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George T. Carl and Florence Z. Carl Jakub and Helen Ziajor
Charles M. and Sophia H. Gilbert
Edwin and Emeline Broadbent Silvia and Dorothy C. White
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Names of Parents
9 Gladys Braga
10 Mabel Anne Donlon
12 Robert Alvin Randall
30 Milton Thomas Sherman
Names of Parents
John and Louise Braga Joseph J. and Mildred A. Donlon William and Louise M. Randall Milton and Catherine Sherman
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN 1929
January 5-George Elmer Wheeler of Dighton and Elsie Irene Lockhart of Taunton, by Maurice E. Barrett, Minister of the Gospel.
January 28-Silva White of Dighton, and Dorothy Curt of Som- erset, by William F. Sullivan, R. C. Priest.
January 28-Levite Carrier of Dighton and Marie Olive Alvine Caron of New Bedford, by J. C. Priest.
February 2-Anthony Gasper of Dighton and Elsie Filta of Taun- ton, by D. A. Raposa, Priest.
February 4-Manuel A. Medeiros of Dighton, and Lena P. Torres of Fall River, by Manuel P. Souza, Priest.
February 9-Ralph B. Kase of Attleboro and Hester W. Rose of Dighton, by George Truman Carl, Minister.
March 20-Ralph Washington Goff and Beryl Esther (Grassie) Rose, both of Dighton, by George D. Hallowell, Minister.
March 22-Wilson Louis Reid of Taunton, and Helen Emma At- kins of Dighton, by Charles W. Martin, Methodist Minister. March 22-Norman Woodward of Taunton, and Esther Kay of Dighton, by Walter Roy Tourtellot, Rector.
April 6-Alfred Francis and Mary Rogers, both of Dighton, by Thomas P. Doherty, R C. Priest.
April 10-George Leo McNeil and Mildred Gatzke, both of Digh- ton, by John Rees Jones, Rector.
April 27-Clarence Stanford Burden of Taunton, and Catherine Elvira Beaton of Dighton, by Oscar J. Aldrich, Minister of the Gospel.
June 15-Preston Frederick Smith of Dighton, and Amelda Eve- lyn Hayes of Taunton, by Manning P. Tobey, Clergyman.
June 18-Arthur Tabor Brightman and Anna Lee (Baham) Bukacek, both of Dighton, by George Herbert Cummings, Minister of the Gospel.
June 24-Francis Mello Jr. of Tiverton, R. I., and Florence Mad- eline Souza of Dighton, by Thomas P. Doherty, R. C. Priest. June 24-Louis O. Martin and Wilhelmina Rose, both of Dighton, by M. M. Conto, R. C. Priest.
June 26-Harry Francis Willis and Catherine Gracia, both of Taunton, by Thomas C. Gunning, Priest.
June 29-Manuel Veida Jr., and Belmira M. Medeiros, both of Rehoboth, by Thomas P. Doherty, R. C. Priest.
June 29-William P. Amarel and Musetta Richmond, both of
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MARRIAGES-Continued
Dighton, by Thomas C. Gunning, Priest.
July 20-Frank Rogers of Berkley, and Alice G. Marvel of Digh- ton, by D. A. Raposa, Priest.
July 22-Manuel Souza and Mary Silvia, both of Dighton, by Thomas Trainor, Priest.
July 27-John Morris of Dighton, and Elizabeth Netto, of Taun- ton, by John J. Carey, Priest.
August 17-James Corey of Randolph, and Mildred E. (Haskins) Reid of Dighton, by John B. McNeill, Justice of Peace.
September 2-Frank M. Ferreira of Dighton, and Mary Martin of Fall River, by T. Trainor, R. C. Priest.
September 7-Anthony Carvalho of Troy, N. Y., and Mary Motte of Dighton, by Thomas Trainor, R. C. Priest.
September 23-Manuel Sanson of Dighton, and Teresa Rogers of Fall River, by John F. Ferray, R. C. Priest.
September 28-Francis Allyn Paull of Dighton, and Olive Ellen Lynde of Taunton, by James G. Cairns, Clergyman.
October 4-Charles Henry Mason of Taunton, and Gennette Lu- cas of Dighton, by C. S. Johnson, Methodist Minister.
