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The equipment for work on highways consists of one
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power Concrete Mixer; one Ford Dump Truck, (1926 Mod- el) ; one Road Scraper, (1922 Model) ; one Tar Kettle; one New England Road Snow Plow; one Baker A Snow Plow; four stone forks; fifteen short shovels; two scoops; six picks ; five long handle shovels; four lanterns ; five snow shovels ; one axe; one crowbar ; one branding iron ; one bush scythe and snath; five gravel screens; two street brooms; one stable broom; one five-gallon oil can; and eight side- walk plows.
I wish to thank the Selectmen and the citizens of the Town for their courteous treatment during the past year. Also Mr. E. B. Bailey, the District Assistant Civil Engineer, for his assistance in our work.
Respectfully submitted,
DANIEL A. PENPRAESE, Supt. of Streets.
West Bridgewater, Mass.
January 24, 1929.
Report of Chief of Police.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen :
I herewith submit the annual report of the West Bridgewater Police Department for the year ending De- cember 31, 1928.
Appropriation
$1,500.00
Fines returned to Town
673.31
Unexpended balance 30.21
Net cost of Police Department to Town
796.48
Stolen property recovered
2,850.00
COMPLAINTS INVESTIGATED 263
CAUSE OF ARREST
Operating without license
6
Driving under influence of liquor
8
Driving without registration
6
Speeding
15
Driving to endanger
11
Going away after accident without making self known
2
Failing to keep right or center of road
5
Breaking and entering at night time
4
Uninsured, automobile
1
Attaching number plates unlawfully
1
Cruelty to animals
1
89
Breaking and entering
3
Manslaughter
1
Assault and Battery
5
Drunk
18
Tramp
4
Vagrancy
3
Non support of minor children
9
Non support of wife
8
Larceny
8
Disturbance
6
Milk not up to standard
3
Fugitives from Justice
2
Illegal manufacturing
4
Illegal transportation of intoxicating liquor
1
Illegal sale of intoxicating liquor
4
Keeping and exposing
6
Capias
8
Idle and disorderly
1
Selling leased property
1
Violation of probation
1
MISCELLANEOUS
Automobile accidents
60
Accidents where death occurred
1
Accidents where persons were injured
36
Automobiles recovered for other departments
11
Cruelty to animals investigated
1
Liquor searches
12
Attempt suicide
1
Automobile exchange papers
125
Summons for other Police Departments
20
Auto accidents ; persons taken to doctor
20
Auto accidents; persons taken to hospital
16
Persons taken to State Farm Hospital
6
Insane
4
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The motorcycle has travelled 5,872 miles in the per- formance of its duties.
The department has placed road signs at all danger- ous corners; crossing and intersecting streets; and at all school houses on the black roads.
I wish to thank the teachers for their cooperation in instructing the scholars in the matter of caution in the streets while on the way back and forth to school; and I also wish to impress on the parents the need of instilling into the children the danger of accidents which may be avoided by exercising caution and care by the children themselves.
In closing I wish to thank the Selectmen and all others who in any way helped the department. To the officers I extend my hearty thanks for their cooperation.
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
1927
Gas for beacon
$20.00
Ambulance
9.00
$29.00
1928 Expenditure
Wages, police
$932.27
Auto and truck hire
74.50
Court officers
3.16
Motorcycle supply and repairs
74.64
Analysis
29.00
Equipment
26.82
Iron work
3.50
Uniforms
67.46
Traffic beacons
100.00
Council
60.00
Road signs
68.74
91
Printing
Brockton Police Assn. Matrons
1.10
18.00
10.60
$1,469.79
WARREN P. LAUGHTON, Chief of Police Department.
Report of Fire Department.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
Gentlemen :
In compliance with the requirements, I submit the report of the West Bridgewater Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1928.
CALL FORCE J
The call force consists of twenty men, one Chief, one assistant Chief, three Captains and five Forest Wardens.
An alarm system is installed in every fireman's house.
APPARATUS
The Apparatus consists of one Maxim 500-gallon triple combination pump and hose truck. One Federal combina- tion chemical and hose truck stationed at center. One Reo combination chemical and hose truck stationed at Co- chessett. One single horse drawn hose wagon at Jerusalem.
