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Doughty, Verle
MacNeill, Richard
Drown, David
MacPherson, Bruce
Drown, Sally
Marshall, Michael
Dumont, Lorraine Eddy, Barbara
Eldredge, Janet
Emond, Carlton Fife, James
Martin, Penelope Mauger, Harry Mayo, Jean Miner, Arnold Monzon, Brian
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Moore, Donna Nickerson, Bradford
Nickerson, James
Nickerson, Richard Nickerson, Robert Ormsby, Sandra
Weber, Barbara
Pearson, Helen
White, David
Pinkos, David
White, Stephen
Reed, Mary
Whiting, Constance
Rogers, Sally
Whiting, Jeanne E.
Schofield, Gene
Whiting, Jeanne G.
Schofield, Jay
Whitmore, Jeffrey
Shakliks, Anastasia
Whitright, William
SCHOOL CENSUS October 1, 1955
Boys
Girls
Five years or over and under seven
23
31
Seven years or over and under sixteen
75
75
97
106
DISTRIBUTION OF THE ABOVE MINORS
In public day school membership:
Five years or over and under seven
34
Seven years or over and under sixteen In Parochial School:
142
Five years or over and under seven
16
Seven years or over and under sixteen
7
In Private School Membership:
Five years or over and under seven
Seven years or over and under sixteen
2
Not enrolled in any day school : Seven years or over and under sixteen
2
Shakliks, Gail
Turner, Gregory Turner, Priscilla Ulles, Anna Mae Ullman, Allison Vogel, Fred
203
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SCHOOL CALENDAR School Year 1955 - 56
Union No. 16
September 7, 1955 to December 23, 1955 73 days
January 3, 1956 to February 17, 1956 34 days
February 27, 1956 to April 13, 1956 34 days
April 23, 1956 to June 22, 1956 44 days
185 days
DAYS WHEN SCHOOLS ARE NOT IN SESSION
October 7, 1955-(Friday) Barnstable County Teachers Meeting.
October 12, 1955-(Wednesday) Columbus Day.
November 11, 1955-(Friday) Armistice Day.
November 24 and 25, 1955-Thursday and Friday-Thanks- giving Recess.
December 23, 1955 (Noon)-Friday to January 3, 1956, Tuesday-Christmas and New Year holidays.
February 17, 1956 to February 27, 1956-Mid-winter vacation.
March 1956-Good Friday.
April 13 to April 23, 1956-Spring vacation.
May 30, 1956 (Wednesday)-Memorial Day.
A meeting of all teachers and supervisors will be held at 9:30 A.M. at the Eastham School on Tuesday, September 4, 1956.
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CORPS OF TEACHERS, DECEMBER 1955
Name
Position
Preparation
Degree
Service began in Eastham
Experience Prior to September
Home Address
Otto E. Nickerson
Prin. Teacher Hyannis Normal
1924
36 years
Orleans, R.F.D.
Grade 6
Esther K. Handel
Teacher Gr. 4
Boston Tchr's College
9-7-43
18 years
No. Eastham
Lorraine S. Hayes
Teacher Gr. 2
Perry Kindergarten
9-8-54
1 year
Eastham
Vesta Gould
Teacher Gr. 1
Hyannis Normal
9-8-43
20 years
Orleans, R.F.D.
Della Macomber
Teacher Gr. 5
Bridgewater Tchr's Col.
9-9-46
29 years
Orleans, R.F.D.
Jean Milne
Teacher Gr. 3
Perry Kindergarten
9-7-55
0
years
Eastham
Harriett Chace
Elem. Super- visor
Columbia University D.Ed.
9-8-54
24 years
Osterville
C. Leo Farris
Art
Vesper George School of Art
9-9-53
7 years
Harwich
Samuel Griffiths
Inst. Music
Florida Southern Col.,
N. E. Conservatory & Chicago University Conservatory B.S.M.
N. E. Conservatory
B.S.M.
