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High Street High Street High Street
Dec. 6-Lyonal Forkey, Proprietor
Central Street Main Street Mt. Blue Street River Street Washington Street Stetson Road Jacobs Avenue Washington Street Off River Street Pine Street Prospect Street Stetson Road High Street River Street
High Street
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TOWN OF NORWELL
April 29. Married in Quincy, Eric R. Anderson of Norwell and Helen Duskiewicz of Brockton, by Elmer A. Kettner, Clergyman.
June 1. Married in Norwell, Robert J. Coulter of Norwell and Eliza- beth H. Haskell of Quincy, by Rev. Alfred J. Wilson.
June 14. Married in Boston, Walter Sterritt of Boston and Nina J. Mann of Norwell, by Jessie D. Currier, Justice of the Peace.
June 24. Married in Rockland, Harry W. Briggs of Taunton, and Jean Sharp of Norwell, by Clarence E. Southard, Minister of the Gospel.
August 28. Married in Rockland, John Joseph McCarvell of Boston and Geraldine McAlpine (Tibbetts) of Norwell, by Clarence E. Southard, Minister of the Gospel.
September 6. Married in Norwell, Robert Billings Chadwick of Quincy and Cornelia VanMarter Weeks of Scituate, by Rev. Alfred J. Wilson.
September 11. Married in Norwell, Howard S. Power of Norwell and Elizabeth Berry of Barrington, N. H., by Rev. Alfred J. Wilson.
September 15. Married in Norwell, Ray T. Lapham of Norwell and Chloe S. Curtis (Tallman) of Middleboro, by Samuel Dupertuis, Clergyman.
October 6. Married in Brockton, Lawrence B. Shearer of Norwell and Ruth Lancaster of Brockton, by Bryan F. Archibald, Clergyman.
October 8. Married in Abington, William T. Dunbar of Norwell and Jessie B. Malliband (Sprague) of Abington, by Merrill C. Ward, Minister.
November 11. Married in Rockland, Victor N. Peterson of Norwell and Dorothy V. Schultz of West Hanover by Clarence E. Southard, Minister of the Gospel.
November 26. Married in Scituate, John L. Crowley and Catherine M. Nutting (DeMarchi) both of Norwell, by Edward Mulligan, Priest.
December 7. Married in Rockland, John Phillip Ekstrom of Norwell and Dorothy B .. Lovewell of Rockland, by W. Lloyd Williams, Clergyman.
December 9. Married in Juneau, Alaska, Howard Albert Shearer, Jr., of Norwell and Margaret Marshall Nolte of Braintree by W. Robert Webb, Rector.
December 10. Married in Rockland, Linwood P. Sousa of Norwell and Marion Mounce of Rockland, by Clayton Brooks Hale, Clergyman.
December 22. Married in Hanover, Albert E. Lapham of Norwell and Lucille B. Baker of Hanover, by William G. Sewell, Clergyman.
December 24. Married in Norwell, Robert N. Lewis of Minneapolis, Minn., and Christine E. Steele of Norwell, by Rev. Alfred J. Wilson.
December 31. Married in Rockland, Fred W. Fair of Hanover and Rosemarie Feneck of Norwell, by George F. Smith, Priest.
December 31. Married in Norwell, Curtis Charles Reeser of Brockton and Margaret Eva Cunard Guthrie of Norwell, by William Barclav. Clergy- man.
BIRTHS RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1944
Names of Parents
Mother's Maiden Name
Place of Birth
JAN.
Warren D. and Edith M.
Carlson
Weymouth
13
Charles Richard Liley Kathleen Helen Osborne
George W. and Thelma A.
Geddes
Weymouth
16
Kenneth Wilson Osborne
George W. and Thelma A.
Geddes
Weymouth
20
Michael Francis Rice
Michael and Audrey M.
Cummings
Weymouth
24
Christine Benner Whiting
Russell and Marion L.
