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500.40
Balance to Revenue 99.60
$600.00
Salary Treasurer, Collector, Clerk
Leslie E. Chase $2,000.00 Appropriation $2,000.00
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Accountant's Salary and Expense
L. Isabelle Brackett $350.00
Appropriation $380.00
Typing Expense
5.00
Forms
4.92
359.92
Balance to Revenue 20.08
$380.00
Moderator
George Howard
$ 2.09 Appropriation $25.00
C. Foster Atwood 22.91
$25.00
Road Surveyor
Nathan Nickerson $50.00 Appropriation
$50.00
Constable
Harvey T. Moore $50.00 Appropriation
$50.00
Salary Sec. Finance Committee
Alfred O. Stowell $50.00 Appropriation
$50.00
Janitor
Horace Moore $1,400.00 Appropriation $1,400.00
Officers' Travelling Expense
Treasurer's Expense $24.70 Appropriation $100.00
Selectmen's Expense
33.99
Trans. from Reserve 30.00
Assessors' Expense
64.26
Health Officer's Exp.
7.05
$130.00
$130.00
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Assessors' and Selectmen's Expense
Assessors :
Typewriter Overhaul $11.00 Appropriation $175.00
Calculator Overhaul 12.00
Trans. from Reserve 50.00
Use of Car
(E. D. Penniman) 22.50 State and County
Ass'n. Dues 6.00
Printing, Stationery
and Postage
45.73
Typing Expense
30.00
Selectmen :
Mass. Selectmen's
Ass'n. Dues 9.00
Printing, Stationery, Postage 38.80
Typing Expense 25.00
200.03
Balance to Revenue
24.97
$225.00
$225.00
Assessors' Abstracts
Abstracts
$83.50 Appropriation $75.00
Trans. from Reserve 8.50
$83.50
Treasurer, Collector, Clerk Expense
Treasurer :
Typing $ 5.00 Appropriation $400.00
Overhaul Adding Machine 10.00
Use of Car 29.00
Printing, Stationery
and Postage
143.26
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Box Rent .50
Collector :
Typing Expense 10.50
Printing, Stationery
and Postage
22.15
Box Rent
.50
Town Clerk :
Dues Town Clerks'
Association $ 3.00
Recording Fees 32.60
Printing, Stationery and Postage 47.72
Use of Car .50
304.73
Balance to Revenue
95.27
$400.00
Legal Expense
Balance to Revenue $75.00 Appropriation $75.00
Certification of Notes
Certification of Notes $2.00
Appropriation $10.00
Balance to Revenue 8.00
$10.00
Surety on Bond
Treasurer
$30.00 Appropriation
$110.00
Collector
42.75
Clerk
5.00
77.75
Balance to Revenue
32.25
$110.00
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Election and Registration
Maurice W. Wiley $15.00
Appropriation $200.00
Edward D. Penniman 15.00
George Howard 15.00
Leslie E. Chase
10.00
Harvey T. Moore 18.00
Ella Fuller
15.00
Abbott Knowles
20.00
Dorothy Clark (Teller) 4.00
Josephine Horton
(Teller)
4.00
Typing
2.00
Printing, Stationery
and Postage 24.56
142.56
Balance to Revenue
57.44
$200.00
Town Hall
A. D. Moore, painting
Appropriation $900.00
Town Hall
$198.61
Lumber
19.79
Boiler Inspection
5.00
Labor, plastering Basement
84.00
Plaster, etc. for
Basement
39.59
Oil Burner repair
2.90
Telephone
88.40
Fuel
247.70
Lights
34.64
Repairs
12.53
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Janitor Supplies
15.72
Flag and Rope
4.46
Painting Flag Pole
10.00
Drinking Cups
7.50
Floor Dressing
21.75
Clock
3.00
Box Rent
1.00
Reuben Hopkins,
Electrical repair 6.58
803.17
Balance to Revenue 96.83
$900.00
Suppression of Crime
Harvey T. Moore
Appropriation
$100.00
(Prop. Inspection) $75.00
Refund 2.00
M. M. Wiley
(Prop. Inspection) 8.00
