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It was voted by a unanimous vote that the Ridge Hill Library be hereafter known as the "William J. Leonard Memorial Library."
Article 13. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to be expended for the suitable observance of Armistice Day.
Request of John D. Murphy and others.
(Approved by the Advisory Board.)
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Voted to appropriate $150 for this purpose under Article 2.
Article 14. To make allowance to town creditors.
Voted that the following list of bills be allowed and amount appropriated :
Lelyveld Stores (Welfare) $15.30
F. H. Hall (Constable) 12.50
Rockland Standard Publishing Co. (post cards)
3.85
Boston Nichel Plate Co. (Sealer)
11.50
Edison Elec. Light Co.
169.61
Boston Herald-Traveler Co.
41.30
$254.06
Voted that the bill of Town of Hanover be not al- lowed, $873 (aid furnished).
Article 15. Will the town give any instructions to town officers?
Voted that the Advisory Board be instructed to in- clude in the budget report to the town, the amount re- quested under every item, the amount appropriated last year and the amount recommended by the Advisory Board for the ensuing year.
Voted to instruct the Board of Health to conduct an anti-diphtheria clinic in Norwell this year.
Voted that the Town Clerk keep his records, and have suitable office hours in the new Town Hall.
Article 16. Will the town vote to pay the tax collector a salary of eight hundred dollars ?
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Request of Alfred H. Prouty.
(Not approved by the Advisory Board).
Voted to pay the Tax Collector a salary of eight hun- dred dollars.
Article 17. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Select- men, to borrow money from time to time in anticipa- tion of the revenue of the financial year beginning Jan- uary 1, 1937, and to issue a note or notes therefor, pay- able within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Voted to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the ap- proval of the Selectmen to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1937 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 18. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1938, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Voted to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the ap- proval of the Selectmen to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1938 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any
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note or notes as may be given for less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 19. What salary and compensation will the town vote to pay all its elected officers in accordance with Section 108, Chapter 41, General Laws.
Voted the following salaries and compensation :
Selectman, per day
$5.00
Assessors, per day 5.00
Board of Public Welfare, per day 5.00
Tree Warden, per day
4.50
Highway Surveyor, per day
4.50
Town Clerk
600.00
Town Treasurer
500.00
Collector of Taxes
800.00
Secretary of School Committee
150.00
Other Members of School Committee, cach
75.00
Secretary of Board of Health
100.00
Other Members of Board of Health, cach
25.00
Moderator
10.00
The Fish Rights were purchased by Charles H. Pike for $1.00.
Article 20. Will the town act with the town of Hano- ver to maintain electric lights at the junction of River Street, Norwell and Broadway, Hanover, and at Assi- nippi.
Voted to act with Hanover in maintaining lights at the above places.
Subsequent Meeting for election of officers, Saturday March 6, 1937, then and there to act on the following article :
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Article 21. To bring in their 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, a Surveyor of High- ways; five Constables, a Moderator 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 member of the Trustees of the Ridge Hill Library for three years.
Pursuant to the above article the qualified voters met and took the following action : The Moderator, Cecil E. Whitney, presided. The election officers were Clifton S. Deane, Ralph H. Coleman, William O. Henderson, Nor- man L. Wiggin, Carlton O. Litchfield, Alice C. Merritt, Marion Brainerd, Floretta Whiting, Mary DeMarchi.
The polls were opened at 11 A.M. and closed at 6 P.M. 518 names were checked on the voting lists. The count agreeing with the ballots cast and the ballots taken from the box.