Robinson
Weymouth
FEB.
10
Katherine Fuller
, Peirce and Katherine Raymond K. and Dorothea E. Robert O. and Pearl M.
Rand
Boston
24
Raymond Kennedy Hambaugh
Oberg
Brockton
29
Martha Elizabeth Apts
Storey
Brockton
MAR.
10
William James Cutler Weatherby, Jr. Carlton Walter Greenman
William J. C. and Mary C. Ernest U. and Florence M.
Nelson
Brockton
APR.
William A. and Lizzie M.
Damon
Brockton
15
Lawrence Arthur Yourell Priscilla Lee Perry
Kenneth and Helen
Manning
Boston
24
Elin Robbins Wendla Robbins
Gordon DeM. and June
Gleason
Boston
MAY
21
Wayne Charles Alexander Barry Merritt Keene Karl Rollins Davis
James I. and Evelyn Ellsworth G. and Elizabeth John D. and Jessie
Rollins
Cohasset Weymouth Boston
JUNE 11
12
14
17 21
22
Betty Jane Lincoln John Harrington, Jr.
William and Helen James J. and Beatrice E. Robert G. and Ethel F. Joseph T. and Natalie R. Roy H. and Helen A. Vincent C. and Alice John and Verna E.
Patterson
Boston
Henderson
Brockton
Dobson
Vail
Weymouth Plymouth Norwell
Osborn
Linscott
Norwell
Pinee
Weymouth
17
Gordon DeM. and June
.
Gleason
Boston
24
Gallup
Merritt
28
31
Diane Barbara Dailey Cynthia Joan Kelley Carl Robert Burnett Pamela Thompson Carruthers Roy Ernest Rounsville
Ferreira
Camp Selby
18
22
Date Name
16
BIRTHS RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1944
Date
Name
Names of Parents
Mother's Maiden Name
Place of Birth
JULY 10
Priscilla Joyce Moore
Percy W. and Vera A.
Schweder
20
Judith Ellen Snowdale Anne Iaconelli
Cosmo D. and Catherine D.
Affanato
Quincy Brockton Weymouth
AUG. 25
Sandra Mary Erickson
Elmer E. and Mary S.
Campbell
Brockton
SEPT.
12
Marjorie Maxwell
Richard J. and Wealtha G.
Stoughton
Brockton
15
Ralph Huntly Peterman
Charles G. and Dorothy L.
Gordon
Brockton
19
James Richmond Litchfield Russell Woodill
Russell and Marie J.
Mott
Brockton
ост. 5 23 NOV. 3 6
Trinidad Rodriguez Perry Sarah Marie Braga
Gardner and Carmen Walter D. and Virginia R.
Boutinon
Norwell
Warden
Brockton
William E., Jr. and Annette E.
Randlett
Plymouth
Samuel S. and Constance M.
O'Brien
Boston
20
Colin Campbell Baird
Alan C. and Jane G.
Peck
Weymouth
20
Andrew Nylund Stanley
Arthur R. and Mildred C.
Nylund
Brockton
20
Cynthia Pike
Robert C. and Ruth
Prescott
Boston
24
Joseph Edward Douglas
Joseph H. and Edna D.
Litchfield
Weymouth
DEC. 5 6
12
Joseph Franklin Adams Frederick William Jones Robert Ware Merritt
Joseph R. and Marjorie Clarence P. and Stella M. Arthur L. and Velma M.
Roman
Weymouth Brockton
Campbell
Johnson
Weymouth
28
Elmer L. and Dorothy E.
Mosher
Robert L. and Janice A.
Ringe
Weymouth
25
Stephen Royce Handy John Sylvester
BIRTHS RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1944
Date
Name
Names of Parents
Mother's Maiden Name
Place of Birth
Correction
JULY 31, 1940 John Dennett Davis
John D. and Jessie
Rollins
Boston
Late Returns
MAR.
