Town annual report of the offices of the town of Dighton 1930, Part 2

Author: Dighton (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1930
Publisher: Dighton (Mass. : Town)
Number of Pages: 176


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Fall River Co-op. Bank


900


20.25


France, Mary


1,000


22.50


Fender, James & Ellen


200


4.50


34


ANNUAL REPORT


Name


Personal


Real


Total


G


Gonsalves, Joseph


100


2.25


Galligan, Andrew J.


435


9.79


Goff, Arthur H.


2,335


52.54


Godfrey, Mai F.


250


5.62


Greely, Mary P.


100


2.25


Grace, Isabelle


300


6.75


Gray, Arron


300


6.75


H


Heher, John E.


335


7.54


Holman, James E.


650


14.62


Holman, Frank


200


4.50


Harodite Finishing Co.


500


11.25


Horton, Adin et-al


100


2.25


Holding, Nellie


50


1.13


Hallock, Ruth H.


750


2,350


69.76


Henson, Estella F.


200


4.50


Horton, Frank H.


450


10.12


J


Jackson, Mary E. et-al


1,400


31.50


K


Kilmurray, James


80


1.80


L


Lewis, John A. et-al


150


3.37


LaRue, Henry et-al


100


650


16.87


Lane, George et-al


300


6.75


.


:


35


ANNUAL REPORT


Name


Personal


Real


Total


Lane, Milton


300


6.75


Levesque, Romeo


300


6.75


Lemaire, Joseph E.


600


13.50


Leach, Emily F. & Helen L. Wilson


850


19.12


Montaup Electric Light Co.


72,400


2,300


1,680.75


Magan, Annie Souza


100


2.25


Magan, Henry


150


250


9.00


Moshier, Addie M.


2,200


49.50


Melvin, Fannie L.


725


16.31


Bristol County Trust Co., Trustee Baptiste Society


1,650


37.12


Mazone Bros.


430


9.68


Madowsky, Anna


400


9.00


Mello, Manuel C.


200


4.50


Meade, Charlotte A.


6,600


148.50


N


Nicol, Ethel


3,350


79.88


New England Tel. & Tel Co.


26551


597.39


Nickerson, Alberta


800


18.00


Neville, Richard J.


400


9.00


C


Old Colony Railroad Co.


9,000


202.50


P


Poirier, William


1,175


26.44


Prosser, John H.


200


4.50


Pitts, Mrs. Joseph


1,800


40.50


Potter, J. L.


1,750


39.38


Pierce, Charles


1.000


22.50


36


ANNUAL REPORT


Name


Personal


Real


Total


Perry, Joseph


105


2.36


Parker, George F.


150


3.38


Peirce, Leslie C.


100


2.25


Peirce, Winfield


200


4.50


Perry, Ralph O.


150


3.38


Paul, Lena M.


750


16.88


Pelletier, Octave


450


10.12


Petine, James


350


7.88


Pring, John


200


4.50


Place, Josiah Estate


490


11.02


Q


Quirk, Thomas


225


5.06


R


Richter, Otto H.


200


4.50


Rankin, William


100


2.25


Reed, Charlotte


50


1.13


Rose, Nathaniel


60


1.35


Rose, Antone F.


550


12.37


Rogers, Michael J.


1,500


33.75


Reed, H. W.


500


11.25


Ricketson, Thedore


600


13.50


Rysley, Edwin D. & Mable B.


700


15.75


Reed, Mrs. E. B.


50


1.13


S


Seekell, Elizabeth F.


2,200


49.50


Smith, Samuel E.


1,700


38.25


Smith, Samuel S.


175


3.94


Sylvia, Mike Lopes


150


3.37


Swanson, John H.


.50


1.13


Storer, Elizabeth


150


3.37


Stirrup, John


2,650


59.63


Souza, Marion


150


3.37


·


37


ANNUAL REPORT


Name


Personal


Real


Total


Segreganset Country Club


2,000


45.00


Stevens, Mrs. Annie M.


400


9.00


Sylvester, Louis L.


60


1.35


Standish, John C.


100


2.35


Staples Coal Co.


