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The cooperation received from all Town Boards is greatly appreciated as the results achieved throughout the year indicate.
WESLEY K. COLE LEO J. COURNOYER NAPOLEON J. BLANCHARD
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Report of Police Department
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Southbridge, Mass.
Gentlemen :
I hereby submit for your consideration my yearly report ending December 31, 1941.
CHIEF Ulric Brault
UNIFORM POLICE OFFICERS
Joseph Paquin
Ovila J. Martin
Joseph Morin
Arthur L. Murphy
Alfred E. Lariviere
John M. Beaudry
Carl J. Corriveau
Ernest J. Fierro Albert A. Lamarine John Lango Jr. Arthur I. Bouthillier Arcade J. Grenier Sylvio Bachand James B. Laughnane
ASSISTANT LOCK-UP KEEPER Ovide A. Desrosiers
Complaints made in Court by the department dur- ing the fiscal year. Total 666, Males 650, females 16.
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OFFENSES
Accosting 1
Adultery
1
Assault
2
Assault & Battery
4
Assault with intent to rob
8
Assault with intent to murder
1
Begetting
4
Bigamy
1
Breaking & Entering
2
Disturbing the peace
5
Drunkenness
214
Enticing & taking away
2
Fornication
1
Fugitive from justice
2
Gaming
3
Dangerous weapon in possession
4
Indecent exposure
2
Unlicensed dogs
1
Larceny & Attempt larceny
21
Larceny of motor vehicles
4
Lewdness & cohabitation 7
Maintaining a gaming nuisance 1
Neglect to provide 18
Operating as to endanger 9
Operating under influence of liquor 18
Obscene literature in possession 1
Peddling without a license 3
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Practising dentistry without license 1
Selling mortgage property 1
Truancy 3
Using motor vehicle without authority 2
Vagrancy
10
Violation of Court order 12
Violation of fish and game laws 1
Violation of lottery laws 3
Violation of liquor laws 2
Violation of motor vehicle laws 277
Violation of probation 1
Violation of Town by-laws 13
MISCELLANEOUS
Motor accidents with personal injuries 53
Motor vehicle accidents with property damaged 34
Doors & windows found unlocked 224
Goods stolen and recovered . $3,329.00
Goods stolen not recovered
1,591.00
Lodging given to travelers 223
Motor vehicle licenses suspended or revoked 79
Motor vehicles stolen and recovered 10
Parking summons served 485
Persons injured in motor vehicle accidents 60
Persons killed in motor vehicle accidents 2
PROPERTY IN CHARGE OF POLICE DEPARTMENT Building and land $65,000.00
Furniture and equipment 5,000.00
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I wish to take this opportunity to extend in behalf of the members of the police department and myself our thanks for the cooperation of our Court, your Honorable Board and all other town officials.
Respectfully submitted,
ULRIC BRAULT
Chief of Police
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Report of the Trustees of the Jacob Edwards Memorial Library
TRUSTEES For the Town Jacob K. Edwards, Chairman
Rene Francazzi Oswald Laliberte
For the Edwards Bequest
George B. Wells
Gertrude W. Smith
W. Wesley Crawford Arthur Kay
LIBRARY HOURS
Open 1942:
Week Days-10:00 A. M. to 9:00 P. M.
Closed 1942: January 1-New Year's Day May 30-Memorial Day
July 4-Independence Day September 1-Labor Day November 11-Armistice Day (Until 2:00 P. M.) November 26-Thanksgiving Day
December 25-Christmas
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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN
To the Trustees of the Jacob Edwards Memorial Library :
The Jacob Edwards Memorial Library enters 1942 with its best foot forward. Physical improvements alone will not make a good library, but a fresh coat of paint has helped considerably to brighten our reading rooms, and may be partly responsible for our respec- table if not dazzling record for the year. At a time when most libraries are showing a loss in the number of books lent for home use, Southbridge proudly mentions a mod- est gain of 1,307 over the 1940 record. Reregistration, begun in June to clear our files of names no longer rep- resenting active borrowers, will tell very little until the three-year period is over. But 611 new borrowers during the year is a pretty fair indication that the library is be- ing used increasingly. 42 non-resident borrowers since June indicates 42 people who value the library service at a dollar a year, the charge for out-of-town users of the library.
