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Feb. 17 John Franklin Flood to Mary McQuade
Mar. 22 Alvin Aitken White to Stella Ann Nerbonne
Mar. 29 Everett Linton Hardy to Berenice Irene Goodwin
Mar. 29 Joseph Truman Carson to Elizabeth Dexter Dugdale
Apr. 21 John Carl Spaniel to Evelyn Mary Malaguti
Apr. 26 Alfred Elphege Foisy to Coralena Elizabeth Kasmire
Apr. 28 Manuel Fernandes, Jr. to Fannie Mary Manganelli
Apr. 30 Charles Raymond Brant to Priscilla Dorothy Noonan
May 5 Millard Spooner to Lena Marion Jaillet
May 10 Ernest Soares to Louise Virginia Frates
May 10
Raoul Joseph Cruz to Rosa Monteiro
May 12 Manuel Sylvia to Mary (Carvalho) Sylvia
May 13 Joseph Worswick to Mary Ann (Holt) Campbell
May 20
John Lloyd Reed to Mary Dutra Lewis
May 26
Walter John Corrie to Doris Barnard Johnson
May 27 Joseph Edward Le Blanc to Theresa Barry
May 31
Millard Berl Hopey to Stella Anna (Cygan) Audette
June 2
Manuel Leal Goulart to Emily Gracia Andrade
June 2 Antonio V. Carvalho to Jesuina Medeiros
June 3 Charles Sylvia to Annie Whitworth
June 4 Harold Joseph O'Brien to Isabelle Perry
June 7 Franklin Jenny Gurney, Jr. to Marion Elizabeth Morse
June 9 James Barrett to Mary Gallagher
Tune 9 Henry Galligan to Josephine Biernacka
June 10 Robert Forbes Almy to Eleanor Hale Bly
June 17 Joseph Bettencourt Sylvia to Florida Martel
June 21 John Almeida to Mary Gloria Medeiros Maucabello
June 24 Everett Nathan Horton to Marie Jeanne Guimond
June 25 Walter Everett Lang to Dorothy May Hathaway
June 28 Manuel Furtado . Rogers to Sylvia Soares
June 28 Mario Souza Thumudo to Philomina Mello
June 28 Robert Waine to Agnes Gertrude Huntt
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Marriages Recorded in Fairhaven in 1930-(Cont.)
July 2 Stewart P. Barrett to Ruby E. Lombard
July 3 Edward Clayton Westgate to Althea Lillian Ellis
July 5 Norris Joseph Drew to Claire Bertha Benjamin
July 5 Alfred Roberts to Mary Baker
July 7 Richard Aloysious Porter to Alice Mary O'Brien
July 12 John Stanton Collins to Marjorie Fisher Knowles
July 21 Jose Vieira Coelho to Maria Goveia Restoilho
July 25 Joseph Arthur LeClair to Leontina Vercammen
July 28 William C. Benoit to Marie Leona Freda Martin
Aug. 9 Joseph Marshall to Gladys (Hesford) Martens
Aug. 13 Joseph Desrosiers to Amelie (Langllis) Masse
Aug. 16 Elliot A. Hall to Hazel B. Dow
Aug. 20 Frank G. Sylvia, Jr. to Mary Silva
Aug. 23 Richard Evan Crook to Bertha Harrison
Aug. 24 Donald Guilford Demoranville to Millicent Myrtle Magrath
Aug. 25
Emmanuel Casey to Marie Celinat (McDonald)
Sept. 1 Wilfred Lopez to Gertrude Geneivere Roderick
Sept. 1 Alban Albert Duchesneau to Leona Blanche Fleurent
Sept. 1 Joseph Francis Martin to Deolinda Ventura
Sept. 2 Tilson Bourne Almy to Rachel Taber Whiting
Sept. 6 Antone Perry to Mona E. Pratt
