Town of Eastham Annual Report 1952-1956, Part 13

Author: Eastham (Mass.)
Publication date: 1952
Publisher: the Town
Number of Pages: 840


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Respectfully submitted,


WINFRED J. KNOWLES President, Eastham Volunteer Firemen's Association


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Annual Report of The Town Clerk For the Year 1953


The following order is found recorded under the date of May 26, 1702, in the Town Clerk's records, and is in- cluded in the Town Clerk's report as an item of interest.


"Whereas there is much disorder and inconvenience within the Town by reasons of persons not orderly attending the Town Meetings, according to warning, as also by persons dis- orderly or tumultously speaking in said meetings when con- vened and met, as also by disorderly departing said meetings without leave; for prevention of which be it ORDERED by said Town of Eastham and it is hereby ordered and enacted by said Town and voted at a Town Meeting May 26, 1702, that when and so often as there shall be a Town Meeting orderly warned, according to the usual custom of this town, every per- son qualified for voting in said meeting and living by common reputation within seven miles of the Meeting House, that doth not attend said meeting at times appointed or at times of call- ing over, shall be fined sixpence for every such default, and every person qualified for voting as aforesaid that shall depart without leave orderly obtained before breaking up of said meeting shall be fined sixpence for every such default . . . "


With the steady growth of Eastham the detail work in each office increases. This office is not equipped, at the present time, to adequately file records which are required by law to be kept. There is therefore, in the Annual Town Meeting Warrant, an article asking that means be provided for this purpose. New filing space will help in increasing the efficiency in the working routine, and will prove to be indispensable.


Under Selective Service, males must register on their 18th birthday. This can be done at the Town Clerk's office during working hours.


Respectfully submitted,


L. ISABELLE BRACKETT, Town Clerk


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REPORT OF DOG LICENSES FOR 1953 TOTAL NUMBER OF LICENSES


64 Male Licenses @ $2.00


$128.00


25 Female Licenses @ 5.00 125.00


35 Spayed Female Licenses @ 5.00


70.00


3 Kennel Licenses @ 10.00


30.00


127


$353.00


Fees Retained: 127 @ 2.00


$ 25.40


Paid County Treasurer


327.60


$353.00


Amount paid County Treasurer is returned by the County to the Town minus the administration costs and damage done by local dogs, and is appropriated to the Public Library Account.


Dog licenses are necessary for all dogs aged 3 months old or over, and shall be obtained annually at the Town Clerk's office on or before April 1.


A True Record: Attest


L. ISABELLE BRACKETT, Town Clerk


SPORTING LICENSES


Total Number of Licenses Issued:


55 Res. Cit. Fishing Licenses @ 3.25


$178.75


102 Res. Cit. Hunting Licenses @ 3.25


331:50


19 Res. Cit. Sporting Licenses @ 5.25 99.75


6 Res. Cit. Minor Fishing Licenses @ 1.25 7.50


14 Res. Cit. Female Fishing Licenses @ 2.25 31.50


81 Special Non-Res. Fishing Licenses @ 2.75


233.75


26 Non-Res. Cit. Fishing Licenses 7.75 201.50


2 Duplicate Licenses


1.00


13 Non-Res. Military or Naval Sporting Licenses @ 2.00 26.00


3 Resident Citizens Sporting Licenses-FREE


24 Resident Citizens Military or Naval Sporting Licenses-FREE


6 Non-Res. Minor Fishing License @ 2.25 13.50


Total $1,124.75


329 Fees retained @ .25


82.25


Amount paid Division of Fish and Game 1,042.50


$1,124.75


An outstanding feature of the 1954 licenses will be the "Number Plate". This will be a 3x4 buff colored card on which appears in large bold figures, the serial number of the licenses issued. This is to be inserted in a plastic holder and is required by law to be worn on the middle of the back on the outer clothing of every person who hunts, fishes or traps in this State.


A True Record: Attest L. ISABELLE BRACKETT, Town Clerk


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BIRTHS RECORDED FOR THE YEAR 1953 IN EASTHAM Any Errors or Omissions in these Records Should be Reported to the Town Clerk at Once.


