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As usual this Department has carried on the inspec- tions of closed summer estates.
The Department wishes to extend its appreciation to all those who assisted and co-operated with it during the past year.
EMULOUS E. HALL,
Chief of Police.
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HARWICH ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
RECREATION AND AMUSEMENT
Appropriation
$2,300.00
Collections
2,053.73
Donations
349.79
Membership fees
78.00
$4,781.52
Expenses :
Paid Salaries
$2,042.00
Board and Room
1,706.75
Supplies and Equipment
339.72
Transportation
74.75
Umpires
350.00
Printing Schedules
48.78
Payment on Note
140.00
1936 Deficit
Interest
6.70
4,708.70
Unexpended
$ 72.82
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LIST OF JURORS FOR 1939
Abbott, William J .- painter Barr, Donald G .- Real Estate Bates, Bernard W .- Electrician Bee, Norwood W .- Bookkeeper Cahoon, Archilus H .- Carpenter Cahoon, Howard C .- Cranberry Grower
Crosby, Bertram D .- Marble Worker Derby, R. Stafford
Doane, J. Howard-Druggist
Eldredge, Manton C .- Carpenter
Eldredge, Webster Urban-Laborer Ellis, Joseph L .- Electrician Grant, Edwin K .- Carpenter Hall, Millard P .- Clerk Hall, Albert J .- Clerk
Hamilton, LeRoy F .- Retired
Holmes, Elmer W .- Fuel Dealer
Howard, Judson P .- Garageman Knowles, John-Electrician
Nickerson, Norman O .- Bank Clerk Miller, Anthony L .- Electrician Moody, Sidney B .- Rogers, Arthur J .-
Small, Watson J .- Laborer
Smith, Willard G .- Salesman Sims, Earle L .- Bank Clerk Stetson, Russell L .- Clerk
Thayer, Sheldon J .- Clerk
Turner, J. Arlington-Bookkeeper
Whiteley, Robert A .- Carpenter
South Harwich West Harwich North Harwich Harwich Port Pleasant Lake Harwich Center Harwich Center Harwich Port Harwich Port Harwich Port Harwich Port Harwich Port Harwich Center West Harwich Harwich Center North Harwich East Harwich West Harwich West Harwich Harwich Center Harwich Port Pleasant Lake Harwich Port Harwich Port East Harwich Harwich Center Harwich Port South Harwich Harwich Port East Harwich Respectfully submitted, JABEZ W. CROWELL, CHARLES D. HOLMES, CHARLES T. CHASE,
Selectmen.
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT BIRTHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF HARWICH-1938
No.
Date
Name
Place of birth
Parents
Residence
1
Jan.
6 Olivia Walker Chase
Barnstable Mass.
Benjamin F. Chase Elizabeth T. Rogers
West Harwich
2
Jan. 16 Harold James Chase
Harwich
N. Everett Chase Ethel Adams
East Harwich
3
Jan. 16
Chase-Twins
4 Jan. 29 Julio Barrows, Jr.
Harwich
Julio Barrows Altina Raneo
Kelley Street Harwich Pleasant Lake
5 Jan. 30 John Ernest Pina
Harwich
Rufus Pina Clara Silva
6 Jan. 31 Lucille Helen Fleury
Harwich
Adelard Fleury, Jr. Yvonne Vien
West Harwich
7 Feb. 23 Constance Jean Ryder
Barnstable Mass.
Almond G. Ryder, Jr. Inez H. Jones
North Harwich
8 Feb. 26 Joseph Roderick
Harwich
John J. Roderick Elizabeth Viera John H. Doane Doris M. Doane
Harwich Port
10
Mar. 24 Olive Burgess Munroe
Barnstable Mass. Harwich
James C. Munroe Mildred L. Josselyn Arthur Grace Louise Thatcher
Harwich Port
11 Apr. 4 Ronald Arthur Grace
12 Apr. 6
Rosalie Cynthia Gonsalves Harwich
13
Apr. 9 Rolan Richard Galvin
Harwich
John Gonsalves Blanche Lopes James O. Galvin Edith Lopes
Kelley Street Harwich Kelley Street Harwich Kelley Street Harwich
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Pleasant Lake
6 Mar. 17 John Stephen Doane
Barnstable Mass.
