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ANNUAL REPORT
Sept. 22-Joseph Correia of Taunton and Virginia Contildes of Dighton by Thomas Trainor , R. C. Priest.
Sept. 27-William Francis Shanley and Anastasia Carmela Nolan, both of Providence, R. I. by John J. Sullivan, R. C. Priest.
Qct. 3-John William Barrow of Berkley and Mary Leather of Dighton by John Linton Dwyer, Clergyman.
Oct. 10-Joseph A. Culver of Jewett City, Conn. and Bertrice L. Fish of Dighton by Edgar J. Curry, Minister.
Oct. 15-Norman Ambrose Ross and Olive Bridget Forrester, both of Dighton by Thomas Trainor, R. C. Priest.
Oct. 19-Arthur P. Omerod of Swansea and Arabella Carr of Dighton by J. Wynne Jones, Clergyman.
Oct. 24-Manuel Lewis Pedro of Newport, R. I. and Frances C. Lenihan deCamp of Dighton by Thomas Trainor, R. C. Priest.
Oct. 24-Carleton V. West and Velma A. Stevens, both of Dighton, by William R. Reid, Clergyman.
Oct. 29-Manuel Gracia Rose, Jr. of Dighton and Elizabeth Agnes Brophy of Easton by D. E. Doran, R. C. Priest.
Nov. 1-Manuel G. Moitozo of Taunton and Wilhemina Cambra of Dighton by John J. Sullivan, R. C. Priest.
Nov. 8-Charles Alexyon and Frances E. Gravell, both of Providence, R. I. by John J. Sullivan, R. C. Priest.
Nov. 9-Joseph Meguil, Jr. and Mary N. Gracia, both of Dighton, by John J. Sullivan, R. C. Priest.
Nov. 26-Antone Pine and Fannie Norma Rose, both of Dighton, by John J. Shay, R. C. Priest.
Nov. 21-Albert E. Simmons of Dighton and Priscilla Williams of Taunton by T. Richard Peede, Minister.
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ANNUAL REPORT
DEATHS RECORDED IN 1931
Date 2 Name
YMD Cause of Death
Jan. 28 Constance F. Babbitt
21
5 24 Rheumatic fever
Feb. 5 Annie Lysle Bullard
65 1 28 Latual sclerosis
Mar. 19 Florence B. Carr
50 5 12 Mitral regurgitation
Apr. 1 Deolinda Ferreira
5
0 Acute endocarditis 6
Apr. 7 Virginia Daniels Perry
34 69
23 Mitral regurgitation Coronary thombosis
Apr. 15 Athanas Terrieu
50
7 3 Lobar pneumonia 1 23 Cerebral hemorrhage
Apr. 19 Ida Elizabeth Waldron
68
40 4 0 Myocardities
May 7 Charles Frederick Grover
May 10 Earl Wellington Rose, Jr.
0 7 23 Broncho pneumonia
May 28 Anna Bennett Wood
June 9 Alfred B. Annetts
June 11 Maud Ann Howard
June 19 Joseph B. Silvia
June 21 Charles H. Smith
74
2 23 Cancer of ear and neck 8 5 Accidental drowning Carcinoma of stomach
3 26 Aortic regurgitation
79 5 24 Mitral regurgitation
Nov. 14 Sarah Hannah Griffiths
68 1 22 Cerebral hemorrhage
Nov. 25 Harry Clinton Codding 49
Nov. 30 Frances Sylvia
0
Dec. 14 Francisco Lima 60
Dec. 17- Alfred Andrew Horton
89
Dec. 26 Mary E. O'Connell
42
Dec. 26 Rebecca Lavoie
48
58 3 25 Cerebral hemorrhage 49 0 24 Pyelonephritis
40 Pulmonary tuberculosis 49 Acute cardiac dilatation
July 13 Berger Carlson
25
Aug. 6 James Harvey Wolfe 63
Aug. 27 Clarence Waldron
Sept. 20 Silas Herbert Palmer Briggs
73
2 9 Bilateral Lobar pneu- monia
9 24 Broncho pneumonia Aortic regurgitation
0 20 Senile dementia Tuberculosis of Intestines Mult. fractures of skull
Age
Apr. 10 Antonio D. Pereira
Apr. 24 Catherine Bridget Black
