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110 Mechanic St. 62 Mill St. Westwood Pkwy. 46 Morris St.
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REPORT OF SELECTMEN
To the Citizens of Southbridge:
We wish to submit our report covering activities for the year 1945.
The Selectmen's Office has had an extremely busy year with the rapid discharge of the Service Men from this area. Many returning veterans have called upon this office for various expired licenses and information.
In June the work of our Ass't. Clerk and Soldiers' Relief Agent increased to the extent that a full time clerk was added to our staff, and the same occurred in November, bringing the total office personnel to three full time employees.
The appointments to fill vacancies in the Recreational Commit- tee were made and progress has been reported in drawing up plans and estimates from that Committee, Town Engineer and Building In- spector relative to the improvement of our Athletic Field on Dresser Street.
A total of 8,950 feet was added to the water lines to supply the Lebanon Hill Road District.
Authorization was given the United States Employment Service for use of the Outer Office in the Selectmen rooms three days a week throughout the year.
Regular Monday night meetings were held weekly. The Board also met with the various committees on numerous occasions.
The scarcity of street lighting equipment having somewhat im- proved, we authorized six (6) new street lights to be placed where needed.
The appointment of twenty (20) men to the Airport Advisory Committee was made to study further all phases of the Airport be- fore acceptance by the Town.
The Soldiers' Relief Office has taken over many veterans'serv- ices. Since June 1945 this office has recorded 829 discharges and has had an equal number of photostatic copies made, which are kept on file for future reference. In coordination with the Rehabili- tation Committee, this office has been quite helpful in giving the necessary information needed by servicemen in applying for Veterans Administration and State benefits. The above being extra and above the normally-carried out duties of the Agent for Soldiers' Relief, World War II Allowance Aid, Military Aid and State Aid.
The following licenses were issued during the year:
133 Taxi Drivers Licenses
133.00
42 Taxi Owners Licenses
42.00
35 Sunday Store Licenses
105.00
4 Lodging House Licenses
4.00
1 Wrestling Permit
5.00
50 Common Victuallers Licenses
150.00
43 One-Day Beer and Wine Licenses 4 Innholders Licenses
43.00
12.00
27 All-Alcoholic Liquor Licenses
10,250.00
22 Wine and Malt Liquor Licenses
33,300.00
10 Miscellaneous License & Permits Total Received by above-listed Lic.
14,054.00
Town Hall Rental Receipts
1,314.00
Misc. Receipts amounted to Total
2,429.26
17,797.26
10.00
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The Board takes this opportunity to thank all Citizens, Town Departments, Committees and the American Optical Company for furn- ishing photostats for our servicemen, and all others who have co- operated to the utmost in the promotion of good government.
Respectfully submitted, LEO J. COURNOYER, Chairman WESLEY K. COLE, Clerk NAPOLEON J. BLANCHARD
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REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT
Honorable Board of Selectmen
Southbridge, Mass.
Gentlemen:
I hereby submit for your consideration my yearly report end- ing December 31, 1945.
Complaints made in the First District Court, Total 556, Males 506, Females 50, Juveniles 17.
MISCELLANEOUS
Motor Vehicle Accidents with personal injuries. ... 40
Persons injured 46, (Pedestrians 21, Passengers, 25) .. 46
Motor vehicle accidents with property damaged 46 Motor vehicle licenses suspended or revoked 68
Parking summons served. 79 Persons reported missing 23
Doors or windows found opened or unlocked 186
Radio calls sent out. 880
Motor vehicle reported stolen and recovered. 6 Lodging given to travelers. 141
Property in charge of police department
Building & Land estimated. $60,000.00
Equipment estimated 5,000.00
In behalf of the police officers and myself I wish to thank your Honorable Board of Selectmen and all Town officials for their consideration during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
ULRIC BRAULT
Chief of Police
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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Southbridge, Mass.
I hereby submit the report of the Department of Weights and Measures for the year 1945.
WORK PERFORMED FROM JAN. 1, 1945 to DEC. 31, 1945
Scales Sealed
Platform over 10,000 1bs. 4
Platform 100 to 5,000 lbs.
27
Counter, under 100 lbs. 24
Beam, 100 to 5,000 lbs. 4
Spring, under 100 lbs.
35
Computing under 100 1bs.
