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Article 13. What salary and compensation will the Town vote to pay all its elected officers? To conform with Section 108, Chapter 41, General Laws.
Voted the following salaries and compensation :
Selectmen, per day $5.00
Assessors, per day 5.00
Board of Public Welfare, per day 5.00
Highway Surveyor, per day 4.50
Tree Warden, per day 4.50
Town Clerk
135.00
Town Treasurer
400.00
Collector of Taxes 500.00
Auditor 50.00
Secretary of School Committee
150.00
Other Members of School Committee, each
75.00
Secretary Board of Health .
100.00
Other Members Board of Health, each 25.00
Moderator 10.00
Article 14. Will the Town act with the Town of Han- over to maintain electric lights at the junction of River Street, Norwell, and Broadway, Hanover, and at Assinippi ?
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It was voted to act with the Town of Hanover in main- taining electric lights at said points.
The fish rights were purchased by Mr. James A. Liddell for $2.50.
SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1934, 11 A. M. to 6 P. M.
Article 15. To bring in their votes for a Town Clerk, one Selectman, one Assessor, and one member 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, and to vote yes or no on the following questions :
1. Shall licenses be granted in this Town for the sale of light wines and malt beverages?
2. Shall licenses be granted in this Town for the sale of distilled liquors ?
Pursuant to the above article the qualified voters met at the time and place for the purpose therein mentioned. Cecil Whitney, Moderator, presiding. William J. Leonard, Clifton S. Deane, Amos H. Tilden, Carlton O. Litchfield, William O. Henderson, Marion Brainerd and Floretta Whiting, election officers on duty. The polls were closed at 6 p. m. Six hundred and eleven names were checked on the voting lists and the same number of ballots were cast. The ballot box agreed. After being canvassed and counted in open meeting the result was declared as follows :
TOWN CLERK (For One Year) Joseph F. Merritt 531
Blanks 80
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SELECTMAN (For Three Years)
Herbert A. Lincoln 470
Scattering 3
Blanks 138
ASSESSOR (For Three Years)
Herbert A. Lincoln 462
Scattering 2
Blanks 147
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE (For Three Years)
Herbert A. Lincoln 456
Scattering 2
Blanks 153
TREASURER (For One Year)
Herbert E. Robbins 515
Blanks 96
AUDITOR (For One Year)
Lloyd S. West 502
Blanks 119
COLLECTOR OF TAXES (For One Year)
William T. Dunbar 533
Blanks 78
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR (For One Year)
Arthur L. Merritt 236
Perry H. Osborn 371
Blanks 4
CONSTABLES (For One Year
J. Warren Foster 443
Frederick H. Hall 460
Lloyd B. Henderson 467
John T. Osborn 478
Bert I. Richardson 466
Blanks 737
Scattering
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE (For Three Years) Benjamin Loring 458
Blanks 152
Scattering 1
BOARD OF HEALTH (For Three Years)
Joseph F. Merritt 507
Blanks 104
TREE WARDEN (For One Year)
John T. Osborn 329
Charles H. Smith, Jr. 269
Blanks 13
TRUSTEE RIDGE HILL LIBRARY (For Three Years) Alfred H. Prouty 457
Blanks 154
1. Shall licenses be granted in this Town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whiskey, rum, gin, malt beverages, wines and all other alcoholic beverages) ? Yes, 251 No, 253 Blanks, 107
2. Shall licenses be granted in this Town for the sale therein of wines and malt beverages (wines and beer, ale and all other malt beverages) ?
Yes, 293 No, 197 Blanks, 121
The following elected officers were sworn in open meeting by the Moderator: Joseph F. Merritt, Town Clerk and member of Board of Health; Herbert A. Lin- · coln, Selectman and member of Board of Public Welfare, Assessor; Lloyd S. West, Auditor; John T. Osborn, Tree Warden and Constable; Benjamin Loring, School Com- mittee ; Perry H. Osborn, Highway Surveyor; Frederick H. Hall, Constable; Lloyd B. Henderson, Constable.
Meeting dissolved.
Attest :
JOSEPH F. MERRITT,
Town Clerk.
