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9 Jennie Anna Piorkowski
11 Rosaria Mello
11 Jeanette Irva Barney 11 Virginia Lincoln Alveng
14 Doris May Harrington
14 Cecelia Ponte
14 Mary Frances Simmons 18 Elizabeth Clara Lopes
18 Dorothy (Perry) Mello
Joseph Thomas Clement
Peter John Borowiec Paul Emile Despres
Norman Joseph Cormier
Thomas Raoul Perron George Tasaker Ainsworth, Jr. Leon John Senuick
Edward James Daniel Tomlinson
Lawrence William Jenney
Henry Merton Harrington Arthur Albert Kennedy, Jr. John Bartlett Robert Sidney Singleton
Leslie Burton Battin Frederick Blake Easton
Frank Merrill West
Kenneth Evans Bennett
Harold Andrews Evans
James Leslie Shrader, Jr.
Donald Howard James
Joseph Louis Fafard
William Ewart Gladstone Batty, Jr.
John Francis Perry, Jr.
James Mello
James Clovis Lague
Chris Larsen
Albert Joseph Auffrey
Andrew Joseph McBreen
George Carlton Silsby
Abel Pacheco
Milton Warren Price
Ralph Raymond Cowern Thomas Wilkinson
Daniel Perry Sarmento Alfred Furtado
Clarence Bernard Trudeau Harry Louis Martel Daniel Silva
Antonio Jacintho Oliveira, Jr.
John Machado Sylvia, Jr. Michael Donald Nolan Antone Paulino
Harris Linwood McLean, Jr.
Anthony DeCosta Lawrence Joseph Anthony Saladino
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN FAIRHAVEN-1942 (Continued)
Date
Bride
Groom
21 Anita Jeanette Plante
21 Janet Dunbar
21 Mary Grace Theadore
21 Blanche Octavie Leconte
26 Yvonne Anselma Langevin
26 Beatrice Vieira
26 Irene Mary Dufresne
26 Eleanore Jeanne Furtado
26 Lillian Mary Cobb
26 Frances Marie Robinson
28 Clara Walsh
28 Elizabeth Agnes Harrison
Dec. 2 Marie Laure Costello (Gasse)
5 Stefania Darmofal
6 Winifred May Park
12 Marie Arsenault
12 Stasia Phyllis Szeliga
14 Ruth Laura Garvey (Wignall)
24 Mary Celia Peck
24 Rose Ann Vierra
25 Amy Denham Chase
26 Doris Marie Bernier
31 Florence Chartier
31 Mary (Worsley) Livesey
Joseph Leonel Manny
George Alexander Steele, Jr.
Francisco DeSilva
Hormidas Bessette
George Thomas Clement
John Andrews, Jr.
John Martin
Joseph Brown, Jr.
William Allen Dillingham
Elbert Vaden Haymaker
Pearson E. Riding
Louis Edward Moone
Richard Arthur Archambault
Carl Algot Peterson
Richard Trevor Thatcher
Mark Anthony Dias
Arcade Arsenault
Arthur David Wallbank
Charles Weldon Shurtleff Arthur Thomas Simonsis
William Theophilus Wood, Jr.
Malcolm Handy MacMillen
Hiram Parker
Thomas Freeman Trueman
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DEATHS RECORDED IN FAIRHAVEN-1942
Date
Name
Yrs. Mo. Days
Jan. 1
Napoleon Remillard
69
9
1
2 Richard T. Thatcher
51
1 25
2 Helen (Jones) Bearse
22
5
Lucien T. Beauregard
60
11
14
5 Stillborn
10
Frank Kemnitzer
70
11
30
11
Gordon E. Howland
47
7
1
12
John J. Connors
46
13
Mary T. Bent
49
6
14
15
Maude F. Greene
71
1
14.
15
Mary M. Perry (Perry)
58
16
Joseph J. DeSilva
66
9
14'
26
Mary R. Torres (Barboza)
39
11
3
30
Lyman C. Bauldry
71
9
28
31
Marie Weigel
67
9
10
Feb.
