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West Harwich, Mass.
Sept. 16
Joseph Morse Walker
25
Albany, N. Y.
Harwich Center
155
Sept. 19
Samuel De Venne Curtis
20
Bellingham, Mass.
Harwich Port
Sept.
19
John Whiton Hutchinson
29
Newton, Mass.
Harwich Port
Harriet Jaquith Fitz
27
Chatham, Mass.
Sept. 25
Clifford Wayland Edwards
32
Mashpee, Mass.
Falmouth, Mass.
Bessie Franklin Walker Monterio
32
Harwich Center
Sept. 27
Charles E. Moody
25
Harwich, Mass.
Harwich Center
Ruth C. Holmes
22
East Harwich, Mass.
Oct.
1
John P. Gomes
21
Pleasant Lake, Mass.
Harwich Center
Alice M. Nunes
15
Pleasant Lake, Mass.
Oct.
25
James Bryce Dunber
26
Harwich Center
Harwich Center
Mary Gladys Derwin
21
Harwich Mass.
19
Braintree, Mass.
Alice E. Miles Bates
25
Dennis Port
Mary Patton Oesterling
52
Winter Park, Fla.
Arilla Beatrice Dunican
19
Queenman Hollow, N. Y
Grace Emma Taylor
16
Yarmouth, Mass.
MARRIAGES - Continued
Date
Names
Age
Residence
Where Married
Oct.
28
Warren Franklin Kelley
18
Dennis, Mass.
Harwich Port
Mary Wharton Speight
17
Chatham, Mass.
Oct.
30
John Doyle
24
Brewster, Mass.
West Harwich
June Nash
20
Brockton, Mass.
Nov.
3
Ralph Freeman Cahoon
22
Dennis, Mass.
Harwich Port
Nov.
21
Joseph G. Correia
33
Boston, Mass.
Harwich Port
Grace Flora Lopes
21
Pleasant Lake, Mass
Nov.
26
William H. McCracken
41
Boston, Mass.
Harwich Port
Jean Holmes Rice Weekes
42
Harwich Port, Mass.
Nov.
30
Robert Earl Lee
20
South Harwich, Mass.
Hyannis, Mass.
Nov.
30
Anthony P. Roderick
25
Pawtucket, R. I.
Pauline Roderick
20
Pleasant Lake. Mass.
Dec.
20
Francis Daniel Oliver
22
Boston, Mass.
Harwich Port
Greta G. Magnuson
19
Boston, Mass.
(Cotuit) Barnstable, Mass. West Harwich
Lillian Agnes Wade
19
Pleasant Lake, Mass.
Dorothy Elizabeth Marceline
18
156
DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF HARWICH - 1936
Date
Name
Age
Cause of Death
Residence
Place of Death
Jan.
12 Kathryn Rose
56
Pleuro pneumonia
Queen Anne Rd. P. L. Pleasant Lake
Jan.
15 Jessie H. Whitney
42
Broncho pneumonia
Harwich Port
Harwich Port
Jan.
19 Isaac H. Gomes
60
Interstitial nephritis
North Harwich
North Harwich
Jan.
23 Tamsin Nichols
62 Cancer of spine
South Harwich
South Harwich
Jan.
23 Marie M. Sousa
1 Broncho pneumonia
Kelley Lane, H. C.
Jan.
31 Lynden P. Wordell
23 days
Toxemia
West Harwich
Kelley Lane, H. C. Barnstable
Feb.
8 Frederick L. Youngren 11 mos.
Leukenua
East Harwich
Boston, Mass
Feb.
19 Melissa D. Nickerson
78
Cerebral hemorrhage
Harwich Port
Harwich Port
Feb.
23 Ella F. Eldredge
65
Arterio sclerosis
Harwich Port
Taunton, Mass.
Mar.
30 Alfred L. Rogers
71
Pneumonia
West Harwich
West Harwich
Apr. 6 Luella May Kelley
69 Cerebral hemmorrhage
North Harwich
North Harwich
Apr.
11 Charles Henry Hammond
85
Arterio sclerosis
South Harwich Harwich Port
Harwich Port
Apr.
23 Joseph Francis Corvan
38 Struck by auto
North Harwich
Barnstable
Apr.
