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Resigned
Fence Viewers
PAUL C. RASMUSSEN J. BERNARD SCOTT
Term Expires 1965 Term Expires 1965
Forest Fire Warden
WARREN P. MERRITT
Term Expires 1965
Term Expires 1967
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Deputy Forest Fire Warden
LORING L. WADSWORTH
Term Expires 1965
Inspector of Animals
RICHARD E. CUGNASCA, D.V.M.
Term Expires 1965
Inspector of Gas Piping and Gas Appliances
GEORGE A. BEACH Term Expires 1965
Alternate Inspector of Gas Piping and Gas Appliances
WARREN P. MERRITT
Term Expires 1965
Inspector of Wires
RAYMOND A. HANSEN
Term Expires 1965
Alternate Inspector of Wires
J. LEE TURNER Term Expires 1965
Insurance Advisory Committee
DONALD SHEPHERD, Chairman
Indefinite Term
MARGARET C. DUMAS, Clerk
Indefinite Term Indefinite Term
Moth Superintendent
WESLEY H. OSBORNE, JR. Term Expires 1965
Permanent Building and Maintenance Committee
HAROLD E. CRANTON, Chairman
DUNCAN BANKS
Indefinite Term Indefinite Term Indefinite Term
FRED N. LEVIN
CLINTON V. MacCOY
Indefinite Term
LEONARD E. MARSDEN
Indefinite Term
ARTHUR A. RAYMOND
DAVID L. TURNER
KENNETH W. SIEVING
Indefinite Term Indefinite Term Resigned
Permanent Drainage Committee
RICHARD E. SPLAINE, Chairman DENNET W. WITHINGTON, Clerk
Indefinite Term
Indefinite Term
HAROLD G. DUTTON
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WILLIAM C. BENNETT ROBERT M. BRODERICK WILLIAM E. RITCHIE E. ARNOLD JOSEPH
Indefinite Term Indefinite Term Indefinite Term Ex Officio
Plumbing Inspectors
GEORGE A. BEACH EDWARD P. ROACH
Indefinite Term Indefinite Term
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Chief of Police
KENNETH J. BRADEEN
Permanent Patrolmen
THEODORE A. BALDWIN RICHARD G. JOSEPH ELLSWORTH G. KEENE
RICHARD W. SOUTHER PETER C. TULIS GEORGE F. CAVANAGH
Military leave of absence
Permanent Intermittent Patrolmen
HARLAND W. FARRAR JOHN E. MARTIN ROBERT L. MOLLA
AUSTIN S. REYNOLDS DONALD G. ROBBINS LLOYD S. WEST
Provisional Intermittent Patrolmen
JOHN N. MESHEAU JOHN A. ROSE, III
WILLIAM C. SMITH HAROLDA. YOUNG
Matrons
HELEN B. JOHNSON NORMA J. WADSWORTH CARMELLA MOLLA
Term Expires 1965 Term Expires 1965 Resigned
Auxiliary Police Officers
RALPH C. BASSETT H. JAMES GORMAN, JR. PHILIP JOSEPH FRANK N. KNUDSEN GORDON A. LAMBERT WILLIAM F. LAVERY
Term Expires 1965 Term Expires 1965 Term Expires 1965 Term Expires 1965
Term Expires 1965 Term Expires 1965
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STANLEY D. LAWRENCE JOHN A. MASSON RAYMOND T. MCKEEVER DAVID H. NICHOLS JAMES E. POWER EDWARD W. QUIGLEY JOHN A. ROSE, III WILLIAM C. SMITH
PAUL R. SORENSON, JR.
Term Expires 1965 Term Expires 1965
Term Expires 1965 Term Expires 1965 Term Expires 1965 Term Expires 1965
Term Expires 1965
Term Expires 1965
Term Expires 1965
Special Police Officers
W. CLARKE ATWATER CHESTER A. BELL
ANDREW L. COLBERT
Term Expires 1965
Term Expires 1965
Term Expires 1965
Term Expires 1965
Public Weigher
WENDALL H. PROUTY
Term Expires 1965
Recreation Commission
ROLAND PINAULT, Chairman
Indefinite Term
Indefinite Term
RUTH M. MARSH, Secretary JAMES T. KING MARY OSBORN KNAPP
Indefinite Term
Indefinite Term
ROBERT G. MacWILLIAMS
Indefinite Term
ALAN H. HAKANSON
Resigned
Sealer of Weights and Measures
JOHN D. DICKMAN
Term Expires 1965
Town Accountant
HARRY L. CHASE, JR.
