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The Child Welfare program has consisted of a check-up and follow-up of pre-school children, as to the causes for underweight, such as improper nourishment, lack of Cod Liver Oil, etc., and to determine whether or not such conditions could be alleviated, to encourage correction of physical deformities, to urge diphtheria immunization, and those not vaccinated to be.
Respectfully submitted,
EDITH B. HORNE, R. N.
Report of the Board of Sewer Commissioners
The Board has answered fifty-six emergency calls during the year. Thirteen new connections have been made and three re- paired, making a total of 1446 now in use.
We have constructed under the Emergency Relief Act 364.60 ft. of sewer in Pleasant and Cedar streets, and 280 ft. in North street. At the present time we have under construction 528 ft. in North Main street and about 900 ft. in Adams st. There are other projects held in abeyance.
We have been able to curtail expenses this year more than ever owing to the fact that all sewer cleaning has been paid for by Emergency Relief and not from Maintenance, as in the past.
Expenditures this year amount to $6,372.89, and we request an appropriation of $7,500. for the year 1936.
Respectfully submitted,
G. W. VALENTINE, FRANK W. MORSE, JOHN M. REILLY
Board of Sewer Commissioners
Report of the Fairhaven Committee on Street and Highway Safety
The report of the work in the interest of Street and Highway Safety is as follows:
The fine cooperation of Supt. of Schools Charles F. Prior and his corps of able assistants in the schools made possible the dis- tribution of 3000 re-prints of "And Sudden Death". This ar- ticle, reprinted from "The Readers' Digest" has attained national acclaim as being the finest Safety story of fact ever written. With the placing of these pamphlets in each Fairhaven home, it is boped that our citizens will become even more "safety-conscious" and our Town will become a safer place in which to live.
It is to be regretted that, because of insufficient funds it became necessary to discontinue the Essay Contest in the High School this year. It was earnestly desired that this contest, suc- cessfully sponsored with the help of Fairhaven Post 166 of the American Legion in 1934 be an annual project. With the necessary budget this important phase of safety education can be resumed - for school boys and girls of Today are our citizens of Tomorrow.
During 1935 there were 47 accidents with no deaths. There were 73 persons injured, including 20 pedestrians. This is a wonderful record in comparison to the 1934 report of 52 accidents, 3 deaths, 83 injured, including 25 pedestrians, one of whom was killed. May 1936 show a much greater improvement, and may the seeds sown in our work begin to bear fruit!
Again I wish to thank Mr. Prior and Mr. Dickey for their cooperation; the Fairhaven Star for the many inches of space given freely in the interest of Safety; and the members of my com- mittee, Mr. E. Philip Osberg and Mr. Raymond Babbitt for their help and encouragement.
Request $150.00 for 1936 Budget.
Respectfully submitted,
VICTOR O. B. SLATER,
Chairman.
E. R. A. Projects Completed from Jan. 1 to Nov. 30, 1935
The following projects were completed under E.R.A. from January 1, 1935 until the closing of E.R.A. November 30, of the same year:
A project at Potter's Field, Woodside Cemetery, to build 456 lineal ft. of stone wall laid in cement and 236 lineal feet of cinder and gravel roadway, 236 feet of blind drain laid under roadway and the grading of 2800 sq. ft. of ground. Project completed Jan. 16, 1935.
A project was approved for Emergency Snow Removal, in various public ways. 4327 hours of labor was granted for this work with the Federal Expenditure for Labor of $2,228.11.
To excavate and resurface with gravel 2640 lineal feet of highway on Gellette Road. Completed March 21, 1935.
To check all dwellings in Town limits and where necessary to allot new numbers. Completed April 25, 1935.
To construct 880 lineal feet of retaining wall at the Town Yard. Completed May 2, 1935.
To make bed quilts for welfare recipients. This work was done in the Town Hall. 324 quilts were made. Project was discontinued May 13, 1935.
To extend present Herring River cement drain 425 feet northerly. The side walls of stone and covered with cement slab five inches thick. Completed May 29, 1935.
