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Delphino Gonsales
4.00
R. D. Chase
8.00
James Cummings
4.00
James Cummings, horses
6.40
John Eldredge
12.00
William Walker
8.00
John Rano
8.25
Manuel Rose
12.25
Everett Ellis
8.00
Everett Ellis, horses
25.60
William P. Nichols
8.00
Frank Rose
4.00
Albert Gonsalves
8.00
Peter Gomes
4.00
Anabel Abrew
5.50
Clifton C. Nickerson
10.00
Watson B. Eldredge
3.85
Proportional part of oil, heating, labor, etc.
454.26
$892.76
Appropriation
$800.00
Exceeded
92.76
MIDDLE SECTION Crapo Road Charles H. Taylor, Commissioner
James Cummings 4.00
James Cummings, horses 6.40
81
Charles H. Taylor
20.00
Charles H. Taylor, horse
16.00
Arthur Ellis, horses
6.40
R. D. Chase
8.00
Barney Taylor
14.00
Levi Snow
6.00
Levi Snow, horse
4.80
Benjamin Ellis
4.00
Benjamin Ellis, horse
3.20
Everett Ellis
8.00
Everett Ellis, horses
19.20
Charles Allen
8.00
Charles Allen, horses
6.40
George B. Taylor
6.00
Thatcher Ellis
4.00
Peter Gomes
8.00
George Gomes
4.00
Manuel Rose
8.00
William Walker
4.00
William P. Nichols
4.00
Manuel Roderick
4.00
John Rano
4.00
Anabel Lopes
6.00
Ozias H. Bassett
4.00
Frank Rose
4.00
Albert Gonsales
4.00
J. G. Ryder
2.00
J. G. Ryder, horses
3.20
Charles H. Taylor
5.00
Proportional part of oil, heating, labor, etc.
129.78
$338.38
$350.00
11.62
Appropriation Unexpended
82 WEST SECTION Church-Depot Road Alton P. Hall, Commissioner
James Cummings
$8.75
J. Cummings, horses
30.00
Everett Baker
40.00
E. Baker, horse
27.20
John Wood
7.75
John Wood, horse
18.60
Eldorous Cahoon
7.75
Eld. Cahoon, horse
11.20
John Hall
17.00
J. Hall, horse
13.60
Richard Gray
4.25
Theodore Cahoon
15.75
T. Cahoon, horse
5.60
Alton Hall
58.00
A. Hall, horse
46.40
Nathan Smith
69.95
Earl Blending
48.75
Theodore Ellis
5.75
Albert Sanders
5.25
Amos Wixon
11.00
Herbert Berry
36.25
Joseph Snow
18.25
Everett Ellis
20.00
E. Ellis, horses
64.00
Willie Nichols
20.50
Frank Hall
11.75
Roscoe Chase
7.50
Ozias Bassett
18.00
Edward Chipman
4.00
83
Elmer Burnie
10.25
B. G. Sears
1.00
Harold Nevins
13.25
Earl Parker
13.25
Judson Chase
6.00
Norman Wixon
4.00
Willie Walker
8.00
Leon Smith
6.00
Marsh E. Chase
3.50
728.05
Proportional part of oil, heating, labor, etc.
