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28 Nettie Everett Boardman
63
10
3
Mar. 2 Ida S. Davis
78
5
19
2 Carl J. Swanson
78
3 Israel Horovitz
63
4 Jeremiah Landry
52
7 Homer Hammond Fiske
68
4
6
10 Michael John Neagle
71
2
14 Stillbirth
16 William A. White
66
2
30
16 Nina Chirone
49
0
3
17 Alice M .Colpitts
45
18 Annie E. Lally
56
5
29
18 Walter H. Slack
77
10
27
19 Joseph Low Gooch
'86
6
21
23 Isabel Flannigan
71
5
10
25 Peter Sheehan
79
6
25
27 Victor Kuklinsky
22
11
4
29 Stillbirth
30 Lavinia Mary Garden
43
3
27
Apr.
2 Lewis A. Ladd
74
10
22
2 Charles F. Gilman
65
5
20
4 James F. Lunderkin
61
5 John L. Neiss
65
2
6 Mary E. Bailey
71
6 Jennie M. Sheehan
73
10
25
6 Caroline Pamelia Noyes
80
9
9 Alfred Edward Mellett
68
4
10
13 Mary A. Pope
74
10
16
21 Nora M. Curran
70
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Date of Death
Yrs.
Mos.
Days
23 Stillbirth
23 Dorothy S. Lemos
0
0
30
25 Annie Warchol
49
2
10
26 Joseph S. Ward
65
5
27 Bridget F. Hickey
86
10
29 Charles J. Martin
50
8
May
2 Lewis Alphonso Freeman
76
9
16
3 Harriet Ormsby Mason
88
9
10
3 James Charters
95
1
20
7 Alice Maria Barstow
78
8
11
10 Charles Francis Staples
83
6
2
11 Whitney-
0
0
1
14 Shepard Berry
65
2
17
16 Mae Theordore Embree
39
17 David M. Wood
65
6
8
17 Henry Newton Oliver
83
7
23
18 Josephine Sawyer
71
9
30
21 Albert Ames
52
23 Jennie Titus
71
3
13
25 Joseph O. Blier
61
6
4
31 William J. Galbraith
80
10
3
June 3 Arthur Stanley Barnard
72
5
13
10 Mary Murphy
81
12 Jennie Dean Davis
63
7
16
13 Paul Muise
20
5
18 Lawrence Hinckley
26
19 George D. Johnston
64
2
11
20 George W. Butterfield
36
7
24
26 George Osgood Russell
75
9
23
27 Edson Walter White
76
7
18
30 Emma Francis Smith
86
3
July
6 Emma F. Eaton
59
6 John W. Martin
82
11
16
7 George W. Webster
68
10
7
13 James J. O'Keefe
47
.
15 Susan Gourley Flanders
72
8
19
21 Mary E. Fitzgerald
47
8
3
21 John S. Malonson
65
22 Frank Cucurullo
65
4
27
29 John Harmon Husson
73
1
7
30 Stephen Sardella
78
1
66984
57
RECORD OF DEATHS
Date of Death
Yrs.
Mos.
Days
Aug. 5 Harriett Alice Bazley
54
0
25
6 Elizabeth Hannah Horace
68
9
12
9 William Person Hanscom
82
0
28
10 Frederick Page Link
31
3
12 Valetta B. Vaughn
67
11
16 Maurice McCarthy
32
23 John F. Shea
91
3
23
24 Elizabeth Dagnay Dahlquist
12
0
11
25 Annie E. Layton
57
26 Sarah Richards
64
30 Lillian M. Jacquard
1
3
19
Sept. 4 Charles J. O'Connell
76
4 Agnes Matilda Allyn
73
6
19
4 William C. Wales
73
6
27
7 Mary E. Winship
66
10
22
8 Mary J. Gaffy
79
3
9 Calvin A. Davis
57
0
11
14 Frances O. Mansfield
95
5
4
15 Stillbirth
15 Frederick Warren Kretschmar
59
2
29
16 Charles Smiley Knowles
85
10
26
17 Fannie Louise Rolfe
64
0
1
19 Dennis Joseph Doyle
77
6
28
20 Philip Malonson
69
6
7
21 Edmond Sennett
77
24 Charlotte L. Folsom
83
3
4
25 John Ross
76
25 Ella Maria Bartlett
82
8
22
26 Mary J. Phinney
92
9
5
26 Marie Clara Niel
27
26 Richard Gardner Hartshorne
52
2
24
28 William Otis Shepard
73
11
3
28 Maria Evalina Webster
88
8
7
Oct. 1 Ellen E. Fox
80
4
11
2 Donald Perkins
6
0
2
2 Elizabeth Morse Laurilliard
77
3
1
3 Henry P. Vinal
80
10
22
6 Emma J. Southworth
74
6 Anthony P. Malonson
52
4
1
9 Yvonne Marie Muise
0
7
1
10 Alida Mulloy Purinton
75
10
16
11 Erika H. Peterson
39
6
12
12 Joanna Finnegan
74
3
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Date of Death
Yrs.
