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STETSON Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare ISAAC N. BABBITT, 1932 THOMAS W. WHITFIELD, 1933 WILLIAM TALLMAN, 1931 Secretary to the Board CLAUDIA I. SCHILLER Board of Health WILLIAM F. DELANO Term expires 1931 CLARENCE A. TERRY Term expires 1932 DR. C. E. P. THOMPSON Term expires 1933 Assessors JOSEPH E. PECK Term expires 1931 CHARLES I. DREW Term expires 1932 CLARENCE A. TERRY Term expires 1933 5 School Committee WILLIAM B. GARDNER Term expires 1932 GEORGE F. BRALEY Term expires 1932 ORRIN B. CARPENTER Term expires 1931 JAMES A. STETSON Term expires 1931 SARA B. CLARKE Term expires 1933 ELLA H. BLOSSOM Term expires 1933 Sewer Commissioners G. WINSTON VALENTINE Term expires 1931 FRANK W. MORSE Term expires 1933 JOHN M. REILLY Term expires 1932 Park Commissioners LEWIS F. POOR Term expires 1931 HAROLD B. DUTTON Term expires 1932 MABEL L. POTTER Term expires 1933 Tree Warden PETER MURRAY Planning Board WARREN DAVIS Term expires 1932 WARREN SWETT Term expires 1932 JAMES A. STETSON Term expires 1931 VICTOR O. B. SLATER Term expires 1931 GEORGE ATWOOD Term expires 1933 SAMUEL DUDGEON Term expires 1933 LEWIS F. POOR Term expires 1931 KENNETH S. PEIRCE Term expires 1931 Board of Appeals GEORGE A. STEELE VICTOR O. B. SLATER ZEPHRIM R. PINAULT CHARLES KNOWLTON THOMAS LIVESEY 6 Finance Committee 1930 North JOHN T. SUTCLIFFE 1931 CHESTER KENDRICK 1933 JAMES HENSHAW 1933 L. W. LOVEJOY 1932 Oxford ORRIN B. CARPENTER 1931 CHARLES KNOWLTON 1931 RICHARD A. TERHUNE 1932 JOHN H. SEAMAN 1933 Centre WARREN L. SWETT 1931 HAROLD HOXIE 1931 GEORGE B. LUTHER 1932 WALTER DOUGLASS 1931 A. L. BUFFINGTON 1932 R. WILLIAM STERLING 1933 THOMAS A. TRIPP ' 1933 R. W. FOSTER 1933 W. J. FITZSIMMONS 1932 East REUBEN A. AUSTIN 1931 HENRY T. HOWARD 1932 JOHN GELETTE s 1933 Sconticut CHARLES UNWIN 1932 MANUEL F. SILVA 1933 Auditors CHARLES E. SHURTLEFF RALPH E. LUMBARD Superintendent of Streets THOMAS W. WHITFIELD 7 Moth Superintendent PETER MURRAY Superintendent of Fire Alarm CLIFTON A. HACKER Forest Fire Warden EDWARD G. SPOONER, JR. Building Inspector CHARLES I. DREW Inspector of Animals ALBERT L. AUSTIN Inspector of Wires CLIFTON A. HACKER Pound Keeper CHARLES F. BENSON Field Drivers ANTONE A. D. FREITAS MICHAEL KERNS Fence Viewers CHARLES I. DREW CLIFTON A. HACKER Inspector of Petroleum FRANK H. KELLEY Measurers of Wood and Bark L. FRANK WILDE H. L. WILSON CHARLES F. BENSON Sealer of Weights and Measures CHARLES P. THATCHER Wharfinger JOHN A. W. BURGESS 8 Shellfish Inspectors LAWRENCE LIVESEY JOSEPH C. SYLVIA Constables WALTER H. FRANCIS ALBERT C. AIKEN Registrars of Voters HENRY D. WALDRON WILLIAM D. CHAMPLIN MARTIN L. BISBEE JOHN F. GOGGIN Board of Fire Engineers E. G. SPOONER Chief G. EDWARD JENNEY Deputy Chief A. W. MONK, JR. First Asst, and Clerk CHARLES H. LAWTON Second Asst, and Clerk THOMAS LIVESEY Third Asst, and Clerk Report of the Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare The administrative boards of the Town of Fairhaven submit herewith their respective reports for the year ending December 31, 1930. At the organization meeting of your Board of Select- men held February 8, 1930 Isaac N. Babbitt was elected Chairman and William Tallman, Clerk. The Board of Public Welfare organized with Isaac N. Babbitt, Chairman and Miss Claudia Schiller, Secretary. In accordance with the vote of the town meeting held February 8, 1930, under Article 17, Thomas W. Whitfield was appointed Superintendent of Highways and the report of his activities will be found under the Report of the Highway Department. After many years of persistent effort we are pleased to report that the State has taken in charge the maintenance of the New Bedford-Fairhaven Bridge, whereby we will be relieved of an annual expenditure of an average of about $7,000; and while we will continue the payment for our part of the construction of the bridge, we can consider ourselves fortunate in having been relieved of the burden of maintain- ing a state highway. Progress is being made on the addition to the High School, and we are pleased to report that we are building at an opportune time ; the cost of labor and material being most favorable toward obtaining a good school at a substantial saving. We are enabled to secure the necessary funds for 10 the low rate of 3.65% which confirms our judgment that we were correct in our request that you vote to build at this time. The repairs to Union Wharf have been completed and we now have a very fine wharf which is a valuable asset to the town. The bronze tablet to the memory of John I. Bryant has been placed in the Town Hall. This is a fitting tribute to the man who labored so faithfully for the town’s welfare. The Fort Phoenix tablet commemorating the gift of the Fort to the town by Lady Fairhaven will be placed at the Fort this year. Owing to the world-wide depression our town has, in common with other cities and towns, suffered, and the result is reflected in the Welfare Department and also in the ad- ditional appropriation for the Highway Department nec- essitated by an endeavor to have men help themselves and their families by performing labor in return for money received by them. We feel that Fairhaven has done its share in coping with a deplorable condition, and the majority of your Board of Selectmen feel that due credit should be given Mr. Thomas W. Whitfield for the efficient manner in which he handled the situation. Your committee appointed for the formulation of plans for the establishment of a limited representative form of town meeting submitted to the voters their findings : and after a hearing relative to same, presented a bill to the State Leg- islature in order that it become an Act. This Act was ap- proved by the Legislature May 7, 1930; was submitted to the registered voters of Fairhaven at the special town meeting called in conjunction with the State Election in November 1930, and was accepted by a vote of 1434 to 572. 11 We believe that this is a step in the right direction and that the interest evidenced by the large number of candi- dates for the office of Town Meeting Members is conclusive of the spirit of cooperation of our citizens. We wish to thank all of the officials of the town for the efficient manner in which their departments have func- tioned. Respectfully submitted, ISAAC N. BABBITT, THOMAS W. WHITFIELD, WILLIAM TALLMAN. 12 RECEIPTS GENERAL REVENUE Taxes Current Year Poll $5,458.94 Motor Vehicle Excise 12,980.38 Real Estate 236,283.92 $254,723.24 Previous Years Poll 389.75 Motor Vehicle Excise 2,891.93 Tax Titles 8,613.22 Real Estate 86,596.10 98,491.00 From State Income 47,549.62 Income Educational 13,634.92 Corporation 10,469.89 Bank 506.42 Trust Co. .45 Soldiers Exemption 38.47 72,199.77 Licenses and Permits Alcohol 11.00 Junk 45.00 Pedlars 32.00 Automobile 47.00 Pool and Billiards 35.00 Milk 87.00 Quahog 794.00 Scallop 928.00 All other 144.02 2,123.02 Court Fines 1,409.95 Grants and Gifts County Dog Licenses 1,754.79 $430,701.77 13 COMMERCIAL REVENUE Departmental General Government Town Hall $846.75 All other 18.64 $865.39 Protection of Persons and Property Police 31.40 Sealer of Weights and Measures 140.43 Planting and Trimming Trees 22.35 194.18 Health Tuberculosis 1,500.22 All other 78.63 1,578.85 Sanitation Sewer Connections 694.39 All other 4.33 — 698.72 Highways Rent of Land 50.00 Sale of Gas and Oil 31.43 All other 75.50 156.93 Infirmary Sale of Produce 395.56 Board 209.00 All other 90.00 694.56 14 Board of Public Welfare Reimbursements Individuals 228.97 Cities and Towns 3,151.77 State 3,166.17 Mothers Aid—State 510.17 7,057.08 Soldiers’ Benefits State Aid 552.00 Military Aid 30.00 Soldiers’ Burials 100.00 682.00 Schools Tuition 7,692.02 Sale of Books and Supplies 158.50 All other 15.66 7,866.18 Special Assessments Sewers 1,733.46 Sidewalks 126.21 1,859.67 Interest Deposits 747.19 Taxes 3,013.18 Committed Interest 123.84 Tax Titles 558.53 Trust Funds Ricketts 68.74 Pease 363.26 Rogers High 26,120.57 Rogers Elementary 4,444.58 Julia Stoddard 173.77 Anthony 480.63 36,094.29 5 15 Municipal Indebtedness Temporary Loans in Anticipation of Revenue 340,000.00 Public Service Enterprise Union Wharf Rentals 1,332.28 Wharfage 84.80 Sale of Cap Log 30.00 Fish Shed Rentals 145.00 1,592.08 Refunds Departmental 376.11 Sewer Connections 11.33 387.44 $399,727.37 $830,429.14 Cash on Hand January 1, 1930 7,676.6 $838,105.79 16 PAYMENTS GENERAL GOVERNMENT SELECTMEN’S DEPARTMENT Salaries and Wages Selectmen $1,500.00 Clerk 1,330.00 $2,830.00 Other Expenses Town Reports 345.00 Office Supplies 69.06 Stationery and Postage 155.00 Printing and Advertising 518.31 Travelling Expenses 46.89 Telephone 106.10 All other 26.35 1,266.71 — $4,096.71 TREASURER’S DEPARTMENT Salaries and Wages % Treasurer $2,100.00 Clerk 552.00 Other Expenses Insurance 63.22 Office Supplies 366.02 Stationery and Postage 99.11 Printing and Advertising 15.00 Travelling Expenses 6.28 Telephone 88.60 Town Clerk 348.48 All other 57.18 1,043.89 $3,695.89 17 TAX COLLECTOR’S DEPARTMENT Salaries and Wages Tax Collector 1,800.00 Clerk 1,082.00 2,882.00 Other expenses Insurance 483.22 Stationery and Postage 470.89 Printing and Advertising 316.65 Office Supplies 116.50 Tax Title Deeds 664.00 All Other 23.90 2,075.16 $4,957.16 ASSESSORS DEPARTMENT Salaries and Wages Assessors $2,700.00 Assistants 279.00 Clerks 1,417.60 4,396.60 Assessor’s Plans 250.00 Other Expenses Stationery and Postage 99.99 Printing and Advertising 14.00 Traveling Expenses 104.00 Telephone 18.45 Office Supplies and Equipment 2,410.17 All Other 15.86 2,662.47 $7,309.07 18 ELECTION AND REGISTRATION Salaries and Wages Registrars $325.90 Election Officers 584.80 Police 151.50 Other Expenses Stationery and Postage 60.05 Printing and Advertising 791.48 Meals 87.75 Carting 22.00 New Equipment 93.05 All Other 18.25 1,072.58 $2,134.78 AUDITORS Salaries $250.00 PLANNING BOARD Expenses $25.00 BOARD OF APPEALS Expenses Advertising $13.25 All Other 20.50 $33.75 SAFETY COUNCIL Equipment $9.80 LAW DEPARTMENT Town Counsel $28.00 19 TOWN HALL Salaries and Wages 2 785.00 Janitors $ , Extra Help 214.58 Stage Hands 83.00 $3 , 082.58 Other Expenses 1 028.81 Fuel $ , Light 712.97 Janitors’ Supplies 419.43 Repairs 2 , 039.07 Water 105.97 All Other 110.05 4 , 406.30 $7 , 498.88 20 PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY POLICE DEPARTMENT Salaries and Wages Chief $3,020.03 Patrolmen 6,316.99 Special Police 5,471.63 Clerks 2,145.00 Other Employees 41.00 $16,994.65 Automobiles Automobile Hire 71.64 Francis—Use of Autos 1,063.43 1,135.07 Equipment and Repairs Equipment for Men 395.72 Motorcycle 80.18 475.90 Maintenance of Building and Grounds Repairs 16.80 Janitors’ Supplies 23.24 All Other 104.70 144.74 Other Expenses Printing, Stationery and Postage 256.12 Telephone 246.90 Office Supplies and Equipment 471.30 All Other 14.18 988.50 $19,738.86 NEW EQUIPMENT—Police Department Purchase of Motorcycle $575.00 21 FIRE DEPARTMENT Salaries and Wages Engineers $731.17 Other Employees 5,392.01 $6,123.18 Equipment Apparatus 1,203.91 Hose 62.01 Equipment for Men 28.78 1,29470 Maintenance and Repairs Garage Rent $8,000.00 Repairs 463.84 Gasoline and Oil 158.44 All Other 62.51 Fuel and Light Fuel 140.00 Light 84.67 224.67 Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds Repairs 18.25 Furnishings 34.10 Laundry Work 25.50 All Other 23.25 101.10 ther Expenses Stationery, Printing and Postage 9.02 Office Supplies 29.20 All Other 104.24 142.46 $16,570.90 22 FIRE ALARM Salaries and Wages Superintendent $400.00 Other Labor 193.16 $593.16 Equipment 95.66 Fire Box 109.37 $798.19 NEW EQUIPMENT—Fire Department Purchase of Fire Hose $487.06 Purchase of Centrifugal Pump 742.10 BUILDING INSPECTION Salaries and Wages Inspector $1,600.00 Plumbers 530.00 $2,130.00 Other Expenses Stationery 45.00 $2,175.00 SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Salary—Sealer $600.00 Other Expenses Stationery and Postage $5.79 Printing and Advertising 4.00 Traveling Expenses 176.00 Equipment 160.88 All Other 28.75 375.42 $975.42 0 23 FOREST FIRES Salaries and Wages Fighting Fires $64.75 Other Expenses Hose $119.00 Automobile Hire 1.00 Repairs 1.35 Advertising 8.75 130.10 $194.85 GYPSY MOTH EXTERMINATION Salaries and Wages Labor $284.05 Other Expenses Equipment 12.84 $296.89 PLANTING AND TRIMMING TREES Salaries and Wages Superintendent $100.00 Labor 1,780.41 $1,880.41 Other Expenses Stationery, Printing and Postage $6.00 Hardware and Tools 449.94 Insurance 163.59 Equipment 94.76 $714.29 $2,594.70 NEW EQUIPMENT—Tree Department Purchase Tree Sprayer Chassis $455.04 HYDRANT SERVICE Rental $8,687.5 24 HEALTH AND SANITATION HEALTH General Administration Salary—Board of Health $400.00 Stationery' and Postage 12.61 Printing and Advertising 45.80 Telephone 142.25 All Other 168.25 $768.91 Quarantine and Contagious Diseases Board and Treatment $263.79 Medical Attendance 107.00 Drugs and Medicines .90 Dry Goods and Clothing 37.84 Hospitals 58.29 All other 27.85 495.67 Tuberculosis Board and Treatment 8,435.97 Vital Statistics Births 75.00 Other Expenses Vaccinations $248.00 Traveling Expenses 429.25 All Other 21.76 699.01 Inspection Salary—Animal Inspector $360.00 Salary—Slaughter Inspector 75.00 435.00 $5,909.56 — 25 SEWER MAINTENANCE Administration Commissioners $600.00 Clerk 180.00 Stationery, Printing and Postage 15.54 Office Equipment and Expense 218.00 $1,013.54 General Labor $4,387.90 Carting 5.50 Tools and Equipment 1,530.65 Power 1,141.65 Light 36.00 Water 333.61 Insurance 234.54 Professional services Surveyor 258.65 Dredging 191.41 Rent of Land 100.00 All other 72.63 $8,301.08 Connections Labor $324.20 Carting 20.50 344.70 $9,650.78 Sewer Construction Bridge Street Sewer Labor $870.58 Material 278.06 All other 210.70 1,359.34 26 Francis Street Sewer Labor $328.35 Material 95.65 All other 47.76 471.76 Bristol County Tuberculosis Hospital Dental Clinic Maintenance for 1929 8,329.85 Salaries and Wages Physician $375.00 Nurse 111.00 $486.00 Other Expense Supplies 13.49 499.49 Diphtheria Immunization Physician $100.00 Supplies 10.60 110.60 Shellfish Inspection Salaries and Wages Inspectors $1,745.00 Other Expense Seed Scallops $224.75 Equipment 96.05 All other 78.50 399.30 2,144.30 Refuse and Garbage Refuse Labor $4,999.75 Garbage Labor 2,250.00 7,249.75 27 HIGHWAYS General Highways Salary—Superintendent $2,000.00 General Labor $23,358.51 Insurance 996.40 Auto Equipment and Repairs 559.39 Gasoline and Oil 1,227.69 Broken Stone, Gravel, Etc. 9,801.80 Equipment and Repairs 3,477.89 Dredging 245.50 Surveying 392.80 Fuel 195.83 All other 132.32 40,388.13 42,388.13 Street Lights Maintenance for 1930 10,200.94 Construction Hitch Street Labor $285.42 Material 213.35 49877 East Coggeshall Street Labor $598.98 Material 2,324.18 Surveying 70.85 2,994.01 Massasoit Avenue Layout Surveying $76.40 Material 116.69 193.09 Farmfield Street Labor $442.37 Material 2,484.30 Surveying 67.55 2,994.22 28 South Chestnut Street Labor $164.50 Material 333.46 497.96 Resurfacing Main Street Labor $416.70 Material 3,051.52 3,468.22 Oak Street Labor $633.14 Material 520.25 Surveying 46.10 1,199.49 North Street Labor $140.00 Material 851.86 991.86 Veranda Avenue Labor $720.39 Material 279.20 999.59 Newbury Avenue Labor $844.36 Material 154.00 998.36 Garrison Street Labor $450.38 Material 47.93 498.31 Kendrick Avenue Labor $161.46 Material 837.95 999.41 New Equipment—Highways Street Signs 283.08 Purchase of Sand Spreader 750.00 29 CHARITIES Public Welfare Department General Administration Salaries and Wages Visitor $45.00 Printing and Stationery 59.64 $104.64 Outside Relief by Town Groceries and Pro- visions $14,953.50 Coal and Wood 1,253.90 Hospital Board and Care 3,037.26 Medicine and Medi- cal Attendance 682.95 State Institutions 292.27 Cash Aid 5,260.16 Shoes 724.85 All other 185.84 26,390.73 Relief by Other Cities and Towns Cities $2,308.64 Towns 490.12 2,798.76 Mothers’ Aid by Town 1,837.36 31,131.49 Infirmary Salaries and Wages Superintendent $780.00 Other Employees 1 ,690.63 2,470.63 30 Other Expenses Groceries and Pro- visions $1,899.18 Dry Goods and Clothing 234.88 Buildings 330.03 Fuel and Light 850.42 Hay and Grain 561.31 Equipment 760.09 Water 182.63 Ice 61.91 Insurance 58.80 Burials 40.00 All other ' 183.20 5,162.45 7,633.08 Soldiers’ Benefits State Aid $659.00 Military Aid 90.00 Soldier’s Relief Fuel $47.10 Groceries and Pro- visions 18.50 Cash 2,834.00 Medicine and Medi- cal Attendance 262.10 All other 68.48 3,230.18 3,979.18 31 SCHOOLS Elementary Schools General Administration Salary, School Corn- mittee $150.00 Salary, Supt. 3,950.00 Clerk 920.50 Truant Officer 223.50 Printing, Stationery and Postage 212.74 Telephone 242.09 Travelling Expenses 100.13 School Census 124.98 Nurse 1,387.50 All other 114.09 7,425.53 Teachers’ Salaries Elementary $74,367.97 Evening 304.00 74,671.97 Text Books and Supplies Text and Reference Books $3,460.58 Supplies 3,113.60 6,574.18 Tuition 10.24 Transportation 4,830.40 Janitors’ Services 6,786.13 Fuel and Light 4,011.39 Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds Repairs $2,757.80 Janitors’ Supplies 311.04 Supplies 488.30 3,557.14 32 Furniture and Furnishings 879.35 Other Expenses Diplomas and Grad- uation $36.25 Physician 444.50 Water 1,258.30 Insurance 487.60 All other 15.49 2,242.14 110,988.47 High School General Administration Printing, Stationery and Postage $30.50 Telephone 172.22 Travelling Expenses 11.50 All other 37.20 $251.42 Teachers’ Salaries 34,795.40 Text Books and Supplies y Text and Reference Books 1,661.33 Supplies 1,799.54 3,460.87 Janitors’ Services 5,684.72 Fuel and Light 1,558.06 Maintenance of Buildings and Grounds Repairs $953.45 Janitors’ Supplies 938.66 Supplies 223.48 2,115.59 Furniture and Furnishings 1,693.40 33 Other Expenses Diplomas and Grad- uation Exercises $105.25 Physician 214.00 Water 338.00 All other 66.57 723.82 $50,283.28 Addition to the High School Architect—Professional Services $5,550.00 Sewer and Water Connections 85.26 Bond 2,006.82 Supervision 136.40 Blue Prints 134.64 7,913.12 Vocational School Tuition for 1930 4,092.40 Continuation School Tuition for 1929 1,224.00 34 RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED Recreation Parks and Playgrounds Administration Salary of Commis- sioners $150.00 Office Expense 3.00 $153.00 Parks Labor $3,487.24 Equipment 802.46 Loam 423.66 Trees 59.25 Auto Equipment and Repairs 121.45 Insurance 36.66 All other 65.43 4,996.15 $5,149.15 North Fairhaven Park Labor $194.92 Broken Stone 147.60 Equipment, Repairs, Etc. 145.85 488.37 Unclassified New Bedford-Fairhaven Bridge Maintenance for 1929 4,182.49 Repairs—New Bedford-Fairhaven Bridge Old Bill, 1921 198.64 Coggeshall Street Bridge Maintenance for 1929 87.57 American Legion Quarters Rental for 1930 400.00 35 Memorial Day Care of Lot $15.00 Flowers 64.50 Services of Bands 116.00 Equipment and Repairs 40.10 235.60 John I. Bryant Tablet Purchase and Placing of Tablet 164.42 PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE Union Wharf Salary of Wharfinger $300.00 Insurance 68.00 Repairs and Supplies 66.99 All other 19.29 $454.28 Repairs to Union Wharf Labor, Material, Etc. 3,483.36 Fishermen’s Sheds Labor $592.61 Material 653.99 1,246.60 INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT. Interest Temporary Loans in Anticipation of Revenue $5,402.49 General Loans 7,989.18 13,391.67 Debt Temporary Loans in Anticipation of Revenue $300,000.00 General Loans 28,535.00 328,535.00 36 AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT Agency State Taxes $14,824.01 County Taxes 15,991.15 30,815.16 Trust and Investment Stoddard Fund $856.00 Ricketts Fund 4.50 860.50 REFUNDS Taxes $119.17 Sewer Connection Deposits 177.02 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax, 1929 94.86 Motor Vehicle Excise Tax, 1930 162.39 553.44 $797,502.69 Cash on Hand, December 31, 1930 40,603.10 $838,105.79 « I pJBMJOjJ P3UJR3 p9pU9dX9Uf} 9nU9A9^ 01 O' T-l CO cm CM »-h $ O' CM 8 8 cm R , 9DUB[Ba cm" to CM i-O vO O ’’T 8 vO KKihO\ p9pU9dX9Uf^ CM O' T-H r-H NOOOOi—HOC\O'£)OtsOO00OOO'oQ00'QOOQa'OOOO^OOOt^OOOOOOOOvOi— s;u9iuXbj '00'oONOO\OOi'O i 'IOcoCnOOoOvoOQOO O' o O' O 'O O l O O iO ^O 10 M co CNfONNOO irjioiOrH^HOOfONM'-i CM -t (NlTj in T fO 1930 p9zuoij}ny SUBOq puna } snj ACCOUNTS— I, 9 LUODUJ snidjng XBIJ9AQ SJ9JSUBJX JD APPROPRIATION 9HU9A9a snjdjnc; SJ9JSUBJX •O OF punJ 3AJ9S9YT SJ9JSUBJX -O ANALYSIS 888888888888888888888 uoijBudoaddy OOQOOOOOioOtooO'OOOOt^OOOQOOOOQOQOOoOOOOOQioOQO \0 1-0 'O i-h CM 30 CM r>^(M M^CM O CM t-h i— i LO^OJ-O LOxf-Tt cmTH ,-T cm" co H cm cvf r-T rC o' 10 c« O C T! as os Ih Ph £ ^ c/3 >*» S bo’ 5) Ih CO US+JO rt ip4 *c3 CX CO *rt oJ oS O CX s CO £ I Ph c * PQ< 3- CX (L> « u u "* C C ^ U mm o cx x> > ,. _ c/3 in « m m rt rt 8 § ooogoom-HOvfiO'O tj- io O O i— OOaOinrHr-ICOa»ON 8 NCMqtN *0 ’ 1-0 1 lO GO co O io" CM MNO CM ^3 wT'U u ' c~> o omo o tj- q O^NN O co rf oo VO CM O OM^ O © IO I/) in IO r-: CO «— CO'tNNO\OlCMGOOO>lOMOtN M Tf VO Tf K ft Tf Ov < Ov O :£2388 Tf r-H^CV VO CO Tj- ^ CM~ CM~ 00 IO 00 ^ CM CM CO CM OMOrH ov;8SS8SS8S8SS" 8S88888888 cm* O "8888S io t'-v VO CM^CO COIOIO Cm i-h cm" on io ctf u v 13.2 ‘a >> CO 15 m O C aJ cno K.2 ©£ V C(J be bO a co nS 1— K o > .2 > » Pl, a’S > c «- pjBAUOg P3UJB3 3DUB[Bg pspusdxaujg 1 anuoAsg o} "ct- OO i—I TP —IT)- C\C\ CM NN^-OON Tl-Q qtstorH'^-vq'O'o C\ NO'OOOO tT 'O ' 33UBJBg c\i *-< ‘ oo i-H i-H vd to 'd N 6 C\ rt- cm’ CO 1— HO^-HCJN COCO papuodxsujg 1-h M- O O OoCMpcoOOO\ptN.co^OOQcooOvOOpOOQM-CvQ sjusiu^Bg r^ 0OC\^O\“ 0000~ ~ CN~ nOMDcoNOvdO^odONK Os vO i~ COtoM’COCOtoC'sOtovOCMvO Tt Tt PQ n Aid oo vo cm oo (Cont.) pszuoigny suBoq 1930— •D;g 8j pung jsrux 3UI03UJ ACCOUNTS— srgdjnc; XBpOAQ sjsjsubjx lO8 VQ -O C/3- 3nu3A3g ssijddns SJ3JSUBJX APPROPRIATION *JD 88 pung 3AJ3S3g oo SJ3JSUBJX to to VO VO •o OF 88888888888888888 uogBudojddy 88888 lOtOj o o to II ANALYSIS p> "' co” PHrH 1-1 CM g^frCcvf c\f 1 a" T3 3 C 3 3 «u « u £ fa gSs i-s sSiSaps aJ > c-STico Cel 33 C/) be c/r J2. ^ r- 5 o c £ O W O c/3 c/j Oh £ S c£ ^ c/j £^ > © o\ oo CM Tl- © Tf CO LO !>. 