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Appendix D.
ROLL OF HONOR, 1914-1915.
This roll contains the names of pupils who have been awarded large certificates of attendance. Figures following the names of pupils indicate the number of small certificates earned. One small certificate represents perfect attendance for one school month.
CENTER SCHOOL.
GRADE IX.
Jennie Bisemore 9
William Luddy 8
Irene Browne 8
John Howard 7
Harry Parry 9 Louisa Perry 8
Fred Howe 9
Frank Simono 8
Annie Luddy 8
GRADE VIII.
Bernice Belmore 7 Beatrice Congdon 7 Manuel DeMattos 9 Annie Enos 7 Florence Gardner 8 Margaret Gathro 8 Linnea Hagglund 7 Doris Irving 7 Mildred Johnson 8 Louise Lang 7
Alice Martin 7 Joanna McFadden 8 Elizabeth Read 7 Louise Ripley 9 Kendall Staples 7 Grace Vosmus 8 Ernest Wetterberg 7
Elizabeth Wheeler 7
Elizabeth Worthing 8
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GRADE VII.
Charles Ames 7 Charles Andrews 8
Elsie Brown 7 Ralph Ferranti 8 Donald Foye 8
Otto Froehlick 7
Everett Kingman 7 Adrien Lupien 9 William Madden 7 Carroll Pike 7 Marion Pike 8 Mary Sadoian 9
GRADE VI.
Evelyn Allen 8
Chester Baker 8
Margaret Hayes 8
Russell Hemenway 7
Grace Keenan 8 Marion Martin 8 Dorothy Redman 8 Ralph Worthington 9
GRADE V.
Anna Hatch 9
Helen Redman 7
GRADE IV.
Walter Campbell 7
Majorie Hayden 8 Arlene Irving 7
Araxie Sadoian 8
Harry Sawyer 7 Charles Worthington 7
GRADES III, II AND I. None.
COCHESETT INTERMEDIATE.
Louis Boudreau 8
Carl Johnson 8
Lucia Buch 7
Forrest Lunn 9
Annie Clark 9
Leo Miller 8
George Gardner 8
Ethel Murphy 8
Leo Hefner 7
Ralph Norton 7
Roy Holbrook 7
COCHESETT PRIMARY.
Corelli Alger 8 Earl Finch 9 Dorothy Holbrook 8
Edgar Swanson 7
Dorothy Murphy 9
Helen Sawyer 8
Evelyn White 9
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town Officers
and Committees
OF THE TOWN OF
West Bridgewater
1916
EWATE
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MASS.
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MIPIT ROCH
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ORPORATED
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town Officers and Committees
OF THE TOWN OF
WEST BRIDGEWATER
FOR THE YEAR 1916.
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A. H. WILLIS, PRINTER, BRIDGEWATER, MASS. 1917.
Contents.
Appropriations Recommended by Selectmen, 77
Assessors' Report, 31
Auditors' Report,
136
Births, 130
Board of Health, Report,
83
Call for Citizens' Caucus, .
135
Call for Town Meeting,
135
Collector of Taxes, Report,
98
Deaths,
132
Dogs,
30
Fire Department,
103 30
Hunters' Licenses,
List of Jurors, 86
List of Taxpayers, 36
Marriages,
129 5
Officers, 1916,
ORDERS DRAWN BY SELECTMEN:
Cemeteries,
75
Charities,
69
Contingent,
77
Education,
71
Executive Department,
53
Financial Department,
54
Forestry, .
65
General Departments,
56
Health and Sanitation,
66
4
Highways and Bridges,
68
Interest, . 75
Legislative Department, 53 Library 71 73
Memorial Day,
Municipal Buildings,
59 76
Monument Grounds,
73 61
Protection of Life and Property,
Public Lectures, ,
73
Taxes, 76
Sealer of Weights and Measures, 64
Street Lights, 74
Unclassified,
74
Overseers of Poor, Report, 80
Report of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Work,
90
Report of Inspector of Animals, . 93
Report of Tree Warden, 88
Report of Trustees of Public Library, 116
Report of Treasurer of Public Library, 119
Report of Librarian of Public Library, 121
Road Commissioner's Report, 94
Town Clerk's Report of Town Meetings,
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Town Treasurer's Report, 99
Water Commissioners' Report' 106
Water Department, Collector's Report 108
Water Department, Treasurer's Report. 112
School Committee's Report,
Superintendent of Schools' Report.
