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8 Stanley Walker
8 Marcia Elizabeth Wing
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BIRTHS RECORDED IN FAIRHAVEN-1937 (Continued)
Date
Name of Child
15
Richard Arthur Keyes
17 Sandra Whiting Kuechler
19 Michael Garcia
18 Arthur Souza
19 Gloria Ann Mello
23 Illegitimate
25
Irene Helen Presner
27
Eileen Bachaud
May 2
Anita Rejane Audette
6
Arlene Lewis
7
Jerome Parker Frost
14 Betty Marie Albert
20 Germaine Irene Marie Tremblay
21
Roderick Lopez
22
David Riddock Bold
28
Reta Jeannette Desjardins
June 1
Raymond Ulric Benoit
4 Ellen York
9 Janet Bruce
11
Stillborn
12 Paulina Lipinski
12 Doris May Esther Medeiros
15
Henry George Martin
18
Albert Giroux, Jr.
18 Robert Raymond Portway
20
Delores Martin
26
Edith Rose Oliviera
26
William Whiting Phillips Pauline
29
Mary Ruth Mellody
30
Howard Francis Haskins
July 8
Sandra Leah Hopwood
9
Mary Elizabeth Hennessy
10
Robert Conn Barber
13
William Barstow Macy, Jr.
13
Charles Kennedy Dyer
18 Stillborn
19 Jeanne Lumena Marmen
22 Travers
22 Robert Barcellos
23 Eugen Faber, 3rd
26 Allen Edward Days
26 Vivian Elaine Bariteau
29
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BIRTHS RECORDED IN FAIRHAVEN-1937 (Continued)
Date
Name of Child
27
Maria Augusta Santos
28
Edna Sandra Eddy
28 Joan Wilcox Ellis
29
Illegitimate
31 Gilbert Rocha Fernandes
Aug. 1
Jean Lawton
2
Elizabeth Lorraine
3
Norma Teresa Vieira
3
LeRoy Snell Joseph Bowman, Jr.
4
Margaret Ann Shea
4
Peter Frederick Lagasse
6 Madeleine Annette Duval
6
Irene Lucy Knudsen
8 Henry Travers, Jr.
11 Rita Guilmette
13 Leo Joseph Richard
19 Hervi Hebert, Jr.
21
Walter Edward Machado
24
Miriam Ann Pacheco
26 Roger Laurent Fernandes
26
Patricia Mae Cabral
28
Donald A. Duarte
29
Foster Thompson
Sept. 1
Craig Lewis Palmer
1
Joseph Leo Lavimoniere, Jr.
2 Judith Ann Laiscell
2 Joan Marie Freitas
3 James Michael O'Leary
3
Joan Georgia Hayes
5
Sylvia Mae Souza
10 Ruth Estelle Daffinee
10
Stillborn
11 Louise Fuller
14 Francis Joseph Pacheco, Jr.
14 Anne Elaine Hammond
20 William Paul Martin
21 Alfred Roberts Southworth
25 Philip W. Bolster, Jr.
26 Leon John Couture
29 Rosemary Richards
30 Dolores Mary Silva
Oct. 6 Robert John Karl
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BIRTHS RECORDED IN FAIRHAVEN-1937 (Continued)
Date
Name of Child
8
Leland Alan Crowell
9 Kenneth Arnold Wade
12 Delores Rita Barcellos
13
Richard Edward Rodrigues
14 Elaine Marie Anthony
15 Edward John Krol
19
Randolph Larry Braga
20
Robert Angers Martin
22
Manuel Joseph Joaquin, Jr.
Nov. 1
William Clayton Whitehead
4
William Joseph Almond, 3rd
4
Elaine Anne Desroches
13
Shirley Atherton Anderson
15
Sandra Ann Westgate
16
Jane Cumberland Moore
16
Anne Davenport Moore
18
Nellie Medeiros
20
Robert Willard Reed
21
Thomas Edward Ohnesorge
21
William James Cutting
Dec. 1
John Rego, Jr.
5
Charles Thomas DaRoza
8
Eileen Anne Cruz Jarvis
14
Stanley Carl Sylvia
17 Stillborn
18 Evelyn Marie Bernard
19
Carol Medeiros
20 Richard Ferreira
22
Mildred Majocka
24 Robert Machado
27
Theresa Rezendes
31 Clarence Sylvester Lima
Parents be sure to record the birth of your child with given name in full.