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STATE ELECTION, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1934
Pursuant to a warrant, under the hands of the Select- men, duly executed and return thereof made by John T. Osborn, a Constable of Norwell, the inhabitants of the Town, qualified to vote in elections, met at the Town Hall, Tuesday, November 6, at 7 a. m., Wm. J. Leonard, Chairman of the Selectmen, presiding. Herbert A. Lin- coln, Clifton S. Deane, Carlton O. Litchfield, Amos H. Tilden, Wm. O. Henderson, Marian Brainerd, Floretta Whiting and Blanche Pinson, election officers on duty. The polls opened at 7 a. m. and closed at 7 p. m. 714 ballots were cast, 13 being those of absentee voters. The check lists and ballot box register agreed with the num- ber of ballots cast. On being canvassed and counted in open meeting the ballots were found to be for the follow- ing persons and measures :
GOVERNOR
John W. Aiken of Chelsea, Socialist Labor Party 2
Gaspar G. Bacon of Boston, Republican 516
James M. Curley of Boston, Democratic 111
Freeman W. Follett of Haverhill, Prohibition 0
Frank A. Goodwin of Boston, Equal Tax 65
Alfred Baker Lewis of Cambridge, Socialist Party . 5
Edward Stevens of Boston, Communist Party 1
Blanks 14
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
Elizabeth Donovan of No. Brookfield, Socialist Party 11 John W. Haigis of Greenfield, Republican 538
Horace I. Hillis of Saugus, Socialist Labor Party 7
Joseph L. Hurley of Fall River, Democratic 122
Florence L. Lawton of Worcester, Prohibition 4
Horace Riley of Boston, Communist Party 3
Blanks 29
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SECRETARY
Walter Burke of New Bedford, Communist Party .. 4
Frederic W. Cook of Somerville, Republican 540 George L. McGlynn of Beverly, Socialist Labor Party 2 Leslie A. Richards of So. Hadley, Socialist Party 10 Joseph Santosuosso of Boston, Democratic 111
William B. Taylor of Plympton, Prohibition 0
Blanks 47
TREASURER
Oscar U. Dionne of New Bedford, Republican 481
William. R. Ferry of Newton, Prohibition 12
Thomas Gilmartin of Brookline, Socialist Labor Party 3
Charles F. Hurley of Cambridge, Democratic 158
Harry Maltzman of Boston, Socialist Party 6
Frederick S. Reynolds of Lynn, Communist Party 1 . Blanks 53
AUDITOR
Henning A. Blomen of Cambridge, Socialist Labor Party 2
Thomas H. Buckley of Abington, Democratic 169
Alonzo B. Cook of Boston, Republican 466
Walter S. Hutchins of Greenfield, Socialist Party 9
Paul Skers of Worcester, Communist Party 0
Blanks 68
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Morris Berzon of Everett, Socialist Party 9
Paul A. Dever of Cambridge, Democratic 120
Charles A. Flaherty of Saugus, Communist Party .
1
George F. Hogan of Nahant, Prohibition 3
Fred E. Oelcher of Peabody, Socialist Labor Party 2
Joseph E. Warner of Taunton, Republican 530
.
