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Article Thirty-nine:
On motion of Ralph H. Gilbert, Voted; That the Town appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 for the purchase, by the Water Commissioners, of equipment consisting of an air compressor, paving breaker and tools; said equipment to be available for other town departments.
Article Forty:
On motion of Ralph H. Gilbert, Voted: That the Town authorize the Water Commissioners to dispose of the buildings on the two parcels of land at Little South Pond acquired in accordance with the vote of the Town at its last annual meeting, as the Water Commissioners see fit, including the right to grant to the former owners the privilege of removing the same.
On motion of James T. Frazier, Voted: To adjourn.
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REPORT OF ADVISORY AND FINANCE COMMITTEE ON THE ARTICLES IN THE TOWN WARRANT
MARCH 27, 1943
The Advisory and Finance Committee acted as a full body this year with the exception of two who are doing war work and were therefore unable to attend.
Our first duty was to act on the request for a 10% increase in salaries and a set 75ยข per hour for labor. Due to the greatly increased cost of living and the loss of employees to war work, we should try to keep the present town employees, if possible. We therefore figured the budget on this increased basis.
We carefully checked the expenditures of all depart- ments and cut the amounts asked for by only that amount where the department could still give full service for the Town.
Under Article 14. Appropriation for the employ- ment of District Nurse. We felt that in order to keep the present nurses they should be entitled to an increase in pay, as they are classed as regular town employees, and we have asked that the Town appropriate $2,500. instead of $2,000.
Under Article 13. Shellfish Protection. As no one is now employed in this department and no seed clams are available we recommend no appropriation.
Under Article 19. Purchase of War Bonds from Excess and Deficiency Funds. We feel that $20,000., which is about ten per cent of these funds, should be invested in War Bonds. In our opinion it is not the function of the
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Town to tax the property owners for this purpose. Appro- priated funds that cannot now be used until materials are available after the War should be used for this purpose.
Under Article 34. Use of unappropriated funds in the Town Treasury to reduce the Tax Levy. As the tax rate can be reduced without using these funds they should be kept as a reserve for the unforeseen things that may lie ahead.
Under Article 36. To cancel the lease now held by the Millar Coal Company and others. We feel that it would be in the best interest of the town to control this property as it is not now being used as a coal pier. The town would derive much more benefit, directly and indi- rectly, by maintaining the pier for fishing and docking of boats. It is possible that many of the townspeople would be employed in this manner in the next few years.
We hope that this year all Department Heads will keep in mind that no unnecessary work or buying for future needs will be done. The Federal Government has asked us to curtail and we should. Today we should act on a day-to-day basis. When normal times return we can again look into the future and anticipate those needs.
Article 5. To see what action the Town will take with regard to fixing the salaries of elected town officers.
Recommended that the salaries of elected town offi- cers be fixed as follows:
Chairman of Selectmen $726.00
Other Selectmen (each) 363.00
Chairman of Assessors 2,371.60
Other Assessors (each) 1,936.00
Town Clerk 1,980.00
Town Treasurer 1,980.00
Collector of Taxes 2,970.00
Secretary of Board of Public Welfare. 423.50
Chairman of Board of Public Welfare 50.00
Article 6. To make the necessary appropriations to defray the expenses of the Town, and for other purposes, and to raise such sums of money as the Town shall deem expedient.
Recommended by Departments Personal Services Salaries
Recommended by Committee
Expenses Other
Personal Services Salaries or
Expenses Other
Selectmen's Dept.
$4,571.50
$940.00
$4,571.50
$940.00
Accounting Dept.
4,428.00
400.00
4,428.00
400.00
Treasury Dept.
2,988.80
986.00
2,988.80
856.00
Tax Collector's Dept.
4,439.75
1,500.00
4,439.75
1,500.00
Assessors' Dept.
7,431.10
300.00
7,431.10
300.00
Law Dept.
950.00
50.00
950.00
50.00
Town Clerk's Dept.
2,988.80
190.00
2,988.80
190.00
Engineering Dept.
865.00
125.00
865.00
125.00
Planning Board
100.00
400.00
100.00
400.00
Election and Registration
1,211.00
715.00
1,211.00
715.00
Town House Maint.
946.88
1,875.00
946.88
1,875.00
Old High School Maint.
(Portion used by Town Depts.)
1,600.50
1,750.00
1,600.50
1,750.00
Town Hall Maint.
2,387.66
2,065.00
2,387.66
2,065.00
Police Dept.
