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1925-1928 - TOWN REPORTS ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OFFICERS OF THE 'own. ®f Barnstable FOR THE l<. t YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1925 �pF THE Tp�y NRvQ ,sue . • �.e� a BARNSTABLE, MASS. pj 1639 am PRINTEO ON CAPE COD BY F. B.9 F. P,DOSS HYANNIS TOWN OFFICERS 1925 Selectmen Edgar W.Lovell,Santuit,Chairman Term expires 192.6 Howard N. Parker, Nest Barnstable Term expires 1927 William Lovell, Hyannis Term*expires 1928 Overseers of the Poor William Lovell, Hyannis, Chairman Term expires 1928 Edgar W. Lovell, Santuit Term expires 1926 Howard N.Parker,West Barnstable Term expires 1927, Assessors Howard N. Parker, West Barnstable, Chairman Term expires 1927 Edgar W.Lovell, Santuit Term expires 1926 William Lovell, Hyannis Term expires 1928, Town Clerk Clarence M. Chase, Hyannis Term expires 1926. Town Treasurer Clarence M. Chase,Hyannis Term expires 1924 4 Collector of Taxes Everett F. Fuller, Osterville Term expires 1928 School Committee Collen C. Campbell,Hyannis, Chairman Term expires 1928 Richard Cobb, Barnstable Term.expires 1926 Walter I. Fuller, Osterville Term expires 1926 Allen Chadwick, Osterville Resigned Superintendent of Schools C. E. Wheeler, Hyannis Surveyor of Highways Lauchlan M. Crocker, Marstons Mills Term expires 1926 Auditors John Bursley, West Barnstable Term expires 1926 Albert L. Edson, Cummaquid Term expires 1926 Luther C. Hallett, Hyannis Term expires 1926 Tree Warden Robert F. Cross, Osterville Term expires 1926 Board of Health Grandville W. Hallett, Osterville Term expires 1928 Charles E. Harris, Hyannis Term expires 1926 William A. Jones, Barnstable Term expires 1927 5 Registrars of Voters Samuel F. Crocker Marstons Mills Henry C. Mortimer Barnstable John V. O'Neil Hyannis Clarence M. Chase Hyannis Agent of Cobb Fund Henry C. Davis, Cummaquid Park Commissioners William F. Jenkins, West Barnstable Term expires 1927 • Jean G. Hinkle, Osterville Term expires 1928 Charles H. Morrill, Hyannis Term expires 1926 Constables—John Phillips, Barnstable; Benjamin E. Blos- som, West Barnstable; Charles H. Hazelton, Hyannis; James B. Hazelton, Hyannis; George F. Hart, Hyannis; Theodore V. West, Centerville; Chester L. Baker, Os- terville; Harris C. Lovell, Osterville; Maurice J. Hinck- ley, Marstons Mills; Alexander S. Childs, Cotuit; William E. Potter, Cotuit. Finance Committee Admiral Francis T. Bowles, Barnstable Term expires 1927 Charles W. Megathlin, Hyannis Term expires 1927 Horace S. Parker, Osterville Term expires 1926 Bertram F. Ryder, Cotuit Term expires 1926 Charles L. Ayling, Centerville Term expires 1928 Edward F. Maher, Hyannis Term expires 1928 ASSESSORS' REPORT 1925 Real Estate Valuation $12,798,620 Tangible personal estate 1,918,840 Total valuation of the town April. 1, $14,717,460 APPROPRIATIONS For town expenses $437,195 97 State tag 21,240 00 State Auditors tag 293 23 Signboards and Milestones 388 17 Corporation tax refunded 2,113 00 County tag 49,269 89 Overlay of current year 4,904 48 Total $523,287 84 ESTIMATED RECEIPTS Income tax $27,811 43 Corporation tag 8,478 71 Bank tax 507 35 s Licenses 2,739 50 Fines 1,290 00 Protection of persons and property 1,173 63. 7 Health and sanitation 167 15 Highways 142 26 Charities 7,315 45 Soldiers' benefits 945 88 Schools 761 15 Interest on deposit 366 78 Interest on taxes and assessments 604 19 Miscellaneous 484 44 Total estimated receipts $52,787 92 Free cash in treasury (voted to be used by assessors) $18,000 00 Total deductions $70,787 92 Net amount raised by taxation $452,499 92 1808 polls @ $2.00 3,616 00 Property tag 448,883 92 Tax.rate $30.50 Number of persons assessed on property 3,191 Persons assessed on polls only 601 Horses assessed 159 Cows assessed 460 Other cattle assessed 107 Fowl assessed 5,600 Dwelling houses assessed 2,347 Acres of land assessed 33,000 • 8 DE.CEMBER ASSESSMENT. Valuation of real estate assessed $11,650 Personal estate assessed 200 Total valuation December assessment $11,850 HOWARD N. PARKER, EDGAR W. LOVELL, WILLIAM LOVELL, Assessors Town of Barnstable. TREASURER'S REPORT Cash Jan. 1, 1925 Cash on Expended $788,342 77 hand $29,378 05 Balance 20,106 51 Receipts 779,071 23 $808,449 28 $808,449 28 1924 Taxes ` Jan. 1, 1925 Due the Rec'd from Collector $18,163 55 Town $19,366 27 Abatements 1,202 96 Error in Warrant 24 $19,366 51 $19,366 51 1925 Taxes Amount of Warrant $452,499 92 Rec'd from Collector $428,858 62 December Assessment 381 43 Abatements 2,566 87 Balance 21,455 96 $452,881 35 $452,881 35 Overlay 1924 Abatements $1,202 96 Jan. 1, 1925, Balance $894 68 From Overlay Surplus 308 38 $1,202 96 $1,202 9:6 ` 1 10 Overlay 1925 Abatements $2,566 87 Amount of Overlay $4,904 48 Balance 2,337 61 $4,904 48 $4,904 48 Overlay Surplus Transfer to 1924 Jan. 1, 1925, Balance $1,678 18 Overlay $308 38 Balance 1,369 80 $1,678 18 $1,678 18 ESTIMATED RECEIPTS Debit 1925 Revenue $55,946 83 Credits State Treasurer: Income Tag $32,909 43 Corporation Tag 9,563 75 National Bank Tag 539 03 $43,012 21 Licenses: ' Pedlers and Vendors $1,795 00 Clam 397 00 Automobile Dealers 272 50 Sunday 84 00 Inn Holders and Victuallers 63 00 11 Junk 60 00 Scallop 57 00 Milk 45 00 Quahaug 34 00 Billiards and Bowling 22 00 Alcohol 21 00 Moving Pictures 20 00 Garbage 14 00 Merry-go-round 10 00 Bottling 10 00 Auctioneers 10 00 $2,914 50 Oyster Grants $841 50 Fish Traps 80 00 921 50 Reimbursement on account of fires $95 75 Sealer of Weights and Measures, Fees 109 72 Reimbursement on account of Moth Work 722 48 Damage to Beacon 150 75 Board of Health, reimbursement, 5 29 Highway Dept., sale of old material 61 00 Charities: Reimbursement for Relief: State $590 25 ` Cities and Towns 458 36 $1,048 61 Mothers Aid: State $2,475 71 Cities and Towns 269 00 $2,744 71 12 Almshouse: Sale of produce $357 15 Other receipts 4 34 ' $361 49 Soldiers' Benefits: State Aid $698 00 Soldiers' Relief 98 58 $796 58 Schools: Tuition of State Wards $512 00 Other Tuition 390 00 Miscellaneous receipts 10 56 $912 56 Interest: Taxes $983 59 Deposits 397 03 $1,380 62 Refunds: Insurance $259 82 Schools 59 48 ' $319 30 Land Rent 251 50 Reimbursements for advertising hearings 82 00 Payment stopped on old checks 31 26 Sale of Cemetery Lots 20 00 Sale of Voting Lists 3 00 Sale of old lumber 2 00 Total credits $55,946 83 13 ' Accounts Receivable Jan. 1, 1925 Due the Balance $7,395 63 Town $5,308 46 Net charges 2,087 17 $7,395 63 $7,395 63 Accounts Receivable Revenue Balance $7,395 63 Jan. 1, 1925, Balance $5,308 46 Net credits 2,087 17 $7,395 63 $7,395 63 State and County Taxes County Tag 49,269 89 1925 Revenue $79,074 39 State Tag 21,240 00 State Highway Tag 7,883 10 Signs and markers 388 17 Auditing Municipal Accts. 293 23 $79,074 39 $79,074 39 Revenue Loans Hyannis Trust Co. $250,000 00 Hyannis Trust Co. $250,000 00 Excess and Deficiency Account 1925. Revenue for Jan. 1, 1925, Balance $24,368 65 Taxes $18,000 00 Error 1924 Warrant 24 Balance 16,082 82 From 1925 Revenue 9,713 93 $34,082 82 34,082 82 14 1925 Revenue Appropriated Annuai 1925 Tax Levy $452,499 92 Town Meeting $437,195 97 Estimate Receipts 55,946 83 State and County Ex. and Def. Account to Taxes 79,074 39 apply 1925 Taxes 18,000 00 Overlay 1925 4,904 48 December Ass't. 381 43 Transferred to Fires , 3,442 26 Appropriation Balances: Corporation Tax Financial Dept. 30 00 Returned 2,116 53 Exp. Finance Com. 107 50 Bank Tax Returned 3 18 Removal old B. H. S. 450 72 Balance to Excess and Barnstable Dump 100 00 Deficiency $9,713 93 Legal Dept. 112 00 Municipal Bldgs. 1,028 61 Police Dept. 2,470 78 Inspection Wires 58 36 Sealing W. and M. 103 49 Moth Dept. 46 07 Tree Warden Dept. 79 25 Board of Health 706 14 Sanitation 277 84 Garbage Disposal 1,346 73 Road Repairs 10 07 Sidewalks ' 54 25 1925 Construction 60 23 State Aid 360 00 Park Commission 641 35 Unclassified 1,240 35 Selectmen Dept. 33 26 Assessors' Dept. 173 56 T. C. and Treas. 77 03 Trust Fund Income 54 97 $536,450 74 $536,450 74 Surplus War Bonus Fund Transfer to Trust Fund$2,815 24 Jan. 1, 1925, Balance $2,815 24 15 APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS Selectmen's Department Salaries $2,700 00 Appropriated $4,285 00 Transportation 386 35 _ Printing and Advertis- ing 305 51 Surveying 260 90 Stationery and Postage 153 57 Stenographer Town Meeting 152 41 Telephone 119 21 Locating Buoys 66 90 West Barnstable Office 51 89 Care Monument Grounds 22 50 Miscellaneous expenses 32 50 $4,251 74 Balance to Revenue 33 26 $4,285 00 $4,285 00 Assessors' Department Salaries $1,800 00 Appropriated $2,815 00 Clerk 420 00 Transfer Cards 286 30 Transportation 64 95 Stationery and Postage 38 69 Printing and Advertis- ing 18 50 Hall Rent 10 00 Miscellaneous expenses 3 00 $2,641 44 Balance to Revenue 173 56 $2,815 00 $2,815 00 16 Town Clerk and Treasurer's Department Salary $2,400 00 Appropriated $4,000 00 Clerk 600 00 Stationery and Postage 330 85 New office safe 172 00 Bonds 129 00 c Transportation 98 00 Telephone 54 94 Printing and Advertising 50 25 Office equipment 35 95 Recording 32 00 Building and Grounds 19 98 $3,922 97 Balance to Revenue 77 03 $4,000 00 $1,000 00 Tag Collector's Department Salary $1,599 96 Appropriated $2,000 00 Bond 200 00 Reserve Fund 45 29 Transportation 106 00 Stationery and Postage 92 63 Printing and Advertising 43 25 Telephone 3 45 2,045 29 $2,045 29 Financial Department Certifying ten notes $20 00 Appropriated $50 00 Balance to Revenue 30 00 $50 00 $50 00 ` 17 Legal Department Town Counsel $150 00 Appropriated $500 00 Special Attorney 238 00 $388 00 Balance to Revenue 112 00 500 00 $500 00 Election Department Registrars of Voters $270 00 Appropriated 800 00 Election Officers 267 50 Reserve Fund 40 75 Printing and Advertising 187 75 Hall Rent 1 52 50 Posting Warrants, etc. 26 00 Registrars' Expenses 19 00 Transporting Ballot Boxes 18 00 $840 75 $840 75 Municipal Buildings Painting Almshouse, Appropriated $2,700 00 Town House and Office $865 00 Hyannis Office: Fuel 300 98 Janitor and Labor 188 50 Repairs 84 17 Light 85 02 Supplies and Water 18 60 Almshouse, Repairs 95 12 Janitor, Town House 20 00 Advertising 14 00 $1,671 39 Balance to Revenue 1,028 61 $2,700 00 $2,700 00 18 Expenses of Finance Committee Clerk $100 00 Appropriated $300 00 Printing 92 50 $192 50 Balance to Revenue 107 50 $300 00 $300 00 Police Department Patrolmen $3,197 00 Appropriated $12,690 000 Traffic Officers 3,018 50 Court Fines returned 1,849 25 Chief 2,650 00 Jail Fines returned 400 00 Traffic Signs 1,662 81 Court Fees 501 25 Automobile 500 00 Special Police 455 68 Rent 174 00 Lights 117 52 Office Supplies 133 74 Telephone 57 97 12,468 47 • Balance to Revenue 2,470 78 $14,939 25 $14,939 25 Fires Fire Dept. Services $2,326 98 Appropriated $750 00 Labor 1,054 67 From Surplus 3,442 26 Apparatus and equipment 584 54 Reserve Fund 39 98 Automobiles 122 00 Checks returned 16 00 Warden's Salary 125 00 Warden's Supplies 35 05 $4,248 24 $4,248 24 19 Inspection of Wires Salary and Expenses $766 24 Appropriated $900 00 Expenses 1924 75 00 $841 64 Balance t;c Revenue 58 36 $900 00 $900 00 Sealing of Weights and Measures Salary $500 00 Appropriated $975 00 Traveling Expenses 300 00 Refinishing weights 53 94 Supplies 15 57 Printing 2 00 $871 51 Balance to Revenue 103 49 $975 00 $975 00 Moth Department Trucks and Autos $2,040 00 Appropriated $5,000 00 Labor 1,176 00 Transfer from Insecticides 993 97 Tree Warden Dept. 170 00 Hardware and Tools 452 11 Superintendent 377 00 Rent 75 00 Printing and Telephone 9 85 $5,123 93 Balance to Revenue 46 07 $5,170 00 $5,170 00 20 Tree Warden Department Trucks and Autos $917 50 Appropriated $2,500 00 Labor 789 00 Trees 420 00 Transfer to Moth Dept. 170 00 Superintendent 120 00 Printing 4 25 $2,420 75 Balance to Revenue 79 25 $2,500 00 $2,500 00 Clam Warden Warden: Appropriated $500 00 Barnstable $458 00 Reserve Fund 8 00 Hyannis 50 00 $508 00 $508 00 Town 'Forest Trees $300 00 Appropriated $350 00 Labor 50 00 $350 00 $350 00 Sanitation Labor $1,594 85 Appropriated $2,000 00 Teams 87 20 Check returned 3 50 Tools and equipment 43 61 $1,725 66 Balance to Revenue 277 84 $2,003 50 $2,003 50 21 Board of Health Salary of Agent $300 00 Appropriated $6,080 00 Office expenses 97 33 Quarantine and Conta- gious Diseases: Medical Attendance 492 20 Other Cities and Towns 66 50 Loss of wages 40 00 Tuberculosis: . Board and Treatment 201 61 Vital Statistics: Births 370 25 Deaths 102 25 Other Expenses: Plumbing Inspector 1,073 00 Cape Cod Health Bureau 937 50 ' Dental Clinics 500 00 Inspection of Animals 400 00 Inspection of Meat 750 00 Miscellaneous 43 22 $5,373 86 Balance to Revenue 706 14 ` $6,080 00 $6,080 00 Garbage Disposal Labor $1,916 00 Appropriated $4,000 00 Land 335 00 Tools and equipment 264 64 Teams 97 54 Signs 40 09 $2,653�27 . Balance to revenue 1,346 73 $4,000 00 $4,000 00 22 Barnstable Dump r Balance to Revenue $100 00 Jan. 1, 1925, Balance $100 00 Free Bed at Hospital Hospital charges $500 00 Appropriated $500 00 HIGHWAYS Repairs on Roads and Bridges •Expended $35,068 73 Appropriated $35,000 00 Balance to revenue 10 07 Checks returned 78 80 $35,078 80 $35,078 80 West Barnstable—Hyannis Road 1924 Contract $3,784 41 Jan. 1, 1925, Balance $4,959 21 1925 Contract 27,230 73 Appropriated $10,000 00 Weigher and other State of Mass. 9,167 25 expenses 121 55 Barnstable County 9,167 25 $31,136 69 Balance 2,157 02 $33,293 71 $33,293 71 Sidewalks 'Expended $5,945 75 Appropriated $6,000 00 Balance to revenue 54 25 $6,000 00 $6,000 00 23 Centerville Bridge Balance 14,000 00 Appropriated .$14,000 00 1925 Construction *Expended $99,939 77 Appropriated $100,000 00 Balance to revenue 60 23 $100,000 00 $100,000 00 Grand Island Bridge Balance $449 64 Jan. 1, 1925, Balance $449 64 Barnstable Wharf Balance $1,896 63 Jan. 1, 1925, Balance $1,896 63 , Snow Bills *Expended $3,327 35 Appropriated $2,500 00 Reserve Fund 827 35 $3,327 35 $3,327 35 (*For detail of expenses see Report of Surveyor of Highways.) 24 CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS Support of Poor Salaries of Overseers Appropriated $19,700 00 of Poor $600 12 Reserve Fund 122 65 Office expenses 5 99 Check returned 4 00 $606 11 Outside Poor: Cash $4,786 00 Groceries and Provisions 3,132 24 State Institutions 1,908 83 Board and Care 1,717 30 Fuel 1,414 36 Medical Attendance 708 79 Burial Expenses 433 35 Rent 330 00 Dry Goods and Clothing 286 48 Repairs 26 00 Aid by other Towns 187 45 $14,929 80 ' Almshouse: Groceries and Provisions $1,535 15 Warden's Salary 600 00 Hay and Grain 522 43 Labor 379 13 Maintenance of Buildings 344 91 Fuel and Light 306 87 Dry Goods and Clothing 231 10 Fertilizer 85 90 Telephone 67 05 Cow 60 00 25 Miscellaneous Supplies 56 80 Medical Attendance 47 35 Horse expense 42 05 Pew rent 12 00 $4,290 74 Total for Poor $19,826 65 $19,826 65 Aid for Mothers with Dependent Children Cash $4,591 00 Appropriated $6,225 00 Aid by other Cities Reserve Fund 4 35 and Towns 630 66 Fuel 561 54 Medical Attendance 300 50 Rent 136 00 Clothing 9 65 $6,229 35 $6,229 35 State Aid Cash Aid $540 00 Appropriated $900 00 Balance to revenue 360 00 $900 00 $900 00 Soldiers' Relief Cash aid 2,037 00 Appropriated $500 00 Medical Attendance 3 00 Reserve Fund 1,540 00 $2,040 00 $2,040 00 26 .SCHOOLS School Purposes General Expenses: Appropriated $109 576 00 Superintendent's Transfer from Equipment Salary $3,600 00 for New High School 2,091 52 Superintendent's Reserve Fund 1,554 35 Clerk 998 50 Dog Money 894 70 Telephones 380 86 Cobb Fund 404 32 Stationery and Refunds 38 32 Printing 258 17 Traveling expenses 207 18 Miscellaneous expenses 175 41 Expenses of Committee 148 60 School Census 65 00 Truant Officers 14 75 $5,848 47 Teachers' Salaries: Elementary $36,144 51 High 19,156 00 Music and Drawing 3,037 50 Physical Instructor 1,755 00 $60,093 01 Text Books and Supplies: Elementary $2,505 14 High 2,098 92 $4,604 06 Transportation of scholars $12,578 13 Janitors: Elementary $4,285 50 High 1,800 00 $6,085 50 27 Fuel and Light: Elementary $6,202 57 High 2,471 81 $8,674 38 Maintenance Buildings and Grounds: Elementary $6,919 48 High 886 73 $7,806 21 Cape Cod Health Bureau $1,250 00 Furniture and Fixtures 5,073 17 School Nurse 1,166.65 Nurse's Automobile 211 78 Nurse's Supplies 10 45 Athletic purposes 651 65 'Clerk at High School 454 50 Graduation Expenses 51 25 $114,559 21 $114,559 21 New High School Bills as approved by Jan. 1, 1925, Balance $9,029 95 Committee $9,039 95 $9,039 95 $9,039 95 Equipment for New High School Transferred to Jan. 1, 1925, Balance $2,091 52 School Purposes $2,091 52 $2,091 52 $2,091 52 Removing Old High School Building Balance to Revenue $450 72 Jan. 1, 1925, Balance $450 72 28 Libraries Divided among the Libraries Appropriated $1,000 00 as follows: Hyannis $300 00 Osterville 200 00 Cotuit 130 00 Centerville 12() 00 Barnstable 90 00 West Barnstable 45 00 Marstons Mills 75 00 $1,000 00 $1,000 00 Bills Approved at Town Meeting Expenses of School Appropriated $169 97 Committee for 1924 $149 97 Moderator 20 00 $169 97 $169 97 Park Commission Cotuit School Grounds $565 00 Appropriated $2,500 00 Centerville Beach 465 00 New Park at Hyannis 350 00 Labor on Parks 242 40 Centerville School Grounds 106 30 Marstons Mills School Grounds 85 07 Signs 33 03 Tools and Equipment 11 85 $1,858 65 Balance to Revenue $641 35 $2,500 00 $2,500 00 29 Recreation Committee Hyannis A. A. $900 00 Appropriated $2,000 00 Osterville A. A. 900 00 Cotuit A. A. 200 00 $2,000 00 $2,000 00 Craigville Beach Settlement of Land Appropriated $9,000 00 Case $6,731 05 Balance 2,268 95 $9,000 00 $9,000 00 Cape Cod Farm Bureau Tress. C. C. Farm Appropriated $500 00 Bureau $500 00 Rent for American Legion Rent of Hall $100 00 Appropriated $100 00 Rent for G. A.-R. Rent of Hall $80 00 Appropriated $80 00 Memorial Day Barnstable Soldiers' Appropriated $400 00 Memorial Ass'n. $400 00 a 30 Unclassified Expenses, Insurance $2,486 65 Appropriated $6,500 00 Land Damage 1,954 62 Refunds 85 00 Town Reports 740 40 Census 133 50 Taxes Refunded 28 60 Soldiers' Monument Grounds 88 • $5,344 65 Balance to Revenue $1,240 35 $6,585 00 $6,585 00 Reserve Fund Transferred to: Appropriated $5,000 00 School Dept. 1,554 35 Soldiers' Relief 1;540 00 Snow Bills 827 35 Interest 730 51 Poor Dept. 122 65 Cemeteries 86 77 Tax Collector Dept. 45 29 Election Dept. 40 75 Fires 39 98 Clam Warden 8 00 Mothers' Aid 4 35 $5,000 00 $5,000 00 Cobb Burial Lot Care of Lot $5 00 Income Cobb Fund $5 00 31 Cemeteries Fences $441 57 Appropriated $850 00 Labor 425 20 Reserve Fund 86 77 Surveying 67 00 Carting 3 00 $936 77 $936 77 Hyannis Cemetery Balance $1,000 00 Appropriated $1,000 00 Interest Revenue Loans $4,138 01 Appropriated $11,000 00 High School Loan 5,880 00 Reserve Fund 730 51 Highway Loans 1,000 00 Iyanough School Loan 382 50 Hyannis Main St. Loan 330 00 $11,730 51 $11,730 51, Debt High School Loan $15,000 00 Appropriated $39,000 00 Highway Loan 10,000 00 West Barnstable Road Loan 10,000 00 Iyanough School Loan 3,000 00 Hyannis Main Street 1,000 00 $39,000 00 $39,000 00 32 Trust Funds Invested: Deposited for Perpetual Cemetery P. C. Fund $1,618 24 Care of Burial Lots $1,618 24 Marston Fund 600 00 Deposited for Marston Fund 500 00 $2,118 24 $2,118 24 Trust Fund Income Care of Burial Lots $977 07 Cemetery P. C. Fund $1,079 70 Interest on Cobb Fund 409 32 Cobb Fund 361 66 Sturgis Fund: Sturgis Fund 200 00 Paid to Selectmen 200 00 School Fund 59 34 School Fund: Added to Fund 59 34 $1,645 73 Balance to Revenue $54 97 $1,700 70 $1,700 70 33 .SUMMARY OF CASH ACCOUNT Jan. 1, 1925. Cash on hand $29,378 05 Receipts 1924 Taxes $18,163 55 1925 Taxes 428,858 52 $447,022 07 Estimated Receipts $55,946 83 Revunue Loans 250,000 00 Jail Fines 400 00 Court Fines 1,849 25 Refund on account of fires 16 00 Moth Dept. from Tree Warden Dept. 170 00 Refund on account of Sanitation 3 50 Refund no account of Roads 78 80 State of Mass. for West Barnstable Road 9,167 25 Barnstable County for West Barnstable Road 9,167 25 Refund on account of Poor 4 00 Refund on account of Schools 38 32 Dog Money 894 70 Income Cobb Fund 409 32 Refund on account of Unclassified expenses 85 60 34 r rust Funds 2,118 24 Trust Fund Income 1,700 70 $779,071 23 $808,449 28 EXPENDITURES State and County Taxes $79,074 39 Corporation Tax return- ed to State 2,116 53 National Bank Tax re- turned to State 3 18 Revenue Loans 250,000 00 Surplus War Bonus Fund 2,815 24 Selectmen's Dept. 4,251 74 Assessors' Dept. 2,641 44 Town Clerk and Treasu- rer's Dept. 3,922 97 Tax Collector's Dept. 2,045 29 Financial Dept. 20 00 Legal Dept. 388 00 Election Dept. 840 75 Municipal Buildings 1,671 39 Expenses of Finance Committee 192 50 Police Dept. 12,468 47 Fires 4,248 24 Inspection of Wires 841 64 Sealing of Weights and Measures 871 51 Moth Dept. 5,123 93 Tree Warden Dept. 2,420 75 Clam Warden Dept., 508 00 Town Forest 350 00 35 Board of Health 5-373 86 Sanitation 1,725 66 Garbage Disposal 2,653 27 Free Bed at Hospital 500 00 Repairs on Roads and Bridges 35,068 73 West Barnstable—Hyan- nis Road 31,136 69 Sidewalks 5,945 75 1.925 Construction $99,939 77 Snow Bills 3,327 35 Support of Poor 19,826 65 Aid of Mothers with Dependent Children 6,229 35 State Aid 540 00 Soldiers' Relief 2,040 00 School Purposes 114,559 21 New High School 9,039 95 Libraries 1,000 00 Bills approved at Town Meeting 169 97 Park Commission 1,858 65 Recreation Committee 2,000 00 Craigville Beach 6,731 05 Cape Cod Farm Bureau 500 00 Rent for American Legion 100 00 Rent for G. A. R. 80 00 Memorial Day 400 00 Unclassified Expenses 5,344 65 Cobb Burial Lot 5 00 Cemeteries 936 77 Interest 11,730 51 Debt 39,000 00 36 Trust Funds 2,118 24 Trust Fund Income 1,645 73 $788,342 77 Dee. 31, 1925, Balance on hand 20,106 51 $808,449 28 NON-REVENUE ACCOUNTS Net Bonded Debt Jan, 1, 1925, Balance $182,000 00 Notes paid $39,000 00 Balance 143,000 00 $182,000 00 $182,000 00 Notes Payable Hyannis Main Street: Net Bonded Debt $143,000 00 1926 $1,000 00 1927 1,000 00 1928 1,000 00 1929 1,000 00 1930 1,000 00 $5,000 00 Iyanough School: 1926 $3,000 00 1927 3,000 00 $6,000 00 Nov High School: 1926 $16,000 00 1927 15,000 00 1928 16,000 00 37 1929 15,000 00 1930 15,000 00 1931 15,000 00 1932 15,000 00 1933 15,000 00 1934 12,000 00 $132,000 00 $143,000 00 $143 000 00 TRUST FUNDS Trust Fund Cash and Securities Jan. 1, 1925, Balance $43,973 19 Balance $48,966 01 Cemetery P. C. Fund 1,618 24 School Fund 59 34 Marston Fund 500 00 Surplus Var Bonus Fund 2,815 24 $48,966 01 $48,94 01 Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund Balance $30,053 22 Jan. 1, 1925, Balance $28,434 98 Receipts 1,618 24 $30,053 22 $30,053 22 Cobb Fund Balance $10,233 00 Jan. 1, 1925, Balance $10,233.00 38 Sturgis Fund , Balance $4,000 00 Jan. 1, 1925, Balance $4,000 00 School Fund Balance $1,364 55 Jan. 1, 1925, Balance $1,305 21 Receipts 59 34 $1,364 55 $1,364 55 Marston Fund Balance $500 00 Howard Marston Est. $500 00 Surplus War Bonus Fund Balance $2,815 24 From Town Treasury $2,815 24 4 39 LIST OF BURIAL LOT FUNDS HELD IN TRUST BY THE TOWN Estate of: A. C. Adams $125 00 Josiah Ames 75 00 Robert Bacon 500 q0 Luther Baker 150 00 Adeline Bearse 50 00 Arthur Bearse 100 00 Cordelia S. Bearse 150 00 Elisha B. Bearse 100 00 Flora A. Bearse 125 00 Richard Bearse 100 00 Eben Bodfish 50 00 William I. Bodfish 100 00 Christina H. Bodge 99 00 Lydia F. Bourne 100 00 David Bursley 200 00 Mercy T. Cobb 100 00 Warren Cammett and A. A. Cram 150 00 Thomas Chatfield 100 00 Augustine F. Childs - $150 00 Foster Crocker 100 00 Henry E. Crocker 300 00 Loring and Nathan Crocker 300 00 Amanda Crosby 60 00 Eleanor Crosby 200 00 Gorham F. Crosby 200 00 Julia Crosby 100 00 Ebenezer Crowell 200 00 Elkanah Crowell 200 00 s 40 Henry L. Davis 200 00 J. A. Davis 300 00 Jane E. Edson 300 00 Jarvis R. Fish 100 00 Lydia S. Fish 100 00 Nellie A. Fish 100 00 Ida D. Frost 950 00 Hersel Fuller 100 00 Lavina H. Fuller 100 00 Stephen B. Fuller 200 00 Sumner Gorham 100 00 Franklin B. Goss 300 00 W. F. M. Goss 300 00 Gorham Hallett 100 00 Lydia T. Hamblin 100 00 Samuel H. Hallett 150 00 Deborah C. Handy 200 00 Eliza M. Handy 278 37. James H. Handy 100 00 Hannah Haywood 100 00 Edw. B. and Ruth F. Hinckley, 100 00 Gustavus A. Hinckley 125 00 Josiah Hinckley 200 00 Josiah and Abby Hinckley 368 88 Jehiel P. Hodges 150 00 Charlotte Holm 200 00 Edwin T. Howland 103 50 William C. Howland 200 00 Oliver C. Hoxie 100 00 Mary E. Huckins 100 00 F. G. Kelley 150 00 Mary E. Lewis 150 00 F. G. Lothrop 200 00 George Lovell 243 17 41 Cyrenus Lovell 100 00 Hannah Lovell 150 00 Jacob Lovell 50 00 Lizzie E. Lovell 200 00 Medora M. Lovell 100 00 O. D. Lovell 500 00 William S. Lumbert 100 00 A. D. Makepeace 500 00 John Munroe 100 00 Hannah E: Nickerson 500 00 John Norris 20G 00 Mary M. Nye 150 00 Harriet S. Parker 100 00 Sarah A. Parker 200 00 William B. Parker 100 00 Thomas Pattison 100 00 Harrison G. Phinney 150 00 Joseph L. Proctor 100 00 Patrick Regan 200 00 Nelson Rhodehouse 100 00 Oliver H. Sawyer 100 00 H. A. Scudder 100 00 Nelson Scudder 200 00 Charles H. Smith O 200 00 Fred L. Stimpson 200 00 William W. Sturgis 75 00 Henry L. Swain 90 00 Timothy Swinerton 100 00 Freeman Taylor 100 UQ R. M. Waite 300 00 Robinson Weeks 335 80 T. V. West 74 50 Hannah Wheeler 200 00 Asenith Whenden 600 00 42 S. Whelden 200 00 J. R. Wilson 100 00 Herbert W. York 200 00 Centerville Beechwood Cemetery Association 2,475 00 .Hyannis Oak Grove Cemetery Association 9,950 00 $30,053 22 43 cv cc ao co Go - t-:'ri ca c co" omoccoco 000Ncflow ocoLnwo •d+ 4 c�i ci r i, -N H � � H p Hcd y p +1 cd UZ oO m �1 no cce t c� z r d p w ce c3 ycd P4 ps C2 CJ cad ac;, ;> a A m -4 w � O � to o A Iw m FO I cq cI-q - 0 � cowomoc'aoo 0 �+ r- CD C) w o o W .1-1 F-1 F-1 Cd a rrz p cd O " F-q t D4 Z °p CIS � e Cd '1)0 Ei c o A o cd n "34 U A � C § = 0 ' 3 CO OD « © � \ �o » © � ^ & @ co « < a Q � ~ � � � �& d Q \ q k k { - § 05 ƒ d . & t d 7 ¥ r 4 \ k� 7tp % k r w « W .a o a e / � k 4 � U & & ¥ o c to o c « co + � f .� $ k / f 2 » � � 3 � ƒ � 2 � 45 REPORT OF THE AUDIT To the Board of Selectmen, Mr. Edgar W. Lovell, Chairman, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Gentlemen: I submit herewith my report of an audit of the accounts of the town of Barnstable for the period from January 1 to December 31, 1924, made in accordance with the pro- visions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws. This report is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Edward H. Fenton, Chief Examiner of this Division. Very truly yours, THE.ODORE N. WADDELL, Director of Accounts. Mr. Theodore N. Waddell, Director of Accounts, Department of Corporations and Taxation, State House, Boston. Sir: As directed by you, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Barnstable for the period from January 1 to December 31, 1924, and report thereon as fol- lows: 46 The financial transactions of the town as recorded on the books of the several departments collecting money for the town or committing bills for collection were checked and reconciled with the books in the treasurer's office. The books and accounts of the town treasurer were examined and checked in detail. The recorded receipts were checked with the records in the several departments collecting money for the town and with the other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury; and the records of payments were checked with the warrants authorizing the treasurer to disburse town funds. The cash on hand May 4, 1925, -vas verified by an actual count and the bank account was reconciled with a statement fur- nished by the bank. The ledger was analyzed and a balance sheet was pre- pared showing the financial condition of the town as of December 31, 1924. The securities and bank books representing the invest- ments of the several trust funds belonging to the town were personally examined and the _income and disbursements were verified. The books and accounts of the tax collector were ex- amined and checked in detail. The commitment books were footed and reconciled with the assessors' warrants, the reported collections were checked with the payments to the treasurer as shown by the treasurer's books, the abatements were checked with the certificates issued by the assessors, and the outstanding accounts were listed and reconciled with the ledger accounts. The outstanding accounts were further verified by mailing notices to a number of persons whose names appear- ed on the books as owing money to the town, and from the replies received -I am satisfied that the accounts as listed are correct. 47 The records of licenses and permits issued by ,the selectmen were examined and checked to the receipts as shown by the treasurer's books. The accounts of the milk inspector were examined, and the recorded receipts from milk and oleo licenses issued by the inspector were verified by a comparison with the receipts as shown by the treasurer's books. The books of the sealer of weights and measures were examined, and the payments to'the treasurer were checked to the treasurer's records. The records of receipts from the sale of milk, pro- duce, etc., at the town farm were examined and the pay- ments made to the treasurer were checked to the treasurer's books. The town clerk's records of dog and of hunting and fishing licenses issued were checked to the payments made to the State and the county treasurers as shown by their receipts. The surety bonds of the town officials were examined. The bond of the treasurer was found to be in the form of a continuation certificate, and I would recommend that a new bond be issued each year. The appropriations made at the town meetings as re- corded on the books of the town clerk were checked with the amounts as entered on the ledger. ' Appended to this report are tables showing a recon- ciliation of the treasurer's and the collector's cash, sum- maries of tax and the departmental accounts receivable and tables relative to the transactions and condition of the trust funds. 48 For the uniform courtesies extended and the assistance rendered during the progress of the audit, I wish, on.be- half of my assistant and myself, to express appreciation. Respectfully submitted, EDW. H. FENTON, Chief Examiner. d9 TOWN CLERK'S REPORT ANNUAL TOWN MEETING March 2 and 3, 1925 At a meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Barn- stable qualified to vote on Town affairs held in the different precincts named in the Warrant for said meeting, for the election of officers, etc., on Monday, March 2, 1925, while acting under the following article: Article 1. Moderator for subsequent meeting; Town treasurer for one year; Collector of Taxes for three years; One Selectman for three years; One Assessor for three years; One Overseer of the Poor for three years; Three Auditors for one year; One School Committee for three years; One member of the Board of Health for three years; One Tree Warden for one year; One Park Commis- sioner for three years; Constables; and to elect any other officers whose names may be on the official ballot; and also to vote on the question: shall license be granted for the sale of certain non- intoxicating beverages in this Town. The subsequent meeting will be held at the Town House on Tuesday, March third at 9 o'clock a. m. The whole number of votes cast was 1452, which being assorted and counted according to law, the result was found to be as follows: 50 Moderator at Annual Town Meeting 'Edward C. Hinckley 1131 Town Treasurer (One Year)- Clarence M. Chase 1251 Selectman (Three Years) *William Lovell 917 Edward C. Hinckley 501 Assessor (Three Years) *William Lovell. 882 Edward C. Hinckley 511 Overseer of the Poor (Three Years) *William Lovell 898 Edward C. Hinckley 492 School Committee (Three Years) *Collen C. Campbell 11.61 Lillian Cook 1 Collector of Taxes (One Year) *Everett F. Fuller 928 Herbert E. Cook 308 Edgar F. Weeks 162 Clarence M. Chase 1 51 Three Auditors (One Year) John Bursley 1085 *Luther C.Hallett 1028 *Albert L. Edson 942 Tree Warden (One Year) *Robert F. Cross 1208 C. Craft Owen 1 Charles E. Doubtfire 1 Board of Health (Three Years) *G. Webster Hallett 1170 Park Commissioner (Three Years) Jean G. Hinkle 1115 Constables *George F. Hart 719 *Charles H. Hazelton 698 *James B. Hazelton 629 *Theodore V. West 763 *-Chester L. Baker 727 *A.asander S. Childs 740 HoNvard E. Bearse 581 *Maurice J. Hinckley 20 *Benjamin E. Blos,:cm 26 *Ilarri.: C. t.o•aell 16 *John Phillips 16 *William F. Potter 11 52 Ferdinand Balser 11 L. P. Hobson 7 E. L. Howie 4 Tom Rennie 4 Karl Chadwick 3 Ralph Vroom 2 George Snow 2 John Broughton 2 Scattering, one vote each 44 *Elected THE SUBSEQUENT MEETING In.accordance with the Warrant, the Subsequent Meet- ing was held at the Town House on Tuesday, March 3, 1925. The meeting was called to order at nine o'clock A. M., by the Town Clerk who read the Warrant and the result of the previous day's voting. The respective officers were declared elected. Dr. Edward C. Hinckley then qualified as Moderator and took charge of the meeting. The following tellers were appointed and sworn by the Moderator: Edward S. Crocker Edward F Maher Frederick S. Kent Miss Genieve Leonard William A. Jones Berdette M. Cotton John Bursley Mrs. I. Fenno Elliot t 53 Article 2. To elect all other necessary town officers for the ensuing year. All other officers to be appointed by the Selectmen as provided by Chapter 66 of the Acts of 1923. Article 3. To hear and act upon the reports of the various town officers; also to hear the report of any committees, and to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to accept the Town Report as printed. The report of the committee appointed in 1924 in regard To a Public Sanitary Station reported as follows: To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of the Town of Barn- stable: The committee appointed to report upon the advisability of the Town erecting and operating a Public Sanitary Sta- tion in Hyannis, report as follows: While it is apparent that present conditions show the great need of such convenience, and the hygienic conditions will soon demand it, that the erection and maintenance of such a station can better be considered in connection with a proposed Town Building. Respectfully submitted, G. WEBSTER HALLETT, ART'HUR G. GUYER, JOHN E. HINCKLEY, Committee. 54 The Committee on acquiring land for school purposes in Cotuit reported verbally that they recommend the purchase of land of Mr. Charles L. Gifford, but at the present time Mr. Gifford wasn't willing to name a price. Voted Eo accept the report and that the Committee be continued. At the close of the meeting it was voted that the same road committee be continued with the exception that Mr. Joseph W. Hamlin of Cotuit be appointed in place of Mr. Gifford. Article 4. To receive and act upon the accounts of all persons to whom the Town is indebted. Voted to pay the following bills approved by the audit- ors: Alen Chadwick, Expenses as School Committee $100 00 Dr. Edw. C. Hinckley, Expenses as School Committee 49 97 Total $149 97 Article 5. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the following purposes for the ensuing year; Payment of Debt; Interest; Financial Department; Town Clerk and Treasurer's Department; Selectmen's Department; Tax Collector's Department; Assessors' Department; Election Depart- ment; Municipal Buildings; Legal Department; Moth Department; Tree Warden Department; Clam Warden Department; Inspection of Wires; Sealing of Weights and Measures; Fires; Police Depart- ment; Health Department; Sanitation; Repairs on Roads and Bridges; Snow and Ice Removal; Sidewalks; Mothers' Aid; Sup- port of Poor; State Aid; Soldiers' Relief; School Department: Reserve Fund; Park Commission; Unclassified Expenses; Ceme- teries; Rent for G. A. R.; Rent for American I.,egion; Expenses of the Finance Committee and for all other legal expenses. 55 It was voted to accept the recommendations of the Finance Committee and to appropriate the amounts recom- mended by them on all of the items under this article which agreed with the estimates of the Town Officers. Those items on which there was a difference between the estimates and recommendations to be taken up separately. The following appropriations were voted: Payment of Debt $39,000 00 lr terest 11,000- 00 Financial Department 50 00 Town Clerk and Treasurer's Department 4,000 00 Selectmen's Department 4,285 00 4 ax Collector's Department 2,000 00 Assessors' Department 2,815 00 Election Department S00 00 Municipal Buildings 2,700 00 Legal Department 500 00 Moth Department 5,000 00 Tree Warden 2,500 00 Clam Warden 500 00 Inspection of Wires 900 00 Sealing of Weights and Measures 975 00 Fires 750 00 Police Department 12,690 00 Health Department 6,080 00 Sanitation 2,000 00 Reparis on Roads and Bridges 35,000 00 Snow Removal 2,500 00 Sidewalks 62000 00 Mothers' Aid 6,225 00 Support of Poor 19,700 00 State Aid 900 00 56 Soldiers' Relief 500 00 School Department 109,576 00 Reserve Fund 5,000 00 Park Commission 2,500 00 Unclassified 6,500 00 Cemeteries 850 00 Rent G. A. R. 80 00 Rent American Legion 100 00 Expense of Finance Committee 300 00 $294,276 00 By accepting the recommendations of the Finance Committee, the salary of the Town Clerk and Treasurer was increased to $2,400 and the salary of the Tax Collector 'to $1,600. Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year. Voted that the Town Treasurer., with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year be- ginning January 1st, 1925, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year. Any debt or debts in- curred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year. (Unanimous). Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money on and after January 1st, 1926, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1st, 1926. Voted that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen,be and hereby is authorized to borrow money 57 on and after January 1st, 1926, in anticipation of the reve- nue of the financial year beginning January 1st, 1926 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year. Any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year. (Unanimous). Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select- men to apply eighteen thousand dollars ($18,000.00) of the surplus in the Town Treasury toward the tax levy for 1925, or take any action in relation.thereto, and to act fully thereon. Voted that the Selectmen be so authorized. Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to apply the Surplus War Bonus Fund ($2,815.24) toward the payment of notes of the Town maturing in 1925, or take any other action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted that Article 12 be taken up in connection with this article and that Article 12 be adopted as printed. The following committee was appointed to bring in recommendations as provided in the article: Clarence M. Chase Lauehlan M. Crocker Joseph F. Childs F. Howard Hinckley, Jr. Alexander S. Childs Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Se. lectmen to make such leases as in their opinion will be for the best interest of the Town and to confirm all leases heretofore given. Voted that the Selectmen be so authorized. �8 At this time the meeting adjourned one-half hour for lunch. Upon being called to order again, the following reso- lution of Admiral Francis T. Bowles was unanimously adopted: WHEREAS: It is now nearly a century since a citi- zen of Massachusetts was inaugurated President of the United States RESOLVED: . The citizens of Barnstable in Town Meeting take pride in extending to Calvin Coolidge of Northhampton, their cordial greeting, wishing him good health and happiness in his administration of the affairs of our beloved country. Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to elect a Planning Board as provided by Section 70, Chapter 41 of the General Laws and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the use of such Board, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully there- on. Voted that Article 20 be taken up in connection with this article and it was further voted to accept the pro- visions of Section 73, Chapter 41 of the General Laws and establish a Board of Survey. Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer to take from the Town treasury the sum of $2,815.24 which was returned by the Commonwealth as excess from the War Bonus Tax (Chapter 480, Acts of 1924, General Laws) and invest this sum as a fund for War Memorial, and to appoint a Committee to bring in recommendations at the next Annual Town Meeting, to act fully thereon or to take any action in relation thereto. (By request of L. M. Crocker, et al.) Taken up in connection with Article 9. 59 Article 13. To see if the Town will indemnify the Common- wealth of Massachusetts against any and all claims for land, grade and drainage damages which may be caused by or result from the laying out, construction or reconstruction of any State Highway it the Town during the present year, and will authorize the Board of Selectmen to sign an indemnity agreement in behalf of the Town, or take any action in respect thereto. Voted that this article be adopted. Article 14. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the proper observance of Memorial Day and to act fully thereon. Voted that $400.00 be raised and appropriated for this purpose and that it be placed in the hands of the Barnsta- ble Soldiers' Memorial Association. Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of one thousand dollars for the purpose of buying books for the several Public Libraries in Town and that this amount be apportioned by a committee consisting of one person from each precinct to be named by the Moderator. (By request of John Bursley et al.) Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for the purpose mentioned herein and the following Committee was appointed by the Moderator: John Bursley Miss Mary Mortimer G. Webster Hallett Edward F. Maher Howard G. Lumbert Dr. J. Hayden Higgins Alexander S. Childs 60 Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate, or issue its notes, bonds or script for a sum not exceeding One Hundred Thousand ($100,000.00) Dollars, to be expended approx- imately as follows: 1. Sealcoating roads built last year, $7,500.00; 2. To complete the rebuilding of the Centerville and West Barnsta- ble Road, $40.000.00; 3. To complete the rebuilding of Eel River Road, Osterville, $5,000.00; 4. Rebuilding South Street, Bay Street and a portion of Lewis Bay Road, (from Paul H. Sherman Square) to or near Park Square in the village of Hyannis, $35,000.00; 5. Rebuilding Hawthorne Avenue, Hyannisport, from Irving Avenue, to or near the West Beach Bath Houses, $2,500.00; 6. Rebuilding West Bay Road, Osterville, $4,000.00; 7. Rebuilding Center Street, Hyannis, $6,000.00; in accordance with the recommendation of the Road Committee, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. The report of the Road Committee was read and ac- cepted. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $100,000.00 for these purposes. It was then voted to reconsider the above action and after a great deal of discussion it was again voted that $100,000.00 be raised and appropriated to be expended as recommended by the Road Committee in their report. Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate or issue its notes, bonds or script for a sum of money for the purpose of rebuilding Craigville Bridge and the approaches thereto, to act fully therein and to take any other necessary action. (By request of the Highway Surveyor.) It was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of 14,000. for the purpose mentioned in this article and that the word "Centerville" be substituted for the word "Craigville" in the article. Motion to borrow a part of this appropriation was not carried, the vote being 112 to 96. 61 Article 18. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate or issue its notes, bonds or script for the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for the purpose of rebuilding a portion of the West Barnstable-Hyannis Road, beginning where the work was completed last year and going towards Hyannis. This amount to be expended only in case the Commonwealth and the County each appropriate an equal amount for this purpose and that the Selectmen be ap- pointed a committee to confer with the authorities of the Common- wealth and County to look after this work or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request of Highway Surveyor.) Voted that this article be adopted and the sum of $10,000.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of the same. Article 19. To see if the Town will accept the doings of the Selectmen in widening and relocating South Street, Bay Street and Lewis Bay Road in the village of Hyannis, and appropriate a sum of money to pay any land damage they may have awarded, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon.- Voted to accept the doings of the Selectmen in regard to widening and relocating the streets herein mentioned and that the Selectmen be authorized to settle the land dam- age from the appropriation for Unclassified Expenses. Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to elect a Board of Survey or Planning Board who shall have jurisdiction over the erection of all buildings and street lines, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request of Highway Surveyor). Taken up in connection with Article 11. Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of $9,000.00 for the purpose of the settlement of the suit brought by the Yavapai Investment Company against the Town 62 of Barnstable, in the taking of the Craigville Beach land, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $9,000.60 for the purpose of settling this suit. Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate a sum of money for and elect a Director for the Cape Cod Farm Bureau, as authorized by sections 41 and 45, Chapter 128, Vol. 1, Pages 1107 and 1108, Massachusetts General Laws, relating to agriculture. (By request of John Bursley). Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the Cape Cod Farm Bureau and S. Fremont Crocker was elected a Director of the same. Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate a sum of money for the purpose of mapping and plotting the Town, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request of Highway Surveyor.) Referred to the Board of Survey. Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provi- sions of Sections 42, 43 and 44 and Chapter 48 of the General Laws, and establish a Fire Department, or take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. Article 25 To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate, or issue its notes, bonds or script, for a sum of money not to exceed Fifty-three Thousand, Eight Hundred Dollars ($53,800.00) to be expended for the establishment, equipment and maintenance of a Fire Department, or take any action in relation thereto, and act fully thereon. Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to authorize or instruct the Selectmen to make any contract or contracts with the Hyannis Fire District, or any other person or persons, which they may deem necessary, for the establishment, equipment and main- 63 tenance of a Fire Department, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (The last three articles by request of the Fire Department Committee.) Voted that these articles be taken up together and the report of the Committee read and accepted. It was then voted not to accept the provisions of Chapter 48 as men- tioned in Article 24. A motion to raise and appropriate $15,000.00 for the purpose mentioned in Article 25 was not carried.► Further voted that Article 26 be referred to the Board of survey with instructions to report at the next An- nual Town Meeting. Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to increase the number of the members of the School Committee, or to take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. (By request of Clara T. Hal- lett et al). A motion to increase the number of the School Com- mittee to six was not carried, the vote being 89 to 110. Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to increase the Finance Committee from six members to fifteen members or to take any other action and to act fully thereon. (By request of Charles E. Doubtfire et al.) Indefinitely postponed. Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Select- men to have located the boundaries of its town landings, pounds and other lands which are not already located and to raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor, or to take any action thereon or in relation thereto. (By request of Chester Bearse et al.) Referred to the Board of Survey. 64 Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Park Commissioners to have the west end of the Centerville Beach Park hardened and graded for a distance of 100 feet at high water mark along"the shore and extending north to the county road, and to raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor and to take any action thereon in relation thereto. (By request of Chester Bearse et al.) Indefinitely postponed. Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Park Commission to select a name for the several parks and squares in the Town not already named and submit a list of same to the next annual,Town meeting. (By request of Chester Bearse et al.) Voted that the Park Commission be so instructed. Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate a sum not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to be paid to the Cape Cod Hospital for the establishment and maintenance of a free bed in the Hospital for the care and treatment of persons certified by the Selectmen to be residents of the Town and unable to pay for such care and treatment, in accordance with Section 74 of Chapter 3 of the General Laws, or take any action in relation thereto, and act fully thereon. (By request of William Lovell et al.) Voted that this article be adopted and $500.00 raised and appropriated for the purpose. Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate a sum of money not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for the purpose of properly grading and hardening the school grounds at the Marstons Mills School. (By request of George L. Hamblin et al.) Indefinitely postponed. Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to request the Survey- or of Highways to expend the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) from the appropriation for Repairs on Roads, for the 65 purpose of erecting guide boards to properly designate the main highways of the Town. (By request of Charles R. Hinckley et al.) Indefinitely postponed. Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate a sum of money or issue its notes, script or bonds for the purpose of dredging and widening the channel from Outer Harbor to the Town Dock at Lewis Bay, Hyannis, or to take any action thereon and act fully thereon. (By request of William Lovell et al.) Article 36. To see of the Town will raise and appropriate, or issue its notes, bonds or script, for a sum of money for the purpose of dredging a channel in Lewis Bay, provided the Department of Public Works agree to take over the work and assume 75 per cent of the expense of same, or take any action in relation thereto, and and act fully thereon. (By request of Edward C. Hinckley et al.) Voted that these two articles be taken up together and be referred to the Finance Committee for report at the next Annual Town Meeting. Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to accept a parcel of land located in West Barnstable given to the Town of Barnstable by Howard V. Hinckley, and others, and to see if a portion of said lot may be used for cemetery purposes and the balance added to Crocker Park, or to take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. Voted to accept the parcel of land given by Howard V. Hinckley, and others, with thanks and that the matter of division of the lot for cemetery purposes and Crocker Park be left to the Park Commissioners and Mr. John Bursley. Article 38. To see if the Town, will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for the purpose of removing the old High School building to a new location and re- fitting the same for school purposes, or take any action in relation B-3 66 thereto and act fully thereon. (By request of the School Commit- tee.) Indefinitely postponed. Article 39. To see if the Town will elect a recreation commit- tee as provided in the General Laws under.Chapter 45, Section 10, and raise and appropriate the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) to be expended by them as provided in the General Laws under Chapter 382, Section 1, or take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. (By request of Walter I. Fuller et al.) Mr. Hubbard of Falmouth was granted the privilege of the floor to explain what benefits his town had derived from baseball, after which it was voted to raise and appro- priate the sum of $2,000.00 as provided by Chapter 382 of the Acts of 1924 and that the same Committee which was appointed last year serve for 1925. Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of Three Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($350.00) to be expended in accordance with the recommendations contained in the report of the Town Forest Committee, or take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. (By request of the Town Forest Com- mittee.) Voted to raise and appropriate $350.00 under this arti- cle and that the same Committee serve as last year with the exception that Mr. S. Fremont Crocker be appointed to-fill the vacancy. Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to elect the Town Treasurer for a term of three years or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted that this article be adopted. 67 Article 42. To see of the Town will vote to elect one Auditor instead of three hereafter. Voted that this article be adopted. Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to place the Town Dumping Grounds in the care of the Board of Health and raise and appropriate Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for that purpose, or take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. (By request of Board of Health.) Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Health to purchase two acres of land more or less in some, central part of the Town for a Town Dumping Ground, and to erect one or more incineratgrs for the purpose of burning refuse and garbage and to purchase equipment to operate the same, and raise and appropriate Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00) for that purpose, or take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. (By request of Board of Health.) Voted that these two articles be taken up together and adopted as printed and the sum of $4,000.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose mentioned therein. Article 45. To see of the Town will vote to increase the number of Assessors from three to five or more, or to take any other necessary action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. (By request of Milton L. Crocker et al.) Indefinitely postponed. Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate a sum of money to purchase a parcel of land in the village of Hyannis in the Town of Barnstable for cemetery purposes, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to raise and appropriate $1,000.00 for the pur- pose of purchasing a parcel of land for cemetery purposes in Hyannis. 68 Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article VII, section IV, clause A of the Bylaws in regard to Traffic Rules and Regulations by striking out the words "to the eastern corner of the Ferguson Hotel" and inserting in place thereof the words "to within ten feet of the hydrant in front of the Nickerson building" and by striking out the word "thirty" and inserting the. words "twenty-five;"so that the clause shall read as follows:—"No vehicle shall be parked on any street or roadway except close to and parallel to the curb of the former or extreme edge of the latter, excepting on the north side of Main Street, Hyannis, from opposite Pleasant Street, to one hundred and fifty (150) feet west of Ocean Street and on the south side of said Main Street from Pleasant Street to within ten (10) feet of the hydrant in front of the Nicker- son building; within these limits all vehicles shall be parked headed toward the curb at an angle of not greater than twenty-five (25) degrees;" or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to amend Article 7, Section 4, Clause A of the By-Laws to read as printed in the Warrant. Voted that the thanks of the meeting and the sum of $20.00 be extended to the Moderator for his usual very pro- ficient services. Voted to adjourn at 4:45 P. M. Attest: C. M. CHASE, Town Clerk. 69 BIRTHS Births recorded in the Town of Barnstable for the year 3.925,with the names, parents'residence, and Christian name of parents: Jan. 1 Jane McKeon, Barnstable, Patrick and Marie. ( Jan. 5 Muriel Frances Nickerson, South Chatham, Clifton F. and Lillian F. Jan. 11 Mary Elizabeth Cabral, Centerville, Manuel L. and Ruth E. Jan. 14 Carlton Herbert Burlingame, Cotuit, Carlton A. and Bertha F. Jan. 16 Philip Leonard, Osterville, Burleigh D. and Jessie. Jan. 20 Marion Lucilla Snow, Cotuit, Herbert L. and Helen K. Jan. 21 Vincent Govone, West Yarmouth,, Joseph and Delmina. Jan. 23 Rufus Dustin, Pina, South Dennis, Rufus and Clara. Jan. 24 Ann Ames, Osterville, Walcott and Josephine M. C Jan. 25 Lois Ryder, Cotuit, Wallace, Jr., and Marjorie L. Jan. 26 Evelyn Elizabeth Kelley, West Dennis, Edward A. and Hilda A. Jan. 29 William Almond Jones, Jr., Barnstable, William A. and Elsie. Jan. 30 (Illegitimate). 70 Feb. 2. George Willis Nickerson, Chatham, Roger M. and Nadja E. Feb. 3 (Illegitimate). Feb. 3 Helen Repose, Santuit, Manuel D. and Mary J. Feb. 4 Gordon Dana Eldridge, Brewster, Curtis C. and Edna C. Feb. 7 Mildred Geraldine Chadwick, Osterville, Gerald A. and Annie F. Feb. 10 Eva Nelson, Centerville, Eric and Anna. Feb. 12 Howard Lincoln Maki, West Barnstable, Andrew and Marie. Feb. 13 Donald Montcalm Phillips, Barnstable, John A. and Gladys P. Feb. 14 Eugene Shepard Long, Hyannis, Edwin F. and Edith. Feb. 16 Stuart Allyn Williams, Hyannis, Lester L.and Florence M. Feb. 17 Eveline Chin, Hyannis, Chin Hong and Shee Fong. Feb. 21 Donald Abbott Croft, West Falmouth, Charles A.and Anna F. Feb. 23 George Rudolph Davidson, West Barnstable, Emil H. and Ina A. Feb. 23 Roland Nickerson Johnson, South Chatham, Fred E. E. and Ethel V. Feb. 24 Jeremiah George Munroe, Jr., Centerville, Jeremiah G. and Victoria L. 71 Feb. 24 Isabel Gertrude Thomas, Hyannis, Ernest V. and Evelyn M. Feb. 25 David Gilbert Morgan, Hyannis, Gilbert and Caroline A. Feb. 27 Miriam Ethelind Wheldon, Yarmouth, Frank E. and Millie M. Mar. 1 (Stillborn). Mar. 3 Edwin Chase, Dennis, Walter F. and Flora S. Mar. 5 Josephine Helen Milliken, Sandwich,John J. and Abbie M. Mar. 7 Edwin Wilson Landers, Cotuit, Earl W. and Esther L. Mar. 9 George Austin Sylvester, Hartford, Conn., Richard E. and Alice. Mar. 12 Mary Monterio, South Dennis, Michael and Nora. Mar. 14 (Infant) Hopkins, North Harwich, Hilliard E. and Gladys R. Mar. 15 William Kelley Crowell, Hyannis, Clarence A. and Esther E. Mar. 15 Ramona Hallett, Hyannis, Romano and Inez M. Mar. 15 Francis Maderios, Santuit, Manuel B. and Mary I. Mar. 15 Richard Seabury Wadsworth, Barnstable, Earle W. and Doris H. Mar. 18 Jean Hayden, Hyannis, Richard H. D. and Nan. Mar. 20 Louise Rose LaRiviere, Hyannis, Joseph B. and Clara. 72 Mar. 23 Edward Crocker Hazelton, Hyannis, James B. and Lillian K. Mar. 24 Robert Ferguson Lewis, Osterville, William E. and Ger- trude H. Mar. 26 Elizabeth Williamson, Osterville, John and Hilda. Mar. 28 Harriet May Joyce, Barnstable, Francis J. and Elizabeth. Mar. 30 Celestia Margaret Clark, West Chatham, Arthur and Celestia F. - Apr. 1 Corinne Hallett, Osterville, James H. and Asenath J. Apr. 9 Patricia Ann Childs, Centerville, Thomas J. and Anna F. Apr. 9 Frances Mae Doran, Centerville, Thomas B. and Irene L. Apr. 9 Neil McKenzie Jones, Marstons Mills, Cyrus W. and Anna Apr. 10 Richard Edwin Hinckley, Osterville, Herbert L. and Gwendolyn L. Apr. 11 Impi Aliina Wiinikainen, Barnstable, Otto and Wiihel- mina. Apr. 12 Harold Charles Malchman, Hyannis, Samuel and Minnie. Apr. 14 Julius Philip Morin, Jr., Hyannis, Julius P. and Hester. Apr. 14 Alfred Charles Morin, Hyannis, Julius P. and Hester. Apr. 17 John William Brennan, Centerville, Charles H. and Olive N. Apr. 17 Harold Roger Morris, Jr., Hyannis, Harold R. and Annie F. Apr. 18 (Illegitimate). �1 { 73 Apr. 18 Dorothy Florence Frazier, Santult, Antone E. and Julia. Apr. 1S Hallett, Hyannis, Raymond and Mary. Apr. 18 George William.Nickerson, Cotuit, Albert B. and Jessie F. Apr. 19 David Field Griffin, Cotuit, Stephen A. and Elizabeth L. Apr. 23 Madolyn Pearl Chase, West Harwich, Harry H. and Bernice. Apr. 23 Cook Gifford Coggeshall, Hyannis, Chester E. and Cora. Apr. 23 Stanley Albert Torrey, East Sandwich, Josiah A. and Muriel. Apr. 2F Amy Isabel Freeman, Orleans, Garfield and Lillian Apr. 27 Helen Isabel Hall, Falmouth, Wendell H. and Birdella F. .Apr. 28 Robert Malcom Chase, Hyannis, Hector E. and Daphne V. Apr. 28 (Illegitimate). Apr. 29 Georgie-Dottridge, Cotuit, Ernest O. Jr., and Lila B. May 1 Geraldine Mary Gammons, Harwich, Willam D. and Mary. May 3 Louise 'Janice Holden, Hyannisport, Earl E. and Viola K. May 4 Daniel Joseph Slavin, Chatham, Richard F. and Amy C. May 5 Florence Gertrude Rosary, Hyannis, Joseph and Florence V. May 10 David Roy Hall, Dennis, Roy and Lou. May 11 Dale Long, Falmouth, Dorman and Marion. 74 May 12 McMakin, Barnstable, Chas. W. and Annie. May 12 Helen Dorothy Wyman, Osterville, Arthur M. and Mary E. May 14 William Alexander Snow, Dennisport, George D. and Jean C. May 15 Ruth Florence Dixon, Centerville, Joseph A. and Claudia F. May 18 Charles Craft Walsh, Osterville, Joseph F. and Elizabeth M. May 19 Bowen, Hyannis, William C. and Alice W. May 20 Mildred Jacqueline Bearse, Hyannis, Maurice S. and Juliette M. May 23. Joseph Faria, Jr., South Dennis, Joseph and Lena. May 23. Arnold Colman Goldstein, West Barnstable, Jack -and Esther. May 25 Francis Elwood Bearse, Centerville, William E. and Celeste E. May 25 Gloria Naomi Chase, Sandwich, Leonard, F. and Gladys. May 25 Barbara Clifton Kendrick, Chatham, Kenneth H. and Dorothy F. May 26 Edna Isabel Warren, Falmouth, Elbert W. and Lucy A.. May 27 Manuel Gomes, South Dennis, Joseph and Isobel. May 31 Alexander Campbell Todd, Jr., South Yarmouth Alexander C. and Myra. 75 June 3 June Elizabeth Bassett, Harwich Center, Ozias and Eliza- beth M. June 5 (Infant) Ferguson, Hyannis, Henry H. and Helen P. June 10 Carlton Henry Hamblin, Barnstable, William D.and Edna June 10 Bradford Edson Norris, Hyannis, Ernest B. and Avis H. June 14 Robert Linwood Freeman, Orleans, Charles O, and Doro- thy W. June 19 Helen Elizabeth Johnson, .West Barnstable, Henry and Rosa M. June 21 Robert Bearse Thomson, Hyannis, Robert and Avis. June 24 Mary Neves, Barnstable, Joseph D. and Olive. June 25 Rita Mooney, Hyannis, James J. and Amy. June 30 Raymond Oliver Barber, Jr., Marstons Mills, Raymond C. and Sarah B. June 30 (Illegitimate). July 3 Natalie Ann Parker, Sandwich, Philip S. and Edith L. July 5 Carlton Wesley Douglas, Woods Hole, Harry S. Jr., and Carrie N. July 7 Betsey Ann Burch, Hyannis, Leonard and Cora M. July 7 Eleanor Louise Perry, Centerville, Nelson I. and Carrie B. July 11 Hollis Standley Bragdon, Falmouth, Henry A. and Bessie M. 76 July 11 Lawrence Charles Mahoney., Jr., Jamaica Plain, Lawrence C. and Florence. July 11 Caroline Crocker Sheldon, Harwichport, Wilmon H. and Elizabeth. July 14 (Illegitimate.). July 15 Arthur Francis Joseph,Provincetown, Arthur S. and Edith M. July 15 Harold W. Lus, Hyannis, Manuel J. and Dora A. July 15 (Stillborn). July 19 Aldine Lillian Forant, Boston, George E. and Genevieve. July 20 Clara Esther Milne, Osterville, Thomas and Clara E. July 20 •Mollie Agnes Robbins, Hyannis, Horace L. and Sylvia M. July (Stillborn). July 22 Constance Lucy Rosa, Marstons Mills, Joha ,and Lucy E. July 23 Merrill Raymond Marshall. Barnstable-.. Wilton and Mar- garet. July 24 Joselyn Nickerson, Eastham, Otto E. and Albina H. July 28 Marion Frances Green, Hyannis, David and Goldie M. July 29 Wallace Higgins, Falmouth, Forrest L. and Clara H. July 30 Richard Carleton Hawes, West Barnstable, Alfred C. and Isabel K. July 31 Russell Clement Palmer, Falmouth, Carl F. and Evelyn. 77 July 31 Robert Earl Palmer, Falmouth, Carl F. and Evelyn. Aug. 1 Ellen Elizabeth Aho, West Barnstable, Axel H. and Hannah. Aug. 1. Joseph James, Jr., Hyannis, Joseph and Hannah H. Aug. 2 Anne Henderson, West Yarmouth, James M. and Esther. Aug. 2 (Stillborn). , Aug. 5 Meredith Frances Drew, Hyannis, Harry T. and Jennie M. Aug. 7 Freeman Gibbs Thacher, Jr., South Dennis, Freeman G. and Hattie M. Aug. 9 Peter Leo Murphy, Jr., South Yarmouth, Peter L. and Hazel. Aug. 11 Robert Edwin Look, Hyannis, Averill S. and Gladys E. Aug 11 William Warren Perry, Jr., Provincetown, William W. and Emma L. Aug. 14 Melba Wilson Snow, Dennisport, Arthur S. and Marjorie L. Aug. 15 Wallace Chadbourne Doane, South Yarmouth, Henry L. and Thelma E. Aug. 17 Dorothy Mildred Young, Barnstable, Elvin H. and Mildred. Aug. 18 Norman Francis Barboza, Falmouth, Manuel C. and Mary P. ,dug. 19 James Dunbar Burlingame, Osterville, Forrest and Blanch R. 7s Aug. 20 Donald Winthrop Baker, West Barnstable, Walter E. and Tuna M. Aug. 20 Herbert Paul Wirtanen, West Barnstable, Elmer E. and Wilhelmina. Aug. 21 Edward James Tetrault, Jr., Greenfield, Edward J. and Grace B. Aug. 22 Ansel Abel Valli, Jr., Hyannis, Ansel A. and Sarah A. Aug. 24 Beatrice Joyce Bassett, Harwichport, Norman L. and Beatrice F. Aug. 25 Cynthia Coddington, Marstons Mills, William F, and Margaret E. Aug. 25 Perfirio John Pino, Marstons Mills, Charles B. and Mary S. Aug. 26 Mervyn Fuller Eldridge, Hyannis, Charles M. and Genieve A. Aug. 27 Ernest Swan Hord, Marstons Mills, Swan A. and Emma. Aug. 30 Anna May Ryan, Chatham, George R. and Elaine M. Sept. 1 (Illegitimate). Sept. 3 Richard Sinforiano Diego-Fernandez, Boston, Sam and Fressie. Sept. 3 (Stillborn). Sept. 4 Winifred Agnes Harris, South Attleboro, Frederick A. and Winifred A. Sept 6 Peter Ordway .Hutchinson, Hyannis, Birdsill R. and Lillian. 79 Sept. 7 (Stillborn). Sept. 9 Priscilla Rose Luce, Hyannis, Irvil G. and Caroline. Sept. 11 Parker Hardin French, Jr., South Dennis, Parker H. and Lillian M. Sept. 12 Wilfred Earl CalWs, Hyannis, Joseph E. and Pauline. Sept. 13 (Infant) Courtnell, Chatham, William and Lillian M. Sept. 16 William Henry Benttinen, Osterville, William and Helmi S. Sept. 16 Dorothy Coleman, Osterville, Irving F. and Albertina. Sept. 17 George Inman Coughlin, Hyannis, Charles D. and Maude M. Sept. 17 Alfred Low, Pocasset, Alfred and Isabel G. Sept. 17 Mary Ponte Robello, East Falmouth, Manuel and Mary Sept. 18 Cesarale, West Barnstable, James and Arlene. Sept. 18 John Raymond Rankinen, West Barnstable, John and Mary. Sept. 19 Mabel Eloise Crocker, Barnstable, Walter and Bessie. Sept. 19 Anita Ruth Osgood, North Eastham, Maurice A. and Frances E. Sept. 21 Allan Chadwick, Osterville, Thomas A. and Mabel A. Sept. 21 June Chase, West Yarmouth, Alexander B. and Bernice L. Sept. 21 (Illegitimate). 80 Sept. 22 Donald Clyde Rogers, Chatham, Henry L. and Helen. Sept. 24 George Lambert, Sandwich, Augustine F. and Louise E. Sept. 26 Nancy Starck, Centerville, Eric A. and Margarilla L. Sept. 27 John Mahlon Powers, Falmouth, James A. and Abigail J. Sept. 30 Percy Elliot Brown, Jr., Hyannis, Percy E. and Anna. Oct. 6 (Stillborn). Oct. 6 Shirley Winslow Thatcher, South Yarmouth, Willis and Hilda H. Oct. 7 George Edmund Boteilio, Santuit, Antone C. and Mary L. Oct. 12 Franklin Gardiner Estey, Dennisport, Frank D.and Maude. Oct. 14 Conway Lincoln Potter, Cotuit, William F. and Maude L. Oct. 15 Paul Munro Swift, Jr., Barnstable, Paul M. and Gladys P. Oct. 16 Claire Bearse, Cotuit, Edward G. and Gertrude M. i Oct. 18 Gordon Keith Dunham, Centerville, Harold W. and Ethel G. Oct. 19 Elizabeth Jean Lewis, Osterville, Russell B. and Ethel F. Oct. 22 Dorothy Perry, Centerville, Ralph F. and Catherine K. Oct. 23 Faith Evans, Cotuit, Frederick R. and Nellie G. Oct. 23 Gertrude Ellen Morse, Falmouth, Leroy F. and Teresa M. Oct. 25 Helen Elizabeth Olsen, Hyannis, Carl O. and Olga H. 81 Oct. 25 Mary Souza, Cotuit, John R. and Georgina S. Oct. 30 Joseph Manuel Cabrall, Provincetown, Manuel and Selina. Oct. 30 Robert Newell Knight, Medford, L. I., Robert E. N. and Caroline E. Oct. 30 Richard Dean Sears, Needham, Dean S. and Esther S. Nov. 2 Marion Jean Middleton, Falmouth, Harold D. and Marion I. Nov 3 (Stillborn). Nov. 7 Marion Florence Waller, West Barnstable, John H. and Susanna C. Nov. 9 Virginia Lee Taylor, Osterville, Norman W. and Mary R. W. Nov. 12 Robert Lester Wood, Provincetown, John P. and Caroline G. Nov. 14 Murray Gibbs Bain, Hyannis, Robert J. and Beatrice. Nov. 16 Patricia May Pollock, Hyannis, Walter B. and Gertrude. Nov. 16 Mildred Ann Runnells, Hyannis, George W. and Agnes. Nov. 18 Elizabeth May Cotell, Hyannis, Harry E. and Nettie E. Nov. 19 Helen Evelyn Baker, Orleans, Horace E. and Catherine E. Nov. 23 Audrey Louise Nickerson, Bass River, Byron L. and Florence M. Nov. 23 Norma Claire Parker, Cotuit, Asa F. B. and Florence J. 82 Nov. 24 Mildred Louise Bearse, Osterville, Franklin C. and Helen L. Nov. 24 Ruth Julia Hill, Sandwich, Edward and Emma Nov. 24 John-Joseph Pike, Hyannis, William J. and Muriel A. Nov 27 Catherine Nicholas Tsiknas, Falmouth, Nicholas and Aglia. Nov. 30 Lura Bayliss Nickerson, Osterville, Bertram B. and Rebecca E. Dec. 3 Priscilla Otis, Hyannis, Thomas and Elise W. Dec. 3 (Illegitimate). Dec. 4 Betsey Alden Sawyer, South Harwich, Douglas B. and Eleanor B. Dec. 5 Arnold DeGrace, Hyannisport, John B. and Annette. Dec. 5 Mildred Monaco, Cotuit, Thomas M. and Louise F. Dec. 7 Frances Boteilho, Hyannis, Janth and Mary. Dec. 8 Margaret Atalie Gill, Orleans, Allen W. and Eleanor H. Dec. 8 Joseph Warren Sampson, Chatham, Elmer B. and Florence G. Dec. 9 Mary Ann Starck, Centerville, Russell G. and Anna B. Dec. 13 (Stillborn). Dec. 16 Louise Jacqueline Cox, Hyannis,Thomas M.and Marjorie. Dec. 16 Joyce Marion Webster, South Dennis, Leon E. and Mattie L. 1� 83 Dec. 20 Howard Ellis, Falmouth, Howard H. and Lorraine. Dec. 20 Anthony Oliver Sylvia, Jr., Santuit, Anthony O. and Evelyn E. Dec. 25 (Stillborn). Dec. 29 Jean Lovejoy, Barnstable, William P. and Marion. Dec. 30 Carl Leonard Sears, Hyannis, Luther H. and Edith B. S Omitted from 1924 Report May 9 Jean Fonda Ryder, Cotuit, Myron G. and Kathryn M. Aug. 13 Howard Haynes Bassett, Harwichport, Leo I. and Louise. Oct. 1 Richard Law, Centerville, William and Louise H. Nov. 24 Richard Wilton Childs, Centerville, Joseph and Mary. MARRIAGES Marriages recorded in the Town of Barnstable for the year 1925: Jan. 11 Edward Maurice Gannon of Falmouth and Merla May Fuller of. Orleans. Feb. 15 Almond Gage Ryder of Harwich and Wilhelmina Pye of West Barnstable. Feb. 22 .Fred S. Garland of Harwich and Velma C. Lake (Gannon) of Harwich. 3 84 Feb. 22 Otto Karl Hoffman of Hyannis and Louisa Frances Choate of Millis. Feb. 24 Joseph Leadpoint of Osterville and Legrea Montgomery of North Carolina. Feb. 28 Henry George Young of Hyannis and Helen Bearse Thomas of West Yarmouth. Mar 7 Henry Hart Ferguson of Hyannis and Helen Paulena Pelton of Hyannis. Apr. 4 Elmer Scudder Whiteley of Osterville and Florence,John- son of South Yarmouth. Apr. 8 Howard Lombard Leavitt of Hyannis and Lena Jane Nuttall of Dorchester. Apr. 15 James Joseph Hansberry of Osterville and Mary Agnes Shields of Osterville. Apr. 18 Belmiro deSouza of East Falmouth and Charlotte Gloria Cabral of Santuit. Apr. 23 Walter Nason Lewis of Osterville and Maude Webster Kendrick of Dennis. May 3 Everett W. Sears of Barnstable and Hulda A. Barnthson of Yarmouth. May 23 Kenneth Cooper Hamilton of Lincoln and Eleanor Mae Taylor of Osterville. May 30 Nelson Bearse of Centerville and Phyllis Eldredge Jerauld of Barnstable. June 5 Frank Howard Nickerson of Hyannis and Isabell F. Nick- erson (Cahoon) of Hyannis. 5 85 June 17 William Thomas Braithwaite of Osterville and Marjorie Thrasher of Osterville. June 22 Thomas Monaco of Marstons Mills and Louise F. Adams of Osterville. June 25 Leslie R. Wright of Falmouth and Hazel H. Donahue of Falmouth. June 27 Arthur Joseph Oliver of West Barnstable and Grace Hal- lett Bumpus of Barnstable. June 29 William Olin of Centerville and Gladys Rosengren of Centerville. July 6 Alexander Gordon Marshall of Brookline and Katharine Campbell of Utica, N. Y. July 12 Henry Chester Gray of Hyannis and Isabel Dunlevey (Woodworth) of Hyannis. July 16 Herbert F. Morse of Wareham and Marion W. Balcom (Blackwell) of Wareham. July 18 Edson Richard Rand of Barnstable and Elizabeth Parker Hamblin of Hyannis. 0 July 19 Frank L. Gibson of West Barnstable and Olive Catherine Churchill of Melrose Highlands. July 22 William M. Farrell of Falmouth and Dorothy Wells (Crane) of Falmouth. July 24 Thomas Lopes Vages of New Bedford and Myrtle Ann DuBois of New Bedford. Aug. 6 Reginald David Love of Harwichport and Ida Mary Valli of Hyannis. 13. L 86 Aug. 8 Guy Holmes Messenger of Springfield and Edna May Suthergreen of Osterville. Aug. 22 Prescott Lincoln Fish of West Barnstable and Rosa Janice Lumbert of Centerville. Sept. 4 Leland Benson Buchanan of Hyannis and Violet Kathleen Arnold of Westboro. Sept. 5 Charles Arthur Van Dusen of Brockton and Evelyn Atlee Chalke of Yarmouth. Sept. 6 Raymond Ellsworth Vincent of Hyannis and Gertrude Louise Chase of Hyannis. Sept. 19 Fred Milton Kimball of New Bedford and Elsie Thacher Cross of Hyannis. Sept. 19 Hpmer Ashby Phinney of Hyannisport and Mary Theonista Aikens of Hyannis. Sept. 28 Philip Brand Chadwick of Marchantville, N. J., and Genevieve Picou (Ragan) of.New Orleans, La. Sept. 29 John Peter Heffernan of Yarmouthport and Mary Dono- van of Osterville. 0 Oct. 2 William Stephen Cash of Hyannis and Abbie Annice Hall (Brayton) of Oak Bluffs. Oct. 3 Thomas Francis Montague of Sandwich and Ellen Jose- phine Ormsby of Hyannis. Oct. 4 Mitchell-S. Sereteley of Hyannis and Ethel E. Hajiyaniko of Falmouth. Oct. -6 Alexander Banks of Osterville and Jean Young Hosie of Osterville. �3 • 87 Oct. 10 Leonard Francis Fisk of West Barnstable and Ellen Olivia Groop of Fitchburg. Oct. 12 Raymond Lansing MacLean of Arlington and Melissa Dott- ridge of Arlington. Oct. 17 Everett F. Simpson of Falmouth and Cora G. Chase of Falmouth. Oct. 20 James Joseph Morrissey,of Walpole and Doris Mae Baker of Hyannis. Oct. 30 George H. Mellen; Jr., of Hyannis and Elizabeth Walker of Newton Highlands. Nov. 9 Frederick P. Allen of Chathamport and Ava J. M. Board- man (Hatch) of Chathamport. Nov. 16 James Angus MacIsaac of Hyannis and Nora Annus Manning of West Hyannisport. Nov. 18 Chester Ames Crosby of Osterville and Ida Sophia Kittila of Osterville. Nov. 19 Clifton Linwood Greene of Santuit and Ellen Teresa Sullivan of Osterville. Nov. 21 Howard Nickerson Paine of Hyannis and Stella Champlin Hopkins (Whittier) of Hyannis. Nov. 22 Rawson Hallett Ashley of Osterville and Mary McLeod of Osterville. Nov. 23 Alcibiade J. Soucy of Hyannis and Almena Evangeline Rogers of.Hyannis. Nov. 26 Norman McLean of Hyannis and Christina McMillan of Quincy. �3 88 Nov. 26 Horace C. Holbrook of Portland, Me., and Elizabeth Leland of Portland, Me. Nov. 29 Leonard Ot�borne Curtis of Hyannis and Mildred Brundon Washington of Hyannis. Dec. 2 Bertram Bayliss Nickerson of Hyannis and Rebecca Etta Crocker of Osterville. Dec. 9 Cornelius J. Linehan of Hyannis and Katherine Teresa Kelley of Hyannis. Dec. 10 Emery E. Tompkins of Hyannis and Cora Drew (Thacher) of Hyannis. Dec. 21 Herbert Edmond Rickaby of Abington and Frances Marie George of Centerville. Dec. 27 Kenneth L. Messenger of Anchorage, Ky., and Rena Marie Fuller of Hyannis. Dec. 29 Bernard Angus Aikens of West Barnstable and Elizabeth Marie Oliver of West Barnstable. Dec. 31 John Ernest Hayden of Fairhaven and Blanche R. Ledous of Fairhaven. DEATHS Deaths recorded in the Town of Barnstable for the year 1925: Jan. 3 Charles E. Keck, Cummaquid, 71 y. 6 d. Jan. 5 George H. Muse, Hyannis, 55 y. 5 m. 28 d. '! 89 Jan. 7 Edward Freeman Smith, Yarmouthport, 65 y. 3 m. Jan. 14 Julia Crocker, (Taylor), Hyannis, 77 y. 10 m. Jan. 14 Ruth Chase (Cash), Hyannis,-83 y. 2 m. Jan. 15 Reliance E. Robinson (Kelley), Centerville, 95 y. 10 M. 15 d. Jan. 16 Julia Arenovski (O'Neil), Hyannis, 74 y. Jan. 16 John R. Ferguson, Plymouth, 57 y. 9 m. 11 d. Feb. 5 Timothy Crocker, Hyannis, 67.y. 2 m. Feb. 7 Thankful C. Ewer (Weeks), South Sandwich, 76 y. 3 m. 18 d. Feb. 9 Frank W. Crowell, Hyannis, 72 y. 1m. Feb. 10 Allen M. Nickerson, Hyannis, 41 y. 1 m. 17 d. Feb. 11 Mary A. Howes, Dennis, 62 y. Feb. 13 Helda Kalarine Johnson (Dahlberg), Centerville, 32 y. 9 m. 25 d. Feb. 13 Eva Nelson, Hyannis, 3 d: Feb. 19 Amelia L. Lundquist (Vesterborg), West Barnstable, 55 y. 2m. 7d. Feb. 23 Ralph Avery Blossom, West Barnstable, 22 y. Mar. 1 (Stillborn). Mar. 1 Josephine C. Farrington (Copeland), Barnstable, 60 y. 7 d. �1 90 Mar. 2 Hazel L. Rich, Eastham, 11 y. 10 m. 3 d. Mar. 5 Emma C. Baker (Carroll), Hyannisport, 84 y. 3 m: 5 d. Mar. 5 Rosanna Marshall Keene (Hamblin), Sandwich, 54 y. 4 m. 5 d. Mar. 8 Domingo Roderigue, West Barnstable, 1 y. 7 m. 27 d. Mar. 11 Alice Keveney (Maddox), Barnstable, 91 y. 9 m. 13 d Mar. 14 (Infant) Hopkins, Hyannis, 1 h. 20 min. Mar. 15 Martha N. Washburn (Hinckley), Barnstable, 91 y. 7 M. 25 d. Mar. 21 George O. Woodbury, Hyannis, 70 Y. Mar. 23 Antone Betelho Metias, Santuit, 80 y. 7 m. 13 d. Mar. 24 George H. Thomas, Marstons Mills, 66 y. 10 m: 24 d. Mar. 24 Walter S. Haynes, Somerville, 64 y. 9 m. 7 d. Mar. 28 James M. Henderson, Hyannis, 34 Y. Mar. 29 (Infant). Williamson, Hyannis, 3 d. Mar. 31 Celestia Freeman Clark (Eldredge), West Chatham, 16 y. 10 m. 21 d. i Apr. 1 Ross Gifford Ellis, Cummaquid, 59 y. 5 m. 14 d. Apr. 4 George E. McColley, Jr, Hyannis, 36 Y. Apr. 5 Charles H. Carney, Hyannis, 62 y. 2 m. 1 d. Apr. 5 Ellen R. Hallett (Thayer), Hyannis, 69 y. 3 m. Y 91 Apr. 6 Joseph Gorham, Harwich, 43 y. 11 m. 17 d. Apr. 6 Augustus W. Whittemore, Hyannis, 68 y. Apr. 10 Eugene S. Long, Hyannis, 2 m. Apr. 11 Catherine Dineen, Hyannis, 65 y. Apr. 11 Edward L. Baldwin, Hyannis, 71 y. 21 d. Apr. 13 Alfred Souza, Barnstable, 5 m. Apr. 15 Everett A. Siira, Centerville, 1 y. 8 d. Apr. 17 Julia A. Snow (Hallett),.Hyannisport, 88 y. 5 m. 12 d. Apr. 24 Sara L. Barlow, Cotuit, 80 y. 11 m. 18 d. Apr. 25 William L. Drew, J., Hyannis, 38 y. 2 m. May 1 Lydia W. Douglass (Hallett), Centerville, 64 y. 4 m. 5 d. May 3 Oscar Sarkinen, Centerville, 46 y. 3 m. May 5 Grace B. Holway, Barnstable, 63 y. 7 m. "✓lay 5 Joseph W. Jenkins, West Barnstable, 74 y. 1 m. 20 d. May 5 Hattie L. Parks (Harlow), Hyannis. 67 y. 2 m. May 10 Helma C. Lawson (Bergren), Harwich, 63 y. 3 m. 29 d. May 20 James Clagg, Barnstable, 84 y. 2 m. 21 d. May 23 Irma T. Williams (Baxter). Hyannis, 77 y. 10 m. May 28 Julia Neil Chapin (Neil), Osterville, 49 y. 5 m. `K 92 May 28 Mary Josephine Goffe, Centerville, 70 y. 4 in. 10 d. June 1 Rose G. Baker (Linuell), Hyannis, 69 y. 7 in. _ June 1 Viola B. Chase, West Dennis, 1 y. 1 in. . June 3 Sarah Ann Bodfish (Laha), Barnstable, 88 y. 5 in. 6 d. June 3 James Wallace Hallett, Marstons Mills, 64 y. 7 m. 8 d. June 5 (Infant) Ferguson, Hyannis, 6 h. June 5 Gustavus Clifford Nickerson, Cotuit, 58 y. 8 in. 24 d. June 6 Enzio W. Stadius, West Barnstable, 15 y. 11 m. 14 d. June 7 Sarah M. Macy, Centerville, 78 y. 5 m. 6 d. June 14 Elizabeth R. H. Clagg (Paine), Barnstable, 75 y. 8 in. 28 d. June 19 Alonzo P. Hamblin, Hyannis, 65 y. 5 in. June 19 Abbie G. Handy (Robbins), Cotuit, 87 y. 8 m. 6 d. July 2 Lewis Allan Ebling, Osterville, 43 y. 7 m. 18 d. July 9 Mary J. Wood, Hyannis, 91 y. 4 in. July 12 Emily J. Alden (Scofield), Dennis, 58 y. July 12 Warren E. Reckendorf, Hyannis, 14 y. 7 in. July 13 James C. Mitchell, Orleans, 68 y. 9 in. 15 d. July 17 George H. Galger, Hyannis, 62 y. July 20 Carrie E. Shores (Rawson), Hyannis, 38 y. 93 July 22 (Stillborn). July 23 Mary C. Hinckley (Coleman), Osterville, 71 y. 4 m. 7 d. July 24 Melbourne Wasson, Falmouth, 60 y. Aug. 2 (Stillborn). Aug. 7 Antone Enos Rogers, Truro, 74 y. 10 m. 18 d. Aug. 10 Robert Mitchell Burton, Cincinnati, Ohio, 61 y. 1 m.10 d. Aug. 13 David F. Kelley, Centerville, 38 y. 8 m. 12 d. Aug. 15 'John Peter Cabral, Santuit, 52 y. 5 m. Aug. 16 Everett W. Freethy, North Chatham, 37 y. 1 m. 4 d. Aug. 19 James Carmichael Shepard, Chatham, 16 y. 6 m. 12 d. Aug. 25 Herbert Halloran, Centerville, 5 y. 2 m. 6 d. Aug. 25 Stella Halloran (Childs), Centerville, 32 y. 4 m. 21 d. Aug. 25 Adelaide Murrey Nickerson (Cash) Cotuit, 83 y. 4 m. 14 d. Aug. 27 Lora Maud Cahoon (Kingsley), Osterville, 42 y. 11 m. 6 d. Aug. 28 Timothy Baker, Hyannis, 76 y. 10 m. 27 d. Sept. 3 (Stillborn). Sept. 4 Anna Bell Owen, Marstons Mills, 19 y. 9 m. 11 d. Sept. 6. Watson Fisher, Rockland, 39 y. 9 m. 4 d. Sept. 7 (Stillborn). 94 Sept. 12 David Haley, Hyannis, 59 y. Sept 12 Clarence Albert Perkins, Malden, 73 y. 2 m. 26 d. Sept. 14 (Infant) Courtnell, Hyannis, 1 h. Sept. 19 Joseph Emlew Smith, Philadelphia, Pa., 76 y. 9 m. 25 d. Sept. 25 John S. C. Lorrett, Hyannis, 73 y. Sept. 26 Sarah Elizabeth Parker (Bursley), West Barnstable, 87 y. 2 m. 23 d. Oct. 1 Barney F. Taylor, Harwichport, 65 y. 6 m. 21 d. Oct. 2 Julius B. Brown, West Yarmouth, 70 y. 5 m. 26 d. Oct. 6 (Stillborn). Oct. 6 Eustace Stook, Barnstable, 72 y. Oct. 11 Chester F. Huggins, Osterville, 71 y. 2 m. 12 d. Oct. 14 William McDougall, Norwood, 47 y. 7 m. 12 d. Oct. 15 Charles F. Greene, Santuit, 74 y. 10 m. 25 d. Oct. 16 Laura Etta Kelley (Small), Harwich, 75 Y. 1 m. 2 d. Get. 16 Paul Monro Swift, Jr., Barnstable, 1 d. Oct. 19 Annie M. Ritchie,•Barnstable, 54 y. 4 m. Oct. 20 Elsie E. Rennie, Cotuit, 59 y. Oct. 22 Ruhamah Baker (Powers), Hyannisport, 89 y. 10 m. 17 d. Oct. 23 Lois B. Landers (Sturgis), Cotuit, 58 y. •10 m. 22 d. D ' l 95 Oct. 24 Warren E. Hazelton, Hyannis, 53 y. 2 m. 24 d. Oct. 24 Hannah Hall Hinckley, Cummaquid, 77 y. 3 m. 14 d. Oct. 29 Marcus M. Haskell, Centerville, 82 y.,8 m. 17 d. Oct. 29 Marion Lucilla Snow, Cotuit, 9 m. 8 d. Oct. 31 John W. B. Parker, West Barnstable, 83 y. 3 m. 4 d. Oct. 31 Mary C. Silva (Clement),.Provincetown, 61 y. 8 m. 11 d. Nov. 3 (Stillborn). Nov. 5 Herbert Paul Wirtanen, West Barnstable, 2 m. 17 d. Nov. 8 Alonzo Eldredge, Chatham, 73 y. 3 m. Nov. 10 Edward C. Bray, Yarmouth, 59 y. Nov. 16 Hattie A. Dresser, Cotuit, 60 y. Nov. 16 Esther C. Homer (Kelley), South Yarmouth, 63 y. Nov. 19 Etta Smith (Gould), Hyannis, 72 y. 8 m. 11 d. Nov. 22 Walter R. Baxter, Hyannis, 52 y. 4 m. 9 d. Nov. 28 Sarah Barnes Baker (Percival), West Barnstable, 87 y. 11 m. 5 d. Nov. 30 John P. Sylvester, Hyannis, 79 y. 8 m. Dec. 2 Antone Jacintha, Osterville, 65 y. 1 m. Dec. 2 Arthur Leroy Sullivan, Hyannis, 3 y. 4 m. 8 d. Dec. 3 Winchester Veazie, Hyannis, 77 y. 3 m. 14 d. I� 96 Dec. 6 Arnold D. Bowen, Hyannis, 15 y. 7 m. 28 d. Dec. 6 John F. Rogers, Barnstable, 64 y. Dec. 13 (Stillborn). Dec. 16 Julia A. Baxter (Chase), Hyannis, 82 y. 6 m. 25 d. Dec. 21 James Derome Phinney, Cotuit, 86 y. 3 m. 11 d. Dec. 24 Sarah E. Kimball (Kimball), Hyannis, 84 y. 8 m. 18 d. Dec. 25 (Stillborn). gDec. 29 Lucy Jenness Churchill, Hyannis, 77 y. U , BROUGHT HERE FOR BURIAL 1924 Dec. 29 Herman A. Brown, Boston, 64 y. 6 m. 19 d. 1925 Jan. 14 Henry Lumbert, Boston, 88 y. 3 m. If d. Jan. 31 Almena Norris, Boston, 78 y. Feb. 14 William H. Voss, St. Petersburg, Fla., 13 y. Mar. 14 Edith S. Baker, Gaithersburg, Md., 31 y. May 5 Aleta Childs, Boston, 3 y. May 21 Hettie Freeman Lothrop, Providence, R. I., 80 y. 9 m. 19 d. 97 June 1 Elbridge S. Nickerson, Newport, R. I., 30 y. 4 m. 20 d. June 7 Hattie A. Craven, Springfield, 65 y. July 13 Leland F. Goodspeed, Kalamazoo, Mich., 41 y. July 15 Grace Allen Snell, Providence, R. I. Sept. .23 Elwood Hull, Boston, 18 y. 8 d. Oct. 13 Ann Hilda Kent, Honolulu, T. H., 34 y. 2 d. • Oct. 19 Joseph Clude Abbott, Revere, 1 y. 9 d. n CLARENCE M. CHASE, Town Clerk. B-4 98 JURY LIST, 1926 Freeman C. Adams Garage Thornton Adams Boatman Frank D. Allen Laborer Howard E. Barrus Blacksmith Edwin L. Ballard Insurance Walter D. Baker Manufacturer Elisha B. Bassett Grocer Benjamin D. Baxter Merchant Robert J. Bain Plumber Henry S. Baker Electrician Reginald Bolles Artist Clarence Brackett a Carpenter Alexander Bremner Coal Dealer Charles H. Brown Hotel Keeper Edric E. Cash Laborer Clarence A. Cottrell Salesman Milton H. Crocker Manager Samuel C. Crosby Caretaker Donald O. Coffin Electrician Edward S. Crocker Hotel Keeper Wilton L. Childs Mason Frank-E. Crocker Plumber Freeman Crowell Fish Dealer Herbert E. Cook Insurance Loton J. Cannon Upholstery Braddock Coleman Carpenter Artemus Cahoon Farmer Harold A.Daggett Hotel Keeper Morgan S. Dada Hotel Keeper Charles E.. Doubtfire Farmer I. Fenno Elliot Coal Dealer Harvey J. Field Mechanic 99 William L. Fitzgerald Manager Hugh R. Ferguson Hotel Keeper Thomas B. Fuller Chauffeur Joseph W. Hamblin Carpenter Albert Grauer Collector Milton F. Gifford Oysterman Frank L. Handy Salesman Forest C. Hamblin Real Estate Joseph P. Hallett Laborer Samuel W. Hallett Florist J. Lester Howland Furniture Dealer William E. Hoyt Mason William H. Irwin Retired Abner I. Jones Mechanic Fred S. Jenkins Cranberry Grower Zebina H. Jenkins Contractor Andrew Kerr Packer Burleigh D. Leonard Garage William S. Lumbert Carpenter William T. Murphy Ice Cream Mfr. Charles W. Megathlin Druggist. Jesse Murray Trucking Luther M. Nickerson Carpenter Chester R. Norris Carpenter Nathan C. Nickerson Agent John V. O'Neil - Grocer William H. Perry Carpenter Lucius F. Paine Architect Oliver W. Robinson Auto Supplies Malcolm L. Ryder Cranberry Grower Stuart F. Scudder Coal Dealer Albert C. Smith Retired Bernard M. Sears Electrician Frederick F. Scudder Coal Dealer Richard Wirtanen Carpenter CAPE COD HEALTH DISTRICT December 1925 I have the honor to submit a brief report of the work in the Cape Cod Health District for 1925. This project as is now well known, is one of co-operative rural health projects under the auspices of the U. S. Public Health Ser- vice working with the towns and in co-operation with the State Health Department. The work consists of medical inspection, and other work in the schools, and medical and sanitary inspection throughout the district. Particular attention is.given to dairies and food producing places and to the matter of bovine tuberculosis, and the control of communicable diseases. Every town now has a district and school nurse who visits the schools regularly and reports any necessary mat- ters regarding them, or health work in general, to the Health officer. All school children in the district have been given the regular physical examination and their con- dition in general is good. There have been no epidemics during the year, but there have of course been some scattering cases of communicable diseases. A few cases of diphtheria developed in Barnstable, Mashpee, Wellfleet and Sandwich. There has been a little mild scarlet fever in Barnstable, Sandwich, Eastham and Truro. Minor diseases such as chicken pox, impetigo, etc., have been reported from various towns including Chatham, Orleans, Dennis and Brewster. One imported 101 case of typhoid fever developed in Barnstable, and two in Yarmouth. There was one case of infantile paralysis in Barnstable, (in Cotuit) which later died. In no case has there been any spread from a serious disease after it has once been discovered. It is wished to state that in every instance, without exception, quarantine has been strictly observed by all concerned. All contacts of diphtheria and typhoid cases were immunized and a start has been made in the immunization of children against diphtheria, by the means of toxin-antitoxin. An effort has been made to vaccinate all school children against small pox, and the law is being complied with. The Sanitary Inspector has done excellent work es- pecially in connection with dairies and the tuberculin test in cattle. Many inspections have also been made in con- . nectiou with unsanitary places, dumping grounds, etc. There has been frequent discussion regarding dumping grounds, and it is thought that considerable progress has I been made in this matter. The work of all the nurses has been excellent and every effort has been made to keep close watch of all mat- ters in the various schools, which now come under the jurisdiction of the Health Officer. The district has been visited during the year by Sur- geon L. L. Lumsden, of the U. S. Public Health Service, Dr. George H. Bigelow now Commissioner of Public Health of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Dr. Mc- Knight, District Health Officer for the Southeastern Dis- trict, Sanitary Engineer Sullivan of the U. S. Public Health Service, and others. 102 I wish to make acknowledgement to the various Boards of Selectmen, Boards of Health, School Commit- tees, etc., regarding their invariable support and co-ope- ration. Many articles have been published in the newspa- pers of the Cape, in an attempt to give-publicity to health matters. Many clinics in connection with dental, eye, and throat troubles, tuberculosis, etc. have been held, and the work of the nurses, should be given especial mention in connection with the treatment and correction of defects. Respectfully, A. P. GOFF, Cape Cod Health District. 4 BOARD OF HEALTH REPORT To the Selectmen of the Town of Barnstable: Your Board of Health offers the following report for the year ending December 31, 1925: General health conditions in the Town compare favorably with the year 1924, with a slight decrease in the number of contagious diseases. The work of the Nurs- ing Association and the Cape Cod Health Bureau is show- ing most satisfactory results. The following contagious and infectious diseases were reported for the year 1925: Chicken Pox 50 Diphtheria I German Measles 55 Opthalmia 1 Conjunctivitis 1 Scarlet Fever 7 Infantile Paralysis 1 Lobar Pneumonia $ r Typhoid 1 Cerebral Spinal Meningitis 1 • Tuberculosis 1 Whooping Cough .4 Total 131 104 A sewage disposal plant has been installed for the County buildings at Barnstable, and the sewer that dis- charged into the .tide waters has been discontinued, so that the waters of Barnstable Bay are free from contamina- tion. A part of Lewis Bay, Hyannis has been closed to taking of shell fish on account of contamination. The cause of this the Board of Health hope to have removed. Although the wells of the town were uncommonly low the past summer, but little change was found in the qual- ity of the water and the supply in general is of good quality and safe for domestic use. Milk and Dairy inspection has been carefully con- sidered during the year as the following figures show: Dairy inspections 180 Cattle tested for Tuberculosis 405 Reacting from test 44 There were 74 Sanitary inspections of hotels, restau- rants and bakeries. DENTAL CLINIC The work done for the children of Barnstable the past year is worthy of more than a passing notice. Dur- • ing the year 537 dental defects have been corrected. This means that both parents and children are learning the necessity of giving the teeth proper care, and the great value to them in future years from a health standpoint. 105 SANITATION A special appropriation was made for this purpose. $4,000.00 was raised and placed in the hands of the Board of Health to carry on the work. -It seemed neces- sary to make some change in the old method of disposing of rubbish, and some plan had to be devised to dispose of garbage. To this end a tract of land containing about eleven acres situated on the Osterville-West -Barnstable road was purchased, geared up, and put in shape to work on. During the seven months of operation 15,000 loads of rub- bish and garbage were disposed of. The rubbish was burned and the garbage was buried. From the results obtained, it shows this method to be practical and can be used for some years.to come, or until it becomes neces- sary to build an Incinerator. Respectfully submitted, Barnstable Board of Health. G. W. HALLETT, Sec. REPORT OF THE PARK COMMISSIONERS '1925 To the Citizens of the Town of Barnstable: In the continuance of our programme, outlined in our report for 1924, certain improvements have been executed on the school grounds at Cotuit, Marstons Mills, Center- ville and West Barnstable. We would like to see a larger area or an addition to the school ground of the Training School in Hyannis so that there might be more play room for the many child- ren who attend. In accordance with the desire, expressed by Mr. How- ard Hinckley, in his letter of gift to the Town of Barn- stable of land adjoining Crocker Park, we recommen� the addition of that area to Crocker Park and that the name include the Hinckley lot, as it was formerly Crocker Property. The grading and hardening of an additional area of 107 beach land at Centerville has given further space for the parking of automobiles at that very desirable resort. We intend to continue on similar lines in 1926. Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM F. JENKINS, JEAN G. HINKLE, CHARLES H. MORRILL, Park Commissioners. REPORT OF SEALER ®f WEIGHTS and MEASURES Adjusted Sealed Condemned Platform Scales 5 57 Counter Scales 3 48 1 Spring Scales 8 55 2 Counter Scales 8 42 Druggist Scales 2 Weights sealed 523 2 Liquid Measures 212 3 Molasses Pumps 7 Gasoline Pumps 8 37 5 Kerosene Pumps 7 28 Oil Pumps 27 Stops on Pumps 239 Yard Sticks 28 Total 39 1305 13 Fees Collected $109 72 Junk Pedlers Licensed 3 Hawkers and Pedlers 32 109 Transient Vendors Licensed 58 Convictions for no License 2 County License 3 Respectfully submitted, E. L. HOME, Sealer of weights and measuers. REPORT OF TREE WARDEN To the Citizens of the Town of Barnstable: I believe the work of this department is pretty thor- oughly understood by most of the citizens. But it is perhaps well at this time to call attention to the new conditions, which are confronting us as to growth and welfare of our, street trees. With the building of tar and asphalt roads and sidewalks, which only leaves a very small space for the trees growing between the highway and sidewalk, the roots of those trees that extend out into and below the highway cannot get the moisture and nourishment that they once obtained from the water bound type of road. In .order to offset the present condition which has come about by this type of road construction, the planting of all new trees should be made on the outer side of the highway layout where possible; and the present trees now growing must be fertilized to a greater extent than ever before, if we are to keep them alive and growing. This is not a condition just in Barnstable, but one that is facing all the cities and towns of New England. The general work on the trees, of pruning and the re- moving of dead wood, has been done as far as funds per- mitted, and we have dug around the younger trees and fer- tilized them. ' 111 The plan of planting street trees was carried on as in past,years. This year we planted more than usual on account of having lost so many in the storm of 1924; 480 trees were set out. I believe we should take-the best possible care of the trees we now have and if possible continue the plant- ing of street trees during the coming year. Respectfully submitted, ROBERT F. CROSS. REPORT OF THE MOTH DEPARTMENT To the Citizens of the Town of Barnstable: Gentlemen: Few insect enemies of the Gypsy Moth are natives of this section, and many of the imported parasites do not stand our climate as was shown by the increase of the Gyp- sy Moth last year. .From my observation during the year 1923 and 1924, the parasites of the Gyspy were present iu large numbers throughout the town, and this year there were very few of the fly species of parasites (Compselura) present. The Calosomi Beetle seemed to be the only one present in this section in large numbers. During the years 1923 and 1924 the Compselura Fly which to my mind is the best of parasites was very plentiful, and showed their work on the Gypsy in the infested wooded lands was very effective. - This plainly shows that until the natural enemies become more abundant than they are at present through the wooded areas, it will be necessary to employ the most effective mechanical methods for suppressing the Gypsy. Property owners must take care of the egg masses on their own property. There has been a marked decrease in the work done by private property owners. In 1923 the 113 Gypsy was practically under control in the various villages in this town, but owing to the owners' negligence this pest has again spread to their neighbors' trees and to the stree and highway trees. Because there are only a few masses on your trees, do not think they will do no harm; every egg mass contains from five to eight hundred eggs and that means just as many caterpillars, and from experience they generally all hatch. Creosote the egg masses and spray your trees and this pest can be kept under control. Creosoting of the egg masses was done in the early spring, and followed up later when the caterpillars had hatched by spraying. The Brown-tail Moth condition does not differ greatly from that of last year. Very few webs were found. Prop- erty owners, as well as this department should keep a close lookout for this, the most poisonous of all insects. As the eggs of the Brown-tail are hatched out in the fall and the small Brown-tail caterpillars go through the winter enclosed in the web, be sure to cut the webs and_to burn them the same day, and thereby make their destruction a certainty. Respectfully ,submitted, ROBERT F. CROSS. • REPORT OF FOREST WARDEN To the Citizens of the Town of Barnstable: The past year has been a trying one for the forest wards of this town. Owing to the ever increasing number of pleasure seekers, including automobile parties, and now the real estate speculators, our woods, byways and highways, are more than ever in constant use. The forest fire hazard has become. alarming. All of our forest fires are caused by carelessness and thoughtlessness on the part of someone, who ought to know better. With the dead wood and dry leaves and the type and species of our wood land being mostly of pine of the most inflammable kind, a fire is very easily started. The coming year there is going to be an experiment tried in the towns of Barnstable, Bourne, Falmouth, Mash- pee, Sandwich and Yarmouth. It is a cooperative plan in which the United States Forest Service, the Massachusetts Department of Conservation, and the Massachusetts For- estry Association take part, in an attempt to prevent forest fires on the Cape. A public educational plan has been worked out and is to be financed by the Massachusetts Forestry Association, a patrol of ranges vested with police powers will be financed by the Massachusetts De- partment of Conservation in cooperation with the United 115 States Forest Service. This plan will be a wonderful help in reducing the forest fires on the Cape. In the year just past we had 65 fires in the town burn- ing over an area of about 700 acres with an estimated loss of about $21,500.00. I would recommend that a man be kept in readiness to start at once on notice of a forest fire, with the forest fire truck during the months of April, May and June, as, prompt arrival at a forest fire goes'a long way towards its control; and our success the past year with the great num- ber of forest fires that occured and the areas burned over, speaks for itself as to the promptness of the .wardens and citizens in arriving at those fires. The cutting out of wood roads would be a wonderful help in checking forest fires, also a help in getting into the fire. The Massachusetts Forestry Association has offered to the towns appropriating money for this purpose a like sum on a 50-50 basis. I hope that the town of Barnstable will avail itself of this opportunity by appropriating a sum of money for this very necessary purpose. Respectfully submitted, ROBERT F. CROSS. REPORT OF THE TOWN FOREST COMMITTEE To the citizens of Barnstable: In accordance with our plan of the first year (1923) we have continued planting on the Lombard lot 6,000 Austrian Pines and 6,000 Scotch Pines. State Forester M. C. Hutchins and County, Forester Lincoln Crowell have visited these plantings and have .expressed their hearty approval of what we have done thus far. Your committee recommend the continuation of planting on the same lot as last year. Respectfully submitted, The Town Forest Committee. WILLIAM F. JENKINS, Secretary. HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT RECONSTRUCTION Appropriated $100,000 00 Expenditures: Seal coat. Sealing 50,835 sq. yds. surfacing built in 1924 including asphaltic oil, sand, load- ers, trucking, heating and applying oil, cov- ering etc. $6,360 11 Centerville Road, West Barnstable. 20,188 sq. yds. @ $1.25 less asphalt $18,388 29 7,246 sq. yds. @ 671/2 cents 4,528 75 Asphalt supplied by the Town 6,846 71 Grading 10,206 32 Material and Traffic Officers 220 00 $40,190 07 Eel River Road, Osterville. 3,636 sq yds. @ $1.25 plus grading $5,000 00 p 118 West Bay Road, Osterville. 3,364 sq. yds. @ $1.25 plus grading $4,000 00 Center Street, Hyannis. 3,695 sq. yds. @ $1.25 less asphalt $2,909 63 Asphalt supplied by the Town 1,709 12 Grading 699 87 Stone and Freight 559 56 $5,878 18 Hawthorn Ave., Hyannisport. 1,867 sq. yds. @ $1.25 $2,333 75 Grading 229 95 Kyanized plank curbing 119 52 $2,683 22 South Street, Hyannis. 12,538 sq. yds. .