Mos.
Days:
14 Carrie Lunnette Finney
75
2
24
15 Gertrude M. Moore
71
2
3.
15 Harriet A .Shepard
82
1
15 .
16 Bertha F. MacQuinn
40
8
27
18 Stillbirth
19 Mary Leary
81
21 Van Butler Staples
69
3
4
22 Frances Lazzaro
52
7
14
23 Patrick Burns
60
24 Mary J. O'Leary
82
11
15.
25 Henry Spencer Bean
83
11
29 Frederick Barnard Wiley
42
4
8
30 Marion Dolan
62
7
5.
30 Annie Robinson Hartley
76
9
1
Nov.
3 John W. Smith
84
1
5.
9 Emily Josephine Morgan
87
7
2:
9 Emma Mary Benwell
76
1
21
10 John McGlory
76
8
21
10 Caroline Elizabeth Farwell
47
3
12 John Benedetto
72
2
3
13 Jeremiah Murphy
67
13 Harriett E. Walker
81
1
23.
15 Rachel Saemore Wood
68
17 John Collins
81
10
13
19 Emelio Evangelista
20
3
24
20 Mary Sinnott Hickey
80
1
20 Annie E. Brogan
77
0
6
21 Kate Julia Nason
78
25 Selma Florentina Adams
89
3
11.
28 William F. Sweeney
31
3
20
29 Mary Allen Swain
85
11
22
Dec. 3 Harold A. McManuis
48
5
4
7 Lizzie Mabel Jenkins
67
7
9
7 Sarah Jane Phinney
81
24
9 Anna Maria Parsons
30
8
27
11 Willam Townsend Carver
9
18
11 Eleanor Gertrude Lindsay
8
2
25
11 Barbara Hanright
0
0
4
12 James E. Coughlin
72
7
16 Roger B. Fish
32
9
20
16 Argyle Burrill Proper
28
9
12
19 John Frank Williams .
65
7
8
23 George Busch
47
11
10
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RECORD OF DEATHS
Date of Death
Yrs.
Mos.
Days
25 Frank Charles Hyde
64
9
14
26 -Terravechia
8 hrs.
27 John Burbine
66
6
28 Mary Baires
39
11
13
28 Addie F. Tyzzer
75
10
3
28 Carrie Amelia Cooper
77
4
16
28 Lutie E. Dalton
47
29 Lawrence A. Dalford
52
8
29
30 George F. Casson
73
8
25
31 Ellen C. Hupprich
49
Dog Licenses
Number of Licenses issued
752.
Tax on 568 Males @ $2.00
$ 1,136.00
Tax on 108 Spayed Females @ $2.00
216.00
Tax on 74 Females @ $5.00
370.00
Tax on 2 Breeders @ $25.00
50.00
$ 1,772.00
Deduct Clerk's Fees
$ 150.00
Paid Town Treasurer
$
1,621.60
Hunting and Fishing Licenses
Number of Licenses issued
Resident Citizens' Hunting
188
@ $2.00
$376.00
Resident Citizens' Fishing
53
@ 2.00
106.00
Resident Citizens' Combination
58
a 3.25
188.50
Women and Minor Fishing
5
@ 1.25
6.25
Minor Trapping
1
@
2.25
2.25
Free Sporting Licenses
15
$679.00
Deduct Clerk's Fees
76.25
$602.75
FREDERIC S. HARTSHORNE,
Town Clerk.
