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ANNUAL REPORT
Date Names
May 13 John Francis Andrews
May 17 Richard Charles Adams
May 19 John Swift Marsden Jr.
May 26 Maynard Franklin Horton Jr. Maynard and Thelma Horton
May 29 Anna Elizabeth Goulart May 31 Judith Dale Joubert
Matthew and Annie Goulart Francis and Irene Joubert
June 1 Edward Raymond Bettencourt Frank and Rose Bettencourt
June 6 Cynthia Rose Souza
June 10 David Elsworth Payne
June 16 Emily Milliken
June 18 June Marilyn Holmes
June 18 John Russell Stanley
June 20 Kenneth Pimental
June 24 Eileen Oliveira
June 25 Walter Joseph Miller
June 25 William Moniz Ferreira
June 27 Muriel Simone Menard
June 29 Paula Louise Moran
July 4 Robert Charles McCracken
July 7 Harold Edward King
July 8 Clark Francis Brennan
July 11 George Arthur Moitoza
July 16 Francis Everett White
July 20 Dorothea Marie George
July 20 Donald Joseph George July 28 Louise Marie Suite
Aug. 4 Kenneth Andrew Horton
Aug. 12 Joseph Charles Megan
Aug. 21 Raymond Seekell
Aug. 21 Robert Contildes
Aug. 22 Patricia Donlon
Aug. 30 Frederick Allen Bastow
Sept. 12 William Edward Padelford
Sept. 18 James Horton Morgan
Sept. 21 Robert Louis Freitas
Sept. 21 Donald Lloyd Leonard
Sept. 26 Joy
Oct. 1 Richard Raymond Robinson Oct. 4 Frates
Oct. 6 Janet Briggs
Oct. 6 Ellen Elizabeth Rose
Oct. 9 Florinda Ann Perry
Oct. 10 Robert Anthony Perry
Names of Parents
Francis and Julia Andrews J. Luther and Shirley Adams John and Katherine Marsden
Charles and Rose Souza Harold and Jessie Payne Joseph and Irene Milliken Gordon and Muriel Holmes John and Bertha Stanley Anthony and Florentine Pimental Manuel and Mary Oliveira
Walter and Myrtle Miller John and Emelinda Ferreira Henry and Beatrice Menard Hugh and Louise Moran George and Ruth McCracken Harold and Walenty King Merle and Minnie Brennan
George and Dorothy Moitoza Frank and Sarah White
Joseph and Laurentina George Joseph and Laurentina George Frank and Helen Suite Ernest and Jane Horton Joseph and Irene Megan
Benjamin and Lola Seekell Manuel and Mary Contildes Joseph and Mildred Donlon Frederick and Gladys Bastow William and Ellen Padelford John and Olive Morgan Louis and Alfraina Freitas
Lloyd and Mary Leonard Stanley and Winifred Joy Willis and Barbara Robinson Joseph and Mary Frates Ralph and Hazel Briggs
Manuel and Elizabeth Rose
Manuel and Annie Perry
Manuel and Alice Perry
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Date Names
Oct. 15 Walter Whitmore Jr. Oct. 15 James Francis Boehner Oct. 15 Donald Eugene Barlow Oct. 18 Robert Francis Rose
Oct. 18 Ann Gertrude McAloon
Oct. 22 Edgar LeRoy Tranter Oct. 28 Ruth Gail Hixon Oct. 31 Mary Elizabeth Tripp
Nov. 3 William Robert Mooney
Nov. 4 Daniel Joseph O'Connell Nov. 5 William Albert Wakefield Nov. 6 Loretta Rose
Nov. 13 John Edward Martin Nov. 14 Lucille Menard
Nov. 20 Anna F. Cartman
Nov. 23 Robert Andrew Webster
Nov. 25 Ann Rita Smith
Nov. 26 Winfield Frederick Bowen Nov. 26 John James Mercer Nov. 30 Judith Ann McNally
Dec. 1 Ruth Joan Ridley
Dec. 5 Ralph Jessie Morris
Dec. 5 Joseph Robert DeCosta
Dec. 9 David Phillips
Dec. 11 Barbara May Sears Dec. 17 Otis Mason Reed
Dec. 20 Barbara Ann Murphy
Dec. 22 Edward Francis Grant
Dec. 23 Pacheco Dec. 24 Edward Francis Rose
Names of Parents Walter and Melvana Whitmore Gerald and Anna Boehner Walter and Evelyn Barlow Thomas and Anna Rose Francis and Alice McAloon Harry and Margaret Tranter Gordon and Florence Hixon Fred and Marion Tripp William and Alveda Mooney Charles and Elsie O'Connell Clifford and Lillian Wakefield Charles and Louise Rose John and Louise Martin Edmond and Rosabelle Menard Arthur and Beatrice Cartman
David and Mary Webster Horace and Anna Smith Fred and Grace Bowen Ernest and Madeline Mercer Henry and Barbara McNally Roland and Ilka Ridley
Manuel and Mary Morris Manuel and Agnes DeCosta
Manuel and Alexandira Phillips Charles and Dorothy Sears Otis and Florence Reed Edward and Katherine Murphy Joseph and Almena Grant Joseph and Clara Pacheco Edward and Mary Rose
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ANNUAL REPORT
MARRIAGES RECORDED DURING THE YEAR 1936
Jan. 22 Stanley Orin Joy and Winifred Carr both of Dighton, by John B. Howes, Minister.
