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Young Bros., Groceries
100.89
Emulous E. Hall, Groceries
58.36
E. L. Stokes, Groceries
42.17
Charles C. Allen, Wood
37.00
John P. Nickerson, Medical Aid
9.25
E. M. Robbins, Groceries
69.49
Charles D. Hall, Coal
71.00
A. H. Bassett, Groceries
36.69
P. L. Nickerson, Medicines
14.77
$2,740.89
OUTSIDE POOR
Dr.
Cr.
Appropriation $4,000.00
Payments
$2,712.16
Interest C. Chase
Unexpended
1,829.48
Fund 541.64
$4,541.64
$4,541.64
40
Paid J. F. Tobey & Son, Groceries $247.50
Arthur M. Ellis, Carting Coal 2.00
Smith R. Kelley, Coal
113.50
Charles H. Taylor, Wood
8.00
W. Sears Nickerson, Funeral Expense
30.00
John Condon, Shoes
86.47
Charles D. Hall, Coal
286.75
E. G. Eldredge, Groceries
322.32
George B. Stearns, Milk
4.34
Jos. Ramos, Milk
38.36
J. Freeman Ryder, Wood
11.00
J. O. Hulse, Groceries
430.74
A. H. Bassett, Groceries
115.92
Clara M. Fogg, Rent
60.00
M. Siebenmann, Coal
9.00
Goss Print, Citation
4.00
E. M. Robbins & Son, Groceries
159.00
Manuel Lopes, Wood
3.00
Cape Cod Hospital
98.92
Town of Yarmouth
14.80
Allison S. Bassett, Rent
23.33
Gershom D. Hall, Groceries
79.64
Emulous E. Hall, Groceries
81.57
Town of Danvers
139.60
Emma Morrill, Board
122.00
John P. Nickerson, Medical Aid
220.40
$2,712.16
41
POOR OF OTHER CITIES AND TOWNS
Appropriation
$200.00
Payments $844.45
Exceeded
644.45
$844.45
$844.45
Due from State
$844.45
SUMMARY OF POOR ACCOUNT
Dr.
Cr
Almshouse Appro-
Almshouse Pay-
priation
$2,700.00
ments
$2,740.89
Outside Poor
Appropriation 4,000.00
Outside Poor
Payments
2,712.16
Poor Other Cities
and Towns
200.00
Poor Other Towns
Payments
844.45
Interest Caleb
Unexpended
1,173.27
Chase Fund
541.64
Almshouse Receipts 29.13
$7,470.77
$7,470.77
Number of inmates in Almshouse 4 Number of Persons partially supported 42
Respectfully submitted,
EPHRAIM H. DOANE,
CHARLES T. CHASE, WILLIE L. KELLEY.
Report of Supt. of Streets
No. 3 SECTION REMOVING TREES AFTER STORM Alonzo Nickerson, Supt. of Streets
Joe Ramon
$3.00
Everett Ellis
18.00
Everett Ellis, horse
40.10
Harold Ellis
8.00
Lester Eldredge
1.25
A. D. McIntire
1.25
J. J. Erickson
2.00
Bertram Crosby
2.00
Howard Cahoon
8.00
William Nichols
2.00
Harry Thornton
1.50
Oscar Burgess
24.00
Watson Eldredge, 2 grub hoes
3.50
Watson Eldredge, 3 axes
6.75
Watson Eldredge, rope
.68
Watson Eldredge, 1 saw
3.75
Bertram Crosby, 1 saw
3.50
$1,139.58
43 No. 2 SECTION REMOVING TREES AFTER STORM
Tony Price
$1.50
Manuel Thatcher
1.50
Louie Handler
1.50
Jim Smith
4.00
Thomas Rogers
20.00
Walter Cahoon
4.00
Theodore Cahoon
12.00
Marshall Chase
8.00
Sam Ryder
2.00
Frank Holt
4.00
Henry Barstow
6.50
Mr. Washburn
4.00
Edgar Cahoon
39.50
Joseph Grace
4.00
Prince Hall
4.00
Antone Tereasa
15.50
Ebenezer Weeks
2.00
Howard Doane
2.00
George Small
2.00
R. H. Small, truck
8.00
Fred Black
4.50
Alexander Chase
59.50
James Baker
36.00
Obed Nickerson
4.00
Arthur Bassett
45.00
Amos Wixon
36.00
Henry M. Small
61.50
Milton Small
5.50
Earl Parker
20.00
Leon Smith
20.00
44
Ozias Bassett
1.50
Aaron Baker
5.00
Aaron Baker, horse
4.00
George Sisson
1.50
Henry Nickerson
1.00
Roy Lopes
1.50
James Rogers
7.50
No. 1 SECTION REMOVING TREES AFTER STORM
Alonzo Nickerson
$105.00
Alonzo Nickerson, truck
104.00
Leon Kendrick
1.50
Reuben Kendrick.
