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Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 to resurface the
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FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
Article 41. We do not recommend action on this ar- ticle this year.
Article 42. We recommend $2,500.00 be raised for this purpose.
Article 43. We recommend $2,500.00 for this pur- pose.
Article 44. We recommend $900.00 be appropriated for this purpose.
Article 45. We recommend $950.00 for this purpose.
Article 46. We do not recommend this expenditure this year.
Article 47. We recommend $3,000.00 for this pur- pose.
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Mattapoisett Neck Road starting from end of present reconstruction and continuing southerly. (This work is requested by the Taxpayers living at Antassawa- mock)
Article 48. To see if the Town will raise and ap- propriate a sum of money not exceeding $500.00 to prepare Assessor's Plans and Cards. (Board of As- sessors)
Article 49. 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 Commis- sioner, 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 Member of the Planning Board, for two years; One Member of the Mattapoisett Housing Authority, for five years; One Tree Warden, 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 post- ing up attested copies thereof at the several places
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FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
Article 48. We recommend $500.00 for this purpose.
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designated in the Town By-Laws, seven days at least before the day appointed for said Meeting.
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-seventh day of January in the year One Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty-Five.
LESTER A. CRAMPTON MANUEL C. LINHARES GEORGE S. WHITE
Board of Selectmen
A True Copy Attested :
ALFRED E. FARIA,
Constable of Mattapoisett
Posted January 28, 1955 at 3:40 P. M.
Town Auditor's Report
I have examined the financial reports of the fol- lowing Town Officials and have found them to be cor- rect :
Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare
Treasurer and Tax Collector
Highway Surveyor
Water Commissioners
Wharf Commissioner
Tree Warden
School Committee
Public Library
Board of Health
Respectfully submitted, N. FRANKLIN HARRIMAN, JR. Town Auditor
State Auditor's Report
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Corporations and Taxation Bureau of Accounts State House, Boston 33
January 12, 1955
To the Board of Selectmen
Mr. Lester A. Crampton, Chairman Mattapoisett, Massachusetts
Gentlemen :
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the Town of Mattapoisett for the period from December 6, 1953 to November 27, 1954, made in accordance with the provisions of Chap- ter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a re- port made to me by Mr. William Schwartz, Assist- ant Director of Accounts.
Very truly yours,
HERMAN B. DINE,
Director of Accounts
HBD: MMH
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Mr. Herman B. Dine Director of Accounts Department of Corporations and Taxation State House, Boston
Sir :
As directed by you, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Mattapoisett for the period from December 6, 1953, the date of the previous examination, to November 27, 1954, and re- port thereon as follows :
The financial transactions, as recorded on the books of the several departments receiving or disburs- ing funds or sending out bills for collection, were ex- amined and checked in detail.
The selectmen's appropriation accounts were an- alyzed and checked with the treasurer's records of disbursements. General ledger accounts were com- piled, and a balance sheet showing the financial con- dition of the town on November 27, 1954 was prepared and is appended to this report.
The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked. The receipts, as record- ded, were analyzed and compared with the records of the departments collecting money for the town and with other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury. The payments were checked with the warrants of the selectmen authorizing them, the cash book additions were verified, and the cash bal- ance on November 27, 1954 was proved by actual count of the cash in the office and by reconciliation of the bank balances with statements furnished by the banks in which town funds are deposited.
The savings bank books and securities represent- ing the investment of the trust and investment funds
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in the custody of the town Treasurer and the trus- tee were examined and listed. The income was prov- ed and the transfers to the town were checked with the receipts as recorded on the treasurer's cash book.
The records of employees' payroll deductions on account of Federal taxes and the county retirement system were examined and checked, the payments to the proper agencies being verified.
The tax title records were examined and the amounts transferred to the tax title account were verified. The tax titles redeemed were compared with the treasurer's recorded receipts, and the tax titles on hand were listed and compared with the rec- ords in the Registry of Deeds.