9-7-55 1-21-46
21 years
Hyannis Chatham
Webster W. Tileston Vocal Music
TEACHERS WHO HAVE LEFT THE SERVICE DURING 1955
Name
Dates of Service
Service in Eastham
Frederick A. Gricius
9-5-51 - 6-30-55
4 years
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Hyannis Tchr's College
23 years
COMPARATIVE FIGURES OF ARTICLE 12
Refunds and
1955
Transfers
Balances
1. Accountant
$1,208.00
2. Accountant Expense
250.00
1.38
3. Ambulance Hire
1,000.00
4. Appeal Board
250.00
5.06
6.
Auditorium Note
3,000.00
7.
Building Inspector
1,200.00
1,200.00
8.
Certification of Notes
10.00
10.00
10.00
9. Christmas Tree
150.00
5.00
150.00
10. Civilian Defense
150.00
156.60
500.00
11. Custodian
2,600.00
2,808.00
12. Dog Officer Account
52.00
26.00
52.00
13.
Dutch Elm Disease
320.00
45.64
320.00
14. Election and Registration
650.00
58.26
650.00
15.
Finance Comittee Expense
25.00
25.00
25.00
16. Fire Department
3,425.00
348.26
4,015.00
17. Health
900.00
12.09
900.00
18.
Highway-General
600.00
56.03
2,000.00
19. Insect Pest Control
850.00
82.33 (for Pine Looper)
1,150.00
20.
Inspector of Animals
80.00
80.00
21. Insurance
600.00
71.12
600.00
22. Interest
3,000.00
253.25
3,000.00
23. Legal Expense
1,000.00
14.30
1,000.00
24. Library
750.00
200.00
1,000.00
25.
Memorial Day
100.00
5.14
100.00
26.
Miscellaneous
600.00
200.00
41.74
600.00
27.
Office Clerk
1,288.00
1,392.00
28. Old Cemeteries
300.00
300.00
29.
Old Windmill Care & Imp.
150.00
1.88
400.00
30.
Planning Board
250.00
192.13
250.00
31.
Police Department
6,600.00
500.00
1.59
7,800.00
33.
a. Aid Dependent Children
8,000.00
1,000.00
9,000.00
b. Disability Assistance
2,500.00
572.98
2,500.00
c. General Relief
3,000.00
1,162.14
3,000.00
34.
Public Welfare Adm.
1,410.00
411.25
1,554.00
35.
Recreation Commission
1,000.00
1.72
1,500.00
36. Reserve
3,000.00 from Overlay
Surplus
113.73
5,000.00
38. School
67,385.00
156.14
78,557.00
40. School Notes (Addition)
7,000.00
7,000.00
41.
Sealer of Weights and Measures
110.00
4.00
120.00
42.
Sec. of Finance Committee
50.00
50.00
43.
Selectmen and Assessor Exp.
900.00
100.00
900.00
44.
Shellfish Protection & Propagation 1,500.00
1,000.00
97.86
32.50
1,000.00
47.
Surety on Bonds
300.00
16.00
350.00
48. Tax Titles
1,700.00
203.52
1,550.00
49.
Town Dump
1,700.00
100.00
.92
1,800.00
50.
Town Hall
4,000.00
700.00
68.42
4,000.00
51. Town Landings
4,000.00
900.00
90.47
4,000.00
52. Town Reports
800.00
32.18
1,000.00
53.
Treasurer, Collector, Clerk Exp.
950.00
2.67
1,050.00
54. Tree Warden
300.00
47.67
300.00
55. Veterans' Benfits
2,500.00
4,000.00
665.29
3,800.00
56.
Vocational Education
500.00
255.80
500.00
57. Wire Inspections
250.00
54.00
250.00
164,763.00
10,506.27
5,702.84
189,607.17
Less Transfer from Overlay Surplus
3,000.00
5,000.00
$161,763.00
$184,607.17
32.
