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and citizens to co-operate in making every meeting this year and the years to come, a success.
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TEACHING STAFF STATISTICS
TEACHERS
GRADES OR SUBJECTS
HOME ADDRESS
PREPARED AT
Years Experience
SALARY
High School
Willis B. Gifford, Prin. Carroll M. Abbott Myrtle Graves Lois C. Turner
Eng., History Latin, French Commercial
Worcester Norwell Norwell
R. I. State College Harvard Radcliffe Bridgewater Normal
4
$2500
0
1500
3
1600
9
1600
Grammar
Florence B. Pinson
19
1200
Louanna M. Davies Josephine L. Hatch
VIII VII, VI V, IV
Norwell Cohasset Rockland
Salem Normal Hyannis Normal
2
1200
1
1050
Center Primary
Ella F. Osborne Marion G. Merritt
IV, III
Norwell Norwell
Norwell High Bridgewater Normal.
39
1200
Ridge Hill Minnie F. Jones Alice L. Bossom
III, II, I Assistant
Norwell Norwell
11
1200
Norwell High Norwell High
1
750
16
1200
II, I
Math., Science W. Tisbury
TOWN OF NORWELL
Financial Statement
JAN. 1, 1928-DEC. 31, 1928
SUPERINTENDENT
Leon M. Farrin
$ 1 046 43
Harold E. Jackman
403 68
$ 1 450 11
TEACHER'S SALARIES
Willis B. Gifford $ 2 380 00
Irving Keene
900 00
Lois C. Turner
1 540 00
Myrtle Graves
1 510 00
Carroll Abbott
600 00
Florence Pinson
1 170 00
Sara V. Hatch
720 00
Josephine Hatch
1 020 00
Louanna Davies
480 00
Marion Merritt
1 170 00
Ella Osborn
1 170 00
Minnie Jones
1 170 00
Alice Blossom
520 00
Pansy Stetson
480 00
Virginia Starbird
65 00
Elizabeth Morris
28 00
Christine Drisko
95 00
Doris Tilden
10 00
Grace Cole
145 00
$15 173 00
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TRANSPORTATION
J. H. Sparrell,
$3 021 20
C. O. Litchfield
1 259 70
M. F. Williamson
1 357 20
$ 5 638 10
JANITORSHIP
Geo. H. Turner
$ 1 491 00
M. A. Bruce
243 00
Richard Whiting
148 00
$ 1 882 00
FUEL AND FITTING
Basil Simmons $ 605 67
P. H. Osborn
44 36
Lyman Lincoln
78 00
Richard Whiting
16 25
M. A. Bruce
3 00
-$ 747 28
RECEIPTS FOR SCHOOL ACCOUNT
From State
Part I Mass. State Fund.
$ 1 920 00
Part II Mass. State Fund
3 469 02
For Supt. Union
670 36
High School Grant
1 042 86
Tuition State Wards
216 21
From County, Dog Tax
427 80
Refunds, Total
43 95
City of Boston
202 27
Total
$ 7 992 47
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BOOKS, SUPPLIES AND INCIDENTALS
Allyn and Bacon $ 31 81
American Book Co.
35 06
Edw. E. Babb 57 53
Dowling School Supply
11 24
Dennison Mfg. Co.
3 91
C. M. Ford
50 00
A. B. Dick Co.
11 09
Ginn and Co.
120 90
W. B. Gifford
60 78
Little Brown and Co.
2 66
D. C. Heath
11 52
J. L. Hammett
258 96
Benj. Sanborn
28
Arlo Pub. Co.
13 55
Mass Reformatory
9 56
Laidlaw Bros
4 75
Rand and McNally
10 59
Regent Pub. Co.
6 20
South Western Pub. Co.
25 84
University of Chicago
2 50
Boston Cooking School Magazine
2 00
Doubleday Page
1 50
James Library
2 00
Silver Burdett
14 53
Frontier Pub. Co.
19 50
Carl Fischer 9 30
Houghton and Dutton Co. 21 20
Barnes & Noble
7 44
J. C. Winston
24 16
Iroquois Pub. Co.
