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The payments made for maturing debt and interest were com- pared with the cancelled securities on file and with the amounts falling due.
The savings bank books and securities representing the invest- ment of the trust and investment funds in the custody of the town treasurer were examined and listed. The income was proved and the transfers to the town were verified.
The records of tax titles held by the town were examined and compared with the tax books. The redemptions were verified, and the outstanding tax titles were listed, reconciled with the account- ant's ledger, and checked with the records in the Registry of Deeds.
The books and accounts of the collector were examined and checked. The taxes and water accounts outstanding according to
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the previous examination as well as all subsequent commitments were audited and proved to the warrants issued for their collection. The recorded receipts were checked with the payments to the treasurer and with the accountant's books, the abatements as re- corded were compared with the assessors' and the water commis- sioners' records of abatements granted, and the outstanding ac- counts were listed.
The departmental accounts receivable outstanding at the time of the previous examination and all subsequent charges were audited and proved. The payments to the treasurer were checked with the treasurer's recorded receipts and the outstanding accounts were listed.
The outstanding tax, departmental, and water accounts were verified by mailing notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town, and from the replies received thereto it appears that the accounts, as listed, are correct.
The financial accounts of the town clerk were examined. The records of dog and sporting licenses issued were checked, the pay- ments to the State being verified with the receipts on file and the payments to the town treasurer being compared with the treas- urer's cash book.
The surety bonds of the officials required by law to furnish them were examined and found to be in proper form.
The records of departmental cash collections by the selectmen, the sealer of weights and measures, and the library department, and of all other departments in which money was collected for the town, were examined and checked, and the payments to the treas- urer were verified.
There are appended to this report, in addition to the balance sheet, tables showing a reconciliation of the treasurer's and the
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collector's cash, summaries of the tax, tax title, departmental, and water accounts, together with tables showing the condition and transactions of the trust and investment funds.
For the cooperation extended by the various officials during the progress of the audit, I wish, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, to express appreciation.
Respectfully submitted,
HBD: CAH
HERMAN B. DINE, Assistant Director of Accounts
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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
TRUSTEES
Elected
Term Expires
Robert G. Dean
1943
1946
Martha B. Mason
1943
1946
Winfield C. Leavitt
1944
1947
Jane Bartlett
1944
1947
Dorothy Freeman
1945
1948
John E. Seager
1945
1948
BOOK COMMITTEE
Martha B. Mason
Jane Bartlett
Dorothy Freeman John E. Seager
EXECUTIVE OFFICER Robert G. Dean
Treasurer-Martha B. Mason
Secretary-Jane Bartlett
Librarian's Report
To the Trustees of the Public Library of the town of West Bridge- water:
I submit my report for the year ending December 31, 1945.
Last year we noted an increase in school circulation in the elementary grades; this year we are pleased to report an increase
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in all grades, both elementary and secondary. It is still a problem for some of the High School pupils, those who live some distance from the library and those who are employed after school hours to get to us for needed books. In February, at the suggestion of some of the High School teachers our trustees agreed to change the clos- ing hours on Wednesday to 8:00 P.M. to accommodate those stu- dents unable to get to the library during the regular hours. There was a fair attendance between 6:00 and 8:00 the first few months but from the beginning of the school term in September, the aver- age number of pupils in the evening has been two. That, the in- creased cost of the later closing and the inclement weather during the winter months decided the trustees to return to the 6 o'clock closing, commencing late in November.
The slight decrease in general circulation is probably due to fewer books purchased because of the increase in price of most books.
We have a number of improvements, the most important being the installing of town water, much appreciated by the staff. We also have added a number of new shelves, giving needed space for the display of books for the 7th and 8th grades; and in the small room for books for the teen-age girls.
In September we cooperated with the Women's Alliance of the Unitarian Church and loaned about 100 books for display at their Book Fair. We thank those ladies as a number of little known books circulated from the library following the Book Fair.
We have had a number of books donated during the year and a very beautiful mahogany table for the reference room, made by the late Mr. Francis Mahoney, the gift of Mrs. Mahoney.
The staff remains the same; we appreciate the consideration our trustees have for us, and the kindness of our patrons.