October 5-Joseph G. Moitoza of Taunton, and Florence Cambra of Dighton, by Thomas P. Doherty, R. C. Priest.
October 8-Arnold Taft Carr of Dighton, and Maybelle Venice Wheaton of Swansea, by John E. LeBousquet, Minister.
October 12-Archibald McCarley Stephenson of Dighton, and Mildred Louise King of Taunton, by Henry Martyn Medary, Clergyman.
October 19-Joseph Gracia Jr. of Dighton, and Marguerite M. Murray of Taunton, by M. J. O'Reilly, Priest.
October 26-Abbott Eldridge Wilson of Somerset,, and Annie Wolszac of Dighton, by Henry Martyn Medary, Clergyman. November 2-Willis Hammond Robinson and Barbara Evelyn- Goff, both of Taunton, by Walter Roy Tourtellot, Rector.
November 9-George C. Carvalho of Dighton, and Louise Hilda Parker of Taunton, by Edward J. Moriarty, Priest.
November 11-Manuel George Perry of Dighton, and Annie D. Lewis of Fairhaven, by Stanislaw Bernard, Priest.
November 14-Thomas William Murphy of Boston, and Doris Ethel (Willis) Wynn of Dighton, by John J. Daley, Justice of the Peace.
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MARRIAGES (Continued)
November 24-Manuel Cordeiro and Phoebe Farrara of Hudson, by M. J. Murphy, Priest.
November 27-Carl Christian Larsen of Boston, and Elizabeth Starr Goodell of Dighton, by Joseph E. Sears, Minister.
November 28-Percy Buckston Tinkham of Dighton, and Flossie Boyce Knott of Taunton, by Walter Roy Tourtellot, Rector. November 28-Louis Joseph Litalien of Fall River, and Marion Kenworthy of Dighton, by Thomas Trainor, R. C. Priest. November 28-Carl Douglas Rose of Dighton, and Ednah Francis Adams of South Chelmsford, by Charles H. Ellis, Minister.
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DEATHS RECORDED IN 1929
Age
Date
. Name
Y.
M.
D.
Cause of Death
Jan.
4 John M. Smith
52
3
27
General Paralysis
9 Margaret Synan
65
....
....
Acute Lobar Pneumonia
10 Mary Emily Lincoln
64
86
....
....
Haemoptysis
28
Antone Costa Noqueira
60
5
16
Carcinoma of Breast
Feb.
13 Job Wheeler Perry
79
7
14
Arterio Sclerosis
15 Jane Conroy
25
....
....
Arterio Sclerosis
18 Mary Edna Perry
76
3
6
Arterio Sclerosis
19 Mary E. Goff
72
9
14
Broncho Pneumonia
Mar.
3 Mary Correia
1 Minute
Non-closure of Foremeer
10 Norine Amanda Hill
45
2
25
Lobar Pneumonia
10
Mary E. Smith
78
3
7
Broncho Pneumonia
14 Joseph L. Santos
....
2
3
Broncho Pneumonia
26 Mary M. Fereira
27
....
....
Ulcer of Stomach
28
Rose Alma Boudreau
41
....
....
April
19 Ann E. Pilling
51
9
11
Arterio Sclerosis
21 Edgar Essex
70
2
3
Carcinoma of Liver
25
H. Sophia Johnson
85
8
7
Dementia
May
2 Jose Andrade
62
Broncho Pneumonia
15 Manuel F. Rose
59
....
....
Cerebral Hemorrhage
16
Catherine Mendoza
....
....
1 Non-closure of foramen
23 Maria L. Martin
72
10
....
Valvular Lesion of Heart
27 George W. Gardner
74
11
5
Devert. of Esophagus
June
28
Charlotte B. Simmons
Arterio Sclerosis
July
13 Vera Leona Horton
7
10
7
Acute Appendicitis
21 John G. Rose
12
....
....
Auto Accident
Aug.
2
Louisa Francis Anthony
77
7
29
Arterio Sclerosis
13
Seth Dutra
67
....
....
Insulation or sun stroke
15
Esther Holmes Whitmarsh
3
27
Tubercular Peritonitis
17
Cornelius Gee
64
....
Carcinoma of Liver
23 Anna G. Dutra
69
....
....
Cerebral Hemorrhage
23
William H. O'Connell
62
....
...
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
25
Abbie J. Brightman
78
....