READ THE LAW
" Parents, within forty days after the birth of a child, and every house- holder, within forty days after a birth in his house, shall cause notice thereof to be given to the clerk of the town where such child is born. **** " Gen. Laws, Chap. 46, Sec. 6.
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN FAIRHAVEN-1937
Date
Bride
Groom
Jan. 1 Velma Elizabeth Kellogg
1 Mary Soares Gracie
Manuel Linhares Cruz
2 Mary Carmel Caton
Edward Lebeau
9 Bertha Sherman
Walter Sykes
16 Gladys Jukes
Wilbur Henry Bailey
25 Eleanor Frances Bousquet
Ralph Edwin Dexter
30 Hilda Frances Sylvia
Joseph Mello
30 Mary Ferreira
Joseph Perry
Feb. 1 Germaine Poyant
James Lima Tavares
2 Ruth Allen Starkie
James Donald Barnes
6 Juliet Mary Cormier
20 Martha Dorothea Portas
25 Edna Florence (Pierce) Hammond
Mar. 1 Elsie Mae (Smith) Pratt
9 Arlene Mae Longson
28 Muriel Evelyn Westgate
31 Edna Belle (Bradshaw) Bidwell
April 3 Yvonne Bella Roy
3 Yvonne Annette Charbonneau
12 Evelyn Flossie(Finnimore) Gesslein
15 Alice Lillian Cordes
16 Rose Correia Tavares
19 Bertha Mary Chausse
19 Palmira Mabel Mendonsa
19 Theda Edna Blechinger
24 Mary Julia Medeiros
24 Dorothy Schofield
Howard Phillips Livesley
Anthony Joaquin Azevedo
John Galloway
Roland Adrian Desrochers
1 Cecelia Rego
Antone Medeiros
Arnold Ilmari Paananen
Stillman Macomber Bushnell
20 Ida Belle Goss
Charles Franklin James
Norman William Dunham
Norman Edward Thoits
Frank Bartlett
LeRoy Marsh Connor
Walter Emerson Holden
Manuel Lewis
Harry Chadwick, Jr.
Wilfred Joseph Moreau Alfred Joseph DuBois
Lester Maurice Pittsley Clare Neal Turner Harry Albert Mosher, Jr.
George Edward Gray
Charlton Bontecou Bidwell, Jr.
Calix Joseph Richard
John Santos Sylvia Andreas Danielsen Joseph Jabez Jenney, Jr.
Warren Arthur Turner
John James Sheehan
Julius Moniz
William Joseph Almond, Jr. George DeTerra
24 Mary Olive Teixeira
24 Priscilla Browne
May 1 Philomene . Rita Barriault
1 Alice Alma Gifford
14 Irva May Grigware
22 Marion Dinsmore Underwood
26 Elsie May Silver
29 Rose Silva
29 Jean Carpenter
June 5 Blanche Lea Roy 5 Mary Agnes Gonsalves
9 Olive Livesey
Antone Verdun Dias
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN FAIRHAVEN - 1937-Continued
Date
Bride
Groom
12 Julia Catherine McGoff
12 Mary Eunice Lima
Anthony Mello
12 Amelia Mildred Tomasik William Herbert Barney
12 Mary Ponte
Joseph Motta
14 Catherine Cecilia Lowney
Thomas Joseph Robinson
15 Sylvia Bancroft Winsor
Walter Benjamin Moseley
17 Emma Perry
19 Lillian Elizabeth Bryant
Albert Guildo Lucardi
19 Edith Rimmer
Alfred Raymond Morris
Caesar Cordeiro Leite
Roland Stanley Bisaillon
George Malcolm McLane, Jr.
Stanley Dziura
26 Alexandria Amaral
Augustine DeJesus
26 Rosaria (Goulart) Sylvia
Manuel Perreira Arruda
Richard Victor Johnson
William Travis Flood
George Cudworth Randall
5 Beatrice Evangeline Allaire
6 Areletha Audrey Flatten
8 Blanche Evelyn Miller
10 Stanislawa Chroniak
10 Stanislawa Darmofal
John Patrick Gilmore, Jr.
