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422.43
Elmer C. LeBaron
229.58
W. G. Howland & Elias
William K. Dunham 218.24
T. Averill
226.38
Fred S. Gray
269.48
Percy L. Whiting
Herman & Alyson Dewhurst
421.65
A. Eugene Finney
1,095.60
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Eunice C. Marrah
140.57
May H. Sears
342.75
John C. Schubert
279.11
Elmer E. Sherman 342.44
Edward A. Burnett
282.28 George Fox
218.28
William R. & Frances
Thaddeus F. Wasgatt
225.44
Sampson
552.08
Thaddeus F. Wasgatt (Mary A. Wasgatt lot)
103.03
William C. Chandler
337.99
George F. Bumpus 352.76
Isaac N. Stoddard
697.12
Barzilla Holmes
207.96
Helena & Joseph J.
Charles E. Douglas
340.62
Raymond
279.03
William L. French
219.72
Charles H. Robbins
698.06
Lemuel Leach
215.14
Henry E. Morrison
281.67
Hagar 223.84
Samuel E. Franc
264.13
Arthur Lord
574.64
Daniel Tong
102.99
Hanson-Eastwood
610.21
Lucy L. Nickerson
208.45
Irving L. Pratt
122.90
Anna M. Klingenhagen
152.90
G. E. Tucker Barnes
331.96
Carmen L. Carr
214.17
Neil McIntosh
428.25
Polydor H. Carlier
524.64
Sidney B. Holmes
239.68
Anton & Frieda Schatz
880.54
George F. Bagnell
727.62
Florence M. Whitmore
214.07
Frank May Souther
334.54
Susan G. Howland
335.77
Antonietta Colantonio &
Domenic Bucci 224.46
Benjamin L. Schubert
212.73
Susan E. Chandler 561.01
George Simmons, Jr.
277.83
Robert Searson
101.19
Martin B. Person
281.92
H. G. Briard
209.49
Martin B. Person, Jr.
222.02
Perkins and Drew
105.30
Jacob Sauer
204.45
Job Standish
564.57
Eugenia Gulhang
162.08
Philip Snow
210.31
Mary A. & Edgar H. Welch
521.73
Thomas S. Fogarty
203.74
Samuel H. Christie
220.31
Guy W. Cooper
483.41
Rebecca A. Hadaway
982.02
Nils A. Everett
213.52
Edith DiStefano
277.55
Charles E. Davis
212.98
Warren E. Lewis
339.48
Caroline A. Barke
326.36
Abbie A. Potter
204.97
Frank Manter
154.33
Helen B. VanBuskirk
460.38
Mary A. Small
267.76
Samuel S. Benson
215.92
Edward F. Holman
322.06
Charles S. Robbins
202.35
Charles Mahler
220.74
Alice B. Barnes
104.37
Gustave A. & Sarah
Lawrence W. Churchill, Jr.
280.33
Daniel W. Howard
215.76
Laurence B. Reed
455.02
Benjamin Whiting .
336.24
Dwight Harlow
212.98
Henry A. Sampson
221.31
Stella J. Brown
547.05
Thomas Dickson
222.17
Myles S. Weston
208.51
Henry J. Schira
280.81
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Sophia Hall
280.92
Bertha Roth
159.61
Elton P. Ellis
221.71
Anton Seigel
217.39
Lucas Cemetery
330.66
Herbert E. Gunther
230.36
Leach and Dunlap
211.42
Herman C. Harlow
216.90
Harry T. Bennett
242.94
Herbert W. Bartlett
Thomas W. Lee
103.60
flower fund
273.58
Francis and Herbert Moon
208.47
Herbert W. Bartlett
231.75
Harry R. Talbot
276.23
Thomas Hadaway
263.72
Mary N. Adams
213.73
Henry I. Seymour
262.87
Paul K. F. Ziegengeist
221.69
Frank M. Martin
231.73
John E. Jordan
227.89
Nettie C. Blockhaus
322.85
Herbert W. & Howard A. Haire
207.84
Bosworth-Sawyer 212.99
George C. Courtney
218.86
Adele C. Gregg
103.45
Irene Marmein
213.58
Annie C. Robbins
211.36
Curtis Holmes
493.14
James A. Briggs
210.52
Philip J. Mahler
332.52
Catherine Peck
208.49
Walter S. & Deborah S.