Feb. 1
Robert Elliot Brown and Margaret Marie Silvia both of Provi- dence, R. I., by E. McP. Ames, Minister.
Feb. 22 Alonzo Rose Edwards of Taunton and Jessie Taylor of Dighton, by Henry Martin Medary, Clergyman.
Feb. 22 David B. Thomas and Bertha A. Barrett both of No. Attleboro, by Frederick W. Bastow, Clergyman.
Mar. 21 Manuel M. Frank Jr. of Dighton and Beatrice Frances Janes of Fall River, by Edmund J. Cleveland, Clergyman.
Apr. 11 William N. Padelford of Raynham and Ellen L. Bowers of Taunton, by Frederick William Bastow, Clergyman.
Apr. 22 Manuel Lema of Taunton and Helen May Dever of Dighton, by W. Douglas Swaffield, Clergyman.
Apr. 24 George Frederick Thompson of Dighton and Jennie Blazejenska of Taunton, by Edgar J. Curry, Minister.
Apr. 27 Manuel Frizado, and Rose Cambra both of Dighton, by Felix S. Childs, Priest.
May 2 William Newell Smith of Dighton and Madeline Mary Outram of Brighton, by Robert W. Cow, Clergyman.
May 16 Alton M. Greene of Dighton and Marion Gill of Fall River, by Emile F. Bergeron City Clerk of Fall River.
May 29 Alfred Elliott Hassell of Providence, R. I. and Ethel Penelope Ray of Dighton, by Samuel T. Clifton, Clergyman.
June 6 Alden Richard Stafford and Dorothy Fay Horton both of Dighton, by Frederick W. Bastow, Clergyman.
June 6 Antone Rose Jr. of Taunton and Emma Catherine Pacheco of Dighton, by John J. Shay, Priest.
June 18 Frank Wynne Garness of Dighton and Ruth Alice Birkett of Fall River, by J. Winne Jones, Clergyman.
June 20 Theodore F. Walczak of Dighton and Anna E. Haggerty of Taunton, by Francis Mckeon, Priest.
June 20 John S. Woods Jr. of Taunton and Mary R. White of Dighton, by Felix S. Childs, Priest.
June 27 John Correia Nordeste of Somerset and Alice Louise Souza of Dighton by Felix S. Childs, Priest.
June 27 Maurice A. Boucher of Dighton and Idola M. Gelinas of Fall River, by L. D. Robert, Priest.
July 6 Thomas James Murphy of Taunton and Gladys Mary Perry of Dighton, by John J. Shay, Priest.
July 13 John F. Conner and Mary Margaret (Morning) McGarty both of Providence, R. I. by Edgar J. Curry, Clergyman.
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Aug. 1 Justine Lopes of Taunton and Lucile Roderick of Dighton, by Felix S. Childs, Priest.
Aug. 1 Harold H. Fitzpatrick and Isabelle Fox both of Dighton, by George H. Norton, Minister.
Aug. 3 Robert Hardin McConnell and Elaine Innes both of Newport, R. I. by George H. Norton, Minister.
Aug. 8
Everett Osman Robinson of Dighton and Barbara Hammett of New Bedford, by S. Stanton Hodges, Clergyman.
Aug. 26 Harry Starr Hathaway and Mary Irving Whitmarsh both of Dighton, by Stephen G. Palmer, Clergyman.