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O'Otoqq'O io i-n oo© 00^5 S co ocTlo~ co~ ioT oC cvf (vf r-TtC ^-T r-T \o Tt-'©' i-H rHrHPO H CO ON S <1 3 W- f-H e\ O C o_ £ 88888888888888888 -m as C 1 05 © O © © m’ © © © © © © © C 3 «J *OoooN^ooo 5 o 5 J3 3 G G itN, 63 CNi (vi hw qqo'tq 2 5 & 1-i i— ( t-T r-T CO 1-T r-T t-T i—T t—T cT C < as i *c5 < * [X o CO M-l <-M o OOTS-r^OO’-H’-HtNMCMCMOO’-'i-H'OcO’-H o T -fcocO’-|-^1-cocoro^ -p--1-cocococococo Si OnOnOn^OnOnOnOnOnOnOnOnOnOnOnOnOn1 c rH £ CO o M H 03 4—» y y M-i Q © c o q § c fl Oh o +-» 6 U pi! o a wc too £ c3 03 C >< 03 _ 4-» >£ cfl bo m as £ CO y © ^ » £ 1 bO A”* 3 ul PQ © ^ to w o in H cggo S » S e o o s. o a3 o o P*S *-G *-G Vi rl CJ CJ NO NO NO OO r— ...... CMCMCMCvJfNlCvico OnOnOnOnOnOnOnOnOnOnOnOnOnOnOnOnOn O 4) V 3 NOlOOONHtOr—IHIOLOI-OIO t— -l-> CO lONOlOr— T—I \1 r-( co H—I OS co C CO CO CVJ rt > bo bo bo cj u o b >1 bo > b > O p p p DEBT AND INTEREST TO BE PAID IN 1931 Debt Interest N. B. and Fairhaven Bridge $1,000.00 $ 720.00 Oxford School 1,400.00 224.00 Job C. Tripp School 3,400.00 1,386.00 Anthony School 3,900.00 1,755.00 Hedge and Cherry Sts. 600.00 27.00 Elm Ave. Extension 565.00 25.42 Cherry, Hedge and Taber Sts. Sewer 280.00 17.85 Cottage St, Gravity Sewer 280.00 102.00 Town Lot and Building 225.00 114.76 Rogers School Annex 1,130.00 477.31 School East Fairhaven 4,200.00 1,428.00 Union Wharf 1,000.00 20.50 Hedge and Taber Sts. Sewer 1,000.00 240.00 Hook and Ladder Truck 1,400.00 140.00 Addition to High School 10,000.00 7,600.00 $30,300.00 $14,277.84 Due on Debt $30,300.00 Interest on Town Debt 14,277.84 $44,577.84 Estimated Interest on Revenue Loans 7,000.00 $51,577.84 47 TRUST FUND HENRY H. ROGERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FUND 1930 Principal Interest Fairhaven Institution for Savings $10,953.00 $ 526.42 Citizens Savings Bank of Fall River 5,000.00 227.52 Union Savings Bank of Fall River 5,000.00 225.00 N. B. Five Cents Savings Bank 10,000.00 480.63 N. B. Inst, for Savings 10,000.00 480.63 Securities in National Bank of Fairhaven 106,100.08 3,025.00 Fairhaven Instiution for Savings 147.08 5.80 $147,200.16 $4,971.00 Transferred to Schools 4,971.00 Balance on hand January 1, 1931 $147,200.16 EDMUND ANTHONY, JR. SCHOOL FUND Principal Interest N. B. Institution for Savings $10,000.00 $ 480.63 Transferred to Schools 480.63 Balance on hand January 1, 1931 $10,000.00 ABNER PEASE SCHOOL FUND Principal Interest N. B. Institution for Savings $5,000.00 $ 240.31 N. B. Five Cent Savings Bank 2,558.12 122.50 $7,558.12 $ 362.81 Transferred to Schools 362.81 Balance on hand January 1, 1931 $7,558.12 48 JAMES RICKETTS TRUST FUND Principal Interest N. B. Institution for Savings $1,430.66 $ 68.74 Paid to Riverside Cemetery and Poor Dept. 68.74 Balance on hand January 1, 1931 $1,430.66 HENRY H. ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL FUND Principal Interest Farmers Loan & Trust Co., Trustees $512,200.00 $24,220.57 Transferred to High School 24,220.57 $512,200.00 JULIA A. STODDARD TRUST FUND Principal Interest Balance on hand January 1, 1930 $ 682.23 Securities in National Bank of Fairhaven 21,000.00 990.00 Fairhaven Institution for Savings 102.87 11.47 Payments 856.00 Balance on hand January 1, 1931 $21,102.87 $ 827.70 i i CO CM O'tN 1-0 vo © * G On O CO 04 i-h tx 04 r-l £ tx vo tx co O P On' u <&t tn d .5 O CX X) >- © 5 3 O be c/2 /IN NO -OCONvo COTfrH O Si 4;voo0 d CO 1-H 04 O NO 04 00 vo Tf- dddd 04 04 P OnJ rnMOKVO OO CO CO MD Ox i—i CO vo i— vo i Tj- 1-h i CO — NO 04 tx On vo BALANCE ^ P“ CO NO P 04 <*• P o 69- 1 d S8888888 C* $3,795.30 'ONO\NCiOO>088338888 S vcTcvf 1-H lO &r & OS 3 o Assessments -I S3 3 C £ o D i-4 w o *<-> S Sewer uW-o c 3 ^£ rt C co rs _c G r« rt G O 3 j £ Debt Deferred $3,795.30 vo *— 1 i—i to ifr Due Not Assessments 3 CO .. ns CO ^ ;|H "C CH Sewer 3 O o o >, c/J-o Apportioned Report of the Collector of Taxes JOHN H. STETSON, TAX COLLECTOR, IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN December 31, 1930 DR. Tax List $341,693.37 Additional Taxes 1,256.86 Poll Tax List 6,198.00 Additional Poll 148.00 Sewer Taxes 1,509.63 Excise Tax List 13,515.46 Excise Tax List 2,859.00 Excise Tax List 1,235.78 Interest Collected Excise 1929 73.95 Interest Collected Excise 1930 2.56 Interest Collected Taxes 1927 8.72 Interest Collected Taxes 1928 109.41 Interest Collected Taxes 1929 2,493.92 Interest Collected Taxes 1930 155.25 Interest Collected Polls 1930 9.86 Interest Collected Polls 1929 8.97 Interest Collected Polls 1928 .82 Interest Collected Sewer 181.60 Cost Collected 150.77 Interest Collected National Bank 45.06 Unpaid Taxes 1926 41.15 Unpaid Taxes 1927 958.37 Unpaid Taxes 1928 4,041.73 Unpaid Taxes 1929 95,479.46 Unpaid Polls 1928 276.00 Unpaid Polls 1929 746.00 Unpaid Excise 1929 3,420.44 Unpaid Sewer Tax 6,570.33 Unpaid Sidewalk 126.21 Unpaid Committed Interest 13.23 $483,329.91 / 53 CR. Paid Town Treasurer $349,631.95 Remitted and Abated 1930 Taxes 2,118.31 Remitted and Abated 1929 Taxes 1,127.20 Remitted and Abated 1928 Taxes 278.50 Remitted and Abated 1927 Taxes 575.22 Remitted and Abated 1926 Taxes 16.00 Remitted and Abated 1925 Taxes 22.71 Remitted and Abated 1924 Taxes 116.00 Remitted and Abated 1928 Polls 254.00 Remitted and Abated 1929 Polls 156.00 Remitted and Abated 1930 Polls 126.00 Remitted and Abated 1930 Excise Tax 915.05 Remitted and Abated 1929 Excise Tax 18.37 Remitted and Abated Sewer Tax 393.47 Added to Tax Titles 11,973.23 Unpaid Taxes 1927 209.82 Unpaid Taxes 1928 1,446.50 Unpaid Taxes 1929 1,769.80 Unpaid Taxes 1930 91,963.28 Unpaid Polls 1928 8.00 Unpaid Polls 1929 344.00 Unpaid Polls 1930 766.00 Unpaid Excise Tax 1929 1,216.49 Unpaid Excise Tax 1930 3,829.94 Unpaid Sewer Tax 5,074.08 Sold to Town 1927 101.50 Sold to Town 1928 605.52 Sold to Town 1929 7,412.04 Sold to Town Sewer Tax 860.93 $483,329.91 : Report of the Police Department To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen I have the honor to respectfully submit the Annual Report for the Police Department for the year ending De- cember 31, 1930. The department greatly appreciates the additional help and facilities made possible by the 1930 appropriation. How- ever, the continued business depression and the resulting un- employment have forced misfortune on many; and some have been driven by circumstances and idleness into many misdemeanors and crimes. This has added tremendously to the work of the department, as the following pages reveal. Please note the following with regard to just two phases of our work: 32% of our 1930 arrests and 82% of our 1930 calls, complaints, and reports represent increases over 1929 figures. These figures compare with an increase in expen- ditures of only 37% ! These facts, I hope, will show the voters of Fairhaven that the Police Department needs for 1931 an appropriation at least equal to the one for 1930. Better street lighting is an asset to any Police Depart- ment, and the improvements efifected in Fairhaven’s street lighting system in 1930 have certainly been a great help to the department. It is gratifying to note the good effects of our well- managed and excellently equipped parks. An examination of our automobile accident reports show that not a single acci- dent took place in the vicinity of any park in 1930. 55 In the past I have drawn up a set of traffic regulations and a traffic light layout, both of which the town is in great need. Even though the voters feel that these propositions cannot he undertaken in their entirety at this time, a begin- ning by regulating traffic and by placing- lights at the most dangerous intersections will be a start in the right direction. Respectfully submitted, WALTER H. FRANCIS, In charge of Police Dept. : 56 1930 POLICE DEPARTMENT EXPENDITURES Chief Walter H. Francis $3,020.03 Albert C. Aiken 283.49 Investigating 2,900.50 Patrol Duty 6,871.75 Clerical Work, day and night 2,206.50 Traffic Duty 1,550.50 Battery D. Members 30.00 Policing Town Hall 66.50 Policing Parks 66.50 Automobile Hire (regular work) 1,075.45 Automobile Hire (insane cases) 43.60 Wrecker Hire 6.00 Taxi Hire 23.50 Gasoline, etc. for Motorcycle 51.61 Equipment for Men 353.10 Repairs Painters 21.55 Carpenters 29.19 Bicycle Repairs 1.25 Flashlights, batteries and bulbs 40.85 Supplies 12.27 Furniture and Fixtures 436.65 Physicians (insane and emergency cases) 50.00 Advertising 2.00 Directory 12.00 Apprehending Prisoners out of Town 17.95 Town Clerk’s Fees 21.25 Printing 161.40 Stationery and Postage 92.34 Telephones 265.13 Killing twenty-seven dogs 27.00 $19,738.86 Appropriation, annual town meeting $20,000.00 Unexpended Balance, December 31, 1930 261.14 $20 ,000.00 $20 , 000.00 57 OFFENCES Males Females Total Assault and Battery 5 1 6 Assault on a police officer 1 0 1 Assault with a dangerous weapon 1 0 1 Being a delinquent 3 0 3 Being an unlicensed operator 5 0 5 Breaking and Entering 1 0 1 Breaking and Entering in the night time 2 0 2 Concealing leased personal property 1 0 1 Desertion 1 0 1 Disturbing the Peace 4 0 4 Driving a motor vehicle without lights 1 0 1 Drunkenness 34 1 35 Failing to slow down at an intersection 1 0 1 Grand Larceny 1 0 1 Illegal manufacture of intoxicating liquor 3 1 4. Insane 4 9 13 Keeping a gaming nuisance 1 0 1 Keeping a slot machine 1 1 2 Larceny 3 0 3 Leaving the scene of an accident with- out making himself known after doing injury to a person or persons 4 0 4 Leaving the scene of an accident with- out making himself known after do- ing injury to property 2 0 2 Liquor keeping with intent to sell 7 2 9 Mutual Assault 2 0 2 Neglect of Family 7 0 7 Obstructing an officer 3 0 3 Operating a motor vehicle negligently 1 0 1 Operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor 4 0 4 Operating an uninsured motor vehicle 1 0 1 58 Operating an unregistered motor vehicle 1 0 1 Present at gaming 26 0 26 Robbery while armed 3 0 3 Threatening bodily harm 1 0 1 Transporting liquor 2 0 2 Unlawfully taking scallops 2 0 2 Vagrancy 1 0 1 Violating the Illegitimate Child Act 2 0 2 Violating the Lobster Law 4 0 4 Violating the Milk Law 1 0 1 Violating the Shellfish Laws 5 0 5 Violating the Shellfish Regulations 6 0 6 Wilfully doing injury to a building 1 0 1 Wilfully doing injury to real property 1 0 1 160 15 175 ARRESTS BY THE MONTH Males Females Total January 4 2 6 February 6 0 6 March 11 3 14 April 9 0 9 May 17 3 20 June 5 0 5 July 16. 2 18 August 11 3 14 September 33 2 35 October 12 0 12 November 11 0 11 December 12 0 12 147 15 162 1 59 DISPOSITION OF CASES Number of fines imposed 66 Appealed Cases 10 Continued Cases 5 Held for Grand Jury 4 Suspended Sentences 9 Filed 24 Probation 4 Dismissed 6 Shirley School 2 House of Correction 13 Released 1 Defaulted 2 Taunton Hospital 13 Nol Prossed 1 State Prison 1 Concord Reformatory 1 State Farm 2 Placed under bonds 1 175 NATIVITY OF THOSE ARRESTED Azores Islands 14 Canada 9 Cape Verde Islands 1 England 6 Greece 1 Hawaiian Islands 1 Ireland 1 Italy 1 Norway 4 Poland 7 Portugal 5 Russia 3 Scotland 2 : 60 Syria 2 United States 102 Unknown 3 162 of received in court Amount money" by the town * fines $1,409.95 Number of calls, complaints and reports received by the Police Department 22,497 Number of investigations made to obtain results from the above calls, complaints and reports 22,497 Resident arrests 85 Non-Resident arrests 76 Arrests for out-of-town police, 15 males, 2 females 17 Stolen property reported to the value of $6,429.62 Property recovered to the value of $16,524.35 Number of children lost, found and returned to their homes 11 Number of dead bodies found 1 Number of doors found unlocked or open and made secure by patrolmen 34 Number of windows found unlocked or open and made secure by patrolmen 6 Number of street lights reported out 102 Number of occasions when all street lights were re- ported out 5 Number of live wires reported down . 1 Number of automobile sales and transfers filed with the Police Department 83 Number of automobile sales an dtransfers filed with the Police Department Class 1 387 Class 2 17 Class 3 1 Individual 204 Automobile licenses and rights suspended or revoked 119 Automobile registrations revoked 3 61 Report of Police Officers detailed to do police work at fires: Date Box Location In — TIME — Out February 24 36 Washington Street & Temple Place 5:30P.M. 6:45P. March 4 68 North Main Street & Alpine- Ave. 8:45A.M. 10:20A. aaa March 4 511 Kelley’s Wharf 9:12A.M. 10:20A. March 6 67 North Main Street & Harding Road 5:59P.M. 6:22V. a March 15 73 North Main Street & Howland Road 1:16P.M. 1:31P. aa March 19 14 Sconticut Chapel 1:07A.M. 3:02A. March 20 67 North Main Street & Harding Road 11:58A.M. 12 :21P. March 21 41 Harbor View 4:14P.M. 5 :35P. aaa March 22 37 Egypt Lane 11:14A.M. 12 :22P. March 22 16 Sconticut Neck Road & Bonney Street 1 :15P.M. 1 :45P. aa March 27 93 Long Road—Turkey Grove 12:20P.M. 1 :00P. March 29 67 North Main Street & Harding Road 2:32P.M. 2 :50P. aa April 5 24 Washington Street & Shaw Road 11:36A.M. 12 :50P. April 11 67 North Main Street & Harding Road 6:53P.M. 7 :13P. April 13 14 Sconticut Chapel 11 :40P.M. 1 :15A. aaaa April 16 32 Washington Street & Mill Road 8:35P.M. 12 :40A. May 2 29 Washington Street & Weeden Road 11:37P.M. 1 :45A. May 8 73 North Main Street & Howland Road 1 :45A.M. 3 :50A. June 25 46 Fort & Alien. Streets 11:14P.M. 11 :30P. July 4 98 Elm Avenue & Adams Street 12:38A.M. 12,:50A. July 4 21 Bridge Street & New Boston Road 2:50P.M. 3 :30P. July 4 42 Cedar & South Pleasant Streets 10:55P.M. 11 :05P. July 5 82 Main & Bridge Streets 12:22A.M. 12:37A. July 14 42 Cedar and South Pleasant Streets 9:20A.M. 11 :01A. September 19 65 Sycamore Street & Veranda Ave. 3:20P.M. 3 :36P. aaaaaaaaaaaaaa September 27 62 Morgan Street & Alden Road 8:47P.M. 9:02P. September 29 62 Morgan Street & Alden Road 12:08P.M. 12 :25P. October 4 68 North Main Street & Alpine Ave. 2:32P.M. 2 :44P. October 11 7 Anthony School 8:50A.M. 9 :OOA. October 31 62 Morgan Street & Alden Road 9:02P.M. 9 :15P. November 4 62 Morgan Street & Alden Road 6:04P.M. 10 :40P. November 19 34 Washington Street & Sconticut Neck Road 9:40P.M. 9 :55P. November 28 72 Main & Oxford Streets 4:52P.M. 5 :03P. aaa December 16 14 Sconticut Chapel 6:40P.M. 9 :OOP. December 18 15 Wigwam Beach Road 3 :16P.M. 3 :35P.M Town Clerk’s Report Births Recorded in 1930 Date Name of Child Jan. 1 Virginia Ann Hadfield Jan. 3 Patricia Shirley Smith Jan. 4 Richard Noyes Jenkins Jan. 5 Jean Warwick Jan. 8 Harris Jan. 11 Ferreira Jan. 12 Doris May Bailey Jan. 13 Donald Richard Jarvis Jan. 17 Arthur Santos Jan. 18 Ronald Tavares Jan. 19 Norman Coulombe Jan. 19 Marianna Garcia Jan. 19 Eulis Emilien Bessette Jan. 24 Louis Christian Audette Jan. 28 Donald Dudley Jan. 29 Irene Louise Pearl Frates Jan. 30 Rita Gallagher Feb. 3 Charles Joseph Rutkowski, Jr. Feb. 4 Geraldine Fernandes Feb. 7 John Rego Feb. 8 Raymond Bernard Lawton Feb. 9 Frank Jarvis, Jr. Feb. 11 Aline Chevalier Feb. 12 Jane Lucille Perry Feb. 13 Ronald Wilfrid Lafrance Feb. 13 Martha Ann Wardick Feb. 18 Arthur Napoleon Chabotte Feb. 23 Mary Govoni Feb. 23 Robert Paul Sylvia Feb. 25 Mary Frances Flood Feb. 26 Arthur Cuddy Mar. 2 Lillian Ruth Amaral Mar. 4 Lois Merriman 63 Births Recorded in Fairhaven in 1930— (Cont.) Date Name of Child Mar. 6 Deolinda Madieros Mar. 9 Antony Marciel Mar. 10 Greenfield Mar. 12 Roy Joseph Teixeira Mar. 12 Peter Pernas Briggs Mar. 14 Phyllis Johnson Mar. 17 William Lawrence Briggs Mar. 19 York Mar. 28 Ida Belle Akin Mar. 28 John Pacheco Alexander Mar. 29 Hellen Howarth Mar. 30 Joseph Robert Lunny Apr. 4 Arline Rose Bessette Apr. 7 Costa Apr. 11 Dexter Crane Cushing Apr. 12 Warren Francis Griffin, Jr. Apr. 13 Theresa Ferro Apr. 15 Joseph Verissimo Apr. 17 Dorothy Frances Matthewson Apr. 26 Donald Isidor Oliveira Apr. 27 Martha Elizabeth Cummings Apr. 29 Alice Burton Green Apr. 30 Elva Faye Morse May 3 Robert Albion Lawton May 4 Richard Harold Pope May 5 Benedict John Harrison May 8 Elizabeth Young May 11 Britto May 13 Richard Francis Souza May 14 William Warren Carr May 23 Dexter May 23 Robert William Entwistle May 24 Rita May Babineau May 28 Helenor Dolores Bissonnette May 31 Robert Hiram Parker June 4 Betsy Allan Morton June 5 Florence Alice Smith June 1 Leonard O’Leary 64 Births Recorded in Fairhaven in 1930— (Cont.) Date Name of Child June 10 John Duart Mello June 12 Patricia Ann Dumont June 18 Clifton James Lees June 20 Marion Hazel Raymond June 20 Poor June 25 Lois Audrey Betty Barclay June 26 Rosalie Eileen Fernandes June 26 Donald Edward Green June 26 Laurendeau June 28 Lillian Crowther June 29 Ernest Lewis June 29 Albert Ribeiro June 29 Richard Sylvia June 30 Christine Louise Morgan July 2 Horatio Frederick Palmer July 5 Victor Othmar Bossert Slater, Jr. July 7 Elaine Fournier July 10 Mary Elizabeth Young July 13 Shirley Louisa Norman July 17 Robert Wilfread DeMoranville July 20 Rene A. Trudeau July 20 Robert Perry Frates July 20 Eva Therese Hebert July 23 Irene Machado July 23 Lillian Mary Fernandes July 24 Olive Shirley Eastwood July 27 Philip Roger Milette Aug. 1 Albert Francis Raposa, Jr. Aug. 5 Raymond Henry Benoit Aug. 6 George Hadley Cornell, Jr. Aug. 7 Harold Price, Jr. Aug. 7 Edward August Mayer Aug. 9 Kathryn Justine Franklin Aug. 11 Fred Souza Aug. 12 Harry Earl Hopwood, Jr. Aug. 12 Edith Holt Aug. 14 Judith Josephine Johnson Aug. 22 Nancy Natalie Bamber 65 Births Recorded in Fairhaven in 1930— (Cont.) Date Name of Child Aug. 25 Edward Clayton Westgate Aug. 27 Miller Aug. 27 Edwardes Sinclair Petze, Jr. Aug. 28 Joseph Maurice Lewis Aug. 29 Raymond Fleurent Sept. 2 Jeanne Eleanor Gonsalves Sept. 6 Mary Louise Jones Sept. 8 Garcia Sept. 10 Louise J. Peterson Sept. 11 Thomas Francis Kelley Sept. 12 Doris Fletcher Sept. 14 Raymond Allen Lavimoniere Sept. 19 Alfred Roger Fleurent Sept. 20 Patricia Ann Moffett Sept. 21 John Francis, jr. Sept. 21 Williams Joseph Tetreault Sept. 28 Joan Nancy Lewis Oct. 5 Shirley Mae Martens Oct. 6 Etelvina Lewis Faria Oct. 6 Stanislaw Lipinski Oct. 11 Mary Eileen Hanson Oct. 11 Zillah Ennis Oct. 11 Jacqueline Anne Paquette Oct. 18 James Frederick Carse Oct. 20 Cecila Alice Oliveria Oct. 25 Annie Lopes Oct. 25 Noella Couture Oct. 27 Albert Harris Daffinee Oct. 28 Lorraine Leblanc Oct. 28 Days Oct. 29 Costa Oct. 30 Vingard Oct. 31 Leonard Gregoire Nov. 4 Antonio Gonsalves Caselas Nov. 5 Edmund Francis, Jr. Nov. 6 Richard Patrick Healey Nov. 9 Joan Elizabeth MacKenzie Nov. 12 Mary Teresa Clark 66 Births Recorded in Fairhaven in 1930— (Cont.) Date Name of Child Nov. 14 Elizabeth Christine MacDougall Nov. 17 Robert Arthur Wilson Nov. 22 Marjorie Marie Westgate Nov. 22 Shirley Mae Jefry Nov. 26 Eileen Mary Meekin Nov. 29 Angelina Bartlett Dec. 4 Amabelia Silva Dec. 7 Tavares Dec. 8 Phyllis Dorothy O’Malley Dec. 9 George Armand Paquette Dec. 9 Barrett Dec. 11 Donald John Da Roza Dec. 14 George Donald Lopes Dec. 17 Arthur Rowell Dec. 29 Eleanor Bradford Luther Dec. 31 Raymond Edward O’Leary 67 Marriages Recorded in 1930 Date Groom Bride Jan. 4 Alvin Daniel Clark to Mary Teresa Mareiro Jan. 5 Ernest Clifton Lees to Eva Lillian Manny Jan. 11 Harold Price to Nellie Jackson Jan. 28 Alexander Knox to Agatha Winifred Corea Feb. 15 Manuel Soares Medeiros to Mary Joseph Raposa Perry Feb. 17 John Franklin Flood to Mary McQuade Mar. 22 Alvin Aitken White to Stella Ann Nerbonne Mar. 29 Everett Linton Hardy to Berenice Irene Goodwin Mar. 29 Joseph Truman Carson to Elizabeth Dexter Dugdale Apr. 21 John Carl Spaniel to Evelyn Mary Malaguti Apr. 26 Alfred Elphege Foisy to Coralena Elizabeth Kasmire Apr. 28 Manuel Fernandes, Jr. to Fannie Mary Manganelli Apr. 30 Charles Raymond Brant to Priscilla Dorothy Noonan May 5 Millard Spooner to Lena Marion Jaillet May 10 Ernest Soares to Louise Virginia Frates May 10 Raoul Joseph Cruz to Rosa Monteiro May 12 Manuel Sylvia to Mary (Carvalho) Sylvia May 13 Joseph Worswick to Mary Ann (Holt) Campbell May 20 John Lloyd Reed to Mary Dutra Lewis May 26 Walter John Corrie to Doris Barnard Johnson May 27 Joseph Edward Le Blanc to Theresa Barry May 31 Millard Berl Hopey to Stella Anna (Cygan) Audette June 2 Manuel Leal Goulart to Emily Gracia Andrade June 2 Antonio V. Carvalho to Jesuina Medeiros June 3 Charles Sylvia to Annie Whitworth June 4 Harold Joseph O’Brien to Isabelle Perry June 7 Franklin Jenny Gurney, Jr. to Marion Elizabeth Morse June 9 James Barrett to Mary Gallagher June 9 Henry Galligan to Josephine Biernacka June 10 Robert Forbes Almy to Eleanor Hale Bly June 17 Joseph Bettencourt Sylvia to Florida Martel June 21 John Almeida to Mary Gloria Medeiros Maucabello June 24 Everett Nathan Horton to Marie Jeanne Guimond June 25 Walter Everett Lang to Dorothy May Hathaway June 28 Manuel Furtado • Rogers to Sylvia Soares June 28 Mario Souza Thumudo to Philomina Mello June 28 Robert Waine to Agnes Gertrude Huntt 68 Marriages Recorded in Fairhaven in 1930— (Cont.) July 2 Stewart P. Barrett to Ruby E. Lombard July 3 Edward Clayton Westgate to Althea Lillian Ellis July 5 Norris Joseph Drew to Claire Bertha Benjamin July 5 Alfred Roberts to Mary Baker July 7 Richard Aloysious Porter to Alice Mary O’Brien July 12 John Stanton Collins to Marjorie Fisher Knowles July 21 Jose Vieira Coelho to Maria Goveia Restoilho July 25 Joseph Arthur Le Clair to Leontina Vercammen July 28 William C. Benoit to Marie Leona Freda Martin Aug. 9 Joseph Marshall to Gladys (Hesford) Martens Aug. 13 Joseph Desrosiers to Amelie (Langllis) Masse Aug. 16 Elliot A. Hall to Hazel B. Dow Aug. 20 Frank G. Sylvia, Jr. to Mary Silva Aug. 23 Richard Evan Crook to Bertha Harrison Aug. 24 Donald Guilford Demoranville to Millicent Myrtle Magrath Aug. 25 Emmanuel Casey to Marie Celinat (McDonald) Sept. 1 Wilfred Lopez to Gertrude Geneivere Roderick Sept. 1 Alban Albert Duchesneau to Leona Blanche Fleurent Sept. 1 Joseph Francis Martin to Deolinda Ventura Sept. 2 Tilson Bourne Almy to Rachel Taber Whiting Sept. 6 Antone Perry to Mona E. Pratt Sept. 8 Frank Theodore Gloria to Alice Cecilia Brennan Sept. 13 Thomas Arnold Booth to Katherine Crawford Fleming Sept. 13 Augusto Vieira to Palmira Silva Castro Sept. 20 John Clifford Allen to Kathleen Dorothy Edwards Sept. 27 Raymond Sykes to Ada Fenton Sept. 27 Harry Ferguson Brown to Gertrude Kuntz Sept. 29 Adolph Carlors Sequeira to Agnes Irene Theberge Oct. 1 Harry Walter Martin to Marjorie Marion Weeden Oct. 6 James Edward Gallagher to Bella Bernadette Lussier Oct. 11 Janies W. Vanderpool to Esther I. Bonnemort Oct. 11 Raymond Francis Covill to Blenda Alberto Johnson Oct. 11 Manuel Rogers Araujo, Jr. to Mary Alice Guillet Oct. 11 Lucien Charles Damm to Amelia Carvalho Oct. 12 Walter Allen Spooner to Mona Crandon Oct. 13 Philip Sollmon Maynard to Rose Anna (Fournier) Charpentier Oct. 13 Harry Burrows to Alma Lillian Hughes Oct. 20 Frank Norton to Alice E. (Merry) Baker Oct. 22 Charles Edward Cromwell, Jr. to Alice Jones Maxcy 69 Marriages Recorded in Fairhaven in 1930— (Cont.) Date Groom Bride Oct. 23 George Wilfred Powers to Hazel May Dean Oct. 25 Benjamin Gomes to Georgianna Mello Oct. 29 Charles Russell Phillips to Hope Pierce Whiting Oct. 29 Manuel Joseph Rollins to Mary Enos Oct. 30 William Kelly Dwyer to Lillian Pittle Nov. 1 Manuel Francis Azevedo to Lillian da Salles Nov. 4 William Oliver, Jr. to Mary Fereira Nov. 8 Manuel Molttos, Jr. to Mary Costa Nov. 8 Joseph Onezime Guerin to Bella Marie Cormier Nov. 10 John Andrew Dobija to Helen Margaret Regula Nov. 15 John Daniel Bednarz to Agnes (Olko) Wislowski Nov. 15 John Lewis to Rose (Virgin) Thomas Nov. 17 Joseph Piva to Marie (Cabral) Ferreira Nov. 18 Jeremiah Joseph Haggerty to Mary Cecilia McAvoy Nov. 19 Anthony Joseph Bernor to Margaret Reilly Nov. 20 John James Sartini, Jr. to Emma Belle Wilson Nov. 24 Ernest Roger Ouellette to Yvonne Zepherine Babineau Nov. 27 Felix Edwr ard Kiernan to Esther Murray Nov. 29 Emilie Lanzoni to Mary Silva Nov. 29 John Pauline, Jr. to Loretta Rosealma Quirk Dec. 13 Max Elsemere Chapman to Rosalie Elizabeth Maguire Dec. 19 Manuel Sylvia Garcia to Annie Christine (Weir) Howarth Dec. 31 Victor Carl Esson to Anna Roberts 70 Deaths Recorded in 1930 Date of Death Years Months Days Jan. 3 John Botelho 37 8 7 Jan. 4 Mary F. Rounsvell 71 1 20 Jan. 5 Annie Janette Dean 76 1 3 Jan. 5 Helen T. Naja 40 4 15 Jan. 6 Eugene Kirklewski 21 