1.00
Francis Kendrick
1.00
Wallace Harding
43.50
Brenton Wixon
1.50
Charlie Bassett
1.50
Dick Cheaver
1.50
John Kendrick
2.00
James Roderick
3.00
Obed Nickerson
9.00
Frank Wixon
4.00
Howard Cahoon
32.50
Manuel Roderick
29.75
Manuel Antone
67.50
Bernard Wixon
4.00
Chester Doane
1.50
Rena Doane
.50
William Eldredge
1.50
Joe Monroe
1.75
45
Will Crowell
1.75
M. A. Jones
5.25
Alton Hall
25.50
Alton Hall, horse
.80
Alton Hall, truck
47.00
Eldorous Cahoon
37.50
Snow Rose
1.50
Antone Roderick
1.50
Dolphin Gonsales
1.50
Joseph Ferdinand
1.50
Roger Nunes
1.50
Tony Thatcher
1.50
Manuel Nunes
1.50
Henry Nunes
1.50
Domingo Rose
1.50
Tony Nunes
1.50
BURNING DUMP
Alonzo Nickerson
$30.00
Alonzo Nickerson, truck
15.00
Manuel Rose
20.00
Manuel Ferdinand
15.00
Wesley Higgins
15.00
Wallace Harding
11.00
Alec Chase
12.75
Manuel Antone
12.75
H. M. Small
11.00
Cleveland Bassett, 10 gals. gasoline
1.80
Appropriation
$144.30
$150.00
Unexpended
$5.70
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FENCES AND RAILINGS
Alonzo Nickerson
$50.00
Alonzo Nickerson, truck
34.00
Wesley Higgins 58.00
Earnest Nickerson
31.25
H. M. Small
38.00
Oscar Burgess
23.50
Eldorous Cahoon
29.50
Eldorous Cahoon, horse
7.80
Marshall Chase
25.50
Edgar Cahoon
11.50
Walter Cahoon
10.00
Aaron Baker
16.00
Aaron Baker, horse
12.80
Andrew Chase
16.00
Byron Oliver
16.00
A. H. Bassett, paint and turpentine
24.40
Randolph Young, paint and turpentine
7.80
Alpheus Howes, paint, turpentine and brush
21.05
Watson Eldredge, 1 post-hole digger
2.50
Hiram Colton, wire and nails
1.61
William Barnes, lumber
12.17
Harwich Lumber Co., lumber and nails
158.11
William Barnes, 259 posts
207.50
Robin Hood Inn, proportional part of fence
75.00
$899.99
Appropriation
$1,000.00
TTnexpended
$100.01
47 BRIDGES
Alonzo Nickerson
$5.00
Aaron Baker
13.25
Aaron Baker, horse
10.60
Andrew Chase
8.25
Eldorous Cahoon
24.50
Eldorous Cahoon, horse
12.00
Walter Cahoon
18.50
Marshall Chase
6.00
Harwich Lumber Co., lumber and nails
76.46
Beiger Mfg. Co., pipe of culvert
36.72
$211.28
Appropriation
1,000.00
Unexpended
788.72
CRANE SHEPARD ROAD
Alonzo Nickerson
40.00
Alonzo Nickerson, truck
3.00
Manuel Antone
25.00
Robert Pierce
13.50
Everett Ellis
20.00
Everett Ellis, horses
28.00
William Nichols
12.00
Charlie Antone
8.00
Willis Nickerson
35.00
Andrew Chase
32.50
Henry Chase
9.00
Aaron Baker
37.00
48
Áaron Baker, horse 25.90
Mrs. Willis B. Chase, 94 loads loam
9.40
$298.30
Appropriation
300.00
Unexpended
$1.70
GENERAL REPAIRS, CHAPTER 81
Alonzo Nickerson, labor, trucks and men
$8,453.51
N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. Co., freight and cinders 2,424.68
New Haven Trap Rock Co., stone
136.16
Standard Oil Co., cold patch