Aug. 26 Frank Austin Dean Bullard of Dighton and Lucy Sophia (Whit- man) Coutts of Taunton, by John Linton Dwyer, Clergyman.
Aug. 29 Joseph Mello Jr. of Fall River and Mary Cambra of Dighton, by John J. Shay, Priest.
Aug. 29 Kenneth Llewellyn Mackay of Taunton and Mabel Edith Ingalls of Dighton, by John Daboll, Minister.
Aug. 29 Henry R. Silvia and Marion Lema both of Dighton, by Frederick W. Bastow, Clergyman.
Sept. 1 Charles A. E. Sears Jr. of Dighton and Dorothy P. Bell of Taunton, by C. B. Hartman, Clergyman.
Sept. 1 John Kenney and Miriam T. Drohen both of Taunton, by Frederick W. Bastow, Clergyman.
Sept. 5 Nicholas Piampiano of Providence, R. I. and Mildred T. McCaffrey of Taunton, by John J. Shay, Priest.
Sept. 7 Manuel Pina of New Bedford and Evelyn Duarte Sylvia of Dighton, by Felix S. Childs, Priest.
Sept. 8 William Lloyd Nixon of Pawtucket, R. I. and Annie Helen Poole of Dighton by Vernon W. Cook, Clergyman.
Sept. 14 Joseph Medeiros of Dighton and Mary Banardo Texeira of Fall River, by Arthur C. Dos Reis, Priest.
Sept. 30 Reginald Jefferson Freeman of Providence, R. I. and Inez Leonard Horton of Dighton, by Frederick W. Bastow, Clergy- man.
Oct. 4
Otis Mason Reed of Rehoboth and Florence Louise Lee of Dighton, by Edgar J. Curry, Clergyman.
Oct. 22 Robert F. Harnish, Jr. of Taunton and Alice G. Gilbert of Dighton, by John Linton Dwyer, Clergyman.
Oct. 29 Edgar Gilbert of Dighton and Dora Lavoie of Taunton, by Roland J. Masse, Priest.
Nov. 7 Antone Joseph Roderick and Delia Laura Roderick both of Dighton, by Felix S. Childs, Priest.
Nov. 14 Howard Champney Francis of Taunton and Helen Albert of Dighton, by John J. Shay, Priest.
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Nov. 16 Morien C. Mathias and Marion W. Enos both of Taunton, by Felix S. Childs, Priest.
Nov. 16 Allen B. Chisholm of Dighton and May J. Reese of Boston, by William R. Daily, Priest.
Nov. 21 John Elmer Rose of Dighton and Florence Allen Wordell of Tiverton, R. I. by W. D. Callender, Clergyman.
Nov. 22 William Edgar Young and Doris Soule both of Berkley, by George H. Norton, Minister.
Nov. 23 Arthur F. Sampson and Viola E. (Shakeshaft) Franklin both of Warren, R. I. by Frederick W. Bastow, Clergyman.
Nov. 26 Chester Everett Whitney and Hope Evelyn Olson both of Providence, R. I. by George H. Norton, Clergyman.
Nov. 26 Vincent W. Makin of Dighton and Edith M. Horton of Taun- ton, by Francis Mckeon, Priest.
Nov. 28 Constantine Bastanzi of Bristol, R. I. and Margaret Goulart of Dighton, by John J. Shay, Priest.
Dec. 1 Harold Rose and Ruth S. Nickerson both of Dighton, by Ralph L. Phillips, Clergyman.
Dec. 5 Herbert H. Simmons of Dighton and Violet Olson of Pawtucket, R. I., by A. Robert Harrison, Clergyman.
