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Cape Verde Is.
St. Patrick's Wareham
Phillip Andrade Mary Spinola
Cape Verde Is.
Nov. 19 Arsemine Pard
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General arterio sclerosis
Canada
St. Jean Baptiste (Unknown)
(Unknown )
Dec. 23 Emma Luella Lewis
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1 28
Cerebral hemorrhage
Attleboro
Bellingham Arnold Mills, R. I.
Henry P. Lewis Mary Ann Hawkins
St. George, N. B.
Jan. 28 Lydia J. Barrows
93
6
14 Arterio sclerosis
Carver
( Unknown)
Feb. 28 Sarah F. McFarlin
35 9
12
Cerebral hemorrhage
Ireland
James Forest Ann Zandles
Scotland
May 16 Joseph L. Dorais
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Natural causes
Canada
New York
Albany, N. Y.
Susan A. Green Joseph Nadeau
Canada
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Daniel Dunham Sylvia Fuller Oliver Lajoie Adele Lajoie Charles Pina
Cape Verde Is.
Turkey
Oct. 14 John E. Jordan
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6 25
Chronic intestinal nephritis
Rockland
Provincetown Plymouth Vermont
Rochester
Cumberland, R. 1.
Albany, N. Y.
Jrly 7 Edward Nadeau
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EXCERPTS FROM TOWN MEETING RECORDS
(March 3)
Motion by J. M. Bump, duly seconded :
To rescind the vote of the Town creating the office of Road Commissioners and to abolish that office, said abolition to be effective at the date of the annual Town meeting in 1931, so that thereafter a superintendent of streets will be appointed by the selectmen in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 13.
Voted to vote on the above motion by written ballot "Yes" or "No."
The ballot was taken, using the check list and the result thereof declared by the moderator as follows:
Yes, 36 No 45
Voted to accept the parcel of land offered by Henry A. Atwood at the junction of Popes Point road and Meadow street, said parcel to be used as a public park under the supervision of the Park Commissioners.
Voted to let the town hall for the purpose of promoting indoor sports among the people of Carver, said sports to be under the supervision of a committee composed of Russell E. Appling, Francis A. Merritt and Walter R. Carmichael.
Voted unanimously to accept the German field gun as offered by Julian M. Southworth Post A. L.
Voted that the civilian war bonus to the amount of $680.62 returned to the town under Chap. 480 of the Acts of 1924 for the purpose, be appropriated for the purpose of erecting a memorial to the veterans of the world war.
Chose Ellis D. Atwood and James H. Peckham as a committee to act with Julian M. Southworth Post, Amer- ican Legion Memorial Committee in carrying out the action taken above.
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DOG HOLDERS FOR THE YEAR 1930-1
Allen, James, 1mlf
Derose, Fabian
Alves, Martin
Desaulnier, Alex
Alves, John
Dionne, Napoleon
Aloria, John
Ducas, Alfred
Amado, Frank
Dunham, Francis M., f
Amado, Jose
Dunham, Georgianna M., f.
Anthony, Michael
Dupree, Helen
Anthony, Leo 2
Eames, Andrew
Atwood, Kenneth
Eames, Embert H.
Ericson, Alex
Bailey, Donald H.
Erickson, Elias
Barnett, Lucy D.
Fernandez, Francisco, f.
Barnett, Richard A.
Barros, Raymond, f
Blake, Edwin F.
Garbett, Bessie
Boardway, Earl E.
Garnett, Clarence, f.
Bolduc, Joseph
Gonsalves, Ernest
Braddock, J. Bernard, 4
Gomes, Bon
Bradford, Joseph W., 1mlf
Gomes, Joseph P.
Broullerd, Theodore
Gomes, Jack
Bumpus, Theron M.
Gomes, Louis
Bumpus, Ira B.
Gomes, Manuel, f.
Gomes, Manuel 2d, 1mlf
Cardoza, John Carlson, Lillian J., f.
Griffith, Andrew F. Griffith, Aravesta E., 2m2f
Carmichael, Walter R.