Respectfully, JEAN M. MURDOCK, Librarian
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STATISTICS FOR 1945
Circulation
Adult Fiction
9,754
Adult Non-Fiction
1,807
Juvenile· Fiction Juvenile Non-Fiction Magazines
2,564
Total
22,098
Books added by purchases
Adult
160
Juvenile
58
Books added by gifts
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SCHOOL CIRCULATION
Elementary Fiction
3,050
Elementary Non-Fiction
1,392
Total
4,442
Secondary Fiction
360
Secondary Non-Fiction
347
Magazines
105
Total
812
Total Elementary
4,442
Total Secondary
812
School Total
5,254
1944 School Total
4,031
Gain for the year
1,223
6,216
1,757
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NEW BOOKS ADDED TO LIBRARY IN 1945
Fiction
Mary Patten's Daughter
Pearls Before Swine
Dasha
Yeomans Hospital
Red Fruit
Arizona Star
Latchstring Out
Silver Moon Cottage
The Bolivers
Baner Bassett Bayliss Best
Young Un
World We Live In
Bromfield Brown Caldwell
Higher Hill
Campbell
Tommorrow Sometimes Comes
Carfrae
Raiders of Concho Basin
Chappe
They Never Say When
Cheyney
Remembered Death
Christie
Violent Friends
Clewes
Frontier Legion
Cole
Buzzards of Bitter Creek
Colin
Homecoming
Colver
Black Rose
Costain
Red Haired Lady
Corbett
Breakfast at the Hermitage
Crabb
Indigo Necklace
Crane
Reprieve
Deeping
No Future For Luana
Derleth
Curse of the Bronze Lamp
Dickson
The 17th Letter
Disney
Wings of Fear
Eberhart
Beloved Gypsy
England
Abbott Allingham Almedinger Ashton T. Bailey Baldwin
All Dogs Go to Heaven
The Wide House
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Buckskin Marshall The Tollivers Great Son
Ermine Farnham Ferber Ferguson
Sign of the Ram
Road to Laramie
Field
Death Rides the Night
Field
Family on the Hill
Flack
Cottonwood Pards
Floren
Orchids to Murder
Footner
Philadelphia Murder Story
Ford
Commodore Hornblower
Forester Fox
Thorson of Thunder Gulch
Gardner
Thirty Days to Live
Gilbert
Voyage of the Golden Hind
Gilligan Govan
Earth and High Heaven
Graham
Hermit of Thunder King
Gregory
Murder Is My Business
Halliday
Ace in the Hole Haggerty
Hankins
Death at the Depot
Hastings
Canyon Passage
Haycox Hill Hough
Bridge to Brooklyn
Idell
Appleby's End
Innes
Young Bess
Irwin
Jumper
Private Adventures of Captain Shaw
Alias Jane Smith
Deadly Dove
Stream Sinister
Lion in the Streets
Ballard and the Source
Small Rain
Kalashnikoff Kaye-Smith Kelland King K. Knight Langley Lehmann L'Engle
All Through the Night
Roosters Crow in Town
Case of the Golddigger's Purse
Jenefer's House
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Phantom Rider Cass Timberlane Outlaw River Two Solitudes Turn Home
Wicked Sister
Pride's Way
The Voyage
Mayo Miller Molloy Morgan Newcomb Newmann
Small Town Girl
Now That April's Here
Burned Fingers
Norris
Ripe Night
O'Hara
Poor Child
Parrish
The Murderer is a Fox
Queen
Too Many Suspects
Rhode
Lucky Stiff
Rice
Death Stalks the Range
Rider
Royal Street
Roberts Robertson
Noose Hangs High
There Was a Crooked Man
You Are the One
Our Miss Boo
Rocky Mountain Ranger
Birth of Mischief
Dr. Woodward's Ambition
Rickshaw Boy
Captain from Castile
And the Wind Blows Free
Touch of Glory
Magic Lantern
Shellabarger Short Slaughter Smith Stanley Stoddard
Killer of Fort Norman
I. Stone
Knight Missing
S. Stone Tarkington
Image of Josephine
Leslie Lewis Lomax MacLennon
Roos Ruck Runbeck Rush Sabatini Seifert Shaw
Prairie Kid
Immortal Wife
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Proof of the Pudding
Accident, Manslaughter, or Murder
Mr. Tutt Finds a Way White Tower
Looking for a Bluebird
Apartment in Athens
Constancia Herself
Never Let Me Go
Golden Totem
Wind of Spring
Taylor Thayer Train Ullman Wechsberg Westcott Widdemer Wilhelm Willoughby Yates
Non-Fiction
Alexander Woolcott
Adams
Nods and Becks