23 06
J. A. Rice
90
C. L. Rice
4 67
Schirmer 18 17
C. S. Merrill
36 36
Ward's 17 25
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Milton Bradley
51 22
University Pub. C.
16 95
Houghton Mifflin
17 86
Gregg Pub. Co.
44 59
The Palmer Co.
6 49
Oliver Ditson Co.
30 50
Readers Digest
1 00
Ditto Inc.
153 12
Scott Forsman
16 27
Webster Pub. Co.
3 43
C. B. Dolge
116 54
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
99 50
Electric Light Co.
292 05
Sherman Bowers
11 95
L. Grossman & Sons
75 96
Arnold Beach
324 78
Rcihard Robbins
1 50
Dion Hafford
2 25
Catherine A. Roe
16 26
(Perry H. Osborn
409 25
Joseph Merritt
64 00
E. H. Sparrell
53 67
Underwood Typewriter
93 76
Chickering Bros.
3 00
Harold Osborne
8 00
Hall & Torrey
12 50
Rome Bros.
1 064 71
John T. Osborn
13 50
Kenney Bros. & Wolkins
423 48
L. C. Smith Co. 35 00
Harriett Gelinas 6 00
Standard Oil Co.
30 00
Phillips Bates & Co. 10 78
L. E. Knott Apparatus Co. 17 78
John E. Blossom
12 07
Franklin Hawkes
2 00
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F. W. Cushing
25 50
Young Electric Co.
17 91
Witherell Electric Co.
19 56
Norwell Nursing Ass'n.
40 00
Thomas Rheimherz
55 00
Stone & Underhill
15 20
Waltes Wagner
3 00
Holand Furnace Co.
125 00
Morton Leonard
15 30
C. S. West & Son
7 34
W. C. Soule
19 90
United Music Co.
3 50
C. W. Tilden
7 00
Nellie L. Sparrell
114 91
Geo. Beach
65 70
Horace Partridge
118 00
Geo. F. Welch
3 50
Freeman's Express
4 00
W. S. Ross
1 50
J. H. Sparrell
140 65
Public Safety Com.
5 00
H. A. Lincoln
4 00
Bernard Stetson
2 65
Benj. Loring
185 92
McCallum
145 00
Grace Dinsmoor
22 10
$ 5 609 63
SUMMARY
Superintendent $ 1 450 11
Teachers Salaries
15 173 00
Transportation
5 638 10
Fuel and Fitting
747 28
Janitorship
1 882 00
Books, Supplies and Incidentals 5 609 63
$30 500 12
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$30 500 00
Expended 30 500 12
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INDEX
Articles in Warrant 79
Assessors 41
Auditor 76
Board of Health 44
Budget for 1930
77
Cemetery Trust Funds
39
Highway Surveyor
Highways
58
Snow
63
Jury List
43
Moth Superintendent
66
Board of Public Welfare
35
Plymouth County Aid to Agriculture
70
Ridge Hill Public Library 65
School Committee
85
Selectmen
Incidental
26
Miscellaneous Appropriations 27
Town Officers 25 46
Tax Collector
Town Clerk
7
Town Forestry
48
Treasurer
51
Town Officers 1929
3
Tree Warden
68
Trustees 38
Visiting Nurse 72
Town Officers
Selectmen, Assessors and Board of Public Welfare
EDWARD M. SEXTON WILLIAM J. LEONARD CLIFTON S. DEANE
Town Clerk JOSEPH F. MERRITT
Treasurer HERBERT E. ROBBINS
Tar Collector WILLIAM H. SPENCER
Surveyor of Highways PERRY H. OSBORN.
