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52.68
DeCosta, Joseph
270
3,300
76.75
Dozois, Leontine
750
16.13
30
ANNUAL REPORT
Name
Personal
Real
Total
Delano, Lester A. and Lena E.
1,000
21.50
Douglass, Emily M.
900
19.35
E
Eddy, William A.
65
1.40
Emery, Mabel W.
1,950
41.93
Enos, Belle
75
2,450
54.30
Ellis, Stella R.
800
17.20
F
Fuller, Annie B.
1,900
40.85
Francis, Joseph St.
105
2,150
48.48
Franco, Manuel
1,000
21.50
G
Gardner, Harold B.
575
12.37
Gardner, Emma & Harold
50
3,600
78.48
George, Agnes
1,125
24.18
Gorden, Carl P. Sr.
450
5,670
131.57
Goodell, Trenor F.
1,775
38.17
Grassie, Mary E.
15
2,850
61.60
Gracia, Manuel S. Sr.
135
6,925
151.78
Gracia, Frank
2,500
53.75
Gasper, Manuel
10
.22
Gracia, Manuel S. Jr.
3,200
68.80
H
Horton, Emma A.
6,815
146.52
Horton, Henry F.
125
2.69
Hathaway, Howard P.
40
17,25
37.95
Hamilton, Hope W.
2,600
55.90
Hamilton Bros.
1,050
4,200
112.88
Haskins, Edward B.
750
16.13
Hornsby, Benjamin
3,850
82.78
Hathaway, Harry S.
4,350
93.53
Heroux, Leonidas
20
700
15.48
31
ANNUAL REPORT
Name
Personal
Real
Total
K
Kossoi, Alice
400
3,300
79.55
King, Clara
1,100
23.65
L
Lawrence, Manuel D.
325
2,650
63.96
Lee, William H.
700
15.05
Lema, Manuel Sr.
240
5.16
M
May, Abbie
2,750
59.13
Mendoza, Louis & Co.
250
5.38
Mendoza, Philomena
5,750
123.62
Mendoza, Annie
1,550
33.33
Miecznikowski, Wladyslaus
1,420
30.53
Miecznikowski, Stanley
270
5.80
Miguel, Manuel
2,300
49.45
Miguel, Joseph Sr.
225
4,350
98.37
Monterio, John S.
125
950
23.11
Monterio, Viriato and Louis Constantine
300
6.45
Monterio, Viriato
150
3,700
82.78
Mattos, Antone S. and Amelia
175
4,175
93.54
Mattos, Joseph S.
2,725
58.58
Macker, William W.
50
2.15
Macker, Sophia
1,500
32.25
Medeiros, Antone
100
2,240
50.31
Mercer, William S.
2,750
59.12
Medeiros, Frank A.
1,000
21.50
Marques, Antone
1,350
29.02
Mackillop, Catherine
3,300
70.95
Oldmixon, E. Roland
575
2,425
64.51
Oliver, Joseph T., et-al
500
10.75
Oliver, Emma T.
1,100
23.65
32
ANNUAL REPORT
Name
Personal
Real
Total
P
Palmer, Rose E.
1,900
40.85
Pereira, Francisco D.
1,700
36.55
Poole, Margaret M.
1,975
42.46
Perry, Antone D., Est.
175
1,650
39.25
Pierce, John W.
1,800
38.70
Phillips, Mary S.
250
2,000
48.38
Pashake, Manuel C.
4,550
97.83
Parchiesco, Manuel Sr. Est.
1,825
39.24
Phillips, Russell H.
950
6,500
160.17
Perry, Joseph A.
2,850
61.28
Paul, John W.
2,200
21,450
508.48
Perreira, Manuel F.
75
400
10.22
R
Romero, Sophia
6,000
129.00
Rogers, Anton
225
4,450
100.52
Rogers, Manuel
175
1,950
45.70
Rogers, Joseph A.
175
2,750
62.89
Rogers, Frank
300
3,250
76.33
Roderick, Mary
4,140
89.00
Roderick, Manuel
225
4.84
Roderick, Antone Rose
240
1,550
38.49
Roderick, Marion Sr.
125
7,700
168.24
Rose, Frank W. Sr.
50
750
17.21
Rose, Joseph R.
75
1,175
26.89
Rose, George W., et-al
285
4,200
96.42
Rose, Joseph W. Sr.
