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Year Ending December 31, 1928
THE MANSFIELD PRESS
1929
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Roster .of Town Officers, 1928
BOARD OF SELECTMEN—OVERSEERS OF THE POOR
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BOARD OF HEALTH
William P. McDermott, Chairman
Term Expires -1930
Edward A. Richardson William H. Lyons, Clerk
Term Expires -1929 Term Expires -1930
Benjamin D. Vickery Lesley B. Allen
Term Expires -1929 Term Expires -1931
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Albert A. Grover, Chairman
Term Expires -1929
Sadie H. Tucker David V. Green
Term Expires -1930 Term Expires` -1931
APPOINTMENTS MADE BY BOARD OF SELECTMEN
TOWN MANAGER
William Plattner Jan. 1 to May 1, 1928
Harold H. Everett Appointed May 1, 1928
TOWN CLERK AND ACCOUNTANT
Harrison A. Morse
Myrtle M. Donlan,Assistant Town Clerk
ASSESSORS
Francis D. Greany, Chairman
Term Expires -1930
Albert R. Tebbetts Charles E. Walker
Term Expires -1929 Term Expires -1931
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TRUSTEES PUBLIC LIBRARY
Everett W. Robinson, Chairman
Term Expires -1931
Jennie E. Copeland Annie A. Horton
Term Expires -1929 Term Expires -1930
Kenneth C. Sherman Fred W. Day
Term Expires -1929 Term Expires -1930
SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS
T. J. Fox Leo M. Bannon Albert A. Grover
Term Expires -1929 Term Expires -1930 Term Expires -1931
Charles H. Stearns Kenneth C. Sherman Charles N. Crane
Term Expires -1929 Term Expires -1930 Term Expires -1931
PLANNING BOARD
Ernest L. White, Chairman
Term Expires -1929
George B. French William R. Prescott
Term Expires -1929 Term Expires -1930
Daniel G. Joy Kenneth C. Sherman
Term Expires -1930 Term Expires -1931
TOWN COUNSEL
Clarence A. Barnes
CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
Herbert E. King
CONSTABLES
John W. Conrod Arthur C. Conrad
Newell B. Vickery James Newall
TREE WARDEN AND MOTH INSPECTOR
William Plattner Jan. 1 to May 1, 1928
Harold H. Everett.—Appointed May 1, 1928
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INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS !
Walter P. Sheridan Jan. 1 to March 20, 1928
Ralph B. Willis Appointed April 12, 1928
INSPECTOR OF MEATS
Ralph B. Willis
BURIAL AGENT
George R. Beckman Jan. 1 to Sept. 1, 1928
Arthur B. Styles Appointed Sept. 1, 1928
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
Harrison A. Morse, Clerk Francis D. Fairbanks
Albert T. Hodges Term Expires -1930
Died February 14, 1928 Eugene B. Wilson
James H. McCarthy Term Expires -1931
Appointed—March 1, 1928
FOREST WARDEN
Arthur E. Soper
APPOINTMENTS MADE BY THE TOWN MANAGER
TREASURER AND COLLECTOR
Harold H. Everett Jan. 1 to May 1,, 1928
Ethel M. Murray—Appointed May 1, 1928
CHIEF OF POLICE
Newell B. Vickery
MANAGER OF MUNICIPAL LIGHTING PLANT
William Plattner Jana 1 to May 1 1928
Harold H. Everett—Appointed May 1, 1928
William Plattner Jan. 1 to May 1, 1928
Harold H. Everett -Appointed May 1, 1928
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Henry E. Fairbanks Jan. 1 to March 1, 1928
Willoughby Wilson Appointed March 1, 1928
SUPERINTENDENT OF TOWN HOME
Charles Scott
FIELD DRIVERS
George B. Flint
Clarence A. Lovely
MEASURERS OF LEATHER
Robert H. Bell
Arthur 0. Babine
MEASURERS OF BARK AND LUMBER
Lewis S. Packard James Findlater
Frank I. Sherman Benjamin Flint
Fred A. Bentley
FENCE VIEWERS
John Conrod William H. Fuller Newell Vickery
HEALTH OFFICER
Harrison A. Morse
INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS
Charles E. Walker Jan. 1 to March 1, 1928
William R. Prescott Appointed March 1, 1928
INSPECTOR OF WIRES
Edward C. McNutt
JANITOR OF TOWN HALL AND MEMORIAL BUILDING
William H. Fuller
SCHOOL NURSE
Daisy L. Dodge
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Town Manager's Report
to the
Board of Selectmen
December 31, 1928.
Honorable Board of Selectmen
Mansfield, Mass.
Gentlemen:
I herewith submit my first annual report, which is the eighth
annual report under the Town Manager Charter. This is submitted
in accordance with Section 20 (e) of our Charter. I am not cov-
ering every operation in detail as my weekly reports are on file for
public inspection. But I am making this report a general outline
of the work done the past year.
TOWN TREASURER AND COLLECTOR
During the year this department was transferred from my care
to Mrs. Ethel M. Murray, who by her past experience, should make
the town a very good collector and treasurer.
The utmost care has been used in the borrowing of money as
the money rates during the year have been very high.
The work of this office is increasing yearly, due to the higher
tax levies and increased business in the Electric Light Department.
The new Motor Excise Tax Law, with its monthly levies, will also
increase the details of this office.
The report of this department will be found in another partof
the Town Report.
ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT
I assumed the management of the Electric Light Department
on May 3rd., upon the resignation of Mr. William Plattner. I
immediately appointed Mr. Willoughby Wilson as Office Manager, in
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order that there might be a fixed responsibility in this department,
and also to effect greater co-operation on all details. Mr. Edward
C. McNutt continued as foreman of the plant. I wish to state that
the spirit of co-operation of the department has been excellent.
We have completed the construction of street lighting on Ware
Street.
The street lighting capacity has been increased by the installa-
tion of two new transformer tubs. Some new motor equipment
has been purchased and our inventory has been kept in good con-
dition.
By a vote of the Board of Selectmen, I have carried on an
extensive campaign to reduce overdue accounts, and I feel that we
have attained results along this line. It was necessary to discon-
tinue many services, some of which were in arrears for long periods.
During the year there was a decrease in the amount of power
consumed owing to conditions in the factories. However, in time
this should balance itself.
During the coming year I am planning to make plant improve-
ments which will greatly increase our capacity. In some cases,
extension of lines will be impossible without it. There are pending
at present several requests for new line extensions which cannot
be taken care of until the receipts of the department will allow
same. This department should carrya larger cash balance than
has been the custom, to take care of the rebuilding of the lines in
case of a heavy storm. If allowed to accumulate properly this de-
partment will never need to fall back on the tax levy except in
extreme cases.
Considerable discussion of a change to three phase equipment
has already taken place and eventually should be adopted. My
chief program for 1929 consists of a gradual change out of depart-
mental receipts along this .line. Barring storms and the appropria-
tion of funds for other purposes this can be started during the
coming year. I look forward to your support of this program. A
general survey of conditions and costs of replacements has been
started and I feel sure the whole project could be completed with
funds from our cash balance within two years.
A general program of replacement and construction of existing
lines together with the rebuilding of our main feed line was carried
out this fall. I feel that the lines and general plant are in as good
shape to resist a storm as at any time in the history of the plant.
TOWN HALL
During the past year the exterior of the hall has been 'thor-
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oughy repainted. ainted. The rear hallways, upstairs and down, were
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cleaned and repainted and now present a very favorable appearance.
The closet off of the Police Station has been renovated and it
is used as a consultation room for the Chief of Police.
The hall as a whole is in very good condition, with the excep-
tion of the paint in the main hall, which I hope to take care of in
1929, if I receive sufficient appropriation.
The Assessors vault has been thoroughly repainted as well as
all the foundations of the building.
BACK BAY BROOK
This stream is one of the greatest detriments to the residential
section of our town, and entails constant expense for maintenance.
The methods of eliminating this stream are all very costly but
some gradual change should be adopted.
The most feasible plan would be to run the brook through
culvert pipe from Pratt Street to a point a few feet south of Eddy
Street. I would therefore recommend an annual appropriation each
year for this purpose, until the whole project is completed. Thus
we would in a few years avoid much of the maintenance cost.
This project might also be considered from a betterment view-
point, as all the abutting property would greatly increase in value.
It would also eliminate sewerage from finding its way through the
whole district and the health conditions of our whole community
would certainly be better.
I would be pleased to have the Board of Selectmen present the
matter to the voters in the near future.
POLICE DEPARTMENT
On assuming office on May 3rd., I appointed Mr. Newell B.
Vickery as Chief of Police. I feel that his conduct of this respon-
sible position has well justified my appointment. The Police De-
partment is well organized and a fine spirit of co-operation prevails
among all the officers.
The Chief of Police will make a detailed report of his activities
for the benefit of the tax payers.
I might also state that all the officers have new uniforms, which
were purchased from the receipts of the Police Ball, and their
neat appearance certainly is a credit to the town. Their thriftiness
is commendable.
This department is operated at a very low cost and a day
patrolman cannot be added without a larger appropriation. This
MOTH DEPARTMENT
The work in this department was carried on under the jurisdic-
tion of Mr. Joseph Bellavance. The wet spring season made it
difficult to cover the ground quickly but the town was thoroughly
taken care of.
The department is badly in need of a more
Powerful
machine, especially one with enough force to hit ® he ftops pof the
trees. .With a more powerful machine greater speed could be
obtained and a larger area covered, thus saving a great deal on
labor cost.
The application of creosote in the Fall was taken care of in the
usual manner.
TREE DEPARTMENT
The wet spring and summer caused a great many requests for
trimming and cutting trees in this department. The trees on many
of the streets had to be trimmed several times to keep down the
growth and to eliminate dangerous corners.
During the year a great many requests were received forthe
cutting of boundary shade trees. This should be discouraged. It
only takes a few minutes to destroy a tree, but a great many years
to replace one. It should be called to the attention of the citizens
that they should oppose the cutting of trees at
public hearings
which are given before any such trees are removed. If no opposi-
tion arises the Tree Warden must follow the request of the petition
for removal.
HEALTH
Mr. Harrison A. Morse is my agent in the care of this work.
The collection of garbage has been continued under the direc-
tion of Mr. Scott at the Town Infirmary. This is an excellent service
given he town at a very low cost.
There were during the year several inspections made of stables
and in several cases court actions were avoided only b
action of the owners. y prompt
There has been some agitation for a By-law to - prohibit the
keeping of live stock in the center of the Town. I do not recommend
adoption of this,, without much study, as some keep their stables
in a very sanitary condition. It would be ' very difficult to adopt a
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law, without harming some keepers of cattle who should not be
harmed.
During the Spring and Summer there was a slight outbreak of
diphtheria, but it was kept well in hand with the co-operation of
the State Health Officer. This all, under the jurisdiction of this
department, together with the co-operation of the School Depart-
ment and the State Board of Health a Diphtheria prevention clinic
was held to immunize pre-school children and school children from
the fourth grade down. It was carried to a successful conclusion in
every way, with the very active co-operation of Mr. L. L. Woods,
Superintendent of Schools.
COMMONS
The Town commons are in fair condition, with the exception of
the fence around the East Mansfield common.
The flag poles and balls have been painted, and new ropes put
up.
All benches were repaired, repainted and were placed in the
commons the first week of June for the summer.
During the summer it was necessary to shut off the water
fountain at the North Common, due to the fact that the children of
that section would not respect its use, causing an unsightly mud
hole on the street. A little co-operation on the part of those using
it would avoid such a nuisance.
I am planning to install a drinking fountain at West Mansfield
common during the coming summer. I have been given to under- _
stand that this was part of an agreement for an easement of land
when the mains were laid.
Next year a newt type of fountain will be installed to take the
place of, the present fountains.
CARE OF TOWN BURIAL GROUND
This work has been carried on by Mr. Joseph Bellavance. Owing
to the wet summer, the rapid growth of vegetation, entailed much
work in this department.
I feel that our cemeteries presented an excellent appearance on
Memorial Day and were kept in fair condition the balance I of the
year.
DECORATION OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES
Mr. George R. Beckman, Burial Agent, had charge of this work
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SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Mr. Willoughby Wilson has had charge of this work and his
interest and thoroughness have been very commendable. His report
will appear in detail elsewhere in the Town Report.
It is apparent that the State is preparing to pass a law bring-
ing water, light and gas meters under the jurisdiction of this de-
partment. If this should happen it will take the full time of one
man on this work.
The work in this department is more important than the
average citizen realizes, as practically everything we purchase is
sold by weight and a constant check must be made to protect the
interests of the people.
TOWN INFIRMARY
The Infirmary remains in the very capable hands of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Scott.
They have under their care at the present time five inmates.
The cottage connected with the, Infirmary has been thoroughly
renovated and rented during the year. It now presents a favorable
appearance and the repairs will soon pay for itself in rent return.
The cellar in the main cottage, under the inmates section, was
partially removed to allow an air space under the floor and also to
give access to all pipes. Windows were installed in this cellar for
ventilation.
On the main cottage all window sashes were drawn and win-
dow sills painted by the inmates. The home will have to be painted
during the coming year and the inside of the inmates quarters
should be thoroughly repainted.
The hay crop was the heaviest in recent years. The test
reports on milk show we have one of the finest herds of cattle in
this section.
Although the farm may not produce a big financial
provides a large quantity of supplies and gain, it
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maintain the institution. It also provides labor for the elinm teshelpwho
are able to work.
INSPECTION OF BUILDINGS
Mr. William R. Prescott has carried on this work successfully
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in a very thorough manner and 'his report appears elsewhere in
the Town report.
INSPECTION OF WIRES
Mr. Edward C. McNutt has carried on this work in a very
thorough manner and his report appears elsewhere in the Town
Report.
FIRE ALARM SYSTEM
This department is also under the jurisdiction of Mr. Edward
C. McNutt.
During the year it was necessary to provide for the charging
of the batteries by the installation of a generator at the Central
Station. The direct current for this purpose was formerly fur-
nished by the N. T. & A. Street Railway. This caused an over-
draft in this department which was unavoidable.
I recommend that the appropriation of this department be
increased for the next few years, so that we can replace all the
old type boxes with new type boxes. This program is receiving
the hearty endorsement of our Fire Chief.
WATER DEPARTMENT
The immediate need of this department is the elimination of
bead ends. In many places only a few hundred feet of pipe would
save a large amount of waste water annually. I further recommend
that nothing less than six inch pipe be installed for this purpose.
The four inch pipe on Draper Avenue is in very bad condition.
The hydrants would be useless in case of fire as there is no pressure.
The two inch pipe line of about 2500 feet on Fruit Street has
been installed for many years and will soon need replacing.
The town reservoir on Foolish Hill, so.called, was thoroughly
cleaned this past summer and all growth on the roof and approaches
was removed, which might in time have damaged the reservoir
roof.
The well house foundation has been raised three feet and P.
new roof installed whicii will last for many years to come.
During the year the auxiliary pumps were overhauled and are
now ready for any emergency.
In the Pumping Station a general program of repairs was
carried on, including two new ceilings. The condition of the plant
at the present time is very good.'
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Some agitation has been raised on the eliminating of water
meters. I do not recommend immediate action on this matter
without extensive study. The meters eliminate waste of water and
hold down prohibitive pumping costs.
The office work of this department has been combined with
the Electric Light Department and Mr. Willoughby Wilson is in
charge.
A new Ford truck has been purchased for the repair man, as
the old trucic was in a condition that involved constant expensive
repairs.
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
This department has continued under the supervision of Mr.
Frank Currivan. This past Spring was an unusually severe one
on our gravel roads, due to the many thaws. I find our former
Town Manager, Mr. William Plattner, was forced to gravel the
roads in the rural districts extensively to Keep traffic out of the
mud.
Following is the approximate number of feet of graveling done,
as recorded by Mr. Currivan:—
Angell Street 300 feet. Maple Street 900 feet
Branch Street 600 feet Mill Street 350 feet
Bungay Street 900 feet Paine Road 200 feet
Carpenter Avenue 400 feet Pine Street 1100 feet
Coral Street 700 feet Short Street 400 feet
Dane Street 350 feet Stearns Avenue " 200 feet
Davis Street 350 feet Tremont. Street 2500 feet
Draper Avenue 200 feet Ware Street 5300 feet
East Street 300 feet West Street 2550 feet
Fruit Street 2950 feet Williams Street 1800 feet
Gilbert Street 3650 feet Winter Street 250 feet
Highland Avenue 375 feet Wood Avenue 600 feet
Jewell Street 475 feet
This makes a total of 27,690 feet of gravel, all of which was
very badly needed.
The following construction jobs were carried out under the
regular Highway appropriation:
Chauncy Street—Shoulder widening, North Main Street to railroad'.
Penetration tar macadam (no seal coat)
County Street —Guard Fence
Curtin Street—Two catch basins, 26 feet of pipe.
East Street—Canoe River bridge to the Easton line, shoulder wii-
ening 3-6 feet, tarred and water bound and whole
road surface treated.
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Henry and West Sts.—Two catch basins, 24 feet of pipe.
North Main Street—Widening from Post Office to Villa Street, 8
feet. Penetration macadam (no seal coat).
Oakland Street—Penetration tar macadam from Chocolate Refiners
north, to beyond Club House.
Otis Street—Approximately 1150 feet of guard fence.
Railroad Avenue—Penetration tar macadam and sealed entire
length.
School Street—Water bound macadam, tarred 1000 feet.
Warren Avenue—Water bound macadam, tarred 975 feet.
Webb Place—Penetration tar macadam, entire length (no seal coat)
Winter Street—Guard fence near brook.
Winthrop Avenue -466 feet of tar and gravel.
The following streets received applications of tar from the
regular Highway appropriation:
Park, Court, Hodges,, Shawmut, Samoset, Bristol, East, Chilson,
Pleasant, Church, Spring, School, Elm, Oakland and a small section
on West, County and Cottage Streets.
Some of the above streets were not entirely completed, but the
majority were wholly resurfaced.
In addition , to this, all gravel roads were kept in excellent con-
dition by constant scraping. Their upkeep will always be expensive
until they are tar bound.
The following constructions were carried out under special
appropriations :
Curtain Street—Tar and gravel entire length.
Franklin Street -3250 feet of tar and gravel.
Henry and Creedon-2000 feet of tar and gravel.
Oakland Street—Water bound macadam, asphalt surface treatment.
Otis Street -2500 feet of tar and gravel.
Swett Street—Tar and gravel entire length.
Williams Street --2650 feet of tar and gravel.
Two drainage systems were installed under special appropria-
tions :
Back Bay drain -92 feet of 8" pipe, 100 feet of 12"pipe, 192 feet
of 15" pipe, 546 feet of 16" pipe making a total
of 930 feet of pipe, together with eight catch
basins.
Hope and Park Street drain—included 496 feet of pipe and six catch
basins.
The Highway Department needs a gravel loader to increase the
efficiency of our trucks, as hand labor is too slow and costly in
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competition with machinery. I am planning to buy a loader for
this coming year.
Our Fordson tractors are also very old and are not as efficient
as our heavy machinery. The foreman's truck is also in very poor
condition and should be replaced to lower our maintenance cost.
The drag line outfit and the new highway trucks have proved a
most valuable addition to this department and greatly assisted in
our showing this past season. The drag line lowers the cost of
water bound macadam construction.
The town in the near future must consider a 'drainage outlet
from the Back Bay Brook . on East Street to the Rumford River,
thereby relieving this brook and also draining East, Linden, Branch,
North Main and South Main Streets into the Rumford River. This
should be carried out before any more expensive highway construc-
tion is done at the corner of East and West Streets.
During the year the condition of all bridges were thoroughly
checked. My only recommendation on this subject is a cement
bridge over Canoe River on East Etreet, a main highway leading
into Mansfield:
SIDEWALKS
The work of this department should be carried on under the
Betterment Act and the walks on an entire street built, once it is
started.
In this connection all sidewalks should be built of cement and in
addition to the usual contract work, I recommend that the Town
buy a cement mixer and carry on construction under the supervision
of the Highway Department.
The major sidewalk improvements for 1928 were as follows:
1. A cement sidewalk in front of Dr. J. W. Cook's residence
on North Main Street, in exchange for a strip of land, thus making
the walk at this point confirm with the Board of Survey Line.
2. A cement walk and cut off at the corner of Pratt and
North Main Street, thus improving a dangerous corner.
3. New walk and cut off at the corner. of Pleasant and North
Main Streets.
4. Further cement walks were built in sections on Davis,
Chauncy, Central, Pratt, North Main and West Streets. None of
these streets were completed the whole length.
5. A tar walk on Oakland Street from North Main Street to
just beyond Shields Street a distance of 1146 feet.
6. A tar walk on Chauncy Street from the Billing's Block to
Paine's Corner, a distance of 1513 feet.
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A tar walk on the westerly side of Rumford Avenue from
, Street to Card's Shop, a distance of 230 feet.
8. A tar walk on Webb Place, the full length, a distance of
204 feet.
9. A section of tar walk on High Street from the river bridge,
nearly to Dean Street, a distance of 881 feet.
10. A cement curbing and tar walk on Church Street from the
church to Chilson Avenue. Several sections of tar walk above
Chilson Avenue, altogether a distance of 620 feet.
11. A section of tar walk on South Main Street from Mr. Leo
Bannon's residence to just beyond Benefit Street, a distance of 1390
feet.
12. A tar walk on Crocker Street from North Main Street to
the Spaulding School, a distance of 212 feet. Cottage Street .a
distance of 42 feet. Park Street 210 feet. North Main Street a
distance of 228 feet.
In addition to those mentioned there were 1745 feet of gravel
walks built. Also a general patching program on tar walks was
carried out. It will take many years and a large amount of money
to cover the town with good walks; but I feel that a fair start has
been made.
The total tar walks constructed, outside of patching, were 3915
square yards.
RECOMMENDATIONS
1. I consider the chief bridge problem in town as the Canoe
River bridge. This should be replaced with cement at the earliest
possible time. Traffic approaches this bridge at high speed and it
is next to! impossible to keep the bridge, as it is at present, in per-
fect condition. The Board should consider this as one of the major
problems for 1929.
2. The drainage system of � Mansfield is , very poor and the
elimination of stagnant water is impossible.:_ To overcome this con-
dition a committee should be appointed immediately to give further
consideration to storm and sanitary sewers. To further construct
costly and beautiful highways, such as that contemplated in the;
near future for South Main Street,. without sewerage does not
seem wise.
3. The town should also consider the feasibility of, changing,
the angle of the railroad bridge on School ' Street, in order to elim-
inate Skinner's Crossing. This wouldeliminate a number of dang
erous curves on the narrow and dangerous road to West Mansfield.
I feel that the railroad would co-operate with the town in this
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project. In a few years traffic on this highway will force the town
to straighten this road. This could be done by eliminating one bad
curve each year.
I feel that the improvements made during the year were all a
step forward and that the tax payers were receiving a dollar benefit
for every dollar expended.
There is always much to be done in a drainage and maintenance
line, but it takes years to do all that is needed.
The officials in charge of the various departments are rightly
grateful to the Board of Selectmen and the citizens of our town for
the prompt reports received in cases that might involve the liability
of the town. We look for your continued co -operation -and are al-
ways pleased to receive just criticisms.
Respectfully submitted,
H. H. EVERETT,
Town Manager
INSPECTOR OF BUILDING
Mr. Harold H. Everett,
Town Manager,
Dear Sir:
I respectively submit the following report of, the Building In-
spector from February 23, 1928, to December 12, 1928. .
I issued permits during that time of which the estimated cost
was $64,393.
7 New Dwelling Houses $31,200
2 Public Garages 9,500
17 Private Garages 5,000
Additions and repairs 18,693
To the time that the state and town requires devoted to this
department, I recommend the sum of $250.00 be appropriated for
1929:
Respectfully,
WILLIAM R. PRESCOTT,
Building Inspector.
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Miss Marian Vaughn, who has for some time past been the
POI1Ce Department
local Agent for the Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Children,
has been a great help to. this department in juvenile cases, both in
investigations and in Court work. On January 1st., 1929, Miss
Mr. Harold H. Everett
Vaughn left this district and moved to the Boston office, where she
Town Manager,
will continue this splendid work on a much larger scale. Miss
Town of Mansfield
McKinnon, who is to take charge of this district, is capable and
efficient, and has already been here on a number of cases.
Dear Sir:
C
Traffic congestion, always on the increase, is of course one: of
the major Police problems and a number of warning signals have
I herewith submit the following report for the year 1928.
been placed at various corners and intersections to warn motorists
During the year this department has investigated 461 cam -
in an effort to reduce the number of accidents. The traffic "Dummy"
plaints and has made 136 arrests, an increase of 20 or about 17%
has been removed from "Depot Square" and a flashing warning
over 1927. There were 28 summons served for other Police De -
signal has been installed, together with a jewelled "Stop" signal
partments, mostly for motor vehicle violations. The total amount
on Rumford Avenue at the intersection. This has greatly relieved
received for fines was $1,805.00, $745.00 of which was returned to
the congestion of traffic here which is without question the worst
the Town and $1060.00 turned over to the State, this amount havingplace
we have in Town, especially from 5 to 7 o'clock in the even -
been ,received, from fines of motor violations and operating while
under the influence of liquor. All arrests, fines and complaints
ing.
Numerous motor vehicle accidents have been investigated dur-
have been recorded in detail for future reference by the department.'
ing the year with the able assistance of Motor Vehicle Inspector
We have had no serious crimes during the past year, as all
Lawrence Colrick, who covers this district for the Registry of
arrests were for misdemeanors, no felonies having been committed.
Motor Vehicles. No fatalities have occurred from this cause,, and
There are no cases pending, as all with one exception were settled
only two persons have been seriously injured in motor vehicle
in the District Court and this one was disposed of in the Superior
n p
ion one o n May 30t hand the other on December 1st.
colliss s, y
Court at the November Session.
Following is Table of Complaints
Equipment furnished the officers is in good condition. New
January 35 July 37
uniforms for all of the officers were purchased with the proceeds
February 25 August 42
of the Police Ball run by the Association on April 20th. These
March 35 September 41
uniforms were badly needed and greatly improve the appearance
April 40 October_ 44
of the officers, as the old suits did not all 'match and had served
May 43 November 31
along time.
June -45 December 43
The purchase of a new Indian Scout motorcycle, made possible
Total for year 461
through a generous and unexpected, donation of $100 by Selectman
Richardson, has given the department a useful and up-to-date piece
TABLE OF ARRESTS
of equipment which should give years of valuable service and it
has proven its worth in a number of instances in the short time53
Drunkenness
we have used it.
Delinquency 17
The clothes closet between the Police room and the, lower, hall
Operating under influence. of liquor 10
has been converted into a consultation room and office, filling a,Liquor
violations 9
long -felt want, as before this was done there was no place suitable
Non-support and Neglect to provide 7
for conversation of a private nature in the Police station. A clothes
Violation of motor vehicle laws 7
cabinet has been built in the Police room which is an ornament as4
Insane
well as a necessity and a flat top- desk has been renovated andArrests
for other Police Departments 4
added to the furnishings.
Assault and Battery 3
Failing to restrain dog
3
Assault
2
Breaking and entering and larceny
2
Larceny
2
Begetting
I
Violation of probation
1
Disturbing the peace
I
Neglected children
1
Summons for witness
1
Malicious mischief
1
Keeping unlicensed dog
I
Profanity
1
Trespass
I
Violation of weekly payment law
I
Tramp
I
Cruelty to animals
1
Stubbornness
1
TOTAL ARREST FOR THE YEAR
136
Summons served for other Police Departments
28
In closing, I wish to express my appreciation to the members
of this Department for their loyalty and help in Police matters
since my appointment, and to you and the Board of Selectmen, MY
sincere thanks for your support and cooperation.
Respectfully submitted,
NEWELL B. VICKERY,
Chief of Police
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
Mr. Harold H. Everett,
Town Manager
Mansfield, Mass.
December 31, 1928
Dear Sir:
I have made no inspection of barns where cattle and swine
are kept. I have made 35 calls in all of which 23 were on dogs,
6 were on cattle, 1 was on horses, 5 were on cats. I have sent to
the State House 14 heads in all. Report shows, 11 with Rabies, 3
without.
Respectfully yours,
RALPH B. WILLIS
Inspector of Animals.
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ANNUAL REPORT OF TOWN COUNSEL
December 27, 1928
To the Board of Selectmen
of the Town of Mansfield:
The usual opinions asked by town officials have been rendered
from time to time, and one or two matters tried out in Court.
An act was brought before the General Court for Legislation
to advance the date of the Town Meeting from the 2nd Monday in
February to the 4th Monday, in order to give necessary time for
getting out the Annual Town Report. The matter was taken care
of in the Legislature by Senator Moran.
Question came up during the course of the year in regard to
the pumping of water on public streets and the collection of garbage
• by individuals, all of which were treated in a practical way and
satisfactory results were accomplished.
I have tried on several different occasions to put through the
sale of the Town lot to Mr. Julius Meyer for a moving picture
house, which the Town voted at the last meeting, and upon which a
deposit of $500 was paid. At the time of this report I have grave
doubts as to whether or `not Mr. Meyer will go through with, the
deal.
Question came up in reference to the cutting of a shade tree
located on private property, one and one-fourth feet from the town
boundary line. An opinion was rendered, and inasmuch as the tree
was on private property the Town could not interfere with the
removal` of the tree.
In July an opinion was rendered to the Chairman of the Board
of Selectmen as a Trustee of the State Railway line as to methods
of how the street railway could be discontinued and sold, which
would have to be by a bill in equity containing a prayer for the ap-
pointment of receivers to pay all debts due from the corporation and
distribute any moneys left over. ' This method was subsequently
carried out and the affairs of the street railway wound up.
In August an opinion was rendered to the Town Manager in
reference to the liability of the town for damages received by auto-
mobiles, owing to the condition of the roads.
Many other questions came up during the course of the year-
one
earone with regard to a legacy for the benefit of the Number 6 School
House, which has been discontinued, and a petition is now before
the Probate Court for Bristol County requesting instructions as to
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the disposition of the. money, and another was the matter of the
biting of dogs and the question of rabies.
Some minor cases against the Town were settled during the
course of the year at a nominal expense.
Respectfully Submitted
CLARENCE A. BARNES,
Town Counsel
Mansfield, Mass.
December 31,, 1928
To The Honorable Board of Selectmen:
I hereby submit the following report ort for the season of 1928.
On January 23 a brush fire on the plains, so-called, east of
the Lowney Farm burned over about 75 acres with practically no
loss.
On April 18 about 15 acres was burned on the east side of
Branch Street; mostly scrub land with small loss.
These two fires were the only ones -of any size during the year,
although the department was called to a number of small grass
fires.
This season has shown the smallest loss in damage on acreage
of any during my time as forest warden.
The equipment is in good condition and some new pieces have
been obtained, including chemical extinguishers and hand water
pumps.
The Fire Department is in need of and should have a piece of
apparatus suitable for handling ordinary brush fires. This would
relieve the heavy trucks from this duty and retain them for the
protection of the property of the town.
At the same time a piece of light apparatus of this sort would
be a valuable addition to the Fire Department at all times.
For the maintenance of the Forest Fire Department for the
year 1929 I would recommend the sum of Five Hundred Dollars
be appropriated..
Yours respectfully,,
(Signed) ARTHUR E. SOPER
Forest Warden.
Public Library Trustees
To Mr. Harold H. Everett, Town Manager
and the Board of Selectmen.
Gentlemen:
The Trustees of the Public Library have no startling or mo-
mentous event to record. We hope before many years to report
that ground has been broken for the much needed new wing to our
building, but at the present time we report only that every effort
is being put forth to use efficiently the space and equipment we
now have.
The Library made a good appearance when thirty-fivemembers
of the Old Dartmouth Library Club held their annual meeting here
last October. The trustees were not ashamed to have men from
New Bedford, Brockton, and Quincy, as well as librarians from
smaller communities, see it.
Casual visitors do not realize our crowded condition. They
do not know that people almost get wedged in between the stacks,
or that we sometimes have more children than chairs in our
Children's Room. Miss Wood has made a very good ruling to
insure order: "Only one book to a child, and only one child to a
chair", but when she has 30 children for 18 chairs what can she
do? Buy more chairs? No, for there is no space for the chairs.
We have about 11,000 books in our library. We are proud, of
our circulation of 57,249 for 1928. That is 4,000 more than last
year and 19,000 more than five years ago. There are various
reasons for this increase. For one reason the voters of the town
have given the money asked for and so the Librarian has been able
to buy books to meet the 'demand; another' reason is that Miss
Wood has kept the books before the reading public; she has sent
lists of new books to the papers; on' the table near the door she
has had good adult books on display under the caption: "Novels
too good to miss" and also other displays. It is her aim that no
one shall leave the library without his demand for books fulfilled.
If he asks for something that the library does not own, and it is
not wise to buy, she borrows .from some other library. Sixty-two
books were borrowed for readers in this way. Books for Italians
have been borrowed from the State as in other years. Fifty-four
Italian books were given out this year. A member of a Polish'
family asked for books in his language and three were immediately'
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borrowed from the State. The three Polish families in Mansfield
were notified and two families responded.
The juvenile circulation has increased largely through the
school deposits. From ten classroom deposits in six schools 3,150
books were circulated. As in previous years the Paine School led;
they circulated 2,157 books. Miss Farren of the Roland Green School
last spring interested her children in the State Reading List, and as
a result 29 received certificates. Of these, A. Frederick Padley Jr.
received an Honor Certificate. As usual Children's Book Week
attracted the children around the new books on display. So eager
were they to take out the new books that 36 reserves werep laced on
22 books.
