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Home My WebLink Abouttownofcohassetma1938seleEUGENE NICHOLS TOWER BORN OCT.28,1868 DIED OCT.1,1938 Selectman,Assessor and Chairman Board of Public Welfare 1936 -1937 -1938 Served in U.S.Army as Sergeant on the Mexican Border and in France during the World War,being the oldest man to enlist from Cohasset ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTYSIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN OF THE FINANCIAL AFFAIRS OF THE Town of Cohasset AND THE Report of Other Town Officers For the Year Ending December 31, 1938 THE MEMORIAL PRESS Plymouth,Mass. Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 TOWN OFFICERS,1938-1939 TOWN RECORDS Elected by Ballot Moderator FREDERICK G.ROCHE Town Clerk WILLIAM H.MORRIS Term expires March,1941 Selectmen,Assessors and Board of Public Welfare EVERETT W.WHEELWRIGHT Term expires March,1940 DARIUS W.GILBERT,V.S Term expires March,1941 EUGENE N.TOWER Term expires March,1939 Died October 1,1938 KENDALL T.BATES Elected November 8,1938 for unexpired term Treasurer Collector of Taxes MARY P.TOWER ELEANOR T.DOWNS Constables JOHN T.KEATING STEPHEN H.ROONEY ROYAL A.BATES JOSEPH M.JASON T.BURKE ICANE Highway Surveyor Tree Warden WILLIAM T.BARNES STEPHEN J.GRASSIE School Committee MALCOLM H.STEVENS Term expires March,1941 LOIS C.WHEELWRIGHT Tei-m expires March,1941 ARTHUR CLARK Term expires March,1940 GENEVIEVE W.RILEY Term expires March,1940 WALTER C.WHEELWRIGHT Term expires March,1939 JOHN A.GILLIS .Term expires March,1939 Board of Health EDWARD E.TOWER Term expires March,1941 ABRAHAM J.ANTOINE,JR Term expires March,1940 NATHANIEL HURWITZ Term expires March,1939 Trustees of Public Library DR.OLIVER H.HOWE Term expires March,1941 SUSAN E.ARTHUR Term expires March,1941 EMILY B.GLEASON Term expires March,1941 DR.HENRY F.HOWE Term expires March,1940 KENNETH D,KETCHUM Term expires March,1940 REV.CHARLES C.WILSON Term expires March,1940 FLORENCE N.BATES Term expires Marcih,1939 BURGESS C.TOWER Term expires March,1939 FLORENCE E.BRISTOL Term expires March,1939 Town Officers Appointed by Selectmen Town Accountant EDWARD L.STEVENS Term expires March,1941 Registrars of Voters NORMAN CARD Term expires March,1941 S.STANLEY PRATT Term expires March,1940 HENRY E.SWEENEY Term expires March,1939 WILLIAM H.MORRIS,ex-officio Clerk of Board Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 Finance CommitteeEDWARDA.MULVEY Term expires March,1941CHARLESE.HOWE Term expires March,1941ARTHURO.WOOD Term expires March,1941HARRYH.REED Term expires March,1940JOSEPHJ.CTJRLEY Term expires March,1940GEORGEW.BENEDICT,JR Term expires March,1940RALPHE.SCRIPTURE Term expires March,1939PAULT.LITCHFIELD Term expires March,1939WALTERS.KERR Term expires March,1939 Resigned February 3,1938 IRA B.P.STOUGHTON,appointed for unexpired term to March,1939 Chief of Police under Civil Service HECTOR J.PELLETIER Sergeant under Civil Service FRANK JASON Police Officers under Civil Service BENJAMIN F.CURLEY JAMES J.SULLIVAN,JR. JOHN J.ROONEY EARL R.McARTHUR JOHN H.WINTERS,JR. Regular Special Police Officers under Civil Service JOHN T.KEATING SPENCER H.STOUGHTON HENRY B.KENNEDY Special Police Officers CARLOS A.T ANGER FRANK E.JASON FRED A.PETERSON RALPH S.ENOS PAUL W.PRATT ROYAL A.BATES *EUGENE N.TOWER JOHN J.FERREIRA JOSEPH A.DION,JR.LOUIS J.SIMEONE JOSEPH M.JASON EDWARD B.MATHEWSON EVERETT W.WHEELWRIGHT EDWARD R.JASON T.BURKE KANE *Died October 1,1938. Special Police Officers for Private Work THOMAS J.AYERS RICHARDSON WHITE Private Private MINOT A.BROWNE ALFRED M.SILVIA Janitor Town Hall 1st.Deputy Fire Dept. BERNARD J.SALVADOR STEPHEN H.ROONEY Ass't.Harbor Master Private WILLIAM T.BARNES HERBERT WILLIAMS Highway Surveyor Wire Inspector CHARLES W.VICKERY CHARLES E.BUTMAN Private Private CLARENCE S.REDDY RALPH C.BURRELL Deputy Fire Dept.Harbor Master CLARENCE N.SYLVESTER FRANK F.MARTIN Private Jr.Chief Fire Dept. LOUIS B.MULVEY ROBERT JASON Janitor Osgood School Private Special Police Officer and Police Instructor in Fire Arms CHARLES T.HAVEN Special Police Officer,Radio Division ERNEST EDWARDS Warden,Wheelwright Park CLARENCE N.SYLVESTER Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 Constables HECTOR J.PELLETIER FRANK JASON JAMES J.SULLIVAN,JR.BENJAMIN F.CURLEY JOHN J.ROONEY EARL R.McARTHUR JOHN H.WINTERS,JR. Shellfish Constables HECTOR J.PELLETIER FRANK JASON JAMES J.SULLIVAN,JR.BENJAMIN F.CURLEY JOHN J.ROONEY EARL R.McARTHUR JOHN H.WINTERS,JR. Sealer of Weights and Measures LOT E.BATES Town Engineer Inspector of Wires LEWIS W.PERKINS HERBERT WILLIAMS Field Drivers ROSCOE G.PRATT HENRY B.KENNEDY GEOBQE H.STODDARD Fence Viewers LEVI L.WORRICK JOSEPH E.GRASSIE ALEXANDER HILLIS MALCOLM H.STEVENS CHAUNOEY W.STRICKLAND Public Weighers and Weighers of Coal EVERETT W.WHEELWRIGHT DOROTHY C.WOOD WALTER C.WHEELWRIGHT JOSEPH L.OLIVER Auctioneers WILLIAM H.MORRIS LLOYD C.TROTT AUGUST F.B.PETERSEN Measurers of Wood and Bark LOUIS B.C.BAILEY HOWARD BATES IRA N.PRATT Surveyors of Lumber JOSEPH A.VALINE WILLIAM H.ELLSWORTH Harbor Master Burial Agent RALPH C.BURRELL NATHANIEL M.HURWITZ Assistant Harbor Master Pound Keeper BERNARD J.SALVADOR WILLIAM H.JASON Town Physician There is no appointed physician.Families may have fainliy physician when ordered by the Welfare Department. Town Counsel Forest Warden FREDERICK A.THAYER FRANK F.MARTIN,JR. Chief of Fire Department Inspector of Animals FRANK F.MARTIN,JR.DARIUS W.GILBERT,V.S. Superintendent of Moth Work Dog Officer ROSCOE G.PRATT HECTOR J.PELLETIER Organization Board of Selectmen EVERETT W.WHEELWRIGHT,Chairman DARIUS W.GILBERT,V.S. KENDALL T.BATES EDWARD L.STEVENS,Clerk Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 Organization Board of Assessors DARIUS W.GILBERT,V.S.,Chairman EVERETT W.WHEELWRIGHT KENDALL T.BATES EDWARD L.STEVENS,Clerk Organization Board of Public Welfare KENDALL T.BATES,Chairman EVERETT W.WHEELWRIGHT DARIUS W.GILBERT,V.S. EDWARD L.STEVENS,Clerk MARY E.OLIVER,Agent Organization Bureau of Old Age Assistance KENDALL T.BATES,Chairman EVERETT W.WHEELWRIGHT MARY E.OLIVER Appointments by Board of Health Inspector of Milk and Vinegar THOMAS L.GRASSIE Inspector of Meat and Provisions,Slaughtering DARIUS W.GILBERT,V.S. Organization Board of Health NATHANIEL HURWITZ,Chairman ABRAHAM J.ANTOINE,JR.,Secretary EDWARD E.TOWER Appointments by Chief of Fire Department JOSEPH L.OLIVER,Deputy CLARENCE S.REDDY,Deputy C.BARRON SALVADOR,Houseman and Relief Driver COMMITTEES Spur Road Committee from 1934 EDWIN L.FURBER MILTON L.KERR T.FREDERICK MULCAHY ALFRED W.JONES HOLLIS T.GLEASON WILLIAM F.BURKE NICHOLAS SIMEONE DR.BURT M.BRISTOL GEORGE JASON Kane Building Committee from 1934 ALFRED W.JONES MANUEL A.GRASSIE JOHN J.PRATT HENRY E.SWEENEY GEORGE JASON NATHANIEL HURWITZ DARIUS W.GILBERT,V.S.WILLIAM H.McGAW Under Article 23,March Meeting 1936 The following Committee appointed by the Moderator to take what action is necessary to make the so-called Hammond Prosperity Plan available as soon as possible. RICHARD SHUEBRUK GRAYDON BOUVE ANSELM L.BEAL FORREST E.HAMMOND T.FREDERICK MULCAHY Under Article 24,March Meeting 1937 Voted that a Committee of five (5)be appointed by the Moder- ator to cooperate with the proper Federal Authorities to apply for funds,for the improvement of Cohasset Harbor by approving a Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 Federal Project for the establishment of the Harbor as a haven of refuge,if any was available, JOSEPH H.WILLCUTT RALPH E.SCRIPTURE JOSEPH J.GRASSIE PHILIP M.STEARNS JOSEPH M.SILVIA Under Article 33,March Meeting 1937 Voted that the Selectmen,hereby,be instructed to appoint a committee to investigate the advisability of disposing of any of the real estate belonging to the Town,said Committee to submit its recommendations thereon at the next Annual Town Meeting.This committee continued by vote under Article 5,March Meeting 1938 as follows :VOTED :Unanimously by a voice vote that the report of the committee appointed under Article 33 of the Town Meeting held March 6,1937 be noted as printed in the Annual Report for the year 1937;and that said committee be continued and unfinished business be recommitted to them for further report at the next Annual Town Meeting. Under Article 23,March Meeting,1938 Voted by a hand vote that the sum of $8,750 be raised and appro- priated for the construction,development,grading and improvement upon the present Ball Field Lot and other land adjoining same to be acquired from Mrs.Jane W.Bancroft,as a playground or recreation centre;that the Selectmen be respectfully requested to apply the legacy of $10,000 with accumulated interest bequeathed to the Town by the will of the late Arthur N.Milliken as an additional amount for the same purposes specified;that a Committee composed of the three members'of the Board of Selectmen together with Manuel A.Grassie,William H.Taft,Edward A.Mulvey,Dudley S. Dean and John Bates is hereby appointed to supervise said con- struction,grading,dev^elopment and improvement with full power to secure plans,receive bids,award contracts,employ and engage engineering,landscape or other experts and otherwise act with respects incidental thereto and in accomplishment thereof. Under Article 27,March Meeting 1938 Voted by a hand vote that the Town establish a Planning Board under the provisions of Chapter 41,Section 81A of the General Laws, as amended 'by Chapter 211 of the Acts of 1936;the Board to consist of five members to be elected by ballot and when first established such members to be elected for terms of such length and so arranged that the term of at least one member will expire each year and their successors shall be elected for terms of such length and so arranged that the term of at least one member will expire each year and their successors shall be elected as in the case of their predecessors for terms of five years each;and direct the Moderator to appoint a Temporary Board to serve until the Regular Board is duly elected. The Moderator appointed the following persons to serve on the Temporary Board: MR.RUSSELL DEAN MBS,HELEN S.COOLIDGE MR.HUGH F.STRAIN DR.BURT M.BRISTOL MR.WALTER C.WHEELWRIGHT A.ttest " WILLIAM H.MORRIS, Town Clerk. 10 Annual Report,Town of Coh asset,1938 TOWN CLERK'S REPORT TOWN OF COHASSET REPORT OF THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Held March 5,1938 At the Annual Business Meeting held at the Ripley Road School Auditorium at 2 o'clock P.M.,the following Articles were contained in the Warrant and acted upon as recorded: Checkers previously appointed for entrance by the Selectmen and sworn by Town Clerk William H.Morris at 1:30 o'clock P.M.. were Leo E.Neagle,Louise S.Jason,Nellie E.DeSantos and Rosilla Trott. Tellers appointed by the Moderator and sworn by Town Clerk William H.Morris at 2 o'clock P.M.,were Henry E.Sweeney,Nelson G.Pratt and Reginald R.Beal. The meeting was opened at 2 o'clock P.M.,by the Moderator and the Town Clerk proceeded to read the Warrant. ARTICLE 1.To choose all town officers not required to be elected by ballot. VOTED:Unanimously that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized and directed to appoint all Town Officers not required to be elected by ballot. ARTICLE 2.To act upiDn the reports of the various town officers as printed in the annual report for the year 1937. VOTED:Unanimously that the reports of the various Town Officers be accepted as printed in the Annual Report for 1937. ARTICLE 3.What sums of money will the town raise and ap- propriate for operation,salaries and expenses for the following? VOTED:That the subdivisions and sections of this Article be considered,covered,and acted upon in one vote and that the sum cf $294,467.0.5 be raised and appropriated;$12,100 for salaries of elected Town Officers and $282,367.05 for salaries,operation,maintenance and expenses of the various departments,and for the purposes itemized in sub-divisions 1 to 50 inclusive of this Article as contained in the Warrant and as recommended in the Report of the Finance Committee,which is as follows: 1.Moderator,salary $100.00 la.Finance Committee,expenses 175.00 2.Selectmen,Salaries,3 at $400.00 each ..$1,200.00 Expenses 525.00 1,725.00 3.Auditor and Accountand and Expenses 2.650.00 4.Treasurer and Expenses,Salary $1,500.00 Expenses 600.00 2.100.00 5.Collector and Expenses,Salary $1,500.00 Expenses 1.160.00 2.660.00 6.Assessors and Expenses,Salaries,1 at $1,400,2 at $600 $2,600.00 Expenses 900.00 3,500.00 7.Other Finance OfiQcers and Accounts, Registration of Notes 20.00 8.Law and Legal Counsel 1.250.00 9.Town Clerk,and Expenses,Salary ...$500.00 Expenses 512.00 1,012.00 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 H 10.Election and Registration 1,500.00 10a.Engineering,Maintenance 1,000.00 10b.Engineering,Outlay 1,000.00 11.Town Hall 4,500.00 12.Police Department 20,778.05 13.Fire Department 19 234.00 13a.Fire Alarm System 3,293.00 14.Fire Department,Hydrant Service and Water for Public Buildings and Property 9,975.00 15.Inspection of Wires 650.00 16.Sealing of Weights and Measures 400.00 17.Insect Pest Extermination,Moth Suppression ....4,000.00 18.Tree Warden,General,Salary $500.00 Expenses 2,000.00 2,500.00 18a.Tree Warden,Special Clearing Trees for Fire Alarm 300.00 19.Forest Fires 1,200.00 19a.Bounties 50.00 20.Board of Health,General Salaries,3 at $200.00 $600.00 Expenses 1,100.00 1,700.00 21.Inspection of School Children,Dental Dispensary . . 1,100.00 21a.District Nurse 850.00 21b.Oxygen and Ambulance Supplies 350.00 22.Inspection of Animals 125.00 22a.Inspection of Meat and Provisions &Slaughter....25.00 22b.Inspection of'Milk and Vinegar 150.00 23.Refuse and Garbage Disposal,Town Dumps 1,500.00 24.Care of Brooks and Streams,Draining of Ponds, — Straits Pond,James Brook,Cat Dam,etc 1,300.00 25.Highway,General Maintenance,Including Tarring Streets,Salary $2,700.00 Maintenance 27,300.00 30,000.00 26.Snow and Ice Removal,Sanding Streets 14,000.00 27.Street Lighting 9,250.00 28.Street Signs,Fountains etc.600.00 29.Harbor Maintenance 1,700.00 30.General Administration,Cohasset Home and Out- side Poor,Salaries,1 at $600,2 at $200 $1,000.00 Administration 25,000.00 26,000.00 30b.Old Age Assistance 7,500.00 30c.Mothers'Aid and /or Dependent Children 4,000.00 31.State and Military Aid .00 32.Soldiers'and Sailors'Relief 4,200.00 33.Schools,General Maintenance,Vocational Education 74,360.00 34.Libraries,General Maintenance 5,900.00 35.Town Commons and Parks,General 1,100.00 35a.Beechwood Ball Field 200.00 36.Wheelwright Park .00 37.Wadleigh Park .00 38.Play Grounds,etc.,Baseball Field 200.00 38a.Damages to Persons and Personal Property 100.00 38b.Pension Fund (Police)1,000.00 39.Memorial Day 400.00 40.Town Reports,Printing,etc 850.00 41.Town Clock 75.00 42.Town Flag 225.00 43.Employers'Liability Insurance,not otherwise classified 100.00 12 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 44.North Cohasset Post Office and Fire Department Building 200.00 45.Town Guild Hall,Building 500.00 45a.Parking Place,Maintenance 100.00 46.Cemeteries .1,600.00 47.Interest on Loans in Anticipation of Revenue 200.00 48.Interest,General 2,435.00 49.Loans,Bonds or Notes from Revenue 10,000.00 50.Reserve Fund 5,000.00 Salaries $12,100.00 Maintenance 282,367.05 $294,467.05 ARTICLE 4.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 a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17,Chapter 44,General Laws. VOTED:Unanimously by a voice vote that the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen,be and hereby is authorized 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 a period of less than one year in accord- ance with Section 17,Chapter 44,General Laws. ARTICLE 5.To hear the report of any committee heretofore chosen and act thereon. VOTED:Unanimously by a voice vote that the report of the committee appointed under Article No.33 of the Town Meeting held March 6,1937 be noted as printed in the Annual Report for the year 1937;and that said committee be continued and unfinished business be recommitted to them for further report at the next Annual Town Meeting. VOTED:Unanimously by a voice vote that the report of the Board appointed at the last Town Meeting to study the feasibility of planning and zoning laws for the Town of Cohasset be accepted as printed in the Town report. VOTED:Unanimously by a voice vote to Accept the Report of Playground Committee. Report of Playground Committee In our approach to the playground question,we divided it intc three parts. First we considered grounds for the younger children,and in cur opinion the grounds in rear of Ripley Road School are idealy situated.The area is large enough,and can be improved at any time the Town wishes.Here also,which is very important the chil- dren are under the supervision of the school teachers. Secondly we considered grounds for the older children.We looked over lands owned by the Town,keeping in mind their accessi- bility the feelings of abutters and the cost. We also felt that the Town should develop a recreation field where at some future date there would be land available for a new high School building. The present ball field on Reservoir Hill filled'all requirements with the exception of size.We approached Mrs.Bancroft to see if the To'^^Ti could buy a strip of her land,and she very generously offered to give to the Town some four acres of land which adjoins the present ball field. Plans have been drawn showing how this site can be graded and laid out for a recreation field,including a field house for $25,000.00. Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 13 This leaves a piece of land 400 ft.x 200 ft.on which the To\^"n can build some time in the future a new High School building. Thirdly we considered the North Cohasset district.Here the children have no public land,other than the street where they can play.There is a piece of land of about one acre and 16.000 sq.ft. owned by the Hydes which can be bought for $500.00 which is the assessed value. This land is wet in the spring,but we believe the town should buy it now,and develop it later. We are placing articles in the warrant to cover these findings. Respectfully submitted, MANUEL A.GRASSIE DUDLEY S.DEAN EDWARD A.MULVEY SPENCER H.STOUGHTON MRS.WILLIAM C.ROGERS WILLIAM H.TAPT ARTHUR CLARK WILLARD S.PUTNAM JOHN BATES Playground Committee, VOTED:Unanimously by a voice vote that the Report of the Dredging Committee be accepted as one of progress. ARTICLE 6.To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate sufficient money tc cover any 1937 overdrafts including Public Welfare $571.54 and Removing Snow $361.78,a total of $933.32, or take any other or further action relative thereto. VOTED:Unanimously by a voice vote that the sum of $933.32 be raised and appropriated to pay overdrafts of 1937 as follows: Public Welfare $571.54 Removing Snow 361.78 Total $933.32 ARTICLE 7.Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,278.13 to pay the following bills of 1937: Selectmen $7.00 Moth Department 3.25 Board of Health .84 Selectmen,street signs 3.50 Department of Public Welfare 1,154.29 Soldiers'and Sailors'Relief 81.79 Schools 1.44 Town Gravel Pic 12.70 Cemetery,maintenance 13.32 $1,278.13 VOTED:Unanimously by a voice vote that the sum of $1,278.13 be raised and appropriated to pay unpaid bills of 1937, as follows: Selectmen $7.00 Moth Dept 3.25 Board of Health .84 Selectmen,Street Signs 3.50 Schools 1.44 Dept.of Public Welfare 1.154.29 Soldiers'and Sailors'Relief 81.79 Town Gravel Pit 12.70 Cemetery,Maintenance 13.32 $1,278.13 24 Annual Report,Town of Coh asset,1938 ARTICLE 8.To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from available cash in the treasiuy $20,000.or such other sum.as it may determine,for the use of the Assessors in fixing the tax rate for the ensuing year. VOTED:Unanimously by a voice vote that the sum of $20,000 be appropriated from available cash in the Treasury for the use of the Assessors in fixing the Tax Rate for the ensuing year. ARTICLE 9.Will the Town vote to appropriate the sum of $573.36,this being the sum received from the County for dog licenses, for Schools,as required by Chapter 140,Section 172 of the General Laws? VOTED:Unanimously by a voice vote that the sum of $573.36 be appropriated from available cash in Treasury being amount re- ceived from Dog Tax as required by Chapter 140,Section 172,G.L. for use of the School Department. ARTICLE 10.To see if the Town will accept any provisions made by the General Court for an annuity or pension to Herbert L. Brown;raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pro- vide therefor,or take any other or further action relative thereto. VOTED:Unanimously that the sum of $600.00 be raised and appropriated for an annuity or pension to Herbert L.Brown provided the enabling'act is passed by the General Court and becomes law and is duly accepted by the Town. ARTICLE 11.To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $10.000.,or such other sufficient sum as it may determine, to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen for labor and materials for municipal purposes and projects best suited in the dis- cretion of said Selectmen to the mutual benefit and improvement of the town and unemployment relief of its worthy citizens to keep s:ame off the Welfare Rolls,or act on anything relating thereto. VOTED:Unanimously by a voice vote that this Article be in- definitely postponed. ARTICLE 12.To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of Nine Thousand Four Hundred Ninety-three Dollars and Twenty-five Cents ($9,493.25).or such other sufficient sums of money as may be necessary for the purchase of materials,supervision,em- ployment of labor and meeting of necessary expenses in connection with W.P.A.or other Federal Aid Projects and Welfare Pi-ojects designed to relieve unemployment from time to time during the ensuing year or act on anything relating thereto. VOTED:By a voice vote that the sum of $9,493.25 be raised and appropriated for the purchase of materials,supervision,employment of labor and meeting of necessary expenses of W.P.A.or other Federal Aid and Welfare Projects to relieve unemployment from time to time during the ensuing year or until the next Annual Town Meeting. ARTICLE 13.John Bates and others:To see if the Town will accept from Mrs.Jane W.Bancroft for the purposes of a play- ground or recreation centre,a Deed to premises lying Southerly of the present Ball Field on Lincoln Hillside,containing 4.512 acres and generally bounded:Northerly;by the Lincoln Hillside Ball Field Lot,so-called,owned by the Town,480.15 feet;Easterly:by a proposed way and other land of said Bancroft 356.34 feet;South- easterly:by a proposed way and other land of said Bancroft by a curved line measuring 120.14 feet;Southerly:by a proposed way and other land of said Bancroft 301.47 feet;Southwesterly:by a pro- posed road and other land of said Bancroft by a curved line measur- ing 127.03 feet,and:Westerly:by other land of said Bancroft,338.68 feet,as well as an area to be used in future only for the layout, establishment and construction of two Town Ways forty (40)feet wide from Pond Street to Norfolk Road,a distance of about 1,335 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 15 feet and another from said last proposed Way in a Westerly direction about 730 feet to land of the Town known as the Town Hcane Property,all as shown on Plan drawn by Lewis W.Perkins Engineer, and filed in the Town Clerk's Office;authorize the Selectmen to acquire the same or take any other or further action relative there- to,or relative to otherwise acquiring the whole or any portion of the land referred to above for said purposes. VOTED:By a hand vote that the Town accept as a gift fom Mrs.Jane W.Bancroft for the purposes of a playground or recrea- tion centre a deed to premises lying Southerly of the present Ball Field on Lincoln Hillside,containing 4.512 acres and generally bounded:Northerly:by the Lincoln Hillside Ball Field,so-called, owned by the Town,480.15 feet;Easterly:by a proposed way and other land of said Bancroft 356.34 feet;Southeasterly:by a proposed way and other land of said Bancroft by a curved line measuring 120.14 feet;Southerly:by a proposed way and other land of said Bancroft 301.47 feet;Southwesterly:by a proposed road and other land of said Bancroft,by a curved line measuring 127.03 feet;and Westerly by other land of said Bancroft 338.68 feet;as well as an additional area to be used in the future only for the layout,es- tablishment and construction of town or public ways,consisting of land forty (40)feet wide extending from Pond Street in a general Northerly direction,a distance of about 1,335 feet to Norfolk Road and from said last proposed Way in a general Westerly direction about 730 feet to land of the Town known as the Town Home Property,all as shown on plan drawn by Lewis W.Perkins Engineer, and filed in the Town Clerk's Office;and that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to acquire said premises by such pro- ceedings or action as is necessary to vest title thereto in the Town. Yes 333 No 59 ..ARTICLE 14.Charles E.Howe and others:To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town Way and accept the layout of a Way running from Pond Street to Norfolk Road and from said last mentioned Way in a general Westerly direction over land of Jane W.Bancroft;all as laid out by the Selectmen and shown on Plan on file in the Town Clerk's office;authorize the Selectmen to purchase or take an easement in such land as is necessary therefor, appropriate the sum of one (1)dollar for the taking thereof or act on anything relating thereto. VOTED:By a hand vote that the layout of a way running from Pond Street to Norfolk Road and from said last mentioned way in a general Westerly direction over land of Jane W.Bancroft to the Town Home Property,all as laid out by the Selectmen and shown on Plan on file in the Town Clerk's Office,be and hereby is accepted and said ways established as Town Ways;and further that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to take an-^/or otherwise acquire an easement in such land as is necessary therefor;and that the sum of $1.00 be and hereby is raised and appropriated for the taking thereof and for damages awarded in connection therewith. Yes 347 No 2 ARTICLE 15.Edward L.Litchfield and others:Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 to build a macadamized or asphalt sidewalk on Beechwood Street,from the residence of William Keating to the New State Highway? VOTED:Unanimously by a voice vote that this Article be in- definitely postponed. ARTICLE 16.Ellery C.Bates and others:Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of Three Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($350.00)for the purpose of installing a proper drainage system in front of the residences of Ellery C.Bates and George F.Hay den on Beechwocd Street,or act on anything relating thereto? jg Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 VOTED:By a voice vote that the sum of $350.00 be i-aised and appropriated to repair the culvert under Beechwood Street near residences of Ellery C.Bates and George F.Hayden and for the installation of a catch basin and drainage system for the surface drainage of the highway in that vicinity,said expenditure to be made by the Selectmen with the approval and consent of the Town Counsel. ARTICLE 17.Michael H.Donovan and others:Will the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty-five Hundred Dol- lars ($2,500.00)to construct a tarred side walk,four feet wide,on the westerly side of Ripley Road,from North Main Street to Sohier Street,from said corner of Sohier Street to a point near the swimming pool on the estate of Mrs.Hugh Bancroft?Said work to be done under the supervision of the Highway Surveyor. VOTED:By a voice vote that the sum of $2,000 be raised and appropriated for construction of a tarred sidewalk from corner of Sohier Street and Ripley Road to a point near Bancoft's Swimming Pool. ARTICLE 18.William F.Burke and others:Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.,of which $1,788.66 be re- appropriated under Article 17 of the Warrant for the Town Meeting held March 8,1930,for the purpose of enlarging the upper floor space of the Central Fire Station and furnishing same,so as to provide habitable quarters for the men now sleeping there,or act on anything relating thereto? VOTED:By a voice vote that the sum of $1,500 be raised and appropriated to remodel and refurnish the living quarters of the firemen at the Central Fire Station in accordance with a plan drawn by David Reed. ARTICLE 19.Ernest G.Coles and others.Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $312.50 to purchase a Motor-Mower,24 inch,with rubber wheels and cycle-bar? VOTED:Unanimously by a voice vote that this Article be in- definitely postponed. ARTICLE 20.To see if the Town will vote to instruct its Selectmen to control,regulate or prohibit the taking of eels,any or all kinds of shellfish and seaworms within the Town as provided by Chapter 130 of the General Laws;ratify and confirm the action heretofore taken by the Selectmen in regard thereto or take any other or further action relative thereto. VOTED:Unanimously by a voice vote that the Selectmen be and hereby are instructed to control,regulate and/or prohibit a taking of eels and any or all kinds of shell fish or sea -worms within the Town as provided by Chapter 130 of the General Laws:and further,that the action heretofore taken by the Selectmen in regard thereto be and)herby is ratified and confirmed. ARTICLE 21.To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town Way and accept the layout of a Way running from Chief Justice Cushing Way tci the Woodside Cemetery;as laid out by the Select- men and shown on Plan on file in the Town Clerk's office;raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to construct same or act on anything relating thereto. VOTED:By a voice vote that this Article be indefinitely post- poned. ARTICLE 22.John W.Coolidge and others:To see if the Town will vote to sell or lease to John Eltman,or others,upon such terms as it sees fit,the whole or any portion of land owned by it lyin?to the east of and adjoining Government Island,so- called,between Border Street and the Harbor or Bailey's Creek; authorize its Selectmen to execute,acknowledge and deliver in its Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 1'J behalf proper instruments of conveyance therefor,or take any other or further action relating thereto. VOTED:By a voice vote that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized in their discretion to lease to John Eltman and/or ing however 99 years,the whole or any portion of land lying to the others upon such terms and conditions as they deem fit not exce3d- east of and adjoining Government Island,so-called between Border Street and the Harbor or Bailey's Creek;and to execute,acknowl- edge,seal and deliver in behalf of the Town proper instruments therefor. ARTICLE 23.John Bates and others:To see what action the Town will take on the report and recommendations of the Play- ground Committee appointed at the last Annual Town Meeting and especially to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $20,000 or such smaller sum,which,together with the proceeds of any gift available will be sufficient therefor,for the construction,development,grading and improvement upon the pres- ent Ball Field Lot and other land adjoining same which may be acquired from Mrs.Jane W.Bancroft as a playground or recreation centre;determine how said money shall be raised;authorize its selectmen or other officers or agents which it may appoint to super- intend said construction,grading and improvement,with full power to expend said appropriation and tc^contract in the matter,or take any other or further action relative thereto. VOTED:By a hand vote that the sum of $8,750 be raised and appropriated for the construction,development,grading and im- provement upon the present Ball Field Lot and other land adjoining same to be acquired from Mrs.Jane W.Bancroft,as a playground or recreation centre;that the Selectmen be respectfully requested to apply the legacy of $10,000.with accumulated interest bequeathed to the Town by the will of the late Arthur N.Milliken as an ad- ditional amount for the same purposes specified;that a Committee composed of three members of the Board of Selectmen together with Manuel A.Grassie,William H.Taft,Edward A.Mulvey,Dudley S.Dean and John Bates is hereby appointed to supervise said con- struction,grading,development and improvement with full power to secure plans,receive bids,award contracts,employ and engage engineering landscape or other experts and otherwise act with respects incidental thereto and in accomplishment thereof. Yes 311 No 30 ARTICLE 24.John Bates and others:To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000.for the erection,con- struction,equipping and furnishing of a Field House upon the Lincoln Hillside Ball Field Lot or land adjoining the same which may be acquired for playground or recreational purposes or act on anything relating thereto. VOTED:In the negative by a voice vote. VOTED:Unanimously to adopt the following Resolution : Resolution WHEREAS:—Mrs.Jane W.Bancroft has magnanimously offered to deed to the Town,as a gift,certain land on Lincoln Hillside for the public use as a,Playground and WHEREAS:—This last recurring display of Mrs.Bancroft's liberality in bestowing favors on the Town is highly appreciated and the gift gratefully accepted. THEREFORE:—Be it resolved that the Inhabitants of the Town of Cohasset,assembled at Annual Town Meeting held March 5,1938. express their sincere and grateful thanks to Mrs.Bancroft for her generosity and public spirit. AND:—Be it further Resolved that these Resolutions be spread upon the Records of the Town and copy of same be sent to Mrs. Bancroft. 