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Superintendent
2,360.94
Clerk
671.74
Truant Officer
100.00
Stationery, Postage and Printing
35.14
Telephone
256.41
Traveling Expense
378.44
School Census
45.00
Miscellaneous Administration
142.54
Teachers' Salaries:
High
14,947.11
Elementary
19,432.07
Vocational Education
102.06
Health:
Nurse and Supplies
1,015.30
Physician
300.00
Text Books & Supplies:
High :
Text Books
617.65
Supplies
691.47
Elementary :
Text Books
524.08
Supplies
1,240.64
Tuition :
Vocational
173.20
Transportation
3,052.50
Other Transportation
72.05
Janitor:
Elementary
3,062.65
Fuel & Light:
Fuel
1,590.18
Gas ·
101.60
Electricity
425.72
Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds:
Repairs
1,369.77
、 Water-High
27.13
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Janitors' Supplies Water-Elementary
205.37
84.00
Other Expenses:
Diplomas and Graduation Exercises
100.94
Miscellaneous
342.60
53,468.30
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
1.70
STATE AIDED VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
SMITH-HUGHES & GEORGE DEEN FUNDS
Federal Funds for Vocational Education
1,679.73
1942 Balance
75.27
1,755.00
Expenses :
Salary
1,130.00
Federal Balance carried forward to 1944
625.00
LIBRARY
Appropriation
1,300.00
Expenses :
Maintenance:
Salaries:
Librarian
350.00
Assistants
392.30
Janitor
115.66
Janitor's Supplies
10.19
Books & Periodicals:
Books
306.78
Fuel & Light:
Fuel
72.75
Light
6.44
Other Expenses:
27.49
Petty Supplies
4.20
All Other
1,285.81
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
14.19
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LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS
Expenses :
Books, Periodicals and Bindings
430.07
UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMENTS
APPROPRIATION
EXPENSES
Care of Monument Grounds, Flags & Parks
700.00
726.76
Memorial & Armistice Day
200.00
180.40
County Aid to Agriculture
100.00
100.00
Town Reports
427.52
427.52
Diphtheria Clinic
75.00
75.00
Well Child Conference
50.00
50.00
Dog Licenses
302.40
Plymouth County Hospital Assessment
2,092.32
2,092.32
Public Welfare Recovery
697.85
War Bond Deductions
387.25
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
62.84
CIVILIAN DEFENSE ACCOUNT
Appropriation
2,000.00
1943 Balance
274.74
2,274.74
Expenses:
Janitor
800.00
Telephone
213.72
Electricity
81.62
Fuel
163.41
Janitor's Repairs and Supplies
131.10
Water
14.00
Real Estate Taxes
173.60
Medical Supplies
70.55
Miscellaneous
29.67
Administration Supplies
17.00
1,694.67
Balance carried forward to 1944
580.07
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RATIONING BOARD
Appropriation
690.00
Refund
.16
690.16
Expenses :
Stationery & Forms
16.17
Telephone
104.99
Office Supplies
69.84
Office Repair
184.88
Janitor
115.00
Electricity
21.76
Fuel
99.30
Transportation Committee
7.50
Other
8.99
Insurance
16.20
644.63
Balance carried forward to 1944
45.53
INSURANCE
Appropriation
1,639.75
Expenses:
Liability
1,049.59
Fire
502.48
War Damage
87.68
1,639.75
INTEREST
Appropriation
100.00
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
100.00
FEDERAL PROJECTS ACCOUNT
1941 Balance
600.00
Salary
10.00
Expense
590.00
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Expenses :
Commissary
434.00
Balance carried forward to 1944
166.00
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE
WATER DEPARTMENT
Appropriation
10,000.00
Salary
500.00
Expenses
9,500.00
Expenses :
Superintendent
677.00
Clerical
490.45
Labor
531.60
Call Station
180.00
Water
7,558.40
Stationery, Postage & Printing
131.29
Telephone
16.14
Truck Repair, Supplies, & All Other
20.25
Pipe Fittings
226.10
Gas & Oil
70.74
Tools and Repairs
51.98
Other
21.90
9,975.85
Unexpended balance reverting to Water Receipts
24.15
WATER BONDS & INTEREST
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Appropriation
2,600.00
Refund
10.00
2,610.00
Expenses:
Bonds
2,500.00
Interest
110.00
2,610.00
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CEMETERY
Appropriation 130.00
Expenses :
Care of Cemeteries
86.00
Unexpended balance reverting to Revenue
44.00
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Assessed in Tax Levy