School Committee BENJAMIN LORING MRS. GRACE B. DINSMORE MRS. NELLIE L SPARRELL
Auditor G. FRANCIS KNOWLTON
Board of Health JOSEPH F. MERRITT MINOT WILLIAMSON HORACE D. GAUDETTE
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Ridge Hill Library Trustees ALFRED H. PROUTY WM. J. LEONARD WM. O. PROUTY
Trec Warden FRED M. CURTIS
Constables
J. WARREN FOSTER JOHN T. OSBORN
BERT I. RICHARDSON PERRY H. OSBORN IVM. E. WILLIAMS
Field Drivers THE CONSTABLES
Officers Appointed by the Selectment
Cemetery Committee W. WALLACE FARRAR ARTHUR T. STODDARD WILFRED C. BOWKER
Sealer of Weights and Measures I. AUSTIN LINCOLN
Registrars of Voters
JOSEPH F. MERRITT WILLIAM O. PROUTY
EDWARD B. HASKINS HARRY G. PINSON
W'arden of Almshouse EDWARD F. HARRIS * ALBERT MERRITT
Forest Fire Warden JOHN T. OSBORN
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Gypsy Moth Agent FRED M. CURTIS
Burial Agent JOSEPH F. MERRITT
Inspector of Animals J. WARREN FOSTER
Inspector of Slaughtered Animals AMOS H. TILDEN
Surveyors of Wl'ood, Lumber and Bark
BERT RICHARDSON WV. D. TURNER
ARTHUR T. STODDARD BENJAMIN LORING PERRY H. OSBORN
Keeper of Lockup EDWARD F. HARRIS * ALBERT MERRITT
** Resigned
Town Weigher EDWARD F. HARRIS ALBERT MERRITT Advisory Board
WILLIAM D. JACOBS JAMES H. BARNARD
WV. WALLACE FARRAR CHARLES W. THOMAS JOHN H. GUTTERSON ALBBERT L. SYLVESTER HENRY C. FORD FREDERICK C. HASKINS ALAN C. VIRTUE
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Board of Engineers JOHN T. OSBORN GEORGE R. FARRAR EDWARD B. HASKINS
Toron Forest Committee
FRED B. COCHRAN CLIFTON S. DEANE FRED M. CURTIS
Resigned.
Report of Town Clerk
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 4-11, 1929
Pursuant to a warrant under the hands of the Selectmen, duly executed and return thereof made by John T. Osborn a Constable of Norwell, the qualified voters of the town met at the Town Hall, Monday, March 4, 1929 and took the following action on the articles contained in said war- rant.
Article 1. To choose a moderator.
Horace T. Fogg was chosen moderator by ballot. He was sworn by the town clerk.
Article 2. To hear the reports of the several boards of officers and committee of the town and act thereon.
Voted to accept the reports of the town officers as print- ed in the annual town report.
Article 3. To make necessary appropriations to defray the expenses of the town, and for other purposes and to raise such sums of money as the town shall deem expedient for the following purposes :
Dept. of Public Welfare, Infirmary, Support of Schools, Highways, Tiffany Road, Sign Boards, Removing Snow, Notes, Interest, State and County Taxes, Town Officers, Incidentals, School and District Nurse, Transportation of
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Nurse, Dental Clinic, County Hospital, State Aid, Board of Health, Electric Lights, Tent Caterpillar, Gaffield Park, Tree Warden, Mowing Bushes, Squares and Triangles, Gypsy Moth, Fire Department, and equipment, James Li- brary, Ridge Hill Library, Soldiers' Relief, School Physi- cian, Memorial Day, Sealing Weights and Measures, In- spection of Animals, Washington Street Cemetery, Town Hall, Plymouth County Aid to Agriculture, Reserve Fund, Town Forest.
