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February 14. Married in Norwell, Arnold Stroutman of Stamford, Conn., and Eunice Marden of Norwell, by Rev. John C. Vernon.
February 21. Married in Hanover, Arthur Francis Lautman and Beulah Jeannette Gunderway, both of Norwell by Rev. William Barclay.
March 11. Married in Whitman, Edward Bates and Caroline J. Fouker (Trim), both of Norwell, by Rev. Ar- thur Wadsworth.
March 14. Married in Norwell, George F. Hodder of Woonsocket, R. I., and Elsie Barnard of Norwell, by Rev. Alfred J. Wilson.
April 2. Married in Norwell, Wendell Torrey and Mar- garet J. Benjamin, both of Boston, by Rev. Alfred J. Wil- son.
May 1. Married in Norwell, Kenneth Arnold Torrey of Norwell and Esther Mildred Ferbert of Weymouth by Rev. Alfred J. Wilson.
May 14. Married in Cohasset, Neil Dwyer and Mary E. Hardwick (Ryan), both of Norwell, by Rev. Fred V. Stan- ley.
May 29. Married in Medway, George B. Ellms of Nor- well and Mabel M. Tingley (Prime) of Medway, by Rev. Lawrence R. Howard.
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July 9. Married in Boston, Thomas Mann and Nina J. Donahue (Gallagher), both of Norwell by Christopher D. A. Hourin, Special Justice of the Peace.
July 18. Married in Boston, Ralph W. Prout of Quincy and Evelyn H. Johnson of Norwell, by Rev. S. A. Caine.
October 10. Married in Norwell, John Robert Munnis of Cohasset and Eva Carol Joseph of Norwell, by Rev. Al- fred J. Wilson.
August 8. Married in Putnam, Conn., Calvin Stanley of Putnam, Conn., and Marion Katherine Brown of Nor- well, by Rev. Joseph Vazey.
October 21. Married in Norwell, Walter Russell Hall and Helene Louise Merritt, both of Norwell by Rev. Alfred J. Wilson.
November 26. Married in Norwell, Lyman Smith Rich- ards of Hingham and Charlotte Rose Almeida of Cohasset · by Rev. Alfred J. Wilson.
November 27. Married in Rockland Joseph Foster Mer- ritt Jr., of Norwell and Alice Gertrude Lamb of Rockland, by Rev. G. R. Fitzpatrick.
BIRTHS RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1931
DATE OF BIRTH
NAME OF CHILD
NAMES OF PARENTS
MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER
PLACE OF BIRTH
January 5
Earle Llewellyn Nash Jr.
Earl L. and Lila V.
Torrey
February 1
John Norman Mesheau
Charles F. and Anna
Bonnell
March 22
Robert Mesheau
Robert M. and Beulah David L. and Florence C.
Steeves Henderson
April 13
Illegitimate
May 2
Sally Lorraine Henderson
Horace F. and Mildred R.
Norwell
February 27
Emmett Stanley Butler
Emmett and Ina B.
Boston
May 9
Alice Wadsworth
J. Lyman and Geneva Samuel and Ethel C.
Loring Young
Norwell
June 20
July 26
John Loren Shores
Ellsworth L. and Elsa B. . ·
Kuehn Ward
Weymouth Norwell
August 3
Patricia Joseph
Herbert E. and Grace ...
Crout
Cohasset
Boston
April 6
Theodore Austin Baldwin
Charles H. and Bertha L. .. Lincoln
May 9
Illegitimate
October 2 Martin Pinson
Scituate
October 15
Miriam Lois Smith
October 17 George Edward Jackman
August 8
Willard Wilder Robinson
Mary . Clifton A. and Florence M. .
Richards Mortimer
Weymouth Weymouth
September 3
Richard Allen Lambert
November 6
Joseph -.
Percy E. and Florence Kaiser James P. and Louise V. . Sylvester
Boston
Eleanor Louise Sousa
Joseph B. and Marian E.