177.09
C. E. Beckman Co., O. K. Asphalt
65.00
Barrett Co., cold patch 190.86
N. E. Road Machine Co., repairs on scraper
10.50
Texas Co., liquid asphalt
1,313.48
Hedge & Mathias Co. 178.72
$12,950.00
SOUTH COUNTY ROAD
Alonzo Nickerson
$2.50
Aaron Baker
2.50
Aaron Baker, horse
1.75
Andrew Chase
2.50
Robert Pierce
2.50
Manuel Antone
4.00
Charlie Antone
1.50
49
1.50
Alec Chase Quentin Cahoon
1.50
Charlie Taylor
1.50
Everett Ellis
1.50
Everett Ellis, horses
4.80
$28.05
Appropriation
50.00
Unexpended
$21.95
We, the undersigned, Auditors of the Town of Harwich, have this day examined the accounts of the Superintendent of Streets and find the same correct.
FRANK I. SHACKLEY, ARTHUR M. NICHOLS,
Auditors.
Harwich, January 10, 1925.
Report of Park Commissioners
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1924 Received from sale of wood 18.16
Payments $68.75
$228.52
Unexpended 177.93
$246.68
$246.68
Paid Isaiah Kelley, Labor Joseph Crabe, Labor
$12.00
21.25
William N. Eldredge, Truck
9.00
Curtis Walker, Cutting Wood
23.50
J. W. Crowell, Wire and Labor
3.00
$68.75
We the undersigned, Auditors of the Town of Har- wich, have this day examined the accounts of the Brooks Park Commission and find the same correct.
FRANK I. SHACKLEY, ARTHUR M. NICHOLS,
January 9th, 1925. Auditors.
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Brooks' Library Account
Dr.
Cr.
No Appropriation
Payments
$535.59
Credit from Rents $380.00
Unexpended 170.54
Donated by Mon- day Night Club 10.00
Library Book House 19.32
Rec'd Dog Tax 296.81
$706.13
$706.13
Due from Library Book House Paid P. L. Nickerson, Supplies
$8.80
Isaiah Kelley, Moving Building
10.00
Fred S. Eldredge, Janitor
49.00
Ralph H. Snow, Insurance
99.49
Alpheus Howes, Supplies
15.60
Charles Moody, Janitor Charles D. Hall, Coal
26.25
S. L. Underwood, Librarian
60.00
Library Book House, Books
106.77
35.00
F. D. Young, Painting Harwich Lumber Co., Lumber
17.80
C. S. Burgess, Labor
13.50
Rufus Gray, Carting Books
12.50
George M. Moody, Labor
6.28
H. D. Handy, Supplies
1.50
$22.50
13.50
52
Lulie B. Tobey, Librarian
20.00
Elisha H. Bearse, Labor .90
Lucy H. Underwood, Services
13.50
Ebenezer Weeks, Labor
5.00
Goss Print, Printing
6.50
$535.59
LIBRARIAN'S ACCOUNT
1924
Dr.
Jan. 1 Cash on hand
$7.66
Collected for fines
18.89
$26.55
1924
Cr
General expenses
$12.85
Cash on hand, Jan. 1, 1925 13.70
$26.55
Respectfully submitted,
L. B. TOBEY, S. L. UNDERWOOD, C. S. WOODS, Librarians Brooks Free Library.
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We the undersigned, auditors of the Town of Har- wich, have this day examined the books and vouchers of the Trustees and Librarians of the Brooks Library and find the same correct.