Date of


Birth


Name of Child


Name of Father


Name of Mother


(1952) Oct. 18 Infant Seaman


Robert Neville Wiles


Ruby Alice (Emond)


(1953) Jan. 13 Robert Neville Wiles


Theodore W. Seaman


Ingrid K. (Gerde)


Jan. 31 Judith Marie Hayes


William Harold Hayes


Lois (Thompson)


Apr. 18 Edward Franklin Mahoney William Edward Mahoney


Ethel (Campbell)


May 10 Ronald Boyd Pate


John Pate


Mary Brown (Hannah)


June 8 Mary Ellen Daley


Marston Edwin Daley


Eleanor (Pearson)


June 22 Timothy Joseph Brady


Walter James Brady


Helen (Coolaghan) Marion Winifred (Scott)


July 3 Sherry Anne Brewer Debby Lee Brewer


Twins


Howard Everett Brewer


Ju'y 16 Wilma Melinda Nickerson


Albert Henry Nickerson Raymond Frederick Westergaard James Patrick Murphy


Wilma (Cole) Ellen Janet (Fulcher)


Sept. 4 Raymond Frederick Westergaard


Oct. 7 Esther-Jean Gunn


Oct. 23 Mark Phillip Lindholm


Charles Angus Wilfred Gunn


Nov. 12 Bradley Edward Murphy


Roger Phillip Lindholm


Edith Priscilla Turner (Lindholm)


Dec. 3 Stillborn (Erickson)


Robert Joseph Erickson


Elizabeth Williams (Erickson)


Dec. 9 David Charles Lee


Irving Sherwood Lee


Dec. 14 Barry Frederick Wilcox


Barry Berton Wilcox


Hope Mary Bradley (Fulcher) Jean Louise Wilde (Gunn)


Marilyn June Shakliks Elaine Louise Mayo


MARRIAGES RECORDED IN EASTHAM IN 1953


Date


Place of Marriage


Names


Residence


April 18 Walpole, New Hampshire


Douglas T. Liberty


Huntington Center, Vt.


Elizabeth M. Doughty


Eastham, Mass.


Philip Paul Peterson


Orleans, Mass.


May 16 Orleans, Mass.


Lois Marjorie Steele


Eastham, Mass.


June 27 Eastham, Mass.


Carl Sprague Doherty


Cincinnati, Ohio


Judith Isabelle Brackett


Eastham, Mass.


June 26 Wellfleet, Mass.


Loren Dean Boutin


Camp Wellfleet, Mass.


Arlene Patricia Berg


Willmar, Minn.


Aug. 29 Orleans, Mass.


Nancy Louise Schofield


Eastham, Mass.


Aug. 22 Winchendon, Mass.


George Harper


Winchendon, Mass.


Sept. 10 Orleans, Mass.


Theodore R. Young


Orleans, Mass.


Ann Beverly Shakliks


Eastham, Mass.


Sept. 12 Eastham, Mass.


John Marshall Daly


Brookline, Mass.


Sept. 12 Eastham, Mass.


James Richard Brewer


Eastham, Mass.


Joan Parmenter Richard F. Clark


Eastham, Mass.


Oct. 17 Dennis, Mass.


Eastham, Mass.


Abbie L. Bearse


Dennis, Mass.


Nov. 1 Chatham, Mass.


George Robert Whiting


Eastham, Mass.


Geraldine Florence Nickerson


Dennis, Mass.


Nov. 19 Orleans, Mass.


Robert Allen


Orleans, Mass.


Carole Anderson


Eastham, Mass.


Dec. 16 Wellfleet, Mass.


Sumner L. Eddy, Sr.


Eastham, Mass.


Alice Gertrude Norton


Eastham, Mass.


Dec. 31 Eastham, Mass.


Edmund, A. Milliken


Eastham, Mass.


Constance Dill


Eastham, Mass.


Oliver Ernest Coffin


Orleans, Mass.


Eastham, Mass.


Nancy Ruth Tappan


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Nancy Higgins


Cambridge, Mass.


DEATHS RECORD IN EASTHAM IN 1953


Date of Death


Name


Age-Y M


D


(1952)


Dec. 20


Myrtle F. Friedman


68


4


15


(1953)


Jan. 16


Blanche A. Crosby


72


6


25


Mar. 10 Nettie W. (Higgins) Wiley


77


4


29


Mar. 23 Sparrow Randolph Young


60


7


11


Mar. 22 Annie Mae (Smith) Maxim


90


6


22


April 9


Elsias Henry Chase


96


7 15


June 6 Roscoe P. Drinkwater


84


8 10


May 29


William H. Rich


80


3


18


July 29


Eugene Prouty Montgomery


51


3


17


Aug. 1 Sarah Elizabeth (Oldfield) DeWitt


74


7


19


Aug. 7 Daniel Wilbur Sparrow


65


5


27


Aug. 14


Herman Alexander Dill


50


5


27


Aug. 21 Emma Cutler (Knowles) Stone


85


2


21


Sept. 2


George A. Nickerson


71


3


2


Oct. 28


Gertrude (Link) Brown


64


1 16


Dec.