4
William Hamblin
69
2 22
6
Frederick Colwell
18
6
Stillborn
78
1 20
16
Michael Coyne
80
19
Frederick C. Phinney
63
9
26
20
Edward T. Lawton
75
8
25
21
Henry George Applin
69
9
17
22
Elizabeth (Southworth) Crossley
83
22
Clara Sampson
73
24
Paul F. Cieurzo
58
25
Esther J. Bentley
75
8
28
25
Susan M. King
78
11
21
28
Joseph A. Charbonneau
43
8
23
Mar. 2
Manuel Medeiros
57
.
4
Nancy M. Stowell
69
6
1
11 Daniel Gething
89
8
5
11
Myra G. Kelley (Shurtleff)
70
5
10
14
Joseph G. Peroni
41
16
L. Brainard Newton
82
10
21
16
Mildred Eleanor Russell
33
20
William Bailey
79
1
20+
28
Cora B. Betagh (Carlow)
72
6
27
Apr. 8 Clara A. Blaha (Ulrich)
71
3
29,
12 Emily E. Westgate
60
7
14:
15 Rosa Rose (Silva)
71
15 Daisy M. Headley
73
1
29
16
Jay L. Quinn
40
10
16 Lizzie E. Peck
70
5
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14
John Fox
19
Ida I. Akin (Holmes)
74
DEATHS RECORDED IN FAIRHAVEN-1942 (Continued)
Date
Name
Yrs. Mo. Days
19
Delima Therrien Varney
75
2
16
28 Stillborn
29 Elizabeth Bettencourt
63
.
May 11
Alice M. Taber
81
25
12 Marie Collette LeBlanc
85
5
4
12 Junietta B. Luce
84
3
20
14 Rose Porter (Munro)
77
.
15 David N. Kelley
85
6
7
21 John Otis Slocum
69
10
19
22 Clarence S. Williams
68
4
6
27 Isabella Gelette
66
3
9
30 Maria Diamantina Borges Lopes
63
June 2
Cordelia S. Kelley
82
5
27
3
Effie R. F. Peck
89
3
8
Arthur C. Underwood
55
2
7
11
Rev. Sister Mary Brendan
51
4
26
15
George F. Long
55
27 Mary Elizabeth (Parkinson) Booth
68
3
21
.July 1
Abbie I. Sweet (Harvey)
73
8
4 Henry Cormier
20
5 John M. Swain
1
10
17
9 Joseph Solomon
10
15
George Holliday
65
23 John R. Webb
71
9
22
23 William Edward Mackie
75
11
25
:25
Leslie S. Reed
51
4
2
30
Lester Wordell
70
. .
Aug. 3 Ralph G. Winterbottom
42
2
6
6
Wesley Burton
59
7 Elizabeth Woodcock (Harding)
59
8 Anna G. Borges (DaSilva)
77
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. .
15
William J. Hannon
35
19 Henry M. Sprague
63
6
9
27 Joseph Moquin
54
6
26
28 Richard Anderson Terhune
70
16
30 Alma H. Kruse
69
12
31 John Heyes
54
2 30
Sept. 2
Milton Hadfield
21
8 Nellie M. Hall
62
7
2
10 Manuel Paiva
70
. .
10 Louisa Jane Ellis
88
2
3
. .
50
·
1
19
7 James N. Spaar
. .
11 Augustin Daigle
73
11 Paul Anthony Cabral
DEATHS RECORDED IN FAIRHAVEN-1942 (Continued)
Date
Name
Yrs. Months Days
16
Patrick J. Healey
48
16 Lyndon W. Hayward
74
7 29
18 Sarah Whitworth (Butterworth)
88
1 23
19 Walter S. Pierce
78
11
6
19 Richard M. Axtell
1
19
21 Edith W. Hough
83
8
Oct. 2
Elvy H. Parker (Hunt)
62
1 25
5
William W. Grieve
92
9
16
6
Delima (Leroux) Bissonette
65
6
Patrick Sullivan
75
6
19
7 Anna Santos (Cunha)
67
10
Frank Bettencourt
73
1
28
11
Cecilia M. (Hunter) Murley
41
12
Almira Belcha Marra
61
16
Elouise H. Beetie (Hurtubise)
42
4
18
23
Emma F. Kendrick
86
10
26
24
Stillborn
.