FRANK I. SHACKLEY, ARTHUR M. NICHOLS,
January 9th, 1925. Auditors.
Report of Trustees Caleb Chase Fund
INTEREST ACCOUNT
1924
Dr.
Dec. 30 Received interest for the
year, $484.14
1924
Cr.
Dec. 30 Paid Overseer of the Poor $484.14
Statement of Investments
1924
Dec. 30 1,000 N. E. Tel & Tel Co. 5% Bond, $1,000.00
1,000 Middlesex & Boston 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 41/4 % Bond 1,892.88
10 Shares W. L. Douglas Shoe Co. 1,000.00
54 Deposit C. C. 5c Savings Bank 314.73
Respectfully submitted,
Darius Weeks,
Theophilus B. Baker,
Walter Emery,
Henry T. Cobb,
Joseph B. Atkins,
Joseph K. Robbins,
Geo. W. Banspach, 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.
FRANK I. SHACKLEY, ARTHUR M. NICHOLS,
December 30, 1924. Auditors.
Treasurer's Report
Henry K. Bearse, Treasurer, in account with the Town of Harwich, for 1924.
Cash on hand Jan. 1, 1924
$1,530.73
Cash received :
Town of Dennis, Fire truck
107.00
Town of Yarmouth, Fire truck
25.00
E. H. Ellis, gasoline
15.00
Licenses 76.00
L. Snow, Sealer of Weights and Measures
49.46
C. H. Taylor, Milk Inspector
10.00
City of Boston, tuition
1,859.97
Second District Court
915.00
Caleb Chase Fund, Interest
541.64
Rent of rooms, Library building
380.00
Donation to Brooks Library
10.00
Town Clerk's Fees
120.05
Town Pump Trust, Interest
2.00
Interest on deposits in Trust Co.
74.80
Use of telephone
.66
Refund on Treasurer's bond of 1923
44.00
Brooks Medal Fund, Interest
42.78
Alpheus Howes, Rent
200.00
J. F. Tobey & Son, Rent
300.00
Almshouse 29.13
Temporary Loans
38,000.00
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County of Barnstable :
Dog licenses, 1923
269.44
Dog licenses, 1924
296.81
Dog officer
4.00
Harwich-Brewster Road
5,700.00
$6,270.25
Fines 25.00
B. D. Baxter, Herring Brook
1,475.00
Cemetery Trust Funds, Interest
161.60
Schroeder Besse Oyster Co.
200.00
Fire Extinguisher and Gas
6.00
Moth Account, 1923
2.13
Rent of Exchange Hall
122.41
Arsenate of Lead
97.47
Willie L. Kelley, Taxes 1923
1,386.90
Henry K. Bearse, Taxes 1923
4,375.31
Henry K. Bearse, Taxes 1924
64,773.07
Chas. D. Holmes, Taxes 1922
207.49
$123,535.85
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Corporation Tax
$161.77
Sanatoria-Vocational Education and
Civilian War Poll Tax
1,690.72
Income Tax
365.36
Director of Standards
48.00
Temporary Aid
459.26
Mothers' Aid-Corp. Tax
293.57
Gypsy Moth Account
48.70
Civilian War Poll Tax
273.00
Refund of Interest:
Abolishing Grade Crossing
13.30
57
Tuition
807.25
Superintendent
706.65
Income Tax, 1924
5,389.88
Public Works, Highways
10,950.00
Corp. Tax
1,122.71
National Bank Tax
33.60
Public Welfare
430.00
State Aid
486.00
Soldiers' Exemption
50.17
Surplus War Bonus Funds
1,081.45
$24,411.39
$147,847.24
Cr.