519.14
$1,247.19
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Exceeded
247.19
WEST SECTION West Harwich-Kelley Road Alton P. Hall, Commissioner
James Cummings
$5.00
James Cummings, horse
8.00
Everett Baker
16.00
Everett Baker, horse
12.80
Earl Blending
4.00
Nathan Smith
6.00
Willie Burse
8.50
Dr. W. P. Barnes
24.15
Herbert Berry
2.00
Albert Sanders
4.00
84
Richard Gray
4.00
Walter Cahoon
4.00
Walter Cahoon, horse
1.60
Alton P. Hall
21.00
Alton P. Hall, horse
13.20
Frank Hall
2.00
Theodore Cahoon
2.00
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., cinders
73.31
211.39
Appropriation
$150.00
Exceeded
61.39
WEST SECTION New Brooks Road Alton P. Hall, Commissioner
Elijah Doane
$19.50
Frank Wixon
18.00
Amos Wixon
20.00
Harry Chase
19.25
Cohen Chase
15.50
C. Chase, horse
12.40
George Bush
8.00
G. Bush, horse
6.40
Alton Hall
20.00
A. Hall, horse
6.40
Grace B. Lane, land damage
12.00
157.45
Appropriation
$150.00
Exceeded
7.45
85
WEST SECTION North Harwich Oil Road Alton P. Hall Commissioner
William Walker
2.00
C. H. Taylor
8.00
C. H. Taylor, horse
6.40
Manuel Roderick 4.00
John Rano
4.00
Anabel Lopes
4.00
Manuel Rose
4.00
Frank Rose
4.00
Albert Gonsalves
4.00
Peter Gomes
4.00
Manuel Rose
10.75
Joseph Snow
20.00
Eldorus Cahoon, horse
4.60
Theodore Cahoon
13.75
John W. Hall
11.75
John W. Hall, horse
9.40
Arthur Cahoon
6.00
Emulous Hall
18.00
J. G. Ryder
3.00
J. G. Ryder, horse
4.80
Frank Hall
12.00
Manuel Sanders, horse
4.80
John Lopes
6.00
J. Lopes, horse
4.80
Gus Grace
6.00
Alton Hall
28.00
A. Hall, horse
22.40
Frank Hoyt
4.00
Ozias Bassett
2.00
George Goomes
8.75
86
William Nichols 2.00 Everett Ellis 2.00 E. Ellis, horse 6.40
Proportional part of oil, heating, labor, etc.,
324.46
$580.06
Appropriation
$500.00
Exceeded 80.06
We, the undersigned Auditors of Harwich, have this day examined the accounts of the Road Commis- sioners and find them correct.
EBENEZER WEEKES, CHARLES T. CHASE,
Auditors.
Report of the Park Commissioners
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1921, $188.28
Paid Leon H. Walker, cutting 10 cord wood, $40.00
Paid Wm. E. Barnes for work in
park,
12.50
$52.50
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1922, $135.78 Respectfully submitted, WALTER I. PAINE, Clerk and Treasurer.
We, the undersigned Auditors of the Town of Har- wich have this day examined the account of the Brooks Park Commission and find the same correct.
CHARLES T. CHASE, EBENEZER WEEKES,
Harwich, Jan. 9, 1922. Auditors.
Report of Trustees-Brooks Library
1921
Dr.
Jan. 1.
Cash on hand,
$316.88
Dec. 31. Received from rents, 325.75
Received from Town ap- propriation,
100.00
$742.63
1921 Dec. 31.
Cr.
Paid books,
$144.40
Librarian,
60.00
Janitors,
68.00
Repairs,
5.50
Re-insurance,
97.50
Coal and wood,
17.75
Delivering books,
51.50
Cash on hand,
297.98
Respectfully submitted, RALPH H. SNOW, LORING G. WILLIAMS, H. D. HANDY.
$742.63
89 LIBRARIANS' ACCOUNT
1921
Dr.
Jan. 1. Cash on hand,
$2.68
Collected for fines,
10.12
$12.80
Cr.
1
Paid Janitor,
$3.35
General expenses,
6.73
Cash on hand,
2.72
12.80
Respectfully submitted, L. B. TOBEY, S. L. UNDERWOOD, Librarians Brooks Library.
We, the undersigned Auditors of the Town of Har- wich, have this day examined the books and vouchers of the Trustees and Librarians of Brooks Library and found the same correct.
CHARLES T. CHASE, EBENEZER WEEKES,
Auditors.
Harwich, Jan. 9, 1922.
Report of Trustees-Caleb Chase Fund
1921 Interest Account. Dr.
Dec. 31
Received Interest for the
Year,
$485.70
1921
Cr.