72 4 24 Arterio sclerosis
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ANNUAL REPORT
DOGS LICENSED IN 1931
Thomas Valentine, 1 L. E. Wood, 2
Mrs. C. J. Wood, 2 m, 1 fe
Harold Thornley, 1
L. O. Martin, 1
Mrs. E. A. Woodward, 1 m, 1 fe F. R. O'Connell, 1 Hiram W. Briggs, 1 Joe D. Dupont, 2
Margaret Chase, 1
Herman Boyd, 1 Robert Turner, 1
Frank S. Souza, 1
Manuel R. Simmons, 1
Jos. W. Bleau, 1
E. K. Tobey, 1 Harold Gustafson, 1 C. G. Staples, 1 Clinton H. Babbitt, 1 fe
William Ainsworth, 1 Henry J. Spooner, 5 fe Mitchell, F. Maher, 1 S. H. Amidon, 2 E. B. Chamberlain, 1 fe Lillian M. Barney, 1 fe Mrs. Cornelius Gee, 1 Fred Babbitt, 1 Russell Wood, 2 Lester Lassen 1 fe Henry Simonds, 1 Gertrude Simonds, 1 Mrs. Frank H. Smith, 1 fe Sarah Watterson, 1 Joseph Oliver, 1
Henry W. Horton, 1 Elwood L. Horton, 1 Herbert W. Pierce, 1 Clinton Potter, 2 Joseph W. Rose, 1
John F. Hathaway, 3 m, 2 fe. John Bragon, 1 Eunice Munier, 1 fe Ernest F. Darling, 1 William E. Chase, 1 Charles B. Lee, 1 Irving Horton, 1 C. O. Duff, 1 George H. Fleck, 1 Manuel deSilva, 1 William Gifford, 1 Manuel Aranjo, 1 Antone Andrade, 1 Manuel Andrews, 2 Carrie Briggs, 2 Lewis Carr, 2 m, 1 fe Frank Botelho, 2 m. Frank Alves, 2
A. Vincent, 1 Manuel F. Sylvia, 2 Arnold Kay, 1 Manuel Vargas, 1
Frank Dutra, 1 Antone Dutra, 1 Clifford Wheeler, 1 Joseph Amaral, 2 J. P. Torres, 2
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Jos. B. Sylvia, 2
Henry E. Horton, 1
Antone Veira, 1
John Harrison, 1
Henry I. Potter, 1
Mrs. Jas. Stevenson, 1
Lyman E. Briggs, 1
George B. Glidden, 3
Manuel DeP. Lawrence, 1
Antone Rose, 1 C. C. Marble, 1
Ernest W. Westcott, 1
Lester T. Hathaway, 3
Russell Carr, 2
Manuel C. Cotildes, 2
John Rogers, 1
Vincent W. Makin, 1
Antone Rogers, 1
Roy Hathaway, 1
Russell Phillips, 1
Clinton May, 1
Mrs. Leon E. Simmons,1m, 1fe Alex Chisholme, 1
W. H. Fricker, 1
Milton Sherman, 1
Antone Roderick, 1
Ida M. Janvrin, 1
Charles E. Chase, 1
Charles Reed, 1
John P. Cambra, 1 Frances McLean, 1 fe
Mary Perry, 1
Frank R. Albert, 1
George F. Hathaway, 1
Lewis W. Eddy, 1
Joe Miguel, 1
Frank Medeiros, 1
Manuel Morris, 1
Clyde F. O'Connell, 1
John F. Williams, 1 fe
Manuel Costa, 1 Antone Perry, 2 Rose George, 1
Manuel Corey, 1
Manuel Pacheco, 1
Joe Pacheco 1 fe
A. J. Perry, 2
Joseph Rose, 1
Frank C. Torres, 1 Frank Cordeiro, 1 Antone Medeiros, 1
Frank Nolte, 2
Mrs. Murray, 1 A. T. Westcoat, 1 Antone Pimental, 1 Lewis Carpenter, 1 Joseph Carpenter, 1 P. K. Bowden, 1 Gene Perry, 1 Charles E. Chase, 1
Joshua Ashcroft, 1
Joseph Francis, 1 Antone G. Sylvia, 1
Benjamin Hornby, 1 fe Raymond Parenteau, 1 D. T. Wood, 1
John Stanley, 1 Frank Simmons, 1
Arthur Doherty, 1
Manuel Miguel, 1
Manuel P. White, 2
Clinton B. Fish, 1
A. M. Texeira Joe R. Rose, 1 fe
55
ANNUAL REPORT
Charles Coggeshall, 1 Harry Codding, 1 Edward T. Rinderer, 1 John Tarvis, 1 John V. Sylvia, 2 Manuel Souza, 1
Agnes P. Sylvia, 1
Joe Perry Suite, 1 Patsy Davis, 1 Frank Pine, 2 Harold L. Perry, 1
F. J. Bassett, 1 fe William E. Davis, 1 Joseph Cambra, 1 Antonion Silvia, 1 Thomas Davis, 1 J. C. Sylvia, 1 H. L. Ballou, 1 Manuel Souza, 1 Manuel Correia, 1
