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June 9 Arthur Edward Fowler to Leah Coupe.
June 15 Louis Felix Ranlett to Helen Dexter Miller.
June 21 John Joseph Buckley to Frances Brightman.
June 22 Nelson Bennett Hillman to Elsie Mildred Worthington.
June 26 Manuel Caton to Rose Corriea.
June 26 Wilfred P. Milette to Eva Florence Beauregard.
June 26 Manuel Souza Magan, Jr. to Jovina Cabral.
June 26 Everett Woodman Miller to Mildred Almena Hopkins.
June 28 Manuel Joseph Avarice to Anna Pereira (Roza) Gonsalves.
June 28
Henry Richard to Marie Aurora Cloutier.
June 30 Edward Charles Moriaty to Mary Hayden Fishback.
July 2 Harold Francis Adshead to Elizabeth Marion (Meek) Black.
July 3 Samuel John Wooley to Carrie Mae Worthing.
July 5
Manuel Cabral Ferreira to Anna Cavalho Charoes.
July 5 Arcade Henry Gallant to Florida Delphin Giguen.
July 6 Stuart Richmond Dudgeon to Alice Crosby Hiller.
July 10 John Charles Lannan, Jr. to Ruth Clara Murphy.
July 10 Bradford Wheeler Luther to Elva Woodworth Fairbairn.
July 12 Frank Philip Andrews, Jr. to Winifred Margaret Padelford.
July 19 George Benac to Rosanna Agnes Emin.
July 24 Hector Hainault to Helena Klekot.
July 31 Jose Sebastio Silva to Maria Santos Carreiro.
July 31 Frank Roderick Damas, Jr. to Edith Picamso.
July 31 Profirio DeSouza Ferreira to Mary Joseph Ferreira.
Aug. 6 Harold Arthur Robins to Eunice Smith (Grundy).
Aug. 7 Joseph George David to Helen (Gray) Higgins.
Ludwig Mueller to Margaretha Yosana Fischer.
Aug. 7 Emile Duchesne to Marie Louise Cormier. Aug. 12
Aug. 14 Joseph James Frates to Marie Emelda Paquette.
Sept. 6 Manuel Medeiros to Fannie Marshall.
Sept. 6 Augustine Renaud to Mary Rose Daigle.
Sept. 7 James Lawlor to Alice Galligan.
Sept. 11 Edmund James Griffin to Adeline Thomas.
Sept. 19 Clarence Edward Morse to Marjorie N. Braley.
Sept. 27 Alfred Jason Pacheco to Stella Duarte Medeiros.
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Marriages Recorded in Fairhaven in 1926 (Continued)
Date
Groom
Bride
Oct. 2 Albert Greenfield to Evlyne Bullen.
Oct. 7 Chester Peterson to Beatrice May Worswick.
Oct. 10 Roland M. Roberts to Carrie Joy Ramsdell.
Oct. 11 Julius Pacheco Alexander to Albertine Rose.
Oct. 12 William Vernon Francis to Ethel Mae Barber.
Oct. 16 Joseph Henriques Silveria to Rose Bartlett.
Oct. 21 Donald McNeal Kelley to Hazel Elizabeth Brouillette.
Oct. 26 Walter England Stone to Julia Eldora Hathaway.
Oct. 28 Nestor Perry Sylvia to Grace Mckenzie Potter.
Oct. 30 Edward Perry Guerra to Edna Cabral Silvia.
Oct. 30 Manuel R. Gonsalves to Lillian C. Martin.
Nov. 3 Matthew Dutra to Phoebe Vasconcellas.
Nov. 4 Manuel Sylvia, Jr. to Luella A. Hathaway.
Nov. 6 Farrow Tattersall to Lucy Ellen Smith.
Nov. 8 George Allen Snell, Jr. to Harriett Annie Peters (Wilson).
Nov. 16
Walter Henry Bumpus to Alice Hervey Winslow ..
Nov. 25
Manuel Avila, Jr. to Josephine Faustino Souza.