27, 1942 Carolyn Eva Rogean
Edward J. and Erma I.
Skinner
Medford
NOV.
17, 1942 Stephen Joseph Garrity
Joseph M. and Clarissa
Litchfield Weymouth
DEC.
9, 1942 William Sherman Butler
William A. H. and Elizabeth G.
Kershaw Boston
Blanks for returning Births will be furnished by the Town Clerk. Please report errors or omissions in the above list.
DEATHS RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1944
Date of Deatlı
Age Y M
Cause of Death
Cemetery
JAN. 5 Thomas Henry Stoddard
32
3 5
Fractiure of skull with laceration of the brain, said to have been sustained in a fall from a hay-wagon
Weymouth
Stockbridge Cemetery, Norwell
10
Hazel L. Lawrence
43
4' 14
Carcinoma of the right breast followed by gen- eralized metastasis
Norwell
Washington St., Norwell.
14
Rowena W. Gardner
76
9
21
Virus Pneumonia, Myocarditis
17
Percy Webster Oberg
60
7 28
Cerebral Hemorrhage, Chronic Myocarditis
Norwell Norwell
Washington St., Norwell Forest Hills, Boston Holy Family Cemetery, Rockland
31 FEB.
David Allen Harrington
SS
6 11
Cardiac Insufficiency, Uremia Arteriosclerosis
Norwell
Forest Hills, Boston
13
George Francis Crocker
75 5 18
Myocarditis, Fracture of Surgical Neck of Right Femur
Abington
Hanover Center Cemetery, Hanover
APR.
9
Maria Burbank Damon
3 15
Broncho Pneumonia, Generalized Sclerosis
15
Maria Ellen Snow
S6
5 19 Cerebral Hemorrhage
19
Anna Merriam Burns
82
9 27
Cerebral Hemorrhage, Generalized Sclerosis
Norwell
Hanover Center Cemetery, Hanover Washington St., Norwell First Parish Cemetery, Norwell
JUNE 1
Ellen Augusta Briggs
76
23
Carcinoma of the Uterus
6
Mary Isabell Painten
81
6
Carcinoma of the Bladder
15
Joshua Warren Foster
90
5 10
Arteriosclerosis, Senility and Cardiac and En- larged Prostate
Norwell
Blue Hills Cemetery, Braintree St. Joseph's Cemetery, Boston
16 Frances McGrath
10
5
JULY
2 Michael Coughlin
73
1 Acute Myocarditis
Abington
St. Mary's Cemetery, Scituate
AUG.
S Laban R. Bates
74
6 13 Found Dead in Bed, Presumably Myocarditis
Norwell
12 Joseph Foster Merritt
72
17 Cerebral Hemorrhage, Ateriosclerosis
Norwell
12 Elizabeth Spellman
80
1
17 Cerebral Hemorrhage and Broncho Pneumonia
Boston
30
Charles E. Chadwick
82
9 Myocarditis
Abington
First Parish Cemetery, Norwell Hanover Center Cemetery, Hanover First Parish Cemetery, Norwell
15
Charlotte Lynn Weare
58
9
21
Cerebral Hemorrhage, Hypertension Under Investigation, Homicide
Norwell
29
William A. Nickerson
81
· Carbon Monoxide Gas, Found dead in chair with house filled with gas
Norwell
Norwell Norwell
Scituate Norwell
Abington
Washington St., Norwell First Parish Cemetery, Norwell St. Mary's Cemetery, Scituate Washington St., Norwell
Place of Death
DEATHS RECORDED IN NORWELL DURING THE YEAR 1944
Date of Death
Age YM D
Cause of Death
Place of Death
Cemetery
SEPT.