@ $1.25 less asphalt $10,945 74 Asphalt- supplied by the Town 4,726 76 8,188 sq. yds @ 621/2 cents 5,117 50 Stone and freight 2,258 11 Grading 6,621 83 Drainage 1,698 35 Fills and Retaining Work 4,459 90 $35,828 19 Balance $60 23 Grand Total $100,000 00 119 0000000000000 0 0 0 coo 0000000000000 Cl 0 0 c� 00000LOto00000o CD O o m O O O O �N C-O�0�in Ln LO CD O 00 GO O Lo cV—4-1 0�,0 , o0cq LfJ l� ri 0000 GV L—rl a) OC:)m O O O rl 0V O rl ri O O cV O LO0000m 0000 O=CD cq00c-0D mccC11 CD CD 00 CC --q cllJ 00 00 O LM di LOGV OeN0co C11 r-I C)-o LO O O m 0 0 O O Gil �j 0 O O N06 NE? O O tfj O cq cM, 00 H � , F U E•i o � � � �r, '� U7 U1 � Vl U7 ��•'y �^ Si y y Ga � Cd N' mC3 GCI �5y ,� y y 'd i-� •� 0 pg FQ a> 0 0 y Cd .a ccaN q yaU1U as � cameo 0 0���U1y � ;., �U1 P � � �_ �•�,� o. o to w ��Q :ate ��U a��"''�U1 a' °J ��a�•�1 � c+ � � ra c.� w C—C),z a� wagaac 120 REPAIRS ON ROADS AND BRIDGES Appropriated $35,000 00 Expenditures: Bridges and Drawtender $2,575 68 Salary of Highway Surveyor (including trans- portation) 2,500 00 Work ordered by County Commissioners 1,979 63 -Road Oil ( dust layer) 1,948 80 Drainage and Catch Basins 1,642 20 Fences 1,383 24 Cinders, Shells, Gravel etc. 1,316 80 Truck and Mixer supplies and repairs 594 23 Freight and Express 587 97 Tools 551 03 Stone and Cold Patch 521 65 Bulkhead 516 92 Land and Garage Rent 250 00 Extra Widening 208 50 Unclassified 181 08 Labor, Teams and Trucks 18,232 20 Total $34,989 93 Balance 10 07 $35,000 00 CENTERVILLE- CRAIGVILLE BRIDGE Appropriated $14,000 00 Expenditures '0 00 Balance $14,000 00 $14,000 00 121 SIDEWALKS Appropriated $6,000 00 Expenditures: 4,209 sq. yds asphalt sidewalk $4,209 00 Labor, stock and material for concrete side- walk and curb 1,057 15 Grading 679 60 $5,945 75 Balance 54 25 $6,000 00 SNOW Appropriated $2,500 00 Reserve Fund 827 35 Total $3,327 35 Expenditures: Truck and Sidewalk Plows and Repairs $596 22 Removal of snow obstructions 107 00 Labor and Trucks on Snow,and Ice 2,624 13 $3,327 35 122 To the Voters and Taxpayers of the Town of Barnstable: It nocv becomes necessary for me to submit to you my third annual report of the Highway Department of the Town of Barnstable. As this year marks the end of the term for which I was elected, I will endeavor to give a brief summary of the past three years. From actual count taken yearly in the second week of August, it seems that there has been an increase of over thirty percent in pleasure vehicles and light commercial trucking, and that the increase in heavy trucking has been greater than fifty percent. The shell fish industry alone is an indication of the change wrought in three years. In 1923 nearly all of the shell fish exports from town went by rail, but in 1925 the vast majority went by truck to Boston, Providence or other nearby cities. With the tremendous increase in business that is due in 1926 owing to the prop- erty boom which we are experiencing, it seems that we are bound to have a greater increase in traffic than ever before. The travel on our streets in this first month of the year is merely a sample of what is to come next summer in my belief. I have been asked, "What has been accomplished in highway improvement in these last three years?" My an- swer is that a great amount of good constructive work has been accomplished through the liberality of the town in appropriating large suins for maintainence and reconstruc- tion. While many may not know it, Barnstable this year appropriated for highways sums as large as did many of the smaller cities throughout the Commonwealth. 123 In 1923 the amount spent by the town for reconstruc- tion of roads and bridges, maintainence, sidewalks and snow was $123,500; in 1924 for the same purpose $135,500; and in 1925, $167,500; or a total of $425,500 for the three years. Of this sum $309,000 was for reconstruction of roads and bridges, for which we have as assets 16.9 miles of asphaltic road and a new bridge at Centerville River. $100,500 was spent for maintainence. A large part of this expenditure I will admit was of a temporary nature and is now invisible. However we have many miles of improved dirt roads which have been made wider, straighter, and hardened with gravel and have received some of the atten- tion that was needed. Nine thousand dollars have been spent on the perman- ent type of sidewalks and we now have over three miles of asphaltic and concrete sidewalks to show for this money. $7,500 has been spent on snow. Of course very little can be seen now for this expenditure. However, Race Lane is no longer a trap to catch all the snow from miles around and we have four motor snow plows ready for service. The roads and streets have been passable every day in the part three years for motor vehicles. Briefly, I feel that the roads are now in as good condition as they were three years ago, if not better, and therefore we are making some progress if we can keep on an even footing with the in- crease in traffic. Of the expenditures of 1925 we will touch upon briefly $10,000 was appropriated by the town for one third of the cost of a mile of road to be built under the supervision of the State Highway Department on the Hyannis-West Barn- stable Road. '► 124 $14,000 was appropriated to rebuild Craigville Centerville Bridge. The bids for a concrete type of bridge exceeded the available money for this project and it was abandoned in favor of a wooden bridge to be built in 1926. About $1,200 was saved on seal coating by hiring the labor direct with trucks and loaders and doing the work ourselves, instead of letting it out at a contract price. I will say that this saving wouldn't have been possible except for the kindness- of Mr. William Jones and Mr. Herbert Thomas, who let the town have the assistance of their labor- ers to get out sand and cover oil. At the time of the year that seal coating is done it is almost impossible to secure the large number of laborers necessary to do the work without securing the aid of these contractors. The Centerville Road at the West Barnstable end was completed; considerable straightening was done and a great amount of grading was needed. The curves on this road were all banked high and will care for speed as well as heavy traffic. Eel River and West Bay Roads in Osterville were com- pleted and when sealed will be excellent roads. Hawthorn Avenue at Hyannisport was rebuilt and thus has removed a constant drain on the maintenance money. This road was curved with kyanized planking to prevent washing on the sides. On Center street, Hyannis, an exceptionally fine piece of work was built and a bad drainage nuisance remedied. South street, where completed with the two courses, is one of the�best pieces of road in the town. The original in- 125 tent was to build South street 25 feet wide, but later it seem- ed advisable to build it gutter to gutter; also at the corner of Pleasant street a much deeper fill was made in order to re- duce the amount of land damage and to save the town an expensive law suit. The alignment of the road was improved by this change at Pleasant street and at the junction with Lewis Bay Road. Thanks to the public spiritness of Dr. Glea- son and Mrs. Pheobe Bassett much better terms were made possible at this point. . Mrs. Bassett set a very reasonable value on the property needed and Dr. Gleason paid for it and presented a deed to the Town of Barnsta- ble. On the uncompleted portion of South street, between Lewis Bay road and Pearl street, which was covered with a thin coating of asphalt to protect the grading which was completed and to help make the road passable during the winter months, an experiment was tried out to determine how thin a course of asphalt could be used as a temporary repair on our dirt roads. .As the demand is greater each year for hardened roads it was suggested that for the same amount of money we might double the length by cutting the thickness. Last year it was proved on the Centerville road that two inches could be used to advant- age this way on a suitable base, but the South street experi- ment has proven to my satisfaction that any amount much less than two inches is not practical. The test on South street has been a hard one for the one inch layer was put down over a 12 inch fill of yellow loam. If the town should ever adopt this scheme it would be well to understand that this is a temporary affair only and is not a good road policy to stick to. 126 Of the maintenance expenditures I can not tell you any- thing that is much different from my last two yearly re- ports. The Grand Island drawbridge has been very expensi-ve this past year. Besides having a new floor laid on the draw, the main bearing has broken three times, and for nearly three weeks at one time durnig the height of the season could not be opened. It seems that we should be able to reduce the amount' expended on repairs to roads as we increase our milage of hardened roads; but the facts are that our dirt roads are getting more travel as well as the main roads, and as we im- prove and harden certain roads the demand increases for the dirt roads to be improved. No longer can a dirt road be left impassable during the muddy season, but what some are demanding cinders or gravel. The progress in this line is slow, I know, but we are certainly going ahead some. - The money expended on sidewalks has been well dis- tributed over the town, Marstons Mills, being the only pre- cint not to receive some hardened sidewalk. My policy in sidewalks has been to start at the center and work out- wards, when ever possible, making sidewalks where the school children travel mostly. In conclusion I thank" you for placing me in this posi- tion of trust and hope that I have lived up to your expecta- tions. There have been now and then spots in my term that have been unpleasant but on the whole I have enjoyed the 127 work and have been very glad for the opportunity to get the education and experience I have gathered from my work as your Surveyor of Highways. LAUCHLAN 21. CROCKER, Surveyor of Highways. r ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS OF THE Town of Barnstable FOR THE YEAR 1925 �s=� •n 1 BARNSTABLE, MASS. i639• a m PRINTED ON CAPE COD BY P.e.6 P.P.OOt4 N Y A N N I Y B-6 1:30 TOWN OF BARNSTABLE Organization SCHOOL COMMITTEE Collen C. Campbell, Chairman Hyannis, Mass. Term expires 1928 *Allen Chadwick Osterville, Mass. Term expires 1927 Richard Cobb Barnstable, Mass. Term expires 1926 §Walter I. Fuller Osterville, Mass. Term expires 1926 SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS Carlon E. Wheeler Residence, 177 South Street, Hyannis Telephone 652-3 Office, Training School Building Telephone 71-3 Office hours, 8.30-9.00 a. m. on school days. *Resigned §Appointed to fill vacancy 131 CLERK Dorothy E. Reckendorf Residence, 11 Camp Street, Hyannis Telephone 827-2 Offce hours: 8.30 to 11.45 a. m.; 1.15 to 4.30 p. m. on school days. Saturdays, 9.00 a. m. to 12 m. SCHOOL PHYSICIAN Dr. Alonzo P. Goff Main Street; Telephone 559-3. SCHOOL NURSE Nan B. Haydon, R. N. Residence, South Street, Hyannis Telephone 545 Office, Iyanough School Building Telephone 14-3 Office hours: 8:00 to 9:00 a. m. ATTENDANCE OFFICERS I. F. Ellis Barnstable, Mass. William Lake West Barnstable, Mass. Raymond Sinnett Marstons Mills, Mass. A. Seabury Childs Cotuit, Mass. T. V. West Centerville, Mass. Chester. L. Baker Osterville, Mass. Alexander Nickerson Hyannis, Mass. George Hart Hynanis, Mass. 132 SCHOOL CALENDAR Winter Term January 5, 1926, to February 19, 1926 Spring Term March 2, 1926, to April 16, 1926 Summer Term—Elementary Schools April 27,1926,to June 25, 1926 Summer Term High Schools April 27, 1926, to June 30, 1926 Fall Term High Schools Open September 8, 1926 Fall Term—Elementary Schools Open September 13, 1926 SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETINGS Training School Building, alternate Thursday evenings, at 7.30 o'clock, 133 c" c c`oa 00 A•o y o m cc 02 d � �+ �� � GJ� y iJ. � F"s� � • C� a o � � � res a p � o m � r' •� � q . 7 � � . � � G •� � A c /& G � � \ D \ a @ R . 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Q�COaOLO�IOCnL m m m cd m ¢' COr-iM,McominLCor-(LujW +) 0 q i. q A GO 6�mG06�Orl aD Cv cOOOG\l cd cd O� acd �rl 4f3 rl ri ri e--i ri ri Qa m al—0 �j R m�Q GJ O 'cd a cz ce 145 In Barnstable County, 35 per cent of the money raised by local taxation is spent for support of schools. In Barn- _ stable, 25 per cent of the money raised by local taxation is spent for support of schools. II Barnstable and 117 other Towns of the State with less than 5,000 Population and maintaining High School. (a) Barnstable ranked first in population and valua- tion. (b) Barnstable ranked second in number of pupils in average attendance. (c) Valuation per pupil $11,739. Rank No. 22. There are 21 town with a .greater.valuation per pupil and 96 towns with a less valuation per pupil. (d) Rate of school tax for support per $1,000.00 Barnstable $7.14 Rank No. 104 103 towns spend more than Barnstable and 14 towns towns spend less than Barnstable. Median of 118 towns $9.38 Barnstable is spending $2.22 less than the median of this group. (e) Rate of total tax per $1,000.00 Barnstable $28.60 Rank No. 45 44 towns have a higher tax. rate than Barnstable and 73 towns have a lower tax rate than Barnstable. The position of Barnstable in "e" is 15th place above median in total tax, and in "d" is 45th place below median in school tax;hence,there is a disparity or skew of 60 places in the relation between the school tax and the total tax. Barnstable is not spending for support of schools so high a percentage of total amount of money raised by taxation as the average town in Group 3 is spending. The same conclusion was reached under "I" above, in relation to Barnstable County towns. 146 III Barnstable and the other 354 Towns and Cities in the State. 51 towns have a higher valuation per pupil. 303 towns have a lower valuation per pupil. 61 towns pay more per pupil from local taxation. 293 towns pay less per pupil from local taxation. 302 towns pay more per $1,000 of valuation from local taxation. 52 towns pay less per $1,000 of valuation from local taxation. 140 towns pay more per pupil from all sources of rev- enue. 214 towns pay less per pupil from all sources of rev- enue. REPORT OF THE SCHOOL • COMMITTEE To the Citizens of the Town of Barnstable: Your School Committee has the honor to submit the following report on the public schools of the Town: George Homer Galger, who became Superintendent of the Barnstable schools in 1905 and who for two years before that was Principal of the Training School, died on July 17, 1925. He had given effective service of an execeptioally unselfish nature for more than twenty years. For many of the last years he must have been obliged to overcome physical disability. He did this so bravely and quietly, and he remained to the end so devoted in the performance of exacting duties that his death seemed to the community sudden. A broad minded man, he was gifted with instinc- tive sympathy. Untiring consideration for others endear- ed him to his fellow workers; as breadth of outlook and un- questioned probity won for him the respect of all who came to know him. The Committee in their,search for a successor to Mr. Galger sought assistance from the State Board of Educa- tion and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. From both sources Carlon E. Wheeler, then Superintendent of 148 Schools at Easton, was recommended without reserve. He had had wide experience as a teacher and an administrator in all grades of school work, and had supplemented this experience with pedagogical study in normal schools and leading universities. The School Committee feels that'the Town is fortunate in securing his services. Mr. Galger, conservative by nature and by length of years, shortly before his death informed the Committee that in his opinion the Town would soon be obliged to provide more transportation; and Mr. Wheeler confirms that opin- ion. It was in accordance with Mr. Galger's advice that the Committee closed the one-room schoolhouse at Santuit and transported the pupils of that school to Cotuit. Modern methods of instruction call for an ever increasing amount of teaching material; and all 'over the country it is being found advisable to centre effort and expense on central plants. It is more nearly possible to provide one model school building equipped according to modern requirements than several; and whereas it is absolutely impossible to transport such a plant from place to place it is possible to transport children. The problem becomes one of caring for the children. Their transportation must be done under proper conditions and proper conditions must be provided for their lunch periods. The advantage of centralization should be borne in mind while considering present prob- lems. 149 PROBLEMS SUGGESTED REMEDIES Of the problems before The Committee is convinc- the School Committee, two, ed that the solution of these caused by the rapid growth problems lies in the organ- in population of the Town ization of a Junior High and especially of Hyannis, School on the high school are 'pressing and demand grounds in Hyannis to care early action. ultimately for pupils in the seventh, eighth, and ninth grades. 1. The new high school 1. The new high school house, though so recently house if the ninth grade were built, has insufficient seating taken from it would have capacity for increased en- ample seating capacity for rollment; it could, however, increased enrollment; its provide gymnasium, cooking gymnasium and like facili- room and like facilities for ties could be used by stu- many more students. dents in the proposed Jun- ior High. 2. The Training School 2. Were the seventh and and the Iyanough School eighth grades taken out of buildings together cannot the Training School, room accommodate all the pri- would be made there for the mary and grammar school overflow of elementary children, with the result that school children now housed the Committee has been in the old high school house. obliged to use for the over- It would free that building flow two rooms in the old for temporary use as a jun- high school house. for high. Note, however, that it would make no pro- Other conditions less vision for increased enroll- pressing but requiring ment of elementary school thought are: children. 150 3. That it is difficult to 3. By transporting the secure and to keep good male seventh and eighth grades' principals for the grammar from the grammar schools schools throughout the of other villages—so far as Town; whereas boys in the this may be found possible seventh and eight grades and advisable—the impor- should have masculine over- tance of securing male prin- sight. cipals for those schools would be greatly diminished. 4. That the old high 4. The old high school school house remains plant- house, though unsightly ed directly in front of the where it stands, does no new high school house, an serious harm there; and it eye-sore. will be needed to house the beginnings of the Junior High School. It cannot be moved conveniently while in such use, nor wisely before the final location of the School is settled. If the Junior High School is organized as proposed, and maintained, the Committee thinks it ought to be pro- vided with a building to conform in general appearance with the new high school house. When this is done it expects that the old high school house will be sold or de- stroyed. It hopes that all this may be accomplished by September, 1928. It has been noted that Problem 2 remains unsolved. The first step towards accomplishing the complete pro- gram proposed must be the enlargement of building and playground for the Training School. No appreciable gain in possibilities of enrollment would be secured in that 151 school by the removal of its seventh and eighth grades to the proposed Junior High; for the rooms vacated by those grades would be filled in great part by the two younger grades removed from the old high school house to free that for the Junior High—an exchange. With the old high school house no longer available for the overflow and with the Iyanough and Training School buildings filled in most rooms to capacity the need of additional provision for the elementary school children of Hyannis becomes imperative; and if they could be brought all under one roof advantages of centralization would be gained. The Training School is inadequately provided for both as regards building and playground. That it should be adequately provided for is of mutual interest to the Normal School authorities and to the Town; and because the interest is mutual it is reason- able to hope that the State will co-operate with the Town in meeting the expense. Co-operation of the State, more- over is essential to the proposed plan of organizing a Jun- ior High School; for the plan requires the withdrawal from the Training School of the seventh and eighth grades, and according to the present agreement between the State and the Town, entered into on December 28, 1898, the Town is obliged to include within the School "all grades of primary .and grammar departments." The Committee therefore seeks authorization from the Town to open negotiations with the State Board of Education. The result of such negotiations the Committee hopes to submit and have ap- proved at a special town meeting in order that the needs of the situation may be met by a Training School properly equipped to provide for all the Hyannis children of the six lower grades. The provision should be complete by Sep- tember, 1927. The proposed program, as outlined, was drawn up by the Superintendent of Schools. It has been approved by 152 the Committee after discussion at a number of meetings and after an unofficial conference with the Principal of the Nor- mal School and the Commission of Education. It centres in Hyannis because the population in Hyannis is greater than in other parts of the Town, and because the provision of school room there is comparatively less and insuffcient. Failure to carry through any part of it endangers it all; for the remedies applied to existing difficulties, and plans for the future, all interlock. The untimate goal would seem to be a Senior High School for grades ten, eleven, and twelve located in Hyannis, a Junior High School for grades seven, eight, and nine in Hyannis with others, should it seem wise, in other parts of the Town, and elementary schools for grades below the seventh—all provided with adequate playground. Nothing recommended, however, forbids a changed future growth; since the buildings asked for can certainly be turned to use in any organization adopt- ed. The number of children—increasing every year— to be provided for renders them necessary. For further details and statistics of interest the Com- mittee refers you to the report of the Superintendent of. Schools, which follows. COLLEN C. CAMPBELL RICHARD COBB WALTER I. FULLER REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS To the School Committee of Barnstable: This report is submitted at the end of five months' ser- vice and will treat mainly of plans for the future. It is intended to amplify the report which the Committee is sub- mitting to the citizens of the Town by presenting more in detail facts concerning organization, buildings, equipment, grounds, and more especially, a program of education which should meet the needs of the Town for several years to come. The necessity of a well defined program is evident. Each step taken will become thus a part of a well laid plan, and proposals for changes or additions not in harmony with the ' general plan may be postponed or disregarded altogether, especially if the general plan can be carried out expedi- tiously and as originally contemplated. Some of the unsatisfactory physical conditions with which we are confronted are as follows: (1) Pupils of grades one to six in Hyannis are housed in three buildings—four rooms in one building and two 154 rooms in each of two other buildings It will be noted that improvement in organization may be made here. (2) There is no well defined playground for these younger children. (3) The old high school building is not well situated and in a short time either must be removed or torn down. It is impossible at present to tear it down because it is in use. To move it will cost a large sum of money ($10,000.00 was suggested last year) ; and the question arises immedi- ately where it should be placed. After following the pro- posed program of education for a year or two, the citizens should be in a position to know whether they wish to move the old building or erect a new structure. This is in accord- ance with the opinion expressed by the Finance Committee last year. (4) The Barnstable High School building will not ac- commodate many more students except in its special depart- ments. However, since the assembly hall, gymnasium, cooking room, art department, and grounds are not in con- stant use, these facilities may be shared by a larger number of pupils. (5) Pupils of the seventh and eight grades in the Training School are old enough to profit by the advantages which the special departments of the high school will have to offer. (6) Pupils of the seventh and eighth grades at Center- ville have been transported to Osterville since October 5th, in order that the pupils in grades 1-6 at Centerville nay 155 have better advantages. Under the proposed plan the older pupils may be cared for better at Hyannis than at Osterville. (7) There are three bus loads, one large and two small, of the Osterville-Centerville children at present and one of these is considerably over-crowded. Three large bus loads will relieve the present congestion and at the same time bring all the high school and seventh and eighth grade pupils of Centerville and Osterville to Hyannis. (8) The West Barnstable-Hyannis bus is seriously over-crowded. By enlarging the present facilities, relief from over-crowding may be obtained and at the same time the eighth grade pupils from West Barnstable and Barnsta- ble may be added to the proposed group at Hyannis. This arrangement will allow for increasing numbers, especially at West Barnstable. (9) The Training School building is sadly in need of repairs and furnishings. The nature of the furnishings needed will depend upon the age of the children who will attend there in the future. For 1926-27, no additional rooms in the Training School will be needed as an exchange of pupils between that building and the old high school building may be made. After that, however, there will be no room for expansion. A modern business concern con- fronted with physical conditions similar to ours would prob- ably bring its units together and concentrate its efforts. An addition to the Training School might be made to allow for expansion. If four rooms instead of two were added, pupils from the Iyanough School might be included also, and there would be two rooms left for future growth. The Iyanough School could be used subsequently for pupils of secondary school age. 156 (10) It is becoming increasingly evident that muni- cipally owned buildings must be heated in the future by other means than anthracite coal. The fuel bill in Barn- stable is considerably more than twice what it is in some other towns with the same school population. In many of our buildings with only three to six rooms, there are several hungry furnaces in each building devouring a mod- ern luxury—hard coal. Some of these furnaces are old and will need to be replaced in a very few years, possibly within a year or two. Soft coal is not a suitable fuel for hot air furnaces in schoolhouses. The modern way is to tiet apart, in the basement, a real boiler room and to install therein, a steam boiler in which soft coal may be used. The Training School building has four of these old-type heaters, some of which may need to be replaced within a very short time. (11) The Training School furnishes for the Normal School no more facilities for training than it did at the time when the Normal School was less than half its present size. The State Department of Education not only approves of the proposed changes but would welcome more room for training purposes. Under the proposed plan, it would not be necessary for so many Normal School students to be in training in the same room at the same time. (12) If, within the course of two or three years, the Barnstable High School should become a three year high school, it might be possible to open its doors to all senior high school pupils in the Town of Barnstable, including those in Cotuit. The proposed plans merely make this possible. From what has been stated above, it is probably clear that if certain parts of the proposed program are approved 157 by the citizens this year, the School Committee will be able to expend the money allotted to it more economically and judiciously than it can possibly do otherwise. It is hoped that the enlargement of the Training School grounds and building coincident with the installation of modern heating plant and a thorough renovation of the building, will appeal to the citizens as a sane proposition. Practically all other phases of the proposed program do not anticipate, for the present at least, the expenditure of large sums of money for capital outlay which could be considered in any sense a mistake a few years afterwards. In fact, the proposed plan, except as it pertains to the Training School, delays expenditure of money for such purposes. Emphasis in the budget for 1926 has been plac- ed upon materials and equipment for carrying on an en- riched program of studies, the permanent materials of which may be used in any building that the Town may chose to provide later. Emphasis is placed now upon providing the children immediately with greater advantages. Later, the citizens may decide in what kind of a building they wish this program carried on. The physical conditions in the Training School are such that it would be exceeding• ly helpful if the citizens should give this first step in the program their immediate attention and hearty co-operation. All the physical changes or improvements suggested above are only means to an end. They merely help to make the conditions suitable for carrying on profitable curricula. A treatment of the general purposes of a program of education brings us logically to a consideration of the ac- tivities and studies submitted below which the School Com- mittee of Barnstable has approved, and which it plans to adopt next year insofar as local conditions permit. CNN N coto ta N to to p, � a •�U A ° rl �U �+ W :�, Qt ❑ U fbn v tt ° J J � H WWp � tb toIr- � N w a r to ,o *4 0 6 � a�sa H v AW obfJ ca g P o d ai O W WW to wwra W Uri o °1w m e`ai q OS ,� Ws• ,ao � � � W �. � Da N m a ° `" c- mW � W � � a to �n totFA m� 1 y J Ga VA 0 to WAG+ 15A o O o 3 °° °° A A F O U G �'i v cAd Ul•yc3 O _ O ��.1 H U1 cd '� H '+� F A •� m W A Wz 02jj Q H F W b° W a I old � ca A m m a b4 as F bD dUrf a p W6 ,nul 'r' , o to cq en W 'yy ` Q H psi r d m N � o � D m oW o °o W eta by o T c F �i U ca to to CO to cd A F m cd y � � �t1 � m o A � �' pa •a'i mcd bbo•0 160 BUSINESS CURRICULUM Pupils who wish to go into business, as distinguished from a trade, should select this curriculum. By a careful selection of electives pupils may be prepared to take col- legiate cources in commerce, finance, and secretarial work. They may enter also the commercial department of the Salem Normal School. COLLEGE PREPARATORY CURRICULUM This course prepares for colleges, technical schools, and normal schools. It is necessary to study the catalogue of the college to be prepared for before choosing the electives. GENERAL CURRICULUM This course is planned for pupils who wish to devote considerable time to their particular talents or who wish to gain a general education. It places considerable em- phasis upon healthful living in home and community. The election of mathematics and science helps to prepare boys for higher vocational schools and girls for courses in nurs- ing. The activities and studies arranged above for pupils of secondary school age should result, when faithfully pur- sued, in the better development of the individual. They help to fulfill the functions of secondary education as listed by the late Dr. Inglis in his "Principles of Secondary Edu- cation." (1) Adjustive, whereby the individual becomes able to meet social conditions, and to adapt himself to the 161 changes that the progress of the world may make in con- ditions. (2) Unifying, whereby the individual acquires the common knowledge, ideas, and ideals necessary to all mem- bers of democracy. (3) Specializing, whereby the individual develops, his special gifts in order that he may serve society in speeifia ways. (4) Preparatory, whereby the individual prepares himself for continued education which is to'be built upon the foundations he is laying at present. (5) Selective, whereby the individual is directed to- ward educational endeavor to which he is adapted, and away from educational endeavor in which his mental lim- itations preclude profitable progress. (6) Directive,whereby the individual is guided toward the line of life activity in which he can do his best work. Specific skills and habits which it is hoped the curri- cula will help to develop in the individual are: (1) Personal and community health habits. (2) Civic skills and habits. (3) Vocational skill. (4) Avocational skills and leisure habits. (5) Moral and religious habits. 162 To these five may be added such special skills as are needed in home and school life. All these skills or habits should be permeated with thoughtful, co-operative, ethical, and cultural attitudes. The ability to maintain a thought- ful attitude depends upon the knowledge which the indivi- dual has acquired; but to many educators, it appears as if the curricula which we have inherited from the past have placed undue emphasis upon knowledge, or•the thoughtful attitude, to the neglect of the other attitudes. School curricula need always to be changing: (1) because the aims or objectives of education are changing; . (2) because improvements and additions to the race's knowledge and information are being made; (3) because the knowledge we have of children, of their needs, and of how they learn has increased. The importance of a good curriculum cannot be over- estimated; for it determines, probably to a greater extent than all other influences combined, how the time and energy of pupils and teachers are spent. In preparing these three curricula, an endeavor has been made to define the most helpful avenues of approach to life for boys and girls from 12 to 18 or 19 years of age. The needs of all the children within these ages have been kept in mind; for it is quite seriously doubted now, if a sixth grade education can accomplish what society had hop- ed it might accomplish. The needs and the tendencies of the times suggest a program of education on a high school level for all individuals, but this policy presupposes a mod- ification of the curricula to meet the needs of various types 163 of students. If one will refer to the skills and habits enum- erated above, it is clearly evident that each individual, not a selected few only, needs help and guidance in the attain- ment of all these skills and habits. Two facts are now generally accepted: (1) that the more thoughtful the manner in which these skills are developed the higher the attainment will be; (2) that for some individuals analytic thinking is difficult if not impossible. Hence, there exists the civic necessity of helping every child to develop these skills and habits by the best means that are within his powers. With wide opportunities for experience and practice under prop- er guidance, much proficiency may be developed. This accomplishment may be associated in the case of different i-ridividuals with emphasis on different attitudes: the thoughtful, co-operative, ethical, or cultural. To assist in carrying on this more comprehensive pro- gram of studies, the School Committee has made plans to increase the maxima of the salary schedules in order that teachers in service may prepare themselves better for their future work, and that additional teachers may be secured to guide and. direct the students in the newer forms of activities. To the many friends of the children and of the public schools of Barnstable may I suggest that, in your desire to be socially and civiely helpful, you analyze these plans and you use your influence in acquainting others with the needs suggestions carefully; and, if they seem to be sound, that and possibilities of such a program. Here is one focus of attention for the leaders in a democratic society. 164 In conclusion, I wish to thank the members of the School Committee for the undivided attention which .you have given to the problems of the public schools. I wish, also, to thank the teachers for the interest and enthusiasm which they have shown in their work, and the many groups of public spirited citizens who have manifested an interest in the education of the children of Barnstable. Respectfully submitted, CARLON E. WHEELER. January 23, 1926. The following resolution was passed at a meeting of the School Committee held on January 15, 1926: "Whereas Susanna Wesley Merritt for nearly sixteen years teacher of the intermediate grades at West Barnsta- ble died on January 2, 1926. Be it resolved that in her death the town has lost an exceptionally faithful worker who was always seeking the welfare of her pupils both in and out of school hours. Be it further resolved that this record be spread in the minutes of the school committee and that a copy of it be sent to Miss Merritt's family." 165 BARNSTABLE HIGH SCHOOL Registration by Subjects, January 20, 1926 Grade Subject 9 10 11 12 P.G.Total English 93 62 29 46 2 232 French 53 26 29 2 110 Junior Business Training 61 61 Latin 28 20 6 9 1 64 Algebra 28 10 11 2 51 Plane Geometry 12 5 1 1 19 Solid Geometry 5 1 6 'United States History 46 1 47 Civics 46 1 47 General History 85 85 . General 'Science 31 31 Physics 51 1 52 Chemistry 30 1 1 32 Household Arts 30 12 42 Bookkeeping 41 27 .68 Stenography 17 15 32 Typewriting 20 17 37 Drawing 31 28 10 17 86 Physical Training 35 17 10 14 76 166 ELIZABETH LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL Registration by Subjects, January 20, 1926 Grade Subject 8 9 10 11 Total Algebra I 14 1 15 Algebra II and Plane Geometry 13 6 19 Liology 3 10 13 Chemistry 6 6 English I 12 12 English II 3 14 17 English III .6 6 French I 9 3 12 French II 8 8 United States History 2 5 6 13 Latin I 4 4 8 .Latin II 4 4 General Science 9 12 21 Social Studies 9 9 Arithmatic 9 9 English 9 9 167 cd N' N 00 CO v^ C- to CG N - O L* 00 N Lo O N M 'W N H r•1 N ri N r/ rl H ti C.• C- CO Cq N M O N N LO � H GA �•-1 O ri N Q� M ` O 00 N 'M r•-I L— S-i d d CJ li .-1 A O O Lf N -4 N 00 ti A � r-I ti i-1 rti N O O N 00 00 Q4 00 eD N M r-I ,-i ri ri rl ca al N N N O pr rl r4 A r-4 " 'i M rq �N H M cD Q� 1fJ 00 CD 'n L,- Q, to C- 02 cd C cd '> C U cd y 0 Pa � � UOU' F � W W 168 Graduation Exercises of the Barnstable High $chool ASSEMBLY HALL, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, at & P. M. PROGRAM Opening March Virginia Cannon Specialization Frederick Duncan Wetherbee Also-Rans Amy Spaford Birge Song, "For-Get-Me-Not" Giese I Girls of School The Value of Ideals Charles Joseph Sullivan Piano Solo—Third Ballade A flat major Chopin Virginia Murdock Fuller The Voyage to Success Edna Lillian Flinkman Song. "The Arrow and the Song Pinsuti The Sehool Presentation of Diplomas Rev. Frank M. Holt America Supervisor of Music, Gladys Francis Accompanist, Virginia Fuller 169 MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 1925 BARNSTABLE HIGH SCHOOL Ina Margaret Atwood Frances Frost Bean Amy Spaford Birge Frederick Milton Butler Wilbur Artell Erskine Edna Lillian Flinkman Virginia Murdock Fuller Earl Edward Holden William Dana Holmes Oscar Adolf Lagergren Olga Maria Lahteine Harvard Leighton .John Lewis Bertha Jessie Mayall Harriet Leah Nelson Charles Donald Russell Herbert Carter Shattuck John Francis Shields Doris Mildred Simpson Charles Joseph Sullivan Clara Belle Tompkins Agnes Elvira Wannie Frederick Duncan Wetherbee Doris Wright Melba Thacher Wright Francis Arthur Wyman Class Motto "Carpe Dibm" 170 ELIZABETH LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL William Henry Perry, Jr. Anne Elizabeth Reid Edmund Alexander Steere Graduates Entering Other Institutions, 1925 Hyannis State Normal School 3 Fitchburg State Normal School 1 Wellesley College l Simmons College 1 Bowdoin College 1 Northeastern University ! New Bedford Textile School 1 Wentworth Institute 1 Lougy School 1 New England Hospital,School for Nurses 1 INDEX TownOfficers .............................................. 3 Assessors' Report ............... 6 ,'reasurer's Report ......................................... 9 Receipts .................................. 10 Summary .............................................. 33 Expenditures ........................................... 34 Burial Lot Funds Held in Trust by the Town .............. 39 Report of the Audit ....................................... 45 Town Clerk's Report ...................................... 49 Annual Town Meeting ................................. 49 Births ................................................. 69 Marriages .............................................. 83 Deaths ................................................. 88 JuryList ................................................... 98 Cape Cod Health District Report 100 Board of Health Report ................................... 103 Park Commissioners' Report ............................... 106 Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures ................. 108 Tree Warden's Report .....:............................... 110 Moth Department Report .................................. 112 Forest Warden's Report ................................... 114 Report of Town Forest Committee ........................ 116 Highway Department ....................................... 117 Reconstruction ......................................... 117 Sidewalks .............................................. 121 Snow .................................................. 121 School Committee's Report ................................ 147 Superintendent's Report ................................ 153 Statistics .............................................. 139 Statistics, Barnstable High School ..................... 165 Statistics, Elizabeth Lowell High School ............... 166 r 1 ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE OFFICERS OF THE of Town ivarnstabRe FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1926 1 y o BABBSTABLE, .� MASS. pp i 63 9. Ar�D MAY Ar� PRINTED ON CAPS COO ' BY P.B. B P.P.OOSS, N Y A N N I S 1 TOWN OFFICERS 1926 Selectmen Howard N. Parker, West Barnstable Term expires 1927 William Lovell, Hyannis , Term expires 1928 Edgar W. Lovell, Santuit, Chairman Term expires 1929 Overseers of the Poor Howard N. Parker, West Barnstable Term expires 1927 William Lovell, Hyannis, Chairman Term expires 1928 Edgar W. Lovell, Santuit Term expires 1929 Assessors Howard N. Parker, West Barnstable, Chairman Term expires 1927 William Lovell, Hyannis Term expires 1928 Edgar W. Lovell, Santuit Term expires 1929 Town Clerk Clarence M. Chase, Hyannis Term expires 1929 Town Treasurer Clarence M. Chase, Hyannis Term expires 1929 4 Collector of Taxes Everett F. Fuller, Osterville Term expires 1928 School Committee Walter I. Fuller, Osterville Term expires 1927 Collen C. Campbell, Hyannis, Chairman Term expires 1928 Richard Cobb, Barnstable Term expires 1929 Superintendent of Schools C. E. Wheeler, Hyannis Surveyor of Highways Lauchlan Al. Crocker, Marstons Mills Term expires 1929 Auditor John Bursley, West Barnstable Term expires 1927 Tree Warden -Robert F. Cross, Osterville Term expires 1927 Board of Health William A. Jones, Barnstable Term expires 1927 Granville W. Hallett, Osterville Term expires 1928 John H. Andrews, Hyannis Term expires 1929 Registrars of Voters Samuel F. Crocker Marstons Mills Henry C. Mortimer Barnstable John V. O'Neil Hyannis Clarence M. Chase Hyannis S ' Agent of Cobb Fund Henry C. Davis, Cummaquid Park Commissioners William F. Jenkins, West Barnstable Term expires 1927 Jean G. Hinkle, Osterville Term expires 1928 Frederick F. Scudder Term expires 1929 Constables—Lawrence C. Antonellis, Barnstable; Benjamin E. Blossom, West Barnstable; Charles H. Hazelton, Hy- annis; James B. Hazelton, Hyannis; George F. Hart, Hyannis; Theodore V. West, Centerville; Chester L. Baker, Osterville; Forest Burlingame, Osterville; Mau- rice J. Hinckley, Marstons Mills; Alexander S. Childs, ' Cotuit; Everett L. Hoxie, Cotuit.' Finance Committee Admiral Francis T. Bowles, Barnstable Term expires 1927 Charles W. Megathlin, Hyannis Term expires 1927 Charles L. Ayling, Centerville Term expires 1928 Edward F. Maher, Hyannis Term expires 1928 Horace S. Parker, Osterville Term expires 1929 Bertram F. Ryder,-Cotuit , Term expires 1929 ASSESSORS' REPORT Real Estate Valuation $16,291,290 00 Tangible personal estate - 1,927,420 00 Total valuation of the town April 1st $18,218,710 00 APPROPRIATIONS For town expenses March 4th $483,021 68 For Special Meeting March 4th 500 00 ,,For Special Meeting May 31st 31,329 59 For State tax 21,240 00 State Highway tax 9,272 55 State Auditors tax 241 88 County tax 42,416 59 Overlay of current year 8,427 36 Total $596,449 65 ESTIMATED RECEIPTS Income tax $28,311 82 Corporation tax 7,447 22 Bank tax 535 85 Licenses 3,836 00 Protection of persons and property 1,078 70 Health and sanitation 5 29 Highways 61 00 7 Charities 4,154 81 Soldiers benefits 79F 58 Schools 812 56 Cemeteries (other than from trust funds) 20 00 Interest on deposits 397 03 ' Interest on taxes and assessments 983 59 All other 689 06 Total estimated receipts $49,229 51 Free cash in treasury (voted to be used by assessors) $17,000 00 Total deductions $66,229 51 Net amount raised by taxation on polls and property $530,220 14 1,848 polls @ $2.00 3,696 00 Property tax 526,524 14 Tax rate $28.90 Total amount of all taxes listed in the collectors commitment list $530,220 14 Number of residents assessed on property, Individuals 2,324 Firms, Corporations, Trustees etc. 62 Total 2,386 ,Number of non-residents assessed on property, Individuals N 1,056 Firms, Corporations, Trustees etc. 51 Total 1,107 3 Persons,assessed for polls only 527 Number of Horses assessed 137 Cows assessed 428 Other cattle assessed 61 Fowl assessed 6,930 Number of dwelling houses assessed 2,640 Acres of land assessed (estimated) 33,500 D.ECEMBER ASSESSMENT Valuation of real estate assessed. $5,200 00 HOWARD N. PARKER, EDGAR W. LOVELL, WILLIAM LOVELL, Assessors, Town of Barnstable. TREASURER'S REPORT " r Cash Jan. 1, 1926, Cash on Expended $1,121,801 15 hand $20,106 51 Balance 58,731 27 Receipts 1,160,425 91 $1,180,532 42 $1,180,532 42 1924 Taxes Returned to Collector $1 00 Error in Abatement $1 00 1925 Taxes Jan. 1, 1926, Due the Received from Town $21,455 96 Collector $19,865 75 Overpaid 12 20 Abatements 1,600 46- Error in Warrant 1 95 $21,468 16 $21,468 16 1926 Taxes Amount of Warrant 530,220 14 Received from December Assessment 164 27 Collector $456,920 01 Abatements 2,398 16 Balance 71,066 24 $530,384 41 $530,384 41 1�l Overlay 1925 Abatements $1,600 46 Jan. 1, 1926, Balance $2,337 61 Transfer to Overlay Surplus 737 15 $2,337 61 $2,337 61 Overlay 1926 Abatements $2,398 16 Amount of Overlay $8,427 36 Balance _ 6,029 20 $8,427 36 $8,427 36 i Overlay Surplus 1925 Abatement $1 00 Jan. 1, 1926, Balance $1,369 80 Balance 2,105 95 From 1925 Overlay 737 15 $2,106 95 $2,106 95 Loans Authorized Annual Meeting $75,000 00 New Office Building $75,000 00 Special 35,000 00 Balance 35,000 00 $110,000 00 $110,000 00 ESTIMATED RECEIPTS Debit 1926 Revenue $67,081 51 11 Credits State Treasurer: Income Tax $29,781 62 Income Tab Extra 8,725 00 Corporation Tax 5,948 68 Bank and Trust Co. Tax 3,432 29 $47,887 59 Licenses Pedlers and Vendors $2,228 00 Clam 725 00 Automobile Dealers 375 00 Inn Holders and Victuallers 129 00 Sunday 88 00 Junk 85 00 Quahaug 79 00 _ Scallop 5,6 00 Circus 25 .00 Milk 53 00 Alcohol 24 00 Billiards and Pool 22 00 Moving Pictures 20 00 Garbage 18 00 Merry-go-round 15 00 Auctioneers 10 00 Bottling 10 00 - 3,962 00 Oyster Grants $424 00 Fish Traps 80 00 504 00 12 Sealer of Weights 'and Measures 145 68 Reimbursement for Moth Work 249 00 Reimbursement for Board of Health 5 00 Highway Department: Use of Tractor $498 20- Sale of Loam 94 80 593 00 Charities: .Reimbursement for Relief: State $1,456 75 Cities and Towns 667 57 Individuals 542 64 2,666 96 Mothers' Aid: State $2,237 23 Towns 16 00 2,253 23 Almshouse: . Sale of Produce $626,39 All other 25 90 652 29 Soldiers' Benefits: State Aid $540 00 Soldiers' Relief 48 37 588 37 Schools: Tuition $5,173 58 Tuition of State Wards 457'22 Miscellaneous receipts 40 64 5,671 44 ' 13 Interest: Taxes $1,108 18 Deposits 388 42 1,496 60 Land Rent 302 50 Reimburements for advertising 56 50 Payment stopped on old checks 26 85 Sale of cemetery lot 10 00 Sale of Voting Lists 9 00 Refund on express 1 50 Total credits $67,081 51 Revenue Loans Hyannis Trust Co. $495,000 00 .Hyannis Trust Co. $495,000 00 Accounts Receivable Jan. 1, 1926, Due•Town $7,395 63 Net credits $3,891 97 Balance 3,503 66 $7,395 63 $7,395 63 Accounts Receivable Revenue Net charges $3,891 97 Jan. 1, 1926, Balance $7,395 63 Balance 3,503 66 $7,395 63 $7,395 63 State and County Taxes 4 County Tag $42,416 59 1926 Revenue $73,171 02 State Tax 21,240 00 State Highway Tag 9,272 55 Auditing Muncipal Accts. 241 88 $73,171 02 1 $73,171 02 R 14 1926 Revenue Appropriated, Annual 1926 Tax Levy $530,220 14 Town Meeting $483,521 68 Estimated Receipts 67,081 51 State and County Ex. and Def. Account to. Taxes 73,171 02 apply 1926 Taxes 10,000 00 Appropriated, Special Centerville Bridge Ap- Town Meeting 31,329 59- priation to apply Overlay, 1926 8,427 36 1926 Taxes 7,000 00 Trust Company and December Ass't. $164 27 Bank Tax Returned 1925 Taxes Overpaid 12 20 to State $1,427 18 Appropriation Balances: Transferred to Fires 441 72 Financial Dept. 102 65 Balance to Excess and Exp. Finance Com. 7 50 Deficiency 21,418 42 Sealing W. and M. 3 03 Moth Dept. 89 Assessors' Dept. 4 11 T. C. and Treas. Dept. 53 60 Tax Collector's Dept. 28 19 Municipal Bldgs. 758 30 Tree Warden 3 96 Clam 59 00 Brushing Roads 36 88 Garbage Collection 72 Road Repairs 22 24 Snow Bills 7 83 Camp Street Drain 7 12 Bridge Street, Osterville 135 00 Mothers' Aid 1,300 81 State Aid 112 00 Training School Com- mittee 443 24 Park Commission 645 48 Unclassified 880 60 Cemeteries 580 18 Trust Fund Income 65 52 $6i9,739 97 $619,736 97 1S Excess and Deficiency Account 1926 Revenue for Jana 1, 1926, Balance $16,082 82 Taxes $10,000 00 From 1926 Revenue 21,418 42 Error 1925 Warrant 1 95 Balance 27,499 29 $37,501 24 $37,501 24 r - r - 16 . APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS Selectmen's Department Salaries $3,000 00 Appropriated $4,950 00 Surveying 490 45 Reserve Fund 112 01 Stationery, Postage and Supplies 321 55 Printing and Advertising 309 44 Transportation 290 66 Signs and Beacons 268 29 Clerk 175 00 Telephone 118 29 Constable Service 40 00 Harbor Masters 20 00 Miscellaneous Expenses 19 33 Care of Monument Grounds 9 00 $5,062 01 $5,062 01 Assessors' Department Salaries $3,606 00 Appropriated $4,970 00 Transfer Cards 651.49 Clerk 350 00 Stationery, Postage and Supplies 333 15 Miscellaneous Expenses 24 00 Printing and Advertising 7 25 $4,965 89 Balance to Revenue 4 11 $4,970 00 $4,970 00 17 Town Clerk & Treasurer's Department Salary $2,400 00 Appropriated $4,000 00 Clerk 600 00 Stationery and Postage 293 43 Supplies 202 90 Bonds 159 00 Transportation 129 00 Printing and Advertising 54 90 Telephone 53 92 Recording 41 00 Miscellaneous Expenses 12 25 $3,946 40 Balance to Revenue 53 60 $4,000 00 $4,000 00 Tax Collector's Department Salary $1,750 00 Appropriated $2,250 00 Bond 200 00 Stationery and Postage 166 51, Transportation 102 00 Telephone 3 30 $2,221 81 Balance to Revenue 28 19 $2,250 00 $2,250 00 New Town Office Building On Acct. of Contract $50,210 00 Appropriated $85,000 00 Balance 34,790 00 $85,000 00 $85,000,00 18 Financial Department Certifying Notes $125 00 Appropriated $150 00 Printing Coupons 32 85 Premium on Notes 123 25 Legal Expenses 15 00 Refund 10 00 Advertising Notes 7 75 $180 60 Balance to Revenue 102 65 $283 25 $283 25 Legal Department Town Counsel $150 00 Appropriated $500 0,0 Special Attorneys 564 41 Reserve Fund 214 41 $714 41 $714 41 Election Department Election Officers $758 00 Printing and Advertising 525 56 Appropriated $2,000 00 Registrars of Voters 270 00 Reserve Fund 65 74 • Hail Rent 254 00 Posting Warrants, etc. 120 00 Stationery, Postage and Supplies 77 18 Constables 45 00 Registrars Expenses 16 00 $2,065 74 $2,065 74 19 Municipal Buildings Hyannis Office: Appropriated $1,425 00 Fuel $283 58 Janitor 110 00 Light 102 15 Water 24 34 Repairs 22 25 Janitor's Supplies 8 92 Town House: Repairs 115 46 $666 70 Balance to Revenue 758 30 $1,425 00 $1,425 00 Police Department Traffic Officers $4,474 50 Appropriated $12,690 00 Patrolmen 3,660 00 Fines 1,853 32 Chief 2,55'7 14 Check Returned 13 00 Traffic Signs 2,018 90 Reserve Fund 855 06 Special Police .781 25 Automobile 532 42 Hyannisport Police 374 00 Court Fees 283 53 Rent 215 00 Equipment for Men 182 83 Telephone 130 14 Office Supplies 68 39 Lights 68 06 Repairs 39 90 Printing and Advertising 16 25 Miscellaneous Expenses 9 07 $15,411 38 $15,411 38 20 Expenses of Finance Committee Clerk $100 00 Appropriated $200 00 Printing 92 50 $192 50 Balance to Revenue 7 50 $200 00 $200 00 Fires Apparatus $1,176 00 Appropriated $3,125 00 Fire Department Check Returned 3 25 Services 1 1,144 00 From Surplus 441 72 Labor 853 25 Supplies 135 62 «'arden's Salary 125 00 i Automobiles 86 10 Rent 50 00 $3,569 97 $3,569 97 Inspection of Wires Salary and Expenses $966 68 Appropriated $966 68 Sealing of Weights and Measures Salary $600 00 Appropriated $1,000 00 Traveling Expenses 31.2 76 'Stationery and Postage • 24 96 Supplies 20 82 Telephone 15 45 Bond 10 00 Printing and Advertising 8 25 Miscellaneous Expenses 4 73 $996 97 Balance to Revenue 3 03 . $1,000 00 $1,000 00 21 ' Moth Department Trucks and Auto- Appropriated $6,250-00 mobiles $2,958 27 Transfer from Tree Labor 2,000 86 Warden Dept. 200 00 Superintendent 652 00 Insecticides 595 16 Hardware and Tools 187 32 Rent 37 50 Telephone 18 00 $6,449 11 Balance to Revenue 89 $6,450 00' $6,450 00 Tree Warden Department Trucks and Auto- Appropriated $2,500 00 mobiles $757 50 Labor 733 00 Trees 350 00 Superintendent 283 00 Transfer to Moth Dept. 200 00 Fertilizer 150 00 Hardware and Tools 22 54 $2,496 04 Balance to Revenue 3 96 $2,500 00 $2,500 00 Town Forest Trees $300 00 Appropriated $500 00 Labor 200 00 $500 00 $500 00 22 i Board of Health Salary of Agent $300 00 Appropriated $5,845 00 Printing and Advertising 163 35 Reserve Fund 104 64 Services as Board of Health 48 00 _ Legal Services 23 70 Traveling Expenses 20 48 Stationery and Postage 10 90 Labor 7 68 Miscellaneous Expenses 7 05 Nurse's Visits 2 00 Telephone 1 40 Quarantine and Con- tagious Diseases: Hospitals and Medi- cal Attendance 574 95 Board and Treatment 83 58 Ambulance 45 00 Drugs and Medicine 24 00 Tuberculosis: Board and Treatment 229 80 Vital Statistics: Births 388 50 Deaths 134 25 Other Expenses: Cape Cod Health Bureau 1,250 00 - Plumbing Inspector 1,074 60. Inspection of Animals 1,025 00 Dental Clinics 275 90 Inspection of Meat 125 00 Labor on Dumps 119 50 Miscellaneous Ex- penses 15 00 $5,949 64 $5,949 64 23 Sanitation Labor and.Teams $3,979 12 Appropriated $4,000 00 Equipment 16 50 Printing and Adver- tising 4 38 $4,000 00 $4,000 00 Garbage Disposal Labor and Teams $7,994 28 Appropriated $8,000 00 Printing and Advertising 5 00 $7,999 28 Balance to Revenue 72 $8,000 00 $8,000 00 Brushing Roads Labor $926 25 'Appropriated $500 00 Received from State s 463 13 $926 25 Balance to Revenue 36 88 $963 13 $963 13 Clam Warden Warden: Appropriated $750 00 Barnstable $641 00 Hyannis 50 00 $691 00 Balance to Revenue 59 00 $750 00 $750 00 24 Free Bed at Hospital_ Hospital Charges $501 75 Appropriated $500 00 Reserve Fund 1 75 $501 75 $501 75 HIGHWAYS Repairs on Roads and Bridges *Expended $44,080 11 Appropriated $43,000 00 Balance to Revenue 22 24 Refunds 1,102 35 $44,102 35 $44,102 35 West Barnstable - Hyannis Road 1926 Contract $50,246 10 Jan. 1, 1926, Weigher and Other Balance $2,157 02 Expenses 172 59 Appropriated 14,000 00 State of.Mass. 16,700 00 _ Barnstable County 16,700 00 Balance (overdrawn) 861 67 $50,418 69 $50,118 69 1926 Construction *Expended $83,500 00 Appropriated $832500 00 Camp Street Drainage *Expended $2,992 88 Appropriated $3,000 00 Balance to Revenue 7 12 $3,000 00 $3,000 00 25 Bridge Street, Osterville *Expended $4,865 00 Appropriated $5,000 00 Balance to Revenue 135 00 $5,000 00 $5,000 00 Centerville Bridge Transferred to 1926 Jan. 1, 1926, Revenue $7,000 00 Balance $14,000 00 *Expended. 10,564 36 'State of Mass. 1,909 69 Barnstable County $1,909 69 $17,564 36 Balance to Revenue 255 02 $17,819 38 $17,819 38 Parkway Place *Expended $500 00 Appropriated $500 00 Sidewalks *Expended $6,000 00 Appropriated $6,000 00 Great Island Bridge Balance $449 64 Jan. 1, 1926, Balance $449 64 Barnstable Wharf Balance $1,896 63 Jan. 1, 1926, Balance $1,896 63 Race Lane Balance $8,500 00 Appropriated $8,500 00 26 Snow and Ice Removal *Expended $10,080 17 Appropriated $10,000 00 Refun - 88 00 $10,080 17 Balance to Revenue 7 83 $10,088 00 $10,088 00 (*For detail of expenses see Report of Surveyor of Highways,) CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS Support of Poor Salaries of Overseers Appropriated $20,000 00 of Poor $600 00 Reserve Fund 1,615 38 Stationery and Postage 87 $600 87 Dutside Poor: Cash $6,551 85 Groceries and Provisions 2,842 85 State Institutions 2,421 77 Board and Care 1,371 00 Fuel 1,113 28 Medical Attendance 976 40 Rent 348 00 Aid by other Towns 308 23 Clothing 266 65 Burial Expenses 259 49 Supplies 30 71 Repairs 22 67 Miscellaneous Expenses 7 80 $16,520 70 27 Almshouse: ° Groceries and Prov- isions $1,798 50 Superintendent's Sal- ary 600 00 Fuel and Light 599 94 Hay and Grain 506 65 Hardware and Supplies 233 87 Medical Attendance 209 32 Other Employees 180 00 Dry Goods and Clothing 128 36 Labor 172 50 Telephone 65 85. Buildings 39 88 Miscellaneous Expenses 28 44 Horse Expense 18 50 Pew Rent 12 00 $4,493 81 Total for Poor $21,615 38 $21,615 38 Aid for Mothers with Dependent Children Cash $3,370 70 Appropriated $6,425 00 Aid by other Cities and Towns 1,001 51 Medical Attendance 496 10 Fuel 247 38 Ciothing 8 50 $5,124 19 Balance to Revenue 1,300 81 $6,425 00 $6,425 00 State Aid Cash Aid $388 00 Appropriated $500 00 Balance to Revenue ' 112 00 $500 00 $500 00 zs Soldiers' Relief Cash Aid $2,778 00 Appropriated $2,500 00 Burial Expense 156 00 Reserve Fund 481 46 Groceries and Provisions 47 46 $2,981 46 $2,981 46 SCHOOLS General Expenses: Appropriated $136,410 00 Superintendent's Sal- Dog Money 931 45 ary $4,500 00 Cobb Fund 404 32 Superintendent's Clerk 1,120 00 Traveling Expenses 657 63 Telephone 437 29 Stationery, Postage and Printing 320 05 Expenses of School Committee 83 00 Truant Officers 40 50 Miscellaneous Expenses 25 64 $7,184 11 Teachers' Salaries: Elementary $36,345 25 High 26,312 00 Music and Drawing 3,422 50 Physical Instructor 2,685 00 Manual Training 1,000 00 $69,764 75 29 Evening School: Salaries $266 25 Supplies 42 68 $308 93 Text Books and Supplies: Elementary $5,279 31 High 3,495 45 $8,774 76 Transportation of Scholars $15,183 14 Janitors: Elementary $6,468 38 High 2,014 92 $8,483 30 Fuel and Light.: - Elementary $5,152 84 High 3,890 33 $9,043 17 Maintenance of Build- ings and grounds: Elementary: Repairs $4,165 82 Janitors' Supplies 1,134 76 $5,300 58 30 High: Repairs $2,346 66 Janitors' Supplies 285 02 2,631 68 Furniture and Furnish- ings: High $3,178 41 Elementary 1,364 73 $4,543 14 School Nurse: Salary $1,242 36 Car 610 32 Supplies 30 80 $1,883 48. Cape Cod Health Bureau 1,250 00 Tennis Court 1,600 00 Athletics 1,104 22 Water 388 43 Clerk at High School 85 00 District Nurses 81 30. Graduation Expenses 70 78 School Census 65 00 $137 745 77 $137,745 77 31 Committee on Training School Printing and Appropriated $500 00 Advertising $30 62 Other Expenses 26 14 56 76 Balance to Revenue 443 24 $500 00 �$500 00 Training School Addition Balance $60,000 00 Appropriated $60,000 00 Libraries Divided among the Approprit '4d $1,000 00 Libraries as follows: Hyannis $300 00 Osterville 175 00 Cotuit 150 00 Centervile 125 00 Marstons Mills 100 00 Barnstable 75 00 West Barnstable 75 00 $1,000 00 $1,000 00 Park Commission Labor $1,055 47 App^npriated $2,910 00 Curbing 529 .00 Grading 500 00 Equipment 144 37 Trees 21 50 Trucks 14 18 $2,264 52 Balance to `tevenue 645 48 $2,910 00 $2,910 00 • 32 Town Meeting Bills Moderator at An- Appropriated $35 00 nual Meeting $25 00 Moderator at Special . ' Meeting 10 00 $35 00 $35 00 Recreation Committee Hyannis A. A. $875 00 Appropriated $1,750 00 Osterville A. A. 875 00 $1,750 00 $1,750 00 Rent for American Legion Rent of Hall $100 00 Appropriated $100 00 Rent for G. A. R. Rent of Hall $80 00 Appropriated $80 00 Memorial Day Barnstable Soldiers' Me• Appropriated $500 00 morial Association $500 00 Craigville Beach Dec. 31, 1926, Jan. 1, 1926, Balance $2,268 95 Balance $2,268 95 Dredging Lewis Bay Dec. 31, 1926, Jan. 1, 1026, Balance $5,000 00 Balance $5,000 00 33 Planning Board On Account of Con- Appropriated $1,500 00 tract $1,500 00 Reserve Fund 10 00 Dues 10 00 $1,510 00 $1,510 00 Plat of Town On Account of Con- Appropriated $3,500 00 tract $1,000 00 Surveying 349 00 $1,349 00 Balance 2,151 00 $3,500 .00 $3,500 00 Hyannis Bathing Beach Taking of Land $600 00 Appropriated $13,000 00 Balance 12,400 00 $13,000 00 $13,000 00 War Trophies War Trophies $40 00 Appropriated $250 00 Balance 250 00 Received from State 40 00 $290 00 $290 00 Buckley Claim Settlement of Claim $719 59 Appropriated $719 69 34 Unclassified Insurance $3,546 44 Appropriated 900 00 Town Reports 694 75 Damages to Property 587 45 Stenographer at Town Meeting 245 22 Taxes Refunded 33 54 Delivery of Town Reports 12 00 $5,119 40 .Balance to Revenue 880 60 $6,000 00 $6,000 00 Reserve Fund Transferred to: Appropriated $5,000 00 Poor Department $1,615 38 Interest 1,539 55 Police Department 855 06 Soldiers' Relief 481 46 Legal Department 214 41 Selectmen's Depart- ment 112 01. Board of Health 104 64 Election Department $65 74 Planning Board 10 00 Free Bed at Hospital 1 75 $5,000 00 $5,000 00 Cemeteries Labor $917 82 Appropriated $1,500 00 Tools 2 00 $919 82 Balance to Revenue 580 18 $1,500 00 $1,500 00 3S CobbaBurial Lot Care of Lo` $5 00 Income Cobb Fund $5 00 Hyannis Cemetery Surveying $36 50 Balance, Jan. 1, 1926 $1,000 00 Balance 1,463 50 Appropriated 500 00 $1,500 00 $1,500 00 Interest Revenue Loans $5,729 55 Appropriated $10,000 00 High School Loan 5,280 00 Reserve Fund 1,539 55 Hyannis Main Street Loan 275 00 Iyanough School Loan 255 00 $11,539 55 $11,539 55 Debt High School Loan $15,000 00 Appropriated $19,000 00 Hyannis Main Street Loan 1,000 00 Iyanough School Loan 3,000 00 $19,000 00 $19,000 00 Trust Funds Invested: Deposited for Per- Cemetery Perpetual petual Care of Care Fund $2,169 95 Burial Lots $1,669 95 Liberty Bond Matured 500 00 $2,169 95 $2,169 95 36 Trust Fund Income e Care of Burial Lots $1,044 51 Cemetery P. C. Fund $1,157 69 Interest on Cobb Fund 409 32 Cobb Fund 361 66 Sturgis Fund: Sturgis Fund 200 00 Paid to the Selectmen. 200 00 War Bonus Fund 128 10 Added to Funds: School Fund 62 04 War Bonus Fund 128 10 Marston Fund 22 75 School Fund 62 04 Marston Fund 22 75 $1,866 72 Balance to Revenue 65 52 $1,932 24 $1,932 24 37 ' SUMMARY OF CASH ACCOUNT Jan. 1, 1926 Cash on hand $20,106 51 Receipts 1925 Taxes $19,865 75 1926 Taxes 456,920 01 $476,785 76 Revenue Loans 495,000 00 Office Building Loan 75,000 00 Estimated Receipts 67,081 51 Premium on notes 123 25 Refund Financial Dept. 10 00 Court and Jail fines 1,853 32 Refund on account of Police 13 00 Refund on account of Fires 3 25 Moth Dept. from Tree Warden Dept. 200 00 Refund on account of. Brushing Roads 463 13 Refund on account of Highway Dept. 1,102 35 State on account of West Barnstable road 16,700 00 County on account of Nest Barnstable road 116,700 00 State on account of Cen- terville Bridge 1,909 69 County on account of Cen- terville Bridge ' 1,909 69 Refund on account of Snow 88 00 38 Dog money 931 45 Income Cobb Fund 409 32 Refund on account of War Trophies 40 00 Trust Funds 2,169 95 Trust Fund Income 1,932 24 $1,160,425 91 $1,180,532 42 Expenditures State and County Taxes $73,171 02 Revenue Loans 495,000 00 Trust Co. and Bank . Tax returned 1,427 18 1924 Tax Returned to Collector 1 00 Selectmen's Dept. 5,062 01 Assessors' Dept. 4,965 89 Town Clerk and Treasur- er's Dept. 3,946 40 Tax Collector's Dept. 2,221 81 Financial Dept. 180 60 Legal Dept. 714 41 Election Dept. 2,065 74 Municipal Bldgs. Dept. 666 70 Expenses Finance Com- mittee 192 50 Town Office Bldg. 50,210 00 Police Dept. 15,411 38 Fires 3,569 97 Inspection of Wires 966 68 Sealing of Weights dnd Measures 996 97 Moth Dept. 6,449 11 39 Tree Warden 2,496 04 Clam Warden 691 00 Town Forest 500 00 Brushing Roads 926 25 Board of Health 5,949 64 Sanitation 4,000 00 Garbage Collection 7,999 28 Free Bed at Hospital 501 75 Repairs on Roads 44,080 11 West Barnstable Road 50,418 69 Sidewalks 6,060 00 Centerville Bridge 10,564 36 Park Way Place 500 00 Snow Bills 10,080 17 Draining Camp Street 2,992 88 1926 Construction 83,500 00 Bridge Street, Osterville 4,865 00 . Support of Poor 21,615 38 Mothers' Aid 5,124 19 , State Aid 388 00 Soldiers' Relief . 2,981 46 School Dept. 137,745 77 Libraries 1,000 00 Committee on Training School 56 76 Town Meeting Bills 35 00 Park Commission 2,264 52 Unclassified 5,119 40 Rent for Legion 100 00 Memorial Day 500 00 Rent for G. A. R. 80 00 Planning Board 1,510 00 Plat of Town 1,349 00 Recreation Committee 1,750 00 War Trophies 40 00 40 Hyannis Bathing Beach 600 00 Buckley Claim 719 59 Care of Cobb Lot 5 00 Cemeteries 919 82 Hyannis Cemetery 36 50 , Interest 11,539 55 Debt 19,000 00 Trust Funds 2,169 95 Trust Fund Income 1,866 72 $1,121,801 15 Dec. 31, 1926, Balance in Treasury 58,731 27 $1,180,532 43 NON-REVENUE ACCOUNTS Net Bonded Debt Jan. 1, 1926 Notes Paid $19,000 00 Balance $143,000 00 Balance 199,000 00 Office Bldg. Loan 75,000 00 $218,000 00 $218,000 00 Notes Payable Hyannis Main Street: Net Bonded Debt $199,000 00 1927 $1,000 00 1928 1,000 00 1929 1,000 00 1930 1,000 00 $4,000 00 Iyanough School: 1927 $3,000 00 $3,000 00 41 New High School: , 1927 15,000 00 1928 15,000 00 1929 15,000 00 1930 15,000 00 , 1931 15,000 00 1932 15,000 00 1933 - 15,000 00 1934 12,000 00 117,000 00 Town Office Bldg.: 1927 $15,000 00 1928 15,000 00 1929 15,000 00 1930 15,000 00 1931 15,000 00 75,000 00 $199,000 00 $199,000 00 TRUST FUND Trust Fund Cash and Securities Jan. 1, 1926 War Bonus Fund $2,943 34 Balance $48,966 01 Transferred Added to Funds Cemetery Fund 500 00 Cemetery 2,169 95 Balance 47,905 51 War Bonus 128 10 School 62 04 Marston 22 75 $51,348 85 $51,348 85 Cobb Fund Balance $10,233 00 Jan. 1, 1926 Balance $10,233 00 ti 42 Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund Bond Matured $500 00 Jan. 1, 1926 Balance 31,723 17 Balance $30,053 22 Receipts 2,169 95 $32,223 17 $32,223 17 Sturgis Fund Balance $4,000 00 Jan. 1, 1926 Balance $4,000 00 School Fund Balance $1,426 59 Jan. 1, 1926 Balance $1,364 55 Receipts 62 04 $1,426 59 $1,426 59 Marston Fund Balance $522 75 Jan. 1, 1926 Receipts 22 75 Balance $500 00 $522 75 $522 75 Special Funds Surplus War Bonus I I Balance $2,943 34 Fund $2,943 34 Surplus War Bonus Fund Balance $2,943 34 From Trust Funds $2,943 34 43 LIST OF BURIAL LOT FUNDS HELD IN TRUST BY THE TOWN Estate of: 'A. C. Adams_ $125 00 Josiah Ames 75 00 Robert Bacon 500 00 H. H. Baker Jr. 100 00 H. H. Baker Sr. 100 00 Luther Baker 150 00 Adeline Bearse 50 00 Arthur Bearse 100 00 Cordelia S. Bearse 150 00 Elisha B. Bearse 100 00 Flora A. Bearse 125 00 Richard Bearse 100 00 Eben Bodfish 50 00 William I. Bodfish 100 00 Christina H. Bodge 99 00 Lydia F. Bourne 100 00 David Bursley 200 00 Mercy T. Cobb 100 00. Warren Cammett &A. A. Cram 150 00 Thomas Chatfield 100 00 Augustine F. Childs 150 00 Foster Crocker 101 17 Henry E. Crocker 300 00 Loring and Nathan-Crocker 300 00 Amanda Crosby 60 00 Daniel Crosby 200 00 Eleanor Crosby 200 00 Gorham F. Crosby 200 00 Julia Crosby 100 00 44 Ebenezer Crowell 200 00 Elkanah Crowell 200 00 Henry L. Davis 200 00 J. A. Davis 300 00 Jane E. Edson 300 00 Jarvis R. Fish 100 00 Lydia S. Fish 100 00 Nellie A. Fish 100 00 Ida D. Frost 950 00 David Fuller 200 00 Hersel Fuller 100 00 Larina H. Fuller 100 00 Stephen B. Fuller 200 00 Sumner Gorham, 100 00 Franklin B. Goss 300 00 William F. Al. Goss 300 00 Gorham Hallett 100 00 Lydia T. Hamblin 100 00 Samuel H. Hallett. 150 00 Deborah C. Handy 200 00 Eliza M. Handy 278 37 James H. Handy 100 00 Hannah Haywood 100 00 Martha G. Higgins 100 00 Edw. B. and Ruth F. Hinckley 100 00 Gustavus A. Hinckley 125 00 Josiah Hinckley 200 00 Josiah Hinckley and Abby Hinckley 381 79 Mary C. Hinckley 100 00 Jehiel P. Hodges, 150 00 Charlotte Holm 200 00 Edwin T. Howland 103 50 William C. Howland 200 00 Oliver C. Hozie' 100 00. 45 Mary E. Huckins 100 00 F. G. Kelley 150 00 Mary E. Lewis 15000 F. G. Lothrop 200 00 George Lovell 243 17 Cyrenus Lovell 100 00 Hannah Lovell 150 00 Jacob Lovell 50 00 Lizzie E. Lovell 200 00 Medora M. Lovell 100 00 O. D. Lovell 500 00 William S. Lumbert 100 00 A. D. Makepeace 500 00 John Munroe 100 00 Hannah E. Nickerson 500 00 John Norris 200 00 Mary M. Nye 150 00 Harriet S. Parker 100 00 Sarah A. Parker 200 00 William B. Parker 100 00 Thomas Pattison 100 00 Harrison G. Phinney 150 00 Joseph L. Proctor 100 00 Patrick Regan 200 00 . Nelson Rhodehouse 100 00 Oliver H. Sawyer 100 00 H. A. Scudder 100'00 Nelson Scudder 200 00 Charles H. Smith 200 00 Fred L. Stimpson 200 00 William W. Sturgis 75 00 Henry L. Swain 90 00 Timothy Swinerton 100 00 Freeman Taylor 100 00 R. M. Waite 300 00 46 Robinson Weeks 341 67 T. V. West 74 50 Hannah Wheeler 200 00 Asenith Whelden 600 00 S. Whelden 200 00 J. R. Wilson 100 00 Herbert W. York 200 00 Centerville Beechwood Cemetery Ass'n. 2,475 00 Hyannis Oak Grove Cemetery Ass'n. 10,800 00. $31,723 17 r-cc ca av o0 000 0� co e o c a ea ce r- a� M cV c9 0000CDlfl 000d, cgo 0000ClC CD Looccoo 00000ao ,•-iC.0m rnLno oa) oo (= coLr) cl o "tL:l10 0 => -11 Ln o cq 00 cc dl cQ cq odiCAmo ncvNi,- .; m P4 Fm C 41 ce a)CIO p cd bA s. A F bA p m ca p .-.� � � o a by P o a' a. ' a m F QE-+ EaCID � �' AvPi � tia � �.� o O p r W C) c� cq CA co o cc 00 a� Ac� o o C-0 coo 00 m U,� N c GO 0000 c� toa� 0000 c� L0 00 0 o M .-+ o 0 00 00 N co Cd AV r-1 dt m GV c3 ri ri CIS 9 U C) c> o 0 m o N o pg cd Ei c' �qA �o � a�i0.0 oA rn o cc CIO &Q 0000 o tio000 ►ra r-i �+ 0000 0 .ioo ►nt- ►o co OOOO Cl C*Jm0toGV to m L O O O O O cq CID O cll CV O di O C O O O LCi7 o eM �' O tom. W co � O eM rl, c � r O Fj .� to w co 8 °; a 41 a bn o a "d Cd )cd o bD A cd CD r-i o o 0 0 o o CeD mot+ 0 m a� Ct f J � O CJ � c3 Fq � zj •� � v z F 49 , REPORT OF THE AUDIT May 10, 1926 To the Board of Selectmen, Mr. Edgar W. Lovell, Chairman, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Gentlemen: I submit herewith my report of an audit of the accounts of the town of Barnstable for the period from January 1 to December 31, 1925, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws. This report is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Edward H. Fenton, Chief Examiner of this Division. . Very truly yours, THEODORE N. WADDELL . Director of Accounts, Mr. Theodore N. Waddell, Director of Accounts, Department of Corporations and Taxation, State House, Boston. Sir: As directed by you, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Barnstable for the period from January 1 to December 31, 1925, and report thereon as fol- lows: r 50 The financial transactions of .the town, as recorded on the books of the several departments collecting money for the town or committing bills for collection, were checked and reconciled with the books in the treasurer's office. The books and accounts of the town treasurer were ex- amined and checked in detail. The recorded receipts were checked with the records in the several departments col- lecting money for the town and with the other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury and the rec- ords of payments were checked with the warrants author- izing the treasurer to disburse town funds. The cash on. hand April 13, 1926, was verified by an actual count and the . bank account was reconciled with a statement furnished by the bank. The ledger was analyzed and a balance sheet was pre- pared showing the financial condition of the town as of December 31, 1925. The securities and bank books representing the in- vestments of the several trust funds belonging to the town were personally examined, and the income and disburse- ments were verified. The books and accounts of the tax collector were exam- ined and checked in detail. The commitment books were footed and reconciled with the assessors' warrants, the re- ported collections were checked with the payments to the treasurer as shown by the treasurer's books, the abatements were checked with the certificates issued by the assessors, and the outstanding accounts were listed and reconciled with the ledger accounts. The outstanding accounts were further verified by mailing notices to a number of persons whose names appear- ed on the books as owing money to the town, and from the replies received I am satisfied that the accounts as listed are correct. 51 The licenses and permits issued by the selectmen as shown by their records, were examined and checked to the receipts as shown by the treasurer's books. A more accur- ate record of licenses issued should"be kept in order that the accounts may be properly verified. The accounts of the milk inspector were examined, and the recorded receipts from milk and also licenses issued by the inspector• were checked with the receipts as shown by the treasurer's books, a balance of $23 being due from the inspection at the close of the year 1925. .The books of the sealer of weights and measures were examined, and the payments to the treasurer were checked to the treasurer's records. The records of receipts from the sale of milk, produce, etc., at the town farm for the month of.November and De- cember were examined, and the payments made to the treas- urer were checked to the treasurer's books. The records for the first ten months of the year could not be located. The town clerk's records of dog and of hunting and fishing licenses issued were checked to the payments made. to the State and the county treasurer's as shown by receipts on file. The appropriations made at the town meetings as re- corded on the books of the town clerk were checked with the amounts as entered on the ledger. In 1925 a transfer of $3,442.26 to the fire department account was made from revenue by vote of the selectmen. Transfers or appropri- ations from the revenue account should be made only by vote of the town at a town meeting duly called for the pur- pose, and the practice of making transfers on the orders of the selectmen should be discontinued. It was found that the receipts of the,school department for the sale of books and for telephone calls were expend- ed for postage, express, etc. In this connection I wish to ' I S2 call attention to Section 53, Chapter 44, General Laws, which reads as follows' : "All moneys received by. any town officer or de- partment, except as otherwise provided by special acts and except fees provided for by statute, shall be paid ,by such officer or department upon their receipt into the town treasury. Any sums so paid into the town treasury shall not later be used by such officer or de- partment without a specific appropriation thereof." Appended to this report are tables showing a recon- ciliation of the treasurer's and the collector's cash, sum- maries of tax and the departmental accounts receivable ac- counts and tables relative to the transactions and condition of the trust funds. For the uniform courtesies extended and the assistance rendered during the progress of the audit, I wish, on behalf of my assistant and myself, to express appreciation. Respectfully submitted, EDWARD H. FENTON Chief Examiner. I 53 TOWN CLERK'S REPORT SPECIAL TOWN MEETING January 16, 1926 In accordance with the foregoing Warrant, about one hundred (100) voters of the Town of Barnstable met at the Town House at the appointed hour. The meeting was called to order and the Warrant read by the Town Clerk. Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting. It was voted that one ballot be cast for Judge Collen C. Campbell as Moderator. He was declared elected and, sworn by the Clerk. Article 2. To see if the Town will hear and act upon the petition of J. Milton Leonard and others for the establishment and maintenance of a sufficient Fire Department for the villages of Osterville, Centerville and Craigville within the limits set forth in said petition, to raise taxes therefor, and to act fully thereon. Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to raise by taxation a sum not to exceed thirty thousand dollars for the establishment and maintenance of a sufficient Fire Department for reasonable protection of inhabitants and property within said limits, to take any action thereto and to act fully thereon. It was voted that Articles 2 and 3 be taken up together and the motion to raise $25,000.00 for the purposes men- tioned in these articles was not carried, the vote being Yes. —0; No-77. The meeting adjourned at 1.50 P. M. Attest: C. M. CHASE, Town Clerk. 54 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING March 1 and 2, 1926 At a meeting of the inhabitants of the town of Barn- stable qualified to vote on Town affairs held in the different precints named in the Warrant for said meeting, for the election of officers, etc., on Monday, March 1, 1926, while acting under the following articles: Article 1. Moderator for subsequent meeting; Town Clerk for three years; Town Treasurer for three years; One Selectman for three years; One Assessor for three years; One Overseer of the Poor for three years; One Auditor for one year; One School Com- mittee for three years; One School Committee for one year; One Member of the Board of Health for three years; One Tree warden for one year; One Park Commissioner for three years; One Survey- or of Highways for three years; Constables; and to elect any other officers whose names may be on the official ballot. The subsequent meeting will be held at the Hyannis Theatre, Hyannis, on-Tuesday, March 2, 1926., at nine o'clock. The whole number of votes cast was 955, which being assorted and counted according to law, the result was found to be as follows: Moderator at Annual Town Meeting *EdNvard C. Hinckley ........................................_........................................._ 814 Town Clerk (Three Years) *Clarence M. Chase ........................................ ._........_..._............................_ 863' Town Treasurer (Three Years) *Clarence M. Chase ..........................................:.................................................. 855 ' 55 , 8elortzuuu (Three Years) ` *Edgar W. Lovell 885 UboatocBearao -- ............... — ....................................................................... l Assessor (Three Youzn) . * , ��d�xr ���-I/o�ol --------'-------'----'---.------ 8l8 HaroldJacobs ...............--................................................................................... l O,oranor of the Poor (Tbzoo Years) .'-Edgar W. T/o,oD 809 School. 0omuzMae (Three Years) *Richard ' bb 522 Amdzmv Kerr 277 School Committee (0uo Your) *Walter I Fuller 771 Lawrence C. AotouelUa l Miriam I\ruokot l Surveyor of Highways (Three Years) *LanolJunM. Crocker ........................................ 645 Wendell F. Nickerson ----------' 282 Aoditor. (One Year) *John Bnrsloy 797 Tree Warden (0oo Year) *Robert F. Cross .......................................................... ---_--............. 797 Uburloo H. Reid --. -. ' l ' Aloxuo0oc Bremner --. I ? ' 56 Board of Health (Three Years) *John H. Andrews Park Commissioner (Three Years) *Frederic F. Scudder .............................................................•-••................... 755 .George H. Gray ..............................._...... Horace S. Parker ..................•-•--•---...............: .......... .................................. 1 Constables :Geroe F. Hart - _..---....-••••:................••••......g 559 'Charles H. Hazelton ................................................_.........._......................... 522 *James B. Hazelton ................................................._...__..............•-............_ 457 *Chester L. Baker -----•.....................................-..........._........._........._.._.......... 463 *Alexander S. Childs .......................... 500 *Lawrence C. Antonellis ............................................................................. 13 *BPnjamin E. Blossom ................ 13 *Theodore V. West ........................................................._................................_ 19 *Forest Burlingame -..........................................................._........_................_ 14 *Maurice Hinckley ...................... *Everett L. Hoxie ...........•••-•-••..............•--•••••...-•••-••---.........--------•--•••--................._ 9 HarrisC. Lovell .---...........................................•---.............................._...... _ 8 CyrusJones ....................._........................_........_...__.......-....__-----...__ 6 ThomasRennie ........................................................••---............__.._---................._. 3 SamuelN. Ames .............................__........_.....-....-_:_............_.............__ 3 Walter Baker ............................_......... ........._._..._. --- ._..._._..-....-...._ 3 JohnBursley ................._.................._.-......._____..._.._._...._.___._.._._._ 2 LeslieP. Hobson ........................................................_....................._..._....:.._ 2 W. Davis Holmes ...................................................... ............................_........._ 2 Scattering, one vote each ......................................................._..._.......... 37 *Elected. 57 THE SUBSEQUENT MEETING In accordance with the Warrant, the Subsequent Meet- ing was held at the Hyannis Theatre, Hyannis, on Tuesday,- March 2, 1926. The meeting was called to order at nine o'clock A. Al. by the Town Clerk who read the Warrant and the result of the previous day's voting. The respective officers were de- clared elected. Dr. Edward C. Hinckley then qualified as Moderator and took charge of the meeting. The following tellers were appointed and sworn by the Moderator: Walter I. Fuller S. Fremont Crocker Charles E. Doubtfire Charles H. Nye William P. Saint Mrs. William Lovell Article 2. To.elect all other necessary town officers for the ensuing year. Voted that all other Town Officers be appointed by the Selectmen. Article 3. To hear and act upon the reports of the various town officers, also to hear the report of any committees, and to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. 1 Voted that the report of the Town Officers as printed be accepted. The Committee on the Surplus War Bonus Fund made the following report which was accepted: 58 At the Annual Town Meeting in 1925 it was voted that a committee be appointed to bring in recommendations to this meeting in regard to the disposition of the sum of $2,815.24 which wa.s,returned to the Town under the Sur- plus War Bonus Act. Your committee appointed at that time have met and, carefully considered this matter. We find that under the law this fund can only be used for the payment of debt of the Town or for purposes for which the Town is allowed to borrow money:— Therefore we recommend that this money be kept as a separate fund until such time as the Town shall build a new Town Building for the housing of the Town offices, etc., when this fund shall be used to apply to the payment of such building with the further recommendation that one room therein shall be fitted up and furnished for the use of all societies of veterans or ex-service men without charge. Respectfully submitted, CLARENCE M. CHASE LAUCHLAN M. CROCKER JOSEPH F. CHILDS F. HOWARD HINCKLEY, JR. ALEXANDER S. CHILDS Committee. 59 The following report was also accepted: Report of Committee on land given to the Town by Howard Hinckley in 1925. We recommend that this land be added to Crocker Park in accordance with the desire of the donor. • Signed, 1 JOHN BURSLEY; WILLIAM F. JENKINS. The Road Committee's report was read and accepted while acting under Afticle 13 and it was voted that the same Committee be continued for another year with the pro- vision that they report to the Finance Committee before making their report public. Article 4. To receive and act upon the accounts of all persons to whom the town is indebted. Tabled. Article 5. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the following purposes for the ensuing year: Payment of Debt; Interest; Financial Department; Town Clerk and Treasurer's Department; Selectmen's Department; Tax Collector's Department; Assessors' Department; Election Depart- ment; Municipal Buildings; Legal Department; Moth Department; Tree Warden Department; Clam Warden Department; Inspection of Wires; Sealing of Weights and Measures; Fires; Police Depart- ment; Health Department; Sanitation; Repairs on Roads and Bridges; Snow and Ice Removal; Sidewalks; Mothers' Aid; Sup- port of Poor; State Aid; Soldiers' Relief; School Department; Re- serve Fund; Park Commission; Unclassified Expenses; Cemeter- ies; Rent for G. A. R.; Rent for American Legion; Expenses of the Finance Committee and for all other legal expenses. 60 The following appropriations were voted: Payment of Debt $19,000 (lU Interest 10,000 00 Financial Department 150 00 Town Clerk and Treasurer's Department 4,000 00 Selectmen's Department 4,950 00 Tax Collector's Department 2,250 00 Assessors' Department 4,970 00 Election Department 2,000 00 Municipal Buildings 1,425 00 Legal Department 500 00 Moth Department 6,250 00 Tree Warden Department 2,500. 00 Clam Warden 750 00 Inspection of Wires 966 68 Sealing of Weights and Measures 1,000 00 Fires 3,125 00 Police Department 12,690 00 Board of I3ealth 5,845 00 Sanitation 4,000 00 Repairs on Roads and Bridges 43,000 00 Snow Removal 5,000 00 Mothers' Aid 6,425 00 Support of Poor 20,000 00 State Aid 500 00 Soldiers' Relief 2,500 00 . School Department 136,410 00 Reserve Fund 5,000 00 Park Commission 2,910 00 Unclassified 6,000 00 Cemeteries 1,500 00 Rent for G. A. R. 80 00 Rent for American`Legion 100 00 61 Expenses of Finance Committee 200 00 Sidewalks 6,000 00 $321,996 68 It was voted that Article 45 be taken up in connection with this article and the appropriation for roads was in- creased to $43,000 00, $5,000 00 of which is to be spent on roads in Hyannisport and $3,000 00 to be expended to car- ry out the recommendations of the Board of Health to abate the nuisance caused by the drain in Depot Square. By accepting the recommendations of the Finance Com- mittee, the salary of the Tax Collector was increased to $1,750 00, the salaries of the Selectmen were increased $100. each and the salaries of the Assessors were increased $600. 00 each and the salary of the Surveyor of Highways'was in- creased to $3,500 00 to include transportation. Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year. Voted that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of.the financial year begin- ning January 1st, 1926 and to issue a note.or notes therefor, payable within one year. Any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year. (Unanimous).. Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money on and after January 1st, 1927 in anticipation of the rev- enue of the financial year beginning January,lst, 1927. 62 Voted that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money on and after January 1st, 1927 in anticipation of the financial year beginning January, 1st, 1927 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year. Any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year. (Unanimous). Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to apply Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) of the sur- plus in the Town Treasury toward the tax levy for 1926, or take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. Voted that this article be adopted.\ Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to make such leases as in their opinion will be for the best interest of the Town and to confirm all leases heretofore given. Voted that the Selectmen be so authorized. Article 10. To see if the Town will indemnify the Common- wealth of Massachusetts against any and all claims for land, grade and drainage damages which may be caused by or result from the laying out, construction or reconstruction of any State Highway in the Town during the present year, and will authorize the Board of Selectmen to sign an indemnity agreement in behalf of the Town, or take any action in respect thereto. Voted that this article be adopted. Article 11. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the proper observance of Memorial Day and to act fully thereon. Voted,to raise and appropriate $500 00 for the proper observance of 1�Iemorial Day and that it be placed in the hands.of the Barnstable Soldiers' Memorial Association. 63 Article-12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of One Thousand Dollars for the purpose of,buying books for the several Public Libraries in Town and that this amount be apportioned by a Committee consisting of one person from each precinct to be named by the Moderator. (By request of John Bursley et al.) Voted that this article be adopted and $1,000 00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose mentioned herein. The following Committee was appointed by the Moder- ator: John Bursley Miss Mary Mortimer. G. Webster Hallett Edward F. Maher Howard G. Lumbert Dr. J.,Haydn Higgins Alexander S. Childs At this time it was voted to adjourn for lunch until one o'clock P. M., at which time the Meeting was again called to order and proceeded with the business. Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or issue its notes, bonds or script for the sum of One Hun- dred and Six Thousand Dollars ($106,000.00), as recommended by the Road Committee, to be expended approximately as follows: 1. Sealcoating Roads, $8,000.00; 2. West Barnstable and 'Hyannis Road, $14,000.00; 3. Completing South Street, Hyannis, $6,000.00; 4. Rebuilding Winter Street, Hyannis, $20,000.00; 5. Rebuilding Bridge Street, Osterville, $6,000.00; 6. Rebuilding School Street, Hyannis, $2,500.00; 7. Rebuilding High Street, Cotuit, $5,500.00; 64 8. Rebuilding High School Avenue, Hyannis, $5,000.00; 9. Re- building Pine Street, Hyannis, $1,750.00; 10. Rebuilding Pearl Street, Hyannis, $1,750.00; 11. Rebuilding Scudde"r's Lane, Barn- stable, $9,000.00; 12. Widening Lonelyville Sections and Ocean Street, $7,500.00; 13. Rebuilding a portion of Race Lane, $8,500.00; 14. Rebuilding Bates Avenue, Osterville, $2,000.00; 15. Rebuild- ing a portion of Phinney's Lane, $8,500.00, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted that Articles 40 and 41 be taken up in connection with this article. It was then voted that the sum of $106, 000.00 be raised and appropriated .to beexpended in ac- cordance with Article 13 with the exception that the $8,500. 00 for Race Lane shall not be expended unless the Common- weatlh of Massachusetts appropriates a like sum for the same purpose. Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to elect a Planning Board, adopt a By-Law regulating its duties and appropriate a sum of money for the use of such Board or take any action in rela- tion thereti and act fully thereon. It was voted to elect a Planning Board. Admiral Francis T. Bowles, John C. Bearse, J. Milton Leonard and the Town Counsef were appointed a Commit- tee to retire and draft a By-Law to be presented to the Meeting and to nominate a Planning Board. They recommended the following By-Law which was adopted by the Meeting: Section 1. A board of seven members is hereby created and established, to be known as the planning board. At the next annual town meeting there shall be elected by the official ballot, one member to serve for one year, one member to serve for two years, one member to serve for three years, r 65 two members to serve for four years and two members to serve for five years. At the current annual town meeting there shall be elected seven members to serve for one year. a Section 2. Vacancies occurring in the board shall be filled as provided in General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 11. Section 3. The duties of such board shall be such as are stated in Chapter forty-one, sections seventy to seventy- two, of the General Laws of the Commonwealth, and fur- ther to consider and advise upon municipal improvements either at the request of other officials of the town or upon its own initiative. The board shall meet at regular inter- vals. It may also hold public meetings. It shall at, all times have access to all public documents or information in the possession of any town official or department. It shall examine the plans for the exterior of any public building, monument or similar'feature, and for the development and treatment of the grounds about the same before the adop tion thereof, and may make such recommendations thereon as it may deem needful. It may make investigations and studies relative to new street and park developments, a com- plete town plan, zoning and similar matters. It may pro- vide for public lectures and other educational work in con- nection with its recommendations. Said board may incur expenses necessary to the carrying on of its work within the amount of its annual appropriations. Section 4. All plans for laying out, extending, discon- tinuing or changing the limits of any way, street, public park or square, and every purchase of land for the sita of any public building, and all plans for the location, erection or alteration of public buildings, shall be submitted to said board for its opinion at least two weeks in advance of ac- tion by the board of selectmen. 66 Section 5. Such board shall make a report to the.town annually, giving information regarding the conditions of the town annually, giving information regarding the con- ditions of the town and any plans or proposals for the devel- opment of the town and estimates of the cost thereof. Such report shall be sent to the Selectmen not later than such time in January in each year as selectmen may prescribe or as may be prescribed by law in force relative to reports, and a copy,thereof shall be filed with the Massachusetts de- partment of public welfare. They nominated the following to serve for one year and they were elected: Charles L. Ayling L. Frank Paine Henry P. Leonard James F. McLaughlin F.•Howard Hinckley, Jr. Miss Mary Mortimer Mrs. Mabel Baker $1,500.00 was appropriated for the use of the Planning Board. A Special Town Meeting having been called for two o'clock, it was voted that this meeting adjourn until the close of the Special Meeting. At 3.20 P. M. the meeting was again called to order. Article 15. To see if the Town will accept Section 3, Chapter 143 of the General Laws authorizing the adoption of Building Regu- lations and take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. 67 It was voted not to adopt this article. Article 16. To see if the Town will accept Section, 37 Chapter 82 of the General Laws authorizing the establishment of building lines and take any action relating thereto and act fully thereon. Voted that this article be adopted. Article 17. To see-if the.Town will adopt the following reso- lution recommended by the Road Committee and the Finance Com- mittee. Voted: That hereafter in the construction or reconstruction of roads which may be authorized by town meeting, the Town shall make written contracts for all services or materials required. This provision shall apply to all items of $500.00 or more in value. All such contracts shall be approved as to form by Town Counsel. Voted that this article be adopted. Article 18. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to be expended by and under the supervision of the Planning Board towards the making of a plat of the Town and take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. Voted that Article 46 be taken up in connection with this article and that the sum of $3,500.00 be raised and ap- propriated for the purposes mentioned in Article 18. Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to accept the following By-Law: Disposed of under Article 14. Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum not to exceed.Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) provid- ing the Massachusetts Forestry Association will provide a like amount, the same to be used for brushing of old roads, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. 68 Voted that this article be adopted and $500.00 be rais- ed and appropriated for the purpose. Article 21. To see if the Town'will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint.the Constables for the Town as provided by Chapter 591, Acts of 1920, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted that this article be adopted. Article 22. To see if the Town_ will elect a Director for the Cape Cod Farm Bureau. Voted that Mr. S. Fremont Crocker be elected a Dir- ector of the Cape Cod Farm Bureau. Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to be paid to the Cape Cod Hospital for the establishment and mainten- ance of a free bed in the Hospital for the care and treatment of persons certified by the Selectmen to .be residents of the Town and unable to pay for such care and treatment, in accordance with Section 74 of Chapter 3 of the General Laws,or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request of William Lovell, et al). Voted that this article be adopted and $500.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose. Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to request the As- sessors to have printed the list of assessments of the,Town for 1926. (By request of Burleigh D. Leonard, et al). Indefinitely postponed. Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to increase the num- ber of Assessors from three to seven or any other ni�mber allowed by law, or to take any other necessary action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request of Burleigh D. Leonard, et al). 69 Indefinitely. postponed. Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to.elect or appoint four Assistant Assessors for the year of 1926 and to appropriate a sum of money for their salary and expenses, or to take any other action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request of Burleigh D. Leonard, et al). Indefinitely postponed. Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to use Seven Thous- and Dollars ($7,000.00) of the amount appropriated last year for Centerville Bridge to apply toward the construction of a wooden bridge as recommended by the Department of Public Works and the balance of said appropriation ($7,000.00) be turned into the general treasury account or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to accept the recommendation of the Finance Committee that $7,000.00 of the amount. appropriated last year for .Centerville Bridge be applied toward the con- struction of tie Bridge as now recommended and that the balance of $7,000.00 be applied toward the reduction of taxes. Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the amount of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for the purpose of dredging and widening the channel from Outer Harbor to the Town Dock at Lewis Bay, Hyannis to be expended pro- vided the Town of Yarmouth and the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts will each contribute a like amount or take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. Voted that this article be adopted and $5,000.00 be : raised and appropriated. Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 1 of Article 1 of the By-Laws to read.as follows: i 70 ` Section 1. The Annual Town Meeting for the election of Offi- cers shall be held in the several voting precincts of the Town on the first Monday in March in each year. The subsequent meeting for the appropriation of money and all other matters that may properly come before it shall be held on the Tuesday following the first Monday at such place as the Selectmen shall determine. All provisions of earlier By-Laws inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. (By request of William Lovell et al). Voted that this article be adopted. Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a Com- mittee to revise the present set of By-Laws or make a new set of By-Laws and report thereon at the next Annual Town Meeting, or take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. (By re- quest of William Lovell et al). Voted that this article be adopted. The following committee was appointed: Mr. John D. W. Bodfish, Admiral Francis T. Bowles, Mr. J. Milton Leonard, Mr. William F. Ma.kepeace, Mr. Clarence M. Chase. Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the follow- ing By-Law: No person shall operate within the town of Barn- stable a motor vehicle for hire which is not owned by a Legal resi- dent of the Town, without paying a License fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for such privilege; excepting that non-residents may be licensed to operate motor vehicles for hire, which motor vehicles are owned by Legal residents of-said Town on payment of a li- cense fee of Five Dollars ($5.00). Such Licenses may be granted by the Selectmen of the Town and ownership of such motor vehi- a 71 cles shall be determined by the Department of Public Works, Regis- try of Motor Vehicles. Any violation of this By-Law shall be pun- ished by a fine of not more than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) or by im- prisonment of not more than sixty days or both. (By request of William Lovell, et al). Indefinitely postponed. ' Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Se- lectment to sell the school building and lot at Santuit or to take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. This article was not adopted. Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or issue its notes, bonds or script for an amount not exceeding Eighty-five Thousand Dollars ($85,000.00) for the purpose of build- ing a new Town Office Building on the Town lot on Main street in the Village of Hyannis, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request of William Lovell et al). Voted that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000.00 and borrow the sum of $75,000.00 for the purpose mentioned in this article and that the Treasurer, with the approval of at least a majority of the Board of Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to issue notes of the Town there- for payable within twenty years, the rate of interest and other details to be left to the Treasurer and the Board of , Selectmen. Yes-169 No-2 Voted also to accept the recommendation of the Finance Committee that the Selectmen serve as a committee to con- struct the office building on the Town lot in Hyannis with full power to make such disposition of the present build- ings on the lot as, in their judgment, is for the best interest of the Town. 72 Article 34. To see what action, if any, the Town will take in authorizing its School Committee to change, alter, or amend the existing "Agreement" between the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts and the Town of Barnstable which pertains to the number of grades that shall be provided for training purposes in the Training School. (By request of the School Committee.) Noted that the School Committee be authorized to amend the existing agreement between the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Town of Barnstable by striking out the words "primary and grammar departments" as used in Section 1, Paragraph 11 of said agreement, and by in- serting therein the words "one to six inclusive" so as to read "To include within the same all grades from one to six inclusive." Article 35. To see what action, if any, the Town will take in reference to appointing a committee of seven, three of which shall be members of the School Committee, to investigate and secure plans and specifications incident to a four room addition to the Training School building at Hyannis, the said .committee to report its findings at the next annual Town Meeting, and that the sum of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) be appropriated for said purposes. (By request of the School Committee). Voted that a committee of seven be appointed by the Moderator, three of which shall be members of the School Committee, to investigate, secure plans and specifications incident to a four room addition to the Training School building at Hyannis, and that said committee report its findings at some special Town Meeting or at our next an- nual Town Meeting and that the-sum of $500.00 be appro- priated for said purposes. 73 The folio-wing committee was appointed by the Modera-' tor: Cohen C. Campbell Richard.Cobb Walter I. Fuller Francis A. Bagnall Charles W. Megathlin Mrs. Charles E.,Smith Mrs. J. Lester Rowland Article 36. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) the same to be applied to the collection and disposal of rubbish and garbage in the Town to be expended under the direction of the Board of Health and the approval of the Selectmen, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request of Board of Health). Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $8,000.00 for the purposes mentioned in this article. Article 37. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) to purchase and operate a dumping ground for Hyannis and Barnstable, the same to be expended under the direction of the Board of Health, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By re- quest of Board of Health). Indefinitely postponed. Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for the purpose of purchasing a parcel of land in the village of Hyannis, for Town Cemetery purposes, or to take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. (By request of William Lovell et al). 74 Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for this purpose. Article 39. To see if the Town will elect a recreation com- mittee as provided in the General Laws under Chapter 45, Section 14 and raise and appropriate the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) to be expended by them as provided in the Acts of 1924, Chapter 382, or take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. (By request of William A. Jones, et al). A motion to raise $2,000.00 for this purpose was lost and and it was then voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,750.00 to be expended under the direction of the fol- lowing committee: Dr. Edward C. Hinckley Miss Jean G. Hinkle Milton H. Crocker Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for,the purpose of building a sand and as- phalt road from the present Stone Road near the Craigville Bath- houses to the beginning of the private road in the Village of Craig- ville, or take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. (By request of C. L. Barry, et al). Taken up in connection with Article 13. Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to macadam or build an oil road on the road leading. to Hyannisport from the Makepeace Farm, so called, in Hyannis; of to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request of Frank E. MacCabe, et al). Taken up in connection with Article 13. Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) to drain Camp street and Railroad'avenue, in the village of Hyannis, or to take 75 any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request of Heman P. Crocker, et al). Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 for this purpose. Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money to provide a suitable bathing beach in the villege of Osterville for the use of the general public, or to take any action thereon. (By request of Chester L. Baker, et al). Voted that a committee of three be appointed by the Chair to investigate this matter and report at the next annual Town Meeting. The following committee was appointed: Charles H. Brown Mrs. Harry L. Tallman G. Webster Hallett Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Surveyor of Highways, with the approval of the Selectmen, to pur- chase land to be used as loam, gravel or sand pits for the use of the Town or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request of the Surveyor of Highways). Voted that this article be adopted. Article 45. To see what action' the Town wishes to take to abate the Nuisance caused by the Town Drain leading from Depot Square, Hyannis, to Lewis Bay, or to take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. (By request of the Surveyor of Highways). Taken up with Article 5. 76 Article 46. To see if the Town .will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for the purpose of plotting and mapping the Town or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request of the Surveyor of Highways). Taken up «-ith Article 18. Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for the pur- pose of purchasing a heavy tractor and snow-plow, or to take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. (By request of the Surveyor of Highways). Indefinitely postponed. Article 48. To see if the Town will vote to accept the gift of certain German War Trophies and to appropriate the.sum of Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($250.00) to provide suitable foun- dations for the same or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request of Lauchlan M. Crocker, et alj. Voted that 'this article be adopted and the sum of $250.00 raised and appropriated and that a committee.of three be appointed by the Chair to work in conjunction with the Park Commission to carry out the provisions of the article. The following committee was appointed: Clarence Crowell Miss Annie G. Hinckley Lauchlan M. Crocker , Article 49. To see if the Town will vote to accept the action of the Board of Selectmen as to the relocation, widening or straight- 77 ening of Bridge street, in the Village of Osterville, to.raise a sum of money therefor or to take action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. Voted to accept the report of the Selectmen in regard to Bridge Street and $5,000.00 was raised and appropriated for use on this street. (See report in the Road Book, page 24.) Article 50. To see if the Town will vote to accept the action of the Board of Selectmen as to the laying out of a street from Main street, in.the Village of Hyannis between the residences of John D. W. Bodfish and Mervyn Eldredge, thence running souther- ly and easterly to Bay View street, to raise a sum of money there- `or or to take any action in.relation thereto and act fully thereon. It was voted to accept the report of the Selectmen 'as to the 1a37-out of this street and $500.00 was appropriated as recommended. (See report in the Road Book, page 26.) Article 51. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and in- struct the Park Commission to acquire by purchase, or by right of eminent domain, or otherwise, a certain tract of land, for municipal purposes, situated on the shore in that part of the town known as*Hyannis and bounded as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner of the described parcel at a road known as "Ocean Street" at a railroad spike and at the southwest corner of ,and of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; thence south seventy- two degrees, fifteen minutes east four hundred and sixty-six and sixty-eight one hundredths (466.68) feet by said land of the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts to a point harked by a nail in a fence post; thence continuing in the same course about seventy-eight and five-tenths (78.5) feet to low water mark on "Lewis Bay," so- called; thence.southerly seven hundred forty-three (743) feet mor, or less by said "Lewis Bay" to the southeast corner of the within described parcel; thence north sixty-seven degrees two minutes west by land of Rose D. Forbes and John M.'Forbes fifty-seven (57) feet more or less to a stake; thence continuing in the same course five hundred and three (503) feet by said land of Rose D. Forbes 78 and John M. Forbes to an iron rod on the continuation of the East line of Ocean street as shown by the plan hereinafter men- tioned; thence partly by said continuation and east line of Ocean street as shown on said Plan N, 23 degrees 39 minutes 15 seconds east six hundred ninety-four and three hundredths feet (694.03) to point of beginning, containing an area of three hundred eighty- seven thousand, two hundred and twenty (387,220) square feet, as shown on plan designated "Plan of Lands in Hyannis, Mass., of proposed Bathing Beach and Playground," taking for municipal purposes, Town of Barnstable scale, one inch equals forty feet, February nineteen hundred and twenty-six, George Clements, Civil Engineer, Hyannis, Mass., being property said to, be owned or oc- cupied by and assessed to James Murphy, Ohio L. Reid, Henrietta V. Race, Robert W. Martin, Rose D. Forbes and John M. Forbes, or take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. (By re- quest of William Lovell, et al.) Voted that the Park Commission be authorized to ac- quire by purchase or by.right of eminent domain, or other- wise, a certain tract of land, for municipal purposes, situat- ed on the shore in that part of the Town known as Hyannis, Bounded and described as printed in the article. Yes-157, No-1. Article 52. To see if the Town will vote to raise or borrow a sum not to exceed Thirteen Thousand Dollars (13,000.00) for the purpose of acquiring the property described in the preceding-arti- cle, No. 51 of this Warrant, or take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. (By request of William Lovell, et al.) Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $13,000.00 for the purpose of acquiring the property described in the preceding article. Yes-114, No-1. Voted that the thanks of the Meeting and the sum of $25.00 be extended to the Moderator for his usual very proficient services. , 79 Voted that a rising vote of thanks be extended to the owners and manager of the Hyannis Theatre for their kind- ness in allowing us the use of the building for our Annual Town Meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 5:50 P. M. Attest: C. M. CHASE, Town Clerk. SO SPECIAL TOWN MEETING March 2, 1926 In accordance with a Warrant, a Special Town Meetincr was called to order. at, 3 o'clock P. M. by the Town Clerk who read the Warrant. Article 1. To elect a Moderator to preside at said meeting. It was voted that one ballot be cast for Dr. Edward C. Hinckley as Moderator. He was declared elected and sworn by the Town Clerk. i Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000 00) to rebuild Camp Street, in the village of Hyannis, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request of Heman P. Crocker et al). Indefinitely postponed. Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to be expended in accordance with the recommendations, contained in the report of the Town Forest Committee, or take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. (By request of the Town Forest Com- mittee). Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for this purpose, that the Town Forest Committee continue with the name of William A. Jones substituted for that of Edward B. Van Dusen. The meeting was adjourned at 3:20 P. M.. Attest: C. M. CHASE, '' Town Clark. 81 i SPECIAL TOWN MEETING May 28, 1926 In accordance with the foregoing Warrant, about one' hundred voters of the Town of Barnstable met at the Town House at the appointed hour. The meeting was called to order and the Warrant read by the Town Clerk. Article 1. To choose a Moderator.to preside at said Meeting. It was voted that one ballot,be cast for Dr. Edward C. Hinckley as Moderator which was done and he was declared elected and sworn by the Town Clerk. The following tellers were appointed and sworn by the Moderator: Walter B. Chase Edward F. Maher Mrs. Walter D. Baker Mrs. Charles E. Harris Charles L. Howe S. Fremont Crocker _ Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the follow- ing By-Law, namely: The Selectmen may make, alter or repeal traffic regulations for any part or all of the Town and fix penalties for any violation thereof, and said penalties may provide for fines not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or imprisonment not exceeding ninety days, or both fine and imprisonment, -said regulations how- ever, to take effect .only after seven days notice by posting or publication in a newspaper published in said Town. 82 It was voted to adopt the following By-Law. (As print- ed above). Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of Ten Thousand (10,000.00) Dollars for the purpose of providing suitable fire protection in the Precinct of Marstons Mills,` or to take any necessary action and to act fully thereon. (By re- quest of Lauchlan. M. Crocker et als). A motion to raise and appropriate $1,000.00 for fire protection in Marstons Mills was voted down. Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to accept the re- port of the Park Commission on the taking and laying out of a parcel of land situated on the shore in that part of the Town known as Hyannis, for a.public Park in accordance with the vote of the regular town meeting held March 2nd. A. D. 1926, or to take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. Voted that the report of the Park Commission on the taking and laying out of a parcel of land situated on the shore in that part of the Town known as Hyannis, for a public park in accordance with the vote of the regular An- nual Town Meeting held the second day of March, A. D. 1926, be accepted and allowed as filed and read. , (Unani- mous).Article 5. To see if the Town will votb to raise and appro- priate a sum of money not exceeding Twenty-Five Hundred ($2,- 500.00) Dollars for the purpose of widening and hardening Main street in the Village of Hyannis, from Sea street to, or near Sher- man Square, to issue its notes, bonds or scrip, to act fully thereon or to take any other necessary action. (By request of George R. Moore et als). Indefinitely postponed. 83 Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the purpose of building a sand and as- phalt road from the present Stone Road near the Craigville Bath- houses to the beginning of the private road in the Village of Craigville, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request of C. Lawrence Barry, et als). A motion to raise $2,000.00 for this purpose was voted down. Article 7. To hear the report of the Committee appointed under Article 35 of the Annual Town Meeting of March 2, 1926, to make investigations concerning the proposed addition to 'the Hy- annis Training School. It was,voted to accept the report of the Committee which report is on file in the Town Clerk's office. Article S. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate, or issue its notes, bonds or scrip for a sum not exceeding Sixty Thousand Dollars, ($60,000.00) for the purpose of enlarg- ing, repairing, and renovating the Training School building at Hy- annis; and to appoint a building committee with full power to construct the same, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request of Charles W. Megathlin et als). Committee appointed at last annual meeting. Voted that the Moderator be authorized to appoint a committee who shall provide and adopt plans and specifica- tions with full power for the construction and complete equipment of four additional rooms at the Hyannis Train- ing School together with the necessary renovations and repairs to the Training School at a cost not to exceed Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00) for this purpose. The Town shall raise by taxation the sum of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) and shall issue its bones or notes for Thirty-five Thousand Dollars ($35,000.00) and the Treasur- �4 er, with the approval of the Selectmen,is hereby authorized to issue notes of the Town therefor, payable within five years, the rate of interest and other details to be left to the Treasurer and the Selectmen. Yes-112 No-2 The following committee was appointed by the Modera for: Charles W. Megathlin, Chairman Francis A. Bagnall Mrs. J. Lester Howland Mrs. Loton Cannon , Richard Cobb The following resolutions were unaimo.usly adopted: Whereas, the School Board of Barnstable has voted to remove Mr. L. M. Boody as Principal of the Barnstable High School and, Whereas, it is the opinion of a large proportion of the citizens of our town that Mr. Boody is too valuable a man to lose and, Whereas, his wonderful ability as a disciplinarian and an influence for good over his pupils, especially the young men, has been demonstrated during his long term of service and, Whereas, we believe that Mr. Boody, in his fifty-ninth year, is by experience and capability enabled, at this time, to give his very best service to our children, 35 Therefore be it resolved: That We, the Citizens of the '.Vown of Barnstable, in Town Meeting assembled, do re- spectfully request the School Board to Retain Mr. Boody as Principal of the Barnstable High School, And be it further resolved: That the Town Clerk be requested to spread these resolutions on his records, and that a copy'be forwarded to the School Board. Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to accept Section three (Sec. 3) of Chapter 143 of the General Laws, which is as fol- lows: "Every city, except Boston, and every town which accepts this section or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws may, for the prevention of fire and the preservation of life, health and morals, by ordinances or by-laws consistent with law and appli- cable throughout the whole or any defined part of its territory, regulate the inspection, materials, construction, alteration, re- pair, height, area, location and use of buildings and other struc- tures within its limits, except such as are owned or occupied by the United States, or by the Commonwealth, and except abridges, quays and wharves, and may prescribe penalties not exceeding one hundred Dollars for every violation of such ordinances or by-laws." It was voted to accept the provisions of Section 3,.of Chapter 143 of the General Laws. Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and in- struct the Selectmen to acquire by purchase, by right of eminent domain, or otherwise, a certain tract of land, for municipal pur- poses, situated on South street in that part of the Town known as Hyannis, and bounded and described as follows: beginning at the Northwest corner of the described parcel at a road known as "South street" at a concrete bound and at the Northwest corner of the land of Etta H. Livesley; thence Westerly by the Southerly side of South street seventy-six (76) feet to a concrete bound; thence at an angle of one hundred five degrees and forty-four min- utes (105.44') one hundred and fifty-three (153) feet more or 86 less by land of Lucy A. R. Baker to Lewis Bay; thence southeasterly by Lewis Bay forty-five (45) feet more or less, to a stake by the land of one Malchman; thence Easterly by land of said Malchman seventeen (17) feet more or less to a Concrete bound by land of Etta H. Livesley; thence at an angle of one hundred nine degrees and thirty-eight minutes Left (109d 38m) one hundred and eighty-seven and one-tenth (187.1) feet by land of Etta H. Livesley to the Concrete bound at the point of be- ginning containing an area of eleven thousand three hundred and seventy (11.370) square feet more or less, as shown on plan de- signated "Plan of Land in Village of Hyannis, Barnstable, Massa- chusetts to be taken by the Town of Barnstable, scale one inch equals forty feet: May 1st, nineteen hundred and twenty-six. George F. Clements, C. E., Hyannis." Being property said to be owned or occupied by, and assessed to, Etta H. Livesley and Lucy A. R. Baker, or to take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. It was voted to authorize the Selectmen to acquire by purchase or by right of eminent domain, the land described in the above article. (Unanimous). Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money not to exceed Six Hundred ($600.00) Dollars for the purpose of acquiring the property described in the preceding Article No. 10 of this Warrant, or take any action in relation there- to and act fully thereon. By request of Surveyor of Highways, Board of Health. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $600.00 for the purpose of acquiring the property described in Article 10. Yes-103 No-1 Article 12. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to sell a certain parcel of land, owned by the Town of Barnstable, and bordering on Aunt Betty's Pond (so-called) in the village of Hyannis, to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. w 87 Indefinitey postponed. Article 13.. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money not to exceed Seven Hundred Nineteen and fifty-nine one hundredths ($719.59) Dollars the same to be used for settling a claim for land purchased of Mrs. Buckley for High School purposes, to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Noted to raise and appropriate the sum of $719.59 for the purpose of settling this claim. Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell a certain parcel of land, said parcel being a small portion of the High School lot, located in the rear of the High School, and adjoining the land of Louis Arenovski and Charles H. Nye, in the village of Hyannis, to take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. Indefinitely postponed. Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and-appro- priate a sum of money not to exceed Two Thousand ($2,000.00) Dollars for a Reconnaisance Survey to be made of the Town of Barnstable. (By request of the Planning Board). Indefinitely postponed. Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to accept Section Six (Sec. 6) of Chapter 148 of the General Laws which is as fol- lows. "In cities and towns which accept this section or have accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, the marshal, or any per- son designated by him, the chiefs of fire departments in cities, and the chief engineer, or the chairman of the board of Selectmen in towns having no engineer, may, and upon complaint of a person having an interest in any building or premises or property adjacent thereto, shall, at all reasonable hours, enter into buildings and SS upon premises within,their jurisdiction and make investigation as to the existence of conditions likely to cause fire. They shall in writing order such conditions, if existing, to be remedied, and whenever such officers or persons find in any building or upon any premises any accumulation of combustible rubbish, including waste paper, rags, cardboard, string, packing materials, sawdust, shavings, sticks, waste leather or rubber, broken boxes or barrels other refuse ,that is, or may become dangerous as a fire menace to such buildings or premises, they shall in writing order the same to be removed or such conditions to be remedied. The owner or occupant of any such building or premises may, within twenty- four hours after notice of such an order from any person other than the marshal; apply to the marshal, by whom the matter shall forthwith be investigated. Unless he revokes the order, it shall remain in force and be at once obeyed by said owner or occu- pant, who, if he refuses or neglects to comply therewith, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than Fifty Dollars for each day during which such neglect or refusal continues." To take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to accept the provisions of Section 6, Chapter 148 of the General La-vvs. Article 17. To. see if the Town will vote to adopt Chapter 40, of the General Laws of 1920, as amended in Chapter 40, 1922, Sections 25,-26, 27, 28, 29 and 30. An act to authorize cities and towns to limit buildings according to their use or construction to specified districts. (By request'of the Planning Board). Indefinitely postponed. Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and instruct the Selectmen of the Town of Barnstable to acquire by purchase, or by right of eminent domain, or otherwise; two cer- tain tracts of land, for municipal purposes, situated on North Street and Barnstable Road in that part of the Town known as Hyannis, described as follows: Mary E. Smith Parcel at the cor- ner of North Ocean and North streets, and fronting on North street. Commencing at the Northeast corner of the premises 'at a stake on the Westerly line of North Ocean street, and being the South- 89 east corner of land owned by Abbie F. Stiff; thence South 5d 4m West by said Westerly line of Ocean street, 107.35 feet to a Coun- ty road bound marking an angle point in said street line; thence South 12d 48m 30s East still on said street line, 65 feet to a stake at the intersection of North street; thence South 80d 19m 30s West, by the said line of North street 121.91 feet to a stake at the Southeast corner of land owned by James Murphy; thence North 9d 32m 30s East, by said Murphy, 201.80 feet to a stake at the Southwest corner of land of said Stiff; thence South 84d 15m Fast, by said Stiff's land to the point of beginning, all bearings being magnetic and consistent within themselves and containing an area of 17,620 square feet. James Murphy Parcel: Commencing at the Southeast corner of the premises at a,stake, (being the Southwest corner of the par- cel described above) on the North line of North street; thence South 80d 19m Us West, 98.50 feet to a stake at the Southeast corner of land of Louis Arenovski; thence North 6d 16m 40s East by said Arenovski's land 307.58 feet to a corner, being the south- west corner of land of one Panesis; thence South 84d 15m East by said Panesis' land 110.75 feet to the Northwest corner of land of Wyville J. Keveney; thence South 9d 32m 30s West by land of the said Keveney, Stiff and Smith, 281.98 feet to the paint of begin- ping; all bearings being magnetic and consistent within themselves and containing an area of 30,190 square feet. (By request of Arthur E. Dyer et als). Voted to take up Articles 19 and 21 to 28 inclusive in connection «rith this article. While acting under these articles together, it was voted to accept the" recommendations of the Finance Committee that the Town should not buy land for automobile parking space in-the village of Hyannis until an attempt has been made by suitable traffic regulation to overcome the present difficulty and further recommends that the propriety and necessity of parking space be referred to the Planning Board for report and recommendation at the neat Annual '.Town Meeting. r 0 •90 Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise or borrow or appropriate, a sum of money not to exceed Four Thousand Four Hundred Thirty-seven and fifty one hundredths ($4,437.50) Dollars, for the purpose of acquiring the property described in the preceding article No. 18 of this warrant, or take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. (By request of Arthur E. Dyer et als.) Taken up in connection with Article 18. Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Five Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars, the same to be,used for payment of Labor on Snow for -1925 and 1926; to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of,$5,000.00 for these purposes. Article 21. To to see if the Town will vote to authorize or in- struct the Selectmen to acquire, by purchase, right of eminent domain, or otherwise, for municipal purposes, the following de- scribed property; viz: A certain parcel of land situated on the Northerly side of Main street in the village of Hyannis, bounded` and described as follows: Northerly by North street, about one hundred sixty-nine (169) feet; Easterly by land of Jacob Liss and Nellie F. Gray, about three hundred thirty-two (332) feet; South- erly by said Main street, about two hundred four (204) feet; West- erly by land of Emily C. Stevens, and Albert C. Rezendes, about three hundred fifty-nine (359) feet. Containing an area of about one and one-half (1%) acres, more or less. The said premises being now owned by John H. Johnson; to take any action in re- lation thereto and to act fully thereon. By request of James Murphy et als). Article 22. To see if the town will vote to raise or borrow, and appropriate a. sum of money, not to exceed twenty-five thous- and ('$25,000.00) dollars, for the purpose of acquiring the property describe pd in the preceding article, to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request of James Murphy et als). 91 Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to authorize or instruct the selectmen to acquire, by purchase, right of eminent domain, or otherwise, for municipal purposes, the following described property, viz: A certain parcel of land, situated on the northerly side of Main Street, in said Hyannis, bounded as follows: Northerly by North Street; easterly by lands of the Baptist Society and Ithel M. Drew; southerly by Main Street;; westerly by land formerly of Allen P. and Edward L. Eagleston and now of Judkins. Said land being now or formerly of Mrs. Isadore Hallett. To take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. � (By request of James Murphy et als). Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise or borrow, and appropriate, a sum of money, not to exceed thirty-five thousand ($35,000.00) dollars, for the purpose of acquiring the property de- scribed in the preceding article: to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request of James Murphy et als). Article 25. To see if the Town.will vote to authorize or instruct the Selectmen to acquire, by purchase, right of eminent domain', or otherwise, for municipal purposes, the following described pro- perty, viz: A certain parcel of land situated on the easterly side of, and'off from the Barnstable Road, in said Hyannis, and shown on, a plan of land recorded with Barnstable County Deeds, the title of said being "Plan of Business Lots in Hyannis, Mass., of Louis Arenovski and Charles W. Megathlin, Morse and Chase, Civil Engineers." Said parcel of land being about two hundred (200) feel; in width from the westerly to the easterly bounds, and is further bounded and described as follows:—Southerly by Elm Street, as shown on said plan; Easterly by Center Street;; Wester- ly by lands of Emma B. O'Neil, Harry E. Coleman, William F. or Eunice Smith, Rose Harrison, (now or formerly) and Waldo E. Hill and others; Northerly by land now or formerly of said Louis Aren- ovski and Charles W. Megathlin; to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request of James Murphy et als). Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise or borrow, and appropriate, a sum of money, not to exceed ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars, for the purpose of acquiring the property de- 92 ' scribed in the preceding article; to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. By request of James Murphy et als.) Article 27. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to acquire, by purchase, right of domain or otherwise, for munici- pal purposes, the following described property, viz: A certain parcel of land situated on the Southerly side of Main Street, in said Hy- annis, and is bounded and described as follows: Northerly by said Main Street, about eighty-eight (88) feet; Easterly by land of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, about three hundred (300) feet; Southerly by land of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, about eighty-eight (88) feet, Westerly by land of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and by land of the Town of Barnstable, about three hundred (300) feet. Said land being formerly owned by Mary E. Smith. To take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request of James Murphy et als). Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise or borrow, and appropriate, a sum of money, not to exceed twenty thousand ($20,000.00) dollars, for the purpose of acquiring the property de- scribed in the preceding article; to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request of James Murphy et als). Taken up in connection with Article 18. Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to accept Sections 32 to 47 inclusive of the General Laws, Chapter 147, relative to the licensing of boxing matches in the Town; to take any'action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request of Lauchlan M. Crocker et als). Indefinitely postponed. Article 30. To see if the Town of Barnstable will vote to authorize the Selectmen to petition the County Commissioners of the County of Barnstable to purchase, or take by right of eminent. domain, or otherwise, a parcel of land for public cemetery purposes, in the village of Hyannis, described as follows: Bounded Northerly 93 by the Seashore Realty Trust about 628 feet, Southeasterly by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad about 658 feet, South- westerly by other land of Oliver Childs, about 360 feet, North- westerly by the Town Road known as Old Neck Road about 423 feet, containing an area of five and four-tenths (5.4) acres more or less. Said land being now or formerly of Oliver Childs. To take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to authorize the Selectmen to acquire by purchase, or by right of eminent domain, or otherwise, the property described in the above article. Voted that the sum of $10.00 and the thanks of the meeting be extended to the Moderator for his usual very proficient services. ' The meeting adjourned at 3:30 P. M. Attest: C. M. CHASE, Town Clerk. 94 BIRTHS Births recorded in the Town of Barnstable for the year 1926, with the names, parents' residence, and Christian name of parents: Jan. 2 Raymond Oliver Soucy, Hyannis, Alcidiade J. and Al- mena E. Jan. 3 Wilson William Perry, Marstons Mills, Benjamin P. and Mary. Jan. 4 Gordon Hayes Dither, Sandwich,- Rutherford H. and Beatrice A. Jan 4 Harold Rutherford Dither, Sandwich, Rutherford H. and Beatrice A. Jan. 9 Hope Gifford, Cotuit, Herbert W. and Sadie M. Jan. 10 Richard Harlow Hassett, Bass River, Roscoe and Edna M. Jan. 16 Jean Loring Lewis, Provincetown, Raymond W. and Eleanor. Jan. 20 (Illegitimate). Jan. 20 Harry SeBastian Joseph, Osterville, Herman and Mar- garet Jan. 22. Joyce Marjorie Baldwin, Chatham, Earl P. and Bernice M. Jan. 23 John Paul Sylvia, Teaticket, Frank and Mary T. Jan. 24 Eunice Emma Nickerson, Chatham, Lyle F. and Arvilla A. 95 Jan. 25 Arthur Souza Gomes, Marstons Mills, Manuel M. and Ade- lina V. Jan. 29 May Cash, Hyannis, Raymond W. and Selina W. Jan. 29 Barbara May Hamblin, Falmouth, George H. and Iona L. Jan. 29 David Young McLean, Chatham, Thomas D. and Florence W. Jan. 30 Earle Clayto Williams, Osterville, Ralph R. and Edith B. Jan. 31 Joan Frances Gifford, Cotuit, Franklin M. and Winifred H. Feb. 1 Helen Bernice Barry, Marstons Mills, Joseph J. and Elizabeth M. Feb. 1 Janice Gertrude Lapham, Osterville, Franklin T: and Beatrice E. Feb. 8 (Infant) Bettencourt, Hyannis, Myron G. and Alice G. Feb. 8. (Infant) Bettencourt, Hyannis, Myron G. and Alice G. Feb. 8 Randall Nelson Brown, Hyannis, Frank E. N. and Adeline. Feb. 8 Sally Dean, Dennis, Louis E. and Esther. Feb. 8 Audrey Oakley Pells, Cotuit, Matthew F. and Dorothy E. Feb. 9 (Stillborn). Feb. 14 Corrine Willman, West Barnstable, Edward and Sylvia. Feb. 18 Theodore Kustof Rosengren, Hyannis, Eric W. and Helia E. 96 Feb. 18 Teannette Elvera Wirtanen, West Barnstable, Martin and Jenny. Feb. 19 Jeanne Althea Claffiin,Hyannis, Lawrence E. and Dorothy. . Feb. 26 George Fenwish Poland, Hyannis, Charles W. and Anna L. Feb. 27 Warren Parker Steele, Everett, Norman R. and Marion P. Feb. 27 Charlotte Penniman Tuttle, Chatham, Jassie L. and Laurice. Mar. 2 Eva Marie Johnson, Sandwich, Emil H. and Celia H. Mar. 3 Patricia Avis Whitely, Osterville, Elmer S. and Florence M. Mar. 4. Judith Marr, Osterville, Charles F. and Isabel. Mar.. 4 Jean Holbrook Walsh, Orleans, John H. and Helen D. Mar. 7 Ruth Phyllis Anderson, Hyannis, Reuben E. and Nellie E. Mar. 8 Katherine Kalas, Osterville, James D. and Mary B. Mar. 11 Charles Warren Foster, East Brewster, George W. and Mary. Mar. 13 Barbara Holmes, Chatham, Theodore C. and Helen S. Mar. 16 Calvin Austin Burlingame, Cottiit, Carlton A. and Bertha F. Mar. 16 Patricia Hansberry, Osterville, James J. and Mary A. Mar. 17 Vernon Ellsworth Coleman, Hyannis, Vernon H. and Ruby. Mar. 18 Earl Dean Fontneau, South Yarmouth, Earl N. and Maude L. 97 Mar. 18 Philip Eldredge Jerauld, Barnstable, Bruce K. and I_-ile. Mar. 19 (Stillborn). Mar. 19 Jeanne Victoria, Perrault, Orleans, Albert J. and Edith J. P. Mar. 20 Philip Armand Deschamps, Orleans, Leon M. and Harriet. Mar. 22 Paul David Joinville, Hyannis, Paul D. and Alice V. Mar. 22. Dorinda Lovell, Barnstable, Shirley D. and Constance. Mar. 29 Henry Wilfred Gilineau, Hyannis, Anthony and Mary B. Mar. 31 William Robert Turner, Falmouth, John A. and Dorothy H. Apr. 1 Earle Edmond Brown, Centerville, Wilbert L. and Marion F. Apr. 5 Jean Stubbs, Dennisport, Wilbur M. and Mabelle. Apr. 6 Ann Stobbart, Yarmouthport, Uriah F. and Olive G. Apr. 9 Elaine Anderson, Buzzards Bay, Dwight W. and Clara M. Apr. 9 Joseph Henry Long, Jr., Dennisport, Joseph H. and Lil- lian M. Apr. 9. Arnold L. Ryder, Cotuit, Wallace and Marjorie L. Apr. 13 Harold Frederick Wittemmeyer, Jr., Hyannis, Harold F. and Bessie H. Apr. 14 Helen Margaret Imberg, Hyannis, N. George and Ida.P. Apr. 15 Marjorie Burke, Forestdale, CIayton.R. and Margaret E. 98 Apr. 17 Donald Parker Crosby, Osterville, Carroll P. and Sarah E. Apr. 18 Charles Lewis Lanry, Jr., Provincetown, Charles L. and Lillian V. Apr. 22 Henry Charles Scott, Osterville, Samuel J. and Louise. Apr. 25 Doris Virginia•Crocker, Marstons Mills, Lauchlan M. and Wilhelmina M. Apr. 25 (Infant) Peters, Mashpee, Richard L. and Eveline M. Apr. 27 Olga Irene Mann!, West Barnstable, Henry and Hilda. Apr. 27 Silja Wilhelmina Mann!, West Barnstable, Henry and Hilda. Apr. 28 William Arnold Bowen, Hyannis, James N. and Joseph- phine M. Apr. 28 Katherine Margaret Enos, Santuit, Manuel S. and Sylvia. Apr. 28 Martha Vaughan Thomas, Hyannis, Ernest V. and Evelyn M. Apr. 30 (Stillborn). May 1 Albion Harris Helstrom, Hyannis, Albion V. and Dora. May 4 Everett Henry Scannell; Jr., Falmouth, Everett H. and Beatrice C. May 9 John Joseph Childs, Cotuit, Russell B. and Annie T. May 10 Joseph Clemney Childs, Centerville, Joseph F. and Mary. May 13 Edmund Souza Medeiros, Barnstable, Manuel S. and Isa- bel F. May 14 (Illegitimate). 99 May 17 Marta Ada Gay, Sandwich, Pio and Rosa. May 22 (Illegitimate). May 22 (Infant) Howes, Chatham, David E. and Julia J. May 23 Brace Carlos Pinney, Jr., Chatham, Brace C. and Rena. May 24 Phyllis May Pierce, Marstons Mills, William B. and Helen J. May 27 Jason David Kinkelstein, West Yarmouth, Nathan and Sarah. May 29 Priscilla May Sherman, Hyannis, Alton M. and Gladys F. May 30 (Illegitimate). June 2 Ralph Robert Crowell, Harwichport, Fred and Helen. June 3 Clark Phinney Hallett, Centerville, Julian G. and Helen J. June 4 Sumner.Linwood Small, Jr., Sagamore, Sumner L. and Frances E. June 4 Harold Reginald Wilkey, Harwich, Reginald and Reba. June 6 Nancy Daniel, Osterville, Joseph and Marion. June 6 Robert Patrick Elliott, Centerville, Robert and Catherine. June 7 Jean Kendrick, Chatham, Kenneth H. and Dorothy F. June 7 Joan Kendrick, Chatham, Kenneth H. and Dorothy F. June 8 Neil Franklin Long, Hyannis, Edwin F. and Edith F. June 9 Minerva Sethares, Hyannis, Manuel H. and Grace M. Y 100 June 11 Malcolm Crosby, Jr., Osterville, Malcolm and Atla E. June 12 Ralph Hiram Nickerson, Falmouth, Ralph and Lucile. June 12 (Stillborn). June 16 Nora May LaRiviere, Hyannis, James B. and Clare- June 20 Thelma Audrey Lovequist, Centerville, George W. and Rose C. June 20 Doris May Rogers, Santuit, Jordan and Theresa. June 24 Patricia Orr, Trenton, N. J., Edwin B. and Ruth. June 26 Arthur Wilson Curtis Chase, Hyannis, Harry C. and May. June 27 Robert Phillips Hinckley, Osterville, Herbert L. and Gwendolyn. June 29 Martha Sutcliff Hogan, Pawtucket, R. I., John F. and Martha. July 2 Robert Ferreira, Provincetown, John and Anna. July 2 Frank Ferreira, Provincetown, John and Anna. July 2 Curtis Bearse Hinckley, Jr., Curtis B. and Emily. July 6 Ray Lewis Jones, Cotuit, Wilton and Lillian F. July 7 Donald Curtis Hallett, Yarmouthport, Herton and Mar- jorie. July 7 Edward Alden 'Johnson, South Yarmouth, Elliott A. and Catherine. July 7 Maurice Elliott Sousa, Osterville, Anthony and Edna J. r 101 July S Claire Slavin, Hyannis, Richard F. and Amy C. July 9 Clifton Ray Ellis, West Dennis, Archie and Sus,*e. July 11 (Illegitimate). July 12 John Matheson Besa, Provincetown, Herman and Mary. July 12 Ethelyn Cash, Yarmouthport, Percy M. and Agnes. July 15 Gloria Jane Aikens, West Barnstable, Bernard and Eliza- beth. July 17 Eric Roland Carlson, Centerville, Knut E. and Annie. July 17 (Stillborn). July 17 Joseph William Silva,.Wellfleet, Joseph and Almina. July 20 Albert Francis Cabral, Centerville, Manuel L. and Ruth E. July 20 Olga Stella Fermino, Marstons Mills, Joseph G. and Martha. July 22 Doris May Holmes, Provincetown, Lewis P. and Anna E. July 23 Ernestine Mayhew Crocker, Centerville, Ernest and ljelene. July 23 Rodman Hopewell Durfee, Fall River, Nathaniel and Helen. July 24 David Alexander Banks, Osterville, Alexander and Jean. July 24 Barbara Marie Look, Dennisport,,Stetson and Agatha. July 29 May Louise Baumgartner, Provincetown, Lawrence L. and Florence L. - 102 July 29 Joan Matheson Lynch, Provincetown, Robert A. and Mabel K. July 29 Robert William Taylor, West Yarmouth, William and Frances. July.31 (Illegitimate). Aug. 1. Edward Fulhan Sullivan, Falmouth Heights, Edward F. and Ruth. Aug. 2 (Infant) Caswell, Yarmouth, Everett L. and Alice. Aug. 2 Katherine Margaret Label, Barnstable, John B. and Anna. Aug. 7 William Harford Peters, Mashpee, William and Marion. Aug. 9 William Winter Elliot, Hyannis, Ralph W. and Doris E. Aug. 11 Robert Merlin Doane, Cotuit, Robert H. and Lillian R. Aug. 12 Pauline Allard Potter, Hyannis,Arthur R. and Gertrude E. Aug. 12 Frances Wyman Smith, Hyannis, Stanley W. and Sadie E. Aug. 13 (Infant) Washington, Hyannis, William S. and Anna J. Aug. 16 Ann Littel Johnson, Centerville, Axel and Olga. Aug. 21 (Infant) Anderson, Chatham, Carl E. and Stella. Aug. 25 June Meredith Eldridge, North Eastham, Hazen and Lu- cile. Aug. 25 Richard Edmond Haynes, Sagamore, Leslie C. and Eliza- beth. Aug. 27 ,Beatrice Ann Brunelle, Hyannis, Paul and Ann C. 103 Aug. 27 Kenneth Allen Hammond, Orleans, Charles S. and Louise M. Aug. 28 Raymond Ellsworth Vincent, Jr., Hyannis, Raymond E. and Gertrude. Aug. 29 Jean Bayliss, West Dennis, Clarence W. and Nina A. Aug. 29 Margaret Fandes Monterio, West Falmouth, Frank and Mary. Aug. 31 Lois Winship Loud, Dennis, Hermon S. and Lucile H. Aug. 31 Priscilla Margaret Walsh, Osterville, Joseph F. and Eliz- beth M. Sept. 1 Robert Webster Allen, Chatham, Robert L. and Lela C. Sept. 2 Ernest Maurice Johnson, Pocasset, Carl M. and Edna L. Sept. 4 Louis Arthur Davis, West Barnstable, Joseph and Mary. Sept. 5 James Hall, Harwich, Orick D. and Mary A. } Sept. 5 Norman McLean, Hyannis, Norman and Christina. Sept. 6 Robert White, Provincetown, Manuel and Ethel. Sept. 7 Herbert Sample, Falmouth, Everett C. and Alice E. Sept. 11 Richard Murray Scudder, Hyannis, Frederic F. and Ethel E. Sept. 13 (Daughter)Karros, Barnstable Kostas G. and Anna P. Sept. 13 (Daughter) Walsh, New York, Joseph F. and Alice. Sept. 15 Kenneth Austin Harvey, Jr., Barnstable, Kenneth A. and Isabel L. 104 Sept. 15 Ann Patricia Hefferman, Hyannis, John D. and Mary. Sept. 16 Sally Ann Norris, Hyannis, Ernest B. and Hannah A. Sept. 16 Earl Foster Small, Harwich, Bernard F. and Pauline M. Sept. 16 Ethel May Thompkins, Hyannis, Emery E. and Cora B. Sept. 20 Isaac Chillingsworth Foster, Dennis, George T. and Ade- laide Sept. 20 Hollis Winslow Phinney, Bourne, Merton D. and Hazel L. Sept. 20 Margaret Ellen White, Orleans, Norman and Margaret E. Sept. 21 Margaret Vail, Sandwich, John I. B. and Margaret. Sept. 22 Herbert Angus Perry, Centerville, Raymond C. and Marie L. E. Sept. 24 Priscilla Townsend Warren, Cotuit, Hartley O. and Gladys M. Sept. 25 Helen Weekes Ostby, Harwichport, Gothard N. and Mar- jorie B. Sept. 25 Patricia Ann Ostby, Harwichport, Gothard N. and Mar- jorie B. Sept. 28 Herbert Ross Cahoon, Hyannis, Herbert R. and Susie B. Sept. 28 Anna Elizabeth Gibbs, Sagamore, William and Annie L. Sept. 30 Edwina Frances Montague, Buzzards Bay, Thomas F. and Ellen J. Oct 4 Edward. Alfonso Newell, South Chatham, Alfonso and Blanche. 105 Oct. 7 Charlotte Lee French, Sandwich, Winthrop *.'and Helen W. Oct. 12 Hope Meredith King, Harwich, Albert B. and Mary G. Oct. 14 James Kenneth Baker, West Barnstable, Walter E. and Tuna M. Oct. 16 Olivia Eldredge Bowley, Hyannis, Roger E. and Marian. Oct. 16 David Grayson Norris, Hyannis, Myron T. and Marion F. Oct. 17 Edith Hope Berry, Centerville, Henry and Margaret. Oct. 17 Barbara Rogers, Provincetown, Anthony W. and Fannie A. Oct. 19 Carolyn Crowell, Sandwich, David and Dorothy. Oct. 20 John Philip Hawes, Hyannis, Alfred and Isabel K. O^t. 23 Johanna Roderick, Barnstable, Manuel and Louisa. Oct. 23 Josephine Norton Speirs, West Dennis, James and Alice E. Oct. 24 Edwin Warren Bearse, Centerville, Albert F. and Chris- tina. Oct. 24 Julia Hallett, Osterville, James H. and Asenith J. Oct. 25 Mabel Celina Buratti, Hyannis, Felix and Grace. Oct. 26 Kathleen Ann Carroll, Hyannis, Frank and Ellen. Oct. 29 (Illegitimate). Oct. 30 Roland David Ashley, Osterville, Rawson H. and Mary B. 106 Oct. 30 Homer Ashby Phinney, Jr., Hyannisport, Homer A. and Mary T. Oct. 31 Beverly Babb Green, Yarmouth, Joseph A. and Madeline L. Nov. 1 Edward Souza Condinho, Cotuit, Joseph S. and Hortense. Nov. 1 Robert Farnsworth Wilder, Jr., Hyannis, Robert F. and Doris P. Nov. 2 Laura Helen Snow, Orleans, Albert E. and Eleanor E. Nov. 3 John Dexter Davidson, West Barnstable, Emil H. and Ina A. Nov. 3 Elizabeth Ann Shepherd, Hyannis, James and Jeanette F. Nov. 5 Irene Antionette Drew, Hyannis, Ithel M. and Ella M. Nov. 5 Patricia Kelley, Yarmouth, Albert H. and Helen C. Nov. 6 Virginia Farnum Lewis, Osterville, G. Truman and Mar- garet L. Nov. 10 Thomas Elmer Kelley, Dennis, Louis O. and Julia. Nov. 10 William Francis McMakin, Barnstable, Charles W. and Annie. Nov. 11 Norman Robert. Baker, New Bedford, William T. and Anna M. Nov. 12 Dorothy Newlin Jackson, Bourne, Ernest W. and Doro- thy C. Nov. 17 (Infant) Oakley, Mashpee, Irving L. and Anna A. 107 Nov. 18 Lester Francis Childs, Jr., Bass River, Lester F. and Gladys M. Nov. 19 Robert Sinclair Bremner, Osterville, Alexander N. and Elizabeth J. Nov. 20 Hester Jey Barrus, Barnstable, Howard and Hester. Nov. 21 Nellie Avis Guild, Hyannis, George F. and Nellie W. Nov. 26 Eileen Frances Childs, Centerville, Thomas J. and Anna F. Nov. 27 Norma Lou Botellow, Cotuit, Joseph C. and Mary C. Nov. 29 Warren Lester Edwards, Mashpee, Richard L. and Mar- jorie O. Dec. 1 Edna Pina, Marstons Mills, John B. and Margaret. Dec. 2 Natalie Frances Souza, Osterville, Edward F. and Elsie A. Dec. 4 Gordon Davis Morse, Falmouth, Leroy F. and Teresa. Dec. 9 Hazel Edith Coats, Hyannis, Harold R. and Marion G. Dec. 9 Jacqueline Mae Holmes, Harwichport, Theron C. and Gladys M. Dec. 11 Carol Maud Wright, Falmouth, Chester A. and Maud M. Dec. 12 Marion Bearse, Santuit, Edward G. and Gertrude M. Dec. 14 David Chin, Hyannis, Hong Buck and Fong.Shee. Dec. 15 John Richard Shuttleworth, Hyannis, Walter and Brid- get. Dec. 20 Ruth White, Quincy, Edw'n and Dorothy. ' 108 Dec. 21 Elva Alice Johnson, West Yarmouth, Eno. J. and Lillian E. Dec. 22 Joanne Marjorie Baker, East Falmouth, Roy W. and Ruth M. Dec. 22 Arthur William Smith, Hyannis, William R. and Elsie M. Dec. 23 Barbara Margaret MacIssac, Craigville, Alexander and Genevieve. Dec. 23 (Stillborn). Dec. 23 Arnold Robert Santos, Osterville, Robert and Clementina H. Dec. 24 Edna Alice Lahteine, Hyannis, Otto V. and Rosa J. Dec. 24 Winfield Scott Person, Hyannis, Raymond S. and Mar- jorie W.- Dec. 26 (Illegitimate). Dec. 27 Beverly Adrian Brown, West Yarmouth, Carlton E. and Marion G. Dec. 31 Shirley Mayall Draper, Buzzards Bay, Henry S. and B. Jessie. Dec. 31 Amos Chapman Jones, Marstons Mills, Cyrus W. and Anna. 109 MARRIAGES Marriages recorded in the Town of Barnstable for the year 1926: Jan. 1 Henry Sorries Draper of Buzzards Bay and Bertha Jessie Mayall of Hyannis. Jan. 2 Charles Eldridge of Hyannis and Rose Elizabeth Conway of Hyannis. Jan. 2 Alvara V. Mattos of Cotuit and.Mary Robello of Cotuit. Jan. 16 Sylvester Fish Francis of Hyannis and Amelia Mary Gorham of Hyannis. Jan. 19 Charles Moeda of Hyannis and Sabina Gomes of Hyannis. Jan. 31 Edward Elvander of East Sandwich and Majorie R. Deck- er of West Newton. Feb. 22 Riley Elmer Davis of New Bedford and Susan Hosie of New Bedford. Feb. 23 Henry S. Baldwin of Hyannis and Norma Briggs (Bird) of Brookline. Feb. 28 Alton Manchester Sherman of Hyannis and Gladys Frances Hathaway of Wareham. Mar. 6 Lawrence Jacquard of, West Yarmouth and Hilda M. Baker of West Yarmouth. 110 Mar. 6 Evert E. Torkko of Cloquet, Minn., and Tyyne O. Wirtan- en of Sandwich. Mar. 6 Clarence A. Fish of West Barnstable and Charlotte Wheaton Lutz of Cotuit. Mar. 31 William Leslie Washington of Hyannis and Anna J. War- ren of Boston. Apr. 4 Thomas Hinckley Nye of Hyannis and Annie Phinney (Olmsted) of Barnstable. Apr. 5 Robert B. Santos of Falmouth and Clementine Gomes of Osterville. Apr. 5 Elmer ,Mergren of Hyannis and Gertrude Donovan of Hyannis. Apr. 10 Wilbur Crosby of Osterville and Florence Roper (Vigeant) of Osterville. Apr. 24 George Francis Mulcahy of Barnstable and Lucy Ken- nedy of Milton. Apr. 29 Felix Buratti of Hyannis and Grace Saulnier of Hyannis. May 7 Everett Oavis Baker of Hyannis and Isabel Hall Ellis of Yarmouth. May 24 Royce Ozial Baker of Santuit and Avis Eldora Mailman of South Boston. May 25 Percy Burton Robbins of Centerville and Sara Hatch Jones of Waquoit. June 2 Oscar Fortier of Osterville and Mary Cameron of Cam- bridge. June" 2 Allen Stetson Ellis of Yarmouth and Frances Souza of Barnstable. June 9 Gustave E. Ryberg of Centerville and Catherine I Byrnes of Memphis, Tenn. June 9 Arthur D. Fisher of Hyannis and Pearl E. Dean (Hewett) of Hyannis. June 12 Joaquin Rosary of Hyannis and Maria Gracia Monteiro of Hyannis. June 14 Thomas William Wootton of Vineyard Haven and Hattie Ethlynd Phinney of Cotuit. June 14 Frank Patrick Doyle of Falmouth and Marjorie Murphy of Falmouth. June 20 Clarence T. Wilmot of Nashua, N. H., and Zelma Anita Bearse of West Barnstable. June 22 Merton Herbert Bates of Osterville and Katherine Louise Newkirk of Wilmington, N. C. June 26 Harry Clark Cox of Hyannis and Harriet Perry Annis of Hyannis. June 26 Clarence R. Chapman of Marblehead and Frances M. Puttick of Boston. June 26 Alexander D. Cameron of Bridgewater and Grace G. Weeks of Bridgewater. June 27 Bertram A. Beaupre of Hyannis and Effie O. Crowell (Crowell) of Hyannis June 28 Lawrence Dolbeer Gile of Pembroke, N. H., and Alma Lucille Crosby of Osterville. Jtiue 29 Axel Johnson of Centerville and Olga Howleng of Center- ville. 112 July 12 Edward Leroy Ashley of Santuit and Lillian Bertha Monroe of Hyannis. July 29 Leo William Burke of Hyannis and Charlotte McCue (Scott) of Brockton. July 31 Harold Fletcher Montcalm of Yarmouth and Lillian Otillia Ruska of Centerville. Aug. 6 Robert W. Schofield of West Yarmouth and Eloise Ham- mond of West Yarmouth. Aug. 6 Edward Ensley Chute of Cambridge and Phyllis Louise Snow of Everett. Aug 7 Frank Durward McGlamery of Hyannis and Lillian Nelson of Hyannis. Aug. 9 Nelson Bursley Marchant of Hyannisport and Anna Eliza- beth Kennedy of Boston. Aug. 11 Alexander Valle of West Yarmouth and Frances E. Wil- son (Hammond) of West Yarmouth. Aug. 17 Vernon Dwight Morgan of Yarmouth and Harriet Leah Nelson of Barnstable. Aug. 18 Henry Bernard Edwards of Hyannis and Lillian Blanche Pearse of Hyannis. Aug. 19 Da;niel M. Sullivan of Auburndale and Dorothy Gonsalves of West Barnstable. Aug. 22 George Frederick Crocker of Marstons Mills and Fannie . Maud Mecarta of Marstons Mills. Aug. 23 John R. Frazier of Providence, R. I., and Mary B. Staf- ford of Chicago, Ill. 113 Aug. 28 George Albert Leonard of Hyannis and Ella Maude Robin- son of Hyannis. Sept. 4 Maynard Johnson of South Yarmouth and Mildred Des- mond (Bassett) of Hyannis. Sept. 4 Arthur Gorman Lambert of Washington, D. C., and Mary Lemon Supple of St. Louis, Mo. Sept. 7 John W. Sonia of Bath, Me., and Clara Hyland of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Sept. 11 Lawrence Elliott Fitch of Rochester, N. Y., and Florence Augusta Newell of Riverside, California. Sept. 11 Harry Rice Kimbark of Evanston, Ill., and Helen Bate- man Gould of Wianno. Sept. 18 Forest Crosby Hamblin of Marstons Mills and Marjorie Alma Warner of South Yarmouth. Sept. 25 Curtis Franklin Hinckley of 0sterville and Virginia Merrill Reid of Osterville. Sept. 25 Gerald William Gross of Uxbridge and Marcella Gordon Fish of Cotuit. Oct. 1 Gordon G. MacDonald of Sandwich and Elizabeth May Williams of Hyannis. Oct. 2 Earl E. Holden, Jr., of Hyannisport and Elizabeth G. Mores of Hyannis. Oct. 8 Harold Earl Lamprey of Hyannis and Olive F. Bearse of Hyannis. Oct. 12 Hyman Burman of Hyannis and Fannie F. Glassburg-of Boston. 114 Oct. 12 John A. Jason of Provincetown and Louise Johnson (Fisher) of Hyannis. Oct. 16 Cortlandt Schuyler Van Rensselaer, Jr., of New York and Georgina Lawrence Wells of New York. Oct. 24 Harry Leland Jones of Barnstable and Anna Eleanor Hendrickson of West Yarmouth. Oct. 25 Ervin L. Lewis of Osterville and Margaret E. Abremenko (Leet) of Osterville. Nov. 3 Maurice R. Phinney, Jr., of Hyannisport and Eleanor Morris Vahey of Hyannisport. Nov. 6 Harold Russell Brown of Hyannis and.Elizabeth Amaral of Centerville. Nov. 7 William B. Gove of 'Hyannis and'Judith F. Connolly (Taylor) of Hyannis. Nov. 17 Milton Francis Gifford of Cotuit and Avis Louise Teach- man of New Bedford.. Nov. 17 Antone Morton Maderos of Falmouth and Helen P. Robesa of Falmouth. Nov. 19 Eugene Francois Davis of Centerville and Phyllis Maude Lumbert of Centerville. Nov. 25 Stephen Bernard O'Brien of Osterville and Margaret Mary Cross of Osterville. Nov. 25 Edward Phillip Burke of Hyannis and -Theresa Cecilia Corcorran of Brockton. Nov. 27 Joseph Duarte of West Barnstable and Louisa Anjas Dutra of West Barnstable. 115 Dec. 6 Hugh Clarke of Hyannis and Caroline P. Beeton (West) of Hyannis. Dec. 14 Alfred William Childs of. Hyannisport and Josephine Lewis (Washington) of Hyannisport. Dec. 20 Robert Lewin Baxter of Hyannis and Elizabeth Doody of Hyannis. Dec. 24 Ernest Warren Bearse of Hyannis and Clara Belle Tomp- kins of Hyannis. Dec. 25 Charles E. Young of Osterville and Saimi M. Carlson of Sandwich. Dec. 26 William Patrick Suzan of Hyannis and Dena Gertrude Erhard of Hyannis. Dec. 27 Joseph Hassett of Hyannis and Jeanette Gloria Paris of Haverhill. 116 DEATHS Deaths recorded in the Town of Barnstable for the year 1926: Jan. 14 Grace P. West (Atwood), Marstons Mills, 77 y. 2m. 30d. Jan. 15 Manuel D. Repose, Santuit, 33 y. 5 m. 5 d. Jan. 19 Isabelle P. Holway (Reid), Centerville, 55 y. 11 m. 7 d. Jan. 20 Charles S. Calhoon, Harwich, 70 y. 6 m. 27 d. Jan. 25 Almira Parker Crosby (Baker), Osterville, 68 y. 2 m. 2 d. Jan. 31 Adelaide F. Sturges (Meigs), Cotuit, 83 y. 20 d. Feb. 5 Fontenella S. Coet, Cotuit, 80 y. 23 d. Feb. 5 Admi C. Bacon (Clark), Hyannis, 70 y. 5 m. 25 d. Feb. 5 Carl L.'Sears, Hyannis, 1 m. 6 d. Feb. 7 Mary H. Rogers (Robello), Santuit, 59 y. 8 m. 30 d. Feb. 8 (Infant) Bettencourt, Hyannis. Feb. 8 (Infant) Bettencourt, Hyannis. Feb. 9 (Stillborn). Feb. 10 Ada Carney (Pickering), Hyannis, 61 y. 1 m. 11 d. Feb. 10 Lura Bayliss Nickerson, Osterville, 2 m. 11 d. Feb. 13 Isaiah C. Sears, Hyannis, 72 y. 5 m. 2 d. 117 Feb. 15 Frank Percy Goss, Hyannis, 73 y. 3 M. Feb. 15 Ella Frances Sturges (Carney), Hyannis, 72 y. 3 m. 20 d. Feb. 22 Abbott L. Robbins, Osterville, 73 y. 5 m. 12 d: Feb. 24 William H. Mitchell, Hyannis, 47 y. 4 m. Feb. 24 Mary Anna Timkins (Lee), Santuit, 64 y. Feb. 27 Aurin B. Crocker, Hyannis, 93 y. 10 m. 21 d. Mar. 2 Charles H. Eldridge, Hyannis,.64 y. 5 m. 9 d. Mar. 5 Isaiah A. Crowell, Barnstable, 79 y. 8 m. 20 d. Mar. 5 William Frank White, Santuit, 65 y. Mar. 8 Mary Bodfish Nickerson, Chatham, 68 y. Mar. 11 Mary N. Buzzell (Allen), Hyaffnis, 63 y. 2 m. 12 d. Mar. 11 Elizabeth M. Cotell, Hyannis, 4 m. Mar. 12 Katherine Kalas, Osterville, 4 d. Mar. 19 (Stillborn). Mar. 22 John Anderson Phinney, Barnstable, 62 y. Mar. 23 Paul C. Robbins, Hyannis, 64 y. Mar. 24 Nellie C. Gray, Hyannis, 58 y. Mar. 24 Eric H. Johnson, Centerville, 2 y. 10 m: 15 d. Mar. 24 Augustus B. Nye, Hyannis, 69 y. CC 1 1 C Mar. 28 Lucy A. R. Baker (Rose), Hyannis, 86 y. 4 d. Mar. 30 Asa F. Bearse, Hyannis, 84 y. 6 m. Apr. 2 Alice M. Smith (Baxter), Hyannisport, 59 y. 9 M. Apr. 2 Nellie Jenkins, Osterville, 55 y. , Apr. 3 Henry W. Gray, Hyannis, 82 y. 7 m. 16 d. Apr. 3 Charlotte Holm (Bergen), Osterville, 74 y. 7 m. 26 d. Apr. 3 Thomas Stevens, Hyannis, 87 y. 2 m. Apr. 8 Whitman W. Nickerson, Barnstable, 6 y. 9 m. 19 d. Apr. 11 Frances R. Sleeper (Allen), Hyannis, 81 y. 3 m. Apr. 11 Charles Henderson, Craigville, 60 y. Apr. 13 Guy L. Lighthall, Hyannis, 51 y. 8 m. 26 d. Apr. 17 Charles A. Vose, Chatham, 52 y. 11 m. 11 d. Apr. 19 Pearl Miriam Kelley, South Dennis, 5 y. 14 d. Apr. 23 Margaret M. Runnels (Fay), Hyannis, 43 y. Apr. 25 Charlotte Marshall Fiske (Marshall), Osterville, 50 y. 6 m. 10 d. Apr. 25 Augustus Howland, Chatham, 81 y. 10 m. Apr. 27 Etta L. Eldridge (Baker), Yarmouth, 45 y. Apr. 28 (Infant) Peters, Mashpee, 3 d. Apr. 29 Elmer L. Landers, Cotuit, 55 y. 3 m. 3 d. 119 Apr. 30 (Stillborn). May 3 Arnold L. Ryder, Cotuit, 23 d. May 11 Hortense M. Crocker (Hellar), Osterville, 53 y. 1 m. 15 d. May 13 Joyce Taylor, Hyannis, 68 y. 5 m. 3 d. , May 18 Phillips Dudley, Falmouth, 54 y. 1 m. May 20 Josephine C. Makepeace (Crocker),,West Barnstable 89 y. 3m. 3d. May 22 (Infant) Howes, Chatham, 1 h. May 22 Laben Snow, Jr., Harwich, 29 y. 11 m. 4 d. May 23 (Infant) Pinney, Chatham, 1 h. May 24 Ellen E. Sippola, West Yarmouth, 7 y.. May 24 Carleton Isham Ryder, Barnstable, 41 y. 6 m. 23 d. May 26 Hope Desire May Hallett, Centerville, 4 y. 2 m. 25 d. May -26 Lucy G. Arey (crush), West Barnstable, 82 y. 3 m. 29 d. May 26 Mary T. Caldwell, West Dennis, 86 y. 5 m. May 30 (Stillborn). June 2 Manuel Gonzalez, New York City, 32 y. June 5 Vila Amanda Jones (Moody), Barnstable, 76 y. 7 d. June 11 Malcolm Crosby, Jr., Osterville, 1 d. June 12 Henry H. Paine, Wakefield, 31 y. 8 m. 120 June 12 (Stillborn). June 13 Alice L. Handy (Nickerson), Cotuit, 70 y. 8 m. 9 d. June 13 John Stearns, Hyannis, 59 y. June 18 Ralph A. Stewart, Brookline, 56 y. 1 m. 24 d. June 19 Emma J. Briggs (Cahoon), Hyannis, 74 y. 10 m. 23 d. June 19 Edna Mac Lellan (Bassett), Chathamport, 27 y. 8 m. 13 d. June 25 James Cunningham, Boston, 61 y. June 25 Charles William Nelson, Cummaquid, 86 y. 9 m. July '6 Margaret Johnson (Hill), 76 y. July 7 Nelson Edward Weeks, Brookli^e, 72 y. 1 m. 10 d. July 7 Robert S. Williams, Hyannis, 79 y. 11 m..11 d. July 10 Elizabeth M. Blagden (Jones), Hyannis, 77 y. July 10 Jennie R. B. Moore (Bunting), New York .City, 79 y. 6 m. July 13 Emma Alice Willard (Road), West Falmouth, 76 y. July 14 John Holbik, Connecticut, 22 y. July 17 Lillian Mary Deckenback, South Yarmouth, 22 m. July 17 (Stillborn). July 22 Catherine Harding (Dolan), Barnstable, 46 y. 3 m. 5 d. July 22 'Lena Peres (Frank), Harwich, 62 y. July 23 Isabel M. Crowell (Goodspeed), Hyannis, 79 y. 2 m. 121 July 23 Alonzo C. Savery, Cotuit, 60 y. 4 m. 12 d. July 28 Flora Holley, Barnstable, 41 y. July 29 Cecelia Eklund, Attleboro, 53 y. Aug. 2 (Infant) Caswell, Hyannis. Aug. 4 Edward F. Sullivan, Jr., Boston, 4 d. Aug. 4 James F. Dixon, Cummaquid, 20 y. 4 d. Aug. 11 John W. Avery, West Falmouth, 79 y. 2 m. 9 d. Aug. 12 Rubietta Ellis, Falmouth, 19 y. 6 m. 4 d. Aug. 13 (Infant) Washington, Hyannis, 1/2 h. Aug. 14 Hanah S. Jones (Mensel), North Chatham, 62 y. 10 m. 8 d. s Aug. 16 Albert S. Starck, Centerville, 58 y. 5 m. 20 d. Aug. 20 Clorida Ann Parker (Bearse), Centerville, 81 y. 8 m. 6 d. Aug. 20 Edward Andrade, East Falmouth, 3 y. 9 m. 18 d. Aug. 21 (Stillborn). Aug. 26 Frank Hagerman,.Kansas City, Mo., 69 y. 3 m. 29 d. Aug.28 David Lindsay Gillespie, Pittsburg, Pa., 67 y. 10 m. 8 d. Aug. 28 George E. Crowell (Studley), Hyannis, 70 y. 9 m. 4 d. Sept. 1 Clarington Smith, Eastham, 86 y. 2 m. 6 d. Sept. 1 Henry Lincoln Souther, Boston, 67 y. 4 m. 23 d. Sept. 5 Ernest Maurice Johnson, Bourne, 3 d. 122 Sept. 7 Mary J. Mores (Cotia), Hyannis, 49 y. 11 m. 22 d. Sept. 8 William Treen, Wianno, 58 y. Sept. 8 Gilbert Denham, Falmouth, 24 y. 8 m. 8 d. Sept. 11 Edward Kelley, West Dennis, 21 y. 5 m. 9 d. Sept. 15 Harris W. Fleming, Brockton, 42 y. Sept. 15 Bridget McKay, Chatham, 53 y. Sept. 16 Albert W. Hoxie, Sandwich, 71 y. 7 m. 8 d. Sept. 25 William Henry Sturgis, Cotuit, 98 y. 8 m. 28 d. Sept. 26 Alexander A. Levesque, Woods Hole, 47 y. Sept. 26 Edmund S. Rousmaniere, Boston, 67 y. 10 m. 29 d. Sept. 28 Bertha Knight, Amherst, 40 y. 1 m. 5 d. Sept. 28 Wilhelmina Crocker (Jones), West Barnstable, 36 y. 8 m. 21 d. Sept. 28 Mary Gonsalves (George), West Barnstable, 43 y. 1 m. 13 d. Oct. 1 Sarah E. Hallett (Cahoon), Hyannis, 48 y. r Oct. 6 William H. Connor, Hyannis, 67 y. 9 m. Oct. 7 Francis X. Coveney, Dorchester, 46 y. Oct. 12 William Halley, Yarmouth, 82 y. Oct. 13 Ellen S. Humphreys (Stephenson), Pittsburgh, Pa., 59 y. 123 Oct. 17 Marion H. Cronan (Hart), Hyannis, 34 y. 1 m. Oct. 17 Esther Muse (Kenney), Hyannis, 58 y. Nov. 5 Raymond Vincent, Hyannis, 2 m. 11 d. Nov. 8 Laura M. Plummer (Boyden), Hyannis, 74 y. 8 m. 23 d. Nov. 11 Mercie Cammett (Forest), Osterville, 44 y. 7 m. 17 Nov. 11 Thomas Howard Soule, Jr., Hyannis, 81 y. 11 m. 26 d. Nov. 18 Frank Howard Hinckley, Barnstable, 76 y. 4 m. 18 d. Nov. 21 (Infant) Oakley, Mashpee, 4 d. Nov. 26 John S. Nicholson, Hyannis, 76 y. Nov. 27 Artemus Fulton, Hyannis, 72 y. 3 m. 3 d. Dec. 2 Susan L. Baker (Blagden), Hyannis, 85 y. 9 m. 14 d. Dec. 3 Carleton Otis Makepeace, Barnstable, 35 y. 8 m. 27 d. 1 Dec. 4 George C. Dunn, Hyannis, 75 y. Dec. 6 Thomas Robert Bradbury, Hyannis, 22 y. 8 m. 27 d. Dec. 10 Sylvia R. Crocker (Kelley), Centerville, 81 y. 1 m. 29 d. Dec. 13 Anna Helen Johnson, West Barnstable, 61 y. 4 d. Dec. 14 Ann Little Johnson, Centerville, 3 m. 28 d. Dec. 16 William Mortimer Leahy, Hyannis, 67 y. 9 m. ?.- 'd. Dec. 18 (Stillborn). Dec. 18 Cnrnelius J. Linehan, Hyannis, F2 y. 124 Dec. 19 Mary Baker (Downes), Hyannis, 64 y. Dec. 23 (Stillborn). Dec. 29 Annie I. Dixon, Cummaquid, 45 y. 8 m. 29d. BROUGHT HERE FOR BURIAL 1925 Oct. 25 Horace S. Baker, Boston, 72 y. Nov. 2 Eldora M. Howland, Worcester, 72 y. 6 m. 28 d. 1926 Jan. 7 Henrietta Rosella Bearse, Brandon, Vt., 68 y. 7 m. 15 d. Jan. 12 Mary J. Andrews, Brockton, 74 y. 3 m. 7 d. Jan. 19. William Thomas Makepeace, San Diego, Calif., 68 y. 5 m. 23 d. Feb. 21 Phebe T. Chamberlain, Boston, 81 y. 11 m. Feb. 23 Charles Gray, Lowell, 37 y. July 24 Euphena M. White, Chelsea, 79 y. Sept. 24 Harry Waldron Lewis, Providence, R. I., 56 y. 6 m. 27 d. Aug. 11 William P. Wright, Taunton, 76 y. Nov. 9 Abbie Louise Holmes, Danvers, 69 y. A CLARENCE M. CHASE, Town Clerk.. 125 JURY LIST, 1927 Augustus Andrews Jr. Inn Keeper Walcott Ames Electrician Freeman C. Adams Garage Prop. Victor H. Anderson Cranberry Grower Robert J. Bain Plumber Edwin L. Ballard Insurance Benjamin D. Baxter. Merchant Daniel Bearse Printer Frederick L. Bearse Gardener Lawrence B. Boston Salesman Clarence Brackett Carpenter Evert L. Baker Laborer John Bursley Farmer Clarence Bangs Real Estate Heman P. Crocker Printer `Judah Crowell Painter Frank E. Crocker Plumber Clarence A. Cotrell Salesman Samuel C. Crosby Caretaker Donald 0. Coffin Electrician Chester A. Crocker Salesman Zenas Crocker Laborer Braddock Coleman Carpenter Herbert E. Cook Insurance Richard Cobb Retired Herbert G. Cox Merchant Mortimer H. Doane Restaurant Arthur E. Dyer Merchant Joseph M. Daniel Carpenter Harold Daggett Hotel Keeper Isaac Fenno Elliott Coal Dealer Irving H. Fuller Electrician 126 Albert Grauer Chauffeur Arthur W. Hill Fish Dealer Herbert E. Holway Grocer Joseph W. Hamblin Contractor Carlton C. Hallett Cranberry Grower Frank L. Handy Salesman Abbott L. Harlow Carpenter Herbert L. Hinckley Electrician Herbert A. Howland Ice Cream Dealer William E. Hoyt Mason Chester P. Jordan Bakery Abner I. Jones Mechanic Zebina H. Jenkins Cranberry Grower William A. Jones Contractor Wyville J. Keveney Clerk. Andrew Kerr Canner Fred B. Livesley Auto Dealer Winfred B. Lovell Farmer Edward F. Maher Ice Dealer Max Malehman Merchant Charles W. Megathlin Real Estate* Julius P. Morin Auto Supplies James Murphy Retired t Charles H. Nye Retired L. Frank Paine Architect William H. Perry Carpenter Oliver W. Robinson Auto Supplies Malcolm L. Ryder Cranberry Grower Frederic F. Scudder. Coal Dealer Stuart F. Scudder Coal Dealer Arnold B. Smalley Carpenter Joseph F. Swift Carpenter Bernard M. Sears Electrician John L. Terry Druggist Joseph G. Turpin Hotel Keeper Richard Wirtanen Carpenter CAPE COD HEALTH BUREAU January 3, 1927 I have the honor to submit a brief report of health work on Cape Cod for the year 1926. The regular work has been carried on as usual, and the services rendered by the Sani- tary Inspector, Secretary, and nurses have been efficient in every respect. The regular work as is well known, con- sists in general of sanitary inspections of food places, pub- lic places, private premises, etc.; special attention is paid to dairies and to tuberculosis among cattle; .of school in- spections and physical examinations of all school children, correction of defects etc. Articles are furnished regularly for the local periodicals and every effort is made to spread information regarding health matters. In fact the work might be divided into four divisions. 1. Health work in connection with communicable and other diseases. 2. Work in the school. 3. Sanitary inspections and control including sewage and garbage disposal, etc. 4. Inspection of dairies and general milk inspection. Two meetings of the Cape Cod Health Bureau Associ- 128 ation were held during the year which were well attended by town officials of Barnstable County. Among those from out of the County who discussed health matters were Mr. Wright, and Drs. Scamman and Champion of the State Health Department, and Dr. MacKnight and Mr. Kirsch- baum of New Bedford. Two meetings of the Southeastern Association of Boards of Health were held on the Cape and one of the important matters taken up was that of uniform regulations for the control of communicable diseases. Sanitary conditions at the Barnstable County Fair were very favorably spoken of by State Officials and others. The Health Officer attended the New England Health Institute at Concord, N. H., and gave an address on "Coop- erative Health Work on Cape Cod." A great deal of inter- est was shown regarding this work and a good many ques- tions were asked.' The Institute was attended by represen- tatives of all of the New England States and several other states. Considerable time ,has been devoted to the County Health Department bill, and this was signed by the Govern- or in March and has been accepted by the County Commis- sioners. All.of the towns have signified their approval of this project. A number of students from the Harvard School of Pub- lie Health visited the district during the year. In general it may be said that Barnstable County has been comparatively free from communicable diseases. Chat- ham perhaps suffered the most, as apparently a majority of the non-immures contracted measles last winter. Measles 129 and whooping cough are perhaps the most difficult to con- trol of all communicable diseases. There has been some diphtheria and some scarlet fever but the cases were not severe, and there was little spread. In general it is believed that results of the year's work have been satisfactory, and the Health Officer wishes to ac- knowledge the unfailing cooperation of all officials and,oth- ers on the Cape. Visitors are always welcome at the office, where detailed reports of the work may be seen. This one is necessarily general and brief. Respectfully submitted, A. P. GOFF, Cape Cod Health District. BOARD OF HEALTH REPORT January 11, 1927 To the Selectmen of the Town of Barnstable: Your Board of Health offers the following report for the year ending December 31, 1926. General health conditions in the town show an improve- ment over the preceding year. Spread of the minor con- tagious diseases has been successfully checked and a marked improvement in general sanitation is shown. The following contagious diseases were reported during the year 1926. Measles 4 Sup. Conjunctivitis 1 Diphtheria 2 Mumps 3 Scarlet Fever 4 Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) 7 Lobar Pneumonia 3 Influenza 6 Encephalitis Lethargica (Sleeping Sickness) 1 Total 31 131 No contamination of the water supply of the town has been found and the water is considered safe for domestic use The town drain leading to Lewis Bay in Hyannis has been intercepted by a filter bed. A few months will show whether this was the source of all contamination of the wat- ers. Milk and dairy inspection show more accomplished than in 1925 with a marked increase in sanitary inspections. Number of Diary inspections 245 Number of sanitary inspections 202 Cattle tested for tuberculosis 324 Reacting 14 The work of the Dental Clinic was interrupted by the unsettled housing conditions so it was thought best to dis- continue the work for the balance of the year. When the housing is settled the clinic will be reopened. The town dumping ground has been operated through the year with excellent results,more than double the amount of rubbish and garbage has been disposed of than in the preceding year. The collection of garbage has been something of a prob- lem. But meagre information regarding methods of other towns near the size of Barnstable could be obtained, so the Board of Health had to work out its own method. It did not seem wise to attempt to cover the whole town this year.; it being pioneer work we felt that it could not be handled 132 efficiently or economically on so large a scale without some experience. Carefully going over the situation and finding that the increased number of restaurants, markets, hotels and boarding houses in Hyannis demanded better facilities for disposal of rubbish and garbage, we decided to work in that village. The work was started in'June, rubbish was collected until October first, and garbage until December 31. The cost of the work was kept within the appropriation. If this work can be continued and spread over the entire town, it will be the greatest step the town has made in sani- tation. We hope to bring before the town at the annual meeting a plan to carry on the work and enlarge the area served. Respectfully submitted, Barnstable Board of Health. G. W. HALLETT, Sec. REPORT OF THE PARK COMMISSION To the Citizens of the Town of Barnstable: Your Commission respectfully submits the following report: In June of the past year plans were made and carried out to do some clearing on the new piece of land acquired by the Town-on Ocean street for recreational purposes. A request from Cristie Brothers Circus to rent this land was made, and upon their offer to pay $150 rent, was granted. This money more than half paid for all clearing that could be done there before more definite plans for the ultimate improvement of the land are chosen. To further the possi- bility of the latter, a.topographical map of this tract has been ordered and completed. A Ford truck, donated to the Park Commission by Mrs. C. M. Hinkle, was used during the summer months for the transportation of a man and implements to care for the vari- ous parks throughout the Town, keeping the grass mowed and shrubs weeded. This truck was especially useful in carting rubbish to the dump and made it possible to keep the Town beaches fairly clear of picnic papers, boxes and so forth. During the late summer further hardening was com- pleted for more parking spaces at Craigville, and,at the re- 134 quest of several citizens a walk was made to the high-water mark from the circular parking space at the Centerville end of the beach. Curbings have been placed around Sherman Square and Harbor Square in Hyannis and one contracted for around the new Clarence Crowell Square, which could not be put in owing to inclement weather. A duplicate name board, like the one in Sherman Square, has been ordered for the Clarence Crowell Square. After several Joint meetings, at the behest of the School Committee, a survey and map have been made of the lands adjacent to the Training School in Hyannis. Owing .to the fact that the Town has voted to enlarge the Training School, your Commission, realizing that the already inadequate playgrounds connected with the Training School will of ne- cessity have to be enlarged, will make a recommendation to the Town to this effect. The financial report of the year will be found on'an- other,page. Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM F. JENKINS, JEAN G. HINKLE, FREDERIC F. SCUDDER. Park Commissioners. REPORT OF SEALER of WEIGHTS and MEASURES Sealed Adjusted Condemned Platform Scales 55 6 Counter Scales 55 2 Spring Scales 59 2 5 Computing Scales 47 7 Prescription 3 Personal Weighing 2 Weights 512 Liquid Measures 235 Gasoline Pumps 77 55 15 Kerosene Pumps 57 Molasses Pumps 5 1 Stops on Pumps 450 Yard Sticks 30 1 Total 1587 72 22 79 Transient Vendor Licenses $1,975 00 29 Pedlars Licenses @ $11 each 319 00 3 County Licenses Junk Pedlar Licenses Fees collected $145 68 Respectfully submitted, EVERETT L. HOXIE, Sealer of Weights and Measures. REPORT OF TREE .WARDEN To the Citizens of the Town of Barnstable: The past year has been a very favorable one to'the tree growth through this section, and the stre)et trees in general are in very good condition; nearly all of the trees that were 'blown over by the storm of 1924, that this department straightened up and replanted have shown marked evi- dence that they have taken root, and in the majority of cases made a very good growth. The damage done by that storm to,large trees where large branches were broken off has been given considerable attention by way of treatment to stop decay, and by thinning of shoots which in time will take the place of these large branches. The general plan of the work on trees has not varied to any great extent from that of past years, only where dam- age is continuously being done by the careless auto driver, who thinks nothing of running into and over newly planted trees and occasionally into large trees which have to be re- paired. In the early spring the trees were gone over in a general way to remove surplus growths and what ever dead and interfering branches there might be. The young trees were dug around and fertilized, many of the older trees were treated in the spring of 1925 to a liberal amount of prepared tree fertilizer, this is very important to trees that have grown to be large and in many instances stately sub- jects, and'are now being starved out with the advance of 137 progress, depriving them of the nourishment that once was theirs, by our tar roads-and tar sidewalks. In the future, in such locations we will have to make provisions for protect- ing the root systems of our street trees. The plan of planting street trees each year was carried out and 250 trees were planted on the streets of this town. The young trees set out in previous years are now beginning to show a very satisfactory yearly growth. This work.of planting trees each; year on our streets and roads should be continued. During the summer the trees were sprayed for the pests attacking the foliage and attention given to,the fungi dis- ease where some appeared. A pruning was given the maple trees during the summer removing a lot of new growth that interfered with traffic on the highways and with the pedes- trians on the sidewalks. Some large dead branches were removed this fall, also the work of removing dead trees was done, and in fact any work that had to be put off by the busy summer, was done during the fall. Respectfully submitted, . ROBERT F. CROSS. REPORT OF THE MOTH DEPARTMENT To the Citizens of the Town of Barnstable: In this report of my work for 1926, I would impress upon all property owners the absolute necessity of their cooperation in this work, every property owner should rid his property of all egg masses, thereby saving the foliage of his and his neighbor's trees. Negligence on the part of property owners, is the direct cause for many of our street trees being infested at the present time. In wooded areas this work might be considered a hardship on the owners, but in the residential sections on your home lands this work should be done carefully and conscientiously by each and every owner of property on which trees or vegetation of any kind grows, if we are to successfully cope with this 'pest. Creosoting and spraying are the only successful known ways to combat this pest. Not until such a time as the natural enemies and para- sites are present in larger numbers can we hope for relief in any other direction, than by creosoting the egg masses and spraying the foliage for the gypsy caterpillar. Unfor- tunately although there were about forty distinct species of the imported parasites liberated by the federal labor- atories at Melrose, Massachusetts; today there are only 139 about fifteen species which seem to stand our climatic con- ditions, and they are not making a very marked headway in colonizing themselves. It is to be regretted that none of our native birds seem to feed on the gypsy caterpillar with the probable excep- tion of the cuckoo. Our work during the past year has been confined to creosoting and spraying, and if adjoining properties to the street "trees in our villages were sprayed there would not be a gypsy in the town of Barnstalile. The Brown Tail Moth The Brown Tail Moth situation is most satisfying. We have three sections where the Brown Tails have been found but not in the numbers that they have been found in past years. • This is the most poisonous to human beings of.our pests and I feel that we have taken a step forward in curbing this pest. Respectfully submitted, ROBERT F. CROSS. REPORT OF FOREST WARDEN To the Selectmen of the Town of Barnstable: During the year just past we have had a number of brush, forest, and grass fires, but none that reached an ex- tent of more than five acres, except a railroad fire at over- head bridge, in the early spring which burned over a large area of brush land. The observer at Shoot Flying Hill has been a wonderful help in giving definite locations as to the place of fires. The plan adopted by the three cooperating agencies, the United States.Forest Service, The Massachusetts For- estry Association, and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation, in selecting the six towns, Bourne, Barnsta- ble, Falmouth, Mashpee, Sandwich, and Yarmouth, to be patroled continually by two Forest Rangers, in Ford cars, equipped with small forest fire fighting equipment, was a wonderful help in keeping campers, berry-pickers, and au- tomobile parties from starting fires, and also in checking up on persons lighting,fires without permits. The cutting out of about forty miles of wood roads was done during the spring, which was paid for on a fifty-fifty basis by the Uassachusetts Forestry Association and the Town.; and I hope that the town will avail itself of the op- portunity again this year by appropriating a suin of money to match that appropriated by the Massachusetts Forestry Association, as this work of brushing out wood roads makes passable roads which would otherwise be impassable in times of need. Respectfully submitted, ROBERT F. CROSS. REPORT OF THE TOWN FOREST COMMITTEE To the Citizens of the Town of Barnstable: The work of the Town Forest Committee for,the year 1926 has been directed along three lines; namely, new plant- ing, fire protection and care of the trees. There was planted last season by The Franklyn Nurs- ery Company, twenty thousand trees of the following vari- eties, Norway, Spruce, Scotch and Austrian pines. �As a means of fire protection we have had the several roads on the lot brushed out and other work done along the same line. We also had burned or removed a public dump And have taken, measures to stop further dumping of rub- bish. In the care of the trees we found that many of them were hindered in their growth by the underbrush so we have had considerable light brushing done around them which we believe will be well worth the exense. ' There is yet about ten acres of this lot to be planted and we hope with the appropriation asked for to complete this and make a substantial start on another lot. Respectfully submitted, S. FREMONT CROCKER, For the Committee. ANNUAL REPORT of the SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT ORGANIZATION Surveyor of Highways Lauchlan Mr Crocker, Marstons Mills Tel. Cotuit 88 Term expires 1929 Deputies G. L. Coleman Cotuit W. B. Lovell Marstons Mills _ t H. W. Jenkins West Barnstable G. C. Seaburg Barnstable S. C. Robinson Hyannis P. E. Smith Hyannisport C. E. Doubtfire Centerville E. P. Childs Osterville 143 Reconstruction Appropriated $106,000 00 EXPENDITURES Bates Avenue (Osterville) 1434 sq. yds. Bituminous concrete $1,792 50 Grading 200 00 $1,992 50 Bridge Street (Osterville) 8029 sq. yds. Bituminous concrete $5,018 12 (See special appropriation) 5,018 12 High Street (Cotuit.) 3865 sq. yds. Bituminous concrete $4,831 25 Grading 1,188 00 6,019 25 High School Road (Hyannis) 2952 sq. yds. Bituminous concrete $3,690 00 Grading 42 89 3,732 89 Hyannis-West Barnstable Road Built by the Comm. of Mass. under Chapter 90, supervision of the Selectmen. See Report of Selectmen. 14,000 00 144 Miscellaneous Surveying, instruments and equipment $441 27 Drainage 458 50 . Pea stone and stone screenings 698 ,70 Freight and carting 1,508 18 3,106 65 Ocean Street and Cra.igville Road Widening 12,804 sq. yds. Bituminous concrete $12,SO4 00 12,804 00 Pearl Street (Hyannis) 1477 sq. yds. Bituminous concrete $1,181 60 Grading 62 30 1,243 9C Phinney's Lane (Centerville) 5912 sq. yds. Bituminous concrete $7,390 00 Grading 1,034 43 8,424 43 Pine Street (Hyannis) , 2314 sq. yds. Bituminous concrete $1,885 60 Grading 79 90 1,965 50 Race Lane (Ma.rstons Mills) Held by Town Treasurer, available for use in 1927 8,500 00 145 School Street (Hyannis) 2160 sq. yds. Bituminous concrete $2,700 00 Grading 88 90 2,788 90 Scudder's Lane (Barnstable) 4630 sq. yds. Bituminous concrete $5,787 50 Grading 1,502 13 $7,289 63 Seal Coating Centerville Road 20,188 sq.yds. Eel River Road 3,636 sq.yds. West Bay Road 3,364 sq:yds. Center Street 3,695 sq.yds. Hawthorn Avenue 1,867 sq.yds. South Street 20,726 sq.yds. Main Street 6,061 sq.yds. Pearl Street . 1,477 sq.yds. Pine Street 2,314 sq.yds. 63,328 sq.yds. Sealed with application of one- half gallon per sq. yd. Asphalt $9,499 20 9,499 20 South Street (Hyannis) 8,188 sq. yds. Bituminous concrete $5,117 50 5,117 5C 146 Winter Street (Hyannis) 10,182 sq. yds. Bituminous concrete $12,727 50 Grading 1,770 03 14,497 53 Total $106 000 00 CAMP STREET DRAINAGE Appropriated $3,000 00 Expenditures: Excavation, laying pipe and backfilling $1,326 45 Pipe, elbows, etc. 1,291 76 Catch basins, etc. 374 67 $2,992 88 Balance 7 12 $3,000 00 BRIDGE STREET, OSTERVILLE Appropriated �$5,000 00 Expenditures: Grading $4,865 00 Balance 135 00 $5,000 00 SIDEWALKS Appropriated $6,000 00 Expenditures: Asphalt sidewalks $3,987 00 Concrete sidewalks and curbs 2,013 00 $6,000 00 147 PARKWAY PLACE Appropriated $500 00 Expenditures: Catch basins, covers, etc. $235 00 Cinders 123 25 Labor, trucking, etc. 141 75 $500 00 SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL Appropriated $10,000 00 Expenditures: Trucks plowing snow $3,385 21 Labor and sidewalk plows 6,369 70 Replacement and repairs on plows 237 26 $9,992 17 Balance 7 83 $10,000 00 REPAIRS ON ROADS AND BRIDGES Appropriated $43,000 00 Expenditures: Bridges and Drawtender $1,082 66 Cinders, Shells, Gravel, etc. 1,229 07 Drainage 1,131 37 Dust Layers 1,870 50 Fences 341 78 Freight and Express 388 82 14.8 Hyannisport Road 7,161 58 Labor, Teams and Trucks 16,403 50 • Land and Garage Rent 300 00 Salary and Transportation 3,500 00 Septic Tank 3,300 00 Stone and Cold Patch 436 54 Tools and Motor Grader 2,401 19 Truck and Mixer 1,948 22 Unclassified 132 63 Work ordered by County Commrs. 206 00 Widening with Asphalt 1,144 00 Total $42,977 86 Balance 22 24 $43,000 00 HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT RE-CLASSIFICATION Approp. Approp. Estimated in in in 1925 1926 1927 Reconstruction $110,000 00 $106,000 00 $75,000 00 Repairs on roads and bridges 35,000 00 43,000 00 36,500 00 Snow and ice removal 2,500 00 10,000 00 11,000 00 Sidewalks 6,000 00 6,000 00 10,000 00 Extra highway appropriations 14,000 00 8,500 00 Totals $167,500 00 $173,500 00. $132,500 .00. 149 To the Voters and Taxpayers of Barnstable: Not the least important factor in the development and prosperity of the Town of Barnstable is its system of good roads. A mile of reconstructed highway each year was the original aim of the Road Committee in the first year of their creation, but the pressing necessity for better roads has increased this amount to the equivalent of five miles of eighteen foot road each year, and by judicious, spending and much effort we can now boast of nearly ninety miles of paved roads. The past year has witnessed much accomplishment in the betterment and extension of our road program. Recon- struction (that is the rebuilding of new surfaces on old lo- cations) of our water bound macadam roads has been near- ly finished, there remaining now only Camp Street in Hy- annis and Sunset Hill Road in Hyannisport to be resurfaced in order to complete this section of our program. While great progress has been made on our highway program, we have by no means finished the job. Working steadily we are modernizing the system in accordance with the best engineering practice within reach of our limited capital. During the last five years traffic has increased tre- mendously. It is quite unlikely that we have reached the peak, and increase in numbers and roads may be expected for some time to come, although hardly at the same rate of increase as in recent years. It is in anticipation of such in- crease and to care for today's traffic that we have embarked upon our straightening, widening and strengthening pro- gram. 150 It will be well for us to remember that only that part of the cost of the road that is spent for good alignment, good grades and good drainage is the permanent investment. It is time we placed emphasis on that phase of our work. We know the surface may need replacing in time and can be replaced at a moderate cost if the base is a good one. Without a good base we have nothing but a temporary makeshift. In new construction proper preparation of the sub- grade is just as important for the finished road as the pav- ing mixture and often the money spent in such preparation may be more than saved in the use of a thinner paving than would otherwise be considered safe and proper. It has been demonstrated in this town that a thinner wearing surface will successfully withstand severe traffic when prop- erly supported from below. Bridge Street, Osterville, is a notable example of this fact, only two inches of wearing surface has been laid down on this uncompleted road. Yet it has withstood a severe test in which six trucks with a gross loaded weight of approximately thirteen tons each made daily, six trips for a period of over two months with- out any show of strain, with one exception where there is a break at the edge of the road on a four foot fill. !On the other side, Pearl Street, Hyannis, is an example of where a saving in the cost of proper preparation of the base is false economy. With a limited amount of money available for this road it did not seem advisable to disturb the good base that was already in use and go to the expense of lowering the subgrade and then replacing the base again. As a_ result it has been necessary to erect a curb along one side of this road to remedy a drainage evil and we shall probably be, obliged to erect one on the other side of the road, besides causing an annoyance to some of the abutters whose,lawns will eventually be below the level of the sidewalk. 151 Proper drainage is one of the first essentials for a good road and we must give more attention to this in the future than we have in the past. Replacement of loose stone and plank drains with concrete structures are needed and there is perhaps no better type of permanent improvement than the use of concrete in drainage. In our haste for new construction we have'paid little attention to the maintenance of the roads already paved and maintenance and improvements on the dirt roads that are not on the immediate program. We.should inaugurate in 1927 the use of full time men throughout the town and road patrolling, so that .the small defects may be repaired before they become great ones. This will mean a fairly large initial outlay but the saving will undoubtedly be quite apparent the first year as well as an improvement in the condition of the roads. The past year has seen our maintenance equipment vastly improved. A new Graham Brothers truck was added also a Wehr Grader. This grader has a Fordson full crawl- er tractor for a motor plant and has done fine work in wid- ening our dirt roads and assisting in the construction of new ones. Considerable asphalt paving has been accomplished in 1926 from our maintenance fund, notably the Railroad cross- ing in Hyannis and the widening of Railroad Avenue. The resurfacing of the Hyannisport road has made a vast im- provement in that district. This road with its 7340 square yards is the equivalent of three quarters of a mile of eight- een foot road. While more money was spent on this sec- tion than was appropriated, it seemed more economical to build the full width and length at this time, even at the ex- pense of scrapping the budget that the Surveyor of High- ways had prepared and was trying to follow. 152 An experiment was tried in the use of calcium chloride as a dust layer, while probably more costly the first few years than road oil it will probably give better satisfaction in the end as it is cleaner and a smoother surface can be maintained, as this chemical gathers moisture from the air and permits dragging even in mid-summer. Mr. J. R. Worcester of Boston, a Bridge Engineer of national repute was employed to furnish advice on the ad- visibility of renewing the draw span in Grand Island Bridge. Mr. Worcester reports that the span needs no replacement at this time. He recommends a limit of ten tons for.the bridge, and a new locking device, for which he is drawing designs. Mr. Worcester further recommends some flew machinery for the operation of the draw. A septic tank was built under the direction and super- vision of the Agent of the Roa.rd of Health at South street at the end of the drain that runs from Depot Square to the harbor. Although the Surveyor of Highways was ordered to fix the evil that existed in this drain he does not seem to have accomplished much by the erection of this tank, and therefore recommends that a system of sewerage of some description be installed in Hyannis and avoid any more expense of the septic tank type. The sidewalks of the town are still in a deplorable con- dition. With the small amount of money available each year for the permanent type of sidewalks we are unable to keep up with the demand, and with our money scattered over such a large area it does not show to advantage. How- ever, nearly one half mile of asphalt sidewalk was built in Cummaquid as well as large sections in Cotuit, Santuit, Os- terville and Centerville. With the addition of the concrete and brick grouted sidewalks in the west end of Hyannis considerable improvement was made in those localities. 153 The town of Barnstable has a splendid system of ef- fective, all year type of highway construction. There is little use of having all year roads unless they are passable every day in the year. Experience during recent years has shown that expenditure for snow removal is money well spent. The town has an investment of perhaps from five to ten million dollars in highways, that have been paid for in the main by the tax payers. Motor vehicles with a value of probably two million dollars are being operated through- out the winter in this town, and the uninterrupted use of these roads is of the greatest importance. In the past it was not unusual to have the roads impassable days at a time for motor vehicles. The financial loss and inconvenience has caused the people to demand that they be open at all times. While Barnstable has been the pioneer on Cape Cod in snow removal we still have a long ways to go before we can reduce our cost per mile. Preliminary to the satisfac- tory clearing of roads of snow is the preparation before the storm comes, in the line of removing weeds and brush which cause the snow to drift. Another precaution is the erection of snow fences at the points where the greatest drifting occurs. We have this year purchased our first snow fence and await a demonstration of its value. The four blade snow plows, have done excellent work within their limitations and are still the type preferred for a light snowfall but when drifts of any depth are encoun- tered they must be assisted by a gang of shovellers. The Highway Surveyor recommends the purchase of at least one powerful tractor and plow that will open up the High- ways without hesitating at ice and drifts, and which would pay for itself in one year if four or five severe snowstorms were experienced in a winter. 154 We are appropriating large sums yearly in the effort to keep pace with the constant demand for improved high- ways for our modern methods of transportation. The con- sequent burden of taxation is heavy and in many cases ob- jectionable. Just what methods to employ in the expendi- ture of the money rasied for highways in order that we may receive the greatest possible value is a serious problem and a complex one. Your Surveyor of Highways is fully con- scious of the responsibility the town has entrusted to him, and he hopes to be able to repay.the town for its confidence with worth while service. Respectfully submitted, LAUCHLAN M. CROCKER, Surveyor of Highways. ANNUAL REPORT OF , THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND SliPERINTE.NDENT OF SCHOOLS OF THE Town of Barnstable FOR THE YEAR 1926 'THE i o B AIR BSTABLE, .� MASS, p� OpA 163 9. MAC Ar• PRINTED ON CAPS COD BY F. B. 9 F. P.OOSS, N Y A N N 1 8 TOWN OF BARNSTABLE ORGANIZATION • School Committee Collen C. Campbell, Chairman Hyannis, Mass. Term expires 1928 Richard Cobb Barnstable, Mass. Term expires 1929 Walter I. Fuller Osterville, Mass. Term expires 1927 Superintendent of Schools Carlon E. Wheeler Residence, Harbor Bluffs Road, Hyannis Telephone 114-14 Office, Training School Building Telephone 71-3 Office hours: 8.30-9.00 a. m. on school days. Clerk Dorothy E. Reckendorf Residence, 11 Camp Street, Hyannis Telephone 327-2 Office hours: 8.30-11.45 a. m.; 1.15-4.30 p. m. on school days. Saturdays, 9.00 a. m.-12 m. 157 School Physician Dr. A. P. Goff, Main Street, Hyannis Telephone 559-3 School Nurse Dorothy M. Clancy, R. N. Residence, Winter Street, Hyannis Telephone 471-2 Office, Iyanough School Building Telephone 14-3 Office hours: 8.30-9.30 a. m. Attendance Officers I. F. Ellis Barnstable, Mass. William E. Lake West Barnstable, Mass. A. Seabury Childs Cotuit, Mass. T. V. West Centerville, Mass. Chester L. Baker Osterville, Mass. Alexander Nickerson Hyannis, Mass. George F. Hart Hyannis, Mass. 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J7 j , @ . �kƒ� �� \ � r \ \\ m \ . ® Qk \ »� \ f . . /\ . & 410 E�® m / \ ƒ $ . 170 1 SUMMARY 1926 (a) Appropriation available Appropriation, March, 1926 $136,410 00 Cobb Fund 404 32 Dog Tag 931 45 Total $137,745 77 (b) Net Cost for Support of Schools Expended for New Equipment - 3,978 37 Received from Cobb Fund 404 32 Dog Fund 931 45 Tuition received 5,630 SO- General School Fund—State 8,160 00 Supplies sold and telephone tolls 36 36 19,141 30 Cost•for Support of Schools from local taxation $118,604 47 (c) Net average membership 1926 1,122 (d) Cost per pupil for support in average membership from local taxation 1926 $105 70 (e) Average of,355 towns and cities 1925 $78 91 *All tuition charges collected for year 1925-26. The amount includes arrears due for several years from other towns. 