Sept. 8 Frank Theodore Gloria to Alice Cecilia Brennan
Sept. 13 Thomas Arnold Booth to Katherine Crawford Fleming
Sept. 13 Augusto Vieira to Palmira Silva Castro
Sept. 20 John Clifford Allen to Kathleen Dorothy Edwards Sept. 27 Raymond Sykes to Ada Fenton
Sept. 27
Harry Ferguson Brown to Gertrude Kuntz
Sept. 29
Adolph Carlors Sequeira to Agnes Irene Theberge
Oct. 1
Harry Walter Martin to Marjorie Marion Weeden
Oct. 6 James Edward Gallagher to Bella Bernadette Lussier
Oct. 11 James W. Vanderpool to Esther I. Bonnemort
Oct. 11 Raymond Francis Covill to Blenda Alberto Johnson
Oct. 11 Manuel Rogers Araujo, Jr. to Mary Alice Guillet
Oct. 11 Lucien Charles Damm to Amelia Carvalho
Oct. 12 Walter Allen Spooner to Mona Crandon
Oct. 13 Philip Sollmon Maynard to Rose Anna (Fournier) Charpentier
Oct. 13 Harry Burrows to Alma Lillian Hughes
Oct. 20 Frank Norton to Alice E. (Merry) Baker
Oct. 22 Charles Edward Cromwell, Jr. to Alice Jones Maxcy
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Marriages Recorded in Fairhaven in 1930-(Cont.)
Date
Groom
Bride
Oct. 23 George Wilfred Powers to Hazel May Dean
Oct. 25 Benjamin Gomes to Georgianna Mello
Oct. 29 Charles Russell Phillips to Hope Pierce Whiting
Oct. 29 Manuel Joseph Rollins to Mary Enos
Oct. 30 William Kelly Dwyer to Lillian Pittle
Nov. 1 Manuel Francis Azevedo to Lillian da Salles
Nov. 4 William Oliver, Jr. to Mary Fereira
Nov. 8 Manuel Molttos, Jr. to Mary Costa
Nov. 8 Joseph Onezime Guerin to Bella Marie Cormier
Nov. 1
John Andrew Dobija to Helen Margaret Regula
Nov. 15
John Daniel Bednarz to Agnes (Olko) Wislowski
Nov. 15
John Lewis to Rose (Virgin) Thomas
Nov. 17 Joseph Piva to Marie (Cabral) Ferreira
Nov. 18 Jeremiah Joseph Haggerty to Mary Cecilia McAvoy
Nov. 19 Anthony Joseph Bernor to Margaret Reilly
Nov. 20 John James Sartini, Jr. to Emma Belle Wilson
Nov. 24 Ernest Roger Ouellette to Yvonne Zepherine Babineau
Nov. 27 Felix Edward Kiernan to Esther Murray
Nov. 29 Emilie Lanzoni to Mary Silva
Nov. 29 John Pauline, Jr. to Loretta Rosealma Quirk
Dec. 13 Max Elsemere Chapman to Rosalie Elizabeth Maguire
Dec. 19 Manuel Sylvia Garcia to Annie Christine (Weir) Howarth
Dec. 31 Victor Carl Esson to Anna Roberts
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Deaths Recorded in 1930
Date of Death
Years Months Days
Jan. 3
John Botelho
37
8
7
Jan.
4 Mary F. Rounsvell
71
1
20
Jan. 5 Annie Janette Dean
76
1
3
Jan. 5 Helen T. Naja
40
4
15
Jan.
6 Eugene Kirklewski
21
9
0
Jan. 6 Antonio Naja
44
0
0
Jan. 7 William H. Westgate
78
6
10
Jan. 8
Harris
Jan.
13
Eunice B. West
88
7
20
Jan. 14
Harriet B. Swett
82
8
Jan. 15 Phebe Ann Healy
81
9
6
Jan. 18 Martha E. Gould
80
5
27
Jan. 22
Mary A. Gurl
79
0
0
Jan. 27
Elmer Clayton Gifford
51
0
0
Jan. 28
John C. Pacheco
60
0
0
Jan. 30
Wilhelmina Frances Tripp
81
0
0
Feb.