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Report of Selectmen
To the Citizens of the Town of Wakefield:
We herewith respectfully submit the annual report of the Board of Selectmen for the year ending December 31, 1933, together with the report of the several departments under our control or supervision.
ORGANIZATION
The Board consisting of Eugene J. Sullivan, Asa A. Boothby, J. Theo- dore Whitney, Joseph A. Hines and V. Richard Fazio organized March 7, 1933, by electing Eugene J. Sullivan, Chairman; and Asa A. Boothby, Secretary. Harry A. Simonds was appointed Clerk.
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
Co-ordination of Town Projects-J. Theodore Whitney
Highways-Joseph A. Hines
Fire Department-Asa A. Boothby
Police Department-Eugene J. Sullivan
Town Hall-V. Richard Fazio
Sealer of Weights and Measures-V. Richard Fazio
Moth Department-V. Richard Fazio
APPOINTMENTS
Town Counsel-Maynard E. S. Clemons
Superintendent of Streets-Harry H. Denning
Janitor of Hall-Harvey S. Parker Fire Inspector-Fred D. Graham Wire Inspector-Fred D. Graham Registrar of Voters, 3 years-Owen F. Kenney
Inspector of Animals-George A. Bennett
Dog Officer-George A. Bennett Burial Agent-John Findlay, Jr.
Agent, Care of Soldiers' Graves-John Findlay, Jr.
Soldiers' Relief Agent-John Findlay, Jr.
Board of Appeal, 3 years-Roland W. Butters, William C. McKie.
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Lock-Up Keeper-James J. Pollard
Moth Superintendent-John A. Landry
Forest Warden-Fred D. Graham
Inspector of Buildings-Leander B. Porter
Compensation Agent-Leander B. Porter
Constables-Harry A. Simonds, Louis N. Tyzzer, Harold R. Anderson James J. Pollard
Sweetser Lecture Committee-J. William O'Connell, Cyrus M. Dolbeare. George E. Potter, Eb V. Yeuell, Charles J. Peterson. Harry I. Reed.
PEDLER'S LICENSES
George C. Driscoll, James Gallugi, Benjamin Teece, John Gallucci, I. Palumbo & Co., Walter P. Whitehead, John H. Whipling, H. B. Quint
MOTOR VEHICLE DEALERS' LICENSES
Classen Bros., Inc., McGonagle Sales & Service Co., A. H. Saunders Sales & Service, Knowlton's Garage, Inc., Main Street Chevrolet Co., W. J. Walker Central Garage.
GASOLINE LICENSES
Thomas J. Quinn, Morrison-Skinner Co., Wakefield Motor Sales & Service Co., A. C. Smith, A. J. Fazio and Raymond Gallugi, Hickey Coal and Oil Company, John D. Watson
POOL AND BOWLING Nelson Bishop, George E. McConville
LODGING HOUSE
John A. Martin, Hans Sorenson
TAXI LICENSES
David Gersin, William H. Burnham, Henry G. Bateman, Walter Walsh, Scott Á. Bullard
VICTUALLERS' LICENSES
Michael Santoro, Hugh E. Riley, Steves Pappas, Concetto Guiliano, John F. McCall, John T. Shea, Michael Santoro, James H. Paul, Michael J. O'Grady, Mary E. Goodwin, Gertrude M. Wilson, Greenwood Lunch, Robert A. Johnson, Stella Dycyan, Blood's Beehive Bakery, Crystal Lunch, Edna White, Wesley Parker, Mary Shannon, George F. Sheridan, Catherine Parker, Daisy A. Barsanti, L. L. McMaster, Edith Pinkney, Millie Randall,
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Celia Angell, Murphy and Baltzer, Lillian Draper, Harold J. Hill, Mrs. William F. Paige, Nancy Zappala, Annie Lennon, Stanley Wojcik, William A. Pierotti, Clarence R. Mortimer, Clarence C. Smith, Walter H. Cripps.