On being canvassed and counted in open meeting they were found to be for the following persons :
MODERATOR (for one year)
Cecil E. Whitney 403
Thomas Rose
1
Blanks 114
TOWN CLERK (for one year)
Joseph F. Merritt 448
Herbert A. Lincoln 1
Blanks 69
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SELECTMAN (for three years)
Herbert A. Lincoln 421
1
Harry G. Pinson
2
Clarence Lewis Blanks
94
ASSESSOR (for three years)
Herbert A. Lincoln 410
1
Clarence Lewis
1
Blanks 106
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE (for three years)
408
Herbert A. Lincoln
1
Clarence Lewis
1
Blanks 108
TREASURER (for one year)
Herbert E. Robbins 420
Blanks 98
COLLECTOR OF TAXES (for one year)
Alfred H. Prouty 430
Blanks 88
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR (for one year)
Andrew Maxwell 131
Perry H. Osborn 386
Blanks 1
CONSTABLES (for one year)
J. Warren Foster 395
Frederick H. Hall 394
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Harry G. Pinson
Harry G. Pinson
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Lloyd B. Henderson 406
John T. Osborn 406
Bert I. Richardson 406
Blanks 583
SCHOOL COMMITTEE (for three years)
Benjamin Loring John Clark
387
1
John Piotti
1
Blanks 129
BOARD OF HEALTH (for three years)
Joseph F. Merritt
437
Blanks 81
TREE WARDEN (for one year)
John T. Osborn 415
Blanks 103
TRUSTEE RIDGE HILL LIBRARY (for three years)
Alfred H. Prouty
410
Blanks 108
TRUSTEE RIDGE HILL LIBRARY (for one year)
(To Fill Vacancy)
Pauline Leonard 38
Scattering 21
Blanks
459
Meeting dissolved.
Attest :
JOSEPH F. MERRITT,
Town Clerk
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Registered Voters
At the close of registration February 17, 1937, there were 971 names on the voting lists. 490 men and 481 women.
Enrolled Militia
271 men were enrolled for military duty for year 1937.
HUNTING, FISHING AND TRAPPING LICENSES 1937
18 Resident Fishing Licenses @ $2.00 $36.00
75 Resident Hunting Licenses @ $2.00 150.00
17 Resident Sporting Licenses @ $3.25 55.25
7 Resident Women and Minor Fishing Li- censes @ $1.25 8.75
10 Resident Sporting and Trapping Li- censes (Free)
1 Resident Minor Trapping License
2.25
1 Resident Trapping 5.25
1 Duplicate License
.50
$258.00
Fees 119 Licenses @ $.25
29.75
Paid Division of Fisheries and Game .. $228.25
DOGS LICENSED TO DECEMBER 27, 1937
223 Licenses Issued :
146 Males @ $2.00 $292.00
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33 Females @ $5.00
165.00
42 Spayed @ $2.00 84.00
2 Kennel @ $25.00
50.00
$591.00
Clerk's Fees 223 Licenses @ $.20
44.60
Paid Treasurer
$546.40
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1937
January 3. Married in Rockland, Augustine Feneck of Norwell and Harriet Ellsworth Stoddard of Hing- ham, by Rev. Frederick J. Hobbs.
January 10. Married in Norwell, Cecil E. Whitney of Norwell, and Mildred E. Murphy of Brookline, by Rev. Alfred J. Wilson.
January 16. Married in Quincy, Joseph Harrison Douglas of Weymouth, and Edna Dorothy Litchfield of Norwell, by Rev. Howard K. Bartow.
January 16. Married in Norwell, Horace Alden Da- mon of Cohasset, and Emma Jane Turner of Norwell, by Rev. Alfred J. Wilson.
January 20. Married in Norwell, Clifton O. Doten of Plymouth, and Sarah E. Owens of Duxbury, by Rev. Alfred J. Wilson.
January 22. Married in Boston, Thomas Everett Brown of Cohasset, and Marion Frances Hardwick of Norwell, by Charles Eliot Worden, Special Justice of the Peace.
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March 20. Married in Noiwell, Robert Hersey Shep- herd of New London, N. H., and Ella Marian Beach of Norwell, by Rev. Alfred J. Wilson.
April 6. Married in Norwell, Matthew Smalley Ginian of Rockland, and Elizabeth Rosilla Lincoln of Norwell, by Rev. Alfred J. Wilson.
June 9. Married in Norwell, Dean C. Cleveland and Pauline S. Howland, both of Marshfield by Rev. Alfred J. Wilson.
June 19. Married in Weymouth, Peter A. Duncan and Olga Esther Roman, both of Norwell, by Clayton B. Merchant, Town Clerk and Justice of the Peace.