. .
28 Ermelinda (Grazioli) Malaguti
58
29
Burton K. Rounsville
66
1
29
Beatrice Correia
44
4
3
30
Edwin D. Sargent
70
9
18
Nov. 7
Joseph J. Perry
77
9
John H. Stetson
84
7
28
10
Katherine Mary Duffy
69
5
3
11
Joseph H. Barcellos
76
11
Edith H. (Washburn) Jewett
80
6
5
11
Lorenzo Frank Wilde
76
10
11
14
Annie Stevens
77
1
22
17
Francis Cooley
73
4
26
28
Phillip S. Colyar
75
4
17
29
Patrick T. Mckenzie
67
30
Lucy P. Sohlgren
73
1
Dec. 8
John Rego Torres
38
12
Marie Rogers
35
13 Stillborn
18
James Morris
86
5
4
18 Manuel Moniz
81
21
Luella M. Ricketson
69
7 10
23 Grace M. Swift
34
6
12
24 Mary Bachochain
37
5
4
27 Mary L. Silva
49
51
10
John T. Miller
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Report of Police Department
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen :
Below and on following pages you will find the report of the Fairhaven police department for the year ending December 31, 1942.
The department faces two manpower problems. One re- sults from our ambulance service and the other is the need of two more regular full-time men and two regular half-time men. Since we have had the ambulance it has been manned by the of- ficers in the cruiser car. This practice leaves the town without protection when the ambulance is in use. This situation is grow- ing worse because the use of the ambulance is increasing. The ambulance was used in 66 cases and covered 1,585 miles. The fact that our roster of regular men is not complete means that spare officers must constantly be assigned. Making these assign- ments takes a great deal of time that could better be used other- wise. Efficiency is impaired by having first one man and then another working on one job. Incidentally, I still could use the two sergeants I requested a year ago and did not get.
This department has used town-owned police cars since 1931, and I think it is remarkable that not until 1942 was one of them involved in an accident of any consequence. On September 9, however, our 1941 Ford Coach was damaged in an accident. Re- pairs were made with reasonable promptness, and I approved for payment, pending an insurance adjustment, the fair repair bill of $247.64.
New Duties performed by the department in 1942 included the running of errands for the Selective Service and Rationing boards.
Our auxiliary police force was organized in 1942. The first meeting was held December 26, 1941 in Legion Hall. Applica- tions were received from about 95 men. During the first part of
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1942 I conducted a school of instruction for the applicants. There was a very gratifying interest shown, and many men made ex- cellent attendance records. Others, due to staggered working hours, were not so fortunate. However, 52 applicants were trained, appointed, sworn in, and equipped with such equipment as was provided from the Civilian Defense appropriation made by the town. The auxiliary police officers provided uniforms at their own expense. Their response to blackout signals and their attendance at daytime simulated air raids have been very good. They have been very helpful in these instances and also in en- forcing the parking-light law when it was in force in connection with the dim-out.
Fairhaven established an excellent safety record in 1942. I want to thank Chairman Victor O. B. Slater of the Fairhaven Committee on Street and Highway Safety and the Fairhaven schools for their safety work and for the encouragement they have given this department in promoting safety in Fairhaven. Probably rationing helped cut down speed and traffic; but 41 fewer accidents, no deaths, and 54 fewer persons injured are facts I am glad to report to you.
The bicycle registration law was accepted at the annual town meeting. During the year 652 registrations were issued. Fees of $163 amounted to more than the 1942 cost of the system, That cost included the purchase of hardware and other small items which I used in building a very necessary 12-drawer filing cabinet mostly out of scrap material including a discarded pack- ing case donated by the town clerk.