1^Annual Report,Town of Cokasset,1938 ARTICLE 25.John Bates and others:To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the purpose of acquiring for playground or recreational purposes land belonging to Henry Webb Hyde,containing approximately one and one quarter (1%) acres and generally bounded Northerly by Lambert's Lane,Easterly by land now or formerly of Mabel C.Smith,Southerly by land now or formerly of Alice F.Leonard,and Westerly by lands now or formerly of Roy C.Smith,Trustee and Charles H.Dyment;authorize the Selectmen to purchase or take said premises,or act on any- thing relating thereto. VOTED:Unanimously by a hand vote that the sum of $500.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of acquiring for play- ground or recreational puposes land belonging to Henry Webb Hyde, containing approximately one and one quarter d^.i)acres and generally bounded:Northerly:by Lambert's Lane;Easterly:by land now or formerly of Mabel C.Smith;Southerly:by land now or formerly cf Alice F.Leonard,and Westerly by lands now or formerly of Roy C.Smith,Trustee and Charles H.Dyment;and further that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to purchase or otherwise acquire or take said premises for said purpose. Yes 298 No ARTICLE 26.Frank F.Martin.Jr.,and others:Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $75.00 for the rental of a hydrant to be located on Doane Street,north of Beechwood Street? VOTED:By a voice vote that the sum of $75.00 be raised and appropriated for the installation and rental of a hydrant on Doane Street near residence of Feola. ARTICLE 27.Russell Dean and others:To see if the Town will vote to establish a Planning Board under the provisions of Chapter 41,Section 81 A of the General Laws,as amended by Chapter 211 of the Acts of 1936;the Board to consist of five mem- bers to be elected by ballot and when first established such mem- bers to be elected for terms of such length and so arranged that the term of at least one member will expire each year and their suc- cessors shall be elected as in the case of their predecessors for terms of five years each;and direct the Moderator to appoint a Temporary Board to serve until the regular Board is duly elected. or take any other or further action relating thereto. VOTED:By a hand vote that the Town establish a Planning Board under the provisions cf Chapter 41,Section 81 A of the General Laws,as amended by Chapter 211 cf the Acts of 1936;the Board to consist of five members to be elected by ballot and when first established such members to be elected for terms of such length and so arranged that the term of at least one member will expire each year and their successors shall be elected as in the case of their predecessors for terms of five years each;and direct the Moderator to appoint a Temporary Board to serve until the regular Board is dulv elected. Yes 179 No 153 ARTICLE 28.Russell Dean and others :To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 for the purpose and use of. and be expended under the direction of the Planning Board,or take any other or further action relating thereto. VOTED:By a hand vote that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 for the purpose and use of.and be expended under the direction of the Planning Board. Yes 200 No 84 ARTICLE 29.Lawrence B.Fletcher and others:Will the Town vote to change the name of Pond Street to Lilypond Road? VOTED:By a voice vote that this Article be Indefinitely Post- poned. Annual Report,Town of Coh asset,1938 19 ARTICLE 30.Howard Bates and others:Will the Town appro- priate a suffitcient sum of money to continue the present surfaced sidewalk from the foot of Souther's Hill (so-oalled)near the B.I.A. Hall,eastward to the foot of the hUl near the residence of Levi T. Lincoln,or act on anything relating thereto? VOTED:By a voice vote that the sum of $1,200 be raised and appropriated for construction of a sidewalk from Souther's Hill,so- called,on Beechwood Street to point near Bound Brook. ARTICLE 31.Harry A.Pattison and others:Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000 io widen the entrance to Parker Avenue from Border Street and to install a drainage system on said Parker Avenue to contain at least six catch -ibasins,or act on anything in relation thereto? VOTED:Unanimously by a voice vote that this Article be In- definitely Postponed. ARTICLE 32.To see if the Town will vote'to raise and appro- priate the sum of $600.00 for the purpose of maintaining,during the ensuing year,the mosquito control works as estimated and certified to by the State Reclamation Board in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 112,Acts of 1931. VOTED:Unanimously by a voice vote that the sum of $600.00 be raised and appropriated for maintaining during the ensuing year the mosquito control works in accordance with Chapter 112 of the Acts of 1931. ARTICLE 33.William R.May and others:Will the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $17.50 for the installation and maintenance of a street light on Cedar Lane,opposite the residence of Roland Earle,or act on anything relating thereto? VOTED:By a voice vote that the sum of $17.50 be raised and appropriated to install and maintain an electric light on Cedar Lane near residence of Roland Earle. ARTICLE 34.George F.Sargent,Jr.,and others:Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of thirty-five (35)dollars for the purpose of replacing the electric lighfi at the corner of Beech- wood and Church Streets with a so-called White Way light? VOTED:By a voice vote that the sum of $35 be raised and appropriated to improve the general lighting conditions of the streets and corners near the Beechwood P.O.,either by the installation of new lights and/or the relocation of existing lights under the direction of the Selectmen. ARTICLE 35.Manuel A.Marks and others:To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Chapter 31,section 48 of the General Laws as to its permanent or regular fire force or department and the call members thereof,thus placing ithem under the Civil Service, or take any other or further action relative thereto. VOTED:Unanimously by a voice vote that this Article be In- definitely Postponed. ARTICLE 36.Manuel A.Marks and others:To see if the Town will instruct its Board of Selectmen to petition the General Court for appropriate legislation for the future action of the Town,per- mitting the placing of the Chief of the Fire Department under the Civil Service Laws,rules and regulations,or itake any other or further action relative thereto. VOTED:Unanimously by a voice vote that this Article be In- definitely Postponed. ARTICLE 37.Manuel A.Marks and others:To see if the Town will instruct its Board of Selectmen to petition the General Court for appropriate legislation for the future action of the Town permitting the placing of the Superintendent of Fire Alarms or Inspector of Wires,either or both,under the Civil Service Laws,rules and r^u- 20 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 lations,or take any other or further action relative thereto. VOTED:Unanimously by a voice vote that this Article be In- definitely Postponed. ARTICLE 38.To see if the town will raise and appropriat-e the sum of $5,000.00.which together with private contributions and/or contributions by the Federal Government and/or the Commonwealth to be used for the purpose of dredging,enlargement and improvement of Cohasset Harbor or aot on anything relating thereto. VOTED:By a voice vote that the sum of $5,000 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of dredging,enlargement and improve- ment of Cohasset Harbor;said appropriation to be pro-\dsional however,and to be used and paid to the State Treasurer only if there is available for said purpose additional funds of not less than $40,000 from the Commonwealth,County,Federal Government or other sources. ARTICLE 39.John M.Lovejoy and others:Will the Town appoint a committee of six,four to be chosen by the Selectmen,and two by these four,to study the causes of the decline in the Grand total valuation of Taxable property in the Town over the Twenty year period from 1917 to 1937;to study methods which would result in preserving and enhancing the present grand Total Tax estate for the benefit of the taxpayers through the resultant lower tax rate; this committee to report its findings and recommendations to the next annual Town Meeting;or act on anything relating thereto? VOTED:In the negative by a hand vote. Yes 149 No 170 ARTICLE 40.John M.Lovejoy and others:To see what action the Town will take with regard to the Beechwood School property, especially with respect to the disposal thereof as recommended by the committee appointed under Article 33 of the Warrant for the 1937 Annual Town Meeting,or any other or further action relating thereto. VOTED:In the negative by a voice vote. ARTICLE 41.John M.Lovejoy and olhers:To see if the Town will vote to sell the Philander Bates property,so-called,consisting of land and buildings situated on the Southerly side of Elm street, instruct its Selectmen in regard to the matter,or take any other or further action relating thereto. VOTED:In the negative by a voice vote. ARTICLE 42.John M.Lovejoy and others:To see if the Town will vote: (a)To instruct the Town Clerk to record all deeds conveying land to the Town which are in the possession of the Town and remain unrecorded and to secure certified copies of all deeds,takings, wills or other instruments whereby the Town acquired any interest. in real estate where the same are not now in the possession of the Town,the sam.e to be filed and a book of record of same be set up and kept up to date. (b)To instruct the Town Clerk to keep a file containing a folder for each parcel of real property owned by the Town in which will be filed statements and data pertaining to all action concerning each parcel. (c)To instruct the Selectmen to secure the cost of bounding the several unbounded Ways of the Town,set up a schedule over a period of years and to report the same at the next Amiual Town Meeting. (d)To instruct the Town Clerk to set up and keep a file by name of all individual ways in the Town in which will be kept records and dates past,present and future pertaining to each way. (e)To instruct the Selectmen to set permanent bounds on all Town real estate,except wood-lots,which is not now bounded. (f)To instruct the Selectmen or the Assessors to have surveyed Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 21 and mapped from year to year certain portions of the area within the Town not already surveyed and mapped,so that in due time the Assessors'maps of the Town will be completed. (g)To instruct the Selectmen to take steps for the disposal of property acquired by tax title proceedings where the right of redemption has been foreclosed by publicly advertising same,listing it with real estate Brokers and taking such other action which said Selectmen may deem advisable to bring same to the attention of possible prospective purchasers. (h)To instruct its Selectmen to institute proceedings in the Land Court to have determined the title to property on the Northerly side of Border Street,east of the Central Fire Station;and to raise and appropriate sufficient money necessary to carry out said instruc- tions and accomplish the same,or take any other action relative thereto. VOTED:That this Article be laid on the table. ARTICLE 43.John M.Lovejoy and others:To see if the Town will vote to amend its by-laws as follows: Ca)By inserting and adding at the end of Section 2 of Article 3 the words "The Selectmen shall annually on or before April 1st prepare a complete list of all Town Property,both real and personal, under their control,together with a description of said property and an estimate of the replacement value thereof." (b)By inserting and adding in 'the eighth line of Section 8 of Article 4,after the word "preceding"the words "as well as a detailed list of the fixed property of the Town." VOTED:To lay this Article on the Table. ARTICLE 44.John M.Lovejoy and others:To see if the Town will appoint a Committee to investigate the possibilities of the de- velopment or disposal of the Town Farm and Home property situated on Pond Street and to submit plans and recommendations to the Town at the next Annual Meeting,or act on anything relating thereto. VOTED:That this Article be Indefinitely Postponed. ARTICLE 45.John M.Lovejoy and others;To see if the Town will vote to establish a Committee to investigate and compile for future records information with respect to the status of Strait's Pond,or act on anything relating thereto. VOTED:By a voice vote that this Article be Indefinitely Postponed. ARTICLE 46.John M.Lovejoy and others:To see if the Town will vote to transfer to the abutter's small portions of the Town Common at the North End thereof (not used or needed)for such consideration and upon such terms as it sees fit:instruct its Select- men in the matter,or take any other action relative thereto. VOTED:By a voice vote to lay this Article on the table. ARTICLE 47.John M.Lovejoy and others:To see if the Town will accept the provisions of Section 103A of Chap.54 of the General Laws as amended by Chapter 77 of the Acts of 1937 relative to Absentee voting,etc.,or act on anything relating thereto. VOTED:By a voice vote to lay this Article on the table. VOTED:That this meeting be dissolved at 6 o'clock P.M. The total number of voters present,as checked on the Incoming Voting Check Lists was 515. Total appropriations,less appropriations from Free Cash and Dog Fund for Schools $326,900.25 Appropriation,Dog Fund for Schools 573.36 Appropriation from Free Cash for the use of the Assessors in fixing the tax rate 20,000.00 Attest : WILLIAM H.MORRIS, Town Clerk. 22 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 ELECTION OF MARCH 12,1938 The following Election OflBcers were sworn in by Town Clerk William H.Morris,at 5:45 A.M. Abraham J.Antoine Eugene C.McSweeney Thomas J.Keating Anastasia St.John Ora H.Pratt Florence E.Hill Charles H.Pratt Austin L.Ahearn The Town Clerk read the Warrant ARTICLE:To cast and/or give in their votes upon the ofiBcial ballot for the following ofiQcers:Moderator for one year;Selectman, Assessor and Member of the Board of Public Welfare for three years each;Town Treasurer for one year;Collector of Taxes for one year; Town Clerk for three years;Tree Warden for one year;Highway Surveyor for one year;Five Constables for one year each;Two memb€rs of the School Committee for three years;One member of the Board of Health for three years;Three Trustees of the Cohasset Free Public Library for three years each. Polls opened at 6 o'clock A.M.Proceeded to vote for Town Ofi&cers,on the Official Ballot. The following Tellers were sworn in by Town Clerk William H. Morris at 1 o'clock P.M. George G.Monteiro Spencer H.Stoughton Reginald R.Beal Ellery C.S.Sidney Joseph L.Oliver Edward R.Jason Joseph H.Donovan Edward M.Fleming Fred C.Blossom Joseph Migliaccio Clara Hyland Maiy E.Stoddard At 6 o'clock P.M.,it was voted by those present that the Polls remain open until 7 o'clock P.M. At 7 o'clock P.M.,the Polls were closed.The Ballot Box registered 1625,the Ballot Check List had 1625 names checked,the Voting Check List had 1625 names checked. Total number of ballots cast was 1625.The following vote was declared : Moderator for One Year Assessor for Three Years Frederick G.Roche 1,188 William F.Burke 400 Scattering 15 Darius W.Gilbert 1,136 Blanks 422 Blanks 89 Town Clerk for One Year Member of Board of Public Wel- William H.Morris 1,326 fare for Three Years Scattering 5 William F.Burke 173 Blanks 294 Robert P.Coyne 573 Darius W.Gilbert 798 Treasurer for One Year Blanks 81 Mary P.Tower 1,307 Scattering 1 Highway Surveyor for One Year Blanks 317 William T.Barnes .....931 Collector of Taxes 2^^/^'^."^J^T\-^11 for Oni-Ypar Frederick B.Jenkins 87toroneYearBlanks20 Eleanor T.Downs 998 Joseph I.Ferreira 540 Tree Warden for One Year Blanks 87 Louis B.C.Bailey 311 „,^*„,,^George F.Dunn 73SelectmanforThreeYearsStephenJ.Grassie 498 William F.Burke 421 William H.McArthur 271 Darius W.Gilbert 1,141 Roscoe G.Pratt 436 Blanks 63 Blanks 36 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 23 Two Members of School Com- mittee for Three Years Katharine F.Donovan 498 Percivai N.James 387 Malcolm H.Stevens 909 Lois C.Wheelwright 669 Blanks 787 Five Constables for One Year Royal A.Bates 831 Lawrence A.Figueiredo .. . 236 Joseph M.Jason 755 John T.Keating 829 T.Burke Kane 773 Stephen H.Rooney 801 Jerome R.Silvia 329 Wilham S.Smith 294 Blanks 3,277 Member of Board of Health for Three Years Abraham S.Enos 467 M.Joseph Sullivan 501 Edward E.Tower 595 Blanks 62 Three Trustees Cohasset Free Public Library for Three Years Susan E.Arthur 942 Emily B.Gleason 920 Oliver H.Howe 991 Scattering 15 Blanks 2,007 Herbert L.Brown,Annuity Yes 749 No 476 Blanks 400 At 9:30 P.M.a motion was made and seconded that this meeting be dissolved. Attest ' WILLIAM H.MORRIS, Town Clerk. TOWN RECOUNT March 24,1938 In accordance with the provisions of General Laws,Chapter 54 Section 135,as amended,an Of&eial Recount of votes cast for Tree Warden of the Town of Cohasset,Mass.,was held today at 7 o'clock p.m.,by the Board of Registrars. The Ballots were delivered in sealed containers to the Board of Registrars by the Town Clerk,William H.Morris. The Registrars proceeded to open the sealed envelopes,ballots were recounted and statistics were as follows: TREE WARDEN Original Count Louis B.C.Bailey 311 George F.Dunn 73 Stephen J.Grassie 498 William H.McArthur 271 Roscoe G.Pi^tt 436 Blanks 36 Total 1625 TREE WARDEN Recount Louis B.C.Bailey 311 George F.Dunn 73 Stephen J.Grassie 498 WiUiam H.McArthur 271 Roscoe G.Pratt 436 Blanks 36 1625 Attest : HENRY E.SWEENEY,Chairman, S.STANLEY PRATT, NORMAN CARD, WILLIAM H.MORRIS,Clerk Ex-officio, Board of Registrars. 24 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 STATE PRIMARY,SEPTEMBER 20,1938 The following Election Officers were sworn in by Town Clerk William H.Morris,at 11:45'A.M.: Abraham J.Antoine Ora H.Pratt Eugene C.McSweeney Charles H.Pi^att Austin L,Aheam Anastasia St.John Thomas J.Keating Florence Hill The Town Clerk read the Warrant. To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Nomina- tion of Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices: GOVERNOR For This Commonwealth LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR For This Commonwealth SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH For This Commonwealth TREASURER AND RECEIVER GENERAL For This Commonwealth AUDITOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH ..For This Commonwealth ATTORNEY GENERAL For This Commonwealth REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS For the 15th Congressional District COUNCILLOR For Second Councillor District SENATOR For Norfolk and Plymouth Senatorial District REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT For Third Plymouth Representative District DISTRICT ATTORNEY ...For the Plymouth and Norfolk District COUNTY COMMISSIONER For Norfolk County SHERIFF For Norfolk County And for the Election of the following officers: DELEGATES TO THE STATE CONVENTION OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY DELEGATES TO THE STATE CONVENTION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY Polls opened at 12 o'clock noon.Proceeded to vote for State and County Officers and Delegates to State Convention,on the Official Ballet. The following Tellers were sworn in by Frederick A.Thayer, Justice of the Peace at 6:45 P.M. George G.Monteiro Reginald R.Beal Charles R.Jason Edward M.Fleming Joseph H.Donovan Thomas L.Grassie Spencer H.Stoughton Joseph L.Oliver John M.Hunt Fi'ed C.Blossom At 8 o'clock P.M.,the polls were closed.The Ballot Box registered 654 the Ballot Check List had 654 names checked,the Voting Check List had 654 names checked. Total number of ballots cast was 654.The following vote was declared: DEMOCRATIC PARTY Ninety-nine ballots cast GOVERNOR Charles F.Hurley of 57 Fresh Pond Lane,Cambridge 24 James M.Curley of 350 Jamaicaway,Boston 43 Francis E.Kelley of 1176 Morton Street,Boston 26 Richard M.Russell of 984 Memorial Drive,Cambridge 5 Blanks 1 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR James Henry Brennan of 38 Arborway,Boston 34 Edward T.Collins of 162 Westminister St.,Springfield 4 Alexander F.Sullivan of 92 Wordsworth St.,Boston 25 Joseph C.White of 77 Westchester Road,Boston 11 William P.Yoerg of 9 Liberty Street,Holyoke 3 Blanks 22 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 25 SECRETARY William J.Ahc-arne of 28 Baker Street,Lynn 5 John M.Bresnahan of 25 Atkinson Street,Lynn 8 Henry-Clay of 37 McKnight Street,Springfield 1 Katherine A.Foley of 17 Allyn Terrace,Lawrence 26 William F.Sullivan of 28 Arborough Road,Boston 24 John H.Wallace of 1 Swan Court,Boston 9 Blanks 26 TREASURER William F.Barrett of 16 Mansur Street,Lowell 9 Ernest Joseph Brown of 31 Lexington Street,Boston 3 William H.Burke,Jr.,of 70 Main Street,Hatfield 7 Joseph W.Doherty of 67 Carlton Street,Brookline 8 Owen Gallagher of 652 Columbia Road,Boston 23 Johr^Frederick Harkins of 41 Laurel Drive,Needham 1 Daniel J.Honan of 23 Fremont Street.Winthrop 1 John J.McGrath of 2 Maple Park,Boston 18 Blanks 29 AUDITOR Thomas H.Buckley of 198 Centre Avenue,Abington 66 John J.Barry of 37 Swan Street,Everett .5 Leo D.Walsh of 2 Plummer Place,Boston 7 Blanks 21 ATTORNEY GENERAL Paul A.Dever of 86 Buckingham Street,Cambridge 74 Blanks 25 CONGRESSMAN—FIFTEENTH DISTRICT John D.W.Bodfish of Barnstable 46 Heniy L.Murphy of 531 Main Street,Barnstable 24 Blanks 29 COUNCILLOR—SECOND DISTRICT John Joseph Cheever of 86 Fxiller Street,Boston 11 James A.Cresswell of 2 South Cedar Place,Boston 10 Francis M.Kelley of 161 Chestnut Avenue.Boston 23 Timothy Lyons,Jr.of 81 Mill Street,Randolph 4 Thomas C.McGrath of 19 Clay bourne Street,Boston 14 Clement A.Riley of 52 Florence Avenue,Norwood 3 John J.Sawtelle of 14 Rosa Street,Boston 5 Louis Shindler of 15 Charlotte Street,Boston 1 Blanks 28 SENATOR—NORFOLK AND PLYMOUTH DISTRICT Noel C.King of 22 Weston Avenue,Holbrook 54 Blanks 45 REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT THIRD PLYMOUTH DISTRICT Harold W.Harrigan of 8 Roosevelt Avenue,Hull 17 George D.Scully of 50 Thaxter Street,Hingham 26 Robert Coyne of Highland Avenue,Cohasset 35 Blanks 21 DISTRICT ATTORNEY SOUTHEASTERN DISTRICT Alonzo Bartlett Greene of 66 Montclair Av.,Quincy 18 Daniel L.Kelleher,Jr.of 156 Auburn Street,Brockton 48 Blanks 33 COUNTY COMMISSIONER NORFOLK COUNTY Francis P.Kelley of 43 Emerson Road,Milton 65 Blanks 34 26 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 SHERIFF—NORFOLK COUNTY Robert S.Cutler of 20 Ring Avenue,Quincy 35 Daniel J.Flood of 1021 Washington Street,Canton 27 Blanks 37 DELEGATE TO STATE CONVENTION William H.Morris of Norfolk Road.Cohasset 65 Scattering 4 Blanks 30 REPUBLICAN PARTY Five hundred fifty-five ballots cast GOVERNOR Frederick Butler of 159 Lowell Street,Andover 7 William H.McMasters of 7 Rutland Street,Cambridge 57 Leverett Saltonstall of 240 Chestnut Hill Rd..Newton 450 Richard Whitcomb of 90 Park Drive,Springfield 28 Blanks 13 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Dewey G.Archambault of 197 Pawtucket St.,Lowell 31 Horace T.Cahill of 60 Arborway Drive,Braintree 202 J.Watson Flett of 184 Rutledge Road,Belmont 15 Charles P.Hov/ard of 186 Summer Avenue.Reading 117 Kenneth D.Johnson of 30 Brackett Street,Milton 112 Robert Gardiner Wilson,Jr.of 57 Codman Hill Avenue.Boston 41 Blanks 37 SECRETARY Frederick W.Cook of 75 Benton Road,Somerville 478 Blanks 77 TREASURER William E.Hurley of 37 Carruth Street,Boston 319 Alcnzo B.Cook of 4 Bulfinch Place,Boston 163 John J.Hurley of 86 Lynnway,Revere 27 Blanks 46 AUDITOR Carl D.Goodwin of 170 Bayswater Street,Boston 141 Russell A.Wood of 9 Whittier Street.Cambridge 298 Blanks 116 ATTORNEY GENERAL Howe Coolidge Amee of 285 Harvard Street.Cambridge 112 Clarence A.Barnes of 79 Rumford Avenue,Mansfield 233 Frank F.Walters of 70 Chandler Street,Boston 53 Blanks 157 CONGRESSMAN—FIFTEENTH DISTRICT Charles L.Giflord of Barnstable 396 Harry L.Avery of County Road,Bourne 47 William B.Taylor of Prospect Road,Plympton 44 Blanks 68 COUNCILLOR—SECOND DISTRICT Christian A.Burkard of 22 Wittich Place.Quincy 131 Clayton L.Havey of 140 Church Street,Boston 101 William J.MacHale of 16 Beaufort Road,Boston 20 David S.Mcintosh of 299 Whitwell Street,Quincy 7€ Sidney Rosenberg of 576 Blue Hill Avenue,Boston 11 Thomas Walter Taylor of 49 Damien Road,Wellesley 71 Scattering 1 Blanks 150 SENATOR—NORFOLK AND PLYMOUTH DISTRICT Newland H.Holmes of 83 Webb Street,Weymouth 233 Richard F.Paul of 48 Spring Lane,Canton 287 Blanks 35 Annual Report,Town of Coh asset,1938 27 REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT THIRD PLYMOUTH DISTRICT John Q.Knowles of 125 Spring Street,Hull 443 Robert Coyne of Highland Avenue,Cohasset 40 Blanks 72 DISTRICT ATTORNEY SOUTHEASTERN DISTRICT Edmund R.Dewing of 200 Grove Street,Wellesley 440 Joseph G.Schumb of 715 Adams Street,Milton 34 Blanks 81 COUNTY COMMISSIONER NORFOLK COUNTY Frederick A.Leavitt of 166 Tappan Street,Brookline 299 Robert R.Bishop of 361 Washington Street,Westwood 97 William S.Parmer of Farm Street,Medfield 28 Blanks 131 SHERIFF—NORFOLK COUNTY Louis K.Badger of 116 Crescent Street,Quincy 56 Russell T.Bates of 5 Shellton Road,Quincy 168 Frederick A.Holbrook of 109 No.Central Ave.,Quincy 14 Herbert P.Perry of 80 Winchester Street,Brookline 15 Samuel H.Wragg of 74 High Street,Needham 239 Blanks 63 DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION Eugene N.Tower of Beach Street,Cohasset 453 Hollis T.Gleason of Atlantic Avenue,Cohasset 423 Kendall T.Bates of North Main Street,Cohasset 416 William H.McGaw of South Main Street,Cohasset 425 Scattering 1 Blanks 502 Attest : WILLIAM H.MORRIS, Town Clerk. SPECIAL ELECTION November 8,1938 The following Election OflEicers were sworn in by Town Clerk William H.Morris,at 5:45 a.m.: Louise Jason Nellie DeSantos Florence Hill Joseph A.MigUaccio Harry A.P.Hetue Robert E.Donovan Edward R.Jason Isabel Grassie The Town Clerk read the Warrant. ARTICLE:To cast and/or give in their votes upon the official ballot for Selectman,Assessor and Member of the Board of Public Welfare,each to fill a vacancy,for the term expiring March,1939. Polls opened at 6 a.m.Proceeded to vote for Town Officers,to fill vacancies,on the Official Ballot. The following Tellers were sworn in by Town Clerk William H. Morris,at 1 o'clock p.m.: Mary Stoddard Reginald R.Beal Fred W.Sullivan Clara Hyland Louis B.C.Bailey At 8 o'clock p.m.,the polls were closed.The Ballot Box regis- tered 1667,the Ballot Check List had 1667 names checked,the Vot- ing Check List had 1667 names checked. 2g Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 Total number of ballots cast was 1667.The following vote was declared: Selectmen to Fill a Vacancy,William F.Burke 360 for the term expiring Nelson C.Pratt 156 March.1939.Blanks 24 Kendall T.Bates 939 .-„u..„.,.^^.„ /^nselm L Beal 199 ^card of Public Welfare to Fill a William F.Burke 361 ^^^ Vacancy __ Nelson C.Pratt 152 for the term expiring Blanks 16 March,1939.^^^"^^^Kendall T.Bates 827 Assessor to Fill a Vacancy Anselm L.Beal 152 for the term expiring William F.Burke 237 March,1939.Robert P.Coyne 271 Kendall T.Bates 913 Nelson C.Pratt 146 Anselm L.Beal 214 Blanks 34 At 9:40 p.m.,a motion was made and seconded and so voted that this meeting be dissolved. Attest : WILLIAM H.MORRIS, Town Clerk. STATE ELECTION November 8th,1938 The following Election Officers were sworn in by Town Clerk William H.Morris at 5:45 a.m. Thomas J.Keating Eugene C.McSweeney Austin L.Ahearn Abraham J.Antoine,Sr. Charles H.Pi'att Anastasia St.John Ora H.Pratt Leo E.Neagle The Town Clerk Read the Warrant. To bring in their votes to the Election Officers for the Election cf Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices:Governor, Lieutenant Governor,Secretary of the Commonwealth;Attorney General;Auditor of the Commonwealth;Treasurer and Receiver- General;Congressman,Fifteenth District,Councillor for Second Councillor District;Senator for Norfolk and Plymouth Senatorial District;Representative in General Com*t for Third Plymouth Dis- trict;District Attorney for Southeastern District;County Commis- sioner.Norfolk County;Sheriff,for Norfolk County. Question No.1.—Proposed Amendment to the Constitution. Shall an amendment to the Constitution providing for biennial sessions of the General Court and for a biennial budget which is further described as follows: — This amendment annuls all existing provisions of the Constitu- tion and its prior amendments which require annual sessions of the General Court,commonly known as the Legislature,and provides for biennial sessions in their place.It also provides that the budget of all proposed expenditures of the Commonwealth shall be so pre- pared as to cover two fiscal years instead of only one as at present required,—which p>roposed amendment was approved by the General Coiu-t and in a joint session of the two branches held May 27,1936. received 141 votes in the affirmative and 117 in the negative,and in a joint session of the two branches held May 19,1937,received 158 votes in the affirmative and 112 in the negative,—be approved? Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 29 Question No.2—Law proposed by Initiative Petition. Shall the proposed measure which provides that in any city or town which accepts its terms,the licensing authorities shall estab- lish free public taxicab stands for the use of all taxicabs and motor vehicles for hire whose owners are licensed within such city or town, and shall abolish all other forms of taxicab stands on any public highway within such city or town,—which was disapproved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 96 in the affirmative,and 109 in the negative,and in the Seate by a vote of four in the aflOrma- tive,and 35 in the negative,—be approved. 1.Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town)for the sale there- in of all alcoholic beverages (whiskey,rum,gin,malt beverages, wines and all other alcoholic beverages)? 2.Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town)for the sale therein of wines and malt beverages (wines and beer)aJe and all other malt beverages)? 3.Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town)for the sale there- in of all alcoholic beverages in packages,so called,not to be drunk on the premises? 1.Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on licensed horse races be permitted in this county? 2.Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on licensed dog races be permitted in this county? The following Election Officers (Tellers)were sworn in by Town Clerk William H.Morris,at 1 o'clock p.m. George G.Monterio Fred C.Blossom Spencer H.Stoughton Anthony M.GonsaJves Joseph L.Oliver Charles R.Jason Joseph H.Donovan Thomas L.Grassie Edward M.Fleming Malcolm H.Stevens At 8 o'clock p.m.the polls were closed,and after completion of the counting of ballots the following Officers and Questions received the following number of votes: Total ballots cast 1716 Governor HENNING A.BLOMEN of Cambridge—Socialist Labor Partv 3ROLANDS.BRUNEAU of Cambridge—Independent ' JEFFREY W.CAMPBELL of Boston—Socialist 6JAMESM.CURLEY of Boston—Democratic .505WILLIAMADAVENPORTofGreenfield—Independent- Tax Reform 2 OTIS ARCHER HOOD of Worcester—Communist Party ......CHARLES L.MANSER of Boston—Sound Sensible Govern- ment IWILLIAMH.McMASTERS of Cambridge—Townsend Recov- ery Plan 4LEVERETTSALTONSTALLofNewton—Republican 1180GEORGEL.THOMPSON of Randolph—Pi^ohibition .1 Blanks 14 Lieutenant Governor MANUEL BLANK of Boston—Communist Party 5JAMESHENRYBRENNANofBoston—Democratic 48SHORACET.CAHILL of Braintree—Republican 1160FREEMANW.FOLLETT of Haverhill—Prohibition 5JOSEPHF.MASSIDDA of Swampscott—Socialist 4GEORGEL.McGLYNN of Springfield—Socialist Labor Partv 2Blanks^5^ 30 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 Secretary FREDERIC W.COOK of Somerville—Republican 1180 HUGO DeGREGORY of Springfield—Communist 2 KATHERINE A.FOLEY of Lawrence—Democratic 460 EILEEN O'CONNOR LANE of Newton—Socialist 5 MALCOLM T.ROWE of Lynn—Socialist Labor Party 5 Blanks 64 Treasurer FRANK L.ASHER of Boston—Communist Party 5 ALBERT SPRAGUE COOLIDGE of Cambridge—Socialist ....9 OWEN GALLAGHER of Boston—Democratic 445 JOHN J.HURLEY of Revere—Independent 24 WILLIAM E.HURLEY of Boston,Candidate for re-election Republican 1164 RALPH PIRONE of Lynn—Socialist Labor Party 2 Blanks 67 Auditor THOMAS H.BUCKLEY of Abington—Democratic 555 MICHAEL C.FLAHERTY of Boston—Socialist 5 HORACE I.HILLIS of Saugus—Socialist Labor Party 2 MICHAEL TUYSUZIAN of Boston—Communist Party 3 GUY S.WILLIAMS of Worcester—Prohibition 19 RUSSELL A.W^OOD of Cambridge—Republican 1052 Blanks 80 Attorney General CLARENCE A.BARNES of Mansfield—Republican 981 PAUL A.DEVER of Cambridge—Democratic 646 JOSEPH C.FIGUEIREDO of New Bedford—Communist Party .7 GEORGE F.HOGAN of Nahant—Prohibition 5 ALFRED BAKER LEWIS cf Cambridge—Socialist 3 FRED E.OELCKER of Peabody—Socialist Labor Party Blanks 74 Congressman—Fifteenth District JOHN D.W.BODFISH of Barnstable—Democratic 561 CHARLES L.GIFFORD of Barnstable—Republican 1063 Blanks 92 Councillor—Second District SALT.FRIEDMAN of Boston.Socialist 10 CLAYTON L.HAVEY cf Boston—RepubUcan 1088 JOHN J.SAWTELLE of Boston-Democratic 480 Blanks 138 Senator—Norfolk and Plymouth District NEWLAND H.HOLMES of Weymouth—Republican 1129 NOEL C.KING of Holbrook—Democratic 482 Blanks 105 Representative in General Court—Third Plymouth District JOHN Q.KNOWLES of Hull—Republican 1256 GEORGE D.SCULLY of Hingham—Democratic 395 Blanks 64 District Attorney—Southeastern District EDMUND R.DEWING of Wellesley—RepubUcan 1154 DANIEL L.KELLEHER,Jr.,of Brockton—Democratic 474 Blanks 88 County Commissioner — Norfolk County FRANCIS P.KELLEY of Milton—Democratic 544 FREDERICK A.LEAVITT of Brookline—Republican 1059 Blanks 113 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 31 Sheriff—Norfolk County DANIEL J.FLOOD of Canton—Democratic 481 SAMUEL H.WRAGG of Needham—Republican 1120 Blanks 115 Question No.1—Proposed Amendment to the Constitution Shall an amendment to the Constitution providing for biennial sessions of the General Court,and for a biennial budget which is further described as follows: — This amendment annuls all existing provisions of the Constitu- tion and its prior amendments v/hich require annual sessions of the General Court,commonly known as the Legislature,and provides for biennial sessions in their place.It also provides that the budget of all proposed expenditures of the Commonwealth shall be so prepared as to cover two fiscal years instead of only one as at pr'esent re- quired,—which proposed amendment was approved by the General Court and in a joint session of the two branches held May 27,1936. received 141 votes in the affirmative and 117 in the negative,and in a joint session of the two branches held May 19,1937,received 158 votes in the affirmative and 112 in the negative —be approved? Yes 702 No 386 Blanks 628 Question No.2—Law Proposed By Initiative Petition. Shall the proposed measure which provides that in any city or town which accepts its terms,ihe licensing authorities shall estab- lish free public taxicab stands for the use of all taxicabs and motor vehicles for hire whose owners are licensed within such city or tov/n,and shall abolish all other forms of taxicab stands on any public highway within such city or town,—which was disapproved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 96 in the affirmative and 109 in the negative and in the Senate by a vote of four in the af- firmative and 35 in the nesative,—be approved? Yes 572 No 686 Blanks 458 Question. 