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The Finance Committee recommends such authoriza- tion.
Article 5. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the Town charges for the ensuing year, and make appropriation for the same.
The recommendations of the Finance Committee for each Department appear in the Tables included in their report.
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Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to be used in connection with Chapter 90, Highway work, on North Elm Street. Said appropriation to be used together with any sum that may be allotted thereto by State and County.
The Finance Committee recommends the appropria- tion of one-quarter of the total amount to be con- tributed by State, County and Town, our share of the contribution not to exceed $3,000.00 If there is a bal- ance returned to the Town from the 1937 appropria- tion, this balance should be deducted from the Town's share of the appropriation under this Article.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to be used in connection with Chapter 90, Highway work, on Spring Street. Said appro- priation to be used together with any sum that may be al- lotted by the State and County.
The Finance Committee recommends the appropria- tion of one-quarter of the total amount to be contrib- uted by State, County and Town, our share of the con- tribution not to exceed $1000.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to rebuild and black top Forest Street from Cross Street to John Peura's barn.
By Petition.
The Finance Committee recommends this construc- tion be left to the discretion of the Selectmen.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to grade and black top Vital Avenue and raise and appropriate $250.00 for the same. By Petition.
The Finance Committee recommends this construc- tion be left to the discretion of the Selectmen.
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Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $400.00 to curb and black top side- walk for a distance of 1,000 feet by 4 feet wide on West Street, starting at West Center Street. By Petition.
The Finance Committee does not recommend this appropriation.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from available Water Surplus the sum of $3,000.00 to purchase 6" pipes and fittings for extension on Crescent Street from the present dead end to the water main on West Center Street, providing that labor can be furnished by the W.P.A.
The Finance Committee recommends this appropria- tion.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to lay new water pipe on Pleasant Street, pipe not to be less than 6", providing W.P.A. will furnish labor. By Petition.
The Finance Committee does not recommend this appropriation.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to extend the water service with 2" pipe from a point on West Street, at property of Daniel Penpraese, 1,000 feet northwesterly to property of Carl Raymond Pearson.
The Finance Committee does not recommend this appropriation.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not exceeding $2,000.00 to install ade- quate modern sanitary equipment in the rear building of the Center School group.
The Finance Committee recommends this appropria- tion.
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Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) for the purpose of erecting an addition to the Matfield School.
By Petition.
The Finance Committee recommends the appropria- tion of $5000 for this Article provided it will cover the cost of the addition and necessary equipment satis- factory to the School Committee.
Article 16. To see what amount the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the use of Plymouth County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture (Plymouth County Extension Service) and choose a Town Director as pro- vided in Sections 41 and 42 of Revised Chapter 128 of the General Laws and act thereon.
The Finance Committee recommends the appropria- tion of $100 for this purpose.
Article 17. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $1,501.32 for maintenance of Plymouth County Hospital, under provisions of Chapter 111, Section 85, of the General Laws.
The Finance Committee recommends this appropria- tion.
Article 18. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 for maintenance of Visiting Nurse Serv- ice in West Bridgewater.
The Finance Committee recommends this appropria- tion.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for a road machinery account for the purpose of repairing and operating road machinery, said sum to be raised by taxation or transferred from avail- able funds in the road machinery fund, or take any other action relative thereto.
The Finance Committee recommends the appropria- tion of $1,250 for the Road Machinery Account, and further recommends that no transfer be made this year from the Road Machinery fund.
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Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell a small lot of land on Walnut Street.
The Finance Committee recommends such authoriza- tion.
Article 21. To see what action, if any, the Town will take regarding petitioning the Legislature to be relieved from the Civil Service requirements now governing the Police force.
Referred to the voters at Town Meeting.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $50.00 for the purpose of preserv- ing the Town Records.
The Finance Committee recommends this appropria- tion.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500.00 for Federal Project Ex- pense.
The Finance Committee recommends this appropria- tion.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $685.42 land damage, on Spring Street.
The Finance Committee recommends this appropria- tion.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $112.12 land damage, on North Elm Street.
The Finance Committee recommends this appropria- tion.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 to pay deficit in the In- spector of Animals Account, 1937.
The Finance Committee recommends this appropria- tion.
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Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to transfer to Surplus Revenue the following balance: $30.55 from Elm Square Flag Pole appropriation.
The Finance Committee recommends this transfer.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to transfer un- expended balance of $41.63 on Keriza's Ditch to the W.P.A. Project Account.