55
Person Weigher (slot)
8
Prescription
3
Weights Sealed
Avoirdupois 99
Apothecary
34
Gasoline Meter Systems Sealed
30
Yard Sticks
10
TRIAL WEIGHINGS AND MEASUREMENTS OF COMMODITIES SOLD OR PUT UP FOR SALE
Tested
Bread
336
Butter
145
Confectionery
142
Dry Commodities
347
Flour
58
Meats and Provisions
42
Potatoes
178
Summary of Inspections
Pedler's Licenses 17
Milk Jars
42
Food Pkgs 347
Clinical Thermometers
15
Oil Jars
178
The foregoing comprises my annual report for the period end- ing December 31, 1945, and is herewith submitted as required.
G. R. LARIVIERE
Sealer of Weights and Measures
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE JACOB EDWARDS MEMORIAL LIBRARY
TRUSTEES
For the Town
Wardwell M. Edwards, Chairman
Dr. Nerio W. Pioppi
Oswald J. Laliberte
For the Edwards Bequest
George B. Wells W. Wesley Crawford
Gertrude W. Smith
Arthur Kay
LIBRARY HOURS
Open 1946:
Week days -- 10:00 A.M. to 9:00 P.M.
Closed 1946:
January 1 -- New Year's Day May 30 -- Memorial Day
July 4 -- Independence Day September 2 -- Labor Day November 11 -- Armistice Day
November 23 -- Thanksgiving Day
December 25 -- Christmas Day
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REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN
To the Trustees of the Jacob Edwards Memorial Library:
The year 1945 has been an extremely busy one for the library. Although circulation (books and magazines borrowed for home use) shows an increase of only a little less than 2,000 over last year's increase of over 6,000, the facilities of a limited staff have been used to approximate capacity.
The staff has suffered several changes. Miss Eleanor Shane, librarian for five years, became Mrs. Arthur Hamilton and resigned in November. Mrs. Hamilton's delightfully enthusiastic personali- ty, her professional competence, and her eagerness to give Jacob Edwards Memorial Library patrons the best in library service have left the library and the town of Southbridge with a deep sense of loss. Her efforts, moreover, in raising the standards of library service in Southbridge and her foresightedness in long range plan- ning will not soon be forgotten.
Miss Darthia Bernheimalso resigned in June. In October, Mrs. Emma Falt and Miss Gertrude Peloquin joined the staff as full-time assistants. The staff is now down to bed rock with three full-time people, only one of whom is professionally trained. The library profession is still in the grip of man-power shortage, and it is only by offering more remunerative salaries and more desirable working conditions that any library can hope to attract people of ability to insure maximum library service.
The library has not spent its 1945 budget in entirety for several reasons. The paper shortage curtailed greatly the number of books published during 1945. 401 less books were added to the shelves this year than last year. Many library supplies and equip- ment have been unobtainable. It has been impossible to obtain a trained children's librarian or a reference librarian. These con- ditions are all temporary, and we can expect, soon, more books to be published than ever before, more and better supplies and equip- ment to be manufactured, and, we hope, more trained librarians to become available.
Itiswith regret that a decrease of 1,233 in the circulation of juvenile books is reported. Although this is not an alarming decrease, nevertheless, it reflects the urgent need of a trained children's librarian. This year with a limited staff, it was im- possible to visit schools and to give Book Week the attention it received in former years. Now perhaps as never before, children need good books, need to form the "library habit". Southbridge children deserve the best that can be offered in library service. To guarantee this, a trained children's librarian who will cooper- ate closely with the schools is indispensable.
The trend in adult reading seems to be away from books about the war. Except for a few such books as Ernie Pyle's Brave Men and This Is Your War and Bill Mauldin's Up Front, war books are not in great demand. An increase in circulation of 3,571 books of fiction and a decrease of 216 in non-fiction over last year's figures seem to indicate that adults are doing less serious read- ing and more reading for pleasure. This is not surprising, since the coming of peace has brought about a certain relaxation from the strain of four war years. Fiction reading, moreover, includes many so-called problem novels, serious novels dealing with social and economic ailments and racial conflicts. These novels have been appearing in abundance and are very popular.
Increasing use of the inter-library loan privilege is notice- able. The collections of foreign books, books in French, Italian,
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Polish and Greek which are borrowed from the Division of Public Libraries in Boston are read. 64 specific titles requested by in- dividuals on a variety of subjects ranging from the construction of a cess-pool to D. H. Lawrence were borrowed from the Division and other libraries!