June 27. Married in Boston, Herman Franklin White of Norwell, and Mary Josephine Youst of Boston, by Rev. Francis V. Cummings.
June 27. Married in Hanover, Joseph Roland Beaure- gard and Ruth Alfonce Blossom, both of Norwell, by Rev. Stanley Ross Fisher.
July 1. Married in Quincy, Ray Clark and Annie Ro- man, both of Norwell, by Arthur B. Hultman, Special Justice of the Peace.
July 21. Married in Norwell, George Andrews, Jr., of Wareham, and Marguerite Louise Oakman of Norwell, by Rev. J. Bernard Gates.
August 7. Married in Pembroke, Charles Hartwell Chater of Norwell, and Claire Elizabeth Potter of Bos- ton, by Rev. Arthur H. Coar.
August 21. Married in Bourne, Allan Nelson Cox of
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Norwell, and Barbara Baker of Brockton, by Rev. Hor- ace F. Holton.
August 22. Married in Hanover, James Alexander Carey and Agnes Lillian Gooch, both of Norwell, by Rev. William Barclay.
September 4. Married in Norwell, Varnum A. Hew- itt, Jr., of Pembroke and Emily Martha Smith of Nor- well, by Rev. Harvey K. Mousley.
September 4. Married in Lancaster, Frederick K. Howard of Lancaster and Barbara E. Emerton of Nor- well, by Rev. Kirby Webster.
September 6. Married in Scituate, Albion Vernon Snowdale of Norwell and Angeline Benotti of Weston, by Rev. Karl Albert Bach.
September 17. Married in Rockland, Lawrence Austin Nichols of Hanover, and Gertrude Theresa Strachan of Norwell, by Rev. G. P. Benner.
October 21. Married in Norwell, Arthur Linwood Merritt and Velma Johnson Stearns, both of Norwell, by Rev. George R. Sweeney, Specially Commissioned.
October 21. Married in Hingham, Elliot Carnes Loud of Hingham and Elizabeth Alice Merritt of Norwell by Rev. J. L. Butler.
October 22. Married in Milton, Edmund Quincy Syl- vester, 2nd, of Norwell, and Elizabeth F. Duval of Au- gusta, Maine, by Rev. A. S. Wragg.
November 20. Married in Rockland, Douglas Argyle Guthrie of Norwell and Frances Elizabeth Chaponis of Hanover by Ralph L. Belcher, Town Clerk and Justice of the Peace.
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BIRTHS RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1937
Date
Name of Child
Names of Parents
Maiden Name of Mother
Place of Birth
January 3
Rita Florence Leavitt
Robert N. and Bernice
Damon
Weymouth Norwell
February 13
Neil Douglas Dwyer, Jr.
Neil Douglas and Mary E.
Ryan
March 19
Violet Lois Beach
William F. and Grace E.
Moralis
Norwell
April 1
Charlotte Gooch
Oscar Randall and Irene
Lang
Whitman
March 28
Robert Davis Kelly
James J. and Beatrice E.
Henderson
Norwell
May 5
Edith Ann Duane
Richard Joseph and Edith M.
Hayden
Quincy
May 10
Carmella Mary Molla
Robert Louis and Carmella
DeFobio
Weymouth
April 29
Susan Edward Sylvester
Albert Lenthal and Elizabeth
Edwards
Boston
June 12
Marghueritta Ann Jones
Clarence P. and Stella M.
Campbell
Whitman
June 17
Elizabeth Claudine Cavanaugh
Charles J. and Winifred
Horstra
Boston
July 26
Agnes Elizabeth Gardner Maureen Patricia Mitchell
Millard E. and Ruth N.
Brown
Norwell
May 22
Sally Ann Lincoln
Vincent C. and Alice
Linscott
Weymouth
June 4
Donald Andrew Tantillo
Joseph and Lorna
Walton
Weymouth
June 17
Joan MacFarlane
Francis E. and Marjorie G.
Robinson
Weymouth
July 7
Gerald Lawrence Duncan
Pcier A. and Olga E.
Roman
Weymouth
August 8
Marie Ann Malatesta
James J. and Doris A.