Dec. 31
Paid Overseers of the Poor
485.70
1921 Statement of Investments.
Dec. 31 1,000 N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. 5% Bond, $1,000.00
1,000 Middlesex and Bos- ton St. Ry., 41/2 % Bond 950.00
1,000 Boston & Albany R. R. 4% Bond, 917.39
1,000
Mass. Gas
Co.'s
41/2 % Bond,
945.00
1,000 Am. Tel. & Tel. Co. 5% Bond, 980.00
2,000 U. S. Liberty Loan, 41/4 % Bond, 2,000.00
2,000 U. S. Liberty Loan, 414 % Bond, 1,892.88
10 Shares W. L. Douglas
Shoe Co.,
1,000.00
Deposit C. C. F. C. S. Bank, 314.73
$10,000.00
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Respectfully submitted,
DARIUS WEEKES, THEOPHILUS B. BAKER, WALTER EMERY, HENRY T. COBB, JOSEPH B. ATKINS, JOSEPH K. ROBBINS, JOSEPH A. SNOW, Trustees, Caleb Chase Fund.
We, the undersigned Auditors of the Town of Har- wich, have this day examined the books and vouchers of the Treasurer for the Trustees Caleb Chase Fund and find the same correct.
CHARLES T. CHASE, EBENEZER WEEKES,
Auditors.
Harwich, Jan. 3, 1922.
Treasurer's Report
Balance from 1920
Herring Brook
$3,158.61 1900.00
Inspection of animals
100.00
Town of Dennis
438.33
General oil, Town of Dennis
2.60
Tuition of children
448.50
Smith-Hughes
193.83
Brooks' Medal
46.90
Outside Poor
149.79
Caroline de Bingo
176.00
Income tax
758.00
Moths a/c,
459.05
Exchange a/c, rent
400.01
heat and gas
97.50
66
hall
76.00
Interest a/c, Bank
86.91
Licenses
28.50
Bills payable
48,000.00
Corporation tax, domestic
53.22
Mass. School Fund
897.08
Dog licenses
264.00
Vocational Education fund
878.17
Corporation tax, foreign
622.23
Interest, Caleb Chase fund
485.70
Telephone
.60
Ambulance
43.00
Income tax, school fund
2,210.00
93
Nat'l Bank tax
150.73
Burial of soldiers
60.00
State Aid
834.00
Soldiers' exemption
105.86
Department of Education
733.43
Almshouse
3.00
Second District Court
438.00
State Forestry
96.44
Corporation tax, public service
793.12
Income tax, general purposes
2,010.14
Weights and Measures
34.37
Department of Labor
36.00
62,211.01
Chas. D. Holmes, 1918
133.70
Chas. D. Holmes, 1919
1,224.80
Chas. D. Holmes, 1920
4,169.94
Chas D. Holmes, 1921
59,225.17 $64,753.61
Cemetery lots
78.00
$132,101.23
Town Orders
130,795.98
Balance
$1,305.25
We, the undersigned Auditors of the town of Har- wich, have this day examined the books and vouchers of the Town Treasurer and find the same correct.
CHARLES T. CHASE, EBENEZER WEEKES, EPHRAIM H. DOANE,
Auditors
Harwich, Jan. 14, 1922.
Town Clerk's Report
Report of Annual Town Meeting, February 7, 1921
Article 1. On motion voted that Alton P. Goss cast one ballot for John H. Paine for Moderator and he was declared elected and duly sworn.
Article 2. Motion Alton P. Goss voted pay Col- lector 21/2 % .
Article .3. Following tellers appointed: Barna- bas L. Taylor, Geo. W. Banspach, Cleon S. Crowell, Winslow B. Sawyer, Caleb Chase and Clarkson P. Bearse at ballot box.
The ballot box being duly examined and found empty and voting began at 9 o'clock, Miss Alexcena Berry being first voter.
On motion T. H. Nickerson when this meeting ad- journ it do so at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning. Voted.
The polls closed at 2:15 P. M. and the check lists, ballot box count and the ballots were found to agree' and the total number of votes cast was 523. Counting closed at 5 P. M. and the following result was an- nounced by Town Clerk: 384 Men, 139 Women.