REPORT OF FIRES
Number of fires during the year were sixty-one; eight chimney fires, fourteen house, garage and barn fires, four automobile fires, thirty-seven brush and grass fires; and three out of town calls, two to Bridgewater and one to Fall River. In performing this service the apparatus has trav- elled 186 miles; laid 9,050 feet of 21/2 inch hose; 2,700 feet
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of chemical hose; raised 465 feet of ladders and used 769 gallons of chemicals.
In closing, I wish to thank the Selectmen and all others who have in any way helped the department.
To the officers and members of the department I ex- tend my hearty thanks for their cooperation.
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Wages, firemen
$494.07
Alarm system and Station duty
266.28
Equipment
352.00
Repairs
187.36
Supplies
61.62
Light
12.04
Telephone
265.74
Bonus
240.00
Insurance
29.75
Auto hire
14.25
Rent
144.00
Insp. permits returns to State
54.82
Coal
83.75
$2,205.68
WARREN P. LAUGHTON, Chief of Fire Department.
Report of Tree Warden.
I have trimmed trees in all parts of the town where I considered it was needed most. There is more that should be trimmed. I have also cut bushes on the following streets: Brooks Place, Copeland Street, East Spring Street, River Street, Maple Street, Scotland Street, Forest Street and Manley Street.
EXPENDITURES
Packard Green Co., pruner
$3.02
West Bridgewater Grain Co., scythe and snath
3.55
Octave Belmore, gas
10.26
Elm Square Garage, repairs
.70
Telephone
2.33
Amando Gambao, tree bolts
4.40
Brockton Gas. Co., tar
.50
Christopher Read, labor
261.25
Levi T. Nute, labor
132.00
Charles Simino, labor
72.00
Framus Dupuis, labor
8.40
Lester Ripley, labor
1.35
Total
$499.76
RECEIPTS
Geo Augutine
$25.00
Edward W. Seager
20.00
95
Nathan W. Bradford James A. Hemenway Wm. F Curtis A. H. Jenkins
Albert C. Blanchard
10.00
6.00
3.00
3.00
12.00
Total
$79.00
CHRISTOPHER READ, Tree Warden.
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
In compliance with the requirements of the Revised Laws I have the honor to submit my annual report of this office.
During the year I visited the various places of busi- ness and have tested and sealed the following weighing and measuring devices :
Adjusted
Sealed 28
Condemned
Platform scales
5
Counter scales
1
9
All other scales
3
34
6
Avoirdupois weights
5
102
Liquid measures
62
Gasoline pumps
9
43
Kerosene pumps
1
17
Yard sticks
1
EXPENDITURES
W. L. E. Gurley, supplies
$6.21
Insurance state standards
16.32
Advertising sealers notice
5.20
Peddlers' license plates
4.07
Christopher Read, sealer
70.00
Total
$101.73
97
RECEIPTS
Sealing fees Adjusting charges Peddlers' license fees
$54.15
1.09
24.00
Total
$79.24
CHRISTOPHER READ, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Moth Report.
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
The following is my annual report for the year 1928: I find the condition in regard to the gypsy moth the same as last year; we still have them in large numbers, but I think we can keep them under control. We have sprayed all the shade trees in the town and creosoted all the egg clusters we have found.
EXPENDITURES
Christopher Read, labor
$926.12
Levi T. Nute, labor
603.60
Albert A. Howard, labor
178.00
Geo. E. Cyr, labor
103.45
Thomas Luddy, labor
183.60
Charles Simino, labor
69.00
Framus Dupuis, labor
82.00
Charles E. Gardner, labor
64.20
Antonia Pagani, labor
100.80
T. Prescott Snell, labor
85.50
Manuel Andre, labor
58.20
Christopher Read, Jr., labor
9.60
Telephone, labor
26.30
Amando Gambao, repairs
8.90
Lathrop's Garage, gas and repairs
39.13
Ernest Otto, life belt
7.00
Octave Belmore, gas
43.44
99
Catherine Howard, storage
15.00
Elm Square Garage, tire and labor on sprayer
28.00
West Bridgewater Grain Co., supplies
6.24
Truck Registration
2.00
Lester Ripley, ladder
6.00
Insurance
10.70
Standard Oil Co., gas
36.00
Miscellaneous
9.05
Total
$2,701.83
RECEIPTS
Received for lead
$103.32
State Dept. of Public Works
39.20
Louis P. Hayden
7.50
Hervey Dunham
2.50
Robert A. Roberts
2.50
Total
$155.02
CHRISTOPHER READ, Local Superintendent.