17 Violet Rose Gould
Conrad Armand Surprenant
17 Olive Burrows
Kenneth Rogers Vining
21 Mary Avilla Perry
24 Agnes Helen Branchaud
24 Muriel Jane Audette
29 Lorena Branchini
William Holt
31 Lena Rose Frates
Joseph Rebello
Aug. 3 Lavinia Lillian (Cromwell) Sylvia
7 Mildred Mary Schestak
12 Mary Rose Silva
19 Maria P. Ferreira
19 Elmira Delano Beaton
21 Lucy Julia Sylvia
28 Alice Blanche Fregeau
29 Luella Frances (Jenning) Sanderson Arthur Ernest Jones
Sept. 4 Alice Adao
4 Almarinda Santos Vieira
Herbert Smith Atkinson
Harold Roger Saulnier
Joseph Costa Mottas
Manuel Roderick Serpa
Gilbert Cushing Phinney John Sylvia Nunes Manuel Mello
Charles Seales Sylvia, Jr.
Manuel Rose, Jr.
Harold Wilson Vokes
19 Gladys Louise Silver
William Frank Hayter
19 Clara Elizabeth Perry
19 Edith Lillian Souza
26 Emma Helen Nunes
26 Mary Anne (Baron) Witkowicz
27 Doris Ann Black
29 Lillian Irene Johnson
July 3 Priscilla Winterbottom
Antheine Exaire Brunette Alois Ciegfied Wresch
Raymond Dwelly Fish
Armand Henry Brodeur
Thomas Perry
Glennon Francis Reynolds
Kenneth Clifton Howland
Edward Wilson Sylvia
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN FAIRHAVEN - 1937-Continued
Date
Bride
Groom
4 Edith Lambert
4 Leopoldine Marujo
4 Dorothy McCarthy
4 Marjorie Bertha Wilbur
Lawrence Elmer Sylvia
6 Irene Antoinette Savaria
Wilfred Frank Nolin
6 Alice Fitting
Clement Auguste Alexis Poyant
6 Dorothy Emma Lee Elliot Emerson Grew
6 Bella Costa Lemos
Gilbert Miller Smith
10 Ruth Marguerite Handy
Gordon Barton Eldred
10 Alice Mary Nemec
Anthony Plezia
11 Elsie Veeder
Raymond Henry Bauer
15 Edwina Edna Correia
James Vollemaere Cunha
22 Mary Agnes Deasy
James Joseph Kelly
23 Elizabeth Alden
Allen Kazlitt Bucknell
25 Mary Rose Leite
25 Harriet Leona Pacheco
27 Amy Howard Fuller
Oct. 2 Winnie Lillian Saulnier
2 Doris Evelyn Minezzi
9 Amy Edna Heyliger
9 Margaret Olivera
12 Catherine Helen Mangham
12 Marie Fleurette Georgette Archambeault
12 Dorothy LeBaron Tribe
16 Mary Oliveira
16 Beatrice Louisa Carr
16 Rosalina Medeiros
16 Deolinda (Rosa) Machado
20 Ellen Anne Briden
22 Marion Allan Forman
23 Barbara Louise Slocum
27 Helen Theresa Dziura
28 Grace Winslow Costa
28 Irene Charpentier
30 Helen Marion Minezzi
Nov. 6 Stefanie Skwarlo 6 Edith (Clegg) Hudson
9 Mary Patricia Perry
12 Jennie Pimental 13 Beatrice Livesey
Joseph Alfred Trepannier
Sidney Crowell Chase
Manuel Souza Perry,
John Oliveira Castro, Jr.
Armand Alemida Dias
Sylvester Louis Souza
Henry Burkhardt Hammond
Raymond Nelson Hiller
Otto Archer Blaha
Frank Stanley Kumor
William Herbert Portas
William Francis Porter
Charles Harvey Blackburn
Raymond Haworth James Plummer
Kenneth Wallace Nelson
Inocencio Vaz
Theodore Eugene Isabelle
John Correa
Joseph Armand Rivard
Samuel Weston Cathcart
Norman Romuald Lafrancois
Manuel Dutra
Sherman Hall Rounseville
Frank Avila
Joseph Souza
Bernard Clovis Rioux
Manuel Viera
Angelo Mello, Jr.
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN FAIRHAVEN - 1937-Continued
Date
Bride
Groom
20 Anna Mello
Joseph Martin
Charles Fermino, Jr.
Taduess Czaja
Richard Parmly Lippincott
John Thomas Griffin, Jr.
