Town annual report of the officers of the town of Plymouth, Massachusetts for the year ending 1941, Part 21

Author: Plymouth (Mass.)
Publication date: 1941
Publisher: Plymouth [Mass.] : Avery & Doten
Number of Pages: 956


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Patrick Kelley and Ann Keough


Jun. 2 Stillborn Stillborn


2


3 Andrew Grozinger (Died in Tewksbury)


5


Louisa Ellis


Kane


30 Min.


12 Bronchial Pneumonia Premature Birth


8 9 13


Jenny E. Chandler


85


3


3


21 Cerebral Hemorrhage


13 Elmer K. Bumpus


24


8


1 Accidental Drowning


20 Emma Calzolari


67 11 9 Coronary Occlusion Hydrocephalus 16


22 Joan E. Smith


22 Esther Rice (Died in Boston)


53


- Coronary Occlusion


23


Francis J. Heavens


83 4


Senility


Figuerido


Jul.


Martha Thornhill


82 11 26 Carcinoma of Stomach


79


10 3


Generalized Arterio-Sclerosis James Ferguson and Katherine Cunning- ham


4 Luzetta S. Nightingale


83 5


7 Acute Hemorrhage from Digestive Tract


5 Wilbur Smith (Died in Kingston) 58


3 28


6 Elizabeth L.Cushman


82


21


Acute Coronary Thrombosis Cerebral Embolism


9 Steve R. Estock


19


4 16 Gunshot Wound of Head (Accidental)


10 Thelma B. Stratford (Died in New Rochelle, N. Y.


33


7 25


Peritonitis


Harrison Milburn and Rose Brooks John J. Murray and Jane Smith


10 John J. Murray


68


11 5


Chronic Myocarditis


11 Elizabeth Holmes


89


2


17 Arterio-Sclerotic Heart DiseaseJohn A. Rogers and -


11 Mary C. Salgado


60


3


10


Carcinoma of Left Breast


14 George H. Blanchard


74


7


26 Valvular Heart Disease


15 Rose Basler


80


14 Carcinoma of Stomach


15 Thomas L. Grassie


74


5


26 Automobile Accident


20 Paul Cavicchi


70


20 Coronary Thrombosis


20 Catherine Druckenbrod


81


-


73


6


3 Coronary Thrombosis Coronary Thrombosis


68


5


4 7 Coronary Occlusion


George Grozinger and Wilhelmina Bach Frederick Dittmar and Elizabeth Schiel Thomas Kane and Sybil Clarke


Seth Mehurin and Nancy Hiram W. Chandler and Abigail Peterson Peter Ferioli and Mary Branchini Horace Bumpus and Dora Spinney Peter Borghi and Albina Pedrazzi Bertram Smith and Florence Tinker Hyman Skulsky and Rose


and


Antone S. Figuerido and Virginia Wiles Arthur Moulton and Martha


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Seth E. Swift and Martha Swift Charles Smith and Cornelia Manchester John D. Manter and Jeanette Burgess


Steve J. Estock and Anna M.


Joseph Correa and Umbelina Carvalho George A. Blanchard and Lucy B. Morton Joseph Metz and Mary Smith


Thomas Grassie and Frances Goulart Sebastian Cavicchi and Mariana Gallerani George Strassel and


21 Edgar F. Bliss (Died in Topsham, Vermont 21 John F. Rich 24 Archille Baratta


54


2


Frederic C. Bliss and Hannah Crosby John P. Rich and Charlotte Carr Antonio Baratta and Filomena Baratta


6 6 Stillborn Rosella Harlow


81


2


15


Arterio-Sclerosis Cerebral Embolism


Ralph Ferioli


62


8


2 2 Premature Birth


26 1 1 Samuel Ferguson (Died in Taunton)


68 81


-


10 9 Staphylococcus Sepsis


1 Carcinoma of Caecum


DEATHS REGISTERED IN PLYMOUTH IN 1942-Continued


Date


Name


Y.


