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Home My WebLink Abouttownofcohassetma1942seleCOHASSET TOWN REPORT 1942 ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN OF THE FINANCIAL AFFAIRS OF THE Town of Cohasset AND THE Report of Other Town Officers For the Year Ending December 31, 19 4 2 Sanderson Brothers North Abincton,Massachusetts Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2013 http://archive.org/details/townofcohassetma1942sele Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 TOWN OFFICERS,1942-1943 TOWN RECORDS Elected by Ballot Moderator ROBERT B.JAMES Town Clerk WILLIAM H.MORRIS Term Expires March,1944 Selectmen,Assessors and Board of Public Welfare A.FRED PETERSEN Term Expires March,1945 DARIUS W.GILBERT,V.S Term Expires March,1944 EVERETT W.WHEELWRIGHT Term Expires March,1943 Treasurer MAURICE R.NOONAN Term Expires March,1943 Collector of Taxes ELEANOR T.DOWNS Term Expires March,1943 Constables ROYAL A.BATES EDWIN A.PETERSEN JOHN T.KEATING STEPHEN H.ROONEY WILLIAM E.TILDEN Tree Warden Highway Surveyor ROSCOE G.PRATT WILLIAM T.BARNES School Committee JOHN L.EMERY Term Expires March,1945 BERNADETTE CARNEY SHINE Term Expires March,1945 NATHAN BATES Term Expires March,1944 Resigned July 12,1942 HOWARD BATES appointed to March,1943 ELLIOT STODDARD Term Expires March,1944 CORNELIA H.WHITE Term Expires March,1943 ARTHUR CLARK Term Expires March,1943 Board of Health NATHANIEL HURWITZ Term Expires March,1945 EDWARD E.TOWER Term Expires March,1944 ABRAHAM J.ANTOINE,JR Term Expires March,1943 Trustees Cohasset Free Public Library FLORENCE E.BRISTOL Term Expires March,1945 GERTRUDE M.EMERY Term Expires March,1945 3 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 BURGESS C.TOWER Term Expires March,1945ETHELT.BOWMAN Term Expires March,1944EMILYB.GLEASON Term Expires March,1944 OLIVER H.HOWE Term Expires March,1944HENRYF.HOWE Term Expires March,1943KENNETHD.KETCHUM Term Expires March,1943 CHARLES C.WILSON Term Expires March,1943 Planning Board ROBERT A.LEONARD Term Expires March,1947 PAUL BLACKMUR Term Expires March,1946 Entered Government Service ELMER H.PRATT appointed Acting Member for unexpired term or until return from service of the United States Government,whichever may be first. LANGFORD WARREN Term Expires March,1945 RUSSELL DEAN .Term Expires March,1944 Entered Government Service WILLIAM H.TAFT appointed Acting Member for unexpired term or until return from service of the United States Government,whichever may be first. HUGH F.STRAIN Term Expires March,1943 Town Officers Appointed by Selectmen Town Accountant MALCOLM H.STEVENS Term Expires March,1944 Registrars of Voters THOMAS L.GRASSIE Term Expires March,1945 Died July 15,1942. EDWARD M.FLEMING appointed for unexpired term to March,1945 NORMAN CARD Term Expires March,1944 IRA N.PRATT Term Expires March,1943 WILLIAM H.MORRIS,ex-officio Clerk of Board. Finance Committee ROGER B.COULTER Term THOMAS F.CULLINEY Term CHARLES H.DYMENT Term HAROLD F.BARNES Term CHARLES E.HOWE Term ARTHUR 0.WOOD Term GEORGE W.BENEDICT,JR Term Resigned June 2,1942. RALPH H.CAHOUET appointed for unexpired term JOSEPH J.CURLEY Term HARRY H.REED Term Expires Expires Expires Expires Expires Expires Expires March,1945 March,1945 March,1945 March,1944 March,1944 March,1944 March,1943 to March,1943 Expires March,1943 Expires March,1943 Chief of Police under Civil Service HECTOR J.PELLETIER Sergeant under Civil Service EARL R.McARTHUR Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Police Officers under Civil Service BENJAMIN F.CURLEY JAMES J.SULLIVAN,JR. JOHN J.ROONEY THOMAS B.KANE JOHN H.WINTERS,JR. Resigned February 13,1942 HENRY B.KENNEDY,appointed March 5,1942 Resigned July 18,1942 Special Police Officers under Civil Service JOHN T.KEATING SPENCER H.STOUGHTON HENRY B.KENNEDY Appointed Permanent Patrolman March 5,1942 Special Police Officers Assigned to Police Department EDWARD B.MATHEWSON Appointed to Fire Department JOHN J.FERREIRA CHARLES E.BUTMAN LOT E.BATES,JR. FREDERICK W.SULLIVAN RALPH S.ENOS FRANK E.JASON JOSEPH M.JASON JOSEPH A.DION,JR. Resigned July 26,1942 LOUIS J.SIMEONE HERBERT E.MORSE CHARLES T.HAVEN,Instructor in Fire Arms. WILLIAM J.E.EDWARDS,Radio Division. DR.ROBERT W.SMITH,Police Department Physician for duty on ambulance.Resigned December 5,1942,to enter Government service. Special Police Officers EVERETT W.WHEELWRIGHT Selectman A.FRED PETERSEN Selectman CHARLES A.TANGER Private RICHARDSON WHITE Private STEPHEN H.ROONEY Private THOMAS J.AYERS Private WILLIAM C.WARD Whitney Woods Reservation CHARLES W.VICKERY Cohasset Golf Club JOSEPH L.OLIVER Fire Chief CLARENCE S.REDDY Deputy Fire Chief ARTHUR CLARK Deputy Forest Warden IRA B.P.STOUGHTON Sealer Weights and Measures WILLIAM T.BARNES Highway Surveyor RALPH C.BURRELL Harbor Master MINOT A.BROWNE Town Hall Janitor EDWARD R.JASON Private Sealer of Weights and Measures IRA B.P.STOUGHTON Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Inspector of Wires HERBERT WILLIAMS Public Weighers and Weighers of Coal EVERETT W.WHEELWRIGHT DOROTHY C.WOOD WALTER C.WHEELWRIGHT JOSEPH L.OLIVER Auctioneers WILLIAM H.MORRIS AUGUST F.B.PETERSEN JOSEPH A.DION,JR.AUGUST F.PETERSEN ALBERT M.HUNT Measurers of Wood and.Bark LOUIS B.C.BAILEY HOWARD BATES IRA N.PRATT Surveyors of Lumber JOSEPH A.VALINE WILLIAM H.ELLSWORTH Harbor Master Assistant Harbor Master RALPH C.BURRELL JOSEPH P.FIGUEIREDO Burial Agent Town Counsel CHARLES H.DYMENT FREDERICK A.THAYER Inspector of Animals DARIUS W.GILBERT,V.S. Chief of Fire Department Forest Warden JOSEPH L.OLIVER JOSEPH L.OLIVER Superintendent of Moth Work ROSCOE G.PRATT Dog Officers HECTOR J.PELLETIER EARL R.McARTHUR JAMES J.SULLIVAN,JR.BENJAMIN F.CURLEY HENRY B.KENNEDY JOHN J.ROONEY THOMAS B.KANE Clam Wardens HECTOR J.PELLETIER EARL R.McARTHUR JAMES J.SULLIVAN,JR.BENJAMIN F.CURLEY HENRY B.KENNEDY JOHN J.ROONEY THOMAS B.KANE Workmen's Compensation Agent WILLIAM H.TAFT Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Organization Board of Selectmen A.FRED PETERSEN,Chairman DARIUS W.GILBERT,V.S. EVERETT W.WHEELWRIGHT JOSEPH A.DION,JR.,Clerk Organization Board of Assessors DARIUS W.GILBERT,Chairman A.FRED PETERSEN EVERETT W.WHEELWRIGHT JOSEPH A.DION,JR.,Clerk Organization Board of Public Welfare EVERETT W.WHEELWRIGHT,Chairman A.FRED PETERSEN DARIUS W.GILBERT JOSEPH A.DION,JR.,Clerk MARY E.OLIVER,Welfare Agent Organization Bureau of Old Age Assistance EVERETT W.WHEELWRIGHT,Chairman A.FRED PETERSEN DARIUS W.GILBERT,V.S. MARY E.OLIVER,Welfare Agent Organization Planning Board ELMER E.PRATT,Chairman ROBERT ALLEN LEONARD,Secretary LANGFORD WARREN HUGH F.STRAIN WILLIAM H.TAFT Organization Board of Health NATHANIEL HURWITZ,Chairman ABRAHAM J.ANTOINE,JR.,Secretary EDWARD E.TOWER Appointments by Board of Health Inspector of Milk and Vinegar THOMAS L.GRASSIE Died July 15,1942 CHARLES E.FRATES Appointed for unexpired term to March 1944 Inspector of Slaughtering DARIUS W.GILBERT,V.S. Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 COMMITTEES Under Article 24,March Meeting 1940 Voted unanimously by a voice vote that a committee of eleven (11) be named to consist of the three (3)Selectmen of Cohasset and eight (8) other citizens of the Town to be appointed by the Moderator to determine the disposition of the following real property owned by the Town: 1.The Bates Building property,so-called,situated on Elm Street opposite the Osgood School. 2,The Town Home situated on Pond Street. This Committee to have the power to prepare a plan for the disposal of the properties in any suitable manner and report thereon to the Annual or a Special Town Meeting;in the interim the committee to have the power to dispose of any of the houses or buildings erected on the properties by sale or otherwise. The eight citizens appointed by the Moderator are as follows: Mr.William H.McGaw,South Main Street. Mr.Georg T.Vedeler,Pond Street. Mr,Charles E.Howe,Spring Street. Mr.Thomas L.Grassie,Elm Court (Died July 15,1942). Mr.Henry E.Sweeney,Bow Street. Mr.Ralph E.Scripture,Elm Street. Mr.HoUis T.Gleason,Atlantic Avenue. Mr.Everett W.Gammons,Highland Avenue. Voted,unanimously,by a voice vote (at the 1941 Meeting)that com- mittee be continued and unfinished business recommitted to it. Voted,unanimously,by a voice vote (at the 1942 Meeting)that the Committee be continued for another year. Attest WILLIAM H.MORRIS, Town Clerk. Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 TOWN CLERK'S REPORT Town of Cohasset REPORT OF THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING HELD MARCH 7,9,1942 At the Annual Business Meeting held at the Ripley Road School Auditorium at 2 o'clock P.M.,March 7,1942 and adjourned to 8 o'clock P.M.,March 9,1942,the following Articles were contained in the Warrant and acted upon as recorded: Checkers previously appointed for entrance by the Selectmen and sworn by Town Clerk William H.Morris at 1:20 o'clock P.M.,were Nellie DeSantos,Jean D,Rosano,Isabel Grassie and Rosella Trott, Tellers appointed by the Moderator and sworn by Town Clerk William H.Morris at 2:10 o'clock P.M.,were Henry E.Sweeney,John L.Emery, Reginald R.Beal and Ziba T.Lapham. The Meeting was opened at 2:30 o'clock P.M.,by the Moderator and the Town Clerk proceeded to read the Warrant. ARTICLE 1.To choose all town officers not required to be elected by ballot. VOTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote,that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized and directed to appoint all Town Officers not re- quired to be elected by ballot. ARTICLE 2.To act upon the reports of the various Town Officers as printed in the annual report for the year 1941. VOTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote,that the reports of the various Town Officers as printed in the annual report for the year 1941 be accepted with correction on page 113—due to typographical error — the last amount in Report of Collector of Taxes to read $265,756.66. ARTICLE 3.Roger B.Coulter and others:To see what action the Town will take with respect to voting and/or recommending an increase in the salaries,compensation and wages of its Public Officials,Town Officers and employees,elected,appointed and otherwise;raising,appropriating and allocating a sufficient sum of money therefor or what further or other action it will take relative thereto. MOVED:In view of the increase of the cost of living,that the salaries,compensation and wages of the Town's Public Officials,Officers, and Employees,elected,appointed and otherwise,be temporarily increased and recommended for increase for the year,as recommended by the Finance Committee in their report,to be effective,January 1,1942,including an increase to $5.50 per day for all Town day labor.Such increase to be provided,fixed,allocated,by appropriate vote under Article 5 of this Warrant. VOTED:In the affirmative,to amend the previous motion,by a voice vote,as follows: Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 MOVED:In view of the increased cost of living,that the salaries, compensation and wages of the Town's Public Officials,Officers and Em- ployees,elected,appointed,and otherwise,be temporarily increased and recommended for increase for the year,by ten percent (10%),not to ex- ceed however,$200.00 in any one office or position,or in case of individuals holding more than one office or position,not more than S200.00 increase in the combined offices or positions held by said individuals.Such increase to be effective,January 1,1942 and to be provided,fixed and allocated by appropriate vote under Article 5 of this Warrant. VOTED:This motion as amended in the affirmative,by voice vote. ARTICLE 4.Frederick G.Roche and others:To see if the Town will vote a ten percent (10%)increase in the salaries or compensation of its elected Public Officials and Town Officers,not to exceed,however, $200.00 in any one office;recommend a similar increase in the case of all appointed officers and positions in all departments;recommend an increase of ten percent (10%)in the wages or compensation of all other employees; and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to meet the same. VOTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote,that this Article be indefinitely postponed. ARTICLE 5.What sums of money will the Town raise and appro- priate for operation,salaries and expenses for the following: MOVED:That the subdivisions and sections of this Article be con- sidered,covered and acted upon in one vote;that a temporary ten per cent (10%)increase in view of the current increase in the cost of living,as voted under Article 3 of this Warrant be and hereby is made in the salaries or compensation of its elected public officials and town officers for this year,effective as of January 1,1942,not to exceed,however,$200.00 in any one office or in case of individuals holding more than one office not more than $200.00 increase in the combined offices or positions held by said individuals;a similar restricted increase in the case of all appointed officers and positions in all departments being hereby recommended;and a similar restricted increase of ten per cent (10%)in the wages or com- pensation of all other employees likewise recommended;and therefore that the sum of $280,306.84 be raised and appropriated,$13,970.00 for salaries of elected town officers,the same being so fixed as follows,and $266,336.84 for salaries,operation,maintenance and expenses of the various departments and all for the purposes itemized in subdivisions #1 to #49 inclusive of this Article as contained in the Warrant and as follows: — Section 1.Moderator,Salary $110.00 Section la.Finance Committee,Ex- penses 225.00 Section lb.Planning Board,Expenses 25.00 Section 2.Selectmen,Salaries: Chairman 1 at $660.00 $660.00 Members 2 at 330.00 660.00 $1,320.00 Expenses 892.50 2,212.50 10 Annual Repoi^t,Town of Cohasset,1942 Section 3.Auditor and Accountant and Expenses 2,297.00 Section 4.Treasurer: Salary $1,650.00 Expenses 905.00 2,555.00 Section 5.Collector of Taxes: Salary $1,760.00 Expenses 1,245.00 3,005.00 Section 6.Assessors,Salaiies: Chairman,1 at $1,540.00 $1,540.00 Members,2 at 660.00 1,320.00 Expenses Section 7.Other Finance Offices and Accounts,Certification of Notes Section 8.Law and Legal Counsel Section 9.Town Clerk: Salary Expenses Section 10.Election and Registration Section 10a.Engineering,Maintenance Section 10b.Engineering,Outlay,As- sessors Tax Plates,Etc. Section 11.Town Hall Section 12.Police Department Section 13.Fire Department Section 13a.Fire Department.Fire Alarm 3,035.00 Section 14.Fire Department,Hydrant Service,also for Water for Public Buildings and other uses 10,200.00 Section 15.Inspection of Wires 710.00 Section 16.Sealing of Weights and Measures 471.63 Section 17.Insect Pest Extermination, Moth Suppression 4,850.00 Section 18.Tree Warden,General: Salary $550.00 Expenses 2,140.00—2,690.00 Section 18a.Tree Warden,Special, Clearing Trees for Fire Alarm ....330.00 Section 19.Forest Fires 1,120.00 Section 19a.Forest Fires Patrol 165.00 Section 19b.Bounties 75.00 11 $2,860.00 1,157.50 4,017.50 20.00 1,375.00 $990.00 630.50 1,620.50 1,000.00 300.00 150.00 5,143.10 21,208.46 23,875.00 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Section 20.Board of Health,General: Salaries,3 members at $220.00 each $660.00 Expenses 825.00—1,485.00 Section 21.Inspection of School Chil- dren,Dental Dispensary 1,200.00 Section 21a.District Nurse 1,265.00 Section 21b.Oxygen Account 150.00 Section 22.Inspection of Animals 110.00 Section 22a.Inspection of Slaughter- ing 27.50 Section 22b.Inspection of Milk and Vinegar 162.50 Section 23.Refuse and Garbage Dis- posal,Town Dump 1,690.00 Section 24.Care of Brooks and Streams,Draining of Ponds, Straits Ponds,James Brook,Cat Dam,Etc 1,618.50 Section 25.Highways,General Mainte- nance,including Tarring Streets: Salary of Highway Surveyor $2,900.00 Expenses 25,538.50 28,438.50 Section 26.Highways,Snow and Ice Removal,Sanding Streets 6,000.00 Section 27.Highways,Street Lighting 9,325.00 Section 28.Highways,Street Signs, Fountains and Highways under Selectmen 520.00 Section 29.Highways,Harbor Mainte- nance 1,621.00 Section 30.Public Welfare,General Administration: Salaries: Chairman,1 at $660.00 $660.00 Members,2 at 220.00 440.00 $1,100.00 Expenses 1,052.80 2,152.80 Section 30a.Public Welfare,Outside Relief 11,000.00 Section 30b.Old Age Assistance,Ad- ministration 591.00 Section 30bl.Old Age Assistance,As- sistance 15,000.00 Section 30c.Aid to Dependent Children, Administration 110.40 12 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Section 30cl.Aid to Dependent Chil- dren,Assistance 3,500.00 Section 31.State Aid 100.00 Section 32.Soldiers'&Sailors Relief -1,000.00 Section 33.Schools,General Mainte- nance 81.213.00 Section 34,Libraries,General Mainte- nance 6,100.00 Section 35.Town Commons and Parks, General 1,090.00 Section 35a.Beechwood Ball Field 212.50 Section 36.Wheelwright Park .00 Section 37.Wadleigh Park .00 Section 38.Milliken Field,Care of ....550.00 Section 38a.Damages to Persons and Personal Property and Indemni- fication lOO.OU Section 38b.Pension Fund 1,050.00 Section 39.Memorial Day 400.00 Section 40.Town Reports,Printing, Etc 700.00 Section 41.Town Clock 80.20 Section 42.Town Flag 218.25 Section 43.Employers'Liability In- surance,Not Otherwise Classified and Other Unclassified items 100.00 Section 44.North Cohasset Post Office and Fire Department Building .150.00 Section 45.Guild Hall Building 800.00 Section 45a.Parking Place,Mainte- nance 50.00 Section 46.Cemeteries,Maintenance 1,310.00 Section 46a.Cemeteries,Veterans' Graves 330.00 Section 47.Interest on Loans in An- ticipation of Revenue 100.00 Section 48.Interest,General 900.00 Section 49.Loans,Municipal Indebted- ness,Bonds or Notes from Revenue 5,000.00 13 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 VOTED:In the affirmative,by a voice vote,to amend the motion made under Article 5 to increase the amount under Section 33,Schools, General Maintenance in the amount of $825.00 and the total of said motion in the same amount. VOTED:This motion,as amended,in the affirmative,by a voice vote. VOTED:By a voice vote,that Article 28 be taken up at this time. ARTICLE 28.To hear the Report and Recommendations of the Zoning Committee and to see if the Town will vote to accept such Report and Recommendations and adopt the following Zoning By-Law,to be added to the Town's By-Laws,or take any other or further action relative thereto. Zoning By-Law for the Town of Cohasset,Massachusetts A by-law to promote the health,safety,convenience,and welfare of the inhabitants by dividing the town into districts and regulating the use and construction of building and premises with a view to encouraging the most appropriate use of land in the town. SEC.L ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICTS 1.Classes of Districts.The Town of Cohasset is hereby divided as shown on the Zoning Map dated Jan.28,1942.and filed with the Town Clerk,into three classes of districts: Residence A districts Residence B districts Business districts 2.Lots in Two Districts.Where a district boundary line divides any lot existing at the time such line is adopted,the regulations for the less restricted portion of such lot shall extend not more than thirty feet into the more restricted portion,provided the lot has frontage in the less re- stricted district. SEC.II.RESIDENCE A DISTRICT USES In a residence A district no building shall be erected or altered and no building or premises shall be used for any purpose except 1.Detached one-family dwelling; 2.Alteration of a dwelling existing at the lime this by-law is adopted for two families; 3.Private club not conducted for profit and not containing more than five sleeping rooms; 4.Church ; 5.Educational use; 6.Farm,poultry farm,garden,nursery,or the extension of an exist- ing greenhouse,excluding any use injurious,noxious or offensive to the neighborhood ; 14 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 7,Municipal recreational use; 8.Accessory use on the same lot with and customarily incident to any of the above permitted uses and not detrimental to a residential neighborhood.The term "accessory use"shall not include (a)A garage for or storage of more than three automobiles un- less authorized by the Board of Appeals; (b)The sale of produce imless the major portion thereof is raised on the premises; (c)Advertising signs except those pertaining to the lease,sale, or use of a lot or building on which they are placed,and not exceeding a total area of twelve square feet ;provided that on a lot occupied by a dwelling there may be not more than two signs with a total area of not more than two square feet pertaining to the use thereof or bearing a name and the designation of any authorized occupation,and being such signs as are customary on any buiUling used for the purposes permitted by this section. 9.Any of the following uses,provided it is not injurious,noxious or offensive to the neighborhood,and only 'f authorized by the Board of Appeals: (a)Aviation field; (b)Cemetery; (c)Commercial greenhouse; (d)Fur farm; (e)Golf club; (f)Gravel,loam,clay or sand stripping or removal; (g)Hospital,convalescent home,sanitarium,institution,or phil- anthropic use; (h)Ice harvesting and storage on the same premises; (i)Kennel for the sale or boarding of dogs; (j)Municipal use; (k)Riding stable; (1)Stone quarry; (m)Telephone exchange,not including a service station or out- side storage of supplies. SEC.Ill RESIDENCE B DISTRICT USES In a residence B district no building shall be erected or altered and no building or premises shall be used for any purpose except 1.Any use permitted in a residence A district; 2.Pair of semi-detached one-family dwellings; 3.Hotel or lodging house if authorized by the Board of Appeals. SEC.IV.BUSINESS DISTRICT USES In a business district no building shall be erected or altered and no building or premises shall be used for any purposes except 1.Any use permitted in a residence B district; 15 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 2.Filling station,garage,or storage of automobiles,if authorized by the Board of Appeals; 3.Municipal use; 4.Newspaper or job printing; 5.Office or bank; 6.Place of amusement or assembly; 7.Restaurant,hotel,or lodging house; 8.Retail business,service,or public utility not involving manufacture on the premises except of products the major portion of which is to be sold at retail by the manufacturer to the consumer and provided further that not more than four operatives shall be employed in such manufacture; 9.Sign advertising goods or services offered by an occupant of the premises for sale,hire,or use; 10.Any other use not injurious,noxious,or offensive to the neighbor- hood by reason of the emission of odor,fumes,dust,smoke,vibration,or noise or other cause,provided the Board of Appeals authorizes it and prescribes appropriate conditions and safeguards in each case. SEC.V.NON-CONFORMING USES 1.Continuation of Non-conforming Uses.Any lawful building or use of a building or premises or part thereof existing at the time this by-law or any amendment thereto is adopted may be continued although such building or use does not conform to the provisions thereof and such build- ing or use may on approval of the Board of Appeals be extended through- out such premises,provided such use has not been discontinued for a period of one year. 2.Change of Non-conforming Uses.The Board of Appeals may permit any non-conforming use to be changed to any specified use not substantially different in character or more detrimental or objectionable to a neighborhood. 3.Limitation on Restoration.A non-conforming building which has been damaged or destroyed may be repaired or rebuih,but the restoration shall not exceed the original area and height and shall be placed no nearer the street than the building which it replaces, SEC.VI.HEIGHT REGULATIONS 1.Residence District Heights.In a residence A or B district no building shall be erected or altered to exceed two and one-half stories in height unless it sets back from each street and lot line ten feet in addition to the requirements of Section VH.No building shall exceed three stories in height. 2.Business District Heights.In a business district no building shall be measured or altered to exceed three stories in height. 3.Measurement of Height.An attic shall be counted as a story,pro- vided that a story in a sloping roof,the area of which at a height four feet above the floor does not exceed two-thirds the floor area of the story immediately below it.shall be counted as a half story. 4.Height Exceptions.Chimneys,.elevators,poles,spires,tanks, towers,and other projections not used for human occupancy may extend above the height limits herein fixed. 16 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 SEC.VII.AREA REGULATIONS 1.Rear Yards.In a residence A district there shall be behind every building except a one-story building of accessory use a yard having a minimum depth of one-quarter of the depth of the lot or thirty feet,which- ever is the less.In a residence B district there shall be behind every building except a one-story building of accessory use and in a business district there shall be behind every dwelling a yard having a minimum depth of one-sixth of the depth of the lot or twenty feet,whichever is the less.No yard shall be occupied by a building other than a one-story build- ing of accessory use. 2.Side Yards.In a residence A district no building except a one-story building of accessory use shall be built within ten feet of a side lot line or within twenty feet of another building,and in a residence B district no building except a one-story building of accessory use shall be built within eight feet of a side lot line or within sixteen feet of another building unless there is a party wall;provided that on no lot existing at the time this by-law is adopted shall the aggregate width of side yards thus required be such that less than twenty-four feet of the width of the lot may be built upon. In a residence A or B district no one-story building of accessory use shall be built within seven feet of any lot line or of another building unless there is a party wall.In a business district no building shall be built within six feet of a rear or side lot line or of another building on the same lot unless contiguous thereto. 3.Front Yards.In a residence A or B district no building or road- side stand shall be erected or placed within twenty feet of a street line,and no building of accessory use or farm or poultry farm building other than a dwelling or roadside stand shall be built within sixty feet of a street line, provided that no building other than a farm or poultry farm building need be set back more than twenty per cent of the depth of the lot nor more than the average of the setbacks of the buildings nearest thereto on either side, a vacant lot one hundred feet or more in width or a lot occupied by a building set back more than twenty feet being counted as though occupied by a building set back twenty feet.In any district there shall be in front of every dwelling not abutting on a street a yard not less than thirty feet deep. 4.Corner Clearance.Within the area formed by the lines of inter- secting streets and a line joining points on such lines fifteen feet distant from their point of intersection,or in the case of a rounded corner the point of intersection,or in the case of a rounded corner the point of inter- section of their tangents,no structure other than a building and no foliage shall be maintained between a height of three and one-half feet and a height of eight feet above the plane through their curb grades. 5.Lot Size.No building,except one-story buildings of accessory use shall be erected in a residence A district on a lot containing less than twenty thousand square feet or less than one hundred feet wide and in a residence B district on a lot containing less than seventy-five hundred square feet or less than sixty feet wide,the lot width in each case to be measured through that part of the building to be erected where the lot is narrowest;provided that one building and its accessory buildings may be erected on any lot which,at the time this by-law is adopted,either is separately owned or contains five thousand square feet,is fifty feet wide, and is shown on a recorded plan of lots. 17 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 6.Appurtenant Open Space.No yard,lot area,or other open space required for a building by this by-law shall during the existence of such building be occupied by or counted as open space for another building. 7.Projections.Nothing herein shall prevent the projection of steps, stoups not exceeding twenty-four square feet in area,eaves cornices,window sills,or belt courses into any required yard. SEC.VIII.ADMINISTRATION 1.Enforcement.This by-law shall be enforced by the Selectmen !:ntil such time as there is an Inspector of Buildings and thereafter by him. They or he shall issue no permit for the erection or alteration of any build- ing,or part thereof,plans and specifications and intended use of which are not Jn all respects in conformity with the provisions of this by-law. With each application for a permit to build there shall be filed a plan showing the lot,the area and location of which justify the building,and showing separately each open space appurtenant thereto. 2.Certification of Occupancy.No premises or building or part there- of hereafter erected or altered wholly or partly in use or structure or the open spaces pertaining to which are in any way reduced shall be used until the Selectmen or Inspector of Buildings shall have certified on the building permit,or,in case no permit is issued,shall have issued a certificate of occupancy,specifying the use to which the premises,or the building upon being sufficiently completed to comply with the provisions and regulations relating thereto,may be put, 3.Board of Appeals.There shall be a Board of Appeals of three members and one associate member appointed as provided in section thirty of chapter forty of the General Laws,as amended,which shall act on all matters within its jurisdiction under this by-law in the manner prescribed in said section and subject always to the rule that it shall give due con- sideration to promoting the public health,safety,convenience,and welfare, encouraging the most appropriate use of land,and conserving property values,that it shall permit no building or use injurious,noxious,offensive, or detrimental to a neighborhood,and that it shall prescribe appropriate conditions and safeguards in each case., 4.Penalty.Whoever violates any of the provisions of this by-law shall be fined not more than twenty dollars for each offense.Each day that wilful violation continues shall constitute a separate offense. 