East Mansfield, through the efforts of Mrs. Cleon Burt, has
had a circulation of 1,230 and in West Mansfield Mrs. John A.
Kennedy has circulated 2,393 books.
We must buy books to give our readers a variety, and we must
keep them moving, for we haven't room for them in the stacks.
There are many in town who do not use the library. If you .
who read this report, are not a borrower of the library will you not
call there to see if there isn't some book that you would like to
read? If you find it,, tell your friends. The librarians and trustees
will not be satisfied until every family is served.
Respectfully submitted,
EVERETT W. ROBINSON, President
JENNIE F. COPELAND, Secretary
ANNIE H. HORTON
FRED W. DAY
KENNTH C. SHERMAN
INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
Mr. Harold H. Everett, December 31, 1928
Town Manager
Mansfield, Mass.
Dear Sir:
I have inspected the slaughtering of 76 animals during the last
year which were free from disease.
Respectfully yours,
RALPH B. WILLIS
Inspector of Slaughtering.
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Fire Department
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:—
Gentlemen:—
In presenting the 39th annual report of the fire department Iw
desire to congratulate the citizens of the ton in the; small
amount of loss which has been sustained 'during the year. We
have been exceedingly fortunate in not having any fires of a
serious nature and all that have occurred have been successfully
extinguished with a small amount of loss. The largest single
loss being a summer dwelling at Greenwood Lake which was
outside of protection and was totally destroyed before the fire was
discovered. The number of brush and grass fires have decreased
about 25 per cent the direct cause of which may have been owing
to the wet spring season or the enforcement. of the law relating
to building of fires in the open.
Chimney fires have increased, the majority of, whichare caused'
through negligence or carelessness on the part of the owners or
occupants of the buildings. There are certain parties who require'
the services of the department for this class of fire annually and
in some cases semi-annually. Many times the fire is only in the
stove pipe which has been neglected.
The department has been called several times to render aid
to out of town departments. The most serious of these fires was
the Fall River conflagration which occurred February 2nd. Our
large pumping engine was dispatched to this fire in charge of
Deputy Chief Soper, with Roy S. Martin as chauffeur, carrying
11 men. The apparatus and men left headquarters at 11:26 P. M.
and at 12:10 A. M. had covered the distance of 30 miles and was
located in action in the heart of the conflagration section: This
engine pumped continuously for 7 hours, delivering powerful
streams into the fire, returning to quarters at 9:55 A. M. in perfect
condition and none the worse for its performance. The work of
our men and apparatus at this fire ;received favorable comment
from all.
The force remains the same in numbers as heretofore. Some
changes have been made in the call force but the permanent men
are the same. The members of the "Squad" have all qualified
during the year by a continuation of their efficient work. The
entire membership has continued to maintain that standard of
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proficiency ..nd intellectual ability which has characterized the
The water supply has been adequate at all times but I still
department in the past. The record of attendance has been excel-
that better protection should be given in the vicinity of
lent and the efficiency record is 100 per cent.
During the year a strip of land adjoining the Central Station
consider
the Greene School. We recognize our public schools as the focal
has been leased and the old Hose 2 building placed thereon. This
point of our most empelling emotions and to their preservation we
building has been remodeled for two. pieces of apparatus with a
should devote our most determined efforts. Statistics show that
small heating unit installed and is at present used for housing the
the average of fires in schoolhouses in the United States, are five
EChief's car. This unexpected expenditure of money amounting toy
about $650 was not anticipated in our budget but e were able to
t5) for each da in the year. With these facts in, mind should e
take... all available means to safeguard our schools. All base-
� meet the same without exceeding our appropriation.
pP p n. It has been
not
ments containing heating plants should have sprinkler sys, in-
necessary to make some minor repairs to the Central Station and
the same is in about the same condition as shown b m last '
y y years
stalled as a precaLaion from overheated or defective heaters. This
suggestion n:ay well a ply to our other municipal buildings.
report. The No. 3 station is leased from
lease will expire in stats private parties and the
same
The fire alarm system which is one of the most important
auxiliaries to the departmeit has been properly maintained and
The apparatus is to the best of m knowledge
y edge and belief allsuccessfully
in good serviceable
operated during the year. We have a number of the
condition. Both the Ladder Truck and White
Combination will be required to be overhauled the coming year.
old Stevens street boxes which have been in service for 35 years or
more, they are now obsolete and unreliable, and should be replaced
Both of these pieces have been in continuous service for 12 and 14 •
with modern non-interferance boxes. While it may entail too much
years respectively and while they are functioning fairly good they
should receive the required
- expense to replace them all the coming year, I recommend that a
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attention. I am thoroughly convinced
that the time has come when we should install a light triple
start be commenced by replacing at least seven (7) at once.
that a fire alarm box be placed at the corner of
com-
bination truck to be used principally for extinguishment of forest
also recommend
East and Ware streets, near the Town Home for the protection
and brush fires, it could also be used at good advantage for chim-
ney fires and fires occurring in the out lying parts of the town.
of that property.
The advantage of such apparatus is that being lighter in weight
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
it could get through where our heavy units could not, it could
draft water froin small brooks or wells and would relieve our
In closing I wish to extend my thanks to the Board of Select -
more expensive apparatus from, the strain and class of work
which they are not adapted for.
men and two Town Managers for their cooperation in all matters
I find that many towns have
installed such apparatus which has given entire satisfaction and
appertaining to the improvement of the service, and to the members
appreciation for their courtesy and prompt and effi-
proved very beneficial to their communities.
my grateful
cient service which they have rendered at all times.
I recommend that favorable action be taken b the voter
y s m
this matter at our annual meeting.
December 31, 1928.
We have added 500 feet of double jacket regulation, 21/z" fire
hose d1.iring the year and should add 1000 feet
Respectfully submitted,
the coming year to
replace the old single jacket hose which has become undependable
HERBERT E. KING
from long use and might cause a serious handicap in the extinr.
Chief, Fire Department
guishment of a fire of any magnitude. We now have in commission
3400 feet of double jacket and 1150 feet of single jacket regulation,
STATISTICS OF FIRES
21/2 inch hose, 500 feet of 11/2 inch hose and 600 feet of chemical -
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hose. Experience with the use of 1 /2 inch hose has convinced me
that its use in small dwelling fires
Total Amount of Loss------------------------$7563.00
and other small fires produces
the required efficiency with a minimum
Total Insurance Paid ____________________________ 6333.00
amount of loss from water
damage.
Net Loss over Insurance .................... 1230.00
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ALARMS FOR 1928
Squad------•-------------------------------------------------•---------63
Box------•----------------------------•-.
Still --------------- 9
Assembly - 4
Signal -----------•---------- 4
Police - 2
Total-----•--------------------------------------------------------------96
CLASSIFICATION
Chimney-------------------------------------------------------------- 41
Brush and Grass ------------------------------•----------- 21
Buildings --------------------------
31
Dumps
----- --17
3
Needless------------------------------------------------------
3
False - -----
1
Automobiles ----- --------------1
Plumber 18 Webb Place
Ammonia Tank
1
Police ------------•---
2
Out of Town ---------6
11
Total-------------------................................................
Machinist
ROSTER OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
December 31, 1928
Officers
Herbert E. King, Chief, 'No. 152 Rumford Ave.,, Tel. 1-R.
Arthur E. Soper, Deputy, No. 127 Church St., Tel. 497-W.
Central Fire Station, Tel. 1-W
Hose Company No. 1
Hose Company No. 2
1
31
20 Teodore P. Ulm
Fireman 43 Carpenter Ave.
27 Howard L. Leavitt
Merchant 70 Pleasant St.
12 Reginal O. Wills
Machinist 156 Rumford Ave.
32 Hilding Anderson
Plumber 18 Webb Place
Hose Company No. 2
1
Robert L. Wroe, Captain
Clerk
70 Bella Vista Ave.
7
William F. Tingley, Lieut.
Jeweler
47 Coral St.
5
Daniel Welch, Clerk
Electrician 31 Samoset Ave.
8
John A. Lishman
Carpenter
95 Samoset Ave.
11
Harry A. Fisher
Machinist
14 Hope St.
19
Clement A. Pierce
Machinist
111 Chauncy St.
41
Carl G. Wellman
Machinist
52 Shawmut Ave.
15
Albert Peterson
Machinist
18 Eddy St.
4
Roy S. Martin
Fireman
125 So.Main St.
17
Edwin Pendleton
Machinist
22 Allen St.
6
John W. Chadderton, Lieut.
�
1
14
Hose Company No. 3
Machinist
Badge Name
2 Harold F. Treen, Captain
Occupation Residence
Fireman 82 Samoset Ave.
16
William C. Hatch, Lieut.
Machinist 20 Shawmut Ave.
25
Schuyler W. Wellman, Clerk
Clerk 61 Shawmut Ave.
28
John M. Peterson
Machinist 38 Court St.
24
Ralph E. Macomber
Radio D'ler 540 No. Main St.
26
Robert H. Bell
ForeMan 31 Chilson Ave.
38
Albert H. Bagloe, Captain
Salesman
48 Balcom St.
39
Theodore B. Reed, Lieut.
Plumber
Oak St.
31
Elton Sherman
Farmer
577 Elm St.
34
James Schromm
Farmer
248 Tremont St.
36
Clarence A. Lovely, Jr.
Farmer
251 Tremont St.
42
Raymond Goyea
Farmer
Oak St.
44
Thomas McCarthy
Farmer
Otis St.
37
Elwin Rogers
Farmer
Otis St.
Hook and Ladder Co. No.
1
3
Daniel Dacy,, Captain
Machinist
14 Bristol St.
6
John W. Chadderton, Lieut.
Jeweler
172 Church St.
14
Walter C. Chevers, Clerk
Machinist
14 Myrtle St.
10
Samuel T. Lishman
Engineer
9 Davis St.
22
Horatio M. Nelson
Machinist
85 Court St.
33
Harry M. Chase
Machinist
94 Charles St.
30
John F. Beatty, Jr.
Machinist
182 Dean St.
29
Russell G. Cate
Clerk
102 School St.
18
Bert L. Martin
Electrician
95 Union St.
9
Frank J. Tallon
Fireman
265 No.Main St.
32
Substitutes
Frank A Barrows, Albert C. Barrows, W. Leon Fiske, Charles A.
Wheeler, Leon E. Ball.
Licensed Fire Department Chauffeurs
Herbert E. King, Arthur E. Soper, Roy S. Martin, Harold F. Treen,
Theodore P. Ulm, Frank J. Tallon, Albert H. Bagloe, Theodore B.
Reed, Howard L. Leavitt, John A. Lishman,, Bert L. Martin, Russell
G. Cate, Hilding Anderson, Ralph E. Macomber.
DOG OFFICER
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East Mansfield, Mass.
December 27, 1928.
Mr. Harold H. Everett,
Town Manager,
Mansfield, Mass.
Dear Sir:
I hereby submit my report as dog officer of the Town of Mans
field for the year ending December 27, 1928.
Number of dogs licensed January 1, 1928 -------------------------------------- 533
Number of kennels3
--------------- - - -
Number of stray dogs killed since January 1, 1928 ______________________ 70
Number of dogs killed for owners ____________________________________________________ 29
Number of court cases 3
All dogs quarentined .for a period of sixty days beginning Nov. 13.
Number of special restraints on dogs ____________________________________________ 22
Amount of fines for the year ____________________ $45.00
Respectfully Submitted
JOHN W. CONROD
Dog Officer.
ASSESSORS' REPORT FOR 1928
TO THE CITIZENS OF MANSFIELD
In making this annual report of your Board of Assessors may
we state that it is not the province of the Assessors to sit in
judgment on the expenditures of this town. It is the duty of the
Assessors to raise sufficient money by taxation to provide for the
payment of the moneys voted by the town for expenses. Please
bear in mind that the Assessors do not make the tax rate. The
rate is made by the voters in town meting when they act on the
appropriations, although often times the Assessors are blamed for
the rate. Members of the Board have no control over the money
expended by the town meetings.
To the various town officials and to all others who have co-
operated with the Board we wish to extend our appreciation.
BUILDING SURVEY
This work has been continued through 1927 and we have now
permanent card records of 900 buildings. In our work this year
again we find many buildings that had never been assessed; for
example 29 garages, 46 poultry houses, 2 barns, 18 sheds and 10
other types of small buildings. These buildings are not of recent
construction. We also found many cases of inequality in value
which can be overcome only by work of this kind. The facts
revealed by this survey should convince the most skeptical that the
work should be continued until the entire town is listed on cards.
MOTOR EXCISE TAX IN EFFECT JANUARY 1, 1929
The tax rate, $29.65 on a thousand, is set by the State. The
valuation of all motor vehicles that are registered is fixed by the
State. This will give uniform value and rate and should be much
more satisfactory to all concerned. The tax may be assessed each
month and bills sent out.
Full value on all motor vehicles registered from Jan. 1 to July 1.
One half value on all motor vehicles registered from July 1 to Oct. 1.
One fourth value on all motor vehicles registered after Sept. 30.
The valuation placed on motor vehicles by the Commissioners
of taxation not to exceed
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r of manufacture 90% of manufacturing list price.
)nd year of manufacture 60% of manufacturing list price.
-d year of manufacture 40% of manufacturing list price.
rth year of manufacture 25% of manufacturing list price.
It and succeeding year 10% of manufacturing list price.
Motor vehicles not registered, located in town, are to be as-
sessed by local assessors and taxed according to the local tax rate.
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Number of non-residents assessed on property __ 324
Number of residents assessed on property
---------- 2570
Number of persons assessed on property ------------
2894
Number of persons assessed on poll only ------------
550
Number of Polls assessed ----------------------------------------
2031
Value of personal estate assessed ----_-----------_------
.........
1,410,800.00
Value of buildings assessed ------------------------------------------------
5,0557825.00
Value of land assessed-------------------------------------
-------------------
1,323,300.0a
Number of Horses assessed ------------------------------------
162
Number of Cows assessed --------------------------------------
252
Number of Swine assessed ------------------------------------
123
Number of Fowl assessed ----------------------------------------11,415
Number of Houses assessed ------------------------------------
1517
Acres of land assessed ................................ ...........11,367
Rate of Taxation $36.00 per thousand.
Town (Grant) Appropriation ------- ------------- -----_--------____----$
320,668.85
Plus $500.00, September 10', 1928 ----------------------------
500.00
$
321,168.85
State Tax------------------------------------------------------------$10,285.00
County Tax ---------------------------_- ---------_-- ----
10,349.81
State Highway Tax -------------------------- -----------------
781.27
Auditing.. --------------------------------------------------------------
745.29
Overlay ------------ --------------------- ----------- ----------------
4,536.91
Estimated Receipts ----------------------- ----------- ----------
62,915.83
Amount raised by Taxation on polls and property --------
284,451.30
Total Valuation-----------------------------------------------------------
-------- 7,789,925.00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
December 31, 1928
Mr. Harold H. Everett
Town Manager
Mansfield, Mass.
Dear Sir:
I herewith submit the annual report for the department of
Weights and Measures.
The work done in this department during the year was as
f ollows :
Sealed: 8 platform scales over' 5000 lbs.; 62 platform scales
over 100 lbs. to 5000 lbs.; 65 counter scales; 4 bean scales; 77
spring scales; 52 computing scales; 9 personal weighting scales;
3 prescription scales; 487 avoirdupois; 37 apothecary; 10 metrics;
99 liquid measures; 2 ice cream measures; 54 gasoline pumps; 14
kerosene pumps; 29 oil pumps; 363 quantity measures on pumps;
1 leather measuring device; 2 wire measuring devices; 33 yard
sticks. There were 104 adjustments and 28 condemned articles.
New equipment furnished this year: 2 gas measuring cans;
I working yard stick; 1 set working tools.
As this report concluded my services as sealer of weights and
measures. I wish to say that the equipment of the department is
in good shape.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLOUGHBY WILSON,
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Bristol, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Mansfield in the
County of Bristol Greeting.
IN THE NAME OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSA-
CHUSETTS, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhab-
ii.ank,s of said Town, qualified to vote in elections and in Town
affairs, to meet at the Town Hall in said Town on Monday the
Sixteenth day of January next, at seven o'clock in the forenoon
then and there. to act on the following articles:—
Article 1. To choose one Selectman for three years, to choose
one member of the School Committee for three years and to choose
a Moderator for one year.
Article 2. To hear the annual reports of the Town Officers
and act thereon.
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Article 3. To raise such sums of money as may be'` necessary
to defray the Town expenses for the year ensuing and make ap-
propriations for the same.
Article 4. To see if the Town will authorize the Collector to
use all the means for collecting the taxes which a Town Treasurer,
when appointed Collector,, may use.
Article 5. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasu-
rer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from
time to time in anticipation of revenue of the municipal year, be-
ginning January 1, 1928 to an amount not exceeding in the aggre-
gate Two Hundred Twenty-five Thousand ($225,000) Dollars. And
to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, any debt
or debts incurred under this note to be paid from the revenue of
said municipal year.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to accept a deed from
Mario Morin conveying about Two hundred Twenty-seven (227)
square feet of land situated on the easterly side of North Main
Street, extending from Crocker Street to the land of Celestino
DeGiovanni or take any action relative thereto.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to accept a deed from
Joseph Kaplan, conveying about Six Hundred Sixty-three (663)
square feet of land on North Main Street, said land extending from
Villa Street to land of Dr. John W. Cook or take any action relative
thereto.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to accept a deed from
Harold R. Bliven conveying about Three Hundred Eighty (380)
square feet of land on the southerly side of Willow Street, at the
junction of South Main Street or take any action relative thereto.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to construct a drain on
Samoset Avenue, Hodges Street and Shawmut Avenue and raise
and appropriate any sum of money for the same or take any action
relative thereto. By request.
Article 10. To see if the Town wll vote to accept Swett Street
from Oakland Street to Shields Street, as laid out by the Board of
Selectmen under the Betterment Act; • and raise and appropriate
any money for the same or take any action relative thereto.
By petition.
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Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to accept Shields
Street from the present terminus to Swett Street, as laid out by
the 1Board of Selectmen, under the Betterment Act; and raise and
appropriate any inoney for the same or take any action relative
thereto. By petition.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to accept Curtin
Street from Oakland Street to Swett Street, as laid out by the
Board of Selectmen under the Betterment Act; and raise and
appropriate for the same or take any action relative
p any money
thereto. By petition.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote' to rebuild and recon-
struct Oakland Street, from North Main Street to the property of
the Chocolate Refiners Inc. and raise and` appropriate any phoney
for the same or take any action relative thereto.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to accept Brook Street
from Church Street to Cottage Street and from Samoset Avenue
to Shawmut Avenue, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, under
the Betterment Act; and raise and appropriate any money for the
same or take any action relative thereto. By request.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to construct a drain
at Park and Hope Street and raise and appropriate any money for
the same or take any action relative thereto. By request.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to accept Hope Street,
between Pratt and Church Streets, as laid out by the Board of
Selectmen under the Betterment Act; and raise and appropriate any
motley for the same or take any action relative thereto.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to accept James street,
so-called, between Spring Street and Benefit Street, as laid out by
the Board of Selectmen under the Betterment Act; and raise and
appropriate any money for the same or take any action relative
thereto.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to accept Benefit
Street from James Street to Riverside Drive, so-called, as laid out
by the Board of Selectmen under the Betterment Act; and raise
and appropriate any money for the same or take any action rela-
tive thereto.
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Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to purchase a drag
line, screen and motor equipment for the stone crusher plant and
raise and appropriate any money for the same or take any action
relative thereto.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri-
ate any sum of money for the construction of a bridge -culvert on
Plain Street, connecting Greenwood Lake, or take any action rela-
tive thereto. By petition.
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Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to widen North Main
Street,, beginning at a line on the southerly line of the Post Office
Lot, so-called owned by James G. Moran, thence running southerly
on the westerly side of said street about five hundred. fifty
(550) feet to the southerly side of the School House lot, nearly
opposite Court Street; said layout to cover that part of the land
laid out by the Board of Survey under date of August 5, 1926 at
this location. Same to be done under the Betterment Act and
raise and appropriate any money for the same or take any action
relative thereto. By petition.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to accept Benefit
Street from South Main Street to Riverside Drive, so-called,; as
laid out by the Board of Selectmen, under the Betterment Act and
raise and appropriate any money for the same or 'take any action
relative thereto. By petition.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to. raise and appro-
priate any sum of money, providing the State will appropriate the
same amount, to reconstruct Paine's Corner or take any action
relative thereto.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to extend the street
lighting on Ware street from Branch Street to Short Street and
raise and appropriate any money for the same or take any action
relative thereto. By request.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to purchase the so-
called "Fuller's Field", for school athletic purposes and raise and
appropriate any money for the same or take any action relative
thereto. By request.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to remodel the present
e truck in West Mansfield or purchase a new piece of fire appy.-
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ratus and raise and appropriate any money for the same or take
any action relative thereto.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro-
priate any sum of money with which to erect or place on a building
the name Mansfield, for the purpose of aiding Aviators in ascertain-
ing their location, also an advertisement of the town or take any
action relative thereto. By petition..
Article 28. To see what action the Town will take in regard
to the use of the North Main Streetschoolyard for parking of
automobiles. By petition.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro-
priate any sumi of money for the purpose of constructing a system
of main drains and common sewers as authorized by Chapter 290 of
the Acts of 1909, and to authorize the borrowing of money therefor,
under any general or special laws authorizing the borrowing of
money for said purpose. ,
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to amend the By -
Laws for the Prevention of Fire and Preservation of Life, as
adopted December 4, 1914, as follows:—
On page 2. "Description of District" by striking out the same
and substituting the following description—"The limits of said
territory shall include the entire Town of Mansfield".
On page 2. Section 2 and 4 by striking out the words "Select-
men" and substituting the words "Town Manager".
On page 4. Section 7,, last line by striking out the following
"Selectmen of the Town" and substituting the word "Town
Manager".
On page 18. Section 62, "General Requirements of all Build-
ings" by adding thereto after 19 the following:—
Roof Covering
20. Every building hereafter erected shall have an incombustable
roof covering. No existing roof, if, damaged twenty-five (25%) per
cent, shall be covered with other than incombustable roofing ma-
terial. Committee: Revision of By -Laws
Article 31. To hear the report of any committee, choose any
committee and raise and appropriate any sum of money for the use
of any committee or take any action relative thereto.
The Polls may be closed at Eight o'clock P.M.
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And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting up
attested copies thereof at each of the Public Meeting Houses and
Post Offices in said Town, eight days at least before the time of
holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with
your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of
meeting, as aforesaid.
Given under our hands this Fifth day of January in the year
of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight.
Frank W. Barnard
William P. McDermott
E. A. Richardson
Benjamin D. Vickery
William H. Lyons
Selectmen of Mansfield.
January 16, 1928
Bristol, SS.
Pursuant to the within Warrant, I have notified and warned
the inhabitants of the Town of Mansfield by posting up attested
copies of the same at each of the Public Meeting Douses and Post
Offices, eight days before the date hereof, as within directed. `
John W. Conrod
Constable of Mansfield.
A 'true Copy.
Attest: Harrison A. Morse, Town Clerk.
Mansfield, January 16, 1928.
In conformity with the foregoing Warrant a meeting of -the
voters qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs was held in
the Town Hall and votes were cast as recorded below.
Article 1. Guilford A. George, William I. Mowry, and Russell
W. Wheeler Ballot Clerks and Norman S. Chapman, Checker and
Arthur J. Keefe, James H. McCarthy, Fredson J. Munroe and Daniel
Welch Tellers were sworn to the faithful performance of their
duties by Harrison A. Morse, Town Clerk.
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February,, the twenty-seventh, at seven thirty P.M.
At six forty-five o'clock A.M., before any ballots were cast
tho ballot box was publicly opened and shown to be empty, it was
Attest: Harrison A. Morse, Town Clerk.
then loLked and the key held by William H. Fuller, Officer in
charge.
TOWN WARRANT
The check list showed that thirteen hundred ninety-four (1394)
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
votes were cast. Five Hundred twenty-six (526) females and eight
hundred sixty-eight ( 868) males voted.
Bristol, SS.
Selectman, three years (One),
To either of the Constables of the Town of Mansfield in the
LesleyB. Allen 65 South Main Street Six Hundred Twenty-
, ( Y
Greeting.
County of Bristol ,
two)-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6 "'), 2
Sydney W. DeYoung, 112 Park Street (Four Hundred
1N THE NAME OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSA-
Twelve)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 412
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CHUSETTS, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhab-
Ernest L. White, School Street (Three Hundred Fifty) 350
itants of said Town, qualified to vote in elections and in Town
Blanks (Ten)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10
affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Town on Monday the
Twenty-seventh day of February, next at nine o'clock in the fore -
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noon, then and there to act on the following articles:—
School Committee, three years (One)
Article 1. To see what action the town will take in the dis-
David V. Green, 377 Chauncy Street (Nine Hundred Fifty
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position of the so-called King lot on North Main Street.
nine )------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------_-- 959
Ralph Brackett One _ 1
p (One) ----------------------------------- ---------- ------------------ -
you are hereby directed to serve this Warrant b posting
And Y � Y
Fred Tucker (Twenty)------------------------------------------------------ --------- 20
up„ attested copies thereof at each of the Public Meeting Houses
Daniel Joy (Three)---------------------------------------------------------------------- 3
and Post Offices, in said Town, eight days at least before the time
David Greenburg (One)-------------------------------------------------------------- 1
of holding said meeting.
David Westhaver (One)--------------------------------------------------------------- 1
Kenneth Sherman (One)------------------------------------------------------------ 1
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with
Russell W. Wheeler (One) -------------------------------------------------------- 1your
doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of
Clarence Barnes (Two)-------------------------------------------------------------- 2
meeting as aforesaid.
Blanks ( Four Hundred Five) ------------------------------------------- - •-• ---- 405
Given under our hands this Ninth day of February in the year
1394
of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight.
Moderator, one year (One)
William P. McDermott
Clarence A. Barnes, 79 Rumford Avenue (Eight Hundred
E. A. Richardson
Eighty-three) --------------- ----------- ------------------------------------------------ 883
L. B. Allen
Blanks (Five Hundred Eleven) 511
Benjamin D. Vickery
William H. Lyons
1381
Selectmen of Mansfield.
Polls were closed at eight o'clock P.M.
Voted to adjourn at nine fifteen P.M. to the fourth Monday in
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February 27, 1928.
Maintenance County T. B. Hospital ------------------------ 6,105.82
Collection of Garbage ------------------------------------------------ 1,200.00
Bristol, SS.
Collection of Ashes ------------------------------------------------------ 800.00
BackBay Brook------------------------------------------------------------ 300.00
Pursuant to the within Warrant,, I have notified and warned
Charities ------ ------------------------------•-----------------------------------15,000.00
the inhabitants of the 'Town of Mansfield by posting up attested
Town Home --- --------- ------------------------------------•-------------- 8,500.00
copies of the same at each of the Public Meeting Douses and Post
Recess called at Nine o'clock to act upon the special Town
Offices, eight days before the date hereof, as within directed.
Warrant.
John W. Conrod
February 27, 1928
A true copy. Constable of Mansfield
Attest: Harrison A. Morse, Town Clerk.
Meeting called to order by Clarence A. Barnes, Moderator, and
the Warrant was read. The following vote was passed:-
Mansfield, February 27, 1928
Article 1. Voted that the Town sell the King lot, so-called to
The adjourned meeting from January 16, 1928, was called to
the Acme Trust for the sum of $4,000.0'0. The purchaser to file a
bond for $5,000 to erect upon said lot within a period of one year,.
order by the Moderator,, Clarence A. Barnes at seven thirty P. Mo
taxable property of an estimated value of $50,000.00. ' And that
The following votes were passed:— -
two and one-half feet of the front of the lot be reserved for side-
walk purposes.
Article 2. Voted that the Town accept the annual report of
the Town Officers as printed.
Meeting adjourned at 9:16 P. M.
Article 3. Voted that Article 3 be taken up as appears on the
A
The annual Town Meeting was continued and the following
printed list, in the hands of the voters.
votes passed:—
Voted that the Town appropriate the recei is of the Water
p
r
Soldier's Relief -------------------- $ 1,000.00
Department for the use and maintenance of the Water Department.
Decoration of Soldiers' Graves -------------------------------- 250.00
2,200.00
Treasurer's Sala ---------------
Voted that the Town appropriate the receipts of the Electric
Treasurer's Expense - 1,,900.00
2,200.00
Light Department for the use and maintenance of the Electric
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Assessor's Salary - - ----------------------- -
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Assessor's for continuance of special building survey 1,000.00
Light Department.
Assessor's Expense --------------------------------------------- 1,200.00
Bonds due ------------------------------------------ $ 21,500.00
Town Clerk's Salary ---•---------------------------•-------------------- 22100.00
1,300.00
Interest on Bonds ---------- ---------------------------------------•__-- 8,557.50
Town Clerk's Expense
Town Managers Salary -------------------------------------------- 4,000.00
Interest on Temporary Loans ------------------------------------ 4,500.00
Schools
Town Manager's Expense ---------------------------------------- 200.00
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 110,368.14200.00
Public Library (Plus Fines and Dog Fund) ------------ 3,500.00
Selectmen's Expense --------•-----------------------------------------
577.50
Memorial Building----------.•-_•-------------------------------------- 1,700.00
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Treasurer and Collector's Bond --------------------------------
500.00
Town Hall 2,500.00
to Town Hall ------------------------- ...................... 2,000.00
Law -------------------------- ---
CertifyingNotes -----------------------------------------------------------
69.00Repairs
Health and Sanitation ------------------------------------------------- �
1, 00.00
Election and Registration -_-----•--_ _ --_-------=-------- '---- 1,000.00
500.00
Selectmen for Nursing ------------------------------------------------ 1,500.00
Printing Town Reports ------------------------------------------
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Care of Town Burial Grounds ------------------------------------
400.00
municipal year.
Highways and Bridges -------------_--_--- ------------------------
30,000.00
Truck _---_-------------_-- ---------------------------------------------------
4,000.00
Article 6. Voted that the Town accept a deed from Mario
Road Grader ----------------------------------------------------------- _ ----
1,8.00.00
JUormi, conveying about Two Hundred Twenty-seven (227) square
Drag Line, Screen and Motor ----------------------------------
2,500.00
feet of land situated on the easterly side of North Main Street,
Street Lighting --------- ...... ------------------------------------------
9,000.00f
extending from Crocker Street to the land of Celestino DeGiovanni
Commons----------- ................ ------------------------- _ ----------
400.00
Snow and Ice Removal ------------------------------------------------
2,000.00
Article 7. Voted that the Town accept a deed from Joseph
Sidewalks and Curbing ---------------------------------------------
10,000.00
Kaplan, conveying about Six Hundred Sixty-three (663) square feet
Water for Hydrants and Fire Purposes ----------------
17000.00
of land on North Main Street, said land extending from Villa
Water for Horse and Drinking Fountains ------------
50.00
Street to land of Dr. John W. Cook.
Police Department ------------- -----------------------------------------
6,,500.00
Court Fees ---------------------------------- ---------------------------------
350.00
Article 8. Voted that the Town accept a deed from Harold
Tree Warden ---------------------------------------------------------------
1,000.00
R. Bliven conveying about Three Hundred Eighty (380) square
Suppression of Insects ------------------------------------------------
2,500.00
feet of land on the southerly side of Willow Street, at the junction
Inspection of Buildings ......... _ ------ ----------- ......
100.00
of South Main Street.
Inspection of Wires -----------------_-------- ----------------------
100.00
Fire Department ---------------- -----------_---------_-- ---------
13,500.Q0
Article 9. Voted that the Town raise and appropriate the
Forest 'Fire Department ............................................
500.00
sum of Two Thousand ($2,000) Dollars to construct a drain on
Fire Alarm System ------------------------------------------------------
806.00Samoset
Avenue, Hodges Street and Shawmut Avenue.
Sealer of Weights and Measures ..................... ------
600.00
Dog Officer ------------_------_------- --_-------- -------_--------------
300.00
Article 10. Voted that the Town accept Swett Street from
Insurance Town Property --------- --------------------------------
3,500.00
v
Oakland Street to Shields Street, as laid out by the Board of
Board of Survey ----------------------------------------------------------
200.00
Selectmen, under the Betterment Act and raise and appropriate
Reserve Fund ----------------------------- ----------------- ----------------
3,000.00the
sum of Six Hundred' ($600) Dollars to make repairs on same.
Moderator--------------------------- --------------------------------
50.00
OVERDRAFTS 1927
Article 11. Voted that the Town accept Shields Street from
Charities ________________•....___.___-_--------------_•_--------___-_:_---
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the present terminus to Swett Street, as laid out by the Board of
Infirmary --------------------------------------------------------------
259.86
Selectmen, under the Betterment Act and appropriate the sum of
Damages to Persons and Property ------ ---------
32.75
ars from the general Highway appropri-
Two Hundred ($200) Doll ,
Interest on Bonds ------ ---------------------------------- ------
460.00
ation to make the necessary repairs on said street.
Unpaid Bills 1927—Election and Registration
400.00
Article 12. Voted that the Town accept Curtain Street from
Article 4. Voted that the Town authorize the Collector to use
Oakland Street to Swett Street as laid out by the Board of Select -
all the means for collecting the taxes which a Town Treasurer,
men under the Betterment Act and appropriate the sum of two
when appointed Collector, may use.
hundred ($200) Dollars from the general highway appropriation to
make necessary repairs on said street.
