Town annual reports of Medfield 1950-1954, Part 5

Author: Medfield (Mass.)
Publication date: 1950
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 906


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Charles J. Vaughan, 9 Shelton St., Milton 16


Blanks


44


SHERIFF


262


Samuel H. Wragg, 74 High St., Needham 219 Blanks 43


262


COUNTY TREASURER


Thomas J. Hill, Jr., 1759 Beacon St., Brookline 82


Jerome F. Wadsworth, 43 Tower Lane, Cohasset 48


Raymond C. Warmington, 31 Roselin Ave., Quincy 84


Blanks 48


262


DEMOCRATIC PARTY


GOVERNOR


Paul A. Dever, 86 Buckingham St., Cambridge Blanks 3


15


18


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262


200


LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR


Charles F. Jeff Sullivan, 23 St. Elmo Rd., Worcester 12


William M. Bergan, 362 Nantasket Ave., Hull 1 G. Edward Bradley, 40 Benton Rd., Somerville 2 3 John Francis Cahill, 35 Haskell Ave., Everett 0 J. Frank Murphy, 135 Woodlawn St., Springfield Blanks 0


SECRETARY


Edward J. Cronin, 61 Cook Ave., Chelsea


13


Anthony L. Bruno, 63 Brooks St., Boston 0


2


Stephen J. Carr, 234 L St., Boston Martin Graham, Long Pond Rd. Brewster


0


1


0


2


0


0


TREASURER


John E. Hurley, 40 Glenrose Rd., Boston Blanks


17


1


AUDITOR


16


Thomas J. Buckley, 15 Pinkney St., Boston Blanks


2


ATTORNEY GENERAL


16


Benjamin F. Chesky, 468 Commonwealth Ave., Boston


0


Eli Y. Krovitsky, 10 Beechcroft St., Boston


0


Isadore H. Y. Muchnick, 9 Powellton Rd., Boston


2


Blanks


0


CONGRESSMAN


18


Edward P. Grace, 542 Fourth St., Fall River


10


Patrick F. McCann, 314 Fifth St., Fall River


3


Cornelius E. Reddy, 75 Laurel St., Fall River Blanks


3


18


COUNCILLOR


7


Daniel T. Carey, 67 South Waverly St., Boston John F. Curran, 16 Phillips St., Lowell


0


John A. Dolan, 11 Elko St., Boston


4


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18


Paul V. Shaughnessy, 59 Church St., Waltham Alfred L. Smith, 52 Wyman St., Boston Alfred R. Vitale, 154 Everett St., Boston John F. Welch, 63 Homer St., Boston Blanks


18


18


18


Francis E. Kelly, 1184 Morton St., Boston


2


Donald B. Falvey, Jr., 23 Springfield St., Belmont 0


Peter K. McHugh, 12 Holton St., Boston 0 Edward H. Sullivan, 18 May St., Lowell 2 Robert Sullivan, 86 Corey Rd., Boston 0 Charles A. Whelan, 201 Robbins St., Waltham 2 Blanks 3


SENATOR


Charles W. Olson, West Union St., Ashland John C. Acton, 44 Arsenal Rd., Framingham -


10


V. Norman Mullen, 26 McEnnelly St., Marlborough Blanks


0


REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT


*None


0


Blanks


18


DISTRICT ATTORNEY


George Philip Carney, 1449 Quincy Shore Blvd., Quincy Joseph F. X. Doherty, 104 Elmwood Ave., Quincy


12


5


Blanks


1


COUNTY COMMISSIONER


Robert S. Brown, Randolph St., Canton


4


John Francis Foley, 19 Myrtle St., Norwood Blanks


13


1


SHERIFF


14


Frederick O. Wilbee, 14 Garfield St., Franklin Blanks


4


COUNTY TREASURER


14


Bertrand Remillard, Lake St., Bellingham Blanks


4


18


Upon completion of the counting of votes, the results were announced and the ballots, tally sheets, etc., were turned over to the Town Clerk for safe keeping as prescribed by law.


A true copy attest:


CHARLES W. KEIRSTEAD,


Town Clerk.


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18


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TOWN WARRANT


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


Norfolk, ss.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Medfield, in said County, greeting:


In the name of the Commonwealth you are directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Medfield, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Medfield on Tuesday the third day of October A.D. 1950 at 7:30 P.M. then and there to act on the following articles:


Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money by transfer from available funds and borrowing for the purpose of building and originally equipping a new Medfield Elementary School, to be located on land presently owned by the Town on Adams Street, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money by transfer from available funds and borrowing for the purpose of landscaping and surfacing the new Medfield Elementary School grounds, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $12,000 for the installation of an ex- tension of the sewerage system approximately 1200 feet in Adams Avenue and in order to finance the foregoing to ap- propriate $1,000 from available funds and authorize the Treas- urer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow the sum of $11,000 and to issue notes therefor to be paid in not more than 6 years from the date of issue.


Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a School Building Committee and authorize it to construct the new Medfield Elementary School; to enter into contracts for the same; to approve bills for payment in connection there- with; to accept the building when completed and to treat with the Massachusetts School Building Assistance Commis- sion, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from available funds a sum of money for the purpose of installing two street lights on Adams Avenue. (Petition)


Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to accept the following named sum as Perpetual Trust Fund for the care


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of lot in the Vine Lake Cemetery, the interest thereof or as may be necessary to be used for said care viz:


Wallace S. Spring Lot $100.00


And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting an attested copy thereof, in the usual place for posting war- rants in said Medfield, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.


Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, unto the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting aforesaid.


Given under our hands this 25th day of September A.D. Nineteen hundred and fifty.


FRANK G. HALEY, JOSEPH L. MARCIONETTE, WILLIAM E. MCCARTHY, Selectmen of Medfield.


COLEMAN J. HOGAN, Constable of Medfield.


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


Norfolk, ss.


Medfield, Massachusetts September 25, 1950


By virtue of this warrant I have notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Medfield qualified to vote in elec- tions to meet at the time and for the purpose named by posting attested copies of said warrant in not less than five public places in the Town at least seven days before the time of holding the meeting.


COLEMAN J. HOGAN, Constable of Medfield.


SPECIAL TOWN MEETING October 3, 1950


Pursuant to the foregoing warrant the meeting was called to order by the Moderator at 7:30 P. M. and after reading the warrant the following action was taken on the articles therein:


Article 1. By a vote of 117 in the affirmative and 23 in the negative the Town voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $232,600.00 for the purpose of building and originally


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equipping a new Medfield Elementary School, to be located on land presently owned by the Town on Adams Street; and to meet said appropriation the sum of $1,600.00 be appro- priated by transfer from the unexpended balance of an ap- propriation voted under Article 7 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on February 9, 1950 as amended by the vote under Article 5 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting held August 2, 1950, and the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, be and he hereby is, author- ized to borrow the sum of $231,000.00 under authority of Chapter 498 of the Acts of 1950 and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, payable in accordance with the provi- sions of Chapter 44, of the General Laws, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than 20 years from the date of issue of the first bond or note.


Article 2. Voted to dismiss this article wherein a sum of money was asked for the purpose of landscaping and sur- facing the new Medfield Elementary School grounds.


Article 3. Voted unanimously to raise and appropriate the sum of $12,000.00 for the purpose of installing an exten- sion of the sewerage system approximately 1,200 feet in Adams Street and to meet said appropriation the sum of $1,000.00 be appropriated by transfer from the unexpended balance of an appropriation voted under Article 7 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on February 9, 1950 as amended by the vote under Article 5 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting held August 2, 1950 and the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, be and he hereby is, authorized to borrow the sum of $11,000 under authority of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than 11 years from the date of issue of the first bond or note in accordance with the provisions of said Chapter 44 of the General Laws. Said sewer extension shall be installed in accordance with the regulations adopted by the Town as voted under Article 4 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting held Sept. 6, 1950.


Article 4. Voted that a School Building Committee con- sisting of


John D. Williams, Chairman


Enid Cantoreggi


Leon M. Bowden


Richard H. Hager


Dana B. Jefferson, Jr.


Richard E. Johnson


Joseph S. Kennedy Alden H. Pember


be and it hereby is authorized to construct the new Medfield Elementary School on land presently owned by the Town on


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Adams Street in accordance with the plans and specifications prepared by Perley F. Gilbert Associates, Inc., which plans and specifications have been submitted to this Town Meeting, the exact location of the building on said land to be deter- mined by the said Committee; to approve and execute all contracts in connection therewith; to approve for payments as the same come due all bills in connection therewith; to accept the building when completed on behalf of the Town of Medfield and to transact all necessary business on behalf of the Town with the Massachusetts School Building Assist- ance Commission.


Article 5. Voted to appropriate the sum of $10.00 from available funds for the purpose of installing two street lights on Adams Avenue.


Article 6. Voted to accept the following sum as a Per- petual Trust Fund for the care of lot in the Vine Lake Ceme- tery, the interest thereof or as may be necessary to be used for said care, viz:


Wallace S. Spring Lot $100.00


Voted that the meeting be dissolved.


A true copy, attest:


CHARLES W. KEIRSTEAD, Town Clerk.