Rudolph Kalvin
207.25
Dixon
332.04
Griswold-Smithcoe
207.75
William N. Magee
211.50
Miriam W. Lawrence
414.91
Roswell B. & Annie P. Nelson
102.91
Edward S. Blackmer
519.60
Maud A. Fiske
207.85
Belle A. Luther
154.73
Sadie M. Sharp
102.82
Harriet J. Swan
100.62
Richard Holmes
208.45
Marion C. Bates
463.85
Frank L. Bailey
236.42
Antoinette L. & Theodore
Arthur E. Blackmer
206.41
Jesse 309.67
Benjamin F. Dunham, Jr. 207.70
Ethel W. Johnson
259.37
Mary B. Dunham
103.57
Edward A. Buttner
1,033.85
Albert R. Robbins
259.58
Evelyn Carney
176.95
Albert F. & Marion A.
Louise Birnstein
310.82
Ralston
209.59
Richard S. Gould
50.98
Sarah A. Ellis
206.32
Ida L. O'Connell
203.16
Elizabeth M. Foster
101.64
Robbins and Cowan
203.16
Mrs. George B. Sweeney 101.64
Esther J. Anderson
100.95
Mary Anastacio
208.49
Silvio Leonardi
205.11
Carleton S. Perkins
315.40
Helen P. Whitten
514.54
Louisa C. Sears
316.06
Helen P. Whitten flower fund 203.41
Lester W. Thurber
212.69
Bertha C. Lawday
210.01
Inez C. O'Connor (Wm.
William C. Picard
210.32
Churchill lot)
310.61
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Estelle Moore
321.15
Harold C. Bailey
256.37
Florence Brown
102.97
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James E. & Mabelle J.
Inez C. O'Connor (Fuller-
VanAmburgh 270.94
Bradford lot) 156.30
Charles J. & Nicholas J.
Hilton Walker
205.18
Stasinos 425.27
Walter H. Kendrick
201.68
Nina P. Lowry
256.49
Austin Reynolds Mosman 203.04
Marion M. & Edgar P. Westmoreland
208.72
Charles Brown 53.52
William W. Nemec
208.01
Ellen Thomas
201.89
Henry O. Davis
1,064.67
Henry Dickson 203.62
Granville E. Davis
419.70
David L. Manter
255.78
Elizabeth S. & Ario A. Karle
206.06
James Cassidy
150.50
George R. Read
204.45
Margaret Torgeson
3,000.01
Alberto C. Ransden
519.60
Philip Dries
406.66
Winslow W. Sears
209.73
Robert M. Fogarty
201.33
Chester E. Sampson
208.65
Ernest W. & Lillian E.
150.50
Esther S. Franks
437.83
Harold P. & Anna G.