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ANNUAL REPORT
DEATHS RECORDED DURING THE YEAR 1936
Date Name
Age YMD
Cause of Death
1935
Dec. 1 Thelma E. (Potter) Sherman 22 4 8 Acute Appendicitis Dec. 30 Paul R. Fleck
44 11 1 Chronic Nephritis
1936
Jan. 25 Manuel F. Borges 90
Mitral Regurgitation
Feb. 10 Nancy Floyd Rose
90
3 29 Cerebral Hemorrhage Arterio Sclerosis
Feb. 11 Adeline St. John 72
Feb. 17 Jose C. Torres 59
Broncho Pneumonia
Feb. 17 Mary Etta Tinkham
67 10 Cerebral Hemorrhage
Feb. 23 Lawrence Moniz Ferreira
81
2 Acute Enteritis Broncho Pneumonia
Mar. 4 Raymond Cambra
3
6 Lobar Pneumonia
Mar. 16 Charlotte Simmons Barney 21
4 24 Pulmonary Tuberculo- sis 4 Chronic Myocarditis
Mar. 31 Harriett Estelle Tobey 82
Apr. 17 Margaret Matilda Fleck 69
5 21 Arterio Sclerosis
Apr. 22 Frederick W. Wessell 68 9 Cerebral Hemorrhage
May 17 William H. Harlow
81 10 22 Arterio Sclerosis
May 23 Henrietta (Bartlett) Waldron 84 June 1 Eugenia Hadley Smith 81
Arterio Sclerosis
7 Arterio Sclerosis 5
June 3 Peter Eric Carlson 86 5 16 Arterio Sclerosis
June 13 Elizabeth B. Kerr 77
June 22 Mary Perry Medeiros
44
2 22 Chronic Myocarditis Cerebral Hemorrhage
June 27 Florence Lincoln
80 10 22 Arterio Sclerosis
June 28 Arthur Parkhurst Brown 62 5 15 Chronic Articular Rheumatism
July 23 Clara C. (Babbitt) Whittaker 81 3 Cardiac Insufficiency
July 27 Mary (Frates) Bragga 62 9 24 Chronic Myocarditis
Aug. 5 Harriet R. Wright 84 3 15 Cardiac Insufficiency 1 Arterio Sclerosis
Aug. 17 Lucy Almedia (Wheeler) Gay 87 Aug. 19 Maria C. Oliver 56 11 17 Chronic Myocarditis
Aug. 21 James Gilbert Tompkins 67
Aug. 24 John F. Bagge 33
Aug. 27 Macie (Durfee) Wood Lane 78 7
Sept. 17 Morgan
Sept. 27 William Bradford Reed 87
Sept. 29 Charles Williams 81
Oct. 7 Mary Cummings Duff 66
5
4 Heart Disease Acute Appendicitis
6 Cerebral Hemorrhage
3 Congested Heart Disease Arterio Sclerosis
16 Injuries following auto accident 22 Diabetes Mellitis
Feb. 28 Alexander Parrott
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Date Name
Age Cause of Death
Oct. 25 Richard Lewis Hathaway
YMD 3 7 9 Acute Lymphatic Leukenia
Oct. 27 William W. Tinkham 77 1 20 Mytral Stenosis
Nov. 1 James Beck
72 Lobar Pneumonia
Nov. 5 Ann Eliza Broadbent 78
8 18 Arterio Sclerosis
Nov. 20 Manuel Silvia
23
9 Broncho Pneumonia Cerebral Hemorrhage
Dec. 3 Christopher Owens
78
Dec. 8 Eliza Jane Graham
62
3 Hypostatic Pneumonia
Dec. 10 Louis Freitas
54
3 Acute Perforated Diverticulitis
Dec. 18 Mary L. Barney
92
3 12 Broncho Pneumonia
Dec. 22 Arnold E. Kay
21 10
Multiple Brain Abscesses
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ANNUAL REPORT
DOGS LICENSED IN 1936
Edith H. Talbot, 1 Florence Reed, 1
C. A. Milliken, 1 fe Wendell B. Carey, 1
Mrs. J. G. Romero, 1 fe, 1 m Ellen Trost, 1 Hattie Amidon, 1
William Staples, 2 m, 1 fe Clarence E. Perry, 1 Frank Garnis, 1
Walter Fricker, 1
