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Years
Months
Days
5 James Francis Curley
80
4
13
7 George Sanborn
75
-
-
7 John Sowyrda
63
0
0
8 Frank Henry Hackett
73
7
2
8 William J. Reed
57
9 Frank G. Meriam
32
6
14
James Elliott Choate
22
11
-
16 Charles Louis Beckett
44
9
26
19 Thomas Regan
89
1
4
19 William Francis Daley
21
11
25
22
Cora Layton
5
5
25
23
Harry S. Hall
39
-
Aug.
1 Ruth A. O'Brien (Joyce)
43
11
15
3 Charles H. Florance
70
1
11
4 Howard Walker
65
9
30
7 Minnie C. Tyler
82
12 John Leonard
2 hours
14 Bessie Maud Lindgren
73
5
19
15
Mary Eleanor Cassidy (Regan)
46
4
23
23
Marshall
Stillborn
23
James Ivy Watt
68
11
6
25
Alma Rose Poison Bernard
79
9
9
27
Jeffrey
Stillborn
28 Frank A. Wilder
78
3
28
Sept.
1 Carrie King (Drake)
92
5
4
2 Rose Caroline Smith Schefisch
60
10
4
2 George Edward White
41
23
4 Edgar C. Russell
63
3
13
71
6
7
5 Alice M. Donegan (McCall) Sawyer
2 hours 40 min.
8 John Charles Doyle
72
11
28
11 Nathan Wyman Eaton
60
5
21
11 Elizabeth Annie Purser Fisher
68
2
13
12 Arthur L. Balcom
73
10
29
13 Arthur Gibbons.
78
8
24
13 Charles Franklin Morehouse
87
7
8
17 Ida Alice Bill (Peck)
86
4
25
18 Jeremiah Shanahan
63
-
-
24
Ferreira
Stillborn
28 Arthur Eldridge Morrill
65
11
23
80
-
1
30 Mona Elizabeth Ann Ryan (Small)
-
-
-
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Date of
Death Name
Years
Months
Days
18 Rose McCourt (MacGrane)
72
-
-
20 Jeanette C. Miner
92
2
5
21 Malvina A. Lawson Harper
75
2
1
21 Mary F. Cahill
72
7
24
24 Lewis Taylor Willard
75
7
28
24
Annie Shields Hill Brackett
86
5
22
25 Harriett Bartlett (Prouty)
79
8
11
28 Ellen R. Gallagher (Mahoney)
70
-
-
Oct.
2
Howell
Stillborn
3 Stanley Walter Bucht
0
0
30
5 James A. Singer
83
8
29
5 William A. Jameson
86
4
7
6 Robert S. Barker
75
10
25
7 Gerrit Oldenbrook, Sr.
66
3
5
12 Giacomo Recchiuti
75
7
28
13 William H. Butler
77
4
26
13 Jennie Edith Davis (Amazeen)
79
2
20
14 Flora Collins (Morin)
65
3
9
14 Carrie May Thorpe (Ramey)
82
7
15
15 Martha Houston Hodgkins
69
3
12
17 Ida May Sweet
90
11
28
22 Mabel S. Boothby
65
1
12
24 Herbert William Allen
81
10
27
24 Charles L. Stohl
65
9
15
28 Leda Pincince -
53
-
13
28 Eliza Montague (Coburn)
66
4
3
31 Clifford Francis Anderson
-
10
8
31 Lela Maude Cayley (MacDonald)
66
9
9
31 Julia Alice Donegan
34
4
27
Nov.
2 Cecelia V. Bradley
43
1
-
5 Lester Eugene Prescott
79
0
3
10 David H. Linden
47
1
17
10 Elmer Ballard
59
-
-
11 Arthur G. Melanson
48
2
9
12 Margaret Stewart Anderson
70
4
6
12 Mary E. Gerry (McCarthy)
70
2
14 Francis J. Brant
41
3
14
15 Joan Twitchell Evans
Stillborn
79
11
8
72
6
-
80
1
.
3
.
18 Maynard E. S. Clemons
18 Walter Davenport Adams
21 Rufus Charles North
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1
Date of
Death Name
Years
Months
Days
21 Anna M. Stafford
82
11
2
23 Elizabeth M. Hubbard
78
1
.26
24 Onesime Dufault
91
8
0
24 Sherry Green
Stillborn
26 Glenn Roberts Fournier
13
11
2
30 Harry Sagrans
60
-
-
Dec.