22
Oliver Andrew Bowers
64 8 22
Cerebral Hemorrhage, Arteriosclerosis
Chelsea
Washington St., Norwell
OCT. 7 David George Gauley
51
6
11
From History, Presumably Coronary Thrombosis Chronic Myocarditis
Norwell Norwell
Washington St., Norwell St. Joseph's Cemetery, Boston Washington St., Norwell
22
Lillie Caroline Wilder
83
6
11
Cerebral Apoplexy and Arterial Hypertension
Norwell
26
Alfred H. McLeod
58 10 29
Hypertensive Heart Disease, Congestive Heart Failure
Boston
Wyoming Cemetery, Melrose
29 Clara Louise Dunham
24
5
6
Lobar Pneumonia, Spastic Paraplegia
Norwell
Woodlawn, Everett
NOV.
19
Marrietta Tilden Williamson
82
1
Gangrene of Left Foot, Diabetis
Norwell
22
Walter Raleigh Barker
69
3
18
Cerebral Hemorrhage, Generalized Sclerosis
Norwell
24
Helen Bessie Brown Kipper 85
5 17
Natural Causes of Old Age, Myocardial Insuffi- ciency
Norwell
High St. Cemetery, Hingham
DEC.
5
Duncan Campbell
77
6 4
Myocarditis, Coronary Thrombosis
10
George Ellery Tuscan
52
7
4
Malignant Tumor of Descending Colon
17
Margaret Mahan
90
4 26
· Broncho Pneumonia, Generalized Carcinomatosos Cerebral Apoplexy
Boston
29
Bessie Weatherby
62 10
Weymouth
Blue Hills Cemetery, Braintree Woodlawn Cemetery, New York Forest Hills Cemetery, Boston Washington St., Norwell
11
Ellen Theresa Eagan
72
2
1
Stockbridge Cemetery, Norwell Pinehurst, Norwell
Braintree Norwell
BROUGHT INTO TOWN FOR BURIAL IN 1944
Date of Death
Age Y M D
Cause of Death
Place of Death
Cemetery
JAN.
27 Howard Torrey
80
5 20
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Winthrop
27
Sarah E. Wagner
81
4
3
Chronic Myocarditis
Scituate
29 Anthony J. Smith
67
11
4 Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease
Medfield
31
Edwin L. Merritt
60
7
24
Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Hanson
First Parish Cemetery, Norwell First Parish Cemetery, Norwell Washington St., Norwell Pinehurst, Norwell
FEB. 7
David Oscar Wagner
71 11 21
Carcinoma of Head of Pancreas
Scituate
First Parish Cemetery, Norwell
APR.
27
Edwin R. Turner
73
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Parkersburg, W. Virginia
First Parish Cemetery, Norwell
MAY
25
Harriett P. Coulter
69
6 12 Carcinoma of Stomach
Newton Washington St., Norwell
JUNE 7 AUG. 20
Rebecca Costello
67 11 18
Uremia
Premature
Weymouth First Parish Cemetery, Norwell
NOV. 23 Annie J. Cochran
83 3 28
Cerebral Hemorrhage
DEC. 24
Elizabeth W. Otis
81
4 8 Cerebral Hemorrhage
Abington
First Parish Cemetery, Norwell
Number of Births 44
Number of Marriages 26
Rockland Washington St., Norwell
Scituate First Parish Cemetery, Norwell
Deaths 33
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NINETY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF FIRE ENGINEERS
The Board of Fire Engineers is pleased to report the activities of the Fire Department for 1944 and to thank the residents of Norwell, and the men who have responded to fire calls, for their splendid co-operation.
Unfortunately we have had an increase in the number of fires during 1944. We call particular attention to the number of chimney fires and grass fires.
House and Chimney 17
Grass and Woodland 28
Miscellaneous 15
The increase in chimney fires may be due to the increased use of fire- place wood during the fuel shortage, but we strongly urge that every property owner maintain his chimneys in perfect condition. Grass fires were in too many instances caused by burning rubbish without permits.