J. Rogers, 1 Marion Roderick, 1 Joe White, 1 Manuel C. Macedo, 1
Leila M. Hoard, 1
Benj. C. Monroe, 2
L. C. Ingalls, 1 John L. Toner, 1 Manuel G Rose 1
Joe Carvalho, 1 fe Charles Reis, 1
Antone Marques, 1
Sylvia White, 1
C. A. Simmons, 2 m, 1 fe Harry King, 1
Manuel Dupont, 1
Frank Gasper, 1
Frank Cambra, Jr. 1
Manuel M. Evangdho, 1
Karl Spratt, 2 John Bolger, 1
Manuel P. Torres, 1
C. A. Milliken, 1
Edith H. Talbot, 1 Mrs. J. G. Romero, 2 Linda Gordon, 1 Robert B. Wilbur, 1
Frederick J. Wall, 1 Harry S. Bridgeford, 1 Joe Bucher, 1
Lawrence Horton, 2 E. N. Carpenter, 1 Frank Rogers, 1 fe Manuel Vaz, 1 Cassius Cummings, 1 Frank Bodege, 1 Joeph Katon, 1
Eddie Torres, 1
Elmer Chadwick, 1
Antone Domingo, 1
Joe Mello, 1 Louis Mendoza, 1 Frank Mendoza,1 fe
Joseph Rogers, 1 Joseph Rapoza, 1 Frank Cambra, 1 J. D. Robertson, 1 Frank Machado, 1 Manuel G. Perry, 1 m, 1 fe Antone Goulart, 1 Joseph O'Connell, 1 J. L. Adams, 1 William G. Staples, 1 Isabel A. Carvalho, 1
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ANNUAL REPORT
Leonard G. Perry, 1
Manuel C. Torres, Jr. 1 fe
Manuel Perry, 1 m, 1 fe
Herbert I. Carr, 1
W. E. Hawkes, 1
Joe deCosta, 1
John P. Cambra, 1
Tony Carey, 1
Charles Serrial, 1
C. Gertrude Carr, 1 John Roderick, 1
Harold Gustafson, 1
Joseph Cavanagh, 1
Tony Costa, 1
William Holmes, 1
Thomas L. Smith, 1
Manuel White, Jr., 1
S. P. Marble, 1
Anthony N. Silvia, 1 fe
George W. Jillson, 1
Manuel White, 1
Joseph Dever, 1
Respectfully submitted,
Mrs. Emma E. Gardiner, 1 fe Joseph G. Rose, 1
DWIGHT F. LANE,
Town Clerk.
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ANNUAL REPORT
PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT
Dighton, Mass., Jan. 6, 1932.
I herewith submit my first report as Librarian.
Number of Volumes in Library Dec. 31, 1930
7,446
Purchased during the year
280
Number of Volumes presented to Library
12
Number of Volumes discarded
60
Number of Volumes in Library Dec. 31, 1931
7,633
Circulation during the year
2,4412
Adult non-fiction
2,433
Adult fiction
10,921
Youths non-fiction
2,364
Youths fiction
6,101
Magazines
2,593
Books mended
816
Number persons using Reading Room
2,072
Money received from fines and turned over to Town Treasurer
$39.86
Respectfully submitted,
ROSE E. PALMER, Librarian.
YOUTHS' FICTION
Abbott, Jane D.
Boquet Hill.
Abbott, Jane D.
Merridy Road.
Aldis, Dorothy
Squiggles.
Allee, Marjorie H.
Judith Lankester.
Anderson, Bernice
Topsy Turvey's Pigtails
Arnold, Mason H.
Rusty.
Arnold, Mason H.
Rusty's Travels.
Ashman, Margaret
Susie Sugarbeet.
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ANNUAL REPORT
Barbour, Ralph
Barrie, J. M.
Bartlett, Arthur C.
Gumpy, Son of Spunk.
Blaisdell, Etta A.
The Kelpies Run Away.
Bonner, Mary G.
Hundred Trips to Story land.
Brainard, Norman
Brann, Esther Bridges, L. C.
Sons of the Air.
Brock, Emma L.
To Market! To Market!
Brooks, Walter R.
More to and Again.
Carroll, Gladys H.
Land Spell.
Carter, Russell G.
Patriot of Old Rhode Island. Favorite Pages from Child Life.