Respectfully submitted,
NORMAN D. SHURTLEFF,
Chief of Police
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OFFENSES
Males Females Total
Accosting Person of Opposite Sex
1
0
1
Assault and Battery
9
1
10
Assault with a Dangerous Weapon
1
0
1
Attempt to Break and Enter in the Night-
time and Commit Larceny
2
0
2
Being a Delinquent Child
12
0
12
Being a Suspicious Person
1
0
1
Being an Unlicensed Operator
2
0
2
Breaking and Entering and Larceny in the Nighttime
5
0
5
Disturbing the Peace
2
0
2
Drunkenness
31
3
34
Gaming on the Lord's Day
5
0
5
Illegitimate Children Law Violations
2
0
2
Larceny
4
0
4
Leaving the Scene of an Accident after injury to Person
2
0
2
Leaving the Scene of an Accident after injury to Property
7
0
7
Lewdness
1
0
1
Lobster Law Violations
1
0
1
Milk Control Law Violations
3
0
3
Neglect of Family
3
0
3
Operating a Motor Vehicle so as to En- danger
2
0
2
Operating a Motor Vehicle While Under the Influence of Intoxicating Liquor
3
0
3
Operating a Motor Vehicle without Hav- ing a Certificate of Registration in Possession
1
0
1
Operating a Motor Vehicle Without Op- erator's license in Possession
1
0
1
Operating an Uninsured Motor Vehicle
1
0
1
:
54
Males Females Total
Profanely Cursing and Swearing Speeding
1
0
1
2
0
2
Threatening Bodily Harm
1
0
1
Trespass
1
0
Unlawful Appropriation of a Motor Vehicle
0
TOTAL LOCAL OFFENSES
108
4
112
TOTAL OUT-OF-TOWN OFFENSES
28
0
28
TOTAL OFFENSES
136
4
140
DISPOSITIONS OF LOCAL CASES
Males Females
Total
Filed
32
0
32
Appealed
1
0
1
Not Guilty
16
0
16
Dismissed
8
0
8
Probation
4
0
4
Continued
9
1
10
House of Correction-Suspended
1
0
1
Massachusetts Reformatory
3
0
3
Shirley School
3
0
3
Released Without Arraignment
18
3
21
Defaulted
1
0
1
Pending
1
0
1
House of Correction
3
0
3
Fined
8
0
8
TOTAL DISPOSITIONS
108
4
112
ARRESTS BY MONTHS
Males Females
Total
January
6
0
6
February
9
0
9
March
18
0
18
April
2
0
2
May
5
0
5
June
9
1
10
July
9
0
9
55
August September October November
Males Females Total
7
0
7
10
1
11
3
0
3
7
2
9
December
4
0
4
Total Arrests For Local Offenses
89
4
93
Total Arrests For Out-Of-Town Offenses
21
0
21
Total Arrests
110
4
114
ARRESTS BY AGES
Males Females Total
11-15 years
7
0
7
16-20 years
11
0
11
21-25 years
8
0
8
26-30 years
14
2
16
31-35 years
5
0
5
36-40 years
12
0
12
41-45 years
14
1
15
46-50 years
7
0
7
51-55 years
2
1
3
56-60 years
6
0
6
61-65 years
1
0
1
66-70 years
2
0
2
Total Arrests For Local Offenses
89
4
93
Total Arrests For Out-Of-Town Offenses
21
0
21
Total Arrests
110
4
114
Fines imposed in Fairhaven cases
$315
Court fines received by the town
$107
Telephone calls etc. January 1 to December 31, 1942
28,682
Complaints January 1 to December 31, 1942
2,023
Reports January 1 to December 31, 1942
2,576
Resident arrests
50
Non-resident arrests
42
Arrests, no addresses
1
56
Stolen property reported to the value of $2,978.29
Stolen property recovered to the value of $1,557.00
Number of persons injured in automobile accidents 41
Number of personal-injury motor vehicle accident reports filed with the police department 30
Number of dead bodies found 10
Number of doors found unlocked or open 69
Number of windows found unlocked or open
19
Number of street lights reported out
276
Number of occasions when all street lights were reported out 3
Number of occasions when sections of the town were reported without street lights
1
Number of Motor Vehicle Sales and Transfers filed with the police department :
Class 1
71
Class 2
88
Class 3
5
Individual
429
593
Number of children lost and returned to their homes
38
Motor vehicle licenses and rights suspended or revoked
75
Motor vehicle registrations suspended or revoked
2
Radio calls
5,514
Traffic checkups
190
1942 POLICE DEPARTMENT EXPENDITURES
Chief Norman D. Shurtleff
$2,346.43