The Finance Committee recommends the transfer of this amount to the Surplus Revenue Account.
Article 29. To see if the Town will accept the Library Trust Fund of Eliza Porter Dalton and Millard O. Dalton for the sum of $250.00, received in 1937.
The Finance Committee recommends the acceptance of this gift.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to incorporate into the By-Laws the following article: There shall be an unpaid commission of three, to administer and supervise the care of the parks in the Town of West Bridgewater. This commission to be made up of the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, one member to be appointed annu- ally by the West Bridgewater Post, No. 66, American Le- gion, the third member to be appointed annually by the aforementioned members.
Referred to the Voters at Town Meeting.
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from available funds in the Treasury a sum of money to be used by the Assessors to reduce the tax rate for the current year.
The Finance Committee recommends the appropria- tion of not over $6,000 from the Surplus Revenue to be used by the Assessors to reduce the tax rate for the current year.
Article 32. To transact any other business that may le- gally come before the meeting.
TABLE OF COMPARISON
ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES FOR 1936 AND 1937, TOGETHER WITH AMOUNTS ESTIMATED BY DEPARTMENT HEADS AND RECOMMENDED BY COMMITTEE FOR 1938
Appropriated Expended Appropriated Expended
Estimated Recommended
1936
1936
1937
1937
1938
1938
Moderator
$25.00
$25.00
$25.00
$25.00
$25.00
$25.00
Selectmen's Department
700.00
655.47
800.00
785.11
800.00
800.00
Accountant's Department
700.00
684.20
700.00
692.51
720.00
720.00
Treasurer's Department
800.00
800.00
900.00
839.83
1,200.00
900.00
Collector's Department
2,085.00
2,033.90
1,993.00
2,067.95
1,963.00
1,963.00
Assessors' Department
1,500.00
1,359.00
1,700.00
1,641.51
1,650.00
1,650.00
Other Finance Officers
25.00
32.50
25.00
25.00
25.00
Town Clerk's Department
580.00
537.77
580.00
543.63
580.00
580.00
Election and Registration
825.00
728.10
200.00
199.58
700.00
700.00
Law
25.00
3.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
Town Hall and Offices
3,103.99
3,101.28
2,600.00
2,729.94
2,800.00
2,800.00
Police Department
2,200.00
1,993.96
1,830.00
1,816.08
1,800.00
1,800.00
Dog Officer
35.00
25.50
35.00
26.25
35.00
35.00
Fire Department
2,400.00
2,343.71
2,200.00
2,192.91
2,300.00
2,300.00
Hydrants
1,240.00
1,240.00
1,240.00
1,240.00
1,240.00
1,240.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
100.00
56.46
100.00
83.10
100.00
100.00
Moth Suppression
2,000.00
1,931.78
2,000.00
1,950.97
2,850.00
2,850.00
Tree Warden's Department
600.00
590.76
600.00
593.11
1,000.00
600.00
Health and Sanitation
1,700.00
581.45
1,500.00
814.48
1,200.00
1,200.00
Inspection of Animals
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
Inspection of Slaughtering
175.00
129.98
150.00
105.02
125.00
125.00
Plymouth County Hospital Maintenance
1,423.67
1,423.67
1,358.95
1,358.95
1,501.32
1,501.32
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Appropriated Expended Appropriated Expended
Estimated Recommended
1938
1938
Highway Department
1936 10,300.00
1936 10,258.15
1937 11,000.00
1937 10,994.95
10,000.00
10,000.00
Road Machinery Account
200.00
19.94 89.50
1,250.00
1,250.00
Snow Removal
2,300.00
2,085.50
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Street Lights
3,850.00
3,808.17
3,650.00
3,579.26
3,579.26
3,579.26
Public Welfare
15,225.00
14,801.24
12,000.00
12.203.39
14,600.00
14,600.00
Combined with
Dependent Children
Public Welfare
1,169.60
1,000.00
1,107.32
1,425.00
1,425.00
Old Age Assistance
9,000.00
8,773.14
10,000.00
10,868.88
13,000.00
13,000.00
Municipal Unemployment Fund
1,500.00
951.46
2,000.00
+2,546.14