Norwell
October 27
Edith Shirley Hall
Frederick H. and Edith
Boynton Coggswell
Weymouth
TOWN OF NORWELL
Norwell
May 28
Robert Whitcomb Turner
. Stillborn
August 5
Ruth Iola Jackson
Charles E. and Blanche I . . Edward T. and Charlotte M. Kent
June 8 Michael Kent O'Neil
Scituate
Henry I. and Mary A. . Clifford L. and Mabelle Agnes Arthur and Mary M. Howard Porter and Mable
McKenna Kennedy Riddell
Norwell. Norwell
Weymouth
October 14 . July 28
Thomas Phillips Hall
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Norwell Norwell Norwell Norwell
March 28
Damon Lynwood Shea
Robbins Gunderway
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ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS
DATE OF BIRTH
NAME OF CHILD
NAMES OF PARENTS
MAIDEN NAME OF MOTHER
PLACE OF BIRTH
Feb. 20, 1929
May 24, 1925 . June 17, 1929 ..
George Edmund Joseph Harriett Melissa Parris
Helen French Torrey .. ·
Herbert E. and Grace C. Thomas E. and Harriett Everett L. and Ethel F.
Ward Cranston Stoddard
Norwell Norwell Abington
Blanks for reporting birthsare furnished by the Town Clerk. Please report all errors and omissions in above list. All births should be recorded.
EIGHTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
DEATHS RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1931
DATE OF DEATH
NAME
Y M
D
CAUSE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
PLACE OF BIRTH
January 2
Frank L. Griffin
70
8
Obstructing
Prostate, Intestinal Nephritis
Ch. Boston
Gloucester
January 13
Florence E. Leavitt (Ridham)
. 56
6
2
February 26 Caesar Zebetti
47
February 17 Mary Louise Martin
64
2
3
Cholecystitis, Ch. Myocarditis Boston Pneumonia .. Ch. Myocarditis, Endocardit- is, Arterio Sclerosis ..... Myocarditis Nephritis, Ar terio Sclerosis
Norwell
New York City
March 3 ..
James P. Graves
74
11
3
April 12 .
Robert Lester Spovild
19
9
30 Pulmonary Tuberculosis
April 16
Helen Eliza Tolman (Jackson)
84
7
5 Chronic Nephritis
April 16
.
Arnold Vaughan Beach
53
2
29 Cerebral Hemorrhage-Pneu- monia
Norwell Norwell
Windsor, N. S. So. Scituate
April 17 March 5
.
Henry Thomas Gunderway . ..
69
8
23 Influenza, Br. Pneumonia . .
Abbie M. Shores (Gleason)
76
8
3 Ch. Myorcarditis, Nephritis Lobar Pneumonia
Boston
May 13
Albert M. Randall Solon Irving Bailey
76
8
8 Carcinoma of Bladder 3 |Arteria Sclerosis, Angina Pectoris, Coronany Embol- ism
Norwell Tewksbury
Lisbon Vt. Norwell
May 12 June 26
. .
Emily Martha Hunt (Smith) ...
76
5
7 Arterio Sclerosis, Cerebral Hemorrhage
Norwell
Chalottetown P. E. I.
June 16-17
George E. Farrar
75
1 10
July 15
...
Ellsworth Grandon Keene ..
39
5
Ch. Myorcarditis (probably) found dead in bed ... . 2 Probable Thrombosis of In- ternal Carotial or Cere- bral vessels following ex-
Norwell
Boston
·
45
9
Chelsea
Vermont Duxbury
June 5
Mabel B. Prince
19
1
0 Lobar Pneumonia
Norwell
Boston Italy
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Norwell Hanson Norwell
St. John, N. B. Nova Scitia . Scituate
TOWN OF NORWELL
23
AGE
24
traction of molar tooth.
Accident 14 |Carcinoma of Recum
Norwell Norwell
Pembroke So. Scituate
.... |Edwin Jennings
78
. . Georgianna Bates (Churchill) . 76 8 13 Tumor of the Brain
August 4 June 20 .. August 29
Stillborn Mercy Collier Corthell (Bates) . 87
.5
17 Arterio Sclerosis, Pulmonary Edema Nephritis, Valvular
Heart Disease
Norwell
Scituate
August 30 .Lillian E. Chadwick (Torrey) .