Esther M. Bunker
154.97
Sears
300.99
Edith S. Morissey
1,063.03
Alice J. Hedge
125.00
Fred C. Birnstein
216.98
Mary W. Waterman
200.00
Frank L. Cooper
632.01
Eliza J. Chadwick
150.00
Helen H. Linnell
257.24
Stephen C. King
1,000.00
Robert J. Watson
203.73
Edwin Loft
250.00
Clarence D. Bradford
250.00
James A. White & Walter
Susan Hall
150.00
E. Deacon 300.00
Eugenie R. Holmes
400.00
Emerson-Rogers
500.00
James S. A. Valler
400.00
Isaac B. & Joan G. Holmes 300.00
William L. Bartlett
200.00
Arthur H. Bentley
200.00
William Lamb
200.00
Catherine Schiel
150.00
Alice M. Young
102.93
Mary E. Peirce
255.78
Alfred W. Sampson
208.65
Manter
Total Plymouth Federal Savings & Loan Association $70,712.87
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CHARLES E. HINCKLEY LOT IN CHILTONVILLE CEMETERY Brockton Savings Bank $1,000.00
ABNER & CHARLES H. LEONARD FUND People's Savings Bank 149.97
ST. JOSEPH'S CEMETERY FUND
Plymouth Savings Bank 173.51
PHOEBE R. CLIFFORD FUND
Deposited with State Treasurer 200.00
Total, Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
$301,542.92
FRANCIS LeBARON POOR FUND
Plymouth Savings Bank 1,072.50
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank 1,113.73
NATHANIEL MORTON PARK FUND
Plymouth Savings Bank 2,000.00
MURDOCK POOR AND SCHOOL FUND
Plymouth Savings Bank 730.00
CHARLES HOLMES POOR FUND
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank 824.91
JULIA P. ROBINSON POOR FUND
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank 332.85
WARREN BURIAL HILL CEMETERY FUND
Plymouth Savings Bank 1,027.16
MARCIA E. JACKSON GATES PUBLIC LIBRARY FUND Plymouth Savings Bank 1,000.00
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank 1,000.00
PHILIP JACKSON FUND
Plymouth Federal Savings and Loan Association 1,186.16
UNCLE THOMAS JACKSON PARK FUND
Plymouth Federal Savings and Loan Association 800.00
ELLEN STODDARD DONNELLY FUND
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank 2,616.87
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ALICE SPOONER FUND
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank 1,962.61
POST-WAR REHABILITATION FUND
Plymouth Federal Savings and Loan Association 1,555.29 (Appropriated 12-18-62 for Addition to Manomet School, but not yet withdrawn)
PLYMOUTH NATIONAL BANK STOCK INVESTMENT FUND
Plymouth National Bank Stock 2,000.00
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank 8,967.62
STABILIZATION FUND
Plymouth Federal Savings and Loan Association
$45,899.94
Dedham Institution for Savings
27,031.87
Danvers Savings Bank
20,374.22
Plymouth Five Cents Savings Bank
72,375.48
Beverly Savings Bank
12,907.99
Plymouth Savings Bank
23,428.76
Concord Co-operative Bank
17,991.95
Peabody Co-operative Bank
18,270.32
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank
98,601.92
Suffolk Franklin Savings Bank
55,733.03
Provident Institution for Savings
55,662.22
Wildey Savings Bank
27,449.93
Total Stabilization Fund
$475,727.63
Appropriated 12-18-62 for Addition to Manomet School
but not yet withdrawn
263,844.71
Balance
211,882.92
CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT SYSTEM FUNDS
Bonds
$456,846.14
Bank Stocks
61,244.00
Federal Savings and Loan Association
5,000.00
Savings Banks
12,000.00
Plymouth National Bank
8,673.43
Accrued interest on bonds as of Dec. 31, 1962
4,567.67
Due from Town for military service credit
290.50
$548,621.74
SCHEDULE J BORROWING CAPACITY, January 1, 1963
Valuation of 1960 Property, less abatements on $1,354,370
$36,630,355
Valuation of 1961 Property, less abatements on $1,413,379 38,553,371
Valuation of 1962 Property, less abatements on $1,225,395
39,703,980
Valuation of Motor Vehicles for 1960, less abatements
3,433,412
Valuation of Motor Vehicles for 1961, less abatements
3,741,495
Valuation of Motor Vehicles for 1962, less abatements
4,106,165
Total $126,168,778 Average Net Valuation $42,056,259
Normal Borrowing Capacity, January 1, 1963:
Outstanding Debt, January 1, 1963:
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For general purposes $2,102,813 ** General - Inside Limit $320,000
For water purposes $4,092,938
Water
$144,000
Available Borrowing Capacity, January 1, 1963 For general purposes $1,782,813 For water purposes $3,948,938 ** May be increased with approval of State Emergency Finance Board from 5% up to 10%.