9 0 Jan. 6 Antonio Naja 44 0 0 Jan. 7 William H. Westgate 78 6 10 Jan. 8 Harris Jan. 13 Eunice B. West 88 7 20 Jan. 14 Harriet B. Swett 82 8 Jan. 15 Phebe Ann Healy 81 9 6 Jan. 18 Martha E. Gould 80 5 27 Jan. 22 Mary A. Gurl 79 0 0 Jan. 27 Elmer Clayton Gifford 51 0 0 Jan. 28 John C. Pacheco 60 0 0 Jan. 30 Wilhelmina Frances Tripp 81 0 0 Feb. 9 Jose C. Amaral, Jr. 21 0 11 Feb. 13 Horace E. Saunders 73 7 15 Feb. 21 Arthur Napoleon Chabotte 0 0 4 Feb. 21 Abbie E. Eldridge 84 4 11 Feb. 22 Spencer Gatenby Booth 0 10 7 Feb. 22 Herman H. Hathaway 73 0 0 Mar. 6 Maria L. Cole 63 6 13 Mar. 10 Mary Eliza Congdon 72 3 26 Mar. 10 Greenfield Mar. 11 Manuel Vieira Aguiar, Jr. 41 0 8 Mar. 18 John F. Miller 67 0 0 Mar. 24 Daniel W. Deane 89 2 11 Mar. 25 Paul R. Forand 7 8 8 Mar. 29 Lorraine Bourque 9 0 0 Apr. 1 John H. Moss 60 2 21 Apr. 1 Alfred Shute 68 0 0 Apr. 2 Clarence M. Dunn 52 7 26 Apr. 2 Luca F. Allain 81 11 0 Apr. 2 Bessie M. Young 53 1 29 Apr. 5 Lillian E. Besse 66 0 25 Apr. 8 Elizabeth Emma Bosworth 67 1 11 71 Deaths Recorded in Fairhaven in 1930— (Cont.) Death Years Months Days 1930 Apr. 10 Betsey (Dickerson) Dunham 63 4 29 Apr. 11 Ada King 43 3 3 Apr. 12 Helen H. Alden 37 5 18 Apr. 13 Joseph Walmsley 51 11 13 Apr. 25 Abbie A. Hegeman 81 7 20 May 2 Rebecca A. Holbertson 73 10 12 May 4 Ruth S. Tobey 90 3 11 May 8 Estelle Chevalier 0 2 27 May 15 Fannie Zeitz 73 0 0 May 18 Esther Francis Schroeder 50 0 12 May 26 Dexter 0 0 3 May 26 Thompson May 27 Emma J. McMillen 72 0 26 May 29 George A. Covell, Jr. 89 0 9 May 30 Edna May Leben 5 1 24 June 6 Lothrop Hedge 69 4 8 June 8 Yvonne Czarkowski 21 0 0 June 11 Elizabeth Butts 101 0 12 June 17 Louise Leonard 70 8 27 June 22 Harriet Schofield Noble 72 11 0 June 24 Poor 0 0 4 June 25 Laurendeau June 28 Elizabeth A. (Stone) Barrows 77 7 15 June 29 Mary Ann Hennessey 72 6 0 July 7 Eva Baumann 66 0 0 July 14 Nathaniel Clark 79 8 12 July 23 Philip Harrington 59 0 0 July 24 Frederick F. Nolan 58 0 21 July 25 Arthur J. Rogers 75 0 0 July 27 William Olivera 14 2 24 July 31 Frances A. Hook 66 3 4 Aug. 7 Frank R. Matthews 68 0 0 Aug. 11 Catherine C. Fitzgerald 75 0 0 Aug. 11 John Andrews 35 0 0 Aug. 14 Elizabeth Miller 57 0 0 Aug. 17 Flora Marshall 16 5 0 Aug. 29 Myra Eleanor Newton 71 0 0 Sept. 1 Edwardes S. Petze, Jr. 0 0 5 72 Deaths Recorded in Fairhaven in 1930— (Cont.) Death Years Months Days 1930 Sept. 8 Mary Rogers 54 0 0 Sept. 8 Harry Andrew 45 3 18 Sept. 14 Robert Moyse Clunie 52 1 28 Sept. 22 Emma J. Chaney 41 5 0 Sept. 25 Joseph W. Hebert 59 11 0 Oct. 7 Mary L. Bennett 93 0 11 Oct. 9 Florence A. Harrison 63 0 0 Oct. 12 Augusta Cabral 88 0 0 Oct. 13 Mary A. Jenney 74 0 6 Oct. 17 Nelson Wheeler Sumner 54 10 24 Oct. 21 Alma S. Phillip 44 1 9 Oct. 29 Elizabeth G. Thorndike 72 8 13 Oct. 29 Celestina Ferreira Costa 24 2 4 Oct. 30 Days 0 0 2 Nov. 8 Maria C. Oliveira 50 10 3 Nov. 9 Joel Everett Hathaway 0 11 13 Nov. 10 Lucy Freeman Alden 65 1 5 Nov. 13 Caro I. Sloper 63 0 0 Nov. 16 Joseph Bradford Alton 88 1 23 Nov. 20 Victorine Ansay 82 9 17 Nov. 21 Susan P. Chapman 50 2 16 Nov. 24 Leslie F. Burgess 58 7 23 Nov. 27 Elvena A. Hinman 86 10 18 Nov. 30 Patrick H. Hogan 75 0 0 Dec. 4 John J. Toomey, Jr. 34 2 17 Dec. 6 Margaret A. Noland 91 0 0 Dec. 6 Eunice Eliza Haskins 45 11 11 Dec. 10 Frances G. Covell 63 3 22 Dec. 12 Myra D. Crowell 63 3 3 Dec. 15 William Livesey 80 5 9 Dec. 20 . Edward Lemery 80 0 0 Dec. 20 Edwin Walter Forrest 82 2 1 Dec. 24 Charles Vincent 66 9 8 Dec. 25 Helen McKinley 69 4 21 Dec. 26 Orin A. Pearce 65 10 7 Dec. 31 Almira E. Shaw 92 7 16 Dec. 31 Marie A. Vigeant About 65 Report of the Highway Department REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS At the organization of the Board of Selectmen Febru- ary 8, 1930, it was voted to appoint Mr. Thomas W. Whitfield, Superintendent of Streets, under authority of Chapter 371 of the Acts of 1928 and in accordance with vote of the Annual Town Meeting, Saturday, February 8, 1930. It was voted at that meeting to repair the following streets—East Coggeshall, Farmfield, South Chestnut, Main, Oak, Hitch, North, Veranda Avenue, Newbury Avenue, Garrison, Kendrick Avenue, Massasoit Avenue and North William. This work has been completed, and owing to the great in re-surfacing improvement the . of Main Street, I have been requested to continue this work on Washington Street and on Main, Church and Fort Streets and am pleased to recommend that this work be done. The unemployment situation has caused a tremendous burden to the Highway Department, as explained in the Selectmen’s report. I would again respectfully remind the citizens of the regulations that they must not have containers too heavy or bulky to be handled in the collection of ashes and rubbish. Respectfully submitted, THOMAS W. WHITFIELD. Report of the Planning Board Report of the Planning Board to the Annual Tornn Meeting, 1931 The Planning Board, like many other organizations of the Town and Nation, has felt severely the cessation of pro- gressive activities which were due to the necessary curtail- ment of expenditures during the past year. Extensive build- ing, elaborate alterations, and real estate development, all of which interest the members of the Board, have been almost negligible in the town. Monthly meetings have been held with a good attendance and such matters as have been pre- sented to the Board have been amicably settled. Among other matters considered, the Board has dis- countenanced the application of a property owner to erect a store on the street line of Narragansett Avenue, and by friendly agreement with the owner, eliminated an alleged nuisance, complained of by neighbors, by the discontinuance of a wood yard established on the south side of Winsor Street. The only zoning change requested of the Board the past year appears in the warrant for the coming Town Meeting, namely to zone for business the land on the water front be- tween Bridge Street and the town property, originally re- served for apartment houses. As no call for the use of this land for this purpose or for other desirable residential con- struction is imminent and the section south is zoned for heavy industry and is developing as a business- section, the Board has approved the petition of Michael Kerns for re-zoning. The powers of a Planning Board are to observe, con- sider, advise and recommend and these functions your Board endeavors to perform, having ever in mind the needs of the community and ever acting for the best interests and wel- fare of all. Respectfully submitted, JAMES A. STETSON, Chairman. : Report of the Board of Appeals The Fairhaven Board of Appeals held five public hear- ings during the year 1930. The Board recommended that permits be granted for the following: Erection of buildings or garages nearer to lot or street lines than the required zoning law distances 4 The following petitions were given leave to withdraw To build a three-car garage in residential district 1 To erect a store in residential district 1 Meetings are held the first Wednesday evening of each month provided there is business to be transacted. (Note the change in meeting dates, which formerly have been held on the last Wednesday evening of each month.) VICTOR O. B. SLATER, Chairman, GEORGE A. STEELE, Secretary, Z. R. PINAULT, CHARLES W. KNOWLTON, THOMAS LIVESEY. : Report of the Board of Fire Engineers To the Honorable Board of Selectmen: Gentlemen I have the honor to submit, herewith, my first annual report of the Fire Department for the year ending Decem- ber 31, 1930. This department has answered 34 bell and 140 still alarms, a total of 174 alarms. This is 31 more than the 143 answered in 1929. The two stations of this department located at 273 Adams Street and 64 Oxford Street, are in good condition one exception the main roof of the station at 273 with ; Adams Street should be re-shingled this year. The apparatus is in good condition. It consists of the following : —At headquarters are one 750 gallon capacity American LaFrance Triple Combination Hose, Chemical and Pumping Engine, one Type 14 American LaFrance City Service Ladder Truck, one Pope Hartford Combination Hose and Chemical, one Reo Triple Combination Hose and Chem- ical equipped with a 500 gallon Barton Pump and one Whip- pet Roadster, chief’s car, equipped with a 1 % K. W. Delco 110 Volt Lighting Generator and three 350 W. flood lights and 500 feet extension cable. At the station at 64 Oxford street is a Ford Truck Com- bination Hose and Chemical, and at the Adams Street Sta- tion a Reo Combination Hose and Chemical equipped with a 300 gallon Barton Pump. 77 The addition of a flood lighting outfit has increased the efficiency of this department in numerous ways and has greatly decreased the chances of accident to the men and apparatus. One new street box has been added to the Fire Alarm system, located at the corner of Coggeshall Street and River Street. This box is of the succession non-interfering type and is connected to the sprinkler system of the W. F. Nye oil factory. The electrification of the Atlas Tack Company’s fac- tory, with the resulted lowering of their operating steam pressure, has caused the loss to the Fire Department of its principal means of sounding an alarm of fire—the whistle located on the Atlas power house. As this is the only source of steam available in Fair- haven for signal purposes, it is extremely necessary to re- place our former steam whistle with some other means of sounding an alarm of fire. The bells connected with our fire alarm system are entirely inadequate as they cannot be heard in many parts of the town, even under favorable weather conditions, and as this department consists of prac- tically all call men a signal that can be heard in all parts of our town is vitally important. Your Board of Fire Engineers has given this question careful consideration and unanimously recommend that an appropriation be made for the purchase and installation of a signalling device of, or similar to, the Diophone sold by the Gamewell Company. The Pope Hartford Chemical at headquarters is now entering its 19th year of constant service. This piece of apparatus answers the most calls of any in the department, as it is used almost exclusively for still alarms. As it is 78 practically impossible to obtain parts for it at present, the replacement of this piece of apparatus in the near future should be seriously considered. The Board of Fire Engineers recommend the appropria- tion of $15,500.00, the same as last year, for maintenance of the Fire Department for the ensuing year; and the sum of $600.00 for maintenance, extension and repair of the fire alarm system. An appropriation of $500.00 for the pur- chase of new fire hose is also earnestly recommended. I wish to acknowledge with grateful appreciation the loyal and willing support given by the members of the Fire Department, the efficient handling of traffic by the Police Department at fires, the willing assistance received from all town departments, and the support and co-operation of the citizens of Fairhaven. Respectfully submitted, EDWARD G. SPOONER, Chief of Department. 79 Bell Alarms 34 Still Alarms 140 Total calls received and handled 174 CAUSES \ Cigarette and careless smoking 16 Defective or dirty chimney 14 Backdraft 3 Boys and matches 21 Oil burner 1 Oilstove 1 Backfire from engine 6 Spontaneous 15 Sparks from chimney 4 Police calls 1 Fire hazards 1 Bonfires out of control 4 Bonfires no permit 27 Bonfires with permit 14 False 8 High tension wire 2 Short circuit in wiring 1 Gasoline stove 1 Emergency 5 Non-permit Oil Burner 1 Overheated stove 1 Carelessness 1 Unknown 26 Total 174 Report of the Superintendent of Fire Alarm Thirty-three years ago, coming April 21, 1931, our fire alarm system was put in operation, and during this time has been under the care of your present Superintendent of Fire Alarm. It consisted, at inception, of six boxes and one bell striker with some old gravity batteries. Now these few pieces of equipment have grown, and your town is well cov- ered with a net work of about thirty miles of wire embrac- ing forty-six boxes, five of which are private, beside twenty- one phantom boxes that my be rung by a machine at the central house from telephone calls given from sections of the town not covered by the fire alarm wires. The old type battery has been replaced by a modern storage battery sys- tem. Four bells and a whistle serve to call the department. Although much of the signalling mechanism—such as punch tapes and visual indicators—are old fashioned, it is serviceable and as comprehensive as any of the modern signal systems and in fact better than in many large cities. ; Due to modern methods, electricity has superseded the use of steam at the Atlas Tack Company and the present whistle at the plant is not satisfactory, as they do not carry steam at all times. Some newer method, preferably the Dia- phone of the Gamewell Company, must soon be installed to notify the department of a fire. Each year it has been customary to replace some of the old wire and cross-arms with new. This policy is wise and necessary, and the appropriation this year is largely for this purpose. The co-operation of the Fire Department officials and your Selectmen during all these years of my service has been very helpful and much appreciated. Respectfully submitted, CLIFTON A. HACKER. : 81 The Fairhaven Firemen’s Relief Association This organization, which was formed in June, 1928, was originated for the purpose of paying benefits to firemen who might be injured in their line of duty. Our average mem- bership for three years has been fifty-one, or about eighty- five per cent of our fire department. The annual dues are $3.00, with a membership or initia- tion fee of $1.50 for all new members. Our original bene- fits were $1.00 per day for fifty-two days maximum in any fiscal year, but we have recently purchased an insurance policy which covers the entire association at a cost slightly in excess of $2.00 per man per year; which policy became effective January 1, 1931. This policy carries $1,000 death benefit with supporting total and partial disability clauses, also $15.00 per week for fifty-two weeks for total disability, and a sum not exceeding $15.00 for doctor’s bills for injuries of a non-disability nature. The purchase of this contract is, of course, a step in the right direction, as it would have taken many years to build up the funds in our own organi- zation, whereby an equal disbursement of benefits might be made. Our association is governed by a board of directors, one of whom is chosen by each company. The present board of directors are as follows President—George Steele, Engine No. 1. Vice President—Joseph Whitfield, Hose No. 2. Secretary—Richard Dennie, Chemical No. 1. Treasurer—Stanley Pendleton, Engine No. 2. Auditor—William Astin, Hook and Ladder. Auditor—Henry Benoit, Hose No. 1. Director—Edw. G. Spooner, Jr., Fire Engineer. The directors wish to take this opportunity to thank the public for their generous support of our recent benefit en- tertainment. Fairhaven, Mass., January 1, 1931. : Report of the Park Commissioners To the Citizens of Fairhaven The season of 1930 was rather severe on our Parks due to the unusual drought, but in spite of this handicap they came through in good shape. Slight burning of the grass areas and a loss of foliage in the shrubbery during the hottest season, soon disappeared when the rains came. A steady increase in the use of the organized play- grounds in Cushman Park and the North Fairhaven Park, as well as the very encouraging results at the newly estab- lished East Fairhaven Playground, seem to amply justify the expenditures in this activity. The great improvement wrought by the work at the North Bridge Park area would seem to indicate the desir- ability of similar work on the south side of the bridge as soon as practical. Your Board feels that an addition to the Anthony School Playground which would supply a much needed play area between Cushman and the North Fairhaven Parks would be a very wise policy. We recommend this to the citizens for their early con- sideration. Your Board granted Mr. Prior’s request for the use of Cushman Park for the Tercentenary Pageant on June 13th, which very pleasant and successful event did much to ac- quaint our people with the quiet beauty of this park. 83 This Board acknowledges with thanks the action of the Fairhaven Mothers Club in contributing $150 towards the purchase of apparatus for the playgrounds. We also ac- knowledge the willing co-operation given this Board by other town departments, and our able assistants in the playground work. FAIRHAVEN PARK BOARD, HAROLD B. DUTTON, Chairman, MABEL L. POTTER, LEWIS F. POOR, Secretary. CUSHMAN PARK PLAYGROUND REPORT Attracted by the “Mitchell Merry Whirl” so generously donated by the “Fairhaven Mothers Club,” more than four hundred children enjoyed the activities at Cushman Park each day of the first two weeks. Total registration for the summer was 1166 with an average daily attendance of 278 1-5 for the ten weeks. This did not include accurate records of tennis courts, base ball diamonds and basket ball court. Athletic contests were held every Wednesday afternoon and large numbers competed for the ribbons awarded. Miss McLeod taught basketry each Tuesday at Cushman Park. The fourth annual doll show found over one hundred girls with their dolls ready for the “Standard” photographer. 84 Twelve decorated carriages added greatly to the occasion. About fifty dolls including old fashioned and foreign ones were loaned for special exhibition. Seventy-five boys took part in the vehicle parade which included old time bicycles, wagons, tricycles, toy automobiles, scooters, etc., with “Amos ’n’ Andy” bringing up the rear. P. E. Weeks donated paper fans which were distributed to the girls at the doll show, and the Park Commissioners fur- nished flags for the boys at the vehicle parade and also to all the children closing day. Three tennis tournaments and three horse shoe tourna- ments were held during the season. A larger group of older boys used the basket ball court daily. Football, base ball and volley ball (added this season) helped pass the summer weeks of unemployment for about twenty-five older boys. New benches for the story hour and basketry class gave additional seating space for visitors. The guest book con- tains over one thousand names and lists visitors from Maine, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, Illi- nois, Maryland, Washington, D. C., Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida. A report would be incomplete without special mention of the willing co-operation of the Park Commissioners and Messrs. Haney, Rounsville and Brown. The increased at- tendance, doll show, vehicle show and final parade on clos- ing day all made extra labor necessary. Respectfully submitted, MABEL OBER DUTTON. REPORT OF THE EAST FAIRHAVEN PLAYGROUND Activities at the East Fairhaven Playground were begun the week after school closed. The apparatus which consisted of six swings, six tilts, horseshoes and various other base ball and basket ball ma- terials kept the children interested. Basketry was begun under the supervision of Miss McLeod and many girls took part. Once or twice a month they would journey down to the Cushman Park and exhibit their work. A base ball team was picked and a series of games was played with the other parks. Horseshoe tournaments were held. The season ended up with a glamorous parade at Cushman Park. The figures reveal the total enrollment for the summer was 270 children with many attending the park daily without fail. The children had been kept occupied throughout the summer. Yours truly, EMILE DUBIEL. 86 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE NORTH FAIRHAVEN PLAYGROUND The North Fairhaven Playground closed another very successful season with a 10% increase over last year’s total enrollment. The total registration of children under high school age during the 1930 season numbered 440. This total only includes children who used the park apparatus daily, participated in weekly sport programs. Of the total enroll- ment 275 were girls and 165 boys. The average daily attend- ance was 115. The children shared their apparatus like brothers and sisters and took the same care of them as they would if they were in their own backyard. Baseball games, cricket matches and horseshoe tourna- ments were the feature sports each day for the boys. Bas- ketry classes, taught by Miss Christine McLeod, were well attended evrey day by both girls and boys. The Playground baseball team enjoyed three games with the Cushman team and two contests with the East Fairhaven boys. A weekly sport program was run off every Friday afternoon. The program consisted of races for the little tots and other races for the older girls and boys. This program tended to give the contestants a fine feeling of sportsmanship which they showed throughout the season. These events were well at- tended every Friday by a large gathering of spectators, mostly parents or relatives, of the contestants. The attendance was the lowest on days when the tem- perature was the highest, due to the shortage of shade trees. Respectfully submitted, JIMMIE HAYES. 87 REPORT OF BASKETRY INSTRUCTOR Basketry is one of the oldest and most valuable of crafts. As far back as the time of the Israelites we read of its use- fulness in offering sacrifices. Though the Chinese and Japanese have sent us for long years, marvelous things of beauty, it is to our American In- dian that we owe our debt for beauty and artistry of this industry. And so, working with the playground children, we de- veloped not only the technique of basketry, but also made a serious study of Indian baskets as an inspiration and stimu- lation to better work. Its intricacy, poetry and artistry re- vealed a fuller understanding of Indian life and customs. The youngsters were eager in their desire to create or copy designs which not only were attractive to them, but which had a meaning symbolical of something particular in Indian life. To prove that the children were greatly interested in this work, one need only have visited any of Fairhaven’s Play- grounds while they were in session and to have seen groups of children, boys and girls, busily engaged in creating a basket. Owing to the simplicity of the work, not only the older children were allowed to do it, but little tots of five and six made simple mats, while older children made beautiful, use- ful baskets for home use. There were over one hundred and fifty children en- rolled in this class, and my time was divided among the three groups on the various playgrounds. Beginners tried only the Lazy Squaw stitch and made baskets simple in design and structure. 