Griffith, Homer F.
Cassidy, Everett F.
Griffith, Merton T.
Griffith, Rodney N.
Hacking, John W. 2
Halunen, Lila
Halunen, Vernie
Hanson, John H.
Harju, William
Holmes, Jesse A. Holmes, Norman
Chandler, Jessie Cherry, Charles L. Clark, Florence, f. Cole, Frank H. Commeau, Josias Correia, Manuel Cory, Tony Cromwell, Jennie
Burbank, Arthur G.
Fernandez, Manuel
Gammons, Stephen S.
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Holmes, Russell W. Howes, Isabelle M. Heikkila, Leonard
Jordan, Harrison W., f Jefferson, Madison C. Johnson, Alex
Kaski, Andrew 2 Kellier, Cornelius, 1mlf
Laine, Frank 1mlf Lammie, Aune Lewis, Ernest G. f. Lobo, Antone f.
Majahad, Simon Maki, John
Manion, Israel f.
Mendez, Manuel
Monterio, Manuel
Moreau, Joseph
Morse, Charles W. f.
Morse, John W. Mosher, Eldred S.
Niemi, Carl
Paananen, John f Parent, Fred
Pass, Grace
Pemental, Joseph
Tucker, Natalie
Penell, John Pentikainen, Paul
Pink, Platt A. Pouliot, John
Pratt, Lester E.
Raymond, Beatrice
Ramos, Manuel Rickard, Frank R. f.
Santos, Celia f.
Santos, Jack f.
Savery, Ethel
Sentigo, Domingo
Shaw, Alice G.
Shaw, Bernard E. Shaw, Eben A.
Shaw, Edward C. 2
Shaw, Edward E. 1mlf
Shaw, Herbert L.
Shaw, John D.
Shaw, Kenneth E. 3
Shaw, Russell E.
Shurtleff, Russell F. 1mlf
Silva, Arthur f.
Silva, Domingo P.
Silva, James
Silva, Manuel
Slugg, Edward
Smalley, Helen Shaw 5m6f
Spinola, Joseph
Story, Nelson Tetu, Eugene f.
Thomas, George E.
Thomas, Ira E.
Tillson, Bernard E.
Tubman, John F. 2
Wainio, Jack
Ward, Dana
Weston, Roger
White, Fanny O.
Williams, Paul
Wade, Arthur H.
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SUMMARY
Births 21
Marriages
12
Deaths
18
Dogs licensed : Males 132
Females 36
168
Sporting licenses etc. issued :
Resident sporting
104
trapping 13
Non-resident sporting
3
Minor trapping
10
Alien sporting
1
Duplicates 2
I call attention to the following statute requirements that are not generally understood:
To be on safe legal ground dog licenses must be paid on or before March 31st.
In cases of births it is the duty of the parents to notify the town clerk at once. Physicians are required by law to report every birth which they attend to the town clerk within forty-eight hours, and to make a complete return within fifteen days.
In cases of death the trade or occupation of the deceased is a requirement that is not always complied with. This information is called for under questions 8-9-10 and 11 of the blank and it must be given better attention.
HENRY S. GRIFFITH, Town Clerk.
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
ROSTER OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
School Committee
William I. Ward, Chairman, North Carver.
Ruel S. Gibbs, Secretary, South Carver
Eleanor Shaw, Financial Secretary Superintendent Arthur B. Webber, 46 Peirce Street, Middleboro.
Teachers
Helen H. Griffith, Principal, Center, Grade 8
Anne R. McFarlin, Center, Grade 7
Marion L. Griffith, Center, Grade 6
Florence C. Gordon, Center, Grade 5
Gladys E. Burgess, Center, Grade 4 Blanche E. Holmes, Principal, North Grade 1.