Nov. 27
Henry Santos to Margaret Frances Lewis.
Nov. 27
Antonio Pinto de Souza to Maria Gloria Vieira.
Nov. 30
John Arachie Jura to Mary Bridget Taylor.
Dec. 13
Bernardino Perry Almeida to Clara Bettencourt Picance.
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Ralph Champlin Dunn to Lurettia Holmes.
Dec. 20
Edward Tablas to Mary H. Morgade.
25 James Thorn to Lillian Colwell (Morrison).
Dec. 25 Joseph Rogers to Amy Eleanor Whirworth.
25 Earl Clinton Benjamin to Annie Jane Moran.
27 Joao daSilva Mello, Jr. to Guilhermina Da Rego.
Dec. 30 Lloyd Emanuel Pitcher to Carolyn Piva (Sylvia).
Nov. 19
Julie Souza to Georgianna Correia.
Nov. 22
Timothy J. O'Leary to Mildred Anna Hinckley.
Death Recorded in 1926
Date of Death
Years Months Days
Jan. 7
Eliza C. Coggeshall
91
....
29
Jan. 9 John Swazier
75
9
Jan. 15 Lillian Clark
70
5
....
Jan. 20 Louisa Roberts
62
2
6
Jan. 23 Albert H. Smith
76
9
19
Jan.
29
Nathaniel B. Dunn
60
5
11
Jan. 31
Lewis Hall
75
10
8
Jan. 13
Timothy Sullivan
46
11
2
Jan.
5
Joseph Morriss
40
....
....
Jan. 20
Manuel Costa
57
11
12
Jan. 23
Margaret Skelly Ginn
32
...
....
Feb
2
Victoire Allain
69
8
24
Feb. 3 John Young
18
2
11
Feb.
4 Andrew Westgate, Jr.
68
5
19
Feb. 14 Oscar T. Perkins
72
1
....
Feb. 26
Charles H. B. Perry
72
10
10
Mar. 1
Alexis Poyant
37
1
8
Mar. 12
Maria G. Rose Lewis
about 45
....
...
Mar. 13
Nathaniel Pope
79
6
18
Mar. 15
Mary C. Henderson
16
5
16
Mar. 15
Samuel S. Slocum
about 69
....
....
Mar. 16
Mary E. Loomis
87
6
16
Mar. 17
Annie Taylor
66
6
16
Mar. 22
Adeline Medeiros
9
4
5
Mar. 22
Manuel Cabral
....
11
23
Mar. 21
George A. Hubbard
59
4
8
Mar. 23
Myra B. Sherman
62
10
13
Mar. 23
Harold Holt
19
3
20
Mar. 25
Albert C. Richard
€
47
2
28
Mar. 26
Luman D. Rounsevell
76
5
24
Mar. 26
Herbert A. Damon
81
6
14
....
Mar. 11
Warren P. Delano
76
1
20
75
Deaths Recorded in Fairhaven in 1926-(Continued)
Date of Death
Years Months Days
Mar. 25
Simeon P. Ashley
72
....
....
Mar. 30
Benjamin T. Spooner
....
2
16
Mar. 30 Alice Joyce Raymond
....
7
24
Apr. 2 Ellen M. Simmons
79
5
8
Apr. 3 Marcellus P. Whitfield
76
11
10
Apr. 7
Joseph Ralph Roderick
76
11
1
Apr. 13
Margaret T. Sterin
about 49
....
....
Apr. 13
Clare J. Holcomb
73
7
8
Apr. 13
Leda Deschamps
35
....
....
Apr. 15
Capt. Charles H. Morton
84
6
....
Apr. 15
Esther A. Bryden
70
6
16
Apr. 17
Katherine C. Tilden
50
2
5
Apr. 21
Peter King
about 90
....
....
Apr. 23
Arthur De Mello
....