The recorded payments on account of maturing debt and interest were checked with the amounts falling due and with the cancelled securities on file.
The books and accounts of the tax collector were examined and checked. The tax and excise accounts outstanding according to the previous examination as well as all subsequent commitment lists, were audited and proved with the assessors' warrants issued for their collection. The collections as recorded were checked, the payments to the treasurer were verified, the recorded abatements were proved by comparison with the assessors' record of abatements granted, and the outstanding accounts were listed.
The records of departmental and water accounts receivable were examined and checked. The charges and commitments were proved, the recorded collec- tions were compared with the treasurer's record of receipts, the abatements were verified, and the out- standing accounts were listed.
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In order to verify the correctness of the outstand- ing accounts, notices were mailed to a large number of persons whose names appeared on the collector's books as owing money to the town on November 27, 1954. A reply was received from one person who claimed that her taxes were paid but not credited on the books of the collector. This claim was substan- tiated by presentation of proof of payment and the. taxpayer's account was credited by the collector with the amount paid.
The appropriations voted by the town were listed from the town clerk's record of town meetings, and the aggregate amount of the appropriation was check- ed with the total raised by the assessors in the deter- mination of the tax rate.
The records of licenses and permits issued by the selectmen and the town clerk, as well as the police and health departments, were examined and checked, and the payments to the State and the town treasurer were verified.
The surety bonds furnished by the town officials bonded for the faithful performance of their duties were examined and found to be in proper form.
The records of the sealer of weights and meas- ures and of the school and library departments, as well as of all other departments collecting money for the town, were examined, checked, and compared with the treasurer's recorded receipts.
There are appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, tables showing a reconciliation of the treasurer's cash, summaries of the tax, excise, tax title, departmental, and water accounts, together with schedules showing the condition and transactions of the trust and investment funds.
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While engaged in making the audit cooperation was received from the officials of the town, for which, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, I wish to express appreciation.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM SCHWARTZ
Assistant Director of Accounts
WS:MMH
TOWN OF MATTAPOISETT Balance Sheet - November 27, 1954 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash :
General,
$125,432.72
Temporary Loans :
In Anticipation of Revenue
1954
$40,000.00
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes :
In Anticipation of Reimbursement 9,000.00
Levy of 1952:
Personal Property $460.58
Levy of 1953 :
Personal Property
564.32
Real Estate
4,600.09
County Retirement System 107.39
Levy of 1954 :
2,491.09
Poll 6.00
Personal Property
2,230.06
Real Estate
32,352.73
40,213.78
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise :
Levy of 1953
138.49
Levy of 1954
4,770.04
Federal Grants :
Disability Assistance :
Tax Titles and Possessions :
Tax Titles
2,006.59
Tax Possessions
892.02
Aid to Dependent Children :
613.11 Administration Aid 1,704.96
Departmental :
Infirmary Rental 200.00
Old Age Assistance
General Relief 733.50
Disability Assistance 9.14
Aid to Dependent Children
618.66
7,695.65
Old Age Assistance 2,015.65
Veterans' Services
173.42
Revolving Fund : School Lunch 2,104.90
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Trust Fund Income : George Purrington Jr. Fund .28
Hammond Library Fund 2.10
2.38
4,908.53
72.16
Administration Assistance
874.78
2,898.61
Administration 1,001.43
Assistance 3,429.21
$49,000.00
Employees' Payroll Deductions :
Federal Taxes
2,383.70
Tailings :
Unclaimed Checks, etc.