Southbridge tax-payers' net cost for their library service is at the rate of $.58 per capita. This gave us in 1941, with the addition of the endowment funds, an in- come of $.85 per capita. Of twelve other towns in Massachusetts comparable in size to Southbridge, only three operated in 1940 on a budget under $1.00 per capita; the other nine were well over that amount. $1.25 is considered "standard" by library authorities. The av- erage for the state has been as high as $1.08.
The annual report is not an occasion for a plea for funds. It is profitable however to see how we compare with other towns in the state as well as to see what we have achieved on our 1941 budget. The number of bor- rowers cannot be accurately given until reregistration has been completed, but taking the 1940 estimate as a fairly reliable one for 1941, 6,943 people use the library with some regularity. This means 14 books a year lent to the average borrower, or 5.7 to the possible borrower (17,000 population.) 9 per capita is given as standard. Our basic collection of 27,778 volumes at the end of 1940
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has decreased in 1941, with the withdrawing of more books than were added. Withdrawals represent books entirely worn out and those that have outlived their usefulness. Books in the latter category have not mov- ed from the shelves for years and simply take up valu- able space. New books added, as will be seen in the tabular arrangement of statistics at the end of this re- port, numbered 1313; replacements of titles still needed, and additional copies of books greatly in demand, num- bered 351. Perhaps a larger proportion than usual of these were added to the children's collection where the largest increase in use justified the expansion. The day is not far off when a separate children's department will be essential to the useful functioning of this library. Reading habits are formed in childhood and a good library does everything within its means to encourage the earliest possible use of its book collection. Children's Book Week, with its display of new books for children, brought a rewarding number of new borrowers and en- thusiastic response from old borrowers. Classes in the public and parochial schools were visited by the children's librarian. Another year it is to be hoped that schools may send classes for instruction in the use of the library, to learn how to handle all its resources. High School pu- pils receive a large proportion of the reference service, and this year a young peoples' collection has been start- ed in one corner of the library to encourage the reading interests of the High School age group.
There are many groups in town not adequately reached by the library as yet. A definite effort has been made to have each one feel that the library is here to help-to know that if it has not the material needed it will find that material by scme means. Libraries throughout the state, with the Division of Public Librar- ies in Boston as a clearing house, have an inter-library borrowing arrangement. Under this arrangement the small library not justified in buying for one person's use a book in a rather special field, may call upon other libraries to cover the need. Books enjoy a very low par- cel post rate, so that, for a small mailing charge, a bor- rower may have pretty nearly anything he needs.
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Southbridge has borrowed under this system some 130 books, to eke out its own resources.
The library received from the town in 1941, in ad- dition to its budget for operating expenses, a sum of $1,000 for much needed repairs. The building seems as a result, in sound condition and far more attractive in appearance than at the beginning of the year. Painting mentioned above absorbed the largest share of this spe- cial fund, but the repair of the electric book lift must be mentioned as a valuable addition to the efficient hand- ling of routine. Books must move to justify their exist- ence, and their movements are not confined to the simple exchange at the charging desk. New books must be pre- pared behind the scenes for strenuous use ; books return- ed after home use must be returned to their shelves, and there are five floors of stacks; worn books must be re- moved for repairs. Time and labor are considerably cut with the use of the lift. In addition, two rooms on the ground floor have been renovated, and the museum col- lection in one, receiving necessarily scant attention from a staff whose chief concern is the circulation of books, lent to the Quinebaug Village collection, where specialists are equipped to give it proper care and to see that it is used and enjoyed. Many minor repairs and improve- ments have been attended to. The present outstanding need not covered by special appropriation is the lighting system, which should be brought up to standard, so that citizens of a town noted for its contribution to the na- tion's eyesight may not abuse their own.