5.Other Regulations.This by-law shall not interfere with or annul any by law,rule,regulation,or permit,provided that,unless specifically excepted,where this by-law is more stringent it shall control. 6.Validity.The invalidity of any section or provision of this by-law shall not invalidate any other section or provision hereof. VOTED:By a hand vote,to lay this Article on the table. Yes 198 No 113 ARTICLE 6.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 Janu- ary 1,1942,and to issue a note or notes therefor,payable within one year, 18 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 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 voice vote,that the Town 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 be- ginning January 1,1942,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. At this time a quorum being questioned a count of the number present was ordered by the Moderator,and there were 142 present. VOTED:To adjourn to Monday evening,March 9,1942,at 8 o'clock P.M. Met in accordance with adjournment. ARTICLE 7.To hear the report of any Committee heretofore chosen and act thereon. Kendall T.Bates,Chairman of the Building Committee stated that the report of that Committee was published in the Town Report and it was VOTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote,that the Committee be continued for another year. ARTICLE 8.To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from avail- able cash in the treasury a sum not exceeding $30,000.00 for the use of the Assessors in fixing the tax rale for the ensuing year. VOTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote,that there be appropriated from available cash in the treasury for the use of the Assessors in fixing the tax rate for the ensuing year such sum not exceeding $30,000.00 as the Assessors in their discretion may determine advisable. ARTICLE 9.Will the Town vote to appropriate the sum of $780.78, 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 $780.78 be and hereby is appropriated from available cash in the treasury,being the unexpended balance of the Dog Fund received from the County for dog licenses,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 appropriate from Overlay Surplus,or otherwise,the sum of $6,500.00 for the purposes of a Reserve Fund,or act on anything relating thereto. VOTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote,that the sum of $6,500.00 be and hereby is appropriated from overlay surplus for the purposes of a Reserve Fund. ARTICLE 11.Will the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $347.72 to pay the following bills of 1940 and 1941 Town Hall $8.50 Fire Department 273.26 Highways,Street Signs,Fountains and High- ways under Selectmen 1.35 19 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Department of Public Welfare 14.92 School Department 56.74 North Cohasset Post Office and Fire Depart- ment Building 6.00 W.P.A 13.95 S374.72 \OTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote,that the sum of S374.72 be raised and appropriated to pay the following bills of 1940 and 1941: Town Hall S8.50 Fire Department 273.26 Highways,Street Signs,Fountains and High- ways under Selectmen 1,35 Department of Public Welfare 14.92 School Department 56.74 North Cohasset Post Office and Fire Depart- ment Building 6.00 W.P.A 13.95 $374.72 ARTICLE 12.William T.Barnes and others:Will the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of 82,100.00 for Truck,Snow Plow at- tached for the Highway Department? VOTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote,that the sum of $2,100.00 be and hereby is raised and appropriated for the purchase of a Truck with Snow Plow attachment for the use of the Highway Department. ARTICLE 13.Joseph A.Dion.Jr.,and others:To see if the Town will vote to hereafter elect its Town Treasurer for the term of three years instead of one year,as at present. VOTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote,that the Town Treasurer hereafter be elected for the term of three years instead of one year as heretofore. ARTICLE 14.Joseph A.Dion,Jr.,and others:To see if the Town will vote to hereafter elect its Collector of Taxes for the term of three years 'instead of one year,as at present. \OTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote,that the Collector of Taxes hereafter be elected for the term of three years instead of one year as heretofore. ARTICLE 15.To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of S800.00 for the purposes of maintaining during the ensuing year, the mosquito control works as estimated and certified to by the State Reclamation Board in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 112, Acts of 1931. VOTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote that the sum of $800.00 be raised and appropriated for maintaining,during the ensuing year,the Mosquito Control Works as estimated and certified to by the State Recla- mation Board in accordance with Chapter 112,of the Acts of 1931. ARTICLE 16.Elliot Stoddard and others:Will the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500.00 for the construction of an Air-Raid Shelter in the basement of the Ripley Road School and for the purchase of emer- gency equipment,or act on anything relating thereto? 20 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 VOTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote,that the sum of $2,500.00 be raised and appropriated for the construction of an Air-Raid Sheher in the basement of the Ripley Road School,including the purchase of emergency equipment. ARTICLE 17.To see if tht Town will vote to accept the gifts of $150.00 each from Mrs.Margaret C.Wight and Miss Muriel Crocker to- wards the cost of erecting a new flag pole on Cohasset Common,or act on anything relating thereto. VOTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote,that the gifts to the Town of $150.00 each from Mrs.Margaret C.Wight and Miss Muriel Crocker towards the cost of erecting a new flag pole on the Common be and hereby are gratefully accepted with profound appreciation and thanks. ARTICLE 18.To see if the Town will vote to provide for the Overlay deficits by transfer from the Overlay Reserve Fund,or act on anything relating thereto. VOTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote,that there be transferred from the Overlay Reserve Fund the following sums of money to provide for the Overlay deficits for the respective years,to wit : — 1939 S16.07 1940 459.66 1941 1,965.46 ARTICLE 19.To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for Civilian Defense purposes as provided in Chapter 487 of the Acts of 1941,or act on anything relating thereto. MOVED:That the sum of $5,500.00 be and hereby is raised and ap- propriated for purposes of Civilian Defense as provided in Chapter 487 of the Acts of 1941. VOTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote,to amend the previous motion by striking out the figures $5,500.00 and inserting in place thereof the figures $10,000.00. VOTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote,to amend the previous amend- ment by adding the words "to be expended under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen if they deem it necessary." VOTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote,in the affirmative,the above motion as amended. RESOLVED:That this meeting give a rising vote of thanks to Mr. William H.McGaw for the outstanding work that he has done in the interest of Civilian Defense. The above resolution was adopted by a unanimous rising vote. ARTICLE 20.To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following to be added to its By-Laws: ARTICLE 20 Section 1.The Selectmen may license suitable persons as junk col- lectors to collect,by purchase or otherwise,junk,old metals and second- hand articles from place to place in the Town and no person shall engage in the business without such license. 21 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Section 2.The Selectmen may require all such collectors and their employees or agents to display badges upon their persons or vehicles,or both,when engaged in said business and may prescribe the design thereof. Section 3.The Selectmen may require that any place,vehicle or receptacle used for the collecting or keeping of said articles be examined at any time by said Selectmen or their agent. Section 4.No person licensed under this Article shall directly or indirectly purchase or receive any of said articles of a minor,knowing or having reason to believe him to be such. ARTICLE 21 Section 1.The Selectmen may license suitable persons to be dealers in and keepers of shops for the purchase,sale and barter of junk,old metals and second-hand articles and no person shall be a dealer in or keeper of such a shop without such a license. Section 2.No person shall use any building,enclosure or other structure for the storage,sale or keeping of rags,waste paper stock or other inflammable material without a written license therefor from the Selectmen. \'OTED:Unanimously,by a voice vole,that the Town adopt the following to be added to its By-Laws: — ARTICLE 20 Section 1.The Selectmen may license suitable persons as junk col- lectors to collect,by purchase or otherwise,junk,old metals and second- hand articles from place to place in the Town and no person shall engage in the business without such license. Section 2.The Selectmen may require all such collectors and their employees or agents to display badges upon their persons or vehicles,or both,when engaged in said business and may prescribe the design thereof. Section 3.The Selectmen may require that any place,vehicle or receptacle used for the collecting or keeping of said articles be examined at any time by said Selectmen or their agent. Section 4.No person licensed under this Article shall directly or indirectly purchase or receive any of said articles of a minor,knowing or having reason to believe him to be such. ARTICLE 21 Section 1.The Selectmen may license suitable persons to be dealers in and keepers of shops for the purchase,sale and barter of junk,old metals and second-hand articles and no person shall be a dealer in or keeper of such a shop without such a license. Section 2.No person shall use any building,enclosure,or other structure for the storage,sale or keeping of rags,waste paper stock or other inflammable material without a written license therefor from the Selectmen. ARTICLE 21.To see if the Town will instruct its Selectmen to investigate the matter of Civil Service as applicable to its Fire Department and report its finding and recommendations at the next Annual Town Meeting,or will provide for the appointment of a Committee to do so. 22 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 VOTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote,that the Selectmen investigate the matter of Civil Service as applicable to the Fire Department and report its findings and recommendations at the next annual Town Meeting. ARTICLE 22.To see what action the Town will take with respect to acquiring and/or providing a Town Dump,raise and appropriate mony therefor,instructing its Selectmen with regard thereto,or taking any other or further action thereon. VOTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote,that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to acquire,by lease,agreement for purchase,option, or otherwise,in behalf of the Town a suitable tract of land for the purpose of providing a Town Dump,and further that the sum of $300.00 be raised and appropriated for said purpose. ARTICLE 23.To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $600.00 towards the purchase of a new cruising car for the Police De- partment and authorize the sale,turn in or trade of a cruising car in use by the Department as part payment therefor,or act on anything relating thereto. VOTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote,that the sum of $600.00 be raised and appropriated towards the purchase of a new cruising car for the Police Department and the sale,turn in,or trade of a present cruising car in present use by that Department be hereby authorized in part pay- ment therefor. ARTICLE 24.To see if the Town will vote to return to the Treasury the unexpended balances of moneys appropriated under Articles 16 and 17 of the Warrant for the 1941 Annual Town Meeting for relocation of certain streets,instruct the Town Accountant to make the necessary transfers,or take any other or further action relative thereto. VOTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote,that the unexpended balances of moneys appropriated under Articles 16 and 17 of the Warrant for the 1941 Annual Town Meeting for relocation of certain streets be returned to the Treasury and the Town Accountant instructed to make the necessary transfers accordingly. ARTICLE 25.Royal A.Bates and others:To see if the Town will instruct its Selectmen to take immediate steps to petition the General Court for appropriate legislation authorizing the Town of Cohasset to pay to J.Lewis Bates an annual pension of $1,000.00,or act on anything re- lating thereto. VOTED:By a voice vote,in the negative. ARTICLE 26.Gaetano Bufalo and others:To see if the Town will vote to sell upon any terms to Gaetano Bufalo (provided restrictions and reservations are removed and it can be legally made possible)any portion of the land situated on Elm Street next the Guild Hall lying between the Brook and property of said Bufalo;instruct its Selectmen in the matter, or take any other or further action relative thereto. VOTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote,that this Article be indefi- nitely postponed. VOTED:By a hand vote,not to remove Article 28 from the table. Yes 54 No 302 23 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 ARTICLE 27.To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to control,regulate or prohibit the taking of eels,and any or all kinds of shellfish,and sea worms within the borders of the Town of Cohasset and grant such other authority as is provided in Section 52 of Chapter 130 of the General Laws,as inserted therein by Chapter 598 of the Acts of 1941, or take any action in relation thereto. VOTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote,that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to control,regulate or prohibit the taking of eels,and any or all kinds of shellfish,and sea worms within the borders of the Town of Cohasset and such other authority as is provided in Section 52 of Chapter 130 of the General Laws as inserted and amended by Chapter 598 of the Acts of 1941 be and hereby is granted the Board of Selectmen. VOTED:That this meeting be dissolved at 10:00 o'clock P.M. The total number of voters present,Saturday,March 7,as checked on the Incoming Voting Lists,was 407. The total number of voters present,Monday,March 9,as checked on the Incoming Voting Lists,was 4<)7. Total appropriations,less appropriations from free cash and other available funds $297,806.56 Appropriation,from free cash,for the use of the Assessors in fixing the tax rate,whatever the Assessors may determine, not more than 30,000.00 Appropriations,Dog Fund for Schools 780.78 Appropriation,Reserve Fund from Overlay Surplus 6,500.00 Appropriation,Overlay Deficits from Overlay Reserve Fund: 1939 $16.07 1940 459.66 1941 1,965.46 2,441.19 Total appropriations from all sources $337,528.53 Attest: WILLIAM H.MORRIS, Town Clerk. 24 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 ELECTION OF MARCH 14,1942 The following Election Officers were sworn in by Town Clerk William H.Morris at 5:55 A.M.: Abraham J.Antoine, Ora H.Pratt Mary E.Stoddard Austin L.Ahearn Sr.Charles H.Pratt Howard Bates Thomas J.Keating Joseph Migliaccio Anatasia St.John The Town Clerk read the Warrant. ARTICLE:To cast and/or give in their votes upon the ofificial 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 Surveyor 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,and One Member of the Planning Board for five years. Polls opened at 6 A. Official Ballot. M.Proceeded to vote for Town Officers on the The following Tellers were sworn in by Morris at 9 A.M.: Town Clerk William H. Florence E.Hill Clara Hyland Reginald R.Beal Charles R.Jason Thomas L.Grassie Louis B.C.Bailey Joseph L.Oliver Joseph H,Donovan Spencer H.Stoughton George G.Monteiro Edward M.Fleming At 6 o'clock P.M.,it was voted by those present that the Polls remain open until 7 o'clock P.M. At 7 o'clock P.M.,the Polls were closed.The Ballot Box registered 1538,the Ballot Check List had 1538 names checked,the Voting Check List had 1538 names checked. Total number of ballots cast declared : Moderator for One Year Robert B.James Scattering Blanks 1,242 3 293 was 1538.The following vote was Treasurer for One Year Maurice R.Noonan 1,304 Scattering 1 Blanks 233 25 AxNNUAL Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Collector of Taxes for One Year Eleanor T.Downs 1,167 Scattering 1 Blanks 370 Selectman for Three Years Kendall T.Bates 743 A.Fred Petersen 765 Blanks 30 Assessor for Three Years Kendall T.Bates 728 A,Fred Petersen 773 Blanks 37 Member of Board of Public Welfare for Three Years Kendall T.Bates A.Fred Petersen Scattering Blanks 737 765 1 35 School Committee for Three Years John L.Emery 791 Percival N.James 484 George S.Jason 472 Bernadette Carney Shyne 569 Scattering 2 Blanks 758 Constables for One Year Royal A.Bates 884 William D.Enos 739 John T.Keating 1,019 Edwin A.Peterson 811 Stephen H.Rooney 894 William E.Tilden 803 Blanks 2,540 Board of Health for Three Years Nathaniel Hurwitz 892 Fred W.Sullivan 537 Blanks 109 Highway Surveyor for One Year William T,Barnes Edward R.Jason .. Scattering Blanks 812 671 1 54 Tree Warden for One Year Stephen J.Grassie Frank J.Migliaccio Fred Mitchell Roscoe G.Pratt Alton J.Priest Blanks 466 88 38 681 204 61 Member of the Planning Board for Five Years Robert A.Leonard Elmer H.Pratt Scattering Blanks 808 500 2 228 Trustees of Cohasset Free Public Library for Three Years Florence E.Bristol 914 Gertrude M.Emery 1,005 Burgess C.Tower 965 Blanks 1,730 At 10 o'clock P.iM.,a motion was made and seconded and so voted that this meeting be dissolved. Attest WILLIAM 11.MORRIS. Town Clerk. 26 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING June 15,1942 At a Special Town Meeting held at the Lower Town Hall at 8 o'clock P.M.,the following Articles were contained in the Warrant and acted upon as recorded. Checkers previously appointed for entrance by the Selectmen sworn by Town Clerk William H.Morris at 7:30 o'clock P.M.,were Marguerite C.Barrett,Clara E.Hyland,Nellie E.DeSantos and Ora H.Pratt. Tellers appointed by the Moderator and sworn by Town Clerk William H.Morris at 9:09 o'clock P.M.,were John L.Emery and Joseph A.Dion,Jr. The meeting was opened at 9:10 o'clock,P.M.,by the Moderator and the Town Clerk proceeded to read the Warrant. ARTICLE 1.To see if the Town will vote to authorize and instruct its Selectmen to acquire l)y purchase and/or take by eminent domain in behalf of the Town for the purposes of a Town Dump and other uses land belonging to August F.B.Petersen situated off Cedar Street containing about nineteen acres,a more particular description of which is shown on Plan filed with the Town Clerk and appropriate $3,000 for the said acquiring thereof or take any other or further action relative thereto. VOTED:By a hand vote,that the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized and instructed to acquire by purchase and/or to take by eminent domain,in behalf of the Town for the purposes of a Town Dump and other uses,land belonging to August F.B.Petersen situated off Cedar Street in said Town containing 19.133 acres more or less and being shown on plan entitled "Plan of Land of August F.B.Petersen,dated May,1942,drawn by William H.Taft"on file with the Town Clerk and generally bounded as follows: WESTERLY:By land now or formerly of Cohasset Golf Club,by 12 courses. NORTHERLY,WESTERLY and NORTHWESTERLY:By other lands now or formerly of Cohasset Golf Club,in 4 courses. NORTHEASTERLY:By other land of said Petersen and land now or formerly of one Bancroft. SOUTHEASTERLY:By other land now or formerly of said Bancroft, in 3 courses,and SOUTHERLY,SOUTHWESTERLY and SOUTHEASTERLY:By Cedar Street in 18 courses,and more particularly shown on said Plan. And further that the sum of $2,700 be and hereby is appropriated from free cash in the Treasury for the acquiring thereof,this sum to be in addition to $300 appropriated for the acquiring of a Town dump under Article 22 of the 1942 Annual Town Meeting,making a total of $3,000. Yes 145 No 16 27 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 ARTICLE 2.To see what action the Town will take with respect to acquiring and/or providing a Town Dump and appropriating sufficient funds therefor including expense incidental for suitable fire protection, access,etc. VOTED:Unanimously,by a voice vote,that the sum of $300 be and hereby is appropriated from free cash in the Treasury for expenses incidental to providing suitable fire protection,trimming and removing of trees,re- moval of boulders,providing access and other expenses necessary in making the property to be acquired under the previous Article accessible to the public and reasonably suitable and convenient for a Town Dump. VOTED:That this meeting be dissolved at 10:15 o'clock P.M. WILLIAM H.MORRIS, Town Clerk. STATE PRIMARY SEPTEMBER 15,1942 The following Election Officers were sworn in by Town Clerk William H.Morris,at 11:55 A.M.: Abraham J.Antoine,Sr,Spencer H.Stoughton Ora H.Pratt Louis C.Bailey Charles H.Pratt Anastasia St.John Florence E.Hill Mary E.Stoddard The Town Clerk read the Warrant. To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Nomination of Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices: GOVERNOR FOR THIS COMMONWEALTH LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR FOR THIS COMMONWEALTH SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH FOR THIS COMMON- WEALTH TREASURER AND RECEIVER-GENERAL FOR THIS COMMON- WEALTH AUDITOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH FOR THIS COMMONWEALTH ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THIS COMMONWEALTH SENATOR IN CONGRESS FOR THIS COMMONWEALTH REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FOR THE NINTH CONGRES- SIONAL DISTRICT COUNCILLOR FOR SECOND COUNCILLOR DISTRICT 28 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 SENATOR FOR NORFOLK AND PLYMOUTH SENATORIAL DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT FOR THIRD PLYMOUTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN DISTRICT REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY FOR NORFOLK COUNTY COUNTY COMMISSIONER FOR NORFOLK COUNTY COUNTY TREASURER FOR NORFOLK COUNTY VACANCY A CLERK OF COURTS FOR NORFOLK COUNTY Polls opened at 12 o'clock noon.Proceeded to vote for State and County Officers on the Official Ballot. The following Tellers were sworn by Town Clerk William H.Morris, at 4 o'clock P.M.: George G.Monteiro Clara E.Hyland Charles R.Jason Frances Downs Reginald R.Beal Nellie DeSantos Katherine F.Donovan Frank 0.Pattison At 8 o'clock P.M.,the polls were closed.The Ballot Box registered 220,the Ballot Check List had 220 names checked,the Voting Check List had 220 names checked. Total number of ballots cast was 220.The following vote was declared: Democratic Party Forty-nine ballots cast GOVERNOR Francis E.Kelly of 1184 Morton St.,Boston 16 Roger L.Putnam of 216 Central St.,Springfield 30 Blanks 3 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR John C.Carr of 30 Burnside St.,Medford 41 Blanks ,8 SECRETARY Joseph J.Buckley of 76 South Huntington Ave.,Boston 28 Leo A.Gosselin of Governor Ave.,Bellingham 5 John D.O'Brien of 31 Pearl St.,Boston 11 Blanks 5 29 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 TREASURER Thomas E.Barry of 49 Bayswater St.,Boston 6 Francis X.Hurley of 11 Prince St.,Boston 24 William F.Hurley of 56 Mt.Pleasant Ave.,Boston 13 John F.Welch of 63 Homer St.,Boston 3 Blanks 3 AUDITOR Thomas J.Buckley of 15 Pinckney St.,Boston 38 Leo D.Walsh of 43 Savin Hill Ave.,Boston 8 Blanks 3 ATTORNEY GENERAL James E.Agnew of 92 Wallingford Rd.,Boston 41 Blanks 8 SENATOR IN CONGRESS Joseph E.Casey of 295 Church St.,Clinton 22 Daniel H,Coakley of Parker House,60 School St.,Boston 3 John F.Fitzgerald of 21 Beacon St.,Boston 16 Joseph Lee of 43 South Russell St.,Boston 5 Blanks 3 CONGRESSMAN—NINTH DISTRICT George F,Backus of 71 Bonney St.,New Bedford 39 Blanks 10 COUNCILLOR—SECOND DISTRICT Samuel George Thorner of 41 Stratton St.,Boston 39 Blanks 10 SENATOR—NORFOLK AND PLYMOUTH DISTRICT H.Pattison 1 Blanks 48 REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT THIRD PLYMOUTH DISTRICT Blanks 49 DISTRICT ATTORNEY—SOUTHEASTERN DISTRICT Blanks 49 REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY NORFOLK COUNTY John Torrey Kenney 1 Blanks 48 COUNTY COMMISSIONER—NORFOLK COUNTY Blanks 4^ 30 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 COUNTY TREASURER—NORFOLK COUNTY Dorothea M,Flynn 5 Blanks 44 CLERK OF COURTS NORFOLK COUNTY—TO FILL VACANCY John Torrey Kenney 3 Blanks 46 Republican Party One hundred seventy-one ballots cast GOVERNOR Leverett Saltonstall of 240 Chestnut Hill Rd.,Newton 163 Blanks 8 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Horace T.Cahill of 60 Arborway Dr.,Braintree 159 Blanks 12 SECRETARY Frederick W.Cook of 75 Benton Rd.,Somerville 159 Blanks 12 TREASURER Laurence Curtis of 15 River St.,Boston 80 Edgar A.French of Off Main St.,Marshfield 48 Sybil H.Holmes of 68 Taylor Crossway,Brookline 32 Richard E.Johnston of 183 Huntington Ave.,Boston 5 Wallace E.Stearns of 110 Gainsborough St.,Boston Blanks 6 AUDITOR Russell A.Wood of 11 Whittier St.,Cambridge 157 Blanks 14 ATTORNEY GENERAL Robert T.Bushnell of 193 Fuller St.,Newton 156 Blanks 15 SENATOR IN CONGRESS Henry Cabot Lodge,Jr.,of 275 Hale St.,Beverly 128 Courtenay Crocker of 314 Marlboro St.,Boston 32 Blanks 11 CONGRESSMAN—NINTH DISTRICT Charles L.GifTord of Barnstable 141 Blanks 30 31 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 COUNCILLOR—SECOND DISTRICT Clayton L.Havey of 140 Church St.,Boston 93 William Shaw McCallum of 217 Whiting Ave.,Dedham 46 Rudolph B.Thornton of 136 Warren St.,Boston 6 Blanks 26 SENATOR—NORFOLK AND PLYMOUTH DISTRICT Newland H.Holmes of 83 Webb St.,Weymouth 143 Scattering 1 Blanks 27 REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT THIRD PLYMOUTH DISTRICT John Q.Knowles of 125 Spring St.,Hull 145 Blanks 26 DISTRICT ATTORNEY—SOUTHEASTERN DISTRICT Edmund R.Dewing of 200 Grove St.,Wellesley 127 George W.Arbuckle of 118 Butler Road,Quincy 40 Blanks 4 REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY NORFOLK COUNTY James J.Cox of 50 Lincoln Ave.,Quincy 30 Alfred E.Henderson of 21 Otis Ave.,Dedham 106 Elliott Kimball Slade of 31 Chesterfield Road,Mihon 7 Blanks 28 COUNTY COMMISSIONER—NORFOLK COUNTY Frederick A.Leavitt of 166 Tappan St.,Brookline 142 Blanks 29 COUNTY TREASURER—NORFOLK COUNTY Ralph D.Pettingell of 21 Lowder St.,Dedham 140 Blanks 31 CLERK OF COURTS NORFOLK COUNTY—TO FILL VACANCY Willard E.Everett of 815 Main St.,Walpole 115 Heslip E.Sutherland of 19 Avon Way,Quincy 33 Blanks 23 Attest: WILLIAM H.MORRIS, Town Clerk. 32 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 STATE ELECTION NOVEMBER 3,1942 The following ofl&cers were sworn in by Town Clerk William H.Morris, at 5:45 A.M.: Abraham J.Antoine,Sr.Mary E.Stoddard Ora H.Pratt Anastasia St.John Charles H.Pratt Spencer H.Stoughton Florence E.Hill The Town Clerk read the Warrant: To bring in their votes to the Election Officers for the Election of Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices:Governor,Lieu- tenant Governor,Secretary of the Commonwealth,Treasurer and Receiver- General,Auditor of the Commonwealth,Attorney General,Senator in Con- gress,Representative in Congress for Ninth Congressional District;Coun- cillor for the Second Councillor District,Senator for Norfolk and Plymouth Senatorial District,Representative in General Court for the Third Plymouth Representative District,District Attorney for the Southeastern District, Register of Probate and Insolvency for Norfolk County,County Commis- sioner for Norfolk County,County Treasurer for Norfolk County,Clerk of Courts for Norfolk County (to fill vacancy),and to bring in their votes on the following questions: QUESTION NO.1 LAW PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION Shall the proposed measure which provides that the present statutes which make it a crime punishable by fine or imprisonment knowingly to advertise,print,publish,distribute or circulate any matter containing ref- erence to any person from whom or place where any drug,instrument or means whatever,or any advice or information may be obtained,for the purpose of preventing pregnancy,or to sell,lend,give away,exhibit,offer or advertise any drug,medicine,instrument or other article for the pre- vention of conception,or to write or print information of any kind stating when,where,how,of whom,or by what means such article can be obtained, or to manufacture or make such article,shall not apply to treatment or prescription given to married persons for protection of life or health by or under the direction of registered physicians nor to teaching in chartered medical schools nor to publication or sale of medical treatises or journals, which was disapproved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 77 in the affirmative and 133 in the negative and in the Senate by a vote of 16 in the affirmative and 18 in the negative,be approved? QUESTION 1.Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whiskey,rum,gin,malt beverages,wines and all other alcoholic beverages)? 2.Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of wines and malt beverages (wines and beer,ale and all other malt beverages)? 33 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,-1942 3.Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages in packages,so called,not to be drunk on the prem- ises? QUESTION 1.Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on licensed horse races be permitted in this county? 2.Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on licensed dog races be permitted in this county? Polls opened at 6 o'clock A.M.Proceeded to vote for State and County Officers and Questions,on the Official Ballot. The following Tellers were sworn in by Town Clerk William H.Morris, at 9 P.M.: George G.Monteiro Katherine F.Donovan Clara E.Hyland Reginald R.Beal Nellie E.DeSantos Frances Downs Austin L.Ahearn Frank O.Pattison Fred C.Blossom At 8 o'clock P.M.,the polls were closed and after completion of the counting the following Officers and Questions received the following num- ber of votes: Total ballots cast,1,261 GOVERNOR Roger L.Putnam of Springfield,Democratic 327 Leverett Saltonstall of Newton,Republican 918 Henning A.Blomen of Cambridge,Socialist Labor Party Otis A.Hood of Boston,Communist 3 Joseph Massidda of Swampscott,Socialist Party 2 Guy S.Williams of Worcester,Prohibition 2 Blanks 9 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Horace T.Cahill of Braintree,Republican 898 John C.Carr of Medford,Democratic 325 Walter S.Hutchins of Greenfield,Socialist Party 2 George L.McGlynn of Springfield,Socialist Labor Party 1 E.Frank Searle of Lawrence,Prohibition 1 Blanks 34 SECRETARY Joseph J.Buckley of Boston,Democratic 364 Frederic W.Cook of Somerville,Republican 853 Bernard G.Kelly of Springfield,Socialist Labor Party 5 Abbie L.Tebbets of Waltham,Prohibition 1 Peter Wartianen,Jr.of Westminster,Socialist Party 3 Blanks 35 34 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 TREASURER Laurence Curtis of Boston,Republican 823 Francis X.Hurley of Boston,Democratic 390 Martha E.Geer of Boston,Prohibition 4 Gote Elvel Palmquist of Boston,Socialist Labor Party 1 Anders H.Swenson of Greenfield,Socialist Party 3 Blanks 40 AUDITOR Thomas J.Buckley of Boston,Democratic 403 Russell A.Wood of Cambridge,Republican 804 Herbert Crabtree of Holyoke,Socialist Labor Party 2 Ethel J.Prince of Danvers,Prohibition 1 Blanks 51 ATTORNEY GENERAL James E.Agnew of Boston,Democratic 324 Robert T.Bushnell of Newton,Republican 883 Charles F.Danforth of Newton,Prohibition 7 Fred E.Oelcher of Peabody,Socialist Labor Party Howard Penley of Boston,Socialist Party 4 Blanks 43 SENATOR IN CONGRESS Joseph E.Casey of Clinton,Democratic 441 Henry Cabot Lodge,Jr.of Beverly,Republican 788 Horace I.Hillis of Saugus,Socialist Labor Party 1 George L.Paine of Cambridge,Socialist Party 1 George L,Thompson of Randolph,Prohibition 1 Blanks 30 CONGRESSMAN—NINTH DISTRICT George F.Backus of New Bedford,Democratic 361 Charles L.Gifford of Barnstable,Republican 835 Blanks 66 COUNCILLOR—SECOND DISTRICT Clayton L.Havey of Boston,Republican 825 Samuel George Thorner of Boston,Democratic 320 Blanks 116 SENATOR—NORFOLK AND PLYMOUTH DISTRICT Helen L.Buckley of Abington,Democratic 354 Newland H.Holmes of Weymouth,Republican 831 Richard Paul 1 Blanks 75 35 Annual Report,Town of Coh asset,1942 REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT THIRD PLYMOUTH DISTRICT John Q.Knowles of Hull,Republican 1,062 Blanks 199 DISTRICT ATTORNEY—SOUTHEASTERN DISTRICT Edmund R.Dewing of Wellesley,Republican 987 Blanks 274 REGISTER OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY NORFOLK COUNTY Alfred E.Henderson of Dedham,Republican 939 Blanks 322 COUNTY COMMISSIONER—NORFOLK COUNTY Frederick A.Leavitt of Brookline,Republican 933 Blanks 328 COUNTY TREASURER—NORFOLK COUNTY Ralph D.Pettingell of Dedham,Republican 932 Blanks 329 CLERK OF COURTS NORFOLK COUNTY—TO FILL VACANCY Willard E.Everett of Walpole,Republican 929 Blanks 332 QUESTION NO.1 LAW PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION Shall the proposed measure which provides that the present statutes which make it a crime punishable by fine or imprisonment knowingly to advertise,print,publish,distribute or circulate any matter containing ref- erence to any person from whom or place where any drug,instrument or means whatever,or any advice or information may be obtained,for the purpose of preventing pregnancy,or to sell,lend,give away,exhibit,offer or advertise any drug,medicine,instrument or other article for the pre- vention of conception,or to write or print information of any kind stating when,where,how,or whom,or by what means such article can be obtained, or to manufacture or make such article,shall not apply to treatment or prescription given to married persons for protection of life or health by or under the direction of registered physicians nor to teaching in chartered medical schools nor to publication or sale of medical treatises or journals, which was disapproved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 77 in the affirmative and 133 in the negative and in the Senate by a vote of 16 in the affirmative and 18 in the negative,be approved? Yes 624 No 459 Blanks 178 36 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 QUESTIONS 1.Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town)for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whiskey,rum,gin,malt beverages,wines and all other alcoholic beverages)? Yes 773 No 326 Blanks 162 2.Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town)for the sale therein of wines and malt beverages (wines and beer,ale and all other malt beverages)? Yes 767 No 271 Blanks 223 3.Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town)for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages in packages,so called,not to be drunk on the premises? Yes 792 No 235 Blanks ••234 QUESTIONS 1.Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on licensed horse races be permitted in this county? Yes 562 No 490 Blanks 209 2.Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on licensed dog races be permitted in this county? Yes 448 No 572 Blanks 241 Voted that the meeting be dissolved at 10:45 o'clock P.M. Attest : WILLIAM H.MORRIS, Town Clerk. 37 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS CONVENTION OF TOWN CLERKS THIRD PLYMOUTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT On the thirteenth day of November,A.D.1942,the Town Clerks of Hingham,Cohasset,Hull and Norwell,said towns comprising the Third Plymouth Representative District,assembled at the office of the Town Clerk in Hingham at 12 o'clock Noon,for the purpose of examining the returns of the votes given in and determine who had been elected to repre- sent said district in the General Court,to be holden at Boston on the first Wednesday of January next,proceeded to canvass said returns and found the ballots given in for the candidates to be as follows: Hingham Cohassel John Q.Knowle^^2,558 1.062 Samuel Cassidv 1 Blanks 291 199 Hull Norwell Total 826 634 5.080 1 189 104 783 Total 2.850 1.261 1,015 738 5.864 It appearing that John Q.Knowles of Spring Street,Hull.Mass.,has received a plurality of the votes given in,a certificate of election was issued to him. WILLIAM L.HOWARD.WILLIAM H.MORRIS, Town Clerk of Hingham Town Clerk of Cohasset ANDREW F.POPE,NELLIE L.SPARRELL, Town Clerk of Hull Town Clerk of Norwell VITAL STATISTICS Records of Births,Deaths and Marriages Recorded in 1942 Total number of births recorded was one hundred eighty,of which forty-one were delayed returns and corrections of past years,one hundred forty-four being born in Coliasset and thirty-six in other towns.Of the one hundred thirty-nine in the year 1942 there were seventy-seven where the parents were residents of other towns.Of the sixty-two whose parents were residents of Cohasset thirty-one were females and thirty-one were males. Marriages Total number of marriages was sixty-one.of which one was a correction of a former year and including those where both parties were non-residents of Cohasset.Twenty-eight marriages were solemnized in Cohasset. Deaths Total number of deaths was sixty-four including residents of Cohasset who died elsewhere and non-residents who died in Cohasset.Of the forty who were residents of Cohasset twenty-one were males and nineteen were females. 38 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 The principal causes of death were as follows: Chronic Nephritis Prematurity Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease Stillborn Coronary Sclerosis Carcinoma of Lung Broncho Pneumonia Congestive Heart Failure Pulmonary Embolism Accidental Pneumococcus Meningitis Coronary Thrombosis Coronary Occlusion Cerebral Hemorrhage 3 Staplylococcic Septicaemia 1 Surgical Shock 2 Carcinomatosis 5 Carcinoma of the Sigmoid 4 Bilateral Multiple Nephrolithiasis 3 Myocarditis 4 Uremia 1 Subacute Yellow Athropy of Liver 1 Hypostatic Pneumonia 3 9 Castro Enteritis 2 Hemorrhage 6 Suicidal 2 Edema of Lungs 3 Acute Cardiac dilation,arterios- clerosis 1 PARENTS,BE SURE TO RECORD THE BIRTH OF YOUR CHILD WITH GIVEN NAME IN FULL "Parents,within forty days after the birth of a child and every house- holder,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. Many times returns are made by Doctors and Hospitals before a child has been named.Make certain the name is recorded. 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 ofi&ce. To prove the age at which the marriage contract may be entered into. To make possible statistical studies of the health conditions. 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Wednesday,February 25,1942,at Town Hall,Registration of New Voters.Also correct Voting Lists. To Certify Names on State Primaries Nomination Papers and to Regis- ter New Voters. Tuesday,June 30,1942,Town Hall. Tuesday,July 7,1942,Town Hall. Tuesday,July 14,1942,Town Hall. Tuesday,July 21,1942,Town Hall. Tuesday,August 18,1942,Registration of New Voters,Town Hall. Wednesday,August 26,1942,Registration of New Voters,Town Hall. Tuesday,September 29,1942,Registration of New Voters,Town Hall. Wednesday,October 7,1942,Registration of New Voters at Beechwood. Wednesday,October 14,1942,Registration of New Voters and correcting Voting Lists,Town Hall. Total Registered Voters as of January 1,1942 2,016 Total Number of Persons Registered during 1942 170 2,186 Total Number of Names Removed from Voting List by reason of death,marriage,request and removal to other towns during 1942 139 Total Registered Voters as of January 1,1943 2,047 Respectfully submitted, NORMAN CARD,Chairman, IRA N.PRATT, *EDWARD M.FLEMING, WILLIAM H.MORRIS,Clerk, Board of Registrars of Voters, Cohasset. Replaced Thomas L.Grassie,who died. 57 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT For Year Ending December 31,1942 Cohasset,Mass., January 25,1943. To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and to the Citizens of Cohasset: I herewith present my annual report in accordance with Section 61, of Chapter 41,of the Tercentenary Edition of the General Laws,for the year ending December 31,1942,showing in detail the appropriations, expenditures,and the receipts from each source of income.Also a recapi- tulation sheet and balance sheet showing the assets and liabilities,debt accounts,and trust accounts. In accordance with Section 50 of Chapter 41 of the Tercentenary Edition of the General Laws,I hereby certify that 1 have verified the Treasurer's cash,three times during the year,and reconciled the bank accounts each time,and found them correct. The records of permits and licenses issued by the Selectmen and the balance of departments receiving money for the town or committing bills for collection were examined and checked,the reported payments to the Town Treasurer being compared with the Treasurer's recorded receipts, also the savings bank books and securities representing the investment of the several trust funds in custody of the Town Treasurer.I have further reconciled the accounts of the trust funds in custody of the Trustees of the Cohasset Free Public Library and Paul Pratt Memorial Library. I have also included detail payroll expenditures of each Department, together with a detailed report of the total expenditures of the School Department. [wish to take this opportunity to thank all departments for their sincere cooperation this past year. MALCOLM H.STEVENS, Town Accountant. RECEIPTS,EXPENDITURES,APPROPRIATIONS AND TABLES RECEIPTS TAXES Current Year: Poll $2,104.00 Personal 18,595.25 Real Estate 187,290.07 $207,989.32 Previous Years: Poll $6.00 Personal 733.95 Real Estate 32,724.25 $33,464.20 58 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 From State: Income Tax $29,110.00 Business Corporation Tax 7,084.24 Gas,Electric Light,and Water Corp.,Tax 3.25 $36,197.49 1,082.63TaxTitleRedemptions Total for Taxes $278,733.64 LICENSES AND PERMITS Beer,wines and liquor $2,175.00 40.00 6.00 4.00 2.00 10.00 13.00 5.00 20.00 1.00 3.00 9.50 20.00 .50 10.50 Junk w Auctioneer Lodging House and Inn Holders Oleomargarine Common Victualler Revolver Hackney Hawkers and Peddlers Clam Sunday Milk Pasteurization Machine Gun Gasoline Registrations Total for Licenses and Permits FINES Court Fees ALL OTHER GENERAL REVENUE Tailings (Unclaimed Checks) $2,319.50 90.00 28.57 = Total General Revenue $281,171.71 General Revenue GRANTS AND GIFTS Grants: From Federal Government : Old Age Assistance —Administration $369.61 Old Age Assistance—Assistance 11,064.88 Aid to Dependent Children—Ad- ministration 31.38 Aid to Dependent Children —Assis- tance 549.00 From State: Chapter 504,Acts 1939,Highway Fund $14,703.33 Distribution of Meal Tax 147.01 59 $12,014.87 14,850.34 Annual Report^,Town of Cohasset,1942 From Counly: Dog Licenses 780.78 Total Grants and Gifts $27,645.99 Commercial Revenue Special Assessments: Moth Extermination $2.00 Privileges: 1939 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax $2.00 1941 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 270.46 1942 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 11,150.38 11,422.84 Total Commercial Revenue $11,424.84 DEPARTMENTAL REVENUE General Government: Selectmen: Stationery and Postage $7.39 Town Accountant: Telephone 25.51 Town Treasurer: Telephone $29.21 Tax Title Releases 15.00 Refund on Tax Title 18.50 Tax Collector: Costs for Previous and Current Year $118.30 Telephone .50 62.71 118.80 Town Clerk: Telephone 28.99 Town Hall : Rental and Lights 139.92 Protection of Persons and Property: Police Department: Restitution $1.50 Ambulance Service 45.00 Oxygen Supplies 21.75 Fire Department: Refilling Fire Extinguishers $3.50 Insurance Claim 7.75 60 68.25 11.25 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Fire Alarm: Supplies 4.08 Sealer of Weights and Measures: 35.19 Bounties: Seals 10.00 Health and Sanitation: Board of Health,General: Contagious Diseases 239.29 Department of Public Welfare: Town Infirmary: Dividend on Cancelled Insurance Policy Sale of Three Hen Houses $14.23 30.00 44.23 Reimbursement for Relief Given: Cities and Towns $985.22 Individual State Old Age Assistance: Reimbursement for Relief Given; State Cities and Towns 35.54 692.30 $9,224.02 473.55 Aid to Dependent Children: Reimbursement for Relief Given: State Soldiers'Benefit; State Aid Schools: Ripley Road—Lights $40.00 Tuitions 627.78 Insurance Claims (Osgood School)639.54 Sale of Books and Supplies 72.16 Lunch Receipts 4,402.63 1,713.06 9,697.57 1,000.50 100.00 Other Protection of Persons and Property; Civilian Defense: Medical Supplies State Guard Reserve Recreation and Unclassified: Bates Building: Rent Sale of One Hen House $2.80 460.80 $126.00 5.00 5,782.11 463.60 131.00 61 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 W.P.A.: Transportation Reimbursement 36.66 Rents: Guild Hall 11.00 North Cohasset P.0.Building 158.00 Parker Avenue Boat Yard 50.00 Gravel Pit 5.00 214.00 Sale of Genealogies 8.00 Federal Gasoline Tax—Reimbursement 119.03 Total Departmental Revenue $20,061.14 CEMETERIES Sale of Lots and Graves $450.20 Care of Lots and Graves—General 251.17 Care of Lots and Graves—Perpetual 90.29 Total Cemeteries Receipts $791.66 INTEREST Taxes—General $1,147.30 Tax Title Redemptions 110.18 Trust Funds.Parks: Wheelwright Park $375.00 Wadleigh Park 125.00 Billings-Pratt and Robert Charles Billings Parks 53.76 $1,257.48 553.76 Beechwood Cemetery: Williams Lot 1.88 Total Interest Receipts 1,813.12 MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS Anticipation of Tax Loans $30,000.00 AGENCY —TRUST Agency : Dog Licenses $856.40 Sale of Unlicensed Dogs 6.00 Tax Titles 4.80 Perpetual Care: Estate of Thomas A.Stevens—Lot 59,Section A $100.00 James T.Bethel—Lot 164,Section E 75.00 62 $867.20 175.00 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Trust: J.W.Nichols Fund—Scholarship E.M.Bates,Town Common — Transfer $65.00 100.00 165.00 Total Trust and Agency Receipts $50.00 1.45 42.50 864.95 $1,207.20 REFUNDS Tax Collector—Petty Cash Dental Dispensary Old Age Assistance Warrants Payable Total Refund Receipts $958.90 RECEIPTS Total Receipts for 1942 $375,074.56 RECAPITULATION OF 1 General Revenue ..$281,171.71 Grants and Gifts 27,645.99 11,424.84 Departmental Revenue 20,061.14 791.66 1,813.12 Municipal Indebtedness —Anticipation of Tas.Loans 30,000.00 1,207.20 Refunds 958.90 Total Receipts 1942 Cash Balance,January 1,1942 $375,074.56 98,092.59 Total Cash Payment 1942 $473,167.15 369,326.81 Cash Balance January 1,1943 $103,840.34 Government ent Expenditures 1942 Genera Expenditures General Governrr MODERATOR Appropriation $110.00 Expenditure: Robert B.James,services $110.00 FINANCE COMMITTEE Appropriation Expenditures: George H.Dean Co.- $225.00 -2,000 Reports 63 $210.00 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Dues—Association Finance Clerk—John D.Davis Committees NNING BOARD 10.00 3.00 Balance to Treasury .... $223.00 2.00 $225.00 pla; Appropriation $25 00 Expenditures: Dues—Mass.Federation of Balance to Treasury .... Planning Boards ELECTMEN 10.00 15.00 $25.00 S Appropriation $2,212.50 1,075.00TransfersfromReserveFund.. $134.84 330.00 525.16 330.00 $1,320.00 472.78 Expenditures: Selectmen's salaries: Kendall T Bates Darius W.Gilbert $3,287.50 A.Fred Petersen Everett W.Wheelwright ,,.. Expenses: Joseph A.Dion,Jr.—Clerk Town Meetings: Posting warrants: Royal A.Bates $10.00 John T.Keating 5.00 15.00 Stationery and Postage 47.30 Clerk services: Nellie E.DeSantos $8.00 Marguerite C.Barrett 8.00 16.00 78.30 Stationery and Postage 56.72 Travel expenses 7.17 Printing and advertising 98.77 War Risk Insurance on all municipal buildings, including schools 402.26 Dues—Norfolk County Selectmen's Association 9.00 Insurance —Liability insurance,Bates Building 5.00 Recording taking and deed of Town Dump 8.02 Honor Roll Display Board 478.00 64 A-\NU.\L Report.Town of Cohasset.1942 Defense: Stationery $13.60 State Guard uniform 11.95 25.55 All other 8.00 $2.%9.57 Balance to Reserve Fund—Overlay Surplus 317.93 $3^287.50 TOWN ACCOUNTANT Appropriation 12.297.00 Expenditures: To-vNTi Accountant,Malcolm H.Stevens,senices $1,980.00 Expenses: Joseph A.Dion.Jr.—Clerk $220.00 Stationen"and Postage 24.16 Office Supplies 15.95 Telephone i reimbursed to To"v%ti »25.51 Travel expenses 8.15 Dues—Mass.Municipal Auditors' Assn.and Municipal Finance Of- ficers'Assn.7.00 Repairs to typewriter 10.00 310.77 $2,290.77 Balance to Treasury 6.23 $2,297.00 TOWN TREASURER Appropriation $2,555.00 Expenditures : Treasurer—Maurice R.Xoonan.senices $1,650.00 Expenses : Joseph A.Dion.Jr.—Clerk $55.00 Tax Title Releases 10.00 Balance account for adding machine 192.00 Stationen.-and Postage 239.41 Printing 118.10 Telephone (reimbursed to Town)...29.21 Travel expenses 37.25 Treasurer's bond '152.50 Robben-insurance 31.70 Dues—Mass.Collector and Treas- urers"Assn.2.00 65 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Adding machine,maintenance serv- ice 4.40 871.57 $2,521.57 Balance to Treasury 33.43 $2,555.00 TAX COLLECTOR Appropriation $3,005.00 Refund—Petty Cash 50.00 Expenditures : Tax Collector—Eleanor T.Downs,services $1,760.00 Expenses: Joseph A.Dion,Jr.,Clerk and Deputy Collector $165.00 Deputy Collector,William C.Greg- ory,services 28.00 Deputy Collector,Frances Downs, services Stationery and Postage 328.52 Printing and Advertising 39.00 Bond—Tax Collector $330.00 Bonds—Deputy Collectors 15.00 $3,055.00 99.70 345.00 Travel expenses 90.29 Petty Cash 50.00 Robbery Insurance 22.10 Dues—Mass.Collectors'and Treas- urers'Assn.2.00 Maintenance service,adding ma- chine 19.10 P.0.box rent 2.40 Tax Title takings and recordings ..22.57 1,213.68 $2,973.68 Balance to Treasury 81,32 $3,055.00 ASSESSORS Appropriation $4,017.50 Expenditures: Salaries: Darius W.Gilbert $1,540.00 Kendall T.Bates 134.84 66 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Everett W.Wheelwright 660.00 A.Fred Petersen 525.16 $2,860.00 Expenses: Joseph A.Dion,Jr.,Clerk 632.50 Stationery and Postage 119.55 Book Binding 60.10 Abstracting Tax Transfers,Postage and Ex- penses—Evvie F.Dalby 111.05 Dues —Association of Mass.Assessors—1942 and 1943 7.00 Dues—Norfolk and Suffolk County Assessors Assn 3.00 Travel Expenses 86.02 Maintenance service of Adding Machine 8.80 S3,888.02 Balance to Treasury 129,48 $4,017.50 Other Finance Offices and Accounts CERTIFICATION OF NOTES Appropriation $20.00 Expenditure: Certification of notes Nos.243 and 244 S4.00 Balance to Treasury 16.00 $20.00 LAW—LEGAL COUNSEL Appropriation $1,375.00 Expenditures: Frederick A.Thayer—Services $1,292.32 Telephone—Frederick A.Thayer 82.68 $1,375.00 TOWN CLERK Appropriation $1,620.50 Expenditures: William H.Morris,Salary S990.00 William H.Morris,recording fees 285.25 William H.Morris,administering oaths 33.50 Expenses : Joseph A.Dion,Jr.,Clerk $220.00 Stationery,Postage and Printing 45.71 67 $1,308.75 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Telephone (reimbursed to Surety Bond Dues—Mass.Tcwn Clerks Travel Expenses Tow^n)... i'Assn 28.99 7.50 3.00 3.06 3.35ExpressandCartage * Balance to Treasury $1,620.36 14 ^AND RE( $1,620.50 ELECTION Appropriation &ISTRATION $1,000.00 Transfer from Reserve Fund 950.00 Expenditures: Election Officers (for detail,see end of report) Registrars: Henry E.Sweeney Norman Card Ira N.Pratt Estate of Thomas L.Grassie Edward M.Fleming William H.Morris,Clerk ex- officio $27.50 110.00 110.00 31.60 44.55 110.00 Expenses: Janitor services Labor moving and repairing chairs Repairing booths Posting notices Stationery and Postage '... Printing Meals Travel expenses Express Clerical work: Yvonne Hetue Mary Elizabeth Stoddard $8.00 1.00 Balance to Reserve Fund —Overlay Surplus $714.00 433.65 16.00 20.50 18.00 5.00 89.30 327.95 99.00 5.88 .40 9.00 $1,738.68 211.32 $1,950.00 $1,950.00 68 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 ENGINEERING—MAINTENANCE Appropriation Expenditures: Spaulding-Moss Cohasset Co.,Photo-lithograph map of Balance to Treasury ENGINEERING—OUTLAY Appropriation Expenditures: Travel Expenses Stationery and Supplies Staking intersection of Pleasant Street Gushing Road —Lewis W.Perkins Assisting on surveying —Charles J,Smith Balance to Treasury and TOWN HALL Appropriation Expenditures: Janitor—Minot A*Browne,services Lights Fuel Repairs Janitor Supplies Insurance Employers Liability Insurance Water Ice Oil Heater Express Carting Ashes Typewriter Stand Telephones : General Treasurer's Office Tax Collector's Office Janitor's Residence Defense : Telephone at Defense Center. Medical Supplies $341.84 50.64 63.74 31.46 $338.55 7.50 $11.62 $1L62 288.38 $300.00 $8.92 2.61 13.68 13.75 $38.96 111.04 $150.00 $1,703.60 407.06 724.84 408.83 119.31 288.76 12.58 19.50 23.62 7.60 .50 5.00 3.95 487.68 346.05 69 $4,558.88 $300.00 $150.00 $5,143.10 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Balance to Treasury 584.22 $5,143.10 POLICE DEPARTMENT Appropriation $21,208.46 Expenditures: Salaries and Wages: Chief,Hector J.Pelletier $2,900.00 Sergeant,Earl R.Mc Arthur 2,400.00 Patrolmen: James J.Sullivan,Jr 2,200.00 Benjamin F.Curley 2,200.00 John J.Rooney 2,200.00 Thomas B.Kane 2,080.83 John H.Winters,Jr 290.52 Henry B.Kennedy 626.71 Frank E.Jason 291.76 Ralph S.Enos 242.72 Frederick W.Sullivan 231.74 Herbert E.Morse 100.76 Louis J.Simeone 94.06 John J.Ferreira 4.14 Lot E.Bates,Jr 4.14 Joseph M.Jason 4.14 Special Police: John J.Ferriera 2.75 Joseph A.Dion,Jr 27.86 John J.Keating 21.35 Louis J.Simeone 115.52 Frank E.Jason 290.85 Henry B.Kennedy 6.54 Joseph M.Jason 9.63 Frederick W.Sullivan 10.31 Ralph S.Enos 77.01 Herbert E.Morse 5.50 Other Employees: Frances J.Malone 890.40 John J.Keating 5.50 $17,334.74 Equipment Maintenance: Equipment for men $425.33 Robinson splint stretcher 50.00 Radio repairs and equipment 174.22 649.55 Fuel 279.71 Lights—Headquarters and Garage 161.31 Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds: Janitor Supplies $52.47 Repairs 163.41 70 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Furnishings 25.50 Grounds 5.00 American Flags 18.37 Painting signs 5.75 Insurance 145.63 Express 1.00—417.13 Stationery,Printing and Postage 63.76 Telephones : Headquarters,Coh.0372 $136.64 Headquarters,Coh.0372 45.70 Chief's Residence,Coh.0060 64.61 Box,Coh.0700 62.50 Box,Coh.0703 60.86 370.31 Chief's expenses 27.00 Repairs to Typewriter 8.75 New England Police Revolver League,Dues 11.00 Ammunition 94.42 Express 1.20 Meals for Prisoners 24.00 Automobile Maintenance: Cruising Cars: Gasoline,oil,anti-freeze,etc.$613.83 Repairs and equipment 466.83 Batteries 44.95 Tires,tubes and chains 250.31 Battery charger 34.75 Insurance 102.47 Ambulance: Gasoline and oil 38.74 Repairs and equipment 77.84 Insurance 65.75 Disinfectant 1.80 Laundry work 17.00 $1,714.27 Beacons: Lights $28.60 Repairs 21.55 50.15 $21,207.30 Balance to Treasury 1.16 $21,208.46 POLICE DEPARTMENT—CRUISING CAR Appropriation $600.00 Expenditure: Ford Fordor—Motor No.18-6799797 $600.00 71 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 FIRE DEPARTMENT Appropriation $23,875.00 Expenditures: Salaries and Wages: Chief—Gilbert S.Tower $217.23 Chief—Joseph L.Oliver 1,489.07 Acting Chief—Clarence S.Reddy 367.62 $2,073.92 Deputy Chiefs:^ Clarence S.Reddy $466.66 Bartlett Tyler 147.59 614.25 Drivers : Charles C.Philbrook $2,029.49 C.W.Barron Salvador 2,029.49 Lot E.Bates 2,029.49 Cornelius J.O'Brien 1,884.22 Edward B.Mathewson 1,779.25 Elwood F.Litchfield 74.71 James Happenny 1,141.33 10,967.98 Relief Drivers: Charles R.Stover $129.46 Benjamin F.Kelley 90.35 Edward R.Jason 107.22 . Ellery C.S.Sidney 2.75 329.78 Vacation Driver: Edward R.Jason 345.58 Stenographer and Clerks: Marguerite G.Barrett $5.00 Nancy Philbrook 2.50 Elliot Stoddard 5.00 12.50 Call Men (paid on percentage basis)4,100.00 (For detail,see end of report) Reloading hose 12,42 (For detail,see end of report) Casual labor 46.58 (For detail,see end of report) Watchers after Fires 32.41 (For detail,see end of report) Equipment : To carry on apparatus 158.54 Other Equipment: Telephone set complete $25.16 Resuscitator-Inhalator Aspirator ....392.49 All Other 46.37 464.02 Hose: 600 feet 2V2"hose $588.00 100 feet IVs"hose 33.81 72 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 150 feet %"hose 47.04 Expansion rings for couplings 1.98 670.83 Equipment for Men 419.94 First Aid Kit 38.15 Express 6.03 Maintenance and Repairs for Trucks: Gasoline and Oil $244.68 Repairs 345.25 Tires,Tubes and Chains 104.89 Batteries 62.45 Insurance 191.11 All Other 28.33—976.71 Fuel 704.30 Lights 275.66 Gas 51.90 Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds: Repairs $394.75 Laundry 98.19 House Supplies and Furnishings 147.21 Insurance 211.01 851.16 Telephones : Central Station,Coh.0260 $131.14 Engine No.3 Station,Coh.0582 .61.04 Engine No.2 Station,Coh.054-W 43.09 Engine No.2 Station,Coh.054-R....24.17 Chief,Gilbert S.Tower,res. Coh.0580 16.01 Chief,Joseph L.Oliver,res. Coh.0417-M 28.22 303.67 Other Expenses: Stationery,Printing and Postage 141.18 Chief's Expenses 16.90 Firemen's Injuries 15.95 Dues—National Fire Protection Assn.,1942-'43 20.00 Memorial Flags 20.00 Traveling Expenses 9.00 All other 9.00 $23,688.36 Balance to Treasury 186.64 $23,875.00 FIRE ALARM Appropriation $3,035.00 Expenditures: Superintendent,Herbert Williams,salary $1,320.00 Labor (for detail,see end of report)236.23 73 A-XNLAL Report,To^y^of Cohasset,1942 Telephone—Herbert Williams,Coh.0268-W 32.21 Tools,supplies and repairs 87.61 Expenses to and at Conventions 69.90 Maintenance of Truck: Gasoline,oil,anti-freeze $209.21 Repairs 32.96 Battery 15.00 Insurance.Liability and Theft 61.54 318.71 Boxes and Wires 283.24 Insurance—Employer's Liability 10.07 Rent of Garage '60.00 One 500-Avatt floodlight 48.28 Electrical supplies 202.38 First Aid Kit 7.70 Traveling expenses 9.48 Dues —New England Ass'n of Fire Chiefs 3.00 Dues—International Municipal Signal Assn.5.00 Express .40 $2,694.21 Balance to Treasury 340.79 $3,035.00 HYDRANT SERVICE,ETC. Appropriation Expenditures: Cohasset Water Co.—124 hvdrants (a $75.00 Hinghara Water Co.—12 hydrants @ $75.00 $9,300.00 900.00 $10,200.00 $10,200.00 INSPECTION OF WIRES Appropriation $710.00 Expenditures: Herbert William.Inspector—services Postage $660.00 6.00 $666.00 Balance to Treasury 44.00 $710.00 SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Appropriation $471.63 Expenditures: Sealer.Ira B.P.Stoughton —ser^•ices $275.00 Expenses: Telephone expenses 7.00 74 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset.1942 Stationery and Postage 2.42 Seals and Leads 6.89 Expenses at convention,Worcester,Mass.15.00 Travel Expenses 80.00 Storage of Tank 10.00 Insurance on equipment (1 year)10.00 Insurance on equipment at Treasurer's ofl&ce (3 years)40.10 Hardware Supplies 2.49 $445.90 Balance to Treasury 22.73 $471.63 MOTH SUPPRESSION Appropriation $4,850.00 Expenditures: Superintendent,Roscoe G.Pratt $1,118.70 Labor (for detail,see end of report)2,321.80 $3,440.50 Expenses: Stationery and Postage 4.50 Hose: 200 ft.1 in.special spray hose $156.80 250 ft.^2 in.special spray hose 98.00 10 ft.2 in.special spray hose 12.74 Lead and Creosote: 1200 lbs.dry lead $162.00 1002 lbs.cnolite 117.84 Casein 7.20 60 gallons creosote 19.20 Maintenance of Truck and Equipment: Gasoline and Oil $57.70 Repairs ,270.93 Number Plates 2.00 Insurance —Fire,Theft,Property Damage 41.92 267.54 306.24 372.,OD Express 3.60 Hardware and Tools 37.51 Telephone (Roscoe G.Pratt's residence)4.92 Rent of Garage 2.00 Insurance.Emp.Liability 38.83 Under Supervision of Selectmen: Hartney-Amalia.Inc..spraying elm beetles 371.00 $4,849.19 Balance to Treasury .81 $4,850.00 75 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset.1942 TREE WARDEN Appropriation Expenditure?: Tree Warden—Roscoe G.Prati,Salary Labor 'for detail,see end of report)... Telephone «Roscoe G.Pratt's residence) Stationery and Postage Hardware and Supplies .- Rent of Garage . Repairs to Garage 1200 lbs.dry lead Equipment for remoTing tree stump at Town Common — Maintenance of Truck: Gasoline,Oil,Anti-freeze Repairs —. . Insurance Ejnployer's Liability Insurance Balance to Treasury $157^5 87.06 6.5.48 1.S4032 39.77 .98 137.30 58.00 9.40 162.00 43.40 309.79 38.83 r2.689.79 $2,690.00 TREE WARDEN.SPECL\L.CLE.\RING TREES FOR FIRE AL\RM Appropnaiion Expenditures: Superintendent,Roscoe G.Pratt,services Labor •For detail,see end of report ) Balance to Treasury $9.00 11.00 r2o.oo 310.00 $330.00 $2,690.00 $330.00 FOREST FIRES .Appropriation Expenditures: Forest Warden.Gilbert S.Tower, services Forest Warden,Joseph L.Oliver, services Acting Forest Warden,Clarence S. Reddv.services 111.70 77.00 21.30 Payrolls—Fighting fires and burning grass 'For detail,see end of report) $110.00 240.24 $1,120.00 76 Annual Report.Town of Coh asset.1942 Reloading Hose: Charle=R.Stover 2.75 Hose: 200 ft.11/2"hose 200 ft.