3,112.15
Payments to the Commonwealth:
State Tax
2,750.00
State Audit
269.00
State Parks & Reservations
89.15
3,108.15
Overestimated to be carried forward to 1944
4.00
COUNTY OF PLYMOUTH
Assessed in Tax Levy
5,161.91
Underestimate to be assessed in 1944
211.07
5,372.98
Payments to the County:
County Tax
5,372.98
Payments to Federal Government:
Federal Withholding Tax
1,818.30
Refund to Individual
14.80
1,833.10
AGENCY & TRUST INVESTMENTS
NEW
WITH-
PRINCIPAL
DRAWAL
INCOME
Scholarship Fund
150.00
187.50
Cemetery Perpetual Care
123.50
Library Interest Account's
430.38
Investment New Fund
20,000.00
250.00
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Refunds:
Poll
2.00
Motor Vehicle Excise
17.02
Real Estate
28.00
47.02
RESERVE FUND
Appropriation from Overlay Surplus
3,000.00
Law
825.00
Police
131.91
956.91
Unexpended balance reverting to Overlay Surplus
2,043.09
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS 1943
RECEIPTS
REVENUE
1941
1942
1943
GENERAL REVENUE
Taxes :
Property
$103,341.24 $102,604.11
$98,696.17
Poll
2,126.00
2,068.00
1,888.00
Income
13,823.55
14,178.00
13,014.79
Corporations, Etc.
3,740.95
2,621.45
3,296.54
Licenses & Permits
653.50
679.00
1,132.50
Fines & Forfeits
22.00
195.00
1,515.00
Grants & Gifts:
From the State
9,748.05
8,960.19
2,570.35
From the County (Dog Licenses)
578.95
696.26
736.36
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COMMERCIAL REVENUE
Privileges:
Motor Vehicle Excise
8,874.65
7,904.48
5,857.11
Departmental:
General Government
787.98
520.25
499.03
Protection of Persons & Property
34.43
35.93
831.15
Health and Sanitation
567.85
260.71
Highways
11,082.29
3,325.42
1,969.55
Charities
26,800.15
30,653.96
31,000.27
Soldiers' Benefits
422.50
300.00
175.00
Schools
531.80
1,326.00
2,252.56
Library
90.14
83.84
83.67
Unclassified
25.72
359.45
Water Department
14,426.50
17,058.26
14,693.94
Interest
1,045.05
729.94
882.35
$198,723.90
$194,219.54
$181,355.05
NON-REVENUE
Agency:
County Dog Tax
864.00
907.40
967.20
Trust and Investment
1,003.09
8,857.33
4,586.29
Refunds
52.53
127.07
10.16
Total Non-Revenue
$1,919.62
$9,891.80
$5,563.65
Total Receipts
$200,643.52
$204,491.34
$186,918.70
Cash Balance from Previous Years
43,858.85
50,190.44
74,481.94
$244,502.37
$254,381.78
$261,400.64
PAYMENTS
FROM REVENUE
EXPENSES:
General Government
$9,681.61
$10,596.69
$9,956.53
Protection of Persons and Property
10,580.29
8,985.85
9,785.67
Health and Sanitation
1,327.21
1,459.93
1,492.01
Highway
24,077.73
17,363.69
17,690.60
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Charities
42,085.85
40,578.04
41,576.19
Soldiers' Benefits
1,012.12
535.68
777.68
Schools
48,976.00
51,523.73
54,598.30
Public Library
1,649.38
1,641.70
1,715.88
Recreation
542.57
628.14
726.76
Unclassified
9,643.76
7,911.65
7,358.00
Water Department
11,009.54
10,734.45
9,975.85
Cemeteries
121.08
72.00
86.00
Interest
296.92
148.57
110.00
Maturing Bonds and Notes
3,900.00
2,740.00
2,500.00
Total Expense
$164,904.06
$154,920.42
$158,349.47
OUTLAYS:
New Town Offices
48.00
Schools
3,426.00
Highways
7,806.71
1,314.31
Total Outlays from Revenue
11,280.71
1,314.31
Total Payments from Revenue
$176,184.77
$156,234.73
$158,349.47
FROM NON-REVENUE
Agency:
State Tax
9,075.00
8,250.00
2,750.00
State Parks & Reservations
144.11
119.25
89.15
State Audit
221.56
179.81
269.00
County Tax
6,808.44
5,627.07
5,372.98
County Dog Tax
893.80
934.00
302.40
Trust and Investment
585.01
8,391.28
21,141.38
Refunds
399.24
163.70
47.02
Payroll Deductions
2,220.43
Total Non-Revenue
18,127.16
23,665.11
32,192.36
Total Payments
194,311.93
179,899.84
190,541.83
Cash Balance at end of year
50,190.44
74,481.94
70,858.81
$244,502.37
$254,381.78
$261,400.64
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IV
BONDED INDEBTEDNESS
Water Loans
1%
4% Bonds
Date of
Issued
12 Notes Issued
Maturity
1914
1940
1943
$500.00
$2,000.00
1944
500.00
2,000.00
1945
2,000.00
1946
2,000.00
$1,000.00
$8,000.00
PUBLIC TRUST FUNDS
Name of Fund
Invested in
Jan. 1, 19 43
Income Earned
Income Paid Out
December 31, 1943
CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS
Evrard-Alger
Brockton Savings Bank
$203.01
$4.08
$4.00
$203.09
Alfred E. Alger