37.78
School 64.00
Wharfage 118.00
Fishermen's Building 5.00
3,937.37
Water Rates and Charges
3,399.49
Aid to Highways :
State
7,000.00
County
4,000.00
Overestimate 1954 : State Parks and Reservations :
Assessment 2.40
County Hospital Assessment 612.75
615.15
Sale of Real Estate Fund
6,040.00
Receipts Reserved from Appropriation : Road Machinery
644.49
Overlay Deficits :
Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus
11,493.07
Levy of 1953
348.47
Levy of 1954
386.58
Overlay Reserved for Abatements : Levy of 1952 460.58
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Hurricane Repair Damages,
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise 4,908.53
Tax Title and Possession 2,898.61
Court Judgments
584.26
Departmental 3,937.37
Water 3,399.49
Chapter 90, Maintenance
1,561.83
Aid to Highway
2,000.00
Surplus Revenue : General :
Prior Years
27,893.85
Current Year
610.45
28,504.30
$231,491.30
$231,491.30
Appropriation Balances : Revenue 100,164.71
Non-Revenue : Water 4,093.20
Appropriation from Post-War Rehabilitation Fund :
Riprapping Veterans' Park 1,000.00
11.000.00
Appropriation from Post-War Rehabilitation Fund Authorized
1.000.00
Estimated Receipts - to be Collected
2,992.32
Unprovided For or Overdrawn Accounts : Underestimate 1954: County Tax 329.50
735.05
Revenue Reserved Until Collected :
Section 31, Chapter 44, General Laws
32,497.84
Overdrawn Appropriation :
17,144.00
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Serial Loans : Inside Debt Limit :
$24,500.00 Insurance Premium $2,500.00
Fire Station 19,000.00
Beach Property
3,000.00
$24,500.00
413,000.00
Outside Debt Limit :
School
$190,000.00
Water
223.000.00
413,000.00
$437,500.00
$437,500.00
TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS
Trust and Investment Funds : Cash and Securities :
In Custody of Treasurer
$45,090.07
In Custody of Trustee
17,359.72
School Fund :
Barstow 11,703.03
Library Funds :
R. L. Barstow
317.81
Hammond 75.00
Cemetery Funds :
General Care
1,300.02
Perpetual Care 11,134.95
Investment Fund :
Post-War Rehabilitation 15,133.92
In Custody of Trustee : Lewis R. Bolles Fund
17,359.72
$62,449.79
$62,449.79
In Custody of Treasurer : George Purrington Jr. Fund (Fire Truck) $5,425.34
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$45,090.07
Net Funded or Fixed Debt : Inside Debt Limit, General Outside Debt Limit : General Public Service
$190,000.00
223,000.00
TOWN OF MATTAPOISETT Balance Sheet - December 31, 1954 GENERAL ACCOUNTS
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash :
General
$65,692.73
Tailings : Unclaimed Checks, etc. $37.78
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes :
Levy of 1953 :
Hammond Library Fund 3.90
Personal Property
$125.62
4.18
Real Estate 1.333.79
Old Age Assistance Recoveries 22.70
Federal Grants : 234
Poll 6.00
Personal Property
1,404.74
Real Estate
20,421.80
Assistance 909.53
23,291.95
Aid to Dependent Children :
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise :
Levy of 1953 10.11
Levy of 1954
2,225.91
Old Age Assistance :
2,236.02
Administration 1,045.38
Tax Titles and Possessions :
Tax Titles 2.006.59
3,853.89
Tax Possessions 892.02
2,898.61
Revolving Fund : School Lunch
1,422.05
Departmental :
Infirmary Rental
200.00
Appropriation Balances :
Revenue - General
35,763.22
Trust Funds Income : George Purrington Jr. Fund $ .28
Levy of 1954:
Disability Assistance : Administration 78.19
Administration 665.62 Aid 1,144.41
Assistance 10.76
General Relief 733.50
Aid to Dependent Children
618.66
School 32.00
Wharfage
113.00
Water Rates and Charges Aid to Highways :