3 Lulia Smith (Edmands)
76
2
3
7 Ellen F. Curran
85
-
-
9 William Henry Marsden
63
3
17
10 Louis Artemus Pickering
77
9
7
10 Anne Sweeney
86
4
6
11 Elizabeth Randall Thurston
72
4
7
11 William Thacker
59
7
24
15 George Clyde Borgal
37
4
29
17 Eva Gertrude Foster
77
4
1
18 Gustave Magnitzky
76
3
15
19 Arthemise Lenoir (DeCoste)
73
0
26
20 Ignatz Nikitin
27
-
-
20 Bronislawa Szymanski (Kubeski)
65
1
20
23 Pamela (Derby) Hasty
70
1
7
23 Robert Melborne Biggs
76
5
15
25 Josephine Waterman Mackay Feindel
100
9
12
26 John Freemont Rowell
86
11
16
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Dog Licenses
Number of licenses issued-1,179.
699 Males @ $2.00
$ 1,398.00
103 Females @ $5.00
515.00
366 Spayed Females @ $2.00
732.00
2 Kennel Licenses @ $25.00
50.00
2 Kennel Licenses @ $50.00
100.00
1 Breeder's License @ $10.00
10.00
6 Transfers @ 25c
1.50
25 Tags @ 10c
2.50
Paid to Town Treasurer Town's Fee $ 238.60
$ 2,809.00
Balance, less county charges for damage done by dogs, etc., to Lucius Beebe Memorial Library.
Hunting and Fishing Licenses
Number of licenses issued-862.
268 Fishing Licenses @ $2.00
$ 536.00
296 Hunting Licenses @ $2.00
592.00
155 Sporting Licenses @ $3.25 503.75
48 Minor and Female Fishing Licenses @ $1.25
60.00
9 Minor Trapping Licenses @ $1.25
20.25
16 Trapping Licenses @ $5.25
84.00
9 Duplicate Licenses @ 50c
4.50
36 Military and Naval-FREE
24 Citizens' Sporting Licenses-FREE
1 Citizens' Fishing (Old Age Asst.)-FREE
Total
$ _1,800.50
Paid to Div. of Fisheries and Game $ 1,602.50
Town's Fee, to Town Treasurer 198.00
A true record.
Attest: CHARLES F. YOUNG, 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 Se- lectmen for the year ending December 31, 1946, together with the reports of the several departments under our control or supervision.
The Board, consisting of William R. Lindsay, William G. Dill, L. Wal- lace Sweetser, Herbert D. Anderson and Richard M. Davis, organized March 5, 1946, by electing Herbert D. Anderson, Chairman, and William G. Dill, Secretary. Charles C. Cox was appointed Clerk.
COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
Fire Department-Herbert D. Anderson Police Department-L. Wallace Sweetser Moth Department-William G. Dill Highway Department-Richard M. Davis Traffic-L. Wallace Sweetser
Town Hall-William R. Lindsay
Lafayette Building-William G. Dill
APPOINTMENTS
Town Counsel-John I. Preston Wire Inspector-Joseph W. MacInnis Fire Inspector-Clifford E. Jacobs Dog Officer-George A. Bennett Lock-up Keeper-John G. Gates Board of Appeals, 3 years-Willard P. Lombard Soldiers' Relief Agent-John Findlay
Burial Agent and Agent Care of Soldiers' Graves-John Findlay Fence Viewers-Frank D. MacKay, Dennis F. Regan, Gaston E. Loubris Superintendent Moth Department-John A. Landry (retired), Ernest J. McWhinnie
Superintendent of Streets (Acting)-Robert B. Mackenna Janitor, Town Hall-William O'Brien Night Janitor, Town Hall-Thomas E. Giles Janitor, Lafayette Building-John N. Heningar Building Inspector-Joseph W. MacInnis Compensation Agent-Joseph W. MacInnis Registrar of Voters, 3 years-Fred E. Bunker Custodian Town Farm Buildings-Jerry J. Peck
Sweetser Lecture Committee-Harry I. Reed, Eb V. Yeuell, Charles J. Peter-
son, Thomas F. Kenney, Charlotte R. Fitz, Dr. George E. Potter, Edward A. Rich.
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Inspector of Animals-George A. Bennett was nominated subject to the ap- proval of the State Division of Livestock Disease Control.