45,034.56
5,795.00
45,034.56
5,795.00
Fire Dept.
48,170.75
6,985.00
48,170.75
6,185.00
Inspection of Buildings
168.00
25.00
168.00
25.00
Sealing Weights and Measures
1,322.26
900.40
1,322.26
900.40
Moth Suppression
1,647.00
3,674.13
1,647.00
3,674.13
Tree Warden's Dept.
817.00
2,173.63
817.00
2,173.63
Forest Warden's Dept.
2,643.00
1,295.00
2,643.00
795.00
Forest Fire Payrolls
1,800.00
1,800.00
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Recommended by Departments Recommended by Committee Personal Services Expenses Personal Services
Salaries
Other
Salaries or
Expenses Other
Inland Fisheries
300.00
300.00
Plymouth County Hospital Maint.
13,923.41
13,923.41
Health Dept.
6,810.35
14,265.68
6,401.60
14,265.68
Garbage Collection
522.67
8,958.40
522.67
8,958.40
Public Sanitaries
2,110.23
296.15
2,110.23
296.15
Sewers
5,655.20
3,200.00
Street Cleaning
6,280.00
5,500.00
Roads and Bridges
6,790.40
40,000.00
6,790.40
40,000.00
Fire-Proofing Highway Garage
600.00
Maint. and Resurfacing Streets
13,186.40
Hard-Surfacing Streets
11;092.00
5,000.00
Granolithic Sidewalk and Curbing
2,500.00
2,500.00
Snow and Ice Removal
11,000.00
11,000.00
Street Sprinkling
1,500.00
500.00
Street Lighting
18,000.00
18,000.00
Harbor Master
532.00
532.00
Public Welfare Dept.
9,263.53
48,895.00
9,263.53
42,050.00
Aid to Dependent Children
35,000.00
32,000.00
Old Age Assistance
3,778.40
105,000.00
3,092.00
100,610.00
Soldiers' Benefits
462.00
9,500.00
462.00
9,500.00
School Department
217,475.00
53,300.00
217,475.00
48,450.00
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Recommended by Departments Recommended. by Committee Personal Services Expenses Other Personal Services Expenses Other Salaries or Salaries
School Lunch, from Apr. 1
1,900.00
2,600.00
Park Dept.
5,516.00
6,345.00
5,516.00
5,750.00
Pensions for Town Laborers
1,144.00
1,144.00
Insurance of Town Property
5,200.00
5,200.00
Contributory Retirement System: Pension Fund
21,029.51
21,029.51
Expense Fund
470.49
470.49
Sexton
236.50
236.50
Miscellaneous Account
450.00
3,000.00
450.00
3,000.00
Water Dept. Maint.
15,265.00
22,170.00
15,265.00
22,170.00
Water Dept. Const.
1,700.00
1,700.00
Town Wharf Maint.
72.60
100.00
72.60
100.00
Town Forest Maint.