7,708.75
State
7,000.00
County
4,000.00
11,000.00
Appropriation from Post-War Rehabilitation Fund Authorized 1,000.00
Unprovided For or Overdrawn Accounts : Underestimate 1954 : County Tax $329.50
Overlay Deficits :
Levy of 1953
864.21
Levy of 1954 1,323.24
2,187.45
R. L. Barstow Library Fund Income
75.18
Hurricane Repair Damages,
Section 31, Chapter 44, General Laws Court Judgments Overdrawn Appropriation :
584.26
Chapter 90, Maintenance 1,999.89
Chapter 90, Construction 1,367.24
3,367.13
$139,278.43 =
Non-Revenue - Water 1,006.57 Appropriation from Post-War Rehabilitation Funds : Riprapping Veterans' Park 1,000.00
37,769.79
Overestimates 1954 : State Park and Reservations Assessment 2.40
County Hospital Assessment 612.75
615.15
Sale of Real Estate Fund 6,040.00
Receipts Reserved for Appropriation : Road Machinery 688.49
Reserve Fund - Overlay Surplus
11,501.81
Revenue Reserved Until Collected :
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise $2,236.02
Tax Title and Possession 2,898.61
Departmental 1,697.16
Water 7,708.75
Aid to Highway 11,000.00
Surplus Revenue : General 51,782.05
$139,278.43
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25,540.51
17,209.69
1,697.16
DEBT ACCOUNTS
Net Funded or Fixed Debt : Inside Debt Limit : General Outside Debt Limit : General Public Service
$23,500.00
Serial Loans : Inside Debt Limit : Insurance Premium Fire Station Beach Property
$2,500.00
$190,000.00
223,000.00
23,500.00
413,000.00
Outside Debt Limit : School
190,000.00
Water
223,000.00
413,000.00
$436,500.00
$436,500.00
TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS 236
Trust and Investment Funds : Cash and Securities :
In Custody of Treasurer
$44,498.86
In Custody of Trustee
17,338.73
Barstow School Fund 11,382.80
Library Funds :
R. L. Barstow
317.81
Hammond 75.00
Cemetery Funds
12,138.43
Investment Fund- Post-War Rehabilitation 15,133.92
$44,498.36
In Custody of Trustee : . Lewis R. Bolles Fund
17,338.73
$61,837.59
$61,837.59
In Custody of Treasurer : George Purrington Jr. Fund (Fire Truck) $5,450.90
19,000.00 2,000.00
Report of the Highway Department
GENERAL HIGHWAY
Labor:
Joseph Farley
$1,458.00
Ray I. Bradley
959.50
Manuel Nunes, Jr.
770.00
Caton Aiello
507.50
Peter Gerry
274.00
George Veiga
286.00
Robert Tinkham
276.00
John W. Nunes
222.50
Joseph Costa
119.00
Jasper Simpson
80.00
Robert Raphael
64.00
Joseph Harrison
50.00
James Harrison
40.00
George Henns
23.00
Joseph Sullivan
20.00
Anthony Costa
20.00
Total Labor
$5,169.50
Expenses :
Bourdon, Warren & Battistelli
$80.00
Brodeur Machine Shop
518.50
Mattapoisett Contracting Co.
60.00
N. B. Gas & Edison Light Co.
15.82
Greenwood's Filling Station
183.12
Tex's Service Station
154.08
Dahill Company, Cal. Chloride
440.78
Shuster Company
72.19
P. H. Brodeur & Son
299.00
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The Darwin Press
47.00
Mass. Highway Association
5.00
Wordell Seed Store
30.00
The Trading Post
53.82
Warren Bros. Roads Co.
536.12
Frank M. McGowan
4.45
Manuel R. Nunes: Tractor
136.00
The Town Shop
11.99
St. Germain Bros .: Sand
15.40
Carlos Figueiredo
2.00
Clyde Everett Equipment Co.
23.37
Joe's Service Station
184.70
Big Three Lumber Company
365.59
Frank B. LeBaron
15.00
Mac's Tire and Rim Service
43.73
Dennis Mahoney & Sons
111.52
Columbian Steel Company
347.38
Motor Sales Company
109.94
General Supply Company
47.78
The Standard-Times
10.55
E. L. LeBaron Foundry
35.40
F. S. Brightman Company
36.77
Freddie's Texaco Station
612.97
Pimental & Borges
186.00
DeWolf & Vincent
24.56
Plymouth County Hwy. Ass'n.