9
Jose C. Amaral, Jr.
21
0
11
Feb. 13
Horace E. Saunders
73
7
15
Feb. 21
Arthur Napoleon Chabotte
0
0
4
Feb. 21
Abbie E. Eldridge
84
4
11
Feb. 22
Spencer Gatenby Booth
0
10
7
Feb. 22
Herman H. Hathaway
73
0
0
Mar. 6
Maria L. Cole
63
6
13
Mar. 10
Mary Eliza Congdon Greenfield
72
3
26
Mar. 11
Manuel Vieira Aguiar, Jr.
41
0
8
Mar. 18
John F. Miller
67
0
0
Mar. 24
Daniel W. Deane
89
2
11
Mar. 25
Paul R. Forand
7
8
8
Mar. 29
Lorraine Bourque
9
0
0
Apr.
1
John H. Moss
60
2
21
Apr. 1 Alfred Shute
68
0
0
Apr. 2 Clarence M. Dunn
52
7
26
Apr. 2 Luca F. Allain
81
11
0
Apr. 2 Bessie M. Young
53
1
29
Apr. 5 Lillian E. Besse
66
0
25
Apr.
8 Elizabeth Emma Bosworth
67
1
11
Mar. 10
71
Deaths Recorded in Fairhaven in 1930-(Cont.)
Death 1930
Years Months Days
Apr. 10
Betsey (Dickerson) Dunham
63
4
29
Apr. 11
Ada King
43
3
3
Apr. 12 Helen H. Alden
37
5
18
Apr. 13
Joseph Walmsley
51
11
13
Apr. 25
Abbie A. Hegeman
81
7
20
May
2
Rebecca A. Holbertson
73
10
12
May
4
Ruth S. Tobey
90
3
11
May 8
Estelle Chevalier
0
2
27
May
15
Fannie Zeitz
73
0
0
May
18 Esther Francis Schroeder
50
0
12
May
26
Dexter
0
0
3
May
26
Thompson
May
27
Emma J. McMillen
72
0
26
May 29
George A. Covell, Jr.
89
0
9
May
30
Edna May Leben
5
1
24
June 6
Lothrop Hedge
69
4
8
June 8
Yvonne Czarkowski
21
0
0
June 11
Elizabeth Butts
101
0
12
June 17
Louise Leonard
70
8
27
June 22
Harriet Schofield Noble
72
11
0
June 24
Poor
0
0
4
June 25
Laurendeau
June 28
Elizabeth A. (Stone) Barrows
77
7
15
June 29
Mary Ann Hennessey
72
6
0
July 7
Eva Baumann
66
0
0
July 14
Nathaniel Clark
79
8
12
July 23
Philip Harrington
59
0
0
July 24
Frederick F. Nolan
58
0
21
July 25
Arthur J. Rogers
75
0
0
July 27
William Olivera
14
2
24
July
31
Frances A. Hook
66
3
4
Aug.
7
Frank R. Matthews
68
0
0
Aug. 11
Catherine C. Fitzgerald
75
0
0
Aug. 11
John Andrews
35
0
0
Aug. 14
Elizabeth Miller
57
0
0
Aug. 17 Flora Marshall
16
5
0
Aug. 29
Myra Eleanor Newton
71
0
0
Sept.
1 Edwardes S. Petze, Jr.
0
0
5
72
Deaths Recorded in Fairhaven in 1930-(Cont.)
Death 1930
Years Months Days
Sept. 8
Mary Rogers
54
0
0
Sept. 8 Harry Andrew
45
3
18
Sept. 14
Robert Moyse Clunie
52
1
28
Sept. 22
Emma J. Chaney
41
5
0
Sept. 25
Joseph W. Hebert
59
11
0
Oct. 7
Mary L. Bennett
93
0
11
Oct.
9
Florence A. Harrison
63
0
0
Oct. 12
Augusta Cabral
88
0
0
Oct. 13
Mary A. Jenney
74
0
6
Oct.