27
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Sept.
6 Patrick J. Brady
58
....
....
Chronic Myocarditis
Nov.
20 Sarah Jane Briggs
90
6
29
Cerebral Hemorrhage
30 Evalinda R. Atkins
45
9
7
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Dec.
16 Abbie M. Young
85
..
17
Accidental Burns
....
Brights Disease
31 Agusta Babbitt ... 1
64
7
28
Arterio Sclerosis
15 Angues McSween
26 Albert A. Simmons
62
....
...
...
Carcinoma of Rectum
26 Manuel Pacheco
57
..
...
....
....
Arterio Sclerosis
23 Henry E. Guello
81
37
....
86
23
General Peritonitis
10 6 Lobar Pneumonia
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ANNUAL REPORT
DOGS LICENSED IN 1929
LeRoy Latimer, 2 Mrs. J. G. Romero, 2
George B. Glidden, 3 Mrs. D. T. Wood
Joe Bucher George Fleck Elmer J. Wheeler
Jos. Carpenter Frank Simmons
C. A. Milliken Sumner Varney
Wm. Ainsworth C. C. Marble Harry S. Bridgford Vincent W. Malin Wm. O'Connell Jos. W. Rose Jane McKay
Cornelius Gee
Wm. S. Gilbert
B. H. Fleck, 1 fe.
Lester T. Hathaway, 3 m. Clinton T. Potter
Herman Boyd Alex Chisholm
Lewis E. Wood, 3 m. Jas. Stevenson Hiram W. Briggs
Ernest F. Darling S. Palmer Marble Harold E. Thornley
P. J. Brady, 1 fe., 1 m. Jos. O'Connell
Mary S. Phillips
Jos. R. Torres
Leo Deslaures
Joseph G. Rose Russell L. Carr
Wm. Cameron Howard N. Talbot
Margaret M. Chase
Wm. J. Brown, 1 fe.
Joe Oliver Jos. Dufour, 1 fe. L. O. Martin, 2 m. Charles A. Chase Albert H. Chase, 1 fe.
H. J. Spooner, Kennell Lic Harold A. Gustafson
E. K. Tobey Frank Cambra Eva Atkins
G. W. Gardner, 1 fe.
Sara C. Hamilton Antone Viera Wm. T. Bonell
Everett R. Horton
Jos. S. Murray Francis McLean, 1 fe.
Lewis Carpenter
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Mildred R. Collins Manuel Pacheco C. Gertrude Carr, 2 m. Roy Hathaway
Frederick Babbitt Antone Sylvia Rose
Ernest W. Westcott, 2 m. Arnold Kay, 1 fe., 1 m. A. Terrier, 1 fe.
J. Luther Adams Lyndon E. Hathaway Frank Machado
Charles M. Gilbert
Louis Mendoza
Antone Louis Perry
Mary Perry Suite
Frank Mendoza
Mrs. Frank Mendoza Sr.
Carl Parrott Minnie Moran Russell Phillips E. Ellsworth Lincoln
Manuel R. Simmons
Ernest Pacheco, 1 fe.
L. E. Brown
Silas H. Amidon, 1 fe. Frank Dutra
Antone Dutra
Charles Read
Joshua Ashcroft
John Bailie Anthony W. Sylvia, 1 fe. Frank L. McNiel
Wm. Holmes, 2 m.
Mrs. J. N. Janvrin
Lester I. Briggs Ernest Mercer
Wm. Rasmussen Harry Codding
Benj. P. Hathaway John F. Hathaway, 3 fe.,
3 m. Antone G. Silvia Mrs. Carrie Briggs, 2 m. Lester Lassen, 1 fe.
C. G. Staples Manuel George, 1 fe.
Henry S. Furtado
Thomas Arrendelle
Edith H. Talbot
Peter Kossoi
Antone Sylvia
Jos. C. Torres
Bessie Hathaway
Frank O'Connell
Mrs. L. E. Simmons, 1 fe.
Lewis H. Carr, 1 fe., 2 m.
Joe Pacheco, 1 fe.
G. Austin Wheeler Eliot D. Cole
Wm. Mooney
Karl Spratt, 1 fe.