175
7,320
161.15
Reese, Joseph
100
2,000
45.15
Rose, Thomas F.
2,050
44.08
Raposa, Jesse
700
15.05
Rose, Antone F. Jr.
100
3,200
70.95
Rogers, Jesse
175
3.76
Reed, Albert
75
1.62
Roderick, Marion Jr.
3,050
65.58
Roderick, Joseph
120
2.58
33
ANNUAL REPORT
Name
Personal
Real
Total
S
Sprague, Arthur F.
750
16.13
Sprague, Florence C.
2,625
56.44
Sherman, Hannah
2,450
52.68
Smith, Annie, et al
3,900
83.85
Smith, Charles H.
3,600
77.40
Silvia, Manuel De Watt
475
4,300
102.67
Silvia, Mary
300
1,850
46.23
Swasey, Joseph
1,375
29.56
Souza, Manuel E
1,400
30.10
Souza, Mary B
1,650
35.47
Souza, Joseph E.
225
820
22.47
Suite, Mary Perry
100
2,850
63.43
Suite, Joseph Perry
215
2,175
51.39
Sears, Joseph E.
115
3,750
83.10
Simmons, Grace A.
2,950
63.42
Simmons, Charles S.
150
2,950
66.65
Simmons, Charles G.
4,930
105.99
Simmons, Frank
900
19.35
Simmons, Manuel .
1,875
40.32
Silvia, Mary E.
20
1,550
33.76
Souza, Manuel, Est.
725
15.59
Santos, Anthony
2,500
53.75
Sato Domie Spirits Society
1,050
22.58
Sanson, Antone, Jr.
200
1,600
38.70
Swartz, Mary
600
12.90
Silvia, Manuel B.
4,650
99.98
Simmons, Albertus F.
35
.74
Spooner, Elsie D.
1,320
12,600
299.28
Souza, Antone P.
1,150
24.73
Silvia, Anthony N.
350
7.53
T
Talbot, Frederick W.
200
4.30
Tompkins, Fannie M.
1,100
23.65
34
ANNUAL REPORT
Name
Personal
Real
Total
Tinkham, Annie F.
2,100
45.15
Talbot, J. Chester
2,725
58.59
Tompkins, James G.
125
2,650
59.66
Texiera, Amancia M.
265
1,450
36.87
Tew, George W.
1,875
40.32
Tavers, John Jr., et-al
175
3,050
69.34
Torres, Frank C.
15
.32
V
Vance, Robert R. Est.
6,100
131.15
Vaz, Manuel L.
500
2,450
63.43
Vierra, Manuel Sr.
100
1,850
41.93
Walker, Lizzie A.
6,550
140.83
Walnit, Mary Costa
1,000
21.50
Waters, Mary G.
1,050
22.58
Whitmarsh, Robert W.
3,300
70.95
Whitmarsh, Robt. W. Treas.
Pedo Baptista Cong. Society
5,910
127.06
Whitmarsh, Lydia R
1,150
24.73
Walker, Elliot F. and Rose E. Palmer
4,650
99.98
Walker, Marjorie E.
2,350
9,900
263.38
Whitmore, Richard
750
16.13
Wood, Norah T.
2,740
58.90
Whitmarsh, Forest.A.
7,650
164.48
White, Manuel C. Sr.
100
1,450
33.33
White, Manuel P. Sr.
2,150
46.22
Whitmore, Walter
250
5.38
Wright, Harriet R.
2,350
50.53
White, Sylvia
1,000
21.50
Walker, Jennie T.
650
13.97
35
ANNUAL REPORT
Name
Personal
Real Total
NON-RESIDENTS
A
American Agricultural Chemical Co. Alpert, Samuel
500
10.75
Arnold Hoffman Co.
50,000
1,075.00
American Tel. & Tel. Co.
540
11.60
B
Barrows, Elizabeth
3,100
66.65
Bullock, George R. and Abbie Slater
250
5.37
Bullock, George R. et-al
700
15.05
Briggs, Abraham T., Est.
1,550
33.33
Bosworth, Angeline
100
2.15
Bailey, Elizabeth E.
300
6.45
Botelho, Louis
200
4.30
Baylies, Walter C.
5,700
122.55
Banville, J. F.
