ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE TOWN OFFICERS OF DENNIS FOE THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1950 PRINTED BY THE PATRIOT PRESS HYANNIS. MASS. Town Officials Selectmen, Assessors, Board of Health, Board of Public Welfare Clarence M. Nickerson, Chairman Term expires 1951 Earle M. Davidson Term expires 1953 Frederick A. Eldridge, Jr. Term expires 1952 Moderator Dean S. Sears Town Clerk and Treasurer Gerard Chapman Auditors Alice J. Canfield Pearl M. Crowell Roger F. Sampson Constables Thomas T. Kelley Benjamin F. Kendrick Lester O'Neil Park Commissioners Charles P. Wixon Term expires 1951 C. Arthur Hallett Term expires 1952 Edward A. Crowell Term expires 1953 School Committee •Thomas E. Flvnn, Jr. Term expires 1951 Albert H. Crowell Term expires 1951 George D. Wilbur, Chairman Term expires 1951 Norman A. Hallett Term expires 1952 Linda R. Maloney Term expires 1952 Ralph H. Richardson Term expires 1953 Tree Warden George B. Ellis Surveyor of Highways Bartlett F. Sears Planning Board William Sundell Term expires 1952 Benjamin P. Chase Term expires 1953 William E. Crowell Term expires 1953 Everett Bacon Term expires 1954 Sumner S. Howes Term expires 1955 Cemetery Commissioners C. Lovell Goodspeed Term expires 1951 Ena L. Crowell Term expires 1952 Edward A. Crowell Term expires 1953 Trustees of the Caleb Chase Fund Frank E. Howes Term expires 1951 O. Thomas Murray Term expires 1952 Arthur Wade Term expires 1953 ^Resigned APPOINTMENTS Bureau of Old Age Assistance Earle M. Davidson Clarence M. Nickerson Frederick A. Eldridge, Jr. Madeline M. Galeekie Public Welfare Investigator Madeline M. Galeckie Clerk *Muriel P. Jacobs Elizabeth R. Kaull Town Clerk and Treasurer's Clerks Mary J. Perry Christine F. Matteson Assistant Assessor B. Harriet Foss Town Counsel George E. Armeson Veterans' Agent Andrew E. Mitchell Inspector of Wires Harry E. Robinson Inspector of Buildings Frederick A. Eldredge 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 Malcolm L. Nickerson Term expires 1951 Nathan Crowell Term expires 1952 William J. McHenry Term expires 1953 Chief of Police Benjamin F. Kendrick Deputy Chief of Police Marshall E. Cahoon Patrolmen *Carl J. Fischer Kenneth C. Nagle *Joseph Mullin Special Police Clarence W. Bayles Edwin L. Leach Mervin H. Sears Harold Dixon Orion P. Derick Norman E. Hallett Malcolm Nickerson Benjamin B. Swift Richard S. Hall John E. O'Hara C. Arthur Hallett Frank Embler Gordon A. Barker Frederick Sargent Thomas T. Kelley Theodore Sears Theophilus Smith Brant D. Ellis Donald S. Asdourian Edwin C. Higgins Howard B. Sears Harold S. Blake Bartlett F. Sears David L. Kelley Fred H. Vincent Robert A. Cummings Chester C. Nickerson Ethel M. Chase Everett Weinstock Carl J. Fischer Madeline M. Galeckie Benjamin Burdon Rufus Blake David P. Jones Dog Officer Marshall E. Cahoon Harbor Masters Archie R. Ellis Benjamin "Walker George C. Miller Howard B. Sears Assistant Harbor Master Edwin L. Leach Burial Agent and Soldiers' Burial Agent Gerard Chapman Sanitary Inspector and Collector of Milk Samples George F. Crocker Assistant Sanitary Inspector and Collector of Milk Samples Ernest C. Eldredge County Health Agent Dr. Fred L. Moore Inspector of Slaughtering "William H. Kelley Frank E. Howes Inspector of Animals "William H. Kelley Frank E. Howes Fence Viewers Lester 0'Neil Linwood Robbins Charles A. Hallett Weighers of Coal and Measurers of Wood and Bark Edmund H. Sears Richard S. Hall Gilbert S. Kelley Leon T. Hall Measurers of Grain and Weighers of Hay David B. Lane, Jr. Leon T. Hall Frank B. Howes Richard S. Hall Gilbert S. Kelley Pound Keepers Alvin S. Taylor Thomas T. Kelley William P. Stone Henry C. Maloney Allen F. Howard 6 Field Drivers Alvin S. Taylor Thomas T. Kellev Allen F. Howard Henrv C. Maloney William P. Stone Dutch Elm Disease Control George B. Ellis Nathan Crowell Freeman G. Thaeher Town Forest Committee Freeman G. Thaeher George B. Ellis Nathan Crowell Keeper of Dump Theophilus F. Smith Board of Appeals George R. Foss Term expires 1951 Roland B. Taylor Term expires 1952 Loring J. Churchill Term expires 1953 Finance Committee Frank E. Howes Term expires 1951 Nathaniel H. "Wixon Term expires 1952 Walter G. Robinson Term expires 1952 Alfred C. Kelley Term expires 1953 Warren R. Sargent Term expires 1953 *Resigned Selectmen's Report To the Citizens of Dennis: Your Board of Selectmen submit the following report for the year 1950. Organization shortly after Town Meeting comprised the same setup as in recent years—Mr. Nickerson, Chairman; Mr. Eldridge, Clerk; Mr. Davidson, Supervisor of Relief. In our report for 1949 we were able to state that the Town activities, growth, etc., show the same increase practi- cally as reported the previous year. This holds true .for our report