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Ralph L. Rogers Salary 300.00
Appropriation $300.00 Transferred from Reserve 150.00
$450.00
$450.00
Constable
Harvey T. Moore
$50.00 Appropriation
$50.00
Secretary Finance Committee
Harry Young
$50.00 Appropriation
$50.00
Officers Travel
Treasurer
$ 3.50
Appropriation
$250.00
Police
40.60
Town Clerk
4.00
Board of Welfare
19.35
Board of Selectmen
22,22
Board of Assessors
80.75
$170.42
Balance to Revenue
79.58
$250.00
Selectmen and Assessors Expense
Assessors :
Dues Mass. Assessor
Association $ 6.00
Appropriation $500.00
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Adding Machine 47.50
George Howard-
Use of Car 10.00
Typing Expense- Dorrice Mayo 25.00
Typewriter Overhaul 14.75
Filing Drawers 29.75
Printing, Stationery, Postage 177.62
Selectmen :
Dues, Mass. Select-
men Association 10.00
Dues Barns. County
Selectmen 6.00
Printing, Stationery, Postage 31.02
$357.64 Balance to Revenue 142.36
$500.00
Assessors Abstracts
Shirley B. Chase
$165.02 Appropriation $150.00
Transferred from Reserve 15.02
$165.02
Charles Frazier
Legal Expense $250.00 Appropriation $250.00
Treasurer Collector Clerk Expense
Use of Car
Appropriation $500.00
Treasurer
$ 21.50
Transferred from Reserve 255.00
Adding Machine 175.00
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Dorrice Mayo-
Typing Expense
24.00
Checks 110.48
Typewriter Overhaul 12.50
Fees Recording
(Town Clerk) 64.00
Printing, Stationery,
Postage 334.69
$742.17
Balance to Revenue
12.83
$755.00
$755.00
Finance Committee Expense
Typewriting,
Stationery
$6.50
Appropriation $10.00
Balance to Revenue 3.50
$10.00
Surety on Bonds
Treasurer
$44.00
Appropriation $110.00
Collector
44.95
Town Clerk
5.00
Deputy Collector
5.00
$98.95
Balance to Revenue 11.05
$110.00
Certification of Notes Balance to Revenue $10.00 Appropriation $10.00
Election and Registration
Printing, Stationery,
Postage $27.80 Appropriation $100.00
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Tellers
60.00
Registrars
12.20
$100.00
Town Hall
Tuning Piano
$ 6.00
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Carting Rubbish
24.00
Transferred from
Fuel
558.25
Reserve 451.58
Lights
95.92
Telephone
153.18
Christmas Lights
21.97
Electric Heater
22.50
Labor on Heater
293.35
Boiler Inspection
5.00
Fertilizer and
Spreader
29.15
Town Office Lights
and Labor
131.58
Step Ladder
10.60
Labor on Lawn Mower 15.20
Repairing Clock
3.50
Seal for Boiler
3.00
Janitor Supplies
69.93
Washing Floor
2.00
Labor Spreading
Stone
1.00
Box Rent
2.25
Ink Wells
. 3.20
$1,451.58
$1,451.58
Shellfish Propagation
Oysters
$300.00
Appropriation
$600.00
Clams
210.00
Refund from
Quahaugs
240.00
State
650.00
Signs
9.60
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Printing
10.00
Bolts, Washers, etc.
4.66
Labor, Oysters
29.00
Labor, Clams
24.00
Labor, Quahaugs
46.50
$873.76
To 1950
376.24
$1,250.00
$1,250.00
Shellfish Constable
Howard Anderson
Salary $600.00 Appropriation $600.00
Fire Department
Nathan A. Nickerson,
Balance
Sr., Salary
$300.00
. Jan. 1, 1949
$ 461.29
Remodel Firehouse
640.50
Appropriation
1.800.00
Electricity
29.06
Refund 150.00
Typewriter
14.00
Resusticator
150.00
Insurance
226.85
Labor Pay Rolls
677.25
Telephone 171.00
Oxygen Tank
22.50
Battery
30.80
Gas, Oil, Misc. Repairs,
Supplies 113.02
$2,374.98
Balance to Revenue
36.31
$2,411.29
$2,411.29
Gas Mask
Gas Mask, Gun $197.50 Appropriation $370.00
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Gun
146.39
$343.89
Balance to Revenue 26.11
$370.00
Police
Winfred J. Knowles
Labor and Car $549.60
Robert Deschamps 157.50
Horace Moore 145.70
M. W. Wiley
4.00
Uniforms
60.75
Filing System, Office Cards
20.00
Flares
69.60
Axes. Ropes, etc.