Cobb, Bertha and Ernest
Coolidge, Asenath C.
Our Nations Altar.
Frontier Girl of Massachusetts.
Davis, Ethel V.
One Girl's Way.
Davis, Mary G.
A Baker's Dozen.
Dodge, Mary M.
Hans Brinker.
Donahy, Mary D.
Tavern of Folly.
Erskine, Laurie Y.
Comrades of the Clouds.
Evans, Lawton B.
With Pack and Saddle. "Kid".
Fulton, Reed
The Tides Secret.
Goggin, E. R.
Jolly Animals.
Garis, Howard R.
Mystery Boys in Ghost Canyon.
Gay, Elizabeth J.
Meggy MacIntosh.
Gregor, Elmer R.
The Spotted Pony.
Hader, Berta & Elmer
Farmer in the Dell.
Harris, Joel C.
Uncle Remus.
Hauck, Louise P.
Cherry Pit. Big Brother.
Hawkes, Clarence
Heiderstab, Dorothy
Hendrick, Edward P. Hinkle, Thomas
Jimmie Flies.
Copper Coleson's Ghost. Tornado Boy.
Dyer, Walter A.
Gulliver the Great.
Filter, Mary B.
Clematis
Curtis, Alice T.
Child Life
Candidate for the Line. Littlest Ones Peter Pan.
The Cadet Sergeant Lupe goes to School.
59
ANNUAL REPORT
Holbrook, Florence Hubbard, Ralph Kelly, Eric P. King, Marion Knipe, E. B. & A. A.
Lamberton, Floyd W. Large, Jean H.
Lefevre, F. Lesher, Shirley B. Lide, Alice
Lull, Margaret
McElroy, Margaret
Martin, Cora M.
At the Farm.
Martin, Cora M.
At Home.
New Stories and Old.
Tales and Travels.
Meader, Stephen W.
Red House Hill.
Meigs, Cornelia
Willow Whistle.
Orton, Helen F.
Grandmother's Cookie Jar.
Parton, Ethel
Melissa Ann. Cave Twins.
Perkins, Lucy F.
Perkins, Lucy F.
French Twins.
Perkins, Lucy F.
Pickanniny Twins.
Perkins, Lucy F.
Scotch Twins.
Perkins, Lucy F.
Spartan Twins.
Perkins, Lucy F.
Twins of the American Revolution.
Phillips, Ethel C.
Gay Madelon.
Piers, Arthur S.
The Boy from the West.
Pierce, Arthur S.
The Champion.
Pollyanna.
Pollyanna Grows Up
Fork in the Road.
Linnet on the Threshold.
Rigg, Rennee C.
Schultz, James
Seaman, Augusta H.
Hiawatha Primer. Queer Person. Blacksmith of Vilno Kees.
The Treasure House.
World over Stories.
Nancy Goes Giel Scouting.
Little Gray Goose.
A Barret of Clams.
Ood-le-uk.
Blue Mountain. Toby Chipmunk.
Martin, Cora M.
Martin, Cora M.
Porter, Eleanor H.
Porter, Eleanor H.
Price, Edith B. Raymond, Margaret
Igloo Stories of Eskimo Land.
The White Beaver.
The Brass Keys of Kenwick.
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ANNUAL REPORT
Seaman Augusta H.
Sert, Emma
Simonds, W. A.
Sterrett, Francis
Verdery, Katherine
Williamson, Hamilton
Williamson, Hamilton
The Charlemont Crest.
Rabbitville.
From the Ground Up.
Rusty of the Mountain Peaks.
Little Dixie Captain.
Baby Bear.
Little Elephant.
FAIRY TALES.
Carroll
Jacobs, Joseph
Lang, Andrew
Lang, Andrew
Arabian Nights. Alice in Wonderland.
Indian Fairy Tales.
Blue Series Books I-II-III.
Green Fairy Book.
YOUTH'S NON-FICTION.
383 Walker, Joseph
398 Babbitt, Ellen C.
580 Stack, F. W.
590 Hoyt, Vance J.
Malibu.
Nature Rambles Spring.
Wild Animals I Have Known.
Pussy Letters.
598
Medsger, Olive P. Seton, Ernest T. Wilder, Kate E. Carr, Wm. H. Minot, John C.
Glimpses of Familiar Birds. Best Bird Stories I Know.
Play the Game.
790 Charnley, M. V. Gibbard, Mabel K. Jackson, Gibbard 821 Barrows, M. Compiled by
Hobbies for Girls.
Hobbies for Boys.
One Hundred Best Poems.