Danielson
Weymouth
June 17
Richard Arthur Yourell
William A. and Lizzie
Damon
Weymouth
August 28
Barbara Ruth Furtado
Frank and Rose Mary
Haslett
Weymouth
September 13
David Hamilton Forkey
Lyonal and Caroline Nay
Hamilton
Weymouth
September 17
Roger Warren Thomas
Clement Roger and Beatrice
Merritt
Weymouth
Jessie Witter Davis
John Dennett and Jessie
Rollins
Boston
September 26 December 14
Marlin Elwyn Whitney
Cecil Elwyn and Mildred
Murphy
Boston
Charles H. Smith
James W. and Eliza
Tout
South Scituate
June 30, 1878 March 10, 1879
Florence E. Turner
John H. and Sarah E.
Nichols
South Scituate
TOWN OF NORWELL
21
William N. and Edna E.
Jackman
Norwell
August 11
Date
Name of Child
Names of Parents
Maiden Name of Mother
Place of Birth
January 21, 1890 April 7, 1931 January 3. 1932 February 12. 1932 December 30. 1932
James Everett Winslow
Jesse M. and Eva L.
Patterson
Charles Robert Gardner
William N. and Edna E.
Jackman
William Franklin Beach, Jr.
William F. and Grace E.
Moralis
Barbara Tantillo
Joseph and Lorna Marie
Walton
Norwell
Leonare Zebetti
Hilary and Rose
Valli
November 28, 1936
Nancy Ann Torrey
Kenneth A. and Esther M.
Ferbert
December 31, 1936
Charles Hovey Clifford
Kenneth E. and Frances L.
Bullard
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Norwell Norwell Norwell
Weymouth Weymouth Boston
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DEATHS RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1937
Date of Death
Name
Age YM D
Cause of Death
Birthplace
Place of Death
February 23
Sarah Helena Roberts
80
2
9
Heart disease, presumably Suicide, revolver shot went through or Somerville near heart
British West Indies Norwell Norwell
April 24
Myrtle Graves
32
9
4
General septicemia laparotomy
Somerville
May 2
Fred Martin Curtis
76
17
La Grippe, senility, general septicemia South Scituate Myocarditis, sclerotic heart, arterioscler- Boston
June 3
William Francis Woodman
81
0
4
osis
Junc 29
Catherine L. Caro
63 11 1 Heart disease, presumably coronary selerosis
L July 9 July 15
Alice Emily Nivin
78
9 7
Carcinoma of stomach, chronic intes- tinal nephritis
July 20
Thomas James Murray
69
9 21
Mitral regurgitation, chronic interstitial East Lebanon, Me. Norwell nephritis
August 21
George Reed
79
6 14
Coronary thrombosis
South Scituate Boston
Norwell Norwell
October 5
Walter Parker Manson
82
6 27
Myocardial degeneration, passive con- gestion
October 22
Edward S. Haynes
71
3
5
Heart disease, coronary selerosis
November 28
Maria Langdon Studley Joseph W. Hatch
93
3
6
Chronic nephritis, senility
December 28
61
21
Arteriosclerosis, eerebral hemorrhage
Boston
Norwell Norwell Norwell
TOWN OF NORWELL
Norwell
Carl William Buckler
50
-
-
Coronary thrombosis
Metcalf, Illinois Wallingford, Conn.
Norwell Norwell
Boston
Brockton Norwell Norwell
March 15
Edwin Turner
72
-
Newton Newton Up. Falls
BROUGHT INTO TOWN FOR BURIAL IN 1937
Date of Death
Name
Age YM D
Cause of Death
Place of Death
Name of Cemetery
Dec. 25, 1936 .. Percy W. Cowing
56
- -
Crushing injuries of body, auto accident Pasadena,
Washington St.
January 3, 1937 Ellen M. Sylvester
80
5 29
Cancer of intestines
January 3
Frederick L. Torrey
43
9
0
Bronchial pneumonia
January 23
Nathaniel E. Brooks
45
4.
5
Carditis
California Brookline Pembroke New York, N. Y.
First Parish
February 1
Richard David Young
42
4 21
Right otite media
Boston
First Parish Washington St.