This board sincerely hopes that plans for the new fire house on Washington Street can be approved and an appropriation secured at the 1945 Town Meeting. We feel that it is very necessary to provide an ade- quate building, on Town owned land, of a sufficient size to house the ap- paratus and to give the members of Company No. 2 a reasonable amount of space for their gatherings.
We again request that the residents of Norwell do not call the tele- phone office when an alarm is sounded. Telephone lines must be available for department use for a least five minutes after the alarm is sounded, otherwise serious delays occur in dispatching apparatus.
War-created shortages have again prevented the purchase of all items which were planned for during the past year and we are therefor returning a sizable balance from our equipment account to the Town. However, all of our equipment is in good condition and we do not expect any major replacements or new apparatus to be needed in 1945. We do consider that a more effective fire signal system is a necessity-possibly the installation of a centrally located horn or siren to supplement the present signals- and that this should be given thorough consideration as a post-war project, or earlier.
In spite of the manpower shortage we feel that the men of this department have done an excellent job and that all fires during this year have been well handled.
GEORGE FARRAR, DONALD PORTER, JOSEPH HALLETT
REPORT OF THE JAMES LIBRARY FOR THE YEAR 1944
To the Selectmen of the Town of Norwell :
The James Library is an endowed institution belonging to the First Parish, which on account of receiving financial support from the Town, is made available as a library to all the citizens of the Town.
The endowment maintains the property, pays the salary of the librarian, heat, light, insurance, etc. The Town appropriation makes possible the addition of a fair number of new books each year. The committee exercises care in the selection of new books and the attempt is made to provide a high standard of reading matter.
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Approximately $300 was spent on new books and magazines during the year. This list included most of the current best sellers in fiction, as well as a number of important items of non-fiction.
In place of Mr. Edwin S. Parker who resigned on account of leaving town, Mr. A. Ralph Gordon was elected to the committee.
The Library hours at present are: Saturday, 2-4 and 6-8 o'clock; Sunday, 12:15 to 1 o'clock; Monday, 6 to 8 o'clock.
REV. ALFRED J. WILSON, Chairman MRS. ARTHUR L. POWER, Treasurer MISS MARION MERRITT, Librarian
MR. H. RODMAN BOOTH,
MR. A. RALPH GORDON
WILLIAM J. LEONARD MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Board of Selectmen, Town of Norwell:
The library still feels the effects of transportation difficulties which prevent many readers from using it as freely as they would like, but the circulation has slightly increased this year, 2011 books having been taken out. Two hundred and ten volumes were purchased, including many best sellers and the most desirable current works; also a considerable number of books for children and young people as well as popular fiction.
The library is open on Wednesdays throughout the year from 2:30 to 4 and from 7 to 8 P. M. It is free to all residents of the town.
ALFRED H. PROUTY, WILLIAM O. PROUTY, PAULINE W. LEONARD,
Trustees.
REPORT OF THE HIGHWAY SURVEYOR
To the Selectmen,
Dear Sirs:
I wish to report that the schedule of Chapter 81 was followed under the supervision of the state engineer.
The special appropriation of $2,000 for Prospect Street did not prove sufficient. Therefore I am asking for $700 in my budget this year to com- plete the work.
Mt. Blue special appropriation of $700 was adequate and the street was completed.
The Chapter 90 allotment of $4,500 was spent on 2 miles of surface treatment and 2,000 feet of mix in place with stone.
PERRY H. OSBORN,
Highway Surveyor.
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REPORT OF THE ZONING LAWS APPEAL BOARD
During the year 1944 the only meeting of the Board of Appeals was held in the Cushing Memorial Town Hall, September 6th at 8 P. M. The purpose of this meeting was to hold a public hearing relative to a petition presented by Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Murphy of Central Street, Norwell, for permission to establish and conduct a riding or boarding stable on the premises. This property owned by Mr. and Mrs. Murphy consists of a dwelling and barn located in a residential district but under Paragraph 9 of Section I of the Zoning By-Laws permission could be granted for the operation of a riding stable provided it was not injurious or offensive to the neighborhood.