Term Expires 1966
Town Counsel
SANBORN VINCENT
Term Expires 1965
LLOYD B. HENDERSON JOHN N. MESHEAU
HAROLD A. YOUNG
Term Expires 1965
Term Expires 1965
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Town Forest Committee
D. FRANK MEDEROS, Chairman JOSEPH K. COLLINS PAUL C. RASMUSSEN WESLEY H. OSBORNE, JR.
Term Expires 1965
Term Expires 1965
Term Expires 1965
Ex Officio
Town Government Study Committee
JOHN O'L EDMONDS
Indefinite Term
PAUL R. LYONS
Indefinite Term
JAMES P. MCELWEE
Indefinite Term
ROBERT B. SANDERSON
Indefinite Term
W. BREWSTER SOUTHWORTH
Indefinite Term
Town Office Manager
HARRY L. CHASE, JR. Term Expires 1966
Veterans' Agent, Veterans Burial Agent, Director of Veterans' Services
LEONARD W. ROWE, JR. Term Expires 1965
Washington Street Cemetery Committee
WILDER A. GAUDETTE, Chairman WILLIAM D. JACOBS JOHN R. REARDON
Term Expires 1965
Term Expires 1966 Term Expires 1967
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS
It was with deep regret that the Board of Assessors learned of the death of John L. Crowley on October 31, 1964. Mr. Crowley served as Chairman of the Board during the year 1962 and member in 1963 and 1964.
On November 16, 1964, James E, Macaulay was appointed by the re- maining two members of the Board of Assessors and the Board of Select- men to serve the unexpired term of Mr. Crowley.
The year 1964 saw the Board of Assessors' work load increased due to the added number of Motor Vehicle Abatements, new building, plus the new tax exemptions granted to persons over seventy years of age.
Work on the Assessors' Maps was continued this year with the printing of the Town Atlas in April, 1964. This included all corrections and new subdivisions.
Stanley N. Baker was re-elected to a three-year term at the Annual Election held in March, 1964.
The Board of Assessors wishes to express its sincere appreciation to all Norwell citizens for their cooperation and patience.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANCIS L. LOGUE, Chairman STANLEY N. BAKER JAMES E. MACAULAY Board of Assessors
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1964 RECAPITULATION
TOWN
Appropriated at Annual Town Meeting
From Available Funds
$1,376,329.13 286,146.21
Deficit Due to Abatements 1961-1962
$ 1,662,475.34 2,861.86
STATE: Tax and Assessments:
1964 Estimates
State Parks and Reservations
2,908.19
State Audits of Municipal Accounts
2,110.63
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax Bills
494.55
5,513.37
1963 Underestimates
State Parks and Reservations
268.49
5,781.86
COUNTY: Tax and Assessments:
County Tax
17,712.69
County Hospital Assessment
4,690.27
22,402.96
OVERLAY of current year
38,000.00
GROSS AMOUNT TO BE RAISED
$ 1,731,522.02
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS
Income Tax
90,881.94
Corporation Taxes
21,277.61
Reimbursement on account of publicly
owned land
17.58
Old Age Tax (Meals)
1,523.13
Motor Vehicle & Trailer Excise
103,854.80
Licences
5,800.00
Fines
59.00
Special Assessments
700.00
General Government
2,000.00
Protection of Persons and Property
1,160.00
Health and Sanitation
3,600.00
Charities (other than Federal Grants)
1,850.00
Old Age Assistance (other than Federal Grants)
16,700.00
Veterans' Services
2,400.00
School (Funds from Income Tax not to be included)
32,000.00
Libraries
57.00
Public Service Enterprises (such as Water Department)
44,000.00
Cemeteries (other than trust funds and sale of lots)
595.00
Interest on Taxes and Assessments
1,000.00
State Assistance for School Construction
51,132.00
Welfare Department - Recoveries
5,000.00
Total Estimated Receipts
385,608.06
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Overestimates: County Tax
1,550.78
From Available Funds:
June 18, 1963
Cemetery Funds
800.00
Free Cash
24,000.00
October 7, 1963
Stabilization Fund
182,000.00
Road Machinery
3,200.00
March 9, 10 & 12, 1964
E & D - Free Cash
65,012.67
Surplus Overlay Dog Fund
1,146.21
286,146.21
Total Available Funds
287,696.99
Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds
673,305.05
NET AMOUNT TO BE RAISED BY TAXATION
1,058,216.97
TOTAL TAX LEVIED
Personal Property Valuation - $833,367.00
Tax 54,168.97
Real Estate Valuation - $15,446,890.00
Tax
1,004,048.00
Total Taxes Levied on Property
1,058,216.97
1964 TABLE OF AGGREGATES
Indiv.
