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$110,000.00
$15,000.00 22,000.00
Total $125,000.00 42,000.00
Fire Department
20,000.00
Town Storage Building
5,000.00
5,000.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
6,000.00
6,000.00
Moth Department
2,500.00
2,500.00
Highway Department
1,000.00
1,000.00
School
170,000.00
10,000.00
180,000.00
Library
15,700.00
4,000.00
19,700.00
Old Windmill
10,200.00
10,200.00
Town Landings
10,000.00
10,000.00
Defense Center
1,000.00
1,000.00
Cemeteries
250.00
250.00
$341,150.00
$61,500.00
$402,650.00
INSURANCE IN FORCE ON EASTHAM TOWN PROPERTY
December 31, 1963
Personal Property
$ 46,000.00
Town Hall
133,500.00
Town Storage Building
6,000.00
School
245,700.00
Library
25,800.00
Fire Station
19,000.00
Fire Tower
6,000.00
Old Windmill
6,000.00
Two Comfort Stations at Beaches
2,000.00
Compensation and liability insurance necessary is carried on the basis of payroll totals.
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REPORT OF SALE OF TAX POSSESSION LAND
Sale
Costs $ 38.29
Sale Price
Gain $ 311.71
.31
2.
64.79
800.00
735.21
2.30
Total
$103.08
$1,150.00
$1,046.92
2.61
Respectfully submitted,
MAURICE W. WILEY, Chairman Board of Selectmen
LIST OF JURORS
Prepared under Chapter 243, General Laws, as amended.
NAME
OCCUPATION
MAIL ADDRESS
Edward Benz
Cottage Rentals
James W. Flint
Salesman
George A. Dickie
Retired
North Eastham
Ernest Mazzarella
Retired
Orleans
Robert Turnes
Maintenance Man
North Eastham Eastham
Stillman D. Covell
Retired
Maurice H. Abels
Retired
Orleans, R.F.D.
Maurice W. Wiley
Retired
North Eastham
John H. Alexander
Real Estate SalesmanEastham
MAURICE W. WILEY, Chairman LUTHER P. SMITH MAURICE A. MOORE Board of Selectmen
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Acreage
1.
$ 350.00
North Eastham Eastham
BREWSTER - ORLEANS - EASTHAM AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION, INC.
January 11, 1964
Town of Easthanı
Board of Selectmen
Eastham, Massachusetts
Gentlemen :
The year 1963 has been another busy one for the Ambulance and another year of successful service to the area.
Our Ambulance has traveled 18,601 miles during 1963, carried 283 patients on 279 runs. Oxygen was administered 31 times. Thirty-four of these runs were to off Cape points including the Boston area, Taunton, Fall River, Providence, etc. The 283 patients carried were distributed as follows : Brewster 59
Orleans
155
Eastham
58
Other
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283
Our financial statement is as follows :
Total Funds on hand January 1, 1963 $ 8,472.13
Receipts during year have been :
From Donations $ 3,137.50
Interests on deposits in Savings Bank
286.22
Dues from Directors 8.00
For Oxygen
165.00
Appropriations from the three Towns
6,000.00
Tax Withholdings
956.79
$10,553.51
$19,025.64
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Expenditures during year have been :
Drivers and Helpers
$ 4,851.00
Standby 524.00
Gasoline, Oil, etc.
1,061.31
Repairs
171.63
Equipment and Supplies
386.00
Storage
365.00
For Meals
232.85
Laundry
68.24
Salary, Asst. Treasurer
300.00
Insurance on Ambulance
448.45
Printed Envelopes, Postage, Loose Leaf cover, etc. 58.53
Fidelity Bond on Asst. Treasurer
60.00
Corporation Filing Fee to Commonwealth
5.00
$ 8,532.01
Total Funds on Hand December 31, 1963 : In Replacement Fund $10,242.82
Because of $1,000. loan it is $ 9.242.82
In Operation Acct.
(overspent )
705.98
Because of $1,000. loan it is 294.02
In Tax Withholding
Account 956.79
956.79
$10,493.63
$10,493.63
It will be noted that our operating expenses have shown another increase during the year. Our operating expenses came to $8,532.01, while our income remained at $6,000., the same as in previous years. This year we used up the balance of what we had in our Reserve Account and were forced to borrow from our Replacement Funds. This, of course, will have to be replaced during the coming year.
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All donations and interests that we receive are placed in our special fund for the replacement of the ambulance when necessary.