Field, Eugene
Some Poems of Childhood.
Riley, James W.
Best Loved Poems.
Thompson, Blanche Silver Pennies.
How They Carried the Mail. Animals own Story Book Wild Flowers
61
ANNUAL REPORT
822 Avery, Fannie L. Prose and Poetry. Fifth year.
Avery, Fannie L.
Prose and Poetry. Sixth year.
Avery, Fannie L. Avery, Fannie L.
Prose and Poetry. Seventh year.
Prose and Poetry. Eighth year.
909 Hillyer, V. M.
Child's History of the World.
910 Mitchell, Lucy S.
North America.
921 Eaton, Jeanette Nicolay, Helen
Jeanne ·D'Arc
Boys' Life of Washington.
978 Parkman, Francis Oregon Trail.
ADULT FICTION
Abbott, Jane
Kitty Frew.
Aiken, Conrad
Blue Voyage.
Aldrich, Bess S. Anderson, Paul L.
White Bird Flying.
A Slave of Catiline.
Arnin
Father.
Baldwin, Faith
Make-believe.
Baldwin, Faith
Sky scarper.
Bassett, Sara W.
Bayberry Lane.
Bassett, Sara W. Bindloss, Harold
Prairie Patrol.
King of the Mesa.
The Jade Green Cats.
The Long Loop.
Brand, Max
Mystery Ranch.
Brand, Max
Smiling Charlie.
Trailin'
Tarzan and the Golden Lion.
Cather, Willa
Shadows on the Rock
River to the Sea.
Jaws of Circumstance
Fate is a Loot.
Conrad, Joseph Converse, Florence
Crownfield, Gertrude
Almayers Folly. Sphinx.
Freedom's Daughter.
Flood Tide.
Birney, Hoffman Blake, Eleanor A.
Bower, B. M.
Brand, Max
Burroughs, Edgar R.
Chamberlain, George A. Clausen, Carl
Comstock, Harriet T.
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ANNUAL REPORT
Curwood, James O. Curwood, James O. Curwood, James O. Dell, Ethel M.
Diver, Maud
Dormie, M. A.
Fairbanks, Janet A. Ferber, Edņa
Fletcher, J. S.
Fletcher, J. S.
Galsworthy, John Gibbs, Philip Graeme, Bruce
Gregory, Jackson
Gregory, Jackson Greig, Maysie
Grey, Zane Hauck, Louise P.
Hauck, Louise P. Hawthorne, Nathaniel Hendryx, James B. Hendryx, James B. Hendryx, James B.
Hueston, Ethel
Hueston, Ethel James, Will Jennings, Al.
Kaye-Smith, Sheild Keyes, Francis P. Kyne, Peter B.
Kyne, Peter B. Larrimore, Lida Larrimore, Lida
Lincoln, Freeman
Lincoln, Joseph C. London, Jack
Baree, Son of Kazan. Green Timber.
Plains of Abraham.
Storm Drift.
Ships of Youth. Snobs.
. The Lions Den. American Beauty. Old Latimers Legacy. Seven Days Secret. Maid in Waiting.
Winding Lane. Murder of Some Importance. Joyous Troublemaker. Silver Star.
A Nice Girl Comes to Town. Sunset Pass. Prince of the Moon.
Sylvia.
House of Seven Gables. Coporal Downey Takes the Trail
Oak and Iron.
Snowdrift.
Ginger and Speed.
Rowena Rides the Rumble.
Sun up.
Through the Shadows with O'Henry. Susan Spray.
Lady Branche Farm. Gringo Prinateer. Valley of the Giants. Tar Paper Palace.
The Silver Flute.
Sam.
All Alongshore. Jerry
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ANNUAL REPORT
Loring, Emlie Lutz, Grace Hill Lutz, Grace Hill Lutz, Grace Hill Lutz, Grace Hill Lutz, Grace Hill MacGrath, Harold
Marshall, Edison
Marshall, Edison
Mativity, Nancy B.
Montgomery, L. M.
Montgomery, L. M.
Morrow Honore Willsie Mulford, Clarence E.
Norris, Kathleen Norris, Kathleen
Oppenheim, E. Philip Oppenheim, E. Philip Orczy, Baroness. Packard, Frank L.
Pedler, Margaret Post, Melville D. Priestly, J. B. Priestly, J. B.
Prouty, Olive H. Raine, William MacL.
Reed, Meredith Reynolds, Mrs. Baille Richmond, Grace Seltzer, Charles A. Seltzer, Charles A. Seltzer, Charles A. Simpson, Helen Smith, Harriet L.