Returning service men and women and other adults with more leisure time to read are already increasing the responsibilities of the library. High school students on rush days when a library assignment is given often occupy every available seat in the ref- erence and reading rooms, sometimes to the annoyance of the towns- people who come in to read newspapers and magazines. The children's room capacity, too, is often taxed to the limit, and our working space is cramped, yetless than one half of the population of South- bridge use the public library. To assure adequate service to all means, first of all, conforming to library standards which demand a budget of $21,250 as against our 1945 budget of $15,800. We are hopefully working toward this goal.
The present librarian was appointed to her position when Mrs. Hamilton resigned early in November. The responsibilities involved in the smooth running of a small but very active library like Jacob Edwards Memorial Library are numerous and require the cooperation of the library staff, the board of trustees and the patrons of the library. The librarian appreciates the confidence in her implied by her appointment by the board of trustees and hopes that with the continued cooperation the townspeople have given the library in the past, the standards of library service in Southbridge may measure up to the best in library service in the world.
STATISTICAL RECORD
Library
Jacob Edwards Memorial Library
Date of founding
1871
Population served
17,645
Days open during year
305
Hours open each week
66
Number of volumes January 1, 1945
29,100
Number of volumes added
1,298
New 1,207) Including 322 books by gift and
Replaced 91) transfer from Rental Collection
Number of volumes discarded
266
Number of volumes December 31, 1945
30,172
Number of registered borrowers (estimate)
6,500
Number of volumes lent for home use
96,657
LIBRARY STAFF
Librarian
Circulation Assistant
General Assistant
Elaine Van Nostrand Emma W. Falt Gertrude Peloquin
Janitor
Romualdo Di Bonaventura
PART TIME STAFF
Jean Small
Louise LeClair
Helen Rowley Marcia Small Panyota Kraly Nancy Hakala
Phyllis Horne
Jane Howarth
Respectfully submitted,
ELAINE VAN NOSTRAND Librarian
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TOWN OF SOUTHBRIDGE LIBRARY DEPARTMENT
THE JACOB EDWARDS MEMORIAL LIBRARY
1945 Receipts and Expenditures 1946 Budget Estimate
Item
RECEIPTS
TOWN OF SOUTHBRIDGE APPROPRIATION
$10,800.00
Less Refund to E. & D. a/c
674.75
$10,125.25
MYNOTT FUND
Bal. Jan. 1, 1945
63.89
Receipts 1945
83.89
Disbursements
19.72
19.72
Bal. Dec. 31, 1945
64.17
TRUSTEE FUNDS
Bal. Jan. 1, 1945
1231.98
Receipts
(Edwards Trusts)
4959.11
(Bradford Trust)
97.36
(Interest Spec. Res. )
96.66
6385.11
Trans. to Spec. Res.
2000.00
4385.11
Disbursements
3811.98
3,811.98
Operating Balance Dec. 31, 1945
573.13
SPECIAL RESERVE
Jan. 1, 1945
5000.00
1945 Addition
2000.00
Dec. 31, 1945
7000.00
TOTAL 1945 Receipts
$13,956.95
EXPENDI TURES
PAYROLL
Acct.
101 Librarian
102 Assistant or Acting Librarian
103 Regular Employees
104 Part-time Employees
105 Sunday Opening
$7,149.07 $8,500.00
BUILDING OPERATION EXPENSES
150 Payroll ยท Janitor
151 Payroll - Janitor's Helpers
301 Fuel
302
Light
303 Water
304 Supplies
305 Removal of Ashes, etc.
306 Misc. Expenses
2,741.96
2,835.00
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1945 Receipts
1945 Expenditures
1946 Budget
20.00
MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING EXPENSES
401
Telephone, Stationery and Postage
403 Desk & Office Supplies
404
Audit
405 Survey
406 Pension
407 Miscellaneous
$ 1,383.00
500.00
351
Building Maintenance
169.21
150.00
352
Grounds Maintenance
52.11
100.00
BOOKS & PERIODICALS
201
Books
2,295.68
2,600.00
250 Book Repairs
150.22
400.00
EQUIPMENT
501
Furniture & Fixtures
15.70
100.00
$13,956.95
$15,185.00
Special Appropriation for Building Repairs & Improvements (A)
1,000.00
$16,185.00
A. Special appropriation $5,000.00 requested by Trustees in 1941 to be appropriated by Town over a period of five years at the rate of $1,000.00 each year.