D. A. Buffington, 1
John F. Hathaway, 3 m, 1 fe
Albert F. Wheeler, 1 fe Charles E. Carr, 1
Frank Dutra, 1
James McCullock, 1
Peter Kossoi, 1
Clinton T. Potter, 2
Willis Barlow, 1 fe
L. E. Wood, 4 m, 2 fe Dr. Poole, 1
Howard Sherman, 1 Paul Lassen, 1 fe Manuel Roderick, 1
J. Ashcroft, 1 Alice Delano, 1 fe
Charles Rasmussen, 1 fe
Donald Hathaway, 2
Frederick Babbitt, 1 Theodore Silvia, 1
George F. Sylvia, 2 fe
Clyde Atwood, 1 Charles E. Chace, 1
Mary E. Gilbert, 1
Herbert Simmons, 1
Mrs. C. Lee, 1
John F. Sylvia, 1
Joseph Bell, 1
Antone Costa, 2 Grace Simmons, 1 m, 1 fe
Manuel S. Souza, 1 fe
Hiram W. Briggs, 1 Lewis McCann, 1
John Brooks, 1 fe Ernest F. Darling, 1 A. F. Sprague, 1 Dr. E. Briggs, 1 David Sears, 1 Herbert I. Carr Sr., 1 Howard Talbot, 1
Mrs. Elmer J. Wheeler, 1 Mrs. Janvrin, 1 fe L. O. Martin, 1 Frank Badejo, 1
Albert C. Chamberlain, 1 fe Ruth Duff, 1 Jackie Duff, 1
Herman Boyd, 1 Antone Sanson Jr., 2
Milton B. Brightman, 1. Theodore Ladd, 1 fe, 1 m George B. Glidden, 2
Robert Wilbur, 1 Harold Thornley, 1 Thomas Valentine, 1 Byron Haskins, 1
Manuel White, 1
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C. C. Marble, 1
Robert D. Milliken, 1 m, 1 fe
Walter Macomber, 1
Austin Wheeler, 1
Viola G. Mahar, 1
Wyman Hawkes, 1 m, 1 fe
Elliot Hathaway, 1
Macie S. Walker, 1 fe
Alphonse Carpenter, 1 fe
Antone Vincent, 1
Antone Mederios, 1
Marie Gloria Pacheco, 1
C. H. Babbitt, 1 fe
Antone Rose, 2
Frank Rose, 1 Manuel Araujo, 2
J. W. Rose, 1
Charles W. Cole, 1
Louis Constantine, 1
Richard Whitmore, 1
E. E. Barney, 1 fe
Frank Alves, 1 fe
Benjamin Hornby, 1 fe
Milton Sherman, 1 m, 1 fe Ethel M. Hoyt, 1
Ella Harrison, 1 Manuel Andrews, 1
Maynard Horton, 1
Manuel Morris, 1
Arthur Meacock, 1
Charles S. Freeman, 1 fe
Roy Hathaway, 1 Manuel Vaz, 1
. Ralph Smith, 1
Ernest Horton, 1
Hiram Sangster, 1 fe
Mary Murray, 1
Frank Cordeiro, 2 Charles F. Hoffshire, 1
Harold L. Perry, 1
Peter M. Texeira, 1 fe, 1 m
Manuel Cordeiro, 1 fe Herbert W. Pierce, 1 Donald Cummings, 1
Manuel Miguel, 1
Norman J. Cameron, 1 fe
Charles R. Ewing, 1 fe L. C. Ingalls, 1 fe, 1 m
Joseph Miguel, 2 Frank Sanders, 1
Antone Andrade, 1
Henry J. Spooner, 4 m, 2 fe
E. B. Chamberlain, 1 fe Frank Simmons, 1
J. D. Dillingham, 1 fe Dr. Annie G. Doyle, 1 fe
Dr. John H. Doyle, 1 fe, 1 m
J. P. Dupont, 2 m, 1 fe Earl C. Bullock, 1 fe, 1 m
Welton Carr, 1
Louis H Carr, 2 m, 1 fe Everett F. Horton, 1 Joseph Amaral, 2
Antone Perry, 1
Frederick Wall, 1
Carrie Nickerson, 1
Harold Perry, 1 fe
Manuel P. White, 1
Robert Chisholm, 1
H. H. Leonard, 1
Harry C. Hathaway, 1 Jean Perry, 1
William Marsden Jr, 1 fe, 1 m E. E. Lincoln, 1
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Jesse Horton, 1 Alfred Silvia, 1
George McCracken, 2
Manuel DeSilvia, 1
Mrs. Agnes George, 1 fe
William F. Chace, 1
John Chadwick, 1 Marion Amaral, 1
Matthew Souza, 1
Ai Ballou, 1 Gertrude Milliken, 1