Lulu A. Pratt, North, Grade 3 Florence V. Weston, North, Grade 2
Laura Hudson, Principal, South, Grades 2 and 3
Marjorie Griffith, South, Grade 1
Blanche K. Howell, Special School
School Calendar
Winter term: Opens January 5; closes February 20 Spring term: Opens March 2; closes April 24
Summer term: Opens May 4; closes June 19
Fall term: Opens September 9 closes December 18
Holidays: February 22, April 19, May 30, October 12, November 11, November 25-27
64 REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
One change in the membership of this committee has occurred since the last Town Meeting. Mrs. Mary Jos- ephine Turner, being about to remove from the town, re- signed October first. In accordance with the method pre- scribed by the law of the State Mrs. Eleanor L. Shaw was elected to fill the vacancy.
The work of the schools has gone forward very satis- factorily through the earnest service of our efficient teachers under the wise direction of the faithful superintendent.
Care has been taken to endeavor to keep the school property in suitable condition. To this end some repairs have been made at each school house. The larger items, touching property matters, have been the erection of a new building for toilet purposes and fuel storage and the in- stallation of a water system at the Special School, the com- pletion of the equipment of the windows and doors at the Center School with metal weather strips, and the improve- ment of heating facilities and the outside painting of build- ings at the North School.
All the high school pupils of the town are now attending the Memorial High School of Middleboro, an arrangement which is proving very satisfactory.
We commend to the people the report of the Superin- tendent of Schools. Of especial interest, in this year of widespread financial stress, is the section which refers to the cost of maintaining public schools. That we can carry on our work in the grades with real satisfaction and can open to our graduates the advantages of a well equipped, finely organized and skillfully managed high school at a fairly moderate cost is cause for congratulation.
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The School Department desires to express sincere appre- ciation for the loyal support given by the Town to its efforts in promoting the interests of education.
WILLIAM I. WARD, RUEL S. GIBBS, ELEANOR L. SHAW,
School Committee.
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FINANCIAL REPORT OF SCHOOL DEPARTMENT FOR YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1930
Receipts :
Appropriation,
$33,200.00
Dog Fund,
319.69
Pratt Fund,
217.41
Ellis Fund,
190.82
$33,927.92
Expenditures
33,897.23
Balance unexpended
$30.69
SUPERVISION AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
School Committee
Expenses
$87.18
Superintendent
Salary
$1,199.98
Travel
160.00
Expenses and supplies,
68.00
Attendance Officers,
30.00
Census
25.00
$1,570.21
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EXPENSES OF INSTRUCTION
Supervisor,
$250.00
Teachers,
12,738.96*
Text Books,
299.00
Supplies,
873.00
$14,162.47
*Of this $190.82 was paid from the Ellis Fund for in- struction at South Carver.
OPERATING EXPENSES
Janitors' Salaries,
$1,350.00
Fuel,
955.56
Cleaning, light and power,
424.82
Janitors' W. C. Insurance 26.00
$2,756.38
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MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTY
Repairs,
$1,575.91 102.75
Fire Insurance,
$1,678.66
TRANSPORTATION
High School,
$3,566.80
Elementary,
5,339.70
Bus Insurance
240.45
$9,146.95
TUITION
High School,
$3,739.57
Health,
214.50
Auxiliary Agencies,
66.00
New Equipment,
562.48
Total Expenditures, $33,897.23
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the School Committee and Citizens of Carver:
I herewith submit my eighth annual report as Super- intendent of Schools.
Teachers
The town is fortunate in retaining all its teachers. The unusually fine spirit which the teachers manifest is shown by their attendance at the course of lectures given under the auspices of the Plymouth County Extension Service, and by the successful completion of summer courses by four of the Center School teachers. Several teachers have also given a day of their vacation to visiting schools in other places.
School Costs
In November of each year the State Department of Education issues a statistical report. The material therein is taken from the annual reports of the school committees. These legally required reports are made in the same items; therefore comparisons based upon these results are accurate and fair. A comparison of Carver costs with 124 towns in Group 4,-towns having under 5000 inhabitants and not maintaining high schools,-is given:
Average per pupil cost for the support of elementary schools:
Carver $89.73 Group Average $79.49 State Average$79.73 Average expenditure per pupil for High School education: Carver $209.79 Group Average $178.83
Net cost to the town $87.39 Group Average $97.62.