SUNDAY LICENSES
Michael Cavalier, Frank Szydlowski, John Hottoian, John J. Madden, Charles J. Klapes, Nick Bennedetto, John T. Shea, Salvatore Tine, Pas- quale Christopher, John Moccia, Mary F. Murphy, Leeds Ice Cream Co., Joseph Longo & Son, Livas & Lilley, John Sardella, Raffaele Piccolo, George O. Maxim, William H. Frawley, Joseph Santoro, Nellie M. Fuller, Crystal Ice Cream Co., Thomas Y. Magee, Mabel J'. Hager, Mina Wilkinson, Florence P. Fennelly, John Jeffrey, Ernest W. Hodge, Leslie E. Day, Nicholas Sullo, George C. Graham, Shell Eastern Petroleum Co., John Radocckia, DeVita's Conservatories, Alfonso Martino, John A. and Alma D. Landberg, Anthony Stamegna, Harold J. Hill, Emerson Market, George Stanley Harvey.
MISCELLANEOUS LICENSES
Signs-W. H. Laskey, Milly Randall, John A. Martin, L. R. Robinson, Edna A. White, Eliah Robinson, Clarence R. Mortimer, Fernando Proia, O'Connor's Men's Shop, Frank Bartnick, John Hottoian, William R. Lind- say, Charles Wilkinson.
Awnings-Nellie Tate, Hans Sorenson, Elizabeth Belliveau.
Auctioneers-William E. Eaton, William H. Woodman, Frederic S. Hartshorne, David K. Shumway, Harold F. Miles, Charles L. Seavey.
Circus-Kay Bros.
Dance Hall-Harold J. Hill, George P. Kimball.
Employment Agency-Sally White.
Liquor-Francis J. Smith, Riberot Dutton, Edward G. Nagle.
Second-hand Dealers-Rufus C. North, Felix Goldberg.
Inn Holder-Godias LaChance.
Banquet-Walter Baltzer.
Junk Dealers-Louis Levine, Max G. Horovitz, Samuel Casper, Jacob 'Schreider.
BEER LICENSES 3.2-Beer not to be consumed on the premises
Edward G. Nagle, 463 Main St.
$100.00
Israel Blank, 6 Water St.
100.00
Jacob Sperber, 14 Water St. 100.00
100.00
Ignazio Palumbo, 35 Albion St.
100.00
Adolph Morris, 61 Valley St. John Jeffrey, 410 Main St. 100.00
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Salvatore Tine, 38 Water St.
100.00
Frank P. Collins, 453A Main St.
100.00
Raffaelle Piccolo, 31 Sweetser St.
100.00
Livas & Lilley, 129 Albion St.
100.00
Joseph Santoro, 32 Pleasant St.
100.00
Charles M. McCarthy, 412 Main St.
100.00
Frank Szydlowski, 135 New Salem St 100.00
John Drinkwater, 80 Vernon St. 100.00
BEER LICENSES 3.2-Beer to be drunk on the premises
Crystal Lunch, 445 Main St.
$100.00
Hugh E. Riley, 22 Water St.
100.00
James H. Paul, 490 Main St.
100.00
Wesley Parker, Lowell St.
100.00
Michael O'Grady, Main St.
100.00
Edna A. White, 115 Albion St.
100.00
Michael Santoro, 481 Main St.
100.00
Murphy & Baltzer, 23 Albion St.
100.00
Daisy and Umberto Barsanti, 330 Salem St.
100.00
John T. Shea, 15 Lowell St.
100.00
Concetto Guiliano, Water St. and Wakefield Ave.
100.00
Steves Pappas, 492 Main St.
100.00
George F. Sheridan, 6 Mechanic St.
100.00
Catherine Parker, Corner Lowell and Main Sts.
100.00
Nellie Tate, 830 Main St.
100.00
Nancy Zappala, 32 Water St.
100.00
Stanley Wojcik, 253 Vernon St.
75.00
CLUB LICENSES 3.2 BEER
Wakefield Lodge of Elks No. 1276
25.00
Italian-American Citizens' Club, Inc., 462 Main St. 25.00
CHAPTER 376, ACTS 1933-WINES AND MALT BEVERAGES
George F. Sheridan, 6 Mechanic St.