BIRTHS-Continued
No. Date
Name
Place of birth
Parents
Residence
14 Apr. 23
Napoleon Antoine Cayonette, Jr.
Harwich
Napoleon A. Ceyonette Gwendolyn Chipman Raymond E. Sears Myrtle M. Higgins William D. Lee Alice Robinson
North Harwich
15
May 1 Elaine Frances Sears
Harwich
East Harwich
16 May 3 Lance Robinson Lee
Barnstable Mass.
Harwich
Norman S. Peters
East Harwich
18
May 9 Patricia Ramos
Barnstable Mass.
Gertrude L. Chase James L. Ramos Laura Pina George L. Grant Violet C. Perry
Harwich Center
19 May 27 Frederick Leland Grant
Barnstable Mass.
Barnstable
East Harwich
21 June 4 John Gardner Munsey
Harwich
Ralph W. Cashen Gladys Daniels Roger W. Munsey Elizabeth M. Palm
East Harwich
22 June 21 Marguerite Nancy Barboza
23 June 22 Robert Reginald Roderick
Harwich
George Barboza Maria S. Lopes Antoine Roderick Bessie Gonsalves Watson J. Small Marjorie Symmes
Kelley Street Harwich Harwich Port
24 June 24 Judith Ellen Small
Barnstable Mass.
Laurence F. Robbins Dorothy M. Crowell
East Harwich
Barnstable Mass. Barnstable
Mass. Harwich
Curtis L. Howes Avis M. Lee Manuel Viera Evelyn Gomes
West Harwich
27 July 23 Raymond Viera
East Harwich
South Harwich 1 - 85 - 1
20 June 1 Sheila Cashen
Mass.
Barnstable Mass.
Pleasant Lake
25 July 10 Evangeline Mae Robbins
26 July 12 Curtis Lincoln Howes, Jr.
Harwich Port
17 May 4 June Louise Peters
BIRTHS-Continued
No. Date
Name
Place of birth
Parents
Residence
28 Aug. 1 Donald Arnold Lee
Barnstable Mass.
Robert E. Lee
West Harwich
29
Aug. 14 Jane Chopin Smith
Barnstable Mass.
Gerald A. Smith Gladys J. Ellis
Harwich Port
30 Aug. 17
James Robert Rogers
Harwich
Robert W. Rogers
West Harwich
31 Aug. 22
32 Aug. 24 Sarah Griswold Hillhouse Stiles
Harwich
Roger S. Stiles Marion Hillhouse
Hastings, N. Y.
33 Sept. 6 Lois Nancy Holmes
Barnstable Mass.
Norman E. Holmes Marguerite C. Jenkins
34 Oct. 27 Peter Whitehead Nickerson
Boston Mass.
Joshua A. Nickerson Barbara Whitehead
35
Nov. 6 Robert Carrol Long
Barnstable Mass.
Delmar B. Long Ruth F. Cushman
Harwich Center
36 Nov. 9 Dorothea Claire Smith
Harwich
James L. Smith Estelle L. Chandler
37 Nov. 11 Victoria Althea Silva
Harwich
Raymond S. Silva Annie F. Rose
Kelley Street Harwich Harwich Center
38 Nov. 12 Paul Pena, Jr.
Barnstable Mass. Harwich
Paul Pena Susan B. Marceline
Clifton L. Greene Matilda F. Cotell
Charles P. Kelly Mary H. Hay
41
Dec. 28 Juell Elizabeth Moody
Barnstable Mass. Barnstable Mass.
