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Home My WebLink Abouttownofcohassetma1939seleOne Hundred and Seventieth* ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN OF THE Financial Affairs of the Town of Cohasset AND THE REPORTS OF OTHER TOWN OFFICERS For the Year Ending December 3L 1939 THE MEMORIAL PRESS Plymouth,Mass. *Due to the fact that several errors have occurred in the numbering of previ- ous years'reports,totalling four,four numbers have been added to the 1938 number in order that the correct number may be printed in this report. Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 3 TOWN OFFICERS,1939-1940 TOWN RECORDS Elected by Ballot Moderator FREDERICK G.ROCHE Town Clerk WILLIAM H.MORRIS Term expires March,1941 I Selectmen,Assessors and Board of Public Welfare KENDALL T.BATES Term expires March,1942 DARIUS W.GILBERT,V.S Term expires March,1941 EVERETT W.WHEELWRIGHT Term expires March,1940 Treasurer MARY P.TOWER Collector of Taxes • ELEANOR T.DOWNS Constables JOHN T.KEATING STEPHEN H.ROONEY ROYAL A.BATES JOSEPH M.JASON T.BURKE KANE Highway Surveyor Tree Warden WILLIAM T.BARNES STEPHEN J.GRASSIE School Committee WALTER C.WHEELWRIGHT Term expires March,1942 JOHN L.EMERY Term expires March,1942 MALCOLM H.STEVENS Term expires March,1941 LOIS C.WHEELWRIGHT Term expires March,1941 ARTHUR CLARK Term expires March,1940 GENEVIEVE W.RILEY Term expires March,1940 Board of Health NATHANIEL HURWITZ Term expires March,1942 EDWARD E.TOWER Term expires March,1941 ABRAHAM J.ANTOINE,JR Term expires March,1940 Trustees of Public Library GENEVIEVE W.RILEY Term expires March,1942 BURGESS C.TOWER Term expires March,1942 FLORENCE E.BRISTOL Term expires March,1942 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 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Town Officers Appointed by Selectmen Town Accountant EDWARD L.STEVENS Term expires March,1941 Registrars of Voters HENRY E.SWEENEY Term expires March,1942NORMANCARDTermexpiresMarch,1941 S.STANLEY PRATT Term expires March,1940 WILLIAM H.MORRIS,ex-officio Clerk of Board Finance Committee RALPH E.SCRIPTURE Term expires March,1942 (Resigned January 12,1940) ROGER B.COULTER Appointed Unexpired Term to March,1942 PAUL T.LITCHFIELD Term expires March,1942 IRA B.P.STOUGHTON Term expires March,1942 EDWARD A.MULVEY Term expires March,1941 (Resigned January 12,1940) HAROLD F.BARNES a Appointed for Unexpired Term to March,1941 CHARLES E.HOWE Term expires March,1941 ARTHUR O.WOOD Term expires March,1941 HARRY H.REED,Term expires March,1940 JOSEPH J.CURLEY Term expires March,1940 GEORGE W.BENEDICT,JR Term expires March,1940 Chief of Police under Civil Service HECTOR J.PELLETIER Sergeant under Civil Service FRANK JASON Retired December 31,1939 Police Officers under Civil Service BENJAMIN F.CURLEY JAMES J.SULLIVAN,JR. JOHN J.ROONEY EARL R.McARTHUR JOHN H.WINTERS,JR. THOMAS B.KANE,Appointed January 24,1940 Special Police Officers under Civil Service JOHN T.KEATING SPENCER H.STOUGHTON HENRY B.KENNEDY Special Police Officers Assigned to Police Department FRANK E.JASON LOUIS J.SIMEONE JOHN J.FERREIRA PAUL W.PRATT JOSEPH A.DION,JR.T.BURKE KANE JOSEPH M.JASON (Appointed Permanent Officer RALPH S.ENOS January 24,1940) EDWARD B.MATHEWSON CHARLES E.BUTMAN CHARLES T.HAVEN,Instructor In Fire Arms ERNEST EDWARDS,Radio Division Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Special Police Officers THOMAS J.AYERS Private CARLOS A.TANGER Private EVERETT W.WHEELWRIGHT Private EDWARD R.JASON Private *FRANK F.MARTIN,JR. Chief Fire Dept. CLARENCE S.REDDY Deputy Fire Dept. BERNARD J.SALVADOR Ass't Harbor Master MINOT A.BROWNE Janitor Town Hall **LOUIS B.MULVEY Janitor Osgood School CLARENCE N.SYLVESTER Whitney Woods Reservation *Retired August 24,1939 ' IRA B.STOUGHTON Deputy Forest Warden RICHARDSON WHITE Private FRED A.PETERSEN Private STEPHEN H.ROONEY Private JOSEPH L.OLIVER Deputy Fire Dept. RALPH C.BURRELL Harbor Master HERBERT WILLIAMS Wire Inspector CHARLES W.VICKERY Coh.Golf Club WILLfAM T.BARNES Highway Surveyor ^Died May 17,1939 Warden,Wheelwright Park CLARENCE N.SYLVESTER Sealer of Weights and Measures LOT E.BATES Town Engineer LEWIS W.PERKINS Inspector of Wires HERBERT WILLIAMS Field Drivers LEVI L.WORRICK JOSEPH E.GRASSIE ALEXANDER HILLIS Died July 25,1939 CHAUNCEY W.STRICKLAND MALCOLM H.STEVENS Public Weighers and Weighers of Coal EVERETT W.WHEELWRIGHT WALTER C.WHEELWRIGHT DOROTHY C.WOOD JOSEPH L.OLIVER Auctioneers WILLIAM H.MORRIS LLOYD C.TROTT AUGUST F.B.PETERSEN AUGUST F.PETERSEN ALBERT M.HUNT Measurers of Wood and Bark LOUIS B.C.BAILEY HOWARD BATES IRA N.PRATT Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Surveyors of Lumber JOSEPH A.VALINE WILLIAM H.ELLSWORTH Harbor Master Assistant Harbor Master RALPH C.BURRELL BERNARD J.SALVADOR Burial Agent LOUIS B.MULVEY EDWARD R.JASON Died May 17,1939 Unexpired term Pound Keeper Town Counsel WILLIAM H.JASON FREDERICK A.THAYER Chief of Fire Department FRANK F.MARTIN,JR.GILBERT S.TOWER Retired August 24,1939 Unexpired term to May 1,1940 Forest Warden PRANK F.MARTIN.JR.GILBERT S.TOWER Retired August 24,1939 Unexpired term Superintendent of Moth Work STEPHEN J.GRASSIE Dog Officers HECTOR J.PELLETIER BENJAMIN F.CURLEY EARL R.McARTHUR JOHN H.WINTERS,JR. JOHN J.ROONEY Organization Board of Selectmen KENDALL T.BATES,Chairman DARIUS W.GILBERT,V.S. EVERETT W.WHEELWRIGHT EDWARD L.STEVENS,Clerk Organization Board of Assessors DARIUS W.GILBERT,V.S.,Chairman KENDALL T.BATES EVERETT W.WHEELWRIGHT EDWARD L.STEVENS,Clerk Organization Board of Public Welfare KENDALL T.BATES EVERETT W.WHEELWRIGHT,Chairman DARIUS W.GILBERT,V.S. EDWARD L.STEVENS,Clerk Organization Bureau of Old Age Assistance KENDALL T.BATES EVERETT W.WHEELWRIGHT MARY E.OLIVER Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Organization and Appointments by Board of Health NATHANIEL HURWITZ,Chairman ABRAHAM J.ANTOINE,JR.,Secretary EDWARD E.TOWER Inspector of Milk and Vinegar THOMAS L.GRASSIE Inspector of Meat and Provisions,Slaughtering DARIUS W.GILBERT,V.S. Appointments by Chief of Fire Department JOSEPH L.OLIVER,First Deputy CLARENCE S.REDDY,Second Deputy COMMITTEES 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 sub- mit its recommendations thereon at the next Annual Towji 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.Report at 1939 meeting was one of progress. Attest : WILLIAM H.MORRIS, Town Clerk. Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 TOWN CLERK'S REPORT TOWN OF COHASSET REPORT OF THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Held March 4,1939 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 Select- men 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, Kendall M.Pratt and Reginald R.Beal. The meeting was opened at 2 o'clock P.M.,by the Modera- tor 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,by a voice vote 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 upon the reports of the various town officers as printed in the annual report of the year 1938. VOTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote that the reports of the various town officers,as printed in the Annual Report for 1938, be and hereby are accepted. At this time the following resolution was offered by Everett W.Wheelwright,Chairman Board of Selectmen and the same was unanimously adopted by all present standing in silence for one minute: RESOLUTION: WHEREAS,during the past three years this Town has suffered an unusual loss in the death of three of our beloved and esteemed Town Officials and thereby William O.Souther, Jr.,Eugene N.Tower and Herbert L.Brown have departed for a life beyond,and WHEREAS,the decease of these honest,sincere,conscient- ious,public servants is a personal loss to their many friends and townspeople. THEREFORE,be it resolved that we record our sincere sor- row that their useful lives have been terminated and we have been deprived of their friendship,service and advice;that in respect to their memory this meeting pay tribute by standing silently for one minute. Be it further resolved that this action be spread upon the Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 records of the Town and a copy of the same be sent to their bereaved families. ARTICLE 3.What sums of money will the town raise and appropriate for operation,salaries and expenses for the follow- ing: VOTED:Unanimously,that the subdivisions and sections of this Article be considered,covered and acted upon in one vote and that the sum of $284,578.98 be raised and appropriated; $12,100.for salaries of elected Town Officers and $272,478.98 for salaries,operation,maintenance and expenses of the var- ious departments,and for the purposes itemized in subdivisions 1 to 49,inclusive,of this Article as contained in the Warrant, and as recommended in the Report of the Finance Committee,as follows : Section 1. Section la. Section 2. Section 3. Section 4. Section 5. Section 6. Section 7. Section 8. Section 9. Section 10. Section 10a. Section 10b. Section 11. Section 12. Moderator,salary $100.00 Finance Committee,expenses 175.00 Selectmen,Salaries: Chairman, 1 at $600.00 ...$600.00 Members. 2 at $300.00 600.00 $1,200.00 Expenses,etc 700.00 1,900.00 Auditor and Accountant 2,650.00 Treasurer Salary $1,500.00 Expenses,etc 600.00 2,100.00 Collector of Taxes Salary $1,500.00 Expenses,etc 1,248.00 $2,748.00 Assessors —Salaries : Chairman, 1 at $1,400 $1,400.00 Members, 2 at $600 1,200.00 Expenses,etc. $2,600.00 900.00 3,500.00 Other Finance Officers and Accounts; Certification of notes 20.00 Law and Legal Counsel 1,250.00 Town Clerk Salary $500.00 Expenses,etc 542.50 1,042.50 Election and Registration .1,000.00 Engineering,Maintenance 500.00 Engineering,Outlay Assessors'tax plats etc 1,000.00 Town Hall 4,500.00 Police Department 20,743.44 10 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Section 13. Section 13a. Section 14. Section 15. Section 16. Section 17. Section 18. Section 18a. Section 19. S(3tction i9a. Section 20. Section 21. Section 21a. Section 21b. Section 22. Section 22a. Section 22b. Section 23. Section 24. Section 25. Section 26. Section 27. Section 28. Section 29. Section 30. Section 30a. Section 30b. Section 30c. Section 32. Section 33. Section 34. Fire Department 18,094.00 Fire Department,Fire Alarm 2^800.00 Fire Department,hydrant service,also water for public buildings and other uses 10,050.03 Inspection of Wires 650.00 Sealings of Weights and Measures 400.00 Insect Pest Extermination,moth suppres- sion 4,000.00 Tree Warden,General Salary ...$500.00 Expenses .2,000.00 Tree Warden,Spcial, Clearing trees for Fire Alarm Forest Fires Bounties Board of Health,General Salaries:3 at $200.$600.00 Expenses,etc 1,100.00 2,539.00 300.00 1,200.00 75.00 1,700.00 Inspection of School Children,Dental Dis- pensary 1,100.00 District Nurse 850.00 Oxygen 300.00 Inspection of Animals 100.00 Inspection of Meat and Provisions Slaugh- tering 25.00 Inspection of Milk and Vinegar 150.00 Refuse and garbage disposal.Town Dump 1,560.00 Care of brooks and streams,draining of ponds.Straits Pond,James Brook,Cat Dam,etc 1,300.00 Highways:General maintenance includ- ing tarring streets. Salary of Surveyor $2,700.00 Maintenance,etc 27.300.00 30,000.00 Highways,snow and ice removal,sanding streets 8,000.00 Highways,street lighting 9,330.00 Highways,street signs,fountains and high- ways under Selectmen 1,900.00 Highways,harbor maintenance 1,600.00 Board of Public Welfare,General Administration and Outside Poor Salaries: Chairman,1 at $600.00 ....$600.00 Members,2 at $200.00 400.00 Administration,expenses,etc..24,000.00 25,000.00 Old Age Assistance 10,000.00 Aid Dependant Children 1,000.00 Soldiers'and Sailors'Relief 3,500.00 Schools,general maintenance 73,810.00 Libraries,general maintenance 5,900.00 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 H Section 35.Town Commons and Parks,general 1,100.00 Section 35a.Beechwood Ball Field 200.00 Section 38.Playground,etc.,baseball field Nothing Section 38a.Damage to persons and personal property ..100.00 Section 38b.Pension Fund 1,000.00 Section 39.Memorial Day 400.00 Section 40.Town reports,printing,etc 750.00 Section 41.Town Clock 75.00 Section 42.Town Flag 225.00 Section 43.Employers'Liability Insurance,not other- wise classified,and other unclassified items 100.00 Section 44.North Cohasset Post Office and Fire De- partment building 100.00 Section 45.Town Guild Hall and Legion Building ..400.00 Section 45a.Parking Place,maintenance 100.09 Section 46.Cemeteries,maintenance 1,300.00 Section 46a.Veterans'Graves 300.00 Section 47.Interest on loans in anticipation of revenue 200.00 Section 48.Interest,general 1,897.50 Section 49.Loans,municipal indebtedness,bonds or notes from revenue 15,908.54 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 1,1939,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 1,1939,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. ARTICLE 5.To hear the report of any committee hereto- fore chosen and act thereon. VOTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote to accept the Report of the Committee appointed under Article 33 of the warrant for the annual Town Meeting held March 6,1937,and con- tinued by vote of the Town under Article 5 of the warrant for the annual town meeting held March 5,1938. The Committee appointed under Article No.33 of the war- rant for the annual Town Meeting held March 6,1937,and con- tinued by vote of the Town under Article No.5 of the warrant for the annual town meeting held March 5,1938 submits here- with a report of progress. JOHN M.LOVEJOY, Chairman. 12 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 ARTICLE 6.To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate sufficient money to cover the following overdrafts: 1937 Old Age Assistance $77.80,and 1938 Old Age Assistance $191.33. VOTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote that the sum of Two Hundred Sixty-nine Dollars and Thirteen Cents ($269.13)be raised and appropriated to pay the following overdrafts: 1937 Old Age Assistance $77.80 1938 Old Age Assistance 191.33 $269.13 ARTICLE 7.Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $705.43 to pay the following bills of 1938: Selectmen $.90 Town Hall 34.76 Fire Dept 5.97 Fire Alarm 2.30 Tree Warden 108.35 Board of Health 3.50 Highways,general 13.44 Highways,removing snow,etc 21.40 Street Signs,etc 40.35 Department of Public Welfare 417.33 Old Age,Assistance Admn 7.00 Soldiers'and Sailors'Relief 24.50 Schools 13.09 Town Commons 5.00 No.Cohasset P.O.Building 2.29 Cemeteries 5.25 $705.43 VOTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote,that the sum of Seven Hundred Five Dollars and Forty-three Cents ($705.43)be raised and appropriated to pay the following unpaid bills of 1938: Selectmen $.90 Town Hall 34.76 Fire Department 5.97 Fire Alarm 2.30 Tree Warden 108.35 Board of Health 3.50 Highways,general 13.44 Highways,removing snow,etc 21.40 Street Signs,etc 40.35 Department of Public Welfare 417.33 Old Age Assistance Admn 7.00 Soldiers'and Sailors'Relief 24.50 Schools 13.09 Town Commons 5.00 No.Cohasset P.O.Building 2.29 Cemeteries 5.25 $705.43 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 13 ARTICLE 8.To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from available cash in the treasury $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 Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000)be appropriated from avail- able 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 $582.97,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 Five Hundred Eighty-two Dollars and Ninety-Seven Cents ($582.97) be appropriated from available cash in the treasury,being the unexpended balance of the Dog Fund received from the County, in accordance with Chapter 140,Section 172,of the General Laws,to be expended for the support of the public schools. ARTICLE 10.To see if the Town will raise and /or appro- priate from Overlay Surplus,or otherwise,the sum of $5,000 for the purposes of a Reserve Fund,or act on anything relating thereto. VOTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote,that the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ,($5,000)be appropriated from Overlay Surplus for the purposes of a Reserve Fund. ARTICLE 11.Will the Town appropriate the unexpended balance of "Surplus War Bonus Funds"amounting to $575.24 received under Chapter 480 of the Acts of 1924 for and towards the payment of any indebtness of the Town or for purposes for which the Town may borrow money as specified in Sections 7 and 8 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws,where called for or permitted in other articles in this warrant,or act on anything relating thereto. VOTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote,that the unexpended balance of "Surplus War Bonus Funds",amounting to Five Hun- dred Seventy-five Dollars and Twenty-four Cents ($757.24)re- ceived under Chapter 480 of the Acts of 1924,be and hereby is appropriated for and towards the payment of the indebtedness of the town,and that the appropriation made under Section 49 of Article 3 of the Warrant for this meeting,heretofore voted, be reduced $575.24 accordingly. ARTICLE 12.To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money from the Highway Fund,provided by Chapter 2 of the Acts of 1939 for any of the purposes authorized by said Chapter. VOTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote,that the unexpended balance of Highway Funds distributed to the Town under the provisions of Chapter 500 of the Acts of 1938,amounting to $3,115.29 be and hereby is appropriated for construction,recon- struction,maintenance and repair of local roads,"streets and highways,including such purposes in connection with W.P.A. projects. 14 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 ARTICLE 13.To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Ten Thousand Five Hundred Forty-five Dollars ($10,545.00)or such other sufficient sums of money as may be necessary for the purchase of materials,supervision,employment of labor and meeting of necessary expenses in connection with W.P.A.or other Federal Aid Projects and Welfare Projects de- signed to relieve unemployment from time to time during the ensuing year or act on anything relating thereto. VOTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote,that the sum of Ten Thousand Five Hundred Forty-five Dollars ($10,545.)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 unem- ployment from time to time during the ensuing year. ARTICLE 14.To see if the Town will reconsider and re- scind so much of the vote passed under Article 38 of the Warrant for the 1938 Annual Meeting which provided that $5,000.raised and appropriated for dredging of the Harbor be provisional,to be used only if there is avilable additional funds of not less than $40,000.from the Commonwealth,Federal Government or other sources;and will now vote to leave the expenditure of said appropriation to the discretion of the Selectmen,or take any other or further action relative thereto. VOTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote,that the vote passed under Article 38 of the Warrant for the 1938 Annual Meeting be reconsidered and so much thereof which provided that the appro- priation thereunder for Harbor improvements and dredging be provisional to be used only if funds of not less than $40,000 be available from the Commonwealth,Federal Government or other sources be and hereby is rescinded and the use and expenditure of said appropriation now to be used if in the discretion of the Selectmen other funds are available from other sources for said purpose in an amount satisfactory to them. ARTICLE 15.To see if the Town will raise and /or appro- priate the sum of $600.00 for the purpose of boarding up and covering the doors and windows,reshingling the barn roof and otherwise protecting the Town Home Buildings on Pond Street, or act on anything relating thereto. VOTED:Unanimously,in a voice vote,that the sum of Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00)be raised and appropriated for the purpose of boarding up and covering the doors and windows,re- shingling the barn roof and otherwise protecting from the ele- ments and damage the Town Home Buildings on Pond Street. ARTICLE 16.To see if the Town will appropriate and au- thorize the transfer of $1,788.66,being the unexpended balance of the appropriation made for the addition to the Ripley Road School under Article 17 of the Warrant for the 1930 Annual Meeting,and request the Selectmen to apply the unexpended balance of the Milliken bequest,or any part thereof,for the pur- pose of constructing and erecting a Field House and Grand Stand on the Lincoln Hillside Recreation Field,or take any other or further action relative thereto. Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 15 VOTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote,that the unexpended balance of the appropriation made for the addition to the Ripley Road School under Article 17 of the Warrant for the 1930 Annual Meeting,amounting to $1,788.66 be and hereby is appropriated for the purpose of constructing and erecting a Field House and /or Grand Stand on the Lincoln Hillside Recreation Field and the Town Accountant authorized to make transfer accordingly; and further that the Selectmen are hereby reauested to apply such part of the unexpended balance of the Milliken bequest as may be required for said purpose or purposes. ARTICLE 17.Will the Town raise and /or appropriate $1,500.00 or such other sufficient sum as may be necessary for the purposes of purchasing necessary tools,machinery and equipment for the maintenance and supervision of the Recrea- tion Field on Lincoln Hillside,so-called,or take any other or further action relative thereto. VOTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote,that the sum of Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00)be raised and anpropriated for the purposes of purchasing necessary tools,machinery and equipment for and the maintenance and supervision of the Recreation Field on Lincoln Hillside,so-called. ARTICLE 18.To see what action the Town will take with respect to naming the Lincoln Hillside Recreation Field,so-called VOTED:By a voice vote,to name the Lincoln Hillside Re- creation Field,so called,"Milliken Field." ARTICLE 19.Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of {SI 00.00 to be used in connection with the numbering of buildings in the Town,or take any other or further action rela- tive thereto. VOTED:By a hand vote,that the sum of One Hundred Dol- lars ($100.00)be raised and appropriated to be expended by tho Select-men in connection with the numbering of buildings in the Town. Yes 160 No 25 ARTICLE 20.To see if the Town will raise or appropriate the sum of $100.00 for the cultivation of shellfish and/or re- seeding of clam flats within the Town,or act on anything relat- ing thereto. VOTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote,that the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00)be raised and approoriated for the cultivation,propagation and protection of shellfish and/or the reseeding of clam flats within the Town. ARTICLE 21.To see if the Town will accept the provision of Section 103 A of Chapter 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,that the provisions of Section 103-A of Chapter 54 of the General Laws,as amended by Chapter 77 of the Acts of 1937,relative to absentee voting,be and hereby is accepted. 16 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 ARTICLE 22.To see if the Town will vote to accept the relocation,alteration and layout of Pleasant Street and Gushing Road as laid out by the Selectmen and shown on plan on file in the Town Clerk's Office;authorize the Selectmen to acquire by eminent domain or otherwise an easement in such land as is necessary therefor;appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the purchase or taking thereof;or take any other or further action relative thereto. VOTED:By a hand vote,that the town accept the relocation, widening and /or lay out of Pleasant Street and Cushing Road as relocated,widened and/or laid out by the Selectmen February 24,1939,and shown on plan on file in the Town Clerk's Office, entitled "Plan of Pleasant Street,Cohasset,Mass.,dated January 1939,Lewis W.Perkins,Town Engineer";and the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to take such land as is necessary therefor;and further that the sum of $9.00 be and hereby is raised and appropriated for the taking thereof and for damages awarded in connection therewith. ARTICLE 23.To see if the Town will vote to accept the relocation,alteration and layout of Spring Street,as laid out by the Selectmen and shown on Plan on file in the Town Clerk's office,authorize the Selectmen to acquire by eminent domain or otherwise,an easement in such land as is necessary therefor; appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the purchase or taking thereof,or take any other or further action relative thereto. VOTED:Unanimously,by a hand vote,that the Town accept the relocation,widening and /or lay out of Spring Street as re- located,widened and/or laid out by the Selectmen February 24, 1939,and shown on plan on file in the Town Clerk's Office, entitled "Plan of Spring Street,Cohasset,Mass.,dated January 1939,Lewis W.Perkins,Town Engineer";and the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to take such land as is necessary therefor;and further that the sum of $23.00 be and^hereby is raised and appropriated for the taking thereof and for damages awarded in connection therewith. ARTICLE 24.Hector J.Pelletier and others:To see if the Town will vote to establish as a Town Way and accept the layout of Sankey Road as laid out by the Selectmen and shown on Plan on file in the Town Clerk's office;authorize the Selectmen to acquire by eminent domain or otherwise,an easement in such land as is necessary therefor;appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the purchase or taking thereof,or take any other or further action relative thereto. VOTED:Unanimously,by a hand vote,that the Town es- tablish as a Town Way and accept the layout of Sankey Road as laid out by the Selectmen and shown on Plan on file in the Town Clerk's Office;and the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to take an easement in such land as is necessary therefor;and further that the sum of One Dollar ($1.00)be and hereby is raised and appropriated for the taking thereof and for damages awarded in connection therewith. ARTICLE 25.Stephen J.Grassie and others:Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 17 ($500.00)for the replacing of shade trees uprooted by the hurricane of 1938,along the highways of the Town,to be ex- pended under the direction of the Tree Warden,or act on any- thing relating thereto. VOTED:By a voice vote,that the sum of Sixty Dollars ($60.00)be .raised and appropriated for the replacing of shade trees on the Common and at the Town Landing adjacent to the highways of the Town,which were uprooted by the hurricane of 1938. ARTICLE 26.Richard Leonard and others:Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $18.00 to install and maintain an electric street light on Pond Street,between the residences of Richard Leonard and George Jason,or the vicinity,or act on anything relating thereto. VOTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote,that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $18.00 to install and m.aintain an electric street light on Pond Street,between the residences of Richard Leonard and George Jason,or the vicinity. ARTICLE 27.William F.Burke and others:Will the Town permit the establishment of a Manufacturing or Industrial Plant within its borders,to help relieve its unemployment situation; and authorize the Selectmen to take the necessary steps to obtain same:or act on anything relating thereto. VOTED:By a voice vote,to indefinitely postpone. At this time the following Resolution was offered and it was voted to adopt same: RESOLVE: That the Selectmen be and are hereby instructed to com- municate the following expression of sentiment to the Sheriff of Norfolk County,The Honorable Samuel Wragg. TO WIT: That it is the sentiment of the citizens of the Town of Co- hasset,in Town Meeting assembled,that the appointment of a deputy sheriff from the Town of Cohasset would serve to pro- mote the interests of Public Service and Convenience. ARTICLE 28.To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $600.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:By a voice vote,that the sum of Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00)be raised and appropriated for maintair^ing for the ensuing year the mosquito control works,in accordance with Chapter 112 of the Acts of 1931. VOTED:That this meeting be dissolved at 3:30 o'clock P.M. The total numb®?of voters present,as checked on the Incoming Voting Check Lists was 255. 18 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Total appropriations,less appropriations from free cash and other available funds $298,534.30 Appropriation,from Free Cash,for the use of the Assessors in fixing the tax rate 20,000.00 Appropriation,Dog Fvind for Schools 582.98 Appropriation,Surplus War Bonus Fund,which amount is to be deducted from Section 49 of Article 3 575.24 Appropriation,Chapter 500 money received from State, in accordance with Chapter 2,Acts of 1939 3,115.20 Appropriation,Balance Ripley Road School Addition Appropriation 1930 for erection of Field House and Grand Stand on "Milliken Field"1,788.66 Reserve Fund from Overlay Surplus 5,000.00 Attest : WILLIAM H.MORRIS, Town Clerk. Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 19 ELECTION OF MARCH 11,1939 The following Election Officers were sworn in by Town Clerk, William H.Morris,at 5:55 A.M. Abraham J.Antoine Eugene C.McSweeney Thomas J.Keating Anastasia St.John Ora H.Pratt Austin L.Ahearn Charles H.Pratt Isabel Grassie The Town Clerk read the Warrant. ARTICLE:To cast and /or give in their votes upon the official ballot for the following officers: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;Tree Warden for one year;Highway Sur- veyor for one year;Five Constables for one year each;Two members of the School Committee for three years each;One member of the Board of Health for three years;Three Trustees of the Cohasset Free Public Library for three years each;One merpiber of a Planning Board for five years;One member of a Planning Board for four years;One member of a Planning Board for three years;One member of a Planning Board for two years;and One member of a Planning Board for one year. Polls opened at 6 o'clock A.M.Proceeded to vote for Town Officers,on the Official Ballot. The following Tellers were sworn in by Town Clerk Williams H.Morris,Reginald R.Beal at 9 o'clock A.M.,and the others at 10 o'clock A.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 Mary E.Stoddard Thomas L.Grassie At 6 o'clock P.M.,it was voted by those present that the Polls remain open until 6:30 o'clock P.M. At 6:30 o'clock P.M.,the Polls were closed.The Ballot Box registered 1459,the Ballot Check List had 1459 names checked, the Voting Check List has 1459 names checked. Total number of ballots cast was 1459.The following vote was declared : Moderator for One Year Treasurer for One Year Robert B.James 671 S.Stanley Pratt 424 Frederick G.Roche 739 Mary P.Tower 966 Scattering 1 Scattering 1 Blanks 48 Blanks 68 20 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Collector of Taxes for One Year Eleanor T.Downs 980 Joseph I.Ferreira 401 Blanks 78 Selectman for Three Years Kendall T.Bates 1,006 Anselm L.Beal 322 George R.Neagle 84 Blanks 47 Assessor for Three Years Kendall T.Bates 984 Anselm L,Beal 335 George R.Neagle 79 Blanks 61 Board of Public Welfare for Three Years Kendall T.Bates 994 Anselm L.Beal 325 George R.Neagle 83 Blanks 57 Higrhway Surveyor for One Year William T.Barnes 903 Charles R.Jason 534 Blanks 22 Tree Warden for One Year Stephen J.Grassie 713 Roscoe G.Pratt 688 Scattering 1 Blanks 57 School Committee for Three Years John L.Emery 603 John A.Gillis 445 Percival N.James 427 Walter C.Wheelwright..795 Scattering 1 Blanks 647 Constables for One Year Royal A.Bates 813 Joseph Cadose 257 Harold F.Goodwin 434 Joseph M.Jason 748 T.Burke Kane 778 John T.Keating 850 Stephen H.Rooney 853 Blanks 2,562 Board of Health for Three Years Nathaniel Hurwitz 791 Fred W.Sullivan 579 Blanks 89 Trustees Cohasset Free Public Library for Three Years Florence E.Bristol 797 Genevieve W.Riley 892 BUrgess C.Tower 876 Scattering 12 Blanks i,800 Planningr Board for One Year Langford Warren 787 Scattering 4 Blanks 668 Planning Board for Two Years Burt M.Bristol 790 Scattering 2 Blanks 667 Planning Board for Three Years Frank J.Salvador 838 Scattering 2 Blanks 619 Planning Board for Four Years Hugh F.Strain 828 Scattering 1 Blanks 630 Planning Board for Five Years Russell Dean 764 Scattering 12 Blanks 683 At 9:30 P.M.it was voted that this meeting be dissolved. WILLIAM H.MORRIS, Town Clerk. Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 21 VITAL STATISTICS Records of Births,Deaths and Marriages Recorded in 1939 Births Total number of births recorded was ninety-six,of which ten were delayed returns and corrections of past years,eighty-one being born in Cohasset and fifteen in other towns.Of the eighty- six in the year 1939 there were forty-eight where the parents were residents of other towns.Of the thirty-eight whose parents were residents of Cohasset twelve were females and twenty-six were males. Marriages Total number of marriages was fifty-five,of which one was a delayed return of a previous year.Of the fifty-four in the year 1939 thirty were married in Cohasset. Deaths Total number of deaths was forty-five,including those who died in other towns.Of the thirty-five who were residents of Cohasset twenty-five were males and ten were females. The causes of death were as follows:Lobar Pneumonia,2; Broncho Pneumonia,3;Cerebral Hemorrhage,6;Accidental frac- ture,1;Carcinoma of liver,1;Asphyxiation by smoke and burns, 1;Coronary Thrombosis,2;Carcinoma of L.Lung,1;Cardaic Decompensation,1;Carcinoma of the stomach,1;Gun shot wound of chest,1;Peritonitis,1;Chronic Nephritis,1;Intestinal Toxema,1;Arterio Sclerosis.4:Carcinomatosis,1:Myocardial failure,1;Cerebral thrombosis,1;Septicemia,1;Carcinoma of the breast,1;Prematurity,1;Abdominal hemorrhage (injury) 1;Tuberculosis of the lung,1;Meningitis Circulatory failure,1; Myocarditis,3;Delayed shock,1;Accidental drowning,1;Artero- sclerotic Heart Disease,1;Hemorrhage of Brain,1;Cong.Mal- formation,1;Per formation of Aorta,1. 22 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Parents be sure to record the birth of your child with given i^,nie in full. "Parents,within forty days after the birth of a child,and every householder,within forty days after a birth in his house,shall cause notice thereof to be given to the clerk of the town where such child is born"General Laws,Chapter 46,Section 6. SOME OF THE REASONS WHY BIRTHS SHOULD BE RECORDED To establish identity.To prove nationality. To prove legitimacy. To show when the child has a right to enter school. To show when the child has the right to seek employment under the child labor law. To establish the right of inheritance to property. To establish liability to military duty,as well as exemption therefrom. To establish the right to vote. To qualify to hold title to,and to buy and sell real estate. To establish the right to public office. To prove the age at which the marriage contract may be entered into. To make possible statistical studies of the health contiitions. Your co-operation to the end that all births may be properly recorded will be greatly appreciated. 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'S be ,°'pl ^^C5 d o P!^ o 6 PI CD •PI ^CD &H fo dl < ^•oCD 'B a-nj o bfj 03 s .PI s-g CO . ^^M 113 CD o3 ?H >5<1 cer^PI ^s^<^o >^ CO ^CD g ^c3 w CG ^3 o3 CO 10 iC CO CSI CO "*CO t-CO "*O CO t-TtH CO CO C»CO CO o i-HCqCSlC^.-H.-lrH ,-li-(C^C<li-lCqi-ICQC^rHrH CO >?>?^>?bx)bp hp bfi-g^-g aa a+=-^^>>>c^o ":33;33^^_5_5g'5;g'§'cD"^oooo^a;a; ^•-5'-3'-d<I<J<<cqcqcocqcqOO!2;^^PQ p Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 33 BOARD OF REGISTRARS REPORT Meetings held in 1939: Sat.,January 28th,1939,at Town Hall.Registration of Voters. Thurs.,February 9th,1939,at Beechwood,Registration of Voters. Tues.,February 21st,1939 at Town Hall,Registi^tion of Voters. Tuesday,February 21st,1939 at Town Hall,Certification of names on Nomination Papers. Wed.,September 6th,1939 at Town Hall,Correcting Voting List. Tues.,October 17th,1939 at Town Hall,Registration of Voters. Tues.,October 31st,1939 at Town Hall,Registration of Voters. Total Registered Voters as of January 1,1939 1,388 Total Number of Persons Registered during 1939 82 2,068 Total Number of Names Removed from List by reason of death,marriage,request and to other Towns during 1939 145 Total Registered Voters as of December 31,1939 .1,923 Total Male Registered Voters 983 Total Female Registered Voters 980 1,923 Respectfully submitted, HENRY E.SWEENEY,Chairman, S.STANLEY PRATT, NORMAN CARD, WILLIAM H.MORRIS,Clerk, Board of Registrars of Voters. 34 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 REPORT OF AN AUDIT OF THE ACCOUNT OF THE TOWN OF COHASSET FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31,1939 February 1,1940 To the Board of Selectmen Mr.Kendall T.Bates,Chairman Cohasset,Massachusetts Gentlemen : I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Cohasset for the year ending December 31,1939,made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws.This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Herman B.Dine,Assistant Director of Accounts. 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: As directed by you.I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Cohasset for the year ending December 31,1939,and report thereon as follows: The records of the financial transactions of the several de- partments receiving or disbursing money for the town,or com- mitting bills for collection,were examined,checked and verified by a comparison with the records of the town accountant. The books and accounts in the office of the town accountant were examined,checked,and compared with the records of the several departments of the town and with the town treasurer's accounts.The receipts,as recorded,were compared with the town treasurer's record of receipts and were checked with the departmental records of payments to the treasurer,while the recorded payments were checked with the treasurer's record of disbursements annd with the treasury warrants. The ledger accounts as kept by the accountant were analyzed, the necessary additional ledger accounts being compiled,and the appropriations and transfers were checked with the town clerk's records of town meeting proceedings and with the records of the finance committee.The necessary adjusting and correcting en- tries resulting from the audit were made,and a balance sheet, showing the financial condition of the town on December 31, 1939,was prepared and is appended to this report.This balance sheet Indicates that the town is in excellent financial condition. Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 35 Appropriations voted by the town should be set up by the town accountant in his ledger in accordance with the town clerk's certified list of appropriations voted by the town and proper charges should be entered against these appropriations. The attention of the town accountant is called to the recom- mendations made in the 1937 and 1938 audit reports which are hereby repeated: "In connection with federal grants received on account of old age assistance,attention is called to Section 7,Chapter 436,Acts of 1936,which requires that the money received shall be kept in separate accounts and expended for the purpose specified by the State Department of Public Welfare. Payments on approved cases should be charged directly against the proper grant account,and any balance in these accounts at the close of the year should be carried forward." Separate accounts should also be kept for federal grants received on account of aid to dependent children. The assessors'computations of the tax rate for 1939 was examined and cheeked,and it was noted that several appropria- tions from available funds voted by the town were not considered by the assessors in the determination of the tax rate. In this connection attention is called to Section 23,Chapter 59,General Laws,which requires that the assessors raise all sums appropriated since the last preceding annual tax assess- ment,and which also provides that deductions on account of appropriations voted from available funds in the treasury may be made by the assessors only upon the written approval of the Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation.All appropriations voted by the town,whether they are to be raised by taxation or transferred from available funds in the treasury,should there- fore be certified by the town clerk to the assessors,as required by Section 15A,Chapter 41,General Laws. The records of the town treasurer were examined and checked in detail.The recorded receipts were analyzed and checked to the town accountant's books,with the departmental records of payments to the treasurer,and with other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury,while the disbursements were checked to the treasury warrants. The cash balance on January 13,1940,was proved by a reconciliation of the bank balances with statements furnished by the banks of deposit and by actual count of the cash in the office. The payments on account of debt and interest were verified by a comparison of the cancelled notes and coupons on file with the amounts falling due. The savings bank books and securities representing the in- vestment of the trust funds in the 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 ex- amined and listed.The income and disbursements were proved, the transfers to the town were verified,and the balances were found to be as reported. 36 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 The records of tax titles held by the town were examined and checked.The amounts added to the tax title account were compared with the collector's records,the redemptions were checked to the treasurer's cash book,and the tax title deeds as listed were checked with the records in the Registry of Deeds. The books and accounts of the tax collector were examined and checked in detail.The tax accounts outstanding at the time of the previous examination were audited,and all subsequent commitments were proved to the warrants issued for their col- lection.The recorded receipts were checked with the payments to the treasurer and with the town accountant's books,the abate- ments as recorded were compared with the assessors'records of abatements granted,the taxes transferred to the tax title account were checked,and the outstanding accounts were listed. The commitments of departmental accounts receivable were examined and checked.The recorded receipts were checked with the payments to the treasurer and with the town accountant's books,the abatements as recorded were compared with the rec- ords in the departments authorized to grant abatements,and the outstanding accounts were listed. Verification of the correctness of the outstanding tax and departmental accounts was obtained by mailing notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town,the replies received thereto indicating that the accounts,as listed,are correct. The records of licenses and permits issued by the selectmen, town clerk,police department,and the health department were examined and checked,and the payments to the State and to the town treasurer were verified. The accounts of the sealer of weights and measures,of the school department,and of all other departments collecting money or committing bills for collection were reconciled with the town treasurer's and accountant's books. The surety bonds of the officials required by law to furnish them were examined and found to be in proper form. In addition to the balance sheet referred to,there are appended to this report tables showing a reconciliation of the treasurer's and the collector's cash,summaries of the tax,tax title,and departmental accounts,as well as tables showing the condition and transactions of the several trust funds. While engaged in making the audit,cooperation was received from the officials of the town,for which,on behalf of my assist- ants and for myself,I wish to express appreciation. Respectfully submitted, HERMAN B.DINE, Assistant Director of Accounts. Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 37 .RECONCILIATION OF TREASURER'S CASH Balance January 1,1939 $87,866.56 Receipts 422,425.51 Payments $406,710.99 Balance December 31,1939 103,581.08 Balance January 1,1940 $103,581.08 Receipts January 1 to 13,1940 3,068.38 Payments January 1 to 13,1940 $8,098.08 Balance January 13,1940: Cash in office,verified.$859.08 Rockland Trust Co..77,867.79 Webster and Atlas Na- tional Bank 19,824.51 $510,292.07 $510,292.07 $106,649.46 98,551.38 $106,649.46 ROCKLAND TRUST COMPANY Balance January 13,1940,per statement $81,120.39 Balance January 13,1940,per check register $77,867.79 Outstanding checks January 13,1940, per list 3,252.60 $81,120.39 WEBSTER AND ATLAS NATIONAL BANK Balance January 13,1940,per statement.$20,219.51 Balance January 13,1940,per check register $19,824.51 Outstanding checks January 13,1940, per list 395.00 :$20,219.51 RECONCILIATION OP COLLECTOR'S CASH Balance January 13,1940,per table: Interest on taxes $16.94 Petty cash advance 50.00 $66.94 Cash in office January 13,1940,verified $66.94 TAXES—1935 Outstanding January 1,1939 $74.25 Outstanding December 31,1939 and January 13, 1940,per list $74.25 38 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 TAXKR—1937 Outstanding January 1,1939 Abatements and payments refunded 1939 $11,826.59 1,406.51 $13,233.10 $13,233.10 Payments to treasurer 1939 Abatements 1939 Tax titles taken 1939 $9,639.39 2,333.47 1,260.24 TAXES—1938 Outstanding January 1,1939 Refunds : Abatements and pay- ments ...$1,198.18 $48,270.13 1,200.58 Overpayment to collector 2.40 $49,470.71 Payments to treasurer Abatements $45,622.69 2,166.36 109.97 1,268.67 303.02 Tax titles taken Added to tax titles Outstanding December 31,1939 $49,470.71 $303.02 35.91 Outstanding January 1,1940 Overpayment to collector refunded Jan- uary 1 to 13,1940 $338.93 Payments to treasurer January 1 to 13, 1940 $35.91 303.02OutstandingJanuary13,1940,per list •feQQft QQ TAXES—1939 Commitment per warrants $266,932.68 Additional commitment 10.00 Abatements and payments refunded..350.83 Payments to treasurer $218,611.38 Abatements 1,524.22 Added to tax titles 1,888.45 Outstanding December 31,1939 45,269.46 Outstanding January 1,1940 $45,269.46 Abatements and payments refunded Jan- uary 1 to 13,1940 128.50 Payments to treasurer January 1 to 13, 1940 $984.91 Abatements January 1 to 13,1940 ..128.50 Outstanding January 13,1940,per list 44,284.55 $267,293.51 $267,293.51 $45,397.96 $45,397.96 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 39 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES—1937 Outstanding January 1,1939 $48.06 Payments to treasurer 1939 $31.06 Abatements 1939 17.00 $48.06 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES—1938 Outstanding January 1,1939 $392.43 Refunds 1939: Abatements and payments $30.19 Overpayments to collector 2.92 33.11 $425.54 Payments to treasurer 1939 $242.90 Abatements 1939 182.64 $425.54 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES—1939 Commitment per warrants $11,680.93 Abatements and payments refunded ..398.94 $12,079.87 Payments to treasurer $11,039.08 Abatements 761.63 Outstanding December 31,1939 279.16 $12,079.87 Outstanding January 1,1940 $279.16 Abatement and payment refunded,Jan- uary 1 to 13,1940 1.20 $280.36 Payments to treasurer January 1 to 13, 1940 $93.17 Abatements January 1 to 13,1940 ....1.62 Outstanding January 13,1940,per list 185.57 $280.36 MOTH ASSESSMENTS—1938 Outstanding January 1,1939 $13.50 Payments to treasurer 1939 $13.50 MOTH ASSESSMENTS—1939 Commitment per warrant $239.00 Payments to treasurer $237.00 Outstanding December 31,1939 and Jan- uary 13,1940,per list 2.00 $239.00 40 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 INTEREST ON TAXES Interest collections 1939: Levy of 1937 $1,019.62 Levy of 1938 1,473.64 Levy of 1939 81.53 $2,574.79 Motor vehicle excise taxes: Levy of 1937 $2.19 Levy of 1938 3.23 Levy of 1939 15.92 21.34 Overpayment to collector,refunded ..4.27 $2,600.40 Payments to treasurer 1939 $2,600.40 Interest collections January 1 to 13,1940: Levy of 1938 $18.79 Levy of 1939 10.10 $28.89 Payments to treasurer January 1 to 13. 1940 $11.95 Cash balance January 13,1940 16.94 $28.89 COSTS ON TAXES Costs collections 1939: Levy of 1937 $43.26 Levy of 1938 23.02 Levy of 1939 78.05 $144.33 Payments to treasurer 1939 $144.33 TAX TITLES Balance January 1,1939 $4,998.12 Tax titles taken: Taxes 1937 $1,260.24 Taxes 1938 109.97 Interest and costs ....214.12 1,584.33 Added to tax titles: Taxes 1938 $1,268.67 Taxes 1939 1,888.45 Interest and costs 46.36 3,203.48 Abatements after redemptions refunded 23.63—$9,809.56 Tax titles redeemed $2,637.91 Tax titles foreclosed 1,502.35 Abatements 51.43 Balance December 31,1939 and Janu- ary 13,1940 5,617.87 $9,809.56 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 41 INTEREST AND COSTS ON TAX TITLES REDEEMED Charges 1939 $309.98 Payments to treasurer 1939 309.98 TAX POSSESSIONS Balance January 1,1939 $1,514.37 Tax titles foreclosed 1939 1,502.35 $3,016.72 Balance December 31,1939 and January 13,1940,per list $3,016.72 SELECTMEN'S LICENSES AND PERMITS $351.00OutstandingJanuary1,1939 . Licenses and permits issued: Auctioneers'$4.00 Beer,wine and liquor .. Clam 3,100.00 22.50 Gasoline 3.00 Innholders'3.00 Intelligence office Lodging house 2.00 6.00 Sunday Used car sales Victuallers' 7.00 10.00 11.00 $3,168.50 $3,519.50 Payments to treasurer 1939 $3,519.50 Licenses and Permits issued January 1 to 13,1940: Auctioneers'$2.00 Clam .50 Victuallers'1.00 $3.50 Payments to treasurer January 1 to 13,1940 $3.50 TOWN CLERK Dog Licenses Cash balance January 1,1939 $2.00 Licenses issued: Males 264 @ $2.00 $528.00 Females 47 @ 5.00 235.00 Spayed females .51 @ 2.00 102.00 Kennel 2 @ 25.00 50.00 Kennel 1 @ 50.00 50.00 Payments to treasurer .. Fees retained,365 @ $.20 Kennel license returned Cash balance December 31,1939 $967.00 $867.00 73.00 25.00 .939 2.00 $967.00 42 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Cash balance January 1,1940 Licenses issued January 1 to 13,1940: Males,1 @ $2.00 Payments to treasurer January 1 to 13, 1940 Fees retained January 1 to 13,1940,2 @ $.20 Cash on hand January 13,1940 Sporting and Trapping Licenses Licenses issued 1939: Resident citizens'fishing,17 @ $2.00 $34.00 Resident citizens'hunting 121 @ 2.00 242.00 Resident citizens'sporting,13 @ 3.25 42.25 Resident citizen minors' and females'fishing,...5 @ 1.25 6.25 Resident citizen minor's trapping,1 @ 2.25 2.25 Resident citizens'trapping,3 @ 5.25 15.75 Lobster and crab 32 (§)5.00 160.00 Duplicate 2 @ .50 1.00 Payments to Division of Fisheries and Game,1939 $455.50 Fees retained 1939 192 @ $.25 48.00 Licenses issued January 1 to 13,1940: Resident citizens'fishing.1 @ $2.00 $2.00 Resident citizens'hunting 23 @ 2.00 46.00 Resident citizens'sporting 4 @ 3.25 13.00 Resident citizen minor's trap- ping 1 @ 2.25 2.25 Lobster and crab 1 @ 5.00 5.00 Payments to Division of Fisheries and Game January 1 to 13,1940 $23.50 Fees retained January 1 to 13,1940 30 @ $.25 7.50 Cash on hand January 13,1940 37.25 TOWN HALL Accounts Receivable Outstanding January 1,1939 $170.26 Charges 849.40 Payments to treasurer $875.67 Outstanding December 31,1939 143.99 $2.00 2.00 $4.00 $1.80 .40 1.80 $4.00 $503.50 $503.50 $68.25 $68.25 $1,019.66 $1,019.66 Outstanding January 1,1940 $143.99 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 43 Payments to treasurer January 1 to 13, 1940 $6.80 Abatements January 1 to 13,1940 ....129.67 Outstanding January 13,1940,per list 7.52 FIRE DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable Outstanding January 1,1939 $11.65 Charges 15.45 Payments to treasurer $9.70 Outstanding December 31,1939 and January 13,1940,per list 17.40 $143.99 POLICE DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable Outstanding January 1,1939 $65.00 Outstanding December 31,1939 and January 13,1940 $65.00 Licenses and Permits Licenses and permits issued 1939: Hackney $9.00 Revolver 16.50 $25.50 Payments to treasurer 1939 $25.50 $27.10 $27.10 SEALER OP WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Pees 1939 $39.56 Payments to treasurer $38.36 Overpayment to treasurer,1938 1.00 Cash balance December 31,1939 and January 13,1940 '.20 $39.56 HEALTH DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable Outstanding January 1,1939 $9.50 Abatements 1939 $9.50 44 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Licenses and Miscellaneous Receipts Licenses issued 1939: Methyl alcohol ..6 (5)$1.00 $6.00 Milk 20 (5).50 10.00 Oleomargarine 2 @ 1.00 2.00 Pasteurization ...1 @ 10.00 10.00 $28.00 Oxygen and use of equipment 158.25 $186.25 Payments to treasurer 1939 $185.75 Cash balance December 31,1939 and January 13,1940 .50 $186.25 TOWN INFIRMARY Accounts Receivable Outstanding January 1,1939 $239.56 Charges 110.00 $349.56 Payments to treasurer 1939 $310.00 Outstanding December 31,1939 and January 13,1940,per list 39.56 $349.56 PUBLIC WELFARE DEPARTMENT Temporary Aid—Accounts Receivable Outstanding January 1,1939 $4,933.27 Charges 7:.812.77 $12,746.04 Payments to treasurer $8,507.63 Abatements and disallowances 953.93 Outstanding December 31,1939 3,284.48 $12,746.04 Outstanding January 1,1940 $3,284.48 Payments to treasurer January 1 to 13, 1940 $339.85 Outstanding January 13,1940,per list.2,944.63 $3,284.48 Aid to Dependent Children—Accounts Receivable Outstanding January 1,1939 $1,501.94 Charges 962.35 $2,464.29 Payments to treasurer $802.70 Disallowances 39.04 Outstanding December 31,1939 and January 13,1940 1,622.55 $2,464.29 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 45 BUREAU OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE Accounts Receivable Outstanding January,1,1939 $45.47 Charges '6,235.10 Payments to treasurer 1939 $6,072.29 Disallowances 21.49 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Lunch Room Cash balance January 1,1939 $220.00 Receipts : Osgood School $951.19 Ripley Road School ..1,847.00 2,798.19 Payment to treasurer $2,771.19 Cash balance December 31,1939 247.00 Cash balance January 1,1940 $247.00 Receipts January 1 to 23,1940: Osgood School $111.91 Ripley Road School ....195.03 306.94 Interest on deposits .25 $6,280.5' $6,280.57 Outstanding December 31,1939 186.79 Outstanding January 1,1940 $186.79 Payments to treasurer January 1 to 13, 1940 $108.98 Outstanding January 13,1940,per list 77.81 $186.79 STATE AID Accounts Receivable Charges 1939 $20.00 Outstanding December 31,1939 and January 13,1940 $20.00 SOLDIERS'RELIEF DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable Outstanding January 1,1939 $833.69 Payments to treasurer 1939 $15.10 Abatements 1939 763.39 Outstanding December 31,1939 and January 13,1940,per list 55.20 $833.69 $3,018.19 $3,018.19 $554.19 46 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Payments to treasurer January 1 to 23,1940 $247.00 Cash balance January 23,1940: Cash in office $67.94 Cohasset Savings Bank, Book No.16065 239.25 307.19 Miscellaneous Receipts Cash balance January 1,1939 . Collections 1939: Manual training $67.63 Printing 14.55 School supplies .50 Rent—Ripley School Hall 25.00 $25.10 107.68 Payments to treasurer $112.04 Cash balance December 31,1939 20.74 Cash balance January 1,1940 $20.74 Collections January 1 to 23,1940: Manual training .......$1.75 Printing 1.50 3.25 Payments to treasurer January 1 to 23, 1940 $20.74 Cash balance January 23,1940 3.25 CEMETERY DEPARTMENT Accounts Receivable Outstanding January 1,1939: Care of lots and graves..$138.12 Sale of lots and graves..185.50 Charges : Care of lots and graves .$270.63 Sale of lots and graves..138.55 $323.62 409.18 Payments to treasurer: Care of lots and graves..$227.94 Sale of lots and graves..223.30 Outstanding December 31,1939: Care of lots and graves..$180.81 Sale of lots and graves..100.75 $451.24 281.56 $554.19 $132.78 $132.78 $23.99 $23.99 $732.80 $732.80 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 47 Outstanding January 1,1940: Care of lots and graves Sale of lots and graves Payments to treasurer January 1 to 13,1940: Sale of lots and graves Outstanding January 13,1940,per lists: Care of lots and graves..$180.81 Sale of lots and graves..95.75 $180.81 100.75 $5.00 276.56 $281.56 $281.56 RIPLEY SCHOOL FUND Savings Deposits On hand at beginning of year 1939 $2,118.04 On hand at end of year 1939 $1,599.77 On hand January 13,1940 $1,619.76 Receipts 1939 Payments Withdrawn from savings Transferred to town deposits $518.27 Income 53.28 $571.55 January 1 to 13,1940 Income $19.99 Added to savings de- posits Total $2,118.04 $1,599.77 $1,619.76 $571.55 $571.55 $19.99 JAMES W.NICHOLS SCHOOL PRIZE FUND Savings Deposits Total On hand at beginning of year 1939 $2,288.08 $2,288.08 On hand at end of year 1939 $2,279.82 $2,279.82 On hand January 13,1940 $2,308.31 $2,308.31 Receipts 1939 Payments Withdrawn from savings Transferred to town $65.00 deposits $8.26 Income 56.74 $65.00 $65.00 Income January 1 to 13,1940 ....$28.49 Added to savings de- posits WHEELWRIGHT PARK FUND Savings Deposits On hand at beginning of year 1939 ....$15,000.00 On hand at end of year 1939 $15,000.00 On hand January 13,1940 $15,000.00 $28.49 Total $15,000.00 $15,000.00 $15,000.00 48 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Receipts Income Income 1939 Payments 175.00 Transferred to town January 1 to 13,1940 ....$187.50 Transferred to town $375.00 $187.50 H.W.WADLEIGH PARK FUND Savings Deposits On hand at beginning of year 1939 $5,000.00 On hand at end of year 1939 $5,000.00 On hand January 13,1940 $5,000.00 Receipts 1939 Payments Income $125.00 Transferred to town Income January 1 to 13,1940 ....$62.50 Transferred to town BILLINGS—PRATT PARK FUND Savings Deposits On hand at beginning of year 1939 $1,000.00 On hand at end of year 1939 $1,000.00 On hand January 13,1940 $1,000.00 Receipts 1939 Payments Income $25.00 Transferred to town January 1 to 13,1940 Income $12.50 Transferred to town R.C.BILLINGS TOWN COMMON FUND Savings Deposits On hand at beginning of year 1939 ....$1,150.00 On hand at end of year 1939 $1,150.00 On hand January 13,1940 $1,150.00 Receipts Income Income 1939 Payments $28.76 Transferred to town January 1 to 13,1940 ....