Town Clerk
Nathan C. Underwood 447
Blanks 76
523
95
Treasurer
N. Carryl Underwood 428 Blanks 95
523
Selectmen
J. Freeman Ryder
318
John T. Wood
187
Blanks
541
1,046
Assessor
J. Freeman Ryder
313
John T. Wood
192
Blanks
541
1,046
Road Commissioner
Alonzo Nickerson
389
Blanks
134
523
Constables
Roger L. Bassett
155
Elisha H. Bearse
273
Harry H. Chase
135
E. Harold Ellis
134
Isaiah Kelley
268
Daniel B. Oliver
34
Laban Snow
246
Blanks
2,416
3,661
96
School Committee
J. Burleigh Atkins
349
F. D. Underwood Isaiah Kelley Blanks
1
1
172
523
Herring Committee
Emulous A. Cahoon
261
Eldorus D. Cahoon
275
Willis B. Chase
225
Emulous Hall
216
Jeremiah F. Walker
137
Blanks
1,501
F
2,615
Auditors
Charles T. Chase
404
Ebenezer Weekes
370
Blanks
272
1,046
Tax Collector
Charles D. Holmes
433
Walter I. Paine
1
Blanks
89
523
Park Commissioner
Cyrenus S. Hunt
395
Blanks 128
523
97
Trustee Brooks Library
Ralph H. Snow, 3 years
400
Cyrenus S. Hunt, 2 years
9
Harry D. Handy, 1 year
2
Blanks 1,158
1,569
License
Yes
137
No
195
Blanks
714
1,046
Adjourned to Tuesday, 9 o'clock.
Tuesday, February 8, 1921.
Opened at 9:15 A. M., Moderator Paine in chair. Officers elect sworn by Clerk Underwood. The Mod- erator requested all voters, male and female, to take seats on floor of hall.
Article 4. Field Drivers and Fence Viewers left to Selectmen. Tree Warden, Arthur F. Cahoon. Sur- veyors of Wood and Lumber, Charles E. Hamer, James M. Moody. Trustees Caleb Chase Fund, Harwichport, Theophilus B. Baker; East Harwich, Walter Emery ; West Harwich, Henry T. Cobb; South Harwich, Darius Weekes; Pleasant Lake, J. Burleigh Atkins; North Harwich, Joseph A. Snow; Harwich Center, Joseph K. Robbins.
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Article 5. Motion Alton P. Goss accepted as printed.
Article 6. Motion Thomas H. Nickerson, "That the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be, and hereby is, authorized to borrow money, from time to time, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1921, and to issue a note, or notes, therefor payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year."
Article 7. Motion J. B. Atkins that a Committee be appointed, consisting of the Selectmen, School Com- mittee, Chairman Road Commissioners, Treasurer, Supt. Schools and one from each post office district as follows: H. C., J. K. Robbins; H. P., A. H. Matson; S. H., E. H. Sawyer; E. H., C. R. Clark; P. L., J. N. Atkins; W. H., William P. Barnes; N. H., A. P. Hall, to bring in appropriations for town expenses for the ensuing year. Moderator instructed this Committee to meet, during the noon hour and report at beginning of afternoon session. Article 7 laid on table.
Article 8. R. W. Doane motion be accepted. Voted.
Article 9. Motion Arthur F. Cahoon appropriate $200. Voted. Motion Chas. R. Clark Arthur F. Ca- hoon chosen Director.
Article 10. Motion Clenric H. Cahoon indefi- · nitely postponed.
Article 11. Motion W. P. Barnes indefinitely postponed.
Article 12. Motion Everett W. Eldredge be ac- cepted and adopted. Not a vote.
Article 13. Motion E. H. Doane indefinitely post- poned.
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Article 14. Motion C. H. Cahoon accepted and adopted and $150 appropriated.
Article 15. Motion E. W. Eldredge appropriate $1,500 if $1,000 is raised by public subscription. A motion J. W. Atkins 3 annual payments $500 each, 1921-1922-1923. Motion C. H. Cahoon be erected in Brooks Park by the Selectmen. Mrs. Allison suggested Lovers' Lane. Question called and Cahoon's motion carried by rising vote. 127 Yes, 105 No.