February 10
James H. Costello
75
2 18
Arteriosclerosis, myocarditis
Roekland
February 22
Elizabeth J. Smith
85
11
0
Carcinoma of aseending colon
Bourne
April 24
Mary L. Sylvester
82
2 22
Chronie heart disease, ete.
Braintree
First Parish Church Hill First Parish First Parish
May 15
Edward Franklin Delano
82
8
24
Chronic myocarditis
Taunton
June 6
George W. Pieree
62
2 23
Pulmonary tuberculosis
Tewksbury
Washington St.
June 21
Harriet Swan Fogg
82
1
-
Coronary thrombosis
Brookline
First Parish
August 11
Chester Jules Dumes
47
9
8
Gangrene left leg
New Lon- don, Conn.
August 13
Lillian Forest Carthell
62
4 13
Cerebral hemorrhage
Seituate Brookline
August 21
William H. Daniels
88
0 0 Careinoma of reetum
42
10 28 |Pulmonary embolism
Cohasset
First Parish First Parish Washington St.
Number of Births, 32
Number of Marriages, 25
Number of Deaths, 14
Respectfully submitted,
JOSEPH F. MERRITT, Town Clerk
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May 14
Elizabeth Briggs
73
6 21
Coronary heart disease
Cambridge
Washington St.
November 28
Mary P. Spear
First Parish First Parish
TOWN OF NORWELL
REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN
TOWN OFFICERS
Clifton S. Deane, Selectman, Assessor and
Overseer of Public Welfare $533.75
Herbert A. Lincoln, Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of Public Welfare 487.50
Ralph H. Coleman, Selectman, Assessor and Overseer of Public Welfare
492.50
Herbert E. Robbins, Treasurer
500.00
Alfred H. Prouty, Tax Collector
745.00
Joseph F. Merritt, Town Clerk
600.00
Joseph F. Merritt, Registrar of Voters
35.00
Harry G. Pinson, Registrar of Voters
25.00
William O. Prouty, Registrar of Voters
25.00
Edward B. Haskins, Registrar of Voters
25.00
Benjamin Loring, School Committee
75.00
Nellie L. Sparrell, School Committee
150.00
John M. Lind, School Committee
75.00
Cecil E. Whitney, Moderator
10.00
Schuyler Dillon, Town Accountant
50.00
Kenneth A. Torrey, Town Accountant
350.00
Mary DeMarchi, Election Officer
5.00
Floretta Whiting, Election Officer
5.00
Alice C. Merritt, Election Officer
5.00
William O. Henderson, Election Officer
5.00
Carleton O. Litchfield, Election Officer
5.00
Marion Brainard, Election Officer
5.00
Norman S. Wiggin, Election Officer
5.00
Special Police, July 4, 1937
19.00
John T. Osborn, Constable
83.50
Bert I. Richardson, Constable
18.00
Lloyd B. Henderson, Constable
19.00
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SUPERINTENDENT
Frederick H. Hall, Constable
29.00
Robert Goosby, Constable
2.50
Expended
$4,384.75
Appropriation
4,565.00
Unexpended Balance
$180.25
INCIDENTALS
Hobbs & Warren, supplies
$88.17
Joseph F. Totman, stamps and envelopes 134.50
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, forms
11.41
John Matheson, deputy bond
10.00
Sanderson Bros., supplies
67.75
Herbert A. Lincoln, expenses
26.13
Clifton S. Deane, expenses
17.50
Ralph H. Coleman, expenses
7.50
Joseph F. Merritt, recording fees
6-1.00
Sparrell Funeral Service, death returns
4.00
J. J. Shepard & Sons, death returns
.50
John B. Washburn, Register, recording
15.03
Alfred H. Prouty, collector's expense
173.69
Carrie M. Ford, printing
91.00
Chas. H. Pike, bonds
158.00
Memorial Press, town reports
250.20
Comm. of Mass., note certifications
8.00
ยท Lloyd Henderson, seal bounty
5.00
Julia Morton, assessors' records
29.42
Plymouth County Clerk of Courts, decree nisi copy .25
Rockland Standard, printing and advertis- ing 69.85
Herbert E. Robbins, bonds
61.50
Fidelity Specialty Co., supplies
1.87
Rockland Transportation Co., express
.35
L. E. Newcomb, tax settlement
16.26
A. Turner, fence
10.8-4
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Old Colony Memorial, town reports
