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Middleborough-1984.Pdf (13.49Mb) n n\rncr 1984 r j r TaaTiAT REPORT in sjaaot ANNUAL E'T ",j |, I :* , ■ ? : ANNUAL REPORT of the TOWN OF MIDDLEBOROUGH MASSACHUSETTS For the Year Ended December 31 1984 Cranberry Capital of the World 315 Years of Progress ' MIDDLEBOROUGH MASSACHUSETTS General Information Elevation - 100 feet above sea level Settled - 1660 Incorporated as a Town - 1669 Population - 16,437 Valuation - $328,862,752.00 Tax Rate - Residential - $19.32 — Commercial - $24.81 Area - 68.1 Square Miles Number of Dwellings - 4,351 Number of Manufacturers - 28 Municipally Owned - Water, Sewer, Gas, Electric Light Plants Motorized Police and Fire Departments Schools Accredited Recreation Available Swimming Pool, Tennis Courts, Playgrounds PRINCIPAL INDUSTRIES Fire Apparatus Lumber Cranberries Shoes Calendars Grain Elevators Brass Goods Bricks Novelty Items and many other diversified products THE CRANBERRY CAPITAL OF THE WORLD Located: 38 Miles from Boston 22 Miles from New Bedforc 30 Miles from Providence, R.I. On Route 44 to Plymouth and Route 28 and Route 495 to Cape Cod On Roue 79 to Fall River and Routes 18 and 105 to New Bedford One Route 44 to Taunton and Providence, Rhode Island DIRECT BUS CONNECTIONS WITH Boston - New Bedford - Bridgewater - West Bridgewater - Freetown - Taunton 2 Private Airstrips for Small Plane Landings 3 WHERE TO CALL FOR SERVICE Aid to Dependent Children Welfare Office, Taunton 823-2571 Animal Inspector Inspector of Animals 947-6853 Dog Pound or 947-7766 Police Station or 947-1212 Bills and Accounts Town Accountant 947-0780 Birth Certificates Town Clerk 947-0780 Building Permits Building Inspector 947-6339 Burial Permits Health Officer or 947-2450 Town Manager 947-0928 Business Certificates Town Clerk 947-0780 Business & Indusrial Comm. Harold Atkins, Chairman 947-4018 Civil Defense Robert W. Silva, Director 947-9267 Death Certificates Town Clerk 947-0780 Department of Public Works Wareham Street 947-2020 Dog Licenses Town Clerk 947-0780 Dog Officer Dog Pound 947-7766 Police Station or 947-1212 Elections Town Clerk 947-0780 Elderly Services Council on Aging 947-4721 Employment Town Manager 947-0928 Entertainment Licenses Town Clerk 947-0780 Fishing & Huntirg Incenses Town Clerk 947-0780 Fuel Oil Storage Fire Department 947-3100 Health Health Department 947-2450 Library Middleborough Public Library 947-0613 Licenses Town Clerk 947-0780 Light & Power Municipal Gas & Electric Department 947-1371 Light & Power Bills Municipal Gas & Electric Department 947-1371 Marriage Certificates Town Clerk 947-0780 Middleborough Housing Authority North Main Street 947-3824 Milk Inspection Milk Inspector 947-2450 Old Age Assistance Welfare Office, Taunton 823-2571 Playground Park Department 947-9555 Plumbing Permits Plumbing & Gas Inspector 947-6339 Public Health Nurse Health Department 947-2450 Purchasing Town Manager 947-0928 Refuse & Garbage Collection Department of Public Works Superintendent 947-2020 Road Opening Permits Town Manager 947-0928 Schools School Department 947-3450 Selectmen Town Clerk 947-0780 Sewer Permits Water Department or 947-0090 Plumbing & Gas Inspector 947-6339 Tax Assessments Assessors 947-0766 Tax Collections Tax Collector 947-1745 Trees Tree Warden 947-2020 Veterans’ Benefits Veterans’ Agent 947-0245 Voting & Registration Registrars 947-0780 Water & Sewer Water & Sewer Division 947-0090 