As we enter the new year, with all our effort bent toward national defense, the continued support of non- defense activities must be scrutinized. With the constant stress that is laid upon the importance of morale in any such effort, it is perhaps trite to mention that wise use of what leisure time we may salvage is not outside the realm of national defense. The very thing we are fight- ing to preserve is possibly best illustrated in the nation- wide support of public libraries, in our democratic recogni- tion of each man's right to his share of the storehouse of knowledge. What each one of us might save in the withholding or decreasing of our share in this commun-
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ity undertaking would hardly compensate for the con- tribution that such an undertaking has to make in the life of a people at war or at peace.
STATISTICAL RECORD
1941
Library
Town and State
Librarian
Jacob Edwards Memorial Southbridge, Mass. Eleanor Shane 1871
Date of Founding
Population Served
16,825
Days open during the year
307 66
Hours open per week (reading)
Number of volumes January 1, 1941
27,778
Number of volumes added 1664
New 1313 ) Including 287 books Replaced and addi- by gift and transfer
tional copies 351 ) from duplicate pay
Number of volumes discarded 2314
Number of volumes December 21, 1941
27,128
Number of registered borrowers 6943
Number of volumes lent for home use 97,643
Respectfully submitted, ELEANOR SHANE
Librarian
TOWN OF SOUTHBRIDGE
LIBRARY DEPARTMENT
THE JACOB EDWARDS MEMORIAL LIBRARY
1941 Receipts and Expenditures 1942 Budget Estimate
Item
1941
1941
1942
Receipts Expenditures Budget
RECEIPTS
TOWN OF £ SOUTH- BRIDGE APPROPRIATION 10,500.00
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Dr. E. & D. account 1.47
Total
10,501.47
MYNOTT FUND
Bal. Jan. 1, '41 25.01 Rec'd 1941 25.00
Total
50.01
Disbursement 1941 17.78 17.78
Balance For-
warded
52.23
TRUSTEE FUNDS
Bal. Jan. 1,
1941
1,850.85
Rec'd 1941
3,945.04
Total
5,795.89
Disbursements
1941
3,978.41
3,978.41
Balance For-
warded
1,817.48
Total 1941 Receipts
14,497.66
EXPENDITURES PAYROLL
Acct. 101) Librarian and Assistant 102) 103
Regular Employees 104 Part-time Employees 105 Sunday opening 6,211.67 6,400.00
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BOOKS & PERIODICALS
201 Books
202 Periodicals
250 Book Repairs
3,072.61 3,200.00
MAINTENANCE OF BUILDING AND GROUNDS
1941 1941 1942
Acct.
Item
Receipts Expenditures Budget Memo.
150 Payroll - Janitor
151 Payroll - Janitor Helpers
301 Fuel
302 Light
303 Water
304 Supplies
305 Removal of Ashes
2,469.87
2,600.00
306 Misc. Expenses
351 Building
352 Grounds
66.25
150.00
MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING EXPENSES
401) Telephone, Stationery
402) and Postage
403 Desk & Office Supplies
404 Audit
405 Survey
406 Pension
407 Miscellaneous
1,345.22
1,435.00
EQUIPMENT
501 Furniture & Fixtures
334.68
50.00-A
Special Appropriation building repairs and improvements
998.36 1,000.00-B
Total
14,497.66
14,497.66
14,835.00
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A. BUILDING AND BURNISHINGS
Expenditure of $334.68 included pur- chase of Equipment
1 Filing Cabinet 32.24
1 Book Truck 41.00
73.24
Installation of Book Cases in Basement Room and building Book Desk for Libra- rian's Office 222.80
296.04
This unexpected disbursement made from TRUST- EE funds.