200
4.30
Best, Henry C.
150
3.23
Baker, Herbert L.
50
1.08
Boyd, Peter F.
335
7.19
Boulter, Samuel
150
3.23
Bristol County Trust Co.,
Trustee of Baptist Society
1,650
35.48
Benton, Nellie E.
1,800
38.70
C
Clark, Patrick J.
1,975
42.46
Calso, Manuel Dirego
200
4.30
Curran, Charles
200
4.30
Crane, Philip Est.
50
1.08
Crane, Abel T.
100
2.15
Chase, Ralph A.
1,000
21.50
Chase, Andrew
750
16.13
Cummings, Bertha
3,650
78.48
$250
$5.38
36
ANNUAL REPORT
Name
Personal
Real
Total
Chapman, A. B.
400
8.60
Carlow, Harry
850
18.28
Chadwick, John
200
4.30
Collis, Henry J.
400
8.60
D
Duffy, James J.
125
2.69
Dowse, Fannie R.
850
18.28
Davis, Allen
700
15.05
Doyle, Annie G.
1,350
29.02
Dansereau, Zatigue C.
175
3.76
DeCambra, Manuel
300
6.45
Dias, Antone S.
2,100
45.15
E
Ellis, Albert E.
125
500
13.44
Earle, Bessie
200
4.30
Eastern Mass. St. R. R.
100
2.15
Edminster, C. F.
125
2.69
Ervin, Samuel R.
625
13.44
Eagan, Owen J.
500
11,205
251.65
F
Fall River Elec. Light Co.
45,500
978.25
Freeman, Wayne M.
1,150
24.73
Feehan, Rev. Daniel F.
13,475
289.72
Francis, Mary A.
725
15.58
Fall River Co-op Bank
500
10.75
Fender, James & Ellen
200
4.30
G
Gonsalves, Joseph
100
2.15
Galligan, Andrew J.
4.35
9.35
Goff, Arthur H. Est.
1,985
42.67
Godfrey, F. Mai
250
5.38
Greely, Mary P.
100
2.15
Grace, Isabelle
300
6.45
Gray, Aaron
300
6.45
37
ANNUAL REPORT
Name
Personal
Real
Total
H
Heher, John E.
335
7.19
Holman, James E.
650
13.98
Holman, Frank
750
16.13
Harodite Finishing Co.
500
10.75
Horton, Adin et-al
100
2.15
Holden, Nellie
50
1.08
Hallock, Ruth H.
75
2,450
54.30
Henson, Estelle
200
4.30
Holmes, Ellen V., et-al
1,500
32.25
J
Jackson, Mary E., et-al
1,600
34.40
K
Killmurray, James
80
1.72
Lewis, John A. et-al
150
3.23
LaRue, Henry, et-al
100
650
16.13
Lasse, George H.
300
6.45
Lane, Milton
300
6.45
Lesvsque, Romeo
300
6.45
Lemaire, Joseph E.
600
12.90
Leach, Emily F. & Ellen L. Wilson
850
18.28
M
Montaup Electric Co.
70,200
2,400
1560.90
Magan, Annie S.
100
2.15
Magan, Henry
150
250
8.56
Moshier, Addie M.
2,200
47.30
Melvin, Fannie L.
725
15.59
Mozone, Bros.
430
9.24
Madowsky, Anna
400
8.60
Mello, Manuel C.
200
4.30
Meade, Charlotte A.
6,600
141.90
McGovern, Mabel A.
50
1.08
L
38
ANNUAL REPORT,
Name
Personal Real
Total
N
Nicol, Ethel
3,550
76.32
New Eng. Tel. & Tel.
26,829
576.82
Nickerson, Alberta
800
17.20
Neville, Richard J.
400
8.60
O
Old Colony R. Co.
6,800
146.20
P
Poirier, William
1,175
25.27
Potter, J. L.
2,050
44.08
Pierce, Charles
1,100
23.65
Perry, Joseph
80
1.72
Parker, George F.
150
3.23
Pierce, Lesley C.
150
3.23
Pierce, Winfield
500
10.75
Perry, Ralph O.
150
3.22
Paull, Lena M.
750
16.13
Pellitier, Octave
450
9.68
Pettini, James
350
7.53
Pring, John
200
4.30
Place, Josiah Est.