2,000


45.00


Stafford, James Trustee


St. Paul's Parish, No. Dighton


700


15.75


Sherman, Helen S.


2,250


50.63


Shapiri, Myer


6,050


136.13


Sharps, Anna B. & Morgan Barney


1,800


40.50


Stiles & Hart Co.


12,215


274.84


Somerset Water Dept.


8,145


183.26


Standard Stove Lining Co.


5,000


112.50


Smart, Anna W. & Frederick H.


600


13.50


Small, Harry


200


4.50


Seekonk Electric Co.


600


13.50


T


Torres, Manuel


3,425


77.09


Taunton Gas Light Co.


13,650


307.12


Tatum, Anna O. B.


300


6.75


Talbot, Walter C.


400


9.00


Travers, Joseph


125


2.81


Turner, Andrew W.


400


9.00


W


Wade, John T.


1,350


30.38


Wade, Elmer J.


250


5.62


Wilbur, William I.


800


18.00


Williams, George F.


150


3.38


West, Frederick R. & Geo. W. Allen


550


12.38


Williams, Thomas P.


1,350


30.38


38


ANNUAL REPORT


Name


Personal


Real


Total


Wheeler, Ida E.


230


5.18


Wheeler, Henry


110


2.48


Westcott, Mary H.


400


9.00


West, Horace R.


575


12.94


Witherell, Thomas et-al


B. M. C. Durfee Bank Trustee


3,600


81.00


Williams, Archie


2,400


54.00


West, H. Evans


450


10.12


Waldron, Everett H.


200


4.50


Williams, Harry J.


300


6.75


Wholey, James


1,350


30.37


Waterman, Lester et-al


2,265


50.96


Western Union Tel. Co.


2,781


62.57


39


ANNUAL REPORT


TREASURER'S REPORT


RECEIPTS


Balance in Treasury Jan. 1st, 1930


$37,880.74


Dog Tax from County


557.62


Welfare Accounts


785.03


School Tuition


767.69


Licenses


93.50


Rent Town Hall


50.00


Water at Town Hall


5.00


Board of Health


383.10


Court Fines


181.36


Bureau of Standards


80.00


War Poll Tax Dividends


94.77


Sale of Co-op Bank shares War Poll Tax 1,200.00


Co-op Association Dividends


88.54


Insurance Rebate


36.10


Check returned for overpayment in 1929 4.38


Check returned for overpayment in 1930


1.89


Cement form sale


2.00


Taunton Light Plant rebate


.44


Sealer of Weights Receipts


59.34


Librarian receipts


41.95


Expense Town Hall Yard from Dighton Rock Grange 150.00


Edgar Essex Cemetery Fund


200.00


John H. Horton Cemetery Fund


100.00


Care of Cemeteries


212.75


Interest Town Farm Investment Fund 192.09


Commonwealth Income Tax Fund 17,571.80


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ANNUAL REPORT


Commonwealth Corporation Tax Business 14,470.47


Commonwealth Corporation Tax Public Service


636.70


Commonwealth Education


4,240.00


Commonwealth Bank Tax


70.97


Commonwealth Trust Co. Tax


27.90


Commonwealth State Aid


168.00


Commonwealth Aid on Highways


14,577.26


Temporary Loans


60,000.00


Taxes received from year 1929


5,557.29


Taxes received from year 1930


82,687.39


Auto Tax from year 1929


728.37


Auto Tax from year 1930


6,414.76


Interest on Taxes


260.16


Interest on Bank Deposits


544.45


Total Receipts


$251,123.81


EXPENDITURES


Welfare Department


$11,012.90


School Department


63,355.77


Streets Department


16,004.98


Library Department


1,599.13


Police Department


2,877.94


Incidentals Department


3,886.52


Board of Health Department


2,740.50


Town Officers Department


4,495.82


State Aid & Soldiers Relief


298.00


Fire Department


1,907.88


Dighton & Berkley Bridge


841.54


Interest Charges


1,279.45


Forest Fires


773.58


Cemeteries


513.75


Wellington Street Macadam


30,515.69


Gypsy Moth extermination


· 786.88


Tercentenary Celebration


31.29


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ANNUAL REPORT


Town Farm Interest paid to Taunton Savings Bank 192.09


War Poll Tax receipts paid to Taunton Savings Bank


1,294.77


Temporary Loans


60,000.00


School House loan


1,000.00


State Audit 841.62


Repairing Streets by Commonwealth


2,572.80


State Tax


4,760.00


Veterans Exemption


8.64


Snow Removal by State


488.81


Water at South School


726.47


County Tax.