Corp.
Total
Number of Persons Assessed:
On Personal Estate Only
161
40
201
On Real Estate Only
1844
62
1906
On Both Personal and Real Estate
145
12
157
Total Number of Persons Assessed
2264
VALUE OF ASSESSED PERSONAL ESTATE
Stock in Trade
$ 94,405.00
Machinery
39,940.00
Live Stock
6,773.00
All Other Tangible Personal Property
692,249.00
Total Value of Assessed Personal Estate
$ 833,367.00
VALUE OF ASSESSED REAL ESTATE Land exclusive of Buildings Buildings exclusive of Land
3,865,190.00
11,581,700.00
Total Value of Assessed Real Estate
15,446,890.00
TOTAL VALUATION OF ASSESSED ESTATE
16,280,257.00
9,987.33
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Tax Rate per $1,000. - $65.00 (School Tax - $43.60) (General Tax - $21.40)
Taxes for State, County and Town Purposes Including Overlay
Personal Estate Real Estate
54,168.97 1,004,048.00
Total Taxes Assessed
1,058,216.97
NUMBER OF LIVE STOCK ESTIMATED
Under Section 36, Chapter 59
Horses
40
Steers
7
Heifers
4
Sheep
50
Fowl
2297
All Other 9
NUMBER OF ACRES OF LAND ASSESSED
11,137 1/2 Acres
NUMBER OF DWELLING HOUSES ASSESSED
1,606
ABATEMENTS:
Personal Property:
Requests for Abatement
30
Requests Granted
26
Requests Denied 4
Amount Abated 12,184.66
Real Estate:
Requests for Abatement
97
Requests Granted
50
Requests Denied
47
Amount Abated: 8,574.75
STATUTORY EXEMPTIONS
Veterans, Widows, Blind, etc.
Requests for Exemptions
123
Requests Granted
122
Requests Denied
1
Amount Exempted 18,165.00
For Elderly Persons:
Requests for Exemption
49
Requests Granted
41
Requests Denied
8
Amount Exempted 10,341.50
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
To the Board of Selectmen Norwell, Massachusetts
During the year 1964 the Board of Health carried on its usual activities which include DPT Clinics in the schools and T.B. skin tests in certain grades.
Inspections of restaurants, motels and nursing homes were done periodically.
The Town Dump, with the cooperation of the Townspeople, and an excellent caretaker, is something of which we can all be justifiably proud.
Early in the Fall we again carried out our Rodent Control Program with successful results.
The ever increasing number of new homes being built in the Town has created a serious problem of stump disposal. An equally pressing problem is that of junked automobiles. The present dump offers no solutions due to lack of space. For this reason, an article will appear in the Town Warrant requesting the acquisition of land for a supplementary dumping area. This area to be used, for the time being, only for stump disposal. The Board plans to take no steps toward solving the problem of old automobiles, feeling that this is the responsibility of the individual owner, if the Town does not agree, the Board should be so advised, by vote, under the Article for in- structions to Town Officers.
If one would consider "animal" in the context of "animal, vegetable or mineral," the animal most dangerous to man in the United States is the bee, whose stings cause more deaths annually than snake bite, the next biggest killer. The automobile kills 1,000 times as frequently, so the Board again urges the use of seat belts.
Another broad area of problem in the Public Health field is the popula- tion explosion. The death rate has been controlled to a significant extent, but the birth rate has not. The result is that, if no balance is achieved, in 500 years there will be one human for each square yard of dry land in the world. While we, as a local Board, cannot do anything on a world-wide basis, we are already faced with a per capita - per unit of land problem. How much of what kind of land is necessary to provide living and disposal areas for one family ?