10
25
Apr. 25
Everett H. Jenney
61
2
15
Apr. 2
Arthur H. Harrington
74
4
4
Apr. 29
Lillian D. Mello
1
9
27
May
1
Mary B. Baker
70
7
13
May
1 Chester A. Morse
37
2
12
May 1 Walter S. Leavitt
72
2
26
May 2
Alice I. Bredeen
48
11
25
May
2
Robert Raymond McGilvery
....
1
14
May
9 Hilda C. Dias
1
10
9
May
12
Hannah A. Brown
75
8
5
May
14
Augusto C. Sylvia, Jr.
15
4
17
May 15
Barbara B. Wardwick
1
7
....
May
15
Lezandre G. Sylvia
76
...
....
May
18 . Frank W. Sisson
74
6
10
May 21
Ellen Elizabeth Hadfield
28
6
18
May 24 George A. Brightman
71
4
7
Apr. 13 Evelyn F. Dayton
22
11
14
May
29 Mary Mello
5
6
1
June
3 Mary Heran
80
....
....
8
23
May 18
Selina Bullen
50
11
23
Apr. 12
Rufus Howland Staples
76
Deaths Recorded in Fairhaven in 1926-(Continued)
Date of Death
Years Months Days
June 10
Lucienne Dagesse
4
6
....
June 11 Arthur Ferreira
....
10
21
June 12 Benjamin J. Hindley
72
....
....
June 15
Margaret Mathews
75
....
15
June 17
Jesse Law
72
4
15
June 21
John H. Lupton
71
10
5
June 23
Earl Newgus
58
8
27
June 30
Joao Carreiro
3
7
7
July
6
Georgianna Trahan
26
6
...
July 9
Seraphim Carreiro
...
....
12
July 9 Cordelia F. Lapham
about 80
....
....
July
17 Elizabeth Lewis
about 57
....
....
July
18 Sarah F. S. Whiting
80
6
10
July 24
Pearl Parker
....
....
2
July 25
Edward E. Baker
65
9
13
July 31
Minnie L. Langdell
67
9
4
Aug. 3
Andrew Rayner
81
....
....
Aug. 6 Daniel W. Kendrick
77
....
29
Aug. 11
Grace Ellis Dwelly
46
4
10
Aug. 11
Henry A. Razoux
68
1
26
Aug. 13
Mary A. Shafte
79
5
3
Aug. 14
Lilla J. Grant
59
1
20
Aug. 20
Anna D. Perkins
80
5
10
Aug. 23
Phoebe E. Hathaway
60
9
....
Aug. 28
Oliver J. Beach
55
11
12
Sept.
1
Rita Lemery
4
2
23
Sept.
4
Thomas R. Done
71
11
26
Sept. 16
Manuel Joseph Silva
63
7
14
Sept. 16
Juliette Vieulleux
...
....
4
Sept. 22
Michael Pflug
56
9
23
Sept. 24
Hilda Mae Pickens
27
1
13
Sept. 25
Carolina Escabor
81
....
....
Sept. 25
Nora G. Hazzard
26
1
24
Oct.
6 Herbert E. Hall
80
....
....
....
....
2
June 29
B. Helena French
77
Deaths Recorded in Fairhaven in 1926-(Continued)
Date of
Death
Years Months Days
Oct. 10
Oswald Washburn
38
4
22
Oct.
11
Joseph Mendes
13
11
20
Oct. 15 Hattie J. Morse
82
11
25
Oct.
17 Mildred L. Preston
32
10
5
Oct.
17
Lillian Abla Barrow
23
....
24
Oct.
28
Annie J. Fairchild
72
4
8
Nov.
3
James W. Driscoll
12
2
13
Nov. 4 Mary L. Chadwick
68
8
25
Nov. 3 Frank Norman, Jr.
2
2
14
Nov. 11
Alfred Hammond
19
6
5
Nov. 11
Helmina Lelaider
about
74
....
....
Nov. 12
Mary Golen
53
....
....
Nov. 16
Michael Wojtuszewski
61
....
....
Nov. 19
Mary G. Souza Forster or Furtado
75
....
....
