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Dana E. Thomas, labor
$240.00
Dana E. Thomas, truck
213.90
James Thomas, laborer
90.40
James Thomas, truck
23.00
Lafayette Bradford, laborer
46.40
Frederick Shaw, laborer
26.40
H. S. Pink, supplies
24.00
Wenham Garage, repairs
3.75
Hartney Spray Corp., supplies
9.90
Shurtleff Hardware Company, supplies
18.18
$695.93
GYPSY MOTH
Dana E. Thomas, laborer
$48.75
Dana E. Thomas, truck 36.80
50
James Thomas, laborer
55.20
Hartney Spray Corporation, supplies
232.50
Main street Garage, supplies
.70
22.47
Fitzhenry-Guptill, supplies Walter Carmichael, supplies
6.50
$402.92
HEALTH
Harold L. Ballard, services
$61.25
Harold L. Ballard, use of car
7.20
Onni H. Erickson, services
50.00
Bernard W. Roby, services
50.00
Viola S. Griffith, clerical
21.25
Alexander C. McLure, Inspector of Animals
65.00
Alexander C. McLure, use of car
18.00
Alexander C. McLure, Inspector of Slaughtering
15.00
Alexander C. McLure, use of car
3.20
W. Vernon Mayo, M. D., School Physician
220.00
Children's Hospital
1,119.75
North Reading State Hospital
8.00
Haynes Memorial Hospital
1,144.10
Plymouth County Hospital
220.50
Cornwell's Memorial Chapel, death certificate
.50
Marguerite Mills, advertising
55.00
Ward & Brady, signs
16.50
Wesley Shurtleff, care of dump
325.60
Paul Williams, care of dump
310.20
Theodore T. Vaughan III, services
7:50
Gordon Dempsey, bulldozer
50.00
Harry C. Morris, labor
13.13
Harry C. Morris, truck
6.00
John E. Jordan Co., supplies
4.00
$3,791.68
51
PUBLIC WELFARE
Home Assistance
$1,695.64
Medical
285.98
Burial
150.00
Division of Child Guardianship
579.96
Haynes Memorial Hospital
180.00
St. Luke's Hospital, Middleboro
218.80
Massachusetts General Hospital
156.00
Town of Marshfield
17.15
Town of East Bridgewater
89.22
Town of Plymouth
238.77
City of Boston
1,042.00
$4,653.52
PUBLIC WELFARE ADMINISTRATION
Bernard W. Roby, salary
$25.00
Onni H. Erickson, salary
15.00
Harold L. Ballard, salary
15.00
Viola S. Griffith, Agent, salary
325.44
Viola S. Griffith, use of car
15.84
Viola S. Griffith, telephone
.55
Viola S. Griffith, box rent
.65
Hobbs & Warren, supplies
.91
Allan M. Hale, Attorney
26.40
$424.79
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Assistance
$8,695.74
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN ADMINISTRATION
Bernard W. Roby, salary
$100.00
Onni H. Erickson, salary 60.00
52
Harold L. Ballard, salary
60.00
Viola S. Griffith, Agent, salary
928.18
Viola S. Griffith, use of car
57.98
Viola S. Griffith, expense
7.15
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co.
58.60
Hobbs & Warren, supplies
3.61
Harlow's Business Service, supplies
1.90
Middleboro Office Supply, Inc., supplies
4.41
The Duxbury Press
3.65
Rogers Print
4.75
Plympton Board of Public Welfare, forms
2.25
Orrie Dempsey, stamped envelopes
35.06
American Public Welfare Association, agency dues
30.00
Walter Gilday, Register, Probate Court
4.00
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$1,361.54
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Assistance
$20,740.48
Town of Hanson
97.20
Town of Kingston
203.05
Town of Middleboro
268.91
Town of Plymouth
590.53
Town of Wareham
182.42
Town of Whitman
296.58
City of Brockton
57.00
City of Fall River
206.57
City of Medford
327.50
City of New Bedford
512.83
City of Taunton
177.14
$23,660.21
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION
Bernard W. Roby, salary $100.00
Onni H. Erickson, salary 60.00
53
Harold L. Ballard, salary
60.00
Viola S. Griffith, Agent, salary
902.26
Viola S. Griffith, use of car
72.50
Viola S. Griffith, postage
5.74
Viola S. Griffith, box rent
1.65
Viola S. Griffith, supplies
1.00
Viola S. Griffith, expense
27.67
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co.