Charles E. Moody Ruth C. Holmes
Harwich Center
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Harwich Center
East Harwich
North Harwich
39 Dec. 9 Roberta Anne Greene
Santuit, Barnstable, Mass. South Harwich
40 Dec. 17 Mary Patricia Kelly
Lillian A. Wade
Kathleen E. McKenney
.
MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF HARWICH-1938
No. Date
Names
Age
Residence
Where Married
1
Jan. 10
Thomas C. Crabe
21
Harwich
Nashua, N. H.
Phyllis D. Pratt
19
Harwich
2
Feb. 27
Emerson F. Holmes
21
East Harwich
Barnstable, Mass.
3 Feb. 27
Sidney E. Kelley
30
Dennis, Mass.
Barnstable, Mass.
Lillian Pearl Bassett
35
Harwich Center
4 Mar. 1
Frank A. Hurley
22
Harwich Port
West Harwich
Jessie Peirce
24
Chatham, Mass.
5 Apr.
3
David Kingman Henderson
22
Hyannis, Mass.
Brockton, Mass.
Ruby Mae Ellis
20
Harwich Port
6 Apr.
5
Isaac Jamson Merchant, Jr.
23
Dennis, Mass.
West Harwich
7
Apr. 17
Peter G. Balla
50
North Harwich
New Bedford, Mass.
Mary Kennedy Soutter
53
North Harwich
8
Apr. 17
Joseph G. Munroe, Jr.
22
Harwich Center
Harwich Center
Edith Louise Ellis
17
Brewster, Mass.
9 Apr.
18
Joseph Barber
24
Providence, R. I.
West Harwich
Elsie Barrows
24
West Harwich
10
Apr. 23
William James Rix
44
East Weymouth, Mass.
Harwich Port
11
May
11
Julio Grace
25
Harwich Center
West Harwich
12
May
28
Norman H. Myers
27
Burlington, Vt. North Harwich
13
June 11
Bradford W. Selfe
22
West Yarmouth, Mass.
Wellesley, Mass.
Althea N. Powell
20
Harwich Center
14
June 18
Arthur David Shanks
25
Carver, Mass.
Harwich Center
Delia Gusta Bassett
17
Harwich Center
Georgiana Francis
30
Truro, Mass.
Charlotte Piper
20
Harwich Center
E. Dennis, Mass.
Alice W. Hamilton
22
Anne Elizabeth Miller
32
Yarmouth, Mass.
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Bessie A. Baker Perry
25
Yarmouth, Mass.
MARRIAGES-Continued
No. Date
Names
Age
Residence
Where Married
15
June 26
Paul Pena
25
Harwich Center
Harwich Port
Susan B. Marceline
16
Pleasant Lake
16
June 26
James B. Scott
31
Orleans, Mass.
Harwich Port
17
July 18
Allin Pelton Thompson
26
South Harwich
West Harwich
Ann Mary Diggins
24
West Harwich
18
Aug
8
Russell E. Arey
20
South Yarmouth, Mass.
West Harwich
Mary Rita Rose
21
Dennis, Mass.
19
Aug.
13
Clifford Jacob Dugan
47
Cincinnati, Ohio
Harwich Center
Iradell Elizabeth Wilson
32
Ludlow, Ky.
20
Aug. 13
Arthur Grace
28
Harwich Center
West Harwich
Louise Thatcher
20
Harwich Center
21
Aug.
14
Harrison Thatcher Drew
20
Hyannis, Mass.
Doris Louise Miller
21
Harwich Port
22
Aug. 17
James Verner Guthrie
54
Ebensburg, Penn.
Harwich Port
23
Aug. 26
James E. Waters, Jr.
29
Gardner, Mass.
West Harwich
24
Sept. 5
Alfred A. Gervais
23
South Carver, Mass.
West Harwich
25
Sept. 9
Herbert E. Fenn
21
West Dennis, Mass.
West Harwich
Nancy O. Lee
17
Yarmouth, Mass.