%"in Booster Hose and Couplings $130.00 63.31 193.31 Maintenance of Truck: Gasoline,Oil and Anti-freeze Repairs Equipment to go on Apparatus Insurance,Fire and Theft S28.83 37.00 153.96 1.50 221.29 10.00Advertising Stationery and Supplies 9.70 Balance to Treasury FOREST FIRES PATROL Appropriation No Expenditure —Balance to Treasury BOUNTIES Appropriation Expenditures: Joseph P.Figueiredo—1 seal Richard Figueiredo—1 seal $787.29 332.71 SI.120.00 $165.00 $5.00 5.00 Balance to Treasury $10.00 65.00 $75.00 SHELL FISH CULTIVATION Balance from 1941 No expenditure—Balance to 1943 CIVILIAN DEFENSE Appropriation Expenditures: Defense Center: Printing and Stationery Hardware supplies Janitor supplies American Flag Laundry One 2500-watt,100-volt Generator, complete $200.00 $58.32 31.98 60.43 2.60 22.25 505.18 S165.00 S75.00 S200.00 $10,000.00 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 One 500-watt Floodlight 48.28 Blackout Equipment 257.35 Auxiliary Generator 45.36 Ice 4.37 Travel Expenses 5.00 All Other 38.60 Air Raid Wardens: Stationery and Printing $42.15 Arm Bands 15.61 Identification Cards 31.25 Blackout Signs 64.50 Travel Expenses 4.80 Helmets (52)155.96 Auxiliary Police: Arm Bands $2.59 Stationery 1.50 Traffic Belts,Billetts,Whistles 90.90 Uniforms (31)310.00 Hat Shields and Badges 25.56 Identification Cards 8.00 Generator—Electrical Work 28.58 Freight 1.31 Auxiliary Firemen: Arm Bands $2.59 Identification Cards 5,50 Firemen's Coats (30)270.00 Firemen's Boots (30)225.75 Helmets (20)70.00 Medical Corps: Printing $4.75 Splints 14.00 Blood transfusing supplies 134.65 Bandages and Supplies 126.75 Identification Cards 17.75 Arm Bands 2.56 Lumber and Hardware Supplies 24.60 First Aid Box 25.62 Medical Supplies 43.71 Stale Guard Reserves: Uniforms (56)$502.20 Travel Expenses 22.00 Stationery 2.50 Identification Cards 9.50 Guard Room 266.25 Bugle 5.95 Four Door Letter File 65.50 One Bulletin Board 19.00 Helmets (49)150.60 78 $1,079.72 314.27 468.44 573.84 394.39 1,043.50 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Fire Alarm: Three Air Compressor Outfits Three Diaphone Horns,Electric Valves,Regulating Valves Electrical Wiring and Supplies Plumbing Installation and Supplies Freight Ration Board: Clerk—Elliot Stoddard,services Stationery and Postage Telephone (Coh.0594) One second-hand File Lights Fuel Plumbing Repairs Electrical Repairs Cartage and Express Hardware Supplies Transportation Committee: Clerk—Fostena Curtis $1.00 Clerk —Jean Consalves 4.00 Stationery and Printing Lettering Signs $2,037.90 1,332.26 328.54 400.80 $30.00 67.07 78.53 12.00 2.94 33.11 25.15 18.53 9.20 14.58 $5.00 5.55 2.50 4,100.38 291.11 13.05 Miscellaneous: Cohasset Hospital: One Stove $6.12 South Weymouth Hospital: Blackout Shades (58)$220.00 Cots (12)30.00 250.00 256.12 $8,534.82 Balance to 1943 1,465.18 $10,000.00 •=== BOARD OF HEALTH—GENERAL Appropriation $1,485.00 Expenditures: Salaries: Nathaniel M.Hurwitz $220.00 Abraham J.Antoine,Jr 220.00 Edward E.Tower 220.00 $660.00 79 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Expenses : Travel and Transportation Stationery,Postage and Printing 130.00 18.00 Telephone : N.M.Hurwitz $40.00 20.93 24.77 A.J.Antoine,Jr.,residence Walter P.Bates,residence 85.70 Vital Statistics: Births Deaths $24.75 11.75 36.50 Baby Clinic: Stewart H.Clifford,M.D.,Services Laundry and Supplies $300.00 18.00 318.00 Medical Attendance 120.00 Storing Serum 17.00 Lights 1.00 Immunization and Disinfectants 85.99 Burying Animals 12.50 $1,484.69 Balance to Treasury .31 $1,485.00 TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL—BRAINTREE Appropriation from Revenue of 1942 $3,138.13 Paid Treasurer of Norfolk County $3,138.13 INSPECTION OF SCHOOL CHILDREN DENTAL DISPENSARY Refund 1.45 $330.00 770.00 97.21 Expenditures: Dentist —Richard J.Mulcahy,D.M.D.,services Dentist —John D.Morrigan,D.D.S.,services Medical Supplies $1,201.45 1 Balance to Treasury $1,197.21 4.24 $1,201.45 DISTRICT NURSE Appropriation $287.49 $1 265 00 Expenditures: Mrs.Ruth Home,R.N.,services 80 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Helen M.Heartz,R.N.,services 670.81 Agnes Weir,R.N.,services 306.70 $1,265.00 OXYGEN ACCOUNT Appropriation $150.00 Transfers from Reserve Fund 150.00 $300.00 Expenditure: Supplies and Express on same $266.22 Balance to Reserve Fund —Overlay Surplus 33.78 $300.00 INSPECTION OF ANIMALS Appropriation $110.00 Expenditure: Inspector—Darius W.Gilbert,V.S.,Salary $110.00 INSPECTION OF SLAUGHTERING Appropriation $27.50 Expenditure: Inspector—Darius W.Gilbert,V.S.,Salary $25.00 Balance to Treasury 2.50 $27.50 INSPECTION OF MILK AND VINEGAR Appropriation $162.50 Expenditures: Milk Inspector—Estate of Thomas L.Grassie, Salary $73.89 Milk Inspector—Charles E.Frates,Salary 59.56 Stationery,Supplies 3.00 Travel Expenses 10.00 $146.45 Balance to Treasury 16.05 $162.50 REFUSE AND GARBAGE DISPOSAL—TOWN DUMP Appropriation $1,690.00 Expenditures: Superintendent —Charles R.Stoddard,Salary...$1,457.50 Vacation Supervision—David Stoddard 27.50 Telephone—Charles R.Stoddard's Residence .18.60 81 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Insurance,Employer's Liability of $1,500.00 44.69 Maintenance of Truck: Gasoline and Oil $37.57 Repairs 64.75 Insurance,Public Liability,etc.36.44 138.76 Electric Power 2.40 $1,689.45 Balance to Treasury .55 $1,690.00 PURCHASE OF TOWN DUMP AND INCIDENTAL EXPENSES Appropriation $300.00 Appropriated from Revenue at Special Town Meeting 3,000.00 $3,300.00 Expenditures: August F.B.Petersen—Purchase of Land $3,000.00 "Water Electric Pump—Aetna Engineering Co.165.00 Travel Expenses—Frederick A.Thayer 3.00 Labor Digging Water Hole (For detail,see end of Report)88.00 $3,256.00 Balance to 1943 44.00 $3,300.00 STRAITS POND,JAMES BROOK,CAT DAM,ETC. Appropriation $1,618.50 Expenditures: Straits Pond: Fitzpatrick and Happenny,care of Gates $165.00 Blacksmithing 18.55 $183.55 James Brooks: Labor (For detail,see end of re- port)$456.50 Carlos A,Tanger,care of gates 82.50 Disinfectant,60 gallons 30.00 Rubber Boots 27.00 Hardware Supplies,etc.34.49 Repairs to Gate and Equipment ..22.29 Travel Expenses 40.00 Storage 10.00 Maintenance of Truck: Gasoline and Oil $15.14 Repairs 15.40 Tires and Tubes 36.74 82 Annual Report.Town of Cohasset.1942 Battery-13..SO 80.78 Telephone.Charles R.Stoddard's Residence 1.83 785.39 Cat Dam: Labor ^For detail,see end of report §143.00 Arthur 0.Wood,Care of Gate 82.50 Contract,Recementing Gates,etc.195.00 Blacksmithing 9.71 Lumber 4.24 Hardware Supplies 5.40——439.85 Margin Street: Ellery C.S.Sidney.Care of Gate 27.50 Gulf Stream: Labor <^For detail,see end of report)44.00 Other Gates and Streams: Spring and Main Streets—Frank J.Migliaccio 11.00 Pleasant Street.Coal Shed —William E.Tilden 27.50 Treat's Pond—A.J.Antoine.Sr.27.50 Valine's Meadow—Charles R.Jason 11.00 Employer's Liability Insurance on $1,500 60.36 $1,617.65 Balance to Treasury .85 $1,618.50 ERADICATION OF MOSQUITOES Appropriation $800.00 Expenditure: Comm.of Mass..State Reclamation Board $800.00 HIGHWAYS—GENERAL Appropriation $28,438.50 Expenditures: Highway Surveyor,William T.Barnes,services $2,900.00 Payrolls 'For detail,see end of report) Labor $13,955.02 Trucks 791.00 14.746.02 Broken Stone.Gravel 587.24 Equipment and Repairs .714.89 Tai^ia : Trimount Bituminous Products Co.. 35.546 gallons S4.670.88 Bradford Weston.Inc.,21.3 tons Bituminous Concrete 111.83 4.782.71 83 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Maintenance of Trucks: Gasoline,Oil,Anti-freeze $1,026.39 Repairs 879.12 Tires,Tubes,and Chains 697.12 Batteries 42.45 Insurance 147.40 2,792.48 Emp.Liab.Insurance on $18,500 546.63 Loam 110.00 Fence Supplies 355.55 Fill and Sand 200.13 Mowing Sides of Streets 94.50 Lumber 302.98 Cement,Lime and Culverts 191.35 Electric Lights 10.71 Water 4.00 Compressor 35.00 Florist work on small parks and fountains 20.75 Telephone—William T.Barnes'residence 39.10 $28,434.04 Balance to Treasury 4.46 $28,438.50 HIGHWAYS—GENERAL—PURCHASE OF TRICK Appropriation $2,100.00 No Expenditure—Balance to 1943 $2,100.00 RELOCATION,LAYOUT OF STREETS Brought Forward from 1941 $23.00 No Expenditure—Balance to 1943 $23.00 SNOW REMOVAL,SANDING STREETS Appropriation $6,000.00 Transfer from Reserve Fund 1,000,00 $7,000,00 Expenditures: Payrolls (for detail,see end of report) Labor $3,035,54 Trucks and Teams 1.827,75 $4,863,29 New Plows and Equipment 637,15 Maintenance of Trucks and Tractor: Repairs $161,81 Gasoline and Oil 137.98 Chains and Spreaders 9,50 Insurance —Fire and Theft on Tractor 2.10 311.39 Tools and Equipment 279.29 Repairs to Equipment 235.25 84 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Emp.Liability Insurance on $8,000 116.96 Sand (427 Loads)236.10 $6,679.43 Balance to Reserve Fund —Overlay Surplus 320.57 $7,000.00 STREET LIGHTING Appropriation $9,325.00 Expenditures: Brockton Edison Co.—For Street Lighting,in- cluding 400 100-cp..20 250-cp.,26 600-cp., 2 600-cp.,1 100-w.,1 250-cp.,Border Street (6 months)Semi-Orna.,1 250-cp.(6 months),1 600-cp.,Margin Street (1 month)$8,905.11 Beacons,Corners of Route 3A —Sohier and Beechwood Streets 48.00 $8,953.11 Balance to Treasury :371.89 $9,325.00 SELECTMEN—STREET SIGNS,STREET PAINTING Appropriation $520.00 Expenditures: Street Signs: Labor (for detail,see end of report) 2 Distant Warning Signs Repairing and Painting Signs Blacksmithing $8.25 5.75 4.75 9.80 S28.55 181.38 Street Painting: Labor (for detail,see end of report) White Traffic Paint (14i/^gal- lons) $76.22 105.16 Balance to Treasury $209.93 310.07 $520.00 HARBOR—MAINTENANCE Appropriation $1,621.00 Expenditures: Harbor Master—Ralph C.Burrell,Services $110.00 85 Annual Report.Town of Cohasset.1942 Assistant Harbor Master —Joseph P.Figueiredo, Services 55.00 Labor (for detail,see end of report)1.196.25 Paint.Rope.Oil,etc 96.98 Repairs to Equipment 1.00 Barrels 48.00 Lumber 12.58 Mason Work 100.00 .$1,619.81 Balance to Treasury 1.19 ?1.62 1.00 HARBOR—DREDGING Brought Forward from 1941 $5,000.00 No Expenditure—Balance to 1943 $5,000.00 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION—SALARIES Appropriation $1,100.00 Expenditures: Salaries: Kendall T.Bates $44.94 Everett W.Wheelwright 660.00 Darius W.Gilbert 220.00 A.Fred Petersen 175.06 $1,100.00 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION—EXPENSES Appropriation $1,052.80 Expenditures: Joseph A.Dion.Jr.,Clerk—Services $220.00 Man-E.Oliver,Welfare Agent—Services 493.00 Travel Expenses 57.30 Printing.Stationery and Postage 29.20 Dues—Mass..Assn.of Relief Officers 2.00 1942 Social Service Index 10.50 $812.00 Balance to Treasury 240.80 $1,052.80 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE ASSISTANCE Appropriation $11,000.00 86 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Expenditures: Groceries and Provisions $585.96 Fuel,Oil,Coal,etc 237.90 Board and Care 929.29 Medicine,Medical Attention 199.24 Hospitals 297.11 Cash Aid 754.00 Rents 270.00 Relief,Other Cities and Towns 937.64 Shoes and Clothing 22.55 Electric Lights 30.43 Dentist 9.00 Travel Expenses 13.50 $4,286.62 Balance to Treasury 6,713.38 $11,000.00 TOWN INFIRMARY Brought Forward from 1941 $212.82 Expenditures: Installation of Cesspool Cover $3.51 Balance to 1943 209.31 $212.82 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE—ADMINISTRATION Appropriation $591.00 Government Receipts Brought Forward from 1941 .11 Receipts from Government 369.61 Expenditures: Mary E.Oliver,Welfare Agent,Services $861.80 Stationery and Postage 51.34 Travel Expenses 46.15 $959.29 Balance to Treasury 1.43 $960.72 $960.72 OLD A«E ASSISTANCE—ASSISTANCE Appropriation $15,000.00 Receipts from Government 11,064.88 Refunds 42.50 $26,107.38 Expenditures: Cash Grants ,$24,392.10 Relief,Other Cities 148.92 87 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Relief,Other Towns 279.39 $24,820.41 Balance to Treasury 1,286.97 $26,107.38 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN—ADMINISTRATION Appropriation ...,$110.40 Receipts from Government Brought Forward from 1941 7.50 Receipts from Government 31.38 $149.28 Expenditures : Mary E.Oliver,Welfare Agent,Services $132.40 Travel Expenses 11.05 $143.45 Balance to Treasury 5.83 $149.28 AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN—ASSISTANCE Appropriation $3,500.00 Receipts from Government 549.00 $4,049.00 Expenditures: Cash Grants $2,655.65 Balance to Treasury 1,393.35 $4,049.00 STATE AID Appropriation $100.00 No Expenditure,Balance to Treasury $100.00 SOLDIERS'AND SAILORS'RELIEF Appropriation $1,000.00 Expenditures: Cash Grants $138.00 Fuel •37.25 Groceries and Provisions 41.00 Medicine and Medical Attention 11.00 $227.25 Balance to Treasury 772.75 $1,000.00 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Schools and Libraries SCHOOLS—MAINTENANCE Appropriation 182,038.00 Transfer from Reserve Fund 557.50 Dog Fund,Voted by Town 780.78 Expenditures (for detail,see end of report): School Committee,Expenses: Financial Secretary $110.00 Clerical Work 3.30 Stationery,etc 5.90 Telephone 2.00 Miscellaneous 5.00 General : Superintendent,Salaries $1,831.52 Clerical Work 966.50 Attendance Officer 100.00 Printing,Postage and Stationery 36.52 Telephones 185.39 Travel Expenses 115.82 Teachers'Salaries: High $17,147.08 Elementary 31,356.50 Text and Reference Books: High $329.80 Elementary 476.85 Transportation: High $1,277.80 Elementary 4,651.69 Janitor Services: High $1,063.70 Elementary 3,357.20 89 $83,376.28 $126.20 3,235.75 48,503.58 806.65 Supplies,including Heat for Cooking: High $1,843.37 1,794.02Elementary.. 3,637.39 99.58 Libraries: Books Tuitions: Trade Schools, All Other Vocational $174.53 37.50 212.03 5,929.49 4,420.90 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Lights: High $233.51 Elementary 467.13 Heating for Cooking Charged to Supplies Above Was as Follows: High $222.15 Elementary 444.36 $666.51 Total amount paid for current,$1,367.15. Fuel: High $726.06 Elementary 2,018.47 Maintenance of Buildings: Repairs: High $1,200.01 Elementary 2,357.76 (Includes fire damage at Osgood School) Janitor Supplies: High $269.60 Elementary 506.11 Maintenance of Grounds: High $28.75 Elementary 47.92 700.64 2,744.53 3,557.77 775.71 76.67 Furniture and Furnishings: High 88.80 Other Equipment 237.00 Diplomas and Graduation Exercises 86.75 Insurance 564.04 Carting,Express,etc 31.79 Health 1,221.37 Lunch 6,083.43 Defense: Hardware Supplies $6.00 Medical Supplies 13.50 Fire Equipment 24.35 Removing Air Marker at Ripley Road School 20.00 63.85 $83,203.92 Balance to Reserve Fund —Overlay Surplus 172.36 $83,376.28 90 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 SCHOOLS—AIR RAID SHELTER Appropriation $2,500.00 Expenditures: Construction Contract $1,487.70 Carpenter Work 543.56 Electrical Work 265.00 Plumbing Installation 61.76 Equipment and Supplies 141.98 $2,500.00 LIBRARIES—GENERAL MAINTENANCE Appropriation $6,100.00 Expenditures: Paul Pratt Memorial Library: Rev.Fred V.Stanley,Treasurer $5,635.10 Telephone —Paul Pratt Memorial Library 32.81 Telephone—Beechwood Library 32.09 $5,700.00 Nantasket Library: James A.Brickett,Treasurer 400.00 $6,100.00 Recreation and Unclassified TOWN COMMONS AND PARKS Appropriation $1,090.00 Interest received from Robert Charles Billings Fund 28.76 Interest Received from Billings-Pratt Fund 25.00 $1,143.76 Expenditures: Labor (for detail,see end of report)$737.36 Insurance—Employer's Liability on $1,500 23.12 Sharpening and Repairing Lawnmov^ers 92.81 Gasoline and Oil for Lawnmower 8.19 Miscellaneous Supplies 14.53 2 Loads Fill 2.00 Small Parks: Labor (for detail,see end of report)207.13 Billings-Pratt Park: Labor (for detail,see end of report)37.50 $1,122.64 Balance to Treasury 21.12 $1,143.76 91 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 BEECHWOOD BALL FIELD Appropriation $212.50 Expenditures: Labor (for detail,see end of Report)$166.19 10.74 4.13 .59 25.50 Lumber for Back Stop Gasoline and Oil for Lawn Mower Hardware Equipment Sharpening and Repairing Lawn Mower Balance to Treasury $207.15 5.35 $212.50 TOWN COMMON POND EDITH M.BATES FUND Brought Forward from 1941 $4.23 Withdrawal —Cohasset Savings Bank $14.00 90.23 100.00 Expenditure: Plumbing Repairs Balance to 1943 $104.23 $104.23 RECREATION FIELD—LAMBERTS'LANE (H.F.HYDE) $500.00 No Expenditure—Balance to 1943 $500.00 WHEELWRIGHT PARK Brought Forward from 1941 Interest Received,1942 $217.33 375.00 $283.00 1.10 2.00 Expenditures: Labor (for detail,see end of Report) $592.33 Creosote Hardware Supplies Balance to 1943 $286.10 306.23 • $592.33 WADLEIGH PARK Brought Forward from 1941 Interest Received,1942 $4.01 125.00 $129.01 92 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Expenditure: Anthony Emanuello—Care of Park $40.00 Balance to 1943 89.01 $129.01 MILLIKEN FIELD—MAINTENANCE Appropriation $550.00 Expenditures: Superintendent,Joseph M.Sullivan,Services ...$110.00 Labor (for detail,see end of Report)319.00 1 Lawn Mower 19.75 Gasoline and Oil for Lawn Mower 5.54 Lime 4.50 Hardware Supplies 7.10 Rolling Tennis Courts 48.50 2 Sets Tape for Tennis Courts 17.00 Carpenter Work 13,20 Repairing and Sharpening Lawn Mower 4.40 $548.99 Balance to Treasury 1.01 $550.00 DAMAGES TO PERSONS AND PROPERTY Appropriation $100.00 Expenditures: Damages to Various Properties $32.24 Balance to Treasury 67.76 $100.00 PENSION FUND Appropriation $1,050.00 Expenditures: Frank Jason,Retired $1,050.00 MEMORIAL DAY Appropriation $400.00 Transfer from Reserve Fund 50.00 $450.00 Expenditures: A.Camata,Band $200.00 Blank Ammunition 28.80 Express .50 Flags and Hooks 34.00 Stationery and Postage 14.50 Wreaths 36.00 93 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Joseph J.Doyle,Caterer 105.25 $419.05 Balance to Reserve Fund—Overlay Surplus 30.95 $450.00 TOWN REPORTS,MISCELLANEOUS,PRINTING,ETC. Appropriation $700.00 Expenditures: Sanderson Brothers—Printing 1200 Town Re- ports $525.96 Delivering Town Reports 30.00 Binding—Classification Ledgers 15.40 Printing 15 Posting Warrants 12.90 Printing—5250 Payroll Sheets 65.85 Printing —2000 Zoning Maps and By-Laws 49.77 $699.88 Balance to Treasury .12 $700.00 TOWN CLOCK Appropriation $80.20 Expenditures: Care of Clock—Nelson C.Pratt Insurance—Emp.Liability on $1,000 $57.20 3.77 Balance to Treasury $60.97 19.23 $80.20 TOWN FLAG Appropriation $218 25 Transfer from Reserve Fund for $183.70 44.99 15.00 22.00 50.00 Expenditures: Care of Flag—Nelson C.Pratt 2 American Flags 10'xl5'—Reformatory Women 1268.25 1 Wool Service Flag 8'xl2'—Reformatory Women Installing New Halyards for ilusBalancetoReserveFund—Overlay Suri $265.69 2.56 $268.25 94 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 UNCLASSIFIED EMPLOYERS'LIABILITY INSURANCE Appropriation $100.00 Expenditures: Loss Constant $5.00 Insurance—Beechwood School Building,$3,000 (Three Years)36.75 Insurance —Bates Building,$1,500 (Three Years)7.80 $49.55 Balance to Treasury 50.45 $100.00 Enterprises and Cemeteries PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES NORTH COHASSET POST OFFICE BUILDING Appropriation $150.00 Expenditures: Plumbing Repairs $48.46 Cellar Sash 1.35 Repairs (Carpentering)3.20 Water 1.05 $54.06 Balance to Treasury 95.94 $150.00 TOWN GUILD HALL BUILDING Appropriation $800.00 Expenditures: Fuel $215.99 Water 23.00 Janitor Services—Mrs.Catherine Rooney 169.00 Insurance 124.00 Plumbing Repairs 83.90 Janitor Supplies .88 Carpenter Repairs 49.31 Repairs to Flag Pole 15.00 $681.08 Balance to Treasury 118.92 $800.00 95 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 PARKING PLACE—MAINTENANCE Appropriation $50.00 Expenditure: N.Y.,N.H.&H.R,R.Co.—Rent 1 Year $5.00 Balance to Treasury 45.00 $50.00 PARKING PLACE—BUILDING Brought Forward from 1941 $1,967.42 No Expenditures—Balance to 1943 $1,967.42 CEMETERY—MAINTENANCE Appropriation $1,310.00 Expenditures: Superintendent,George A.Henry,Services $988.75 Labor (for detail,see end of Report)156.75 Writing Deeds 14.50 Stationery and Postage 29.44 Express .30 Sharpening and Repairing Lawn Mowers 10.00 1 Ton Milogrante 55.00 Tools and Supplies 13.75 Liability Insurance on $400 4.15 Telephone (George A.Henry's Residence)21.05 Lights 9.00 $1,302.69 Balance to Treasury 7.31 $1,310.00 CEMETERIES—VETERANS'GRAVES Appropriation $330.00 Expenditures: Levi T.Lincoln,Treasurer —Beechwood Cemetery $75.00 Philip L.Towle.Treasurer—Cohasset Central Cemetery 204.18 Bernard Lawrence —Services at Woodside Cem- etery 50.00 $329.18 Balance to Treasury .82 $330.00 96 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 CEMETERY—IMPROVEMENT,ENLARGEMENT,ETC. Balance from 1941 $306.54 Expenditure: George A.Henry,Labor $66.00 Balance to 1943 240.54 $306.54 Interest and Municipal Indebtedness Interest ANTICIPATION OF REVENUE LOANS Appropriation Expenditures: Webster &Atlas National Bank—Discounts Notes Numbers 243 and 244—128 Days $26.67 Various Persons—Interest on Amounts Refunded on Abatements 10.50 Balance to Treasury $37.17 62.83 $100.00 INTEREST—GENERAL Appropriation Expenditure: Rockland Trust Company —School Loan Bond $900.00 MUNICIPAL INDEBTEDNESS BONDS OR NOTES FROM REVENUE Appropriation Expenditure: Rockland Trust Company —Notes 83-87,Inclu- sive,School Loan Bonds Due April 1,1942 $5,000.00 Paid: ANTICIPATION OF REVENUE LOANS Webster &Atlas National Bank —Notes No.243 and No.244,Due October 21,1942 $100.00 $900.00 $5,000.00 $30,000.00 W.P.A.FEDERAL PROJECTS Balance from 1941 $7,596.69 Expenditures: Transporting Workers to Fort Revere Project: Superintendent,William H.Taft, Services $35.75 97 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Chauffeurs — Herbert P.Haley $203.50 George H.Stoddard 78.00 Roscoe G.Pratt 130.00 Charles R.Stoddard 1.00 412.50 Repairs to Truck 79.60 Gasoline and Oil 181.20 $709.05 Grandstand at Milliken Field Project: Engineering —William H.Taft, Services $178.75 Tools and Supplies 18.05 Blacksmithing 5.30 202.10 Civilian Defense Project: Engineering —William H.Taft, Services $178.75 Stationery 1.00 Travel Expenses 2.36 182.11 Assessors'Maps Project: Engineering —William H.Taft, Services $393.25 Stationery 7.39 400.64 Graves Registration Project: Stationery Supplies 22.08 Wood Project: Trucking Wood 63.00 Surplus Commodities Project: Office Supplies $24.32 Handling Cost —Quincy Warehouse 45.60 Administration Expenses —Comm, of Mass.109.97 Trucking Commodities 44.00 223.89 $1,802.87 Balance to 1943 5,793.82 $7,596.69 UNPAID BILLS—1940-1941 Appropriation $374.72 Expenditures: Tov^rn Hall: Water $8.50 Fire Department: Gilbert S.Tower,Chief—Services from Nov.13,1940 to Jan.1,1941 $249.35 98 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Laundry 7.36 Firemen's Injuries 11.65 Repairs to Equipment 4.90 273.26 Street Signs: Express 1.35 Outside Poor: Milk and Provisions 14.92 School Department: Electric Lights $56.74 North Cohasset P.O.Building: Janitor Supplies *..6.00 W.P.A.: Hardware Supplies 13.95 $374.72 AGENCY Appropriation,State and County Taxes: State: General $22,350.00 State Parks and Reservations 229.63 Auditing Municipal Accounts 457.49 Metropolitan Parks Maintenance ,203.54 $23,240.66 County : County Tax 9,314.63 Paid County Treasurer—Dog Tax 858.20 Paid County Treasurer—Sale of Unlicensed Dogs 6.00 Tax Title Agency: Norfolk County Registry of Deeds 4.18 $33,423.67 TRUSTS Schools—Scholarship (Nichols Fund)$65.00 Beechwood Cemetery—Care of Williams Lot 1.88 Cemetery (Woodside),Perpetual Care: Cohasset Savings Bank: Estate of Thomas A.Stevens—Lot 59,Sec.A „100.00 James T.Bethel—Lot 164,Sec.E 75.00 Tailings (Unclaimed Check)1.00 $242.88 99 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Poll Tax: 1941 REFUNDS $2.00 2.001942 $4.00 24.00 Personal Tax: 1942 Real Estate Tax: 1941 $393.05 368.401942 761.45 Motor Vehicle Excise: 1941 $7.70 206.341942 214.04 4.76 Tax Title: Overpayment Estimated Receipts: Overpayment 3.84 Warrants Payable 864.95 FOR 1942 $1,877.04 TOTAL EXPENDITURES $369,326.81 RESERVE FUND Appropriated from Reserve Fund —Overlay Surplus Transfers Made to the Following Accounts: Account 2 —Selectmen —Expenses $1,075.00 10 —Election and Registration 950.00 21B—Oxygen Account 150.00 26 —Removal of Snow,Sanding Streets 1,000.00 "33 —Schools—Maintenance 557.50 39 —Memorial Day 50.00 42 —Town Flag 50.00 $3,832.50 Balance to Reserve Fund —Overlay Surplus 2,667.50 $6,500.00 $6,500.00 100 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 8 ^ ^^ ON LO CO CM J ^rS fO f— I CO CS O CSj \6 ON o*O CO ON CO O 00 oOl-H oOLO'^'O VO Tt o ON r^o o oO^CM ON^ lO r-T O -o '3 "So c a en bc o o Oh ^H -i^ to t>0 LUm<yXLUOU UJuO o «« c 3Ouu< 0) ca -3 'E ^CO tS 1^w ^- PQ ^'^ -o ^Q 2:^c;^U -i<5 "cu El 3Q 9-' S P <1J ^"^C^) ^?=o _c o cC £Jj ffi K JS C a;bc -C en ^ (U -C >-. >-(O ci3QU&H Uz < t-'I— I LO •<* ^"id ^co' CM CO I— I CO CM cm"c>f O vO LO O LO CO CM cm r—I O LO LO' «^CO CO LO CO u < CM CJ X rt^C3 W^^1— 1 03 Wri So 13 -C OJ >i:^p^>> H-1 o o 'So ;^ C/}QJ ^Si a -T3 2 Q D 101 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 r^c:Tt o CM t^ CSJ Tt oq ^.o\<n CO in ^OS rf VO VO c Tt" in Oj CO Tj ViD t^*^in oT Tf p— T i—i o ^C<1 o o r-t ON in 00 <=>t^O)00 Q CO o CO r^cK^o^o in rf in Csj r-in (N o o m €©rf in tfl >X ed c H3aoM-H B >3 1 1^ 3 .2 o 3 2 Q 'a Sh 3 0) ID e p.1 'o X VJ a; 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A en a rH -a o 13 CO O 2o o o 5 's 33 > OJ Oh -TS '3 ^P^>, 3 ^O 3 "S 3 a 15 «13 4-1 H H H H 3 r-^ ^OJ H < H vO ON 1/5 1—1 xn in 1— 1 =o '**— j t^VO t--ON vO CMooCO lO CO CO oT C--ON r-vO S CO cnPn (13 rt CI QJ 13 M ISO - pq .c« o ^ <uHPi o a <v ft m Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Trust Funds as of January 1,1943 Arthur N.Milliken Fund: On hand,January 1,1942 $1,653.15 Dividends earned in 1942 41.57 Balance on hand,January 1,1943 $1,694.72 PARKS Robert Charles Billings Fund: On hand,January 1,1942 $1,150.00 Dividends earned in 1941 28.76 $1,178.76 Received by Town in 1942 28.76 Balance on hand,January 1,1943 $1,150.00 Billings-Pratt Park,Beechwood: On hand,January 1,1942 $1,000.00 Dividends earned in 1942 25.00 • $1,025.00 Received by Town in 1942 25.00 Balance on hand,January 1,1943 $1,000.00 H.W.Wadleigh Park: On hand,January 1,1942 $5,000.00 Dividends earned in 1942 125.00 $5,125.00 Received by Town in 1942 125.00 Balance on hand.January 1,1943 $5,000.00 Wheelwright Park: On hand,January 1,1942 $15,000.00 Dividends earned in 1942 375.00 $15,375.00 Received by Town in 1942 375.00 Balance on hand,January 1,1943 $15,000.00 110 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Edith M.Bates Fund: On hand,January 1,1942 $1,740.03 Dividends earned in 1942 43.76 $1,783.79 Received by Town in 1942 100.00 Balance on hand,January 1,1943 $1,683.79 SCHOOLS Ripley Fund: On hand,January 1,1942 $1,081.25 Dividends earned in 1942 27.19 Balance on hand,January 1,1943 $1,108.44 James W.Nichols Fund: On hand,January 1,1942 $2,252.54 Dividends earned in 1942 55.84 $2,308.38 Withdrawn for Scholarship in 1941 65.00 Balance on hand,January 1,1943 $2,243.38 Perpetual Care —Cemetery Lots WOODSIDE CEMETERY On hand January 1,1942 at Cohasset Savings Bank $3,525.93 Lots added in 1942: Estate of Thomas A.Stevens—Lot 59,Section A 100.00 James T.Bethel—Lot 164,Section E 75.00 $3,700.93 Dividends earned in 1942 88.50 $3,789.43 Received by Town and Credited to Cemetery for Perpetual Care of Lots and Graves 88.50 Balance on hand,January 1,1943 at Cohasset Savings Bank $3,700.93 On hand,January 1,1942 at Rockland Trust Com- pany $102.19 Dividend earned in 1942 1.79 $103.98 HI Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Received by Town and Credited to Cemetery for Perpetual Care of Lots and Graves 1.79 Balance on hand,January 1,1943 at Rockland Trust Co $102.19 BEECHWOOD CEMETERY Thomas and Almira Williams: On hand,January 1,1942 at Cohasset Savings Bank $75.00 On hand,January 1,1943 at Cohasset Savings Bank $75.00 John Pratt: On hand,January 1,1942 at Cohasset Savings Bank $235.72 Dividend earned in 1942 5.92 On hand,January 1,1943 at Cohasset Savings Bank $241.64 12 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 DETAILS FROM PAYROLLS,1942 Election Officers Names and Amounts as tney appeared on the Pay Rolls Austin L.Ahearn Abraham J.Antoine,Sr. Louis B.C.Bailey Marguerite C.Barrett Howard Bates Reginald R.Real Fred C.Blossom Nellie E.DeSantos Joseph A.Dion,Jr. Joseph H.Donovan Frances Downs Katherine F.Donovan John L.Emery Edward M.Fleming Isobel Grassie Thomas L.Grassie Florence E.Hill Clara E.Hyland $30.00 42.00 22.00 3.00 16.00 38.00 14.00 30.00 1.00 13.00 19.00 19.00 7.00 13.00 8.00 13.00 39.00 35.00 Charles R.Jason Thomas J.Keating Ziba T.Lapham Joseph Migliaccio George G.Monteiro Joseph L.Oliver Frank O.Pattison Charles H.Pratt Jean Dion Rosano Ora H.Pratt Anastasia St.John Mary E.Stoddard Spencer H.Stoughton Henry E.Sweeney Rosella Trott 18.00 16.00 6.00 16.00 32.00 13.00 19.00 42.00 8.00 45.00 42.00 42.00 39.00 6.00 8.00 $714.00 Fire Department CALL FIREMEN Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay BolU Abraham J.Antoine,Jr. Edward J.Antoine William F.Burke,including Captain $25.00 John H.Carty Arthur Clark,including Captain $25.00 Thomas F.Culliney Joseph A.Dion,Jr. Joseph H.Donovan John Dyment Ernest Edwards F.Noel Edwards Anthony R.Emanuello Edward J.Fitzpatrick Edward J.Fitzpatrick,Jr. Alfred E.Frates Charles E.Frates Charles W.Frates Austin Freeman Anthony M.Gonsalves,in- cluding Captain $25.00 Ezekiel James Rufus James Edward R.Jason Benjamin Kelley Richard Leonard $63.51 Jerome C.Lincoln 97.35 114.27 Lawrence F.Lincoln 97.35 James Litchfield 12.69 143.50 E.Parker Malley,including 118.50 Captain $25.00 96.97 William H.McArthur,Jr.110.04 71.59 William McAuliffe 88.89 118.50 Edwin A.McLean 71.97 29.69 Manuel F.Oliver 80.43 8.52 Stephen Pagliaro 84.66 93.12 William E.Poland 126.96 67.74 Stephen H.Rooney 16.93 33.90 Joseph Rosano 8.44 59.28 Bernard J.Salvador 88.89 114.27 Louis E.Salvador 38.13 33.90 Ellery C.S.Sidney 114.27 88.89 Joseph A.Silvia 46.59 110.04 Joseph M.Silvia 126.96 71.97 Arthur Somerville 63.51 46.59 Malcolm H.Stevens 152.34 Ira B.P.Stoughton 131.19 147.73 Charles R.Stover 110.04 59.28 Ralph Studley 21.15 118.50 Frank S.Wheelwright 135.42 114.27 Walter C.Wheelwright,Jr.156.57 131.19 63.51 $^1,100.00 113 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Fire Department—Watchers After Fires Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Arthur L.Clark Charles E.Frates Stephen Pagliaro Charles Piepenbrink Charles R,Stover S4.14 6.21 2.75 2.07 4.14 Joseph M.Silvia Walter C.Wheelwright,Jr. 8.96 4.14 $32.44 Fire Department—Casual Labor Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolis Jrhn L.Emery $7.50 Edward J.Fitzpatrick 1.38 Philip Maynard 1.38 Cornelius J.O'Brien 2.50 Bernard J.Salvador 5.50 Ellery C.S.Sidney 5.50 Charles R.Stover Herbert William Ralph Wood 9.63 5.50 7.69 $46.58 Fire Department—Reloading Hose Names and Amount John Carty $1.38 Arthur L.Clark 2.07 y\nthony R.Emanuello 1.38 Edward Fitzpatrick .69 Edward J.Fitzpatrick,Jr.1.38 James Happenny 1.38 (liey appeared on the Pay Rolls Edwin A.McLean Charles R.Stover