George Howard
(Prop. Inspection) 4.00
E. D. Penniman
(Prop. Inspection) 4.00
Walter Nickerson,
Spec. Police Services 2.00
Charles Whiting,
Spec. Police Services 5.00
98.00
Balance to Revenue 4.00
$102.00
$102.00
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Civilian Defense
Air Raid Siren
$20.86 Appropriation $350.00
Share of Control Center
98.31
119.17
Balance to Revenue 230.83
$350.00
Moth Suppression
Nathan Nickerson,
Appropriation $800.00
Carting Arsenic $ 4.00
Labor and Trucks
796.00
$800.00
Tree Warden
Sharpening Axes
$ 4.60 Appropriation $20.00
Labor and Trucks (Hurricane)
461.55
Refund
4.55
Trans. from Reserve 441.60
$466.15
$466.15
Shellfish Protection
Phillip Schwind
$350.00 Appropriation $500.00
Signs
6.00
Labor, Cockle pest control
144.00
$500.00
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Shellfish Propagation
Oysters
$15.00 Appropriation $300.00
Cockle Pest Control (Labor) 77.15
Planting Quahaug Seed
134.20
Printing
11.65
238.00
Balance to Revenue 62.00
$300.00
Orleans Fire Department Balance to Revenue $200.00 Appropriation
$200.00
Town Fires
Labor
$47.40 Appropriation
$50.00
Balance to Revenue 2.60
$50.00
Prevention and Suppression Forest Fires
Labor
$98.79 Appropriation $100.00
Balance to Revenue 31.21 Trans. from Reserve 30.00
$130.00
$130.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Stanley Walker $40.00 Appropriation $40.00
Inspection of Wiring
Maurice Moore
$22.00 Appropriation
$30.00
Balance to Revenue 8.00
$30.00
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Bounty On Woodchucks $ 5.00 Appropriation $30.00
Bounties
Balance to Revenue 25.00
$30.00
Health
Expense Attending Health Meeting $10.00
Appropriation $200.00
M. W. Wiley,
Health Officer
5.00
E. D. Penniman 5.00
George Howard 5.00
Well Child Conference 25.00
Dental Clinic
50.00
Fish Disposal
4.00
Printing
2.42
106.42
Balance to Revenue
93.58
$200.00
Town Dump
Escobar Bros.
$180.00
Appropriation $200.00
Labor, Burning Dump
4.20
184.20
Balance to Revenue 15.80
$200.00
Inspection of Animals
Harry Collins
$40.00
Appropriation
$40.00
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Dog Account
Walter Nickerson, (Dog Disposals)
Appropriation $20.00
$28.00 Trans. from Reserve 8.00
$28.00
Free Bed Cape Cod Hospital
Cape Cod Hospital $300.00 Appropriation $300.00
Public Welfare
Town of Orleans
$415.83
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Lakeville Sanatorium
45.00
Envelopes
5.00
Groceries
153.86
619.69
Balance to Revenue
380.31
$1,000.00
Old Age Assistance
Cash Grants
$5,709.80
Appropriation $6,000.00
Balance to Revenue
290.20
$6,000.00
Aid Dependent Children
Cash Grants
$1,209.82
Appropriation $2,000.00
Balance to Revenue 790.18
$2,000.00
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Old Age Assistance Adm. Federal Grants
Salary Board of Welfare :
Federal Grants
$389.83
Maurice W. Wiley 33.20
Edward D. Penniman 33.20
George Howard 33.20
Envelopes 26.00
Printing, Stationery,
Postage 15.05
Typing
14.00
Geo. Howard,
Administration 5.05
Typewriter Ribbon 1.25
160.95
Balance to 1945
228.88
$389.83
Old Age Assistance Federal Grants
Cash Grants
$4,659.92 Federal Grants $5,392.39
Balance to 1945
732.47
$5,392.39
Aid to Dependent Children Federal Grants
Cash Grants $1,089.25 Federal Grants $1,519.56
Balance to 1945 430.31
$1,519.56