Municipal Indebtedness,
Town Officers for 1916.
TOWN CLERK,-Edward H. Crocker.
SELECTMEN AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
Orvis F. Kinney, Harold S. Lyon, Clerk,
Term expires 1917
1919
Ellis S. LeLacheur, Chairman,
66
1919
ASSESSORS.
Albert Manley,
Term expires 1917
George F. Logue, Chairman,
1918
Clinton P. Howard,
66
1919
COLLECTOR AND TREASURER, -Frank L. Howard.
WATER COMMISSIONERS.
Hervey Dunham, Clerk,
Term expires 1917
Orvis F. Kinney, Chairman,
1918
Edwin H. Lothrop,
1919
SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Anna S. LeLacheur,
Term expires 1917
1917
Clinton P. Howard,
1918
Herbert Holmes,
1918
Corelli C. Alger,
1919
Frank L. Howard,
1919
Lorenzo A. Tower,
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TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY.
· Edith F. Howard,
Term expires 1917
1917
Daniel J. Lothrop,
Helen H. Foye,
66
1918
Edward B. Maglathlin,
66
66 1918
Lorenzo A. Tower,
1919
Martha B. Mason,
66
1919
CONSTABLES, - Octave Belmore, John A. Chase, Henry O. Davenport, Warren P. Laughton, William L. Woodworth.
SPECIAL CONSTABLES, - George T. Shaw, Charles H. Leonard, William N. Shipman.
ROAD COMMISSIONER,-Henry O. Davenport.
TREE WARDEN, -Octave Belmore.
AUDITORS, -Arthur E. Ryder, J. Alton Paine.
FOREST FIRE WARDEN,-Warren P. Laughton.
DEPUTY FIRE WARDENS, -Cecil N. Andrews, George F. Cobb, Edward L. Bourne, Frank P. Hatch, William L. Wood- worth, William S. Irwin, Albert Manley, Levi T. Nute.
FIRE ENGINEERS .- Warren P. Laughton, (Chief), Ellis S. LeLacheur, Cecil N. Andrews, Edward L. Bourne.
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS.
John L. Sullivan, Christopher Read, Channing F. Dunbar,
Term expires 1917
1918
1919
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SUPERINTENDENT OF GYPSY AND BROWN TAIL MOTH WORK .- Octave Belmore.
INSPECTOR OF CATTLE AND SLAUGHTERING .- William L. Woodworth.
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES .- Joseph C. Howard. PUBLIC WEIGHERS .- Rufus Bennett, Eddy P. Dunbar, Clin- ton P. Howard.
SURVEYORS OF' LUMBER AND MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK .- Clinton P. Howard, Edwin H. Thayer, Alger- non S. Lyon, Farnham Gillespie, William F. Ryder.
FENCE VIEWERS .- Clinton P. Howard, T. Prescott Snell, George F. Ryder.
FIELD DRIVERS .- Albert Manley, Joseph C. Howard, Wil- liam L. Woodworth, Edwin H. Thayer, T. Prescott Snell.
Town Clerk's Report.
Condensed Reports of Town Meetings of the Town of West Bridgewater, during the Year 1916.
ANNUAL MEETING, MARCH 6, 1916.
Chose Howard B. Wilbur, Moderator.
Balloting for Town Officers resulted as follows:
Whole number of votes cast 297. Male 296; female 1. Town Clerk,-Edward H. Crocker.
Selectman for three years, -Ellis S. LeLacheur. Treasurer, -Frank L. Howard.
Assessor for three years, -- Clinton P. Howard.
Overseer of Poor for three years, -Ellis S. LeLacheur.
Tax Collector, -Frank L. Howard.
Water Commissioner for three years, -Edwin H. Lothrop.
Auditors,-J. Alton Paine, Arthur E. Ryder.
Tree Warden, -Octave Belmore.
Trustees of Library for three years, -Martha B. Mason, Lorenzo A. Tower.
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School Committee for three years, -Corelli C. Alger, Frank L. Howard.
Constables, -Octave Belmore, John A. Chase, Henry O. Davenport, Warren P. Laughton, William L. Woodworth.