The problems inherent in the development of swampy and other marginal lands into residential building sites, have been, and continue to be a source of concern for the Board of Health and other Town agencies responsible for the orderly growth of our community. The alteration of the natural
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contours of sizeable tracts of land with resultant changes in the patterns of run off, and containment of surface waters, may present the prospective home owner, as well as the established resident, with a disposal problem which poses a threat to his health as well as his pocketbook.
There is need for informed interest on the part of the Townspeople, and thoughtful, coordinated planning on the part of the Towns officials.
Respectfully submitted,
NORWELL BOARD OF HEALTH
KATHERINE R. FULLER, Chairman RICHARD B. KEARSLEY, M.D. WILLIS R. KEENE, M.D.
NOTE: Your attention is called to the interesting and authoritative article on the population explosion, by Huxley, in the January, 1965, "Playboy."
REPORT OF THE CIVIL DEFENSE AGENCY
The past year has fortunately been a quiet one for Civil Defense, with no major storms or disasters of consequence requiring the participation of our various units.
The Auxiliary Police have, as always, been willing to help out on several occasions when called upon, even though the circumstances were not those which might be called "very exciting," and they have been most cooperative about turning out for monthly meetings and drills. They are the mainstay of the present Civil Defense set-up, and as they are trained in all branches of emergency work, they can be counted on for assistance in all possible circumstances.
The Communications Unit participated in the monthly drills for the Sector, using the radios which are separate from the facilities at the Communications Center.
The only acceptable shelter meeting Government specifications is the Headquarters in the Osborn School. This is now fully equipped with Federal furnished food and sanitary facilities to care for 50 people for at least a week of complete isolation under wartime conditions.
The ambulance has continued to be of great help for transportation of the ill and injured, and has made 65 runs to various hospitals and other towns and cities. Neighboring towns and the State Police frequently call for assistance with accidents and illnesses.
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Unfortunately, mechanical problems and trouble with a rustingout body and frame have been on the increase this year. The ambulance is a 1951 Cadillac, obtained by us several years ago as Navy surplus and the time is coming when thought must be given to its replacement with a more up-to- date vehicle.
Respectfully submitted,
W. CLARKE ATWATER, Director
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS
Name of Fund
Amount
Added Interest
Withdrawals
Interest Balance
Eliza Josselyn
$ 200.00
$ 9,30
$ 39.96
$
0
Samuel C. Cudworth
200.00
10.46
70.26
0
Prudence C. Delano Tomb Fund
300.00
15.38
96.59
0
Nancy Hersey
100.00
4.90
26.69
0
Mary O. Robbins
200.00
10.18
62.25
0
Charles H. Merritt
100.00
4.82
24,66
0
James W. Sampson
250.00
12.36
68.81
0
Susan C. Damon
100.00
5.24
35.59
0
Davis Damon
100.00
5.52
42.63
0
Anson Robbins Tomb Fund
100.00
5.28
36.40
0