10.80
Misc. Printing
5.82
$1.023.77
$1,023.77
Sealer Weights and Measures
Stanley M. Walker $100.00
Appropriation $40.00 Transferred from Reserve 60.00
$100.00
Inspection of Wiring
Frank A. Fuller
$ 92.00
$270.00
Maurice A. Moore
184.00
Appropriation Transferred from Reserve 6.00
$276.00
$276.00
Appropriation $1,000.00 Transferred from Reserve 23.77
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Bounty on Woodchucks
Woodchuck Bounties $20.00 Appropriation $30.00
Balance to Revenue 10.00
$30.00
Planning Board Expense
Printing, Stationery,
Postage $ 7.00 Appropriation $100.00
Balance to Revenue 93.00
$100.00
Ambulance
Eastham Share Ambu-
lance Expense $750.00 Appropriation $750.00
Health
Carting Rubbish $5.00
Appropriation $400.00
Well Child Conference 60.00
Dental Clinic
100.00
Cape Cod Hospital 25.00
Walter F. Nickerson,
Dog Officer 7.00
Maurice W. Wiley
5.00
George Howard 5.00
Luther P. Smith
5.00
$212.00
Balance to Revenue
188.00
$400.00
Town Dump
Antone P. Escobar,
Sr.
$850.00
Use of Tractor
100.00
Appropriation $1,000.00 Transferred from Reserve 200.00
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Driving Well, Labor and Material 159.45
Burning Dump 4.50
$1,113.95
Balance to Revenue
86.05
$1,200.00
$1,200.00
Inspection of Animals
Harry W. Collins $40.00 Appropriation Dog Account
$40.00
Walter F. Nickerson $32.50 Appropriation $27.00
Balance to Revenue 7.50 Transferred from Reserve 13.00
$40.00
$40.00
Tree Warden
Labor
$88.40
Appropriation
$300.00
Gas, Oil
20.28
Miscellaneous
5.56
$114.24
Balance to Revenue 185.76
$300.00
Moth
Labor Payrolls
$631.25
Appropriation
$1,200.00
Gas, Oil, etc.
81.73
Refund
30.00
Advertising
20.25
Insecticide
390.50
Repairs, etc.
38.45
$1,162.18
Balance to Revenue 67.82
$1,230.00
$1,230.00
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Moth Truck Expense
Labor, Machinery $126.76 Appropriation $200.00
Balance to Revenue 73.24
$200.00
Aerial Spraying-Moth
Balance to
Revenue $1,200.00 Appropriation $1,200.00
Poison Ivy Eradication
Labor
$143.35
Appropriation $200.00
Weed Killer
42.18
Miscellaneous
3.23
$188.76
Balance to Revenue 11.24
$200.00
Suppression Tent Caterpillars
Otto E. Nickerson $25.00 Appropriation $50.00
Balance to Revenue 25.00
$50.00
Free Bed-Cape Cod Hospital Cape Cod Hospital $400.00 Appropriation
$400.00
Public Welfare
Funeral Expenses
$170.00 Appropriation
$1,000.00
Town of Duxbury
341.09
From Surplus Revenue 600.00
Dorrice Mayo,
Social Worker
30.00
From Reserve
16.40
Cash
1,075.31
$1,616.40
$1,616.40
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Public Welfare Administration
Dorrice Mayo, Social Worker $600.00 Appropriation $600.00
Cash Grants
Old Age Assistance $7,000.00 Appropriation $7,000.00
Aid Dependent Children
Cash Grants $756.69 £ Appropriation $1,200.00
Balance to Revenue 443.31
$1,200.00
Old Age Assistance, Federal Grants
Cash Grants $6,554.37 Balance Jan. 1, 1949 $1,332.14
To 1950 513.22 Federal Grants 5,735.45
$7,067.59
$7,067.59
Old Age Assistance, Adm. Federal Grants
Dorrice Mayo-
Balance Jan. 1, 1949 $186.73
Travel $35.50
Printing, Stationery, Postage 99.07
Typewriter
14.75
$149.32
To 1950
37.41
$186.73
Aid Dependent Children, Federal Grants Cash Grants $640.08 Balance Jan. 1, 1950 $597.01
Balance to Revenue 849.03 Federal Grants 892.10
$1,489.11
$1,489.11
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Aid Dependent Children, Adm. Federal Grants
Dorrice Mayo $ 1.42 Balance Jan. 1, 1949 $97.39
Typewriter 129.15 Federal Grant 39.23
Printing, Stationery, Postage 6.05
$136.62
$136.62
Veterans' Services
Ralph A. Chase,
Vet. Agt.