To dig quahogs in the polluted waters of the Acushnet River and transplant in Naskatucket Bay. 211 bu. of seed quahogs, 298 bu. of little neck quahogs, 2792 bu. oysters were dug and transplanted. 101 bu. of oyster shells were dredged from the river bottom and 529 bu. of starfish dug and destroyed. Com- pleted June 5, 1935.
5110 lineal ft. of New Boston Road resurface with gravel six inches deep to a width of 16 ft. Completed June 5, 1935.
Approximately 45 acres of land cleared of brush, briers and surplus wood and the adjacent woodland covered by men to
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creosote for prevention of Gypsy Moth. This also included the trees throughout the Town. Completed June 13, 1935.
162 feet of sewer laid in Pleasant St., 426 ft. in Cedar St. and three manholes constructed. Completed June 6, 1935.
To clean out and wall sides of an existing waterway from Rotch St. to the Boy's Creek (so called) 1497 lineal ft. of stone side walls constructed. Completed June 5, 1935.
A connecting drain, for surface water, laid in Allen and Fort Streets from Green to existing drain in Fort Street. Six catch- basins and one manhole built. Completed June 5, 1935.
2425 lineal ft. on Mill Rd. resurface with gravel, 6 inches deep and 12 ft. wide, from Bridge St. northerly to Boston Hill Rd. Also 200 lineal ft. on Boston Hill Rd. west of Mill Rd. and 1175 lineal ft. on Boston Hill Rd. east of Mill Rd. Completed July 2, 1935.
130 lineal ft. of sewer laid in North St. Completed July 2, 1935.
9284 Registration of Voters cards typed and checked for cor- rectness. Completed July 10, 1935.
2354 square ft. roof of barn at Town Infirmary reshingled with fire resistant shingles. Completed July 10, 1935.
724 ft. of pipe laid for surface drain and 7 catchbasins con- structed in Pleasant and Washington Streets. Completed July 10, 1935.
7167 lineal ft. of curb reset in Main St. 4000 ft. in Spring St. 2300 in Chestnut St. 1600 in Middle St. Completed July 23, 1935.
992 square ft. of cement walk, 269 square ft. of cement floor in washroom and installation of a drain, 572 sq. ft. of cement floor laid in barn and 572 sq. ft. of plank and timber removed in barn floor prior to cementing. Work done at Town Infirmary. Completed July 24, 1935.
1074 lineal ft. of surface drain laid in East Coggeshall St. from Sycamore St. westerly to the river and 11 catchbasins constructed. Completed July 24, 1935.
160 lineal ft. of sewer in North St. easterly from the end of the sewer constructed under a previous project. Completed July 24, 1935.
28 oak piles and 3 belay posts 20 ft. long and 6 belay posts 12 ft. long, of green oak, cut and hauled 31/2 miles to Union Wharf for repair of wharf. Completed July 31, 1935.
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To clean sewers in various streets of the Town, approximately 8 miles of sewer system was cleaned. Completed July 31, 1935.
Project to dispense free milk to public welfare recipients. Dis- continued on August 1, 1935, because of lack of milk supply. 27,- 850 quarts dispensed under this project.
Trees in various streets of the Town trimmed of dead and dangerous limbs. Completed Jan. 8, 1935.
To extend the Herring river drain, constructed under previous project, 260 ft. northerly with the same type of construction, stone walls with reenforced cement slab top. Completed Aug- ust 6, 1935.
Repair and whitewash and paint various rooms and corridors at the Town Infirmary. Completed August 7, 1935.
2856 lineal ft. of road on Long Rd. from Adams St. to Alden covered with one course of gravel and 1456 lineal ft. covered with two courses. Discontinued August 14, 1935. W.P.A. was sub- mitted to complete.
Destruction of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth by spraying through all streets and roads and adjacent property where in- fested trees were located. Completed August 21, 1935.