26
Sept. 13
Clifton Linwood Greene
53
Santuit-Barnstable, Mass. Barnstable, Mass.
Matilda Frances "Cotell" Nunes
40
Pleasant Lake
27
Sept. 17
Edmund Edward Gomes Dominga Rose
21
Pleasant Lake
28
Sept. 17
Earle Lewis Sims
30
Harwich Center
Stoneham, Mass.
Charlotte Patch
28
Harwich Center
Barnstable, Mass.
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Eleanor Humes Price
25
Ardmore, Penn.
Margaret Bragg
24
Brewster, Mass.
Elsie Rita Charron
21
Dennis, Mass.
23
North Harwich
West Harwich
Lillian Beatrice Johnson
35
Brewster, Mass.
MARRIAGES-Continued
No. Date
Names
Age
Residence
Where Married
29
Sept. 24
Albert J. Rood
24
Harwich Port
Barnstable, Mass.
Annie Marie Gray
21
Yarmouth, Mass.
30
Sept. 24
Sidney Earle Chase
22
East Harwich
Harwich
31
Sept. 26
Walter James Ormerod
27
Orleans, Mass.
West Harwich
Marjorie Rose
20
Truro, Mass.
32
Oct. 1
Alfred LaMontague
33
Pleasant Lake
Fall River, Mass.
Bernadetta A. D'Auteuil
32
West Harwich
33
Oct. 2
Frank Dresser, Jr.
25
Chatham, Mass.
West Harwich
Emma Alberta Nickerson
26
Chatham, Mass.
34
Oct. 4
George Barboza
23
Falmouth, Mass.
Harwich Center
Marie Stella Lopes
21
Pleasant Lake
35
Oct. 6
Frank Monterio
29
Pleasant Lake
Harwich Center
Mary Gomes
36
Pleasant Lake
36
Oct. 8
Joseph D. Mullan
31
Hyannis, Mass.
West Harwich
Alice Elizabeth Speirs
20
West Dennis, Mass.
37
Oct. 15
Joseph Henry Long
23
Dennis, Mass.
West Harwich
Martha A. Williams
25
Providence, R. I.
38 Oct. 21
Alfred Houle
21
West Yarmouth, Mass.
West Harwich
Dorothy Marie Crowell
18
Dennis, Mass.
39
Oct. 22
Walter Burgo
23
Boston, Mass.
West Harwich
Nellie Raneo
27
Harwich Center
40
Oct. 29
John Emulous Hall
21
North Harwich
West Harwich
41
Nov. 11 William Abbott
43
South Harwich
Plymouth, Mass.
Frances Winifred Rafuse
30
Harwich Port
42
Dec. 20
John J. Erickson
64
Harwich Center
Harwich Center
Effie V. Bieretz
54
Philadelphia, Penn.
Eleanor Rosamond Eldredge 25
Dennis Port, Mass.
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Emily Margaret Thibodeau
20
Orleans, Mass.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF HARWICH-1938
No.
Date
Name
Age
Cause of Death
Residence
Place of Death
1
Jan.
8 Alpheus Howes
83
Arterio Sclerosis
Harwich Center
Taunton, Mass.
2
Jan.
16
Baby-Chase
0 Stillborn
East Harwich
East Harwich
3
Jan.
11 Elizabeth Mason Whiting 65 Coronary Thrombosis
Harwich Port
Attleboro, Mass.
4
Feb. 8 Edwin Francis Crosby
84 Urinary Cystistis
East Harwich Harwich Center
Harwich Center
6 Feb. 14 Mary Jean Silva
23
Pulmonary Tuberculosis Pleasant Lake
Bourne, Mass.
7 Feb. 28 Edwin K. Bearse
64
Coronary Sclerosis
West Harwich
West Harwich
8
Mar.
7 Caleb B. Simmons
58
Arterio Sclerosis
West Harwich
West Harwich
9
Mar. 8 Clifton Casey Nickerson
68 Pulmonary Embolism
Harwich Port
Barnstable, Mass.