Forty-ninth Annual Report of the Trustees of the Public Library.
TRUSTEES
Edith F. Howard
Daniel J. Lothrop
Ada M. Wood
Rev. L. B. Codding
Martha B. Mason
Louis P. Hayden
Term expires 1929
Term expires 1929
Term expires 1930
Term expires 1930
Term expires 1931
Term expires 1931
ORGANIZATION
Chairman Secretary Treasurer
Daniel J. Lothrop Edith F. Howard Martha B. Mason
BOOK COMMITTEE
Edith F. Howard Martha B. Mason
Ada M. Wood Daniel J. Lothrop
EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Daniel J. Lothrop
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REPORT OF LIBRARIAN
To the Trustees of the West Bridgewater Public Library :
I have the honor to submit the annual report of the West Bridgewater Public Library.
SIZE AND GROWTH
During the year there were added 380 bound volumes, including 330 by purchase and 50 by way of gift. The Library deeply appreciates the gift of these 50 books of readable adult fiction presented by our Town Clerk, Mr. E. H. Crocker. They have already proved their usefulness.
CIRCULATION
The really outstanding thing in our year's work is the astounding increase-33 1/3%-in the circulation of books : that is nearly 20,000 for 1928 as compared with 15,000 for 1927. This is remarkable, encouraging and in line with the experience of libraries all over the country. This increased call for books means a much larger duplication of the de- sired volumes than was formerly necessary. To all these book needs our Trustees have responded generously.
IMPROVEMENTS
So also in the realm of improvements, our needs have been met with : new flag pole and flag, roof newly shingled, a much needed bookcase for display of new books and other minor changes made.
NEEDS
Increased use of libraries, increased service by libra- rians, and increased need of expansion are the watchwords of the hour. Increased expansion necessarily means in-
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creased expenditure and increased expenditure means in- creased appropriation. Our book needs are well taken care of by the Trust Funds ; our running expenses greatly aided by the Dog Tax Refund; but the enlargement of the pres- ent building (or the erection of a new one) to provide space for people as well as books can come about only through larger appropriation and public support.
In conclusion, we extend our hearty thanks to all who have aided in making the work of the year 1928 such a marvellous success: to our loyal Trustees: our faithful staff and in large measure to the cooperation of class room teachers and the general public.
CIRCULATION DATA
Adult Fiction
9,380
Adult Non-Fiction
1,057
Juvenile Fiction
6,595
Juvenile Non-Fiction
1,008
Bound Magazines
19
Monthly Magazines
1,841
Circulation for 1928
19,900
Circulation for 1927
15,012
4,888
SCHOOL CIRCULATION
Elementary Schools :
Fiction
2,256
Non-Fiction
398
Magazines
1
2,655
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Secondary Schools : Fiction
259
321
Non-Fiction Magazines
5
585
2,655
Total School Circulation 3,240
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLOTTE L. WILLIAMS,
Librarian.
Books Added During 1928.