2.00
H. A. Suddard Company
17.60
Dyar Sales & Machinery Co.
39.50
Hathaway-Braley Wharf
45.48
Nemasket Transportation Co.
3.60
Walter E. Tripp & Sons
13.70
DeCoffe's Service Station
415.46
Tractors, Incorporated
258.09
Samuel H. Corse
51.50
Frank W. Fraits
9.95
Charles J. McCarty Co.
62.94
New England Metal Culvert Co.
98.56
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Sharkey's Tire Service
278.07
John L. Carlos
3.50
Village Drug Store
11.40
Lopes Brothers: For Loam
40.00
Burr Brothers Boat Yard
5.18
Frank P. Azevedo
42.52
Union Steel Company
227.72
Oak Hill Granite Company
168.77
Andrews Bros. Glass Shop
12.50
Hartley Saw Mill Company
25.05
Johnson & Moreau
8.82
Jonathan Handy Co., Inc.
37.83
Hancock Paint & Varnish Co.
13.72
Appropriation
$11,000.00
Trans. from Reserve Fund
900.00
Total Labor and Expenses
11,883.49
Balance
$16.51
RESURFACING RESERVATION ROAD
Labor:
Joseph Farley
$90.00
Ray I. Bradley
60.00
Caton Aiello
75.00
John W. Nunes
60.00
George Veiga
32.00
Robert Tinkham
32.00
Antone J. Nunes
8.00
Donald A. Farley
8.00
Expenses :
G. A. Winter Company : Asphalt $287.14
Warren Bros. Roads Co .: Stone 306.78
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Joseph Farley: Truck
24.00
Manuel R. Nunes, Truck and Tractor
104.00
Appropriation
$1,100.00
Total Expenses
1,086.92
Balance
$13.08
TARRING ACCOUNT
Labor:
Joseph Farley
$141.00
Ray I. Bradley
90.00
Anthony Costa
10.00
George Veiga
20.00
John W. Nunes
10.00
Caton Aiello
40.00
Robert Tinkham
36.00
James Harrison
20.00
Joseph Costa
50.00
Lawrence Farley
11.25
Jaspar Simpson
52.50
Expenses :
Manuel R. Nunes, Jr .- Truck
$143.00
Joseph Farley-Truck
96.00
G. A. Winter Company-For Asphalt
2,150.71
St. Germain Bros .- For Sand
204.65
Warren Bros. Roads Co .- Hot Mix
33.96
Fiore A. Tavano :- For Sand
24.00
Pimental & Borges, Inc .- Crane and Truck Hire 402.00
Greenwood's Filling Station-For Kerosene
10.06
Albert W. Winters-350 yards Sand
350.00
Freddie's Texaco Station-Gas and Oil
34.40
Appropriation
$4,000.00
Total Expenses
3,929.53
Balance
$70.47
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RESURFACING CRYSTAL SPRING ROAD
Labor:
Caton Aiello
$105.00
James Harrison
62.50
John W. Nunes
50.00
Joseph Farley
81.00
George Veiga
47.00
Ray I. Bradley
54.00
Robert Tinkham
44.00
Daniel Klinka
12.00
Clifford Silveria
10.00
Expenses :
Joseph Farley-Truck
$72.00
Manuel Nunes-Truck
96.00
Pimental & Borges-Trucks
335.00
G. A. Winter Co .- Asphalt
502.50
Warren Bros. Roads-Stone
835.52
Appropriation (1953)
$2,500.00
Total Expenses
2,306.52
Balance
$193.48
RECEIVED FOR RENTAL OF ROAD ROLLER
Town of Freetown (Roller)
$44.00
Frederick V. Lawrence Co .- For Rental
of Road Grader
40.00
Town of Rochester-(Roller)
85.50
Total
$688.49
BRANDT ISLAND ROAD
Labor:
Manuel R. Nunes, Jr. $14.00
Joseph Farley 12.00
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Caton Aiello
10.00
John W. Nunes
10.00
Ray I. Bradley
8.00
Joseph Sullivan
8.00
Joseph R. Nunes
8.00
Expenses :
Mattapoisett Contracting Co .-
Shovel, Crane, etc.