10
Mar. 14
Olive M. Handren
89
Arterio Sclerosis
Harwich Center
Harwich Port
11
Mar. 19
Henry M. Small
56 Suicide
Harwich Center
Harwich Center
12
Apr. 1 Mary Emma Stearns
81 Arterio Sclerosis
Harwich Center
Chatham, Mass.
13
Apr. 3 John C. Our
53 Coronary Thrombosis
Harwich Port
Washington, D. C.
14
Apr. 16 Aruna Lester Eldredge
60 Chronic Alcoholism
Harwich Center
Harwich Center West Harwich South Harwich
16 Apr. 17 Ella Grant Howes
79
Cancer
South Harwich
Harwich Center
Wrentham, Mass.
18
Apr. 3 Frank I. French
37
Bellsmania
West Harwich
West Harwich
20
June 10
Nellie Carlson
74
Chronic Endocaditis
Harwich Port
Harwich Port
21
June 22
Anne Elizabeth McCormack
84
Coronary Thrombosis
Harwich Port
Harwich Port
22
June 23
Henry M. Curtis
67
Arterio Sclerosis
Harwich Center
Harwich Center
23
June 27
May A. Thomas
62
Angina Pectoris
Harwich Port
Harwich Port
24
June 12
Joseph Charles Roderick
3 mos.
Meningitis
Pleasant Lake
Barnstable, Mass.
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15
Apr. 16 Ruth C. Nickerson 1
84 Arterio Sclerosis
West Harwich
17
May 12 Bette Louise Stanford
2 Measles
82 Lobar Pneumonia
West Harwich
Tewksbury, Mass.
19
June 3 Doris Wood
Framingham, Mass.
5
Feb. 13 Benjamin H. Bassett
72 Diabitis Millitis
DEATHS-Continued
No. Date
Name
Age Cause of Death
Residence
Place of Death
25 June 30 Frances H. Walker
71 Chronic Myocarditis
Harwich Port
26
July
8 Sarah E. Snow
52
Fatty Myocarditis
West Harwich East, Harwich
Holyoke, Mass. Boston, Mass. East Harwich
27
July 14 Eliza Ann Kendrick
63 Chronic Myocarditis
28
July 21 Benjamin C. Thompson
61 Coronary Thrombosis
South Harwich West Harwich
South Harwich West Harwich
29
July 28 Napolean X. Thivierge
80 Carcinoma
31
Aug. 19
Francis T. Keeler
68
Angina Pectoris
32
Aug. 20
Eliza Chase
70
Chronic Arthritis
33
Aug. 30
Helena N. Chase
82 Arterio Sclerosis
34
Sept. 7
Flora Adeline Cahoon
71 Coronary Occlosion
35
Sept. 22
Edmund C. Joy
78 Cancer of Liver
36 Sept. 25
Elizabeth M. Wilbur
73 Arterio Sclerosis
37
Oct. 8
Timothy K. Stearns
86 Arterio Sclerotic Heart
38
Oct.
8 James G. Gomes
46 Accidental Drowning
East Harwich
East Harwich
40
Oct. 20 Irene S. Hall
62
Carcinoma of Stomach
Harwich Center
Boston, Mass.
41
Oct. 27 Peter Whitehead
Nickerson 2 hrs.
Premature
42
Nov.
2
Abbie Stuart Nickerson
63
Carcinoma of Cecum
43
Nov. 6 Luther Allen Crowell
76
Arterio Sclerosis
44
Nov. 11 Sophia Louisa Rogers 81
Cancer of Breast
45
Nov. 27
Lizzie E. Connolly 80
Chronic Valvular Heart Disease
South Harwich
Provincetown, Mass.