Average cost per pupil for the support of all schools from local taxation :
Carver $76.27 Group Average $72.71 State Average $90.10
From the above figures it is clear that Carver is by no means paying heavily for the education of its children. The
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low cost of High School education is due to the large sum which the town receives from the State. The total for the year 1930 from all sources amounts to $7,945.45. This should be kept in mind when the budget is before the voters at town meeting.
Reading
Essential Objectives :
1. To secure enlargement of life by means of rich and varied experience through reading.
2. To develop strong motives for, and permanent in- terest in reading.
3. To cultivate tastes and standards for good reading material.
4. To acquaint pupils with sources of different kinds of desirable reading material.
5. To establish right attitudes and effective habits and skills in reading.
The old order changeth. Should you visit a first grade class, you would find the children working in several groups. One group would be saying the words from flash cards as rapidly as the teacher could handle them. If a child misses a word, the card is handed to him for study. Another group would be busy working out answers to questions from their readers. A third group would be coloring drawings accord- ing to directions on the board or in their Work Books.
In a second grade room you would find the teacher asking questions, the children reading silently to find the answers; or perhaps the teacher would ask them to find words or phrases. After this drill, when the content is understood and the difficult words known, the child is asked to read the whole selection.
Groups of children in all the lower grades will be found interpreting their reading by dramatizing, drawing, coloring and moulding.
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Much of the reading time to-day is given to silent reading. The eye and the brain move faster than the lips, so that were the emphasis continually placed on oral reading, the comprehending process would be dulled.
This period covering the first three grades is where the mechanics of reading should be mastered. It is the time for establishing the correct habits. By the end of this period the child should have acquired good eye movements, should be able to perceive a group of words at a time, and should be able to reproduce phrases intelligently in oral reading.
In the second reading period, that of the fourth, fifth and sixth grades, the children are encouraged to read ex- tensively. Books are taken from the Public Library and reading lists are posted. This outside reading is recognized by the awarding of reading certificates by the State Librar- ian. By the end of this period children should have a desire to read good books, both fiction and fact. They should be able to reproduce in their own words a short se- lection. They should be able to select a few facts that relate to a problem to be solved; to determine the truth of a statement, to make comparisons and to draw conclusions.
Through the junior high school grades the child is given ample opportunity for more extensive reading of literary masterpieces as well as much broader reading along the line of correlation with his social studies, history and geography. Readings in poetry and prose tending to lead to a deeper, more cultural appreciation of literature are emphasized.
Testing
We have begun the use of the Columbian Achievement Tests this year. These give a standard test every two months and furnish through the Standard score a means of comparison with schools in a large range. Each child has his individual graph card which enables him to see at a glance what progress he has made in the two months period, and how his work compares with the average. The tests in Health and General Science give a basis for more unified
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work, and have brought out some very interesting points as to the home conditions, as well as serving as an aid to the school nurse. The following table on page 72 shows the results in the first tests:
Grade
Class Mean Standard
Spelling Reading History
Language
Arithmetic Fundamentals
Arithmetic Reasoning
Geog.
Nature & Health
III
Class Mean Standard
1.1
13
15
29
8
IV
Class Mean
13.5
15
12
25
3
6
9
Standard
10
13
13
29
3
12
9
V
Class Mean
18
19
25
35
17
Standard
10
23.
18
22
1
1.
72
VI
Class Mean
18
16
31
14
19
==
Standard
11
25
27
20
3
20
VII
Class Mean
17
16
14
1
Standard
10
15
30
VIII
18
27
22
18
6
Class Mean
16
27
21
10)
Standard
10
18
11
29
6
The tests also enable the teacher to make a careful diagnosis of both class and individual errors, thus providing an accurate basis for remedial work when needed.
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Health
The schools are visited each week by the school nurse. Physical charts are kept for each child with records of tonsils, adenoids, teeth, weight, physical condition and follow-up visits. The weighing is made each term and all defects are noted and notice sent to all parents of such defects. Unless the parents give immediate attention to these notices, the greatest value of this department cannot be obtained. The school nurse will gladly confer with any parent who does not fully understand what should be done.