88 Children who had been in the class the previous sum- mer when basketry was first introduced on the playground, were allowed to go on, with more advanced stitches and com- plicated design. It was amazing to see the earnestness of these young- sters as they went about their work. One marveled at the patience and zeal they showed in their handiwork. At the end of the summer we had an exhibition of the completed baskets. The children were very proud of their handiwork, and were justly rewarded by the surprised and pleased remarks which the parents made, when they viewed the work. Many of the parents had never realized that chil- dren were capable of so much originality, beauty, and artistry. The child who works steadily over a basket and may have it to weave and reweave many times before completing it satisfactorily, is not only receiving a valuable lesson in patience and thoroughness and gaining much experience which will later be of inestimable value in this particular work, but he is being trained to be an efficient workman of the future. Respectfully submitted, CHRISTINE McLEOD. Report of the Building Inspector There were 164 permits for new building issued from the office of the Building Inspector for the year ending December 31st, 1930, at an estimated cost of $66,242.00. The office received for the issuing of these permits, the sum of $105.00. Two buildings were razed. Following is a list of the various permits: 18 dwellings, 36 garages, 2 barns, 75 alterations and additions, 7 sheds, 15 hen houses, 2 clambake houses, 3 boat building sheds, 4 greenhouses, 1 bath house, 1 gas house. The office of the Building Inspector is open from 9 A. M. until 5 P. M. each day except Saturday, to answer all questions and give information regarding the Building Code. TITLE AND SCOPE Section No. 1. These by-laws shall be known and cited as the Building Laws. No building, structure or part thereof, shall hereafter be constructed and no building or structure now or hereafter erected, shall be razed, altered, moved or built upon except in conformity with the provisions of these building laws. Nor shall plumbing, gas piping, drainage, heating, wiring, or ventilation be installed or altered in any building except in conformity herewith. PLUMBING INSPECTIONS There were 117 plumbing inspections made during the year 1930. PLUMBING PERMITS All Plumbing Permits, in the future will be issued from the office of the Building Inspector. Respectfully submitted, CHARLES I. DREW, Building Inspector. Report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures To the Honorable Board of Selectmen : I herewith submit my annual report as Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year ending December 31, 1930, dur- ing which time the following devices were tested and sealed or condemned. Adjusted Sealed Sealed Cond. Scales Platform 19 55 6 5 Counter 28 72 1 9 Beam 3 Spring 28 95 1 10 Computing 30 58 10 Personal Weighing 8 Prescription 3 Weights Avoirdupois 87 539 2 Metric • 13 Apothecary 1 22 Troy 2 Measures Liquid 293 1 Dry 37 Not Adjusted Sealed Sealed Cond. 91 Measuring Devices Gasolene Pumps 41 60 4 11 Gasolene Meters 3 10 1 Kerosene Pumps 5 14 4 Oil Pumps 25 62 24 2 Molasses Pumps 1 1 Stops on Pumps 239 322 Yard Sticks 8 Total 506 1677 41 51 Sealing fees collected $136.21 Adjusting fees collected 3.06 Total $139.27 Number of Reweighings of Goods Ready for Sale Tested Correct Under Over Bread 119 63 3 53 Butter 30 30 Dry Commodities 147 38 6 114 Flour 50 44 6 Fruits and Vegetables 110 25 39 46 Meats and Provisions 110 22 3 75 Totals 566 222 51 294 Number of Inspections Paper or Fibre Cartons 213 Pedler’s Licenses 17 Marking of Food Packages 106 Labels on Bread 90 Wholesale Milk Cans 93 Transient Vendors 3 Clinical Thermometers 12 Ice Scales 3 Junk Scales 6 1 Other Inspections 109 Totals 647 92 Number of Tests Gasolene Devices after sealing 26 Milk Jars 21 Miscellaneous 3 Total 50 Appropriation recommended for 1931, $1,000.00. I wish at this time to thank the Selectmen, also Chief Walter H. Francis and his department, for their efficient effort to co-operate with the Weights and Measures Depart- ment. Respectfully submitted, CHAS. P. THATCHER, Sealer of Weights and Measures. : Report of the Tree Warden and Moth Superintendent To the Citizens of Fairhaven The Tree Warden hereby respectfully submits his annual report. The trees of the Town are in very good condition due to the constant spraying of them from year to year. I feel that the number of bugs are greatly lessened each year and I am in hopes that there will come a time when I can stop spraying for the “Elm Leaf Beetle.” By so doing I can give more time to the trimming and also be able to plant more young trees from year to year. This year we planted one hundred and fifty young Maple trees and there is plenty of space where there could be several hundred more planted, which I am in hopes of doing from time to time. In order that we may be able to continue the preserva- tion of the trees and thus beautify the town I would recom- mend the appropriation of twenty-five hundred dollars for the work of the Tree Department. Respectfully submitted, PETER MURRAY, Tree Warden. I would recommend the appropriation of three hundred dollars for the suppression of the Gypsy and the Brown Tail Moth. PETER MURRAY, Moth Superintendent. : Report of the Board of Health To the Honorable Board of Selectmen : The Board of Health hereby submit their annual report for the year ending December 31, 1930. Ten meetings have been held during the year. Licenses have been issued as follows Milk Pasteurization 5 Manicure 7 Alcohol 13 Ice Cream 1 Oleomargarine 9 Milk 83 The Secretary has issued 90 Burial Permits, made 191 inspections, carded and released 119 houses for diseases dan- gerous to public health, has been in the office 785 hours, has issued 44 Cesspool Permits, and has taken 15 cases of tuber- culosis to Bristol County Tuberculosis Sanatorium. Two hundred seventy-nine children have received diph- theria immunization given by the District Health Officer and Dr. Thompson, assisted by the School and Community Nurses. Diseases reported: Scarlet Fever 11, Tuberculosis 17, Dog Bite 10, Whooping Cough 26, German Measles 7, Septic Sore Throat 1, Chicken Pox 42, Diphtheria 17, Eye Infec- tion 5, Lobar Pneumonia 9, Measles 23, Mumps 2, V. D. 2. We have at present time in hospital, 10 cases of tubercu- losis at a cost of $9.10 a week each. One at Lakeville Sana- torium at $7.00 per week. Garbage collection has been very satisfactory, very few complaints having been received. Respectfully submitted, BOARD OF HEALTH. : Inspector of Animals To the Honorable Board of Selectmen : Gentlemen Following is the report of the Inspector of Animals for the year ending December 3, 1930. During the general inspection I visited 105 places, in- spected 1,173 animals, 755 dairy cows, 212 swine, 169 young cattle, 27 bulls, 4 goats. I found 4 poor drainage, 2 poor light, 3 no ventilators, 2 unclean barns, 3 cows quarantined for tuberculosis, 1 released 2 slaughtered were affected with tuberculosis, quarantined 25 dogs, 2 were found affected with rabies heads being sent to Boston Division of Animal Indus- try. One person being bitten by a rabie dog took treatment with no ill effects. Also one dog bitten, inoculated he re- covered. Respectfully submitted, ALBERT L. AUSTIN, Inspector. Report of the Board of Sewer Commissioners ORGANIZATION: G. W. Valentine, Chairman; John M. Reilly, Frank W. Morse, Clerk. SEWER CONSTRUCTION: Two sewers have been constructed during the year by vote of the town at the An- nual Meeting held February 8, 1930, and a Special Meeting held June 23, 1930. An extension of Bridge Street easterly from ter- minus as completed in 1917 to Bryant Street—a dis- tance of approximately 360 feet. Francis Street northerly from Bridge Street—a dis- tance of 162 feet. SEWER CONNECTIONS: During the year 1930 one connection has been repaired and fourteen new connec- tions made, making a total of 1412 connections now in use. We respectfully ask for an appropriation of $9,800 for the year 1931 apportioned as follows: Maintenance $9,000, Salaries $600, Office Expense $200. Respectfully submitted, G. W. VALENTINE, JOHN M. REILLY, F. W. MORSE, Sewer Commissioners. : Report of the Inspector of Shellfish To the Honorable Board of Selectmen : The second annual report of the Inspector of Shellfish in Fairhaven is herewith respectfully submitted 182 Scallop Permits $910.00 127 Quahog Permits 635.00 9 Fish Trap Permits 45.00 3 Power Boat Permits 30.00 2 Dealers’ Permits 50.00 2 Grant Permits 104.00 Total to Town Treasury $1,774.00 There were thirteen arrests and twelve convictions. Dur- ing the quahog season there were 4,563 barrels of quahogs taken from restricted areas of New Bedford and trans- planted in Fairhaven’s clean waters for purification. Approximately 13,000 gallons of scallops and 6,000 barrels of quahogs were taken from our clean waters by the fishermen. Three hundred bushels of seed scallops were picked up from our shores and planted in deep waters so they would not freeze. Forty bushels of seed quahogs were planted also. The Town of Fairhaven has had 50 signs posted along its shores warning the people against the unlawful taking of shellfish. This has been a great help to the public at large. 98 The equipment used in the fishing industry in Fair- haven amounts to over $90,000. To protect the future scallop and quahog crops the fish- ermen have taken from the clean waters 500 bushels of star fish and destroyed them. The outlook for the coming scallop and quahog season is very, promising and the fishermen report a very good set of scallop and quahog seed. The Inspectors report that approximately 2,500 people have taken between 450 and 500 bushels of shellfish from our shores for their own family use, which required no permits. The amount of money invested in the Town during the 1930 season amounted to about $200,000. The Inspectors appreciate the hearty support and co-operation from the fish- ermen and public at large. Respectfully submitted, LAWRENCE LIVESEY, JOSEPH C. SYLVIA, Inspectors of Shellfish. : Report of the Slaughter Inspector To the Honorable Board of Health : Gentlemen I submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1930: Cattle None Swine 42 Sheep None Condemned None Respectfully yours, THOMAS LIVESEY, Inspector. Fairhaven Safety Committee on Street and Highway Safety The Fairhaven Committee on Street and Highway Safety has been organized a little over a year and is now functioning in a manner that speaks well for the future of this work. During the past year, four meetings have been held at which time, the various problems relating to the safety of our streets and highways has been discussed. The committee has furnished fourteen Safety Patrol Belts for use in our schools and will further the good work in the schools whenever possible. We are now working in conjunction with our Police Department and Selectmen on Traffic Regulations and Through Ways. The committee wishes your support in making our streets and highways safer and your fullest co-operation will be appreciated. Obey the law and drive with consideration. Remember, it might be a member of your family. It might be your child. Please obey the law and co-operate. Respectfully submitted, RAYMOND T. BABBITT, HOWARD E. ODIORNE, E. PHILIP OSBERG, WALTER H. FRANCIS, Chief of Police, THOS. W. WHITFIELD, Supt. of Streets, WARREN L. DAVIS, Secretary. VICTOR O. B. SLATER, Chairman. List of Jurors Name Address Adshead, Harold T. 76 Chestnut St. Aldrich, Stephen H. 43 Green St. Bradshaw, James T. 466 Washington St. Westgate, Arthur H. 12 Bridge St. Stubbs, Leonard L. 33 Bridge St. Hoxie, Harry Prescott 46 William St. Hewitt, Wilfred P. 235 Green St. Stevens, Howard N. 228 Green St. Porter, Charles H. 21 Huttlestone Ave. Hirst, Carleton 3 Mulberry St. Eddy, William B. 27 Mulberry St. Tripp, Raymond P. 214 Main St. Burgess, Leslie F. 10 Mill Road Lowrie, Edward P., Jr. 43 Oxford St. Brown, Pierce D. 35 Oxford St. Chace, Andrew P. 131 Pleasant St. Finnell, Leonard F. 136 Pleasant St. York, George B. 52 Rodman St. Smith, Howard U. 180 Main St. Matterson, Frederick H. 56 Washington St. Poor, Hollis D. 23 Lafayette St. Davis, Warren L. 18 Cedar St. Chapman, Eben L. 9 Laurel St. DeCoffe, Edward G. 212 Main St. Tripp, Stanley R. 101 Fort St. Eldridge, F. Otis 43 Fort St. Briggs, Harold K. 69 Fort St. Mantius, Abner E. 69 Fort St. Benson, Clarence E. 89 Fort St. Donaghy, Thomas 23 Fort St. 102 Padelford, W. Seth Harbor View Page, Charles G. 150 Green St. Pierce, C. Henry 40 Walnut St. Blossom, Frank A. 583 Washington St. Briggs, Stuart M. 45 William St. Gillingham, Dana H. 34 Walnut St. Rothwell, Frederick M. 64 Hedge St. Chandler, Chester F. 66 Hedge St. Howland, Norris P. 136 Green St. Westgate, Joseph T. 132 Green St. Millette, John A. 38 E. Morgan St. Lilley, Frederick 229 Adams St. Waterman, Frank E., Jr. 9 Cooke St. Young, James M. 2 Wood St. Gething, Samuel C. 23 Taber St. Bunnell, George A. 35 Taber St. McDermott, Thomas J. 35 Sycamore St. Smith, Frank 137 Chestnut St. Regan, Michael, Jr. 335 Main St. Terwiliger, Fred W. 217 Green St. Bates, Chester W. 256 Green St. Bollenback, William F. 372 Washington St. Cushman, Emery E. 155 Chestnut St. Dort, Carleton J. 80 Pilgrim Ave. Underwood, Arthur C. 29 Huttleston Ave. Burns, Walter H. 67 Larch St. Humphrey, Harry J. 109 Main St. Thrasher, Frank A. 27 Spring St. Rothwell, Henry R. 213 Main St. Maker, Sylvanus 31 Linden Ave. Wade, Albert L. Sconticut Neck Young, Franklin A. 47 Green St. Austin, Reuben A. 544 Washington St. Betagh, Harry R. 146 Main St. Briggs, Jesse A. 12 Cherry St. Brown, Allen A. Oak Grove Lane Babbitt, Joseph W. Sconticut Neck 103 Baylies, Edward W. 63 Green St. Benson, Colby H. 27 Church St. Bent, Whitney J. 52 Green St. Braley, Albert G. 50 Cedar St. Broadbent, John 223 Main St. Carpenter, Burt W. 5 North St. Chace, Prescott F. 131 Pleasant St. Cunningham, George W. 45 Summer St. Cary, Floyd F. 6 William St. Chandler, Azel R. 34 Green St. Clay, Joseph W. 27 Green St. Cobb, Charles W. 63 Main St. Cole, Edward R. 36 Middle St. Craig, Arlington, Jr. 87 Laurel St. Cross, Walter A. 10 Main St. Delano, Harry W., Jr. Weeden Road Davenport, Edw. D. 404 Washington St. Day, Walter H. 144 Green St. Dean, William D. Ill William St. Dugdale, Charles R. 288 Washington St. Dwelly, Edw. G. 159 Bridge St. Ellis, Benjamin S. 58 Pleasant St. Fisher, Paul L. 92 Church St. Gamans, Walter H. 552 Washington St. Gifford, Henry A. 84 Middle St. Grimshaw, William H. 178 Main St. Haney, William G. 20 Mulberry St. Howard, Henry T. New Boston Road Hook, Gilman E. 14 Fort St. Jenney, Walter F. New Boston Road Kendrick, Chester F. 471 Main Street Linden, Thomas 226 Adams St. McDonald, George H. 25 Water St. McMeehan, William 74 Chestnut St. Morse, Everett M. 60 Fort St. Miller, Eugene 41 Summer St. Meal, Lewis 22 Taber St. 104 Norris, Arthur 8 Lafayette St. Nye, Alfred F. 84 Green St. Pierce, Reginald 455 Washington St. Pierce, Clarence 121 Green St. Padelford, Arthur D. 24 Mulberry St. Porter, Herbert D. 75 Chestnut St. Regan, Jeremiah J. 258 Adams St. Reynolds, Frederick W. 63 Hedge St. Reed, Jirah F. 101 Fort St. Saunders, Edw. W. 107 Fort St. Sawyer, Marshall 8 West Allen St. Schiller, Arthur 59 Pleasant St. Shurtleff, Nelson LeB. 48 Green St. Sohlgren, Frederick W. 78 Washington St. Sherman, Lester T. 70 Adams St. Smith, Newton 34 Rotch St. Spooner, Allen R. 7 North St. Stanton, Albert E. Washngton St. Tuell, Edward A. 200 Main St. Taber, Robert W., Jr. 97 Laurel St. Wood, Harry B. Sconticut Neck Wrightington, Edw. A. 17 Main St Weeks, Arthur W. 54 Washington St. SCHOOL REPORT OF THE TOWN OF FAIRHAVEN MASSACHUSETTS FOR THE YEAR 1930 FAIRHAVEN STAR j — — School Committee ORRIN B. CARPENTER Term expires 1931 JAMES A. STETSON Term expires 1931 WILLIAM B. GARDNER Term expires 1932 GEORGE F. BRALEY Term expires 1932 MISS SARA B. CLARKE Term expires 1933 MRS. ELLA H. BLOSSOM Term expires 1933 Chairman WILLIAM B. GARDNER, 39 Union Street Secretary and Superintendent of Schools CHARLES F. PRIOR, 30 Green Street School Department Clerk MARION E. ROOS, 23 Bellevue Street SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE HOURS Town Hall 8:15—9:00 A. M.—Monday, Wednesday, Friday. 4:00—5:00 P. M.—Every school day unless absent on special business. Open by appointment Wednesday evenings, 7 :00—8 :00. The Superintendent’s office is open with a clerk in charge daily from 9—12 and 1 :30— 5, except Saturdays, when it is open only in the forenoon. Telephone call at Town Hall, Fairhaven—Clifford 3891. Telephone call at residence, 30 Green St., Clifford 6714-W. School Calendar 1930 Monday, December 29 Schools re-open 1931 Thursday, January 1 Holiday Friday, March 27 Schools close Monday, April 6 Schools re-open Monday, April 19 Patriot’s Day (Holiday) Friday, June 19 Schools close SUMMER VACATION Monday, September 14 Schools re-open Monday, October 12 Columbus Day (Holiday) Wednesday, November 11 Armistice Day (Holiday) Wednesday noon, Nov. .25 Thanksgiving recess Thursday, December 24 Schools close (Christmas vacation) Monday, January 4 Schools re-open NO SCHOOL SIGNAL, 22 The signal at 7:15 A. M. indicates no forenoon session for any of the eight grades of the elementary schools. The signal at 12 :45 noon indicates no afternoon session for any of the eight grades of the elementary schools. The no-school signals do not apply to the High School. Report of the School Committee To the Citizens of Fairliaven : The Annual Report of the School Committee for the year ending December 31, 1930 is presented herewith. FINANCIAL STATEMENT (Elementary Schools) RECEIPTS Town Appropriation, 1930 $104,400.00 Henry H. Rogers Trust Fund 4,444.58 Edmund Anthony, Jr., Trust Fund 480.63 Pease Fund 363.26 County Dog Fund ‘ 1,754.79 Incidentals 42.36 $111,485.62 EXPENDITURES General Control $5,609.37 Superintendent’s Salary $3,950.00 Office Clerk * 920.50 Attendance Officer 223.50 School Census 124.98 Miscellaneous 240.39 School Committee * 150.00 Instruction $81,185.78 Teachers’ Salaries $74,596.97 Text Books 2,379.60 Supplies 4,209.21 Operation and Maintenance $16,560.48 Janitors’ Salaries $6,760.82 Fuel 3,521.66 Building Supplies 2,608.71 Repairs 2,636.77 New Equipment 1,032.52 Other Agencies $7,355.44 Transportation $4,812.00 Health 1,907.00 Tuition 10.24 Insurance 626.20 Miscellaneous $277.40 $110,988.47 Balance $ 497.15 $111,485.62 FINANCIAL STATEMENT (High School) RECEIPTS Town Appropriation $24,700.00 Henry H. Rogers Trust Fund 26,120.57 $50,820.57 : 6 EXPENDITURES Instruction $38,162.93 Teachers’ Salaries $34,748.43 Text Books 1,649.33 Supplies 1,765.17 Operation and Maintenance $11,497.89 Janitors’ Salaries $5,665.97 Fuel 1,264.54 Building Supplies 1,466.89 Repairs 1,407.09 New Equipment 1,693.40 Other Agencies $214.00 Health $214.00 Miscellaneous $408.46 $50,283.28 Balance 537.29 $50,820.57 REPAIRS Among the larger items for the repairs and replacements during the year were the following ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS Re-piping the heating system at Oxford School. Repair of chimney at Oxford School. Repairs on heating system at Edmund Anthony, Jr. School. Installation of new ceiling at Job C. Tripp School. r l Blackboard re-surfaced at Job C. Tripp School. Plastering and tinting at Washington St. School. Repairing roof and gutters at Rogers School. Installation of a coal carburetor at Rogers School. Building fence on south side of East Fairhaven School.. Thorough repair or renewal of curtains in all the schools. HIGH SCHOOL Re-painting exterior and drawing the window sashes. Repairing tiling on south side. Re-plastering and re-painting room damaged by leakage. Repairing roofing. Repairing and re-placing toilets. Various repairs of the wiring and telephone system. Repairs on boilers. Exchange of old and purchase of new typewriters. Purchase of two adding machines for Commercial De- partment. Purchase of miniature filing systems. ADDITION TO HIGH SCHOOL The Committee feels that the favorable action of the town in regard to an addition to the high school indicates genuine devotion to the cause of public education. The recommenda- tion was made by the joint committee appointed by you only after a careful investigation of the many factors connected with the undertaking, and it took into consideration not only the present but also the possibilities of the future development of this community. The location of the building will not only give advantages to the eighth and ninth grades which could not otherwise be furnished without a considerable increase in cost, but, also, provides room for the probable continued growth of the high school. As to how fast this will be, no one can forecast the future. The point needs to be emphasized that the building is needed now. It may be a short or a long period of years before business conditions 8 are again normal ; before the former steady, although slow, growth of the town begins again. Only an extremely pessi- mistic person can feel however that this time will not come eventually. It is certainly not likely that a period will come again soon when so much can be had in a building as can be at present, for the money expended. The Committee suggests that citizens read the brief description of the pro- posed school found in the Superintendent’s report. CHANGE IN SCHOOL CALENDAR Details of the new schedule of school terms which went into effect in September will be found in the Superintendent’s report. A word of further explanation may be desirable. Each year a number of persons have expressed themselves to members of the Committee in favor of opening schools the week after Labor Day, and of closing before the last week in June. Various reasons have been given for this. Among them, the fact that it was inconvenient for some parents to get their children in school on Labor Day week and that to run schools so late in June was to have sessions in weather too hot for profitable work. The Superintendent of Schools was directed to present different schedules which would obviate these disadvantages. The three term system was selected. Under it there is one less week in the school year, but there may be only one less day of actual school sessions. If this arrangement of terms proves unsatisfactory it can be dropped at the end of the school year. In this con- nection, it may be said that no change was made this year in the length or time of the Christmas vacation. It has been the same as for many years. The rotation of the calendar brought New Year’s Day on Thursday and it was more nec- essary than usual to open schools again Friday because the shortening of the school year one week, requires the utiliza- tion for school purposes, of every day possible in each term in order to have the sessions average in length with those of the State. 