Beginning December 1, 1963, it became necessary to engage our driver on a full-time basis. This, of course, will increase our expenses considerably during the coming year, however, it does assure the area of continued, excellent service.
For the year 1964 it has become necessary for our As- sociation to increase our request for operating funds, if we are to continue our high standards of service.
Your Ambulance Association stands ready to serve the needs of the area, both day and night. We have a well-trained driver and assistant. We find that it will be necessary to have additional help to serve on the Ambulance, particu- larly during the summer months. Should any one be in- terested in serving the community, it is our suggestion that they contact Mr. Urban Livingston or Mr. Robley Fulcher, Sr. These persons will have to be trained in First Aid. Your help is vitally needed. Those who serve on the Ambulance during the past year performed an excellent job and deserve a vote of thanks from the communities served.
Respectfully submitted,
URBAN S. LIVINGSTON, President
WARRENTON A. WILLIAMS, Clerk-Treasurer
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REPORT OF THE EASTHAM APPEAL BOARD
January 8, 1964
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
During the year 1963, really the first year in which the policies of the National Park Service have become clearly apparent and rather well defined, and numerous of its more important projects and programs have been successfully instituted, we of the town of Eastham have been given a first-hand look at the tremendous influence which the fact of the establishment of a Cape Cod National Seashore has had upon the travelling and vacationing American public. The resulting great concentration of multitudes of people and quantities of money in such a relatively small land area places a great pressure upon the Town of Eastham and the other towns of the Cape, and it behooves each and every one of us as vitally interested citizens of this town to insure ourselves that we have in office and on our local boards the very best minds available in order to plan for and properly and competently administer the present and future development of our town.
In the light of our new geographic and economic situ- ation relative to the Cape Cod National Seashore, your Appeal Board again urges that you, as individual and in- terested citizens, review once more your present planning and protective by-law regulations to determine if they are presently providing the protection you wish for your town, while at the same time allowing for and encouraging the economic and business growth so necessary for the town's survival and future prosperity. In this connection your Ap- peal Board initiated a joint meeting with the Planning
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Board and the Building Inspector last June 18th for a general review of present regulations and a discussion of certain possible additions and changes. Among the topics di cussed were the following :
1. Architectural design control over permissive uses.
2. Non-conforming uses (section 7 in Zoning Code) ; change in wording. "use of land," etc.
3. Time limit on non-conforming use additions and/or alterations.
4. Restriction of practice of converting summer cot- tages to permanent residences where situation and avail- able area are contrary to regulation.
5. "Certificate of Occupancy" requirement to control practice of living in garages and renting homes during sum- mer season.
6. Time limit for completion of dwelling construction and method of assurance that buildings will be competed to presentable appearance.
7. Addition of "Permissive Use" designations to "Commercial Zone" uses.
8. Specification of lot size, and of frontage and side and rear lot line setbacks in "Commercial Zone".
9. Limitation of number of employees in a so-called "home industry".
10. Advisability of charging a fee for applications to the Appeal Board to help defray expenses.
Articles dealing with some of the above points will be found in the warrant for the annual Town Meeting in February. Remember that your town planning board is the initiating authority for any proposed changes in planning or Zoning regulations and that membership on this board
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is an elective office. This board wields a considerable power and can and should be a potent force in the present and future economic development of the town, so choose its members with great consideration and care. Remember, also, that these same board members are your elected representatives in this branch of town affairs, and as such, and as civic-minded and public-spirited citizens, they should, and most certainly will, welcome your constructive, well- thought-out suggestions and proposals.
This year nine hearing applications were received and processed by your Board, while throughout the year your chairman held numerous meetings and discussions with a considerable number of prospective applicants, who, after such discussions and upon further consideration of construc- tive advice offered and of possible preferable alternatives, decided upon courses of action not requiring a formal hear- ing. Those cases which actually came to hearing are listed below, in chronological order of hearing, under the names of the appellants, and the final disposition of each case is indicated briefly. Anyone desiring further information re- garding these hearings and any restrictions and/or stipula- tions which may have been imposed in some instances, may find and examine the files in the office of the Town Clerk.
1. February 6. Wm. & Kathleen V. Carlo Granted
2. May 22. Harmon A. Smith Granted
3. June 15. Wm. H. & Alice B. Doherty Denied 4. August 28. Anthony J. & Dominic J. Creonte Granted 5. August 28. California Oil Co. Granted
6. Sept. 25. Robert S. & Ruth L. Holmes Granted
7. October 9. Albert D. Rader Granted
8. October 9. John Avampato Granted 9. October
9. Francis R. Gladu Granted
At the last annual Town Meeting, held on Feb. 18, 1963, Article 21, the only one dealing with the Protective By-Law, was very convincingly passed, and thereby the Town of Eastham was divided into 5 classes of districts, the effect
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of which was to add a Seashore District to the 4 already existing, and to place all the area of the town lying within the Cape Cod National Seashore in said Seashore District.
