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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
RECEIPTS
General Revenue
Current Year :
Personal and Real Estate
$64,686.54
Poll
1,930.00
Excise Tax
6,349.48
$72,966.02
Previous Years :
Personal and Real Estate
$39,633.21
Excise Tax
373.45
Tax Titles
5,238.02
45,244.68
From State :
Income Tax
$12,557.31
Corporations
1,415.97
Veteran Exemption
60.37
Chapter 362
157.27
Loss of Taxes
87.35
14,278.27
Licenses and Permits :
Beer and Liquor
$1,316.00
Pedlars
58.00
Oleo and Sunday Victualers
33.00
Pasteurizing Milk
30.00
Permits and all other Licenses
66.00
1,503.00
Highway :
Work on State Highway
$6.25
All Other
16.51
22.76
Construction :
State
$4,674.93
County
2,337.47
115
General :
Land Damage :
Spring Street
685.43
Widen North Elm Street
112.13
7,809.96
Fines and Forfeits
Fines-Court 50.00
Grants and Gifts
From State:
Schools :
Massachusetts School Fund
$3,918.60
Smaller Towns Account
1,286.54
Vocational Education
536.28
Tuition of Children
484.47
6,225.89
From County :
Dog Licenses
616.57
From Town:
Dog Licenses
781.40
Commercial Revenue
General Government:
Treasurer :
Tax Title Releases
$75.00
Collector :
Certificate
1.00
Town Hall :
Rent
280.00
Wood for Public Welfare
392.00
All Other
8.65
756.65
116
Protection of Persons and Property :
Police
6.43
Fire 6.42
Sealer of Weights and Measures 43.04
Inspection of Wires
34.64
90.53
Road Machinery Fund
199.34
Public Welfare:
Reimbursement-Temporary Aid:
From Individuals
$12.00
Cities and Towns
1,491.69
State
4,571.44
Old Age Assistance :
Reimbursements :
Cities and Towns
1,330.68
State
410.08
Federal Grant
8,995.47
Social Security Return :
Individual Reimbursements 210.00
Mothers' Aid :
Reimbursement:
From State 230.27
Dependent Children: Federal Grant
471.34
State Aid
100.00
17,822.97
Schools :
Other Cities and Towns
$395.92
All Other
153.00
548.92
Library :
Fines 24.00
117
Public Service Enterprise :
Water Rates
14,641.88
Tax Title Water Liens
35.00
Water Liens
146.18
Interest :
Real Estate and Personal
$1,749.36
Motor Vehicle Excise
15.28
Tax Title Redemption
398.33
2,162.97
Costs
554.50
Agency and Trusts :
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
204.74
Library Trust Funds :
Library Income
$458.15
Interest Withdrawals
604.51
Library Principal
250.00
1,312.66
Refunds :
Town Hall
$7.17
Public Welfare
47.73
54.90
Total
$188,053.79
Cash Balance December 31, 1936
26,453.83
$214,507.62
PAYMENTS
Departmental-General Government
Moderator $25.00 Finance Committee 5.00
118
Selectmen :
Salary
$646.00
Clerk
50.00
Printing and Advertising
40.49
Travel Expense
6.00
Postage
6.68
All Other
35.94
Accounting :
Bookkeeper
$624.00
Printing
48.18
Stationery and Postage
11.48
All Other
8.85
Treasurer :
Salary
$500.00
Office Supplies
11.67
Tax Title Expense
99.10
Stationery and Postage
98.97
Printing
2.79
Travel
50.00
Surety Bond
74.00
All Other
3.30
Collector :
Salary
$1,300.00
Office Supplies
32.81
Tax Title Expense
127.00
Stationery and Postage
135.19
Printing and Advertising
148.95
Water Lien Expense
71.00
Surety Bonds
173.00
Travel
50.00
Law
30.00
2,067.95
Assessors :
Salaries
$1,446.85
Transfer and Lists
63.74
Stationery and Postage
4.90
785.11
692.51
839.83
119
Travel
56.00
Printing and Advertising
14.19
Supplies
5.60
All Other
50.23
1,641.51
Town Clerk :
Salary
$480.00
Stationery and Postage
39.30
Printing and Advertising
12.08
Surety Bond
5.00
Supplies and All Other
7.25
543.63
Election and Registration :
Registrars
$27.00
Election Officers
95.63
Posting Warrants
3.00
Printing and Advertising
36.25
Supplies
37.70
199.58
To Preserve Town Records
15.25
Municipal Buildings
Town Hall :
Janitor
$954.00
Office Supplies
71:51
Telephone
227.31
Fuel
861.50
Light
283.52
Janitor's Supplies
30.63
Repair and Supplies
233.83
Gas
28.86
Water
14.00
All Other
24.78
2,729.94
Protection of Persons and Property
Police Department :
Chief $766.85
120
Police 316.00
Special Police
115.75
Other Employees
20.00
Motor Equipment and Repair
139.84
Gasoline and Oil
183.68
Stationery and Postage
12.17
Additional Equipment
39.63
Clerk
5.25
Telephone
137.26
All Other Supplies, etc.