ADULT FICTION
Heyday
Abbott
Chaps and Chukkers
Ames Bailey
Silver Slippers
Alimony
Baldwin
House of Dr. Edwardes
Beeding
A Little Clown Lost
Benfield
Vanguard
Bennett
Behind That Curtain
Biggers
Mystery Reef
Bindloss
Candleshades
Bloom
The Hotel
Bowen
Hay Wire
Bowers
Points West
Bowers
Genevieve Gertrude
Brady
Strange Case of Miss Annie Spragg
Bromfield
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Old Nick The Father High Thursday The Half-Hearted Little Yellow House Crusade Red Rust Sun Hawk
Mystery of the Blue Train
Florian Slappey Goes Abroad Thunderbolt Man of Learning
Mystery of the Barren Lands
Plains of Abraham
Old Pybus
The Way Things Are
Gate Marked Private
Buried Treasure
Miss Mayhew and Min Yun
Amateur Gentleman
Cobweb Castle
Double Chance
Shadow of Ravenscliffe
Fletcher
A Certain Dr. Thorndyke
Freeman
As A Thief in the Night
Freeman
Swan Song
Galsworthy
Harness
A. Gibbs
Age of Reason
Brook Evans
P. Gibbs Glaspell
Migration
Emerald Trails
Grew Gregory Gregory
Redwood and Gold
Cabin at the Trail's End
Poor Gentleman
Hargreaves Hay Henderson
Golden Bees
Bronson Brown Burlingame Buchan Burton Byrne Cannon Chambers Christie Cohen Connor Crawford Cullum Curwood Deeping Delafield
Dell Drake Duffield Farnol Fletcher Fletcher
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Gold and the Mounted Crimson Roses Blue Ruin Seven Lovers
A Fairy Leapt Upon My Knee
Ginger Ella
A President is Born
Iron and Smoke
Red Sky at Morning
Pluck
Tide of Empire
Silas Bradford's Boy
Cruise of the Snark
Changing Road
Blades
The Lie
Typee
Flutes of Shanghai
With Malice Toward None
Mesquite Jenkins
Sergeant Eadie, Top Kick
We Sing Diana
Cavalier of Tennessee
Barberry Bush
Foolish Virgin
Neff Nicholson Norris Norris
Best Short Stories of 1928
O'Brien O'Reilly
The Black Fan
Fortunate Wayfarer
Light Beyond
Matorni's Vineyard
All Kneeling
Up Country
Bitter Heritage
Interference
Colorado
Hendryx Hill Hill Hine Howe Hueston Hurst Kaye-Smith Kennedy King Kyne Lincoln London MacGrath Mccutcheon Martin Melville Miln Morrow Mulford Nason
Oppenheim Oppenheim Oppenheim Parrish Peattie Pedler Pertwee Raine
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Murders in Praed Street At the South Gate Two Flights Up My Heart and My Flesh Stump Farm The Window The Hounds of God
Cowboy
Wings
French Short Stories
Russian Short Stories
Cups, Wands and Swords
Ninth Circle
Shaken by the Wind
Bonney Family
Verdict of the Sea
Claire Ambler
Water His Elizabeth Ambition
Me 'n Henry 'n the Artillery
Greene Murder Case
Partners Three
Clever One
Feathered Serpent
Squealer
That Dinner at Bardolph's
Jeremy
Wintersmoon
Clock Strikes Two
Webster Webster
Quartz Eye
Crime in the Crypt
Deep Lake Mystery
Tannahill Tangle
Anne Belinda
Rhode Richmond Rinehart Roberts Rose Rosman Sabatini Santee Saunders Schweikert Seltzer Simpson Steele Strachey Suckow Sullivan Tarkington Terhune Thane Train Upson VanDine Wagner E. Wallace E. Wallace E. Wallace Walling Walpole Walpole
C. Wells C. Wells Wells Wentworth
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The Children Bridge of San Luis Rey Splendor Daughters of India
West is West
Meet Mr. Mulliner
Beau Ideal
Berry & Co.
Murder at Fleet
Key of Life Total new adult fiction
F. Young 130
ADULT NON-FICTION
Revolt in the Desert
Roamin' in the Gloamin'
Disraeli
Mother India
House at Pooh Corner
Pipefuls
Shandygaff
Outlawry of War
Mary Todd Lincoln
A Son of Mother India Answers Strange Interlude
Modern Aircraft
Dweller on Two Planets
Stories of Greek Mythology
Significance of Alum
Diaries of Boyhood and Youth
Plays for Our American Holidays Count Luckner May Alcott; a Memoir
Ancient Man
When I Was a Girl in Italy
Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman
Wharton Wilder Williams Wilson Wister Wodehouse P. C. Wren Yates E. Young
Lawrence Lauder Maurois Mayo Milne Morley Morley Morrison Morrow Merkerji O'Neill Page Phylos Pyle Richardson Roosevelt Schauffler Thomas Ticknor Van Loon d'Ambrozio Barton
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What Can a Man Believe John Brown's Body Perhaps I Am Life and I Skyward
Through the Jade Gate
Life of Lincoln
Life of Louisa M. Alcott
Tremendous Trifles
Ante-Slavery Days
American Institutions
Sam Houston
Delight of Great Books
If You Go to South America
Standard Essays
Living With Our Children
Book of Green Vegetables
Story of Lawrence
Near East
Herbert Hoover
Safari
My Religion
Barton Benet Bok Bradford Byrd Cable and French Charnwood Cheney Chesterton Clarke Cook Creel
Erskine Foster Fuess
Gilbreth Gold & Gilbert Graves Hichens Irwin Johnson Keller
Report of Inspector of Animals.
