ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT of the OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES of the TOWN OF HANOVER FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1988 COVER: Sketch by John Nutter Saint Mary of the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church Built in 1953 at comer of Hanover and Spring Streets The Artist has provided the Town of Hanover Annual Report with ten previous covers. We are fortunate to have a man of his talent and generosity. The original pictures are hanging in the Selectmen's Office at the Hanover Town Hall, and are much admired. Once again, thank you John Nutter for your beautiful work. DAVID G. ZWICKER Hanover Police Department Police Officer, 1957 Sergeant, 1964 Police Chief, 1967- 1982 Founder, Hanover Police Boys Club FRANCIS J. MITCHELL Member of Board of Selecunen, 1968-1977 Member of Advisory Board, 1960-1968 RICHARD J. ERICKSON Teacher Elementary School Principal Organizer, Permanent Scholarship Fund In 'Deaication DONALD B. VIRTUE Teacher Hanover High School Principal Served Town of Hanover from 1951- 1988 TOWN OF HANOVER PLYMOUTH COUN1Y, MASSACHUSETTS REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS Tenth Congressional District GERRY E. STUDDS, Cohasset COUNCILLOR Fourth Councillor District PETER L. ELEEY, Boston STATE SENATOR MICHAEL C. CREEDON, Brockton STATE REPRESENTATIVE Fifth Plymouth Representative District WILLIAM J. FLYNN, Jr., Hanover COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MATTHEW C. STRIGGLES Bridgewater KEVIN R. DONOVAN Abington PATRICIA A. LAWTON Brockton PLYMOUTH COUNTY CHARTER COMMISSION Robert J. Nyman Population - 12,042 (1988 Town Census) 1 ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS SELECTMEN Janet W. O'Brien, Chairman Term Expires 1989 Margaret M. Morris Term Expires 1990 A. Donald Deluse Term Expires 1991 ASSESSORS Linard Risgin, Chairman Term Expires 1989 Gerald S. Culhane Term Expires 1990 Charles E. Hopkins Term Expires 1991 TOWN CLERK John W. Murphy Term Expires 1989 TREASURER John W. Murphy Term Expires 1989 TAX COLLECTOR Eleanor M. Kimball Term Expires 1989 SCHOOL COMMITTEE Michael O'Malley, Chairman (Resigned) Term Expires 1991 Harlan I. Stone Term Expires 1990 Joan T. Port Term Expires 1989 Margaret Burns Term Expires 1990 Joan DuBois Term Expires 1991 BOARD OF HEALTH Leander G. Othon, Chairman Term Expires 1989 Theodore J. O'Toole Term Expires 1990 Albert J. Sullivan, Jr. Term Expires 1991 TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY Grace M. Boyle Term Expires 1989 Janet M. Cole Term Expires 1990 Albert M. Reale Term Expires 1991 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS Benjamin Kruser, Chairman Term Expires 1989 Henry J. Matthews Term Expires 1990 George Lowe Term Expires 1991 2 PLANNING BOARD Marjorie Abbot, Chairman Term Expires 1990 John A. Libertine Term Expires 1991 Arnold Itz Term Expires 1989 Peter K. Johnson Term Expires 1992 Marilyn Colombo Term Expires 1993 T. Todd Andersen (Resigned) Term Expires 1989 Turner W. Gilman (Resigned) Term Expires 1992 HOUSING AUTHORI1Y Carmine Salines, Chairman (Resigned) Term Expires 1992 Karen F. Cranton (Resigned) Term Expires 1988 Michael R. Pizziferri Term Expires 1990 Maryann Brugnoli, Chairman Term Expires 1991 Anthony Krupa (State Appointee)(Resigned) Term Expires 1988 Ronald J. Walker Term Expires 1989 Charles