250 ft. of drain, for surface water, construction of one sand- catcher and resetting of 208 ft. of curbing in Water St. at the head of Union Wharf. Completed August 13, 1935.
1449 lineal ft. of curbing reset and gutters repaved in South, Laurel and Church Streets. Completed August 27, 1935.
8 school rooms, 2 corridors, 2 toilets, stairways and hallways, walls and ceilings refinished and interior woodwork at Washing- ton St. School, revarnished. 8 rooms, halls and stairways cleaned and painted, woodwork revarnished at the Rogers School. Audi- torium cleaned and painted at East Fairhaven School. Discon- tinued August 28, 1935, because of opening of schools.
4266 lineal ft. of stone flagging sidewalk on Main St. from Church to North St. relaid and relevelled. Completed August 28, 1935.
At Union Wharf 315 lineal ft. of wharf wall capped with reenforced concrete, 28 new piles driven, 3 belay posts replaced, 6 new belay posts installed and 100 cubic yards of surplus earth removed. Completed August 31, 1935.
Wall at East Fairhaven School ground relaid in cement, 220 ft. on the east side, 200 ft. on the south side moved back to proper street line and relaid. Waiting station moved back, new
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sills and new floor laid. £ 180 lineal ft. of cyclone fence also reset. Completed Sept. 11, 1935.
Razed building at 126 Main St. (Hawes House) Foundation filled in and lot graded. Completed Sept. 11, 1935.
1211 lineal ft., 24 ft. wide, excavated to a depth of 12 inches, refilled with gravel and rolled on Farmfield St. Completed Sept. 23, 1935.
920 lineal ft. of roadway, 27 ft. wide, Pleasant St. from Wash- ington to Spring excavated to a depth of 15 inches refilled with gravel and rolled in two courses also constructed 1812 lineal ft. of cement reenforced curb on a 2 x 2 stone grouted base. Completed Oct. 1, 1935.
268 lineal ft. of road 24 ft. wide excavated to a depth of one foot refilled with gravel rolled in two courses. Union St. from Rotch south to Pleasant St. Completed October 10, 1935.
Registration of all eligible workers and classification. Com- pleted Oct. 10, 1935.
1685 lineal ft. 16 ft. wide on Weeden Rd. excavated to depth of 8 inches and refilled with gravel laid and rolled in two courses. Completed Oct. 10, 1935.
Renewed, made cards and filed Vital Statistics i. e. Births, Marriage Intentions, Marriages and Deaths in the Town of Fairhaven from 1812 to present date. Completed Oct. 24, 1935.
1413 lineal ft., 16 ft. wide scarified, scraped and graded re- built with gravel to the depth of 8 inches on Mill Road laid and rolled in two courses.
Completed November 5, 1935.
3000 lineal ft. on Sconticut Neck Rd. from railroad bridge south, retopped with two applications of crushed stone and asphalt, each rolled. Discontinued. W.P.A. project submitted to complete.
Timekeeping, Supervisory Foreman and Tool Clerk. Com- pleted Nov. 6, 1935.
Federal Housing, canvass of all property owners for the purpose of explaining the operation and advantages of the Federal Housing Administration Campaign. Completed Nov. 27, 1935.
1012 lineal ft. in North St., 24 ft. wide excavated to a depth of 6 inches and refilled with gravel rolled in two courses. Com- pleted November 9, 1935.
Sewing Project for the production of sheets, pillow cases, shirts, dresses, etc. Discontinued Nov. 14, 1935. Transferred to W. P.A.
Knitting sweaters, socks, mittens, etc. Discontinued Sept. 16, 1935. W.P.A. project submitted.
The total Federal Payroll figure from January 1, until the end of E.R.A. on November 30, 1935, is $141,840.08.
W. P. A. Projects Operating in 1935
On November 30, 1935 all E.R.A. Projects were completed or transferred to W.P.A.
The first W.P.A. Project was to excavate and resurface with gravel, Perry Street in East Fairhaven. Started Oct. 17, 1935, and was still operating at the end of the year.
