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Voted, that the dog fund of $199.01 be appropriated for the use of the public library.
Voted, that the sum of one hundred and twenty-five dollars necessary to buy the seven cap stones of the Sons of Veterans be taken from the general highway appropriation.
Voted, that the Road Commissioners be instructed to purchase a light scraper and the necessary amount be taken from the road appropriation.
Voted, that the Road Commissioners be instructed to con- struct a suitable driveway in front of the Town hall, and that the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars be raised and appro- priated therefor.
Voted, that the thanks of the Town be extended to Mrs. Sarah F. McFarlin for her generous gift of the land on the shore of Sampson's pond as a public parkway.
Voted, that the report of the Committee named to consider the matter of street lighting be accepted, and that consideration be indefinitely postponed. (The Committee reported adversely.)
(Special Meeting June 5, E. G. Cornish, Moderator.)
Voted, to rescind the action taken under Article 13 of the warrant for the annual Town meeting, March 1, 1915, whereby
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it was voted that the road leading from the junction of Plym- outh and Centre streets to Middleboro line, be macadamized.
Voted, that the Road Commissioners be, and hereby are in- structed to build a bituminous gravel road. and that the sum raised under said Article 13 be appropriated for that purpose.
MARRIAGES RECORDED FOR 1915.
Jan. 16. Seviri Lehtomoo and Lempi Harpijarvi.
Mar. 4. Charles Teatch and Grace McGurney.
April 14. Alfred Ducas and Laura Broshu of Fall River.
May 8. Joseph G. Bisbee and Gretchen I. Nealey. both of Boston.
June 6. Frank Robins and Inoncencio Silva.
June 20. Alfred M. Shaw, Jr. and Marion Lyon.
July 24. Joaquin Gomes and Lionizia Maude.
Aug. 21. Konsta W. Olkkola of Fitchburg and Betsy John- son.
Aug. 31. Napoleon Dionne and Mary A. Sears.
Oct. 23. Dennis Lopes and Maria Rodericks of Harwich.
. Oct. 24. George F. Rodericks and Dominga Forte.
Dec. 5. August G. Pina and Marie D. Robeiro.
Dec. 22. Arthur G. Burbank and Grace Pratt.
Dec. 25. James S. Hudson, Jr., and Laura H. Bump.
DEATHS RECORDED IN CARVER FOR 1915.
Date.
Name.
Y
Age M
D
Jan. Fcb.
3
Dr. Georgc F. Morse (Stillborn)
74
8
2
2
10
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Ebenezer S. Lucas
83
8 26
March
10
James P. Kennedy
57
7
20
17
Eddie F. Pratt
52
8
22
April
14
Charles H. Holmes
78
7
0
Cerebral hemorrhage
27
Louisa Washburn
73
5
19
Pulmonary oedema
26
(Stillborn)
Chester F. Tillson
54
9
27
Influenza
May
15
Manuel Pina (Stillborn)
2
20
Cardiac or renal disease
15
Eliza Parker
76
2
13
Mitral regurgitation
June
17
Desire H. Vanghan
64
1
9
Exhaustion
Aug.
2
Stephen Dexter Atwood
59
4
2
Sept.
8
(Stillborn)
66
10
2
Melancholia
Raynham Finland
Dec.
7
Isabell Pina
1
8
20
13
(Stillborn)
0
5
25
20
Sarah J. Swift
62
3
5
Cause of Death.
Birthplace.
Middleboro
Ira Morse and Betsey Merritt
Martin L. Lucas and Mary Shurtleff Michael Kennedy and Hannah Dwyer John Q. A. Pratt and Arabella Lyman Jacob Holmes and Ann Macomber Luther Atwood and Melinda Shaw
Carver Harwich
Augustus F. Tillson and Rebecca McFarlin Joseph A. Pina and Balmara Fortes
New Brunswick Mass.
John Morrison and Abigail James C. Osborn and Achsah Norton Stephen Atwood and Elisabeth Atwood
Tra A. Pratt and Nancy D. Hall (Url:own) Joseph A. Pina and Balmara Fortes
Manrice F. Robbins and Elisabeth A. Linton Janes Maegher and Elisabeth Taylor
18
Clara J. Robbins
Bronchitis Mitral regurgitation
C'arver Nova Scotia
Parents.