9 BUDGET FOR 1931 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS Estimated Expended for 1931 in 1930 General Control $5,678.00 $5,609.37 Instruction 82,107.00 81,185.78 Operation and Maintenance 16,860.00 16,560.48 Other Agencies 7,130.00 7,355.44 Sundries 275.00 277.40 $112,050.00 $110,988.47 From outside sources 7,050.00 7,043.26 Appropriation required $105,000.00 $104,400.00 The amount requested is $600 more than last year. It in- cludes the cost of four eighth grade teachers who will be at the new building instead of at the Rogers School and also the cost of salary and supplies for four months of a Special Class teacher. BUDGET FOR 1931 HIGH SCHOOL Estimated Expended for 1931 in 1930 Instruction $41,250.00 $38,162.93 Operation and Maintenance 11,800.00 11,497.89 Other Agencies 750.00 214.00 Sundries 400.00 408.46 $54,200.00 $50,283.28 10 From H. H. Rogers Trust Fund 26,100.00 Appropriation required $28,100.00 Appropriation of 1930 $24,700.00 Increase $ 3,400.00 Some difficulty has been experienced in making out a high school budget. An effort will be made to so utilize the depart- mental teachers of the eighth grades as to require for the high school only two additional teachers. There will be needed also at least one day more of service for Manual Training, if the subject is to be restored to the seventh grade. Just how much increase will be necessary for janitors’ salaries or for fuel and building supplies, which include telephone, electric lights, paper towels, etc., is difficult to estimate. A small increase has been made in the budget for these purposes. Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM B. GARDNER, Chairman, JAMES A. STETSON, MISS SARA B. CLARKE, MRS. ELLA H. BLOSSOM, ORRIN B. CARPENTER, GEORGE F. BRALEY, Fairhaven School Committee. : Report of the Superintendent of Schools To the School Committee of Fairhaven : Herewith is submitted the nineteenth annual report of the present Superintendent of Schools ATTENDANCE AND MEMBERSHIP The total enrollment for the year ending June, 1930 was 2,213; the average membership 1999; and the percent of attendance 95.3. The average membership was 26 more than that of the previous year. The actual membership of the schools on December 1st, was 2,110. THE NEW BUILDING The outstanding event of the school year has been the favorable response of the town to the recommendation of the Selectmen and School Committee that a new building be provided to relieve the long standing congestion in the high school and upper grades. Work on the foundation has begun. The contract calls for completion of the building before the opening of schools in September 1931. DESCRIPTION The new building will be 196' long, 65' wide, and two stories in height. The walls are to be of brick with trim- mings of limestone to match the present high school. The type of architecture also will hartnonize with this. 12 The building will have eight regular classrooms, a manual training room 30'x92', a typewriting room, 51'x24', mechani- cal drawing room 46'x23', printing room 33'x23', and an auditorium 71'x 52'. Corridors 12' wide run the length of the building on each floor. On each side of these will be lockers for the wraps of the pupils. There is also an office 18'xl2' and a supply room of the same size. A tunnel 35' long 8' wide and 7' high will connect the new building with the pres- ent high school, entering the latter through the gymnasium. This will be lighted by daylight “side-walk lights” though a few electric lights will be used. Locker rooms with shower baths for both boys and girls are provided on the lower floor to be used in connection with the gymnasium of the present high school. The auditorium of the new building can be used for all physical training of the eighth and ninth grades except the apparatus work. The heating will be from the high-pressure steam boilers of the present high school with an auxiliary gas-fired boiler in the new building which will turn on automatically when the main boilers are unable to maintain pressure. Humidity will be furnished the rooms by a series of steam jets con- trolled by the teachers. The electric lighting will be independent of the present building. The gymnasium, lunchroom, science rooms and library of the high school will be made available to the pupils of the new building. Operating under one schedule and adminis- tration, all rooms of each building may be utilized by the pupils of both. The location of the building so as to enable physical con- nection with the present high school provides without expense, the site, playground, and the other facilities above mentioned and, also, economizes greatly administration and teaching costs. These are in themselves sound reasons for locating in the rear of the present high school. But the 13 fundamental reason for doing so concerns the future. There will certainly come a time when the high school membership alone will require all of the new building. At an average rate of increase this will be in ten or, at the most, fifteen years. In what other location could an addition to the high school be placed? If elsewhere, the town would be compelled to maintain two high schools. The location selected is there- fore advantageous in the present and anticipatory of the future needs. EFFECT OF THE NEW BUILDING ON ELEMENTARY ORGANIZATION Some designate the new building as a junior high school, others as an addition to the high school. The latter name is more nearly correct. The result will be a five-year high school and a seven-year elementary school. Ability to use the facilities of the present high school for the eighth and ninth grades and a large increase in the shop space will ren- der possible some of the benefits that would be derived from a 6-3-3 plan of organization, but there cannot be, under present conditions, the differentiation of courses and the elaborate program usually presented in a real junior high. The organization of no school will be affected by the new building, except that of the Rogers. The Edmund Anthony, Jr., the Job C. Tripp, and the Rogers School will each con- tinue to have the first seven grades; the Oxford and East Fairhaven, the first six grades, and the Washington St. the first four. There is no room at Oxford or at East Fairhaven for a seventh grade so this will continue to be transported from these sections to the Rogers School. The Rogers School will have next September as nearly as can now be forecast, four seventh grades, two sixths, and two fifths. These will occupy the eight regular school rooms. There will be no class on the third floor and there ought never to be again. One room in the Rogers portable will be used for a Special Class, required by law. : 14 TEACHERS Two principalships have become vacant during the year, one at East Fairhaven, the other at Oxford. The latter was filled by the appointment of Miss Margaret McGuire, who has been a teacher in Fairhaven schools for five years. There were in addition to the above four resignations in the grades and one in the high school, a total of only seven changes in the corps, the smallest number in twenty years. An encouraging phase of the present situation as regards teachers is the tendency to remain longer in their positions. The so called “over supply” is largely responsible for this. A feature not so encouraging is an under supply of the kind of teachers that are desired. That there will be in the future fewer graduates of normal schools seems certain. The minimum length of the teacher-training course in Massa- chusetts schools was raised to three years in September and undoubtedly will become four in the near future. The following table showing the permanancy of our teaching force may be of interest LENGTH OF SERVICE IN FAIRHAVEN OF FULL TIME TEACHERS Men Women Having had no experience 3 5 “ one year of experience 2 15 “ two years of experience 1 7 “ three years of experience 4 “ four years of experience 4 “ five years of experience 5 “ six years of experience 4 “ seven years of experience 1 eight years of experience 5 “ nine years of experience 2 15 -> “ ten years of experience — “ eleven years of experience — “ twelve years of experience — 1 “ thirteen years of experience — 1 “ fourteen years of experience — 1 “ nineteen years of experience — 1 “ twenty years of experience — 1 “ twenty-five years of experience — 2 “ thirty years of experience — 1 “ thirty-five years or over — 1 6 65 LENGTH OF SERVICE OF PART TIME TEACHERS AND SUPERVISORS Physical Training 1 No experience Physical Training 1 two years Manual Training nineteen years Vocal Music thirty-three years Instrumental Music three years Sewing four years CHANGE OF SCHOOL CALENDAR The law in Massachusetts requires that elementary schools be in session 160 days each year, exclusive of holidays, and that high schools be in session 180 days. The actual average number of days the schools are in session is more than the legal requirement. For the school year ending June, 1930, the average number of days all schools of the State were in session was 183; that in the cities was 184, and in towns of our size, 182. In Fairhaven there is no difference in the length of session of the high and elementary schools. In the past the school year has been forty weeks in length. 16 Excluding legal holidays and those caused by inclement weather, the average number of days for several years has been 186. There have been four terms in the school year, one of sixteen weeks and three of eight. Vacations have occurred in the summer, in December, in February and in April. To enable the three short terms, schools have opened the first week in September and closed the last week in June. In September of this year, a new schedule of terms went into effect. Under it schools begin the Monday after Labor Day and close the third week in June. There are three terms instead of four. A fall term of fifteen weeks, winter term of thirteen weeks, and spring term of eleven weeks. The February vacation is omitted. The chief reasons for this change in the school calendar were: 1. To make it probable that most pupils would be in school on the opening day. Under the former schedule many parents delayed returning from va- cations until the week after Labor Day. 2. To close school earlier in order to avoid the hot weather. In order to do this the February vacation of one week is omitted. 3. To cause the vacation seasons to come at a time of year when children are better off out-of-doors. 4. It is felt that longer terms and less frequent vacations may make possible more profitable school work. The change in the school calendar is an experiment. It will be discontinued if found unsatisfactory. Under it, al- though there are only thirty-nine weeks in the school year, the number of days the schools are in session is practically the same. It is necessary to say, however, that extra holi- days, which were sometimes allowed under the old schedule, cannot be granted if the length of our school year is to remain the same. 17 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS In organization and curriculum, no radical changes have been made. New courses of study in history for grades seven and eight were prepared and placed in the schools in September. Modifications of the required work in geography and arithmetic have been introduced. A new issue of Direc- tions for Using the Courses of Study, with a revised time allotment, has been furnished the teachers. The daily plan books used for some years have been discontinued and new ones made especially for the Fairhaven-Mattapoisett schools were adopted. Experimentation with a new system of primary reading is being made in one first grade room. READING It is a truism to say that the most important subject taught in our schools is reading. Every person who thinks believes this. Not only is poor reading, which is really an inability to get thought from the printed page, a fundamental cause of many failures in school work, but it is also a handicap to success of any kind. Gist says, “Successful popular gov- ernment is based upon uniform ability to read intelligently, and the development of a high type of citizenship is, in turn, based upon intellectual self-reliance and a love of good reading. ,, In recent years the teaching of reading has undergone great changes. Some of these are manifest in the work being done in Fairhaven schools. There has on the whole been marked improvement. Phonics are better taught pupils ; have grown self-reliant and skillful in ability to pronounce new words; there is much more fluency than in the past, and expression is better. Silent reading has been introduced and progress has been made in this direction. The School Department has mimeographed or purchased seatwork devices, furnished silent reading texts, provided suggestive hand books, and, in short, has tried to stimulate interest and give definite suggestions for improvement. : 18 Oral reading has its practical values. In schools it tests for the teachers the child’s ability to pronounce words correctly and trains in posture and poise. It furnishes also a means of checking the pupils attitude and ability. Silent reading seeks chiefly to cultivate the ability to get thought from written language. In primary classes in particular, methods have been developed to train the child from the beginning to look for ideas, not merely for words. To do this successfully the subject is approached very differently than by former methods. The results of silent reading tests given in Fairhaven show that our children are making an average standard in this respect. It is, however, of fundamental importance that they do better than this. Right training will give increased ability to use books, libraries and other sources of inform- ation, and will, as a consequence, contribute materially to success both in the school and in life. It is extremely desir- able to reach a higher standard in this subject than we have yet attained. To do this makes desirable a change in our system of teaching primary reading. Such a change cannot be made wisely if made hastily, and it is for this reason that the experimentation mentioned above is being made. MUSIC The work in instrumental music has been maintained on the same high level during the year as in the past. Hard times are undoubtedly responsible for the fact that not quite so many new instruments have been purchased. There are at this time the following instrumental organizations in our schools Fairhaven School Band — Forty pieces Fairhaven High School Orchestra — Forty-two pieces Junior Symphony Orchestra — Forty pieces Elementary School Second Orchestra — Over one hundred pieces 19 There is, also, a building orchestra in each of the follow- ing schools: Rogers, Job C. Tripp, Edmund Anthony, Jr., Oxford and East Fairhaven. There are few towns of our size that have so large a num- ber of young people active in this direction. The recent Music Festival revealed that we have quality as well as quantity. The very skillful rendition of difficult classical music by the Junior Symphony surprised not only fond parents and in- terested citizens but, also, critical listeners belonging to neither of these groups. Vocal music continues to be well taught and is making progress. The singing of a large chorus in connection with the Tercentenary pageant, and that also at the music festival by a mixed chorus was as outstanding in quality as the or- chestral selections. Complete training in music includes not only training to perform, but also to listen. The latter is increasingly desir- able because of the musical programs made available by radio. It is unfortunate that the demand for a course in music appreciation at the high school was not sufficient to warrant its continuance. THE PAGEANT The tercentenary of the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony was celebrated this year throughout the state. Many cities and towns appropriated money for the purpose. In Fairhaven no special funds were provided but the schools through the cooperation of teachers, pupils, and parents pre- sented a pageant in June which commemorated the event in a very effective way. The expenses in connection with its production—approximately seven hundred dollars—were met by requiring a small admission fee of those for whom seats could be provided. There were over five thousand people in attendance. 20 The production of this pageant involved much more than merely preparation for an ordinary school entertainment. It placed upon the special committee in charge, appointed by the Superintendent of Schools, the necessity of giving many hours of labor outside of school hours, and of carrying for several weeks a heavy burden of responsibility; it required the self-sacrificing cooperation of every teacher whose pupils had a part in the celebration. Parents contributed most generously toward the costuming. The program carried out on the occasion will be found at the close of this report. The committee in charge were : George C. Dickey, Chair- man, Anna B. Trowbridge, Anna Salice, Inez Boynton, Linn S. Wells, Ruby R. Dodge, Mary E. Heald, Marion L. Barker, Doris M. Plaisted, Robert C. Lawton, James Park- inson, Elizabeth Hastings, Mabel G. Hoyle, Lucie Reynolds, Helen K. Nicholson, Clarence W. Arey. At a town meeting held June 23rd, the following reso- lution presented by Mr. Thomas A. Tripp was adopted un- animously: “The Citizens of Fairhaven have recently wit- nessed a pageant enacted by the school children of the town, portraying the customs and activities .of the early settlers of this Commonwealth. Because of the great interest of the citizens in the schools of Fairhaven—because of the accuracy of costume—the ex- cellency of music and action—because of the ingenuity and painstaking efforts of teachers and pupils and the co-oper- ation of parents to make this pageant a conspicuous success, it is voted to make this expression of appreciation and inter- est permanent by writing it into the records of this town meeting.” 21 HIGH SCHOOL A class of eighty-five, the largest in its history, graduated in June. The present membership is 419. This year’s graduating class numbers sixty. The present size of the eighth grades, one hundred sixty-nine pupils, presages a Freshman class of at least one hundred forty-five. Allowing duly for losses in the Sophomore and Junior classes, there is every reason to expect a high school enrollment next Sep- tember of at least 475 pupils. The “addition to the high school” will be needed. Sixteen, or nearly twenty percent of the graduating class, an unusually large proportion, entered colleges this Septem- ber. With one exception, entrance was by certification. The colleges attended were: Bowdoin 1, Brown 3, Sim- mons 1, Wheaton 1, Bates 1, Massachusetts Agricultural College 2, Rhode Island State College 1, University of Ver- mont 1, University of Michigan 1, University of Alabama 1, Elmira College 1, Maryland State Teachers’ College 1, Syracuse University 1. So far as is known these students are doing well. The problem of college preparation in the smaller high schools has been discussed at length in previous reports. It is not peculiarly that of our high school, but assumes serious proportions in every school of our size and, also, in a lesser degree, in larger schools as well. In the large city schools the problem is more easily solved. Classes can be organized composed exclusively of those who are planning college work. Very specialized preparation can be given. In Fair- haven High, on the contrary, each class is a mixture of college-preparatory and non college-preparatory pupils, with the latter usually in the majority. To try to instruct such a class so as to make it most efficient for college preparation is to present subject matter and use methods that are not advantageous to the class as a whole. 22 Not more than twenty percent of the high school member- ship plans college entrance. The present requirements for college admission are extremely exacting. Only pupils who are academically inclined, who are of the distinctly studious group, can be adequately prepared for college by any instruc- tion or by any methods. Admission may sometimes be secured through the use of high-pressure methods of prepara- tion for the college entrance board examinations by a type of mentality not really interested in or prepared to do college work. But experience has proven that this kind of prepara- tion does not by any means insure success. The mortality of freshman classes is high. Out of 972 admitted to a well- known college, 205 withdrew before completing the fresh- man year. In another college where approximately sixty percent of the students were fitted in private preparatory schools, 85 out of 205 freshmen left. It is evident that everyone who can get into college cannot stay there. It is not safe to assume that the school most successful in pre- paring pupils to take the college entrance examinations is the best type of school, or that individual teachers most successful in this direction are the best teachers for a public high school. Eighty percent of the pupils, as stated before, are non college-preparatory. It is not a justifiable use of the taxpayers’ money to permit the policy of the school or of the teacher to be so narrow in the direction of college preparation as to discourage the many boys and girls who are sent to high school in order to receive better preparation for life. Fairhaven High has been successful in a higher degree than the average school of its size in preparing for college, but this is not its chief purpose. Opportunity to prepare is there. The large number of graduates already in college attests this. With the opening of the new building and the capacity to use more effectively the present teaching staff, with the addition of enough teachers to make the divisions smaller, and by special provisions which will increase effici- 23 ency, the opportunity to prepare will be even better in the future than in the past. It needs to be repeated, however, that it is merely an opportunity that is offered. The school of itself cannot do the work. It can safely guarantee that a pupil of average ability and of the mental type necessary for college work, who is willing to pay the price necessary to make the grade, will receive a preparation which will enable admission under the certification plan to some good college. The price includes a willingness to study not less than three hours everyday outside of school. It is under- stood, of course, that teachers are powerless to enforce this requirement. The pupil must do it voluntarily or be driven to it by his parents. If the latter is necessary it will indicate that the pupil is not likely to succeed in college work. As to the ability of the school to prepare pupils to take successfully the college entrance board examinations, no promise can be made. These are evasive and slippery things. Even a student of marked ability and earnestness of applica- tion may fail after the school has done its utmost. The private college-preparatory school with its single purpose, its small classes, its individual instruction, and its relatively highly paid teachers, can probably place a larger proportion of its students through this method of entrance than can any small high school. It is well to remember, however, that the records of colleges show that, considering the whole college career, high-school-prepared students show a better scholastic average. “They may fall a little short in their- knowledge of subject matter, but are superior in re- sourcefulness and individual responsibility/’ ATHLETICS The success of the high school has continued. The basketball team was fair, the baseball team good, and the track and football teams superior. : 24 The most