Shall Licenses be granted for the sale of Intoxicating Liquors in this Town? Yes, 41; No, 202.
Road Commissioner, -Henry O. Davenport.
Adjourned to Monday night, March 13, 1916.
ADJOURNED MEETING.
Voted, -To choose all Town Officers not elected on offi- cial ballot.
Chose as Field Drivers,-Albert Manley, Joseph C. Howard, William L. Woodworth, Edwin H. Thayer, T. Prescott Snell.
Chose as Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood and Bark .- Clinton P. Howard, Edwin H. Thayer, Algernon S. Lyon, Farnham Gillespie, William F. Ryder.
Chose Clinton P. Howard, T. Prescott Snell and William F. Ryder as Fence Viewers.
Voted, - That no department shall contract bills in excess of the amount of its appropriation without the consent of the Selectmen having been first obtained; and that it is the sense of this meeting that town officers approving bills shall be responsible for the correctness of such bills.
Voted,-To accept the reports of the Town Officers as printed in the Town Report.
Voted,-That the Town Treasurer, with the approval of
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the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1st, 1916, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year; any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the rev- enue of said financial year.
Voted, -To raise and appropriate for the ensuing year:
For Legislative Department.
Moderator, $25 00
Executive Department,
Selectmen, 700 00
Financial Department.
Auditors,
50 00
Treasurer and Collector,
750 00
Assessors,
550 00
Other Financial Officers and Accounts.
General Departments.
Town Clerk,
225 00
Law,
75 00
Election and Registration,
300 00
Municipal Buildings.
Town Hall, running expenses,
225 00
Town Hall, shingling,
400 00
Protection of Life and Property.
Constables,
400 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures,
30 00
Forestry.
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth work,
706 58
Care of Trees.
Tree Warden, ($100 for planting trees), 400 00
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Fire Deparment, including equipment, 850 00 Hydrants, 1,000 00
Health and Sanitation.
Board of Health and Quarantine,
300 00
Inspection of Animals,
50 00
Inspection of Slaughtering, 225 00
Highways and Bridges,
Road Commissioner, ($3,000.00 for permanent work), 4,000 00
Voted, -That the sum of $4,000.00 be appropriated for highways, $3,000.00 of which shall be expended for perma- nent work on West Centre Street, providing the State appro- priates a like amount.
Charities,
Overseers of Poor,
1,400 00
Soldiers' Relief, 350 00
Public Library,
200 00
Monument Grounds, care of
75 00
Memorial Day,
100 00
Public Lectures,
120 00
Unclassified,
250 00
Cemeteries, care of,
30 00
Interest,
600 00
Street Lights,
223 08
Contingent Fund,
1,000 00
School Appropriations,
General Control, 1,000 00
Teachers' Salaries,
7,500 00
Text Books and Supplies,
750 00
Janitors and Supplies, 950 00
Maintenance of Buildings,
500 00
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Fuel,
850 00
Transportation, Rent, 375 00
1,600 00
Sundries,
100 00
Voted, -To raise and appropriate the sum of $507.66 to pay property owners' liability for work of suppressing gypsy and brown tail moths.
Voted, -That the sum of $10,000.00 be, and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of a water supply in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 133 of the Acts of 1913, en- titled, "An Act to authorize the Town of West Bridgewater to make an additional Water Loan," as amended by Chapter 275 of the Acts of 1915 and for construction of the same upon any streets or ways in said town to or upon which in the discretion of the Board of Water Commissioners it may seem expedient or desirable to extend such water supply, and that said amount be raised by a bond issue. The vote was, Yes 47; No 14.
Voted,-That the Board of Water Commissioners make all necessary arrangements for the purpose mentioned in Article 9.
Voted,-That the Overseers of the Poor be authorized to take such action as to the management, leasing or renting of the Town Farm and buildings as to them seems best, for a term not exceeding three years.
Voted,-That the sum of $1,000.00 be raised and appro- priated for a Town Vault.