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
210.11
4.22
6.00
208.33
Sanford Alger
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
50.85
1.01
1.00
50.86
William Burke
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
164.61
3.30
6.00
161.91
Davis Copeland
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
200.69
4.02
4.00
200.71
Mrs. Henry Copeland
Brockton Savings Bank
100.30
2.01
2.00
100.31
Lyman and Pardon Copeland
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
650.86
13.07
13.00
650.93
Samuel G. Copeland
Peoples' Savings Bank
200.82
4.02
4.00
200.84
Samuel G. & James Copeland
Brockton Savings Bank
1,042.64
20.95
15.00
1,048.59
Martha K. Crosby
Peoples' Savings Bank
100.05
2.01
2.00
100.06
Mary A. Dewyer
Peoples' Savings Bank
106.44
2.13
4.00
104.57
Michael Dewyer
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
100.22
2.01
2.00
100.23
John E. & Desire L. Gould
Brockton Savings Bank
100.51
2.01
2.00
100.52
The Hartwell Fund
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
313.39
6.29
9.00
310.68
Etta L. Hartwell
Peoples' Savings Bank
324.41
6.51
330.92
Frank P. Hatch
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
161.12
3.23
3.00
161.35
Julia M. Hooper
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
143.12
2.87
145.99
Alba Howard
Brockton Savings Bank
101.37
2.03
2.00
101.40
Isabelle Howard
Peoples' Savings Bank
100.05
2.01
2.00
100.06
S. Nelson Howard
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
102.76
2.05
2.50
102.31
Samuel H. Howard
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
106.39
2.13
3.00
105.52
Harriet M. Jennings
Brockton Savings Bank
105.64
2.11
3.00
104.75
Abbie B. Jones
Brockton Savings Bank
101.50
2.03
2.00
101.53
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Name of Fund
Invested in
Jan. 1, 19
Income Earned
Income Paid Out
December 31, 1943
Sumner D. Keith
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
113.01
2.27
115.28
Warren C. Kinney
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
200.82
4.02
4.00
200.84
Henry J. LeLacheur
Brockton Savings Bank
100.30
2.01
2.00
100.31
Joshua Morse
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
107.43
2.15
109.58
Emma F. Packard
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
303.73
6.09
6.00
303.82
Fred A. Perkins
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank Brockton Savings Bank
100.41
2.01
2.00
100.42
Rosa R. Shaw
386.77
7.76
7.00
387.53
Sarah F. Shipman
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
100.18
2.01
2.00
100.19
Orrin A. Smith
Peoples' Savings Bank
150.07
3.01
3.00
150.08
South Street Cemetery
Peoples' Savings Bank
90.16
1.81
91.97
Robert Tibbetts
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
100.06
2.01
2.00
100.07
Charles C. Thayer
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
207.68
4.16
211.84
Mary Elizabeth Wilson
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
200.98
4.02
201.00
$6,952.46
$139.43
$123.50
$ 6,968.39
LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS
Cornelia Alger
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank 675.00
675.00
Nathan Copeland
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank 500.00
500.00
Eliza P. Dalton & Millard
O. Dalton
Brockton Savings Bank 250.00
250.00
Mary N. K. Edgerly
N. Easton Savings Bank 250.00
U. S. Fourth Liberty Bond 250.00
500.00
Francis E. Howard
Bridgewater Savings Bank 250.00
U. S. Fourth Liberty Bond
250.00
43
500.00
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William J. Howard & Anna C. Peoples' Savings Bank Howard Mary L. Perkins
22.30
.44
War Bond Series G. 2,500.00
2,522.74
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank
1,000.00
1,000.00
Mary P. Whitman
Brockton, Savings Bank
3,000.00
Bridgewater Savings Bank
4,000.00
E. Bridgewater Sav. Bank 4,000.00
Peoples' Savings Bank
4,000.00
15,000.00
$20,947.30
$ .44
$20,947.74
LIBRARY TRUST FUNDS
Interest Acct. No. 1
Brockton Savings Bank
388.98
308.93
323.12
374.79
Interest Acct. No. 2
Brockton Savings Bank
111.04
131.99
106.95
136.08
$500.02
$440.92
$430.07
$510.87
SCHOLARSHIP TRUST FUND
William J. Howard and Anna
Peoples' Savings Bank
44.59
1.93
46.52
Clifford Howard
War Bond Series G.