Constable-Harold R. Anderson
Licenses were granted by the Selectmen for the sale of alcoholic bev- erages for the year 1946 to the following, subject to the approval of the State Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission:
City Hall Liquor Store (Israel Blank), 6 Water Street.
Jeffrey's Package Store, Inc. (John Jeffrey, President), 354 Main Street.
Palumbo's Annex (Ignazio Palumbo, Jr.), 37 Albion Street.
S. Tine & Sons, Inc., 38A Water Street.
Receipts from these and other licenses granted during the year 1946 are shown in the Town Accountant's report.
Reports of the various departments under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen and containing complete information, will be found under other and appropriate headings in this report.
The Chairman appreciates the cooperation of his colleagues on the Board, as well as all other town officers, who have assisted him during the past year.
The Board appointed Harold W. Merritt as a member of the Board of Appeals to replace Colby L. Burbank who resigned as of February 1, 1946. Acknowledgment is hereby made of the valuable service which Mr. Burbank has rendered to the Town during the time he served as a member of the Board of Appeals.
As of May 20, 1946, John Landry resigned. Mr. Landry had for many years been superintendent of the Tree and Moth Department. Always with the interests of the beauty of the Town before him, the retired superin- tendent was a hard and conscientious worker. In his retirement the Town lost a valuable and respected servant. Ernest J. McWhinnie, a regular member of the Police Department, was appointed to the vacancy created by the retirement of Mr. Landry. Since Mr. McWhinnie had been an em- ployee in the Tree and Moth Department for some years, it is felt that he is well qualified for the position of Superintendent.
As of July 1, 1946, Roland B. Oliver was appointed as a member of the Contributory Retirement Board, succeeding James M. Henderson who re- tired.
On July 9, 1946, the Board met jointly with the Recreation Committee for the purpose of filling a vacancy created by the resignation of William MacKilligan. Mr. Michael J. Zammitti was unanimously appointed to membership on the Recreation Committee.
The Board found it necessary and therefore did as of September 1, 1946, adopt Rules and Orders for the Regulation of Carriages or Vehicles for Hire. These rules apply for the operation of taxi-cabs in the Town of Wakefield, as well as fixing the rates to be charged.
The Board met with the Board of Public Welfare to fill a vacancy created by the retirement of Harold C. Robinson. The joint meeting was unanimous in the selection and appointment of Winsor L. Finney, Jr., as a member of the Board of Public Welfare.
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The Board participated in the Victory celebration sponsored by the West Side Social Club on July 4th. The program was well arranged and consisted of a pet show and games for the children in the morning; a pa- rade in the afternoon and band concert. and fireworks in the evening.
The Board was represented on September 26th at a public reception to the Right Rev. Msgr. Florence J. Halloran, commemorating his elevation to the rank of monsignor.
A committee was appointed to plan a "welcome home" celebration for all veterans of World War II. Col. Edward J. Connelly was named as Chairman of the committee. Suitable arrangements were made and Oc- tober 12th was fixed as the date. A parade was formed at Walton Field with many veteran and civic organizations represented. The parade moved to the Common where a speaking program took place. Governor Maurice J. Tobin was the principal speaker. Following the speaking program, each Gold-Star Mother was presented, on behalf of the Town, State and Nation, a framed certificate acknowledging the sacrifice made by her loved one. In the evening, military balls were held jointly at the Armory and the Town Hall, both of which were well represented by veterans of World War II.
Special thanks are extended to Col. Edward J. Connelly and his com- mittee for arranging the details of the "Welcome Home" celebration which contributed to make the affair the success that it was.
As of October, 1946, Col. Edward J. Connelly retired as Director of Veterans' Services. Mrs. Bertha L. Todd was appointed to the position. The members of the Board were sorry to have the Town lose the services of Col. Connelly. Being a military man most of his life, Col. Connelly was deeply interested in the affairs of the young veteran of World War II. Dur- ing approximately one year Col. Connelly set up the department and per- formed many services for the veterans of Wakefield.
During 1946 the members of the Board have perambulated the Town boundaries with the Highway Commissioner of the City of Melrose and with the members of the Board of Selectmen of Stoneham. This is required to be done every five years.
The voters, having appropriated the necessary funds, the permanent members of the Fire Department were placed on the so-called "70 hour" week schedule. In order to accomplish this, it was necessary to increase the permanent force by adding four men.