There are no court cases pending involving decisions of the Board, nor was any initiated during the course of the past year.
The Board was greatly shocked and very deeply sad- dened by the sudden loss last July of one of its most stalwart, attentive and active members, Mr. Edwin A. Johnson. His keen mind, progressive ideas, and whole-hearted participa- tion in the affairs of the Board are and will be sorely missed.
As a replacement for Mr. Johnson the Board has been fortunate to obtain the services of Mr. Roy A. Wheaton of North Eastham, whose immediate interest in and quickness to grasp an understanding of the affairs and function of the Board of Appeals has been most helpful and very gratifying.
The remaining members besides your chairman are as follows : Lt. Col. (Ret'd) Stillman D. Coville, Mrs. Catherine De Ville, Mr. George D. Dickie, Mr. Harold Jennings, and Mr. Edward L. Philbrick Jr. We wish again to thank these people for their generosity in giving of their time and for their genuine interest in the affairs of the Town and in its proper development.
Once again we wish to take note of the proficient func- tioning of Mrs. Catherine De Ville in her dual capacity of both clerk of the Board and associate member. Her steady cooperation and unfailing attendance continue to be much appreciated.
Mr. Ralph L. Rogers, our Town Building Inspector, has again for another year provided the Board with its most faithful audience, and we wish to extend to him many thanks for his testimony and helpful suggestions.
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May we stress as a final point the fact that the years immediately ahead will see a more rapid and fantastic econo- mic growth for our town and the Cape than even the most visionary of us now foresee. Let us here and now determne to take out an insurance policy on our own futures and that of our town by resolving to think for ourselves, to take an active and vitally interesed part in the affairs of our Town and the operations of local government, and to elect to positions of authority and influence those individuals whose mental and physical qualifications equip them best to lead us along the path of a well-planned, efficient economic and social development.
Respectfully submitted,
DAVID L. MEAD Chairman
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EASTHAM BOARD OF TRADE
The Eastham Board of Trade has started its fifth year with plans to continue its services of the Information Center to all businesses in town.
The past years performance has been very rewarding to the Board of Trade and of considerable help to visitors coming to Eastham for the first time. A total of 9142 specific inquiries were processed this year compared with 7157 for the year of 1962. This is an increase of 1985 over the prior year. As most inquiries come from groups of at least two persons, and often larger families, a far greater number than the 9142 callers actually tabulated were served.
Many residents of the town have also availed them- selves of the information the girls serving on the staff have compiled.
It is gratifying to see how the Information Center has been of more and more service to each and every one of us in the Town of Eastham.
The Board of Trade again sponsored the Christmas Party at the Eastham Post Office wth 138 children meeting Santa Claus. A very successful time was had due to the hard work of our postmaster and company.
Our intentions for the coming year are to continue to give the services we have in the past and for the better- ment of the Town of Eastham wherever and whenever we can.
FREEMAN C. HATCH, III, Chairman ROBERT HOLMES, Vice Chairman WALLACE WOODWORTH, Treasurer DAVID CRARY, Secretary
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REPORT OF THE BUILDING INSPECTOR
To The Board of Selectmen:
I hereby submit my report for the year ending December 31, 1963.
One hundred and seventy five (175) building permits were issued with an estimated cost of $944,725.00.
One hundred and six (106) permits were issued for cesspools.
Fees collected and paid to the Town Treasurer was $944.00 for building permits and $53.00 for cesspools.
The following table shows permits granted : Type
Number
Residential
113
Non-Residential
23
Additions & Alterations
39
Total
175
Respectfully submitted,
RALPH L. ROGERS
Building Inspector
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REPORT OF THE FIRE CHIEF
To The Honorable Selectmen and Citizens :
The men hav worked hard on fire prevention and fire extinguishment. The program of fire training has con- tinued with six drills at the Barnstable Fire Training School and eight in Eastham. The fires at the school give actual fire, smoke, and heat practice which is priceless experience.
Our new tone receivers have proven very effi- cient and helpful in the immediate alerting of all fire- men on a fire call. First Aid classes were given in April to the firemen, some policemen, and four women. In July and August thirty-five emergency calls were handled ranging from epileptic seizures to fish hooks in a leg, hand, or head. These two months called for over half of the total emer- gency calls of the whole year. The Rescue truck made eight trips to Cape Cod Hospital because the ambulance was on other calls out of town.