Age M. D. Cause of Death


Name of Parents


27 Addie S. Leland 28 Lewis J. Wood


68


11


5 Arterio Sclerotic Heart DiseaseJohn Wood and Clara Wardwell


28 Eleanor Donelli (Died in


68


10 8 Broncho-Pneumonia


Tewksbury)


65


69 11 17


2 22 Coronary Occlusion Congestive Heart Disease


Allen Bradford and Ida S. Strand Felix Spitz and Leopoldina Taussig


Aug. 3 Ida M. Bradford 3 Laura Wilkinson . . 4 Stillborn


9 Mary Vecchi (Died in Boston)


30


1


10 23 Cardio-Vascular Renal Disease Sid C. Besse &


16


Antone S. Mascarenhas


74


7


3 Toxemia


20 George W. Weiffenbach


47


3


3


21 Lizzie F. Morton


82


6 15


Cerebral Embolism


22


Harrison D. Smith (Died in Peterborough, N. H. Fred Dittrich


30


1 28


Coronary Thrombosis


60


4 12


Coronary Thrombosis


22


27 Stillborn


68


5


2 Cancer of Bladder Acute Bronchitis


31


Lizzie S. Churchill


78


5 1 Rectal Carcinoma


Sept. 1 Grace M. Whiting


72


6


74


88


9


29 Cardiac Decompensation


3 Henry P. Dries


53


4


13 Tuberculosis of Lungs


James Correira (Died in Hanson) 36


9


2 Tetanus


8 Sarah Loft


82 79


7


4


Duodenal Ulcer


12 Mary A. Barnes


94


-


19 Louis Ottino


70


3


- Papilloma of Bladder


21- Elmer W. Hathaway


85


11


27 Cerebral Embolism


21 Mary A. Walsh


71


10


23 Hypertensive Heart Disease


47


4


20 Coronary Occlusion


Alan D. Smith and Almeda Beckman Fred Dittrich and Sapps


and.


27 Nellie F. Lord


28 Catherine Leonardi


76


Mariano Suffritti and David O. Harvey and Hannah S. Barrows


William S. Hadaway and Lucy Finney William Coleman and Julia Driscoll Jacob Stover and Nancy Fuller Henry Dries and Elizabeth Schaeffer John F. Clifford and Annetta Riley Antonio Mendes and Mary Correia Joseph Vierra and Allen Beever and Anne Cartwright


5 6 6 Joseph Vierra (Died in Boston) 60


1 16 Chronic Myocarditis


and


8 John Whitehead


19 Carcinoma of Sigmoid Coronary Occlusion Coronary Thrombosis 16


1 Mary A. Lyons


2 Elizabeth J. Eastman


John S. Clifford (Died in Hanson) 36


7


7 14 Tuberculosis of Lungs


Andrew Blanchard and Sylvia Wood James Ottino and Teresa Vaccha George Hathaway and Eliza Nelson Martin Connors and Charles F. Cook and Emma I. Rickard


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22 Elmer F. Cook


13


2 - Cerebral Thrombosis


Clato Vecchi and Margaret Longo Clifton Brenner and Leslie Morrison


13 Gretchen B. Weir


74


10 Coronary Thrombosis


13 George A. Besse


Jesse Mascarenhas and Mary Almeida


Epidermoid Carcinoma of LungGeorge Weiffenbach and Mary Finn William Morton and Elizabeth Gibbs