September 6 Frederick Robinson
61 8 10| Ruptured Appendix, Periton- 1 itis, Myocarditis 2 17 Acute Miliary Tuberculosis, Meningitis
Boston
Weymouth
October 3 ... Donald Archibald Lewis Mesh- eau
October 11
Edward A. Sealund
20
1 2.
1: Septicemia, Blister of Heel Norwell Asphysia (probably) pinncd under automobile
November 6
Joseph
7 hrs 7
Premature birth 5 Meningitis
Norwell Weymouth Norwell Norwell
Quincy Weymouth Cohasset Norwell
December 22 Thomas D. Blossom
18 1 Accidental Burns, pinned down by overturned auto- mobile which was on fire. Rockland
December 22 Orrin William Cann
22
1
December 27 Eimer F. Lane
52
21 Accidental, due to Auto Acci- dent, Burns Natural Causes, sudden death, Myocarditis (prob- ably) ... Norwell
Brockton
Boston
Lewiston, Me.
July 29 July 23
.... Joseph C. Otis
66
7 1 18 Arterio Sclerosis, Endocar- ditis, Myocarditis
Dennis Norwell
Industry, Me. East. Abington
EIGHTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
Boston
Maine
12 4
Canada
November 1 Harold Stoddard December 13 Patricia Joseph
4 10 Capillary Bronchitis
Marlboro
BROUGHT INTO TOWN FOR BURIAL IN 1931
DATE OF DEATH
NAME
Y
AGE M
D
CAUSE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
NAME OF CEMETERY
Sept. 17, 1930
Vadilla A. Damon
83
4
Arterio Sclerosos Laryngitis
Boston Boston
Wash. St. Wash. St. First Parish
February 21
Grace Frances Dana
66
5
9
Angina Pectoris
February
23
Frank S. Hall
67
5
9
Arterio Sclerosis
Beverly Tewksbury Hingham
Wash. St. Pinehurst
March 21
Olive Marie Beal
45
7
20
Pleurisy, Double Pneumonia |Hanover
First Parish
March 23
Polly C. Briggs
16
1
6
Lobar Pneumonia
Quincy
First Parish
April 13
Mildred Tyler
43
1
10
Hypertension
Brockton
Wash. St.
May 4
James R. Thompson
68
7
17
Lobar Pneumonia Myocarditis
Hanover
Wash. St.
June 26
Alonzo W. Osborne .
71
3
17
Carcinoma of Lower Lip
Scituate
Wash. St.
August 30
Lillian E. Chadwick
61
8
10
Ruptured Appendix
Boston
Wash. St.
October 14
Samuel Olson
66
11 19
Directicular of Bladder
Boston
Wash.
St.
December 31
Charles Lincoln Bates
1
26
Tuberculosis, Meningitis
Boston
Number of Births .. 27
Number of Marriages . . Respectfully submitted
17 Number of Deaths .. 31
JOSEPH F. MERRITT, Town Clerk
.
Dec. 30, 1930 1931
John Johmson
43
10
19
Wash. St.
February 28
John C. Kilburn
-
16
Acute Bronchitis
Pinehurst
June 3
Elvira Frances Prince
61 10
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Taunton
TOWN OF NORWELL
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Selectmen
TOWN OFFICERS
Edward M. Sexton, Selectman, Assessor and
Overseer of Public Welfare $ 400 00
Wm. J. Leonard, Selectman, Assessor and
Overseer of Public Welfare 629 50
Clifton S. Deane, Selectman, Assessor and
Overseer of Public Welfare 75 00
Herbert A. Lincoln, Selectman, Assessor and
Overseer of Public Welfare 485 00
Joseph F. Merritt, Town Clerk 125 00
Joseph F. Merritt, Registrar of Voters 40 00
Harry G. Pinson, Registrar of Voters '31 25 00
Edward B. Haskins, Registrar of Voters
30 and '31 50 00
William O. Prouty, Registrar of Voters '30. . 25 00
Herbert. E. Robbins, Treasurer 400 00
WVm H. Spencer, Collector 400 00
John T. Osborn, Constable
198 00
Bert I. Richardson, Constable
22 00
Perry H. Osborn, Constable 3 00
Lloyd B. Henderson, Constable 57 00
Benjamin Loring, School Committee 75 00
Mrs. Grace B. V. Dinsmoor, School Committee 75 00
Mrs. Nellie L. Sparrell, School Committee 150 00
Carlton O. Litchfield, Election Officer 5 00
Amos H. Tilden, Election Officer 5 00
Marion Brainard, Election Officer 5 00
Alice C. Merritt, Election Officer 5 00
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TOWN OF NORWELL
James H. Barnard, Moderator and Election Officer 15 00
Appropriation
$3 400 00
Balance
$ 130 50
INCIDENTALS
Rockland Standard Publishing Co.