17
Nelson Wheeler Sumner
54
10
24
Oct.
21 Alma S. Phillip
44
1
9
Oct. 29
Elizabeth G. Thorndike
72
8
13
Oct.
29
Celestina Ferreira Costa
24
2
4
Oct.
30 Days
0
0
2
Nov.
8
Maria C. Oliveira
50
10
3
Nov. 9
Joel Everett Hathaway
0
11
13
Nov. 10
Lucy Freeman Alden
65
1
5
Nov. 13
Caro I. Sloper
63
0
0
Nov. 1
Joseph Bradford Alton
88
1
23
Nov. 20
Victorine Ansay
82
9
17
Nov. 21
Susan P. Chapman
50
2
16
Nov. 24
Leslie F. Burgess
58
7
23
Nov. 27
Elvena A. Hinman
86
10
18
Nov. 30
Patrick H. Hogan
75
0
0
Dec.
4
John J. Toomey, Jr.
34
2
17
Dec. 6 Margaret A. Noland
91
0
0
Dec. 6 Eunice Eliza Haskins
45
11
11
Dec. 10
Frances G. Covell
63
3
22
Dec. 12
Myra D. Crowell
63
3
3
Dec. 15
William Livesey
80
5
9
Dec. 20
Edward Lemery
80
0
0
Dec. 20
Edwin Walter Forrest
82
2
1
Dec. 24 Charles Vincent
66
9
8
Dec. 25
Helen Mckinley
69
4
21
Dec. 26
Orin A. Pearce
65
10
7
Dec. 31
Almira E. Shaw
92
7
16
Dec. 31
Marie A. Vigeant
About 65
Report of the Highway Department
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
At the organization of the Board of Selectmen Febru- ary 8, 1930, it was voted to appoint Mr. Thomas W. Whitfield, Superintendent of Streets, under authority of Chapter 371 of the Acts of 1928 and in accordance with vote of the Annual Town Meeting, Saturday, February 8, 1930.
It was voted at that meeting to repair the following streets-East Coggeshall, Farmfield, South Chestnut, Main, Oak, Hitch, North, Veranda Avenue, Newbury Avenue, Garrison, Kendrick Avenue, Massasoit Avenue and North William.
This work has been completed, and owing to the great improvement in the re-surfacing of Main Street, I have been requested to continue this work on Washington Street and on Main, Church and Fort Streets and am pleased to recommend that this work be done.
The unemployment situation has caused a tremendous burden to the Highway Department, as explained in the Selectmen's report.
I would again respectfully remind the citizens of the regulations that they must not have containers too heavy or bulky to be handled in the collection of ashes and rubbish.
Respectfully submitted,
THOMAS W. WHITFIELD.
Report of the Planning Board
Report of the Planning Board to the Annual Town Meeting, 1931
The Planning Board, like many other organizations of the Town and Nation, has felt severely the cessation of pro- gressive activities which were due to the necessary curtail- ment of expenditures during the past year. Extensive build- ing, elaborate alterations, and real estate development, all of which interest the members of the Board, have been almost negligible in the town. Monthly meetings have been held with a good attendance and such matters as have been pre- sented to the Board have been amicably settled.
Among other matters considered, the Board has dis- countenanced the application of a property owner to erect a store on the street line of Narragansett Avenue, and by friendly agreement with the owner, eliminated an alleged nuisance, complained of by neighbors, by the discontinuance of a wood yard established on the south side of Winsor Street.
The only zoning change requested of the Board the past year appears in the warrant for the coming Town Meeting, namely to zone for business the land on the water front be- tween Bridge Street and the town property, originally re- served for apartment houses. As no call for the use of this land for this purpose or for other desirable residential con- struction is imminent and the section south is zoned for heavy industry and is developing as a business section, the Board has approved the petition of Michael Kerns for re-zoning.
The powers of a Planning Board are to observe, con- sider, advise and recommend and these functions your Board endeavors to perform, having ever in mind the needs of the community and ever acting for the best interests and wel- fare of all.