62


8


2 Carcinoma of Gall Bladder


Nehemiah R. Nickerson and Hattie Eldridge


18 Myocarditis


Natale Ruffini and Virginia Dinti


·


30 Dorkias R. Nickerson


82


5


-


Oct. 1 Andrea Busi 4 Annie C. Akeley


66


9


29


Carcinoma of Lung


64


8


4


Coronary Thrombosis Cerebral Hemorrhage


5 Rose Tavares


72


9


27


9 Thomas J. Keough


70


5


14 Shock from Burns


9 Albert A. Nightingale


83


7


5


Congestive Heart Failure


10 Theresa Jenness


76


4 25


Chronic Myocarditis


12


Violet F. Coffin (Died in Wash- ington, D. C. Edwin V. Livesey


55


Cancer of Lung


72


1


7 Coronary Occlusion


14 William H. O'Brien


75


2


23 Congestive Heart Failure


16 Ada M. Damon


81


2


7


Arterio-Sclerotic Heart DiseaseGeorge B. Beal and Mary A. Galvin


17 Martha C. Johnson


38


22


Cancer of Cervix Uteri


Charles G. Churchill and Lizzie S. Harvey


20 Peter Smith


84


2


3


Cardio-Vascular Renal DiseasePeter Smith and Mary Stemler


22


Stella Danti


56


7


27


Carcinoma


24 Andrew L. Cassella


44


9 26


Coronary Occlusion


26 27 30


- Tavernelli (Died in Boston) Archile J. Tache


67


6


17


Carcinoma of Rectum


Fred Alden


72


7


24


Coronary Sclerosis


31


Augusto Atti


52


2


22


Asphyxiation by Suspension


68


10


Coronary Thrombosis


Alonzo Edwards and Sophronia William B. Burt and Priscilla Holmes


2 Charles E. Burt


67


3


3


Congestive Heart Failure


8 Lillian A. Downie


67


6


25


Arterio-Sclerotic Heart Disease Nathan Crowell and Susanna Swain


8 Mary E. Bartlett


66


9


9


Addison's Disease


10 Katherine A. McCormack


73


1


5 Cerebral Hemorrhage


Herbert Morrisey and Alma F. Morton Alexander McDonald and Margaret Mont- gomery


11 Catherine McCallum (Died in Boston)


64


18


Carcinoma of Colon Pulmonary Tuberculosis Carcinoma of Stomach


John Ley and Alice Lewis John Cabral and Antonette Almeida William Magee and Susan Simmons


14 Arthur T. Magee


72


7 27


66


1


17


95


80


2 22


18 Sarah A. Mitchell


71


4 13 Intestinal Obstruction


Thomas Lahey and Ellen Butler Michael Earles and Margaret Quinlan Daniel Butler and Eliza Hathaway James Lee and Ellen Jelliot


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Nov.


Blood


8 Hours 63


Prematurity


10 22


27 Charles E. Douglas


87


2


29 Right Hemiplegia Carcinoma of Sigmoid


Herbert Blood and Arlene Lord


Arterio-Sclerotic Heart DiseasePatrick Courtney and Catherine Reagan


Nathan K. Douglas and Angeline Thrasher and Joseph Busi and Maria Balboni William Williams and Jane Watson Antone Rebello and Marianna Aires Thomas Keough and Margaret Cuniff Stanton Nightingale and Evaline Cobb Martin Harrigan and Rebecca Brackett


12


Joseph Foster, and Catherine Twomey Thomas Livesey and Mary Gallimore William O'Brien and Ann Milett


Vincent Bernagozzi and Annunziata Gotti Anthony Cassella and


18


Spinal Meningitis


and Mary Tavernelli Frank Tache and Marceline Ranquette Samuel F. Alden and Lizzie Foster Gaetano Atti and Judith Resea


2 Sadie B. Carnes


13 Sylvia S. Cabral (Died in Hanson) 22


29


14 Thomas J. Lahey (Died in Denver, Col.) Bridget Dolan 18 Willard C. Butler


7 Cerebro-Vascular Accident General Arterio-Sclerosis Carcinoma of Scrotum


24 26 Anna E. Courtney


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DEATHS REGISTERED IN PLYMOUTH IN 1942-Continued


Date


Name


Age Y. M. D.