$14.38 Transferred to town Total $5,000.00 $5,000.00 $5,000.00 $125.00 $62.50 Total $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $1,000.00 $25.00 $12.50 Total $1,150.00 $1,150.00 $1,150.00 $28.76 $14.38 E.M.BATES TOWN POND AND COMMON FUND Savings Deposits Total On hand at beginning of year 1939 $1,711.42 $1,711.42 On hand at end of year 1939 $1,754.46 $1,754.46 On hand January 13,1940 $1,676.39 $l,676.3d Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 49 Receipts 1939 Payments Income $43.04 Added to savings de- posits $43.04 January 1 to 13,1940 Withdrawn from sav- ings deposits $78.07 Transferred to town $100.00 Income 21.93 $100.00 $100.00 ARTHUR N.MILLIKEN RECREATIONAL FUND Savings Deposits Total On hand at beginning of year 1939 ...$2,340.99 $2,340.99 On hand at end of year 1939 $2,399.87 $2,399.87 On hand January 13,1940 $2,429.86 $2,429.86 Receipts 1939 Payments Income $58.88 Added to savings de- posits $58.88 January 1 to 13,1940 Income $29.99 Added to savings de- posits $29.99 CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE FUNDS Savings Deposits Total On hand at beginning of year 1939 $2,825.31 $2,825.31 On hand at end of year 1939 •..$3,432.72 $3,432.72 On hand January 13,1940 $3,463.48 $3,463.48 Receipts 1939 Payments Income $71.34 Added to savings de- posits $607.41 Bequests 600.00 Transferred to town 63.93 $671.34 $671.34 Income January 1 to 13,1940 ....$40.76 Added to savings de- posits Transferred to town $40.76 $30.76 10.00 $40.76 50 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 COHASSET FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY FUNDS In Custody of Trustees Savings Securities Cash Deposits Par Value Total On hand at beginn- ing of year 1939 $413.97 $15,947.10 $11,798.05 $28,159.12 On hand at end of year 1939 $373.89 $18,260.74 $9,758.05 $28,392.68 On hand January 13, 1940 .-.$565.93 $18,260.74 $9,758.05 $28,584.72 Receipts 1939 Payments Added to savings de- posits $2,313.64 Transferred to Paul Pratt Memorial Li- brary Funds 285.00 Administration 29.86 Library expenditures..546.42 Cash on hand Decem- ber 31,1939 373.89 Securities sold $2,000.00 Dividend on liquidation of securities 40.00 Premium on securities sold 280.00 Accrued interest on se- curities sold 38.00 Income 776.84 Cash on hand Janu- ary 1,1939 413.97 $3,548.81 $3,548.81 January 1 to 13,1940 Income $215.54 Administration $23.50 •Cash on hand January Cash on hand January 1,1940 373.89 13,1940 565.93 $589.43 $589.43 PAUL PRATT MEMORIAL LIBRARY FUNDS In Custody of Directors Savings Securities Cash Deposits Par value Total On hand at end of year 1939 $1,194.62 $557.75 $10,500.00 $12,252.37 On hand at end of year 1939 . . $1,302.54 $240.70 $10,500.00 $12,043.24 On hand Janu- ary 13,1940 ..$1,093.11 $240.70 $10,500.00 $11,833.81 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 51 Receipts 1939 Payments Withdrawn from sav -Securities purchased.$6,500.00 ings deposits $317.05 Premium on securities Securities sold .6,500.00 purchased 60.00 Premuim on securi -Accrued interest on ties sold 1 77 50 securities purchased 54 05 Accrued interest on Discount on securities securities sold ....87.53 sold 452.50 Discount on securi -Administration 13.25 ties purchased ....35.00 Library expenditures.6.699.80 Income 426.98 Cash on hand Decem- Transferred from Co .ber 31,1939 1,302.54 hasset Free Public Library Funds ....285.00 Town appropriation . 5,500.00 Library fines,etc...544.30 Insurance dividend . 12.16 Rebate on magazine 2.00 Cash on hand January 1,1939 1,194.62 $15,082.14 $15,082.14 January 1 to 13,1940 Income $30.00 Library expenditures.$239.43 Cash on hand Janu-Cash on hand Janu- ary 1,1940 1,302.54 ary 13,1940 1,093.11 $1,332.54 $1,332.54 52 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 T-l C-lO lO 05 CSJ ,-J «£>«£> in CO CO O CO CO Tt< CO rH OS c-c© Xfl < ffl O o o CO CO '*t- CO T-j ee- H MH CO W .CO ^X X OJ c6 c^ 23^H o o 0) c^<uHO CO 05OCO tH o CO »-l in CO CQ CO 73 o St-' fl o O ^<D I O) •"CO ^2 Q S -C -iJ 1—4 0)w cSTJ (D <L»J-i 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CO r ;— i .bx)^ ^S pL4 ^w B p^H a 'a o Pk °? <1^_^^CO o si <o CO CQ i-H O CO^CO^ co'oo" CO CSl w CO ce^ O cS oo. o CQ w ..^ S^-4-3 O ;3 OT § OP4-3 NMr" c3 OT P-l C^O ^ ;h p ce Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 55 TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT 1939 RECEIPTS GENERAL REVENUE Taxes Current year: Poll $2,072.00 Property 216,539.38 $218,611.38 Previous years: Poll $18.00 Property 55,244.08 $55,262.08 Prom the State: Income $19,440.00 Income Sec.4,Chap.362,1936 158.59 $19,598.59 Highways 14,022.38 33,620.97 Old Age Assistance — From Government by State 8,167.81 Excise Automobile Taxes: 1937 $31.06 1938 ....•242.90 1939 11,039.08 11,313.04 Licenses and Permits Beer,wines and liquor $3,450.00 Pedlars 50.00 Automobile Dealer's 10.00 Sunday 7.00 Revolver 16.50 Denatured alcohol 6.00 Milk 9.50 Oleomargarine 2.00 Common Victualer 12.00 Intelligence Office 2.00 Innholder's 3.00 Auctioneer 4.00 Gasoline tanks 3.00 Lodging House 6.00 Clam permits 22.50 Hackney and Hackney Operators 9.00 $3,612.50 From Court—fines 50.50 From County—^Dog Licenses 582.97 General Revenue $331,221.25 56 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 COMMERCIAL REVENUE Special Assessments Moth Suppression: 1938 1939 $13.50 237.00 $250.50 DEPARTMENTAL General Government: Selectmen $8.00 Treasurer 8.25 Tax Collector 144.33 Assessors 5.00 Town Hall—rent 875.92 Protection of Persons and Property: Police Dept $1.15 Fire Dept 61.15 Sealing of Weights and Measures 38.36 Bounties—seals .50.00 Health and Sanitation: Pasteurization of milk $10.00 Returned check (R.S.Titus,M.D.).25 Oxygen Account 158.25 Highways Dept.of Public Welfare: Infirmary or Home $310.00 Relief—rent,etc.,individuals 598.43 Relief—Cities and Towns 4,505.75 Relief—State 4,001.88 Aid to Dependent Children: Government $427.25 State 802.70 Old Age Assistance: State $6,064.79 Cities and Towns 7.50 Soldiers'Relief Schools : Tuition—Boston $439.27 Tuition—Vocational—State 71.46 Sale of Supplies 87.04 Rent 25.00 Lunch 2,771.19 Rent,No.Cohasset P.O.Building Miscellaneous,sale of Genealogies,including rent of Gravel Pit lot,also lease to G.H.Mealy Post ... $1,041.50 150.66 168.50 9.50 9,416.06 1,229.95 6,072.29 175.10 3,393.96 158.00 27.00 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 57 Cemeteries : Sale of Lots and Graves $183.30 Transfer of Lot (Antoine)40.00 Care of lots—general 227.94 Care of lots—perpetual 59.76 Care of lots—perpetual—C.Kenney ....2.29 (For Perpetual Care receipts,see under Trust,etc.) 513.29 Interest:on taxes On Parks: Wheelwright $375.00 Wadleigh 125.00 Town Commons (Centre)..28.76 Billings-Pratt 25.00 553.76 Beechwood Cemetery,interest on Williams lot Commercial Revenue $2,600.40 3,154.16 1.88 $25,762.35 Municipal Indebtedness Anticipation Tax Loans $60,000.00 Agency,Trust,Etc. Town Clerk—Dog licenses Perpetual Care—Cemetery N.Migliaccio —lot 70-E Albert F.Gordon—lot 48 &lot 49-E Anna M.Powers—lot 97-E E.W.Higgins for Est.of Emma Higgins Mary Anna Grassie—lot 50-E Mrs.Carl F.Wessman—lot 13-A Schools—scholarship —J.W.Nichols Fund $100.00 200.00 50.00 75.00 100.00 75.00 $867.00 600.00 65.00 Tax Title Redemptions: Chauncy Kilborn L.A.&A.L.Litchfield Anna E.Brady Clarence W.Hobart M.A.Ainslie (by H.A.Pattison) Fred'k Mitchell H.W.Monk $59.66 65.00 2,049.79 299.36 350.30 25.00 98.78 Cohasset Saving's Bank—for transfer from Ripley Fund to School Account Tailings—J.D.Ferreira .13;C.S.Gallant .08;S.A. Henderson .11 2,947.89 571.55 .32 $5,051.76 58 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Refunds to Departments Tax Collector—"Petty Cash"$50.00 Town Treasurer 41.03 Fire Department 12.28 Dept.of Public Welfare 1.50 Old Age Assistance 115.00 Schools 18.83 Misc.returned abatement,etc 151.51 $390.15 Recapitulation of Receipts General Revenue,including Grants,etc $331,221.25 Commercial Revenue,including Cemetery Interest and Moth Suppression 25,762.35 Municipal Indebtedness—Antic.Tax Loans 60,000.00 Agency,Trust,etc 5,051.76 Refunds 390.15 Total Receipts 1939 $422,425.51 Cash Balance,Jan.1,1939 ...87,866.56 $510,292.07 Total Cash Payments 1939 406,710.99 Cash Balance Jan.1,1940 $103,581.08 EXPENDITURES 1939 GENERAL GOVERNTVIENT Moderator Appropriation $100.00 Frederick G.Roche,services $100.00 Finance Committee Appropriation $175.00 Expenditures $155.00 Balance to Treasury 20.00 $175.00 Selectmen Appropriation $1,900.90 Transfer from Reserve Fund 265.40 $2,166.30 Expenditures: Selectmen's Salaries: Kendall T.Bates $537.50 Darius W.Gilbert 300.00 Everett W.Wheelwright 362.50 $1,200.00 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 59 Expenses : Joseph A.Dion,Jr.,Clerk ..$225.00 S.H.Rooney,posting warrants 5.00 Stationery and postage 101.71 Printing and advertising ....58.00 Telephone — E.W.Wheelwright..$15.23 P.A.Thayer 6.10 21.33 Personal expenses,traveling,etc..65.91 "Dump"case: James W.&Laura L. Apts in settlement ..200.00 Clayton W.Nash,serv- ices 50.00 250.00 Davenport—insurance on house Tax Title Account;also record- ing 17.46 Dues Norfolk County Select- men's Ass'n 6.00 Entry fee —Clerk Court —re- location Beechwood Street...3.00 Sign—Gravel Pit Lot 2.00 Misc.town boundaries,etc 2.00 Repairs—typewriter 2.00 759.41 $1,959.41 Balance to Overlay Surplus 206.89 $2,166.30 Town Accountant Appropriation $2,650.00 Expenditures : Services,Edward L.Stevens $2,400.00 Expenses : Joseph A.Dion,Jr.Clerk $200.00 Stationery and postage 8.26 Telephone 27.49 Typewriter cleaned 1.00 236.75 $2,636.75 Balance to Treasury 13.25 $2,636.75 Town Treasurer Appropriation $2,100.00 Transfer from Reserve Fund 10.00 Refunds 41.03 $2,151.03 60 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Expenditures : Treasurer,services,Mary P.Tower ..$1,500.00 Expenses : Joseph A.Dion,Jr.,clerk....$50.00 Stationery and postage 44.58 Mass.Treasurers'and Collect- ors'Ass'n,lunches,car fares, etc 9.72 Telephone 41.16 Bonds ($193.00 and $6.00)...199.50 Check writer,net 61.28 Insurance,robbery,etc 31.70 Land Court,petitions,five cases ^0.00 Land Court,Tax Title Account 34.50 M.P.Tower,release and forms 8.00 Norfolk County Registry of Deeds,recording 17.99 Repairing numbering machine 2.60 651.03 $2,151.03 Tax Collector Appropriation $2,748.00 Refund—"Petty Cash"50.00 Expenditures : Services,Tax Collector,Eleanor T. Downs $1,500.60 Expenses : Joseph A.Dion,Jr.Clerk ...$150.00 Deputy Collector,Wm.C.Greg- ory 29.00 Stationery and postage 217.98 Printing and advertising ...167.22 Telephone 40.44 Bonds,Tax Collector $387.00 Bonds,Deputies ....20.00 407.00 Fees,Mass.Treasurers'and Tax Collectors'Ass'n,lunch- es,car fares,etc 111.19 "Petty Cash"50.00 Insurance,robbery,etc 22.10" Tax Titles 56.75 Recording "takings"etc 16.24 Charges on Check 70 1,268.62 $2,798.00 $2,768.62 Balance to Treasury 29.38 $2,798.00 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 61 Assessors Appropriation $3,500.00 Expenditures : SSjl&ries * Darius W.Gilbert $1,400.00 Everett W.Wheelwright ..600.00 Kendall T.Bates 600.00 $2,600.00 Expenses : Clerk Joseph A.Dion,Jr...$575.00 Stationery and postage ..97.40 Personal expenses,travel- ing,etc 92.98 Transfers and abstracts .60.49 Burroughs Adding Machine Co.,repairs 7.00 832.87 $3,432.87 Balance to Treasury 67.13 $3,500.00 Other Finance Officers and Accounts Certification of Notes Appropriation $20.00 Expenditures ,$4.00 Balance to Treasury 16.00 $20.00 Law—Legal Counsel Appropriation $1,250.00 Paid Frederick A.Thayer $1,147.87 Telephone for Mr.Thayer 102.13 $1,250.00 Town Clerk Appropriation $1,042.50 Expenditures: William H.Morris—salary $500.00 Recording fees 199.50 Transportation and dues 23.40 $722.90 Expenses : Clerk,Joseph A.Dion,Jr..$200.00 Stationery and postage ..75.31 Telephone 31.92 Bond 7.50 Typewriter repairs 4.50 319.23 $1,042.13 Balance to Treasury .37 $1,042.50 62 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Election and Begristration Appropriation $1,000.00 Transfer from Reserve Fund 55.00 $1,055.00 Expenditures : Election Officers,(for detail,see end of report)$224.79 Registrars : Henry E.Sweeney $100.00 S.Stanley Pratt 100.00 Norman Card 100.00 Wm.H.Morris,clerk ex- officio 100.00 400.00 Expenses : Chairs—labor,moving,etc.$29.01 Chairs,repairing,Michael H.Donovan 5.00 Booths,labor on,Minot A. Browne 10.00 Stationery and postage ..81.87 Printing and advertising .155.85 Meals 53.10 Furniture,card cabinet ..9.56 344.39 $969.18 Balance to Overlay Surplus 55.00 Balance to Treasury •30.82 $1,055.00 Engineering—Maintenance Appropriation $500.00 Paid Lewis W.Perkins $467.96 Balance to Treasury 32.04 $500.00 Engineeringr,Outlay,Assessors'Plans Appropriation $1,000.00 Paid Lewis W.Perkins $842.50 Payrolls,labor 132.50 S.Francis James,guiding surveyors ..25.00 $1,000.00 Town Hall Appropriation $4,534.76 Transfer from Reserve Fund 412.51 $4,947.27 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Expenditures : Janitor,Minot A.Browne .$1,300.00 Other labor,carting ashes (^tc 94.00 $1,394.00 Light—Brockton Edison Co 426.86 Fuel: Old Colony Gas Co $713.07 Lincoln Bros.Coal Co., coal 38,880 lbs 163.75 876.82 Janitor's supplies 101.71 Repairs 243.44 Insurance 968.86 Telephones : General No.0354 (includ- ing offices of W.P.A.and Town Clerk)$225.00 Treasurer No.0341 46.04 Tax Collector No.0611 ..68.74 Janitor (house)No.0336-M 23.96 W.P.A.thru February ....15.09 Public thru March 13.76 Town Counsel,F.A.Thay- er (tolls)6.05 $398.64 Furniture 31.94 $4,442.27 Balance to 1940 505.00 $4,947.27 Police Department Appropriation $20,743.44 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..1,930.44 Special Police: Joseph M.Jason 453.75 Frank Jason 107.49 Louis J.Simeone 94.39 Henry B.Kennedy ...83.74 Paul W.Pratt 68.12 John T.Keating 64.37 John J.Ferreira 62.50 Ralph S.Enos 53.13 J.Albert Dion,Jr 34.37 64 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Edward B.Mathewson .18.19 Charles Butman 3.75 S.H.Stoughton 2.50 $15,776.74 Other employees 35.13 Equipment for men 216.12 Equipment additional 540.46 Fuel: Old Colony Gas Co $223.84 Lincoln Bros.Coal Co., 838.6 gals,oil 66.24 290.08 Light —Headquarters and garage 130.06 Maintenance of buildings,etc.: Repairs $6.33 Janitor or House supplies.86.54 Insurance,etc 22.75 115.62 Stationery,printing and pos- tage 83.19 Telephones 410.41 Chief's expenses 34.15 Beacons 404.12 Miscellaneous : New Eng.Police Revolver League $33.91 International Chiefs'Ass'n, dues 10.00 Meals : Cohasset R e s - taurant $29.50 Hillside Inn 4.50 34.00 Repairing typewriter ..4.00 Care prisoners: Quincy Police ..$2.50 Mrs.Mabel L. Williams ....3.00 5.50 $87.41 Automobile Maintenance : Ambulance $397.73 Gas,oil,anti-freeze,etc..566.63 Repairs and supplies 259.93 Miscellaneous 59.93 Tires,chains,etc 98.97 Bulbs and batteries 38.75 Garage rent 240.00 Heater ($25.)and genera- tor,net 80.00 Insurance 327.47 New car,net 550.00 $2,619.41 $20,742.90 Balance to Treasury .54 $20,743.44 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 65 Fire Department Appropriation $18,099.97 Refund 12.28 $18,112.25 Expenditures : Salaries and Wages: Chief,Frank F.Martin,Jr. to Sept.1 $1,244.95 Chief,Gilbert S.Tower,17 weeks 604.95 Deputy Chiefs: Clarence S.Reddy 500.00 Joseph L.Oliver 500.00 Drivers : J.Lewis Bates 1,800.00 Edwin A.Stone 1,800.00 Charles C.Philbrook ....1,800.00 Elwood F.Litchfield ....1,800.00 Norman G.Grassie ....1,800.00 James Happenny 1,000.00 C.Barron Salvador (Re- lief)346.10 Firemen (for detail see end of report)1,113.25 Companies 192.00 Relief Drivers and other Employees 106.30 Houseman,C.B.Salva- dor 241.92 $14,849.47 Equipment for men 124.38 Equipment,general: Apparatus $107.11 Hose 65.00 Other equipment,including radio 205.00 440.11 Fuel: J.C.Anderson,5,650 gals. oil $362.15 A.L.Andrews,2,575 gals. oil 163.54 Old Colony Gas Co 38.05 563.74 Light 198.91 Telephones 249.99 Stationery,printing and postage 91.48 Insurance on men 210.00 Chief expenses 50.85 Clerk 63.17 Maintenance of buildings,etc. Repairs $232.79 Furniture and grounds ..58.26 Laundry work 66.35 66 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 House supplies 52.22 Hingham Water Co 14.00 G.F.Sargent,Jr.,insur- ance on building 16.01 J.L.Grassie,insurance on building 76.25 515.88 Maintenance of trucks,etc.: Gas,oil,alcohol,etc $226.75 Miscellaneous 44.55 Batteries 70.10 Tires 82.03 Repairs 171.87 Insurance 141.51 Bulb —Central Station 8.00 Soda 8.25 753.06 $18,111.04 Balance to Treasury 1.21 $18,112.25 Fire Alarm Appropriation $2,802.30 Expenditures : Superintendent—Herbert Williams,sal- ary $1,200.00 Rent,Herbert Williams 60.00 Telephone 27.92 Labor (for detail see end of report)....387.63 Supplies for and repairs to truck 487.86 Insurance on truck 55.38 Tools and supplies,general 239.29 Insurance,Employers'Liability 14.22 Boxes 250.00 Expenses to and at Conventions 24.55 Uniform,complete 45.75 $2,792.60 Balance to Treasury 9.70 $2,802.30 Appropriation $10,050.00 Water for Hydrants Cohasset Water Co.,122 hydrants @ $75 $9,150.00 Hingham Water Co.,12 hydrants @ $75 900.00 $10,050.00 Inspection of Wires Appropriation $650.00 Paid Herbert Williams,Inspector $600.00 Expenses to Convention at Holyoke, Mass.,and Providence,R.1 50.00 $650.00 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 67 Sealer of Weights and Measures Appropriation $400.00 Paid Lot E.Bates,sealer,sal- ary $250.00 Paid Lot E.Bates,transpor- tation 88.60 Paid Lot E.Bates,postage and telephone 4.90 $343.50 Supplies 15.69 Insurance on apparatus and equipment.28.65 Storage of tank 10.00 $397.84 Balance to Treasury 2.16 $400.00 Moth Suppression Appropriation $4,000.00 Expenditures : Superintendents : Roscoe G.Pratt $291.00 Stephen J.Grassie 1,011.00 $1,302.00 Labor (for detail,see end of report)1,996.25 Trucks and maintenance 154.43 Hose,hardware and tools 113.51 Insecticides : John N.MacNeill,1008 lbs. lead $95.76 John N.MacNeill,50 lbs. casine 6.00 Lucas Kil-Tone Co.2016 lbs.lead 204.22 Frost Insecticide Co.,oil etc 31.00 Cohasset Hardware Co.,50 lbs.creosote 15.00 Edw.M.Fleming,one drum creosote 10.20 362.18 Stationery 1.60 Insurance on truck,W.H.Morris 6.44 Insurance,on 1,000.Emp.Liab.,E.L. Eustis 45.82 The Welch Co.,Inc.,boots and oil coats 17.50 $3,999.73 Balance to Treasury ^...27 $4,000.00 ^ 68 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Tree Warden,General Appropriation $2,608.35 Expenditures : Tree Warden,Stephen J.Grassie,salary $500.00 Payrolls (for detail,see end of report) . 1,310.50 Hardware and tools 119.67 Frost Insecticide Co.10 gals,week killer and express 14.60 Supplies,general 133.27 Gas,oil and repairs,truck 230.00 Insurance,Emp.Liab.on $1,000.E.L. Eustis 45.82 Insurance,Pub.Liab.on truck 41.15 Number plates,truck,S.J.Grassie ....3.00 Rent : Joseph E.Grassie 1-1-38 — 1-1-39 $105.00 Joseph E.Grassie 3 mos. to 4-1-39 45.00 Mary A.Grassie,April 1 —Aug.1 60.00 210.00 $2,608.01 Balance to Treasury .34 $2,608.35 Tree Warden,Special,Clearing:Trees Appropriation $300.00 Paid S.J.Grassie,Supt $99.75 Payrolls,labor (for detail see end of re- port)200.00 $299.75 Balance to Treasury .25 $300.00 Tree Warden,Replacing Trees Appropriation $60.00 Payroll (for detail,see end of report)..$40.00 Bay State Nurseries,9 American Elms 20.00 $60.00 Forest Fires Appropriation $1,200.00 Transfers from Reserve Fund 335.89 $1,535.89 Expenditures: Forest Wardens: Frank F.Martin,Jr.,serv- ices $66.67 Gilbert S.Tower,services 33.33 $100.00 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 69 Payrolls (for detail,see end of report) Burning brush and fight- ing fires $1,081.41 Pumping cellars,flooding, etc 100.06 1,181.47 Supplies 71.53 Truck,gas,oil and repairs 167.68 Truck,insurance 3.01 Meals 12.20 $1,535.89 Bounties Appropriation $75.00 Expended (Lawrence A.Figueiredo) seals $35.00 Balance to Treasury 40.00 $75.00 Shell Fish Cultivation Appropriation $100.00 Payrolls (for detail,see end of report)..$87.00 Thomas E.Valine 5.74 Manuel Figueiredo 5.00 Reddy's Battery Shop,gas 2.26 $100.00 Board of Health,General Appropriation $1,703.50 Expenditures : Salaries—Board of Health: Nathaniel M.Hurwitz ....$200.00 Abraham J.Antoine,Jr..200.00 Edward E.Tower 200.00 $600.00 Expenses,telephone,trans- portation,stationery,post- age,etc. N.M.Hurwitz (telephone $33.)$98.00 A.J.Antoine,Jr......30.00 E.E.Tower 30.00 158.00 Stationery and printing,general 17.00 Telephones : A.J.Antoine,Jr $22.26 W.P.Bates 26.04 48.30 Hospitals : No.Reading State Sanatorium 365.00 Vital Statistics: Births $33.25 Deaths 20.75 54.00 70 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Baby Clinic: Stewart H.Clifford,M.D.$300.00 Social Service League ....18.00 Cohasset Hardware Co., paper .48 318.48 Disinfectants 26.91 Immunization 28.25 Storing serum,Delory Drug 16.00 Burying animals 36.75 Sanitary wagon,repairs 17.10 Cohasset Hardware Co.,barrels 8.80 Cleaning Legion Hall,Betty Higgins ...4.00 R.F.Leonard,disposal of garbage 3.00 City of Pittsfield,for medicine 1.75 $1,703.34 Balance to Treasury .16 $1,703.50 Tuberculosis Hospital,Braintree Appropriation from Revenue of 1939 $3,405.58 Paid Treasurer of Norfolk County $3,405.58 Dental Dispensary Appropriation $1,100.00 Transfer from Reserve Fund 20.15 Paid,Dr.Wm.Ross $300.00 Wm.G.Matteson,Jr.D. M.D 700.00 $1,000.00 Supplies 120.15 $1,120.15 Paid for supplies $430.45 $1,120.15 District Nurse Appropriation $850.00 Paid Agnes Weir,District Nurse $850.00 Oxygen Account Ambulance Supplies Appropriation $300.00 Transfer from Reserve Fund 130.45 $430.45 Inspection of Animals Appropriation $100.00 Paid Darius W.Gilbert,V.S $100.00 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 71 Inspection of Slaugrhteringr,Meat and Provisions Appropriation $25.00 Paid Darius W.Gilbert V.S $25.00 Inspection of Milk and Vinegar Appropriation $150.00 Expenditures : Milk Inspector,Thomas L.Grassie,serv- ices $135.00 Hobbs &Warren,Inc.,book 1.00 Geo.E.Boiling,examination of samples of milk 11.00 $147.00 Balance to Treasury 3.00 $150.00 Refuse and Garbage Disposal,Town Dump Appropriation $1,560.00 Transfer from Reserve Fund 27.04 $1,587.04 Expenditures : Labor,Charles R.Stoddard $1,300.00 Telephone,Charles R.Stoddard 17.54 Truck,gas,oil and repairs .$93.82 Truck,lettering,James Watt 3.00 96.82 Hose 33.50 Repairing pump 27.04 Miscellaneous supplies,etc 1.60 Insurance,Emp.Liab.on $1,500,E.L. Eustis 69.84 Insurance on truck (plates)W.H.Mor- ris 37.65 $1,583.99 Balance to Overlay Surplus 3.05 $1,587.04 Straits Pond,James Brook,Cat Dam,Etc. Appropriation $1,300.00 Expenditures:(for detail,see end of report) Straits Pond: Fitzpatrick &Happenny, care gates $150.00 Labor,truck,etc 54.50 72 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Lester Peavey,storage ....10.00 Fitzpatrick &Heppenny, cleaning pond (1-2 to Hull)9.05 $223.55 James Brook: Care gates—C.A.Tanger $75.00 Labor,cleaning 565.50 Supplies 24.55 665.05 Cat Dam: Care gates,Arthur O.Wood $75.00 Labor 125.00 Tools 5.45 205.45 Other Gates and Streams: Mill Bridge—labor $30.00 Smith St.Joseph M.Bar- rows 10.00 Pleasant St.,Coal shed.J. L.O/ver 10.00 Coal Wharf—Wm.E.Til- den 25,00 Treat's Pond—A.J.An- toine,Sr 25.00 Margin St.,Ellery C.S. Sidney 25.00 Spring St.,&So.Main St., Frank J.Migliaccio ...7.50 Beechwood—Anthony M. Gonsalves 10.00 142.50 Emp.Liab.on $1,500 E.L.Eustis 62.97 $1,299.52 Balance to Treasury .48 $1,300.00 Eradication of Mosquitoes Appropriation $600.00 Transfer from Reserve Fund 38.50 Expenditures : Com.of Mass.—State Reclamation Board $600.00 New Eng.Metal Culvert Co.—paved in- vert 32.80 Thomas R.Stearns,work on screen ....1.00 Labor,Robert J.Ferreira 4.70 $638.50 $638.50 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 73 Highways—General Appropriation $30,013.44 Expenditures : Highway Surveyor,William T.Barnes, services $2,700.00 Payrolls (for detail,see end of report) : Labor $10,889.11 Trucks 2,006.28 $12,895.39 Broken stone,gravel,etc 1,726.33 Equipment and repairs,including tires ..1,425.02 Gasoline,oil and repairs to trucks ....1,494.04 Emp.Liab.insurance on $18,500.E.L.Eustis $804.75 Emp.Liab.insurance Remov- ing Snow acct 77.13 881.88 Insurance on three trucks and 4 sets of plates Wm.H.Morris,Agent 128.80 Road Hone —T.W.Dick Co 175.00 Lawn Roller &Drag Scraper—Lansing Co 14.85 N.Y.N.H.&H.Rd,freight on Hone ..7.53 Repairs to Snow Plows.N.E.Road Mch. Co 204.10 Drag,Howard Bates 10.00 Tar: The Barrett Co.—1020 gals. K.P $124.03 Trimount Bituminous Pro- ducts Co.,55,540 gals..6,131.99 6,256.02 Telephone 45.00 Electric lights •8.68 Lumber,fences,etc 76.45 Water rates 4.00 Catch-basins,cement,drainpipe 340.32 Sidewalk repairs 6.00 Registry of Deeds 1.06 Cunningham's Bridge repairs 1,612.97 $30,013.44 Highways—Under Chapter 2,1939 Laws Balance from 1938 Expenditures : Trucks,teams,etc $314.74 Gas,oil,kerosene 113.53 Tools and supplies 138.01 Ledge work 216.04 Rail,edgestone,etc 109.14 $3,511.21 74 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Cement,stone,bituminous concrete,• sand 764.22 $1,655.68 Balance to 1940 .1,855.53 $3,511.28 Numberingr Buildingrs Appropriation $100.00 Expenditures: Nellie E.DeSantos—services $25.00 Richard H.Tisdale—services 25.00 Joseph A.Dion,Jr.,address- ing cards 10.00 $60.00 Cabinet,guides and cards,Geo.T.Pas- coe 12.57 Sanderson Bros,printing 1,150 post cards 17.15 Franklin Pub.Co.,advertising notices..1.00 $90.72 Balance to Treasury 9.28 $100.00 Relocation,Layout of Streets Appropriation—Pleasant Street and Cushing Road .$9.00 Appropriation—Spring Street 23.00 Appropriation—Sankey Road 1.00 $33.00 No expenditures—carried to 1940 $33.00 Removing Snow,Sanding Streets Appropriation $8,021.40 Expenditures : Payrolls (for detail,see end of report) Labor $4,333.49 Trucks and teams 3,062.25 $7,395.74 Tools and equipment 178.31 Gasoline,oil and repairs 217.38 Sand 117.55 Supplies,general 14.75 Emp.Liab.on 8,000.—E.L. Eustis $174.80 Less amount transferred to Highways General ....77.13 97.67 $8,021.40 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 75 Street Lightingr Appropriation,general $9,330.00 Appropriation,Light,Pond Street 18.00 $9,348.00 Brockton Edison Co.:for street lights including 412-100 c.p.;20-250 c.p.;26- 600 c.p.;one 100 W.;and 3-300 W. flood lights on Border Street for part of April,and for May—November in- clusive $9,145.32 Bea^cons,corners of Route 3 -a and Schier and Beechwood Streets 47.00 $9,192.32 Balance to Treasury 155.68 $9,348.00 Selectmen,Street Signs,Painting Streets;Also Includes Expense in Relocation of Streets Appropriation—Street Signs $200.00 Appropriation—Painting Streets 300.00 Appropriation—Layout Gushing Road,Pleasant Street and Spring Street 1,400.00 Appropriation—Unpaid bills of 1938 40.35 $1,940.35 Expenditures : Street Signs,signs $254.85 Setting signs 54.38 $309.23 Street painting: Labor $207.50 Supplies 87.80 295.30 Miscellaneous : Land Damages—Beechwood Street: Lot E.Bates $10.00 Maurice W.Parker et ux.11.00 Ellen E.Hiltz 1.00 Lillian M.Wheelwright et al 1.00 23.00 Land Damage —Doane Street—1934, Guy M.Winslow 15.00 Registry of Deeds—Takings—F.N.Bates Spring Street;Old Colony Rd.;Pleas- ant Street 25.22 Notations,Land Court,—Fernald et al, Petersen et al Estates to town;Sankey Road and Pleasant St 8.78 76 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Gushing Road,drilling,Louis C.Bailey.120.00 Spring Street—ledgework,Louis C.Bail- ey 523.16 $1,319.69 Balance to 1940 620.66 $1,940.35 Harbor Maintenance Appropriation $1,600.00 Expenditures : Harbor Master—Ralph C. Burrell $100.00 Ass't Harbor Master—Ber- nard J.J.Salvador 50.00 Labor—R.C.Burrell $676.87 Labor—B.J.Salvador 65.00 Labor—General (for detail, see end of report)335.00 $150.00 1,076.87 Labor on park—John Oliver 20.00 Supplies and repairs 153.00 Storage—Edw.R.Jason 50.00 New Run—^Louis J.Figueiredo 150.00 $1,599.87 Balance .13 $1,600.00 Dredgrinff Harbor from 1938 Balance (no expenditures)to 1940 $5,000.00 Department of Public Welfare Charities and Soldiers'Benefits COHASSET HOME:separate appropriation for re- pairs and insurance $600.00 Expenditures : Repairs—labor $15.00 Repairs—supplies '40.67 $55.67 Insurance on building 78.75 $134.42 Balance to 1940 465.58 $600.00 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 77 Department of Public Welfare—General Appropriation—for two accounts,Administration and Outside Poor Refund $25,417.33 1.50 $25,418.83 General Administration Salaries of Overseers: Everett W.Wheelwright .$516.67 Kendall T.Bates 283.33 Darius W.Gilbert 200.00 ^ Clerks : Joseph A.Dion,Jr $200.00 Mary E.Oliver (expenses $26.58)716.60 Printing,stationery and postage Trucks Supplies,including labor putting up .. Saville Street,rent Surplus Commodities Division F.A.Thayer,Town Counsel,expenses Norwell case ,000.00 916.60 136.61 124.00 112.68 36.00 100,97 27.65 $2,454.51 Outside Poor Groceries and provisions $4,906.03 Fuel,oil,coal,etc 1,408.35 Board and care 2,854.29 Medicine,medical attention,nursing ...1,116.22 Hospitals 1,732.83 Cash 1,814.00 Rents 1,734.38 Other towns and cities 2,039.65 Water 12.00 Clothes 321.16 Electric lights 103.75 Insurance •...2.00 Supplies,repairs,etc 16.99 Funerals 225.00 Transportation >15.95 O'Brien Estate 5.86 Total Cost $20,762.97 Balance to Treasury 4,655.86 $25,418.J 78 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Net Cost of Poor in 1939 Total cost as reported above $20,762.97 Less Receipts,$9,106.06,and refund $1.50 9,107.56 Net Cost of Poor 1939 $11,655.41 Net cost of Poor in 1938 ....