Voted, -That the Overseers of the Poor be authorized to sell the pine and all other timber and wood upon the Alms- house property to such extent as to them seems best. '
Voted,-That the Town accept a lease of the "Drury Field," from the Trustees of the Howard Fund in West
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Bridgewater, for a term not exceeding twenty-five years at a rate of one dollar a year; that the Selectmen be authorized, empowered and directed to execute the lease in behalf of the Town of West Bridgewater; that a joint committee composed of the Selectmen and the Water Commissioners have charge of making the field into a suitable playground for the inhabi- tants of West Bridgewater, and have supervision of it; and that the sum of $500.00 be and hereby is appropriated for the work, including the cost, if any, for such legal advice and proceedings as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this vote.
Voted,-That the sum of $200.00 be raised and appro- priated for Band Concerts.
Voted,-That the Chief of the Fire Department in con- junction with the Selectmen be authorized to get in touch with the original donors of the Hook and Ladder Truck at Cocheset and see what arrangements can be made with them for the turning over the Truck to the Town to be used for fire purposes.
SPECIAL MEETING, APRIL 17, 1916.
Chose Howard B. Wilbur, Moderator.
Voted, -That the sum of $400.00 be raised and appro- priated to construct a highway over Thayer Avenue, so called, and that any unexpended balance be applied to the general highway fund.
Voted, -To adjourn to Thursday night, April 20, 1917, at 7.30 o'clock.
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ADJOURNED MEETING, APRIL 20, 1916.
There were at least 50 legal voters present when the fol- lowing vote was passed.
Voted, -To amend the vote passed at the Adjourned An- nual Town Meeting, March 13, 1916, under Article 9 of the warrant for said meeting, by providing that the $10,000.00 water bonds therein authorized be issued in accordance with Special Acts of 1915, Chapter 275, entitled “An Act to Authorize the Town of West Bridgewater to make an addi- tional Water Loan," and that said bonds be denominated on their face "Town of West Bridgewater Water Loan, Act of 1915." and to ratify said vote in all respects not inconsistent herewith, and all acts done under authority thereof.
PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY, APRIL 25, 1916.
Whole number of votes cast, 128.
REPUBLICAN PARTY.
Delegates at Large:
Grafton D. Cushing, 60
Charles Sumner Bird, 64
Augustus P. Gardner, 61
16
Robert M. Washburn,
57
Samuel W. McCall,
32
Henry Cabot Lodge,
31 27
· John W. Weeks, Winthrop M. Crane,
26
Alternate Delegates at Large:
Alexander McGregor,
42
Lombard Williams,
39
Daniel Cosgrove,
William M. Armstrong,
Butler Ames,
Louis A. Frothingham,
31
Eben S. S. Keith,
33
Frank W. Stearns,
29
District Delegates, 14th District:
Henry L. Kincaide,
65
E. Chester Eaton,
68
Samuel H. Capen,
21
Horace A. Keith,
26
Alternate District Delegates, 14th District:
Francis W. Welch,
40
Frank B. Webster,
41
Eugene R. Stone,
28
Charles R. Hilberg,
29
DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
Delegates at Large:
David I. Walsh, 8
41 40 29
17
Joseph N. O'Neil, Humphrey O'Sullivan, Charles B. Strecker,
7 7 7
Alternate Delegates at Large:
H. Oscar Rocheleau,
7
Edmund D. Codman,
7
Vincent Brogna,
7
Thomas F. Higgins,
7
District Delegates, 14th District:
John A. Kiggen,
7
William H. Powers,
7
Alternate District Delegates, 14th District:
James J. Mandeville, 7
William J. Sulivan, 7
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING JULY 10, 1916.
Chose Howard B. Wilbur, Moderator.
Voted, -To appropriate the sum of $2,000 for a school- house and land at Matfield.
Voted, -That all matters pertaining to the new school- house be left with the School Committee ..
Voted,-To appropriate the sum of $650.00 to drain the
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tract of land between West Centre Street and the Town River.
Voted, -That the Board of Health be authorized to make all necessary arrangements for the draining of the tract of land between West Centre Street and the Town River.
Voted,-To accept the extension of Sunset Avenue, lead- ing northerly from the portion of the Avenue heretofore accepted by the town, as laid out by the Selectmen.
Voted,-That the town appropriate the sum of $100.00 for tarvia to be put on the highway where the abuttors will pay for one-half of said tarvia, the town to pay the balance and cover with sand, and that the expenditure of this money be limited to North Elm Street.
Voted, -That the Overseers of the Poor be authorized to sell the old Almshouse situated on the north side of, West Street.