44.75
Smith's Inc., supplies
1.25
Hobbs & Warren, supplies
5.57
John C. Moore Corp., supplies
6.58
Harlow's Business Service, supplies
5.25
Middleboro Office Supply, Inc., supplies
10.76
Rogers Print
13.25
Aucoin's Press
13.42
Lewis Jenney, stamped envelopes
35.06
American Association of Social Work, Year Book
6.00
American Druggists, Blue Book
7.00
Social Service Index
10.00
Theo Thomas & William Harriman, Sr., appraisals
25.00
$1,414.71
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE
Assistance
$10,777.78
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE ADMINISTRATION
Bernard W. Roby, salary
$75.00
Onni H. Erickson, salary
45.00
Harold L. Ballard, salary
45.00
Viola S. Griffith, Agent, salary
538.28
Viola S. Griffith, use of car
36.00
Viola S. Griffith, telephone, postage
2.24
Viola S. Griffith, expense
10.95
Viola S. Griffith, box rent
.65
54
New Eng. Tel. & Tel. Co.
33.85
Harlow's Business Service, supplies
3.52
Middleboro Office Supply, Inc., supplies 3.45
Hobbs & Warren, supplies
2.86
James M. Bonnar, Jr., M. D., DA examination 5.00
I. H. Waterman, M. D., DA examination
5.00
Walter I. Lyle, M. D., DA examination
4.00
L. S. Nye, M. D., DA examination
5.00
Elmer Niemi, transportation
3.00
$818.80
VETERANS' BENEFITS
Home Assistance
$1,216.71
Medical Assistance
247.50
$1,464.21
VETERANS' BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION
Town of Middleborough
$250.00
POLICE CRUISER ACCOUNT
Egan Chevrolet Co., Inc., cruiser
$1,308.03
E. F. Mahady Co., stretcher
90.00
Ward & Brady, lettering
20.75
$1,418.78
RESUSCITATOR ACCOUNT
Joseph L. Murphy, resuscitator $591.03
55
FIRES
Dana Ward, brush fire
$28.90
Andrew Griffith, house fire
14.51
North Carver Dump fire
12.10
Barboza, Rochester Road, brush fire
8.15
Slocum-Gibbs, house fire
22.10
John's Pond, brush fire
6.60
Clarence Garnet, house fire
1.10
Charles Miller, house fire
1.10
Frank Halunen, brush fire
1.10
Wankinco, brush fire
3.45
Plymouth Street, brush fire
24.20
Oberg, brush fire
3.30
Winthrop Dunham, brush fire
2.35
Lindros, brush fire
25.85
Pine Woods, brush fire
30.60
John's Pond, brush fire
4.95
Rochester Road, brush fire
10.35
Rochester Road, false alarm
1.10
Auto fire, Route 44
5.50
Middleboro Line, brush fire
8.00
Atwood Bog, brush fire
5.50
Robert Andrews Bog, brush fire
8.00
Edaville, brush fire
2.20
Wareham Mutual Aid
13.65
North Carver Dump
95.70
South Carver Dump
40.20
Seipet Street, brush fire
25.55
Jennings, tractor fire
8.80
Middleboro Mutual Aid
58.75
Hurricane stand-by
23.10
Beaton, pump house fire
6.60
Frank Silva, house fire
4.40
Donelson, bog building
32.50
McFarlin, chimney fire
5.50
56
Robert Williams, chimney fire
6.90
Homer F. Weston, services 42.50
Paul W. Williams, services
1.25
Erwin K. Washburn, services
2.20
22.55
Virginia K. Holmes, services Firemen's Accumulated Guarantee & Drills
483.00
$1,104.16
PARKS
William E. Holmes, labor
$79.48
S. Byron MacFarlane, labor
46.25
Harry C. Morris, labor