3 Infant Erickson


Stillborn


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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING


Held in Eastham Auditorium February 16, 1953


The Annual Town Meeting was called to order at 10:00 A.M. by the Moderator, Winfred J. Knowles, Daniel W. Sparrow, Jr., and Ralph L. Rogers were appointed as tel- lers and duly sworn by the Town Clerk, L. Isabelle Brackett.


Article 1: Voted: not to deduct the sum of $3730.00 from the School Budget. This amount was the amount fig- ured in the School budget as being the necessary sum to send the 7th and 8th grades to Orleans for the ensuing year.


Vote: Yes 27, No 49.


Voted : to change the amount being asked for the Town Report Appropriation from $600.00 to $704.10. Unanimous Vote.


Voted. to change the amount being asked for the Mis- cellaneous Account from $400.00 to $700.00, in order to take care of additional expense on the new Fire Alarm system. Unanimous voice vote.


Voted : not to deduct the sum of $784.00 from the School Budget, this being the amount necessary to send the 7th Grade to Orleans for the ensuing year. Vote: Yes 34, No 54.


Voted : to raise and appropriate the sum of $49,187.00 for the School Budget. Vote : Yes 75, No 19.


Voted : to raise and appropriate the sum of $66,561.88, this amount remaining in the entire budget as submitted by Department Heads. Unanimous Vote.


Article 2. Voted : to fix the salary and compensation of all elective officers of the Town as provided by Section 108, of Chapter 44, General Laws as amended, and raise and ap-


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propriate the sum of $7525.00 for said salaries as follows : Unanimous Vote


Article 3. Voted : to elect Joseph L. Putnam as Town Director for the Cape Cod Extension Service. Unanimous Vote.


Article 4. Voted : that the refunded Dog Tax be placed at the disposal of the Eastham Public Library. Unanimous Vote.


Article 5. Voted : that the Treasurer be authorized, with the Approval of the Selectmen to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1953, and issue a note or notes therefor payable in one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws. Unanimous Vote


Article 6. Voted : that the Town authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the reimbursement of the financial year beginning January 1, 1953, and issue a note or notes therefore payable in one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws. Unanimous Vote.


Article 7. Voted : that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the establishment and maintenance of a free bed in the Cape Cod Hospital, Hyannis, Mass., for the care and treatment of persons certified by the Selectmen to be residents of the town, and unable to pay for such care and treatment, in accordance with Chapter III, Section 74, General Laws. Unanimous Vote.


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Article 8. Voted : to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 for the protection and propogation of Shellfish. Unanimous Vote.


Article 9. Voted: to authorize the Selectmen to sell property taken under tax title procedure, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for this purpose.


Article 10. Voted : to pay a bounty of fifty cents each for woodchucks and twenty cents each for crows, killed within the boundaries of the Town, and raise and approp- riate the sum of $50.00 for this purpose. Unanimous Vote.


Article 11. Voted : that the Moderator appoint a Com- mittee of seven members, one of whom shall be a member of the Board of Selectmen, and three shall be fishermen, this committee to


1. Investigate the work desirable to be done on the Eastham side of Rock Harbor Creek, in conjunction with the work now being done by Orleans,


2. To contact with State and County officials and others regarding their financial assistance on such work,


3. Submit a report and recommendations to a Special Town Meeting at the earliest date possible. Unanimous Vote.


Article 12. Voted : to raise and appropriate the sum of $400.00 for the upkeep of the Windmill and lot. Unanimous Vote.


Article 14. Voted : that the Moderator be authorized to appoint a building committee of seven to secure preliminary plans to provide additional building space for Eastham Grammar School students and to raise and appropriate the sum of $1000.00 for the use of this committee, said Commit-


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tee to report at a Special Town Meeting or the next An- nual Town Meeting. Unanimous Vote.


Article 15. Voted : to postpone indefinitely Article 15. (To raise $1500.00 to re-shingle roof of Eastham School). Unanimous Vote.


Article 16. Voted : that Article 12, applying to chimneys in the By-law regulating the construction of building be amended by striking out "No chimney shall be constructed without fire clay flue linings continous from bottom to top in all flues" and inserting the following : "Brick and precast cement block chimneys shall have fire clay flue linings con- tinuous from bottom to top in all flues and any type of man- ufactured precast chimney approved by the National Board of Fire Underwriters and not in conflict with the State Fire Marshall's office shall likewise be permissable Unanimous Vote.