gratifying phase of our athletics is that there are so many students who take part in them. Through intra- mural contests there is practically a one hundred percent participation of the boys. This causes physical education in the high school to serve its purpose. If winning teams were made the chief objectives, there would be little reason for expending the taxpayers’ money in this direction. The following from the 1929 report of the Superintendent of Schools of Concord, Massachusetts, expresses quite closely my feeling in regard to the present status of athletics in Fairhaven “The season has been successful not alone in winning a .large part of the games but also in training for sportsman- ship and character. While these boys have been given much instruction in the “finer points” of these games, they have also been held up to a high standard of conduct. No in- structor can do so much toward character training as he who coaches athletic teams. The subject is intensely interesting to the student, the methods are direct and exciting, and the results when the instruction is properly given are very much worthwhile. There has been developed along with good athletes a high standard of sportsmanship and conduct.” FAIRHAVEN HIGH SCHOOL HONOR SOCIETY The annual meeting of the Fairhaven High School Honor Society, Chapter 573 of the National Honor Society of Secondary Schools, was held in the high school auditorium on March 25. This was the fourth initiation and was attended by the members of the school and a large number of parents and friends. Membership in this society is earned by students who lead in scholarship, service to the school, and are of high char- acter. This is stated in the constitution, the purpose of the 25 society being to stimulate in the student body in the Fair- haven High School four virtues : scholarship, leadership, character and service. At the close of the initiation Superintendent of Schools Charles F. Prior issued a charge to the newly elected mem- bers. They were as follows: Junior Class, Craig Spangen- berg, College Preparatory course, Susanne Gidley, College Preparatory course, Veronica Moss, Normal course, Antone Giante, College Preparatory course, Wesley Small, College Preparatory course, Dorothy Stowell, Commercial course, Marion Busby, College Preparatory course. Senior Class, Kenneth Campbell, College Preparatory course, Edna Fuller, Commercial course, Donald Tobin, College Preparatory course. On June 9 the annual installation of officers of the honor society was held at the high school. The following officers were chosen : Craig Spangenberg, president, Susanne Gidley, vice-president, Veronica Moss, secretary, Antone Giante, treasurer. These officers are not elected but are chosen because of their standing in scholarship points earned during their first two years in high school. The pupil having the highest number is elected president, the one next in number, vice-president, the one next in number, secretary, and the one next in number, treasurer. HEALTH The reports of the School Nurse and the Dental Clinic follow. SCHOOL NURSE The elementary schools are visited on regular days each week. The high school is visited when a request for a nurse is made. 26 Physical charts are kept for each child with records of tonsils, adenoids, weights, teeth, childs’ physical condition and follow-up visits. These cards are kept in the first six grades. The weighing of pupils has been attended to in all of the schools. Milk or chocolate milk has been given to underweight children, and also sold to any school child. Milk is sold for sixteen cents, and chocolate milk for twenty cents per week. The State Clinic for retarded children is a problem that has been greatly aided by the parents’ cooperation in answer- ing the many questions necessary to fill out the charts. Thirty- five children were examined this year in November by the Taunton Traveling Clinic. In November a great many children were in need of shoes and underclothing in order to remain in school. Through the Benevolent Association, Oxford Chapel and friends we have kept all children in school. SUMMARY Number of school room visits • 1472 Number of follow-up visits 208 Number of office calls 93 Number of cases referred to School Physician 17 Number of pupils weighed 1685 Number of pupils reported to truant officer 14 Number of cases reported to Chief Francis 3 Number of cases reported to S. P. C. C. 13 Number of pupils examined by Taunton Traveling Clinic 35 Number of high school visits 23 Number of high school follow-up visits 6 Number of office calls 0 : 27 DENTAL CLINIC Work done from January 1, to December 11, 1930. Number of fillings 211 Number of extractions 24 Number of cleanings 72 Number of treatments 18 Number of examinations 12 Number of preparations 2 Number of lancing 1 Examinations of the teeth of all children was made in the early fall. The Clinic is open each Tuesday and Thursday from 9 :00 A. M. to 12 :00 M. Dr. A. McKenna is in charge, assistant Mrs. Winslow. Respectfully submitted, LENA P. HOWLAND, R. N., School Nurse. THE JULIA A. SEARS PRIZE ESSAY FUND In 1925 Miss Julia A. Sears created a prize fund known as the Amanda F. Sears Fund in memory of her sister who was an eighth grade .teacher at the Rogers School. The in- come of this fund is used to stimulate interest in English in the eighth grade. Under the terms of her will Miss Sears has made provision of another fund to be used in the high school for a similar purpose. The conditions of her bequest are as follows “To the Fairhaven High School the sum of one thousand ($1000) dollars to be known as the Julia A. Sears Prize Essay Fund. The income of this fund is to be given annually to the writer of the 28 best essay on some subject connected with the class work of the year, sports excepted, and only mem- bers of the senior class to compete. The subject of the essay is to be selected by the Prinicpal, the Superintendent of Schools and the teacher of the subject chosen, who are also to act as judges. The fund established under this clause is to be under the control and management of the School Committee of the Town of Fairhaven.” The School Committee has accepted the above conditions and has deposited the principal in the Fairhaven Institution for Savings. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS OF INTEREST For the purpose of promoting appreciation of music, a Glee Club has been instituted at the Oxford School. A similar organization has existed at the Rogers School for several years, and is at present doing excellent work. The daily program of the Special Qass at the Oxford School consists of two and one quarter hours of academic work, almost wholly individual in plan, and two hours of manual training. The latter includes wood-working, clay modeling, weaving and sewing. If one doubts the wisdom of the legal provision that children three years retarded in their grades shall be placed in a Special Class, let him visit this class at Oxford. An exhibition of the manual training work done here will be held in the near future. In connection with the study of Current Events, a maga- zine library has been started by the teachers and pupils of the Rogers School. Such magazines as Current History, World’s Work. Asia, Nature, Popular Science, and the Atlantic Monthly are made available. 29 The amount of money banked by pupils of the various schools is, as naturally expected, less than usual this year. The teaching of thrift by this means is, however, just as effective. On the day before Thanksgiving, voluntary contributions from the pupils of each school and gifts of money by teachers and citizens, rendered it possible to send out from the different schools over fifty baskets, each containing a dinner for a needy family. A phase of the eighth grade English work is the training given to enable profitable use of the library. The staff of the Millicent Library furnishes an excellent course of study and gives some of the instruction at the library. After the English teachers have completed the instruction at the school, a test is given by the library staff. This work has increased in efficiency in recent years, and has been more satisfactory this year than ever before. SCHOOL COSTS It is the policy of the Superintendent of Schools to keep the School Committee and the community informed in re- gard to the relative cost of schools in Fairhaven. The fol- lowing figures from the Annual Report of the State Depart- ment of Education for the year ending November 30, 1930 enable comparison of the cost of schools in Fairhaven with that of towns of approximately the same size, and with that of the State as a whole. >, 30 SCHOOL EXPENDITURES 75th dnoao ui uaABqaiB^ jo quT?a o uopextf j, iboot Ovl r-H 3 raoa^j Is! oo 8 >n jsoo BjidBO ja«j oo- & W dnoao ui "Zj > nOABqjiB.i LO o jo quBa r-H o 00 o onuoAO'a; On in Th sooanos rd £ jo ny On 8 00 o ‘JSOO BJldBO JOtJ oo- h-H H jz 4-4 < dnoao ui NO uoABqJiB.g; in D jo quBH O rj- r-H Oh uoijbbiba jo m 00 in JOU ON 00 On 000‘l$ p •4— dnoao ui 00 O UOABqJIB^ in £ jo quBH £ eg • rt- 00 O Iidnj 00 00 & H J9d[ oo" o' in UOIJBUXBA oo- -H oo rt bo - i-t rt 'ow: < < > O p a 3 To the citizen who pays taxes to support schools simply because the law compels him to do so, who sees little con- nection between the quality of schools maintained and the : :— 31 future of his community, state or nation, or who has little knowledge of the changes the process of education is under- going in order that it may better meet the needs of society, no argument for the expenditure of money is convincing. Even to the citizen who is interested in schools, and wishes his children to have the best there is in education, and who believes sincerely that the future of our republic depends upon efficiency in education, it is difficult to make any state- ment in regard to school costs that is absolutely conclusive. There are very many angles from which the question may be viewed. The following by the Massachusetts Department of Education is at least worthy of consideration “We are told by some that the people of Massachusetts are spending too much for their schools. Is this true? We have in mind a man, the head of a family. This man had rendered to him a number of annual bills. One bill was for the family automobile. Its cost, including all items depreciation, operation and repairs—was $480 for the year. Another sizeable bill came in for luxuries which he and the members of the family had consumed. The principle items covered were candy, ice cream and similar confections, theatres, and tobacco. The bill for these luxuries came to $310. This man, we will agree, was pretty well off. He was able to purchase $480 worth of automobile transportation. He and his wife and children were able to enjoy the luxuries of life to the tune of $310 a year. How much should such a citizen be willing to pay for the schooling of his children? If he expended $80 a year for this purpose would he be giving education too high a place in his scale of values? Answer this question as you will. The man described above is really the State of Massachusetts. If you will take the preceding figures and add six zeros to them you will have what Massachusetts pays for three items of expenditures Passenger automobiles $480,000,000 Certain luxuries 310,000,000 Public education 80,000,000 : 32 It is true that many families are not as well off as the one described above. Not all families are able to spend $480 for automobiles, or $310 for luxuries. But neither do most families pay nearly as much as $80 a year for the schooling of their children. Speaking in averages, if a family spends less for the first two items, it spends proportionately less for education. It is the proportion which counts, not the actual amounts spent. Assume any kind of a family you wish. Take the figures given above and make your own divisions. You will find that, on the average, every time Massachusetts spends a dollar for schools the people of the State spend $6.00 for passenger automobiles, and $3.88 for a few of our luxuries. What do you think about it? Does the cost of schools indi- cate that Massachusetts places education too high in the scale of values?” CONCLUSION The money expended by a community for its schools is not the only factor in their success. There is also a spiritual factor, the nature of which is well illustrated in the follow- ing quotation from “Parent, Teacher and School” by Moore “The man who makes all the money that he can for his family to spend, but who gives little of his presence and per- sonal association to his wife, his sons, and his daughters, is also a good family supporter so far as money is concerned, but his wife and his children need his personal touch, his sympathetic voice, his kindly smile. In like manner, the schools, which are nothing but sons and daughters collected in another place than home, need more from father and mother than merely support at the polls. They need the moral support that the father can give. They need his fre- quent personal presence in the school and his intimate ac- quaintance with what is going on there.” Respectfully submitted, CHARLES F. PRIOR, Superintendent of Schools. : ; — : ! 33 TERCENTENARY CELEBRATION FAIRHAVEN, MASSACHUSETTS June 12, 1930 PROGRAM PART I. Prologue They tell me, Liberty, that in thy name I may not plead for all the human race That some are born to bondage and disgrace, Some to a heritage of woe and shame, And some to power supreme, and glorious fame With my whole soul I spurn the doctrine base, And, as an equal brotherhood, embrace All people, and for all fair freedom claim! Know this, O man ! whate’er thy earthly fate God never made a tyrant nor a slave Woe, then, to those who dare to desecrate His glorious image!—for to all He gave Eternal rights, which none may violate; And, by a mighty hand, the oppressed He yet shall save —Garrison. Prelude Battle Hymn of the Republic A. Scenes from Life of Puritans Episode I. Scene 1. Puritan Punishments America’s first criminal code was incredibly severe. Of its twenty-one offences, fifteen carried the death penalty, in many cases for the first offence. These transgressions in- 34 eluded swearing, robbery, deriding God’s word, robbing gardens, slander and other offences which to us seem trivial. Laws like this were strictly enforced. At least one man in Virginia was chained to a tree and left to starve to death for murder. Others were shot, hanged or broken on the wheel. For the punishment of minor offences, the Puritans re- sorted to the whipping post, the Pillory, the ducking stool, the scarlet letter, the stocks. The publicity of these punishments caused more suffering than the physical discomforts. Scene II. A Puritan Church Service Stern and harsh were our Puritan Fathers,—stern, harsh, and very religious, Sacred to them was the Sabbath Day lasting from Saturday’s to Sunday’s sunset. They truly remembered the Sabbath Day to keep it holy. In it they did no work neither they nor their man servants nor their maid servants nor the stranger that was within their gates. To them the two hour’s sermon and the hour and one- half prayer were intellectual and spiritual meat and drink. The harsh doctrines of Preordination and Infant Damna- tion as preached by their great divines were fitting and pro- per, and woe to the minister who was not well founded in the doctrine. Episode II. Witchcraft Trial Scene 1. Outside the Meeting House The Town Crier, preceded by the drummer, always called the people together to listen to the accusations of the day and bid the townsfolk to the trials. Episode II. Witchcraft Trial Scene 2. The Trial The trials were held in the Meeting House, with the min- ister presiding, and the two magistrates trying the guilty. A jury, sitting in the front pews, of the Meeting House, rend- 35 ered the verdict. Whenever possible, the Governor and his staff attended. The bewitched were driven into the Meeting House, by the sheriff and his assistant, while the Hangman followed close behind. Pursuing the prisoners came all those afflicted. Those suffering from the powers of the witches were often seen to perform most strangely. The trial then followed, the magistrates using very com- plicated questioning which tended to confuse the poor, dis- traught people accused of sorceries. Consequently, the con- demned often unknowingly admitted their guilt. The accusations ranged all the way from the witches be- ing the cause of a person’s death to their being accused of making children cry or shriek. They were often accused of making people about town sign “The Book” which contained all the teachings of the Devil, their master, who was often referred to as the “Black Man.” Even tho the number executed was a tremendous blot on our early history, quantities of poor, unfortunate people, who were brought to trial, were made to confess that they were witches and therefore escaped death. Episode III. A Group of Early Settlers Coming to Fair- haven. Travel in the early days was mostly on foot. There were a few, however, who could afford horses and ox carts. Scene 1. The Settlers on the Journey Scene 2. The Settlers and the Indians Scene 3. The Arrival in Fairhaven PART II. SCENES FROM FAIRHAVEN HISTORY Episode 1. Purchase of Fairhaven from Indians by John Cooke Thirty-two settlers from Plymouth Colony led by John Cooke, undertook a journey to this section of the state in 1652, and purchased land later settled as Fairhaven, from 36 Massasoit, chief of the Wampanoag Indians, in exchange for certain commodities. Thanks was offered to God by the set- tlers at the close of the transaction. Episode II. Relation between the Indians and settlers of Fairhaven Scene 1. An interpretive Indian dance led by the Medicine Man. Through this dance, an appeal is made to the Great Spirit by the Indians because of the illness of Wamsutta, their chief, who had succeeded to leadership at the death of his father, Massasoit. Scene 2. King Philip’s War At the death of Wamsutta, Philip, his brother, who had become chief, was aroused to wrath, believing that Wamsutta had died at the hands of the white colonists. In a frenzy of rage, he attacked the white settlement, causing many to flee to the block house at Cook’s Garrison. Several unfortunate Fairhaven settlers, including members of the Pope and Mitchell families, were overtaken in their flight, and lost their lives at the hands of the savage natives. Episode III. Fairhaven Singing School These institutions were organized as a means of entertain- ment and instruction during colonial times. Episode IV. Scenes from Social Life of Fairhaven Characteristic games and dances 1. Quilting party with childhood games and the dance —“Pop Goes the Weasel”. (Games are: “Bung the Bucket”, “Bellie-Manty” and “Cat I’ the Hole”) 2. Husking Bee with Country Dance 3. Minuet 4. Sailors’ Hornpipe 5. Maypole Dance Present Corps of Teachers 1930 - 1931 HIGH SCHOOL George C. Dickey Worcester Polytechnic Institute Harvard Walter D. Wood Clark University James M. Parkinson Boston Sloyd Normal Art School Robert C. Lawton Northeastern University Helene M. Ernst Radcliffe College Margaret Siebert Jackson College Clark University Lena J. Russell Bay Path Institute Eunice E. Strong Oread Institute Teachers’ College Columbia University Florence Griswold Plymouth Business School Marion L. Barker Wheaton College Ruby R. Dodge Smith College Susan B. Gifford New Bedford Normal University of Grenoble Mary Heald Jackson College Elva Cheney Wheaton College Phyllis A. Applin Tufts College Doris M. Plaisted Keene Teachers’ College Marie R. Wentzell Salem Normal Margaret Sullivan Boston University Mildred F. Bryant Sec. to Principal Fairhaven High 38 ROGERS SCHOOL Coburn W. Tripp Farmington, Maine, Normal School Boston University Harvard Summer School George L. Kane Bridgewater Normal Elizabeth Hastings Smith College Dorothy R. Meriam Salem Normal A. Janet Danskin Salem Normal Rena E. Safford Farmington Normal Mabel G. Hoyle Tufts College Lucie E. Reynolds Fitchburg Normal Rose Caton Hyannis Normal Doris W. Dreher Bridgewater Normal Marie L. Sullivan Hyannis Normal Florence Washburn Bridgewater Normal WASHINGTON ST. SCHOOL Mary A. S. Sale Framingham Normal Mildred R. Hall Lyndon Centre Normal Mary S. Fletcher Salem Normal Hazel M. Lovering Framingham Normal Thelma V. Kalloch Aroostook State Normal Gertrude E. Janowsky Keene State Normal Helen L. Newton Bridgewater Normal Louise C. Johnson New Bedford Training School JOB C TRIPP SCHOOL Mildred E. Webb Bridgewater Normal Gertrude A. Corey Bridgewater Normal Marion L. Ryder Bridgewater Normal Mildred Borden Hyannis Normal Julia Milutis Bridgewater Normal Dorothea Bruce Bridgewater Normal Helen K. Nicholson Bridgewater Normal 39 EDMUND ANTHONY, JR., SCHOOL Elizabeth Graham Boston Normal Framingham Normal Dorothy Fuller Bridgewater Normal Evelyn E. Smith Gorham Normal Caroline R. Gilmore Bridgewater Normal Genevieve Slade Bridgewater Normal Edith A. McNamara Framingham Normal Alyce Keyes Hyannis Normal Alice King Bridgewater Normal Helena L. Stanley Bridgewater Normal OXFORD SCHOOL Margaret McGuire Framingham Normal Mary Katkin Portsmouth Training School Anna P. Malone Fitchburg Normal Katherine Goggin Bridgewater Normal Elsie A. Perry Bridgewater Normal Eva M. Riley Bridgewater Normal Mildred Harris Bridgewater Normal Elizabeth Davis Castine, (Me.) Normal Regina Morrissey Hyannis Normal Susan G. Livesey Bridgewater Normal Ann O’D. Brow Bridgewater Normal EAST FAIRHAVEN SCHOOL Clarence E. MaGuire Boston University Mary Halloran Bridgewr ater Normal Edna Blankinship Bridgewater Normal Mary E. Foley Bridgewater Normal Zelma Nichols Keene Normal SUPERVISORS Anna B. Trowbridge Music Clarence W. Arey Instrumental Music Anna M. Salice Art Anna E. Simmons Physical Education Linn W. Wells Physical Education Edith D. Faunce Sewing Charles H. Johnson, Jr. Teacher of Manual Training 40 Jn HJtftttDriait MYRA D. CROWELL Served as Principal of the Oxford School Thirty Years 41 AGE AND GRADE TABLE AS OF OCTOBER 1, 1930. Age Totals Spec. 1 I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII P.G. Class 5 173 173 6 69 105 174 7 31 99 84 214 8 3 36 83 75 7 204 1 6 13 82 75 l 178 9 || 10 7 11 33 71 63 4 189 | 11 5 9 65 71 1 36 186 12 1 2 15 35 76 39 3 171 13 1 1 8 12 51 81 30 2 186 14 1 6 10 23 31 58 1 25 ii 155 15 15 5 12 15 25 72 17 1 162 16 5 1 14 31 33 11 1 96 17 4 8 15 28 55 18 1 5 11 3 20 19 1 1 2 20 2 1 3 21 1 1 2 277 253 198 203 262 202 202 167 135 141 71 54 5 2170 6i4 TABULATED GRADES, TEACHERS, ATTENDANCE, ETC. School Year — September, 1929 to June, 1930. of Total Enrolment Tardiness Attendance Attendance SCHOOL Grades TEACHERS Average Membership Average Percent Zelma Nichols 33 26.1 23.9 91.4 95 East Fairhaven 1 1 32 24.9 23.4 94.1 East Fairhaven 2 Mary E. Foley ; 39 44 36.2 34.5 95.1 62 East Fairhaven 3 — Edna Blankinship | 34.3 32.7 95.1 East Fairhaven 4—5 Mary Halloran 43 ] 97 East Fairhaven 6 Albert R. Clish 16 13.8 13.2 95.5 40 Rogers 5 Dorothy R. Meriam 36 33.8 32.7 96.8 16 Rogers 5 Marie L. Sullivan 34 30.7 29.1 94.8 27 Rogers 6 Nellie B. Ames 36 32.9 31.8 1 96.4 35 Rogers 6 Theresa F. Coulombe 34 