Aid to Dependent Children, Adm. Federal Grants
Envelopes $ 6.00 Federal Grants $109.60
Balance to 1945 103.60
$109.60
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Soldiers Benefits
Balance to Revenue $300.00 Appropriation $300.00
Highway General
Bulldozer Hire
$42.00
Appropriation
$200.00
Gas and Oil
6.51
A. F. Smith and Son,
Supplies
3.52
Nickerson Lumber Co. 44.32
Cutting Tank
5.00
Express
.41
To Chap. 81
35.11
136.87
Balance to Revenue
63.13
$200.00
Highway Chap. 81
Surveyor's Bills $8,084.17
Appropriation $2,688.00
(See Surveyor's Report)
Loan 5,375.00
Balance to Revenue 13.94
Trans. from
Highway General 35.11
$8,098.11
$8,098.11
Road Machinery a/c
Chains, Express,
Appropriation
$250.00
Labor
$ 27.56
Trans. from Reserve 50.00
Sand Spreader and Express
192.47
Gas and oil
28.19
Parts for Machinery 25.75
Express
1.35
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Labor (Ocean View
Garage)
4.50
Fan Belt
1.59
281.41
Balance to Revenue 18.59
$300.00
$300.00
Snow
Wheels and Express $ 15.14 Appropriation
$300.00
Labor and Trucks 192.00
207.14
Balance to Revenue 92.86
$300.00
School
Expenditures
$17,949.85
Appropriation
$18,562.00
(See Superintend- ent's Report)
Refunds 17.43
Balance to Revenue 629.58
$18,579.43
$18.579.43
Public Library
Insurance
$10.40
Appropriation
$100.00
Flag and Rope
3.90
Refunded Dog Tax 123.34
Painting Flag Pole
20.00
Lights
10.00
Fuel
42.10
Books
22.88
Librarian Salary
93.00
202.28
Balance to Revenue
21.06
$223.34
$223.34
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Public Library Trust Account
Salary
$246.00
Balance Jan. 1, 1944
$148.47
Periodicals
216.65
Billings Library
Insurance
20.00
Fund, Inc.
420.00
Labor on Topmast
8.00
Gift
100.00
Lights
4.00
Postage
.65
Miscellaneous
5.37
500.67
Balance to 1945
167.80
$668.47
$668.47
Interest
Schoolhouse Note
$168.75
Appropriation
$200.00
Chap. 81 Loan
22.46
Refund
11.26
191.21
Balance to Revenue
20.05
$211.26
$211.26
Old Cemeteries
Labor and
Appropriation
$150.00
Machinery
$137.40
Balance to Revenue
12.60
$150.00
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Books and
Rationing Board
Pens, Clips, etc.
$ 4.20
Appropriation $60.00
Telephone
21.45
Overhaul Typewriter
11.00
Folders
2.25
Expenses attending
Hyannis meeting 16.61
Postage (Registered Mail)
.59
56.10
Balance to Revenue
3.90
$60.00
Town Landing
Barrels for raft
$24.00
Appropriation $100.00 Trans. from Reserve 10.00
Lumber for steps
at Nauset Beach
10.85
Labor on steps at Nauset Beach
9.60
Labor on raft
15.40
Supplies for raft
12.03
Asphalt
31.49
103.37
Balance to Revenue 6.63
$110.00
$110.00
Expense Selling Tax Possessions
Schofield Bros.
$375.00
Appropriation $300.00
Maurice W. Wiley
143.10
Trans. from Reserve 293.17
Staking out Lots
1.80
Painting Sign
2.00
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Legal Services
2.00
Recording and
Rev. Stamps
45.02
Auctioneer
12.00
Legal Paper
2.25
Typing Expense
9.00
592.17
Balance to Revenue
1.00
$593.17
$593.17
Tax Title a/c
Court Fee
$30.00
Appropriation
$250.00
Benjamin F. Sears
97.96
Goss Print
21.60
Leslie E. Chase
60.30
Notary Fees
3.25
Oaths
4.50
Postage
13.43
231.04
Balance to Revenue
18.96
$250.00
Miscellaneous
Envelopes
$16.00
Appropriation
$125.00
Bounty on Seals
21.00
Moth Advertising
15.00
Reprints Eastham Ads 12.00
Advertising
36.00
Advisory Comm.