Paid Selectmen's Orders
$136,445.38
Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1924
11,401.86
$147,847.24
Treasurer's Report of Cemetery Trust Funds For Year Ending December 31, 1924
Unexpended
, Deposited
Expended Interest
Mary Janes
$200.00
$9.11
.50
Henry C. Berry
100.00
4.55
.30
James C. Berry
100.00
4.55
.30
Henry Nickerson
50.00
2.28
.15
Mary T. Ives
50.00
2.00
.43
Henry J. Reed
50.00
2.00
.43
58
Caleb Chase
300.00
13.66
.89
Benj. F. Kelley
75.00
3.40
.21
Daniel H. Smith
100.00
4.85
Huldah Nickerson
50.00
2.43
Nathan Foster
50.00
4.00
16.66
Levi Long
200.00
6.00
17.53
Eunice B. Kelley
100.00
2.00
30.58
Isaiah K. Eldredge
100.00
4.55
.30
Albert D. Long
50.00
2.00
7.90
Chas. W. Dutton
25.00
7.24
Clara M. Long
50.00
2.28
.15
Ann J. Norris
100.00
17.59
Wm. E. Ansell
100.00
21.86
Jno. B. Young
75.00
2.00
17.63
Samuel J. Miles
75.00
2.00
10.81
Lawrence Doyle
50.00
19.46
Baxter D. Kelley
50.00
2.46
4.24
Ruth S. Cook
50.00
10.92
Mrs. Cyrus Baker
100.00
5.00
4.66
Mrs. Nathan Foster
200.00
27.67
Aug. C. Snow
100.00
2.00
7.12
Love C. Atwood
150.00
4.00
19.27
Wm. F. Crapo
150.00
8.25
30.94
Polly M. Eldredge
50.00
10.92
Sarah M. Baker
50.00
2.28
.15
Lucy E. Underwood
150.00
23.16
Anthony S. Megathlin
100.00
7.00
6.21
Samuel Small
50.00
5.58
Ebenezer Eldredge
100.00
6.96
Elvira R. Cahoon
125.00
3.50
3.13
James Berry, Sr.
100.00
4.57
.75
James B. Doane
100.00
4.15
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James McLean
Richard Baker
50.00 100.00
5.72
$161.60
Benjamin D. Eldredge Town Pump Trust Fund
Deposited
$200.00 9.86
Dividends
$209.86
Paid for repairs
2.00
On hand December 31
$207.86
We, the undersigned Committee of the Town of Har- wich have this day examined the accounts of Henry K. Bearse, Town Treasurer, as relates to Treasurer, Collec- tor of Taxes, Treasurer Cemetery Trust Funds, and find them correct.
FRANK I. SHACKLEY, ARTHUR M. NICHOLS, EPHRAIM H. DOANE,
Harwich, January 12, 1925. Committee.
Town Clerk's Report
REPORT OF ANNUAL TOWN MEETING February 4, 1924
Article 1. John H. Paine was chosen moderator and duly sworn.
Article 2. To choose on one ballot Town Officers and Committees. Polls opened at 9 a. m. and closed at 2 p. m .. Tellers appointed and sworn: Lawrence B. Robbins, William A. Eldridge, George W. Banspach, Clarkson P. Bearse, Winslow B. Sawyer and John Ellis.
Total vote cast, 653 and the result was announced as follows :
Town Clerk
*Henry K. Bearse
490
Cyrus Taft
147
Treasurer
* Henry K. Bearse
478
Cyrus Taft 146
Selectmen
* Willie L. Kelley 327
J. Freeman Ryder
310
Assessors
*Willie L. Kelley 324
J. Freeman Ryder 309
61 Constables
* Roger L. Bassett 276
*Elisha H. Bearse 365
Harry H. Chase 254
359
*Emulous E. Hall Isaiah Kelley 264
School Committee
*Charles D. Holmes 396
Abby A. Thompson 226
Herring Committee
*Emulous A. Cahoon 435
*Elodrus D. Cahoon 423
* Albert H. Ellis 413
Auditors
*Frank I. Shackley 439
471
*Arthur M. Nichols Ralph H. Snow
2
Park Commissioner
*Heman E. Bassett 469
Roger W. Tillson
1
Linwood Small 1
Charles D. Hall
10
Trustee Brooks Library-One Year
* Mildred Paine 452
Scattering
2
Trustee Brooks Library-Three Years
* Arthur F. Cahoon 11 Scattering 13
* Elected
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No 305
Yes
183
Voted to adjourn to Feb. 5th at 9 a. m.