490
10.53
Q
Quirk, Thomas
225
4.84
R
Rostron, Catherine
800
17.20
Richter, Otto H.
200
4.30
Rankin, William
100
2.15
Rose, Nathaniel
60
1.29
Rose, Anton F.
550
11.82
Reed, H. W.
500
10.75
Ricketson, Theodore
600
12.90
Ripley, Edwin D. & Mabel B.
450
9.68
Reed, Mrs. E. B.
50
1.08
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ANNUAL REPORT
Name
Personal Real
Total
S
Shaw, Natalie B. & Mabel L.
Hammett
350
7.53
Seekel, Elizabeth F.
2,200
47.30
Smith, Samuel E.
1,700
36.55
Smith, Samuel S.
175
3.77
Silvia, Mike Lopes
150
3.23
Swanson, John H.
50
1.08
Storer; Elizabeth
150
3.23
Stirrup, John
2,650
56.98
Souza, Marion
150
3.23
Segreganset Country Club
2,000
43.00
Stevens, Annie M.
400
8.60
Sylvester, Louis L.
60
1.28
Standish, John
100
2.15
Stapels Coal Co.
2,000
43.00
Stafford, James H., Trustee of St. Paul's Parish
700
15.05
Sherma, Helen S.
2,250
48.38
Shapiro, Myer
6,050
130.08
Sharpes, Anna B. & Morgan Barney
1,800
38.70
Simonds, Gertrude
2,340
50.30
Stiles & Hart Co.
12,215
262.62
Somerset Water Dept.
8,220
176.72
Standard Stove Lining Co.
5,000
107.50
Smart, Anna W. & Frederick H.
600
12.90
Small, Harry
200
4.30
Seekonk Elec. Co.
600
12.90
T
Taunton Gas Light Co.
13,650
293.48
Tatum, Anna O. B.
200
4.30
Travers, Joseph
125
2.69
Turner, Andrew W.
400
8.60
40
ANNUAL REPORT
Name
Personal
Real
Total
W
Wade, John T.
1,350
29.02
Wade, Elmer J
250
5.38
Wilbur, Willam I.
800
17.20
Williams, George F.
150
3.23
West, Frederick R. & Geo. W. Allen
550
11.82
Williams, Thomas P. -
1,350
29.02
Wheeler, Ida C.
230
4.94
Wheeler, Henry
110
2.36
West, Horace R.
575
12.37
Witherell, Thomas et al Est.
3,900
83.85
Williams, Archie
2,400
51.60
West, H. Evans
450
9.68
Waldron, Everett H
200
4.30
Williams, Harrie J.
300
6.45
Wholey, James
1,350
29.02
Waterman, Lester, et-al
2,615
56.22
Western Union Telg. Co.
2,802
60.22
Wood, H. Stanley
2,850
61.28
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TAX COLLECTOR'S REPORT
Dighton, Mass., December 31, 1931.
Balance 1929 Tax due Jan. 1, 1931
$15.92
Collected Interest
.84
$16.76
Credits
Paid Town Treasurer
12.12
Abatements
4.64
$16.76
Balance 1930 Tax due Jan. 1, 1931
7,464.72
Collected Interest
247.58
$7,712.30
Credits
Paid Town Treasurer
6,575.94
Abatementš
53.18
$6,629.12
Due January 1, 1932
$1,083.81
1931 Commitment
84,899.07
Collected Interest
11.01
$84,910.08
Credits
Paid Town Treasurer
77,302.57 232.45
Abatements
$77,535.02
Due Jan. 1, 1932
$7,375.06
Old Age Assistance Tax
1931 Commitment 876.00
Collected Interest .04
$876.04
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Credits
Paid Town Treasurer 847.04 847.04
Due Jan. 1, 1932 29.00
Nearly all of this balance of the Old Age Assistance Tax is uncollectable and will be refunded by the State Treasurer.
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX
Balance 1929 tax due Jan. 1, 1931
$91.32
Collected Interest 3.40
$94.72
Credits 1
Paid Town Treasurer
48.77
Abatements
45.95
$94.72
Balance 1930 Tax due Jan. 1, 1931
1,213.47
Collected Interest
20.46
$1,233.93
Credits
Paid Town Treasurer
843.52
Abatements
202.71
1,046.23
Due Jan. 1, 1932
$187.70
1931 Commitment
6,999.12
Collected Interest
24.02
$7,023.14
Credits
Paid Town Treasurer
6,329.72
Abatements
222.16
$6,551.88
Due Jan. 1, 1932
$471.26
Respectfully submitted, DAVID A. BUFFINGTON, Collector.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
The regular Annual Meeting was held on March 2, 1931, Charles S. Chase was chosen Moderator by ballot.