Blanks 49
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SENATOR IN CONGRESS
Albert Sprague Coolidge of Pittsfield, Socialist Party 10 W. Barnard Smith of Brookline, Prohibition 2 David I. Walsh of Fitchburg, Democratic 225 Robert M. Washburn of Boston, Republican 430 Albert L. Waterman of Boston, Socialist Labor Party 2
Paul C. Wicks of Greenfield, Communist Party 1
Blanks 44
CONGRESSMAN (Fifteenth District)
John D. W. Bodfish of Barnstable, Democratic 123
Charles L. Gifford of Barnstable, Republican 524
Glen Trimble of New Bedford, Socialist Party 10
Blanks 57
COUNCILLOR (Second District)
Joseph B. Grossman of Quincy, Republican 494
Leo J. Halloran of Quincy, Democratic . 126
Max H. Hamlin of Boston, Socialist Party 14
Blanks 80
SENATOR (Norfolk and Plymouth District)
Francis A. Gunn of Weymouth, Democratic 117
Newland H. Holmes of Weymouth, Republican 516
Blanks 81
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT
(Second Plymouth District)
George W. Duffey of Scituate, Democratic 85
Ernest H. Sparrell of Norwell, Republican 600
Blanks 29
DISTRICT ATTORNEY (Southeastern District)
Edmund R. Dewing of Wellesley, Democratic. Re-
publican 532
Blanks 182
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CLERK OF COURTS (Plymouth County)
Alfred W. DeQuoy of Brockton, Democratic 106
George C. P. Olsson of Brockton, Republican 534
Blanks 74
REGISTER OF DEEDS (Plymouth County)
James P. Fitzgerald of Abington, Democratic 118
John B. Washburn of Plymouth, Republican 529
Blanks 67
COUNTY COMMISSIONER (Plymouth County)
Louis A. Reardon of Abington, Democratic 122
George M. Webber of East Bridgateter, Republican 523 Blanks 69
ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONERS (Plymouth County)
Elmer F. Benson of Whitman, Republican 392
Martin B. Murray of Hull, Democratic 103
Walter K. Perry of Marion, Republican 409
Eben A. Shaw of Carver, Democratic 57
Blanks 467
QUESTION NO. 1-LAW SUBMITTED UPON REFERENDUM AFTER PASSAGE
Shall a law described as follows :-
This law amends General Laws, Chapter 131, as pre- viously amended, by repealing Section 105A thereof and · adding thereto three new Sections, 105B, 105C, and 114A.
Section 105B provides that whoever uses any trap or other device for capture of fur bearing animals, which is not designed to kill such animal at once or to take it un- hurt and which is likely to cause continued suffering to an animal caught therein, shall be fined fifty dollars, but traps or other devices for protection of property, set not more than fifty yards from any building, cultivated plot,
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or enclosures used for rearing poultry or game birds, to the use of which the presence of vermin may be detri- mental, are excluded from the application of this section.
Section 105C provides for the submission to the voters at a municipal election in any city or town upon petition, of the question of whether the operation of Section 105B shall be suspended or if it has been already suspended, of the question whether it shall again be operative in such city or town.
Section 114A provides that the Commissioner of Con- servation may suspend the operation of Section 105B for a period not exceeding thirty days within any specified territory under the control of his department.
The law also provides for the submission, by the Se- lectmen to the voters at a special town meeting in the current year, upon petition, of the question as to whether the provisions of Section 105B shall be suspended in any town; and which was approved by both branches of the General Court by vote not recorded, be approved ?
Yes, 284
No, 184 Blanks, 246
To obtain a full expression of opinion, voters should vote on both of the following questions :
(a) If a voter desires to permit the sale of any and all alcoholic beverages in this city (or town) he will vote "YES" on both questions.
(b) If he desires to permit the sale of wines and malt beverages only herein, he will vote "NO" on question 1 and "YES" on question 2.
(c) If he desires to prohibit the sale of any and all alcoholic beverages herein, he will vote "NO" on both questions.
1. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whisky, rum, gin, malt beverages, wines and all other alcoholic bev- erages) ?
Yes, 266 No, 324 Blanks, 124
Form Two
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2. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale therein of wines and malt beverages (wines and beer, ale and all other malt beverages) ?
Yes, 341
No, 225 Blanks, 148
1. Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on licensed horse races be permitted in this county ?
Yes, 369 No, 209 Blanks, 136
2. Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on licensed dog races be permitted in this county?
Yes, 256 . No, 276 Blanks, 182
Meeting dissolved.
Attest :
JOSEPH F. MERRITT, Town Clerk.
TOWN CLERKS' CONVENTION
At a meeting of the Town Clerks of the Second Plym- outh Representative District, held at the Clerk's Office in Marshfield, November 16, 1934, Ernest H. Sparrell of Norwell was elected Representative in General Court for said district, and his certificate made out in accordance therewith :
EDMUND BAKER, Town Clerk of Marshfield WILLIAM N. WADE, Town Clerk of Scituate JOSEPH F. MERRITT, Town Clerk of Norwell HENRY P. MOULTON, Town Clerk of Duxbury WILLIAM A. KEY, Town Clerk of Pembroke GEORGE M. CUSHMAN, Town Clerk of Kingston
The voted in detail:
Duffy
Sparrell Blanks
Total
Marshfield
170
772
59
1,001
Scituate
597
1,197
80
1,874
Norwell
85
600
29
714
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Duxbury
200
726
108
1,034
Pembroke
119
343
48
510
Kingston
311
494
90
895
1,482
4,132
414
6,028
George W. Duffy of Scituate
1,482
Ernest H. Sparrell of Norwell
4,132
Blanks
414
Totals
6,028
ENROLLED MILITIA 279 men were enrolled for military duty, April 1, 1934.