The following amounts were appropriated :
Dept. of Public Welfare $ 2 000 00
Infirmary 2 300 00
Schools
30 500 00
Highways, Joint Account State and
Town, Article 4 4 700 00
General Purposes
7 000 00
Tiffany Road, Article 5
500 00
Sign Boards
300 00
Snow Removal
1 500 00
Notes
2 000 00
Interest
3 000 00
State and County Taxes
7 500 00
Town Officers 3 300 00
Incidentals 2 110 00
School and District Nurse
1 300 00
Transportation of Nurse 300 00
Dental Clinic 700 00
County Hospital Maintenance 632 00
State Aid 400 00
Board of Health 1 000 00
Electric Lights 555 00
Tent Caterpillar 150 00
Gaffield Park 100 00
Tree Warden 75 00
Mowing Bushes 800 00
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Squares and Triangles
300 00
Gypsy Moth
861 61
Fire Department
1 500 00
Fire Dept. Equipment
1 000 00
James Library
200 00
Ridge Hill Library
75 00
Soldiers' Relief
600 00
School Physician
200 00
Memorial Day
250 00
Sealing Weights and Measures
100 00
Inspection of Animals
60 00
Washington Street Cemetery
150 00
Town Hall
950 00
Plymouth County Aid to Agriculture, Art. 16
150 00
Reserve Fund
600 00
Town Forest
250 00
Voted that the amount required to carry out the appro- priations not otherwise provided for be raised by taxation and assessed on the polls and estates of the resident and on the estates of the non-resident proprietors.
Article 4. Will the town raise and appropriate the sum of forty-seven hundred dollars to be expended on highways under the provisions of Section 26 of Chapter 81 of the General Laws as amended ?
(Approved by Advisory Board.)
Amount appropriated under Article 3.
Article 5. Will the Town appropriate Five Hundred ($500) Dollars for improving Tiffany Road, from River Street to Common Street? The improvement to include preparing the road for, and applying two applications of Tarvia B.
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Request of Albert L. Sylvester.
(Approved by Advisory Board,)
Appropriation made under Article 3.
Article 6. Will the town appropriate $500 for tarring Stetson Road from River Street to half way between the houses of Gerard Frazer and Albert Schindler ?
Request of Gerard Frazer.
(Not approved by Advisory Board.)
Voted to pass over.
Article 7. Will the town appropriate Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1500) for improving Lincoln Street, starting at Cushing Corner and continuing as far as the appropriation will permit? The improvement to include preparing the road for, and applying two applications of Tarvia B.
Voted to pass over.
Article 8. Will the town appropriate $150 to put the River Street side of Gaffield Park in proper condition ?
Request of Fred B. Cochran.
(Not approved by Advisory Board.)
Voted to appropriate $150.00 for the above purpose.
Article 9. Will the town appropriate Five Hundred Dollars. ($500) to begin beautifying the triangles on Main
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Street, between Neal Gate Street and the Common, to be done under the supervision of the Road Surveyor ?
Request of Fred B. Cochran.
(Not approved by Advisory Board.)
Voted not to appropriate $500. for this purpose.
Article 10. Will the town vote to purchase a 500 gal- lon triple combination fire truck and pumping engine with usual and proper equipment and 2000 feet of hose; and for that purpose raise and appropriate two thousand dollars ($2000) in the current tax levy, and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is auth- orized and empowered to borrow the sum of seven thousand dollars, ($7000) and to issue notes of the town therefor, said notes to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Section 19, Chapter 44 of the General Laws of the Com- monwealth, the loan to be paid in not more than five years from the date of the issue of the first note; and that the 1 Board of Engineers be empowered to purchase said equip- ment ?
Request of Fire Department. -
(Not approved by Advisory Board.)
It was voted by a two-thirds vote of the legal voters pre- sent and voting, one hundred and sixty-three voting in favor, twenty-two against, to purchase a 500 gallon triple combination fire truck and pumping engine with usual and proper equipment and 2000 feet of hose, and for that purpose raise and appropriate two thousand dollars ($2000) in the current tax levy, and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized and
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empowered to borrow the sum of seven thousand dollars, ($7000) and to issue notes of the town therefor, said notes to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Section 19, Chapter 44 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth, the loan to be paid in five years from the date of the issue of the first note; and that the Board of Engineers be empower- ed to purchase said equipment.
Article 11. Will the town vote to accept a "Law Adopt- ed by Initiative Petition" known as "An Act to permit cer- tain sports and games on the Lord's Day," which allows charging admission or taking up collections at such games?
Request of U. A. A.