$319.20
Appropriation $2,000.00
Cash Grants
449.00
$ 768.20
Balance to Revenue 1,231.80
$2,000.00
Highway General
Labor
$99.00
Appropriation $500.00
Typewriter
13.50
Asphalt
24.37
Misc. Repairs and Supplies
66.50
$203.37
Balance to Revenue $296.63
$500.00
Highway, Chapter 81 $13,975.00 Appropriation $ 3,225.00 (See Surveyor's Report) 10,750.00
Expenditures
$13,975.00
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Snow
Snow Plow, Express $250.98 Balance Jan. 1, 1949 $165.27
Flare Board
25.00
Appropriation 500.00
Refund .68
Blades for Plow Express 69.61
Labor Snow Fences
74.00
Gas, Oil, Repairs
14.68
$434.27
Balance to Revenue 231.68
$665.95
$665.95
Boat Meadow Creek
Ralph Guida
$700.00 Balance Jan. 1, 1949 $374.72
To 1950
104.72 From Surplus Revenue 430.00
$804.72
$804.72
Labor
Sunset Village Road $1,000.00 Appropriation $1,000.00
Shurtleff Road
Survey
$ 20.00
Appropriation
$1,200.00
Asphalt .
453.60
Transferred from
Labor
926.40
Reserve 200.00
$1,400.00
$1,400.00
To 1950
Old Coast Guard Site Landing $100.00 Appropriation $100.00
Bronze Tablet-Veterans
Printing, Stationery,
Postage
$ 2.38 Appropriation
$300.00
To 1950
297.62
$300.00
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Cook's Brook Landing
E. P. Byrnes
$700.00 From Surplus 50.00 Revenue $750.00
To 1950
$750.00
Town Landings
Bulldozer-
Appropriation $2,500.00
Salt Pond
$ 560.00
Transferred from
Labor Pay Rolls
1,236.25
Reserve
53.50
Lumber
64.70
Settees, Brackets, Labor
46.55
Bulldozer Hire
286.00
Labor Pump Coast
Guard Landing
84.00
Asphalt
276.00
$2,553.50
$2,553.50
Town Landing, Material and Supplies Pipes, Couplings for
Pump $ 19.50
Appropriation $600.00
Herman A. Dill, Pump 10.00
Signs, Lumber 53.74
Carting Rubbish
155.00
Labor, Cleaning
Beach
20.00
$258.24
To 1950
341.76
$600.00
Road Machinery Operating A/C Balance,
William Joseph-
Rent
$ 24.00
Jan. 1, 1949
$331.11
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To 1950
457.11 From Machinery Fund 150.00
$481.11
$481.11
School
Expenditures (See
Appropriation From Surplus
$30,235.00
Superintendent 's
Report) $30,857.21
Revenue 600.00
Balance to Revenue 460.00
From Reserve 482.21
$31,317.21
$31,317.21
Teacher Retirement
Mass. Teacher Retire-
Withheld from
ment Board $609.32
Pay Rolls $609.32
Blue Cross
Mass. Hospital
Withheld from
Service
$413.27 Pay Rolls
$413.27
School Lunch
Gertrude Moore,
Salary
$1,300.00
Appropriation
$3,150.00
Groceries
953.39
Milk
846.86
Gas
49.75
$3,150.00
School Lunch, Federal Grant
Eastham Share
Balance,
Commodities
$23.95
Jan. 1, 1949
$21.40
Express
23.44
Dishpan, Bowls, Dishes, etc.
38.36
Napkins, Plates, etc.