REGISTERED VOTERS
At the close of Registration, October 17, 1934, there were 937 registered voters.
HUNTING AND FISHING LICENSES
Issued for Year Ending December 31, 1934
13 Fishing Licenses @ $2.00 $26.00
75 Hunting Licenses @ $2.00 150.00
13 Sporting Licenses @ $3.25 42.25
6 Female and Minor Licenses @ $1.25 7.50
8 Sporting Licenses (free)
1 Non-Resident Special Fishing License @ $1.50 1.50
1 Duplicate Licenses @ $.50
.50
$227.75
Fees, 108 Licenses @ 25c 27.00
Paid Division of Fisheries and Game $200.75
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DOGS LICENSED TO DECEMBER 1, 1934
Whole Number Licensed
118
79 Males @ $2.00 $158.00
18 Females @ $5.00 90.00
20 Spayed Females @ $2.00 40.00
1 Kennel License @ 25.00
$313.00
Less Fees, 118 Licenses @ 20c
23.60
$289.40
Balance Due Per Audit
4.80
Paid Town Treasurer
$294.20
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1934
May 13. Married in Rockland, William Turner Mc- Alpine of Quincy and Geraldine Tibbetts of Norwell, by Rev. Clarence E. Southard.
June 16. Married in Norwell, George William Gar- land of Braintree and Evelyn Marian Richardson of Norwell, by Rev. Alfred J. Wilson.
June 22. Married in Holbrook, George H. Berry of Norwell and Esther L. Mann of Randolph, by Rev. James B. Ford.
June 26. Married in Norwell, Eric Hartmann of Milton and Mary Rhoades Atwater of Norwell, by Rev. Alfred J. Wilson.
June 30. Married in Norwell, Henry Rodman Booth and Eleanor Huntress LeDuke, both of Norwell, by Rev. Marcus H. Carroll.
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July 8. Married in Scituate, John Burnham Yorke of Beverly and Agnes L. Anderson of Norwell, by Rev. George W. Wissman.
July 12. Married in Hull, Frank Furtado and Mary Rose Haslett, both of Norwell, by Frank P. Richardson, Justice of the Peace, specially designated.
June 3. Married at Nashua, N. H., Francis Tingley and Helen Miller, both of Norwell, by Rev. William Porter Van Niles.
July 20. Married in Braintree, Isaac Wilbur Lincoln of Hingham and Velma May Ilsley of Norwell, by Rev. Paul Q. Brooks.
August 18. Married in Norwell, Edwin Arthur Parker of Marshfield and Thelma Hatch of Norwell, by Rev. J. Arthur Edwards.
September 6. Married in Rockland, Henry N. Powers and Nettie E. Joseph, both of Norwell, by Rev. Clarence E. Southard.
October 3. Married in Hingham, James Kenneth Mesheau of Norwell and Helen Wanda Haggerty of Scituate, by Rev. T. Clinton Brockway.
September 18. Married in Dover, N. H., John Den- nett Davis of Norwell and Jessie Rollins of Dover, N. H., by Rev. Alfred J. Wilson.
October 7. Married in Boston, John Krondak of Bos- ton and Mary Mazur of Norwell, by Rev. Ignatius E. Linnit.
October 11. Married in Norwell, Kenneth E. Clifford and Frances L. Bullard, both of Boston, by Rev. Alfred J. Wilson.
October 11. Married in Norwell, Douglas Robbins Norwood and Grace Frances Hodgson, both of Brockton. by Rev. Alfred J. Wilson.