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ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
Water Commissioners AND
Superintendent
OF THE
Town of Plymouth
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ED
MASSACHUSETTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31
1962
RICHARD T. ELDRIDGE
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One Hundred and Eighth Annual Report of the
Water Commissioners
The Board of Water Commissioners submits the 108th Annual Report covering the calendar year of 1962.
In this report the Commissioners are noting for the record the retirement of Richard T. Eldridge from the Board and recognizing his amazing record of participation in civic work.
Mr. Eldridge graduated from the Bryant and Stratton School of Business in 1905. Following graduation he worked in Townsend, Mass., for several years and then returned to Plymouth to accept a position in the office of the Standish Mills, in 1912, where he worked for a few months. At this time the Town established the position of Town Accountant and Richard was chosen to be the first Town Accountant for Plymouth. He held this position until 1918, when he went to work in the Accounting De- partment of the Plymouth Cordage Company and con- tinued there until retirement.
Mr. Eldridge was appointed to the Cemetery Com- mission in 1923 and was re-elected to serve continuously on this Board until 1961, or for a period of 38 years.
In 1928 Richard was appointed to the Board of Water Commissioners and has been elected back into this office continuously until 1962, when he chose to retire from active participation in Town affairs. This covered a period of 34 years, the last 25 of which he served as Secretary to the Board.
To simultaneously hold two elected public offices continuously for so many years indicates the high regard the townspeople have always had for Mr. Eldridge.
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The Commissioners further note here for the record, the gratitude of the Commission and the Town for this unparalleled career of community service.
The total rainfall during the year amounted to 49.88 inches, which is 3.15 inches more than the past 57-year average. The year ended with the water elevation at Little South Pond at 106.12 feet compared to 106.25 feet for the previous year end.
The installation of a second chlorinating unit at the Lout Pond Station was completed during the year. This provides a standby unit, which was requested by the State Department of Public Health, to provide further insurance against contaminated water entering the system.
The 500,000 gallon Braunecker storage tank off Wes- terly Route was given two coats of paint, both inside and out, during the year. This tank had not been painted since it was erected in 1954. This original paint job has stood up extremely well for nine years, which is a good recom- mendation for the type of paint used on all the Depart- ment steel storage tanks.
Receipts from the sale of water, connections to new mains, services rendered, etc., amounted to approximate- ly $135,538.00 and is roughly $25,000.00 less than was col- lected in 1961.
At the Annual Town Meetings for the past several years, petitioners have attempted to obtain Town approval for extension of the water mains in Manomet in a south- erly direction from the present terminus near Cape Cod Avenue, along the State Road to the Indian Hill area, so that Cedar Bushes, Manomet Beach, Colony Beach and Pilgrim Beach settlements could eventually expect to receive Town water. In the past the Commissioners have not recommended this costly extension. We now feel that with the increasing population in these areas, this south-
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erly extension of the water mains is imminent. There is, however, the question of what rights the Town has in some of these areas, where a private water company now has permanent easements to lay and maintain privately- owned water mains. The Commissioners have requested the assistance of Town Counsel to resolve this problem.
During the 1962 Annual Town Meeting, the Commis- sioners were authorized to obtain an engineering survey and report on a new plan for extending the water mains to the westerly area of the Town. Metcalf & Eddy com- pleted the survey and report during the summer of 1962. This new plan is a modification or alternate to the 1950 plan, in which it was proposed to extend the water mains all the way to the Carver line. The new plan is smaller in scope than the 1950 scheme and is a first step in the program of extending the water system in a westerly direction. In other words, this new plan proposes to un- dertake this expansion on a step by step, or piecemeal, attack. An article will be placed in the Annual Town Warrant to see what action the Town Meeting members will take toward initiating this westerly expansion.