35.05
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Groceries
805.53
$926.33
To 1950
139.85
$1,066.18
Vocational Education
Horace Moore,
Janitor $ 5.00
Appropriation $1,000.00
Bristol County Agri-
cultural School 694.50
Florence Rich, Salary 202.50
Donald Lloyd,
Transportation
44.80
Jerry Emond,
Transportation
44.80
$991.60
Balance to Revenue
8.40
$1,000.00
Public Library
Blanche Keefe,
Appropriation Refunded Dog
$250.00
Salary
$233.31
Fuel
37.50
Tax
186.43
Lights
11.18
Dues
1.00
Labor, Plumbing
Supplies
9.13
Periodicals
44.60
Books
99.71
$436.43
$436.43
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Public Library Trust
Blanche Keefe,
Balance,
Salary $166.69
Jan. 1, 1949 $ 82.68
Billings Fund 350.00
Printing, Stationery, Postage 11.30
Timothy Smith Fund
Wiring
2.56
Gift
100.00
Antone P. Escobar, Carting Rubbish
3.00
Insurance
42.70
Books
249.11
$475.36
To 1950
57.32
$532.68
$532.68
Interest
Schoolhouse Note
$56.25
Appropriation
$80.00
Balance to Revenue
23.75
$80.00
Schoolhouse Note
Schoolhouse Note $1,000.00 Appropriation
$1,000.00
Cemeteries
Labor
$149.75
$100.00
Balance to
Revenue
20.25
Appropriations Transferred from Reserve 70.00
$170.00
$170.00
Soldiers' and Sailors' Lots
Labor
$66.00
Appropriation
$150.00
Balance to Revenue
84.00
$150.00
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Reserve Account
To :
Old Cemeteries $ 70.00
Appropriation
$2,500.00
Sealer of Weights
and Measures 60.00
Old Wind Mill
100.00
Miscellaneous 400.00
Treasurer, Collector,
Clerk Expense 255.00
Building Inspector 150.00
Town Dump 200.00
Dog Account
13.00
Town Hall
451.58
Town Landings 53.50
Assessors' Abstracts 15.02
School 482.21
Public Welfare
16.40
Police
23.77
Shurtleff Road 200.00
Inspection of Wires
6.00
$2,496.48
Balance to Revenue
3.52
$2,500.00
Insurance
Insurance
$890.65 Appropriation
· $1,200.00
Balance to Revenue 310.45
Refund 1.10
$1,201.10
$1,201.10
Memorial Day
Wreaths
$24.00 Appropriation
$100.00
Band Services
35.00
$59.00
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Balance to Revenue
41.00
$100.00
Community Christmas Tree
Christmas Tree
Bills
$100.00 Appropriation
$100.00
Balance to Revenue 4.15
Refund
4.15
$104.15
$104.15
Civic Center
Supplies Hallowe'en
Party
$22.69
Appropriation
$100.00
Balance to Revenue
79.06
Refund 1.75
$101.75
$101.75
Advertising Town
Supplies for
Ball Team
$200.00 Appropriation
$100.00
Refund (Athletic Association 100.00
$200.00
Railroad Transportation Expense
Cape Cod Chamber
of Commerce
$36.00 Appropriation $36.00
Unpaid 1948 Bills
Unpaid Bills $51.40 Appropriation $51.40
Barnstable County Retirement
Barnstable County
Withheld from
Retirement Board $632.76 Pay Rolls $632.76
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Withholding Tax
Collector Internal
Withheld from
Revenue $1,374.12 Pay Rolls $1,374.12
Net Funded or Fixed Debt
Balance,
Schoolhouse Note $1,000.00
Jan. 1, 1949
$3,000.00 To 1950 2,000.00
$3,000.00
Miscellaneous
F. Cliff Pearce,
Architect
$300.00
Appropriation Transferred from
$400.00
Advertising
50.00
Reserve
400.00
Repairs, Herring Brook Dam
22.00
Surveying
120.00
Printing Building
By-Laws
61.15
Building Permits
20.00
Maps
36.15
Advertising Notices
5.50
Box Rent
.75
Election Officers,
Salary 47.80
Light Bulbs, Candles,
etc.
5.65
Seal Bounties
15.00
Lumber, Nails, etc.