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES A. STETSON,
Chairman.
Report of the Board of Appeals
The Fairhaven Board of Appeals held five public hear- ings during the year 1930.
The Board recommended that permits be granted for the following :
Erection of buildings or garages nearer to lot or street
lines than the required zoning law distances 4
The following petitions were given leave to withdraw :
To build a three-car garage in residential district 1 To erect a store in residential district 1
Meetings are held the first Wednesday evening of each month provided there is business to be transacted. (Note the change in meeting dates, which formerly have been held on the last Wednesday evening of each month.)
VICTOR O. B. SLATER, Chairman, GEORGE A. STEELE, Secretary, Z. R. PINAULT, CHARLES W. KNOWLTON, THOMAS LIVESEY.
Report of the Board of Fire Engineers
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen :
I have the honor to submit, herewith, my first annual report of the Fire Department for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1930.
This department has answered 34 bell and 140 still alarms, a total of 174 alarms. This is 31 more than the 143 answered in 1929.
The two stations of this department located at 273 Adams Street and 64 Oxford Street, are in good condition with one exception; the main roof of the station at 273 Adams Street should be re-shingled this year.
The apparatus is in good condition. It consists of the following :- At headquarters are one 750 gallon capacity American LaFrance Triple Combination Hose, Chemical and Pumping Engine, one Type 14 American LaFrance City Service Ladder Truck, one Pope Hartford Combination Hose and Chemical, one Reo Triple Combination Hose and Chem- ical equipped with a 500 gallon Barton Pump and one Whip- pet Roadster, chief's car, equipped with a 11/4 K. W. Delco 110 Volt Lighting Generator and three 350 W. flood lights and 500 feet extension cable.
At the station at 64 Oxford street is a Ford Truck Com- bination Hose and Chemical, and at the Adams Street Sta- tion a Reo Combination Hose and Chemical equipped with a 300 gallon Barton Pump.
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The addition of a flood lighting outfit has increased the efficiency of this department in numerous ways and has greatly decreased the chances of accident to the men and apparatus.
One new street box has been added to the Fire Alarm system, located at the corner of Coggeshall Street and River Street. This box is of the succession non-interfering type and is connected to the sprinkler system of the W. F. Nye oil factory.
The electrification of the Atlas Tack Company's fac- tory, with the resulted lowering of their operating steam pressure, has caused the loss to the Fire Department of its principal means of sounding an alarm of fire-the whistle located on the Atlas power house.
As this is the only source of steam available in Fair- haven for signal purposes, it is extremely necessary to re- place our former steam whistle with some other means of sounding an alarm of fire. The bells connected with our fire alarm system are entirely inadequate as they cannot be heard in many parts of the town, even under favorable weather conditions, and as this department consists of prac- tically all call men a signal that can be heard in all parts of our town is vitally important.
Your Board of Fire Engineers has given this question careful consideration and unanimously recommend that an appropriation be made for the purchase and installation of a signalling device of, or similar to, the Diophone sold by the Gamewell Company.
The Pope Hartford Chemical at headquarters is now entering its 19th year of constant service. This piece of apparatus answers the most calls of any in the department, as it is used almost exclusively for still alarms, As it is
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practically impossible to obtain parts for it at present, the replacement of this piece of apparatus in the near future should be seriously considered.
The Board of Fire Engineers recommend the appropria- tion of $15,500.00, the same as last year, for maintenance of the Fire Department for the ensuing year; and the sum of $600.00 for maintenance, extension and repair of the fire alarm system. An appropriation of $500.00 for the pur- chase of new fire hose is also earnestly recommended.
I wish to acknowledge with grateful appreciation the loyal and willing support given by the members of the Fire Department, the efficient handling of traffic by the Police Department at fires, the willing assistance received from all town departments, and the support and co-operation of the citizens of Fairhaven.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD G. SPOONER, Chief of Department.