81.26
Harry C. Morris, truck
49.00
Harry C. Morris, power mower
115.00
Russell W. Holmes, labor
75.70
Russell W. Holmes, power mower
12.75
Wesley Shurtleff, labor
56.10
Wesley Shurtleff, truck
14.00
Wesley Shurtleff, supplies
2.70
Albert Baker, labor
9.90
Daniel Dunklee, Jr., labor
7.00
Henry S. Pink, supplies
15.90
Wenham Garage, repairs
4.00
A. C. Cosseboom & Co., supplies
6.50
C. P. Washburn, supplies
45.63
Keating Bros., supplies
1.60
$622.77
LIBRARY
Myrtle L. Martin, librarian
$400.00
Myrtle L. Martin, box rent, postage, supplies
4.54
Madeline A. Owens, substitute librarian
13.20
H. H. Wilson Co.
4.00
Britannica Press 6.95
57
Forest Press, Inc.
5.50
Library Book House
207.18
Publishers Central Bureau
7.83
Nicholas Book
7.50
The Chilton Associates, supplies
5.00
Bro Dart Industries, supplies
8.00
National Geographic Society, subscription
5.50
Governor John Carver School, magazine subscriptions
81.45
Middleboro Office Supply, Inc., supplies
14.20
Celia Brown, refund on book
2.25
$773.10
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Edwin E. Bisbee, services
$100.00
Edwin E. Bisbee, use of car
43.20
Edwin E. Bisbee, telephone and postage
2.00
Hobbs & Warren, Inc., supplies
10.93
Samuel B. Cholerton, insurance
18.45
$174.58
OLD HOME DAY
Mayflower Sea Foods Co., Inc.
$175.00
AID TO AGRICULTURE
County of Plymouth
$100.00
MEMORIAL DAY
Brockton Cosmopolitan Band
$150.00
PAINTING UNION CEMETERY FENCE
Article 24
Harold A. Boyer & Sons, painting contract $335.00
58
REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT PLANNING COMMITTEE Article 20
Franklin P. Wilbur, use of car $1.73
Erwin K. Washburn, use of car
14.56
$16.29
BRIDGE AT ROUTE 58, WAREHAM LINE
Forrest Construction Company, contractor
$3,000.00
SAVERY LANE ACCOUNT Article 23
John E. Atwood, labor
$67.50
John E. Atwood, truck
265.00
Weston Bros., shovel
525.40
Weston Bros., screen
75.00
H. C. Hathaway, blasting
92.00
Clifford Casey, grader
139.75
Arne A. Johnson, truck
24.00
Toivo J. Kallio, truck
38.50
Oiva A. Hannula, truck
25.00
Antone Gonsalves, truck
100.00
Theodore T. Vaughan III, truck
124.00
Waldo C. Bumpus, labor
108.90
Raymond Tubman, labor
84.70
Eugene Clifford, labor
46.20
Edwin E. Bisbee, labor
57.20
Andrew Lopes, Jr., labor
35.20
Toivo Salminen, labor
4.40
John Santos, labor
4.40
Dominic Fernandez, labor
28.13
Arthur Alves, labor and saw
53.75
Robert J. Magura, labor
11.00
59
Archie Macomber, labor
14.00
Theodore T. Vaughan III, labor
56.00
Aime Bolduc, labor
8.40
Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., asphalt
791.60
John Hill, moving roller
21.00
Thomas B. Barrows, gravel
16.00
Holmes & Son, Inc., sand
39.40
$2,856.43
DOG OFFICER ACCOUNT
Arthur P. Moskos, care, custody, etc., of stray dogs
$72.00
Orrie S. Dempsey, envelopes
3.70
$75.70
1954 RESERVE ACCOUNT
Transfer to Disability Assistance Account
$300.00
Transfer to Public Welfare Account
900.00
Transfer to Old Age Assistance Admin. Acct.