5,974.72


Tuberculosis Hospital


3,112.25


Emergency Fund


1,204.69


Forestry


7.85


Memorial Day


125.00


Land Damage


300.00


Town Hall Monument


386.74


South School Grading


694.50


Main Street Sidewalk 531.80


Balance in Treasury Dec. 31, 1930 $23,979.44


$251,123.81 $1.00 due Town from Edgar Essex Cemetery Fund


INVESTED FUNDS


Jan. 1 In Taunton Savings Bank


Almshouse Fund $1,835.86


Interest received on this acct. 92.91


Balance Dec. 31, 1930


$1,928.77


Jan. 1 In Taunton Savings Bank War Poll Tax Fund 545.15


Sale of Co-op Bank Shares 1,200.00


Interest Received during year 94.77


Balance Dec. 31, 1930 $1,839.92


42


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In B. C. Savings Bank Almshouse Fund 1,959.29


Interest received 99.18


Balance Dec. 31, 1930 $2,058.47


43


ANNUAL REPORT


SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1930


PUBLIC WELFARE


Appropriation


$8,500.00


Transferred from Revenue


2,000.00


Transferred from Revenue


828.85


$11,328.85


Payments


$11,012.90


Transferred to Reserve


315.95


$11,328.85


SCHOOLS


Appropriation Dog Fund


$63,000.00


557.62


$63,557.62


Payments


63,355.77


Balance Jan. 1, 1931


$201.85 $201.85


STREETS


Appropriation Transferred from Reserve


$16,000.00 128.13


$16,128.13


1


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Payments


Transferred to Reserve


$16,004.98 100.00


$16,104.98


$16,104.98


Balance Jan. 1, 1931


$23.15 $23.15


PUBLIC LIBRARY


Appropriation


$1,600.00


Payments


1,599.13


Balance Jan. 1, 1931


$.87


$.87


POLICE


Appropriation


$3,000.00


Transferred from Reserve


200.00


Transferred from Reserve


100.00


$3,300.00


Payments


$2,877.94


Transferred to Reserve


400.00


$3,277.94


Balance Jan. 1, 1931


$22.06 $22.06


INCIDENTALS


Appropriation


$2,500.00


Transferred from Reserve


900.00


Transferred from Reserve


256.44


Transferred from Reserve


250.00


$3,906.44


Payments


3,886.52


Balance Jan. 1, 1931


$19.92


19.92


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BOARD OF HEALTH


Appropriation


$2,800.00


Transferred from School


1,000.00


Transferred from Reserve


180.00


$3,980.00


Payments


$2,740.50


For School Nurse


10,000.00


Transferred to Reserve


236.94


$3,977.44


Balance Jan. 1, 1931 2.56


2.56


TOWN OFFICERS


Appropriation


$4,600.00


Payments


4,495.82


Balance Jan. 1, 1931


$104.18 $104.18


STATE AID


Appropriation


$300.00


Payments


298.00


Balance Jan. 1, 1931 $2.00


$2.00


FIRE DEPARTMENT


Appropriation


$1,200.00


Transferred from Reserve


500.00


Transferred from Reserve


129.94


Transferred from Reserve


80.00


$1,909.94


Payments


1,907.88


Balance Jan. 1, 1931


$2.06 $2.06


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DIGHTON & BERKLEY BRIDGE


Appropriation


$1,000.00


Payments


$841.54


Transferred to Reserve


100.00


58.46


$1,000.00


FOREST FIRES


Appropriation


$200.00


Transferred from Reserve


662.14


$862.14


Payments


$773.58


Transferred to Reserve


88.56


$862.14


WELLINGTON ST. MACADAM


Appropriation


$1,800.00


From State of Mass.