Voted, -To adopt a set of by-laws relating to the inspec- tion of wires.
Voted,-That the Board of Health be instructed to inspect Matfield river and to make complaint to the State Board of Health if they find the conditions warrant so doing.
STATE PRIMARY ELECTION SEPTEMBER 26, 1916.
Whole number of votes cast, 364. By Republican party, 354; by Democratic Party, 10.
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REPUBLICAN PARTY.
Governor:
Samuel W. McCall, 255
Lieutenant-Governor:
Calvin Coolidge,
234
Secretary :
Albert P. Langtry,
217
Treasurer:
Charles L. Burrill,
208
Auditor:
Joseph B. Brown,
96
Alonzo B. Cook,
107
Attorney-General:
Henry C. Attwill, 202
Senator in Congress:
Henry Cabot Lodge,
218
Congressman, 14th District:
Ezra W. Clark,
102
Harry C. Howard,
23
Henry L. Kincaide,
127
Louis F. R. Langelier,
6
Robert L. Raymond,
21
David P. Rice,
0
Councillor, 1st District:
David L. Parker, 211
Senator, Plymouth District:
Edward N. Dahlborg,
195
Horace F. Field,
71
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Representative, Eighth Plymouth District:
Eddy P. Dunbar,
86
Harold S. Lyon,
151
Edward B. Maglathlin,
82
County Commissioner, Plymouth County:
Charles L. Beal, 37
George W. Bradford,
26
Walter H. Faunce,
32
Allston M. Sinnott,
161
Associate Commissioners, Plymouth County:
William L. Sprague,
163
Howard B. Wilbur,
1
Charles L. Bradford,
1
District Attorney, Southeastern District:
Frederick G. Katzman, 208
Clerk of Courts, Plymouth County:
Edward E. Hobart, 212
Register of Deeds, Plymouth County:
John B. Washburn, 210
State Committee, Second Plymouth District:
C. Chester Eaton, 135
Delegates to State Convention Elected:
Howard B. Wilbur, 184
Algernon S. Lyon, 182
Town Committee Elected:
Orvis F. Kinney, Algernon S. Lyon, Howard B. Wilbur, Albert Manley, John M. Richards, Edward H. Crocker, Edward B. Maglathlin.
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DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
Governor:
Charles H. Cole, Frederick W. Mansfield,
4
6
Lieutenant-Governor:
Thomas P. Riley, 10
Secretary:
Leon R. Eyges,
7
Treasurer:
Henry N. Teague,
8
Auditor:
John N. B. Soulliere,
7
Attorney-General: Joseph Joyce Donahue,
8
Sentor in Congress:
John F. Fitzgerald,
7
Congressman, 14th District:
Richard Olney, 2d,
10
Councillor, 1st District:
John L. Sullivan,
1
Senator, Plymouth District: Walter F. Russell, 8
County Commissioner, Plymouth County : Edward P. Boynton, 8
District Attorney, Southeastern District:
Chester W. Ford, 7
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Delegate to State Convention: John L. Sullivan.
Town Committee: John L. Sullivan.
STATE ELECTION, NOVEMBER 7, 1916.
Whole number of votes, 511.
ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT.