The tellers appointed were Elizabeth A. Wade and Rose E. Bolger; Ballot Clerks, Grace Cameron and Rhea Buckley; Inspectors, Alma F. Briggs, Doris E. Booth, Irving G. Horton, Walter Hampton and Clara L. M. Wyeth.
The following list of Officers were elected :
Selectman for three years, Lyman E. Briggs.
Board of Public Welfare for three years, Lyman E. Briggs.
School Committee for three years, Sara G. Hamilton and Henry W. Horton.
Treasurer for one year, Dwight F. Lane.
Assessor for three years, Leory J. Wade.
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, Philip K. Bowden Constables for one year, Lewis L. Ballou, John Bolger, Charles M. Gilbert, Lyndon E. Hathaway, Raymond A. Hor- ton, Clinton B. May, John W. Synan, August P.White.
Fish Wardens for one year, Henry E. Williams, August P. White.
Oyster Wardens for one year, August P. White, Henry E. Williams.
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Appropriations were voted as follows;
Schools
$61,450.00
Board of Public Welfare
11,000.00
Public Library
1,700.00
Police Service
1,900.00
Incidentals
2,500.00
Board of Health
2,800.00
Town Officers Salaries
4,600.00
State Aid and Soldiers' Relief
298.00
Fire Department
1,250.00
Interest Charges
1,300.00
Forest Fires
200.00
Gypsy Moth Destruction
1,000.00
Observance of Memorial Day
125.00
Tuberculosis Hospital
2,602.00
Reserve Account
1,000.00
Town Nurse's Car
524.00
Town Forest
200.00
Town Debt
1,000.00
Dighton & Berkley Bridge
850.00
Streets & Bridges
4,000:00
Repairs-Williams St. 6,000.00
Macadam-Wellington St.
1,334.00
with $8666 to be taken from cash balance on hand Jan. 1, 1931, providing the Department of Public Works will allot a like sum of money, make the surveys, aid in letting the con- tract and supervise the construction, and also to authorize the Selectmen in behalf of the Town to ask for proposals to construct, to execute contracts, make changes in grade, take land by purchase or eminent domain and to settle damages for land taken.
Voted that labor on highways be paid at $3.00 per day and that we pay for trucks as follows:
1 Ton Ford Truck $1.15 per hour
11/2 Ton Truck 1.25 per hour
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312 Ton Truck 2.00 per hour
5 Ton Truck 2.40 per hour
Voted to accept the report of the Town Officers as printed.
Voted to authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the Town for the financial year January 1, 1931 to January 1, 1932 and to issue a note, or notes, therefor, payable within one year; any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of this financial year.
Voted to pay Town Officers same as last year and that the Clerk, Treasurer and Collector be bonded by the Century Indemnity Company; the Treasurer and Collector to be bonded for $15,000 each and the Clerk for $1,000.
Voted to grant the Collector the same power in making collections as possessed by the Treasurer.
The Finance Committee was appointed by the Moderator as follows: Joseph K. Milliken, Henry C. L. Lincoln, Warren L. Ide, Charles C. Marble, Joseph P. Dupont, J. Willis An- drews and Viriato Monteiro.
At the adjourned Annual Meeting held Apr. 1, 1931, voted to raise and appropriate $1000 to pay bills contracted in 1930.
At the adjourned meeting held July 1, 1931, voted to raise and appropriate $600 for Old Age Assistance and $150 for Forest Fire department.
At a special meeting held on Nov. 5, 1931, Charles S. Chase was chosen Moderator by ballot.
Voted to transfer from Reserve Account $700 to pay bills contracted in 1930 and to transfer $300 to the Highway Ac- count.
Voted to authorize the Selectmen to sell the Williams and Flat Rock school-houses.
Voted to authorize the Selectmen to sell the fishing privi- leges at public auction, and they were sold one to Howard C. Briggs and one to Dwight F. Lane for 52c. each.