WILLIE L. KELLEY,
Town Clerk
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5th
Adjourned Meeting called to order at 9.15 o'clock a. m. by John H. Paine, Moderator.
Article 3. Officers appointed by Moderator and elected by voice vote.
Trustee Caleb Chase Fund
T. B. Baker Henry T. Cobb
Walter Emery Darius Weekes
J. B. Atkins G. W. Banspach J. K. Robbins
Surveyors of Wood and Lumber J. M. Moody and Chas. E. Hamer
Field Drivers, Fence Viewers and Pound Keepers
Everett L. Ellis Albyron Ellis Alonzo Kendrick
Herbert S. Berry Marshall E. Chase W. N. Eldredge
W. P. Nichols
Sealers of Weights and Measures Laban Snow
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Article 4. Report of Town Officers. Report ac- cepted. C. E. Hamer, J. T. Wood and Wm. N. Eldredge were sworn in as advisory board to the Assessors.
Article 5. To borrow money in anticipation of taxes. So voted and accepted.
Article 6. Appropriations for 1924-as presented by the Committee :
Almshouse
$2,700.00
Outside Poor
4,000.00
Poor-other cities and towns
200.00
Miscellaneous
2,000.00
Town Officers
4,000.00
Schools
26,000.00
Election Officers
75.00
State Aid
500.00
Gypsy and Brown-tail Moths
1,034.01
State and County Tax
12,000.00
Suppression of Crime
500.00
Treasurer's Bond
110.00
Fish Wardens
100.00
Hearings
200.00
Second District Court
400.00
Moderator
10.00
Chase Library
50.00
Har. Port Library
50.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
150.00
Milk Inspector
150.00
Electric Lights
2,000.00
Wire Inspector
100.00
Ambulance
100.00
Exchange Building
300.00
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800.00
Insurance
Inspector of Animals
300.00
Board of Health
400.00
Fire Warden
700.00
Repairs Pub. Buildings
1,800.00
Snow
300.00
Fences and Railings
1,000.00
Bridges
1,000.00
State Macadam
1,300.00
Interest
1,200.00
General Appropriations
$65.529.01
Culvert at Pleasant Lake
$400.00-Art. 9
General Road Repairs
7,400.00-Art. 10
Brewster-Harwich Road
6,000.00-Art. 11
Assessors' Map
1,000.00-Art. 12
So. County Road
50.00-Art. 13
Hearse House Bldg.
200.00-Art. 17
Farm Bureau
200.00-Art. 18
Crane-Shepard Road
300.00-Art. 22
Visiting Nurse
1,000.00-Art. 25
Adding Machine
300.00-Art. 36
Allen's Harbor
250.00-Art. 41
School Investigating Com.
200.00-Art. 46
Soldiers' Memorial
500.00-
$83,329.01
Article 7. Regulating taking eels, clams, etc. Car- ried as read.
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Article 8. Herring Fishery. To be sold at Public Auction.
Article 9. Culvert at Pleasant Lake. Carried.
Article 10. To raise $7,400for roads under Sec. 26, Chapter 81. Carried.
Article 11. To raise $6,000 for Brewster-Harwich Road. Carried.
Article 12. Assessors' Map. Voted in favor.
Article 13. Appropriation for Brooks Rd. So voted.
Article 14. To accept Dodd Lane, so called, as laid out by the Selectmen.
Voted to re-locate this road and to bring this matter before a legal Town Meeting in legal form.
Article 15. To pay 50 cents an hour for labor. So voted.
Article 16. To sell spraying machine. Left with the Selectmen.
Article 17. To build shed roof to hearse house. So voted.
Article 18. Money for the Cape Cod Farm Bureau and appoint a director. So voted and John T. Wood was re-appointed.
Article 19. To authorize the Selectmen to appoint a committee to report at the next annual Town Meeting ; whether the Town should establish a Town Forest. Car- ried.
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Article 20. Repair of road from church, W. Har- wich-south 3,000 feet.