Article 5. Voted that the Town authorize the Town Treasurer,
with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to
Article 13. Voted that the Town raise and appropriate the
time in anticipation of revenue of the municipal year, beginning
sum of Three Thousand ($3,000) Dollars to rebuild and reconstruct
January 1, 1928 to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate Two
Oakland Street from North Main Street to the property of the
Hundred Twenty-five Thousand ($225,000) Dollars. And
to issue
Chocolate Refiners Inc.
a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, any debt
or debts
incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue
of said
Article 14. Voted that the Town accept Brook Street from
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Church Street to Cottage Street and Samoset Avenue to Shawmut
Avenue, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, under the Better-
ment Act and raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand
($1,000) Dollars to make the necessary repairs on said street.
Article 15. Voted that the Town raise and appropriate the
sum of Seven Hundred ($700) Dollars to construct a drain on Park
and Hope Streets.
Article 16. Indefinitely postponed.
Article 17. Indefinitely postponed.
Article 18. Indefinitely postponed.
Article 19. Indefinitely postponed.
Article 20. Voted that the Town raise and appropriate the
sum of Two Thousand Five Hundred ( $2,500) Dollars to construct
a bridge -culvert on Plain Street, connecting Greenwood Lake.
Article 21. Indefinitely postponed.
Article 22. Voted that the Town accept Benefit Street from
South" Main Street to Riverside Drive, so-called, as laid out by the
Board of Selectmen, under the Betterment Act and raise and
appropriate the sum of Two Thousand ($2,000) Dollars to make the
necessary repairs on said street.
Article 23. Voted that the Town raise and appropriate the
sum of Six Hundred ($600) Dollars, providing the State will ap-
propriate the same amount, to reconstruct Paine's Corner.
Article 24. Voted that the 'Town extend street lighting on
Ware Street from Branch Street to Short Street and appropriate
the sum of One Thousand Five Hundred ($1,500) Dollars to be
taken from the receipts of the .Electric Light Department for said
extension.
Article 25. Indefinitely postponed.
Article 26. Moved that the Town vote to raise and appropri-
ate the sum of One Thousand Five Hundred ($1,500) Dollars to
remodel the present fire truck in West Mansfield or purchase a new
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piece of fire apparatus. Motion lost.
Voted to adjourn the meeting at ten -thirty o'clock P.M. to
Monday evening at 7:30 P.M. March 5, 1928.
Attest: Harrison A. Morse, Town Clerk.
March 5, 1928.
The adjourned meeting from February 27, 1928 was called to
order by the Moderator, Clarence A. Barnes at seven thirty P.M.
The following votes were passed.
Article 27. Voted that the Town raise and appropriate the
sum of One Hundred ($100) Dollars to erect or place on a building
the name MANSFIELD, for the purpose of aiding Aviators in
ascertaining their location, also as an advertisement of the town.
Article 28. Voted that the parking of automobiles in the
North Main Street school yard be stopped.
Article 29. Indefinitely postponed.
Article 30. Voted that the Town amend the By -Laws for the
Prevention of Fire and Preservation of Life, as adopted December
4, 1914, as follows:
On page 2. "Description of District" by striking out the same
and substituting the following description -"The limits of said
territory shall include the entire Town of Mansfield".
One page 2. Section 2 and 4, by striking out the words "Se-
lectmen" and substituting the word "Town Manager".
On page 4. Section 7,, last line by striking out the following,
"Selectmen of the Town" and substituting the word "Town Mana-
ger".
One page 18. Section 62. "General requirements of all Build-
ings" by adding thereto after. 19 the following:—
Roof Covering
20. Every building hereafter erected shall have an incombustible
roof covering. No existing roof, if damaged twenty-five (25%) per
cent,'' shall be covered with other than incombustible roofing ma-
terial.
Voted that Article 3 be reconsidered and that we vote to raise
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and ,,appropriate State, County and Highway taxes for the amount-
assessed.
Article 31. Voted that the Moderator appoint a committee ofd
seven members to investigate and recommend a suitable memorial
for the World War Veterans and report at some future meeting.
The following committee was appointed:—
William Plattner Wm. P. McDermott
William H. Lyons Lesley B. Allen
Dr. William H. Allen Rev. Simeon Cozad
Daniel C. Richardson
Voted that the Town instruct the Moderator to appoint a com
mottee of five to revise the By-Laws of the Town of Mansfield,
adopted March 1909. The following committee was appointed:—
Frank I. Sherman William P. McDermott
James G. Moran Frank H. Dunbar
William Plattner
Voted to adjourn at 7:55 P.M.
Attest: Harrison A. Morse, Town Clerk.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Mansfield, in the
County of Bristol Greeting.
IN THE NAME OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSA-
CHUSETTS, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhab-
itants of said Town, qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs
to meet at the Town Hall in said Town on Monday the Nineteenth
day of March next, at eight o'clock in the after-noon, then and
there to act on the following article:-
Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri-
ate the sum of Two Thousand ($2,000) Dollars for the repairs of
the track, road bed, pole lines and trolley of the Norton, Taunton
and Attleboro Street Railway; provided the Town of Norton, the
City of Attleboro and the City of Taunton appropriate a like
amount or take any action relative thereto.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting Grp
attested copies thereof at each of the Public Meeting Houses and
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Post Offices in said Town, eight days at least before the time of
holding said meeting.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make due return of this Warrant,
with your doings thereon; to the Town Clerk, at the time and place
of meeting, as aforesaid.
Given under our hands this First day of -March in the year
of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight.
William P. McDermott
E. A. Richardson
L. B. Allen
Benjamin D. Vickery
William H. Lyons
Selectmen of Mansfield.
March 19, 1928.
Bristol, SS.
Pursuant to the within Warrant, I have notified and warned
the inhabitants of the Town of Mansfield by posting up attested
copies of the same at each of the Public Meeting Houses and
Post Offices, eight days before the date hereof, as within directed.
John W. Conrod
Constable of Mansfield
°ue copy.
Attest: Harrison A. Morse, Town Clerk.
Mansfield, March 19, 1928
In conformity with the foregoing Warrant, a meeting of the
d voters of the Town was held on the above date in the Town
1. The meeting was called to order by the Moderator Clarence
Barnes at eight o'clock P.M. The Warrant and the `return of
n W. Conrod, Constable were read.
Voted that the privilege of the floor be given to Mr. Murphy,
lager of the Norton, Taunton and Attleboro Street Railway.
Article 7. Voted to indefinitely postpone.
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Voted to 'adjourn the meeting at 8:55 P.M.
Attest: Harrison A. Morse, Town Clerk.
The Conimonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Mansfield in the
County of Bristol Greeting.
IN THE NAME OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSA-
CHUSETTS, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhab-
itants of said Town, qualified to vote in elections and in Town
affairs, to meet at the Town Hall in said Town on Tuesday, the
Twenty-fourth day of April next, at Four o'clock in the afternoon,
then and there to act on the following articles:—
To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Election
of Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices:
7 DELEGATES AT LARGE to the National Convention of the
Republican Party.
7 ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE to the National
Convention of the Republican Party.
8 DELEGATES AT LARGE to the National Convention of the
Democratic Party. .
8 ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE to the National
Convention of the Democratic Party.
2 DISTRICT DELEGATES to the National Convention of the
Republican Party.
2 ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES to the National
Convention of the Republican Party.
Fifteenth Congressional District
4 DISTRICT DELEGATES' tothe National Convention of the
Democratic Party.
4 ALTERNATE' DISTRICT "DELEGATES to the National'
Convention, of the Democratic Party'.
Fifteenth Congressional'' District
PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE
Preference for Republican Candidate for President of the
United States.
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Preference for Democratic Candidate for President of the
United States.
The polls will be open from 4 P.M. to 8 P.M.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting up
attested copies 'thereof at each of the Public Meeting Houses and
Post Offices in said Town, eight days at least before the time of
holding said meeting.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make due return of ,this Warrant,
with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place
of meeting, as aforesaid.
Given under our hands this twelfth day of April in the year of
our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight.
William P. McDermott
E. A. Richardson
L. B. Allen
Benjamin D. Vickery
William H. Lyons
Selectmen of Mansfield.
Mansfield, April 24, 1928.
istol. SS.
Pursuant to the within Warrant, I have notified and warned
he inhabitants of the Town of Mansfield by posting up attested
opies of the same at each of the Public Meeting Houses and Post
)ffices, eight days before the date hereof, as within directed.
John W. Conrod
Constable of Mansfield.
true copy.
Attest: Harrison A. Morse, Town Clerk.
Mansfield, April 24, 1928.
`In conformity with the foregoing Warrant a meeting of the
voters qualified to vote in elections and in Town af",airs was held in
he Town Hall and votes were cast as recorded' below.
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Norman S. Chapman, Checker; Guilford A. George, William I.
Mowry, Ballot Clerks; Thomas J. Fox, Arthur J. Keefe, Fredson J.
Munroe and Daniel Welch, Tellers were sworn to the faithful per-
formance of, their duties by Harrison A. Morse, Town Clerk.
At three forty-five o'clock P.M., before any ballots were cast
the ballot box was publicly opened and shown to be empty, it was
then locked and the key held by William H. Fuller, Officer in
charge..
The ballot box and check list showed that Two Hundred Elevei
(211) votes were cast. Seventy-nine (79) females and One Hun
dred thirty-two (132) rniales voted.
REPUBLICAN PARTY
DELEGATES AT LARGE Vote for not more than Sever
Group
William M. Butler of 231 Commonwealth Ave., Boston ------------
16�
Frederick H. Gillett of_ 140 Chestnut Street, Springfield ------------
174
Channing H. Cox of 173 Beacon Street, Boston -----------_---------------
164
Eben S. Draper,'of Adin Street, Hopedale ---------------------------
-------- 14E
Pauline R. Thayer of Lancaster --------------------------------------------------------
14(
Minnie R. Dwight of 387 Appleton Street, Holyoke --------------------
14�
Grace H. Bagley of High Street, Westwood ------_-------------------
... 134
Not Grouped
Frederick A. Bartlett of 241 Elm Street, No. Attleborough --------
Frederick L. Anderson of 169 Homer Street, Newton _------------- 79
Blanks----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
237
Total--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1393
ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE
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Vote for not more than Seven
Group
Total--------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------
Louise M. Williams of 3 Dean Street, Taunton ............................
131
Mary Pratt Potter of 486 Main Street, Greenfield ....................
130
Eliot Wadsworth of 180 Marlborough Street, Boston ----------------
129 -
Frederick H. Prince of Grape Vine Road, Wenham ..............
----- 126
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Butler Ames of 333 Andover Street; Lowell ----------------- ---
132
Edwin F. Leonard of 44 Copley Terrace, Springfield ----------------
131
Raoul H. Beaudreau of 60 Pleasant Street, Marlborough -------- ---
128
Blanks---------------------------------------- -----------_--------- ----------------- -----------
486
1
Total---- ---------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- --------------1393
DISTRICT DELEGATES—FIFTEENTH DISTRICT
Not Grouped Vote for not more than
Two
Benjamin R. Acornley of 411 Whipple 'Street, Fall River -_-_-----_-- 28
Frederick A. Bartlett of 241 Elm Street, No. Attleborough --------
91
Spencer Borden of Interlachen, Fall River --------------------------------- _
48
Willard A. Ormsbee of 4 Silver Street, Taunton ------------------------
83
John B. Tracy of 49 Broadway, Taunton ------------------------------------
58
Blanks--------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- _
90
Total--------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------
398
ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES -FIFTEENTH DISTRICT
Not Group % ed Vote for not more than
Two
Robert M. Leach of 44 Harrison Street, Taunton ------------------------
122
Plattner------- --------------- --------- -----------------------------------------------------------------
1
Blanks-------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------
275
Total----------------------------------_------------- ---------------------------------------------
398
PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE
Frank C. Lowden --_------_----- I Calvin Coolidge ------------------
3
Herbert Hoover ---------------------- 104 Gov. Alvan T. Fuller----------
1
Hoover----------------------- -------------- 30 Lowden ----------- --------------------
2
Mr. Hoover ------------------------------ 7 Cal Coolidge ----------------------
1
Herbert N. Hoover --------_----- 1 Coolidge ------------------------------
1
Herbert C. Hoover ------------_---- 1 Longsworth ------------------------ 1
Charles G. Dawes ------------------ 2 Geo. V. Rex ------------------------
1
Alvan T. Fuller_ ---------_------- 2 Blanks ------- -------------- -----------
41,
Totals------------------------------------
199
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DEMOCRATIC PARTY
DELEGATES AT LARGE Vote for not more than Eighl
Group
David I. Walsh of 37 Day Street, Fitchburg ................................ IC
James M. Curley of 350 Jamaicaway, Boston -------------------------------- 8
Andrew J. Peters of 310 South Street, Boston ............................ 6
Charles H. Cole of 34 Gloucester Street, Boston ........................ - 7
Joseph B. Ely of 66 Broad Street, Westfield --------------------------------- 7
Helen A. MacDonald of 1 New Heath Street, Boston ----_--------- 7
William J. Foley of 388 West Fourth Street, Boston -_----------------- 7
Edward J. Kelley of 14 Gage Street, Worcester ------_------------------- 7
Not Grouped
Lawrence F. Quigley of 867 Broadway, Chelse t -----------------------
Blanks ......
Total
ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE
Vote for not more than Eig
Group
Charles H. McGlue of 850 Mass. Avenue, Cambridge ................
Strabo V. Claggett of 1820 Washingto1f, Street, Newton ------------
Joseph Santosuosso of 37 Brattle Street, Boston --------------------
Bernard M. Wolf of 271 Dartmouth Street, Boston --------------------
Elizabeth C. McInerney of 28 St. Albans Road, Boston ............
Dorothy Whipple Fry of 447 Warren Street, Brookline -.._...----.
James A. Donovan of 16 Summit Avenue, Lawrence --------------------
Raymond V. McNamara of 88 Bountain Street, Haverhill --------
Blanks
Total---------- ---------
DISTRICT DELEGATES—FIFTEENTH DISTRICT
Not Grouped Vote for not more than Four
Dominick F. Corrigan of 653 Broadway, Fall River --------_---_----- 7
Joseph L. Hurley of 50 Cottage Street, Fall River ----------_-----_- 6
57
Miles J. Neff, of 230 Second Street, Fall River ............................
7
'Albert Rubin of 1 Cross Street, Fall River ------------------------------------
6
John J. Smith of 466 South Beach Street, Fall River ----------------
3
Blanks-------------- -------------=----------------------------------------------------------------
19
Total----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
48
ALTERNATE DISTRICT DELEGATES'—FIFTEENTH DISTRICT
Not Grouped Vote for not more than Four
John Ford of 70 Hambly. Street, Fall River -----------------------------------
6
Charles McCloskey of 172 Lonsdale Street, Fall River -------_------
7
Thos. J. Fox --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I
Blanks__. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
34
Total--------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
.48
PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE
AlfredE. Smith ............... ................................. ..................................
5
AlSmith ................................................................................................
1
Gov. Alfred E. Smith ..........................................................................
I
A. Smith ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ......................
1
A. E. Smith --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I
Blanks..............................................................................................
3
Total------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 12
Polls were closed at 8:00 P.M.
Voted to adjourn at ten -three o'clock P.M.
Attest: Harrison A. Morse, Town Clerk.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Mansfield in the
anty of Bristol Greeting.
,IN THE NAME OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSA-
[USETTS, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhab-
nts of said town, qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs,
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to meet at the Town Hall in said Mansfield on Monday the Thirtieth
day of July next, at eight o'clock in the afternoon, then and there
to act: on the following articles:—
Article 1. To see if the Town will indemnify the Common-
wealth of Massachusetts against any and all claims for land, grad
and drainage damages which may be caused by or result from th
laying out, alteration, construction or reconstruction of the Stat
Highway known as South. Main Street or any section or relocation
thereof, and will authorize the Board of Selectmen to sign an in-
demnity agreement therefor in behalf of the Town, and make an
appropriation°therefor, or take any other action with respect thereto.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to raise and, appro-
priate any sum of money to tar and gravel Franklin Street from
East Street north about 3,.000 feet or take any action relative
thereto.
Article 3. To see if. the Town will vote to raise and appro-
priate any sum of money to tar and gravel Otis Street from Elm
Street for about 2,000 feet south, or take any action relative
thereto.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro-
priate any sum of money to tar and gravel Balcolm Street from
Elm Street to Jewell Street or take any action relative thereto.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro-
priate any sum of money to tar and gravel Williams Street from
Purdy's corner to Jewell Street or take any action relative
thereto.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro-
priate any sum of money to tar and gravel Henry Street and
Creeden Street or take any action relative thereto.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro-
priate $600.00 to purchase blades for our new trucks for the purpose
of snow removal.
And you are hereby directed to serve this Warrant, by posting
up attested copies thereof at each of the Public Meet_ng Houses
and Post Offices in said Town, eight days at least before the time
of holding said meeting.
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Thirtieth
` HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make due return of this Warrant,
with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place
of meeting, as aforesaid.
e Given; under our hands this nineteenth day of July in the year
e of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-eight.
e
! William P. McDermott
E. A. Richardson
L. B. Allen
Benjamin D. Vickery
William H. Lyons
Selectmen of Mansfield.
Mansfield, July 30, 1928.
Bristol, SS.
Pursuant to the within Warrant, I have notified and warned
the inhabitants of the Town of Mansfield by posting up attested
copies of the same at each of the public meeting houses and post
offices eight days before the date hereof, as within directed.
John W. Conrod
Constable of Mansfield
A true copy.
Attest: Harrison A. Morse, Town Clerk.
Mansfield, July 30,, 1928.
In conformity with the foregoing Warrant a meeting of the
voters qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs was held
in the Town Hall and votes were passed as recorded below.
Article 1. Voted that the Town indemnify the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts against any and all claims for land, 'grade and
drainage damages which may be caused by or result from, the
laying; out, alteration, construction or reconstruction of the State
Highway known as South Main Street or any section or relocation
thereof, and that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to sign an
indemnity agreement therefor in behalf of the Town indemnifying
the Commonwealth as aforesaid, and that the sum of $1,000.00 be
raised and appropriated towards the expense and damage thereof.
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Article 2. Voted to tar and gravel Franklin Street from Ea:
Street north about 3,000 feet at a cost of $1250.00, the money to I
taken from the Excess and Deficiency Fund.
Article 3. , Voted to' tar and gravel Otis Street from Elm Stre(
for a distance of about 2,000 feet at a cost of $750.00 the money t
be taken from the Excess and Deficiency Fund.
Article 4. Voted to indefinitely postpone.
Article 5. Voted to tar and gravel Williams Street frog
Purdy's Corner to Jewell Street at a cost of $1,250.00, the mone
to be taken from the Excess and Deficiency Fund.
Article 6. Voted to tar and gravel Henry and Creedon Street
at a cost of $1,200.00, the money to be taken from the Overlay Re
serve Fund.
Article 7. Voted that the Town raise and appropriate the s
of $600.00 to'purchase blades for our new trucks for the perp
of snow removal.
Voted to adjourn at 9:12 PX.
Attest: Harrison A. Morse, Town Clerk.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Mdnsfield in
County of Bristol Greeff
IN THE NAME OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MAEE
CHUSETTS, you are hereby directed to -notify and wain the inl
tants of -said Town, qualified to vote in elections and in Town aff
to meet at the Town Hall in said Mansfield on Monday the t
day of September next, at 8 P.M. o'clock in the afternoon, then
there to act on the following articles:—
Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to accept Paine'
Corner, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, or take any actioi
relative thereto.
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Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate any
sum of money for the awarding of damages at Paine's Corner, as
laid out by the Board of Selectmen or take any action relative
thereto.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting up
attested copies thereof at each of the Public Meeting Houses in
,said Town, eight days at, least before the time of holding said
meeting.
HEREOF FAIL NOT, and --make due return of this Warrant,
with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place
of, meeting, as aforesaid.
Given under our hands this thirtieth day of August in the year
of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and .twenty-eight.
William P. McDermott
cDermott
E., A. Richardson
Benjamin D. Vickery
Selectmen of Mansfield.
Bristol, SS. September 10, 1928
Pursuant to the within Warrant, I have notified and warned
the inhabitants of the Town of Mansfield by posting up attested
c I opies of the same at each of the Public, Meeting Houses and Post
'Offices, eight days before the date hereof, as within directed.
John W. Conrod,
Constable of Mansfield.
Mansfield, September 10, 1928
In conformity with the foregoing Warrant, a meeting of the
legal voters of the Town was held on the above date in the Town
Hall. The meeting was called to order by William H. Lyons,
Moderator Pro Tem at eight o'clock P.'M. The warrant and the
return of John W. Conrod, Constable, were read.
Article 1. Voted that the Town accept the layoutof Paine's
Corner, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen.
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Article 2. Voted that the Town appropriate the sum of $500.04
toward land damages at Paine's Corner, same to be taken fron
Excess and Deficiency.
Voted to adjourn the meeting at 8:12 P. M.
Attest: Harrison A. Morse, Town Clerk.
WARRANT FOR STATE PRIMARY
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Mansfield Greeting
In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required tc
notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town who are qualifiSd t(
vote in Primaries to meet in Town Hall Tuesday, the Eighteentl
Day of September, 1928 at 10 o'clock A. M. for the followinE
purposes:
To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Nomina
tion of Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices:
Governor -- --------------------------------------- ----------_---------for this Commonwealt:
Lieutenant Governor__________________________________________for this Commonwealt]
Secretary of the Commonwealth ____________________for this Commonwealt]
Treasurer and Receiver -General ____________________for this Commonwealt]
Auditor of the Commonwealth ________________________for this Commonwealt]
Attorney-General______________________________________________for this Commonwealt]
Senator in Congress__________________________________________for this Commonwealt]
Representative in Congress ---------- .-Fifteenth Congressional Distric
Councillor____________________________________________________________First Councillor Distric
Senator______________________________________________First Bristol Senatorial Distric
One Representative in General Court
Second Bristol Representative Distric
County Commissioners (2)____________________________________________Bristol Count;
Register of Deeds __________________________________________Bristol Northern Distric-
Clerk
istricClerk of Courts----------------------------------------------------------------Bristol Count;
Vacancies
In Bristol County _-Associate County Commissioner (to fill vacancy;
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zndfor the Election of the following officers:
DISTRICT MEMBER OF STATE COMMITTEE
for each political party ____________________for the First Senatorial District
'Twenty-five
MEMBERS OF THE REPUBLICAN TOWN COMMITTEE
TenMEMBERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC TOWN COMMITTEE
-Five Delegates to State Conventions of the Republican Party
Ton Delegates to State Conventions of the Democratic Party
All the above candidates and officers are to be voted for upon
-one ballot.
The polls will be open from 10 A.; M. to 8 P. M
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested
.copies thereof eight days at least before the time of said meeting
as directed by vote of the town.
Hereof fail not and make return of this warrant with your
-doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this twenty-third day of August A. D.
1928.
William P. McDermott
E. A. Richardson
L. B. Allen
William H. Lyons
Selectmen of Mansfield.
Mansfield, September 18, 1928
Bristol, SS.
Pursuant to the within Warrant, I have notified and warned
inhabitants of the Town of Mansfield by posting up attested
,s of the same at each of the Public Meeting Houses and Post
es, eight days before the date hereof, as within. directed.
John W. Conrod,
Constable of Mansfield.
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A true copy.
Attest: Harrison A. Morse, Town Clerk.
Mansfield, September 18, 192
In conformity with the foregoing Warrant a meeting of th(
legal voters of the Town, was held on the. above date in the Towr
Hall. The meeting was called to order at 10:00 A. M. The War.
rant was read by Harrison A. Morse,, Town Clerk. William P
McDermott was elected Moderator pro tem. The ballot box wa:
publicly opened and shown to be empty, then locked and the ke3
given to William H. Fuller, officer in charge.
The Ballot Clerks Norman S. Chapman and Guilford A. Georg(
and Checkers Myrtle M. Donlan and Newell B. Vickery and the
Tellers Carroll S. Cobb, Thomas J. Fox, Arthur J. Keefe, Fredsoi
J. Munroe, Daniel Welch, William L. Welch, Rufus F. Gallipeau
John C. Gaffney, Fred W. Tucker, and Frank R. Sawyer were sworn
to the faithful performance of their duties by Wm. P. McDermott
Moderator pro tem. ,
The ballot box and check list showed that 1268 votes were cast.
731 males and 537 females voted.
The votes cast for the nomination and election of the various
candidates were sorted,, counted and the result declared in open
meeting as follows:—
DEMOCRATIC
ollows:—DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Governor
Charles H. Cole of 34 Gloucester Street, Boston 34
John J. Cummings of 43.3 Adams Street, Boston 8
Blanks 5
47
Lieutenant Governor
John F. Malley of 188 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton ------------ 27
Charles S. Murphy of 33 Commodore Road, Worcester ---------------- 12
Planks--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8
47
65
s
Secretary
iseph Santosuosso of 47 Brattle Street, Boston ------------------------
27
Blanks-_---------_--------------------------------------------•------------•••-•-•---••-------_.
20
47
Treasurer
.mes P. Bergin of 24 Klebart Avenue, Webster ......:................
24
iniel England of 175 Wendell Avenue, Pittsfield ........................ .............
4
Blanks---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
19
47
Auditor
rabo V. Claggett of 1820 Washington Street, Newton ............
10.
wingLewis of 32 Linwood Street, Boston ..................................
2
=cis J. O'Gorman of 39 Cushman Road, Boston ....................
20
Blanks---•----------------------•--------------------------------------------------•----------------
15
47
Attorney General
[ward P. Barry of 32 Signourney Street, Boston --------------------
34
illiam R. Scharton of 10 Franklin Street, Reading --------------------
4
Blanks
47
Senator in Congress
Lvid L Walsh of 37 Day Street, Fitchburg ................................
42
Blanks----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
.5
47
Congressman
Fifteenth District
hn F. Trainor of 49 Winter Street, Fall River ........:...............
32
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Blanks C
41
Councillor
First District
Blanks-------------------------•------ •--------------------- 4P
Senator
First Bristol District
James P. Lamont of 440 Bay Street, Taunton ------- .---------------- ------ 31
Blanks----•-------------•------------------------------------------------------------------------- 15
4r
•
Representative in General Court
Second Bristol District
Thomas A. O'Connor of Mullen Road, Easton -------------------------------- 3
Blanks----------------•---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1
4
County Commissioners
(two) Bristol County
Philip J. Russell of 163 Hamlet Street,, Fall River ------------------------ 2
Blanks-----------------------------------------------------------------------------•---------------- 6
9
Clerk of Courts
Bristol County
Blanks---------------•------------------•-----------------------------.----------------------------- 9
Register of 'Deeds
Bristol Northern District
Blanks
67
Associate Commissioner
to fill vacancy) " Bristol County
Blanks------------------- ----------------------------------------------- ---------- ------- •.... 47
State Committee
First Bristol District
Blanks----------------------------------------- 7 ............................-------- =--•-• 47
en) Delegates to State Convention
Blanks----------------------------------------------------------------••------------------•--.------ 470
ori) Town Committee
Blanks --- 470
REPUBLICAN PARTY
Governor
t-nkG. Allen of 289 Walpole Street, Norwood =-:.-_ .._ ...
____..._ 646
ink A. Goodwin of 17 Wade Street, Boston ............................ 506
Blanks---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 69
1221
Lieutenant Governor
ge'A. Bacon of 690 Longmeadow Street, Longmeadow ........ 53
les' Lawrence Burrill of 44 Joy Street, Boston ----------------------
85
G. Holmes of 27 Holden Street, Worcester ----------------------------
21
C. Hull of 84 Grove Avenue, Leominster ------------------------------
129
rt M. Leach of 44 Harrison Street, Taunton ------------------------
523
iffe C. Marshall of 55 Bradford Road, Watertown --------------
13
H. Sherburne of 92 High Street, Brookline......... ...............
62
am Sterling Youngman of 10 Orkney Road, Boston .....`......
179
31anks--------------------------------------------------------- -----
156
1221
68
7
Secretary
.2
Frederic W. Cook of 75 Benton Road, Somerville --------------------------
966
Blanks................•-----------------
255
Harvey E. Frost of 77 Avon Street, Somerville ..............................
1221
Treasurer
7
Fred J. Burrell of 7 Revere Place, Medford ------------------------------------
377
John W. Haigis of 24 Church Street, Greenfield ...... I ----------------------
247
J. Ernest Kerr of 249 Park Street, Boston ----------------------- --------------
-101
Russell A. Wood of 11 Whittier Street, Boston ----------------------------
236
Blanks----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
260
31anks (See Recount Page 76) ----------------------------- ----------------
1221
Auditor
a
Dwight L. Allison of 214 Sycamore Street, Watertown ................
7
Julia B. Buxton of 70' Woodside Terrace, Springfield ----------------
.2
Roland H. Choate of 14 Webster Road, Milton ----------------------------
22
Alonzo B. Cook of 27 Wales Street, Boston ....................................
51
Harvey E. Frost of 77 Avon Street, Somerville ..............................
3
Roswell F. Phelps of 127°Oakdale Avenue, Dedham ......................
7
Blanks---------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- 27
Attorney General
Clarence A. Barnes of 79 Rumford Avenue, Mansfield .................. 57
Joseph E. Warner of 52 Church Green, Taunton .......................... 58
Blanks---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5
Senator in Congress
Butler Ames of 333 Andover Street, Lowell ...............
Eben S. Draper of Adin Street, Hopedale -------------------
Benjamin Loring Young of Newton Street, Weston
Blanks---------------------------- ----------------------------------------------
............ 3
------------ 2
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Congressman
Fifteenth District
to Crowther of 326 New Boston Road, Fall River .................. 97
eph W. Martin, Jr. of 54 Grove Street, North Attleborough 993
Blanks------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 131
1221
Councillor
First District
�derick A. Bartlett of 241 Elm Street, North Attleborough 243
nond Cote of 236 Eastern Avenue, Fall River ------------------------ 314
rk M. Duff of 695 County Street, New Bedford ...................... 479
Blanks----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 185
1221
Senator
First Bristol District
am J. Davison of 28 Harrison Street, Taunton ....................
161
!s G. Moran of 68 Rumford Avenue, Mansfield ------ ----------------1014
31anks-------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------
46
1221
Representative in General Court
Second Bristol District
iel Knowles of 194 Center Street, Easton ------------------------------
438
),rd H. Porter of Elm Street, Easton ---------------------------------- .....
572
31anks (See Recount Page 76) ----------------------------- ----------------
211
1221
County Commissioners
Bristol
I. Bryant of 70 Washington Street, Fairhaven ------------------
516
,t Kenworthy of 30 Hirst Street, Fall River ............ ..............
182
rd E. Warner of 52 Church Green, Taunton .........................
789
:Ianks ...................................... .................. ............... ......................
955
2442
70
Clerk of Courts
Bristol
Edwin L. Barney of 692 County Street, New Bedford ...:::............ 62
Patrick H. Dupuis of 13 Ashland Place, New Bedford ................ 12
Herbert Melling of 467 Brock Avenue; -New Bedford ------------ ----
Thomas M. Quinn of 69 Locust Street, New Bedford ---------------- 9
Guy A. Senesac of 136 Central Avenue, New Bedford __________________ 1
Blanks-----------------------------------------------•----------------------------------- 3F
1Z
Register of Deeds
Bristol Northern District
Enos D. Williams of 220 High Street, Taunton ------------ ------------------ 9C
Blanks-----•----•-•-----•--•-•----•----------------------------------------------------------------- 2f
1G:
Associate Commissioner
(to fill vacancy) Bristol County
Clinton E. Austin of 115 West Street, Mansfield -------------------------- &
William H. Lyons of 70 South Main Street, Mansfield ---------------- 5'
Blanks---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1
12,
State Committee
First Bristol District
Frank J. Nerney of 392 North Main Street, Attleboro ................ 6
Blanks--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5
12
Delegates to State Convention
( Five) Mansfield
Clinton E. Austin -of 115 West Street _____________-------------
---------
__:_. 9
Henry E. -Fairbanks of -07 Rumford Avenue ..... ............................... 9
James -G: Moran of 68 Rumford Avenue ------------- ------------.------.---.- 9
Charles H. Stearns of 16 Cottage Street ---------------------------------------- 9'
A. Vernon Wilson of 114 Rumford Avenue ------------------------------------ 9
71
nettW. Robinson-------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1
RIanks----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1433
6105
Town Committee
venty-Five) Mansfield
............:
B. Allen of 65 South Main Street..........................924
on E. Austin of 115 West Street ---------------------------------------------- 906
rt H. Bagloe of 48 Balcom Street -------------------------------------------- 873
y E. Fairbanks of 97 Rumford Avenue ---------------------------------- 890
ernon Wilson of 114 Rumford Avenue ....................................
887
Zan S. Chapman of 36 Pratt Street ----------------------------------------
888
arlton Ring of Jewell Street .................................................... 884
cen L. Hopkins of '182 Chauncy Street ----------------------------------
872
W. Day of 126 Church Street ----------------------------------------------------
894
les H. Stearns of 16 Cottage Street ----------------------------------------
898
anus E. Leonard of 335 South Main Street
............. .............. 875
rude L. Butterworth of 146 Park Street ..................................
893
Ii E. Stearns of 16 Cottage Street ------------------------------------------
880
ces B. Sherman of 69 North Main Street -----
-----_-------------- 894
ieth C. Sherman of 69 North Main Street ..............................