100.00
Transfer to Aid to Dependent Children Account
100.00
Transfer to Health Account
1,900.00
Transfer to Town Hall Account
484.95
Transfer to Center Fire Station Bldg. Com. Acct.
20.64
Transfer to Savery Lane Account
380.00
Transfer to Inspector of Wires Account
300.00
Transfer to Police Account
49.78
Transfer to Fire Equipment Account
18.01
$4,553.38
INDIAN STREET LAND DAMAGE
Decree No. 1123
Henry C. McFarlin $25.00
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SOUTH CARVER FIRE STATION
Roby's, Inc., heater
$272.75
Alfred L. Pappi, electrical work
100.00
John A. Shaw, truck
10.50
Weston Bros., truck
32.00
Weston Bros., bulldozer
35.00
Paul W. Williams, labor
10.00
$460.25
FIRE TRUCK ACCOUNT
Farrar Company, fire truck
$11,945.00
CENTER FIRE STATION BUILDING COMMITTEE
Robert J. Magura, use of car
$5.44
Robert J. Magura, telephone
5.75
Robert J. Magura, postage
4.60
Middleboro Office Supply, Inc., supplies
4.85
$20.64
CENTER CARVER FIRE HOUSE
Earl L. Darling, architect
$175.00
Blanche E. Patterson, clerical
28.75
Wareham Courier, advertising
9.10
Brockton Daily Enterprise, advertising
32.25
Middleboro Gazette, advertising
10.56
New Bedford Standard-Times, advertising
33.30
Marguerite Mills, advertising
26.25
Malaguti Bros., general contractor
3,293.75
$3,608.96
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SNOW
John E. Atwood, services
$283.50
John E. Atwood, truck
554.00
Town of Carver, pick-up truck
54.30
Town of Carver, tractor
165.00
Town of Carver, grader
51.00
Town of Carver, plow
218.00
Weston Bros., sand
80.00
Weston Bros., shovel
248.40
Weston Bros., screen
99.00
Weston Bros., truck
286.00
Weston Bros., bulldozer
224.00
C. P. Washburn Co., salt
235.89
Chemical Corp., salt
206.00
Manuel Centeio, truck
17.50
Arne A. Johnson, truck
568.00
Theodore T. Vaughan III, truck
252.00
Leonard N. Heikkila, truck
427.50
Antone Gonsalves, truck
443.00
Charles M. Haynes, truck
78.00
Oiva A. Hannula, truck
130.00
John A. Shaw, truck
28.00
Charles A. Kallio, truck
45.50
Theron M. Bumpus, Jr., truck
28.00
Paul W. Williams, labor
156.25
Waldo C. Bumpus, labor
175.80
Eugene Clifford, labor
82.50
William K. Cleary, labor
26.40
Richard Johnson, labor
57.75
Charles Johnson, labor
48.95
John Young, labor
45.10
Herman L. Young, labor
59.40
John E. Johnson, Jr., labor
47.85
Arvid Paananen, labor
48.95
Henry Silva, labor
9.90
Theron M. Bumpus, Jr., labor
26.40
62
Edwin G. Brown, labor
25.30
Louis A. Bryant, Jr., labor
7.70
Kenneth Tubman, labor
13.20
Raymond Tubman, labor
51.70
Ernest Barros, labor
11.00
Carl W. Johnson, labor
59.40
Theodore T. Vaughan III, labor
143.20
Felix Heikkila, labor
7.70
Robert J. Magura, labor
5.50
Wesley Miller, labor
5.50
Myron T. Weston, labor
6.60
Winston Weston, labor
40.70
Joseph N. Pina, labor
9.90
David Lindros, labor
2.20
Raymond Silva, labor
9.90
Benjamin Thimas, labor
4.40
Edwin E. Bisbee, labor
35.20
Ellis S. Bumpus, Jr., labor
6.60
Innocense Silva, labor
3.30
Alfred Wainio, labor
8.80
Roger Weston, labor
10.45
John Santos, labor
13.20
Robert Teixeira, labor
4.40
$5,993.69
PUBLIC SAFETY
Eldredge & Sons, Inc., insurance $12.00
PLYMOUTH COUNTY HOSPITAL ASSESSMENT
County of Plymouth
$3,252.34
UNPAID BILLS 1953
Gypsy Moth Account $53.60
Aid to Dependent Children Account 31.00
63
Old Age Assistance Account
45.55
Disability Assistance Account
3.61
$133.76
CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL BUILDING
J. F. Rand & Son, general contractor
$3,169.32
CENTER SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
Henry M. Shaw, services $60.00
CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL BONDS
Day Trust Company $14,000.00
CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL INTEREST
Day Trust Company $3,345.00
PLYMOUTH COUNTY RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION
Plymouth County Retirement Association
$632.00
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION INSURANCE
Daniel F. McNearney $1,186.82
INSPECTOR OF WIRES
James Patterson, services
$431.25
James Patterson, mileage, postage & telephone
171.45
Harlow's Business Service, supplies
7.30
Wareham Courier, printing
10.00
$620.00
64
TOWN SHED REPAIRS
Article 17
Roby's, Inc., heater
$294.75
Boynton & Patterson, labor
150.00
$444.75
STORM DAMAGE
Hurricane August 31, 1954
John E. Atwood, labor
$181.50
John E. Atwood, truck
132.00
Dana E. Thomas, labor
170.00
Dana E. Thomas, truck
81.60
Frederick E. Shaw, truck
577.50
Theron M. Bumpus, Jr., truck
24.00
Charles A. Kallio, truck
24.00
Toivo Erickson, truck
117.00
Arthur Alves, saw and truck
13.20
Waldo C. Bumpus, labor
92.95
Waldo C. Bumpus, truck
11.75
Theodore T. Vaughan III, labor
22.40
Theodore T. Vaughan III, truck
48.00
James Thomas, truck
625.50
James Thomas, chain saw and labor
818.15
Toivo J. Kallio, chain saw and labor
33.75
Embert Eames, saw and truck
270.60
Embert Eames, labor and saw
110.00
Rudolph Salminen, chain saw and labor
20.00
Gordon Dempsey, bulldozer
60.00
Lafayette Bradford, labor
144.10
Douglas Braddock, labor
18.70
Edward Young, labor
17.60
Toivo Salminen, labor
90.20
Raymond W. Tubman, labor
112.20
65
Edwin E. Bisbee, labor
95.15
Homer F. Weston, labor
11.00
Thomas Dowd, labor
8.80
Andrew Lopes, Jr., labor
3.85
Ronald Gomes, labor
4.40
Raymond Silva, labor
44.00
Louis Bryant, Jr., labor
5.50
Kenneth Tubman, labor
34.10
Paul W. Williams, labor
77.28
John A. Shaw, labor
8.25
John E. Johnson, Jr., labor
8.25
Erwin K. Washburn, labor
8.25
Richard Johnson, labor
3.30
John Shurtleff, labor
3.30
James Patterson, labor
16.00
Lester Boynton, labor
16.00
S. Byron MacFarlane, labor
5.00
Winston Weston, labor
11.00
Roger Weston, labor
11.00
John Young, labor
7.70
Adam Orzechowski, labor
3.30
James Peckham, Jr., labor
17.60
Harold Braddock, labor
15.40
Eugene Clifford, labor
42.90
David Lindros, labor
8.80
John Monteiro, labor
25.30
Wesley Shurtleff, labor
137.50
John Santos, labor
4.95
Ronald Patterson, labor
3.30
Ralph Quillen, labor
8.80
Ellsworth Braddock, labor
29.15
Andrew Eames, labor
24.75
Douglas Thornhill, labor
7.70
Henry Thimas, labor
8.80
Herman Young, labor
8.80
$4,545.88
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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN 1954
Paid to the Town Treasurer for fines
$16.10
Paid to Town Treasurer for lost book
2.25
$18.35
Circulation of books
Adult Fiction
2,135
Adult Non-Fiction
671
Juvenile Fiction
2,024
Juvenile Non-Fiction Total
1,016
5,846
Circulation of Bookmobile Books
Adult Fiction
2,691
Adult Non-Fiction
1,278
Juvenile Fiction
1,628
Juvenile Non-Fiction
1,043
Total
6,640
Total for the year
12,486
New Borrowers
62
Magazines purchased
18
Books purchased
121
Books presented
49
Respectfully submitted,
MYRTLE L. MARTIN,
Librarian.