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Bell Alarms
34
Still Alarms
140
Total calls received and handled
174
CAUSES
-
Cigarette and careless smoking
16
Defective or dirty chimney
14
Backdraft
3
Boys and matches
21
Oil burner
1
Oilstove
1
Backfire from engine
6
Spontaneous
15
Sparks from chimney
4
Police calls
1
Fire hazards
1
Bonfires out of control
4
Bonfires no permit
27
Bonfires with permit
14
False
8
High tension wire
2
Short circuit in wiring
1
Gasoline stove
1
Emergency
5
Non-permit Oil Burner
1
Overheated stove
1
Carelessness
1
Unknown
26
Total
174
Report of the Superintendent of Fire Alarm
Thirty-three years ago, coming April 21, 1931, our fire alarm system was put in operation, and during this time has been under the care of your present Superintendent of Fire Alarm.
It consisted, at inception, of six boxes and one bell striker with some old gravity batteries. Now these few pieces of equipment have grown, and your town is well cov- ered with a net work of about thirty miles of wire embrac- ing forty-six boxes, five of which are private, beside twenty- one phantom boxes that my be rung by a machine at the central house from telephone calls given from sections of the town not covered by the fire alarm wires. The old type battery has been replaced by a modern storage battery sys- tem. Four bells and a whistle serve to call the department.
Although much of the signalling mechanism-such as punch tapes and visual indicators-are old fashioned, it is serviceable and as comprehensive as any of the modern signal systems ; and in fact better than in many large cities.
Due to modern methods, electricity has superseded the use of steam at the Atlas Tack Company and the present whistle at the plant is not satisfactory, as they do not carry steam at all times. Some newer method, preferably the Dia- phone of the Gamewell Company, must soon be installed to notify the department of a fire.
Each year it has been customary to replace some of the old wire and cross-arms with new. This policy is wise and necessary, and the appropriation this year is largely for this purpose.
The co-operation of the Fire Department officials and your Selectmen during all these years of my service has been very helpful and much appreciated.
Respectfully submitted,
CLIFTON A. HACKER.
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The Fairhaven Firemen's Relief Association
This organization, which was formed in June, 1928, was originated for the purpose of paying benefits to firemen who might be injured in their line of duty. Our average mem- bership for three years has been fifty-one, or about eighty- five per cent of our fire department.
The annual dues are $3.00, with a membership or initia- tion fee of $1.50 for all new members. Our original bene- fits were $1.00 per day for fifty-two days maximum in any fiscal year, but we have recently purchased an insurance policy which covers the entire association at a cost slightly in excess of $2.00 per man per year; which policy became effective January 1, 1931. This policy carries $1,000 death benefit with supporting total and partial disability clauses, also $15.00 per week for fifty-two weeks for total disability, and a sum not exceeding $15.00 for doctor's bills for injuries of a non-disability nature. The purchase of this contract is, of course, a step in the right direction, as it would have taken many years to build up the funds in our own organi- zation, whereby an equal disbursement of benefits might be made.
Our association is governed by a board of directors, one of whom is chosen by each company. The present board of directors are as follows :
President-George Steele, Engine No. 1.
Vice President-Joseph Whitfield, Hose No. 2.
Secretary-Richard Dennie, Chemical No. 1.
Treasurer-Stanley Pendleton, Engine No. 2.
Auditor-William Astin, Hook and Ladder.
Auditor-Henry Benoit, Hose No. 1.
Director-Edw. G. Spooner, Jr., Fire Engineer.
The directors wish to take this opportunity to thank the public for their generous support of our recent benefit en- tertainment.
Fairhaven, Mass., January 1, 1931.
Report of the Park Commissioners
To the Citizens of Fairhaven : -
The season of 1930 was rather severe on our Parks due to the unusual drought, but in spite of this handicap they came through in good shape.
Slight burning of the grass areas and a loss of foliage in the shrubbery during the hottest season, soon disappeared when the rains came.