Article 16. Thomas H. Nickerson gave estimates $1,800 for painting, $1,000 shingling. Motion E. W. Eldredge necessary repairs be made and omit paint- ing. Not a vote. Motion J. B. Atkins make repairs including painting. Motion J. K. Robbins $3,000, $500 a year, not a vote. Motion J. K. Robbins to shingle at $1,000. Motion E. W. Eldredge make amount $1,500. Voted. Motion B. Cleveland Bassett put out on con- tract and specification and given to lowest bidder.
Article 17. Thomas H. Nickerson gave estimate $600 to $650. Walter Emery advised pressure tank system for the four toilets. E. W. Eldredge asked guarantee of $700 and Mr. Emery gave it and voted to raise and appropriate $700.
Article 18. T. H. Nickerson gave estimates $2,150. Motion Charles T. Chase. Voted indefinitely postponed.
Article 19. Indefinitely postponed on motion E. W. Eldredge.
Article 20. Charles E. Hamer of Road Commit- tee said the scope of the committee was too limited and on motion of Charles H. Hammond voted to add to the power of the committee to cover all road con- struction and repairs called for by all road articles. Motion Walter Emery voted $1,000 for the article.
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Article 21. Motion Geo. M. Bush repair with cinders and appropriate $1,000. Motion Barnes voted to make amount $1,500 as far as it will go.
Adjourned for dinner.
Called to order at 1:15 P. M.
Article 7. Taken from table. Motion R. W. Doane sereatum, lost. Motion W. P. Barnes accepted as read. Motion by R. W. Doane accepted all except schools. Motion by R. W. Doane no part of appropria- tion for schools be used for the Agricultural School and it be discontinued after the expiration of the con- tract with the teacher. Charles H. Hammond gave long account of the schools at Orleans and remarks by J. N. Atkins, Arthur F. Cahoon, J. B. Atkins, F. D. Underwood, E. H. Doane, Mrs. Helen Kurtz, C. E. Hamer, Supt. Williams, J. K. Robbins, Mrs. Mary Syl- via. Mr. Doane's motion was lost. Motion J. K. Rob- bins $25,000 for schools. Voted.
Mr. James S. Smyser asked for reconsideration of Article 15, relating to the Soldiers' Memorial, stating his reason that the woman war workers should be in- cluded in the memorial and suggested that some pub- lic improvement such as a road, hall or something of that sort in honor of the service men and women in place of a monument or tablet in the Park. Motion lost.
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Appropriations
Almshouse
$2,500
Outside poor
2,500
Poor of other cities and towns
200
Tax abatements
500
Miscellaneous
1,800
Town officers
2,500
Schools
25,000
Election officers
75
State Aid
900
Insurance
625
Inspection animals
300
Board of Health
400
Fire Warden
400
Repairs public buildings
300
Snow
100
Fences and rails
500
Bridges
400
General repairs
3,000
Oil road patching
1,000
State macadam
65.0
Interest
1,500
Gypsy and brown tail
800
State and County tax
12,000
Suppression crime
200
Treasurer's bond
35
Fish Warden
25
Hearings
150
Second District Court
200
Moderator
10
Tax Collector's commission
1,300
Brooks' Library
100
...
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102
Chase Library
50
Harwichport Library
50
Fire Engine Loan
1,000
Weights and Measures
200
Henry M. Small road
500
North Harwich
500
Allen's Harbor
400
Electric lights
750
Storing ambulance
50
Article 9, Farm Bureau
200
Article 14, road near Allen's Harbor
150
Article 15, Memorial
1,500
Article 16, Exchange
1,500
Article 17, toilets
700
Article 20, Depot road, W. H.,
1,000
Article 21, Lower Bridge
1,500
Article 22, Harwich Depot to H. Phillips
500
Article 23, Robert Kelley road
150
Article 24, Winslow Sawyer road
1,000
Article 25, South Harwich road
500
Article 26, Julien road
500
Article 27, Electric, parallel
200
Article 28, Electric bank
250
Article 29, Crapo
350
Article 30, Snow Inn
800
Article 31, Shell road
800
Total,
$75,070
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Article 22. Motion C. D. Hall voted $500.
