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Article 51. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to extend the water mains on Forest Street in Harwich Port and Harwich Center and to act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 52. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to install and maintain water mains on Robbins Road in Harwich Port and to act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 53. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to extend the existing water mains along Smith Street to Depot Road in West Har- wich; thence southerly to Rte #28 and northerly to include the residence of William Marion and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted the sum of $15,487.75 from Article 59.
Article 54. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to extend the existing water mains northerly along Pleasant Lake Avenue in Har- wich from the residence of Benjamin Pina to the residence of Archilus Cahoon in Pleasant Lake and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted the sum of $51,381.00 from Article 59.
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Article 55. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to install and maintain water mains easterly along Queen Anne Road from Pleasant Lake Avenue to the residence of Anthony Texeira and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted the sum of $9,960.00 from Article 59.
Article 56. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to install and maintain water mains westerly along Queen Anne Road from Pleasant Lake Avenue to the residence of Gideon Rose and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted the sum of $14,045.00 from Article 59.
Article 57. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to extend its water mains from its present location on Brook Road in Harwich Port to the end of Brooks Road, a distance of approximately 300 feet and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted the sum of $897.00 from Article 59. Provided 6% return.
Article 58. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to extend the water mains from Miles Street in Harwich Port to the development known as Grassy Pond Development and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted the sum of $4,470.00 from Article 39. Provided 6% return.
Article 59. To see what method the Town will vote to adopt toward financing the appropriations which have been voted at this meeting for the extension of water mains; determine whether the appropriation shall be provided by taxation, by transfer from available funds in the Treasury or by issuance of a loan and to act fully thereon.
It was voted to borrow the sum of $113,000.00, the Trea- surer to issue bonds or notes for the same. Also to raise and appropriate the sum of $794.75. This was voted 259 yes, 14 no. Standing vote.
Article 60. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used in planting shade trees along town accepted ways under Chapter 87 of the General Laws and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00.
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Article 61. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to be used in controlling the Dutch Elm Disease under Chapter 761 of the General Laws and to act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 62. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000) to be used under the direction of the School Committee to widen the present high school driveway, to enlarge and improve the present parking area at the high school; to install a catch basin and grade, and oil the present elementary parking area and to act fully thereon. 1
Accepted and adopted. Voted to transfer the sum of $5,000.00 from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury.
Article 63. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money to purchase for school purposes, a certain parcel of land containing 2.14 acres ad- joining the High School lot on the north, and bounded and described as follows: On the north by land of Mildred B. Paine, Allen F. Whitney Jr., and Ruth E. Doane; on the east by land of Howard C. Cahoon; on the north again by said Cahoon; on the east again by land of Anna M. Wixon; on the south, by land of the Town of Harwich 492.9 feet; on the west, by land of said Town; on the north again by land of Mildred B. Paine; and on the west again by land of Mildred B. Paine. All rights of way to the same to be over the present school lot. Seventy- eight one-hundredths acres of land stands in the name of Mildred B. Paine and 1.36 acres in the names of said Paine, Grace L. VonSoosten, Eleanor K. DeMello, and Dorothy E. Bassett and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted by a unanimous vote. Voted to transfer the sum of $3,500.00 from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury.
Article 64. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Health to appoint a committee of seven persons, including at least one physician, to investigate the advantages and disadvantages of flouridation and to report their findings with recommendations to the annual town meeting of 1956 and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted.
Article 65. To see if the Town will vote to increase the School Committee Board to five members to take effect by appearing on the annual Town Meeting Ballot at the annual Town Meeting in 1956 and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Vote 163 yes, 117 no.