George H. Bates
100.00
4.98
28.87
0
Adeline Payne and
Benjamin R. Jacobs
200.00
10.38
67.93
0
N. P. Brownell
150.00
7.16
34.72
0
George Otis Torrey
185.48
9.48
59.02
0
Stockbridge Cemetery Fund
540.92
33.26
0
315.88
Leaffie B. Curtis Miller
150.00
7.34
3.00
36.38
Betsey Tolman
100.00
5.34
0
37.7 9
George P. Clapp
100.00
6.14
0
59.08
Gad Leavitt
100.00
6.46
0
67.07
Thomas Sampson
75.00
3.92
0
26.46
John H. Knapp
100.00
5.38
0
39.26
Albert S. Greene
200.00
16.62
0
228.60
Charles Tolman
300.00
18.14
0
167.37
Chester S. Barker
100.00
5.46
0
41.12
Samuel D. Stetson
75.00
3.72
0
21.13
Sarah T. David
75.00
3.72
0
21.17
Melvin Little
200.00
11.16
0
87.72
E. Chamberlain and Marion Tyler
100.00
5.38
0
38.80
Samuel Eels
100.00
5.46
0
40.90
Abbie S. Bates
200.00
21.24
13.00
334.60
Olive A. Brigham
100.00
4.58
0
18.40
Benjamin P. Nichols
75.00
3.14
0
6.22
Timothy Chapman
100.00
4.20
0
8.89
Lewis W. Kilburn
100.00
4.20
0
8.89
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W. Wallace Farrar
200.00
9,06
2.06
31.88
Robert K. Stoddard
150.00
6.94
8.00
21.11
Henry L. Nichols
100.00
4.28
8.00
2.49
Wilbur Nichols
100.00
4.32
8.00
3.76
Charles E. Brewster
100.00
4.20
8.00
.41
Maurice E. Pratt
100.00
4.24
8.00
1.58
Vadilla A. Damon
200.00
9.38
8,00
34.16
Floretta Whiting
100.00
4.28
8.00
2.67
Martha E. French
100.00
4.20
8.00
.73
Peter Tomansen
50.00
2.10
4.00
.45
Rufus H. Binney
200.00
8.40
8.00
9.14
Arthur Stoddard
100.00
4.40
8.00
6.09
Herbert T. Howard
100.00
4.40
8.00
6.09
Nellie and Willard Thatcher
50.00
2.10
4.00
.61
Alpheus Thomas
100.00
4.20
8,00
1.05
George Wilder and Asa Vining
200.00
8.52
8,00
11.60
Rufus H. Binney Flower Fund
200.00
10.22
0
63.34
Robert J. Coulter
100.00
4.40
8.00
5.51
John M. Hall - Lot 41F
100.00
4.56
8.00
10.01
Peter Larsen
100.00
4.56
8.00
10.01
Alice K. Henderson
100.00
4.32
8.00
3,66
Walter A. Wood
90.00
4,00
8.00
5.49
John M. Hall - Lot 34F
100.00
4.56
8.00
10.11
Chester A. Robinson
100.00
4.32
8.00
3,84
William Purtle
100.00
4.20
8.00
.73
John R. Collamore
200.00
9.22
8.00
29.82
John J. McGrail
100.00
4,20
8.00
.73
Louis W. Wheeler
100.00
4.56
8.00
10.11
Charles E. Chadwick
200.00
9.20
8.00
29.55
Conrad Willers
200.00
9.00
8.00
24.49
Walter R. Hall
100.00
4.42
8.00
6,36
Mrs. Albert I. Farrar
200.00
9.86
8.00
46.05
Charles E. Holden
100.00
4.40
0
14.21
Lillie C. Wilder
200.00
13.10
4.00
134.00
George V. Jackson
50,00
2.10
4.00
.99
Lorenzo D. F. Marston
50,00
2.10
4.00
.86
Hilda S. Currie
100.00
4.64
8.00
12.03
Neil D. Dwyer
100.00
4.40
8.00
6.21
Ray Clark
150.00
6.88
8.00
19.63
H. Elizabeth Turner
150.00
6.88
8.00
19.63
Charles A. and Elizabeth Bates
100.00
4.40
8,00
5.95
Florence A. Wiggin
100.00
4.40
8,00
6.05
Joseph E. Reagan
200.00
9,06
8.00
26.05
George A. Poole
150.00
6.94
8.00
21.06
M. Josephine Farrar Flower Fund
500.00
22.30
20.00
54.99
Bessie P. Keene
200.00
8.84
8.00
20.31
Eva Delaney
200.00
9.62
8.00
40.56
Minot F. Williamson
200.00
8.94
8.00
22.61
Muriel Smellie
50.00
2.10
4.00
.84
John W. Ekstrom
100.00
4.48
8.00
7.56
Anna M. Carey
200.00
9.78
8.00
43.96
Robert Withers
100.00
4.44
8.00
6.93
Mabel T. Rowell
200.00
9.38
8.00
34.16
Truman C. Crowner
100.00
4.60
8.00
10.74
Albin J. Johnson
50.00
2.10
4.00
.31
Charles Cutler
200.00
11.62
8.00
42.55
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Frank E. Lind and Henry G.