Nov. 19
Couranna Couture
12
6
....
Nov. 24
Arthur A. Bates
54
3
18
Nov. 24
Victoria Plezia
20
...
....
Nov. 26
Gertrude Rothera
69
9
18
Dec.
1
Joseph Lewis
10
....
....
Dec.
3
Flora T. Killam
43
....
21
Dec.
5
Mary Medeiros
56
....
....
Dec.
6
Benjamin M. Gibbs
60
4
6
Dec.
7
Drutha L. Avila Sylvia
70
....
....
Dec.
7
Mary E. Kent
75
4
25
Dec. 11 Omer Duhaime
1
9
3
Dec. 14 Onezime Chaput
76
-
28
Dec. 26
Lydia A. Macreading
85
11
19
Dec.
26
Stephen H. Clark
74
6
12
Dec. 30
Alina Arsenault
2
4
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SEWER COMMISSIONERS
ORGANIZATION : G. Winston Valentine, Chairman, Frank W. Morse, Clerk and William J. Fitzsimmons, Super- intendent of Equipment.
SEWER CONSTRUCTION: Authorized by vote of the Town at the Annual Town Meeting held February 6th, 1926.
RODMAN STREET SEWER: westerly about 135 feet from the manhole at the intersection of Pleasant and Rodman Sts. at a cost of $364.00 built by contract by Norman M. Paull. Shone System.
SEWERS BUILT BY PRIVATE ENTERPRISE AND TAKEN OVER BY THE TOWN: Sewer in Pleasant St., between Spring and Rodman Sts. a distance of 375 feet built by Alphonse Briere and taken over by the Town at cost of $547.25. Shone System.
Sewer in Bellevue, Adams and Ash Streets ; in Bellevue from Francis to Adams St. 302 lineal feet. In Adams St. from Bellevue St. to Ash St. 223 feet. In Ash St. from Adams St. easterly to Robert Baker's west line 310 feet more or less built by Robert Baker and taken over by the Town at cost of $1,766.42. Huttleston Ave. Gravity System.
Sewer in Laurel Street a distance of 240 feet in length, built by Eugene Sullivan and taken over by the Town at cost of $799.05. Shone System.
SEWER CONSTRUCTION: Authorized by vote of the Town at a Special Town Meeting held Sept. 13, 1926.
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Sewer in Jefferson Street from the present manhole in Jefferson St. between Bridge and Christian Street southerly to Christian St. about 250 feet at a cost of $721.16, built by the B. F. Watkins Trans. Co. Shone System.
Sewer in Linden Avenue from North Green St. easterly about 150 feet built by The B. F. Watkins Transportation Co. at a cost of $606.67. Huttleston Ave. Gravity System.
Sewer in Hedge and Taber Streets westerly from Cherry St. with an outlet in the Acushnet River, said sewer was put out to contract to The B. F. Watkins Transportation Co., con- struction work is not yet completed.
SEWER CONNECTIONS: During 1926 seven connec- tions have been repaired and eighteen new connections made which gives a total of 1302 connections now in use.
ELECTRICAL SEWER STATIONS: We wish to call your attention to our continued success with the four new sewer pumping stations, all of which have been handling the sewerage successfully for the past two years. It is our aim to keep the public informed as to the success of this installation and its great value to our citizens in keeping the sanitary con- ditions up to standard. When drawing up plans for this equipment we figured on a fifty per cent greater pumping capacity than was required at the time so that if we were forced to resort to filter beds or intercepting sewers, no change would be necessary in any of the stations. We plan to keep down expenses without neglecting in any way the practical super- vision of the machinery which is the vital part of the system.
In 1925 and 1926 with the new system in operation the total cost for sewer maintenance was $16,341,95 an average of $8,170.98 per year. This means a saving to the town of ap- proximately 49% when compared with the operating cost of 1923 and 1924.
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The expenditures for Sewer Maintenance for the year 1926 was $7,129.72 leaving a balance of $3,984.80.