26 Alta M. Chase
87
Fracture of Femar
West Harwich
West Harwich -
Apr. 29 Elisha H. Bearse
93
Arterio sclerosis
Harwich Port
So. Shatham, Mass.
May 8 Thomas O'Gara
79
Arterio sclerosis
Harwich Center
Harwich Center
May
17 Minnetta M. Doane
South Harwich
Chatham, Mass.
May
25 Albert Augustus Thompson
South Harwich
South Harwich
June 12 Reliance Y. Chase
81 Arterio sclerosis
Harwich ·Center
Harwich Center
July
2 Artemas Robertson
71 Angina pectoris
West Harwich
West Harwich
July
7 Thomas L. Snow
94 Arterio sclerosis
West Harwich
West Harwich
July 9 John Oliver
65 Cancer of bladder
Pleasant Lake West Harwich
Fall River, Mass.
July 13 Ethel Louise Berry
35 Acute entero colitis
West Harwich
July 23 Darius Arthur Pierce
71 Chronic uremia
Harwich Port
July
26 Wallace E. Harding
44 Accidental drowning
East Harwich
East Harwich
July 26 John Gillman Platt
62 Accidental drowning
East Harwich
East Harwich
Aug.
3 David Henry Murphy
58 Blostoma
Milton, Mass.
Harwich Port
157
Apr.
19 Myrtle Alden Howard
56 Angina pectoris
South Harwich
,
78 Arthritis
70 Arterio sclerosis
DEATHS - Continued
Date
Name
Age
Cause of Death
Residence
Place of Death
Aug. 4 Edgar Prescott Nash
85
Arterio sclerosis
Harwich Port
Harwich Port
Aug. 8 John F. Molloy
77 Angina pectoris
Watertown, Mass.
West Harwich
Aug. 11 Katlıleen Margaret Walsh
30
Drowning
Worcester, Mass.
Harwich Port
Sept.
1 Julia Etta Ellis
81 Cancer of liver
Harwich Port
Harwich Port
Sept.
5 Harrison Rackham
87 Arterio sclerosis
Harwich Port
Harwich Port
Sept. 7 Edward Simpson Clark
65
Aortitis
Harwich Port
Harwich Port
Sept. 11 Horace F. Spear
73 Arterio sclerosis
Harwich Port
Harwich Port
Sept. 24 Mary Lorraine Allen
6 mos.
Asphyxiation
Harwich Center
Harwich Center
Sept. 26 Estelle Coe Matthews
69
Arterio sclerosis
West Harwich
West Harwich
Sept. 26 Stillborn (De Costa)
North Harwich Harwich Port
Barnstable
Oct. 4 Henry Norwood Chase
62 Aneurysm of Arch of Aorta
Barnstable
Oct. 11 Marion Louise Allen
7 mos.
Broncho pneumonia
Harwich Center
Harwich Center
Oct. 14 Christine E. McCourt
51
Mitral stenosis
West Harwich
West Harwich
Oct. 16 Edward Francis Sullivan
51 Accidental fall
Harwich Port
Barnstable
Oct. 18 Dora B. Chase
74 Angina pectoris
West Harwich
West Harwich
Oct. 21 Benjamin Galvin, Jr.
2 Injured by auto
Kelley Street
Barnstable
Oct. 27 Dorcas Emma Rogers
84 Heart disease
East Harwich
East Harwich
Oct. 28 Mary T. Eldredge
61 Carcinoma of rectum
Harwich Port Harwich Port
Nov. 1 Mary E. Ellis
91 Cholecystitis
West Harwich
West Harwich
Nov. 10 Everett W. Scott
60
Found dead
Boston, Mass.
Harwich Port
Nov. 14 Addie French
64
Cerebral thrombosis
West Harwich
Barnstable Harwich Center
Nov. 29 Myra M. Childs
70
Arterio sclerosis
West Harwich
West Harwich
Nov. 29 Oliver F. Eddy
76 Peritinitis ulcer
Harwich Port
Barnstable
Dec.
5 James Barnard Frizzell
75 Arterio sclerosis
Harwich Center
Harwich Center
Dec. 29 Charles Mathews
Gilmette
2 mos.