Cause of Death


Name of Parents


19


Nora Peck (Died in Quincy)


60 3 18 1 Hour ,


Cardio Renal Disease Cerebral Hemorrhage Coronary Sclerosis


and Robert F. Proffetty and Louise Nicoli Joseph Furtado and


27 Celso Cavicchi


59


11 27


Lobar Pneumonia


and


27 Cecile Griswold


59 4 13


Cerebral Hemorrhage


28 Jeanette Zall (Died in Boston) 36


28


William R. McLean (Died in Boston)


34 6 18


Smoke Inhalation


George R. McLean and Harriet Brown


28 Howard Smallwood (Died in Boston)


29


6 27 Smoke Inhalation


Dec. 2 Isabel H. Keene


76 - 3 23


Cancer of Bowel


5 Mary L. McGee


75


3


16


7


Henry S. West


67


5


7


12 Cibelene F. Pina


55


1 23 Coronary Occlusion


12 Katherine Mansfield


83


1


15 Chronic Myocarditis


13 Daniel A. DeVine


82 8 1


79


29 Coronary Occlusion


17 Dorothy A. Sherwood


68


4


8


Carcinoma of Liver


19 Beatrice M. Briggs


58


2


20 Acute Pulmonary Edema


19 Warrick H. Cleveland


75


9


4


Carcinoma of Prostate


66


1


10


Cerebral Hemorrhage


21 John Rogers 22 Charles A. Garvin (Died in Brockton)


80


4


10 Arterio-Sclerosis


23 Victor Morini


42


3


8


24 Charlianna A. Bent


81


2


-


67


5 3 Coronary Heart Disease 12 Cerebral Embolism 6


31 Virginia Guerra 31 Charles Butler


50


44 3 Broncho Pneumonia 27


Carl Leidloff and Elvina Landersen Flemino Bianchi and Cellania Bregoli Granville Butler and Serlina Williams


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Patrick DeVine and Mary Greeley Simeon Emond and Matilda Cote Augusta Sherwood and Marietta Todd Gideon D. Miner and Susan B. Sheldon Charles E. Cleveland and Sarah J. Reese Jesse Rogers and Filomena Souza


Charles A. Garvin and Mary Dexter Vincent Morini and Josephine Cocchi


Suffocation-Accidental


Cardio-Vascular Renal DiseaseCharles L. Jones and Hannah C. Harvey


27 Carl Leidloff (Died in Providence, R. I.)


William Smallwood and Frances Fogarty


George H. Tucker and Ann F. Whiting


Generalized Arterio Sclerosis Joseph Thomas and Louisa Dodge Cerebral Hemorrhage John E. West and Margaret Smith Manuel Pina and Mary Perez Thomas O'Connor and Mary O'Brien


8 Cerebral Hemorrhage & Ex- posure


15 Arthur Emond


Frank Blaisdell and Annie Bennett Harold Hurwitz and Anna


- - Smoke Inhalation


23 -- Proffetty


24 Mary Lima


88


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SUMMARY


BIRTHS, 1942


Number Registered, 327, of which 101 were non-residents.


Males


181


Females 146


327


MARRIAGES, 1942


Number Registered 178


DEATHS, 1942


Number of deaths registered, 213, of which 39 were non- residents, and 33 died out of town, burial taking place in Plymouth.


There have been issued from the Town Clerk's Office for the year 1942, licenses as follows:


Resident Citizen's Fishing Licenses 592


Resident Citizen's Hunting Licenses 252


Resident Citizen's Sporting Licenses


203


Resident Citizen's Minor and Female Licenses


103


Resident Citizen's Minor Trapping Licenses


3


Resident Citizen's Trapping Licenses


4


Resident Citizen's Sporting (FREE) Licenses


79


Special Non-Resident Fishing Licenses


10


Non-Resident Citizen's Fishing Licenses


2


Non-Resident Citizen's Hunting Licenses 1


Duplicate Licenses 8


Male Dog Licenses 724


Female Dog Licenses 305


Kennel Licenses 3


HERBERT K. BARTLETT,


Town Clerk.


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REPORT OF AN AUDIT OF THE ACCOUNTS OF THE TOWN OF PLYMOUTH


THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATIONS AND TAXATION


DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS


To the Board of Selectmen:


Mr. James A. White, Chairman Plymouth, Massachusetts


Gentlemen:


I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Plymouth for the period from April 14, 1938, to October 10, 1942, made in accord- ance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Herman B. Dine, Assistant Director of Accounts.