Fair Tomorrow. Chance of a Lifetime. Exit Betty. Miranda.
Out of the Storm.
Silver Wings.
The Other Passport.
Doctor of Lonesome River.
Shepherd of the Wilds. Case of the Missing Sandal.
A Tangled Web. Rainbow Valley. With Malice Toward None. Hopalong Cassidy and the Eagles Brood. Belle Mére.
Love of Julie Borel.
Slanes Long Shot. Up the Ladder of Gold. Marivosa.
Further adventures of Jimmie Dale. Kindled Flame.
The Silent Witness.
Angel Pavement. Good Companions.
The White Fawn. The Valiants.
The Glory Trail.
Whereabouts Unknown.
Red Pepper Returns.
A Son of Arizona. Last Hope Ranch. Lonesome Ranch. The Prime Minister is Dead. Pat and Pal.
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ANNUAL REPORT
Taylor, Phoebe A. Thomas, Alan Twain, Mark
Verne, Jules
Wallace, Edgar
Wallace, Edgar
Wallace, Edgar
Wallace, Edgar
Wallace, Francis
Webster, Henry K.
Wells, Carolyn
Wells, Carolyn N.
Wentworth, Patricia
Wentworth, Patricia White, Nelia
Hathaway House.
Wodehouse, P. G.
Big Money.
If I Were You.
God and the Grocery Man.
Footprint of Cinderella.
East is Always East.
Adele and Co.
By Royal Command.
ADULT NON-FICTION
Reference
International Year Book. Pathway of the Puritans.
Logasa's Historical Fiction.
Graded List of Books for Children. Library Cataloging. Shepherd Historical Atlas.
Who's Who.in America. Vital Records, Brimfield. Vital Records, Dartmouth Vol III.
King
The Omnibus.
Clue of the New Pin.
Red Aces.
The Ringer Returns.
The Silver Key.
Huddle.
Man with the Scarred Hand.
Deep Lake Mystery.
Vanity Case.
Beggars Choice.
Danger Calling.
Wodehouse, P. G.
Wright, Harold B.
Wylie, Philip
Wynne, Pamela
Yates, Donford
Yates, Donford
Cape Cod Mystery. Daggers Drawn.
Connecticut Yankee in Arthur's Court.
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ANNUAL REPORT
Massachusetts Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the Civil War. Vols I-II.
Three Hundred Years of the General Courts of Massa- chusetts.
Manual of the General Courts 1931-1932.
150 Adams, Grace .
Psychology.
200 Barton, Bruce
What Can a Man Believe.
Haldeman, I. M.
Christ, Christianity and the Bible.
Haldeman, I. M. How to Study the Bible.
Haldeman, I. M.
Signs of the Times.
299 Jones, E. Stanley
Christ of the Indian Road.
329 Underwood, Oscar W. Drifting Sands of Party Politics.
370 Cory, Howard O.
Mindcraft.
Answers to Questions.
Dresses of the Mistresses of the White House
A Study of Costumes.
Early American Costumes.
Stars in Their Courses.
Natures Garden
Wilderness Ways.
Wild Life in the Blue Mountain Forest.
In the Land of the Lion.
635 McCurdy, Robert M. Book of Garden Flowers.
Rock Garden Primer.
Modern Aquarium.
Homespun Handicrafts.
Lost Arrow and Other Poems.
Poems for Special Days and Oc- casions. Leaves of grass.
Whitman, Walt 910 Chatterton, E. Keble Ventures and Voyages. Halliburton, Richard Royal Road to Romance. McCormack, Nancy Cox Pleasant Days in Spain. Marshall, John Vagabond de Lux. Peck, Anne M.
A Vagabonds Provence.
Sage, Elizabeth Warwick, Edward
520 Jeans, James H.
580 Blanchan, Neltje
590 Annixter, Paul .
Baynes, Ernest H.
Kearton, Cherry
Thornton, Archie 639 Innes, William T.
745 Bowles, Ella S.
821 Atwood, Henry D. Clark, Thomas C.
371.35 Haskin, Frederic 391 Hoes, Rose G.
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914.4 Jais, Regina Legendary France.
914.7 Eddy, Sherwood Hopper, Bruce
Challenge of Russia.
Pan Sovietism.
917 Faris, John
Roaming American Highways.
919 Byrd, Richard
Little America.
920.02 Bradford, Gamaliel The Quick and the Dead.
921 Anthony, Katherine Queen Elizabeth. Marie, Grand Duchess of Russia
Education of a Princess.
Pepplier, Agnes Mere Marie, of the Ursulines.