Keane (Resigned) Term Expires 1989 MODERATOR Elected Annually George H. Lewald ********** OFFICERS APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN TOWN ADMINISTRATOR Stephen S. Rollins Term Expires 1992 TOWN ACCOUNTANT Robert Bliss Kam Chin Chan, Assistant Town Accountant TOWN CONSTABLES Thomas F. Hayes Term Expires 1989 Paul Newcomb Term Expires 1989 PUBLIC CONSTABLES Floyd L. Carr, Brockton Term Expires 1989 Francis L. Woodward, Brockton Term Expires 1989 James E. Cruise, Hanover Term Expires 1989 George R. DeLuca, Hingham Term Expires 1989 Robert F. Wilson, Sr., Hanover Term Expires 1989 Nancy Stolfa, Hanover Term Expires 1989 Robert S. Barlow, Marshfield Term Expires 1989 3 DOG OFFICER Steven F. Earley FOREST FIRE WARDEN Stephen R. Tucker REGISTRARS OF VOTERS John W. Murphy,C/e,* Barbara Beal Term Expires 1989 Sue S. Kelley Term Expires 1990 Carmine Salines Term Expires 1991 Malcolm C. Hatch (Resigned) Term Expires 1988 BOARD OF APPEALS James S. Oldham, Chairman Term Expires 1989 Kenneth R. Lingley Term Expires 1990 Lorrimer Armstrong,Jr. Term Expires 1991 Associate Members Michael T. Jones Term Expires 1990 Joel T. O'Brien Term Expires 1991 BUILDING INSPECTOR Arthur Capaccioli Term Expires 1989 INSPECTOR OF GAS PIPING AND APPLIANCES INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING Theodore F. Luscinski, Inspector Term Expires 1989 William Stewart, Deputy Inspector Term Expires 1989 INSPECTOR OF WIRES William F. Laidler, Inspector Term Expires 1989 Robert W. Stewart, Deputy Inspector Term Expires 1989 SURVEYOR OF WOOD, LUMBER AND BARK William L. Morse, II Term Expires 1989 LOCAL SUPERINTENDENT SHADE TREE MANAGEMENT & PEST CONTROL William L. Morse, II Term Expires 1989 VETERANS'AGENT AND VETERANS' OFFICER AGENT FOR BURIAL OF INDIGENT SOLDIERS Michael J. Ahern INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS Richard J. Simmons (Resigned) 4 SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Arthur C. West, Jr. CUSTODIANS OF THE TOWN HALL Arthur McMahon Andrew Stevens Hilda Gibbs (Resigned) TOWN COUNSEL David G. Nagle, Jr. CMLDEFENSE James A. Purcell,Director Term Expires 1989 Albert M. Farr,Jr., Deputy Director Term Expires 1989 Anthony Manna, Deputy Director Term Expires 1989 Francis J. DiSabatino, Radio Officer Term Expires 1989 Walter J. Harris,RA. C.E.S. Operator Term Expires 1989 Anna E.Manna, RA.C.E.S. Operator Term Expires 1989 (RA.C.E.S. = Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service) AGENT, COUN1Y AID TO AGRICULTURE Leander B. Nichols CONSERVATION COMMISSION Sheila Burch, Chairman Term Expires 1990 Jerome Cohen, Co-Chairman Term Expires 1989 Leslie J. Molyneaux Term Expries 1989 Judith A. MacDonald Term Expires 1990 Philip Redo Term Expires 1990 Margaret Burns (Resigned) Term Expires 1990 Mary Anne Johnson (Resigned) Term Expires 1990 PERSONNEL BOARD Paul R. Salines, Chairman Term Expries 1991 Michael R. Walsh Term Expires 1991 Joan Kuhn Term Expires 1989 Mary Dunn Term Expires 1989 Stephen Mccafferty Term Expires 1990 DEVELOPMENT AND INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION Robert M. Leach, Chairman Term Expires 1989 John E. Hoadley Term Expires 1989 Albert Cavanagh Term Expires 1989 EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER COMMITIEE Kenton W. Greene, Chairman (Resigned) Term Expires 1989 Chief John B. Lingley Term Expires 1990 Chief Stephen R. Tucker