215.00
689.79
215.00
689.79
Oak Grove and Vine Hills Cemetery
2,900.00
11,000.00
2,900.00
11,000.00
Burial Hill Cemetery
2,500.00
2,500.00
Chiltonville, Manomet, Cedarville and South Pond Cemeteries
1,500.00
1,500.00
Town Debt and Interest
34,250.00
34,250.00
$411,955.24
$543,951.19
$408,960.09
$496,127.59
Total, Article 6
$955,906.43
$905,087.68
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SPECIAL ARTICLES
Requested Recommended
7. Plymouth Public Library
$9,800.00*
$9,800.00
8. Loring Library
3,560.00
3,560.00
9. Manomet Library
1,000.00
1,000.00
10. Memorial Day
400.00
400.00
11. July Fourth
100.00
100.00
12. Mosquito Control
500.00
500.00
13. Shellfish Protection, etc.
1,000.00
14. District Nurses
2,500.00
2,500.00
15. County Aid to Agriculture
150.00
150.00
16. Samoset Street (Chap. 90, Maint.)
3,000.00
3,000.00
17. Reserve Account:
From Excess and Deficiency
10,000.00*
10,000.00
From Reserve Overlays
5,000.00*
5,000.00
19. U. S. Bond Investment From Excess and Deficiency
50,000.00*
20,000.00
25. Two Automobiles for Police Dept.
1,500.00
1,500.00
30. Honor Roll
1,000.00
1,000.00
32. Public Safety Committee (Civilian Defense)
4,300.00
4,300.00
33. Plymouth War Price and Rationing Board Expenses
2,000.00
2,000.00
35. School Lunch Project W.P.A., to Apr. 1
1,200.00
1,200.00
37. Town Wharf Improvement
2,500.00
2,500.00
38. Water Dept., for Purchase of Land at Little South Pond
650.00
650.00
39. Water Dept., for Air Compressor and Paving Breaker
2,000.00
2,000.00
Total of Special Articles
$102,160.00
$71,160.00
*Less:
From Excess and Def. ... $60,000.00 $30,000.00
From Reserve Overlay
5,000.00 5,000.00
From Dog Tax
(Library)
1,797.01
1,797.01
66,797.01
36,797.01
Amount of Special Articles from Tax Levy
$35,362.99
$34,362.99
Add: Article 6 from Tax Levy
955,906.43
905,087.68
Total Appropriations from Tax Levy
$991,269.42
$939,450.67
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Article 7. To take such action as the Town shall see fit in aid of the Pymouth Public Library.
Recommended appropriation of $9,800.00, including the Dog Tax of $1,797.01.
Article 8. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of three thousand five hundred and sixty (3,560) dollars, to be expended by the Plymouth Public Library for the Loring Library.
Recommended appropriation of $3,560.00.
Article 9. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding one thousand (1,000) dollars in aid of the Manomet Public Library.
Recommended appropriation of $1,000.00.
Article 10. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding four hundred (400) dollars for the Observ- ance of Memorial Day, said appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
Recommended appropriation of $400.00.
Article 11. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of one hundred (100) dollars for the Observance of July Fourth, said appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
Recommended appropriation of $100.00.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred (500) dollars for the purpose of maintaining during the ensuing year the mosquito control works constructed in the Town of Plym- outh, as estimated and certified to by the State Reclama- tion Board, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 112, Acts of 1931.
Recommended appropriation of $500.00.
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Article 13. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one thousand (1,000) dollars for the cultivation, propagation and protection of shellfish, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
Recommended that the Town make no appropriation.
Article 14. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of two thousand (2,000) dollars for the employment of one or more district nurses, said appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
Recommended appropriation of $2,500.00 to be ex- pended as specified in the article.
Article 15. To see what amount the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the use of the Plymouth County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture and to choose a Town Director, as provided in Section 41 and 45, Revised Chapter 128 of the General Laws, and act thereon.
Recommended appropriation of $150.00 and that a Town Director be chosen.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of three thousand (3,000) dollars for further improvement of Samoset Street, said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose.
Recommended appropriation of $3,000.00 to be used as specified in the article.
Article 17. To see if the Town will appropriate, from money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of ten thousand (10,000) dollars to the Reserve Account in the hands of the Advisory and Finance Com- mittee and will authorize the transfer of the sum of five thousand (5,000) dollars from the Reserve from Overlay- ing of Taxes to the said Reserve Account.
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Recommended appropriation of $10,000.00 from money in the Town Treasury not otherwise appropriated (Excess and Deficiency Account) and transfer of $5,000.00 from Reserve from Overlaying of Taxes, making a total of $15,000.00 for the Reserve Account.
Article 18. Will the Town set the hourly wage of all regular town employees classified as laborers at $.75 (seventy-five cents) an hour for forty hours per week and for all regular town employees classified as truck drivers at $.80 (eighty cents) an hour for forty hours per week.
Recommended that the Town so vote.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to appropri- ate the sum of fifty thousand (50,000) dollars from money in the Excess and Deficiency Funds of the Town, to be invested in United States War Bonds.
Recommended appropriation of $20,000.00 from money in the Town Treasury not otherwise appropriated (Excess and Deficiency Account) to be invested in U. S. War Bonds.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell, after first giving notice of the time and place of sale by posting such notice of sale in some convenient and public place in the Town fourteen (14) days at least before the sale, property taken by the Town under tax title procedure, provided that the Selectmen or whomsoever they may authorize to hold such public auction may reject any bid which they deem inadequate, or take any action relative thereto.
Liecommended that the Town so vote.
Article 21. To see if the Town will authorize the School Committee to sell to the United States Govern-
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ment, if and when requested by the War Production Board, school typewriters, and approve the sale of type- writers heretofore made to the Government by said Com- mittee.
Recommended that the Town so authorize the School Committee and approve such sale.