Wm. F. Chase
Henry E. Horton Henry E. Williams A. T. Westcoat
Manuel P. Torres Henry I. Potter
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Charles B. Lee Felix Andrew, 2 m. C. Weston Horton Antone Perry
G. H. Walker, 1 fe. Manuel Andrade L. C. Ingalls Lewis W. Eddy Geo. W. Rose John Bolger Manuel F. Sylvia, 2 m. Manuel Perry, 1 fe., 1 m.
Arthur Meacock
Walter Fricker
Joe Mello Antone Andrade H. I. Carr Mary C. Torres
C. W. Cole, 1 fe.
Jas. O'Brien, 1 fe. Roswell DeCosta
J. P. Torres, 1 fe., 1 m. Joe Rogers Manuel Cotildes, 2 m. Lawrence Horton
Percy Tinkham
Manuel Vaz Manuel Andrews, 1 fe., 1 m. John Stanley Elmer H. Chadwick J. W. Andrews John F. Sylvia Tony Pimental, 2 m.
Frank Bodejo J. Cavanagh Norman Williams Manuel Roderick
Joe Monteiro Joe Silvia, 2 m.
John P. Cambra Ella Harrison Manuel Arigo
Herbert Pierce
ยท Francisco Motte Manuel Borges Elwood L. Horton
Patsy Davis, 1 fe., 1 m.
W. M. Wood Richard C. Shearin
Joe White
Manuel C. White
Manuel A. Cordeiro
Jos. Francis
Jos. Carvalho, 1 fe.
Antone Morris Manuel P. Varges, 1 fe., 1 m. Frank Cordeiro, 2 m.
Manuel Correira John Souza, 2 m.
Joe Cambra John B. Silvia
Geo. V. Tinkham Joe Sylvia, 1 fe.
George Hathaway, 2 m.
Antone S. Mattos
Manuel G. Rose
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Eugene Perry Charles Serial
Amancia M. Terceiro Frank Cambra
Oscar Sylvia
Clinton May
Manuel G. Perry
Fred S. Wall H. R. Anders Antone Corey Laurien Jouquim
Chas. A. Simmons, 1 m., 1 fe. Antone Domingo
F. J. Bassett, 1 fe.
Wm. E. Davis
Manuel Corey
Frank S. Souza
Philip Bowden
C. L. Horton
Walter Lynch
Fred Richmond
Frank Pine, 2 m.
Frank Albert
Joseph Pacheco
Frank S. Megan, 2 m.
Frank Alves, 2 m.
Manuel Miguel
Sylvia White
Joe Miguel Armind Vincent
Antone Roderick
Manuel White
Wm. Cummings
John Roderick
Joseph Thomas, 1 fe.
Manuel Dutra, 1 fe.
M. M. Evangel Manuel P. White
Joe P. Dupont
Manuel Dupont
Joe Perry Suite
Frank Botelho, 2 m.
Manuel C. Torres, 1 fe.
Antone Rogers
Hugh Kenworthy
Milton Sherman, 1 fe.
Clinton H. Babbitt, 1 fe.
1 11 Manuel D. Lawrence
Respectfully submitted,
DWIGHT F. LANE, Town Clerk.
Antone Santos
Antone Medeiros
Benj. Hornby, 1 fe.
Geo. Pachesco
Stanley Gilmore Manuel DeSilvia J. K. Milliken, Jr. Manuel Duart Silvia, 2 m.
B. C. Munroe, 2 fe. Antone Rebello
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TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT
Dighton, Massachusetts, Dec. 31, 1929. .
Balance 1928 Commmitment, $6,166.96 261.99
Plus Interest,
$6,428.95
Credit
Paid Town Treasurer,
$6,339.65
Abatements,
89.30
$6,428.95
1929 Commitment,
$92,164.99
Plus Interest,
11.80
$92,176.79
Credit
Paid Town Treasurer,
$86,437.64
Abatements,
61.24
$86,498.88
Due Jan. 1, 1930, $5,677.91
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX
1929 Commitments, $8,491.10
Plus Interest, 5.49
$8,496.59
Credit
Paid Town Treasurer,
$7,219.57
Abatements,
344.56
$7,564.13
Due Jan. 1, 1930,
$932.46
DAVID A. BUFFINGTON, Tax Collector.
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ANNUAL REPORT
TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT
Dighton, January 1, 1930.
