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TOWN OF COHASSET ANNUAL REPORT 1956 Sn Mtmomm THOMAS CULLINEY Finance Committee: appointed in May 1941 to fill out unexpired term of Ira B. P. Stoughton appointed in 1942 Water Investigating Committee: 1945 through 1949- Water Department Superintendent: 1949 to 1956. Jn m^mnrtam DARIUS W. GILBERT, V.S. SELECTMAN: 1917 through 1919; 1923 through 1928; 1932 through 1949 and he was Chairman in 1949. ASSESSOR: 1917 through 1919; 1923 through 1928; 1932 to 1935 he was a member of the Board of Assessors, and from 1936 he was Chairman through 1948; and was a member in 1949. OVERSEER OF THE POOR: 1917 through 1928. BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE: 1932 he was Chairman through 1935; then he served on the Board as a member 1936 through 1949. INSPECTOR OF CATTLE: 1899 through 1912. INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS: 1913 through 1950. INSPECTOR OF MEATS AND PROVISIONS: 1909 through 1911. INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING: 1912 through 1950. INSPECTOR OF MILK: 1910 and 1911. INSPECTOR OF MILK AND VINEGAR: 1912 through 1917; 1930 and 1931; and 1934. LOCAL E.R.A. ADMINISTRATOR: 1934. SCHOOL COMMITTEE: 1914, 1915 and 1916 Chairman. MEASURER OF WOOD AND BARK: 1905, 1906, 1908, and 1909. BOARD OF HEALTH: 1910. SPECIAL POLICE OFFICER: 1908. Member of Water Investigating Committee: 1946, 1948 and 1949. Spur Road Committee: 1932 through 1936. Public Landing for Lobster Fishermen Committee: 1934 and 1935. Kane Building Committee: 1934 through 1938. Border Street Committee: 1934 through 1936. Member of Committee to act as a Committee on By-Laws: 1932 and 1933. Member of Committee on location and finishing of Engine 3 Fire Station: 1932 and 1933. Member of Committee to consider the advisability of constructing an under- ground water conduit from James Brook to Little Harbor: 1933. Committee to investigate lighting and power for Cohasset: 1933 and 1935. Committee on land for municipal purposes: 1933. Member of Committee to take what action is necessary to make the so-called Hammond Prosperity Plan available: 1936 and 1937. Member of Committee to investigate Zoning By-Laws: 1937. Town Real Estate Committee: 1940 through 1942. Jtt iMemonam EDWARD B. MATHEWSON special Police Officer: 1937 through 1941, and part of 1942, Fireman: 1942 through October 1956. 3n mBttiortam JEROME WADSWORTH Advisory Committee: 1948 and 1949; he served as Chairman of the Advisory Committee for 1950 through 1953; and again was a member of the Committee for 1954 and 1955. Civil Defense Advisory Council: 195 1 and 1952 3n iM^mortam mm3«<m MRS. LOIS WHEELWRIGHT School Committee: 1935 through 1940. 3tt iMBmormm SARGENT F. TOWER School Committee: 1931 through 1936. Water Commissioner : 1954 and 1955. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Board of Selectmen OF THE FINANCIAL AFFAIRS OF THE TOWN OF COHASSET AND THE Report of Other Town Officers For the Year Ending December 31 1956 SANDERSON BROTHERS North Abington, Mass. Annual Report, Town of Cohasset, 1956 TOWN OFFICERS, 1956 - 1957 TOWN RECORDS Elected by Ballot Moderator ROBERT B. JAMES Term expires March 1957 Town Clerk WILLIAM H. MORRIS Term expires March 1959 Selectmen, Assessors and Board of Public Welfare IRA B. P. STOUGHTON Term expires March 1957 HELEN E. SCRIPTURE Term expires March 1958 NORMAN CARD Term