Article 23 Motion Wm. P. Barnes voted $150 for cinders.
Article 24. Report of Committee be accepted and recommended adopted and $1,000 voted.
Article 25. Motion Walter Emery $500 be reap- propriated, to be used at discretion of Road Commis- sioners.
Article 26. Motion Ralph F. Gorham $500 to make road passable.
Article 27 Discussion by J. N. Atkins, L. G. Wil- liams, J. K. Robbins, Mrs. U. D. Phillips, Mrs. Geo. W. Cobb, E. Harold Ellis, C. H. Cahoon, A. F. Cahoon. Motion L. G. Williams adopted by standing vote, 109 to 32. $200.
Article 28. Motion C. P. Bearse accepted. $250.
Article 29. Motion Walter Emery accepted. $350.
Article 30. Motion Chas. H. Hammond accepted. $800.
Article 31. Motion Walter Emery accepted. $800.
Article 32. £ Motion Geo. W. Banspach wages re- main same. Voted.
Adjourned at 4 o'clock.
A true copy. Attest :
NATHAN C. UNDERWOOD,
Town Clerk.
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Town Clerk's Report of Births Recorded in the Town of Harwich in 1921
DATE
NAME OF CHILD
NAME OF PARENTS
1920
Dec. 29
Marjory Mae Brown
1921
Jan. 10
Bassett
Jan.
13
Charles Albert Hall
Jan.
14
Bassett
Jan.
30
Benjamin Robert Graves, Jr.
Feb.
16
Harry Humphrey Chase, Jr.
Mar.
2
Charles Ross Bassett
Mar.
10
Dorothea Hope Thornton
Mar.
15
Donald Eugene Hall
1
Apr.
4
Chase
Apr.
6
Edith Evelyn Williams
Apr.
14
Mary Atkins Nickerson
Apr.
27
Charles William Hall
Apr.
29
Alonzo Leslie Kendrick
June
4
Robert Valmer Paine
June
23
July
5
Webster Urban Eldredge Jr.
July
12
Warener Coulson
July
22
Bearse
July
28
(Premature Child)
Aug.
2
Young
Aug.
10
Lee
Aug.
27
Harold Allen Chipman
Aug.
30
Mary Hazel Bassett
Oct.
22
(Premature Infant) Whiteley
Oct.
23
Mary Eva Nevins
Nov.
8
Eunice Geneva Moody
Nov.
18
George Everett Gray, Jr.
Nov.
20
Rogers
Nov.
24
Gershom Davis Hall, Jr.
Nov.
30
Small
Laura Brown
Roger L. Bassett, Madeline A. Beaupre E. Edward Hall, Lillian M. Thornton Benjamin F. Bassett, Myra T. West Benjamin Robert Graves, Hilda Madeline Sippel
Harry Humphery Chase, Bernice O. Bassett Charles A. Bassett, Alice A. Ross Roy Thornton, Lucille Rachel Sisson Charles Frederick Hall, Christine Louise Nickerson
Sylvanus Arthur Chase, Lula May McGill Ralph W. Williams, Lillian V. Lincoln Warren Sears Nickerson, Donna M. Corliss Millard Parker Hall, Muriel Idella Nevins Bernard Leslie Kendrick, Annie Lee Gage John Howard Paine, Mildred Beatrice Williams
Long
Elliot A. Long, Delia M. Bassett Webster Urban Eldredge, Della Howes Henry Issac Coulson, Maud Davis Eldredge Ethan A. Bearse, Effie Mae Grant Ziba Nickerson, Lillian Louise Chase S. Randolph Young, Alice E. Emery Cyrus Cahoon Lee, Avis May Allen Edward Allen Chipman, Betsey Emily Ellis Henry F. Bassett, Mary G. Sullivan Robert Alfred Whitely, Clara Patience Pierce John J. Nevins, Mary Lesser Pierce George Munsell Moody, Blanche M. Ryder George Everett Gray, Blanche Louise Nicker- son
Preston A. Rogers, Ida E. Grant Gershom Davis Hall, Blanche Mae Clifford Linwood E. Small, Margaret T. McNeeley
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BIRTHS-Continued
PORTUGESE
DATE
NAME OF CHILD
NAME OF PARENTS
1921
Mar. 14 Mar. 30
Ethel G. Roderick
Norman M. Pena
Apr. 11
Mike Gomes, Jr.