$19,350.20 Net cost of Poor in 1939 11,655.41 Gain $7,694.79 Old Agre Assistance Appropriation $10,007.00 Balance from 1938 —Administration Receipts from Government Refunds 236.98 8,167.81 115 00 $505.38 17,313.06 Expenditures: Administration $18,526.79 Assistance $2.02 706.33 Balance to 1940—Adminis- tration Balance to Treasury $17,818.44 708.35 $18,526.79 Aid to Dependent Children Appropriation $1,000.00 Balance from 1938 Receipts from Government .. 1,577.01 427.25 $62.10 2,692.00 $2,754.10 250.16 Expenditures : Administration $3,004.26 Assistance Balance to 1940 —Adminis- tration $8.82 241.34BalancetoTreasury.... $3,004.26 State Aid No.Appropriation Transfer from Reserve Fund $100.00 Expenditures $20.00 Balance to Overlay Surplus 80.00 $100.00 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 79 Soldiers'and Sailors'Relief Appropriation Expenditures : Cash $405.50 Other Places—Aid 307.20 Fuel 185.30 Groceries and provisions 119.00 Lights and water 67.12 Medicine and medical attendance 107.94 Clothes 13.50 $1,205.56 Balance to Treasury 2,318.94 $3,524.50 $3,524.50 Schools and Libraries Schools—Maintenance Appropriation,including Vocational Education Dog Fund,voted by town $73,823.09 582.97 Transfer from Ripley Trust Fund 571.55 Refunds 18.83 3 )ve Fund .... nd of report) $100.00 181.15 52.01 124.00 6.00 5.00 $5,380.00 582.97 3,393,96 571.55 Credits : From State,account teacher; Dog tax from County,as ab( Receipts Transfer from Ripley Trust : $74,996.44 Expenditures (for detail,see ei School Committee,expenses: Financial Secretary,Ed- ward L.Stevens .... Telephones $9,928.48 $468.16 1,749.98 100.00 602.00 45.220.51 Stationery,postage,etc... Traveling expenses Miscellaneous : Norfolk County School Committee Men's Ass'n Flowers .. Superintendent—James W. Doyle,services Attendance Officer,H.J.Pel- letier Clerks Teachers'salaries: High Elementary $15,877.01 29,343.50 80 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Text and reference books: High $333.16 Elementary 749.37 Janitors'Services High $1,036.50 Elementary 3,572.50 Light: Osgood,lighting $301.84 Ripley Rd.lighting 194.90 Heating for cooking charged to "Supplies"above was as follows : Osgood School $332.33 Ripley Rd.School 270.95 $603.28 Paid for light forward 496.74 Total paid for current $1,100.02 Fuel: High $450.21 Elementary 1,196.67 Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds: Repairs: High $721.79 Elementary 1,245.41 Janitors'Supplies: High $171.16 Elementary 314.58 1,082.53 Supplies,including heat for cooking: High $1,264.44 Elementary 1,633.66 2,898.10 Libraries 100.45 Vocational Education 330.82 Transportation : High $1,073.36 Elementary 4,176.38 $5,249.74 4,609.00 496.74 1,646.88 1,967.20 485.74 All Other—Grounds: High $177.87 Elementary 642.74 820.61 Furniture and Furnishings—High 83.13 Diplomas and graduation exercises ....39.00 Miscellaneous printing 35.75 Health 1,107.36 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 81 Carting,etc 37.50 Insurance 749.61 Lunch 5,115.63 $74,995.44 Libraries Appropriation $5,900.00 Expenditures : Paul Pratt Memorial: Rev.F.V.Stanley,Treas- urer $5,433.67 Telephone,P.Pratt Me- morial 34.19 Telephone,Beechwood ....32.14 $5,500.00 Nantasket,James A.Brickett,Treasurer 400.00 $5,900.00 Recreation and Unclassified Town Commons and Parks Appropriation $1,105.00 Interest from Robert Charles Billings Fund Centre $28.76;Billings -Pratt Park,Beechwood,$25 53.76 $1,158.76 Expenditures : Labor (detail,see end of report)912.92 Christmas Tree: Granite City Elec.Supply Co $42.00 Payroll—setting up tree ..7.50 49.50 Supplies and repairs 84.75 Insurance,Emp.Liab.on $1,500.,E.L. Eustis,Agent 29.83 Small Parks: A.J.Antoine,Jr $5.00 Fred Mitchell (Cove)....25.00 E.E.Hill,Billings-Pratt, Beechwood 35.00 65.00 1,142.00 Balance to Treasury 16.76 $1,158.76 Beechwood Ball Field Appropriation $200.00 Expenditures : Labor,Ernest E.Hill $125.00 Supplies and other labor 75.00 $200.00 82 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Improvement of Milliken Field Balance of bond issue voted in 1930 Schools $1,788.68 No expenditures,balance to 1940 $1,788.66 Town Commons Pond—Centre Edith M.Bates Fund Balance from 1938 $21.00 Paid Frank Jednick,cleaning pond ....$3.75 Balance to 1940 17.25 $21.00 Recreation Field—Lambert's Lane (H.F.Hyde) Balance from 1938 $500.00 No expenditures —balance to 1940 $500.00 Wheelwright Park Balance from 1938 $451.35 Interest received 375.00 $826.35 Expenditures : Labor (for detail,see end of report)...$421.00 Supplies—tools,etc 56.32 $477.32 Balance to 1940 349.03 $826.35 Wadleigh Park Balance from 1938 $112.66 Interest received 125.00 $237.66 Expenditures : Care of Park—Anthony R.Emanuello.$40.00 Labor—(for detail,see end of report)..75.00 Supplies 14.77 $129.77 Balance to 1940 107.89 $237.66 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 83 Milliken Field—^Maintenance Appropriation $1,500.00 Expenditures : Care of field 1939,M.Joseph Sullivan..$100.00 Labor (for detail,see end of report).. . 267.50 Trucks 19.00 Supplies and repairs 95.30 Tennis sets 53.50 Bubbler 21J00 Fertilizer 155.00 $717.30 Balance to Treasury 782.70 $1,500.00 Damages to Persons and Property Appropriation $100.00 No expenditures,balance to Treasury..$100.00 Pension Fund Appropriation $1000.00 Paid John Fleming (died Oct.24,1939)..$791.ri4 Paid Mrs.Delia Fleming,widow 20.83 $812.37 Balance to Treasury 187.63 $1,000.00 Memorial Day Appropriation $400.00 Expenditures : American Legion Band,Braintree,Post 86 $200.00 Carlos A.Tanger,3 gross 18 inch flags ..36.00 Carlos A.Tanger,large flag.Guild Hall.12.00 Sestito Greenhouses,wreaths,etc 39.00 Joseph J.Doyle,dinners 85.00 Envelopes,postage,etc 13.00 L.Levine,18 pair gloves 4.50 Disabled Ex-Servicemen's Exchange, grave markers 10.50 $400.00 Town Reports,Misc.,Printing,Etc. Appropriation $750.00 Expenditures : Town Reports The Memorial Press,Plymouth — 1,200 copies,160 pp.@ 40 cents each $480.00 84 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Edw.B.Mathewson,deliv- ering reports 23.99 $503.99 Union Bookbinding Co.,Inc.—binding ledgers 12.00 Henry B.Harding,5000 small voucher covers 23.75 Sanderson Bros.,paper 6.00 Sanderson Bros.,5000 Labor Ledger Sheets 43.65 $589.39 Balance to Treasury 160.61 $750.00 Town Clock Appropriation $75.00 Care of Clock,Nelson C.Pratt $52.00 Insurance—Emp.Liab.on $1,000 E.L. Eustis,Agt 4.87 $56.87 Balance to Treasury 18.13 $75.00 Town Flag Appropriation $225.00 Care of Flag,Nelson C.Pratt $182.50 Painting flag-pole,Dan'l E.McSweeney 35.00 Cohasset Hardware Co.—Cement .65 $218.15 Balance to Treasury 6.85 $225.00 UNCLASSIFIED Employers'Liability Insurance Appropriation $100.00 Transfer from Reserve Fund 19.62 Paid E.L.Eustis,Agent—"Loss Con- stant"$5.00 Paid E.L.Eustis,Agent—balance on previous year's audit 114.62 $119.62 $119.62 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 85 ENTERPRISES AND CEMETERIES Private Service Enterprise North Cohasset Post Oflfice Building Appropriation $102.29 Transfer from Reserve Fund - 43.53 $145.82 Expenditures: Painting—Clarence P.Silvia $34.50 Carpenter—Levi T.Lincoln 33.16 Insurance on building—Geo.F.Sargent, Jr.33.60 7.00HinghamWaterCo.—water rates Supplies 37.56 $145.82 Guild and American Legion Hall Appropriation Expenditures : Heating—2,025 gals,oil,J.C.Anderson . Labor,etc.: C.R.Jason,carting rubbish $1.50 Wm.Burke 5.00 Wm.V.Grassie 5.00 $126.83 Painting flag-pole—Dan'l E.McSweeney P.L.Towle —repairs (including $12.of 1938) Cohasset Water Co.—water rates Inspection of boiler—Com.of Mass... Repairs—Alfred Gonsalves Insurance of building: Harry R.Pratt,Agent ....$71.30 Wm.H.Morris,Agent ....77.50 11.50 10.00 37.05 23.00 5.00 37.50 148.80 Balance to Treasury $399.68 .32 Parking Place- $400.00 -Maintenance Appropriation ... Balance from 1938 Expenditures : ReDairing building—^contract,S.H. Stoughton Labor Repairing—Paul Pratt Supplies Insurance Rent.N.Y.N.H.&H.Rd $256.00 27.50 8.75 3.55 19.65 5.00 $400.00 $100.00 220.45 $320.45 $320.45 36 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Parking Place Building: Balance from 1938 $2,013.42 Expenditures: Labor $10.00 Roofing—Cohasset Hardware Co 36.00 $46.00 Balance to Treasury 1,967.42 $2,013.42 Cemetery—^Maintenance Appropriation $1,305.25 Expenditures : Superintendent—George A.Henry $877.50 Labor 130.00 Writing deeds and postage 12.08 Insurance—Emp.Liab.on $400.,E.L. Eustis,Agt 5.42 Insurance on building,etc.,Wm.H.Mor- ris 16.59 Fertilizer 50.00 Surplus 40.00 Repairing pump 20.25 Telephone 51.75 Electric current—Hingham Municipal Lt.Dept 9.00 Brockton Edison Co.—3 poles 15.00 Labor setting poles: C.H.Williams $8.00 M.Joseph Sullivan 8.00 H.B.Kennedy 8.00 24.00 $1,251.59 Balance to Treasury 53.66 $1,305.25 Cemetery—^Veterans'Graves Appropriation $300.00 Expenditures : Labor (for detail,see end of report)....$242.00 Loam,Charles R.Jason 18.00 $260.00 Balance to Treasury 40.00 $300.00 Cemetery Improvement Balance from 1938 $306 54Noexpenditures,balance to 1940 $306.54 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 87 INTEREST AND MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS Interest Anticipation of Revenue Loans Appropriation Paid Tyler &Co.—Boston Note 30,000.due Oct.17—discounted .08% Note 30,000.due Nov.8—discounted .08% Balance to Treasury $10.73 12.20 $22.93 177.07 $200.00 $200.00 Interest,General Appropriation Rockland Trust Co. — First School Loan $1,500.00 hecond School Loan ...240.00 Second Nat'l Bank—Boston,on James Brook Drainage Loan $1,740.00 157.50 $1,897.50 $1,897.50 Municipal Indebtedness Bonds or Notes from Revenue Appropriation Balance from 1938 Tranferred from Surplus War Bonus Fund .... Paid: Rockland Trust Co. — First School Loan .... Second School Loan .... $5,000.00 4,000.00 $9,000.00 7,000 00 Second Nat'l Bank,Boston notes of James Brook Loan the last Drainage $16,000.00 $15,333.30 91.46 575.24 $16,000.00 Anticipation of Revenue Loans Paid: Tyler &Co.,Inc.,Boston: Note 235,due Oct.17 ..$30,000.00 Note 236,due Nov.8 ..30,000.00 $60,000.00 88 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 W.P.A.Federal Projects See Report of Administration Appropriation $10,545.00 Balance from 1938 1,091.20 Expenditures : Salaries,services,transportation and supplies: William H.Taft—services $1,690.00 William H.Taft—transportation 111.02 $1,801.02 Stationery 49.09 Transportation of Wm.Keefe 1.00 Transportation of Kendall T.Bates ....2.52 Coal,kerosene,gas and oil 475.21 Repair.^sharpening tools,general sup- plies 582.41 First Aid supplies 25.98 Trucks,teams,wrecker,etc 913.15 Gravel,stone posts,cable guard,ledge work 1,140.93 Cement,catch-basins,lumber 1,066.69 Tar,concrete,general fills 2,612.59 Labor,electric lights,etc 428.88 $9,099.47 Balance to 1940 2,536.73 $11,636.20 $11,636.20 Agency and Trust,Refunds and Transfers Reserve Fund Appropriation,from Overlay Surplus $5,000.00 Transfers to the following Accounts: Account 2 Selectmen $265.40 4 Town Treasurer 10.00 10 Election and Registra- tion 55.00 11 Town Hall 412.51 19 Forest Fires 335.89 21 Dental Dispensary 20.15 21b Oxygen 130.45 23 Refuse &;Garbage Dis- posal 27.04 24a Eradication of Mosqui- toes 38.50 31 State Aid 100.00 43 Unclassified—Emp.Liab. Ins 19.62 44 No.Cohasset P.O.Build. ing 43.53 $1 458 09 Balance to Overlay Surplus $3,541.91 $5,000.00 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 89 Agency Appropriation,State and County Taxes: State $27,620.11 County 9,235.93 $36,856.04 State Taxes paid,as of Nov.16: General $26,640.00 Metropolitan Parks: Sinking Fund ....$3.15 Interest 62.01 Nantasket M a i n - tenance 255.16 320.32 Auditing Municipal Ac- counts 280.28 State Parks and Reser- vations .. .'321.02 Veterans'Exemptions ..58.49 $27,620.11 County Taxes paid Oct.19 9,235.93 $36,858.04 Paid County Treasurer—Dog Tax ....867.00 TRUST Schools—scholarship (Nichols Fund3 65.00 Beechwood Cemetery,Levi T.Lincoln,Treas.,care Williams Lot,two years 4.54 Cemeteries (Woodside)Charles V.Antoine Lot 24-E for resale (to Curley)40.00 Cemetery (Woodside)Perpetual Care: Cohasset Savings Bank: N.Migliaccio—70-E $100.00 A.P.Gordon—48 &69-E 200.00 A.M.Powers—N.97-E 50.00 Emma F.Higgins—52-A 75.00 Mary Ani;e Grassie—50-E 100.00 Mrs.Carl F.Wessman—113-A 75.00 600.00 Real Estate Taxes: 1937 REl-'UNDS $2,607.09 257.00 $709.54 1939 $2,864.09 4.00Poll,1939 Personal,1939 89.83 Overpaid interest ....4 27 Excise,1938 33 11 Excise,1939 398 94 Tax Titles 23 63 t,417.87 S >3 ..oi ••••o •00 •••o •CO ::lo :: ::o ..ift ....;.; <M 6«- CO •o •••• .p .... ;d :: .... .!«.... 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'^^'^ (U O O) °n.< c8 ><D in "^o 7:3 i-H c W ce ^cS ^\§^ O O H >-i d c5 §S o S >3 55^ 1^ 3 t<> CO lo irj in t>CM CO th 1^ ^ISS <S h h H as a o aa < SI ^ O 00 o O^o ooi o o'ciOOCOOOlO 1^<^ iC C-,-1 ITS lO CO O COOCO O COo00ot- Jh COaw o u o a><aw 5=!o /S o o > 3 w a g| ^bD w ^O G o o •g S rf ^ ^§2 o o '^ 2 ^^> Sis a <i^aw gHMg Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 95 Total Receipts of 1939 $422,425.51 Cash balance January 1,1939 87,866.56 $510,292.07 Total Cash Payments of 1939 406,710.99 Cash balance January 1,1940 $103,581.08 Balances of Accounts to 1940 as given in "Recapitu- lation $17,028.56 Cash balance January 1,1940 $103,581.08 Amount on books against said balance: Cemetery,sale of Lots and Graves 936.25 $102,644.83 Trusts Funds as of January 1,1940 Continued from Reports 1934-1938 Arthur N.Milliken Fund: Bequest $10,000.00 Dividends earned to January 1,1939 379.52 $10,379.52 Amount withdrawn and applied to playground Committee Account (1938)8,038.53 $2,340.99 Dividends earned in 1939 58.88 On hand January 1,1940 $2,399.87 Parks Billings -Pratt Park,Beechwood: On hand Jan.1.1939 $1,000.00 Dividends earned in 1939 25.00 $1,025.00 Received by town in 1939 25.00 On hand Jan.1,1940 $1,000.00 Robert Charles Billings Fund: Town Commons (Centre)on hand Jan.1,1939 $1,150.00 Dividends earned in 1939 28.76 $1,178.76 Received by town in 1939 28.76 On hand Jan.1,1940 $1,150.00 96 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 H.W.Wadleigh Park: On hand Jan.1,1939 ..$5,000.00 Dividends earned in 1939 125.00 $5,125.00 Received by town in 1939 125.00 On hand Jan.1,1940 $5,000.00 Wheelwright Park Fund: On hand Jan.1,1939 $15,000.00 Dividends earned in 1939 375.00 $15,375.00 Received by town in 1939 375.00 On hand Jan.1,1940 $15,000.00 Edith M.Bates Fund: On hand Jan.1,1939 $1,711.42 Dividends earned in 1939 43.04 On hand Jan.1,1940 $1,754.46 SCHOOLS Ripley Fund: On hand Jan.1,1939 $2,118.04 Dividends earned in 1939 53.28 $2,171.32 Withdrawn by School Committee in 1939 and applied to School Ac- count 571.55 On hand Jan.1,1940 $1,599.77 James W.Nichols Fund: On hand Jan.1,1939 $2,288.08 Dividends earned in 1939 56.74 $2,344.82 Withdrawn for Scholarship in 1939 65.00 On hand Jan.1,1940 $2,279.82 Perpetual Care—Cemetery Lots Woodside On hand Jan.1,1939 $2,419.67 Dividends earned in 1939 61.43 $2,481.10 Lots added in 1939: Nichola Migliaccio .....$100.00 Anna M.Powers 50.00 Albert F.Gordon 200.00 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 97 Earle W.Higgins for Est. Emma Higgins Mary Anne Grassie .... Mrs.Carl F.Wessman .. 75.00 100.00 75.00 Received by town and credited to Ceme- tery for care of lots On hand Jan.1,1940 600.00 $3,081.10 59.76 $3,021.34 Beechwood Cemetery (Private) John Pratt—On hand Jan.1,1939 .... Dividends earned in 1939 On hand Jan.1,1940 Thomas and Almira Williams: On hand Jan.1,1939 Dividends earned in 1939 Paid Levi T.Lincoln,Treas.,in 1939 On hand Jan.1,1940 Surplus War Bonus Fund: On hand Jan.1,1939 Applied to indebtedness in 1939 .... $228.45 5.74 $234.19 $75.00 1.88 $78.88 1.88 $75.00 $575.24 $575.24 Insurance Expiring in 1940 Treasurer:Fire Dept.: Bank Burglary &Cruiser: Robbery $2,000.00 Liability ....$5 10,000.00 Robbery 1,000.00 Fire &Theft 550.00 Collector of Taxes:Beechwood S t a - Bank Burglary &tion,fire 2,300.00 Robbery 2,000.00 Fire Alarm: Robbery 1,000.00 Pickup: Town Hall:^^.^^^^^^^Liab.'&Prop.$5 10,000.00 Liability $10 100,000.00 pire &Theft ..300.00 Fire 27,500.00 gealer Weights and Boiler 5,000.00 Measures: Equipment 4,000.00 Equipment 1,608.00 Police Dept.:Equipment 350.00 Cruiser * rrw.'"' '''°^-•'''''''•''""mfng Machine: Liab &Prop.5 10,000.00 ^''^^^^^^I'^OO-^O Bldg.Fire 2,500.00 Park Dept.: Ambulance:Truck,liability $5 10,000.00 Liability ....5 10,000.00 Board of Health: Various cars:Pickup,liability $5 10,000.00 Fire and Theft.2,900.00 Fire &Theft ....250.00 98 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Highways : Trucks (3)liabil- ity $5 10,000.00 Trucks,fire and theft 3,500.00 Schools : Bus,liability $10 50,000.00 Rid.Rd.Bldg.: Liability 10 100,000.00 Fire 11.666.67 Fire 33,333.33 Opc^ood Bldg.: Fire 22,000.00 Beechwood Bldg.: Fire 3,000.00 Parking Place,Bldg: Fire ...$1,500.00 Cohasset Home: Fire $23,000.00 No.Cohasset P.O. Bldg.: Fire $4,000.00 Employers'Liab.: Estimated prem- ium $1,300.14. Liabilities of Cohasset as of January 1,1940 Ripley Road School: First loan 4%bonds,dated Apr.1,1926 payable $5,000.on the first day of April 1940—1946 in- clusive Second loan 4%notes,dated June 1,1930,matur- ing $4,000 June 1,1940 Fixed Property—Outlay for 1939 Engineering—Assessors'Maps $1,000.00 Respectfully submitted, $35,000.00 4,000.00 $39,000.00 EDWARD L.STEVENS, Toion Accountant. Cohasset,Jan.18,1940. DETAILS FROM PAY ROLLS,1939 ELECTION OFFICERS Names and Amounts as they appeared en the Pay Rolls George G.Monteiro ... Leo E.Neagle Joseph L.Oliver Charles H.Pratt Kendall M.Pratt Ora H.Pratt Anastasia St.John ... Ellery C.S.Sidney ... Mary E.Stoddard ... Spencer H.Stoughton H.E.Sweeney Rosilla Trott Austin L.Ahearn $12.00 Abraham J.Antoine ...12.00 Reginald R.Beal 10.79 Fred C.Blossom 9.00 Nellie DeSantos 2.00 Joseph H.Donovan ....9.00 Edward M.Fleming ..9.00 Isabel Grassie 12.00 Thomas L.Grassie ....9.00 Clara Hyland 9.00 Edward R.Jason 9.00 Louise S.Jason 2.00 Eugene C.McSweeney.12.00 Thomas J.Keating ...12.00 Joseph Migliaccio 9.00 9.00 2.00 9.00 12.00 1.00 12.00 12.00 9.00 9.00 9.00 1.00 2.00 $224.79 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 99 FIRE DEPARTMENT Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Abraham J.Antoine,er Malley 31.61 Jr $27.57 2.00 Edwin A.McLean . Frank F.Martin,Jr. 18.90 J.Lewis Bates 2.00 Lot E.Bates 32.95 Joseph L.Oliver ...2.00 Joseph R.Brennock ..18.15 Manuel F.Oliver ..25.63 William J.Brennock 11.42 Stephen Pagliaro 23.53 William P.Burke ...35.65 Harry A.Pattison .. . 15.46 John J.Carty '33.71 John L.Pattison ...27.57 Arthur L.Clark 28.92 William H.Perry ...2.00 Thomas F.Culliney ..31.01 Charles C.Philbrook 2.00 John Dyment 33.71 Clarence S.Reddy .2.00 Frederick N.Edwards 31.61 Darius D.Reynolds .9.42 W.J.Ernest,or Ernest Stephen H.Rooney .34.30 Edwards 32.96 36.40 Bernard J.Salvador Clarence W.B.Salva- 27.72 Edward J.Fitzpatrick Charles E.Frates ...27.57 dor 2.00 Charles W.Frates ...31.61 Louis E.Salvador ..23.53 Anthony M.Gonsalves 31.61 Ellery C.Sidney 34.30 Norman G.Grassie ..2.00 Alfred J.Silvia 8.73 James L.Happenny . 2.00 Joseph M.Silvia ...34.30 Edward R.Jason ...22.19 Arthur Somerville ..26.98 Rufus A.James ....26.23 Malcolm H.Stevens 27.57 Bennieor Benjamin L.Edwin A.Stone ....2.00 Kelley 29.67 Ira B.P.Stoughton 26.98 Jerome C.Lincoln ...22.94 Ralph H.Studley ...22.94 Lawrence F.Lincoln ..24.28 Walter C.Wheel- Elwood F.Litchfield ..2.00 wright,Jr 31.01 William H.McArthur Herbert Williams ..2.00 Jr 32.96 William F.McAuliffe Edward P.or E.Park- 35.65 $1,113.25 FIRE ALARM Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Hyle A.Cook 2.00 Leo E.Neagle 25.00 Ernest Edwards 26.00 Darius D.Reynolds ....5.00 Clarence M.Grassie ...1.25 Fred Roche 62.00 Harry A.P.Hetue 61.00 C.Barron Salvador ....52.50 Paul V.Jason 11.25 Herbert Williams,Jr...28.13 Edward P.Malley 39.00 William Martin 22.50 $387.63 Fred Mitchell 52.00 MOTH DEPARTMENT Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Austin L.Ahearn $15,00 Central Taxi Service Henry Ainslie .... Joseph Almeida .. Arthur J.Bandura Ellery C.Bates ... Reginald Beal .... 5.00 Trucking 2.00 15.00 Edward A.Cole 5.00 5.00 Philip W.Coyne 522.50 5.00 Alfred L.Demello ....5.00 10.00 George E.Denithorne.5.00 100 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Fred De Vito 5.00 James De Vito 5.00 Samuel De Vito 10.00 Michael H.Donovan .5.00 Robert E.Donovan ..5.00 Charles H.Eastman .5.00 F.Noel Edwards ...10.00 Frank J.Emanuello 5.00 Robert Ferreira 5.00 Antoine S.Figueiredo 10.00 Manuel S.Figueiredo 72.50 Anthony M.Gonsalve s 125.00 Clarence M.Grassie 5.00 Edward Grassie 10.00 Ernest L.Grassie ....367.50 John S.Grassie ...27.50 Patrick L.Grassie ...5.00 William Grassie 20.00 Charles E.Henry 5.00 Thomas W.Hernan .5.00 Ernest Hill,Jr 5.00 Chas.R.Jason 5.00 Paul V.Jason 5.00 T.Burke Kane 5.00 James M.Keating .5.00 John F.Keating ....5.00 Benjamin L.Kelly ..35.00 Ralph E.Keegan ...5.00 Charles H.Kennedy.10.00 Frank Lagrotterio ...20.00 Leonard Lawrence 7.50 Lawrence Lincoln ...15.00 Edmund A.Litchfield 5.00 Lawson Litchfield ...5.00 William F.Martin ...5.00 William H.McArthur 67.50 Clarence R.McMahon 5.00 John J.McNamara ..5.00 Fred Mitchell 5.00 TREE W. Names and Amo unts as they Frank Carey .$12.50 John Cashel 10.00 Philip W.Coyne .462.50 Fred De Vito 10.00 Joseph De Vito 2.50 F.Noel Edwards 10.00 Antoine Figueiredo 27.50 Manuel Figueiredo ...30.00 Albert E.Grassie ....15.00 Clarence Grassie ....5.00 Edward Grassie 5.00 Ernest Grassie .423.00 Paul Grassie 2.50 William Grassie 10.00 Harry Hetue 5.00 Francis Murphy Harold T.Nason Leo E.Neagle .. John J.Oliver .. Harry A.Pattison Aionzo Pearson Lester Peavey . Frank Perry .. Walter M.Poland Samuel -Polito .. Aaron Pratt,Jr. Charles H.Pratt Paul Pratt Alton Priest .. Frederick G.Roche Stephen H.Rooney Frank J.Salvador Chester Sargent . Herbert C.Sargent Percy G.Sargent Everett E.Sherman Osgood S.Sidney Alfred J.Silvia ... Alfred M.Silvia .. Antoine L.Silvia John Silvia Dominick Sorrento Elliot Stoddard George M.Tanger John L.Tanger .. William E.Tilden Dominick Truglia . Thomas E.Valine James Watt Joseph W.Whitcomb Joseph H.White Samuel Williams 30.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 25.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 20.00 20.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 20.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 97.50 42.50 5.00 20.00 5.00 15.00 5.00 35.00 7.50 5.00 5.00 1.25 12.50 $1,998.25 appeared on the Pay Rolls Leonard Lawrence ... John Leonard William A.Litchfield William H.McArthur William McAuliff e Michail McNeil Daniel McSweeney ... Frank Migliaccio George Naun,Jr Aionzo Pearson Lester Peavey William Reed Dominick Truglia ... 2.50 2.50 25.00 145.00 5.00 10.00 15.00 17.50 2.50 5.00 10.00 2.50 37.50 $1,310.50 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 101 TREE WARDEN Clearings Trees for Fire Alarm Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Philip W.Coyne $25.00 Barron W.Salvador . P.Noel Edwards 10.00 Herbert Williams ... Ernest A.Grassie ....25.00 Harry Hetue 20.00 George Naun 10.00 30.00 80.00 $200.00 TREE WARDEN Replacingr Trees Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Philip W.Coyne $15.00 Josepli Migliaccio ... Ernest A.Grassie ....15.00 FOREST FIRES Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls 10.00 $40.00 Abraham J.Antoine,James Garfagna .31 Jr $10.64 A.nthony M Gonsalves 53.76 Lot E.Bates 11.25 George L.Grassie .....63 Lot E.Bates,Jr 3.75 Patrick L.Grassie .....63 H.W.Blakely 4.38 James M.Haley .63 Henry Brennock ....2.50 James L.Happenny ...63 Joseph R.Brennock ..4.38 2.50 J.P.Harris '4.38 Wm.J.Brennock ....James J.Henry 1.25 Robert Wayne Burgess .50 Thomas W.Hernan,Jr.1.24 William F.Burke ....18.77 Harry L.Hetue,Jr.....63 John J.Carty 6.26 Harold Hill,boy 1.55 Dominick Catrambone . .31 John Holland,boy ....3.74 Joseph Catrambone ...31 Prank Hume 1.88 Vito Catrambone .31 Charles Jackson .31 Arthur Clark 5.63 Douglas James .62 James P.Collins,Jr...1.55 Eustis James .62 Thomas P.Culliney ..5.01 Norman P.James ....5.00 Chauncey Del Grasso..62 Rufus James 38.75 Clifford K.Dickson,Jr..62 Charles E.Jason ....3.13 Frederick T.Dolan ...1.25 Burke T.Kane .63 George Dunn 15.00 Benjamin Kelley 16.88 John Dyment 5.00 Donald P.Kelly 2.50 Ernest Edwards 8.13 John P.Kennedy 1.25 P.Noel Edwards 60.01 Louis Laugton 3.75 Paul Emanuello .63 Louis Laugton,Jr 1.86 Joseph Pario,Jr 6.88 Leonard T.Lawrence .4.38 E.J.Pitzpatrick 5.63 Kenneth Le Clair 4.38 Edward J.Pitzpatrick,Walter Le Clair,boy ..2.48 Jr .63 .63 Jerome C.Lincoln .... Lawrence P.Lincoln .. 16.88 Richard B.Forrest ...35.63 Wm.Prances 1.25 James A.Litchfield ....4.38 Charles E.Prates ....36.25 I^eo Lovery .63 Charles W.Prates ....7.51 Edwin A.MacLean ..5.00 Harry M.Priel .63 Frederick D.MacNeil .1.25 Alfred Garfagna .S3 S.Parker Malley ....3.13 102 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Frank F.Martin 125.06 Herman Maynard,boy 1.55 Wm.H.McArthur ...3.75 Wm.F.McAuliffe 1.26 John F.McLaughlin ...63 Vincent A.McNeil 63 Frank Meallo,Jr .31 Francis Mitchell,boy.2.79 Vincent Nardo,No.Co- hasset .63 Wm.Nason,Jr 4.38 Joseph L.Oliver 11.27 Manuel F.Oliver 63.16 Frank O.L.Pattison ..3.13 Harry A.Pattison .... '1.88 John L.Patterson ....1.25 Wm.H.Perry .63 Charles C.Philbrook, Jr 2.50 Donald Pina,boy 1.55 Aaron Pratt 2.50 Aaron Pratt,Jr 5.00 Edwin H.Pratt .63 Bernard Raccina .31 Clarence S.Reddy 13.76 Clarence S.Reddy,Jr..9.38 Darius D.Reynolds ....5.00 Lyman Richards 8.13 John Riley .62 William Riley .62 Edward F.Ripley .....50 Noel Ripley 50 Stephen H.Rooney ...91.90 Bernard Salvador ....10.00 C.Earron Salvador ...157.54 Louis E.Salvador 63 Allen Sargent 4.38 Clifford Sargent 5.00 Edgar Sargent 5.00 Stuart Sargent,boy ....1.24 Ellery C.Sydney or Sid- ney 35.62 Van R.Sidney 63 Alfred J.Silvia 4.38 Jerome R.Silvia .63 Joseph M.Silvia 2.50 Manuel P.Silvia,Oak ...63 Arthur Somerville ....9.38 Louis Sorrentino .31 Donald Souther,boy ..1.55 Malcolm H.Stevens ..4.38 David Stoddard,boy ..2.79 Elmer L.Stoddard ...3.13 Sheldon B.Stoddard ...62 Edwin A.Stone,Jr .63 Ira B.Stoughton 3.38 Merle Studley .31 Ralph R.Studley .-6.26 Clarence W.Sylvester ..63 John L.Tanger 14.38 Edward E.Tower ....19.38 Gilbert S.Tower 12.50 Charles Trapp .63 Herbert Williams 25.64 Walter C.Wheelwiight.3.75 Walter C.Wheelwright, Jr 9.38 Herbert Williams,Jr...15.00 $1,181.47 SHELLFISH PROJECT Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Joseph L.Cadose $17.00 John Pattison Antoine Figueiredo ...3.00 Thomas Valine Manuel Figueiredo ...5.00 George Grassie 6.50 Richard Lutz 12.00 30.09 24.24 $97.74 STRAITS POND,JAMES BROOK,CAT DAM,ETC. Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls John J.Carty Chauncey Del Grasso .. George E.Denithorne .. Joseph De Vito Samuel A.De Vito ... Herbert E.Dion Austin L.Ahearn $2.50 Joseph Alemida 15.00 Abraham Antoine,Jr...5.00 Royal A.Bates 20.00 Walter P.Bates 5.00 Foster Cadose 15.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 103 Michael H.Donovan Robert E.Donovan . John Dyment Charles Eastman .., Robert Ferreira ... Randolph Feola ... Anthony M.Gonsalves John S.Grassie .. Patrick L.Grassie William V.Grassie Charles E.Henry .. James P.Henry .. Thomas W.Hernan Harry A.Hetue or Sr Harry A.Hetue,Jr. James G.Hiltz .. John F.James .. Rufus James .... Charles R.Jason Frank Jednick .. Warren Jones .. Henry F.Keating John T.Keating Benjamin Kelley Charles H.Kennedy Harry W.Lincoln Edwin A.McLean Frank E.MacLean William F.Martin Clarence R.McMahon Eugene C.Mcsweeney Frank Migliaccio ... 10.00 15.00 5.00 5.00 15.00 10.00 5.00 15.00 15.00 5.00 10.00 25.00 15.00 75.