Influenza
Kelley Street
Barnstable
158
Nov. 27 Willie L. Cole
68 Arterio sclerosis
Harwich Center
BODIES BROUGHT TO HARWICH FOR INTERMENT - 1936
Date of Death
Date of Burial
Name
Age
Cemetery
Place of Death
Jan.
14
Zelia Le Fevre
.
Holy Trinity, H. C.
E. Brewster, Mass.
Jan.
28
Jan.
30
Annie Marie Chase
74
Pine Grove, W. H.
Dennis, Mass.
Feb.
8
Feb.
10
Adin C. Small
73
South Harwich
Boston, Mass.
Feb.
14
Feb.
15
Tamsin M. Nickerson
76
Island Pond, H. C.
Milton, Mass.
Feb.
20
Feb.
24
John S. Gomes
65
Island Pond, H. C.
Fairhaven, Mass.
Mar.
15
Mar.
19
Fred A. Lavallee
76
Holy Trinity, H. C. South Harwich
Chatham, Mass.
April
April
Ethel Jordan Sears
. .
Mt. Pleasant, H. P.
Dennis, Mass.
May
21
May
24
Annie C. Nutley
65
East Harwich
Brewster, Mass.
May
May
Charles Roberts
·
Chatham, Mass.
June
14
June
16
Lydia Ella Nye
65
East Harwich
June
22
June
25
Lydia J. Bearse
56
East Harwich
Chatham, Mass.
June
28
July
1
Martha Ann Baker
91
Congregational, H.C.
Providence, R. I.
July
5
July
7
Miriam F. Barrows
21
Mt. Pleasant, H. P.
Brockton, Mass.
July
6
July
8
Almira S. Nickerson
88
East Harwich
Chatham, Mass.
Aug.
3
Aug.
5
Charles F. Freeman
63
Island Pond, H. C.
Barnstable, Mass.
Aug.
10
Aug. 13
Olive Blandin
52
Island Pond, H. C.
Brockton, Mass.
Aug.
12
Aug.
13
Bertha F. Rogers
65
East Harwich
Sept.
7
Sept.
9
Aurelia E. Buck
91
East Harwich
Sept.
20
Sept.
22
Lydia Eldredge
30
Island Pond, H. C. East Harwich
Lexington, Mass.
Sept.
30
Oct. 1
Christopher J. Handy
76
Island Pond, H. C.
Nov.
6
NOv.
9
Mary E. Baxter
70
Island Pond, H. C.
Dennis, Mass.
Nov.
14
Nov. 18
Edna M. Lewis
69
East Harwich
Providence, R. I.
Nov.
22
NOv.
24
Thomas J. McNutley
75
East Harwich
Barnstable, Mass.
·
Mt. Pleasant, H. P.
May
May
28
Phebe W. Sisson
Pine Grove, W. H.
Mattapoisett, Mass.
April
April
Emma C. Kendrick
. .
.
159
Chatham, Mass.
Sept.
28
Sept. 30
Anita E. Williams
44
Chatham, Mass. Boston, Mass.
Dennis, Mass.
Barnstable, Mass.
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LIST OF JURORS FOR 1937
Name Occupation
Abbott, William J .- Painter
Baldwin, James-Mgr. Garage
Bee, Norwood W .- Clerk
Bascom, Earl W .- Mail Carrier
East Harwich Harwich Port
Bassett, Benjamin C .- Contractor Bates, Bernard W .- Electrician
Cashen, Ralph W .- Machinist
Chase, Howard L .- Machinist
Chase, Phillip H .- Plumber
Chase, Robert W .- Clerk Crosby, Bertram D .- Marble Worker Crowell, Wilbur H .- Druggist
Eldredge, Earl B .- Painter
Eldredge, Manton C .- Carpenter
Eldredge, Samuel E .- Truckman
Eldridge, Harold-Forest St.
Ellis, John E .- Laborer
Goss, Edwin P .- Printer
Harwich Port
Hall, Millard P .- Clerk
Howard, Judson P .- Garage Manager
West Harwich West Harwich Harwich Port
Hunt, Alfred L .- Chauffeur Hunt, Theodore-Musician
Jamieson, Thomas G .- Farmer
Lovering, William R :- Fisherman
May, Arthur H .- Farmer, Oak St. Myrshrall, Carl-Mgr. Movie Theater Nickerson, Clifton F .- Gardener, Hoyt Rd.