46
Dec. 12
Olive B. Chase
83
Arterio Sclerosis
Harwich Port Harwich Port
Harwich Port Harwich Port
47
Dec. 30
George O. Pierce
76
Carcinoma
East Harwich Harwich Port South Harwich West Harwich
Boston, Mass. Harwich Port South Harwich West Harwich
39
Oct. 14 Lilla M. Batchelder
74 Hypertension
Watertown, Mass. Harwich Port E. Orange, N. J. West Harwich Harwich Port Harwich Center West Harwich Warrenton, Va. Chatham, Mass. East Harwich
Harwich Port Waterford, Conn. West Harwich Harwich Port East Harwich Brewster, Mass.
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West Harwich West Harwich
30 Aug. 6 Margaret M. Driscoll
74 Myocarditis
BODIES BROUGHT TO HARWICH FOR INTERMENT-1938
1
Date of Death
Date of Burial
Name
Age
Cemetery
City or Town of Death
Jan.
7
Jan.
8
Emily Joan Roderick
2
Catholic, H. C.
Barnstable, Mass.
Jan.
8
Jan.
11
Harrison L. Latimer
56
East Harwich
Cambridge, Mass.
Jan.
13
Jan.
16
Emma Clifford
69
East Harwich
Wareham, Mass.
Jan.
26
Jan.
29
Susan L. Snow
85
Island Pond, H. C.
Hingham, Mass.
Jan.
31
Feb.
4
Clara "Davis" F. Bassett
67
South Harwich
Wareham, Mass.
Feb.
3
Feb.
6
Ida M. Bassett Lake
74
North Harwich
Orleans, Mass.
Feb.
12
Feb.
14
Chester W. Eldredge
35
Island Pond, H. C.
Dennis, Mass.
Feb.
27
Mar.
3
Addie Garfield Lothrop
69
Pine Grove, W. H.
Lynn, Mass.
Mar.
1
Mar.
4
James B. O'Brien
72
Pine Grove, W. H.
Barnstable, Mass.
Mar. 10
Mar. 14
Edwin C. Nickerson
69
East Harwich
Mar. 27
Mar. 30
Christopher E. Eldredge
74
East Harwich
Orleans, Mass.
Apr.
10
Apr
13
Alonzo F. Cahoon
80
East Harwich
Chatham, Mass.
Apr. 20
Apr.
23
Jerome N. Butler
84
Island Pond, H. C.
New Bedford, Mass.
Apr. 22
Apr. 24
Isaac Albert Bearse
83
East Harwich
Chatham, Mass.
June 20
June 23
Belinda Eldridge Robbins
88
East Harwich
Brewster, Mass.
June 22
June 25
Kesiah Kendrick Bearse
85
East Harwich
Chatham, Mass.
July
7
July
9
Annie Elizabteh Crowell
61
South Harwich
Chatham, Mass.
July
17
July
20
John Kelley Kendrick
67
East Harwich
Barnstable, Mass.
July
29
Aug. 2
Alice Hyde
72
Island Pond, H. C.
Seymour, Conn.
Aug. 21
Aug.
24
Charles L. Rogers, 2nd
79
East Harwich
Barnstable, Mass. Brewster, Mass.
Aug. 24
Aug. 27
Abner Lewis Eldredge
76 East Harwich
Aug. 24
Aug. 27 Arthur Lloyd Nickerson
53
Cong. Church Cem.,H. C. Springfield, Mass.
Aug. 31
Sept. 2
Justina Cowey
72
Mt. Pleasant, H. P.
Barnstable, Mass.
Sept. 6
Sept. 8
Joseph F. Baxter
72
East Harwich
Barnstable, Mass.
Sept. 11
Sept. 14
Mercy T. Downey
81
Island Pond, H. C.
Middleboro, Mass.
Orleans, Mass.
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BODIES BROUGHT TO HARWICH FOR INTERMENT-Continued
Date of Death
Date of Burial
Name
Age
Cemetery
City or Town of Death
Sept. 17
Sept. 20
William W. Tweddell .
36
East Harwich
New York, N. Y.