There have been inspected during the past year 76 stables and 831 cattle. Beside the cattle there were 34 hogs inspected and 3 goats. Under the head of slaughtering the number of animals slaughtered were:
Hogs
495
Calves
740
Cattle
Sheer
. . . .
Goats
. . ..
Total
1,235
Animals condemned :
Hogs
6
Calves
6
Total
12
Year ending 1928.
DAVID DAILEY,
Inspector.
Town Clerk's Report.
BIRTHS RECORDED IN WEST BRIDGEWATER IN THE YEAR 1928
Date
Name
Parents' Name
Jan.
7 Thomas Wayne Hunt
8 Muriel Lorraine Pillsbury
11 Shirley Lorrains Packard
22 Lester Howard Noyes
Feb.
3 Dorothy Ayers Dalrymple
6 Barbara Jean Reid
7 Emily Rodriques Silva
8 Thomas Perry Silva
12 Richard Vosmus Goldie March
15 Dorothy Jean MacDonald
16 Donald Leroy Baker
29 Americo Soares Raposo
30 Alden Stuart Keith
April
16 Shirley Gummow
24 Kathleen Evelyn Goodwin
28 Barbara Jean Towers
May
2
John Norman Cogswell
21 Natilie Irene Gummow
Elmer O. Hunt and Persis B. Hol- mas
Frank E. and Doris M. Jenkins Harold O. and Hazel F. Mosher William W. and Mamie R. Hall
Albert A. and Grace E. Churchill Roland F. and Lillian M. Conklin Agostinho L. and Gloria R. Silva Anthony F. and Julia Perry George W. and Hattie E. Young
John H. and Marjorie E. Hayden George E. and Virgie B. Philbrook Antone S. and Evelyn M. Soares Sumner D. 2nd. and Bernice E. Martin
Earl R. and Ruth C. Jones Albert C. and Mary E. Harriman Walter H. and Frances Brown
Norman L. and Mary A. Keating J. Robert and M. Irma Williams
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June
3 George Edward Carnes
14 Chester D. Tingley, Jr.
19 Bernardy Bambrosio July
3 Jean Elizabeth Grenville
6 Lawrence Roland Correia
28 Albert Mae Peckham Aug.
7 Robert Edward Madden
11 Elaine Rosana Mattson
11 Barbara Pearl Vickery
21 Frank Erland Finch
27 Hilda Jennie Chaves Sept.
6 David Paige Winslow
9 Ralph Francie Morse
20 Mliton Elmer Rockwell
24 Ruth Jane Morse Oct.
1 Arlene Emma Erickson
9 Florence Ardelle Murray
13 Muriel Frances Fongeallaz
23 Robert Reno Ruzzamenti Nov.
7 Clarence Lee Moore, Jr.
8 Robert Lewis Howe
16 John Alden MacPherson
28 Marilyn Beverly Coelho Dec.
2 Merton David Minsky 2 Emily Thomas
3 Elizabeth Eileen Barrett
18 David Andrew Ely Number of births 50.
Thomas J. and Elsie E. Cogswell Chester D. and Marion F. Dunham Antonio and Lena Lafratta
Percy F. and Mary I. Taylor Gill and Nellie M. Piver Fred G. and Annie E. Salisbury
John W. and Edith E. Dehline Reinhold and Beatrice E. Morrison Norman P. and Helma E. Nichol- son
James C. and Lelia M. Holyoke Joseph S. and Mary Sousa
Edward F. and Elva H. Thayer Willard A. and Edith M. Pittsley Clifton G. and Margaret A. Erick- son
Jesse L. and Ada B. Woodward
Carl H. and Minnie F. Hammond James R. and Bernice Richardson William H. and Mabel F. Thomp- son
John and Louisa Castolino
Clarence L. and Marion E. Cope- land
Ernest A. and Laura C. Spratt Samuel A. and Gladys E. Smith Anthony P. and Angelina P. Braga
David and Katie Tanditt
Francis E. and Beatrice Clark Neal K. and Sadie P. Kimball Horace L. and Angie M. Butts
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN WEST BRIDGEWATER IN THE YEAR 1928
Jan. 7. Millage Corkun of West Bridgewater and Eliza- beth S. Staples of Easton, at Easton.