Harwich Center Pleasant Lake East Harwich Harwich Center Harwich Port
Nickerson, Ephraim G .- Plumber
Harwich Port East Harwich
Nickerson, Joshua A .- Manager, Bay View Rd. E. Harwich Nickerson, Lawrence F .- Plumber
South Harwich
Nickerson, Thomas H .- Realtor, Bank St.
Residence
South Harwich Harwich Port Harwich Port
North Harwich East Harwich Harwich Port
West Harwich West Harwich Harwich Center Pleasant Lake South Harwich Harwich Port Harwich Center Harwich Port West Harwich
Harwich Port
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Nye, Roswell H .- Lumber Merchant
Pratt, Harold S .- Carpenter
Harwich Port Harwich Center Robbins, Lawrence B .- Artist Harwich Center Rogers, Preston A .- Agt. Animal Rescue Lge. W. Harwich Ryder, Gerald P .- Contractor
Sawyer, Douglas B .- Carpenter, Julian Rd.
Sawyer, Winslow B .- Clerk, Walther Rd. Seibenmann, Marshall-Salesman
West Harwich South Harwich South Harwich West Harwich Harwich Center
Sims, Earl L .- Bank Clerk Skinner, Oscar E .- Hotel Mgr., Division St. West Harwich Small, Ivan H .- Electrician
South Harwich East Harwich East Harwich Harwich Port Harwich Port
Smith, Willard G .- Truck Driver Stanley, Waldo L .- Caretaker Stetson, Russell L .- Clerk Thompson, Harold A .- Plumber Whitehead, Walter-Salesman, Pleasant Bay East Harwich Willson, Harold-Manager of Store
Young, Jr., Fred T .- Truckman
West Harwich Harwich Port
JABEZ W. CROWELL, CHARLES D. HOLMES, GERSHOM D. HALL,
Selectmen.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT
FEBRUARY 1, 1937.
Barnstable, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Harwich, in said County, Greetings :-
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the Inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in Elections and Town af- fairs to meet in Exchange Hall in said Town on Monday, February 1st, 1937, at Nine o'clock A. M., then and there to act on the following Articles :-
Article 1. To choose on one ballot the following Town Officers and Committees : Town Clerk, Town Treasur- er, Tax Collector, one year; one Selectman, Overseer of Public Welfare and Board of Health, for three years; one Assessor, for three years ; three Herring Committee, for one year; one School Committee for three years; three Con- stables, for one year; one Trustee of Brooks Library, for three years; one Park Commissioner, for three years; a Moderator for one year; three Water Commissioners, one for one year, one for two years, one for three years.
Article 2. To choose all other necessary Town Of- ficers and Committees.
Article 3. To see if the town will vote to authorize the town treasurer with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1937, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for
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a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 4. To hear the report of all Town Officers and Committees, for the year 1936.
Article 5. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray Town expenses for the ensuing year, and act fully thereon.
Article 6. To see if the town will vote to instruct its Selectmen to control, regulate and prohibit the taking of Eels, Clams, Quahaugs and Scallops, within the Town limits as provided in Chapter 91, Section 85, and acts and amendments thereto, to the revised Laws of Massachusetts, and to make any regulations in regard to such fisheries as may be expedient, and act fully thereon.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to erect and maintain one electric street light in front of the Pumping Station on Chatham Road.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to erect and maintain one street light on a pole near the residence of Jennie Ashley, Depot Street, West Harwich, and act fully thereon.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to install and maintain two electric lights on Wah-Wah-Taysee Road, Har- wichport, and two on Hiawatha Road.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to erect and maintain two street lights on Harbor Road, West Harwich, one to be placed at the intersection of Riverside Drive and Harbor Road, and the other at the other end of Harbor Road.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to erect and main-
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tain two street lights to be placed on Forest Street, Har- wichport, between the Golf Club and the residence of Harold Eldredge.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to erect and main- tain two street lights on Zylpha Road, Harwichport.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to erect and maintain five street lights to be placed on the Lower Coun- ty Road in West Harwich; one at the intersection of Grey Neck Road and Lower County Road; one half way between Grey Neck Road and Pleasant Road; one at the intersec- tion of Pleasant Road and Lower County Road; one half way between Pleasant Road and Chase Street; and one ai the intersection of Chase Street and Lower County Road.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to erect and main- tain a street light on the third pole on Chase Street in West Harwich, near the intersection of Pleasant Road. By re- quest.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to continue the construction of the bituminous sidewalk on the south side of Lower County Road, Harwichport, from the shop of. Walter Emery to Hiawatha Road.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000 .- 00) to build a sidewalk on the East side of Pleasant Lake Avenue, to be hardened with bituminous concrete or hot- mix; to start at the North side of "Exchange Building" and extend northerly as far as money will go.