South St. from Main to Green, catch basin and surface drains were installed, roadbed excavated and reconstructed with gravel, hard surfaced at road junctions. Started Oct. 28, 1935. Com- pleted Dec. 12, 1935.
Green and Bridge Streets, catch basin and surface drains built in Bridge St. and roadbed from Bridge St. to Huttleston Ave. re- constructed, penetrated and sealed. Started Oct. 31, 1935. Finished Dec. 12, 1935.
Granite curb and gutter on Adams, Rotch, Rodman and Summer Streets, reset curb and repave cobble gutter. Started Nov. 4, 1935, still operating at end of year.
Middle St., Bridge St., to New Bedford Bridge, road excava- ted of macadam and sub-macadam, granite curb reset and road- bed reconstructed, penetrated and sealed. Started Nov. 8, 1935. Completed Dec. 12, 1935.
Middle St. from Pease St. to Washington, catch basin and sur- face drain built, road excavated to eliminate crown, resurfaced, penetrated and sealed. Started Nov. 12, 1935, still operating at end of year.
Bridge and Park Streets, granite curb reset, repaved cobble gutter. Started Nov. 12, 1935, still operating at end of year.
Oxford Fire Station, outside of building reshingled, new door constructed, rebuilt double doors, outside trim painted. Started Nov. 12, 1935. Supplement to complete the work has been sub- mitted.
Sewing Project, making garments and household articles for those in need. Transferred from E.R.A. to W.P.A. on Nov. 18, 1935, still operating at end of year.
Planting of 200 trees in various streets of the Town to replace dead trees. Started Nov. 22, 1935, finished Dec. 26, 1935.
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Adams St., 900 lineal ft. of sewer, three manholes laid in sidewalk because of cement highway surface. Started Nov. 25, 1935, still operating at end of year.
Surface drain in Christian St., Green St., and Cushman Park, catch basins and surface drain. Started Nov. 25, 1935, still work- ing at end of year.
Project covering Rotch, Hawthorne, Morgan and Church, excavation and regravelling. Started Dec. 30, 1935, still working at end of the year.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD SANDERS,
Sponsor's Agent.
State Auditor's Report
Mr. Theodore N. Waddell, Director of Accounts,
Department of Corporations and Taxation, State House, Boston.
Sir:
In accordance with your instructions, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Fairhaven for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1935, and submit the following report thereon:
The financial transactions, as recorded on the books of the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the town or committing bills for collection, were examined and checked.
The books and accounts of the accounting officer were examined and compared with the treasurer's books and with the records in the several departments collecting money for the town.
The appropriations, transfers, and loans, as recorded on the accounting officer's ledger, were checked with the town clerk's records of town meetings and with the finance committee's records of transfers authorized from the reserve fund.
The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked. The recorded receipts were analyzed and compared with the records in the several departments collecting money for the town and with other sources from which money was paid into the treasury, while the payments were checked with the selectmen's warrants authorizing the treasurer to disburse town funds. The cash balance on April 13, 1935, was proved by a verification of a deposit in transit and a reconciliation of the bank balance with a statement furnished by the bank of deposit.
The records of town debt, revenue loans, and interest were examined and listed, and the payments were verified by a com- parison with the amounts falling due.
The securities and savings bank books representing the in- vestments of the several trust funds in the custody of the town treasurer were examined and listed, the income being proved and the expenditures being verified.
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The income from Henry H. Rogers High School Fund, as en- tered on the treasurer's books, was verified with a statement fur- nished by the City Bank Farmers Trust Company of New York, Trustees.
The records of tax titles taken by the town were examined, listed, and checked with the actual deeds on hand and with the tax commitments, being further verified by checking with the records at the Registry of Deeds.
The books and accounts of the tax collector were examined and checked. The taxes and assessments outstanding at the time of the previous examination were audited, and all subsequent com- mitments were verified by a comparison with the warrants issued by the board of assessors for their collection. The recorded collections were checked with the commitment books, the abate- ments granted, the payments to the treasurer were verified, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved.