5,062.50
125.00
5,187.50
$5,107.09
$126.93
$5,234.02
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I herewith submit my annual report for the year 1943:
In 1943, the shortage of material and the lack of a complete road crew made new construction impossible. Most of the high- way road work was done by using Black Mix and Gravel Patch- ing.
The following streets were Tarvia Seal Coated:
Scotland Street one-half mile
Pleasant Street one-half mile
East Street seven-tenths mile Manley Street six-tenths mile
Walnut Street
one tenth mile
Four thousand feet on East Center Street was laid with a mixture consisting of crushed stone and tarvia called "Mixed-in- place". The shoulders of this road were widened three feet on each side, making the road twenty-four feet instead of eighteen feet.
All drains and catch basins were inspected and a new one installed on Hillside Avenue.
Bridges, sign posts, school signs and traffic lines were check- ed and repainted. Throughout the year, a great many street and
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school signs were destroyed. This caused an unnecessary expense to the townspeople and we do hope it will not continue next year.
During the year, two large steel girders were moved from the South Main Street bridge to the bridge on Forest Street, to be used in the future.
Above is a summary of some of the work accomplished by the Department but it is impossible to give all of the work done.
I want to thank the Board of Selectmen, department heads and laborers for their cooperation.
Respectfully submitted,
GEORGE G. TUCKER,
Superintendent.
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REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
For the Year ending December 31, 1943
Fifty-four barns were inspected through-out the year of 1943.
The routine follow-up work was down on seven dogs for rabies.
There were no Slaughtering Licenses given out in West Bridgewater during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
DAVID DAILEY,
Inspector of Animals.
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REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER
The financial transactions of the Town for the year 1943 may be briefly summarized as follows:
Cash on hand January 1, 1943
$ 74,481.94
Cash on hand December 31, 1943
70,868.81
Received from Collector
119,795.36
Received from Other Sources
67,123.34
Total Receipts
186,918.70
Payments during the year of 1943
190,541.83
Payments on Water Bonds and Notes
2,500.00
Payments of Interest on Water Bonds and Notes
100.00
Outstanding Water Bonds, December 31, 1943
5,000.00
Outstanding Water Notes, December 31, 1943 6,000.00
Tax Title Accounts, December 31, 1943
4,819.35
Tax Title Redemptions 1,352.80
Tax Title Partial Payments
122.00
Tax Title Added Interest
207.62
Tax Title Releases
.60.00
Sale of Tax Title Possessions and Treasurers' Sale
107.00
Bought U. S. War Bonds, Series G.
20,000.00
The report of the expenses of the Treasurer's Office and a detailed account of the Library Trust Funds, and Cemetery Trust Funds, may be found in the Town Accountant's Report.
Respectfully submitted,
ORVIS F. KINNEY
Treasurer.
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ANNUAL REPORT West Bridgewater Civilian Defense Committee - January 1, 1944
Three years have elapsed since the Civilian Defense Com- mittee was established in West Bridgewater. During this entire period the general activities of Defense Committees have been viewed with varying degrees of sympathy and cooperation. Many have felt that much of the time and effort spent in the organ- ization and operation of Defense Committees could have been spent to much better advantage in some other line of endeavor. We believe that much of the confusion has been due to wishful thinking and to an undue amount of confidence in the resource- fulness and ability of the American public, rather than to any decision that might have been reached as the result of careful analysis and study.