Public Amusement & Advertising
500.00
500.00
Public Welfare Services:
d. Old Age Assistance
17,000.00
2,037.40
20,000.00
37. Retirement
1,000.00
104.78
1,162.17
39. School Lunch
800.00
157.44
800.00
46. Soldiers' and Sailors' Lots
50.00
150.00
603.39
1,500.00
45. Snow
Approp. 1956 $1,312.00 250.00
1,500.00 250.00 200.00
5. Assessors Abstracts
200.00
54.04
3,000.00
Approp.
50.00
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
WARRANT
TOWN of EASTHAM
with
Recommendations by the Finance
Committee
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FEBRUARY 20, 1956
7:00 P.M.
Annual Town Meeting Warrant
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Barnstable, ss.
To Harvey T. Moore, Constable of the Town of Eastham, in the County of Barnstable:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs to meet at the Town Hall on Monday, the Twentieth (20) day of February next at 7:00 o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles in this Warrant and to meet in the Town Hall at 10:00 o'clock in the morn- ing on Tuesday, the Twenty-First (21) day of February next, there and there to elect all necessary officers.
POLLS TO OPEN AT 10:00 A.M. and MAY CLOSE AT 6:00 P.M.
~ Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to have a black- board at the front of the Hall, showing the effect on the tax rate of the various articles in the Warrant, or take any action relative thereto.
No recommendation required.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to elect a Town Director for the Cape Cod Extension Service.
No recommendation required.
Article 3. To see in what manner the Town will vote to dispose of its refunded dog tax.
Recommended that the Town place the refunded dog tax at the disposal of the Public Library.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to bor- row money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1956, and issue
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a note or notes therefor, payable in one year and renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, Gen- eral Laws.
Recommended.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to bor- row money from time to time in anticipation of reimburse- ment for the financial year beginning January 1, 1956, and to 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, Chap- ter 44, General Laws.
Recommended.
- Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money not to exceed $1,000.00 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 111, Section 74, General Laws, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended $500.00.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to install and maintain a fire alarm system, to include North Eastham, the Elementary School and the present system, or take any action relative thereto. (By request.)
Recommended $1,100.00.
~ Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell property taken under Tax Title procedure by the Town, and raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for this purpose, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended.
- Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to pay a bounty of fifty cents (50c) each for woodchucks killed within its boundaries during the ensuing year and raise and appro-
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priate the sum of $30.00 for this purpose, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 81 Highways, or take any action relative thereto.
Recommended $4,000.00.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,200.00 for the purpose of having a road layout made of Nauset Road from the corner at Walter MacPherson's to Route 6 in North Eastham.
Recommended.
Article 12. To act on the Annual Report, including recommendations and reports of the Selectmen and other Town Officers, and see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds in the Treasury sums of money for the same, or take any action relative thereto :
Recommendations of Depts. Heads and Finance Committee 1956
Department
1. Accountant
$1,312.00_
2. Accountant Expense
250.00 -
3. Ambulance Hire
1,500.00
4. Appeal Board
250.00
5. Assessors Abstracts
200.00-
6. Auditorium Note
3,000.00r
7. Building Inspector
1,200.00, 10.00-
8. Certification of Notes
9. Christmas Tree
150.00
10. Civilian Defense
500.007
11. Custodian
2,808.00 /
12. Dog Officer Account
52.00
13. Dutch Elm Disease
320.00
14. Election and Registration
650.00/
15. Finance Committee Expense
25.00/
16. Fire Department
4,015.00
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17. Health