29.1 27.9 95.8 35 7 Lucie E. Reynolds 42 41.2 40.2 97.6 37 Rogers 7 Margaret McGuire 45 39.3 37.3 95.0 51 7 Rena E. Safford 43 38.6 36.8 95.4 28 Rogers 8 Mabel G. Hoyle 34 32.6 31.7 97.1 44 Rogers 8 Elizabeth Hastings 34 32.7 31.2 95.8 57 Rogers 8 A. Janet Danskin 35 31.7 30.8 97.7 25 Rogers 8 John D. Connell 33 28.6 27.8 97.3 21 Washington St. 1 Mary A. S. Sale 34 31.7 30.3 95.4 25 Washington St. 1 Mildred R. Hall 35 32.0 28.9 90.2 32 Washington St. 2 Hazel M. Lovering 35 32.7 30.4 92.8 27 Washington St. 2 Mary S. Fletcher 35 32.3 30.6 94.9 20 Washington St. 3 Thelma V. Kalloch 35 32.3 30. S 95.5 29 Washington St. 3 Gertrude E. Janowsky 34 31.1 29.5 94.7 33 Washington St. 4 Louise C. Johnson 26 24.8 24.0 96.1 8 Washington St. 4 Helen F. Newton 26 25.7 25.1 97.7 7 1 Job C. Tripp Mildred E. Webb 45 39 2 38.1 97.0 21 2 Job C. Tripp Gertrude A. Corey 33 2^5 27.9 94.8 15 3 Job C. Tripp Marion Ryder 36 34.0 32.9 96.9 30 4 Job C. Tripp Helen R. Porter 43 40.6 39.0 96.1 29 5 Job C. Tripp Julia Milutis 43 40.3 38.7 96.0 38 6 Job C. Tripp Mildred Borden 30 25.6 24.6 96.1 19 7 Job C. Tripp Helen K. Nicholson 31 29.6 29.0 97.9 23 1 Edmund Anthony, Jr. Dorothy Fuller 32 31.0 29.2 1 93.9 28 Jr. 2 E. Smith 29 26.0 24.9 95.9 Edmund Anthony, Evelyn I 8 Jr. 3 Gilmore Edmund Anthony, Caroline R. 40 27.3 25.8 1 94.3 8 Jr. 4 Genevieve. Slade 43 38.5 36.6 95.1 7 Edmund Anthony, | Jr. 5 A. McNamara 39.5 37.2 94.3 Edmund Anthony, Edith 42 1 14 Jr. 5— Alyce F. Keyes 36.5 35.3 96.7 0 Edmund Anthony, 45 | Jr. 6 L. Stanley 30.2 83.1 1 Edmund Anthony, Helena 37 36.3 1 Jr. 7 Alice F. King 30.2 29.0 96.2 8 Edmund Anthony, 33 I 1 Oxford Anna P. Malone 39 35.8 33.2 1 92.7 4 1 Katkin 32.7 93.0 Oxford Mary 42 35.2 1 3 Oxford 2 Katherine Goggin 40 36.0 34.0 94.0 6 Oxford 2 Elsie A. Perry 40 35.3 33.5 94.2 4 3 Eva M. Riley 35 34.3 32.6 94.8 7 Oxford 3 Oxford — Mildred J. Harris 45 37.9 36.4 96.0 17 Oxford 4 Elizabeth Davis 47 41.5 39.2 94.5 20 Oxford 5 Edith Kendrick 43 3S.6 36.6 94.7 4 Oxford 6 Susan G. Livesey 41 36.9 36.0 97.5 1 Oxford Special Ann O’D. Brow 24 15.0 14.5 97.2 28 George C. Dickey 421 399.3 384.4 96.2 899 High | 1906.1 95.3 2162 1999.0 | 2213 | | | Totals Elementary School Expenditures (Itemized) SUPERINTENDENT Charles F. Prior $3,950.00 CLERK Marion E. Roos $ 502.50 Helen M. Bryant 418.00 $ 920.50 TRUANT OFFICER Charles H. Lawton $ 175.00 Joseph Silva 32.00 Walter G. Spencer 16.50 $ 223.50 SCHOOL CENSUS Charles H. Lawton N $ 41.66 Walter R. Spencer 41.66 Madge K. Sutcliffe 41.66 $ 124.98 44 OFFICE EXPENSE New England Tel. & Tel. Co. $ 10.10 Kenney Bros. & Wolkins 11.50 Edward E. Babb & Co. 45.88 Fairhaven Star 88.75 Keystone Office Appliance Co. 14.10 Amberg File & Index Co. 2.07 F. S. Brightman Co. 7.50 J. L. Hammett Co. 3.75 F. S. Webster Co. 6.30 Remington Rand Business Service Co. 2.70 Wright & Potter Printing Co. 6.10 Charles N. Smart 19.14 The Office Appliance Co. 22.50 $ 240.39 TEXT BOOKS American Book Company $ 278.78 Macmillan Company 213.43 Edward E. Babb & Company 338.08 Public School Publishing Co. 225.96 Ginn & Company 147.39 D. Appleton & Co. 36.98 Beckley-Cardy Co. 98.83 H. W. Wilson Co. 1.60 Arlo Publishing Co. 21.48 Bruce Publishing Co. 6.21 Board of Education, St. Cloud, Minnesota 10.50 Rand McNally & Co. 59.71 Charles Scribner’s Sons 29.16 A. S. Barnes & Co. 7.19 Clark University 1.00 “The Boston Way” 1.60 Benjamin H. Sanborn Co. 46.91 45 Doubleday, Doran & Co. 26.52 Houghton Mifflin Co. 45.01 D. C. Heath & Co. 92.28 J. B. Lippincott Co. 81.10 Silver, Burdett & Co. 40.27 Teachers’ College 3.00 A. Flanagan Co. 1.12 Little, Brown Co. 25.14 Standard Book Co. 11.13 World Book Co. 1.43 Wheeler Publishing Co. 12.00 Lyons & Carnahan 17.79 American Education Press 34.29 Iroquois Publishing Co. 97.39 J. L. Hammett Co. 4.13 G. & C. Meriam Co. 48.00 Scott, Foresman & Co. 110.73 Milton Bradley Co. .41 F. A. Owen Publishing Co. 4.00 Journal of Education 3.00 John C. Winston Co. 86.32 New England Publishing Co. 18.00 Row, Peterson Co. 1.82 Laurel Book Co. 11.99 Hall & McCreary Co. 38.10 Charles E. Merrill Co. 24.16 The Century Co. 15.66 $2,379.60 SUPPLIES Edward E. Babb & Co. $1,767.25 Emile Bernat & Sons Co. 12.43 C. E. Doner 15.50 J. L. Hammett Co. 1,162.55 Home Study Dept., Clark University 30.00 46 F. S. Brightman 8.95 Webster Publishing Co. 10874 Laidlaw Bros. 8.21 Browne Pharmacy 20.59 Steiger Dudgeon Co. 18.99 Ludwig Music Publishing Co. 21.20 The Office Appliance Co. 26.35 Ryan & Buker, Inc. 17.26 World Book Co. 6.93 Harry Houston .15 J. B. Lippincott Co. 43.42 Reed Mfg. Co. 6.00 John M. Ruth Co. 10.43 Russell Sage Foundation .50 Keystone Office Appliance Co. 2.50 Iroquois Publishing Co. 5.70 Reasearch Service Co. 57.00 New Bedford Dry Goods Co. 2.60 Olympia Music Studio 14.50 A. W. Faber, Inc. 7.06 Dowling School Supply Co. 57.11 Hodges Badge Co. 8.50 DeWolf & Vincent 11.77 H. H. Hutchinson 8.50 Keystone View Co. 120.91 John C. Winston Co. 1.10 Bostitch Sales Co. 2.12 Public School Publishing Co. 50.85 Eugene Dietzgen Co. 97.21 Winnetka Individual Materials, Inc. 15.63 The Multistamp Co. 16.59 Remington Rand Business Service 17.63 Miller & Lord 12.50 Milton Bradley Co. 220.80 Journal of Education 3.00 Government Printing Office 3.00 Wheeler Publishing Co. 63.21 47 Bastian Bros. 43.97 Walter Jacobs, Inc. 23.10 A. E. Coffin Press 6.50 Carl Fischer, Inc. 5.58 Allyn & Bacon .83 Fuller Regalia & Costume Co. 12.14 Kennedy & Kirwin 1.35 Fairhaven Star 30.50 $4,209.21 TEACHERS Coburn W. Tripp $2,311.50 John D. Connell 892.50 George L. Kane 538.35 Margaret McGuire 1,493.85 Elizabeth Hastings 1,564.65 A. Janet Danskin 1,140.75 Rena Safford 1,346.90 Mabel G. Hoyle 1,410.65 Lucie E. Reynolds 1,476.90 Theresa Coulombe 737.50 Marie L. Sullivan 1,170.75 Rose Caton 519.15 Florence Washburn 384.60 Dorothy R. Meriam 988.90 Doris W. Dreher 519.15 Mary A. S. Sale 1,575.30 Mildred Hall 1,308.90 Hazel M. Lovering 1,308.90 Mary S. Fletcher 1,329.15 Thelma Kalloch 722.25 Gertrude E. Janowsky 1,329.15 Helen L. Newton 1,329.15 48 Louise C. Johnson 1 , 329.15 Miriam Davidow 379.47 Albert R. Clish 900.00 Clarence E. MaGuire 538.35 Mary Halloran 1 , 140.75 Edna Blankinship 1 329.15 . Mary Foley 1 042.20 , Zelma Nichols 1 . 269.15 Elizabeth Graham 2 204.55 , Helen K. Nicholson 1 , 575.30 Borden 1 329.15 Mildred . Julia Milutis 1 , 137.54 Helen R. Porter 750.00 Marion Ryder 1 , 140.75 Gertrude Corey 1 , 129.09 Mildred Webb 1 329.15 , Dorothea Bruce 519.15 1 Helena L. Stanley . 416.90 Alice F. King 1 101.34 . 1 Alyce Keyes ,042.20 Edith McNamara 1 308.73 , Genevieve Slade 1 , 329.15 1 Caroline R. Gilmore , 329.15 Smith 1 140.75 Evelyn E. . Dorothy Fuller 1 , 329.15 Susan G. Livesey 1 .661.90 Edith Kendrick 816.00 1 Elizabeth Davis . 170.75 Eva Riley 1 . 329.15 Harris 1 042.20 Mildred J. , Elsie Perry 1 . 269.15 Katherine T. Goggin 1 . 299.15 Anna P. Malone 1 . 269.15 Mary T. Katkin 1 . 329.15 Ann O’D. Brow 1 378.35 . Regina Morrissey 384.60 Emily Harlow 6.00 49 Mrs. C. Kendrick 223.50 Mrs. H. B. Raymond 200.00 Mrs. Nellie B. Ames 720.00 Mrs. V. Slater 18.00 Mrs. H. T. Gidley 169.50 Mrs. Katherine Sherman 216.00 Mrs. G. B. Luther 12.00 Leslie N. Webber 55.00 Mrs. C. Lumbard 30.00 Mrs. Gertrude Young 102.00 Mrs. Pearl Wilbor 12.00 Mrs. H. H. Porter 338.00 Inez Boynton 495.00 Linn S. Wells 364.25 Charles H. Johnson, Jr. 886.05 Edith D. Faunce 689.10 Clarence W. Arey 517.30 Anna B. Trowbridge 984.60 Anna Salice 530.70 Anna Simmons 230.70 Helen K. Nicholson, noon hour 48.75. Mary A. S. Sale, noon hour 55.80 EVENING SCHOOL TEACHERS James M. Parkinson $164.00 Elizabeth Hastings 73.50 Ann O’D. Brow 66.50 $ 304.00 $74,596.97 JANITORS Charles H. Lawton $1,200.00 Willard L. Hoxie 1,051.83 Bert W. Besse 220.00 James H. Ellis 820.16 50 Thomas Barnes 1,284.00 Walter L. Holmes 1,044.00 Walter G. Spencer 1,051.83 Bert W. Besse, Night School 36.00 James H. Ellis, Night School 48.00 James H. Ellis, Band Rehearsal 5.00 $6,760.82 TRANSPORTATION Union Street Railway Co. $3,000.00 Alexander Hadfield 1,812.00 $4,812.00 FUEL City Coal Company $3,498.16 J. L. Randall 5.00 Charles James 10.00 Henry T. Howard 8.50 $3,521.66 LIGHT, WATER, JANITOR’S SUPPLIES ETC. , New Bedford Gas & Ed. Lt. Co. $ 515.10 Fairhaven Water Co. 1,258.30 Kennedy & Kirwin 86.10 New England Tel. & Tel. Co. 231.99 F. S. Brightman Co. 34.00 Reformatory for Women 22.57 Thomas Barnes .35 F. W. Fraits 2.50 Thompson Electric Co. 2.10 51 Edward E. Babb & Co. .73 H. H. Hathaway, Estate 4.40 C. F. Delano 115.22 H. K. Nye 17.04 Charles E. Lumbard 3.60 C. F. Wing 16.42 Dept, of Correction 6.85 Livesey Bros. 26.70 J. T. Sutcliffe 3.80 Day’s Electric Shop .50 Masury-Young Co. 67.19 A. C. Smith 2.50 Mass. State Prison 7.68 Kenney Bros. & Wolkins 20.42 Millicent Library 27.09 Dallman Co. 10.75 A. G. Douglas 6.00 Thompson Electric Co. 4.50 Commissioner of Public Safety 60.00 Brightman Bros. 7.00 Charles P. Thatcher .60 C. E. Beckman 2.60 Hawes Electric Co. 3.20 J. L. Hammett Co. 26.17 N. P. Hayes .70 J. I. Holcomb Mfg. Co. 5.29 William McMeehan 8.75 $2,608.71 REPAIRS G. H. T. Brown & Co. $ 18.25 Babbitt Steam Specialty Co. .30 A. C. Smith 17.53 Livesey Bros. 4.95 7 E. G. Baldwin 28.13 John M. Reilly 1,200.55 52 A. L. Bliss 40.66 Edward E. Babb & Co. 42.00 Charles H. Sisson 71.13 William H. Mudge 7.09 Rankin & Arnold 1.05 Tip-Top Roofing Co. 113.78 Frank Blossom 5.30 Slocum & Kilburn 2.45 C. F. Wing Co. 133.97 Day’s Electric Shop 48.60 William Young 76.94 John W. Ramsbottom 16.00 Charles E. Lumbard 125.04 N. B. Boiler & Machine Co. .48 F. C. Washburn 6.76 H. M. Hopwood 3.00 Osberg & Knowlton 283.71 Patrick Sullivan 66.75 James Warren 20.00 Central Lumber & Supply Co. 1.60 William H. Paige & Son 4.00 Valentine’s Machine Shop 4.25 W. G. Douglas 18.35 Hawes Electric Co. 4.35 A. T. Delano 239.95 H. H. Hathaway, Estate 12.85 H. T. Hillman 5.00 F. M. Marshall 12.00 ' • r-: ‘ $2,636.77 NEW EQUIPMENT The Multistamp Co. $35.47 Coal Carburetor Sales Co. 350.00 Babbitt Steam Specialty Co. 245.00 M. Steinert & Sons 26.35 53 Wright & Ditson 2.07 J. L. Hammett Co. 181.48 A. G. Douglas 10.00 Ryan & Buker, Inc. 92.15 Woodstock Typewriter Co. 60.00 William Acomb 15.00 Day’s Electric Shop 15.00 $1,032.52 HEALTH Lena P. Howland $1,462.50 Dr. Charles E. P. Thompson 444.50 $1,907.00 MISCELLANEOUS William H. Paige & Son $ 5.00 Walter Jacobs, Inc. 8.61 M. J. Curran Express .50 Fairhaven Star 74.75 William H. Fabio 5.00 Charles H. Lawton 18.40 Everett N. Tinkham 5.00 Fall River & New Bedford Express Co. .80 Manuel D’Amarel 39.03 Charles F. Prior 25.13 Fairhaven High Lunch Dept. 78.00 Anna Salice 9.25 Railway Express Agency 3.03 J. L. Hammett Co. 4.65 A. C. Smith .25 $ 277.40 54 SCHOOL COMMITTEE, 1930 William B. Gardner $ 25 James A. Stetson 25 Sara B. Clarke 25 888888 Ella H. Blossom 25 Orrin B. Carpenter 25 George F. Braley 25 $ 150.00 INSURANCE Goddard, Case & Borden $ 284.40 Alfred F. Nye 207.20 James Henshaw 138.60 $ 626.20 TUITION Fall River Continuation School $ 10.24 High School (Itemized Expenditures) TEACHERS George C. Dickey $3,446.10 Walter Wood 2,007.60 Helene Ernst 1,386.90 James M. Parkinson 2,116.80 Robert Lawton 1,545.30 Ruby R. Dodge 1,378.35 Elva Cheney 1,416.90 Marion L. Barker 1,545.30 Susan B. Gifford 1,378.35 Marian B. Goodwin 480.00 Margaret Siebert 1,968.90 Mary T. Heald 1,772.25 Lena J. Russell 1,968.90 Florence R. Griswold 1,476.90 Marie Wentzell 1,239.15 Eunice E. Strong 1,772.25 Doris M. Plaisted 1,476.90 Anna B. Trowbridge 418.35 Anna M. Salice 506.70 Inez Boynton 495.00 Linn S. Wells 2,056.80 Charles H. Johnson, Jr. 590.70 Abbie R. Wing 51.00 Mildred Bryant 823.00 Alice Gidley 475.00 Phyliss Applin 461.40 Anna Simmons 230.70 Margaret Sullivan 169.18 F. William Kempf 93.75 $34,748.43 56 TEXT BOOKS Allyn & Bacon $ 121.04 American Book Co. 199.67 Edward E. Babb & Co. 16.89 Brentano’s, Inc. 3.60 Mansfield Printing Co. 1.50 Macmillan Co. 191.82 Ginn & Co. 73.85 H. W. Wilson Co. 14.05 J. B. Lippincott Co. 1.69 Doubleday, Doran Co. 121.30 Marshall, Jones Co., Inc. 21.07 Benj. H. Sanborn Co. 7.80 Silver, Burdett & Co. 88.64 D. C. Heath Co. 73.13 The Bruce Publishing Co. 2.27 Lyons & Carnahan Co. 6.01 W. Hazelton Smith 4.44 R. W. Wagner 47.50 Princeton University Press 2.50 The Century Co. 16.65 Little, Brown & Co. 9.56 Manual Arts Press 2.00 Oxford Book Co. 20.59 The Palmer Co. .42 McGraw-Hill Book Co. 14.88 R. H. Hinkley 9.00 Charles Scribner’s Sons 18.36 Gregg Pub. Co. 33.39 Iroquois Pub. Co. 27.28 John C. Winston Co. 12.98 Harcourt, Brace Co. 129.28 Row, Peterson Co. 37.76 South-Western Pub. Co. 229.21 Oliver Ditson 2.44 Houghton Mifflin Co. 30.05 57 United States Daily 15.00 H. S. Hutchinson .75 G. P. Putnam’s Sons 16.28 Mrs. A. M. Tripp 21.75 Oxford University Press 2.93 $1,649.33 SUPPLIES Acushnet Saw Mills $ 35.19 The Banner Press 14.00 C. C. Birchard & Co. 7.11 B. L. Makepeace 1.04 Boosey & Co., Inc. 28.37 American Type Founders Co. 40.83 F. S. Brightman Co. 14.45 Akin Dennison Co. 1.80 Browne Pharmacy 14.47 Eugene Dietzgen 75.70 Silver, Burdett Co. 8.15 Oliver Ditson 11.00 Albert B. Drake 2.00 H. S. Hutchinson 1.45 Kee Lox Mfg. Co. 18.00 Keystone Office Appliance Co. 64.40 Knight, Allen, & Clark 57.40 N. B. Dry Goods Co. 36.36 Edward E. Babb & Co. 6.30 G. L. Claflin 79.48 Steiger Dudgeon Co. .30 Eastern Printing Co. 6.35 Fairhaven Star 48.05 W. T. Grant Co. 1.30 Kennedy & Kirwin 18.07 Webster Pub. Co. 5.87 58 Office Appliance Co. 10.50 De Vry Corp. 1.73 Wild & Stevens, Inc. 3.53 Scott, Foresman Co. 7.37 Charles N. Smart 2.07 A. E. Coffin Press 15.15 C. F. Delano 4.06 Chas. E. Gardiner Lumber Co. 169.55 DeWolf & Vincent 34.37 Gaylord Bros. 7.75 Sam Fox Pub. Co. 3.88 Singer Sewing Machine Co. 8.06 Carl Fischer, Inc. 25.63 Samuel R. Spencer 9.05 E. E. Stetson 80.00 World Book Co. .20 J. L. Hammett Co. 544.49 General Chemical Co. 4.00 Percy D. Wells 9.60 F. G. Hillman 60.57 L. E. Knott Apparatus Co. 52.64 The Arthur P. Schmidt Co. 5.58 F. C. Washburn 16.53 Gregg Pub. Co. 20.19 Central Lumber & SuppLy Co. 12.79 Rumford Supply Co. 3.09 Woman’s Institute Dom. Arts & Sciences 19.20 College Entrance Board .50 D. Van Nostrand, Inc. 1.60 Sullivan & Crocker 6.00 Remington Rand 3.83 Fuller & Barker 24.22 $1,765.17 59 JANITORS’ SALARIES H. H. Shumway $1,688.52 P. A. Howland 1,500.00 A. C. Robertson 960.00 William H. Fuller 1,492.45 James H. Ellis 25.00 $5,665.97 FUEL City Coal Company $1,256.54 Charles F. James 8.00 $1,264.54 LIGHT, WATER, JANITORS’ SUPPLIES, ETC. Fairhaven Water Co. $ 475.24 Janitors’ Supply Co. 4.90 C. B. Dolge Co. 30.80 Central Lumber Supply Co. 3.38 New England Tel. & Tel. Co. 223.31 F. Otis Eldredge 7.20 H. H. Hathaway, Estate .20 William F. Nye 1.15 Quigley Chemical Co. 6.00 Swift & Co. 24.75 A. G. Douglas 6.00 Kennedy & Kirwin 16.25 C. F. Wing Co. 15.44 Brightman Bros. 19.50 F. S. Brightman Co. 16.00 Day’s Electric Shop 15.65 DeWolf & Vincent 17.67 H. & H. Mfg. Co. 9.90 60 C. E. Beckman 12.94 A. C. Smith .75 N. B. Gas & Ed. Lt. Co. 293.52 C. F. Delano 34.57 J. L. Hammett Co. 15.00 N. P. Hayes 58.32 Thomas Hersom & Co. 18.09 Spring St. Auto Service Station 5.00 Valvoline Oil Co. 10.60 C. L. Dunham 1.95 New England Plate Glass Co. 11.00 American La France Foamite Protection Co. 11.20 T. J. Moriarty 17.25 Babbitt Steam Specialty Co. 48.99 Commissioner of Pub. Safety 20.00 John R. Lyman Co. 3.17 Atlantic Pump & Supply Co. 2.05 J. I. Holcomb Mfg. Co. 7.55 Paisler & Willis 1.60 $1,466.89 REPAIRS Acushnet Saw Mill $ 2.45 H. H. Hathaway, Estate 64.53 Frank B. Phillips 3.85 Babbitt Steam Specialty Co. 84.76 Rankin & Arnold 103.91 Days’ Electric Shop 70.98 Leach Electrical Co. 25.84 H. P. Silva 63.60 New England Plate Glass Co. 35.80 J. Arnold Wright 5.25 N. B. Typewriter Exchange 3.25 F. W. Fraits 5.95 Burroughs Adding Machine Co. 1.23 61 H. A. Francis 2.00 Singer Sewing Machine Co. 16.05 Spring St. Auto Service Station 53.09 Slocum & Kilburn 24.07 H. M. C. Cutlery Co. 5.00 American La France & Foamite Protection Co. 1.50 Osberg & Knowlton 115.08 A. C. Smith .75 E. G. Baldwin 426.41 Valentine’s Machine Shop 13.57 Walter F. Douglas 28.28 C. L. Dunham 155.69 Tip-Top Roofing Co. 94.20 $1,407.09 NEW EQUIPMENT Kenney Bros. & Wolkins $ 2.41 Wright & Ditson 6.00 James W. Brine Co. 23.38 Royal Typewriter Co. 157.50 M. Steinert & Sons 125.00 Underwood Typewriter Co. 25.00 Babbitt Steam Specialty Co. 45.00 Days’ Electric Shop 11.27 Woodstock Typewriter Co. 35.00 Bostitch Sales Co. 8.09 Keystone Office Appliance Co. 342.00 Remington Rand 694.55 Singer Sewing Machine Co. 93.20 New England Adding Machine Co. 125.00 > r , ; j $1,693.40 HEALTH Dr. Charles E. P. Thompson $ 214.00 62 MISCELLANEOUS M. J. Curran Express $ .50 Livesey Bros. 2.00 A. E. Coffin Press 2.25 Manuel D’Amarel 5.48 Parsons Laundry 13.56 E. M. Bennett .38 William B. Weeks 5.00 Fairhaven Star 39.25 H. C. Pierce • 12.00 Elmer Stevens 90.60 Overland Express 1.70 Curtis H. Young .60 William H. Fuller 3.38 N. B. Dry Goods Co. 34.79 Railway Express Agency 18.55 F. H. S. Lunch Department 29.75 Dr. Clarence Barbour 50.00 Andrews & Pierce 1.30 George C. Dickey 16.50 Eastern Printing Co. 3.25 William H. Paige 4.00 Browne Pharmacy .25 J. L. Hammett Co. 7.65 Clarence E. Jones 65.72 $ 408.46 I THE MILLICENT LIBRARY FAIRHAVER MASS. ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE TEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1930 FAIRHAVEN STAR 3 TRUSTEES OF THE MILLICENT LIBRARY Lyman C. Bauldry William B. Gardner William E. Benjamin George B. Luther Edward L. Besse Mrs. Eliza C. Pease Morris R. Brownell Harry L. Pope Miss Sara B. Clarke Henry H. Rogers Miss Edith Dana George H. Tripp The Lady Fairhaven Thomas A. Tripp Miss Anna B. Trowbridge OFFICERS 1929-1930 Henry H. Rogers, President Thomas A. Tripp, Vice President George B. Luther, Treasurer Avis M. Pillsbury, Secretary STANDING COMMITTEE, 1929-1930 Book Committee—Mr. Rogers, Chairman, Mr. G. H. Tripp, Miss Clarke, Mr. Bauldry, Mr. T. A. Tripp. Finance Committee—Mr. Luther, Chairman, Mr. Benjamin, Mr. Besse, Mr. Gardner. House Committee—Mr. Pope, Chairman, The Lady Fairhaven, Mrs. Pease, Miss Dana, Miss Trowbridge, Mr. Brownell. FORMER TRUSTEES Miss Ellen H. Akin 1893-1919 Don C. Stevens 1893-1901 Edmund Anthony, Jr. 1902 George W. Stevens 1893-1908 Mrs. Sarah C. Anthony 1893-1912 Mrs. H. H. Stillman 1919-1920 Miss Georgia E. Fairfield 1920-1928 George H. Taber 1893-1901 James L. Gillingham 1893-1912 Job C. Tripp 1902-1917 Frederick B. Lyman 1904-1909 Charles W. White, Jr. 1902-1904 Mrs. Lizzie F. Nye 1893-1919 Walter P. Winsor 1893-1911 Henry H. Rogers 1893-1909 Mrs. Mary B. Winsor 1893-1921 LIBRARIANS Don C. !Stevens 1893-1901 Drew B. Hall 1901-1911 Galen W. Hill 1911-1926 Louis Felix Ranlett 1926—May 1928 Avis M, Pillsbury June 192§— 4 LIBRARY STAFF DECEMBER 31, 1930 Avis M. Pillsbury. Librarian Sara B. Clarke. . . . Loan Desk * Carolyn R. Dodge. General Assistant Florence Wilkinson General Assistant f Helen Winnemore . General Assistant Earl Dias Page Charles Worster . . Janitor OXFORD BRANCH Albin Silva In Charge Earl Dias Assistant EAST FAIRHAVEN BRANCH Clarence E. Maguire In Charge RESIGNED DURING 1930 Josephine H. Carr General Assistant Albert R. Clish In Charge East Fairhaven Branch Philip Gidley Page * Appointed as regular staff member September 1st. f Appointed September 1st; taken seriously ill, December, 1930. Report of the Librarian FOR THE YEAR 1930 To the Trustees of the Millicent Library: I take pleasure in presenting herewith the thirty-eighth annual report of the work of the Millicent Library. The year ending December 31, 1930 has been one of progress, and in many ways, perhaps in most ways, the most satis- fying year of my librarianship here. Many things have been accomplished, the records of which will be incorporated into this report. A steady growth in the work of the library has been noticeable, and this kind of growth counts more in the long run than sudden spasms with greatly inflated statistics. An added increase of interest and in the feeling of good will of patrons toward the library has made itself manifest, but cannot be recorded in figures. The value of a library to a community cannot be ade- quately measured. No measuring stick has yet been devised to record what the librarian and assistants do constantly for patrons, to show for instance, that Johnnie was given the “Wreck of the Hesperus”, by Longfellow, when he said it written, he thought, a man named Shakespeare or to was by ; record the hours spent in finding some elusive material, per- haps a poem of which the patron knows only a line or two. Such things are abstract, intangible, practically impossible to record, yet after all the kind of library business, along with the necessary routine of buying and preparing books for cir- culation, that keeps the library workers busy every minute, while the public outside judges that this is an easy and simple kind of occupation. Gone into the distant past are the days when the librarian had time to read and crochet in the inter- 6 vals between customers. And indeed, no live librarian would wish those days back again, for today a librarian’s work is a profession, an art to be mastered, the librarian an agent who sells the library idea to the community, who sees an oppor- tunity to serve the adult population and to help make the boys and girls better fitted for the duties of citizenship which they must carry on only a few years hence. Home Use of Books The borrowers of the library carried home some 50 tons of reading matter during the year, 99,776 books and periodi- cals being circulated. Of this total, 85% or 84,576 books were distributed from the main library, 2% or 2,021 books from the East Fairhaven Branch, while 13% or 13,179 books were loaned from the Oxford Branch. The net gain over 1929 is 1,725 volumes or 1.7%. Had there not been a loss in circulation of 1,625 books, of which 1,200 were juvenile, at the Oxford Branch, the total gain would have been much higher. The only plausible explana- tion of this loss seems to be the effect that the unusual indus- trial depression is making in the center where the branch is located. It would seem as if some number of families must have removed from the section. However, it is encouraging to record in spite of this loss that 2,813 more books were circulated this year from the main library, and 537 more from the East Fairhaven Branch, a total of 3,350, of which 998 were juvenile. Of the total circulation, 29% or 29,599 books circulated were juvenile. An increase of 1% in both the adult and juvenile non- fiction reading shows that the reading of non-fiction has not been neglected. 