79.65
Dog Officer
26.25
Fire Department :
Bonus
$165.00
Firemen
880.90
Records
3.30
Telephone
78.83
Stationery and Postage
7.48
Truck Equipment and Repair
93.55
Call Station
120.00
Alarm
51.45
Hose and Fittings
491.87
Gasoline and Oil
54.01
Supplies and Equipment
130.72
Repairs
35.65
Electricity
60.00
Insurance
20.15
2,192.91
New Apparatus
3,450.00
Hydrants
1,240.00
Forestry
Moth Extermination :
Superintendent
$679.42
Labor
910.00
Stationery and Printing
3.50
Insecticides
167.15
1,816.08
121
Hardware and Tools
58.75
Gasoline and Oil
72.40
Truck Repair and All Other
59.75
1,950.97
Pruning and Trimming Trees :
Superintendent
$207.90
Labor
382.00
Gasoline
11.18
Tools and Repairs
8.00
609.08
Tree Warden :
Superintendent
$182.70
Labor
349.50
Gasoline
39.27
Repairs
5.85
Tools
14.39
Supplies and Express
1.40
593.11
Inspection
Sealer of Weights and Measures :
Sealer
$51.98
Gasoline
2.56
All Other
28.56
83.10
Health and Sanitation
Health :
Board of Health
$29.00
Dump Agent
220.00
Dog Burial
3.00
Contagious Diseases
9.08
Hospitals
344.50
All Other
113.25
Vital Statistics
92.50
Fumigation
3.15
Visiting Nurse
300.00
122
County Hospital Assessment
1,358.95
Inspection of Animals
100.00
Inspection of Slaughtering
105.02
2,678.45
Highway
Highway Maintenance :
Superintendent
$602.50
Labor
2,639.22
Rent
165.00
Trucks
163.50
Gravel and Sand
49.98
Truck Equipment and Repairs
325.78
Gasoline and Oil
577.59
Tools, Supplies and All Other
476.43
5,000.00
Tarvia Tops :
Equipment Rental
$666.00
Tarvia
2,089.08
Gravel
7.50
Superintendent
470.00
Labor
2,596.50
Truck
57.75
Gasoline and Oil
69.29
Supplies
38.83
5,994.95
West Street:
Superintendent
$115.00
Foreman Engineer
132.00
Labor
1,144.11
Town Trucks
199.34
Truck Hire
181.75
Rental of Equipment
352.00
Gravel, Cement, etc.