Apr. June
31
Lena P. Fernandez
July July
18
Elizabeth Viera
Robert Fortes
Rose
Clara J. Perry
Nov. 4
Wallace Manuel Raneo
Nov. 12
Beatrice Lopes
Nov.
22
Pearl Roma Lombard
Nov. 25
Lewis A. Pena
Peter Gomes, Carolina P. Gomes Antone Roderick, Bessie Gonsalves Julia Pena
Mike Gomes, Viola F. Pena Joseph Fernandez, Mary Pena
Joseph Neves, Josephine Gonsalves
Aug. Aug.
20 17 19
Manuel Viera, Margurette Gomes Ayres A. Fortes, Anna M. Lopes Henry Rose, Laura Pena John M. Perry, Jennie Silva Antone Raneo, Balbina Raneo
Gideon Lopes, Mary Lopes Charles Joseph Lombard, Mary Louise Silver Frank Pena, Rosie Pena
Gomes
Apr. 4
21
Neves
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Town Clerk's Report of Marriages Recorded in the Town of Harwich for the Year 1921
DATE
NAME OF PARTIES
AGE
RESIDENCE
1920
Jan.
7
Horace L. Nickerson Minnie Ella Bucklin
56
Providence, R. I. Apponaug, R. I.
1921
Feb.
27
Millard P. Hall Muriel I. Nevins
21
Harwich West Harwich
Mar.
3 Roger Weston Tillson Effie M. Cahoon
22
Harwich
22
Pleasant Lake
Mar.
8 Clarence M. Burgess Edna Mae Haswell
17
Harwich Yarmouth
Mar.
12
Henry Counsell Ruth Mallows Baker
36
Vineyard Haven Harwich
Apr.
26
Michael Cavanaugh Katherine Shea
37
Harwichport Boston
May
8 Charles C. Allen Mrs. Willis F. Wright®
54
Harwich Harwich
May
15 George Reevis Doyle Edith Lynette Kendrick
22
New Orleans
18
East Harwich
May
25
Elmer L. V. Bassett Imogene H. Nickerson
28
Harwich Harwich
June
29 William Francis Webster Beatrice Earle Eldridge
24
Chatham East Harwich
June
30 Walter L. Knapton Berta M. Phillips
19
St. Paul, Minn. Harwichport
July
10 Hillard E. Hopkins Gladys Ramona Newcomb
18
Harwichport
July
23 Zack Roderick Mary Rose
32 17 Falmouth Harwich
July
30 Ziba C. Nickerson Lillian L. Chase
25
Chatham
16 Harwich
42
18
17
26
31
46
39
24
26
21
North Harwich
.
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MARRIAGES-Continued
DATE
NAME OF PARTIES
AGE
RESIDENCE
July
30
Albert Welsey Higgins Pauline Melba Nickerson
27 19
Harwich Chatham
Aug.
13
John Henry Taber Cora Mae Young
26
39 Brewster Brewster
Aug.
27 Joseph Custodei Emma Leite
37
East Harwich
27
Harwich
Sept.
4
James Frederick Kelley Margaret Campbell
30 28
North Harwich
Newton Highlands
Sept.
19
Richard S. O'Brien Belle Anne Stiener
20
Hyannis Hyannis
Oct.
1 Howard C. Doane Ruth E. Hall
22
Dennisport Harwich
Oct.
9 Wilfred A. Ellis Agnes A. Phillips
28 22
Dennisport
Nov.
2 Fidel Rose Marguerite Dis Reis
39
Harwich Harwich
Dec.
21 Bradford Lindsey Barrett Doris Elizabeth Holmes
22 19
Springfield, Mass. Harwich
18
19
West Harwich
38
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Town Clerk's Report of Deaths Recorded in the Town of Harwich in the Year 1921
DATE
NAME OF DECEASED
YMD
CAUSE OF DEATH
1921
Jan.