Pernicious anaemia
Chronic nephritis Bronchial asthma Cercbral hemorrhage
Carver Taunton Watertown Middleboro Carver
Acute cardiac insufficiency
Carver
18
Nancie L. Cornish Isaac Hill
60
0
0
Hemorrhage from lungs
29
Bronchitis
Carver
3
18
BIRTHS RECORDED IN CARVER FOR 1915.
Date
Name.
Parents.
Jan.
28
Embert Hathaway Eames
Faith Margaret Atwood
Feb.
2
George Vernon Johnson
2
(Stillborn)
6
Dana Shaw Ward
Jar A. Celesta O. Shaw
Warren E.
Grace M. Weston
Kusti Neimi
Ellen Jimberg
Fred W.
Ida L. Dimond Auguste
Louise Gagnon
Joseph M.
Veta Lopes
Charles O.
Olga Palm
Frank
Lizzie Kaski
Alex
Hulda Maki
Finland
Kingston Carver
Carver Ireland Carver
Fall River Carver
June
23 Clara J. Robbins
July
18
Madeline Murray
Albert Alfred Dube
Aug.
6
Michael Shantre
James T.
Rose A. Breto
.Joseph A. Balmara Fortes Eldred S.
Sept.
4 Annie Ruth Mosher
66
10
Harold John Donner
16 Helen Jeanette Cole
Oct.
4 (Stillborn)
6
Laura Ellen Holmes
Nov.
4
Stewart Eli Thomas
Hilma Williams
Dec.
1
Birt C. Chandler
Jessie J. Garnett Frank Fernandez Mertie Pina
Adelard Annie Ducas John Minnie Kangas George Levesque Mary J. Murray
Birthplace of Parents.
Carver Carver Middleboro
Carver Carver Middleboro
Carver Middleboro Brewster
. Maine Finland Finland
Plympton
Carver Canada Fall River Cape Verde Is. Cape Verde Is. Finland Finland
Finland
Finland
April
1
Solon Elmo Johnson
27 (Stillborn)
May
14
18
Alice Gifford Shaw
Teaac W.
Sarah M. Evans Robert E. Dimond Eva M. Macy Maurice F. Elizabeth A. Linton Neil D. Reba A. Griffith
New Brunswick
Nova Scotia Carver Fall River Canada Cape Verde Is.
Cape Verde Is.
Cape Verde Is. Cape Verde Is.
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Boston Carver Carver Plympton
Carver Maine Finland Finland Carver Carver N. Y. Finland
Carver New Brunswick Cape Verde Is. Cape Verde Ts.
13
(Stillborn)
Joseph Abraham Manseau
16
Sofia Maki
25
Embert H. Goldie Shurtleff
John E. Lillian M. Vaughan George V. Lydia J. Morris
20
Clinton Percival Howland
28
March
10 | John Arthur Vickery
16
Mary Florence Belanger
21
Benvida Pina
29 Gertrude Eva Marjaniemi
29
Arthur Laine
Finland
Winthrop Arthur Baker
Clinton W. Cora H. Wade
Ezemiell A. Meria M. Magnan
Harriet G. Snow George A.
Geneva E. Shurtleff
Frank H. Florence J. Shaw
Jesse A. Blanche E. Vinal Jack Wynio Hilda Luther E. Emma J. Thomas George H. Hilma J. Gummerus
23
27
8
14
Canada Fall River Finland Finland Canada Fall River
24
19
25
Rose Pina
29
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OWNERS OF DOGS FOR 1915.
Alloria, John
Halunen, Setti
Anderson, C. T. (1 f)
Holmes, Charles H.
Andrews, Z. W.
Holmes, Edgar L.
Appling, Henry E.
Holmes, Jesse A.
Atwood, Albert F.
Holmes, P. J.
Atwood, Arthur C. (2)
Holmes, William E.
Atwood, Henry A. (3)
Johnson, G. Vernon
Atwood, Lawrence
Kennedy, James D. (2)
Baker, Clinton W.
Kenney, Thomas L.
Bisbee, Edward E.
Blaker, John T.
Lee, James G. Lewis, James W.
Bourgett, John
Lewis, Richard C.