State Aid
150.00
100.00
150.00
50.00
50.00
Soldiers' Relief
500.00
306.55
600.00
716.90
1,250.00
1,250.00
Military Aid
50.00
50.00
225.00
700.00
700.00
Soldiers' Burial
50.00
50.00
50.00
50.00
Library
1,200.00
1,200.00
1,250.00
1,240.26
1,360.00
1,360.00
School Department
47,761.63
47,758.52
49,500.00
48,898.94
48,426.00
48,426.00
Care of Monument Grounds
10.00
10.00
10.00
8.50
300.00
300.00
Flags and Park
25.00
25.00
10.00
10.00
Memorial and Armistice Days Observance
125.00
118.30
125.00
122.83
175.00
175.00
Printing and Distributing Town Reports
626.88
626.88
571.40
571.40
Fire Insurance
529.12
529.12
543.05
543.05
517.80
517.80
Liability Insurance
1,159.04
1,159.04
1,172.11
1,172.11
991.19
991.19
Reserve Fund
2,000.00
1,092.50
2,000.00
1,720.65
2,000.00
2,000.00
Interest
100.00
30.42
100.00
100.00
100.00
Care of Cemeteries
100.00
100.00
100.00
153.00
130.00
130.00
Plymouth County Aid to Agriculture
100.00
100.00
100.00
100.00
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Appropriated Expended Appropriated Expended 1937 1937
Estimated Recommended 1938 1938
1936
1936
Visiting Nurse Service
300.00
300.00
300.00
300.00
Finance Committee
15.00
4.00
15.00
5.00
15.00
15.00
Preserving Records
50.00
50.00
15.25
Federal Projects Account
2,297.63
៛3,048.70
2,650.00
2,137.06
Heat and Sanitation (Schools)
៛1,930.32
West Street
3,000.00
#9,000.00
1,000.00
¥2,800.00
South Elm Street (Land Damage)
8.00
West Street (Land Damage)
295.00
River Street (Land Damage)
500.00
$1,234.45
252.05
#266.95
West Center Street (Land Damage)
1,500.00
717.24
86.56
Schick Test
50.00
50.00
Baseball Field Equipment
150.00
142.63
Pruning Elm Trees
700.00
590.92
500.00
*609.08
Land Purchase Adjoining Park
125.00
125.00
+10.00
Widen North Elm Street
2,625.00
#4,709.41
Matfield Street Sidewalk
2,000.00
1,883.07
Gravel for Turnpike Street
367.50
367.50
Flag Pole-Elm Square
200.00
169.45
Fire Truck
3,500.00
3,450.00
Telephone Service Operator
120.00
100.00
$127,691.96
$132,827.34
$131,423.06
$133,607.26
$123,658.57
$122,958.57
#State or County Contributed
Partly Available from 1936 Carry Over
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Appropriated Expended Appropriated Expended
Estimated Recommended
1936
Water Department Maintenance
10,567.27
1936 10,560.60
1937 10,000.00 4,746.70
1937 9,931.51 4,746.70
1938 10,000.00 4,584.67
1938 10,000.00
Water Department Bonds and Interest
4,908.73
4,908.73
4,584.67
Replacement of Pipe (From Water Surplus Revenue)
2000.00
1,935.62
2,000.00
+2,064.38
Extension of Pipe-South Street (From Water Surplus Revenue)
550.00
550.00
$17,476.00
$17,404.95
$17,296.70
$17,292.59
$14,584.67
$14,584.67
TRANSFERS FROM RESERVE FUND-1937
Tax Collector
$75.00
Town Hall and Offices
122.77
Public Welfare
155.66
Old Age Assistance
895.00
Soldiers' Relief
116.90
Military Aid
175.00
Dependent Children
127.32
Care of Cemeteries
53.00
$1,720.65
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INDEX
Accountant's Report
Page 114
Assessors' Report
33
Balance Sheet
136
Board of Health
86
Collector of Water Rates 103
Federal Commissary
98
Fire Department
89
Highway Department
95
Inspector of Animals
146
Jury List
31
Librarian's Report
104
List of Tax Payers
37
Moth Superintendent
93
Plymouth County Extension Service
143
Police Department
152
School Physician
150
Sealer of Weights and Measures
94
Selectmen's Report
84
State Audit
138
Tax Collector
100
Town Clerk's Report
8
Births
20
Marriages
22
Deaths
26
Town Officers
3
Treasurer's Report
147
Tree Warden
92
Trustees of Public Library
104
Unemployment Fund
149
Water Department
87
W. P. A. Report
139
School Committee
Appendix 3
Finance Committee Report
Appendix 29
Annual Report
OF THE
Town Officers and Committees
OF THE TOWN OF
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For the Year 1938
THE MEMORIAL PRESS Plymouth, Mass.