Mr. James D. Harrington of Nashua, New Hampshire, has offered to present to the Town as a gift, approximately one acre of land, to be used as a site for the construction of a water storage tank. This land is just off Route 44 and about three miles westerly from Court Street. It is high ground and is one of the best locations for a water storage tank anywhere on Route 44, up to the Carver line. The Commissioners have requested the Selectmen to have prepared the necessary plans and lay-out so that this proposed gift can be presented to the Town for whatever action may be taken. The Commissioners recommend that the Town accept this gift.
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Appropriations Requested for 1963
Maintenance and Labor $80,171.00
Salaries 31,688.00
Emergencies
1,500.00
Regular Construction
5,000.00
Special Articles for 1963
New - 1-ton truck in exchange for 1957 Dodge Pickup $2,400.00
Meter Testing Equipment (for repairing and testing meters) 1,200.00
Dredge and repair Canal between Little & Great South Ponds 3,000.00
Extend water main along State Road, Manomet,
to Indian Hill and erect a 1,000,000 gal. Storage Tank 200,000.00
Extend water main on Samoset Street, Seven Hills Road and Summer Street 296,000.00
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TABLE SHOWING NEW CONSTRUCTION, LOCATION, SIZE AND COST OF PIPE AND ACCESSORIES LAID DURING THE YEAR 1962
Location
Feet
Type
Town Cost Remarks
Regular Construction:
Dwight Ave.
840 8" A.C. $980.00 840' of 8" A.C. Bought and Installed by Developer
Kenwood Acres 1840 8" A.C. 1,820.00 1460' of 8" & 380' of 6" 6" A.C. Bought and Installed by Developer
Chilton Manor 2900
8" A.C. 2,350.00 2900' of 8" A.C. Bought and Installed by Developer
Rocky Hill Road service 15 ft. deep, $192.00
Special Articles: Chapter 90 work Taylor Ave., White Horse
Beaver Dam Road
Nook Road
Bartlett Road, Manomet
3500
10" A.C.
Newfield St. 850 8" C.I.
Russell Mills Rd. Services
753.00 Lowering services and gates (Black top and Drainage) 914.00 Moving Hydrants and Services (not com- pleted, under con- struction) 190.00 Gate Boxes. Not com- pleted. Drainage and Sewer 24,649.00 (under construction) 5,704.57 (completed) 438.19 (Repairs to Bridge and Trench completed)
Respectfully submitted,
PETER R. BILLEY, Chairman BENJAMIN B. BREWSTER, Secretary DANIEL F. MULCAHY ARTHUR ADDYMAN DEXTER M. BROOKS Board of Water Commissioners THEODORE BRINK
Superintendent
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SUMMARY OF STATISTICS
(Published by request of the New England Water Works Association, Plymouth, Mass., Water Works.) Population, 14,450. (Summer population, 15,250, accord- ing to Selectmen's estimate.) Date of construction, 1855.
By whom owned, Town. Source of Supply, Great and Little South Ponds, Manomet Well and Lout Pond Well.
Mode of supply, Pumping.
PUMPING
Builders of pumping machinery, Fairbanks-Morse, Dem- ing, Warren and Morris electric.
Pumpage for the year:
Lout Pond Pumping, (electric) 450,158,000 gals.
Lout Pond Deep Well electric) 114,831,500 gals.
Manomet Deep Well (electric) 28,478,200 gals.
Total Pumping 593,467,700 gals. (Note: New High Service (electric) , 54,228,500 gals. RE-PUMPED.)
Average static head, 94.0 feet.
Average dynamic head, 103.0 feet. Number K.W.H. consumed:
Lout Pond Station 288,640
Manomet Deep Well
26,220
Total K.W.H. pumping
314,860
Number K.W.H. RE-PUMPING
63,500
Total K.W.H. Consumption
378,360
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STATISTICS OF CONSUMPTION OF WATER
Population, 14,450. (Summer population, 15,250, accord- ing to Selectmen's estimate.)