904
y M. Olsen of 218 Spring Street ------------------------------------------------
887
erick J. Dustin of 1174 East Street ----------------------------------------
899
el C. Richardson of 48 South Main Street ..... . .............. ...... 888
;on S. Horton of 38 Davis Street ---------------------
----------------------- 884
ge S. Wood of :71 South Main, Street ---------------------------------------- 881
3tte F. Bushnell of 116 Union Street ------------------------------------
876
ur 0. Babine of 71 Fowler Street ------------------------------------------
871
E. Moran of 68 Rumford Avenue ----- - -----------------------
----------- 896
E: -Harrington of ..423 South Main Street ---:---.-------_---_-___-- 870
D. Tucker of 55 South Main Street --- ------------------
------------------ 879
rtR. Tebbetts--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1
3lanks .. - ------7----' -------- ------ ------ ---: --- 8331
30525
Polls were closed -at. ,eight o'clock .P., M. _
Voted to adjourn the meeting at 10:39 P.M.
.ktte$t: , #arrison A. Morse, Town Clerk.,.; .
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Mansfield, "September 241 19
In compliance with a Petition duly filed in the Town Cler]
Office September 21, 1928 for a Recount . of the Ballots cast in t
State Primary Election September 18, 1928 for a Representative
General Court, Second Bristol District, a meeting was held on t
above date by the Town Clerk and Board of Registrars at 7:
P. M. September 24, 1928. Mr. William A.' Bellamy of Taunt(
Mass. was appointed by Samuel Knowles and Albert R. Tebbel
of Mansfield was appointed by Leonard H. Porter to represE
them at the Recount. At 10:45 P. M. a summary' of the Recou
was declared as follows:—
Representative in General Court
Republican Party
Second Bristol District
.Samuel Knowles of 194 Center Street, Easton 4
Leonard H. Porter of Elm Street, Easton 5
Blanks 2
12
Attest: Harrison A. Morse, Town Clerk and Clerk
Board of Registrars.
WARRANT FOR STATE ELECTION 1928
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Bristol, SS.
To either of the Constables of the Town of. Mansfield in 't
County of Bristol Greetir.
IN THE NAME OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MAS
CHUSETTS, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inl
itants of said Town, qualified to vote in elections and in T
affairs, to meet at the Town Hall in said Mansfield on Tuesday
Sixth day of November next, at Six o'clock in the forenoon, t
and there to bring in their votes to the Selectmen of the Town
the following offices:—
Presidential Electors ----------------- --------------------for this
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or ------------------------------------------ ------------- for this Commonwealth
nant Governor ----------------------------------------for this Commonwealth
ary------------------------------------------------------------for this Commonwealth
[rer------------------------------------------------------------for this Commonwealth
r-----------------------------------•----------------------------for this Commonwealth
Ley General ---------------------------------- - --------for this Commonwealth
itin Congress ------------------------------------------for this Commonwealth
entative in General Court ....Fifteenth Congressional District
llor------------------------------------------------------------ First Councillor District
r -------------------------------------------------- First Bristol Senatorial District
tentative in General Court (1)
Second Bristol Representative District
T Commissioners (2) ----------------------------------------- Bristol County
ofCourts--------------------------------------------------------------Bristol County
er of Deeds ----------------------------------------Bristol Northern District
Vacancies
ate County Commissioner (To fill vacancy) ....Bristol County ►
Iso, to vote "Yes" or "No" on the following questions:—
Lance of the following:—"LAW PROPOSED BY INITIA-
PETITION"
Proposed Law
�n Act to permit certain sports and games on the Lord's
Question of . Public Policy under Chap. 53,, Sect. 19 General
as amended by Chap. 97, Acts of 1925.
QUESTION OF PUBLIC POLICY
mll the senator from this district be instructed to vote for a
Lion requesting Congress to take action for the repeal of the
enth Amendment to the Constitution of the United states,
as the prohibition amendment?
alis shall be closed at Eight O'clock P. M.
nd you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting up
�d copies thereof at each of the Public Meeting Houses and
)ffices in said Town, eight days at least before the time of
g said, meeting.
ereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with
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your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place
meeting, as aforesaid.
Given under our hands this twenty-fifth day of October in f.
year of our Lord one thousand, nine hundred and twenty-eight.
William P. McDermott
E. A. Richardson
L. B. Allen
Benjamin D. Vickery
William H. Lyons
Selectmen of Mansfie
A true copy
Attest: Harrison A. Morse, Town Clerk.
Mansfield, November 6, 19
Bristol, SS.
Pursuant to the within Warrant, I have notified and warnE
the inhabitants of the Town of Mansfield by posting up atteste
copies of the same at each of the Public Meeting Houses and Po
Offices in said Town, eight days before the date hereof, as withi
directed.
John W. Conrod,
Constable of Mansfiel
A true Copy. Attest: Harrison A. Morse, Town Clerk.
Mansfield, November 6, 192
In accordance with the foregoing Warrant,_`a meeting of tl
legal voters of the Town was held, on the above date in the Tovc
Hall at six o'clock in the forenoon. 'The Warrant was read;' tl
ballot box publicly opened and shown to be empty, then lockE
and the key given to William H. Fuller, officer in charge:
Checkers, Norman . S. Chapman, Myrtle M. 'Donlan and Ba
Clerks, Guilford A. George, William L Mowry, Russell 'W. Whee
and the Tellers, Carroll S. Cobb,'ThomasI J. Fox;, Arthur J. Ke(
Fredson J. Munroe, Daniel Welch and William " L. Welch were-
sworn
e'resworn to the faithful performance of their duties by William
M��Dermott, Chairman, `Board of Selectmen. Tellers, John
M
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Dnne . Rufus F. Gallipeau, Frank R. Sawyer and Philip F. Shee-
n were chosen and sworn to the faithful performance of their
xties by William P. McDermott, Chairman, Board of Selectmen.
The ballot box and check lists showed that Two Thousand Five
undyed Forty Six (2546) votes were cast, which included fifty-one
)'; absent voters ballots. Eleven Hundred Sixty (1160) females
.511Thirteen Hundred Eighty-six (1386) males voted, making a
)tali of Twenty-five Hundred Forty six votes` cast.
ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT
,OSTER AND GITLOW, Workers Party (Three)----- ------_---------- 3
At Large
[ubert Riley of Boston
obert Zelms of Boston
By Districts
1. William Janhonen of ,Gardner
'2. John Louko of Norwood
3. Henry Gage of Brockton
4. George Kraska of Winthrop
5. Emma P. Hutchins of Boston
6. Joseph Ginsburg of Worcester
7. Sholom Reinstein of Chelsea
8. Adolph Suikonen of Maynard
9.. Joseph Goldberg of Lynn
L0. Lewis Marks of Boston
L1. John Hurwitz of Boston
L2. Elsie Pultur of Boston
L3. Alexander Taraska of Lowell
L4. Nathan G. Kay of Boston
L5. Stephen Puleo of Boston
L6. Boris Kleid of Boston
L30OVER AND CURTIS, Republican
(Seventeen Hundred Seventy-two)
At Large
Mabel C. Batchelder of Worcester
g
76
John. Richardson of Canton
By Districts
1. Oscar O. LaMontague of Holyoke
2. Phelps Brown of Springfield
3. Calvin D. Paige of Southbridge
4. George F. Booth of Worcester
5. Raoul H. Beaudreau of Marlborough
6. Elizabeth H. Dunham of Salem
7. Cornelius J. Corcoran of Methuen
8. Hildegarde I. Christenson of Belmont
9. Frank B. Bayrd of Malden
10. Edward G. Graves of Boston
11. Guy W. Cox of Boston
12. Sadie Lipner Shulman of Boston
13. E. Mark Sullivan of Boston
14. Adeline Ricci of Quincy
15. Carl A. Terry of Fall River
16. Bertha N. Packard of Fairhaven
REYNOLDS AND CROWLEY, Socialist Labor (One) ..............
At Large
Louis Galber of Lynn
Felix Manevitz of Boston
By Districts
1. Patrick A. Murphy of Greenfield
2. George A. Hassiotis of Springfield `
3. Alonzo D. Wheeler of Westminster
4. Olof Olsen of Worcester
5. John R. MacKinnon of Lowell
6. John T. Mattson of Gloucester
7. Fred E. Oelcher of Peabody
8. Peter O'Rourke of Medford
9. Daniel T. Blessington of Somerville
10. Barnet Wasserman of Chelsea
11. Albert L. Waterman of Boston
'12. Domenico A. diGirolamo of Boston
13. David Craig of Milford
14. John A. Nelson of Quincy
77
Harry Bentley of Fall River
Amedee F. Vassar of Plymouth
SMITH AND ROBINSON, Democratic
( Seven Hundred Twenty-eight) ................................................ 728
At Large
Arthur Lyman of Waltham
Martha R. Peters of Boston
By Districts
1' Daniel England of Pittsfield
2' Ray Stannard. Baker of Amherst
3. Marcus A. Coolidge of Fitchburg
4 Thomas J. Barrett of Worcester
5 Humphrey O'Sullivan of Lowell
• 6. Laurence P. Dodge of Newburyport
7. Agnes F. Higgins of Lawrence
8. Jessie Woodrow Sayre of Cambridge
1 v 9. Melvin B. Breath of Chelsea ,
10. Felix Marcella of Boston
11. James M. Curley of Boston
12. William J. Foley of Boston
13.
04- -1, V. Claggett of Newton
14. Frank J. Donahue of Boston
15. Edmond P. Talbot of Fall River
16 James P. Doran of New Bedford
THOMAS AND MAURER Socialist, (Five) 5
At Large
Otte B. Hallowell of Medfo d
•e E. Roewer of Cambridge
,y; Districts
7incent G. Burns of Pittsfield
Nelson J. West of Springfield
fohn Suominen of Fitchburg;
Phomas J. Conroy of Worcester
Nilliam E. Sproule of Lowell
78
6. Leonard Spalding of Newburyport
543
7. Thomas J. Nicholson of Lawrence
15
8. Sylvester J. McBride of Watertown
9. Max Sandler of Chelsea
1644
10. Reuben Guralnick of Boston
3
11. Lucy Lee of Boston
2
12. Joseph Beorak of Boston
339
13. Patrick J. Leonard of Brookline
2546
14. Franklin K. Gifford of Brockton
15. Hugh Dunbar of North Attleborough
16. Walter Barlow of New Bedford
Blanks, (Thirty -Seven) -------------------------------------------------------------- 31
2541
GOVERNOR
Frank G. Allen of Norwood, (R), (Seventeen Hundred Eight) __170f
Chester W. Bixby of Haverhill (W), (One) --------------------------------
Charles H. Cole of Boston (D), (Six Hundred Seventy-one) ----
671
Washington Cook of Boston (VPE), (Eight) ----------------------------
Mary Donovan Hapgood of North Brookfield (S), (Eight) --------
Edith Hamilton MacFadden of Cambridge (IC), (None) --------
Stephen J. Surridge of Lynn (SL), (None) --------------------------------
Blanks, (One Hundred Fifty) -------------------------------------------------
15(
254(
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
'John Corbin of Worcester (W), (Fourteen) ................................ 14
Henry C. Hess of Boston (SL), (Three) ----------------------------------------
Walter S. Hutchins of Greenfield (S), (Eleven) ------------------------ 11
John F. Malley of Newton (D), (Five Hundred Ninety-seven)
597
William Sterling Youngman of Boston (R)
(Sixteen Hundred Fifty-four) -----------_-------------- ...................... 1654
Blanks, (Two Hundred Sixty-seven) .........................................
267
2546
SECRETARY
Harry J. Canter of Boston (W)l (Nine), --------------------------------------
9
Frederic W. Cook of Somerville (R),'
(Sixteen Hundred Thirty-seven) ---------------- ---__---_----------------_
1637
- Kinsalas of Springfield (SL), (One) ---------------------------------- 1
,h Santosuosso of Boston (D), (Five Hundred Fifty-six) __ 556
L M. Williams of Brookline (S), (Fourteen) ------------------------ 14
31anks, (Three Hundred Twenty-nine) ................................ 329
2546
TREASURER
s P. Bergin of Webster (D), (Five Hundred Forty-three)
543
t Sprague Coolidge of Pittsfield (S), (Fifteen) ----------------
15
W. Haigis of Greenfield (R)
Sixteen Hundred Forty-four) ------------------------------------------------
1644
-t Oddie BrocKton (W), (Three) ------- ------------------------------------
3
S. Oram of Boston (SL), (Two) --------------------------------------
2
.es
31anks, (Three Hundred Thirty-nine) ----------------------------------
339
2546
AUDITOR
W. Aiken of Chelsea (SL), (Five) -------------------------- ----- -------- 5
;o B. Cook of Boston (R), (Fifteen Hundred Ni-nety-three)1593
[ A. Eisenberg of Boston (S), (Thirteen) --------------------------- 13
Hoffman of Boston (W), (Six) -------------------------------------------- 6
:is J. O'Gorman of Boston (D), (Five Hundred Sixty-ni-ne)569
flanks, (Three Hundred Sixty) ------------------------------------------------ 360
2546
ATTORNEY GENERAL
Mrd P. Berry of Boston (D), (Five Hundred Sixty-nine) __ 569
is, I. Becker of Boston (SL), (One) ---------------------------------------- 1
Lerner of Worcester (W), (Two) -------------------------------------- 2
Weaver Sherman of Boston (S), (Eleven) ------------------------ 11
)h E. Warner of Taunton (R),
'Sixteen Hundred Seventy-two) ----------------------------------------------1672
I 31anks, (Two Hundred Ninety-one) ---------------------------------------- 291
SENATOR IN CONGRESS
Ballan-i of Boston (W), (Ten) ----------------------------------------- 10
80
Alfred Baker Lewis of Cambridge (S), (Seven) ........................
David I. Walsh of Fitchburg (D), (Eight Hundred Forty-six) _. 84F
BenjaminLoring Young of Weston (R),
(Fourteen Hundred Eighty -seven) ------------------------------------------148 i
Blanks, (One Hundred Ninety-six) --------------------------------------•- 19E
2546
CONGRESSMAN FIFTEENTH DISTRICT
Joseph W. Martin, Jr. of North Attleborough (R)
(Seventeen Hundred Thirty-nine) -------------------------------------------- 1739
John F. Trainor of Fall River. (D), (Five Hundred Twenty-six) 526
Blanks, (Two Hundred Eighty-one) ........................................ 281,
COUNCILLOR FIRST DISTRICT
Mark M. Duff of. New Bedford (R)
Seventeen Hundred Twenty-seven) ---------------1727
1OUNTY COMMISSIONERS BRISTOL COUNTY
Blanks, (Eight Hundred Nineteen) .......................................... 819
Bryant of Fairhaven (R)
2546
SENATOR FIRST BRISTOL DISTRICT
James P. Lamont of Taunton (D), (Five Hundred Three) --------
503
James G. Moran of Mansfield (R)
iirteen Hundred Eighty -two) ----------------------------------------------1382
(Seventeen Hundred Eighty-seven) ------------------_------- ---_------_
1787
Blanks, (Two Hundred Fifty-six) --------------------------------------------
256
CLERK OF COURTS BRISTOL COUNTY
2546
REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT
(One) Second Bristol District
1565
Samuel Knowles of Easton (R), (Sixteen Hundred Eight) ........
1608
Thomas A. O'Connor of Easton (D)
478
(Five Hundred Ninety -three) ------------------•---•----------------------------- 593
81
nks, (Three Hundred Forty-five). ...................................... 345
2546
1OUNTY COMMISSIONERS BRISTOL COUNTY
Bryant of Fairhaven (R)
velve Hundred Ninety-nine) ........................... ...............:..1299
. Russell of Fall River (D), (Five Hundred Four) -------- 504
E. Warner of Taunton (R)
iirteen Hundred Eighty -two) ----------------------------------------------1382
nks, (Nineteen Hundred Seven) ------------------------------------------1907
5092
CLERK OF COURTS BRISTOL COUNTY
�. Burney of New Bedford (R)
fteen Hundred Sixty-five) ------------------------------------------------------
1565
M. Doyle of New Bedford (D), (Five Hundred Three)
503
nks, (Four Hundred Seventy-eight) ............... ..`_...... `
478
2546
STER OF DEEDS BRISTOL NORTHERN DISTRICT
Williams of Taunton (R)
Kteen Hundred Ninety-nine).:..............................................1699
4
s,, (Eight Hundred Forty-seven) ------------------------------------
8 7
2546
SOCIATE COMMISSIONER BRISTOL COUNTY
(To Fill Vacancy)
Austin of Mansfield (R)
nteen Hundred Twelve) ------ ---- ------------------------- --- -------1712
ins, (One) -------------------- ------ -- ----- -------------------. 1
7, (One) ---------------------------------------- - -- 1
s (Eight Hundred Thirty-two) ------------------------------------ 832
2546
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LAW PROPOSED BY INITIATIVE PETITION
Shall the proposed law which provides that it shall be law:
in any city which accepts the act by vote of its city council and
any town which accepts the act by vote of its inhabitants, to to
part in or witness any athletic outdoor sport or game, except hoi
racing, automobile racing, boxing or hunting with firearms, on t
Lord's Day between 2 and 6 P. M.; that such sports or games sh
take place on such playgrounds, parks or other places as may
designated in a license issued by certain licensing authorities; tl
no sport or game shall be permitted in a place other than a pub
playground or park within one thousand feet of any regular plc
of worship; that the charging of admission fees or the taking
collections or the receiving or remuneration by any person
charge of or participating in any such sport or game shall not
prohibited; that the license may be revoked; and that in cities a
towns in which amateur sports or games are permitted unc
existing law such amateur sports or games may be held until t
proposed law is accepted or the provisions of the existing law f
of acceptance on resubmission to the people, which law was 1lise
proved in the Senate by a vote of 9 in the affirmative and 22 in t
negative, and in the House of Representatives by a vote of 93
.the affirmative and 110 in the negative, be approved.?
Yes, (One Thousand, Sixty -eight) --------------------------------------------10
No, (Eight Hundred Ninety-four) ............................................ 8
Blanks, (Five Hundred Eighty-four) ............................ 5
25
QUESTION OF PUBLIC POLICY
Shall the senator from this district be instructed to vote
a resolution requesting Congress to take- action for' the repeal
the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the Un!
States, known as the prohibition amendment?
Yes, (Nine Hundred Twenty-four) ----- ----------------------- -------------- '
No (One Thousand Eight) ------=---------------------------------- -----------la
Blanks,, ( Six Hundred Fourteen) ----------------- -------------------
21,
---- ------21,
Polls were closcd at Eight o'clock P. M.
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Voted to adjourn the meeting at 12:20 A. M.
Harrison A. Morse, Town Clerk.
Mansfield, November 15, 1928
.1 compliance with a Petition duly filed in the Town Clerk's
November 9, 1928 for a Recount of the Ballots cast in the
Election November 6, 1928 for Governor and Attorney Gen-
f this Cominonwealth, a meeting was held on the above date
-' Town Clerk and Board of Registrars at 2:00 o'clock P. M.
;harles H. Stearns of the Republican Town Committee was
it but no one was present from the Democratic Town' Com -
At 7:45 o'clock P. M. a summary of the Recount was
,ed' as ,follows :—
GOVERNOR
G. Allen. of Norwood (R), (Seventeen Hundred Six) ----1706
er W. Bixby of Haverhill (W J , ( One) -------------------------------- 1
es H. Cole of Boston (D) , ( Six Hundred Sixty-nine) ------ 669
ington Cook of Boston (V.P.E.), (Six) ------:-------------------------- 6
Donovan Hapgood of North Brookfield (S), (Eight) -----:-- 8
Hamilton MacFaddan of Cambridge (IC), (None) ------------ 0
en J. Surridgeof Lynn (SL), (None) ----------_-- ------ 0
lanks, (One Hundred Fifty-six) -------------------------------------------- 156
2546
ATTORNEY GENERAL -
P. Barry of Boston (D), (Five Hundred Sixty-nine) -- 569
Becker of Boston (SL), (One) -------------------------------------- 1
Ener of Worcester (W), (Two) ------- ----------------------------------- 2
eaver Sherman of Boston (SL), (Twelve) -----_ --_--_ 12
Warner of Taunton (R)
:teen Hundred Seventy-one) ------_-----_-------------- ---- ----- ------1671
iks, (Two Hundred Ninety-one) ------------------------------------------ 291
2546
Harrison A. Morse Town Clerk and Clerk,
Board of Registrars
84
Easton, Mass., November 19, 1�
This is to certify that the number of ballots cast in the toA
of Norton, Easton and Mansfield (This being the Second Bris
Representative District) on the sixth day of November, A. D. 19;
for one Representative in General Court was six thousand a
sixty-three (6063).
The result of the Election was as follows:—
Samuel
ollows:—Samuel Knowles of Easton, (Republican)
In Easton, Fourteen Hundred and thirty-seven ------------------------(143
In Norton, Six Hundred and seventy-three -------------------------------- ( 67
In Mansfield, Sixteen Hundred and eight ------------------------------------(160
Total, Thirty-seven Hundred Eighteen --------- ........................_--.-(371
Thomas A. O'Connor of Easton,, (Democratic)
In Easton, Nine Hundred and. nine ....:................................. .......
In Norton, Two Hundred and six -------------------------------------------------- ( 20
In Mansfield, Five Hundred and ninety-three ----------- ----------------- ( 59
Total, Seventeen Hundred and Eight ----------------------------------------(170
Leonard H. Porter of Easton (Republican)
InEaston, One----------------------------------------------------------------------------------(
Blanks
In Easton, One Hundred and forty-eight -------------------------------- 14
In Norton, One Hundred and forty-three --------------------------------( 14
In Mansfield, Three Hundred and forty-five ................................( 34
Total, Six Hundred and thirty-six ------------------------------------------------ ( 63
George E. Smith, Town Clerk of Norton
Harrison A. Morse,
Town Clerk of Mansfie
Harry R. Franklin,
Town Clerk of East
A true copy. November 20, 1928
Attest: Harrison A. Morse, Town Clerk.
LIST OF JURORS
s revised by the Selectmen of Mansfield, June 28, 1928
Occupation
Street
In Alfred E., Machinist-------------------------------------------
--------- Hodges
Sumner W., Clerk, -------_--------__---- -------------------------
No. Main
e, Arthur O., Japannery------------------------------------------------- Fowler
)n, Leo M., Manufacturer- -------------------- - ------------
--------_ So. Main
,'Eugene A. L., Purchasing Agent- ------------------------------------
Mill
ws, Albert, Watchman---------------------------------------------------------
Union
ws, Nathaniel D., Machinist ------------------------------------------------
Davis
v, William T., Machinist ---------------------------------------
--------- Cottage
M, George E., Retired ------------------------------------------------------
Union
1,` Emory E., Shuttle maker --------------------------------------------
--- Elm
Abbot E., Wood worker ------------------------------------------------
Chauncy
RalphA., P. O. Clerk -----------------------------------------------------
---- Dean
ws, Percy F. Railroad clerk ------------------------------------------------
Pratt
1ni; Joseph A. Expressman --------------------------------------------
No. Main
nan Norman S., Reporter ----------------------------------------•------•----
Pratt
,rs, Walter C., Jeweler ---•--------------------------------------------------
Myrtle
, Percy A., Fireman----------------------------------------------------------------
West
EgbertD., Salesman--------------------------------------------------------------
High
s, Elwood W., Jeweler --------------------------------------------------
So. Main
n, Edward J., Barber -----------------------------------------------------
Central
William J., Foundry man ------------------------------------------------ Charles
George W., Bay State --------------------------------------------
----------- West
ung, Sidney W., Merchant ----------------------------
-------------------- Park
Francis W., Machinist--------------------------------------
-------------- Central
David M., Contractor----------------------------------------------------
No. Main
rn, Charles J.,. Clerk --------------------------------------------------------
No. Main
anks, Francis D., Insurance ------------------------------------------
Rumford
anks, Henry. E.- Salesman >--------------------------------------------
Rumford
ater, James,-Carpenter------------------------------------------------------------ Aspen
W. Leon, Painter -------- --=------ ---------- ------- ---------
----- ------ Dean
George B., Farmer ------ ------------------- -------------
---------- ----- East
ey,.. John' C., Bleachery --------------------------------- I -
-- -------------- I West
,�s, Clermont W., Market, gardener ---------------------------------------
East
George W., Publisher, ------ -- --------------------------------------
. No. Main
im, Percy P., Clerk ----- --- ------------ ---- --------------
- --- -----._. West
I
ore, Louis J., Machinist ---------------------------------------------------
7 Hodges
cold, Edward S. Jr., Machinist ----------------_ -. __.--- -__ ------ Park
Leon E. Bank Clerk ------------------------------------------------------
Central
ngton, William H., Carpenter ----------------------------------------
Chauncy
1, William C., Ma'chinist------------------------------------------------
Church
86
Hibbert, Reginald, Clerk ----------- ............ ----------------------------------- Samos
Hille, Charles L., Manufacturer ------------------------------------------------ Warr
Hodges,, DeWitt B., Carpenter -------------------------------------------------- Chun
Hodges, Fred G., Salesman........................................................
Uni,
Knowles, Benjamin W., Real Estate ------------------------------------
Shawm
Leonard, Edward F., Contractor ------------------------------------------------
Bran,
Leonard, Walter G., Civil Engineer ------------------------------------
So. Ma
Lynch, Thomas S., Gold Pen ------------------------•------------------------------- Pa.
McCauley, James J., Railroad,--------------------------------------------------------
Pra
McKenna, William C., Chef--------------------------------------------------------------
Pa.
Moro,. Enrico, Merchant-------------------------------------------------------------- Drap
Mosher, Henry S., Silversmith --------------------------------------------
So. Ma
Nelson, J. Theodore, Gold Pen ---------------------------------------------------- Pa:
Prescott, William R., Carpenter --------------------------------------------
So. Ma
Robinson, Herbert E., Restaurant. ------------------------- - ----------------
Morrc
Squadrilli, Joseph, Butcher-------------------------------------------------=----------
Pra
Tebbetts, Albert R., Assessor --- ------------- ----------------------------------
Chilsi
Torrance, John H., Carpenter--------------------------------------------------- Shiel
Treen, George B., Retired ------- ---------------------------------------------
SamQs
Valente,, Arthur, Retired --------------------- ------------------------------------- .. Samos
Wellman, Schuyler W., Refiners ----------------- ------------------------ --------
Shawm
White, Harry L., Poultry dealer --------------------------------------- ----------------
Scho
Williams, Ralph L., Foreman-------------------------------------------------------
Pra
Willis, .Clarence R., Machinist------------------------------------------------------
Cou
Wilson, Edward. H., Machinist __----------------- _--------------------------------
Hodg
Woods, Frank E., Poultryman ------------------------------------------------
So. Ma
Woodward, Preston M., Carpenter __; ----------------------------------------------- Ea
Wm. P. McDermott
William -H. Lyons
Benjamin D. Vickery
Edward A. Richardson
Lesley B. Allen
Board of Selectme
HEALTH
During the year 1928 there were one hundred twenty -fol
contagious diseases reported as follows:—
Chicken Pox 30 Mumps,
Diphtheria 14 Scarlet Fever
Dog Bite 11 Septic . Sore Throat
Lobar Pneumonia 11 Pulmonary Tuberculosis
Measles 9 Whooping Cough
`
HARRISON A. MORSE, Health Office
87
Town Accountant
e honorable Board of Selectmen:
herewith submit my report of the receipts and expenditures
he year ending December 31, 1928, also a statement of the
's indebtedness on December 31 1928.'
Harrison A. Morse, Town Accountant.
RECEIPTS—GENERAL REVENUE
S
',urrent year ----------------- --- $205,647.13
'revious Year
------------ --- 627878.30
corporation and Income .. 50,542.66
$319,068.09
.ses and Permits
,iquor-----------------------------------• 1.00
unk`-_---------------------------- ............... 78.50
'edlers---------------------------------- 50.00
)undav---------------------------------- 160.00
irds and Bowling ........
60.00
- -
25.00
-iage ................................
50.00
9thers-----------------•----------
325.50
'750.00
t Fines ............................
843.00
nd Gifts
n State
ion of Children ............
1,230.29
iers' Exemption
119.47
i County
88
Dog Licenses ------------------------ 1,181.66
2,531.4
Care of Cemetery Lots ------ 56.0
Library ---------------------------------- 2.4
Deposit King Lot ................ 500.0
Tax Titles .............................. 35.1
Schools ---------------------------------- 5.0j
$323,791.01
COMMERCIAL REVENUE—DEPARTMENTAL
General Government
Collector ................................ 290.12
Town Clerk .............:............ 246.50
Town Hall ....'........:: ............ 515.95
All Other ------------------------------ 5.00
$1,057.5'
bProtection. of Persons and Property
3,625.46
Police......................................
15.00
Sale of Old Materials ..........
103.98
Suppression of Insects --------
18.00
State Highway --------------------
51.00
Sealer Weights and Measures
147.66
Health------------------------------------
47.59
All Other ------------------------------
4.70
;e Aid
387.9
Charities
266.55
Infirmary
773.27
Sale of Produce .................
E
765.61
89
Sale of Milk ------------------------ 2;643.85
Board --------------------------. 156.00
Rent of Cottage ------------------ 60.00
,nt of Store ----------------------
3,625.46
nbursements for Relief
1 Other ----•-----------•-------------
Individuals ----------------------------
55:23
Cities and Towns ------------------
2;951`:23
State------------------•-------------------
1,446.40
4,452.86
her's Aid
State------------------ ----------------------
2,343.91
;e Aid
552.00
Tiers' Relief
266.55
paries
773.27
Fines -----------------------••-------------
396.36
,nt of Store ----------------------
120.00
1 Other ----•-----------•-------------
30.00
150.00
$ 13,232.64
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
g Fund Income
r
.come Electric Light Sinking Fund
2,085.40
.come ,Vater Sinking Fund
773.27
2,858.67
pal Electric Light Sinking Fund
450.88
90
Perpetual Care Fund Income
793.72
Perpetual Care Fund Principal
450.00
,n: Manager's Bond --------
68.64
1,243.'
Municipal Lighting Plant
1,000.00
Light and Power ................
111,771.08
Jobbing ------------------------------------ -
81157.16
rs
Interest on Deposits ----------
45.35
vn: Home from Highways
119,973.
Water Department
-
Sale of Water _____________________
22,656.36
,lance, January 1, 1928
Jobbing ------------------------------
1,406.18
3,020.47
Sale Materials ......................
76.35
Water Charges `....................
.50
'
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
24,139.3
Municipal Indebtedness
Temporary Loans ----------------
ary------------------------------------
180,000.0
Commercial Revenue
$ 50.00
propriation-_------------------- $
Interest on -Deposits ----------
296.1.3
Interest -on Taxes _________________
2,233.98
Interest on Tax Titles ___.....
3,97
- Interest State Tax ______________
.11
.ary-----------------------------------
$
3,333.32
2,534.1;
Refunds
27.86
Town Hall Repairs ______________
69.19
Schools - : -
= - ------
30.31
adry Small Expenses ....
Electric Light Dept. ----------
54.$2
So. l:yain.St. Land.Damages
40.00
Snow and Ice Removal ------
20.00
Highway Department ________
3.55
Lary ------------------------------------
Town Clerk ----------------
,1.00
-
91
^mary-----------------------------
3.05
,n: Manager's Bond --------
68.64
dsDue 1928 ____________________
1,000.00
$ '1,291.46
rs
vn: Home from Highways
'818.00
-
670,333.60
,lance, January 1, 1928
3,020.47
$673,354.07
PAYMENTS
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
for
ary------------------------------------
$ 50.00
propriation-_------------------- $
50.00
pended--------------_-------------
50.00
Manager's Department
.ary-----------------------------------
$
3,333.32
itionery and Printing -, ---
27.86
.ephone------------------• ---- -----
39.98
adry Small Expenses ....
118.43
3,519.59
)riations
Lary ------------------------------------
4,000:00
-
pense, . ----- -------------------------
200.00
4,200:00
pended '---------------------------
3,519.59
ansfer to Revenue ---------- 680.41
92
Selectmen's Department
Stationery and Postage __-.
Printing. and Advertising
Sundry Small Expenses _...
Appropriation ...................... 200.00
Expended ______________________________ 200.00
Town Clerk and Accountant's Department
Salary ----------------------------
Clerks and Assistants ........
Stationery and Postage .__.
Printing and Advertising
Telephone ------------------------------
Safe... --------------------------=----------
Moving Safe ------------------------
License Plates and Badges
Sundry Small Expenses _.._
Appropriations
Salary------------------------------------
Expense................................
Expended ---------------------------••-
Treasurer's Department
2,100.00
1,300.00
3,400.00
3,400.00.
= uecor(ung ------------------------------
20.84, Sundry Small Expenses -___
95.58
83.58
2,100.00
862.58
54.57
36.11
36.05
175.00
35.00
43.35
57.34
K
,e --------------------------------
[ed ------------------------------
e to Revenue ------------
and" Collector's Bond
)riation ----------------------
led------------------------------
Salaries _----' --------------------------
8,400.0 Clerks anct Assistants --------
Building Survey Work --------
Stationery and Postage _--___
t Printing and Advertising _.
Salary ....................................
1,840.32
Clerk and Assistants ........
992.00
Stationery and Postage ____
0076.13
Printing and Advertising
78.73
Carfares----------------------.-------.
15.75
Telephone
39.15--•---•---
Office Equipment -------------- --•
282.11
-L I -VII
76.17
3,717.45
2,200.00
1,800.00
4,000.00
3,717.45
382.55
577.50
577.50
577.50
$ 2,200.00
555.00
981.00
119.20
53.58
, Auto, etc- ------------
139.55
1e------------------------------33.70
Small Expenses ____
151.38
4,233.41
)ns
-...........................
2,200.00
`s ..............................
1,200.00
Survey` ---------------•--
1,000.00
4,400.00
A..............................
4,233.41
to Revenue ------------
166.59
9
5
94
Certifying Notes
40.