900.00-
18. Highways-General
2,000.00
19. Insect Pest Control 1,150.00*
20. Inspector of Animals
80.00 -
21. Insurance
600.00
22. Interest
3,000.00
23. Legal Expense
1,000.00
24. Library
1,000.00*
25. Memorial Day
100.00
26. Miscellaneous
600.00
27. Office Clerk
1,392.00
28. Old Cemeteries
300.00~
29. Old Windmill Care and Improvement 400.00 *_
30. Planning Board 250.00 *_
31. Police Department
7,800.00 -
32. Public Amusement and Advertising
500.00
33. Public Welfare Services :
a. Aid to Dependent Children
9,000.00 -
b. Disability Assistance 2,500.00 -
c. General Relief
3,000.00/
d. Old Age Assistance
20,000.00/
34. Public Welfare Administration
1,554.00
35. Recreation Commission
1,500.00
36. Reserve (Transfer from Overlay Surplus) 5,000.00 -
37. Retirement
1,162.17-
38. School
78,557.00-
39. School Lunch
800.00
/
40. School Notes (New Building)
7,000.00-
41. Sealer of Weights and Measures 120.00
42. Secretary of Finance Committee 50.00/
43. Selectmen and Assessor Expense 900.00/
44. Shellfish Protection and Propagation
1,500.00-
45. Snow
1,000.00
46. Soldiers' and Sailors' Lots
50.00-
47. Surety on Bonds
350.00/
48. Tax Titles
1,550.00
49. Town Dump
1,800.00
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50. Town Hall
4,000.00 ~
51. Town Landings
4,000.00~
52. Town Reports
1,000.00/
53. Treasurer, Collector, Clerk Expense
1,050.00
54 Tree Warden
300.00 /
55. Veterans' Benefits
3,800.00-
56 Vocational Education
500.00
57. Wire Inspections
250.00
TOTAL
$189,607.17
Less Transfer from Overlay Surplus 5,000.00
$184,607.17 /85
Unanimously approved with the exceptions of Items No. 19, 24, 29 and 30. The Finance Committee recommended the following on these items:
19. Insect Pest Control
$850.00
24. Library 750.00
29. Old Windmill Care and Improvement 150.00
30. Planning Board 150.00
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote 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 appropriate sums of money for salary :
Department Head
Recommendation
Moderator
$ 25.00
Constable
50.00
Road Surveyor
50.00
Selectmen ($600.00 each)
1,800.00
Assessors ($600.00 each)
1,800.00
Board of Welfare ($300.00 each)
900.00
Treasurer, Collector, Clerk
3,500.00
$8,125.00
Recommended.
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Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $800.00 for the purchase of a Police Cruiser, and the present Cruiser to be traded in as a credit towards the new one.
Recommended.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 to be paid to the Town of Orleans for Ambulance, Fire and Police Dispatcher Ser- vice for the year 1956.
Recommended.
-Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and 1.93 appropriate a sum of money to pay the unpaid bills of 1955.
Recommended.
/Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $400.00 for the suppression and eradication of Poison Ivy, to be spent under the supervision of the Moth Superintendent.
Recommended.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of holding Band Concerts in the ensuing year, or take any action relative thereto. amender. b/ Selector
Recommended $450.00.
Article 19 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for the purpose of locating five (5) cisterns, totaling 7,000 gallons storage each, on Town owned property, or take any action relative thereto. (By request.)
Recommended.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds in the Treasury, the sum of $1,000.00 for Greenhead Fly Control, as authorized by Section 24, Chapter 252, General Laws, and authorize the Town Treasurer to pay said appropriation into the State Treasury. (By request.)
No recommendation.
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Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to lease the Ball Field at North Eastham from Mr. Fred Y. LaPiana for a period of ten (10) years and raise and appropriate the sum of $800.00 for grading and maintenance, or take any action relative thereto. (By request.) 78 yes 8 no
No recommendation.
/Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to increase the present wage scale of Town Employed Laborers from One Dollar and Twenty-Five Cents ($1.25) per hour to One Dol- lar and Fifty-Cents ($1.50) per hour. (By request.)
Not recommended, unanimous vote.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the purpose of surveying the boundary line between the Towns of Wellfleet and Eastham.
Recommended.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by deleting paragraph C under the sec- tion marked "Definition' relating to temporary signs.