Van Dyke, Paul
George Washington, the Son of his Country.
923 Hathaway, Essie V. Book of American Presidents.
928 Dilly Tante (psuid) Living Authors.
973 Beard, Charles A. & Mary Millis, Walter
Rise of the American Civilization. The Martial Spirit.
974 Putnam
Massachusetts in the World War.
974.4 Watson, Arthur C.
The Long Harpoon.
979.8 Davis, Mary L.
Uncle Sam's Attic.
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AUDITOR'S REPORT
Dighton, Mass., January 1, 1932.
To the Citizens of Dighton :-
I herewith submit my report of the Receipts and Payments of Treas- urer Dwight F. Lane and Collector David A. Buffington, for year ending December 31, 1931.
RECEIPTS OF TREASURER
Balance January 1, 1931
$23,979.44
TAXES
1929 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
$45.37
1930 6. 66
+
823.06
1931
66
6,305.70
1929 Town Tax
11.28 1
1930
66
6,328.36
1931 66
77,291.56
1931 Old Age Assistance
847.00
$91,652.33 $91,652.33
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STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS
Gasoline Tax, Section 7, Chap. 122, 1931
$1,778.04
Wellington St. Macadam, 1931 5,976.18
Income Tax
11,764.00
Corporation Tax, Business
10,563.34
Income Tax, Education
4,290.00
Gas & Electric Light Tax
79.84
Railroad & Telephone Tax
461.41
Trust Co. Tax
40.95
National Bank tax
76.62
State Aid
178.00
Veteran's Exemption
5.05
Corporation Tax, 1930
5.05
Street Railroad Tax
329.05
State Audit
1.88
Williams St. Macadam
4,000.00
Street Railroad Tax
86.77
Corporation Tax
269.69
Gas & Light Tax
41.69
Interest
.24
Wellington St. Macadam, 1931
2,969.67
1930
3,246.20
$46,163.67 -
REVENUE LOANS
Mt. Hope Finishing Co., note disc.
30,000.00
30,000.00
$60,000.00
Tax Refund
.40
.40
INTEREST
Checking Account
234.32
Taxes
307.35
Investment funds
253.56
$795.23
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MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS
Bureau of Standards, licenses
10.00
Court fines 15.43
County Dog Tax
410.78
Board of Health, reimbursement
40.30
66 John Hancock Ins. Co.
24.50
E. Mass. St. R. R., license
10.00
Board of Health, reimbursement
40.30
Lyman E. Briggs,
Public Welfare 20.00
Court fines
101.61
Board of Health, Met. Ins. Co.
2.50
Court fines
15.00
Bureau of Standards, license
30.00
No. Dighton Co-op. Asso., dividend
30.04
Court fines
5.00 -
Jos. Terrien, license
3.00
J. A. Dever, license renewal
.50
M. D. Sylvia,
.50
Jos. Terrien, ..
.50
Paul Lassen,
.50
D. D. Andrews Co. 66
.50
L. M. Briggs,
.50
C. P. Gordon, Jr.,
.50
F. Pine, 66
.50
G. A. Reed,
.50
W. L. Burt, ..
.50
H. L. Ballou & Son
.50
G. H. Phillips & Son,
.50
C. H. Babbitt,
.50
H. H. Walker, Agent,
.50
Shell Co.,
.50
Anchor Color Works,
66
.50
J. Crowningshield, license
10.00
State Tuberculosis Aid
352.85
Ed. Aid
83.15
70
ANNUAL REPORT
J. Dussault, license 5.00
H. La Rue
3.00
P. Kossoi 3.00
Court fines
5.00
M. Watson,
5.00
E. Hewitt,
3.00
Board of Health, reimbursement
40.30
M. F. Walker, B. of H. Pasteurizing
10.50
Mr. Unsworth, damage
3.50
State Temporary Aid
680.10
L. Hathaway, license
10.00
Board of Health, Mrs. Hoard
12.60
Met. Ins. Co.
47.50
L. Sanders, license
5.00
Public Welfare, reimbursement
6.00
M. Levy, license
.50
G. H. Phillips & Son, license
5.00
L. M. Briggs,
3.00
Bureau of Standards
10.00
No. Dighton Co-op. Asso., dividend
16.35
Board of Health, reimbursement
26.00
P. F. Connolly, Insp.
3.50
M. Sousa, license
3.00
D. A. Buffington, fee
1.00
Board of Health, John Hancock Ins. Co.
21.25
Court fines
10.00
C. H. Babbitt, license
3.00
Rent of Town Hall
5.00
Lyman E. Briggs, reimbursement P. W.