printing
5.65
Lumber for Honor Roll
.81
Recording
1.03
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Notary Fees and Postage 2.87
110.36
Balance to Revenue
14.64
$125.00
Finance Committee
R. H. Whitford
.60 Appropriation $10.00
Balance to Revenue 9.40
$10.00
Insurance
Dill and Chase
$209.08 Appropriation
$400.00
Balance to Revenue
190.92
$400.00
Town Reports
Town Reports
$249.40
Appropriation
$300.00
Typing
5.00
254.40
Balance to Revenue
45.60
$300.00
Memorial Day $15.00 Appropriation
Wreaths
$30.00
Southward Inn (Din-
ners for State Police) 3.16
18.16
Balance to Revenue
11.84
$30.00
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Community Christmas Tree
George Howard $31.95 Appropriation $35.00
Balance to Revenue
3.05
$35.00
Beacon Light at Rock Harbor Balance to Revenue $100.00 Appropriation $100.00
War Bonds
War Bonds $10,000.00 Appropriation $10,000.00
Athletic Equipment
Balance to Revenue $200.00 Appropriation $200.00
Schoolhouse Note
Schoolhouse Note $1,000.00 Appropriation $1,000.00
Reserve Fund
Transferred :
Officer's Travelling
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Expense $30.00
Assessors' and Select-
men's Expense 50.00
Assessors' Abstracts 8.50
Tree Warden 441.60
Prevention and Sup-
pression Forest Fires 30.00
Road Machinery a/c 50.00
Town Landing 10.00
Expense Selling Tax
Possessions
293.17
Dog Account 8.00
921.27
Balance to Revenue
78.73
$1,000.00
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Trust Accounts
Bal. December 31, 1944 $41,309.06
World War
Memorial $ 482.61
Cemetery Trust Funds 232.12
Town Hall Trust
Funds
2,646.25
Billings Library Fund 14,000.00
Town Hall
Income 423.62
Old Wind Grist
Mill Operating Fund 6.53
Old Wind Grist Mill
Fund 532.05
Eastham Community
Tree 77.52
Timothy Smith Fund 22,908.36
$41,309.06
$41,309.06
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SUMMARY GENERAL REVIEW
Cash on Hand
$30,208.58
Real Estate Taxes 1944
2,719.12
Personal Taxes 1944
69.75
Moth 1944
14.50
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1944
18.00
Tax Titles
2,166.79
Tax Possessions
2,958.43
Overlay 1940
1.35
Overlay 1941
1.28
Overlay 1942
10.99
Overlay 1943
18.11
Old Age Assistance A/R
101.00
State Aid to Highways
2,595.52
Cape Cod Mosquito Control
1.07
State Parks and Reservations
.01
Schoolhouse Loan
7,000.00
Special Assessment Revenue
14.50
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Revenue
18.00
Tax Title and Tax Possession Revenue
5,125.22
Overlay 1944
2,164.87
Overlay Reserve
3,305.87
Dept. Revenue
101.00
Tailings
119.45
Sale of Real Estate
2,396.91
Road Machinery Fund
535.00
Aid Dependent Children Federal Grant
430.31
Old Age Assistance Federal Grant
732.47
Aid Dependent Children, Adm., Fed. Grant.
103.60
Old Age Assistance, Adm., Federal Grant
228.88
Public Library Trust
167.80
Schoolhouse Loan
7,000.00
22,443.88
Surplus Revenue (E. and D.)
25,440.62
$47,884.50
$47,884.50
Respectfully submitted,
L. ISABELLE BRACKETT,
Town Accountant
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Report of the Board of Welfare
All tax payers are interested to know where their money is spent. We are likewise interested to know where that same money comes from. The Federal Government and Massachusetts State Government pay a large share of the cost of our town's three relief agencies, leaving the smaller share for our town to pay direct. All citizens furnish to State and Federal Governments through loans, income taxes and other indirect means, the money that later comes back to support these relief agencies. The tables in the Auditor's Report will give you the financial details.