No Recommendation Required.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to amend Para- graph 8 of Section III of the Zoning By-Law by inserting before the word any the words "on approval of the Board of Appeals."
No Recommendation Required.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to amend Para- graph 9 of Section III of the Zoning By-Law by inserting before the word agricultural the words "on approval of the Board of Appeals."
No Recommendation Required.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law as follows : by deleting Paragraph 10 in its entirety under Section III.
No Recommendation Required.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by adding after Paragraph 13, Section III, the following paragraph to be known as "Paragraph 14";
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"Accessory use on the same lot with and customarily incident to any of the above permitted uses and not detri- mental to a residential neighborhood. The term "accessory use" in this section shall not include
a. Garage space of more than two automobiles, except as authorized by the Selectmen.
b. Signs, except those pertaining to the lease, sale or use of a lot or building, and such sign or signs shall not be more than two in number, each sign to contain not more than twelve square feet."
No Recommendation Required.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by deleting from Paragraph 1, Section VI, the words in Districts A and B no dwelling or business building shall be built on a lot with a frontage on an ac- cepted way of less than 135 feet, nor with an area of less than 20,000 sq. ft., and inserting therefor, "In Districts A and B only one dwelling or structure shall be built on a lot, and no lot shall have a frontage of less than 135 feet on any way nor contain less than 20,000 square feet."
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by adding after Paragraph 1, Section VI, the following paragraphs :
2. Front Yards
In Districts A, B, C, and D, there shall be provided in front of each and every structure a front yard of not less than thirty feet of clear width between the build- ing and the lines of the way or ways. Projecting eaves and uncovered steps shall not be considered as coming within the meaning of this section.
3. Back Yards
Behind every structure in Districts A and B there shall be provided a back yard, between the rear line of the structure and the rear lot of not less than twenty- five feet in depth. Provided, however, that the building lines of structures which are necessary to wood framed structures for human habitation shall not be nearer to
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side or rear lot lines than twelve feet, or nearer to the nearest boundary of any public way than thirty feet. In Districts C and D behind each structure there shall be provided a back yard between the rear lot line of not less than twelve feet and in such buildings in the Districts C and D there shall be a fireproof rear wall. 4. Side Yards
At the side of each dwelling or structure in Dis- tricts A and B there shall be a side yard of not less than twenty-five feet in clear width, between the side of the structure and the side lot line. In Districts C and D at each side of the structure there shall be a side yard of not less than ten feet in clear width between the side of the structure and the side lot line; pro- viding, however, that if the abutting owners agree to put a fireproof party wall, then the building may be built upon such party wall.
5. If the Building Inspector finds that adjacent build- ings for a reasonable distance on either side of the property on which the applicant proposes to build, con- form to some substantially common front line, the Building Inspector may require the applicant also to conform thereto, regardless of the class of construction and use of the proposed structure.
No Recommendation Required.
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by adding after Paragraph 5, Section VI, the following paragraph to be known as "Paragraph 6";
"In any district in this Zoning By-Law there shall not be allowed the neon type sign, so-called, or gas-filled illum- inated type sign nor shall such gas-filled tube or neon type be permitted to adorn the buiding, structure or premises".
No Recommendation Required.
Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law by adding after Paragraph c, Section VIII, the following paragraph to be known as "Paragraph d";
"Any person aggrieved by reason of his inability to
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obtain a permit from any administrative official hereunder or any person aggrieved by any order or decision of the en- forcing officers of this By-Law in violation of any pro- vision of Chapter 40A of the General Laws as amended, shall be entitled, within twenty days thereof, to file an ap- peal with the Board of Appeals."
No Recommendation Required.
Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to amend the By-Law Regulating the Construction, Reconstruction and Location of Buildings (Building Code) by deleting Article 11, Section I.
No Recommendation Required
Article 34. To hear the reports of Committees and to do or act on anything which may legally come before this meeting.
No Recommendation Required.