14,577.26


$32,577.26


Payments


$30,515.69


Transferred to Reserve


1,000.00


Transferred to Reserve 125.00


$31,640.69


Balance Jan. 1, 1931


$936.57 $936.57


GYPSY MOTH


Appropriation $800.00


Payments


786.88


Balance Jan. 1, 1931 $13.12 $13.


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TERCENTENARY


Appropriation Payments Transferred to Reserve


$100.00


$31.29


68.71


$100.00


GRADING AT SO. SCHOOL


Appropriation


$1,000.00


Payments


$694.50


Transferred to Reserve


305.50


$1,000.00


MAIN ST. SIDEWALK


Appropriation


$700.00


Payments


531.80


Transferred to Reserve


168.20


$700.00


TOWN FOREST


Appropriation


$200.00


Payments


$7.85


Transferred to Reserve


192.15


$200.00


INTEREST


Appropriation


$1,100.00


Transferred from Reserve


213.95


$1,313.95


Payments


1,279.45


Balance Jan. 1, 1931


$34.50 $34.50


MEMORIAL DAY


Appropriation . Payments


$125.00 $125.00


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ANNUAL REPORT


LAND DAMAGE, WINTHROP ST.


Transferred from Reserve $300.00 300.00


Payments


BRISTOL CO. SANATORIUM


Appropriation


$3,112.25


Payments


$3,112.25


SO. SCHOOL WELL


Appropriation


$625.00


Transferred from Reserve


125.00


$750.00


Payments


726.47


Balance Jan. 1, 1931 $23.53 $23.53


REVENUE RESERVE


Appropriation


$5,000.00


1929 bills paid 1930 $1,204.69


Dept. transferred to Reserve 835.66


Dept. transferred from Reserve 4,412.83


Dept. transferred to Reserve


1.636.94


Dept. transferred from Reserve 1,843.36


Dept. transferred from Reserve 735.00


Dept. transferred to Reserve


756.68


$8,195.88 $8,229.28


Balance


33.40


$33.40


$8,229.28


HOWARD C. BRIGGS,


Town Auditor.


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ANNUAL REPORT


RECORD OF CEMETERY FUNDS


Amt. of


On Deposit


Int.


Paid for


Fund


Jan. 1, 1930 $153.31


$7.75


$4.00


Briggs Lot


125.00


205.17


10.38


3.00


Mary J. Briggs


100.00


115.67


5.83


1.00


Geo. E. Francis


100.00


127.75


6.43


4.00


Joseph Gooding


142.75


151.49


7.66


4.00


Truman N. Goff


100.00


117.54


5.93


3.50


Geo. H. Horton


100.00


142.88


7.20


2.00


Nelson Horton


100.00


136.64


6.90


3.50


Sylvanus Jones


100.00


164.65


8.10


4.00


Josiah R. Talbot


100.00


131.03


6.43


4.00


Dr. A. J. Smith


150.00


170.23


7.87


1.00


Martha L. Smith


50.00


52.63


2.42


1.00


Nathan Walker


100.00


137.53


6.93


15.00


William Walker


250.00


384.86


19.45


78.00


Williams Lot


100.00


144.99


7.30


4.00


Thomas B. Witherell


100.00


110.95


5.58


4.00


Benjamin F. Goff


100.00


117.12


5.92


3.50


David W. Francis


100.00


115.52


5.83


3.50


N. Allen Walker


150.00


222.70


11.25


Oliver P. Simmons


721.98


732.67


37.05


28.25


Francis J. Wheeler


100.00


110.43


5.58


3.50


William D. Goff


100.00


106.79


5.38


1.00


Robert S. Waterman


100.00


108.68


5.48


4.00


Josephine G. Thaxter


100.00


105.26


5.31


4.00


Submit Babbitt


50.00


52.23


2.63


1.00


Ebenezer Gay


50.00


52.23


2.63


1.00


Emerson W. Goff


100.00


110.63


5.58


3.50


Westcoat & McNally


200.00


212.82


9.82


7.00


Rec'd


care of


Sarah Babbitt


$100.00


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Shubel Wheeler


100.00


103.38


4.72


4.00


Wendell Weed


100.00


98.74


4.98


4.00


Emeline Williams


100.00


101.89


5.13


2.00


Zenas H. Goff


150.00


159.16


8.06


5.00


Job Paull


100.00


101.61


5.13


3.50


Albert G. Goff


50.00


50.00


2.29


2.00


Edgar Essex


200.00


John H. Horton


100.00


Respectfully submitted, DWIGHT F. LANE,


Town Treasurer.