Town Officers for 1938
MODERATOR Howard B. Wilbur
TOWN CLERK Herbert E. Bryant
TOWN ACCOUNTANT Herbert E. Bryant
SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Elected
Term Expires
Joseph B. Porter
1938
1941
Henry O. Davenport
1937
1940
James A. Hemenway
1936
1939
ASSESSORS
Elected
Term Expires
William W. Phillips
1938
1941
Robert G. Dean
1937
1940
Edwin H. Thayer
1936
1939
TREASURER Orvis F. Kinney
TAX COLLECTOR
Elected
Term Expires
Walter C. Dunbar
1936
1939
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
Elected
Term Expires
Edith F. Howard
1938
1941
Daniel J. Lothrop
1938
1941
Louis P. Hayden
1937
1940
Martha B. Mason
1937
1940
Ada M. Wood
1936
1939
Basil M. Soule
1936
1939
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Elected
Term Expires
Lloyd Tyrer
1938
1941
Sherman H. Perkins
1938
1941
Clare E. Parker
1937
1940
Henry F. Woodward
1937
1940
Faelton C. Perkins
1936
1939
Harvey A. Scranton
1936
1939
WATER COMMISSIONERS
Elected
Term Expires
Hervey Dunham
1938
1941
Thomas Miles
1937
1940
George May
1937
1939
TREE WARDEN Christopher Read
CONSTABLES
Ervin W. Lothrop Chester R. Ripley
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER, WOOD AND BARK By Appointment-Town Meeting
Robert G. Dean Albert Howard Eben Wood
Chester R. Ripley James A. Hemenway
FIELD DRIVERS
Leon Biladeau George Ryder Clinton Howard
Albert Howard
FENCE VIEWERS Charles Kinney Robert Keith
FINANCE COMMITTEE Appointive
Horace R. Snell John M. Richards Alfred T. Wells
Arthur E. Ryder John E. Howard Walter D. Crowley
Stanley Freeman
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Officers Appointed By Selectmen
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS George Tucker
TOWN PHYSICIAN Dr. Joseph Berkowitz
CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT Edward L. Bourne
DEPUTY CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
Alphonse M. Braga
CHIEF OF POLICE Ervin W. Lothrop
SUPERINTENDENT OF MOTH WORK Christopher Read
FOREST FIRE WARDEN Edward L. Bourne
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Christopher Read
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND SLAUGHTERING
David Dailey
DOG OFFICER Ervin W. Lothrop
BURIAL AGENT
Herbert E. Bryant
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PUBLIC WEIGHERS
Chester R. Ripley Lester E. Howard
Horace R. Snell
DEPUTY FOREST FIRE WARDENS
Alphonse M. Braga
Ervin W. Lothrop Levi T. Nute
Gerald Wilbur
Christopher Read
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
Elected
Term Expires
John L. Sullivan
1938
1941
Frank Mahoney
1937
1940
Paul Revere
1936
1939
Herbert E. Bryant, Clerk
APPOINTMENTS FOR SPECIAL POLICE DUTY
The requirements of the Civil Service Department of the State exact that when assigning men to special police duty, their names be forwarded to their department for approval.
Men assigned to duty and receiving such approval dur- ing the year, on various occasions are as follows:
Walter Eckstrom
Carl Newman
Francis Luddy
Gerald Wilbur
Harry Green
Edward Asack
Thomas Guinea
Frank Dufault
Curtis Carrigan
Albert Snow
Raymond Keith
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Town Clerk's Report
ANNUAL MEETING, MARCH 7, 1938
A meeting duly warned of the inhabitants of West Bridgewater qualified to vote in election and Town af- fairs was held in the Town Hall at West Bridgewater, Monday, March 7, 1938, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, and the following is a record of the doings of said meet- ing :
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator Howard B. Wilbur and after Article 1 of the Warrant had been read by the Town Clerk, that is to elect the following officers for the Town by ballot, the Moderator declared the meeting opened to elect the following: One Town Clerk for one year; one Moderator for one year; one Assessor for three years; one Selectman for three years; one Treasurer for one year; one member of the Board of Public Welfare for three years; one Water Commissioner for three years ; two School Committee for three years; two Trustees of Public Library for three years ; one Tree Warden for one year ; two Constables for one year.