Very truly yours, THEODORE N. WADDELL Director of Accounts


TNW:MC


Mr. Theodore N. Waddell 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 Plymouth for the period from April 14, 1938, the date of the previous examination, to October 10, 1942, and submit the following report thereon:


The financial transactions, as recorded on the books of the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the town or committing bills for collection, were ex- mined, checked, and reconciled with the town account- ant's records.


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The books and accounts in the town accountant's office were examined and checked in detail. The general and appropriation ledger accounts were analyzed and proved. The recorded receipts were compared with the treasurer's cash book, while the payments, as entered, were checked with the treasurer's cash book and with the treasury war . rants.


The appropriations, transfers, and loans authorized, as recorded on the ledger, were checked with the town clerk's record of town meetings and with the records of the advisory committee.


The necessary adjusting and correcting entries result- ing from the audit were made, and a balance sheet, which is appended to this report, was prepared showing the fi- nancial condition of the town on October 10, 1942.


It was noted that in 1941 a transfer of $2,910.04 was made by the town accountant from the public welfare appropriation to the account for aid to dependent child- ren, in which connection attention is called to the fart that no authority exists to transfer funds from one appro- priation to another except by town meeting vote.


The assessors' computations of the tax rates were ex- amined and checked to the ledger accounts and it was noted that in some instances appropriations by the town from available funds after the tax rates were fixed were not included in the aggregate amount to be raised in the following year. Attention is called, in this connection, to Section 23, Chapter 59, General Laws, the provisions of which should be complied with strictly when fixing the tax rate.


The books and accounts of the town treasurer were ex- amined and checked. The recorded receipts were an- alyzed and compared with the accountant's ledger, with departmental records, and with other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury, while the pay- ments were checked with the selectmen's warrants auth- orizing the disbursement of town funds.


The cash book footings were verified and the cash bal- ances on October 10, 1942, was proved by verification of


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cash in the office and by reconciliation of the bank bal- ances with statements furnished by the banks of deposit.


The recorded payments on account of maturing debt and interest were checked with the amounts falling due and with the cancelled securities and coupons on file.


The savings bank books and securities representing the trust, investment, and retirement funds in the custody of the town treasurer were examined and listed. The in- come was proved and all recorded transactions were veri- fied.


It is recommended that, in the future, all trust fund bequests be submitted to the town meeting for accept- ance; that all bequests be entered as a receipt on the treas- urer's cash book; and that treasury warrants be drawn to authorize the investment of these bequests. This pro- cedure will provide a permanent, official record of all trust fund bequests.


The records of tax titles held by the town were ex- amined and checked. The amounts added to the tax title account were compared with the collector's records, the reported redemptions and foreclosures were checked, and the tax titles on hand were listed, reconciled with the ac- countant's ledger account, and checked with the records in the Registry of Deeds:


In examining bills and pay-rolls it was noted that pub- lic welfare and old age assistance pay-rolls have been igned by one person, and that the total cash has been given to him for distribution to the several payees. It is recommended that, in the future, such payments be made directly to each recipient by the treasurer.


The books and accounts of the tax collector were ex- amined and checked in detail. The taxes outstanding at the time of the previous examination, and all subsequent commitments, were audited and proved to the warrants issued for their collection. The recorded receipts were checked with the payments to the treasurer and with the accountant's books, the abatements as recorded were compared with the assessors' records of abatements grant-


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ed, and the outstanding accounts were listed and re- conciled with the accountant's ledger accounts.


The outstanding accounts were further verified by mail- ing notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, the replies received thereto indicating that the accounts, as listed, are correct.


The work in the tax collector's office has been per- formed accurately and efficiently.


The records of licenses issued by the selectmen and the town clerk were examined and checked in detail, and the payments to the town, State, and County were verified.


The records of departmental and water accounts re- ceivable were examined and checked in detail. The re- corded receipts were checked with the payments to the treasurer and with the accountant's books, the abate- ments as recorded were compared with the records in the departments authorized to grant abatements, and the outstanding accounts were listed and reconciled with the accountant's ledger accounts.