123.80
Tarvia
185.27
Supplies
366.73
2,800.00
123
Widen North Elm Street:
Contractor
$4,482.75
Advertisement
43.10
Weigher
14.00
Grates and Frames
169.56
4,709.41
Sidewalk on Matfield Street:
Superintendent
$50.00
Labor
495.00
Trucks
97.50
Gravel
110.00
Equipment and Repairs
89.05
Tarvia
979.58
All Other Supplies
61.94
1,883.07
Road Machinery Account, Chapter 90
19.94
Snow Removal :
Superintendent
$12.50
Labor
45.00
Snow Plow
25.00
Equipment Repair
7.00
89.50
Street Lights
3,579.26
Land Damage:
River Street
$266.95
West Center Street
86.56
353.51
Charities
Public Welfare:
General Administration
$152.00
Travel
36.27
Printing and Postage
17.62
124
Relief :
Groceries
2,430.77
Fuel
971.65
Board and Care
34.00
Medicine and Medical
1,155.47
State Institutions
688.50
Cash Grants
2,207.24
All Other
111.01
Rent
1,328.00
Clothing
209.55
Other Cities and Towns
2,339.89
Child Guardianship
521.42
Dependent Children:
Administration
2.81
Cash Aid
946.00
Other Cities and Towns
629.85
Old Age Assistance:
General Administration
177.00
Printing and Postage
107.75
Travel
15.68
Relief :
Cash Grants
18,406.14
Medical and All Other
203.33
Other Cities and Towns
964.77
33,656.72
Soldiers' Relief :
Administration
$2.00
Groceries
50.00
Fuel
27.75
Medicine and Medical
6.00
Cash Grants
556.15
Rent
75.00
Military Aid
716.90 225.00
125
Education
General Administration:
Superintendent
$2,470.20
Clerk
569.68
Truant Officer
97.50
Printing, Stationery and Postage
61.77
Telephone
224.25
Traveling Expense
335.92
School Census
45.00
Miscellaneous Administration
40.50
Express
5.41
Teachers' Salaries :
High
11,843.41
Elementary
16,932.62
Health :
Physician
292.50
Nurse and Supplies
861.50
Text Books and Supplies :
High :
Text Books
273.15
Supplies
824.91
Elementary :
Text Books
511.62
Supplies
735.57
Tuition :
Vocational
797.45
Evening
55.05
Transportation
4,063.38
Janitors :
Elementary
2,378.90
126
Fuel and Light :
Elementary Fuel
2,104.49
Gas
17.11
Electricity
170.74
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds :
Repairs
1,181.17
Water-High
22.62
Janitors' Supplies
53.62
Water-Elementary
87.50
Furniture and Furnishings :
Elementary
30.60
High
25.00
Other Expenses :
Graduation Elementary
37.27
Diplomas and Graduation
38.84
All Other
1.00
Practical Arts
1,708.69
48.898.94
Library
Library Maintenance :
Salaries :
Librarian
$325.00
Assistants
379.82
Janitors
100.00
Books and Periodicals :
Books
267.85
Bindings
58.36
Fuel and Light :
Fuel
30.00
Light
11.16
127
Building :
Expense
..... . ... 16.35
Other Expenses :
Stationery and Printing
15.30
Petty Supplies
16.16
All Other
20.26
1,240.26
Library Trust Funds :
Books
$431.31
Periodicals
89.95
Repairs
2.80
Bindings
62.20
Furniture
18.25
604.51
Recreation and Unclassified
Care of Monument Grounds
$8.50
Flags and Parks
10.00
Memorial Day
122.83
County Aid to Agriculture
100.00
Land Adjoining Park
10.00
Town Reports
567.40
Flag Pole
169.45
1935 Turnpike Street Bill
367.50
Telephone Service Operator
100.00
1,455.68
Federal Project Accounts :
Supervisor
$1,060.00
Clerk
126.00
Office Supplies
14.35
Travel
70.22
Memorial Park
251.42
Commissary
185.83
River
4.36
Sewing
264.00
Preserving Old Records
5.85
Town Yard
82.13
128
Spring Street
188.25
Vital Statistics
25.00
Highway Beautification
67.95
Keriza's Ditch
8.37
General Accounts
86.26
2,439.99
Muncipal Unemployment :
Highway
$1,482.30
Baseball Field
14.88
Memorial Park
974.79
Commissary
38.69
Tree Warden
18.60
General Accounts
16.88
2,546.14
Insurance :
Liability
$1,172.11
Fire
543.05
1,715.16
Public Service Enterprise
Water Department:
Commissioners
$100.00
Superintendent
1,560.00
Administration
413.48
Service Operator
120.00
Water
6,426.67
Stationery and Postage
99.00
Printing and Forms
88.25
Telephone
65.72
Equipment and Truck Repair
47.24
All Other Supplies
98.11
Labor
291.00
Pipe and Fittings
353.64
Tools and Repairs
188.46
Gasoline and Oil
79.94
9,931.51
129
Water Bonds and Interest :
Bonds
Interest
$4,030.00 716.70
4,746.70
Copeland Street :
Pipe Fittings and Supplies
$46.80
Gas
3.55
Freight
.50
Tools
13.53
64.38
New 2" Extension, South Street :
Gas
$11.90
Hydrant, Pipe and Fittings
485.50
All Other
52.60
550.00
6" Replacement, Brooks Place :
Gas
$28.82
Hydrant, Pipes and Fittings
1,610.90
Truck Hire
21.00
Freight
291.74
All Other
47.54
2,000.00
Cemetery
Care of Cemeteries
153.00
Municipal Indebtedness
Taxes and Agency :
State Tax
$6,002.50
County Tax
5,519.94
Parks and Reservations
98.23
State Audit
163.99
Dog Licenses
781.40
.