A steady increase in the use of the organized play- grounds in Cushman Park and the North Fairhaven Park, as well as the very encouraging results at the newly estab- lished East Fairhaven Playground, seem to amply justify the expenditures in this activity.
The great improvement wrought by the work at the North Bridge Park area would seem to indicate the desir- ability of similar work on the south side of the bridge as soon as practical.
Your Board feels that an addition to the Anthony School Playground which would supply a much needed play area between Cushman and the North Fairhaven Parks would be a very wise policy.
We recommend this to the citizens for their early con- sideration.
Your Board granted Mr. Prior's request for the use of Cushman Park for the Tercentenary Pageant on June 13th, which very pleasant and successful event did much to ac- quaint our people with the quiet beauty of this park.
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This Board acknowledges with thanks the action of the Fairhaven Mothers Club in contributing $150 towards the purchase of apparatus for the playgrounds. We also ac- knowledge the willing co-operation given this Board by other town departments, and our able assistants in the playground work.
FAIRHAVEN PARK BOARD,
HAROLD B. DUTTON, Chairman, MABEL L. POTTER, LEWIS F. POOR, Secretary.
CUSHMAN PARK PLAYGROUND REPORT
Attracted by the "Mitchell Merry Whirl" so generously donated by the "Fairhaven Mothers Club," more than four hundred children enjoyed the activities at Cushman Park each day of the first two weeks.
Total registration for the summer was 1166 with an average daily attendance of 278 1-5 for the ten weeks. This did not include accurate records of tennis courts, base ball diamonds and basket ball court.
Athletic contests were held every Wednesday afternoon and large numbers competed for the ribbons awarded.
Miss McLeod taught basketry each Tuesday at Cushman Park.
The fourth annual doll show found over one hundred girls with their dolls ready for the "Standard" photographer.
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Twelve decorated carriages added greatly to the occasion. About fifty dolls including old fashioned and foreign ones were loaned for special exhibition.
Seventy-five boys took part in the vehicle parade which included old time bicycles, wagons, tricycles, toy automobiles, scooters, etc., with "Amos 'n' Andy" bringing up the rear.
P. E. Weeks donated paper fans which were distributed to the girls at the doll show, and the Park Commissioners fur- nished flags for the boys at the vehicle parade and also to all the children closing day.
Three tennis tournaments and three horse shoe tourna- ments were held during the season.
A larger group of older boys used the basket ball court daily. Football, base ball and volley ball (added this season) helped pass the summer weeks of unemployment for about twenty-five older boys.
New benches for the story hour and basketry class gave additional seating space for visitors. The guest book con- tains over one thousand names and lists visitors from Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, Illi- nois, Maryland, Washington, D. C., Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida.
A report would be incomplete without special mention of the willing co-operation of the Park Commissioners and Messrs. Haney, Rounsville and Brown. The increased at- tendance, doll show, vehicle show and final parade on clos- ing day all made extra labor necessary.
Respectfully submitted,
MABEL OBER DUTTON.
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REPORT OF THE EAST FAIRHAVEN PLAYGROUND
Activities at the East Fairhaven Playground were begun the week after school closed.
The apparatus which consisted of six swings, six tilts, horseshoes and various other base ball and basket ball ma- terials kept the children interested.
Basketry was begun under the supervision of Miss McLeod and many girls took part. Once or twice a month they would journey down to the Cushman Park and exhibit their work.
A base ball team was picked and a series of games was played with the other parks. Horseshoe tournaments were held.
The season ended up with a glamorous parade at Cushman Park. The figures reveal the total enrollment for the summer was 270 children with many attending the park daily without fail. The children had been kept occupied throughout the summer.
Yours truly,
EMILE DUBIEL.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NORTH FAIRHAVEN PLAYGROUND
The North Fairhaven Playground closed another very successful season with a 10% increase over last year's total enrollment. The total registration of children under high school age during the 1930 season numbered 440. This total only includes children who used the park apparatus daily, participated in weekly sport programs. Of the total enroll- ment 275 were girls and 165 boys. The average daily attend- ance was 115.
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