Regular Men
8,603.79
Spare Men
4,994.06
Flashlight Batteries and Bulbs
11.62
Telephones
325.29
Maintenance of Automobiles
1,480.19
Printing
70.10
Stationery, Postage, Office Supplies
71.80
57
Physicians Traveling Expense First Aid Supplies Supplies
8.00
2.70
10.72
Office Expense
72.64
Equipment for Men
96.65
Photography
9.25
Gun Repairs
5.00
Subscription
2.00
Town Clerk's Fees
25.50
Using Drag
15.00
Auto Hire
28.66
Membership Fee
1.00
Radio Fire Repairs
4.75
Radio Service
906.73
Bicycle Registration
9.50
TOTAL EXPENDITURES
$19,122.92
Unexpended Balance
1,283.86
$20,406.78
APPROPRIATION ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
($500 of which was reserved for Radio Service)
$20,000.00
RESERVE FUND (Transferred for Radio Service)
406.78
$20,406.78
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Report of the Board of Assessors
To the Board of Selectmen:
The Board of Assessors submit the following report for the year 1942.
RECAPITULATION
Total appropriations as certified by town clerk to be raised by taxation
$497,284.35
Total appropriations voted to be taken from available funds
$497,284.35
Deficits due to abatements in excess of
Overlay of prior years:
1921
$ 7.80
1923
$ 37.17
1924
$ 34.80
1925
$400.15
1926
$293.10
1927
$412.45
1928
$110.18
1929
$198.57
1930
$ 97.58
1931
$255.59
1932
$201.81
1933
$111.40
1934
$235.49
1935
$157.11
1936
$ 81.52
1937
$251.37
1938
$ 1.44
1939
$453.53
$3,341.06
State, Tax and Assessments
Estimates
State Tax
$28,500.00
State Parks and Reservations
410.96
State Audit
1,234.74
$30,145.70
$30,145.70
County, Tax and Assessments
County Tax
$16,830.83
Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment
8,777.42
$25,608.25
$25,608.25
Overlay of the current year
$10,938.87
Gross amount to be raised
$567,318.23
Estimated Receipts and Available Funds
Income Tax
$37,891.46
Corporation Taxes
15,008.00
Gasoline Tax (Acts of 1941, Chap. 420) 19,200.22
Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise 23,412.20
Licenses
3,300.50
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Fines
100.00
Grants and Gifts
3,361.97
Special Assessments
39.99
General Government
867.20
Protection of Persons and Property
552.47
Health and Sanitation
3,038.17
Highways
58.45
Charities
19,765.04
Old Age Assistance (other than federal grants)
35,317.20
Soldiers' Benefits
1,665.03
Schools
4,060.26
Public Service Enterprises
1,756.50
Trust Funds
39.85
Interest
6,383.02
$175,817.53
Overestimates of previous years
to be used as available funds
County Tax
$107.51
State Parks and Reservations
21.09
Total Available Funds
$128.60
Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds $175,946.13
Net amount to be raised by taxation on polls and property
$391,372.10
Number of polls 3675 at $2.00 each. Poll Tax $ 7,350.00
Total valuation Personal $980,300.00 34,310.50
Total vaulation Real $9,991,760.00 349,711.60
$391,372.10 $391,372.10
Betterments
Certain Ships and Vessels 1/3 of one per cent $ 360.92
Total commitment for 1942 as forwarded to collector
$391,732.02
Table of Aggregates of Polls, Property and Taxes As Assessed January 1st. 1942
Number of persons assessed
Individual
All Others
Total
On Personal Estate only
176
24
200
On Real Estate only
3578
40
3618
60
On both Personal & Real
360
9 369
Total number of persons assessed Number of Polls assessed
4187
3675
Value of Assessed Personal Estate Stock in Trade
$ 40,680.00 450,480.00
Machinery Live stock All other
53,460.00
435,680.00
Total Value, Personal
$980,300.00
Value of Assessed Real Estate Land, exclusive of Buildings Buildings, exclusive of Land
$2,293,410.00 7,698,350.00
Total Value of Assessed Real Estate
$9,991,760.00
Total Valuation of Assessed Estate
$10,972,060.00
Tax Rate per $1000-$35.00
Taxes for State, County and City or Town Purposes