It was voted to accept said law.
Article 12. Will the town authorize the Selectmen to sell at public or private sale the so-called Talbot property on South Street, acquired by the town at tax sale ?
Voted that the selectmen be authorized to sell said Tal- bot property and that they be empowered to have the deed executed in the name of the town.
Article 13. Will the town vote to raise and appropriate for the use of the Plymouth County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture a sum not exceeding $200 and choose a town director as provided in Sections 41 and 45 of Re- vised Chapter 128 of the General Laws and act thereon?
Appropriation of $150.00 made under Article 3. Louis H. Ogden was chosen town director.
Article 14. To make allowances to town creditors. No bills were presented.
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Article 15. Will the town give any instructions to town officers ?
Voted that the Selectmen be instructed that it is the sense of the meeting that the Board of Fire Engineers con- sist of not more than three members.
Voted that the Highway Surveyor be instructed to use the tractor on road work and that he make a detailed report of amount paid men and trucks.
Voted that the Selectmen warn people dumping rubbish along the roadside that they will be prosecuted.
Voted that the Selectmen be instructed to purchase suit- able flags for use on the Common at the Center in connec- tion with the observance of Memorial Day, and that they be charged to the incidental appropriation.
Article 16. Will the town authorize the treasurer with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money on and after January 1, 1930, in anticipation of the revenue of the fin- ancial year beginning January 1, 1930, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year. Any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of the financial year, beginning January 1, 1930.
Voted that the treasurer be authorized with the approval of the selectmen to borrow money on and after January 1, 1930, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year be- ginning January 1, 1930, and to issue a note or notes there- for, payable within one year. Any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of the financial year, beginning January 1, 1930.
Article 17. What salary and compensation will the town
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vote to pay all its elected officers. To conform with Sec- tion 108, Chapter 41, General Laws.
Voted to pay the following salaries :
Selectmen, per day $ 5 00
Assessors, per day 5 00
Board of Public Welfare, per day 5 00
Board of Health, per day
4 50
Highway Surveyor, per day 4 50
Tree Warden, per day
4 50
Town Clerk
135 00
Treasurer
400 00
Collector of Taxes
400 00
Auditor
50 00
Sceretary of School Committee
100 00
Other Members School Committee 25 00
Moderator 10 00
Article 18. Will the town act with the town of Hanover to maintain electric lights at the junction of River Street, Norwell, and Broadway, Hanover, and at Assinippi ?
Voted to continue to maintain lights at these locations.
Article 19. Will the town vote to accept Mill Lane as a Town Way?
Request of Mrs. G. H. Wile.
Voted that the Selectmen and Highway Surveyor be a committee to view the location and consider the advisabil- ity of taking any action and report at next meeting.
The fish rights were purchased by H. E. Robbins for $3.50 and J. Lyman Wadsworth for $2.50.
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Article 20. To bring in theirs votes for a Town Clerk, for one year: one Selectman, one Assessor, and one mem- ber of the Board of Public Welfare, for three years; a Treasurer, a Collector of Taxes, an Auditor, a Surveyor of Highways, five Constables and a Tree Warden for one year ; one member of the school committee for three years; one member of the Board of Health for three years; one Trustee for the Ridge Hill Library for three years.