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TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT


Dighton, Massachusetts, Dec. 31, 1930.


Balance 1929 Tax due Jan. 1, 1930


$5,677.91


Plus Interest


224.44


$5,902.35


Credit


Paid Town Treasurer


Abatements


$5,781.73 104.70


$5,886.43


Due Jan. 1, 1931


$15.92


1930 Commitment Plus Interest


$90,167.33


13.51


$90,180.84


Credit


Paid Town Treasurer


$82,700.90 15.22


$82,716.12


Interest Adjustment


04


Due Jan. 1, 1931


$7.464.76


Abatements


$7,464.72


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ANNUAL REPORT


MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX


Balance 1929 Tax due Jan. 1, 1930


$932.46


Plus Interest


15.12


$947.58


Credit


Paid Town Treasurer


$743.49


Abatements


112.77


$856.26


Due Jan. 1, 1931 $91.32


Of the above balance, $48.92 is uncollectable


and subject to abatement after two years from date of commitment.


1930 Commitment Plus Interest


$7,978.30


7.09


$7,985.39


Credit


Paid Town Treasurer


$6,421.85 350.07


Abatements


$6,771.92


Due Jan. 1, 1931 $1,213.47


Respectfully submitted,


DAVID A. BUFFINGTON,


Collector.


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ANNUAL REPORT


TOWN CLERK'S REPORT


The regular Annual Meeting was held on March 3, 1930, Charles S. Chase was chosen Moderator by ballot.


The tellers appointed were Leroy J. Wade, Rose E. Palmer, Alma F. Briggs, Henry E. Williams, and Clara L. M. Wyeth, with Elizabeth Wade and Rose E. Bolger as Ballot Clerks.


Alma F. Briggs was elected Moderator Pro-tem to act in place of C. S. Chase during election of Officers.


The following list of Officers were elected :


Selectman for three years, Charles S. Chase.


Board of Public Welfare for three years, Charles S. Chase.


School Committee for three years, Leland F. Bullard, Roy F. Walker.


Treasurer for one year, Dwight F. Lane.


Assessor for three years, Walter Hampton.


Collector of Taxes for one year, David A. Buffington.


Auditor for one year, Howard C. Briggs.


Tree Warden for one year, LeRoy Latimer.


Trustee of Public Library for three years, Edward D. Greenlaw.


Constables for one year, Lewis L. Ballou, Albert N. Goff, Lyndon E. Hathaway, Raymond A. Horton, Charles A. Simmons, John E. Souza, John W. Synan, August P. White.


Fish Wardens for one year, Albert N. Goff, Henry E. Williams, D. Thurber Wood.


Oyster Wardens for one year, Albert N. Goff, Henry E. Williams, D. Thurber Wood.


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Appropriations were voted as follows: Schools


$63,000.00


Public Welfare


8,500.00


Public Library


1,600.00


Streets and Bridges


16,000.00


Police service


3,000.00


Incidentals


2,500.00


Fire Department


1,200.00


Board of Health


2,800.00


State Aid and Soldiers' Relief


300.00


B. C. Tuberculosis Hospital


3,112.25


Forest Fires


200.00


Dighton & Berkley Bridge


1,000.00


Interest Charges


1,100.00


Town Debt


1,000.00


Suppression of Gypsy Moth


800.00


Town Officers Salaries


4,600.00


Overdrafts in 1929


288.99


Town Forest


200.00


Observance of Memorial Day


125.00


So. Dighton School Well


625.00


Soldiers Monument


100.00


Grading at So. School


1,000.00


Main Street Sidewalk


700.00


Tercentenary celebration


100.00


Emergency Fund


5,000.00


Wellington Street Macadam providing the Commonwealth will pay one half of expense of same $18,000.00.