1.Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town)for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whisky,rum,gin,malt beverages, wines and all other alcoholic beverages)? Yes 979 No 498 Blanks 239 2.Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town)for the sale therein of wines and malt beverages (wines and beer,ale and all other malt beverages)? Yes 984 No 426 Blanks 306 3.Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town)for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages in packages,so-called,not to be drunk on the premises? Yes 1066 No 381 Blanks 269 Question 1.Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on licensed horse races be permitted in this county? Yes 896 No 495 Blanks 325 32 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 2.Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on licensed dog races be permitted in this county? Yes 752 No 596 Blanks 368 Attest:WILLIAM H.MORRIS. Toicn Clerk. Commonwealth of Massachusetts CONVENTION OF TOWN CLERKS Third Plymouth Representative District On the seventeenth day of November,A.D.,1938,the Town Clerks of Hingham,Hull and Cohasset,said Towns comprising the Third Plymouth Representative District,assembled at the office of the Town Clerk in Hingham at 2 o'clock p.m.,for the purpose of examin- ing the returns of votes given in and determining who had been elected to represent said District in the General Court,to be holden at Boston on the first Wednesday of January next,proceeded to can- vass said returns and.found the ballots given in for the candidates to be as follows: Hingham Hull Cohasset Total John Q.Knowles ..2,713 987 1.257 4.957 George D.Scully ...778 294 395 1.467 Blanks 91 55 64 210 Total 3,582 1,336 1,716 6,634 It appearing that John Q.Knowles of Spring Street,Hull,has received a plurality of the votes given in,a certificate of Election was issued,to him. WILLIAM L.HOWARD Town Clerk of Hingham ANDREW F.POPE Town Clerk of Hull WILLIAM H.MORRIS Town Clerk of Cohasset Attest : WILLIAM H.MORRIS. Toicn Clerk. Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 33 VITAL STATISTICS Record of Births,Deaths and Marriages Recorded in 1938 BIRTHS Total number of births recorded was ninety-five,of which four- teen were delayed returns and corrections of past years,seventy-five being born in Cohasset and twenty in other towns.Of the eighty- one in the year,1938,there were forty-six where the parents were residents of other towns.Of the thirty-five whose parents were resi- residents of Cohasset sixteen were females and nineteen were males. MARRIAGES Total number of marriages v^^as thirty,of which seventeen were married in Cohasset. DEATHS Total number of deaths was sixty-six,including one that was a delayed return of 1937,and including those who died in other towns. Of the forty who were residents of Cohasset twenty-three were males and seventeen were females. The causes of death were as follows:Gas Poisoning,1;Broncho Pneumonia,9;Intrantering Axphyxia,2;Gastric Hemorrhage,1; Fractured right hip (Heart Disease),1;Cerebral Embolism,1;Ar- terio Sclerosis,3;Spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage,1;Dia- betes mellitus,1;Possible contusion of brain from fall,Chronic Glo- merli Nephritis,1;Chronic Myocaraditis,3;General Peritonitis,1; Congenital Defect of Brain,1;Hyi>ostatic Pneumonia,2;Lobar Pneumonia,2;Myocaraditis,2;Shock from Auto Accident,1;Heart Disease,1;Chronic Nephritis,1;Cerebral Thrombosis,3;Carcino- ma,5;Coronary Thrombosis,1;Cardiac Decompensation,1:Cere- bral Hemorrhage,5;Acute Arsenical Poisoning (Accidental),1; Pulm.Embolism,both lungs,1;Puerperal Septicema,1;Edema of Brain—Convulsions,1;Premature Birth,1;Myocardial Failure Acute,1;Apolexy,1;Fracture Skull,2;Rheumatic Fever,1;Still Birth,1;Cholecysto—Anodenostomy,2;Comary Thrombosis,1; Myocardial Degeneration,2. 34 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 ^9 >/„, n1 ^ Q 0)CU ^ ^IT^o M kJ 'S w ^ r^ .^4^ CU >pq w 7-1 ^-a 'O -^^f:^ fi:(^ca 05 c3 t^ s::'Oo-r<. 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Registered voters in Town of Cohasset October 19th,1938.was 1983. Sat.Feb.5,1838 at Town Hall Thur.Feb.17,1938 at Beechwood Wed.Feb.23,1938 at Town Hall Mon.Feb.21,1938 at Town Hall Thur.Mar.24,1938 at Town Hall Tues.July 5,1938 'at Town Hall Tues.July 12,1938 at Town Hall Tues.July 19,1938 at Town Hall Tues.July 26,1938 at Town Hall Wed.Aug.17,1938 at Town Hall Wed.Aug.31,1938 at Town Hall Sat.Oct.1,1938 at Town Hall Thur.Oct.13,1938 at Beechwood Wed.Oct.19,1938 at Town Hall Fri.No.4,1938 at Town Hall Respectfully submitted, HENRY E.SWEENEY,Chairman, S.STANLEY PRATT, NORMAN CARD. WILLIAM H.MORRIS,Clerk. Board of Registrars of Voters. 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Very truly yours, THEODORE N.WADDELL Director of Accounts. Mr.Theodore N.Waddell Director of Accounts Department of Corporations and Taxation State House,Boston Sir: In accordance with your instructions,I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Cohasset for the fiscal year ending December 31,1938,and submit the following report thereon : The financial transactions,as recorded on the books of the several departments receiving or disbursing money for the town or commiitting bills for collection,were examined and reconciled with the books in the town accountant's office. The town accountant's ledger was examined,general accounts being compiled and the appropriation accounts being analyzed.The appropriation accounts were checked with the town clerk's record of town meeting proceedings and the recorded transfers from the reserve fund were verified by a comparison with the records of the finance committee.A trial balance was taken,and a balance sheet,which is appended to this report,was prepared showing the financial condition of the town on December 31,1938.This balance sheet indicates that the financial condition of the town is excellent. The books and accounts of the treasurer were examined and checked.The receipts,as recorded,were analyzed and checked with the records of the several departments collecting money for the town,and with other sources from which money was paid into the treasury,while the payments were checked with the select- men's warrants authorizing the treasurer to disburse town funds. The cash book additions were cerified and the cash balance on January 14,1939,was proved by actual count of the cash in the office and by a reconciliation of the bank balances with statements furnished by the banks of deposit. Payments made on account of maturing debt and interest were checked and compared with the cancelled securities and coupons on file. The savings bank books and securities representing the invest- 46 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 ment cf the several trust funds in custody of the town treasurer,the treasurer of the trustees of the Cohasset Free Public Library,and the treasurer of the Paul Pratt Memorial Library were examined and listed.Thfj income was proved,the vouchers on file supporting:ex- penditures were examined,and the transfers to the town were com- pared with the treasurer's recorded receipts. The records of tax titles held by the town were examined and reconciled with the tax books,the redemptions being checked with the treasurer's cash book,and the tax title deeds as listed being further verified with the records in the Registry of Deeds. Attention is again called to Section 7,Chapter 436,Acts of 1936, in connection with federal grants received on account of old age assistance.Money received from this source should be kept in sep- erate accounts,while payments on approved cases should be charged directly against the proper grant account. The books and accounts of the tax collector were examined and checked.The tax accounts outstanding at the time of the previous examination were audited,and all subsequent commitments were compared with the assessors'warrants issued for their collection. The payments to the treasurer were verified,the recorded abate- ments were checked with the assessors'records,the taxes transferred to the tax title account v/ere proved,and the outstanding accounts were listed. The records of departmental accounts receivable were examined and checked in detail.The recorded payments to the treasurer v/ere compared with the treasurer's cash book,the authorizations of abatem-ents were inspected,and che outstanding accounts were listed End proved. Verification of the outstanding tax and departmental accounts v;as mads by mailing notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town,the replies re- ceived thereto indicating that the outstanding accounts,as listed,are correct. The financial records of the town clerk relative to dog and sporting licenses issued were examined.The payments to the State were cerified with the receipts on file and the payments to the town treasurer were compared with the treasurer's cash book. The records of licenses and permits issued by the selectmen,the police department,and the health department w?re examined an.! checked,and the payments to the town were verified. The accounts of the sealer of weights and measures,of the school department,and of all other departments collecting money or com- mitting bills for collection were reconciled with the treasurer's and the town accountant's bocks. The surety bonds of the various town officials required to file them were examined and found to be in proper form. Appended to this report,in addition to the balance sheet,are tables showing a reconciliation of the treasurer's and collector's cash.sum_maries of the tax,tax title,and departmental accounts,as well as tables showing the trust fund transactions. For the cooperation extended by the various town officials during the progress of the audit,I wish,on behalf cf my assistants and for myself,to express appreciation. Respectfully submitted HERMAN B.DINE Assistant Director of Accounts. Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 47 RECONCILIATION OP TREASURER'S CASH Balance January 1,1938 $94,954.12 Rsceipts .475,182.52 Payments ... Balance Cscember 31,1938 Balancs January 1.1939 . Receipts January 1 to 14,1939 Payments January 1 to 14,1939 .. Balance January 14.1939: Cash In office,verified Rockland Trust Company ... V/ebster and Atlas Natl.Bank $482,270.08 87,886.56 $87,866.56 2,706.21 $6,709.03 $570,136.64 $570,136.64 $90,572.77 $17.42 64,701.37 19,144.95 83,863.74 Rockland Trust Company Balance January 14,1939,per statement .$65,936.81 Deposit in transit January 14,1939,verified 1,395.05 Balance January 14,1939,per check register $64,701.37 Outstanding checks January 14,1939,per list 2,630.49 Webster and Atlas National Bank Balance January 14,1939,per statement Balance January 14.1939,per check register $19,144.95 Outstanding checks January 14,1939,per list 50.00 RECONCILIATION OF COLLECTOR'S CASH Balances January 14,1939,per tables: Taxes 1937 $379.45 Taxes 1938,19.00 Mctor vehicle excise taxes 1938..2.64 Interest and costs on taxes ....84.85 Pettv cash advance $485.94 50.00 Cash in office January 14,1939,verified TAXES—1935 Outstanding January 1,1938 Tax titles disclaimed $74.25 5.20 Tax titles taken Outstanding December 31,1938 and January 14„1939,per list $5.20 74.25 TAXES—1936 Outstanding January 1.1938 Tax titles disclaimed 1938 Refunds 1938: Abatements and payments ...$383.04 Overpaym.ents 10.00 Payments to treasurer 1938 Abatements 1938 Tax titles taken 1938 $11,840.67 5.04 393.04 $9,985.63 1,162.19 1,090.93 $90,572.77 $67,331.86 $67,331.86 $19,194.95 $19,194.95 $535.94 $535.94 $79.45 $79.45 $12,238.75 $12,238.75 48 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 TAXES—1937 Outstanding January 1,1938 $45,965.90 Tax titles disclaimed 4.95 Abatements and payments refunded 1.120.68 $47,091.53 Payments to treasurer $33,524.47 Abatements 1,238.13 Added to tax titles 502.34 Outstanding December 31,1938 11,826.59 $47,091.53 Outstanding January 1,1939 $11,826.59 Payments to treasurer January 1 to 14,1939 $787.37 Outstanding January 14.1939.per list 10,659.77 Cash balance January 14,1939 379.45 $11,826.59 TAXES—1938 Commitment per warrants $287,455.33 Refunds : Abatements and payments $171.06 Overpayments 8.36 179.42 $287,634.75 Payments to treasurer $234,731.71 Abatements 3,133.16 Added to tax titles 1,499.75 Outstanding December 31,1938 48,270.13 $287,634.75 Outstanding January 1,1939 $48,270.13 Payments to treasurer January'1 to 14,1939 $228.44 Outstanding January 14,1939,per list 48,022.69 Cash balance January 14,1939 19.00 S48.270.13 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES—1937 Outstanding January 1,1938 $1,499.33 Additional commitment,per warrant 34.25 Abatements and payments,refunded 16.79 $1,550.37 Paym.ents ta treasurer $1,439.00 Abatements 63.31 Outstanding December 31„1938 and January 14,1939,per list 48.06 SI.550.37 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES—1938 Commitment per warrants $10,832.78 Abatements and payments,refunded 295.96 $11,128.74 Payments to treasurer $10,037.85 Abatements 698.46 Outstanding December 31.1938 392.43 $11,128.74 Outstanding January 1,1939 $392.43 Abatements and payments refunded January 1 to 14,1939 27.94 $420.37 Payments to treasurer January 1 to 14,1939 ..$66.78 Abatements January 1 to 14,1939 80.31 Outstanding January 14,1939,per list 270.64 Cash balance January 14,1939 2.64 $420.37 Annual Report.Town of Coh asset.1938 49 MOTH ASSESSMENTS—1937 Outstanding January 1.1938 $16.50 Payments to treasurer 1938 $16^50 MOTH ASSESSMENTS—1938 Ccmmitment per warrant $334.00 Payments to treasurer $320.50 Outstanding December 31,1938 and January 14,1939,per list 13.50 $334.00 INTEREST AND COSTS ON TAXES Interest and costs collections 1938: Taxes : Levy of 1936,$1,006.84 Levy of 1937,1,247.12 Levy of 1938 180.13 Motor vehicle excise taxes: Levy of 1937 $59.67 Levy'of 1938 36.90 $2,434.09 96.57 $2,530.66 Payments to treasurer 1938 $2,530.66 Interest and costs collections January 1 to 14,1939: Taxes Levy of 1937 $115.96 Levy of 1938 2.75 $118.71 Motor vehicle excise taxes: Levy of 1938 .24 Payments to treasurer January 1 to 14,1939 $34.10 Cash balance January 14,1939 84.85 TAX TITLES Balance Januaiy 1,1938 $6,392.47 Tax titles taken : $118.95 $118.95 Taxes 1935 ...$5.20 1,251.60 2,023.04 Taxes 1936 1,090.93 Interest and costs 155.47 Added to tax titles: Taxes 1937 Taxes 1938 $502.34 1,499.75 Interest and costs .......20.95 S9.667.ll Payments to treasurer Tax titles disclaimed: Taxes 1935 $5.20 $4,641.21 27.78 4,998.12 Taxes 1936 5.04 Taxes 1937 4.95 Interest and costs 12.59 Balance December 31,1938, 1939,per list and January 14 $9,667.11 INTEREST AND COSTS ON TAX TITLES REDEEMED Charges 1938 $253.77 Payments to treasurer 1938 $253.77 50 Annual Report.Town of Cohasset.1938 TAX POSESSIONS Ba]anc3 January 1.1938 Balance December 31,1938 and Januarv 14.1939 $1,514.37 $1,514.37 SELECTMEN'S LICENSES AND PERMITS Outstanding January 1,1938 Licenses and permits issued: Auctioneers Beer,wine and liquor .... Hawkers'and pedlers'.... Innhclders' Intelligence cffics Lodging house Sale of firearms Sunday Transient vendors' Victuallers' Payments to treasurer Outstanding December 31,1938 $6.00 3.550.00 70.00 2.00 2.00 3.00 2.00 7.00 50.00 10.00 Outstanding January 1,1939 Payments to treasurer January 1 to 14,1939 $102.00 3,702.00 t,453.0O 351.00 $3,804.00 $3,804.00 $351.00 $351.00 TOWN CLERK Dog Licenses Licenses issued 1938: Males 241 at $2.00 Females 39 at 5.00 Spayed Females ....41 at 2.00 Kennel 1 at 25.00 Payments to treasurer .... Fees retained Cash balance December 31,1938 Cash balance January 1,1939 Payments to treasurer January 1 to 14. Fees retained January 1 to 14.1939 ... 1939 $482.00 195.00 84.00 25.00 $719.60 64.40 2.00 $1.80 .20 $786.00 $786.00 $2.00 $2.00 TOWN CLERK Sporting and Trapping Licenses Licenses issued 1938: Resident citizens'fishing 12 at $2.00 $24.00 Resident citizens'hunting ...104 at 2.00 208.00 Resident citizens'sporting ...17 at 3.25 55.25 Resident citizens'minor and female fishing 4 at 1.25 5.00 Resident citizens'minor trapping 1 at 2.25 2.25 Lobster and crab 32 at 5.00 160.00 Duplicate 1 at .50 .50 Payments to Division of Fisheries and 'game 1938 $412.50 Fees retained 1938 42.50 $455.00 $455.00 Annual Report.Town of Cohasset,1938 51 Licenses issued January 1 to 14,1939: Resident citizens'fishing 1 at $2.00 $2.00 Resident citizens'hunting ....29 at 2.00 58.00 Resident citizens'sporting ..4 at 3.25 13.00 Resident citizens'minor and female fishing 1 at 1.25 1.25 Resident citizens trapping ....1 at 5.25 5.25 Lobster and crab 1 at 5.00 5.00 Payments to Division of Fisheries and Game, January 1 to 14,1939 $45.75 Fees retained January 1 to 14,1939 5.25 Cash on hand January 14,1939,verified ....33.50 TOWN HALL Accounts Receivable Outstanding January 1,1938 $173.73 Charges 897.88 Payments to treasurer $861.80 Abatements 39.55 Outstanding December 31,1938 170.26 Payments to treasurer $30.00 Outstanding December 31,1938 and January 14.1939,per list 11.65 $84.50 $84.50 $1,071.61 $1,071.61 Outstanding January 1,1939 $170.26 Payments to treasurer January 1 to 14,1939 $4.17 Outstanding January 14,1939,per list 166.09 $170.26 POLICE DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable Outstanding January 1,1938 $65.00 Outstanding December 31,1938 and January 14^1939,per list $65.00 Licenses and Permits Licenses and permits issued 1938 Hackney $11.00 Revolver 11.50 22.50 Payments to treasurer 1938 $22.50 FIRE DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable Outstanding January 1.1938 $25.35 Charges 16.30 $41.65 $41.65 SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Fees 1938 $47.60 Overpayments to treasurer 1938 1.00 $48.60 Payments to treasurer 1938 $48.60 Fees January 1 to 14,1939 $3.10 Outstanding January 18.1939,per list $3.00 Cash on hand January 18.1939,verified ....10 $3.10 52 Annual Report.Town of Cohasset,1938 HEALTH DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable Outstanding January 1,1938 $9.50 Outstanding December 31,1938 and January-14,1939,per list $9.50 Licenses Licenses issued 1938: Milk 16 at $.50 $8.00 Oleomargarine 2 at 1.00 2.00 Pasteurization 1 at 10.00 10.00 $20.00 Payments to treasurer 1938 $20.00 HARBOR MASTER'S DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable Outstanding January 1,1938 $51.50 Payments to treasurer 1938 $51.50 TOWN INFIRMARY Accounts Receivable Outstanding January 1,1938 $39.56 Charges 225.00 $264.56 Payments to treasurer $25.00 Outstanding December 31,1938 and January 14,1939,per list 239.56 $264.56 PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable Outstanding January 1,1938 $7,313.29 Charges 7,219.98 $14,533.27 Payments to treasurer $7,373.87 Abatements 724.19 Outstanding December 31,1938 and January 14,1939,per list 6,435.21 $14,533.27 BUREAU OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE Accounts Receivable Outstanding January 1,1938 $1,207.73 Charges 5,334.23 $6,541.96 Payments to treasurer $6,422.82 Abatements 73.67 Outstanding December 31,1938 and January 14,1939,per list 45.47 $6,541.96 SOLDIERS'RELIEF DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable Outstanding January 1,1938 $833.69 Outstanding December 31,1938 and January 14,1939,per list $833.69 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Lunch Room Cash balance January 1,1938 $245.00 Receipts : Osgood School $903.70 Ripley Road School 1,665.00 2,568.70 $2,813.70 Annual Report.Town of Cohasset.1938 Payments to treasurer $2,593.70 Cash balance December 31,1938 220.00 Cash balance January 1,1939 $220.00 Receipts January 1 to 23,1939: Osgood School $92.30 Ripley Road School 142.50 234.80 Payments to treasurer January 1 to 23,1939.$220.00 Cash balance January 23,1939: Cash on hand verified $28.76 Cohasset Savings Bank. Bock No.15742 206.04 234.80 Miscellaneous Receipts Collections 1938: Manual training $106.92 Printing 27.87 School supplies 19.81 Rent—Ripley School Hall 25.00 Payments to treasurer $154.50 Cash balance December 31,1938 25.10 Cash balance January 1,1939 $25.10 Collections January 1 to 23,1939: Manual training $2.80 Printing .50 3.30 Payments to treasurer January 1 to 23,1939 $25.10 Cash balance January 23,1939 3.30 CEMETERY DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable Outstanding January 1,1938: Care of lot and graves $245.94 Sale of lots and graves 165.50 Charges : Care of lots and graves ..$345.24 Sale of lots and graves 229.15 574.39 Payments to treasurer: Care of lots and graves $344.42 Sale of lots and gTaves 209.15 $553.57 Abatements : Care of lots and graves 108.64 Outstanding December 31,1938: Care of lots and graves $138.12 Sale of lots and graves 185.50 323.62 Outstanding January 1.1939: Care of lots and graves $138.12 Sale of lots and graves 185.50 1,813.70 $454.80 $454.80 $179.60 $179.60 $28.40 $28.40 $985.83 $985.83 $323.62 54 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 Payments to treasurer January 1 to 14,1939: Care of lots and graves $3.00 Sale of lots and graves 40.00 Outstanding January 14,1939,per lists: Care of lots and graves $135.12 Sale of lots and graves 145.50 $43.00 280.62 RIPLEY SCHOOL FUND Savings Deposits On hand at beginning of year 1938 $2,055.92 On hand at end of year 1938 $2,118.04 On hand January 14,1939 $2,144.52 Receipts Payments 1938 Income $62.12 Added to savings deposits January 1 to 14,1939 Income $26.48 Added to savings deposits JAMES W.NICHOLS SCHOOL PRIZE FUND Savings Deposits On hand at beginning of year 1938 $2,294.86 On hand at end of year 1938 $2,288.08 On hand January 14,1939 2,316.68 Receipts Payments 1938 Withdrawn from Transferred to town savings deposits ..$6.78 Income 68.22 $75.00 January 1 to 14,1939 Income $28.60 Added to savings deposits WHEELWRIGHT PARK FUND Savings Deposits On hand at beginning of year 1938 $15,000.00 On hand at end of year 1938 $15,000.00 On hand Januaiy 14,1939 $15,000.00 Receipts Payments 1938 Income $450.00 Transferred to town .... January 1 to 14,1939 Income $187.50 Transferred to town H.D.WADLEIGH PARK FUND Savings Deposits On hand at beginning of year 1938 $5,000.00 On hand at end of year 1938 $5,000.00 On hand January 14,1939 $5,000.00 Receipts Payments 1938 Income $150.00 Transferred to town January 1 to 14,1939 Income $62.50 Transferred to town $323.62 Total $2,055.92 $2,118.04 $2,144.52 $62.12 $26.48 Total $2,294.86 $2,288.08 $2,316.68 $75.00 $75.00 $28.60 Total $15,000.00 $15,000.00 $15,000.00 $450.00 $187.50 Total $5,000.00 $5,000.00 $5,000.00 $150.00 $62.56 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 DO BILLINGS-PRATT PARK On hand at beginning of year 1938 On hand at end of year 1938 On hand January 14,1939 Receipts FUND Savings Deposits Total $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 Payments Income Income 1938 $30.00 Transferred to town January 1 to 14,1939 $12.50 Transferred to town R.C.BILLINGS On hand at beginning of year 1938 On hand at end of year 1938 On hand January 14,1939 Receipts TOWN COMMON FUND Savings Deposits $1,150.00 $1,150.00 $1,150.00 Payments Income Income 1938 $34.50 Transferred to town January 1 to 14,1939 $14.38 Transferred to town $30.00 $12.53 Total $1,150.00 $1,150.00 $1,150.00 $34.50 $14.38 E.M.BATES TOWN POND AND COMMON FUND Savings Cn hand On hand On hand aL beginning'of year 1938 at end of year 1938 January 14,1939 Receipts Deposits $1,661.21 $1,711.42 $1,732.81 Payments Total $1,661.21 $1,711.42 $1,732.81 Income Income 1938 $50.21 Added to savings deposits January 1 to 14,1939 $21.39 Added to savings deposits ARTHUR N.MILLIKEN RECREATIONAL FUND Savings $50.21 $21.39 On hand at beginning of year 1938 On hand at end of year 1938 On hand January 14,1939 Receipts 1938 Withdrawn from savings Transferred to town $8,038.53 deposits $7,734.01 Income 304.52 Deposits $10,075.00 $2,340.99 $2,370.24 Payments Total $10,075.00 $2,340.99 $2,370.24 Income $8,03^.53 January 1 to 14,1939 $29.25 Added to savings deposits CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS Savings On hand at beginning of year 1938 . On hand at end of year 1938 On hand January 14,1939 Receipts 1938 Income $77.33 Bequests 225.00 1 deposits $2,587.63 $2,825.31 $2,859.34 Payments Added to savings deposits Transferred to town $8,038.53 $29.25 Total $2,587.63 $2,825.31 $2,859.34 $237.68 64.65 Income $302.33 $302.33 January 1 to 14,1939 $34.03 Added to savings deposits $34.03 56 Annual Report.Town of Cohasset,1938 COHASSET FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY FUNDS In Custody of Trustees Savings Cash Deposits Securities Total On hand at beginning of year 1938 $536.10 $13,832.10 $13,813.05 $28,181.25 On hand at end of year 1938 $413.97 $15,947.10 $11,798.05 $28,159.12 On hand January 14,1939 $617.60 $15,947.10 $11,798.05 $28,362.75 Receipts Securities sold .... Dividend on liqui- dation of securi- ties $2,000.00 15.00 90.00 1,001.62 536.10 Payments 1938 Added to savings deposits Transferred to Paul Pratt Memorial Library Funds Administration $2,115.00 400.00 23.50 Premium on securi- ties sold Income Library expenditures ... Cash on hand December 31,1938 1 to 14,1939 Administration Cash on hand January 14, 1939 690.25 413 97 Cash on hand,Jan- ary 1.1938 Inccmp $3,642.72 January $227.13 413.97 $3,642.72 $23 50 Cash on hand Janu- ary 1.1939 617.60 $641.10 PAUL PRATT MEMORIAL LIBRARY FUNDS In Custody of Directors Savings $641.10 Cash Desposits Securities Total On hand at beginning of year 1938 ..$1,278.01 $557.75 $10,500.00 $12,335.76 On hand at end of year 1938 $1,194.62 $557.62 $10,500.00 $12,252.37 On hand January 14,1939 $1,132.63 $557.75 $10,500.00 $12,190.38 Receipts Payments 1938 Securities sold $2,000.00 Securities purchased ..$2,000.00 Premium on securi-Library expenditures ....6,947.35 ties sold 4.20 Cash on hand December Income 422.45 31,1938 1,194.62 Transferred from Cohasseet Free Pub- lic Library Funds 400.00 Town appropriation 5,500.00 Fines,etc 531.81 Insurance dividend 5.50 Cash on hand Janu- ary 1.1938 1,278.01 $10,141.97 $10,141.97 January 1 to 14,1939 Income $53.16 Library expenditures ....$115.15 Cash on hand Jan-Cash on hand January 14, uary 1.1939 1,194.62 1939 1,132.63 $1,247.78 $1,247.78 Annual Report.Town of Cohasset.1938 Id r^m CD (N Oi CO HO c;i CO tr-m •ce-ic t- lO O .-I '^ lO 00 (M CO 00 r-i ^ CD 1-H in in 00 (N 00 .-<•<* oi in CO Pi pa Q ! 23 m < O O o > o tH CQ Ttl in i-H 6©- W J3 03 3 0)S-,HCDOh -1-3 f3 be £>-rH CD ,-H CD -1^ CD —I <D in <3s CO C^in rH "^CO o c-CM t-e^co (M CO --I 00 r-J I>CO £35 C-CO €«-in csi < o'o P? -tS (j3+? 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O o (U ;-< :3 a: c^ *^O o^f-t ^G^ >»o J-l -1-3 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 59 TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT 1938 RECEIPTS General Revenue TAXES Current year: Poll $1,910.00 Property 232,821.71 $234,731.71 Previous years: Poll—None Property 43,510.10 From the State: Income $25,365.09 Income,Sec.4,Chap 362,1936 317.17 $25,682.26 Corporation tax,Chap.108,1937 $819.39 Corporation tax 385.23 Gas,Electric Light,Water ....2,038.80 3,243.42 28,925.68 Old Age Assistance: From Government,by State 7,893.97 Excise Automobile Taxes: 1937 $1,439.00 1938 10,037.85 11,476.85 LICENSES AND PERMITS Beer,wines and liquor $3,300.00 Pedlers'licenses.Director of Standards ....70.00 Auctioneers 8.00 Transient Vendors 50.00 Sunday 7.00 Common Victualler 9.00 Milk 8;OleO'.2 10.00 Innholder 2.00 Revolver 11.50 Sale of fxrearms 2.00 Hackney,Operators,etc 11.00 Employment bureau 2;lodging houses 3 ....5.00 $3,485.50 From Court,fines 72.15 From County,dog licenses 573.36 General Revenue $330,669.32 Commercial Revenue SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS Moth Suppression: 1937 $16.50 1938 320.50 $337.00 DEPARTMENTAL General Government: Treasurer $.30 Tax Collector 118.69 Town Hall,rent 962.90 1,081.89 60 Annual Report.Town of Cohasset.1938 Protection of Persons and Property: Fire Department Sealer of Weights and Measures . Moth Suppression,from State ... . Forest Fires Bounties Health and Sanitation: Pasteurization of milk Telephone tolls Hai'bor Maintenance: Old float Old runwav Highway—for repairs Department of Public Welfare: Infirmary or Home Relief—Cities and Towns . Relief—State Aid to Dependent Children —State Old Age Assistance: Cities and Towns State Soldiers'Relief Schools : Lunch Supplies Rent Duplicates payment C1937)etc. Industrial aid Rent of No.Cohasset P.O.Building Miscellanecus —(Rent Gravel Pit Lot $5.) genealogies and maps Cemeteries : Sale of Lots and Graves Care of Lots,general Care of Lots,perpetual (For,Perpetual Care receipts,see under Trust,etc.) Interest: On taxes On Parks: Wheelwright Wadleigh Town Commons (Centre)... Billings-Pratt $450.00 150.00 34.50 30.00 S30.00 48.60 75.00 27.75 20.00 $10.00 .35 $51.50 1.00 $25.00 694.20 5,843.37 $538.32 5,884.50 $2,593.70 114.84 25.00 41.56 6.66 $209.15 284.58 59.84 $2,412.82 664.50 Beechwood Cemetery—interest on Williams lot 201.35 10.35 52.50 15.00 6,562.57 1,453.54 6,422.82 20.00 2,754.86 118.50 16.00 553.57 3,077.32 2.27 $22,679.54TotalCommercialRevenue MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS Anticipation of Taxes $100,000.60 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset.1938 61 AGENCY.TRUST.ETC. Town Clerk—Dog licenses $719.50 Perpetual Care.Cemetery: Ruth Keene Toombs $75.00 May Evans 75.00 William Nason 75.00 225.00 Schools—scholarship,J.W.Nichols Fund 75.00 Tax Title Redemptions: Whitman Cooperative Bank $994.98 Home Owners'Loan Corp.L.C.Stover .342.98 C.Cod &So.Shore Prop's.S.O.Piepen- brink 457.67 H.L.Shattuck 879.14 E.P.Bigelow 148.36 Mary A.Ainslie 50.00 A.A.Golden 827.76 Sadie A.Batson 473.88 Heirs of C.L.Jason 661.72 George White,on acet 58,49 4,894.98 Cohasset Saving's Bank—on acct.A.N.Milliken Ti^ust Fund (cr.to Playgi'ound Committee)8,038.53 From State: Highway Fund,under Chap.500,Acts of 1938 $7,400.00 Federal Emergency Relief Fund (as in 1934)41.13 7.441.13 Tailings—H.B.Bancroft,Jr.and G.Gustaffson 1.26 $21,395.50 REFUNDS TO DEPARTMENTS Tax Collector—"Petty Cash"$50.00 Fire Dept.$27.20;Forest Fires (Benjamin F.Curley)$.63 27.83 Board of Health .50 Highways—Snow 5.00 Outside Poor .85 Old Age Assistance 71.50 Soldiers and Sailors Relief 125.00 Schools 50.70 Employers'Liability 106.78 $438.16 RECAPITULATION OF RECEIPTS General Revenue,including Grants,etc $330,669.32 Commercial Revenue,including Cemetery and Interest, also Moth 22,679.54 Municipal Indebtedness—Antic,of Tax Loans 100,000.00 Agency,Trust,etc 21,395.50 Refunds 438.16 Total Receipts 1938 $475,182.52 Cash Balance January 1,1938 94,954.12 $570,136.64 Total Cash Payments 1938 482,270.08 Cash Balance January 1,1939 $87,866.56 62 Annual Report.Town of Cohasset,1938 EXPENDITURES,1938 General Government MODERATOR Appropriation $100.00 Frederick G.Roche,services $100.00 FINANCE COMMITTEE Appropriation $175.00 Transfer from Reserve Fund 65.90 $240.90 Ej^penses $240.90 PLANNING BOARD Appropriation $100.00 Expenditures : L.W.Perkins,Town map $95.00 Anna Dolan—typing 3.00 Helen S.Coolidge —^fee,State Ass'n 2.00 $100.00 SELECTMEN Appropriation $1,732.00 Transfer from Reserve Fund 100.00 $1,832.00 Expenditures : Selectmen's salaries: Everett W.Wheelwright (12 mos.)