Ralph Studley 1.38 2.07 .69 $12.42 Fire Alarm Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Herbert P.Bates $5.50 Ellery C.S.Sidney 73.98 Edward R.Jason 2.75 Charles R.Stover 8.25 Fred Mitchell 79.20 M.Joseph Sullivan 22.00 Paul Grassie 5.50 Charles H.Williams 13.20 Leo E.Neagle 17.60 2.75CharlesC.Philbrook C.W.Barron Salvador 5.50 $236.23 Moth Department Names and Amounts as tliey appeared on the Pay Rolls Joseph Almeida $13.75 Frank Emanuello 11.00 Carleton W.Andrews 44.00 Thomas Emanuello 11.00 Joseph Barazzo 11.00 Albert Ferreira 11.00 Herbert Bates 11.00 Anthony J.Ferreira 11.00 Ralph Bruno 11.00 Edward Fitzpatrick 5.50 Foster Cadose 33.00 Edward or Walter Fitz- Jack Carty 11.00 patrick,Jr.22.00 John Davenport 258.50 Ralph Froria 11.00 Francis DeMello 134.75 John S.Grassie 11.00 James Denithorne 38.50 Manuel Grassie 16.50 Reynold Eastman 41.25 Patrick Grassie 176.00 114 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Herbert P.Haley Thomas W.Hernan Alexander or Alex Hillis Ralph F.Hines Ciiarles Infusino Charles Infusino,Jr. Arthur James John James \^arren Jones Henry Keating James Keating Charles Kennedy John Kennedy Frank Latrrottera Anthony LaRosa William Laugelli Walter H.LeClair Harry or Harry W.Lincoln Michael Lyons William F.Martin William J.Martin John F.McLaughlin Joseph McNeil Vincent McNeil Daniel E.McSweeney Michael Meehan Frank Mello Leo Nagle James Nardo,Sr. Nicholas Nardo Robert Noonan Richard P.Oliver Alfred Ainslie Joseph \^'.Almeida Carl Andrews Waher P.Bates John or John J.Davenport Francis DeMello John Donovan W'illiam Enos Albert Ferreira Anthonv Ferreira or Jr. Herbert P Haley Thomas W.Hernan Ralph F.Hines Chas.Infusino Arthur James Charles C.James Charles E.James Warren Jones Louis A.Laugelli Joseph R.McNeil 32.38 Guiseppi Pace 11.00 22.00 Lester Peavey 33.00 38.50 Joseph Perroncello 5.50 5.50 Ira N.Pratt 134.75 22.00 Frank E.Rego 5.50 11.00 Frank Rosano,Jr.16.50 5.50 Frank Rosano.Sr.27.50 22.00 Frank or Frank J.Salvador 88.00 16.50 Chester Sargent 27.50 16.50 Edgar S.Sargent 2.75 16.50 Ellery C.or Ellery C.S. 22.00 Sidney 57.75 16.50 George H.Stoddard 23.42 11.00 John Sylvia 11.00 27.50 Joseph or Joseph M.Silvia 16.50 11.00 George H.Smith 11.00 11.00 Walter Smith 49.50 22.G0 William S.Smith 16.50 16.50 Manuel R.Souza,Jr.63.25 16.50 Charles E.Stover 11.00 5.50 Charles R.Stover 5.50 22.00 George Sullivan 22.00 11.00 Jack or John H.Sweeney 27.50 22.00 Leslie Thompson 22.00 82.50 Stanley Toombs 11.00 38.50 Myles P.Valine 11.00 11.00 Bruno Varano 11.00 5.50 James Watt or Watts 49.50 27.50 Charles A.White 11.00 11.00 38.50 8.25 12,321.80 Tree Warden us as they appeared on the Pay Rolls $1.38 Daniel E.McSweeney 133.38 27.50 Louis Mealo 11.00 60.50 Robert Noonan 22.00 38.50 Richard Oliver 5.50 94.88 Lester Peavey 38.50 83.19 Sidnev Perry 13.75 11.00 Ira N.Pratt 71.50 5.50 Frank J.Salvador 19.25 19.25 Chester or Chester C.Sargent 16.50 38.50 Herbert C.Sargent 16.50 22.71 George Stoddard 143.82 30.25 Charles E.Stover 2.75 22.00 Charles R.Stover 7.77 11.00 Dominick Truglia 27.50 68.75 Myles P.Valine 13.75 2.75 James Watt or Watts 22.00 5.50 Frank Williams 5.50 179.44 Robert Mealy 5.50 11.00 30.25 $1 ,340.32 115 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Tree Warden —Clearing Trees for Fire Alarm Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Ira N.Pratt Herbert Williams $5.50 5.50 $11.00 Forest Fires Names and Amounts as they appeared on tlie I'ay llolls Eclv/ard Anloine $1.38 Robert M.Oliver 13.06 Edwin P.Bates .69 A.Fred Petersen 3.45 Herbert P.Bates .69 Charles C.Philbrook 5.50 Lot E.Bates 12.40 Charles Piepenbrink 8.26 John Carty .69 William E.Poland 13.79 Joseph S.Conroy .69 Charles H.Pratt .69 Nicholas DeVito 1.38 Edwin Pratt 1.38 George Dunn .69 Clarence S.Reddy,Acting Arthur Dixon .69 Chief 5.52 Edward Fitzpatrick 1.38 Blernard Salvador 1.38 Charles E.or C.E.Frate s 30.25 Bernard J.Salvador,Jr..69 Charles W.Frates 3.44 Louis Salvador .69 Frank Fratus .69 C.W.Barron Salvador 8.28 Anthony M.Gonsalves 1.38 Chester H.Sargent .69 Thomas Grassie .69 Ellery C.S.Sidney 15.15 Thomas Hines .69 August Silvia 1.38 Rufus James .69 Harry M.Silvia 2.07 William James .69 Joseph M.Silvia 26.12 Benjamin L.Kelly 1.38 Malcolm Stevens 1.38 John Kennedy .69 Ira B.P.Stoughton 2.07 Hendrick Kipp 2.07 Charles R.Stover 15.72 Richard Leonard .169 M.Joseph Sullivan .69 Jerome Lincoln 1.38 Fred H.Tilden 1.38 Lawrence F.Lincoln 1.38 William E.Tilden .69 Thorndike Litchfield .69 Bartlctt Tyler,Deputy Chief 1.38 Charles McAulillc .69 Myles P.Valine 11.01 William McAuliffe 1.38 Frank W.Wheelwright 2.07 Wilson Murphy .69 John Wheelwright 2.76 Spellman Naun 1.38 Walter C.Wheelwright,Jr.1.38 Richard Neagle .69 Herbert Williams 1.38 Joseph L.Oliver 12.42 1.38ManuelOliver Richard P.Oliver 4.12 $240.24 New Town Dump Under Supervision of Selectmen Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Warren W.Jones $22.00 Charles McAuliffe 22.00 John W.Rooney 22.00 George H.Stoddard 22.00 $88.00 116 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Board of Heolth Straits Pond,James Brook,Cat Dam,etc. Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Robert Barrow $11.00 James Denithorne 11.00 Charles E.Frates 33.00 Frank or Frank S.Fratus 55.00 Ernest A.Grassie 11.00 John or John S.Grassie 22.00 Manuel Grassie 49.50 Stephen Grassie 11.00 Thomas F.Grassie 11.00* Thomas W.Hernan 11.00 Charles James 11.00 Harry Lincoln 22.00 Jerome Lincoln 5.50 Ernest R.Marks 11.00 William F.Martin 11.00 William McLellan 5.50 Joseph McNeil 5.50 Daniel McSweeney 11.00 John Mello Fred Mitchell George J.Mulhern Frank Nunes Richard Oliver Alonzo Pearson Chester W.Peirce Charles H.Pratt Alton Priest Walter Smith Cliarles R.Stoddard George or George E. Dominick Truglia James Watt George W^White Sulli^ Highway Department Xames and Amounts a.~d on tile Pay Roll 11.00 5.50 22.00 55.00 27.50 27.50 60.50 11.00 16.50 2.75 5.50 44.00 13.75 22.00 11.00 S643.50 Henry W.Ainslie S27.50 Ernest A.Grassie 104.50 Joseph Barrasso 44.00 Manuel Grassie 71.50 EUery C.Bates,labor and Patrick Grassie 93.50 truck 342.73 Stephen J.Grassie 27..50 Herbert P.Bates 8.25 Thomas F.Grassie 5.50 Walter P.Bates 258.50 Herbert P.Haley 11.00 Clarence F.Bean 404.25 Eldred L.Hardy 11.00 Charles E.Butman 118.25 Charles E.Henry 143.00 Joseph Cadose 44.00 Douglas C.James 71.50 John J.Carty 335.50 John F.James 332.75 Thomas F.Clark 13.75 Herbert Jason 24.75 John Connery 82.50 Frank Jednick 112.75 Philip W.Coyne 22.00 Warren W.Jones 688.88 George L.Damon 71.50 Henry F.Keating 280.50 John Davenport 33.00 John T.Keating 33.00 Francis DeMello 462.00 Benjamin or Benjamin L. James Denithorne 627.00 Kelley 99.00 Angelo DeVito 44.00 Charles H.Kennedy 93.50 James E.Dolan 11.00 John Kennedy 88.00 Michael H.Donovan 368.50 John H.Kimball 5.50 George F.Dunn 8.25 Frank Lagrattaria 60.50 Anthony Emanuello,truck 38.50 Joseph Laugelli 71.50 Paul V.Emanuello 11.00 Leighton H.LeClair 11.00 Pasquale Feola,labor and Harry W.Lincoln 41.25 truck 94.00 Levi T.Lincoln 5.50 Anthony Ferreira 66.00 Clarence H.Litchfield 297.00 Edward Fitzpatrick 5.50 Edison A.Litchfield 176.00 Joseph E.Frates 5.50 Hermon J.Maynard 49.50 Frank Grace 71.50 William H.McArthur 368.50 Edward T.Grassie 79.75 Charles McAuliffe 413.88 117 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 William F.McAuliffe 2.75 James W.Rosano 22.00 Donald N.or Daniel N.Joseph W.Rosano 38.50 Mclntyre 4L25 :aivatore Sestito 214.50 John F.McLaughlin n.oo V.V.Sestito,truck 287.00 Joseph McNeil ILOO August Silvia 60.50 Micliael McNeil 79.75 Charles F.Silvia 27.50 V:ne;ent A.McNeil ILOO Clarence P.Silvia 409.75 Dpniel or Daniel E.John J.Silvia 11.00 McSweeney ILOO Joseph A.Silvia 2.75 Lou s Meallo ILOO Joseph M.Silvia,labor Michael or Michael J.and truck 175.00 Meehan 79.75 Manuel P.Silvia 44.00 Fred Mitchell 374.00 Robert C.Simeone 11.00 Joseph Mitchell 11.00 Dominick Sorrento 34.50 Horace W.Monks 18L50 George H,Smith 38.50 Georj^e Mnlhern 5.50 William S.Smith 11.00 George J.Mulhern 22.00 Hatherly Souther 5.50 Richard Neagle 11.00 Nathan Souther 90.75 Frank Nunes 407.00 George H.Stoddard 757.63 R'chard P.Oliver 11.00 William E.Stover 22.00 Robert M.Oliver 11.00 Arnold R.Studley 5.50 Charles F.Pape 11.00 Ernest Sullivan 55.00 H.S.Pape,truck 273.00 James M.Sweeney 33.00 Robert Pape 5.50 John H.Sw^eeney 250.25 Alonzo Pearson 217.25 Leslie G.Thompson 434.50 Chester W.Peirce 55.00 Stanley S.Toombs 11.00 Frank Perry 459.25 Richard B.Tower 49.50 Ralph Petersen,Jr.5.50 Dominick Truglia 33.00 Moses Pina 27.50 George D.Tubman 360.25 Charles H.Pratt 335.50 George Valine 2.75 Joseph E.Prendergast 486.75 Myles Valine 22.00 Frank Rego 8.25 William Ward 5.50 John W.Rooney 207.63 James Watt 99.00 Peter or Peter J.Rooney,George W.White 55.00 labor and truck 81.25 Francis J.Rosano 110.00 1114,746.02 Removing Snow and Sanding Streets Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Lawrence Ainslie $5.50 Howard Bates,horses and Manuel Andrews 5.50 men and truck 114.00 Richard Andrews 8.25 Walter P.Bates 35.75 George E.Antoine 5.50 Clarence F.Bean 8.25 Louis C.Bailey,ploughing Emile Bossey 23.38 and truck 197.00 Clarence S.Brasill 5.50 John T.Barnes 48.13 Charles E.Butman 38.50 William T.Barnes,horses Charles E.Butman,Jr.5.50 and men and truck 290.00 Foster Cadose 16.50 William T.Barnes,Jr.49.50 Eunice E.Campbell 5.50 Joseph Barrow 27.50 Thomas F.Clark 5.50 Richard Barrow 5.50 John Connery 35.75 Robert Barrow 5.50 Joseph Conroy 12.38 Edwin P.Bates 13.75 Carlo Conte 5.50 Herbert P.or Herbert T.Carmen Cook 16.50 Bates 46.13 Philip W.Coyne 4.13 118 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 John S.Curtis 5.50 Charles H.Kennedy 34.38 George L.Damon 8.25 Henry B.Kennedy 5.50 John Davenport 2.75 John Kennedy 59.13 Francis DeMello 41.25 John H.Kimball 5.50 Joseph DeMello 5.50 H.M.Laflamme 11.69 James Denithorne 50.88 Frank Lagrattaria 12.38 Joseph DeVito 11.00 Bernard Laugelli 2.75 INicholas DeVito 5.50 Joseph Laugelli 33.00 bamuel DeVito 5.50 Rocco Laugelli 8.25 Frederick T.Dolan 8.25 William Laugelli 9.63 James E.Dolan 5.50 Bernard Lawrence 5.50 Michael H.Donovan 30.25 Walter LaClair or LeClaire 8.94 William Dowding 19.25 Richard Leonard 5.50 Joseph Dunn 12.38 Robert Leonard 8.25 Henry R.Eastman 8.25 Clarence H.Litchfield 16.50 Frederick N.Edwards 6.88 Lawrence Longo 12.38 Anthony Emanuello,Eugene Loppes 5.50 ploughing 120.00 Robert Maree 2.75 Frank Emanuello 28.88 Charles Marks 5.50 Paul Emanuello 2.75 Manuel Marks 11.00 William Enos 6.88 William J.Martin 11.00 Pasquale Feola,ploughing 92.00 Hermon Maynard 11.00 Randolph Feola,ploughing 105.00 Waller H.Maynard 2.75 Anthony Ferreira 2.75 Charles or Charles J. A.J.Ferreira 2.75 McAuliffe 31.63 Ralph A.Figueiredo 5.50 William McAuliffe 5.50 Richard or Richard A.William J.McLaughlin 2.75 Figueiredo 11.00 Thomas F.McMahon 2.75 William Figueiredo 5.50 Charles McNeil 2.75 Joseph E.Frates 5.50 Joseph McNeil 6.88 Ralph Froio 2.75 Michael McNeil 22.00 Fred Gardner 5.50 Vincent McNeil 2.75 Frank Grace 27.50 Daniel McSweeney 2.75 Winthrop Graham 5.50 Edward McSweeney 5.50 Clarence M.Grassie 6.88 Louis Meallo 11.00 John or John S.Grassie 22.00 Michael J.Meehan 22.00 Manuel Grassie 2.75 Augustine Mello 11.00 Patrick Grassie 67.38 Frank Mello 12.38 Thomas F.Grassie 5.50 John Mello 4.13 Herbert P.Haley 5.50 Herbert Merritt 2.75 J^tanley Hammond 5.50 Joseph Mello 1.38 Charles E.Henry 16.50 Joseph Migliaccio 9.63 Thomas W.Hernan,Jr.5.50 Francis Mitchell 16.50 Alexander Hillis 5.50 Fred Mitchell 46.76 Samuel H.Hume 5.50 Joseph or Joseph M.Mitchell 78.38 Charles Infusino,Jr.11.00 Horace W.Monks 8.25 Michael Jacobson 5.50 John or John D.Mulcahy 28.88 Douglas James 2.75 George J.Mulhern 24.75 Ezekiel James 28.19 Garrett Murphy 5.50 John F.James 13.75 Kenneth Myers 5.50 Rufus James 24.75 James Nardo 2.75 Charles E.Jason 16.50 Charles Neagle 5.50 Warren W.Jones 8.25 Richard P.Oliver 11.00 John T.Keating 6.88 Robert or Robert M.Oliver 11.00 Andrew Keddy 5.50 Charles F.Pape 27.50 Ralph Keegan,Jr.11.00 H.S.Pape,ploughing and Benjamin Kelley 5.50 truck 238.00 119 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Robert S.Pape 5.50 Charles Patrolia 2.75 Nelson Patrolia 5.50 Harry A.Pattison 11.00 Alonzo Pearson 11.00 Joseph Perroncello 12.38 Ralph Petersen or Jr.19.25 Charles Philbrook,Jr.11.00 Charles Piepenbrink 5.50 William J.Powers 16.50 Charles H.Pratt 60.50 Edwin H.Pratt 5.50 Ira N.Pratt 5.50 Eugene or Joseph E. Prendergast 53.63 Frank Rego 2.75 Clinton Ring 27.50 Harry Ritter 24.75 Frederick G.Roche 5.50 John F.Rooney 5.50 John W.Rooney 11.00 Peter J.Rooney,truck and labor 12.50 Antonio Rosano,truck 7.00 Francis Rosano 60.50 Frank Rosano 12.38 Frank Rosano,Jr.11.00 Joseph or Joseph W.Rosano , truck and labor 64.00 Bernard Salvador 8.25 Frank Salvador 5.50 Joseph Salvadore 5.50 Arthur Sampson 5.50 Chester Sargent 5.50 Clifton Sargent 11.00 Salvatore Sestito 16.50 V.V.Sestito,truck 45.50 Charles Sholes 4.13 Ellery or Ellery C.Sidney 17.88 Van Sidney 8.25 Harry Silvia 5.50 Joseph A.Silvia 12.38 Joseph M.Silvia,truck and labor 103.13 Walter A.Silvia 5.50 Robert Simeone 5.50 George H.Smith 23.38 Harbors — i Names and Amoiint.s as tlu William Burdick $49.50 Ralph C.Burrell 797.50 Joseph P.Figueiredo ^5.00 Joseph J.Grassie 132.00 Patrick Grassie 16.50 Daniel E.McSweeney 5.50 William S.Smith 71, Dominick Sorrento 5. David Souther,Jr.,ploughing 182, Donald Souther 5, Hatherly Souther 16, Nathan Souther 43, Manuel Souza 8, Anthony Spinzola 11, George H.Stoddard 68 Ira N.Stoughton,Jr.11 Charles R.Stover,ploughing 175 James E.Stover 8 Chauncey W.Strickland 5, Clifton Studley 26 Ernest J,Sullivan 6 James M.Sweeney 8, John H.Sweeney 55 John L.Tanger 5 Leslie G.Thompson 12 Fred Tilden 4 Slanley S.Toombs 66 Richard B.Tower 11 Dominick Truglia 16, George Tubman 11, Philip Tumey 37 George Valine 5 Myles P.Valine 23 Bruno Varano,truck and labor 40 Charles W.Vickery James Watt Everett Wheelwright,Jr. Walter C.Wheelwright,horses and men Walter Wheelwright,Jr. Charles A.White,truck and labor Richardson White,horses and men Charles H.Williams Charles H.Williams.Jr. Delmar Williams,truck and labor Frank Williams Samuel H.Williams 11 42.13 icy appeared on tlie I'ay Roll Alton J.Priest Alonzo Pearson Edwin A.Stone Charles R.Stover $4,863.29 66.00 46.75 11.00 16.50 $1,196.25 120 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Town Commons—General Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls John Connery Manuel L.Grassie Arthur F.James Warren W.Jones $38.50 192.50 698.86 5.00 Charles H.Pratt Elliott Stoddard 37.50 9.63 $981.99 Beechwood Boll Field Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Thomas W.Hernan Charles H.Pratt $11.00 155.19 $166.19 Wheelwright Park Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Foster Cadose $8.00 William Laugelli 8.00 John Connery 8.00 Vincent A.McNeil 16.00 Francis DeMello 4.00 Frank Meallo 8.00 James Denithorne 8.00 Michael or Michael J.Meehan 8.00 Ralph Froio 8.00 Fred Mitchell 12.00 Manuel Grassie 8.00 Frank Nunes 8.00 Patrick Grassie 8.00 Joseph Pace 4.00 Thomas F.Grassie 2.00 Frank Perry 63.00 Samuel H.Hume 8.00 Charles H.Pratt 8.00 John F.James 8.00 John J.Silvia 8.00 John Keating 2.00 John H.Sweeney 8.00 Charles Kennedy 12.00 Dominick Truglia 8.00 John Kennedy 8.00 Bruno Varano 8.00 Frank Lagrattaria 8.00 John F,McLaughlin 16.00 $283.00 Milliken Field Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Patrick Grassie $5.50 Alton J.Priest 187.00 Samuel Hume 5.50 Ernest or Ernest J.Sullivan 16.50 James M.Keating 88.00 11.00CharlesMcAuliffe Fred Mitchell 5.50 $319.00 Woodside Cemetery Maintenance Names and Amounts as they appeared on the Pay Rolls Ralph Enos $11.00 Fred Mitchell 13.75 Paul or Paul A.Grassie 11.00 Frank V.Nunes 11.00 Charles E.Henry 16.50 George Tubman 49.50 Arthur F.James 8.25 Charles Vickery 11.00 James M.Keating Michael J.Meehan 16.50 8.25 $155.75 121 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 School Department Names and Amounts as (hey appeared on the Pay Rolls School Committee,expenses: Malcolm H.Stevens, Financial Secretary $110.00 Clerical Work : Yvonne Hetue 3.30 Stationery,etc.: Cohasset News Company .95 Elliot Stoddard .90 The Univ.of Chicago Press 4,05 Telephone: Elliot Stoddard 2.00 Miscellaneous: Sestito's Greenhouse 5.00 General: James W.Doyle,Superin- tendent William Ripley,Jr.,Super- $126.20 $654.68 intendent ( 1,176,84 ^1,831.52 Clerical Work: Anna R.Dolan and Anna D.McCarthy 644,50 Jean E.Wheelwright 313,50 Mary Curtis 2.50 Fostenus Curtis 4,50 Jeanette D.McNeill 1.50 $966.50 Attendance Officer: Hector J.Pelletier $100,00 Printing,Postage and Stationery: James W.Doyle $2,50 II,S.Home and Company 2.50 Fannie E,James 4,80 William R.Ripley 26,63 $36,52 Telephones: New Eng.Tel.&Tel.Co.$183.69 William Ripley,Jr.1,70 $185,39 Traveling expenses James W.Doyle 145.50 B.W.Collins Joseph F.O'Brien William R.Ripley 3.00 5.00 62.32 $115.82 Teachers salaries;High and Elementary: James W.Doyle William Ripley,Jr. William Ripley,Jr.,reim- bursement for expense of Educational Lecture ser- vice paid to John E. Hines Max H.Meyer Nathan W.Bates Murdock S,Mathewson Helen L,Brown Florence E,Kraus Marion C.Chandler Florence E.Reed Laura A.Leonard Mildred E.Nelson Burditt W.Collins Marjory Fay Josepii F,O'Brien Mary Terry Alice E,Stewart Frederick A,Taylor Helen C.W^elch Florence C.Ayers Kathleen McMahon Elaine G.Wing (/wendolyn A.Cleverly Marion R.Sullivan Gcraldine L.Thiesen Ruth M.Williamson Elizabeth C,Getchell Eleanor I\I.Rohde Elizabeth C,Conley Catherine T.Heaney Ruth H.Jellison Dorothy F.Woods Jeanette C,Woodward Anna D,McCarthy or Anna R.Dolan Barbara Stoddard Charles Connelly Lydia B.Ericsson Eleanor B.or W.Kennedy Lawrence H,Hart Ruth G.Winters $654.66 2,336.67 20.00 2,500.00 880.00 1.155.00 2,200.00 2,035.00 1,221.00 2,035,00 1,505.00 1,472.00 2,400,00 2,000,00 1,505.00 1,760.00 1,061.00 1,155,00 1,870.00 975,00 1.760,00 1,760.00 1,760.00 1,760.00 1,760,00 827.50 1,395,00 1.340.00 1,285.00 1,210.00 1,450.00 440.00 431.25 66.00 55.00 4.00 71.50 77.00 12.00 16.50 122 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Carolyn H.Ferguson 209.00 John E.Hines 15.00 George O'Rourke 17.00 Margaret Bates 5.50 Chauncey DelGrosso 6.00 Ronald A.Jack 15.00 Albert J.Reinhalder,Jr 15.00 $48,503.58 Teachers'Retirement Fund deducted from above salaries,$2,241.97. Text and Reference Books: Allyn and Bacon $3.59 The Arlo Publishing Co.3.58 American Book Company 109.28 American Education Press 2.81 F.J.Barnard &Co.29.90 Boston Music Company .96 Ginn and Company 80.96 Georgia School Book Depository .99 Globe Book Company 36.59 The Gregg Publishing Co.25.70 R.H.Hmckley Company 24.35 D.C.Heath and Company 96.24 Harcourt Brace &Company 20.27 Iroquois Publishing Co.27.89 Laidlow Brothers 13.14 Houghton Mifflin Co.6.67 McGraw-Hill Book Co.Inc.17.09 'the Lincoln Electric Co.2.00 Noble &Noble Publishers Inc.41.01 National Council of Teachers of English 1.50 Oxford Book Company 5.00 The Odyssey Press,Inc.5.49 Pocket Books,Inc.1.60 Paul Pratt Memorial Library 7.59 The Macmillan Co.113.17 E.C.Schiener Music Co.49.58 United Publishers Service 20.01 Arthur E.Tarbell 3.65 0.H.Toothaker 1.80 World Book Company 31.17 Webster Publishing Co.11.00 Ralph C.Witman 8.00 Charles Scribners Sons 4.07 $806.65 Supplies,including heat for cook- ing;High and Elementary: Brockton Edison Company James W.Brine Co.Inc. $666.51 357.51 American Type Founders Sales 20.65 Boston Music Company .30 Beaudette &Company 15.25 Cooperative Test Service 9.38 Allyn &Bacon 16.23 Bureau of Publication 7.89 Fred R.Burnside 5.00 College Entrance Book Co.6.50 Central Scientific Co,.61 Cohasset News Co..85 Cambosco Scientific Co.61.94 Comm.of Mass.1.50 Cohasset Hardware Co.38.33 Carter Rice &Company 1.90 Civic Education Service 18.80 A.B.Dick Company 24.13 James W.Doyle .59 H.J.Dowd Co.11.10 Dept.of Education 22.50 E.1.duPont de Nemours Co.10.49 B.W.Collins 2.00 John S.Cheever Company 30.96 John Dunn,Inc.1.50 The Gregg Publishing Co.10.40 Edward M.Fleming 70.41 Ginn and Company 47.25 American Cookery 2.00 J.L.Hammett Company 1,191.21 J.B.Hunter Company 57.43 Hingham Journal 37.50 B.C.Heath and Company 39.75 H.S.Home and Company 10.89 Charles W.Homeyer &Co. Inc.11.01 International Engineering Works,Inc.2.90 The Kenyon Press Publish- ing Co.23.48 Houghton-Mifflin Co.2.98 Litchfield's Express 12.25 Nemasket Transportation .42 Monteiro Tailoring Co.106.95 MacMillan Company 56.70 M.J.Merriam 11.13 Old Colony Gas Co.14.26 Oxford Book Company 20.42 Rand McNally &Company 19.96 Kathleen McMahon 3.80 The O.P.Craft Co.Inc.7.19 McGraw-Hill Book Company 5.55 Horace Partridge Co,55.72 The Palmer Company 4.96 Royal Typewriter Co.4.00 Railway Express Agency 5,10 Reddy's Battery &Repair Shop 5.03 123 Annual Report,Town of Coh asset,1942 William Ripley,Jr..20 South Shore Distributors 1.80 Science Research Associates 50.02 South Shore Mechanical Service 78.00 0.H.Toothaker 9.84 Charles Scribner's Sons 1.56 Sanderson Brothers 34.99 Sister Mary Gonzaga 4.12 School Arts Magazine 4.28 John Spencer Inc..86 Scholastic Publication 26.00 Spaulding Moss Company 6.69 World Book Company 24.35 Henry J.Winde Co.93.62 The Welch Company 29.61 Visual Education Service,Inc.65.52 Universal Badge &Label Co.5.06 Webster Publishing Co.2.52 Ward's 8.40 The Gregg Writer 2.88 The United States News 2.00 Young America 12.00 $3,637.39 Libraries : F.J.Barnard &Co.$14.68 DeWolfe &Fisher Co.3.38 Iroquois Publishing Co,2.81 National School Book Service 6.71 D.C.Parker 60.00 R.W.Wagner Company 12.00 $99.58 Vocational Education: City of Boston $174.53 William R.Ripley 37.50 $212.03 Transportation,High and Elementary: Harold F.Barnes $56.50 E.H.Brown 20.29 C.W.Carlander 30.23 Anna R.Dolan 1.00 P.N.James 69.30 Edward R.Jason 2,000.00 Ruiter Motor Sales,Inc.369.13 Reddv's Battery &Repair Shop 99.08 David Souther 55s96 F.W.Wheelwright &Sons 2.000.00 Harry 0.Wood 1,228.00 Janitor•Services: William H.McArthur,J John E.Sladen Harry 0.Wood Douglas James r.$1,720.00 2,127.40 572.00 1.50 $4,420.90 Lights,High and Elementary: Brockton Edison Co.$700.64 Fuel: J.C.Anderson,2,680 gals. oil $206.49 Lincoln Bros.Coal Co. 7,000 lbs.nut 56.00 593,240 lbs.soft 2,482.04 $2,744.53 Maintenance of Buildings, High and Elementary: Walter P.Bates $13.00 The American Pully Co..98 Brockton Edison Co.25.85 Louis C.Bailey 35.60 Com.of Mass.Div.of Blind 5.00 The Continental Company 21.75 Cohasset Hardware Co.4.36 H.J.Dowd Company,Inc.18.00 Grinnell Company 33.59 Edwards 63.76 Charles E.Frates 35.00 Electric Time Company 5.11 George W.Flint 631.15 The Kendall Boiler & Tank Co.102.57 Chas.W.Homeyer &Co.,Inc.9.30 Heaney Manufacturing Co.9.75 Rufus A.James 30.66 Hyland &McGaw 598.15 AL S.Leonard or Alice F. Leonard 398.71 John N.MacNeill 129.66 George T.McLauthlin Co.1.00 Levi T.Lincoln 437.78 Norman W.Pemberton,Inc.186.38 Quincy Lumber Company 13.52 Reddy's Battery &Tire Shop 38.07 Stephen H.Rooney 8.50 C.R.Seveney Company 20.00 George F.Sargent,Jr.15.5(1 Philip L.Towle 622.99 The Welch Company 42.08 $5,929.49 $3,557.77 124 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Janitors'Supplies,High and Elementary: The C.B.Dolge Company $94.31 Cohasset Hardware Co.75.85 H.J.Dowd Company,Inc.253.15 The Continental Chemical Co.62.00 John S.Cheever Company 88.64 Edward M.Fleming 81.56 Heaney Manufacturing Co.84.50 J.L.Hammett Company 5.55 Reliable Chemical Products Co.12.50 Reddy's Battery &Repair Shop 8.56 Philip L.Towie 3.96 Charles A.Waterman &Co.5.13 $775.71 Maintenance of Grounds;Hi and Elementary : William T.Barnes Jenney Service Station James Infusino George Dunn Jacobsen Power jMower Co Fred Mitchell Daniel McSweeney Reddy's Battery &Repair Shop S76.67 Furniture and Furnishings: J.L.Hammett Company S88.80 Other Equipment: M.S.Leonard $80.00 Msual Education Service,Inc.55.00 Eeaudette &Company,Inc.102.00 $30.00 .21 2.00 15.00 .92 18.00 10.00 .54 $237.00 Diplomas and Graduation Exercises: Sestito's Greenhouses S37.00 Hingham Journal 13.00 Open Forum Speakers Bureau 30.00 J.Stev/art Borland 6.75 Insurance: Harold F.Barnes,Agent for various local agents S537.40 Edward L.Eustis 26.64 $564.04 Carting,Express,etc.: James W.Doyle S .63 Litchfield's Express 4.85 Railwav Express Company 2.10 William T.Barnes '8.00 Central Taxi Service 15.00 William Ripley.Jr.1.21 S31.79 Health: Delorv Drug Co.$30.73 Frederick Hinchliffe,M.D.368.50 Call's Drug Store,Inc.1.25 Fanny E.James 774.89 The Hospital Specialty Co.40.00 Robert Moors Smith,M.D.3.00 Henry F.Howe.M.D.3.00 $1,221.37 Lunch: Central Market $1,218.63 H.J.Dowd Company,Inc.72.45 Drake Bakeries '59.52 Cohasset Hardware Co.2.68 Lillian Enos 880.00 Mary Enos 1.100.00 First National Stores,Inc.209.84 Hunt Potato Chip Co.131.16 Hathaway Bakeries.Inc.134.06 Loose-Wiles Biscuit Co.338.98 National Biscuit Co.195.95 Plymouth Rock Ice Cream Co.868.96 F.W.Wheelwright &Sons 871.20 $6,083.43 Defense: Curry Bros.Oil Co.S6.00 American Fire Equipment Co.24.35 Surgeon's Physicians Supply 13.50 Chester Sargent '20.00 $86.75 Total Schools $63.85 $83,203.92 125 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 TOWN TREASURER'S REPORT FOR 1942 Balance in Treasury,January 1,1942 $98,092.59 Received as follows: Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Income Tax i|29,110.00 Corporation Tax (Business)7,084.24 Corporation Tax (Gas,Electric Light and Water)3.25 Highway Fund,Chapter 504,Acts of 1939 14,703.33 Old Age Assistance (reimbursement)9,224.02 Aid to Dependent Children 1,000.50 Public Welfare (Temporary Aid)692.30 State Aid 100.00 Health and Sanitation (contagious diseases)239.29 Vocational Education 102.75 Civilian Defense 460.80 Distribution of Meals Tax 147.01 Bounty on Seals 10.00 Director of Standards (H&P Licenses)20.00 $62,897.49 Old Age Assistance (Federal Grant)11,434.49 Aid to Dependent Children (Federal Grant)580.38 $74,912.36 County of Norfolk,Dog Fund 780.78 Town Clerk of Cohasset (Dog License Fees).856.40 (Gasoline Registration Fees)10.50 Milk Inspector (Milk,Pasteurization and Oleo Fees)31.50 Sealer of Weights and Measures (fees)35.19 Police Department (Licenses and Permits)18.50 (Ambulance Service,Oxygen,Supplies, etc.)68.25 Fire Alarm Department (Supplies)4.08 Fire Department (Refilling Fire Extinguishers)3.50 School Department (Lunch receipts,sales of books and supplies)4,474.79 Cohasset Badminton Club (Ripley Road School Auditorium —lights)40.00 Liquor Licenses 2,175.00 All other Licenses and Permits 64.00 126 Annual Report,Town of Coh asset,1942 Insurance Claims,Fire Damage: Osgood School $639.54 Fire Chief's Car 7.75 Total 647.29 Sundry Refunds 958.90 City of Boston,Tuition 425.03 Howard Frye,Tuition 100.00 Town HalL Rental and Lights,including Ren- tal of Annex 139.92 East Norfolk District Court,Fines 90.00 Guild Hall,Rental 1.00 Gravel Pit Lot,Rental 5.00 Bates Building,Rental 126.00 North Cohasset Postoffice Building,Rental 158.00 Parker Avenue Boat Yard,Rental 50.00 Tax Title Redemptions,Assignments and Pay- ments on account 1,207.81 Cohasset Savings Bank,Dividends: Wheelwright Park Fund 375.00 Wadleigh Park Fund 125.00 Billings Park Fund •28.76 Billings-Pratt Fund 25.00 Williams Lot (Beechwood Cemetery)1.88 Rockland Trust Company,Dividend —Kenney Lot,Woodside Cemetery,for Perpetual Care 1.79 Sale of Lots and Graves—Woodside Cemetery 450.20 Care of Lots and Graves —Woodside Cemetery (General)251.17 Care of Lots and Graves —Woodside Cemetery (Perpetual)88.50 Bequests for Perpetual Care of Lots and Graves Woodside Cemetery 175.00 E.M.Bates Fund—for Commons and Parks 100.00 J.W.Nichols Fund—for Scholarship 65.00 Other Cities and Towns (Public Welfare)985.22 Other Cities and Towns (Old Age Assistance)473.55 Sale of Genealogies and Other Miscellaneous Items 169.42 Federal Gasoline Tax 119.03 Town Accountant —Reimbursement for Tele- phone 25.51 Town Clerk—Reimbursement for Telephone .28.99 Town Treasurer—Reimbursement for Telephone 29.21 Webster &Atlas National Bank—Temporary Loan in Anticipation of Revenue 30,000.00 127 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Collector of Taxes 254,143.96 Tailings—Unclaimed Checks 28.57 $473,167.15 Paid Selectmen's Warrants No.1 to No.70,inclusive $369,326.81 Balance on hand December 31,1942 103,840.34 $473,167.15 Rockland Trust Company $72,910.06 Deposit in transit December 31 591.31 $73,501.37 Outstanding checks 15,135.22 $58,366.15 Webster &Atlas National Bank of Boston $42,710.68 Outstanding checks 825.72 41.884.96 Checks and Cash on hand (for deposit)$3,402.29 Cash on hand (in safe)186.94 3,589.23 $103,840.34 Respectfully submitted, MAURICE R.NOONAN, Treasurer. REPORT OF COLLECTOR OF TAXES 1935 Personal Tax outstanding December 31,1941 $74.25 Collected and paid to Treasurer: a/c Tax 74.25 1939 Motor Vehicle Excise outstanding December 31.1941 S2.00 Collected and paid to Treasurer: a c Excise 2.00 1941 Taxes and Moth Assessment : Outstanding December 31,1941 $34,514.85 Committed —January 15.1942 warrant 38.22 $34,553.07 Collected and paid to Treasurer: Poll $6.00 Personal 659.70 Real Estate 32,724.25 128 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Moth Assessment 2.00 Motor Vehicle Excise 270.46 $33,662.41 Abatements $1,171.90 Abatements refunded 402.75 769.15 Added to Tax Title 121.51 34,553.07 1942 Taxes committed as per warrants $251,773.91 Collected and paid to Treasurer: Poll $2,104.00 Personal 18,595.25 Real Estate 187,290.07 Motor Vehicle Excise $11,150.38 Overpayment refunded 3.10—11,147.28 Abatements $3,020.95 Abatements refunded 597.28 2,423.67 Added to Tax Title 738.96 Outstanding December 31,1942 29,474.68 251,773.91 Total Cash collected and paid to Treasurer: Taxes and Moth Assessment $252,878.36 Interest 1,143.99 Demands and costs 121.61 $254,143.96 ELEANOR T.DOWNS, Collector of Taxes. COHASSET REVISED JURY LIST July,1942 Name and Occupation Street Baldwin,Thomas T.,trustee Beach Bartow,Samuel,serviceman Black Horse Lane Bates,J.Lewis,laborer Cushing Road Bates,Walter P.,laborer Beechwood Bean,Clarence F.,clerk Beechwood 129 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Brown,Thomas S.,caretaker Elm Court Burke,Edward T.,builder Red Gate Lane Carlander,Conrad W.,blacksmith Beechwood Connell,William N.,copy reader Sankey Road Cook,Harry F.,clerk Bow Curley,Joseph J.,insurance Sohier Ellsworth,William H.,carpenter Ash Frates,Charles W.,guard.Fore River Ash Gelinas,Ralph J.,sales manager Atlantic Avenue Grassie,John S.,insurance Border Higgins,Earle W.,captain Ash Hillis,Alexander,gardener South Main Howe,Charles E.,manager Spring Hume,Samuel H.,laborer Beechwood Hunt,John M.,electrician Jerusalem Road Ingram,George M.,meat cutter Beechwood James,Arthur F.,gardener Pond James,Dean K.,lumber North Main James,Percival N.,superintendent Pond Jason,Charles E.,gardener Ash Jason,Edward R.,chauffeur '.Summer Kelley,William J.,insurance North Main Light,Brooks,salesman Highland Avenue Manheimer,Arthur,watch distributor Forest Avenue McArthur,James R.,shipper Red Gate Lane McAuliffe,William F.,mechanic Elm Nickerson,E.Carleton 2nd,transportation South Main Piepenbrink,Clarence,salesman North Main Poland,Walter,mechanic Oak Pratt,Alfred W.,supervisor Beechwood Pratt,Charles H.,laborer Beechwood Pratt,Elsworth W.,teller Pratt Court Pratt,Harry R.,insurance Beechwood Rooney,Peter J.,truckman Oak Salvador,Bernard J.,fisherman Elm Court Stoddard,Charles R.,attendant Doane Stone,Edwin A.,retired Border Sullivan,Fred W.,insurance Norfolk Road Sweeney,Henry E.,insurance Bow Thompson,Richard C,engineer Elm Towle,Odin,laborer South Main Tubman,George D.,laborer Beechwood Vickery,Charles W.,foreman North Main Walker,Richmond,wool Border Walther,Frederick P.Jr.,advertising South Main 130 Annual Report,Town of Coh asset,1942 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 31,1942. Official Roster of the Department Chief of Police,Hector J.Pelletier Sergeant,Earl R.McArthur Patrolmen James J.Sullivan Benjamin F.Curley John J.Rooney Thomas B.Kane John H.Winters,Jr.resigned February 14,1942 Henry B.Kennedy resigned July 18,1942 Special Officers John T.Keating Spencer H,Stoughton Frank E.Jason Ralph S.Enos John J,Ferreira Louis J.Simeone Joseph M.Jason Lot E.Bates,Jr. Edwin A.Peterson Herbert E.Morse Frederick W.Sullivan Francis J.Malone,Clerk Auxiliary Police Robert B.James,Captain Lawrence Petersen,Sergeant PATROLMEN Bernard Mulcahy George Bowser William G.Bradbury Ernest L.Parker,Jr. Harold Brown Daniel S.Campbell Arnold Peterson Frank J.Migliaccio Milton J.Rogers Lloyd C.Trott Ralph Williams Martin Grassie John Walsh Frederick Grassie Harry W.Chisholm Herbert Dion Donald T.Gammons Edward E.Tower John D.Mulcahy S.Stanley Pratt James F.Collins William O'Hearn Robert V.Collier Edward Jacome Anthony Rosano Arrest Report Male Female Total Assault and battery 3 14 Assault upon a police officer 2 —2 Attempt to commit larceny 3 —3 131 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Default warrant 1 —1 Disturbing the peace 3 —3 Drunk 54 1 55 Idle and disorderly 1 —1 Larceny 2 —2 Malicious injury to personal property 4 —4 Neglect of family 2 —2 Nonpayment of wages —11 Operating a motor vehicle without a license 1 —1 Operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor 8 —8 Operating an uninsured motor vehicle 1 —1 Operating an unregistered motor vehicle 1 —1 Truancy 1 —1 Using a motor vehicle without authority 1 —1 Violation of probation 1—1 Violation of milk laws 2 —2 Total 91 3 94 DISPOSITION OF CASES Arrested on warrant,7;without warrant,73;summoned by Court,14; released Chapter 135,General Laws,37;non-residents,25;held for trial, 56;guilty,49;not guilty,4;filed by order of the Court,13;suspended sentence and probation,9;sentenced to institutions,7;cases pending,2; dismissed for want of prosecution,1 ;turned over to probation officer,1. Summary of Work Done by the Department For the Year Ending December 31st,1942 Accidents investigated,automobiles 60 Buildings found open and locked by police 116 Calls for inhalator 4 Cars stopped for violations and warned 73 Cars tagged for improper parking 65 Complaints received at headquarters 3,377 Defects in street reported to Highway Department 17 Dogs injured by automobiles 9 Dogs killed by automobiles 3 Duty calls from boxes 1,903 Fire alarms answered 38 General orders issued to department 33 Hackney licenses issued 2 Hackney operators'licenses issued 3 Insane persons committed to institutions 1 Licenses suspended for improper operation 36 Lost property recovered by department $11.25 Machine gun permits issued 3 Mileage of ambulance 3,494 Mileage of cruising cars ,45,488 Motorists assisted 31 Number of days spent in court by officers 81 Oxygen tent calls 57 Permits to purchase firearms issued 1 Permits to solicit funds issued 4 Permits to work on Lord's day issued .