Adams
American Chronicle
Baker
Pleasant Valley
Bromfield
One Day on Beetle Rock
Carrighan Caruso
Try and Stop Me
Cerf Coatsworth Coffin
A Texan in England
Dobie
The Salinas
Fisher
Meet Your Congress
Flynn
Rivers of the Eastern Shores of Maryland
Footner Groneman
Nine Mile Bridge
Hamlin
Guide to Bird Watching
Hickey
Snowshoe Country
Jacques Jaeger
As Much As I Dare
Johnson Kopf
Personal Crisis
Your Servant the Molecule
A Star Danced
Landis Lawrence
Enrico Caruso
Country Neighborhood
Poems for a Son with Wings
Applied Leathercraft
Wildwood Wisdom
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Victoria Through the Looking Glass Connie Mack
Vigil of a Nation
Coaching Roads of Old New England Up Front Sank Same
Mellor
Down the Stretch
Paint Brush Fun
Anything Can Happen
Where Away
Lake Ontario
Brave Men
Menke Ornstein Papashvily Perry Pound Pyle Ratcliff Rau
Yellow Magic
Home to India
Names on the Land
Rolling Stone
The Missouri
Guide to Peace
None But a Mule
Woollcott
Set-(12 Volumes)-Book of Popular Science
Set-(20 Volumes)-Book of Knowledge
World Almanac-1945
Lennon Lieb Lin Yu Tang Marlowe Mauldin
Stewart Stone Vestall Wells
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REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my Annual Report of the West Bridgewater Fire Department for the year ending December 31, 1945.
VALUE LOSSES AND INSURANCE PAID
Assessors' value of buildings
$31,725.00
Insurance on buildings
32,950.00
Estimated loss on buildings
4,600.00
Insurance paid on buildings
3,600.00
Estimated value contents
11,700.00
Insurance on contents
14,700.00
Estimated loss on contents
2,400.00
Insurance paid on contents
2,000.00
CALLS ANSWERED
Frame buildings
27
Grassland (3 acres)
8
Brush and woodland (31/2 acres)
15
Dumps
2
Automobiles
2
Rubbish
25
Aid Calls
2
False
2
Total Calls Answered
83
APPARATUS
One 500 gallon triple combination Buffalo Equipment on Di- amond T chassis, purchased in 1937.
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One Chevrolet combination with 200 gallon water tank and portable pump, purchased in 1945.
One triple combination (Maxim) purchased in 1924.
CALL FORCE
The Call Force consists of one chief, one acting deputy chief, one captain, three acting captains and fifteen privates.
FIRE ALARM AND EMERGENCY SIGNAL
Siren and tapper system tested daily except Sundays.
FIRE DEPARTMENT TELEPHONE
CHIEF 4137 STATION 4137
ATTENTION - STATE LAW
No fuel oil burner shall be installed and no fuel oil in excess of ten gallons shall be kept or stored in any building or other structure without a written permit having been obtained from the Marshall, providing that the building is used for habitation such permit must be obtained from the Head of the Fire Department.
All open air fires require a written permit from the Chief of the Fire Department.
To keep your fire losses small, call your Fire Department im- mediately upon discovering a fire in a building, grassland or wood- land.
I wish to thank the Selectmen and all others who have in any way helped the Fire Department.
To the members of the Department, I want to say thanks for your cooperation and good work.
· Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD L. BOURNE, Chief of Fire Department
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REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES
As of December 31, 1945, the outstanding Taxes and Water Rates were as follows:
1944
Poll Taxes
$ 6.00 Water Rates $2,573.93
Personal
89.18
Motor Vehicle
28.17
123.35
1945
Poll Taxes
$ 50.00
Real Estate
11,466.17
Personal
1,282.73
Motor Vehicle
389.59
13,188.49
The year 1946 Real Estate Tax Bill will be drastically different from previous years, and will represent a substantial increased cost to this office.