To Balance 1928 Tax, due Feb. 1, 1929, $6,814.06 13.34
Interest Collected,
$6,827.40
Over,
1.80
$6,829.20
Credit
By Cash to Treasurer, $662.24
Balance due March 12, 1929,
$6,166.96
GRACE A. SIMMONS, Collector.
TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT
Dighton, January 1, 1930.
To Balance 1928 Tax, Jan. 1, 1930,
$7,419.90
Interest Collected, 6.96
$7,426.86
Credit
By Cash to Treasurer,
$607.65
$6,819.21
By Abatement,
5.15
Balance due Feb. 1, 1929,
$6,814.06
ESTATE A. A. SIMMONS, By GRACE A. SIMMONS.
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ANNUAL REPORT
REPORT OF DEPARTMENT OF STREETS
January 1, 1930.
To the Selectmen of Dighton :-
I herewith submit my report for the year ending December 31, 1929.
1929 Expenditures as Follows
Jan. Payroll, Labor, $63.00
Pierce Hardware Co., Sup-
plies, 14.75
F. R. El. Light Co., Light Main Street, 3.25
81.00
Feb. Mt. Hope Finishing Co., Supplies, $1.89
LeRoy Latimer, Salary, 50.00
H. L. Ballou & Son, Supplies, 4.25
F. R. El. Light Co., Light Main Street, 3.25
N. Allen Walker, Gravel, 36.00
N. E. M. C. Co., Supplies, 110.00
Highways Products Co., Oil, 830.00
1,035.39
Mar. LeRoy Latimer, Salary,
$25.00
F. R. El. Light Co., Light Main Street, 3.25
Dyar S. & M. Co., Repairs, 38.37
Mt. Hope Finishing Co., Labor, 22.10
H. L. Ballou & Son, Repairs, 1.43
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Dept. Public Work, Supplies, 40.27 Pierce Hardware Co., Sup- plies, 12.24
Payroll, Labor, 74.65
Payroll, Labor & Trucks, 612.89
830.20
Apr. Payroll, Labor & Trucks, $1,167.30 Payroll, Labor & Trucks, 2,919.94
Mt. Hope Finishing Co., Supplies, .94
Mt. Hope Finishing Co., Labor, 68.30
H. L. Ballou & Son, Supplies 5.50
F. R. El. Light Co., Light Main Street, 3.25
C. P. Gorden, Jr., Snow Bill 9.72
Payroll, Labor & Trucks, 1,280.41
Payroll, Labor & Trucks, 138.90
5,594.26
May Lyman E. Briggs, Expense, 7.00
Mt. Hope Finishing Co.,
Snow Bill,
222.00
Payroll, Labor & Trucks,
322.88
F. R. El. Light Co., Light Main Street,
3.25
Payroll, Labor, 162.30
W. Reed & Sons, Co., Adv., 3.00
Payroll, Labor & Trucks, 299.60
Payroll, Labor & Trucks, 127.00
LeRoy Latimer, Salary,
60.00
June Mt. Hope Finishing Co., Telephone, .80
1,207.03
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Mt. Hope Finishing Co., Labor, 1.89
L. E. Butler, M. D., Kier- nan Case, 14.00
H. L. Ballou & Son, Supplies,
2.71
F. R. El. Light Co., Light Main Street, 3.25
Payroll, Labor & Trucks, 83.23
Payroll, Labor & Trucks, 39.10
144.98
July F. R. El. Light Co., Light Main Street, $3.25
Mt. Hope Finishing Co., Labor, 5.59
Lois Babbitt, Gravel, 9.00
17.84
Aug. F. R. El. Light Co., Light Main Street, 3.25
Payroll, Labor & Trucks, 107.91
111.16
Sept. F. R. El. Light Co., Light Main Street, $3.25
Payroll, Labor & Trucks, 28.50
Payroll, Labor & Trucks, 47.80
Payroll, Labor & Trucks,
49.50
129.05
Oct. F. R. El. Light Co., Light
Main Street, $3.25
3.25
Nov. W. B. Blake, Pleasant St. $2.50
Payroll, Labor & Trucks, 89.25
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Mt. Hope Finishing Co., Labor & Trucks, 24.87
Mt. Hope Finishing Co., Labor & Trucks, 15.90
C. P. Gordon, Labor & Trucks, 56.00
F. R. El. Light Co., Light Main Street, 3.25
Tr. Oil Co., Oil, 52.50
244.27
J. R. Ingham, Labor, $6.00
J. C. Rogers, Labor, 5.25
LeRoy Latimer, Salary, 62.50
73.75
Dec. C. P. Gorden, Care of Light on Main Street, $18.00
F. R. El. Light Co., Light Main Street, 3.25
Mt. Hope Finishing Co., Labor, 2.10
