ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE TOWN OFFICERS OF DENNIS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1956 Printed on Cape Cod At THE PATRIOT PRESS Hyannix, Mass. Town Officials Selectmen, Assessors, Board of Health, Board of Public Welfare Earle M. Davidson, Chairman Term expires 1959 Frederick A. Eldridge, Jr. Term expires 1958 Kirkwood B. Brown Term expires 1957 Moderator Dean S. Sears Town Clerk, Treasurer and Tax Collector Gerard Chapman Auditors Mary A. Nickerson Hattie M. Thacher Constables Thomas T. Kelley Gilbert S. Kelley Herbert C. Chase Park Commissioners rdTa \d B-TTR,1iV1' Jr- Term exPires 1957 C. Arthur+ Hallett Term expires 1958 Edward A. Crowell Term expires 1959 School Committee Albert 5 w°,TeI1 Term spires 1957 George D. Wilbur Term expires 1957 Sr*lf eyTT'JlDmer Term exPires !958 Mi ton L. Moore Term expires 1958 Ralph H. Richardson Term expires 1959 Dennis - Yarmouth Regional School District Committee Nathaniel H Wixon Term expires 1957 Alfred C. Kelley Term expires 195g Tree Warden George B. Ellis Surveyor of Highways Eobert E. Crowell Term expires 1957 3 Planning Board David B. Lane, Jr., Chairman Term expires 1958 Mary Agnes Irvine, Clerk Term expires 1959 Joseph A. Merchant Term expires 1957 G. Everett Howes Term expires 1960 Henry Garfield Term expires 1961 Cemetery Commissioners *C. Lovell Gnodspeed Term expires 1957 C. Arthur Hallett Term expires 1957 Ena L. Crowell Term expires 1958 David B. Lane, Jr. Term expires 1958 Edward A. Crowell Term expires 1959 Trustees of the Caleb Chase Fund Frank E. Howes Term expires 1957 O. Thomas Murray Term expires 1958 Arthur F. Wade Term expires 1959 *Resigned. APPOINTMENTS Bureau of Old Age Assistance Kirkwood B. Brown, Supervisor Helen M. Daniels Earle M. Davidson Frederick A. Eldridge, Jr. Public Welfare Agent Helen M. Daniels Social Worker Public Welfare Clerk Elizabeth R. Kaull Eleanor F. Eldredge Town Clerk and Treasurer's Clerks Christine F. Matteson Gwladys M. Sears Norah H. Creighton Assistant Assessor B. Harriet Foss Town Counsel George E. Armeson Veterans' Agent Deputy Veterans' Agent Thomas Milne Lillian R. Doane Inspector of Wires James B. Hazelton Deputy Inspector of Wires Orion P. Derick Inspector of Buildings Frederick A. Eldridge, Sr. Forest Warden Clarence W. Bayles Fire Chief Clarence W. Bayles Moth Superintendent George B. Ellis Sealer of Weights and Measures Thomas S. Howes Shellfish Constable Thomas T. Kelley Registrars of Voters William Ryder Term expires 1957 Nathan Crowell Term expires 1958 William J. McHenry Term expires 1959 Chief of Police Gilbert S. Kelley Deputy Chief of Police Sergeant Earle H. Whittemore, Jr. John J. Sullivan Patrolmen Mervin H. Sears Norman E. Johnson Richard Sylver Jack E. Sylvia L. Judson Churchill Frank S. Walker Linwood M. Foss *Harry W. Maskell Special Police John E. O'Hara Edward A. Lo'Omer Robert E. Crowell Milton J. Howes Brant D. Ellis Howard B. Sears Malcolm Nickerson Russell Kelsey Theophilus Smith Earle M. Lyman Joshua Crowell Chester A. Nottage Wesley B. Eaton Elmer X. Grinnell Harold Dixon ('. Arthur Hallett Arthur W. Anderson Frank M. Embler William C. Kelley Frederick II. Sargent Wilbur L. Grindell Alien M. Efdridgv Charles E. Welles Richard B. Murphy S. Quincy Neweomb Sherman Woodward Edward N. Cbmgh Gordon A. Barker Theodore Sears Orion T. Derick David L. Kelley Levi Morton Sears Richard S. Hall Edwin Well-, David B. Lane, Jr. IIe3en M. Daniels Robert A. Cummings Edgerton DaCosta David P. Jones Fred Jaques Clarence W. Bayles Clarence G. Chase, Sr. Earle M. Lyman, Jr. Richard IT. Chase Robert Sullivan Kenneth Foster Auxiliary Police Thomas King Lewis I). Derick Walter Palmer Homer Evans Arthur Faria Thomas Hague Albert W. Davenport Earle M. Lyman, Jr. Richard S. Brooke Louis Terpos Richard Appleton Edward E. Keith Greswold Van Dyke Frank Foster James Delay Edwin Snow Arthur C. Lohr Arthur Young Roy S. Nyberg Norman Burnett Henry C. Maloney Freeman T. Sears Philip W. Collyer John Zinkevich D. Edwin Vegliante Dog Officer Thomas T. Kelley Harbor Masters Freeman G. Thacher, Upper Bass River Area Howard B. Sears, Sesuit Area Benjamin Walker, Nobscusset Area Harbor Master and Wharfinger L. Judson Churchill Assistant Harbor Master Edwin K. Simpson Burial Agent and Soldiers' Burial Agent Gerard Chapman Sanitary Inspector and Collector of Milk Samples George F. Crocker Ernest C. Eldredge County Health Agent Dr. Fred L. Moore Inspector of Slaughtering Frank E. Howes Inspector of Animals Frank E. Howes Fence Viewers Charles E. Johnson Linwood Robbins Weighers of Coal and Measurers of Wood and Bark Leon T. Hall Richard S. Hall Measurers of Grain and Weighers of Hay Leon T. Hall Richard S. Hall Pound Keepers Freeman G. Thacher Allen F. Howard Field Drivers Freeman G. Thacher Allen F. Howard Dutch Elm Disease Control Nathan Crowell George B, Ellis