Burnside
200.00
9.26
8.00
31.21
William W. Leonard
200.00
8,88
11.50
17.73
W. H. Sharp
100.00
4.44
3.00
6.74
James T. Murray
30.00
1.24
2.00
.60
Mrs. Henry Hines
50.00
2.10
4.00
.90
Mr. & Mrs. J. A. Young
100.00
4.54
8.00
9.32
J. W. Hall & B. E. Hall
200.00
9.58
8.00
39.16
Thomas B. Gallagher
100.00
4.48
8,00
7.67
Anna Curtis
200.00
9.44
5,00
38.75
Mr. & Mrs. F. Winsor Damon
75.00
3.14
6,00
.38
Patrick Kerins
75.00
3.28
8.00
1.85
Anna Curtis Flower Fund
100.00
4.64
8.00
11.69
Bertha MacFadden
100.00
4.44
8.00
7.22
Gustaf A. Anderson
100.00
4.40
8.00
6,19
Herman H. Kenney
100.00
4.28
8.00
2,65
Carl W. Buckler
100.00
4.36
8.00
4.73
Sigurd and Belle Sjurson
50.00
2.10
4.00
.90
Harold and Effie Osborne
100.00
4.20
8.00
.73
Mary Curtis
400.00
18.82
13.00
72.06
Henry N. Powers
200.00
9,36
8.00
33.52
Alexander Black
50.00
2.10
4.00
.40
Edward P. Keefe
50.00
2.10
4.00
.40
Edward P. Keefe
200.00
9,14
4.00
31.73
Joseph R. Mason
200.00
9.06
8.00
25.95
Wallace H. Damon
200.00
9.14
8.00
27.74
Ainslee
200.00
9.14
8.00
27.74
Frank S. & L. Carrie Staples
200.00
8,84
8.00
20.40
Mrs. Charles Little
150.00
6.62
8.00
12.90
William Shimmin
125.00
5.38
8.00
6.01
Alice M. McHardie
125.00
5.38
8.00
6.01
Mrs. Samuel Olson
100.00
4.36
8.00
4.70
Edith C. Hall
100.00
4.28
8.00
2.98
Geraldine B. Roseback
100.00
4.32
8.00
4.10
Alfred G. Howes
200.00
8.90
8.00
21.86
Robert W. Webb
150.00
6.70
8.00
15.28
Charles A. Snell
100.00
4.28
8.00
3.05
Grace E. Murphy
100.00
4.32
8.00
3.39
Marshall W. & Hassie T. Grigsby
200.00
8.76
8.00
18.35
Emma J. Turner Damon
150.00
6.90
26.00
2.00
Joseph A. Studley
200.00
8.72
8.00
16.84
Archie F. Merritt
100.00
4.32
8,00
3.78
Michael L. Cullinan or
Mary L. Bennett
200.00
8.58
8.00
13.53
Bessie Keene & Perley Keene
200.00
8.52
0
20.11
William J. Gunn
150.00
6.34
8.00
5.98
Carrie W. Keene
300.00
12.76
8.00
21.08
Mrs. Marie P. Martin Fund
50.00
2.14
5.53
0
Carl Frederickson
200.00
8.44
8.00
9,91
Herman P. & John D. Dickman
200.00
8.44
8,00
9,91
John Marshall
75.00
3.18
7.24
0
George H. Scothorne
200.00
8.50
8.00
11.33
Joseph B. Sousa
100.00
4.24
8.00
1.65
J. H. Prouty & Alfred H. Prouty
100.00
4.20
8.00
.91
Jeanne E. Ewart
100.00
4.20
8.00
.91
Frank & Virginia Cashman
100.00
4.20
8.00
.91
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Mary J. Hansen
50.00
2.10
4.00
.12
Kenneth Campbell
150.00
6.26
8,00
3.30
Richard H. Brooks
200.00
8.32
8,00
6.36
J. Lyman Wadsworth
200.00
8.28
8.00
5,63
Eleanor Gaudette
200.00
8.28
8.00
5.63
Joseph Tulis
150.00
6.18
6.00
3.18
Charles MacFaden
150.00
6.18
4.00
5.18
Mrs. Sigrid Johnson
200.00
8.16
4.00
6.83
L. A. Weatherby
200.00
8.16
3.00
7.16
Rena F. Jones
100.00
4.04
0
4.71
June Lepisto
100.00
4.04
0
4.71
Frederick A. Nutt
100.00
4.04
0
4.71
Richard & Elaine Watson
200.00
8.08
0
8.08
Henry F. Dunton
100.00
2.67
0
2.67
Fred A. Fredrickson
200.00
5.35
0
5.35
Edward F. Farmer
150.00
1.50
0
1.50
Osgood Sidney
50.00
.50
0
.50
Florence Shea
150.00
1.50
0
1.50
Walter & Dorothy Anderson
200.00
2.00
0
2.00
Elizabeth Olsson
100.00
.67
0
.67
Joseph Silvia
150.00
1.00
0
1.00
Frank & Anna Cellini
150.00
0
0
0
Bernice I. Peachey
150.00
0
0
0
John A. Reagan
150.00
0
0
0
$ 23,871.40
$ 1,069.21
$ 1,589.71
$ 3,278.18
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CONSERVATION COMMISSION
To the Citizens of the Town of Norwell:
The Conservation Commission has held regular monthly meetings throughout the year of 1964. In addition, members have attended the two semi-annual meetings of the Massachusetts Conservation Commission Council. Several other related meetings were also attended. These meet- ings serve to inform your Commission of Conservation activities in other towns and to inform us of conservation practices in general.