At Large:
Louis F. Weise,
15
Howard A. Gibbs,
15
William Shaw,
0
John B. Lewis,
0
George v. L. Meyer,
284
Edward A. Thurston,
284
Oscar Kinsalas,
0
Ingvar Paulson,
0
David I. Walsh,
179
Sherman L. Whipple,
179
District No. 1:
Reuben V. Clark,
15
Oliver L. Bartlett,
0
Kelton B. Miller,
284
Henry Noffke,
0
Harry A. Garfield, 179
23
District No. 2:
Samuel M. Jones,
15
William G. Rogers,
0
Gurdon W. Gordon, Daniel S. Law, Thomas F. Harrington,
284
0
179
District No. 3:
Victor Annalas,
15
Albert C, Brown,
0
George R. Wallace
284
John A. Anderson,
0
Marcus C. Coolidge,
179
District No. 4:
James Cronin,
15
William W. Nash,
0
Webster Thayer,
284
William Taylor,
0
H. Oscar Rocheleau,
179
District No. 5:
William A. Chase,
15
Charles W. Leach,
0
Herbert E. Fletcher,
284
John McKinnon,
0
Humphrey O'Sullivan,
179
District No. 6:
Ralph E. Gardner,
15
John E. Peterson,
0
Isaac Patch,
284
Jeremiah P. McNally,
0
Charles F. Ropes,
179
24
District No. 7:
Archibald H. Adamson,
15
Wilbur D. Moon,
0
· Charles C. Johnson, Ezekiel Hamburger, Simeon Viger, 179
284
0
District No. 8:
John S. Young,
15
Stuart B. Renick,
0
Arthur Black,
284
Frederick Roberts,
0
Eugene Wambaugh,
179
District No. 9:
William Sanborn,
15
William G. Merrill,
0
Charles Bruce,
284
Andrew Mortenson,
0
Marcus Beebe, 179
District No. 10:
John J. McEttrick,
15
Franklin S. Sprague,
0
Joseph B. MacCabe,
284
Paul E. Anderson,
0
William Taylor, 179
District No. 11:
Moses J. Konikow,
15
Obed Baker,
0
Grafton D. Cushing,
284
Henry C. Hess,
0
Josiah Quincy, 179
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District No. 12:
Louis Marcus,
15
Solon W. Bingham,
0
George F. Lawley, Harry Keller, John MacDonald,
284
0
179
District No. 13:
Eugene Hough,
15
Moses D. Monroe,
0
George S. Smith,
284
Dyer Enger,
0
Edward E. Ginsburg,
179
District No, 14:
Zoel Thibabeau,
15
Albert J. Orem,
0
Horace A. Keith,
284
John A. Frederickson,
0
Charles M. Hickey,
179
District No. 15:
Louis Schriever,
15
John M. Fisher,
0
Frederick E. Goff,
284
Albert Barnes,
0
John F. Doherty,
179
District No. 16:
Robert Metcalf,
15
James I. Bartholomew,
0
Phineas C. Headley, Jr.,
284
Jeremiah O. Fihelly,
0
Thomas C. Thatcher,
179
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GOVERNOR.
James Hayes,
1
Chester R. Lawrence,
7
Samuel W. McCall, Frederick W. Mansfield, Dan A. White,
299 141
23
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.
Calvin Coolidge,
313
Alfred H. Evans,
7
Sylvester J. McBride,
19
Thomas J. Mahar,
1
Thomas P. Riley, 101
SECRETARY.
Thomas F. Brennan, 313
Leon R. Eyges,
85
Louise Adams Grout.
25
Albert P. Langtry,
303 1
TREASURER.
Charles L. Burrill, 313
Frederick E. Oelcher,
1
Elam K. Sheldon,
86-
Henry N. Teague,
AUDITOR.
Joseph Bearak, 23
Frank Bohmbach,
4
Alonzo B. Cook,
298
John B. N. Soulliere, 86
27
ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
Henry C. Attwill, Joseph J. Donahue, Joseph Jiskra, John Weaver Sherman,
313
83
0
21
SENATOR IN CONGRESS.
John F. Fitzgerald, 150
Henry Cabot Lodge,
280
William N. McDonald,
19
CONGRESSMAN, 14TH DISTRICT.
Henry L. Kincaide,
232
John McCarty,
15
Richard Olney, 2d,
225
COUNCILLOR, 1ST DISTRICT.
Joseph M. Coldwell,
54
David L. Parker, 295
SENATOR, PLYMOUTH DISTRICT.
Ddward N. Dahlborg, 320
Walter F. Russell,
99
Zoel Thibadeau, 16
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT, EIGHTH PLYMOUTH DISTRICT.
Eddy P. Dunbar, 199
Ellis S. LeLacheur, 282
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COUNTY COMMISSIONER, PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Charles L. Beal,
292
Edward P. Boynton,
97
Mathew J. Teehan,
24
ARSOCIATE COMMISSIONERS, PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Albert Oddie, 65
William L. Sprague,
307
Frank D. Watton,
72
DISTRICT ATTORNEY, SOUTHEASTERN DISTRICT.
Chester W. Ford, 89
Frederick G. Katzman,
286
Robert A. Nutting,
36
CLERK OF COURTS, PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Abraham Bloom, 49
Edward E. Hobart, 317
REGISTER OF DEEDS, PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
Charles J. Brandt, 45
John B. Washburn, 317
QUESTIONS.