The report of the school nurse follows:
Mr. Arthur B. Webber,
Superintendent of Schools,
Dear Sir:
I herewith submit the annual report of the work done by the school nurse during the year ending December 31, 1930. School visits 150
Home visits 210
Children excluded for pediculosis 40
scabies 20
66 impetigo 50
66 66 ringworm 2
The children have been weighed and measured four times during the year. A clinic for retarded children was held in April. Twelve were examined; twelve personal histories taken. In December a tuberculosis clinic was held in Middleboro and five children were X-rayed. In November the annual physical examination was given by Dr. Chase with the following results.
Poor teeth 140
Enlarged tonsils 110
Spinal curvature 38
Defective vision 38
Respectfully submitted,
MARY E. FULLER
AGE-GRADE DISTRIBUTION OCTOBER, 1930
5
6
1
8
9)
10
11
12
13
14
15
Totals
I
3
36
6
1
1
37
II
20
6
5
1
40
III
.
2
16
15
6
1
IV
6
14
12
4
1
2
39
V
-
4
12
1
25
VI
5
14
14
1
34
VII
1
6
1 1
23
VIII
2
2
1
3
14
Special
Totals
3
41
28
29
38
43
28
33
26
16
290
74
1
17
1
5
1 31
47
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Our Radio
It has been said that children are going to be weak minded in the future because they will not have to think at all. They will see the world moving before them on the screen, and hear music and listen to speeches by authorities in all fields but they will not have to do any intellectual work on their own account. It will probably be necessary to study ways and means of making effective the newer methods of securing knowledge through the eye and ear, so that the pupil can assimilate and utilize what he sees and hears. But it is within bounds to say that pupils in the schools of tomorrow will gain ten times as accurate an im- pression of the world in which they live through the screen and radio as pupils of yesterday got from their books.
The installing of a radio in the Center School has been of great value. The programs offered this year have been of increasing usefulness. The School of the Air is providing a greater variety, offering talks in science and literature, with historic dramatizations which are creating much interest. We asked the seventh grade to write their opinions of the value of the radio. The following examples are characteristics:
"Every Friday morning we hear Walter Damrosch and his orchestra, which he calls his musical family. We learn a lot about the different instruments and what they are used for. I think it is very interesting to learn music from dis- tant lands. Mr. Damrosch is a very jolly fellow and likes children. I am glad we are fortunate enough to have a radio."
"Our school radio is very useful. I think so at least, because I rever cared for history, and never wished to listen to any of the stories about history. But once the teacher told us that we were going to hear the story of Molly Pitcher over the radio. I made up my mind I was not going to listen to it, but when it began I could not help listening, it was so interesting. I could almost picture it in my mind. Since then when the teacher tells us we are going to hear
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something over the radio. I almost shout for joy. I don't know what we would do if we had the radio taken out of school. It is so useful."
I wish at this time to acknowledge the cordial support given by the school committee and the teachers at all times.