171 1927 (a) Total appropriation needed $147,740 00 Permanent Improvement and New Equipment $5,240 00 Cobb Fund 404 32 Dog Fund 1,125 08 General School Fund—State 8,700 00 Tuition 2,500 00 $17,969 40 (b)'Net cost for support from local taxation $129,770 60 (c) Net appropriation requested $146,210 60 (d) Net amount to be raised by local taxation $135,010 60 Report of the School Committee To the citizens.of the Town of.Barnstable: Your School Committee invites careful study of this report and of the following one by the Superintendent of Schools. The Committee in its last report expressed the hope that an adequate junior high school building might be erec- ted on the high school grounds in Hyannis by September 1928. It now feels that this is impossible; but it urges strongly that one be built there as soon as possible. Barn- stable is one of the twenty richest towns in the State; and• no- financial consideration should prevent its schools from being as good as any in the State. They cannot be, how- ever, until there 'is a thoroughly equipped junior high school. Such a school is the key to the 6-3-3 organization; and that organization is recognized by educational author- ities as the most effective as well as the most economical. It is being adopted very generally throughout the country; and in our immediate neighborhood is already inaugurated at Plymouth and Falmouth. In the 6-3-3 organization the lowest six grades, children averaging in age from six to twelve, are grouped by them- selves and taught in elementary schools; the next three grades, the grammar school grades, averaging in age from thirteen to fifteen, are likewise grouped.by themselves in junior,high schools; and the three highest grades, the more 173 mature boys and girls, averaging in age from sixteen to eighteen, are again grouped by themselves in.senior high schools. By grouping separately the boys and girls of ado- leseent age, separating them on the one hand from the chil- dren in 'the elementary schools and on the other hand from the young men and women in the upper grades, it is pos. sible to secure for each group better teachers, more appro- priate instruction, more generous equipment, and for all of 'them a richer, more complete education. Details concern- . ing the educational and social advantages of this grouping will be found in the following report by the Superintendent of Schools. Here will be shown the material gain which accrues to the existing educational plant by withdrawing from the village school houses two grades and from the high school houses one grade. A year ago this September the school organization was 8-4; the lower eight grades were taught in the village schools; the higher four in-high schools. Most of the school houses «Vere overcrowded; and every where the pressure of numbers was threatening. Had the eight grades been left in the different elementary school buildings the chil- dren could not have been. provided for properly -%vithouL adding rooms to all of those buildings except at Barnsta- ble and Osterville. At Barnstable there would have been room for only four more children; at Osterville, for thir- teen. To meet these congested conditions the old high school building in Hyannis was used for the beginnings of a newly organized junior high; and to it were transferred as many seventh and eighth grade grammar school pupils as the building would accommodate. All eighth grade pupils were taken out of the elementary school houses and all seventh grade pupils except those in West Barnstable and Cotuit. This approach to the 6-3-3 organization has relieved the village school houses from pressure all along the line. 174 There is now room for growth everywhere except at Center- ville; and it would be possible to transport children from there to Osterville. Enough has been said to indicate in general the relief brought to crowded schoolhouses by the reduction of the number of grades taught in them; but to make clear the effect of the 6-3-3 organization on all the different buildings and the consequent school situation throughout the Town, the School Committee gives the following detailed informa- tion with accompanying explanations. The elementary.school teacher is a grade teacher; that is she teaches in.one room children of one or more grades everything they are taught. Ideally her children should be all of one grade; but since ordinarily a teacher given one grade divides it into two sections, letting one, section study while the other recites, she is not unduly handicapped by being given two grades. When, however, she is given three, she is handicapped undesirably. As the number of grades she must teach in one room at one time increases, this handicap increases altogether disproportionately, soon rendering the instruction which ought to be given impossi- ble. Unless the children are very few not more than two grades should be put into one room, nor should there be more than about thirty children; for a teacher who has many more cannot give sufficient attention to the individual. Roughly speaking, then, if the number of rooms in an ele- mentary schoolhouse is multiplied by thirty we get the prop- er capacity of that schoolhouse; but always, too, the num- ber of rooms should be equal to at least half the number of: grades taught in the school. The following table is based on the reasoning above. Figures showing existing condi- tions are actual; those for supposed conditions are approx- imate, based on the actual figures. For instance, in a 175 schoolhouse where six grades are now taught if the seventh and eighth grades were returned to it, -the numbers would be increased approximately one third. Also those two grades would as two additional grades call for an extra room. , c,Room for growth m m —plus,or m overfilled —minus BARNSTABLE Capacity 4x30 120 4 rooms has now .6 87 plus 33 would have with 8 116 plus 4 OSTERVILLE Capacity 4x30 120 4 rooms has now 6 80 plus 40 would have with 8 107 plus 13 WEST BARNSTABLE Capacity 3x30 90 3 rooms would have with 6 76 plus 7;4 Sufficient for only has now 7 89 plus 1 3x2 or 6 grades would have with 8 98 minus 8 i COTUIT Capacity 3x30 90 3 rooms would have with 6 78 plus 12 Sufficient for only has now 7 98 minus 8 3x2 or 6 grades would have with 8 104 minus 14 MARSTONS MILLS Capacity 2x30 60 2 rooms has now 6 52 plus 8 Sufficient for only would have with 8 70 minus 10 2x2 or 4 grades CENTERVILLE Capacity 2x30 60 2 rooms has now 6 62 minus 2 Sufficient for only would have with 8 83 minus 23 2x2 or 4 grades IYANOUGH Capacity 2x30 60 2 rooms has now 4 71 minus 11 Sufficient for only 2x2 or 4 grades TRAINING Capacity 6x35 210 6 rooms has now .6 236 minus 26 would have with 8 304 minus 94 With addition Capacity 10x35 350 10 rooms has with present 6 236 plus 114 adding Iyanough 70 307 plus 43 _ _ would then have with 8 409 minus 59 177 The situation in Centerville and Marstons Mills is com- plicated by the fact that the schoolhouses are two-room buildings. To provide properly for six grades each build- ing should have a third room added; but neither building lends itself readily to such an addition, and neither build- ing has the possibility of an adequate playground. Under existing conditions we can await future developments-be- fore deciding what ought to be done; for even if a teacher must unfortunately be given three grades her task is not beyond reason, provided her children are not too many. The numbers in Centerville are threatening; but as yet they are not unmanageable. With eight grades necessitating four instead of three grades to a teacher and a proportion- ' ately larger number of children the situation at Marstons Mills and Centerville would be intolerable. ' The larger, elementary school in Hyannis differs from. the other elementary schools because it is a Training school. The Town is under contract to run such a school—last year one of eight grades, this year one of six—in conjunction with the adjoining State Normal School. The children are taught in part by Normal School students under supervis- ion of the regular teachers, who draw salary both from the Town and the State. Of late the Normal School students have been disproportionately many; but the addition of the four rooms now contracted for,will greatly help in keeping down the number of Normal School students assigned to any particular room. To some extent the Normal School student, by giving instruction to small groups, is of actual assistance to the regular teacher+. For, this reason and be- cau&e the rooms are exceptionally large it has been thought right to gauge the capacity of a room in the Training School at thirty-five instead of thirty. Even so and with six grades instead of eight the building is at present overfull by twenty-six. With six grades, however, after the four 178, rooms have been added, it will be possible to bring over the seventy-one children now overcrowding the Iyanough School, freeing that for temporary junior high use, and still have one room for growth. There would be three for growth if we count the two Iyanough School rooms; but these last could not be returned to elementary school use until after the Junior High had been provided with.perman- ent quarters. With eight grades there would be no spare room in Hyannis for growth of numbers in elementary school children. Both the enlarged Training School and the Iyanough School buildings would be filled. In the Cotuit district the situation remains difficult. The seventh and eighth grades in Marstons Mills are taken 'to Cotuit—the seventh entering the elementary school there, and the eighth entering with the Cotuit eighth, the Eliza- beth Lowell High. Both the elementary and the high school buildings are overfilled. The elementary schoolhouse is good; but it cannot advisably be much enlarged because of inadequate playground. To establish a junior high for the Cotuit district is unpractical because of the small number of students. The wisdom of transporting the seventh and eighth grades to Hyannis is questionable because of the dis- tance. Our need for the 6-3-,3 organization here where we cannot easily get it emphasizes its value. In the elementary schools six grades have been sub- stituted for eight pretty generally; but in the high schools the grades have not been reduced and cannot be until the Junior High is provided with adequate quarters. The 6-3-3 organization falls into two divisions; elementary schools in which are taught the six lower grades; and secondary schools in which are taught the six higher. The six grades taught in secondary schools are divided 3-3 between the junior high and the senior high. In the Cotuit district the 179 organization now is 7-5; the lower seven grades are taught in the elementary schools; the higher five in the high school. In other parts of the Town the organization is an imper- fect 6-2-4; 2-4.because the Junior High has in it two grades instead of three, and the Barnstable High four instead of three; imperfect because there still remain some seventh grade pupils in the elementary schools. It is difficult to make clear the status of a secondary school building in regard to capacity because its true capa- city is'not directly dependent on the number of pupils but on the number of classes and sections of classes into which the pupils are divided. At the same time it is indirectly dependent on the number of students because the larger the number the larger will be the classes and the more likely will be the necessity of sections to those classes. The rooms must be sufficient in number to provide for the ade- quate teaching of all subjects in the curriculum. Obviously, then, the more a curriculum is enriched the more demand will three be for rooms. The teachers—subject not grade teachers—are all given rooms and are busy in those rooms the greater part of the time either hearing recitations or supervising study. The average size of a class or section is- twenty-three. If therefore we multiply the number of rooms available by twenty-three we get roughly the pupil- capacity of the building. Its teacher-capacity.cannot ex- ceed very greatly the number of rooms. On the ground floor of the Elizabeth Lowell High at Cotuit are two large ,rooms and an entry way used as a room. Upstairs is an apology for a room—small, poorly heated, and poorly lighted. There are forty-six students. Next year there will presumably be about sixty. The build- ing is. desperately inadequate, not this year because of ex- cessive numbers, but because the forty-six students fall 180 into five grades instead of three or even four; and because of the many different subjects they ought to be able to choose from if they are to be given educational opportuni- ties similiar to those offered in the Barnstable High. Equal opportunities cannot be given with only the present num- ber of teachers—three; yet the number of teachers is gen- erous in comparison with the number of pupils and exces- sive as regards proper school room accommodation. Any attempt to make the school building adequate would in the opinion of the Committee be a waste of money. To erect a new building seems out of the question: The population of the Town does not at present warrant the heavy expendi- ture'necessary to build, equip, and maintain a second first class high school; nor are the numbers in the Cotuit dis- trict sufficient to permit of such a school. With thoroughly adequate quarters provided for the Junior High in Hyan- nis it would be possible to transfer to Hyannis the high school boys and girls of the Cotuit district, should the per- fectly reasonable demand be made that they be given the first class high school education impossible in Cotuit. This might be done without increase of current expense even now; but the need for a new Junior High School building would then become imperative. Conditions in Hyannis would become threatening in their congestion. Appreciation of why the high school building in Cotuit is wholly inadequate will help comprehension of why the comparatively new high school building in Hyannis is filled almost to capacity. There,are in it twelve rooms which can be reckoned for teachers; there are eleven teach- ers giving full time to the school and four—those teaching music, drawing, and physical culture-who, give part time. In teacher-capacity the building is nearly full. Allowing twenty4hree students to a room gives a pupil-capacity of two hundred and seventy-six. There are now two hundred 1S1 and sixteen students, which leaves room for sixty. As a matter of fact, however, there are more than two hundred and sixteen students; for classes from the Junior High are making use of the laboratory, gymnasium, sewing room, and art room. The building is so nearly filled that steps ought to be taken towards increasing its capacity. The erection near it of a house for the Junior High would do this in two. ways; first by Withdrawing from it the ninth grade, thereby increasing its pupil.-capacity; secondly by providing rooms in a neighboring building, thereby increas- ing its outlying possibilities in teacher-capacity. The Junior High and the Barnstable High buildings can be made to supplement each other; for the two schools •are run most effectively and economically as one school of two departments. The Junior High students use the facil- ities of the Barnstable High and are taught.by teachers in the Barnstable High. In addition to the rooms they use there, they have four rooms in the old high schoolhouse, and a basement room for shop work in the Iyanough School— in all the equivalent of something over five rooms. There are now one hundred and forty-nine students. It is esti- mated that the proportion of rooms to students is about one to twenty-seven. If nest year the two rooms in the Iyan- ' ough School house are used for the Junior High, the ele- mentary schoolchildren now in it having been transferred to the enlarged Training School, there will be room for two hundred and two. With some crowding this might be made to take care of all the outlying seventh and eighth grade pupils including those of the Cotuit district; but there would be no room to spare, no room for growth, and no room for the ninth grade from the Barnstable High. The Junior High is the saving-element in the school situation here. Without it the elementary school houses would be very much overcrowded, and there would be no relief in sight for high school conditions. Immediate addi- 182 tions would be needed in nearly all of the school buildings. The school is now housed only partly and very inadequate- ly in the old high school building, which everyone must wish to see removed. If we are to keep the room obtained in the elementary school houses and to secure more needed room in both elementary and high school houses it must be provided with new quarters. An adequate building for the Junior High in the close neighborhood of the Barnstable High is of first. importance to the welfare of all the schools throughout the Town. It ought to be erected with the least possible delay. The 6-3-3 organization with the junior high school as a part of it is what Barnstable ought to have; but the reas- on for moving towards it at just this time is that overcrowd-. ed conditions in the schoolhouses demanded action of some sort. Likewise the establishment of a junior high school by necessitating the choice of a principal for that school has precipitated the introduction of more supervision over the schools—itself an admirable thing. The Town has now eight elementary and three second- ary schools. In the elementary schools are twenty-four teachers; in the secondary, eighteen. Also there are four so-called supervisors: one of music, one of drawing, and two—one male and one female—of physical culture, who travel from school to school. In the elementary schools these supervisors give occasional instruction which is car- ried on under their directions by the grade teachers; in the ` secondary schools they are regular subject teachers. The supervision of all these teachers in all these widely scatter- ed schools to the end that throughout the Town their work shall be effective and shall fit together is of vital importance. There should be no more break than is absolutely necessary in passing from grade to grade and from school to school. ls3 The fact that with growing numbers of children and in- creasing educational demands the supervision has of late years become insufficient is pretty generally recognized by those familiar with the school system. Mr. Galger shortly _ before his death was considering the advisability of meeting the need through the appointment of a supervisor of ele- mentary education who should take off the over-burdened shoulders of the superintendent immediate supervision of all grade teachers. The same proposition was brought be- fore the School Committee by Mr. Wheeler; but existing conditions made it advisable to appoint intsead a supervis- or of secondary education. The junior high school, to be newly organized, was lacking a principal; and the Committee felt the'need of se- curing for the position someone fitted by study and experi- ence to correlate the work of the proposed junior high with the work of the existing Barnstable High. Mr. Cyril C. Smith, Principal of the Hingham High School, was beyond question well fitted for the task. Thoroughly human in his love for athletics and his interest in pupils as individuals he was also a competent student of educational theory and practice. He could not, however, be asked to leave the principalship of a smoothly ruining high school which he had built up in a town about to erect a new high school building at a cost of $375,000 for the principalship of an undeveloped and unhoused junior high school in a town where he would enter a stranger. Nor did the Committee Wish to confine his ability and influence to the proposed jun- ior high. Mr. Smith was therefore appointed Supervisor of Secondary Education. He acts incidentally as principal of the Junior High School; but he is primarily supervisor of all three high schools. The superintendent among his other manifold duties is'himself carrying on the direct and con- stant supervision of the elementary schools. 1S4 SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT This supplementary report is occasioned by the survey of Education in Twelve Cape Towns made for the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce, which has come out since the com- mittee prepared its report. The committee feels that this survey ought to be read carefully in its entirety, but it will quote here some portions from the great amount of support which it gives the program now under way for the improve- ment of the schools. The Junior High School The program centers on the establishment of a thor- oughly equipped junior high school to be run in conjunction with the Barnstable High. Following is a quotation from the Survey: "A study of small junior high schools throughout the State has shown that practically every attempt at reorgan- ization, however limited, has produced results distinctly superior to those of the old 8-4 organization. Every com- munity that maintains a high school can benefit by the or- ganization of seventh, eighth and ninth-grade work on a junior high school basis, using senior high school teachers and equipment to make possible partial departmentalization in the junior high school and a wider range of offering in both schools. It is recommended, therefore, that the Cape towns adopt the 6-3-3 plan in accordance with the suggestions of this report. This plan will work itself out somewhat differ- ently in the different villages and towns. No one of the towns included in this ,study is large enough to justify the maintenance of an indepentent junior high school unit. This is an advantage rather than a disadvantage, as the danger of lack of coordination is not so serious. 185 In those connnunities maintaining' senior high school . education, the junior high school should be associated with the senior high school. In the smaller communities the jun- ior and senior groups should be housed in the same building. In the larger towhs,'the junior and senior groups may be housed in different buildings but they should employ the same staff. The manner in which this organization would adapt itself to varying conditions may be illustrated in the town of Barnstable. At Hyannis, the junior high school would ap- propriately be associated with the senior high school: At Cotuit, it would be advisable to abandon senior high school education and provide a junior high school associated with an elementary school. Senior high school pupils in the Co- tuit district would need to, be transported to Hyannis." (pages 87-88). Supervision of Secondary Education The committee is aware that in some quarters the ap- pointment of a supervisor of secondary education is felt to be an unnecessary extravagance. The committee is emphati- cally of the opinion that the appointment of such an official was absolutely necessary if progress was to be made in se- curing for Barnstable the varied and comprehensive modern high school training of the more progressive centers of edu- cation. An unprejudiced study of the following quotation will tend to make clear the reasons why the committee thinks as it does. "The reorganization program proposed for the Cape high schools brings into prominence the problem of super- vision. Nei`, points of view must be gained, new courses s 186 organized, and new'procedures tested and revised. Cape high school teachers are potentially strong. Those teaching in state-aided high schools must have had at least an intro- duction to the study of education in order to"obtain their certificates. An effective plan of supervision must be work- ed out if the potentialities of these teachers are to be real- ized and if the reorganization movement is to be a success. In the larger units, Barnstable and Bourne (it is al- ready an accomplished fact at Falmouth), it is recommend- ed that the principal's time be largely freed from teaching and administrative routine that he may study the problems of his school and lead his teachers to progressively higher levels of accomplishment. These principals must prepare themselves for supervisory work, if they have not already done so. Their must be steeped in the point of view of the junior high school, for an important part of their work will be the supervision of the junior high school grades. They must have an understanding of the fundamental problems of vocational education if work in that field is to be devel- oped on a sound basis. They must be conversant with pro- gressive procedures in teaching. They must be intelligent users and interpreters of educational measurements. It is of the utmost importance that the principal shall be trained for his new responsibilities in order that he may guide wisely the teachers who are associated with him." Playgrounds The school committee has been concerned for sometime over the inadequacy -of playground adjoining the various school buildings. Outside of the high school grounds in Hyannis, which are none too big, the only possibility of sat- isfactory school grounds in the Town is at Osterville. In most instances the ultimate remedy can come only through 187 moving the school or consolidating it with some other. Any plan for removing the Training School would meet with ser- ious objection not merely because of the value of the•build- ing to which an addition is now being made but because of its connection with the Normal School which it now ad- joins. The building nest fall will be of a size to hold three hundred and fifty pupils and could be made to hold four hundred. The two entrances will be on the two sides— north and south; the one for boys and the other for girls. The committee thinks the Town should take land on both sides—as much land as can be taken in fairness to the pres- ent owners. In this connection the following quotation from the Survey is to the point; "In order to carry out an educational program such as is outlined in other parts of this study, a playground of ad- equate size is most important. This will be clear if we con- sider the activities to be carried on outside of the building. There must be provided, first of all, a place separate from that of the older pupils, where the younger children may play. Here should be a sand pile, swings, slides, other play- ground apparatus, shade trees, and a space of sufficient size for 'group games. With the older children the question must be faced as to whether boys and girls in small rural schools are to have separate playgrounds, for separate grounds mean duplicating playground area at small schools. Baseball diamonds of modified size, and tennis courts should be included. If baseball is good for every boy, provision must be made at most schools that permit more than a lim- ited feiv of the children to play at any one time. There must also be a suitable area for school gardens. Such activ- ities need room, and no lot of one-half acre is ample. For one-teacher schools the standards call for •a minimum of four acres in rectangular form. For larger schools or those that house all grades, probably ten or more acres are not lss too great an area for the school site." (pages 112-113) The Superintendent of Schools In reading the Survey the members .of the committee were impressed by the number of criticisms in it which have been met in part or wholly through action taken on recommendations by Superintendent Wheeler. The cler- ical work of his office has been organized and is in the com- petent hands of Miss Reckendorf. Records and helpful statistics are accumulating, and have been made quickly available. He has thus secured time in which to think and material on which to base his thought. There is no space here in which to enumerate the many helpful changes he has introduced. Notable among them is the partial inaugu- ration of the 6-3-3 organization, the enrichment of the cur-. riculum, the enactment of a generous salary schedule, and the provision for increased and more helpful supervision of instruction. A careful comparative study of his report and of the Survey will bring out in detail much that he has ac- complished but by no means all. Quietly and without self assertion he has been "sawing wood." He came to us from North Easton with the reputation of a man who worked un- tiringly himself and expected others to do the same, and he has lived up to his reputation. Our teachers are working hard, certainly the members of the school committee are; and the.work is all directed unselfishly and without regard to personal likes or dislikes towards the good of each indi- vidual child in the Town. The child who is to prepare for college must be enabled to do so effectively; and likewise the child who cannot profit from a college preparatory course must be provided with instruction that will enable him to live effectively. To quote the Survey. "It is imper- ative that everyone_in the school organization—superinten- dents, principals, teachers, pupils—get the idea of a modern 189 program of education which demands thinking and acting in terms of individual responsibility instead of class per- formance." Under the leadership of our professionally trained su- perintendent of schools your committee has already made progress along all the lines of improvement now recom- mended by the professional experts who drew up the Sur- vey." These are 1. Better provisions for individual differences ainong children on the part of the teachers, through administrative arrangements, and through a changed conception of educa- tion on the part of all, including the school committee and the public. 2. Better supervision of instruction in both elementary and high schools.. 3. Thorough reorganization of secondary education on Cape Cod. 4. Better salaries and living conditions for teachers. 5. Better, fewer, larger buildings. 6. Careful consideration of their duties by school com- mittees in order to serve the best interests of the public and the schools. 7. Clerical assistance for superintendents. S. Consolidation wherever feasible. COLLEN C. CAMPBELL, RICHARD COBB, W ALTER 1. FULLER. Report of the Superintendent of Schools J It gives me pleasure to submit my second annual report •which is the thirty-sixth in the 'series of superintendent's reports. The report of last year dealt chiefly with plans for the reorganization of the schools including the introduction of new studies and activities. All of the changes contemplat- ed for 1926-27 have been made, or plans for carrying them out have been consummated, except the acquisition of more land for playground purposes adjacent to the Training School building. For the proper functioning of this school it is very desirable that more land adjacent to the State property be obtained on both the north and south sides of the building. The.changes made recently in organization are indicat- ed below: Regrading Elementary Barnstable changed from grades 1-8 to 1-6. West Barnstable changed from grades 1-8 to 1-7. Marstons Mills changed from grades 1-8 to 1-6. Cotuit Grammar changed from grades 1-8 to 1-7. Osterville changed from grades 1-8 to 1-6. Centerville changed from grades 1-8 to 1-6. Iyanough changed from grades 1=6 to 1-4. Training changed from 1-8 to 1-6. Santuit School closed; a one-room building. 191 High Elizabeth Lowell High changed from 9-12 to 8-12. Junior High School established, grades seven and eight. New Teaching Positions High and Junior High a. Second assistant in commercial department. b. Shop department for boys, grades seven to ten. c. Physical Education teacher and Athletic Coach for, boys; grades seven to twelve. d. Supervisor of Secondary Education for the new Junior High and the two high schools. e. Three academic teachers in new Junior High School, with a corresponding decrease in number of elementary teachers; e. g. two, old High School building; one, Oster- ville. f. Assistant in high school and teacher of special class- es in Junior High English and Mathematics. Recent changes in the Curriculum A survey of the subjects offered during the past ten years in the Freshman year of the Barnstable High School indicates that Algebra, English, Latin, and General History were the major subjects offered. These with the exception 'of Latin, were required subjects until 1925. Beginning in September of that year.Freshman were allowed to choose between Algebra and Junior Business Training. Courses in Household Arts for girls, grades nine and ten, were introduced in 1920 but no similar course for boys was instituted at this time. 192 In 1923 Biology was added as an elective in grade nine for both boys and girls. In 1924 Physical Education was made an elective for girls but nQ provision was made for the boys. Beginning in September 1926 Physical Training for all boys in grades seven to twelve and Physical Arts, elective for boys grades seven to ten, were introduced. Social Stud- ies was substituted for General.History in the ninth grade and the latter was assigned to grade ten. Work in the Com- mercial Department was enriched by the introduction in the eleventh grade of Commercial Law and second year ,Bookkeeping and in the twelfth grade by Office Practice, Business Organization, and Salesmanship. Economics and Sociology will be required of all seniors. The introduction of these courses has definitely broadened the scope of the work for boys. At Cotuit the survey shows that Algebra, English, French and Science were the major subjects offered in the Freshman.ye.ar. Latin is now being offered. The subjects introduced at the Barnstable High School for Freshman, with the exception of Household and Practical Arts, have been introduced at the Elizabeth Lowell High school also. In this small school with three teachers it is not practicable to introduce Household and Practical Arts or many ad- vanced commercial subjects. New Programs The high and junior high programs at Hyannis are ar- ranged about as they would be if the two schools were merged in one. This arrangement makes it possible for the students in both schools to use the gymnasium, playground, 193 tennis courts, shop, cooking laboratory, sewing room, art room, science laboratory, and assembly hall. It is not only an economical arrangement, in that one set of equipment is used jointly.by the two schools, but it extends to the younger adolescent pupils the use of apparatus and equipment which 'it would be impossible to furnish them in the village schools. The school day is divided into five periods of fifty- seven minutes each with few unassigned study periods for the students. The longer period is necessary for many of the subjects and can be used both.as a study and a recita- tion period in the other subjects. There is a trend at the present time toward making all class-room exercises work- ing or laboratory periods where the pupil actually performs the major part of his work under the direct supervision of the teacher. Time Allotments Elementary Programs with time allotments suggested in School Leaflet, No. 19, Department of the Interior, have been worked out in detail and are now in use in all schools, grades one to six. Courses of Study Elementary A new course of study in geography and a new outline in history have been adopted. A new system of teaching reading has also been adopted. Gertrude Beers of The Nor- mal School faculty and Mabelle M. H. Boody, Supervisor of Drawing, have prepared a new outline in Art. 194 High Progress is being made in the development and im- provement of some of the courses. Further progress will be ` made under the direction of the Supervisor of Secondary Education. Textbooks Changed or Added Elementary a. Changed history books in grade five. b. Added two sets of reading books, grades one to eight. c. Added one hundred twenty library books in each school building to supplement work in reading, geography and history. Several books for grades one, two and three. d. Added penmanship books. e. Changed language books. High a. Changed textbooks in Social and Commercial sub- jects and in Biology. b. Added books to the library of the English depart- ment and established a Junior High School library. c. Changed Junior.High language books. d. Changed Junior High science books. e. Added textbook on "Occupations." New Equipment Elementary a. New desks Training School, one room. b. Music—Set of records for music appreciation. Four phonographs. 19S c. Complete sets of new maps and globes as needed. d. Oil stoves and water baths for heating lunches of school children. c Variety of balls for games in physical education. High and Junior High a. New desks Junior High, two and a half rooms. b. Blackboards, Junior High. c. Three teachers' desks, Junior High. d. Apparatus for Science and Biology. e. Household Arts—Four oil stoves, two cooking tables, two sewing machines. f. Shop—Four new double benches; four benches made from old science tables; twenty sets of tools; power machine, Cabinet Shop Special, four operations.. g. Commercial Department— Four typewriters ex- changed. h. Physical Education— One tennis court completed, another partially completed. Variety of balls and gym- nasium apparatus. The changes in organization, the widening of the scope of studies and the additional equipment listed above will aid in making more effective the educational advantages for the children of Barnstable. The quotations given below indicate that the present school_committee is carrying out ideas and ideals cherished by the late superintendent of schools. Mr. Galger wrote in his first report for the year 1905, "It is beginning to be recognized that if we are to have the whole man, the whole boy must be trained. Our schools • have trained their pupils to listen and to express themselves 196 more or less imperfectly by writing and speaking. The amount of motor training worthy of the name has been small indeed. Drawing and a little natural science so- called have been almost the only studies in which motor training.has formed a prominent feature. To observe care- fully, to reason accurately, to act efficiently—these are not the products of passive listening and the perfunctory study of the textbook. . "We know from experience that the boy who has learned to take delight in using his hands in producing ob- jects of utility and beauty, -%vho has a hobby perhaps for electricity, chemistry or cabinet-making is not likely to waste much of his time on the street. The girl who has learned, from practical training, to take pride in the skil- ful performance of domestic duties is less likely to think of life as consisting solely of going to school- "But industrial training of the right kind does more than this. It cultivates a kind of concrete honesty in esti- mating values. True industrial training will create a more vivid realization of the dignity of labor, of its fundamental and eternal worth as the basis of all higher development. It will make the young man able and willing to earn a-living, not merely to make a living, which is sometimes a very different thing." In 1910 he wrote, "Former repofts have dwelt rather fully upon the need of hand work accompanying brain work, for the best results-in the latter, and for the good of the child as a whole. The need still stands and we- have done but little, except in drawing, to supply it. And again as late as 1922 he wrote, "It is unfortunate that boys in high school cannot have training in some one 197 or more of the manual arts. Many a boy,becomes a mediocre clerk or bookkeeper who could have become a first,class mechanic had his natural talents received the right devel- opment at the right time." The late William James, one of the most practical and vital of education thinkers, has said, "The most cbllossal improvement which recent years have seen in secondary education lies in the'introduction of the manual training schools; not because they will give us a people more handy and practical for domestic life and better skilled in the trades, but because they will give us citizens with an en- tirely different intellectual fibre. Laboratory and shop work engender a habit of observation, a knowledge of the difference between accuracy and vagueness, and an insight into nature's complexity and into the inadequacy.of all abstract verbal accounts of real phenomena, which, once wrought into the mind, remain there as lifelong possessions. They confer precision; because, if you. are doing a thing, you must do it definitely right or definitely wrong. They give honesty; for, when you express yourself by making things, and not by using words, it becomes impossible to. dissimulate your vagueness or ignorance by ambiguity. They beget a habit of self-reliance. A former school superintendent in one of the cities of Massachusetts has said, "The race has advanced intellect- ually far more by doing things and thinking things out at first hand than by reading from the printed page of the deeds and thoughts of others. It must cease to exalt the glib reciter of empty words above the thoughtful, though perhaps less fluent, doer. It must learn that it is not so much the amount of time that a boy spends on a subject that counts as it is the motive which actuates him in his study, as 198 it is the closeness of the connection between the subject and the present interest, the real life of the pupil." School Programs and Community Life The recent report of the local Planning Board indicates that the Cape will probably continue to be a place of homes with some sections like Hyannis as trading centers. In this type of-a community the practical arts and household arts courses in the school program should not hit wide, of the mark if they embrace the elements of the building trades in eluding general repairs and the principles of home making. The commercial curriculum should be strengthened to in- . elude other than the traditional:subjects of stenography and typewriting such as principles of filing, business organiza- tion, salesmanship, economics, and sociology. Few boys and only a part of the girls make much use of stenography and typewriting in business today. The boys, especially, need a broader outlook if they are to advance to positions of re- sponsibility in business concerns. There will always be a place for the college curriculum which prepares students for higher institutions of learning and which, from all accounts, has served this community well in the past. In connection with the extension of the high school program some helpful suggestion may be looked for in the forthcoming survey report prepared for the Chamber of Commerce. Junior High School The advantages of this broader educational program can be maintained most effectively by the development of a jun- 199 for high school unit in our organization. In the report of the school committee this plan of organization is discussed thoroughly from the point of view of the physical conditions as regards territory and buildings with special emphasis on the plans for future growth both in the elementary and high schools. The junior high school will be considered here from the point of view of advantages gained by the separate grouping of children into three divisions: high, junior high, and elementary; by the improved personnel of the teaching force; and by the more economical provision of materials and equipment. Additional quotations will be given with the hope that they will throw light on the need of maintaining a school of this type which is effective in accomplishing these three objects and is also instrumental in helping to make educational procedure as broad as life itself. An unfavorable condition which has continually men- aced the development of the smaller village schools is the difficulty of retaining good teachers especially in the higher grades or principalship so-called. The frequent changes of teachers combined with a large number of grades per teacher has been commented upon almost annually by your late su- perintendent. In 1910 Mr. Galger wrote, "The comparatively large number of men principals required by our many scattered school buildings introduces a question serious enough to call for the most careful consideration. The question of retain- ing fairly competent men as principals of our grammar schools is squarely before us. Only by the expenditure of much time and by good fortune combined is it possible to secure even.fairly equipped candidates for the positions we have to offer, and only in rare instances can we retain even these." 200 In 1913 he wrote, Our own special needs are, as often urged in previous reports, reduction of the number of grades and pupils to a teacher; the offering of such inducements as will result in retaining capable teachers for a term of years." In 1914, "Our schools, in common with other rural schools, have from three to six grades to a teacher,-but they also have more pupils to a teacher than most Cape schools. On the financial side, the higher price of board in most of our villages, as compared with the price in surrounding towns, puts our teachers, not infrequently, at an actual dis- advantage in net salary to those of smaller and poorer towns. This of course greatly increases the difficulty of securing satisfactory teachers." In 1918, "The average citizen still fails to realize that several grades to a teacher is probably the biggest single factor militating against successful teaching in rural schools. Consolidation and specially trained teachers are ' the most effective means of lessening this evil. Radical im- provement in our rural schools means breaking away from old lines of thought and action and the expenditure of un- usual amounts of time, energy and money, yet all this must be done if we are to win the war for a better civilization, for it was for this and not merely for `beating the Hun', that millions gave their lives in the great world war." In 1920, "Some fourteen or fifteen changes were made in the teaching force during the year. Of the seven gram- mar school principals, six resigned. These positions are most,difficult to fill satisfactorily. They,should be filled by men for the best results, yet with the exception of the Train- ing School, none of them constitutes what might be con- 201 sidered "a man's job." Finally in 1922 Mr. Galger wrote, "Among the numer- ous unsolved problems, common to many schools and affect- ing our own, are the following: 1. Lack of connected manual training in rural school systems. 2. Difficulty of adopting high school curricula and teaching to the varying interests of the pupils who are can- didates for college and those who are not. 3. The inevitable and severe losses in efficiency caused by the constant change of teachers.' 4. The impossibility of obtaining the most complete development of each individual pupil owing to the number of grades and pupils assigned to a teacher." During the past twenty-two years there have been in the four larger village schools eighty-eight yearly principal- ship positions. In these positions there have been sixty-five different incumbrants making the average term of service only one and one-third years. If these schools are maintained with the first six grades only"'Women principals may be employed who are perfectly capable of teaching and managing pupils up to twelve years of age. In fact during the present year.our principals have remarked several times concerning the improved form of organization. Pupils under thirteen years of age make a . more homogeneous group; they are children while those from thirteen to, fifteen years old are adolescent youths who are developing rapidly into young men and women. From both a biological and an educational point of view it is bet- ter that they should be separated. 202 The junior high school idea has passed the experi- mental stage and ha's become an established institution. The following is quoted froin a recent report of the State De- partment•of Education: "One of the most noteworthy developments in the field of public school'education in Massachusetts is the adoption of the junior high. This school is designed to meet the needs of pupils of approximately twelve to fifteen years of age. It is being adopted as an intermediate and transition school bridging the gap that exists between the elementary school and the high school under the eight-four plan of school organization. During the past six years Massachu- setts has appropriated more than $40,000,000 for school buildings. Over one-half of this expenditure has been for school buildings designed to provide for junior high schools." The increase in numbers of junior high schools in Massachusetts towns of 5,000 population or over has been from fourteen in 1917 to thirty in 1924. The State Depart- ment lists the following as some of the reasons for this re- markable growth. (1) The Junior high school plan of organization recognizes the special need of adolescents. (2) Through the junior high school, pupils are interested to remain in school longer than under the usual or- . ganization. (3) It helps to bridge the gap which exists in.the eight- four plan of school organization by the earlier in- troduction of departmental teaching and the ad- vancement of pupils by subjects. 203 (4) It gives pupils a broader outlook upon the world's work and helps them to discover their own apti- tudes, interests, and abilities with reference to it. (5) In so far as possible the junior high school provides a differentiated program of studies so as to better meet the differing needs of the pupils. As has been stated elsewhere in this report our'high school and junior high school are organized with a common program thus making it possible for the younger pupils to enjoy the same advantages as the older pupils without a duplication of equipment. This is particularly true with regard to physical education and athletics. About six years ago a law was passed requiring school committees to provide for "indoor and outdoor games and athletic exercises." A teacher of physical education for girls was provided in Barnstable in 1924 and a similar in- structor for boys was provided in September 1926. He teaches one-half of the time in the high and junior 'high schools, visits Cotuit and West Barnstable weekly, and out- side of school hours helps to manage and train the boys in their interscolastic activities of football, basketball, and baseball. It is becoming a generally accepted principle to have all outside school activities directed by a member of the school faculty. This provision fills a need which has been evident for some time, meets the requirements of the statutes, and gives the boys an equal opportunity with the girls. Evening School Evening Schools for adult education opened in West Barnstable and Hyannis in October. Each school consists 204 of two teachers. The enrollment at West Barnstable is about thirty and at Hyannis about twenty. The percentage of attendance has averaged about seventy-five which is very good for evening school classes. The men and women who are in attendance at these schools show much interest in their work and appreciate the help which the Town and State are giving them. The expense of maintaining the schools is equally divided between the State and the Town. New Salary Schedule Last year the committee adopted a salary schedule which provides a regular maximum of $1,500 for elemen- tary teachers and $1,800 for high school teachers. Regular schedule increases from the minimum to the maximum will be made yearly in amounts of from $50 to $150. The larger increases will be made to those who begin at the minimum salary. In addition to the above, provision has been made for three special permanent increases of$50 each for deserv- ing teachers who successfully complete approved profes- sional improvement courses under the following plan: A teacher who has had a teaching experience of two years may apply for the first special increase. A teacher who has had a teaching experience of 'five years, the last three of which have been in the Town of Barnstable, may apply for the second special increase. A teacher who has had a teaching experience of eight years, the last three of which have been in the Town of Barnstable, may apply for the third special increase. The plan has been made retroactive for a period of three years. These special increases will not be given.oftener than once in three years. 205 During the summer of 1926 five elementary teachers and three high school teachers qualified tinder the plan stated.above. Six of the elementary teachers had previ- ously qualified under the retroactive provision of the schedule, but none of the high school teachers had thus qual- ified. Fourteen of the present teaching force have now re- ceived the first special increase. In Barnstable during the past twenty years the part of the school dollar spent for salaries has gradually decreased from fifty-eight to fifty-one cents. If transportation costs are not included the amount has deceased from sixty-six to fifty-seven cents. In twenty-five Eastern cities in 1923 eighty-three cents of the school dollar was spent for salaries when the cost of new-buildings was not included, and fifty- seven cents of the school dollar when it was included. The average part of the school dollar spent, not including trans- portation and permanent improvements in the seventy-nine towns in Massachusetts of over 5,000 population, was seven- ty cents in 1925, and in Barnstable it was sixty-three cents. It is.evident that the salary portion of the school dollar in Barnstable has dropped about eight cents in twenty years _ and is now at least seven cents lower than can be justified by any comparisons that may be made with other towns and cities. This fact, combined with the fact that the cost of living in Barnstable is relatively high, should justify the adoption of the present salary schedule and should bring the figures back to normal. Budget for 1927 The citizens were generous in allowing an increase of $22,865 in the school appropriation last year. It has been 20b , spent chiefly as indicated above- for books, supplies, new equipment, and increases in teachers' salaries. It is prob- ably true that money spent for these items brings more im- mediate results in the progress and development of the pu- pils than money spent for other items. The thirty-nine cities in Massachusetts spend on the aver- age for support of schools as large a per cent of the money raised by taxation as does Barnstable. The, City of Bos- ton expends for school purposes nearly a third of all the money raised by taxation. These cities generally maintain miles of improved sidewalks and systems of sewage disposal in addition to what Barnstable provides. None of these cit- ies has so much property per pupil as Barnstable; in fact, with the new valuations there are probably only sixteen towns in the State which possess wealth equal to Barnsta- ble on per pupil basis. The seventy-nine towns of five thousand population or over, classified as Group II towns, with an average tax rate of $30.20 spent $9.04.or 30 per cent of it for support .of schools. Barnstable has expended the money raised by, taxation as follows: Year Total tax School tax Per cent school Average School tax taxis of total in Group II 1924 $28 60 $7 14 25 $9 18 1925 30 50 6 72 22 9 04 1926 28 90 6 44 22 1926 31 50 6 44 20 —including district tax It is evident that Barnstable is now raising about two and one half dollars less per thousand valuation for support 207 of Schools than the average towns in Group II, and of the total tax it is spending eight per cent less than the average, i,. e. 22 per cent as against 30 per cent in other towns. The generous increase in the school appropriation ,for 1926 did not raise the school tax rate, in fact the per cent is only twenty when the district taxes are included. The estimates for the budget of 1927 will be found on page 171. The total estimate is about $10,000 more than was ex- pended in 1926. It will be noted that in the item of salaries the estimated increase is about $11,750. This latter figure is larger than the total 'iricrease in the budget by about $2,000, from which it is evident that the total estimate for all items exclusive of salaries is less than was expended last year. In other words, the total increase in the budget may be considered as entirely for teachers' salaries. This amount which may be assigned entirely to teachers' wages raises the number of cents for wages in the school dollar to fifty-seven when transportation costs are included and to sixty-three when transportation costs are not included. This proposed apportionment of the school dollar restores to teachers' salaries about five cents, or a little more than one half of what has been lost during the'past twenty years. Respectfully submitted, CARLON E. WHEELER. January 28, 1927. 208 BARNSTABLE HIGH SCHOOL Registration by Subjects, January 20, 1927 Grade Subject 9 10 11 12 P.G.Total English 79 61 44 25 1 210 French 20 7 2 29 Junior Business Training 54 1 56 Latin 21 18 2 7 48 Algebra 21 6 27 Plane Geometry 22 22 Solid Geometry 8 8 United States History 54 14 2 70 Social Science 80 3 83 Chemistry 23 1 24 Biology 36 2 38 Household Arts 20 19 39 Bookkeeping 2 42 11 10 .1 66 Commercial Law . 3 11 1 15 Stenography 8 4 2 14 Office Practice 2 9 1 12 Typewriting 1 33 11 10 3 58 Drawing 32 25 10 7 1 75 Physical Training 63 61 39 5 168 Shop 33 17 50 209 BARNSTABLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL Registration by Subjects, January 20, 1927 Grade Subject 7 8 Total English 73 76 149 Mathematics 73 76 149 Social Study 73 76 149' Science 76 76 Hygiene 73 73 Occupations 73 76 149 Practical Arts 42 40 82 Household Arts 31 36 67 Music 73 76 149 Art 73 76 149 Physical Education 73 76 149 210 ELIZABETH LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL Registration by Subjects, January 24, 1927 Grade Subject 8 9 10 11 12. Total Algebra. 5 5 Bookkeeping 3 9 5 17 Biology 2 3 5 , English I-II 7 6 13 English III-IV 1 14 6 21 Economics 1 14 6 21 French II 2 4 1 7 Latin I 5 5 Latin II 3 3 6 Latin III-IV 2 2 4 'Junior Business Training 2 1 3 Physics 1 7 6 13 Social Studies 7 6 13 Plane Geometry 6 10 16 General Science 10 10 Arithmetic 10 10 Social Studies 10 10 English '10 10 Drawing 10 3 4 8 4 29 Music 10 7 7 14 6 44 Phvsical Training 10 7 7 14 6 44 co 7 . � 3 A . . � 6 ® 0 c ' r � ¥ OD ® @ tP o q A ¥ » a ¥ ¥ @ � o aco4 ¥ _ a t 0 212 Graduation Exercises of the Barnstable High School •ASSEMBLY HALL, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1926, 8:00 P. M. PROGRAM March of School The Welcome Alvah Winslow Bearse, Class President Violin Solo, Canzonetta d'Ambrosio ` Dorothea Hopkins The History Henry Lawrence Murphy. Song, Happy Days are Gliding Emil Pflock Class of 1926 Clipper Ships Stanton Crocker Parker. Piano Solo Rudolph Frimi Virginia Drew Cannon The Prophecy Barbara Chase Presentation of Diplomas Rev. Mortimer Downing Song, Greeting to Spring Johann Strauss School America Accompanist, Frances Bassett Director of Music, Gladys Francis 213 MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 1926 Alvah Winslow Bearse Jean Elsbeth Holway Gertrude Emily Bearse Dorothea Hopkins Virginia Bowen Charlotte Augusta Keyes Mollie Brown Gertrude Isabella Lane Mildred Adeline Cahoon Elvira Lewis Virginia Drew Cannon Marion Elizabeth Lovell Bernice Chadwick Phyllis Maude Lumbert Barbara Chase Arthur Mackey Hilda Ellen Coggeshall. Vilma Amelia Mackey David Loring Crocker Evelyn Violet Marsh . Elva Sophronia Crocker Monica Molony Ruth Currier Lilla Catherine -Mores Rachel Lovell Daniel Owen Joseph Mullaney, Jr. Ellen Christina Doubtfire Henry Lawrence Murphy Raymond Ellsworth Eldredge Leroy Stanley Nickerson Joseph Eyre Stanton Crocker Parker Esther Lyyle Flinkman Lena Alice Peterson Helen Elizabeth Grebenstein Dorothy Rankin Eleanor. Knowles Harris Frank Carleton Ryder George Harrison Russell Bursley Sturgis Oliver William Hallett Hinckley Thacher Pauline Chadwick Edward Hinckley White Class Motto "Semper Quod Bonum" 214 GRADUATES ENTERING OTHER INSTITUTIONS Brown University 2 Boston University 1 Tufts College 1 Wellesley College 1 Harvard University 1 Georgetown University 1 Radcliffe College 1 Simmons College 1 North Carolina State College 1 Hyannis State Normal School 3 Framingham State Normal School 1 Bridgewater State Normal School 1 N. E. Conservatory of Music 1 School of Fine Arts and Crafts 1 Burdett Business College 1 Boston School of Physical Culture 1 Katherine Gibbs School 1 Massachusetts Radio School 1 Dean Academy 1 Chandler School 1 / y INDEX Town Officers ...__ __.._ ..___...._....._..„. ..........._.„_...._.... 3 Assessors' Report _ _ __. _ — --••.•-•••••---_--- 6 Treasurer's Report _—... ---_• __•___•._ __ _._.__•_. 9 Receipts „ .. ......._„........ ............„_.......... ______-__._ _ 10 Summary _......_........_.....„..„„_._._._. .._... „..„„_.....„_„„.„... „.._...._ 37 Expenditures. __ __.___ ____ _.__-._ -.-._._ 38 Burial Lot Funds Held in Trust by the Town _._. ......„.„_....... 43 Report of the Audit _.......... „ _..„._.__ 49 Town Clerk's Report 53 Annual Town Meeting _ .. „—._-..- 64 Births 94 Marriages .........._......._._......._....._........_.._.„.....„.»...._.„__...M...----------„_„_.__.„_...._ 109 Deaths .....„_ 116 Jury List _____ ». __..._ 125 Cape Cod Health District Report ... _ ................„..._........._.............. 127 Boardof Health Report _.............:................__...„................._................_..................... 130 Park Commissioners' Report - — .„ --•-•••-•--••—•-•••••--__••_...__ ...._ 133 Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures _....„...._........__...._..._......... 135 TreeWarden's Report ..........„...............»...................._„................_..................... 136 Moth Department Report _......„............„._._.----_---_..„. __..._„ 138 Forest Warden's Report ..__.....„..... __.„._... ___„_..._..___._._....__.. 140 218 Report of Town Forest Committee ........................................................................ 141 HighwayDepartment ..................................................................................................................... 142 Reconstruction ......................................................................................:.................................... 143 Sidewalks ........:........................................................................................................._...................... 146 Snow ............................................................................................:.:...................:..........._...................... 147 SchoolReport ..................................................................._................................................_................ 156 Committee's Report ............................................................................................:............... 172 Superintendent's Report .............................................................................................. 190 . Statistics ...................................................................................._.............................._......._...._. 167 Statistics, Barnstable High School........................................_....._............._. 208 Statistics, Elizabeth Lowell High School 210 Statistics, Barnstable Junior High School ......................................... 209 r The ,Town ' s Dollar B I 1 D E c II 3 Where It - Came From A—Town Taxes $ s0 �~ E—Income, Corporation and Lank Taxes Os C—Loans 05 i D—State & County, Ale Highways 04 E—All other receipts:- Licenses, gifts, refunds etc. 03 Total $1 00 c n J I D E F G Where It Went e t rHigbways $ 23 Sealing Weights & Road Repairs Measures Sidewalks Moth Work Barnstable Wharf Tree Warden Snow Bills Clam Warden __—1927 Construction Town Forest New Lay-outs Brushing Roads Hyannis-W. Y. Road I—Charities & Soldiers' B—Schools 21 Benefits: 04 C=New Buildings 14 Dept. Public Welfare D—State & County Taxes 10 Mothers' Aid E--Interest and Debt' 07 State Aid F—Recreation: 06 Soldiers' Relief Hyannis Bathing Beach J—All other expenses: 09 Recreation Committee Libraries Park Commission Town Meeting Fills G—General Government: 05 Unclassified Selectmen's Dept. Memorial Day Assessors' Dept. Rent for G. A. R. Town Clerk & Treas. Planning Board Tax Collector Plotting Town Financial Dept. C-C Road Damage Legal Dept. Cemeteries Elections K—Health & Sanitation: 02 Municipal Buildings Board of Health Expenses of Finance Com. Sanitation H—Protection of Persons Free Bed at Hospital &• .Property: 05 'Mosquito Eradication Police Sewerage Committee Fires Inspection of Wires Total $1 00 REPORTS OF THE OFFICERS OF THE 'down of Barnstable FOR THE YEAR_ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1927 �pF THE T0� o BARNSTABLE, .� MASS. p� �pA i639. RFD MAY PRINTED ON CAPE COD BY F. B. 9 F. P. GOSS. HYANNIS f 1 � 1 TOWN OFFICERS 1927 Selectmen William Lovell, Hyannis Term expires 1928 Edgar W. Lovell, Santuit, Chairman Term expires 1929- Howard N. Parker, West Barnstable Term expires 1930 Overseers of the Poor William Lovell, Hyannis, Chairman Term expires 1928 Edgar AY. Lovell, Santuit Term expires 1929 Howard N. Parker, West Barnstable Term expires 1930. Assessors William Lovell, Hyannis Term expires 1928 Edgar W. Lovell, Santuit Term expires 1929 Howard N. Parker, West Barnstable, Chairman Term expires 1930 Town Clerk Clarence M. Chase, Hyannis Term expires 1929 Town Treasurer Clarence M. Chase, Hyannis Term expires 1929 4 Collector of Taxes Everett F. Fuller, Osterville Term expires 1928 School Committee Collen C. Campbell, Hyannis, Chairman Term expires 1928 Richard. Cobb, Barnstable Term expires 1929 Stuart F. Scudder, Osterville Term expires 1930 Superintendent of Schools C. E. Wheeler, Hyannis Surveyor of Highways Lauchlan M. Crocker, Marstons Mills Term expires 1929 Auditor John Bursley, West Barnstable Term expires 1928 Tree Warden Robert F. Cross, Osterville Term expires 1928 Board of Health Granville W. Hallett, Osterville Term expires 1928 John H. Andrews, Hyannis Term expires 1929 William A. Jones, Barnstable Term expires 1930 Registrars of Voters Samuel F. Crocker Marstons Mills Henry C. Mortimer Barnstable John V. O'Neil Hyannis Clarence M. Chase Hyannis 1� Agent of Cobb Fund 1 Henry C. Davis, Cummaquid Park Commissioners Jean G. Hinkle, Osterville Term expires 1.928 Frederic F. Scudder Term expires 1-929 William F. Jenkins, West Barnstable Term expires 1930 Finance Committee Charles L. Ayling, Centerville Term expires 1928 Edward F. Maher, Hyannis Term expires 1928 Horace S. Parker, Osterville Term expires 1929 Bertram F. Ryder, Cotuit Term expires 1929 John Btirsl.ey, Nest Barnstable Term expires 1930 . Charles NIT: Megathlin, Hyannis Term expires 1930 Planning Board Robert F. Cross, Wterville Term expires 1928 William L. Fitzgerald, Hyannis Term expires 1929 Miss Mary Mortimer, Barnstable Term expires 1930 Mrs. Mabel K. Baker, Hyannis 'Perm expires 1931 Henry P. Leonard, Osterville Term expires 1931 F. Howard Hinckley, Barnstable Term expires 1932 L. Frank Paine, Hyannis Term expires 1932 ASSESSORS' REPORT Real Estate valuation $17,299,170 Tangible personal estate ' 2,178,170 Total valuation of the town April 1st $19,477,340 APPROPRIATIONS 'For town expenses March meeting $502,573 49 State tax 1 1 21,240 00 State Highway tax 9,009 50 State Auditors tax 417 25 County tax 42,804 32 Overlay for the current year .3,327 42 Total $579,371 98 ESTIMATED RECEIPTS Income tax $28,336 75 Corporation tax 5,948 68 Bank tax 3,432 29 Licenses 3,962 00 Fines 1,853 22 Special assessments 504 00 Protection of persons and property 394 68 Health and sanitation 5 00 Highways 593 00 7 Charities 5,572 48 Soldiers Benefits 588 37 Schools 5,671 44 Interest on deposits 388 42 ' Interest on taxes and, assessments 1,108 18 All others 416 35 Total estimated receipts $58,774 86, Free cash in treasury (voted to be used by assessors) 20,000.00 $78,774 86 Net amount raised by taxation on polls and property $500,597 12 1958 polls @ $2.00 3,916 00 Property tax 496,681 12 Tax rate $25.50 Total amount committed to Collector $500,597 12 Number of residents assessed on property, Individuals 1 2,708 Firms, Corporations, Trustees etc. 51 Total 2,759 Number of non-residents assessed on property, Individuals 1,104 Firms, Corporations, Trustees etc. 34 TotL.1 1,138 8 Persons assessed for polls only 527 Number of horses assessed 126 Number of cows assessed 374 Number of other cattle assessed 75 Number of fowl assessed 5,650 Number of dwelling houses assessed 2,692 Acres of land assessed (estimated) 33,500 DECEMBER ASSESSMENT Valuation of personal estate assessed $3,500 00 Valuation of real estate assessed 1,550 00 HOWARD N. PARKER, EDGAR W. LOVELL, WILLIAM LOVELL, Assessors of the Town of Barnstable. TREASURER'S REPORT Cash Jan. 1, 1927, Cash on Expended $1,188,951 83 hand $58,731 27 Balance 9,224 01 Receipts 1,139,444 57 $1,198,175 84 $1,198,175 84 1926 Taxes Jan. 1., 1927 Due the. Re'cd. from.Collecto'r $66,141 94 Town $71,066 24 Abatements 4,932 11 Error in Warrant 7 81 -- $71,074 05 $71,074 05 1927 Taxes Amt. of Warrant $500,597 12 Rec'd. from Collector $438,720 57 December Assessment 146 78 Abatements. 1,602 86 Balance 60,420 47 $500,743 90 $500,743 90 Overlay 1926 Abatements $4,932 11 Jan. 1, 1927, Balance $6,029 20 Trans. to Overlay Surplus 1,097 09 $6,029 20 $6,029 20 Overlay 1927 Abatements %1,609, 86 Amount of Overlay $3,327 42 Balance �1,724 56 ,$3,327 42 $3,327 42 10 Overlay Surplus Balance $3,203 04 Jan. 1, 1927, Balance $2,105 95 From 1926 Overlay 1,097 09 $3,203 04 $3,203 04 Loans Authorized Jan. 1, 1927, Balance $35,000 00 Training School Loan $35,000 00 Accounts Receivable Jan. 1, 1927, Balance $3,503,66 Net Credits $372 09 Balance 3,131 57 $3,503 66 $3,563 66 Departmental Revenue Net charges $372 09 Jan. 1, 1927, Balance $3,503 66 Balance 3,131 57 $3,503 66 $3,503 66 Revenue Loans Notes paid $475,000 00 Notes issued $560,000 00 Balance 25,000 00 $500,000 00 $500,000 00 ESTIMATED RECEIPTS Debit 1927 Revenue $66,803 16 Credits State Treasurer: Income Tax $38,444 91 - Corporation Tax 8,334 84 Bank & Trust Co. Tax 3,712 80 $50,492 55 . 11 Licenses: Pedlers and Vendors $2,110 00 Clam 610 00 Auto Dealers 280 00 Inn Holders and Victuallers 136 00 Quahaug 132 00 Sunday 80 00 Junk 75 00 Scallop 59 00 Milk 40 50 Circus and Carnival 40 00 Pool and Billiards 30 0G Alcohol 22 00 Moving Pictures 20 00 Garbage _ 18 00 Manicure 10 00 Bottling 10 00 Oleo 7 50 Auctioneer 6-60 Lodging House 6 00 3,692 00 Fines: Court 795 25 Privileges: Oyster Grants $496 00 Fish Traps 80 00 576 00 Sealer of Weights and Measures,`fees 149 20 12 Reimbursements: Fires $283 25 Moth Work 816 60 Health Dept. 79 74 Surveying 11 67 1,191 26 Highway Department: Sale of Material $53 00 A—C Fence 3 20 56 20 Infirmary: Sale of Milk 406 33 Sale of Cows 120 00 Board of Inmates 49 00 575 33 Public Welfare Dept., Reimbursements: State $1,699 88 Cities and Towns 376.50 Individuals 108 50 2,184 88 Mothers' Aid: State 586 98 Soldiers' Benefits: State Aid $366 00 Veterans' Exemption 25 25 391 25 13 Schools: Tuition. State Wards $1,075 24 Other Tuition 1,006 60 Americanization Class 3 19 Sale of Books and Supplies 83 68 Rent of Gymnasium 42 00 Miscellaneous, Receipts 51 98 2,578 50 1 Interest: Taxes $2,392 59 Deposits 730 16 3,122 75 Land Rent 252 50 Reimbursement for Advertising '60 75 Miscellaneous Receipts 33 69 Refund on Insurance 28 82 Payment Stopped on Old Checks 25 25 Sale of Burial Lot 10 00 Total Credits $66,803 16 State and County Taxes County Tax $42,804 32 1927 Revenue $73,471 07 State Tax 21,240 00 State Highway Tax 9,009 50 Auditing Municipal Accounts 417 25 $73,471 07 $73,471 07 14 1927 Revenue Appropriations Annual 1927 Taxes $500,597 12 Meeting $502,573 49 Estimated Receipts 66,803 16 State and County Excess and Def. Account Taxes 73,471 07 to apply on taxes 20,000 00 Overlay 1927 3,327 42 December Asst. 146 78 Bank Tax returned 10 58 Appropriation Balances: Balance to Excess and Financial Dept. 355 25 Deficiency Account 15,572 02 Town Office Bldg. 21 39 Moth Dept. 3 90 Brushing Roads 16 00 Mosquito Erad'n 118 50 Centerville Bridge 624 76 War Trophies 250 00 Land Damage 367 50 Hyannis Cemetery 36 00 Selectmen's Dept. 3 56 Assessors' Dept. 3 8¢ Town Clerk's Dept. .97, Tax Collector's Dept. 203 81 Municipal Bldgs. 63 59 Police Dept. 503 92 Fires 65 15 Sealing W. and M. 171 38 Tree Warden 19 42 Board of Health 76 Sanitation 205 91 Free Bed at Hospital 16 21 • Road repairs 57 14 Sidewalks 8 t5 Snow Bills $23 82 New Lay-outs 33 46 Mothers' Aid 2,022 60 State Aid 132 00. Soldiers' Relief 380 04 School Dept. 4 15 Unclassified 149 24 Cemeteries 1,508 31 Trust Fund Income •36 39 \ $594,954 58 $594,954 58 15 Excess and Deficiency Account 1927 Revenue for . Jan. 1, 1927, Balance $27,499 29 taxes $20,000 00 Error in 1926 Warrant 7 81 Trans. to Poor Dept. 2,443 02 From 1927 Revenue 15,572 02 Balance 20,636 10 $43,079 12 $43,079 12 APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS Selectmen's Department Salaries $3,000 00 Appropriated $5,750 00 Surveying 2,071 20 Reserve Fund 1,000 00 _Printing and Advertising 832 91 Transportation 189 16 Stationery, Postage and Supplies 178 29 Clerk 155 00 Labor on Town Buildings 95 51 Telephone 86 11 Signs and Beacons 59 27 Constable Service 44 00 Care of Monument Grounds 15 00 Miscellaneous Expenses 14 99 Harbor Master 5 00 $6,746 44 Balance to Revenue 3 56 $6,750 00 $6,750 00 Assessors' Department Salaries $3,600 00 Appropriated $5,600 00 Clerk 1,410 00 Transfer Cards 471 35 Stationery, Postage and Supplies 70 88 Printing and Advertising 17 43 Tranportation 16 50 Telephone 10 00 $5,596 16 Balance to Revenue 3 84 $5,600.00 $5,600 00 16 Town Clerk and Treasurer's Department Salary $2,400 00 Appropriated $4,400 00 Clerks- 1,200 00 Stationery, Postage and Supplies 426 22 Bonds 159 00 Transportation 63 00 Telephone 58 89 Recording 42 50 Printing and Advertising 42 50 Express Charges 6 92 $4,399 03 Balance to Revenue .97 $4,400 00 $4,400 00 Tax Collector's Department Salary $2,000 00 Appropriated $2,600 00 Transportation 202 00 Stationary, Postage and Supplies 186 65 Printing and Advertising 4 09 Telephone 3 45 ' $2,396 19 Balance to Revenue 203 81 $2,600 00 $2,600 00 New Town Office Building On Account of Balance, Jan. 1, 1927 $34,790 00 Contract $37,845 87 Surplus War Bonus Balance to Revenue 21 39 Fund 3,077 26 $37,867 26 $37,867 26 Financial Department Certifying Notes $67 00 Appropriated. $150 00 Printing Coupons 25 25 Premium on Notes 297 50 $92 25 Balance to Revenue 355 25 $447 50 $447 50 17 Legal Department Town Counsel $300 00 Appropriated $800 00 Special Attorneys 539 27 Reserve Fund 39 27 $839 27 $839 27 Election Department Printing and Advertising $364 37 Appropriated $1,041 00 + Registrars of Voters 270 00 Reserve Fund 102 87 Election Officers 268 00 Hall Rent, etc. 167 00 Constables 30 00 Posting Warrants, etc. 22 50 Registrars Expenses 17 00 Miscellaneous Expenses 5 00 $1143 87 $1143,87 Municipal Buildings' Hyannis Town Office: Appropriated $11,150 00 Furniture & Fixtures $8,752 57 'Reserve Fund 877 78 Janitor 1,284 00 Fuel " 498 01 Janitor's Supplies 401 60 Light 347 49 Labor 134 15 Telephone 94 69 Moving Expense 46 87 Water 35 01 Almshouse: Repairs 369 S) $11,964 19 Balance to Revenue 63 59 $12,027 78 $12,027 78 Expenses of Finance Committee Printing $117 50 Appropriation $200 00 Clerk 100 00 Reserve Fund 17 50 $217 50 $217 50 18 Inspection of Wires Salary .and Expenses $1,000 00 Appropriated $1,000 00 Police Department Patrolmen $4,933 00 Approiated $17,935 00 Traffic Officers 4,604 50 Chief 2,650 00 Traffic Signs & Beacons 2,603 55 Special Police 1,041 50 Automobile 500 06 Hyannisport Police 365 00 Court Fees 151 80 Telephone 151 45 Rent 125 00 Equipment for Men 98 98 Stationery, Printing and Postage 90 10 Light 74 99 Miscellaneous Expenses 41 21 $17,431 08_ Balance to Revenue 503 92 $17,935 00 $17,935 00 Sealing of Weights and Measures Salary $900 00 Appropriated $1,205 45 Supplies 46 51 Transportation 28 26 Bond 20 00 Telephone 15 84 Stationery & Postage 14 86 Miscellaneous Expenses 8 60 $1,034 07 Balance to Revenue 171 38 $1,205 45 $1,205 45 \ 19 Moth Department Trucks & Automobiles $1,713 20 Appropriated $6,000 00 Insecticides 1,511 52 Transfer from Tree Equipment 1,305 51 Warden Department 275 00 Labor 1,144 50 Superintendent 269 00 Maintenance of Trucks 176 50 Hardware and Tools 97 87 Rent 50 00 Telephone 3 00 $6,271 10 Balance to Revenue 3 90 i $6,275 00 $6,275 00 Tree Warden Department Trucks & Automobiles $822 50 Appropriated $2,500 00 Labor 528 00 Trees 350 00 Transfer to Moth. Dept. 275 00 Superintendent 196 30 Fertilizer 150 00 Hardware & Tools 83 78 $2,405 58 Rent 75 00 $2,480 58 Balance to Revenue 19 4 $2,500 00 $2,500 00 Town Forest Trees $300 00 Appropriated $500 00 Labor 200 00 $500 00 $500 00 20 Brushing Roads Trucks $300 00 Appropriated $250 00 Labor 168 00 Received from Mass. Forestry Association 234 00 $468 00 Balance to Revenue 16 00 $484 00 484 00 Fires Fire Dept. Services $1,230 00 Appropriated $2,500 00 Labor on Fires 661 00 Refund 6 00 Apparatus and Supplies 185 97 Labor on Railroad Land 119 00• Warden's Salary 125 00 Rent 50 00 Stationery and Postage 9 88 $',440 85 Falance to Revenue 65 15 $2,506 00 $2,506 00 Clam Warden Department Services $1,716 00 Appropriated $1,450 00 Reserve Fund 266 00 $1,716 00 $1,716 00 Free Bed at Hospital Hospital Charges $483 79 Appropriated $500 00 Balance to Revenue 16 21 $500 00 $500 00 Mosquito Eradication Labor $881 50 Appropriated $1,000, 00 Balance to Revenue 118 50 1 $1,000 00 ^' 000 00 21 Board of Health General Expenses: Appropriated $5,950 00 Salary of Agent $300 00 Printing & Advertising 179 90 Stationery and Postage 73 45 Services as Board of Health 62 00 Transportation 7 40 Telephone 1 45 Quarantine & Contagious Diseases: Hospitals 229 42 Groceries & Provisions 142 48 Medical Attendance 49 50 Fuel 18 87 Tuberculosis: Board and Treatment 938 00 Ambulance 15 00 Vital Statistics: Births 338 50 Deaths 113 25 Other Expenses: Plumbing Inspector 1,695 73 Inspection of Meat 750 00 Inspection of Animals 400 00 Labor on Dumps 236 99 Abating Nuisances 153 75 Dental Clinic 142 50 Furniture 95 80 Miscellaneous Expenses 5 25 $5,949 24 Balance to Revenue 76 $5,950 00 $5,950 00 Sewerage Committee Expended by the Appropriated $2,500 00 Committee $2,389 05 Balance " 110 95 $2,500 00 $2,500 00 Land For Drainage Balance, Dec. 31, 1927 $600 00 Balance, Jan. 1, 1927 $600 00 22 Sanitation Labor and Trucks $4,279 40 Appropriated $4,500 00 Miscellaneous Expenses 14 69 $4,294 09 Eala.nce to Revenue 205 91 $4,500 00 $4,500 00 HIGHWAYS Repairs on Roads and Bridges *Expended $34,942 86 Appropriated $35,000 00 Balance to Revenue 57 14 $35,000 00 $35,000 00 Hyannis-West Barnstable Road Balance, Jan. 1, 1927 $861 67 Appropriated $861 67 Hyannis-Yarmouth Road *Expended $24,958 75 Appropriated $10,000 00 Balance 1,563 41 Received from State 8,261 08 Received from County 8;261 08 $26,522 16 $26,522 16 Race Lane Transferred to 1927 New Construction $8,500 00 Balance, Jan. 1, 1927 $8,500 00 Barnstable Wharf *Expended $3,500 00 Balance, Jan. 1, 1927 $1,896 63 Appropriated 1,603 37 $3,500 00 $3,500 00 23 Grand Island Bridge Balance, Dec. 31, 1927 $449 64 Balance, Jan. 1, 1927 $449 64 Centerville Bridge *Expended $6,766 38 Falance, Jan. 1, 1927 $255 02 Balance to Revenue 624 76 Received from State 3,568 06 Received from County 3,568 06 $7,391 14 $7,391 14 ' 1927 Construction *Expended $70,300 00 Appropriated $63,500 00 . Balance 1,700 00 Appropriation for Race Lane 8,500 00 $72,000 00 $72,000 00 New Lay-Outs of Roads *Expended $6,966 54 Appropriated $7,000 00 Balance to Revenue 33 46 $7,000 00 $7,000 00 Sidewalks *Expended $7,991 45 Appropriated $8,000 00 Balance to Revenue 8 55 $8,000 00 $8,000 00 Snow Bills *Expended $12,976 18 Appropriated $13,000 00 Balance to Revenue 23 82 $13,000 00 $13,000 00 (*For Detail of Expenses see Report of Surveyor of Highways.) 24 CHARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS Department of Public Welfare Salaries of'Overseers $600 00 Appropriated $21,000 00 Stationery & Postage 11 50 Surplus 2,443 02 Reserve Fund 1,944 00 $611 50 Checks Returned 32 00 Public Welfare: Cash 7,603 00 Groceries and Provisions 3,307 47, Board and Care 2,661 00 Medicine & Medical Attendance 1,702 42 State Institutions 1,519 06 Coal and Wood 984 84 Aid by other Cities and Towns 627 56 Burial Expenses 300 00 Clothing 250 75 Rent 225 00 Miscellaneous Expenses 52 00 $19,233 10 Infirmary: Groceries and Provisions 2,249 80 Salary of Superintendent 600 00 Fuel and Light 582 70 Hay and Grain 485 41 Animals 415 20 Labor & Buildings 410 51 Other Employees 230 00 Dry Goods & Clothing 197 34 Medical Attendance 196 34 Telephone 71 15 Garden Supplies 69 05 Miscellaneous Expenses 36 42 Automobile Expense 18 50 Pew Rent 12 00 $5,574 42 $25,419 02 $25,419 02 t 25 r Mothers' Aid Cash $1,636 00 Appropriated $4,1425 00 Aid by other Cities and Towns 570 33 Medical Attendance 163 07 Fuel 33 00 $2,402 40 Balance to Revenue 2,022 60 $4,425 00 $4,425 00 State Aid Cash $172 00 Appropriated $300 00 Balance to Revenue 132 00 Check Returned 4 00 $304 00 $304 00 Soldiers' Relief Cash $2,634 00 Appropriated' $3,400 00 Groceries and Provisions 352 21 Soldiers' Burials' 25 00 Fuel 8 75 $3,019 96 Balance to Revenue 380 04 $3,400 00 $3,400 00 r 26 SCHOOLS General Expenses: Appropriated $147,740 00 Fuel $6,759 21 Dog Money 1,125 08 New Equipment 4,945 89 Cobb Fund 404 32 Superintendent's Salary 4,500 00 Superintendent's Clerk 1,345 00 Tennis Court 1,275 13 Traveling Exp. 1,168 60 Atheltics 1,087 61 Light 831 70 Water 673 37 Telephone 414 87 Stationery, Postage & Printing 241 19 Clerk at High School 231 75 Miscellaneous Expenses 107 20 Diplomas and Graduation 89 93 Expenses of School Committee 75 00 Truant Officers 3S 05 School Census 34 60 $23,819 10 Teachers' Salaries: High 36,022 75 Elementary 35,339 50 Physical Instructors 4,052 00 Music & Drawing 3,440 00 Manual Training 2,500 00 Evening School 674 20 $82,028 45 Text Books & Supplies: Elementary $4,233 86 High •3,753 17 Evening 23 51 , i $8,010 54 Transportation of Scholars $17,364 25 Janitors: Elementary $6,423 12 High 1,905 26 $8,328 38 27 Maintenance of Build- ings and Grounds: Elementary: Repairs $3,093 74 Janitor' Supplies 884 85 Miscellaneous Exp. 52 05 $4,030 64 High: Repairs $2,791 84 Janitors' Supplies 488 15 Miscellaneous Exp. 117 25 $3,397 24 School Nurse: Salary $1,650 00 Nurse's Supplies 320 07 Nurse's Car 316 58 $2,286 65 $149,265 25 Balance to Revenue 4 15 ,$149,269 40 $149,269 40 Training School Addition On Account of Balance, Jan. 1, 1927 $60,000 00 Contract $52,612 17 Balance 7,387 83 $60,000 00 $60,000 00 Libraries Divided among the Li- Appropriated $1,000 00 braries as follows: Hyannis $300 00 Osterville 175 00 Cotuit 150 00 Centerville 125 00 Marstons Mills 100 00 Barnstable 75 00 West Barnstable 75 00 $1,000 00 $1,000 00 Planning Board Engineering Service $4,561 00 Appropriated $10,000 00 Draughting 1,530 00 Surveying Expense 998 60 Abstract of Old Deeds 700 OS Copying Old Records 690 20 Supplies 469 87 Clerical Service for Board 437 50 Transportation SO SO Land Court Plans �53 45 Telephone 36 55 Notices 32 66 Technical R Legal Work 32 00 Office Equipment 30 25 Dues 25 00 Printing 15 75 Postage 6 29 $10,000 00 $10,000 00 Plat of Town On Acct of Contract $2,151 00 Balance, Jan. 1, 1927 $2,151 00 Park Commission Labor $S68 05 Appropriated $2,050 00 Plan of Lewis Bay 537 10 Check Returned 153 60 Loam 487 90 Equipment 200 00 Surveying 42 45 Flag Outfits 29 25 Automobile Expense 24 75 Stationery & Postage 4 75 School Fuildings 4 35 Insecticides 3 00 Printing & Advertising 2 00 0 $2,203 60 $2,203 60 Hyannis Bathing Beach Awarded for Land Balance, Jan. 1, 1927 $12,400 00 Taken $38,130 00 Appropriated 25,605 00 Reserve Fund 125 00 $35,130 00 $35,130 00 ?g Recreation Committee Hyannis Athletic Appropriated $3,000 00 Association $1,500 00 Osterville Athletic Association 1,500 00 $3,000 00 $3,000 00 Memorial Day Barnstable Soldiers' Memorial Association $500 00 Appropriated $500 00 Rent for G. A. R. Rent of Hall $80 00 Appropriated $80 00 Unclassified Insurance $5,787 34 Appropriated $5,000 00 Printing Town Reports, etc. 996 75 Damages to Persons 445 20 Taxes Refunded 169 70 Stenographer at Town Meeting 168 13 Labor on Office Grounds 110 55, Electric Light Pole at High School 64 85 Buoys in Lewis Bay 50 00 Recording Deeds 31 24 Miscellaneous Expenses 21 00 $7,850 76 Balance to Revenue 149 24 $8,000 00 $8,000 00 Cemeteries Labor $596 69 Appropriated $2,105 00 Balance to Revenue 1,508 31 $2,105 00 $2,105 00 30 Cobb Burial Lot Care of Lot $5 00 Income Cobb Fund $5 00 Hyannis Cemetery Land Taken $2,964 50 Balance, Jan• 1, 1927 $1,463 50 Balance to Revenue 36 00 Appropriated 1,537 00 $3,000 50 $3,000 50 Craigville Beach Balance, Dec. 31, 1927 $2,268 95 Balance, Jan. 1, 1927 $2,268 95 Land Damage - Centerville-Craigville Road Land Damage $992 50 Appropriated $1,3°60 00 Ealance to Revenue 367 50 $1,360 00 $1,360 00 Dredging Lewis Bay Dec. 31, 1927, Balance $5,000 00 Jan. 1, 1927, Balance $5,000 00 War Trophies Balance to Revenue $250 00 Balance, Jan. 1, 1927 $250 00 Town Meeting Bills Moderator at Annual Meeting $25 00 Appropriated $25 00 Reserve Fund Transferred to: Appropriated $5,000 00 Public Welfare $1,944 00 Selectmen's Dept. 1,000 00 Municipal Buildings 877 78 Interest 627 58 Clam Warden Dept. 266 00 Hyannis Bathing Beach 125 00 Election Dept. 102 87 Legal Dept. 39 27 Expense of Finance Committee 17 50 $5,000 00 $5,000 00 31 Interest Revenue Loans $5,600 08 Appropriated $13,000 00 High School Loan 4,680 00 Reserve Fund 627 58 Town Office Loan 3,000 00 Hyannis Main Street Loan 220 00 Iyanough School Loan 127 50 $13,627 58 $13,627 58 Debt Town Office Loan $15,000 00 Appropriated $34,000 00 High School Loan 15,000 00 Iyanough School Loan 3,000 00 Hyannis Main Street Loan 1,000 00 $34,000 00 $34,000 00 Trust Funds Invested: Deposited for Perpetual Cemetery Perpetual Care of Burial Lots $S22 S6 Care Fund $1,522 86 Liberty Bond Matured 00 00 $1,522 86 $1,522 S6 Trust Fund Income -Cure of Furial Lots $1,115 73 Cemetery P. C. Fund $1,199 78 Interest on Cobb Fund 409 32 Cobb Fund 361 66 Sturgis Fund: Sturgis Fund 200 00 Paid to the Selectmen 200 00 Surplus War Bonus Marston Fund: Fund 133 92 Centerville School 22 50 Marston Fund 23 77 Added to Funds: School Fund 64 87 Surplus War Bonus Fund 13:3 92 School Fund 64 87 Marston Fund 1 27 $1,947 61 Balance to Revenue 36 39 $1,984 00 $1,984 00 32 SUMMARY OF CASH ACCOUNT Jan. 1, 1927 Cash on hand $58,731 27 / Receipts 1926 Taxes $06,141 94 ' 1927 Taxes 438,720 57 $504,862 51 , Revenue Loans 500,000 00 Training School Loan 35,000 00 Estimated Receipts 66,803 16' Premium on notes 297 50 Surplus War Bonus Fund 3,077 26 Refund on account of Fires 6 00 Moth Dept. from Tree Warden Dept. 275 00 Refund on account of Brushing Roads 234 00 State on account of Centerville Bridge 3,568 06 County on account of Centerville Bridge 3,568 06 County on account of . H3-annis-West Yar- mouth Road 8,261 08 State on account of Hyannis-West Yar- mouth Road 8,261 08 Refund on account of the Poor 32 00 Refund on account of State Aid 4 00 r '33 Dog money 1,125 08 Income Cobb Fund 409 32 Refund on account of Park Commission 153 60 Trust Fund Income 1,984 00 Trust Funds 1,522 86 $1,139,444 57 $1,198,175 84 Expenditures Revenue Loans $475,000 00 State and County Taxes 73,471 07 Bank Tax Returned 10 58 Selectmen's Dept. 6,746 44 Assessors' Dept. 5,596 16 Town Clerk and Treas- urer's Dept. 4,399 03 Tax Collector's,Dept. 2,396 19 Financial Dept. 92 25. Legal Dept.' 839 27 Election Dept. 1,143 87 Municipal Buildings 11,964 19 Expenses of Finance Committee 217 50 Town Office Bldg. 37,845 87 Police Dept. 17,431 08 Fires 2,440 85 Inspection of Wires 1,000 00 Sealing of Weights and Measures 1,034 07 Moth Dept. , 6,271 10 Tree Warden 2,480 58 Clam Warden 1,716 00 Town Forest 500 00 Brushing Roads 468 00 34 Board of Health 5,949 24 Sanitation 4,294 09 Free Bed at Hospital 483 79 Mosquito Eradication 881 50 Sewerage Committee 2,389 05 Road Repairs 34,942 86 Sidewalks 7,991 45 Centerville Bridge 6,766 38 Barnstable Wharf 3,500 00 Snow Bills , 12,976 18 1927 Construction 70,300 00 New Lay outs 6,966 54 Hyannis-West Yarmouth Road 24,958 75 Dept. of Public Welfare 25,419 02 Mothers' Aid 2,402 40 State Aid 172 00 • Soldiers',Relief 3,019 96 School Dept. 149,265 25 Libraries 1,000 00 Training School Addn. 52,612 17 Town Meeting Bills 25 00. Park Commission 2,203 60 Unclassified 7,850 76 Memorial Day 500 00 Rent for G. A. R. 80 00 Planning Board 10,000 00 Plotting Town 2,151 00 Recreation Committee 3,000 00 Hyannis Bathing Beach 38,130 00 Centerville-Craigville Road Damage 992 50 Care Cobb Lot 5 00 35 Cemeteries 596 69 Hyannis Cemetery. 2,964 50 Interest 13,627 58 Debt 34,060 60 Trust Fund Income 1,947 61 Trust Funds 1,522 8G $1,188,951 83 Dec. 31, Balance in Treasury 9,224 01 $1,198,175 84 36 NON-REVENUE ACCOUNTS Net Bonded Debt Jan. 1, 1927 Balance $199,000 00 Notes paid $34,000 00 Training School Loan $35,000 00 Balance 200,000.00 $234,000 00 $234,000 00 Notes Payable liyannis Main Street: Net Bonded Debt $200,000 00 1928 $1,000 00 1929 1,000 00 1930 1,000 00 $3,000 00 New High School: 1928 $15,000 00 1929 15,000 00 1930 15,000 00 1931 15,000 00 1932 15,000 00 1933 15,000 00 1934 12,000 00 102,000 00 Town Office Bldg.: 1928 $15,000 00 1929 15,000 00 1930 15,000 00 1931 15,000 00 60,000 00 Training School Addn.: 1928 $7,000 00 1929 7,000 00 1930 7,000 00 2931 7,000 00 1932 7,000 00 35,000 00 $200,000 00 $200,000 00 87 TRUST FUNDS Trust Fund Cash and Securities Jan. 1, 1927 Balance $48,794 51 Balance $47,905 51 ' Added to Funds: Cemetery 822 86 School 64 87 Marston 1 27 $48,794 51 $48,794 51 Cobb Fund Balance $10,233 00 Jan. 1; 1927 Balance $10,233. 00 Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund Balance $32,546 03 Jan. 1, 1927 Balance $31,723 17 Receipts 822 86 $32,546 03 $32,546 03 Sturgis Fund Balance $4,000 00 Jan. 1, 1927' Balance $4,000 00 School Fund Balance $1,491 46 Jan. 1, 1927 Balance $1,426 59 Receipts 64-87 $1,491 46 $1,491 46 38 Marston Fund Jan. 1, 1927 Btilance $524 02 Balance $522 75 Receipts 1 27 $524 02 $524 02" SPECIAL FUNDS Surplus War Bonus Fund Trans. to New Office Jan. 1, 1927 Buiidinx• $3,017 26 Balance $2,943 34 Interest 133 92 I , +" $3,077 26 $3,077 26 39 LIST OF BURIAL LOT FUNDS HELD IN TRUST BY THE TOWN Estate of: A. C. Adams $125.00 -Josiah Ames 75.00 Robert Bacon 500.00 H. H. Baker, Jr. 100.00 H. H. Baker, Sr. 100.00 Luther Baker 150.00 Adeline Bearse 50.00 Arthur Bearse 100.00 Cordelia S. Bearse 150.00 Elisha B. Bearse 100.00 Flora A. Bearse 125.00 Richard Bearse 100.00 Eben Bodfish 50.00 William 1. Bodfish 100.00 Christina H. Bodge 99.00 Lydia F. Bourne 100.00 David Bursley 200.00 Mercy T. Cobb 100.00 Warren Cammett & A. A. Cram 150.00 . Allan J. Chase 200.00 Thomas Chatfield 100.00 Augustine F. Childs 150.00 •Foster Crocker 104.69 Henry E. Crocker 300.00 Loring & Nathan Crocker 300.00 Amanda Crosby ... 60.00 Daniel Crosby 200.00 Eleanor Crosby 200:00 Gorham F. Crosby 200.00 40 Julia Crosby 100.00 Ebenezer Crowell 200.00 Elkanah Crowell ' 200.00 Henry L. Davis 200.00 J. A. Davis 300.00 Jane E. Edson 300.00 Jarvis R. Fish 100.00 Lydia S. Fish 100.00 Nellie A. Fish -100.00 Ida D. Frost 950.00 David Fuller 200.00 Hersel Fuller 100.00 Lariva H. Fuller 100'.00 Stephen B. Fuller 200.00 Sumner Gorham 100.00 Franklin B. Goss 300.00 Wm. F. M. Goss 300.00 D. B. Hallett _ 100.00 Gorham Hallett 100.00 Lydia T. Hamblin 100.00 Samuel H. Hallett 150.00 Deborah C. Handy 200.00 Eliza M. Handy 278.37 James H. Handy 100.00 Hannah Haywood 100.00 Martha G. Higgins 100.00 Edward B. & Ruth F. Hinckley 100.00 Gustavus A. Hinckley 125.00 Josiah Hinckley 200.00 Josiah Hinckley & Abby Hinckley 395.15 Mary C. Hinckley 100.00 Jehiel P. Hodges 150.00 Charlotte Holm 200.00 Edwin T. Howland 103.50 r 41 William C. Howland 200.00 Oliver C. Hoxie 100.00 Mary E. Huckins 100.00 F. G. Kelley 150.00 Mary E. Lewis 150.00 F. G. Lothrop 200.00 George Lovell 243.17 Cyrenus Lovell 100.00 Hannah Lovell 150.00 Jacob Lovell 50.00 Lizzie E. Lovell 200.00 Medora M. Lovell 100.00 0. D. Lovell 500.00 William S. Lumbert 100.00 A. D. 11lakepeace 500.00 John Munroe 100.00 Hannah E. Nickerson 500.00 John Norris 200.00 Mary M. Nye 150.00 Harriet S. Parker 100.00 Sarah A. Parker 200.00 William B. Parker 100.00 Thomas Pattison 100.00 Harrison G. Phinney 150.00 Joseph L. Proctor 100.00 Patrick Regan 200.00 Nelson Rhodehouse 100.00 Oliver H. Sawyer 100.00 H..A. Scudder 100.00 Nelson Scudder 200.00 Charles H. Smith 200.00 Fred L. Stimpson ' 200.00 William W. Sturgis 75.00 Henry L. Swain 90.00 4 \ Timothy Swinerton 100.00 Freeman Taylor 100.00 R. Al. Waite 300.00 Robinson Weeks 347.65 T. V. West 74.50 Hannah Wheeler 200.00 Asenith Whelden 600.00 S. Whelden 200.00 J. R. Wilson 100.00 Herbert W. York 200.00 Centerville Beechwood Cemetery Association 2,475.00 Hyannis Oak Grove Cemetery Association 11,300.00 $32,546, 03 o °r° � o � � in o 0 o T•-i co er+ = co 0 0 �(= r'CA t- c� aoomo ,I+ ocom w o = C co o di .1 caoc'It- umcc -t, r1 a� N�car r o ce n, b ca le ce o bpm ce co C � EiAU , ir71" �1 � UZ c� ri ti N LO a> O � O A GHQ COI C J ti O O O O O O t y O O O O O cD U q LA GO O O d' W -44 . .� CEO CO COccq Com cd a� .Q a2 y G1 Mto Cdd O ce o cad o y ca c ce raEl ce E-+ A PI ce " a o 4 oce m zaC) ce A c c o c o m o c = m c c o c o c c c ¥ c n § ccoc o ¥ moor » c o 0 0 0 lz�,C c ' » f 3 2 : ? C(Dq 5 ~ - 00 4 \ .7 _ @. : m � �. � _ Q m P:4 / .7•§ ' \/ / § # = 2 ® m o / k a / k S CDG 1-1 A A / c o / � m 0 0 - f m .§ 7 .. / pa . �14 /. / E-4 . 45 REPORT OF THE AUDIT March 17, 1927 To the Board of Selectmen, Mr. Edgar W. Lovell, Chairman, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Gentlemen: I submit herewith my report of an audit of the accounts ' of the town of Barnstable for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1926, made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws. This report is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Edward H. Fenton, Chief Examiner of this Division. Very truly yours, THEODORE N. WADDELL Director of Accounts. Mr. Theodore N. Waddell; Director of Accounts, Department of Corporations and Taxation, State House, Boston. Sir: In accordance with your instructions, I have made an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Barnstable for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1926, and submit ` . 4s the following report thereon: The financial transactions of the town, as recorded on the books, of the several departments receiving or dis- bursing,money for the town or committing bills for collec- tion, were examined and checked with the books of the accounting officer. The books and accounts of the accounting officer were examined and checked, the records of receipt being com- pared with the treasurer's books and with the records in the several departments. collecting money for the town. The treasury warrants authorizing payments were checked to the appropriation accounts in the ledger and were proved to the treasurer's payments. The classification book was examined and checked. The appropriation accounts and transfers, as entered in the ledger, were checked to the town clerk's records of town meetings. In checking the appropriations it was noted that the sum of $441.72 was transferred by vote of the selectmen from revenue to the fire department. In 1925 a transfer of this nature was made, to which attention was called in the report of the previous audit. It is once more recom- mended that the practice of making transfers on the or- ders of the selectmen be discontinued and that, in the fu- ture, a vote of the town be secured as authority for similar transfers. The ledger .accounts were analyzed, the footings and postings were verified, journal entries were made and posted for necessary adjustments, a trial balance was taken off, and a balance sheet, which is appended to this report, was prepared showing the financial condition of the town as of'December 31, 1926. 47 The books and accounts of the treasurer were examined and checked. The recorded receipts were checked with the records in the several departments collecting money for the town and with the other sources from which money was paid into the town treasury, and with the accounting offi- cer's books. The payments were checked with the warrants author- izing the treasurer to disburse town funds and with the accounting officer's books. The cash book was footed and the balance, together with the outstanding checks as listed, was reconciled to the amount in the' bank as shown by the bank statement. A table showing a reconciliation of the treasurer's cash and bank balance is appended to this report. The payments for maturing debt and interest were ver- ified with the amounts falling due and with the cancelled notes and coupons on file. The books and accounts of the tax collector were ex- amined and checked in detail. The commitment of taxes for the levy of 1926 was proved and compared with the as- sessors' warrants, a small discrepancy being noted. The payments to the treasurer were checked to the treasurer's cash book. The abatements, as recorded, were checked to the assessors' record of abatements granted, it being found that the assessors had.failed to report to the collector abatements amounting to $2,374.43, in connection with which the attention of the assessors is called to Section 60, Chapter 59, General Laws, as amended by Chapter 18, Acts of 1923, which provides that "the assessors shall forth- with upon making an abatement furnish the tax collector with a copy thereof." The outstanding taxes were listed and proved to the 48 ledger accounts of each levy, being further verified by mail- ing notices to a number of persons whose names appeared on the books as owing money to the town. From the replies received I am satisfied that the accounts as listed are cor- rect. Tables relative to the tax levies are appended to this re- port. The trust funds in the custody of the town treasurer were examined and verified. The securities representing the investments of the several funds were examined and listed, the income being proved. Schedules of the trust fund transactions were prepared and are appended to this report. The licenses and permits issued by the selectmen, as shown by their records, were examined and checked to the receipts as shown by the treasurer's books. The records of receipts from the sale of milk, produce, etc., at the town farm were examined and checked to the records as shown on the treasurer's cash book. The accounts of the overseers of the poor were examin- ed, and it was found that in some cases no bills had been rendered to the Commonwealth for charges incurred in 1926. It is recommended that bills for temporary aid and for mothers' aid, payable by the State, be rendered in ac- cordance with the provisions of Chapter 241, Acts of 1926. The accounts of the school department, the sealer of weights and measures, and the milk inspector were examin- ed, and the receipts as shown by the records of these depart ments were checked to the treasurer's cash book. The town clerk's records of fish and game licenses is- sued for the State and of dog licenses for the county were checked to the receipts on file of the Division of Fisheries 49 and Game and of the county treasurer. The surety bonds of the treasurer, the tax collector and the town clerk for the faithful performance of their duties were examined and found to be in proper form. For the courtesy and co-operation of the various offi- cials during the audit, I wish, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, to express appreciation. Respectfully submitted, EDWARD H. FENTON Chief Examiner. 50 TOWN CLERK'S REPORT ANNUAL-TOWN MEETING March 7 and 8, 1927 At a meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Barn- stable qualified to vote on Town affairs-held in the different precincts named in the Warrant for said meeting, for the election of officers, etc., on Monday, March 7, 1927, while acting under the following article: Article 1. Moderator for subsequent meeting; One. Selectman for three years; One Assessor for three years; One Overseer of the Poor for three. years; One Auditor for one year; One School Committee for three years; One member of the Board-of Health for three years.; One Tree Warden for one year; One Park Com- missioner for three years; Members of the Planning Board, one for one year, one for two years, one. for three years, two for four years and two for five years; and to elect any other officers whose names may be one the official ballot. The subsequent meeting_will be held at the Hyannis Theatre, Hyannis, on Tuesday, March 8, 1927, at nine o'clock A. M. The whole number of votes cast was 1,189, which being assorted and counted according to law, the result was found to be as follows: Moderator at Annual Town Meeting *Edward C. Hinckley .................................................................................... 1,001 J. Milton Leonard ................................................................................................ 2 ClarenceM. Chase ................................................................................................ 1 J. Lester Howland ..................................................................._.........._.._ _ 1 51 Selectman (Three Years) *Howard N. Parker ...............---------------------------------------------------------------------... 970 WilliamA. Jones -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Assessor (Three Years) *Howard N. Parker ------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------- 954 William A. Jones ----------------------------- -----. 1 Overseer of the Poor (Three Years) *Howard N. Parker ---------------------------------------------------------------- ------ -------------- 950 GeorgeC. Seabury --------------------- .......................................-...................... 1 School Committee (Three Years) *Stuart F. Scudder ------------------------------------------ ............................................_..... 693 WalterI. Fuller .....................................................-..................-...................... 478 Auditor (One Year) *John Bursley ................._..........-............................-........--.................................. 957 Tree Warden (One Year) , *Robert F. Cross .............................. ....................---..........---...---------._........._ 967 CharlesE. Doubtfire ------------------ ............................................... 1 Board of Health (Three Years) - William- A. Jones ---------------------------------------------------------------------I......------.... 970 Park Commissioner (Three Years) *William F. Jenkins .....................................................................................- 879 CharlesL. Ayling ----------................................................-......................... 1 52 Planning Board (One Year) ` *Robert F. 0ruoo 691 ^ 0bwr&a Brown I ' ^ C. Croft 0vveu .......................................... I ' �iunnb4� �ourd (Two , *WU] uuz L. Fitzgerald -------' 610 . William P. Saint 1 WalterI. Fuller ..................................................................................................... I Planning Board (Three Years) *Mis�, Mary Mortimer 603 Planning Board (Four Years) ' *Mrs. Mabel K. Baker 588 *Henry P. Leonard 581 / Planning Board (Five Years) *F. IIovrur8 Hinckley ................................................ 636 wI/. Frank I`uiue ----------_----------------.