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS TOWN OF MEDFIELD WARRANT FOR STATE ELECTION


NORFOLK, SS.


To either Constable in the Town of Medfield, greeting:


In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are quali- fied to vote in Elections to meet in Town Hall, Medfield on,


Tuesday next after the first Monday in November, it be- ing the seventh day of said month, in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty at 6:30 A. M. in the forenoon to 7:30 P. M. in the evening, to bring in their votes for the following officers and questions to wit:


Governor: Lieutenant ( Governor; Secretary; Treasurer; Auditor; Attorney General; Representative in Congress; Coun- cillor; Senator; Representative in General Court (1, 2 or 3); District Attorney; County Commissioner (except in Suffolk and Nantucket Counties); Sheriff.


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VACANCIES


In Norfolk County A County Treasurer


QUESTION NO. 1


Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the constitution summarized below which was approved by the Gen- eral Court in a joint session of the two branches held June 9, 1947, received 244 votes in the affirmative and 0 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two YES branches held June 8, 1949, received 242 votes in the affirmative and 7 in the negative?


NO |


SUMMARY


This proposed amendment of the Constitution provides for the time when the respective terms of office of the governor, lieutenant-governor and councillors shall begin and the time when their respective terms shall end. It also makes provision relative to the succession to the office of governor in the event of the death of the governor-elect before qualification for the office of governor; and it further makes provision relative to the succession to the office of governor in the event of the death of both the governor-elect and the lieutenant-governor elect before qualification for their respective offices.


QUESTION NO. 2


Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the constitution summarized below which was approved by the General Court in a joint session of the two branches held June 4, 1948, received 154 votes in the affirmative and 44 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two YES | branches held June 8, 1949, received 160 votes in the affirmative and 93 in the negative? NO 1


SUMMARY


This proposed amendment to the Constitution provides for an increase in the number of signatures of qualified voters required upon an initiative or upon a referendum petition, and it further makes provision for changes in legislative proce- dures thereon with reference to dates upon, or within which, acts shall be done in the various stages necessary to be taken upon such petitions.


QUESTION NO. 3


Do you approve of a law summarized below on which the House of Representatives did not vote and on which the Senate did not vote?


YES


NO


SUMMARY


This measure provides for minimum payments of seventy- five dollars per month, or eighty-five dollars per month if blind, as assistance to deserving aged persons who have reached the


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age of sixty-three years or over and are in need of relief and support.


QUESTION NO. 4


Do you approve of a law summarized below on which the House of Representatives did not vote and on which the Senate did not vote?


YES NO


SUMMARY


This measure provides for the creation of a Massachusetts commission for the purpose of conducting once every month a lottery drawing to raise additional funds by means of tickets sold to the public, within the Commonwealth, the net proceeds to be divided as follows: 50 percent to the winners as prizes, 35 per cent for the assistance to needy aged persons, 71/2 per- cent for assistance to needy blind persons, 712 percent for assistance to dependent children.


QUESTION NO. 5


Do you approve of a law summarized below which was dis- approved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 77 in the affirmative and 139 in the nega- YES 1 NO tive and in the Senate by a vote of 13 in the affirmative and 25 in the negative?


SUMMARY


The proposed measure strikes out the first sentence of sec- tion 113B of chapter 175 of the General Laws (Tercentenary Edition) as most recently amended by section 4 of Chapter 459 of the acts of 1935, and inserts in place thereof a sentence which provides that the Commissioner of Insurance shall annually, on or before September fifteenth, after due hearing and investi- gation, fix and establish fair and reasonable classifications of risks and adequate, just, reasonable and none-discriminatory premium charges to be used and charged by insurance com- panies in connection with the issue or execution of motor ve- hicle liability policies or bonds, as defined in section 34A of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, for the ensuing calendar year or any part thereof, but said classifications and premium charges shall be uniform throughout the Commonwealth and shall not be fixed or established according to districts or zones.


QUESTION NO. 6


A. Shall the pari-mutual system of betting on licensed horse races be permitted in this county ?


B. Shall the pari-mutual system of betting on licensed dog races be permitted in this county ?


YES


NO


YES


NO


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QUESTION NO. 7


A. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whisky, rum, gin, malt beverages, wines and all other alcoholic beverages) ?


B. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of wines and malt beverages (wines and beer, ale and all other malt bever- ages) ?


C. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages in packages, so called, not to be drunk on the premises ?