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 10.00 5.00 15.00 10.00 20.00 5.00 2.50 10.00 10.00 10.00 10.00 15.00 15.50 5.00 John McNamara 5.00 Frances T.Murphy ...5.00 William Nason,Jr 10.00 George R.Neagle 10.00 Frank Numes 12.50 William J.Powers ....10.00 Charles H.Pratt-Beech- wood 20.00 Roscoe G.Pratt 10.00 J.Wm.Rooney 10.00 Stephen H.Rooney ..10.00 Frank Rosano,Sr 10.00 Frank L.Rosenberg,Jr.15.00 Frank J.Salvador ....5.00 Percy G.Sargent 10.00 Vincenzo Sestito,Truck- ing and labor 12.00 Osgood S.Sidney 7.50 Clarence P.Silvia ....10.00 John Silvia 5.00 Walter Smith 2.50 James Stover 10.00 William E.Stover ....10.00 John Sweeney 15.00 Bruno Varano 15.00 James Watt 5.00 George Tanger 10.00 Bruno Varano 5.00 James Watt 10.00 $775.00 HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT Names and Amounts as tliey appeared on the Pay Rolls Austin L.Ahearn .. Austin L.Ahearn,Jr. Alfred M.Ainslie ... Elmer A.Ainslie ... Henry W.Ainslie .. Henry W.Ainslie,Jr Joseph W.Almeida Albert L.Andrews,truck Carleton W.or Carl W. Andrews Abraham J.Antoine,Jr. Frank J.Antoine George E.Antoine .... John T.Barnes • Bernard L.Barrows ... Fred E.Barrows Edwin P.Bates Edwin W.Bates Ellery C.Bates $27.50 Howard Bates truck ..132.00 15.00 Lot E.Bates,truck ..144.00 18.75 Royal C.or A.Bates .57.50 5.00 Walter P.Bates 75.00 2.50 Leon F.Blakeman or 35.00 Jr 10.00 45.00 Clarence J.Brasill ....38.75 48.00 Clement L.Brown ....5.00 George W.Brown ....60.00 30.00 Foster Cadose 122.50 12.50 Joseph L.Cadose 68.75 25.00 Francis P.Carey 40.00 2.50 John J.Carty 62.50 215.00 John T.Cashel 15.00 35.00 Roy F.Chase 5.00 25.00 Edward A.Cole 10.00 5.00 John Conery or Connery 120.00 22.50 John Curtis 10.00 50.00 George L.Damon 45.00 104 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 John Daun 13.12 John J.Davenport ....10.00 Edward N.Daun 127.50 Chauncey Del Grosso .100.00 Francis DeMello 40.00 George E.Denithorne .55.00 James R.DeVito 25.00 Joseph J.DeVito 35.00 Samuel A.DeVito 80.00 Vincent G.DeVito 55.00 Herbert E.Dion 27.50 John W.Dolan Jr....57.50 Daniel F.Donovan ....5.00 John G.Donovan ....25.00 Michael H.Donovan ...10.00 John Dyment 15.00 Charles H.Eastman ..40.00 Henry R.Eastman ....57.50 Walter G.Eastman ..15.00 Frederick N.Edwards.10.00 William Edwards 10.00 Anthony R.Emanuello, truck $72.00 Frank J.Emanuello .10.00 John Emanuello 105.00 Thomas Emanuello ...5.00 Thomas Emanuello,Jr.10.00 Pasquale Feola 84.00 Randolph Feola 193.75 Joseph I.Ferreira ....85.00 Robert J.Ferreira ....143.75 Lawrence A.Figueiredo 5.00 Richard B.Forrest ....65.00 Emery C.Freeman ...15.00 Emery E.Freeman,Jr.30.00 Harry M.Friel 40.00 Ralph Froio 23.75 Clarence M.Grassie ..17.50 Edv/ard T.Grassie ....25.62 John S.Grassie 10.00 Manuel Grassie 40.00 Patrick Grassie 152.50 Eldred L.Hardy 5.00 Charles E.Henry 120.00 James F.Henry 85.00 Thomas H.Hernan 100.00 Harry A.Hetue 100.00 Harry A.Hetue,Jr 5.00 Lloyd W.Higgins 5.00 Ernest E.Hill 50.00 James G.Hiltz 55.00 Levi L.Hiltz 32.50 Samuel H.Hume 10.00 James M.Hurley 10.00 Charles Infusino 10.00 Charles Infusino,Jr...10.00 Francis J.Infusino ...10.00 Frank Infusino 10.00 Charles E.James 30.00 Ezekiel James 35.00 John F.James 46.25 Norman F.James ....85.62 Rufus James 55.00 Samuel F.James ...25.00 Charles R.Jason,truck 54.00 Herbert L.Jason 5.00 Frank Jednick 137.50 T.Burke Kane 5.00 Henry F.Keating ...25.00 John T.Keating 110.00 John J.Keefe 10.00 Ralph E.Keegan 50.00 John J.Keefe 33.75 Benjamin Kelley 103.75 Donald L.Kelley ....45.00 Charles H.Kennedy ..107.50 John Kennedy 40.00 Bernard J.Kerwin ....90.00 Chauncey S.Kilborn ...30.00 H.M.Lafiamme 30.00 Frank Lagrottoria ....110.00 Alfonso La Rosa 40.00 Alfred S.LaRosa 55.00 Anthony C.Laugelli ..70.00 Joseph Laugelli 118.75 Louis A.Laugelli 35.00 William Laugelli 5.00 Bennie N.Leclaire ...16.00 Lawrence F.Lincoln ..30.00 Albert L.Litchfield ...10.00 Arthur E.Litchfield .2.50 Clarence H.Litchfield.51.25 Edison A.Litchfield ..95.00 Edward L.Litchfield ..100.00 Litchfield's Express truck 5.28 William A.Litchfield ..15.00 Frank E.MacLean ...45.00 Michael F.Maloney ...30.00 Charles A.Marks 5.00 Edmund Marks 35.00 William F.Martin ....30.00 William H.McArthur ..65.00 William F.McAuliffe ..10.00 George P.McLaughlin.30.00 John F.McLaughlin ..15.00 Clarence R.McMahon .75.00 Henry F.McMahon, truck ...138.00 Thomas F.McMahon..80.00 John J.McNamara ...35.00 Michael McNeil 177.50 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 105 Vincent A.McNeil ....35.00 Percy G.Sargent 5.00 Daniel E.McSweeney .10.00 Salvador Sestito 20.00 Joseph L.Meehan ....15.00 V.V.Sestito,truck ...128.00 Michael J.Meehan ...100.00 Everett E.Sherman ..40.00 Frank L.Mello 50.00 Osgood S.Sidney 15.00 Louis Mello 105.00 Alfred J.Silvia 5.00 Fred Mitchell 155.00 Antoine L.Silvia 55.00 Antonio Modente ....25.00 Antoine Silvia,Jr 55.00 Albert L.Morris 5.00 Clarence P.Silvia ....95.00 George J.Mulhern ....90.00 John J.Silvia 77.50 Francis T.Murphy ....30.00 Joseph M.Silvia,truck 84.00 Wilson F.Murphy ....43.75 Manuel P.Silva ..'...30.00 Kenneth Myers 10.00 Mathew L.Silvia ....50.00 James Nardo 30.00 William B.Silvia ...15.00 Salvador N.Nardo ....25.00 Charles J.Smith ....98.75 William W.Nason,Jr..40.00 Edward L.Smith ....43.75 George W.Naun,Jr...5.00 George H.Smith ....7.50 Frank Nunes 108.75 Walter A.Smith 25.00 Edward J.O'Hearn ..5.00 William S.Smith 97.50 William J.O'Hearn 5.00 Dominick Sorrento ..20.00 John J.Oliver 20.00 David Souther,Jr., Joseph Pace 60.00 truck .144.00 Charles F.Pape 60.00 Charles L.Stoddard ..187.50 Hester S.Pape,truck ..189.00 George H.Stoddard ..170.00 Frank Pattison 50.00 Sheldon P.Stoddard .25.00 Harry A.Pattison 18.75 Edwin A.Stone,Jr...55.00 Alonzo Pearson 105.00 James E.Stover 148.75 Alfred D.Pease 5.00 William E.Stover ...63.75 Lester F.Peavey 65.00 Arthur Studley 30.00 Frank Perry 135.00 Ralph R.Studley ...17.50 William H.Perry 5.00 Jam.es M.Sweeney ...35.00 Ralph R.Petersen ....5.00 George H.Stoddard ..55.00 Moses Pina 30.00 Edwin A.Stone,Jr...15.00 Walter M.Poland 5.00 Arthur Studley 12.50 Samuel Polito 35.00 Ralph Studley 5.00 William J.Powers ....15.00 John L.Tanger 45.00 Aaron Pratt,Jr 35.00 Charles E.Thayer ...37.50 Charles H.Pratt 57.50 Leslie G.Thompson ..127.50 Kendall M.Pratt ....10.00 William E.Tilden ....170.00 Paul W.Pratt 85.00 Richard H.Tisdale ...25.00 Roscoe G.Pratt 30.00 Stanley L.Toombs ...40.00 William H.Pratt 84.00 Dominick Fruglia ....55.00 Arthur D.Ring 40.00 Pasquale Fruglia ....5.00 Clinton Ring 10.00 Philip Tumey 35.00 Frederick G.Roche ....50.00 George P.Valine 5.00 Peter J.Rooney-Truck 84.00 Thomas E.Valine ...15.00 Stephen H.Rooney ....12.50 Bruno Varano,truck ..116.00 Antonio Rosano,truck.156.00 William C.Ward ...67.50 Francis J.Rosano 10.00 35.00 James Watt 95.00 Frank Rosano Austin P.White 10.00 Frank Rosano,Jr.....128.75 Charles A.White,truck 150.00 James W.Rosano ....75.00 George W.White ...5.00 Joseph W.Rosano,truck 132.00 Joseph H.White ...72.50 Frank L.Rosenberg,Jr.95.00 Samuel H.Williams .85.00 Bernard J.Salvador, truck 84.00 $12,895.39 Herbert G.Sargent ...10.00 106 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 REMOVING SNOW AND SANDING STREETS Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Herbert E.Dion 12.50 Frederick T.Dolan ....65.00 James E.Dolan 5.00 John W.Dolan 50.00 John W.Dolan,Jr 41.25 Daniel P.Donovan ...30.00 Michael H.Donovan ..37.50 Robert E.Donovan .,5.00 George W.Dunlap,.. horse 63.75 George F.Dunn 25.00 Charles H.Eastman .17.50 Henry A.or R.Eastman 15.00 Howard Eastman 2.50 Walter Eastman 5.00 Frederick N.or F.Noel Edwards 30.00 Anthony Emanuello, plowing and truck ..138.00 Dominick Emanuello .3.12 Frank J.Emanuello ..45.00 John Emanuello 60.00 Joseph Emanuello ...5.00 Thomas Emanuello ..12.50 Thomas Emanuello,Jr.5.62 Abraham S.Enos ...15.00 Thomas Fee 10.00 Pasquale Feola ....32.49 Randolph Feola,truck 95.00 Albert Ferreira 5.00 Anthony J.Ferreira ..5.00 Joseph I.Ferreira ....5.00 Robert J.Ferreira ...37.50 Antoine Figueiredo,Jr.5.00 Lawrence A.Figueiredo 5.00 Paul G.Ford 7.50 Richard B.Forrest ....10.00 Harry Friel 2.50 Ralph Forio 5.00 Rocco Forio 3.12 Fred Gardner 12.50 V.James Garofola ....10.00 Alfred J.Gonsalves ...5.00 Antoine Grassie 2.50 George L.Grassie ....30.00 Clarence M.Grassie ...26.87 Edward T.Grassie ....10.00 John S.Grassie 25.00 Patrick Grassie 23.12 James M.Haley,Jr...12.50 William L.Haley 7.50 Leo Happenney,plow- ing and truck 117.00 Austin L.Ahearn $2.50 Albert Ainslie 2.50 Alfred Ainslie 18.75 Henry W.Ainslie 41.25 Albert Andrews 58.50 Carlton W.Andrews ...37.50 Manuel Andrews 12.50 Abraham J.Antoine,;Jr.15.00 George E.Antoine ...12.50 Louis C.Bailey,plowing and truck 240.00 John T.Barnes 48.75 William T.Barnes,.. horses ....202.50 Bernard L.Barows 17.50 Edwin P.Bates 7.50 Ellery C.Bates,truck .102.00 Howard Bates,horses and truck 129.50 Lot E.Bates,truck ....135.00 Walter P.Bates 45.00 Reginald R.Beal 7.50 Leon Blakeman,Jr....22.50 Clarence S.Brasill ...12.50 Clarence J.Brasill ...2.50 George Brown 12.50 Herbert J.Brown 2.50 Gaetano Bufalo 15.00 Charles E.Butman ...33.75 Foster Cadose 25.00 Joseph Cadose 7.50 Joseph Cappuccio ....5.00 Francis P.Carey 5.00 Roy F.Chase 10.00 Edward A.Cole 77.50 John Connery 5.00 Carlo Conte 7.50 Carmen Cook 10.00 John S.Curtis 51.87 Alfred J.Daley 7.50 Dennis Daley 12.50 George L.Damon ....5.00 John Davenport 5.00 Chauncey DelGrosso ..5.00 Thaomas DeMello 5.00 John DeMello 5.00 Joseph DeMello 2.50 George E.Denithorne .12.50 James Denithorne ....10.00 James R.DeVito 32.50 Joseph DeVito 7.50 Samuel DeVito 22.50 Vincent G.DeVito ...15.00 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 107 Eldred L.Hardy 2.50 Charles E.Henry 10.62 James J.Henry 8.75 Thomas W.Hernan ..17.50 Thomas W.Hernan,Jr.2.50 Harry A.Hetue 14.37 Harry Hetue,Jr 2.50 Ernest E.Hill 10.00 Alexander Hillis 5.00 John R.Hines 2.50 Thomas Hines 2.50 Francis Hume 37.50 Samuel Humes 5.00 Charles W.Hunter 50.00 James M.Hurley 10.00 Charles Infusino,Jr..17.50 Francis J.Infusino ...32.50 Charles F.James ....10.00 Ezekiel James 48.12 John F.James 20.00 Norman F.James ....13.75 Rufus James 22.50 John L.Jason 3.12 Joseph M.Jason 17.50 Frank Jednick 2.50 Warren W.Jones 21.25 T.Burke Kane 25.00 John T.Keating 5.00 Ralph E.Keegan 63.75 Benjamin Kelley 12.50 Charles H.Kennedy ..67.50 John F.Kennedy 8.12 Bernard J.Kerwin ...20.00 Chauncey S.Kilborn ..25.00 John H.Kimball 13.75 H.M.Laflamme 102.50 Frank Lagrotteria ....18.12 Alfred LaRosa 15.00 Anthony Laugelli 3.12 Joseph Laugelli 26.25 Louis A.Laugelli 91.50 Leonard F.Lawrence ..5.62 Leighton Leclaire 2.50 Walter Leclaire 2.50 Richard F.Leonard ..12.50 Robert A.Leonard ....10.00 Harry W.Lincoln 10.00 Jerome C.Lincoln ....30.00 Lawrence F.Lincoln ..12.50 Arthur E.Litchfield ..12.50 Clarence H.Litchfield .7.50 Edison A.Litchfield ..5.00 Edward L.Litchfield ..5.00 William A.Litchfield ..10.00 Eugene Loppes 12.50 Patrick J.Lyons 12.50 Walter MacLean 17.50 Francis Malone 5.00 Michael F.Maloney ...13.12 Nat or Nathaniel Mer- chant,Jr 12.50 Herbert B.Marsh 2.50 Edward B.Matthewson 30.00 Herman J.Maynard ..3.75 William H.McArthur .5.00 William F.McAuliffe ..2.50 George P.McLaughlin .5.00 John F.McLaughlin .5.00 Clarence R.McMahon .118.62 Plenry L.McMahon ...127.50 John J.McNamara ....37.50 Michael McNeil 43.75 Peter J.McNeil 12.50 Vincent McNeil 27.50 Daniel E.McSweeney .20.00 Edward McSweeney ..7.50 Eugene C.McSweeney 2.50 Joseph L.Meehan ....30.00 Frank L.Mello 11.25 Michael J.Meehan ...5.00 Louis P.Mello 22.50 William Mello 5.00 Fred Mitchell 45.00 Joseph Mitchell 142.50 Antoine Modente ....5.00 Horace W.Monk 12.50 Albert L.Morris 12.50 George J.Mulhern ....5.00 Donald E.Murphy ....2.59 Francis P.Murphy ....5.00 Wilson F.Murphy ....7.50 James Nardo,Jr 5.00 Samuel N^rdo 5.00 William W.Nason,Jr...15.62 Daniel A.Nicholson ...8.12 William J.O'Hearn ...10.00 Joseph Pace 7.50 Charles F.Pape 20.00 Frederick W.Pape ....52.50 Hester S.Pape,plowin^g trucking 249.00 Frank Pattison 2.50 Alonzo Pearson 12.50 Lester F.Peavey 10.00 Joseph Perencelli ....2.50 Frank Perry 15.00 George B.Perry 15.62 William H.Perry 13.75 Domingo Pina 2.50 Donald Pina 2.50 Moses Pina 2.50 Walter M.Poland 13.75 108 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Frank Polito 10.62 Samuel Polito 11.87 Aaron Pratt,Jr 25.00 Charles H.Pratt 10.00 Ira N.Pratt,horses .102.50 Kendall N.Pratt 5.00 Paul W.Pratt 33.75 William H.Pratt 18.00 Alton J.Priest 15.00 Frank E.Rego I'O.OO Darius D.Reynolds ....10.00 William Reynolds 3.12 John J.Rhodes,Jr....17.50 Lyman Richards 2.50 Clinton Ring 11.25 Harry Ritter 2.50 Frederick G.Roche ..61.25 Peter J.Rooney,truck 36.00 Antoine or Antonio Ros- ano,truck 57.00 Francis J.Rosano ....10.00 Frank Rosano 5.62 Frank Rosano,Jr 33.75 James W.Rosano 2.50 Joseph W.Rosano,plow- ing and trucking ...110.00 Joseph W.Rosano ...150.00 Frank L.Rosenberg,Jr.35.00 Bernard J.Salvador ..67.50 Clarence W.B.Salva- dor 7.50 Chester H.Sargent ...2.50 Allen Sargent 2.50 Clifton ~Sargent 36.25 Edgar Sargent 7.50 Percy G.Sargent 10.00 Stewart Sargent 2.50 Everett E.Sherman ..5.00 Ellery C.Sidney 5.00 Alfred J.Silvia 36.25 Alfred M.Silvia 21.25 John J.Silvia 5.00 Joseph M.Silvia 49.50 Matthew L.Silvia ...5.00 Walter A.Silvia 10.00 William Small 2.50 Charles J.Smith 6.25 George H.Smith 5.00 Edward L.Smith 6.25 Dominick Sorrento ...10.00 David Souther,Jr.,plow- ing and trucking ....306.00 Hatherly Souther 3.75 Nathan Souther 63.75 Anthony Spinzola ....2.50 Charles L.Stoddard ...33.12 Chester H.Sargent ...10.00 Charles H.Stoddard ..1.25 David Stoddard 5.00 George H.Stoddard ..27.50 Elmer L.Stoddard ...16.25 James E.Stover 2.50 Chauncey Strickland ..5.00 Eugene Sullivan 2.50 George E.Sullivan ....7.50 James Sweeney 2.50 John H.Sweeney ....15.00 John L.Tanger 5.00 William E.Tilden ....75.00 Richard H.Tisdale ...22.50 Pasquale Fruglia 5.00 Philip Tumey 15.00 George P.Valine 5.00 Thomas E.Valine ....30.00 Bruno Varano,truck and labor 60.00 Donald Vickery 5.00 Charles W.Vickery ...5.00 Ralph Viola 10.00 Paul H.Ford 5.00 William C.Ward 15.00 James Watt 8.12 Walter E.Wheelwright, horses 85.00 Joseph W.Whitcomb .35.00 Charles A.White 172.50 George W.White 90.25 Joseph W.White 5.00 Richardson White,... horses 15.00 Phillip Whittemore ...1.25 Daniel Wigmore 2.50 Herbert Williams,Jr..10.00 Samuel H.Williams ...13.75 $7,395.74 HIGHWAYS Street Painting Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Royal A.Bates $75.00 James Denithorne ... Foster Cadose 77.50 55.00 $207.50 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 109 HARBOR MAINTENANCE Names and Amounts as they appeared en the Pay Rolls Joseph Figueiredo ....$15.00 Lawrence Figueiredo ..5.00 Jos.J.Grassie 105.00 Earl Y\f.Higgins 5.00 Lloyd W.Higgins 5.00 Manuel F.Oliver 30.00 Alonzo Pearson 100,00 Alton J.Priest ... Jos.M.Silvia .. Charles R.Stover Dominic Fruglia 10.00 25.00 20.00 15.00 $335.00 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Teachers'Salaries including Supervisor or Club Director: James W.Doyle $1,750.01 Col.C.W.Furlong ...24.50 William Ripley 2,650.00 Max H.Meyer 2,300.00 Helen L.Brown 2,000.00 Florence E.Kraus ..1,850.00 Florence E.Reed ....1,850.00 Marion C.Chandler..1,850.00 Mildred Nelson 1,520.00 Burditt W.Collins ..2,000.00 Eva Burbine 1,600.00 Mary Terry 1,600.00 Otis R.Jason 1,650.00 Marjorie Fay 1,700.00 Alice Lebbossiere ....1,120.00 Verda F.Dunn 1,470.00 Kathleen McMahon .1,550.00 Elaine G.Wing 1,550.00 Gwendolyn A.Clever- ly 1,550.00 Marion R.Sullivan ..1,550.00 Kathleen Shields ...1,403.75 Geraldine Thiesen ...1,470.00 Dorothea Houghton .440.00 Helen L.Foye 810.00 Laura A.Leonard ...1,120.00 Marguerite Ripley ...1,020.00 Ruth Mottau 1,220.00 Frederick A.Taylor ..1,050.00 Helen C.Welch 1,700.00 Deborah Blazo 840.00 Margaret W.Bates ...15.00 Elinor W.Kennedy ..45.00 Anna R.Dolan 154.50 Lydia B.Ericsson ....45.00 Catherine W.Mulcahy 58.00 Frances Infusino ...14.00 Paul R.Elliott 12.00 Rose Laugelle 2.00 Eleanor Rohde Elizabeth C.Getchell. Harold R.Danford .. Henry White George Talbot Authur Mauro George O'Rourke .... John M.Earle Alfred F.Litchfield .. Mrs.Blaine Saunders. Mrs.Vivian R.Mulvey Louis B.Mulvey,Jr.. Kenneth LeClair,um- pire Open Forum Speak- ers'Bureau Florence Ayers Teachers'Retire- ment Fund deducted from above salaries 2 Janitors'Salaries: Thomas A.Stevens .$1, Harry O.Wood Louis B.Mulvey .... Louis Mulvey or Louis Mulvey,Jr John E.Sladen Transportation: Harry O.Wood Mrs.Frank W.Wheel- wright Edward R.Jason ... John N.MacNeill .. Joseph R.Brennock . Carleton Andrews .. E.H.Brown C.W.Carlander ... Coh.Hardware Co... Jenney Serv.Station. P.N.James Ruiter Motor Sales . 247.50 86.25 3.00 10.00 10.00 6.00 17.00 60.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 10.00 12.00 25.00 160.00 ,132.44 835.00 730.00 703.00 674.00 625.00 700.00 800.00 147.65 22.86 24.54 2.50 55.86 28.80 1.60 3.00 45.56 194.54 110 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Reddy's Bat.&Rep. David Souther 36. Stone's Serv.Station. Mary White 26. Harry G.Wood 56. Fuel: J.C.Anderson 3,040 gal.oil 189. Lincoln Bros.Coal Co. 418,280 coal 1,447. Howard Bates,wood .10. Text Books and Supplies: Am.Book Co 91. Am.Type Founders Sales Corp 27, Am.Ed'n Press 25, Allyn &Bacon 66, Acme Process 13, Eva Burbine 2, Beckley-Hardy Co....10, American Cookery 1. Ass'n of Casualty & Surety Executives ..4 Am.Medical Ass'n ....1 Boston Music Co.....49 Bureau of Publica- tions J.W.Brine Co 197 Walter H.Baker Co...11 Baker &Taylor Co... John S.Cheever 12 Carter,Rice &Co....14 Cambosco Scientific Co.26 Central Scientific Co.12 Coh.News Co 2 D.S.Campbell 2 College Entrance Book Co 11 The Commentator ...1 Calls Drug Store Circle Book Co 2 B.W.Collins 2 Coh.Hard.Co Champion Pub.Co...2 Civic Ed'n Service ....11 A.B.Dick Co 12 Dorrety of Boston ....4 Theodore Dresser Co. E.I.DuPont de Ne- mours Co 22 H.J.Dowd Co.,Inc...17 Edwards Radio &Elec. Serv 42 Expression Co 5 Educational and Recre- ational Guides,Inc.1 00 88 00 38 49 66 41 92 30 99 00 00 ,00 ,99 ,99 ,07 ,00 ,50 ,79 ,45 .10 .89 ,92 ,50 .50 .00 .55 .72 .75 .95 .19 .90 .20 .95 .46 .51 .31 .15 .05 .23 Felters Co.,Inc 13.39 Edw.M.Fleming 3.29 Marjorie Fay 5.85 Follett Pub.Co 2.07 Ginn &Co 254.95 Globe Book Co 19.77 The Gregg Pub.Co...42.12 D.C.Heath &Co...74.76 E.M.Hale &Co...12.15 Henry Holt &Co....78.74 J.D.Harris &Co....1.37 Houghton Mifflin Co.1.24 J.L.Hammett Co..113.70 Industrial Ed'n Mag- azine 2.50 Intern a t i o n a 1 Eng. Works,Inc.2.58 G.E.Kimball &Son Co 4.80 Macmillan Co 148.09 Mass.Dept.of Ed'n ..35.00 Millers-Falls Co....1.40 McKnight &Mc- Knight 2.43 Milton Bradley Co..784.23 k.McMahon 2.70 M.J.Merriam 8.30 L.B.Mulvey,Jr...30.63 Merrill's Auto Exp....50 J.N.MacNeill 5.20 Nat'l Committee for Art Appreciation ..9.45 Noble &Noble Pub- lishers 104.06 Nemasket Transp.Co..50 H.Partridge Co 32.31 The Palmer Co 7.18 G.T.Pascoe Co 3.72 Psychological Corp'n . 26.85 Plymouth Cordage Co.2.15 Royal Typewriter Co..38.85 Ry.Exp.Agency ...10.72 Reliable Chem.Prod- ucts Co 22.25 Reformatory for Wo- men 5.60 Chas.Scribner's Sons 43.07 Scholastic Pub'ns ....29.75 Spaulding-Moss Co...101.77 School Arts Magazine 3.00 So.Shore Cleansers & Dyers 104.30 Sestito's Greenhouses 5.00 L.W.Singer Co....41.90 Scott,Foresman & Co 6.18 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 U) S.H.Stoughton 4.25 Thurston Supply Co...8.70 O.E.Toothaker 7.60 Union Book Binding Co 82.85 Visual Ed'n Service ..5.27 Henry J.Winde Co...160.53 ^/^'ebster Pub.Co 7.03 World Book Co 29.44 The Welles Pub.Co..5.00 Henry S.Wolkins Co.4.79 Wright &Potter Print- ing Co 4.18 Walker-Turner Co., Inc 1.10 The Welch Co.21.87 Junior Literary Guild 18.78 Laboratories Special- ties,Inc 1.50 Lyman W.Lincoln ....2.00 Longmans,Green & Co 45.95 Little Brown &Co...5.24 I.n>e?ide Pub.Co....2.00 Old Col.Gas Co....10.20 Osgood-Globe Corp'n.6.06 Oxford Book Co 4.95 Furniture: Milton Bradley Co...41.50 Visual Ed'n Service .•7.00 Edwards R.&Repair Serv 7.75 Geo.T.Pascoe Co.24.00 N.Y.N.H.&H.RR..1.44 Rockland Transp.Co.1.44 Lunch: Mary Enos 1,000.00 Lillian Enos 800.00 A.&P.Tea Co 112.25 Central Market 476.56 Drake's Bakeries ....52.68 Mary Enos 2.48 First Nat'l Stores,Inc.336.37 Hathaway Bakeries ...90.78 Plymouth Rock Ice Cream Co 847.45 Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co.243.58 Nat'l Biscuit Co 156.46 Frank Rego 309.58 Wm.Whittaker 1.75 F.W.Wheelwright & Sons 529.87 Walnut Grove Farm .2.52 Tuition: Weymouth Vocational School 318.22 City of Boston 9.30 Health: Delory Drug 57.85 Fanny E.James 708.36 U.S.Rubber Co 15.65 Np^tucket C o 1 1 a g e Hosp 15.00 Calls Drug Store,Inc.1.50 Howard S.Reid,M.D.75.00 Richard Donovan,M. D 225.00 Libraries: Chas.E.Lauriat Co...7.15 The Macmillan Co...6.20 Ginn &Co 1.23 Newson &Co 2.45 Little Brown &Co.3.90 International Sports Inc 1.00 The Quarrie Corp'n ..66.80 O.H.Toothaker 6.36 E.M.Hale &Co 2.50 Dood-Mead &Co 2.86 124.00 15.50 .80 609.00 100.00 School Committee: James W.Doyle,travel James W.Doyle,post- age James W.Doyle,tel. . Anna R.Dolan,clerk. Edward L.Stevens,Fi- nancial Secretary .. Mrs.Lois or Mrs.Jos- i a h Wheelwright, - postage and travel . T.Groom Co Norfolk County School Com.men's ass'n .. So.Shore Green- houses B.W.Collins,transpor- tation and postage . H.J.Pelletier,attend- ance officer Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds (including Janitors' supplies) : American Chem.Co..29.50 A.&P.Tea Co 4.14 Atlantic Elec.Co 5.60 16.83 16.88 6.00 5.00 10.50 100.00 112 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Builders Specialty &Geo.T.McLauthlin Hardware Co 10.25 Co 22.08 Lot E.Bates 142.25 Milton Bradley Co...6.40 Brockton Ed.Co 1.00 John N.MacNeill 278.24 J.W.Brine Co.,Inc...14.42 Daniel McSweeney ..10.00 E.H.Brown 3.00 Geo.E.Mitchell 2.00 Louis C.Bailey 444.00 Mass.Com.of 4.00 Wm.T.Barnes 25.00 Nemasket Transp.Co...40 D.S.Campbell 13.35 Norfolk Woodworking Coh Hard Co 87.97 Co.2 75 Central Market 1.85 Richard Riley 10.00 C.W.Carlander 2.40 S.H.Rooney 29.25 Coh.Quality Shop ...230.75 Reliable Chem.Prod- John S.Cheever Co...4.00 ucts Co 39.90 J.J.Dowd Co.,Inc..123.50 F.E.Rosenberg,Jr...11.16 Div.of Blind,Com.of Rogers Co 7.80 Mass 8.00 Sentry Products Co.22 38 Edwards Radio &Elec.Sears,Roebuck &Co..5.39 Service 250.84 T.A.Stevens 15.00 R.H.Edwards,Jr...75.00 Sestito's Greenhouses.3.00 Edw.Fleming 130.44 S.H.Stoughton 2.55 Chas.T.Fish 18.00 Geo.F.Sargent,Jr...107.75 Fitzpatrick &Happen-Philip L.Towle 134.93 ny 31.85 The Welch Co 6.80 Gilbert Howe Gleason Herbert Williams 31.00 Co 12.50 The Gamewell Co 11.62 Sundries: Geo.Haley 7.80 The Memorial Press .7.50 Heaney Mfg.Co 66.50 Boundbrook Press ...13.25 E.E.Hill 1.00 Hingham Journal ....15.00 Hyland &McGaw ...51.58 H.F.Barnes,Inc 720.69 Eustis James 7.80 E.H.Brown,glass ...2.50 Jenney Serv.Sta....6.00 Wm.Ripley Jr.,um- G.E.Kimball &Son pires 20.00 Co 26.58 J.S.Borland,grad'n 6.50 Alice F.Leonard d/b/a Sestito's Greenhouses .32.50 M.S.Leonard 464.74 Sestito,cartage 5.00 Levi.T.Lincoln 183.80 L.E.Bates,cartage ..15.00 TOWN COMMONS Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls John Connery $20.00 Fred Pape 826.87 Chas.E.Henry 5.00 Paul Pratt 6.05 Jos.or Joseph Laugelli 25.00 Osgood S.Sidney 5.00 John F.McLaughlin ..5.00 William Stover 5.00 Dan'l McSweeney,opp. Fire Station 2.50 $912.92 Fred Mitchell 12.50 BEECHWOOD PARK Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Frank McLean $2.50 Paul Pratt Fred W.Pape,trucking 1.00 Frank L.Rosenberg,Jr. Aaron Pratt,Jr 8.75 6.04 3.13 $21.42 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 113 Frank MacLean Fred Mitchell . WADLEIGH PARK Names and Amounts as tliiey appeared on the Pay Rolls Wilson Murphy$22.50 25.00 WHEELWRIGHT PARK Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Austin L.Ahearn ....$3.50 Abraham J.Antoine, Jr.7.00 George Brown 1.00 Foster Cadose 14.00 James R.DeVito 7.00 Samuel De Vito 3.50 Daniel Donovan 3.50 Robert Donovan 10.50 Charles H.Eastman ..7.00 John Emanuello 3.5- Pasquale Feola 14.00 Robert Ferreira 7.00 Louis Flgueiredo 14.00 Clarence Grassie 7.00 George Grassie 3.50 Patrick Grassie 17.50 Charles E.Henry ....7.00 Walter Hernan 3.50 Frank Infusino 7.00 Norman James 3.50 Charles E.Jason ....3.50 Charles R.Jason ....3.50 Herbert L.Jason 7.00 Frank Jednick 10.50 John Keating 7.00 Chauncey Kilborn ...14.00 Frank Lagrotterio ...3.50 Joseph Laugelli 3.50 Louis Laugelli 7.00 Wm.Laugelli 3.50 Lawson Litchfield . Wm.A.Litchfield . Frank MacLean ... William F.Martin Clarence McMahon Frank McMahon John McNamara Daniel McSweeney Michael Meehan Fred Mitchell .. Antonio Modente George Mulhern Harold Nason . Wm.J.O'Hearn Fred Pape Frank Perry . Walter Poland Paul Pratt .. Fred Roche .. Frank L.Rosenberg Bernard Salvador Everett Sherman Osgood Sidney John J.Silvia .. Ralph Studley . William Tilden Thomas Valine Bruno Varano . James Watt .. . 8.75 $56.25 3.50 7.00 10.50 3.50 3.50 3.50 14.00 3.50 14.00 14.00 7.00 3.50 7.00 7.00 14.00 7.00 3.50 7.00 10.50 3.50 14.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 14.00 3.50 3.50 3.50 $421.00 MILLIKEN FIELD Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Central Taxi Service .$19.00 Thomas F.McMahon .5.00 Robert Ferreira 35.00 Joseph Migliaccio ...5.00 Antoine Figueiredo,Jr.5.00 Fred Mitchell 10.00 Jr 5.00 Chas.H.Pratt 10.00 Chas.Henry 5.00 Nelson C.Pratt 55.00 T.Walter Hernan ...15.00 Paul Pratt 5.00 Harry A.P.Hetue ....30.00 Osgood Sidney 10.00 Henry Keating 5.00 William E.Tilden ...42.50 John T.Keating 10.00 James Watt 5.00 Joseph Laugelli 5.00 Louis A.Laugelli 10.00 $286.50 114 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 PARKING PLACE MAINTENANCE Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Thomas W.Hernan ..$5.00 Chas.J.Smith 5.00 Prank Numes 5.00 Wm.E.Stover 12.50 Paul Pratt 8.75 • $36.25 VETERANS'GRAVES Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Charles Dyment $25.00 Lorenzo Longo 75.00 James Garafilo or Gar-Frank J.Salvador ...12.00 afola 25.00 George Stoddard ....50.00 Clarence Grassie 5.00 Henry B.Kennedy ...50.00 $242.00 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 115 TOWN TREASURER'S REPORT FOR 1939 Balance in Treasury,January 1,1939 $87,866.56 Received as follows: Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Income Tax $19,598.59 Burial Indigent Soldiers and Sailors ..100.00 Highway Fund,Chap.232,Acts of 1939 14,022.38 Old Age Assistance 6,064.79 Aid Dependent Children 802.70 Temporary Aid and Transportation.4,001.88 Vocational Education 71.46 Bounty on Seals 50.00 $44,711.80 Old Age Assistance (U.S.Grant)..8,167.81 Aid Dependent Children (U^S.Grant)427.25 $53,306.86 County of Norfolk,dog licenses 582.97 Town Clerk of Cohasset,dog licenses 867.00 Director of Standards,H.and P.licenses 50.00 Albert M.Hunt,auctioneer's license 2.00 August F.Petersen,auctioneer's license 2.00 Social Service League,Intelligence Office license.. . 2.00 Milk Inspector,milk and oleo licenses 11.50 Board of Health,denatured alcohol licenses 6.00 Liquor licenses 3,450.00 All other licenses 89.00 Clerk East Norfolk District Court,fines .50 Gorham Fire Equipment Co.,fire materials 50.00 Sundry persons,refilling extinguishers 9.70 Sealer Weights and Measures,fees 38.36 F.W.Wheelwright and Sons,pasteurization 10.00 Richardson White,rent of land,Cohasset Home,3 years _300.00 Frederick G.James,rent of pasture,Cohasset Home.10.00 Town Hall,rental and current 875.67 Sundry persons,oxygen account 158.25 Sundry persons,highway account 8.50 Sale of runway 1.00 Town of Norwell,public welfare 4,148.24 Town of Plymouth,public welfare 90.05 City of Cambridge,public welfare 165.88 Town of Duxbury,public welfare 7.50 Town of Weymouth,public welfare 17.00 Town of Brookline,public welfare 84.58 Town of Weymouth,Sold,and Sail,relief 15.10 Payments for public welfare and Sold,and Sail,relief 564.49 Chief Probation Officer,restitution 50.00 Hingham Mutual Fire Insurance Co.,premium..13.94 City of Boston,school tuition 439.27 School lunch,printing,etc 2,858.23 James W.Nichols Fund,scholarship 65.00 Ripley Fund,High School 571.55 Cohasset Badminton Club,Ripley Road School,lights 25.00 116 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Cohasset Savings Bank,dividends on funds: Wheelwright Park $375.00 Wadleigh Park 125.00 Billings—Pratt Park 25.00 Billings Fund—Town Commons ....28.76 Williams lot,Beechwood Cemetery ..1.88 $555.64 Rockland Trust Co.,Woodside Cemetery,care Kenney lot 2.29 Sundry persons,Woodside Cemetery,care and sale of lots 1,111.00 North Cohasset Post Office Building,rental 158.00 George H.Mealy Post No.118,A.L.,rent Guild Hall 1.00 Kendall T.Bates,rent gravel-pit lot,1939 5.00 John Davenport,rent of house 80.00 Sundry persons,genealogies,lists,tel.tolls,advertis- ing,etc 36.60 Tax Title,Redemptions,on account 2,947.89 Tax Title refund,unaccepted 4.17 1938 Real Estate refund,unaccepted 147.34 Sundry persons,refunds 197.39 Money hired in anticipation of revenue 60,000.00 Tailings .32 Eleanor T.Downs,Tax Collector,petty cash 50.00 Collector of Taxes:taxes ($285,437.00),interest ($2,600.40),costs ($144.33)288,181.73 $510,292.07 Paid Selectmen's Warrants Nos.1 to 66,inclusive Balance on hand,December 31,1939 $406,710.99 103,581.08 $510,292.07 Rockland Trust Co 74,968.39 Webster and Atlas National Bank 22,645.13 Checks and cash 5,967.56 $103,581.08 The amount of the Arthur N.Milliken Fund,December 31,1939, is $2,399.87. MARY P.TOWER, Treasurer, Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 117 REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES 1935 Personal tax outstanding December 30,1939 ..$74.25 Suit to recover brought against person assessed has not yet been settled) 1937 Taxes outstanding December 30,1939 11,874.65 Collected and paid to Treasurer: Personal 55.48 Real Estate 9,583.91 Motor Vehicle Excise 31.06 Abatements 2,350.47 Abatements Re- funded 1,406.51 943.96 Added to Tax Title a/c 1,260.24 11,874.65 1938 Taxes and Moth assessments outstanding De- cember 30,1939 48,676.06 Collected and paid to Treasurer: Poll 18.00 Personal 1,431.20 Real Estate 44,173.49 Motor Vehicle Excise 242.90 Moth assessment 13.50 45,879.09 Overpayment refunds: Motor Vehicle Ex- cise $2.92 Real Estate 2.40 '5.32 $45,873.77 Abatements 2,349.00 Abaitements r e - funded 1,228.37 1,120.63 Added to Tax Title a/c 1,378.64 Outstanding December 30,1939 ....303.02 48.676.06 118 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 1939 Taxes and Moth assessments committed as per warrants 278,862.61 Collected and paid to Treasurer: Poll 2,072.00 19,075.07 197,464.31 11,039.08 237.00 Personal Real Estate Motor Vehicle Excise .. Moth assessment 2,285.75 749.67 Abatements Abatements r e - funded 229,887.46 1,536.08 1,888.45 45,550.62 Added to Tax Title a/c Taxes and Moth assessment ing December 30,1939 . outstand- 278,862.61 Cash collected and paid to Treasurer: Taxes and Moth assessment $285,437.00 Interest 2,600.40 Demands and costs 144.33 Total $288,181.73 ELEANOR T.DOWNS, Collector of Taxes, Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 119 REPORT OF COHASSET FIRE DEPARTMENT February,1940. To the Hoi^orable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen: Herewith is my report for the calendar year,1939. Orgranization of the Fire Department Chief and Forest Warden—Gilbert S.Tower,appointed by the Selectmen. Deputy-Chiefs,Officers and Firemen appointed by the Chief. First Deputy,Joseph L.Oliver. Second Deputy,Clarence S.Reddy. Captain Engine 1,Central Sta.,William F.Burke. Captain Ladder Co.,Central Sta.,E.Parker Malley. Captain Engine 2,No.Cohasset,Arthur Clark. Captain Engine 3,Beechwood,Anthony M.Gonsalves. Fire Alarm Supt.,Herbert Williams. Regular Firemen or Drivers: J.Lewis Bates,Norman G.Grassie,Charles C.Philbrook, Edwin A.Stone,James L.Happenny,Elwood F.Litchfield. Headquarters Man,C.W.Barron Salvador,in charge Hdqts. during fire. Engine 1 Company: Lot E.Bates,Lieutenant. Abraham J.Antoine,Jr. Joseph R.Brennock Edward R.Jason Harry A.Pattison John L.Pattison Bernard J.Salvador Eilery C.Sidney Joseph M.Silvia Louis E.Salvador Engine 2 Company: John Dyment,Lieutenant Edward J.Fitzpatrick John J.Carty Edwin A.MacLean Stephen Pagliaro Darius D.Reynolds Ralph R.Studley Ladder Company: Charles W.Frates,Lieutenant Ernest Edwards F.Noel Edwards Charles E.F'rates \vm.H.Mc Arthur,Jr. Manuel F.Oliver Stephen H.Rooney Alfred J.Silvia Wm.F.McAuliffe Engine 3 Company: Lawrence F.Lincoln,Lieutenant Thomas P.Culiiney Malcolm H.Stevens Rufus James Jerome C.Lincoln Ira B.P.Stoughton Benjamin Kelley Arthur Somerville Walter C.Wheelwright,Jr. Deputy Forest Wardens: Joseph L.Oliver Clarence S.Reddy Ira B.P.Stoughton Claience N.Sylvester Arthur Clark 120 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Fire Calls During the calendar year 1939 the Fire Department was called out 121 times. Calls for Fires—119;Bell Alarms—28;Stills—91;Drills—2. 