Weights & Measures Sealer of Weights & Measures 947-2450 Welfare Welfare Office, Taunton 823-2571 Wiring Permits Inspector of Wiring 947-0818 4 PUBLIC OFFICIALS Elected Officials Board of Selectmen Dr. Stephen D. Morris, Chairman Term Expires 1986 Frederick E. Eayrs, Jr. Term Expires 1985 Moushah C. Krikorian Term Expires 1987 M. Victor Sylvia Term Expires 1986 Joseph E. Walker Term Expires 1987 Board of Assessors William D. Langlois, Chairman Term Expires 1986 Mark Demers Term Expires 1985 Robert Keith Term Expires 1987 Allen Demers, Resigned School Committee Fred H. Blanchard Term Expires 1986 Patricia J. Childs Term Expires 1986 David B. Harrison Term Expires 1987 John T. Nichols Term Expires 1985 Harry I. Pickering Term Expires 1987 Robert J. Ventura Term Expires 1985 Planning Board Stephen Dixon, Chairman Term Expires 1988 Reinold G. Anderson Term Expires 1986 Albert J. Baker Term Expires 1985 Robert T. Roht Term Expires 1987 John F. Santin, Jr. Term Expires 1989 Beverly Pheanis, Secretary John A. Moore, resigned Moderator Douglas A. Hale Term Expires 1985 Housing Authority Henry R. Caswell, Chairman Term Expires 1986 Charles P. Washburn, Jr., Vice Chairman Term Expires 1985 Arlene R. Chisholm, Treasurer (State Appointee) Robert E. Lynde, Assistant Treasurer Term Expires 1989 Albert T. Maddigan Term Expires 1988 Treasurer and Collector Ellen 0. Grant Term Expires 1986 5 PUBLIC OFFICIALS Finance Committee Roger Brunelle, Chairman Term Expires 1987 Pamela Burden Term Expires 1986 Laura Carleton Term Expires 1987 Edward Cornell Term Expires 1985 Louis J. Mattie, Jr. Term Expires 1985 Anthony J. Mosca Term Expires 1985 Leonard A. Watt Term Expires 1986 Yvonne Tilton, resigned Bristol Plymouth Regional School District Richard A. Ray Term Expires 1986 Gas and Electric Commissioners Lawrence E. Carver Term Expires 1985 Thomas J. Hannon Term Expires 1986 Roger H. Parent, Jr. Term Expires 1985 James S. Raynes Term Expires 1986 Kenneth L. Tubman, HI Term Expires 1987 Town Manager Agent for Liquor Establishments Anders Martenson, Jr. William E. Warner and all Town Clerk Regular Police Officers Ruth E. Caswell (1/1-3/31/84) Trustee M.L.H.P. Luxury Fund Sandra L. Bernier (4/1-12/31/84' Ellen 0. Grant Assistant Town Clerk Trustee Ethel M. Delano Trust Sandra L. Bernier (1/1-3/31/84) Ellen 0. Grant Carolyn A. Andrews (4/1-12/31/84) Burial Agent Town Accountant George J. Marra Ruth E. Caswell (1/1-3/31/84) Superintendent Water Department Sandra L. Bernier (4/1-12-31-84) Stuart T. Peak, Jr. Assistant Town Accountant Superintendent Wastewater Division Sandra L. Bernier (1/1-3/31/84) Lawrence D. Arieta Carolyn A. Andrews (4/1-12/31/84) Tree Warden Director of Civil Defense Weldon A. Thomas (1/1-4/12/84) Robert W. Silva Leighton F. Peck, Jr. (5/21-12/31/84) Dept, of Public Works Superintendent Health Agent Weldon A. Thomas (1/1-4/12/84) Anders Martenson, Jr. Leighton F. Peck, Jr. (5/21-12/31/84) Manager Gas & Electric Veterans’ Services Agent John W. Dunfey George J. Marra Constables Inspector of Wires William E. Warner Emilio N. Niro Carlton D. Hammond, Jr. Assistant Wire Inspector Rosaria G. Ramondetta William N. Beal Robert W. Whitaker Health Officer Superintendent of Schools Robert F. Cobum Dr. Lincoln D. Lynch Sealer of Weights & Measures Chief of Police Robert F. Cobum William E. Warner Keeper of Lock-up Fire Chief William E. Warner Joseph F. Oliver 6 PUBLIC OFFICIALS Town Counsel