'Fuel ----------------------------------------
670.92
550.93
Light --------------------------------------
Appropriation ......................
60.00
Janitors Supplies ----------------
128.00
Expended ------------------------------
40.00
Small Repairs ----------------------
-Water
2.30
26.40
------------------------------------
Balance to Revenue ............
20.00
�Signs --------------------------------------
inspection of Boilers ----------
91.55
10.00
Law Department
Laundry--------------------------------
Sundry Small Expense ------
44.00
119.01
Salaries and Services ........
500.00
2,371.11
Appropriation ......................
ended ------------------------------
500.00
500.00
Appropriation ----------------------Ex
2,500.00
Expended ------------------------------
2,371.11
Election and Registration
Balance to Revenue ------------
128.89
1927 Expense ----------------------
400.00
-Repairs to Town Hall
Appropriation ......................
400.00
Expended ------------------------------
400.00
Sundry Repairs --------------------
1,748.93
Appropriation ------ ---------------
21000.00
Election and Registration
Expended ------------------------------
1,748.93
Registrars ----------------------------
400.00
Balance forward to 1929
320.26
Posting Warrants, etc....._...
62,00
Printing and Advertising
225.94
Memorial Building
Meals for Officers --------------
94.68
Sundry Small Expenses ....
2.32
Janitors--------------------------------
216.00
Election Officers ------------------
313.751,018.65,
Fuel ----------------------------------------
.7 Light --------------------------------------
243.32
1,098.
Repairs --------------- ------------------
185.95
Sundry Small Expenses
36.08
Appropriation ----------------------
1,000.00
Transfer from Reserve ------
125.00
1,700.00
1,125.00
Appropriation ----------------------
1,700.00
Expended --------------------------------
1098.69
Expended ------------------------------
1,700.00
Balance to Revenue-------------
26.31
Board of Survey
Town Hall
Sundry -Expenses----------------
144.16
Janitors --------------------------
728.00
97
96
.er Equipment ................
Appropriation ----------------------
200.00
350.29
Expended `------------------------------
144.16
it---------------------------------------
Balance to Revenue ------------
55.84
46.95
;1 ---'---- ------------- -
483.43
23,70C
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Department
40.00
►airs to Building ------------
Patrolmen ---------------------------
Lter------------------------------------
4,916.10
Detectives ----------------------------
69.50
584.85
Motorcycle ----------------------------
tionery and Postage ....
225.00
Equipment for Men ------------
65.84
18.50
Repairs to Equipment --------
Ldry Small Expenses ....
10.45
Janitor's Supplies ................
13,486.45
37.38
Printing, Stationery and Postage
155.05
Telephone ------------------------------
ance to Revenue ............ 13.55
23.58
Insurance ----------------------------
39.46
Food--------------------------------------
sight and Express ----------
35.00
Auto List ------------------------------
73.73
30.00
Sundry Small Expenses .._.
aerator ------------------------------
117.47
Legal Services ....................
70.00
6,262
Appropriation ----------------------
6,500.00
Expended ------------------------------
6,262.84
Balance to Revenue ............
237.16
Court Fees
335.
Appropriation ......................
350.00
Expended ------------------------------
335.12
Balance to Revenue ............
14.88
Fire Department
Firemen --------------------------------
10,487.50
Apparatus ----------------------------
75.57
Hose--------------------------------------
405.81
Equipment for Men ------------
29.25
97
900.00
.er Equipment ................
180.47
pairs ----------------------------------
350.29
;oline and Oil ----------------
89.42
it---------------------------------------
100.00
all Supplies --------------------
46.95
;1 ---'---- ------------- -
483.43
ht--------------------------------------
_ 76.63
se' -------------------------------- -----
40.00
►airs to Building ------------
586.52
Lter------------------------------------
264.00
[ndry--------------------------------
69.50
itor's Supplies ----------------
92.09
tionery and Postage ....
8.50
phone ------------------------------
65.84
arance------------y-----------------
16.59
Ldry Small Expenses ....
18.09
13,486.45
?ropriation ...................... 13,500.00
)ended ------------------------------ - 13,486.45
ance to Revenue ............ 13.55
arm System
)airs ----------------------------------
237.79
sight and Express ----------
5.71
,rent ----------------------------------
73.73
:es ------------------------------------
327.77
aerator ------------------------------
255.00
900.00
)ropriation ......................
800.00
,nsfer from Reserve ...... '
100.00
900.00
,)ended ------------------------------
900.00
.on of Buildings and Wires
ldings and Wires ----------
200.00
98
r
Appropriations
Buildings ------------------------------
100.00
Wires---- ........._---------------------
100.00
200.00
Expended ------------------------------
200.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Sealer------------------------------------
265.00
Labor------------------------------------
71.35
Stationery and Postage ......
6.18
Printing--------------------------------
5.98
Insurance _-------=-----------------
55.60
Equipment and Repairs ------
107.07
Auto Hire ------_----------------------
88.00
599
Appropriation --------- -------- ---
600.00
Expended ------------------------------
599.18
Balance to Revenue __----_ -_
.82
Moth Department
Labor and Teams ----------------
2,124.04
Creosote --------------------------------
12.51
Hardware and Tools ----------
259.03
Water------------------------------------
6.00
Insurance -----------------------------
9.00
Gasoline --------------------------------
31.50
Sundry Small Expenses ....
13.07
2,455
Appropriation ...................... 2,500.00
Expended -_-_---------------------- 2,455.15
Transfer to Revenue .......... 44.85
Tree Warden
Labor and Teams ----------- --- 935.02
99
are and Tools ---------- 18.27
r Small Expenses ---- 26.24
979.53
,)riation---------------------- 1,000.00
led------------------------------ 979.53
Transfer to Revenue_
Forest Fire Department
Warden =------- -----------------
,(-j•.lJ�J�(.i aliva ----------------------------
Sundry Small Expenses ----
1
-. ..............................
ed--------------------------- -
to Revenue ------.._.._
3ydrants
old Water Department
riation-------- -------- ----
20.47
50.00
136.40
14.08
500.00
200.48
299.52
1,000.00
1,000.00
200.48
1,000.00
50.00
... 50.00
... 50.00
200.00
------ - ----------------
1929 .................. 200.00
100
154.70
ding Births ----------------
Insurance
J
15.50
ding Deaths ................
4,063
Appropriation ----------------------
3,500.00
127.50
Transfer from Reserve _...
563.17
64.00
y Small Expenses ....
4,063.17
;tionof Animals ........
Expended ------_---------------------
4,063.17
21.67`
nd Refuse ....................
214.25
30,531
Health and Sanitation
1,838.21
pration ----------------------
1,200.00
County T. B. Hospital --------
Eer from Reserve ......
273.91
6,101
Appropriation -----------------------
6,105.82
ded-_---------------------_
Expended ------------------------------
6,105.82
raft ------------------------ _--
364.30
Collection of Garbage
for Nursing Purposes
•
Equipment and Repairs --.-
35.75
g Nurse -_------- _-----
Labor------------------------------------
1,125.00
955.00
1.85
99(
Appropriation ----------------------
1,200:00
ded .=; .........................
Expended ------------------------------
990.80
e to Revenue ............
34.15
Balance toi Revenue ------------
209.20
Collection of Ashes and Refuse
150.00
801
Appropriation ----------------------
800.00
Expended ---------------------------
800.00
300.00
led -----`--..--------------------
300.00 «<`
Health
Agent ------------------------------------
180.00
Stationery and Postage _--_
36.50
Printing and Advertising ..
42.00
Sundry Small Expenses ..
45.67
j Restraint of Dogs --------------
254.18
Medecine and Medical° ........
391.10
Provisions --------------------- -----
i
i
47.36
101
.culosis--------------------_-
154.70
ding Births ----------------
15.50
ding Deaths ................
25.25
1g and Fumigation _.
127.50
)ing Inspector -------------
64.00
y Small Expenses ....
39.29
;tionof Animals ........
179.24
;tion of Meats ------------
21.67`
nd Refuse ....................
214.25
1,838.21
pration ----------------------
1,200.00
Eer from Reserve ......
273.91
1,473.91
ded-_---------------------_
1,838.21
raft ------------------------ _--
364.30
for Nursing Purposes
an ---------------------- --•---
339.00
g Nurse -_------- _-----
1,125.00
y 'Small Cases ----••••--
1.85
1,465.85
priation----------------------
1,500.00
ded .=; .........................
1,465.85
e to Revenue ............
34.15
r
and Burying ------------
150.00
.......................................
150.00
300.00
r)riation---------------------
300.00
led -----`--..--------------------
300.00 «<`
102
500.00
Back Bay Brook
897.21
Lumber and Hardware ......
27.69
Labor
230.07
r and Teams ----------------
257
Appropriation ----------------------
300.00
Expended ------------------------------
257.76
Balance to Revenue ------------
42.24
Sewer Committee
36.19;
Appropriation ----------------------
500.00
Expended nothing --------------
—
Balance to Revenue ............
500.00
nded------------------------------
897.21
ice to Reserve ..............
$ 11,
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES
Highways
r and Teams ----------------
2,065.00
Labor and Teams ----------------
35.20'
17,740.34
Purchase of Car ------------------
alt---`------- ----------------------
35.00
Current ----------------------------------
36.19;
116.00
Oil and Gasoline ------------------
343.74
Broken Stone and Gravel ..
583.19
Equipment and Repairs ..
3,738.80
Tarvia, 'etc- --------------------------
5,839.42
Insurance ------------------------------
644.95
Unclassified Expense ----------
962.11
30,1
Appropriation ......................
30,000.00
Refunds--------------------------------
3.55
30,003.55
Expended ------------------------------
30,003.55
Purchase of Truck
4,
103
,opriation---------------------- 4,000.00
sfer from Reserve .... 700.00
4,700.00
ended ------------------------------ 4,700.00
of Grader 897.21
opriation----------------------
1,800.00
nded------------------------------
897.21
ice to Reserve ..............
902.79
Street
r and Teams ----------------
2,065.00
line --------------------------------
35.20'
and Repairs ..............
198.91'
alt---`------- ----------------------
630.50
'nt----------------------------------
36.19;
;ht and Express ..........
34.20
3,000.00
Appropriation ...................... 3,000.00
Expended ----------------------------- 3,000.00
Aviation and Advertising Sign
tion ----------------------
100.00
nothing ..............
—
c 1929 ..................
100.00
,, So. Main Street
iages ....................
846.00
-ion ......................
1,000.00
--------------------------------
40.00
1,040.00
104
600.00
pion .---------••--------- 600.00
Expended `-
'846.00
j
Forward to 1929 ------------------
194.00
Teams ------------- -
Land Damages Paine's Corner
•
684.43
-
Land Damages --------------------
16.20
445,
Appropriation ----------------------
500.00
10.90
Expended ------------------------------
445.00
tion ----------- --------- 1,250.00
Balance toi Revenue ------------
55.00
Henry and Creeden Streets
Labor and Teams ----------------
462.00
Sand
10.80
Oil and Gasoline ------------------
604.97
Current----------------------------------
81.04
Sundry Small Expenses .:..
41.19
1,204
Appropriation ----------------------
1,200.00
Expended ------------------------------
1,200.00
Plain Street Bridge
Labor----------------•---------------•---
58.09
Printing and Advertising ..
4.75
Construction ------------------------
2,390.70
Sundry Small Expense ......
29.52
2,48'
Appropriation ......................
2,500.00
Expended --------------•---------------
I
2,483.06
Balance to Revenue ------------
16.94
Brook Street
r
Labor and Teams ----------------
i
1
f3
I
625.20
105
ne-------------------------------- 67.10
y Small Expense ------ 65.67
757.97
priation -------------------•-- 1,000.00
ded----------------------------- 757.97
,rd to 1929 --------•--------- 242.03
rner Reconstruction
and Teams ---------------- 498.60
it ---=-----------------------------• 101.40
600.00
priation---------------------- 600.00
ded.............................. 600.00
yet
and Teams ---------------• 524.50
54.71
V Small Expense ------ 20.79
600.00
pion .---------••--------- 600.00
--------------•-•---•----•-- 600.00
j
t'
Teams ------------- -
456.50
•
684.43
= -
16.20
asoline-----._ :: _-.-
81.97
nall Expenses ....
10.90
1.,250.00
tion ----------- --------- 1,250.00
107
------ 53.60
tes, Lumber, Wire etc. 294.40
2,500.00
a
106
ended ------------------------------
Expended ------------------------------
1,250.00
1.07
Hodges Street Drain
284.00
d and Gravel ------------------
Labor and Teams ................
nded------------------------------ 1,250.00
679.75
Pipe and Catch Basin Frames
1,284.17
Sundry Small Expenses ..-.
ropriation----------------------
36.08
truction------------------------
5,557.50
2,000,
Appropriation ----------------------
2,000.00 .
Expended -------------------------------
2,000.00
Park and Hope Streets Drain
Labor --------------------------------------
252.50
Pipe----------------------------------------
403.75
Sundry Small Expenses _---
w
43.75
700)
Appropriation ----------------------
700.00
Expended ------------------------------
700.00
Benefit Street
Labor --------------------------------------
1,130.90
Pipe----------------------------------------
143.00
Purchase Land --------------------
300.00
Gasoline --------------------------------
86.00
Sundry Small Expenses ----
28.87
1,688.
Appropriation ----------------------
2,000.00
Expended ------------------------------
1,688.77
j Forward to 1929 ------------------
311.23
E
k Dragline, Screen and Motor
Motor, Transformer and Line
2,152.00
107
------ 53.60
tes, Lumber, Wire etc. 294.40
nded ..--------
Street
2,500.00
ropriation----------------------
2,500.00
ended ------------------------------
2,500.00
eet
1.07
or and Teams ----------------
284.00
d and Gravel ------------------
8.00
nded------------------------------ 1,250.00
458.00
via------------------------------------
_
eying ------------------------------
750.00
ropriation----------------------
750.00
nr,n nn
nded ..--------
Street
r and Teams ----------------
408.75
a------------------------------------
840.18
ry Small Expenses __..
1.07
1,250.00
opriation---------------------- 1,250.00
nded------------------------------ 1,250.00
and Curbing
_
eying ------------------------------
226.00-
r and Teams ---------------
3,673.08
truction------------------------
5,557.50
tenance--------------------------
543.42
10,000.00
..opr ation........................ 10,000.00
ended -------` --------- ------ 10,000.00
108
Snow and Ice Removal
Labor and Teams ............:...
11656.71
Equipment and Repairs _.,
355.58
Sundry Small Expenses ..
144.31
2,715.25
2,156.1
Appropriation ......................
2,000.00
Refund ----------------------------------
20.00
Transfer from Reserve ......
136.60
2,156.60
Expended ------------------------------
21156.60
Snow and Ice Removal Equipment
Equipment and Repairs
P11 K
Appropriation ...................... 600.00
Transfer) from Reserve ------ 15.27
615.27
Expended ------------------------------ 615.27
Street Lighting
Municipal Lighting Plant
Appropriation ...................... 9,000.00
Expended .............................. 9,000.00
CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits
Stationery and Printing ----
Clothing --------------------------------
Groceries and Provisions --
Coal and Wood --------------------
Board and Care ------------- ----
Medecine and Medical Attendance
State Institutions ----------------
16.04
57.88
1,303.02
680-07
975.86
899.27
924.45
$ 77
109
yid -------------------------------- 3,219.00
15 00
1111.:G: ----------------------------
Small Expenses ----
------------------------------------
Cities and Towns ....
ate------------------------------
.s' Aid
Iwn'------------------------------
ate------------------------------
.aulvli ----------------------
------------------------------
t
-------------------
---=------ ------------------
t-- ------•-----------
indent_' --------------------
< VLl1ei .C.r111jJlvy ccq ----------------
Groceries and Provisions ._
Dry Goods and Clothing ._
Buildings ------------------------------
.0
-------- ------- ---------
.00 Fuel and Light --------------------
Hay
------- -- -------
Hay and Grain---------------------
Telephone-------------------------
Medecine and Supplies __--
Live Stock ----------------------------
.43
-- -------=-------
.43Blacksmithing .... -----------------
Water
...... .........Water ------------------------------------
House Supplies --------- =-=-------
Repairs ------------------ 7 --- ----------
Sundry Expenses, Seeds ----
Tools, etc- ------------------------------
Appropriation
------------------=-----Appropriat on ---------- --=-----=-
v --9- A
15.59
125.00
326.00
2,743.91
2,715.25
4,507.981
2,052.63'
20,576.95
15,000.00
20,576.95
5,576.95
1,200.00
1,178.20'
997.19
130.75
252.771
715.00
2,281.19
35.10
32.94
205.00
168.30
56.00
240.55
65.19
185.81
106.50
7850.49
8,500.00
3.95
30,485.9
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES
Schools
Superintendent .................... 3,025.00
ks------------------------------------
110
int Officer ----------------------
105.00
8,503.95
310.37
Expended ------------------------------
7,850.49
of Census -----------------•----
Balance to Revenue ------------
653.46
600.00
Military Aid
131.06
, School Teachers --------
Cash Aid --------------------------------
30.00
50,882.25
No Appropriation ................
3,756.00
n Supplies
ool Nurse and pp
Expended ------------------------------
30.00
721.13
Overdraft ..............................
30.00
zentary School -Text Books
State Aid
rnentary School Supplies
2,085.40
CashAid ..............................
416.11
600.4
No Appropriation --------------
-
5,019.52
Transfer'from 'State ............
600.00
tors Elementary Schools
Expended --------' -----------------'-.
600.00
148.00
Soldiers' Relief
738.27
and Light, Elementary Schools ..
Cash Aid - ----------- -=-- ---------
airs, High School ----------
1,356.90
Rent--------------------------------------
1,450.75
40.00
Provisions ............................
tors'Supplies, Elementary Schools
10.05
Medicine and Medical ........
1,155.36
21.55
1,115.87
iture'and Furnishings, High School
1,428.E
Appropriation -----------------------
1,000.00
omas, etc. -'-------------------
Expended ------------------------------
1,428.50
340.06
Overdraft ------------------------------
428.50
port of Truants ------------
30,485.9
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES
Schools
Superintendent .................... 3,025.00
ks------------------------------------
1,210.00
int Officer ----------------------
105.00
ting, Stationery and Postage
310.37
phone -----------------------------
278.17
of Census -----------------•----
50.00
01 Physician ----------------
600.00
Iry General Expense ----
131.06
, School Teachers --------
182885.25
zentary Teachers --------
50,882.25
Tial and Evening Teachers
3,756.00
n Supplies
ool Nurse and pp
1 ,565.66
School Text Books ----
721.13
, School Supplies ----
1,541.18
zentary School -Text Books
2,173.89
rnentary School Supplies
2,085.40
ie and Evening Schools
416.11
sporting High School Pupils
387.21
,sporting Elementary School Pupils
5,019.52
for High School ------------
1,414.84
tors Elementary Schools
47854.06
for Evening School -__.
148.00
and Light, High School
738.27
and Light, Elementary Schools ..
2,444.56
airs, High School ----------
1,553.93
firs, Elementary, Schools
1,450.75
toy's Supplies, High School
125.90
tors'Supplies, Elementary Schools
293.11
Iry Supplies,High School
1,155.36
Iry Supplies,; Elementary Schools
1,115.87
iture'and Furnishings, High School
849.84
---------------------------------------
210.00
omas, etc. -'-------------------
90.55
Iry Small Expenses ---.
340.06
rvisors' Expense ........
424.50
port of Truants ------------
38.00
110,390.80
ropriation ...................... 110,368.14
ems ---------- ------------'------ 30.31
110,398.45
ended " ------------------------------ 110,390.80
ince to Revenue -.--------- 7.65
112
Library
Librarian ------------------------------
1,453.74
Assistants ----------------------------
1,354.15
Books--------------------------------------
1,074.22
Periodicals ----------------------------
113.55
Binding Books ----------------------
383.87
Fuel----------------- ----------------------
42.45
- Light --------------------------------------
93.56
Repairs -----------------------------------
2.65
Furniture and Furnishings
334.00
Sundry Small Expense ......
74.27
Stationery and Printing ....
120.75
Telephone ..............................
30.80
5,07E
Appropriation ---------------------- 3,500.00
County Dog Funds ------------ 1,181.66
w
Fines------- ------------------------------ 396.36
5,078.02
Expended ------------------------------ 5,078.01
Balance to Revenue ------------ .01
115,468,
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED
Commons
Labor--------------------------------------
Equipment............................
Repairs----------------------------------
Sundry Small Expense ......
Appropriation ------------- --------
Transfer from Reserve ------
297.01
36.92
179.10
34.35
547,
400.09
200.00
600.00
113
ed ------------------------------ 547.68
to Revenue ------------- 52.32
of Suit 14.59
iropriation---------------- --
ed------------------------------ 14.59
:r from Reserve ...... 14.59
5
Lots------------------------ 3.00
,ropriation ................ -
r from Reserve ------ 3.00
ad------------------------------ 3.00
n
Small Bills -------------- 25.25
ropriation---------------- -
r from Reserve ...... 25.25
'd ------------------------------ 25.25
Small Bills .............. 342.88
ropy ation-----=-------- -
r from Reserve ...... 342.88
'd ------------------------------ 342.88
.................. 3.00
nt--------=----- 2.00
5.00
n----------------
-------------------
--------=-----..--------------- 5.00
114
Charged to Estimated Revenue
5.00
Decoration of Soldiers' Graves
................................
Sundry Expenses ----------------
2(
Appropriation ----------------------
250.00
Transfer from Reserve ------
18.12
634.44
268.12
Expended ------------------------------
268.12
Printing Town Reports
--------------------------------
Printing and Distributing
51
Appropriation---------------------- 500-00
Transfer from Reserve Fund 47.19
547.19
Expended ------------------------------ 547-19
Damages to Persons and Property
Damages paid and Physician
No Appropriation ---------------- --
Expended ------------------------------ 7.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund 7.00
Track Removal --------------------
No Appropriation ----------------
Transfer from Reserve ------ 209.93
Expen . ded ------------------------------ 209.93
115
ENTERPRISES AND CEMETERIES
hting Plant
................................
277.70
................................
20,584.81
7 and Postage ....
267.18
ind Advertising..
634.44
I
I ------------------------------
127.36
tipment and Supplies
622.31
--------------------------------
394.16
raste ----------------------
119.77
--------------------------------
85.68
----------------- --------------
62,690.19
quipment and Supplies
152.95
nd Transformers
4,107.00
ation --------------------
3,101.09
------------------------------
1,141-78
ind Supplies ........
13,615.37
-------------------------- -----
2,000.00
--------------------------------
2,609.77
iel --------------------------
220.50
ament -------------------- -
588.40
ind Repairs ........
209.86
Lines ----------------
1,074.34
,)airs and Freight
264.45
nall Expenses ....
294.18
115,183.29
1926 ............ 3,468.10
--------------------------- 45.35
is ---------------------- 119,928.2,
123,441.61.
--------------------------- 115,1832.
7ard 1929 -------- 8,258.4(
atract ----------
1,000.00
-116
Land Purchase ------- ------------
30
1,30
Balance Forward 1928 ------ 1,349.19
Expended ------- ---------- - ---------- 1,300.00
Balance to Revenue ------------ 49.19
Water, Department
Office Equipment an d Supplies
535.31
Clerks ------------------------------------
1,327.00
Stationery and Postage ....
112.90
Printing --------------------------------
67.25
Telephone ------------------------------
114.22
Labor ------- ----------------------------
4 , 608.92
Pipe and Fittings ----------------
776.41
Meters an d Fittings ----------
774.40
Equipment and Repairs ....
1,889.42
V Freight ----------------------------------
163.75
Insurance ------------------------------
115.17
Rent--------------------------------------
73.00
Engineers ------------------------------
3,869.63
Oil, Waste, Packing, Gasoline
797-96
Coal ----------------------------------------
2,500.89
Repairs, Buildings --------------
1,59.9.45
Repairs Station Equipment
433.69
Sundry Station Expense ....
368.19
Taxes Foxboro --------------------
15.83
Construction ------------------------
3,439.10
Purchase Car ----------------------
592.00
24,17
No Appropriation -------------- --
Forward from 1927 ------------ 5,669.59
Charges, Adjustment -------- 393.85
Cash Receipts ---------------------- 24,062.54
30,125.98
Expended ------------------------------ 242175.49
Balance, Forward 1929 ------ 5,950.49
117
rn Burial Grounds
................................... 333.09
and, Tools ............ 31.41
its............................... 219.49
Small Expenses ---- 34.10
618.09
dation ---------------------- 400.00
r1rom Reserve ...... 218.09
618.09
618.09
141,276.87
MATURING DEBT
8,557.50
8,557.50
8,557.50
Loans 4,697.80
....................... 4,500.00
...................... 4,697.80
...................... 197.80
,'aid 175,000.00-
....................... 210,000.00
---------------------- 175,000.00
...................... 35,000.00
ospital. ........ 1,000.00
--------------------- 9,000.00
--------------------- 5,000.00
118
40,000.00
Street Railway --------------------
2,500.00
Water IVlains------------------------
4,677.97
ly
22,17'
Refund ---------------------------------- 1,000.00
Appropriated ------------------------ 21,500.00
3,000.00
22,500.00
Expended ------------------------------ 22,177.97
120.00
Balance to Revenue ------------ 322.03
ivary 1, 1935
209,43
i� AGENCY AND TRUST, REFUNDS AND TRANSFERS
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County Tax --------------------------10,349.81
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State Tax ----------------------------
10,285.00 •
Highway Tax ------------------------
781.27
Light Tax ---------------------- -
54.82
Audit Municipal Accounts _.
745.29
Adjustment Previous years corp. Tax
145.13
Refunds
Taxes--------------------------------------
Premium
-----------------------------------Premium on Bonds ----------------------
Electric Light Sinking Funds
Income and costs ----------------
Expenses Foreclosure ----------------
Water Department Sinking Funds
Income----------------------------------
Perpetual Care Income --------------
Perpetual Care Principal ----__----
Cash Balance December 31, 1928
22,3
322.03
2,085.40
450.88
773.27
793.72
450.00
27;
3;
$673,
119
BOND RECORD
light Loan—No. 1, 4% bonds due
tober 1, 1933
40,000.00
Fund to meet same
t due on April 1 and October 1
800.00
ly
1,600.00
,fightLoan-No. 2, 4% bonds due
aril 1 1934
3,000.00
Fund to meet same
t Due April 1
120.00
,ight Loan—No. 3, 4% bonds due
ivary 1, 1935
7,000.00
Fund to meet same
L due` June 1 and December 1
140.00
ly -
280.00
,ight, Loan—Serial-4% bonds due
,ril 1 1936
ding December 31, 1928
8,000.00
t due April 1 and October 1
ae annually April 1
sight Lean—Serial-4% bonds due
ptember 1, 1934
Zding December 31, 1928
5,500.00
due annually September 1
t due March 1 and September 1
sight Bores (total) Outstanding
63,500.00
)ly District Loan—Serial-4% bonds
due
y 1, 1939
iding December 31, 1928
33,000.00
i due annually July 1'
t due' January 1 and July 1
11y.D atriet Loan—Serial-4% bonds due
gust i1, 1945
iding! December 31, 1928
17,000.00
1 due' annually .Auffust 1
t due Irebru-ary 1 and August 1
March 1, 1931
Outstanding December 31, 1928
3,000.'
1,000.00 due annually March 1
Interest due March 1 and September 1
16,500.00
Water Supply District Loan, 4% bonds due
July 1, 1933
10,000.
Sinking Fund to meet same
Interest due January 1 and July 1 200.00
Annually 400.00
9,500.00
Water Mains Loan -4% bonds due
-
May 15, 1932
Outstanding December 31, 1928
18,000.
5,000.00 due annually May 15
Interest due May 15 and November 15
1,000.00
Water Bonds (total) Outstanding
81,000.
High School—Serial-4% bonds due
27,000.00
July 1, 1931
249,500.00
Outstanding December 31, 1928
6,000.
2,000 due annually July 1
Interest due January 1 and July 1
School Loan (Berry School)—Serial--4% bonds due
July 1, 1930
Outstanding December 31, 1928
2,000.
1,000 due annually July 1
Interest due January 1 and July 1
Spaulding School Loan—Serial-51/4,% bonds due
August 1, 1941
Outstanding December 31, 1928
12,000.
1,000.00 due annually August 1
Interest due February 1 and August 1
New School Loan—Serial-41/4% bonds ` due
January 15, 1944
Outstanding December 31, 1928 58,00(
4,000.00 due annually January 15
Interest due January 15 and July 15
School Bonds (total) Outstanding 78200(
121
Itreet Railroad Loan—Serial-41/2.% bonds due
November 15, 1939
Outstanding December 31, 1928
16,500.00
1,500 due annually November 15
Interest due May 15and November 15 '
jounty T. B. Hospital Loan—Serial-5% bonds due
April 1, 1938
Outstanding December 31, 1928
9,500.00
1,000.00 due annually April 1
Interest due April and October 1
Street Railroad Loan (Notes) 41/2% Notes due
August 1, 1929
Outstanding December 31, 1928
1,000.00
1,000.00 due annually August 1
Unclassified Loans (total) Outstanding
27,000.00
Total Notes and Bonds December 31, 1928
249,500.00
TRIAL BALANCE
REVENUE
$ 81.00 Taxes 1927
78,345.31 Taxes 1928
Charities, Accounts Receivable
6,020.50 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
38.00 Individuals
764.84 City of Fall River
180.00 City of Boston
166.88 City of New Bedford
260.00 Town of Norton, Soldier's Relief
59.55 City of Worcester
600.00 State Aid
Municipal Light Plant, Accounts Receivable
14,236.55 Light and Power
536`.13 Jobbing
Water Department, Accounts Receivable
1,393.25 Sale of Water
152.70 Jobbing
Revenue Loans
35,000.00
Surplus War Bonus Fund
3,354.97
Sale of Green School Lot
1,000.00
Sale of Stand Pipe Lot
145.00
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Julian Meyer Deposit
Departmental Revenue Charities
7,170.22
Departmental Revenue Soldier's Relief
319.55
Municipal Lighting Plant Revenue
14,772.68
Water Department Revenue
1,545.95
Overlay 1927
41216.82
Overlay 1928
41209.81
Overlay Reserve
2,153.13
Excess and Deficiency
22,583.03
71.20 Tax Judgments
Benefit Street
Tax Titles Revenue
127.07
358.54 Tax Titles
100.0(
Rudolph Phillips
0.51
Elizabeth Eddy
19.40
George Adrian
0.42
Julian Rathbun
38.11
James Wilson
152.67
Raymond Harlow
23.60,
25.00 School Department Cash Advance
Enterprises
197.80 Interest on Temporary Loans
3,022.35 Cash Balance
112.909.35 112,909.E
NON -REVENUE
43,894.87 Electric Light Sinking Funds
15,016.69 Water District Loan Sinking Funds
190,588.44 Net Funded or Fixed Debt
Municipal Light Loan No. 1
Julian Meyer Deposit
500.01
3,000.00
Town Hall Repairs
32021
Municipal Light Loan, Serial
Fire Prevention Committee
200.01
364.30
Health Department
6,000.00
Mansfield School, Loan
Land Damage So. Main Street
194.01
16,500.00
Brook Street
242.0;
Spaulding School Loan
Benefit Street
311.24
3,000.00
Aviation Sign
100.0(
Water Supply District Loan, Serial
Charities
Water Supply District Loan, Serial
5,576.95
Street Railroad Loan, Notes
1,000.00
30.00
Military Aid
Water Mains Loan
428.50
Soldier's Relief
249,500.00
TRUST FUND
Enterprises
15,197.65 Cash and Securities
Municipal Light Operation
8,258.4(
Williams School Fund (Income)
Water Department Operation '
-5,950.4f
2,000.00
Interest and Maturing Debt
1,445.36
197.80 Interest on Temporary Loans
3,022.35 Cash Balance
112.909.35 112,909.E
NON -REVENUE
43,894.87 Electric Light Sinking Funds
15,016.69 Water District Loan Sinking Funds
190,588.44 Net Funded or Fixed Debt
Municipal Light Loan No. 1
40,000.00
Municipal Light Loan No. 2
3,000.00
Municipal Light Loan No. 3
72000.00
Municipal Light Loan, Serial
8,000.00
Municipal Light Loan, Serial
5,500.00
High School Building Loan
6,000.00
Mansfield School, Loan
2,000.00
Street Railroad Loan
16,500.00
County T. B. Hospital `
9,500.00
Spaulding School Loan
12,000.00
Water Supply District Loan, Serial
3,000.00
Water Supply District Loan,
10,000.00
Water Supply District Loan, Serial
33,000.00
Water Supply District Loan, Serial
17,000.00
Street Railroad Loan, Notes
1,000.00
New School Loan
58,000.00
Water Mains Loan
18,000.00
249.500.00
249,500.00
TRUST FUND
15,197.65 Cash and Securities
Williams School Fund (Principal)
1,000.00
Williams School Fund (Income)
1,009.71
Jacob Williams Lecture Fund (Principal)
2,000.00
Jacob Williams Lecture Fund (Income)
1,445.36
Perpetual Care Funds (Principal)
7,995.00
Perpetual Care Funds (Income)
1,747.58
15,197.65
15,197.65
SINKING FUNDS
To the Sinking Fund Commissioners:
I herewith submit my report on the Sinking Funds of the
Town during the year 1928.