Mt. Hope Finishing Co., Labor, 56.08
Mt. Hope Finishing Co., Labor, 3.50
Mt. Hope Finishing Co., Labor, 26.22
F. R. El. Light Co., Light
Main Street, 3.25
Mt. Hope Finishing Co., Labor, 1.65
LeRoy Latimer, Tree Work, 14.00
Pierce Hardware Co., Sup- plies, 13.50
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Mt. Hope Finishing Co., Street Work, 2.80
H. P. Goff, Street Work, 4.00
C. Reed, Street Work, 33.00
181.35
Total Expenditures, $9,653.53
The following streets were treated with gravel and cost of same and labor is given below in detail :-
Cedar Street,
$1,526.05
Smith Street,
977.75
Milk Street, 503.47
Brook Street,
534.44
Chace Avenue,
73.86
Hart Street,
133.50
Water Street,
54.36
Briggs Street,
178.50
Middle Street,
482.50
Tremont Street,
702.70
Wheeler Street,
176.50
Walker Street,
385.50
Chestnut Street,
229.50
Elm Street,
47.00
Williams Street,
22.00
Wellington Street,
86.00
Summer Street,
38.00
Center Street,
114.00
Main Street,
38.00
Forest Street,
45.00
Pleasant Street,
9,00
Maple Street,
32.00
Horton Street,
67.00
Lincoln Avenue,
15.00
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Pine Street, Spring Street,
301.50
7.50
Total, $6,780.63
Respectfully submitted,
LeROY LATIMER,
Supt. of Streets.
REPORT OF MOTH DEPARTMENT
Dighton, Mass., January 1, 1930. To the Selectmen of Dighton :-
I herewith submit my report for the year ending December 31, 1929.
Expended as follows :-
Jos. White, Moth Work, $12.00
Lewis White, Moth Work, 4.00
John Donlon, Moth Work,
16.00
I. G. Horton, Moth Work & Car,
54.00
G. E. Hathaway, Moth Work,
24.00
Pierce Hardware Co., Supplies, 4.20
Payroll, Moth Work, 102.00
J. A. Gillis, Spraying Trees,
550.00
Respectfully submitted, $766.20
GEORGE E. HATHAWAY,
Supt. of Gypsy Moth Work.
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ANNUAL REPORT
PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT
I herewith submit my nineteenth report as Librarian.
Number of Volumes in Library, Dec. 31, 1928, 6,969
Purchased during year, 246
Number of Volumes presented Library, 5
Number Volumes discarded, 51
Total number of Volumes in Library, Dec. 31, 1929, 7,169
Circulation during year,
16,883
Adult fiction, 7,967
Adult non-fiction, 1,638
Youth's fiction,
4,031
Youth's non-fiction,
1,196
Magazines,
2,051
Books mended,
431
Number of persons using Reading Room,
1,398
Money received from fines and turned over to Town Treasurer, $33.77
The Library was closed for repairs from October 5 to October 31, making a difference of more than 1,000 volumes in the circulation of books through the year. The public has greatly appreciated the repairs made during the year and the circulation is equal if not greater than that of last year. The teachers are using the Library extensively and have brought their classes for direction and advice in the use of books. We wish especially to thank Mrs. Varney for distributing over 2,000 books to the people in the north part of the town.
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My budget for the year is as follows : -
Fuel,
$175.00
Lighting,
50.00
Supplies,
50.00
Incidentals,
30.00
Janitor,
125.00
Librarian,
400.00
Assistant Librarian,
100.00
Books,
500.00
Periodicals,
50.00
Care of Lawn,
20.00
Repairing Furnace,
50.00
Total,
$1,550.00
Respectfully submitted, LYDIA J. COLE, Librarian.
List of books added to Dighton Public Library for the year 1929.
ADULT FICTION
Adams, Herbert,
Rogues Fall Out
Aldrich, Bess S.
