TOWN OF COHASSET ANNUAL REPORT 1954 ht Memoriam FRED V. STANLEY f. School Committee 1918 - 1928 Member of Board of Directors, Paul Pratt Memorial Library 1915, 1916 1917 and 1918 — Clerk 1919 — Clerk and Treasurer, pro tern Treasurer of Paul Pratt Memorial Library 1920 . 1954 EDWARD F. WILLCUTT Finance Committee 1919 - 1923 Member of Neiv Grade School Building Committee 1926 New High School Building Committee 1944 - 1950 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 1954 Annual Report, Town of Cohasset, 1954 TOWN OFFICERS, 1954-1955 TOWN RECORDS Elected by Ballot Moderator ROBERT B. JAMES Term expires March 1957 Town Clerk WILLIAM H. MORRIS Term expires March 1956 Selectmen, Assessors and Board of Public Welfare HELEN E. SCRIPTURE Term expires March 1955 NORMAN CARD Term expires March 1956 IRA B. P. STOUGHTON Term expires March 1957 Collector of Taxes GORDON E. FLINT Term expires March 1955 Treasurer MAURICE R. NOONAN Term expires March 1955 Tree Warden HOWARD BATES Term expires March 1956 Highway Surveyor WILLIAM T. BARNES Term expires March 1957 Constables EDWARD P. BARROW WILLIAM H. DOWDING ROYAL A. BATES STEPHEN H. ROONEY H. MONTE LaFLAMME School Committee WILLIAM E. POLAND Term expires March 1955 RICHARD SULLIVAN Term expires March 1955 JOHN H. DEAN Term expires March 1956 OSBORNE F. INGRAM Term expires March 1956 , FELICE LOW Term expires March 1957 HARRY H. REED, JR. Term expires March 1957 Board of Health FRED W. SULLIVAN Term expires March 1955 EDWARD E. TOWER Term expires March 1956 NATHANIEL HURWITZ Term expires March 1957 Annual Report, Town of Cohasset, 1954 Trustees of Cohasset Free Public Library KENNETH D. KETCHUM Term expires March 1955 WALTER H. LILLARD Term expires March 1955 CHARLES C. WILSON Term expires March 1955 ETHEL BOWMAN Term expires March 1956 EMILY B. GLEASON Term expires March 1956 LLOYD C. TROTT : Term expires March 1956 JOHN C. CRANDELL Term expires March 1957 GERTRUDE M. EMERY Term expires March 1957 ELIZABETH C. HOWKINS Term expires March 1957 Planning Board G. CHURCHILL FRANCIS Term expires March 1955 ALBERT HABERSTROH Term expires March 1956 ANTHONY WHITTEMORE Term expires March 1957 H. NELSON HARTSTONE Term expires March 1958 NATHAN W. BATES Term expires March 1959 Water Commissioners A. FRED PETERSEN Term expires March 1955 CLARENCE M. PATROLIA Term expires March 1956 SARGENT F. TOWER Term expires March 1957 WILLIAM H. MORRIS, Town Clerk. TOWN OFFICERS APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN Toivn Accountant Under Civil Service MALCOLM H. STEVENS Registrars of Voters JOSEPH S. DUNN Term expires March 1955 CLARENCE M. GRASSIE Term expires March 1956 LOUISE E. CONROY Term expires March 1957 Advisory Committee IRWIN M. GOLDEN Term expires March 1955 FREDERICK L. GOOD, JR Term expires March 1955 JEROME F. WADSWORTH Term expires March 1955 ARTHUR CLARK Term expires March 1956 ARTHUR O. WOODS Term expires March 1956 LAWRENCE S. GATES Term expires March 1956 4 Annual, Report, Town of Cohasset, 1954 EDWARD C. BURSK Term expires March 1957 G. PRESCOTT LOW Term expires March 1957 ARTHUR SOMERVILLE Term expires March 1957 Chief of Police HECTOR J. PELLETIER Sergeants of Police RANDOLPH A. FEOLA THOMAS B. KANE Patrolmen JAMES J. SULLIVAN ROBERT N. ROONEY RICHARD