--- 555 (*Elected) ' THE SUBSEQUENT MEETING Iu accordance with the Warrant, the Subsequent Meet- ing n/uobalduttboIIyxnoi Theatre, Hyannis, on Tuesday, DIurob 8' I927. The zvootbmg was called to order at uiuo o'clock A. M., by the Town Clerk who read the Warrant and the result of the previous duy`a voting. ' 53 The respective officers were declared elected. Dr. Edward C. Hinckley then qualified as Moderator and took charge of the meeting., The following tellers were appointed and sworn by the Moderator: Charles E. Doubtfire Max Malchman William G. Currier Frank G. Thacher Article 2. To elect all other necessary town officers for the ensuing year. , All other officers are appointed by the Selectmen. Article 3. To hear and act upon the reports of the various town officers, also to hear the report of any Committees, and to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. It was voted to accept the report of the Town Officers a.s printed. The Committee on War Trophies made a brief verbal report which was accepted. The Committee on the Osterville Bathing Beach report that in view of the fact that there are several public land- ings in the Village of Osterville, they did not think it nec- essary for the Town to take any land for that purpose. It was voted to accept the report of the By-Law Com- mittee as printed. Article 4. To receive and act upon the accounts of all per- sons to whom the town is indebted. No bills were presented. 54 Article 5. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the following purposes for the ensuing year: Payment of Debt; Interest; Financial Department; Town Clerk and Treasurer's Department; Selectmen's Department; Tax Collector's Department; % Assessors' Department; Election Department; Municipal Buildings; Legal Department; Moth Department; Tree Warden Department; Clam Warden De- partment; Inspection of Wires; Sealing of Weights and Meas- ures; Fires; Police Department; Health Department; Sanitation; Repairs on Roads and Bridges; Snow and Ice Removal; Sidewalks; Mothers' Aid; Support of Poor; State Aid; Soldiers' Relief; School Department; Reserve Fund; Park Commission; Unclassified Ex- penses; Cemeteries; Rent for G. A. R.; Expenses of the Finance Committee and for all other legal expenses. The following appropriations were voted: Payment of Debt - 34,000 00 Interest 13,000 00 Financial Department 150 00 Town Clerk & Treasurer's Department 4,400 00 Selectmen's Department 5,750 00 Tax Collector's Department 2,600 00 Assessors' Department 5,600 00 Election Department 1,041 00 Municipal Buildings 11,150 00 Legal Department r 800 00 Moth Department 61000 00 Tree Warden Department 2,500 00 Clam Warden 1,450 00 Inspection of Wires 1,000 00 Sealing of Weights & Measures 1,205 45 Fires 2,500 00 Police Department 17,935 00 Board of Health 5,950 00 Sanitation 4,500 00 Repairs on Roads & Bridges 35,000 00 ' 55 Snow and Ice Removal 13,000 00 Sidewalks 8,000 00 Mothers' Aid 4,425 00 Support of Poor 21,000 00 State Aid 300 00 Soldiers' Relief 3,400 00 School Department 147,740 00 Reserve Fund 5,000 00 Park Commission 2,050 00 Unclassified Expenses 8,000 00 Cemeteries 2,105 00 Rent for G. A. R. 80 00 Expenses of Finance Committee 200 00 $371,831 45 By accepting the reccomendation of the Finance Com- mittee, the salary of the Tax Collector was increased to $2,000 00. Article 6. To see if the. Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year. Voted that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year begin- ning January 1st, 1927 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year. Any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year. (Unanimous). Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money on and after January 1st, 1928 in anticipation of the;revenue of the financial year beginning January 1st, 1928. 56 Voted that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money on and after January 1st, 1928 in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1st, 1928, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year. Any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year. (Unanimous). Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to apply Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000 00) of the surplus in the Town Treasury toward the tax levy for 1927, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to apply Twen- ty Thousand Dollars ($20,000 00) of the .surplus in the Town Treasury toward the tax levy for 1927. Article 9. To see if the Town will vote, to authorize the Selectmen to make such leases as in their opinion will be for the best interest of the Town and to confirm all leases heretofore given. Voted that the Selectmen be so authorized. Article 10. To see if the Town will indemnify,the Common- wealth of Massachusetts against any and all claims for land, grade and drainage damages which may be caused by or result from the laying out,' construction or reconstruction of any State Highway in the Town during the present year, and will authorize the Board of Selectmen to sign an indemnity agreement in behalf of the Town, or take any action in respect thereto. Voted that this article be adopted. Article 11. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the, proper observance of Memorial Day and to act fully thereon. 57 Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for these purposes and that it be placed in the hands of the Barnstable Soldiers' Memorial Association. Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000 00) for the pur- pose of buying books for the several Public Libraries in the Town and that this amount be apportioned by a Committee consisting of one person from each precinct to be named by the Moderator. (By request of John Bursley et al). Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for this purpose. The following Committee was appointed: 1/1 John Bursley Miss Mary Mortimer i G. Webster Hallett ' %Edward F. Maher Howard G. Lumbert JDr. J. Haydn Higgins Alexander S. Childs Article 13. To see if the. Town will vote to raise and appro; priate the.sum $861.67 to take care of the overdraft on the West Barnstable-Hyannis Road in 1926, or to.take any action in relation thereto and to act fuily'thereon. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $861.67 for this purpose. Article 14. To see. if the,Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or issue its notes, bonds or script for the sum of Seventy- five Thousand Dollars ($75,000.00) as recommended by the Road Committee, to be expended approximately as follows: 1. Seal- coating, $5,000.00; 2. Bridge street, Osterville, $8,000.00; 3. Hyannis and West Barnstable Road, $10,000.00; 4. Bay View.street, Hy- 58 annis, $4,500.00; 5. Camp street, Hyannis, $6,000.00; 6. Daniel's Hill, Oste.rville, $1,5000.00; 7. Newton Road, $5,000.00; 8. Little River Road, 'Cotuit, $2,500.00; 9. Mill Way, Barnstable, $2,000.00; 10. Makepeace harm Road, $15,000.00; 11. Sandy Street, West Barnstable, $8,500.00; 12. Race Lane, $1,500.00; 13. Long Beach Road, Centerville, $5,500.00, or to take any action in relation there- to and to act fully thereon. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $73,500.00 to be expended as stated fir this article with the exception that the $1500.00 for Race Lane be omitted. Article 15. To see if the Town will'indemnify the Common- wealth of Massachusetts against any and all claims for land, grade and drainage damages which may be caused by or result from the laying out, alteration, construction or reconstruction of the State Highway known as North County Road in Barnstable,, or any section or relocation thereof, and will authorize the Board of Selectmen to sign an indemnity agreement therefor in behalf of the Town, or take any other action with respect thereto. Voted that the Town will indemnify the Commonwealth of Massachusetts against any and all claims for land, grade and drainage damages which may be caused by or result from the laying out, alteration, construction or reconstruc- tion of the State Highway known as North County Road in Barnstable, or any section or relocation thereof, and that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to sign an indemnity agreement therefor in behalf of the Town indemnifying the Commonwealth as aforesaid. Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or issue its notes, bonds or script for a sum not to exceed. Twenty=five Hundred Dollars• ($2,500..00) for the purpose of grad- ing and paving School street from Bay street to the shore in the village of Hyannis, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. .(By request of John E. Hinckley et al). 59 Voted to take up Articles 16, 17, 18, 19 and 21 together, all of which were indefinitely postponed. Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to construct of sand and asphalt or otherwise improve the road leading from the junc- tion of the roads near the Congregational Church in West Barn- stable Westerly and Northerly to a point on the State Highway near the residence of Benjamin Blossom and raise and appropri- ate or issue its notes, bonds or script for a sum of money not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for that purpose or to take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. (By re- quest of Harold C. Weekes, et al). Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or issue its notes, bonds or script for the sum of Four Thou- sand Five Hundred Dollars ($4,500.00) for the purpose of rebuild- ing North street in the village of Hyannis, between Ocean street and Winter street; or take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. (By request of Mary T. Riddle, et al.). Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to build an asphalt road on Monument avenue in the village of Centerville, from-the Soldiers' Monument to or near the residences of Mrs. Augusta Meiggs or Emil Ryberg, or take any action in relation thereto and to act'fully thereon. (By request of James M. Halliman, et al.). Taken up in connection with Article 16. Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to rescind the vote passed at the. last Annual Town Meeting whereby it was voted that the amount appropriated for the rebuilding of Race Lane ($8,500.00) should not be used unless the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts contribute a like amount and that the above amount'be used for rebuilding Race Lane this year, or take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. (By request of S. Fremont Crocker, et al.). It was voted to rescind the vote passed at the last An- nual Town Meeting whereby it was voted that the amount 60 appropriated for the rebuilding of.Race Lane should not be used unless the State of Massachusetts contributed a like amount and that the $8500.00 appropriated last year be made available for the purpose of rebuilding Race Lane this year beginning at and extending Westerly from the Four Corners, so-called, on the Cotuit-West Barnstable stage road. Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Nine Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($9,500.00) for the purpose of building the uncompleted road, Phinney's Lane, so-called, ;rom a point known as Entry of Great March Road ex- tending to a point meeting the New State Highway, running from West Barnstable to Hyannis, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request of Jehiel R. Crosby, et al.). ' e -Taken up in connection with Article 16. Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate an additional sum not exceeding Eighteen Hundred Dollars ($1,800.00) for the purpose of constructing a wharf at Millway Creek in the village of Barnstable, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request of the Surveyor of Highways, et al.). Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1603.37 to be added to the amount now on hand for the purpose of constructing this wharf and that a Committee of three be appointed by the Chair to build this wharf. The Moderator appointed the following Committee Lauchlan M. Crocker Wilbert C. Smith Marcus N. Harris Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum not to exceed"Five Hundred Dollars.($500.00) pro- . , 61 viding the Massachusetts Forestry Association will provide a .like amount, the same to be used for brushing of old roads, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. It was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $250.00 for this purpose provided the Massachusetts Forestry Asso- ciation will provide a like amount. . Article 24. To see if tb- '. .wn will elect a Director for the Cape Cod Farm Bureau. .Voted to elect Mr. S. Fremont Crocker Director far the Cape Cod Farm Bureau. Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to be paid to the Cape Cod Hospital for the establishment and main- tenance of a free bed at the Hospital for the care and treatment of persons certified by the Selectmen to be residents of the Town and unable to pay for such care and treatment, in accordance with Section 74 of Chapter 3 of the General Laws, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request of IT%il- liam Lovell,et al.). Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the purpose mentioned in this article. Article 26. To see it the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to be expended in accordance with the recommendations contained in the report of the Town Forest Committee, or take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. (By request of the Town Forest Committee). It was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for this purpose and that the same Committee be continued. 62 Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Five Thousand Dollars (..$5,000.00) for the purpose of grading and improving the new park at the foot of O'Gean street, Hyannis, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request of the. Park Commission). Indefinitely postponed. Article 28. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for the purpose of mosquito eradica- tion work, to be directed by a committee, of five to be named by the Moderator, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request of A. P. Goff, County Health Offi- cer). Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1000.00 for Mosquito eradication and that a. Committee of five be,ap- pointed by the Moderator. The following were appointed: Dr. A. P. Goff Charles H. Brown Chester Bearse G. Webster Hallett John Bursley Article 29. To see if the Town will vote. to appoint a commit- tee of three to procure a survey and estimate cost of a sewage system and disposal plant for the village of Hyannis and appropri- ate Twenty-five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) for the same or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By re- quest of the Board of Health). Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $2500.00 for this purpose and that this matter be placed in the hands of the following Committee: G. Webster Hallett Lauchlan M. Crocker William Lovell 63 Voted to adjourn for lunch from 12 o'clock to 1 P. M. At one o'clock the meeting was again called to order and the following resolution was unanimously adopted: i Hyannis, Mass., March 8, 1927 It is with regret that we learn of the ill health of our esteemed fellow citizen, Admiral Francis T. Bowles, to the extent that he has found it necessary to resign from many of his active'duties and responsibilities, particularly the chairmanship of our Finance Committee of the Town of Barnstable. As Chairman of that Committee he rendered a great service to the Town, considering carefully all matters presented to the Committee, and after being convinced that he was right, he was ever ready to present the full facts to the Town. BE IT RESOLVED: That we, the citizens of the 'Town of Barnstable, in Town Meeting assembled, regretting his absence, advice and wise counsel, extend to him our very best wishes for his speedy recovery to health, with the hope that we may soon have the pleasure of welcoming him in-bur midst again. Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money not to exceed Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) as provided in Chapter 382 Section 1 of the Acts of 1924, and appoint a committee to have charge of the same, or to ,take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request of Edward S. Crocker, et al.). Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $3000.00 to be expended, $1500.00 for the Osterville Athletic Associa- tion and $1500.00 for the Hyannis Athletic Association, the same Committee that served last year was continued. Yes-278 No-4 64 Article 31. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money not exceeding Fifteen Hundred and thirty-seven Dollars ($1,537.00) to pay for land damages caused by taking by County Commissioners of land for Cemetery purposes in the Vil- lage of Hyannis, or to take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1537.00 for this purpose. Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Twelve Thousand Dollars ($12,000.00) for the use of the Planning Board, or to take any action in relation there- to and to act fully thereon. The acting Chairman of the Planning Board made a re- port in detail and explained to the Meeting just what the Planning Board was trying to do. It was then voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000.00 of which $8000.00 is for the purpose of plotting the Town and $2000. 00 for the general use of the Committee. The vote being—Yes-232 No-196. Article. 33. To see if the Town will authorize the Planning Board to submit a code of Building Laws for the Town of Barn- stable, or take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. Voted that the Planning Board be so authorized. Yes-152 No-68 Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to use the Surplus War Bonus Fund to apply towards a Memorial feature in connec- tion with the New Town Office and grounds or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted that this article be accepted as read. 65 Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to authorize *the Selectmen to sell a certain parcel of land located in.the village of Hyannis adjoining the land now owned by Fraternal Lodge, A. F. & A. M., said parcel being about 18 inches wide on Main street and extending back about one hundred (100) feet to a point, or to take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. Indefinitely postponed. . Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to repeal Section 1 of Article 3 of the By-laws relative to the time of meeting of the Selectmen. Voted that Articles 36, 37, 38 and 39 be taken up together and that the By-Laws mentioned in these articles be re- pealed. Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to repeal Section 1 of Article 4 of the By-laws relative to the compensation of the Tax Collector. Article 38. To see if the. Town will vote to repeal Section 3 of Article 5 of the By-laws relative to any person behaving in a rude, indecent or disorderly manner. Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to repeal Article 9 of the-By-laws relative to traffic rules. Taken up in connection with Article 36. Article 40. To see what action, if any, the Town will take in reference to appointing a committee of nine, three of which shall be members of the School Committee, to investigate the advisabil- ity of erecting a new Junior High School on the present High School Grounds at Hyannis, said committee to report its findings at some special or the next annual town meeting, and that the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) be appropriated for said purpose, or to take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. (By request of the. School .Committee). 66 A motion that Articles 40, 42, 44, 45, 46 and 47 be taken up together was voted down (Yes-111 No-195) after which it was voted that Article 40 be referred to a Commit- tee composed of the School Committee, the Planning Board and the Finance Committee who shall report at the next An- nual Town Meeting. Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a commit- tee on Fisheries & Game to consist of five members, they to act in an advisory capacity with the Selectmen for the protection and propagation of Fish and Game in the Town of Barnstable, or to take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. (By re- quest of James F. Kenney, et al.). Voted that this article be adopted and the following Committee was appointed: James F. Kenney Frank G. Thacher Earle E. Holden Henry Baker Gifford Hallett Article :42. To see if the, Town will vote in instruct the School Committee to abolish the office of Supervisor of Secondary Education, or to take any action in relation'thereto and act fully .thereon. (By request of Herbert E. Cook, et al.). This article was referred to the following Committee to report at the next Annual Town Meeting: School Committee Planning Board Finance Committee Article. 43. To see if the Town will vote to authorize its Selectmen to act as Overseers of the Poor. (By request of the Town Counsel). 67 Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to act as Over- seers of the Poor. Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and instruct the Park Commission to acquire by purchase, or by right. of eminent domain, or otherwise, two certain tracts of land, for municipal purposes, situated in that part of the Town known as Hyannis, Parcel A. bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the Southwest corner of property at a point on the North side of South street; thence running North 7 degrees 42 minutes West a distance of 142.43 feet by land of Commonwealth of Massachusetts to a corner; thence turning and running North 75 degrees, 4 minutes East by land of the Town of Barnstable a distance of 75.00 feet to a corner; thence turning and running South 7 degrees, 55 minutes, 10 seconds East by land of Annie Pearlstein a distance of 153.74 feet to a stake on the North side of South street; thence turning and running along the North side of South street South 83 degrees, 43 minutes, 30 seconds West a distance of 75.00 feet to the point of beginning. Said lot contain- ing 11,060 square feet, more or less. Parcel B. bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a stake at the Southwest corner of property on the North side of South street, and running North 7 degrees, 55 minutes, 10 seconds West by land of Estella A. West a distance of 153.74 feet to a corner; thence turning and running North 75 degrees, 4 minutes East by land of Town of Barnstable a dis- tance of 74.82 feet to a corner; thence turning and running South 16 degrees, 47 minutes East by land of Elizabeth Molony and Annie Pearlstein a distance of 167.73 feet to a corner on the North side of South street; thence turning and running along the North side, of South street South 83 degrees, 43 minutes, 30 seconds West, a distance of 100.15 feet to the point of beginning. Said lot containing 13,920 square feet, more or less. Said,lots are more particularly described on a plan entitled,— Plan of land in Hyannis, Barnstable, Mass., proposed to be taken by the Town of Barnstable. Scale-1 in. - 40 ft. February 1927, George. F. Clements, Civil Engineer, Hyannis, Massachusetts. (By request of the Park Commission). 6s Voted that Articles 44, 45, 46 and 47 be taken up to- gether all of which were referred to the following Commit- tee to-report at the next annual Town Meeting: School Committee Planning Board Finance Committee Article 45. To see if the. Town will vote to raise or borrow a sum not to exceed Thirty-seven Hundred and Sixty-six Dollars and ninety-six Cents ($3,766.96) for the purpose of acquiring the property described in the preceding •article of this warrant or take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. (By re- quest of the Park Commission). Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to authorize. and Instruct the Park Commission to acquire by purchase, or by right of eminent domain, or otherwise, three certain parcels of land, for municipal purposes, situated in that part of the Town known as Hyannis, Parcel C. bounded and described as follows: Beginning at an iron pipe at the Southwest corner of proper- ty; thence running North 8 degrees, 15 minutes, 10 seconds West by land of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts a distance of 93.77 feet to a corner; thence running North 73 degrees, 18 minutes, 40 seconds East by land of Emma D. Galger a distance of 60.54 feet to a coiner; thence turning and running South 16 degrees, 3 min- utes, 20 seconds East by land of Henry W. Waterman, et al., a dis- tance of 90.68 feet to a corner; thence turning running South 71 degrees, 41 minutes, West by land of the Town of Barnstable a distance of 73.33 feet to the point of beginning. Said lot contains an area of 6,120 square feet, more or less. Parcel D. bounded and,described as follows: Beginning at the Southwest corner of property; thence run- ing North 9 degress, 54, minutes, 30 seconds West by land of Commonwealth of Massachusetts a distance of 88.14 feet to a cor- ner; thence turning and running North 73 degrees, 40 minutes, 00 seconds East by land of William T. Murphy a distance of 51.10 feet to a corner; thence turning and running South 16 degrees, 03 minutes, 20 seconds East by land of Emma D. Galger a distance i I 69 of 87.22 feet to a corner;, thence turning and running South 73 degrees, 18 minutes, 40 seconds West a distance of 60.54 feet by land of Henry W. Waterman et al. to the point of beginning. Said lot contains an area of 4,900 square feet, more or less. Parcel E. bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the Southwest corner of property; thence run- ning North 9 degrees, 54 minutes, 30 seconds West by land of Com- monwealth of Massachusetts a distance of 74.00 feet to a corner; thence turning and running North 79 degrees, 14 minutes, 30 sec- onds East by land of Commonwealth of Massachusetts a distance of 11.41 feet to a corner; thence turning and running North 71 degrees, 05 minutes, 30 seconds East by land of William T. Mur- phy a distance of 31.84 feet to a corner; thence turning and run- ning South 16 degrees, 03 minutes, 20 seconds East by land of William T. Murphy a distance of 73.84 feet to a corner; thence turning and running South 73 degrees, 40 minutes, 00 seconds, West by land of Emma D. Galger a distance of 51.10 feet to the point of beginning. Said lot contains an-area of 3,420 square feet, more or less. Above lots are more particularly described on a plan entitled: Plan of land in Hyannis, Barnstable, Mass., proposed to be taken ` by the Town of Barnstable. Scale 1 inch to 40 feet. Feb. 1927. George F. Clements, Civil Engineer, Hyannis, Mass. (By request of the School Committee). Articel 47. To see if the Town will vote to raise. or borrow a sum not to exceed One Thousand and Thirty-seven Dollars and forty Cents ($1,037.40) for the purpose of acquiring the property described in Article 46 of this Warrant or take any action in re- lation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request of the School Committee). Taken up in connection with Article 44. Article 48. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the follow- ing By-Law and take any action.in relation thereto and act fully thereon: By-Law. Section 1. Non-residence districts comprise: (1) All premises which at the time this by-law goes into effect are 70 used for any business or industry, including all premises between any two such uses that are not more than 100 feet apart. The growing of trees, shrubs, plants or food-stuffs, the raising of an- imals, professional or other customary home occupation conducted within a place of residence, and the conduct of boarding or lodg- ing house not primarily for transient guests, shall not be consid- ered to be business uses. (2) All premises located and fronting upon any section of any street which lies between the outer lines of two successive streets or ways which intercept or intersect said street on either side, and in which not less than one-half of the lot frontage on both sides of said street is at said time de- voted to business or industry or is manifestly designed to be so devoted. Section 2. Residence districts shall comprise all areas not included in non-residence districts. Except as hereinbefore provided no premises lying in a res- idence district and not at said time devoted to any business or industry, other than those specified in Section 1, shall hereafter be used therefor and no permit shall be issued for the erection alteration or conversion of any building for or to such use upon any such premises. Section 3. No building or structure in any district shall pro- ject in front of the average alignment of all existing buildings or ,parts of buildings on the same side of the street and within 200 feet on both sides of the plot in question but not including build- ings beyond an intercepting street. Where within such 200 feet there are no existing buildings or not more than one, no new build- ing or structure shall project within 20 feet of any street.lot line. Section 4. The general agent or owner -who commits any, violation of this law shall be liable to a fine not exceeding Twen- ty Dollars ($20.00). Each day that the violation exists shall con- stitute a separate offense. Section 5. No shade tree within the building lines herein es- tablished shall be removed without a permit from the Selectmen after a hearing when practicable. (By request of the Planning Board). It was voted to adopt this By-Law with the exception of�Sections 1 and 2. 71 Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the follow- in By-Law and take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. By Law. The.Fire Prevention District of the Town of Barnstable shall include all of that part of the Town bounded as follows: all land and all portions of land lying to the South of and within 150 feet of Main street in the Village of Hyannis from the Yarmouth Town Line to Fawcett's Corner; and lying to. the north of and within 150 of Main street from Yarmouth Line to Yarmouth Road; and Tying to the north of and within 500 feet of Main street from Yar- mouth Road to Fawcett's Corner. Section 1. No frame or wooden building or structure shall hereafter be erected within the Fire Prevention District as defined -and delimited by this by-law or as may be, hereafter established, ex- cept a private dwelling, which if within this area shall have a fire resisting roof. Section 2. Every building hereafter erected in the Fire Pre- vention District as herein established shall have its roof covered with brick, tile, slate, tin, copper, iron or not less than three-ply tar gravel or slag or such other incombustible roofing as, thot Selectmen may authorize in writing. Every chimney shall be lined with tile or fire brick. 1 Section 3. No wooden building shall be altered so as to in- crease the height to more than two stories and attic. Section 4. No existing wooden bbuilding shall be removed into the fire district or from one position in the fire district to another position in the same district; but a wooden building may be removed from the Fire Prevention District to the territory outside such district. Section 5. Temporary one story frame buildings for the use of builders during the erection of the building or structure may be erected within the Fire Prevention District but shall not be nearer than ten feet to the line of any adjoining lot or nearer than twenty feet to any other building on the same lot except with the written permission of the Selectmen. Section 6. . No frame building in the Fire Prevention District now used as a dwelling house. shall hereafter be used, as factory, warehouse, stable or garage. Every building hereafter erected, 72 to be used as an automobile. garage with space for housing more than four automobiles, shall be constructed of fire-proof, non-com- bustible material throughout; except that wood may be used for window and door frames, sashes, doors, interior trim and hand- rails for stairs. Section 7. Any existing wooden building, within the Fire Pre- vention District, if damaged by fire or other casualty to the ex- tent of not more than 50 per cent of its reproduction value, may be repaired or restored so as to conform to its original condition if, in the judgment of the Selectmen, the prevention of fire and the preservation 'of life are thereby secured. Otherwise, it shall be reconstructed'so as to conform to the provisions of this by-law. Section 8. New buildings or existing structures within the Fire Prevention District may be. provided with wooden verandas or balconies-provodedthat wooden posts supporting the stairs or roof to such verandas or balconies shall be at least six inches square and provided that the roof covering of such structure shall be incombustible and provided that no veranda or balcony, ex- cept cornices, shall be nearer than ten feet to the line of any ad- joining lot, or nearer than twenty feet to any other building on the same lot. Section 9. For the construction or reconstruction, alteration or extensive repair of any building within the Fire Prevention Dis- trict, a permit for the same shall be obtained from the Selectmen by submission of sufficient plans and specifications.. The Select- men are authorized to grant permits in their discretion with or without public hearing. Section 10. In all public buildings, churches, schools, theatres, halls and other like buildings, the. Selectmen shall be guided and restricted by the general specifications for preventing the spread of fire issued by the Commonwealth for such purposes. (By re- quest of the Planning Board). It was voted to adopt this By-Law with the following changes: That Section 4 of the By-Law set out in this Ar- ticle be amended by striking out the words "fire district" wherever they appear and by inserting the words "fire pre- vention district" instead thereof; 13 That Section 6 of said By-Law be amended by inserting af- ter the word "garage" at the end of the first sentence the words "unless reconstructed so as to conform to this By- Law;" That Section 8 of said By-Law be amended by striking out the word "ten" wherever it appears and inserting the word "five" instead thereof, and by striking out the word "twen- ty" wherever it appears and inserting the word "ten" in- stead thereof. Article 50. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the follow- ing By-Law and take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon: Rules Governing the Preparation of Plat Plans A carefully drawn plat shall be submitted to the Board of Survey in order that it may be approved before it is filed for rec- ord with the County fiegistrar. The plat shall be drawn accurately to scale. The minimum scale shall be 100 feet to the inch. The title of the plat shall include its name, an accurate des- cription of its location, scale, date, name and address of alloter, its certification and the name and address of the subdividing en- gineer or surveyor. The following data shall be shown on the plat: Section 1. Direction-of north. Section 2. All plat boundary lines with lengths of courses to hundredths of a foot and bearings to half minutes. The error of closure shall not exceed 1 to 10,000. The names, exact location and widths along the property line of all existing or recorded streets intersection or paralleling the plat boundaries. Section 3. Any town limits shall be.accurately located on the plat, and their names shall be printed on them. 74 ' Section 4. All streets as shown on the Official Town Plat, whereever they lie within the plat. Section 5. The exact layout, including: (a) Streets, and alley lines; their names, bearings or angles of intersection and widths and all roadway widths. (b) The lengths of all arcs, radii, and tangent bearings. (c) The grades of all streets or parts of streets over five per cent. (d) All easements, or rights of way where pro vided for or owned by public services; the limits of the easement rights should be definitely stated on the plat. (e) All lot lines with dimensions in feet and tenths. (f� The accurate location and material of all monuments )r bounds. (g) All public-property on the tract, accurately outlined and described with existing or pro- posed use designated. (h) The location and use of all property reserved by covenant in the-deed for the common uses of all prop- erty owners. (i) Proposed drainage and disposal of surface water. Section 6. Both By-Law and Private Restrictions including: (a) Boundaries of each type of use restrictions. (b) Setback build- ing lines. Section 7. A copy of private restrictions for each differently restricted section of the plat. In any case of a replat, the same procedure, rules and regu- lations apply as for an original plat. However, the replat should also show clearly just what area has been vacated and should show enough of the surrounding plat or plats to indicate how the pro- posed replat fits in with them. Also, the title of the replat should indicate definitely of just what it is a replat. Power To Vary Rules In any particular case where compliance with the foregoing provisions would cause practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship, the Board of Survey shall have the right to vary. the provisions, provided that it can be done in such a way as to grant relief and at the same time to protect the general interest. (By request of the Planning Board). Voted that this By-Law be adopted: 75 Article. 51. To see if the Town will vote to accept the doings of the Selectmen in laying out a part of Scudder Avenue in the village of Hyannisport, from end of present layout southerly and westerly to Dale Avenue, so-called, and appropriate the sum of $300.00 to place the same in proper condition, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. A motion that this Article be'indefinitely postponed was voted down after which it was voted that this Article be adopted and the sum of $300.00 raised and appropriated. o Article 52. To see if the. Town will vote to accept the doings of the Selectmen in the laying out of Ridgewood Avenue in the village of Hyannis from Center Street northerly to layout of new highway from West Barnstable to West Yarmouth, and to appro- priate the sum of $2,000.00 to place the same in proper condition, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted that this article be adopted and the sum of $2000.00 raised and appropriated. Article 53. To see if the Town will vote to accept the doings of the. Selectmen in laying out a street in the village of Hyannis at Glenmere, from a point beginning at the southerly end of Pine Street, so-Galled, and running southerly to the southerly line of Harvard Street, as shown on plan of Glenmere, and to raise and appropriate a sum of money not to exceed $250.00 to place same in proper condition, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted that this article be adopted and the sum of $250. 00 raised and appropriated. Article 54. To see if the Town will vote to accept the doings of the Selectmen in laying out a road known as Chase Avenue Ex- tension in the village of Hyannis, its present road, southerly to land now or formerly of John W. Chapman, to 'raise and appropri- ate a sum not to exceed $2,500.00 to put same in condition, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. 76 Voted that this article be adopted and the sum of. $2500.00 raised and appropriated. Article 55. To see if the Town will vote to accept the doings of the Selectmen in laying out Maple. Avenue, Newton Street and Potter Avenue, so-called, on a plan of land registered in the Land Court Office at Barnstable as Plan No. 9638 AI2, in the village of Hyannis, to raise and appropriate a sum not to exceed $500.00 to put same in condition, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted that this article be adopted and the sum of $500. 00-raised and appropriated. Article 56. To see if the Town will vote to accept the doings of the Selectmen in the laying out of Harvard Street, in the vil- lage of Hyannis, at Glenmere, so-called, beginning at westerly line of Pine Street Extension and running westerly to Old Point or Oak Neck Road, to raise and appropriate a sum of money not to exceed $250.00, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted that this article be adopted and the sum of $250. 00 raised and appropriated. Article 57. To see if the Town will vote to accept the doings ,of the Selectmen in laying out a road from the. northerly end of Scudder's Lane in the village of Barnstable extending to high water mark, also a town landing extending from high to low water mark, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted that this article be accepted as read. Article 58. To see if the Town will accept the parcel of land in the village of Centerville known as "Mothers' Park" which was bequeathed to the Town by the Will of the late Howard Marston, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. I 77 Voted to accept the parcel of land known as "Mothers' Park." Article 59. To see if the Town will vote to accept the doings of the Selectmen of Barnstable in laying out of Elm Street in the village of Hyannis, from a point beginning at Barnstable Road and extending easterly to Centre Street, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 to place the same in proper condition, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted that this article be adopted .and the sum of $300.00 raised and appropriated. Article 60. To see if the Town will vote to accept the doings of the Selectmen of Barnstable in laying out a road known as the Extension of Bassett Lane from North Street to the Old Sandwich and West Barnstable Road, in the village of Hyannis, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 to place the same in proper condition, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted that this article be adopted and the sum of $300. 00 raised and appropriated. Article 61. To see if the Town will vote to accept the doings of the Selectmen of Barnstable in laying out a road or way, known as Bassett Avenue or Bearse's Way, so-called, extending from Bassett Lane to Winter Street and-'to raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 to place the road in condition, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted that this article be adopted and the sum of $100. 00 raised and appropriated. Article 62. To see if the Town will vote to accept the doings of the Selectmen of Barnstable in relocating a portion of South, Pleasant and Bay Streets in the village of Hyannis, near the res- ldences of,Fostina B. Baker and Marian Crocker, and to discou- 78 tinue all land taken outside of the 1925 relocation at the points mentioned above. This article was adopted. Article 63. To see if the Town will vote to accept the doings of the Selectmen in establishing building lines in the village of Hy- annis as follows: Main'Street. A building line of 15 feet from street bounds on each side of Main Street from West Yarmouth Line, to Faw- cett's corner, so-called. South Street. A building line.of 20 feet from street bounds on each side of South Street from Lewis Bay Road to Sherman Square.. North Street. A building line of 20 feet from street bounds on each side of North Street from Barnstable Road to Happy Hol- low Road. ... Sea Street. A building line of 20 feet from street bounds on each side of Sea Street from Main Street to Stewart's Creek, so- called. Barnstable Road. A building line of 20 feet from street bounds on each side of Barnstable Road from Main Street to junc- tion of Winter Street. Indefinitely postponed. Article 64. To see if the Town will vote to accept the doings of the Selectmen in laying out of Mary Dunn's Road, so-called, in the village of Hyannis and to raise the sum of $500.00 to put the .same in condition, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted that this article be adopted and the sum of $500.00 raised and appropriated. Article 65. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the follow- ing By-Law: 79 "A Road Committee of seven (7) Members, one from each voting Precinct of the Town, is hereby established. They shall be appointed at the Annual Town Meeting by the Moderator and hold office until the next Annual Town Meeting or until their successors are appointed. And any vacancy may be filled by the remaining members of the Committee. It shall be the duty of the Road Com- mittee to report to the Town with recommendations as to location, method and kind of new,construction or reconstruction of roads and sidewalks, and to advise the Surveyor of Highways concerning all road matters and to approve contracts made by him." Or to take, any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted that this By-Law be adopted. The following Road Committee was appointed.by the Moderator: J. Milton. Leonard John C. Bearse 'Frederic L. Bill Chester Bearse George C.' Seabury S. Fremont Crocker Joseph W. Hamlin Article 66. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Twenty-five Thousand Six Hundred and Five .($25,605.00) Dollars for the purpose of settling the balance of the claims on account of the taking of land by the Park Commissioners for the Hyannis Bathing Beach in 1926, or take any action in rela- tion thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $25,605.00 for the purpose mentioned in this article. Article 67. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Thirteen Hundred and Sixty ($1,360.00) Dollars for the purpose of paying land damage as awarded by the County Commissioners on account of re-locating the Centerville-Craigville 80 Road, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully there• on. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1360.00 for this purpose. Article 68. To see if the Town will vote that the time of open- ing and closing the polls at Elections and Town Meetings be left to the discretion o fthe Selectmen, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Indefinitely postponed. It was voted that the thanks of the Town be extended to Mr. Charles L. Ayling of Centerville for his very valu- able services as Chairman of the Planning Board. Voted that,the sum of $25.00 and the thanks of the Meeting be Pxtended to the Moderator for his usual profi- cient services. The meeting adjourned at 3.20 P. M. Attest: C. M. CHASE, Town Clerk. 81 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT The Commonwealth of Massachusetts BARNSTABLE, SS. To either of the Constables of the Town of Barnstable in the County of Barnstable, Greeting: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn inhabitants of said Town qual- ified to vote in elections and in Town affairs to meet at the Town Office Building, Hyannis in said Barnstable on Friday the 16th day of December 1927 at 10.00 A. M. to act upon the following ar- ticles, Article 1. To elect a Moderator to preside at said meeting. Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the trans- fer of a sum not exceeding $2,500.00 ffom the surplus of the Treas- ury to the Poor Department or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting up at- tested copies thereof at each and every post office and by publish- ing same in the Barnstable Patriot, a newspaper published in said Town, seven days at least before the time of said 'meeting. Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereof to the Town Clerk at the time, and place and meet- ing as aforesaid. S2 Given under our hands this 5th day of December in the year of our•Lord One thousand Nine hundred and twenty-seven. EDGAR W. LOVELL, HOWARD N. PARKER, WILLIAM LOVELL,. Selectmen, Town of Barnstable. A true copy,—Attest: Everett L. Hoxie, Constable. In accordance with the foregoing Warrant the meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk at 10.00 A. M. Article 1. It was voted that one ballot be cast for Mr. Edgar W. Lovell as Moderator and he was declared elected and sworn by the Town Clerk. Article 2. Voted to authorize the transfer of a sum not to exceed $2500.00 (Twenty-five Hundred) from the surplus in the treasury to the Poor Department. The meeting was then adjourned. Attest: C. M. CHASE, Town Clerk. _ 83 BIRTHS Births recorded in the Town of Barnstable for the year 1927, with the names, parents, residence, and Christian name of parents: Jan. 1 Forrest Earle Bassett, Hyannis, Earle F. and Emily D. Jan. 5 Marjorie. Cynthia Fisk, West Barnstable, Leonard and El- len. Jan. 10 Walter Irving Barboza,•Osterville, Manuel C. and Mary P. Jan. 18 Edith Ann Johnson, West Barnstable, Henry and Rose M. Jan. 20 Anne Franseca, New Bedford, Joseph and Mary. Jan. 21 Marie Dagny Michelson, Sandwich, Lars G. and.Mary. Jan. 21 Lillian May Robbins, Hyannis, Albert H. and Nettie. B. Jan. 25 Annie Pina, Marstons Mills, Charles and Mary. Jan. 29 Estelle May Taylor, South Dennis, Willis C., Jr. and Sarah C. Jan. 30 Nathan Everett Eldredge, Jr., Chatham, Nathan E. and Lillian H. Feb. 3 Warren Winfield Seekell, Cambridge, George B. and Jessie B. Feb. 7 David Bernard Crosby, Osterville, Merrill B. and Helen F. Feb. 8 Rita Frances Ramos, Harwich, James L. and Isaura. . Feb. 10 Gordon Rich Eldredge, Harwichpbrt, Thomas R. and Al- ice E. 84 Feb. 10 William Fields, Provincetown, William and Medeline. Feb. 14 Margaret Doris Alberghini, Hyannis, Joseph C. and Alma. Feb. 16 Harold Fletcher Montcalm, Jr., Yarmouthport, Harold F. and Lillian O. Feb. 17 Raymond Blackburn, Hyannisport, Charles W. and Cath- erine. Feb. 17 .John Carl Johnson, Centerville, John H. and Selma. • Feb. 18 Edward'Ashbury Kelley, Hyannis, Edward and Hilda. Feb. 18 Burton Gifford. MacIsaac, Provincetown, Ira B. and Cor- rine T. Feb. 19 Robert Estrabrook Williams, Osterville, Fred L. and Kurin M. Feb. 20 Bertram Joseph Malchman, Hyannis, Samuel and Minnie A. Feb. 21 Anibal Oliver, Provincetown, Manuel and Alice. A Feb. 21 Frederick Charles Schauwecker, Jr., Yarmouth, Freder- ick C. and Florence S. Feb. 23 Charles Henry Eldred, Falmouth, Charles L. and Florence . M. Feb. 24 Frank Howard Hinckley, Jr., Barnstable, F. Howard and Eunice. Feb..26 Charles Edward DuBois, Hyannis, Jules L. and Marie V. Feb. 27 Mary Grace Hallet, Yarmouthport, Matthews C. and Mary M. 85 Feb. 27 Emily Eileen.Oliveira, Chatham, Romeo S. and Charlotte E. Feb. 28 Francis Xavier Hart, Hyannis, Walter V. and Marie M. Feb. 28 (Illegitimate), Falmouth. Mar. 2 (Illegitimate). Mar. 5 Paul Walter McDowell,' Dennis, Walter F. and Anna Bendroth. Mar. 5 Josephine Monteiro, South Dennis, Miguel and Nora., Mar. 9 Ruth Anne Bartlett, Hyannis, Stephen W. and Mar- garet. Mar. 11 Lawrence Donald Crowell, Hyannis, Clarence A. and Es- ther E. ,Mar. 14 Gladys Calmas, Hyannis, Joseph T. and Pauline. Mar. 16 Sally Hardy -Savery, Hyannis, Grover C. and Leah H. Mar. 19 Pearl White Perry, Marstons Mills, Benjamin and Mary. Mar. 20 Enid Hemming Benttinen, Osterville, William and Helmi. Mar. 20 Elizabeth Ann Goodall, Cotuit, Cecil B'. and Hazel M. Mar. 21 Walter Hunnewell Dottridge, Cotuit, Ernest O. and Lila B. Mar. 22 Edward Mott Olson, Centerville, Victor R. and Mary M. Mar. 23 Jeanne Mary Rogers, Hyannis, Henry L. and Helen V. Mar. 23 Lucile Elizabeth Valli, Wellfleet, Ansel A. and Sarah A. 86 Mar. 24 Edgar Freeman Sawyer, Jr." Provincetown, Edgar F. and Mary C. Mar. 25 Edward Childs Burlingame, Marstons Mills, Carlton A. and Fertha F. Mar. 25 Barbara Collins Doane, South Yarmouth, Howard C. and Ruth E. Mar. 26 Wendell Clifford Perry, Jr., West Dennis, Wendell C. and Bertha E. Mar. 30 George Edward Canham, Hyannis, George H. and • Lillian M. Mar. 30 Ralph Douglas Pina., South Dennis, Rufus F. and Clara. Mar. 31 Donald Bradford Walsh, Orleans, John H. and Helen D. Apr. 2 Eva Mae Kelley, Harwich Center, Franklin W. and Etta T. Apr. 8 Patricia Mary Sullivan, Osterville, Daniel M. and .Doro- thy M. Apr. 11 Charles William Buckler, Yarmouthport, William J. and Edith S. Apr. 14 (Infant) Tulk, Eastham, Dorman F. and Julia M. Apr. 15 John Joseph Farrell 2nd, Falmouth, William N. and Dorothy. Apr. 15 David Sears Hodsdon, East Dennis, William and Ger- trude S. Apr. 15 John Warren Pierce, Jr., Hyannis, John W. and Mabel M. Apr. 17 Margaret Elizabeth Wharton, Yarmouth, Henry J. and Julia A. 87 Apr. 18 Catherine A. Arfanis, Hyannis, Anthony and Efthemia D.•... . Apr. 19 Thomas Diggins, Hyannis, Thomas and Anna. Apr. 19 Lincoln Henry Ellis, Harwich Center, Everett H. and Lucy F. Apr. 19 Earl Edward Holden 3d, Hyannis, Earl E. Jr., and Eliza- beth G. Apr. 22 D.arah Elizabeth MacLeon, Pocasset, Allan and Rachel. Apr. 23 Madeline Louise Perry, Hyannis, Myron H. and Marie C. Apr. 27 Lorraine Sherburne, Barnstable, Wilbur E. and Mabel A. Apr. 29 Marjorie Lee Savage, Santuit, Sidney C. and Hilda L. May 1 Helen Olmsted Phinney, Hyannis, Henry M. and Frances. May 2 Paulina May McKay, Wellfleet, Chester F. and Jose- phine. May 2 John Senteio, Hyannis, Gregory and Frances. ' May 3 Clarence Arnold Baker, South Yarmouth, Clarence H. and Angie W. May 3 (Infant) Nickerson, Hyannis Bertram B. and Rebecca E. May 5 Shirley Marguerite Crowell, Dennisport, William and Flora D. May 5 Grace Alberta Libby, Barnstable, Albert P. and Edith G. May 7 Richard Kane Johnson, West Yarmouth, Morris I. and Mary. May 7 Donald William Lema, West Barnstable, John P. and Mary L. 88 May 7 Anna Lucile Pike, Hyannis, William J. and Muriel A. May 11 Maurice R. Phinney 3d., Hyannisport, Maurice R..and Eleanor. May 12 Edward Willman, Jr., West Barnstable, Edward and Sylvia. May 18 Alice Yvonne Soucy, Hyannis, Alcibiade J. and Almena E. May 21 Priscilla Dean, Dennisport, Louis E. and Esther. May 23 Jean Elizabeth Blossom, West Barnstable, Benjamin E. and Lucretia T. May 23 Joaquin Lopes, Hyannis, Jose and Maria. May 23 Fred Willard Pierce, Jr., Dennisport, Fred W. and Eve- lyn F. May 24 Paul Folsom Morris, Hyannis, Harold R. and Annie. May 26 Virginia Lamprey, Hyannis, Harold E. and Olive F. May 27 John Franklin Carr, Chatham, Walter C. and Hester S. May 29 Alma Helena Wiinikainen, West Barnstable, Victor and Rose. May 30 Paul Hugo Persson, Sagamore, Hugo I. and Hanna 1VI. June 2 (Stillborn). June 2 John Joseph Rosary 2d., Hyannis, Joaquin and Mary. June 5 June Lorraine Kelley, Hyannis, Clifton F. and Lorraine. Tune 11 Wilho 0. Ahola, West Barnstable, Oscar and Ida. 89 June 11 Mary Christina Rose, West Barnstable, Manuel J. and Lillian. June 15 Howard Norman Sierra, Centerville, John and Hilma. June 17 John Amario Faria, Hyannis, Manuel and Almeda M. June 18 June Eorden Mountfort, Orleans, Howard and Sara G. June 19 Mary Ellen Bergren, Hyannis, Elmer G. and Gertrude M. June 20 Elliott Raymond Young, Falmouth, Fred, Jr., and Edna M. June 21 Alice Bell Gould, Chatham, Roscoe H. and Caroline E. June 22 Myron George Bettencourt, Jr., Hyannis, Myron G. and Alice G. June 23 Ruth Shirley Davis, Centerville, Eugene F.and Phyllis M. June 23 Fred Arthur Hubbard, Jr., South Yarmouth, Fred A. and Mildred H. June 26 Blanche E. Coughlin, Hyannis, Charles L. and Maude M. June 26 Seth Charles Morgan, Hyannis, Gilbert R. and Carrie A. June 29 David Bradford Starck, Centerville, Carl W. and Clara- bel B. July 1 Richard Norman Coggeshall, Centerville, Chester E. and Cora O. July 1 Phyllis Zemer, West Harwich, William E. and Mary D. July 2 Dorothy Mae Fratus, Truro, John E. and Louise D. 90 July 3 Elizabeth Isabelle Fortier, Osterville, Oscar E. and Mary E. July 4 Anna Williamson Graves, Star Dale, N. Y., John K. and Katherine M. July 4 Martha Alexander Graves, Star Dale, N. Y., John K. and Katherine M. July 4 Helen Louise Hallett, Bass River, Harold E. and Flora I. July 7 Howard Franklin Stoddard, Jr., Pocasset, Howard F. and Zola B. July S Marion Louise Forrest, North Truro, William A. and Rachel. July 11 Barbara Louise Sears, East Dennis, Theodore H. and Helene F. July 14 Raymond Jacob Aittaniemi, West Farnstable, Henry and Ida. July 14 (Stillborn). July 14 Peter Smith, Orleans, Vernon B. and Doris P. July 15 Efstra.tios Louis Hatzikon, .Falmouth, Louis E. and Arte- mes N. July 15 Richard Warren Leonard, Hyannis, George A. and Ella. July 16 Priscilla Ann Hinckley, Osterville, Curtis F. and Vir- ginia M. July 16 Hope Stubbs, Dennisport, Wilbur M. and Mabelle W. July 16 Charles Edgar Young, Jr., West Barnstable, Charles E. and Saimi M. 91 July 18 Maria Jonalice Lus, Hyannis, Manuel J. and Dora A. July 19 Gilbert Alton Perry, Yarmouthport, John H. and Bessie A. July 20 Roger Allyn Goodspeed, Osterville, Cecil I. and Ellen. July 21 Dorothy Louise Fish, West Barnstable, Prescott L. and Rosa J. July 21 Jean Doriman Smith, East Harwich, William B. and Myrtle M. July 22 Phyllis Murray Robbins, Dennisport, Linwood and Ed- ith P. July 23 Joseph James Thomas, West Barnstable, Joseph and Lempi E. July 24 Eleanor Harris, Hyannis, Richard L. and Helen A. July. 30 Barbara Ann Bowers, Harwich, Thomas N. B. and Helen L. Aug. 1 Ethel Jean Davis, Osterville, Riley E. and Susan• B. R. Aug. 1 Shirley Jean Woodward, Hyannis, James A. and Gertrude T. Aug. 2 Kathryn Nickerson, West Barnstable, Nathan C. and Ha- zel. Aug. 6 Priscilla Jane Taylor, Harwichport, Barnabus L. and Bea trice. E. Aug. 8 (Infant) Tibbetts, Osterville, Silas N. and Ada L. Aug. 12 Conrad Leo Stegall, Jr., Osterville, Conrad L. and Flor- ence A. 92 Aug_ 13 John Gonsalves, Falmouth, John and Blanche.L. Aug. 15 Peter James .Panesis, Jr., Hyannis, Peter J. and Ruby. Aug. 18 Marion Irene Martin, South Yarmouth, John E., Jr. and Marion A. i Aug. 19 George Henry Blenkhorn, Jr., South Harwich, George H. and Edith M. Aug. 28 Nathan Anson Howes, Dennis, James E. and Reta. Aug. 30 Ruth Helen Eldridge, Pleasant Lake, Calvin C. and Mary C. Aug. 31 John Fougere, Sagamore, Clifford and Alfousina. Sept. 1 Velma Louise Dixon, Barnstable, Charles C: and Laura. Sept. 2 Wilhelmina Isabel Pells, Cotuit, Matthew F. and Dorothy. E. Sept. 4 Arthur Norman Whelden, Cummaquid; Arthur F. and Ka- ren E. Sept. 5 Otto Karl Hoffman, Jr., Hyannis, Otto K. and Louisa F. Sept. 9 Donald Allen Chase, Hyannis, Hector E. and Daphne V. Sept.14 Bernard Samuel Ames, Jr., Osterville, Bernard S. and An- gie L. Sept.14 Harold Thompson Baker, Bass River, Arthur L. and Betty. Sept:14 Mary Louise Homer;-Dennisport, Harold L. and Lillian M. Sept.15 Elizabeth Jane Crowell, West Yarmouth, Henry W. and Geraldine A. 93 Sept.18 June Louise Jenkins, Hyannis, Frederick P. and Marion B. Sept.18 Richard Gordon Smith, Osterville, Ralph C. and Pauline. Sept.19 Charles Herbert Thomas, Hyannis, Ernest V. and Evelyn M. Sept.20 Christina Evimeros Fournaires, ,Hyannis, Evimeros and Mary R. Sept.20 Robert Stacy Paine, South Wellfleet, Abbott O. and Ethel M. Sept.21 Barbara Lucile Clough, Hyannis, Llewellyn S. and Edith S. Sept.22 (Infant) Hallett, Hyannis, Raymond and Mary Glennon. Sept.26 Donald Theodore Small, Harwich, Bernard and Pauline. Sept.27 (Illegitimate). Sept.28 Barbara May Prentiss, Hyannis, Clarence J. and Mary J. Oct. 3 Robert Ames Crosby, Osterville., Horace A. and Mary E. Oct. •3 Arnold Clayton Nickerson, Barnstable, Harold F. and Gladys. Oct. 4 (Stillborn). Oct. 4 Ralph Lee Jones, Barnstable, Harry L. and Anna. Oct. 8 John Francis Morin, Hyannis, Julius P. and Hester. / Oct. 9 (Stillborn), Oct. 10 Don Leslie Green, Yarmouth, Joseph A. and Madeline L. 94 Oct. 14 Donald Louis Brackett, Bournedale, Louis F. and Martha A. Oct. 17 Malcolm McMullen, Hyannisport, Ray W. and Isabel C. Oct. 20 .Rosella Emily Sherman, Hyannis, Alton M. and Gladys F. Oct. 24 Sally Estelle Brown, Hyannis, Percy E. and Anna.' Oct. 26 Douglas Earle Robbins, Dennisport, Paul S. and Dorothy L. Oct. 31 'Mary Elizabeth Childs, Centerville, Leo A. and Marion B. Oct. 31 Julia Olive Whiteley, Osterville, Henry A. and Ada. i Nov. 3 (Infant) Fratus, Provincetown, John It. and Nora. Nov. 3 Walter Leroy Marchant, Jr., Hyannis, Walter L. and Charlotte A. ,Nov. 3 Virginia Nellie Woodburn, Hyannis, Clive and Jennie W. Nov. 4 Miller Allen Parker, West Dennis, George H. and Helen I. Nov. 8 Freeman Crosby Scudder, Osterville, Stuart F. and Marie. Nov. 9 Harold Howes Bassett, Hyannis, Harold H. and Amy. Nov. 11 Anne Olivia Sylvia, Santuit, Anthony O. and Evelyn I. Nov. 12 Evelyn Beatrice DeGrace, Hyannisport, John and Annette M. Nov. 16 Henry Francis Bearse, Dennis, Edgar, Jr., and Jerusha H. 95 Nov. 16 Camille Pelton Ferguson, Hyannis, Henry H. and Helen. Nov. 18 Elwood Eliot Manni, West Farnstable, Henry and Hilnia. Nov. 24 Donald Joseph Duarte, Santuit, John N. and Julia. Nov. 25 Gwendolyn Hazel Livingston, Osterville, Irving H. and Mabel R. Nov. 26 Mary Elizabeth Monterio, Pleasant Lake, Joseph and Jennie. Nov. 26 Durward Ursil Morin, Hyannis, Milo A. and Gertrude E. , Nov. 27 Edith Lucy Werden, Brighton, William M. and Alice A. Nov. 30 Roger Francis Field, West Barnstable, Harvey J. and Nancy E. Dec. 1 Arthur Francis Mallowes, Chatham, Edward H. and Celia M. Dec. 1 Milton Francis Gifford, Jr., Cotuit, Milton F. and Avis L. Dec. 3 Nellie Maria Lampi, West Barnstable, Arvid and Anna. Dec. 3 Ruth Miriam Perry, Sagamore, Raymond W. and Anna. Dec. 4 Edna Murray, Osterville, Jesse and Christine. Dec. 4 Helen Elizabeth Vincent, West Dennis, Frederick H. and Miriam. Dec. 5 Richard Wilton Slavin, Hyannis, Richard F. and Amy C. Dec. 6 Lucy Delana Ashley, Santuit, Edward L. and Lillian B. Dec. 6 Richard .Burnham Lewis, Osterville, Russell B. and Ethel F. 96 Dec. 11 Albert Howard Kelley, Jr., Yarmouth, Albert H. and Helen. Dec. 11 Patricia Elaine Peters, Mashpee., William H. and Marion P. Dec. 11 Joseph Anthony Steele, Provincetown, Frank and Dorothy E. Dec. 14 Frank Albert Boyne, Hyannis, Albert and Oliva. Dec. 19 (Stillborn). Dec. 21 George. Anthony,.Leonovicz,..Hyannis, Luke.and.Rosa. Dec. 21 William Lesley Washington, Jr., Hyannisport, William L. and Anna J. Dec. 26 Greenleaf Wood Sargent, Cotuit, Edmund G. and Lillian F. Dec. 27 Janet Louise Nickerson, Chatham, Roy W. and Edith V. 97 MARRIAGES Marriages recorded in the Town of Barnstable for the year 1927: r Jan. 15 John Joseph Baron of Pawtucket, R. I. and Ruth Fear- ing Rand of Barnstable. Jan. 15 Howard Arthur Crowell of Hyannis and Irma Pearl Chase of Orleans Jan. 17 David Patrick LeBlanc of Hyannis and Gladys Rose Burke of Hyannis. Jan. 22 Theodore H. Sears of Dennis and Helen Frances MacKen- zie of Dennis. Jan. 29 John W. Pierce of Hyannis and Mabel Maxine Snow of Hyannis. Jan. 30 Lloyd Thacher Nickerson of Falmouth and Nellie Eleanor Bearse of Hyannis. ..Feb. 12 Luke. Leonovicz of,Hyannis and Rozalija Blazejevska of Hyannis. Feb. 19 John Sutherland of West Hyannisport and Marion Davies Magee of Fall River. Feb. 20 Leander Miller of Barnstable and Katie Noponen of Barn• stable. Feb. 26 Myron S. Studley of Hyannis and Christine M. Covell of Hyannis. Mar. 5 Ralph Cecil Smith of Somerville and Pauline Chadwick of Osterville. Mar. 7 Howard Robert Wyman of Cambridge and Dorothy Eve• lyn Hall of Hyannis. 98 Mar. 9 Ernest Loesser of Bellville, N. J. and Harriet Jordan (Barker) of East Orange, N. J. Mar. 10 Arthur G. Phillips of East Dennis and Alice Hallett Fish (Ryder) of Cummaquid. Mar. 12 John J. Pendergast of Hyannis and Sylvia Johnson of West Barnstable. Mar. 29 Seaver Richardson Harlow of Santuit and Madeline Wil- lard Burnshire of Washington, D. C. _ Apr. 18 Walter L. Marchant of Hyannis and Charlotte A. Keyes of Hyannisport. Apr, 19 David Henry Sullivan of Cambridge and Katherine Marie Ormsby of Hyannis. Apr. 30 Edmond L. Busiere of Taunton and Louise Katherine Phinney of Hyannisport. May 5 Herbert O. Thurston of Centerville and Ruth Helen El- liott of Centerville. May 7 Llewellyn Stanley Clough of Hyannis and Edith Smith Higgins of.Hyannis. May 15 Charles Card of Barnstable and Leona Cooper of Barn- stable. June 4 Harold Sheldon Redmond of Providence, R. I. and Grace Berchard Crafts (Claflin) of Barnstable. June 10 H. Heyworth Backus of Centerville and Maida Eliza- beth Libby of Belmont. June 12 James D: Shea of Osterville and Eleanor Sullivan of Osterville. 99 June 15 Andrew Bishop McClary of Windsor, Vt., and Mary Martha Armstrong of Pittsburgh, Penn. June 18 Harry William Kelley of New York City and Patricia Berger of New York City. June 21 Lawrence Mitchell Ripley of West Yarmouth and Eliza- beth Tracy of South Yarmouth. June 26 John Raposa of Santuit and Myra A. Rogers of M'ar- stons Mills. July 2 John William Kaski of Hyannis and Ellen Maria Lammi- nen of Hyannis. July 5 Amil H. Castonguay of Dennis and Frances E. Williams of Hyannis. July 13 Ernest A. Barabe of Hyannis and Susie Lincoln of East Dennis. Aug. 1 Fred Moeller of Hyannis and Mary Doane of Cotuit. Aug. 4 Ernest Pierce Runnels of Hyannis and Irene Parker Ca- hoon of Yarmouth. Aug. 6 Raymond Leslie Goodspeed of Centerville and Marie Lyd- ia Olivier of West Barnstable. Aug. 11 Leroy Parker Leonard of Osterville and Catherine White of Centerville. Aug. 13 Arthur Philias Collet of New Bedford and Catherine Mae Luce of Oak Bluffs. Aug. 14 Barnie Romanos of Craigville and Anna Posner (Boro- denko) of Fall River. r 100, Aug. 14 John Stang of Cleveland, Ohio and Helmi Hedvig Wan- nie of Centerville. Aug. 21 William H. Pratt of Barnstable and Olive Elizabeth Hinckley of Earnstable. Aug. 22 Carroll Bernard Sears of West Barnstable and Alice Elizabeth Weeks of West Barnstable. Aug. 27 Mitchell Bootman of Hyannis and Helen Rafferty of Hy- annis. Aug. 27 Norman Bertram Robinson of Hyannis and Naomi Tuck- er of Hanover. Aug. 27 Joseph Thomas of West Barnstable and Lempi Nikula of West Barnstable. Aug. 30 John David Cross, Jr., of Hyannis and Helen Christine Nute of Osterville. Sept. 1 Leonard Irving Fish of Marstons Mills and Natalie Mar- tin Crocker of Marstons Mills. Sept. 3 Kenneth D. Greene of Milton and Mamie S. Polto of Barnstable. Sept. 3 Francis Crosby Whitehead of La Grange, Ill, and Frances Vandervoort Tripp of Brookline. Sept. 10 James V. Campbell of Ann Arbor, Mich. and Helen Goodrich of Anoka, Minn. Sept 10 Donald Ellwood Higgins of Marstons Mills and Mary Hay Lowe Reid of Osterville. Sept. 10 Donald Robertson Hyde of New York, N. Y., and Cor- inne Byers (Weston) of Hyannisport. 101 Sept 14 Allan Higgins of Hyannis and Mildred Bradshaw of Hyannis. Sept. 17, Roger Wolcott Higgins of Marstons Mills and Jessie Borthwick Pitkin of Oak Park, Ill. Sept. 18 John Papas Jo,akim of Hyannis and Sadie Nicholas Demetras of Hyannis. Oct. 1 Sumner Brainerd Vinton of Roselle, N. J., and Catherine Rudisill French of Hyannisport. Oct. 2 Raymond Ellis Smith of Osterville and Dora Pells of Hyannis. Oct. 8 Kenneth James Bradbury of Hyannis and Dorothy N. Jenks of Chartley. Oct. 8 Frederick Sylvanus Smith Dill of 04terville and Beatrice Cowan of Glen Ridge, N. J. Oct. 8 James Howell Healy of Germantown, Penn. and Rebecca Paulding Breed of Germantown, Penn. Oct. 12' Kenneth Carlton Bond of Watertown and Elizabeth Sawabini (Chase) of Newton. Oct. 12 Benjamin F. Chase of Hyannis and Hattie B. Crowell of South Yarmouth. r Oct. 21 Robert Otis Cary of Barnstable and Grace Hallett Bumpus (Oliver) of Barnstable. Oct. 21 Lorenzo Thacher Gifford, Jr. of Santuit and Elizabeth Dorothy Fuller of Marstons Mills. Oct. 21 George R. Young of Wareham and Katherine A. Chase (Alger) of Yarmouthport. 102 Oct. 22 Samuel Winters Miller of Hyannis and Nora Helen Bar- rett of South Dennis. Oct. 24 Lewis Leo Short of Hyannis and Lillian Frances Frazier of Hyannis. _Oct. 25 Fred Winslow Cash of Hyannis and Virginia Bassett of South Brewster. Oct. 26 Elmer John Harding l of Hyannis and Esther L. Cahoon of North Harwich. Oct. 29 Anthony Salvador Fonseca of West Barnstable and Olive Rita Thomas of West Barnstable. Oct. 30 Edward Allen Lovell of Springfield and Dorothy Louise Paine of Hyannis. Oct. 30 Elmer Peltonen of West Barnstable and Lila Checkman of Rochester. Nov. 6 Clinton Clarence Fisk of Hyannis and Alice Salter of Hyannis. Nov. 9 Edward John Morgan, Jr, of Hyannis and Esther Marie Roche of Eoston. Nov. 12 -Alfred S. Johnston of West Harwich and Florence J. Bassett (Bassett) of Hyannis. Nov. 13 Samuel Goffin of Hyannis and. Edna Lillian Flinkman of Centerville. 0 Nov. 19 Allen Chadwick of Osterville and Una F. Kelley (Cow- den), of Centerville. Nov. 19 Frank Harlow Handy of Cotuit and Ruth Adelle Camp- bell of Boston. 103 Nov. 19 Manuel Caton Medeiros, Jr. of Marstons Mills and Con- stance Jessie Henrique of Provincetown. Nov. 24 Anthony Grade of West Yarmouth and Alice Gertrude LaMondy of West Yarmouth. Nov. 24 Charles Gerald Murdy of Hyannis and Anne Marguerite Butler of Hyannis. Dec. 13 Roger Edward Conant of West Barnstable and Helen Phyllis Crosby of Osterville. Dec. 19 William H. Gagne of Hyannis and Myrtle Bonnell of Cambridge. Dec. 30 Victor Freeman Adams of Osterville and Katherine Vir- ginia Mahoney of Billerica. Dec. 30 Frank John Wiirrot of Sandwich and Ida Mary Hirryarri of Sandwich. 104 DEATHS Deaths recorded in the Town of Barnstable for the year 1927: Jan. 1 James V. Knox, Osterville, 55 y. 6 m. 26 d. Jan. 3 William H. Baxter, Hyannis, 69 y. Jan. 7 Samuel Nickerson, Centerville, 80 y. 2 m. 11 d. Jan. 12 Charles C. Walsh, Osterville, 1 y. 7 m. 23 •d. Jan. 13 Eunice L. Lewis (Bliss), Osterville, 79 y. 4 m. Jan. 13 Manuel Roby, Chatham, 8 y. Jan. 16 Adelaide W. Lumbert (Phinney), Centerville, 85 y. 4 m. 4 d. Jan. 18 George Snow, Barnstable, 72 y. 1 m. 23 d. Jan. 19 Sarah Ann Eldridge (Eurns), South Chatham, 50 y. 11 m. 19 d. Jan. 22 Anne Franseca, Hyannis, 3 d. Jan. 25 Emily Shephard Fuller (Gildersleeve), Osterville, 80 y. 4 m. 17 d. Jan. 26 John E. Ryder, Eastham,'70 y. 9 m. 3 d. Jan. 28 Daniel E. Lehan, Taunton, 29 y. Feb. 7 Henry S. Hutchings, Barnstable, 85 y. 3 m. 29 d. Feb. 10 George H. Dixon, Barnstable, 47 y. 10 m. 10 d. im Feb. 10 'Sara Adelaide West (Adams), Osterville, 57 y. 9 m. 27 d, Feb. 16 Edgar S. Fuller, Falmouth, 63 y. 6 m. Feb. 17 Almena Doane, Harwich, 77 y. 11 m. Feb. 23 Charles Dixon, Barnstable, 68 y. 10 m. Feb. 23 Albert Paul Libby, Barnstable, 45 y. 1 d. Feb. 24 Charles N. Libby, Barnstable, 47 y. 2 m. 3 d. Feb. 27 (Infant) Eldred, Falmouth, 4 d.' Mar. 2 Clara Etta_ Marchant (Robbins), Hyannis, 57 y. 5 m. 13 d. Mar. 5 Nye Chaddock, Falmouth, 65 y. Mar. 8 Josephine Monterio, South Dennis, 2 d. Mar. 12 Jahn Frederick Wilson, Cotuit, 68 y. 8 m. 23 d. Mar. 14 Simeon A. Hamblin, Hyannis, 80 y. 1 m. 22 d. Mar. 24 Charles L. Berry, Hyannis, 68 y. 3 m. 18 d. Apr. 9 Mary Ida Shiverick, Falmouth, 67 y. 7 m. 28 d. Apr. 9 Maria Willman, Barnstable, 37 y. 2 m. 20 d. Apr. 11 James Mingo, New Bedford, 33 y. Apr. 13 Patricia Sullivan, Osterville, 5 d. Apr. 14 (Infant) Tulk, Eastham, 1 h. Apr. 16 Timothy Scanlon, Hyannis, 60 y. 2 m. 106 Apr. 17 Frederick Coe, Barnstable, 80 y. 7 m. 10 d. Apr. 20 Frank E. Jones, Fall River, 68 y. Apr. 21 Edward Russell Faxon, Chatham, 53 y. 8 m. 11 d. Apr. 23 Frank A. Bayley, Hyannis, 75 y. 11 m. Apr. 25 Ida Luoto (Selimus)„ Earnstable, 35 y. 2 m. 21 d. Apr. 28 Donald Morrison, Cotuit, 72 y. 11 m. 16 d. May 1 Frederick W. Chase, Barnstable, 57 y. 4 m. 28 d. May 3 Edward John Kolb, West Harwich, 52 y. 10 m. 26 d. May 4 Eldorus D. 'Cahoon, Harwich, 76 y. 9 m. 22 d. May 4 (Infant) Nickerson, Hyannis, 1 d. May 13 Donald W. Lema, West Barnstable, 6 d. May 19 Laura R. Bearse (Burlingame), Hyannis, 48 y. 5 m. May 21 Albert C. Smith, Barnstable, 66 y. 8 m. 21 d.- May 22 John Garcia, Teaticket, 72 y. May 22 Albert Horton, Hingham, 83 y. 19 d. May 26. Lot E. Gorham, Hyannis, 86 y. May 30 'Charles F. Young, East Orleans, 51 y. 3 m. 1 d. May 31 Virginia Lamprey, Hyannis, 4 d. June 1 Samuel Nichols, Hyannis, 86 y. 4 m. 107 June 2 Oliver Magir, West Yarmouth, 34 y. June 2 (Stillborn). June 3 John W. Pierce, Jr., Hyannis, 1 m. 14 d. June 9 Sarah E. Seabury (Clagg), Barnstable, 82 y. 7 m. 9 d. June 15 Clara B. Baxter (Williams), Hyannis, 42 y. June 19 Charles Lopes, Teaticket, 22 y. 11 m. 11 d. June 22 Gerard K. Jones, Hyannis, 9 y. 4 m. 22 d. June 25 Louise G. Phinney (Nickerson), Hyannisport, 70 y. 6 m. June 27 Charles Dixon 1st, Barnstable, 82 y. 9 m. 27 d. June 27 Margaret Southerland (Wyse), Hyannis, 40 y. 5 m. ' June 30 Toilston F. Phinney, Hyannisport, 75 y. 3 m. June 30 Elizabeth P. Sawyer (Goffe)„ New York City, 81 y, 6 m. July 5 Toney Emmier, Hyannis, 25 y. July 6 Julius Wardsworth Bodfish, West Barnstable, 81 y. 5 m. 9 d, July 7 Alice White (Lewis), Cotuit, 56 y. July 10 Sarah Chisolm Williams, Topsfield, 60 y. July 14 (Stillborn). July 19 Margaret Anne Nickerson, Hyannis, 51 y. 2 d. July 22_ Mott C. Crowell, Hyannis, 65 y. 108 Aug. 2 Amanda T. Nelson (Poland), Cummaquid, 83 y. 28 d. Aug. 3 Francis Tiffing Bowles, Barnstable, 68 y. 9 m. d. Aug. 6 Edmund Dupuis, Hyannis, 28 y. Aug. 8 (Infant) Tibbetts, Osterville, 3 min. Aug. 14 Myron Bettencourt, Hyannis, 36 y. 7 m. 26 d. Aug. 14 Mabel H. Megathlin (Lumbert), Hyannis, 57 y. 5 m. Aug. 20 Maude E. Stowell, Hyannis, 60 y. 7 m. 17 d. Aug. 21 Florence G. Webster (Glidden), New York City, 60 y. Aug. 22 Edmund B. Perkins, Falmouth, 58 y. Aug. 25 Fannie Chamberlain Wight (Chamberlain) Pittsburgh, Penna., 65 y. 5 m. Aug. 26 Dorothy A. Kellner (Ames)„ Erdenhum, Penna., 31 y. 10 in. 7d. Aug. 30 Emma P. Straley (Yates), Centerville, 70 y. Sept. 6 Roland T. Kelley; Hyannis, 53 y. Sept. 20 George IS. Brigham, Fall River,.69 y. 2 m. 10 d. Septa 27 Calvin Benson, West Barnstable, 77 y. 8 m. 14 d. Sept.,27 Julia G. Crocker (Davis), Barnstable, 75 y. 5 m. 9 d. Sept. 27 Richard W. Leonard, Hyannis, 2 m. Sept._ 30 Edward Price, Bridgewater, 58 y. 11 m. 27 d. 109 Oct. 1 James Foland, Jr.,Barnstable, 56 y. 8 m. 16 d. Oct. 2 Irma S. Sherman (Williams), Hyannis, 53 y. 7 m. 12 d. , Oct. 4 (Stillborn): Oct. 4 Jennie Davis Lines (Davis), New York, 65 y. 10 m. 28 d. Oct. 8 John Francis Morin, Hyannis, 2 h. Oct. 9 (Stillborn).. , Oct. 10 Rachel P. Johnston (Pierce)„ Harwich, 39 y. 9 m. 23 d. Oct. 13 Adelbert Ernest Boyden, Sandwich, 58 y. 5 m. 25 d. Oct. 20 John D. Dwyer, Hyannis, 67 y. 7 m. 1 d. Oct. 20 Louis Souza, Provincetown, 28 y. Oct. 21 Marcus B. Baker, Hyannis, 83 y. 11 m. 11 d. "Oct. 21 George Bontwell Fisher, Craigville, 76 y. 1 m. Oct. 25 William G. Eldredge, Hyannis, 49 y. 16 d. Oct. 27 Lillian M. Robbins, Haynnis, 9 m. Oct. 28 James G. Brundrette, Providence, 79 y. lm. 6 d. Oct. 28 Ansel Davis Lothrop, Farnstable, 82 y. 1 m. 26 d. Oct. 29 Gorham F. Bassett, Hyannis, 76 y. Nov. 3 (Infant) Fratus„Provincetown. Nov. 3 Mary E. Kern (Cash), Yarmouthport, 70 y. .0 110 Nov. 5 Thirza Maria Childs, Centerville, 97 y. 10 m. 20 d. Nov. 6 Deborah A. Snow (Montcalm), Cummaquid, 67 y. 2 m. 22 d. r Nov. 11 Lucy Crosby Leonard (Coffin), Osterville, 63 y. 8 m. 26 d. Nov. 11 Robert Mority, Centerville, 65 y. Nov. 16 William M. Monroe, Sandwich, 53 y. 6 M. 14 d. Nov. 20 Thomas Warren Jones, Barnstable, 82 y. 9 m. 19 d. Nov. 21 Helena M. Weber (Standish), Hyannis, 59 y. 3 m. Nov. 22 Alyce Margaret Dodge (Mooney), Hyannis, 25 y. Nov. 24 Richard Pesolan, Hyannis, 20 y. 3 m. Nov. 24 Charles Poland, Hyannis, 33 y. 11 m. Dec. 5 Frederic L. Bill, West Barnstable, 54 y. 5 m. 22 d. Dec. 6 James T. Chase, Yarmouthport, 72 y. Dec. 8 James Knox, Osterville, 84 y. 11 m. 6 d. Dec. 11 Joseph Leadpont, Osterville, 43 y. 3 m. 29 d. Dec. 13, Annie Elizabeth Shaw (Bailey), Rock, 45 y. 3 m. 25 d. Dec. 14 Elnathan E. Eldredge,.Orleans, 63 y. 4 m. 18 d. Dec. 15 William H. Parker, West Barnstable, 90 y. 6 m. 27 d. Dec. 19 (Stillborn). Dec. 21 William Lesley Washington, Jr.,Hyannisport, 4 h. 30 min. ' 111 Dec. 23 Annie M. Allison (Haskell)„ Chatham, 55 y. 2 m. 1 d. Dec. 29 John R. McGarr, Cummaquid, 66 y. 6 m. Dec. 31 Bessie Julia Crosby, Centerville, 53 y. 15 d. BROUGHT HERE FOR BURIAL 1926 t Oct. 22 Julia E. Phinney, Northborough, 80,y. 10 m. 22 d. 1927 Jan. 7 Minnie C. White, Dennis, 56 y. 7 d. Feb. 18 Florence B. York, New York, 61 y. Feb. 19 Louie E. Knott, Boston, 58 y. 1 d. Feb. 26 (Infant) Fisher, Providence, R. I., 1.d. Mar. 14 Albert Judah Bacon, Forestdale, 70 y. 7 m. it d. Mar. 14 Frederick E. Murphy, New York, 68 y. Apr. 4 William H. Crocker, Boston, 79 y. 10 m:27 d. Apr. 5 Josephine Mitchell, Boston, 62 y. Apr. 12 Mercie W. Chaffee, Boston, 87 y. May 17 Mary B. W.Bennett, New York, 82 y. 8 m. 6 d. June 10 Sylvanus Tobey, Boston, 14 y. 11 m, 15 d. i July 5 William Chaffee, Boston, 80 y. Dec. 4 John T. Young, Boston, 53 y. CLARENCE M. CHASE, Town Clerk. 112 JURY LIST, 1928 Freeman C. Adams Garage Prop. Victor H. Anderson Cranberry Grower Augustus Andrews, Jr. Inn Keeper Evert -L. Baker Laborer Benjamin D. Baxter Merchant John Bursley Farmer Nathan H. Bearse Grocer Burdette M. Cotton Tailor Clarence A. Cottrell Salesman Zenas Crocker Laborer George H. Crocker; Jr. Inspector Edric E. Cash Retired Milton Crocker Merchant Heman P: Crocker Printer Judah Crowell Painter Frank E. Crocker Plumber Herbert E. Cook Insurance Charles E. Doubtfire Gardener Joseph M. Daniel Carpenter Harold A Daggett Innkeeper Stephen B. Eldredge Laborer Charles Mervyn Eldredge Salesman I. Fenno Elliott Coal dealer William L. Fitzgerald Motion Pictures Irving H. Fuller Electrician Preston H. Fish Merchant Albert Grauer Chauffeur Milton F. Gifford Fisherman Frederic N. Hall Real Estate Ilerbert E. Holway Grocer 113 Carlton C. Hallett Cranberry Growcr Abbott L. Harlow, Carpenter Herbert L. Hinckley Electrician Leonard F. Hamblin Mason Herbert A. Howland Ice cream dealer Marcus H. Howes Fisherman Abner I. Jones Mechanics Chester P. Jordan Baker Ensign C. Jerauld Fisherman Harry W. Jenkins Farmer Fred B. Livesley Automobile dealer Winfred B. Lovell Farmer Edward F. Maher Ice dealer Charles W. Megathlin Real Estate James Murphy Retired Julius P. Morin Auto supplies Ernest B. Norris Carpenter John V. O'Neil Grocer Henry G. Phillips Plumber L. Frank Paine Architect Emil W. Rodin Electrician Malcolm L. Ryder Cranberry Grower Domingo D. Rosa Laborer Stephen F. Richards Cooper William H. Robbins Oyster man Benjamin Sears Merchant Henry L. Sherman Mason Stuart F. Scudder Coal dealer Joseph F. Swift Carpenter Frederic F. Scudder Coal dealer Bernard M. Sears Electrician Frank G. Thacher Insurance Martin Wirtanen Carpenter � 114 REPORT-OF THE PLANNING BOARD TO THE CITIZENS OF BARNSTABLE The Planning Board respectfully submits for your con- sideration and approval a report of its activities during the year 1927. During the latter months of 1926. and early in 1927 there was published in our local newspapers a draft of a "Preliminary Survey for a Town: Plan of Barnstable." Unfortunately the publication of this "Survey" was the medium of creating misapprenhension and doubt in the minds of many of our people and a consequent antipa- thy to the Planning Board. At this time we. are desirous of correcting whatever misleading and,erroneous impressions that may have been developed from a cursory and limited reading of the "Sur- vey." In the minds of many it is an honest belief that Town Planning is the creation of faddists who seek to inflict themselves upon the public for personal advancement and gain. This idea is so far removed from the truth that it needs but a reference to the past to prove it a fallacy. Our forefathers planned for future generations, not for themselves, and we of the present generation have reaped the fruit of their labor and foresight. Community centers were established, shore frontage areas were designated, for 115 public use only, to be preserved for posterity; common lands, as then specified, laid out for what we today term park systems; and in the matter of building homes they ap- plied the "Golden Rule." Set backs from street or road lines with stately trees set out for beauty and shelter; road layouts of sixty-six feet in width; all go to prove the fore- sight of the men of early days who in fact applied our mod- ern interpretation of Town Planning to all their endeavors. What then•is new about Town Planning or what fear should be engendered by putting into practice principles originating with our forefathers? Every honest minded, progressive citizen will agree that the safe and sane way of doing things is to plan and prepare in advance of accom- plishment. What then is the modern interpretation of Town Plan- ning? Quoting from the 1921 report of the City Planning Committee of Memphis, Tennessee, "City or Town Planning is that phase.of municipal activity which analyzes the char- acter and probable extent of the City or Town's growth, suggests certain physical readjustments and provides for the co-ordination of all future improvements." . For promotional and educational purposes your Board this year elaborates somewhat on the subject of Town Plan- ning'and presents for your, consideration the following: Town Planning in itself does not necessarily mean ad- ditional expenditures for improvements, neither does it im- ply nor result in increased taxation. Reduced to simple language it means that when money is authorized and ap- propriated for Town improvements, said money may and will be spent in the most economical way possible in accord- 116 ance with the outlines of a General Plan. The result of this method of procedure guarantees an actual saving for the Town, discounts the likelihood of unnecessary expense coupled with a high tax rate. It likewise assures to the tax payer a protection to real property upon which taxation is levied to secure the necessary funds that are required for civic improvements. In practically every realm of human endeavor all un- dertakings are pursued in accordance with plans carefully studied and compiled in advance, therefore it,is obvious, na- tural and fitting that this policy should be adopted and ap- plied to our Town improvements and readjustments. Who performs this service of planning in advance? Your Planning Board created through the medium of a law enacted by the General Court of Massachusetts in the year 1914. What is the personnel of this board?A group of seven of your fellow citizens, duly elected by your votes, who gives unstintingly of their time and energy without expectation of remuneration, to a study of,civic problems affecting the com- fort, welfare and health of the community and who make plans for the proper development of the Town. What powers are vested in the Planning Board? The Planning Board is not vested with mandatory or executive power. These powers rest with your Selectmen. The Plan- ning Board is a student and advisory board which considers and reports upon all matters pertaining to and affecting the improvements of the Town, informing the citizens from time to time of its deliberations and recommendations as to such action as should be taken by the voters upon the vital prob- lems presented to them for their consideration. t 117 What are the duties of a Planning Board? NATURE AND DUTIES OF PLANNING BOARD The Planning Board should know how the Town is pro- gressing and what ought to be done for its proper develop- went. Listed below are some of the salient factors entering into the development of a Town Plan: 1 Through routes. 2 Main Nays to the various important parts of the Town. 3 The planning of the areas tributary to the main ways. 4 The system by which all these ways may be protected ,after being once laid down. 5 Building Lines. 6 The routes of railways, bus lines, etc. 7 The location, securing and development of school sites. 8 Playgrounds, parks and boulevards. 9 The preservation of water-fronts and water areas for the use of the people of the present and in the ages to come. 10 The proper tie-up of all the foregoing with water, sewer, gas, electric and other forms of public service. 11 Zoning, with special reference to the protection of 118 the homes, the preservation of property values, and the prop- er co-ordination of homes, commerce and industry with the Town Plan. 12 Housing, the solution of which will have more to do with the future of the Town than any one has yet appreci- ated. 13 Protection of the amenities of the Town, which in- clude all things done for the comfort, happiness, and general welfare, as well as eternal vigilance against encroachments in the form of shacks and similar nuisance menaces. 14 Control of sub-divisions of tracts of undeveloped land by promoters for residential purposes to the end that such sub-divisions will fit into the plan of the Town as a whole. • 15 An intimate knowledge of past performances in the matter of expenditures for various municipal purposes. These are a few, but by no means all, of the problems confronting your Planning Board. What does the Planning Board hope to achieve? Your Planning Board during the pasc year desirous of doing the proper thing in the way of Civic Advancement was always cognizant of the fact that it labored under a tremendous handicap unless the good-will and co-operation of all public officials, committees and tax payer were forthcoming. This handicap, in a great measure, has been overcome and as time goes on we hope for the confidence and support of all, feeling that when you know our work, and its ultimate beneficial results to the Town you will not hesitate one instant in sup- porting our programs. 119 What activity has the Planning Board manifested dur- ing the year,1927°? The Board early in the year designated the first and third Wednesdays of each month as their regular meeting dates. Meetings have been held on these dates with practically a full attendance recorded. The minutes of these meetings disclose a varied field of discussion and study of problems affecting the future development of the Town. Of necessity a study of the past progress of Barnstable was en- tered into and graphs prepared shoeing expenditures in var- ious departments over a period of years starting with 1910 up to the present. - This study is of the utmost value and importance to your Board inasmuch as being'free and untramelled by politics_, we view the needs of the community at large from an unbi- ased standpoint, weighing carefully pro and con every mun- icipal problem presented to us for consideration and advising the'tax payer, committee, or town official the result of our findings. That your Board has had the co-operation of other Boards and Committees is demonstrated by the,many con- ferences held with your Selectmen in various sections of the Town when recommendations and interpretation of regula- tory ordinances, covering building activities were requested. The beneficial results of these conferences is evidenced by the modern type of substantial buildings erected in the bus- iness section of Hyannis. Your Board, prior to the construction of the Highway leading from the Hyannis-Barnstable Road to Main Street, West Yarmouth, registered protest on the proposed layout as advanced by the State authorities and County Commis- sioners. Your Board were unanimous in the opinion that this Highway should have been built to the north and east 120 of its present locus for the best interests of the Town of Barnstable and are so recorded. There are a few outstanding features connected with your Board's activities, little known to the citizens at large, to which we now call your attention. Upon completion of the Town Office Building your Board established office headquarters in Room 12, where a trained force under the supervision of James F. McLaughlin has been engaged in research work, compiling data of early days, and assembling records material to the platting of the Town. "Proprietors Records," ancient Town- Records, "Street Layouts" have been copied and arranged in modern form to assist the major operation of building up the Map of the Town. Abstracts of early deeds have been taken and assembled in Grantor and Grantee schedules. Copies of all plans forwarded for land registration have been secured and are on file in our office. Work on the Town Map for comprehensive study is very nearly completed. This map of Barnstable is the third au- thorized by the inhabitants, the first in 1.795, an outline map of the Town drawn by Samuel Bassett, the second in 1856 by H. F. Walling. Of the latter plan several copies are still in existence. There is being built up maps for Town Records, of the original lands held in common by the "Proprietors" and di- vided by them as per the "Proprietors Records." Town lands, landings and watering places of record are being assembled in concrete form as the work progresses. Your Board extends to every citizen a hearty invitation 121 to visit our office for a better appreciation of the activities of this phase of work. Any service within reason and our power of granting will be graciously extended. The Planning Board has been in constant touch with ac- tivities of other Boards throughout the Commonwealth through its affiliation with Massachusetts Federation of Planning Boards and was represented at the Annual Con- ference held at Greenfield, Mass., in October 1927. A Regional Meeting of Planning Boards, sponsored by the Cope Cod Chamber of Commerce, was held in the Town Hearing Hall, Wednesday, December 14th, 1927. Your Board acted as hosts to Benton MacKaye -and Edward T. Hartman, the principal speakers at this meeting. At the Annual Town meeting held in March 1.927, your Board was instructed to prepare a "Building Code" for con- sideration. This work has been completed. At the same meeting various articles pertinent to School affairs were referred to a joint committee consisting of the School Committee, Finance Committee and Planning Board. Upon your Board devolved the making of plans and surveys incidental to a complete and comprehensive study of the en- tire subject matter. The findings and recommendations of this joint committee will appear in a report independent of , this report. The Special Committee appointed to make a survey for Sewerage Disposal in Hyannis were in close touch with your Board throughout their activities. This committee had at its disposal all snaps, plans or information in the Planning Board office. P 122 Recommendations of the Planning Board for 1928: 1. The acceptance of Sections 4 to 12 inclusive of Cliap- ter 143 of the General Laws. 2. The acceptance of Chapter 139 Sections 1 to 3 cover- ing "Common Nuisance of a Burnt or Dangerous Building." 3. Your Board recommends to the people of Osterville that they meet with the Planning Board for thorough dis- cussion of Ways and Means to relieve the congested condi- tions prevailing in the immediate vicinity of the post-office in Osterville. 4. The Planning Board has recommended. to your Selectmen to make overtures with the State authorities for the straightening of the Hyannis-Centerville Road from Doubtfire's Corner to Main and Sea Streets in Hyannis. 5. We recommend the advisability of securing for Park purposes the triangular plot of land, at Fawcett's Corner, Hyannis now bounded by the old State highway route and the new route. 6. We recoriimend the use of parking space now existing in rear of your Town Office Building and the securing of ad- ditional land for this purpose, anticipating the traffic con- gestion that will prevail on Main street, upon completion of ,building operations at the Johnson property. , 7. For the preservation of the valuable treegrowth on High School Avenue, Hyannis and for the establishment of a wider thoroughfare and approach to the High School Grounds, your Board recommends that consideration be giv- en to widening this street on its easterly side from .Main 123 Street to South Street, leaving the trees on the east side to form a tree belt through the center,of the road. The Board respectfully requests any and all persons who possess old plans of land in the Town of Barnstable to kindly loan them temporarily for copies that the work of platting may be expedited. May we again state that your Planning Board realizes that only in co-ordination of effort and in close co-operation with other Boards, Committees and Town officials can con- structive and effective work be accomplished; we have pur- sued this course during the past year and intend following along these lines in the future. We welcome the further op- portunity of making such studies for the various depart- ments as will materially assist in planning and protecting the future of the Town of Barnstable. To the citizens of Barnstable we extend our .thanks for their support during the past year and solicit from them en- couragement through the medium of suggestions for the progress, betterment through the medium of suggestions for necessary improvements and the preservation of the natural beauties of our Town. The Board invites your opinions and constructive .criticism of our efforts in a common cause viz: working for the welfare, health and happiness of the people of Barnstable. Fours Respectfully, F. Howard Hinckley, Jr., Chairman. L. Frank Paine Henry P. Leonard Mabel K. Baker Mary Mortimer William L. Fitzgerald Robert F. Cross Town of Barnstable Planning Board. 124 REPORT OF THE SEWERAGE COMMITTEE To the Selectmen of the Town of Barnstable: The Committee appointed at the last annual meeting of the Town, to procure a survey, recommendation and esti- mate for a system of sewage for the village of Hyannis, have been carefully and entirely over the matter, employ- ing Whitman & Howard, Civil Engineers of Boston, and Mr. George F. Clements of Hyannis to make the surveys and make a complete report. We offer the following report on the same and recom- mend that the citizens of the town give it their careful con- sideration. PROJECT "in general. After determining the need of sewerage for any local- ity, the prime question becomes the, method and place of disposal and then the kind, size and general design of the collecting system in which the topography of the vicinity to be sewered is the leading feature, the elevations of the sur- face of the territory in hand, its configuration and its inter- vening and surrounding waterways, determining, in most cases, whether the system will be "gravity" or "pumping" and whether "separate" or "combined." The village of Hyannis is in the extreme southeast corner of the Town of Barnstable. Main street from Sher- man square to the Yarmouth line is one and one-third miles , 125 and from Hyannis Harbor to the junction of the Barnstable road and the new State Highway is two miles. We have thought this area should be considered and planned for in detail in the study of any system of sewerage for this local- ity. Hyannisport and other outlying sections have been considered and their relation will be referred to below. Main street (which may be considered the "backbone" and the east and west axis of this locality) is about 2 to 40 feet above tide water and from South street to the northerly lim- it of the area noted above the surface is, for the most part, very much of the nature of a plane at an elevation'averag- ing a little less than 40 feet while the area from South street to the harbor runs from 40 feet down to the grade of the tide. The Northern half (and a little more) of this area is so large and flat, containing several decided depressions like Main street at the railroad, portion of. Centre street, Main street at Park square and again at the Yarmouth line, that main sewers have.to be carefully studied in order to "get" all sections and not make inordinate sewer depths, making in- convenient and expensive construction. The southe.r_i half runs so low in many places that a main sewer or sewers must be planned at a low grade to accommodate the mouses , and cottages already built and those to come., there bring a decided tendency to build cottages at a .low grade. DISPOSAL in general. A town or village lying, as does Hyannis, contignon.s t0 the ocean or a large river, or the like, usually seeks and ex- pects to drain into such a body of water and if this can be done by gravity,it is usually the desired result and a matter of almost self-evident economy. Hyannis, however, is, in our opinion, in the opinion of the State Board of Health and in the opinion of your Committee, and no doubt in the opin- ion of your thoughtful citizens, an exception. In the first 126 place, your waterways, your"beach and shore areas and . "flats" are at such low grades and flat slopes (with a small rise and fall of tide, viz. 3 1110 feet) with no deep water channel, that we are unable to recommend. a location for disposal where we will have assurance that the sewage may not be brought back with the tide. In the second place, your shore property is valuable and a great asset to the Town and with its splendid bathing beaches, both the fact of possible danger and an adverse sentiment tend to a method of disposal,other than in the tide waters of this shore. In the third place, the considerable low areas in the southern portion of the section are such that a gravity sys- tem is precluded. "SEPARATE" SYSTEM This leads to the next best of the usual and current methods of sewage disposal for a community situated as is Hyannis, viz. a "separate" system with a disposal by inter- mittent sand filtration. A "separate" sewerage system is one where storm water is excluded and only house sewage is permitted. The reasons in our case are almost,apparent. Hyannis is well situated to carry its street, surface, roof and ground water into the nearest natural waterways and so in- to the sea. This water is so nearly clean that it will not be at all harmful, but all house sewage must be kept out. Far- ther, the expense of enlarged sewers, added expense of pumps, pumping arrangements, force main and sand dis- posal beds (together with additional trouble in disposing of effluent) all preclude a system admitting any ground or surface water whatever. As indicated above, the surface water of the streets and all surface.and ground water can readily and much more economically be disposed of by_the usual storm water drains with the usual inlets. Despite the 127 seeming paradox, for Hyannis, "two sewers are cheaper than one." Besides, the house sewers, for at least the con- centrated part of the village, are apparently.badly needed at once, while any perfected system of city street drainage can be put off or grow up gradually. It is not primarily a health measure as is the matter of the sewerage proper. , (The places where street or surface drainage need system- atic and immediate relief are very few and have been al- ready taken up with your Surveyor of Highways and he will be further advised as he may request). PUMPING STATION AND PUMPS The pumping station is planned to be located in the woods about 200 feet east of the junction of Pine and Har- vard streets at the low end of the main or collecting sewers. ' The pumping station below ground is to be 20 feet by 14 feet and built of concrete, extending down to grade minus 7. This underground area will be divided through the mid- dle lengthwise by a concrete wall, making a wet well or "sump" on one side and a dry well for the housing of the pumps, piping, etc. on the other side. The electric motors will be located in a brick building, 14 feet square, (directly over the pumps) having an asphalt shingled pitched roof. A chimney is provided for so that a heater may be installed if desired and there will be room enough to store ordinary tools. This building will be neat, inconspicuous and the grounds may be graded off and planted with shrubbery etc. in an' attractive manner, similar to those located in Boston and iii the park system of Metropolitan Boston. A roadway with turn should be built from Pine street about 300 feet l ong. There will be two automatically operated, electrically driven pumps, one with a capacity of 500 gallons per min- 128 ute and one with a capacity of 1,000 gallons per minute, and one gasoline motor driven auxiliary pump with a capacity of 1,000 gallons per minute, to be used if the electric power should fail for any reason. These pumps are to be sewage pumps of the non-clogging design. It will not be necessary to heat this building, as far as the pumps, motors or equip- ment are concerned. These automatic electrically driven pumps are in accordance with the best modern practice, and are the most efficient and economical for the purpose. FORCE MAIN A force main about 6,500 feet long of 12-inch Class B, cast iron water pipe, is to be laid to carry the sewage from the pumping station to the settling basins at the filter beds. SETTLING BASINS & SLUDGE BEDS The sewage from the force main will enter three con- crete settling basins, each 15 feet wide, 60 feet long with an average height of about 8 feet and an effective depth of 6 feet. The upper end of these basins will be provided with racks for screening the sewage and the lower end with weirs to retain the solids. These basins are designed to re- tain about 40 fo of the suspended solids and these solids or sludge will be removed from the settling basins by means of a gasoline driven diaphragm sludge pump and will be distributed on the sludge beds. These sludge beds will be five in number, each 75 ft. by 25' ft. They will be built of sand similar to the larger'filter beds and will not be arti- ficially underdrained. The sludge will be left on the beds until dry and then will be raked up and removed. When dry, it will be practically odorless and unobjectionable. It may be piled in heaps, adjacent to the filter beds and sold or given to farmers for fertilizing purposes. 129 DISPOSAL BEDS of sand. It is proposed to dispose of the sewage on natural areas or "beds" of sand lying about a mile to the northwest of the village in the woods between the West Barnstable road and a. cartway, sometimes called Bearse Way. Several lo- cations were examined but this vicinity was selected as it seemed to fullfill'all the requirements. It is sufficiently but not exceedingly remote, the quality of underlying sand (which is all-important) is excellent, the necessary area can readily be had, both for present and prospective use and the land values here are not excessive. It is proposed to remove the trees, debris and all top- soil to a depth of about 2 feet tg the good and proper sand, to grade the same, to divide the area (about 5 acres at,pres- ent) into nine "beds" or areas of about 1/2 acre each and make all piping, gates, distribution arrangements etc. as is usual and according to the best recent practice. The liquid from the settling basins will be distributed on to the filter beds by means of about 3,100 feet of 8-inch to 12-inch drain pipe, laid with a pitch of at least three- tenths of a foot to 100 feet, leading from the settling basin to all the corners of the filter beds. Distribution on to the filter beds will be made by means of concrete corner outlets, one outlet at each corner of each bed. The flow on to the filter beds will be controlled by shear gates installed in the distributing pipe lines. The beds will be level and built at a grade of about 46 feet to 47 feet above mean low water. There will be no under drains laid, as it is not thought ne- cessary. The sand and gravel in this vicinity have been analyz- ed and found to have an average effective size of about .0.25. 