12,566.06
130
Agency and Trust Investments
Cemetery Perpetual Care
204.74
Library Trust Fund
250.00
Library Interest Account
458.15
Refunds
1937 Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
100.04
Total Payments for Year
$173,138.78
Cash Balance, December 31, 1937
41,368.84
$214,507.62
Transfers from Reserve Fund
Town Hall
$122.77
Collector
75.00
Cemetery
53.00
Public Welfare
155.66
Old Age Assistance
895.00
Dependent Children
127.32
Soldiers' Relief
171.90
Military Aid
120.00
$1,720.65
131
STATEMENT OF TRUST FUNDS
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
Savings Bank Deposit Total
On hand at beginning of year
$4,962.45 $4,962.45
On hand at end of year
4,890.72
4,890.72
RECEIPTS
PAYMENTS
Interest
$131.51
Payments for Care of Lots $203.24
Decreases in Deposits 71.73
Total
$131.51
$131.51
Bal. Jan.
Name of Fund
1, 1937
Receipts
Withdrawn
Bal. Dec. 31, 1937
Alfred E. Alger
220.51
6.09
7.00
219.60
Sanford Alger
50.76
1.39
1.50
50.65
William Burke
174.43
4.82
5.00
174.25
Davis Copeland
212.91
5.79
13,00
205.70
Mrs. Henry Copeland
104.74
2.51
7.25
100.00
Lyman and Pardon Copeland
684.43
18.61
46.00
657.04
Samuel G. Copeland
216.14
5.34
13.00
208.48
Martha K. Crosby
103.02
2.55
5.57
100.00
Mary A. Dwyer
123.70
3.10
8.00
118.80
Michael Dwyer
100.16
2.76
2.50
100.42
The Hartwell Fund
322.31
8.92
9.00
322.23
Frank P. Hatch
165.54
4.51
10.05
160.00
Julia M. Hooper
136.47
3.77
7.40
132.84
Alba Howard
101.94
2.51
3.00
101.45
Isabelle Howard
103.04
2.55
5.59
100.00
S. Nelson Howard
100.94
2.78
2.50
101.22
Samuel H. Howard
109.14
3.02
3.00
109.16
Harriet M. Jennings
112.95
2.78
4.00
111.73
Sumner D. Keith
107.79
2.97
2.50
108.26
Warren C. Kinney
213.02
5.81
13.00
205.83
132
Henry J. LeLacheur
103.02
2.51
5.53
100.00
Joshua Morse
102.00
2.82
3.00
101.82
Emma F. Packard
300.25
8.30
7.00
301.55
Fred A. Perkins
103.95
2.86
3.00
103.81
Rosa R. Shaw
374.18
9.34
5.00
378.52
Orrin A. Smith
154.53
3.82
8.35
150.00
South Street Cemetery
78.92
1.97
80.89
Charles Thayer
181.66
4.55
186.21
Robert Tibbits
100.00
2.76
2.50
100.26
$4,962.45 $131.51 $203.24 $4,890.72
Library Trust Funds
On hand January 1, 1937:
Securities
$500.00
Cash in Bank
18,492.89
Total Library Funds, January, 1937
$18,992.89
New Fund $250.00
Income from Funds for
Year
492.71
742.71
Withdrawals for Year
604.51
Net Gain
138.20
On hand December 31, 1937
$19,131.09
133
DIVISION OF LIBRARY FUNDS
December 31, 1937
Principal Amounts
Mary P. Whitman Fund
$15,000.00
Cornelia Alger
612.16
Nathan Copeland
500.00
Mary N. K. Edgerley
500.00
Francis E. Howard
500.00
Mary L. Perkins
1,000.00
Eliza P. Dalton and Willard O.