4.77
Town of Scituate, taxes 23.58
Plymouth Co. Selectmen's Assn., dues
6.00
J. L. Fairbanks & Co., record book 6.50
Kenneth A. Torrey, supplies and expense 8.15
A. P. Billings, services 1.50
Land Court, filing petitions
85.50
A. W. Babbitt Co., check register
5.00
Commissioner of Public Safety
1.25
Groom & Co., supplies
1.60
Thorp & Martin, supplies
23.15
Herbert A. Lincoln, legal services
25.00
Remington-Rand Co., supplies
1.50
Various doctors, birth returns
1.25
Herbert E. Robbins, expenses
10.00
Davol Printing House, printing
10.15
W. B. Mason, stamp
.88
$1,538.50
Appropriation
$1,600.00
Unexpended Balance
$61.50
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Cash Payments
$165.00
Irving Henderson, groceries
84.25
Edison Electric III. Co., lights
15.85
Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary
51.70
Ramsey Oil Co., fuel
28.31
Expended
$345.11
Appropriation
400.00
Unexpended Balance
$54.89
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LIGHTING STREETS
Edison Electric Ill. Co., contract
$543.84
Expended
$543.84
Appropriation
545.00
Unexpended Balance
$1.16
TOWN OFFICE EXPENSES
Janitor
$1,248.00
Fuel
282.83
Light
246.95
Janitor's Supplies
86.44
Repairs
35.42
Telephone
131.03
Gas
8.88
All Other
171.40
Expended
$2,210.95
Appropriation
2,300.00
Unexpended Balance
$89.05
SCHOOL AND VISITING NURSE
Catherine A. Roe, nurse
$1,399.92
Appropriation
1,400.00
Unexpended Balance .08
DENTAL CLINIC
Willis B. Parsons, D.M.D., services $700.00
Appropriation 700.00
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SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
R. G. Vinal, M.D., services $100.00
Appropriation 100.00
JAMES LIBRARY
Treasurer, James Library Assn.
$200.00
Appropriation 200.00
MEMORIAL DAY
Norwell Legion Band
$125.00
Chas. E. Staples, flags
11.25
Olive E. Dolan, wreaths
23.63
John P. Squire Co., supplies
16.80
C. W. Robinson, supplies
14.00
William O. Prouty, carting
5.00
Rockland Standard, general orders
6.25
William T. Dunbar, flowers
34.32
J. H. Sparrell, transportation
8.00
C. W. Thomas, supplies
4.20
Expended
$248.45
Appropriation
250.00
Unexpended Balance
1.55
SOLDIERS' GRAVES
Howard L. Jackson, labor
$25.00
Thomas Rose, labor
8.00
W. Wallace Farrar
16.25
Expended
$49.25
Appropriation
50.00
Unexpended Balance
$.75
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ANIMAL INSPECTION
J. Warren Foster, Inspector
$50.00
Appropriation
75.00
Unexpended Balance
$25.00
AID TO AGRICULTURE
Treasurer of Plymouth County
$100.00
Appropriation
100.00
SEALING WEIGHTS AND MEASURES .
I. Austin Lincoln, Sealer
$123.40
Hobbs & Warren, supplies
11.50
Expended
$134.90
Appropriation
150.00
Unexpended Balance
$15.10
SIGN BOARDS
Howard A. Delano, labor and material
$10.34
W. C. Soule, painting
10.50
Expended
$20.84
.Appropriation
50.00
Unexpended Balance $29.16
W. P. A. EXPENSE AND DELIVERY OF MATERIAL
Donald C. Merritt, travel expenses
$135.00
Andrew Prest, carting
67.00
American Red Cross, Rockland
1.50
Treasurer of the United States, administra-
tion 54.67
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TOWN OF NORWELL
F. Makowski, repairs
2.00
Josselyn's Market, supplies
.82
Expended
$260.99
Appropriation
$350.00
Unexpended Balance, January
1 24.16
374.16
Unexpended Balance
$113.17
MOSQUITO CONTROL
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
$450.00
Appropriation
450.00
INSURANCE
Herbert E. Robbins, school and sealer
$643.70
Chas. H. Pike, school
439.20
Herbert A. Lincoln, school
298.27
Expended
$1,381.17
Appropriation
1,500.00
Unexpended Balance
$118.83
RESERVE FUND
Transfers to :
$255.00
Moth
191.00
Interest
15.00
Fire Department
182.00
Aid to Dependent Children
315.00
Schools
..