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Article 66. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to appoint not later than April 1, 1955, a committee of five members, one of whom to be designated as Chairman, and one of whom to be designated as Secretary by the Select- men to study the feasibility of Town Manager form of govern- ment for Harwich and to report its recommendations, if any, to the voters of the town to be acted upon at the Annual Town Meeting in 1956 and to act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 67. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the moderator to appoint a committee of five persons, within thirty days, to study the present administrative organization of the town and the advantages, if any, of adopting a mana- ger plan of administration, and to make a report of its find- ings and recommendations (together with the necessary legislation) to the next annual town meeting or to a public hearing called for the purpose not later than November 15, 1955, and to appropriate seventy-five dollars ($75.00) for use of said committee and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $75.00. Committee: Dwight W. Sleeper (to call meeting together), Watson J. Small, Jon L. Morris, Flora Hall Mears, H. Morrison Mitchell.
Article 68. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate sufficient funds to procure fifty dollar ($50.00) deductible collision insurance for each motor vehicle owned and operated by the Town and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to instruct the selectmen to procure $50.00 deductible collision insurance on the two police cruisers and the Town ambulance.
Article 69. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and instruct the Selectmen to appoint a committee of not less than five citizens to investigate the possibilities of relocating the present town dump and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted.
Article 70. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) to be used for the prevention of shore erosion and the develop- ment of beach facilities at the new beach in South Harwich and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to transfer the sum of $2,500.00 from unappropriated available funds in the Trea- sury, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $9,500.00.
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Article 71. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to extend and improve the parking facilities at the end of Deep Hole Road and Uncle Venies Road at the new beach in South Harwich, and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to transfer the sum of $2,500.00 to this article from article 77 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1953.
Article 72. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) to purchase for municipal parking purpose from Phineas O. Baker, a certain parcel of registered property and the building thereon located in Harwich Port held under certificate #10241 and shown on land court plan #19881A and recorded in Barn- stable County Registry of Deeds book 68-page 21 and to act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 73. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-six hundred dollars ($2,600) for the purpose of purchasing a new truck for the Highway Department and to authorize the Highway Surveyor to trade the old truck and the sum from same to be used toward the purchase of a new truck and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to transfer the sum of $2,600.00 from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury.
Article 74. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate tne sum of four thousand dollars ($4,000) to widen and improve Pleasant Bay Road so called in East Har- wich from Rte #137 to Rte #28 and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to transfer the sum of $4,000.00 from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury.
Article 75. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of fourteen hundred dollars ($1,400) for the purpose of purchasing a new pick-up truck for the High- way Department and to authorize the Highway Surveyor to trade the old pick-up truck now owned by the Town and the sum from same to be used toward the purchase of a new pick- up truck and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to transfer the sum of $1,400.00 from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury.
Article 76. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars ($350) for the purpose of purchasing a new snow plow for the High-
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way Department and to authorize the Highway Surveyor to trade the old snow plow and the sum from same to be used toward the purchase of a new plow and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $350.00.
Article 77. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of forty-five hundred dollars ($4,500) for the purpose of widening and resurfacing Division Street from Rte #28 in West Harwich and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to transfer the sum of $4,500.00 from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury.
Article 78. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to grade and surface Trumet Road in West Harwich leading from Kelley Road northerly to Joe Lincoln Road and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00.
Article 79. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of seventeen hundred dollars ($1,700) to purchase a new police cruiser and equipment and to auth- orize the Chief of Police to trade the 1953 Chevrolet cruiser now owned by the town, the sum received from said trade to be used toward the purchase of the new car and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to transfer the sum of $1,700.00 from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury.
Article 80. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars ($350) to erect appropriate signs at the various entrances and exits of the seven villages of Harwich and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $350.00.
Article 81. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000) to be spent for the purpose of advertising the resources and ad- vantages or attractions of the Town of Harwich, this money so appropriated to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00.
Article 82. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of eight hundred and seventy-five dol- lars ($875) for the purchase of 500 feet 21/2 inch double jacket fire hose and to act fully thereon.
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Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $875.00.
Article 83. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) to pur- chase a parcel of land from William C. Chase, bounded as follows: Northerly by the Town of Harwich, and land of Margaret Hunt; easterly by land of Margaret Hunt; southerly by the land of A. D. Makepeace Co. and westerly by the land of William C. Chase, being a part of land conveyed to William C. Chase by deed of Laura H. Kendrick recorded with Barn- stable County Deeds in Book 365, page 251, said parcel to be used for a parking and drill area and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00. This was a unanimous vote.