Item
1941 1941 1942
Receipts Expenditures Budget
B. SPECIAL APPROPRIATION 1,000.00
Includes following principal expenditures :
1. Repair, Clean and Paint Interior Main Room 531.15
2. Clean and Paint 2 Basement Rooms and Repair Floor Covering 151.75
3. Repair Book Elevator 301.68
The Special Appropriation of $5,000 requested by Trustees in 1941 to be appropriated by Town over a period of five years at the rate of $1,000 each year, is re- ferred to Finance Committee for decision as to year 1942 in view of existing conditions.
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SUMMARY
1941 Budget
1941 Appropriation
1941 Expenditures
1942 Budget
Amount
%
Amount %
Amount
%
Amount
%
Town - Nor-
mal Basis 9,500
66.9
9,500
66.9
9,501.64 64.54
9,835
66.30
Town - Spe-
cial Fund 1,000
7.04
1,000
7.04
998.36
6.88
1,000
6.74
Town - Dr. or Cr.
E & Dac
1.47
.01
TOTAL
10,500
73.94 10,500
73.94 10,501.47
72.43 10,835
73.04
Trustee
Funds
3,700
26.06
3,700
26.06
3,978.41
27.45
4,000
26.96
Mynott Funds
17.78
.12
TOTAL
14,200 100.00 14,200
100.00 14,497.66 100.00 14,835 100.00
If the amount collected by Library and turned in to Town Treasurer ($690.40) is taken into consideration, the Net Cost to Taxpayers for 1941 ($9,811.07) is 71.06% of the cost for year.
Attention is called to the Estimated contribution for 1942 of $4,000 from Trust Funds. On this basis the Town Cost will be only 73% of total Budget including the special appropriation of $1,000 if granted.
APPROVED BY TRUSTEES THE JACOB EDWARDS MEMORIAL LIBRARY
J. K. EDWARDS GERTRUDE W. SMITH
O. J. LALIBERTE ARTHUR KAY W. W. CRAWFORD G. B. WELLS
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Report of Tax Collector
To the Citizens of Southbridge:
I wish to submit the following report as Collector of Taxes for 1941:
1938 PERSONAL TAXES
Outstanding January 1, 1941 $3.55
Payments to Treasurer $3.55
1938 REAL ESTATE TAXES
Outstanding January 1, 1941 $44.52
Payments to Treasurer $44.52
1939 PERSONAL TAXES
Outstanding January 1, 1941 $1,796.26
Payments to Treasurer $1,730.34
Abated 65.92 $1,796.26
1939 REAL ESTATE TAXES
Outstanding January 1, 1941 $24,230.61
Payments to Treasurer $24,107.18
Interest reported as Real Estate 2.03
Total Payments
$24,105.15
Abated
112.27
Tax Title
3.30
Outstanding December 31, 1941
9.89 $24,230.61
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1940 PERSONAL TAXES
Outstanding January 1, 1940
$4,277.56
Payments to Treasurer $2,405.60
44.94
Abated Outstanding December 31, 1941
1,827.02 $4,277.56
1940 REAL ESTATE TAXES
Outstanding January 1, 1941
$78,327.64
Sewer reported as Real Estate
10.00
Collected after abatement granted
8.00
Total Outstanding $78,345.64
Payments to Treasurer $56,019.17
Abated
308.55
Outstanding December 31, 1941 . 22,017.92 $78,345.64
1941 PERSONAL TAXES
Commitment of July 15, 1941 . . .
$78,213.76
Commitment of December 20, 1941
65.80
$78,279.56
Payments to treasurer $75,560.31
Abated
51.14
Outstanding December 31, 1941
2,668.11 $78,279.56
1941 REAL ESTATE TAXES
Commitment of July 15, 1941
$416,498.15
Commitment of April 16, 1941 . .