Braddock, Mrs. Carrie (1 f)
Braddock, Ellsworth C.
Lomba, Charles A. Mahler, Everett
Braddock, James B.
McHenry, Samuel
Braddock, Sumner
Mittee, Octavia
Bump, J. Myrick
Morris, Philip E.
Bumpus, Ira B.
Morrison, M. J.
Bumpus, Theron M.
Murphy, Mrs. I. Blanche
Burgess, Harvey C.
Nelson, Robert
Burgess, Henry P.
Palm, Andrew
Cassidy, Walter H.
Peterson, A. W.
Costello, Frank D. (1 f)
Petty, Albert F.
Dionne, Napoleon
Pink, Henry S.
Donelly, Charles
Potter, Charles D. (2)
Doten, C. M.
Pouliot, John
Douglass, Elijah (1 f) Dube, Alfred
Pratt, Lester E.
Dunham, Chas. O. (1 m, 1 f)
Raymond, Mrs. Abbie T. (1 f) Rickard, Frank R.
Garnett, Melvin
Griffith, Mrs. B. M.
Rowe, Edward J.
Shaw, Edward C. (3)
Griffith, Ed. S. (1 f) Harjii, Fiilus
Powers, George L.
Shaw, E. V.
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Shaw, Isaac W. (1 m, 1 f)
Shaw, Obed H.
Shurtleff, A. W.
Shurtleff, Carlton
Shurtleff, Oliver L.
Shurtleff, Mrs. Mary A.
Vaughan, James A.
Silva, Philip B.
Ward, Fred A. (1 m, 1 f)
Simmons, Alfred F.
Warren, D. C.
Slugg, Mrs. Sara A.
White, C. W.
Southworth, T. M.
White, G. E.
Story, Nelson
Winberg, Bernard
Thomas, Bert L. (2)
Wrightington, Mrs. Abba S.
Thomas, Ethel
Wrightington, William
HENRY S. GRIFFITH, Town Clerk.
JURY LIST 1915-1916.
Henry T. Maxim
Allerton L. Shurtleff
A. Freeman Cornish
William M. Shaw
Fred A. Dimond
Herbert J. Vaughan
Arthur W. Peterson
George H. Powers
George P. Lincoln
Henry H. Gammons
Charles H. Atwood, 2d.
Ellis D. Atwood
Frank D. Costello
Frank P. Wilbur
Theodore T. Vaughan
Bernard Shaw
Harry E. Washburn
Alton H. Griffith
Oliver L. Shurtleff
Stephen S. Richards
Fred A. Ward
Horace (. Robbins
Henry A. Atwood
Clinton W. Baker
Thomas, Ira E. Thomas, Luther E. Thomas, Silas (2) Thomas, Wm. T. Tillson, W. A. Vaughan, Herbert J.
Shurtleff, Mell B.
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TOWN WARRANT.
Contents of the warrant for Town Meeting to be held at the Town Hall on Monday, March 6, 1916, at 8 o'clock a. m.
The polls will be opened at 12 m. for the election of officers and will be kept open four hours at least.
Art. 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
Art. 2. To see if the Town will accept the report of the Selectmen, and other town officers and committees.
Art. 3. To choose all necessary town officers not elected by ballot.
Art. 4. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges the ensuing year.
Art. 5. To decide when taxes shall become due.
Art. 6. To see if the town will make the yards of field drivers town pounds, provided they are also chosen pound keepers.
Art. 7. To see if the town will authorize the Selectmen to prosecute, compromise or defend any suits for or against the town.
Art. 8. To see if the town will make an appropriation for Memorial Day.
Art. 9. To see if the town will make an appropriation for a police force or act anything thereon or thereto.
Art. 10. To see what disposition the town will make of the dog fund.
Art. 11. To choose all necessary town officers. The follow- ing officers to be voted for all on one ballot, viz: Town Clerk, three Selectmen, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, three Overseers of the Poor, two Auditors, one Tree Warden, three Herring Committee men each for one year; one Assessor, one School Committee, one Road Commissioner, one Trustee of the Public
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Library, one Park Commissioner, one Cemetery Commissioner each for three years, and to vote by ballot "Yes" or "No," in answer to the following question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this town ?"
Art. 12. To see if the town will authorize the Town Treas- urer. with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1st, 1916.