During 1946 the Board appointed the following as members of the permanent police force: Daniel J. Sullivan, Maximilian J. Ramocki, John T. Curran and William F. Hovey.
James F. Hartnett, a member of the Police Department since May, 1923, was retired on July 14, 1946, due to a disability suffered in the line of his duty.
The Board of Selectmen, acting as the Board of Survey, have approved plans for the following streets during the past year:
Line Road
Crystal Lake Park
Kimball Avenue
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Bellevue Avenue Gerard Street D Street Extension Ames Street Middle Street
Minot Street Perham Street
and a layout of a development by Deacon Brown, Inc., on the site of the former Beebe property at Lakeside.
The members of the Board extend their thanks to all those who have, in any manner, cooperated with them during the past year.
HERBERT D. ANDERSON WILLIAM G. DILL WILLIAM R. LINDSAY L. WALLACE SWEETSER RICHARD M. DAVIS
Selectmen
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TOWN OF WAKEFIELD
Report of Chief of Police
January 1, 1947
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I have the honor to submit to your Honorable Board, the reports of the doings of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1946.
Number of arrests
597
Number of arrests on warrants
52
Number of arrests without warrants
298
Number of arrests on capias
11
Number of summons served
236
Male
555
Female
42
Residents
291
Non-residents
306
FOR THE FOLLOWING CRIMES, VIZ:
Accosting
1
Arrested for other officers
23
Arson
2
Assault and battery
8
Automobile Laws, Violation of:
Causing personal injury to person
1
Causing property damage
3
Failing to stop on signal of officer
2
Improper plates
1
Mechanical signal, not stopping
63
Not keeping to right of way
4
Operating after suspension of license
2
Operating-Failing to slow down at intersection
30
Operating so as to endanger
6
Operating-Speeding
20
Operating under the influence
14
Operating without a license
8
Operating without official inspection
74
Parking overtime
2
Uninsured car
2
Unregistered car
3
Using without authority
2
Breaking, entering and larceny in the night-time
1
Breaking, entering and larceny in the day-time
7
REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE
107
Children :
Neglected
19
Stubborn
1
Delinquency, contributing to
2
Drunkenness
178
Exposing person
4
Fish and game law, violation of
2
Forgery
1
Gaming, being present
6
Illegitimacy
1
Insane
11
Larceny
17
Lewd and lascivious co-habitation
4
Lewdness
1
Loitering
1
Lottery tickets in possession
3
Malicious mischief
1
Narcotic Drug Laws, violation of
27
Non-support
12
Obscene pictures in possession
1
Revolver, carrying without a license
1
Runaway boys
1
Robbery-armed
2
Safe keeping
7
Sodomy
1
Trespass
2
Truancy
1
Violation of probation
9
Wilfully and maliciously injuring town property
2
HOW DISPOSED OF
Continued
14
Concord Reformatory
2
Defaulted
2
Delivered to other officers
23
Discharged
3
Dismissed
7
Fines imposed
276
Grand jury
2
House of Correction
37
Insane hospital
11
Lyman School
2
Middlesex Training School
1
Placed on file
29
Probation
19
Released
109
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Sherborn Reformatory for Women
2
Shirley School
3
State Department of Public Welfare
16
State Farm
3
State Prison
1
Suspended sentence to House of Correction
29
Suspended sentence to Sherborn Reformatory
1
Suspended sentence to Shirley School
2
Suspended sentence to State Farm,
1
Suspended sentence to Middlesex Training School
2
AMOUNT OF FINES IMPOSED BY THE COURT
72 at
$ 5.00
$ 360.00
152 at
10.00
1,520.00
13 at
15.00
195.00
1 at
20.00
20.00
9 at
25.00
225.00
1 at
35.00
35.00
17 at
50.00
850.00
6 at
100.00
600.00
3 at
200.00
600.00
1 at
300.00
300.00
1 at
450.00
450.00
Total
$ 5,155.00
MISCELLANEOUS REPORT
Accidents reported
269
Amount of lost property recovered
$
1,816.53
Amount of property left outside of stores cared for
$
662.70
Amount of stolen property recovered
$ 8,005.40
Bicycles found
31
Bicycles taken away-no lights
11
Broken wires reported
18
Buildings found open and secured
687
Burglary (false alarm)
17
Complaints and cases investigated
2185
Dead and stray cats reported
76
Dead bodies cared for
9
Dead dogs reported
26
Defects in gas pipes
5
Defects in hydrants reported
1
Defects in streets and sidewalks reported
79
Defects in water pipes reported
7
.