11,654.00
Commitment of August 12, 1941
52.00
Comitment of December 12, 1941 10.00
Commitment of December 20, 1941
349.68
Tax paid prior to Tax Titles cer- tification 3.76
$428,567.59
Payments to Treasurer
$357,947.12
Abated
2,999.79
147.03
Tax Title
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Refund paid by Treasurer
12.00 Outstanding December 31, 1941 . 67,485.65 $428,567.59
1940 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX
Outstanding January 1, 1941 .
$524.93
Commitment of January 11, 1941 492.03
4.64
Commitment of January 31, 1941 Reported as abated to be out- standing
1.64
$1,023.24
Payments to Treasurer
$975.48
Abated
47.76 $1,023.24
1941 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAX
Commitment of April 8, 1941
$20,802.42
Commitment of April 23, 1941 .
8,965.85
Commitment of June 30, 1941 ...
4,739.59
Commitment of August 26, 1941 .
6,920.15
Commitment of November 14, 1941
1,181.23
Refunds Paid by Treasurer
1,549.31
$44,158.55
Payments to Treasurer
$40,792.47
Abated
3,066.53
Refund after payment
2.01
44,160.56
Outstanding December 31, 1941
301.56 $44,158.55
1939 SEWER ASSESSMENTS
Outstanding January 1, 1941
$439.66
Payments to Treasurer $301.03
Abated 25.37
Outstanding December 31, 1941
113.26
$439.66
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1939 SEWER ASSESSMENT INTEREST
Outstanding January 1, 1941 . . $69.67
Reported as Collected should be outstanding
2.33
$72.00
Payments to Treasurer $49.95
Abated
10.66
Outstanding December 31, 1941
11.39
$72.00
Added Interest on Sewers
$22.50
1940 SEWER ASSESSMENTS
Outstanding January 1, 1941 .
$808.14
Payments to Treasurer
$584.85
Abated
25.00
Outstanding December 31, 1941
198.29
$808.14
1940 SEWER ASSESSMENT INTEREST
Outstanding January 1, 1941
$162.98
Payments to Treasurer $86.41
Abated 6.00
Outstanding December 31, 1941
70.57
$162.98
Added Interest on Sewer
$15.56
1940 SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS
Outstanding January 1, 1941
$460.65
Payments to Treasurer .
$254.53
Outstanding December 31, 1941
206.13 $460.65
1940 SIDEWALK ASSESSMENT INTEREST
Outstanding January 1, 1941
$53.03
Payments to Treasurer $21.09
Outstanding December 31, 1941
31.94 $53.03
Added Interest on Sidewalk $6.83
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1941 SEWER ASSESSMENTS
Commitment of July 15, 1941
$1,057.30
Payments to Treasurer $344.86
Abated
65.01
Outstanding December 31, 1941
647.43 $1,057.30
1941 SEWER ASSESSMENT INTEREST
Commitment of July 15, 1941
$161.09
Payments to Treasurer $58.13
Abated
6.74
Outstanding December 31, 1941
96.22 $161.09
1941 SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS
Commitment of July 15, 1941
$613.20
Payments to Treasurer $113.02
Outstanding December 31, 1941 500.18 $613.20
1941 SIDEWALK ASSESSMENT INTEREST
Commitment of July 15, 1941 $79.85
Payments to Treasurer $22.34
Outstanding December 31, 1941
57.51 79.85
Sidewalk Assessments paid in advance $22.72
1941 SPECIAL SEWER ASSESSMENTS
Commitment of November 19, 1941
$794.59
Commitment of December 5, 1941
372.57
Commitment of December 12, 1941
293.01
Commitment of December 23, 1941
912.00
Commitment of December 18, 1941
824.20
$3,196.37
Payments to Treasurer
$ 461.20
To be Added to Taxes 2,735.17 $3,196.37
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INTEREST AND COSTS ON TAXES
Taxes of 1938
$ 36.86
Taxes of 1939
1,646.99
Taxes of 1940
1,288.89
Taxes of 1941
143.63
Taxes of 1940 (Excise)
2.74
Taxes of 1941 (Excise)
5.07
$3,124.18
Costs of Advertisement and tax Taking
$10.88
Demands paid to Treasurer on 1940 Taxes
$12.60
Demands on 1941 Taxes
215.95
Refunds paid by Treasurer on 1940 Excise
38.23
Refunds paid by Treasurer on 1941 Excise
1,549.31
Refunds paid on 1941 Poll
12.00
I wish to thank the citizens of Southbridge and the various Town Officials for their kind co-operation dur- ing the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
M. DUHAMEL
Tax Collector
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Report of Fire Department
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
In accordance with the law and custom, I submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1941 giving names of members of the fire department, values of properties under my supervision, number of fires we responded to, value of properties where loss occurred, dates and locations of fires, also recommendations I deem necessary for the ensuing year.