Art. 13. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropri- ate a sum of money for the purpose of continuing the Bitumin- ous Gravel Road from the point where it now ends to the junc- tion of Center and Plymouth streets, or of otherwise improving said highway, provided an allotment is received from the State, and act anything thereon or thereto.
Art. 14. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Select- men to sell the old town house and lot, and act anything thereon or thereto.
Art. 15. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of continuing the gravel road on West Street from the point where it now ends to the junction of Main and Center streets, and act thereon. (By request of Jesse A. Holmes.)
Art. 16. To see if the town will vote to accept the new lay-out as made by the Road Commissioners on the East Head road in April, 1915, and to discontinue the previous lay-out made by said Commissioners on October 15, 1912, and act any- thing thereon or thereto. (By request of the Road Commis- sioners.)
Art. 17. To see if the town will vote to saw a sufficient number of pine trees from the poor farm lot at North Carver into suitable lumber therefor, to build a number of horse sheds on the new town hall lot. and act thereon.
Art. 18. To see if the town will vote to place two copies of the History of Carver in the High School and one in each of the other schools in town, and act thereon. (By request of the School Committee.)
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Art. 19. To see what disposition the town will make of the old public documents in the old town hall, and act thereon.
Art. 20. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of five hundred dollars for the purpose of pur- chasing four small spraying machines suited for protecting cranberry bogs from gypsy moth infestation, and act thereon. (By request of the local Moth Superintendent.)
Art. 21. To see if the town will authorize the local Moth Superintendent to purchase arsenate of lead provided that pur- chased by the State is not satisfactory, or act thereon. (By re- quest of the Gypsy Moth Committee).
APPROPRIATIONS. FINANCIAL CONDITION OF TOWN ACCOUNTS.
OBJECT
Appropriation,
Mar. 1, 1915.
Balance on Hand,
Dec. 31. 1915.
Overdrawn,
Dec. 31, 1915.
Recommended
Appropriated
at Town Meeting.
Mar. 6, 1916.
Charities,
$2,000.00
$908.21
$1,500.00
State Aid.
675.00
107.00
500.00
Soldiers' Relief,
250.00
12.00
250.00
Public Library,
199.01
13.90
150.00
Town History,
65.84
Old Home Day,
10.00
85.00
100.00
Steam Roller,
22.14
Repair of Bridges,
125.00
289.15
500.00
Removal of Snow,
271.29
Repair of Highways,
3,000.00
8.26
3,000.00
Rent and Repair of Crusher,
72.50
General Government,
2,000.00
112.19
2,500.00
Tree Warden,
200.00
1.78
250.00
Fighting Fire,
800.00
115.42
Arsenate of Lead,
200.00
for 1916.
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Insect Pest,
838.47
170.44
847.30
Police Officers,
400.00
131.10
Parks,
175.00
48.17
Marking Graves,
.. 78
C'emeteries,
150.00
4.48
175.00
Schools,
7,800.00
2.12
8,000.00
New Town Hall.
93.81
East Head Road,
200.00
103.45
Plymouth Street,
800.00
142.88
Resurfacing Stone Road,
2,400.00
187.62
2,000.00
Town House Committee,
30.00
30.00
Contingent Fund,
200.00
200.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
75.00
3.54
30.00
Public Service,
1.17
1.17
Interest,
1,000.00
339.56
1,000.00
Unclassified,
150.00
118.41
425.00
Town Hall Driveway,
250.00
.67
Health and Sanitation,
200.00
14.38
300.00
Quiticas Road,
1,200.00
.73
.73
North Carver Road,
2,000.00
935.51
935.51
Municipal Debt,
1,350.00
$27,647.48 $3,611.35
$1,793.48 $24,617.21
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The Selectmen recommend that the difference between the OVERDRAFTS and BALANCES on HAND, Dec. 31, 1915, and hereafter all unappropriated incomes to different depart- ments be turned into the Treasury both to be used by the Assessors to reduce taxation ; and that the town make FLAT APPROPRIATIONS for all current expenses, so as to begin each year's work with a clean slate.
Respectfully submitted, ELLIS G. CORNISH, HERBERT A. STANLY, 1
HENRY S. PINK,
Selectmen of Carver.
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