Fence Viewers George C. Decas Arthur F. Benson Forest Fire Warden Robert F. Cobum Joseph F. Oliver William J. Gedraitis Milk Inspector Moth Superintendent Robert F. Cobum Weldon A. Thomas (1/1-4/12/84) Animal Inspector Leighton F. Peck, Jr. (5/21-12/31/84) William R. Wyatt Building Inspector Agent for Veterans’ Graves William J. Gedraitis John Gilfoy Public Health Nurses Gas & Plumbing Inspector Doris M. Balonis, R.N. Raymond J. Murphy Phoebe C. Worcester, R.N. Jack O’Brien, Assistant Nurse’s Aide Dog Officer Bette J. Brown William R. Wyatt Pound Driver & Keeper Part Time Dog Officers William R. Wyatt Pamela Cloutier Superintendent of Parks Cynthia Gonsalves Joseph A. Masi Norman Keswick Librarian Stephen Keswick Eleanor E. Tompkins Zoning Board of Appeals Robert J. Mather, Chairman Gustave Olson, Alternate Edward A. Braun, Vice Chairman Charlene Saufler, Alternate Bruce G. Atwood Cordane Bradley, Clerk Norman L. Diegoli Jonathan A. Bradley, resigned Ronald George Robert L. Jeffery, resigned M. Jeffrey Green, Alternate Conservation Commission Ronald D. Burgess, Chairman Raymond Wood Barbara Frappier Jack Alexander, Consultant Ruth E. Geoffroy Rosemarie Correia, Clerk William P. Heinz Robert Emery, resigned Norman Record Robert N. Lessard, resigned Russell Thomas John Santin, Jr., resigned Business & Industrial Commission Harold A. Atkins, Chairman Robert E. Lynde Charles M. Chase, Jr. Rev. D. Vincent McCarthy Clinton E. Clark William C. MacLeod Arthur Gamache James G. Moore Andrew F. Griffith, Jr. Joseph F. Riley Henry C. Humphreys Peter Brown, Associate Philip Iampietro Ruth E. Caswell, Clerk John Jardin Patricia A. Blacow, resigned Board of Registrars Michelle M. Lemmo, Chairman Sandra L. Bernier Charles Armenetti Ruth E. Caswell 7 PUBLIC OFFICIALS Park Commissioners Harry I. Pickering, Chairman David G. Reed Charles F. Benoit Library Trustees Robert L. Anderson Joseph F. Riley Margaret E. Atkins Elinor Trainer David K. Guilford Thomas Weston Robert F. Howes Helen L. Whitcomb Robert E. Lynde COMMITTEES Council on Aging Leonard E. Simmons, Executive Director Kenneth Keedwell Ruth E. McCrillis, Chairperson Marjorie D. Lovell Cheryl Tomassini, Vice President Ethel Luce Joseph E. Walker, Treasurer Roger M. Ormes Sarah Jigeijian, Secretary Robert A. Gaffney, resigned Peter Andrews Dorothy L. Geary, resigned Marion Carlson William Maloney, resigned Arthur Harris Robert W. Turnbull, resigned Permanent Growth Study Committee Joyce A. Farwell, Chairwoman Elizabeth M. Mizaras Lawrence E. Carver John T. Nichols, Jr. John W. Dunfey Edward Parks Joseph F. Freitas, Jr. Kathlyn Raboff, resigned William J. Gedraitis M. Victor Sylvia Arthur Gamache Joseph E. Walker Dr. Lincoln D. Lynch Leonard A. Watt Anders Martenson, Jr. Middleborough Historical Commission Janet L. Griffith, Chairwoman Elizabeth M. Mizaras Charles Adams, Treasurer Craig Pasco Joseph H. Thompson, Secretary Charles M. Chase, Jr. not reappointed Edith B. Grant Dix C. Shevalier, Jr., resigned Dorothy Michael Municipal Sites Committee Henry R. Caswell, Chairman Robert F. Howes Dr. Lincoln D. Lynch, Secretary John B. Lynde Norman L. Diegoli Town Forest Committee Robert Keith Douglas S. McLean Perry E. Little, Jr. H. Potter Trainer, Jr. 8 PUBLIC OFFICIALS Fred M. Weston Memorial Property Committee Edward W. Parks, Chairman Joseph A. Masi Robert Boutin James S. Raynes Phyllis A.
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