$400.00 Darius W.Gilbert (12 mos.)400.00 Eugene N.Tower (9 mos.)299.98 Kendall T.Bates (1%mos.).50.01 $1,149.99 Expenses : Joseph A.Dion,Jr.,Clerk $225.00 Serving warrants: Joseph M.Jason $5.00 Roval A.Bates ..15.00 20.00 Stationary and Postage 37.90 Printing warrants,etc 116.60 Telephone—E.W.Wheelwright 35.74 Personal expenses,traveling etc.158.86 Dues—Norfolk Co.Selectmen's Ass'n 6.00 Photos—Sestito case 7.00 Legal expenses 31.88 Recording deeds,etc 42.60 681.58 $1,831.57 Balance to Treasury .43 $1,832.00 TOWN ACCOUNTANT Appropriation $2,650.00 Ser\ice^-Edward L.Stevens $2,400.00 Expenses : Clerk.Joseph A.Dion,Jr $200.00 Annual Report.Town of Cohasset.1938 63 Stationary and postage 16.27 Printing small envelopes 4.40 Telephone 27.34 248.01 $2,648.01 Balance to Treasury 1.99 $2,650.00 TOWN TREASURER Appropriation $2,11)0.00 Expenditures : Treasurer,services,Mary P.Tower $1,500.00 Expenses : Treasurer—writing releases ...$16.00 Clerk,Joseph A.Dion ,Jr 50.00 Stationery and postage 123.96 Printing 32.75 Mass.Treasurers'and Collec- tors'Ass'n..lunches,car- fares,etc 17.46 Telephone 42.81 Bond ,195.00 Repairs to check writer 23.00 Land Court—fees 1.76 Insurance,robbery and burglary 33.20 .$535.94 $2,035.94 Balance to Treasury 64.06 $2,100.00 TAX COLLECTOR Appropriation $2,660.00 Refund—"Petty Cash"50.00 $2,710.00 Expenditures : Services,Tax Collector,Eleanor T.Downs ..$1,500.00 Expenses : Clerk,Joseph A.Dion,Jr $150.00 Stationery and postage 216.21 "Petty Cash"50.00 Printing and advertising 106.20 Telephone 42.89 Bond,Tax Collector $390.00 Bonds,Deputies .20.00 410.00 Fees,Mass.Treasurers'and Tax Collectors'Ass'n.,lunches, car-fares,etc.85.88 Insurance,robbery and burglary 23.60 Tax Titles 34.96 Recording "takings"8.15 Repairing typewriter 8.00 1,135.89 $2,635.89 Balance to Treasury 74.11 $2,710.00 64 Annual Report,Town of Coh asset,1938 ASSESSORS Appropriation $S.500.00 (Unpaid bill of $100.00,not included in above carried to Treasury) Expenditures : Salaries: Darius W.Gilbert (12 mos.).$1,400.00 Everett W.Wiieelwright (12 mos.)600 00 Eugene N.Tower (9 mos.)....472.92 Kendall T.Bates (l^^mos.)..63.54 Expenses : Clerk,Joseph A.Dion,Jr $575.00 Stationery and postage 58.39 Printing and advertising 68.50 Personal expenses,traveling, etc 77.70 Burroughs Add.Mch.Co.—re- pairs 7.00 Sanderson Bros.—dictionary ..4.00 $2,536.46 790.59 $3,327.05 Balance to Treasury 172.95 $3,500.00 Also amount held since 1936 for "Unpaid Bill"100.00 OTHER FINANCE OFFICES AND ACCOUNTS CERTIFICATION OF NOTES Appropriation $20.00 Expenditures $8.00 Balance to Treasury 12.00 $20.00 LAW—LEGAL COUNSEL Appropriation Sl.250.00 Paid Frederick A.Thayer $1,140.38 Telephone for Mr.Thayer 109.62 $1,250.00 TOWN CLERK Appropriation $1,012.00 Expenditures : William H.Morris,salary ..$500.00 William H.Morris,recording fees,etc.211.25 William H.Morris,transporta- tion 42.50 Expenses : Clerk,Joseph A.Dion,Jr $200.00 Stationery and postage 2.98 Printing dog notices 3.25 Telephone 31.69 Bond 7.50 $753.75 Annual Report.Town of Cohasset.1938 65 Expenses at meeting of Town Clerks 4.50 249.92 $1,003.67 Balance to Treasury 8.33 $1,012.00 ELECTION AND REGISTRATION Appropriation $1,500.00 Transfer from Reserve Fund 400.00 $1,900.00 Expenditures : Election Officers (for detail,see end of report)$784.00 Registrars : Henry E.Sweeney $110.00 S.Stanley Pratt 105.00 Norman Card 105.00 William H.Morris 105.00 425.00 Expenses : Janitors:(moving seats etc.) Payroll,trucking seats $45.00 Minot A.Browne (election booths)22.00 Frank W.Brovv^ne,2nd.(elec- tion booths)3.00 Albert J.Morris (election booths)6.00 William A.Small (election booths)3.00 $79.00 Clerical work: Joseph A.Dion,Jr.,on recount $5.00 Katheryn G.Grassie and Isabel Grassie,$7.00 each,addressing postals 14.00 19.00 Stationery and postage 30.33 Printing and advertising ".287.75 Meals 124.02 W.H.Morris,transportation 3.00 Robinson Seal Co.,ballot case 8.93 New booths: Geo.E.Kimball &Son Co 63.40 $1,824.43 Balance to Treasury 75.57 $1,900.00 ENGINEERING—MAINTENANCE Appropriation Sl.000.00 Paid Lewis W.Perkins,C.E $999.80 Balance to Treasury .20 $1,000.00 66 Annual Report.Town of Cohasset.1938 ENGINEERING,OUTLAY,ASSESSORS'PLANS Appropriation $1,000.00 Paid Lewis W.Perkins,C.E $999.87 Balance to Treasury .13 $1,000.00 TOWN HALL,GENERAL MAINTENANCE Appropriation $4,500.00 Expenditures : Janitor,Minot A.Browne ....$1,300.00 Other labor,carting ashes,etc.25.00 $1,325.00 Fuel: Old Colony Gas Co $729.81 Lincoln Bros.Coal Co.: Coal—25,440 lbs 128.10 Wood 24.00 881.91 Light—Brockton Edison Co 433.69 Janitor's supplies 237.11 Repairs,etc.: P.L.Towle $219.50 Altering Selectmen's room: Levi T.Lincoln—contract ..168.55 Levi T.Lincoln—extras 3.80 Edwards Radio &Elec.Service 11.75 Builders'Specialty Hardware Corp.—door 8.20 Alice F.Leonard—urinal 39.92 Miscellaneous repairs and sup- plies 165.81 Insurance: Vedeler.Mitchell &Gray $98.75 Barker,Meader &Co 39.50 E.N.Tower 82.95 C.Lothrop &Co 90.85 Hinckley &Woods 39.50 James T.Phelps &Co 79.00 Joseph J.Curley 19.75 Wm.H.Morris,liability 83.09 Emp.Liability—E.L.Eustis .10.77 Telephones : General.0354 $132.98 Treasurer.0341 45.29 Tax Collector,0611 63.64 W.P.A..0274 80.29 Janitor,0336-M 22.26 Public.0444 55.94 Furniture : Mass.Reformatory —table,etc.$11.25 D.S.Campbell—two clocks ..17.95 Yawman &Erbe—^filing cabinet 28.00 S.H.Rooney—key .25 James Watt,sign 2.75 617.53 544.16 400.40 60.20 $4,500.00 Annual Report.Town of Cohasset,1938 67 POLICE DEPARTMENT Appropriation $20,778.05 Expenditures : Salaries and Wages: Chief,Hector J.Pelletier $2,700.00 Sergeant,Frank Jason 2,100.00 Patrolmen : James J.Sullivan,Jr 2,000.00 Benjamin F.Curley 2,000.00 John J.Rooney 2,000.00 Earl R.McArthur 2,000.00 John H.Winters,Jr 1,883.28 :Special Police: Edward B.Mathewson 516.22 Joseph M.Jason 129.88 Louis J.Simeone 89.92 Frank E.Jason 88.72 John J.Ferreira 72.34 Paul W.Pratt 66.72 Henry B.Kennedy 63.06 Ralph S.Enos 48.52 Joseph A.Dion,Jr 39.92 John T.Keating 39.36 Charles E.Butman 4.34 Spencer H.Stoughton 2.50 $15,844.78 Other employees 69.60 Equipment for men 29350 Equipment,general 518.38 Fuel: Old Colony Gas Co $219.79 Lincoln Bros.Coal Co.,575 gals, oil 48.61 268.40 Light—Headquarters and garage 117.69 Maintenance of buildings,etc: Repairs $97.15 Janitor's supplies 107.82 Furniture and insurance 83.15 288.12 Stationery and postage 21.15 Telephones 421.73 Chief's expenses 51.30 Beacons 360.72 Miscellaneous : New Eng.Police Revolver League,entry fees,dues,etc.$34.03 Meals —prisoners 63.70 Q u i n sc y Police Dept.care prisoners 16.00 R.T.Hewitson &Co.-medals .7.49 121.22 Automobile Maintenance : Ambulance $186.76 Gasoline 445.38 Oil,etc 45.25 Repairs and supplies 292.31 Miscellaneous 85.70 Tires and chains 199.32 Batteries 30.86 58 Annual Report.Town of Cohasset,1938 Garage rent 240.00 Insurance on autos,etc 296.73 $1,822.31 New car (additional)outlay ..575.00 2,397.31 $20,774.30 Balance to Treasury 3.75 $20,778.05 FIRE DEPARTMENT Appropriation $19,234.00 Refunds 27.20 $19,261.20 Expenditures : Salaries and Wages: Chief,Frank F.Martin $1,850.02 Deputy Chiefs: Clarence S.Reddy 500.00 Alfred M.Silvia 166.66 Joseph Oliver 333.34 Drivers : J.Lewis Bates 1,800.00 Edwin A.Stone 1,800.00 Charles C.Philbrook 1,750.56 Elwood P.Litchfield 1,800.00 Norman G.Grassie 1,800.00 James Happenny 1,000.00 C.Barron Salvador 440.37 Fireman (for detail see end of report)622.25 Clerks of Companies 288.00 Houseman 234.17 Other Employees 27.26 $14,412.63 Equipment : Apparatus $413.83 Hose 1,230.00 For men 537.89 2,181.72 Fuel: Oil,Joseph C.Anderson,6,235 gals $416.50 Oil,A.L.Andrews,2,346 gals.154.72 Old Colony Gas Co 44.37 615.59 Light 195.96 Telephones 240.90 Stationery,printing and postage 69.71 Expenses of Chief at Convention (less $6.95 refunded)40.00 Insurance on men.State Firemen's Ass'n...255.00 Maintenance of buildings,etc.: Repairs $257.97 Furniture 56.80 Laundry 75.47 House supplies 91.44 John N.MacNeill—^repairs to heater 30.50 Annual Report.Town of Cohasset.1938 69 Insurance,building,Beechwood, G.F.Sargent,Jr Water,No.Cohasset,Engine 2 10.00 14.00 536.18 Maintenance of Autos and Trucks: Gas,oil,etc $189.81 Repairs 244.33 Miscellaneous 91.37 Batteries 46.95 Tires and chains 1.50 Alcohol 41.25 Car plates 11.30 Insurance 68.51 695.02 $19,242.71 Balance to Treasury 18.49 $19,261.20 FIRE ALARM Appropriation $3,293.00 Expenditures : Superintendent—Herbert Williams,salary ..$1,200.00 Rent—^Herbert Williams 60.00 Telephone 29.59 Labor 458.38 Gas,oil,etc 292.96 Insurance on truck 55.65 Supplies—general 653.68 Boxes 250.00 Employers'Liab.—insurance 11.55 Wire 278.55 - $3,290.36 Balance to Treasury 2.64 $3,293.00 FIRE DEPARTMENT REPAIRING CENTRAL STATION Appropriation $1,500.00 Expenditures : Architect,David Allen Reed,plans $15.00 Labor,carpenters and painters 354.00 Supplies,general 91.54 Lumber 182.36 Misc.,copper,doors,locks,etc 90.78 Mason,Rufus A.James 74.03 Wiring,P.L.Towle 99.55 Plumbing,Alice F.Leonard 149.99 Furniture : Louis Levine $260.62 Litchfield's Express 18.00 Cohasset Hardware Co.,shades 4.79 283.41 Balance to Treasury $1,340.66 159.34 $1,500.00 70 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 WATER FOR HYDRANTS Appropriation $10,050.00 Cohasset Water Co.—121 Hydrants at $75. per year $9,075.00 Cohasset Water Co.—^hydrant—^Doane St., north of Beechwood St.21.88 Hingham Water Co.—12 hydrants 900.00 $9,996.88 Balance to Treasury 53.12 $10,050.00 INSPECTION OF WIRES Appropriation $650.00 Paid Herbert William,inspector $600.00 Expenses to Convention at Baltimore,Her- bert Williams 50.00 $650.00 SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Appropriation $400.00 Expenditures : Lot E.Bates,sealer: Services $250.00 Expenses,Convention,New Bedford 17.80 Transportation 80.00 Postage,etc 7.20 $355.00 Record book,Robinson Seal Co 11.42 Supplies 20.39 Insurance on tools 10.00 $396.81 Balance to Treasury 3.19 $400.00 MOTH SUPPRESSION Appropriation $4,003.25 Transfer from Reserve Fund 45.00 $4,048.25 Expenditures : Superintendents : Stephen J.Grassie $240.00 Roscoe G.Pratt 568.50 $808.50 Payrolls (for detail,seen end of report): Labor $2,397.50 Truck 1.00 2,398.50 Stationery,etc 4.10 Traveling expenses 5.88 Insecticides : Frost Insecticide Co.—54 gals. creosote $14.58 J.N.MacNeill,2,016 lbs,lead .249.47 J.N.MacNeill,casine 7.50 Edw.M.Fleming,480 lbs.lead 72.00 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 71 Cohasset Hardware Co.,200 lbs. lead 30.00 373.55 Supplies,general,tools,etc 130.72 Gas,oil,etc 80.88 Repairs to apparatus 114.24 Storage 3 mos.,to April 1,Joseph E.Grassie 45.00 Number plates,W.H.Morris and S.J.Grassie 4.00 Insurance on truck,W.H.Morris 38.05 Employers'Liab.insurance,E.L.Eustis,agent 41.76 Washing car,James W.Apts 2.50 $4,047.68 Balance to Treasury .57 $4,048.25 TREE WARDEN,GENERAL Appropriation $2,500.00 Transfer from Reserve Fund 300.00 Expenditures : Tree Warden—Stephen J.Grassie salary ($500.and acct.storm $38.50)$538.50 Payrolls (for detail,see end of report): Labor (on acct.storm of Sept.,$255.)1,672.02 Tools and supplies 148.55 Gas,oil and repairs 217.51 Lead,435 lbs.,dry,E.M.Fleming 62.64 Rent,5 mos.to June 1,Joseph E.Grassie . . 75.00 Employers'Liab.insurance,E.L.Eustis,agent 41.76 Insurance on truck 41.55 $2,797.53 Balance to Treasury 2.47 $2,800.00 $2,800.00 TREE WARDEN,SPECIAL,CLEARING TREES Appropriation $300.00 Expenditures : Tree Warden $120.00 Labor 145.00 Oil,gas,etc 33.14 $298.14 Balance to Treasury 1.86 $300.00 FOREST FIRES Appropriation $1,200.00 Refund (Benjamin F.Curley).63 Expenditures : Forest Warden,Frank F.Martin,servises .. . $100.00 Payrolls—^fires,pumping out cellars,flooding ponds (for detail,seen end of report)534.91 Appartaus 96.24 Hose,couplings,etc 173.63 $1,200.63 72 Annual Report.Town of Cohasset,1938 Tires (2—$55.30)gas,oil,etc 257.23 Supplies 10.00 Reimbursement for telephone ,C.B.Salvador .60 $1,172.61 Balance to Treasury 28.02 $1,200.63 BOUNTIES Appropriation $50.00 Expended 35.00 Balance to Treasury 15.00 $50.00 BOARD OP HEALTH,GENERAL Appropriation $1,700.84 Refund .50 $1,701.34 Expenditures : Salaries —Board of Health: Nathaniel M.Hurwitz $200.00 Abraham J.Antoine,Jr.200.00 Abraham S.Enos 38.90 Edward E.Tower 161.12 $600.02 Expenses (telephone,transporta- tion,stationery,postage,etc.): N.M.Hurwitz—telephone ...$33.00 N.M.Hurwitz —expenses as above 50.09 Abraham Enos 20.25 Abraham J.Antoine,Jr 28.00 Edward E.Tower 22.00 153.25 Stationery and postage,general 11.25 Printing and advertising 5.75 Telephones : W.P.Bates $23.54 A.J.Antoine,Jr 21.96 45.50 Hospitals —^No.Reading State Sanitorium ..365.00 Vital Statistics: Births $12.00 Deaths 11.00 23.00 Baby Clinic: Stewart H.Clifford,M.D $300.00 Social Service League 36.00 336.00 Fumigation 9.85 Innoculations and Immunizations 43.45 Miscellaneous—disinfectant etc 43.91 Burjang animals 58.50 $1,695.48 Balance to Treasury 5.86 $1,701.34 Annual Report.Town of Cohasset.1938 73 TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL Appropriaticn from Revenue of 1938 $3,387.07 Paid Treasurer of Norfolk County $3,387.07 DENTAL DISPENSARY Appropriation $1,100.00 Expenditures : Services : N.F.McClure,D.M.D $100.00 Dr.Wm.Ross 900.00 $1,000.00 Supplies 97.51 $1,097.51 Balance to Treasury 2.49 $1,100.00 DISTRICT NURSE Appropriation $850.00 Paid District Nurse,Agnes Weir $850.00 OXYGEN ACCOUNT—AMBULANCE SUPPLIES Appropriation $350.00 Expended for supplies $225.71 Balance to Treasury 124.29 $350.00 INSPECTION OF ANIMALS Appropriation $125.00 Paid Darius W.Gilbert V.,S $125.00 INSPECTION OF SLAUGHTERING MEAT AND PROVISIONS Appropriation $25.00 Paid Darius W.Gilbert,V.S $25.00 INSPECTION OF MILK AND VINEGAR Appropriation $150.00 Paid Thomas L.Grassie $125.00 Expenses : Werby Laboratores Inc $13.00 Hobbs &Warren Inc 3.00 George E.Boiling,exam,milk ...9.00 25.00 $150.00 REFUSE AND GARBAGE DISPOSAL TOWN DUMP Appropriation $1,500.00 Transfer from Reserve Fund 80.00 $1,580.00 Expenditures : Labor—Charles R.Stoddard $1,300.00 Repairs to truck,gas,oil etc,173.12 Supplies,general 2.30 Insurance on truck,W.H.Morris,Agent ..37.48 Insurance,Employers'Liab.E.L.Eustis,Agt 64.16 $1,577.06 Balance to Treasury 2.94 $1,580.00 74 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 STRAITS POND,JAMES BROOK.CAT DAM ETC Appropriation $1,300.00 Expenditures:(for.detail as to labor,see end of report) Straits Pond: Fitzpatrick and Happenny— care of gates $150.00 Lester Peavey—storage of dory lo.OO $160.00 James Brook: L^bor $793.50 Supplies 42.75 Care gates—C.A.Tanger ....75.00 911.25 Cat Dam: Care gates,Arthur Wood $75.00 Iruck,Joseph W.Rosano ...12.00 87.00 Other gates and streams: Stockbridge St.—EUery Sidney 25.00 Treats Pond—A.J.Antoine Sr 25.00 Smith St.—Joseph M.Barrows 15.00 Coal Wharf—Sherwood Ainshe 10.00 Other labor: Beechwood brook — Jos.W.Almeida $5.00 Stockbridge St. — Charles R.Jason 10.00 15.00 Employers'Liab,Ins..E.L.Eustis Agent .51.32 $1,299.57 Balance to Treasury .43 $1,300.00 ERADICATION OF MOSQUITOES Appropriation $600.00 Paid Com.of Mass.,for State Reclamation Board $600.00 HIGHWAYS—GENERAL Appropriation $30,000.00 Expenditures : Highway Surveyor,services.Wm.T.Barnes $2,700.00 Payrolls (for detail,see end of report): Labor $13,164.37 Trucks 1.632.00 14,796.37 Broken stone,gravel etc 1,126.51 Equipment and repairs 1,128.42 Repairs,oil,gas etc 1,730.60 ":p,oad Drag"193.44 Employers'Liab.Insurance on $18,500., E.L.Eustis Agent 700.41 Insurance on Trucks.Wm.H.Morris.Agent.17.20 Street painting 65.85 Tar—The Barrett Co.,60,104 gals.$6,847.22 Trimount Bituminous Prod.Co., 270 gals asphalt 24.30 6,871.52 Telephone of Highway Surveyor 42.45 Electric lights 6.21 Lumber,etc.154.91 Water ':.4.00 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset.1938 75 Catch-basins,drain pipe etc 330.92 Insurance on trucks,number plates etc 128.80 $29,997.61 Balance to Treasury 2.39 $30,000.00 LAND—POND STREET TO NORFOLK ROAD Appropriation $1.00 Paid Jane W.Bancroft for land taking $1.00 DRAINAGE^BEECHWOOD STREET Appropriation $350.00 Expenditures : Labor (for detail,see end of report)$80.00 Cement,pipe etc 174.80 Drilling 54.00 Catch-basins 40.00 Gasolene 1.20 $350.00 SIDEWALK—RIPLEY ROAD,SOHIER STREET Appropriation $2,000.00 Expenditures: Payrolls (for detail,see end of report) : Labor $1,394.00 Trucks 144.00 -.$1,538.00 Lumber and supplies 78.19 Culverts 42.42 Bituminous concrete 41.40 tons 217.35 Tar—1,020 gal^124.03 $1,999.99 Balance to Treasury .01 $2,000.00 SIDEWALK—BEECHWOOD STREET Appropriation $L200.00 Expenditures: Payrolls (for details,see end of report) : Labor $785.00 Trucks 144.00 $929 00 Tar—2,030 gals 246.84 Gravel—40 yards 20.00 Gasolene 4.16 $1,200.00 HIGHWAYS,UNDER CHAPTER 500,ACTS OF 1938 Distribution of Gasoline Tax Received from Com.of Mass $7,400.00 Expenditures : Ledge work,drilling and blasting $2,941.62 Teams and trucks 437.08 Tools and supplies 289.79 Gas,oil and kerosene 220.30 $3,888.79 Balance to 1939 3,511.21 $7,400.00 76 Annual Report.Town of Cohasset.1938 SNOW REMOVAL—SANDING STREETS Appropriation $14,000.00 Refunds 5.O0 $14,005.00 Expenditures : PayroHs 1 for detail,see end of report) : Labor $8,082.80 Trucks,teams etc 4,706.62 $12,789.42 Supplies,equipment and repairs 405.47 Gas and oil 272.85 Sand 90.05 Flow 236.04 Emp.Liab,insurance on $8,000., E.L.Eustis Agent 164.72 $13,958.55 Balance to Ti-easury 46.45 $14,005.00 STREET LIGHTING Appropriation $9,250.00 Appropriation,light Cedar Lane 17.50 Appropriation,light "White Way"—Beechwood and Church Streets 35.00 $9,302.50 Brockton Edison Co.: For street lights,including 100,250 and 600 W.lamps $8,687.95 Flood lights.Border Street C3)88.56 Beacon.Beechwood St.,and Route 3A 20.32 Beacon.Sohier St.,and Route 3A 17.24 $8,814.07 The town was allowed a credit of $255.86 for outages caused by the September storm. Balance to Ti'easury 488.43 $9,302.50 There are now the following street lights: 411—100 c.p.^$1,417 monthly 20—250 c.p.'a 2.583 monthly 26—600 c.p.@ 4.167 monthly 2—600 c.p.(fi 10.monthly ("White Way") 1—100 W.(ft 2.monthly Also 3—300 W."Flood Lights"(a $4,167 m.onthly— not now (winter)in operation. SELECTMEN—STREET SIGNS ETC. Appropriation $603.50 Expenditures : Street Signs $153.75 Painting Streets: Labor (for detail,see end of report)$217.50 Supplies 81.87 299.37 $453.12 Balance to Treasury 150.38 $603.50 Annual Report.Town of Cohasset,1938 77 HARBOR MAINTENANCE Appropriation $1 ,7(K).O0 Expenditures : Harbor Master,Ralph C.Burrell.$100.00 Ass't Harbor Master,Bernard J. Salvador 50.00 $150.00 Labor (for detail,see end of report) : R.C.Burrell $665.00 Other labor 430.00 1,095.00 General supplies 182.11 Barrels 20.00 Repairing roof etc.,John J.Oliver 25.00 Storage,Edward R.Jason 50.00 Care grounds,July to Sept., John J.Oliver 25.00 New run,Lawrence Figuiredo 150.00 $1,697.11 Balance to Treasury 2.89 $1,700.00 HARBOR DREDGING Appropriation $5,000.00 No expenditures—carried to 1939 $5,000.00 The above was appropriated provided at least $40,000.is made available from other sources. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE CHARITIES AND;SOLDIERS'BENEFITS Appropriation for two accounts:General Administration and Outside Poor $27,154.29 Refunds .85 S27.155.14 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION Salaries of Overse-ers: Eugene N.Tower (9 months).$429.96 Kendall T.Bates (IV2 months)85.05 Darius W.Gilbert 200.00 Everett W.Wheelwright 200.00 $915.01 Clerks : Joseph A.Dion,Jr $200.00 Mary E.Oliver (expenses $19.95)1.028.95 1,228.95 Traveling expenses,pastage, stationery etc ,88.60 Trucks 276.00 Insurance—"Cohasset Home", supplies etc 315.63 Distribution of food costs 100.08 $2,924.27 OUTSIDE POOR Groceries and provisions $8,088.15 Fuel,coal,oil etc 2,462.54 Board and care 2,816.35 78 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 Medicine and medical attendance 932.06 Hospitals 751.86 Cash 3,055.48 Rent 2,469.28 Other towns and cities 1,144.65 Mothers'Aid (See special Acct.)$3,368.90 Clothes 455.26 Water rates 110.00 Tonsorial work 7.50 Tobacco 43.00 Electric Ughts 218.80 Labor and supplies 67.81 Funerals 258.00 Transportation and moving 106.06 Crocker Estate 2.55 $22,989.35 RECAPITULATION OF POOR ACCOUNTS Appropriation and Refund brought forward $27,155.14 General Administration $2,924.27 Outside Poor 22,989.35 $25,913.62 Balance to Ti-easury 1,241.52 $27,155.14 NET COST OF POOR IN 1938 General Administration ("less amount rec'd from rent of Cohasset Home Pasture)..$2,899.27 Outside Poor Cless receipts and refund)..16,450.93 $19,350.20 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE Appropriation $7,500.00 Balance from 1937—corrected 49.55 Receipts from Government 7,893.97 Refunds 71.50 Transfer from Reserve Fund 1,600.00 $17,115.02 Expenditures : General Administration $208.81 Assistance 17,002.19 $17,211.00 Pari of balance over to 1939 95.98 $17,211.00 On audit $191.33 is to be assessed in 1939. or $95.98 plus $95.35;also $77.80 for 1937. MOTHERS'AID AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN Approoriation $4,000.00 Balance from 1937 959.77 Receipts from State 1,453.54 $6,413.31 Annual Report.Town of Cohasset.1938 79 Expenditures 3,368.90 Balance to 1939 $1,439.77 Balance to Treasury 1,604.64 $3,044.41 $3,044.41 SOLDIERS'AND SAILORS' Aruropriation RELIEF $4,281.79 125.00Refunds Expenditures : Cash $769.50 4.00 ,100.00 281.03 3.16 540.00 253.87 638.10 14.70 .50 $4,406.70 Expense Investigating a case Burial Fuel Electric lights Groceries and provisions Rent and water rates . Hospitals Clothes Tonsorial work Balance to Treasury . $2,604.86 1,801.93 $4,406.79 SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES SCHOOLS—MAINTENANCE Appropriations,including Vocational Education . Dog Fund,Voted by town Refunds Credits : From State —account teachers Dog tax from County as above Receipts Expenditures (^foR detail,see end of report) School Committee,expenses: Financial Secretary,Edward L. Stevens Telephones Stationery,postage etc Traveling expenses -... Miscellaneous,flowers etc.... $5,350.00 573.36 2,754.86 $8,678.22 $100.00 158.87 14.25 193.50 18.00 Superintendent—James W.Doyle,services .. . Attendance Officer,H.J.Pelletier Clerks Teachers'salaries: High $15,935.81 Elementary 28,490.00 484.62 1,750.06 100.00 735.10 44.425.81 Text and reference books: High Elementary $413.96 472.31 $74,361.44 573.36 50.70 $74,985.50 886.27 80 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 Supplies,including"heat for cooking: High $2,217.00 EiementaiT 2.221.69 4,438.69 Libraries 100.98 Vocational Education 218.32 Transportation ; High $1,128.99 Elementary 4,120.53 5,249.52 Janitors'Services: High $962.00 Elementary 3.492.00 4,454.00 Light etc: Osgood lighting-$253.27 Ripley Road lighting 206.47 459.74 Heating for cooking,charged to "Supplies"above was as follows. Osgood School $382.39 Ripley Road School 315.36 $697.75 Paid for light forward 459.74 Total Paid for current $1,157.51 Fuel: High $741.58 Eienilentary 975.42 1.717.00 Maintenance of buildings and grounds: Repairs : High $726.99 Elementary 854.99 1,581.98 Janitors'supplies: High $239.37 Eiementarv 282.86 522.23 All other: High $165.69 Eiementarv 199.49 365.18 Furniture and furnishings—High 19.11 Diplomas and graduation exercises 163.71 Miscellaneous printing 79.79 Health 1,111.33 Carting 34.50 Insurance 1,001.03 Lunch 5,086.07 $74,985.04 Balance to Treasury '.46 $74,985.50 LIBRARIES Appropriation Expenditures : Paul Pratt Memorial: Rev.F.V.Slanlev,treasurer..$5,433.39 S5.900.00 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 gl Telephone P.Pratt Memorial .'34.57 Telephone Beechwood 32.04 $5,500.00 Nantasket Library,James A.Brickett, Treasurer 400.00 $5,900.00 RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED TOWN COMMONS AND PARKS Appropriation $1,100.00 Interest from Robert Charles Billings Fund (Centre) $34.50,Billings-Pratt Park,Beechwood $30 64.50 $1,164.50 Expenditures : Labor (for detail,see end of report) (Damage September storm $107.50)$809.00 Insurance,Employers'Liab.on SI,500. E.L.Eustis 24.36 Tools and supplies 46.34 Small Parks: Corner King and Beechwood Sts. Harry H.Reed,Jr $20.00 A.J.Antoine,Jr 211.88 Billings-Pratt Park,Beechwood, Percy G.Sargent 50.00 281.88 $1,161.58 Balance to Treasury 2.92 $1,164.50 BEECHWOOD BALL FIELD Appropriation S200.00 Expenditures : Labor (for detail,see end of report)$49.50 Supplies 128.06 $177.56 Balance to Treasury 22.44 $200.00 IMPROVEMENT OP BALL FIELD,LINCOLN HILLSIDE Appropriatoin $8,750.00 From Arthur N.Milliken Trust Fund 8.038.53 Balance from 1937 215.88 $17,004.41 Expenditures : Contract,Edward P.Breen $14,877.00 Extras to Contract,Edward P.Breen 555.20 Engineers : L.W.Perkins $787.26 W.H.Taft 100.00 887.26 Oface supplies 23.95 Water service,A.F.(M.S.)Leonard 265.00 Rotten stone,A.F.B.Petersen 50.00 82 Annu.-x Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 Fences : Edward M.Fleming $177.00 The Chain Link Fence Co....69.00 245.00 Sodding-slopes,Louis C.Bailey 100.00 $17,004.41 EDITH M.BATES FUND TOWN COMMONS (CENTRE) Balance from 1937 $21.00 No expenditures. Balance to 1939 $21.00 RECREATION FIELD,NORTH COHASSET PROPOSED PLAYGROUND Appropriation $500.00 No expenditures Balance to 1939 $500.00 WHEELWRIGHT PARK Interest received $450.00 Balance from 1937 3.85 $453.85 Cohasset Hardware Co..for axe $2.50 Balance to 1939 451.35 $453.85 WADLEIGH PARK Interest received $150.00 Balance from 1937 14.76 $164.76 Expenditures : Care Park 1938.Salvatore Signorelh $42.00 Supplies etc 10-00 S52.10 Balance to 1939 112.66 S164.76 BALL FIELD,LINCOLN HILLSIDE Appropriation $200.00 Expenditures : Care of field,1938.M.Joseph Sullivan $100.00 Other labor 30.00 Trucks 6.00 Tools,supplies etc 29.66 Bases l^-^O $183.66 Balance to Treasury 16.34 $200.00 DAMAGES TO PERSONS AND PROPERTY Appropriation $100.00 No expenditures.^mnnn Balance to Treasury $iuu.uu Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 83 PENSION FUND Appropriation for John Fleming $1,000.00 Appropriation for Herbert L.Brown 600.00 Expenditures : Paid John Fleming $1,000.00 No payments to Mr.Brown Balance to Treasury 600.00 $1,600.00 $1,600.00 MEMORIAL DAY Appropriation $400.00 Expenditures : Flags,3 gross,C.A.Tanger $36.00 American Legion Band,Braintree 200.00 Caterer,Joseph J.Doyle 85.00 Wreaths,V.V.Sestito 36.00 Disabled Ex-Service Men's Exchange,grave markers and flags 29.00 Postage etc.,N.M.Hurwitz 2.50 The Print—Mult.Service 7.25 Wire,E.M.Fleming 1.00 "Old Man"de Silvia Sign Co 3.00 $399.75 Balance to Treasury .25 $400.00 TOWN REPORTS,PRINTING ETC. Appropriation $850.00 Expenditur^es : Town Reports: Sanderson Brc^s.,1200 copies 332 pp.rt $2.20 $730.40 Delivering reports,E.B.Mathewson 14.99 $745.39 Binding ledgers,Sanderson Bros 24.50 Paper and envelopes Sanderson Bros 9.50 Files for "over-flow"vouchers (12) Hobbs and Warren Inc 22.70 Postage 2.00 $804.09 Balance to Treasury 45.91 $850.00 TOWN CLOCK Appropriation $75.00 Care of clock,Nelson C.Pratt $52.00 Employers'Liab.on 1,000.,E.L.Eustis 4.20 $56.20 Balance to Treasury 18.80 $75.00 TOWN FLAG Appropriation -.$225.00 Transfer from Reserve Fund 8.57 $233.5' 84 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 Care of flag,Nelson C.Pratt $182.50 Plage,two 10x15,Massi.Reformatory for Women 37.36 Reeying halyards,Daniel E.McSweeney ....11.00 Rope,Cohasset Hardware Co 2.71 $233.57 UNCLASSIFIED EMPLOYERS'LIABILITY INSURANCE Appropriation $100.00 Refunds 106.78 Paid E.L.Eustis Agent,"Loss Constant"....$5.00 Balance to Treasury 201.78 $77.00 Laying floor,Arthur Studley 27.00 Oak flooring,Norfolk Woodworking Co 32.00 Supplies,E.M.Fleming (bal.$2.29 to 1939)..24.18 Supplies,Cohasset Hardware Co 10.57 Hingham Water Co 7.00 Insurance,George F.Sargent,Jr 21.00 Door plates,etc.,Fitzpatrick &Happenny ...1.25 $206.78 $206.78 ENTERPRISES AND CEMETERIES Private Service Enterprise NORTH COHASSET POST OFFICE BUILDING Appropriation $200.00 Expenditui^es : Labor,painting: William F.Martin $47.00 John Dyment 20.00 James Watt 10.00 $200.00 GUILD AND COMMUNITY HALL AND AMERICAN LEGION BUILDING Appropriation $500.00 Expenditurtes : Oil,1690 gals,J.C.Anderson $112.20 Cohasset Water Company 23.00 Insurance —Hingham Mut.Fire Ins.,Co 15.50 Insurance—Wm.H.Morris.Agent 31.00 Roofing,N.W.Pemberton 120.00 Wiring,P.L.Towle 92.00 Plumbing repairs,Ellery Sidney 5.00 Repair oil burner 1.25 Labor on ceiling,W.^P.Martin 12.00 Paint,Cohasset Hardware Co 5.45 $417.40 Balance to Treasury 82.60 $500.00 PARKING PLACE—MAINTENANCE Appropriation $100.00 Balance from 1937 160.10 $260.10 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 35 Labor,P.Nunes &G.Denithorne $7.50 each $15.00 Insurance on building,James T.Phelps Co...19.65 Rent,N.Y.N.H.&H.'Rd 5.00 $39.65 Balance to Treasury $100.00 Balance to 1939 (from,insurance)120.45 220.45 $260.10 BUILDING JAMES LANE Balance from 1937 $2,013.42 No expenditures Balance to 1939 $2,013.42 TOWN GRAVEL PIT Appropriation $12.70 Reddy's Battery Shop (1937 bill)$12.70 CEMETERY—MAINTENANCE ALSO VETERANS'GRAVES Appropriation $1,613.32 Expenditunes : Superintendent—services,George A.Henry .$938.00 Labor (for detail,see end of report)146.25 Writing deeds,Mary P.Tower 9.50 Telephone 52.00 Fertilizer 75.50 Tools,supplies etc 67.17 Postage 2.06 Employers'Liab.Ins.,on $400., E.L.Eustis Agent 5.26 Insurance on tools etc.,W.H.Morris,Agent 9.48 Current,for water pump 9.00 $1,314.22 VETERANS'GRAVES: Appropriation $300.00 included in $1,613.32) : Payrolls (for detail,see end of report)$240.00 Supplies,truck etc 58.70 298.70 $1,612.92 Balance to Treasury .40 $1,613.32 CEMETERY IMPROVEMENT Balance from 1937 $567.82 Expenditures : Labor (for detail,see end of report)$143.00 Tar—1,018 gals,The Barrett Co 113.61 Supplies 4.67 $261.28 Balance to 1939 306.54 $567.82 86 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 INTEREST AND MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS Interest ANTICIPATION OF REVENUE LOANS Appropriation Paid as follows: Mansfield &Co.,Hartford,Conn.: On notes,$25,000.@ .29%,due Oct.11 and $25,000.'a .29%due Oct.25 $79.34 New England Trust Co: On notes Nos.233 and 234,$25,000.each @ .175,due Dec.14 and 28 18.48 Balance to Treasury $97.82 102.18 $200.00 INTEREST GENERAL Appropriation Paid: Rockland Trust Co. On first School loan $1,720.00 On second School loan 400.00 Second Nat'l.Bank,Boston on James Brook Drainage loan $2,120.00 315.00 $2,435.00 MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS BONDS OR NOTES FROM REVENUE Appropriation Balance from 1937 Paid: Rockland Trust Co. First School loan,due Apr.1 $6,000.00 Second School loan,due June 1 4,000.00 Second Nat'l Bank,Boston,Drainage James Brook 510,000.00 7,000.00 $17,000.00 Balance to 1939 91.16 $17,091.16 ANTICIPATION OF REVENUE LOANS Paid: Webster and Atlas Nat'n Bank,Boston,for Notes 231,due Oct.11,and 232,due Oct. 25,for account of Mansfield &Co $50,000.00 The New England Trust Co.,for Notes 233 and 234,due Dec.19 and 28 50,000.00 W.P.A.FEDERAL PROJECTS See Report of Administration Appropriation Balance from 1937 $200.00 $2,435.00 $10,000.00 7,091.16 $17,091.16 S9.493.25 613.39 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 87 Transfer from Reserve Fund 1.005.00 Expenditures : Salaries,services and supplies : William H.Taft $1,690.00 Engineers,traveling expenses,office supplies 240.81 Trucks 1,301.07 Pipe,cement,lumber,etc 3,123.78 Gas,oil and kerosene 625.37 Concrete,fill,crushed stone,etc 1,336.58 Tools and supplies 710.95 Ledge work 751.44 Power shovel and labor 240.44 $10,020.44 Balance to 1939 1,091.20 $11,111.64 $11,111,64 AGENCY AND TRUST,REFUNDS AND TRANSFERS RESERVE FUND Appropriation $5,000.00 Transfers to the following accounts: Acct.1-a Finance Committee $65.90 2 Selectmen 100.00 10 Election and Registration 400.00 17 Moth Suppression 45.00 18 Tree Warden,general 300.00 23 Refuse and Garbage Disposal (Dump)80.00 30-b Old Age Assistance 1,600.00 42 Town Flag 8.57 49-b W.P.A 1,005.00 $3,604.47 Balance to Treasury'1,395.53 $5,000.00 AGENCY Appropriations,State and County Taxes: State —June and November County —June and November State Taxes,paid as of Nov.17,1938: General $25,160.00 Metropolitan Parks: Sinking Fund ..$11.77 Interest 62.01 Nantasket Main- tenance 298.38 372.16 257.47 232.43 60.15 Auditing Municipal Accounts State Parks and Reservations Veterans'Exemptions County Taxes,paid Sept.15 Paid County Ti'casurer—Dog Tax $26,082.21 9,042.93 $35,125.14 717.80 $26,082.21 9,042.93 $35,125.14 88 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 TRUST FUNDS Schools —scholarship (Nichols Fund) W.Curtis Gardner $75.00 Cemetery—Cohasset Savings Bank: Ruth Keene Toombs—83 —Sec.A $75.00 May Evans — 39—Sec.A 75.00 William Nason—72—Sec.A 75.00 225.00 $300.00 REFUNDS Real Estate Taxes: 1936 $383.04 1936 overpaid 10.00 1937 1,120.68 $1,513.72 Excise Taxes: 1937 $16.79 1938 295.96 312.75 Over-paid 1938 taxes (property)179.42 Over-paid interest 19.75 $2,025.64 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 89 o oc CO Ci C ;^ G < c {1, < C/2 r-H -M 05 SOW O ft ^Q CO 05 CD T-H lO O Tt*Oi O '-H Oi O r-I rj^'Tj<ci csi •^-CO D-I>T-H (TO CO t-O CO CO un cq r-; CO trj '' in 05 rj<"^(M t--TtJ CO CO i-H CO 00 CQ OT CO 1—1 lO lO O 05 CO CO "CO o cm' CO §o CO 00 CSl mom C-O CO i><r>o CM CM F-H p^ w 5 sU c3 H c3 o cr>o r-i 1 8§ ooooiooooooomooooTj<OOOOOOOOOOOCMOOOOOO ot-ocomocoocMio rHi-tT-HC-COTHCOLftl C^OlO e/^----- -S ^o s:^^ h<JOHqH ^O)OJ OJ o .U h .^ 111 &H fe (in 73 d Jh yj f^C! ggs|a ;_,C/J TO O cu 0)QJ o o 90 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 a> (V> CD C en §2 o 05 c-in t- C5 IC C-; CO a>ciJ05*in ;CO 05 i! 03 a PQW QJo fl OS rri o CO Oi CS W 00 QJ S-iO-! ^n w m r« ti) OS S-H pq H s 05 •T— 1 CO •o cq : in O in csi in in i>r^i CSI CO r<j un Tf P5 ^ 2 ^CO CO 0)S^ OJ ^^ H c« o 2 aa < 15 C^^ o o o in in o ooininCQ(M in o »-i CO CO »-H <-i in T-(O 1— •O O O CO in p t-;o p p p C--o in in in o t- 05 in csj CS3 csi in oOCOCMT-H T-l lO 6 O ^ o no 05 o ;-. 