Printing Reports, etc. $ 405 35
Wm. H. Spencer, Tax Collector, Taxes 492 13
Wm. H. Spencer, supplies and expenses 141 76
Herbert E. Robbins, Premium on Bonds 155 00
Herbert E. Robbins, Fees for Recording 2 10
H. A. Lincoln, expenses 28 13
WVm. J. Leonard, expenses 117 14
C. S. Deane, expenses 3 30
A. B. Whiting, services 4 00
I. A. Lincoln, services 13 87
Thomas H. Buttimer, services 341 14
A. S. Feinberg, services 6 00
Joseph F. Merritt, Recording and Reporting Births, Deaths and Marriages 50 50
Mrs. Julia Morton, transfers 25 44
Carrie M. Ford, Printing
70 50
Hobbs & Warren, Supplies
30 07
Special Officers, July. 4, and Nov. 8
5 80
Dow Mfg., Co., Supplies John M. Vinal, services
3 00
E. P. Joseph, Moving Safe
15 00
Daley Co., Excise Book
1 04
Various Doctors, Returns, Births and Deathes 2 75
Dept. Public Safety 60
$3 269 50
58 00
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J. J. Shepherd and Sons, death return 25
First Parish Cemetery, care Veterans' Graves 30 00
W. C. Bowker, care Veterans' Graves 19 95
Thomas Rose, care Veterans' Graves 20 00
Brockton Times, Advs 4 64
Rockland Independent, Advs
5 00
South Shore Life, Advs 4 00
A. G. Spencer, Notary 2 50
New England Tel & Tel Co., Tolls 28 60
P. B. Murphy, Printing 2 50
J. H. Sparrell, auto hire 1 50
J. L. Fairbanks & Co. supplies 31 73
Town of Scituate, Tax 10 82
Universal Decorating Co., Nov. 8
15 00
$2 149 11
Appropriation
2 000 00
Transfer, Reserve Fund 250 00
Balance
100 89
INCIDENTAL: SPECIAL WATER COMMITTEE
X. N. Goodnough, survey $ 600 00
Appropriation $2 000 00
Balance
$1 400 00
MISCELLANEOUS APPROPRIATIONS
WASHINGTON STREET CEMETERY W. C. Bowker, Labor $ 18 75
F. S. Farrar, Labor 5 00
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TOWN OF NORWELL
P. H. Osborn, Labor & Gravel 257 25
W. W. Farrar, Labor 19 00
Appropriation
$ 300 00 $ 300 00
WASHINGTON STREET CEMETERY
PERMANENT FUND
On Deposit, Jan. 1, 1930 $ 549 39
Interest 30 01
Sale of Lots 1931 169 00
Total on Deposit $ 748 40
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Chap. 340, Acts 1929 $ 75 00
Appropriation
$ 600 00
Balance
$ 525 00
LIGHTING STREETS
Electric Light & Power Co.