Article 17. Voted : to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to purchase new tables and benches for the new din- ing room. Unanimous Vote.


Article 18. Voted : to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for Public Amusements and Municipal advertising purposes under Chapter 154, Acts of 1950. Unanimous Vote.


Article 19. Voted : to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 for the purpose of holding Band Concerts by the Cape Cod Band in the ensuing year. Yes 46, No 35.


Article 20. Voted : not to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 for the purpose of moving the Band Stand from the Town Hall grounds to the parking lot at Great Pond. Unanimous Vote.


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Article 21. Voted : to amend Section 1 of the By-laws pertaining to the opening of the Annual Town Meeting to read "meeting shall be called to order at 7 o'clock in the evening instead of 10 o'clock in the forenoon" as the By-law now reads. Yes 94, No 14.


Article 22. Voted : that the Moderator appoint a com- mittee to investigate the possibilities and advantages of several forms of insulation and the cost of each and to re- port the findings at a future Town Meeting. Unanimous Voice Vote.


Article 23. Voted : to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for the purpose of waterproofing the walls of the Old Town Hall section. Unanimous Vote.


Article 24. Voted : that the Town accept the lay-out of the re-location and widening of a Town Way, (Samoset Road, so-called), from the Railroad crossing to the waters of Cape Cod Bay, as reported and recommended by the Selectmen and that the Selectmen be authorized and instruc- ted to take by gift, purchase, or eminent domain, the land or interests in the land within said re-location and widening for the purpose of a Town Way, and raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 for this purpose. Unanimous Vote.


Article 25. Voted : that the town raise and appropriate the sum of $525.00 for a new snow plow for the Highway Department. Unanimous Vote.


Article 26. Voted : to raise and appropriate the sum of $1000.00 to be spent under the provisions of Chapter 90 for the completion of Ocean View Drive. Unanimous Vote.


Article 27. Voted : not to raise and appropriate the sum of $1500.00 under provisions of Chapter 90, to re-locate


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Bridge Road from Boat Meadow Bridge in a South Easterly direction. Yes 28, No 81.


Article 28. Voted: to amend Article 11 pertaining to building lines of the By-law regulating the construction, etc., of buildings to read "the building lines of structures for human habitation shall not be nearer the nearest boundary of any public way than 30 feet", instead of "the building of structures for human habitation of third class construc- tion shall not be nearer the nearest boundary of any public way than 30 feet". Unanimous Vote.


Article 29. Voted : to raise and appropriate the sum of $427.52 for the unpaid 1952 bills. Unanimous Vote.


Article 30. Voted : to raise and appropriate the sum of $400.00 for the suppression and eradication of Poison Ivy, under Chapter 282, Acts of 1947. Unanimous Vote.


Article 31. Voted : that the layout of a Park and Bath- ing Beach on the Ocean side, from Ocean Drive, so-called, as reported by the Selectmen be accepted and adopted, and that the Selectmen be authorized and instructed to take by purchase, gift or eminent domain, the land, or interests in the land, within said lay-outs for said purpose. Unanimous Vote.


Article 32. Voted : to raise and appropriate the sum of $1600.00 for the purchase of 500 feet of 21/2 inch hose and 500 feet of 1 1/2 inch hose for the Fire Department. Unanimous Vote.


Article 33. Voted: to accept the Reports of all com- mittees and the following Resolution to be read into the records :


Whereas, the fishing industry as a whole, is of very


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great importance in the economic lives of many of our citi- zens, and


Whereas, the citizens of Eastham believe in, and prac- tice, conservation in their own fisheries, and


Whereas, we believe the provisions of House Bill No. 855 to be detrimental to the economic lives of many of our citizens and opposed to the best interests of the Town of Eastham, and most certainly in contradiction to all known and approved conservation practices, be it therefore


Resolved, that we, the citizens of the Town of Eastham in Annual Town Meeting assembled, on this sixteenth day of February, in the year 1953, do hereby record ourselves as opposed to House Bill No. 855, and do request that a copy of this resolution be sent to Senator Edward C. Stone, Rep- resentative Oscar J. Cahoon and to the Chairman of the Committee on Conservation of the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.


Voted : that the Moderator be appointed a Committee of one to investigate the prospect of obtaining more land on the East side of the Town Hall for municipal purposes.