REPORT OF CHIEF OF POLICE
109
Detail for public assemblages
197
Dog bites reported
42
Dogs killed
29
Electric light poles blown down
5
Fires discovered and alarm given
25
Fires discovered and extinguished without alarm
12
House lights reported out
93
Lanterns in dangerous places
15
Lights found burning in buildings
23
Lost children cared for
28
Lost dogs found and returned to owners
103
Medical examiner cases
12
Obstructions removed from the street
3
Officers at fires
164
Persons missing
62
Posting notices
68
Runaway boys cared for
17
Runaway girls cared for
2
Search warrants served for gaming implements
1
Sick and disabled people assisted
266
Street lights not burning
153
Water running to waste
16
Wires burning trees
4
Number of duty calls
54,940
Number of light department calls
1949
Number of ambulance cases
417
Miles covered by ambulance
4,857
Miles covered by cruising car-No. 1
48,463
Miles covered by Oldsmobile car-No. 2
10,352
Miles covered by motorcycle
4,815
Legal papers served for out-of-town police departments during the year
319
Legal papers served in town for our department during the year
349
Money collected at office for fines imposed by the courts
$ 626.00
Money collected at office for non-support cases
$ 4,620.70
Money collected for restitution
$ 323.36
Money collected for revolver permits issued
$ 49.50
Money collected on ambulance cases
$ 198.00
Money collected for bicycle plates
$
41.90
RECOMMENDATIONS
I recommend the addition of another radio-equipped car for the de- partment. This car to be used mostly by the Special Officer who devotes all his time to the investigation of cases and a car is badly needed for this work.
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CONCLUSION
The March Town Meeting having voted two additional regular patrol- men be added to the Police Department, the Board of Selectmen on May 7, 1946 appointed Daniel J. Sullivan and Maximilian J. Ramocki from the re- serve list to regular patrolmen. Both appointments to take effect May 7, 1946.
On May 20, 1946, Patrolman Ernest J. McWhinnie retired from the de- partment to accept the position of Superintendent of Tree and Moth De- partment. He had been a regular patrolman of the police department since March 19, 1935.
June 18, 1946, Reserve Officer John T. Curran was appointed a regular patrolman to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Patrolman Ernest J. McWhinnie. This appointment to take effect June 30, 1946.
July 14, 1946, Patrolman James F. Hartnett, due to physical disability, was retired. He had been a regular patrolman of the police department since May 15, 1923.
July 23, 1946, Reserve Officer William F. Hovey was appointed a regu- lar patrolman to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Patrolman James F. Hartnett.
January 17, 1946, Sergeant John M. Wenzel resumed his duties in the department after having been on leave of absence since June 2, 1944, dur- ing which time he served in the U. S. Navy.
February 10, 1946, Patrolman Charles H. Sullivan resumed his duties in the department after having been on leave of absence while in the U. S. Army.
May 2, 1946, Patrolman Henry F. Galvin resumed his duties as a reg- ular patrolman, after having been on leave of absence while in the U. S. Army.
William J. Joyce and James T. Mckeon were appointed reserve officers as of August 1, 1946.
I desire to take this opportunity to express my thanks to the Honor- able Board of Selectmen for their co-operation at all times during the past year on matters pertaining to the department.
To Mr. L. Wallace Sweetser, Committee on Police, my sincere thanks for his individual support and co-operation during the year.
To all the various town departments who have assisted and co-oper- ated with the police department during the past year and to the Wakefield Daily Item for the service they have rendered the department at various times during the year, and to all other citizens who have aided the de- partment in various ways, my sincere thanks.
I also want to extend my sincere thanks to the Lieutenant, Sergeants, all members of the department and to the special officers and to my sec- retary, Miss Dorothy McGrail, my thanks for the faithful discharge of their duties at all times during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN G. GATES,
Chief of Police.
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REPORT OF CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
Report of Chief of Fire Department
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
January 1, 1947 Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my Annual Report of the Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1946, with the total number of alarms, and the losses on same as near as is possible to obtain.