The Election officers were duly sworn in by the Town Clerk to the faithful performance of their duties and were as follows: Mary Pratt, Grace Keenan, Lulu Gard- ner, Ellen Brown, Arthur Ryder, Albert Snow, John O'Shaughnessy, Josephine Holmgren, Lillian Sullivan, Margaret Kent, Dorothy Eckstrom, Loraine Wilbur, Sumner Keith, Patrick Sullivan, John Fallon, Eunice Logue, George Davis, Frank Mahoney.
The ballot box was inspected by the police officer in charge, Ervin W. Lothrop, and found to be empty, and the register was set at zero. One thousand six hundred ballots were delivered to the Moderator by the Town Clerk and receipts given for same.
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At nine o'clock a.m. the Moderator declared the polls open for casting ballots. At nine o'clock p.m., the Mod- erator declared the polls closed.
The Moderator, with the police officer in charge, count- ed the cast and unused ballots, and announced that the number of ballots cast tallied with the count of votes from check list, also with dial numbers shown on bal- lot box.
The ballots having been counted, sorted, and com- puted, as is by law required, the Moderator then de- clared the vote.
FOR MODERATOR
Howard B. Wilbur
845
Frank Dufault
6
Edward L. Bourne
1
John Kent, Jr.
1
Carl Ohlson
1
Alexander Beck
1
Leon Edmonston
1
Helen Lothrop
1
Arrow Cameron
1
Dena Cassiani
1
G. Gill
1
Harry Wilber
1
Blanks
222
Howard B. Wilbur was declared elected.
FOR SELECTMEN
Carl E. Broman
162
Edwin R. Craddock
61
Edmund B. Piver
154
O. Phillip Pearson
122
Joseph B. Porter
390
Henry F. Woodward
162
Blanks
22
Joseph B. Porter was declared elected.
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FOR TOWN CLERK
Herbert E. Bryant
John S. Barros
766 246
Carl Ohlson
1
Alex Beck
1
Carl Cassiani
1
Charlotte Hurley
1
John Kent, Jr.
1
Blanks 66
Herbert E. Bryant was declared elected.
FOR BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Carl E. Broman
162
Edwin R. Craddock
58
O. Phillip Pearson 127
Edmund B. Piver
154
Joseph B. Porter
365
Henry Woodward
179
Blanks 38
Joseph B. Porter was declared elected.
FOR BOARD OF ASSESSORS, 3 years
William W. Phillips
884
B. Frank Denley
1
A. Eldredge
1
Bozo Holyoke
1
John Burque
1
Carl Ohlson
1
Francis Luddy
1
Anthony Coelho
1
Jay Bird Peters
1
Blanks 191
William W. Phillips was declared elected.
FOR TREASURER
Clifford Carlson 434
Orvis F. Kinney 623
Blanks 26
Orvis F. Kinney was declared elected.
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FOR TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY, 3 years
Edith F. Howard
861
Daniel J. Lothrop
811
Herbert Conant
1
Alphonse Braga
1
John Kirby
1
Fred Peterson
1
Bozo Holyoke
1
Edgar Perkins
1
Carl Ohlson
1
Alice Holmes
1
Walter Holyoke
1
Little Duke
1
Mary Courtney
1
John Bred Silva
1
Blanks
482
Edith F. Howard was decelared elected.
Daniel J. Lothrop was declared elected.
FOR TWO MEMBERS OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE,
3 years
J. Russell Hemenway
317
Walter E. Holyoke
143
Sherman H. Perkins
474
Elizabeth G. Smith
270
Lloyd P. Tyrer
563
Paul Peterson
1
Arthur Nelson
1
John Kent, Jr.
1
Raymond Keith
1
Charlie MacCarthy
1
Doc Jenkins
1
Bert. Conant
1
Fred Chisholm
1
Blanks
391
Lloyd P. Tyrer was declared elected.
Sherman H. Perkins was declared elected.
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FOR WATER COMMISSIONER, 3 years
Hervey Dunham
858
Daniel Penpraese
1
Francis Mahoney
1
Robert G. Dean
1
John Kent, Jr.
1
Roderick MacDonald
1
John Courtney
1
Bozo Holyoke
1
Carl Ohlson
1
Edgar Perkins
1
Arvid Hagglund
1
Mae Place
1
Carl Cassiani
1
Blanks
213
Hervey Dunham was declared elected.
FOR TREE WARDEN, 1 year
Christopher R. Read
908
Alton Keith
1
Richard Keith
1
Fat Martin
1
John Burque
1
Carl Ohlson
1
Earl Gifford
1
Carl Cassiani
1
Blanks
168
Christopher R. Read was declared elected.