About twenty-five persons were present at the hearing and Mr. Murphy was represented by his attorney Louis J. O'Malley, Esq., of Boston. After full discussion it was the opinion of those present that Mr. Murphy should be granted the privilege of maintaining a riding stable with no more than twelve horses it being understood that he would admonish his clients when riding in or near the woods to take due precautions against causing any fire and to have due respect for the rights of the property owners.
At a meeting of the Board of Appeals held immediately after the above hearing it was voted unanimously that a permit be given to Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Murphy to conduct a riding and boarding stable on their premises, Central Street, Norwell, limiting the number of horses to twelve.
Respectfully submitted, Zoning Laws Appeal Board : CLEMENT R. THOMAS, HUMPHREY W. TURNER, ELLIOTT W. CROWELL, Chairman
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
The Board of Health has functioned in 1944 much as in former years with special emphasis on education toward keeping of quarantine for com- municable disease. The public in general seem more cooperative in report- ing communicable diseases which shows progress. Following is a table of diseases with numbers occurring in Norwell, which by State Law must be reported to the local Board of Health:
Chicken Pox 3
4
Dog Bite
Scarlet Fever 2
Mumps 2
Measles
23
Lobar Pneumonia
2
Pulmonary Tuberculosis 2
Syhpilis 2
Measles was the only disease reported in numbers which suggested an epidemic. Perhaps one reason for this is the closer cooperation between the Board and the School Department, made possible by the fact that the . School Physician, Dr. Woodworth, was elected to the Board of Health in March.
In September, when a neighborig town had cases of Infantile Paralysis, the Board united to carefully watch every contact in Norwell-and there were several-to be able to isolate any case which might occur. Fortu- nately none occurred.
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TOWN OF NORWELL
Through this department, the water of 14 wells was inspected by the State Board and a report with recommendations forwarded to each owner. This is double the number of wells tested last year and the requests were made largely by new property owners who would not risk use of the water until passed upon by the State Department.
The Clinic for immunization against diphtheria-tetanus was held again this year with 28 mothers bringing their babies for inoculation.
Sixteen mothers responded to the Whooping Cough Clinic.
Dental and pre-school clinics were again held in cooperation with the School Department. We repeat the regulation of the Dental Clinic: "In order to have the benefit of the Dental Clinic, a child must have resided in Norwell at least one year, except in emergency cases or where denial would cause extreme hardship."
Licenses have been issued for the following :
Overnight Cabins, Funeral Directors, Slaughtering of Animals and Peddling of Milk.
The public is urged to consult this Board at any time for any matter concerning the health of the town. Call the individual members or the Clerk, Nellie L. Sparrell, at the Town Hall, telephone Norwell 76-R.
The Board recommends the following: that stagnant collections of water and slow running brooks be oiled from April to August inclusive. It is appreciated that the effect of oiling will not eliminate all but will lessen the number of mosquitoes in our town appreciably and if the Norwell Board of Health is able to obtain the co-operation of Health Boards within a radius of fifteen or twenty miles, which is not impossible, this pest will be markedly diminished. In order to obtain this co-operation from the neighboring towns, we can assure them the cost will be negligible as the oil to be used in destroying the larvae can be obtained at the local garages at no cost. Once or twice a week the oil containers (consisting of a five gallon oil can with small perforation in base through which the oil may drop) will require filling once or twice during the months mentioned above.
Stress will be placed during our attempt to secure their co-operation on the possibility of the mosquitoes becoming vectors or carriers of malaria and other diseases with which many of our soldiers returning from the tropics are afflicted.
MINOT F. WILLIAMSON, Chairman WILLIAM O. HENDERSON JOHN D. R. WOODWORTH NELLIE L. SPARRELL, Clerk for the Board
REPORT OF COMMITTEE APPOINTED UNDER ARTICLE 15 OF 1944 REPORT, TO CONSIDER A SUITABLE MEMORIAL TO OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN THE ARMED FORCES
It is the unanimous opinion of your committee that the present state of the war precludes the possibility of making any definite recommendations at this time and that this whole matter needs to be given a great deal of careful consideration.