In addition to the departments and accounts mentioned, the records of all other departments collecting money for the town were examined, checked in detail, and recon- ciled with the treasurer's and the town accountant's books.


It was noted that expenses on account of bicycle regis- trations by the police department were paid out of the fees received, which is contrary to the provisions of Sec- tion 53, Chapter 44, General Laws, which states that such fees shall be paid into the town treasury and may not be used later by the department without a specific ap- propriation therefor.


The surety bonds of the several town officials required to file them were examined and found to be in proper form.


In addition to the balance sheet, there are appended to this report tables showing a reconciliation of the treasurer's, tax collector's, and water department cash,


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summaries of the tax, assessment, tax title, tax possession, departmental, and water accounts, as well as tables show- ing the transactions and condition of the trust, invest- ment, and retirement funds.


For the cooperation received from the several officials during the progress of the audit, I wish, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, to express appreciation.


Respectfully submitted, HERMAN B. DINE, Assistant Director of Accounts.


HBD:MC


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TOWN OF PLYMOUTH Balance Sheet-October 10, 1942 GENERAL ACCOUNTS


ASSETS


LIABILITIES AND RESERVES


Cash-In Bank and Office


$381,544.55


Unpaid Warrants Temporary Loans: In anticipation of Revenue 1941


$46,105.37


Accounts Receivable:


Taxes:


$100,000.00


Levy of 1935


$7.20


Levy of 1936


7.30


In anticipation of Revenue 1942


200,000.00


300,000.00


Levy of 1938


7.70


State Tax


$54,900.00


Levy of 1939


7.10


State Parks and Reservations


651.43


Levy of 1941


32,271.05


Levy of 1942


296,981.43


Tailings


85.47


$329,289.18


Sale of Real Estate


2,700.00


Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes:


Levy of 1941


$121.54


Dog Licenses


$712.20


Levy of 1942


256.64


Sale of Dogs


12.00


378.18


724.20


"Special Assessments:


Anna Spooner Gift for Beautification of Park Land


161.32


Moth 1942


86.75


Public Welfare Fund: Ellen Stoddard Donnelly Fund


$2,000.00


Tax Titles


10,047.36


Alice Spooner Fund


1,500.00


Tax Possessions


2,179.41


3,500.00


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Levy of 1937


7.40


55,551.43


Due County:


Moth 1941


$7.25


94.00


Departmental:


Health


$2,673.31


Highway


45.00


Public Welfare


9,802.61


Aid to Dependent Children


322.41


Old Age Assistance


1,552.86


1,754.00


George-Deen Fund


328.00


Military Aid


833.75


Cemetery


1,126.98


16,806.92


Aid to Dependent Children: Administration


$27.21


Rates 1938


$11.00


Rates 1939


58.59


Rates 1940


264.89


Rates 1941


1,331.72


Rates 1942


3,957.25


Labor and Material 1941 1.50


Labor and Material 1942 22.50


Unexpended Appropriation Balances Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus


4,238.52


5,647.45


Estimated Receipts-to be Collected


143,767.68


Overlays Reserved for Abatement: Levy of 1941 $4,205.17


Levy of 1942 16,089.87


20,295.04


Overdrawn Accounts:


Revenue Reserved Until Collected: Motor Vehicle Excise $378.18


Dog Officer $21.50


Joint Maintenance of Highways:


Old Age Assistance Recovery Cemetery Sale of Lots Fund Investment Fund Income $1,504.00 Post-War Rehabilitation Fund Income 250.00


462.00 5,197.74


Smith-Hughes Fund Federal Grants:


197.74


Water Department:


Aid


361.51


Old Age Assistance:


Administration 534.79


Assistance


14,201.94


15,125.45


284,712.45


Overlay Deficit: Levy of 1940 529.40


Special Assessment 94.00


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State Aid


450.00


Town, State, and County


177.11


Tax Title


10,047.36


Rationing Board-Salary


118.00


Tax Possession


2,179.41


Departmental


16,806.92


Water


5,647.45


Burial Hill


80.59


Pending withdrawals of funds income


3,795.98


$894,080.11


$894,080.11


DEBT ACCOUNTS


Net Funded or Fixed Debt


$157,500.00


Memorial Town Hall Loan Aerial Ladder Truck Loan High School Loan


$43,500.00


3,000.00


111,000.00


$157,500.00


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Oak Grove and Vine Hills Cemetery