Estimated population on pipe line, 12,500.
Estimated population supplied, 12,500.
Total consumption for the year, 593,467,700 gallons.
Average daily consumption, 1,625,939 gallons.
Gallons per day to each inhabitant, 112.
Gallons per day to each tap, 321
STATISTICS RELATING TO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM Kind of Pipe, Cement lined sheet iron, Cement lined cast iron Asbestos cement.
Sizes, From 2-inch to 30-inch.
Extended, 1-mile, 4,650 feet.
Discontinued, 850 feet.
Total now in use, 91 miles, 4,600 feet.
Cost to repair per mile, $19.83.
Number of leaks per mile, 0.22.
Small distribution pipe less than 4-inch, 4-miles, 1,530 feet.
Hydrants now in use, 551 public and 79 private.
Stop gates added, 33. Discontinued, None. Number now in use, 1,328.
SERVICES
Kind of pipe, Lead, Cement lined galvanized and Copper tubing.
Sizes, from three-quarter inch to six inch.
Total now in use, 15 miles, 819 feet.
Service taps added, 65, Discontinued, 4.
Total now in use, 5,056.
Average length of service, 19 feet. Average cost per service, $70.00.
Meters added, 88. Number now in use, 4061. Percentage of services metered, 80.3%.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Board of Selectmen
OF THE
Town of Plymouth
MASSACHUSETTS
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FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31
1962
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN
The Board of Selectmen has worked diligently to carry out its obligations to the best of their ability and is appreciative of the cooperation of all Town Commit- tees, Boards and Departments.
The Selectmen held numerous hearings on street lay- outs which the Town will be asked to accept as town ways.
Much time and energy has been spent by your Board and the Highway Superintendent on improving snow plowing and snow removal. We believe that the addi- tional and heavier equipment purchased has shown much progress on this problem and better results now and in the future can be expected.
We also feel that the program of street surfacing is progressing nicely and with an extra grant of funds from the State in 1963, a real improvement will be shown as more streets will receive the attention they need.
The shore protection program that has been delayed has finally begun to develop. A recent visit to the Divi- sion of Waterways and more meetings in the very near future has given us to believe that some of the projects will begin to materialize.
The Board of Selectmen are conscious of the vast expenditures we have had recently and are also aware of the possibility of the town having expenditures of large amounts facing us in the very near future and we pledge to operate all departments under our control in a most efficient and economical manner.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANCIS P. SHEA, Chairman JAMES T. FRAZIER
SUMNER A. CHAPMAN, JR. WILLIAM H. BARRETT GEORGE E. RANDALL
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TOWN FOREST COMMITTEE
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
During 1962 roads were trimmed back and cleared out. The two Town Forest signs were painted and re- lettered. Fallen trees were salvaged and sold for which $46.78 was received and turned in to the Town Clerk's office. Approximately 5,000 seedlings were planted for replacements.
Respectfully submitted, DANIEL L. HOLMES JAMES A. WHITE, Secretary HAROLD G. ROBERTS Town Forest Committee
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON INLAND FISHERIES
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Your committee wishes to report that the appro- priation for the year 1962 was expended for 9" and 10" brown trout which were liberated in Long Pond, Plym- outh, Massachusetts.
The committee received a letter from the Depart- ment of Massachusetts Fisheries and Game recommend- ing a fall stocking of brown trout in Great South Pond. We applied to the Plymouth Water Commissioners for permission to stock Great South Pond and they voted in opposition, three to two. We feel if Great South Pond could be stocked, it would provide another source of good fishing for Plymouth residents. At the present time, we have four ponds providing good trout fishing in Plym- outh and open to the public. These ponds are Little Pond, Lout Pond, Fresh Pond and Long Pond.