Article 84. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of twenty-three hundred and sixty-nine dollars ($2,369) for the purchase of a new car, ranch wagon style for the Fire Chief and Fire Department. Said purchase to be made by the Fire Chief and Selectmen and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to transfer the sum of $2,369.00 from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury.
Article 85. To see if the Town will accept the layout of Northern Avenue in Harwich Port leading from Wyndemere Bluffs Road westerly to Hiawatha Road as reported and recommended by the Selectmen under date of January 21, 1955, and to authorize and instruct the Selectmen to take by purchase or eminent domain the lands, or interests in the lands, within said layout, and to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for this purpose and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted by a unanimous vote.
Article 86. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from surplus revenue or available funds a sum of money for the purpose of reducing the 1955 tax rate and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to transfer the sum of $10,000.00 from unappropriated available funds in the Trea- sury.
Article 87. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for unpaid bills of 1954 as provided for in Chapter 179 of the Acts of 1954 and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $976.70.
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Article 88. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the following unexpended balances of special appropriations to Surplus Revenue.
Purchase New Police Cruiser $300.00
Purchase Grader-Highway Dept.
296.60
Purchase Ambulance-Fire Dept. 210.50
$807.10
Accepted and adopted.
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY K. BEARSE,
Town Clerk
Report of the Special Town Meeting Held June 3, 1955
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 affairs, to meet in the Exchange Hall in said Town on Friday, June 3, 1955 at 7:30 p.m., then and there to act on the following articles:
Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sufficient sum of money, either by transfer from available funds in the treasury, or by issuance of a loan or both for the purpose of extending the water mains "in West Harwich on Division Street, and in North Harwich on Kelley Street and Depot Road, and in Harwich and Harwich Port on South Street, Robbins Road, Forest Street, Park Street, Oak Street, Old County Road, Lover's Lane, Bank Street, Long Road and in South Harwich on Depot Road, and in East Har- wich on Depot Road, Route 39, Queen Anne Road, Church Street, and Pleasant Bay Road, and connecting with two new wells and pumping plants to be located north of the existing pumping station," as shown on a plan drawn by Whitman & Howard, Engineers, 89 Broad Street, Boston, Massachusetts,
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dated April 25, 1955, copy of which is on record in the Select- men's office and at the Water Department, and to further provide for the establishment of two additional wells and pumping plants and equipment as proposed on said plan.
It was voted that the sum of $379,000.00 be appropriated to be used as specified under this article, all of said mains to be not less than 6-inches in diameter, and the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen is authorized to borrow $379,000.00 and issue bonds therefor payable in not more than fifteen years from their date of issue. The motion was ac- cepted by standing vote. In favor 195. Opposed 1.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds the sum of $800.00 to be used in conjunction with the $1,300.00 appropriated under Article 41 of the an- nual Town Meeting of 1955 for the purchase of a ranch type station wagon for the Water Department, said vehicle to be purchased by the Board of Water Commissioners, and to act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted as read.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds the sum of $8,000.00 to be used for the purpose of making test wells and to act fully thereon.
It was moved that the Town vote to transfer from avail- able funds the sum of $6,000.00 to be used for the purpose of test wells. Accepted by a standing vote. In favor 79, opposed 8.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to accept and adopt the following changes in and amendments to the PRO- TECTIVE BY-LAW of the Town of Harwich:
Under Section 2-USE REGULATIONS. In paragraph 3, delete the following:
"In Residential and Agricultural Districts, no buildings, structures, or premises hereafter erected or altered may be used for any except"
and insert the following :-
"In Residential and Agricultural Districts, no buildings, or premises shall be used, and no building therein shall be erected or structurally altered except"
Accepted and adopted by a unanimous standing vote.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to accept and adopt the following changes in and amendments to the PRO- TECTIVE BY-LAW of the Town of Harwich:
Under Section 2-USE REGULATIONS. In paragraph 3, delete the following:
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"(a) Detached one or two-family dwelling with privilege for renting of rooms to summer guests, but shall not extend to include public restaurant service".
and insert the following :-
"(a) Detached one or two-family dwelling with privilege for renting of not more than (5) rooms to paying guests, but shall not extend to include public restaurant service."