True, reports from the several war areas have for the most part been favorable to the cause of the United Nations. It is also true that these same reports of success have removed from · our shores much of the menace against which Civilian Defense Protection was organized. However, much remains to be done before the victory is won, our need for protection and precaution at home cannot be over-looked.
Due to this improvement in the general conditions, there have been adjustments made in the Civilian Defense Program. These changes were made as a result of recommendations by the Army and the Civilian Defense Headquarters. Dim-out regula-
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tions have been relaxed, and it has been deemed unnecessary to continue the twenty-four hour manning of our telephone service at the Report Center. We are, however, required to have a cover- age of the Federal Telephone at all times. In order to comply with regulations, extensions have been placed in the Fire Station and in the home of Edward Bourne, the head of the Protection Division of our Civilian Defense Committee and Chief of our Fire Department.
The several units of the organization, including Wardens, Auxiliary Policemen, Auxiliary Firemen, First Aid Groups, Rescue Squads, and so on, have been organized in such a way that they are ready to function at very short notice. West Bridgewater may well be proud of the activity of its townspeople on the home front as well as in the Armed Forces. It is one of the few com- munities where protection was provided through a twenty-four hour coverage by the citizens throughout the period of extreme emergency. The various services of the organization have main- tained their high degree of efficiency through the constant interest and hard work of the individuals in those organizations. We have always been ready to answer whatever calls have been made upon us.
Examination of the expenditures for the past year will show that $1,694.67 was spent in this protective service. Our budget for 1944 calls for an appropriation of $1,400 which, added to a balance of $580.07 which was not expended, means that our total budget for expenditures for the year 1944 will be $1,980.07. The distribution of the expenditures is as follows:
Janitor's Salary
$803.00
Telephone
200.00
Electricity
100.00
Fuel
200.00
Water
14.00
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Taxes
175.00
Call Station
120.00
Supplies
368.07
$1,980.07
Medical supplies, janitor's supplies, incidentals, repairs, and so on total $368.07.
It is quite possible that many citizens may feel that an ap- propriation for Civilian Defense Activity for the year 1944 can and should be eliminated. Careful consideration has been given to the various facts involved. Information obtained from most reliable sources seems to bear us out in our decision that such action does not seem feasible at this time.
Whereas the immediate danger of invasion seems to have been removed, those in authority, both the Army and the Civilian Defense Organizations, are convinced that it is still essential that we maintain our organization on a working basis until such time as there is no longer the possibility that anything may happen to us. There is also another reason why Civilian Defense Groups should be kept in a condition of readiness, and that is in the matter of service in time of civilian emergency. With the pro- gram already set up we should be in a position to handle any emergency which might arise. Under normal conditions, one might argue that such a service was not a necessary one, but during this time due to the general man-power situation our regular agencies can ill afford to have additional demands made upon them, and are only too anxious to take advantage of the assistance which Civilian Defense Groups may be in a position to render.
The Civilian Defense Committee, the Red Cross, the Aux- iliary Policemen, the Nurses Training Units, and others still use
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the Headquarters Building for their regular meetings. The Ration Board has its headquarters on the second floor of the building and uses three of the rooms as offices. Your committee continues to meet regularly to consider reports and regulations from District and State Headquarters and to keep in working condition the organization which has been set up for your protection. The other groups are endeavoring to carry on various phases in the furtherance of civilian and war activities.
The Committee wishes to extend to all of those who have assisted in any way their thanks and appreciation for services rendered. May we never be called upon to face a major catas- trophe, and may the time be short until we will no longer need to maintain our organization at a constant "alert". Let us be thankful that we have been called upon to sacrifice so little.
H. E. Bryant, Chairman Ralph S. Frellick, Executive Secretary William W. Noyes, Chief Warden Alfred T. Wells, Food and Supplies Edward L. Bourne, Chairman-Protection Div. James A. Kehoe, Map Plot
Horace E. Swann, Evacuation Dr. A. O. Belmore, Medical.
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REPORT OF RATIONING BOARD
Your local Rationing Board, first organized in January, 1941, hereby submits its second annual report. It is indeed a pleasure to announce the many new and necessary changes that have been made during the past successful year.
On January 10, 1943, our Board, with five members, and one part-time and one full-time Clerk, was moved from the Tax Co- llector's Office to their new Office which is situated in the Civi- lian Defense Quarters on 2 Central Square. This, in itself, was a very smart and beneficial step. We have been more convenient- ly located for the Townspeople, and although we have been more expense to the Town this past year, we believe that it has all been quite worth while. We received all of our Office Furniture directly from the Federal Government, thus relieving the Town of this large expense.