We respectfully ask for an appropriation of $10,000.00 for the year 1927.
Respectfully submitted,
G. WINSTON VALENTINE FRANK W. MORSE WM. J. FITZSIMMONS.
REPORT OF BUILDING DEPT.
The number of permits issued from the office of the Building Department, for the year ending December 31st., 1926, is 235, at an estimated cost of $201,393.30. The office has received for the issuing of these permits, the sum of $274.00.
51 dwellings, 55 garages, 85 alterations and additions, 21 henhouses, 9 woodsheds, 1 office building, 1 pigeon house, 1 boiler room, 2 head houses, 3 greenhouses, 1 boat shop, 3 gas stations and 2 boat storage sheds.
CHARLES I. DREW, Inspector.
SUSAN B. VINCENS, Clerk.
The office of the Building Inspector is open from 9 A. M. to 4.30 P. M. to answer all questions and give all informa- tion regarding the Building Code, at the Assessors' Office, Town Hall.
TITLE AND SCOPE
SECTION 1. These by-laws shall be known and cited as the Building Laws. No building, structure or part there- of shall hereafter be constructed, and no building or struct- ure now or hereafter erected, shall be razed, altered, moved or built upon except in conformity with the provisions of these Building Laws. Nor shall plumbing, gas piping, water piping, drainage, heating, wiring or ventilation be installed or altered in any building or structure except in conformity herewith.
Report of the Park Commission
To the Citizens of Fairhaven :
The Park Commission continues with the same personel and organization as for the three proceeding years. Monthly meet- ings have been held from March to October inclusive and weekly supervision of Park work and conditions has been the order of the day. The working force of three men with William Haney foreman has also remained unchanged, and the well kept appearance of the entire Park, notwithstanding play- ground wear and tear, speaks for their interest and efficiency.
The severe pruning and thinning of deformed and crowded shrubs-the method by which old plants are given a new lease of life-continues with satisfactory results in stronger vigorous growth. The success of the experimental treatment at the overwet Bridge street end is removing that plot from the problem stage, and with the growth of the coming year it should compare favorably with the thrifty borders of the west and south. In the spring new plants to the number of one hundred and fifty, some seven varieties, were set out to replace or thicken existing plots. The opportunity for more work along the same lines is ample as even the most casual stroller will realize, but the keen observer will not fail to note from year to year the increasing variety of interesting plantings or of the gradual conquering of the enemy's territory of weeds, mud and bare ground.
North of the Bridge the first necessity was met by the erection of a substantial wire fence. The further grading and planting must come into the schedule for the coming year, for the need is urgent that this neutral area be given a character befitting its location as a gateway to the town.
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The use of Cushman Park as a recreational center increases with each succeeding year and its value for this purpose alone cannot be overestimated. Scarcely an hour of the summer day when small groups of children may not be seen playing harm- lessly by themselves, and many of their elders apparently ap- preciate an outdoor haven free from the auto menace.
Playground activities began under the same supervision as in 1925 but misfortunes befell. At the end of the first week Mrs. Dutton was obliged to give over her work to Miss Elizabeth Lovejoy, who for seven weeks, five hours daily, devoted herself to the younger children. The average attendance was over eighty, the banner day registering one hundred thirty-five, with a cost of approximately $1.00 per child per season. The Mother's Club generously continued their contribution of $100 for this branch of the work, thus making possible needed additions to the playground equipment. In midsummer Mr. Pidgeon's connection with the department ceased, and Charles Holland a previous assistant undertook direction of the older boys, carrying on satisfactorily, but it was not possible to stage any final pageant with either group. Baseball enthusiasm is ever present but its successful season on the Park diamond needs no report here.
It has long been the hope of your Park Commissioners to add tennis courts to the "sport" equipment but both the initial cost and maintenance had so far been prohibitive. Advances from the revived Tennis Association were therefore welcomed, and after due conference and survey of possibilities the decision to utilize the oasis between Main and Middle streets met with unanimous approval. The greatest cost, that of the guard fence has been largely met by the Park department while the daily care and upkeep of the two courts is met by the Association. The location has proved ideal in many ways-the constant use during daylight hours by the public until four o'clock, by the
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Association after that hour has given a thrill to the passing public as to the players themselves.