Voted that labor on highways, use of trucks, the price to be left to the discretion of the Selectmen and that $200.00 of the regular street appropriation be expended under the di- rection of the Selectmen in placing gravel on Millers Lane from the Carpenter House to the Swansea Town line.


Voted to accept the report of town officers as printed.


Voted that the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, be and is hereby authorized to borrow money


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from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the Town for the financial year beginning January 1, 1930 and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year. Any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from revenue of said financial year.


Voted that the Town will indemnify the Commonwealth of Massachusetts against any and all claims for land, grade and drainage damages which may be caused by or result from the layout, alteration, construction or reconstruction of the State Highway known as Winthrop Street or any section or relocation thereof, and that theBoard of Selectmen be author- ized to sign any indemnify agreement therefor in behalf of the town indemnifying the Commonwealth as aforesaid.


Voted that the salaries of town officers be the same as last year except the auditor which shall be $350. per year.


Voted that the official bond of Treasurer and Collector of taxes be fifteen thousand dollars each to be paid for when approved by the Department of Corporation and Taxation.


Voted to instruct the Selectmen to appoint all minor town officers.


Voted that the Tax Collector have the same power in collection of taxes as possessed by the Town Treasurer.


At a special meeting held Sept. 16, 1930 Charles S. Chase was chosen Moderator by ballot.


Voted to authorize the Board of Selectmen acting in its behalf to take land by eminent domain or otherwise for the improvement of Wellington Street.


At a Special Meeting held Nov. 17, 1930 it was voted on recommendation of the Finance Committee that the following amounts be transferred to the Emergency Fund from the following Departments.


$168.20 from Main Street Sidewalk. $305.50 from South School Grading. $100.00 from Dighton and Berkley Bridge. $192.15 from Town Forest. $69.81 from South School Well.


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On recommendation of the Finance Committee it was then voted to transfer from Emergency fund as follows:


To interest account $213.95, to Public Welfare Account $2000.00, to Incidentals $900.00, to Fire Dept. $500.00, to Forest Fires $662.14, to Town Hall Grading $136.74, to Police Dept. $200.00.


At a special meeting held Dec. 31, 1930 it was voted to transfer on Recommendation of Finance Committee from Board of Health $236.94 from Police $400. from Wellington Street Macadam $1000. all to Emergency Fund and to appro- priate from Emergency Fund as follows: To pay overdrafts in Incidentals $4256.44. Fo Fire Department $129.94 to Streets $128.13. to pay for land Damage $300. to Public Welfare $828.85.


At the Primary held Sept. 16, 1930 the following Repub- lican votes were cast


For Governor Frank G. Allen 244 John D. Devir four. Lieut. Governor William Sterling Youngman 225.


Secretary of Commonwealth Frederick W. Cook 215. Treasurer James W. Bean 21. Fred Jefferson Burrill 38. Charles L. Burrill 65. Russell D. Chase 52. Ezra D. Whittaker 8. George B. Willard 9. John W. Withington 5. Russell A. Wood 17.


Auditor Joseph N. Carriere 43. Alonzo B. Cook 182. Attorney General Joseph E. Warner 226.


Senator in Congress William M. Butler 129. Eben S. Draper 101. Andrew J. Gillis 7.


Congressman Joseph W. Martin Jr. 226.


Councillor Edmond Cote 106. Albert A. Harrison 83. Frederick D. Soule 30.


Senator James G. Moran 190.


Representative Roger H. Conant 35. Lewis S. Gray 126. Benjamin O. Jones 85. George S. Mycock 33.


Dist. Attorney William C. Crossley 219.


Register of Probate Guilford C. Hathaway 212.


County Commissioner Frederick E. Babbitt 155. Fred- erick A. Bartlett 5. Arthur W. Reed 95.


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Asso. Commissioner Clinton E. Austin 132. Albert A. Kenworthy 85. Harry Riding 44. Norman L. Sivigny 10. County Treasurer Joseph F. Delehanty 36. Esther Kingman 183.


County Commissioner to fill vacancy James M. Hughes 111 Thomas W. Whitfield 90.


State Committee Frank J. Nerney 164.