Respectfully submitted, ARTHUR B. WEBBER
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HONOR ROLL
Pupils neither absent nor tardy-September, 1930 to December, 1930
SOUTH CARVER SCHOOL
Natalie Bumpus
Barbara L. Shaw Betty Shaw
August Lopes John Paananen Alice Pimental
Virginia Shaw Priscilla Shurtleff
Hazel Wrightington
CENTER SCHOOL Grade VIII
Elizabeth Arponen Elsie Carlson
Lottie Davis
Eldred Mosher Albert Robbins Elsie Robbins
Edward Bolduc Lawrence Cole Irene Ducas
Grade VII
Domingo Gomes William Holmes Doris Mosher Joseph Viega
‘ Arthur Alves Celia Gammons
Grade VI Andrew Miller Vieno Paananen
George Pina
Grade V
William Bisbee Marjorie Dempsey Thalia Eames Joseph Fontes Ruth Garnett John Gomes
Laura Gomes Aili Paananen William Robbins
Hazel Shaw
Martha Shaw Tom Thatcher
Arlene Washburn
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Grade IV
Grace Bisbee
Allan Niemi
Margaret Coe
Olive Pina
Lillian Collins
Richard Pratt
Roger Dempsey
Betsy Robbins
Tauno Kari
Jacqueline Silva
NORTH CARVER SCHOOL
Grade III
Barbara Dempsey
Doris Parent Andrew Pina Avalina Pina
Flora Shaw Tony Silva Dana Thomas
Myron Weston
Grade II
Lucile Closuit
Ralph Fernandez Earl Garnett John MacDonald Norman Parent
Florence Shaw Ronald Shaw Rita Silva
Arthur Thatcher Lydia Thomas
Catherine Barros Oliver Fernandez Duinzes Gomes Henry Parent
Grade I
· Roger Parent 'Almedo Silva Roy Silva John Silva
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GRADUATION EXERCISES OF CARVER GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Monday Evening, June 9, 1930 at Eight O'Clock Town Hall, Carver
Orchestra Selection, The Caisson Song
Graduation March
Invocation
Chorus, Duke Street
Essay, Some Early Carver Customs
Marion Griffith Rev. M. Walker Coe
Anita Page Shaw Essay, The Beginning of Carver's School System Esther Sylvia Johnson
Chorus, The Landing of the Pilgrims Sketch, The First School Committee
"In 1717 Carver elected its first school committee." Captain Shurtleff Winston Weston Deacon Shaw Frank Shanks
Written by Eva Simmons
Sketch, A Dame School Teacher Her Daughter Children
Anna Halunen Thelma Shaw Jack Atwood, Grade 5 Doris Dionne, Grade 6 Martha Shaw, Grade 4 Richard Turner, Grade 4
Chorus, Old Hundred Address, Four Factors in Making a Character
Rev. John E. Blake
Chorus, Massachusetts Song Presentation of Diplomas
Rev. William I. Ward
Orchestra Selection, America Benediction
Rev. M. Walker Coe
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GRADUATES
Grace Cornish Chandler Helen Jeanette Cole Alice Thownson Collins Ruth Selma Erickson Anna Helen Halunen Esther Sylvia Johnson Solon J. Johnson Mayme Theresa Joseph Bessie Charlen Mackenzie John Maki Madeline Louise Robbins Frank Richardson Shanks Anita Page Shaw Thelma Elizabeth Shaw Eva Merritt Simmons Charles Winfield Turner Winston Atwood Weston
Chorus Leader Orchestra Leader
Anne R. MacFarlin Walter Weeman
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NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS
You are hereby required on or after January 1, 1929, to destroy the gypsy and brown tail moths on your property in this town.
This notification is in accordance with Chapter 381, Acts of 1905, as amended by Chapter 268, Acts of 1906, which require cities and towns to destroy the eggs, caterpillars, pupae and nests of the gypsy and brown tail moth, under heavy penalty for failure to comply with the provisions of the law.
If a property owner fails to destroy such eggs, cater- pillars, pupae and nests, then the city or town is required to destroy the same, and the cost of the work, in whole or in part, according to the value of the land, is assessed upon and becomes a lien on the land. (See Section 6, Chapter 381)
The Selectmen ask owners and tenants to co-operate with the town in its work on highways and other public grounds by doing effective work on their premises. Citi- zens who have cleaned their premises of the moths, but find their trees endangered by the neglect of owners of ad- joining estates, should make complaint to the Selectmen. The infestation of a residential neighborhood by the neglect of a few will notbe tolerated.
The eggs of the gypsy moth should be destroyed at once with creosote. They should never be scraped off the object on which they are laid. Careful search should be made for gypsy moth egg clusters, not only on trees, but also on house walls, stone walls, fences and in rubbish heaps, etc. Trees in which cavities occur and which it is not desirable to cut, should have the cavities tinned or cemented. This is im- portant. The present and future cost of combating this insect can be greatly reduced by cutting and burning worth-
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less brush, hollow trees, etc. A few trees well cared for are more valuable to the property owner and the community than a large number of neglected trees.