This new Tax Bill is the result of Legislation, and we as a Town have no choice but to conform to the law.
As your Collector, I urge each Real Estate owner to preserve his 1946 Tax Bills when received, as he does after they have been paid, thus saving additional expense.
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER C. DUNBAR,
Collector
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REPORT OF ASSESSORS
Total Appropriations at Annual Town Meeting March 5, 1945 $177,733.33
Appropriations at special Town Meetings since 1944 Rate was Fixed
none
Total Appropriations made since 1944 Rate was Fixed
177,733.33
State Tax 1945
3,876.00
State Parks and Reservations Tax
135.41
State Audit of Municipal Accounts
318.47
County Tax 1945
6,740.77
Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment
2,826.07
Overlay
4,249.56
Total Amount to be raised
195,879.61
Less Total Estimated Receipts
55,986.05
139,893.56
Less Amounts taken from Available Funds
30,000.00
109,893.56
Less Poll Taxes (1175 at $2.00)
2,350.00
NET AMOUNT TO BE RAISED BY TAXES ON PROPERTY
107,543.56
Poll Taxes Assessed Subsequently
22.00
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TABLE OF AGGREGATES
Number of Persons, Partnerships, Corporations,
etc., assessed
On Personal Estate only
37
On Real Estate only
947
On Both Personal and Real Estate
138
Total Number Assessed
1122
Number of Male Polls Assessed
1175
Value of Assessed Personal Estate:
Stock in Trade
$ 12,925.00
Machinery
267,932.00
Live Stock
108,770.00
All Other Tangible Personal Property
53,450.00
Total Value of Assessed Personal Estate
443,077.00
Value of Assessed Real Estate:
Land
672,311.00
Buildings
2,493,415.00
Total Value of Assessed Real Estate
3,165,726.00
TOTAL VALUE OF ALL ASSESSED PROPERTY
3,608,803.00
Tax Rate per $1,000
29.80
Tax for all purposes spread as follows:
On Polls
2,350.00
On Personal Estate
13,203.87
On Real Estate
94,339.69
TOTAL TAXES ASSESSED
109,893.56
Number of Horses Assessed
73
Number of Cows Assessed
793
Number of Yearlings, Bulls and Heifers Assessed
147
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Number of Swine Assessed
9
Number of Sheep Assessed
11
Number of Fowl Assessed
29,913
Number of Goats Assessed
19
Number of Acres of Land Assessed
9,027.71
Number of Dwellings Assessed
911
EXEMPTED PROPERTY
REAL ESTATE
Trustees of the Howard Funds in West Bridgewater
$107,250.00
Old Bridgewater Historical Society
15,500.00
Baptist Society
6,700.00
Methodist Episcopal
8,325.00
Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston
24,100.00
Sunset Avenue Congregational Society
4,700.00
Unitarian Society
13,500.00
Cemeteries (Privately Owned )
4,540.00
Town Hall and Lot
15,500.00
Fire Station
2,000.00
Highway Building and Lot
9,500.00
Library
3,400.00
School Department (Land and Buildings )
66,100.00
Parks
8,800.00
Cemeteries (Town owned)
600.00
Various Lots owned by Town
5,265.00
Property of the Commonwealth
2,523.00
Total Value of Exempted Real Estate
298,303.00
PERSONAL PROPERTY
Old Bridgewater Historical Society
8,000.00
Trustees of the Howard Funds in West Bridgewater
7,000.00
Town of West Bridgewater:
Water Department 152,000.00
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Fire Department
15,000.00
Library
8,000.00
School Department
7,000.00
Highway Department
4,000.00
Town Hall and Offices
3,000.00
Moth Department
2,000.00
Police Department
500.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
250.00
Tree Warden
100.00
Total Value Exempted Personal Property
206,850.00
TOTAL VALUE ALL EXEMPTED PROPERTY
505,153.00
MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE
NO. OF CARS
VALUE
EXCISE
1st Commitment, Mar. 22, 1945
109
$ 10,830.