12; n „ «t-( a? 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CO r-> ?^S cs . +3 CO :3 <D^onH< §1 <0 CSI CO in CSJ CO CO CD CO s g2 CO 1 I>CO in CO CO ^1 73 P ^ ;3^gSP^ o< O COot~o^in o' C<J -6/3- <^ •11 ^'HCO>c/3 G bi O O a Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 93 Total Receipts of 193'8 $475,182.52 Cash balance Jan.1,1938 94,954.12 $570,136.64 Total Cash payments of 1938 482,270.08 Cash balance Jan.1,1939 $87,866.56 Balances of Accounts to 1939: Harbor Dredging $5,000.00 Old Age Assistance 45.47 Aid to Dependent Children 1,439.77 Edith M.Bates fund,Common 21.00 Recreation Field,No.Cohasset 500.00 Wheelwright Park 451.35 Wadleigh Park 112.66 Parking Place 120.45 Building,James Lane 2,013.42 Cemetery Improvement 306.54 Bonds 91.46 W.P.A 1,091.20 Highways,under Chap.500,Acts of 1938 ....3,511.21 $14,704.53 Overdrafts—Voted "Emergency"by Select- men,to Revenue of 1938: Public Welfare $571.54 Removing Snow,etc 361.78 $933.32 Cash balance Jan.1,1939 S87.866.56 Amounts set on books against above balance: Surplus War Bonus Fund $575.24 Schools,second bond issue 1,788.66 Cemetery,sale of lots and graves 752.95 3.116.85 S84.749.71 TRUST FUNDS AS OF JANUARY 1,1939 Continued from Reports of 1934,1935,1936 and 1937 Arthur N.Milliken Fund: Bequest $10,000.00 Dividends earned to Jan.1,1939 379.52 $10,379.52 Amount withdrawn and applied to Play- ground Committee Account—^Voted ....8,038.53 On hand Jan.1,1939 $2,340.99 PARKS Billings-Pratt Park,Beechwood: On hand Jan.1,1938 $1,000.00 Dividends earned in 1938 30.00 $1,030.00 Received by town in 1938 30.00 On hand Jan.1,1939 $1,000.00 94 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 Robert Charlss Billings Fund: Town Commons (Centre)Jan.1,1938 $1,150.00 Dividends earned in 1938 34.50 $1,184.50 Received by town in 1938 34.50 On hand Jan.1,1939 $1,150.00 H.W.Wadleigh Park: On hand Jan.1,1938 $5,000.00 Dividends earned in 1938 150.00 $5,150.00 Received by town in 1938 150.00 On hand Jan.1,1939 $5,000.00 Wheelwright Park Fund : On hand Jan.1,1938 $15,000.00 Di\idends earned in 1938 450.00 $15,450.00 Received by town in 1938 450.00 On hand Jan.1,1939 $15,000.00 Edith M.Bates Fund: On hand Jan.1,1938 $1,661.21 Dividends earned in 1938 50.21 On hand Jan.1,1939 $1,711.42 SCHOOLS Ripley Fund: On hand Jan.1,1938 $2,055.92 Dividends earned in 1938 62.12 On hand Jan.1,1939 $2,118.04 James W.Nichols Fund: On hand Jan.1,1938 $2,294.86 Dividends earned in 1938 68.22 $2,363.08 Withdrawn for scholarship in 1938 75.00 On hand Jan.1,1939 $2,288.08 CEMETERY TRUST FUNDS Williams Let Fund (Beechwood)Perp.Care: On hand Jan.1.1938 $77.27 Dividends earned in 1938 2.27 On hand Jan.1,1939 $79.54 Pratt Lot (Beechwood)Perpetual Care: On hand Jan.1,1038 $221.75 Dividends earned in 1938 6.70 On hand Jan.1,1939 $228.45 PERPETUAL CARE—CEMETERY LOTS WOODSIDE On hand Jan.1,1938 $2,188.69 Dividends earned in 1938 65.82 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 95 Lous added in 1938: Ruth Keene Toombs $75.00 Mav Evans 75.00 Wifliam W.Nason ..75.00 <sjZO.UU ($2,479.51 Received by town and credited to Cemetery for care of lots 59.84 On hand Jan.1,1939 $2,419.67 Surplus War Bonus Fund,in general funds: On hand Jan.1,1939 $575.24 INSURANCE EXPIRING IN 1939 Treasurer : Park Dept.: Robbery,etc $5,000.00 Truck,liability $5 10,000.00 Collect cr of Taxes:Board of Health: Robbery,etc 5,000.00 Pickup,liabil- Town Plall:ity $5 10,000.00 Liability $10 100,000.00 Fire and Theft ....250.00 Fire 52,000.00 Highways : Police Dept.: Cruiser : Boiler 5,000.00 Trucks (3)li- Liab.&Prop.$5 10,000.00 ability $5 10,000.00 Cruiser : Trucks.Fire and Liab.&Prop.$5 Eldg.Fire 10,000.00 Theft 4,000.00 2,500.00 Schools : Ambulance : Bus,Liability $10 100,000.00 Liability ...$5 10,000.00 RiDley Rd.Bldg., Various cars:Fire 20,000.00 Fire and Theft .3,300.00 Contents 5,000.00 Fire Dept : Liability .$10 100,000.00 Cruiser : Osgood Bldg.: Liability .$5 10,000.09 Fire 26,000.00 Fire and Theft .700.00 Bates Bldg. : Central Station,Fire 1,500.00 fire 5,000.00 Parking Place,Bldg.: Beechwood Sta-Fire 1,500.00 tion,fire 2,300.00 Coha.sset Home Bldgs.: Fire Alarm:Fire 10,000.00 Pickup:Guild Hall: Liab.&Prop.$5 10,000.00 Fire 10,000.00 Fire and Theft 400.00 No.Cohasset P.O.Bldg Sealer,Weights and Fire " 4,000.0C Measures:Wcodside Cemetery Bldg.: Eauioment $1,958.00 Fire 500.00 Moth Dept.:Employers'Liab.: S'-vaving machine.Estimated premium 1,144.51 liability ....$5 10.000.00 Respectfully submitted, EDWARD L.STEVENS, Tovm Accountant. Cohasset,January 18,1939. LIABILITIES OF COHASSET AS OF JANUARY 1st,1939 Ripley Road School: First loan,4%bonds,dated Apr.1,1926, payable $5,000.00 on the first day of April,1939-1946,inclusive $40,000.00 96 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 Second loan,4%notes,dated June 1.19'30, maturing $4,000.00,June 1.each year. 1939-1940,inclusive 8,000.00 Jam^s Brook Drainage Loan,account P.W.A. No.5045,$1,000.00 notes,dated Oct.1. 1934,payable Oct.1,1939,interest at 2^/4%7,000.00 $55,000.00 FIXED PROPERTY—OUTLAY FOR 1938 Engineering,Assessors'Maps $999.87 Police Department,car 575.00 Land—Pond Street to Norfolk Road 1.00 Improvement of Ball Field,Lincoln Hillside 17,004.41 Cemetery Improvement 261.28 $18,841.56 DETAILS FROM PAYROLLS,1938 ELECTION OFFICERS Austin Ahearn $36.00 Abraham J.Antoine ....36.00 Louis B.C.Bailey 8.00 Reginald R.Beal 25.00 Fred C.Blossom 31.00 Nellie DeSantos 16.50 Joseph H.Donovan 31.00 Robert E.Donovan 14.00 Edward M.Fleming 31.00 Anthony M.Gonsalves ...28.00 Isobel Grassie 14.00 Thomas L.Grassie 22.00 Harry A.P.Hetue 14.00 Florence E.Hill 36.00 John Hunt 6.00 Clara Hyland 17.00 Charles R.Jason 22.00 Edward R.Jason 23.00 Louise S.Jason 16.50 Thomas J.Keating 36.00 Eugene C.McSweeney ...36.00 Joseph Migliaccio 23.00 George G.Monteiro 31.00 Leo E.Neagle 16.50 Joseph L.Oliver 31.00 Charles H.Pratt 36.00 Nelson G.Pratt 2.00 Ora H.Pratt 36.00 Anastasia St.John 24.00 Ellery C.S.Sidney 9.00 Malcolm H.Stevens 16.00 Mary E.Stoddard 17.00 Spencer H.Stoughton ...31.00 Fred W.Sullivan 8.00 Henry E.Sweeney 2.00 Rosilla Trott 2.50 FIRE DEPARTMENT Xame.s and Amounts as thi. Joseph Achille $2.00 Abraham J.Antoine,Jr...20.00 J.Lewis Bates 2.00 Lot E.Bates 21.50 Irving C.Blossom 75 Jos.R.Brennock 14.00 Wm.J.Brennock or 2nd ..23.75 Wm.F.Burke 24.50 John Carty 10.25 Arthur Clark 4.25 Thomas F.Culliney 5.75 Paul V.Donovan 8.75 John Dyment 5.75 Wm.J.Ernest Edwards ..13.25 Fred W.or F.Noel Edwards 12.50 Frank J.Emanuello 2.75 ai»iieared on the Pay Rolls Edward J.Fitzpatrick .10.25 Charles E.Frates 14.75 Chas.W.Frates 17.00 Anthony M.Gonsalves ...10.25 Norman G.Grassie 2.00 James L.Happenny 2.00 Leo J.Happenny 8.75 T.Walter Hernan 6.50 Charles W.Hunter 3.50 James Infusino 4.25 John Infusino 2.00 Rufus James 10.25 Edward R.Jason 9.50 Wm.H.Jason 6.50 Benjamin Kelley 13.25 John Kennedy 3.50 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 97 Robert A.Leonard 9.00 Stephen H.Rooney 19.25 Jerome C.Lincoln 6.50 Bernard J.Salvador ...17.00 Lawrence F.Lincoln 8.75 Clarence W.B.Salvador .2.75 Elwood F.Litchfield 2.00 Louis E.Salvador 5.00 E.Parker or Edward P.Herbert C.Sargent 4.25 Malley 17.75 Ellery C.Sidney 20.00 Edward or Edwin A.Mac-Alfred J.Silvia 16.25 Lean 8.00 Alfred M.Silvia 2.00 Frank F.Martin,Jr 2.00 Joseph M.Silvia 20.00 Wm.H.McArthur or Jr..14.75 Arthur Somerville 9.50 Wm.F.McAuliffe 16.50 Malcolm H.Stevens 8.00 Albert J.Morris 3.50 Charles R.Stoddard . . 6.50 Manuel F.Oliver * ..21.50 Edwin A.Stone 2.00 Steve or-Stephen Pagliaro 3.50 Ira B.Stoughton 9.50 Harry A.Patterson 10.25 Ralph R.Studley 5.00 John Patterson 7.25 Joseph A.Valine 2.75 Wm.H.Perry 4.25 Walter C.Wheelwright,Jr.6.75 Charles C.Philbrook ....2.00 Herbert Williams 2.00 Chas.H.Pratt 7.25 Ralph L.Wood 14.00 Paul W.Pratt Roscoe G.Pratt 5.00 2.00 $622.25 Clarence S.Reddy 2.00 FIRE ALARM Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls John M.Curtis $15.63 Peter J.McNeil 10.00 Harry Donovan 29.00 Fred Mitchell 61.00 Robert Donovan 11.25 Leo E.Neagle 9.00 F.Noel Edwards 10.00 Jos.Oliver 5.00 Clarence Grassie 6.25 Fred or Frederick G.Roche1 65.00 Edward T.Grassie 18.75 Clarence W.B.or Barron Harry A.P.Hetue 19.00 Salvador 37.50 Chas.R.Jason 5.00 M.Joseph Sullivan 40.00 Paul V.Jason 10.00 Herbert Williams,Jr 42.50 Parker Malley Wm.F.Martin 51.00 12.50 $458.38 REPAIRS TO CENTRAL FIRE STATION Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Alfred J.Gonsalves,car-Charles W.E.Stover,car- penter $120.00 penter 78.00 Wm.V.Grassie,carpenter .108.00 William F.Martin,painter 48.00 $354.00 MOTH DEPARTMENT Names and Amounts as they Henry Ainslie $226.25 Joseph W.Almeida 15.00 Abraham J.Antoine,Jr...5.00 Bernard L.Barrows 20.00 Ellery C.Bates 10.00 Leo Blakeman 5.00 Alexander Brown 5.00 George W.Brown 25.00 Ralph Bruno 5.00 John J.Carthy 15.00 Foster Cadose 10.00 Joseph Cadose 5.00 Frank Carey 10.00 John Carty 10.00 Philip Coyne 5.00 John M.Curtis 10.00 appeared on the Pay Rolls Alfred DeMello 15.00 George Denithorne 20.00 James R.DeVito 15.00 Samuel DeVito 25.00 Herbert Dion 10.00 J.W.Dolan 10.00 Daniel Donovan 15.00 Harry Donovan 10.00 Rob't E.Donovan ..10.00 John Dyment 10.00 F.Noel Edwards 5.00 Patrick Feola 10.00 Randolph Feola 5.00 Joseph I.Ferreira 5.00 John Ferreira 5.00 Robert J.Ferreira 16.25 9^Annual Report.Town of Cohasset,1938 Joseph Figueiredo 10.00 Lawrence Figueiredo ....20.00 Manuel Figueiredo 10.00 Edward J.Fitzpatrick 15.00 Charles S.Gallant 10.00 Edward T.Grassie 5.00 Clarence M.Grassie 20.00 George L.Grassie 10.00 Joseph F.Grassie 10.00 John S.Grassie 10.00 Patrick Grassie 10.00 Paul Gratto 10.00 William L.Haley 5.00 Leo Happeney 15.00 Charles Henery or Henry 15.00 Thomas W.Hernan 10.00 James G.Hiltz 10.00 Arthur Hollis 10.00 Maurice Holman 7.50 Samuel Humes 10.00 Charles W.Hunter 25.00 Charles Infusino 15.00 Frank Infusino 5.00 John James 10.00 Norman F.James 10.00 William James 5.00 Charles E.Jason 10.00 Hariy Jason 10.00 Herbert L.Jason 17.50 Joseph Jason 20.00 Warren Jones 20.00 Ralph Keegan 15.00 Charles H.Kennedy 25.00 Frank Lagrotterio 15.00 Alphonso La Rosa 5.00 Alfred La Rosa 15.00 Antoine C.Laugelli 5.00 Louis Laugelli 10.00 William Laugelli 10.00 Clarence H.Litchfield ...15.00 Elijah or Estate of Elijah Lincoln 20.00 Edmund L.Litchfield ....5.00 Edward L.Litchfield .....10.00 Walter Litchfield 5.00 William Lugelle or Laugelli 15.00 John M.Lyons 5.00 Frank E.McLean 10.00 Walter MacLean 15.00 John McNamara 5.03 Frank J.Manuella or Emanuello 15.00 Joseph Manuella or Eman- ueUo 15.00 Edmund Marks 10.00 Wm.F.Martin 5.00 Edward B.Mathewson ..5.00 Clarence McMahon 15.00 Frank McMahon 10.00 Lawrence McMahon 10.00 Michael McNeil 5.00 Vincent McNeil 5.00 Daniel McSweeney 15.00 Eugene C.McSweeney .. . 15.00 Joseph Meehan ..10.00 Michael Meehan 10.00 Joseph A.Migliaccio 5.00 Frank Mitchell 5.00 Fred Mitchell 138.75 Horace Monk 5.00 Donald E.Murphy 10.00 Francis T.Murphy 20.00 Wilson F.Murphy 15.00 James Nardo 10.00 Nicolas Nardo 15.00 Harold T.Nason 20.00 William W.Nason or Jr...20.00 George Neagle or Nagle ..15.00 Leo Neagle,Jr 5.00 William O'Hearn 10.00 John J.Oliver 10.00 Charles Pape 10.00 Frank Pattison 15.00 Harry Patterson 20.00 Alonzo Pearson 10.00 Walter Pei-ry 5.00 Walter M.Poland 50.00 Joseph Polito 5.00 William Powers 10.00 Aaron Pratt,Jr 10.00 Charles H.Pratt 5.00 Ira N.Pratt 30.00 Alton J.Priest 47.50 Darius Reynolds 10.00 Frederick G.Roche "5.00 John W.Rooney 12.50 Peter J.Rooney,truck ...l.OO Stephen Rooney 5.00 Frank Rosano,Jr 20.00 Frank Rosano.Sr 10.00 Alfred Roy 10.00 Bernard J.Salvador 20.00 Percy G.Sargent 5.00 Carl Sestito , 5.00 Everett Sherman 10.00 Osgood S.Sidney 5.00 Samuel Signorelli 10.00 i\ntoine Silvia,Jr 10.00 Fred H.Silvia 5.00 John Silvia lO.Oo Charles L.Stoddard 148.75 Elliot Stoddard 22.50 Gee.H.Stoddard 5.00 James Stover 5.00 Arthur Studley 5.00 Ralph Studley 15.00 Charles A.Tanger 10.00 John Tanger 10.00 William Tilden.Jr 10.00 Stanley Tomb 5.00 Pcminic Truglia 15.00 Patsy Truglia 10.00 "T^homas E.Valine 10.00 Bruno Varano 5.00 Annual Report.Town of Cohasset.1938 99 Delma or Delmar Williams 15.00 Frank Williams 15.00 Moses Zopatti 30.00 Ralph Viola 10.00 William Ward 10.00 James Watts 5.00 Charles A.White 25.00 George White 45.00 $2,398,50 Joseph White 5.00 TREE WARDEN Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Kolls Austin Ahearn $17.50 Henry Ainslie 5.00 Louis Bailey,Jr 5.00 Reginald R.Beal 30.00 Graydon G.Bouve 17.50 Philip Coyne 30813 James R.DeVito 5.00 Samuel DeVito 12.50 Harry EXonovan 5.00 Charles Eastman 10.00 F.Noel Edwards 200.00 wniiam Edwards 5.00 Frank J.Emanuello 12.50 Joseph Esposito 10.00 Randolph Feola 10.00 Joseph Figueiredo 10.00 Edward F.Gra^sie 52.50 Ernest A.Grassie 253.13 George Grassie 10.00 Joseph F.Grassie 5.00 William Grassie 10.00 Paul Groto 5.00 Fred G.James 10.00 Rufus James 10.00 William James 5.00 Charles E.Jason 5.00 Chas.R.Jason,labor and truck 42.00 Harry S.Jason 22.50 Joseph M.Jason 17.50 Frank Lagrotteria 5.00 Lcuis A.Laugelli 12.50 Leonard Lawrence 30.00 $1,672.02 Louis Laugelli 10.00 TREE WARDEN—Clearing Trees for Fire Alarm Names and Amounts as 'they appeared on the Pay Pwolls Philip W.Coyne $90.00 Fred Mitchell 15.00 Ernest Grassie 15.00 T.Burke Kane 20.00 $145.00 Daniel McSweeney 5.00 Lawrence Lincoln .10.00 Louis Litchfield 5.00 Michael Maloney .10.00 William H.McArthur .. . 193.13 William F.McAuliffe .. . 17.50 William J.McLaughlin, sharpening saws 2.50 Wm.McLaughlin,Jr....2.50 Michael McNeil .27.50 Daniel McSweeney .10.00 Robert Mealey 10.00 Frank Mello 5.00 Frank B/Ggliaccio 5.00 Joseph Migliaccio .38.13 John Oliver 10.00 Joseph Pace 5.00 Charles Pape ..-5.00 Walter Poland 20.00 Frank Salvador 10.00 Osgood Sidney 5.00 Samuel Signorelli 5.00 Alfred Silvia,Jr 17.50 Antoine Silvia,Sr .10.00 Clarence Silvia 10.00 Fred Silvia .10.00 John Sladen 5.00 Dominic Son-ento 5.00 Dwight Stone 5.00 John Sweeney 5.00 William E.Tilden 10.00 Dominic Truglia 30.00 FOREST Names and Amounts as they Richard Andrews,boy ....$.31 i>^anuel Andrews,Jr.,boy .31 Abraham J.Antoine,Jr.,.63 Hugh Bancroft 1.25 Lot E.Bates 63 Henry Brennock 63 Wm.J.Brennock 60.65 Joseph R.Brennock 3.14 Gaetano Bufalo 63 Wm.F.Burke 2.51 FIRES appeared on the Pay Rolls John J.Carty 1.26 William Chandler,boy ....31 Ai'thur Clark 63 Wm.H.Curboy 63 Benjamin C u r 1 e y (This money was not accepted).63 Joseph DeVito 1.25 Geo.W.Dunlap 63 John Dyment 63 Ernest Edwards 1.25 100 ANNUAL Report.Town of Cohasset,1938 F.Noel Edwards .36.26 Anthony Emanuello .63 Joseph Emanuello .63 Martin Ernberg,Jr.,boy ..31 Randolph Feola .63 Robert Ferreira .63 John J.Ferreira .63 Michael J.Finnegan j63 Edward J.Fitzpa trick .. . 2.51 ChBS.E.Frates 3.75 Chas.W.Frates 1.25 Charles S.Gallant 1.25 Anthony M.Gonsalves . . 8.75 Clarence M.Grassie .63 Joseph F.Grassie 20.63 Patrick L.Grassie .63 James L.Happenny 1.88 Charles E.Henry 3.75 James J.Henry 1.25 T.Walter Hernan 2.50 Lloyd W.Higgins .63 Ralph F.Hines .63 Chas.W.Hunter .63 Joseph Holland,Jr 1.25 Chas.E.James 10.00 Francis James .63 Robert E.Jason .63 Rufus James 1.25 Wm.H.Jason .63 Frank Jednick .63 Benjamin Kelly 1.25 Henry B.Kennedy .63 John Kennedy ..14.38 Bernard J.Kerwin .63 Leonard F.Lawrence ... , 20.00 Joseph L.Leonard .63 Lawrence F.Lincoln 2.50 James A.Litchfield ......1.25 E.Parker Malley 1.25 Frank F.Martin,Jr 59.43 Wm.F.Martin 8.75 Wm.H.McArthur 5.00 Wm.H.McAuliffe 1.25 Charles McNeil .63 Frank Mercurio 63 Herbert Merritt,boy 31 James Merritt,boy ^1 Kenneth Myers 1.25 Antonio Modente 63 Wilson Murphy 2.50 Harold Nason 7.50 Joseph L.Oliver 1.26 Manuel F.Oliver 3.76 Melvin Oliver 63 Steve Pagliaro 63 Harr>'A.Patterson .63 Wm.H.Perry 63 Walter M.Poland 63 Charles Polito 63 Wm.J.Powers 63 Chas.H.Pratt 1.25 Clarence S.Ffceddy 1.89 Merico Risio 63 Frank M.Roche 1.25 Stephen H.Rooney 63 Bernard J.Salvador 2.51 C.Barron Salvador 103.16 Louis E.Salvador 63 Ellery C.Sidney 10.64 Van R.Sidney 63 Alfred J.Silvia 19.40 Alfred M.Silvia 51.26 Jos.M.Silvia Wm.Silvia Donald Sladen Geo.H.Smith Charles L.Stoddard . Charles R.Stoddard . Ralph R.Studley ... M.Joseph Sullivan . Herbert Williams .. . Herbert Williams,Jr. John R.Williams .. Chas.H.Williams ... Ralph L.Wood .63 3.75 .63 1.88 1.25 .63 .63 .63 2.51 1.25 .63 1.26 1.26 $534.91 STRAITS POND,JAMES BROOK,CAT DAM,ETC. Names and Amounts as they Joseph W.Almeida $30.00 Henry W.Ainslie 10.00 Abraham J.Antoine,Jr.. . 10.00 Bernard BaiTOWS 5.00 William Brennock 10.00 George Brown 5.00 Joseph L.Cadose 10.00 Philip W.Coyne 5.00 John M.Curtis 25.00 James R.DeVito 5.00 Sam'l DeVito 10.00 Herbert Dion 15.00 E>ani€l Donovan 10.00 Michael H.Donovan 25.00 Robert Donovan 10.00 appeared on the Pay Rolls John Dyment Fred'k Noel Edwards . Abraham S.Enos William Enos Randolph Feola Robert Ferreira Alfred Gonsalves Anthony M.Gonsalves William B.Grassie .... Charles E.Henry Thomas W.Hernan .. . Harry A.Hetue,Jr... . James Hiltz Samuel H.Hume Charles R.Jason 10.00 lO-O-O 4.00 15.00 10.00 10.00 27.50 10.00 10.00 5.00 20.00 15.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 Annual Report.Town of Cohasset.1938 101 Joseph Jason 10.00 Warren W.Jones 10.00 John T.Keating 10.00 Henry Keating 5.00 Ralph Keegan 10.00 Joseph L.Leonard 10.00 Lawrence F.Lincoln 10.00 Richard P.Lutz 10.00 Frank E.MacLean 15.00 Wm.F.Martin 10.00 William H.McArthur ....10.00 John McNamara 10.00 Jos.McNeil 5.00 Eugene McSweeney 20.00 Joseph Megna 10.00 Louis Mello 5.00 Fred Mitchell 15.00 Horace Monk 5.00 Francis T.Murphy 10.00 Wilson Murphy 10.00 William Nason 5.00 George Neagle 5.00 Frank V.Nunes 10.00 Daniel O'Brien 10.00 Lester Peavey 10.00 Joseph Polito 5.00 William J.Powers , 10.00 John J.Pratt,Jr 10.00 Frederick G.Roche 5.00 Peter Rooney,truck 12.00 Stephen Rooney 10.00 William J.Rooney 10.00 Frank Rosano,Sr 5.00 Frank Rosano,Jr 5.00 James Rosano 10.00 JoS'Cph Rosano,truck ....12.00 Percy G.Sargent 10.00 Salvadore Sestito 10.00 Osgood Sidney 10.00 Clarence P.Silvia 15,00 John J.Silvia 10.00 George Smith 5.00 Dwight Stone 10.00 James Stover 10.00 Ralph R.Studley 10.00 Charles A.Tanger 10.00 George Tanger 5.00 John L.Tanger 10.00 William E.Tilden 10.00 $820.50 HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Names and Amounts as tliey Austin L.Ahearn $66.25 Henry W.Ainslie 162.50 Henry W.Ainslie,Jr 50.00 Joseph W.Almeida 30.00 Carlton W.Andrews 52.50 Abraham J.Antoine,Jr...67.50 Louis C.Bailey 96.00 John T.Barnes 200.00 Bernard L.Barrows 92.50 Fred E.Barrows 20.00 Edwin P.Bates 15.00 Edwin W.Bates 35.00 Erery C.Bates,truck and labor 121.50 Howard Bates,truck ....78.00 Joseph L.Bates,Jr 10.00 Lot E.Bates,truck 84.00 Royal C.Bates 20.00 Walter P.Bates,truck ....42.00 Leon or Leo Blakeman . . 20.00 Clarence J.Brasil 20.00 William J.Brennock ....55.00 Alexander Brown 10.00 Clement L.Brown 70.00 George W.Brown 70.00 Ralph Bruno .,20.00 Charles E.Butman 20.00 Foster Cadose 65.00 Joseph L.Cadose 77.50 Francis P.Carey 65.00 John J.Cartv 30 00 John T.Cashel 42^ Edward A.Cole 55.00 appeared on the Pay Rolls James F.Collins 42.50 John Connery 10.00 Frank T.Cook 12.50 Philip W.Coyne 105.00 Dennis Daley 10.00 John Daun 20.00 John J.Davenport 40.00 Edward N.Davis 31.25 Chauncey DelGrosso ...30.00 Alfred L.DeMello 72.50 Francis DeMello 135.00 Frank DeMello 10.00 John DeMello 10.00 George E.Denithorne ...180.00 James Denithorne 5.00 James R.DeVito 80.00 Joseph J.DeVito 10.00 Samuel E.or A.DeVito ...137.50 Vincent J.DeVito 40.00 Herbert E.Dion 85.00 Frederick T.Dolan 5.00 John W.Dolan or Jr 157.50 Daniel F.Donovan 132.50 Michael H.Donovan 80.00 John Dyment 45.00 Charles H.or E.Eastman 100.00 Henry R.Eastman 45.00 Walter G.Eastman 5.00 F.Noel Edwards 5.00 Anthony Emanuello,truck and labor 124.00 Frank J.Emanuello 45.00 John E.Emanuello 70.00 102 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 Joseph A.Emanuello 35.00 Thomas Emanuello 10.00 Thomas Emanuello,Jr.. . 25.00 WiUiam Enos 10.00 Joseph Esposito 5.00 Randolph Feola 152.50 John J.Ferreira 5.00 Joseph I.Ferreira 10.00 Robert J.Ferreira 60.00 Edward J.Fitzpatrick ...5.00 George W.Flint 10.00 Richard B.Forrest 35.00 Charles E.Frates 5.00 Emery E.Freeman 10.00 Harry M.Friel 65.00 Alexander Frisino 10.00 Ralph Froio 80.00 Rocco Froio 10.00 Stanley or Charles S.Gal- lant 35.00 V.James Garofola 10.00 Clarence M.Grassie 30.00 Edward T.Grassie 71.25 Ernest A.Grassie 10.00 George L.Grassie 40.00 Joseph F.Grassie 25.00 Manuel L.Grassie 20.00 Patrick Grassie 110.00 Paul Gratta 20.00 William L.Haley 52.50 Leo J.Happenney,labor and trucks 106.00 Eldred Hardy 20.00 Charles E.Henry 5.00 James F.Henry 60.00 Thomas W.Hernan 30.00 Harry A.Hetue 15.00 Ernset E.Hill 20.00 James G.Hiltz 47.50 Levi L.Hiltz 25.00 Arthur C.Hollis 55.00 Samuel H.Hume 125.00 Charles W.Hunter 70.00 Charles Infusino or Jr....50.00 Francis or Frank J.Infu- sino 20.00 Ezekiel James 5.00 John J.James 85.00 Lewis James 15.00 Norman F.James 121.25 Rufus James 20.00 Samuel F.James 20.00 Charles R.Jason,truck and labor 27.00 Paul V.Jason 5.00 Frank Jednick 85.00 Warren W.Jones 100.00 Burke T.Kane 15.00 Henry F.Keating 30.00 John F.Keating 132.50 Ralph E.Keegan 185>B0 Donald L.or R.Kelley . . 45.00 Charles H,Kennedy 92.50 Chauncey Kilborn 15.00 H.M.Laflamme 27.50 Frank Lagrotterio 57.50 Alfred La Rosa 55.00 Alphonso La Rosa 60.00 Frank Lagrotterio 25.00 Anthony C.Laugelli 35.00 Joseph Laugelli 75.00 Louis A.Laugelli 185.00 William Laugelli 58.75 Elijah F.Lincoln 20.00 Harry W.Lincoln 45.00 Jerome C.Lincoln 110.00 Lawrence F.Lincoln 47.50 Arthur E.Litchfield 5.00 Clarence H.Litchfield ...141.25 Edison A.Litchfield 115.00 Edward L.Litchfield 80.00 L.A.Litchfield ..120.00 Walter E.Litchfield 140.00 William A.Litchfield ....10.00 John M.Lyons 40.00 Frank E.MacLean 5.00 Walter MacLean 20.00 Michael F.Maloney 10.00 Herbert B.Marsh 40.00 William F.Me^rtin 10.00 William J.Martin 15.00 Edward B.Mathewson ...25.00 William H.McAi'thur ..llO.Oo William F.McAuliffe ....10.00 William J.McLaughlin ...10.00 John McLellan 10.00 Clarence R.McMahon ...40.00 Henry L.McMahon,truck 132.00 Thomas F.McMahon 70.00 John J.McNamara 25.00 Michael McNeil 250.00 Vincent McNeil 5.00 Daniel E.McSweeney ...5.00 Joseph L.Meehan 17.50 Michael J.Meehan 30.00 Frank L.Mello,Hull St..30.00 Louis Mello 95.00 Joseph A.Migliaccio 15.00 Frank Mitchell 62.50 Fred MitcheU 141.25 Joseph Mitchell 25.00 Antoine Modente 25.00 Horace W.Monk 45.00 James J.Montgomery ....45.00 Alexander Moore 15.00 Albert L.Morris 5.00 George J.Mulhern 60.00 Donald Murphy 10.00 Francis T.Murphy 10.00 Wilson F.Murphy 10.00 James Nardo 10.00 Harold T.Nason 87.50 William W.Nason,Jr 55.00 George R.Neagle 5.00 Annual Report,Town of C oh as set,1938 lo; Leo E.Neagle,Jr 5.00 Daniel Nicholson 10.00 frank Nunes 30.00 Daniel F.O'Brien 142.50 William J.O'Hearn 20.00 John J.Oliver 5.00 Guiseppe or Joseph Pace 20.00 Charles F.Pape 102.50 Hester S.Pape,truck;204.00 Alcnzo Pearson 20.00 Alfred D.Pease 95.00 Lester F.Peavey 37.50 Frank Perry 25.00 Moses Pina 112.50 Walter M.Poland 32.50 Frank Polito 10.00 Joseph Polito 132.50 Patrick Powers 20.00 William J.Powers 75.00 Aaron Pratt,Jr 95.00 Charles H.Pratt IBM Ira N.Pratt 110.00 John J.Pratt,Jr 30.00 Paul W.Pratt 25.00 William H.Pratt,truck ..126.00 Thomas J.Prendergast ...90.00 Alton J.Priest 47.50 Prank E.Rego 15.00 John J.Rhodes 32.50 Frederick G.Roche 30.00 John W.Rooney 50.00 Stephen H.Rooney 45.00 Anthony J.Rosano 50.00 Antonio Rosano,truck ...36.00 Antoine Rosano,truck ...48.00 Frank Rosano 55.00 Frank Rosano.Jr 121.25 James W.or R.Rosano ..35.00 Jr^eDh W.Rosano,labor and truck 227.00 Lloyd M.Rose 15.00 Frank L.Rosenberg or Jr.141.25 Chester H.Sargent 50.00 Herbert C.Sargent 35.00 Percy G.Sargent 25.00 Salvatore V.Sestito 10.00 V.V.Sestito,truck 36.00 George Shattuck 17.50 Everett E.Sherman 15.00 Samuel Signorelli 5.00 Alfred J.Silvia 15.00 Antoine Silvia 15.00 August Silvia 5.00 Charles F.Silvia 10.00 Clarence E.or P.Silvia ..20.00 John J.Silvia 120.00 Joseph F.Silvia 5.00 Joseph M.Silvia,labor and truck 36.00 Manuel P.Silvia 85.00 Mathew L.Silvia 132.50 Walter A.Silvia 107.50 Vincent Sinopoli 10.00 John E.Sladen 10.00 Edward L.Smith 52.50 Arthur Somerville 10.00 Dominick Sorrento 20.00 David Souther,Jr.,truck 157.00 Charles L.Stoddard 131.25 George H.Stoddard -.146.25 Edwin A.Stone,Jr 52.50 Dwight D.Stone 55.00 Arthur Studley 40.00 Ralph R.Studley 15.00 James M.Sweeney 52.50 John H.Sweeney 25.00 Charles A.Tanger 52.50 John L.Tanger 30.00 Manuel S.Teixeira 97.50 Leslie G.Thompson 5.00 William E.Tilden 230.00 Richard H.Tisdale 10.00 Stanley L.or S.Toombs .100.00 Dominick Truglia 10.00 George P.Valine 10.00 Thomas E.Valine 10.00 Ralph Veola 30.00 James Watt 37.50 Joseph W.Whitcomb 142.50 Austin P.White 27.50 Charles A.White,truck and labor .134.00 George W.White 85.00 Joseph H.White 185.62 Herbert Williams,Jr....30.^)0 Samuel H.Williams 20.00 Moses Zopatti 80.00 $14,796.37 BEECHWOOD STREET DRAINAGE Xames and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls John Connery 5.00 Joseph Laugelli Frederick T.Dolan 10.00 Aaron Pratt,Jr Daniel F.Donovan 20.00 Levi L.Hiltz 20.00 5.00 20.00 $80.00 104 Annual Report.Town of Cohasset,1938 RIPLEY ROAD AND SOHIER STREET SIDEWALKS Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Bernard L.Barrows 15.00 Fred E.Barrows 15.00 Lot E.Bates,truck 126.00 Francis P.Carey 5.00 Jchn Connery 170.00 Edward N.Davis 10.00 George E.EXenithorne .. . 20.00 James R.DeVito 15.00 Samuel A.DeVito 15.00 Herbert E.Dion 25.00 Daniel F.Donovan 40.00 Michael J.Donovan 210.00 Frank J.Emanuello 5.00 John Emanuello 57.50 Robert J.Ferreira 20.00 Harry M.Friel 5.00 George L.Grassie 5.00 Charles E.Henry 5.00 Levi L.Hiltz 10.00 Charles W.Hunter 35.00 John F.James 20.00 Frank Jednick 15.00 John T.Keating 10.00 Ralph E.Keegan 10.00 Charles H.Kennedy 20.00 Frank Lagrotterio 10.00 Joseph Laugelli 35.00 William Laugelli 15.00 Clarence H.Litchfield .. . 5.00 Edward L.Litchfield 10.00 Frank E.MacLean 5.00 Charles A.Marks 10.00 John J.McNamara 20.00 Louis Mello 20.00 Fred Mitchell 15.00 Antoine Modente 77.50 William W.Nason,Jr 10.00 Frank Nunes 42.50 Joseph Polito 10.00 William J.Powers 10.00 Alton J.Priest 47.50 James W.Rosano 10.00 Joseph W.Rosano,truck .96.00 Frank L.Rosenberg,Jr...20.00 Clarence P.Silvia 5.00 Osgood Sidney 5.00 Manuel P.Silvia 20.00 Mathew L.Silvia 20.00 George H.Smith 5.00 William E.Tilden 10.00 Ralph Viola 5.00 Austin P.White 10.00 Charles A.White,truck .96.00 $1,538.00 BEECHWOOD STREET SIDEWALK Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Howard Bates,truck .....126.00 Walter P Bates 50.00 Leon F.Blakeman 10.00 Fcstor Cadose 5.00 Edward N.Davis 15.00 Francis DeMello 55.00 John W.Dolan,Jr 20.00 Daniel F.Donovan 10.00 Michael H.Donovan 5.00 Henry R.Eastman 10.00 Thomas Emanuello,Jr.. . 15.00 George L.Grassie 10.00 Ernest E.Hill 10.00 Rufus James 65.00 Ralph E.Keegan 95.00 Donald L.Kelley 5.00 Charles H.Kennedy 7.50 Joseph Laugelli 20.00 William Laugelli 5.00 L8\\Tence F.Lincoln 40.00 Edward L.Litchfield 5.00 WiUiam A.Litchfield ....15.00 Heniy L.McMahon,truck 18.00 Thomas F.McMahon 2.50 Michael McNeil 10.00 Fred MitcheU 15.00 Antoine Modente 15.00 George J.Mulhern 10.00 Michael McNeil 5.00 Frank Nunes 10.00 Alfred D.Pease 5.00 Samuel Polito 10.00 William J.Powers 5.00 Aaron Pi-att,Jr..5.00 Paul W.Pratt ...60.00 John W.Rooney 10.00 Frank Rosano 5.00 Everett E.Sherman 15.00 Charles L.Stoddard 30.00 George H.Stoddard 60.OC Ralph R.Studley 5.00 William E.Tilden 20.00 Stanley S.Toombs 5.00 Herbert Williams,Jr 10.00 $929.00 Annual Report.Town of Cohasset.1938 106 REMOVING SNOW AND SANDING STREETS Xame-s and Amounts as they Austin L.Ahearn 51^5 Austin L.Ahearn,Jr 8.75 Alfred M.Ainslie 15.00 Henry W.Ainslie 22.50 Joseph Almeida 7.50 Albert Andrews,truck 126.00 Carlton Andrews 34.37 Manuel Andrews 12.50 Abraham J.Antoine,Jr...30.62 George E.Antoine 10.00 Louis C.Bailey,truck 411.00 John T.Barnes 80.62 William T.Barnes,horses 370.00 William T.Barnes,Jr...10.00 Bernard Barrows 8.75 Edwin P.Bates 5.00 Ellery C.Bates,truck and .labor 74.00 Herbert Bates 5.00 Howard Bates,truck and horses 188.25 Joseph L.Bates,Jr 2.50 Lot E.Bates,truck 153.00 Walter or Walter P.Bates, truck and labor 95.25 Lson F.or Leo Blakeman 28.75 Irving C.Blossom 5.62 Clarence J.Brasill 5.00 Clarence S.Brasill 17.50 William or William J. Brennock 15.62 David or David W.Brown 15.00 George W.Brown 25.00 Pi-ank W.Browne 2.50 Ralph Bruno 10.00 Gaetano Bufalo 42.50 Charles E.Butman 55.00 Charles E.Butman,Jr....2.50 Foster Cadose 45.62 Foster Cadose,Jr 2.50 Joseph Cadose 10.00 Francis Carey 33.75 Charles F.Cartledge ...2.50 Joseph Cappuccio 2.50 Donald Carpenter 2.50 John J.Carty 15.00 Roy F.Chase 5.00 Edward A,Cole 88.75 Ernest Cole 5.00 John Connery 15.00 Carl or Carlos Conte or Conty 7.50 Harold E.Cortez 5.00 Philip Coyne 27.50 James A.Cunningham ..5.00 John M.or S.Curtis ....22.50 Dennis Daley 10.62 Ernest Daley 2.50 George L.Damon 2.50 John or John J.Davenport 30.62 appeared on the Pay Rolls Edward N.Davis Chauncey DelGrosso John T.DelGrosso Alfred L.Demello Francis DeMello John W.DeMello Joseph DeMello George E.Denithorne .... James Denithorne Angelow or Angelo DeVito James or James R.DeVito Joseph DeVito Nichols DeVito Samuel A.DeVito Vincent or Vincent G.De- Vito Clifford Dickson Herbert E.Dion Frederick T.Dolan James or James E.Etolan John Dolan,John W.Do- lan or Jr Daniel or Daniel F.Dono- van Michael or Michael H. Donovan George F.Dunn John Dyment Charles or Charles H.East- man Gorden Eastman Henry or Henry R.East- man Howard Eastman Raymond Eastman Walter G.Eastman Frederick N.Edwards .., Anthony or Anthony R. Emanuello,truck Dominick Emanuello Frank or Frank J.Emanu- ello John Emanuello Joseph Emanuello Michael Emanuello Paul Emanuello Thomas Emanuello Thomas Emanuello,Jr.. . Abraham S.Enos Joseph Esposito Pasquale Feola Ralph Feola Randolph Feola Anthony J.Ferreira John J.Ferreira Joseph I.Ferreira Robert J.Ferreira Joseph Figueiredo Lawrence A.Figueiredo . . Manuel S.Figueiredo .... 27.50 15.00 2.50 63.75 35.62 20.00 15.00 50.62 10.00 15.00 45.62 23.75 2.50 60.00 34.37 2.50 50.00 86.25 10.00 45.62 33.12 58.12 47.50 19.37 46.25 5.00 28.12 17.50 7.50 7.50 7.50 259.50 7.50 37.50 30.62 48.12 8.75 16.25 17.50 31.25 2.50 28.75 37.50 17.50 50.00 7.50 41.25 86.25 58.74 10.00 11.25 10.00 106 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 Edward J.Fitzpatrick ...12.50 Edward J.Fitzpatrick,Jr.8.75 John J.Fleming 5.00 George W.Flint 11.25 Richard B.Forest 12.50 William Francis 5.00 Emery E.Freeman 7.50 Harry Friel 5.00 Alexander Frisino 15.00 Ralph Froio 8.75 Rocco R.Froio 11.25 C.S.Grallant 2.50 V.James Garafola 5.00 Fred Gardner 12.50 Alfred Gonsalves 10.00 Antoine Grassie 2.50 Clarence M.Grassie 51.25 Edward T.Grassie 22.50 Ernest A.Grassie 5.00 George E.or L.Grassie ..29.99 John S.Grassie 17.50 Jceeph F.Grassie 30.00 Manuel or Manuel L. Grassie 17.50 Patrick Grassie 47.50 William V.Grassie ......10.00 Paul Grata or Gratta 13.75 Fred Haley 10.00 George Haley 11.25 James Haley 7.50 Herbert Haley 5.00 William L.Haley 10.00 James L.Happenny 2.50 Leo or Leo J.Harpenny, truck 363.00 Eldred or Eldred L.Hardy 25.00 Charles E.Henry 27.50 James or James J.Henry 23.12 Walter or Thomas W.Her- nan 27.50 Ernest or Ernest E.Hill ..32.50 Ernest Hill,Jr 2.50 James G.Hiltz 2.50 Thomas Hines 2.50 Robert Hines 2.50 Arthur or Arthur C.Hollis 16.25 Holly Hill Farm 72.00 Frank M.Hume 5.00 Samuel or Samuel H. Hume 22.50 Charles W.or A.Hunter .76.87 James Hurley 10.00 Charles Infusino 20.62 Charles Infusino,Jr 25.00 FYancis or Francis Infusino 35.00 Frank J.Infusino 5.00 Charles or Charles E. James 5.00 Eustis James 2.50 Ezekiel James 85.00 John F.James 5.00 Norman or Norman F. James 35.00 Rufus James 86.25 Samuel F.James 20.00 William James 17.50 Charles E.Jason 5.00 Charles R.Jason,truck 18.00 George Jason,truck 12.00 Harry S.Jason 2.50 Kemieth Jason 5.03 Paul V.Jason 5.00 Frank Jednick 12.50 Warren Jones 7.50 Burke T.Kane 10.00 Henry F.Keating 7.50 John T.Keating 20.03 Ralph Keegan 67.49 Ralph Keegan,Jr 2.50 John J.Keith 2.53 B.L.Kelley 10.03 Donald or Donald L.Kel- ley 22.50 Charles or Charles H. Kennedy 83.12 Chauncey or Chauncey S. Kilborn 35.00 Leighton La Clair 2.50 Hurshel M.or H.M.La- fiaxnme 110.00 Frank Lagrctterio 43.75 Jeremiah Lane 2.50 Alfred La Rosa 8.75 Alphonse La Rosa 8.75 Anthony Laugelli 2.50 Joseph Laugelli 56.25 Louis A.Laugelli,truck 135.00 William Laugelli 37.49 Leonard F.Lawrence ..10.00 Walter H.LeClair 2.50 Richard Leonard 15.00 Robert A.Leonard 15.00 Harrv W.Lincoln 30.00 Elijah F.Lincoln 40.62 Jerome C.Lincoln 28.75 Lawrence F.Lincoln. truck,horses and labor 180.50 Arthur or Arthur E.Litch- field 10.00 Clarence or Clarence H. Litchfield 33.12 Edward L.Litchfield 41.87 Edison A.Litchfield 5.00 Eugene L.Litchfield 2.50 L.A.Litchfield 7.50 William or William A. Litchfield 25.00 John or John M.Lyons . . 25.62 Patrick J.Lyons 10.00 Walter MacLean 28.12 E.P.Malley 2.50 Francis Malone 2.50 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 107 Michael F.Maloney 53.12 Edward J.Maree 5.00 Robert Maree 2.50 Charles Marks 15.00 David Marks 2.50 Edmund Marks 10.62 Ernest Marks 2.50 Herbert Marsh 12.50 William F.Martin 5.00 William J.Martin 5.00 William J.Martin,Jr....2.50 Edward B.Mathewson ...42.50 Walter or Walter A.May- nard or Jr 15.00 William H.McArthur ....37.50 William F.McAuliflfe ....5.00 Nathan McClure 5.00 Estate Walter E.McGrath 2.50 George M.Laughlin 7.50 Frank or Frank E.Mac- Lean or McLean 18.12 Walter McLean 47.49 Howard F.McLellan 2.50 John McLellan 16^ Clarence R.MIcMahon ..12.50 F.F.McMahon,truck 18.00 Henry L.McMahon,truck 115.50 Thomas F.McMahon,truck lll.OO John J.McNamara 35.00 Michael McNeil 72.50 Peter J.McNeil 15.00 Vincent McNeil 12.50 Daniel McSweeney 17.50 Edward McSweeney 10.00 Eugene C.McSweeney .. . 