Voted to repair with money from the general ap- propriation.
Article 21. To top coat, oil road from N. H. R. R. Station to N. H. school house.
Repaired from the general appropriation.
Article 22. Acceptance of the Crane-Shepard Rd.
Voted to accept and $300 was appropriated upon consideration that owners donate to the Town the strip of bathing beach referred to.
Artcle 23. Repair of Northern Ave., Doane's field Harwich Port.
Voted that $50 be taken from the general appropri- ation, and more taken if needed to make it passable.
Article 24. Gordon-Richie Road. To be repaired from the general appropriation.
Article 25. Appropriation for Visiting Nurse Asso- ciation. $1,000 appropriated.
Article 26. Miles Street, Harwich Port. Voted to repair from general appropriation.
Article 27. Electric lights on Pleasant St., Harwich Port. Indefinitely postponed. It was voted that the chair appoint a committee of seven, one from each P. O. district, as an advisory board for electric lights, and that each proponent shall present their need for electric lights 30 days before the Annual Town Meeting, said board to consider these matters and make recommenda- tions to the Town.
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Advisory Electric Light Committee
W. Sears Nickerson J. K. Robbins Alonzo Nickerson Winslow B. Sawyer John T. Wood
J. B. Atkins
J. Freeman Ryder
Article 28. To abolish the present system of elect- ing Selectmen, Assessors, Overseers of the Poor and Board of Health. Not carried.
Article 29. To provide for a legal advisor to the Selectmen. Lost.
Article 30. To authorize a water system. Lost.
Article 31. Map showing all public ways in certain parts of Harwich Port and So. Harwich. Lost.
Article 32. Oil road on Parallel St., Harwich Cen- ter. Repair from general fund.
Article 33. To harden road from Main St., Har- wich Port to Sisson Road, Harwich Center. To repair from general fund.
Article 34. To harden with oil the unfinished por- tion of the No. Harwich oil road, east, about one-fourth of a mile. To be repaired from the general fund.
Article 35. To appropriate $5,000 for use of the School Committee to open additional rooms in Septem- ber. Lost.
Article 36. To purchase an adding machine. So voted.
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Article 37. To harden the road near the E. Har- wich Church, leading to Brewster. Lost.
Article 38. Concerning the improvement with oil of the unfinished part of the Shell Road leading from the Center to E. Harwich. Voted to be repaired from the general fund.
Article 39. To cinder the road in E. Harwich from the late Nathan Nickerson corner to the State Highway at Pleasant Bay. Voted to repair it from the general fund.
Article 40. To cinder the road leading from the depot road in W. Harwich to the residence of Ralph Cummings. Voted to repair this road from the general funds.
Article 41. In regards to the opening of the chan- nel to Allen's Harbor, Harwich Port. Voted $250 for this work.
Article 42. For Electric Lights on, and near Smith St., W. Harwich. Indefinitely postponed.
Article 43. For the Town to adopt a Town Man- ager form of government. Indefinitely postponed.
Article 44. To accept the layout of Caleb St., so called, between the land of Grace E. Radway and Mabel A. Nichols in W. Harwich. Indefinitely postponed.
Article 45. To harden with cinders the road lead- ing from E. G. Eldredge's store easterly to the residence - of Mrs. Arthur Nickerson. Indefinitely postponed.
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Article 46. Concerning the continuing in office of the School Investigating committee appointed at the an- nual meeting in 1923. So voted with an appropriation of $200.
Article 47. To harden with oil the road from Main St., Harwich Port to the beach near the residence of Walter Keach. Voted to repair from the general fund.
Adjourned at 4.40 o'clock.
HENRY K. BEARSE, Town Clerk.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, OCT. 17, 1924
Meeting called to order at 7.30 o'clock p. m., by the Town Clerk, who read the Warrant. About 75 were present.
Article 1. John H. Paine was chosen Moderator.
Article 2. Town Dump. Voted to abandon the use of the present Town Dump.
Article 3. Town Dump. It was voted that the Town raise and appropriate $150 for the purpose of disposing and clearing up this dump, and that the matter be left in the hands of the Superintendent of Streets.