7 The circulation per capita (based on the 1930 popula- tion figures) was 9.1, a slight increase over last year. 24.6 hooks was the average number read by every registered borrower. The Duplicate Pay Collection, at present totalling 109 books, continues to grow in popularity and in 1930 a circu- lation of 3,364 books was recorded, a gain of 722 books or 27% over last year. By relieving the congestion on the 7-day books, by satisfying the demand for the new books while they are new, for this, the collection is as much if not more worthwhile than for the money it earns, though of course it must be admitted that what it earns keeps it up-to-date. There are frequent calls for pictures, clippings and stereoscopes, used largely by teachers and pupils. A total of 631 were circulated during 1930. The High School circula- tion totalled 2,749 books for the year, somewhat of a de- crease, due perhaps to the upset conditions of the first of the year. Considering these miscellaneous items, the circulation reached as its grand total 106,520. Although already included in the totals given, the fol- lowing items may prove of interest. The number of books circulated from the foreign language collection totalled 436,—246 being French, 184 Portuguese, and 6 Italian. For vacation reading during the period June 15th to September 30th, 845 books were loaned on the extended time privilege. To teachers and others for classroom use or serious study, 415 books were loaned with special privileges. Surveying the use of the library for the ten years just past, from 1920 to 1930, 'there has been an increase in re- corded usefulness of 77%. This is 37% more than the in- crease for the previous 27 years of the library’s existence, from 1893 to 1920, the gain being 40% for that period. 8 The comparative circulation table included here may prove of interest. The circulation figures for the years stated, for the main library, and including that of the Oxford and East Fairhaven Branches after their opening, follow. 1893 40,124 1895 49,680 1900 45,993 1905 46,401 1910 48,857 1915 54,211 1920 56,366 1925 80,035 1930 99,776 Figures mean little perhaps, but it is interesting to those vitally concerned with the library that over two and a quarter million books have been circulated since its opening; that patrons have been provided with books at all times, and that the Millicent Library is keeping pace with other progressive libraries. Those Served by the Library For the year 1930, more borrowers were registered than in any other one year of the library’s history, the total reach- ing 1,422, not including summer visitors. This year it was decided to give to visitors a temporary card, good for three months, instead of the regular card which remains in force three years. Thirty-three of such cards were issued and the arrangement proved itself most satisfactory. Our record of permanent borrowers is in this way made more accurate. Of the 1,422 new borrowers,. 518 are juvenile. The increase in borrowers over the year 1929 was 166. The registration for the three year period is 4,054, or 37% of the population. 9 The Book Collection During the year, 1,463 books were added to the library, 809 being adult, and 654 being juvenile. Of these figures, replacements for the adult department numbered 190 and for the juvenile department 426, leaving a total of 619 new adult and 228 new juvenile titles added to the library. The total of books in the library now numbers 33,274, of which 17% or, 4,857 are juvenile. A further explanation of this total will be made under the next heading. INVENTORY By far the most tremendous task of the year was the undertaking of a thorough inventory of all the books in the library including also those at the two branches and the High School. For the faithful energy of the regular staff members and Miss Kathryn Kleinschmidt who assisted us during the summer, much credit is due. The taking of inventory is not a pleasant task. It is part of the drudgery of library work, but still a most necessary part. This year it has served a double purpose, to make more accurate the record of the number of books in the library as well as to discover what and how many books are missing. It has been a question of conjecture for some time as to just how many books the library really possessed. In the report of 1927, by an actual count of the bound volumes in the possession of the library, the records were corrected to be as nearly accurate as possi- ble from such a count. However, there was a discrepancy of 2,009 volumes which could not be accounted for, and in withdrawing these from the records the statistics were neces- sarily left incomplete regarding the number of volumes in the juvenile and adult departments respectively. : 10 The procedure this year has been more complete, more accurate, and the basis for the following table which is of permanent value. The process was as follows 1. To check every shelf-list card in the library with the volumes on the shelves. 2. To make cards for all titles for which no cards were found. 3. Finally, to make an actual count of the number of vol- umes listed on every card. The count has been taken by classes, as the table will show. Classified thus, this table proves itself a guide to show us where are the weak points in our book collection. By this inventory also, we have discovered a good number of books for which the cataloging had not been completed in years past. Our book collection has been “house-cleaned”. As in the inventory of most libraries, a large number of books have been found missing. 1,112 books which can- not be accounted for in this inventory seems an overwhelm- ing number at first glance, but from past experience we know that many will reappear before the next inventory is taken. Those missing in this inventory are included in the total given in the table and will remain on the records until their loss is definitely assured. Books still missing from the 1926 inventory have been permanently withdrawn from the records, together with books discarded as worn out, lost and paid for, etc. The total of such books withdrawn this year is 1,182, an unusually large number of withdrawals for one year. Subtracting these from the total number of books at the end of last year (1929) plus the new books added during 1930, gives us a count of 5 76 less than the actual total proved by the inventory. The only possible explanation of this is that 576 of the 2,009 unclassified books withdrawn in 1927 have reappeared—for which we are pleased. 11 Actual Count of Volumes in the Library December 31st, 1930 Adult Juvenile Total Fiction 8,661 2,571 11,232 General Works 000 2,074 26 2,100 Philosophy 100 516 8 524 Religion 200 931 64 995 Sociology 300 2,013 254 2,267 Language 400 194 180 374 Science 500 918 168 1,086 Useful Arts 600 2,055 112 2,167 Fine Arts 700 2,032 203 2,235 Literature 800 2,859 473 3,332 Travel 910-919 1,842 368 2,210 History 900 1,855 253 2,108 Biography B- 920 2,467 177 2,644 Total 28,417 4,857 33,274 The Children’s Work Eager boys and girls, some of them mischievous to be sure, but for the most part loyal and interested, find the library a pleasant place to which to come. The immense amount of work done for the children during the summer months would not be justifiable, could we not see some bene- fit to both child and library. We want the children to get the library habit young, and our work is not in vain, if they learn at an early age to be friends and patrons of the library. During the summer of 1930, a rather different plan was put into operation. A Rainbow Reading Club was formed —to encourage the reading of all kinds of books, with empha- sis on non-fiction—to familiarize the boys and girls with the location of various kinds of books in the juvenile room,—to teach them how to find books for themselves—and, to help 12 them to understand a little about what the numbers on the books mean. Recognition for reading done was given in the form of colored circles pasted on membership tickets, differ- ent colors denoting kinds of books read, by gold stars and membership pins given for a certain number of books read, and finally by a pot of gold pasted on the ticket for reading a total of 28 books as specified. 113 enthusiastic children gathered on the opening day, when the plan was explained and stories told, and most of them became members and went home with books. Others joined as the summer advanced. 95 maintained sufficient interest in the club to read at least one book, while by the end of the season 43 had read five or more, and several had read between 25 and 41 books. The total number of books read by members of the club was 638. Faithful members were rewarded at the end of the sea- son by being invited to the Book Week Party at which book and pencil prizes as well as ribbon badges of merit were given to those who deserved special recognition. H. S. Hutchinson Company very kindly presented two books for prizes. In connection with the children’s work during the sum- mer, several women of town were most generous in giving their time for the Saturday morning story hours, which were very well attended. Stories always prove a delight to the boys and girls, and the attention given the story tellers the past summer indicated that the audiences were well pleased. Grateful appreciation is "herewith given publicly to Mrs. Howard Crowell, Mrs. H. E. Kerwin, Miss Beatrice Mos- grove, Miss Helen Newton, Miss M. Louise Norris, all of Fairhaven, and to Mrs. Evan A. Bowen of Rochester. School Work The library continues to co-operate with the school. A larger number of classroom collections, 52 in all, were sent out during the year, and these we feel were very much worth- while. IS Many teachers availed themselves of pictures for class- room use from our picture collection. Our hope is that more teachers will discover what hidden resources the library pos- sesses, and will realize our willingness to help them in secur- ing the material they need. During 1930 more time than usual was devoted to the course of instruction given annually to the eighth grade pu- pils of the Rogers School. Early in the year one group of about 150 pupils, divided into three sections, came to the library for the three usual lessons. During the fall, the out- lines used for the course were completely revised by the librarian, in co-operation with Mr. Charles Prior, Superin- tendent of Schools, and Miss Mabel Hoyle, a teacher at the Rogers School. Some new material was included, while all practical problems were omitted from the text and mimeo- graphed on separate sheets. The second class of about 160 pupils, coming early in December, reaped the benefit of the revision, and more time was allowed for the course, 19 classes being held, instead of 9 as formerly. There is no question but that the course is beneficial to the pupils in giving them an insight into the proper use of the library. CHANGE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL Beginning in 1925, the High School and the library co- operated in the employment of an assistant who should de- vote part time to both High School and the main library. Early in 1930, following the unfortunate changes which oc- curred late in the year 1929, Miss Alice Gidley was secured temporarily to carry on the High School part of the work, until the close of school in June. Miss Gidley carried on the work in a highly commendable way, and prior to the open- ing of school in September was engaged on a separate basis by the School department rather than jointly by school and library. The change was brought about through coincidence 14 and the fact that the service at the main library could be improved by adding to its staff an assistant who could devote full time to the work instead of half time as under the old arrangement. The main library continues to loan books and even to buy special books for use at the High School library. In fact the same spirit of co-operation exists and the relation- ship as to our service is in no respect different. The Library in the Public Eye Through the school children, the library was well ad- vertised during the year. Circulars were distributed on two or three occasions, and the librarian talked to the children in the classrooms. The librarian also gave a number of talks on bookish topics to several organizations, and contributed an article on the library to “The Library Journal”. The local newspapers : The Fairhaven Star, The Morn- ing Mercury, The New Bedford Standard and The New Bedford Times, have all been most generous in giving space for publicity purposes. To these, the librarian wishes to express her great appreciation. BOOK WEEK The Book Week celebration in November was particu- larly successful. Mimeographed circulars were sent into the homes through the agency of the school children. As a re- sult of this advertising, 75 mothers and teachers attended the Book Week Tea. This group was much larger than on previous occasions. More books than usual were on display, and many of them were ready for circulation the week fol- lowing Book Week. The Whaler Book Shop very kindly / 15 loaned us a few books for exhibit purposes. Printed lists of books were distributed by the library as an aid to those interested in books for children of different ages. Seven little girls of the third and fourth grades, dressed as rain- bow fairies, helped serve at the tea. They were chosen be- cause of their good work as members of the Rainbow Read- ing Club. Posters contributed by several high school students, and essays by 20 eighth-grade pupils of the Rogers School were on exhibit during the week, and helped to make the library attractive. The librarian wishes to express her great appreciation of the co-operation and assistance rendered in connection with the Book Week Tea by Miss Sara Clarke, Miss Edith Dana, Mrs. Z. W. Pease, and Miss Anna Trowbridge, trus- tees of the library, and by Mrs. George H. Tripp. The librarian and members of the staff attended during the year several library meetings, namely, the Northeastern Library Convention held at Swampscott, the Old Dartmouth Library Club meetings at North Attleboro and South Dart- mouth, and the Cape Cod Library Club meeting at Fal- mouth Heights. It is impossible to estimate the vast amount of gain derived from these meetings. The interchange of ideas through personal contact and discussion groups, the speakers with practical experience and enthusiasm for their work contribute to make these meetings worthwhile to library workers. Gifts Outstanding among gifts to the library are two por- traits, one of Peter, the Great, the other of Catharine, his wife. These came as a bequest from Miss Clara Bennett, a late citizen of Fairhaven. The portraits were painted by Arnold Van Boonen, a painter belonging to the period of the 16 decline of Dutch art, and who died in 1729. The paintings have been hung in the Trustees room. Gifts of books, duly acknowledged, have been received from several sources, and including the following towns- people or former residents : Miss Ada Delano, Mrs. Dora D. Forbes and Miss Alice Sturtevant. Building and Maintenance Several improvements were made and recommended during the year. In the spring, an electric draft and thermo- static control was installed on the boiler, in the hope that a cheaper grade and less coal would be consumed, thus reduc- ing the heating expense. This has been in operation only a few months. By another year, it will probably be necessary to make major changes in the piping system. In September, the water pipes outside the building were replaced to the water main, a larger pipe being laid to insure better pressure. Several minor changes were made to the water pipes within the building. Work on the staff room which was begun early in the year was completed in the late summer. Slight repairs were made in the plumbing, the walls were repaired, and both walls and floor of the room were decorated in an attractive color scheme. Furniture which made the room very comfortable and homelike was purchased. Much of the work was done by the janitor, Mr. Worster, to whom much credit is due for his willingness and interest in helping to make the room at- tractive. The librarian and members of the staff wish to express their sincere gratitude to the Trustees for approving the installation of such a room. The room has long been needed and has already proved its worth. We are looking forward to another splendid improve- ment, the installation of hot water in the building. This recommendation was approved late in the year. 17 To the office equipment has been added an L. C. Smith typewriter to replace one that was practically worn out, and a Neostyle machine with which mimeographed copies may be made. The latter is very helpful as a means of preparing lists and generally advertising the library. Staff Unfortunately the year has been one of rather upsetting changes. In January, Miss Carr who had given faithful service for three years, found it necessary to resign on ac- count of illness. With Miss Carolyn Dodge who came in January to train for library work, and the occasional aid of our part-time substitutes, Miss Christine McLeod, Miss Ger- trude Stiles and Miss Annie Thompson, the work was car- ried on until the summer months, at which time, we were most fortunate in securing the services of Miss Kathryn Kleinschmidt, a trained and experienced high school librarian from Watertown, Wisconsin. For two months she gave us most efficient service, but had to return to her own school early in September. We were sorry to lose Philip Gidley, our faithful page for more than two years, and our best wishes went with him as he left to enter college in September. Earl Dias was en- gaged to succeed him. In September, Miss Dodge became a regular member of the staff, and Miss Helen Winnemore was appointed to fill the vacancy made by Miss Carr’s resignation. During the fall months, with a full quota on our staff and a little more assistance than we had been having, the work went smoothly and more efficiently than for some time, and the previously neglected work was well underway toward being caught up, when, early in December, Miss Winnemore was taken seriously ill. The close of the year finds us again getting along on a makeshift schedule. 18 As far as the public is concerned, there has been no lack of service, but some things behind the scenes have necessarily been delayed. To the members of the staff, and especially to Miss Sara Clarke, the librarian wishes to express her grati- tude for their willingness to help in times of urgent need. By the willingness and helpful spirit of its staff, the public judges the library. By the efficient training and ex- perience of its corps of workers, good work is maintained. High standards can only be maintained by requiring high standards of individuals who apply for work—and a per- sonnel large enough to handle the ever increasing duties of our busy library. Just so far as there are capable and suffi- cient workers, just so far can the library advance. Appreciation This report would not be complete unless a word could be said about the splendid co-operation which the Trustees have given the librarian. This has been made manifest in many ways, on several occasions. For this spirit of friendli- ness, for your continued interest as the days of my adminis- tration here increase, I express my sincere thanks. Respectfully submitted, AVIS M. PILLSBURY, Librarian. January 13, 1931. STATISTICAL SUMMARIES ON PAGES 20 - 22. Statistical Report THE MILLICENT LIBRARY, FAIRHAVEN, MASS. American Library Association Form of Statistics. Annual Report for the Year Ending December 31, 1930. Name of library—The Millicent Library Town—Fairhaven, Mass. Librarian—Avis M. Pillsbury Date of founding—1893 Population served (Census 1930) 10,930 Assessed valuation of town $11,782,530 Terms of use, Free for lending and reference. Total number of agencies 10 Consisting of—Central Library 3 stations (Oxford Branch, East Fairhaven Branch, High School Library) 6 schools (52 classroom collections) Number of days open during year (Central Library) 365 Hours open each week for lending 84 Hours open each week for reading 84 BOOK STOCK Adult Juvenile Total *Vols. at beginning of year 32,417 Vols. added by purchase 729 654 1,383 Vols. added by gift 52 52 Vols. added by binding material not otherwise counted 28 28 Total volumes added 809 654 1,463 Volumes lost or withdrawn . 570 612 1,182 **Total volumes at end of year .. 28,417 4,857 33,274 Periodicals currently received (Titles 129, Copies 159).. Publications issued (4 bulletins, 1 annual report) 5 . 21 USE Adult Juvenile Total Vols. of fiction loaned 55,333 ^>,169 75,502 Total volumes loaned 70,177 29,599 99,776 Per cent of fiction of total vols. loaned. . 78% 68% 75% Circulation per capita 9.1 Circulation per registered borrower 24.6 Pictures, photographs, clippings, etc. loaned 631 REGISTRATION Adult Juvenile Total Borrowers registered during year . . 904 518 1,422 Total of registered borrowers ... 2,457 1,597 4,054 Registration period, three years. Per cent registered borrowers of population served ...37% Vols. placed in collections in schoolrooms are counted in cir- culation on the day they are moved from Central Library, and no complete record of use at the school is recorded. Number of volumes in adult and juvenile departments, respec- tively, not available at beginning of year. ** By actual count from the shelf-list cards. See table and explan- ation under heading: Inventory. NiHi-I©00>OC5©05'<1<©10©©05 10 C5t-©C5- ajiuaAnj* ©IN -of etc. 1930 linpy Collection Library Clippings, !N©lO©CO©(Nrtl©^ iO»oeoio©coc5ioooi> Pay epuaAnp COOJnH H t-I Ttt Circulation, Duplicate Pictures, High Hn PV 3 (NlOCO©10t-©©»OTjlT»l©rHt-i i-l©©O100®©©00IOCi©IOCS and axiueAnj* ©lO 00 05 IN IN l> t* 00 (N»©rHaOOO»HOOTtUOTHrHTt Withdrawals s i IC40J, fe: 2 ItJlox aituaAnf Accessions, School linpv High ©©©©©©©©©©< § ©©©©©©©©rH©; of ©i-l(NC0rtHlO©l>00©©< magazines Classified property bound O books accessioned 0> _ . u p. -Includes \a*2, a -Part w* ESS'S SS^8.S«S -Not •h i) ofl 4) o »s 3 - t- | :KMP rt« XXX INDEX PAGE Town Officers, 1930-1931 3 Report of Selectmen 9 General Revenue 12 Commercial Revenue 13 Payments General Government 16 Protection of Persons and Property 20 Health and Sanitation 24 Highways 27 Charities 29 Schools 31 Recreation and Unclassified 34 Public Service Enterprise 35 Interest and Maturing Debt 35 Agency, Trust and Investment 36 Refunds 36 Analysis of Appropriation Account—1930 38 Balance Sheet—1930 42 Treasurer’s Report 44 Report of Audit of Accounts—Dec. 31, 1929 50 Report of the Collector of Taxes 52 Report of the Police Department 54 Town Clerk’s Report 62 Births—1930 62 Marriages—1930 67 Deaths—1930 70 Report of the Highway Department 73 Report of the Planning Board 74 Report of the Board of Appeals 75 PAGE Report of the Board of Fire Engineers 76 Report of the Superintendent of Fire Alarm 80 Fairhaven Firemen’s Relief Association 81 Report of the Park Commissioners 82 Report of the Building Inspector 89 Report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures 90 Report of the Tree Warden and Moth Super- intendent 93 Report of the Board of Health 94 Inspector of Animals 95 Report of the Board of Sewer Commissioners 96 Report of the Inspector of Shellfish 97 Report of the Slaughter Inspector 99 Fairhaven Safety Committee 100 List of Jurors 101 School Reports—1930 School Committee (Officers) 2 School Calendar 3 Report of the School Committee 4 Report of the Superintendent 11 Present Corps of Teachers—1930-1931 37 In Memoriam 40 Age and Grade Table 41 Tabulated Grades, Teachers, Attendance, etc. 42 School Expenditures 43 Library Reports 1-22 iTirirfmlift -jl . 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