expires March 1959 Collector of Taxes GORDON E. FLINT Term expires March 1958 Treasurer MAURICE R. NOONAN Term expires March 1958 Tree Warden HOWARD BATES Term expires March 1959 Highway Surveyor LOUIS C. BAILEY, JR Term expires March 1957 Constables EDWARD P. BARROW ROYAL A. BATES JOHN T. BARNES ROCCO W. ROSANO STEPHEN H. ROONEY School Committee FELICE LOW Term expires March 1957 HARRY H. REED, JR. Term expires March 1957 Resigned December 31, 1956 WILLIAM E. POLAND Term expires March 1958 JOHN H. MEYER Term expires March 1958 KATHERIN STANTON Term expires March 1959 OSBORNE F. INGRAM Term expires March 1959 3 Annual Report, Town of Cohasset, 1956 Board of Health NATHANEL HURWITZ Term expires March 1957 FRED W. SULLIVAN Term expires March 1958 EDWARD E. TOWER Term expires March 1959 Tt'ustees of Cohasset Free Public Library JOHN C. CRANDELL Term expires March 1957 GERTRUDE M. EMERY Term expires March 1957 ELIZABETH C. HOWKINS Term expires March 1957 KENNETH D. KETCHUM Term expires March 1958 WALTER H. LILLARD Term expires March 1958 CHARLES C. WILSON Term expires March 1958 EMILY B. GLEASON Term expires March 1959 LLOYD C. TROTT Term expires March 1959 EILEEN CLEAVES Term expires March 1959 Planning Board ANTHONY WHITTEMORE Term expires March 1957 Resigned 8/17/56 H. NELSON HARTSTONE Term expires March 1958 HERBERT WILLIAMS, JR Term expires March 1959 BURTRAM J. PRATT Term expires March 1960 ALBERT HABERSTROH . Term expires March 1961 NATHAN W. BATES Term expires March 1957 Appointed 9/5/56 to fill vacancy Water Commissioners SARGENT F. TOWER Term expires March 1957 Died on February 25, 1956 M. FRANK KNOY . : Term expires March 1957 Appointed to fill vacancy 3/13/56 WILLIAM H. TAYLOR, JR Term expires March 1958 HARRY H. REED, JR Term expires March 1959 Resigned 5/9/56 JOSEPH PERONCELLO Term expires March 1959 Appointed 5/22/56 WILLIAM H. MORRIS, Town Clerk. TOWN OFFICERS APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN Town Accountant Under Civil Service MALCOLM H. STEVENS Registrars of Voters LOUISE E. CONROY Term expires March 1957 JOSEPH S. DUNN Term expires March 1958 CLARENCE M. GRASSIE Term expires March 1959 4 Annual Report, Town of Cohasset, 1956 Assistant Registrar of Voters LEONORA K. WHITTAKER, appointed September 24, 1956 MARJORIE G. DOWLING, appointed October 8, 1956 Advisory Committee — appointed by Selectmen ARTHUR SOMERVILLE Term expires March 1957 LOUIS F. EATON, JR Term expires March 1957 JOHN F. KELLY Term expires March 1957 IRWIN M. GOLDEN Term expires March 1958 GEORGE Mclaughlin Term expires March 1958 PHILIP L. TOWLE Term expires March 1958 Appointed by Chairman of Selectmen, Chairman of Advisory Committee and Moderator CLYDE S. CASADY Term expires March 1959 WILLIAM V. FITZGERALD Term expires March 1959 CHARLES J. FOX Term expires March 1959 Chief of Police HECTOR J. PELLETIER Sergeants of Police RANDOLPH A. FEOLA THOMAS B. KANE Patrolmen RICHARD P. BARROW FRANCIS J. O'NEILL CARMELO CONTE ROBERT N. ROONEY JOHN A. FRUGOLI LOUIS J. SIMEONE FREDERICK L. HUNTWORK JAMES J. SULLIVAN Retired as of September 14, 1956 ABRAHAM J. ANTOINE, JR. Appointed Patrolman as of September 27, 1956 CHARLES E. STOCKBRIDGE, JR. Appointed as of May 10, 1956 Perraanent InterTnittent Patrolmeyi WILLIAM T. LOGAN ABRAHAM J. ANTOINE, JR. Appointed Patrolman as of Stepmber 27, 1956 CHARLES E. STOCKBRIDGE, JR. Appointed Patrolman as of May 10, 1956 