-2 132 Annual Report,Town of Coh asset,1942 Persons found dead 1 Persons listed by Police Department,Chapter 440,Acts of 1938: Males 1,086 Females 1,224 Total 2,310 Persons transported in ambulance 114 Persons transported to hospital and doctors'offices in police cars 14 Radio messages sent out by this station 2,238 Restitution made in cases $1.50 Revolver permits issued 40 Special attention requested by owners of unoccupied houses ...85 Street lights reported out 213 Stolen property recovered by department $1,782.50 Suicide 1 Summer homes inspected by department 360 Summonses served for other police departments 51 Total fines $675.00 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. REPORT OF THE SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES To the Honorable Board of Selectmen. Gentlemen: My report as Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year 1942 is as follows : The various weighing and measuring appliances in the Town have been carefully tested.Two hundred and fifty-seven were sealed,thirty-four were adjusted and one was condemned.The amount of $42.60 as sealing fees was collected and paid to the Town Treasurer. Respectfully submitted, IRA B.P.STOUGHTON, Sealer of Weights and Measures. 133 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 REPORT OF FOREST WARDEN To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen : I herewith submit my report as Forest Warden of the Town of Cohasset for the year ending December 31,1942. The Department responded to fifty calls,as follows: 28 grass fires 10 dump fires 6 rubbish fires 3 pumping out cellars 2 filling the Town Common 1 rescue The equipment of this Department is in first-class condition. During the months of April and May when permits are not issued,the Town was patrolled on days when conditions warranted it. Since the Government purchased part of the wooded section of the Town,the Department has been requested to take extra precautions against fires in its vicinity. Citizens are requested to apply for permits before burning.The State Fire Tower keeps a sharp lookout for all fires in order to safeguard the ammunition station,and when smoke is sighted,both this Department and the State Patrol are notified immediately.Therefore it is important that the Department be informed of any burning to take place. I want to take this opportunity to thank the citizens for their cooper- ation. Respectfully submitted, JOSEPH L.OLIVER, Forest Warden. REPORT OF COHASSET FIRE DEPARTMENT To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen : I herewith submit my first report for the Fire Department of the Town of Cohasset for the year ending December 31,1942. ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT,DECEMBER 31,1942 Chief 1 Deputy Chief 1 Superintendent,Fire Alarm 1 134 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Regular Drivers 6 Captains Call Men 4 Lieutenants Call Men 4 Call Men 32 Alternates 6 Auxiliary 24 Total 79 During the year,the Department responded to 71 alarms:38 bell alarms, and 33 still alarms,as follows: House 10 Test 1 Chimney 3 Rescue 2 Automobile 6 Grass 18 Oil Burners 8 Dump 2 Garage 2 Electric Light Pole 1 School 2 Air Raid Test 8 Library 1 Needless 3 Out of Town 4 36 35 Total—71 Assessed value of property involved $236,026.00 Estimated value of contents 87,300.00 Total $323,325.00 Damage to property $7,414.55 Damage to contents 4,199.00 Total $11,613.55 Insurance paid as recorded $9,720.55 Engine 1 responded to 36 alarms.Ladder 1 to 33,Engine 2 to 11, Engine 3 to 28,and the Chevrolet to 47. The Department laid 4500 feel 2i/^inch hose,2500 feet IV2 inch hose, 5550 feet %inch booster hose,and raised 422 feet of ladders. INSPECTIONS Approximately once a month inspections were made in all business places in the Town,and the occupants were instructed to clean up any fire hazards found.Conditions have been found satisfactory so far.All complaints in regard to fire hazards received prompt attention. The Department has received a complete list of all oil and range burners in the Town,and many have neglected to secure a permit for the storage of oil.It is a violation of the law for a person to store oil or for a company to deliver oil to an individual unless a permit is posted in a conspicuous place.The Department of Public Safety has instructed this Department to investigate and report all not having a permit.Any person not having a permit to store fuel or range oil should apply for one at once at either Fire Station. 135 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 FIRE DRILLS Occasionally the Chief requested a surprise fire drill at both the Osgood and Ripley Road Schools and found each time that the schools were vacated in a remarkably short period of time.The school staff are to be compli- mented on the fine drilling they have given the students. EQUIPMENT Since taking office in April,the following equipment has been added to the Department:600 feet 2V2 inch hose,250 feet %inch booster hose, asbestos and rubber gloves,and a number of small articles to lessen the danger in fire fighting.It has been my policy to equip the Department with all the modern fire and First Aid equipment so that it will not be handicapped in any way in fighting a fire or giving First Aid.Fire trucks which had no First Aid kits have been equipped with one.An E.and J. Resuscitator,Inhalator,and Aspirator has been purchased and is now carried at all times on the Chevrolet Squad truck.The men at the Central Station would be glad to demonstrate this equipment to any citizen who may be interested in its performance. FIRE ALARM During the summer new air horns were installed at all fire stations. These horns are used both for fire alarm and air raid signals and have proved to be an improvement in calling the men to fires.Owing to con- ditions beyond our control,it has been impossible to get necessary equip- ment for both the Fire Alarm System and the Fire Department,and it is hoped that the citizens will take this into consideration if we have occa- sional setbacks in our system. DEFENSE Realizing the difficulty the Chairman of the Defense Committee and the Chief Air Raid Warden were having in manning the Report Center and also the hardship to the citizens who so generously gave up their days and evenings to this work,the Department has agreed to be the Report Center when the Town Hall is closed.A telephone,attached to the Fire Alarm System,has also been added to the Town Hall Control Center,giving a direct line between the Center and the Department.As a result of this agreement,our Air Raid Signal is given much quicker than previously and ahead of neighboring towns.Since June 23,1942,when the Depart- ment took over this work,1919 calls have been transmitted to or received from the Quincy Warning Center. CONCLUSION To the Honorable Board of Selectmen,I want to express my apprecia- tion for the cooperation given to me and this Department;and to Chief of Police Pelletier and the officers of his Department for the fine assistance they have rendered us,especially at fires.To the officers and members of this Department,I want to express my sincere thanks for the efficient and faithful manner in which they have performed their duty.To all others who have volunteered their services or assisted this Department in any way, I extend my thanks. Respectfully submitted. JOSEPH L.OLIVER. Chief of the Fire Department. 136 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF FIRE ALARM To the Chief of the Fire Department: I take pleasure in submitting my report as Superintendent of the Fire Alarm. During the past year,the Electric Light and Power Company replaced a great many of the poles.This replacement resulted in the changing of Fire Department wires and fixtures to the new poles. As you know,after a whole year we have finally changed from fire alarm bells to horns which is a great advantage,especially during these trying times.These horns are far superior in air raids and blackouts than if we had to rely on the old system. The installation of the private telephone which connects the Town Hall Defense Center with the Central Fire Station was a great improve- ment.This system prevents false signals from being given. Of course,we have not installed any new wire or boxes this year be- cause of the scarcity of vital materials. Respectfully submitted, HERBERT WILLIAMS, Superintendent of Fire Alarm. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON BUILDINGS January 21,1943. To the Citizens of Cohasset: During the year three small buildings were sold from the Cohasset Home property and one from the Bates Building property. At the date of writing this report a majority of the Committee has voted to have the Cohasset Home Building and Barn taken down by a building wrecker as there is little left of these buildings but the shells and we do not believe they can be of further use to the town. The Committee recommends that the Bates Buildings be repaired and kept intact for possible future use by the town. We believe it is not necessary to continue this Committee further,and recommend that it be discontinued. Respectfully submitted, GEORG T.VEDELER A.FRED PETERSEN,Chairman CHARLES E.HOWE Secretary HOLLIS T.GLEASON 'DARIUS W.GILBERT EVERETT W.GAMMONS EVERETT W.WHEELWRIGHT HENRY E.SWEENEY WILLIAM H.McGAW RALPH E.SCRIPTURE 137 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 .REPORT OF HIGHWAY SURVEYOR January 21,1943. To the Citizens of Cohasset: Your Highway Surveyor's report for year ending December 31,1942 is much the same as previous years.Due to priority regulations the Tarvia used on our streets was not received until the summer was well advanced; hence the lateness in applying same.(In the early spring the outlook for obtaining any tarvia appeared very dubious to say the least.)However, we were fortunate in receiving 35,546 gallons which enabled us to care for Ripley Road,Jerusalem Road,Nichols Road,Red Gate Lane,Forest Ave- nue,King,Sohier,Beach Streets and part of Cedar Street. Fence repairing and painting was more extensively done than formerly; rkew^se mowing grass and bushes along roadsides. The snow removal and sanding required more attention in December than during the first of the year.In this connection I wish to state that thus far in 1943 it is a real problem —especially the street sanding. Most everyone realizes how treacherous are traveling conditions.From every quarter I hear criticisms. In former years more men and trucks were available.At the present time we are short of both.The few men available do an excellent job, yet there is a limit to their endurance.While it doesn't help our condition, other towns are having similar conditions to cope with. Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM T.BARNES, Highway Surveyor. REPORT OF HEALTH DEPARTMENT To the Citizens of Cohasset : Clinics conducted under the direction of the Board of Health last year consisted of five Diphtheria Immunization Clinics,two School Tuber- culosis Clinics,and twelve Well Baby Clinics.Thirty-six children were given immunization treatments at the former,while a total of one hundred and forty-seven children attended the latter. The relatively small number of children immunized last year and the previous year indicates the progress of a program of immunization inaugu- rated several years ago. After considerable publicity and groundwork,one hundred and seventy children were immunized at the first clinics.The second year found one hundred and ten attending,with the number steadily decreasing each year until practically all school children had been treated.It was deemed advisable to add a Pre-School Clinic for children between the ages of six months and five years,and it is in this group,together with a few stragglers and newcomers from the grade school,that the work of the Clinics is now 138 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 centered.In addition to the school children,it was found that due to the educational program,many children had been immunized by their family doctor,and that the number of parents who had not consented to the immu- nization of their children was comparatively small. Of similar interest is the steady growth in popularity of the Well Baby Clinic held monthly at the Ripley Road School.As mentioned in a pre- vious report several years ago,the Clinic is a preventive agency func'^ioning for the sole purpose of preserving and safeguarding the health of babies. In attendance is Dr.Steward H.Clifford,well-known baby specialist,assisted by the District Nurse and members of the Social Service League.Children who are found to be defective or abnormal are referred to their family physician for treatment.Instruction and advice on care of infants,diets, etc.,are prescribed for well babies.Records show a yearly increase in attendance of mothers bringing their children for advice in maintaining and furthering their health,with the result that the Clinics now occupy an important niche in the health program of Cohasset. It might be well to point out,relative to the tuberculosis cases as out- lined in the District Nurses'report,which is herewith attached,that the germ of the disease,while dormant,exists in the body of almost every human being and only becomes active because of the breaking down of resistance due to sickness,exposure,etc.,and may be checked with proper attention.Modern facilities and advanced methods have done and can do much for not only the checking of the disease,but also for its eventual cure.The members of this Board and the District Nurse are extremely anxious to co-operate in arranging for transportation,x-rays,treatments and hospitalization to that end. Other than a slight epidemic of whooping cough,the record of com- municable diseases for the past year has been good.There has been a tendency,however,on the part of some parents to underestimate the danger connected with whooping cough which resulted in a certain amount of laxity as to care and isolation,and which required stricter supervision to prevent a greater spread of the disease. Only one of the number of dog bites reported necessitated the use of anti-rabic serum,which was supplied by this Department. The communicable diseases reported last year were as follows: Chicken Pox 23 Mumps 7 Whooping Cough 7 German Measles 4 Measles 2 Pneu.Meningitis 1 Bronchial Pneumonia 1 Dog Bite 6 Dr.John Corrigan,a resident of Cohasset,was appointed School Dentist, replacing Dr.Mulcahy of Hingham,whose work the previous year had been entirely satisfactory.The change was made,with consideration as to ability and experience,because of the feeling that a resident of the Town should have first consideration in an appointment of this kind. 139 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Following is a list of the work accomplished at the Clinic last year: Permanent Fillings 380 Deciduous Fillings 93 Extractions 118 Cleanings 262 The death of Mr.Thomas L.Grassie necessitated the appointment of a new Milk and Vinegar Inspector.Mr.Grassie had served the Town and particularly this Department faithfully and loyally for many years,and his passing is deeply regretted.His efficiency and co-operation with the State authorities in relation to milk and dairies did much to develop the high standard of milk sold and consumed in Cohasset. Twenty-six milk licenses were issued last year,together with two licenses for the sale of oleomargarine,two pasteurization plant licenses, and the inspection of dairies continued as in the past. Brooks,ponds,and ditches were kept clear of obstruction throughout the year.With the exception of threatened flooded areas on Smith Street last March,and again in the late fall,the work consisted of the routine maintenance work of keeping the bed streams level and the courses free from brush,debris,etc.Catch basins were deodorized at intervals during the hot weather.Cat Dam,in addition to the rebuilding of the greater part of the supporting wall of the control gate,necessitated considerable labor in an effort to keep the surface of the pond clear and inoffensive as to appearance and odor. The Cohasset side of Straits Pond maintained a fairly good appearance throughout the greater part of the summer.Considerable scum appeared on the surface late in August and indications pointed to a considerable outlay of funds in an effort to abate the nuisance.However,rain which began the day work was to begin,alleviated the condition of the pond for the remainder of the season.It was an extremely fortunate occurrence inasmuch as it made possible funds to absorb the cost of two badly needed tires and equipment for the Department truck,and also for the repair of a series of mechanical breakdowns. Included in the property acquired by the Government for its war needs was the Town Dump on Doane Street,Beechwood.Because of this,at a special Town Meeting,the Selectmen were authorized to purchase property located on Cedar Street for a new Town Dump.Up to the present time, improvements to the property,material and equipment needed for its main- tenance is under the direction of the Selectmen.The work of the Town Dump Superintendent has been carried on as in the past.This work consists of collecting and disposing of rubbish,pumping out wells,flooded cellars, supervising dumps,transporting men,equipment,etc. The past year has been marked with even closer co-operation with the District Nurses,Miss Agnes Weir and Miss Helen Heartz,and the Social Service League in regards to communicable diseases,Clinics,etc.This also applies to the School Nurse,Miss Fanny James,relative to the School Diph- theria Immunization campaign,and the School Dental Clinic. Respectfully submitted, NATHANIEL M.HURWITZ,Chairman, ABRAHAM ANTOINE,JR.,Secretary, EDWARD E.TOWER, Board of Health. 140 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 REPORT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE To the Board of Health: The Social Service League American Red Cross Nursing Service made visits to patients during the past year.The visits made for the Board of Health are distributed as follows: MORBIDITY SERVICE Tuberculosis 40 Communicable 35 HEALTH SUPERVISION Newborn ....'.106 Infant 345 Preschool 217 School 63 Aduh 35 Fifty-five new infants and twenty new preschool children were enrolled in ihe Well Baby Clinic during the year.The total enrollment during the year 1942 was 366.The average monthly attendance was 30 as compared to 25 last year. The nurses assisted at Diphtheria Clinic which was held during April, May,and June.Twenty-seven infants and preschool children were immu- nized. A study of the tuberculosis cases in Cohasset was made,and our list has been reclassified by the State Department.We had an X-ray Clinic at the Ripley Road School for those people who could not get to Norfolk County Hospital.The following is a report of the case study: Number of reported cases listed 25 Removed from list after check-up 12 Active list 6 Inactive list 6 School clinic 1 Percent active 46% The Nursing Service hopes to do a greater amount of work in the coming year in Health Education regarding Communicable Diseases. Respectfully submitted, HELEN M.HEARTZ,R.N., AGNES WEIR,R.N., Public Health Nurses. 141 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN January 18,1943. To the Citizens of Cohasset: The routine business of the town has been consumated with complete harmony of the board and splendid cooperation of all affiliated departments. Particular attention has been given to the Civilian Defense program during the year.Every possible assistance has been given the several cooperating agencies and the time and effort the citizens have given in this work is praiseworthy.We believe that the whole community joins with us in thanking the Rationing Board and their capable assistants for their outstanding service to the community. With the nearby defense industries offering attractive wages the town has not been without labor problems.We believe it is necessary and desirable to maintain a wage scale for town employees in keeping with the general increase of wages in private business and municipalities throughout the Commonwealth. The board has attended the meetings of the Massachusetts Selectmens Association,and meetings sponsored by the Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety.The board also attended a meeting at Kingston,Mass., sponsored by the Department of Conservation,Division of Marine Fisheries. At this meeting an appeal was made to the State officials for State funds to supplement an amount to be provided by the town with which to improve the clam flats.While the area of our flats is small we are mindful of the fact that a great number of families earned their full support from the clam industry during the past depression years and we believe money so invested by the town may again return dividends in the future. Special attention was given to the care and maintenance of Woodside Cemetery during the year.We believe that the evidence of the town to fulfill its obligation in this respect has been an inspiration to the lot owners to help keep this sacred plot at a standard befitting to its use. In recognition of the men from our town who are serving in the armed forces a service flag is flown daily from the flag staff on the town common, and an honor roll has been contracted for and we hope will be erected by the time this report is published. Respectfully submitted, A.FRED PETERSEN, DARIUS W.GILBERT, EVERETT W.WHEELWRIGHT. Board of Selectmen. 142 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 REPORT OF THE ASSESSORS To the Citizens of Cohasset: The Assessors of the Town of Cohasset submit their report for 1942: Total valuation 1941 $9,995,550.00 Total valuation 1942 9,907,276.00 Decrease in valuation $88,274.00 Town Grant,Annual Town Meeting (including appropriations from available funds,deducted below)$307,528.53 State Tax and Assessments: State Tax $22,350.00 Slate Parks and Reservations 229.63 State Audit of Municipal Accounts 457.49 Nantasket Beach Maintenance 203.54 23,240.66 State Assessment paid in 1941 in excess of estimate raised 14.48 County Tax 9,314.63 Tuberculosis Hospital,Assessment 3,138.13 Overlay 1942 7,000.00 Gross Amount to be raised $350,236.43 • ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND AVAILABLE FUNDS Income Tax $24,345.97 Corporation Taxes 5,880.09 Gasoline Tax 14,703.33 Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise 13,000.00 Licenses 2,500.00 Fines 50.00 Special Assessments 100,00 General Government 300.00 Protection of Persons and Property 50.00 Plealth and Sanitation 100.00 Charities (other than Federal Grants for aid to dependent children)1,500.00 Old Age Assistance (other than Federal Grants)8,500.00 Soldiers'Benefits 100.00 Schools 4,500.00 Public Service Enterprise,No.Cohasset Post Of- fice Building 158.00 Cemeteries (other than trust funds and sale of lots)300.00 Interest (on taxes and assessments)1,000.00 Bounties 40.00 Sealer of Weights and Measures 25.00 Miscellaneous 250.00 $77,402.39 143 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Overestimates of previous year,to be used as available funds: County Tax $78.70 State Parks and Reservations 11.48 Metropolitan Parks and Reservations ,01 Veterans Exemptions 9.97 Available Funds,Voted at Tov^n Meeting,to be used: Article 8.Use of Assessors in fixing tax rate $22,889.29 Article 9.Dog Fund for Schools 780.78 Article 10.Reserve Fund for Overlay Surplus 6,500.00 Article 18.Overlay Deficits from Overlay Surplus 2,441.19 Total Available Funds $32,711.42 Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds $110,113.81 Net Amount to be raised by taxation on Polls and Property $240,122.62 Number of Polls,1,174 @ $2.00 $2,348.00 Total valuation.Personal $794,776.@ $24.00 19,074.62 Total valuation,Real $9,112,500.@ $24.00 218,700.00 1240,122.62 Net Amount to be raised by taxation on Polls and Property $240,122.62 December Assessment 28,32 Total Amount of taxes listed in Collector's Commitment List, except Motor Vehicle Excise Warrants $240,150.94 Amount of Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise $11,647.05 Number of Persons Assessed 1,308 Number of Polls Assessed 1,174 Number of Horses Assessed 46 Number of Cows Assessed 123 Number of Yearlings Assessed 15 Number of Swine Assessed 105 Number of Sheep Assessed 14 Number of Fowl Assessed 1,265 Number of All Other Assessed 18 Number of Dwelling Houses Assessed 1,052 Number of Acres of Land Assessed 4,452 ABATEMENTS OF TAXES DURING THE YEAR 1942 Levy of the Year 1941 Poll $4.00 Personal 58.32 Real Estate 1,083.94 Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise 25.64 $1,171.90 144 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Levy of the Year 1942 Poll $246.00 Personal 45.60 Real Estate 2,309.48 Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise 420.23 $3,021.31 Respectfully submitted, DARIUS W.GILBERT, A.FRED PETERSEN, EVERETT W.WHEELWRIGHT, Board of Assessors. REPORT OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE To the Citizens of Cohasset: General Relief shows a substantial reduction in the amount of aid granted this year.A total of 16 cases were aided,10 of which were single persons and six were families representing 17 persons,as against 32 cases representing 105 persons in 1941 and 61 cases representing 193 persons in 1940.On December 31,1942,there were seven active cases,all of which were unemployable. AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN During the year there was a total of six cases representing 10 children (under 18 and attending school)who received this type of aid.From January to June there were four active cases,representing six children. In June one case was closed as the youngest child became 18 years old. One case representing three children was added in October and in Novem- ber one case with one child was added.The status of these cases as follows: Deserted 1 Widows 3 Man Incapacitated 1 Man in House of Correction 1 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE Old Age Assistance was administered to 71 cases during the year. Active cases January 1,1942 59 New cases opened during the year 10 Cases reopened during the year 4 Cases closed during the year 11 Active cases on December 31,1942 62 The 11 cases were closed for the following reasons: Death 4 Moved out of town 2 Self-supporting 4 Ineligible 1 145 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 The District Nurse reports a total of eight visits made to the Welfare Cases and 212 visits to eight Old Age Assistance cases.The Red Cross Motor Corps were very helpful in transporting patients to clinics,etc. Federal Surplus Commodities were distributed at the Guild Hall,but the number of eligible recipients has been greatly reduced due to improved employment conditions.A large portion of the food was supplied to the Schools under the School Lunch Program. Please refer to Accountant's report for financial detail. We wish to thank all organizations,individuals,and other town depart- ments for their cooperation during the year. Respectfully submitted, EVERETT W.WHEELWRIGHT, DARIUS W.GILBERT, A.FRED PETERSEN, Board of Public Welfare. Bureau of Old Age Assistance. COHASSET FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY STATEMENT OF INCOME AND PAYMENTS FOR 1942 Cr. To Payments in 1942: Purchase of books $549.35 Treasurer's bond premium 12.50 Rent safe deposit box 12.00 Fire insurance premium on books 140.40 War damage insurance premium on books 10.00 Support of Paul Pratt Memorial Library 175.00 Bank service charge 2,53 Cash balance,Dec.31,1942: New England Trust Company 41.35 Cohasset Savings Bank 406.80 $1,349.93 Dr. To Receipts in 1942: Income from investments $302.50 Savings bank interest 423.48 Cash balance January 1,1942: New England Trust Company 217.15 Cohasset Savings Bank 406.80 $1,349.93 Respectfully submitted, KENNETH D.KETCHUM, January 9,1943.Treasurer. 