Lois Horton, 1
Harold Gustafson, 2
Antone Corey, 1
Manuel Frank, 1
Manuel Corey, 1 Manuel Correia, 1 Seth Dutra, 1 Antone S. Mattos, 1
Arnold Kay, 1
Joseph Dever, 1
Kenneth Averill, 1 fe
Mrs. Josephine Terrien, 1 fe John Goulart, 1
Manuel Cotter, 1 fe
Tessie Virdinlia, 1
Manuel B. Lawrence, 1
William E. Davis, 1
F. J. Bassett, 1 fe Lester Hathaway, 2
Joseph Santos, 1 Mary Contildes, 1 C. W. Adams, 1
Manuel F. Silvia, 1 Frank Pine, 1 Fred E. Handy, 1 John W. Synan, 1
Joseph R. Silvia, Jr., 1 Elliot Walker, 1 fe
John Bailey, 1 fe
Antone F. Rose Jr., 1 fe
Francis R. McLean, 1 fe. Manuel G. Lenardo, 1 L. M. Briggs, 2 Carrie Briggs, 1 A. Westcoat, 1 fe, 1 m Lester Babbitt, 1 fe Frank Dever, 1 Linwood Walsh, 1
John Monterio, 1
James M. Reed, 1 fe
Marlett F. Jennings, 1
M. M. Costa, 2 Earl Smith, 1 fe
Anthony N. Silvia, 1 fe, 1 m Manuel Evangelho, 2
Dorothy Mae Goff, 1
D. A. Millard, 1 Patrick Davis, 1 Joseph Caton, 1 Antone Goulart Jr., 1
John Cambra, 2
John C. Contildes, 1
Manuel Almeida, 1 Manuel Ferreira, 1 Frank Cambra, 1 Norman J. Westcoat, 1
Charles Horton, 1 R. C. Marble, 1 Manuel P. Dupont, 1 J. P. Torres, 2 H. F. McConville, 1 fe Frank R. O'Connell, 1 fe August P. White, 1
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Tony Pimento, 1
Nathaniel Glade, 1
Lawrence Stafford, 1 fe
George McNeill, 1
Thomas McCarty, 1
John Simas, 1 Edmond Menard, 1 Manuel Perry, 1 William Ainsworth, 1 Charles Reis, 1
William O'Connell, 1 fe
Harold A. Perry, 1 Russell Phillips, 1
Frank Motte, 1
Cashius Cummings, 1
Respectfully submitted, DWIGHT F. LANE, Town Clerk.
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ANNUAL REPORT
TREASURER'S REPORT
RECEIPTS
Balance in Treasury, Jan. 1, 1936
$24,604.19
Board of Health
21.00
Cemeteries
248.34
Commonwealth
36,418.36
County Dog Fund
574.09
Court Fines
130.00
Licenses
232.00
Library
38.04
Loan
40,000.00
Race Track Donation
3,100.00
Miscellaneous
304.89
School House Sale
150.00
No. Dighton Co-operative Store Dividend
59.69
Old Age Assistance
6,347.33
Police Department
9,358.07
Public Welfare
2,193.44
School Tuition
2,848.47
Sealer of Weights
37.47
Dighton & Berkley Bridge
8,516.70
Tax Collector
94,053.26
Tax Titles
685.15
Town Clerk, Dog Licenses
643.20
Cash transferred from Incidentals to Schools
302.54
$230,766.13
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DISBURSEMENTS
Bristol County Tuberculosis Hospital
2,463.35
Cemeteries
248.34
County Dogs
643.20
Board of Health
3,766.94
Public Welfare
16,847.34
Dighton & Berkley Bridge
860.80
Dighton & Berkley Bridge (Spec.)
12,879.43
Fire Department
2,786.57
Gypsy Moths
581.69
Incidentals
5,465.13
Interest on Loan
81.67
Interest on Bonds
1,700.00
Library
1,425.91
Loan
40,000.00
Payment of Bonds
4,000.00
Memorial Day
63.27
Mosquito Control
150.00
Old Age Assistance
7,422.04
Police Department
1,298.73
Police Department (Spec.)