WATER SINKING FUND
Cash and Securities on hand Dec. 31, 1927
$14,243.42
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Income 1928—Interest 773.27
$15,016.6
Mortgages on hand Dec. 31, 1928 11,600.00
Certificates of Bonds owned 3,000.Od
Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1928 416.69
$15,016.69
ELECTRIC LIGHT SINKING FUND
Cash and mortgages on hand Dec. 311. 1927 $42,260.35
Income 1928—Interest 2,085.40
$44,345.75
Deduct:
Expense—Taxes paid on mortgage $104.86
H. E. King, Costs of 20.44
foreclosure of mortgage
Advertising Mortgagee Sale 13.50
Repairs on house after 312.08
foreclosure of mortgage 450.88'
$43,894.87
Mortgages on hand Dec: 31, 1928 422350.00
Cash on hand Dec.. 31, 1928 1,544.87
$43,894.87
Respectfully Submitted
E'THEL M. MURRAY,
Tr: asurer.
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Income 1928—Interest 773.27
$15,016.6
Mortgages on hand Dec. 31, 1928 11,600.00
Certificates of Bonds owned 3,000.Od
Cash on hand Dec. 31, 1928 416.69
$15,016.69
ELECTRIC LIGHT SINKING FUND
Cash and mortgages on hand Dec. 311. 1927 $42,260.35
Income 1928—Interest 2,085.40
$44,345.75
Deduct:
Expense—Taxes paid on mortgage $104.86
H. E. King, Costs of 20.44
foreclosure of mortgage
Advertising Mortgagee Sale 13.50
Repairs on house after 312.08
foreclosure of mortgage 450.88'
$43,894.87
Mortgages on hand Dec: 31, 1928 422350.00
Cash on hand Dec.. 31, 1928 1,544.87
$43,894.87
Respectfully Submitted
E'THEL M. MURRAY,
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Town Treasurer
.r. Harold H. Everett,
Town Manager,
Mansfield, Mass.
ear Sir:—
I herewith submit to you nay annual report as Treasurer for
ie year ending December 31, 1928.
ash Balance, Jan. 1, 1928 --------
$ 3,020.47
ash Receipts During 1928:
[unicipal Light:
Light and. Power ----_--•--•___.__- $111,771.08'
Jobbing 8457.16
119,928.24
Interest on Guarantee
Deposit Fund on Electric Meters
45.09
rater Receipts
Bills --------- ------------ ------------ -•-- 22,656.36
Jobbing -------------------------------- 1,406.18
24,062.54
ax Collector:
Property 1927 ___---------_ ------ 62,878.30
Poll 1928 -------------- -------- 3,964.00
Property 1928 ----------- ----------- 201,683.13
`otal Taxes Collected ----------------
268,525.43
Follector's Charges
Interest on Taxes ----_------- 22233.98
Summons, Demands, Adv.,
Deeds and Recording Fees 277.00
`otal Interest and Charges .•.__.
2,1510.98
`ax Titles Redeemed ---_--_-__--_-
35:15
!osts and Charges on Tax Titles
19.07
merest Tax Titles __------•-------------
3.97
Ither Treasury Receipts
Interest on
Checking Account -•-_---------
296.13
Rent of Town Hall -----
508.00
126
Hent of Uottage------------------
60.00
Highway Work --------------------
818.00
Board ------------------------------------
156.00
Milk ----------------------------------------
2,542.85
Fowl--------------------------------------
32.41
Eggs--------------------------------------
180.94
Pork----------------------------------------
565.26
Pigs----------------------------------------
25.00
Calves------------------------------------
9.00
Bull----------------------------------------
15.00
Hay----------------------------------------
30.00
Apples------------------------------------
9.00
Total Infimary Receipts --
Sealer of Weights & Measures
Fourth District Court -Fines ....
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Miscellaneous Taxes ---------- 50,5,
Miscellaneous Items .......... 5,7<
Total Receipts from State ........
Received from Other Cities and
Towns--------------------------------------------
Miscellaneous
------------------------------- ------
Miscellaneous Refunds and Can-
celled Checks ------------- -----------------
Temporary Loans .........................
Dog Fund ------------------- --------=--------
Town Clerk Receipts ----------------
Public Library Fines ------- -------
General Revenue ------------------------
Receipts
------------ -----Receipts from Burial Fund . ---
to pay Perpetual Care --------------
Perpetual
_--- .-.-_.Perpetual Care—New Funds ..
Perpetual Care—Interest on
Deposits----------------------------------------
Julian
------------------------------------Julian Meyer—Deposit on Lot
Electric Operation Acct .............
Charges collected on -Water
Liens----------------------------------------------
127
------------------------------- - ------
127
Income on Electric Light
Sinking Funds ------------ ----- ---_----
2,085.40
Income on Water Sinking
Funds ------ ------------------------------------
773.27
Principal Electric Light
Sinking Fund to pay taxes,
costs of foreclosure of
mortgage and repairs on house
450.88
Municipal Light—State Tax ....
54.82
Disbursements made in 1928
in accordance with Vouchers re-
ceived and Warrants Approved
by Selectmen (See report of
Town Accountant for Details)
670,331.72
Cash Balance Dec. 31, 1928 ......
3,022.35
$673,354.07 $673,354.07
Respectfully submitted,
ETHEL M. MURRAY,
Town Treasurer.
INSPECTOR OF WIRES
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,
Mr. Harold H. Everett,
Town Manager
Mansfield, Mass.
Dear Sir:
I respectfully submit the following
report of the wire inspector
'for 1928:
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I have made (100) one hundred inspections and found them,
done according to the standard specifications adopted by the Na-
tional Electric Light Association.
Respectfully submitted, !I
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Inspector of Wires.
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Town
Collect®r
Mr. Harold H. Everett,
Town Manager,
Mansfield, Mass.
Dear Sir:—
I herewith submit to you
my annual report as Tax Collector
for the year ending December
31, 1928.
DEBITS
Uncollected Taxes on Dec. 311
1927
Poll Taxes 1927
$ 28.00
Property Taxes 1927
63,433.21
Total Outstanding Taxes Dec.
31, 1927
$ 63,461.21'
Commitments in 1928
Poll
4,060.00
Personal and Real
$280,546.20 $284,606.20 $348,067.41
CREDITS
Abatements Granted During
1928
Poll 1927
$ 28.00
Poll 1928
72.00
Property 1927
399.14
Property 1928
410.00
Total Abatements Granted in
1928
$ 909.14
Collections during 1928
Poll 1928
$ 3,964.00
Property 1927
62,878.30
Property 1928
201,683.13
$268,525.43
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131
Deduct Refunds
George A. Bragg
304.62
14.67
14.00
305.29
1927 Taxes $15.94
Briggs Burial Fund
118.41
5.77
4.00
120.18
1928 Taxes 9.00 24.94
Urcilla L. A. Britton
114.16
5.55
4.00
115.71
Dallas W. Cobb
54.88
2.65
2.00
55.53
Total Collections 1928 less
Ethan E. Cobb
126.89
6.17
4.00
129.06
refunds $268,500.49
Henry A. Cobb
120.10
5.87
4.00
121.97
John W. Cobb
- 122.35
5.971
4.00 '
124.32
Tax Titles During 1928
C. L. Corey
91.39
4.50
2.00-
93.89
Taxes 1927 90.71
Walter A. Crowley
113.07
5.55
3.00
115.62
Taxes 1928 140.76
Melvin T. Estey
118.48
5.67
6.00
118.15
Albert Fuller
123.17
6.02
4.00
125.19
Tax Titles Taken by Collector
Edward Francis
108.48
5.27
4.00
109.75
During 1928 $ 231.47
George A. Fiske
115.38
5.42
8.00
112.80
-Emeline Gardner
111.07
5.29
6.00
110.36
Outstanding Taxes Dec. 31,
Geddes Burial Fund
118.81
5.77
4.00
120.53
1928
Thomas W. George
114.98
5.57
400
116.55
Personal 1927 $ 81.00
William Graves
118.94
5.72
5.00
119.66
Poll 1928 24.00''
James Green
118.53
5.771
4.00
120.30
Property 1928 78,321.31
Oliver W. Gushee
115.44
5.62
4.00
117.06
--'-'
Andrew Hagerty
118.41
5.72
5.00
119.13
Total Outstanding Taxes Dec.
Hartwell Burial Fund
125.93
6.13'
4.00
128.06
31, 1928 $ 78,426.31
Hodges and Foster
108.79
5.27
4.00
110.06
David H. Holmes
151.02
7.42
" 4.00
154.44
$348,067.41
John M. holmes
114.27
5.57
4.00
115.84
Peter Huber
117.17
5.59
6.00
116.76
Respectfully submitted,
T. H. Hunnewell
118.62
5.77
4.00
120.39
Horace V. Hunt
119.02
5.79
4.00
120.81
ETHEL M. MURRAYR
Walter B. Huston
114.16
5.55
4.00
115.71
Collector Taxes.
King and White
(Neva Fund -June)
100.00
2.50'
102.50
BURIAL LOT FUNDS
A. D. King
117.18
5.72
4.00
118.90
Baylies B. King
180.83
8.92
4.00
185.75
TOWN OF MANSFIELD IN ACCOUNT WITH SAME FOR 1928
Frank W. Leavitt
111.07
5.29
6.00
110.36
Harvey E. Lincoln
117.17
5.59
600
116.76
Jan. 1 in Interest Care of Bal. Dec.
Isaac Lovell
55.45
2.67
2.00
56.12
fund plus new funds received lot 31, 1928
Samuel C. Lovell
105.21
5.05
5.21
105.05
Elijah Allen $119.01 " $ 5.79 $ 4.00 $120.80
Emily A. Lucas
106.14
5.15
4.00
107.29
Hannah E. Allen 442.91 21:97 8.00 456.88
Edward Ray Matthews
112.46
5.22
9.00
108.68
William T. Arndt 107.28 5.19 4.00 108.47
'Martha A. E. Paine
400 129.65
G. F. and G. M. Austin 127.43 g.44
(New Fund -Jan.)
100.00
3.77
103.77
Martha B. Austin 171.50 4.00 175.94
Harrison L. Phillips
113.61
5.52
4.00
115.13
F. A. Balcom 114.06 5.55 4.00 115.61
Pratt Burial Fund
135.74
6.42'
8.00
134.16
James Beeden 122.29 5.97 4.00 124.26
Fred L. Prentiss
59.27
2.67`
6.00
55.94
C. T. Borden 172.63 8.30 8.00 172.93
Charles W. Rathbun
238.14
11.62'
8.00
241.76
132
133
George L. Richards
113.07
5.55
3.00
115.62
H. A. Roberts
116.16
5.65
4.00
117.81
Marriages
Scholes Burial Fund
121.32
5.92
4.00
123.24
Priscilla Scott
Martin Shea
108.48
115:32
5.27
5.62
4.00
4.00
109.75
116.94
Recorded in the Town of Mansfield in the Year `1928.
F. W. Shepard Burial Fund
(New Fund -June) 50.00
.62
50.62
Januar Y 2
Clifford Ingalls Pitman, Mansfield
John Shepardson
116.47
5.67
4.00
118.14
Hazel (Lander) Dodge, Mansfield
Fred J. Smith
(New Fund -Jan.)
200.00
7.55
207.55
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Edward Leopold Ulm, Mansfield
D. S. Spaulding
108..79
5.22
5.00
109.01
Daisy Bell (Noyes) Desautel, Mansfield
Spaulding and Bartlett
255.14
12.69
4.00
263.83
W. S. P. Spooner
115.79
5.62
4.00
117.41
23
Percy Thornton Wellman, Mansfield
Wm. Lowell Stearns
108.48
5.27
4.00
109.75
Sadie May Fowler, Marztfiel.d
Eunice Tibbetts
George W. Thomas
55.45
175.73
2.52
8.68
5.45
4.00
52.52
180.41
28
Arthur L. Welch, Manchester, N. H.
W. L. Thomas
106.60
4.65
4.00
107.25
Helen E. Harrington, Mansfield
Benjamin Treen
H. Louise Tweedy
111.87
108.48
5.42
5.27
4.00
4.00
113.29
109.75
February
Y 6
Harry Norman Graham, Mansfield
y
Mrs. F. D. Walker
56.89
2.52
6.89
52.52
Eliza Mae Buchanan, Mansfield
J. Arthur Wheeler
Whidden
111.07
190.16
5.29
9.30
6.00
6.00
110.36
193.46
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Watson Thomas Connolly, Mansfield
Ellen F.
Franklin White Lot
220.74
10.95
4.00
227.69
Marie Guerinni, Mansfield
Walter L. White
Andrew Wilson
154.09
94.85
7.57
4.62
4.00
3.00
157.66
96.47
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Ernest Murray Herrick, Easton, Mass.
A. W. Williams
141.65
6.94
4.00
144.59
Mialma May Hibbert, Mansfield
Ferdinan Winslow
115.44
5.62
4.00
117.06
-
18
Wilfred John Goyea, Mansfield
$9617.96
$459.17
$334.55
$9742.58
Lois Charlotte Reed, Mansfield
Respectfully submitted,
19
Stuart Everett Mackinlay, Mansfield
Helen Cherry Moore, Foxboro, Mass.
ETHEL M. MURRAY,
Treasurer.
22
Elmer Russell Waterman, Mansfield
Lillian Russell (Pierce) Walker, Mansfield
March 9,
Fred Hignett, Providence, R. I.
Elsa Maria Carolyn Nordberg, Mansfield
31
Ralph Wyman King,, Springfield, Mass.
Edith Mae Simmons, Mansfield
April 19
Francis Ralph Bartelli, Mansfield
Antoinette Mary Tamulevitch, Canton, Mass.
i
3
'
135
134
30
Chester Hall Harnden, Foxboro, Mass.
�3
Charlottie Sophia Snow, Mansfield
IF
I.
21
Emilio Pernini, Manville, R. I.
}
Philomena Mei, .Mansfield
July 6
Murray Walter Smith, Mansfield
Agilda Julian, Mansfield
i
22
Alphonse Avalone, Mansfield
Lucy Rose Cedrone, Quincy, Mass.
12
Roderick Steere Tobey, Mansfield
�
Gladys May Bartlett, Mansfield
�
26
Lodovico Nello Buratti, Mansfield
Ruth Hernia Stevens, Sharon, Mass.
23
John Joseph Cooney, Mansfield
Doris Mae Skinner, Mansfield
May 1
Calvin Crane Nelson,, Mansfield
Lillian Avis Forrester„ Foxboro, Mass.
August 1
William James Findlater, Mansfield
'I
Albert Littlefield Hiller, West Barrington,
Jean Gertrude McDiarmid, Mansfield
C
2
Doris Newman Capron, Edgewood, R. I.
25
John Gentili, Mansfield
Anna Jeanne Paquantonio, Franklin, Mass.
10
Harry Finton Haslam, Mansfield
G
Velma Irene Fitzgerald, Detroit, Mich.
• 25
Antonio Annese, Mansfield
Edna Albena Welch, Walpole, Mass.
1'I
15
Charles William Desper, Mansfield
Eva Louise Hebard, Mansfield
30
Anesito Tavares, Mansfield
li
Virginia Encarnacao, Mansfield
17
George Harry Rose, Mansfield
Marietta Laura Currie, Brookline, Mass.
September 15
Rocco Vicino, Hartford, Conn.
Angelina Mary Melfie, Mansfield
24
Thomas Matthew Napoleon Wood, Mansfield
Leola Frances (McKenzie) Bird, Foxboro, Mass.
15
Edward Augustus White, Foxboro, Mass.
j'
Ruth Adelaide Wills, Mansfield
26
Patrick Henry McGrath, Whitman, Mass.
Alice Mary (Josselyn) Bolton, Mansfield
19
Arthur Bennett Sliney, Mansfield
r '
I"
Eleanor Margaret Morris, Brockton, ;Mass.
'
June 2
Leon Greville Seymour Wood, Mansfield
Marion Lucilda Hodges, Mansfield
21
Thatcher Foster Carl, East Foxboro, Mass.
I
Betty Collins, Mansfield, Mass.
E
9
Erwin Ray Shepardson, Foxboro, Mass.
Bertha Irene Bolton, Mansfield
24
Marino Turinese, Mansfield
1� (
Lena Marceline Pasquantonio, Franklin, Mass.
I.
23
Francis Stewart Davison, Mansfield
Araminta Anna 'McCormick, Taunton, Mass.
29
George. Reid Forbes, Mansfield
Blanche Barnard Stevens, Mansfield
J I
23
John Gross, Mansfield
May Maslak, Norton, Mass.
October 2
Schuyler Weston WelLnan, Mansfield
'
Laura Mabel Carr Hyde Park Mass.
� y
I:
15
Russell E. Staples, Mansfield
Dorothy F. Jones,, Mansfield
I�
R,
;+
136
137
4
Carlton Mason Briggs, Mansfield,, Mass.
Mildred Alice Gillespie, Boston, Mass.
Births
17
Russell Earl Robertson, Mansfield
Ruth Julie Peacock, Belmont, Mass.
Recorded in the Town of Mansfield for the year 1928.
20
Albert Ricci, Mansfield
Name of Child
Name of Parents
Mary Angelina Falotico, Mansfield
s
December
November 12
Raymond Hilton Christopher, Cranston, R. I.
Virginia Hope Barrows, Providence, R. I.
2227 Harrison Hadley Clement
Harrison J. and Dorothy R.
21
Edward Raymond Torrance, Mansfield
January
Florence May Davis, Mansfield'
1
Evelyn Grace Knight
Martin R. and Grace E.
21
Joseph Souza, Mansfield
6
Madeline Anna Mafalda Melchiorri Michael ' and Adria A.
Luiga Barros Brito, Taunton, Mass.
6
Leroy Ellsworth Wheeler
Walter H. and ' Florence L.
>
.19
Joseph Nicholas, Jr.
Joseph and Jennie S
10
William Joseph Goodwin,Taunton, Mass.
20
William Melvin Mei
Primo and Maria B.
Doris Martha Woods, Mansfield, Mass.
21
Rudolph. Romagnoli
Dominic and Theresa S.
22
Ernest William Tate
Warren and Elizabeth T.
29
Edward Joseph McNamara, Mansfield
24
Rosalie Marilyn Pickering
George H. and Helen I.
Agnes Loretta Erving, Mansfield
24
Virginia Harriett Rathbun
Benjamin L. and Minnie D.
25
Richard Jones
Charles E. and Catherine' C.
29
Ellis Eisner,, Mansfield
26
Thomas Leo Shea
James H. and Helen B.
Violet May Munroe, Mansfield
30
Leonore Irene Scherer
Charles E. and Leonore M.
December 8
Henry Charles Schromm, Jr., 'Mansfield
February
Florence Lillian Ellen Chapman, Mansfield
6
Frederick Arnold Reynolds-
John O. and Mildred I.
20
Chester Prentiss Goff, Mansfield
6
Filomena Tedesco
Joseph and Josephine R.
Florence May Warr, Mansfield
11
; Margaret Elizabeth Creedon
John V. and Julia O.
12
Nuttall
Chester .A. and Elizabeth C.
23
Frank Keenan, Mansfield
12
Nuttall
Chester A. and Elizabeth C.
Hazel Elizabeth (Rogers) Snow, Mansfield
15
Louise Madeline; Garland
Louis and Madeline M.
16
Stillborn
26
John Andrew Kennedy, Attleboro
17
Peter Day
Peter and Francesca Santucci
Clara May Robinson, Mansfield
18
Mary Ethel MacAulay
Alexander' and Levina, M.
21
' Eva Elizabeth Johnson
Otis H. and Ida L.
31
Charles Peter' Wichland, Mansfield
Florence Eleanor Buck, Mansfield
March
13
Norma Schroth Smith
Clarence TM and `Amelia U.-
14
Janice Louise Quinh4m
William} E and... Mildred I.
138
21
Barbara Phyllis Capen Milson
Oliver R. and Margaret
`23
Ralpheo Alberto Signorelli
Frank and Leonaldi R.
24
Charles David Kaye
Charles H. and Vera A.
25
Bernard Elwin Brown
GeorgeA. and Mary E.
30
Eleanor Marie Pescosolido
Eleuterio and Paulina' M.
30
Roy George Wadden
Ernest and Sadie F.
April
8
Ferestein
Edward and Gertrude Y.
10
Emily Therese Peterson
Francis and Ethel M
14
Robert Hagan
Francis J. and Annie I.
16
Glen Arlington Martin, Jr.
Glen and Lillie B.
19
Barbara Frances Creedon
Fred J. and May N.
26
Richard Robert English
William. D. and Helen S.
27
Russell James Macomber
Herbert' L. and Eleanor D.
27
Allan Russel Davidson
Marchant A. and Cora F.
30
Clement Abner Pierce, Jr.
Clement A. and Margaret H.
30
Edward Kane
Henry A. and Gertrude C.
30
Theodore Francis Reed
Theodore B. and Gertrude L.
May
1
Albert Stott Ward
Albert G. and Alice H.
2
Fulomena Carmena Scialoia
Luigi and Serafina" S.
2
Richard William Gallipeau
Rufus F. and Helen M.
9
William Powers
Clifton L. and Margaret H.
11
Lorraine Frances Britton
Charles C. and Sadie' V.
22
Iola Louise Blandori
Sante and Maria F.
23
Robert Albani 'Servais
Albani A. and Blanche M.
23
Mary Louise Lynch
John F and Margaret W.
26
Philip Francis Sheehan, Jr.
Philip F. and Eva' B.
26
Elinor Lorraine Johnson
Albert M. and Elinor G.
28
Beatrice May Currier
William and Mabel G.
June
5
Thomas Colin Connor
Joseph E. and Marguerite C.
5
Priscilla Alice Shepard
Elwood B. and Doris E.
7
Robert Joseph Paquette
Wilfred and Beatrice B.
14
Marjorie Carmen Durost`
Morley J. and Alice E.
17
Arnold Stuart Giles -
George W. and Helen W.
21
John Spencer Kelley, Jr.
John S. and Ethel M.
22
Edward Joseph Sheldon, Jr.
Edward' J. and Nellie' F.
139
22 Briggs'
25 Thomas Kane Barnes
July
1 Stella Elizabeth Phillips
3 Theodore Leonard Cuneo
7 Jennett Frances Lyons
16 John Frances Moore
17 Joseph Warner King
17 Nancy Ann Linscott
18 Viola Grace Anderson
19 William Leslie Welch, Jr.
28 Eleanor Rhea LaBelle
August
2
Nancy Jean Forbes
7
William Seaver Lishman
9
Samuel Cutillo
15
Hugh Collin Morton
28
Norman Francis Smith
30
Lewis Plummer Bayley
September
5
Frederick Louis Macomber
8
Phillip Delauri
11
Robert Nazzerino' Panichi
13
Delores Sita
16
Ronald Milton Geddes
17
Alfred Smith Bell
18
Philomena Ruth Avallone
19
Sarah Estelle Wills
24
Carl Vincent DeClemente
October
10
Frank Thornton Wellman
18
Rose Eleanor Torinesi
24
Bernard Robert Gibbons
24
John William Chippoli
24
Jean Carolyn Greany
25
Vernon Lyle Barnes
25
Rico Angelo Bacchiocchi
Charles E. and Veronica M.
Clarence A. and Letitia D.
Charles and Margaret H.
Theodore M. and Emma P.
Francis and Eva G.
Chester and Margaret M.
Willis S. and Elsie S.
Preston and Ruth G.
William F. L. and Shirley B.
William L. and Sarah I.
Edward J. and Albena S.
James' and Bertha F.
John A. and Blanche S.
Michael and Rose R.
William. G. and Agnes M.
Augustus and Mary L.
Henry F. and Nora P.
Clarence and Ethel R.
Joseph and Mary C.
Nazzerino and Nuncia M.
Charles and Jennie C.
Clermont W. and Christine G.
Robert H. and Della D.
Andrew and Rose I.
Reginald and Edith M.
Vincent and Madeline B.
Percy and Sadie M.
Samuel and Lucy, L.
Bernard M. and Ann C.
Frank and Maria R.
Francis D. and Ethel L.
Ralph and Hazel W.
Luigi and Amelia M.
140
141
November
"
Deaths
2
Barbara Ann Annese
Antonio and Ednah W.
4
Arnold Stetson Munroe
Alfred and Loretta M.
9
Loretta McNamara
Joseph and Mary S.
Recorded in the Town of Mansfield
for
the Year 1928
13
Stillborn
13
Clara Trena Rossi
Antonio and Lucia L.
Date
14
Philomena DiPalma
Thomas and Molly S.
15
Rudolph William Sibelia
Antonio and Christene N.
January
22
Ernestina Mary Lucy Scaldini
John and Camille D.
26
Suzanne Shaw
Raymond A. and Mildred A.
4
Frank H. Bailey
68
6 26
Adenocarcinoma of
29
Marilyn June Doerfler
Paul L. and Myrtle C.
Rectum and intes-
tines.
December
5
Richard' H. Olney
47
4 20
Chronic Endocardi-
tis.
1
Dorothy Louise Washburn
Harold W. and Evelyn M.
16
Joseph H. Redmond
54
10 4
Cerebral Embolism
3
Louisa Elvira Benign
Ernest and Elvira G.
25
Nora A. Davison
59
10 3
Adenocarcinoma of
7
Irene Crelia Lravetti
Tertulano and Carmella' C.
Uterus.
9
Eugene Austin Hardy, Jr.
Eugene A. and' Alfreda L.
25
Chin Don Ywen
36
— —
Broncho Pneumonia
28
Rita Frances Searing
Harry P. and Ida M.
23
Doris May Links
Charles and Harriet D.
February
31
Bernice- Marie Brammall
Leslie A. and Mildred M.
1
Albert F. Repucci
3
10 8
Gangerous appen-
dix Peritonitis.
INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING
7
Lydia M. Johanson
41
2 23
Multiple Sarcomas
of chest and arms.
Mansfield, Mass.
9
Abbie E. Glines
78
— 9
Adenocarcinoma of
January 1,1929
Uterus.-
terus.12
12
Nuttall (twin)
----------5
firs.
Prematurity.
Mr.
Harold Everett,
4
12
Nuttall' (twin)
----------3 hrs.`
Prematurity.
Town Manager,
14
Albert T. Hodges
58
— 16'
Nephroma of ' left
and Board of Selectmen of Mansfield, Mass.
kidney.
16
Fannie J. Robbins
69
9 1
Cirrhosis of liver.
Dear Sirs:—
General arterios-
clerosis.
I hereby submit any report as Plumbing Inspector, ending Dec-
16
Stillborn
ergber 31, 1928.
20
Edythe F. M. Morse
26
1 26
Acute appendicitis.
17 jobs inspected and passed.
Ruptured appendix.
One job inspected and not passed.
27
John C. Chapman
80
4 21
Adenocarcinoma of
Prostate.
Respectfully,
March
RALPH BRACKETT
Plumbing Inspector
1
Mary E. Roskell
65
— —
Lobar pneumonia. C
�I
142
143
4
Attilio Baldelli
78
4
—
23
Grace P. Smith
'74
11
—
23
LeRoy E. Wheeler
—
2
23
31
Ella Maria Pratt
72
—
—
19
Genevieve Frances Hadley
47
11
7
April
14
Robert Hagan
------ 3 ;min.
16
Katherine A. Mulvaney
39
1
9
17
Margaret S. Chapman
57
11
10
May
furunculosis.
Metastasis:
31
4
Mary L. Murphy
77
7
10
10
George H. Hayward
64
11
21
19
Mary Lynch
76
2
8
21
James W. Denny
39
11
4
22
Eliza A. LeBaron
92
-
19
30
Eliza Kirkpatrick
87
3
28
June
sease
6
Thomas M. Rollins
47
—
—
7
Anna E. Hodges
92
11
3
12
Ann Isabel Strople
84
4
4
17
Thomas H. Roy
33
1
21
24
Charles E. Briggs
—
—
2
July
15
Ellen Chase
44
5
—
143
neumonia.
17
Margaret Welch
88
4
23
Chronic Endocardi-
neumonia.
tis. Chronic Myo-
ns.
carditis. Gen. Arte -
Osteo Mye-
riosclerosis.
22
William L. Winter
54
1
29
Septicemia from
na of breast
furunculosis.
Metastasis:
31
John Delmar.Moorhouse
60
2
6
Chronic interstitial
Nephritis. Chronic
Myocarditis. Arte -
jury
riosclerosis.
valvular
sease
August
Iver. Metas-
3
Emma G. Vaughan
73
8
15
Gerenal Arterios-
clerosis.
3
Petronela Verbeek
60
4
20
Acute Aedema
Lungs. Cardialgia.
Hemorr-
3
Clarissa Hallett
95
9
11
Arteriosclerosis.
, 4
Harriet Cavaner
68
1
20
Hemorrhage from
Asthma.
self-inflicted
-lerosis.
wounds of wrist.
ary Tuber-
Suicidal.
5
Edward Ryan About 70
Labor Pneumonia.
Y.
9
Mary Grace Ottaviani
—
9
18
Unknown
11 -Arterios-
13
Blanche Evelyn Lishman
37
4
7
Acute Intestinal Ob-
struction. Shock
following Laparoto-
my.
25
Everett H. Shepard
76
1
24
Acute yellow atro-
).ry Tuber-
phy of liver.
digestion.
September
4
Endocardi-
inic Nephri-
4
Mary Cataloni
l
9
—
Bacillary Dysentary
a.' Arterios-
6
John J. Howard
58'
—
—
Chronic Valvular
Heart Disease.
iry Tuber-
8
Phillip Helauri
5
hrs.
Prematurity.
14
Paul Fila
49
—
=
Gangrene of Lung.
Zages. `
18
Bernard S. Ross
23
2
25
Chronic Endocardi-
tis.
27
Elwin A. Pizer
60
9
12
Broncho Pneumonia.
27
'Frank M. Cobb
69
1
28
Myocarditis.
rid commin-
30
Arthur L. Williams
57
11
23
Angina Pectoris.
racture of
Gen. Arterioscler-
tccidental)
osis.
145
Tyocarditis
144
Dept.
29
Elisha F. White About
72
—
—
October
$ 59,19.07
xonic ne-
5
Ellen G. Baker
66
—
4
8
Alexander Murphy
82
9
18
30
Nathan Carman
62
11
21
November
Sub. Station, Supt. and Labor
$ 4,672.78
10
Mary S. McNamara
34 '
10
21
l
5,897.45
Inspecting and Testing Meters
'i
13
Stillborn
Removing and Resetting Meters
783.06
for
21
Persis L. Stone
34
7
27 I
Maint. of Lines
3,229.24
Pregnan-
'
Total Trans. and Dist. Expense
22
Ednah L. Humphrey
79
5
27 I
27
Lloyd S. Lincoln
89
11
16 E
28
Amanda Fuller
87
7
21 C
Maint.- of Mun. St. Lamps
1,454.43
1
December
4.
Commercial Expenses
2
Alzadia Marie Fisher
78
6
3
3
Mary A. Hanrahan
75
3
12 A
3
Olive Humphrey
32
10
— 1
Total Commercial Expenses
$ 5,595.76
�rosis.
Tuber-
- 5.
c
5
Louis Brown, J.
61
4
29 C'
7ocarditis
6.
Miscellaneous and General Expenses
d
10
John D. Ladd
90
3
27 C
General Office Supplies and Expenses,
1,397.76
arterios-
C
12017.56
nyoca: di-
Transportation Expenses
tj
17
Mary Elizabeth Cochran
78
8
— 1
Miscellaneous General Expense
695.64
rosis.
r
24
AAtonie C. Steen
80
6
20' A?.
30
Mary Harding
65
9
10 I
145
Tyocarditis
Mansfield Municipal Light
Dept.
1.
Production
hyperten-
Electrical Energy Purchased
$ 59,19.07
xonic ne-
Excess Cost of Fuel
3,404.08
Gen. Ar -
osis.
Total Production Expenses
$ 62,513.15
ease. Sud-
2.
Transmission and Distribution
s'
s Anemia.
Sub. Station, Supt. and Labor
$ 4,672.78
Sub. 'Station, Suppliesand Expense
584.32
Operation of Lines
5,897.45
Inspecting and Testing Meters
179.71
following
Removing and Resetting Meters
783.06
for
Removing and Resetting Transformers
245.22
)my
uterus.
Maint. of Lines
3,229.24
Pregnan-
'
Total Trans. and Dist. Expense
$ 15 591.78
Nephritis
' 3.
Utilization
�umonia.
Mun. St. Lamps—Labor
$ 473.22
aeumonia.
Mun. St. Lamps Sup. and Exp.
889.48
Hemorr-
Maint.- of Mun. St. Lamps
1,454.43
Total Utilization and Expenses
$ 2,817.13
4.
Commercial Expenses
Commercial Salaries
$ 4,507.76
Zeumonia•
Commercial Supplies and Expenses
1,088.00
re of left
at
Total Commercial Expenses
$ 5,595.76
�rosis.
Tuber-
- 5.
New Business Expenses
Advertising
$ 291.30
7ocarditis
6.
Miscellaneous and General Expenses
Endocar-
Salary of General Office Clerks
$ 780.00
General Office Supplies and Expenses,
1,397.76
arterios-
Insurance
12017.56
nyoca: di-
Transportation Expenses
146.71
Depreciation
49 930.52
is -Arte-
Miscellaneous General Expense
695.64
rosis.
Total Misc. and General Exp.
$ 8,968.19
Mellitus.