67
REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Gentlemen:
The following is my Annual Report as Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year of 1954.
16 Gasolene meters @ $1.00 $16.00
4 Scales over 100 lb. @ $1.00 4.00
10 Scales under 100 lb @ $.50
5.00
3 Weights @ $.10 Adjusting charges
.30
.75
Fees collected for town
$26.05
Sealer's Salary
$100.00
Mileage, 720 miles @ $.06
43.20
Telephone and postage
2.00
Working Equipment
10.93
Insurance on State Standards
18.45
$174.58
Respectfully submitted,
EDWIN E. BISBEE,
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
68
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Carver, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
The following is my report as Inspector of Slaughtering for the year of 1954.
Number of Hogs Inspected 3
Number of Beef Inspected 3
Number of Total Inspections 6
Number of Hours as Inspector
12
Number of Miles Travelled 40
Respectfully submitted,
ALEXANDER C. McLURE, Inspector of Slaughtering.
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
Carver, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
The following is my report as Inspector of Animals for the year of 1954.
Number of Milk Cows 54
Number of Other Cattle 25
Number of Bulls 4
Number of Steers and Oxen 4
Number of Horses
18
Number of Goats
29
Number of Sheep
16
Number of Swine
4
Number of Hours as Inspector
52
Mileage 225
Respectfully submitted, ALEXANDER C. McLURE, Inspector of Animals.
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JURY LIST - 1954 - 1955
Juliette B. Parent Housewife
Marjorie Griffith Cranberry Grower
Aune M. Gilli Housewife
Ida M. Majahad Housewife
Donald I. Penti Laborer
George T. Harriman Truck Driver
C. H. Barratt Davison Cranberry Grower
Ralph L. Linton Electric Welder
Harold W. Nickerson
Cranberry Grower
Russell W. Holmes
Cranberry Grower
Robert McCaig Salesman
Roy D. Gould
Weaver
Robert E. Bonney Laborer
Philip H. Gibbs
Cranberry Grower
Myron T. Weston
Cranberry Grower .
Clarence N. Garnett Press Operator
Carroll D. Griffith Cranberry Grower
Merton T. Griffith Insurance Broker
Francis A. Merritt Cranberry Grower
Andrew A. Gomes Welder
Earl V. Barnes Forester
70
REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
The following is a report of the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1954.
CASES IN COURT
Male
Female
Total
Adultery
1
1
Assault
2
2
Assault and Battery
2
2
Assault by means of a dangerous weapon 3
3
3
Breaking & Entering a dwelling house
1
1
Delinquency
2
1
3
Disturbing the Peace
1
1
Driving to Endanger
1
1
Fornication
2
2
Illegal possession of firearms
3
3
Illegal sale of firearms
1
1
Leaving the scene of an accident
1
1
Lewdness
1
1
Motor Vehicle Laws, Violating
2
2
Runaway
1
1
Resisting Arrest
1
1
Statutory Rape
1
1
26
4
30
Ambulance Trips
13
Arrested for Other Departments
6
Fines resulting from Court Cases
$275.00
3
Attempt to murder
71
Summons Served for Other Departments
30
Committed: Plymouth House of Correction 2
Automobile Accidents Investigated 16
Accidents reported in Carver
23
Number of Persons Injured
9
Cases sent to Registry of Motor Vehicles, Improper Operation 6
Notices of Intended Sale or Transfer of Motor Vehicles 55
Number of Complaints Investigated 385
Respectfully submitted,
ARTHUR P. MOSKOS,
Chief of Police.