Article 4. New dumping ground. It was voted that $75 be appropriated for a new dumping ground and that the Selectmen be authorized to purchase the same.
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Article 5. It was voted that the Exchange Hall be let for Basket Ball provided that the Selectmen demand every precaution be used for safeguarding the windows, fixtures, etc.
Meeting adjourned at 8.30 o'clock.
HENRY K. BEARSE, Town Clerk.
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Town Clerk's Report of Births Recorded in the Town of Harwich for the Year 1924
Date
Name of Child
Name of Parents
an.
1
Tryphonis Vagenas
Nelos Vagenas, Irene Stefrus
an.
1
Mary Norma Roderick
an.
9
Stillborn
an.
10
Illegitimate-Female
an.
30
Illegitimate-Female
an.
Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb.
5
Lucille Josephine Bassett
Ethelwyn Wardle Nickerson E. Gorham Nickerson, Elizabeth Wardle
14
June Munroe
Joseph G. Munroe, Evelyn Nickerson
20
Illegitimate-Female
20 6
Warner Burton Cashen
10
Doris Evelyn Bassett
11 Donald Edwin Bassett
17
Kenneth Patrick Leighton Sylvia Bassett Leia Santos Thatcher
Mildred Pearl Bassett
21
Rosemary Crowell
23
Audrey May Eldredge
20 7 11
Lucille Virginia Raneo Earline Blanding
Harriet Catherine Hall
12
Stanley Delfino Gonsalves
June
19
Nathaniel Wesley Higgins
Tune Tuly July
20 3
William Allen Gifford
Flavel M. Gifford, Doris A. Cottle
Humphrey Armitage Lee, Jr. Humphrey A. Lee, Mary W. Davis
5
Claress Pena Fernandez
Gothard N. Ostby, Jr.
5 10
Arthur Emil Thivierge, Jr. Raymond Olivira Mary Byrne
Joseph Fernandez, Mary Pena Gothard N. Ostby, Marjorie B. Weekes Arthur E. Thivierge, Mercie G. Cahoon Romeo S. Olivira, Lottie E. Antone Edward P. Byrne, Ella I. Scully
Melbourne H. Willey, Ruth E. Hadlock W Sears Nickerson, Donna M. Corliss Linwood E. Doane, Vera M. Eldredge
Sept.
1
Illegitimate-Female
Sept. 6
Phillis Knudsen
Phillip H. Chase, Grace A. Downey Ralph W. Cashen, Gladys Daniels Henry F. Bassett, Mary G. Sullivan Benjamin F. Bassett, Myra West Leo Leighton, Jennie Nunes
Feb. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Mar. Apr. May
22 25 26
Ralph M. Bassett, Gladys E. Chase Manuel S. Thatcher, Mary Ranco Merton E. Bassett, Lelia F. Newcomb
Wilbur H. Crowell, Madeliene M. Jones B. Harold Eldredge, Florence M. Wheeler Antone Raneo, Balbina Gomes Earle Blanding, Ora Wixon
May June Tune Tune
Emulous E. Hall, Lillian M. Thornton Delfino Gonsalves, Palmira Rose Albert Wesley Higgins, Pauline M. Nicker- son
July Tuly July Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug.
12 :2 3 Melbourne Hoyt Willey, Jr. Jean Corliss Nickerson
11 30 Linwood Earl Doane, Jr.
Otto Knudsen, Pearle Kendrick
Antone Roderick, Bessie Gonsalves Hillard E. Hopkins, Gladys Newcomb
Charles P. Marceline, Carrie E. Miller George A. Bassett, Laura D. Sears
13
30 George Miller Marceline
Shirley Rita Chase
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BIRTHS-Continued
Date
Name of Child
Name of Parents
Sept. 16
Walter Ray Thornton
Sept.
28
Alvin Bertram Eldredge
Oct.
6
Eliza Pinkeiro Nunes
Oct.
21
Vivian Cynthia Lee
Nov.
5
Illegitimate-Female
Nov.
10
Isabelle Perry Souza
Nov.
16
Phyllis May Ryder
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