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October 22. Married in Salem, Albert Henry Gun- derway of Norwell and Lucy Olive Gunderway of Salem, by Rev. Charles W. G. Lyon.
November 11. Married in Brookline, Alfred H. Strese of Norwell and Hera Ingalls of Canton, by Rev. Oscar B. Hawes.
November 28. Married in Rockland, William Arthur Yourell of Weymouth and Lizzie May Damon of Norwell, by Rev. Clarence E. Southard.
December 18. Married in Hingham, Robert Alfred Chase of Hingham and Ella Mae Stoddard of Norwell, by Rev. T. Clinton Brockway.
December 31. Married in Norwell, George Wash- ington Ward and Mabel Anna Huson (Elliot) both of Philadelphia, Pa., by Rev. Alfred J. Wilson.
BIRTHS RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1934
DATE OF BIRTH
NAME OF CHILD
NAMES OF PARENTS
MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER
PLACE OF BIRTH
January 21
Janet Edith Lincoln
Lyman W. Jr. and Edith E.
Montague
Norwell
February 13
Thomas Robert Jerome
Robert L. and Elizabeth L.
Stevens
Norwell
February 15
Glenn Wilder
Russell J. and Vera L.
White
Norwell
April 8
Donald Robert Shea
David L. and Florence
Henderson
Norwell
February 5
John Marshall Lawrence, Jr. Russell Jackman Gardner
William N. and Edna
Jackman
Norwell
February 22
Donald Anderson Gordon
Archibald R. and Louise
Anderson
Boston
May 10
Robert Alexander Rose
John G. and Helen
Matthews
Norwell
May 3
Jean Claire Lewis
Clarence G. and Sarah V.
Rice
Quincy
May 18
Ann Marie Davis
George C. and Hazel
Stevens
Norwell
May 20
Evelyn Sears Small
Leonard W: and Evelyn
Sears
Norwell
June 8
Matthew Allen Albert
Russell A. and Elizabeth J.
Stuart
Norwell
July 1
Ruth Loretta Bennett
Nelson A. and Wilhelmina A.
Simpson
Norwell
June 17
Marion Whittaker Ross
Horace and Ida J.
Whittaker
Norwell
July 19
Carol Jane Litchfield
Willard L. and Olive E.
Whipple
Norwell
August 16
Lynda Van Patten Moore
William J. and Cornelia
Smith
Norwell
August 23
Vera Eugenie Totman
Franklyn R. and Vera E.
Still
Brookline
September 5
Lois Ann Berry
George H. and Esther
Nann
Norwell
September 23
George R. Ford, Jr.
George A. and Agnes E.
Robie
Norwell
October 3
Mary Josephine Pinson
Henry and Mary A.
McKenna
Norwell
December 7
Shirley Elizabeth Stonefield
Mosher
Norwell
December 8
Jean Marie Joseph
Herbert E. and Grace C.
Ward
Norwell
June 23
Kenneth Gordon Ekstrom
John W. and Anna T.
Anderson
Weymouth
October 4
Donald Thomas
Clement R. and Beatrice
Merritt
Weymouth
November 17
Dale Fitzgerald
Gerald F. and Rita N.
Morash
Weymouth
December 6
Edward James Cummings
Charles S. and Agnes R.
Clarkin
Norwell
November 27, 1917
Josephine Arena
Harry L. and Rose
Galbo
Norwell
September 24, 1933
Judith Raynor Bates
Weston and Bertha
Holmes
Weymouth
October 19, 1933
Peter Detley Dickman
John D. and Mary E.
Gordon
Cambridge
December 29, 1933
Judith Hall
Walter Russell and Helene
Merritt
Weymouth
John M. and Ruth K.
Smith
Norwell
January 14
Stanley A. and May E.
Blanks for reporting births can be obtained from the Town Clerk. Errors or omissions in the above list should be reported to him at once. It is very important that all births be recorded.
DEATHS RECORDED IN NORWELL! DURING THE YEAR 1934
.