Money appropriated for the Patrol truck has not been spent due to the Department of Natural Resour- ces neglect in advertising bids for their new truck. It is hoped that we will be able to purchase the truck in January.
The total number of calls made by the Fire Department were 151. The Rescue Truck traveled 1359 miles and the fire trucks traveled a total of 968 miles.
The breakdown of fire calls is as follows : Emergencies 60 House 1 Brush Dump 3 Mutual Aid Calls 2 Grass & Woods 10 False Alarms 3 Investigations 56 Car 2 Fire Drills 14
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There were 475 fire permits for open fires, 220 oil burner permits and 275 gas installation permits issued.
Two articles sponsored by the Fire Department are important and necessary. One is for a Rescue boat, motor, and trailer. Our ponds and the bay are becoming more crowded with swimmers and boats which I feel make a boat a necessity in the Rescue branch of the Fire Depart- ment. The other article concerns an addition to the Fire Station. We feel this is the year to make this addition financially, logically and in looking forward to the future. The cost is increasing every year the project is postponed.
I wish to thank all of the firemen for their interest and co-operation during the past year.
Respectfully submitted
JOHN H. HILFERTY Fire Chief
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REPORT OF THE HIGHWAY SURVEYOR
To the Voters of Eastham:
CHAPTER 81 HIGHWAYS
To Appropriation $ 4,000.00 By Payment $15,000.00
By State 11,000.00
Laborers' Wages $ 1,021.13 $1,021.13
Equipment Rental with Operators :
Trucks $ 3,867.00
Tractor Shovel
2,196.00
Power Grader 888.00
Bulldozer 200.00
Roller 30.00
Sand & Screen
Conveyor 420.00
Catch Basin Cleaner 100.75
Tractor & Rotary
Mower 247.50
Total Equipment & Operators $7,949.25
Materials & Supplies :
Asphalt
$ 5,714.53
Rock Salt
263.81
Hot Mix 50.71
Gasoline .57
$6,029.62
$15,000.00
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All or parts of the following roads were Seal Coated in 1963.
Meadow St. Pond St. Patterson
Herring Brook Rd. Allston Ave.
Lawton
Samoset Rd.
Depot Y
North Sunken Meadow
Aspinet Rd.
Schoolhouse Massasoit
Bridge Rd.
Brackett Old State Highway
MAURICE W. WILEY
LUTHER P. SMITH
MAURICE A. MOORE Board of Selectmen
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LIBRARY TRUSTEES REPORT
To the Board of Selectmen :
The library continued to make progress and go forward. Your librarian's report shows an increase in the number of patrons; the number of books and magazines circulated; a greatly increased number of new books; a desire to make the library as useful and helpful as possible.
Mrs. Sadie Flint has now served as librarian for over two years. She has given a great deal of extra time for the acquisition of new books, cataloguing, and other library work that has to be done when the library is closed.
The original part of the library and all the shutters were repainted (the last painting was said to have been done 8 years ago). Near hurricane "Ginny" showed up some weaknesses, so a sectional storm window will be provided for the picture window, and a permanent storm enclosure has been built to protect the large rear door. Further clearing of the wooded land between the library and the pond was made, and this will be completed in 1964. Work will continue on the eradication of the poison ivy. A load of loam was spread in the right front yard and this will be seeded down in the Spring of 1964. It is also planned to plant additional flowers and shrubs. Our Fire Department asked permission two years ago, to have a turnaround made on library land, at the end of the lane leading to Depot (or Long) pond. This is the closest source of water to the center of town, in case of fire. It is hoped that the Fire Department or Town will furnish this job by putting in the necessary gravel or harden- ing material, so that fire equipment can get in and out in a hurry. The Fire Department very helpfully removed the top
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section of the library flag pole, which has long been unused, and this will be put in good useable shape before Memorial Day 1964. The time is approaching when some additional parking space will have to be provided on library land, and this is being given consideration.
Inside the library draperies were added to the windows in the front childrens section, greatly brightening up the place. Two new desks were acquired with matching chairs, one for the typewriter, so the library work could be more efficiently handled. These were made by the Depart- ment of Correction at most reasonable prices, and this helps to support the State Institution. In 1964 some additional repair work should be done on the windows in the old basement, and both the old and new basements given a coat of waterproof paint.