7.50 Edward Mealy 10.00 Ernest R.Mealy,truck ...159.00 Joseph L.or M.Meehan .39.99 Michael or Michael J. Meehan 22.50 Frank or Frank S.Mello .10.62 Frank L.Mello 17.50 Louis Mello 26.87 William Mello 10.00 Donald M.Meyer 2.50 Joseph A.Migliaccio 61.87 Frank Mitchell 7.50 Fred Mitchell 50.00 Joseph Mitchell 122.50 Antoine Modente 30.00 Horace or Horace W.Monk 27.50 Albert L.Morris 5.00 Alexander Moore 10.00 John W.Mulcahy 15.00 George or George J.Mul- hem 62.50 George Mulhern,Jr 5.00 Francis T.Murphy 25.00 Garett O.Murphy 2.50 Wilson P.Murphy 18.75 Kenneth Myers 10.00 James Nardo 2.50 Nicola Nardo 5j00 Samuel Nardo 25.00 Harold or Harold T.Nason 22.50 William W.Nason,Jr....10.00 George R.Neagle 8.75 Leo E.Neagle 2.50 Leo E.Neagle,Jr 7.50 Richard H.Neagle 2.50 Daniel Nicholson 10.00 Frank Nunes 5.00 Ftobert M.Noonan 11.25 Daniel F.O'Brien 20.00 Edward or Edward J. O'Hearn 12.50 William J.O'Hearn 40.00 John J.Oliver 10.00 Manuel F.Oliver 15.00 Thomas E.Otis 2.50 Charles Pape 55.00 Hester S.Pape,truck 144.00 Robert Pape 10.00 Frank L.or J.Pattison . . 18.12 Harry A.Pattison 7.50 John L.Pattison 20.62 Alonzo Pearson 15.00 Alfred D.Pease 27.50 Lester F.Peavey 10.00 Edwin Petersen 2.50 Peter A.D.Peterson 5.00 Thomas Pedersen 2.50 Joseph Perrancello 13.75 Frank Perry 5.00 George B.Perry 3.12 William or WiUiam H. Perry 25.00 Edwin Petersen 2.50 Peter A.D.Petersen ....15.00 Ralph Petersen 7.50 Andrew Pino 14.37 Fred Piepenbrink 5.00 Andrew Pina 7.50 Donald Pina 2.50 Domingo B.Pina 10.00 Walter of Walter M.Poland 48.74 Frank Polito 16.87 James Polito 27.50 Joseph Polito 27.50 Samuel Polito 13.75 Patrick J.Powers 10.00 William J.Powers 42.50 Aaron Pratt,truck 42.00 Aaron Pratt,Jr 20.62 Charles H.or A.Pratt ...15.00 Ira N.Pratt,horses,men and labor 128.75 KendaU M.Pratt 2.50 Paul or Paul W.Pratt ....55.00 Roscoe G.Pratt 20.00 Warren Pratt 7.50 William H.Pratt,truck . . 60.00 Eugene Prendergast 2.50 Alton J.Priest 95.00 108 Annual Report.Town of Cohasset.1938 Alfred Ray or Roy 7.50 Frank Rego 25.00 William P.Reynolds 13.75 Lyman Richards 14.37 Julian Riley 2.50 Clinton Ring ... .'43.75 Harry Ritter 2.50 Fiederick G.Roche 40.00 John F.Rooney 2.50 John W.Rooney 5.00 Peter J.Rooney.truck ....24.00 Robert N.Rooney 2.50 Stephen H.Rooney 5.00 Anthony J.Rosano 2.50 Antoine or Antonio Rosano, truck 66.00 FYancLs J.or T.Rosano ..16.25 Frank Rosano 35.62 Frank Rosano,Jr 35.62 James W.Rosano 28.75 Joseph W.Rosano,truck .474.00 Lloyd M.Rose 17.50 Frank L.or Louis L.Ros- enberg,Jr 95.00 Alfred Roy 2.50 B.or Bernard J.Salvador, truck and labor 31.50 Fi'ank J.Salvador 10.00 Chester Sargent 25.00 Clifton Sargent 10.00 Edgar S.Sargent 2.50 George Sargent 10.00 Herbert Sargent 36.25 Percy or Percy G.Sargent 12.50 Carl Sestito 10.00 V.V.Sestito.tinick 48.00 Everett E.Sherman 5.00 Ellery C'.Sidney 17.50 Osgood Sidney 10.00 Van R.Sidney 2.50 Sam or Samuel Slgnorelli 26.25 Antoine Silvia 7.50 Antoine Silvia.Jr 5.00 Charles F.Silvia 7.50 Clarence P.Silvia 10.00 Fi-ederick H.Silvia 2.50 John J.Silvia 12.50 Joseph M.Silvia,truck ..84.00 Manuel F.Silvia 2.50 Manuel P.Silvia 17.50 Manuel S.Silvia 2.50 Mathew L.Silvia 20.00 Walter or Walter A.Sil- via 20.62 William B.Silvia 12,50 Louis Simeone 2.50 Nichols or Nicholas J.Sin- opoli JO.OO Vincent or Vincent F.Sin- opoli 7.50 John E.Sladen 7.50 William A.Small 2.50 Charles or Charles J. Smith 61.25 Edward L.Smith 5.00 George Smith 40 00 William Smith 25.00 Arthur Somerville ...5.00 Dominick Sorrento ...32.50 David Souther 10.00 David Souther,Jr 411.00 Louis Souther 2.50 Nathan Souther 86.87 Charles Stoddard 10.00 Charles L.Stoddard ..35.00 Charles R.Stoddard . . 2.50 David Stoddard 5.00 Elmer Stoddard 10.00 George H.Stoddard ..45.62 Edwin A.Stone,or Jr.58.75 Charles or Charles R. Stover,truck 66.00 James or James E.Stover 16.87 William E.Stover 10.00 Arthur Studley 5.00 Ralph R.Studley ....17.50 James Sullivan 10.00 Charles A.Tanger ....12.50 George M.Tanger ....10.00 John L.Tanger 17.50 Manuel S.Teixeira ..10.00 LesUe G.Thompson ..5.00 Richard Thompson,Jr.2.50 Fred Tilden 5.00 William E.Tilden 93.74 Standley or Stanley Toombs 28.12 Nathan Towle 5.00 Gorden Trapp 13.75 Dominick Truglia 10.00 Pasquale or Patrick Trug- lia 13.75 George Valine 7.50 Myles Valine 10.00 Thomas E.Valine 12.50 Ralph Veola 5.00 Donald Vickery 2.50 Bruno Verano or Varano, truck 54.00 John J.Walsh 2^0 William Ward 10.00 James Watt 20.00 Walter C.Wlieelwright, horses and men 41.87 Joseph or Joseph W.Whit- comb 57.50 Charles or Charles A. White,truck 189.00 George or George W. White,truck and labor 90.75 Joseph M.or A.or H. White 30.62 Richardson White,truck. horses and men 72.00 Herbert WiUiams.Jr..17.50 John Williams 5.00 Samuel H.Williams .. . 25.00 Annual Report.Town of Cohasset,1938 109 HIGHWAYS—STREET PAINTING Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Royal A.Bates $70.00 John J.Ferreira .... Poster Cadose 67.50 George Denithome 65.00 15.00 $217.50 HARBOR MAINTENANCE Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Roll,' Lawrence Figueiredo ....$40.00 Jos.J.Grassie 110.00 Patrick Grassie 20.00 John J.Oliver 20.00 Manuel F.Oliver 45.00 Alonzo Pearson 95.00 Bernard Salvador 30,00 Jos.M.SUvia 15.00 Edwin A.Stone,Jr 15.00 Chas.R.Stover 30.00 Dominick Truglia 10.00 $430.00 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Names and Amounts as they Teachers'Salaries including Supervisor or Club Director: James W.Doyle $1,750.06 William Ripley 2,650.00 William Ripley (Um- pires)33.00 Helen L.Brown 2,000.00 Max H.Meyer 2,300.00 Marion C.Chandler 1,850.00 Florence E.Reed 1,850.00 Florence E.Kraus 1,803.75 Ruth A.GUnes 1,050.00 Burditt W.Collins 1,940.00 Eva M.Burbine 1,600.00 Mary Terry 1,600.00 Otis R.Jason 1,620.00 Marjorie Fay 1,700.00 Elizabeth A.Beahan ...25.00 Kathleen MoMahon .. . 1,550.00 Elaine G.Wing 1,550.00 Catherine Walsh 840.00 Evangeline D.Delorme .300.00 Gwendolyn A.Cleverly .1,520.00 Marion R.Sullivan 1,520.00 Kathleen Shields 1,470.00 Elizabeth C.Conley 550.00 Geraldine L.Thieson .. . 667.50 Verda F.Dunn 1,367.50 Helen L.Foye 1,320.00 Erma Lewis 520.00 Laura A.Leonard 1,040.00 Marguerite Ripley 940.00 Frederick A.Taylor 1,050.00 Alice Lebbossiere 797.50 Elizabeth Roche 5.00 Helen C.Welch 1,700.00 Margaret Winters Bates 242.50 Elinor W.Kennedy 160.00 W^illiam Cronin Harold Danford Edward Murphy Ora Page George Talbot . Arthur Mauro 5.00 3.00 16.00 5.00 20.00 25.00 appeared on the Pay Rolls Mildred Nelson 525.00 Ruth Mottau 480.00 Katherine W.Mulcahy .25.00 Deborah Blaze or Blazo 345.00 Lydia B.Ericsson 95.00 Teachers'retirement fund,from salaries above 2.088.00 Janitors'salaries: Thomas A.Stevens 1.835.00 Harry L.Wood 695.00 Louis B.Mulvey 1,924.00 Transportation : E.H.Brown 48.86 Mrs.Frank W.Wheel- right 1.878.10 F.R.Bumside C.W.Carlander Coh.Motor Service .. . P.N.James Jenney Service Station 14.00 38.40 1.70 57.89 6.13 Edward R.Jason 2.085.45 J.N.McNeill 15.24 J.R.Brennock 16.36 Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc.102.17 Reddy's Battery Shop . . 20.17 David Souther 57.99 Stone's Service Station .3.45 Harry O.Wood &03.00 Mary White .90 Fuel: J.C.Anderson,2,996 gal. oil 201.17 Lincoln Bros.Coal Co. (425,395 lbs.coal)..1,503.83 Howard Bates,wood .12.00 Text Books and Supplies: Am.Ed'n Press 14.51 Am.Mercury 1.00 Am.Type Founders S^les Corp'n 10.60 Arlo Publishing Co 4.52 Am.Book Co 51.94 Allyn &Bacon 29.09 110 Annual Report.Town of Cohasset,1938 Boston Music Co.26.37 Beckley-Cardy Co 14.17 Gaetano Bufalo 5.50 Bellman Pub.Co 5.15 J.W.Brine Co.Inc... . 248.59 L.E.Bates 8.50 Bureau of Publications .21.21 F.J.Barnard &Co....37.70 Brockton Edison Co.. . 31.45 Circle Book Co 8.00 John S.Cheever Co 23.33 Peter Cooper Corp'ns.. . 17.00 Coh.Hardware Co 21.87 Carter Rice Co 5.00 Civic Ed'n Service 30.00 Central Scientific Co....66.31 Cambosco Scient.Co...52.99 College Entrance Book Co 13.26 B.W.Collins 6.25 Coh.News Co 1.10 Eunice E.Campbell ....3.10 The Commentor 1.00 E.I.du Pont de Memours Co 14.11 A.B.Dick Co 21.83 Dowling Sch.Supply Co.46.00 Doubleday Doran &Co..3M H.J.Dowd &Co 83.76 DriscoU 3.60 Edwards R.&E.Service 55.78 Expression Co 10.92 Educational Service Bu- reau 2.81 Education —D e p t .of Mass 19.00 Franklin Pub.Co 7.60 J.A.Fay &Eagan Co...15.50 Ginn &Co 249.03 Georgia School Book De- pository 2.00 Gregg Pub.Co 49.40 J.B.Hunter Co 2.43 D.C.Heath &Co 192.67 The W.T.Hight Co..1.04 Harper &Bros 9.37 J.L.Hammett Co 98.13 Houghton Mifflin Co....9.53 Harcourt Brace &Co..8.83 Industrial Ed'n Magazine 2.50 G.E.Kimball &Son Co.2.00 Milton Bradley Co 1,249.96 The Meyercord Co 2.80 M.J.Merriam 52.58 Noble &Noble Publishers, Inc 10.31 McCormack Mathers Co..80 Nat'l Educators'Society 28.50 Horace Partridge 75.78 D.F.Munroe 20.48 The Palmer Co 9.79 G.T.Pascoe Co 4.00 Papercrafters 13.66 G.P.Putnam's Co 3.14 Railway Express Agency 8.61 Royal Typewriter Co... . 529.50 Reddy's Battery Shop . . 52.70 Rockland Transp.Co.. . 1.25 Silver Burdett Co 20.62 Stewart Studios 4.00 V.V.Sestito 60 Spaulding-Moss Co 8.23 Scott,Foresman &Co.. . 3.38 Scholastic 33.00 So.Shore Cleansers & Dyers 121.30 Chas.Scribners Sons ...60.41 O.H.Toothaker 3.92 Thurston Supply Co...2.60 U.S.Chamber of Com- merce .75 H.J.Winde Co 269.58 World Letters 19.85 Welles Pub.Co 6.00 Fanny E.James 2.77 Johnson Pub.Co 5.36 Litchfield's Express 11.70 Macmillan Co 103.74 McKnight &McKnight .10.09 McKees Express .90 Merrills Auto Express . . .50 C.E.Merrill Co 19.90 Louis B.Mulvey,Jr 5.00 Kathleen McMahon ...3.50 Manufacturers Institute 2.00 Mass.Div.of Accts 7.12 Div.of Blind 4.00 Millers Falls Co .58 Oxford Book Co 13.24 F.A.Owen Pub.Co 2.50 O.P.Craft Inc 14.21 Quincy Visual Projection Service 6.00 John H.Settles Co 2.50 L.W.Singer Co 11.05 M.J.Sullivan 2.05 State Prison 19.18 School Arts Magazine ..7.75 Simonds Saw &Steel Co.3.88 Survey Associates 3.50 Visual Ed'n Service ....13.08 Henry S.Wolkins Co...4.12 John C.Winston Co....13.39 The Welch Co.Inc...21.85 World Book Co 26.57 Webster Pub.Co 8.64 Wards 2.80 Furniture: Geo.T.Pascoe Co 3.42 Fyr Fyter Co 15.69 Lunch: A.&P.Tea Co 286.90 Annual Report.Town of Cohasset.1938 111 Central Market 429.78 Coh.Hardware Co 45.69 Drake Bakeries 17.00 H.J.Dowd &Co.Inc..18.00 Geo.D.Emerson Co....52.00 First Natl Stores,Inc...278.56 Mary Enos 987.50 Lillian Enos 800.00 Hathaway Bakeries ....103.50 H.P.Hood &Sons,Inc.152.75 Loose-Wiles Bisc.Co...189.39 Doris James 70 00 Plymouth Rock I.C.Co.628.00 Papercrafters 7.00 Frank E.Rego 156.95 Natl.Biscuit Co 174.91 Whiting Milk Co 216.47 Wm.Whittaker 1.40 F.W.Wheelwright & Sons 475.64 Tuition —Vocation,Education : City of Boston 16.50 Weymouth Voc.School .200.07 Com.of Mass 1.75 Health : Donovan Drug Corp'n...16.34 Call's Drug Store,Inc...12.76 H.W.Reid,M.D 10.00 O.H.Howe.M.D 185.00 B.W.Collins 3.75 Dr.Richard Donovan,M. D 75.00 Delory Drug 29.85 Fanny E.James 703.63 Libraries: Milton Bradley Co 2.16 Boston Music Co 2.82 Webster Pub.Co 2.52 Henry Holt &Co 5.48 Chas.Scribner's Sons . . 6.67 Am.Book Co 2.73 Clarence C.Dill 1.66 Macmillon Co 2.31 DeWolfe &Fiske Co...6.94 American Cookery l.OO Houghton Mifflin Co....24.46 Ginn &Co 7.91 Coh.News Co 1.20 G.&C.Merrian Co 9.28 John C.Winston Co 1.04 Junior Literary Guild .. . 4.71 Little Brown &Co 14.15 F.J.Barnard &Co 1.97 E.P.Dutton &Co.Inc..1.61 School Committee: Edward L.Stevens,Fi- nancial secretary 100.00 H.I.Pelletier,Truant Ofificer 100.00 James W.Doyle,travel .178.00 B.W.Collins,travel ...15.50 V.V.Sestito,flowers ..5.00 So.Shore Greenhouses, flowers 5.00 J.M.Millard,flowers ..5.00 Central Market,misc. sup 3.00 Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds (including Janitor's supplies) Amer.Chem.Co 36.00 A.&P.Tea Co 15.61 Lot E.Bates 40.75 Wm.T.Barnes 15.00 Coh.Hardware Co 80.79 Coh.Quality Shop 35.00 D.S.Campbell 12.00 C.W.Carlander 29.20 Central Market 4.75 Donovan Drug Corp'n..1.20 Edison E.I.Co 1.00 Edwards R.&E.Service 38.53 Edw.M.Fleming 234.84 Wm.H.Flaherty Co....3.83 Chas.T.Fish 25.90 Geo.W.Flint 443.35 Hyland &McGaw 348.27 Heaney Mfg.Co 70.60 Jenney Service Station .4.44 R.A.James 68.30 Geo.E.Kimball &Son Co 1.30 Gerard Keating 6.00 M.S.Leonard (Alice F.)388.36 Litchfield's Express ....3.00 T.^.Lincoln 8.09 J.N.MacNeill 18.06 Wm.H.McArthur 117.50 D.F.Munroe Co 26.50 Milton Bradley Co 18.88 E.McSweeney 12.50 L.B.Mulvey 10.00 L.B.Mulvey,Jr 20.00 G.T.Pascoe 3.50 S.H.Rooney 5.50 Rich's So.Shore Exp..2.55 Rockland Transp.Co....50 State Prison Colony ...15.19 Sentry Products Co....57.19 State Chemical Co 25.50 State Prison 2.24 V.V.Sestito 95.00 Security Fence Co 24.00 P.L.Towle 41.76 Warren Refining &Chem. Co 15.00 Sundries : H.F.Barnes.Insurance 976.79 Sanderson Bros.Misc. printing 20.75 112 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 Spaulding-Moss Co Hingham Journal Thos.A.Stevens,truck- ing Lot E.Bates,trucking .. Boston Bank Note Co., Diplomas,Grad'n.,etc. 49.49 E>orrety of Boston 3.31 9.50 John Daun 25.75 S.S.Greenhouses 5.00 15.00 Hyland &McGaw 6.00 19.50 Shirley's Shop 5.25 J.Stewart Borland . . 8.75 71.40 Bound Brook Press 13.25 TOW^COMMONS Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Bernard Barrows 5.00 Donald Murphy ... Central Taxi Service 3.00 Ralph Froio 5.00 Manuel L.Grassie 472.50 Herbert L.Jason 37.50 Joseph L.Leonard 2.50 Wilson Murphy Frank Nunes 15.00 218.50 50.00 $809.00 BEECHWOOD PARK Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Randolph Feola $5.00 Joseph W.Almeida . James Hiltz 2.50 Jerome C.Lincoln 10.00 Geo.H.Stoddard 20.00 12.00 $49.50 CEMETERY MAINTENANCE Names and Amounts a-^they appeared on the Pay Rolls John T.Barnes $10.00 John Conroy 10.00 Geo.F.Dunn 20.00 Robert Ferreira 13.75 Charles E.Henry 20.00 James J.Henry 22.50 Edison Litchfield 7.50 Fred MitcheU 10.00 Donald Murphy 7.50 Geo.Stoddard lO.Oo Stanley Toombs 15.00 $146.25 Nam CEMETERY IMPROVEMENT nd Amounts a-<they appeared on the Pay Rolls John M.Curtis $10.00 John Davenport 10.50 Robert Donovan 14.00 Guiseppi Esposito 3.50 Robert Ferreira 50.00 Charles E.Henry 5.00 Anthony Laugelli 15.00 William F.Martin 5.00 Fred Mitchell 5.00 Wilson Murphy 10.00 James Nardo 5.00 Frank Rosano 5.00 Ralph Studley 5.00 S143.00 Names and Amoiuits a Joseph Almeida $10.00 Howard Bates 49.00 John Curtis 5.00 Charles Dyment 20.00 James Garafolia 20.00 Henry B.Kennedy 40.00 Walter Litchfield 10.00 VETERANS'GRAVES they appeared on the Pay Rolls Lawrence Longo 75.00 Eugene McSweeney 10.00 George Stoddard 15.00 John Sweeney 10.00 $264.00 Annual Report,Town of Gohasset,1938 113 TOWN TREASURER'S REPORT FOR 1938 Balance in Treasury,January 1,1938 ... . Received as follows: Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Income Tax Income Tax,Sect.4,Chap.362,1936 .. . Corporation Tax,Gas,Elec.Lights,Etc. Corporation Tax,Chapter 108,1937 .... Old Age Assistance Aid Dependent Children Temporary Aid Highway,Chapter 500,1938 Moth Aid Independent Industrial Schools .... Bounty on Seals Federal Emergency Relief Fund $94,954.12 Old Age Assistance (U.S.Grant) Assistance $7,639.36 Administration 254.61 Aid Dependent Children (U.S.Grant) $25,365.09 317.17 2,424.03 819.39 6,352.82 836.30 5,843.37 7,400.00 75.00 6.66 20.00 41.13 $49,500.96 7,893.97 617.24 County of Norfolk,dog licenses Town Clerk of Cohasset,dog licenses Director of Standards,H.&P.licenses A.F.B.Petersen,auctioneer's licenses —'37 and '38 William H.Morris,auctioneer's license Lloyd C.Trott,auctioneer's license Social Service League,Employment Agency license Sealer Weights and Measures,transient vendor's licenses Milk Inspector,milk and oleo licenses Liquor licenses All other licenses Clerk East Norfolk District Court,fines Sealer Weights and Measures,fees F.W.Wheelwright &Sons,pasteurization Frederick G.James,rent of pasture,Cohasset Home .... Town of Scituate,old age assistance Town of Hingham,public welfare J.J.O'Brien,Chief Probation Officer,S.and S.Relief .. Edison Electric Illuminating Co.of Brockton,outside poor Brockton Edison Co.,school account Old Colony Gas Co.,highway repairs Sales of float and runway School lunch,printing,etc James W.Nichols Fund,scholarship Cohasset Badminton Club,Ripley Road School,lights .... N.Y.,N.H.&H.R.R.,fire payroll Sundry persons,refilling extinguishers Town Hall,rental and current Alexander Dean,electrical work Woodside Cemetery,sale and care of lots Rockland Trust Co.,Woodside Cemetery,care Kenney lot Cohasset Savings Bank,Beechwood Cemetery,care lot Cohasset Savings Bank,from Arthur N.Milliken Fund .. 58.012.17 573.36 719.60 70.00 4.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 50.00 10.00 3.300.00 45.50 72.15 48.60 10.00 25.00 70.00 694.20 20.00 .85 12.61 15.00 52.50 2,710.59 75.00 25.00 27.75 30.00 861.80 101.00 776.03 2.54 2.27 8.038.53 114 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 Cohasset Savings Bank,dividends on funds: Wheelwright Park $450.00 Wadleigh Park 150.00 BiUings-Pratt Park 30.00 Billings Fund—Town Commons 34.50 664.50 North Cohasset Post Office Building,rental 118.50 Kendall T.Bates,rent gravel-pit lot,1938 5.00 Sundry persons,genealogies,lists,maps and tel.tolls ...12.60 Tax Title Redemptions,on account 4,894.98 Tailings 156 Money hired in anticipation of revenue 100,000.00 Sundry persons,refunds 387.31 Eleanor T.Downs.Tax Collector,petty cash 50.00 Collector of Taxes;taxes ($290,055.66),interest ($2,412.82), costs ($117.84)292,586.32 $570,136.64 Paid Selectmen's Warrants Nos.1 to 68 inclusive $482,270.08 Balance on hand,December 31,1938 87,866.56 $570,136.64 Rockland Trust Co $53,448.60 Webster and Atlas National Bank 21,966.57 Checks and cash 12.451.39 $87,866.56 The amount of the Arthur N.Milliken Fund. December 31,1938,is $2,340.99. MARY P.TOWER, Treasurer. REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES 1935 Taxes outstanding December 31,1938 (Personal)..$74.25 1936 Taxes outstanding December 31,1938 $11,840.67 Collected and paid to Ti-easurer: Personal $275.61 Real Estate 9,710.02 $9,985.63 Overpayment Real Estate refunded ..10.00 $9,975.63 Abatements 779.15 Added to Tax Title a/c 1.085.89 $11.840.67 1937 Taxes outstanding December 31.1938 $47,482.50 Motor Vehicle Excise taxes committed as per warrant January 6,1938 34.25 $47,516.75 Collected and paid to Ti^easurer: Personal $1,099.05 Real Estate 32,425.42 Moth ^ 16.50 Motor Vehicle Excise 1,439.00 34,979.97 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 II5 Abatements $1 301 44 Abatements refunded 1,136.70 164.74 497.39AddedtoTaxTitlea/c Outstanding-December 31,1938 11,874.65 47,516.75 1938 Taxes—Committed as per warrants:$298,622.11 Collected and paid to Treasurer: Poll $1,910.00 Personal 18,705.66 Real Estate 214,116.05 Moth 320.50 ;. . Motor Vehicle Excise 10,037.85 $245,090.06 Overpayment Real Estate refund 8.36 $245,081.70 Abatements $3,831.62 Abatements refunded 467.02 3,364.60 Added to Tax Title a/c 1,499.75 Outstanding December 31,1938 48,676.06 $298,622.11 Cash collected and paid to Ti'easurer: Poll Property taxes,Moth Assessments, otor Vehicle excise $290,055.66 Interest 2,412.82 Demands and costs 117.84 Total $292,586.32 ELEANOR T.DOWNS, Collector of Taxes. REPORT OF COHASSET FIRE DEPARTMENT To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen : As Chief of the Fire Department I submit the following report: During the past year the department responded to 46 calls:24 bell alarms;18 silent or telephone calls,and four out of town. House Fires 7 Incinerators 1 Chimney Fires 10 Garages 2 Auto Truck Fires 1 Cats in trees 3 Automobiles Fires 1 Broken Heater Pipes 1 Barns 1 Fuel Oil Fires 2 Electric Light Poles 1 Range Burner Fires 1 Needless Calls 1 Persons Locked Out 1 False Alarms 3 Gas Oven Fires 1 Office Buildings 1 Motor Boats 1 Work Shops 2 Hot Ashes in Barrel 1 Out of Town 4 Engine No.1 responded to 24 alarms and 4 out of town.En- gine No.2 responded to 7 alarms and 2 stills.Engine No.3 re- 116 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 sponded to 9 alarms,2 stills and 1 out of town.Ladder No.1 re- sponded to 24 alarms and!3 stills.Chevrolet Forest Truck responded to 24 alarms,12 stills and 2 out of town calls. The department used 8,200 feet of hose,460 feet of ladders,9 carbon tetro-chloride bombs,50 lbs.Pyre Frez and 2%gals.Foamite. The assessed value of property was $70,200.00 loss paid by*insur- ance,$4,024.00. All 2^/^in.hose was tested and sevei^al hundred feet was found defective which was replaced by new hose. It is requested that the merchants of the town,remove boxes, papers and rubbish asi often as possible on account of the fire haz- ard. I wish to thank the Honorable Board of Selectmen for their deep interest in the department,to Chief Pelletier and his oflBcers for their co-operation and to all others who have volunteered in any way.I also want to thank the officers and members of the depart- ment for the efficient and able manner they have performed their duty. Respectfully submitted, FRANK F.MARTIN, Chief, REPORT OF FOREST WARDEN To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen : My report is as follows:The department responded to 22 wood and brush fires,12 grass fires,burned 57 pieces of property,flooded ponds 3 times,pumped out 9 cellars,3 dump fires,1 railroad fire, out of town 6 times,2 rubbish fires,and 1 tree fire. On Sunday folowing the hurricane of September 21,1938,we were called by the Department of Public Safety to go to Crescent Beach,Mattapoisett,with our Portable Floodlight outfit which did service for 4 nights and the Ford Forest Truck was re- quested by the Red Cross which was also furnished and did service for 3 days in the protection of life and property as there was no water for that purpose in their water mains. A patrol is maintained during dry periods,especially Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. A permit is required by law for all open air fires except when snow is on the ground. Respectfully submitted, FRANK F.MARTIN, Forest Warden. Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 J 17 COHASSET REVISED JURY LIST July,1938. Name and Occupation Street. Bates,Ellery C,farmer Beechwood Bates,Howard,farmer Beechwood Bates,Lot Elmer,truckman Elm Beal,Reginald R.,accountant James Lane Eustis,Edward L.,insurance Jerusalem Road Grassie,Thomas L.,retired Elm Court Haven,Charles T.,merchant North Main Henry,George A.,caretaker North Main Higgins,Earle W.,yachtsman Ash Hunt,John M,,electrician Jerusalem Road James,Frederick,Jr.,retired King James,Rufus A.,mason Beechwood Jenkins,Frederick B.,engineer Smith Place Kilborn,Chauncey S.,laborer Lamberts Lane Lapham,Ziba T.,plumber Sohier Lothrop,Thomas A.,insurance Summer Mathewson,Edward B.,laborer Beechwood McAuliffe,Charles,caretaker Smith Place Oliver,Joseph L..truckman Aish. Pattison,Harry A.,salesman Parker Avenue Perry,Frank,gardener Hill Petersen,August F.,real estate Sohier Pratt,Ira N.,farmer Beechwood Pratt,Kendall M.,salesman Beechwood Pratt,Harry R.,electrician Beechwood Pratt,Roscoe G.,salesman Church Sargent,George F.Jr.,painter Beechwood Sargent,Percy G.,painter Doane Savage,Richard H.,salesman .South Main Silvia,Alfred M.,restaurant proprietor Elm Stoughton,Ira B.,milkman Beechwood Sullivan,M.Joseph,electrician Pleasant Sweeney.James M.,farmer Bow Tower,Edward E.,mechanic Highland Avenue Tower,Rubin F.,retired South Main Tower,Sargent F.,telephone installer Beach Wilson.James,caretaker South Main White.C3reorge W.,merchant Beechwood Winters,John H.,carpenter Ripley Road 118 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 REPORT OF HIGHWAY SURVEYOR Year Ending,December 31,1938 January 25,1939 To the)Citizens of Cohasset: All routine work such as cleaning gutters,catch basins,fence repairing,etc.,was attended to in the early Spring. Always,it is my intention,if possible,to have the most frequent- ly used streets tarred before traffic becomes too heavy.Due to un- favorable weather conditions the tarring of our several streets was unavoidably delayed. During the year 60,104 gallons of tarvia and 270 gallons of as- phalt was used. Out of the general appropriation many portions of the follow- ing sidewalks were rebuilt,totaling lapproximately two miles. Jerusalem Road—Northerly side from Pope Memorial Church to Estate of Mr.B.J.Baker. Highland Avenue from Town Hall to middle of hill opposite St. Stephen's Church. Pleasant Street completed —from residence of Mr.Meehan to end of Street. On westerly side of South Main Street—from Hancock's hill to brook beyond St.Anthony's Rectory;also opposite Library and branching onto and continuing on Spring Street to Norfolk Road. From)Nickerson Hill to Beechwood Street. During and after rain storms much water running down thill on Stockbridge Street,by residence of Miss Valine,would cover portions of landi on which is located the homes of Mr.Stephen Rooney and Mr.Charles Jason.Although this condition prevailed for many years, we endeavored to correct it.A catch basin and drain pipe were put in,sufficient to take care of what normal flow of water that may come. Around the center of the town (weather permitting)during the summer months cleaning up and taking away rubbish before 6:30 a.m.was done. Special Appropriaticms Sidewalk was rebuilt from Ripley Road to Estate of Mrs.Ban- croft. Beechwood Street from residence of Mr.Levi Lincoln to B.I.A. Hall. All street marking,while a function of the Police Department, received our attention at the direction of our Chief of Police. Much work has been done on Beechwood Street by the elimina- tion of dangerous curves near the residence of Mr.Everett W. Wheelwright.This is a W.P.A.project. Again you are reminded that there are many places on the public ways that are very dangierous for the safety of travel.We hc^>e these hazards will be taken care of m the near future. To many who have given me helpful suggestions and to the Town Officials,who are always co-operative,I extend my thanks and appreciation. Resi)ectfuUy submitted, WILLIAM T.BARNES, Highvxiy Surveyor. Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 119 REPORT OF COHASSET POLICE DEPARTMENT To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen : I herewith submit my report for the Police Department of the Town of Cohasset,for the year ending December 31,1938. OFFICIAL ROSTER OF THE DEPARTMENT Chief of Police,Hector J.Pelletier Sergeant,Prank Jason James J.Sullivan,Jr. John J.Rooney Fatralmen Benjamin F.Curley Earl R.McArthur John H.Winters,Jr. John T.Keating Henry B.Kennedy John J.Ferreira Joseph A.Dion,Jr. Louis Simeons Special Officers Spencer H.Stoughton Frank E.Jason Edward B.Mathewson Ralph S.Enos Joseph M.Jason 120 Annual Report.Town of Cohasset,1938 -1.r-i,-ii-ti-ir-iT-ir-*rt*aiCO^tr-Pita QO >* CO Oi -;:: T-H -o C "^ -4-d '^o 02 « 1-H ?= CO o u fct CJ -c c Bo c = ^ QJ 5 -, ^-s 71 X biD c 5 s :::Z -J" -o c — ^ct o S a>__ >^^ :_ 0?^ JC i2 -^^_> a:"=^ %4— 1 --; 05 'j: 0^y.o CB c i: c 0^i: Its - O ^ ca ,,, *^x w ^^5&u St.u c <'- 0>•CO (M 05 lO •CSl CO a as o 5 -c 5:C5 ^" r^i^a P ;i^ •S '3 S S 2 CO W -U CS _^<<<pq Q C2 ^ g > Q P ^i "Sb 'S)5 bD bJ3 c/: (3 (3 p o <y •; Sm5 1 4^ s -t3 •P "A bD ^5 'O :B : 8 • cS <*-.C c^ ^^1 m^tn •^bo ^3 CD D If Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 121 W tH I IfJ >-H I— I 05 >—I CH 03 O OS fl.2 a > O t% O w O O O M is o 2 o3 >O O bD O .2 -S <1^w o3 o 4J -rs oP^J:CO ^ CO H H P > 122 Annual Report,Town of Coh asset,1938 Disposition of Cases Arrested for other departments 8 Continued for disposition 15 Dismissed for want of prosecution 3 Filed by order of the Court Ig Pined 33 Not guilty 2 Probation 6 Released (^Chapter 135,General Laws)48 Sentenced to institutions 5 Suspended sentences 5 SUMMARY OF WORK DONE BY DEPARTMENT For the year ending^December 31st,1938 Accidents investigated 68 Buildings found open and locked by police 70 Calls for Inhalator 11 Cars stopped for violations and warned 63 Cars tagged for improper parking 66 Cars stopped for inspection of licneses and registrations ..157 Cars turned away from Sandy Beach (Non Residents)dur- ing summer months 2.965 Complaints received at headquarters 1.627 Defects in street reported to Highway Department 40 Dogs injured by automobiles 8 Dogs killed by automobiles 4 Duty calls from boxes 1.920 Fire alarms answered 24 Hackney licenses issued 6 Hackney Operator's licenses issued 5 Insane persons committed to institutions 4 Licenses suspended for improper operation (automobile)..52 Mileage of ambulance 1.733 Mileage of cruising cars 37,019 Missing persons reported 8 Motorist assisted 26 Number of days spent in court by officers 141 Oxygen tent calls,3—used 40 days Permits to purchase firearms issued 5 Permits to /solicit funds issued 15 Permits,to work on Lord's day issued 2 Person injured in automobile accidents 28 Persons transported in ambulance 61 Persons transported to hospital and doctor's offices in police cruising cars 2 Radio message sent out by this station 1.853 Elestitution made in cases S118.00 Revolver permits issued 41 Special attention requested by owners of unoccupied houses 20 Stolen automobiles recovered 2 Stolen property recovered by department (valued at)...$2,253.00 Street lights reported out 113 Summer homes inspected (weekly inspection)110 Summonses served for other police departments 97 Total fines $646.00 CONCLUSION To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and to the People of Cohasset I want to express my appreciation for the splendid co- operation given me in the past year. Respectfully submitted, HECTOR J.PELLETTER, Chief of Police. Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 x23 REPORT OF HARBOR MASTER To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Grentlemen: As Harbor Master I wish to submit the following report: Our harbor was used to a greater extent than ever before by visiting yachts.Conditions for the accommodation of these yachts are extremely bad. The harbor has been surveyed by both government and state surveyors,with regard to dredging the channel,and the Harbor Committee is using its efforts to have this work done by the government and state. Thanking the fishermen and yachtsmen for their cooperation and support during the past season,I am Respectfully, RALPH C.BURRELL. Harbor Master DEPARTMENT OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen: My report as Sealer of Weights and Measures is as follows: The various weighing and measuring appliances in Town have been carefully tested,339 were sealed,45 adjusted and 12 were condemned.The amount of $47.60 was collected as sealing fees, $50.00 as Transient Vendor local license fees,which was paid to the Town Treasurer. I have also re-tested many weighing and measuring appliances, inspected Hawkers and Peddlers licenses and re-weighed several commodities offered for sale. Respectfully submitted, LOT E.BATES, Sealer REPORT OF MOTH SUPERINTENDENT To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen: I herewith submit my report for the Moth Department of the Town of Cohasset,for the year ending December 31,1938. Following my appointment,April 15,1938,I made a complete survey of the Town and discovered several badly infested areas. Plans to isolate these danger points were carefully followed thruout the year,and in spite of the heavy rains early in the summer, intensive spraying in these localities checked widespread damage. However,with favorable hatching conditions,due to an unusually mild winter,reports from all sections of the State indicate increased defoliation due to Tent Caterpillars,Gypsy Moth,Canker Worm, and Elm Beetle,and notwithstanding the effort of cresoting,spray- ing of same areas must be accomplished during early summer, otherwise defoliation will occur in relation to the degree of in- festation. Owing to the fact that $1,554.19 was spent from the 1939 ap- propriation of $4,003.25 before my appointment,it did not allow a "follow-up"program of spraying;nevertheless,shade trees on every street in Cohasset were sprayed and at the request of interested citizens,much valuable work was done on private property.If the 124 Annual Report,Town of Coh asset,1938 September hurricane had not occurred,the moth situation would have been practically under control. State,Federal,and other authorities are agreed that insect infestation in 1939 will be severe,particularly Gypsy Moths in the Hurricane areas,where dislodged egg clusters protected with leaves and snow will create a new menace during the Spring and Summer months.Spraying is the only method of control during this period. With the co-operation of your Board and State Department of Conservation,I have sponsored a W.P.A.project involving control in some 400 acres of forest infestation. With limited funds at my disposal,transportation of spraying equipment was a problem,consequently the discarded Fire Truck was found serviceable and placed in service at a cost of $114.24.The Town now has an efficient piece of apparatus for use in this De- partment. I wish to thank your Honorable Board and other Department officials for the courteous co-operation thruout 1938. Respectfully submitted, ROSCOE G.PRATT, Moth Superintendent REPORT OF TREE WARDEN To the Citizens of Cohasset: I herewith submit the following report: The work of trimming dead wood from the trees was carried on until the hurricane came.That took what money I had left to clear the roads and sidewalks.The trees have a lot of broken branches hanging since the storm and it will take at least $2500.00 to clear them proper. The Elm trees were not sprayed at the proper time as I had no sprayer. The clearing trees for fire alarm wires was expended so far as it would go. I wish to thank the citizens and members of all departments for their co-operation. Respectfully submitted, STEPHEN J.GRASSIE, Tree Warden REPORT OF HEALTH DEPARTMENT To the Citizens of Cohasset: Communicable diseases reported to the Board of Health last year showed an increase over the surprisingly low number of seven- teen as reported in 1937,cases reported being as follows: Chicken Pox 11 Mumps 12 Measles 2 Scarlet Fever 2 Lobar Pneumonia 3 Whooping Cough 22 Dysentery (Bacillary)1 Dog Bite 15 Total 68 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset.1938 125 Sixty-two permits issued were as follows:Burial 48,Hospital 1, Piggery 5,Refuse and Garbage Collection 6,Bakery 1. Seventeen milk licenses,including one for pasteurization of milk, and two oleomargarine licenses were issued during the past year. Dairies were inspected and samples of milk sold in the town were collected and analized at intervals during the course of the year. School Dental Clinic Total number of dental operations at the Dental Clinic at the Ripley Road School from February 1,1938 to January 1,1939 were 755.This number consisted of three hundred and fifty fillings,one hundred and thirty cleanings,eighty-nine treatments and one hun- dred and eighty-three extractions. Well Baby Clinic The Well Baby Clinic held monthly under the supervision of the Social Service League has,from reports and record of attendance, grown increasingly popular with mothers of infant children.The enrollment for the past year exceeded that of last year.An inter- esting point in the District Nurses'report is to the effect that there was not a single instance of a sick baby being brought to the Clinic for attention,indicating that the mothers were becoming educated as to the purpose of the Clinic,namely educational and preventive purposes.Much credit is due the Social Service League for its splendid cooperation in this endeavor. Tuberculin Test Clinic The Tuberculin Test Clinic was again conducted at the Osgood School,the pupils of the seventh,ninth and eleventh grades being tested for the disease.The test is not only invaluable because it affords the means of an early diagnosis in the event of infection but because of the educational features through the medium of lectures and sound pictures on the subject held at the school each year. Diphtheria Immunization Clinic It has been the aim of this Department for the past few years to attain a 100 per cent immunization record for the children of the Town.To that end a card index has been compiled listing the names of every child of the Town from the age of six months to fourteen years with their immunization records.Efforts are made to reach the parents of the children who have not been inoculated for the pupose of having them treated either at the Clinics or by their family doctors. Diphtheria can be practically stamped out by immunization and it is our hope that every child from six months to fourteen years of age who has not been immunized as yet will be protected against the disease by being inoculated either by their family physician or at the Clinics to be held in the Spring. Straits Pond,James Brook,Etc. For the first time in many years,the water on the Cohasset side of Straits Pond and that of Cat Dam remained clear and free from alga growth.Heretofore sums ranging from $300.00 and up were expended each summer for the clearing of these bodies of water.This year,whether because of atmospheric conditions or because of the ponds being drained during the winter months re- sulted in the winter killing of the roots of the growth,the ponds were free not only of the alga that has covered the surface each year but of the disagreeable odor that emanated from the plants during the warm season as well and no expenditures were required for their maintenance. The result of this enabled this Department to do much needed 126 Annual Report,Town of Goh asset,1038 work in the tributaries of James Brook.In previous years the brooks and ditches had,because of lack of funds been somewhat neglected. These became filled with silt and underbrush which resulted in the backing up of water in many sections creating damp and odorous areas together with breeding places for mosquitoes.The work which consisted of cleaning thousands of lineal feet of brooks during the dry season has been the means of draining much marsh land,open- ing of waterways in anticipation of possible spring floods and the elimination of breeding places for insects. Catch basins throughout the Town were treated at intervals in an attempt to minimize the odors and gases coming from the culverts during the summer months.We believe that an effective method of comobating this nuisance would be by means of a high pressure spray gun which used once a week would practically eliminate the complaints received from this source. Town Dump The Town Dump received 2,881 loads of rubbish together with ten old cars last year.The portable pump was utilized twenty-eight times for the purpose of pumping water from cellars that had become flooded during heavy rainfalls and cleaning wells that had become unfit for drinking purposes. There has been some inquiries relative to the possibility of re- establishing the telephone connection between the Dump and the Beechwood Fire Station together with the possibel acquisition of an incinerator and the setting up of a system for the collection of rub- bish and garbage. With the possibility of an increased tax rate for the coming year however,we believe that while this would be an asset to the community,any expenditures for the foregoing could well be de- ferred for the present. Respectfully submitted, NATHANIEL HURWITZ,Chairman ABRAHAM J.ANTOINE,JR.,Secretary EDWARD E.TOWER COHASSET FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY STATEMENT OF INCOME AND DISBURSEMENTS Cr. To Payments in 1938: Purchase of Books $549.85 Treasurer's Bond 12.50 Rent of Safe Deposit Box 11.00 Fire Insurance Premium 140.40 Support of Paul Pratt Memorial Library 400.00 Transfer from Cash to Capital Account of the Alex- ander Williams Fund 500.00 Balance Income,N.E.Trust Co.,Dec.31,1938 413.97 Cohasset Savings Bank,Dec.31,1938 406.80 Total $2,434.52 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 127 Dr. To Receipts in 1938: Income from Investments $611.39 Savings Bank Interest 390.23 Cash Balance January 1,1938 1,432.90 Total $2,434.52 Respectfully submitted, KENNETH D.KETCHUM, Treasurer SCHEDULE OF INVESTED FUNDS AND SAVINGS BANK ACCOUNTS Bonds (Face Value) Jan.1,1939 $2,000.00 Ellicott Square Co.1st 5's 1940. 1,500.00 New York Central R.R.ref.&imp.5's 2013. 1,000.00 Southern Pacific R.R.ref 4's 1955. 1,000.00 Indiana Service Corp.1st 5's 1950. 2,000.00 Union Pacific R.R.1st 4's 1947. 1,500.00 Northern Pacific Rwy.ref.&imp.6's 2047. 1,000.00 Great Northern Rwy.Gen.Mgt.3%'s 1967. 1,000.00 Postal Telegraph &Cable Co.coll.tr.5's 1953. $11,000.00 Shares 2 Shares International Match Realization Co.,Ltd. Savings Banks $3,445.63 Quincy Savings Bank. 4,146.82 East Weymouth Savings Bank. 2,090.00 Hingham Institution for Savings. 6,264.65 Cohasset Savings Bank. $15,947.10 Respectfully submitted, KENNETH D.KETCHUM, Treasurer We have examined the foregoing account and find it correctly cast and properly vouched.We have also examined the securities in which the funds of the Library are invested as shown by the fore- going schedule. BURGESS C.TOWER, OLIVER H.HOWE, Auditors Cohasset,January 23,1939. REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE PAUL PRATT MEMORIAL LIBRARY The Directors present herewith their annual report for the year ending December 31,1938. It is a great satisfaction to the Directors to record an increase in the total circulation for the year 1938 over 1937 of more than 1,000 books.This fact shows clearly the increased interest in our library, and consequently that it is becoming more useful to an ever in- creasing number of citizens. On April 21st the directors accepted with regret the resignation 128 Annual Report.Town of Coh asset.1938 of Miss Meyer as Assistant Librarian.We are happy that she has been able to find a larger opportunity and grateful for her splendid work while at our library.On June 15th,the Directors appointed iss Marjorie B.Holman,Assistant Librarian;her service commenc- ing July 1st. We regret the loss of one of our directors,Mr.Herbert L.Brown, who had served long and faithfully on this Board.His place has been filled by the appointment of Mr.Roland D.Earle. We also welcome to our Board,Rev.Harry C.Meserve,Pastor of the First Parish Church. Reports of the Treasurer of the Board and the Librarian in detail are subjoined. Respectfully submitted, FREDERICK HINCHLIFFE,President FRED V.STANLEY,Treasurer DONALD T.GAMMONS,Clerk EVERETT C.WHEELWRIGHT EDWIN T.OTIS ROLAND D.EARLE HARRY C.MESERVE PAUL PRATT MEMORIAL LIBRARY In account with Fred V.Stanley,Treasurer Cr. By payments for 1938 For books,magazines and bindings $1,244.23 For express,telephones and other items ....120.80 For heating and lighting 687.66 For insurance 171.27 For postage,printing and stationery 95.42 For rent,Beechwood Branch 250.00 For repairs and maintenance 299.21 For salaries 3,908.82 For supplies 169.94 Total expenditures S6.947.35 Balance,January 1.1939.on deposit in Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company 1.194.62 $8,141.97 Dr. To receipts for 1938 Balance,January 1,1938,on deposit in Bos- ton Safe Deposit and Trust Company ..$1,278.01 Income from Investments 422.45 Income from unrestricted funds.Cohasset Free Public Library 400.00 Town of Cohasset.Appropriation for Library 5.500.00 Exchange of bonds 4.20 Insurance dividends 5.50 Fines,fees,etc.,at Library 531.81 Total receipts S8.141.97 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 129 Schedule of Invested Funds $2,000.00 Bethlehem Steel Corporation Bonds,3%'s 1966. 1,000.00 Birmingham Terminal Company Bond,1st 4's 1957. 2,000.00 Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates,1st 4's 1956. 500.00 Ohio Electric Power Company,1st 5's 1957. 1,000.00 Public Service Company of New Hampshire,S^i's 1966. 2,000.00 Southern Natural Gas Company,41/2's 1951. 2,000.00 Winter Hill Cooperative Bank,10 shares. 557.75 Cohasset SaVings Bank. 11,057.75 Respectfully submitted,* FRED V.STANLEY, Treasurer We have examined the foregoing account and find it correctly cast and properly vouched.We have also examined the securities in which the funds of the Library are invested,as shown by the fore- going schedule. OLIVER H.HOWE, WINTHROP L.GRAHAM, Auditors Cohasset,January 14,1939. REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN OF THE PAUL PRATT MEMORIAL LIBRARY 1938 To the Board of Directors of the Paul Pratt Memorial Library: My report,as Librarian,for 1938 Is herewith submitted to you, with the hope that it may be found to be a satisfactory record of the library's activities during the year. Mentioning first my regret in losing Miss Meyer as my Assistant, and then,your appointment of Miss Marjorie B.Holman,which has given me another capable and willing Assistant,with whom it is a pleasure to share the duties of the library,I will pass on to other things. The work in the Children's Room,as spoken of last year,is slowly going forward,and as soon as possible the books for young people will have their own place on the shelves. A beginning has been made to prepare the foreign photographs, given to the library several years ago by Mrs.Thomas F.Richardson, Mrs.William L.Parker and Miss Mary C.Sears,so that they may be in suitable condition for loaning.As there are several hundreds of these,progress will be slow,but,eventually,we shall have an excel- lent collection.Mrs.Charles J.White has given us additional photo- graphs this year.The exhibition of Madonnas which has been shown since Christmas was taken from this collection. Other exhibitions have been loaned by Mrs.William F.Patten, of Hingham,sketches and paintings;Mr.George F.Newton,Mexico paintings;Carroll and Sally Cross Bill,of Weymouth,oil and water color paintings.There has always been a great deal of interest shown in these exhibitions and we hope we shall be as fortunate in the future,as we have been in the past,in being able to have them occasionally. 130 Annual Report,Town of Coh asset,1938 While,for the convenience of our patrons,new books and older ones,which are believed to be of sufficient interest to appeal to some,are kept on the shelves and table in the rotunda,at times a selection of books covering a special subject,commemorating a special event or suitable for a special season,may be found there. Such a collection was displayed during the Lenten season. We are very grateful to those members of the Cohasset Garden Club who provided flowers throughout the summer and to Mr.Daun and to Mr.Millar for their generous gifts ©f flowers during Book Week. The celebration of Book Week in November was observed in a simple way,with a display of recently published children's books and on Saturday,the last day,a story hour,which we hoped would bring together a large group of children to enjoy the story which Mrs.Holman was to tell.We are very much indebted to Mrs.Hol- man for consenting to be the story-teller,and we sincerely regret her audience was so small.The story hours which were held early in the year were not successful and were not continued after February. At Christmas time the usual decorations of the season lent an air )f cheerfulness and goodwill.While we did not demonstrate the spirit of giving,we did experience the joy of receiving,because of the gift of Miss Phillips.—a beautiful begonia. In the work with the schools,the reading from the State lists, for certificates,was done by thirty-eight children,all of the sixth grade,four of whom received Honor certicificates,Jean Anderson, Beverly Flint,Mildred Haley and Grace Wood.Since the beginning of the school year,deposits of books have been sent once a month to seven schoolrooms,and in this way,those who do not have an oppor- ••unity to come to the library,may read for certificates,should they oe so inclined.While the seventh and eighth grades are not reading for these,they have been using the lists for credit in their school work and we are very glad to know that they are doing this.We are always most grateful to the teachers for their interest and co- operation. While we have an excellent collection of books,there necessarily comes a time when one is wanted which we cannot supply,and then we avail ourselves of the privileges of the inter-library loan.Dur- ing the year thirty-three volumes have been borrowed from the Division of Public Libraries,Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Horticultural Society.Thomas Crane Public Library of Quincv.Newton Public Library ^n6 Boston Public Library. In response to invitations from the Child Study group of Cohas- set.last year,and of Beechwood,last spring.I have tried to tell them a bit about children's reading and the many beautiful books which today's children have to enjoy.I have attended meetings of Library Clubs and also the Library Institute at Hyannis in May and the New England Conference on Adult Education held at Simmons College in the early fall. Book Stock The annual reading of the shelves has shown some of the books reported missing last year to be still missing,therefore these have been withdrawn as lost.A few books,including eight which were loaned the latter part of the year,cannot,as yet.be located.Since, however,there is a possibility that they may be returned,they have been included in the num.ber of volumes in the library as of Decem- ber 31.1938—23.896 volumes,of which 22,432 are in the main library and 1.464 in the Beechwood Branch Library.During the year 1.493 volumes have been added;749 by purchase.695 by gift,49 by re- placement,from duplicate pay collection,etc.The withdrawals of cut-of-date.damaged and lost books are 301,including several vol- umes from the branch library which are no longer of use there. Annual Report,Town of Coh asset,1938 131 Use of Library During the year many transient persons make use of the library and their registrations are kept in the file for one year,then,if the number has not been used,it is withdrawn.Also,when a num- ber has not been used for a reasonably long time,that,too,is withdrawn.This year 332 persons have registered or re-registered and 289 names have been withdrawn,making an increase of forty- three in the registration file,which now comprises 1,667 names,in- cluding forty -four from out-of-town. The circulation figures show,as last year's did,an increase for nine months out of the twelve,but this year the months falling behind were April,May and June.The total circulation for the year is 45,355 volumes,an increase of 1,019 voltunes over 1937.Of these 39,986 were borrowed from the main library and 5,369 from the branch.Both libraries share in the increase,which has been,in both,in the adult books rather than the children's.The percentage of adult non-fiction circulated at the main library is 41%and at the branch library 22%. Among gifts of books there should be mentioned especially,the Smithsonian scientific series of twelve volumes presented by the Misses Grace E.and Annie N.Keene and Gordan Dunthorne's Flower and Fruit prints of the 18th and early 19th centuries pre- sented by the Cohasset Garden Club;other gifts include over four hundred volumes from Dr.Marion S.Femald,over ninety from Edwin L.Furber,over fifty from Rev.Howard K.Bartow,over twenty from Mrs.Charles J.White,and others,ranging in number from one to nine from Irving C.Blossom,Helen M.Phillips,John I. Tower,Sarah J.Eddy,George M.Shattuck,Mary P.Tower,Mrs.F. K.Chilton,Est.A.N.Milliken,Fred Rust,Jr.,Charles C.Wheel- wright,II,Mrs.J.W.Tuckerman,Louise M.Morrill,Mrs.Caroline G.Plant,Mrs.Mary E.Place,George F.Hinchliffe,Harvard Uni- versity Press and other individuals and business houses.Magazines have been received from American Auxiliary George H.Mealy Post No.118,Richard C.Thompson,Alfred W.Jones,Kenneth D.Ket- chum,Mrs.John Richardson,Mrs.Howard K.Bartow and Mrs. Mannheimer.For several years the Christian Register has come to us from an unknown source;America,originally the gift of Mrs. CMalley,continues to be received,and for the past few weeks the Christian Science Journal and the Christian Science Sentinel have been placed in the Reading Room. All the above gifts are very gratefully acknowledged. My report would not be complete without an expression of appre- ciation to Miss Meyer,Miss Holman,Miss Thayer and Mr.Butman for their interest and co-operation,to Miss Stoddard for her work at the Beech wood Branch library,and to you,who have so kindly given your assistance and advice. CHARLOTTE S.TOWER, Librarian. Cohasset,Massachusetts, December 31,1938. 132 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN February 10,1939. Caring for our unemployed citizens continues to be one of our major problems. An increased number of men have been added to W.P.A.projects. These projects have been of a constructive nature calling for funds for material and supplies in excess of projects of non-constructive type,but we feel that worthwhile projects should be undertaken in order that the town may receive some benefit from money expended. The hurricane in September caused the loss of a large number of trees along the roadside filling streets with debris and making travel dangerous but with fine cooperation,from all departments, our roads were cleared and electric service resumed within a shori, time. The death of Mr.Eugene N.Tower in October was a loss as his valued services were a great help to the board. The amount of our State Tax was more than doubled during the year caused by the staggering appropriations made by the last Legislature.Unless you are willing to pay these increased taxes we urge you to use your influence with your Senator and Representa- tive so that the State Tax may be lightened and our tax reduced. We will do our utmost to hold our local expenditures to a mini- mum,allowing no increases that are not absolutely necessary for the proper functioning of the departments and reducing expenses where- ever it can be done without too great a loss of service. There seems to be an increasing demand for service from all the town departments and you must realize that increased demands for service ultimately leads to an increase in your tax burden. The North Cohasset Playground was not purchased because of defective title,which is being corrected by the owner. We wish to call your attention to the fact that you control the expenditures at the Annual Meeting in March,when appropriations are made,these you can make high or low according to your willing- ness to pay. In conclusion we wish to assure you that we are trying to keep our Government fair and clean. Respectfully submitted. EVERETT W.WHEELWRIGHT. DARIUS W.GILBERT, KENDALL T.BATES, Board of Selectmen of Cohasset. REPORT OF PLAYGROUND COMMITTEE To the Citizens of Cohasset: We respectfully report that the recreation Field,which we were authorized to build,under Article 23 of the Warrant of 1938.has been completed. The total cost of this project was $17,004.41.This is a saving to the Town of $1,745.59 from the estimate cost of $18,750.00. Respectfully submitted, MANUEL A.GRASSIE,Chairman DARIUS W.GILBERT EVERETT W.WHEELWRIGHT EDWARD A.MULVEY DUDLEY S.DEAN WILLIAM H.TAFT JOHN BATES,Secretary Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 133 REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS The Assessors of the Town of Cohasset submit their report for 1938: Total valuation January 1938 $10,260,055.00 December assessment 1938 7,800.00 $10,267,855.00 Total valuation 1937 $10,137,757.00 Increase in valuation in 1938 $130,098.00 Town Grant,Annual Town Meeting $326,900.25 State Tax $12,712.41 State Tax paid in 1938 in excess of estimates raised: State Tax,general 1,065.00 State Parks and Reservations 60.99 Met.Parks,Loan Sinking Fund 82.10 13,920.50 County Tax $8,994.92 County Tax paid in 1938 in excess of estimates raised:11.23 9,006.15 Tuberculosis Hospital 3,387.«7 Overlay (current year)8,068.70 $361,282.67 ESTIMATED RECEIPTS Income Tax $25,427.51 Corporation Taxes 1,813.72 Motor Vehicle Excise 9,000.00 Licenses,Liquor,etc 2,700.00 Fines 100.00 Special Assessment,Moth 25.00 General Government 1,000.00 Protection of Persons and Property ....20.00 Health and Sanitation 25.00 Highways 67.50 Charities 6,060.00 Old Age Assistance 1,250.00 Schools 3,000.00 Public Service Enterprise,No.Cohas- set Post Office Building 158.00 Cemeteries 250.00 Interest on Deposits 500.00 Interest on Taxes and Assessments ...2,500.00 Inspection,Sealer,etc 40.00 Bounties from State,(seals)20.00 58,956.73 State Assesments raised in excess of amounts paid: Met.Parks Loan Fund,Nantasket Maintenance $81.28 25.97 $307,325.94 Veteran's Exemptions 107.25 $307,218.69 134 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 Available funds,voted at Town Meeting to be used: Article 8,Use of Assessors in fixing Tax Rate 20,000.00 Article 9,Dog Fund for Schools not included ($573.36) Net amount raised by taxation on Polls and Property $287,218.69 Number of Polls,994 at $2.00 $1,988.00 Total valuation,Personal $740,145.00 @ $27.80 20,576.03 Total valuation,Real 9,519,910.00 @ $27.80 264,653.50 Loss on account of fractional division of tax rate,(adjusted through overlay account)1.16 $287,218.69 Moth Tax on Private Estates 334.00 December Assessment 216.64 Added Polls 20.00 Total amount of taxes listed in Collector's Commitment list,except Motor Vehicle Excise Warrants $287,789.33 Amount of Motor Vehicle Excise Warrants $10,832.78 Number of Persons Assessed 1,325 Number of Polls Assessed 1,004 Number of Horses Assessed 53 Number of Cows Assessed 168 Number of Yearlings etc..Assessed 17 Number of Swine Assessed 8 Nimiber of Fowl Assessed 1,400 Number of All Others Assessed 9 Number of Dwelling Houses Assessed 1,021 Number of Acres of Land Assessed 5.105 ABATEMENTS OF TAXES DURING THE YEAR 1938 On 1936 Assessments Poll $.00 Personal 86.40 Real Estate 1,075.79 Motor Vehicle .00 $1,162.19 On 1937 Assessments Poll $.00 Personal 55.19 Real Estate 1,182.94 Motor Vehicle 63.31 $1,301.44 On 1938 Assessments Poll $62.00 Personal 305.89 Real Estate 2,765.37 Motor Vehicle 698.46 $3,831.72 Respectfully submitted, DARIUS W .GILBERT, EVERETT W.WHEELWRIGHT, KENDALL T.BATES, Assessors of Cohasset. Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 135 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE To the Citizens of Cohasset: Your Board of Public Welfare has during the year 1938,as in past years,exercised their best judgment in administering relief to needy persons. During the year 115 cases representing 380 persons were given aid,7 of these cases being unemployable were boarded out. As in the past,all recipients of aid,who were physically able, were required to work out their orders,at the rate of $3.50 per day. Federal Emergency Relief Surplus commodities and products of Works Progress Administration projects were received from the Gov- ernment and distributed as follows:Pood $3,798.33;clothing $1,037.45, the town paying only a small amount for storage and trucking. Aid to Dependent Children was furnished to six families,repre- senting 11 children in January,1938.During the year two of these families were closed and at the end of the year there were four families representing six children receiving this form of aid. We submit below a table of the case load and the number of persons represented in each month of 1937 and 1938,for comparison. 1937 1938 Cases Persons Cases Persons January 78 292 74 226 February 73 280 88 290 March 73 274 88 291 April 70 270 74 221 May 54 216 58 207 June 36 125 44 149 July 31 102 34 98 August 33 97 32 92 September 36 111 39 107 October 40 126 38 113 November 47 147 37 101 December ,71 236 47 142 The appended Recapitulation of Poor Accounts shows the com- parative appropriations,expenditures and net cost of poor for the years 1937 and 1938. Our District Nurse,Miss Agnes Weir,reports 8!cases under her care during the year,with a total of 747 visits.Transportation,med- icines,X-Rays,etc.,were provided for three or four cases to various clinics. We wish to thank the Social Service Lrcague,the District Nurse and others who cooperated with this Department during the past year. Respectfully submitted, KENDALL T.BATES, EVERETT W.WHEELWRIGHT . DARIUS W.GILBERT. Board of Public Welfare 136 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 O Oi C*3oiniraOOi-"^ —1 o COOinCO l-H fO -^en <o 00 6©- C-ifi cq CNj eo in ^ai >-< eq CO Tt" 05 05 CM C CO CO ,-1 CO in CO (M -&0- Zo ills Ilii a Of 5 <si<0Opq CO ;z: 3 "S CO I— 1 -^3 o S li O s ^.^-tj 'O SS ^ < Si CO CO CO in^ai 1^"^'-' >CO CO 05 CSJ CO ^ OtJ- CD eg CKi en Oi CO CSJ W- T3 c3 a c S ri fi o O CO :3 CO CO J~ o o <D O cc a! 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B be -© © © ,© © CO .C.c CO CN C^ 05 (M OO CO '"'C-CSJ CO <^t-•.-. _,Oi t-CO ;_,CO S^C^ 43 05 CO ^ ^ITS :s -,CO CO cS ^ ^'-'00 i-H <a 00 rq 00 r-l "*if .o 00 CJ Pkfk o o 3S CI C!00 c-C-CO CO CO Oi Oi Oi r-t r-i 1— I rj fH S iso^ ^S f-H W •75 CO oj ee w 6g ANNUAL REPORT OP THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF THE TOWN OF COHASSET MASSACHUSETTS For the Year Ending December 31 1938 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 SCHOOL COMMITTEE Mrs.Lois Wheelwright Term expires 1941 Malcolm H.Stevens Term expires 1941 John Gillis Term expires 1939 Walter C.Wheelwright Term expires 1939 Mi's.Genevieve Riley Term expires 1940 Arthur Clark ,..Term expires 1940 Organization Walter C.Wheelwrgiht Chairman Mrs.Lois Wheelwright Secretary Edward L.Stevens Financial Secretary Committee on Buildings Mr.Clark Mr.Stevens Mr.Gillis Mr.Wheelwright Committee on Hygiene Mrs.Lois Wheelwright Mrs.Genevieve Riley Regular Meeting of Committee First Monday of each month at 7:45 P.M. Superintendent of Schools James W.Doyle.Coh.0290,0540,0538-R School Physician Dr.Richard J.Donovan,Coh,0763 School Nurse Fannie James,Coh.0418-R Supervisor of Attendance Hector J.Pelletier,Coh.0372 and 0060 School Dentist Dr.William M.Ross,Coh.0386-W Janitor—Osgood School Louis Mulvey.Coh.0290 and 0182-R Janitor—Ripley Road School Thomas A.Stevens,Coh.0540 and 0678 School Calendar 1938-1939 School opens Wednesday,Sept.7 Columbus Day Wednesday,Oct.12 Armistice Day Friday,Nov.11 Thanksgiving Recess (Including Fi'iday,Nov.25)Wednesday,Nov.23 Christmas Recess (Including Monday,Jan.2)Friday,Dec.23 Recess (Including Friday,Feb.24)Friday,Feb.17 Good Friday April 7 Recess (Including Friday,April 21)Friday,April 14 Graduation Monday,June 19 Schools will re-open Sept.6 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 TEACHING STAFF,1938-1939 Osgood School James W.Doyle,Principal and Superintendent William Ripley,science,math, Burditt W.Collins,social science Marion C.Chandler,French,math. Marjorie Fay,English Florence Reed,Latin,history Mildred Nelson,commercial Laura A.Leonard,English assistant Eva M.Burbine,language Mary Terry,arithmetic,language Otis Jason,history,geography- Boston University Brown University Middlebury College Mt.Holyoke College Radclifife College Year Elected 1921 1926 1931 1910 1935 Univ.of New Hampshire 1929, Boston University 1938 Boston University 1937 Truro Normal 1930 Bridgewater Normal 1925 Middlebury College 1932 Special Teachers Max H.Meyer,manual training Florence E.Kraus,drawing Helen C.Welch,domestic science Frederick A.Taylor,music Columbia University 1918 Penn.State Normal 1914 Framingham Normal 1919 Northampton Institute of Music Pedagogy 1924 Ripley Road School Helen L.Brown,Principal Marion R.Sullivan,grade 6 Verda F.Dunn,grades 5 and 6 Gwendolyn A.Cleverly,grade 5 Ruth M.Mottau,grade 4 Alice V.Lebbossiere,grade 4 Elplne G.Wing,grade 3 Deborah F.Blazo,grades 2 and 3 Geraldine Thiessen,grade 2 Helen Foye,grade 1 Kathleen Shields,grade 1 Kathleen McMahon,kindergarten Marguerite Ripley,ungraded class Bridgewater Normal Boston University Bridgewater Normal Bridgewater Normal State Teachers'College Hyannis,Mass, Regis College Toronto Normal State Teachers'College Fitchburg.Mass, Plattsburg Normal and Boston University State Teachers'College Bridgewater,Mass, State Teachers'College Hyannis,Mass, Perry Normal Emerson College 1921 1931 1934 1930 1938 1938 1916 1938 1934 1935 1935 1915 REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE To the Citl7en=;of Cohasset: The School Committee of Cohasset respectfully submits the followins-reoort for 1938. During the year 1938,your cormnittee has given particular at- tention to the health needs of the school children of Cohasset. The present facilities,or rather,lack of facilities for physical educa- tion at the Osgood School building handicaps us in the development of a prooer nrogram in that field.Perhaps the people of Cohasset will,within the next few years,consider the building of a modem school upon the site of its beautiful new playground,A modem buiMine.with gymnasium and adjoining playing field will enable us to develop an adeauate program.The committee plans to develop a health program based upon results of the examination made by Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 our local school physician and a further survey to be submitted by the state department of public health. Dean Holmes of Harvard said,"If you have any interest in the schools,whether for the good of your own children,or for the good of the country,or simply because the cost of schools comes home to you in taxes,you ought to be concerned first of all with the teaching stafitV This committee is in complete accord with Dean Holmes,and has felt that close economy,when the selection cf new teachers is involved,is indeed a false economy. For the past three years only repairs considered absolutely necessary have been made in our school buildings.This year we are not asking the town to appropriate monej^for any special repairs,provided failure to make them does not affect health, safety or efficiency. The school committee has kept in touch with current,local educational problems by attending the meetings of the Norfolk County School Committeemen's Association. A bill before the Legislature this year provides for the ex- pansion of the charter of the Norfolk County Agricultural School to enable the countv to establish a vocational school or schools under the charter.Your school committee feels,after considerable study,that it cannot support this bill.Such a school,established at the expense of all the towns in the county,in proportion to their valuaticn.would not.because of difficulty in transportation,serve Cohasset.A study cf trade schools has shown that they serve well only the needs ^f tho^e oeoole in the immediate vicinity of the school.We believa that if the town of Cohasset were to contribute to the maintenance of such a school,it would serve as an obstacle to the establishment later of a school to serve this immediate district. The Parent-Teacher grouo has been meeting monthly in the Osgood School.The programs have been interesting and instructive. The dancing class,soonsored by the Parent-Teacher Association, was continued onlv for the first school term.The committee is thankful for the intelligent co-operation of this Association. Respectfully submitted. COHASSET SCHOOL COMMITTEE. REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS To the School Committee and the Citizens of Cohasset: You will observe that the amount of money asked for the main- tenance of schools for the year 1939 is less than the amount ex- pended in 1938.I know that the possibility of tax abatements on Cohasset properties on a rather large scale,plus the extremely heavy increase in