19. Napoleon J. Ensher of West Bridgewater and Virginia Essayan of Paris, France, in Paris.
22. Lewis E. Williams of Boston and Edith W. (Woodbury) Leonard of West Bridgewater, at Cohasset.
Feb. 1. Elmer E. Howard and Mary T. (Mahan) Mac- Donald both of West Bridgewater, at West Bridgewater.
Mar. 29. Hubert A. Vickery, Jr. of West Lynn and Ruth M. Leonard of Brockton, at West Bridge- water.
April 15. Percey A. Frizzle of Worcester and Elva M. But- ler of West Bridgewater, at West Bridge- water.
May 16. John E. Cummings of Easton and Theodora M. Browne of West Bridgewater, at West Bridgewater.
June 7. Frank E. Copeland of West Bridgewater and Francis I. Smith of Easton, at Easton.
9. Samuel A. Read of West Bridgewater and Hat- tie M. MacCurrach of Brockton, at Brockton. 9. George L. Williams of Brockton and Thelma G. Farnham of West Bridgewater, at Brockton. Melvin E. Stevenson and Beatrice M. Miller both of Brockton, at West Bridgewater.
10.
14. Chester D. Tingley and Marion F. Dunham, both of West Bridgewater, at West Bridgewater.
15. V. Leslie Stanley and Bernice H. (Keith) Mar- land, both of West Bridgewater, at West Bridgewater.
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19. Edward L. Lindsay of Brockton and Beatrice A. Walden of West Bridgewater, at West Bridgewater.
23. Anthony P. Coelho of Taunton and Angelina P. Braga of West Bridgewater, at Taunton.
24. Roderick MacDonald of West Bridgewater and Esora E. Hollis of Brockton, at Brockton,
July 10. Frank W. Macauley and Ruth Damon, both of West Bridgewater, at West Bridgewater.
10. Albert P. Polhemus of White Plains, N. Y., and Edna M. Lawson of West Bridgewater, at West Bridgewater.
25. Lawrence C. Roche of Norwood and Hazel K. MacGowan of Brockton, at West Bridge- water.
27. Eldon K. Roscoe of West Bridgewater and Grace E. Wright of Brockton, at Brockton.
Aug. 8. Leslie C. Carter of West Bridgewater and Della S. Sim of Port Williams, N. S., at West Gore, N. S.
11. Harold F. Denley of West Bridgewater and Anna J. Rugus of Brockton, at Brockton.
14. John R. Knight of West Bridgewater and Doro- thy Sarson of Brockton, at West Bridge- water.
20. Anthony Perry of West Bridgewater and Fran- celina Barboza of Fall River, at Fall River.
25. Herbert J. Clark of West Bridgewater and Katherine L. Canavan of Brockton, at West Bridgewater.
7. Philip S. Knapp and Mary Zuis, both of West Bridgewater, at Brockton.
14. Anthony Sylvia of Dighton and Mary H. Piver of West Bridgewater, at Bridgewater.
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14. Albert Gratum and Anna Minsky, both of Chel- sea, at West Bridgewater.
20. Louis S. Borges of Dighton and Rose M. Salva- dor of West Bridgewater, at Bridgewater.
26. Richard E. Brown of West Bridgewater and Helen Louise Tebbetts of Sanford, Me., at Sanford, Me.
Nov. 9. Edward F. Allen of West Bridgewater and Hel- en L. Clark of Brockton, at East Bridge- water.
10. Leon A. Wilson of Brockton and Evelyn A. Allen of West Bridgewater, at Brockton.
12. G. Clifford Butterworth of Raynham and Mil- dred E. Fantom of West Bridgewater, at West Bridgewater.
29. John F. Hannon of Lee and Ruth E. Josselyn of West Bridgewater, at Brockton.
Dec. 16. Albert Rooslet and Blanche M. Haight, both of West Bridgewater, at Bridgewater.