130 mm. and a uniformity coefficient of about 4.00 for material 1/4 inch in diameter or less. These characteristics are sat- isfactory and indicate that the liquid should find its way through them down into the ground readily. The State Department of Public Health have given pre- liminary approval of the method and location of disposal and approved the quality of the sand. PIPING SYSTEM . Although the pumping station description and location have been treated above, it is the topography of the terri- tory and the arrangement of the piping system that deter- mines its location, grades, etc. After the surveys were made, it was early determined that the pumping station would of necessity be located somewhere along the low land south of South street, that there would be a main or trunk sewer leading up the valley between the Railroad and Pleasant street up Centre street and another one leading around Bay View street to Main street. These sewers may arrive at the corner of Centre street and Elm street and at Main street,and Bay View street at grade 20 (or lower if desired) which elevation will allow these sewers to be extended at any time desired, northwesterly a half mile to a mile,, taking in with proper grades, all the area in this direction that was indicated in the above specified territory. The comparatively high, but flat, area along Main street, North street and South street, from Ocean street to Sea street will come into the pumping station thru several ordinary sewers running in Main street easterly to Centre street and southerly through Pearl street, High School road and Pine street. The westerly end of Main street will run to•Sherman Square, then double 131 east in South street to Sea street (making a somewhat deep cut), then take in a portion of Sea street and proceed down Old Neck road to Harvard street and so, to the pumping sta. tion. Main street and all streets from Sherman square to Yarmouth line and from North street and the junction of the Yarmouth road and the new State Highway (at E. C. Hall R Co. warehouse) southerly to and including South street and to the vicinity of the cemetery, to the swamp land south,of the High School and to Lewis Bay are provided for except a. few houses isolated in location. Extensions can be made at any time to include these other houses if desir- ed. Following is a list of these streets with length of sewer contemplated in each, totalling 7 8-10 miles. Bay Street 850 ft. Cross Street 480 ft. Camp Street 1590 ft. Center Street 1330 ft. portion , Chase Street 1020 ft. Crocker Street 520 ft. High School Road 1120 ft. Harvard Street 1000 ft. Lewis Bay Road 1390 ft. Main Street 6640 ft. Maple Avenue 680 ft. Newton Street 390 ft. North Street 840 ft. portion North Ocean St (Barnstable Rd.) 850 ft. portion Ocean Street 1120 ft. Old Neck Road 1010 ft. Park Street 1100 ftI. Pearl Street 450 ft. Pine Street 960 ft. 132 Pleasant Street 1310 ft. Ridgewood. Street 1160 ft. Sea Street 1260 ft. portion School Street 980 ft. South Street 3880 ft. Yarmouth Rd. (Railroad Ave.) 1280 ft. portion Winter Street 1070 ft. Willow Ave. 240 ft. Main Sewer—Pine Street to Lewis Bay Road ' 5640 ft. Main,Sewer beside R. R. from Main St. to South St. 1110 ft. 41,210 ft. or 7 8-10 miles Somewhat over 500 houses will be tributary to the sew- ers in these streets. • , The territory to the south of the main sewer in and near the remainder of Sea street and Ocean street and Gosnold street can come in through other sewers in those streets and other streets to be built at any time desired. This is also true for extensions in Yarmouth road, Barnstable road, Winter street and vicinity etc. A detailed description of the piping system is as follows: A sewer of 10-inch diameter is planned to run from the pumping station to the west to Pine street and then through Harvard street, Old Neck Road and Sea street to South street. A 15-inch main or trunk sewer is designed to run from the pumping station along the low land in rear of.the High School, across the old railroad to Ocean .street, in Ocean street about 600 feet and then through private land 1 133 just above the shore line to the northeast to a point near South street where it will take in a 10-inch pipe coming down the valley from Main street at the Railroad station. From the above junction the 15-inch main sewer will pro- ceed easterly by low ground to Pleasant street and then easterly by more low ground to.School street, thence ,east- erly just north of the shore line to Lewis Bay road, about 100 feet north 'of Willow street. From this point the main sewer will proceed easterly and' northeasterly through private land by a 12-inch pipe to the corner of Bay View street and Park street close to the town line where it will take in the Cape Cod Hospital.. This main sewer will be ex- tended by a 12-inch pipe in Bay View street to and beyond . Main street when desired and a very low grade if thought profitable. The flattest grade proposed is one foot to one thousand for the 15-inch main sewer. All gradients and pipe sizes are usual—from 15 inches to 8 inches—are designed as to elevations, velocities.and sizes to be self-cleaning and'suffi- cient, with their extensions, to serve the whole territory in- dicated so long as it shall remain the usual dwelling house community of detached buildings (allowing, of course, for the usual number of stores, average business, etc.). It is planned to start the 15-inch main sewer from the pumping station at about elevation 1 4-10 ft. above mean low water, from which all grades are figured) which is ap- proximate mean sea level, arriving at Ocean street at about elevation 3 1/� ft., at Pleasant street at about elevation 4 1/2 ft., at School st-reet at about elevation 5 3-10 ft. at Lewis Bay road just below elevation 6. It is planned to install a usual.inverted siphon in tho. main sewer for a.distance of about, 160 feet.at the,.waterway.. 134 at the head of the bay between Pleasant street and School street. This is not necessary, but in our opinion, preferable and cheaper than building around the head of the bay close to Bay street by a very circuitous line, or a deep cut, or making the necessary fill across the waterway with a suffi- cient opening for drainage and perhaps for the passage of boats. This siphon will be made by iron pipe in such size and.gradient as to increase the velocity to guard against stoppage on account of deposits. Access will be had by manhole chambers at each end of the siphon and arrange- ments made for flushing and for blow-off. The pipes are laid at such elevations as are usual and will well accommodate houses and cellars. They are at a depth of from 5 ft. to 17 ft. with an average depth of 8 1/2 feet. Sewers in Main street are planned on an average 10 feet in depth for business reasons. The shallower cuts are along the line of the main sewer and the deep cuts, are of course, caused by necessity. It is necessary, on the one hand, to keep the main sewers sufficiently low so that good pitches will be had to all sewers, so that the outlying streets ('and streets yet to be laid out)will have a good opportunity to connect and so that houses and cottages on and close to the shore at reasonably low grades may be sewered and on the other hand, it is desirable to "cut" not lower than ne- %cessary on account of undue expense not only of construc- tion but of continued pumping—which is somewhat as to height of pumping. It has been our study to arrive at this happy medium. All sewers must be laid with special care with tight joints so that the ground water leakage will not reduce the normal capacity of the sewer pipes and increase the quan- t4Y. to be pumped and the bed dosing. In building all house , onn,ections this same precaution-must be undertaken.• 1.35 All pipe is designed to be the usual-first quality, salt- glazed, vitrified sewer pipe with frequent 6-inch connection branches or Y's carefully located with careful manhole con- nections. All sewer branches to have vertical "chimneys" where over nine feet in depth brought up,to about seven feet from the surface. Manholes to be placed frequently for the purpose of ac- cess, inspection and cleaning and for ventilation. They will -be of brick, 8-inch work, with carefully made inverts, have cast iron. covers and will be "drop manholes" where re- quired. PLANS The two accompanying plans and 12 profile sheets will show the whole sewerage system as proposed to be built at the present time and indicate proposed extensions. All sewers and manholes are shown in red with their sizes, ele- vations and directions of flow. Force main is shown as is Location of pumping station and disposal beds. The sheets of profiles will show detail grades of both present and pro- posed sewers for some 12 1/2 miles U sewers. (Plans on file with. Planning Board) GENERAL Suggestion is made above that those sewers as planned 'will, with their extensions, serve the territory indicated in- definitely. These estimates are made in the usual way for a growing municipality, based on area, whether the land is at present "streeted" or not. Vie..have-, to guide us, and.. check up, gotten the water consumption, have taken into account the hotels, schools etc. and the present winter and 136 summer population of the village and a large prospective growth amounting to well more than double the present status, has been provided for and the system can be extend- ed to suit future growth without loss. The above applies to the piping system, the pumping station, pumps and force main while the settling basins and beds may be extended at will without loss. i Hyannisport village can be sewered in the usual way, with an outlet sewer coming down a valley to the west of Sea street and the sewage pumped from a sub-station in that valley to the present or adjoining filter beds. This will be more economical than to try to bring its sewage into any common station in conjunction with the Village of Hyannis. Other villages in town will be naturally and economic- Ely. treated as we have proposed here. We have considered the matter of building the sewer in Main street in some detail and suggest that this sewer (including the house connections) may be built first and early in the season—say in the month of April—and a block only broken up at a time so as to interfere with safety and convenience as little as may be. The entire work will be completed in one season with- out difficulty. We have planned to reasonably restore all street sur- laees and included same •in estimate. 131 ESTIMATE OF COST The pumps, motors and pumping station are estima- ted to cost $17,000 The force main from pumping station to beds is es- timated to cost 21,500 The disposal beds, settling basins, etc. are estimated to cost 391500 The piping system (7 8-10 miles) is estimated to cost 111,000 Manholes are estimated to cost 18,000 Land damage is estimated to cost 6,000 Engineering, supervision, legal expenses, incidentals, etc. (12 1/2% 26,625 Total $239,625 MAINTENANCE A sewer system is worthy of careful maintenance and anything else is inexcusable. Altho the pumps and disposal works are designed to be as nearly automatic as possible in their operations, yet the fact remains that expensive work of this character, built with care, should be carefully and ef- ficiently maintained. Someone should have careful oversight over the opera- tions of the pumping station, the disposal beds and in gener- al the sewer system and he must have supervisory authority over the installation of all house •connections. This will doubtless take one man's time and a small amount of day labor will be needed to assist him from time to time: This work will, we think, fall under your Highway Surveyor un- less you elect Sewer Commissioners and appoint a Superin- tendent of Sewers. i _... . 138 House connection sewers or "particular sewers" will have to be studied in their execution as a matter of policy. They may be built by the owners through licensed drain lay- ers under the Town's permit and'inspeetion, or they may be built by the Town, the abutter paying the cost. Law and custom permit either method. The matter of restoring street surfacing has some relation here. The matter of house connection sewers is mentioned here because it should be considered and because it has some relation to methods and- amount of work and service required in the Maintenance De- partment. FINANCES The laws particularly provide for the building and .fi- nancing of sewer systems in cities and towns in all respects. Money may be borrowed for terms not exceeding 30 years within the "debt limit." In our opinion, the,Town should finance the sewer system by'borrowing, as no doubt a ma- jority of the cost will be paid back by the property owners receiving the particular benefits within a few years. The law provides that the Town shall pay not less than 1/4 nor more than 2-3 of the cost of the sewer system. It would seem to us in this case, having due regard to the relation of the Village of Hyannis to the whole Town and its various other villages, that the property owners should pay a sub- stantial part of the cost of the system—what exact part will be a matter for careful study and finally of vote after full consideration as a matter of fairness. The matter of sewer assessments is important. The law provides that after a Town has adopted a system of sewer- age for a whole or a part of its area, it shall make assess- ments upon the properties benefitted, by a uniform method based on the estimated proportion of cost of all the sewers, 139 as per frontage or area (within a fixed depth from the way) or both. Assessments are to be distributed (upon applica- tion) over 10 years (or such time less than 10 years as the applicant wishes) and paid with interest each year as a part of his taxes. In this manner there will be no hardship, and in the end true economy, to the property owners, to the Vil- lage and the Town. It is fair to state here that the law pro- vides that no special assessments shall be made on land which, on account of its location or grade, does not obtain special benefit from the construction of the sewer, and the authorities have the power to defer payment of assessment while the sewer is unused. Assuming the customary annual serial bond'payin:ent to pay for construction of sewer system, payment of annual in- terest and the necessary annual maintenance, the annual pay- ments from the tax levy of the Town will probably be not far from a half dollar on $1,000. Specific figures may be made when it has been determined what portion of the cost the Town will pay and in what length of term it wishes to pay for the sewerage system. LAND TAKINGS Land for main sewers (or any sewers) or rights in land for sewer purposes or sewage disposal may be acquired by purchase or taking by eminent domain, see General Laws, Chapters 83 and 79. We suggest that right only for sewer purposes be taken in connection with the building of main sewers or other sew- ers and the force main (probably strips 20 feet in width), but that the full title in fee should be taken for the lands at the disposal works. 140 Most sewers, as herein planned, are in Public Ways or accepted streets but severs may be built in Private Ways and the proper assessments made on the same basis as Public Ways. SEWER COMMITTEE OR COMMISSIONERS The sewers may be built under a Committee or Sewer Commissioners may be elected as provided in Chapter 41. Their careful and extensive services will be needed in the ex- ecution of such work as this, to make assessments and for final provision for supervision and care. NEED ' We do not propose to go into the matter of the need of a public sewerage system for the Village of Hyannis to any considerable extent. The Health authorities have the matter in view and it should be considered primarily from a health standpoint. It is evident there is such a need as a matter of health security. We venture.also to suggest its need from a business and property point of view, and submit that in the long run it is not only the safe method of caring for the sew- age of the village, but it is the truly businesslike and econ- omical method. Respectfully submitted, G. WEBSTER HALLETT LAUCHLAN CR'OCKER WILLIAM LOVELL, Committee. 141 REPORT OF CLAM WARDEN It is from a sense of duty to the taxpayers of'the Town and by request of numerous voters that I offer this, the first Clam Warden report. Your present warden has had only about eight months to gather what facts and figures you will find in this report, but has spent much time, especially in getting the figures, so as to be able to put the facts before you in a brief and com= prehensive manner. I think only a few voters realize the total income from natural shellfish of the Town. Clams;quahaugs, scallops and razor fish bring in an income of $200,000 to $300,000 a year. The figures offered you here are from tag returns of 1926 because it is impossible at this time to get 1927 figures for clams and quohaugs. Clams ' (tax return figures) shipped out of town $90,890 Clams—sold in the town and sold to dealers who do not make returns, estimated at 10,000 Quahaugs—(tag return figures) 85,000 Quahaugs, sold to small dealers and shipped to individ- - uals who do not make tax returns estimated at 5,000 Scallops—We were unable to get tax returns, but from a careful inquiry of individual fishermen and esti- mates of those who should know, the estimates from Oct. 1, 1927 to date is 35,000 Razor fish—We can only give a like estimate of 5,000 Making a total of $230,890 142 CLAMS While there are clams in nearly all sections of the Town, Barnstable Harbor is the only place where digging for trade is carried on to any great extent. There,in 1926, over 16,000 barrels were dug and shipped out of town. Barnstable has hundreds of acres of flats, thatch islands and marsh bank. Most of these are ideal clam territory. But with all this, there is no natural supply but will in time become exhausted unless care is taken and part of the areas closed, watched, and given a chance to seed down and grow until the clams are marketable size, 21/2 inches. We con- ferred with some of the best informed men and also men who have worked in and known the business for years. They all agree, that unless something is done, the flats in Barnstable which supply work for about a hundred men in winter, will in the near future become exhausted. At this time we would like to quote you from the Fif- teenth Annual Report of the Commissioners on Fish and Game. "Proposed Legislation. — Numerous special laws and regulations have resulted in a lack of uniform control of shell-fisheries of various coastal towns. The future of the shell-fisheries depends essentially upon legislation which will correct the present inadequacies in our mollusk laws and per- mit the establishment of prosperous industries on our coast. The Commissioners on Fisheries and Game believe that the present situation can best, and will ultimately, be met by placing the shell-fisheries under uniform State control. At present they consider that such a disposition should not be _ undertaken before the selectmen of the various coastal towns have been given a full opportunity to demonstrate their abil- ity to handle the situation." 143 I think that ,you will all agree that we will be,much bet- ter satisfied to handle our own fisheries,than to have them taken over by the State. We are planning to have Barnstable Harbor carefully looked over'at least twice a. year. This survey, with blue- prints, which we hope to have in the near future, will enable us to section off the harbor and close certain parts to enable them to seed down and grow while other sections are being dug. By doing this we think the industry can be kept in a flourishing condition.. QUAHAUGS Quahaugs are found in nearly all sections of the town from Mashpee to Yarmouth but mostly on the south side. The supply seems to be about the same from year to year, about ninety (90) permits being issued in 1927. The qua- haug has a. better-chance than the clam as he is in the water and can move from place to place., One small section in Co- tuit Harbor was opened on August 2, 1927, after being closed for two years. From this area alone, in the first two weeks, was taken 700 barrels of Little Necks bringing in an income of$7,000. SCALLOPS ' The business this year has been very good, a fair supply in all parts of the town. Prices have been very good on ac- count of the searity in other places and the excellent quality of the scallop found here—those caught in Cotuit and Os- terville Bay'bring•ing about $1.00 more a gallon than the general market price because of quality and size. The scal- lops are a short lived fish, none over two years and only spawing once. So it is rather difficult to estimate what the outlook for another year will be. 144 THE RAZOR FISH This fish is used more for bait than a food fish, so for this reason in past years very little attention has been paid to it. No restriction as to size, season, or amount, has been made. So that now, with the exception of a small supply in Barnstable Harbor, we have practically none in the town. The prices just now are higher than ever before. In closing this report I would like to say that after hav- ing had several conferences with the State officials, I can as- sure the voters of the town that the plans now laid down by your Board of Selectmen for the fisheries, have the approval` of the Commissioners on Fisheries and Game. Respectfully submitted, ERNEST 0. DOTTRIDGE, Clam Warden. e 1.45 COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT. / January 1, 1928. I have the honor to submit a very brief and general report of the work of the County Health Department of Barnstable County for the year '1927. The usual work has consisted as heretofore of medical and sanitary inspections in connection with communicable diseases, correction of nuisances,, and general improvement of conditions; inspec- tion and physical examination of school children etc. The condition of all pupils improves from year to year especial- ly as regards correction of defects and cleanliness. The test- , ing of cattle for tuberculosis has progressed very favorably and the great majority in the County are now tested. The work as has been stated before may be divided under the following heads: (1) medical work in connection with com- municable and other disease, (2) medical inspection of schools, (3) sanitary inspections including inspections of food places, the disposal of sewage and garbage and work in connection with milk and shellfish. Of course there are numberless sub-divisions and details as in any health organ- ization. Barnstable County has been fairly well off as regards the question of communicable disease. There has been some scarlet fever, all of a mild type; a little diphtheria, and a certain number of minor diseases. Only two cases of in- fantile paralysis developed, one extremely mild and one of a more severe type. The infection in the serious case was contracted outside of the County. This absence of infantile paralysig"was extremely fortunate, as otherwise business: 14fi- during the summer would have been seriously interfered with. As usual the sanitary condition at the County Fair at- tracted favorable attention. The Health Officer again attended the New England Health Institute and gave a talk on rural health work. This meeting was held in Providence, R. I., this year, and was at- tended by health officials from all of the New England States and many others. A meeting marking the installation of the County- Health Department was held in January and was remark- ably well attended. The speakers were Dr. George H. Bigelow, Commission of Public Health, representing the Governor, Assistant Surgeon General W.F. Draper, U. S. Public Health Service, Surgeon L.,L. Lumsden, U. S. Public Health Service, Mr. John D.W. Bodfish, County Commis-- sioner, Dr. R. P. MacKnight, and Mr. C. R. Bassett. Students from the Harvard School of Public Health , have visited the District during the year, as have also representatives of various health organizations such as the International Health Board, American Public Health Asso- ciation, etc. The regular Spring,and Fall meetings of the Cape Cod Health Bureau Association were held with excellent attend- ance in every case. The Officers of this Association are Mr.. G. W. Hallett, Mr. E. T. Chase, and Mr. C. R. Bassett. It should be noted that the County Health Officer is now, empowered to authorize the issuance of shipping per- 147 wits for shellfish, and it is believed this arrangement is sat- isfactory and undoubtedly it is of great benefit to the fisher- men of Cape Cod. The work during the year has, it is believed, proceeded in a satisfactory manner, and the unfailing cooperation of all officials and citizens of the various towns and the Coun- ty is hereby gratefully acknowledged by the Health Officer. The work of all individuals connected with the organization has been entirely satisfactory. Respectfully, A. P. GOFF, M. D., County Health Officer. 148 BOARD OF HEALTH REPORT To the Selectmen of the Town of Barnstable: Your Board of Health offers the following report for, the year ending Dec. 31, 1927. More contagious diseases were reported during the year than in 1926. This we may expect, as contagious dis- eases seem to travel by cycles. The general health condi- ditions in the town are very good. The following contagious diseases were reported in 1927: Tuberculosis—Pulmonary 7 Scarlet Fever 29 Mumps 22 Measles 24 Chicken Pox- 7 German Measles 1 Diptheria 5 Whooping Cough 7 Trachoma 1 Opthalmia Neonatorum 1 Lobar Pneumonia 5 Cerebro Spinal Meningitis 1 Total 110 Water Supply: No. contamination of the well water of the town has been found, and the water is considered safe.for domestic use: 149 Milk and Dairy inspectors show an increase in the amount of work performed. Number of inspections during the year: Dairy Inspections 456 Sanitary Inspections 294 In the town there are 484 cattle and 269 cattle are un- der State and Federal test. Dental Clinic: , The work of the Dental Clinic did not start until late in the year, but there is prospect of a full year's work in 1928. Town Dumping Ground: The Town dumping ground has been operated through the year with a considerable increase in the amount of gar- bage and rubbish disposed of. Garbage: The lapse in the collection of garbage by the town dur- ing 1927, was the cause of most unsanitary conditions in some localities. The value of this work to the general sani- tation is obvious, and should have the support of the citi-' zees of the town. The matter of a sewage system for the village of Hyan- nis is one of the major problems that confront the Health Department and the Town, and should be given most care- ful consideration at the annual meeting. , Respectfully submitted, G. W. HALLETT, Sec. 15U REPORT OF THE PARK COMMISSION To the citizens of the Town of Barnstable: Gentlemen: Your Commission begs to present the following report: In the spring of this year in continuance of the park project on Ocean Street, Hyannis, the extensive plans for the present and future development of this park, drawn up by Mr. Robert Beal, of Boston, were. submitted and approv- ed. . To meet the urgent need for a larger area on which to park cars near the town beach at Craigville, a further ex- tent of land bordering the main road was hardened. This now gives a_ good sized parking space at each end of the beach. Your commission, in carrying out this work, have kept in mind the possibility of some planting being done, both for preservation of the land back from the beach and for rounding-out and some what improving the aspect of these parking areas. This planting would not be advisable until all the hardening is completed. A rough stone curbing was placed around Park Square, . Hyannis. This has met with such approval that your com- mission is planning, at the request of the Hyannisport Im- provement Association, to place a like curbing around the triangular park in Hyannisport. 151 A fe* park benches were purchased and placed in suit- able positions. These were appreciated in the localities where they were tried out and a few more are available. 1 The general up keep of the parks and beaches—clean- ing away of papers and rubbish, mowing of grass and so forth was taken care of1e as last year, by a man and truck making daily rounds during July and August. The financial report of the year will be found on an- other page. Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM F. JENKINS,- JEAN G. HINKLE, FREDERIC F. SCUDDER. Park Commissioners. REPORT OF FOREST WARDEN To the Selectmen of the Town of Barnstable: The forest fires in the Town of Barnstable during the, past year were less both in number and in acreage burned over than ever before. This was partly due to the frequent rains which kept the ground moist. The Patrol that for the past two years has been patrol- ing our highways in the six towns, namely Bourne, Sand- wich, Falmouth, Mashpee, Barnstable and Yarmouth has kept campers and picnicers informed of the dangers of fire etc., and also has been on the alert for persons burning brush and rubbish without permits. The brushing out of roads in wooded areas, which has been done, is an advantage and should be continued; this has been done.in cooperation with the Massachusetts Fores- try Association paying on a 50-50 basis with the town. Another benefit that I hope the citizens of the town will make an appropriation to maintain is a fire break on the newly installed electric line right-of-way. We should avail• ourselves of this opportunity of making a fire break on this right-of-way, which can now be done for a very normal amount and will prevent forest fires from sweeping across our town. Respectfully submitted, ROBERT F. CROSS. •1�3 REPORT - OF TREE WARDEN To the citizens of the Town of Barnstable: ,The activities of this department are well known to nearly every citizen of the town, and I am glad to report that the citizens in general. are in hearty support of the work being done for the care and preservation of our street trees; and well the inhabitants should be proud of our trees, for we have in parts of the town trees, of which any coin; munity would be proud, many which were planted and car- ed for by our forefathers, which shows their foresight for our health and happiness, and we as citizens, should plant and care for our street trees so that our heirs will be, in turn, proud of our doings. The general pruning scheme which has been in practice in this department for several years, was carried out while the trees were still dormant in the early spring. .This prun- ing is limited to a great extent by the amount of money available for the work. Pruning of shade trees.is a very im- portant factor in aiding their growth and usefulness, and should be done more thoroughly than we are now doing it. Owing to the continuous rains during the summer, which caused a very heavy'growth, a summer pruning was neces- sary to keep the trees along our streets from interfering with traffic, especially in the villages, where the trees are overhanging the side-walks. Two hundred sturdy, young trees were planted along the street lines. All young trees up to six inches in calibre were dug around and fertilized. Fertilizer was also ap- 154 plied to many larger trees where it was deemed advisable.. The automobile during the past year was one of the worst enemies of the street trees. Eighty-three trees were run into, some of that number will not recover, and those that do, of course, will have a scar on the trunk for all time. All injuries were treated as soon as possible. The Elm beetles were sprayed at the usual time, and ,the Tent caterpillars' spraying was done during May. There have been thirty-eight trees cut down and re- moved from the highways. Respectfully submitted, ROBERT F. CROSS 155 REPORT OF THE MOTH DEPARTMENT Selectmen of the Town of Barnstable: Gentlemen: There is an improvement in Gypsy Moth conditions over the year 1926, this means that while the whole town is generally infested, the villages, residential sections, and the main thoroughfares, are in very good condition, and can be kept so, if the property owner will only take care of the scattered egg masses and creosote those on his own proper- ty, thereby preventing the hatching and the spreading of the young caterpillers to the adjoining properties. Automo- biles are to blame for the continual spread of this pest in the villages and residential sections. In the state of Massachusetts last year there was an es- timatea area of 133,000 acres of woodland defoliated, while in 1926 there was over 200,000 acres, those figures show a slight improvement for the state as a whole. In our town it was estimated 1,000 acres was defoliated, this seems too large an acreage, although our town is the second largest in area in the state; and if we are going to save any of the woodland something will have to be done to protect our forest and the wild life that it protects. If the general pub- lic could only see the wood land that is destroyed, and that lays in waste back of the traveled ways, they would be dumbfounded. 156 I am glad to report that the parasites and the wilt dis ease were very plentiful and effective in the wooded areas. Creosote the egg masses and spray your trees and this pest can be kept under control. Spraying was started May sixteenth and continued throughout June to July. The season was a very trying one, the condition of the weather making it necessary to spray the same area several times. The Brown-tail moth is well under control, while not confined to any one area, there are scattered nests found throughout the town. Respectfully submitted, ROBERT F. CROSS. 157 REPORT OF SEALER of WEIGHTS and MEASURES Platform Scales 66 Counter Scales 6 Beam Scales 2 Spring Scales 75 Computing Scales 65 Personal Weighing 3 Prescription Scales - 3 Weights 552 Liquid Measures 475 Dry Measures 2 Gasoline Pumps 68 Kerosene Pumps 21 Oil Pumps 83. Molasses Pumps 10 Stops on Pumps 397 Yard Sticks 36 Total Sealed 1,864 Collected Fees $149 20 Total Condemned 30 Transit Vendors' Licenses 69 Hawkers' and Pedlars' Licenses 35 County Licenses 7 State Licenses 3 Respectfully submitted, EVERETT L. HOXIE, Sealer of Weights and Measures. REPORT OF THE TOWN FOREST COMMITTEE To the Citizens of the Town of Barnstable: During the year 1927 there was some replanting don-; on the Lombard Lot making a total of all trees planted one hundred thousand (100,000). The varities planted.are Spruce, Scotch Pine and Austrian Pine. The most interesting planting in 1927 was done.by cer- tain school children of the Town with the assistance of your Committee and others. We wish to have this work continued on this lot each year until the whole is planted. This lot is one of the Cobb wood lots and lies betweer, Barnstable and Hyannis. We propose the name of "The School Lot" and we have cleared a portion of it for plant- ing in 1928. It. is somewhat difficult to secure trees after the annual Town Meeting, as stocks are apt to be sold out before that time. If we could be certain about the needed funds, then we could order trees in advance and thus be certain to get what we desire. We append the names of ,the children who planted trees and their helpers. Respectfully'submitted, WILLIAM F. JENKINS, For the Committee. 159 Children Children Allen Jones Theodore Benttinen David Henderson Arthur Benttinen Edward Richmond Robert Jones Henry Klimm Franklin Bearse Elknah Monteiro George Gifford Francis Aylmer Charles Hallett Joseph Perry William Niemesto Walter Crosby Tanno Lampi Albert Ruska Frederick Atwood Melvin Fuller Ryan Kurra Herbert Coombs Kempton Jerauld Gerald Bleicken James Hallett Reginald Blackmer Alfred Whitely Agnes Chase William Wright Frances Craft Teachers, etc. Mildred Jones Miss Lida Sherman Anne Niemesto Miss Mary Murray Elsie Howes Mrs. Hannah Fuller Ruth Jones Mr. Ellis G. Cornish Elsie Crocker Mrs. Magdalene Chase Bradford Tallman Mr. T. W. Glover, Jr. Robert Lewis Mr. C. C. Smith Roy Eldridge Mr. C. E. Wheeler Benoni Tiene Mr. Robert F. Cross Henry Small Mr. W. Jones Paul Cross Mr. S. Fremont Crocker Allen Wright Mr. Cammett Raymond Gilman Mr. Maurice Hinckley Ernest Libby Mrs. Lillian Cook 160 REPORT OF COMMITTEE $UILDING ADDITION TO HYANNIS TRAINING SCHOOL The'Committee appointed at the Special Town Meeting, held May 28th, 1926, for the construction and equipment of four (4) additional rooms at the Hyannis Training School, together with the necessary renovations and repairs to the Training School, at a cost not to exceed Sixty Thousand Dol- lars, ($60,000.00), beg leave to make the following report., The Committee called in three different architects to suggest and submit plans and after deliberation it was de- cided to engage the services of the Frank Irving Cooper Cor- poration of Boston. Definite plans were accordingly made and bids submitted, none of which came within the appro- priation. After further study your Committee, decided it was going to be difficult to properly build and furnish the rooms required at this school to keep within the appropria- tion. Plans were again made, and.bids submitted, which seemed to justify your Committee carrying on the work, and after consulting with the Superintendent of Schools, the School Committee, and having the plans approved by the Town Counsel, John D. W. Bodfish,.the general contract was awarded on January 15th, 1927, to H. J. Beals & Sons, Inc., and the heating and ventilating contract to Stone-Underhill Heating-and Ventilating Company, and the proper. bonds were furnished the town. The Committee has held twenty-two regular meetings, besides a number,of consulations with the architect and con- 161 tractors, and the rooms were made ready for the opening of the school year in September. 4 Proper inspection has been approved by John H. Plunk- ett, Chief of State Inspection. Your Committee are pleased to report a cash balance. of $354.30, which we are turning back to the town after the fol- lowing expenditures: Frank Irving Cooper Corporation, $3,229 08 H. J. Beals & Sons, Inc., 43,822 00 Stone-Underhill Company, 9,999 00 J. L. Hammett Company, 1,442 60 Dyer Electrical Company, 397 21 J. Howland, 235 00 Allen Shade Roller Company, 180 32 Massachusetts Reformatory, 128 00 Ryan &Buker, 98 00 Edward E. Babb & Company, 55 03 C. H. Allyn, 15 84 Telephone and postage, 13 62 F. P. & F. B:Goss, 9 00 Eben P. Williams, 21 00 $59,645 70 Respectfully submitted, CHARLES W. MEGATHLIN, Chairman. FRANCIS A. BAGNALL MRS.J.LESTER HOWLAND MRS.LOTON CANNON RICHARD COBB ANNUAL. REPORT OF THE SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS . OF THE 'own of Barnstable FOR-THE YEAR 1927 'THE Taw o 13 AM STABLE, s OpA i639. am REPAIRS ON ROADS AND BRIDGES SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL NEW ACCEPTED STREETS RECONSTRUCTION SIDEWALKS and REPORT OF BARNSTABLE WHARF COMMITTEE REPORT OF ROAD COMMITTEE 164 HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT ORGANIZATION Surveyor of Highways Lauchlan M. Crocker, Marstons Mills Tel. Cotuit 88 Foremen Simeon C. Robinson, Hyannis Tel. Hyannis 327-13 David Fraser, Osterville Tel. Cotuit 348-12 Deputies . G. L. Coleman Cotuit W. B. Lovell Marstons Mills H. W. Jenkins West Barnstable G. C. Seabury Barnstable C. E. Doubtfire Centerville P. E: Smith Hyannisport 165 REPAIRS ON ROADS AND BRIDGES Appropriated $35,000.00 Expenditures: Cinders, Stone, Freight, etc. $2,305 90 Drainage 964 55 Dust Layer 2,227 51 Fences 494 30 Grand Island Bridge 1,228 76 Labor, Teams and Trucks 16,975 42 Rent 590 00 Supplies, Repairs and Truck 4,648 54 Salary and Transportation 3,500 00 Telephone 47 45 Unclassified 230 75 Widening and Asphalt Patching 1,282 41 Work ordered by County Comm. 446 27 Total $34,941 86 Balance to Treasury 57 14 . $35,000 00 This is the fifth annual report that I have been privi- leged to make as your Surveyor of Highways and yet yearly it seems harder to make a report which will be different from those of previous years and still cover the necessary ground. In 1923 the amount expended for Repairs on Roads an I Bridges was $31,000; in 1924 the amount was increased to $35,000 and it has remained at that figure since, .being,.t only department in the Town which has not increased its 166 expenditures in the last four years (excepting Mothers' Aid and Board of Health which has been decreased.) A question quite often asked is "Why doesn't the cos.;, of maintenance come down as we build all these miles of hard road V' There are many reasons why the mainten- ance cost cannot come down. One is, the more you build the more maintenance is needed, while the road surface 't- self may need little care, the shoulders are receiving extra wear due to the increase in traffic and require repairs of a costly nature. Another reason is the increased costs, labor alone has been increased 25 To since 1923. The gravel and dirt roads are subjected to heavy travel and need to be kept open the year round. It is the exception rather than 4he rule now for a road to be impassable even under the worst frost conditions. It is true we are expending large sums to buy equip- ment which will reduce the cost of maintenance,and it dogs reduce the cost but with these additional improvements we are doing additional work which is required and the saviril in cost is lost sight of in the extra amount of work accom- plished. More drainage is needed now than formerly. In the past water was carried on the surface of the road to .'son e low spot and allowed to run off into a depression. Many of those low spots have been filled up and buildings erec+ed thereon, making the installation of catch basins necessary. A now lock was installed at Grand Island Bridge by the Boston Bridge Co. last summer. This was a safeguarc tvltich-If as'beeu needed for many years. This lock keeps the draw in place when heavy loads strike the counter balance 167 and prevents the draw from flying up in front of approac;) ing autos. Mr. J. R. Worcester of Boston, consulting en- gineer, designed and supervised the installation of the loch. As.nearly thirteen hundred boats passed through the draw last summer and vehicular travel has greatly increased across the bridge due to the opening up of Oyster Harbor it seemed that we should make some .improvement in the gears or machinery of the draw to speed up the action for the convenience of the public. Over twenty thousand gallons of oil and ten tons of calcium chloride was used for dust layers during the year. I feel that the town should erect a building to house the equipment of the Highway Department. While the ini- tial cost might seem large the building would 'soon pay for itself, as the rent now amounts to six hundred dollars, per year and will probably be higher in 1928. A fenced-in en- closure should also be provided to prevent the pilfering of many tons of stone and other material. Several carloads of cinders were used in West Barnsta- ble, Barnstable and Hyannis and make a very satisfactory roadway. The new West Barnstable-Hyannis Road was in very bad condition last fall and it was necessary to do a great amount of patching on the surface where the top course had pulled apart and sunk. This road was built in cooper- ation with the State.and County and it is up to the town.,to maintain it. If the winter of 1927-1928 is as hard on it as a year ago a new surfacing coat will be necessary over the entire length. The state engineers claim that overloading caused the 168 general breakup of this road. A rapid change has come about in the method of hand- ling� our maintenance. In 1923 nearly all of the work upon the town roads was done with horse and team and the help ' of.any labor we were able to hire. Trucks have displaced the horse on Cape Cod in nearly all lines, so that now, for instance in Centerville, we are unable to find a horse to go on the snow plow. It has been increasingly difficult to se- cure help to work on the town roads when the work needed to be done. In Hyannis for the last nine years the town has maintained a truck manned by part-time men which has proven more or less satisfactory. This past year another truck was purchased with headquarters in Osterville and a system of full-time men organized in those two villages which has proven so satisfactory that I feel we should at once extend the system to cover the entire town. Two new trucks with four additional men would be all that is neces- sary. With this additional equipment and men, we should be able to give improved service to the entire town without hiring extra help excepting a. draw-tender at Osterville, a street cleaner at Hyannis and a. man to run the motor_ grades . I cannot speak too highly of this system for I feel that the town will reap a great benefit from it. Respectfully submitted, LAUCHLAN M. CROCKER, 1 Surveyor of Highways. It fg Ll �a " n k � k 170 INVENTORY HIGHWAY.DEPARTMENT Item Appraised Value Shovels $46 00 Picks 22 00 Mattox 28 00 Forks 16 00 Hoes 4 00 Axes 14 00 Rakes 6 00 Brooms 15 00 Brush hooks 16 00 Scoops 10 00 Scyths 10 00 Snaths 14 00 Pails 5 00 Saws 4 00 Maul 3 00 Tampers 9 00 Ash Cans 10 00 Hand Roller , 35 00 Wheel Barrows 20 00 Tar Heater 17 00 Tar Pots 10 00 Sand Screen 3 00 Lanterns 15 00 Horse 14 00 Forge 34 00 Grindstones 35 00 Catch Basin Covers 140 00 Steel Culverts 80 00 Cold Patch 126 00 171 Cedar Posts 275 00, Lime Spreader 100 00 ' Concrete Mixer ,270 00 Cold Patch Mixer 100 00 Crushed Stone 450,00 Road Drags 90 00 Horse'Graders 800 00 Motor Grader and parts 1,600 00 Graham Bros. Trucks 2,200 00 Miscellaneous Supplies and tools 300. 00 $6,946 00 LAUCHLAN M. CROCKER, Surveyor of Highways. SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL Appropriated $13,000 i 00 Expenditures Labor $3,135 51 Trucks and Teams 2,726 74 Supplies and Equipment 754 98 Repairs 181 92 Snow Fences 177 03 Mead-Morrison Tractor 4,750 00 Walsh Steel Plow and Ice Breaker 1,250 00 Total $12,976 18 Balance to Treasury 23 82 $13,000 00 172 . 6 , � 1 L* PLOWING A SEVEN FOOT SNOW DRIFT IY as ak'i:. N� BUCKING A STUBBORN ONE 173 The past five years has seen a vast change in the equip, ment for snow and ice removal. On the day following our town election in 1923 we were called on to combat a fierce snow storm. The entire equipment for snow removal at that time consisted of a few sidewalk plows in more or less ser- viceable condition; together with a wooden "V" snow plow for roads for which motor power we were obliged to hire 2. Fordson Tractor in poor mechanical condition. The entire equipment owned by the town was appraised at $950. To;- day, thanks to your generous appropriations, we own equip- meat,valued at nearly nine thousand dollars. We now own five blade plows for trucks which under ordinary conditions will clear the town roads in a few hours time. As a reserve tool for severe storms we have purchased this past year a huge Mead-Morrison Tractor and Walsh Steel Plow which should open all roads which cannot be handled by the trucks.. We have also purchased 1,000 feet of snow fence. The use of such fences is somewhat new in this section of New England, but they have proven'their worth in the west and north. The purchase of a few hundred feet of fence each , year would result in the saving of several hundred dollars for each severe storm.: The cost is comparatively low—the last quotation being at eighteen cents per linear foot inclu- ding-steel posts. e a # Ij ROAD NEAR MARCUS HAR.RIS' RESIDENCE, OPEN DURING A SNOW STORM FOR THE FIRST TIME, THANKS TO A SNOW .FENCE 174 By your willingness to appropriate fairly large.sums in the past few years for snow we have gathered together equipment which should keep our roads practically clear at all times without purchasing new equipment for some time to come, excepting snow fences which is a preventative and not a cure for clogged roads. r SNOW FENCE NEAR ALMHOUSE, WEST BARNSTABLE While the costs of snow and ice removal has gone up considerably in these last five years, the results obtained are beneficial and speak for themselves. Below I give an ap- praisal of the snow equipment owned by the Town of Barn- stable: 1 Mead-Morrison Tractor $4,750 00 1 Walsh Steel Plow 1,250 00 5 Blade Plows '(for trucks) 1,375 00 11 Sidewalk Plows 1,050 00 1,000 feet Snow Fence 200 00 Total $8,625 00 Respectfully submitted, LAUCHLAN M. CROCKER, Surveyor of Highways. 175 NEW ACCEPTED STREETS Appropriated $7,000 00 Expenditures: Land Damage $ 692 00 Drainage 231 12 Cinders and Labor 1,579 28., , Grading 4,46414 Total $6,966 54 Balance to Treasury 33 46 7,000 00 The expenditure for land damage was made under the direction of the Selectmen and undoubtedly appears'in their report. The new location of Mary Dunn Road was through a garden and a strip of woods which made it necessary to re- move.tree stumps, roots, and heavy loam to a depth in some places of nearly four feet before finding a suitable gravel sub grade. This road has received a surfacing of cinders and is in very good shape, also two catch-basins have been put in to care for the drainage. Chase Ave., extension was graded and turnpiked its en- tire width and surfaced with cinders on the hills and soft places. The natural slope of the land along this road was such that unless quite stiff grades were followed it meant high construction costs and severe land damage. A culvert 176 was placed under the deep fill to care for any future drain- age problems. Pine and Harvard Streets in Glenmere were surfaced with cinders as well,as Maple Ave.,Potter Ave., and Newton Street. Scudder Ave. extension in Hyannisport was turn- piked and surfaced with cinders. The hill near. the Dodge Agency on Elm Street was cut down about four feet and the entire length of the street hardened with cinders. The loam was removed from Ridgewood Ave., to a gravel foundation, considerable of the waste material was used making fills along other town ways, some was dumped on private property until a chance to sell the surplus for the cost of carting was secured and thereafter all the sur- plus loam not used on the road was disposed of in this man- ner. I would recommend that certain requirements be ex- acted in the future before accepting new streets. I feel that the drainage rights should be secured, that all trees and stumps should be removed from the road location, that the road should be rough graded, the location bounded, and a ;plan as to line and grade be furnished. Respectfully submitted, LAUCHLAN M. CROCKER, Surveyor of Highways. 177 Reconstruction Appropriated $82,000 00 EXPENDITURES Bay Street (Osterville) Grading $352 42 2075 yds. surfacing @ $.625 1,275 34 $1,627 76 Bay View Street (Hyannis) Grading 219 70 586 tons mixture @ $6.00 3,516 00 3,735 70 Bridge Street (Osterville) Grading 1,221 00 8029 yds. @ $.625 5,018 12 2448 yds. @,$1.25 3,060 00 9,299 12 Camp Street (Hyannis) Grading. 718 05 872.8 tons mixture @ $6.00 5,236 70 5,954 75 178 Little River Road (Cotuit) Grading 534 40 375.7 tons mixture @ $6.00 2,254 20 2,788 60 Long Beach Road (Centerville) Grading 1,311 53 775.2 tons mixture @ $6.00 4,651 20 6,022 73 Miscellaneous Stone and stone screenings 529 `12 Catch basins and culverts 454 27 Weigher, surveying, etc. 280 36 1,263 75 Newtown Road (Marstons Mills) Grading 1,801 60 545.75 tons mixture @ $6.00 3,274 50 5,076 10 Race Lane (Marstons Mills) Grading 1,215 72 854.3 tons mixture @ $6.00 5,675 92 6,891 64 179 Sandy Street (West Barnstable) Grading 2,381 34 8640 yds. surfacing @ $.625 5,400 00 7,781 34 Scudder Avenue (Hyannis-Hyannisport) Grading 3,258 71 1808.3 tons mixture @ $6.00 10,849 80 14;108 51 Seal Coat 43,669 sq. yds. 5,750 00 5,750 00 West Barnstable-Hyannis Road For use by Commonwealth of Mass. 10,000 00 10,000 00 TOTAL -$80,300 00 + Balance in Treasury 1,700 00 82,000 00 This last year it has seemed advisable to change the methods of payment for surfacing in some cases from the yard basis to the tonnage basis. By the tonnage system it is possible for the town to have constructed roads of any thickness deemed necessary without injury to the town or to the%contractor. As for example the Newtown road was constructed of one layer of asphalt which will run from two inches to four inches thick and after being sealed will make a satisfactory road for that section. Bay 180 street in Osterville was also constructed as a. two inch road and sealed last summer. Scudder Avenue and Sandy Street was constructed of one layer two inches thick and should receive in 1928 a top layer of two inches'more. Bay View and Camp Streets in Hyannis were built twenty-five feet wide, pea stone and ground limestone was added to the mixture on these streets. Little River Road, Cotuit, was built four inches thick and, eighteen feet wide as was Bridge Street, Osterville.. Long Beach Road was built eighteen feet wide and leaves but one foot on either side for shoulders as the layout is only twenty feet wide. On Race Lane the surfacing was placed as far as it seemed that the new location would follow the old layout. It seems best to relocate this road as it will without question be a main highway in a very few years. No money was expended on Mill Way this year for it did not seem practical for the town to follow such a crooked layout. We have presented several requests to the Depart- ment of Public Works in the past asking them to straighten the state highways, and we could not be consistent if we were to build a road on such a layout as now exists on Mill Way. The general condition of the asphalt roads constructed in the past are very good. A resealing of two or three of the roads would be a good investment but not absolutely neces- sary this year. Respectfully submitted, LAUCHLAN M. CROCKER, Surveyor of Highways. 181 l 7 .a f 6*ti•.Y'.. GRADING PARKING SPACES IN BACK OF TOWN OFFICES, 7 d 3 ec h a. V, iaflu7P' SURFACING THE OLD WATER BOUND MACADAM ON CAMP STREET 182 . SHOVEL, GRADER AND ROLLER MAKING BASE ON NEW- TOWN ROAD ` . » .: � ........ . � . « . . ��...�� .�..:• STARTING A FILL ON THE NEWTOWN ROAD i 183 SIDEWALKS Appropriated $8,000 00 Expenditures: Concrete at Hyannis 1061 linear feet curb $583 55 442.4 sq. yds. sidewalk 470 26 Concrete Miser And tools 270 00 $1,323 81 Asphaltic at Cotuit 834 sq. yds. • 834 00 Grading 278 81 1,112 81 At Centerville 1074 sq. yds. 1,074 00 Grading 266 75 1,340 75 At Hyannis 1162 sq. yds. 1,162 00 Grading 154 31 1,316 31 184 At Barnstable 1334 sq. yds. 1,334 00 Grading 304 50 1,638 50 At Osterville 895 sq. yds. 895 00 Grading 364 27 1,259 27 Total $7,991 45 Balance to treasury 8 55 $8,000 00 As the above figures show,the largest portion of the ap- propriation was expended for asphaltic sidewalks. In Co- tuit the sidewalk on Guimaquisset Ave.was extended to Lake Street, and from the High School northerly on the Santuit Road to the residence of J. W.Barlow. At Osterville the as- phalt walk was extended from near Mulberry Corner to Leonard's Garage. In Centerville from Childs' Filling Sta- tion to Phinney's Lane, and northerly from the monument on the West Barnstable Road. At Barnstable an asphalt walk was constructed from the railroad crossing down the hill to the King's Highway, and from Commerce Road past the Fair Grounds. In Hyannis an asphalt sidewalk was built down Ocean St. from South St. to near the residence of Mr. Roscoe Hamblin, and on North Ocean St. from Main St. to the Fire Station. At the request of the Selectmen 5S0 feet of concrete curbing was erected at the new town building along the 185 drives and around the grass plot surrounding the flag pole, a new curb and sidewalk was also built along the frontage on Main St. Other sidewalks were constructed on Main St. for which the abuttor paid one half of the cost, namely in front of the Price block of stores at the West End, in front of C. W. Megathlin's property at the corner of Winter Street, and in front of the Hall Building at Ocean Street. Curbs were also erected on Lewis Bay Road and on Camp St. Mr. Edwin L. Ballard is entitled to the 'appreciation of the town for constructing at his own expense a fine concrete sidewalk in front of his property after the curb was put in and it is surely an asset to the entire street..The damaged piece of walk in front of the Odd Fellows building was re- placed with a steel reinforced sidewalk which seemed neces- sary at this point. The unusual weather conditions of the summer of 1927 certainly showed up the miserable condition of our sidewalks. Hardly a day passed but what pedestrians had to step into the street or onto private lawns to pass around pools of water gathered in the sidewalks. While we have been going ahead with an elaborate road construction program we have sadly neglected the sidewalks and it seems that we should attempt to catch up somewhat with the,seeds of the public at this time. I would recommend that concrete sidewalks be construe- ted from Park Square to Sherman Square, and suggest an ap- propriation of ten thousand dollars for the purpose in 1928 with the abuttors to pay one-half of the cost. I also recom- mend that we appropriate a sum of money to continue the extension of the asphalt sidewalks in the various villages:., Respectfully submitted, LAUCHLAN M. CROCKER, Surveyor of Highways. 186 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON BARNSTABLE WHARF The committee appointed to supervise the erection of a wharf in the village of Barnstable, have attended to their duties and are pleased to report the completion of a plank and pile wharf with a landing float at the town landing near Common Fields Bridge. The erection and location of this wharf was governed by a plan presented the committee by a previous committee which had received the approval of the State Department of Public Works and the Federal War Department. The plan called for a wharf built on piles with a landing float and movable ramp to allow for the rise and fall of the tide. But 7Mly1Y� ' TRAFFIC AWAITING PASSAGE OF SAIL BOAT THROUGH GRAND ISLAND BRIDGE 1.87 one change was made in the original plan, where that plan called for 2" x 8"stringers spiked to the cross beams to sup- port the wharf flooring, the committee changed the specifi- cations to 4" x 6" stringers and bolted to the cross beams instead of spiked. The committee felt that there was a pos- sibility of an excessively high tide with ice which might float away the top if it were not securly bolted to the cross beams and piles, and feel that the additional security was well worth the slight increase in cost. We wish at this time to express our appreciation of the help given the committee by our fellow member, the late Al- bert Smith of Barnstable who died while the wharf was be- ing constructed. It was without doubt his interest and in- fluence which made the erection of this wharf possible. Respectfully submitted, LAUCHLAN M. CROCKER 31ARCUS N. HARRIS, Committee. 188 FREDERIC L. BILL A Member of the Road Committee Died December 5th, 1927 able citizen wise adviser loyal friend 189 REPORT OF THE ROAD COMMITTEE Your committee has carefully gone over the roads of the town this past year and have observed the work of the contractors employed by the Surveyor of Highways. We have found that the work has been done in a workman-like manner and as prescried in the contracts approved. by th,e committee. As a result of our investigations we feel satis- fied that the work..upon,our roads-is exceptional asl "quaff= ity and reasonable as to price. The committee has viewed many miles of roads and af- ter very careful consideration recommend the appropriation of seventy thousand ($70,000.00) dollars for roads to be built and finished during 1928. This amount to be expended approximately as follows: Seal Coating $3,500 00 Completing Scudder Ave. or Makepeace Farm' Road (Hyannis-Hyannisport) 12,000 00 Sandy St. (West Barnstable) completing portion started in 1927 6,000 00 Washington Ave. (Hyannisport) 5,000 00 Irving Ave. (Hyannisport) 5,000 00 Rushy Marsh Road (Cotuit) 5,000 00 Newtown Road (M. Mills) continuing 1927 work 7,500 00 Pond St. (Osterville) 1,500 00 Cemetery Road (Osterville) 2,000 00 Race Lane (M. Mills) continuing 1927 10,000 00 Willow St. (Hyannis) 2,000 00 Mill Way (Barnstable) continuing 1926 3,000 00 North St. (Hyannis) 4,500 00 Phinney's Lane (Centerville) continuing 1926 work 3,000 00 $70,000 00 190 $23,500 of the above amount is for. continuing roads which have already had some construction upon portions of the road, $25,000 is for work at new locations, and $18,000 is to place a top course on roads which only had the bottom surfacing placed last year. The committee has taken under consideration the tem- porary construction of two inch roads, and feel that it is for the best interest of the town to build a finished road in- stead. We feel that the construction of the bottom course only in one year is misleading, as many think that the road is completed and do not understand the request for additional sums to complete the road the following year. Respectfully submitted, Signed J. MILTON LEONARD, Chairman, JOHN C. BEARSE S. FREMONT CROCKER GEORGE C. SEABURY CHESTER E. BEARSE J. WENDELL HAMLIN 191 d\��\ \�"� � /���\��` • CUTTING CORNERS ON THE NEWTOWN ROAD . . . . � . . . . � ., . ..... . . � y . . �� \ I RIDGEWOOD AVENUE, EYwkm% BEFORE THE TOWN STARTED CONSTRUCTION 192 , r Ar 1 I sr „ OPENING THE ROAD NEAR RESIDENCE OF ANDREW LAWRENCE i s I i ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS OF THE Town ®f Barnstable FOR THE YEAR 1927 �pF TH E T0� a 18AIR STABLA s .� MASS. p� �pA 1639. a MA`S t VRINTED ON CAPE COD MY I. .i. 4 P. P. OO®9. NYAL, 194 TOWN OF BARNSTABLE ORGANIZATION School Committee ColleA C. Campbell, Chairman Hyannis, Mass. Term expires 1928 Richard Cobb Barnstable, Mass. Term expires 1929 Stuart F. Scudder Osterville, Mass. Term expires 1930 Superintendent of Schools Carlon E. Wheeler Residence, Harbor Bluffs Road, Hyannis Telephone 27-3 Office, Town Building Telephone 505 Office hours: 8.30-9.00 a. m. on school days. Clerk Dorothy E. Reckendorf Residence, 11 Camp Street, Hyannis Telephone 483-3 Office hours: 8.30-11.45 a. m.; 1.15-4.30 p. m. on school days. Saturdays, 9.00 a.m.-12 m. 195 School Physician Dr. A. P. Goff, Main Street, Hyannis Telephone 593-3 Office, Town Building Telephone 593-2- School Nurse Helen Y. Upham,R. N. Residence, 1 Spring Street, Hyannis Telephone 683-2 Office, Town Building Telephone 766 Office hours: 8.45-9.15 a. m. Attendance Officers I. F. Ellis Barnstable, Mass. William E. Lake West Barnstable, Mass. A. Seabury Childs Cotuit, Mass. T. V. West Centerville, Mass. Chester L. Baker Osterville, Mass. Own Mullaney Hyannis, Mass. School Calendar Winter Term January 3, 1928, to February 24, 1928 Spring Term March 7, 1928, to April 27, 1928 Summer Term May 7, 1928, to June 22, 1928 Fall Term September 5, 1928, to December 21, 1928 c School Committee Meetings Town Building, alternate Thursday evenings, at 7.30 o'clock. 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M t C-7 O'� M In O to O rY M 6J M "CYD O r�z 10 t Lo Z D4 cad W ni vs ' b p 40 WW q W `° a sue, W t+ ce ;Z4 _ ;3 0 moobD W ++'' a P� cadce ai o 207 SUMMARY 1927 Amount available $149,269 40 Appropriation, March 1927. $147,740 00 Cobb Fund 404 32 Dog Tax 1,125 08 Receipts and Cost of Permanent Improvements 20,280 94 Permanent Improvement and New Equipment 7,118 89 Received from Cobb Fund 404 32 Dog Fund 1,125 08 Tuition received 2,081 84 General School Fund—State 9,050 00 Supplies sold and telephone tolls 177 66 Unexpended balance, Dec. 31st 4 15 English Classes for Adults— State 319 00 Net Cost for Support of Schools from local taxation $128,988 46 Total amount raised by local taxation $136,107 35 Net average membership 1927 1,197 Cost per pupil for support in average membership from local taxation 1927 $107 56 Increase over 1926 1 86 208 Average of 355 towns and cities 1926 83 26 Increase over 1925 2 32 Number of cents of Barnstable's income dollar spent for schools. (See Town Treasurer's Report) 21 Number of cents of Barnstable's income dollar spent by other departments 79 Average number of cents per dollar spent for schools in the State is about 33 Amount raised from local taxation for schools per $1,000 valuation: (1) Barnstable 6 41 (2) Average of 79 towns of over 5,000 popu- lation 9 06 (Only five of these towns are raising less than Barnstable) (3) Average of 39 cities in the State 7 91 (4) Average of all cities and towns 8 23 209 1928 Total amount needed $150,694 61 Appropriation requested $149,115 00 Cobb Fund 404 32 Dog Fund 1,175 29 Estimated Receipts and Cost of Permanent Improvements 13,889 61 Permanent Improvement and New Equipment 1,010 00 Cobb Fund 404 32 Dog Fund 1,175 29 General School Fund—State 9,700 00 Tuition 1,100 00 Supplies sold, telephone tolls and other receipts 200 00 English Classes for Adults— State 300 00 Net estimated cost for support from local taxation $136,805 00 Net amount to be raised by local taxation $137,815 00 t 210 Report of the School Committee To the Citizens of the Town of Barnstable: Two years ago your school committee,, after long de- liberation, adopted the policy of withdrawing all boys and girls,in the 7th and 8th grades from the various village schools, and giving them special instruction in a Junior High School. It also outlined a building program to relieve exist- ing congestion and provide for future growth. It has now withdrawn the 8th grade from all the village schools and the 7th from all except two. By doing this it has saved the Town the expense of immediate additions to most of those schoolhouses; and at the same time it has im- proved the organization and consequently the effectiveness of the elementary schools. Also it has given the 7th and 8th grades, now taught in the Junior High, instruction and op- portunities for growth which could not possibly be given in the scattered village schoolhouses. I In the building program outlined two years ago it was planned that the Junior High be provided with permanent quarters by September 1928. The school is housed now temporarily and very inadequately in the old high school building and the Iyanough schoolhouse.' Without proper quarters it cannot do itself justice. The maintenance, too, of the old high school building calls daily for uneconomical expenditure; and if that maintenance must be continued be- yond a year it will become necessary to spend thousands for repairs on a condemned building—a woeful waste. Beyond 211 all else in vital importance, the pressure of numbers from which the village schoolhouses have been freed has centered in the Junior High. That congestion must be relieved and provision made for increasing numbers. The promptest ac- tion now cannot bring relief before. September 1929. The School Committee wishes to go on record unequivo cally as unanimous in the conviction that unless other quar- ters are provided for the Junior High it will soon become impossible to run the schools of the Town either economi- cally or effectively. All will be wasteful.patchwork. At the last annual town meeting the question of providing quarters was referred to a joint committee of the Planning Board, the Finance Committee, and the School Committee. This joint committee is making a careful study of the whole sit- uation. Its findings, when announced, should be authorita- tive. Your School Committee respectfully submits with this report an accompanying one from the Superintendent of Schools. It calls attention especially to the economies effected largely through centralization—by the transference, for instance, of all elementary school children in Hyannis to the enlarged Training School, and of the Elizabeth Lowell High students to the Barnstable High. These economies go, hand in hand with increased facilities, a richer curriculum and better instruction. COLLEN C. CAMPBELL, RICHARD COBB, STUART F. SCUDDER, 212 Report of the Superintendent of Schools To the School Committee of Barnstable: In my third annual report which is the thirty-seventh in the series of superintendent's reports, I wish to check up the recommendations submitted in the two previous reports thereby indicating what has been accomplished through the generous support given by. you and the citizens of the Town. I hope it will be evident that your extended delib- erations covering a period of over two years have not been in vain. We shall find much that has been. accomplished and some unsolved problems as well. We can report good progress on some,of the unsolved problems. An account will be made of the expenditures for permanent improve- ments, new equipment, and new textbooks. The plan of en- trance to the first grade will be stated and the method of helping individuals will be indicated. Note of improved classroom instruction and references to financial questions will be made. In addition to the above you will find a com- posite statement prepared by the faculties of the high and junior high schools under the guidance of Supervisor C. C. Smith. This part of the report will deal with the very vital subject of what activities ought to be participated in and what ought to be the nature and content of the subjects and activities which will be offered to the five hundred boys and girls of twelve to eighteen years of age next year, and with possible modifications, to the seven hundred boys and girls that will probably be found in the six higher grades five years from now. . J 213 The report on the high schools should stimulate the teachers to inquire diligently why they are teaching their particular subjects at all,'and what parts or phases of their subjects should be given the most emphasis. They will con- tinually ask themselves also what method of procedure will bring about the greatest pupil activity. Are the pupils given an opportunity to practice and to acquire habits of work and study that will apply to after-school days as well as to present schoolroom activities? The high school report should also help parents in assisting their children to select courses and studies that will be of most value to them. These questions cannot be easily answered.by teachers, pu- pils, or parents but this part of the report will have served its purpose if it stimulates careful thinking on the part of all concerned. ACCOMPLISHMENTS A. Organization In the 1925 School Report, pages 25-28, twelve unsat- isfactory conditions were enumerated and suggestions for improvement indicated. Accomplishments in each of•the twelve will be taken up in corresponding order. (1) The three separate groups of pupils in grades 1-6 in Hyannis have been combined in the enlarged and renovat- ed Training School. The physical conditions have been greatly improved with better lighted, better heated,- and better ventilated schoolrooms. New sanitary toilets have been provided on the first floor, and many of the school- rooms have been furnished with new, movable, adjustable desks and chairs. 214 (2) The playground conditions at the Training School have not yet been improved. It is hoped that the Park Commission may be able to improve the surface of the pres- ent grounds. The whole question is under consideration by the Joint Committee. (3) The disposition of the old high school building is being considered by the Joint Committee in connection with the building program, and recommendations will probably be found in its forthcoming report. In our report two years ago we stated that in a year or two, i. e. now, the citizens should be in a position to know whether they wish to move and enlarge the old building or erect a new structure. (4) During the past two years the special facilities of the high school building including the assembly hall, gym- nasium, cooking room, art department and grounds have been used by about 475 students. Previously only 225 stu- dents had this privilege. In addition a practical arts department has been estab- lished in the rather unsatisfactory basement of the Iyan- ough building. (5) The former pupils of grades 7 and 8 of the Train- ing School have now. the use of the special facilities of the high school building and grounds. (6) The 7th and 8th grade pupils from Centerville have likewise the use of the same facilities. An addition to the Centerville School would have been necessary if these students had not been transferred. (7) Two new large busses, instead of one large and one small bus, bring three loads of pupils, grades,7-12, from Osterville and Centerville to Hyannis. r 2i5 (8) Two large .busses in three loads bring pupils, grades 8-12, from West Barnstable and grades 7-12 from Barnstable. An addition to the West Barnstable school would have been necessary and an extra teacher at Barnsta- ble required if these pupils had not been transferred. A second bus would have been necessary under any conditions. (9) The Training School has been enlarged and furn- ishings supplied which are adapted for the use of the young- er children. The Iyanough building is now being used for pupils, grades 7-10. (10) The capacity of the Training School is one and two-thirds what it was in 1925. Even with its increased capacity the new'heating system heats the whole building with fresh air free from coal gas at an estimated annual saving for fuel of at least $300. Incidentally it may be add- ed that the total fuel bill for schools in 1925 was $8234. Next year it is expected that because of the above mentioned fact and through other economies the fuel bill will not be over $6500, a saving of about $1700. Further economies along this line are still possible. (11) Because of the enlarged facilities offered for training purposes the Principal of the Normal School has been able to arrange a training schedule to extend over the last half of the school year instead of over the whole year as formerly. This gives the Training School teachers an opportunity to get their work well started and to know bet- ter what may be expected of the children before the student teachers begin their work. The plan is also working out very satisfactorily in the Normal School. (12) In February the Cotuit Parent-Teacher Associ- ation voted 15-1 to approve the suggestion that their chil- 216 dren be provided for at the Barnstable High School. On April 21st, the School Committee voted to close the Eliza- beth Lowell High School and transport the pupils to Hyan- nis. The plan seems to be working satisfactorily. Certain- ly the students have a wider range of subjects from which to make selections. The plan also seems to result in econ- omies. Two'of the three teachers were transferred to the Barnstable High School. The extra cost for transportation is $1700, or about the equivalent of the wages of the third teacher. The net saving is an amount equal to the cost of maintenance and operation of the Elizabeth Lowell build- ing and of the cost of much equipment and apparatus. Of the twelve items mentioned for improvement hi the 1925 report, ten have been acted upon with favorable re- sults. The other two are now being given consideration by the Joint Committee. In addition to the changes dating back to 1925, it was found necessary this year because of the large numbers in the primary grades at Marstons Mills to transport the sixth grade to Osterville. In the Training School it has been possible to make three divisions in each grade, two divisions to each teacher. The pupils are grouped as nearly as possible according to their ability to do school work. B.Permanent Improvements and New Equipment During the past year improvements in facilities have been made as follows: 1. Completion of the second tennis court. 2. Gymnasium apparatus arid.office for instructor. 217 01 3. Physics apparatus including a stereopticon lantern. 4. Four new science desks in the laboratory. 5. Demonstration table, Junior High. 6. Hockey equipment for girls. 7. New desks, two high school rooms; stools, household arts department. 8. New desks, two rooms, Junior High. 9. New desks, one room Training School. (Three other rooms furnished by Building Committee.) 10. Electricity installed in the Cotuit, Marstons Mills, Centerville and Barnstable schools. C. New Textbooks and Courses of Study Arithmetic; Geography, grades 3-6, by library method. Many books added to high school library, English de- partment. New outlines in Elementary Science and Hygiene. Entrance to First Grade By a regulation which has been in force several years all pupils who will be six years old before January first are admitted in September. Many requests have been received to admit pupils who will become six,years old in January or Feb- ruary, or March and so on almost indefinitely. There .seems to be no way of being fair to all under this plan without ad- hering strictly to the regulation,.but all will agree that one, child who will become six years old in January may do just as good work as another child who will become six years old in December, only one month or possibly only one day older. 218 From this point of view the regulation seems ridiculous. A more sensible plan is probably possible. A beginning was made last September, in schools where there was room, to admit children who would become 5 years and 6 months old by January 1st, provided it appeared upon investigation that they gave promise of being able to do the work required / of first grade pupils. We hope to be able to make this investi- gation in each school district the week before schools open in September. Parents will be asked to send the names and ages of all prospective beginners to the school in May. It is probable that less than one-half of the younger group, e. g., 5 years 2 months to 5 years 8 months, September 1st, should be admitted, but if the parents are desirous of trying this plan we will continue it. No plan is 100 per cent perfect, but I believe this one can be made more perfect than the one based entirely on the age of the pupil. It requires, however, full co-operation on the part of the parents and school de- partment. Individual Differences There exists the civic necessity of helping each child to develop habits and skills through the mediums best suited to him. With wide opportunities for experience and practice under proper guidance much proficiency may be made by pu- pils who have found difficulty with the more common meth- ods of instruction. A special class in Mathematics and English has been formed for pupils of junior high school age. Their other subjects are of a more concrete nature, not depending so much on written words and symbols for the conveying of ideas, and can be more easily taken with pupils of their own age in the regular classes. 219 For the younger retarded pupils no special provision has been made, and because,they are scattered throughout the Town it is more difficult to-help them. However, a begin- N ing should be made in September with a. small group. Classroom Activities The quality of classroom activities this year is superior. to what it has been during the past year or two. Through a slight change of approach on the part of many teachers aid- ed by new books and equipment the pupils are showing more interest and are working more on their own initiative than formerly. School time is time for activity not necessarily for passive listening. Further evidence to substantiate the above statement is the fact that the number of cases of tru- ancy has materially decreased. If pupils are interested in school work they will attend regularly without much urging on the part of parents or teachers. With the momentum which has been obtained we hope that the standard of ac- complishment iri each grade may be raised. 'It is not low but can be improved. Finance The summary of the financial statement,for 1927 will be found on page 207. Comparisons with other town depart- ments and with school expenditures in other towns and cit- ies of the State will be found on page 208. These figL ures indicate the same as has been stated other years, that the cost per pupil is above the State average but the amount spent for schools compared with other town departments is relatively much lower than in most of the towns and cities of the State. ' 220 The estimated total for the 1928 budget is about the same as last year. Expenditures for 1.927 and the estimates for 1928 will be found on page 204 By items, the chief reductions are for fuel, textbooks, permanent improvements and new equipment. The chief increases are.in salaries and transportation. On page 53 of last year's school report the following statement is found: "The amount estimated'for teachers' wages will'raise. the number of cents for wages in the school dollar to 57 when transportation costs are included and to 63 when transportation costs are not included. This pro- posed apportionment of the school dollar restores to teach- ers' salaries about five cents, or a little more than one-half of what has been lost during the past twenty years." The estimates of salaries for 1928 will again raise the number of cents for wages in the school dollar to 59 when the transpor- tation costs are included and to 67 when the transportation costs are not included, or an average of about three cents more. The five cent gain last year and the three. cent gain proposed for the coming year bring the cents in the school dollar for wages up to the cents per dollar in Barnstable of twenty years ago. The average part of the school dollar • spent, not including transportation and permanent improve- ments, in the 79 towns of Massachusetts with over 5,000 pop- ulation was 7.0c in 1925 and 72c in 1926. In Barnstable it was 63 hi 1925 and 68 in 1926. It will be noted, however, that although the amount estimated for next year for Sala- ries will bring the cents per dollar up to what it was in Barn- stable twenty years ago, the cents per dollar in the State in- creased from 70 in 1925 to 72 in 1926. The proposed appor- 221 •tionment for 1928 still leaves Barnstable 4 to 5 cents below the State average. Even with the improved salary schedule it has been necessary to engage thirty-one of the fifty teach- ers within the past three years. Without these deserved in- creases there probably would have been more changes. Respectfully submitted, CARLON E. WHEELER. January 28, 1928. .& . % q % ? I $ q k . . \ 5 • m q & ƒ $ cq 2 q g g 3 q ® o ƒ e c 6 to 2 q % @ ¥ aq cq R of $ q q , 2 ! > . 1 223 Report of Supervisor of Secondary Education a Mr. C. E. Wheeler, Superintendent of Schools, Barnstable, Mass. Dear Sir: I submit herewith a report on the subjects now offered in the six upper grades of the schools of Barnstable. Brief statements of purpose, content, and method and of the ob- jectives, or goals, we are striving for are given in the hope that they will serve as an aid and guide to the teachers and that they will be interesting and enlightening to the par- ents and citizens who desire to make intelligent use of the educational advantages offered in our+schools. To the teachers of the subjects enumerated much cred- it is due. They have labored many hours with me, individu- ally and in committees, and have brought to the study the benefit of their good judgment, excellent preparation and wide experience. In every case we have considered first the needs of the boys and girls in the Barnstable schools, and have attQmpt- ed to incorporate in our plans the best thoughts of some of the foremost educators and the practices in some of the most successful modern schools. For all of the subjects we have prepared outlines of the course of study, many of which have been printed in "The 224 Patriot." We are very sorry that, because of limited space, we cannot print them in this report. These courses of study are not inflexible, arbitrary molds designed to fetter the re- sourceful, ambitious teacher and smother her individuality. They are simply guides, whose real purposes are: 1. To give the pupil and his parents a pre-view of what each course will offer. 2. To give the teacher and pupil a view in perspective of the work of the year. 3. To serve as a goal towards which the class ever should .be pointing. Like every other phase of modern life, schools, all over the country, have witnessed many changes during the past few years. Organization, methods of presentation, and con- tent of courses have been modified to meet the changing so- cial needs. Education to-day is progressive. New materials, new methods, and new thoughts constantly are being presented. Those of worth we ought to consider and adopt if found de- sirable; for the boys and girls of Barnstable are second to none and deserve nothing short of the best there is to be had in the way of educational advantages. Respectfully submitted, C. C. SMITH, Supervisor of Secondary Education. ,225 INTRODUCTION , The column at the left; in tabular form below, lists a group of intensely interesting and highly informational-sub- jects. Any student may pursue them with-profit:' A com- bination of subjects selected from the "General Subjects" group will provide a liberal high school education for the non-college' student; an education well qualified to serve the average young person as he takes his place in the world; an education which contains ideals of good citizenship, knowledge of personal requisites, information on relation with people, with nature, and with the work-a-day world. Such an educ.at4.on will enable him to live well.his life as an ordinary citizen. ' To the pupil who wishes to prepare for later activities in the field oi- business a particularly attractive arrange- ment of commercial subjects is offered. He is able' to in- clude,in his program many of the "General Subjects;" he becomes a specialist only to the extent of his choice of com- mercial subjects. The pupil preparing for continued education is the most pronounced specialist. College and Normal school re- quirements necessitate special preparation in prescribed sub- jects. Much care has been exercised in planning the Col- lege Preparatory Course. The latest requirements of the colleges have been incorporated in the subject matter so there is no doubt that the diligent student is well prepared to enter any college or normal school. Many colleges admit without examination graduates of the high school who have received a "B" average in all studies. This permits a rela. 226 tively wide range of choice from the list of subjects offered. Some colleges require an examination for admission. The students who must meet this requirement are advised to take the Comprehensive Examinations, as this arrangement affords a greater opportunity for general informational ma- terial to be included in the subject matter of the College Preparatory Course. 4 • c 227 LIST OF STUDIES GENERAL SUBJECTS SPECIALIZED SUBJECTS WHICH MAY BE TAKEN WHICH MAY BE TAKEN PROFITABLY BY ANY, BY SOME PUPILS FOR STUDENT SPECIFIC PURPOSES (1) Preparatory, ,for .c,gntin- ued education. (2) Specialized, preparatory for later commercial activi- ties Grades 7 to 9 or 10 English Foreign Languages Social Studies Mathematics Physical Education Hygiene General Science Biology Household and Practical Arts Occupations Elementary Business Training Art Music Clubs and assemblies Grades 10 or 11 to 12 English Foreign Languages •Social Studies Advanced Mathematics Physical Education Commercial subjects Hygiene Preparatory Chemistry General Chemistry Preparatory Physics General Physics Art Music Clubs and assemblies _ 228 ENGLISH Ability to use his native language well is a worthy ob- jective of every student. The study of the English langu- age and literature as a means . of expression is of such importance that every effort is employed to lead the student to take advantage of the opportunities of- fered in school. English is studied to develop the ability to employ the mother tongue in consecutive thinking and consecutive ex- pression. Stress is laid upon thought, since thought is essen- tial to expression. Considerable emphasis is placed upon the need and de- velopment of an active vocabulary, that the pupil's thoughts may be more strongly and coherently expressed. The tech- nical side of language is studied only so far as needed by the pupil either in preparation for college or in preparation for contact with the working world. The study of literature is manifold in its purposes and vaiues. The first aim is to open up to the pupil the vast wealth of literature which exists and to strive to create in him a love of reading—of reading the best, if possible. The values of the study of literature are cultural, social, ethical, and—to a gifted few—vocational. Literature affords a high form of pleasure; contact with traditions, conventions, and customs of society, and extension of experiences far beyond the limit of immediate environment. There is the hope that through learning to weigh and judge human conduct in lit- erature, the pupil will be led to higher living. Literature through conveying to tlie. pupil the spiritual inheritance of the race, is a powerful factor in social integration, since it creates in the individual his own ideals, thoughts, and aspir- ations. 229 In Junior High School the two main objectives constant- ly sought by the course in English are these: I To improve and increase the pupil's ability to under- stand others. 2. To increase the pupil's ability to express the ideas that are his. The first includes reading and literature. Books have made available the thoughts of others of all times, and read- ing opens this storehouse if the person has the ability, de- sire, and time to do it. The second objective relates to the pupil's written and, oral use of our language, which is the foundation of think- ing. We think very little beyond the vocabulary we own— beyond the concepts we can put into words. At this age comes the desire to collect and accumulate; the time when new, strange, startling words as well as experiences are sought—the Golden Age for vocabulary building. Now sentence sense is most easily developed and is strongly em- phasized through work in functional grammar. Composi- tion is confined to writing paragraphs with careful attention to sentence structure. Memory work, expression, and dra- matics are carefully planned for these classes. This is the time for spontaneous expression in dramatics—where the pupil's imgination is given opportunity to dramatize situa- tions out of the literature he is studying. The child, psychol= ogieally, has not reached the self-conscious stage and enters the work whole-heartedly. In High School the utilitarian or vocational value of lit. erature is minimized with the exception of its importance 230 to those_who are going.to college. Even with these pupils, the Comprehensive Examination in English of the College Board makes it possible to strive for a love of literature ra- ther than for an analytical study of it. The courses in College Preparatory English emphasize the necessity of developing the ability to define clearly, in writing, ideas gained both from books and from life. A sys- tematic and progressive study in good literature is planned so that the pupil may have the proper information to meet the requirements demanded by colleges, and at the same time receive the impression of a definitely organized course. The best works of well known authors are included together with examples of current literature of worth. Much more freedom and latitude is possible in selecting the content of courses for the non-college group. The read- ing matter is considered according to its two functions: 1. For wholesome recreation—short stories, prose fic- tion. k 2. For the establishment of types of interest that will lead to progressively higher reading. With these classes English becomes a highly socialized subject,-and emphasis is placed on the type of material that will be of most use to the pupils in their later every day life. The needs of youth are, stressed, and the welfare of the pu- pil comes before subject matter in determination of method. Since the pupil is the first consideration, in.training these future:rulers of American democracy we seek to "develop power of independent thought, open up the secrets of the -universe, and teach the intellectual love of God." The writ- 231 ten work is based on subjects and incidents within their sphere of interest, gleaned from their own experience*or imagination and from the world of real work. The high school graduate should be prepared by these six years of English.to meet the problems .that arise in.the ok fice,in:the.college class room,and in his social life. He "shoal$ also be'able to live a finer kind of life because of the great , truths he has learned through the study of literature. He should be a better individual and a better citizen. MATHEMATICS The course in Mathematics plans to develop an under- standing of. fundamental relationships, an ability to work intelligently with them and to apply them in problems of everyday life. Mathematics teaches the beauty of geometric forms of nature in art and the industrial world; it is a sci- ence of exact thought as well as general ideas. It gives practice in thinking clearly and logically and emphasizes the value of accuracy, thoroughness, and orderly organiza- tion. It develops the ability -to express and understand practical, statistical, and graphical data. The work of the seventh and eighth grades is thorough and practical; it stresses a continued drill upon the. funda- mental processes and their common applications as encoun- tered by the average individual. Literal arithmetic, bus,- ness arithmetic, work in graphs, and a limited amount of at gebra, practical geometry, and trigonometry are introduced to acquaint the pupil with types of mathematics he may meet in later courses and to help him in solving problems he may meet in life. Emphasis is placed on developing accuracy and 232 reasonable speed in the necessary processes with whole num- •bers, fractions; and decimals; and in developing the power of"arithmetical reasoning"so that the pupil may successful- ly attack problems that he has not met before. The High School offers Algebra to Quadratics in grade JX,;,Plane Geometry in grade X, Algebra, Quadratics and Beyond in grade XI, and Solid geometry and Trigonometry Diu grade XH. Emphasis is placed on a thorough under- standing of and an ability to perform the work specified by the College Board, as the pupils in these clases are usually planning to enter some college or engineering school. The course is intended to be sufficiently comprehensive so that the non-college pupil may derive benefits of practical value. ' SOCIAL STUDIES The ultimate objectives of a comprehensive course in so- .cial studies are: L. To give the pupils an understanding of the main -forces and factors involved in living together in society, and ;of the process by which our civilization has developed and may continue to make further progress. 2. To give the pupils an understanding of the impor- tant principles underlying our economic, social and'political 'life. 3. To give the pupils an understanding of the operation of our government and of their duties as citizens. 1 GEOGRAPHY—GRADE VII Geography shows the influence of geographical location ;upon man's development, manners and methods of living, 233 And the ever growing necessity of an understanding among the nations. It gives a more definite knowledge of the loca- tion of places frequently mentioned in newspapers and-peri- odicals. It creates a desire to know more about the world, to read, and to travel. Pupils are usually more interested in people than. in is- olated facts. Through curiosity, love for adventure, and a sense of justice and fair play they develop a desire to know the world and its people. The course begins with the home town and grows into the World Powers. One "young"country is studied to show the ever-changing group of nations and the great possibili- ties for modern pioneers. A decadent country is studied to show the necessity of noble, upright, ambitious citizens. OCCUPATIONS—GRADES VII and VIII It is highly important that the pupil's education should be purposeful. Ahead is a life work waiting for him.. He., should endeavor to find it out and prepare for it. Drifting.. must be prevented; a pupil should be pushing ahead.enthus-, iastically at something. As early as possible, he, should set; a goal for himself and bend all his efforts toward attaining. it. Later,because of new conditions or through larger exper- ience and more reasoning power; a wise change may be made and less ground lost than if he had been allowed to drift. In the seventh and eighth grades, a number of occupa- tions are studied somewhat in detail so that pupils may have: reliable_information concerning them, including such points- as the nature of the work, the qualifications required, the op-, portunities for advancement, the training necessary and the,. schools where such training may be .secured, as well as any, disadvantages connected with the vocation. ti 2134 Vocational wisdom is of even more importance than vo- caticnal ilifermation. The course in Occupations presents to students a body of important.problems which they will deal with all their lives. Dr. Brewer suggests that in dealing with vocational problems the child should learn to have clear- ly in mind the following points: this is a`serious problem; it requires careful study; I must proceed to get the facts; I ihust study alternatives; I must solve my problem on the ba- sis of careful study. UNITED STATES HISTORY—GRADE VIII History is the story of how the more recent world came to be what it is and teaches that we must profit by the ex- periences of the people who have been here before us. This course shows a picture of the life that the American people have lived and at the .same time tells the story of the Ameri- can nation in the making. By leading the boy and girl to sense the relationship of our history to that of the-world, they see the continuity of the events that have made us what we are and the existence of certain social and economic fac- tors that are very powerful in shaping our national well- being. Where the people control the government as we do,the more we know about our country's history, the better and wiser citizens we ought to be. HUMAN PROGRESS_' GRADE IX The work of the first half-year is a study of-the progress that man has made in science, in transportation, in communi- cation and in governing himself. By comparing modern con- ditions with those in earlier times the pupil realizes that most of our present ways of living are quite new. Each pupil makes a series of charts which record the chief events'in the history of communication, the use of fire and light, the man- ufacture of iron, the use of machinery and the development 235 of written and printed language. All these charts empha- size the fact that many of our present day occupations have been developed chiefly within the last hundred and fifty years. The work of the second half-year is a study of the government of the United States and some of the chief prob- lems of the present time, such as the relations between em- ployer and worker, child labor and in addition to the texts, notebook assignments, the construction of charts and dia- grams and illustrative readings are used. WORLD HISTORY—X World History is taught so that the individual may understand the world society of to-day by learning the steps by which'it has developed. Emphasis is pladed upon the re- cent centuries since it,is in these periods that the modern conditions and problems have their beginning. By following each thread of progress through the periods the student is impressed by the continuity of history. He realizes that there is no abrupt change from time to time but transitions between periods. The reality of the past is clarified by means of picturi.- zation, dramatization and accurate description of ideas'and conditions belonging to periods and nations. Biography" too, plays its part in comprehending the past. The real purpose of the course is the presentation. of history as a complete ,picture. It is hoped by linking ex- periences of the past with those of the present that the pu:, pil may have a greater understanding of his own life. UNITED STATES HISTORY—GRADE XI _ The State of Massachusetts requires this course of all' students for the purpose of developing ideals of citizenship. ' 236 The historical background of the United States is no longer ';olls:dered a unit of study complete in itself. In order to unJerstan.d present day conditions and present day prob- lenns the student must seek the sources and development of such problems and conditions in the story of the past as set .for::h in the two preceding courses, Human Progress and World History. A change in method has occurred in the teaching of his- tory. No longer does the pupil learn distinct groups of facts. He follows a topic from period to period until he .reaches in his own age of history the modern development of the topic. How,much simpler than acquiring long lists of dates, pages of detail which result in.a congestion of dis- connected facts! An excellent example of the antiquated method is found in the study of the Constitution of the Uni- ted States. By memorizing the complete text anyone might .say that he.knows his Constitution. The document loses its real significance if its growth, problem by problem, each in its correct historical setting, is not understood.. The change in Government is likened to the steps in the -erection of a building. The actual operation of government is discovered by tracing from the past each move in the erection of the structure. In developing the history course varied materials are used. An approved textbook presents the frame-work of the course. Historical novels, biograph- ies of great men and women, famous poems and songs add greatly to the whole and create an interest not possible from a text. Maps and charts brighten long lines of facts. Source material, such as original manuscripts and pictures, is in- valuable since it is certain to emphasize the reality of the characters and events of the past. 237 There are four main objectives to be sought in the course. 