Total Operating Expenses
$ 95,77; .a1
L
146
BALANCE SHEET—DECEMBER 31
5,964.10
ASSETS
1,555.00
Plant Investment:
$ 7,519.10
Land
2,000-00
Structures
12,114.49
Transformer Station and Substation Equipment
11,459.49
Poles, Fixtures and Overhead Conductors
45,975-80
Consumers' Meters
16,877.40
Meter Installation
2,531.16
Line Transformers
15,096.42
Transformer Installation
2,379.93
Street Lighting Equipment
17,59).4)
Total Plant Investment
$126,034.23
General Equipment:
$206,981.16
Office Equipment
$ 2,1,06.56
Transportation Equipment
1,792.00
Laboratory Equipment
595.61
Total General Equipment
4,494.17
'Total Investments
$130,528.40
Current Assets:
Operation Fund
$ 8,258.40
Petty Cash
25.00
Guarantee Deposit Fund
1,555.00
Accounts Receivable—Lt. and Pr.
14,236.57
Accounts Receivable—Jobbing
536.13
Materials and Supplies—General
7,098.20
Distribution Tools and Appliances
756 97
Office Supplies
91.62
Total Current Assets
32,557.89
Reserve Fund:
Sinking Fund
4304.87
Total Assets
$206,981.16
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BALANCE SHEET—DECEMBER 31
LIABILITIES AND SURPLUS
Appropriations:
Appropriations for Construction $ 10,538.82
Bonded Indebtedness:
Bonds 63,500.00
Current Liabilities:
Accounts Payable
5,964.10
Consumers' Deposits
1,555.00
Total Current Liabilities
$ 7,519.10
Aw,crued Items:
Interest Accrued on Bonds
$ 666.66
Interest Accrued on Cons. Deposits
153.80
Total Accrued Items
$ 820.46
Appropriated Surplus:
Sinking Fund Reserve
43,894.87
Loans Repayment
39,000.00
Total Appropriated Surplus
$ 82,894.87
Total Liabilities
$165,273.25
Surplus
$ 41,707.91
Total Liabilities and Surplus
$206,981.16
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
JANUARY 1 to DECEMBER 31
OPERATING REVENUE:
Sales—Light
$ 47,725.77
Sales—Power
47,682.73
148
$ 12,966.33
Sales—Heat
5,320.33
Municipal Revenue—Bldgs.
2,223.13
Municipal Revenue—St. Ltg.
9,000.0{1
Total Operating Revenue
$111,952.01
OPERATING EXPENSES:
$' 4,085.40
1. Production
$ 62,513.15
2. Transmission and Distribution
15,591.79
3. Utilization
2,817.13
4. Commercial
5,595.76
5. New Business
291.30
6. General and Miscellaneous
8,968.19
Total Operating Expense
$ 95,777.31
Net Operating Revenue
$ 16,174.70
DEDUCT:
Uncollectable Oper. Rev. $` 2,555.10
Taxes Assign. to Elec. Oper. 54.82
Net Operating Income $ 13,564.78
ADD—OTHER INCOME:
Interest Income
Total Income
DEDUCT—OTHER
Interest on Bonds $ 2,563.15
Interest on Consumers' Deposits 153.80
149
41
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
JANUARY 1 to DECEMBER 31
Net Profit from Statement of Operations $ 10,880.93
ADD: OTHER INCOME
Income from Sinking Fund 2085.33
Total Credits
$ 12,966.33
DEDUCT: CHARGES
Expenses of Sinking Fund
$ 450.88
Bonds Retired
2,000.00
Transfer to Sinking Fund
1,634.52
Total Charges
$' 4,085.40
BALANCE—December 31, 1928 to Surplus
w
$ 8,880.93
SURPLUS ACCOUNT
December 31
Balance—Jan. 1st.
$ 32,826.98
ADD:
,
Profit for year from Profit and Loss Account
$' 8,880.93
Balance—December 31st
$ 41,707.91
DEPRECIATION SCHEDULE
Structures
$ 547.53
Transformer Station and Substation Equipment
459.49
Poles, Fixtures and Overhead_ Conductors
2,058.25
Consumers' Meters
725.39
Consumers' Meters Inst.
83.84
Line Transformers
573.47
Transformer Installation
47.66
Street Lighting Equipment
434.89
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND
Superintendent ehools
TO THE
TOWN OF MANSFIELD
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THE MANSFIELD PRESS
1929
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NO SCHOOL SIGNAL
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS -1928
Three double blasts on the Fire Alarm 2-2-2
7:15 No morning session for all schools.
7:45 No morning session for Grades I VI inclusive.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
8:15 No morning session: for Grades I—IV inclusive.
11:30 One session for all schools. Grades I -VI inclusive
Albert A. Grover ----------------------------------------Term expires January 1929
will closeat 1:00 P. M.
Mrs. Sadie H. Tucker ---------------_---_.-----..Term expires January 1930
12:15` No afternoon session ' for all grades below the High
David V. Green ----------------------------------------Term expires January 1931
and Junior High Schools.
12:30 No afternoon session for Grades I—I`T inclusive.
ORGANIZATION
REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Albert A. Grover ------------------------------------------------------ ---------------Chairman
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Leroy L. Woods--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Secretary
To the School Committee,
Mansfield, Mass.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Madam and Gentlemen:
LEROY L. WOODS, 14 School Street
The report of the Mansfield public schools ending December,
Office in High School Building -------------------------------- Telephone 510
19281 is hereby submitted. It contains a brief resume of the schools'
Office hours from 8:00 to 9:00 A. M., Monday and Friday;,
activities, expenditures, comparative costs,, and possible future
4:00 to 5:00 P. M. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.
needs. The statistics, the summary of the school expenditures, the
tables representing the increase in the enrollment are based upon
the figures found in the town reports from 1910 to the present, and
ATTENDANCE OFFICER
in the state report of 1928. The estimates for the future are
calculated from thepercentage of increases based on past records.
CARROLL PHILLIPS, 69 North Main Street ------------ Telephone 35
One of the big problems facing every community to -day is
the ways and means of meeting the continually increasing cost of
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
education as economically as possible. All over this broad land the
demands for more money to support educational programs are
DANIEL T. SULLIVAN, M. D., 22 Pleasant Street __..._'..Telephone 2
constantly increasing. The schools alone call for the largest
appropriation made to any single municipal department. ' Hence
the amount of the school budget has ever been and always will be
SCHOOL NURSE
a topic for constant attack. Mansfield is not different from other
towns in this respect. The needs of its schools are increasing from
DAISY L. DODGE, R. N., 3 Summer Street' __.________Telephone 523-W
year to year due to the increase in school population and the desire
of the parents for the best that can be had. With the present
SCHOOL CALENDAR
amount of money, the committee is not able to equip properly the
classrooms with books or other material necessary for the best
Fall Term ---------- --------------_-September 5, 1928 to December 21, 1928
work. Neither can the repairs to the older buildings be maintained.
First Winter Term -------------- January 2, 1929 to 'February 22, 1929
Second Winter Term ----------_ . _--_--__March 4 1929 to April 26, 1929
Why the School cost has increased.
Spring Term ------------------------- - ------------------ May 6, 1929 to June 28, 1929
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"Reduce expenses, cut school appropriation, is the cry con-
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stantly heard throughout the country. School authorities are asked 100 f
on every hand, "Why this constant increase in our school expendi- I'
ture ? Why do our schools consume such a large proportion of the for the state , has been 38 per cent. Many people are puzzled to III
total appropriation?" These are reasonable and just demands. account for this rapid growth of school enrollment. Why are so
In reflecting on the cost of our schools during the last few many young people manifesting such a great interest in education? II
years, one must give some consideration to the rapidity with which From a careful survey recently made by educators it has been
modern society for which the public schools are preparing the found that the following factors are the chief causes for the in-
children, is changing. No longer is a mere textbook knowledge creased enrollment. Lli�
sufficient. Only in the last half century have the schools been asked
to assume many activities far, remote from the early conception of 1) In recent years the compulsory age law for attending
school instruction. No longer is the classroom a'place to listen to school has been raised and has been rather; rigidly en=
the select reproduce the contents of a Latin or a`Greek text book. forced. In many states all children under 16 years of
To -day it is a meeting place for providing an education which has age must attend school unless they are at work. No 1:'I
for its chief objectives; good health, civic intelligence, worthy home children under 14 years of age may be allowed to leave
membership, a command of the fundamental processes,, vocational school unless excluded by medical authorities. Then too, Ii
efficiency, worthy use of leisure time, and the principle of good all pupils between the ages of 14 and 16 must have com-
character.
pleted the sixth grade and spent 130 days in school since
In view of the many sided interests in which our children must becoming 13 years of age before they can secure a permit r'li
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secure some knowledge—vocationally, ethically, and morally—'th,e . to work.
methods of instruction and the subject matter have constantly
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changed making imperative that the teachers and 'school executives (2) The second factor leading to an increased enrollment, (I
prepare the pupils to meet better the exigencies of life. New means especially in the higher institutions of learning, its the
of communication, modern methods of organizing industries on a standard required to enter business. Where formerly '
large scale, the installation of up-to-date machinery, and the rapid young boys were employed in a factory at`a very low
drift of the population from the rural to the urban districts have wage, to -day business firms, in meeting the keen cost of
brought heavy responsibilities upon town and city governments. The competition are insisting upon abetter preparation for
schools and their personnell must be prepared to adjust themselves the young man or woman who begins a career with them.
to meet the new demands and to use progressive methods or be
counted among the backward systems. (3) The educational standards of the; nation have been raised
From the very nature of material advancement our schools are from a sixth grade to a ninth grade level.
compelled to widen their scope of activities and offer to its pupils
a broader and increasingly scientific program. Our children are (4) Labor legislation concerning the employment of appren., SII
seeking a preparation that will prepare thein to, meet the needsof tices in our manufacturing plants has nearly closed the
modern life. The group of people enrolled in our high schools is opportunities for our young people to learn a trade in
no longer composed of the selected few preparing for an academic , p P g
all its details. Hence ar
-its are insisting that we offer
career only. They wish not only those subjects and training that vocational courses in our schools so that their children
may be prepared to enter some vocation properly pre -
fit them for the old line colleges, but they insist that the schools. Y e
shall prepare them for entering the several vocations in life. pared to function efficiently.
So generally:: are our youth appreciating the value of a higher
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education that they are crowding our Junior and Senior High Every move in modern society has had a tendency to add to
schools to overflowing. In the last fifty years the enrollment gi,il
in theresponsibility of our schools, increase the enrollment, broaden
the high schools of Massachusetts alone has increased 750 per the courses of studies, and increase the expense. Thirty percent
cent, 300 per cent of which has occurred in the last fifteen
years. of the increased cost of education is due to the fact that the citizens
In our elementary schools over the same period of time the increase ' have demanded more education. The other seventy per cent is dueIllil
to the standard which the state has set up, and which we must III
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But why attack the cost of education, that which, is developing,
guiding, and perfecting the most precious organism in all the world,
the child, when a nation spends twenty -'two times as much for
luxuries as for its schools ? Those citizens who raise a 'serious
protest against the amount of money spent for schools see the school
budget only as a whole in comparison with money appropriated to
other municipal departments. In many municipalities nearly fifty
percent of the total budget is apportioned to the schools.
According to the last census report of Massachusetts one-sixth
of the whole population of the state is in our public schools. Hence,
ninety per cent of the total population should have an immediate
interest in the schools because each inhabitant is 'either directly or
indirectly interested in the welfare of the children.
In almost every other department of town affairs, there are
certain material advantages which we enjoy every day such as
water supply,, gas, fire protection, police protection, good roads and
.the like, but these can be conducted by a limited numberof em-
ployees in each department, and at small expense because the
development and progress of the human element is lacking.` These
departments are dealing with material qualities. At no time does
any one of these departments have actual contact with any large
proportion of the population.
Not so with our schools. With one-sixth of the population under
the guidance of teachers 'daily giving their strength to developing
our young people-, it is necessary that school people be well versed
in the laws, science, skills, and arts of molding the plastic child
into a decent law-abiding citizen. There is no other municipal
department that requires the skill, patience, training in technique,
as the school department. Nor is there a work that costs so much
in nervous energy as that of being a classroom teacher.
In the greatness of the service rendered to a town in teaching
higher ideals,, better living, and in giving personal service, the
public' schools are surpassed by no other publicly supported insti-
tution. They should, therefore,, receive support to the limit of
financial possibility by every citizen in a community. The good
derived from the direct human relation of a teacher+ with the large
army of pupils in our public schools can never be measured by
financial reward. The services rendered by a teacher is beyond any
human power to repay.
The teachers are the largest group of municipal employees and
also the most expensively equipped. Their equipment is an accu-
mulation of years of study in institutions of learning. From their
early school' days 'until they have entered the profession, they have.
spent all their years and much money in preparing for teaching.
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The largest item- in the expense of our schools is the amount
paid for the teachers' salaries. In a recent survey of 67 muniepali-
ties throughout the United States it was found that 76.6 per cent
of every dollar raised for the support of public schools was spent
for instructional purposes and that approximately 65 per cent of
every dollar spent was paid for teachers' salaries alone.
Not only have teachers' salaries been a big item of expense
-which 'every city and town must meet; but the changing conditions
taking place within the school plant, its physical equipment, its
buildings, its enlargement of curricula,' etc., giving a broader op
_portunity for educational\ activities, has added materially'to the in-
-creased cost.
In last year's report I called attenton to the fact that our
:schools must make educational adjustments to meet the demands
of changing social conditions, if they were to keep abreast of the
progressive ideals of the present time. More and more education
is being sought every year by parents. To meet these demands the
curriculum has been broadened, and the time formerly spent in
schools has been lengthened. Where formerly four courses of `study
were satisfactory for an elementary school curriculum, now 18 ar
required. Every addition of an activity of a course means an in-
crease in cost of instruction, equipment, and buildings.
We who are ` directing the educational activities of towns and
cities are sometimes puzzled by the dilemma facing us. On the one
hand' are those people who are crying against the cost of education
and are complaining' that our taxes are too high. On the other
hand are those people who demand for their children more educa-
tion and better equipment. Regardless of which way the balance
of power may swing there is a certain standard that must be main-
tained or the state will hold back its support to the schools.
In the last report from the State Board of Education referring
to the amount spent for education it is interesting to note that in
the public schools the 'cost has increased 244 percent since 1912.
It further states` that the increased cost has been distributed ap-
proximately in the same ratio over a majority of items of the
budget, viz;ii! cost of fuel,' supplies, transportation, labor and mater-
ial for repairs ,as well as salaries for teachers and other school
employees. Nearly 100 percent of 244 per cent increase is attri-
buted by the report to the large increased enrollment 'since 1921.
It further states that even though the cost per pupil has apparently
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increased 147 percent, the increase is actually 54 percent when the
purchasing value of the dollar is 'taken into consideration.
FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF THE MANSFIELD SCHOOLS
COMPARED WITH THE AVERAGE OF THE NATION AND
THE STATE BASED ON THE AVERAGE MEMBERSHIP
FOR, 1927 AND 1928
In comparing the cost of the, Mansfield schools with the
financial support given to schools by the average municipality, it
is interesting to note that our estimated budget is comparatively
low. The average municipal appropriation throughout the "nation
apportioned to the schools is 52.2 per cent. In Massachusetts the
average percent expended for the support of schools in 1927 in 37
municipalities taken at random was 38.5 percent. In Mansfield
the schools received approximately 34 percent of the total amount
raised by the town in 1928.
The big item in the Mansfield School expense is the amount
paid for salaries of teachers, principals, the supervising staff and
other employees exclusive of evening school. In 1928 it amounted
to $86,174.43. This sum added to transportation gives a total of
$91,429.39 leaving a balance of $18,938.75 with which to purchase
supplies, books, coal and new equipment; pay electric,, telephone
and water bills; make repairs; support evening school; pay trade
school tuition bills; and meet numerous other expenses. In 1929
the estimated amount for salaries of teachers, all other employees
and transportation is $95,004.91, leaving a balance of $15,505.00 for
all other expenses.
To many people the total budget for the Mansfield schools
seems a large amount of money. They do not realize that the
state reimbursed the town this past year for educationalpurposes to
the amount of $10,510.29. This amount taken from the total school
budget for 1928 leaves' a balance of $99,857.84. But the school
department in estimating its budget cannot take into consideration
the state refunds, because, by law; the check is sent to the town
treasurer to be applied to any municipal appropriation he may
select. Then too, the exact amount of refunds cannot be predeter-
mined. Hence the school department must ask for a budget neces-
sary to cover its total expenses.
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Since 1919 the salaries for instructional purposes, janitors'
salaries, and transportation charges have nearly doubled. The
amount paid for health instruction and inspection has increased
nearly four times the amount of 1919. Fuel bills in 1928 were
somewhat less. The repairs were approximately 50% more. The
cost of textbooks and school supplies has not increased in propor-
tion to the increase in school enrollment.
An analysis of the expenditures for the last ten years shows
a small amount spent for repairs considering the number of old
buildings that are liable to need excessive repairs any moment. The
amount spent during the last two years is too small unless Mans-
field decides to replace the older buildings by new structures. The
Central and Main Street buildings are badly in need of repairs
and renovation. It is the opinion of your school committee that
the present structures should be abandoned as soon as the .town
feels it can build, rather than lay out a large sum of money in
remodeling and in extensive repairing. With the present school
population filling every building to its normal capacity, and with
the present rate of increase in school children, there are indications
that new accommodation will be necessary within the next five
years. You will find a complete review of the housing situation
in a subsequent section.
Concerning the amount paid teachers there are three factors
that have been the chief causes for the increases:
First, the salaries of 1918 were not comparable to those paid in
other places of the same size as Mansfield.
Second, the salaries of the teachers have advanced 107 percent
since 1918.
Third,, in the last ten years there has been an increase of 274
pupils in the schools, thus requiring an: increase in the
faculty from 40 to 48, or 8 additional teachers, and an
increase in supplies, books, and in school accommodation.'
The increase in the cost of transportation of pupils is due to
the demands of parents for better conveyances and for more trans-
portation.
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How the Dollar for School purposes is Spent in Mansfield.
Amount of each
dollar
Administration
Salaries of Superintendent, Clerk,
and Attendant officer; expenses of
the office, census, school
telephone----------------------------- -------- -------------- $.04
161
Supervisors
Salaries and travelling expenses ............................ .034
Principals and teachers salaries -------------------------------------- -642
Textbooks and supplies .................................................... .059
Janitors' salaries --- ---=-_------- ------------------------------------.057
Fuel -------------- ------------------------- ------ = -------=------ .023
Repairs ------- -- - -- --------------=-------=------------------` :03
Health -------------------------------------------------------------- ------ .021
Transportation of pupils ---------------------------------- --- .047
New equipment ----- --------- -- -------------------------=-------- .015
Miscellaneous,' tuition, evening school
and 'other expenses ----------- -------- -------- -------- ------ -032
As might be 'expected the largest proportion' of the school
dollar is devoted to teachers' salaries. The expense of the health
is ' somewhat larger than the average given by the state report.
When we see how much relatively is spent for the health of the
school children, we should not complain, for education must be
founded upon health.
COMPARISON OF THE AMOUNTS SPENT FOR THE SUPPORT
OF THE MANSFIELD SCHOOLS WITH THE AVERAGE
FOR THE STATE
FIGURED ON COST PER PUPIL IN AVERAGE MEMBERSHIP
The average membership for Mansfield schools during the
school year ending June 1928 was 1359 pupils. Below is given a
tabulation of the amounts paid for the different items in support
of the Mansfield schools with the corresponding amounts which
the school department should raise,, figured on the cost per pupil
in average membership by the state department of education for
1927-1928.
Mansfield's For state. To equal the
actual cost. Average cost average cost
per pupil in in the state
average mern- Mansfield
ship given in ought to have
state report, raised
L928.
General control including
salary and expenses of
Superintendent and
School: Committee ---__---$4519.42 $3.62 $4919.58
Salaries' of supervisors,
teachers and principals -.--72716,26 67.53 91773.27
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Textbooks, stationary
Below is a tabulation of the buildings, with their seating capa-
and supplies ________________________ 6341.07 4.61 6264.99
city, present registration, and available seats according to reports
Operating of school plant,
from teachers, October 1, 1928.
including janitors' ser-
Present Seating Available
vices and fuel __........ _____----- 14505.61 10.47 14228.73
enrollment Capacity Seats
Repairs, replacement
1. High School 218 228 10
and upkeep __________________________ 2947.61 5.01 6808.59
2. Central Junior High School
Promotion of Health ________ 2146.26 1.36 1848.24
Junior High pupils 333
Transportation ____________________ 5087.04 2.48 3370.32
Grade IV 48s
Miscellaneous ---------------------- 817.89 .79 1073.61
Opportunity Class 14 395 439 44
Total support, including
3. Roland Green School 336 340 4
ordinary repairs ---- _--------- 109081.16 96.81 131564.79
4. Main Street. School 130 164 34
The above amounts are exclusive of alterations and per nanent
5. 'Spaulding School 161 187 26
repairs. With this tabulation it is evident that the total budget for
6. Paine 'School 67 71 4
the Mansfield school department is considerable less than it would
7. John Berry School 64 104 40
be were the school expenses brought up to the average cost for all
8. Hall School 18 20 2
schools in the state. The difference, $22,483.63, added to -the amount
9. Whiteville School 17 20 3
expended from June 1927 to 1928 would give the school committee
,10. Hartwell School 10 20 10
sufficient funds to equip the schools properly, to repair the buildings
so that they would be in first class condition, and provide a relief
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for some of the overcrowded classrooms. By comparison you will
A study of the above distribution of pupils and seats indicates
notice that we have exceeded the state average in a few' of the small
very clearly the limited number of seating space in the different
items.
schools. Since this report was obtained, the Roland Green School
has added 4 more pupils, bringing the total enrollment up to the
SCHOOL HOUSING FACILITIES '
total capacity of the building. One would say upon examining the
figures above that with the present rate of increase we have seating
The matter of providing sufficient school room accommodations
space in our present school' buildings for two years before it will
is a problem facing every community within easy access of large
be necessary to provide more room. But the facts of the case are
business centers. Because of the excessive rents in -the congested
that the school enrollment cannot be distributed where there are
parts of the metropolitan districts and the increased cost of building
available seats,' hence some of our classrooms are already over -
lots, many families are seeking homes in the smaller towns wh'2r3
crowded. It has been necessary this year to put the first grade at
they can live more economically and yet enjoy the comforts and
the Spaulding School' on a' two platoon system, send a whole fifth
advantages of city life. Through the easy and quick modes of trans-
grade class to the Roland Green School, and transfer the fourth
portation rapidly developing, small suburban districts have been
grade to the Central School. For a part of the school year the
brought within easy access of the large cities. As a result the
Cavallo block on Pratt and North Main Streets was used as a
matter of providing school accommodations has become serious.
school room, but the lighting, sanitation, and ventilation was so
Buildings that were adequate and suitable a few years ago do not
poor i the school committee voted to discontinue the use of the
satisfy the demands and needs of the present generation. It has
building.
exacted from school officials changes in the curriculum and organ-
If we have the same increase next year that we have had this
ization to meet the needs of the modern social' conditions.
year it will be necessary to place one or two more grades on the
In Mansfield the accommodation for our pupils is fast reaching
two platoon system.
the point.when preparation for constructing a new building should
I am 'stating these facts that the citizens of Mansfield may
be given consideration. The present buildings are filled nearly to
fully realize the problems facing them in the near future. ' Since
their seating capacity.
it usually takes +towns from two to five years to settle the question
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of constructing a new school building, some concerted action should
be taken in the near future to formulate plans for making a
survey of the town as to the possible direction of expansion and
for securing a building lot.
Recommendations in Planning for the Future.
When the time for building a new school arrives, I believe it
should be in the nature of a comprehensive High School including
the Junior High, and a vocational school. Shops of'tha vocational
school could be used for the vocational, the Junior High, and Senior
High pupils. Equipment for physical education, gymnasium, as-
sembly hall, and library could likewise be used by all pupils of th3
three types of schools.
The comprehensive school could be administered,' by one prin-
cipal, and pupils in the vocational department could elect their
cultural subjects -in both the Junior and Senior High Schools.
Practical arts courses could likewise be offered forthe girls who
do not care for the academic courses. One half of the operating
cost and instructional expenses of the vocational school would be
defrayed by the state. Pupils of the Junior High School would
have a better opportunity of entering new fields of education and
of satisfying those adolescent instincts which are very strong at
this age. New subjects and new interest could be made possible
to the pupils who are approaching the time when they should make
a choice of training for some particular vocation. It is vastly
important at this age that an opportunity be offered for experi-
mentation for exploration, for tryout courses, and for provisional
choice where each pupil may have a chance to roam around in new
fields to discover what his abilities and tendencies are.
The present High School could be remodeled for an. elementary
school. If the land in the rear were purchased, it would offer an
opportunity to build a small play ground for the pupils until such
time as it would become necessary to furnish additional room for
the grades. 4t that time the town could add, to the present struc-
ture if it became necessary to accommodate additional enrollment.
High School Accommodations.
The enrollment at the Senior High School October 1, 1925, was
218 pupils, or 18 more than the number for which the building is
certified. It is estimated that 90 pupils from the: Junior High
School will enter the Freshman and Sophomore classes in Septem-
ber. We are graduating 48 seniors, June 1929. Should the esti-
mated report from the Junior High next September, the Senior
mated number report from the Junior High next September, Senior
High School will have an enrollment of approximately 260 pupils.
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REPORT OF ACTIVITIES -WITHIN THE SCHOOLS 1
Courses of Study.
The work of formulating courses of study for the subjects
taught in the elementary schools and the JuniorHigh has been `
partially completed. Rough outlines with 'suggestions for the
maximum and minimum essentials have been placed in the hands
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of the teachers. This was accomplished through teacher committees
who met with me frequently and discussed the outlines.
Tests.
Frequent tests have been given in arithmetic during the past
year to establish certain standards of accomplishment and to, stim-
ulate drill. After the first test it was evident that more drill on the
fundamentals was needed to bring our classes up to certain estab-
lished norms.
Through the School of Education, Boston University, we were
able to enter a contest for 100 percent accuracy in the fundamentals
of arithmetic. Results of the first test given in January, 1928,
indicated a need of intensive drill of the four fundamental proces-
ses.
In April the test was given to the pupils again to determine
the amount of achievement. The results showed much' improvement.
Tests have also been given in English with equal results.
Mental Tests.
a In the Junior High School there has' been in effect during the
school year a grouping of pupils according to abilities indicated by
the results obtained from giving; the Otis revised' group test' to all
pupils. On the whole the results have been very satisfactory. The
groups have been composed of pupils of about the same average
ability. The teachers have been better able to adapt the class work
to the mental capacity of their pupils.
In the grades mental tests were given children who were
three or more years retarded. All children who were found better
fitted for the manual work than the regular school work were
transferred ;to the Opportunity Class at the Central School. The
pupils who are, at present, members of this class are happy and
doing commendable work.
Transportation.
Last June the transportation of school children was let out to
competitive bids. The Foxboro -Mansfield Bus Company was the
lowest bidder and has been awarded the contract for the 'school
year. The East Mansfield route' was lengthened, hence'' an increase
in the amount paid last year. Even though the total amount was
increased the pupil mileage is somewhat decreased.
Mrs. Moorhouse was awarded the contract to transport the
children from the WWhiteville district to the main bus line, East
Street. Late in November, due to poor health, she resigned. Mr.
Benjamin of East Street was appointed to finish the year.
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REPORT OF ACTIVITIES -WITHIN THE SCHOOLS 1
Courses of Study.
The work of formulating courses of study for the subjects
taught in the elementary schools and the JuniorHigh has been `
partially completed. Rough outlines with 'suggestions for the
maximum and minimum essentials have been placed in the hands
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of the teachers. This was accomplished through teacher committees
who met with me frequently and discussed the outlines.
Tests.
Frequent tests have been given in arithmetic during the past
year to establish certain standards of accomplishment and to, stim-
ulate drill. After the first test it was evident that more drill on the
fundamentals was needed to bring our classes up to certain estab-
lished norms.
Through the School of Education, Boston University, we were
able to enter a contest for 100 percent accuracy in the fundamentals
of arithmetic. Results of the first test given in January, 1928,
indicated a need of intensive drill of the four fundamental proces-
ses.
In April the test was given to the pupils again to determine
the amount of achievement. The results showed much' improvement.
Tests have also been given in English with equal results.
Mental Tests.
a In the Junior High School there has' been in effect during the
school year a grouping of pupils according to abilities indicated by
the results obtained from giving; the Otis revised' group test' to all
pupils. On the whole the results have been very satisfactory. The
groups have been composed of pupils of about the same average
ability. The teachers have been better able to adapt the class work
to the mental capacity of their pupils.
In the grades mental tests were given children who were
three or more years retarded. All children who were found better
fitted for the manual work than the regular school work were
transferred ;to the Opportunity Class at the Central School. The
pupils who are, at present, members of this class are happy and
doing commendable work.
Transportation.
Last June the transportation of school children was let out to
competitive bids. The Foxboro -Mansfield Bus Company was the
lowest bidder and has been awarded the contract for the 'school
year. The East Mansfield route' was lengthened, hence'' an increase
in the amount paid last year. Even though the total amount was
increased the pupil mileage is somewhat decreased.
Mrs. Moorhouse was awarded the contract to transport the
children from the WWhiteville district to the main bus line, East
Street. Late in November, due to poor health, she resigned. Mr.
Benjamin of East Street was appointed to finish the year.
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Repairs. P went and up to date lavatories installed. A modern
Last February the whole return system of the steam heating heating system should replace the eight hot air fur -
plant at the Senior High School failed to function, due to the fact naces now used. I'believe the coal 'saved by a modern
that the return pipes which were buried under ground had oxidized heating plant 'would soon pay for the cost of installa-
so badly that water leaked out before its return to the boiler. c'
tion.
Fortunately, through the faithful services of Mr. Livermore, the (I,
High School janitor, and the quick work of H. Y.; Jackson and Mr. 2. Main Street School
Findlater, we were able to keep the High School open while repairs
a. The walls in the classrooms are badly in need of paint.
were being made. b. One section of a steam rediator in the primary room
As this repair work was unforseen when our budget was sub- must be renewed before another year.
witted to the finance board for approval, the amount necessary
for the expenses was not included. The total cost of the job was 3. Hall School
$1335.72. Fortunately the $1000.00 extra for which we asked in The walls and ceiling should be repainted and one of the
our budget to be used in repairing the Roland Green School was outside doors renewed.
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not needed there. This amount was applied to the cost of repairing 4. Paine School
the heating plant in the High School. The smoke pipe for the furnace must be renewed
Other repairs and improvements made during, the year are as
5. Spaulding SchoolI
follows;— Complete renovation of the interior should be made.
At the Spaulding School the boiler was recovered and locks on
doors renewed. 6. If our rural schools are to be used several years longer,
At the Main Street School new furnaces replaced the old ones, they should be remodeled and equipped with a modern !
and the ceilings of all classrooms were painted. The fire escape has heating system and lavatories.'
been completely overhauled. A fence was constructed along Main
Street to enclose' the school yard. REPORT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
it
At the Central School one section of the toilets in the boys'
basement was renewed, walls repaired, and roof patched.' Mr. Leroy L. Woods,
At the High School the batteries on the clock were renewed. Superintendent of Schools,
The following new equipment was installed at the Senior High Mansfield, Mass.
School: Lockers in both the girls' and boys' basements, adding
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machine and a comptometer for the commercial department, addi- Dear Sir:'
tional chairs for Mrs. Olsen's room, and showers in the 'girls' base-
ment were ' installed. Several minor repairs have been made to I herewith submit my annual report as Principal of the Mans- !'
different buildings from time to time. field High School. In my report for the year 1927 I dealt largely i(I.
with administrative questions; this year I shall present a rather
The following repairs are necessary for next year: complete 'survey of the year from the point of view of studeilt
1. Central School activity.
a. Another section of the boys' toilets must be renewed.
The year which' is drawing to a close has been an eventful
b. One of the hot air chambers enclosing' a bank of three one for the Hi -h School. Fifty years ago, in 1878,. the first class !
furnaces must be rebuilt. It has already started to graduated, and the anniversary was celebrated by appropriate I lila
cave in. observances in June. With the able assistance of Miss Jennie
c. Part of the roof of the building should be reshingled. Copeland of the Alumni, Miss Alice Gray of the Senior Class
d. If this building is to be used a number of years longer, compiled a thorough history of the High School, that such 'a l
a thorough renovation should be made, modern equip record mi=ght be available ` in permanent form. From the main
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Tableau
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events of this history a storylogue was developed, which was
Graduation Dress, 1879 ------------------------------------------------ Abbie Saley
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presented on Senior Class Night. The Senior Class also published
2.
Going to His Graduation, 1879 .............................. Bernard Jalbert
a special anniversary edition of the annual class magazine. I
3.
Moving Day, 1883 -------------------------------------------------------- Ruby Aiken
present here a copy of the programs of Class Night and the Com-
4.
Gift of
902 ......mencement
Exercisesi with the roll of the Senior Class.
5.
Gift of Caesa? -------------------------------------- Gretchen Knight
reDate
6.
Girls Athletics, 1898 ----------------------------------------------------- Mary Wynn
PROGRAMME
7,
Girls' Athletic Suits—Then and Now� ................
of
Margaret Callahan, Katherine Erving
CLASS NIGHT' EXERCISES
8.
Girl Cadet ------------------------------------------------------------ Esther Anderson
9.
Boy Cadet, 1905 ---------------------------------------------------- George - DePrizio
Presented by the Class of 1928
10.
Boy Cadet, 1915 ____________________________________________________George DePrizio
and commemmorating
11.
Graduation Dress, 1891 --------------------- -------------- Bernadette Hatch
12.
Graduation Dress, 1898 ____________________________________________Doris Warren
The Fiftieth Anniversary of the
13.
Graduation Dress, 1902 ________________________________________Esther Sargent
MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
14.