It is agreed, however, that a simple record such as a permanent indoor plaque should be established, given the names of men and women in the services for whom this memorial is to be established. It is felt also that in line with what seems to be the popular trend generally throughout the
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country people are turning away from the so-called inanimate memorials and are thinking in the direction of some live, perpetual means of com- memoration based soundly on the idea of the betterment and education of our youth, because better education is the surest means of preventing future wars.
Among the ideas already advanced there are two which seem to have distinct possibilities: namely a youth center or a system of scholarships. Either of these would have to be properly established and soundly ad- ministered so as to be available to all citizens of the town. Since discussion of these matters shows clearly that the acceptance of either of them would require a great deal of planning it is recommended that a committee be appointed to continue this investigation and make a further report at the next annual town meeting. It is hoped that all citizens will feel free to express their ideas, and it is suggested that those who would like to contribute thoughts to this matter communicate them in writing to the chairman of the committee.
THE COMMITTEE,
JOHN D. MURPHY
GRACE E. COLE
ALAN C. VIRTUE
THEODORE M. DYER
EDWIN S. PARKER
EDITH W. KEEFE
HELEN LINCOLN
ALFRED J. WILSON
JOHN G. MARLAND
FRANK W. ROUNDS
A. R. GORDON, Chairman
REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Mr. A. Lester Scott
Chairman, Board of Selectmen
Norwell, Mass.
Dear Sir:
Following is a summary of work done by me from Sept. 25 to Dec. 31, 1944, also of my predecessor, from Jan. 1 to Sept. 25, 1944.
Sealing Fees Collected :
E. S. Parker
$ 6.71
C. H. Baldwin 18.43
Adjusting Charges Collected : E. S. Parker
.75
C. H. Baldwin
5.25
Total turned over to Town Treasurer $31.14
WORK PERFORMED
Number of Calls Made:
11
E. S. Parker
68
Devices Sealed :
E. S. Parker
34
C. H. Baldwin 138
172
Devices Adjusted :
E. S. Parker
12
C. H. Baldwin
79
77
TOWN OF NORWELL
C. H. Baldwin
... 25
37
Devices Condemned :
C. H. Baldwin 6
Trial Weighing of Coal Put Up in Bags for Sale :
C. H. Baldwin :
Tested 20 Correct 1 Overweight 10 Underweight 9
There was no work done on checking Pedlers' Licenses, Rechecking of Weighing Devices, and only one Trial Weighing of Commodities Sold or Put Up for Sale.
Received for Services, Supplies, etc. :
E. S. Parker $19.87
C. H. Baldwin 65.13
$85.00
Appropriated
$80.00
Transfer, Reserve Fund
5.00
$85.00
Respectfully submitted, CHARLES H. BALDWIN, Sealer of Weights and Measures.
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
Board of Selectmen, Town of Norwell:
I herewith submit my report as Inspector of Animals for the Town of Norwell for the year 1944.
Quarantine of dogs having bitten persons: Number of dogs quarantined 5
Number of calls 10
Investigation of Interstate Shipment Permits:
Total number
1
Respectfully submitted,
R. E. CUGNASCA, D. V. M.,
Inspector of Animals.
REPORT OF THE DOG OFFICER
To the Board of Selectmen :
I wish to submit the following statement:
All dog taxes with the exception of less than 20 have been paid up to the present date. This is due to the splendid co-operation of our towns- people and the untiring effort of our town clerk, Mrs. Nellie Sparrell.
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I wish to state there is a great need for a dog pound which the town has not had for a number of years. In order to maintain and strictly enforce all dog laws one is absolutely necessary. It is also the law, that all dog taxes are due the first day of April.
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