In view of existing conditions this appropriation was not granted for 1942, 1943, 1944 or 1945.
Trustees call attention to importance of this special appropriation being made available as soon as conditions warrant.
SUMMARY
1945 Budget
1945 Appropriation
1945 Expenditures
E
Amount
%
Amount
%
Amount
%
Normal Basis
10,800.00
68.35
10,800.00
73.00
10,800.00
11
Special Fund
1,000.00
6.33
--
1
Cr. to F&D a/c
11,800.00
10,800.00
10,125.25
72.54
ee Funds
Edwards)
4,000.00
25.32
4,000.00
27.00
3,811.98
27.32
4
ee Funds (Mynott)
15,800.00
100.00
14,800.00
100.00
13,956.95
100.00
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If the amount collected by Library and turned in to Town Treas - urer ($1,169.03) is taken into consideration, the net cost to tax- payers for 1945 ($8,986.47) is 61.55% of the cost for year.
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674,75
19.72
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202
Periodicals
Involves Lighting, Heating & Renovation
Attention is called to the estimated contribution for 1946 of 4000.00 from trust funds. On this basis the town cost will be only 75.29% of total budget including the special appropriation of $1000.00, if granted, and 73.66% if that special appropriation is not granted.
APPROVED BY TRUSTEES THE JACOB EDWARDS MEMORIAL LIBRARY
W. M. EDWARDS W. W. CRAWFORD GERTRUDE W. SMITH
O. J. LALIBERTE ARTHUR KAY G. B. WELLS/c N. W. PIOPPI
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REPORT OF TAX COLLECTOR
To the Citizens of Southbridge Massachusetts:
I wish to submit the following report as Collector of Taxes for the year December 31, 1945.
Taxes :
Levy of 1943
Payments to Treasurer
$103.82 $103.82
Taxes:
Levy of 1944
Outstanding January 1, 1945
$23,455.41
Payments to Treasurer.
$23,452.47
Tax Title Abated
1.10
$23,455.41
Taxes:
Levy of 1945
Payments to Treasurer
$544,646.96
Abated
5,631.42
Tax Title
160.37
Outstanding December 31, 1945
25,035.19
$575,473.94
Excise Taxes
Levy of 1944
Outstanding January 1, 1945
$115.60
Error in Abatement
.30
Warrant of January 4, 1945
4.00
$119.90
Payments to Treasurer
$100.55
Abated
27.90
Outstanding December 31, 1945 Refunds
4.00
$12.55
$119.90
Excise Taxes
Levy of 1945
$11,569.24
Payments to Treasurer
$11,275.47
Abated
163.13
Outstanding December 31, 1945 Refunds
189.97
$59.33 $11,569.24
Sewer Assessments
$43.57
Levy of 1944
Payments to Treasurer
$43.57
Sewer Assessment Interest
Levy of 1944
Outstanding January 1, 1945
$4.60
Payments to Treasurer
$4.60
Added Interest on Sewer Assessments
.86
Sidewalk Assessments
Levy of 1944
Outstanding January 1, 1945
$24. 46
Payments to Treasurer
$24. 46
Sidewalk Assessment Interest
Levy of 1944
Outstanding January 1, 1945
$2.94
Payments to Treasurer
$2.94
1.84
$575,473.94
$115.90
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$.28
Added Interest on Sidewalk Assessments
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Levy of 1945 Payments to Treasurer
$85.21 85.21
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Interest Levy of 1945
$5.84
Payments to Treasurer
5.84
Apportioned Sidewalk Assessments
Levy of 1945
$76.71
Payments to Treasurer
$58.92
Outstanding December 31, 1945
17.79
$76.71
Apportioned Sidewalk Assessment Interest
Levy of 1945
$4.60
Payments to Treasurer
$3.54
Outstanding December 31, 1945
1.06
$4.60
Unapportioned Sewer Assessments
Levy of 1945
$2719.90
Payments to Treasurer
$1494.04
Aba ted
325.53
To be added to 1946 Taxes
916.33
Refunds paid by Treasurer
$16.00
$2719.90
Warrant against Estate of Deceased
Exemption under Chapter 59, Sec 5a
$404.12
Outstanding December 31, 1945
404.12
Interest and costs on Taxes and Assessments
Levy of 1943
$14.61
Levy of 1944
535.33
Levy of 1945
208.10
$758.04
Grand total collected in the year 1945
$582,061.57
I wish to thank the citizens of Southbridge and the various Town Officials for their co-operation.