AGE
NAME
Y M D
CAUSE OF DEATH
BIRTHPLAC
PLACE OF DEATH
January 14
Agnes Black (Dacy)
71
10
4
Ch. Nephritis, Valv. Heart Diseases Carcinomas of Intestines
January 27
Edward Allen Damon
31
4
27
Injuries from Automobile Accident
February 2
Eugene Webster Langdon
73
1
15
Myocarditis Arterio Sclerosis
March 16
Joseph L. Keefe
49
7 21
Angina Pectoris, Ch. Endocarditis
Chelsea
Boston
March 3
Elbridge Gera Bates
73
10
26
Arterio Sclerosis, Diabetes
Cohasset
Norwell
April 19
Jessie Henry Flett
84
Natural Causes, probably Cerebral Hemorrhage
May 11
Jessie Dixon Tolman
64
10
May 8
Hayward Cushing
79
7 16
Cerebral Hemorrhage, Arterio Scler- osis
Boston Hull
Norwell Vorwell
June 7
David Henry Bates
82
11
26
Senility
June 5
George Allen Turner
77
1
20 |Suicide by gun shot
So. Scituate
Hanover
July 17
Nellie L. Remy (Knight)
72
8
10
Ch. Nephritis, Myocarditis
Norwell
Boston
August 3
Phoebe A. Maine (Bates)
80
7
23 Natural Causes, Heart Disease
Hanover
Norwell
August 4
Lydia E. Lewis (Randall)
80
26
Natural Causes, Heart Disease
Scituate
Norwell
August 3
Elizabeth Bates (Williamson)
79
7
7
Carcinoma of Lungs and Stomach, Senility
Hingham
September 23
George Ford
0
0
2
|Slow delivery, exhaustion
Norwell
September 25. . Rachael Beach (Winslow)
65
9
16
Acute Dilation of Heart
October 3
James Everett Stoddard
76
1 25
Heart Failure
October 6
John H. Gunderway
53
10
17
Heart Disease, Nephritis
So. Scituate
Norwell
October 17
Alonzo B. Whiting
64
9
23
Natural causes, probably Br. Pneu- monia
Hanover
October 19
Nellie Gammon
66
6
6
Arterio Sclerosis, Varicose Veins
October 7
Donald Thomas
0
0
3
Cyanosis
November 4
..
Theophilus Appleford
87
8
20 Cerebral Hemorrhage
England
Norwell
November 15
Darwin V. S. Myers
58
3
10 Valv. Mitral Insufficiency
Indiana
Norwell
December 11
[William E. Wilder
77
1 6 |Intestinal Obstruction
So. Scituate
Brockton
-
January 24
Arthur Turner Stoddard
76
30. Scituate So. Scituate Scituate
Norwell Norwell Norwell Norwell
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Norwell Norwell
So. Scituate Abington
Rockland
Norwell
So. Scituate Weymouth
Norwell Norwell Weymouth
DATE OF DEATH
Ireland
Scotland 1 Natural causes, probably Pneumonia Nova Scotia
Norwell Norwell
.
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BROUGHT INTO TOWN FOR BURIAL IN 1934
DATE OF DEATH
NAME
Y
AGE M
D
CAUSE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
NAME OF CEMETERY
February 2
Mary Cutler (Trask)
50
10
19
Carcinoma Cerver Uteri
Lynn
Washington St. First Parish
February 7
Charles Henry Smith
76
1
29
Carcinoma of Colon
Pondville Hosp
April 13
Charles H. Poole
37
9
4
Broncho Pneumonia
Pembroke
Washington St. Washington St.
May 5
Mildred Collamore (Grant)
65
11
2
Diabetes Milletus
Hanover
May 19
Leonard B. Willard
70
2
21
Coronary Sclerosis
Halifax
June 8
Flora H. Bacon
92
5 28
Aortic regurgitation
Rockland
September 30 Percy Edwin Hatch
32
5
30
Fractured skull, fell from horse
Scituate
Washington St. Washington St. First Parish
Number of Births .. 30
Number of Marriages . . 21 Number of Deaths .. 25
Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH F: MERRITT, Town Clerk.