Sept. 21
Sept. 25
A. Everett Bassett
80
South Harwich
Wareham, Mass.
Sept.
29
Oct.
2
Albert N. Crowell
66
South Harwich
Chatham, Mass.
Oct.
4
Oct. 7 Olga O. Chase
51
East Harwich
Medford, Mass.
Oct.
15
Oct. .
17
Mary C. Walker
80
North Harwich
Brewster, Mass.
Oct.
20
Oct.
23
Mabel G. Snow
71
North Harwich
Cambridge, Mass.
Dec.
5
Dec.
9
Lucille Howes
73
East Harwich
St. Louis, Mo.
Dec.
12
Dec. 16
Alice J. Kelley
83
Mt. Pleasant, H. P.
Laconia, N. H.
Dec. 20
Dec. 22
William M. Ryder
75
North Harwich
Attleboro, Mass.
Maria Hook Cahoon
70
Pine Grove
Barnstable, Mass.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING FEBRUARY 7, 1938
Article 1. To choose on one ballot the following Town Officers and Committees : Town Clerk, Town Treasur- er, Tax Collector, for 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; one School Committee for two years ; three Constables for one year ; one Trustee of Brooks Library for three years; one Park: Com- missioner for three years; Moderator for one year; one Water Commissioner for three years; Surveyor of Highways for one year; one member of the Planning Board for five years.
See 1938 Town Report.
Article 2. To choose all other necessary Town Of- ficers and Committees.
See 1938 Town Report.
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 reve- nue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1938, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of! less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
So voted.
Article 4. To hear the report of all Town Officers and Committees, for the year 1937.
Following discussion on Assessors' Report, the Arti- cle was accepted as read.
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Article 5. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to de- fray Town expenses for the ensuing year, and act fully thereon.
The Finance Committee recommends that the follow- ing sums be raised and appropriated for necessary Town expenses for 1938 :-
Hearings
$ 200.00
Moderator
25.00
Selectmen's Salaries
3,700.00
Selectmen's Expense 300.00
Assessors' Expense
400.00
Treasurer's Salary
500.00
Treasurer's Expense
250.00
Treasurer's Bond
134.00
Tax Collector's Salary
1,800.00
Tax Collector's Expense
400.00
Tax Collector's Bond
268.00
Town Clerk's Salary
500.00
Town Clerk's Expense
100.00
Town Clerk's Bond
. 5.00
Accountant's Salary
1,000.00
Accountant's Expense
50.00
Stenographer's Salary
900.00
Elections and Registrations
2,000.00
Law
1,000.00
1937 Unpaid Bills
6,000.00
Police Department
3,000.00
Forestry
25.00
Tree Warden
4,250.00
Fire Warden
100.00
Herring Committee
200.00
Wire Inspector
500.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
2,000.00
Board of Health
600.00
Exchange Building
200.00
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Dump
Inspector of Animals
50.00 50.00
Inspector of Slaughtering
12,000.00
Bridges
400.00
Snow Removal
1,500.00
Electric Street Lights
7,008.00
Outside Poor
5,000.00
Infirmary
2,500.00
Poor of Other Towns
600.00
Soldiers' State Aid
240.00 .
State Poor
2,500.00
Schools and Transportation
52,185.72
Brooks Library
2,050.00
Park Commissioners
800.00
Town Reports
575.00
Insurance
2,175.00
Repairs to Public Buildings
1,000.00
Soldiers' Benefit
1,200.00
Advertising
200.00
Office Equipment
100.00
Old Age Assistance
18,000.00
Foreclosures and Tax Title
50.00
Traffic and Wychmere Light
150.00
Aid Dependent Children
3,000.00
Interest on Water Bonds
2,590.00
Interest on Schoolhouse Bonds
1,627.50
Retirement of Schoolhouse Bonds
7,000.00
Retirement of Water Bonds
7,000.00
Note for Schoolhouse Land
2,200.00
Interest on Town Notes
200.00
Water Department
7,800.00
Certifying Town Notes
30.00
Miscellaneous
300.00
Water Extension Bond Retirement
1,000.00
Highways-General Repairs
150.00
Fences and Railings
1,000.00
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Interest Water Extension Bonds
136.00
Interest on Schoolhouse Land Note
22.00
Old Age Assistance Note
7,200.00
Interest on Old Age Assistance Note
61.20
Water Commissioners' Salary
300.00
$182,357.42
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 amend- ments 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.