72
REPORT OF THE HIGHWAY SURVEYOR
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
The following work was done by the Highway Department during the year of 1954.
CHAPTER 81
Appropriation:
Town Share
$6,500.00
State Share 17,875.00
3,000 feet of Holmes Street, 2,500 feet of Rochester Road, and 2,600 feet of Cranberry Road were grader honed.
300 feet of drainage pipe with catch basins were installed on Green Street.
2,100 feet of Tremont Street was covered with an average of 3" of Mixed in Place top.
3,000 feet of West Street was widened to 20' with a gravel base.
2,600 feet of Wareham Street was regravelled with an aver- age of 4" of gravel.
Approximately four miles of streets were sealed with asphalt.
Expenditures of Chapter 81 Funds:
Plympton Street
$83.23
Plymouth Street
997.20
Wenham Street 185.01
So. Meadow Street
185.74
Meadow Street
908.35
Cross Street
59.82
Tremont Street
3,224.90
Wareham Street
2,441.72
Main Street
2,646.35
Purchase Street
584.45
Forest Street
153.66
73
Fuller Street
63.40
High Street
1,518.17
Brook Street
44.67
Pleasant Street
74.04
Spring Street
79.43
Gates Street
80.41
Pond Street
214.34
Center Street
638.92
Montello Street
56.48
Ward Street
42.60
West Street
2,125.95
Fosdick Road
121.38
Holmes Street
836.94
Pope's Point Road
46.06
France Street
35.00
Mayflower Road
270.24
Rochester Road
1,970.40
Pine Street
80.80
Indian Street
1,305.30
Church Street
106.25
Seipet Street
143.56
Cranberry Road
1,361.32
Federal Furnace Street
462.23
Hammond Street
420.31
Old Center Street
43.74
Pine City Street
76.83
Snappit Street
83.83
Hines Avenue
37.95
Green Street
244.77
Snow Removal
319.25
$24,375.00
CHAPTER 90
Appropriation:
Town Share
$3,500.00
County Share
3,500.00
State Share
7,000.00
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Center Street
2,000 feet was widened to 24 ft. and regraded with 6" of gravel. A base coarse of 2" was laid on the 2,000 ft. A top of three inches of Mixed in Place was put on 4,300 ft. The shoulders, slopes and cement guard rails were completed on the 4,300 feet.
Plympton Street
48 ft. of 12 inch, 48 ft. of 15 inch, and 48 ft. of 36 inch reinforced Concrete drainage pipe was installed. About 500 ft. of excavation was done.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN E. ATWOOD,
Highway Surveyor.
FOREST WARDENS
John Atwood, Jr.
86-2
Earl Barnes
Wareham 779-M-3
Ellis Bumpus
91-4
Aime Desroches
131
George Harriman
21-13
Harold Braddock
76-21
William R. Holmes
51
William Keating
78
James H. Peckham, Jr.