FOR CONSTABLES, 1 year
Ervin W. Lothrop
914
Chester R. Ripley
908
Bernard Cahoon
3
Carl Ohlson
2
Mary Courtney
1
Fred Peterson
1
John S. Kent
1
Raymond Keith
2
Francis Luddy
2
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Eddy Asack
John Kent, Jr.
Fat Martin
Chester Tingley
Edgar Perkins
Dick Tracy
Edmund Piver
George Davis
Eric Bernstein
Earl Gifford
M. L. Coggswell
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Ervin W. Lothrop was declared elected.
Chester R. Ripley was declared elected.
After the result of the election was announced the Moderator swore the Town Clerk, Herbert E. Bryant, to the faithful performance of his office, and declared the meeting adjourned until March 14, 1938.
Town Officers sworn into office :
Moderator, H. B. Wilbur, March 14, 1938, by H. E. Bryant, Town Clerk.
Deputy Fire Warden, Gerald Wilbur, March 9, 1938, by H. E. Bryant, Town Clerk.
School Committee, Sherman Perkins, March 11, 1938, by H. E. Bryant, Town Clerk.
Town Clerk, H. E. Bryant, March 14, 1938, by Howard B. Wilbur, Moderator.
Assessor, William Phillips, March 14, 1938, by H. E. Bryant, Town Clerk.
School Committee, Lloyd Tyrer, March 14, 1938, by H. E. Bryant, Town Clerk.
Selectmen, Joseph B. Porter, March 14, 1938, by H. E. Bryant, Town Clerk.
Board of Public Welfare, Joseph B. Porter, March 14, 1938, by H. E. Bryant, Town Clerk.
Treasurer, Orvis F. Kinney, March 14, 1938, by H. E. Bryant, Town Clerk.
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Water Commissioner, Hervey Dunham, March 14, 1938, by H. E. Bryant, Town Clerk.
Police Officer, Ervin W. Lothrop, March 14, 1938, by H. E. Bryant, Town Clerk.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, MARCH 14, 1938
Following a vote taken at Annual Town Meeting, held March 7, 1938, the adjourned meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Howard B. Wilbur. The reading of the Articles in the Warrant was, upon vote, waived.
Article 2. Voted to choose Town Officers not elected on official ballot.
The following named were by vote of meeting chosen.
Field Drivers-George Ryder, Leon Biladeau, Clinton Howard.
Fence Viewers-Albert Howard, Charles Kinney, Robert Keith.
Surveyors of Lumber, Wood and Bark-Robert G. Dean, Albert Howard, Chester R. Ripley, James A. Hemenway, Eben Wood.
The following appropriations were, upon vote, adopted :
APPROPRIATIONS
Moderator
$ 25.00
Selectmen
800.00
Town Accountant
720.00
Treasurer
900.00
Tax Collector
1,963.00
Assessors
1,650.00
Other Town Officers
25.00
Town Clerk
580.00
Election and Registration
700.00
Law Department
25.00
Town Hall and Offices
2,800.00
Police Department
1,800.00
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Dog Officer
35.00
Fire Department
2,300.00
Hydrants
1,240.00
Water Department Maintenance
10,000.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
100.00
Moth Department
2,850.00
Tree Warden
600.00
Health Department
1,200.00
Inspection of Animals
100.00
Inspection of Slaughtering
125.00
Highway Department
10,000.00
Snow Removal
1,000.00
Street Lights
3,579.26
Public Welfare
14,600.00
Dependent Children
1,425.00
Old Age Assistance
13,000.00
State Aid
50.00
Soldiers' Relief
1,250.00
Military Aid
700.00
Soldiers' Burial
50.00
Library
1,360.00
Schools
48,426.00
Flags and Parks
300.00
Memorial and Armistice Day
175.00
Printing and Distributing Town Reports
367.50
Plymouth County Hospital
1,501.32
Road Machinery Account
1,250.00
Fire Insurance
517.80
Liability Insurance
991.19
Reserve Fund from Overlay Surplus
2,000.00
Interest
100.00
Care of Cemeteries
130.00
Visiting Nurse Service
300.00
Finance Committee
15.00
Preserving Records
50,00
Federal Project Accounts
3,500.00
Plymouth County Aid to Agriculture
100.00
Bonds and Interest from Water Receipts
4,584.67
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Article 3. To hear the reports of all Town Officers and Committees and act thereon.
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