3,398.78


35,153.32


Surplus Revenue 117,788.06


TRUST AND INVESTMENT FUNDS


Trust and Investment Funds: Cash and Securities


Francis LeBaron Poor Fund


$1,382.25


$173,803.79


Charles Holmes Poor Fund


511.31


Julia P. Robinson Poor Fund 306.78


John Murdock Poor and School Fund Nathaniel Morton Park Fund


748.36


2,050.31


Marcia E. Jackson Gates Library Fund


2,047.77


Warren Burial Hill Cemetery Fund


1,265.57


St. Joseph's Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund Phoebe R. Clifford Cemetry Fund (In Custody of State Treasurer)


200.00


Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds


143,184.26


Investment Fund


2,000.00


Post-War Rehabilitation Fund


20,000.00


$173,803.79


MUNICIPAL CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT SYSTEM


Contributory Retirement System: Cash and Securities $42,814.39 Retirement System $42,814.39


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$173,803.79


107.18


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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS AND SEWERS


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Gentlemen:


I herewith submit a report of the work done in the Street and Sewer Departments from January 1 to Decem- ber 31, 1942.


SEWERS


Fremont St.,-200 feet of the main sewer was dug up and relaid with all new pipe. The old pipe had settled and caved in stopping the flow of sewerage. A large num- ber of new services were laid with cast iron pipe in differ- ent sections of the town. Sewer mains have been dragged and tree roots removed.


STREET CLEANING


The usual work of cleaning streets was carried out. All catchbasins have been cleaned. Drain pipes have been cleaned out and broken pipes replaced.


ASPHALT SIDEWALKS


Very little work was done under this appropriation as materials for this work was frozen by the War Produc- tion Board.


A few sections of sidewalks were patched from left over material. Some sidewalks have been graded with gravel and stone dust and will be top surfaced when mat- erials are released by the W.P.B.


HARD-SURFACED STREETS


The following streets, approved by W.P.B., were re- surfaced with road tar and 1/2-inch stone, mixed-in-place, rolled and sealed: Standish Ave., No. Park Ave., 3 sec- tions of Court and Sandwich St., Standish Ave. Bridge was regraded with gravel and brought to grade to meet the present road on both ends of new construction. A surface of No. 2 stone and tar was laid over the gravel base, rolled and sealed with tar and 1/2-inch stone. Ce-


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ment curbing and sidewalks was laid on both sides of bridge with a fence placed on the back side. The side- walks were brought to grade with gravel and will be topped with a hard surface later. Sandwich Road, ap- proximately 3/4 of a mile of this road was resurfaced with 1/2-inch stone and tar, mixed-in-place and rolled. Long Pond Road, Several bad corners were widened and brought up to grade with gravel and rolled with a hard surface of tar and gravel laid 4 inches deep over the gravel base. There were other roads to be surfaced but could not be done on account of all materials being sealed for the duration of the war.


SPECIAL BUDGET


Samoset St., Chap. 90 Maint., from Plymouth to Carver Line-This road was widened from 18 feet to 20 feet and a mixed-in-place top of graved and tar was laid. The shoulders were filled with this mix to reduce the crown of the travel way to a depth of 4-6 inches with the centre of the road covered to a depth of 2 inches. This process was carried out to a distance of 21/2 miles. The other 21/2 miles of road to Royal St. was sealed with re- tread tar and sand to hold it over until this coming year. Fences were repaired and painted. Hall St., the old wood- en bridge was removed and the new layout was filled with gravel and brought up to grade. This road was built 40 feet wide and shaped for a hard surface top at a later date. The following streets were scraped and widened, · brought to grade with gravel, to be hard-surfaced later when materials are released: Birch Ave., Seven Hills Road, Carver Road and South Meadow Road.


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