At the adjourned Special Town Meeting it was voted to transfer the following amounts to the Reserve Fund: from Police account, $150; from Board of Health, $100; from In- cidentals, $100; from Fire Department, $100; from Interest account, $435; from Old Age Assistance account, $100; from
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Town Forest account, $35; from Public Welfare account, $200; and to transfer from Reserve Fund, to Streets, $300; to Wil- liams Street Macadam, $247.79; to State Aid, $51; to Dighton & Berkley Bridge account, $51; to Forest Fire account $26.35; and Wellington Street macadam, $402.74.
Appointments made by the Selectmen :
Registrar of Voters, George F. Hathaway.
Burial Agent, Howard C. Briggs.
Accident Compensation Agent, Howard C. Briggs.
Agent Board of Health, Dwight F. Lane.
Sealer of Weights & Measures, John R. Ingham
Deputy Chief of Police, John W. Synan.
Fence Viewers, Walter Hampton, Leroy J. Wade and Frank R. O'Connell.
Constables, Antone P. Dupont, Arthur F. Sprague, Leroy Latimer, Joseph K. Milliken, Jr., Howard C. Briggs.
Public Weighers, Sylvester White, Joseph R. Clermont, Carlos Fisher, Frank H. Boothby, John H. Mather, Elmer P. Carpenter, Harry S. Bridgeford, Antone Dupont, William Mooney.
Field Drivers, Raymond A. Horton, William W. Macker, Chas. A. Reed.
Inspector of Slaughtering, Leroy J. Wade.
Inspector of Animals, D. Thurber Wood.
Gypsy Moth Destruction, George E. Hathaway.
Forest Fire Warden, Raymond A. Horton.
Inspector of Milk, Peter J. Connolly.
Sunday licenses granted, Mrs. E. L. Hewitt, Josephine Terrien, Henry C. Larue, Alice Kossoi, Lester M. Briggs, John Souza, Clinton H. Babbitt.
Common Victualers License, Isola Dussault, Minyon D. Watson.
Junk License, Louis Sanders.
Butcher's Licenses, Lyndon E. Hathaway, Manuel Souza. License to sell Alcohol, Lassen & Babbitt
Jurors Drawn : Peter Kossoi, John Russell, John W. Pierce, Carl P. Gordon, James M. Reed, Raymond A. Horton, William H. Wood, Harry C. Perry, George Jillson.
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BIRTHS RECORDED IN 1931
Date
Name
Jan. 3 Natalie Virginia Chamberlain Albert and Helen S. Chamberlain Jan. 4 Maryan Louis Nowak Jan. 4 Martha A. Bowden Jan. 4 Harold Roderick Jan. 9 Bernice Warren Bullock Jan. 9 Eva Marques
Jan. 10 Karl Krumm Spratt
Feb. 6 Frances Eleanor Sylvia Feb. 7 George Edwin Boscoe Feb. 9 Francis Anthony Rose Feb. 13 Irene Elizabeth Bennett Feb. 16 Amelda Eleanor Hayes Feb. 20 Everett N. Pacheco
Feb. 21 David Robert Peck Feb. 25 Joseph Roderick Feb. 27 Arthur Rose Mar. 17 Lydia Harret Gilbert Mar. 19 Barbara May Townsend Mar. 20 James Wilson Hasson Mar. 22 Raymond Robert Carrier Mar. 25 Margaret Silva Cunha Mar. 26 Mary Ann Rose Apr. 4 Arthur Raymond Souza Apr. 7 Malcolm Seymour Goff Apr. 9 Mary Terceira Apr. 11 Gilda Diana Perry Apr. 11 Frank Alves Apr. 14 Alice Travers
Apr. 17 Marjorie Ribeiro Apr. 20 Irene Morris Apr. 25 Robert Lyman Hill May 1 Francis Allyn Paull
May 2 Benjamin Grover Pihl May 9 Frank Alfred Pierce May 9 Frank Bowen Place May 16 George Edward Dion
May 19 Marjorie Doris Johnson May 20 Richard Bliss Barry May 25 Frances Irene Patnaude
Names of Parents