Dalton 250.00
$18,362.16
Mary P. Whitman Fund :
Interest Account No. 1
$584.20
All Other Funds :
Interest Account No. 2
184.73
768.93
On Deposit December 31, 1937
$19,131.09
Trust Accounts Trust Funds, Cash and Securities $24,021.81
Library Trust Funds $19,131.09 Cemetery Trust Funds 4,890.72
$24,021.81
$24,021.81
Cemetery Funds :
Alfred E. Alger
219.60
Sanford Alger 50.65
William Burke
174.25
Davis Copeland
205.70
Mrs. Henry Copeland
100.00
Lyman & Pardon
Copeland 657.04
Samuel G. Copeland 208.48
Martha K. Crosby
100.00
Mary A. Dwyer
118.80
Michael Dwyer
100.42
The Hartwell Fund
322.23
Frank P. Hatch
160.00
Julia M. Hooper
132.84
Alba Howard
101.45
Isabelle Howard 100.00
S. Nelson Howard 101.22
Samuel H. Howard 109.16
Harriet M. Jennings 111.73
Sumner D. Keith
108.26
Trust Funds :
Cash and Securities
$24,021.81
134
Warren C. Kinney 205.83
Henry J. LeLacheur 100.00
Joshua Morse 101.82
Emma F. Packard
301.55
Fred A. Perkins
103.81
Rosa R. Shaw
378.52
Orrin A. Smith
150.00
South Street Cemetery 80.89
Charles Thayer 186.21
Robert Tibbetts
100.26
$4,890.72
Library Funds :
Mary P. Whitman $15,000.00
Cornelia Alger 612.16
Nathan Copeland 500.00
Mary N. K. Edgerly 500.00
Francis E. Howard
500.00
Mary L. Perkins
1,000.00
Eliza P. Dalton and
Willard O. Dalton 250.00
18,362.16
Interest Account No. 1 $584.20
Interest Account No. 2 184.73
768.93
$24,021.81
135
$24,021.81
TOWN OF WEST BRIDGEWATER BALANCE SHEET-DECEMBER 31, 1937 General Accounts
ASSETS
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Cash :
General
$41,368.84
Library (Petty Cash) 25.00
$41,393.84
Special Accounts : Westdale Improvement Society $174.76 Surplus War Bonus Fund 540.32
Accounts Receivable :
Taxes :
Levy of 1937
29,888.82
Old Age Assistance : Reimbursement from Estates
210.00
136
Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes : Levy of 1937
448.11
Tax Titles
11,342.91
Tax Possessions
150.18
Departmental
5,098.78
Machine Fund 199.34
Aid to Highways :
5,850.68
State
$1,010.12 505.06
9,027.75
1,515.18
Water Department-Available Surplus Reserve Fund Overlay Surplus
$715.08
Overestimate: County Tax 262,73
Federal Grant-Old Age Assistance : Administration 20.17
Appropriation Balances : General $5,651.34
County
6,866.30
Water Department: Rates and Services
Liens Liens added to Taxes, 1937 12.50
$2,573.21 915.96
Overlay Reserved for Abatement of Taxes : Levy of 1937 500.59
3,501.67
Revenue Reserved Until Collected : Motor Vehicle Excise Tax $448.11
100.00
Tax Titles 11,342.91
Tax Possessions 150.18
Departmental
5,098.78
Overlay Deficit: Levy of 1933
293.40
Water
3,501.67
Underestimates to be Raised:
20,541.65
State Tax and Assessments
398.12
Surplus Revenue
50,136.06
$94,131.01
$94,131.01
137
Net Funded or Fixed
Debt Accounts $15,330.00 $15,330.00
Trust Accounts
Trust Funds, Cash and Securities
$24,021.81 Library Funds Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
$19,131.09
4,890.72
$24,021.81
$24,021.81
HERBERT E. BRYANT, Town Accountant
Overdrawn Accounts : Inspector of Animals
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REPORT OF STATE AUDIT
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF CORPORATIONS AND TAXATION DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS State House, Boston
January 24, 1938
To the Board of Selectmen Mr. James A. Hemenway, Chairman West Bridgewater, Massachusetts
Gentlemen :
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the general accounts of the town of West Bridgewater for the year ending December 31, 1937, and of the treasurer's accounts for the period from March 10, 1937, to December 31, 1937, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Herman B. Dine, Assistant Director of Accounts.