state tax will very likely be reflected in the tax rate.Therefore.I feel that the citizens of the town should know that its committee and its superintendent are anxious to give to the citizens th-^^e pe^^vices ^nd eauipment which thev feel necessary to the prooer conduct of the school system,with the minimum of expenditure. You will als-^r^b^erv^that although the total exoenditures from all sources for schools in 1938 amounts to $74,985.04.the amount expended from local taxation was $66,306.82.The difference between these figures is exrtiained as follows: The state of Massachusetts allocates to towns maintaining a tpgching s^aflf t^at meets certain requirements as to experience and Qualifications.Fo^-Cohasset.this sum amounted to $5,350.00 in 1938.The lunch rooms and the shop purchase food and lumber. Unfortunately,the expenditures for food from week to week cannot Annual Report,Town of Cohasset.1938 be met from the income of the lunch rooms,nor can the ex- penditures for lumber be paid for from the income from the shop. These monies are turned in to the town treasurer,and are not available to the school department for expending. It is as though the town appropriates money as a loan for the operation of the lunch room.This class of income shows as a receipt at the end of the year,and from these and minor sources amounts to $2,754.86 for 1938.This also must be deducted in order to arrive at net cost to the town. Below I insert some comparative statistics in which towns of approximately the same population and valuations are compared with Cohasset as to the amounts expended from local taxation. The pupil population varies from 886 to 480 in these towns,but it must be realized that there is a certain pupil population swing from year to year,and that an increase of even 100 pupils,or a decrease of the same number,throughout the grades from kinder- garten to grade twelve,does not affect the expense of maintaining school services proportionately. No.of Prom Local Town Pop.Valuation Pupils Taxation Scituate 3,118 $12,802,011 768 $78,780.97 Weston 3,332 10,271,881 628 69,827.25 Bourne 2,895 9,354,225 663 69,366.61 Sharon 3.351 6,011,540 731 68,276.89 Cohasset 3,083 10,137,757 551 67,974.30 Williamstown 3,900 6,719,585 886 63,293.44 Manchester 2,636 10,995.579 480 58,867.83 Nantucket 3,678 12,137,780 742 54.836.92 Repairs and Outlay A considerable amount of painting was done in the Osgood School during the summer of 1938.Rooms which had not received paint and varnish for years have been re-decorated and the ac- cumulation of old paint on the front porch was burned to the wood, and an excellent repainting job done.The porch itself was sagging, and it was necessary to replace some of the supporting beams. To replace the wooden jungle gyms at the Ripley Road School building,which we felt were dangerously old,a new galvanized iron jungle gyms was installed.Through the kindness of Mr.L.Q. White we have added several outdoor gymnastic units to the play- ground.Added to the slides,this gives us a nearly complete set of equipment for the elementary playground. The hurricane of September destroyed a number of our beauti- ful trees and made necessary the placement of a hedge between the school property and that of Mr.Cousens,due to the destruction of the ancient fence which collapsed beneath the trees.The chain- link fence at the Ripley Road School was damaged,and the wooden fence separating the Unitarian Rectory and the school grounds was also damaged.All necessary repairs have been made,and I feel that the work of the W.P.A.men,and their supervisors,in clearing the debris from the school grounds,is to be highly commended. A'new hot-air heating plant was installed in the Bates Building. Teachers Cohasset lost four excellent teachers during the year 1938.Miss Evangeline Delorme resigned in February,Miss Erma Lewis in April, and Miss Ruth Glines and Miss Catherine Walsh in June.These positions have been filled by Miss Alice Lebbossiere from the Wey- mouth schools,Miss Ruth Motteau from Harwich,and Miss Deborah Blazo from Hanson.Miss Mildred Nelson,formerly of the Pembroke schools,has been appointed head of the commercial department in the high school. We hope to give,from now on,a minimum course of a year to Annual Report,Town of Cohasset.1938 all high school pupils who wish to learn typing as a tool.MissAnnaDolanactsasanassistantinthecommercialdepartment,in addition to her secretarial duties,and thus makes it possible for us to maintain three beginners'classes in typing. Under the direction of Miss Pay,of the English department, f cur clubs have been organized.They are the Broadcasting Club,the Journalism Club,the Dramatic and the Motion Picture Apprecia- tion Club.Due to the efforts of Louis Mulvey,Jr.,and the assistance of a number of the high school boys,a broadcasting studio with a broadcasting set has been installed on our third floor.As a means of improvement in diction,increasing interest in the drama,and for general motivating of English and history,I know of nothing that could have brought more enthusiastic response. A recent ruling of the school committee provides that all teachers in the Cohasset school system shall take at least one course of study every three years to insure the retention of a fresh professional viewpoint.Many of our teachers are taking work well beyond the minimum requirements of the committee. Health Dr.Frederika Moore,of the Stat^Department of Public Health, made at our request,last Fall,a survey of the health promotion activities in the Cohasset schools,including,of course,a sanitation survey.We are waiting for her report,so that we may make any readjustments in our health program necessary to bring us in line with the best modern practices. Details of the dental,nursing,and health services will be found in the report of Miss James and Doctor Donovan. Extra-Curricular Activities The usual annual play was presented by the Senior class under the direction of Mr.Burditt Collins,and a Christmas pageant was presented in both schools.We hope to have as a part of a guidance program a group of speakers through the year,who will discuss opportunities in various vocational fields.A speaker has already appeared before the girls to discuss opportunities growing out of secretarial training,and the boys have been addressed on the sub- ject of accountancv and the opportunities opened through training in that subject.The usual program of a science film a week has been carried out,and additional films have been shown dealing with safety,,geography and industry.The school is making in color film a record of school activities which should prove very interesting to parents and students at a later date. W.P.A.Concert groups have provided excellent concerts for the pupils of the Osarood School.History and English classes have visited the Museum of Fine Arts.Boston Public Library,Pioneer Village in Salem,and newspaper plants where special lectures and guidance were provided. A schedule of competitive athletics in both baseball and foot- ball,with two fully equipped teams in each sport,was successfully carried through.Our athletic teams,I feel,are especially well equipped.The interest in our games has increased as shown by the much larger crowds in attendance last Fall.The citizens'athletic council has been very helpful and co-operative in aiding us to get a>better brand of spectatorship at our games.I feel that our foot- ball season of 1938 reflected credit on our school and on our town, not because of the fact that most of the games were victories,but because of the good sportsmanship,hospitality,and courtesy dis- played throughout the season by^both players and spectators. I wish to thank the school committee,the entire staffs of both schools,and the people of Cohasset for their kind co-operation. Respectfully Submitted, JAMES W.DOYLE. Annual Report.Town of Cohasset,1938 COHASSET SCHOOL DEPARTMENT EXPENDITURES AND BUDGET Appropriations,Maintenance,including Vocational Education $74^1.44 Dog Fund,Voted by town 573.36 Refunds 5O.70 $74^85.50 Credits: *Prom State—Account teachers $5,350.00 Dog tax from County,as above 573.36 Receipts: Badminton Club—Lights 25.00 Lunch Room,Shop,Etc 2,729.86 Total Receipts $8,678.22 Total Expended $74,985.04 Total Receipts 8,678.22 Net Expenditures for Schools from Local Taxes $66,306.82 *The amount of $5,350.00 is received from the state from income tax as an aid to those towns maintaining a teaching staff that meets specific requirements as to experience and preparation.The receipts from the lunch room and shop represent money received during the year from lunches sold to the children and lumber used in the manufacture of articles of furniture for the home.Ilie shop receipts for the year were $99.86.The lunch room receipts, under the law,may not be used from week to week for the purchase of supplies for the lunch room,but must be turned back to the town treasurer. Expended 1938 School Committee,secretary $100.00 Telephones 158.87 Stationery,postage,etc 14.25 Miscellaneous,flowers,etc 18.00 Superintendent's salary 1,750.00 Expenses of Supt 193.00 Supervisor of Attendance 100.00 Clerks 735.10 Teachers'salaries,High 15,935.81 Teachers'salaries,Elementary 28,490.00 Books,High 413.96 Books,Elementary 472.31 Supplies,including heat for cooking.High 2,217.00 Elementary 2,221.69 Libraries 100.98 Vocational Education 218.32 Transportation,High 1,128.99 Elementary 4,120.53 Janitors.High 962.00 Janitors.Elementary 3,492.00 Lights and power.High $126.63 Lights and power,Elementary 331.11 Fuel,High 741.58 Elementary 975.42 Repairs.High 726.99 Repairs.Elementary 854.99 Janitors'supplies.High 239.37 Janitors'supplies.Elementary 282.86 ANNUAL Report.Town of Cohasset.1938 Miscellaneous,High 165.69 Miscellaneous,Elemtary 199.49 Furniture,High 19,11 Exercises,High 163.71 Miscellaneous Printing 79.79 Health 1,111.33 Carting 34.50 Insurance 1,001.03 Lunch 5,086.07 Total $74,985.04 Balance to Treasury .46 $74,985.50 Budget—1939 School Committee $125.00 Superintendent 1.750.00 Expenses of Superintendent 125.00 Supervisor of Attendance 100.00 Stationery and Postage 30.00 Telephones 200.00 Clerical Work ,650.00 Salaries of Teachers Teachers High 15,900.00 Teachers Elementary ..28,900.00 Books High 500.00 Elementary 500.00 Supplies (including heat for cooking) High 1,000.00 Elementary 1,500.00 Libraries 100.00 Transportation High 1,200.00 Elementary 4,100.00 Janitors 4,500.00 Light and Power High and Elementary 500.00 Fuel High 500.00 Elementary 1,300.00 Repairs High 800.00 Elementary 900.00 Janitor Supplies High 200.00 Elementary 400.00 Miscellaneous High 100.00 Elementary 200.00 Furniture High 100.00 Elementary 100.00 Exercises 50.00 Miscellaneous Printing 1,030.00 Health 1.200.00 Insurance 750.00 Lunch Rooms 5,000.00 Tuition,Vocational 500.00 $73,810.00 Annual Report.Town of Cohasset.1938 REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE RIPLEY ROAD SCHOOL Mr.James W.Doyle,Superintendent Dear Sir: During the past year there were several changes in the teaching staff at the Ripley Road School.Resignations and illness during the year necessitated eliminating most of the extra -curriculum ac- tivities and devoting the major part of our time and efforts to the regular school program.By doing this,I feel that the progress of the classes affected was not harmfully hindered,and the assigned work for the year well done. Extra activities outside of the classrooms,such as assemblies, simple plays and operettas are not accomplished without great difficulty in our building.The lack of a real stage and equipment, the faulty acoustics and the central location of the hall,where inteiTuptions are frequent during rehearsals make it almost im- possible to present a successful program in spite of conscientious effort on the part of pupils and teachers.When there are changes which interrupt the regular schedule of work,it seems unwise to attempt extra activities.The many subjects and the various pro- jects which are part'of the daily program,leave little time for out- side-the-classroom activities. The course of study for the elementaiy grades seems to increase yearly.Grade teachers no longer teach the simple fundamentals of reading,writing,language,spelling,arithmetic,art and music, geogi-aphy and history.Nature study is given as much time as possible,and some simple projects in science are carried on in the upper grades.Library periods are planned to supplement the reg- ular reading classes and to cultivate a love for good books.Physical. Health and Safety Education is on every program. Once a week each class goes to the auditorium for a period of Physical Education.This period is supplemented by frequent re- laxation periods in the classrooms or short play periods in the hall. Boys and girls have supervised baseball teams in the spring,and the playground apparatus is constantly in use.The girls should have a Jungle-jims similar to the one which the boys have,and the boys hope to have apparatus such as the girls have,next year. Exercises to improve posture are emphasized. Health is strongly stressed and has a definite place on the program.We endeavor to connect it closely with the regularly established school activities.It is not enough,however,to teach Health incidentally nor entirely in connection with other school sub- jects,although it is often correlated with Language,oral and written, and Reading.It is best taught by working out a project in which each child takes an active part,the aim being to acquaint the class with the proper health habits.We realize that the health work in the school is secondary to the training and care which the children receive at home,and it is our desire to co-operate with the parents for the w^elfare of their children. Teaching the fundamentals,plus the extra subjects which enrich try to help the children recognize and avoid hazards which they will meet in their daily lives.This subject also is correlated with other lessons and numerous projects are canied on to enable the pupils to think and act in terms of safety.We endeavor to equip them with the knowledge that the safe way is the right way and happy way. Teachinf the fundamentals,plus the extra subjects which enrich the lives of the children,building character and cultivating correct habits of Health and Safety are the aims of the teachers and prin- cipal of the Ripley Road Schccl. In closing,I wish to express my appreciation for the advice 10 Annual Report,Town of CohAsset,1938 and assistance which you have given me throughout the year,and for the cooperation which I have received from the supervisors ^nd teachers. Respectfully submitted, HELEN L.BROWN, Principal,Ripley Road School. REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS Mr.James W.Doyle,Superintendent Dear Sir: The boys'athletic teams,organized in football,baseball,and track,were justified by the interest shown and the number of boys participating. Both the High and Junior High baseball teams had successful seasons in competition with our neighboring schools.The High School team's football season was marked by the good sportsman- ship in our contests and the high level of community interest.The Junior High team went through its second consecutive undefeated season. The track team participated in several dual and triangular con- tests,and the Harvard Interscholastic and Brockton meets.All sports may receive an impetus when the new field is ready;and none more than track,which has heretofore been under the handi- cap of having no suitable practice place. This winter ice hockey was tried as an informal sport.The response left little doubt but that it would be eagerly received, should a boarded rink become available. Sincerely yom's, WILLIAM RIPLEY,JR., Director of Athletics. REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF ART Mr.James W.Doyle Superintendent of Schools Dear Sir: A brief report of the Art Department for the year 1938 is hereby submitted. The high school enrollment in the art classes remains about the same,seventy-five in free-hand drawing and forty-one in mechanical drawing. In May an exhibit of work from the Junior High and High school was put on for the Parent-Teachers'Association meeting. Although the exhibit had not been widely advertised,it was viewed by a good number of visitors in the afternoon and'evening. We were invited by Mrs.Everett Gammons,Chairman of the Art Gallery Committee of the Cohasset Carnival,to join with Derby Academy and the Cohasset Country Day School in displaying art work done by the children of Cohasset.Two rooms of the Unitarian Parish House were converted into a Junior Gallery where art and craft work done by Cohasset young folks under eighteen was shown. This exhibit was held on June twenty-ninth. The work in the Primary School was affected not a little by the many changes in personnel,but the closing months of 1938 have found us well started on a busy program for the school year.Easels have been provided for those lower graces which did not have Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 n them,giving the children a chance for free expression on large paper.Miss Brown and her teachers are co-operating in a splendid way,for which I am grateful. To you and to the members of our School Committee I wish to express appreciation for your helpful interest. Respectfully submitted, January 1,1939.FLORENCE E.KRAUS. INDUSTRIAL ARTS DEPARTMENT Mr.James W.Doyle Superintendent of Schools Ccnasset,Massachusetts Dear Sir: In accordance with your request I hereby submit to you my report of the Industrial Arts Department for the year of 1938. It has been my privilege in past years to report in detail on various aspects of the activities of the department.It seems safe to assume therefore that the citizens of Cohasset are adequately in- formed in regard to our efforts in helping boys to acquire some practical elementary knowledge of the great world of industry in which many of them hope to find their life work. To achieve a worth while success in any vocation,there must 'be a period of specialized training.In by-gone days the apprentice system furnished this training for those entering industry.Today, industry generally prefers to employ those having acquired skill through courses in Trade Schools or similar institutions. As you know there is at present time a wide spread conviction that Trade School opportunities should be provided for the boys of the south shore towns from Hingham to Plymouth.It will be several years probably before a practical solution can be worked out and a building provided and equipped.If Cohasset should build a modern high school near the new athletic field,the present building would be available for a Trade School.Such a plan would dispose of the problem of what to do with the old building,and provide a location for the Trade School to serve not only Cohasset but nearby towns as well.The high school can then return wholly to its proper func- tion of preparing boys and girls for college and business. May I point out how Cohasset would be benefited in several ways if the Trade School is located in our town.(1)The savings in transportation will in time wipe out the cost of equipping the building for use as a Trade School.(2)Our boys will save much time and energy otherwise spent in travelling to a school outside of Cohasset.(3)Our boys will have a better chance to receive in- struction in the occupations in which they are interested and for which they are best fitted. For many years Cohasset has paid its proportionate share in supporting Trade Schools in Massachusetts,as the tate pays one -half supporting Trade Schools in Massachusetts,as the State pays one- half of the entire cost of maintaining such schools.A few of our boys were able to attend schools outside of Cohasset.Many more would avail themselves of education for which they have aptitude if the opportunity were offered right here in town. The time of action is at hand.Some town in this section must take the initiative in the movement.The reward will be the largest benefits to the boys of that town.I hope that Cohasset will accept the challenge in the interests of its boys. Respectfully, M.H.MEYER 12 Annual Report.Town of Cohasset,1938 REPORT OF THE HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT Mr.James W.Doyle, Superintendent of Schools Dear Sir: I submit for your approval and acceptance a brief report of the Domestic Science Department for the year 1938.A few necessary changes have been made in the course to meet the present require- ments. The work of this department includes the teaching of cooking and sewing and the serving of a noonday lunch,the greater part of which is prepared by an assistant,the cooking classes contributing one or two dishes. We wish that more pupils would avail themselves of the facilities of the lunch room and buy something hot to supplement lunches brought from home.Too many of these home lunches are being wasted,parts of lunches and sometimes whole lunches are thrown in the wastebaskets and the boys and girls are spending their pennies for candy. For fifteen cents a student can buy an adequate lunch.The daily menu includes milk,cocoa and two kinds of sandwiches,soup or chowder,a main dish,a salad,a hot vegetable,fresh when pos- sible,a dessert and ice cream and cookies.The prices vary from three cents for cocoa,five cents for vegetable or dessert,to ten cents for the main dish. Milk has been given to underweight children,and at the Ripley Road School hot lunches and fruit juices have been given when needed.This services is made possible by contributions from the Social Service League and the Womans"Club. The sewing department teaches the making and use of common stitches,the use of a sewing machine,the use of patterns,and desires to interest the girls in the care of their own clothes and in making simple garments for themselves. One class has made household articles,useful and decorative, crocheted or embroidered,such as runners,doilies,luncheon sets, pillows,spreads and afghans. The Catholic Guild furnished us with some material and one class made several nightgowns,pajamas and baby jackets for them. Considerable interest has been shown by the older girls in knitting:sweaters,caps,baby garments were made,but perhaps the chief interest this year was in the making of Norwegian mittens. In May,at the last Parent-Teachers'meeting,a small exhibition was held in conjunction with the Art and Industrial departments. In closing,I wish to thank you and the School Committee for the interest and cooperation which has been given this department. Respectfully submitted. HELEN C.WELCH. REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC Mr.James W.Doyle Superintendent of Schools Cohasset.Mass. My Dear Mr.Doyle: A prominent instructor in music composition recently made the following statement at the first meeting of his class:"You may never write or arrange,in fact your activity in music may terminate with the conclusion of this course,but by learning the fundamental principles of music writing you will find you have a ti*ue appreciation of the music of the great composers." Annual Report.Town of Cohasset.1938 I3 This statement is the principle of all music instruction.In striving to "do"is gained the ability to listen.Music is thinking in terms of sound,and to hear accurately needs to be preceeded by some attempt to produce.I maintain that thru singing or playing an instrument our mental faculties are trained to think in terms of sound. Instruction in the fundamentals of music in the early grades makes possible instruction in part singing in the higher grades and part singing thru choral instruction trains the faculties of hearing to recognition of harmony.Harmony is the blending of many sounds;in fact,this blending of sounds is Music. The pupil who causes to make an effort to participate stops being educated.The door is closed to higher standards of appreciation. In view of the above,the music course will maintain the fol- lowing factors in music education: 1.Instruction in music fundamentals. 2.Harmony and advanced forms of choral composition. 3.Acquaintance with the best in music literature. 4.A survey of music,past and present,and the trends of music thought for future development. One concert by the W.P.A.orchestra,at which pupils see and hear instruments first hand,is worth a year's listening to radio. The radio has no value unless used as a means of discriminating listening and not as a background for other activity.The New York Philharmonic is worth hearing when listened to,but has no value as the background of a bridge game or general conversation. The Ford Sunday evening hour,the N.B.C.Symphony and many other fine programs are recommended to students with the advice to "listen."Again,there must be the effort to participate thru devoting undivided attention to the program. As supervisor of music,I shall make every effort to teach Co- hasset children the value of singing,playing and studying music. I will be successful as long as the pupil is responsive,and when a boy or girl is dropped from music class I suggest parents seriously ask what they can do to help re-stimulate a desire to participate. For the valuable aid from all my fellow workers I am truly appre- ciative. Respectfully submitted, FREDERICK A.TAYLOR REPORT OF SCHOOL PHYSICIAN Mr.Jam.es W.Doyle Superintendent of Schools Dear Sir: Since September 1938,the majority of the pupils in the Cohasset school system have received a physical examination.The general health of the pupils was found to be good.Defects were noted and reported to their parents. One of the commonest defects was that of posture,especially among the children in the lower grades.I believe that there is room for considerable education and training among the school children for the development of correct posture.Incorrect posture in itself can be the cause of numerous complaints and deformities,and a child suffering from it should be corrected at an early stage.This can be best taken care of in special classes for this type of work. Children suspected to have tuberculosis received proper diag- nostic tests incuding the tuberculin test and in other instances a roentgenological examination. I wish to thank the school nurse,teachers,Superintendent and the Committee for their cooperation. RICHARD J.DONOVAN,M.D. 14 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 REPORT OF SCHOOL NURSE Mr.James W.Doyle Superintendent of Schools Dear Sir: No.of pupils taken home durin school hours for illness or acci- dents 53 No.of pupils taken to Office of School or Family physician 22 No.of pupils taken to Hospital at request of Physician 2 No.of visits to homes pertaining to health of pupils 37 No.of visits to homes for family history of pupils examined by State Psychiatrist 10 No.of pupils with impaired vision 7 No.of notcies sent to parents (signed by School physician) recommending care by family physician (Ripley School and Junior High)28 No.of pupils given Tubercuhn Test (Grades 7,9,11)59 No.of pupils re-acting to Test 12 No.of pupils X-rayed (including repeats from previous years 19 No.of pupils given Physical by County Doctor 1 No.of active cases of Tuberculosis Recommendations were made for one pupil to attend the summer Health Camp at Braintree Hylands. The Snellen's Test Symbols for measuring the acuteness of vision are used in the school and all pupils with a 20 40 vision or more are referred to an Occulist. There have been no epidemics during the school year,but the common cold and sores are to be watched for. Health Education and Health Habits are taught in each room of the Ripley Roard School,and cleanliness of body,teeth,hair and nails are stressed.The need for good posture,proper amount of sleep and wholesome food are also emphasized.The classroom seats are adjusted from time to time for the comfort of pupils. The Dental Clinic is held on Wednesday and Friday mornings for pupils of both schools and is well attended. A Pre-School Clinic was held during the summer.These chil- dren were given a physical examination by Dr.O.H.Howe,and a dental examination was made by Dr.Ross.Recommendations were made to parents at this time. Clinics for innoculations to prevent against diptheria were held during the summer.These clinics were open to children of all ages, and the majority of pupils attending school have already received these innoculations. I have attended two Health Conferences during the year and learn that the Health Programs of schools are much the same, larger schools with better facilities doing more in physical education. One professor of a Teachers'College,also an M.D.,stressed the need of more rest and less strenuous exercise for High School pupils. Health Education and Physical Education are separate subjects and should be dealt with as such.He also said,''Teachers should realize that bodies have to come to school as well as minds,and both should be given equal consideration." I feel that the teachers of our schools are very careful to notice the health of pupils and I have found them most ^^alling to co- operate in every way. FANNIE E.JAMES, School Nurse. Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 15 I. > rH cq <*•CO CO CSJ f-Hi y-i -co coinmcsimt-MLo y-t •CSI •»-l •C<I »H <«1<rH C5 CO CO 00 CM NcooicoojcqesiN 1-HCSI 00t-.-t,-l COrH CM T-l TftPOC-tO^COCMOTH lO ^^"^f "<1<r- 1 CM •O 1-1 t-CO CM lO .-IN CMrHCMt-CMlC 1-1 •Tj<05 OS t-1-1 C- r-l CO t-CO CO r-l 16 Annual Report.Town of Cohasset.1938 COHASSET HIGH SCHOOL Course of Studies,1938-39 FIRST YEAR COLLEGE Algebra I Latin I English Biology Drawing,Free Hand Drawing.Mechanical Music COMMERCIAL Business Practice English Science Shop or Domestic Science Drawing,Free Hand Drawing,Mechanical Music SECOND YEAR Geometry Latin 11 French I English European History I Drawing, Drawing, Free Hand Mechanical Typing Bookkeeping Com.Geography English European History I Drawing,Free Hand Drawing,Mechanical Shop Domestic Science French I THIRD YEAR Algebra Chemistry English Latin III French II Drawing,Free Hand European History n Drawing,Mechanical Typing Shorthand English French European History n Problems Drawing,Free Hand Drawing,Mechanical FOURTH YEAR Latin IV French in English Chemistry American History Drawing Economics Sociology Music each year optional Violin or comet Music Survey—1 period Chorus—1 period Shorthand Typing Enghsh American History Drawing Economics Sociology Annual Report.Town of Cohasset.1938 17 GRADUATION EXERCISES Class 1938 COHASSET HIGH SCHOOL Processional March Elgar Charlotte Hollis Invocation Rev.Charles C.Wilson Address of Welcome Arthur Wood,Jr.,Class President Nightfall in Granada Bueno Chorus Essay—George Washington Carver Mary Walsh Andante Tschaikowsky Caprice Vennois ...Kreisler Nathan Towle Mrs.John Bates,Accompanist Essay—Socialized Medicine Dorris James Angel's Serenade .Braga Obligato for Two Violins—Alfred Litchfield '40 Nathan Towle Glee Club Reading . Ruth Carpenter Essay:—Juvenile Delinquency Margaret Roche Prayer,Arranged from "Intermezzo"Mascagni Blue Danube Waltz Strauss -Norman Chorus Essay—Thinking For Yourself Charles Cartledge Address Joe Mitchell Chappie Presentation of Diplomas Mr.Walter Wheelwright,Chairman of School Board America,The Beautiful Ward Chorus and Audience 18 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1938 Graduating Ann Agusta Bandura Helen Barrow Mary Magdalene Brennock Velma Woodward Browne Norman Clarence Card,Jr. Eunice Louise Carlander Ruth Carpenter Charles Frederick Cartledge Roy Fred Chase Anne DelGrosso Chauncey DelGrosso Ralph Leonard Peola Francis Martin Hume Dorris Priscilla James Doris Marie Kerr Edward John Maree Margaret Clementine Martin Class,1938 Donald Miles Meyer Beatrice Elizabeth Neagle Dorothy Anne Neagle Regina Helen O'Heam Edwin Alfred Peterson Frederick Piepenbrink M.Joanne Riley Margaret Mary Roche Louis Nicholas Simeone Donald Edward Sladen Elmer Louis Stoddard Frederick Gauld Tower Nathan Stoddard Towle Mary Margaret Walsh Dorothy Bartlett Williams Woodrow Pershing Williams Arthur Otis Wood,Jr. Entering Class,1938 Ainslee.Barbara Ainslie.Lawrence Ainslie.Barbara Bowser.Ellen Collier.Robert Cortez.Harold Cunningham,Norine Dowding.William Fitzpatrick,Jeannette Flint.Gordon Gonsalves,Ruth Haley.Herbert Hallett,Geraldine Hirons.Frank James.Douglas James,Ellen James.Eustis Jason.Dorothy Kelly,Catherine LeClair,Leighton Lutz.Katherine Marks,Mary Nardo,Angie Nardo,Vincent Oliver,Richard Perroncello,Ralph Philbrook.Nancy Pina,Domingo Rosano,Mary Schott.Elizabeth Sestito.Pauline Stoughton,Constance Thompson.Margaret Whittaker,Harriet Williams,Eleanor Williams.Elizabeth Annual Report.Town of Coh asset.1938 19 INDEX Town Officers 5 Report of Town Clerk: Annual Town Meeting,March 5,1938 10 Election,Mar.12,1938 22 Recount,Mar.24,1938 23 State Primary,Sept.20,1938 24 Special Election Nov.8,1938 27 State Election,Nov.8,1938 28 Vital Statistics: Births 34 Marriages 38 Deaths 40 Balance Sheet,Dec.31,1937 43 State Audit of Accounts 45 Balance Sheet,Dec.31,1938 57 Report of Town Accountant: Receipts 59 Expenditures 62 Fire Department 69 Department of Public Welfare 77 Schools and Libraries 79 Recreation and Unclassified 81 Enterprises and Cemeteries 84 Indirect and Municipal 86 Recapitulation and Index for 1938 96 Details from Payrolls 96 Town Treasurer 113 Collector of Taxes 114 Fire Department 115 Forest Warden 116 Jury List 117 Highway Surveyor 118 Police Department 119 Harbor Master 123 Weights and Measui^es 123 Moth Superintendent 123 Tree Warden 124 Health Department 124 Public Library 126 Paul Pratt Memorial Library 127 School Report Appendix