Stanley A. and Stella Nowak Philip K. and Esther Bowden Alfred and Hilda P. Roderick Elwood P. and Harriet E. Bullock Antone and Mary W. Marques Karl K. and Ella M. Spratt James C. and Frances B. Sylvia Anthony S. and Lillian F. Boscoe Frank D. and Julia F. Rose Fra E. and Louise E. Bennett Carleton W. and Helen M. Hayes Joseph and Clara Pacheco David R. and Gladys S. Peck Joseph and Mary P. Roderick Joseph R. and Mollie M. Rose Charles M. and Sophie H. Gilbert Robert V. and Arlene M.Townsend James A. and Helen B. Hasson Levite and Olive C. Carrier Antone S. & Virginia W. Cunha Thomas F. and Anna Rose Mathew and Mary C. Souza Charles N. and Elizabeth B. Goff Amancio and Mary J. Terceira Joseph M. and Maria G. Perry Frank S. and Mary A. Alves John and Rose C. Tavers John and Irene M. Ribeiro Manuel and Lividad Morris Ralph E. and Hazel W. Hill Francis A. and Olive E. Paull Roland J. and Louise F. Pihl Frank and Lillian E. Pierce Frank B. and Olive P. Plas? George E. and Helen C. Dion Daniel L. and Doris E. Johnson Thomas P. and Kora S. Barry David A. & Antoinette K. Patnaude
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May 29 Estelle Ann Torres June 18 Jacqueline Delano
June 26 June Elizabeth Pidgeon June 27 Olive Audrey Kirk
July 6 Charles Henry Mason July 6 Priscilla Frances Park July 20 Priscilla Dillingham July 20 John Cummings Duff July 21 John Edward Westgate July 22 Frank Robert Rogers July 22 Norman Frederick Bourqur
July 24 John Manuel Dupont July 28 Helen Agnes Fricker
Aug. 5 Ruth Lois Randlett
Aug. 7 Frances Emily Morgan
Aug. 10 Lorraine White
Aug. 13 Patricia Joan Lynch
Aug. 16 Lawrence Dutra Aug. 20 Feranad Martin
Aug. 27 Myrtle McInnis
Sept. 2 Gordon Clifford Seekell
Sept. 3 Barbara Anna Corey
Sept. 9 Irene Gomes
Sept. 11 Irene Frates Macedo
Sept. 12 Evelyn Carpenter
Sept. 13 John Carnes Walton
Sept. 18 Marilyn Meetis
Sept. 26 Marjorie Janet Charlwood
Sept. 27 Helen Dodds Hughes Sept. 30 Donald Francis
Oct. 1 Audrey Jean Parker
Oct. 2 Esther Frances Lucas
Oct. 8 Thelma Elizabeth O'Connell
Oct. 10 Anne Oakley Hoeber
Oct. 26 Seekell
Oct. 28 James Albert Quinlan
Nov. 2 Gilberto Moniz Ferreira
Nov. 2 Josefina Moniz Ferreira
Nov 3 Eileen Toner
Nov. 4 Gordon Walker Sunderland
Nov.6 James Pemberton
Nov. 7 Richard Reynolds Martin
Nov. 11 William Arthur Simmons, Jr.
Nov. 14 Charles Edward Farrell
Frank and Wilhelmina C. Torres Warren T. and Emily D. Delano Russell E. & Violette M. Pidgeon James and Olive L. Kirk Charles H. & Gennette L. Mason Francis E. and A. Louise Park John and Ellen F. Dillingham Lynward and Helen C. Duff Milton E. and Ellen E. Westgate Frank and Alice M. Rogers James N. and Edna L. Bourque Manuel P. and Phoebe R. Dupont Walter J. and Avis H. Fricker Walter N. and Helen M. Randlett John F. and Olive H. Morgan Sylva and Dorothy C. White Waldo A. and Augusta E. Lynch Frank G. and Mary R. Dutra Lewis O. & Wilhelmina R. Martin Daniel and Rachel A. McInnis William E. & Grace T. Seekell Antone and Mary P. Corey Manuel and Mary M. Gomes Manuel C. and Rose V. Macedo Louis and Laura Carpenter James F. and Dorothy H. Walton Joseph and Anna M. Meetis Oswald T. & Edith H. Charlwood W. Gordon and Helen D. Hughes Douglas and Marion H. Francis Frederick W. & Thelma V. Parker Waldo L. and A. Pearl Lucas William H. & Leona G. O'Connell Harold and Barbara W. Hoeber Benjamin S. & Lola G. Seekell James & Rachael C. H. Quinlan John and Ermilenda Ferreira John and Ermilenda Ferreira John L. and Helen R. Toner Earl F. and Helen W. Sunderland James and Louisa W. Pemberton Delwyn H. & Josephine B. Martin William and Gladys W. Simmons Leo J. and Margarite C. Farrell
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Nov. 19 Barbara Ingham
Nov. 24 Charlotte Ruth Smith
Nov. 30 Gilbert Massa Lopes
Dec. 4 Agnes Margaret Correira
Dec. 5 Micznikowski
Dec. 8 Swakom
Dec. 9 Calvin McIntyre Gardner
Dec. 12 Gordon McQuillan
Dec. 13 Robert
Gamelin
Dec. 17 Robert Blair Crowninghield
June 26 Gilda Katon June 28 Ernest S. Mercer
William Jr., & Bertha C. Ingham Byron O. and Violet B. Smith John and Lena B. Lopes Manuel and Mary A. Correira Stanley and Elsie Micznikowski Frank and Apolonia K. Swakom Christopher B. & Cynthia B.