The library bought the greatest number of new books and magazines in one year, in its history. We have taken advantage of the State Aid program, and one of the require- ments for this is to provide more books. Great care has been given to the buying of new books, advantage has been taken of book sales in New York and Boston, annual subscriptions have been taken for adult and three age groups of childrens books. Special care has been given to adding books on the school reading lists. Every book dollar has been made to count as far as possible. From time to time the library has to weed out books that are badly worn or no longer serve any useful purpose. Those that are still useful will be given to de- serving organizations. Your trustees are taking part in the Cape Cod Library Club activities, and your chairman was elected a director of this club for 1964. The State Regional Library setup is under way, and it is expected that the Cape and Islands subdivision of the Eastern Region, will be in operation in 1964. This service will provide loan collections of books, reference service, and other useful facilities at no cost to the local library.
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A long overdue necessity, a telephone for the library will be added in 1964.
The library received a bequest in the will of the late Andrew Merrill, to be in memory of his wife Eugenia and himself. This bequest of $500.00 has been setup as the Eu- genia and Andrew Merrill Memorial Fund. This fund is earning interest until such a time as a permanent memorial can be decided upon. This bequest has to be officially ac- cepted by the town.
For the second year the library celebrated Childrens Book Week in cooperation with the Eastham Elementary School. The children made poster size designs for a Cape Cod 5c stamp (last Spring the Principality of Monaco actually had children design a set of postage stamps). These were exhibited in the library, considerable talent was shown. Books were placed in the library in the names of the winners.
When the Doane Family Association of America, Inc. had their annual meeting in Eastham during the summer, their librarian, Gerald Doane McDonald, (a department head in the New York Public Library) arranged the Doane collection of books and papers in the case they provided, and this material may be consulted in the library.
Through the generosity of the Eastham Non-Resident Taxpayers Association, the library was able to acquire a Kodak Pageant 16mm Sound Projector, for community use. To date it has been used for the annual Hallowe'en Party, the Eastham 4H Horse Group annual meeting, and the first Community Night sponsored by the library in the Eastham Town Hall.
It is planned to use the basement of the new library addition for the temporary museum of the newly organized
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Eastham Historical Society, Inc. Two of your trustees and the librarian are officers of this long overdue organization, which was incorporated during the summer. Progress is being made, there are 271 charter members, local and non- resident, as soon as sufficient gifts of historical material are received, the room can be finished, the museum opened to the public, and this will be a further cultural addition to our historic community.
The library has received gifts of many new and used books, many magazines for our "put and take" corner, from townspeople, summer residents, visitors, organizations, publishers, and authors. These have been greatly appreci- ated, and such gifts are always welcome.
The library belongs to the taxpayers and residents of Eastham; the more residents and visitors that use it, the better it serves the community.
Your librarian and trustees look forward to another successful year in providing the town with the best possible library service. Suggestions are welcomed and will be given serious consideration.
Respectfully submitted,
FREDERICK H. JEWELL, Chairman (Mrs.) DORRICE M. MAYO OTTO E. NICKERSON
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REPORT OF THE TOWN LIBRARIAN
To the Board of Selectmen :
It gives me great pleasure to make the following report.
Attendance 6,571
Circulation 13,755
Permanent library cards issued to families 467
Summer cards issued to families 208
Fines $116.25
Deposits from summer visitors $107.80
Respectfully submitted,
SADIE F. FLINT
Librarian
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TOWN NURSE'S REPORT, 1963
To the Board of Selectmen :
It is with pleasure that I submit my seventh annual report.
House calls 518
Ante-natal 12
Post-natal
3
O.A.A.
39
Tuberculosis and contacts 30
Transportation
Cape Cod Hospital
3
Doctors office
4
Ambulance trips
2
Police call 1
Meetings and conferences
Spcc. Orleans 4
Heart Association Hyannis 1
Alcoholic problems Orleans 2
Public Health Cape Cod Hospital 1 "'Burns" Dedham 1
P.K.U. New Bedford 1
Alcoholic problems Attleboro
1
Public Health Plymouth, Braintree 2
Public Health Orleans, Barnstable 2
Social workers 3
Conferences with Doctors 4
Conferences with welfare workers 2
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Clinics
Sabin Oral vaccine January 2 clinics 187 attended Sabin Oral vaccine March 2 clinics 260 attended Sabin Oral vaccine November 2 clinics 200 attended Fluoridation for Pre-school children held July 3 clinics 17 attended
New cases referred to Crippled
Childrens clinic 3
Blood mobile September 51/2 hours
Miles 3003 Nursing fees collected $346.75
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