Freeman G. Thacher Town Forest Committee Stanley R. Sweetser, George B. Ellis, Freeman G. Thacher Keeper of Dump Theophilus Smith Board of Appeals Roland B. Taylor, Chairman Term expires 1959 Dean S. Sears, Clerk Term expires 1960 Thomas P. Conway Term expires 1960 •Linwood M. Foss Term expires 1958 Edward N. Clough Term expires 1957 John A. Soott Term expires 1958 Associate Member of Board of Appeals Alexander Barklie Term expires 1957 Finance Committee John M. Stone Term expires 1957 Nathaniel H. Wixon Term expires 1958 Arthur C. Lohr Term expires 1958 Alfred C. Kelley Term expires 1959 Carroll G. Seward Term expires 1959 Committee to Supervise Dennis Community Hall at West Dennis *Richard S. Hall L. Wallace Garfield Henry Garfield Philip W. Collyer Carlton Hall Committee Alexander Barklie Milton J. Howes Joshua Crowell Beach Committee William E. Crowell William C. Kelley Stanley R. Sweetser Director of Civil Defense Sherman Woodward *David L. Kelley Assistant Director of Civil Defense Kenneth Foster ♦Resigned. Report of the Board of Selectmen To the Citizens of Dennis: The Board organized shortly after the Annual Town Meeting in March 1956 with Earle M. Davidson, Chairman, Frederick A. Bldredge, Jr., Clerk and Supervisor of Asses- sors, and Kirkwood B. Brown, Supervisor of Eelief and Old Age Assistance. At the Annual Meeting the town voted to restrict the parking at the Mary Thatcher and Corporation Beach in Dennis, this, with the restricted parking at the West Den- nis beach, required considerable thought and planning. The method applied seemed to work very satisfactorily and after the busy summer season closed we were very much pleased with the compliments we received from the majority of our townspeople. Only a few changes will be necessary to perfect it. The fees received from these beaches were sufficient to care for all the beaches and it is hoped that more beaches will come under this method and thus eliminate the same conjection we had with the above beaches before their park- ing was restricted. The Selectmen have appointed a beach committee con- sisting of William B. Crowell, William C. Kelley and Stan- ley R. Sweetser. While the town owns a great deal of beach property now, there is still an interest to acquire more. The com- mittee at the present time have in view a large tract of beach situated on the north side of Dennis, which they are hoping to procure in the near future. The jetties and rip-rapping and improvements to the town-owned beaches on the south shore have been com- pleted. These improvements were necessitated by the erosion caused by the hurricanes of previous years. The West Dennis beach parking area was increased, graded and oiled and the road was extended to the west- ward making one of the finest beaches known. This beach was well patronized and enjoyed by many people. The contract for two jetties at the town-owned beach off Taunton Avenue has been let and we expect them to soon be completed. The new highway shed off Route 134 was completed and occupied this summer. This building is a great im- provement, not only in appearance but by being able to house our town equipment in an orderly manner and pro- viding better working conditions for the men. The old highway shed has been torn down and carted away im- proving the appearance of the village of South Dennis. The new Fire Station on the north side was built and completed this Fall. The old fire station building was torn doM-n and removed and the grounds were landscaped, help- ing to make the little center in the town more attractive. Some improvements have been made to Carleton Hall but more money will be needed this year to complete the program. A kitchen has been added to the Dennis Community Hall in AVest Dennis. These two projects will mean a lot to our village, especially to our young people. A new road and other improvements have been made toward the occupancy of the new dumping ground at Duck Pond, which Ave expect to be in readiness some time this coming year, however, a sum of money will have to be raised to complete the same. Four new roads have been laid out and accepted by the Town and petitions for several others have been re- ceived for this year. The year of 1956 has shown a steady increase in build- ing. It is apparent to us that the dwellings now being erected are of a much higher type of construction than 10 those erected during the previous years, meaning that more people are coming here to make it their permanent home than just a summer residence. There has also been a general improvement in buildings constructed in subdivisions. It is a great satisfaction to us to know that there has been more civic pride shown among the inhabitants. There are two large developments going on in West Dennis which will no doubt be a great asset to the town and will in- crease the revenue considerably.