Pursuant to the foregoing article the qualified voters met at the Town Hall on Monday, March 11, 1929 at 6 a. m., Horace T. Fogg, Moderator presiding election officer. Other election officers were Edward M. Sexton, Clifton S. Deane, Amos H. Tilden, Carlton I. Litchfield, Alice C. Mer- ritt, Marian Brainerd, and Jerome F. Wadsworth. The polls were closed at 11.15 a. m. 422 names were checked on the voting lists and the same number of ballots were cast. On being canvassed and counted in open meeting the result was ascertained to be as follows :
TOWN CLERK (For One Year) 372
Joseph F. Merritt
Blanks 50
SELECTMAN (For Three Years)
George R. Farrar 161
William J. Leonard 255
Blanks 6
ASSESSOR (For Three Years
George R. Farrar 153
William J. Leonard 253
Blanks 16
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE (For Three Years)
George R. Farrar 146
William J. Leonard 257
Blanks 19
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TREASURER (For One Year)
Herbert E. Robbins 378
Blanks 44
COLLECTOR OF TAXES (For One Year)
William H. Spencer 341
Blanks
81
AUDITOR (For One Year)
G. Francis Knowlton
344
Blanks 78
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR (For One Year)
Perry H. Osborne 310
Blanks
112
CONSTABLE (For One Year)
J. Warren Foster 308
John T. Osborne 307
Perry H. Osborn 310
Bert I. Richardson
318
William E. Williams
34
Scattering and Blanks 833
SCHOOL COMMITTEE (For Three Years)
Edith C. Hall 139
Nellie L. Sparrell 270
Blanks
13
BOARD OF HEALTH (For Three Years)
Horace D. Gaudette 335
Blanks
87
TREE WARDEN (For One Year) Fred M. Curtis 356
Blanks 66
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TRUSTEE RIDGE HILL LIBRARY William O. Prouty 345
Blanks 77
The Town Clerk was sworn in open meeting by the Mod- erator.
Meeting dissolved.
Attest: JOSEPH F. MERRITT, Town Clerk
SPECIAL STATE ELECTION Tuesday, September 24, 1929
Pursuant to a warrant duly executed and return thereof made by John T. Osborn, a Constable of Norwell, the qual- ified voters met at the Town Hall on Tuesday Sept. 24, and took the following action :
Edward M. Sexton, chairman of Selectmen acted as pre- siding election officer. The other officers on duty were William J. Leonard, Clifton S. Deane and Amos H Tilden. The polls were open at 12 m. and closed at 7 p. m. 23 bal- lots were cast. They were canvassed and counted in open meeting and the result announced.
Senator for Norfolk and Plymouth District.
Newland H. Holmes, of Weymouth 18
John R. Parker of Rockland 5
. Blanks 0
Meeting dissolved.
JOSEPH F. MERRITT, Town Clerk
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HUNTING LICENSES
90 Resident Sporting Licenses at $2.25 $202 50
5 Resident Trapping Licenses at $2.25 11 25
17 Minor Trapping Licenses at 75c 12 75
1 Duplicate License at 50c 50
Fees 112 Licenses at 25c
$227 00
28 00
Division of Fisheries and Game $199 00
DOGS LICENSED
Whole number of licenses to Dec. 28. 1929 193
150 Males at $2.00 $300 00
31 Females at $5.00 155 00
2 Breeders at $25.00 50 00
$505 00
Less Clerk's Fees, 193 Licenses at 20c 38 60
Paid County Treasurer $466 40
ENROLLED MILITIA
There were 211 men enrolled for military duty July 1, 1929.
REGISTERED VOTERS
At the close of registration Sept. 20, 1929 there were 741 registered voters.
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MARRIAGES RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1929
Feb. 27. Married in Norwell, Henry Alton Kidder of Hanover and Eunice Isabella Sproule of Norwell, by Rev. Dow Strang Clute.
April 7. Married in Somerville, Fred William Hitch- cock of Norwell and Florence M. Shea of Boston, by Rev. William J. Foley.
April 27. Married in Norwell, S. Winsor Boyson of Wollaston and Bessie Irene ( Mills) Hobson of Weymouth, by Rev. Alfred J. Wilson.
April 28. Married in Boston, Alfred Carl Molla of Norwell and Regina Marina Colombo of Boston, by Rev. Michael J. Norton.
April 28. Married in Whitman, Edward Cadis Pierce of Norwell and Madeline Agnes Hennessy of Whitman, by Rev. John J. Starr.
May 11. Married in Norwell, Clement Rogers Thomas and Beatrice Merritt, both of Norwell, by Rev. Alfred J. Wilson.
May 15. Married in Norwell, Ernest Hamilton Spar- rell of Norwell and Margaret Jane Crawford of Boston, by Rev. Alfred J. Wilson.