Delegates to State Convention Charles S. Chase 218. Lyman E. Briggs 201. Alma F. Briggs 197


Town Committee Charles S. Chase 31. Howard C. Briggs 32. J. Willis Andrews 33. Henry W. Horton 32. Frank G. Dutra 31. Alma F. Briggs 33. Minna W. Glidden 33. Mary S. Perry 34. Rose E. Bolger 34. Bessie T. Milliken 33. Walter Hampton 1. Leroy J. Wade 1. Grace Simmons 1. Leland Bullard 1. Clara Wyeth 1. Trenor Goodell 1. Warren Ide 1. Ethel Brown 1. Wyman Hawkes 1. August P. White 1. Eliot F. Walker 1.


Democratic Ballots were as follows:


For Governor John J. Cummings 3. Joseph B. Ely 2. John F. Fitzgerald 2.


Lieut. Governor Strabo V. Claggett 3. Charles S. Murphy 1. Michael C. O'Neil 5.


Secretary of Commonwealth Arthur G. Flynn 3. Chester J. O'Brien 3.


Treasurer John H. Dorsey 1. Charles F. Hurley 3. Fred H. Rourke none.


Auditor Francis X. Hurley 3. Francis J. O'Gorman 3. Jerome J. Shea 1.


Atty. General Henry P. Fielding 1. William R. Sharton 1. Harold W. Sullivan 4.


Senator in Congress Marcus A. Coolidge 1. Eugene N. Foss 3. Thomas C. O'Brien 3. Joseph F. O'Connell 2.


Congressman William J. Murphy 5.


Senator James P. Lamont 5.


Representative William J. Hale 5.


Dist. Attorney William C. Crossley 5. 4 Register of Probate Terrance J. Lomax 3.


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County Commissioner Michael Cummings 6. Philip J. Russell 1.


County


County Commissioner to fill vacancy E. D. Letendre 2. Stephen D. Pierce 2.


Town Committee H. W. Horton 1. Frank Dutra 1. Rose Bolger 1.


At the Annual State Election held Nov. 4, 1930 the voting resulted as follows for Governor:


Precinct A


B C


Total


John W. Aiken


9


3


5


17


Frank G. Allen


229 143 150


522


Henry J. Canter


1


1 22


2


Joseph B. Ely


76


43


141


Alfred Baker Lewis


1


1


1


3


Lieutenant Governor


Strabo V. Claggett


70


28 36


128


Stephen J. Surridge


1


2


3


Edith M. Williams


1


1


2


4


William Sterling Youngman


233 134 148


515


Secretary of Commonwealth


Daniel T. Blessington


3


1


1


5


Frederick W. Cook


220 134 146


500


Albert S. Coolidge


5


2


6


13


James W. Dawson


1


1


Chester J. O'Brien


68


18


34


120


Treasurer


Fred Jefferson Burrell


194 111 131


436


Eva Hoffman


1


1


0


2


Charles F. Hurley


91


34


40


165


Walter S. Hutchins


5


1


2


8


Charles S. Oram


0


0


3


3


Auditor


Alonzo B. Cook


196 130 141


467


Harry Fieldman


2


0


4


6


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Francis X. Hurley Albert Oddie


91


22


30


143


1


0


0


1


Fred E. Oelcher


1


0


1


2


Attorney General


Morris I. Becker


2


3


1


6


John W. Janhonen


1


0


1


2


John Weaver Sherman


1


0


2


3


Harold W. Sullivan


56


17


26


99


Joseph E. Warner


243 135 160


538


Senator in Congress


William M. Butler


218 137 137


492


Marcus A. Coolidge


93


26


52


171


Oscar Kinsalas


1


1


Sylvester J. McBride


1


1


Congressman


Joseph William Martin Jr.