The minutes of the meeting were read and approved.


Voted to adjourn at 3:00 P.M.


L. ISABELLE BRACKETT Town Clerk


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ANNUAL ELECTION, FEBRUARY 17, 1953


Call of the meeting read by the Town Clerk. Appoint- ed to serve at this meeting were George Duffy, Sr., and Harris Brown, who, with Luther P. Smith, Maurice W. Wiley and Harvey T. Moore, were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties. The meeting was turned over to Maurice W. Wiley, election officer, and the Polls opened at 12:00 noon. The ballot box stood at 000, then proceeded to ballot, with the following results :


Moderator (One Year)


*Winfred J. Knowles 400


Charles Foster Atwood 1


Blanks


49


Selectman, Assessor, Member of Board of Health and Welfare (Three Years)


*Bernard C. Collins, Sr. 218


George Howard 74


Maurice A. Moore 153


Blanks


5


Member of School Committee (Three Years)


*Elizabeth F. Collins 372


Thomas Brown


1


Robert Deschamps 2


Carol Fife 1


Katherine A. Moore 12


Blanks


62


Trustee of Public Library (Three Years)


*Margaret Campbell 389


Blanks


61


Highway Surveyor (One Year)


*Nathan A. Nickerson 415


Blanks


35


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Constable (One Year)


*Harvey T. Moore ..........


............ 415


Winfred J. Knowles 1


Planning Board Member (Five Years)


*Eugene S. Zack .... 24


George S. Duffy, Sr.


8


Philip Horton, Jr. 6


Winford S. Schofield


5


Robert Deschamps


2


Clayton Horton


2


Harry S. Young


2


J. Robert Whiting


1


Carl Handel


1


George Wiley


1


Elnathan E. Eldredge, Jr.


1


Charles Hollis


1


Marston Daley


1


James Johnston, Jr.


1


Nathan E. Nickerson, Sr.


1


Ralph L. Rogers


1


Bleeker Martin


1


David Mead


1


John Delaney


1


Ralph Ormsby


1


Blanks


388


Tree Warden (Three Years)


*Robert L. Schroeder


331


Ernest Moore


1


Elmer Lloyd


1


Blanks


117


Recreation Commission (One Year)


*Miriam Deschamps


344


Blanks 106


121


Recreation Commission (Two Years)


*David Mead


...... 358


Blanks


............... 92


Recreation Commission (Three Years)


*Howard Brewer .... 345


Blanks


105


Recreation Commission (Four Years)


*Harriett L. Crosby .. ...


354


Blanks


..... ... 96


Recreation Commission (Five Years)


*Harold G. Whitmore ...


........ 338


Blanks 112


*Elected.


The Polls closed at 6:00 o'clock P.M. The ballot box stood at Four Hundred and Fifty (450) at the closing of the polls, there being 450 votes cast.


L. ISABELLE BRACKETT,


Town Clerk


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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING


September 25, 1953


Pursuant to the Warrant, the qualified voters met at the Eastham Town Hall on Friday, September 25th, 1953, at 8:00 o'clock in the evening. Maurice A. Moore and Yngve Rongner were appointed tellers and sworn into their office by the Town Clerk.


As there was a Quorum present, the Town Clerk pro- ceeded to read the Warrant and the return of the Officer who served the same.


Article 1. Voted : to appropriate from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury, sums of money to the follow- ing accounts :


Fire Department


$400.00


Police Department


1,200.00


Moth Truck


50.00


Town Dump


200.00


Old Age Assistance


1,500.00


Town Landings


300.00


Samoset Road Layout


250.00


Miscellaneous


300.00


Total


$4,200.00


Unanimous Vote


Article 2. Voted : to accept as a gift, a deed from Ayl- mer H. Hatch for land at the West Shore, said land to be known as the Pauline B. Hatch Bathing Beach, and that a vote of thanks be given to Mr. and Mrs. Hatch. Unanimous Vote.


Article 3. Voted: to accept as a gift from the East- ham Volunteer Fireman's Association, a General Electric


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Radio (31.40 mg) for the Fire Department. Unanimous Vote.


Article 4. Voted : to appropriate from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury, the sum of $1,000.00 for the purchase of land for a Bathing Beach and Parking Area on the North Side of the present Cook's Brook Landing, from Curtis E. Dorrie, et ux, and Ernest Kirst, et ux. Unanimous Vote.


