87 7 6
November
14 Margaret A. (Whittle) Graham, New Bedford 64
5 14
17 Abbie R. Dow, Boston 91 9
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17 Louise Holmes Handy, Marion 80 1
24 Flora P. Washburn, Mattapoisett 92 2
6
December
10 Lena Andrews (Grace), Mattapoisett 78
10 Mary Elizabeth Crampton (Morse), Mattapoisett 88
8 16
15 Eugen Faber, Mattapoisett 76 11 26
DOG LICENSES - 1956
120 Males @ $2.00
$240.00
17 Females @ $5.00
85.00
69 Spayed @ $2.00
138.00
-3 Kennel @ $10.00
30.00
$493.00
209 Fees @ $.20
41.80
Balance into Treasury
$451.20
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH H. MAGILTON,
Town Clerk
Report of Fire Department
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Town of Mattapoisett.
I hereby submit the following report of the Mat- tapoisett Fire Department for the year 1956.
There were 22 alarms by siren and nine still alarms.
Buildings
6
Town dump
4
Grass
5
Brush
3
Flooded oil burners
2
Automobiles
3
Burning grease
2
Boat
1
Christmas tree
1
Water leak in furnace
2
Washing down road
2
Losses were :
Automobiles
$3,700.00
Buildings and contents
$60,664.84
Boat
$4,000.00
Total $68,264.84
Permits issued were :
Oil burners L P Gas 73
54
Out door burning 493
215
This year there were 102 Christmas trees sprayed with a fire resistant chemical.
I inspected nine gas stations, one nursing home, and one rest home.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE C. BRADLEY, JR.,
Chief
Report of the Mattapoisett Housing Authority
The Mattapoisett Housing Authority was created under Sections 26-I to 26-WW inclusive, of Chapter 121 of the Tercentenary Edition of the General Laws, as amended. The act to provide housing for Veterans was created under Chapter 200 of the acts of 1948, as amended.
There were no significant changes in the member- ship of the Authority; John Rafael was re-elected at the town election to his seat on the Authority and at the annual meeting held on March 15, 1956, George B. Monteiro was reappointed Executive Director and Secretary for one year.
Present officers and members of the Authority are listed below :
Name Title Term Expires
Joseph R. Nunes, Chairman March 1958
Joseph Furtado, Vice Chairman March 1960
Robert Johansen, Treasurer March 1959
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