GEORGE HOWARD,
Chairman of Board of Welfare.
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Fees of Town Clerk, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes
AS REPORTED TO THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Eastham, Mass. Dec. 31, 1944
To the Board of Selectmen,
Town of Eastham, Mass.
Gentlemen :
I hereby submit the amount of fees retained by me in my Town Office :
Collector of Taxes Demands and Costs
$60.00
60.30
22.10
Town Clerk Recording
Pole Locations and Filing Plans 4.00
Birth Certificates 1.50
Dog Licenses Fees
12.00
Fish & Game Licenses Fees
36.25
$196.15
Treasurer Fees Bounty on Seals
2.00
$198.15
LESLIE E. CHASE, Town Clerk, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes.
MAURICE W. WILEY EDWARD D. PENNIMAN GEORGE HOWARD Selectmen of Eastham.
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Report of the Eastham Finance Committee FOR THE YEAR 1944
The committee was duly organized February 14th, 1944, with Alfred O. Stowell elected Chairman and Secretary.
Transfers approved were as follows :
To Tree Warden Account
$300.00
To Dog Account 8.00
To Selectmen and Assessors' Account 50.00
To Sale of Tax Possession Property 200.00
To Suppression of Forest Fires Account 30.00
To Road Machinery Account
50.00
To Town Landing Account
10.00
To Tree Warden Account
141.60
To Officers Travel Expense Account 30.00
To Sale of Tax Possession Property 93.17
To Assessors Abstracts Account 8.50
Total
$921.27
Reserve Account
$1,000.00
Transfers
921.27
Balance
$ 78.73
Respectfully Submitted,
Alfred O. Stowell
Raymond N. Knowles
Charles L. Holbrook
Emerson B. Wentworth
Arthur E. Brown
Harold L. Arnold
Ralph L. Rogers Alfred L. Gill
Harry S. Young
Eastham Finance Committee.
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Report of Highway Surveyor
CHAPTER 81
To Appropriation
$2,688.00
By Payment
$8,022.19
By State
5,348.13
Bal. to Revenue
13.94
$8,036.13
$8,036.13
Laborer's Wages
$1,898.40
Surveyor's Wages
628.50
Trucks
1,167.00
Power Grader and Operator
550.38
Gravel Loader
131.25
Sweeper
3.50
Gallo Construction Co., Labor and Machinery
189.89
Guard Rail Paint
34.02
Asphalt
2,278.33
Shovels and Rakes
27.00
Saw and Brush
5.70
Lumber and Nails
16.28
Sand
39.60
Tar
1,052.34
$8,022.19
Respectfully submitted,
NATHAN A. NICKERSON,
Highway Surveyor.
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Librarian's Report
Number volumes catalogued 6,765
Number volumes added
132
Number volumes borrowed 4,968
Total fines received
$19.42
As usual we borrowed books from the Division of Public Libraries at Boston, for school use and for many borrowers.
Respectfully submitted,
Mrs. BLANCHE A. KEEFE,
Librarian.
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Report of Eastham War Price and Rationing Board No. 1312.118
To the Board of Selectmen :
January 1945 marked the third Anniversary of the Eastham War Price and Rationing Board. The Board was organized in January 1942 with Harvey T. Moore as Chair- man and George Howard and Ralph L. Rogers as Co-Work- ers. Due to the fact that they were candidates for elective political offices Mr. Moore and Mr. Howard resigned in 1944.
As rationing increased it became necessary to add to the personnel of the Board and at the present time the organization is as follows:
Chairman
Ralph L. Rogers
Tires, Gasoline, Shoes, Rubber Boots
Ralph L. Rogers, Andrew Merrill, Luther Smith
Fuel Oil and Stoves
Jennie Sparrow, Rebecca Sherman
Food
Helen Clark
Price
Vaneita Cole
Community Service
Anne Brownell
Clerk
L. Isabelle Brackett
The Board wishes to take this opportunity to thank the townspeople for their understanding and co-operation.