Article 5. Voted : to appropriate from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury, the sum of $1,000.00 for the improvement of Rock Harbor, so called; said sum to be spent in conjunction with State and County funds. Unan- imous Vote.


Article 6. Voted : that the town will assume liability in the manner provided by Section 29, of Chapter 91 of the General Laws as amended by Chapters 516 and 524, Acts of 1950, for all damages that may be incurred by work to be performed by the Department of Public Works for Massa- chusetts, for the improvement, development, maintenance and protection of tidal and non-tidal rivers and streams, harbors, tidewaters, foreshores and shores along a public beach outside of Boston Harbor, including the Merrimack and Connecticut Rivers, in accordance with Section 11 of Chapter 91 of General Laws, and authorize the Selectmen to execute and deliver a bond of indemnity therefor to the Commonwealth. Unanimous Vote.


The minutes of the meeting were read and approved. Mr. Maurice W. Wiley, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, thanked the Eastham Volunteer Fireman's Association for their donation of a Radio Telephone.


Meeting adjourned at 8:50 P.M.


L. ISABELLE BRACKETT Town Clerk


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DISTRIBUTION OF THE 1953 TAX RATE OF $31.00


GENERAL TOWN ADMINISTRATION


HEALTH AND RECREATION 10.7%R $3.32


PUBLIC


WELFARE


28.8% OR $8.93


11.3% OR $ 3.50


1.4% OR 43€


ROADS AND TOWN LANDINGS


MISCELLAN. 1.9% OR 59 €


SAFETY (POLICE AND FIRE DEPT)


EDUCATION


8.2% OR $2.54,


37.7% OR $11.69


APPORTIONMENT OF THE VARIOUS DEBITS AND CREDITS OVER THE SEVEN ACCOUNTS IN THE 1953 PIE-CHART


GENERAL:


Debit with: Accountant, Clerk, Officers' Travel, Selectmen and Assessors' Expense, Assessors' Abstracts, Finance Committee, Ex- pense, Legal, Certification of Notes, Election and Registration, Treasurer's Expenses, Surety on Bonds, Town Hall, Planning Board, Building Inspector, Tax Titles, Town Reports, Insurance, Janitor, Secretary, F. C., Tax Title Property Sale, Tercentenary, Salaries of Moderator, Selectmen, Assessors, Treasurer, Collector and Clerk, Auditorium Note and Interest and Reserve.


Credit with: Receipts from License Fees, less assessment for State Audit. ,


HEALTH AND RECREATION:


Debit with: Ambulance, Tree Warden, Moth Truck Expense, Moth Suppression, Wood Ticks and other insects, Dutch Elm Disease, Poison Ivy, Health, Town Dump and Land, Inspection of Animals, Dog a/c, Hospital Bed, Shellfish a/c, Woodchucks, Tent Caterpillars, Wind Mill, Baseball, Town Advertising and Library.


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Credit with: Receipts for Health and Sanitation, Dog Officer and Library Fines. Debit with: Assessments for State Parks and Mos- quito Control.


WELFARE:


Debit with: Public Welfare, P. W. Administration, Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children, Veterans' Services, Old Cemeteries, Soldiers' and Sailors' Lots and Board of Welfare Salaries: Credit with: Charities, Old Age Assistance, Old Age Meal Tax, and Veterans' Benefits.


ROADS AND TOWN LANDINGS:


Debit with: Highway General, Snow Removal, Town Landings, Chapter 81, Chapter 90, Town Roads and Road Surveyor's Salary.


Credit with: Receipts from Excise Taxes on Autos.


EDUCATION:


Debit with: School Budget, School Lunch Budget, Vocational Edu- cation and Termite Extermination. Credit with: State Receipts for Schoo's.


SAFETY:


Debit with: Police Dept. Expenses, Fire Dept. Expenses, Sealer of Weights and Measures, Wire Inspectors and Salary of Constable. Credit: None.


MISCELLANEOUS:


Debt with: Miscellaneous, Memorial Day, Christmas Tree, Re- tirement a/c, and Unpaid Bills. Credit: None.


The following Receipts and Assessments were not applied to the above seven accounts directly, but were prorated over all of them as a percentage of the final net total in each account:


Income Tax and Corporation Tax Receipts, Reimbursement for publicly owned Land, Interest on Taxes and Assessments, Chapter 804, debit for Overlay and for the County Tax.


The figures in the PIE-CHART add up to and reconcile with the figures in the 1952 RECAPITULATION in the 1952 Eastham Town Report. 12/29/52. ESZ.




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