APPARATUS
There are at present 10 pieces of apparatus in this department, and are as follows:
One Triple Combination purchased from the Seagrave Corporation and put in service October 28, 1938. This piece of apparatus designated as En- gine 3 is of the covered type and represents the latest type of pumping en- gine. It is equipped with a 750 gallon centrifugal type pump, 100 gallon booster tank, 250 feet of 34 inch hose, 1,250 feet of 21/2 inch hose, ladders, smoke masks, 2 fog nozzles for combatting gasoline and oil fires, 3 shut-off type nozzles, 4 types of extinguishers, salvage covers, first aid kit, plus much other equipment necessary to bring this unit up to an efficient piece of ap- paratus.
One Triple Combination purchased from the Seagrave Corporation and put in service July, 1924. This piece of apparatus is equipped with a 750 gallon type centrifugal pump, 1,250 feet of 21/2 inch hose, 200 feet of 34 inch hose, 80 gallon booster tank, 2 types of cellar pipes, salvage covers, stretcher, smoke masks, 3 types of extinguishers, 2 fog nozzles for oil and gasoline fires, shut-off type nozzles, ladders, first aid kit, and much other equipment.
One Double-bank type 75 foot aerial ladder truck purchased from the Seagrave Corporation and put in service December, 1928. This piece of apparatus carries 379 feet of ladders, 80 gallon booster tank, 300 feet of 3/4 inch hose for booster line, booster pump, life net, salvage covers, stretcher, 2 oxygen type smoke masks for heavy concentrations of smoke and gases, 3 cannister type smoke masks, 1 portable Baker water gun, several types of cellar pipes, water gun mounted on aerial ladder with 3 inch hose attached, oxygen tank for resuscitation work, and other necessary equipment.
One Triple Combination of the enclosed body type put in service in December, 1941, replacing the old Pierce-Arrow car which had reached an unreliable state. This piece of apparatus is equipped with a booster pump, 300 feet of $4 inch hose, 145 gallon water tank, 1,500 feet of 11/2 inch hose, 2 types of nozzles, pump tanks for grass and brush fire use, shovels, brooms, first aid kit, and other necessary equipment.
: One Pierce-Arrow Combination put in service in 1927. Equipment con- sists of 1,000 feet of 21/2 inch hose, 200 feet of 4 inch hose for .booster line; .
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booster tank, booster pump, ladders, axes, extinguishers, pump tanks, de- luge set, 1,100 gallon water gun mounted, first aid kit, shovels, bars and other equipment. This machine is used mainly to replace such other pieces of hose carrying equipment as may be out of commission for repairs.
One Dodge Chief's Car purchased in 1939 replacing a 1929 Buick which had outlived its usefulness. This car carries extra oxygen bottles for re- suscitation work, first aid supplies, P & Q door opener, 2-way radio on the same wave length as the police radio, and other equipment that has proved to be a valuable asset to the department's equipment.
One Triple Combination stationed at the Engine 2 station in Green- wood and purchased from the Seagrave Corporation in 1929. This piece of apparatus is equipped with a 600 gallon centrifugal type pump, 80 gallon booster tank, 200 feet of 34 inch hose for booster line, 1,350 feet of 21/2 inch hose, ladders, axes, nozzles, smoke masks, cellar pipe, salvage covers, and other equipment.
One Pierce-Arrow sedan type hose carrying piece of equipment desig- nated as Auxiliary 1 and which was put into service in 1942 to serve as an auxiliary piece for defense purposes. This piece of equipment is carrying 1,000 feet of 11/2 inch hose, pump tanks, axes, nozzles and other equipment.
Two Trailer type pumping engines which were purchased from the Of- fice of Civilian Defense. These units are equipped with 400 feet of 21/2 inch hose, 200 feet of 11/2 inch hose, pump tanks, nozzles and much other neces- sary equipment.
During the year this department purchased an E & J Resuscitator In- halator and Aspirator, a combination of three instruments each of which serves a distinctly important part in emergency lifesaving and is immed- iately available by the three-way movement of a single lever. The resus- citator gently inflates and deflates the patient's lungs with controlled posi- tive and negative pressures, the inhalator is used for simple respiratory distress, and the aspirator to withdraw fluids from the patient's throat. This has proved to be a valuable piece of equipment. In near future a micro at- tachment should be purchased so that the machine would be available to work on two persons at the same time.
During the year this department has responded to 586 alarms divided as follows: 131 Box Alarms and 455 Still Alarms.
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