$ 66.66
Hugh E. Riley, 12 Water St.
66.66
Nancy Zappala, 32 Water St.
1
66.66
Archie Patterson and James Pitanis, 445 Main St.
66.66
William A. Pierotti, 17 Lowell St. 100.00
Steves Pappas, 492 Main St.
66.66
Edna A. White, 93 Albion St.
66.66
Stanley Wojcik, 253 Vernon St.
66.66
CHAPTER 376, ACTS 1933-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES-Bottled Goods
John Jeffrey, 410 Main St. $ 66.66
Israel Blank, 6 Water St.
66.66
Ignazio Palumbo, 39 Albion St.
66.66
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CHAPTER 376, ACTS 1933-Sub. Sec. No. 15 of Sec. 2 Edward G. Nagle, 463 Main St.
$ 66.66
CHAPTER 376, ACTS 1933-WINES AND MALT BEVERAGE
Only in Packages
Livas & Lilley, 129 Albion St. $ 66.66
Salvatore Tine, 38 Water St. 66.66
Jacob Sperber, 14 Water St. 66.66
Vito Moccia, 107 Water St. 100.00
Joseph Santoro, 32 Pleasant St. 66.66
The duties of the Board of Selectmen have increased considerably from year to year. The year 1933 may stand out as the most trying dur- ing the period that has called for strict co-operation in order to meet an economic situation that has been perplexing to all municipalities. The Town of Wakefield, by following a policy of strict economy and by a candid and businesslike approach to municipal problems, closes the fiscal year in a very favorable financial position.
We have been able to reduce the tax rate without resorting to bor - rowing for that purpose. The Board of Selectmen has strongly recom- mended and has closely adhered to this policy so as not to mislead the tax- payers by artificial prosperity, or by mortgaging anticipated receipts.
The Highway Department, with a greatly reduced budget, has had to carry on the usual work of highway repairs and maintenance. Our high- way budget for 1933 was $62,500. In order to supplement this budget, we have followed the policy of obtaining State and County aid for perma- nent street construction or improvement. We have received from the State and County approximately $14,000. We have used this money to help in resurfacing Main Street from Hart's Hill to the Bennett Street railroad crossing, and to rebuild Lowell Street from the Reading line to Main Street. By this means we have eliminated a road condition that was ex- tremely dangerous for highway traffic. With State and County aid we also have done some work on widening Main Street along Lakeside. We strongly recommend that the town follow this policy of supplementing the annual highway budget by obtaining a substantial amount of State and County aid each year.
The town budgets, and especially the highway budget, have been re- duced owing to the great demand on the Welfare and Soldiers' Relief De- partments. The town has appropriated a large amount of money for re- lief purposes. In order that the town might obtain value for this money, we have set up a project committee and, through the Highway Department, we have supervised construction work that adds a considerable amount to the capital assets of the town. Through the Soldiers' . Relief appropria- tion we have constructed granolithic sidewalks on both sides of Main
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Street in the business district. We have also extended the concrete walk with concrete edgestone along Lakeside for a considerable distance. Through the use of welfare help we have supplemented our work on resur- facing Main Street and we have considerably improved the triangular plots at the intersection of Prospect and Elm Streets. There are numer- ous other projects which have been completed in this way.
The Board of Selectmen was called upon to handle presentation of projects under Civil Works Administration. Through our sub-committee on projects, we are ready, without any delay, to present these projects for approval. The quota of men originally allotted to this town was approximately 369. The board has presented and has had allowed proj- ects providing work for approximately 600 men and women.
In presenting projects under C. W. A., we have closely followed the policy of submitting projects that will greatly add to the town's capital assets. For the major part, we have recommended drainage work and from the work now being accomplished on these projects we feel that we made a wise choice. The improvement of drainage conditions will add greatly to the value of real estate and will relieve the poor drainage conditions that would have cost the town considerable amount of money in the near future. Drainage projects strictly follow the engineering specifications set forth in a complete drainage survey of the town made by Weston & Sampson, engineers. Consequently, drainage projects are not patchwork, but are part of a complete drainage system anticipat- ing future needs of the town.