The Finance Committee recommends that this article be accepted and adopted. So voted.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to place one street light on Pleasant Road, West Harwich, said light to be placed on sixth or last pole in from Chase Street, and to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum for the same.
The Finance Committee recommends that this article be accepted and adopted and the sum of $17.50 raised and appropriated. Accepted and adopted.
Article 8. To see if the town will vote to erect and, maintain two street lights on poles on Depot Street, West Harwich, Mass., one near the residence of Aaron E. Baker and the other at the Junction of Depot and Division St., and act fully thereon.
The Finance Committee recommends that this article be accepted and adopted, and the sum of $35.00 raised and appropriated. Accepted and adopted.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to erect and maintain two street lights on North Road, West Harwich, between
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the State Highway and Smith Street, and to act fully there- on.
The Finance Committee recommends that this article be accepted and adopted and two lights installed on the third and fifth poles in from the state highway, and that the sum of $35.00 be raised and appropriated. Accepted and adopted as read.
Article 10. To see if the town will vote to erect and maintain two street lights on Wyndymere Road.
The Finance Committee recommends that this article be accepted and adopted and two lights installed, one on the third and one on the eighth pole south from the Lower County road, and that the sum of $35.00 be raised and ap- propriated. Accepted and adopted.
Article 11. To see if the town will vote to erect and maintain two street lights on Sea Breeze Avenue near the residence of William M. Sayles.
The Finance Committee finds that there is only one pole on this street, near the residence of William M. Sayles, and used to support wires from Wyndemere Road to a cot- tage east of Sea Breeze Avenue. They recommend that a light be installed on this pole and that the sum of $17.50 be raised and appropriated subject to the approval of the lo- cation by the Cape & Vineyard Electric Co. Accepted and adopted.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.) for the purpose of constructing a sidewalk in North Harwich ; be- ginning at the four corners near the residence of Irene Bak- er, and extending northerly on the East side of the street as far as the money will go; the surfacing shall be of hot mix or concrete construction ; and act fully thereon.
The Finance Committee recommends that this article be accepted and adopted. Accepted and adopted.
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Article 13. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Eight Hundred Dollars ($800.) to extend the sidewalk on the East side of Pleasant Lake Ave- nue and to harden same with bituminous concrete to go as far as money will allow. Accepted and adopted as read. $800.00 appropriated.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to harden with bi- tuminous concrete or some other suitable material the side- walk on the easterly side of South Street, extending from Main Street, Harwichport, to the junction of Miles and Pleasant Street.
The Finance Committee recommends that $100.00 be raised and appropriated to cut out a walk and harden with gravel at this point. Accepted and adopted as read.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Hundred Fifty Dollars ($350.) to harden and improve with oil the road leading from Pro- fessor Hersey's road to Uncle Venies road in South Harwich and act fully thereon. By request.
The Finance Committee recommends that this article be accepted and adopted. So voted.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate Three Hundred Fifty Dollars ($350.) to harden and improve with oil the Mitton Road, so-called, and leading from Sisson Road to the town dump, and act fully thereon.
The Finance Committee recommends that this article be indefinitely postponed. So voted.
Article 17. To see if the Voters of the Town of Har- wich will appropriate Five Hundred Dollars ($500.) to hard- en and improve with oil the road in West Harwich, known, as Lothrop Avenue, from the State Highway to the Town Dump, and to act fully thereon.
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