The outstanding accounts were verified by mailing notices to many persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town. One reply among those received claimed that the tax had been paid but not credited on the books of the collector, and proper credit was given when this claim was called to the atten- tion of the collector. From the other replies received it would appear that the outstanding accounts, as listed, are correct.
The town clerk's record of the town licenses and permits, dog licenses, and sporting and trapping licenses were checked, and the payments to the town and to the Division of Fisheries and Game were verified.
The records of licenses granted by the board of selectmen and the health department were examined and the payments to the treasurer were verified.
The records of accounts receivable committed for collection were examined. The payments to the treasurer were verified, the abatements were checked, and the outstanding accounts were listed and proved.
The outstanding accounts were verified by mailing notices to persons and municipalities appearing on the books as owing money to the town, the replies received thereto indicating that the ac- counts, as listed, are correct.
In addition to the departments mentioned, the available records of all other departments receiving money for the town were checked and the payments to the treasurer were verified.
The surety bonds filed by the several town officials for the faithful performance of their duties were examined and found to be in proper form.
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Appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, are tables showing a reconciliation of the treasurer's and the collector's cash, summaries of the tax, assessment, tax title, and departmental accounts, as well as the tables showing the condition and tran- sactions of the various trust funds.
For the cooperation extended and the assistance rendered by the several town officials during the audit, I wish, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, to express appreciation.
Respectfully submitted,
HERMAN B. DINE Assistant Director of Accounts
HBD:C
SCHOOL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN MASSACHUSETTS
FOR THE
Year 1935
School Committee
Mrs. Ella H. Blossom Mrs. Elisabeth M. Knowles
Orrin B. Carpenter
James A. Stetson
William B. Gardner
George F. Braley
Term expires in 1936 Term expires in 1936 Term expires in 1937 Term expires in 1937 Term expires in 1938 Term expires in 1938
CHAIRMAN William B. Gardner, 35 Union Street
SECRETARY AND SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Charles F. Prior, 30 Green Street
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT CLERK Beatrice DeCoffe, 212 Main Street
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE HOURS
Town Hall
8:15-9:00 A. M .- Every school day. 4:00-5:00 P. M .- Every school day. Wednesday evenings, 7:00-8:00.
The Superintendent's office is open with a clerk in charge daily from 9:00-12:00 and 1:30-5:00, except Saturdays, when it is open only in the forenoon.
Telephone at Town Hall, Fairhaven-3891 Telephone at residence, 30 Green Street-6714-W
School Calendar
Monday, December 30
1936
Schools re-open
Friday, February 21
Schools close
Monday, March 2
Schools re-open
Monday, April 20
Holiday (April 19)
Friday, April 24 Schools close
Monday, May 4
Schools re-open
Friday, June 26
Schools close
SUMMER VACATION
Monday, September 14 Schools re-open
Monday, October 12 Columbus Day (Holiday)
Wednesday noon, Nov. 25
Thanksgiving Recess
Monday, November 30 Schools re-open
Schools close (Christmas vacation)
Thursday noon, Dec. 24
1937
Monday, January 4
Schools re-open
The signal at 7:15 A. M. indicates no forenoon session for any of the eight grades of the elementary schools.
The signal at 12:45 noon indicates no afternoon session for any of the eight grades of the elementary schools.
The no-school signals do not apply to the high school.