7
Webster D. Hall
78 2 26 La Grippe
Jan.
9
Irene Ryder
78 7 28 Mitral Incompetency and Aortic Incompetency
Jan.
30
Sally S. Freeman
94 0 9 Angina Pectoris
Feb.
6
Charles H. Taylor
72 8 0 Chronic Interstitial Nephritis
Mar.
11. Martin L. Robbins
71| 51 Angina Pectoris
Mar.
13 Infant son of Peter and Caroline Gomes
10 min. Congenital Weak Heart
Mar.
21 Franklin S. Doane
71 0 13 Carcinoma of prostrate
Mar.
23 Mirian C. Small
69 8 16 Cerebral hemorrhage
Mar.
30 Stephen Decatur Rich
68 0 0 Acute nephritis
Apr. 4 Ahira S. Chase
66| 7
5 Carcinoma of prostate
May
2 Beatrice Edna Abrew
1 Chronic Bronchitis
May
3 Charles William Hall
0
0 6 Premature Birth 0
June
27 Sarah D. Eldredge
76|10 1 Arterio Sclerosis
July 23 Domingo Fernand
61 0 0 Pulmonary Tuberculosis
July 24 Clara A. Atkins
76|11|12 Carcinoma of colon
July 28 No Name (Nickerson)
0 0 0 Premature miscarriage
Aug.
23 William H. Bourne
64| 3|29 Arterio Sclerosis
Sept.
29 James F. Cahoon
70 2 1 Senile dementia
Sept.
30 David R. Ginn
77 4 29 Cerebral hemorrhage
Apr.
22 Harry H. Chase, Jr.
0 2 6 Whooping Cough 21
May
4 Alonzo Leslie Kendrick
0 5 Cerebral hemorrhage
109
DEATHS-Continued
DATE
NAME OF DECEASED
YMD
CAUSE OF DEATH
1921
Oct. 12
Laura Nickerson
74 1 28 Apoplexy
Oct.
12
Emma Eliza Small
70
1 17 Bronchial Pneumonia
Oct.
12 Paul Turner Draper
58
0 6 Angina Pectoris
Oct.
14 Laura T. Weld
76 0 0 Chronic Interstitial Nephritis
Oct.
17 Elvira R. Cahoon
80 1 11 Arterio Sclerosis
Oct.
23
No Name (Whiteley)
6 hours Premature Infant
Oct.
28
Mary Elizabeth Higgins
76 11 15 Cancer of Intestine
Nov.
3 Roxanna O. Chase
84 1 23 Arterio Sclerosis
Nov.
5 Achsah Taylor
91 4 1 Arterio Sclerosis
Nov. 6 Albert Hall
74 2 22 Acute Indigestion
Nov.
14 Charles H. Weeks
56 2 23 Caricoma of Sigmoid Flexure
Nov.
17 Julia C. Donnell
66 8 13 Pernicious Anemia
Nov.
28 Hannah A. Childs
86 2 14 Cancer of Uterus
Dec.
6
Bernard Jasper Small
0 0 6 Premature Baby
Town Meeting Warrant, 1922
Barnstable, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Harwich, in said County,
Greeting :-
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Harwich, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet at Exchange Hall in said town, on Mon- day, February 6, 1922, at 8:30 o'clock in the forenoon to act on the following articles :-
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to act in said meet- ing.
Article 2. To determine the rate per cent to be paid the Tax Collector for the collection of the warrant of 1922.
Article 3. To choose on one ballot the following Town Officers and Committees :- Town Clerk and Treas- urer for one year; one Selectman and Overseer of the Poor for three years; three Herring Committee for one year; one Tax Collector for one year; two Auditors for one year; three Constables for one year; one Assessor for three years; one School Committee for three years ; one Road Commissioner for three years; one Trustee Brooks Library for three years; one Park Commissioner
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for three years and one Park Commissioner for two years.
Article 4. To choose all other necessary Town Of- ficers and Committees.
Article 5. To hear the report of all Town Officers and Committees for the year 1921 and act fully thereon.
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