June 21. Married in Medford, Allen Henry Lester of Norwell, and Eleanor Hovey Patterson of Detroit, Michi- gan, by Rev. Lee McAllister.
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July 20. Married in Hingham, Howard Porter Robin- son of Norwell, and Mabel Mary Richards of Hingham, by Rev. T. Clinton Broskerg.
July 28. Married in Weymouth, Louis Albert Cronin of Norwell and Anna Dorothea Lamont of Quincy, by Rev. Winfield S. Randall.
Sept. 1. Married in Rockland, Victor F. Lamay Jr. and Ida N. Bailey both of Norwell, by Rev. Francis Wilder Holden.
Sept. 8. Married in Norwell, Milton Eugene Smith of Brockton and Esther Sproule of Norwell, by Rev. Edwin H. Gibson.
October 3. Married in Norwell, Eric Frank Gustaf Melquist of Pembroke and Hanna Marie Eloise Hagman of Hanover, by Rev. Alfred J. Wilson.
October 17. Married in Cohasset, Jerome Ferdinand Wadsworth of Norwell and Dorothy Lothrop Nichols of Cohasset, by Rev. Frederic J. Gauld.
October 20. Married in Brookline, Harry Vernon McHugh of Norwell and Delia Kirrane of Boston, by Rev. William J. McCarthy.
October 23. Married in Norwell, Thomas Sylvester Cann and Dorothy Elizabeth Blossom, both of Norwell, by Rev. Walter Muir Whitehill.
October 30. Married in Providence, R. I., Alton Rus- sell Stoddard of Norwell and Barbara Virginia Knight of Weymouth, by Rev. Edward Holyoke.
Nov. 28. Married in Springfield, Roland Winslow Payne of Norwell and Faith Laurel Bull of Springfield, by Rev. Claude Allen Mckay.
BIRTHS RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1929
DATE of BIRTH
NAME OF CHILD
NAME OF PARENTS
MAIDEN NAME of MOTHER
PLACE OF BIRTH
January 21
Florence Elizabeth Worrell Richard Carver Joseph
Moffet Ward Ward
Norwell Scituate Norwell Norwell
February 27
Shirley Ann Hunt
March 7
Shirley Bailey Brown
March 12
John Melvin Leslie Clarence Perley Jones Alfred Griffin Howes, Jr. ...
Harry Francis and Hilda Clarence P. and Stella M. ... Alfred Griffin and Elizabeth T. Stuart Wesley and Marjorie Edward G. and Elizabeth A. Dolan
Jacobs Hawkes
Weymouth Weymouth
May 22
Donald Lawrence Coggswell .. (female) Richardson .... Wm Newcomb Gardner, Jr. Warren Egon Elstrom William Eldredge Ilsley
William N. and Edna ... John W. and Anna L.
Jackman Anderson
Norwell
August 1
Marilyn Frances Lambert
Warren L. & Mabel Frances Ralph G. and Edith F.
Mott
Weymouth
Nov. 23
George Loring
George Mason and Marie
Lewis
Brockton
(ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS)
May 11, 1876 ...
Ethel May Jones
Marcellus and Matilda
Sprague
Sept. 29, 1907 ....
Margery Barnard
James H. and Emeline
Burrage -
So. Scituate Norwell
January 20
February 2
George Edward Joseph
Bertram H. and Geraldine M. Herbert E. and Grace C. .... Ernest G. and Catherine .... Marshal Tilden and Dorothy Jane ...
Gooch MacDougall Campbell
Norwell Scituate
Scituate
April 27
April 25
May 7
Boston
September 19
Norwell
September 26
Eldredge
Scituate
Aug. 8
TOWN OF NORWELL
Blanks for returning births can be obtained from the Town Clerk. All errors and omissions in the list as printed should be reported to him.
21
Percy H. and Mary A.
Joy
DEATHS RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1929
DATE OF DEATH
NAME
AGE Y M
CAUSE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
PLACE OF BIRTH
January 9
John E. Leslie
64
10
6
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