On Personal Estate
$ 34,310.50
On Real Estate
349,711.60 7,350.00
On Polls
Total Taxes assessed $391,372.10
Number of Live Stock Assessed
Horses (one year or over)
73
Cows (one year or over)
1446
Yearlings, bulls (one year or over)
48
Swine (six months or over)
60
Goats (six months or over)
24
Fowl
5903
All other
Number of acres assessed
7497
Number of Dwelling Houses assessed
3045
Copy of Valuations and Abatements to State Treasurer Valuations:
Real and Personal Property Jan. Ist. 1940
$10,765,480.00
Real and Personal Property Dec. 1940
1,340.00
Excise Tax (Levy $19,884.09)
703,100.00
Real and Personal Jan. 1941
10,843,670.00
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Real and Personal Dec. 1941
Excise Tax 1941 (Levy $24,796.61)
Real and Personal Property Jan. 1942
Real and Personal Property Dec. 1942 Excise Tax (Levy $20,366.30)
$ 551,610.00
Abatements
Levy of the year 1940
Excise Tax of the year 1940
In 1940 $10,207.63
In 1940
$1,212.85
In 1941 568.40
In 1941
135.67
In 1942
458.17 In 1942
None
Levy of the year 1941
Excise Tax of the year 1941
In 1941 $5,666.60
In 1941 $1,655.21
In 1942
1,323.00
In 1942 84.16
Levy of the year 1942
Excise Tax of the year 1942
In 1942 $3,605.39
In 1942
$566.42
This is to certify that the information contained in the foregoing, is complete and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.
CLARENCE A. TERRY
Recapitulation of Motor Vehicles for 1942
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
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Department of Corporations and Taxation Henry F. Long, Commissioner 243 State Street, Boston, Mass. RECAPITULATION OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAILER EXCISE
Assessed in the Town of Fairhaven for the year of 1942
Commitment Date
Number
Value
Excise
First
March 12th
1255
$226,170.00
$ 9,722.16
Second
June 17th
1352
258,560.00
9,326.83
Third
June 18th
74
12,490.00
330.64
Fourth
Oct. 14th
137
28,230.00
575.23
Fifth
Nov. 24th
123
22,150.00
351.44
Sixth
Jan. 4th. '43
30
4,010.00
60.00
Total for 1942
2971
$551,610.00
$20,366.30
CLARENCE A. TERRY CHRISTOPHER J. BIRTWISTLE Assessors of Fairhaven, Mass.
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Nonc
812,820.00 10,972,060.00 - 5,340.00
Report of the Auditors
We hereby certify that we have examined the accounts of the Tax Collector, Treasurer, Selectmen and School Committee of the Town of Fairhaven for the year ending December 31, 1942 and find them correct.
CHARLES E. SHURTLEFF HAROLD B. DENNIE WALTER SILVEIRA
Auditors
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Report of the Highway Department
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Fairhaven, Massachusetts.
The Highway Department submits the following report for the Year 1942.
In addition to the regular maintenance of streets, roads, side- walks and drains we have covered 8000 square yards of gravel roads with new surface and 25,000 square yards of cinder roads with new surface.
We have sealed with tar 14800 square yards of hard surfaced streets.
We have constructed two new catch-basins in locations where they were necessary, one in Maitland Street and one in Summer Street.
We have niade 1850 feet of new sidewalks in localities where they were much needed, and have installed 7650 feet of granite curb using stone blocks from the stock at the Town Yard.
An arrangement was made by Town Officials with the Union Street Railway Company for the salvaging of the steel car rails remaining in the town, whereby the Railway Company took out and removed the rails (one mile in North Main Street and five eighths of a mile in Fort Street) and the Highway Department filled in the trenches, covering with Cold-Patch, the Railway Company paying for the Cold-Patch.