Article 22. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to execute and deliver to Mrs. Eleanor M. Bradford a deed conveying to her a small triangular shaped piece of land on the westerly side of Oak Street and being parcel "A" as shown on a plan entitled, "Plan showing proposed exchange of land between Town of Plymouth and Eleanor M. Bradford, Sept, 1, 1942, Delano & Keith, Civil Engineers", a copy of which is on file in the office of the selectmen, being a portion of the Oak Street school house lot, in exchange for a deed from Mrs. Brad- ford conveying to the town a small triangular shaped piece of land of the same dimensions and being parcel "B" as shown on said plan.
Recommended that the Town so vote.
Article 23. To see if the Town will accept section 120a of Chapter 94 of the General Laws relative to addi- tional fees to be paid by holders of licenses to carry on the business of slaughtering neat cattle, sheep or swine.
Recommended that the Town vote to accept section 120a of Chapter 94 of the General Laws, which reads as follows :- "A town which accepts this section may, in addition to the annual fee under section one hundred and nineteen or one hundred and twenty for a license to carry on the business of slaughtering neat cattle, sheep or swine, require the payment by the licensee of a further fee of not exceeding one dollar for each animal slaughtered under such license, but such further fee shall not be re- quired for any animal slaughtered under federal inspec-
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tion. Additional fees provided for under this section shall be paid to the town treasurer at such times and in such manner as the Selectmen by vote determine. This section shall not apply to cities."
Article 24. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Health to appoint a member of said board physician to the board, the salary of the appointee to be fixed by the Town at $600 per annum.
Recommended that the Town so authorize the Board of Health, and fix the salary at $600.00 per annum.
Article 25. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1500) for the purchase of two (2) new automobiles for the Police Department to replace the two that are now in service.
Recommended appropriation of $1,500.00 for purchase of two automobiles for the Police Department to replace the two that are now in service.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to increase the term of the Office of the Tax Collector, Town Clerk and Town Treasurer, to three years, as provided for by the General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 41, Section 1, or take any action relating thereto.
(Request of H. K. Bartlett and Harold W. Baker)
Recommended that the Town vote to increase the term of the office of Tax Collector, Town Clerk and Town Treasurer, to three years.
Article 27. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to control, regulate or prohibit the taking of eels, and any or all kinds of shellfish or sea worms within the borders of the town of Plymouth and such other authority as is provided in Section 52 of Chapter 130 of the General Laws, as inserted therein by Chapter 598 of the Acts of 1941, or take any action in relation thereto.
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Recommended that the Town vote to so authorize the Board of Selectmen.
Note: A recodification of the shellfish laws, in 1941, appears to require a favorable vote by the Town, on this and on the following Article 28, to assure the Select- men that such authority previously voted to them by the Town cannot be questioned.
Article 28. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to issue licenses for private shellfish grants in accord with the provisions of Section 57 of Chapter 130 of the General Laws, as inserted therein by Chapter 598 of the Acts of 1941, or take any action in relation thereto.
Recommended that the Town so vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen.
Article 29. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to request the State Director of Accounts to audit the books of the Town annually in accordance with Section 35 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws.
Recommended that the Town vote to so authorize the Board of Selectmen.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to erect an honor roll for those serving with the Armed Forces of the United States from Plymouth in World War II, and appoint a Committee of ten members to secure data for same, and appropriate the sum of one thousand (1,000) dollars to defray the expenses.
Recommended appropriation of $1,000.00 for an Honor Roll for those serving with the Armed Forces of the United States from Plymouth in World War II, and appointment of a committee.
Article 31. To see if the Town of Plymouth will accept, approve and put into operation the provisions of the General Laws of Massachusetts, Chapter 147, Section
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16B, as amended by the Acts of 1938, Chapter 426, Section 2, the provisions of which are as follows:
Except in Boston, members of the police department of every town which accepts this section by vote of the town, whether or not section fourteen, fifteen, sixteen or sixteen A has theretofore been operative therein, shall be excused from duty for one day out of every six without loss of pay. (1938, 426, S2 approved June 16, 1938)
(By petition of Amedeo O. Collari et als.)
Recommended that the Town take no action under Article 31.
Article 32. To see what amount the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the use of the Plymouth Committee on Public Safety, said appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
Recommended appropriation of $4,300.00. This is the amount of the revised budget presented to the Advisory and Finance Committee by the Committee on Public Safety.
Article 33. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of two thousand (2,000) dollars for the Plymouth War Price and Rationing Board No. 249, said appropria- tion to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
Recommended appropriation of $2,000.00.
Article 34. To see what amount the Town will vote to appropriate, from money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated to reduce the 1943 tax rate of the Town of Plymouth.
Recommended that the Town take no action under Article 34.