The present primary concern of the Conservation Commission is to acquire land for the town which will be kept as near as possible in a natural state. We believe that such land should be reserved for the following reasons:
1. The protection of our present water supply and for future water needs.
2. For use for future park and recreation areas.
3. To assure the town that they will always have open green and wooded areas, which will remain in a natural state for the enjoyment of the present and future citizens.
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There are three ways that this type of land may be secured. The Conservation Commission may, with the approval of the Selectmen, accept gifts of land. Two such gifts have already been received and the Commis- sion is now in the process of obtaining other such grants.
The Conservation Commission may purchase land for these purposes and is now negotiating for such a purchase of land containing river frontage. This type of acquisition, when certain conditions are met, may be subject to 50% reimbursement by the State of Massachusetts self-help program.
With the cooperation of the Selectmen, tax-title properties may be acquired and placed under the control of the Conservation Commission. This is a time consuming process, which requires some expense, and the Commission is now in the process of acquiring such lands.
The difficulty in location of property lines, locating deeds and establish- ing proper ownership is one of the major problems we are faced with when trying to acquire desired property. This information is essential to the Conservation Commission as we do not have, nor do we wish to have, the power of eminent domain. In our work with the Water Department, lack of definite information has been a major problem. At the present time, the Water Department is attempting to get information about land needed for protection of the Town Wells. When the information is available, we will cooperate with the Water Department in every way possible to acquire such land as is needed for future well sites.
In closing may we take this opportunity to thank all the other town boards and citizens who have assisted the Commission during the past year.
Respectfully submitted,
WESLEY H. OSBORNE, Chairman KATHERINE E. CRANTON, Secretary STANLEY N. BAKER DAVIDA G. GARCEAU MILDRED T. HASTINGS ARTHUR L. MERRITT GEORGE H. WHITCHER, JR. RICHARD A. HOUSLEY, Ex Officio
REPORT OF THE COUNCIL ON AGING
To the Selectmen:
The Norwell Council on Aging was organized after a vote of the March
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1964 Norwell Town Meeting. It meets on the last Wednesday of the month.
The Council contacted the Norwell Planning Board and the Selectmen regarding a room to be used as a "Drop-in-Center," for Senior Citizens, to be included in plans for the future Town Hall or Police/Fire Station.
Letters were sent to many organizations in town listing the needs of our Senior Citizens with suggestions for meeting these needs. There has been some response of money and special invitations to community events.
We have conducted two events honoring Senior Citizens at the Norwell Senior Citizens Association meetings. One was a special recognition of an 80th birthday and the other in honor of the marriage of members of the Association.
We are planning a questionnaire to be sent to all persons in Norwell over sixty. This will provide us with the necessary information to formu- late further plans.
Respectfully submitted,
PRISCILLA CUSHING, Chairman
DR. WILLIS KEENE ROBERT MacWILLIAMS
MARY PETZE WILLIAM ROFE
REPORT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION
Board of Selectmen Norwell, Mass.
Gentlemen:
We hereby submit the Annual Report of the Norwell Development and Industrial Commission for the year ending December 31, 1964.
During the past year two businesses have taken advantage of available sites in the business and industrially zoned districts of the town. The Old Colony Knitting Mills of Hingham has purchased property on Washington Street, formerly the location of Magoun's Lunch, and a modern building is in the process of construction, which is expected to cost approximately $250,000. It is planned to employ from fifty to one hundred persons during the year.
The Star Market Company of Cambridge has purchased about fifteen
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