The increasing demands placed on the Highway Department this year have found that department well organized and ready to meet the situa- tion. It was owing to the fact that the Highway Department was in good financial condition that we could meet the expenses for materials under C. W. A. projects without resorting to calling a town meeting for the purpose of transferring funds. For this reason, men working in C. W. A. projects were able to begin work without delay and without waiting about three weeks for town meeting action. For this reason we believe the Highway Department particularly deserves our commendation.
Other town departments under our jurisdiction have co-operated with us and we believe they have performed their work well. .
We have co-operated with the Water and Sewer Board with reference to the Public Works Administration project pertaining to the relaying of water mains. Several times during the year we have had conferences with the public works departments not under our jurisdiction. We feel that in this way we have had, to a certain extent, the advantages of a Board of Public Works with resulting efficiency and economy. We wish to thank these boards for their help and co-operation. It was a pleasure for us to discuss town problems and policies with them.
The unemployment problem we consider to have been the major task
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that confronted us. This report would not be complete if we did not say a word of appreciation for the patience and co-operation of those out of employment. In spite of the fact that town public works budgets had been greatly reduced, those who were not regularly employed by the town evi- denced a feeling that we, as a board, appreciated their problem. When the Civil Works Administration made money available, we wasted no time in providing work projects. We have given time without limit in this way to do all in our power to help those in need of employment. Our endeavors in this direction have been all the more pleasant because we feel that our efforts have been appreciated. Our hope is that means will be made available whereby we can help every deserving applicant for work.
We appreciate the faithful services of our clerk, Harry A. Simonds. The town is fortunate in having a man so well qualified for the position he holds.
EUGENE J. SULLIVAN, ASA A. BOOTHBY, J. THEODORE WHITNEY, V. RICHARD FAZIO, JOSEPH A. HINES,
Selectmen of Wakefield.
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REPORT OF SWEETSER LECTURE COMMITTEE
Report of Sweetser Lecture Committee
Receipts
Trust Fund
$ 425.00
Advance sale by High School and Lafayette School
pupils
169.95
Sale of tickets at stores
20.25
Jan. 4 Lecture
66.25
Jan. 11 Lecture
30.75
Jan. 18 Lecture
25.75
Jan. 25 Lecture
59.75
Feb. 9 Lecture
9.00
Expenditures
Jan. 4 Bill Cunningham
$ 100.00
Jan. 11 Mrs. Carl L. Watson
50.00
Jan. 18 Bruce Bairnsfather
150.00
Jan. 25. Arthur H. Merritt
62.00
Feb. 9 Mrs. Grace M. Poole
100.00
Paid ticket seller and collector
10.00
Stereopticon operator
2.00
Item Company, advertising and printing
90.70
Secretary expenses
7.10
Check tax
.16
Sweetser Charities, balance
234.74
$ 806.70
J. WILLIAM O'CONNELL, CHARLES J. PETERSON, Secretary, GEORGE E. POTTER, Treasurer, HARRY I. REED,
E. V. YEUELL, CYRUS M. DOLBEARE,
Report of Sweetser Charity
To balance on hand, Jan. 1, 1933 From Sweetser Lecture Committee Interest, February
$ 321.33
234.74
3.90
Interest, August
2.42
Total receipts
$ 562.39 $ 562.39
$ 806.70
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Disbursements
360.00
$ 202.39
$ 202.39
Balance as follows Jan. 1, 1934 Wakefield Savings Bank Wakefield Trust Co.
$
86.34
116.05
$ 202.39
$ 202.39
CHARLOTTE R. FITZ, Treasurer Sweetser Charity Fund.
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REPORT OF PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Report of Dept. of Public Welfare
To the Citizens of Wakefield:
We have now completed the fourth year of the present unemployment emergency. Demands for relief steadily increased from month to month until the 21st of November, when the C. W. A. work started. Relief burdens during the past four years have been unparalleled in the history of relief administration.