Accepted and adopted by a standing vote. For 100, against 7.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to accept and adopt the following changes in and amendments to the PRO- TECTIVE BY-LAW of the Town of Harwich:
Under Section 5-ADMINISTRATION. Delete paragraph (a) reading as follows:
"(a) Board of Appeals. There shall be a Board of Ap- peals of seven members, one from each Post Office area in Harwich, appointed by the Selectmen, said Board to act in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 40, 25-30b and sub- sequent amendments thereto."
and insert the following :-
"(a) Board of Appeals. There shall be a Board of Ap- peals consisting of seven regular members and, in addition, seven associate members, one regular and one associate mem- ber from each Post Office area in Harwich, all to be appointed by the Selectmen, said Board to act in accordance with Gen- eral Laws, Chapter 40, 25-30b, and subsequent amendments thereto."
Accepted by a standing vote. For 90, against 2.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to appoint one member from the Harwich Plan- ning Board to act with other Cape Cod Towns having Plan- ning Boards, in forming a Regional Planning District, to plan jointly to promote with the greatest efficiency and economy the co-ordinated and orderly future development under a Master Plan the areas within their jurisdiction, if and when the Regional Planning Law becomes effective.
Accepted and adopted by a unanimous voice vote.
Respectfully submitted,
HENRY K. BEARSE,
Town Clerk
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF HARWICH-1955 No Births Occurred in Harwich
No. Date Name
Town of Birth
Parents
January:
1. Richard Alan Canto 10
Barnstable, Mass.
2.
6 Steven Allen Gomes
Barnstable, Mass.
3. 7 Richard Swift Welsh
Barnstable, Mass.
4. Donald Allen Chipman 8
5. 13 Russell Towle Jenkins
Barnstable, Mass.
6.
25 Shelly Robin Nunes
Barnstable, Mass.
February:
7. 1 Janice Lee Nikula
8. 19 Casey Ann Eagle
9.
22 Fletcher Gerard Smith
March: 10. 3 Lopes
11. 5 Jouette Karen Bailey
12. 7 Glenn Francis Rose
Barnstable, Mass. Barnstable, Mass. Barnstable, Mass.
Matthew Roderick Lopes Jeanette M. Lopes Roger Emerson Bailey Beverly Ann Johnson Manuel Francis Rose Rose Domingo Santos
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Barnstable, Mass. Barnstable, Mass.
Vaner James Nikula Maxine Beatrice Orton Emanuel Eagle Elizabeth Ann Cashman Fletcher Smith Mary Gerard Taylor
Bourne, Mass.
Theodore Lomba Canto Mabel Stella Gomes James George Gomes Anna Clarington Lopes Richard Warner Welsh Arlene Douglas Swift
Barnstable, Mass.
Edward Alonzo Chipman Mary Elizabeth Young Edward Preston Jenkins Margaret Lumyra Towle Roger Nunes Jr Lucille Virginia Raneo
BIRTHS-Continued
No. Date Name
Town of Birth
Parents
13.
11 Albert Henry Raneo Jr.
Barnstable, Mass.
14.
12 Gary Edson Julin
Barnstable, Mass.
15.
17 Antonio Ernest Cutts
Bourne,
Mass.
16.
27 Pamela Shari Winston
Barnstable, Mass.
April:
17.
2 Leslie Ann Hurst
Barnstable, Mass.
18. 21 Todd Kelly Daggett
Barnstable, Mass.
May: CI
3 Joan Leslie Derby
20. 5 Amy Irene Robinson
21. 7 Michaela Mary Boies
22. 11 Vickie Lyn Rathbun
23. 18 Blair Ernest Bauer
24. 19
Deborah May Farrenkopff 25. Debra Jean Johnson 19
26.