On June 3, and November 10, respectively; we were very fortunate in obtaining the services of Mr. Horace Swann, and Mr. James Kehoe as regular volunteer Board Members. Because of his helpful assistance in the capacity of Transportation Chair- man, we placed Mr. Kehoe on our gasoline and tire panel. Mr. Swann duly volunteered to act as Chairman of the Price Panel. We were also very fortunate in being permitted to promote Miss Gladys Bergstrom from part-time to full-time Clerk.
This year again we have had the able assistance of the Supt. of Schools and the teachers in many of our Rationing Registra- tions, and also, the School Committee was kind enough to lend us a typewriter while we were waiting for ours to arrive from the State.
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On November 1, our hours were changed and we feel that they will be much more beneficial to the Townspeople. We are now open to the public, Weekdays, except Tuesday, from eight- thirty a.m. to twelve and from one p.m. until five-thirty p.m. On Tuesday from twelve o'clock noon until nine p.m. The Board meetings are held on Tuesday evening between seven-thirty and nine p.m.
This year we have divided our Board into seperate panels.
They are as follows:
Gasoline, Tires, Shoes, Bicycles, Rubber Boots, Typewriters
Raleigh A. Holden Walter C. Dunbar James A. Kehoe
Fuel Oil, Meats, Price Control, Processed Foods, Sugar, Heating stoves.
Sherman H. Perkins L. Merrill Caswell Horace E. Swann
Mr. Hemenway, Chairman, has supervision of all panels.
We would like to suggest that all persons filling out renewals for supplementary gasoline file their applications thirty days be- fore the expiration date of their book. This will help to benefit each individual as well as the Board itself.
In closing, I would like to thank Mr. Taylor, the School Committee, the Board of Selectmen, the Teachers and all others who have helped to make our past year a successful one by their unselfish cooperation and respect. The Board has tried very
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hard to take care of all situations which have arisen to the best of their ability, and we feel that we have done so.
Respectfully submitted,
J. RUSSELL HEMENWAY, Chairman. L. MERRILL CASWELL WALTER C. DUNBAR RALEIGH A. HOLDEN JAMES A. KEHOE SHERMAN H. PERKINS HORACE E. SWANN
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REPORT OF TREE WARDEN AND SUPERINTENDENT OF GYPSY MOTH SUPPRESSION
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen
I herewith submit my annual report for the year 1943.
The trees of the town are in a healthy condition though the extreme cold weather last winter killed some of the maple tree branches.
Many of the elm trees around the center of the town were infested with the elm leaf beetle, but not as badly as in previous years.
All the trees bordering the highways were sprayed and some of the elms were sprayed twice.
We scouted for the gypsy moth egg clusters and have creo- soted all that we found, though they were not as numerous as in years past.
The usual trimming of low hanging and dead branches was done during the year and also several dead and dangerous trees were removed.
Respectfully submitted,
CHRISTOPHER READ, Tree Warden and Moth Superintendent.
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REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH
During the year 1943 there were 297 reportable diseases sent in to the Board of Health as follows:
1943
1942
Chicken Pox
43
41
Dog Bite
6
2
German Measles
117
21
Measles
40
21
Meningitis Pfeiffer Bacillus
1
1
Influenza
2
0
Malaria
1
0
Mumps
44
30
Pneumonia, Lobar
1
2
Scarlet Fever
3
6
Whooping Cough
39
2
297
126
The above report shows that we had 171 more communic- able diseases reported in 1943 than we had in 1942 and we well know that many more should have been reported, but were not; SO we wish to call to the attention of the Public the law re- quiring that certain diseases be reported under penalty of fine. Therefore, it is the duty of everyone to acquaint himself with the reportable diseases. We had 217 cases of measles last year and as a result of children attending school who had contracted the Measles and were in close contact with others, also the in- difference of the parents, Measles gained an unwarranted spread in the early months of 1943. Some people seem to think that
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this disease is of no particular importance and treat it accord- ingly. This office is informed that it is one of the worst diseases, and if the proper care is not administered it may result in sev- eral chronic defects. Why hesitate to report the case? Your child may get well but your neighbor's child who might have contracted the malady from him may die or become inflicted with the one or many defects related to Measles. It is the opin- ion of the State Board of Health that too little attention is paid to the seriousness of Measles.
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