Article 17. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Twenty-seven Dollars Fifty Cents ($27.50) to cover the cost of installing four electric lights under
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each of the balconies in Exchange Hall, providing illumina- tion for Cape musical organizations when playing from the floor.
Article 18. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.) to defray the expenses of the Junior Community Band and other Cape musical organizations, in giving free band or orchestral concerts at Brooks Park, and act fully thereon.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.) to reset and repair eleven headstones in the old cemetery at the Centre, which were broken by miscreants during the past year.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to discon- tinue as a Town Way that portion of Belmont Avenue, be- ing in that part of said Town of Harwich called West Har- wich, lying south of the southerly line of intersection of Chase Avenue, the said portion being located between the Hotel Belmont property on the east, and property belong- ing to James R. Strong on the west.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to extend construction of its Town Water System, from the present dead-end at junction. of Oak and Park Streets, westward through Park Street to the Harwich-Brewster Road, so call- ed, thence southerly through said Harwich-Brewster Road, connecting with the existing Water System at Main Street in Harwich Centre, near the Exchange Building; and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money therefor.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to extend construction of its Town Water System from Parallel Street near the present High School location, along Sisson Road toward South Street, and raise and appropriate the sum of Forty-seven Hundred Dollars ($4700.00) therefor.
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Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty-six Hundred Dollars ($2,600.00) to extend the Water Main from near the George Fottler homestead to a point called Uncle Venie's Road at Kozy Korner.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not to exceed Five Hundred Dol- lars ($500.00) to be paid to the Cape Cod Hospital for the establishment and maintenance of a free bed in the Hospital for the care and treatment of persons certified by the Se- lectmen to be residents of the Town and unable to pay for such care and treatment, in accordance with Section 74 of Chapter 111 of the General Laws, or take any action in relation thereto, and act fully thereon.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Hundred Dollars ($300 .- 00) for the purpose of improving the beach at South Har- wich.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Eleven Thousand Four Hun- dred and Sixty-two Dollars ($11,462.) to purchase and equip a 500-gal. Fire Pumper, and to build and equip a Fire Sta- tion; said pumper and station to be located in West Har- wich, and to act fully thereon.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Three Hundred and Seventy-five Dollars ($1375.) for the purpose of in- stalling a new centrifugal 500-gal. pump on No. 1 fire pumper, and act fully thereon. By request.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money not to exceed Fifteen Hun- dred Dollars ($1500.) under the provisions of Sub-Section 21 of Section 1 of Chapter 371 of Acts of 1921, and any
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and all amendments thereof and additions thereto for the employing of a nurse through the Harwich Visiting Nurse Association, Inc.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty-five Hundred Dollars ($2500.) to be used under the direction of the Selectmen for the promotion of public recreation and amusement in the form of Baseball, in accordance with Legislative Acts of 1930, Chapter 12, Section 1, and any acts and amend- ments thereto.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.) for the benefit of Chase Library, West Harwich.
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.) for the benefit of the Harwichport Library Association.
Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Six Hundred Dollars ($600.) for the use of Harwich Post No. 292, American Legion, in the proper observance of Memorial Day and Armistice Day, and for other purposes. By request.
Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for the expense of an officer finding and disposing of unlicensed dogs, and act fully thereon.
Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of Harwich-Orleans Road; said money to be used in conjunc- tion with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose; or take any other ac- tion in relation thereto.
Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the Surplus War Bonus Fund in the amount of One Thou-
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sand Eighty-one Dollars and Forty-five Cents ($1,081.45) to the Public Welfare Fund, and act fully thercon.
Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for jetty work between the Chatham and Dennis lines, the same to be expended under the direction of the Water Ways Department, and act fully thereon.
Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to pay the Water Commissioners a salary and act fully thereon.
Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.) to be expended in connection with W. P. A. work, said money to be expended under the supervision of the Select- men.
Article 39. To see whether the town will establish a planning board under the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 81A, as added by Chapter 211 of 1936; the board to consist of five members, the first elections to be for one to five-year terms and thereafter one each year for a five-year term. ·
Article 40. To see whether the town will vote to accept the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 41, Sec- tions 81F to 81J, inclusive, as added by Chapter 211 of 1936.
Article 41. To see if the town will vote to appro- priate the sum of Twelve Hundred Dollars ($1200.) for the preparation of a zoning system under the direction of the planning board, or act in any manner thereon.
Article 42. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.) for tuitions to Trade Schools. By request.
Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the unexpended surplus overlay of Twelve Hundred Eighty-
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one and 53-100 Dollars ($1,281.53) to the Reserve Fund, and act fully thereon.
Article 44. To see what action the Town will take in regard to its Herring Fisheries.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by post- ing attested copies thereof one in each Post Office in said Town, seven days, at least, before the time of holding said meeting. The Polls will be open at 9 o'clock A. M. on Monday, February 1, 1937, and may be closed at 2 o'clock P. M.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this War- rant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this 21st day of January, 1937.
JABEZ W. CROWELL, CIIARLES D. IIOLMES, GERSHOM D. HALL, Selectmen of Harwich
A true copy.
ATTEST :
Constable.
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
TOWN OF HARWICH
MASSACHUSETTS
For the Year 1936
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ORGANIZATION FOR THE YEAR 1936
School Committee
Ralph W. Doane, Chairman
Henry W. Thompson
Loring G. Williams
Term Expires 1938
Term Expires 1937
Term Expires 1939
Superintendent of Schools
Charles H. Pratt, A. M.
School Physicians H. F. Rowley, M. D. John P. Nickerson, M. D.
School Nurse Hope Becker, R. N.
Supervisor of Attendance
John T. Wood
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
The following reports embody the yearly account of the work of the Harwich School System and are presented for the consideration of the Town.
The Committee would like to make mention of the fact that we are aware that the transportation problem has not been satisfactorily solved. The uncertainty of what con- ditions in the High School were to be, the over-crowded con- ditions on the buses and the length of time away from home for the younger children are all conditions which the Com- mittee hopes to remedy in the coming year. To this end we are asking the taxpayers to make a larger appropriation.
The opening of the New High School will necessitate a further increase in the expense of operating the schools but since the service to be rendered to the young people of our town is in keeping with the best traditions of modern education and better prepares them to cope with an ever more complex world, we feel that the citizens will feel a pride in making that service possible.
We wish to thank the personnel of the School Depart- ment for making this year one of harmony and accomplish- ment and to thank the citizens for their support and loyalty which makes the future brighter for the youth of Harwich.
RALPH W. DOANE, Chairman. HENRY W. THOMPSON LORING G. WILLIAMS
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HARWICH FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Expenditures 1936
Needed in 1937
GENERAL CONTROL:
Salaries
$2,443.08
Other Expenses
261.07
$2,704.15 $ 2,587.81
INSTRUCTION :
Supervisors
$1,680.00
Principal and Teachers
23,975.00
Textbooks
465.76
Supplies
1,101.94
27,222.70 29,127.00
OPERATION :
Janitors
2,085.50
Fuel
2,008.11
Miscellaneous
705.31
4,798.92
5,750.00
MAINTENANCE :
Repairs, Replacement
and Upkeep
1,325.10
1,325.10
1,700.00
AUXILIARY AGENCIES :
Libraries
Health
$652.55
Transportation
4,769.00
Miscellaneous
829.15
6,250.70 8,484.00
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OUTLAY :
New Grounds and Building
New Equipment 163.40
163.40
Total
$42,464.97 $47,648.81
1936 Appropriation
$42,500.00
1936 Expenditures
42,464.97
Balance
$
35.03
RECEIPTS AND REIMBURSEMENTS ON ACCOUNT OF SCHOOLS In 1936
Bills have been rendered for the following amounts :
Massachusetts General School Fund Part I
$3,360.00
State Tuition
277.30
State Transportation
57.10
City of Boston -- Tuition
1,169.68
City of Boston-Transportation
131.00
Town of Chatham-Telephone
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