Gardner
Harold & Elizabeth B. McQuillan Armand and Louise McC.Gamelin Ernest F. & Florence M. Crown- ingshield Manuel and Diolinda C. Katon Ernest S. & Madeline G. Mercer
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN 1931
Jan. 10-Milton Blake Brightman of Dighton and Elizabeth Keith Ellis of Hyde Park by George W. Owen, Minister.
Jan. 12-Jesse White and Rita Costa, both of Dighton. by John P. Santos, Minister.
Jan. 17-Ernest Stanley Mercer and Madeline Grassie, both of Dighton, by George T. Carl, Minister.
Jan. 22-Emory F. Desilets of Providence, R. I. and Lucy Lugent of Warren, R. I. by George L. Thompson, Minister.
Mar. 14-William F. Simons of Somerset and Carrie Carpenter of Dighton by Henry Arnold, Minister.
Apr. 6-Lester Joseph Rose of Dighton and Mary M. Walsh Dion of Taunton by Hugh F. McGlasson, Minister
June 6-Levi L. Wetherbee of Taunton and Annie M. Codding of Dighton by Walter R. Tourtellot, Minister.
June 15-Herbert Vincent Perry of Dighton and Catherine Mary Bird of Taunton by John J. Shay, R. C. Priest.
June 27 -Joseph Vierra de Mello and Emma Pearl Souza, both of Dighton by John J. Sullivan, R. C. Priest.
June 29-Lester Emmons Butler of Taunton and Edith Deborah Bright- man of Dighton by Dan Huntington Fenn, Minister.
June 29-Joseph Bernard Grant of Somerset and Almena D. Gagner of Taunton by Thomas Trainor, R. C. Priest.
July 21-Norman W. Brown of Amherst and Marion S. Eddy of Dighton by Ellery C. Clapp, Clergyman.
Aug. 9-Albert Franklin Wheeler and Elsie Frances Wilcox, both of Dighton, by Frederick W. French, Minister.
Aug. 10-Ira Stanley Cox and Esther Winifred Paull, both of Somerset, by George L. Thompson, Minister.
Aug. 12-Louis Willett of Dighton and Mary Abbe Fisk of Swansea by J. Wynne Jones, Clergyman.
Aug. 22-William Keith McCarty of Dighton and Helen Sprague Harvey of Rehoboth by Thomas Trainor, R. C. Priest.
Aug. 29-Arnold Nelson Hay of Rumford, R. I. and Anna Josephine Vieira of Dighton by Henry Martyn Medary, Clergyman.
Sept. 3-Frank Pine, Jr. of Dighton and Emma Gonsalves of Raynham by J. M. Bettencourt e. Cuila, R. C. Priest.
Sept. 5-Lester Henry Lassen and Hannah Elfreda Christenson, both of Dighton, by George L. Thompson, Minister.
Sept. 7-Lewis Hatherly Carr and Eva Gladys Joy, both of Dighton, by Albert V. House, Clergyman.
Sept. 21-Samuel Robert Newcomb and Evelyn Pearl Marshall, both of Dighton, by Nathan I. Schoolfield, Minister.
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