P. BARROW LOUIS J. SIMEONE FREDERICK L. HUNTWORK GEORGE W. KOHLMEYER CARMELO CONTE, Appointed March 26, 1954 JOHN A. FRUGOLI, Appointed March 26, 1954 Permanent Intermittent Patrolman FRANCIS J. O'NEILL, Appointed December 1, 1954 Special Police Officers Assigned to the Police Department FRANK E. JASON ROCCO LAUGELLE RALPH S. ENOS AUSTIN L. AHEARN, JR. JOHN J. FERREIRA JOHN L. WHEELWRIGHT GEORGE E. HALEY VINCENT F. SINOPOLI CHARLES B. WOOD 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 WILLIAM T. BARNES, Highway Surveyor MANUEL MARKS, Private HARRY H. RITTER, Custodian, Town Hall JOSEPH L. OLIVER, Fire Chief CHARLES PIEPENBRINK, Fire Chief CLARENCE S. REDDY, Deputy Fire Chief ARTHUR CLARK, Deputy Forest Warden EDWARD J. ANTOINE, Harbor Master BERNARD J. SALVADOR, Assistant Harbor Master WALTER H. LILLARD, Director of Civil Defense 5 Annual Report, Town of Cohasset, 1954 MARTIN GRASSIE, Cohasset Yacht Club GORHAM L. BATES, Sealer of Weights and Measures A. FRED PETERSEN, Private FREDERICK W. SULLIVAN, Private WILLIAM C. WIGMORE, Cohasset Community Center DAVID BRUCE McLEAN, Private HERBERT WILLIAMS, SR., Inspector of Wires GEORGE S. JASON, Private JOSEPH B. OLDFIELD, Cohasset Golf Club RICHARD LINCOLN, Cohasset Golf Club LOUIS C. BAILEY, Private HOWARD BATES, Tree Warden NORMAN G. GRASSIE, Private NICHOLAS J. SINOPOLI, JR., Private JOSEPH MEGNA, Private Dog Officers HECTOR J. PELLETIER ROBERT N. ROONEY THOMAS B. KANE FREDERICK L. HUNTWORK RANDOLPH A. FEOLA GEORGE W. KOHLMEYER JAMES J. SULLIVAN CARMELO CONTE LOUIS J. SIMEONE JOHN A. FRUGOLI RICHARD P. BARROW Clavi Wardens HECTOR J. PELLETIER FREDERICK L. HUNTWORK THOMAS B. KANE GEORGE W. KOHLMEYER RANDOLPH A. FEOLA EDWARD J. ANTOINE JAMES J. SULLIVAN BERNARD J. SALVADOR LOUIS J. SIMEONE CARMELO CONTE RICHARD P. BARROW JOHN A. FRUGOLI ROBERT N. ROONEY Auxiliary Police Captain ROBERT B. JAMES Sergeants E. LAWRENCE PARKER, JR. BERNARD H. MULCAHY Patrolmen DANIEL S. CAMPBELL FRANK WILLIAMS KEMPTON CHURCHILL FREDERICK H. GRASSIE ARNOLD PETERSON CHARLES A. MARKS HAROLD BROWN LOUIS N. SIMEONE EDWARD JACOME LAWRENCE GATES Annual Report, Town of Cohasset, 1954 LEONARD LAWRENCE JOSEPH S. DUNN MILTON ROGERS DAVID TRUESDELL KENNETH EVANS DONALD T. GAMMONS HENDRIK KIP Forest Warden JOSEPH L. OLIVER, retired September 7, 1954 CHARLES PIEPENBRINK, appointed September 8, 1954 Director of Civil Defense WALTER H. LILLARD Chief of Fire Department Under Civil Service JOSEPH L. OLIVER, retired September 7, 1954 CHARLES PIEPENBRINK, appointed September 8, 1954 Superintendent of Moth Work HOWARD BATES Town Counsel FREDERICK A. THAYER Sealer of Weights and Measures GORHAM L. BATES Superintendent of Wires HERBERT C. WILLIAMS, SR. Assistant Superintendent of Wires E. PARKER MALLEY Meo.surers of Wood and Bp^rk HOWARD BATES LOUIS B. C. BAILEY, JR. IRA N. PRATT RICHARDSON WHITE Burial Agent * VAN R. SIDNEY Inspector of Animals DR. MATTHEW CARR Surveyors of Lumber WILLIAM H. ELLSWORTH JOSEPH A. VALINE Caretakers CHARLES HENRY, Woodside Cemetery ROSCOE BOWSER, Veterans' Lots, Woodside Cemetery M. JOSEPH SULLIVAN, Milliken Field 7 Annual Report, Town of Cohasset, 1954 ARTHUR F. JAMES, Town Commons THOMAS JEROME, Todd Park ROBERT E. MAREE, Small Parks JOHN J. DAVENPORT, Wadleigh Park