RALPH L. ROGERS,
Chairman.
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Barnstable County Health Department
January 1, 1945
The following is a brief report of the work of the Barnstable County Health Department for the year 1944.
The meetings of the Cape Cod Health Bureau Associa- tion and the Cape Cod Health Council are still being held twice a year, jointly, at the Hyannis Inn as usual. These meetings are always very well attended by the town boards of health and others interested. Also, these meetings give an opportunity for discussion of any sanitary or health questions which arise in any part of the Cape and are found to be quite useful in settling some such questions. A repre- sentative of the Department of Sanitation of the State spoke at one meeting, and the Medical Officer, connected with the Maritime Academy, at the other. When practicable, these meetings will again be held quarterly, as was formerly the case.
All of the regular clinics were held during the year, including cancer, eye, ear and throat, crippled children, diphtheria prevention, tuberculosis and well child confer- ences. All nurses, health agencies, and boards of health have been very efficient in conducting their work during the year, and the nurses organization has held its regular meet- ing as customary.
There has been no unusual amount of communicable disease, and schools have been in no way interfered with at any time. A little diphtheria was reported recently, an adult being apparently the first case reported positive. No anterior poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis) has been found in the county this year.
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Certain private water supplies were reported unfit for use, due to the hurricane, but no diseases resulted from these, so far as known.
Special efforts are being made to locate contacts of certain diseases and arrangements are made for treatment where necessary.
The regular work of the department has been carried on very satisfactorily by all concerned, and we wish to extend our thanks to all officials of the State and County for their most complete and efficient support of health work in the County.
Respectfully, A. P. GOFF, M. D. County Health Officer.
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Report of Shellfish Constable
In spite of natural shortages, 1944 was a profitable shellfish year. The clams on Billingsgate Island supported many men from Eastham and Orleans all summer. As many as 68 men were counted there in one day digging clams. (Some of these, of course, were from Wellfleet but the ma- jority were Eastham and Orleans fishermen.) Due to high prices this area alone produced an estimated $40,000 worth of soft-shell clams, with the individual catch exceeding 8 bushels per day per man in some cases.
Over one hundred bushels of round wrinkles (our worst natural clam pest) were collected in the Nauset Bay area in an effort to save the tremendous natural set of clams there. With an expense to the town of only $32.75, this brought the fishermen who helped with the removal of this pest an income exceeding $800. The greater portion of these wrinkles were large enough to be saleable as bait to the handliners out of Chatham. The rest were buried and a bounty (of $5 per bushel for some, and $8 per bushel for others) paid to eleven fishermen. The State Dept of Conser- vation paid $186; Chatham buyers and fishermen bought for bait almost $600 worth; the remaining cost of this pro- ject, $32.50, was paid by the Town. (I also personally des- troyed upwards of 700 horse-shoe crabs in this area.)
Although there was a good market for quahogs this year, very few were taken by hand commercially. However, about 680 non-commercial permits (previously called “Fam- ily Permits") were issued and it is fair to assume that each permit holder averaged more than a bucket of quahogs taken from the West Shore areas and from the Salt Pond. The Rock Harbor draggers improved their days when they had no sea-clam orders by dragging quahogs, often more than 25 bushels per boat in a day.
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The sea-clammers moved pretty well off shore this year to new ground so that it was impossible to tell, with no buoys to bound Eastham waters, whether or not they were dragging in Eastham. It is safe to estimate, however, that Cape Cod Bay yielded to Rock Harbor boats in excess of $125,000 stock in sea-clams.
Four plantings were made at a total cost to the Town of $151.60: one, of 80 bushels of oyster seed in the lower half of the Salt Pond River, (These are not yet large enough for consumption.) three plantings of contaminated quahog seed from Wareham at Hemmingway's landing. A large planting was made north of the landing in the channel where a previous planting proved very successful. A smaller one made south of the landing was intended for non-com- mercial use. A third was made in the area known as "Fore Side of the Flats" and may be reached only by boat.