12.42
Sealer's Supplies
7.49
Painting Signs
15.00
$718.91
To 1950
81.09
$800.00
$800.00
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Tax Titles $13.50 Appropriation $100.00
Advertising
Leslie E. Chase,
Recording 23.75
Recording and Post- age
17.09
$54.34
Balance to Revenue 45.66
$100.00
Sale of Tax Possessions Expense
Maurice W. Wiley
$104.00 Appropriation $500.00
Surveying 219.50
Recording, Postage, etc. 59.54
Bulldozer, Labor
24.00
$407.04
Balance to Revenue
92.96
$500.00
Town Reports
F. B. & F. P. Goss
$504.00 Appropriation $600.00
Balance to Revenue 96.00
$600.00
Old Windmill
Harold Cole, Miller $125.00
Appropriation
$400.00
Insurance
24.50
Transferred from
Cards
15.00
Reserve
100.00
Labor
156.05
Signs
18.00
Advertising
30.00
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Benches 6.55
Grass Seed, Fence,
Paint, Lumber
89.59
Fertilizer
32.50
$497.19
Balance to Revenue 2.81
$500.00
$500.00
GENERAL REVENUE SUMMARY AND
BALANCE SHEET
Cash December 31, 1949
$33,033.37
Real Estate Tax 1949
2,762.40
Personal Tax 1949
428.18
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 1949
203.58
Tax Title 311.00
Tax Possessions
1,731.80
State Aid to Highways, Chapter 81
10,549.24
County Tax
650.60
State Parks and Reservations
30.83
State Audit
183.10
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Revenue
$ 203.58
Tax Title and Tax Possession Revenue
2,042.80
Overlay 1948
32.34
Overlay 1949
2,168.69
Overlay Reserve
2,782.45
State Aid to Highways Revenue
10,549.24
Tailings
139.61
Sale of Real Estate
2,396.91
Road Machinery Account
638.75
Shellfish Propagation
376.24
Old Age Assistance Federal Grant
513.22
75
Old Age Assistance Adm. Federal Grant
37.41
Aid Dependent Children Federal Grant
849.03
Boat Meadow Creek
104.72
Old Coast Guard Site
100.00
School Lunch Federal Grant
139.85
Public Library Trust
57.32
Miscellaneous
81.09
Veteran's Bronze Tablet
297.62
Cooks Brook Landing
50.00
Town Landing Supplies
341.76
Road Machinery Operating a/c
457.11
$24,359.74
Surplus Revenue (E and D)
25,524.36
$49,884.10
$49,884.10
Respectfully submitted,
LEAH ISABELLE BRACKETT.
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Report of the Eastern Finance Committee FOR THE YEAR OF 1949
At a meeting held March 29, 1949, the Committee was duly organized.
Harry S. Young was elected Chairman and Secretary.
Transfers from the Reserve to various Accounts were as follows :
Account :
Old Cemeteries
$ 70.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
60.00
Old Windmill
100.00
Miscellaneous
400.00
Expense, Treasurer, Collector, Clerk
255.00
Building Inspector
150.00
Town Dump
200.00
Dog
13.00
Police
23.77
Assessors' Abstracts
15.02
Town Hall
451.58
Town Landings
53.50
Public Welfare
16.40
Shurtleff Road
200.00
School
482.21
Wire Inspector
6.00
$2,496.48
1949 Reserve Account
$2,500.00
1949 Transfers
2,496.48
1949 Balance
$3.52
Respectfully submitted,
CLYDE L. BECKER
RALPH L. ROGERS
RALPH A. CHASE
CLARENCE E. WALKER
ROBERT L. DESCHAMPS
EUGENE S. ZACK
FRANK B. LINCOLN
HARRY S. YOUNG
RICHARD C. NICKERSON
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Report of Highway Surveyor
CHAPTER 81
To Appropriation $ 3,225.00
By Payment $13,975.00
By State 10,750.00
$13,975.00
Trucks and Operators
$2,532.00
Power Grader and Operator
2,122.50
Tractor Shovel and Operator
1,083.00
Chip Spreader
20.40
Tractor Mower
48.00
Laborers' Wages
2,784.55
Asphalt
4,665.74
Tar
536.20
Weed Toxin
81.00
Gravel Screen
81.60
Express
4.15
Lumber, Nails, etc.
15.86
$13,975.00
The following were the roads that needed the most at- tention during 1949, and the kind of treatment given.