Concerts by the Fairhaven Band have been given an alterna- tive Friday evenings and the record attendance by auto and on the green testify to the continued appreciation by the towns- people at large.
Respectfully submitted, HAROLD B. DUTTON, Chairman MABEL L. POTTER, Secretary LEWIS F. POOR
REPORT OF BOARD OF FIRE ENGINEERS
January 1, 1926
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
The Board of Fire Engineers hereby submit their annual report for the year ending Dec. 1, 1926.
During the past year this department has answered ninety- three still and forty-one bell alarms. Two out of town calls were answered.
Four new fire alarm boxes have been installed and the Board recommends the addition of four more this year.
The new Ford combination chemical which was placed in the house on Oxford St. to replace the old Hose No. 2 Truck has proved to be entirely satisfactory in every way.
The Board urgently recommends the immediate replacement of the present Hose No. 1 chassis with a combination chemical and hose truck, the present chassis being inefficient due to its age and condition.
ALEXANDER PRICE, JR. GEORGE E. JENNY A. W. MONK E. G. SPOONER, JR.
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH
January 19th, 1927.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Gentlemen :
The Board of Health hereby submit their annual report for the year ending December 31st, 1926.
There were reported during the year, two hundred and eighty-three cases of communicable diseases as follows- Diphtheria, six; Scarlet fever, fifty-nine; Chicken-pox, fifty ; Typhoid fever, seven; Tuberculosis ; all forms, ten; Whooping-cough, eighteen; Measles, one hundred and twenty-eight; Lobar pneumonia, five.
There were one hundred and fourteen burial permits issued, an increase in the number issued in 1925.
The executive officer has made inspections of barns and dairies of persons holding Milk Producers licenses as re- quired under Sections No. 40 and No. 43, of Chap. No. 94, G. L. With a few exceptions, they have been found satis- factory. Markets, stores and bakery's have also been in- spected and conditions found good. Complaints of nuisances have been investigated and when required, conditions ordered improved.
We have five cases of tuberculosis in hospitals at this time, which we are caring for at an expense of $45.50 per week.
GARBAGE
The collection of garbage has been more satisfactory than ever before. The demands upon the Board have in-
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creased the past year to such an extent, that we feel in order to meet the demand of the householders for the re- moval of garbage, that an appropriation of $4,000.00 will be necessary for the ensuing year.
REPORT OF TREE WARDEN
January 23, 1927 New Bedford, Mass.
To the Citizens of Fairhaven :
The Tree Warden hereby respectfully submits his annual report.
The trees in Fairhaven are in a good and healthy con- dition, but it is necessary to keep on spraying them from year to year to preserve them. The trees are gradually dying out from old age. It is necessary to keep planting a few new trees each year.
The Improvement Association of the town gave and planted twenty-two trees, and the Tree Department planted twenty-eight trees.
I would recommend that the citizens appropriate the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) for the work of the department.
Respectfully submitted,
PETER MURRAY,
Tree Warden.
Report of Inspector of Animals
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Following is the report of the Inspector of Animals for the year ending December 31, 1926:
During the general inspection I visited 104 premises, inspected 1016 animals, 742 dairy cows, 187 swine, 66 young cattle, 20 bulls, 1 goat.
I found 6 barns unclean, 6 with poor ventilation, 3 with insufficient light, 2 with poor drainage.
In July one dairy cow was killed, it being affected with tuberculosis. Two other cows, affected with paralysis, were ordered killed, in February and August.
Respectfully submitted,
ALBERT A. AUSTIN, Inspector of Animals.
REPORT OF SLAUGHTER INSPECTOR
Cattle inspected, none ; sheep inspected, none ; swine in- spected, 32. The Board has kept within their appropria- tion because of the fact, that we have had a smaller num- ber of cases in the hospital. We are asking that the appro- priation for the Board of Health be the same as last year.