Alden Bradford Wrightington
25 Anna Pimental
25 Mary Helen Correia
25 Virginia Prior
Joseph Louis Xavier
25 Mary Furtado Monteiro
John Sylvia
25 Evelyn Frances Tapper
Wilfred Newton
25 Mary Anne Rocha
Joao Botelho Paiva
Leo Avery
27 Elizabeth Ann Cabral
Mario Costa
Anders Svendsen Skeie
Bernard Davis Hubbard
Daniel Brooks Powell
William Henry Fuller, Jr.
Ormond Winston Churchill Brown
Thomas Jackson
Samuel William Rowe
Lawrence Leighton Harrington
20 Minnie Andrews
20 Lily Christina Winterbottom
20 Evelyn Taylor Dean
24 Jacqueline Mary Perucci
24 Dorothy Peel
Joseph Perry Souza, Jr.
Napoleon Edmond Roy
27 Gertrude Mae (Braley) Ellis
Dec. 2 Ragnhild Matland
9 Grace Lawrence Macomber
18 Isabelle Wallner
19 Etta Bell Atkinson
20 Beatrice May Taphilias
23 Emily Caroline Mary Hayter
24 Yvonne Louise Morris
31 Eleanor Hinckley
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DEATHS RECORDED IN FAIRHAVEN - 1937
Date
Name
Yrs. Months Days
Jan. 6 Charles Waldo Fiske
77
11
17
66
8 Elizabeth A. Ridings
62
3
15
66
11
William H. Gardner
59
. .
.
..
15 Margaret A. Dover
71
18 Joseph T. Gifford
63
. .
. .
.6
19 Abbie M. Whitfield
82
1
28
66
19 Sarah L. Keene
73
3
13
:
19 Manuel Floria
55
1
4
Feb.
1 Charlotte Church
13
9
5
..
7 Corrine L. White
61
. .
. .
66
9 Harriet T. Brownell
77
9
19
6.
12
Henry C. Peirce
76
10
23
66
13
Abbie F. Allen Ellis
79
1
16
66
18
Josephine Robert Dupuis
79
7
14
20
Henrietta E. Wrightington
86
10
17
21
Mabel Fenner (Ware)
59
1
28
27
John W. Diggle
70
7
Mar. 2
Manuel Araujo
71
. .
..
66
7 Stillborn
66
12
Marie Louise Roberts (Syroid)
62
14
66
13
James Buckley
47
4
10
66
14
Emma Greenwood
72
6
7
66
14 Irma (Germont) Rogissart 19 - Almy
66
9
14
66
64
20
John Bettencourt
60
. .
. .
66
22
Manuel R. Perry
53
. .
.
..
26
Myra T. (Delano) Spooner
72
2
23
27 Louise Petrain
68
9
. .
..
31
Oliver L. Binden
61
8
29
31
Chloe L. (Wicks) Tilton
77
4
30
Apr. 2 Charles F. Benson
77
9
28
..
2
Sarah P. Allen
85
2
15
66
2
Jeremiah J. Crowley
77
. .
66
4 Elizabeth Suffern Demoranville
85
. .
4 Margaret Jane Plummer
64
8
8
66
6 John B. Sylvia
58
..
. .
..
20 Irene Lewis
12
3
. .
6
Katherine E. Willson
70
7
2
8 Joseph Le Beau
61
8
4
66
13 Stillborn
8 hrs.
30 Gloria Desroches
4
71
DEATHS RECORDED IN FAIRHAVEN - 1937-Continued
Date
Name
Yrs. Months Days
9
Rita Y. Giroux
1
3
22
13
Mary E. (Coughlin) Lowney
65
14
Clara Burgess Marston
83
. .
. .
15
John Francis Toomey
72
. .
. .
15
Eleanor Martin (Leblanc)
46
66 16
Amelia Charves
37
2
19
Marie A. Silva
..
5
3
19
Anna C. (Weir) Garcia
41
23
Alyre Bastarache
40
. .
. .
..
24
William L. Church
71
24
Ethel R. (Stuart) Chamberlain
51
. .
. .
24
Michael Garcia
. .
. .
5
26
Mary Ellen Boyle (Brocklehurst )
46
1
8
29
David Levasseur
74
11
. .
66
8
Joseph B. Goulart
68
. .
. .
8
Edward F. Chace
81
. .
. .
66
9
Adelaide Costa (Souza)
32
.
..
66
22
Manuel Sylvia
59
9
19
.6
25
Grace Richards
29
. .