$ 559 92
$ 559 92
Appropriation
$ 575 00
Balance
$ 15 08
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EIGHTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
TOWN HALL
J. F. Merritt. Janitor $ 52 50
Lyman W. Lincoln, Wood 20 00
$ 72 50
Appropriation
$ 300 00
Balance $ 222 50
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Dr. Wm. P. Grovestein, Services $ 100 00
Appropriation $ 100 00
SCHOOL AND DISTRICT NURSE
Catherine A. Roe, Salary $ 1 400 00
Appropriation $1 400 00
TRANSPORTATION OF NURSE
J. H. Barnard, Treasurer $ 199 99
Appropriation
$ 200 00
Balance 01
PLYMOUTH COUNTY AID TO AGRICULTURE
Treasurer $ 100 00
Appropriation $ 100 00
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TOWN OF NORWELL
INSPECTION OF ANIMALS
J. Warren Foster, Inspector $ 51 00
Appropriation
60 00
Balance
$
9 00
SEALING WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
I. Austin Lincoln, Sealer $ 122 00
Hobbs & Warren, Supplies 7 66
$ 129 66
Fees Collected
33 59
96 07
Appropriation
100 00
Balance
$
3 93
RESERVE FUND
Transfer, Incidentals $ 250 00
47 35
Transfer, Tree Warden
Transfer, Sign Boards 38 84
239 46
Transfer, Vocational Training, Tuition
$ 575 65
Appropriation
600 00
$ 24 35
Balance
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EIGHTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
SIGN BOARDS
Town of Hingham, 1-2 Maintenance Stop Light$ 59 76
H. A. Delano, Labor 17 56
I. C. Soule, Labor 261 52
338 84
Appropriation
300 00
Transfer from Reserve Fund $
38 84
INSURANCE
Herbert E. Robbins, Premium
Infirmary $ 147 52
Appropriation
200 00
Balance $
52 48
JAMES LIBRARY
Mary L. F. Power $ 200 00
Appropriation $ 200 00
SCHOOL DENTAL CLINIC
Willis B. Parsons, D. M. D., Services $ 700 00 AAppropriation $ 700 00
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TOWN OF NORWELL
MEMORIAL DAY
Post 112, G. A. R., Expenses $ 242 85
Appropriation 250 00
Balance $
7 15
FIRE TRUCK, COMB. 2
Coombs & McBeth $ 607 00
Appropriation 625 00
Balance $
18 00
GAFFIELD PARK
F. M. Curtis, Labor 37 00
Appropriation
50 00
Balance
$ 13 00
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Payroll $ 384 50
C. A. Bruce, Janitor, Comb. 1 173 30
F. H. Hall, Janitor Comb 2, and supplies 214 98
Electric Light & Power Co., monthly bills 20 16
Brockton Gas Light Co., installation 24 55
Freeman's Express, express charges 3 00
I. R. Henderson, supplies 3 48
Rome Brothers, supplies 3 55
Joseph's Garage, gas & oil 39 81
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EIGHTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
J. H. Sparrell, gas & oil 22 07
L. S. Nash & Son supplies 9 31
P. H. Osborn, fuel 6 50
Rockland Coal & Grain, fuel 54 00
Geo. F. Welch Co., fuel 31 38
Gurney Co., supplies 3 00
Robert Montgomery, Electrical repairs 9 53
C. H. Pike, Insurance 49 26
H. A. Lincoln, Insurance 74 01
Harriet A. Hall, Rent
1 00
Gorham Fire Equip Co. 55 96
Coombs & McBeth, supplies 17 43
J. T. Osborn, services and supplies 41 50
L. D. West, labor 6 00
$1 248 28
Appropriation
1 000 00
Exceeded $ 248 28
FIRE EQUIPMENT
Gorham Fire Equip Co. $ 902 82
Electric Light & Power Co. 60 97
Aetna Engineering Co. 7 68
Geo. D. Church, painting truck
19 90
Howard A. Delano 3 00
R. W. MacDonald, new truck 86 00
Rome Brothers 2 35
Universal Decorating Co.