Signed
C. A. TERRY, L. M. HORNE, W. FRED DELANO.
AUDITOR'S REPORT
Fairhaven, Mass., January 1, 1927.
We hereby certify that we have examined the accounts of the Tax Collector, Treasurer, Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and the School Committee of the Town of Fairhaven, for the year ending December 31, 1926, and find them correct.
CHARLES E. SHURTLEFF, RALPH E. LUMBARD,
Auditors.
Report of Planning Board
The Planning Board, as established by vote of the Town, consists of eight members, two elected at the Annual Town Meeting each year, to serve for the term of four years.
The present Board consists of :
James A. Stetson and Victor O. B. Slater, whose terms expire 1927.
Lewis F. Poor and Warren L. Swett, whose terms expire 1928. William Tallman and D. C. Potter, whose term expires 1929.
Samuel Dudgeon and George H. Atwood, whose terms ex- pire 1930.
Supplementing the Planning Board, a Board of Appeals, as provided by Chapter 40, Sections 27 and 27A of the Revised Laws of the Commonwealth, to consider appeals from rulings of the Building Inspector, has been appointed by the Board of Selectmen. It consists of Charles W. Knowlton, Kenneth Pierce, William Tallman, Z. R. Pinault and Victor O. B. Slater and was organized June 9th with Mr. Pierce as Chairman and Mr. Slater as Secretary.
Meetings of the Board of Appeals, are on the second, and fourth Wednesday evenings of the month, at call of the Building Inspector, and it has already disposed of a number of problems.
In connection with the zoning laws, the Planning Board has prepared very complete maps of the town, which are proving a great convenience to other town departments; which maps may be obtained at cost ($1.50) by any citizen. The Zoning Laws have also been arranged and printed in very convenient pamphlet form, which may be obtained free of cost by the townspeople.
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This is the first year the zoning laws have been in operation, and it is gratifying to see how promptly they have been sup- ported and invoked, to protect resident neighborhoods from injurious conditions ; and we are encouraged to hope they may in large measure check, if not exterminate, some of the slum conditions which have obtained foot-hold in outlying districts.
Many of the townspeople will remember the large Stock- Jobbing-Real Estate scheme, based on West Island, but pulled off in Boston, which menaced our town last summer. Wildly distorted maps and wildly exaggerated descriptions of the island were published and widely advertised, showing streets and city lots - of sizes prohibited by our zoning laws - to be given with purchases of stock, etc., many of which lots, could they be located, would be found in the coves, and tidal marshes. The scheme could not survive the investigation and exposure which fortunately the Planning Board was in position to give. Its offices were closed, and its bottom promptly dropped out.
The Planning Board has an article in the warrant for the coming town meeting, asking to have the name of Bridge Square changed to Rogers Square, and the names of any other streets and lanes in the town, now called Rogers, be changed. It is hoped this slight tribute to the town's benefactor, will be unanimously endorsed by the citizens. The Planning Board has had several sessions with the Board of Selectmen, regarding the straightening, widening and improving some devious high- ways of the town; recommendation for some of which will appear in the warrant for the coming town meeting. To others, perhaps more important ones, it is desired to give more con- sideration and make report later.
D. C. POTTER, Chairman W. L. SWETT, Secretary
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SCHOOL REPORT
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School Committee
MISS SARA B. CLARKE
Term expires 1927
MRS. ELLA H. BLOSSOM
Term expires 1927
ALTON B. PAULL
Term expires 1928
JAMES A. STETSON
Term expires 1928
EDWARD L. BESSE
Term expires 1929
WILLIAM B. GARDNER
Term expires 1929
Chairman ALTON B. PAULL, 39 Union Street
Secretary and Superintendent of Schools CHARLES F. PRIOR, 30 Green Street
School Department Clerk Helen M. Bryant, 143 Pleasant Street
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE HOURS : Town Hall
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