MEDERIC DUHAMEL
Tax Collector
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REPORT OF TOWN PLANNING BOARD
Citizens of the Town of Southbridge:
Your Planning Board herewith submits their report for the year 1945.
The board has functioned with four members only, as the other member, J. George Page, has been serving in the Navy, and only re- cently discharged.
During the year there were three petitions presented to the board, for amendments to the Zoning By-Laws and Map.
On Feb. 6th, 1945, a public hearing was held in our office relative to a petition presented to the board by Edmund H. Suprenant, relative to changing from a Two Family Dwelling Zone to a General Business District, a tract of land located at 549-608 Worcester Street, Easterly side, known as Lot #10, formerly owned by Joseph N. Dupaul, and adjoining land of Henry Dupaul. An article was in- serted in the warrant for the special town meeting held Dec. 27th, 1945, for action by the voters. The Planning Board recommended postponing this article to the Annual Town Meeting in March 1946, but this was voted down and the article approved by the voters.
On Dec. 10th, 1945, a public hearing was held in our office relative to two petitions presented to the board, namely; one by Raoul Gaulin, relative to changing from a Multiple Dwelling District to a Retail Business District, a tract of land, triangular in shape, at the junction of Elm and Everett Sts., adjoining land of Orise Leduc; the other petition signed by ten citizens of the town rela- tive to changing from a Single Dwelling District to a Retail Busi- ness District, a tract of land known as Lot #46, at the corner of Elm Street and Brook Road, also known as the Lebanon Park Develop- ment.
Two articles were inserted in the warrant for the special town meeting held Dec. 27th, 1945, for action by the voters. The Plan- ning Board recommended indefinite postponement for the article per- taining to Zoning change at Elm Street and Brook Road, the voters upheld our recommendation. We recommended postponement to the An- nual Town Meeting in March 1946, relative to the article pertain- ing to Zoning change at Elm and Everett Sts., the voters upheld our recommendation.
The Planning Board wishes to explain its stand relative to these Zoning Changes. First, we admit that the Zoning By-Laws and Map might not be 100% right, yet we must realize that same have been and will continue to be of real benefit to the town as time goes on, although you will have those property owners criticize these laws who did not attend the public hearings held previous to the adoption of the By-Laws, where they could have discussed the particular district in which their property was being placed in, and they would have had the co-operation of the Planning Board in office at that time. Secondly, we also admit that changes in the Zoning Laws and Map shall be required from time to time.
We do not think that good planning calls for approving the taking of one lot of land in a residential district and making same a retail business district except in cases of undue hardship to the property owners in the neighborhood. When the majority of the
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owners adjacent and near to, the petitioners' land, do not object, we are willing to abide by that decision and make our recommenda- tion accordingly. As the Zoning By-Laws were passed at an Annual Town Meeting we feel that any article pertaining to amendments to the Zoning should be acted upon at Annual Town Meetings only.
Respectfully submitted, R. A. BAIL
Chairman
EDWARD SEREMET, Sec'ty. ARTHUR LAPERLE MITCHELL KURPOSKA
J. GEORGE PAGE
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REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
In accordance with the law and custom, I submit the following report of the year ending December 31, 1945, giving names of mem- bers of the fire department, values of properties under my super- vision, 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 appropriation was $257.21. I recommend an appropriation of $79,344.02.
We responded to 18 bell alarms, and 257 still alarms. To tal 275 alarms.