76-3
Winston Weston
96-2
Paul Williams
111-2
Erwin Washburn
73-12
Everett Wood
Plymouth
Harold Peck
Wareham
Bertram Tripp
Middleboro
Charles Curtis
Plympton
Phone
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REPORT OF THE TREASURER OF THE CARVER OLD HOME DAY ASSOCIATION
RECEIPTS
1954
Jan. 1 Balance on Hand $542.88
July 26 Carver Sportsman's Club, Inc., tables 25.00
July 31 302 Dinner Tickets @ $2.85, tax included
860.70
July 31 19 Dinner Tickets @ $2.25, tax included 42.75
July 31 Balloon Concession
4.00
July 31 Ice Cream
35.15
July 31
Candy Concession
2.50
July 31
Baseball Game Collection
13.63
July 31 Tonic
70.45
July 31 60 Dance Tickets @ $.75, tax included
45.00
July 31
Refreshments
26.75
Aug. 4 Town of Carver Appropriation
175.00
Sept. 17
Sons of Veterans Aux. No. 9, dishes 5.00
Total Receipts
$1,848.81
EXPENDITURES
1954
July 29 Francis Merritt, postage $1.00
July 29 The Chilton Associates, printing 67.50
July 31 Cosmopolitan Band
205.30
July 31
Myron T. Weston, baseball expense 47.45
Aug. : The Fruit Outlet, 40 melons, 10 bu. corn
89.00
Aug. 2 L. Nickerson Co., rental of tent
200.00
Aug. 2
Holmes & Young, Inc., bake supplies 109.57
Aug. 2
Mayflower Sea Foods, Inc., clams, fish, weed 356.00
Aug. 2 Labor on Clambake
198.40
Aug. 2 Plymouth Beef Co., frankfurters, butter, etc. 96.18
Aug. 2 Edward G. McBride, tables, chairs 79.00
Aug. 2 Bourget's Food Store, bake supplies 1.50
76
Aug. 7 Hendries Ice Cream 22.50
Aug. 7 Nathan G. Roby, ice, gas rental 7.80
Aug. 9 Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co., tonic 38.01
Aug. 9 Main St. Garage, supplies
2.20
Aug. 9 Commonwealth of Massachusetts 44.37
Tax on Dinners, 302 @ $.14
19 @ .11
Aug. 9 Collector of Internal Revenue-
60 Dance Tickets @ $.75 4.50
Aug. 9 Labor and Supplies, refreshment booth 61.62
Aug. 9 Dance Orchestra
35.00
Aug. 9 Wax
.69
Aug. 10 Walter Carmichael, refreshments
8.34
Aug. 10 Earl E. Boardway, signs
2.00
Aug. 30 Helen B. Griffith, cards and telephone
12.83
Sept. 21 Manuel Pimental, mowing and raking field 18.00
Nov. 15 Sharon Box Co., lumber 1.76
Total Expenditures $1,710.52
Total Receipts
$1,848.81
Less Expenditures 1,710.52
Balance December 31, 1954
$138.29
Jan. 1, 1954 Balance
$542.88
Dec. 31, 1954 Balance
138.29
$404.59
Respectfully submitted,
FRANCIS A. MERRITT,
Treasurer.
77
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF WIRING
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
The following is my report as Inspector of Wiring for the year 1954:
Number of Inspection Calls 240
Number of Hours as Inspector
410
Number of Miles Traveled 1,670
$31.20
Telephone and Postage
Supplies 17.30
Respectfully submitted,
JAMES PATTERSON,
Inspector of Wiring.
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REPORT OF TOWN AUDITORS
We, the Auditors of the Town of Carver, have completed an audit of the records and books of the Town of Carver, and find them to be correct and in excellent order, as of December 31, 1954.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANCIS A. MERRITT, HARRISON W. JORDAN, HAZEL M. PROVONCHE,
Board of Auditors.
78
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
To the Honorable Board of Public Welfare:
I herewith submit my report on Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children, Disability Assistance and Public Welfare for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1954.
During the year 41 applications have been received and dis- posed of as follows:
19 Approved
3 Referred to other agencies
5 Withdrawn
12 Denied
1 Died before eligibility could be determined
1 Pending
During the year 21 cases have been closed for the following reasons:
2 Transferred to other towns
4 Deaths
15 Ineligible
Total amount expended in all categories $47,787.36
Received:
Federal Reimbursements $18,119.64
State Reimbursements 14,542.16
Cities and Towns
995.89
Temporary Aid
332.84
Recoveries
749.64
$34,740.17 34,740.17
Net cost to town
$13,047.19
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A State Medical Plan, uniform in pattern throughout Mass- achusetts, was put into effect on July 1, 1954. The plan pro- vides for high standard medical services to public assistance recipients and is designed to cut medical costs. Due to the complexity of the plan, it has greatly increased the duties of the administrators in the cities and towns.
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