22. John M. Perkins of Brockton and Dorothy L. Holbrook of West Bridgewater, at Brockton. Number of marriages, 36.
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DEATHS RECORDED IN THE TOWN OF WEST BRIDGEWATER IN THE YEAR 1928
Date
Name
Age Y. M.
D. Cause of Death
January
29 George B. Curtis
0
6
27
Broncho-pneumonia
February
6 Beatrice Haight
0
1
5 Premature Birth
28 George L. True
60
11
1
Acute Endocarditis
March
4 Walter Allard
45
11
3 Broncho-pneumonia
6 Mary M. Arnold
74
10
18
Arterio Sclerosis
22 Johanna W. Keith
78
0
1 Cancer of Rectum
29 Katie G. Kelley
57
8
12
Chronic Interstitial Neph- ritis
31 Mary E. Howard
68
1 15
Pluro-pneumonia
April
2 George E. Morse
65
5 27
Angina Pectoris
5 Narcisse Dupuis
82
7
0
Arterio Sclerosis
5 George F. Logue
62
1
18 Cerebral Hemorrhage
12 Helen A. W. Dean
80
1
9
Arterio Sclerosis
13 John F. Nelson
0
1
14
Acute Bronchitis
May
25 Herbert W. Flanders
45
1 24
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
June
6 Minnie Frellick
69
10
12
Bronchitis
24 Leah Evelyn Holmes
28
3
15
Puerperal Fever
27 Stillborn
July 7 Marjorie D. Cosgrove
3
10
5
Acute Miliary Tuberculosis
15 Byron C. Rick
82
3
15 Cerebral Hemorrhage
20 Leo Kizirian
17
10
7
Automobile Accident
24 Stillborn
27 Annie R. Beaver
78
0
0
Chronic Myocarditis
August
3 Mary Sylvia
30
0
0 Acute Pericarditis
4 Alice R. Bartlett
61
6 20 Chronic Endocarditis
8 Evelyn A. Merry
54
1 19 Cerebral Hemorrhage
18 William N. Knapp
76
10
3 Arterio Sclerosis
116
September
21 Eliza Small
78
11 18 Arterio Sclerosis
29 Charles Weatherbee
78
0
0 Valvular Disease of Heart
October 6 Carrie A. Moulton
65
6
28
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
November
29 Elle A. Walker
75
10
5 Myocarditis
December 2 Stillborn
8 Mary E. Dunbar
83
9
20
13 Loring M. Bates
69
7
28
Myocarditis Heart Disease - Conorary Artery Disease Diabetic Gangrene of both feet
23 Alice W. Livermore
68
0
0
30 Mary E. Kaizer
87 0 0 Cerebral Hemorrhage
Number of deaths, 35.
Report of Town Accountant.
RECEIPTS
GENERAL REVENUE
Current year :
Property and Polls
$44,870.89
Previous years
29,437.90
From State:
Income tax
8,400.00
Income tax, Schools
6,830.00
Corporations
2,631.86
National Bank
130.43
Trust Co. tax
35.32
Street Railway
634.74
Veterans' Exemption
32.50
$93,003.64
Licenses :
Dance
$5.00
Music
4.00
Pasteurizing
5.00 ยท
Cleansing and Dyeing
5.75
Junk
100.00
Pedlers'
24.00
Sunday
40.00
Victuallers'
22.00
118
Slaughtering
5.00
2nd. hand Motor
20.00
$230.75
FINES AND FORFEITS
Collectors' Receipts
Fines-Court
$66.00 $673.21
GRANTS AND GIFTS
From State:
Schools-Superintendent's Salary $1,286.79
Massachusetts School Fund 5,679.02
Vocational Education 38.28
From County-Dog Licenses
845.66
$7,849.75
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Town Hall-rent $710.50
Town Hall Lot-rent of Pasture $65.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police-No-trespass signs
$2.30
Sealer of Weights and Measures
$55.24
Gypsy Moth:
Reimbursement from State $39.20
Reimbursement from Individuals
12.50
Lead
103.32
$155.02
Tree warden: Reimbursement from individuals $79.00
119
HEALTH
Reimbursement from individuals $21.50
HIGHWAYS
From State:
Maintenance, Chapter 81
$3,768.50
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