The nests of the brown tail moth should be cut from the trees, carefully collected ard burned in a stove or furnace.
Full instructions as to the best methods of work again st the moths may be obtained from the Local Superintendent, James H. Peckham, or from the State Forester, State House, Boston, Mass.
Work done by contractors should be inspected and ap- proved by the local superintendent before payment for the same is made.
JESSE A. HOLMES, HERBERT A. STANLEY, FRANK H. COLE,
Selectmen.
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SUMMARY BY THE SELECTMEN AND FINANCE COMMITTEE
Of Appropriations, Balances and Recommendations Tabulated for the use of Voters in Town Meeting, March 2, 1931
1930 Appropriation
Spent
Overdraft
Ret'd to Recommended
for 1931
General Government,
$6,200.00
$5,779.64
Treasury $420.36
$5,200.00
Health
2,200.00
1,563.31
936.69
2,000.00
Public Welfare,
3,500.00
2,725.69
774.31
4,000.00
Military Aid,
50.00
50.00
None
State Aid,
100.00
154.00
$54.00
250.00
Police,
1,000.00
1,109.79
109.79
1,500.00
Snow,
500.00
370.12
129.88
500.00
Weights & Measures,
150.00
132.31
17.69
150.00
Unclassified and Memorial Day
675.00
649.27
25.73
575.00
Chapter 81,
6,700.00
6,689.63
1.37
6,700.00
Fires,
600.00
647.95
47.95
600.00
Machinery,
5,600.00
5,596.29
3.71
3,000.00
Aid to Agriculture,
100.00
100.00
100.00
Cemeteries,
575.00
510.96
64.04
425.00
Parks
300.00
299.08
92
650.00
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Library,
350.00
387.71 (see note)
350.01
Bridges,
800.00
797.78
2.22
500.00
Tree Warden,
600.00
568.04
31.96
1,000.00
Gypsy Moth,
1,000.00
962.70
37.30
1,274.50
Notes,
2,000.00
2,000.00
2,000.00
Interest,
700.00
429.10
270.90
500.00
Schools,
33,200.00
33,897.23* See note
30.69
33,800.00
Tremont St. (Shoestring Rd.)
2,000.00
1,999.93
07
1,000.00
Center St. Chapter 90
2,000.00
2,000.00
5,500.00
Reserve Fund,
500.00
Fire Equipment,
800.00
770.65
29.35
750.00
Special Highway Account,
200.00
126.28
73.72
200.00
Soldiers Relief,
200.00
200.00
100.00
Public Safety Committee,
150.00
111.70
38.30
150.00
American Legion,
75.00
75.00
100.00
*Note. 37.71 taken from Rosa Cole Library fund.
*Note. Ellis Fund, $190.82 Pratt Fund, $217.41. school account.
Dog Fund, $319.69. Applied on
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
PLYMOUTH, S.S. To either of the Constables of the Town of Carver, Plymouth County, Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Carver qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs to meet at the Town Hall in said Carver on Monday the 2nd day of March 1931 at 8.45 o'clock in the forenoon then and there to act on the following articles.
Art. 1. 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 finan- cial year beginning January 1st, 1931.
Art. 2. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to prosecute, compromise or defend suits for or against the Town.
Art. 3. To decide when taxes shall become due.
Art. 4. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for a Police Force and act anything thereon or thereto.
Art. 5. To choose all necessary Town Officers not elected by ballot.
Art. 6. To see what disposition the Town will make of the dog fund.
Art. 7. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray town charges for the ensuing year.
Art. 8. To see what pay the town will vote the Treasurer, Collector of taxes and other Town Officers for the ensuing year.
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Art. 9. To see what compensation the Town will vote for labor, trucks and teams on the highways for the ensuing year and act thereon.
Art. 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise ard appro- priate a sum of money for the observance of Memorial Day and act thereon.
Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to accept the ceme- tery funds under the perpetual care statute as reported by the Town Treasurer.
Art. 12. To see if the Town will vote to rescind its vote creating the office of road commissioners and abolish that office, such abolition to be effective at the date of the annual meeting in 1932, so that thereafter a superintendent of streets will be appointed by the Selectmen in accordance with G. L. Chapter 41, Section 63, and act thereon or thereto.
Art. 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate for the use of the Plymouth County Trustees for Coun- ty Aid to Agriculture the sum of $100.00 and choose a Town Director as provided in Section 41 and 45 of Revised Chapter 128 of the General Laws and act thereto.
Art. 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money not to exceed $100.00 for rental for the American Legion Money to be paid to the Commander of the Sons of Veterans and 'act thereon or thereto.
Art. 15. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the School Committee to make certain changes in the Center School House, as follows :---
1. To enlarge the present sixth grade room in accor- dance with plans to be explained by the School Committee.
2. To add to the present structure an additional room to be used as a rest room and for such other purposes as may be desirable. Ard, further, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not exceeding $2350.00 to cover the expense of these alterations, and act thereon or thereto.
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Art. 16. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the appointment of a committee, consisting of three voters of the Town, whose duty it shall be to examine the school house at South Carver and to consider the advisability of replacing that school house by erecting a new ore in its stead; to direct said committee to report at the Annual Town Meeting of 1932; and to give further authorization to the committee, in the event that it should deem it wise to . recommend the building of a new school house at South Carver, to present with its report plans and estimates of the cost of building.
Art. 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money not to exceed $5500.00 for the purpose of resurfacing or otherwise improving Center Street, provided an allotment is received from the State or County, or both, and act anything thereon or thereto.
Art. 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money not to exceed $1000.00 for the purpose of further improving Tremont Street towards the Plymouth line, and act anything thereon or thereto.
Art. 19. To see if the Town will vote to authorize its Selectmen to appoint a Chief of the Police and Fire Depart- ments.
Art. 20. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Selectmen and other Town Officers.
Art. 21. To choose all necessary Town Officers: The fol- lowing Officers to be voted for all on one ballot viz:
Moderator, Treasurer, Town Clerk, Collector of Taxes, Three Auditors, Three Constables, Three Herring Com- mitteemen, Tree Warden, each for one year. One Select- man, one Assessor, one School Committeeman, one Ceme- tery Commissioner, one Park Commissioner, one Road Commissioner, one member of Public Welfare, and two Library Trustees each for three years. One School Com- mitteeman for two years.
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And you are directed to serve this warrant, by posting up attested copies thereof, at the several places designated by vote of the Town, seven days at least before the time of hold- ing said meeting.
The polls will be open at 12 o'clock noon and will be open for at least four hours.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this 17th day of February in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one.
JESSE A.HOLMES HERBERT A. STANLY FRANK H. COLE
A true copy
Selectmen of Carver
Attest
INDEX
Appropriation. 83
Assessors'. Report.
26
Auditor's Report. 18
Births Recorded, 1930
57 47
Cemetery Account.
Condition of Town Treasury
5
Constables' Report for 1930
51
Deaths Recorded, 1930
58
Fire Account.
45
Forest Wardens
52
General Government Account.
30
Gypsy Moth Account.
22
Health and Sanitation Account
19
Highway Dept., Chapter 81
36
Jury List.
50 32 20
Marriages, Recorded, 1930
56
Military Account
18
Officers and Committees, 1930
3
Park Account.
48
Perpetual Care Funds
10
Police.
33
Public Library
49
Public Welfare Account.
44
Report of the Treasurer of Old Home Day Association
53
School Department Report
63
School Committee Report.
64
Sealer of Weights and Measures Account.
50
Snow Account.
41
State Aid Account.
18
School Superintendent's Report. . .
68
Tax Collector's Report
17
Town Clerk's Report.
56
Town Warrant.
85
Treasurer's Account.
6
Tree Warden Account
19
Unclassified Account
20
Library Account.
Machinery Account.
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