Very truly yours,
THEODORE N. WADDELL, Director of Accounts
TNW:FVC
The balance sheet and tables referred to are the same as those to be found in the Town Accountant's report.
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REPORT OF ADMINISTRATORS OF FINANCIAL AID UNDER THE WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION
From January 1, 1937 to Dec. 31, 1937 work has been continuous through the year with many changes of policy from time to time. In the early month of the year we had on the pay rolls upward of one hundred employees. This number dwindled during the Spring to fifty-seven. Em- ployment in private industries accounted for a few, farm work for the balance. In July the Government still fur- ther reduced this number by releasing all but citizens, which reduced the number on the rolls to twenty-seven. From July to December this number remained intact, and was established as the allowable Quota.
Particular attention must be called to the much reduced number employed as against 1936-as it relates to accom- plishments. These men work only three days a week as against usual six day employment in other lines.
At present, the Quota for West Bridgewater has been raised to Forty-seven-Forty-two Men and Five Women.
FARM TO MARKET
During the year 1937 the following projects were com- pleted or are now in the process of completion.
In the early months of the year, under the Farm to Mar- ket project, the following highways were gravelled:
Brooks Place 1584 Linear feet x 18'
Maple Street
1000
66
x 18'
Aldrich Road
1600
66
x 18'
Ash Street
2600
x 18'
The gravelling of these highways required the excavat- ing and removal from pits 61,056 cubic feet, or 2261 cubic
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yards, of gravel. Truck hire and labor was provided for this work by the W. P. A.
HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION
Much work was accomplished on our highway road- sides. Obstructions to view in the shape of bushes, wild cherry trees, and in some instances earth projections, were removed, bushes cut and roots grubbed up, hummocks cut and hollow places filled, sidewalks uncovered, stone walls rebuilt by replacing stones, and in places, where possible, graded and seeded.
Maple trees were planted on East Centre, West Centre, North Elm, Spring, West, East, Copeland, and Sinnott Streets, and Sunset Avenue. In this connection, Mrs. Grace D. Holmes donated a large percentage of the 90% total given by various citizens. $10.00 only was expended for Silver Leaf Maple which amount represents the entire cost of the 420 trees.
At the close of the year there is still a balance to the credit of this project.
WAR MEMORIAL PARK
Miscellaneous work, including finishing the entrance stone piers, grading parking space outside the boundary posts, erecting a small registering building, and a multi- plicity of small jobs completed this project.
Many thousands have enjoyed our Park during the past season and, no doubt, will continue to do so in large num- bers in the future.
CURBING TRAFFIC CENTERS
Traffic centers were installed at the junctions of Arch and River Streets, Arch and Bryant Streets, Howard River and South Streets, with funds still available to continue the construction of several more.
TOWN YARD
In August work began in the Town Yard by building a stone wall separating the Town ball field from the yard.
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Much work has been done in the yard to establish a park- ing area that will be safe and systematic when the latter is required. A large well was constructed at the east end of the curbed oval and piped to a catch basin. The entire area will be graded to this well, which should care for all the drainage. We hope to be able to finish this project in the early spring.
CLEANING RIVER
Federal funds are still available on this project held over from 1936. Because of the unusually high water all through the year it has been impossible to pursue any of the intended work. We hope, however, in 1938 to be able to resume labors there to the betterment of the flow which is determined by the State Fish and Game Department and the State Board of Health to be very desirable.