Report of the School Committee
To the Citizens of Fairhaven :
Herewith is submitted the annual report of the School Com- mittee for the year ending December 31, 1935.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
(Elementary Schools)
RECEIPTS
Town Appropriation, 1935
$96,740.00
H. H. Rogers Trust Fund
4,387.58
Edmund Anthony Jr. Trust Fund
302.25
Pease Fund
227.87
County Dog Fund
1,129.37
Miscellaneous
5.80
$102,792.87
EXPENDITURES
General Control
$4,994.22
Superintendent's Salary
$3,750.00
Office Clerk
790.50
Attendance Officer
187.00
School Census
125.00
Miscellaneous
141.72
Instruction
$73,155.49
Teachers' Salaries
$68,517.71
Text Books
2,324.52
Supplies
2,313.26
Operation and Maintenance
$15,180.32
Janitors' Salaries
$7,522.96
Fuel
3,353.14
Building Supplies
2,113.56
Repairs
1,899.12
New Equipment
291.54
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Other Agencies Transportation Health Tuition Insurance
$8,226.94
$5,433.84
1,500.00
138.25
1,154.85
Miscellaneous
$310.67
Total
$101.867.64
Balance
925.23
$102,792.87
FINANCIAL STATEMENT (High School)
RECEIPTS
Town Appropriation
$24,460.00
H. H. Rogers Trust Fund
24,309.59
$48,789.59
EXPENDITURES
Instruction
$37,296.25
Teachers' Salaries
$33,670.40
Text Books
2,129.41
Supplies
1,496.44
Operation and Maintenance
$10,563.05
Janitors' Salaries
$5,365.52
Fuel
1,945.00
Building Supplies
1,568.74
Repairs
1,612.32
New Equipment
71.47
Other Agencies
$640.00
Health
$320.00
Insurance
320.00
Miscellaneous
$236.67
Total
$48,735.97
Balance
53.62
$48,789.59
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REPAIRS
Your committee has expended from the appropriation $1250. more for repairs, high and elementary, than during the previous year. There is more that might have been done in this direction, but limitation of funds confines expenditures to the more urgent requirements. Through the substantial assistance of E.R.A. and W.P.A. Funds, your schools are, on the whole, in fairly good physical condition.
The ordinary repairs include, among others, the following :-
Repair of walls and baffle plates and installation of some new tubing in high school boilers.
Repainting exterior of high school and addition.
Repairs to roof and tunnel at high school.
New grates for boilers at Edmund Anthony, Jr. and Job C. Tripp Schools.
Repair of roofs at high, Job C. Tripp, Rogers and East Fair- haven Schools.
Repairs to heating plant and plumbing at Oxford.
New floors in and general repairs to Oxford Portable.
Re-setting glass in windows of several schools.
New curtains in several schools.
Repainting toilets at Rogers School.
Repair of flagpole at High school.
Recovering mats in high school gymnasium.
Building of Fence along North boundary of Edmund Anthony School.
New rectifier for the bell system at high school.
Under the E.R.A. or W.P.A. the following was accomplished during the summer :
Repainting with two coats walls and ceilings of Washington Street School and revarnishing the woodwork.
Repainting walls and ceilings and revarnishing woodwork of eight rooms at Rogers School.
Repainting, in part, the interior of the East Fairhaven School. Time was not sufficient to complete the work that had been started under W.P.A., and the School Department contributed about $80. to do so.
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The Question of an Addition to the Oxford School
In October a joint meeting of the School Committee and representatives of Precinct 3 was held to discuss the advisability of putting through a P.W.A. project for the addition of an auditorium and from 2 to 4 rooms at the Oxford School.
The School Committee appreciates the desirability of an auditorium for both school and community, but does not feel the need is urgent enough to warrant its action in the present financial condition of the Town.
In regard to addition of school rooms, statistics of attendance show a gradual decline in lower grade enrollment of both North Fairhaven Schools, Anthony and Oxford, during the last five years. It seems highly probable that within two or three years, perhaps sooner than that, it will be possible to eliminate trans- portation of the Oxford seventh grade to Rogers School and house it in Oxford. It does not seem wise to your Committee to ask the Town to provide additional school rooms at a time when the school population is able to be housed with those we have. It does not now seem likely need of more room will be required in the years immediately ahead. Your committee has laid new floors and generally repaired the Portable. Reports indicate that during the recent cold snap it was able to be heated adequately. The Committee regrets its inability to secure continuous trans- portation of the 7th grade from the Oxford district to the Rogers School, unless the cost of such is doubled, a fact that makes it seem unwise under present financial limitations.
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