for 1950, but we are sorry to say that from our recent observations and travelling around town assessing new prop- erty, and so on, that the building development has practi- cally ceased. We do not wish to be pessimistic, but we may as well face the facts. This means that it behooves us to be very careful and economical during the coming year. The Finance Committee feel this way and the Board of Selectmen surely do also. ROADS AND COMMON LANDINGS. Roads and Com- mon Landings were laid out in 1950 to the large total of thirteen. This year we are only petitioning for four roads and one common landing. SANITATION AND DUMPING GROUNDS. This im- portant work has shown an increase and growth in the past two or three years which is really remarkable. But we are glad to say that the public apparently realizes the impor- tance of patronizing the central town dump. Very little trou- ble has been caused by the thoughtless person who in the past has been prone to dump anywhere on roadsides or pri- vate property. Mr. Kelley's work as a volunteer agent, help- ing the Board of Health, has apparently paid off with good interest. NEW TOWN OFFICE BUILDING. We are happy to say that late in August we were able to move into the New Town Office Building. It was a much more simple job to do this than we had anticipated. The new building has proven very satisfactory and outside of a few minor changes, which it has been necessary to make, everything is very pleasing to us all. "We have had many reports from different people who have visited us that have been satisfactory and complimen- tary and we take great pleasure at this particular time in thanking the public and other members of the Building Com- mittee, and the architect, Mr. Gaffney, and the builder, Seth R. Nickerson, who is really an old Dennis man. It is planned to have open house some time in the Spring, after the land- scaping is finished. BEACH PROPERTY. We are very glad to report that the Town has finally acquired all of the beach frontage ex- tending from Loring Avenue to Bass River with the excep- tion of the Kennedy parcel. This property comprises a beach frontage of practically a mile and we feel that regardless of the expense incurred, it was a real bargain for the Town. CIVIL DEFENSE. In September, the Civil Defense pro- gram was put into effect. "VVe were ordered to appoint a Di- rector and feel that we were fortunate in acquiring the serv- ices of Robert C. Eldred. This has gradually grown into a very important measure which requires a lot of exacting work and detail. Mr. Eldred has a report elsewhere in this book which we hope you will all read. Detailed reports from the various Town Departments appear elsewhere in this book and we wish to thank and con- gratulate all department heads and other employees for their interest and cooperation, and for a year's work well done. Respectfully submitted, CLARENCE M. NICKERSON, EARLE M. DAVIDSON, FREDERICK A. ELDRIDGE, JR., Selectmen of Dennis. Jury List 1951 Blake, Harold S. Retired Brown, Kirkwood B. Antique Dealer Campbell, Lee PI. Salesman Crowell. Edward E. Painter Curtis, Fred H. Camp Operator Davies, Winslow Retired Dickey, Frank C. Carpenter Dixon, Harold R. Clerk Drysdale, Alfred H. Retired Eldredge, Bernard H. Carpenter Foley, Charles M. Chef Glendon, Hubert A. Real Estate Goodspeed, Edgar W. Retired Horton, Eobert W. Salesman Howes, Julius C. Clerk Howes, Thomas S. Carpenter Kelley, Thacher T. Retired Kelley, William R. Caretaker Morgan, Frank E. Retired Nickerson, Willie T. Carpenter O'Neil, Lester Retired Pareseau, Ernest A. Carpenter Pate, Cloyd H. Salesman Rogers, Leon Painter Ryder, William S. Musician Sears, Edward A. Retired Stone, William P. Farmer Thacher, Freeman G. Painter Wade, Arthur F. Retired Wixon, Charles P. Ice Dealer Woodward, Sherman M. Salesman Wordell, Lvnden G. Store Manager 10 Assessors' Report And Comparative Statement 1949 1950 Real Estate Valuation $7,892,260.00 $8,708,790.00 Tangible Personal Property 715,645.00 799,060.00 $8,607,905.00 $9,507,850.00 1950 Increase in Valuation $899,945.00 APPROPRIATIONS 1949 1950 For Town Expenses $322,200.90 $405,937.95 State Audit of Municipal Accounts 620.70 862.67 Underestimate of 1949 State Parks and Reservations 227.64 292.68 Cape Cod Mosquito Control 2,727.82 3,012.28 County Retirement System 422.00 435.43 Veterans Benefits, Chap. 599, Acts 1946 748.16 748.16 Debt Maturing 5,000.00 5,000.00 $331,947.22 $416,289.17 ESTIMATED RECEIPTS Income Tax $17,611.61 Reimbursements—State-owned Land 17.09 Old Age Tax—Chap. 64B, S. 10 747.99 Chapter 804, Acts of 1949 395.75 Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise 10,602.00 Licenses 3,900.00 Fines 50.00 Special Assessments 100.00 General Government 350.00 Health and Sanitation 250.00 Charities (other than Fed.