10 00
Rockland Coal & Grain Co. 8 00
Maxim Motors 42 61
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TOWN OF NORWELL
J. T. Osborn 2 16
Appropriation
$1 145 49
1 500 00
Balance
$ 354 51
EDWARD M. SEXTON, WILLIAM J. LEONARD, HERBERT A. LINCOLN, Selectmen
Board of Public Welfare
OUTSIDE AID
Town of Rockland, Aid $ 111 76
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department
of Public Welfare, Board 292 71
Monetary Aid 1 824 50
George F. Welch Co., Coal
14 00
E. Merritt, Groceries
82 33
L. S. Nash & Son, Groceries
8 00
Perry H. Osborne, Fuel
36 75
Dion-Hafford Co., supplies
5 00
W. P. Grovestein, M. D., services
53 00
Norwell Visiting Nurse 5 .00
Scituate Hospital 65 00
C. W. & E. H. Sparrell, Burial 135 00
· A. T. Stoddard, Rent 84 00
: $2 717 05
Division of Old Age Assistance
Monetary aid, July to Jan. $ 955 50
E. Merritt, Groceries 100 53
$ 1 056 03
$ 3 773 08
Refund, from Town of Scituate $ 855 00 Refund from Commonwealth Mas-
sachusetts, Dept. of Public Welfare 198 00
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TOWN OF NORWELL
Refund Town of Rockland 215 50
Refund Town of Hingham . 2 00
Refund, Mrs. David Shea
5 00
Refund Town of Hanover
90 25
-$ 1 365 75
$ 2 407 33
Appropriation
3 000 00
Balance
$ 592 67
INFIRMARY
Albert Merritt, Warden $ 600 00
Phillips, Bates & Co., Grain 62 34
Lester S. Nash & Son, supplies 271 95
George F. Welch Co., Coal 290 00
E. L. Merritt, supplies 101 96
E. P. Joseph, Mowing 36 00
H. L. Rome, supplies 69 25
J. Warren Sparrell, Ice
36 80
Electric Light & Power Co., Lights
69 36
Brockton Gas Light Co., Gas
182 49
Frederic T. Bailey & Co., Plumbing
4 33
R. W. MacDonald, Labor 4 50
I. R. Henderson, supplies 266 65
S. Olson, supplies 23 36
Kate E. Merritt, cash for supplies 163 29
Bertram Joseph, milk 12 12
H. A. Delano, labor 75 30
Young Electric Co., labor 1 25
H. B. Merritt, labor 17 50
L. D. West, labor 4 00
E. C. Joseph, labor 8 00
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EIGHTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
H. S. Winslow, labor 4 00
Burrell & Delory, shoes 8 95
D. Sena, Repairs 1 85
Raymond's Inc., clothing 18 56
D. M. Wise, clothing 6 75
$ 2 340 56
RECEIVED
For Sale of Milk, Eggs and
Vegetables $ 120 34
Weighing Hay
1 56
$ 121 90
$ 2 218 66
AAppropriation
2 300 00
Balance
$
81 34
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EDWARD M. SEXTON,
WILLIAM J. LEONARD,
HERBERT A. LINCOLN, Board of Public Welfare
Report of Assessors
Taxable Real Estate
$ 1 807 730 00
190 345 00
Taxable Personal Estate
Taxable Valuation 1931
$1 998 075 00
Taxable Valuation 1930
1 967 560 00
Excise Taxable Valuation
199 390 00
Excise Tax 4 949 17
Excise Abatements & Refunds 429 87
Exempted Real Estate 15 580 00
Tax rate, 1930. $33.50 per 1 000 00
Town Tax, including overlay 59 816 31
County Tax
4 801 47
State Tax
2 175 00
Chap. 340 Acts 1929 75 00
Chap. 391, Acts 1931
30 00
Plymouth County Hospital Maintenance 632 00
Persons Assessed
860
Poll Tax Only 222
Polls Assessed
502
Total Number of Polls
513
Polls Exempt 11
Number of Acres of Land 12 950
Number of Dwelling Houses 603
Number of Horses 80
Number of Cows 138
Number of Neat Cattle 22
Number of Sheep 7
Number of Swine 76
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EIGHTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
Number of Fowl 8 500
Number of Automobiles 757
Per Capita Valuation $1 318 00 $ 44 13
Per Capita Tax
* Exclusive of the Excise
EDWARD M. SEXTON, WILLIAM J. LEONARD, HERBERT A. LINCOLN,
Assessors
Trustees Report
FIFTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE COFFIN FUND
Amount of Fund $ 2 000 00
Available Interest in Bank, Jan. 1
1931
$
467 93
Interest on Bank Book
124 91
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-$ 592 84