9,358.07
School Department
57,896.77
Soldiers' Relief
567.65
State Aid
143.40
Street Department
4,993.84
South School Water
421.55
Taxes
10,692.07
Town Officers
6,673.94
Motor Abatements
197.56
Miscellaneous
138.25
Brush Cutting Project
905.83
High School Construction
3,509.14
W. P. A. Incidentals
9,808.66
Balance December 31, 1936
22,874.99
$230,766.13
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ANNUAL REPORT
RECORD OF CEMETERY FUND
Amount On Deposit of Fund Jan. 1, 1936
Int. Paid for
Rec'd care
Sarah Babbitt
$100.00
$172.28
$5.19
Briggs Lot
125.00
235.70
13.18
$3.00
Mary J. Briggs
100.00
125.77
3.15
George E. Francis
100.00
146.21
3.68
3.00
Joseph Gooding
142.75
161.33
4.05
Truman N. Goff
100.00
127.25
3.84
3.00
George H. Horton
100.00
167.35
5.04
Nelson Horton
100.00
150.50
4.53
3.00
Sylvanus Jones
100.00
185.45
5.60
Josiah R. Talbot
100.00
143.18
3.59
Dr. A. J. Smith
150.00
189.40
4.75
Martha L. Smith
50.00
51.83
1.30
Nathan Walker
100.00
123.96
3.10
William Walker
250.00
245.33
8.67
Williams Lot
100.00
163.68
4.10
Thomas B. Wetherell
100.00
118.24
3.57
2.75
Benjamin F. Goff
100.00
126.72
3.81
3.00
David W. Francis
100.00
123.56
3.10
2.75
N. Allen Walker
150.98
273.34
15.33
Oliver P. Simmons
721.00
758.62
19.08
21.34
Francis J. Wheeler
100.00
117.16
2.94
2.75
William D. Goff
100.00
116.89
2.93
Robert S. Waterman
100.00
114.34
2.87
2.75
Josephine G. Thaxter
100.00
110.64
3.33
Submit Babbitt
50.00
54.68
1.37
Ebenezer Gay
50.00
54.18.
1.36
Emerson W. Goff
100.00
117.42
2.94
2.75
Westcott & McNally
200.00
219.12
5.49
5.50
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Shubel Wheeler
100.00
105.14
2.64
2.75
Wendell Weed
100.00
104.72
2.63
Emeline Williams
100.00
109.50
2.74
Zenas H. Goff
150.00
171.61
4.30
3.00
Job Paull
100.00
106.01
2.67
2.75
Albert G. Goff
50.00
49.73
1.89
1.00
Edgar A. Essex
200.00
222.27
6.71
John H. Horton
100.00
105.14
2.64
2.75
Alfred A. Horton
100.00
99.88
3.00
2.75
John H. Harlow
100.00
100.59
3.03
2.75
Exhira Goff
100.00
Helen C. Briggs
75.00
Respectfully submitted,
DWIGHT F. LANE,
Treasurer.
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ANNUAL REPORT
DIGHTON PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT
I herewith submit my sixth report as librarian:
Circulation of books and periodicals for the year 1936
25,100
Adult non-fiction
2,089
Youth's non-fiction
2,354
Adult fiction
11,840
Youth's fiction
6,551
Periodicals
2,266
Persons using reading room
2,218
Books repaired
1,060
Collected in fines and paid to Town Treasurer
$38.04
During the past year there have been added to the library the following books:
Philosophy
3
Travel 5
Social Science
6
Biography
11
Science
6 History 21
Useful Arts
13
Fiction
141
Fine Arts
2
Reference
5
Literature
6
In addition to the above there have been added about 50 books for young children.
Respectfully submitted,
ROSE E. PALMER,
Librarian.
December 31, 1936
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ANNUAL REPORT
AUDITOR'S REPORT
To the Citizens and Taxpayers of Dighton :
Herewith is a report of the financial transactions of the Town for the fiscal year ending Dec. 31, 1936:
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR 1936 RECEIPTS
Balance in Treasury, Jan. 1, 1936,
$24,604.19
Received from Tax Collector :
Town Tax 1934
$2,645.58
Town Tax 1935
9,889.42
Town Tax 1936
74,449.95
$86,984.95
Motor Excise Tax 1934
2.00
Motor Excise Tax 1935
328.76
Motor Excise Tax 1936
6,041.48
$6,372.24
Interest :
Town 1934
209.47
Town 1935
407.13
Town 1936
19.85
$636.45
Motor 1934
16
Motor 1935
3.61
Motor 1936
14.95
$18.72
Fees
39.90
Certificate of Redemption
1.00
Received payments on Tax Titles
685.15
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ANNUAL REPORT
Commonwealth of Massachusetts:
Educational Measure
$2,957.95
State Valuation Measure
1,784.86
Temporary Aid
26.23
Burial of Paupers
40.00
Vocational Education
32.06
Aid to Industrial Schools
246.25
School Supt. Small Towns
1,353.33
Reimbursement Machinery Tax
12,869.96
Corporation Tax
6,529.59
Income Tax
9,874.31
Gas, Light and Water Tax
45.98
Business Corp. Tax
237.48
Race Track Distribution
270.36
State Aid
150.00
Old Age Assistance
3,700.19
Old Age Assistance (U.S. Grant)
2,052.69
$42,171.24
Board of Health :
Nurse's Receipts
13.50
Insurance Premium
6.50
Insurance Rebate
1.00
$21.00
Cemeteries :
Funds for Investment
175.00
Withdrawals for Care
70.34
Adjustment
3.00
$248.34
Bristol County Dog Fund
574.09
Court Fines
130.00
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Licenses :
Liquor and Beverages
90.00
Bureau of Standards
40.00
Innholders and Victuallers
35.00
Milk
16.00
Alcohol
4.00
Sabbath Day
33.00
Gas and Fuel
2.00
Junk
10.00
Hairdressing
2.00
$232.00
Library Receipts :
Fines, rentals, etc:
$38.04
Loans :
Anticipation of Revenue
40,000.00
Miscellaneous Receipts :
Sale of Schoolhouses
$150.00
Departmental Rebates
100.75
Reimbursements
294.74
$545.49
No. Dighton Cooperative Div.