"Shall there be a convention to revise, alter or amend the Constitution of the Commonwealth?" Yes, 179. No, 109.
"Shall an Act passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred and sixteen, to make the first day of Janu-
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ary, known as New Year's Day, a legal holiday, be approved and become law?"
Yes, 207. No, 155.
"Shall an Act passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred and sixteen, entitled, 'An Act to prevent the voters of one political party from voting in the primaries of another political party ' be approved and become law?" Yes, 183. No, 122.
"Shall the Representative from this district be instruct- ed to support the adoption of an amendment to the Constitu- tion of the Commonwealth, providing for some form of the initiative and referendum which shall give to the voters the power to accept or reject statutes and constitutional amend- ments proposed to the Legislature by petition of a substantial number of citizens but rejected by it, and also the power, upon such petition, to reject measures passed by the Legis- lature ?"
Yes, 227. No, 47.
VOTE IN EIGHTH PLYMOUTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT.
Dunbar.
LeLacheur.
Bridgewater,
495
326
East Bridgewater,
328
242
West Bridgewater,
199
282
1022
850
Total vote in District, 2156.
Number of registered voters in town, 576.
Males, 573. Females, 3.
EDWARD H. CROCKER,
Town Clerk.
Dogs, 1916.
Number of dogs licensed from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916: Males, 226; Females, 34; total, . 226 Males @ $2.00, 34 Females @ $5.00,
260
$452 00
170 00
$622 00
Less Clerk's fees,
52 00
$570 00
June 2d, paid County Treasurer,
$300 60
Dec, 6th, paid County Treasurer, 269 40
$570 00
EDWARD H. CROCKER,
Town Clerk.
Hunters' Licenses.
Number of Resident Hunters' Licenses issued for the year ending December 31, 1916, sixty-five (65.)
65 Licenses @ $1.00, $65 00
Less Clerk's fees @ 15 cents, 9 75
$55 25
Paid Fish and Game Commissioners,
55 25
EDWARD H. CROCKER, Town Clerk.
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Report of Assessors.
LIST OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE YEAR 1916.
Legislative Department,
1. Moderator, $25 00
Executive Department,
1. Selectmen, 700 00
Financial Department,
1. Treasurer and Collector, 750 00
2. Assessors, 550 00
3. Auditors, 50 00
4. Other financial officers and accounts, 10 00
Other General Departments,
1. Town Clerk, 225 00
2. Law, 75 00
3. Election and Registration, 300 00
Municipal Buildings,
2
1. Town Hall, running expenses, 250 00
2. Town Hall, shingling, 400 00
Protection of Life and Property,
1. Constables, 400 00
2. Sealers of Weights and Measures, 30 00
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Forestry,
1. Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Extermina- tion, 706 58
2. Tree Warden (one hundred dollars for planting trees), 400 00
Fire Department,
1. Equipment and expenses, 850 00
2. Hydrants, 1,000 00
Health and Sanitation,
1. Board of Health, 300 00
1
2. Inspection of Slaughtering, 225 00
3. Inspection of Animals, 50 00
Highways and Bridges,
1. Thayer Avenue, 400 00
2. Road Commissioner ($3,000 for permanent work), 4,000 00
Charities,
1. Overseers and poor out, 1,400 00
2. Soldiers' Benefits, 350 00
Library,
200 00
Monument Grounds, care of,
75 00
Memorial Day,
100 00
Public Lectures,
120 00
Unclassified,
250 00
Cemeteries,
30 00
Interest,
600 00
Street Lights,
223 08
Contingent Fund,
1,000 00
School Appropriations,
General Control, 1,000 00
Teachers' Salaries,
7,500 00
Text Books and Supplies, 750 00
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Janitors and Supplies,
950 00
Maintenance of Buildings,
500 00
Fuel,
850 00
Transportation,
1,600 00
Sundries,
100 00
Rent,
375 00
Property Owners' Liability,
507 66
Town Vault,
1,000 00
Playground,
500 00°
Band Concerts,
200 00
$31 877 32
ASSESSMENT ON PROPERTY.
State Tax,
$3,280 00
State Highway Tax,
316 00
County Tax,
2,323 05
Town Grant,
31,877 32
Sunset Avenue School Bond,
1,000 00
Town Hall Bond,
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