Paid Worthy Poor
$
18 00
Available Interest in Bank Jan. 1, 1932
574 84
$
592 84
FORTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF THE ABIGAIL T. OTIS POOR FUND
Amount of Fund $ 2 000 00
Available interest in Bank, Jan. 1,
1931
$
735 56
135 88
Interest on Bank Book
$ 871 44
Paid Worthy Poor
$
117 60
Interest in Bank Jan. 1, 1932 753 84 $ 871 44
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EIGHTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT OF TRUSTEES OF THE ANABEL WAKEFIELD POOR FUND
Amount of Fund $ 1 000 00
Available Interest in Bank, Jan. 1,
1931 .$ 101 66
Interest on Bank Book
54 71 $
156 37
Paid Worthy Poor
$
65 92
Available interest in Bank, Jan. 1,
1932
90 45 -$
156 37
INCOME CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS
Interest added 1931
Expended 1931
January 1, 1932
Balance on Hand
Abigial T. Otis
$55 00
$105 00
$50 00
Abigail T. Otis Tomb
29 51
25 00
87 76
Miss Eliza Josselyn
12 50
37 50
25 00
Samuel C. Cudworth
13 76
63 76
25 00
Prudence C. Delano
20 00
70 00
50 00
Nancy Hersey
5 50
5 50
10 00
Betsy Tolman
6 13
3 00
24 19
George P. Clapp
6 28
3 00
27 99
Mary O. Robbins
12 00
32 00
20 00
Charles H. Merritt
2 50
2 50
0 00
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TOWN OF NORWELL
James W. Sampson
15 00
40 00
25 00
Robbins Tomb
6 26
16 26
15 00
Davis Damon
6 00
16 00
10 00
Susan C. Damon
5 50
5 50
10 00
George H. Bates
5 26
5 26
5 00
Gad Leavitt
6 38
4 00
28 52
Adeline A. Payne
11 26
21 26
15 00
Thomas Sampson
4 43
3 00
14 76
Abbie S. Bates
17 46
0 00
162 78
Hosea J. Stockbridge
13 38
0. 00
78 30
N. P. Brownell
7 50
7 50
0 00
John H. Knapp
5 98
3 00
21 45
Olive H. Brigham
5 88
3 25
20 65
Benjamin P. Nichols
4 13
3 25
9 10
Albert S. Green
13 28
10 00
65 91
Timothy Chapman
5 48
5 25
11 32
Lewis W. Kilburn
5 63
3 25
15 44
Charles Tolman
5 68
4 00
13 93
Leafy Curtis Miller
8 08
13 00
6 64
Chester Barker
5 33
4 00
7 06
Robert K. Stoddard
8 33
3 25
21 71
W. W. Farrar
8 01
6 25
13 17
Samuel D. Stetson
3 95
1 75
6 08
Sarah T. David
3 85
1 00
4 73
Henry L. Nichols
5 23
3 25
7 03
Wilbur Nichols
5 08
4 00
3 58
Charles E. Brewster
5 08
6 36
2 50
Maurice E. Pratt
5 03
3 25
3 03
Vadilla A. Damon
0 00
0 00
0 00
EDWARD M. SEXTON. WILLIAM J. LEONARD. HERBERT A. LINCOLN.
Trustees
List of Jurors
List of persons qualified to serve as Jurors in the Town of Norwell from July 1, 1931 to July 1, 1932.
Barnard, Walter C., Clerk Bent, Edwin C., Merchant Bowers, Oliver A., Retired
Brown, Harry B., Carpenter Burbank, Ralph, Mechanic Burnside, John M., Retired Chadwick, Charles E., Carpenter Culbertson, Alexander, Chauffeur Damon, F. Winsor, Painter Herchenroder, Howard J., Druggist Josselyn, Elmer N., Merchant . Litchfield, Percy W., Painter Loring, Benjamin, Farmer Merritt, Arthur L., Carpenter Mills, William E., Retired Oakman, Stanley, Shoeworker Ogden, Louis H., Retired Osborne, Everett F., Printer Osborne, Frank H., Mason Osgood, Alvin F., Retired Robinson, Asa W., Shoeworker Shores, Ellsworth L., Carpenter West, Lester D., Laborer Wilder, Donald C., Shoeworker Williamson, Charles M., Truckman
River Street Washington Street Main Street Summer Street Washington Street Main Street Pond Street Stetson Road Central Street Washington Street Norwell Ave. Cedar Street Prospect Street Washington Street River Street River Street Main Street Washington Street Lincoln Street Tiffany Road High Street Central Street Main Street High Street High Street
Trustees Ridge Hill Library
Mrs. Thomas S. Cann, services $ 27 50
Robert K. Stoddard, labor 6 45
E. F. Quinlan, books 11 00
Junior Literary Guild, books 18 50
Remington Rand Co., supplies
2 61
H. L. Clapp, books
4 15
Personal Book Shop, books 7 92
Ginn & Co., books 4 16
Davis Hardware Co., heater 3 98
Elec. Light & Power Co.