59.69
Old Age Assistance :
From Other Towns and Cities
594.45
Police Department:
Grants for Maintenance
9,258.07
Public Welfare Department:
From Other Towns and Cities $2,193.44
B. C. Kennel Club Benefit 2,500.00
Christmas Basket Fund
600.00
$5,293.44
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School Department: ยท
Tuitions Allotment for Town Officers
2,848.37 302.54
$3,150.91
Sealer of Weights and Measures :
Services, Fees, etc. 37.47
Dighton and Berkley Bridge:
(Construction Account)
Proportion from State
5,659.32
Proportion from County 2,766.78
8,426.10
Town Clerk :
Dog Licenses
643.20
Total Receipts
$230,766.13
EXPENDITURES
Departmental
Board of Health :
Inspection of School Children $1,007.64
Doctor's Services 218.95
Inspector of Animals 175.00
Inspector of Milk 252.21
Quarantine & Contagious Hospitals 1,379.46
General Administration 733.68
$3,766.94
Department of Public Welfare:
Aid Rendered 16,847.34
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Dighton and Berkley Bridge:
Services
840.00
General Expense
20.80
$860.80
Fire Department:
Payrolls
$1,159.53
Building
112.50
Supplies and Equipment
641.23
Maintenance of Trucks
704.75
Fuel, Light and Telephone
168.56
2,786.57
Gypsy Moths:
Payrolls
201.32
Spraying
378.00
Transportation
2.37
$581.69
Town Officers Incidentals :
Supplies, Stationery & Printing
881.13
Equipment and Furnishings
1,084.58
Telephone
49.30
Insurance and Surety
1,586.49
Election Officers
716.50
Sealer of Weights
100.00
Maintenance of Offices
328.44
Town Officers' Expenses
409.71
Miscellaneous
308.98
$5,465.13
Interest :
On High School Bonds
$1,700.00
On Revenue Loan
81.67 .
$1,781.67
47
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Library :
Librarian
399.96
Repairs to Books
106.52
Supplies, Books, etc.
505.43
Fuel, light, water, etc.
226.50
Janitor
187.50
$1,425.91
Bonded Debt:
Matured High School Bonds
4,000.00
Memorial Day Account :
Flags, Flowers and Wreaths
63.27
Mosquito Control:
State Assessment
150.00
Old Age Assistance: Assistance Rendered
7,422.04
Police Department :
Payrolls
$357.05
Supplies, Equipment, etc.
187.12
Chief
499.92
Transportation
112.33
Miscellaneous Expense
142.31
1,298.73
School Department:
See School Report for Detail
57,896.77
Soldiers' Relief :
Relief Rendered
567.65
State Aid :
Aid Rendered 143.40
1
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Street Department:
Payrolls
1,508.71
Supplies
908.83
Truck Hire
1,370.82
Power for Lighting
44.26
Snow and Ice Removal
1,161.22
4,993.84
South School Water:
Services
310.56
Power
110.99
421.55
Town Officers :
Assessors
1,499.88
Auditor
399.96
Clerk
249.96
Collector
933.26
Selectmen
1,889.88
Treasurer
750.00
Clerk of Boards
951.00
6,673.94
Motor Abatements :
Abatements Granted
197.56
W. P. A. Incidentals :
Steam Shovel Hire
$542.00
Steam Roller Hire
101.50
Truck Hire
2,461.80
Sewing Machine Hire
256.09
Commissary Maintenance
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