Bacheller, Irving
Bailey, Temple
A Lantern in Her Hand The House of Three Ganders Silver Slippers
Baldwin, Faith
The Incredible Year Little Clown Lost
Biggers, Earl D.
The Black Camel
Bindloss, Harold
Bower, B. M.
Brand, Max
Brock, Lynn
Bryne, Don
Burroughs, Edgar R.
Cannon, Cornelia J.
Cather, Willa
Chapman, Maristan
Chapman, Mariston
The Frontiersman The Swallowfork Bulls Mistral The Slip Carriage Mystery Destiny Bay Tarzan and the Lost Empire Red Rust Death Comes to the Archbishop The Happy Mountain Homeplace
Benefield, Barry
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Cohen, Octavus R. Colver, Alice R. Comstock, Harriet T. Courths, Mahler
Cullum, Ridgwell Curwood, James O. Curwood, James O.
Darrow, Jane Deeping, Warwick Dell, Ethel M. Diver, Maud
Douglas, O. Emery-Stuart Esteven, John
Evarts, Hal G.
Farjeon, Jefferson
Farnham, Mateil H. Farnol, Jeffery
Fletcher, J. S. Freeman, H. W.
Freeman, R. Austin Galsworthy, John Gibbs, A. Hamilton Gilbert, Anthony Gregory, Jackson Gregory, Jackson Grey, Zane Hargreaves, Sheba Hargreaves, Sheba Hauck, Louise P. Hendryx, James B.
Hendryx, James B. Jones, Charles R. Jordan, Elizabeth Kipling, Rudyard Kyne, Peter B. Kyne, Peter B. Landon, Herman Lardner, Ring W. Lea, Fanny H. Lincoln, Joseph C. and Freeman
The Valley of Olympus The Dimmest Dream Penelope's Web The String of Pearls Tiger of Cloud River The Crippled Lady of Peribouka Swift Lightening Figured Flame Old Pybus The Gate Marked Private Wild Bird Eliza for Common Honeymoon Millions The Door of Death Tomahawk Rights The Person Called Z. Marsh-fire Guyford of Weare The Diamond Murder Joseph and his Brethren As a Thief in the Night Swan Song Harness Murder of Mrs. Davenport Redwood and Gold Sentinel of the Desert Wild Horse Mesa The Cabin at Trail's End Ward of the Redskins Maydust Gold-and the Mounted Man of the North King Murder Devil and the Deep Sea Captains Courageous Jim the Conqueror Tide of Empire Death on the Air Round Up Wild Goose Chase Blair's Attic
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Lincoln, Joseph C. and Freeman
London, Jack
London, Jack
Loring, Emilie
Loring, Emilie
Lutz, Grace Hill
Lutz, Grace Hill
Lutz, Grace Hill
Macleod, Adam G.
Marsh, George
Marshall, Edison
McCallum, Melia R.
Meynell, Lawrence
Miln, Louise J.
Mitchell, Ruth C.
Mulford, Clarence C.
Mulford, Clarence C.
Moresby, Louis
Nordhoff, Charles and Hall, James Norris, Kathleen
Orczy, Baroness
Parmenter, Christine W.
Parmenter, Christine W.
Payne, Elizabeth S.
Pedler, Margaret
Pryde, Anthony and Weeks, R.
Porter, Jeanette Stratton
Rath, E. J.
Reynolds, Mrs. Baillie
Rice, Alice Hegan .
Richmond, Grace
Rolvaag, O. E.
Rinehart, Mary R.
Rosman, Alice G.
Ruck, Berta
Ruck, Berta Sabatini, Rafael Scott, Will
Singmaster, Elsie
Spearman, Frank
Tarkington, Booth
Silas Bradford's Boy Call of the Wild Sea Wolf Gay Courage Swift Waters Blue Ruin Crimson Roses Duskin The Marloe Mansion Murder Under Frozen Stars The Fish Hawk Tents of Wickedness Bluefeather Red Lily and Chinese Jade Army with Banners Me and Shorty Mesquite Jenkins Captain Java Falcons of France Black Flemings Blue Eyes and Gray One Wide River to Cross Silver Ribbons Painter of Dreams Bitter Her Age A Fool in the Forest Freckles Comes Home The Sky's the Limit The Innocent Accomplice The Buffer At the South Gate Peder Victorious The Romantics The Window Joy Ride The Unkissed Bride Hounds of God The Mask What Everybody Wanted Flambeau Jim Penrod Jashber
99
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Tompkins, Juliet W. Van Dine, S. S. Webster, Henry K.