and Green Gate Cemetery WARREN JONES, Beechwood Cemetery CHARLES KENNEDY, Central 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 MRS. MARGUERITE G. BARRETT Fence Viewers JEROME C. LINCOLN ARTHUR F. JAMES ANTHONY R. EMANUELLO Harbor Master EDWARD J. ANTOINE Assistant Harbor Master BERNARD J. SALVADOR Public Weighers and Weighers of Coal EVERETT W. V/HEELWRIGHT DOROTHY C. WOOD WALTER C. WHEELWRIGHT Cilstodian of the Town Hall HARRY H. RITTER Town Engineer T. CLARK PERKINS Under Article 17, March Meeting, 1954 Board of Appeals Under Subdivision Control Law JOHN H. WINTERS, JR Term expires March 1955 WILLIAM H. TAYLOR, JR Term expires March 1956 HOLLIS T. GLEASON Term expires March 1957 Associate Members NORMAN JAMES Term expires March 1955 RALPH C. WILLIAMS, JR Term expires March 1956 8 Annual Report, Town of Cohasset, 1954 Organization of Board of Selectmen NORMAN CARD, Chairman IRA B. P. STOUGHTON, Executive iClerk HELEN E. SCRIPTURE DOROTHY V. GRAHAM, Clerk EDITH B. CAVANAGH, Assistant Clerk Organization of Board of Assessors IRA B. P. STOUGHTON, Chairman NORMAN CARD HELEN E. SCRIPTURE DOROTHY V. GRAHAM, Clerk EDITH B. CAVANAGH, Assistant Clerk Organization of Board of Public Welfare, Bureau of Old Age Assistance and Aid to Dependent Children HELEN E. SCRIPTURE, Chairman IRA B. P. STOUGHTON NORMAN CARD MARY E. OLIVER, Welfare Agent under Civil Service JUANITA J. OLIVER, Clerk under Civil Service Annual Report, Town of Cohasset, 1954 COMMITTEES Under Article 50, March Meeting, 1947 Town History Committee HENRY F. HOWE G. FRANK SARGENT GILBERT S. TOWER JOHN M. HUNT LAWRENCE B. FLETCHER CHARLOTTE S. TOWER MARTHA ENOS NATHAN BATES BURTRAM J. PRATT LUCY B. TREAT MRS. F. GORDON PATTISON, Associate Member WILLIAM H. MORRIS, Associate Member Under Article 42, March Meeting, 1949 Government Island Property Committee HENRY F. HOWE CHARLES L. STEGMAIER THOMAS SILVIA KENDALL D. DOBLE OSBORNE INGRAM WILLIAM G. RUSSELL LANGFORD WARREN EARLE W. HIGGINS LAWRENCE FIGUEIREDO Under Resolution offered by Mr. P. T. Cumner, March Meeting, 1951 Shade Tree Committee NATHAN W. BATES HELEN HOWES VOSOFF RUFUS A. JAMES HOPE WARREN GEORGE W. BENEDICT, JR. HERBERT T. STODDARD GUDRUN B. HOWE VIRGINIA W. KNOWLES Under Article 20, March Meeting, 1952 Committee to Study the Possible Future Use of the Osgood School Grounds ROBERTA MANTON EVERETT GAMMONS BERNARD MULCAHY GEORGE BENEDICT ALBERT HABERSTROH Under Article 23, March Meeting, 1952 Committee to Work with the Selectmen for the Acquisition of the Beechwood Cemetery HOWARD BATES CHARLES STODDARD W. C. WHEELWRIGHT, SR. JOSEPH ANDREWS E. HAROLD BROWN 10 Annual Report, Town of Cohasset, 1954 Under Article 27, March Meeting, 1952 Committee to Study the Town Manager Form of Government with Relation to Cohasset CHARLES L. STEGMAIER HERBERT R. TOWLE LAWRENCE L. CLARKE PAUL BLACKMUR RICHARD C. WARE WILLIAM H. TAYLOR, JR. WARREN C PRATT Under Article 31, March Meeting, 1952 Committee to Study the Union Health Department Program HENRY F. HOWE JOSEPH A. HUMPHREYS HOWARD S. REID NORMAN E. SCOTT ROSEMARY C. MAdlSAACS ELIZABETH F. O'NEILL MARJORY CABOT WARE Under Article 45, March Meeting, 1952 Fire Department Investigating Committee ROSCOE E. SHERBROOKE PRESCOTT T. CUMNER E. HAROLD BROWN GILBERT S.