Later we applied Cold-Patch over the center strip of Main Street about ten feet wide for the entire mile making a much needed improvement in North Main Street, which has been great- ly appreciated by the many motorists regularly using this much travelled thoroughfare.
Scrap Collection - During September we made a collection throughout the town of Iron and Steel scrap and in October an-
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other collection from homes and all the schools, also during Oct -- ober we made several collections of Tinned Cans throughout the town and from the schools and delivered them to railroad cars in New Bedford.
Civilian Defense - During May we built an enclosed stall at the Town Barn for the Rescue and Demolition Truck, and: loaned equipment.
When the Airplane Observation Post was moved from Sconticut Neck to Fort Phoenix we transported the materials for the new building, set up poles for the electric wires and later built a wooden cat-walk or bridge over the rock ledge and made a gravel walk from the lane to the bridge to eliminate the dif- ficulties of approach to the Listening Post.
We have cooperated with the Committee on Public Safety in several ways including the organization of a Road Repair Crew with a representative serving at the Report Center.
We thank the Town Officials for their support and the other Town Departments for their cooperation and we solicit the help of the citizens by following these suggestions:
Please do not dump loose leaves in the streets and gutters. It adds to the large accumulation dropped from the trees and clogs the sand-catchers and drains. Leaves to be removed should be left on the sidewalk in containers before the leaves are col- lected from the streets.
Please do not leave automobiles parked in the street during and immediately following a snow storm. It makes it impossible: to properly plow out the thoroughfare.
Rubbish Collection - This has always been somewhat of a: problem and is yearly becoming a more difficult one. We now have only two locations available for dumping, one in the east- ern part of the town and one in the northern part which requires longer hauls on certain days and a man to spread and cover- daily. The quantity of rubbish is increasing yearly creating an: extra demand upon our men and equipment but in spite of all: this, by careful and economical planning we have been able tos
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render satisfactory service and without the loss of a single work- ing day.
For the promotion of better service we offer the following rules :
Containers should be placed at the outside edge of sidewalk not later than eight o'clock on the morning of the day of col- lection.
Garbage should never be put in the ashes and rubbish.
Bushes, shrubs and trimmings should be tied in bundles.
Containers should not be filled with heavy material so that they are too heavy for two men to lift.
If old oil drums are used they should not be filled to the top as they are much heavier than regular receptacles and there is grave danger of serious injury to the men.
Containers should be kept covered in the Winter season because if the contents are frozen it is almost impossible to empty the contents.
If the citizens will try to comply with these simple rules it will help us to render a more satisfactory and economical ser- vice and will be greatly appreciated.
Respectfully submitted, ALFRED J. TRIPANIER
Superintendent of Highways
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Report of Fire Engineers
January 27, 1943
Board of Selectmen Town of Fairhaven Fairhaven, Mass.
Gentlemen :
The Board of Fire Engineers herewith presents its Annual Report for the year 1942. The Board was organized on June 17, 1942 with the following members comprising the Board for the year 1942 :
Edward G. Spooner, Chief
Charles H. Lawton, Deputy Chief
Abram H. Durfee, Ist Asst. Chief
Audell W. Monk, 2nd Asst. Chief & Chairman of the Board William T. Hernon, 3rd Asst. Chief
On July 6, 1942 the Board organized the several companies.
During the year this department responded to 148 still alarms and 21 box alarms, a total of 169 runs in all. This was 84 alarms less than the 253 responded to in 1941. Three still alarms were converted to bell alarm's, seven emergency calls were an- swered and the department participated in nine Air Raid Alert signals. Six false alarms were also received.
The three stations owned by this department are in good condition with the exception of some minor necessary repairs The apparatus and equipment are in good condition and are being properly maintained.
Regular out-of-door practice sessions of the department have been maintained during the summer season, or from May through
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September. Extra practice sessions were added for newly appoint- ed substitute members and instruction classes and practice sessions have been continued for the auxiliary firemen of the Civilian De- fense Units, both senior and junior.
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