You are directed to service this Warrant by pasting attested copies thereof at the Post Office in North Eastham, and the Post Office in Eastham, seven days at least before date of holding said meeting.
Hereof, fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of holding said meeting.
Given under our hands and seals this 16th day of Jan- uary, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hun- dred and Fifty-Six.
MAURICE W. WILEY, Chairman
LUTHER P. SMITH
BERNARD C. COLLINS Board of Selectmen.
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INDEX
Accountant's Report
10
Ambulance Committee Report
54
Annual Town Election
102
Annual Town Meeting
93
Appeal Board Report
Assessors' Report
Audit Report
Balance Sheet
Barnstable County Health Department Report
61 90 64
Building Inspector's Report
Charts for 1955
52
Civilian Defense Director's Report
65 47 140
Comparative Figures of Article 12
Deaths
Eastham Improvement Association Report
Fees Collected
Finance Committee Report
Fire Chief's Report
Highway Surveyor's Report
Insurance in Force
Juror List
Librarian's Report
Library Trustees' Report
Licenses Sold
Marriages
Notice of Town Office Hours
75
Planning Board Report
76 77 40
Recapitulation - 1955
Recreation Commission Report
81
Registrars of Voters' Report
49
Salaries and Wages
105
Sales of Tax Possession Land
42
School Building Committee Report
83
School Reports
109
Sealer of Weights and Measures Report
85
Selectmen's Report
8
Shellfish Constable's Report
86
Social Worker's Report
87
Special Town Meeting-November 1, 1955
104
Town Clerk's Report
89
Town Officers
3
Town Property
43
Treasurer's Report
44
Tree Warden and Moth Superintendent's Report
74
Town Warrant for 1956
141
70 43 42 72 73 89 91 2
Old Windmill Report
Police Chief's Report
92 88 49 67 68
Collector's Report
60 50 56 39
Births
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Town of EASTHAM ANNUAL REPORTS
OF EAST
AM
PORA
for the year 1956
- THE COVER -
On Eastham's ocean side, is Nauset Beach Light, situated about mid-distance north and south on the great outer beach of Cape Cod.
Three brick towers, The Three Sisters of Nauset, were originally built here in 1839, and were noted in the writings of Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
The ocean steadily carved away the bank on which the first Three Sisters stood and three wooden towers were built to replace the brick ones, should they become victims of the ocean tides. It was but a short time after the wooden ones were built that the first three towers toppled into the ocean.
Some years later, in 1911, a new single beacon replaced the three towers, and in 1923 when the twin lights at Chatham were split up, one was sent to Nauset for solitary duty.
The "lighthouse keepers" were housed in a home beside the light, the house being owned by the U. S. Government. What a wonderful recollection, that of being allowed to climb the winding stairs in the lighthouse with the keeper, and watch him light the old kerosene lamp which stood as a bea- con for the mariners.
When the modern electric light replaced the old kero- sene lamp, it was no longer necessary for a lighthouse keeper to maintain the vigil, and the operation of the light was as- sumed by the United States Coast Guard.
The home was sold by the government four years ago by auction, and is now privately owned.
The light, long a favorite subject of artists, can be seen 17 miles at sea and is a group flashing light. Summer visitors and residents as well make "the Light" a favorite stopping place on a summer's evening.
COVER PICTURE, OFFICIAL U. S. COAST GUARD PHOTO
REPORTS
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN of EASTHAM
FOR THE YEAR
1956
N OF
EAST
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USET ISZO
Annual Town Meeting in the Town Hall February 18, 1957 Election of Officers February 19, 1957
NOTICE OF TOWN OFFICE HOURS
The Town Clerk, Treasurer and Tax Collector's Office hours are 9 to 12 A.M. and 1 to 5 P.M. daily, Saturdays excepted.
The Selectmen, Assessors and Boards of Welfare and Health are in the office at the Town Hall on Mondays and Saturdays from 9 to 12 A.M. and on the second and fourth Wednesday evenings from 7 to 9 P.M.
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