$ 386.21
2nd Commitment, April 24, 1945
685
71,850.
2,557.43
3rd Commitment, Oct. 2, 1945
392
39,520.
1,255.68
4th Commitment, Dec. 31, 1945
51
20,620.
213.58
1237
$142,820.
$4,412.90
Average Value Assessed per Car Average Excise per Car
$115.46
$3.57
ROBERT G. DEAN WILLIAM W. PHILLIPS ALBERT A. HOWARD Board of Assessors
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CHILD WELFARE SERVICES
To the members of the Board of Public Welfare:
The West Bridgewater unit of Child Welfare Services which was initiated in November, 1943 and suspended because of the resignation of the former worker in August, 1944, was resumed in March, 1945, and is still in operation.
Child Welfare Services is made possible by the Social Security Act and is financed by the United States Children's Bureau through the Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare. There are sim- ilar Child Welfare Offices in all of the forty-eight states with over 500 children's workers employed.
The children's worker is consulted by the people who are inter- ested in bringing the best resources available within the reach of every child. Very often just talking things over with the worker will suggest a new perspective in dealing with a child who has caused anxiety to his parents or to the school. Children themselves often like to talk with an adult who understands how they feel but who is not too closely related to home or school. The purpose of Child Welfare Services is to prevent needless unhappiness and to promote a better life for children and their families.
The children's worker can help when a school child is anxious about home, dissatisfied with school, very dependent in his attitude, unable to make friends or overaggressive in his behavior. As a friend the worker helps a child by listening to the child's story, meeting his parents in their own home, interpreting his special abil- ities or limitations and talking with his teacher about his needs.
From March through December 1945, the Child Welfare Ser- vices worker made 295 home visits and 292 other visits on behalf of
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the children under care. 60 families were referred with a total of 111 children. Most of the referrals came from the school officials in the various towns requesting service. These towns include West Bridgewater (which receives preference), Hingham, Hanson, Hali- fax, Whitman, Bridgewater, Raynham, Kingston and Rockland.
I have found the people I have approached in regard to Child Welfare Services cooperative and very much interested in the wel- fare of children and wish to take this opportunity to thank them all.
Sincerely yours, CLARA M. SANDBERG
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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
To The Board of Selectmen:
After a very hard winter on roads, we have started to repair some of them. Every road in town that is under our care is in very poor condition. I will not go into detail in regard to that, as you know all that.
Last March, we started on what we call "Black Patching". Almost every surfaced road in the town was attended to at inter- vals several times. In this work, we used about one hundred and forty tons of crushed stone, sand and gravel. We also used about eighteen hundred gallons of asphalt preparation.
We also did some gravel patching on our dirt roads, and re- paired the shoulders on West Center Street from West Street to the town line of Easton. On North Elm Street, we repaired the should- ers from Spring Street to Elm Square.
We resurfaced Matfield Street from Main Street to the East Bridgewater line; East Street from East Center Street to Anderson Brothers farm; Spring Street from Howard Street to Josiah Tuck's place; South Elm Street from Lincoln Street to Pleasant Street. We tried to maintain what we have to the best of our ability.
On "Chapter 90" work, we resurfaced Belmont Street with quarter-inch crushed stone, and a part of East Center Street. We "Paint Patched" and seal coated West Center Street from West Street to Prospect Street, and from the Town Line at Easton to
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Pleasant Street. We put a seal coat on West Street from West Center Street to where the Town Farm was located.
I wish to thank the Board of Selectmen and the Town Ac- countant for their kind assistance in our work.
Respectfully submitted,
DANIEL A. PENPRAESE, Superintendent of Streets
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REPORT OF THE INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
There have been seven dogs restrained for routine check up on rabies after dog bite.
Fifteen trips have been made for interstate cattle inspection.
In December 1945, two slaughtering licenses were granted and fifteen hogs have been slaughtered and inspected.