Term Expires 1990 5 COMMITTEE OF OVERSEERS OF THE STETSON HOUSE David B. Richardson Term Expires 1989 Dr. A. Peter Davis Term Expires 1991 Ralph L. Hadlock Term Expires 1990 ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD Leslie Molyneaux,Hanover Teachers Assoc.,Chairman Term expires 1989 Joyce Linde, Municipal Employees League Term Expires 1989 Raymond 0. Scott, Hanover School Custodians Term Expires 1989 Jeffrey Blanchard, FF/EMT Assoc. Term Expires 1989 Walter L. Sweeney, IBPO, Local 531 Term Expires 1989 Robert Parkis,South Shore Regional School(Resigned) Term Expires 1989 Philip Shorey, Department of Public Works Term Expires 1989 CABLE TELEVISION STUDY COMMITTEE W. Scott Obreza, Chairman Term Expires 1989 Guy Evans Term Expires 1989 Steven Parsons Term Expires 1989 Edward McVinney Term Expires 1989 David McHugh Term Expires 1989 COORDINATOR FOR DISPOSAL OF HAZARDOUS WASTE Theodore O'Toole REPRESENTATIVES TO NORTH RIVER COMMISSION Jerome Cohen (Resigned) Daniel C. Jones Term Expires 1989 Jody R. Hodgdon, Alternate Term Expires 1989 HANOVER ARTS LOTTERY COUNCIL Katharine A. DiSabato,Chairman Lois VanDoren, Treasurer Phyllis R. Cohen Patricia A. Shea Ellen M. Autio Ellen White Elaine Tufts Janet Meade Jean C. Ahern (Resigned) D. Kenneth Clinton (Resigned) John R. Nutter (Resigned) COORDINATOR OF ENERGY Richard J. Simmons (Resigned) Christine Scheufele 6 TRUST FUND COMMISSION Gerald F. Huban Samuel A. Morse John S. Goldthwait HANOVER COMMON PROJECT COMMITTEE Grace M. Boyle, John Curtis Free Library Sandra Adami, First Congregational Church Barbara Barker, Hanover Historical Commission Maureen Elliott, Citizen at Large HANOVER HISTORICAL COMMISSION Barbara Barker Term Expires 1989 Lawrence Slaney Term Expires 1989 Barbara Connors Term Expires 1989 Robert Miklos Term Expires 1989 Jeannine Risgin (Resigned) REPRESENTATIVE TO METROPOLITAN AREA PLANNING COUNCIL Janet W. O'Brien REPRESENTATIVE TO SOUTH SHORE REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT COMMITTEE Dennis Blackwell (Resigned) Louis Crescenzi Term Expires 1989 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION COMMITTEE Philip Beal, Dept. of Public Works Term Expires 1989 John Lingley, Chief of Police Term Expires 1989 Kenneth Blanchard, Deputy Fire Chief Term Expires 1989 Stephen S. Rollins, Town Administrator Term Expires 1989 Mary Dunn, Personnel Board Term Expires 1989 FAIR HOUSING COMMITTEE MaryDeame Term Expires 1989 Claunette Valliere Term Expires 1989 Kevin Donovan Term Expires 1989 COUNCIL ON AGING Henry S. Newcomb Peter Hammond Herman Gorrill Gerard Bussiere Martin J. Quinn Winifred Howes Esther Jokinen Kathryn E.Marshall (Resigned) 7 PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE Arthur Ceurvels,Jr. Term Expires 1989 Ralph Lordi Term Expires 1989 John Gabriel, Jr. Term Expires 1989 Robert Shea Term Expires 1989 James DiGravio Term Expires 1989 Sydney Elliott Term Expires 1989 GOVERNMENT STUDY COMMITTEE Frederick L. Briggs James R. Grande Thomas J. Monaghan Donald E. Morrison Elaine J. Shea CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANNING COMMITTEE Mark A. Leahy Chairman Term Expires 1989 Shirley M. Minott Term Expires 1991 Peter G. Palmieri Term Expires 1990 Joseph Bellantoni Term Expires 1992 HANOVER FIRE STATION STUDY COMMITTEE Robert K. White, Chairman A. Donald Deluse Frederick L. Briggs Wendell D. Blanchard (Fire Chief,