Weston, George White, Nelia G.
Bishop Murder Case The Sealed Trunk Around the World Tune in the Tree Rhinestones
Widdemer, Margaret Wiggins, Kate Douglas
Wiggin, Kate Douglas
Rebecca Mother Carey's Chickens
Wilder, Thornton
Bridge of San Luis Rey The Trail Eater
Willoughby, Barrett
Meet Mr. Mulliner
Wodehouse, P. G. Wodehouse, P. G. Wren, P. G.
Money for Nothing Beau Ideal
YOUTH'S FICTION
Abbott, Jane D.
Black Flower
Abbott, Jane D.
Abbott, Jane D.
Alcott, L. M.
Little Women
Appleton, Victor Ball, Walter S.
Tom Swift and His Taking Pictures Carmelia Commands
Barbour, Ralph
Bonner, Mary G.
Cobb, B. B. and E. C.
Chase, Annie
Chadwick, Maria L. P.
Craine, E. J.
Craine, E. J.
Curtis, Alice T.
Curtis, Alice T.
Donahey, Mary D.
Donahey, Mary D.
Ewing, Juliana H.
Field, Rachel
Garis, Howard R. Godolphin, Mary Hood, Evelyn
Humphrey, Grace
Humphrey, Grace Irving, Washington Kirby, Mary and Elizabeth
Left in Trust
Harriet's Choice Heyday
Tod Hale at Camp Madam Red Apple Pennie Plant Babies in their Cradles Hop O'My Thumb Mystery of Black Eagle Island Mystery of Seven Gables A Frontier Girl of Virginia A Little Maid of South Carolina Marty Lu Marty Lu's Treasure Jackanapes Pocket Handkerchief Park
Chad of Knob Hill Robinson Crusoe The Story of a Head of Police Father Takes us to Boston Father Takes us to Philadelphia Rip Van Winkle Aunt Martha's Corner Cupboard
100
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Klingensmith, Annie Klingensmith, Annie Lear, Edward
Marshall, Francesca
Marshall, Francesca
Marshall, Francesca
Perkins, Lucy F. Perkins, Lucy F. Perkins, Lucy F.
Roy, Lillian E.
Roy, Lillian E.
Roy, Lillian E.
Schultz, James
Seaman, Augusta H.
Skeat, Walter
Sterrett, Francis R.
Webb, Ethel
Wheeler, Francis Rolt
The Eureka Primer The Eureka First Reader The Nonsense A. B. C. The Cat Book Dame Wiggin of Lee The Nixie Well The Farm Twins Kit and Kat The Pioneer Twins Girl Scouts in Arizona and New Mexico Girl Scouts in the Magic City Girl Scouts in the Redwoods Red Crow's Brother Disappearance of Anne Shaw The Tiger's Mistake Rusty of the Tall Pines Jack the Giant Killer Boy with the U. S. Aviators
YOUTH'S NON-FICTION
Andersen, Edgeworth, Maria Kingsley,
Lang, Andrew
Lang, Andrew
Mulock, Dinah
Pratt, Maria L. edited by
Weekes, Blanche, edited by
371
Denton, Clara J.
Holiday Facts and Fancies
Pratt, Maria L. Hoyt, R.
Legends of Norseland Legends of Springtime
571
Dopp, Katherine E.
Dopp, Katherine E.
Dopp, Katherine E.
The Early Cave Men The Later Cave Men The Early Sea People
Hawkes, Clarence
590
Nature's Children
Aunt May's Bird Talks
Poyntz, F. M.
598
Forty Famous Fairy Tales Stories Grandmother Knew The Water Babies My Own Fairy Book The Red Fairy Book Adventure of a Brownie Aesop's Fables Vol. I and II Aesop's Fables
398
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621
Parker, Bertha Morris
641
Wilder, James A.
Jack-knife Cookery
Abbott, Willis J.
Brooks, E. S.
Brubacher, A. R. Irving, Washington
Stories of the Republic Tales of Heroism from the World's History The Spirit of America Almost True Tales 821
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