A mixed in place job was done on the following :
Governor Prince
.25 mile Nauset Beach .50 mile
Samoset .40 mile Sunken Meadow .45 mile
Locust .10 mile Higgins .30 mile
A seal coat was given the following :
Meadow
.20 mile Massasoit .40 mile
Old Mill
.25 mile Lawton .15 mile
Kingsbury Beach .25 mile
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Roads that the first application of Asphalt was applied to for the purpose of holding the dust were as follows:
Chapin .50 mile Steele .28 mile
Townsend .15 mile Sunset Village .40 mile
Horton .10 mile Shurtleff .55 mile
The cost of doing this work was approximately $7,500.00. The balance of the appropriation was used for the repairs of the other roads of which we have a total of 43 miles.
Respectfully submitted,
NATHAN A. NICKERSON,
Highway Surveyor.
Librarian's Report
Number volumes catalogued 7,106
Number volumes added 128
Number volumes including magazines borrowed 4,086
Total fines received $36.66
Respectfully submitted,
MRS. BLANCHE A. KEEFE,
Librarian.
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Report of Fire Chief
To the Board of Selectmen,
Gentlemen :
I hereby submit my report for the year 1949.
During the past year we have had more fires in the town then any year since the department has been organ- ized. As usual, the Town Dump has been our greatest men- ace. We have been called out to fires at the Dump much oftener than seems to me should be necessary. If people were more careful when they were at the Dump the Department would have less calls to answer.
Here are a few reasons why these fires start. Careless- ness in dumping hot ashes. People should refrain from doing this as it has started many fires. No doubt some of these are caused by Spontaneous Combustion. There is no ques- tion but what some of these have been deliberately set. If the person that throws a match down for the sake of causing a little excitement knew that if he were caught a jail sen- tence and fine would be imposed upon him, I believe he would think twice before doing it. It is not only expensive for the Town, but makes unnecessary work for the Depart- ment.
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We have had calls the past year which undoubtedly would have resulted in a much greater loss if we had not had our own equipment to extinguish these fires.
The Department has added to its Equipment a Gas Mask and Life Gun which was voted for at the last Town Meeting. Also the Eastham Firemens Association have pre- sented to the Town an Inhaler, Resuscitator, Aspirator, which no doubt will be of great value as time goes on.
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Our Alarm System is in first class condition with the exception of the Electric Line Pole that holds the line run- ning into the Compressor House. This pole will have to be replaced this year.
Following is a list of calls the Department answered in 1949 :
5 Chimney Fires
3 Building Fires
2 Incinerator Fires
2 Car Fires
13 Dump Fires 1 Oil Burner Fire
4 Grass and Woods Fires
For account of how the Fire Department's appropriation was spent, see the Accountant's Report.
Respectfully submitted,
NATHAN A. NICKERSON,
Fire Chief.
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Report of the Eastham Tercentenary Committee
In the 1949 Annual Town Warrant, Article 33 reads as follows: "To see if the Town will vote to appoint a Com- mittee to form plans in commemoration of the 300th Anni- versary of the Town's Incorporation in 1951."
At the Annual Town Meeting held February 21, 1949, it was so voted, together with a recommendation that a Com- mittee of 15 be nominated and voted from the floor.
The following were thereupon nominated and elected to constitute membership of the now so-called Eastham Tercentenary Committee :-
Mrs. Anne Brownell Alfred R. Mills
Mrs. Mabel W. Chase
Otto E. Nickerson
Ralph A. Chase
Ralph L. Rogers
Mrs. Vauneita M. Cole
Philip J. Schwind
Mrs. Elizabeth F. Collins Mrs. Sophia L. Stone
Bernard C. Collins, Sr.
Maurice W. Wiley
Mrs. Bertha M. Dill
Harry S. Young
Mrs. Esther K. Handel
A meeting for the purpose of organization was held at Town Hall April 1, 1949, Mr. Wiley acting as temporary chairman to organize.
Permanent officers were nominated and unanimously elected by the Committee as follows :-
Honorary Chairman-Maurice W. Wiley General Chairman-Harry S. Young Vice-Chairman-Ralph A. Chase Secretary-Mrs. Vauneita M. Cole Treasurer-Otto E. Nickerson
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Following the election procedure there took place a general discussion of ways and means by which the Com- mittee could best carry out the voted wishes of Towns- people for a Tercentenary Celebration in 1951.