Special Police Officers Assigned to the Police Department AUSTIN L. AHEARN, JR. ROCCO LAUGELLE RALPH S. ENOS VINCENT F. SINOPOLI JOHN J. FERREIRA CHARLES B. WOOD FRANK E. JASON 5 Annual Report, Town of Cohasset, 1956 Lockup Keepers HECTOR J. PELLETIER THOMAS B. KANE RANDOLPH A. FEOLA Special Police Officers RICHARDSON WHITE, Private STEPHEN H. ROONEY, Private CHARLES E. BUTMAN, Sandy Beach Association EDWARD R. JASON, Private ROBERT B. JAMES, Private LOUIS C. BAILEY, Highway Surveyor MANUEL A. MARKS, Private HARRY H. RITTER, Custodian, Town Hall JAMES M. HURLEY, Custodian, Town Hall ARTHUR L. CLARK, Deputy Forest Warden CHARLES PIEPENBRINK, Fire Chief CLARENCE S. REDDY, Deputy Fire Chief EDWARD J. ANTOINE, Harbor Master BERNARD J. SALVADOR, Assistant Harbor Master WALTER H. LILLARD, Director of Civil Defense GORHAM L. BATES, Sealer of Weights and Measures A. FRED PETERSEN, Private FREDERICK W. SULLIVAN, Private WILLIAM C. WIGMORE, Cohasset Community Center HERBERT WILLIAMS, SR., Inspector of Wires GEORGE S. JASON, Private JOSEPH B. OLDFIELD, Cohasset Golf Club RICHARD LINCOLN, Cohasset Golf Club HOWARD BATES, Tree Warden NORMAN G. GRASSIE, Private NICHOLAS J. SINOPOLI, JR., Private GEORGE E. HALEY, Private JOSEPH A. SILVIA, Private HARRY H. REED, JR., Superintendent of Water Department, Appointed May 23, 1956 Dog Officers HECTOR J. PELLETIER ROBERT N. ROONEY THOMAS B. KANE FREDERICK L. HUNTWORK RANDOLPH A. FEOLA CARMELO CONTE JAMES J. SULLIVAN JOHN A. FRUGOLI LOUIS J. SIMEONE FRANCIS J. O'NEILL RICHARD P. BARROW Annual Report, Town of Cohasset, 1956 Clam Wardeyis HECTOR J. PELLETIER ROBERT N. ROONEY RANDOLPH A. FEOLA BERNARD J. SALVADOR THOMAS B. KANE CARMELO CONTE EDWARD J. ANTOINE JOHN A. FRUGOLI JAMES J. SULLIVAN FRANCIS J. O'NEILL RICHARD P. BARROW Forest Warden CHARLES PIEPENBRINK Chief of Fire DeiDartment, under Civil Service CHARLES PIEPENBRINK Deputy Fire Chief, Under Civil Service CORNELIUS J. O'BRIEN, appointed August 1, 1956 Superintendent of Moth Work HOWARD BATES Toivn Counsel FREDERICK A. THAYER Sealer of Weights and Measures GORHAM L. BATES Superintendent of Wires HERBERT C. WILLIAMS, SR., retired as of September 20, 1956 E. PARKER MALLEY, appointed as of September 20, 1956 Assistant Supterintendent of Wires E. PARKER MALLEY, appointed Superintendent of Wires as of September 20, 1956 STANLEY W. HAMMOND, appointed October 17, 1956 Measurers of Wood and Bark HOWARD BATES LOUIS C. BAILEY IRA N. PRATT RICHARDSON WHITE Veterans* Burial Agent EDWARD A. MULVEY Inspector of Animals DR. MATTHEW CARR Surveyor of Lumber WILLIAM H. ELLSWORTH, resigned as of April 25, 1956 DAVID J. FULTON, appointed April 18, 1956 7 Annual Report, Town of Cohasset, 1956 Inspector of Public Buildings CHARLES PIEPENBRINK Caretakers CHARLES HENRY, Woodside Cemetery ROSCOE BOWSER, Veterans' Lots, Woodside Cemetery M. JOSEPH SULLIVAN, Milliken Field ARTHUR F. JAMES, Town Commons THOMAS JEROME, Todd Park JOHN J. DAVENPORT, Wadleigh Park and Green Gate Cemetery JOHN KIMBALL, Depot Court and South Main Street CHARLES E. BUTMAN, Sandy Beach Parking Area Director of Veterans' Affairs EDWARD A. MULVEY Assistant Director of Veterans' Affairs MARGUERITE G. BARRETT Fence Viewers ANTHONY R. EMANUELLO ARTHUR F. JAMES JEROME C. LINCOLN Harbor Master EDWARD J. ANTOINE Assistant Harbor Master BERNARD J. SALVADOR Public Weighers and Weighers of Coal EVERETT W. WHEELWRIGHT DOROTHY C.