My earnestly considered recommendations for shellfish control in 1945 include a further bounty on round wrinkles and an increase in oyster and quahog planting if seed is available. I should also advise a limit to be placed on the take of clams in the Nauset Bay area in spite of the abun- dance of clams there lest we find ourselves with the same situation which faced Orleans i.e. so few clams that all dig- ging had to be prohibited for several months. But chiefly I urge that boundry markers be put legally on Billingsgate Island to save Eastham shellfish for Eastham fishermen.
Respectfully submitted,
PHILIP SCHWIND, Shellfish Constable.
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Report of Eastham Advisory Committee
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Veterans Rehabilitation and Re-Employment Committee
On December 15th, 1943, Governor Leverett Saltonstall announced the creation of a State Plan whereby veterans could obtain information and counsel which would help them in their efforts toward adjustment to civilian life.
In order to insure the highest possible degree of effi- ciency in this vital movement, the Governor urged all cities and towns within the Commonwealth to proceed with the formation of local advisory committees. The principal functions of these various units would be to render commun- ity-returning veterans of World War II - disabled or non- disabled - prompt guidance and assistance by putting them in touch with the proper State, Federal or local agencies and organizations equipped and maintained for the protec- tion and furtherance of their interests.
Accordingly, in support of these worthy objectives, the Eastham Board of Selectmen appointed a Committee of five members which is now organized and in operation.
One of the early and obviously most important ques- tions which came up for consideration was that of how best to promptly and systematically render individual service to returning Eastham veterans.
Among suggestions of the State Committee for setting in motion the mechanics of the Plan was that of establishing local offices, open daily with some well informed person in constant attendance. In view of the comparatively small population of Eastham, such an arrangement was not deemed practical nor advisable. In its place, a design of contact was adopted which the Town Committee felt was adequate and thorough.
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In April of 1944, a post-card was composed and printed listing the names, addresses ad telephone numbers of all Committee members - it also incorporated further concise information as to its purpose. One of these cards was mailed to each known relative and/or dependent of an Eastham veteran.
This method in reality established an office open day and night, staffed by the Committee as a whole, ready to quickly lend all aid possible to local men and women back from Service. It was urged that the card be preserved for future references.
Another element in the equipment of the Committee is in up-to-date card index. It includes the names, addresses, etc. of all recorded Eastham persons of the Armed Services, their dependents and/or their relatives. Prompt notification of pertinent changes is requested. This file is not only of current value in carrying on with the work of veteran rehabilitation and re-employment but it also will to a great extent serve as a medium for recording data of worth in perpetuating the history of Eastham in World War II.
Thus, is the Eastham Advisory Committee established to serve the Community.
Respectfully submitted :
LESLIE E. CHASE RALPH A. CHASE YNGVE RONGNER ALFRED O. STOWELL HARRY S. YOUNG, Chairman.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND THE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
OF THE
Town of Eastham
OF EAS
TOWN
I
USET 1620
1651
FOR THE YEAR
1944
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Stanley M. Walker, Chairman
Term expires 1946
Katherine A. Moore, Secretary
Elizabeth F. Collins
Term expires 1945 Term expires 1947
UNION SUPERINTENDENT
Charles H. Pratt
ATTENDANCE OFFICER
Walter Nickerson
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Dr. A. P. Goff
SCHOOL NURSE
Mildred Wye
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EASTHAM FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Expended 1944
Needed 1945
General Control :
School Committee,
Salary and Expenses $ 200.00
Superintendent of Schools,
Enforcement of Law-
Salaries and Travel
645.20
Office Expenses
30.22
$ 875.42
$ 909.50
Instruction :
Supervisors
842.00
Principal and Teachers
4,286.00
Textbooks
39.10
Supplies
136.30
5,303.40
5,440.00
Operation :
Janitors
Fuel
603.80
Lights, Gas, Janitors' Supplies
213.27
817.07
745.00
Maintenance :
Repairs, Replacement, Upkeep
518.90
518.90
300.00
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