252 141 159


552


William J. Murphy


55


16


31


102


Councillor


Edmond Cote


213 131 159


533


Senator


James P. Lamont


76


21


37


134


James G. Moran


214 125 136


475


Representative


Lewis S. Gray


101


52


95


248


William J. Hale


34


9


16


59


George S. Mycock


159 108


74


341


District Attorney


236 119 150


505


William C. Crossley


Register of Probate and Insolvency


226 128 149


503


Terrence J. Lomax


55


15


23


93


County Commissioner


Wilfred L. Benoit


60


23


38


121


Arthur M. Reed


226 114 136


476


Associate Commissioner


194


92 107


393


Clinton E. Austin


Albert Kenworthy


185


73 115


373


Guilford C. Hathaway


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County Treasurer


250 132 148


530


Esther Kingman


Amendment to the Constitution no 1 relative to the appor- tionment of Senatorial, representative and councillor districts.


Yes


103 45


50


198


No


34 32


30 96


Amendment No. 2 relative to intoxicating liquor


Yes


142


44 49


235


No


102


75


86


263


Amendment No. 3 relative to Steel traps


Yes


96


49


66


211


No


149


70


72


291


Appointments made by the Selectmen :


Registrar of Voters, Francis W. Buckley.


Accident Compensation Agent, Howard C. Briggs.


Agent Board of Health, Dwight F. Lane.


Superintendent of Streets, Charles S. Chase.


Sealer of Weights and Measures, John R. Ingham.


Deputy Chief of Police, John W. Synan.


Fence Viewers, Walter Hampton, Leroy J. Wade, Frank R. O'Connell.


Field Drivers, Raymond T. Horton, William W. Macker. Public Weighers, Frank H. Boothby, Harry S. Bridgford, John H. Mather and Sylvester White.


Forest Fire Warden, Raymond A. Horton.


Superintendent Gypsy Moth Destruction, Geo. E. Hatha- way.


Constables, Leroy Latimer, Lyndon Hathaway, Howard C. Briggs, Joseph K. Milliken Jr., Arthur F. Sprague, Francis Philbin.


Inspector Animals and Provisions, Henry E. Williams and D. Thurber Wood.


Inspector of Slaughtering, Leroy J. Wade.


Inspector of Milk, Peter J. Connolly.


Sunday licenses granted, Frank Pine, Howel S. Carr, Peter Kossoi, William L. Burt, Mineon D. Watson, Clinton H. Babbitt.


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Common Victualers License, Mineon D. Watson, Isola Dussault, and William L. Burt.


License to Slaughter, Lyndon Hathaway.


Junk Licenses, Louis Sanders and James P. Collins.


Jurors Drawn : Walter Hampton, Lester M. Briggs, William H. Lee, Clinton T. Potter, Frank A. Albert, William W. Macker, Charles A. Reed, James Collins and W. Horace Varney.


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BIRTHS RECORDED IN 1930


Date


Name


Jan. 2 William Walter Bain


Jan. 5 Virginia Marie Crowninshield Ernest F. & Florence M. Crown- inshield


Jan. 9 Clara Elizabeth Hayes


Jan. 15 Eunice Chadwick


Jan. 17 Frank Crandell Westgate


Jan. 18 John C. Nunes


Jan. 20 Patricia Louise Greenhalge


Jan. 21 Joseph Anthony Dupont


Jan. 31 Donald Thomas Seekell


Feb. 12 Jeanne Frances Paull


Feb. 13 · Pauline Terres Feb. 14 Janet Chisholm


Feb. 18 Dennis Floyd Hawkes


Feb. 20 James Richard Dutra


Feb. 28 Beverly Jean Mason


Mar. 1 William Robert Marsden


Mar. 7 Leonard Santos


Mar. 8 Barbara Louise Robinson


Mar. 16 Doreen Alice Pemberton


Mar. 17 George Lopes Massa


Mar. 17 Joan M. Kenworthy


Mar. 19 Jean Ballou


Mar. 28 Therese Marie Scully


Apr. 3 James Leonard


Apr. 9 Elizabeth Gomes


Apr. 13 Shirley May O'Connell


Apr. 22 Alice Perry


Apr. 24 Francis Luis Rose


Apr. 24 Mary Elizabeth Simmons


Apr. 25 Betty Louise Mellor Apr. 30 Elizabeth Louise May


May 8 George Perry Silva


May 12 Shirley Francis Nelson May 12 Mary Ann Fricker


Names of Parents


William W. & Margaret E. Bain




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