YES


NO


YES


NO


YES


NO 1


LOCAL QUESTIONS


(a) If a voter desires that this town shall declare by popular referendum that a shortage of rental housing ac- commodations exists which requires continuance of federal rent control in this town after December thirty-first, nineteen hun- dred and fifty, and until the close of June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, in accordance with the provisions of the Housing and Rent Act of 1950, he will vote "YES" on said question. (b) If he desires that federal rent control shall cease to be in effect in this town at the close of December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and fifty, he will vote "NO" on said question. If a majority of the votes cast in any such city or town in answer to said question is in the affirmative, such city or town shall be deemed to have declared by popular referendum, pur- suant to the Housing and Rent Act of 1950, that a shortage of rental accommodations exists which requires the continuance of federal rent control in such city or town after December thirty- first, nineteen hundred and fifty, and until the close of June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, in accordance with the provisions of said act. If a majority of the votes cast in any city or town in answer to said question is not in the affirm- ative, such city or town shall be deemed not to have declared by popular referendum, pursuant to the Housing and Rent Act of 1950, that a shortage of rental accommodations exists which requires the continuance of federal rent control in such city or town after December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and fifty.


Shall a declaration be made by popular referendum, pur- suant to the Housing and Rent Act of 1950, that a shortage of rental housing accommodations exists, which requires the con- tinuance of federal rent control in this town after December thirty-first nineteen hundred and fifty and until the close of June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, in accordance with the provisions of said act?


YES NO 1


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The polls will be open at 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.


Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting.


Given under our hands and the seal of the Town this twenty-third day of October in the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty.


FRANK G. HALEY, WILLIAM E. MCCARTHY, JOSEPH L. MARCIONETTE, Selectmen of Medfield.


COLEMAN J. HOGAN, Constable of Medfield


A true copy attest:


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


Medfield, Massachusetts October 25, 1950


NORFOLK, SS.


By virtue of this warrant I have notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Medfield, qualified to vote in elec- tions, to meet at the time and for the purpose named, by post- ing attested copies of said warrant in not less than five public places in the town at least seven days before the time of hold- ing the meeting.


COLEMAN J. HOGAN, Constable of Medfield


STATE ELECTION, NOVEMBER 7, 1950


Pursuant to the foregoing warrant a meeting was held in the Town Hall on Tuesday, the 7th day of November 1950 at 6:30 a.m. The following persons were appointed election offi- cers, sworn in by the Town Clerk and assigned to their duties as follows: Mary Mair Etienne and Alice Ripley to distribute ballots, Abbie Sheahan and Frank Kennedy to check at the ballot box, Coleman J. Hogan in charge of the ballot box. Beatrice Bangs, Helen Kennedy, Mildred Lombard, William Owens, Edward Sweeney, Mary Horgan, Barbara Lovely, Mar- garet Kennedy were tellers for the full session. Gwendolyn Suereth, Alice Hogan, Anne Young and Susan Kennedy were tellers in the afternoon and evening.


The ballots were delivered to the ballot clerks, the ballot box was examined and found in good working order and the warden upon reading the warrant declared the polls open at 6:30 a.m.


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Cards of instructions and sample ballots were posted as required by law.


The polls were declared closed at 7:30 p.m. and after counting the ballots in open meeting, the results of the come plete tabulation were announced as follows:


The total vote cast was 1234 of which 1220 were cast in person and 14 by absentee ballot. There were no Servicemen's War Ballots cast.