25.00
Bureau of Standards, license
40.00
H. C. Briggs, Fish privilege
.52
D. F. Lane,
.52
Tuition of State Wards
175.48
Court fines
147.00
Sealer of Weights & Measures
50.13
Town of Berkley, tuition
120.00
1
71
ANNUAL REPORT
Board of Health, reimbursements
40.30
J. A. Dever, license
3.00
Mrs. Collins,
3.00
Lassen & Babbitt, “
.50
City of Fall River, Public Welfare
179.29
City of Taunton,
148.27
Board of Health, Met. Life Ins. Co.
4.50
State, Night Schools
104.00
Dighton Rock Grange, rent
40.00
water
5.00
Board of Health, John Hancock Ins. Co.
24.25
A. F. Williams, on a/c Williams School house
50.00
Bureau of Standards, license
10.00
Lyman E. Briggs, reimbursement Public Welfare
4.00
F. R. E. L. Co., rent Town Hall
5.00
Rose E. Palmer, library receipts
39.86
Board of Health, reimbursement
39.00
66 Mrs. Hoard
10.15
A. F. Williams, in full for Williams school h.
455.00
No. Dighton Co-op. Asso., dividend
2.23
$3,885.56
CEMETERY FUNDS PERPETUAL CARE
E. Essex fund
1.00
M. J. Briggs fund
1.50
H. Walker fund
4.00
A. J. Smith fund
2.00
O. P. Simmons, fund
30.95
Shubael Wheeler fund
3.50
R. Waterman fund
3.50
Truman Goff fund
3.50
Benj. Goff fund
3.50
F. Wheeler fund
3.50
David Francis fund
3.50
A. G. Goff fund
2.00
72
ANNUAL REPORT
Emerson Goff fund
3.50
Zenas Goff fund 5.00
Nelson Horton fund
4.00
T. B. Witherell fund
3.50
McNally & Westcoat fund
7.00
Job Paul fund
3.50
Briggs fund
3.00
Deposit for care A. A. Horton
100.00
$191.95
Total Receipts
$226,668.58
PAYMENTS
INVESTMENT FUNDS
Deposited Interest in Taunton Savings Bank
92.66
66
62.00
" Bristol Co. Savings Bank 98.90
$253.56
This is total income from Town Farm and War Poll Tax Funds
TAX REFUNDS
Jan.
Antone Vincent,
rebate of tax
$2.14
F. S. Phillips,
4.84
June
R. Phillips,
4.32
July
M. Roderick
16 .
1 .80
Lawrence Pivorrotto 66
3.66
M. L. Waters, 66 66
10.53
M. W. Emery,
2.95
H. McQuillen,
66
6.57
Aug.
Thos. Marsden,
2.68
H. S. Bridgeford,
16
2.94
B. Phillips,
4.27
ANNUAL REPORT
Mt. H. Fin. Co.,
rebate of tax
6.84
C. R. Briggs,
66
7.47
M. Vargas,
6
66
66
1.90
C. A. Simmons,
66
66
66
6.53
R. D. Milliken,
66
66
11.12
J. K. Milliken,
66
66
66
6.57
G. H. Walker,
66
66
3.27
E. R. Wyeth,
66
66
66
3.28
Stanley Joy,
66
66
4.79
F. R. Richmond
1.32
H. C. Perry,
66
66
4.38
R. W. Whitmarsh,
66
66
1.69
Sam. Shaw,
2.17
Mt. H. Fin. Co.,
66
66
66
11.85
Nov.
Mary Gracia,
21.21
P. K. Bowden,
4.65
Annie Fuller,
2.15
C. N. Goff,
66
66
.80
C. N. Goff,
1.50
Dec.
D. Millard,
66
66
2.72
J. E. Williams,
1.22
H. J. Cameron,
66
66
1.51
Total
$155.64 .
PUBLIC LIBRARY
1931
Feb.
Library Book House, books
$99.65
L. L. Simmons, fuel
85.00
G. Thompson, books
7.29
E. E. Barlow, janitor
17.30
H. A. Corey, supplies
1.50
Rose Palmer, clerical work
26.08
$236.82
66
66
.
66
66
66
66
66
66
73
Sept. Oct.
74
ANNUAL REPORT
March E. E. Barlow, janitor $10.00
Rose E. Palmer, clerical work 5.25
G. C. Thompson, books
4.00
Library Book House, books
64.87
Fall River Electric Light Co., Light
2.25
April
Rose E. Palmer, clerical work
3.77
E. E. Barlow, janitor
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