24 David Paul Handren
Barnstable, Mass. Barnstable, Mass. Barnstable, Mass. Barnstable, Mass.
Barnstable, Mass. Barnstable, Mass. Barnstable, Mass. Barnstable, Mass.
Albert Henry Raneo Josephine Janet Galvin Buddy Walter Julin Frances Elaine Witherell Ernest Slade Cutts Marion Fortes Eugene Harringston Winston Jr. Beverly Adriane Brown
William Franklin Hurst Grace Louise Donovan Paul Woodrow Daggett Ruth Elizabeth Wilcox
Dean Derby Irene Florence Eldredge Wayne Herbert Robinson Evelyn Ruth Eldredge Bemis Gilman Boies Mary Ruth Hastings William Douglass Rathbun Carol Moise Nelson Frederick Albert Bauer Nathalie Joan Foss Sterling Wesley Farrenkopff Audrey Howes Eldredge George Vernon Johnson 3rd. Gail Louise Rockwood John Ross Handren Dorothy Pearl Stetson
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27. 26 Ralph Edwin Petersen
28. 27 Diane Fern Mansur
29. 28 Jean Frances Gray
30.
29 Marie Jean Donovan
Barnstable, Mass. Barnstable, Mass. Barnstable, Mass. Barnstable, Mass.
June:
31.
9
Laurence Francis Nickerson 3rd.
32
8 Paul Robert Niemisto
Barnstable, Mass. Barnstable, Mass.
July: 33. 2 Melanie Lee Cahoon
34. 3 Kent Hathaway Hartig
Barnstable, Mass. Barnstable, Mass.
April: 35. 9 Mary Louise Eastman.
36. 18 Judith Ann Taylor
Boston, Mass. Barnstable, Mass.
May: 37. 1 Deborah Ann Andrade
Barnstable, Mass.
June: 38. 17 Pamela Theresa Gonslaves
July: 39. 2 Lori Joan Eldredge
Barnstable, Mass.
Harold Ralph Petersen Alice Frances Seaward Paul Gilman Mansur Marjorie Louise Davidson Douglas Francis Gray Dolores Debora Deatte Paul Gerard Donovan Leona Alfreda Peterson
Laurence Francis Nickerson Jr. Marjorie Louise Jones Toivo William Niemisto Georgia Louise Eldredge . Milton Lee Cahoon Elizabeth Jane Hardinger Charles Stuart Hartig Patricia Hathaway
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John M. Eastman Arlene Nunes John Joseph Taylor Mary Patricia Doane
John Peter Andrade Jacqueline Harmon Rose
Barnstable, Mass.
Stanley Delfino Gonsalves Mary Theresa Andrade
Calvin Burleigh Eldredge Barbara Jean Emery
BIRTHS-Continued
No. Date Name
Town of Birth
Parents
40. 7 Lucian Jose Perez
Barnstable, Mass.
Barnstable, Mass.
42. 17 David Crockett Chase
Barnstable, Mass.
43.
18 Robin Helen Chandler
Barnstable. Mass.
44.
23 Frank John Pina Jr.
Barnstable, Mass.
Barnstable, Mass.
46.
31 Craig Rowell
Barnstable, Mass.
August: 47.
2 Judith Ann McRoberts
48. 4 Charles Augustus Winano
49. 14 Peter William Eldredge
50. 16 Gregory Steven Johnson
Barnstable, Mass. Barnstable, Mass. Barnstable, Mass.
Barnstable, Mass.
October:
51. 12 Dana Eddy Osborne
Bourne, Mass.
November: 52. 19 Maureen Gail Baptist
Barnstable, Mass.
Felip Cano Perez Emily Josepha Pena John Chester Coombs Barbara Jeanette Ellis Roscoe Conklin Chase Jr. Mary Etta Winters
William Lawrence Chandler Harriet Pearson Whitney John Frank Pina Beverly Ann Ellis Joseph Edward Craffey Doris Marie Duffy Walter Raymond Rowell Jr. Edith Lyon Schumaker
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