. .
..
25
Agnes Couture
61
. .
. .
June
4
Minnie Heap (Buckley)
55
8
8
..
7
Sarah Ann Allen (Kirk)
80
2
18
8
Helen R. Chadwick
87
1
30
10
Thomas Martin
61
3
19
66
10
James H. Burke
66
. .
66
11
Stillborn
47
9
13
19
Clarissa E. Lloyd
75
0
27
19
Antone M. Frates
59
.
. .
20
Robert Henry Boyer
40
0
18
21
Florence B. Howland
86
11
3
..
23
Joseph N. Lombard
40
. .
66
26
Thomas J. Taft
86
4
12
July
2
Elizabeth McMahon (Griffin)
65
9
13
4 Arthur Potvin
73
2
19
5 Roberta A. (Kaufman) Noland
83
ยท
..
11
Derilda (Rousseau) Bouley
69
9
..
..
30
Marion A. Gonsalves
44
. .
21
Nancy Wood Nichols
84
9
3
May 3 Dorothy Cabral
. .
3
22
66
13
George C. Dickey
3 Mary Costa
65
. .
..
..
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DEATHS RECORDED IN FAIRHAVEN - 1937-Continued
Date
Name
Yrs. Months Days
66
18
Henrietta F. Sale
85
10
24
66
22
William M. Allen
67
7
20
66
22
Travers
8 hrs.
..
23
Martha Jane Caldwell
78
9
. .
Aug. 5
Fannie W. Pierce
68
6
5
66
7
Elizabeth Fish (Mason)
66
2
10
66
8
Sarah Andrada Correia
69
. .
. .
18
James Aiken
69
10
4
66
22
Margaret Ann (Bland) Rushworth
60
9
13
..
31
Julia A. Fisher
80
4
5
Sept. 1
George R. Wixon
91
8
22
66
8
Philip C. Westgate
66
6
23
66
10 Stillborn
71
5
3
66
17
Leonard Delmont Smith
78
8
17
66
18
Ralph Tickle
47
9
6
..
22
Bertha Laube
74
. .
26
Marietta F. Chace
73
5
13
..
26
Lucy Jane (Bryant) Stowell
84
7
30
29
Catherine H. Packard
59
7
2
Oct.
1
Anna Wallner
75
. .
..
2
Hattie T. Tilden
82
8
3
66
2
Maria Lawrence
83
.
..
6 Susan D. Brightman
85
7
4
8 Manuel P. Moreira
30
.
. .
12 Frank O. Covill
73
3
25
15
Manuel J. DeAmaral
60
.
. .
66
16
Allen Herbert Reed
71
6
14
66
17 Lucien Fortin
58
.
. .
66
19 Alice May Morash
46
5
10
66
20 Henry Honohan
55
..
. .
66
21 Henry Meunier
53
. .
2
24
Benjamin Harriman
75
9
5
7
Helen E. Tripp
73
11
7
11 Philomene A. Lajeunesse Vien
58
10
24
Joseph J. L. Beauregard
83
9
3
3
Rose (Mello) Rapoza
72
11
Peter Lecuyer
38
. .
18
Stillborn
19 Edward Murry
61
. .
13 Honore Deschene
82
9
6
.
21 Manuel Lima Areia
73
DEATHS RECORDED IN FAIRHAVEN - 1937-Continued
Date
Name
Yrs. Months Days
..
28
Charles T. Akin
81
11
4
..
28
Lewis E. Bentley
76
. .
..
30
Charles H. Crapo
59
2
. .
Nov. 1 Rosanna Benoit
68
9
30
..
1
Johanna B. Poulsen
78
5
30
66
4
Peter Sheehan
73
. .
. .
60
10
Mary A. (McCarthy) Hutchinson
72
. .
. .
66
12
Roger S. Lumbard
17
11
17
..
13 Alice Starkie
56
. .
6
14
Hattie B. Cottelle
80
?
?
6.
14
Clara A. Gething
75
3
r.
66
19
Ada M. (Kirk) Parkin
67
11
16
66
23
Dolores Mattos
2
7
10
66
24
Charles Caton Nunes
55
4
11
66
29
Joseph Govin
77
. .
66
10
Thomas S. Ellis
74
11
6
66
11 Maria (Sylvia) Monteiro
63
. .
. .