$585.52
Manuel R. Nunes, Sr .- For Gravel
24.45
Total Expenses
$679.97
SWEEPING STREETS
Labor:
Ray I. Bradley
$72.00
George Veiga
71.00
Robert Tinkham
80.00
James Harrison
40.00
Caton Aiello
20.00
Total Labor
$283.00
Appropriation
300.00
Balance
$17.00
CHAPTER 90 - NORTH STREET (Maintenance)
Labor:
Joseph Farley
$171.00
John W. Nunes
42.00,
Manuel Peters
8.00
Eugene Smith
8.00
Ray I. Bradley
124.00
Caton Aiello
10.00
Lawrence Farley
30.00
James Harrison
10.00
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George Veiga
8.00
Robert Tinkham
23.00
Joseph Costa
40.00
Jasper Simpson
10.00
Expenses :
Warren Bros. Roads-Bituminous Mix
$2,495.89
Lopes Brothers-2 Loads Loam
20.00
Appropriation
$3,000.00
Total Expenses
2,999.89
Balance
$ .11
PURCHASED NEW PICKUP TRUCK
Appropriation $1,600.00
Ford Motor Sales Co.
One New Ford 110" Pickup F-100 with equipment as per specifications. Motor No. F10V4S-12615 with Deluxe Cab. 50 Amp. Generator, M. A. Heater, Blue Flasher Light on Cab roof, Spot Light on Driver's side and directional lights, also lettering on both doors.
Total: Cost $1,349.00
CHAPTER 90 - NORTH STREET (CONSTRUCTION)
Labor:
Manuel R. Nunes, Jr.
$56.00
Raymond Buckley
16.00
Joseph R. Nunes
16.00
Joseph Farley
186.00
Ray I. Bradley
124.00
John W. Nunes
30.00
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Expenses :
State Prison Colony-85-No. 5 Guard Posts $297.50 Dahill Company-Guard Rail Paint and Sulphate 79.10
Walter C. Dexter-For Cutting Pipe
1.50
Bourdon & Warren-Bulldozer Hire
96.00
Total Expenses
$902.10
CHAPTER 90 - NORTH STREET (CONSTRUCTION)
Labor:
Joseph Farley
$243.00
Caton Aiello
50.00
Ray I. Bradley
194.00
George Veiga
172.00
David Vermilya
8.00
Robert Tinkham
114.00
John Alberazh
51.00
Robert Raphael
48.00
Manuel Peters
24.00
Eugene Smith
24.00
John W. Nunes
10.00
Expenses :
Mattapoisett Contract Co .- Shovel and Truck Hire
240.00
Bourdon & Warren-Bulldozer Hire
50.00
Dahill Company-Calcium Chloride 27.00
G. A. Winter Co .- Asphalt & Penet. R15 Road Oil
1,065.66
Warren Bros. Roads Co .- For Mix and
1/4 in. Stone 1,920.58
Dennis-Mahoney & Sons-For Gravel 54.00
245
Manuel R. Nunes-For Truck Hire
48.00
Joseph Farley-For Truck Hire
24.00
Total Expenses
$4,367.24
HURRICANE CAROL Cleaning up Debris - (Private Property)
Labor:
Joseph Farley
$96.00
Ray I. Bradley
100.00
Eugene Smith
142.00
Manuel Peters
146.00
James Harrison
10.00
Robert Tinkham
24.00
George Veiga
93.00
Lawrence Farley
10.00
Jasper Simpson
10.00
Joseph Costa
10.00
Expenses :
Bourdon & Warren-Bulldozer
$384.00
Walter Apperson-Trucking
750.00
Pimental & Borges-Trucks
565.00
Braddock Childs Co .- Trees
288.00'
Total Expenses
$2,628.00
HURRICANE CAROL
Cleaning Up Debris - (Public Property)
Labor
$5,493.50
Expenses :
Removing Trees, etc.