146 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 SCHEDULE OF INVESTED FUNDS AND SAVINGS BANK ACCOUNTS December 31,1942 Bonds (Face Value) $1,000—Southern Pacific R.R.ref.4's—1955. 1,500—New York Central R.R.ref.&imp.5's—2013. 1,500—Northern Pacific Rwy.ref.&imp.6's —2047. 1,000—Great Northern Rwy.Gen.Mtg.3%'s—1967. 1,000—Indiana Service Corp.1st 5's—1950. 2,000 —EUicott Square Co.1st 5's extended by agreement. $8,000 Shares 2 shares International Match Realization Co.Ltd. 3 shares Ellicott Square Co.pref. Savings Banks $3,505.63—Quincy Savings Bank. 4,146.82—East Weymouth Savings Bank. 2,090.00 —Hingham Institution for Savings. 8,731.35 —Cohasset Savings Bank. $18,473.80 Respectfully submitted, KENNETH D.KETCHUM, January 9,1943.Treasurer. REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE PAUL PRATT MEMORIAL LIBRARY The Directors present herewith their Annual Report for the year ending December 31,1942. During the past year there have been two changes among the ex-officio members of our board.Mr.Kendall T.Bates was succeeded by Fred Petersen,and Reverend Harry C.Meserve was succeeded by Reverend Walter B.Pedersen. Complete reports of the Treasurer of the Board and of the Librarian are appended below. FREDERICK HINCHLIFFE,President, FRED V.STANLEY,Treasurer, A.FREDERICK PETERSEN, ROLAND D.EARLE, WALTER B.PEDERSEN, ROBERT W.LITTLE, DONALD T.GAMMONS,Clerk, Board of Directors,Paul Pratt Memorial Library. 147 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 PAUL PRATT MEMORIAL LIBRARY In account with Fred V.Stanley,Treasurer Cr. By payments for 1942 For books,magazines and bindings $954.34 For heating and lighting 786.05 For insurance 239.97 For postage,printing and stationery 82.99 For rent,Beechwood Branch 250.00 For repairs and maintenance 472.26 For salaries 4,256.05 For supplies 78.47 For telephones and miscellaneous 100.49 Total expenditures $7,220.62 Balance,Granite Trust Company,January 1,1943 677.26 $7,897.88 Dr. To receipts for 1942 Balance,Granite Trust Company,January 1,1942 $1,119.76 Income from investments 400.00 Income from unrestricted funds,Cohasset Free Pub- lic Library 175.00 Town of Cohasset,appropriation for Library 5,700.00 Fines,fees,etc.,at Library 503.12 Total receipts $7,897.88 Schedule of Invested Funds $1,000.00 Birmingham Terminal Co.Bond,1st 4's 1957 2,000.00 Iowa Southern Utilities Co.Bonds,1st 4's 1970 2,000.00 Northern Indiana Public Service Company bonds,3*)4's 1st 1966 2.000.00 Utah Power and Light Co.Bonds,5's,1st 1944 1,000.00 Public Service Co.of New Hampshire Bond,1st ZV^'s 1961 500.00 Penn.Central Li^ht and Power Co.Bond,1st 41/2 's 1977 2,000.00 Winter Hill Federal Bank Shares,21/2% 351.45 Cohasset Savings Bank $10,851.45 Respectfully submitted, FRED V.STANLEY, Treasurer. 148 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 REPORT OF THE LIBRARIAN OF THE PAUL PRATT MEMORIAL LIBRARY For 1942 To the Board of Directors of the Paul Pratt Memorial Library: My report for 1942,herewith submitted to you,will be as brief as possible.Before speaking of the activities of the library,which have been continued as usual,I wish to quote,in part a statement by Elmer Davis, which was addressed to American Librarians.Mr.Davis says,"From my point of view as Director of the Office of War Information,there is one front on which the services of librarians are urgently required.Librarians occupy a position in American life which enables them to see to it that the people of this country have the facts before them. "Teachers and writers can and do perform useful services on this front, but neither writers nor teachers have at their disposition in their profes- sional work the facilities which the librarian employs.The librarian has around him,or should have,the books in which the facts are presented — tl'e books in which the problems are posed,the considerations are reviewed and the facts made evident.Librarians in their professional duty are con- tinually concerned with the problem of directing their readers to the material which their readers require.In the present war,as never before, this duty of librarians assumes a first and pressing importance and libra- rians in consequence carry a responsibility such as they have never carried in our history." What is our contribution to war work?Not as much as it should be, I fear.Since no room is available for the use of committees or meetings, our service lies more directly in supplying books to fill the need of those who are entering into new work in defense plants and elsewhere and of those who wish to refresh their knowledge of subjects studied earlier,as well as of placing in the hands of our readers the best books we can provide for their information and relaxation. Of the 1,800 odd volumes which were donated for the Victory Book Campaign,1,225 were sent to Lovell General Hospital,Fort Devens;to the U.S.0.Club,Fort Ethan Allen,Burlington,Vermont;to the U.S.Depart- ment of Justice,Immigration and Naturalization Service,Missoula,Montana and to the New England Deposit Library at Brighton,from which center books are distributed in response to requests.Over 700 magazines were also sent to the American Merchant Marine Library in Boston. There have been no exhibitions except those of friends who have shared their hobbies with us.Much interest has been shown in,and we are very glad to have had.Dr.Oliver H.Howe's collection of lamps;Miss Mary E. Fleming's shoes;Miss Helen S.Collier's dogs and Mr.Ralph D.Laurie's hand-carved shore birds. For flowers in the summer we are indebted to the Amateur Garden Club members and for the chrysanthemums in Book Week,to Mr.and Mrs. John Daun. 149 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Requests for books which we do not have have been frequently filled by the Division of Public Libraries (of the Department of Education)or through the Inter-library loan. There have not been as many meetings of Library Clubs this year but I have attended almost all of those few. The children of the Kindergarten and of the Grades at the Ripley Road School enjoy the books which continue to be sent to their rooms and look forward to their coming.The story hours for which Miss Merrill prepared early in the year were very poorly attended and further plans for them were given up.Miss Merrill has made the Children's Room attrac- tive through posters,book jackets and timely collections of books,which have been chosen for the special holidays or for the season of the year. In the Children's Room we have four collections of books,picture- books for the pre-school child (jP);books for the first through the third Grades (jj);for the fourth through the eighth Grades (j)and for the teen age,or Junior High School (y),—comprising 4,113 volumes. Not only the children were interested in the excellent display of books during Book Week,November 15-21,but their mothers as well.The visiting Grades from the Ripley Road School were entertained by Miss Merrill in various ways,from story-telling to instruction in classification and arrange- ment of books in their room.We are grateful to the Cohasset Hardware Company for the privilege of a window book display throughout the week. With simple,cheery Christmas decorations the holiday season passed and the year drew to a close. BOOK STOCK There have been added to the library 894 volumes,—767 through pur- chase;10 through subscriptions or being bound;96 gifts and 21 from the Pay Collection,while 260 have been withdrawn.The net gain of 634,if added to the number of volumes as reported last year will not quite tally with the number I am to report this year,but there are various reasons for the difference.I feel that the count this year is more accurate than ever before,because certain checking has been done to ascertain the number of volumes in each library.Of the 25,709 volumes (including those at the Beechwood Branch Library),11,126 are owned by the Paul Pratt Memorial Library and 14,583 by the Cohasset Free Public Library.Of this total, 24,066 volumes are at the Main Library and 1,643 are at the Beechwood Branch. Gifts of books have been made to the Pay Collection and others have been promised.These,together with those which are bought,will even- tually be put upon the shelves. USE OF LIBRARY The Library has been open 303 days,having been closed one day when repairs on the heater were being made.The change of hours to 9:30 A.M. to 6:30 P.M.,which began November 9,has been very well received and has seemed to be satisfactory to the majority of people.The Beechwood Branch Library has been open its customary two afternoons and evenings each week. Instead of a re-registration,as suggested last year,it has seemed wiser to "re-issue"the cards,and this method,having been successful,will be continued another year.Not as many people are using the library just 150 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 now,since so many are away and others are especially busy.Gas rationing and tire shortage have had their effect as well.During the year there have been 216 new registrations and 920 cards have been re-issued,—a total of 1,136.Of this number 108 have been withdrawn.The file comprises, therefore,1,028 names,696 adult and 218 juvenile at the Main Library and 96 adult and 18 iuvenile at the Beechwood Branch.This is the first year that the adult and juvenile files have been separated. The total number of volumes circulated has been 40,035;36,171 having been borrowed from the Main Library and 3,864 from the Beechwood Branch. Gifts of books and magazines have been received from Mrs.Cleveland Bigelow;Miss Ethel Bowman;Mrs.R.H.Edwards;Mrs.Percy M. Hendrie;Miss Helen M.Phillips;Mrs.Malcolm Seymour;Mrs.Josiah Wheelwright;Burgess C.Tower;Harry V.Long;Herbert Stott;R.M. Gipson;T.G.Joslin;Kenneth D.Ketchum;Richard C.Thompson;John W.Shyne and,especially for the Beechwood Branch Library,from Mrs. B.L.Kelly and Mrs.Charles C.Philbrook.In addition to gifts from indi- viduals,books,booklets and pamphlets have been received from Smith- sonian Institution;Commonwealth of Massachusetts;Cohasset Dramatic Club;Cohasset Girl Scout Council;Cohasset Rotary Club;the Discussion Club;American Legion Auxiliary Unit 114;Cohasset Grange P.of H, No.412;Literary Guild of America and others. In closing,I thank you for your help and support which is always so kindly given.I extend to Miss Merrill a sincere "thank you"for her unfailing co-operation.I am grateful to Mr.Butman for his frequent and willing help and also to the young women who have come in as part-time workers. CHARLOTTE S.TOWER, Cohasset,December 31,1942.Librarian. REPORT OF HARBOR MASTER To the Honorable Board of Selectmen, Gentlemen: As Harbor Master of Cohasset,T beg to submit the following report: During the past summer,on account of the war,the Harbor was not so badly congested with pleasure yachts,etc.,as in some other years. Repairs to the stone wall around the "Green"were completed. I wish to convey my sincere thanks to the members of the Cohasset Yacht Club,the fishermen,and others,for their cooperation and support. Respectfully submitted, RALPH C.BURRELL, Harbor Master. 151 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 REPORT OF MOTH SUPERINTENDENT To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: During the Winter and early Spring the entire Town was covered in an attempt to control heavy infestations of brown tail and gypsy moths that appeared in sheltered areas where wind blown insects gathered in large colonies.The success of this preliminary work is attested by the full foliage during the Spring,Summer and Autumn. With the advent of the spraying period a systematic search was made to encourage and sustain the growth of an entomogenous fungus peculiar to elm trees and which parasitizes the elm beetle which has long been considered the principle carrier of the Dutch elm beetle.The systematic spraying program provided the moisture necessary to permit the surface growing mould to increase to a point that this natural check was of great assistance in controlling the elm leaf beetle,usually most destructive during the midsummer. In the course of the several storms,dead and broken limbs removed by the Tree Department were examined for any trace of disease and burned as a precautionary measure.The usual insect parasites were well controlled and a noticeable lessening of the tent caterpillar was apparent. It is extremely gratifying to report that through cooperative efforts of various interested groups,our shade trees and forest are now receiving the public attention that they deserve and as Superintendent of this Depart- ment it has been my pleasure to accept many valuable suggestions from these interested citizens and your honorable Board. Respectfully submitted, ROSCOE G.PRATT,Moth Superintendent. REPORT OF TREE WARDEN To the Citizens of Cohasset: The activities of your Tree Department during the past year have been many and varied.Storm,disease and in a few cases leaking gas mains have taken their toll of our shade trees;while many trees bordering or adjacent to our highways have been removed for reasons of expediency. Storm injured branches incapable of response to tree surgery and consti- tuting a menace to our highways have been removed;while a systematic program of pruning has added to the beauty and has produced healthy specimens of our native shade trees,that will require minimum attention in future years. The demand for shade tree removals constitutes a yearly problem. Replacements from outlying sources are seldom satisfactory and it seems advisable al this time to recommend to Cohasset citizens the establishment of a Town Nursery wherein replacements would be properly nurtured.Our neighboring towns have well developed nursery stock waiting to till the gaps caused by necessary removals.It would seem foresighted to follow this example in providing Cohasset grown specimens of both deciduous and coniferous. In closing I wish to express my appreciation of the splendid cooperation accorded this department by the citizens of Cohasset and feel sure that the public support resulting from this first planned tree program will warrant its continuation in other years. Respectfully submitted. ROSCOE G.PRATT,Tree Warden. 152 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD In March 1942 Robert Leonard was elected to the Planning Board for a five year term.The Board is now composed of the following members: Robert A,Leonard—term expires March 1947. Paul Blackmur—term expires March 1946—entered government service. Elmer Pratt—appointed active member for unexpired term or until return from service of U.S.Government,whichever may be first. Langford Warren —term expires March 1945. Russell Dean—term expires March 1944—entered government service. William H.Taft^—appointed active member for unexpired term or until return from service of U.S.Government,whichever may be first. Hugh Strain —term expires March 1943. At a meeting of the Planning Board held on October 16th,at the Town Hall,Mr.Elmer Pratt was elected chairman and Mr.Robert Leonard sec- retary to replace Mr.Paul Blackmur and Mr.Russell Dean respectively, who have entered Government Service and are now on leave of absence. During the meeting the Board discussed the regulations with the view of possible revisions which the Board planned to take up more at length in the future.Due to the present war conditions,the Board has not been as active as in the past. Copies of the rules and regulations of the Planning Board are available at the office of the Town Clerk. ROBERT A.LEONARD,Secretary, Cohasset Planning Board. Cohasset,Mass.,February 5,1943. 153 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF THE Town of Cohasset MASSACHUSETTS For the Year Ending December 31 19 4 2 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 SCHOOL COMMITTEE John Emery Term Expires 1945 Mrs.Bernadette Shyne Term Expires 1945 *Nathan Bates Term Expires 1944 Elliot Stoddard Term Expires 1944 Howard Bates Term Expires 1943 Mrs,Cornelia White Terra Expires 1943 Arthur Clark Term Expires 1943 Organization John Emery Chairman Mrs.Bernadette Shyne Secretary Malcolm H.Stevens Financial Secretary Committee on Buildings Mr.Bates Mrs.White Mr.Stoddard Mr.Clark Mrs.Shyne Mr.Emery Committee on Hygiene Mrs.Cornelia White Mrs.Bernadette Shyne Regular Meeting of Committee First Monday of each month at 7:45 P.M. Superintendent of Schools William Ripley,Jr.,Coh.0290,0540 School Physician Dr.Frederick Hinchliffe,Coh.0138 School Nurse Fannie James,Coh.0418-R School Dentist Dr.John Corrigan,Coh.0018 Supervisor of Attendance Hector J.Pellet ier,Coh.0372 and 0060 Janitor—Osgood School John E.Sladen,Coh.0653-W Janitor—Ripley Road School William McArthur,Jr.,Coh.0612-M and Coh.0540 Resigned July 12,1942. 156 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 SCHOOL CALENDAR —1942 -1943 Schools opens Monday,Sept.9 Columbus Day Monday,Oct.12 Thanksgiving Day..Thursday and Friday,Nov.26,27 Christmas Recess Thursday,Dec.24—Friday,Jan.1 Winter Recess Monday,Feb.22—Friday,Feb.26 Spring Recess Monday,April 19—Friday,Apr.23 Memorial Day Monday,May 31 Schools Close Friday,June 18 High School Graduation Monday,June 21 Schools will re-open Wednesday,Sept.8 TEACHING STAFF Osgood School William Ripley,Jr.,Principal and Superintendent Burditt W.Collins,social science Nathan W.Bates,mechanics,math. Murdock S.Matheson,science,math. Marjorie Fay,English Florence E.Reed,Latin,French Mildred Nelson,commercial Laura A.Leonard,language Mary Terry,arithmetic,language Alice E.Stevvrart,English,history,math. Joseph F.O'Brien,history,geography Elected Brown University 1926 Middlebury College 1931 Northeastern University 1942 University of Maine 1942 Radcliffe College 1935 University of New Hampshire 1929 Boston University 1938 Boston University 1937 Bridgewater Normal 1925 Boston University 1940 Boston College 1940 Special Teachers Max H.Meyer,manual training Florence E.Kraus,drawing Helen C.Welch,domestic science Florence C.Ayers,physical education Frederick A.Taylor,music Jeanette C.Woodward,remedial reading Columbia University 1918 Penn.State Normal 1914 Framingham Normal 1919 Sargent School of Physical Education 1940 Northampton Institute of Music Pedagogy 1924 Gorham Normal and Boston University 1942 Ripley Road School Helen L.Brown,Principal Marion R.Sullivan,grade 6 Ruth H.Jellison,grades 5 and 6 Gwendolyn Cleverly,grade 5 Dorothy F.Woods,grade 4 Elizabeth C.Conley,grades 3 and 4 Elaine G.Wing,grade 3 Bridgewater Normal 1921 Boston University 1931 Bates College 1941 Bridgewater Normal 1930 Boston University 1942 Bridgewater State Teachers College 1940 Toronto Normal 1916 157 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Eleanor M.Rohde,grade 2 Framingham State Teachers College 1939 Geraldine L.Thiesen,grade 2 Plattsburg Normal and Boston University 1934 Elizabeth C.Getchell,grade 1 Bridgewater State Teachers College 1939 Catherine T.Heaney,grade 1 Wheelock School and Salem Teachers College 1940 Kathleen McMahon,kindergarten Perry Normal 1915 REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE To the Citizens of Cohasset: During the first full year of our participation in the War the duties of your School Committee have of necessity been varied and extraordinary. Pressing problems and emergencies were solved in the best judgment of your Committee and it is their hope that these carefully considered solu- tions which include long range planning against similar conditions,will receive the approval of tax payer and parent. The safety of Cohasset children is paramount and the ever present threat of air raids led to the completion of an adequate air raid shelter in the Ripley Road School,and planned evacuation of the children in the Osgood School to secure basements or homes of nearby residents.Air raid wardens have been assigned and teachers are instructed in their protective duties.Emergency supplies of food,first aid,wrecking and fire equipment have been installed in both schools.The Committee solicited the best professional services regarding the shelter and air raid precautionary measures and believed that the program as set up,and which has proved successful in practise,is efficient and sound. Replacements of the faculty presented another problem of vital interest to our school population.Mr.James M.Doyle,commissioned a Lieutenant in the U.S.Army,was granted a leave of absence for the duration of the war and six months thereafter.The Committee was fortunate to have available a man thoroughly familiar with school procedure,Mr.William Ripley,Jr.,who was elected acting superintendent of schools and principal of the High School.As teacher vacancies have occurred Mr.Ripley has sought the best possible material available and on his recommendations our faculty retains its efficiency through the election of competent,experi- enced teachers. New subjects together with increased emphasis in studies that offers Practical Education in line with the War effort have received the encourage- ment of the entire Committee.Included is a program of alien education recommended by the State and in which we participate with the towns of Hull and Hingham.The responses in all categories have been extremely gratifying and is well worth the small added expense to the current school budget. The question of fuel was discussed at great length under advices from numerous government agencies who recommended prompt action in the matter of our coal supplies,and following submission of sealed bids from five reputable companies,the fuel supply for the ensuing year was purchased and delivered,with a consequent saving of a considerable amount over 158 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 later prices;provided,however,that with the conservation of fuel,a vital issue,that the use of both schools by organizations and the general public be limited in the use of heat for their purposes.This ruling,while admit- ting to some discomfort,prevents use of necessary fuels for other than school consumption and must be maintained in the interest of economy. The usual repairs were effected during the summer months with per- mission granted to Captain Charles Stegmaier of the State Guard Unit to build an auxiliary room in the basement of the Ripley Road School for the use of the local Company. Later at a special meeting with the Selectmen,Mr.Howard Bates was elected until next annual election to succeed Committeeman Nathan W. Bates,a graduate engineer,who was invited by the Committee to accept a position as a teacher of mathematics,aeronautics,elementary mechanics, and other technical subjects deemed necessary for the instruction of stu- dents entering the diversified war industries. Following the catastrophe at the Cocoanut Grove in Boston,and acting upon the recommendatio];is of the Chief of the Fire Department,the Com- mittee has caused to be posted several rules and regulations in the interest of public safety.Smoking within the school buildings at any time is pro- hibited,and the use of decorating materials of any kind is definitely pro- hibited,except with the permission of the Chief of the Fire Department. In the opinion of the Committee these rules are necessary and justified by public opinion and the police have been instructed to enforce these regu- lations at all public gatherings within the school premises. With mileage rationing an essential problem it is becoming apparent that the Committee must take steps to reduce transportation mileage wher- ever possible.A new bus schedule is being considered in the hope that rationing regulations will be satisfied without too great inconvenience. Due to the critical fuel oil situation that may result in danger to the life and health of Cohasset townfolk,the Committee contemplates a plan whereby in cooperation with the Social Service League,the Red Cross and other civilian defense organizations,the Cohasset schools may be used as emergency shelters for individuals and families suffering as a result of a fuel shortage. In closing special emphasis is placed on the following paragraphs: The Committee wishes to express their appreciation to the members of the faculty for their unselfish efforts in the several rationing programs. Theirs is a splendid example of patriotism that deserves the thanks of the entire community. The Committee is very proud of members of the student body and faculty who volunteered to serve their country in its armed forces,and have voted to award a War Certificate of Proficiency to the members of the student body in their Senior year who have left the school and their gradu- ation,with a provision that a diploma will be properly granted,if in the opinion of the Committee,their studies or experience have been completed while in the Service. Respectfully submitted, COHASSET SCHOOL COMMITTEE John Emery,Chairman. 159 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 REPORT OF THE ACTING SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Tu the School Committee and Citizens of Cohasset: The impact of ^\-ar has necessitated adjustment and readjustment in certain phases of our educational activities.As in our home and business life,we find that the times are such that precedents cannot always be relied upon in the solution of our problems.The schools are confronted with shortages of certain supplies,curtailment of transportation,competition of industry,the armed services for teachers,and the general unrest stimulating youth in a period of turmoil.The greatest stabilizing influence in adjust- ing one"s thinking upon these things is the realization that both the armed forces and vital industry expect the schools to competently train boys and girls to join their ranks. In April,Mr.James W.Doyle,Superintendent of Schools,and Prin- cipal of the Osgood School,left for service w^th the army.I assumed his duties in both capacities at that time.Mr.Murdock S.Matheson was appointed to teach the sciences and mathematics,during the period in which I should be so engaged.Miss Marion Chandler retired in June after 31 years of faithful service.To meet the need for the increased load of mechanical and mathematical subjects,Mr.Nathan W.Bates was ap- pointed to the teaching staff of the Osgood School.In the elementary grades.Miss Dorothy Woods succeeded Mrs.Ruth Mottau Williamson as fourth grade teacher,and Miss Jeanette C.Woodward was appointed to the vacancy in the position of remedial reading teacher. Some curriculum changes were made in the high school,following the advice of both the National Commissioner of Education,Mr.J.W. Studebaker,and our State Commissioner,Mr.Walter Downey.A course in pre-flight aeronautics was introduced for boys in the Senior and Junior classes.Increased emphasis is being given to mechanical drawing.The classes in mechanics which met three days a week last year have been increased to five periods per week,and some few periods of mechanics are now open to girls. The school system has administered the initial registrations for ration- ing,as follows:War Ration Book I,the first gasoline rationing,the second gasoline rationing,and fuel oil rationing.We have also supplied the reg- istrars for two registrations for Selective Service in the past year.The teachers did this cheerfully and are appreciative of the efforts of those willing volunteers about town who helped out when the load seemed about to be heavy.Many high school students prepared the publicity and rendered general assistance at various times. The Air Raid Shelter at the Ripley Road School had been completed, and the children drill to take their places in it with remarkable efficiency. Many small repairs to floors,stairways,roofs,and various parts of both buildings were completed during the summer.The exterior of the Industrial Arts Building was painted,as were three classrooms at the Ripley Road Building.Both buildings were inspected by the State Inspector,and cer- tificates have been issued by him. For more specific details regarding the various departments or phases of the schools activities,I commend to you a careful reading of the appended reports.The expenditures of the school department will be found under the report of the Town Accountant. 160 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 In the elementary grades,I recommend that we bend every effort to maintain and improve that which we have attained thus far.The high school,particularly for the older boys and girls,will tend to become a specialized training in specific areas defined by the armed services and war industries.In addition to this,in war as in peace,its essential duty of preparing good citizens must never become a secondary objective. I thank the members of the school committee,the teachers,and all other employees for their very great help and cooperative spirit. Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM RIPLEY,JR., Acting Superintendent. REPORT OF THE PRINCIPAL OF THE RIPLEY ROAD SCHOOL Mr.William Ripley,Jr.,Superintendent of Schools, Cohasset,Massachusetts. Dear Sir: During the past year four teachers,new to our system,became members of the Ripley Road School teaching force.Three took the places of teachers who had left Cohasset,and the fourth resumed the work in remedial reading which has been discontinued.You were fortunate in securing experienced teachers to fill the vacancies,and the teacher-pupil adjustment was quickly and smoothly accomplished. In September twenty-four pupils,needing help in reading,were rec- ommended to Miss Woodward,the remedial reading teacher.Six have been added to that list during the year.These pupils were given reading capacity tests.These tests aim to determine just what a child's reading capacity really is.For example,a fourth grade pupil may have only a second grade reading capacity.This child is having difficulty in grade four because of his low reading capacity,but perhaps is doing as well as he is able to do. Not much can be done to help him,and at best the improvement will be very slow.Another pupil in the same grade may have a sixth grade reading capacity but is reading only on a third grade level.This child can defi- nitely be helped,and we endeavor to diagnose his difficulty and help him overcome it.After the pupils have been tested for capacity and disabilities, they are grouped accordingly.The groups are small,and each pupil gets a maximum of individual attention—much more than he could receive in his classroom.A remedial reading class does not guarantee that every child will become an easy,fluent reader,but it is an earnest attempt to help pupils overcome their reading disabilities and to make reading a pleasure rather than an unpleasant task. We gave the Stanford Achievement Tests in grades four,five and six in October.The chief value of such tests to me,as principal,is that they enable me to know my school;each grade,class,and pupil.They also aid me in pupil classification and grading.To the classroom teacher,they are of great value as she learns her pupils'strength and weaknesses,and because of this knowledge,she can improve her instruction according to individual pupils'needs.The Gates Silent Reading Tests were given in the lower grades for the same purpose—i.e.to determine progress and to improve instruction. 161 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 In May we had our first air raid shelter drill and have continued to have them at frequent intervals.Although the idea behind the drills is formidable to an adult,the children enjoy them,and there seem to be no alarming thoughts in their minds.We spend a fev^r pleasant minutes in the shelter singing songs,and the war seems far away.The experience means no more to the children than a fire drill. Because of the changes in our teaching force and the interruptions in our program during rationing periods,we have omitted some of the extra activities of other years.We have tried,however,to give our pupils the same thorough foundation in the fundamentals that is so important to their future success. For your assistance and interest,and for the willing cooperation of the teachers and supervisors,I am very grateful. Respectfully submitted, HELEN L.BROWN REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF GUIDANCE Mr.William Ripley,Jr., Superintendent of Schools, Cohasset,Massachusetts. Dear Sir: As the first report from the Director of Guidance in Cohasset,it might be well to explain the purpose of such an office in our school system. For two years we have been working on a plan of correlating various records and thoughts so that we could best aid our young people in pre- paring for their future.This year we state the aims of Guidance.In future annual reports,we hope to show the justification of these aims. Guidance may be roughly divided into two general areas.One area is concerned chiefly with the abilities and interests of the individual.The other area relates to factors aside from the individual,such as occupational information,training opportunities,community relationships,and social activities.It is in the first area,namely,the abilities and interests of the individual,that the individual inventory plays a dominant part. The individual,or personal inventory is essentially an array of those facts about a pupil which distinguish him as an individual apart from others.This program takes into account a wide range of such factors as physical development,health,mental characteristics,educational achieve- ment,social background,interests,and special talents.It is the school's formal record of its efforts to discover and capitalize the individual differ- ences among pupils. The use of the individual inventory in guidance programs in secondary schools has been urged for many years.The recording in one place of all pertinent facts about a pupil greatly facilitates the consideration of this information at those times in the pupil's school life when guidance is needed. Without this systematic collection of personal data,some important facts may be overlooked.Developing this inventory has been our major aim. 162 Annual Report.Town of Cohasset,1942 Young people of today have privileges and opportunities such as those of no other time ever had.Yet,in viewing the future,they are beset with anxiety and uncertainty.The paramount question is,"Will I find satis- factory placement in work—for which I am suited by ability,aptitude, and training?"To solve this problem,youth requires sympathetic under- standing,wise direction,and intelligent guidance.Teachers and counselors can play a most important role in helping young people take the proper steps in the selection of their careers. Those who prepare for desirable jobs are more likely to obtain them than those who are not prepared.However,most boys and girls are not easily impressed with the value of adequate preparation for the business of living.They usually do not profit to an appreciative degree from what the high school has to offer them because they do not understand the real purpose of education.They are often unable to connect school life with life outside the schoolroom.Many students would put more energy and initiative into school subjects if they realized at the time that they were laying the foundation for their future careers. One of the most valuable services the guidance teacher can render is to assist youth in bridging the gap between school life and the world of work.Becoming satisfactorily adjusted in occupational life calls for the surmounting of many difficulties.Getting a job of any kind often entails a great deal of personal salesmanship.Selling one's self is no easy task for the inexperienced high school boy or girl.Boys and girls are aware of the vocational problems facing them.They are eager for information, but they want tangible,individual information. It is not enough to secure a job or choose a vocation and begin work. Equally as important is the question of making good.Certain characteristics and qualities lead to advancement,success,and happiness;others lead to failure and discontent.Not only do boys and girls need help in identifying desirable and undesirable characteristics,but they need guidance in devel- oping tlie elements of success and in applying them to their own ways of living. The person who uses his spare time wisely has much to gain.The person who squanders his spare time not only has nothing to gain,but his health,peace of mind,and character are at stake.Unwise use of leisure time is the undoing of countless boys and girls.Shorter working hours in this modern age have increased leisure time.How to make gainful use of spare tim.e is a problem to be met by the individual who wishes to make life a happy combination of work and play. Every normal person desires success and happiness.So often success is denied and happiness never realized because of the wrong scale of values established by the individual.Right ideals like other worth-while things must get off to an early start,if one is to reap full benefit from them.Every- day habits of living must tune in with aims,ideals,and purposes,in order that needless conflicts be avoided.Each day brings forth trivial problems which call for readjustment.Assisting young people in more effective habits of dealing with the lesser immediate problems is providing the best training with which to meet the major problems of life successfully. The following outline may facilitate an understanding of the contri- butions that the school can make in the areas of educational and vocational guidance,citizenship training,and character education. 163 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Educational and Vocational Guidance 1.Supply reliable information regarding the nature and value of school subjects and curricula offerings. 2.Encourage the pupil to plan an educational program in accordance with his own abilities,interests,and aptitudes. 3.Give the pupil a general over-view of the world of work. 4.Make the pupil familiar with the techniques of making an occu- pational choice,and of entering a chosen field of endeavor. 5.Make the pupil aware of the educational opportunities open to him when he leaves the high school,before or after graduation. 6.Encourage the pupil to remain in school until he can enter occu- pational life advantageously and with appropriate training. 7.Make a systematic and conscientious effort to develop and improve the pupil's study habits. 8.Afford a place where individual or group educational and vocational problems may be considered. Guidance for Citizenship 1.Help the pupils get acquainted with one another,with the school personnel,building,regulations,customs,and traditions. 2.Provide one of the strategic places where good citizenship can be practiced through cooperative living. 3.Develop responsibility for leading and following. 4.Develop habits of thrift in terms of money,time,and energy. 5.Formulate and develop codes of safety in the home,school,and community. 6.Develop appreciation for one's community. 7.Develop the idea of personal service to the school and to the com- munity and give the pupil experience in such activity. 8.Help develop a code of school citizenship and a deepening of loyalties. 9.Provide a place where individual or group problems of citizenship may be considered. Guidance in Character Training 1.Develop proper attitudes toward school,home,and community. 2.Help cultivate respect for authority and worthy traditions, 3.Develop a sense of personal responsibility in the pupil as a citizen in the school making it a better place in which to live. 4.Develop skills in forms of common courtesy and social etiquette. 5.Provide an opportunity for a study and discussion of successful men and women. 6.Help develop an appreciation and desire for what is good in art, music,nature,literature,and friends. 7.Provide a place where ethical problems of an individual or common nature may be discussed. Respectfully, BURDITT W.COLLINS. 164 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF ART Mr,William Ripley,Jr., Superintendent of Schools, Cohasset,Massachusetts. Dear Sir: The annual report of the Art Department is hereby submitted. Changes have been made in the schedule to permit many more high school students to take Mechanical Drawing.The national emergency has proven the need for a great deal more training in this and allied subjects, a need which has been pointed out by Mechanical Drawing teachers every- where in the years preceding this emergency,with little or no success.Less and less time had been allotted to this subject,until our war preparations brought out the fact that there exists a very definite shortage of trained draftsmen.Our course is planned to build a foundation for further training in the field of technical training. Mechanical Drawing,or Graphics,as it is more properly called,is not only an educational subject,it is cultural as well.The student who takes this subject is starting out on a new adventure which can be just as exciting as any other subject.It will interest him very often when other subjects in the curriculum have lost their hold,and will give him valuable training in organized thought and in the habits of precision which will be of great value to him even though he never enters the field of technical work.If he does continue along these lines,he will have a thorough knowl- edge of the basic elements of the Graphic Language and its expression in crystallized form.The educational aims briefly stated are as follows: 1.To train in mental organization which is the crystallized record of visualization. 2.To teach a graphical language. 3.To create a respect for accuracy and for precision instruments. 4.To use Graphics as a tool. 5.To train in the development of personal pride in one's own work, an extremely important aim. Thirty-eight students are enrolled in our Mechanical Drawing classes, five of them girls. In the Industrial Survey course sixteen girls are being trained in the technique necessary to enable them to make inked tracings of working drawings,with the hope that these girls may be fitted to release skilled draftsmen in defense plants for the other phases of their work which require complete training. In order to organize these extra classes in the high school my time at the Ripley Road School has been curtailed,making it necessary for the fifth and sixth grade teachers to teach drawing part time.The fine spirit of cooperation in that school is much appreciated. We have been called upon to do some work for the Junior Red Cross. One project which proved to be popular and successful was the designing of six by nine menu covers to be used at Christmas dinner in the Navy, North Atlantic Area. 165 Annual Report.Town of Coh asset.1942 The war has changed the picture considerably in our art teaching,but we are endeavoring to hold to as much of the fundamental teaching as is possible.We have tried to teach art in its relation to everyday living and at the present time it seems more important than ever to hold fast to our ideals,even when called upon to lay them aside temporarily. Your interest in the art department and its problems has been most helpful. Respectfully submitted. FLORENCE E.KRAUS. January 1.1943. REPORT OF THE HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT Mr.William Ripley.Jr., Superintendent of Schools, Cohasset.Massachusetts. Dear Sir: The world of today needs men and women who are able to use their hands in useful and constructive work,who are not afraid to work and who have the ability to spend money wisely and to receive value therefor;and boys and girls of school age must be trained to do their part. The girls are receiving some of this training in their Home Economics classes.Cooking is taught in the eighth and tenth grades and includes the preparation and serving of simple,well-cooked foods,efficiency and economy in handling food materials,the requirements of the body and how they are best supplied to develop strong and healthy individuals. The sewing courses teach the making and use of stitches,the use of patterns and the sewing machine and their application in making simple garments.The care and repair of clothing is taught,mending,patching, and darning of various kinds.Considerable Red Cross work has been done; this includes the making of garments and quilts and knitted articles and afghans. "U S.needs us strong"'is the slogan of the National Nutrition Com- mittee.One of the best ways to make us strong is by eating the right kind of foods.Young people,especially,need an adequate lunch,preferably a hot one.after their early morning start and a morning of school work. Although the price of all food commodities has gone up,so far we have been able to keep our lunch room prices at the same level as last year. At the present time we are serving a complete lunch for ten cents:this includes a main dish and a dessert,with sometimes a vegetable added and sometimes a fruit juice.Soups,milk,salads,and sandwiches may be pur- chased separately. In closing,I wish to thank you and the School Committee for your interest and cooperation. Respectfully submitted, HELEN C.WELCH. 166 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 INDUSTRIAL ARTS DEPARTMENT Mr.William Ripley,Jr., Superintendent of Schools, Cohasset,Massachusetts. Dear Sir: I submit to you herewith my report of the Industrial Arts Department for the year 1942. General objectives of the school shops: 1.To develop handiness to enable the pupil to apply the test of prac- tice to some of his thinking. 2.To develop the mind in providing constructive problems,in materials, which demand a vigorous mental reaction. 3.To interest in school work those pupils to whom the traditional studies do not appeal strongly. Special objectives for the older boys: 1.To provide means for developing technical knowledge and skill. 2.To help to discover special interests and aptitudes important to vocational guidance. 3.To create interest in the Arts and Industries. The adequately equipped woodwork and print shops provide the oppor- tunity for the boys to achieve these objectives. At the present time the boys of the eighth grade are constructing one dozen electric lamps for the American Red Cross.Other projects are to follow. Under the direction of Mr.Nathan Bates important additional courses are now offered to high school boys and a group of girls as well.These are auto mechanics,elementary aviation,and general mechanics for girls. Consideration is being given now to the providing of other means of pre- induction training for both industry and the armed services. The courses are an advance in the right direction,in keeping with the needs of the times,and I hope are forerunners to the establishment of a real state-aided Trade School,I suggest that plans for such a school be made now. Respectfully submitted, MAX H.MEYER. REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC Mr.William Ripley,Jr., Superintendent of Schools, Cohasset,Massachusetts. Dear Mr.Ripley: I herewith submit my twentieth annual report. Music is a subject not to be talked about but expressed as sound.No volume of scholastic theories ever will do what one simple song or any easy piano piece can accomplish. 167 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 All children like to sing!True.All children like good music!True. And all children will gravitate naturally to singing and choosing the good in music if left to their own devices. But while the pupil is exposed to music in school for a short period daily and during that time is encouraged to do his best we must not fail to consider the outside influences surrounding the child.The movie,the radio,and the phonograph contribute little of a constructive nature.Rather, the average radio program tends to break down high standards rather than to build a better standard. "When listening come in participation goes out." Our task must be to encourage doing not listening.Listening to radio programs tends to mental laziness,it saps the spirit of initiative.More children would be prompted to study instruments were it not for the radio. Before the advent of radio music in the home was obtained through the playing by the children,all of whom took music lessons.A musical edu- cation meant "taking lessons."What is now termed appreciation was unknown.—(music via phonograph—)acquaintance with Bach and Beetho- ven was acquired by learning to play their music and that is true appre- ciation. To know Mozart and his style,play the music of Mozart.And the same holds true of all music literature. Respectfully submitted, FREDERICK A.TAYLOR, Supervisor of Music. REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS Mr.William Ripley,Jr., Superintendent of Schools, Cohasset,Massachusetts. Dear Sir: Out of the present world conflict many innovations,transformations, and changes will develop;and not the least important will be the changed American viewpoint on public school physical education and athletics.The Selective Service draft of today has found too large a number of America's youth unfit for military service.A great number of those accepted have not had any physical training or health education.This fact is making it necessary that the period of training be longer for those boys before they are ready for active service. Dr.John W.Studebaker,Lnited States Commissioner of Education, has prepared a program for the physical fitness of all high school pupils. I quote from Dr.Studebaker's report. "The program that has been prepared recommends that (1)all high school pupils be required to have at least five full periods each week of instruction in physical fitness activities;(2)opportunities be provided for all pupils to participate for ten hours each week in some forms of extra- curricular athletics;(3)the physical activity program be planned in light of the results of directed observation of each pupil by the teacher and of medical examinations;and (4)the general health program be improved." 168 Annual Report.Town of Cohasset.1942 In Cohasset y<-e would like to do more than we are doing at the present time.Plans are under way for a more rigid physical fitness program. Although the girls have the benefit of g>-m work during the school days, the boys have had to be satisfied -with extra-curricular sports for many years. Baseball and track have been oflFered in the spring and football in the faU. These sports have been made attractive enough so that almost every boy who was not working afternoons had the benefit of this exercise.No boy is allowed to take part in competitive sport who is not first examined by the School Physician and found to be physically fit.Physical accident insurance is also carried by all of the high school boys who take part in intramural sport. Recently,there has been an added impetus toward basketball for boys in the school.The boys have been practicing in the Assembly Hall of the school under Mr.Matheson's direction.In the near future,we hope to have the use of the To^ti Hall for some of the practice sessions and perhaps for a few games. The High School Baseball and FootbaD teams in 1942 were coached by Mr.O'Brien.With the transportation problem as it is.the boys were able to meet teams in adjacent towns only.However,the seasons proved verv'successful,and we shall continue to keep inter-scholastic sports alive as long as we can. One of the major aims of education has always been physical fitness. Through a program of physical education and health,public schools have attempted to make the boys and girls physically strong,and mentally alert. These characteristics lead to proper social integration and spiritual devel- opment. Physical education programs have been conducted also as a contributing factor of three other basic educational objectives:health,the use of leisure time,and ethical character.These three objectives are not the sole re- sponsibility of physical education,however;they are in harmony %N'ith.and parallel to.the general aims of education. Respectfully submitted. BURDITT W.COLLINS. REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION Mr.William Ripley.Jr.. Superintendent of Schools. Cohasset.Massachusetts. Dear Sir: The Physical Education program at both schools has been carried out with the same aims and objectives in mind.However,greater emphasis has been placed on body health,body mechanics,body suppleness,and body control which are vital to everyone under the present conditions. At the present time,everyone realizes the importance of good health. The priman.-source from which it is derived is through exercise.There- fore.Physical Education should be given proper recognition and support. "Through exercise the circulatory system,digestive system,eliminatory system,respirators-system,and metabolism in general,are stimulated into 169 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 action and subsequently into a state of organic health.Through lack of exercise the various organs tied up with these systems decay.This is an unchanging law of nature." The excellent Field Hockey equipment which you and the School Com- mittee have so kindly provided has proved to be an added impetus in the Physical Education program.It might interest you to know that it has not only broadened the athletic program but it has definitely improved the girls'morale. Respectfully submitted, FLORENCE C.AYERS. REPORT OF THE SCHOOL PHYSICIAN Mr.William Ripley,Jr., Superintendent of Schools, Cohasset,Massachusetts. Dear Sir: The general health of the pupils during the school year 1942-43 is satis- factory,with infectious diseases at a low level.The pupils of the Ripley Road and the Osgood Schools have been examined,and parents notified of remedial defects.Sanitary conditions have been inspected and recom- mendations made. Respectfully submitted, FREDERICK HINCHLIFFE,M.D., School Physician. REPORT OF THE SCHOOL NURSE Mr.William Ripley,Jr., Acting Superintendent of Schools. Dear Sir: Number of pupils taken home during school hours for illness or accident 56 Number of home visits pertaining to absence and health of pupils 60 Number of pupils taken to office of School or Family physician 7 Number of home visits for family history of pupils examined by psychiatrist 10 Number of "Follow Up"visits on notices sent parents by School Physician 37 Number of pupils given Turberculin Test —Grades 9 and 11 41 Number of pupils reacting to test 3 170 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Number of pupils X-rayed (including repeats of previous years)6 Number of teachers X-rayed (by request)11 Number of active cases of tuberculosis A Pre-School Clinic was held at the Ripley Road School on May 13, 1942.Twenty-four children attended.A physical examination was made by Dr.Hinchliffe,and a dental examination by Dr.Corrigan;recommen- dations were made to the parents at this time.A nutritionist from the State Department was also present and interviewed the mothers. The majority of children in Cohasset have been immunized against Diphtheria,and for this reason only eight pupils attended the Clinic this year. A Dental Clinic for both schools is held at the Ripley Road School two full days each week,and pupils with eye strain or poor vision have had the needed correction. The attendance at the Ripley School has been especially good this past year.We have had very few contagious diseases;namely one case of Scarlet Fever and several cases of Chicken Pox.Most of the absences have been of short duration. At the Osgood School an improvement has been noticed in the posture of the girls.Miss Florence Ayers,physical education teacher,should be commended for her fine work in dealing with this problem. The classroom teachers are very mindful of the health of their pupils and co-operate in every part of the Health program. Respectfully submitted, FANNIE JAMES, School Nurse. 171 "Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 000<ror~-00(MVO'^OLr50'«*OCOa\vOrJ<t^VOCSIOCOO\VC)CSJCCi— I i-H eg CS (M (M (M CO rH (N e<l CM (M (N .—I 1—I r-M r-l (M (M CSJ r-t r-H CS|i—I r-l ^00 Irt r-l 00 00 I/)»r>fO CO T?T?cs CO CM 1—1 r-l r-l CO I— I 1—ii—icoi—icomcoi/5 i-HCM-^COCSITfoOr—It^ COCMCOCSlirSLOCMOr-ICvJ (>j ^^cofor^r^CM'* I—Ir-ir-l,—(C\|r-H :VOCOi—ILO CO On r^(^q CO rHCSICOVOO.—INVO COCMVOCS|CMVOCMt> :r-I—I On vo '*I—'r— I r--On rg CSJ CO On O rH CM T^'i^'T-'t^'-?-'t»~T^~>.1^1 »,t^^t,K^«j ^t,^(^^fj ^t,K*^*.^».[^*,S^*,^t.^t.^f^«^o .S o -S o -S o •-o -i^I o •=!o -S o •-o •"o .t:!o -S o -t:o -S o -t!opqomocQOeQOmoeQOcQOmopaOMOmomooQOeQOHo-S o •-o M !>. §5 eg to en Ih o 6 2: I— 1 Iri OH r^ t^ CM vn to CO CM rf >.O in CQ CO o ?^CO rtl ,__ CC O CM H CO ^ CO 1— 1 Tf ,_, o\o CO in w P.ON prfOh >^ ^CO a <v CO B Tt (V W Csl^ <— 1 r- rt '~* Cfi CM a 3 Ph ,1oo^o r/-) cC -C bl>OH K 172 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 COHASSET HIGH SCHOOL Course of Studies,1942-1943 Enrollment by courses of study for grades 9,10,11 and 12 Aeronautics (11 and 12)8 Algebra (9)36 Algebra (11 and 12)14 Bookkeeping (10)15 Biology (9)26 Business Practice (9)26 Chemistry (11 and 12)20 Commercial Geography (10)14 Domestic Science (9)13 Domestic Science (10)7 Domestic Science (11 and 12)16 Drawing,Free Hand (9)23 Drawing,Free Hand (10)27 Drawing,Free Hand (11)8 Drawing,Free Hand (12)10 Drawing,Mechanical (9)30 Drawing,Mechanical (SP)16 Drawing,Mechanical (10,11 and 12)11 English (9)45 English (10)28 English (11)32 English (12)30 French (10)6 French (11)7 General Science (9)29 General Science (11 and 12)15 Geometry (10)15 History,American (12)31 History,European I (10)26 History,European II (11)19 Latin (9)21 Latin (10)8 Manual Training (9)12 Manual Training (10)8 Mechanics (9)12 Mechanics (10)8 Mechanics (girls)(11 and 12)13 Music,Chorus (9,10,11,12)75 Music Appreciation (10,11,12)8 Physical Education (girls)(9)18 Physical Education (girls)(10)17 Physical Education (girls)(11)15 Physical Education (girls)(12)11 Sociology (12)17 Shorthand (11)13 Shorthand (12)4 Typewriting (10)24 Typewriting (11)16 Typewriting (12)4 173 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 GRADUATION EXERCISES Class of 1942 "Ode to Joy"Beethoven Processional March Wagner Eleanor Williams '42 "America" Invocation Rev.Kermit Schoonover Address of Welcome Gordon Flint,Class President "Land of our Birth"Lowell Mason Chorus Essay —"The Progress of American Music" Eleanor Williams Essay—"The Romance of Philately" Barbara Bates "Etude in C Minor" Eleanor Williams Essay —"The Lady With the Lamp" Nancy Philbrook "Lost Chord"Sullivan Chorus Presentation of Awards Address—"Making Life A Masterpiece" Rev.John Nicol Mark Presentation of Diplomas John Emery,Chairman of School Committee "Star Spangled Banner"Smith Recessional 174 Annual Report,Town of Cohasset,1942 Graduating Class,1942 Barbara L,Bates Charlotte E.Bowser Stella F.Curtis Jeannette M.Fitzpatrick Ruth V.Gonsalves Ellen V.James Catherine G.Kelly Katherine M.Lutz Everlyn M.Marks Angie G.Nardo Nancy C.Philbrook Mary A.Rosano Elizabeth R.Schott Pauline B.Sestito Constance Stoughton Eleanor A.Williams Elizabeth H.Williams Harriet L.Whittaker Lawrence D.Ainslie Harold E.Cortez Gordon E.Flint George Gelinas Herbert P.Haley Frank K.Hirons Leighton H,LeClair Richard P.Oliver Ralph Perroncello SCHOLARSHIP AWARD—Barbara L.Bates WOMEN'S CLUB SCHOLARSHIP—Eleanor Williams COHASSET YOUTH SALVAGE COMMITTEE—Gordon Flint Entering Class,1942 Helen E.Barnes John S.Bates Margaret Chisholm Miriam Clark Mary J.Cook Richard Cortez Benjamin Curley,Jr. Porter Dickinson Marjorie Figueiredo Winthrop Graham,Jr. John Green Earle Higgins Mary Lou Dobbs Jeannette James William H.James Elizabeth Jason Theresa LeClair Robert Litchfield Emily L.MacLean Marion MacLean Herman Maynard Margaret McNamara Francis Mitchell Mary Mitchell Elizabeth Mulvey Bradford Mulhern Rose Nardo Vito Nardo John Patrolia Henry Purslow Joseph Salvador Mary Signorelli Louis Sorrentino Donald Souther Roger Stoddard Ira Stoughton Austin Studley Donald Sweeney James Sweeney Frederick Sullivan Elizabeth White Priscilla Wood 175 INDEX Assessors,Board of 143 Cohasset Free Public Library 146 Collector of Taxes 128 Committee on Buildings 137 Fire Department 134 Forest Warden 1 34 Harbor Master 151 Health Department 138 Highway Surveyor 138 Jury List 129 Moth Superintendent 152 Paul Pratt Memorial Library 147 Planning Board 153 Police Department 131 Public Health Nurse 141 Public Welfare,Board of 145 Registrars,Board of 57 School Department 155 Sealer of Weights and Measures 133 Selectmen,Board of 142 Supt.of Fire Alarm and Wire Inspector 137 Town Accountant: Receipts 58 Expenditures 63 Details from Payroll 113 Town Clerk: Town Officers and Committees 3 Annual Town Meeting,March 7,9,1942 9 Election of Officers,March 14,1942 25 State Primary 28 State Election 33 Vital Statistics 38 Town Treasurer 126 Tree Warden 152