Graduation Dress,, 1908 ________________________________________Winifred Green
June 26, 1928.
15.
Graduation Dress, 1913 ________________________________________Evelyn Cornish
.16.
Graduation Dress, 1919 ______________________________________________Martha Ogul
Selection ...... ---------------------------------------- -------------- High School Orchestra
17.
Graduation Dress, 1927 ____________________________________________Helen Shepard
18.
Ensemble of Graduation Dresses
St orylogue
1878 1928
Class Ode ------------------------------------------------------------ Sung by Class of 1928
Arranged by Alice Gray
"Auld Lang Syne" ------------------------------------------Sung by Class of 1928
cast, and Class of 1878
Cast in order of appearance:
Alice Gray, 1928
Albert Nickerson, 1928
FIFTIETH ANNUAL
James Coad 1928
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Commencement Exercises
Annie Crowley Howard, 1878
Marjorie Schools, 1928
MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
Beatrice Cobb Huston, 1891
Class of 1928
Gilda Julian, 1928
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John Gaffney, 1913
PROGRAMME
Kenneth Sherman, 1905
Marion King Wheeler, 1918
Processional
George Robinson, 1928, Class Prophet
Invocation
George Syat, 1928, Class Testator
Rev. Ralph M. Barker
Selection: "The Call to Duty"' -Hadley
Class of 1928
High School Chorus and Orchestra
Salutatory
of the Class of 1878
Hope Rider
Annie Crowley Howard,
Presentation of Class Gift
Mary L. Dunham
Frederick Eugene Wills
Eva Harding Spooner
Alice Scholes Shepard
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Acceptance of Class Gift
Thelma Scott Williams, 1929
Address
John F. Scully
Superintendent of Schools, Brockton
Valedictory
Martha Alice Ogul
Selection: Zampa Overture ________________________________ _________ _________F. Herold
High School Orchestra
Presentation of Diplomas and Awards
Leroy L. Woods
Superintendent of Schools
Class Ode
Sung by the Class
Raldo Baldini Gilda Julian
Bernard Beatty Jean Marion MacDonald
*Silvio Bellucci Roy Irving Martin
William Lloyd Buck Prescott Henry Martin
*James Ernest Coad Marjorie Isabelle Nesbitt'
William Osborne Chase Charles Albert Nickerson
Sylvia Martha Conrad *Martha Alice Ogul
Rhoda Evelyn Cornish *Hope Rider
Herman Lawry Cundall George Alfred Robinson
Cathleen Gloria Dennehy Madalena Roman
Raymond Francis Dustin Marjorie Louise Schools
Dana White Gallup Charles Roscoe Sweet
*Dorothy Ryder Glines *George Syat
Raymond Francis Goyea Doris May Warren
*Alice Gray Edgar Bryant Whitehouse
Charles Eliot Gray *Frederick Eugene Wills
Sumner Francis Hall Ruth Adelaide Wills
William Emerick Harlor *Mary Abbigail Wynn
*Bernadette Hatch *Edna Caroline Hiltz
*Pro-Merito Society, Members:
85 percent or over 'for threeears.
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SCHOOOL COMMITTEE
Albert A. Grover Chairman
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a _.. e Horton Tucker
David V. Green
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Superintendent of Schools
Leroy L. Woods
Principal
Everett W. Robinson
Assistants
Fred H. Hadlock Theodore C. Sargent Gertrude F. Olsen
Mildred H. Jones Winnifred C. Lyman Florence L. Cox
Evelyn A. Hill Mildred M. Whitmore James J. Kelly
This year the High School was highly successful in the Inter-
scholastic Speaking Contest. At a preliminary contest Miss Gilda
Julian, 1928, and Mr. Warren Pierce, 1930, were chosen to repre-
sent the school in the finals for the Singleton trophy. Five schools,
namely Walpole, Franklin,, Stoughton, Foxboro and Mansfield, corn=
peted for the cup. In this contest Miss Julian and Mr. Pierce
won both first prizes, thereby bringing the trophy to Mansfield for
the third time in five years, and securing for Mansfield High School
permanent possession of the beautiful silver cup.
This September found a large number of our graduates ad-
mitted by certificate to higher institutions, while others success-
fully passed the entrance examinations required by ;institutions
which issue no certificates: The September list is as follows:
'. ive at Normal Schools
Two at Brown University
One at Harvard University
One at Boston University
One at Beaver College
One at Cushing Academy
One at Goddard' Seminary
One at Massachusetts Nautical Training School
The school has had a very successful year in athletics. In
Baseball, Basketball and Football, more than our share of games
have been won, and splendidteams. have been developed. Athletes
from here have made good in other places. Mention should be
made of Harold Harris, who this fall . played regularly on the
Brown Freshman football team, Edgar Whitehouse at Goddard'
Seminary, Wilbur Johnson at Springfield College, James Coad at
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Cushing Academy, and Terrell Cobb at Mercersburg Academy, who
captained his Cross Country team,, and for the second time won the
Interscholastic Cross Country run in New York, -this year from
a field of nearly four hundred runners.
The scope of this report would not permit any detailed state-
ment of other activities, which form a regular part of the school
program. However, no report should omit the emphasis we are
placing on music. We now have a school orchestra of fourteen
members, a beginner's orchestra of fifteen, a Girls' Glee Club of
thirty, a Boys' Glee Club of twelve, and a School Chorus of sixty.
In addition, the Senior Class Dramatic Club presented on
Thanksgiving evening "The Seven Keys to Baldpate, under the
direction of Professor Joseph E. Connor; and the Classical, Literary,
Press, Science, and Commercial Clubs have supplemented the regu-
lar class work with appropriate activity.
Through the courtesy of the New Century Club,, an invitation was
issued to the two Senior girls with the highest Junior year marks
to enjoy the privilege of attending the club ,meetings ;throughout
the current year. Upon examining the records it was found that
this honor fell to Miss Alice Burr, with an average of 93, and Miss
Harriet Ball, with an average of 92. I cite these marks merely to
show, that in spite of a large amount of extra -curriculum activity
by the students, a high standard of scholarship is beingmaintained.
In conclusion, let me offer my personal thanks for your always
unfailing cooperation in anything that concerns the High School.
Respectfully submitted.
EVERETT W. ROBINSON,
Principal.
REPORT OF THE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
Mr., Leroy L. Woods,
Superintendent of Schools,
Mansfield, Mass.
Dear Sir:
I have the pleasure of submitting my first report as principal
of the Central Junior High School. No longer is it necessary to
present arguments for the Junior High School organization, as
such; the hundreds of Junior High Schools all over the country have
justified the existence of this type of school in all its fundamental
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claims. In this report I would simply draw attention to the achieve-
ments of the year and suggest some needed changes in equipment
and organization.
During the year we have completed a thorough mental testing
program as a� basis for ability or achievement grouping. The pur-
pose, for which such grouping is undertaken, is to eliminate retard-
ations by adjusting the achievement -time element to the various
abilities of the pupils. The results of this experiment may be seen
in the failure 'statistics for the month of October during 1927' and
1928. During `October,, 1927, there were 208 subject failures while
during the ` same month, 1928, there were only 103. (A "subject -
failure" means the failure of a pupil to secure a passing grade of
"C" in any given subject.)
Along with, this ability grouping we have been introducing the
"Contract" method of assigning work. By this method a given
unit of work in any subject is presented to a class as a job which
they contract to do in a stated time. With this contract, covering
the minimum essentials required for promotion, are presented extra
assignments, the achievement of which makes possible additional
credits. For those pupils of superior ability it makes possible a
broader course of enriched content; for the less capable this definite
statement of minimum essentials provides a frequent escape from
the formerly too frequent defeat and discouragement of non -promo-
tion.
The problem of retardation is one of the serious moments in a
school system practicing annual promotions, whether it be the re-
tardation which marks the failure of those of medium or low ability
to attain promotion, or the retardation which is the result of failure
to accelerate the pupils of superior ability. The retardation of a
pupil for a year means not only the financial loss/ entailed but also
the increased possibility of his withdrawal from school to enter life
tragically unprepared.
A good solution for this problem lies in the practic-a of subject
promotion.' This is rapidly becoming recognized as the most satis-
factory and fair way of dealing with the promotion problem. The
successful application of this plan is hardly practicable in a school
where, as in Central Junior High, the classes enroll from forty to
fifty pupils.
One of the characteristic features of a Junior High School
should be its wisely arranged, differentiated curricula by which the
individual aptitudes and abilities of the pupils may be discoverecl
and < directed. Since by choice or necessity a large percent of our
graduates eventually enter industrial vocations, exploratory courses,'
in shop work and manual arts should constitute a considerable part'
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of our work. As a matter of fact, we are able to offer nothing in
this line, with our present equipment, excepting woodworking and
sewing.
Educational and Vocational Guidance, an organized attempt to
aid pupils in choosing the vocation for which by inclination and
native ability they are best fitted, and to trainthem for efficient
service in that work, is recognized as the public schools greatest
need. This is the underlying reason for fostering 'many extra -
curricula activities and the chief purpose of all Junior' High School
exploratory courses. Lacking the facilities for offering such cours-
es, we are presenting to the ninth grade, in connection with the re-
quired Civics course, a semester course of vocational information
in which the advantages and disadvantages and the educational
requirements of various occupations are presented. Particular
attention will be given local industrial opportunities as well as the
professions.
In any unit functioning properly Junior High extra -curricula
activities play a large part in integrating the "group ` and in the
development of a school spirit. It is in these that the pupils develop
the co-operative spirit which enables them to live peaceably and
helpfully with their fellows. Club and athletic activities constitute
the major part of this work. During the year club activities have
been encouraged and broadened. We now offer as electives; Dra-
matic, Fine Arts, Public Speaking, Debating, Handicraft, French,
Glee and Study Clubs.
Another feature in this type of work last year was the pageant,
"The Making of an American Patriot," written and presented by the
students. Over one hundred characters participated. All of the
properties and many of the costumes used were the work of the
manual training and domestic science departments of the school.
The program' was the outstanding extra -curricular activity of the
year and netted most gratifying results. Part of the proceeds of
the entertainment was used to aid in purchasing a rotary mimeo-
graph for the school.
A keen interest in athletics has been much in evidence this
year and in so far as field and gym were available, interclass and
interschool games have been played. Some promising material for
future High School teams has been developed from among the large
numbers of enthusiastic candidates that have reported for practice.
During the football season of 1928 our school ,team was undefeated.
The most encouraging factor of the year's work' and the one
which speaks volumes for the future welfare of the school is the
increased expression of interest and confidence in,, and co -off eratio_~i
with the school on the part of the parents and friends of the school.
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This, together with your personal helpful supervision, has made the
year a pleasant and profitable one for the school and faculty.
Respectfully submitted,
MORLEY` J. DUROST,
Principal
SCHOOL NURSE'S REPORT
M. Leroy L. Woods,
Superintendent of Schools,
Mansfield, Mass.
Dear Sir
.I herewith submit for your approval a report of the health work
conducted in the Mansfield Schools, 1928.
Early in February we began preparation for May Day and the
"Spring Round Up," held May 11th.
Through the first six grades tags were awarded all children
who passed the health qualifications with certain standards of
height, weight, and correct posture. Certificates were also 'awarded
by the dental clinic to those pupils who could pass inspection for
good teeth.
On May 11th a program in which all the children participated
was presented in the Town Hall for the purpose of emphasizing
the importance of health.
Through money obtained by the sale of Red Cross seals six
children were sent to the Bristol County Health Camp where each
child spent four weeks. An average of six pounds was gained by
each child during his stay at the camp. Each child also learned
the correct habits of living.
During the year 53 contagious diseases have been reported
among the school children.
9—Diphtheria
14—Scarlet Fever
26—Chicken Pox
2—Whooping Cough
2—Measles
Through the Board of Health of Mansfield and the co-operation
of the School Department with the assistance of the State Board
of Health, we were able to organize diphtheria immunization
clinics at three different centers in the schools. With the' assistance
of Dr. Daniel Sullivan, the school physician, Dr. Richard Macl£n.ight,
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Mr. Leroy L. Woods,
Superintendent of Schools,
Mansfield, Mass.
Dear Sir:
I am giving you a brief summary of my work
year just passed.
With the assistance of Miss Dodge, school nurs
1198 elementary school children. This examination
heart, lungs, tonsils, teeth (in a large number of
and posture.: Also in the High School we examined
the cases of bad teeth and tonsils were referred
notices and the other conditions were followed up
nurse.
In December, 1928, and January 2, 1929, Dr.
Knight of New Bedford, Health Officer for this distri
with the assistance of Miss Dodge and Miss Wilcox,
gave a clinic for the immunization of school childr;
lVll. 1Jrilly Ji. .. --y
Superintendent of Schools,
Mansfield, Mass.
Dear Sir:
I herewith submit, for your approval, my report of the work
in drawing for the school year beginning September 1928.
The general program of drawing in the grades comes under
)r the school the one topic, "Creative Drawing," which includes nature study,
correlated subjects, design, memory drawing, line stories, and
I examined drawing by dramatization.
consisted of In the Junior High and Senior High Schools classes in Meehan-
In
ical Drawing have been carried on.
All A class of twelve pupils from the Elementary Schools has been
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pupils. organized;; the- aim of which is to develop the talent of those who
parents by
.y the school would benefit most by special training. appreciation to
I wish to take this opportunity to express my app
Z,ichard Mac- the teachers for their whole hearted co-operation.
Respectfully submitted,
and myself, MARGARET A.. GERHARDT
istrict Nurse, Drawing Supervisor.
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the fourth grade and pre-school children for. Diphtheria. The clinics
the State Board of Health inspector of this district,, 272 children
were held in the Central School, the Roland Green School and the
were immunized against the possible attack of diphtheria. In
John Berry School in West Mansfield. We administered the toxin I
addition to the school children, 54 pre-school children 'received the
anti -toxin treatments to 272 school children and 54 pre-school
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treatment.
It is the purpose of the School authorities to continue these
children. The clinics were held December 5th, 12th, 19th, and III
clinics year after year treating all first grade children whose
January 2, 1929.
In November and December, 1928, three cases of Diphtheria
parents may allow them to take the toxin anti -toxin treatment. The
were reported from the John Berry School district of West Mans -
this year will be followed by the Schick tesv in
treatment given Y
field. At this writing two cases have recovered and the third one
October, 1929 to determine how many of the children are negative.
9any
has practically. During that time, with the assistance of Miss
Should positive cases be found among those children who
Dodge, we examined every day for two weeks all the pupils in
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treatment this ear, it is advised that they receive
received the Y _
the John Berry School. Books were destroyed and orders given
further treatment.
to the Principal to dismiss all children not: feeling good. All of
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Our schools on the whole are in better health condition than
the other r schools in town I have visited often, and especially when
the average. It is the object of the school health department to
called by the teachers. The Spaulding School I have visited often.
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keep our children in as near perfect health order as possible by
During this school year we have not had any epidemic of one
recommending preventive means of combating diseases and by
disease, chicken pox being ..the largest. Diphtheria we have had
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advisinm methods of building up a strong physique.
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nine cases, four in one family, and scarlet fever, 14 cases.
submitted,
Respectfully submitted,
DR. DANIEL T. SULLIVAN,
DAISY L. DODGE,
School Doctor.
School Nurse.
REPORT OF DRAWING SUPERVISOR
11&J` .r V 10-1 V 1' J_ iJ-JJ wi v ii v v .0
Mr. Leroy L. Woods,
Superintendent of Schools,
Mansfield, Mass.
Dear Sir:
I am giving you a brief summary of my work
year just passed.
With the assistance of Miss Dodge, school nurs
1198 elementary school children. This examination
heart, lungs, tonsils, teeth (in a large number of
and posture.: Also in the High School we examined
the cases of bad teeth and tonsils were referred
notices and the other conditions were followed up
nurse.
In December, 1928, and January 2, 1929, Dr.
Knight of New Bedford, Health Officer for this distri
with the assistance of Miss Dodge and Miss Wilcox,
gave a clinic for the immunization of school childr;
lVll. 1Jrilly Ji. .. --y
Superintendent of Schools,
Mansfield, Mass.
Dear Sir:
I herewith submit, for your approval, my report of the work
in drawing for the school year beginning September 1928.
The general program of drawing in the grades comes under
)r the school the one topic, "Creative Drawing," which includes nature study,
correlated subjects, design, memory drawing, line stories, and
I examined drawing by dramatization.
consisted of In the Junior High and Senior High Schools classes in Meehan-
In
ical Drawing have been carried on.
All A class of twelve pupils from the Elementary Schools has been
L8
pupils. organized;; the- aim of which is to develop the talent of those who
parents by
.y the school would benefit most by special training. appreciation to
I wish to take this opportunity to express my app
Z,ichard Mac- the teachers for their whole hearted co-operation.
Respectfully submitted,
and myself, MARGARET A.. GERHARDT
istrict Nurse, Drawing Supervisor.
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LIST OF TEACHERS, December 1928
Leroy L. Woods—Superintendent
High School:
Everett W. Robinson, Principal
History
Fred H. Hadlock
Mathematics
James J. Kelly
English and Athletics
Theodore C. Sargent
Science
Winnifred C. Lyman
English
Mildred M. Whitmore
Domestic Science
Gertrude F. Olsen
Commercial Subjects
Evelyn A. Hill
Commercial -Subjects
Catheryn Lord
Commercial Subjects
Mildred Jones
Latin
Aurilla Shepard
French
Junior High School:
Grades II and III
Morley J. Durost, Principal
Coaching slow pupils-
upilsDorothy
DorothyKuenzli
English
Mildred Morse
History
Beatrice Stone
Mathematics
Eunice Cameron
Commercial Subjects
Elizabeth L. Tobey
Domestic Arts and
Sarah F. Scott
Geography
Helen Maleady
–Languages.
Robert D. Burgess
Manual Training
Nita O. C. Trethewey
English
Mable. Cornell
Mathematics
Central School:
Grace P. Winter.
Grade IV
Irene T. Cole'
Opportunity Class
Roland Green School:
Ruth Kohler
Marion G. Janes, Principal .,
Grade VI
Abbie Saley
Grade VI
Margaret Farren
Grade, VI
Edith Davis
Grade V
Alice Foster,
Grade V
Anna T. Barker,
Grades IV'and V
Agnes,E. Blake
Grades III and IV
Edith F. Guild
Grades II and III
-Mary J., Corbett
Grade I
181
Spaulding School:
Evelyn S. Joy, Principal
Grade I
Emma Shapleigh
Grade III
Helena Vallet
Grades II and III
I
Mary Parsons
Grade II
Paine School:
I
Susan B. Grebenstein, Principal
Grades III and IV
Minnie E. Milke
Grades I and II
Main Street School:
Alice M. Gallup, Principal
Grade V j
Maude O'Brien
Grades III and IV
Pearl M. Kerr
Grades II and III
Marion Geiger
Grade I
John Berry School:
Florence Thackleberry, Principal
Grades V and VI
4t'. Elizabeth Herrick .
Grades III and IV
Clara J. Robinson
Grades I and II
Hall School:
Sarah F. Scott
Grades I, II, III and IV
Hartwell School:
Marjorie C. Snyder
Grades I, II, III and IV
Whiteville School:
Emma P. Hall
Grades I, II, III, IV, V
SUPERVISORS
Supervisor of Music
Wirt B. Phillips
Supervisor of Drawing
Margaret A. Gerhardt
Supervisor of Physical Training
Ruth Kohler
JANITORS
Arthur W. Livermore
High School
Charles S. Chapman
Central School
Charles' Ulm
Main Street and I
Spaulding Schools
Robert L. Wroe
Paine i School
A. W. Laforet
Hall School
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it
182
Henry Mawhinney Hartwell School
183
Frank W. Knight Whitevzlle School
g
Average Attendance ___ ______<__ __________________________________________
1283
John Young Roland Green School
Percent of Attendance ___________ _______ ------------------------------_
94.85
George Baxter John Berry School
Number of days schools were in session -------_-----.------
189
At the close of the school year in June, nine teachers resigned.
3. Eye and Ear Tests:
109
A Commercial teacher was added to the High School. Miss Shep-
Number of pupils tested _________________ _________ ______________________
796
and returned from a leave of absence of one year. At the close of
Cases of defective sight __--------------------------------------------------
72
the fall term Miss Evelyn A. Hill resigned.
Cases of defective hearing ----------------------- -------'- -------------
8
1928 Resigned Appointed
Parents notified--------------------------------------------------------------------
67
June Florence L. Cox, High Aurilla Shepard
4. Table showing number of pupils in each grade and
school,
June Stiena E. Benson, Jr. High Beatrice Stone, Wheaton
December, 1928.
Margaret A. Gerhardt,
College, '28
1065
336
130
June Grace M. Otis, Jr. High Helen Maleady, Brown
DISTRIBUTION OF OCTOBER 1, 1928.
September
University,27
By grades
39
June A nes H Adams Jr Hi h Eunice Cameron Boston
1924 177
158
SCHOOL 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 1101111121pg1oclTot.
g
University, 128
Senior High 1
Cen. Jr. High 1
June
Dorothy E. Poustie, Jr. High
Dorothy Kuenzli, Akron
1
48
1
1
University, '25
109
June
Elsie M. Fletcher, Spaulding
57148
1009
June
Helen Shapleigh, Main Street Pearl M. Kerr, Lewiston
Roland Green
27I
23
Normal, '23
37
June
Elinor M. Muldoon,
145
175
141
Drawing Supervisor
Margaret A. Gerhardt,
89
1065
336
130
Mass.; School of Arts, '28
25
September
High School
Catheryn Lord, Bay
39
SCHOOL 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1 9 1101111121pg1oclTot.
132
12587
Senior High 1
Cen. Jr. High 1
1
1
1
1
48
1
1
147
109
33
77
79
57148
1009
1
218
14 95
Roland Green
27I
23
33
37
96120
1922 166
145
175
141
135
113 1 101
89
1065
336
130
Main Street
25
23
27
16
39
1098
1924 177
158
138
135,
165
145 103
1101
64
John Berry
16
9
10
9
11
9
1154
1926 1 156
1 136
1 141
145
1 158
` 118 144
67
Paine
18
19
13
17
135
155 114
127
1112
1928 155'
139
151
132
151
161
Spaulding
47
55
59
17
Whiteville
4
4
3
4
2
10
Hartwell
4
3
2
11
18
Hall
11
3
4
Totals 1152,13911511132114811291147110911101791571481
111411416
Path Institute '25
December Evelyn A. Hill, High Mildred E. Taft, Boston SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
University, '26 The following tabulation which gives the enrollment by grades
and High School as -well as totals for a ten year period 1919-1928,
STATISTICAL REPORT
shownthe increase in both the Elementary and Senior High Schools.
1. School Census, October, 1928.
5-7 7-15 ` 14-16 years Elementary Schools. Grades.
Boys ---------------------------------------------------- 134 460 144
............ 149 453 116 Year l 2-T 3 1 4 1' 5 1 6 1 7 1 8 1Totals
Girls --------------------------------------- I (
Total .................................... 283 913 260 1456
2. Attendance (September 1927—June 1928.) : j
Number of pupils enrolled ................................................ 1403
Average Membership....................................•.................. 1359
1919 1 151
132
12587
118 1
123 104
75
915
1920 196
145
127
119
103I;
118 118'
88
1009
1921 168
176
142
138
116
112 105
97
1054
1922 166
145
175
141
135
113 1 101
89
1065
1923 146
151
151
164
138
140- 108
100
1098
1924 177
158
138
135,
165
145 103
1101
1131
1925 157
142
165
170
130
158 135'
97
1154
1926 1 156
1 136
1 141
145
1 158
` 118 144
112
1110
1927 157
153
131
140
135
155 114
127
1112
1928 155'
139
151
132
151
132 149
112
1 1121'
185
High School Grades, including the 9th grade at Junior High. conditions are contrary to the best educational practices. For the
Years. most efficient results in the classroom, no teacher in the Junior
High School should have over 30 pupils at any one time. To
ld b
I Year
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
Totals
1919
65
53
57
52
227
1920
69
59
53
48
229
1921
75
65
53
47
240
1922
84
63
58
42
247
1923
65
58
57
47
227
1924
64
55
44
44
207
1925
94
37
45
46
222
1926
78
55
40
42
215
1927
90
67
50
45
252
1928
110
79 1
57 1
49 1_'295
138
{
Total enrollment in the ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth
grades for 1928 is 295 pupils, or 43 more than 1927. ' In the Senior
High School there is an increase of 25 over last year's enrollment.
It is evident that the school population of Mansfield is grad-
ually increasing. It is also interesting to note that the enrollment
in all schools on October 1, 1928, is 67 more than on the corres-
ponding date of 1927. This number is the equivalent of two new
school rooms. Should this increase continue in the same ratio
for the next ten years Mansfield will need to build a twenty-six
room building to accommodate her school population. But using
the ratio of increase of the previous ten years in estimating the
next ten years increase, it will be necessary for Mansfield to build
at least a 13 room building to accommodate her school population.
In the High School alone there were enrolled this year 218
pupils, 18 more than, the number for which the state has certified
the building. Because of this increase it has been necessary to
employ an additional teacher in the commercial department. This
number does not include the 79 pupils enrolled at the Junior High
School in the 9th grade. In other words, were it not for the Junior
High' School organization there would be enrolled at the Senior
High 295 pupils, which would necessitate a two platoon system.
Allowing for the mortality that usually occurs in the enrollment
there will be nearly 245 pupils at the Senior High School ;next
'September, exclusive of the ninth grade pupils remaining at the
Junior High.
At the Junior High School conditions are such that it is
impossible for teachers to do the most effective work. There are
reduce the classes to an efficient working basis, A wou e neves-
s"ry to provide two additional rooms beyond the spacenow avail-
able.
DISTRIBUTION BY AGE AND GRADES'
As of December 1st
GRADES:
AGE
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
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TOTALS
5 years
39
101
11I
27
93
28
39
128
132
6 years
7years
18 years
2
9 195
31
1
138
9
6
19
59
24
1
109
years
10
1
4
24
172
26
2
129
years
9
34
64
18
2
2
131
11 years
1
1
1
5
10
23
3
130
71
14
3
12 years
13
1
8
11
31
61
24
5
3
144
years
1
221
55
19
1
14
1
4
17
2
122
years
15
1
3
7
12
18
i 39
22
2
2
106
years
16 years
1
9
13122
17_______62
24
1
38
1
1
11
17 years
2
2
4
18 years
—----
8
19 years
20 years
and over
79
57
Totals
153
137
148
130151132
145
111110
48
1
14
1416
at present some classes with a total enrollment of 52 pupils to a
teacher per class. Certainly no teacher can give individual atten- A study of the age grade table shows a large' number of pupils
tion to pupils when she is carrying such a heavy class load. Such still below the normal curve of progress. Since last year's report I
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have made some investigation of causes for the apparent retarda-
tion. Of the 1364 pupils enrolled last year approximately one per-
cent of the retardation was due to the fact that pupils did not enter
until they were over age, two percent was due to illness, and the
remaining twenty-six percent due to failures on part of the pupils
to do the work.
Allowing the ten percent retardation for those pupils who
cannot progress with the normal group, we still have a large group
who are below the normal curve. A report from the school physician
states that there are a number of children with defective breathing
and tonsils and adenoids. These conditions always lead to 'retarda-
tion.
Other factors that lead to the retardation' of pupils are an
inelastic promotion machinery and a too difficult curriculum. The
standards may be too high for the particular grade.
One of the most difficult administrative duties is to adjust the
school program to the needs of the pupils, and secure the most
effective work from the child without weakening -the progress of the
unusually bright pupil.
In this year's distribution of 1416 pupils enrolled, 342, or 24.1
percent are listed as being one or more years below the normal rats
of progress. In last year's report the number listed below the
normal curve was 29.6 percent. This year's gain over last year is
5.5 percent.
STATE REPORT ON COSTS OF SCHOOLS
The following table from the state report gives the comparative
standing of Mansfield with nineteen other towns of ' a population
approximately the same. Of the twenty towns in this list, Mansfield
ranks twelfth in its valuation per pupil, 8th in its expenditure per
$1000.00 from local -caxation, tenth in its tax support for schools,
tenth in its cost per elementary pupil, and seventh in its cost per
high school pupil. It is interesting to compare the per capita cost
of both the elementary and high schools with the average for the
state in Group II towns.
Mansfield's per capita cost of the High School is $121.27. The
average for the state is $125.89. The per capita cost for the
elementary school in Mansfield is $66.90, while the average for the
state is $73.68.
The school tax in Mansfield for 1926 per $1000.00 of valuation
was $12.68; for 1927, $12.61; and for 1923, it is $12.37; a reduc1-n
of thirty-one cents over 1926, and of twenty-four cents over 1927.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT
For the fiscal year ending December
31, 1928.
DR.
School Appropriation----------------------------------------------------------- $110,368.14
Refunds----- ------------------------------------------------.........................
30.31
$110,398.45
C-R.
By expenditures:
School- Committee --------- -------------------------
$ 8.38
Supervision and Enforcement of Law ------
345.00
Office Expense ----------------------------- --------- ------
1,395.46
Salaries and Expenses of Supervisors_____-
3,823.00
Salary of High School Principal ________________
2,500.00
Salaries of Elementary School Principles
9,764.25
,Salaries of High School Teachers ............
162417.25
Salaries of Elementary School Teachers
41,086.00
Text Books:
High School --------------- --------$ 646.85
Elementary ---_---------------_--- 2,286.39
2,933.24
School Supplies:
High School ______ _________________$1,223,.19
Elementary __________________________ 2,319.55
3,542.74
Wages of Janitors ----------------------------------------
6,326.15
Fuel------------------------------------------------ $2,567.89
Operating Expense ______________________ 2,166.94
4,734.83
Repairs-----------------------------------------------------------
3,414.64
Health------------- -------------------------- --------------_-----
2,222.78
Transportation ----------- -------------_------------------
5,254.96
Tuition----------------------------------------------------------
364.11
New Grounds and Buildings ----------------------
176.35
New Equipment --------------------------------------------
1,729.52
Americanization Class ..................................
541.15
Miscellaneous --------------------------------------- --------
1,030.99
Total Expenditures -----------------------------------
I -=-------- $110,390.80
Balance unexpended, January 1, 1929 ................. $ 7.65
189
SCHOOL BUDGET FOR 1929
.Salaries of Superintendent,
Supervisors, Principals,
'Teachers, Attendance Officer
and Office Expense - --------- -------- _--.$80,570.00
Health-------- ----------------------------------------- 2,200.00
Janitors' Salaries ------ -----=--------- ------ 6,303.00
Total Salaries ------------------------------------------ --$89,073.00
Transpor'tation--------------------------------------------- 5,931.91
Total for above salaries and transporta-
tion----- °------------------------------------------------------------------------------ $ 95,004.91
Fuel-------------------- ---------------------------------$ 4,000.00
Textbooks ------------------------- ------------------- 3,000.00
,Stationery and Supplies ------------------ 3,000.00
Repairs and Maintenance -------------- 2,080.00
OPERATION EXPENSES:
• Water ---------_- --------------$160.00
Light ---------- --------------- 600.00
Gas-------------------------------- 45.00
Telephone ____________________ 300.00
Janitors' supplies ...... 500.00 $ 1,605.00
TOTAL-------------------------------------------a----------------$13,685.00
Miscellaneous------------------------------------------------------ 600.00
Americanization Class ------------------------------------------ 570.00
Trade School Tuition --- ------- ------------------------------- 600.00
.School vensus----------=------------------------------------------- 50.00 $ 15,505.00
TOTAL AMOUNT NEEDED FOR THE
SUPPORT OF THE MANSFIELD
PUBLIC SCHOOLS -------------------------------------------------------$110,509.91
In closing my second report to the Mansfield School committee,
I wish to state that it is only through the hearty support of the
committee and the co-operation of the teachers, parents, and Citi-
zens of Mansfield that a Superintendent of Schools may do his best
work. I wish to express by appreciation for the assistance you
have given me in my work and for the loyalty and co-operation of
all who have helped to make this year a success.
Respectfully submitted,
LEROY L. WOODS,
Superintendent of Schools.
191
I N D E X
Auditor's Certificate at Municipal Light Plant ------------------------- 150
Births---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 137
Board of Assessors' Report------------------------------------------------------------ 33
Building Inspector's Report------------------------------------------------------------ 19
Deaths---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
141
Dog Officer's Report ----- ------ -------- -----------------------------------------------
32
.Fire Department's Report ----------- --------=-----------------------------------------
27
Forest Warden's Report ---------------------------------------------------------
24
Health Report--------------------------------------------------=------------------------
86
Inspector of Animal's Report - ------------------------ -----------------------------------
22
Inspector of Plumbing's Report --- --------- --------- --------- -----------------
140
+ Inspector of Slaughtering's Report ------------------------------------------------
26
Inspector of Wires' Report------------------------------------------------------------
127
Distof Jurors--------------------------------------------------------------------------
85
Marriages------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------
133
Municipal Light Department's Report --- ----------- ------------------------------
145
Police Department's Report------------------------------------------------------------
20
Public Library Trustees' Report ----- ----------------- ---------------- --------------
25
Roster of Town Officers-------------------------------------------------------------
3
School Department's Report------------------------------------------------------------
151
Sealer of Weights and Measures --------------------------------------------------
35
Town Accountant's Report--------------------------------------------------------------
87
Town Clerk's Report and Town Warrants -------------------------------------
36
Town Collector's Report -----------------------------------------------------------------
129'
Town Counsel's Report ------------------------------------------ ----------- ------------
23
Town 1lanager's Report -------------------------------- --------------------------
7
Town Treasurer's Report-----------------------------=----------------=--------=
125