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EIGHTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT
Expended
$958.00
Appropriation
3,500.00
Unexpended Balance
$2,542.00
Unexpended Transfers :
Moth
$164.39
Interest
.08
Fire Department
2.76
Schools
12.78
180.01
Returned to Overlay Surplus
$2,722.01
ARMISTICE DAY
American Legion Post 192, share of expense
(tri-town)
$118.09
Appropriation
150.00
Unexpended Balance
$31.91
CLIFTON S. DEANE, Chairman HERBERT A. LINCOLN, RALPH H. COLEMAN,
Selectmen
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TOWN OF NORWELL
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Monetary Aid
$825.30
Charles E. Goldman, groceries and supplies 141.89
John F. Brooks, groceries and supplies 400.01
E. N. Josselyn, groceries and supplies
1,051.31
Irving R. Henderson, groceries and supplies
599.26
R. C. Smith, groceries and supplies
162.20
I. Austin Lincoln, groceries and supplies
85.09
Chester W. Robinson, groceries and sup- plies
149.16
Harold Ramsay, groceries and supplies; fuel
320.39
Stop and Save Market, groceries and sup- plies
42.00
Floyd Osborne, rent
30.00
W. D. Jacobs, rent
13.00
Phillips Bates Co., fuel
16.00
Arthur Merritt, fuel
12.00
Perry H. Osborn, fuel
38.75
Hingham Cooperative Bank, rent
15.00
Clifford L. Smith, trucking
15.00
Brockton Edison Co., lights
9.94
Homestead Farms, Inc., milk
13.72
J. J. Dwyer, ambulance
20.00
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, board and care 135.71
Sadie N. Oakman, board and care
71.25
Gertrude Gardner, nursing
25.00
Bemis Drug Co., supplies
1.00
Fred S. Delay, supplies
4.25
C. H. Kidder, shoes
17.20
Lelyveld Shoe Co., shoes
379.86
Mima Macdonald, board and care
191.54
Massachusetts General Hospital
225.18
South Weymouth Hospital
29.25
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
220.00
Taylor Coal Co., fuel
5.50
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Raymond G. Vinal, M.D.
154.45
Samuel Allen, M.D.
21.00
Seth L. Strong, M.D.
26.00
Samuel Segal, M.D.
25.00
A. H. Barron, M.D.
50.00
H. T. Handy, M.D.
45.00
W. P. Grovestein, M.D.
25.00
M. J. Dunn, D.M.D.
5.00
City of Salem
238.05
Town of Rockland
114.38
Town of Plymouth
12.94
Expended
$5,982.61
Appropriation
6,000.00
Balance Unexpended
$17.39
BUREAU OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Monetary Aid
$19,225.50
E. H. Sparrell, burial 113.00
Weymouth Hospital 68.00
L. B. Schultz, board and care
125.00
Hollis Auto Co., ambulance
8.00
Charles Hammond, M.D.
9.00
Raymond G. Vinal, M.D.
40.00
Town of Marshfield
99.61
City of Brockton
20.00
$19,708.11
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Monetary Aid
$628.50
HERBERT A. LINCOLN, Chairman CLIFTON S. DEANE, RALPH H. COLEMAN, Board of Public Welfare
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TOWN OF NORWELL
ASSESSOR'S REPORT
The Board of Assessors wish to state that at the close of the year 1937 the taxes of the town were in better shape than they have been for a number of years. On April 9th the Selectmen received a settlement of the Dunbar shortage in the amount of $7,720.14 and on May 14th a settlement of the Spencer shortage of $504.80.
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