WATER MAINS
North Elm Street
Under a 1,000 feet of new construction on this Street, new services were installed to each house along the way, with the necessary gates, curb boxes, and hydrants. Fed- eral funds for this project are sufficient to install services and mains to complete the balance of the entire length of North Elm Street if it is decided to rebuild another por- tion, or the whole, in 1938.
GYPSY MOTH PROJECT
Our trees over an area bordering our highways, and for some distance back, were nicely cared for under the Su- pervision of the Tree Warden. A ride through neighbor- ing towns during the summer would magnify the value of this work in our Town, compared with the trees in near by towns, which were completely stripped of foliage, our trees stand out in magnificent shape. Credit is certainly due the foresight of the Tree Warden and the voters who make it possible for the excellent care given.
HERBERT E. BRYANT,
Sponsors Agent
.
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W. P. A. EXPENDITURES
Federal Expense
From Special Town Town Ap- Expense propriation
Highway Beautification
$6,207.85
$67.95
Curbing Traffic Centres
468.60
Grading Town Yard for Parking
1,702.86
88.48
Cleaning Town River
11,189.28
4.36
Street & Ordinance Records
988.76
30.85
Historical
1,095.90
*Sidewalk, Matfield St.
1,248.94
$1,883.07
New Services North Elm St.
99.20
125.00
Gypsy Moth
1,982.11
*Water Pipe, Brooks Pl.
1,944.16
2,000.00
*Laying Water Pipe, South St.
879.96
550.00
Spring Street
956.00
188.25
Sewing
2,999.20
264.00
Commissary
975.52
185.83
*Copeland Street, Water
279.20
64.38
Memorial Park
251.42
General Accounts
1,111.14
102.63
Total
$34,128.68
$1,308.77
$4,497.45
Net Expense from W. P. A. Material Acct.
$1,308.77
Special Town Appropriation for W. P. A. Projects 4,497.45
1,308.77
Total Expense to Town
$5,806.22
Total Grant from Federal Government to W. P. A. Projects
$34,128.68
Federal Grants 82.67%
Town Expense 17.33%
100.00%
HERBERT E. BRYANT
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REPORT OF PLYMOUTH COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE
Many people ask what is Extension Service, and what does it do for West Bridgewater? The following report tells what it has accomplished in 1937.
In Agriculture, 88 are on the mailing list to receive in- formation relating to Poultry, Fruit, Dairy, Market Gar- den, and Cranberries.
47 calls relating to agriculture were made by the agent.
Fourteen men enrolled to keep Farm Records, such as Farm Inventories, Farm Accounts, and Poultry Accounts.
In the Agricultural Conservation Program for 1937, 39 men enrolled and 34 are expected to receive payments. These men will receive a proportionate amount of some $25,000 earned this year by county farmers, depending on the size of farm and amount of conservation work car- ried out by each individual.
Meetings held in the town were on Agricultural Con- servation and Vegetables.
West Bridgewater men and women have also attended many meetings country-wide in nature.
Two men were members of the State 300 Bushel Po- tato Club. Two dairymen are members of the Dairy Herd Improvement Association. One poultry flock is listed on the State Accredited List.
Home Demonstration Work
During the last year, a group met four times to study problems of home management and there was one demon- stration of home cleaners.
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Two packed school lunch demonstrations were given and also a series of four canning demonstrations.
Two groups met during the summer to seat chairs and stools. Clothing meetings are being held this spring.
The Cochesett and Jerusalem sections have been most active during the current year.
West Bridgewater women participated in the home grounds improvement program.
Additional help along various lines has been given by letter, telephone, office call or home visit.
4-H Club Work
Wm. Gibson, Jr., was selected as the outstanding club member in Massachusetts for 1937 and received from the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture, in recognition of his 4-H club activities, a silver medal.
He was also the winner of the 1937 Dairy Scholarship awarded to the outstanding dairy club member in the state. This scholarship is awarded by the Charles M. Cox Company.
Earle Gummow, Edwin and Wm. Gibson, Jr., exhibited their dairy animals at Rehoboth and Brockton Fairs. The Gibson Bros. each exhibited two dairy calves and follow- ing is their placings at the different fairs :
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