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Report of the Selectmen
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TOWN OFFICERS
William J. Leonard, Selectman, Assessor and
Overseer of Public Welfare $670.00
Clifton S. Deane, Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of Public Welfare 660.00
Herbert A. Lincoln, Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of Public Welfare 585.00
Joseph F. Merritt, Town Clerk 135.00
Herbert E. Robbins, Treasurer
400.00
William T. Dunbar, Tax Collector
375.00
Lloyd S. West, Tax Collector 25.00
Lloyd S. West, Auditor 50.00
Joseph F. Merritt, Registrar of Voters 35.00
William O. Prouty, Registrar of Voters 25.00
Harry G. Pinson, Registrar of Voters 25.00
Edward B. Haskins, Registrar of Voters 50.00
Benjamin Loring School, School Committee . 75.00
Nellie L. Sparrell, School Committee 150.00
Gertrude L. Dyer, School Committee
75.00
Carlton O. Litchfield, Election Officer 20.00
15.00
Amos H. Tilden, Election Officer
William O. Henderson, Election Officer 15.00
Floretta Whiting, Election Officer
10.00
Marion Brainard, Election Officer 10.00
Blanche Pinson, Election Officer 5.00
Cecil E. Whitney, Moderator 10.00
John T. Osborn, Constable 61.00
Frederick H. Hall, Constable 19.00
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Bert I. Richardson, Constable
10.00
Lloyd B. Henderson, Constable
16.00
Special Police, July 4th
17.50
Expended
$3,543.50
Appropriation
3,600.00
Unexpended Balance
$56.50
INCIDENTALS
New England Tel. & Tel. Co., phone and tolls $68.74
Rockland Standard Pub. Co., reports, printing 327.60
Carrie M. Ford, printing
126.45
Sanderson Bros., printing
4.00
Memorial Press, printing
2.60
Times Publishing Co., printing
2.50
Alvan G. Spencer, stamps and supplies
69.30
Joseph F. Merritt, recording births, etc. 54.50
J. J. Shepherd & Sons, death returns .75
William J. Leonard, expenses
90.69
Clifton S. Deane, expenses
19.25
Herbert A. Lincoln, expenses
62.45
William T. Dunbar, expenses
480.42
A. S. Peterson, office supplies
10.10
Hobbs & Warren, office supplies
24.80
L. E. Muran, office supplies
22.17
J. L. Fairbanks, office supplies
2.50
Thomas Groom, office supplies
6.26
Herbert E. Robbins, insurance, bonds
100.60
Herbert A. Lincoln, bond 100.00
Julia Morton, transfers 25.59
Jared Gardner, photograph
2.50
Comm. of Massachusetts, license blanks
3.25
Rockland Trust Co., check book
4.68
J. B. Washburn, Register, recording fees
66.10
Town of Scituate, taxes, 1934 10.92
Charles W. Thomas, police supplies
9.50
28
EIGHTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT
Alton R. Stoddard, assistance to police
1.00
Andrew Prest, cartage
3.00
Expended
$1,702.22
Appropriation
$1,600.00
Transfer, Reserve Fund
140.00
-
1,740.00
Unexpended Balance 37.78
WASHINGTON STREET CEMETERY
Arthur H. Sprague, labor
$17.25
Fred S. Farrar, labor
6.75
Payroll, labor
37.00
Bay State Nurseries, Inc., trees
36.00
Expended
$97.00
Appropriation
100.00
Unexpended balance
$3.00
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Cash
$10.00
Elizabeth Merritt, groceries and supplies .. 13.09
Elmer N. Josselyn, groceries and supplies ..
22.25
Expended
$45.34
Appropriation
400.00
Unexpended Balance
$354.66
LIGHTING STREETS
Electric Light & Power Co. $498.52
Appropriation 500.00
Unexpended Balance $1.48
29
TOWN OF NORWELL
TOWN HALL
Joseph F. Merritt, Janitor. $25.00
Ernest H. Sparrell, rental of chairs 7.50
Robert K. Stoddard, wiring
7.50
Natale R. Molla, repairs
5.00
Expended
$45.00
Appropriation 50.00
Unexpended Balance $5.00
DISTRICT NURSE
Catherine A. Roe, District Nurse $1,516.73
Appropriation $1,400.00
Transfer, Reserve Fund 116.73
$1,516.73
TRANSPORTATION OF NURSE
Norwell Visiting Nurse Association $200.00
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