Respectfully submitted, DONALD O. TRACY MARTIN B. PERSON, JR. CHARLES T. SEIFERT Committee on Inland Fisheries
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REPORT OF THE TOWN ENGINEER
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
During 1962, layout plans were made for Morse Rd., Abington Ave., Thrush Ave., Burgess Rd., a portion of Little Pond Rd., Cushing Drive, and Abandonment of a portion of Westerly Rd. at Samoset St. These layouts were accepted by the Town in 1962.
A layout plan was also made for Muster Field, but this layout was not accepted by the Town.
Survey, plans and cost estimates were made for a drainage system on Samoset St. in the vicinity of Aller- ton St.
Four drainage easement plans were made for Car- ver Rd., Samoset St. just west of the By-Pass, Ocean Ave., and the corner of Harding Ave. and Mckinley Rd.
A survey was made of Hedge Rd.
A new revised plan of the Town Wharf Lots was made.
Plans and specifications were drawn and lines and grades furnished for a drainage system on Nook Rd. This project was built by private contract in the fall of 1962.
A total of 101 permanent concrete bounds were set under the supervision of the Town Engineer as follows: Grand View Drive, 20 bounds; Dwight Ave., 4 bounds; Manomet School Lot, 5 bounds; Braunecker Rd., 7 bounds; Little Pond Rd., 8 bounds; Burgess Rd., 13 bounds; Thrush Ave., 6 bounds; Cushing Drive, 7 bounds; Abing- ton Ave., 7 bounds; Grant St., 4 bounds; Mckinley Rd., 3 bounds; Harding Ave., 3 bounds; Nook Rd., 6 bounds; Morse Rd., 8 bounds.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD CHASE Town Engineer
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OFFICE OF VETERANS' SERVICES
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Gentlemen:
The following is submitted as the report of the Veterans' Services for the year 1962.
On the eleventh of December the Town of Plymouth and particularly its large segment of veterans was shocked to hear of the passing of Ralph A. Torrance who had served both town and veteran so ably for the pre- ceding ten years. It is with sincere humbleness that your present director assumed his duties realizing that the "shoes" of Ralph Torrance will be most hard to fill.
The calendar year of 1962 brought further work to this office particularly due to the large increase in those elderly veterans and dependents being added to the pen- sion rolls. In addition, the average case load increased by approximately ten per cent.
As pertains to monetary disbursements there was last year, as there has been for the past many years, a noticeable increase. This must be recognized as an ac- cepted fact due to the increasing costs of providing bene- fits of any kind. These offices were founded on helping the veteran and have continued to work towards bet- terring such services while at the same time keeping the costs to the taxpayer at a minimum.
As in the past, a breakdown of services performed in 1962 follows:
Veterans' Benefits 1165
Pension Questionaires 135
Civil Service 25
Discharges Recorded
98
Employment 83
Housing 15
Information (Miscellaneous) 3005
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Legal Aid
6
Photostatic Copies
950
Social Security 123
Tax Abatement Forms 96
Telephone Calls and Letters
8010
Unemployment Compensation
290
Vital Statistics 1700
Burial Allowances
12
Compensation
82
Education
6
Training
8
Hospitalization
113
Insurance
42
G.I. Loans
38
Medical and Dental
141
Pension
48
Other Records
240
Notary
20
Eligibility Forms
50
Head Stones
22
Dependency Compensation for
Parents of Veterans
8
Change of Address Forms
48
Change of Beneficiary for
Insurance
12
Power of Attorney
35
Assignments and Liens
3
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES C. HENDERSON
Director of Veterans' Services
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DOG OFFICER REPORT FOR 1962 Louis J. Cappella, Sr., Dog Officer
Dogs licensed in Plymouth up to January 1, 1963 1,370
Kennels licensed
24
Dog Complaints
552
Dead Dogs picked up
52
Dogs Redeemed by owners
31
Dogs delivered to Harvard Medical School
98
Dogs Sold
1
Dogs destroyed
39
Restraining orders issued
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