114 in Cohasset,5 in Scituate. Calls by Telephone Out of the 119 fire calls,the telephone was used first for 104 A fire alarm box v/as pulled first for 10 Other notification (passing motorists,etc.)5 119 Bell Alarms There were 28 bell alarms,10 when street box was pulled first, 18 when alarm was rung at Central Station following telephone call. Of the 10 Bell Alarms Rung from Street Boxes 2 for grass or stump fires (should have been telephoned) 2 were false alarms,one offender prosecuted,other unknown. 3 rung for grass fires maliciously set beside road by unknown persons. 3 were for real or supposedly real house fires. Kinds of Fires and Causes Fires in HOUSES or BUILDINGS IN COHASSET 41 (Houses —38;Barns —2;Restaurant—1) Chimney Fires 16 12 because chimney not kept clean,soot had accumulated 4 flare-ups due to quick burning of paper in stove or fireplace Oil Burner Fires 10 5 in range burners,not kept in adjustment,repairs neg- lected 5 in power burners,due to flooding mostly,repairs neg- lected Electrical Causes 3 Short circuit in wiring of electric refrigerator Short circuit in electric light outlet (wires twisted) Oven in electric stove left on at night. Smoke in House 3 Over heated electric refrigerator motor (Lubrication neglected) Short circuit in radio Book left on electric toaster Lightning 3 Cigarette igniting matches,then curtain at window 1 Gas flame ignited fat around frying kettle in restaurant...1 Rubbish in cellar near heater caused serious fire 1 Children playing with matches,ignited hay around founda tion of house 1 Spontaneous Combustion 1 Unknown 1 41 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 121 Barn and Garage in Scituate 2 GRASS FIRES 46 B^irning leaves,etc.,got out of control,wind in- creased 6 Electric wires ignited tree 4 Spark from locomotive ignited grass along track..6 Maliciously set in grass and leaves beside road....4 Fire works (rockets)2 Unknown causes 24 FIRES IN THE WOODS 7 4 in Cohasset,3 in Scituate AUTOMOBILE FIRES 5 Short circuit—3,Cigarettes in seat—1,Pulled from mea- dow— 1 DUMP FIRES 15 Town Dump —8,Private Dumps— 7 FALSE ALARMS 2 One prosecuted—one unknown EXPLOSION—NO FIRE 1 DRILLS OF ENTIRE DEPARTMENT 2 TOTAL 121 Number of Runs Made by Apparatus Engine 1,Central Station 26 Ladder,Central Station 31 Chevrolet Squad C.S 59 Engine 2,North Cohasset 14 Engine 3,Beechwood 20 Forest 61 Losses—Houses and Buildings,$43,449.49. For many years the name signed below the Fire Department Annual Report has been that of Frank F.Martin,Jr.,our former Chief who died on November 29,1939,after having retired on August 31,1939,at the age of 70.The affection and esteem in which he was held by the people of Cohasset,and by his former associates in the Department has already been expressed so amply that anything further in the way of an eulogy would be superfluous at this time.This brief mention is to complete the record of his service to the Town. The bell alarm is now being rung for all fires in houses and buildings,even if understood to be only in the chimney.This practice will mean more alarms and some will prove unnecessary but it will be safer to have ample apparatus and men rather than perhaps not enough. Respectfully submitted, GILBERT S.TOWER, Chief,and Forest Warden. 122 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 COHASSET REVISED JURY LIST July,1939 Name and Occupation Street Bailey,Louis B.C,contractor King Bishop,John,author Atlantic Ave. Brown,E.Harold,merchant Doane Chase,C.Raymond,secretary South Main Clark,Arthur,plumber Hull Daun,John,florist Sohier Deegan,Robert B.,salesman Church Earle,Roland D.,chemist Cedar Lane Enos,Abraham S.,plumber Elm Ericsson,Conrad,salesman North Mam Flint,George W.,painter James Lane Freeman,Emery E.,chauffeur Summer Gunville,Francis D.,machinist Spring James,Ez-ekiel,plumber King Jason,George S.,salesman Cushing Road Jason,William H.,contractor Pond Jenkins,Fred B.,engineer Smith Place Johnson,Howard A.,merchant Atlantic Ave. Kelley,Benjamin,laborer Beechwood Kennedy,Henry B.,lineman South Main Light,Brooks,salesman Highland Ave. Lincoln,Harry N.,draftsman South Main Lincoln.Lawrence F.,mason's helper Beechwood McAuliff e,Charles,gardener Smith Place McGaw,William H.,merchant South Main McLean,Bruce,clerk Elm McMahon,Clarence R.,chauffeur Summer MacNeill,Frederick D.,plumber North Main Malley,Edward P.,electrician Elm Marsh,Russell B.,ass't engineer Beechwood Maynard,Walter H.,insurance agent King Mealy,Ernest R.,merchant Beechwood Migliaccio,Joseph A.,chauffeur Jerusalem Road Olivadoti,Guiseppe,gardener Jerusalem Road Oliver,Joseph L.,truckman Ash Petersen,August F.,realtor Sohier Petersen,Lawrence,stock clerk Hull Pratt,Warren S.,meat cutter Ripley Road Reed,David A.,Jr.,architect Highland Ave. Rosano,Joseph W.,contractor North Main Rose,Harry W.,clerk Elm Sargent,George F.,Jr.,painter Beechwood Simeone,Louis J.,stock clerk South Main Sladen,John E.,gardener Elm Court Souther,Nathan,merchant King Stevens,Malcolm H.,insurance agent Beechwood Tisdale,Richard H.,announcer North Main Tower,Edward E.,mechanic Highland Ave. Tower,Rubin F.,retired South Main Valine,Fred P.,gardener Border Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 123 REPORT OF HIGHWAY SURVEYOR January 31,1940 To the Citizens of Cohasset: Herewith is your Highway Surveyor's report for year ending December 31,1939. The usual clean up of gutters,catch-basins,fence repairing, painting,etc.,was given the customary attention. During the summer months daily (except Sundays,holidays) weather permitting,the business center of the town was cleaned and refuse carried away prior to 7 o'clock A.M. The following streets were tarred and sanded.All of South Main,Beechwood,Doane,King,Pond,Sohier,Bow,Nichols Road, Parker Ave.,Black Horse Lane,Cushing Road,Spring,Ash,Hill, Short,Norfolk Road,Pleasant and Smith Place. Sohier St.from top of Deer Hill to King Street was widened. (A much needed improvement.) Large portion of ledge on Spring St.opposite residence of Mr. Charles E.Howe was blasted,street widened,thus assuring more safety to travel;also the opposite corners of Cushing Road at the intersection of Pleasant St.were cut back. New sidewalks were made on Norfolk Road and Short St. On North Main St.from Sohier St.to Ripley Road the sidewalk was resurfaced. 55,560 gallons of tar were used upon the streets and side- walks. Street marking was done at the direction of our Chief of Police. Cunningham Bridge was thoroughly renovated;all rust and paint scale removed by compression process.Many new plates and bolts replacing old ones were used,also electric welding where necessary,two coats of specially prepared paint was put on.This job was completed for $1,988.75 and paid for out of your General Highway Appropriation.We have the assurance of experts that this bridge is in serviceable condition for many years. It is your Highway Surveyor's desire to eliminate hazardous conditions that exist at various locations on our streets for the safety of public travel. In conclusion,I express my thanks to our Public Officials for their helpful cooperation.To all citizens,I welcome sugges- tions that will be beneficial to our town. Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM T.BARNES, Highway Surveyor. 124 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 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 31,1939. OFFICIAL ROSTER OF THE DEPARTMENT Chief of Police,Hector J.Pelletier Sergeant,Frank Jason Patrolmen James J.Sullivan,Jr. John J.Rooney Benjamin F.Curley Earl R.McArthur John H.Winters,Jr. Special Officers John T.Keating Joseph A.Dion,Jr. Henry B,Kennedy John J.Ferreira Louis J.Simeone Spencer H.Stoughton Frank E.Jason Edward B.Mathewson Ralph S.Enos Joseph M Jason Arrest Report Male Assault 1 Assault and battery 1 Breaking and entering in the night time and larceny 4 Circulating a false alarm of fire 2 Disturbing the peace 2 Drunk 55 Leaving scene of accident after causing injury to property 1 Non-payment of wages 7 Non-support of illegitimate child 1 Non-support of w^ife 1 Non-support of wife and minor child 1 Operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor 18 Peddling without a license 1 Refusing to stop a motor vehicle upon signal of a police officer 1 Selling firearms without a license ..1 Short lobsters in possession 1 Using a motor vehicle without author- ity 1 Violation of parole Violation of probation 2 Female TOTAL 101 Total 1 1 4 2 2 56 1 7 1 1 1 19 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 104 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 125 Disposition of Cases Arrested on warrant 10;without warrant 81;summoned by Court 13;released Chapter 135 General Laws 28;Foreigners 5; non-residents 57;held for trial 70;guilty 51;not guilty 6;arrested for other departments 6;continued to 1940 4;filed by order of the Court 16;probation 8;sentenced to institutions 5;dismissed for want of prosecution 10;turned over to Probation Officer 1; turned over to Parole Officer 1. SUMMARY OF WORK DONE BY DEPARTMENT For the year ending December 31st,1939 Accidents investigated,automobiles 64 Explosion 1 Buildings found open and locked by police 103 Calls for inhalator 4 Cars stopped for violations and warned '105 Cars tagged for improper parking 112 Cars stopped for inspection of licenses and registration 265 Complaints received at headquarters 1,433 Defects in street reported to Highway Department ...9 Dogs injured by automobiles 10 Dogs killed by automobiles 8 Duty calls from boxes 1,988 Fatal accidents—drownings 1,explosion 1 2 Fire alarms answered 29 General orders issued to department 36 Hackney licenses issued 5 Hackney operator's license issued 4 Insane persons committed to institutions 4 Licenses suspended for improper operation 50 Lost property recovered and returned to owners (valued at $303.50 Mileage of Ambulance 1,713 Mileage of cruising cars 39,014 Motorist assisted 37 Number of days spent in court by officers 134 Oxygen tent calls 7 Permits to purchase fire arms issued 3 Permits to solicit funds issued 20 Permits to work on Lord's day issued 3 Persons found dead 1 Persons listed by police department,Chapter 440 Acts of 1938; Males 1,059 Females 1,132 Boys 18 and 19 years 53 Total 2,244 Persons rescued (drowning)4 Persons transported in ambulance 61 32 Females—29 Males Persons transported to hospital and doctors'offices in police cars 12 Radio messages sent out by this station 8,876 126 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Revolver permits issued 51 Special attention requested by owners of unoccupied houses 45 Stolen automobiles recovered 2 Stolen property recovered by department.(Valued at)$2,593.00 Street lights reported out 149 Suicide 1 Summer homes inspected by department 783 Summonses served for other police departments 77 Total Fines $1,105.00 CONCLUSION To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and to the People of Cohasset I want to express my appreciation for the splendid cooperation given me in the past year. Respectfully submitted, HECTOR J.PELLETIER, Chief of Police. In iH^monam JOHN FLEMING COHASSET POLICE DEPARTMENT May 1,1895—June 30,1937 DIED—OCTOBER 24,1939 He was a faithful,diligent,courageous public servant during his entire service to the Town for more than forty years.The members of the Police Department pay tribute to a faithful friend and comrade whom they will forever miss from their ranks.His death is a great loss to the Town of Cohasset. Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 127 REPORT OF HARBOR MASTER To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen : As Harbor Master of Cohasset,I beg to submit the followhig report: During the past summer the harbor was filled to its utmost capacity with large yachts and power boats of all descriptions. Judging from the number of applications I'have already re- ceived,for mooring space,I should say that the coming season will be the same. The harbor has been surveyed by the U.S.Government,and dredging approved. A new run-way was built last season to replace one which had been in very poor condition. 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 To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen : My report as Sealer of Weights and Measures is as follows: The various weighing and measurnig appliances in town have been carefully tested,272 were sealed,40 were adjusted and 10 were condemned. The amount of $39.56 was collected as sealing fees and turned over to the Town Treasurer. Respectfully submitted, LOT E.BATES, Sealer. REPORT OF MOTH SUPERINTENDENT To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen : Having been appointed Moth Superintendent by your Board, for the past year,I submit the following report: Creosoting of Gypsy Moths was carried on during the early Spring and some bad colonies were taken care of. On the fifth of June spraying of all trees along the roadsides was commenced in order to eliminate all pests harmful to our trees. The Tent Caterpillars were few this year and those that were found were cut away so as to keep them under control. There were not many Web Worms this past year but those that were found were cut away so as to keep them down for the next year. I take this opportunity to thank your Honorable Board and all the Citizens for their co-operation in this Department. Respectfully submitted, STEPHEN J.GRASSIE, Moth Superintendent. 128 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 REPORT OF TREE WARDEN To the Citizens of Cohasset: The work of trimming dead wood from our trees was carried on as usual,during the past year,as far as the money would allow. I feel that we have the Elm Beetle under control as our trees have shown in the past year. The wires for the Fire Alarm System were all cleared during the past year as formerly. The Tree Department's Truck appears to be in first class order and therefore will continue its useful service during the coming year. I wish to thank the Citizens and all Departments for their co-operation. Respectfully submitted, STEPHEN J.GRASSIE, Tree Warden. REPORT OF HEALTH DEPARTMENT To the Citizens of Cohasset: Eight Diphtheria Immunization Clinics were conducted last year,four of these being held at the Ripley Road School for school children and four at the Legion Hall for children of pre- school age.Fifty-seven children were treated for immunization purposes at these Clinics by Dr.Donovan,the School Physician, assisted by Miss James,the School Nurse,at the Ripley Road School,and Miss Weir,the District Nurse,at the Pre-School Clinics. The annual Tubercular Test Clinic was conducted by the Nor- folk County Hospital at the Osgood School,the pupils of the ninth and eleventh grades being tested for the disease. The Well Baby Clinic,held the first Tuesday of the month, showed an enrollment of ninety-one children with a total attend- ance of one hundred ninety-five for the year. The School Dental Clinic,at the Ripley Road school,was in operation forty-seven days during the past year.Four hundred and fifty-seven appointments were held,the work consisting of as follows:Permanent fillings four hundred ninety-one,temporary fillings one hundred forty,cleanings eight-three,extractions:De- cidious one hundred fifteen and permanent twenty-three. Nineteen milk,one pasteurization and two oleomargarine li- censes were issued last year.Also six alcohol licenses were issued to proprietors of garages and filling stations throughout the Town, dispensing with anti-freeze preparations containing wood alcohol which cannot be sold legally without a license. Funds appropriated for the maintenance of James Brook, Straits Pond and Cat Dam were distributed quite equally among the three during the past year.The hot dry summer of last year contributed to the growth of much algae in Straits Pond and Cat Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 129 Dam,which required considerable work in an effort to keep these bodies of water clear of the growth which when exposed to the sun become so offensive as to odor. One hundred and fifty contagious diseases reported to this Department were as follows:Chicken Pox fifty-eight,German Measles two,Measles forty-one,Mumps thirty-six.Lobar Pneu- monia one.Scarlet Fever one.Whooping Cough two.Dog Bite nine. Number of loads received at the Town Dump were one thou- sand seven hundred thirty-one.Flooded cellars and contaminated wells pumped by the Superintendent of the Dump were eighteen in number,this in addition to assistance rendered on local W.P.A. Projects in pumping brooks and water-holes. In addition to the foregoing,the usual routine of the Depart- ment was observed which included the investigation of complaints received relative to sanitary conditions,nuisances,inspection of dairies,placarding of dwellings,etc. Respectfully submitted, NATHANIEL HURWITZ,Chairman ABRAHAM J.ANTOINE,JR.,Secretary EDWARD E.TOWER .COHASSET FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY STATEMENT OF INCOME AND PAYMENTS Cr. To Payments in 1939: Purchase of Books 546.42 Treasurer's Bond 12.50 Rent of Safe Deposit Box 11.00 Support of Paul Pratt Memorial Library 285.00 Cash Balance Dec.31st,1939: New England Trust Co 373.89 Cohasset Savings Bank 406.80 Total $1,635.61 Dr. To Receipts in 1939: Income from Investments $420.50 Interest from Savings Banks 394.34 Cash balance Jan.1,1939: New England Trust Co 413.97 Cohasset Savings Bank 406.80 $1,635.61 Respectfully submitted, KENNETH D.KETCHUM, Treasurer. Jan.17,1940 Examined and found correct. OLIVER H.HOWE, BURGESS C.TOWER, Auditors, 130 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 SCHEDULE OP INVESTED FUNDS AND SAVINGS BANK DEPOSITS DECEMBER 31ST,1939 Bonds (Face Value) December 31st,1939 $2,000.00 Elliott 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. 1,500.00 Northern Pacific,Rwy.ref &imp 6's,2047. 1,000.00 Great Northern Rwy.Gen.Mtg.33/4's,1967. 1,000.00 Postal Telegraph &Cable Co.coll.tr.5's,1953, $9,000.00 Shares 2 Shares International Metal Realization Co.Ltd. Savings Banks $8,538.29 Cohassett Savings Bank. 3,485.63 Quincy Savings Bank. 4,146.82 East Weymouth Savings Bank. 2,090.00 Hingham Institution for Savings. $18,260.74 Respectfully submitteid, KENNETH D.KETCHUM, Treasurer Jan.17,1940.Examined and found correct. OLIVER H.HOWE, BURGESS C.TOWER. Auditors REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE PAUL PRATT MEMORIAL LIBRARY The Directors present herewith their Annual Report for the year ending December 31,1939. During the past year,there has been no change in the Library personnel.Nine hundred and seven volumes have been added covering many fields of interest;and including both fiction and non-fiction.From time to time,valuable works of reference have been placed in the reading room where we hope they are used often. While the Library shows an increase in number of with- drawals from year to year,we are rather surprised to find that a Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 131 careful checkup shows that only 690 voters in our town have uti- lized the privileges of borrowing from the Library. The Library is one of which the townspeople should be justly proud as it is much larger in number of volumes and in range of interest than that of most towns having a similar population. The reports of the Treasurer of the Board and the Librarian, in detail,are subjoined. Respectfully submitted, FREDERICK J.HINCHLIFFE, President FRED V.STANLEY,Treasurer DONALD T.GAMMONS,Clerk KENDALL T.BATES EDWIN T.OTIS HARRY C.MESERVE ROLAND D.EARLE PAUL PRATT MEMORIAL LIBRARY In account with Fred V.Stanley,Treasurer Cr. By payments for 1939 For books,magazines and bindings $1,155.11 For heating and lighting 596.59 For insurance 227.03 For miscellaneous items 109.84 For postage,printing and stationery 85.81 For rent,Beechwood Branch 250.00 For repairs and maintenance 227.14 For salaries 3,961.89 For supplies 86.39 For transfer to permanent funds of balance exchange of bonds 207.50 Total expenditures $6,907.30 Balance Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company, January 1,1940 1,302.54 $8,209.84 Dr. To receipts for 1939 Balance Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company,Jan.1,1939 $1,194.62 Income from investments 464.26 Income from unrestricted funds,-Cohasset Free Public Library 285.00 Town of Cohasset,Appropriation for Library 5,500.00 Fines,fees,etc.,at Library 544.30 Exchange of bonds 207.50 Insurance dividends 12.16 Rebate on magazine 2.90 Total receipts $8,209.84 132 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Schedule of Invested Funds $1,000.00 Birmingham Terminal Company Bond,1st 4s,1957. 2,000.00 Montana Power Company Bonds,1st 3%s,1966. 500.00 Ohio Electric Power Company,1st 5s,1957. 2,000.00 Public Service Company of Indiana Bonds,1st 4s,1969. 1,000.00 Public Service Company of New Hampshire Bonds,1st 31/48,1966. 2,000.00 Penn.Central Light and Power Company Bonds,1st 41/2S,1977. 2,000.00 Winter Hill Cooperative Bank,10 shares. 240.70 Cohasset Savings Bank. $10,740.70 Respectfully submitted, FRED V.STANLEY, Treasurer. We have examined the account of the Treasurer and find it correctly cast and properly vouched.We have examined the secur- ities in which the funds of the Library are invested. BURGESS C.TOWER, WINTHROP L.GRAHAM, Auditors. REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN OF THE PAUL PRATT MEMORIAL LIBRARY 1939 To the Board of Directors of the Paul Pratt Memorial Library: Before presenting to you my report for 1939,I wish to correct a statement made last year,and I am grateful to Mr.Brooks Frothingham,who called my attention to the error.I quote from a letter received from him:'T notice under your report in the Annual Town Report,page 129,that certain ladies have given foreign photographs,including my mother,Mrs.William L.Parker. For the sake of accuracy,I am writing to say that those photo- graphs were given by me,some months after my mother's death. ...They were collected partly by my mother,but mostly by my grandmother;when they came into my possession it seemed to me that if I gave them to the library they would be more enjoyed and more useful educationally to the people of Cohasset than if I kept them in my house,so I made the donation." In reviewing the work of the library for the past twelve months,I believe that it compares favorably with that of other years. Revision of the files of pamphlets and maps is being made and new material is being added as rapidly as possible.Interesting and informative pamphlets are the so-called "Headline Books,"an Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 133 occasional publication of the Foreign Policy Association,and a leaflet called,"Propaganda Analysis." Last year I spoke of the possibility of the young people's books being given a place of their own,and,as a beginning,this year it was decided to adopt the symbol "y"to indicate books for junior and high school age,—or,the young adult,—thus distinguishing them from those for the fourth to eighth grades (j)and for the pre-school age and children just learning to read (jj).At this time there is an excellent collection of 174 books,and the problem of suitable shelving for this growing collection arises. Considerable use has been made of the Inter-library loan priv- ilege,books having been borrowed mainly from the Division of Public Libraries,(Department of Education),Boston Public Li- brary and Thomas Crane Public Library,Quincy.It has been our pleasure to make our first inter-library loan to our neighbor,the Hingham Public Library,which has also loaned to us. The annual appeal from the American Merchant Marine for books and magazines for their libraries for the seamen was received and in April quite a satisfactory contribution was sent them. During the summer m.onths three art exhibits v/ere held; conte-pastel drawings of Mexico by Margaret Newton Allen;chil- dren's portraits by Margaret (Wilkins)Reed;paintings and sketches by Katherine ¥/ilkins.We are m.ost gratful to these friends for their kindness in loaning us their work,which at- tracted the attention and interest of many. While monthly deposits of books have been sent to several grades of the Ripley Road School,which,the teachers assure us, the children enjoy reading,the lists prepared by the Division of Public Libraries have not been used as much as in other years,so that only a fev/certificates were awarded.The importance of children's reading lies in the stimulation they receive from books, which creates a desire for more reading,and such lists are made with the thought of directing the choice to books vvhich m.ay have this power. Meetings of the Massachusetts Library Association,the Old Colony Library Club and the Round Table for Children's Libra- rians have been attended.The American Library Association con- ventions are usually too far distant to make it possible to attend them. Book Week was celebrated November 12 to 18,with a display of new books in a window of the Cohasset Hardware Company,for which privilege we thank Mr.McGaw and Miss Collier,and the usual collection of children's books which are always fascinating to children and mothers alike !The library was open to the public on Sunday afternoon,November 12,as has been the custom for a year or two,when we had the pleasure of greeting a few friends. We hope each year to welcome more!Mr.Sestito's gift of flowers for this occasion was very much appreciated. One pleasant feature of the week's activities were the visits of the children from the Ripley Road School,with their teachers; 134 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 two groups,of from 22 to 34 each,came to the library each school- day morning.There was an exchange of entertainment,since the librarians spoke of the "why"of Book Week,the "how"of book- making,the "what"found between the covers of some of the new- books,which the children were allowed to examine as they pleased. Their contributions were drawings,illustrating a story or book, recitations,original stories told by using book titles,and a story or book presented in the form of a play.The co-operation of Miss Brown and of all the grade teachers is very pleasant and sincere appreciation of their good-will is extended to them in this report. Book Stock During the year 907 volumes have been added,by purchase,by gift,by binding and through subscriptions,which give us reference tools such as the United States catalogue.Readers'guide,etc. Various reasons have governed the withdrawal of an unusual number of books from both the main library and its branch,— a total of 661.The net increase of 246 volumes added to the number reported last year gives us,at the present time,24,142 volumes (65%being non-fiction).Of these 22,658 volumes are to be found in the main library and 1,484 in the Beechwood Branch Library. The kinds of magazines which are available for those who care to read them may be of interest,—gifts provide the Cohasset Cottager,Fortune,Machinery,Stamps,America,American Legion and National News of American Legion Auxiliary.Subscriptions provide magazines of general interest,of current affairs,of world events,of travel,art and music,as well as those for the home- maker,the parent and the craftsman.Magazines for the children and young people are read to some extent,the favorites being the American girl,Child life,Popular mechanics and Popular science. Use of Library It is rather difficult to give an estimate of the number of peo- ple using the library,since during the summer months especially, many transient people register.With the idea that a representa- tive group of borrowers might be gained,a record was kept for four weeks in May and June of those who made use of the library.As the children were not taking out as many books as they have been since school commenced,this is a record of adult borrowers, mostly.It was found that 590 numbers were being used,—557 at the main library and 33 at the Beechwood Branch.By checking our registration file with the 1939 voting list,it was found that it contains names of about 690 voters.There should be,and we hope there soon will be,many more who become library minded! There were,during the year 309 registrations and re-registra- tions and 242 withdrawals,giving an increase of 67 names in our registration file,which now totals 1,734—39 being out-of-town borrowers. In spite of a lower circulation recorded for several months, not a decrease in circulation,but an increase,even though slight (283),may be again reported.The number of volumes borrowed from the main library was 41,199,and from the Beechwood Branch 4,439,making a total of 45,638 for the year. Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 135 The following persons have given to the library^books,mag- azines and travel posters,for which appreciation and thanks are here expressed:Mrs.Charles J.White,Mrs.Caroline G.Plant, Ellen Gleason,Mary P.Tower,Louise M.Morrill,Mrs.Sara J. Eddy,Billy May,Helen M.Phillips,E.C.Nickerson,Florence N. Bates,Mrs.John F.Moors,Marjorie B.Holman,Alfred M.Ingalls, Mrs.Albert H.Seaver,Ethel Bowman,Mrs.H.C.Southard,Mrs. John U.Riley,Mr.Gulesian,Mr.Wight,Mr.Ketchum,Mr. Thompson,Mr.Jones.Gifts have also been received from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,Smithsonian Institution,Ameri- can Legion Auxiliary and Bates Association. In closing,I should like to express my appreciation of the kindly support of the Directors;of the willing and unfailing assist- ance of Miss Holman,Miss Thayer and Mr.Butman,and of Miss Stoddard's co-operation and work at the Beechwood Branch Li- brary. CHARLOTTE S.TOWER, Librarian. Cohasset,Massachusetts, December 31,1939 REPOKT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN During the year there have been several matters of interest which we will explain briefly. In connection with the reconstruction of Beechwood Street the County Commissioners thought it best to correct the bad sit- uation near Mason's corner.Accordingly a survey was made of a new layout extending back of the properties of Joseph C.Anderson and the late Rev.Milo H.Gates joining the present road at the foot of the hill opposite Mealy's Ice Pond.After hearings the layout was accepted.Plans may be seen at the Town Hall.Con- struction has not as yet been started but probably will be during 1940.Danger spots on Pleasant Street,Cushing Road and Spring Streets are being eliminated in accordance with the layout accepted last year. Early in the year litigation was started questioning the Town's title to the Town Dump.Acting upon advice of the Town Counsel an agreement was m.ade which stopped the Court action.In order to get this agreement through it was necessary for a payment of $200.00 to be made and as the people from whom the property was originally purchased were unable to make good on their Warranty Deed and could not raise the $200.00 the Selectmen,again acting under advice of the Town Counsel,authorized the.payment from the Town Treasury after first getting an agreement from the peo- ple who sold the property that the money would be repaid to the Tov/n within six months.Payment not having been received suit against the signers has been started. Street numbers have been assigned to all buildings which may be affixed if the owners desire to do so. Numerous hearings and meetings with reference to the rail- 136 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 road situation have been attended.This matter is now pending in the Courts and the Ecard will follow it as closely as possible and protect the interest of the Town as far as they are able. In accordance with the Compulsory Retirement Section of the General Law^s accepted by the Town,Fire Chief Frank F. Martin,Jr.,was-retired upon attaining the age of seventy. Owing to an increase in the compulsory automobile insurance rate for Cohasset an investigation was made to determine the cause.Conferences with the Insurance Department of the Massa- chusetts Public Works were held and information supplied by them is now being studied.It is hoped that some way may be found to effect a reduction in this rate for next year. After a complete and careful examination of the heating sys- temi of the Tovv'n Hall by heating engineers,and acting in com- pliance with their recommendations,a change from gas to oil has been made.It is expected that this will result in a substantial sav- ing. The decorations on the common during the holiday season we trust were enjoyed by everyone. Land for a ski and sled slide on Mrs.Bancroft's property near Pleasant Street,has been leased.The construction of a slide in this location will eliminate the danger of coasting on the public streets.We are indebted to Mrs.Bancroft for her cooperation. We have conducted the affairs of the Town to the best of our ability and we hope reasonably satisfactory.Suggestions for im- provement will be gladly received. Respectfully submiitted, KENDALL T.BATES, DARIUS W.GILBERT, EVERETT W.WHEELWRIGHT, Board of Selectmen. REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS The Assessors of the Town of Cohasset submit their report for 1939: Total valuation 1939 $10,298,412.00 Total valuation 1939 10,267,855.00 Increase in valuation 1939 -$30,557.00 Town Grant,Annual Town Meeting (including ap- propriations from available funds deducted below $309,596.37 State Tax and Assessments: State Tax $26,640.00 Auditing Municipal Accounts 280.28 State Parks and Reservations ....357.99 Veterans'Exemptions 60.15 Met.Parks,Sinking Fund,etc...65.16 Met.Parks,Loan,Nantasket Maint.305.96 27,709.54 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 137 State Tax and Assessments paid in 1938 in excess of estimates raised: State Tax $13,320.00 State Parks and Reservations ....21.82 Veterans'Exemptions 28.62 13,370.44 County Tax 9,235.93 County Tax paid in 1938 in excess of estimate raised 48.01 Tuberculosis Hospital 3,405.58 Overlay (current year)6,537.28 $369,903.15 ESTIMATED RECEIPTS Income Tax $20,641.65 Corporation Taxes '1,757.63 Motor Vehicle Excise 11,000.00 Licenses,Liquor,etc.3,685.00 Pines 70.00 Special Assessment,Moth 300.00 General Government 1,075.00 Protection of Persons and Property ..25.00 Health and Sanitation 78.00 Highways (from State)14,022.38 Charities (other than Federal Grants for A.D.C.)8,200.00 Old Age Assistance (other than Fed- eral Grants 5,300.00 Soldiers'Benefits 75.10 Schools 2,700.00 Public Service Enterprise,No.Cohas- set Post Office Building 118.00 Cemeteries (other than trust funds and sale of lots)280.00 Interest on Taxes and Assessments ..2,500.00 Sealer of Weights and Measures ....40.00 Bounties—State —(Seals)40.00 71,907.76 $297,995.39 State Assessments raised in excess of amounts paid : Met.Parks,Loan,Nantasket Maint .64 $297,994.75 Available funds,voted at Town Meeting,to be used: Article 8 Use of Assessors in fix- ing Tax Rate $20,000.00 Article 9 Dog Fund for Schools ..582.97 Article 10 Reserve Fund from Over- lay Surplus 5,000.00 Article 11 Surplus War Bonus Fund to be deducted from Sec.49 of Art.3 574.24 138 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Article 12 Chapter 500 money,re- ceived from State in accordance with Chap.2 Acts of 1939 3,115.20 Article 16 Ripley Road School Ad- Appropriation for erection of Field House on Milliken Field .1,788.66 31,062.07 Net Amount raised on Polls and Property $266,932.68 Number of Polls,1131 @ $2.00 $2,262.00 Total valuation.Personal $804,112 @ $25.70 23,665.68 Total valuation.Real 9,494,300 @ 25.70 244,003.51 Gain on account of fractional division of tax rate, (adjusted through overlay account)1.49 $266,932.68 $236,932.68 Moth Tax on Private Estates 239.00 December Assessment .00 Added Polls 10.00 Total amount of taxes listed in Collector's Commit ment list,except Motor Vehicle Excise War- rants $267,181.68 Amount of Motor Vehicle Excise Warrants $11,680.93 Number of Persons Assessed 1,232 Number of Polls Assessed 1,136 Number of Horses Assessed 60 Number of Cows Assessed 160 Number of Yearlings,etc.,Assessed 17 Number of Swine Assessed 103 Number of Fowl Assessed 1,566 Number of Sheep Assessed 7 Number of Goats Assessed 23 Number of Dwelling Houses Assessed 1,033 Number of Acres of Land Assessed 5,105 ABATEMENTS OF TAXES DURING THE YEAR 1939 On 1937 Assessments Poll $.00 Personal 169.80 Real Estate 2,163.67 Motor Vehicle 17.00 $2,350.47 On 1938 Assessments Poll $18.00 Personal 179.31 Real Estate 2,020.48 Motor Vehicle 182.64 $2,400.43 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 139 On 1939 Assessments Poll $204.00 Personal 235.03 Real Estate 1,085.19 Motor Vehicle 761.63 $2,285.85 Respectfully submitted, DARIUS W.GILBERT, KENDALL T.BATES, EVERETT W.WHEELWRIGHT, Board of Assessors. REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE To the Citizens of Cohasset: During the year 1939 aid was furnished to 83 families consist- ing of 258 persons,a decrease of 32 families and 122 persons as compared with the year 1938. We submit below a table of the case load and the number of persons represented in each month of 1938 and 1939 for compari- son. 1938 1939 Cases Persons Cases Persons January 74 226 46 127 February 88 290 57 168 March 88 291 52 169 April 74 221 54 184 May 58 207 42 130 June 44 149 33 97 July 34 98 24 67 August 32 92 21 57 September 39 107 24 74 October 38 113 20 67 November 37 101 27 90 December 47 142 33 111 Aid to Dependent Children was furnished to five families rep- resenting nine children during the year.Previous to September, 1939,this category of relief covered children under 16 only,but in September,1939,a rule went into effect including children under 18 attending school,making three more children in two families eligible. Federal Surplus Commodities were distributed to the needy, including recipients of public welfare,old age assistance,aid to dependent children,soldiers'and sailors'relief,W.P.A.,N.Y.A.,and many others not on relief but receiving insufficient income. The District Nurse,Miss Agnes Weir,reports 81 relief cases under her care during the year,with a total of 739 visits,of which 140 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 65 cases,472 visits,were Public Welfare.There were four patients admitted to clinics of the Massachusetts General Hospital and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary who attended 20 clinics. Traveling expenses and some of the medicines and supplies were taken care of by the Social Service League.Miss Weir has kept in contact with the Board of Public Welfare to avoid duplication. We wish to thank the Social Service League,the District Nurse and others who have cooperated with this Department dur- ing the past year. Respectfully submitted, EVERETT W.WHEELWRIGHT, DARIUS W.GILBERT, KENDALL T.BATES. Board of Public Welfare. REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF OLD AGE ASSISTANCE Old Age Assistance was granted to 63 persons during the year. Active Cases,January 1,1939 51 New Cases opened during year 10 Cases re-opened during the year 2 Cases aided during the year 63 Cases closed during the year 9 Active cases on December 31,1939 54 Of the 10 new cases added during the year three were trans- fers from the Public Welfare Rolls. Of the 9 Cases closed,two moved out of town,three were con- sidered ineligible,and there were four deaths. Miss Weir,District Nurse,reports 146 visits to recipients of Old Age Assistance.There were a few who were not really in need of nursing care,but have little contact with other people and were visited occasionally in hopes of bringing a little comfort and cheer. For financial details please refer to the accountant's report. Respectfully submitted, KENDALL T.BATES, EVERETT W.WHEELWRIGHT, MARY E.OLIVER. Bureau of Old Age Assistance. Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 141 W.P.A.ACTIVITIES —1939 Average number of local men employed on W.P.A.Projects paid from W.P.A.Funds. January 80 July 50 February 84 August 40 March 83 September 46 April 72 October 46 May 60 November 44 June 55 December 56 W.P.A.Funds Expended for Labor on Local W.P.A.Projects Improved Streets $22,408.82 Bancroft Rd.Provide drainage,gravel and surface. Beechwood St.—Remove ledge,re-locate,widen, construct culvert,regrade,surface and provide sidewalk. Beechwood and King Sts.—Relocate intersection and re-surface. Cedar St.—Remove ledge,regrade and gravel first section. Moth Suppression Creosote nests of various moths 4,781.61 Total $27,190.43 W.P.A.Funds Expended for Materials on Local W.P.A.Projects 650 c.y.Bank gravel (delivered to Beechwood St.)331.50 4000 gals.T4 Road Tar and 1600gal.mc2 Asphalt (delivered to Bancroft Rd.)566.40 2000 gals.oa3 Asphalt (delivered to Beechwood and King Sts.)160.00 $1,057.90 Town Funds Expended for Local W.P.A.Projects W.P.A.Acct. Special Highway Acct. $9,099.47 1,655.68 $10,755.15 Summary W.P.A.Payrolls W.P.A.Materials $27,190.43 69.5% 1,057.90 2.9 Total W.P.A.Funds Town Funds $28,248.33 72.4% 10,755.15 27.6% Total $39,003.48 142 Annual Report,Town op Cohasset,1939 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD TOWN OF COHASSET In March 1939 the following members were elected to the Planning Board established at the Town Meeting held in March 1938 for the following terms of years: Name Terms of Years Russell Dean 5 Years Hugh Strain 4 Years Frank J.Salvador 3 Years Dr.Burt M.Bristol 2 Years Langford Warren 1 Year After being duly sworn by the Town Clerk,the first meeting of the Board was held on May 18,1939 at which time Hugh Strain was elected Chairman of the present Board and Russell Dean was elected Clerk. Since no proposed subdivisions have been attempted in the Town of Cohasset during the term of this Board,no actual activ- ity as provided under Chapter 211 of the General Laws was neces- sary.The year has been devoted to general study of the pro- visions of the law and to the drafting of rules and regulations for the submission of petitions and plans of subdivisions under the provisions of Chapter 211. The Board has adopted a form for "Application for Approval of Subdivisions"and the appended rules and regulations for the submissions of petitions and plans of subdivisions under the pro- visions of Sections 81 F to 81 J (inclusive),Chapter 211,General Laws,as amended. 1.Applications Applications for "Approval of Subdivisions"shall be made on forms obtainable from the Planning Board,or the Town Clerk. 2.Filingr The application shall be filed with the Planning Board and shall be accompanied by a preliminary tentative plan,with profiles,of the proposed subdivision,drawn on paper,with pencil, showing proposed roads,ways,streets,easements for drainage and other purposes,and the general relation of such roads,ways or streets to adjoining property.The petitioner shall also name all abuttors and such other owners of property to whom notices are required to be sent. 3.Revisions and Corrections The Planning Board shall,after investigation,make any necessary suggestions for such corrections and revisions as it deems advisable and in the public interest. 4.Public Hearing The Board shall,within ten days of the receipt of the application and Tentative Plans,set a time for a Public Hearing Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 143 on the Petition.The Petitioner shall provide proof of publication bv mailing to the Board a copy of issue of paper in which the Notice of Hearing appears,and shall also submit documentary- proof of notices sent to all abuttors. 5.Final Plan All final plans shall be drawn to a scale acceptable to the Planning Board.Profiles,however,shall have the same horizon- tal scale as the final plan and a vertical scale acceptable to the Planning Board.An original of all plans and profiles,drawn with waterproof ink on tracing cloth,shall be submitted at least ten days prior to the Public Hearing,together with three prints thereof. 6.Information Required The plans for each project must give information satis- factory to the Board to accurately locate proposed streets as well as their accurate connection with other existing streets in the vicinity.Plans shall show ground elevations at the center and both sides of each street at each 50 foot station.The plans must show the length and direction of street and boundary lines, the length and radii of all curves,together with the widths of streets and ways.A standard proposed section of roadways shall also be shown.A general plot plan to a scale acceptable to the Planning Board,showing the relation of the proposed sub- division to adjoining property within a radius of ^A mile or to the nearest existing streets on all sides,shall be shown on the general plan.If any street submitted for approval does not extend through to another street,possible extension must be shown to the nearest proposed or constructed street,or some adequate turn -around provisions. Plans of proposed streets must show proposed drainage and disposal of surface water and where possible,proposed sewerage disposal.Pipe used for surface water drainage must be of a size acceptable to the Planning Board.Manholes shall be provided at changes in direction,and as far as possible the drain between manholes shall be laid in a straight line. Corners at street intersections shall be rounded or curved with a curve satisfactory to the Board,but in no case less than one with a 20 foot radius at the property line,nor with a distance between tangents or intersectiing streets less than fifty feet more than the width of the entering street. 7.The acceptance of a plan by the Planning Board does not m.ake any street shown a public way.Existing laws of the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts must be complied with for the ac- ceptance of any street,and no street may become a public way until accepted by the Town. 8.All expenses incurred for plans,surveys,advertisements of hearings,etc.,shall be paid by the person submitting same to the Planning Board,unless otherwise ordered by the Board. 144 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 9.Title Block A title block shall be in the lower right hand corner of every submitted plan.The wording of the block shall be approxi- mately as follows: Town of Cohasset General Location of Subdivision Submitted by Drawn by Scale Date Copies of these regulations and the "Application for Ap- proval of Subdivision"may be obtained from the Town Clerk or the Planning Board. COHASSET PLANNING BOARD Russell Dean,Clerk. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF THE TOWN OF COHASSET MASSACHUSETTS For the Year Ending December 31 1939 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 SCHOOL COMMITTEE Walter C.Wheelwright Term expires 1942 John Emery Term expires 1942 Mrs.Lois Wheelwright Term expires 1941 Malcolm H.Stevens Term expires 1941 Mrs.Genevieve Riley Term expires 1940 Arthur Clark Term expires 1940 Organization Walter C.Wheelwright Chairman Mrs.Lois Wheelwright Secretary Edward L.Stevens Financial Secretary Committee on Buildings Mr.Clark Mr.Stevens Mr.Emery 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.Howard Reid,Coh.0109 School Nurse Fannie James,Coh.0418-R Supervisor of Attendance Hector J.Pellitier,Coh.0372 and 0060 School Dentist Dr.William G.Matteson,Coh.0584-W Janitor—Osgood School John E.Sladen,Coh.0290 Janitor—Ripley Road School Thomas A.Stevens,Coh.0540 and 0678-W Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 School Calendar 1939-1940 School opens Wednesday,Sept.6 Columbus Day Thursday &Friday,Oct.12 &13 Thanksgiving Recess (Including Friday,Dec.1)Thursday,Nov.30 Christmas Recess (Including Monday,Jan.1)...Friday,Dec.22 Recess (Including Friday,Feb.23)Friday,Feb.16 Good Friday Mar.22 Memorial Day Thursday,May 30 Graduation Monday,June 17 Schools will re-open Wednesday,Sept.4 TEACHING STAFF,1939-1940 Osgood School Year Elected James W.Doyle,Principal and Superintendent Boston University 1921 William Ripley,science,math.Brown University 1926 Burditt W.Collins,social science Middlebury College 1931 Marion C.Chandler,French,math.Mt.Holyoke 1910 Marjorie Fay,English Radcliffe College 1935 Florence Reed,Latin,history Univ.of New Hampshire 1929 Mildred Nelson,commercial Boston University 1938 Laura A.Leonard,English assistant Boston University 1937 Eva M.Burbine,language Truro Normal 1930 Mary Terry,arithmetic,language Bridgewater Normal 1925 Otis Jason,history,geography Middlebury College 1932 Special Teachers Max H.Meyer,manual training Columbia University 1918 Florence E.Kraus,drawing Penn.State Normal 1914 Helen C.Welch,domestic science Framingham Normal 1919 Frederick A.Taylor,music Northampton Institute of Music Pedagogy 1924 Ripley Road School Helen L.Brown,Principal Bridgewater Normal 1921 Marion R.Sullivan,grade 6 Boston University 1931 Verda F.Dunn,grades 5 and 6 Bridgewater Normal 1934 Gwendolyn A.Cleverly,grade 5 Bridgewater Normal 1930 Ruth M.Mottau,grade 4 State Teachers'College Hyannis,Mass.1938 Alice V.Lebbossiere,grade 4 Regis College 1938 Elaine G.Wing,grade 3 Toronto Normal 1916 Eleanor F.Rohde,grades 2 and 3 State Teachers'College Framingham,Mass.1939 Geraldine Thiessen,grade 2 Plattsburg Normal and Boston University 1934 Dorothea Houghton,grade 1 State Teachers'College Bridgewater,Mass.1939 Elizabeth C.Getchell State Teachers'College Bridgewater,Mass.1939 Kathleen McMahon,kindergarten Perry Normal 1915 Marguerite Ripley,ungraded class Emerson College 1936 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE To the Citizens of Cohasset: Your School Committtee,during the past year,has given considerable thought to improvement and expansion of our health program.We are hoping to establish a closer relationship be- tween the various organizations contributing toward such a health program,namely,the Board of Health,Social Service League,and the visiting nurse. We plan for the coming year better facilities for the school physician,physical examinations in which the educational aspect of the examination will be stressed,and close attention to posture correction in the grades.We are happy to report that the in- dividuals and organizations upon whom we must depend for the success of this work are enthusiastically co-operative. The school committee believes that the citizens of Cohasset feel the need in our school of an instructor in physical education for girls,and plans,therefore,to place Miss Florence Ayers on the staff as a full-time instructor.Her previous status has been that of a cadet teacher. Your committee wishes to express its appreciation for the continued enthusiastic co-operation of the Parent-Teacher Asso- ciation. Reports of the Superintendent and teachers follow,and we recommend that they be read carefully. Respectfully submitted, COHASSET SCHOOL COMMITTEE. REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS To the School Committee and Citizens of Cohasset: You will observe from the appended chart,showing the dis- tribution of pupils and the population of the schools in Cohasset, that our numbers have increased from 528 on October 1,1938 to 572 on October 1,1939.I mentioned in last year's report that our facilities would easily provide for one hundred additional pupils with no appreciable added cost,provided that increase was spread evenly through the system.A considerable part of this year's increase,however,is in the kindergarten.Twenty- nine children attended the pre-school clinic for health exam- ination before entering school.On October first,the registration of the kindergarten was forty-eight.This is too great a number of small children for one teacher to care for.Kindergarten children require a great deal more personal attention than the children in the upper grades. We were fortunate in being able to obtain Katherine Heaney, a graduate of Wheelock School,to serve without reimbursement* Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 as a cadet teacher under Miss McMahon.Miss Heaney left in November to accept a position elsewhere,but the arrival of a chicken-pox epidemic at the time of her leaving caused so many- absences that there has been no overload on Miss McMahon up to the present.When all the children return to their kinder- garten class,we will find it necessary to provide Miss McMahon with some assistance. Miss Florence Ayers,a graduate of the Sargent School of Physical Education has been serving in our schools as a cadet teacher of physical education and corrective work.The commit- tee will undoubtedly wish to continue her services and the added expense,of course,is reflected in the 1940 budget. Vacancies through resignations appeared in both first grades and the combined second and third grades.Miss Dorothea Hough- ton and Mrs.Elizabeth Getchell were appointed to the first grade vacancies,and Miss Eleanor Rohde to the second and third com- bined grade. During the year,the school has accepted the N.Y.A.program, and under our quota five boys are provided with work which enables them to earn a maximum of six dollars per month. A radio broadcasting club,under the direction of the English department,gave programs on our broadcasting station during the spring of last year.This station was developed and built entirely by the boys,and the broadcasts,which are damped so as not to annoy our neighbors,are especially clear within the building.The work has seemed to me to be a very powerful motivating force,for the improvement of diction.A journalism club,a motion picture appreciation club,and a dramatic club were conducted during the spring months,and this year a photog- raphy club has been formed.The boys of the photography club have arranged their own dark room in an unfinished closet on the third floor.A series of psychological,clerical aptitude and mechanical aptitude tests were given High School pupils under the direction of Prof.Hansen of Boston University. Miss Stewart,Boston University,served as an assistant in the English department during the spring months as a cadet teacher without pay. During the second half of the year,we expect to have public- speaking classes,under the direction of a senior student from the Curry School of Expression. Mr.Francis Haggerty has very kindly contributed his services as an instructor of a one-period-a-week class in boat-designing and boat-building.A small but interested group meets with Mr. Haggerty every Monday morning.I wish that we could have more such classes.They serve a distinct diagnostic purpose,but it is awkward to work them into an already full curriculum. We were all saddened by the death of Mr.Louis Mulvey,who served as the janitor of the Osgood School for eighteen years. Mr.Mulvey was a man who gave unstinted time and thought to his work,and was a friend to all teachers and pupils.The school committee elected Mr.John Sladen to fill Mr.Mulvey's place. Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 It was necessary,during the past year,to continue the main- tenance work in the Osgood School by painting four classrooms, making repairs to the roof over the typing room and repairing many doors and windows.A new hot-water heating plant was installed in the Osgood School building,and a heat-control in the Ripley Road building. During the coming year,the outside woodwork of the Ripley Road School will have to be painted,and that of the Osgood School should be painted,as well.A considerable amount of decorating should be done in the Ripley Road School,—the audi- torium should be painted,the ceiling whitened,and the wood- work varnished.The two hundred-odd chairs which came to the Ripley Road School when the town hall was rebuilt are in need of sanding and varnishing.Many of them require repairs. The school department realizes that although the Ripley Road School auditorium is really a community hall,rather than a school hall,its maintenance must be continued out of funds appropriated for education.This is unfortunate in that it adds to the apparent per pupil cost of education in Cohasset. $571.55 of the accumulated dividends of the Abigail Ripley Fund were added,by vote of the Committee,to the school appro- priation for the year 1939.This made it possible to use repair money for installing new walks at the Ripley Road School,and making a tarvia drive in the rear of the Osgood School. The budget for 1940 calls for slightly more money than that of 1939.The increase is caused in major part by the following: the insurance for 1940 will be $1050.00 for renewal of expiring policies on a five-year basis.This is $300.00 above the $749.50 expended in 1939.Increased salary expenses for a physical educa- tion teacher for girls,plus the likelihood that we will find it necessary to supply Miss McMahon with an assistant in the kinder- garten more than accounts for the rest. Parents still need to be convinced that a great deal of home- work is necessary for any boy or girl taking the college prepara- tory course.Two hours is generally regarded as the minimum. The customary activities were engaged in during the year.A play was given by the Senior class entitled "Whispering Walls," three one-act plays by the dramatic club,stereopticon lectures, industrial motion pictures,and speakers appeared before the assembly throughout the school year.An operetta was given by pupils of the Ripley Road School. The reports of the various department heads follow.I wish to thank the entire staff of both schools and the members of the school committee for their cooperation during the year 1939. Respectfully submitted, JAMES W.DOYLE. Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES SCHOOLS—MAINTENANCE Appr'n,including Vocational Education Dog Fund,voted by town from County Transfer from Ripley Trust Fund Refunds Credits : From State,account teachers .. Dog tax from County,as above Receipts From Abigail Ripley Fund $5,380.00 582.97 3,393.96 571.55 $9,928.48 Expenditures (for detail,see end of report:) School Committee,expenses: Financial Secretary—Edward L.Stev- ens Telephones . Stationery,—postage,etc Traveling expenses Miscellaneous : Norfolk County School Committee Men's Association Flowers Superintendent—James W.Doyle,serv- ices Attendance Officer,H.J.Pelletier .... Clerks Teachers'salaries: High $15,877.01 Elementary 29,343.50 Text and reference books; High Elementary 333.16 749.37 Supplies,including heat for cooking: High 1,264.44 Elementary 1,633.66 Libraries Vocational Education Transportation: High $1,073.36 Elementary 4,176.38 100.00 181.15 52.01 124.00 6.00 5.00 468.16 1,749.98 100.00 602.00 $45,220.51 1,082.53 2,898.10 100.45 330.82 5,249.74 $73,823.09 582.97 571.55 18.83 $74,996.44 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Janitors'Services: High 1,036.50 Elementary 3,572.50 Light: Osgood,lighting 301.84 Ripley Road,lighting ....194.90 Heating for cooking charged to "Supplies"above was as follows : Osgood School 332.33 Ripley Rd.School 270.95 603.28 Paid for light forward ..496.74 Total paid for current $1,100.02 Fuel: High $450.21 Elementary 1,196.67 Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds: Repairs : High $721.79 Elementary 1,245.41 Janitors'Supplies: High $171.79 Elementary 314.58 All other—Grounds,Walks and Drives High $177.87 Elementary 642.74 Furniture and Furnishings—High .... Diplomas and graduation exercises .... Miscellaneous printing Health Carting,etc Insurance Lunch 4,609.00 496.74 $1,646.88 1,967.20 485.74 820.61 83.13 39.00 35.75 1,107.36 37.50 749.61 5,115.63 $74,996.44 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOLS COHASSET,MASSACHUSETTS BUDGET—1940 School Committee $125.00 Superintendent 1,750.00 Expenses of Superintendent 150.00 Supervisor of Attendance 100.00 Stationery and Postage 50.00 Telephones 200.00 Clerical Work 650.00 Salaries of Teachers: High 15,950.00 Elementary 29,900.00 Bocks : High 350.00 Elementary 700.00 Supplies (including heat for cooking) High 1,200.00 Elementary 1,500.00 Libraries 100.00 Transportation : High 1,100.00 Elementary 4,150.00 Janitors 4,500.00 Light and Power: High and Elementary 600.00 Fuel: High 500.00 Elementary 1,300.00 Repairs : High 800.00 Elementary 1,000.00 Janitor Supplies: High 200.00 Elementary 400.00 Miscellaneous: High 100.00 Elementary 200.00 Furniture High 100.00 Elementary 100.00 Exdrcises i50.00 Miscellaneous Printing 35.00 Health 1,150.00 Insurance 1,050.00 Lunch Rooms: Supplies 3,300.00 Employees 1,800.00 Tuition,Vocational 350.00 $75,510.00 Deducted in Anticipation of Dog Tax 709.32 Asked for:$74,800.68 10 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE RIPLEY HIGH SCHOOL Mr.James W.Doyle Superintendent Dear Sir: In this report I shall mention a few changes in methods and some of the activities which were carried on at the Ripley Road School during the past year. READING A new system of reading was started in the first grades in September.After studying several of the newest and most worth- while methods,we decided upon the New Work-Play Books by Arthur Gates.This system attempts to minimize the confusion of reading by mastering one reading skill at a time.There are so many new tasks confronting first grade pupils that they may easily become confused and discouraged unless these experi- ments are presented at the proper intervals.The Gates System introduces the required skills and activities in the simplest order and we believe that fewer pupils will fail to master first year reading because of this well planned method. All material necessary to carry on the Gates System properly was bought for the two first grades.We hope that next year the second grades will be equipped with the New Work-Play Books and later the third grades. REMEDIAL READING CLASSES The remedial reading classes have continued successfully throughout the year,helping pupils who have special readmg disabilities.After one half-year of special instruction,tests which determine the reading grade and age are given and pupils who have made satisfactory improvement during this time are re- turned to their classroom reading groups.Overcoming reading disabilities is a slow process but many pupils have made remark- able progress.Fifty-five pupils are in the Remedial Reading Groups at the present time. SPELLING New Spelling Books were put in many of our grades in Sep- tember,which completely changed our system of teaching spell- ing.There are very few "naturally good spellers"among children and we believe the new system is particularly well planned for pupils who have trouble with spelling.It is based on the "teach and test"method and every word is presented in a daily paragraph dictation.It has been necessary for pupils to do some home work but the results have been worth the extra effort as shown by the improvement in sentence structure,punctuation and paragraph- ing.We plan to carry on this method in all grades next year. Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 H PHYSICAL EDUCATION Physical Education directed by Miss Florence Ayers is now an important part of our program.Miss Ayers has spent three days a week at the Ripley Road School since last April and has organized a schedule which greatly aids the physical and mental development of our pupils.This plan provides two periods a week for all grades from the first through the sixth.There are five classes a week for the improvement of posture and two activity periods after school each week for playing competitive games. Pupils look forward to their periods with Miss Ayers and we hope that this desirable part of our program is to be a permanent one. EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES During the past year we have attempted to provide experi- ences to supplement and vitalize such subjects as history,civics, nature study and science.Buses were provided and children visited many places of interest.Grade four spent one day visiting the Museum of Fine Arts,New England Museum of Natural His- tory and Franklin Park.Grade five went to the Arnold Arboretum and Franklin Park.Last spring the sixth grade went to the Chil- dren's Museum,and in October this grade visited the Boston Health Centers,Community Houses,the Morgan Memorial Head- quarters and the Perkins Institute.Several nature study classes went on walks to Whitney's Woods and Wheelwright Park.Dur- ing the Good Book Week in November,all grades visited our Cohasset Library. It is impossible to estimate the value of such experiences,but we believe they make lasting impressions upon the minds of children,and stimulate a desire to know more about the places they visited and the things they see. TEACHERS'COURSES Since my last report,the following Education Courses have been taken by some of our teachers:Kindergarten Curriculum Building,Contemporary Literature,School Health Program, Health Education,French,Folk Dancing,Personality,Modern Trends in Education,and Teaching Arithmetic.These courses were given at Bridgewater Teachers'College,Boston Teachers' College,Boston University and Harvard. CONCLUSION The year has been a busy one for pupils and teachers.Pupils have enjoyed many extra activities and experiences.Teachers have had larger classes,due to an increase of forty pupils in our enrollment and have had additional playground duties.They have used new and improved methods and have taken many courses which have kept them familiar with the new trends in education. Respectfully submitted, HELEN L.BROWN. 12 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF BOYS'ATHLETICS January 31,1940. Mr.James W.Doyle, Superintendent of Schools. Dear Sir: During 1939,the following organized sports were a part of the extra-curricular activities of the Junior-Senior High School: High School Baseball High School Football High School Track Junior Baseball Junior Football There was continued community Interest in the fortunes of the various teams,and pleasant and worthwhile relations with the various schools of other communities engaged in contests. The High School football team played Nantucket High School at Nantucket,which entailed a three day excursion over a week- end.The experience seemed valuable from several points of view, and I recommend a continuance of the relations between the two schools. The baseball and football contests were conducted at the Beechwood Athletic field,v;hich was somewhat of a handicap because of the distances involved in getting to and from practice. The use of the new field in 1940 is anticipated to widen the inter- ests in the sports already established,and to increase the interest in track especially. V/e have continued our practice of having the school physi- cian check the physical condition of the boys engaged in sports; and have introduced a form of insurance available to those boys who wish it,which is sponsored by the committee on Athletes Accident Benefit Fund of the New England Council of Secondary School Principals Associations. Sincerely, WILLIAM RIPLEY,JR. Athletic Director. REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF ART January,1940. Mr.James W.Doyle, Superintendent of Schools Cohasset,Massachusetts Dear Sir: The Art Department of the Cohasset Schools submits its annual report for the year 1939. There has been an increase in the enrollment of High School students in both free-hand and m^echanical drawing classes.A shift in Mr.Ripley's program made it possible for more sopho- Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 13 mores to take drawing,a change which allows a greater number of students to have drawing for at least three consecutive years. In May,an exhibition was held in the Ripley Road School in conjunction with a dinner given by the Parent-Teacher Asso- ciation.The exhibit of art work,together with specimens of work in other subjects covering the first six grades,was open all after- noon,as well as before and after the dinner. The addition of two excellent letter presses to our block printing equipment added particular zest to our printing in December.Each High School art student designed and cut his own block and from this he printed his Christmas cards. The most difficult problem in arranging a good course has been so ably commented upon by an art supervisor in a large city that I shall quote from his remarks:"Today our greatest curricular problem is to find and maintain a proper balance be- tween the extravagances of Free Expression,so called,and the time honored formal course of study.In order to successfully master this situation certain facts are to be borne in mind.In the first place,it must be realized that free expression does not necessarily have anything to do with art expression.Consider the case of the child studying the piano.Urged to express himself and with no foundation of previous experience,he will most probably double up his fists and pound the keys.This is free expression on his part!A more timid child may touch the keys hesitantly,to no effect,and this also is free expression.Entire ignorance of the possibilities contained in this thing called a piano prevents doing much of anything with it or through it as a med- ium of expression.The piano teacher's business is to acquaint the child with the mechanism before him,in as palatible a way as may be possible,and by safe and sane laboratory methods of experimentation to guide him into some effectual use of it.Art expression,fine expression,will follow in direct proportion to whatever creative and interpretive talents exist in his being.This procedure in respect to method holds good regardless of what the medium of art expression happens to be—whether paint or piano, clay or crayon. "...What he will want to express ...depends on a variety of considerations:his age,his background,his own childish ambi- tions,his quotient of intelligence,what things are encountered (and appreciated by him)in his immediate environment—in short,his status as a human being ...In a large system ...these widely varying social and temperamental classifications of pupils are geographically segregated,hence the problem of adapting method and subject material to specific human and group needs is not difficult to handle successfully." In our small system in Cohasset the problem is difficult, but we are doing our best to adjust the course to the varying needs of each group. To you and to the members of the School Committee,to Miss Brown,and to the teachers of the Ripley Road School,I wish to express my thanks for friendly and helpful cooperation. Respectfully submitted, FLORENCE E.KRAUS, 14 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 REPORT OF THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS DEPARTMENT Mr.James W.Doyle Superintendent of Schools Dear Sir : In accordance with your request I submit to you herewith my report of the Industrial Arts Department for the year of 1939. The dominant aim in our Industrial Arts course is to achieve the two basic purposes of all organized education,namely,indiv- idual culture and creative social adjustment.Woodworking and Printing are offered in grades 7 to 12,and are elective above the seventh grade.In the woodwork shop each boy may choose proj- ects suited to his interests and ability,and in the print shop most of the output is printed matter of various kinds and of real commercial value.The most important product however is not the magazine rack,the table,the desk or the finished job of printing,but the mental development of the individual boy through the expression of his creative genius,and the promotion of self-control and social adjustment through cooperation with his shop mates in the comparative freedom of the shop. Our shop building and the equipment is adequate for a program of Industrial Arts.A considerable amount of skill and industrial information is acquired by our boys,but complete train- ing for a specific trade can only be accomplished by attendance at a regular Trade School. Quotation from Arthur B.Mays,Professor of Industrial Edu- cation,University of Illinois: "Man's social progress has resulted chiefly from his mechani- cal genius.His achievements in the practical arts,from most primitive times to the present,are almost indistinguishable from his intellectual achievements.This is true because of the astonish- ing interrelation between the two.They are absolutely dependent upon each other and are complimentary throughout.It is probable that the first logical,objective thinking man did was with ref- erence to the creation of his needed tools,weapons,and utensils, and it is equally probable that his first real progress in intel- lectual activity resulted from his creative thinking about his prac- tical arts and from the freedom from fear which his achievements in these arts afforded.Today,the close relationship between sci- ence and industry suggests the inevitable character of the relation between achievement in the practical arts and intellectual prog- ress." Since mechanical and intellectual achievements are "absolu- tely dependent upon each other and are complimentary through- out"it seems to me that the public schools are under obligation to provide equal opportunity for education for all—for those planning to enter industry as well as for those preparing for college or the professional school.Slowly but surely educators are realizing that such equality of opportunity is the only way to insure continued progress and the maintenance of true democ- racy. I hope that in the near future Cohasset may be able to afford a needed new High School building which will make the present building available for a state-aided Trade School which is needed even more. Respectfully submitted, M.H.MEYER. Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 15 REPORT OF THE HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT January 29,1940 Mr.James W.Doyle Superintendent of Schools. Dear Sir: In accordance with your request,I submit for your acceptance my report of the Home Economics Department for the year 1939. The world of today needs men and women able to use their hands in useful and constructive work,to be able to spend money wisely and to receive value therefor.In olden days "chores"about the house provided this experience for boys and girls,at the pres- ent time they are often required to do too little work and this knowledge must be received through training in the schools. There have been a few necessary changes in the curriculum but in general the work has been conducted as in previous years. Cooking is taught in the eighth and tenth grades and includes the preparation and serving of simple,well prepared foods in an attractive and economical way. The teaching of sewing includes the making and uses of the various stitches,patching and darning,the use of patterns, and the construction of undergarments and simple dresses. Knitting and crocheting are useful arts and furnish the students with occupations for their leisure time,a necessity in our modern days.Many useful and decorative articles have been made. Milk has been given to underweight children in both schools and in the Ripley Road School hot lunches and fruit juices have been given when needed;contributions from the Social Service League and the Woman's Club have made this possible. An adequate noon lunch is necessary for a pupil to do his best work;V7e wish that more pupils would buy a hot lunch or supplement those brought from home with soup,milk or cocoa. Too many of these home lunches are not being eaten and are thrown into the waste baskets;a few pennies wisely spent might be more economical and bring better results.Fifteen cents buys a satisfying lunch;the menu always includes a soup,a main dish, a salad,a vegetable,a dessert,two kinds of sandwiches,milk, cocoa,ice cream and cookies.Prices range from three cents to ten cents for the main dish. The following are two typical menus. Milk,.04 Cocoa 03 Sandwiches—two kinds 03 Cream of Tomato Soup 07 Stuffed Hamburg Roll with Carrots and Peas ..10 Fruit Salad 07 Eroccali 05 Rice Custard Pudding 05 Ice Cream Cookies 16 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Milk Cocoa Sandwiches —two kinds Corn Chowder 10 Baked Codfish Hash with Harvard Beets 10 Stuffed Egg Salad 07 Mashed Squash 05 Chocolate Bread Pudding 05 Ice Cream Cookies In closing I wish to thank you and the School Committee for the interest and cooperation that has been shown this department. Respectfully submitted, HELEN C.WELCH. REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC January 19,1940 Mr.James W.Doyle Superintendent'of Schools Cohasset,Massachusetts Dear Mr.Doyle: Before the advent of the radio and the sound pictures,music was a vital factor in the home.The chief source of music enjoy- ment centered around the music lessons of the children.The young piano student or progressing violinist provided a part of the music atmosphere,which was then,and is today,a vital part of our social environment.Concerts in the churches,orchestras in the theatres,and many opportunities to hear visiting artists, prompted people to attend concerts and to hear musicians in per- son.Today the radio has wrought radical changes.Audiences,even for the finest artists are smaller,the concert opportunities are less, the theaters have no orchestras and the desire for music can be satisfied by simply turning a dial.Parents are not as keenly inter- ested in children's struggles to achieve technical proficiency on an instrument,for why listen to scales when Beethoven,or Mozart can be had at their best via radio? Whether the growing generation is to become a nation of listeners or doers will be determined in the future.The trend seems to be that the talented few,the few who possess the desire for personal achievement will study to perfect some medium for personal expression.The great masses will be content to listen. The growth of Youth Concerts attests an interest in fine music.Our schools will be wise in providing courses in the listen- ing to music correlated with Music History thus providing a knowledge of the cultured background of.music.If the future is to be one of listening,then now is the time to begin cultivation of discriminating taste.We are offering a course in the survey of Music from the early Plain Song to the present period,and the Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 17 growth of this phase of our music instruction warrants every support. Music reading is still the chief aim of our instruction.To achieve that ability of learning a song by individual,independent reading is worth more than any amount of listenin.g. I shall continue to strive for individual achievement in music but,if our future citizens _are to listen,we must provide a back- ground of "intelligent listening." Personal performance will always be the basis of true appre- ciation. Respectfully submitted, FREDERICK A.TAYLOR. REPORT OF SCHOOL PHYSICIAN Mr.James W.Doyle Superintendent of Schools Dear Sir : All of the pupils in the Cohasset school system have received a physical examination as required by law.Candidates for the High School football and track teams were examined before being allowed to participate in these sports,and the school physi- cian was requested by the School Committee to be present at all home football games. However,these two slightly precautionary measures do not signify that the High School is also responsible for cases of in- jury incurred during practice or at games.The High School under the law can not assume and responsibility for injury occuring during public school games.This past season Coach Ripley urged every member of the team to take out insurance under the High School Athletic Plan which provides for specified payments for different injuries,upon the payment of $1.00.I heartily approve of this or some such form of insurance to the parents as injuries did occur and will continue to occur,and it has the educational value of making the pupil accident insurance conscious. The health of the pupils has been excellent.Chicken pox was epidemic in the kindergarten,and spread sporadically to the non-immune in the grade school. With thanks for the cooperation of the Committee,Superin- tendent,teachers,the school nurse and the lunch room supervisors. Respectfully submitted, HOWARD S.REID,M.D. 18 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 REPORT OF SCHOOL NURSE Mr.James W.Doyle Superintendent of Schools Dear Sir : No.of pupils taken home during school hours for illness or accidents 77 No.of pupils taken to office of School or Family physician ..17 No.of pupils taken to hospital (at request of Family physician)1 No.of home visits,pertaining to health of pupils 58 No.of "Follow up"visits on notices sent home 37 No.of notices sent to parents (signed by School physician) recommending child to Family physician 17 No.of pupils given Tuberculin Test (Grades 9 and 11)34 No.of pupils re-acting to Test 3 No.of pupils X-rayed (including repeats of previous years)9 No.of active cases of Tuberculosis A Pre -School Clinic v/as held on May 23 with an enrollment of thirty -two children.A physical examination was given by Dr. Donovan and a dental examination by the School Dentist.Rec- ommendations were made to the parents at this time.A nutri- tionist from the State Department was also present and inter- viewed the mothers. Clinics,sponsored by the Board of Health,for innoculations to prevent against Diphtheria were held in the Ripley School on May 11,18,and 25,respectively.Twenty-nine pupils were innocu- lated. In addition to the usual physical examination by the School physican of nose,throat,glands,heart,lungs and spine,the feet have been examined. The Snellen's Test Symbols for measuring the acuteness of vision are used in the school,and pupils not measuring up to this test are referred to an occulist for further examination. The Audiometer (or hearing test)was used in the schools in 1937 and again in January 1940.Eleven-pupils have been examined by the psychiatrist this past year. First aid is given for accidents which occur on the school grounds.Also during school hours. Although the school should not supercede the home in any way,we find that friendly co-operation of both is beneficial. Respectfully submitted FANNIE E.JAMES, School Nurse Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 19 Oi -*1-1 Oi <Ji TtH 1—1 a CO 1—1 CSI Oi CS!•CO CSJ CO ri<-*lO -**LO LO ri*CO lO CO CSI CSI lO 4J B C^I>o •**<lO CO ^in t-CSJ Tj<o Oi CSI lOT^O CO CO CO CO Oi COtH CSIO CO COi-i eg csi CSI ca CSI CSI C^C^J CSJ CO CSI CSI CSI CSI 1-1 CSI CSI CSI 1-1 tH rH rH 1-1 rH rH 1-i o (N 05 rH r-l 1—1 CO rH CO -^CO r-( 1— ( CO ^co^LO CO CSI CSI CO CO 1-1 Thcsi CSI t-CO CO LO ,— i ^ 03 m 1—1 1—1 Tf rH rH rH ^lO "^o 1-H CO CO 1— ( 1—1 CO O "^1— i CO *t-CS]o 1-4 Ir-1— < Oi tH 1—1 1—1 ^ ;?CO >*1—1 -"ti CO CO CO rj^LO 1-1 CSJ CO o 1—1 1—1 1—1 lO H CQ i-H ^^Tf^^CO CO c-o rH CO CO 1—1 1—1 CO M !($1-1 LO tr-rH t-o CSI o c^ H M Q 1—1 1-1 1-1 1—1 LO o CSI CSI 1-H 1-1 CSI O I>LO rt<CO 1— 1 1-1 rH rt* 05 1-1 tH 1-1 CSI CO o t-CSI t-CO^tH 1—1 TiH CO oq 00 CO CO lO TH Oi Q 1—1 1—1 TJH 14 <c-C-tH 1-1 1-1 rH (M o LO H <CD tH t—( rH CSI CSl CSJ rH CO CO lO CO th rH C^z;>^'^>.>.>^r,>i'sll >iTl >>t:,>i 1h >^r,>.t;>^T,>^T,>>t:>^'u B <^v::O --H o o o-S o -^o -^o-S o -S O --H o-S o-S o-S o-^o •-<omopqOWWIwowoWOwowowowowowowowoH CSI o CO Oi CSI CSI CO CO wo 6 6 o o W 20 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 COHASSET HIGH SCHOOL Course of Studies,1939-40 COLLEGE COMMERCIAL FIRST YEAR Algebra I Business Practice Latin I English English Science Biology Shop -Domestic Science Drawing,Free Hand Drawing,Free Hand Drawing,Mechanical Drawing,Mechanical Music Music SECOND YEAR Geometry Typing I Latin II Bookkeeping French I Com.Geography English English European History I European History I Drawing,Free Hand Drawing,Free Hand Drawing,Mechanical Drawing,Mechanical Shop —Domestic Science French I THIRD YEAR Algebra II Typing II Physics Shorthand I English English Latin III French French II European History n European History II Problems Drawing,Free Hand Drawing,Free Hand Drawing,Mechanical Drawing,Mechanical FOURTH YEAR Latin IV Shorthand U French III Typing III English English American History American History Physics Drawing Drawing Economics Economics Sociology Sociology Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 21 GRADUATION EXERCISES Class 1939 COHASSET HIGH SCHOOL Processional March Elgar Charlotte Hollis Invocation Rev.Harry C.Meserve Address of Welcome Salvatore Sestito,Class President Essay —"The World of Tomorrow" Dorothy Graham Waltz Chopin Charlotte Hollis Essay—"Carl Sandburg" Elizabeth Roche "Little Bit of Heaven"Ball William Small Essay—"Vergil" Margaret Mulcahy "Vesper Hymn"Bordiansky-Dana Soprano Solo —Elizabeth Bates Girls'Glee Club Essay—"On Democracy" William Small Sonata—Op.10 Beethoven Jessie Maree Address Dr.David Vaughn Presentation of Diplomas Mr.Walter C.Wheelwright,Chairman of School Board America,The Beautiful Ward Audience 22 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1939 Graduates,1939 Austin Lawrence Ahearn,Jr. Elizabeth Dyer Bates Frank Webster Browne Mary Margaret Deary Dorothy Virginia Graham Ruth Charlotte Hollis Barbara Regina Keating Rosalie Marie Laugelle Elizabeth Charlotte Lewis Jessie Currie Maree Walter Hermon Maynard,Jr. Margaret Mary Mulcahy Mary Elizabeth Noonan Edward Joseph O'Hearn Marjorie Mary Oliver Ralph Richard Petersen Alta Louise Pratt Richard Stuart Riley Elizabeth Frances Roche Frank John Rosano Salvadore Vito Sestito Nicholas Joseph Sinopoli William Allen Small Irving Hathaway Stewart Mary Elizabeth Stoddard Doris Williams Entering Class,1939 Andrews,Anita Andrews ,^Eileen Bailey,Alice Browne,Harriet Curley,Margaret Emanuello,Angie Emanuello,Paul Evans,Kenneth Ferreira,Anthony Figueiredo,Donald Fitzpatrick,Marion Gonsalves,Jean Hammond,Stanley Higgins,Betty Hurwitz,Mary Jason,Eileen Johnson,Dorothea Lane,Helen MacMulkin,Ann Martin,William Maynard,Martha Mello,Elizabeth Mitchell,Kenneth Nardo,Dorothy Parker,David Patrolia,Mary Piepenbrink,Charles Pina,Margaret Reddy,Ruth Ripley,Sheldon Rooney,John Salvador,Mary Simeone,Nancy Smith,Joanne Souther,Hatherly Souther,Helen Spinzola,Lucy Stoddard,David Vickery,Donald Vickery,Doris Wheelwright,Everett Hernan.Thomas McCann,Anna INDEX ASSESSORS,BOARD OF 136 COLLECTOR OF TAXES 117 COHASSET FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY 129 FIRE DEPARTMENT 119 FOREST WARDEN (See Fire Dept.) HARBOR MASTER 127 HEALTH DEPARTMENT 128 HIGHWAY SURVEYOR 123 JURY LIST 122 MOTH SUPERINTENDENT 127 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE,BUREAU OF 140 PAUL PRATT MEMORIAL LIBRARY 130 PLANNING BOARD 142 POLICE DEPARTMENT .124 PUBLIC WELFARE,BOARD OF 139 REGISTRARS,BOARD OF 33 SCHOOL DEPARTMENT ,144 SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES 127 SELECTMEN,BOARD OF 135 STATE AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS 34 Balance Sheet Dec.31,1939 52 TOWN ACCOUNTANT: Receipts 55 Expenditures: General Government 58 Protection of Persons and Property 63 Health and Sanitation 69 Highways 73 Charities and Soldiers'Benefits 76 Schools and Libraries 79 Recreation and Unclassified 81 Enterprises and Cemeteries 85 Interest and Maturing Debt 87 Agency and Trust,Refunds and Transfers 88 INDEX—Continued TOWN ACCOUNTANT: Expenditures—Continued Recapitulation and Index 90 Trust Funds as of Dec.31,1939 95 Insurance Expiring 97 Liabilities 98 Fixed Property Outlay 98 Details from Payrolls 98 TOWN CLERK: Town Officers 3 Committtes 7 Annual Town Meeting,March 4,1939 8 Election of Officers,March 11,1939 19 Vital Statistics 21 Births 23 Marriages 27 Deaths 31 TOWN TREASURER 115 TREE WARDEN 128 W.P.A 141