FOR GOVERNOR


Paul A. Dever of Cambridge 455


Arthur W. Coolidge of Reading


763


Horace I. Hillis of Saugus


2


Mark R. Shaw of Melrose Blanks


13


FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR


Charles F. Jeff Sullivan of Worcester


392


Laurence Curtis of Boston


816


Lawrence Gilfedder of Boston


4


Blanks


22


FOR SECRETARY


Edward J. Cronin of Chelsea


398


Russell A. Wood of Cambridge


773


Ellsworth J. M. Dickson of Needham


10


Fred M. Ingersoll of Lynn


3


Blanks


50


1234


FOR TREASURER


John E. Hurley of Boston


491


Fred J. Burrell of Medford


656


Henning A. Blomen of Boston


2


Harold J. Ireland of Worcester


7


Blanks


78


1234


FOR AUDITOR


Thomas J. Buckley of Boston


476


William G. Andrew of Cambridge


706


Robert A. Simmons of Boston


4


Francis A. Votano of Lynn


1


Blanks


47


1234


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1


1234


1234


FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL


Francis E. Kelly of Boston


376


813


FOR CONGRESSMAN


Joseph William Martin, Jr. of North Attleboro


946


Edward P. Grace of Fall River


237


Paul D. Campbell of Hingham Blanks


47


1234


FOR COUNCILLOR


Otis M. Whitney of Concord


816


John A. Dolan of Boston


340


Blanks


78


FOR SENATOR


Charles W. Olson of Ashland


894


V. Norman Mullen of Marlborough


280


Blanks 60


1234


FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT


Frank D. McCarthy of Medfield


1014


Scattered


5


Blanks


215


1234


FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY


Edmund R. Dewing of Wellesley


885


George Philip Carney of Quincy Blanks


72


1234


FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER


Frederick A. Leavitt of Brookline


790


John Francis Foley of Norwood Blanks


72


1234


FOR SHERIFF


Samuel H. Wragg of Needham


837


Frederick O. Wilbee of Franklin


315


Blanks 82


1234


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277


372


2 Frederick Ayer, Jr. of Wenham Anthony Martin of Boston Howard B. Rand of Haverhill 5 Blanks 38


1234


4


1234


FOR COUNTY TREASURER


Bertrand Remillard of Bellingham


391


Raymond C. Warmington of Quincy


731


Blanks


112


QUESTION NO. 1 Succession of Governor and Lieutenant-Governor


Yes


781


No


122


Blanks


331


QUESTION NO. 2


Number of signatures required on initiative petitions and referendums.


Yes


697


No


189


Blanks


348


QUESTION NO. 3 .


Minimum payments for Old Age Assistance


Yes


511


No


521


Blanks


202


QUESTION NO. 4 Lottery to aid needy aged persons


Yes


327


No


691


Blanks


216


1234


QUESTION NO. 5


Motor Vehicle Insurance


51


No


1065


Blanks


118


QUESTION NO. 6


Pari-mutual Betting


Horse Racing


Yes


651


No


408


Blanks


175


1234


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1234


1234


1234


1234


Yes


1234


Dog Racing


Yes No Blanks


538


437


259


1234


QUESTION NO. 7 Alcoholic Beverages


A. Sale of All Alcoholic Beverages


756


No


338


Blanks


140


B. Sale of Wines and Malt Beverages Only


Yes


727


No


302


Blanks


205 .


1234


C. Sale of Package Goods Only


Yes


850


No


233


Blanks


151


1234


QUESTION NO. 8 Rent Control in Medfield


Yes


556


No


323


Blanks


355


1234


A true copy, attest:


The ballots, tally and master sheets were taken care of by the Town Clerk and disposition of absentee ballots was posted as required by law.


CHARLES W. KEIRSTEAD,


Town Clerk.


CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS REPORT


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Gentlemen:


Each year the Cemetery Commissioners have asked for just what they considered necessary for the proper maintenance of their Department. Each year we have accepted the Finance


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Yes


1234


Committee recommendation for a reduced amount and each year we have overdrawn our account to approximately the original amount.


Due to the higher cost of labor and materials we again ask for what we feel is a just amount and trust that we do not have to accept an inadequate amount.


We therefore recommend the sum of $4,800.00 be appro- priated in addition to the amount received from the sale of lots, for the maintenance of Vine Lake Cemetery for the year 1951.


Respectfully submitted,


PETER PEDERZINI


KENNETH R. CLARK JOSEPH A. ROBERTS Cemetery Commissioners


DOG OFFICERS REPORT


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Gentlemen:


I hereby respectfully submit my report as Dog Officer for the year ending December 31, 1950.


There were 142 complaints received and investigated.


The following cases were taken care of:


Dogs found and turned over to owners 15


Stray dogs taken to Animal Rescue League 4


Dogs killed by automobiles 10


Dogs injured by automobiles 9


Persons bitten by dogs


6


Dogs quarantined


5


Dogs killing chickens


1


Dog broke through thin ice-pulled out by police


1


All delinquent dog taxes were collected and returns made.


Respectfully,


COLEMAN J. HOGAN Dog Officer


REPORT OF FIRE ENGINEERS


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen.


Gentlemen:


The Fire Engineers hereby submit their report for the year ending December 31, 1950.


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There were 55 alarms and 24 still alarms classified as follows:


Grass and brush


60


Buildings


9


Automobiles 4


Oil Burners 1


False Alarms


4


Accident 1


During the year we were called to the State Hospital six times and to Millis once and Westwood once.


Respectfully submitted,


ALLAN A. KINGSBURY


EDGAR W. ALLEN KENNETH R. CLARK


REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Gentlemen:


We hereby respectfully submit our report of the Board of Health for the year ending December 31, 1950.


The following contagious diseases were reported:


Meningitis


1


Dog-bite


7


Lobar pneumonia 1


Anterior Poliomylitis


2


Measles


3


Pulmonary Tuberculosis


8


Tuberculosis reported from State Hospital


7


There were three patients at the Norfolk County Tuber- culosis Hospital at Braintree. One patient returned to his home against advice.




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