2,001.00
Shovel, Crane, Trucks, etc.
9,387.00
Power Saws, Brush Saws, etc.
2,298.00
246
Trucks and Drivers Hauling Debris, Stumps, etc. 4,113.00
For Bulldozer Work, etc. 2,866.25
Total Expenses
$26,158.75
In closing, I wish to thank everyone who so will- ingly cooperated with this Department during the past year, and particularly for their help in cleaning up after the hurricane.
My sincere thanks to the Board of Selectmen and other Town Officials and Departments for their splen- did assistance and cooperation.
Respectfully submitted,
MANUEL R. NUNES, JR.,
Highway Surveyor
TOWN OF MATTAPOISETT SCHOOL REPORT 1954
School Committee
NELSON F. TINKHAM, Chairman Term expires 1955
WALTER E. LONGMORE, Secretary Term expires 1956
MRS. RITA H. DUNN, Agent Term expires 1957
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS FLAVEL M. GIFFORD
Office : Fairhaven Town Hall, Telephone 3-1241 Residence: 37 William St., Fairhaven, Tel. 2-1355
School Calendar
1954-55 Weeks
Open
Close
Days
First Term 15
Mon., Sept. 13
Thur., Dec. 23 69
Second Term 7 Mon., Jan. 3
Fri., Feb. 18 35
Third Term . 7 Mon., Feb. 28
Fri., Apr. 15 34
Fourth Term 9
Mon., Apr. 25
*Wed., June 22 42
38
180
1955-56 Weeks
Open
Close
Days
First Term 16
Wed., Sept. 7
Fri., Dec. 23 73
Second Term 7
Tues., Jan. 3
Fri., Feb. 17 34
Third Term 7
Mon., Feb. 27 Fri., Apr.
13 34
Fourth Term 9
Mon., Apr. 23 *Wed., June 20
42
39 183
*School will close if 180 days have been held by this time.
There will be no school on the following days which occur during the scheduled terms of 1955:
April 8- Good Friday
May 31-Memorial Day
Oct. 12-Columbus Day
Oct. 21-Teachers' Convention
Nov. 11-Veterans Day
Nov. 27-28-Thanksgiving Recess from noon Novem- ber 26.
NO-SCHOOL SIGNAL Two Long Blasts on Fire Siren. 7:30 A. M. - Indicates no school for all day
It is the policy of the School Committee to order the no-school signal only in the most severe weather conditions or when the transportation service is in- terrupted. When school is held in inclement weather, parents are expected to use their own judgment in sending children to school.
Report of the School Committee
To the Citizens of Mattapoisett :
The School Committee presents herewith its re- port for the year ending December 31, 1954.
The year 1954 has been marked by the fulfill- ment, earlier than anticipated, of the forecast that eventually two rooms would be required for each grade from one to nine. The eighteenth and last regular classroom in the school was occupied in Sep- tember.
The doubling of the school in rooms and enroll- ment over the last comparatively few years has re- quired the doubling of time for the supervisor of Art, the supervisor of Music, and the teacher of Manual Training. They are now employed two days each week.
The transportation system has naturally become more complicated. We have been transporting 74 children by Union Street Railway buses to the Fair- haven High School and 231 to the Center School by contract with Edward F. Sylvia. In transporting the children to the Center School three buses make two trips each in the morning and the same in the after- noon with a daily mileage, garage to garage, of about 121 miles.
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