The balance from last year's appropriation was $2.53.
I recommend an appropriation of $32,837.02.
We responded to 356 still alarms and 23 bell alarms, total 379 alarms.
282 Hydrants at $65.00 each per year $18,330.00.
The detailed report and budget follows :
Value of buildings $1,159,600.00
Loss on buildings 12,084.51
Insurance on buildings 867,825.00
Insurance paid on buildings 11,496.41
Value of contents 856,000.00
Loss on contents
18,517.06
Insurance on contents
517,325.00
Insurance paid on contents 15,189.11
JACOB EDWARDS LIBRARY, Southbridge, Mass.
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INVENTORY OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
Two fire stations
$ 75,000.00
Fire apparatus 37,000.00
Fire department supplies 9,000.00
Gamewell fire alarm system
7,000.00
ROSTER OF THE SOUTHBRIDGE FIRE DEPARTMENT
Chief Oswald J. Meunier
Deputy George W. Laughnane
Assistant Deputy Chief Henry Lavoie
Permanent Men
George Lamothe, House Captain
Daniel Daniels, House Lieutenant Napoleon Donais Emile Caouette
Almanzar Martel
Armand Dumas Ovila Donais Romeo Laroche Harry Gendron
Callman No. 1 Hose
Michael Maloney, Captain
Hormidas Belanger, Lieutenant
Napoleon Fontaine
Victor Tavernier
Henry Desourdy
Clarence Blais
Raymond Matte
Herman Lippe Lionel Peloquin Leopold Langlois George Lavallee Archie Langevin Edward McNally Ernest Collette
Callman Aerial No. 1
Leandre Coutu, Captain Felix Lavallee, Lieutenant Ovide Desrosiers Isidore Lafleche Eugene Blais
Napoleon Blais Arthur Caplette Romeo Lippe Norman Larochelle Albion Boutelle
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Callman No. 2 Hose
Adelard Lepage, Captain Telesphore Leduc, Lieutenant Theodore Benoit Albert Tremblay
Ernest McDonald Alva Gregoire Eugene Gaumond Vincent Kochanek
Julius Duff
Superintendent of fire alarm James C. Sandgren
January 5-Still aların at 1:58 P. M. Poultry shed on Brickyard Road owned by Sven Haughland, caused by brooder stove. Insured.
January 30-Still alarm at 9:30 A. M. at 51 Hillcrest Avenue owned by Eloi Gagne, caused by brooder stove, insured.
February 24-Box 52 at 12:50 P. M. at 59 Morris Street, dwelling owned by Eustachio Barbieri, caused by oil stove explosion, insured.
March 3-Box 43 at 10:51 A. M. at Sandersdale road, tool shed owned by Town of Southbridge, caused by defective stove pipe, insured.
March 8-Still alarm at 10:30 A. M. store at 15 Walcott Street, owned by Mrs. I. R. Beauregard, caused by overheated chimney, insured.
March 10-Box 47 at 6:55 A. M. tenements at 150 Wor- cester Street, owned by John Kovaleski, caused by overheated chimney, insured.
March 23-Box 34 at 11:30 A. M. tenements at 15 Chapin Street, owned by Wilfred Proulx, caused by cigarette under porch, insured.