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Article 35. To see if the Town will provide for co- operation with the Federal Government on the School Lunch Project and appropriate the sum of one thousand, two hundred (1,200) dollars therefor. Said money to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
Recommended appropriation of $1,200.00.
Article 36. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to terminate and cancel the lease and coal handling agreement made by and between the Town of Plymouth and James Millar & Company, dated October 6, 1924, as amended, and assigned to the Millar Coal & Oil Company (now the Cape Fuel Mart by change of name), upon such terms as may deem expedient.
Recommended that the Town so authorize the Board of Selectmen.
Article 37. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to make such changes and improvements in the town wharf as will, in their opinion, improve the facilities for the unloading and handling of fish and make an appropriation therefor.
Recommended that the Town so authorize the Board of Selectmen and appropriate the sum of $2,500.00 there- for, provided that our recommendation on Article 36 is accepted.
Article 38. To see if the Town will authorize the Water Commissioners to acquire by purchase or eminent domain, land on the water shed of Little South Pond, for protection of its water supply, and make an appropriation therefor.
Recommended that the Town so authorize the Water Commissioners and appropriate the sum of $650.00 therefor.
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Article 39. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) for the purchase of equipment consisting of an air compressor, paving breaker and tools, as recommended by the Water Commissioners.
Recommended appropriation of $2,000.00 for the pur- chase (by the Water Commissioners) of the equipment described in the article, said equipment to be available for other town departments.
Article 40. To see if the Town will authorize the Water Commissioners, to dispose of the buildings on the two parcels of land at Little South Pond acquired in accordance with the vote of the Town at its last Annual Meeting, as the Water Commissioners see fit, including the right to grant to the former owners the privilege of removing same.
Recommended that the Town so authorize the Water Commissioners.
Respectfully submitted,
ADVISORY AND FINANCE COMMITTEE TOWN OF PLYMOUTH
Ralph H. Gilbert, Chairman; Forlong C. Hilton, Walter E. Carr, Hugh L. Garrity, Harold W. Gould, Armelao Maccaferri, George C. Peterson, Lester W. Thurber, Alfred R. Cross, Robertson C. Damrell, Walder J. Engstrom, E. Fiske Mabbett, John Petrell, Jr.
Mr. Garrity recorded as voting in the negative on the reduction of appropriation for Public Welfare in Article 6.
Attested: Elmer R. Harlow, Secretary.
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ANNUAL REPORT of the Board of Selectmen
For the Year Ending December 31, 1943
We find very little of special interest to write in our report to you for the year 1943. It has been an unus- ually quiet year, and no special appropriations were received and none are being recommended for 1944. All the departments under the jurisdiction of the Board have carried on their usual functions with ef- ficiency that the town might well be proud of. Some of the departments have experienced difficulties in getting sufficient labor to carry on, but not to the ex- tent that we had anticipated.
The success in all the branches of our Government, insofar as the conduct of the war is concerned, has made it possible for the town to eliminate a great many of the expenses, brought about by the Defense Pro- gram. The Defense Committee saved considerable of their appropriation from last year, so that they are only asking the town to appropriate an additional $500.00 to continue their work for the year 1944.
We are now able to purchase more materials for the maintenance of highways and sidewalks. The Fi- nance Committee has approved all our recommenda- tions and we earnestly hope that the town will concur with them, as a great many of our streets are badly in need of repair. A great deal of this damage, on the secondary roads, has been brought about by the heavy vehicles used by the Army. We have reason to believe
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that the Federal Government will make liberal con- tributions towards repairs.
The Board is requesting bids for changes to the Town Wharf, so as to make it more adaptable to the use of fishermen, as we believe they should be encour- aged in their work.
We have received few complaints from licensed establishments, and in every case they were minor.
Inspection of the various department headquarters has been made, and all were found in good order and repair.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES A. WHITE, HOWARD M. DOUGLAS,
JAMES T. FRAZIER, JOHN A. ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM H. BEEVER,
Board of Selectmen.
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
Town Clerk
of the
Town of Plymouth
Marriages - Births - Deaths
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For the Year Ending December 31, 1943
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN PLYMOUTH 1943
Jan. 1. Alfred Amedeo Volta and Ruth Holmes, both of Plymouth.
Jan. 1. Joseph Fratus of Plymouth and Amanda Ro- wena Randall of Kingston, Mass., married in Plymouth.
Jan. 2. Francis C. Ortolani of Plymouth and Ruth E. Rogers of Jamaica Plain, Mass., married in Boston, Mass.
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