66
12 Emery E. Cushman
71
1
29
66
13
Lillian H. Simas
63
0
13
66
16
James E. Baker Burns
82
0
0
..
17
Annie H. Cowen (Gillingham
50
10
20
66
19
Crawford L. Dunham
70
11
19
66
21
Lewis E. Gifford
63
9
10
66
23
Jeannine Leblanc
8
11
. .
66
24
Emily H. Bliss
88
1
24
66
25
Joseph A. Diogo
62
..
66
26 Stillborn
6.
31 Maria C. Joseph Alves
79
. .
. .
66
31
Manuel Joseph Alves
81
8
13
Dec. 8
Manuel J. Senna
73
4
0
17
15 min.
20 Amy S. Frizelle
64
6
19
24
Maryanna Mello Camara
42
. .
28
Jeremiah Sanborn
74
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Report of Police Department
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and the People of Fairhaven :
Below and on following pages you will find the Annual report of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1937. It has been a year when the depart- ment has been beset with trials and tribulations-financial and otherwise.
The Strike
May and June brought the department its most expensive job in several years-that of policing the strike at the plant of the Atlas Tack Corporation.
Our work was made the more difficult by reason of the fact that the capacity in which we acted during the strike was not readily understood by some. Others were misin- formed. Our officers were not present as sympathizers with the management, nor were they there as labor adherents. They were there as impartial agents of the executive de- partment of the town government to keep the peace and to enforce Massachusetts laws. Definitely, they were not there to enforce the controversial wishes or demands of either management, workers, or strikers. The officers did their work without prejudice or favoritism.
Good judgment, practiced by all concerned, can keep a strike orderly. Fortunately there were only slight injuries and negligible property damage. The most serious trouble encountered in policing the Atlas Tack strike was made up of a series of automobile accidents involving the manage- ment or its employees. Good judgment could and would have prevented these accidents.
The cooperation and help accorded us by outside agencies were, indeed, gratifying. The Dartmouth Police Depart- ment helped by sending men. We enjoyed the splendid cooperation of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company police. Corporal Norman S. Sidney of the Massachusetts Department of Public Safety, after re- viewing the situation which prevailed during the strike, spoke words of commendation for the manner in which the
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police work had been done. The local press is to be con- gratulated for accurately presenting strike news to its readers.
Policing the strike cost the department $1,024.98. Most of this, or $884.90, was spent for labor. Gas bombs, which we are glad we did not have to use, cost $132.88.
Noteworthy Appreciation
As has been pointed out in my reports before, police officers at times give value far in excess of their pay. There are many occasions when an officer's work is of incalculable value. Often these exceptional services pass unnoticed. Usually, though, someone says "thank you," but last Fall an expression of appreciation came to us that bore sincerity and heart-felt warmth.
A few nights before, three officers had been sent to a Fairhaven home-the scene of trouble. It was a type of case we seldom have but for which we are nevertheless always prepared. The three officers did their full duty- and perhaps a great deal more. Circumstances over which they had not control prevented ultimate success. The fact that they had striven to accomplish something big-some- thing important-something fine, even in the face of defeat, stood out in the minds of people in that home like a light- house on a dark night. And, just as the rays from a light- house create confidence in its keeper, so did the work of those three officers create confidence in the department. A member of that household expressed the family's appreci- ation, not only in writing, but also in the form of a five- dollar bill.
That five-dollar bill was deposited in the Christmas Basket Fund.
Center Street Traffic
This year has brought about progress in clarifying the question of how to best handle Center Street traffic. Also, a better understanding of the situation has developed, and because this is so we can reasonably look forward to an amicable arrangement in the not too distant future.
You will remember that the 1936 police report reminded us that traffic signs were intended primarily for the benefit of moving traffic. We can remind ourselves that the streets also are intended for moving traffic.
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With this thought in mind we can easily recall a day when automobiles were not yet invented-a day when shopping was done by foot travelers armed with baskets, and when streets were used only by a relatively few horse- drawn vehicles. It was while these modes of shopping and travel were in vogue that most of our present-day streets were laid out.
With the advent of the motor car and its increasing popularity certain streets have become crowded. It became necessary to share, voluntarily at first, space at the sides of the streets. As time went on lack of cooperation and the continued increase in motorized traffic have required traffic rules and signs, and compulsory sharing of parking space.