March 31-Still alarm at 10:56 A. M. dwelling at 125 High Street, owned by Marshal Colcord, caused by overheated stove pipe, insured.
April 15-Box 34 at 7:16 P. M. club at Eastford Road, owned by Southbridge Investment Co., caused by over- heated chimney, insured.
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May 2-Still alarm at 1:15 P. M. garage at rear of 205 Main Street, owned by Mrs. C. D. Paige, caused by spontaneous combustion, insured.
June 9-Still alarm at 3:21 P. M. shed at Dennison Dis- trict, owned by William Barnes, cause unknown, not insured.
June 10-Still alarm at 4:27 P. M. at 43 High Street, barn owned by Jay Lewis, caused by children playing with matches, insured.
June 15-Still alarm at 9:28 A. M. dwelling at 43 River Street, owned by Emile Richard, caused by cigarette, insured.
June 23-Still alarm at 5:33 P. M. store & tenements at 141 South Street, owned by Ernest Lippe, caused by cigarette in rubbish, insured.
July 22-Still alarm at 12:45 P. M. dwelling at 53 Mor- ris Street, owned by Eustachio Barbieri, caused by flat iron, insured.
July 23-Box 38 at 8:22 P. M. shed at 10 Crescent Street, owned by Spiro Kollios, caused by children playing with matches, insured.
July 24-Box 37 at 2:26 P. M. dwelling at 14 Dresser Street, owned by Joseph Normandin, caused by matches in coat pocket, insured.
July 25-Box 43 at 11:30 P. M. factory at Sandersdale owned by Southbridge Finishing Co., caused by light- ning, insured.
August 4-Box 53 at 6:15 P. M. dwelling at 15 Eastford Road, owned by Romolo DeAngelis, caused by pitch kettle overflowing, insured.
August 4-Box 53 at 6:15 P. M. tenements at 12 East- ford Road, owned by Michael Birmingham, caused by DeAngelis fire, insured.
August 7-Box 27 at 7:54 A. M. tenements at 71 Sayles Street, owned by Taft & Chaffee, caused by cigarette in waste basket, insured.
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August 22-Still alarm at 1:10 A. M. disposal plant at Sandersdale owned by Town of Southbridge, cause un- known, insured.
August 25-Box 49 at 7:05 P. M. at Vinton Street, shed owned by Dani and Soldani, caused by children play- ing with matches, insured.
September 7-Box 35 at 3:19 P. M. shed at rear of Mor- ton Court owned by Morton Estate, caused by spark from incinerator, insured.
September 14-Still alarm at 9:18 A. M. stores & tene- ments at 7 Pleasant St. owned by Mrs. Louis Farland, caused by cigarette on awning, insured.
September 18-Box 45 at 2:45 P. M. at 211 Mechanic Street, stores & tenements owned by Ralph Robbins, caused by cigarette on awning, insured.
September 25-Still alarm at 11:16 A. M. dwelling at 56 Morris Street, owned by Naum Apostle, caused by children playing with matches, insured.
October 13-Box 34 at 9:39 P. M. stores & offices at 266 Main Street, owned by John O'Shaughnessy, cause un- know, insured.
October 27-Box 49 at 8:30 P. M. garage at 546 Worces- er Street, owned by Henry Dupaul, caused by defec tive wiring in automobile, insured.
October 29-Still alarm at 4:15 P. M. bank at 249 Main Street, owned by Southbridge National Bank, caused by defective wiring, insured.
November 14-Still alarm at 2:25 P. M. garage at 265 Elm Street, owned by Jeffrey Leduc, caused by spark from incinerator, insured.
December 10-Still alarm at 6:05 A. M. factory at Mech- anic Street, owned by American Optical Company, caused by short circuit in wiring, insured.
December 11-Still alarm at 12:25 P. M. tenements at 11 Glover Street, owned by Osias Morin, caused by spark from chimney, insured.
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