Respectfully submitted,
DAVID DAILEY,
Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering
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REPORT OF TOWN TREASURER
The financial transactions of the Town for the year 1945 may be briefly summarized as follows:
Cash on hand, January 1, 1945
$ 66,371.88
Cash on hand, December 31, 1945
63,933.56
Received from Collector
127,172.58
Received from other sources
84,087.10
Total Receipts
211,260.68
Payments during the year 1945
213,699.00
Payments on Water Notes
2,000.00
Payments of interest on Water Bonds and Notes
30.00
Outstanding Water Notes December 31, 1945
2,000.00
Tax Title Accounts December 31, 1945
1,389.75
Tax Title Redemptions
429.96
Tax Title Added Interest
29.67
Tax Title Releases
36.00
Total Tax Title Receipts
495.63
Tax Title Possession Sale
677.30
Number of Foreclosures (Land of Low Value)
5
Purchased U. S. War Bonds, Series G.
Rehabilitation Fund
11,000.00
The report of the expense of the Treasurer's office, and a de- tailed account of the Library Trust Funds, the Cemetery Trust Funds, the Scholarship Trust Fund and the Rehabilitation Funds may be found in the Town Accountant's Report.
Respectfully submitted,
ORVIS F. KINNEY, Town Treasurer
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REPORT OF RATIONING BOARD
Annual Report-1945
There isn't any need to make much of a report on the 1945 activities of your local Rationing Board. The cessation of hostili- ties in Europe made little difference in our program for there was still the war to be fought in the Pacific. The glorious announce- ment early in August of our complete victory over the Japanese, however, brought an abrupt end to our work. Almost immediately, rationing of gasoline and fuel oil was ended, so that the expense of our existence as a separate Board was no longer justifiable. The Brockton Board expanded its area to include the surrounding towns and gradually our few remaining functions were absorbed by that Board. On October 1, 1945, the West Bridgewater Rationing Board formally ceased to exist.
Again we wish to thank all those who helped and cooperated with us in our trying task.
Respectfully submitted,
RALEIGH A. HOLDEN, Chairman L. MERRILL CASWELL WALTER C.+ DUNBAR JAMES A. KEHOE SHERMAN A. 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 this report for the year 1945.
In the summer of 1945, the Town lost a valuable citizen in Mr. Christopher Read, who had held the office of Tree Warden and Moth Superintendent for many years.
On July 15, 1945, I was appointed by your Board of Selectmen to fill the unexpired term of Tree Warden and Moth Superintend- ent. It is my desire to carry on the duties of these offices in the best interests of the town.
We have removed a number of damaged trees, and others for safety. It is our plan to set out new trees in different parts of the town where they will best serve in years to come.
We find the gypsy moth has increased tremendously in the past two or three years, particularly in the wooded sections of the town. This will take considerable more spraying and creosoting of egg clusters in the coming year.
Respectfully submitted,
ELMER W. HUNT, Tree Warden and Moth Superintendent
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REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH
During the year 1945, there were 36 reportable diseases re- ceived by the Board of Health, 22 of which were Scarlet Fever.
The Diphtheria Clinic was held at the Town Hall in May of this year, under the direction of the Board of Health. Dr. Belmore, assisted by the School Nurse, immunized forty children with no reactions.
A "Well-Child Conference" for children from six months to six years, was held June 25 to 28, 1945. There were 42 families re- presented, and 52 pre-school children were examined:
9 needed medical attention
13 needed dental attention
6 had poor nutrition 16 needed nose and throat attention
2 had eye trouble
Since the Clinic, 45 follow-up home visits have been made by Lillian M. Hewitt, R. N.
Thirteen children entered school, eighteen children were in- noculated for Diphtheria, and twenty children were vaccinated, three were referred to a habit clinic.
WILLIAM W. NOYES, Chairman FRED.G. CHISHOLM RALPH S. FRELLICK Board of Health
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REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
In compliance with the State Law, I herewith submit my An- nual Report of the work done as Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year 1945.
I have visited all the various places in Town known to have weighing or measuring devices, and have sealed or condemned the same.
The following is a list of work done.
Adjusted
Sealed Condemned
Platform Scales
5
16
Counter Scales
2
All Other Scales
22
2
Avoirdupois Weights
27
Liquor Measures
18
Gasoline Meters
19
Kerosene Pumps
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