The character of our work, and the details of its administration are so similar from year to year that much of it is practically a repetition. However, this seems unavoidable and not important as we assume the object of our report is to have a condensed, official record at the end of each year for reference. A detailed statement of each case and its cause would be cumbersome and its publication questionable.
Relief of destitution is the primary responsibility of government and so when destitution increases it follows that expenditures go up. All tax- payers are naturally interested in the efficient and economical administra- tion of relief. The long continuance of this emergency makes it necessary to use every means to keep expenditures down to the lowest possible figures.
MAXIMUM NUMBER OF FAMILIES AIDED WEEKLY
Mothers' Old Age
Month
Families
Aid
Assistance
Total
January
316
3
38
357
February
320
3
38
361
March
330
3
38
371
April
394
3
38
435
May
304
3
37
344
June
221
3
37
261
July
122
3
38
163
August
162
3
38
203
September
149
3
40
192
October
151
3
40
194
November
169
3
40
212
December
66
3
40
109
ASSIGNMENT OF AID RECIPIENTS TO WORK
Beginning with April of this year, the Board of Public Welfare assigned men to work on numerous jobs in the various town departments in return for the aid rendered to them and their families. On Saturday mornings of each week, men were checked off at the office of the Board of Public Welfare and each man was assigned to do work of a kind that he was capable of doing.
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The value of the services rendered by these men amounted to $6,744.00 based on a wage scale of $3.00 per day, for which the Welfare Department is given no credit in the financial statement of the Town.
A card system was installed on April 1st; each man received a card on Saturday morning marked where he was to report for work the following week. The foreman on the job stamped the card and the recipient returned this card to the Welfare Department on the next Saturday for verification.
Men who appeared to be in poor health, or men who complained of not being in the best of health and who felt that the work to which they had been assigned was too laborious, were also given a card which was stamped daily between 2 P.M. and 3 P.M., at the office of the Welfare Department. This procedure served a two-fold purpose - namely, to learn whether a man was trying to escape from doing any work when able to, or whether a man might be working elsewhere.
The assignments have been made to the following departments:
April, 1933, to November 30, 1933, inclusive
Highway Dept.
1291 men @ $3.00 per day
$3,873.00
Park and Cemetery Dept.
267
801.00
Board of Health
193
66
60
66
66
66
579.00
Town Infirmary
144
66
66
66
432.00
Moth Dept.
111
66
66
66
66
333.00
School Dept.
79
66
66
237.00
Library
104
66
66
66
66
312.00
Water Dept.
59
66
66
66
66
66
177.00
Total
2248 men @ $3.00 per day
$6,744.00
Many beneficial projects have been carried out as a result of the util- ization of all this labor.
The men have assisted in the construction of new roads, building side- walks, cleaning streets and gutters, and removal of snow under the direc- tion of the Highway Department.
The graves at Forest Glade Cemetery have been opened and the cemetery property in general has been greatly improved by the work of these men under the direction of the Park and Cemetery Department.
The Salem Street and Green Street dumps have been kept cleared. The Central Street dump also has been piped and re-graded by these men under the direction of the Board of Health.
Men have reported to the Moth Department for the removal of brush from the side of roads, cutting, trimming, and spraying trees.
Various improvements have been made for the School Department by painters and carpenters, namely, painting chain link fence at Walton Field,
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building fence around the Montrose Schoolyard and clearing brush from Greenwood Schoolyard.
They assisted the Water Department in preparing land for the driven wells off Nahant Street and cleaning bog off Linden Street which was infested with mosquitoes.
At the Library, snow was removed, lawns kept free from dandelions and one man was kept in the children's room during the evening hours.
At the Infirmary, men cut wood, which was later delivered to recip- ients of welfare aid, and also worked on the farm.
QUARTERS
It has been found that the office of the Welfare Department is not of sufficient size. Congestion is very great, the staff is much hampered and the public cannot be given the service expected because of the lack of space.
OFFICE STAFF
On January 1, 1933, our staff consisted of one accountant and one clerk. Because of the increased number of welfare recipients, it was deemed advisable to have an investigator who gives all of her time in this capacity. It was a necessary and effective addition for the efficient administration of relief.
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