It was early agreed that to make the event one of out- standing current success as well as of historic importance it was essential that close cooperation be established and continued by the Committee with religious and civic bodies of the Town together with all citizens individually, resident or non-resident.
Inquiry among other communities which have con- ducted similar commemorations clearly indicated that to insure a maximum of value and pleasure every person must do his or her part!
The second meeting of the Committee was held at the Town Hall May 3, 1949.
A variety of suggestions and ideas were presented by various members out of which, for the time being, three were deemed to be qualified for early action :-
First: A suitable Commemoration and Souvenir Book
Second : A Pageant of Historic Events
Third : A clambake
Other special phases of interest were also given due consideration.
Sub-committees were appointed by the chairman as follows :-
History and Books-Mr. Chase, Mrs. Dill, Mr. Nickerson
Pageant-Mr. Nickerson, Mrs. Stone, Mrs. Collins Clambake-Mr. Schwind, Mr. Mills
In support of various other suggested ideas the Chair- man designated additional sub-committees as follows :-
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Functions-Mr. Collins, Mrs. Brownell, Mrs. Handel Marking of Old Buildings and Historic Sites- Mr. Rogers, Mr. Wiley, Mr. Chase
Attention was called to a serious situation which might easily arise should a clambake assume large proportions. Cape Cod clams are very scarce. To provide against such a contingency, Mr. Wiley assured the Committee that seed could be secured from State authorities in sufficient quan- tity to insure an ample supply of clams in time for the repast.
Although the next meeting of the Committee was not held until October 26, 1949, it became evident that in the interim much had been accomplished. The Book Committee had been in contact with certain publishers and printers' representatives. The General Chairman in connection with a trip through New England had talked with officials of certain other towns, learning much from them of their own experiences, successes and mistakes in the conduct of sim- ilar Commemorations. Copies of their various Souvenir Books were brought back and placed before the Eastham Committee for study and possible guidance.
Mr. Gordon W. Robinson of Hancock Press, Lexington, Mass., presented for consideration by the Committee a dummy book together with suggestions, approximate costs. etc.
Subsequent discussion quickly revealed that in the pub- lishing of a book of general character in harmony with the event it is to commemorate, the extent to which advertising should be included, must be given serious thought.
After due deliberation a procedure was decided upon which it is felt combines dignity and efficiency.
Appeals will be made to townspeople and friends, resi- dent and non-resident, for modest contributions of an estab- lished uniform amount. To this group of contributors will be allotted prominent space in the book and their names listed in some form of a Roll of Honor.
To any and all of these patrons who may so desire an opportunity will be afforded to submit a brief advertisement
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which, without additional cost, will be listed in a classified type of page elsewhere in the book.
The Committee believes this plan to hold two distinct features of merit. First, it affords an opportunity for sub- scribers to have their names recorded in a document of per- manent historic character, that will be widely distributed and highly prized. Second, it includes advertising copy set up in a smart but reserved style.
As yet the price of the book per copy cannot be deter- mined. However, it is the intention of the Committee to present one free for each subscription received.
In order to carry on with the spirit of cooperation pre- viously referred to in this report it was decided to ask per- mission from the Board of Selectmen for an opportunity to informally discuss the Celebration Plan immediately follow- ing the close of business at the next Special Town Meeting. The request was granted. The meeting took place on Novem- ber 10, 1949, and was well attended, there being approxi- mately 125 persons present.
The Chairman of the Tercentenary Committee addressed the assembly, reviewing the progress of its activities. Inter- est in the project was keen and obvious. A call for opinions and desires met with hearty response. A show of hands quick- ly and surely indicated a large majority being in favor of three tentative plans previously considered by the Commit- tee-namely (1) Pageant, (2) The advertising arrangement as described in this report, (3) Fireworks. All in all, the meeting was a decided success.
On December 7, 1949, the committee reconvened and again was addressed by Mr. Robinson of Hancock Press. Probable costs of publishing and printing, coupled with sug- gestions as to size, scope, etc., of an Anniversary Book, were presented by Mr. Robinson.
Other subjects previously considered were reviewed in detail, primarily for the purpose of arriving at a basis upon which to estimate the cost of underwriting the contemplated celebration in 1951.
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