3 70
$ 89 97
Appropriation
$100 00
Balance
$ 10 03
Our circulation for the year was 1483; 1117 Fiction and 366 Non-Fiction. We have added about 140 volumes to our growing list, 90 by purchase and 40 by gift. The State Library Commission continues it's encouragement with gifts of the most attractive children's books which are much ap- preciated.
A regrettable omission in our last year's report was due acknowledgement of the splendid gift from the Trustees of the James Library of a recent edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica, for which we are very grateful.
ALFRED H. PROUTY. WILLIAM J. LEONARD, WILLIAM O. PROUTY, Trustees
Forestry
Arbor Day was observed on April 28, at the Central School, with a program arranged by Mrs. Turner of the High school, and two Elms were planted under the direc- tion of Mr. Cochran, on either side of the flag pole and dedicated respectively to the memory of George and Mary Washington. Mr. Cook the state forester was present and addressed the school.
Mr. Lincoln Crowell, who has charge of the State For- ests on the Cape, looked over our town forest land with the committee and advised concerning its treatment and care; and on April 8, on the Circuit Street lot, he gave a talk on Forestry and a demonstration of forest weeding and plant- ing and 200 pine and 100 spruce trees were planted.
The demonstration was well advertised, but unfortunate- ly, on account probably, of bad roads and rainy weather, only a few people were present.
Mr. Cook was present on this occasion also, and gave advise.
In view of the request from various civic organizations that trees be planted in honor of George Washington on this, the two hundredth anniversary year of his birth, the committee have named this tract the George Washington Memorial Forest.
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TOWN OF NORWELL
Weeding, pruning, and clearing have been continued. Work in the Washington Street Cemetery lot has been paid for with the wood removed, under the direction of Mr. Bowker.
Early in May the committee visited the state forest of 8000 acres in Sandwich and Bourne, which is under the direction of Mr. Crowell, and were conducted over it by him.
On October 9th and 10th, Messrs Cochran and Deane. attended the Conference of Town Forest committees at Greenfield and North Adams, and visited the town forests of Greenfield and Williamstown as well as that of North Adams, which is now the largest municipally owned forest in the state.
EXPENSES
Lester West, 7 1-4 days $ 29 00
F. M. Curtis, 7 1-4 days 32 38
Charles Bates, 2 1-4 days 9 00
Lincoln Bates, 1 3-4 days 7 00
Clifford Smith, 1-2 day 2 00
Henry Leavitt, 2 1-2 days 10 00
Edward Bates, 4 1-2 days 18 00
F. M. Curtis, truck 6 3-4 days 27 00
G. Cavanagh, 1 day 4 00
A. B. Whiting, 23 1-2 hrs. 11 75
C. S. Deane, Surveying 23 1-2 hrs 14 69
Collins Company, 4 machetas 2 80
Miss Carrie M. Ford, printing 5 00
F. B. Cochran, transportation 26 00
Cash, supplies 89
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EIGHTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
American Ry Express 1 42
$ 200 93
Appropriation
250 00
Balance
$ 49 07
FRED B. COCHRAN, FRED M. CURTIS, CLIFTON S. DEANE, Town Forest Committee
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Board of Health
Diseases Reported to the Board
Measles 40
Scarlet Fever 1
German Measles 2
Chicken Pox 6
Pulmonary Tuberculosis 1
Dog Bite
2
Inspection of Slaughtering
Hogs 114
Calves 23
Beef Cattle 1
BOARD OF HEALTH ACCOUNT
Plymouth County Tuberculosis Hospital, board $ 81 90
Massachusetts Memorial Hospital, board 31 00
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