288 Hydrants at $55.00 each per year $15,840.00.
The detailed report and budget follows:
Value of buildings
Loss on buildings
Insurance on buildings
Insurance paid on buildings
Value of contents
Loss on contents
Insurance on contents
$ 393,100.00 22,444.01 2,096,350.00 17,019.01 240,700.00 7,168.27 59,880.00
Insurance paid on contents
4,823,27
Inventory of the Fire Department
Two fire stations
$ 75,000.00
Fire apparatus
38,000.00
Fire Department supplies
9,000.00
Gamewell fire alarm system
7,000.00
ROSTER OF THE SOUTHBRIDGE FIRE DEPARTMENT
Chief Oswald Meunier
Deputy Chief George W. Laughnane
Permanent Firemen
George M. Lamothe, Captain Crew #1
Romeo Laroche
Ernest Collette
Ovila Donais
Edward Boucher
Emile Caouette
Napoleon Donais
Dan Daniels, Captain Crew #2 Archie Langevin Sylvio Carpentier Joseph Duffy Arthur Marand Henry Desourdy Harry Gendron
Callmen Hose #1
Michael Maloney, Captain
Hormidas Belanger, Lieut.
Napoleon Fontaine
Clarence Blais
Raymond Matte Hermas Lippe
Lionel Peloquin Leopold Langlois James Dunn
Elzear Dupuis Thomas Mannis Stewart Casavant
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Callmen .Aerial #1
Ovide Desrosier, Captain Eugene Blais, Lieut. Napoleon Blais Romeo Lippe Normand Larochelle
George Lavallee Arthur Durocher Louis Ciprari Raymond Dartt William Lapoint
Callmen Hose #2
Adelard Lepage, Captain Eugene Gaumond, Lieut. Biago Puccelli Aime Ravenelle Alexandre Daigle
Armand Gibeault Roy Proulx Archie Matte Rudolph Arpin George Plouffe
Supt. of Fire Alarm James C. Sandgren
January 7 - Still alarm at 2.40 p.m. Tenements at 142 Hamilton Street owned by Zenon Martel. Caused by overheated stove pipe. Insured.
January 8 Still alarm at 5.10 p.m. Tenements at 140 Chapin Street owned by Frank Iozzo. Caused by children
playing with matches. Insured.
January 30 - Still alarm at 10.42 a.m. Factory at 54 Eastford Road owned by Hyde Mfg. Co. Caused by spark from emery wheel. Insured.
February 22 Box 34 at 7. 45 p.m. Poultry house at Eastford Road owned by Romeo Lippe. Caused by overheated stove. Insured.
February 25 - Still alarm at 12.25 p.m. Tenements and stores at 308 Main Street owned by Costa Brothers. Caused
by careless smoking. Insured.
March 10
- Box 63 at 3.04 p.m. Tenement at 148 Mill Street owned by Alphege Therrien. Caused by careless smok-
ing. Insured.
April 16 Still alarm at 2.45 p.m. Poultry house at 388 Worces- ter Street owned by Louis Joseph. Caused by care- less smoking. Partly insured.
April 23
Still alarm at 10.15 a.m. Tenement at 449 Hamilton Street owned by Therese Richard. Caused by children playing with matches. Insured.
May 11 Still alarmat 10.45 a.m. Tenement at 289 Pleasant Street owned by Amedee Bouchard. Caused by over- heated stove pipe. Insured.
May 24 - Still alarm at 2.45 p.m. Factory at 47 Hartwell Street owned by Sam DiGregoria. Caused by discarded cigarette. Insured.
May 31
- Still alarm at 3.05 p.m. Store at 171 Elm Street owned by Chicoine Sisters. Caused by defective
wiring. Insured.
June 25 - Box 43 at 12.33 p.m. Oil shed at Sandersdale owned by Southbridge Finishing Company. Caused by spark
from motor. Insured.
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June 26
July 21
July 29
Still alarm at 5.00 a.m. Tenements at 45 Hartwell Street owned by William Boyle. Caused by light fixture. Insured.
August 8
Box 424 at 5.55 p.m. Factory at Sandersdale owned by Southbridge Finishing Company. Caused by spark from motor. Insured.
August 8
- Box 47 at 6.35 p.m. Tenements at 86 Worcester Street owned by Emile Berthiaume. Caused by spontaneous combustion. Insured.
August 9
- Box 434 at 3.54 p.m. Barn at Pleasant Street owned by Alfred Mckinstry. Caused by spontaneous com- bustion. Partly insured.
August 24
- Box 24 at 5.05 p.m. Stores at 6 Mill Street owned by George Laughnane . Caused by electric motor. In- sured .
September 14 - Still alarm at 11.40 a.m. Tenements at 608 Main Street owned by George Delehanty. Caused by melt- ing wax. Insured.
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