Secondary only to facilitating the moving of traffic when wisely drawn parking rules have been enacted, the con- venience of shopkeepers in the district and that of their customers has been of paramount importance. Changing needs and varying conditions occasionally require new or different parking or traffic rules.
Getting back to Center Street, we can at least be thankful for lessons the year has taught us. With parking prohibited on the south side and unlimited parking on the north side of Center Street between William and Main Streets we learned that too many drivers were unwilling to share park- ing space, thus creating the very congestion which nobody wants. Adequate space for moving traffic was lacking, as was parking space for shoppers.
In August a Rule and Order which provided for half- hour parking on both sides and one-way westerly traffic was put into effect. It was sponsored by the Fairhaven Associ- ation of Business Men. Although those attending a hearing early in October condemned the one-way traffic idea, the experience gained while the rule has been in effect is worth much. It was seen that "all-day" parking by shopkeepers and their employees deprived probable customers of space. It was learned that customers approaching from the west were unwilling to enter from the east, and went elsewhere for merchandise. A half hour seemed too short a time in which to transact business in many cases.
Most important, though, was the fact that residents in the center, east, and south sections of the town learned that with one-way traffic they could pass through the center of the town with ease. Moreover, with limited parking, people
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from this wide area found it possible to park and shop at virtually any hour.
With two-way traffic and limited parking on both sides of the street seeming desirable, the need for a widened street became evident. It was noticed that added space for moving traffic could be provided by eliminating the buses from Center Street.
For those interested in costs I can add that during the first eight weeks of the one-way arrangement enforcement necessitated an expenditure of $28.60 weekly, or an effec- tive expense of $41.10 per week. The total cost was $218.20.
Our "New York Office"
Have you seen printing or advertising matter issued by business houses which mentioned the firm's New York office, Philadelphia office, or Chicago office, or bore the line "Offices in Principal Cities"? Have you been given the im- pression that these offices made for bigger organization and completeness of service ? Perhaps, too, you have been given the idea implied by these phrases that offices in New York, Chicago, or elsewhere are maintained only at tremendous but justified expense.
The Fairhaven Police Department also has a "New York office." In fact, it not only has "offices in principal cities", but everywhere else as well. Tremendous cost? Not at all ! Usually the cost is no more than 15c per transaction-no matter whether the "office" is in Boston or San Francisco.
Here are cases which require "offices" in other places:
1. An officer stops an automobile and asks the operator for his license. The operator says he is John Doe, 111 First Street, Pittsfield, and that he left his license at home; but is he, and did he?
2. Someone calls us to identify a dead body. A scrap of paper in a pocket reads: "J. Richard Roe, Deep Valley, Ohio." Is the dead man Roe, or does Roe know the dead man?
3. We find two 16-year-old boys stranded in town. They say they are John Jones and Christopher Brook of Sun- sweep, New Hampshire. Will their parents come for them?
And here is the modus operendi: We telephone the state police. We give the state officers the report, telling them,
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briefly, what we want. They do the rest, and telephone a reply back to us in short order. The telephone and the teletype are the mediums by which the state police has Fairhaven police business transacted by far-off police de- partments at no direct expense to Fairhaven beyond the original telephone call to the barracks.
If we could tell you how many of these transactions are put through in a year you would realize why most cities and many towns have teletypewriter service in their own police stations. That need may arise in Fairhaven before many years have gone by.
i Welcome the State Police
Not many weeks ago the Massachusetts Department of Public Safety transferred the state police barracks from Wareham to Fairhaven. Inasmuch as the state officers are working, in many cases at great distances from their homes, and in a line of work which I know all too well to be any- thing but pleasant, Fairhaven people should welcome the state police and do everything possible to make them feel at home here. Too, the townspeople should show proper consideration for these men by trying to understand their place in our community.
In the preceding section I mentioned a 15c telephone charge for each out-of-town transaction handled for us by the state police. Since the barracks has been located in Fairhaven this charge, of course, has been eliminated. It should be noted carefully that this is the only way in which the financial affairs of the Fairhaven Police Department are affected by the Massachusetts State Police being located in our town.
The state police officers have more adequate facilities for doing certain types of police work than almost any town police department could hope to have. For this reason the state police have been looked to by local departments since the inception of the constabulary whenever these various situations arose. It must be clearly understood that the state police do not and will not supplant the local police department or any phases of its work. We will continue to need the same number of regular men; the same number of telephone lines; and the same number of cruiser cars.
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