1. Explanation of the development of.the States. 2. Explanation of the operation'of National, State and Local government. 3. Presentation of modern, social and political prob- lems. 4. Impression upon each pupil of his responsibility'as a citizen. The teacher has succeeded if each pupil realizes his debt to the past and so determines to do his part as a citi- zen in making a greater and better United States. ECONOMICS—SOCIOLOGY—GRADE XII This course is a fitting climax for the cycle of Social Studies. The facts gained in the previous courses are made effective by application to current problems. In view of the fact that the majority of pupils do not continue their education beyond the high school, there is need of a course in social study that is concerned with pres- ent'day affairs, so that these pupils may perform their civic duties intelligently.; The textbook presents the necessary facts about some of the chief problems, such as Immigration, Regulation of Transportation. Using the text as a back- ground, the pupils discuss the various aspects of each probt lem.. No attempt is made to force on the pupils cut-and- dried facts from a textbook; on the contrary independence and freedom of thought are encouraged. Considerable time is given to the study of current newspapers and.magazines, especially "The Literary Digest," which furnishes excel- 238 lent illustrative material of current problems. Notebook arssignments, a study of charts, diagrams and statistics, and additional reading assignments are used in connection with each important problem studied. The course attempts to accomplish the following 1. To bring to the pupils' attention the chief economic, social and political problems which the United States is facing at the present time. 2. 'To give the pupils an understanding of what is being done in an attempt to solve these problems. 3. To have the pupils make their%own decisions, based upon a few fundamental principles, on the problems pre- sented., 4. To give the pupils a permanent interest in the study of current problems, so that they will be intelligent citizens. SCIENCE Science, to many students, is the most interesting sub- ject in the curriculum. For confirmation of this statement it is only necessary to observe their enthusiastic attitude and eager response during the Science period. Such popu- ularity must be deserved—and it is. What can you mention that is more thrilling than the new vistas unfolded in Ele- mentary Science? What subject is more alive than Chemis- try?, What nearer to their lives than Hygiene and Biology! And more satisfying than to personally prove by actual ex- periment the laws of Physics? 239 Four objectives sought in the Science courses are: 1. Informational, satisfying" curiosities; cultural, pro- viding mental stimulus. . 2. Practical, useful, as in preserving life. 3. Civic, helpful in guiding group life, as in sanitation. 4. Vocational, preparatory for the life career of an ever increasing number. HYGIENE—GRADE VII To-day a health program is a vital part of the school cur- riculum. It teaches boys and girls how to live; it teaches cleanliness and right habits of living as individuals and as members of society. Physical Education, Hygiene, Biology, and Hygiene of the Home and Care of the Sick are the courses which particularly stress these objectives. The health idea must be even more'strongly stressed; a more comprehensive course is being planned. The course in Hygiene emphasizes: a 1. The scientific foundation for health habits so that by the time the pupil reaches maturity he may decide all health problems on a rational basis. 2. The social and community aspects of health. SCIENCE—GRADE VIII The General Science course directs the attention of every student to the true relation of science to himself, his home, the town and the country-side which he knows. It is concerned with the application of the laws of science to life rather than with proofs of scientific theories. With develop- 240 ing experience as a background, the solution of questions of immediate interest encourages logical thinking and accurate observation. Experiments, observations, reading and discus- sions lead to further activity in making collections, keeping records, and finding good material for the class bulletin board. Appreciation of,the fields of science will stimulate and guide the student in his later study. _ HYGIENE OF THE HOME AND CARE OF THE SICK GRADE X This very valuable course is given one period each week by the school nurse. It is required of all girls in Grade X of the Household Arts Department and may be elected by any Junior or`Senior girl. The course emphasizes the following: 1. Training in the essentials of health and prevention of sickness. 2. Training girls to give intelligent help and care to aid recovery in case of illness at home. 3. Training in the. care of babies and young children. 4. Study of the minimum quarantine regulations of the 'Board of Health. The course is planned to conform to the standards of the American Red Cross Course in Home Hygiene. The pu- pils completing it successfully are eligible for the Red Cross Certificate. BIOLOGY—GRADE X The principal aims of the course in Biology are: 1. To make a definite contribution to health through. the study of plant and animal life. 241 2. To stimulate greater interest in the life'of one's en- vironment; to make accurate observations and logical con- clusions. 3. To enrich the pupils life,by-fostering a great appre- ciation and enjoyment of nature. 4. To help the pupil realize the definite contribution made by Biology to scientific progress. CHEMISTRY—GRADE XI The principal aims of the course in Chemistry are: 1. To relate Chemistry to every day life in the home, in industry, in medicine, in agriculture, and in society. 2. To develop powers of observation, discrimination, ` and of making logical deductions. 3. To give information which may be of practical use in the home and daily life. 4. To encourage accuracy and care through such med- iums as measuring, weighing, and keeping a clear record of work done in the laboratory. The work covered meets college entrance requirements in the subject. PHYSICS—GRADE XII The principal aims of the course in Physics are: 1. To relate the principles, laws and facts of physics to the every day life of'the pupil. 2. To urge the pupil to apply his knowledge of physics to new situations and problems.met in the home and in his. business. 242 + 3. To acquire, on'the part of the pupil, habits of accu- rate observation,of making logical conclusions. 4. To learn to make careful measurments, to make a clear concise record of data and use them in accurate com- putations. College entrance requirements are fully met by the work of this course, both in class and laboratory work. FOREIGN LANGUAGES In this department the High School offers four years of Latin and three of French. These subjects are primarily for the specialist, for the student who is preparing for col- lege. As the language requirement is not the same in all higher institutions of learning, the student should make cer- tain of the amount expected by the one he has chosen. The literary value of a language depends on the number of years it is taken. The lasting benefit of superficial cours- es is debatable; consequently only those pupils who have linguistic ability or who are planning to enter college are advised to specialize in this department. LATIN We often hear Latin spoken of as a "dead language," but in many ways it seems to be very much alive. Aside from the fact that Latin is required for admission to most girls' colleges, and accepted for credit at all colleges, there are many other institutions that demand it. At least one year of Latin is required by many hospitals if one is to train for a nurse; and Medical Schools, Schools of Pharmacy, and Law Schools demand two or more years of Latin. Any stu- dent who is looking forward to one of those. professions 243 should take the Latin Course. In addition to the Latin learned a pupil gains insight into a real meaning of derived English words. LATIN—GRADE IX The first year Latin course includes the following: 1. All forms to be learned and reviewed. 2. A vocabulary of about 500 words to be acquired. 3. Ability to read and write very simple Latin. 4. Ability to arrive at the meaning of unfamiliar Eng- lish words which have Latin roots and prefixes. LATIN GRADE X The work covered in second year Latin is: I. Review and mastery of all forms. 2. Extensive vocabulary study. 3. Much "made Latin" and the equivalent of two books of Caesar, with special emphasis on good translation into English. 4. Much easy Latin written to fix the more common noun and verb'forms and constructions. LATIN—GRADE XI AND XII The chief 'aim in these grades is to learn to translate . well. The Ceasar, Cicero and Virgil which have been the traditional reading are now no longer required by the col- leges, hence much more freedom is given. Ovid has been read for the last few years, and after 1927-1928 other au- 244 ' thors will be read too. Part II of Baker and Inglis is com- pleted. Special subjects are taken up such as: Dependent clauses of all kinds. Participial constructions. Subjunctives in the main clause. Vocabulary for the third and fourth years, as suggest- ed by the Word List published by the College Board. FRENCH The study of French emphasizes the appreciation of the literature, customs, and history of France. The pupil should feel the atmosphere of the land whose language he is study- ing—he should try to know its people and attempt to get their point of view. Much emphasis is placed on pronunci- ation; French is used as the language of the class room to as great a degree as is possible. FRENCH—GRADE X The elementary course emphasizes that the pupil should be able to pronounce French accurately; to read at sight easy French prose; to put into French simple English sentences taken from the language of every day life; or based upon a portion of the French text read and to an- swer questions on the rudiments of grammar. During the first year the work includes: 1. Careful drill in pronunciation. 2. The rudiments of grammar together with the ele- mentary rules of syntax. 3. Numerous easy exercises, designed not only to fix in the memory the forms and principles of grammar, but also 245 to cultivate readiness in the reproduction of natural forms of expression. 4. The reading of from 75-100 pages of elementary text, such as: Talbot—"Le Francois Et Sa Patrie." Lavisse—"L'Histoire De France." r 5. Writing French from dictation. Text used: "Grammaire De Conversation Et De Lec- ture-Cours Complet."—Rosenthal and Chankin. FRENCH XI Second year students are expected to be able to read at sight ordinary French prose, to translate into French a connected passage of English, and to answer questions in- volving a more thorough knowledge of syntax than is ex- pected in the elementary course. The work included in sec- ond year French is: 1. The reading of four literature books: Maupassant—"Huit Contes Choisis." Labiche and Martin—"Le Voyage De M. Perrichon" or "La Poudre Aux Yeux." Merimee—"Colomba." Halevy—"L'Abbe Constantin." 2. Practice in memory work. 3. The study of intermediate composition. 4. Writing from dictation. Text used: "Introductory French Prose."—Francois. , 246 FRENCH XII At the end of this year of French the pupil should be able to read at sight, with the help of a vocabulary of spec- ial or technical expressions; to write in French a short es- say on some simple subject connected with the works read; to put into French a passage of easy English prose; and to carry on a simple conversation in French. The work of this course includes: 1. The reading of four or five books of standard French: Basin—"Les Oberle." Abont—",Le Roi Des Montagnes." Loti—"Pecheur d1slande." Dumas—"La Tulipe Noire." Hugo—"Les Miserables." 2. The writing of numerous short themes in French. 3. The study of syntax, through work in advanced com- position. Francois: "Advanced Composition." 4. Writing from dictation in French. COMMERCIAL STUDIES 'The Barnstable High School offers a very comprehen sive curriculum in Commercial Education. Elementary Business Training in the ninth grade is followed in grade ten by a course in Bookkeeping and Stenography, each for half a year, and a year of Typewriting. These three courses aid the student in discovering for himself the line of work for which he has the greatest liking and. aptitude. The 247 work of the first two years is not only exploratory but is of- such general and informational value that from it the stu- dent derives great benefit even though he proceeds no further with commercial studies. Advanced courses in this department are available to pupils in grades eleven and twelve who wish to specialize in the commercial field. A comparison. of the present offerings with those of three years ago, as shown in the table below, should be of general interest. I GRADE IX I GRADE X I GRADE XI GRADE XII )24-25 Com. Geog. (1) Typewriting (1) Typewriting (1) Stenography (1) Stenography (1) Bookkeeping (1) Type & Office 927-28 Elem.Business Typewriting (1) . Typewriting (1) Prac. (1) Tr. (1) Stenography (Y2) Stenography (1) Stenography (1) Bookkeeping (1/2) Bookkeeping (1) Bookkeeping (1) Com. Law (%) Salesmanship(1/a) Com. Geog. (1/2) Organization ELEMENTARY BUSINESS TRAINING Elementary Business Training is offered during, the Freshman year of high school and is very valuable to any student because it acquaints him with business ways, the handling of business papers and other business transac tions, which, at the present day, should be thoroughly un- derstood by everyone. He is also given a review of the fun- damentals of arithmetic,'rapid calculation, and selected practical problems. The course. also-familiarizes the student with comma-u business terms and the duties of the various clerks in a large office. The students are taught the correct forms of 248 business letters and the handling of correspondence, which is later applied in the study of Shorthand.. A daily ten- minute penmanship drill aims at a rapid, legible handwrit- ing. In case the student desires to continue the study, a further knowledge of business procedure is taught in the Bookkeeping courses of the Sophomore, Junior and Senior years. INTRODUCTORY BOOKKEEPING—GRADE X This course is required of all Sophomore students who are taking the Commercial Course. Although the course in Elementary Business Training is not absolutely necessary it gives the pupils a better knowledge of the workings of a business and simplifies his work in Introductory Bookkeep- ing. It is the aim of this course: 1. To familiarize the pupil with the theoretical prin- ciples of Bookkeeping and help him to better understand business surroundings in which he will be required to work. 2. To present carefully selected problem material through which the pupil may fig above principles of ac- counts in a,way that will help the pupil to thoroughly un- derstand those principles. 3. To endeavor to establish accuracy and neatness in the working out of the above above problems. The text used is "20th Century Bookkeeping and Ac- counting," Parts 1 and 2. BOOKKEEPING—GRADE XI Students who have completed the half-year course in Bookkeeping satisfactorily and wish to continue in the course are eligible to take Bookkeeping XI and XII. 249 The aim of the course is to establish in the minds of the students the fundamentals of Bookkeeping so that he will acquire a broad enough knowledge of the subject to ad- just himself to any system with which he may come in con- tact; to develop definiteness in thought and action which, if properly trained, will lead to accurateness and neatness. "Twentieth Century Bookkeeping" is the text used. BOOKKEEPING—GRADE XII This course continues the work in Partnership as set forth in the business of C. W. Keeland & Co., begun in Bookkeep- ing XI and completes the year with Corporation work as il- lustrated by the J. A. Whitney Corporation. The work in Partnership includes: Articles of Co-part- nership; Partnership accounts; Fixed assets; Reserves; De- ferred charges; Operating and Non-Operating Income;'Op- erating and Non-Operating Expense, and Controlling ac- counts. The Study of Corporations includes: Capital, Unissued Capital and Treasury Stock; Selling Department Salaries; Traveling expense, Warehouse expense, Branch store, Sur- plus and Dividend accounts; Petty cash book; Stock certi- ficate book; Stockholder's ledgers; Seven column cash book. TYPEWRITING—GRADE X Three years of Typewriting is required of all Commer- cial students whether they,are specializing in Shorthand or Bookkeeping. It is the aim of Typewriting X: 1. To arouse enthusiasm and interest in typewriting, without which there are no skilled artists. 250 2. To develop accuracy in .observation and action on part of the student. 3. To establish efficient, economical, and time-saving habits in technical and motor skill by means of scientific . drill. 4. To acquire ability to-do actual writing of consecu- tive matter early in the course. 5. To exercise use of judgment on part of the student, thus developing his initiative and ability to work out origi- nal problems by means of construction work. 6. To bring each student up to the speed of at least twenty-five words a minute for fifteen consecutive minutes. Gregg's "Rational Typewriting" is used for study. TYPEWRITING—GRADE XI Special training in the care of the.machine,oiling, chang- ing ribbons, etc., is received in this year. The student is al- so taught the various forms of a business letter, how to set up a letter in the different forms, the proper arrangement of tabulated articles, copying from rough draft, legal docu- ments, cutting stencils and the use of the mimeograph. A speed of 40 words a minute is expected at the close of the ,year. Students taking stenography will also be required to transcribe letters and articles from their shorthand notes. TYPEWRITING & OFFICE PRACTICE—GRADE XII The work of this year integrates in a practical way the subject matter of the,entire commercial curriculum. The students receive further training in the theory of business ethics, qualifications of stenographers, filing, and the use of the telephone and other office appliances. Practical training 251 is received in completing on the typewriter business papers, such as: negotiable instruments, legal documents, power of attorney, etc. INTRODUCTORY STENOGRAPHY—GRADE X Introductory Stenography is a half-year course required of all Sophomore.students taking the Commercial Course and follows the Introductory Course in Bookkeeping. It gives the students a knowledge of Gregg Shorthand, and they are taught how to read and write simple words, phrases and sen- tences. Thus at the end of the year each student will have had an introductory course in the two main subjects of the Commercial Course and will be better able to decide in which branch he will continue during the last two years of his high school career. In this course the "Gregg Manual" by John Robert Gregg is used and the students learn the fundamental prin- ciples of the system, the shorthand alphabet with special em- phasis on good style,.namely: proportion, slant and size of outlines. They also learn to join the symbols to form words and phrases. From the "Graded Reading" by Alice Hunter, which is used as a supplementary book, they read and prac- tice short paragraphs, stories and letters. A writing speed of 30-40 words per minute is reached when taking new ma- terial from dictation. This course is a basis for Stenography XI and XII. STENOGRAPHY—GRADE. XI Stenography XI may be elected by any Junior who has satisfactorily completed the course in Introductory Stenog- raphy. It is a general review of the fundamental principles already learned and more advanced principles are intro- dueed, such as: abbreviated words, writing compound words, 252 advanced phrasing and a short vocabulary. During the study of shorthand the student has constant drill in writing and reading from perfect outlines, and letters and articles which have been practiced are dictated and read to develop accuracy and speed in reading shorthand notes. A speed of 80-90 words a. minute is reached when tak- ing new material for transcription on the typewriter. Devel- opment of accuracy in spelling and punctuation is very es- sential in this work. The texts used are the Gregg Manual by John Robert Gregg, the Graded Readings by Alice Hunter and Gregg Speed Studies by John Robert Gregg. The first two books mentioned are completed but the Speed Studies is used only for supplementary work, and is finished during the course in Stenography XII. Certificates are awarded by the Gregg Publishing Com- pany to those students who pass a satisfactory theory test on the Manual. STENOGRAPHY YII Stenography YII and Secretarial Training is a course in which the students develop speed and accuracy in writing and reading shorthand, in transcribing on the typewriter. They also receive additional training in office procedure. Stu- dents are further instructed in the duties and responsibili- ties of a stenographer, a secretary, and the requirements of a successful secretary. A speed of 100 words a minute is reached by the close of the year. The tests used are Gregg Speed Studies for reading and copying"from perfect outlines and the Gregg Writer, a mag- 253 azine containing articles and practice exercises in Gregg Shorthand as well as many valuable suggestions to students in this course. Secretarial Studies with the Laboratory Exercises will be completed. This course is taught in connection with the Advanced Typewriting and Office Practice. A few short stories, such as"Hamlet" as told by Charles Lamb, "The Great Stone Face" and "A 11Ian Without a Country" are read from shorthand plates. To the students who copy an article from longhand in well-formed outlines and who apply the principles•of the sys- tem,the Gregg Writer awards a certificate of membership in the Order of Gregg Artists. COMMERCIAL LAW — GRADE XI Commercial Law has a distinct correlation value when studied with Bookkeeping. Nearly every topic treated in Law bears some relation to Bookkeeping. Students in Book- keeping will profit much from the chapters devoted to part- nership and corporations; students in Stenography and Type- writing who are required to fill in blank business forms and ' legal documents will benefit greatly from'training received in the chapters on negotiable instruments; problems in Bus- iness Arithmetic will be simplified by the discussions of in- surance and taxes. The aim of the Commercial Law course is to give to the student an understanding of the,system of the principles and ruleg which relate to the actions of men in their dealings and business relations with one another, an understanding which will enable him to recognize and evade the pitfalls which r , 254 await those unfamiliar with the law and which will tend to make for a higher type of intelligent citizenship. Huffcut's "Commercial Law" is used. The course is planned for Juniors during the first half of the year. COMMERCIAL GEOGRAPHY—GRADE XI As the world is in a constant process of change and has been since the creation of man, the mind of man and the world of industry is changing also. In order to understand the reason for this change the student must know something of the progress that man has made and the usefulness of the earth to him in his progress. How climate affects man? How the soil feeds him and furnishes him materials for shelter, tools, heat, power and industry? How industry sprang out of over-production for person- al needs? How the location affects his efforts at trade? These questions, whose answers form so large a part .,of Commercial Geography, are of great importance in vo- cational courses in order that a better understanding may be had of the needs for studying Bookkeeping and Stenog- raphy which are so great an aid in the progress of business. The aim of this course, therefore, is not merely to study statements of facts but rather to learn the cause and mean- ing.of facts. "Commerce and Industry" by Smith is the text used. The course is given during the second half of the Junior. year. 255 SALESMANSHIP—GRADE XII It is not enough that the student should know how to keep a set of books and know about the organizing of a busi- ness but it ,is necessary for him to understand the art of selling and advertising in the successful organization of any business concern. The Salesmanship course emphasizes: 1. The desirable qualities of personality. 2. The development of individual power., 3. The knowledge of the theory of buying and selling, and the art and psychology of its application. 4. The business asset of advertising. Biographies of successful business men are read for il- lustrations of personality, traits of character and outstand- ing qualities which lead to success. Salesmanship is given during the first half of the Sen- ior .year. "Salesmanship and Personal Efficiency" by Knox is the text used supplemented by the very interesting vol- ume, "Personality." BUSINESS ORGANIZATION—GRADE XII In order to further prepare the commercial student to take his place in the world of business he must gain some knowledge of the organizing of business from its inception through the various stages of growth into a going concern; of the operation of each department; and of the inter-re- lationship of all the departments. Such a course is offered during the second half of the Senior year. \ 256 The aim of the course in Business Organization is to furnish the student with certain fundamental principles that are requisite for organizing and managing a business; to study solutions of the common problems of business as a great possibility for constructive work; and to teach them to appreciate the importance of sound business knowledge. "Fundamentals of Business Organization and Manage- ment" by Cornell and MacDonald is used as the basic text in this course. PRACTICAL ARTS The offerings in Practical Arts are given primarily for their general educational values. Emphasis is placed on the amateur rather than the vocational point of view. Shop work provides an enrichment of experience and aids in the natural growth of boys, many of whom have few opportun- ities for constructive, manipulative experiences elsewhere. It is valuable because the boy can easily determine for him- self how well his thinking, as shown in his plans, has mater- ialized in his product. Some of the practical results are: 1. Ability to do repair work about the home and school. 2. Construction of useful articles. 3. Appreciation of the values of furniture and house- hold articles from the consumer's or buyer's point of view. In addition to the work offered at present, the courses may be improved by the introduction of a limited amount of lathe work, and of unit courses in the elements of elec- tric wiring, printing, and cement work. 2.J4. HOUSEHOLD ARTS The course in Household Arts, in all phases of its work, lays stress upon the activities and interests of the home. To help girls learn how healthfully t ofeed, house, and clothe themselves and later their families, is a major objective. Household Arts, is of general educational value, as it aims to develop appreciation and interest in home life. It is of civic value in that it emphasizes the integration of the home into the community. The course emphasizes in parti- cular: I Foods A To develop a working knowledge of: 1. Types of foods and their functions. 2. Attractive and well-balanced meals. 3. Purchasing food in accordance with family needs and income. 4. The correct method of serving meals. 5. The proper care of food. B To emphasize the relationship of food to health. C To stimulate an appreciation of the home and a desire to assist in its activities. II Clothing A To teach the essential and practical principles in the making, and upkeep of clothing. B To develop good taste in selection of clothing. 258 III General A To teach the proper care of the dwelling place. B To establish and conserve a desirable "home at- mosphere." C To show the relation of family life to community Me. ART The courses in Art offer an opportunity for work in Freehand and Mechanical Drawing. The aim of Freehand Drawing is to develop apprecia- tion through observation and understanding of the funda- mental principles of natural law and order. Love for all things beautiful is'encouraged so that a certain richness and fullness, otherwise lacking, may be brought to the lives of the pupils. The course in Mechanical Drawing is planned to teach the pupil to represent ideas by drawings which can be read easily by the person who is to make the construction. Ac- curacy and neatness are- emphasized. Ability to plan and work out'problems of construction which later come into every day life is a valuable contribution of this course. The training received in Mechanical Drawing enables the stu- dent to continue the work in schools and colleges which offer such courses. Every pupil in Grade VII takes two periods,of Art; one period is required in Grade VIII. In the high.school,, Art is required of all pupils planning to enter Normal School, but may be elected by students in any course. 259 music The work in music consists largely of group singing. At present it is impossible to do much technical. work or to give much attention to.individuals. Music appreciation, taught by phonograph with a spec- . IJially prepared set of records, aims to present tp. the;,pupil� various musical masterpieces, played by skilled musicians, so that he may recognize them and cultivate a desire for good music. The course should develop a love for ,music and a desire to sing or play some instrument. Vocal music is taken by all pupils in the seventh and eighth grades; in the high school it is elective. In addition to the Music Clubs there is a Senior Chorus, augmented by students from the other classes, which pre- pares musical selections for Graduation Exercises. Physical' Education for Boys The true object of physical education is to form correct habits for leisure time and to stimulate a real love of exer- cise.. This, of course, means the development of physical, mental, moral and social efficiency; or, in other words, character training. In order to attain this aim, the idea of discipline, development of leadership, and the ability to follow chosen leaders is emphasized. Organized play as a method of recreation and physical' training is unsurpassed because it uses established co-ordi-. nations and fundamental muscles, especially where a vari- ety of games is used. It develops a vital.and functional strength-rather than a mere muscular strength on account of the large extent to which the majority of big groups of muscles are involved. Play and games are a fun dame 260 demand in the life of every growing boy, and when work interferes too much with these fundamental elements later corrective measures become necessary . The class work is conducted out of doors in the fall and siring when the weather permits: Games and track events ai'e'possible on the conveniently located athletic field. The indoor work includes marching, calisthenics, wand exercises, Indian Club-work, apparatus work, and games. .Vs.work is.carefully graded so that the various groups are given-what is best suited to their age and development. As far as possible, the boys have gym suits alike, con- sisting of white sleeveless shirts ,short pants of white cotton or khaki, and rubber soled shoes—either sneakers or basket- ball shoes. The cost of this outfit is small. The boys can do so much better-work in the exercises and games and they feel so much more like getting into the competition when properly equipped that parents are urged to insist that their boys provide themselves with the gym suit. The class period is planned so that there is time at .the end of the gym class for a shower bath, first a cleansing hot shower and then an invigorating cold shower as a preven- tive measure against colds. Ivory soap is furnish6d by the school. A Turkish towel should be brought from home. The gymnasium is.now used almost constantly, and the lock- er and shower accommodations are at present insufficient. It is only by the most careful planning that we are able to carry out the above program. An additional feature of Junior High School work in- cludes a number of carefully selected events which are cal- culated to test the skill, strength, accuracy and speed of the 261 boys. The records made by each boy are shown on a chart so that he may compare his achievement with that of his classmates. I. Pull up or chinning (number of times). 2. Push up (number of times). 3. Fence Vault (inches). 4. High Jump (inches). 5. Goal Throw (number times out of ten). 6. Broad Jump (standing and running). 7. 50 yard dash (seconds). 8. Rugby Dick (feet). Physical Education for Girls The objectives of the course in Physical Education. for girls are-to provide increased physical and organic vigor; an understanding of the principles of body mechanics and health; and a degree`of skill, poise, and leadership. A test in posture is given to each girl, and the exercises given in the class period include those which will correct faulty con- dAtions. During the fall and spring all work is conducted out= doors and is of a recreational type. Field hockey, baseball, and tennis are the major outdoor sports. These competitive games encourage the girls to play for the pleasure they get from participating rather than for the sake of winning. Co- operation, a spirit of fair play, and good sportsmanship can be developed in connection with an improved physical con- dition and a love for healthy, active outdoor sport which they may carry over into later life. There are opportunities' for girls to conduct, coach, and direct their games so that they may develop whatever qualities of leadership and res- ponsibility they may have. �s2 - The work in the gymnasium includes marching, corree- five and de"velopmental exercises, simple apparatus work,folk- and athletic dancing, stunts, pyramid.building, and games. In the Junior High more emphasis is placed on fundamental positions, rhyihm, grace, co-ordination, and a quick and ac- curate response to commands. They are given opportunities to=lead the class in exercises as well as in games. With the old- er"girls the individual instruction can be emphasized to a greater extent. Records are kept of each girl's ability to perform certain physical activities, and her progress is en- couraged. She is graded not only on her skill of perform- ance but also on the attitude with which she attempts the work. After.-school athletics have been difficult because of the problem of transportation, but the enthusiasm and interest of a large number of girls have overcome this._ Every girl who is able and interested is encouraged to take part in ath- letics. A girl comes out because she enjoys playing the game rather than because she expects to make the varsity team. Class teams are chosen in each major sport, and interclass games played before the school team is picked. School let- ters are to be awarded, not to the girls who make the var- sity team, but to the girls who attain a score of 100 points in physical education. Credit is given for making a class team, for commendable class work, for being a member of a hiking club, for serving as manager or cheer leader, as well as for making the school team. Physical education for girls aims to give them an en- thusiastic love of physical activity; an interest in their own physical skill and development; an intelligent understanding of the value of good posture, good health, and well-being; an increased mental alertness; and the abilty, as occasion may demand to be a good leader or a good follewer. Z3 SPECIAL CLASSES Provision has been made in the Junior Nigh School to accomodate, from the elementary schools of the town,lolder pupils who 'have outgrown the social contacts of the lower grades and consequently have lost interest in the work of those classes. The Special English class formed for their benefit en-. ' courages: Increase-in vocabulary. More intelligent reading aloud. Legible and correct writing. Clear oral expression. Knowledge of their locality and appreciation of its beau. ties and opportunities. The Special Arithmetic class strives to enable each child to solve problems of present and adult life, commensurate with his ability. Individualized instruction is used with this group. In Practical Arts and some other courses, special pro- jects have been planned to meet the ability and interest of each pupil. These older boys and girls are given an opportunity to associate in work and play with children of their own age. They are enabled!dlso to receive the advant.4ges:of the Shop, the Gym, the Art Room, th eCooking and Sewing classes, the Occupation class and a class in Hygiene far better suited-to their age. The results in general are satisfactory and seem to justify the arrangement. INSTRUCTIONAL AIDS To assist in achieving goals we have 'set up iri the vari- ous subjects, many teaching aids and class room helps have 264 been included in the general plan of organization. Some of those recently introduced are listed below High School. Set of Historicah Maps. Set of Biological Charts. English Reference Library (enlarged) History Reference Library (established) Historical Note Books. Teachers' Plan Books. "Literary Digest" (Class use in Social Studies) Improved Commercial Equipment. Introduction of many new tests. Stereopticon for Science classes. Junior High School Set of Historical Maps. Junior High School Library (established) Shop machinery installed. Teachers'Plan Books. "Popular Science" (Class use in Science) "Current Events" (Class use in History) Introduction of many new texts. EXTRA CURRICULA -ACTIVITIES In addition to the regular subjects of the curriculum, the high school offers many opportunities for enthusiasm, interest, and talent to find expression. The transportation problem tends to limit participation in Extra Curricula Ac- tivities, but a. large number of students find a way to take part. -265 ATHLETICS The high school is represented by a "varsity team" in each of the three seasonal major sports, football, basket ball, and baseball. The achievements of these teams need no re- counting here; but it is well to point out that our chief de- sire is to develop manly boys who desire to win only through ability, clean sportsmanship, and' fair play. The girls' basket ball and hockey.teams deserve high commendation for the genuine good fellowsbip which marks all their contests. After each home game the two teams sit down together and enjoy refreshments and pleas- ant conversation. Victorious or vanquished, the visitors de- part with friendly cheers for the Barnstable girls. The Junior High School is represented by a football and a baseball team that merit high praise. Hard, clean play and good sportsmanship are emphasized above all else. The boys learn the rules of the game and the ideals of play in this early competition, and are thus well prepared for parti- cipation in high school athletics. Rubber soled shoes are re- quired in the football games, and by reason of this precau- tion no injury has occurred during two years of play. SCHOOL MAGAZINE Perhaps no one medium so greatly stimulates school • spirit, co-ordinates and harmonizes student activities, pro- vides a means of expression for the creative urge of the pu- pils and faculty, and promotes recognition of the school as does a school magazine. "The Clipper", published three, times each year, is the Barnstable High School magazine, of which the school is justly,proud. An efficient editorial and business staff'prepare and collect the editorials, literary articles and school news, and secure the advertising. Excel- 266' lent opportunities are.thus afforded the students for literary and journalistic training and for experience in practical business. Miss Kern and Miss Coville are the faculty rep- resentatives. DRAMATIC CLUB About fifty students are active members.of the high School Dramatic Club. Each,month a play is presented by the Club in the Assembly Hall and is received with great enthusiasm. The school audience is entertained, and the club members are benefited by the presentation. Some 'eg- ceptionally good talent has been discovered. A public per- formance may be given later in the year. The faculty ad- viser is Miss Murdock. GLEE CLUB Forty-five boys and girls joined the Glee Club this year. Several of the group who play musical instruments have formed an,orchestra which practices in the Assembly hall after school hours. The club provides musical programs for Assembly and plans to produce a short musical comedy based on college life. The purpose of the Club is to promote the love of music and the enjoyment of group singing. Miss Francis is the adviser. • ASSEMBLIES The possibilities offered by the Assembly period are numberless. Held primarily for the purpose of developing school 'unity and spirit, these meetings provide a splendid opportunity for training pupil leadership and for the cevel- opment of democratic citizenship. They may be made very inspirational and instructive. The principal, at this time, has his whole school before him. He is able to discuss with 267 all pupils and faculty at once his plans for the up building of morale, for the improvement of scholarship, and for other matters pertaining to school work; he can make certain a `uniform understanding of the policies and objectives of the school. The pupils by participating in carefully planned Assembly programs acquire poise and.self confidence before an audience and provide entertainment for the rest of the school. The Junior High School pupils gather in the Assembly Hall the last period each Friday. A calendar of'Assembly programs has been arranged for the entire year. This pro- vides for a great variety of offerings—including the proper observance of national holidays and birthdays of great Americans. The various' clubs and organizations of the school are responsible for certain programs. Working with a faculty adviser, they choose the type of program they wish to present and the pupils to carry it out. Group sing- ing by the whole school is planned a$ a part of each Assem- bly. The Senior High School pupils meet every Friday the first period. The Dramatic Club furnishes,one program each month, usually a short play. Prize speaking contests, patriotic exercises, class and Glee Club programs are given; at other times outside speakers are invited to address the school. JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL CLUBS Each pupil in school selects the club he wishes to join at the beginning• of the year and has an opportunity t6 change at mid-year. The last period every Monday, is de- voted to club work. The pupils derive much pleasure and profit from the clubs, as is evideneed by the interest and riv- .2sS airy that has.developed.,_ Space,.permits only, a brief sum- of.of these activities. The Camera and Poster Club Study of the camera, and process.of making pictures; picture taking and developing; photographic contests.- Eight meetings are given over to poster making. Mr. McMullen, leader. The Library Club Charge of the school library and plan for its develop- ment; visits to the Public Library and selection of books there for the Junior High School shelves; talks by the Li- brarian and instruction in the use of the card catalog and other library helps. Mrs. Eldredge, leader. The Dramatic'Club Training in presentation of short plays; planning,of one Assembly program each month. Miss Collins, leader. The Athletic Club for Girls Teaching of.folk dances; participation in games, exer- cises, and group work not possible in regular Physical Edu- cation classes. Miss Schultz, leader. The Sportsmanship Club for Boys Developing ideals of. sportsmanship; explanation and teaching of indoor and outdoor games. Mr. Bangs, leader. The Science Club Interesting experiments by pupils; talks on lives and contributions of great scientists; reports on current events 269 in Science; preparation of science bulletin board; publish- ing a science leaflet. Miss Hanson, leader. Toy and Novelty Club Boys in shop make articles of their own choosing, such as boats and toys. Mr. Glover, leader. The World Travel Club Study of interesting facts about foreign countries; col- lection of information and materials concerning those coun- tries. Miss Nash, leader. The Music Club Practice and study of vocal and instrumental music. Miss Francis, leader. 279, BARNSTABLE HIGH SCHOOL Registration by subjects, February 8, 1928 Grade Subject 9 10 11 12 P.G., T. English 73 73 65 53 1 265 French 14 21 12 47 Economics-.Sociology 2 30 32 Latin 30 . 18 8 10 66 Algebra 31 8 6 45 Plane Geometry 17 . 6 23 Sol. Geom. & Trig. 3 3 U. S. History 36 12 48 World History 8 8 Social Study 72 3 75 Biology 25 6 13 44 Chemistry 21 18 1 40 Household Arts 21 14 35 Practical Arts 21 22 2 45 Elementary Bus. Training 41 41 . Bookkeeping 43 24 9 Shorthand 23 7 2 32 Typewriting 47 27 35 1 110 Com. Law-Com. Geog. - 10 Salesmanship-Bus. Org.' 5 1 6 Drawing 32 16 24 13 85 Music 22 22 Physical Training 73, 71 58 202 i 271 BARNSTABLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL Registration by Subjects, February 8, 1928 Grade Subject 7 8 Total English 91 109 200 Mathematics 91 109 200 Social Study 91 1109 200 Science 109 109 Hygiene 91 91 Occupations 1 91 1.09 200 Practical Arts 48 63 111 Household Arts 43 46 89 Music 91 109 200 Art 91 109 200 Physical Education 91 109 200 2'72 BARNSTABLE HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM March of the School Invocation Rev. Charles W. Helsey Welcome Thomas Joseph Keveney,'Class President Cape Cod Industries The Salt Industry Sandwich Glass Albert Benjamin Stanek Fishing Boat Building Raymond Alexander Michelson Cranberry Growing Brick Making Harry Lawrence Holway The Pearl Industry Candle Making George Richard Pesolan Fifth Nocturne Leybach Elsie Louise Williams John Masefield, His Life and Poems J. Louis White, Jr. Salt-Water Ballads (John Masefield) Keel Port of Many Ships Trade Winds Keveney, White, Starck Mandolin Accompaniment, Nicolas Ross Demetras Physical Education Harold Holmes Bond 273 Farewell to the Old and Welcome to the New Macy Class of '27 Presentation of Diplomas Judge Collen C. Campbell for the School Committee Award of the Alumni Prizes in English Dr. E. C. Hinckley Songs of the Vikings Faning School Accompanist, Louise Crocker Director. of Music, Gladys Francis MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 1927 Arnold Howes Baxter Pearl Mae Harris Benjamin Davis Baxter, Jr. Harry Lawrence Holway Edith Birch Thomas Joseph Keveney Gladys Bond Walter Matthew Krook Harold Holmes Bond Mary Leona Lewis Pauline Louise Bradbury Raymond Alexander Michelson Agnes Isabel Carlson Ellen Anna Perry Henrietta Chase George Richard Pesolan Anne Frances Cross Homer Doane Sears Winifred Frances Cross Hazel Elizabeth Shepard Nicholas Ross Demetras Albert Benjamin Starck Lucy Phinney Hallett Elsie Louise Williams J. Louis White, Jr. .Class Motto "Possunt Qui Posse Videntur" \ 274 ELIZABETH LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM Song of Welcome Nevin School Invocation " Rev. W. M. Newton Song, The Loreley Silcher School Class History Stanley Turner Essay, Developments in Science in the Twentieth Century Leo Peters Song, The Garden by the Sea Girls' Chorus Essay, History of Cotuit Carl Avant Class Poem Florence Goodspeed Song, We'll Meet Again To-night Boys' Quartet Class Prophecy Helen Dottridge Address Congressman Charles L. Gifford Presentation of Diplomas Collen C. Campbell, for the School Committee Closing Song Stickney School GRADUATES Carl Augustus Avant Florence Lillian Goodspeed Kennard Irying Berry Leo Herbert Peters Helen Dottridge Stanley Weston Turner" Class Motto "Labor Omnia Vincit" 275 BARNSTABLE HIGH SCHOOL Graduates Entering Other Institutions Northeastern University Brown University 1 Boston University Dartmouth College 1 Tufts College 1 Trinity College (D.C.) I Homeopathic Hospital I: Hyannis State Normal School 2 Postgraduates Colby College Portia Law School �. ELIZABETH LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL Graduates Entering Other Institutions Hyannis State Normal School }- Postgraduattes, Barnstable High School I Falmouth High School 2 :,��: S � i J { s INDEX TownOfficers .......................................................................................................................................... 3 Assessors' Report ......................__._........................_.................................................................... 6 Treasurer's Report. ......................................................._............................................................_._ 9 Receipts »..............._.....`................_.......................................................__................................ 10 Summary ...................................................................................................................................... 32 Expenditures ............................................................_.............................................................. 33 NonRevenue Accounts .............»_.................................................................................. 36 Burial Lot Funds Held in Trust by the Town ................................................ 39 Reportof the Audit .........................» _ _.....»....... .».».»_._..__..» .».»»»»......_... 45 TownClerk's Report ___..._......................_._....._._»................._.........................._..........._ 50 Annual Town Meeting ___ ._.:._ _, ........................ 52 Special Town Meeting ..._......_................_.......................»....._ ....._».._.___...._.._ 81 Births __.».._......................................_......_......._....._._.___..._._._.._».»» 83 Marriages ___»........»............................................._...........................»»»»...._.._.»..._ 97 Deaths ...................._._.....................................:........................................:......._...................... 104 JuryList _.» .._____ _ ._.__. _.__..._..._........__».».»..»».».._ 112 Report of the Planning Board _.................. .......... ......._.......»...» 114 Report of the Sewerage Committee 124 Reportof Clam Warden _„....„.....„.._._........------„-----„„.„_.... ..__„.. ...„.„..... „ 141 County Health Department „„„_ ..................... 145 Board of Health Report _..„. ....,.„,.„..................................„„ „.„,._ 148 Park Commissioners' Report „,,.,......„..„...„„..„... .„„.„.,_.._.„..,_„.....„.. „... „ 150 Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures „....._..„...........„.„......................„ 157 TreeWarden's Report; _......_..„................................„..................._„..........„..............„......... 153 Moth Department Report „...„........................................„.. ......I..............„, 155 ForestWarden's Report _..................................„...,......................„...................,........... 152 ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE OFFICERS OF THE 'down of Barnstable . FOR THE Year Ending December 31, 1988 Q���TH E TOE a _ s s ]MARISTABLE, a y MASS. �p 1639. �4► ,. �Fp MA`S N C Printed on Cape Cod by F. B. F. P. Goss, Hyannis TOWN OFFICERS 1928 Selectmen Edgar W. Lovell, Santuit, Chairman Term expires 1929 Howard N. Parker, West Barnstable Term expires 1930 William Lovell, Hyannis Term expires 1931 Overseers of Public Welfare Edgar W. Lovell, Santuit Term expires 1929- Howard N. Parker, West Barnstable Term expires 1930 William Lovell, Hyannis, Chairman Term expires 1931 Assessors Edgar W. Lovell, Santuit Term expires 1929 Howard N. Parker, West Barnstable, Chairman Term expires 1930 William Lovell, Hyannis Term expires 1931 Town Clerk ' Clarence ill. Chase, Hyannis Term expires 1929 Town Treasurer Clarence Al. Chas6, Hyannis Term expires 1929 4 Collector of Taxes Everett F. Fuller, Osterville Term expires 1931 School Committee Richard Cobb, Barnstable Term expires 1929 Stuart F. Scudder, Osterville, Chairman Term expires 1930 Edward C. Hinckley, Hyannis Term expires 1931 Superintendent of Schools C. E. Wheeler, Hyannis Surveyor of Highways Laueblan M. Crocker, Marstons Mills Term expires 1929 Auditor John 'Bursley, West Barnstable Term expires 1929 Tree Warden Hobert F. Cross, Osterville Term expires 1929 Board of Health John H. Andrews, Hyannis Term expires 1929 William A. Jones, Barnstable Term expires 1930 Granville W. Hallett, Osterville Term expires 1931 Registrars of Voters Samuel F. Crocker Marstons Mills Henry C. Mortimer Barnstable John V. O'Neil Hyannis Clarence M. Chase Hyannis �. 5 Agent of Cobb Fund Henry C. Davis, Cunnnaquid Park Commissioners Frederic F. Scudder, Hyannis Term expires 1929 William F. Jenkins, West Barnstable Term expires 1930 Jean G. Hinkle, Osterville Term expires 1931 Finance Committee Horace S. Parker, Osterville Term expires 1929 Bertram F. Ryder, Cotuit Term expires 1929 John Bursley, West Barnstable 'Perm expires 1.930 Charles lV. Mebathlin, Hyannis Term expires 1930 Walter B. Chase, Hyannis Term expires 1931 Edward F. Nlalier, Hyannis 'Perm. expires 1931 Planning Board William. L. Fitzgerald, Hyamiis Term expires 1929 Miss Mary Mortimer, Barnstable Term expires 1930 11Irs. Dlabel. K. Bal.:er, Hyannis 'Perm expires 1931 Henry P. Leonard, Osterville Term expires 1931 'F. Howard Hinckley, Barnstable 'Perin expires 1932 L. Frank Paine, Hyannis '.Perm expires 1932 Robert F. Cross, Osterville Term expires 1933. ASSESSORS' REPORT Real Estate Valuation $18,004,990 00 Tangible personal estate 2,295,010 00 Total valuation of the town $20,300,000 00 APPROPRIATIONS For town expenses $536,189 92 State tax 20,655 00 State Highway tax 9,125 83 State Auditors tax 368 91 County tax 56,083 83 Overlay- for the current year 6,643 19 Total $629,066 68 ESTIMATED RECEIPTS Income tax $41,660 60 Corporation tax 8,334 84 Bank tax 3,71.2 80 Licenses 3,692 00 Fines 795 25 Special assessments 576 00 General Government 11 67 Protection of persons and property 1,249 05 Health and Sanitation 79 74 7 Highways 56 20 Charities 3,347 19 Soldiers benefits 391 25 Schools 2,578 50 Cemeteries, (other than trust funds) 10 00 Interest on deposits 730 16 Interest on taxes and assessments 2,392 59 All others 401 01 Total estimated receipts $70 018 85 Free cash in treasury (voted to be used by assessors) 15,000 00 Total deductions $85,018 85 Net amount raised by taxation on polls and property $544,047 83 2,034 polls @ $2.00 4,068 00- Property tax 539,979 83 $544,047 83 Number of residents assessed on property, (Individuals) 2,580 Firms, Corporations, Trustees etc. 86 Total 2,666 Number of non-residents assessed on property, (Individuals) 1,289 Firms, Corporations, Trustees etc. 75 Total 1,364 8 Perso.iis assessed for polls only 654 Number of horses assessed 113 Number of cows assessed 360 Number of other cattle assessed 60 Number of fowl. assessed 4,480 Number of dwelling houses assessed 2,769 Acres of land assessed (estimated) 33,500 DECEMBER ASSESS1l2ENT Valuation of personal property assessed $3,400 Valuation of real estate assessed 29,800 Total $33,200 HOWARD N. PARKER, EDGAR W. LOVELL, WILLIAM LOVELL, 1 Assessors TREASURER'S REPORT Cash Jan. 1, 1928 Cash on Expended $914,283 12 hand $9,224 01 Balance 22,176 04 Receipts 927,235 15. $936,459 16 $936;459 1F 1927 Taxes Jan. 1, 1928 Due the Received from Town $60,420 47 Collector $56,408 53 Refunds 241 70 Abatements 927 72 Balance 3,325 92 $60,662 17 $60,662 17 1928 Taxes Amt. of Warrant $544,047 83 Received from December Assessments 917 12 Collector $464,405 42 Refund 101 08 Abatements 3,315 57 Palance 77,345 04 $545,066 03 $545,066 03 Overlay 1.927 Abatements $927 72 Jan. 1, 1928 Balance 796 84 Balance $1,724 56 $1,724 56 $1,724 56 10 Overlay 1.928 Abatements $3,315 57 Amount of Overlay $6,643 19 Balance 3,327 62 $6,643 19 $6,643 19 Overlay Surplus Jan. 1, 1928 Balance $3,203 04 Balance $3,203 04 Loans Authorized ' Annual Meeting $140,000 00 Balance $140,000 00 Accounts Receivable r Jan. 1, 1928 Balance $3,131 57 Balance $3,281 36 Net Charges 149 79 $3,281 36 $3,281 36 Departmental Revenue Balance $3,281 36 Jan. 1, 1928, Balance $3,131 57 Net credits 149 79 $3,281 36 $3,281 36 Revenue Loans Notes Paid $315,000 00 Jan. 1, 1928 Balance 25,000 00 Balance $25,000 00 Notes issued 315,000 00 $340,000 00 $340,000 00 11 ESTIMATED RECEIPTS Debit 1928 Revenue $82,117 84 Credits State 'Treasurer: Income Tax $52,768 00 Corporation Tax 10,264 78 Bank and Trust Co. 3,923 26 $66,956 04 Licenses: Pedlers and Vendors $2,168 00 Auto Dealers 610 00 Quahaug 403 00 Common Victuallers 224 00 Clain 212 00 Scallops 179 00 Sunday 173 00 Inn Holders 168 00 Milk 101 50 Amusements 62 00 Junk 62 00 Billiards and Pool 40 00 Garbage 30 00 Alcohol 20 00 Lodging House 14 00 Razor Fish 13 00 Auctioneers 12 00 Manicure 10 00 Bottling 10 0,0 Miscellaneous 10 00 $4,521 50 12 Fines: Court `$1,123 20 Liq uor 155 00 Jai] 100 00 1,378 20 Privileges: Oyster Grants $286 00 Fish Traps 80 00 366 00 Seater of AVeights and Measures: Fees $153 02 153 02 Reimbursements: llloth Work $767 50 Killing (lobs 26 00 Health Department 365 28 1,158 78 IIighway Department: Sale of Materials, etc. $67 40 Account of Snow 93 00 160 40 Infirmary: Board of Inmates $533 00 'Sale of Produce 253 77 Sale of Batteries 50 00 836 77 1.3 Public Welfare Department Reimbursements: Cities and 'Towns 800.77 State 527 82 Individuals 72 00 1,400 59 Dlothers' Aid: State 458 19 Towns 43 34 501 53 ' Soldiers' Pe�:�elit.s: State Aid 168 00 Veterans' I"xemption 4 61 172 61 Schools: Account of English Speaking Classes 302 07 Tuit:ion. State Wards 293 60 Other 'Tuition 198 00 Mass. 'Training School 184 90 Rent of Gymnasium 102 00 Sale of.I3ook an.d Supplies 55 28 Miscellaneous Receipts 17 71 1,153 56 Interest: Taxes 2,807 07 Deposits 811 10 3,61-8 1.7 14 Land Rent 232 50 Reimbursement for Advertising 38 25 Miscellaneous Receipts 33 91 Sale of Burial Lot 10 00 Refund on Insurance 26 01 Total credits $82,717 84 State and County Taxes County Tax $56,083 83 1928 Revenue $86,233 57 State Tax 20,655 00 State Highway Tax 9,125 83! Auditing Municipal Accounts 368 91 $86,233 57 $86,233 57 1928 Revenue Appropriations Annual 1928 Taxes $544,047 83 Meeting $533,189 92 Estimated Receipts 82,717 84 Appropriations Special Excess and Def. Ac- Meeting 3,000 00 �' count to apply on State & County Taxes 86,233 57 Taxes 15,000 00 19;8 Overlay 6,643 19 December Assessment 917 12 Balance to excess and Appropriation Balances: deficiency Account 28,105 00 Selectmen's Dept. 516 31 Assessors' Dept. 22 95 Town Clerk & Treas.' Dept. 36 09 Tax Collector's Dept. 50 08 Financial Dept. 74 00 Legal Dept. 26.09 Election Dept. 194 21 Municipal Bldgs. 315 23 Expense of Finance Comm. 7 50 15 Fires 64 15 Sealing of W. & M. 42 29 Moth Dept. 19 Tree Warden Dept. 38 Clam Warden Dept. 296 73 Brushing Roads 277 00 Board of Health 2,112 82 Sanitation 443 69 Mosquito Eradication ' 43 75 Sewerage Committee 110 95 Road Repairs 37 91 Sidewalks 133 64 1928 Construction 50 33 Roads ordered by County Commis'ers 22 80 Mothers' Aid 733 14 State Aid 144 00 Heating Plant 26 00 School Dept. 3 30 Training School Addn. 354 30 Reserve Fund 27 12 Unclassified 317 48 Planning Board 2,016 69 Land Damage Jones' Corner 3 58 New Lay-outs 7 00 Cemeteries 366 90 Interest 541. 06 Trust Fund Income 69 23 Dredging Cotuit Harbor 5,000 00 $657,171 68 $657,171 68 Excess and Deficiency Account 1928 Revenue for taxes $15,000 00 Jan. 1, 1928 Balance $20,636 10 Balance 33,779 78 Error. 1927 Taxes 38 68 From 1928 Revenue 28,105 00 $48,779 78 $48,779 78 16 APPROPRIATION ACCOUNTS Selectmen's Department Salaries $3,000 00 Appropriated $8,325 00 Surveying 1,423 15 Clerk 1,335 00 Printing and Advertising 686 84 Transportation 572 45 Stationery, Postage and Supplies 351 94 Telephone 168 99 Labor on Town Property 91 18 Signs and Beacons 72 38 Constable Service 63 00 Petitions for new Lay-outs 36 00 Harbor Master 5 00 Express 2 76 $7,808 69 Balance to revenue 516 31 $8,325 00 18,325 00 Assessors' Department Salaries $3,600 00 Appropriated $4,725 00 R Clerk 660 00 Abstract Cards 442 05 $4,702 05 Balance to Revenue. 22 95 $4,725 00 $4,725 00 7- 7, li Town Clerk and Treasurer's Department Salary $2,400 00 Appropriated $4,500 00 Clerk 1,200 00 Stationery, Postage and Supplies 433 76 Bonds 224 00 Telephone 62 21 Printing and Advertising 58 94 Recording 51 00 Transportation. 32 00 Miscellaneous Expenses 2 00 $4,463 91 Balance to Revenue 36 09 $4,500 00 $4,500 00 Tax. Collector's Department •Salary $2,000 00 Appropriated $2,755 00 Bonds 440 00 Stationery, Postage and . Supplies 107 07 Transportation 96 00 ,Printing and Advertising 60 40 Telephone 1 45 $2,704 92 Balance to Revenue 50 OS .$2,755 00 $2,755 00. Financial Department Certifying Notes $26 00 Appropriated $100 00 Balance to Revenue, 74 00 $100 00 $100 00, r 1� Legal Department Special Attorneys $473 91 Appropriated $800 00 Town Counsel 300 00 $773 91 Balance to Revenue 26 09 $800 00 $800 00 Election Department Election Officers $1,003 00 Appropriated $3,030 00 Printing and Adver- Check Returned 10 00 tising 867 63 Hall Rent 382 00 Registrars of Voters 310 00 New Voting Booths 99 85 Posting Warrants, etc. 90 00 Transportation 29 00 Constable Service 27 00 Registrars Expense 18 40 Express Charges 13 91 Miscellaneous Expenses 5 00 $2,845 79 Balance to Revenue 194 21 $3,040 00 " $3,040 00 19 Municipal Buildings Hyannis Town Office: Appropriated $5,210 00 Salary of Janitor $1,590 00 Check Returned 34 87 Grading and Plant- ing Shrubs 700 00 Fuel 665 35 Electricity 385 38 Hardening Driveway 249 00 Labor on Grounds 191 00 Janitor's Supplies 152 64 Water Proofing Building 149 00 Repairs 121 92 Weather Strips for Windows 118 36 Carting Ashes, etc. 118 25 Water 105 89 Telephone 60 13 Furniture. 56 13 New Flag 14 65 Almshouse: Labor on Heating Plant 241 94 Town House Labor on Building 10 00 $4,929 64 Balance to Revenue 315 23 $5,244 87 $5,244 87 Expenses of Finance Committee Printing $117 50 Appropriated $225 00 Clerk 100 00 $217 50 Balance to Revenue 7 50 $225 00 $225 00-• 20 Police Department Traffic Officers $5,917 31 Appropriated $19,250 00 Patrolmen 5,893 00 Traffic Signs 3,234 31 Chief 2,600 00 Special Police 758 21 Automobile 500 00 E ruipment for Men 468 04 Telephone 191 77 Furniture 143 35 Court Fees 136 67 Stationery, Postage and Supplies 78 44 Electricity 28 00 Taxi Hire 22 00 Check Returned 95 46 Miscellaneous Expenses 6 89 Reserve Fund 632 53 $19,977 99 $19,977 99 Inspection. of Wires Salary and Expenses $1,000 00 Appropriated $1,000 00 Sealing of Weights and Measures Salary $1,800 00 Appropriated $1,925 00 Supplies 44 51 Transportation 15 60 Telephone 12 60 Bond 10 00 $1,882 71 Balance to Revenue 42 29 $1,925 00 $1,925 00 21 a Moth Department Trucks and Automobiles $2;272 97 Appropriated $7,500 00 Insecticides 1,915 80 Labor 2,152 97 Superintendent 512 00 Equipment 544 07 Rent 100 00 Telephone 2 00 $7,499 81 Balance to Revenue 19 $7,500 00 $7,500 00 'free Warden Department Trucks and Automobiles $867 00 Appropriated $2,625 00 Labor 767 33 Superintendent 511 60 Trees 300 00 Loam and Fertilizer 108 00 Hardware and Tools 58 69 Telephone 12 00 $2,624 62 Balance to Revenue 38 $2,625 00 $2,625 00 To«n Forest Trees $300 00 Appropriated $500 00 Labor 200 00 $500 00 $500 00 22 Brushing Roads Labor $223 00 . Appropriated $500 00 Balance to Revenue 277 00 $500 00 $500 00 Fires Labor on Fires $1,377 37 Appropriated $3,000 00 Fire Department Services '929,00 Labor on Railroad Land 273 50 Apparatus and Supplies 171 08 Warden's Salary 1125 00 Rent 50 00 Printing and Advertising 9 90 $2,935 85 Balance to Revenue 64 15 $3,000 00 $3,000 00� Clam Warden Department Salaries and Expenses $3,003 27 Appropriated $3,300 00• Balance. to Revenue 296 73 $3,300 00 $3,300 00 i Board of. Health General Expenses: Appropriated $6,200 00 Salary of Agent $300 00 Services as Board of Health 100 00 Stationery and Post- age 62 30 Printing and Adver- tising 45 25 23 Miscellaneous Expenses 11 67 Quarantine & Contagious Diseases: Hospitals 151 73 Medical Attendance 46 20 Board and Treatment 38 57 Tuberculosis: Board and. Treatment 374 10 Transportation 8 00 Vital Statistics: Births 319 75 Deaths 119 25 Other Expenses: Plumbing Inspector 783 05 Inspection of Meat 750 00 'Inspection of Animals 350 00 Expenses of Plumb- ing Inspector 319 31 Dental Clinics 250 00 Abating Nuisance 50 00 Constable Service 4 00 Vaccination 4 00 $4,087 18 Balance to Revenue 2,112 82 $6,200 00 $6,200 00 Free Bed at Hospital Hospital Charges $500 00 Appropriated $500 00 Mosquito Eradication Labor $956 25 Appropriated $1,000 06 Balance to Revenue 43 75 $1,000 00 $1,000 00 24 Sanitation Labor and Trucks, $4,508 85 Appropriated $5,000 00� Repairs 29 46 Supplies 18 00 $4,556 31 Balance to Revenue 443 69 _ $5,000 00 $5,000 00 Sewerane Committee Balance, Dec. 31, 1928 $110 95 Balance, Jan. 1, 1928 $110 95 Land for Drainage Balance, Vec. 31, 1928 $600 00 Balance, Jan. 1, 1928 $600 00 HIGHWAYS Repairs on Roads and Bridges *Expended $34,962 09 Appropriated $35,000 00 Balance to Revenue 37 91 $35,000 00 $35,000 00 Hyannis-West Yarmouth Road *Expended $4,210 69 Balance, Jan. 1, 1928 $1,563 41 Transferred to 1928 1 Received from State 1,470 63 Construction 293.98 Received from County 1,470.63 $4,504 67 $4,504 67 25 11vannis-W est Barnstable Road *Expended $2,653.92 Appropriated $2,653 92 1927 Construction Transferred to 1928 Construction $1,700 00 F.alance, Jan. 1, 1928 $1,700 00 1.928 Construction *Expendend $61,943.65 Appropriated $60,000 00 Balance to Revenue 50 33 Transfer from 1927 Construction 1,700 00 Transfer from Hyannis Nest Yarmouth Road 293 93 $61,993 9S $61,993 93 Roads Ordered by County Commissioners *Expended $11,977 20 Appropriated $12,000 00 Balance to Revenue 22 SO $12,000 00 $12,000 00 Craiaville Road *Expended- $1,500 00 Appropriated $1,500 00 New .L.a}--Outs *Expended $3,799 81 Appropriated $4,150 00 Balance 350 19 $4,150 00 $4,150 00 26 Parkway Place *Expended $1,599 56 Appropriated $2,000 00 Balance 400 44 $2,000 00 $2,000 00 Grand Island Bridge Balance, Dec. 31, 1928 $449 64 Balance, Jan. 1, 1928 $449 64 Sidewalks *Expended $9,S66 36 Appropriated $10,000 00 Balance to Revenue 133 64 $10,000 00 $10,000 00 Snow and Ice Removal *Expended $3,689 11 Appropriated $3,000 00 Reserve Fund 689 11 $3,689 11 $3,689 11 Dredal.na Lewis Bay Paid to State $15,000 00 Appropriated $15,000 00 Dredging Gotuit Harbor Balance to Revenue, Dec. 31, 1928 $5,000 00 Appropriated $5,000 00 (*For detail of expenses see Report of Surveyor of Highways.) CIJARITIES AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS Department. of Public Welfare Salaries of Overseers $600 00 Appropriated $25,262 00 Printing, Stationery and Checks Returned 71 20 Postage 3 33 Reserve Fund 2,867 58 $603 33 Public Welfare: Cash Aid $10,764 50 Board and Care 3,118 00 Groceries and Provisions 1,910 29 Fuel 1,414.80 Medicine and Medical Attendance 1,190 39 State Institutions 1,078 08 Aid by other Cities and Towns 1,020 81 Clothing 222 98 Rent 121 50 Miscellaneous Expenses 62 00 $20,903 35 Infirmary: Groceries and Provisions $2,522 83 Fuel and Light 844 12 Salary of Superintendent 600 00 Dry Goods and Clothing 559 56 Supplies, Furniture and Fuildings 555 25 Hay and Grain 489 11G Animals 270 00 Other Employees 240 00 Medicine and Medical Attendance 212 04 Labor 200 99 _.,,,dn Supplies 90 28 Telephone 72 77 Miscellaneous Expenses 37 00 $6,694 10 $28,200 78 $28,200 78 4 23 Mothers' Aid Cash Aid $1,331 00 Appropriated $2,625 00 Aid by other Cities and Towns 500 67 Medicine and Medical Attendance 25 00 Groceries and Provisions 19 04 Fuel 16.15 $1,891 86 Balance to Revenue 733 14 $2,625 00 �2,625 00 State Aid Cash Aid $156 00 Appropriated $300 00 Balance to Revenue 144 00 $300 00 $300 00 Soldiers' Relief and Military Aid Cash Aid $3,596 00 Appropriated $3,300 00 Groceries and Provisions 174 09 Reserve Fund 750 49 Military Cash Aid 165 00 Medicine and Medical Attendance 63 00 Fual 52 40 $4,050 49 $4,050 49 Heating Plant, at Infirmary As per Contract $1,974 00 Appropriated $2,000 00 Balance to Revenue 26 00 $2,000 00 $2,000 00 29 Schools General Expenses: Appropriated $149,115 00 I Superintendent's Dog Money 1,175 29 Salary $4,616 64 Cobb Fund 404 32 - Superintendent's Clerk 1,362 39 Check Returned 20 00 Clerk at High School 1,029 58 Traveling Expense of Teachers and Superintendent 955 15 Telephone 433 83 Printing, Stationery and Postage 306 52 School Census 100 00 Miscellaneous Expenses 92 07 Expense of School Committee 51 40 Truant Officers 46 75 $8,994 33 Teachers' Salaries: Elementary $39,135 25 High 37,470. 00 Physical Instructors 4,040 00 Music and Drawing 3,720 00 Manual Training 2,620 00 Evening School 638 30 $87,62:3 55 Text Books and Supplies: High $4,519 97 Elementary 2,879 29 Evening 17 16 $7,416 42 Transportation of Scliolars $19,240 00 30 Janitors: Elementary $5,675 94 High 3,343 59 $9,019 53 Maintenance of Build- ings & Grounds: Elementary: Repairs $2,115 18 Janitor's Supplies 717 71 Miscellaneous Expenses 106 87 $2,939 76 High: Repairs $831 06 Janitor's Supplies 282 79 Miscellaneous Expenses 98 24 $1,212 09 School Nurse: Salary $1,686 32 Nurse's Car 262 33 Nurse's Supplies 72 88 $2,021 53 Other Expenses: Fuel $6,925 19 New Equipment and Furniture 2,088 07 Athletics 1,086 31 Electricity 988 35 Permanent Improvement 521 70 Water 475 56 Diplomas & Gradu- ation 158 92 $12,244 10 $150,711 31 Balance to Revenue 3 30 $150,714 61 $150,714 61 31 Tra.inina School. Addition Expended $7,033 53 Balance, Jan. 1, 1928 $7,387 83 Balance to Revenue 354 30 $7,387 83 $7,387 83 New Hiah School Addition Expenses of Committee $60 55 Appropriated $175,000 00 Balance $174,939 45 $175,000 00 $175,000 00 Librz�ries Divided among Libraries Appropriated $1,000 00 as follows: Hyannis $300 00 Osterville 175 00 Cotuit 150 00 Centerville 125 00 Marstons Mills 100 00 Barnstable 75 00 West Barnstable 75 00 $1,000 00 $1,000 00 Park Commission Labor $1,189 43 Appropriated $2,750 00 Grading and Wall at Reserve Fund 33 17 Training School 1,133 76 Trucks 199 24 Fertilizer, Stone, etc 175 86 Trees 65 38 Printing and Advertising 11 00 Equipment 8 50 $2,783 17 $2,783 17 32 Planning Board Salaries for 10 months: Appropriated $10,000 00 Engineer $3,750 00 Draughtsman 2,383 30 Clerk 883 13 Surveying 469 55 Plans Purchased 200 00 Stationery and Postage 133 22 Transportation 116 06 Telephone 33 05 Dues Federation 15 00 $7,983 31 Balance to Revenue 2,016 69 $10,000 00 $10,000 00 Recreation Committee Hyannis Athletic Appropriated $3,000 00 Association $1,500 00 Osterville Athletic Association 1,500 00 $3,000 00 $3,000 00 Memorial Day Barnstable Soldiers' Memo- rial Association $500 00 Appropriated $500 00 Rent for G. A. R. Rent for Hall $80 00 Appropriated $80 00 Craigville Beach Paid for Land Damage $2,268 95 Ealance, Jan. 1, 1928 $2,268 95 33 Land Damage—Jones' Corner Paid for Damage $2,307 42 Appropriated $2,311 00 Balance to Revenue 3 58 $2,311 00 $2,311 00 Land Damage—New Lay-Outs Paid for Damage $1,068 00 Appropriated $1,075 00 Balance to Revenue 7 00 $1,075 '00 $1,075 00 Unclassified Expenses Insurance $4,596 24 Appropriated $8,050 00 Printing Town Reports 1,178 00 Traffic Signs 1,100 00 Stenographer at Town Meeting 295 00 Paid for Land Damage 252 50 Repairs and Labor on Wharves 147 21 Recording Deeds, Plans, etc. 46.57 Printing By-Laws 43 50 Dog Tags 27 50 Miscellaneous Expenses 24 00 Harbor Masters 12 00 Rent for Hearing 10 00 $7,732 52 Balance to Revenue 317 48 $8,050 00 $8,050 00 34 Bills Approved at Town Meeting School Survey $300 00 Appropriated $548 00 Barnstable Wharf 168 00 Rent for American Legion 40 00 Moderator at Annual Meeting 40 00 $548 00 $548 00 Reserve Fund Transferred to: Appropriated $5,000 00 Public Welfare $2,867 58 Soldiers' Relief 750 49 Snow and Ice Removal 689 11 Police Department 632 53 Park Commission 33 17 $4,972 88 Balance to Revenue 27 12 $5,000 00 $5,000 00 Cemeteries Grading, etc., Hyannis Appropriated $3,000 00 Cemetery $1,862 60 Labor ' 658 30 Surveying 112 20 $2,633 10 Balance to Revenue 366 90 $3,000 00 $3,000 00 Cobb Burial Lot Care of Lot $5 00 Income Cobb rund $5 00 35 Interest Revenue Loans $7,413 94 Appropriated $16,000 00 High School Loan 4,080 00 Town Office Loan 2,400 00 Training School Loan 1,400 00 Hyannis Main Street Loan 165 00 $15,458 94 Balance to Revenue 541 06 $16,000 00 $16,000 00 Debt Town Office Loan $15,000 00 Appropriated $38,000 00 High School Loan 15,000 00 Training School Loan 7,000 00 Hyannis Main Street . Loan 1,000 00 $38,600 00 $38,000 00 Trust Funds Invested: Deposited for Per- Cemetery Perpetual petual care of Care Fund $1,623 57 Burial Lots $1,223 57 Bonds Matures 400 00 $1,623 57 $1,623 57 36 ` Trust Fund Income Care of Burial Lots $1,139 39 Cemetery P. C. Fund $1,256 28 Interest on Cobb Fund 409 32 Cobb Fund 361 66 Sturgis Fund: Sturgis Fund 200 00 Paid to the Selectmen 200 00 School Fund 67 85 Marston Fund: Marstons Fund' 23 83 Centerville School 22 50 Withdrawn from Funds Added to Funds: Cemetery P. C. Fund 390 27 Cemetery P. C. Fund 390 27 Marstons Fund 22 50 School Fund 67 85 Marston Fund 23 83 $2,253 16 Balance to Revenue 69 23 $2,322 39' $2,322 39 37 SUMMARY OF CASH ACCOUNT Jan. 1, 1928 Cash on hand $9,224 01 Receipts 1927 Taxes $56,408 53 1928 Taxes 464,405 42 $520,813 95 Revenue Loans 315,000 00 Estimated Receipts 82,717 84 Refund on account of Elections 10 00 Refund on account of Municipal Buildings 34 81 Refund on account of Police 95 46 Refund on account of Hyannis-West Yarmouth Road (State) 1,470 63 Refund on account of Hyannis-West Yarmouth Road (County) 1,470 63 Refund on account of Public Welfare 71 20 Refund on account of Schools 20 00 Dog money 1,175 29 Income Cobb Fund 409 32 Trust Fund Income 2,322 39 Trust Funds 1,623 57 $927,235 15 $936,459 16 38 Expenditures Revenue Loans $315,000 00 State and County Taxes 86,233 57 Taxes refunded 304 10 Selectmen's D6pt. 7,808 69 Assessors' Dept. 4,702 05 Town Clerk and Treas- urer's Dept, 4,463 91 Tax Collector's Dept. 2,704 92 Financial Dept. 26 00 Legal Dept. 773 91 Election Dept. 2,845 79 Municipal Bldgs. 4,929 64 Expenses of Finance Committee 21-7 50 Police Dept. 19,977 99 Inspection of Wires 1,000 00 Sealing of W. & M. 1,882 71 Moth Dept. 7,499 81 Tree Warden Dept. 2,624 62 Town Forest 500 00 Brushing Roads .223 00 Fires 2,935 85 Clam Warden 3,003 27 Board of Health 4,087 18 Free Bed at Hospital 500 00 Mosquito Eradication 956 25 Sanitation 4,556 31 Repairs on Roads and Bridges 34,962 09 Hyannis-West Barn- stable Road 2,653 92 39 Hyannis-Nest Yar- mouth Road 4,210- 69 1928 Construction 61,943 65 Roads ordered by County Commrs. 11,977 20 Craigville Road 1,500 00 New Lay-outs 3,799 81 Parkway Place 1,599 56 Dredging Lewis Bay 15,000 00 Sidewalks 9,866 36 Snow and Ice Removal 3,689 11 Dept. Public Welfare 28,200 78 Mothers' Aid 1,891 86 State Aid 156 00 Soldiers' Relief 4,050 49 Heating Plant at Infirmary 1,974 00 School Dept. 150,711 31 Libraries 1,000 00 Training School Addition 7,033 53 New High School 60 55 Bills approved at Town Meeting 548 00 Park Commission 2,783 17 Unclassified Expenses 7,732 52 Memorial Day 500 00 Craigville Beach 2,268 95 Rent for G. A. R. 80 00 Planning Board 7,983 31 Recreation Committee 3,000 00 Land Damage— Jones Corner 2,307 42 40 New Lay-outs 1,068 00 Care Cobb Lot 5 00 Cemeteries 2,633 10 Interest 15,458 94 Debt 38,000 00 Trust Fund Income ' 2,253 16 Trust Funds 1,623 57 $914,283 12 Dec. 31, Balance in Treasury 22,176 04 $936,459 16 NON-REVENUE ACCOUNTS Net Bonded Debt Jan. 1, 1928 Balance $200,000 00 Notes Paid $38,000 00 Balance 162,000 00 $200,000 00 $200,000 00 Notes Payable Hyannis Main Street: Net Bonded Debt $162,000 00 1929 $1,000 00 1930 1,000 00 $2,000 00 New High School: 1929 15,000 00 1930 15,000 00 1931 15,000 00 1932 15,000 00 1933 15,000 00 1934 12,000 00 87,000 00 41 Town Office Bldg: 1929 15,000 00 1930. 15,000 00 1931. 15,000 00 45,000 00 Training School Bldg: 1929 7,000 00 1930 71000 00 1931 7,000 00 1932 7,000 00 28,000 00 $162,000 00 $162,000 00 TRUST FUNDS Trust Fund Cash and Securities Jan. 1, 1928 Balance $48,794 51 Balance $50,087 26 Added to Funds: Cemetery (Net) 1,223 57 School 67 85 Marston (Net) 1 33 $50,087 26 $50,087 26 Cobb Fund Balance $10,233 00 Jan. 1, 1928, Balance $10,233 00 Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund Balance $33,769 60 Jan. 1,1928, Balance $32,546 03 Receipts 1,223 57 $33,769 60 $33,769 60 Sturgis Fund Balance $4,000 00 Jan. 1, 1928, Balance $4,000 00 42 School Fund Balance $1,559 31 Jan. 1, 1928, Balance $1,491 46 Receipts 67 85 $1,559 31 $1,559 31 Marston Fund Balance $525 35 Jan. 1, 1928, Balance $524 02 Receipts 1 33 • $525 35 $525 35 43 LIST OF BURIAL LOT FUNDS HELD IN TRUST BY THE TOWN Estate of: A. C. Adams 125 00 Josiah Ames 75 00 Robert Bacon - 500 00 H. H. Baker, Jr. 100 00 H. H. Baker, Sr. 100 00 Luther Baker 150 00 Adeline Bearse 50 00 Adeline F. Bearse 100 00 Arthur Bearse 100 00 Cordelia S. Bearse 150 00 Elisha B. Bearse 100 00 Flora A. Bearse 125 00 Nelson Bearse 360 00 Richard Bearse 100 00 Eben Bodfish 50 00 William I. Bodfish 100 00 Christina H. Bodge 99 00 Lydia F. Bourne 100 00 David Bursley 200 00 Warren Cammett and A. A. Cram 150 00 Allan J. Chase 200 00 Thomas Chatfield 100 00 Augustine F. Childs 150 00 Mercy T. Cobb 100 00 Foster Crocker 108 35 Henry E. Crocker 300 00 Loring and Nathan Crocker 300 00 Sylvia Crocker 400 00 44 Am.wida Crosby 60 00 Daniel Crosby 200 00 Eleanor Crosby 200 00 Gorham F. Crosby 200 00 Julia Crosby 100 00 Ebenezer Crowell 200 00 Ell;a.t ah Crowell 200 00 Henry L. Davis 200 00 J. A. Davis 300 00 Jane E. Edson 300 00 Jarvis R. Fish 100 00 Lydia S. Fish 100 00 Nellie A. Fish 100 00 Ida 1). Frost 950 00 David Fuller 200 00 Herschel Fuller 100 00 Lavina H. Fuller 100 00 Stephen B. Fuller 200 00 Sumner Gorham 100 00 Franklin B. Goss 300 00 Wm. I+. M. Goss 300 00 Daniel B. Hallett 1.00 00 Gorham Hallett 100 00 'Samuel H. Hallett 150 00 Lydia T. Hamblin 100 00 Deborah C. Handy 200 00 Eliza M. Handy 278 37 James H. Handy 100 00 Hannah Haywood 100 00 Martha G. Higgins 100 00 Edward B. and Ruth F. Hinckley 100 00 Gustavus A. Hinckley 125 00 Josiah Hinckley 200 00 Josiah Hinckley and Abby Hinckley 408 98 45 Mary C. 1Iinckley 100 00 Jehiel. P. Hodges 150 00 Charlotte Holin 200 00 Edwin T. HoNvland 103 50 William C. Howland 200 00 Oliver C. Hoxi.e 100 00 Mary E. Huckins 100 00 P. G. Kelley 150 00 Mary E. Lewis 150 00 P. G. Lothrop 200 00. George Lovell. 243 17 Cyrenus Lovell 100 00 Hannah Lovell 150 00 Jacob Lovell 50 00 Lizzie E. Lovell 200 00 Medora M. Lovell 100 00 O. D. Lovell 500 00 William S. Lumbert 100 00 A. D. Makepeace 500 00 John Munroe 100 00 Hannah E. Nickerson 500 00 John Norris200 00 Mary M. Nye 150 00 Harriet S. Parker 100 00 Sarah A. Parker 200 00 William B. Parker 100 00 William H. Parker 200 Op Thomas Pattison 100 00 Harrison G. Phinney 150 00 Joseph L. Proctor 100 00 Patrick Regan 200 00 Nelson Rhodehouse 100 00 Oliver H. Sawyer 100 00 H. A. Scudder 100 00 46 Nelson Scudder 200 00 Charles H. Smith 200 00 Fred L. Stimpson 200 00 William W. Sturgis 75 00 Henry L. Swain 90 00 Timothy Swinerton 100 00 Freeman Taylor 100 00 R. M. Waite 300 00 Robinson Weeks 353 73 T. V. West 74 50 Hannah Wheeler 200 00 Asenith Whelden 600 00 S. Whelden 200 00 J. R. Wilson 100 00 Herbert W. York 200 ,00 Centerville Beechwood Cemetery Asso. 2,475 00 Hyannis Oak Grove Cemetery Asso. 11,500 00 $33,769 60 C CV c d+ tc aO to C L CYJ O * t— co p cc O cV N CV C N CV CV ri L^^ ri u', O CrJ CrJ di CrJ t0 GV L CfJ � lfJ O di d'• � rn cfl di di CeD W � ' W 4� U a 5:; -4� U1 r 17 a U O tt U GO 0 cCQ 0. 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WADDELL, Director of Accounts. Mr. Theodore N. Waddell, Director of Accounts, Department of Corporations and Taxation, State House, Boston. Sir: As directed by you I have made an audit of the books. and accounts of the town of Barnstable for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1927, and report thereon as follows:- 50 The financial transactions of the town, as recorded on the books of the several departments receiving or disburs- ing money for the town or committing bills for collection, were examined and checked with the books of the account- ing officer. `t The books and accounts of the accounting officer were examined and checked, the reported receipts being checked with the financial records of the several departments collect- ing money for the town and with the treasurer's books. The payments recorded on the ledger of the accounting officer were checked to the warrants authorizing disburse- ments and with the treasurer's cash book. An analysis of the ledger «as made for the audit per- iod, and a balance sheet, showing the financial condition of the town as of December 31, 1927, was prepared and is appended to this report. The appropriation accounts were examined and check- ed with the appropriations, transfers, and loans voted by the town as shown by the town clerk's records. The payments of debt and interest were checked with the amounts falling due and were found to be correct. The books and accounts of the treasurer were examined and checked. The footings of the cash book were proved, .the reported receipts were checked with the records of the departments making payments to the treasurer. The cash balance as,of February 29, 1928, was verified by a reconciliation of the bank account with a statement furnished by the bank, there being no cash in the office. A reconciliation of the treasurer's cash is shown in a table which is part of this report. 51 The trust funds in the custody of the treasurer were examined in detail, the securities being verified and listed. The receipts and disbursements of the several. funds were checked and found to be correct. The books and accounts of the tax collector were ex- amined and checked. The commitment books for 1927 taxes were analyzed and proved, the abatements were checked with the assessors' record of abatements granted, and the payments to the treasurer were checked with the treasur- er's cash book. In footing the collector's cash book it was found that he had overpaid the treasurer$126.72 on the levy of 1927. The outstanding accounts were verified by mailing ver- ification notices to a number. of persons whose names ap- peared on the books as owing money to the town, and from the replies received it appears that the accounts are correct as listed. t The books and records of the town clerk were examined in detail. The recorded receipts on account of licenses were checked to the license stubs, the payments to the state and county treasurers were proved, and the cash on hand was verified by an actual count. The selectmen's record of licenses granted was found to be inadequate and it was therefore not possible to secure a satisfactory check of the licenses issued. On the date of the audit there were a number of licenses issued for which no money has been collected, a detailed list of which has been given to the selectmen with a view to securing prompt col- lection. It is recommended that the issuing and subsequent bill- ing of licenses be discontinued and that collections be made prior to the issuance of licenses. 52 The departmental accounts receivable were examined and checked. It is recommended that, in the future, all. de- partmental ,pills be committed for collection and that the accounting officer be notified promptly of all bills sent out for collection. The fin.an.cial. records of the public welfare department were examined. It is recommended. that the correct amounts due the town from the State be ascertained and that a de- tailed record of th.e billing and collections be kept in the future. In addition to the departments mentioned, the accounts of all other departments coll.ectii..ig money for the town were examined and checked. It eras noted in several cases that departments turn their receipts over to the treasurer yearly, in which connection it is recommended that all mon- eys collected for the torn be turned over to the treasurer at least monthly. The surety bonds of .the treasurer and the tax collector were examined and found to be in proper form. Tables showing summaries of the tax accounts and of the various departmental accounts axe appended to this re- port. For the co-operation and courtesy extended by the department officials during the audit, I wish, on behalf of my assistants and for myself, to express appreciation. Respectfully submitted, EDWARD H. FENTON, Chief Accountant. 53 TOWN CLERK'S REPORT ANNUAL 'TOWN MEETING March 5 and 6, 1928 At a. meeting of the inhabitants of the 'Town of Barn- stable qualified to vote on town affairs held in the different precincts nained iu the Warrant for said meeting, for the election of officers, etc., on. Monday, March 5, 1928,. while acting under the folJoiving article: ARTICLE 1. To 'choose a Moderator for the subsequent meeting; One Selectman for three years; One Assessor for three years; One Auditor for one year; One School Committee for three years; One Collector of Taxes for three years; One member of the Board of Health for three years; One Tree Warden for one year; One Park Commissioner for three years; One member of the Planning Board for five years; and to elect any other officers whose names may be on the official ballot. The whole number of votes cast was 1,657 which being assorted and counted according to law, the result was found to be as follows: Moderator at Annual Town Meeting `Edward C. Hinckley .......................--...--.......---.........................------......_. 1308 J. Lester Howland ........................................................ ............................... 2 Collen *C. Campbell ......................................................................................... 1 54 Selectman (Three Years) *William Lovell --------------------.......................................................... 1333 FrankG. Thacher .. ------------............................................................................ 1 Assessor (Three Years) *William Lovell .................................................................................................. 1258 FrankG. Thacher ------------------.............................................................................. 1 WilliamA. Jones ..............-..........................................------------------------------------- 1 WilliamP. Saint ------ ---------------------------••-•--•------.........--••-•--••----------------------------.._ 1 Tax Collector. (Three Years) *Everett F. Fuller .----•---•...................................................................................... 763 JohnP. Bowen ................................................................_...............................—.... 623 HowardG. Lumbert ...:.........................................._............._.........._:..__. _ 131 Herbert E. Cook ................... EdgarF. Weeks .........._............................_.---------..-------.---•. 17 Auditor (One Year) *John Bursley ........................................-.............._..........................._........... 1251 School Committee (Three years) *Edward C. Hinckley •.............................................._..------.-------------.:._ 860, JohnE. Hinckley ........................................................._... ___._ 760 WilliamA. Jones .........................................................._....._.._.._...._.......---- 1 Collen C. Campbell ........................-.............................-...... � Board of Health (Three Years) *G. Webster Hallett ....-........................................_............_.-_.......... 126a Charles E. Harris ................_-.............. _ 1 Edward Childs ....................._........_._......--.._....._.._ 1 55 Tree Warden (One fear) 'Robert F. Cross ........................................... ............................................... 1295 Park Commissioner (Three Fears) 'Jean G. Hinkle ................................................................................................. 1275 NelsonPerr\ ............... ................ .......- ................................. ...................... 1 Planning Board (Five Years) RobertF. Cross --------------•................. ............................................... 1187 AndrewKerr ................................................. - .......................... ............ 1 ('Elected)1 The subsequent meeting will be held at the Hyannis Theatre, Hyannis, on Tuesday, March 6th, at 9:00 o'clock A. M. THE SUBSEQUENT MEETING In accordance with the Warrant, the Subsequent Meet- ing was held at the Hyannis Theatre, Hyannis, on Tuesday, March 6, 1928. The meeting was called to order at nine o'clock A. M. by the Town Clerk who read the Warrant and the result of the previous day's voting. The respective officers were declared elected. Dr. Edward C. Hinckley was then qualified as Moder- ator and took charge of the meeting. 56 Prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. Vassar. The following tellers were appointed and sworn by the Moderator: William G. Currier Max Malchman Charles E. Doubtfire Emil Rodin Burleigh D. Leonard Mrs. William Lovell Clarence A. Crowell 1llrs.William F. Hallett Howard G. Lumbert Percy E. Brown Burleigh Savery ARTICLE 2. To elect all other necessary Town. Officers for- the ensuing year. None Elected. ARTICLE 3. To hear and act upon the reports of the various- Town officers, also to hear the report of any Committees, and to, take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. It was voted to accept the reports of the Town Officers. and various committees as printed in the Town Report. ARTICLE 4. To receive and act upon the accounts of all per- sons to whom the Town is indebted. It was voted to pay the following bills: American'Legion—Rent $40 00 Thomas Construction Co.,—on account of Barnstable Wharf 168 00 L. Leland Dudley, Jr.,—services for the Joint Committee on account of High School the 300 00— $508 00, 57 ARTICLE 5. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the following purpose for the ensuing' year: Payment of Debt; Interest; Financial Department; Town, Clerk and Treasurer's Department; Selectmen's Department; Tax Collector's Department; Assessors' Department; Election Depart- ment; Municipal Buildings; Legal Department; Moth Department; Tree Warden Department; Clam Warden Department; Inspection of Wires; Sealing of Weights and Measures; Fires; Police De- partment; Board of Health; Sanitation; Repairs on Roads and Bridges; Snow and Ice Removal; Sidewalks; Mothers' Aid; Depart- ment of Public Welfare; State Aid; Soldiers' Relief; School De- partment; Reserve Fund; Park Commission; Unclassified Ex- penses; Cemeteries; Rent for G. A. R.; Expenses of the Finance Committee and for all other legal expenses. The following appropriations were voted: Payment of Debt $35,000 00 Interest 14,000 00 Financial Dept. 100 00 Town Clerk and 'Treasurer's Dept. 4,500 00 Expenses of Finance Committee 225 00 Selectmen's Dept. 8,325 00 Assessors' Dept. 4,725 00 Tax Collectors Dept. 2,755 00 Election Dept, 3,030 00 Municipal. Buildings 5,210 00 Legal Dept. S00 00 Moth Dept. 7,500 00 Tree Warden Dept. 2,625 00 Clam Warden Dept. 3,300 00 Inspection of Wires 1000 00 Sealing of Weights an.cl Measures 1.,925 00 Fires 2,000 00 Police Dept. 1.9,250 00 Board of Health 6,200 00 58 Sanitation 5,000 00 Repairs on Roads and Bridges 35,000. 00 Snow and Ice Removal 3,000 00 Sidewalks 10,000 00 Mothers' Aid 2,625 00 Soldiers' Relief and Military Aid 3,300 00 Dept. of Public Welfare and Infirmary 25,262 00 State Aid . 300 00 School Dept. 149,11-5 00 Reserve Fund 5,000 00 Park Coinmission 2,750 00 Unclassified Dept. 8,050 00 Cemeteries 3,000 00 Rent for G. A. R. SO 00 $377,952 00 ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year. Voted that the Town 'Treasurer, .with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized: to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year begin- ning January 1st, 1928 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year. Any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year. (Unanimous). ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money on and after January 1st, 1929, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1st, 1929. Voted that the Town 'Treasurer, with the approval of 59 the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money on and after January 1st, 1929 in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1st, 1929 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year. Any debt or debts incurred raider this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year. (Unanimous). ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to apply Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) of the surplus in the Town Treasury toward the tax levy for 1928, or take.any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted that the Selectmen be authorized to apply Fif- teen Thousand Dollars ($15,000.00) of the surplus in the Town Treasury toward the tax levy for 1928. ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to make such leases as in their opinion will be for the best interest of the'Town and to confirm all leases heretofore given. Voted that the Selectmen be so authorized. ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will indemnify the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts against any and all claims for land, grade and drainage damages which may be caused by or result from the laying out, construction or reconstruction of any State Highway in the Town during the present year, and will authorize the Board of Selectmen to sign an indemnity agreement in behalf of the Town or take any action in respect thereto. Voted that this article be adopted and the Selectmen be so authorized. ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the proper observance of Memorial Day .and to act fully thereon. r 60 Voted to raise and appropriate th.e sum of $500.00 for this purpose and that the same be placed in the hands of the Barnstable Soldiers' Memorial. Association. ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for the purpose of buying books for the several Public Libraries in the Town and that this amount be apportioned by a Committee consist- ing of one person from each precinct to be named by the Moderator. (By request of John Bursley, et al). Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1000.00 for this purpose. The following Committee was appointed: John Bursl ey Miss Diary Mortimer G. Webster Hallett Edward F. Maher Howard G. Lumbert ' Dr. J. Haydn Higgins Alexander. S. Childs ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500 00) pro- viding the. Massachusetts Forestry Association will provide a like amount, the same to be used for brushing of old roads, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. It was voted to take uja Article 49 in connection with this article and the sum of $500.00 was appropriated. ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate One Tbousand Dollars ($1,000.00) for the purpose of mosquito eradi- cation work to be directed by a committee of five to be named by the Moderator, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act. fully thereon. (By request of the Committee on Mosquito Eradica- tion Work.) 61 [t was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1000.00 for these purposes and the following Committee was named by the Moderator: Dr. A. P. Gott Charles H. Brown Chester Bearse G. Webster Hallett John Bursley ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00) for the purpose of grading and improving the new park at the foot of Ocean Street, Hyannis, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (By request of the Park Commission). A motion to raise $12,000.00 for the purposes mentioned in this article was voted down.. Yes-1.33 No-260 ARTICLE, 16. To see if the. Town will vote to accept the be- quest of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) which was left the Town under the will of the late Desmond Fitzgerald towards the purchase of land in the vicinity of the Registry of Deeds in the Village of Barnstable for the purpose of preserving the view toward the bay, said land when secured to be kept open as a reservation for the benefit of the public or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. I:nclefinitely postponed: ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will vote. to raise and ap- propriate a sum not to exceed Five Hundred Dollars ($500 00) to be paid to the Cape Cod Hospital for the establishment and mainten- ance of a free bed in the hospital for care and treatment of persons certified by the Selectmen to be residents of the Town and unable 62 to pay for such care and treatment, in accordance with Section 74, of Chapter 3 of the General Laws, or take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. (By request of E. F. Maher). Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for these purposes in accordance with this article. ARTICLE 18. To see if the. Town will vote to accept Section 143, Chapter 130, relating to cultivating shell fish, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Indefinitely postponed. ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to acquire by purchase, right of eminent domain or otherwise, for Municipal purposes, the following described property, viz: A certain parcel of land situated on the Southerly side of Main Street, - iii said Hyannis, and is bounded and described as follows: North- erly by said Main Street, about eighty-eight (88) feet; Easterly by land of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, about three hundred (300) feet; Southerly by land of the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts about eighty-eight (88)jee.t; Westerly by land of the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts and by land of the Town of Barnsta- ble about three hundred (300) feet. Said land being formerly owned by Mary E. Smith. To take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to take this article up in connection with Article 20. ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise or bor- row and appropriate a suin of money not to exceed Eleven Thou- sand Three Hundred and Thirty-three Dollars and Thirty-four Cents ($11,333.34) for the purpose of acquiring the property described in the preceding article, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (Petition of William Lovell, et al.). Articles 19 and 20 were taken up together and indefi- 63 nitely postponed. A motion to reconsider this vote vas voted down. ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will elect a Director for the Cape Cod Extension Service. It vas voted to elect Mr. S. Fremont Crocker a Direc- tor of the Cape Cod Extension Service. ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will vote to construct of sand and asphalt or otherwise improve the road leading from the junction of the roads near the Congregational Church in West Barnstable, Westerly and Northerly to a point on the State High- way near the residence of Benjamin Blossom and raise and appro- priate or issue its notes, bonds or script for a sum of money not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for the purpose or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Indefinitely postponed. ' ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum.of money not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for the hardening, macadamizing or the making of specific repairs on the Town way in Hyannisport called "Squaw's Island Road." (Petition of Ernest S. Bradford et al.). Indefinitely postponed. ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money not to exceed Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) for the purpose of reconstructing a piece of Town Highway known as entrance to Craigville, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Voted to raise and appropriate the stun of $1500.00 for the purpose of constructing-this piece of road. 64 ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or issue its notes, bonds or script for the sum of Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000.00) as recommended by the Road Com- mittee to be expended approximately as follows: 1, Sealcoating $3,500.00; 2, Scudder Avenue or Makepeace Farm Road, Hyannis, $12,0.00.00; 3, Sandy Street, West Barnstable, $6,000.00; 4, Newtown Road, Marstons Mills, $6,000,00; 5, Washington Avenue, Hyannis- port, $5,000.00; 6, North Street, Hyannis, $4,500.00; 7, Rushy Marsh Road, Cotuit, $5,000.00; 8, Cemetery Road, Osterville, $2,000.00; 9, Race Lane, $10,000.00; 10, Mill Way, Barnstable, $3,000.00; 11, Phinney's Lane, Centerville, $3,000.00; or to take any . action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (Recommenda- tion of the Road Committee). Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $60,000.00 for these purposes to be expended as recommended in the article. It was also voted that the same Road Committee be con- tinued with the addition of Mr. Fred S.-Jenkins of West Barnstable. ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and•appro- priate or issue its notes, bonds or script for a sum not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for draining and otherwise im- proving a road leading from Main Street in the village of Hyannis, from a point near the residence of C. Mervyn Eldredge, southerly and easterly to ]Pay View Street, or take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (Petition of William B. Gove, et al). Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $2000.00 for these purposes. ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of constructing a sidewalk on the North side of the State Highway near Jones' Corner, so-called, in West Barnstable and to take any necessary action in relation 65 thereto and to act fully thereon. (Petition of Martin Wirtaneu et als). It was voted that the Highway Surveyor be instructed to use a proper amount and make a safe sidewalk at .the place mentioned in this article. ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a com- mittee of fifteen, three from Hyannis and two from each of the other precincts, with authority to draft and submit to the voters a plan or plans of reorganization of the management of the Town of Barnstable under some form of central control, to the end that the expense of Town government may be lowered and the form of Town government may be bettered, and to present to the voters of the Town such plan or plans at a special meeting called for that purpose. The form as then revised shall be submitted to the con- sideration of the Legislature and, if acceptable to said Legislature, either by general or special acts, be submitted to the Town for acceptance at the next regular election, and to take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. (Petition of Roscoe W. Hamblin et als). Indefinitely postponed. ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 83, Section 12, namely:—If a city council or a Town accepts this section or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, the Board of Health may require the owner or occupant of an estate which, drains into a private drain in a public or private way to put such drain in good repair and condition. If he fails to comply with said order within ten days after notice thereof, he shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty dollars ($20.00) for every day during which such failure continues. Tabled. ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the cultivation, propagation and pro- 66 tection of shell fish, and authorize the Selectmen to declare from time to time a closed season for shell fish in accordance with the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 130, Section 143, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Indefinitely postponed. ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate Thirty-five Thousand Dollars (35,000.00) and issue its notes, bonds or script for One Hundred and Ninety Thousand Dollars )190,000.00) for the purpose of constructing and equipping an addition to -the present High School, together with the neces- sary renovations, or otherwise to house Grades 7 to 12, inclusive and the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, is hereby authorized to issue notes or bonds therefor, payable within twenty years, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (Requested by the School Committee, Finance Committee, and the Planning Board, acting as a Joint Committee). The report of the Committee was read and accepted. A motion to raise $225,000.00 of which $35,000.00 was to be raised by direct taxation this year and $190,000.00 by the issuance of notes was not carried as a two-thirds vote was necessary. Yes-228 No-176 It was then voted to raise and appropriate Thirty-five Thousand Dollars ($35,000.00) and issue notes, bonds or script of the Towri for One Hundred and Forty Thousand Dollars ($140,000.00) for the purpose of constructing and equipping an addition to the present High School, together with the necessary renovations, or otherwise to house Grades 7 to 12 inclusive, and the Treasurer, with the ap- proval of the Selectmen, is hereby authorized to issue notes or bonds therefor, payable within twenty years. Yes-376 No-4 67 ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a Com- mittee to consist of the members of the School Committee, two members of the Finance Committee and two members of the Plan- ning Board to be selected by the Chairman of the Respective Com- mittees with full power to carry out the vote on the foregoing arti- cle or to take any action in relation thereto, or to act fully thereon. (Requested by the School Committee, Finance Committee and the Planning Board, acting as a Joint Committee). It was voted that the Chair appoint a Committee of seven to retire and bring in names for a Building Committee of five. The Chair appointed the following Committee: Charles W. Mega.thlin G. Webster Hallett John D. W. Bodfish ' Charles E. Doubtfire Burleigh Savery S. Fremont Crocker Andrew Kerr They returned the following who were elected a Build- ing Committee: Charles E. Doubtfire Stuart Scudder Andrew Kerr James F, McLaughlin Zebina H. Jenkins ARTICLE 33. To see if the. Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of 'money not to exceed Twelve Thousand Dollars ($12,000.00) for the purpose of carrying out the orders of the Coun- ty Commissioners regarding the construction of roads, fences, and bridges, to act fully thereon or to take any necessary action in re- lation thereto. (Petition of L. M. Crocker, Surveyor of Highwaysl: 6s Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $f2,000.00 for these purposes. ARTICLE 34. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate or issue its notes, bonds or script for a sum not to exceed Seven Thousand Dollars-($7,000.00) for the. purpose of constructing a garage or storage shed for the Highway Department; or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. (Petition of L. M. Crocker, Surveyor of Highways). Was not carried. ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of Two Thousand Six Hundred and Fifty-three Dollars and Ninety-two Cents ($2,653.92) for the purpose of paying the bill contracted by the Town for the patching of the new West Barnstable-Hyannis Road to act fully thereon or to take any necessary action. (Petition of L. M. Crocker, Surveyor of High- ways). Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $2653.92 for this purpose. ARTICLE 36. To see what action the town will take in rela- tion to be adoption of the following proposed By-Law, viz: Section 1. The Town of Barnstable is hereby divided into dis- tricts to be known respectively as non-residence districts and resi- dence districts, as follows: Non-Residence Districts shall com- prise all lands which at the time this By-Law becomes effective are used for any business or industry other than farming, truck gard- ening, the growing of trees, shrubs, vines or plants, and the rais- ing of animals. Residence Districts shall comprise all areas not included in Non-Residence Districts. Section 2. Except as hereinafter provided, no parcel of land lying in any Residence District and not at the time this.;By-Law be-. _ comes effective devoted to any business or industry, other than those specified in Section 1, shall hereafter be used for any busi- 69 ness or industry, or for any purpose except for residence or pour- poses of buildings appurtenant thereto, or for churches, schools and similar non-commercial or non-industrial buildings, and no permit shall be issued for the erection, alteration or conversion of any building for or to any such prohibited use upon any such parcel, except as hereinafter provided. Section 3. A permit may be issued for the erection in any Residence District of a building for the purpose of any business or industry or for the alteration of conversion of a building in such District for or to such purpose, if the Selectmen shall, after public hearing, so order, as heeinafte.r provided. Section 4. No permit shall be granted under the foregoing section except after a public hearing before the Selectmen, as hereinbefore provided. Notice of said hearing shall be given by publication of the time and place thereof in a local newspaper not less than two weeks before said hearing, the expense of such pub- lication to be borne by the petitioner. After such hearing the Sel- ectmen shall render a decision in writing, stating the decision and the reasons therefor, and file the decision with the Town Clerk and send a copy thereof to the applicant. Section 5. The general agent or owner who commits any violation of the law shall be liable to a fine not exceeding Twenty Dollars ($20.00.) Each day that the violation exists shall constitute a separate offense. This article was adopted, then it was voted that it be reconsidered. A motion that it be indefinitely postponed was voted down after which the article was adopted. Yes-164 No-74. ARTICLE 37. To see if the Town will vote to accept the pro- visions of Section 4 to 12 inclusive of Chapter 143 of the General Laws, viz:— Section 4. In a town which accepts this and the following 7® section or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, no dwelling house or other structure more than eight feet in length or breadth and seven feet in height, except detached houses or structures situated more than one hundred feet from .any other building and wooden structures erected on wooden wharves,shall be. built within such limits as the town may from time to time prescribe, unless made of and covered with an incombustible material, or un- less a license is granted therefor by the Selectmen for public good or necessity and recorded in the town records. Section 5. A building or structure erected in violation the preceding section shall be deemed a common nuisance without oth- er proof thereof than proof of its unlawful construction and use.; and the Selectmen may abate and remove it in the same manner in which Boards of Health may remove nuisance under sections 123 to 125 inclusive of Chapter 111. Section 6. In a city or town which accepts this and the six following sections or has accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, the superintendent of public buildings or such other person as the mayor of such city or the Selectmen of such town may designate shall be inspector of buildings, and immediately up- on being informed by report or otherwise that a building or other structure or anything attached to or connected therewith in that city or town is dangerous to life or limb shall inspect the same; .and if it appears to him to be dangerous he shall forthwith in writing no- . tify the owner, agent or any person having an interest therein to remove it or make it safe. .If it appears that such structure would be specially unsafe in case of fire, it shall be deemed dangerous within the the meaning hereof, and the inspector of buildings may affix in a conspicuous-place upon its exterior walls a. notice, of its dangerous condition, which shall not be removed or defaced without authority from him. Section 7. Any person so notified shall be allowed until twelve o'clock noon of the day following the service of the. notice in which to begin to remove such structure or make it safe, and he shall employ sufficient labor speedily to make it safe or remove,it• • but if the public safety so requires and if the aldermen or Select- men so order, the inspector of buildings may immediately enter up- 71 on the premises with the necessary workmen and assistants and cause such unsafe structure to be made.sa.fe or taken down without delay, and a proper fence put up for the protection of passers-by. Section S. If an owner, agent or person interested in such un- safe'structure refuses or neglects to comply with the requirements of such notice within the. time limited, and such structure is .not made safe or taken down as.therein ordered, a careful survey of the premises shall be made by a board consisting in a city of the city engineer, the chief engineer of the fire department and one disinterested person to be appointed by the inspector of buildings, and in a town of a surveyor, the chief engineer of the fire depart- ment and one disinterested person to be appointed by the in of buildings. If there is no city engineer in such city or no chief engineer of the fire department in such city or town, the mayor or Selectmen shall designate one or more officers or other suitable persons in place of the officers so named as members of said board., A written report of such survey shall be made, and a copy thereof served on such owner, agent or interested person. Section 9. If such report declares such structure to be dan- gerous, and if the owner, agent or persons interested continues such refusal or neglect, the inspector,of buildings shall cause it to be made safe or taken down, -and the costs and charges incurred shall constitute a lien upon the land upon which the building is lo- cated, and shall be enforced within the time and in the manner pro- vided for the collection of taxes on land; and such owner or inter- ested person shall, for every da.y's continuance of such refusal or neglect after being so notified, forfeit to the city or town in which the structure is located not less than ten nor more than fifty dol- lars. Section 10. An owner or interested person aggrieved by such order may have the remedy prescribed by Section 2 of Chapter 139; but this section shall not prevent the city or town from recov- ering the forfeiture provided in the preceding section from the date of the service of the original notice unless the order is annulled by the jury. Section 11. If an owner or interested person lives out'of the Commonwealth, the. notice required by Section 6 may be served i 72 upon him by a notary public, whose certificate of service under his notarial seal shall be sufficient evidence thereof. Section 12. The supreme judicial or superior court may re n - strain the construction, alteration, repair, maintenance or use of a building or structure .in violation or any ordinance or by-law of a city or town and order its removal or abatement as a nuisance; and may restrain the further construction, alteration or repair of a building or structure reported to be dangerous, under a survey authorized by Section 8, until the determination of the matter, as provided in Section 10. Voted to accent the provisions of Sections 4 to 1.2 inclu- sive of Chapter 143 of the General Laws. ARTICLE 38. To see if the. Town will vote to adopt the fol- lowing proposed By-Law to establish a Fire Prevention District or take any action in relation thereto. The Fire Prevention District of the Town of Barnstable shall include all that part of the town bounded as follows: All land and all portions of land lying to the. South of and within 150 feet of Main Street in the Village of Hyannis from the Yarmouth Town Line to Fawcett's Corner; and lying to the north of and within 150 feet of Main Street from Yarmouth Road to Fawcett's Corner. Section 1. No frame or wooden building or structure shall hereafter be erected within the Fire Prevention District as defined and delimited by this By-law or .as may be hereafter established, except a'privpte dwelling, which if within this area shall have a fire resisting roof. Section 2. Every building hereafter erected in the Fire Pre- vention District as herein. established shall have its roof covered with brick, tile, slate, tin, copper, iron or not less than three-ply tar gravel or slag or such other incombustible roofing as the Se- lectmen may authorize in writing. Every chimney shall be lined with tile or fire brick. Section 3. No wooden building shall be altered so as to in- crease the height to more than two stories and attic. 73 Section 4. No existing wooden building shall be removed into the Fire District,or from one position in the Fire District to another in the same district; but a wooden building may be re- moved from the Fire Prevention District to the territory outside such district. Section 5. Temporary one story frame buildings for the use of builders during the erection of building or structure may be erected within the Fire Prevention District but shall not be nearer than ten feet to the line of any adjoining lot or nearer than twenty feet to another building on the same lot except with the written permission of the Selectmen. Section 6. No frame building in the Fire Prevention District now used as a dwelling house shall hereafter be used as factory, warehouse, stable or garage. Every building hereafter erected to be used as an automobile garage with space for housing more than four automobiles shall be constructed of fire-proof, non-com- bustible material throughout; except that wood may be used for window and door frames, sashes, doors, interior trim and hand- rails for stairs. Section 7. Any existing wooden building, within the Fire Prevention District, if damaged by fire or other casualty to the ex- tent of not more than 50 per cent of its reproduction value, may be repaired or restored so as to conform to its original condition if, in the judgment of the Selectmen, the prevention of fire and the pre- servation of life are thereby secured. Otherwise, it shall be recon- structed so as to conform to the provisions of the by-law. Section 8. New buildings or existing buildings within the Fire Prevention District may be provided with wooden verandas or balconies provided the wooden posts supporting the stairs, or roof to such verandas or balconies shall be at least six inches square and provided that the roof covering of such structure,shall be in- combustible and provided that no veranda or balcony, except cor- nices, shall be nearer than ten feet to the line of any adjoining lot, or nearer than twenty feet to any other building on the same.lot. Section 9. For the construction or reconstruction, alteration 74 or extensive repair of any building within the Fire Prevention Dis- trict, a permit for the same shall be obtained from the Selectmen by submission of sufficient plans and specifications. The. Select- men are authorized to grant permits in their discretion with or with- out public hearing. Section 10. In all public buildings, churches, schools, thea- tres, halls and other like buildings; the Selectmen shall be guided and restricted by the general specifications for preventing the spread of fire issued by the. Commonwealth for such purposes. Voted to adopt the By-Law set out in this article rela- tive to Building Restrictions within certain areas, in the following amended form: Building restrictions within certain limits of the Town of Barnstable shall include all that part of the town bound- ed as follows: All land and all portions of land lying to the South of and within 150 feet of Main Street in the Village of Hyannis from the Yarmouth Town line to Fawcett's Corner; and lying to the north of and within 150 feet of Main Street from Yarmouth Road to Fawcett's corner. In Sections 1 to 10 inclusive, the words "Building Re- stricted Limits" have been substituted for the words "Fire Prevention District" wherever they appear, Section 4 has been'corrected to read as follows: "No existing wooden building shall be removed into the Build- ing Restricted Limits; but a wooden building may be re- moved from the Building Restricted Limits to the territory outside such restricted limits." In Section 7, the words "after a hearing" have been added after the word "Selectmen." 75 In Section S, the word "Ten" has been changed to the word "Five" and the word "Twenty" has been changed to the word "Ten." ARTICLE 39. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the fol- lowing by-law, or to take any action in relation thereto and to act fully thereon. Proposed By-law. Section 1. No person shall erect any new building or addi- tion to an existing building in any part of the Town nearer than five feet to the side lot line. It was voted to adopt the following By-law: Section 1. No person shall erect any new building or addition to an existing building in any part of the Town nearer than five feet to the side lot line unless erected of approved fire-proof construction. ARTICLE 40. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 139, General Laws, Section 1, 2, and 3, viz:— BURNT OR DANGEROUS BUILDINGS Section 1. In a city of town in which the city council or the inhabitants of the Town accept this and the two following sections or have accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws, the Aldermen or Selectmen, after written notice to the owner of a burnt, dilapidated or dangerous building, or his authorized agent, and after hearing, may make and record an order adjudging it to be a nuisance to the neighborhood, or dangerous, and prescribing its disposition, alteration or refulation, the city or town clerk"shall deliver a copy of the order to an officer qualified to serve civil process, who shall forthwith serve an attested copy thereof in the manner prescribed in section one hundred and twenty-four of chap- ter one hundred and eleven and make return to said clerk of�his doings thereon. 76 Section 2. A person aggrieved by such order may appeal to the superior court for the county where such building is situated, if, within three days after the service of such attested copy upon him, he presents to such court a petition stating his grievance and the order of the board. After such notice to the board as the court shall order, trial by jury shall be had as in other civil causes. The jury may affirm, annul or alter such order, and the court shall render judgment in conformity with said verdict, which shall take effect as an original order. If the order is affirmed, the petitioner shall pay the costs, if it is annulled, he shall recover from the Town his damages, if any, and costs, and if it is altered, the court may render such judgment as to costs as justice shall require. Section 3. The Aldermen or Selectmen shall have the same Power to abate and remove any such nuisance as is given to the Board of Health of a Town under sections one hundred and twenty- three to one hundred and twenty-five inclusive, of chapter one hundred and eleven. It was voted to accept Chapter 139, General Laws, Sec- tions 1, 2, and 3. ARTICLE 41. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of Thirteen Thousand Dollars ($13,000.00) for the purpose of carrying on the work of platting the Town and for the use of the Planning Board or to take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. (By request of the Planning Board). i Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000.00 for the purpose,mentioned in this article. ARTICLE 42. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money not exceeding Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) to be used under the supervision of the Town Forest Committee in planting and care of the Town Forests, or to take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. (Petition of the Towi Forest Committee). 77 Voted to raise and appropriate $500.00 for this purpose. ARTICLE 43. To see If the Town will authorize the Town Forest Committee to cut and sell or otherwise dispose of if deemed advisable any standing wood on the Town wood lots, or to take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. (Petition of the Town Forest Committee). Voted that the Town Forest Committee be so author- ized. ARTICLE 44. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and instruct the Selectmen to acquire by purchase or by right of em- Inent domain or otherwise for municipal purposes the land and easements in land as shown on plan entitled, General Plan, Ac- companying Profiles of Streets and Trunk Line, and report of Sewer Committee for villages of Hyannis"and Hyannisport, Barns- table, Massachusetts, August 1927, or to take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. ARTICLE 45. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate or issue its notes, bonds •of script for the sum of Six Thousand Dollars ($6,000.00) to be used for the purpose of acquiring the land and easements in land described in the preceding article No. 44, or to take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. ARTICLE 46. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate or issue its notes, bonds or script for a sum of money not to exceeed One Hundred and Forty Thousand Dollars ($140,000.00) for the purpose of constructing a sewer system for the public convenience and the public health within the Town, or to take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. ARTICLE 47. To see what action the Town will take in rela- tion to assessments upon abutters or others on account of the construction of the sewer system within the Town, or for connec- tion therewith or maintenance thereof, or take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. h 78 It was voted to take up Articles 44, 45, 46, and 47 - together. ' It was voted that the report of the Committee be ac- cepted, that the Committee be continued and the subject matter of these four articles be referred to this Committee and the Finance Committee jointly. ARTICLE 48. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money not to exceed Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) as provided in Chapter 382, Section 1 of the Acts of 1924, and appoint a Committee to have charge of the same, or to take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. (Peti- tion of Edward S. Crocker, et als.) Voted,to raise and appropriate $3000.00 for this pur- pose and the same Committee be appointed as served last year, namely: ' Dr. Edward C. Hinckley Miss Jean G. Hinkle Milton H. Crocker ARTICLE 49. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of Three Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($350.00) to keep the electric line right of way clean as a fire break. Taken up in connection with Article 13. ARTICLE 50. To see if the Town will vote to increase the number of members of the School Board from three to five, or take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. (Peti- tion of Oliver W. Robinson, et als.) Indefinitely postponed. ARTICLE 51. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for the collection of 79 garbage, to be expended by the Board of Health, or take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. (By request of the Board of Health.) Indefinitely postponed. ARTICLE 52. To see if the Town of Barnstable will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) for the purpose of dredging and widening the channel from Outer Harbor to the Town Dock at Lewis Bay, Hyannis, to be expended provided the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will contribute or raise a like amount, or take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. (Petition of Harry W. Robinson, et als.) Voted that this article be adopted and the sum of $10,000.00 be appropriated. ARTICLE 53. To see if the Town.will vote to authorize the removal of the fish houses located on the Town Landing at the foot of Lewis Bay Road in the village of Hyannis, or take any , action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. (Petition of the Park Commission.) It was voted to leave this matter in the hands of a Joint Committee composed of the Board of Health and the Planning Board to report at a future meeting. ARTICLE 54. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for the purpose of dredging the entrance to Cotuit Harbor providing the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will appropriate a like amount, to take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. Voted that this article be adopted and the sum of $5000.00 be raised and appropriated. ARTICLE 55.• To see if the Town will vote to authorize the / Selectmen to sell the school building and land at Santuit and to take aiiy action in relationl thereto, and to act fully thereon. 80 It was voted to take up Article 76 in connection with this article and they were indefinitely postponed. ARTICLE 56. To see if the Town will vote that that portion of the vote of Article 28 of the annual Town Meeting in 1926 where- by it was voted that the amount appropriated for the purpose of dredging and widening the Channel at Lewis Bay, Hyannis, should be expended provided the Town of Yarmouth contributed a like amount, be rescinded, to take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. This article was adopted. ARTICLE 57. To see if the Town will vote to accept in prin- ciple the proposed ten year program so far as it applies to Barns-, table as outlined in the report of the Cape Cod Reforestation Com- mittee. This article was adopted. ARTICLE 58. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for the .purpose of installing a heating system at the Infirmary in West Barnstable. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $2000.00 for this purpose. 1 ARTICLE 59. To see if the Town will vote to accept the doings of the Selectmen in laying out Oak Neck Road beginning at Sea Street in the village of Hyannis and running easterly'and southerly to or near the residence of Mary Linnell, and to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00) to place the same in proper condition, or to take any action in rela- tion thereto, and to act fully thereon. Indefinitely postponed. Sl ' ARTICLE 60. To see if the Town will vote to accept the doings of the Selectmen in laying out a road known as Third Avenue in West Hyannisport beginning at the Hyannisport-Craig- ville Road and running southerly to the water, and to raise and ap- propriate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to place the same in proper condition, or to take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. Voted to adopt this article and to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for this purpose. ARTICLE 61. To see if the Town will vote to accept the doings of the Selectmen in laying out a road known as an exten- sion of Cedar Street running northerly to the new Highway and to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) to place the same in proper condition, or take any action in rela- ticn thereto, and to act fully thereon. Voted to adopt this article and to raise and appropriate the-sum of $100.00 for this purpose. ARTICLE 62. To see if the Town will vote to accept the doings of the Selectmen in relocating Ocean Avenue and Marston Avenue in Hyannisport and to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to place the same in proper con- dition, or take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. Voted to adopt this article and to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for this purpose. ARTICLE 63. To see if the Town will vote to accept the doings of the Selectmen in relocating Park Street•in Hyannis and to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) to place the same in proper condition, or take any action in rela- tion thereto, and to act fully thereon. Voted to adopt this article and to raise and appropri- ate the sum of $200.00 for this purpose. 82 ARTICLE 64. To see if the Town will vote to accept the doings of the Selectmen in laying out what is known as Sandy Street Road beginning near the garage of Michelson & ,Atwood and running westerly to the Cotuit-West Barnstable Road, and to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). to place the same in proper condition, or take any action in rela- tion thereto, and to act fully thereon. Voted to adopt this article and to raise and appropri- ate the sum of $1000.00 for this purpose. ARTICLE 65. To see if the Town will vote to accept the doings of the Selectmen in relocating Willow Street and Lewis Bay Road in the village of Hyannis and to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to place the same in proper condition, or to take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. Voted to adopt this article and to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for this purpose. ARTICLE 66. To see if the Town will vote to accept the do- ings of the Selectmen in relocating Washington, Layfayette and Winchester Avenues in the village of Hyannisport and to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty ($250.00) to place the same in proper condition, or to take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. Voted to adopt this article and to raise and appropriate the sum of $250.00 for this purpose. ARTICLE 67. To see if the Town will vote to accept the do- ings of the Selectmen in relocating the Santuit-Newtown Road from Santuit Road running northerly to the Sandwich line, and to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) to place the same in proper condition, or to take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. 83 Voted to adopt this article and to raise and. appropriate the sum of $1000.00 for this purpose. ARTICLE 68. To see if the Town will vote to accept the do- ings of the Selectmen in the laying out of a road known as Louis Street in the village of Hyannis beginning at the. Barnstable Road and running westerly to Winter Street, and to raise and appropri- ate the sum of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) to place the same in proper condition, or to take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. Indefinitely postponed. A motion to reconsider this article was voted down. ARTICLE 69. To see if the Town will vote to accept the do- ings of the Selectmen in relocating or locating anew the Newtown Road from the square in the village of Marstons. Mills westerly di- rection to the residence of F. L.Whitcomb in Newtown and to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) to place the same.in proper condition, or to take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. Voted to adopt this article and to raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 for this purpose. ARTICLE 70. To see if the Town will vote to accept the do- ings of the Selectmen in the matter of discontinuing Mary Dunn's Road in the village of Hyannis from or near the residence,of Mrs. Mary Cash and extending southerly to the Town Road and to take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. Voted that this road be discontinued. ARTICLE 71. To see if the Town will vote to accept the do- ings of the Selectmen in the matter of irelocating Marchant Avenue in the village of Hyannisport, or to take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. Indefinitely postponed. 84 ARTICLE 72. To see if the Town will vote to accept the do- ings of the Selectmen in the matter of relocating Scudder Avenue. in the village of Hyannisport, and to take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. Indefinitely postponed. ARTICLE 73. To see if the Town will vote to accept the do- ings of the Selectmen in the matter of relocating Pitcher's Way so called, or to take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. It was voted to take up Articles 74 and 75 in connection with this Article after which it was voted to accept the re- locations of the roads mentioned herein. ARTICLE 74. To see if the Town will vote to accept the do- ings of the Selectmen in the matter of relocating Little River Road, in the village of Cotuit, and to take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. ARTICLE 75. To see if the Town will vote to accept the doings of the Selectmen in the matter of relocating Park Place in the vil- lage of Hyannisport from Irving Avenue to Scudder Avenue, or to 'take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. Taken up in connection with Article 73. ARTICLE 76. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell the old Town House and land at the Plains, or to take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. Taken up in connection with Article 55. ARTICLE .77. To see if the Town will vote to authorize'the Selectmen to sell the. old School House and land in the village of Osterville, or to take any action in relation thereto, and to act fully thereon. Indefinitely postponed. 1 85 ARTICLE 78. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of Twenty-three Hundred and Eleven Dollars ($2311.00) for the purpose of the payment of awards ordered by County Commissioners on the north side State Highway. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum, of $2311.00 for this purpose. ARTICLE 79. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Ten Hundred and Seventy-five Dollars ($1075.00) for land damages for the various roads laid out by the Selectmen. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1075.00 for this purpose. It was voted that the thanks of the Meeting be extend- ed and the sum of $40.00 be paid to the Moderator for his services. The meeting adjourned at 10.10 P. M. Attest: C. M. CHASE, Town Clerk. I 86 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING August 10, 1928 THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Barnstable, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of-Barnstable in the Coun- ty of Barnstable, Greeting. In the, name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town, qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet at the Town Office, Hyannis, Mass., in said Barnstable, on Friday, the loth day of August next, at 1:30 o'clock in the afternoon, then and there to act on the following articles: In accordance with the foregoing Warrant about sixty voters of the Town of Barnstable met at the Town Building on Friday; August 10, 1928. The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk at 1.30 P. M. and the warrant read. ARTICLE 1. To choose a.Moderator to preside at said meet- mg. Dr. Edward C. Hinckley was elected Moderator and sworn by the Town Clerk. . I ARTICLE 2. To hear the reports of any 'members of the Barnstable High School Building Committee appointed at the an- nual town meeting held on March 6, 1928, and the reports of the meetings of said Committee, and take any action in relation there- to and act fully thereon. S? ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to fill any vacan- cies in the Barnstable High School Building Committee appointed at the annual town meeting held on March 6, 1928, or take. any ac- tion in relation thereto, and act fully thereon. ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to discharge the Barnstable High School Building Committee appointed at -the annual town meeting held on March 6, 1928, or take any action in relation thereto, and act fully thereon. It was voted that these three articles be taken up to- gether. Mr. Stuart F. Scudder, Chairman of the Building Committee read a report which is on file and Mr. James F. McLaughlin, a former member of the Committee, read an opinion which .was given to him by Charles Sumner Morrill, Esquire, which. is also on file. It was voted that the reports be accepted and the Com- mittee discharged. ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a Build- ing Committee to have charge of the construction or re-construction of the high school building or additions authorized by the annual town meeting held on March 6, 1928, or take any action in relation thereto and act fully thereon. I Voted that the Chairman of the School Committee, the Chairman of the Planning Board and the Chairman of the Finance Committee be appointed, a Building Committee to have charge of the construction or reconstruction of the High School Building and that they be invested with the same powers that were given to the original committee. ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the fol- lowing by-law, namey, By-law. The selectmen shall appoint all committees required, 88 and fill any and all vacancies on any committees for which no oth- er provision is made by statute or by vote of the town. It was unanimously voted that the following By-Law be adopted: By-Law: The selectmen shall appoint all committees re- quired and fill any and all vacancies on any committees for which no other provision is.made by statute or by vote of the Town. ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate additional amounts for the following purposes:—Extinguish- ment of fires and interest or take any action in relation thereto. It was voted to raise and appropriate the sum of One, Thousand Dollars ($1000.00) for Fires and the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2000.00) for Interest. It was voted that the thanks of the meeting be extended to the Moderator, he having refused to accept any remuner- ation for his services. The meeting adjourned at 2.40 P. M. Attest: C. M. CHASE, Town Clerk. 89 BIRTHS Births recorded in the Town of Barnstable for the year 1928, with the names, parents' residence, and Christian name of parents: Jan. 2 James Francis Burke, Jr., Hyannis, James F. and Lida P. Jan. 2 Esther Louise Davidson, West Barnstable, Emil H.'and Ina. A. Jan. 3 (Illegitimate). Jan. 3 David Leroy Wiinikainen, Barnstable, Otto and Wil- helmina. Jan. 4 Hilda Anna Ray, East Falmouth, Peter R. and Rosie P. Jan. 7 (Stillborn). Jan. 8 Sally Ann Bearse, Santuit, Edward G. and Mary G. Jan. 11 Elizabeth Jane Steele, Everett, Norman R. and Marion P. Jan. 12 Gloria Ernestine Bearse, Hyannis, Ernest W. and Clara T. Jan. 13 Gordon Lincoln Hamilton, Osterville, Kenneth C. and Eleanor M. Jan. 14 William Joseph Rosary, Hyannis, Joseph and Florence. Jan. 15 Marion Roderick, West Barnstable, Manuel and Louise. Jan. 18 Claire Louise Breivogel, Falmouth Heights, Richard J. and Harriet S. Jan. 18 Carroll Irvin Cray, Hyannis, Stanley R. and Ruth C. 90 Jan. 23 Benjamin Chase Kelley, Hyannis, Zenas and Mary. V Jan. 23 Charles Walter Kelley, Hyannis, Zenas and Mary. Jan. 29 Paul Herbert Dixon, Centerville, Joseph A. and Claudia F. Jan. 30 Warren Hedge Howes, Dennis, Anson H.,and Esther. ` Jan. 31 Priscilla Elizabeth Hall, South Dennis, Richard S. and Eleanor L. Feb. 3 George Ansel Williams, Hyannis, George A. and Alma. Feb. 5 Therese Lopes, Osterville, Manuel E. and Mary. Feb. 7 Carroll Melville Cahoon, Jr., Chatham, Carroll M. and Erdine F. Feb. 7 John Dos Neves, Barnstable, Joseph D. and Olive. Feb. 8 Beverly Sherman Bearse, Chatham, Chester L. and Eliz- abeth. Feb. 8 Robert Thacher Hallett, Hyannis, Romano R. and Inez M. Feb. 9 Virginia Libbey Backus, Centerville, H. Heyworth and Maida E. Feb. 10 Vernon Francis Joseph, Osterville, Herman and Margaret. 'Feb. 11 Roger Crosby, Leonard, Osterville, Burleigh D. and Jessie. 1 Feb. 12 Janet Rae Fish, Cotuit, Clarence A. and Charlotte W. Feb. 13 Shirley Theresa Hassett, Hyannis, Joseph and Jeanette G. Feb 14 Kenneth Herbert Pratt, Jr., Chatham, Kenneth H. and Harriet L. 91 Feb. 15 Stanislaus Angus McLean, Hyannis, Norman and Chris- tine. Feb. 16 James Cobb Robbins, Hyannis, Horace L. and Sylvia M. Feb. 16 Audrey Joyce Studley, Bass Riverf Oliver and Beatrice. Feb. 16 Lloyd Stanley Wilcox, Orleans, Charles S. and Florence I. Feb. 17 Samuel Arseneault, Harwichport, Alyre and Mary A. Feb. 18 +William Hanson Low, Hyannis, Fred and Lillian. Feb. 18 Robert Bisbee Pease, Hyannis, Albert C. and Marion B. Feb. 20 Ann Jacqueline Chase, Dennisport, Edward P. and Doro- thy N. Feb. 23 Robert Allen Ramsdell, Hyannis, Adoniram N. and Doro- thy L. Feb. 23 Raymond Ellis Smith, Jr., Osterville, Raymond E. and Dora A. Feb. 23 (Illegitimate). Feb. 24 Georgena Beatrice Barabe, Hyannis, Ernest A. and Susie B. Feb. 26 Marilyn Janice Wilbur, Hyannis, Harvard L. and Emma C. Feb. 28 William Ormsby Sullivan, Hyannis, David H. and Kath- erine M. Mar. 1 Patricia Thurston, West Yarmouth, Herbert O. and Ruth Helen, Mar. 2 Cranston Hall Montcalm, Jr., Cummaquid, Cranston H. and Bessie H. 92 Mar. 4 Hazel Louise Runnells, Hyannis, George and Agnes L. Mar. 5 Robert Wylie Sherman, Hyannis, Walter H. and Gladys M. Mar. 10 Louise Landers, Cotuit, Earle W. and Esther L. Mar. 14 Robert Anthony Medeiros„Santuit, Anthony S. Jr. and Mary. Mar. 23 June Eaton, Chatham, Douglas L. and Doris L. Mar. 23 Malonie Elizabeth M-oeller, Cotuit, Fred A. and Mary O. Mar. 26 Cynthia Lewis, Osterville, Walter Nason and Maude W. Mar. 26 John Harold Meagher, Hyannis, John H. and Edith. Mar. 28 Donald Gibbs Hamilton, Dennisport, Richard B. and Mar- jorie A. Mar. 30 Roger Kenneth Nickerson, Chatham, Roger M. and Nadja E. Mar, 30 Andrew Manuel Sethares, Hyannis, Manuel and Grace M. Mar. 30 James Manuel Sethares, Hyannis, Manuel and Grace M. Apr. 2 iDoris Marguerite Eldridge, Chatham, James H. and Ella T. Apr. 4 Vernon Davis McLean, Chatham, Thomas D. and Flor- ence W. Apr. 10 Creighton Lee Morris, Provincetown, John V. and Mar- garet E. e Apr. 10 Inez Hope Whelden, Yarmouth, Frank E. and Millie M. �3 Apr. 13 William Francis Amaral, Centerville, Manuel A. Jr., and Helen. r Apr. 15 Elizabeth Ann Frazier, Santui.t, Antone E. and Julia. Apr. 17 Helen Miller, South Dennis, Samuel W. and Honora E. Apr. 21 Cecelia Jerome, Provincetown, John R. and Cecelia C. Apr. 24 Roger Weston Tillson, Jr., Harwich, Roger W. and Effie M. Apr. 26 Allen Mikkonen, Centerville, Hermon and Ida. Apr. 27 Stephen Haywood Bates, Osterville, Merton H. and Katheryn L. Apr. 29 Alice Elaine Wing, Cotuit, Russell M. and Rosella A. May 1 (Stillborn). May 2 Barbara Marilyn Drew, Hyannis, Harry and Mary Jane. May 2 Cecil Burton Holmes, East Harwich, Theodore C. and Helen. May 3 (Illegitimate), Harwich. May 4 Helena Meredith Howes, Dennis, Elmer W. and Inez M. May 4 John Charles Singleton, Hyannis, Victor J. and Helen. May 5 Richard Akers Ellis, East Brewster, Gilbert E. Jr., and Faythe M. May 5 Robert Irving Patrick, Provincetown, Manuel F. and An- gie M. 94. May 7 Lorraine Annette Fonseca., East Mattapoisett, Frank and Beatrice H. May 7 Georgia Lomba, West Barnstable, John and Julia A. May 8 Gloria Anna Fennimoref Millinocket, Maine, Franklin and Margery. May 11 Ann Elaine Bearse, Hyannis, Maurice and Juliette. May 12 Natalie Joan Chase, Osterville, Elza B. and Marjorie G. May 13 Ralph Eugene Roderick, Osterville, Daniel J. and Madeline Nellie. May 13 Charles Lewis Tuttle, Chatham, Jesse L. and Laurice. May 14 Robert Edward Morse,^South Yarmouth, Joseph E. and Eva B. May 19 Ludlow Sexton Baker, Jr., Provincetown, Ludlow S. and P:hilomena. May 20 Joseph Duarte, Jr., West Barnstable, Joseph and Louise. May 21 Phyllis Hamblin, Marstons Mills, Forest C. and Marjorie A. May 23 (Illegitimate). May 24 Elaine Frances Burnham, Hyannis, Harold J. and Irene F. May 26 Beatrice Rose Fonseca, West Barnstable, Antone S. and Olive R. May 28 Irene Souza, Barnstable, Manuel and 'Isabel. May 31 Frederick Arthur Nash, Boston, Arthur E. and Margaret. 95 June 3 (Infant) Payson, Hyannis, Donald G. and Elsie W. June 4 (Infant),Bacon, Hyannis, Waldo R. and Elsie E. June 4 Ruth Adelaide Nickerson, Osterville, Bertram B. and Rebecca E. June 5 Barbara Ann McCormack, Hyannis, Roy V.and Dorothy A. June 6 Vernon Goffin, Centerville, Samuel and Edna Lillian. June 6 Richard Allen Wittenmeyer, Hyannis, Harold F. and Bessie H. June 10 Elenna May Morris, Waquoit, Manuel and Deolinda. June 11 Felix Warren Childs, Centerville, Joseh F. and Mary E. June 13 Barbara Pearl Cash, Hyannis, Fred W. and Virginia. June 14 Mary Selestina Miles, Provincetown, Antone L. and Sel- estina. June 15 Bernice June Homan, West Barnstable, Louis V. and Hilia. June 16 David Burman, Hyannis, Hyman and Fannie. June 16 Stephen Bernard O'Brien, Jr., Osterville, Stephen B. and Margaret M. June 19 Fay Marie McHenry, Dennisport, John T. and Alice G. June 19 Ethel Margaret O'Brien, Hyannis, William G. and Mabel F. June 20 Edith Margaret Lamprey, Hyannis, Harold E. and Olive F. 96 June 21 Daniel Murray Sullivan, Jr., West Barnstable, Daniel M. Dorothy G. June 25 Jean Shirley Conant, Osterville, Roger E. and Helen P. June 28 (Stillborn). June 29 Mildred Louise Exiner, Hyannis, William E. and Marion R. July 1 Gloria Julianna Bearse, West Barnstable, Ethan and Effie. July 1 Donald Lorne Whitehead, West Yarmouth, Frank L. and Anna M. July 1 (Stillborn). July 4 John Lindley Howland, Sandwich, Winthrop F. and Shia- ley M. July 6 Patricia Jane Terry, Hyannis, John L. and Edith F. July 7 Sarah John Joakim, Hyannis, John P. and Sadie N. July 8 Augustus W. Eddy, Chicago, Ill., Augustus W. and Rachel C. July 8 Jeanne Marillyn Hasckel, Hyannis, David and Dora G. July, 9 William Peach Taylor, Osterville, Norman W. and Mary R. W. July 10 Earle Lowell Clarke, Jr., Hyannis, Earle L. and Adenia. July 12 Ruth Angela Patterson, Onset, William and Ruth L. July 13 Clementina. Clara Monseur, Hyannis, Frank and Jeanette. 97 July 14 Barbara Lorraine Casey, Hyannisport, Virgil M. and Mary A. July 16 Gerald Kenneth Ellis, Dennisport, Wilfred'A. and Agnes A. July 16 Richard Bradford Paine, Hyannis, Howard N. and Stella C. July 16 Joseph Baker Ryder, South Yarmouth, George L. and Louise. July 19 Jane Anne Harding, Hyannis, Elmer J. and Esther L,r July 21 Ireton Cromwell Bradshaw, Jr., Hyannis, Ireton C. and Katherine E. July 22 Catherine Bathilde Thenault, Washington, D. C., Georges and Sarah. July 24 Charlotte Elizabeth Ellis, Sandwich, Seth O. and Ruth B. July 25 Francis Mooney, Hyannis, Thomas C. and Annie M. I July 27 Lottie F. Mitts, Osterville, Frank D. and Louise. July 28 Ann Hogan, Pawtucket, R. I., John F. and Martha C. Aug. 1 Dean Wallace Garfield, Dennisport, Leverett W. and Louise H. Aug. 2 Mary Therese Hart, Hyannis, Walter V.and Marie M. Aug. 2 Allen Bearse Holmes, East Harwich, Elmer W. and Flor- ence A. Aug. 2 Vincent Backer Keavy, Hyannis, Vincent deP. and Mary L Aug. 4 Madeline Burnshire Harlow, Cotuit, Seaver R. and Madeline W. 98 Aug. 4 Donald Russell Hazelton, Hyannis, Charles H. and Grace H. Aug. 5 Flora Hilda Peltonen, West Barnstable,Elmer and Lila M. Aug. 7 Richard Earle Cahoon, Yarmouth, Winthrop I. and Bessie M. Aug. 7 Joseph Edwin Pelton, West Barnstable, Iva and Karin M. Aug. 14 Bruce Alden Besse, Hyannis, Gerard C. and Gladys. - Aug. 15 (Infant) Karras, Barnstable, Kostas and Anna P. Aug. 17 '(Illegitimate), Hillsboro, N. H. Aug. 18 Elizabeth Ann Rose, Falmouth, John J. Jr., and Mildred V. 'Aug. 20 Harry Joseph Gerrior, Yarmouthport, Hycinth P. and Eva D. Aug. 22 Richard Davis Haydon, Hyannis, Richard H. and Nan. Aug. 23 Margaret Alice Manchester,Osterville, Guy V. and Amy M Aug. 24 Katherine Daniel, Ostervilie, Joseph M. and Marion A. Aug. 24 Bruce Oscar Lindbom, Hyannis, Ralph F. and Ella L. Aug. 25 Merle MacDonald Crocker, Marstons Mills, Lauchlan M. and Wilhelmina M. Aug. 25 Thomas Jefferson Rogers, Chatham, Harold F. and Fran- ces C. Aug. 26 Elizabeth Macdonald, Centerville, William J. and Eliza- beth. Aug. 27 Helen Marjorie Buckley, Sandwich, Arthur and Helen. 99 Aug. 30 Rachel Ellen Fisk, West Barnstable, Leonard F. and Ellen. .Aug. 31 William Byron Burlingame, Marstons Mills, Carlton A. and Bertha F. Sept. 3 August Pocius, Hyannis, August and Hedwig. .Sept. 5 Albertine Roderick, Marstons Mills, Joseph and Isabel. Sept. 6 Eleanor Crowell, Sandwich, David and Dorothy. Sept. 6 (Illegitimate)„ Harwichport. Sept. 8 Barbara Ruth Valli, Hyannis, Ansel and Sarah A. Sept. 10 MacLean Crowell, West Yarmouth, Henry W. and Geral- ,dine. Sept. 10 .Helen Elizabeth Martin, Provincetown, Joaquin R. and Mary L. Sept. 11 Robert William Drew, Hyannis, Carl M. and Mary A. Sept. 14 Ann Rosamond King, East Harwich, Albert B. and Es- telle M. Sept. 15 John Carter Coreto, Santuit, John C. and Alice. Sept. 15 (Illegitimate). Sept. 17 Arthur Chin, Hyannis, Buck H. and See. Sept. 17 Phillip Jones, Barnstable, William A. and Elsie. Sept. 17 Richard Hampton Nims, Orleans, Edwin H. and Fran- ces S. 100 Sept. 19 Anne Bigelow Goodspeed, Osterville, Cecil I. and Ellen. Sept. 20 Mary Ann Hansberry, Osterville, James J. and Mary A. Sept. 21 Margaret Elliott, Centerville, Robert S. and Catherine M. Sept. 23 Ella Margaret Maki, East Sandwich, William and Flelga. Sept. 27 Carolyn Marr, Osterville, Charles F. and Isabel F. Sept. 30 Vaner James Nikula, West Barnstbale, Vaner and Lembi M. Oct. 2 Nancy James Bradbury, Hyannis, Kenneth and Dorothy. Oct. 2 Alice Caroline Ross, South Yarmouth, John F. and Nellie M Oct 4 Lawrence Eugene Bildner, West Barnstable, John P. and Mary J. Oct. 5 Hayden Thayer Pratt, Barnstable, William H. and Olive E. Oct. 7 Dwight Elroy Coggeshall, Centerville, Chester E. and Cora O. Oct. 10 Lawrence Barros, Hyannis, Antone and Anna. Oct. 11 Herbert Renkainen, Barnstable, John and Mary. Oct. 12 Bernard Goldin, Hyannis, Abraham and Betty T. Oct. 13 Barbara Ann Cabral, Centerville, Menuel L. and Ruth E. Oct. 17 Dorothy Elizabeth Walsh, Osterville, Joseph F. and Eliza- beth M. Doane. Oct. 18 Raymond Earl Sears, Jr., East ,Harwich, Raymond E. and Myrtle. 101 Oct. 19 John Rodgers Augusta, Jr., East Falmouth, John R. and Elvira. Oct. 20 (Infant) Gibbs, Sagamore, William C. and Anna L. Oct. 20 Ruth Marilyn Phillips, West Barnstable, Wendell H. and Janet. Oct. 27 Joseph Charles Alberghini, Jr., Hyannis, Joseph C. and Alma M. Oct. 28 (Stillborn). Oct. 30 (Illegitimate). Oct. 30 (Stillborn). Nov. 3 Mary Speros Panesis, Hyannis, Speros and Anna. Nov. 13 Lilly Edna Rogers, Marstons Mills, Jordan and Teresa. Nov. 19 Barbara June Allen, Chatham, Robert L. and Lela C. Nov. 19 Dorothy Harrison Lewis, Chatham, Raymond W. and Eleanor. Nov. 22 Donald Mackintosh Cash, Hyannis, Arthur and Elizabeth C. Nov. 24 Audrey Lucille Santos, Osterville, Robert B. and Clem- entina. Nov. 26 Joan Eaton, Hyannis, Forrest M. and Marion L. Nov. 29 Kirk Leonard, Osterville, Leroy Parker and Catherine W. Nov. 29 Alice Geraldine Souza, Osterville, John B. and Anna J. 102 Dec. 2 (Stillborn). Dec. 5 Ronald Edwin Benttinen, Osterville, William and Helm! S. Dec. 6 (Infant) Finn, Hyannis, Henry and Bessie Golden. Dec. 7 Allen Damon Perkins, Jr., Harwichport, Allen D. and Eleanor G. Dec. 11 Alan Grant Lunn, Woods Hole, James G. and Hazel H. Dec: 13 Demetrios Constantinos Sethares, Chatham, Constantin- os H. and Mary. Dec. 15 Charles Andrew Lewis, Osterville, Owen B. and Mary E. Dec. 19. Gertrude Eldora. Cash, East Dennis, William W. and Eva J. Dec. 25 Joseph Andrew Bismore, Hyannis, Andrew P. and Ruth C. Dec. 25 Joanna Rose Cackowski, Woods Hole, Alf6nsus B. and Stella. Dec; 26 Lorenzo Dan Merrill, Jr., Hyannis, Lorenzo D. and Eldora H. Dec. 28 Harold Stephen Boyne, Centerville, Harold and Alice. Dec. 29 Walter Viera Fontes, Jr., Marstons Mills,. Walter V. and Mineola C. Dec. 29 Lucy Sheldon Rich, WeIlfleet, Willis S. and Katherine. Dec. 30 Richard Francis Grade, West Yarmouth, Anthony and Alice G. Dec. 31 Anthony William.Rose, West Barnstable, Manuel J. and Lillian. 103 MARRIAGES Marriages recorded in the Town of Barnstable for the year 1928: Jan. 2 Harold Anderson Boyne of Centerville and Alice Veronica Childs of Centerville. Jan. 2 George A..Williams of Hyannis and Alma E. D. Kittila of West Yarmouth i Jan. 4 Ireton Cromwell Bradshaw of Hyannis and Katherine Eliza Sheldon of Saugus. Jan. 7 David Eugene Seabury of Barnstable and Carrie Davis Lothrop of Barnstable. Jan. 9 Lawrence F. Enos of Hyannis and Olive A. Cabral of San- tuit. Jan. 15 Costas H. Sethares of Hyannis and Mary Lagos of Brock- ton. Feb. 7 Harry Wesley Coleman of Hyannis and Evelyn Silver of Brighton. -Feb. 7 Irving Linwood Nickerson of Bass.River and Ilmi Otilia Johnson of Centerville. y Feb. 18 Howard Barnes Monroe of Hyannis and Lena Alice Peter- son of Hyannis. Feb. 19 Hugo Mickarl Luoto of Barnstable and Agn.es Elvira N,an- nie of Centerville. Mar. 16 Earle Lowell Clarke of Hyannis and Adenia Hodges of Hyannis. Mar. 18 William Leroy Cash of East Dennis and Melissa Alice Crosby of Cotuit. 104 Mar. 31 John Theodore Wood, Jr., of Hyannis and Elizabeth Morse Elliott of Somerville. Apr. 4 Leslie Copeland Jones of Barnstable and Zola Rogers Sherman of Yarmouth. Apr. 9. Louis Joseph Smith of Hyannis .and Margaret Elizabeth Graney of Norwood. Apr. 19 Chester G. Cammett of Osterville and Gertrude L. Moody of West Barnstable. Apr. 19 Edwin Arnold Walsh of Mendon and Anne Frances Molony of Centerville. May 12 Theodore W. Gilbert of Hyannis and Faye L. Richardson of Attleboro. May 20 Manuel. A. Broda of Falmouth and Frances Lillian Broderick of Falmouth. May 21 Edward Souza of Barnstable and Phoebe Louise Moulton of Hyannis. May 27 Edmund Fruean, Jr., of Hyannis and Marguerite Wilhel- mina Rollings of Holbrook May 31 Egbert Palmer Elwood Benson of West Farnstable and Mary Elizabeth Hurley of Buzzards Bay. June 10 Harold Eugene Foskett of Holden and Eva Estella West of Hyannis. June 13 Maurice E. Sullivan of Hyannis and Mary A. Cash of Hy- Hyannis June 24 Melvin E. Logan of Malden and Emeline P. Baker of Hy- annis. 105 June 30 Henry Richard Coffin of Orleans and Anna'Frances Rog- ers (Howland) of Orleans. June 30 Vaino Johnson of West Barnstable and Ina Kumpunen of Tremont. June 30 Melville Weston of Cambridge and Elizabeth Alden Wes- ton of Hyannisport July 1 William Henry Perry, Jr., of Santuit and Taimi Sigrid Cecilia Hendrickson of West Yarmouth. July 7 Emil Rogers of Santuit and Grace Repose of Santuit. July 15 Leslie Fred Rogers of Hyannis and Florence Hall Lovell of Yarmouthport. July 21 Richard Chalke of Yarmouth and Grace Cowen of Hyannis. July 21 John F. Rose of Harwich and Madeline Washington of Hyannis. July 31 Sumner Hardy of San Francisco, Calif. and Katherine Hedger (Bunker) of San Francisco, Calif. Aug. 1 Thomas Edwin Hurst of Hyannis and Corinne Marshall Weber of Hyannis. Aug. 5 Edward Leo Bearse of Hyannis and Mae Ellsworth Cowen of Brewster. Aug. 5 Harold Irving Gifford of Marstons Mills and Ruth Margar- et Beadle of Marstons Mills Aug. 12 William Wirtanen of West Barnstable and Rose Nikula (Oinonen) of West Barnstable. Aug. 14 John Joseph Hallinan of Concord, N. H. and Louisa Rosa- mond Stanton of Huntington. 106 Aug. 17 Lee Foshay of Cincinnati, Ohio and Harriet Buchanan Holmes of Osterville. Aug. 18 John Arrud.a of Santuit and Inocencie Cabral Couto of Santuit. Aug. 18 William G. Cummings of Charlestown and Constance Hopkins of Barnstable. Aug. 20 Harry Adelino Amareld of West Barnstable and Ethel Paula. Meigs of West Barnstable. Aug. 2Q Lawrence Duffy of Tampa, Florida and Beck Sasson (Abady) of Brooklyn, N. Y. Sept. 5 Franklin Joseph Dickman of New York, N. Y. and Hen- rietta Breed of Germantown, Penna. Sept. 8 Samuel Calam of Bedford and Alice Aline Lengelle of Centerville. Sept. 8 Ellin Gray Grandville Chalk, Jr. of Yarmouth and Helen Charlotte Wilde of North Andover. Sept. 8 James Callender Heminway of New York, N.Y. and Helen Greene of Montclair, N."J. Sept. 8 Frederick Leslie Hull of Hyannis and Marjorie May Keyes of Hyannis. Sept. 8 Edward Wanton Gould, Jr. of Osterville and Dorothy E. Clements (Ethridge) of Rome, N. Y. Sept. 9 Austin Francis Eldridge of Osterville and Ethel May Chase of Marstons Mills. Sept. 11 Roger Melvin Gidney of Hyannis and Julia Sekonda of Westport. 107 Sept. 12 Nicholas Francis Lopes of flyannisport and Sophia Evelyn Pells of Hyannis. Sept. 15 Carroll Harwood Fuller of Marstons Mills and Miriam Goodspeed of Boston Sept. 15 Ralph Everett Sears of West Barnstable and Cora Marion Stevens of West Barnstable. Sept. 20 Charles Benjamin Brownell of Yarmouth and Marion Frances Robinson (Cobb) of Yarmouth. Sept. 22 Ronald Ames Chesbro of Osterville and Grace Parker Crocker of Osterville. Sept. 22 Levi Morton Sears of East Dennis and Clarabel Frances Crowell of Hyannis. Sept. 24 Willis Robbins of Centerville and Bertha Herouz of Woonsocket, R. I. Sept. 24 Rolando R. Souza of Cotuit and Maria T. Frisado of Fall River. Sept. 29 Roland Walter Priest of Maynard and Sylvia Atwood of Maynard. Sept. 30 Roy Douglas Brown of Hyannis and Greta Dahm of Hy- annis. Sept. 30 Roger Wood of Hyannis and Gladys Mae Webb (Elliott) of Wollaston. Oct. 1 Thomas B. Beaupre of Hyannis and Rena S. Wakefield (Horton) of Hyannis. Oct. 6 Manuel Gonsalves of West Barnstable and Augusta Mello (Be.ttencourt) of Middleboro. 1.08 Oct. 15 John A. Lambrou of Hyannis and Mary Oliver Taves of Provincetown. Oct. 19 Charles W. Megathlin of Hyannis and Lena Marguerite Baldwin of South Dennis. Oct. 20 Arthur Graham, Jr., of Hyannis and Celia May Gillett of Norwood. Oct. 20 William Sutton Percival Lovejoy, Jr. of Barnstable and Marjorie Brown Ryder of Cummaquid. Oct. 20 Preston Hinman Morris of Hyannis and Alverda Elizabeth Cahoon of Barnstable. Oct. 20 Matthew Kenneth Willey of Hyannis and Ruth Chase of West Yarmouth. Oct. 27 Arthur Melville Ellis, Jr. of Harwichport and Mary Louise Duarte of Marstons Mills. Oct. 27 Frank Edson Harris of Middleboro and Mary Baker Gifford of Marstons Mills. Oct. 27 Charles G. Meinerth of Hyannis and Eleanor A. Moody of Newburyport. Oct. 28 Eino Victor Davidson of West Barnstable and Ellen Eliza- beth Halunen of South Carver. Nov. 5 Victor Ansehn Wiinikainen of West Barnstable and Lempi Mary Syriala of West Yarmouth. Nov. 9 John Wesley Biggs of Westwood and Barbara Chase of Hyannis. Nov. 24 Alton Everett Robbins of Hyannis and Emma E. Cald- well (Welch) of Dennis. 109 Dec. 15 Vaner Pyy of West Barnstable and Ora Pratt of West Wareham. Dec. 15 William John Pyy of West Barnstable and Lillian Fran- ces Childs of Barnstable. Dec. 23 John M. Madden of Hyannis and Mildred Thibeault of Hy- annis. Dec. 24 Earl Stanley Raymond of Bourne and Ruth Eleanor Hur- ley of Bourne. Dec. 24 V11jo Selenius of West Barnstable and Mary Jussila of Hyannis. i 110 DEATHS Deaths recorded in the Town of Barnstable for the year 1928 Jan. 3 James V. Eagleston, Centerville, 64 y. 9 m. Jan, 3 Howard M. Phinney, Cotuit, 73 y. 11 m. 21 d. Jan. 4. Gladys E. Look (Ellis), Hyannis, 28 y. 2 m. Jan. 4 Martin Nikula,West Barnstable, 54 y. Jan. 6 Preston H. Wright, Osterville, 64 y. 1 m. 20 d. Jan. 7 (Stillborn),. Jan. 10 Sarah B. Gage (Snow), West Dennis, 65 Y. 9 m. 1 d: Jan. 19 Seth Nickerson Handy, Cotuit, 88 y. 2 m. 18 d. Jan. 19 Charalette Persson (Johnson), Centerville, 67 y. 2 d. Jan. 22 John Rose, Harwich, 21 y. 9 m. 25 d. Jan. 24 Elnora B. Washington (Cowett), Hyannis, 53 y. Jan. 27 Azubah Frances Bearse (White), Centerville, 76 y. 11 m. 20 d. Jan. 27 Patrick Burns, Hyannisport, 53 Y. Jan. 29 (Stillborn). Jan. 30 Edward F. Hamblin, Hyannis, 82 Y. 7 d. Jan. 31 Joseph Henry Holway, West Barnstable, 85 y. 3 m. 25 & Feb. 2 Bella M. Keeble (Pheeney), Falmouth, 40 y.• ill Feb. 3 Frederick J. Hammond, Centerville, 79 y. 3 m. Feb. 4 Benjamin C. Kelley, Hyannis, 14 d. Feb. 6 Adeline Frances Bearse, Cotuit, 80 Y. 2 m. 14 d. Feb. 7 James Walter Cummer, Centerville, 82 y. 4 m. 12 d. Feb. 10 Frank R. Peterson, Woods Hole, 70 y. 8 m. 26 d. Feb. 10 Sarah Kerzyne Wesson (Lovell), Cotuit, 72 y. 11 m. Feb. 12 Barzillia C. Mores, Hyannis, 79 y. 3 m, Feb. 13 Nathan E. West, Osterville, 63 y. 10 m. 10 d. Feb. 14 Flora McMillan (Graham)„ Hyannis, 67 y. Feb. 16 Elizabeth Till Leonard (Nessling), Osterville, 88 y. 9 m. 13 d. Feb. 17 Edwin Forrest Fuller, Marstons Mills, 70 y. 4 m. 29 d. Feb. 24 Idia T. Benson (Caird), West Barnstable, 68 y. Feb. 24 Grace Darling Redding (Young), Harwich, 46 y. 3m. 16 d. Feb. 25 Merle B. Sears, Barnstable, 37 y. 3 m. 15 d. Feb. 25 Fanny.L. Young, Barnstable, 44 y. 3 m. 13 d. Feb. 28 Harriet M. Jones (Fish), Cotuit, 87 y. 1 m. 10 d. Mar. 4 Sarah G. Congdon (Reynolds), Hyannis, 77 y. 8 m. Mar. 6 Isabella Copeland Lothrop (Copeland), Barnstable, 70 y. 6 m. 27 d. 112 Mar. 8 Esther Young (Cahoon), Chatham, 57 Y. Mar. 13 Saverio Anciello, Mashpee, 53 y. Mar. 16 Grace W. Whitford (Wilson)„ Centerville, 56 y. 1 m. 4 d. Mar. 17 Colin R. Woodbury, Hyannis, 37 y. 10 m. Mar. 22 Margaret Crocker (Bliss), Osterville, 77 y. 4 m. Max. 24 Joseph-Eyre, Hyannis, 20 y. 6 m. Mar. 24 Caroline Jones (Winchester), Osterville, 36 y. 7 m. 6 d. Mar. 27 Dulcena Reed Wright (Crocker), West Barnstable, 60 y. 11 m. Apr. 2 John Lynch, Barnstable, 61 y. s Apr. 7 Henry Chester Gray, Dennisport, 51 y. Apr. 8 Adelaide Foster (Chapman), North Dennis, 40 y. Apr. 8 Benjamin D. Smith, Harwichport, 86, y. 10 d. Apr. 17 George A. Macy, Barnstable, 70 y. Apr. 19 Edwin F. Sturgis, Centerville, 86 y. 8 M. 20 d. Apr. 28 Willis T. Nickerson, Cotuit, 77 Y. 7 m. 5 d. May 1 (Stillborn). May 3 Christeen E. Nickerson, Eastham, 13 d. May 5 Deborah E. Baker, Hyannis, 64 y. 4 m. 2 d. May 6 Alfred Swift Kelley, Hyannis, 66 Y. 7 m. 24 d. 113 May 13 Margaret Galvan, New Bedford, 5 Y. 7 m. May 15 Irene Arnold Cammett (Woodward), Marstons Mills, 67 Y. 3 m. 15 d. May 16 Annie Childs (Hartnett), Cotuit, 36 y. 11 m. May 18 Prince A. Fuller, Centerville, 73 y. 8 m. 5 d. May 21 Martha Washington Egbert (Bull)„ Centerville, 84 y. 7 m.. 4 d. May 26 Arthur D. MacLellan, Chatham, 41 Y. 5 m. May 26 John A. Phillips, Barnstable, 48 y. 9 m. May 29 Frank H. Nickerson, Hyannis, 28 y. 4 m. 18 d. , June 2 James H. Crocker, Marstons Mills, 77 y. 11 m. 16 d. June 4 (Infant) Bacon, Hyannis, 2,min. June 9 Leslie E. Newcomb, Wellfleet, 45 y. I June 11 Henry Celestine, Boston, 70 y. 16 m. June 12 Marguerite L. Mitchell (Chisley), Hyannis, 52 y. 16 d. June 19 Myra L. Jordan, Truro, 29 Y. 5 m. 11 d. June 21 Emma S. Horton (Wharf), Hyannis, 68 y. June 28 (Stillborn). July 1 (Stillborn). July 11 James Mott Hallowell, Brookline, 63 y. 4 m. 28 d. 114 July 11 Mary E, Marsh (Cox), Vest Hyannisport, 51 y. 4 m. 10 d. July 13 Annie Crocker Kelley (Crocker), Barnstable, 76 y. 6 m. 10 d. July 15 Emma L. Chase (Loring)„ Barnstable, 82 y. 6 m. 19 d. July 15 Albert Colbert, Osterville, 47 y. July 20 Anna Amanda Rosengren, Hyannis, 27 y. 7 m. 6 d. July 23 John Jay, Rye, N. Y., 52 y. 8 m. 4 d. - July 28 Cyrus Crocker Jones, Sandwich, 80 Y. 3 m. 14 d. July 31 Blanche M. Kinsler, Harwichport, 48 y. 10 m. Aug. 3 Morris Harrison, Hyannis, 48 y. Aug. 3 Susan M. Luce (I;ook), Hyannisport, 88 y. 9 m. Aug. 5 Bertha L. Gray, Dennis, 61 y. 3 d. Aug. 7 Daniel P. Bradford, Hyannis, 77 Y. 10 m. Aug. 7 Mary Fraters (Jose), Marstons Mills, 57 y. 5 m. Aug. 9 Adelaide A. Bacon (Holway), Hyannis, 67 y. 9 m. Aug. 10 Elvira Morris (Nunes), Fairhaven, 41 y.•4 m. 2 d. Aug. 12 James B. Laughlin, Hyannisport, 63 y. Aug. 14 Julia Avila, New Bedford, 27 y. 3 m. 17 d. Aug. 14 Edmund H. McLeod, Dorchester, 13 y. 4 m. 23 d. Aug. 15 Finn Carlsen, Falmouth, 29 y. 115 Aug. 16 Fannie A. Maraspin, Barnstable, 75 y. 4 m. 9 d. Aug. 17 Norah Wilson (Tomina), North Chatham, 38 y Aug. 19 Josephine Bacon (Linnell), Hyannis, 86 y. 10 m . Aug. 22 Lawrence Thomas, Provincetown, 5 y. Aug. 22 Sophie Berry Watson (Bremner), Craigville, 71 y. 1 m. 19 d. Aug. 24 Kenneth S. Lothrop, Allston, 34 y. Aug. 24 Edward Rose, New York City, 25 y. 6 m. 10 d. Aug. 26 (Infant), MacDonald, Newton Centre, 6 :hrs. Aug. 27 (Infant) Buckley, Sandwich, 5 hrs. Aug. 29 Charles N. Rauh,West Hyannisport, 86 y. 6 m. 8 d.. Sept. 1 Leo Flinkman, Centerville, 18 y. 4 m. 28 d. Sept. 8 Stuart M. Walker, Brookline, 16 y. 4 m. 28 d. Sept. 11 John White, Mashpee, 55 y. Sept. 16 Joseph G. Rosa, Marstons Mills, 69 Y. 8 m. 14 d. Sept. 22 Edwin J. Gray, Onset, 62 y. Sept. 28 Nestor Aalto, Osterville, 48 y. 11 m. 4 d. Sept. 29 John M. Smith,Hyannis, 84 y.4 m. 29 d. Oct. 3 George Hall, Dedham, 60 y. 2 m. 2 d. Oct. 4 Solomon Foote Haskins, Cotuit, 70 y. 24 d. 116 Oct. 8 Isaac DeGrace, Hyannis,.34 y. Oct. 10 Emma F. Kelley (Eldridge), Hyannis, 73 Y. 11 m. Oct. 12 David R. Young, South Chatham, 1 yr. Oct. 13 Mary Hartnett (Fing), Hyannis, 90 y. Oct. 17 Joshua A. Clark, Chatham, 80 y. Oct. 19 Didama B. Burgess (Baker), Hyannis, 95 y. 1 m. 16 d. Oct. 20 Lucius K. Paine, Hyannisport, 87 y. 9 m. Oct 23 William D. Ring, Hyannis, 84 Y. 4 m. Oct. 25 Manuel Gomes, Brewster, 34 y. Oct. 25 Margarill•a Holway (Lapham), Hyannis, 91 y. 6 m. Oct. 27 Effie J. Power (Ensoe), Osterville, 64 Y. 8 m. 4 d. Oct. 28 (Stillborn). Oct. 30 (Stillborn).. Nov. 3 Mary B. Ames (Crocker), Osterville, 43 y. 1 m. 29 d. Nov. 4 William Coleman Gifford, Marstons Mills, 85 y. 5 m. 27 d. Nov. 8 Elie Bellerose, Hyannisport, 54 y. Nov. 9 Susan P. Harlow (Percival), Santuit, 90 y. 10 M. 6 d. Nov. 19 William L. Perry, Cummaquid, 2 y. 10 m. Nov. 24 Joseph C. Silver, Hyannis, 78 y. 3 m. 117 Nov. 26 William O. Crocker, Osterville, 70 y. 11 m. 1 d. Dec. 2 (Stillborn). Dec. 17 George E. Hall, Hyannis, 69 y. 9 m. 19 d. Dec. 22 Walter Newell Baker, Waquoit, 51 y. Dec. 22 Warren W. Montcalm, Yarmouth, 27 y. 3 m. 28 d. Dec. 25 Joanna Rose Cackowski, Woods Hole, 15 min. Dec. 27 Zeno Scudder Parker, Cotuit, 75 y. 5 m. 23 d. Dec. 30 John R. Merrick, Barnstable, 92 y. 7 m. 16 d. 118 BROUGHT HERE FOR BURIAL Jan. 3 Nellie Packard Nickerson (Totman), Wellesley Farms, 54 y. 2 m. 8 d. Jan. 21 Elizabeth-C. Hinckley, New York City, 81 ,y. Feb. 1 Rebecca J. Howes,Los Angeles, California, 71 y. 3 m. 25 d. Feb. 11 (Stillborn). Feb. 29 Hannah Smith Hedge (Hallett), Somerville, 83 y. 18 d. Mar. 2 William E. Fish, St. Louis, Mo., 70 y. 4 m. 9 d. Mar. 2 Alice Gertrude Pattison, Dedham, it y. 1 m. 12 d. Mar. 3 Lizzie C. Baker, Hartford, Conn., 77 y. 6 m. 19 d. Mar. 8 Henry C. Sears, Hartford, Conn., 84 y. 1 m. 8 d. Mar. 23 William F. M. Goss, New York, 68 y. Mar. 28 William Lewis Scudder, East Providence, R. I., 82 y. Apr. 28 Ida M. Phinney, Millbury, 78 y. 7 m. 12 d. May 20 Ouida Frances Sherman (Moore), Norfolk, Va., 47 Y. 5 m. 9 d. May 25 William Cobb, Boothby Harbor, Maine, 58 y. July 15 Emma L. Chase, Cambridge, 82 y. 6 m. 19 d. Aug. 19 Olivia B. Bacon, Providence, R. I., 80 y. i Aug. 30 William M. Weeks, Tiverton, R. I., 69 y. 2 m. 16 d. 119 Oct. 5 Laura C. Clarner (Harlow)„ Concord,. N. H., 46 y. 11 m. 18 d. Oct. 10 Lilla V. Parker, Boston, 70 y. 7 m. 26 d. Oct. 29 . Joseph Monteiro, Tewksbury, 52 y. 11 m. 14 d. Nov. 7 Mary Ready, Preston, Conn., 72 Y. 10 m. 5 d. Dec. 21 Eva E. Foskett Worcester 40 Y. 5 m. 18 d. CLARENCE M. CHASE, Clerk. 120 JURY LIST, 1929 Bernard Aikens Insurance, Thomas H. Arden, Jr. Brick Mfgr. Robert J. Bain Plumber John W. Barlow Painter Merton H. Bates Painter Benjamin D. Baxter Merchant Daniel Bearse Printer Ethan A. Bearse Merchant Nathan 14. Bearse Retired Ralph H. Bodman . Merchant Roy V. Braley Chauffeur Edric E. Cash Painter Wilton Childs Mason Richard Cobb Retired Braddock Coleman Carpenter Herbert E. Cook Insurance Clarence A. Cottrell Salesman George F. Croc)ier Inspector Milton H. Crocker Merchant Edward A. Delano Manager John R. Dodge Electrician Charles E. Doubtfire Gardener Albert L. Edson Retired Charles Mervin Eldredge Salesman Shirley S. Evans Chauffeur Harvey J. Field Auto Mechanic William L. Fitzgerald Manager Lorenzo T. Gifford Farmer Milton Gifford Fisherman Russell D. F. Hall Retired Warren C. Hallett Bookkeeper Seth E. Hamblin Carpenter Abbott F. C. Harlow Carpenter 121 Henry A. Haugh Hotel Proprietor F. Howard Hinckley Lumber Dealer William D. Holmes Carpenter Herbert A. Howland Ice Cream Dealer Oscar Iasigi Retired Bruce K. Jerauld Clerk Thomas M. Jones, Jr. Fish Dealer Valorius E. Jones Meat Dealer Fred S. Kent Inspector Andrew Kerr Packer Charles H. King Antique Dealer Leroy P. Leonard Real Estate Wilton E. Linnell Cranberry Grower . Julius P. Morin Auto Supplies Jesse Murray Ice Dealer Claude Nickerson Fisherman Seth R. Nickerson Contractor Chester R. Norris Contractor John 'V. O'Neil Grocer Edward E. Petow Merchant Elijah H. Phinney Coal Dealer Frank K. Rich Writer William H. Robbins Fisherman Emil W. Rodin ' Electrician Frederic F. Scudder Coal Dealer Frederick E. Sherman Fish Dealer Charles E. Smith Saw Mill. James N. Smith Retired Clinton A. Sturgis Carpenter William P. Suzan Auto Dealer Frank G. Thacher Insurance Donald G. Trayser Reporter Hartley 0. Warren Carpenter Henry Waterman Reporter James A. Woodward Real Estate 122 BARNSTABLE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT I have the honor to subiiiit a very brief report of the work of the County Health Department of Barnstable County for the year 1928. An additional act was passed by the State Legislature during the year perfecting the methods of conducting the business of the department. The force of the County Health Department remains the same as during the last year and the work is being con- ducted under about the same heads as mentioned in the last report. The situation regarding communicable diseases has been satisfactory during the year. Of course a certain number of the more common minor forms have been pres- ent, but the so-called more serious communicable diseases have been rare. One typhoid carrier was found but is now considered free from the pathogenic organism. Such cases of diphtheria and scarlet fever as have occurred, have been as a rule mild. One case of infantile paralysis was reported and one of smallpox (varioloid). A certain amount of toxin-antitoxin for the prevention of diphtheria has been given in the County, particularly in two or three of the towns, and this matter is being kept constantly befog,- parents and teachers. Vaccination against smallpox is nearly complete. 123 Every Board of Health in the County has ]sassed resolu- tions requiring that all milk sold be from tube�.-culin tested cattle or pasteurized. This resolution to take effect June 1, 1929. Nearly all of the cattle in the County have now been tested. Considerable attention has been give,, to the -.latter of shipping permits for out-of-state shipments of si,eLfi,li, and also to the question of bed certificates, canditio i ,S fis�li houses, polluted areas, etc. The shellfish from the polluted part of Lewis Bay have been moved to Cotuit, under super- vision, for use as seed. Severel. meetings of the Shellfish Commission were held in the County. Health week exercises were held in nearly all of the towns, and interest in the matter of the health of school children and others is constantly increasing. The condition of school children is improving yearly, and more and more attention is being given to the correction of defects. The Southeastern Association of Boards of.Health, the Cape Cod Health Bureau Association and the Barnstable District Medical Society have held regular meeiings in the County during the year. These meetings are very valuable as they stimulate interest in and cause discussion of matters pertaining to the Public Health. About half of the towns are doing some work in mos- quito eradication, with considerable success. This matter is attracting attention and is being taken up by the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce and others. The mosquito does not carry disease here, of course, but is a nuisance. Among other things considerable attention is now being 124 given to the condition of surface and 'pit closets. Hyannis and Falmouth are considering the installation of modern sewer systems. Students from the Harvard School of Public Health have been on the Cape during the year as is customary, and the Commissioner of Public Health and other officials have also visited the County. Sanitary conditions at the Barnstable County Fair were commended by state officials. Roadside stands and eating places have received considerable attention. A good many talks have been given in various places regarding health matters and all of the regular inspections and examinations, etc., have been made as heretofore. These of course increase in number from year to year as the work goes on. The Health Officer wishes to acknowl- edge the unfailing cooperation of all officials and employees. This has been satisfactory in every way, and without this cooperation no health department can function efficiently. It is particularly wished to acknowledge the services of the local press;—space has been given at ,all times for articles on health matters throughout the year, and periodicals in general have dealt with the health department in a very satisfactory manner and. our debt to them is hereby acknowledged. During the coming year every effort will be made to maintain the usefulness and efficiency of the Health Department. A. P. GOFF, M. D., County Health Officer. 1.25 BOARD OF HEALTH REPORT December 31, 1928 To the Selectmen of the Town of Barnstable: Your Board of Health offers the following report for the year ending December 31, 1928. There was a slight increase in the number of contagious diseases over 1927, but the count is still very low. The following contagious diseases were reported for 1927: Tuberculosis-Pulmonary 6 Scarlet Fever 6 Chicken Pox 53 Diphtheria 3 German Measles 1 Measles 15 Mumps 65 Whooping Cough 87 Infantile Paralysis 1 Total 165 Water Supply The water used in the town for domestic purposes is of good quality and safe to use. 126 Milk and Dairy inspection and the tuberculin testing of cattle has been actively carried on and we are confident the early months of 1929 will find the herds in Barnstable 100% tested. During 1928 we have had 401 cattle tested with only 24 reactors. There have been: Sediment tests 185 Dairy inspections 261 Milk licenses issued 142 Sanitary inspections 371 Dental Clinic The dental work for the year has made some progress, but not the progress we should make. For 1929 we have the promise of dental service that will help regain the lost. ground. Town Dumping Ground The dumping ground has been in operation for twelvb months with a considerable increase in both garbage and rubbish. ' The matter of a sewage system for Hyannis will again come before the town, and the board of health asks your careful consideration from a point of Public Health. Respectfully submitted, G. W. HALLETT, Sec. 127 Report of THE PARK COMMISSION Your commission begs to present the following report: The general. up-keep of the parks and beaches in clean- ing of papers and rubbish, mowing of grass and so forth was taken care of in the same manner as in other years, by a man and truck making daily rounds during the summer months. In new work on Parks and school grounds, your com- mission has built two'new parks and put rough stone curb- ings around them, one at the intersection of Barnstable Road and Center street, and one at the intersection of Camp street and Railroad avenue at both of.which places the soil needed to fill was obtained from the widening of Mary Dunn Road. a The grounds at the Training school have been improved by the building of a retaining wall at the South, the erection of a fence on that side, the laying of two walks to the build- ing from Ocean street and doing the grading and filling needed to make the ,yard as usable as is possible a.t this time. Several days work was done on the school yard at West Barnstable grading. Respectfully submitted, W. F. JENKINS, JEAN G. HINKLE, F. F. SCUDDER. - 128 Report of SEALER of WEIGHTS and MEASURES SCALES SEALED CONDEMNED ADJUSTED Platform 55 2 5 Counter 36 3 1 Beam 2 Spring 78 3 4 Computing 58 1 4 Personal weighing 4 Prescription 3 Weights 467 Vehicle Tanks 15 Liquid Measures 268 7 Dry Measure 1 Gas Pumps 65 3 8 Gas Meters 1 Kerosene Pumps 19 2 Oil Pumps 96 Molasses Pumps 3 Quantity Stops on pumps 402 Yard Sticks 30 Total sealed 1603 19 24 129 Total Fees collected, $153.02. Transient Vendors Licenses issued (70) $1750. Returned by State on Hawkers & Pedlars (38) $418. Issued 4 State Licenses Issued 11 County Licenses There has been 2 convictions for no Licenses. Respectfully submitted, EVERETT L. HO%IE, Sealer of Weights & Measures. 130 REPORT OF TREE WARDEN To the Citizens of the Town of Barnstable: The work of this department is pretty thoroughly un- derstood by nearly every citizen of the town, and I am glad to report that the citizens in general have given this depart- ment their hearty support in the care and preservation of our street trees. With the new conditions that are confront- ing us as to the welfare of our trees, the erection of new buildings, tar and asphalt roads, cement and asphalt side- walks, all of which are improvements that the growth and expansion of our villages demand, and progress must go on unmolested, so we will have to look into the future and ar- range the planting of new trees on the ogtside of the high- way layout. Trees now growing under conditions as des- cribed must receive more care than in years past. They must be fertilized to help their growth, and pruned so as to conserve the food supply available, udder the new con- dition. The general work on the trees, pruning and removing of dead limbs has been done as far as funds permitted. All the young trees planted and of less than six inches calibre have been fertilized and dug around. Three hundred young trees were planted last spring, and this plan of planting young trees each year should be continued until all of our streets and highways are lined with trees, thereby enhancing the beauty of our villages. Respectfully .submitted, ROBERT F. CROSS. 131 Report of THE MOTH DEPARTMENT To the Selectmen of the Town of Barnstable: I hereby submit a brief report of the work of this de- partment in control of Gypsy and Browntail Moths for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 1928. As annual reports of the work of the suppression of the Gypsy and Browntail Moth have been given in detail, as to the plan and operations of the work, I do not consider it necessary to take up space and your valuable time in this report by repeating that phase of our activities. The general condition of the town is very good. As a whole the highways and residential sections are well under control. By this I mean that they can be kept in good con- dition, with the annual care, namely creosoting the egg masses and then spraying the trees. The Wooded areas are generally infested with the Gyp- sy and up to the present time the work of the parasite seems to be unable to hold the Gypsy in check. while the vari- ous parasites that have been liberated here by the Federal authorities are doing good work, they are not present in large enough numbers to control the situation; and until the parasites or some thing else happens to destroy the Gypsy in the wooded areas we must expect the spread of this pest. 132 The importance to the individual property owner should be emphasized more than any other point, that they should see to it that all egg masses on their trees are creosoted, and if necessary that their trees are sprayed. This would con- trol the pest to a greater extent. It must be remembered that each Gypsy egg mass contains about 500 egg masses, each one of which will hatch out a very vigorous leaf eating caterpillar. The Browntail moth is the most poisonous caterpillar and one that has caused the inhabitants the most inconven- ience because of its poisonous effect on human beings. The Browntail has been found in several places in the town dur- ing the past year, and although in small colonies they were %yell distributed throughout the town. The control of the Browntail has to be of a cooperative nature. In as much as this department has not the funds available to inspect all property in the town for nests of this pest, we ask for your cooperation in its control, by notifying us of any outbreaks of which you know, and having those found on your prop- erty destroyed by burning. This department will gladly give free of charge ad- vice or instructions regarding the control of the Gypsy or Browntail inoths. Equipment, pumps, hose, etc., belonging to the town and used in this department are stored in a building at Os- terville. When in need of the services of the Department, call Cotuit 400, Respectfully submitted, ROBERT F. CROSS. 133 REPORT OF FOREST WARDEN The forest fires in this town for the past year.were less in number but greater in the amount of area burned over than in 1927. The forest fire which started June first and burned over about one thousand acres traveling a distance of four miles in five hours, has brought the area, of forest land burned over up to thirteen hundred acres. This fire, as well as all other .forest fires, was caused by carelessness and thoughtlessness on the part of someone who ought to have known better. The forest fire hazard has become alarming; the dead wood, dryduft, leaves in our wood lands, and the species of trees how growing there, mostly pine, are of a most i.nfiam- mable nature, and a fire is easily started. The experiment carried on for the past three years by the six towns, namely Bourne, Sandwich., Barnstable, Mashpee, Falmouth, and Yarmouth came to an end. this year (1928.) This provided two men in autos who continually patroled the highways and wood roads of the six towns during the summer, and has done wonderful. work, in preventing fires . caused by campers, automobile parties and picnicers: This experiment was payed for by the U. S. Forest Service, the Massachusetts Dept. of Conservation, and the Massachu- setts Forestry Association. This patrol should be continued as the low number of forest fires during the past three years is due in a great measure to the Patrol rangers. 134 The brushing out of wood roads and the maintainance of a fire break on the newly installed Electric Light Line right of way should be used and kept up as a fire break. We should avail. ourselves of every possible means to prevent fires. Our forests and wood lands are in a deplorable con- dition. Fifty per cent of the forest fires reported start at or near a highway, presumably from smoking material. thro`irn from cars. This could be averted by gaining the cooperation of the automobilists and by cleaning up the sides of our main traveled roads the full width of the lay-out, cutting the brush, collecting and burning the brush and debris. Respectfully submitted, ROBERT F. CROSS. u 135 Report of THE TOWN FOREST COMMITTEE To the Citizens of the Town of Barnstable: The Committee appointed to serve on Town Forestry have to report the continuation of the plan laid out several years ago. To plant each town lot with trees suitable for future attractiveness and utility.such as, spruce, red pine, Scotch pine, Austrian pine. To this end we have in 1928 planted 20,000 seedlings and those not destroyed by fire are in good condition. The "School" lot, near Hyannis, was burned over by a forest fire. We intend to replant the same lot and hope to see a larger force of school. pupils at the time set for plant- ing trees on this lot. For the encouragement of citizens who are interested and the education of those who do not know about them, we advise visiting• certain lots on Cape Cod planted years ago. Such plantings prove that pines of the valuable varie- ties grow well here and compare favorably with the same sorts in other parts of Massachusetts. We strongly advise that owners of wood lots consider this proposition and do some planting of trees on the now useless acres. Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM F. JENKINS, Secretary. 136 REPORT OF CLAM WARDEN To the citizens of the Town of Barnstable: I come to this any second report realizing there are so many things I want you to know and understand in regard to our natural shell fish that I hardly know which facts are best to put before you. If I can bring the voters to a true .sense of the conditions as they really are,is the one point I have in mind in bringing you this report. Last year I gave you a lot of figures—this year I am go- ing to keep away from there as much as possible. This situ- ation this year on the whole is not quite so good as last. Afore permits to fish have been issued, and in most cases the supply not so good. Clams Of course Barnstable Harbor is the Clam territory of our Town. Not quite so many permits issued this year. Only enough to supply the Town trade during the summer, and none for roadside stands. Also section I of Barnstable Harbor has been kept closed. This makes the available sup- ply much smaller. We supplied Mr. Andrew Kerr with seventy-five (75) barrels in April, also seventy five (75) bar- rels in December. These were canned for the hospital. The Selectmen feel as long as we have any clams the hospital should come first. Another demand which we have, and a very heavy one which some.Towns do not, is the taking for family use by any citizen of the State. This is a State regu- lation over which we have no control. It is true that there 137 are some violations, but not so many as some would have you think. We also have the regulation that no clams are to be sold out of Town from April 1st to December 1st, 1928. You can readily see that this is a hard rule to enforce in a Town the size of Barnstable, but I can assure you that the violations have been less this year than for a good many years. The supply in other parts of the Town are about the same, although the demand this winter is heavier on account of not much work in other industries. Some clams were buried on the shore in Seapuit River where the dredging was done, but I think these places will seed down again, and be better than before. The supply in Barnstable Harbor is growing less every year on account of the large number of men working, and no new set. With the exception of one or two small areas there has been no good set for ten years, and the amount dug has gone from 50,000 barrels in 1918, to 5,000 in 1928, so we must face the situation that further cur- tailing will be necesary in order to have a supply for the Town for Summer trade.' This brings us to the point that I want most for the voters to consider. An appropriation is needed to help nature in bringing back our supply of clams. We have hundreds of acres in Barnstable Harbor which if we had a little money to work with could in a very short time be made to yield a good supply. We need to transplant from the areas where they are too thick, also to try and catch some of the seed that goes to waste each year. There are some clams outside, but very hard to get to—only in Sum- mer can they be taken. We have the Harbor carefully looked over at least once a. year. This year on account of no seed in sight quite a large area we have to keep closed. The committee recommended this no digging for trade be al- lowed, but on account of the scarsity of work the Selectmen :finally consented to allow digging three days a week. The prices are good—the demand exceeds the supply on account 138 of other Towns being situated the same if not worse than we. So we should see to it that everything is done that can be to keep the supply, and give the men work. Quahaugs I thing the supply is gradually growing less. The de- mand is nearly arrays good. The Quahaug grows much slower than the clam, so takes much longer to get a market- able sire. We have plenty of good ground in all parts of the Torn, and I think we should buy and plant some seed and close certain areas until it is ready for trade. The small polluted area in Lewis Bay, Hyannis, which by the way is the only polluted water in our Town was allowed by special permit from the State Board of Health, to be fished last Summer. About one hundred twenty-five (125) barrels were taken out and sold to J. C. Crosby and Company, Osterville. This is a very unsatisfactory way of doing, as it is very ex- pensive. An inspector had to be present at the taking up and one at the planting, also the area had to be watched un- til declared safe by the State chemist, so of course the men do not get the price. A situation of this kind should be tak- en care of by an appropriation of the 'Town—the polluted product taken up, and planted on Public ground—protected until ready for market then harvested by the citizen. Scollops There were more ,than for a good many years. More permits issued than ever before. This being the case in all surrounding Towns. Of course the prices were not so good as last year. The men made an agreement to only fish three days a week—this tended to bring the prices back to normal, but the outlook for next year is—hard to tell, as the scal- lop is as little understood as any shell fish we have. There 139 are a lot of seed scallops and something should be done to stop the waste of these seeds, as a scallop only lives two years, and this year's seed are the adults for next year. The new State law that no scallops can be taken by hand before October 1st without a permit from the Selectmen has been a great help. The scallops give employment to over one hun- dred (100) men in this Town, and bring in thousands of dol- lars, so we should see to it that this industry is properly pro- tected. Razor Fish None of these fish are found in the Town except Barn- stable Harbor, and this year there are more and of the larg- er size than for a good many years. The demand is limited as they are mostly used for bait. This year we have limited the amount that can be dug per individual in order to con- serve the supply. , The prices are good, and with the digging of clams limited to three days a week this industry is a big help. There were more razor fish permits issued than ever before. In closing this report I can do no better than again call- ing your attention to the quotation from the report of the Commissioner on Fish and Game on page 142 of last year's report. "Proposed Legislation—Numerous special laws and regulations have resulted in a lack of uniform control of shell-fisheries of various_coastal towns. The future of the shell-fisheries depends essentially upon legislation which will correct the present'inadequacies in our mollusk laws and permit the establishment of prosperous industries on our coast. The Commissioners on Fisheries and Game believe that the present situation can best, and will ultimately, be t 140 islet by p.lauin- the shell-fisheries-under uniform State con- trol. At present they consider that such a disposition should not be undertaken before the selectmen of the various coast- al towns have been given a full opportunity to demonstrate their ability to handle the situation". • At the time I think that the proposed legislation should be heeded more earefully than ever as the.special commission appointed by the State this last year to look into the shell- fish industry have reported and stated very forcibly that as they find the situation unless the various coastal Towns do their' best to take care of their natural shell-fish industry the next step will be Legislation that will bring State con- ` trol. The Selectmen and your Warden are trying very hard to make rules and regulations that will be best for all con- cerned, and still conserve the supply, and we need the coop- eration of every voter of the Town to bring and keep this industry as big an asset as it has been in the past. Respectfully submitted, ERNEST 0. DOTTRIDGE,. Clam Warden, Town of Barnstable. January 22nd, 1929. 141 REPORT OF PLANNING BOARD To the Selectmen of Barnstable: .Gentlemen: The Planning Board of the Town of Barnstable in ac- cordance with statutory law respectfully presents its An- nual Report for the year 1928. Through the medium of this report comes the only real agency for intituate contact with the entire rank and file of our citizens, in the rendering of an account of our steward- ship. Statistical reports, as a general rule, prove somewhat boresome to a majority of the reading public and for this reason your Board attempts to adhere strictly to a brief sum- mation of achievement, activity and performance, coupled with comprehensive recommendations for.civic progress and betterments. Fortunately the membership and organization of the Board remains unchanged, thereby ass-tiring a continuity of effort in the development of a constructive and permanent program. Confidence, support and good will of the voters to- wards the Planning Board is demonstrated by the hearty co- operation and response to the acceptance of the major por- tion of the Board's recommendations. r 142 The past year has witnessed the adoption of necessary enabling acts contained in the General Laws, and subse- quently definitely set forth in By-Law form, regulating the Preparation of Plat Plans; the Establishment of Business and Residential Areas; Building Restrictions within certain limits of the Town, etc. When consideration is given to the fact that opinions held and crystallized over a period of years have been super- ceded by present day ideas, the acceptance and adoption of the regulatory measures, speaks well for the public spirit shown by our citizens for safeguarding the health, comfort, safety and welfare of our community. If the response of the voters to the 1927 recommenda- tions of the Planning Board is any criterion to follow then surely incentive is afforded to proceed along conservative, constructive lines for a program of undertaking that will place Barnstable in the foremost ranks of the Towns of the United States. The one outstanding evidence of the spirit of co-opera- tion of citizens and Planning Board is that wherein the people of 0sterville responded to the suggestion offered to meet with the Board and discuss ways and means for the proper relief of traffic congestion in the vicinity of the Post Office in their village. As a result of these meetings we find definite action taking place on the part of the Selectmen. and County Commissioners, new road layouts prepared and. permanent relief assured•early in 1929. Building Lines At various intervals throughout the year Sectional meetings were held in Hyannis, Osterville, Centerville; 143 Barnstable, and Cotuit. These gatherings were sponsored by the Board of Selectmen for the express purpose of afford- ing enlig.htment to the people of the beneficial results ac- cruing after establishment of Buildings Lines. Representatives of the Planning Board were in attend- ance at all these meetings and were delegated to explain methods of procedure, suggested depths to be established and with the aid of graphic road layouts to present the sub- ject matter in comprehensive form to the people. The response to these meetings is best exemplified by the number of petitions presented to the Selectmen request- ing them to proceed with the work'of laying down Building Lines in the respective areas above mentioned. At subse- quent Public Hearings called to ratify, representatives of. the Board were in attendance and lent assistance in extend- ed explanation of subject matter. Building Code In accordance with definite instruction given by the voters in Town Meeting assembled, your Board has drafted a Building Code to be presented at the 1929 Meeting. A brief statement advising favorable acceptance and adoption is herewith appended. To the prospective home builder, contractor, artisan and citizen in general this rec- ommendation is advanced. It is an established fact that home means considerable more than just a place to live in, because it is to be perman- ent insofar as it is humanly possible to make it. Therefore, in order to safeguard the permanency of the physical struc- ture regulatory measures are absolutely required if our cit- izens are to be protected, regardless of their wealth or lack 144 0f it, from flimsy and unsafe construction by fly-by-night, unscrupulous, contractors: The medium of protection af- forded is through the Building Code, and appointment of a Building Inspector. Joint Meetings The Planning Board and Board of Health have held several joint conferences and public hearings to consider the matter of occupancy of Town Land, at foot of Lewis Bay Road, Hyannis, by so called Fish Shanties. The report of deliberations and findings are set forth in an independent report for presentation to the Voters at 1929 Annual Town Meeting. Regular Meetings The Board adheres to its original policy of holding regular meetings at which a frank and 'open discussion of the problems of vital moment effecting the Town's interests prevails. Co-operation With Other Boards and Officers The Planning Board desires to reiterate a statement made in its 1927 Report that "it realizes that only in co-ordination, of effort and in close co-operation with other Boards, Com- mittees and Town Officials can constructive and effective work be accomplished." The Board at this time desires to publicly thank all of our Town Officials for the hearty sup- port and confidence reposed in the Planning Board. We are of the opinion that our determination to es- tablish permanent office quarters where information pertain- ing to the Town's physical properties could easily, and read- ily be obtained has proven to be of incalculable value and assistance to others and a necessary adjunct to the Town's departments. The past year's activities have given evidence of the wisdom of our venture. Much valuable time and money has 145 been saved for the Town clue to the fact that a vast amount of record ,and history of the Town has been assembled in this office. Mapping and Plotting of Town Our Engineering force has maintained definite progress despite many handicaps, on plans of the Town, and will have in readiness for inspection maps of 200 foot scale, of Hyannis„ 400 foot scale of the entire Town, and 40 foot plats of Hyannis Village. Abstracting, Compiling, Indexing and Filing of Deeds The amount of time and labor, painstaking research and accuracy required in this specialized field of our work is very little understood by the average citizen. It is never- theless an absolute necessity to carry on this particular branch if true and accurate records are to be established and maintained. Surveys During the coming year it will be necessary to make field surveys in a greater degree than has been the vogue in the past. Many of our roads lack definition and bounds. The Planning Board respectfully recommends to the Board of Selectmen that during the year 1929 as many roads lack- ing definition be defined and bounded out insofar as possi- ble. Recommendations 1—That the citizens of Barnstable petition the Board of Selectmen to lay down Building Lines in as many of our streets and roads as possible to cover in one year. 2—That property owners who contemplate subdivisions of their holdings give serious consideration and make pro- vision for Building Lines in their subdivisions. 3—That it is recommended to. the voters of Barnstable to extend a private way known as Louis Street, Hyannis, 146 from its present terminus w reinter Street, and to accept same as a public road. 4—That Wachusett Avenue at the terminus at Irving Avenue, Hyarnnisport, be so altered as to reduce to a mini- mum the hazard of accident that at present exists. 5—That Old Point Road, so called, be defined and worked in order to give proper access to land recently plot- ted out for cemetery purposes. 6—That consideration be given as per the Board's 1927 recommendation to the widening of High School Avenue between Main and South Streets. 7—That further consideration be given to the acquis- ition of the property next East of Town Office Building, Hy- annis, for future Town use. 8—That a public hearing be held to consider the work- ing to its full width Main Street, Hyannis, between Barn- stable Road and a point West of the Public Service Build- ing,.so called, in order to relieve vehicular traffic congestion between these points. 9—That a public hearing be held to secure the senti- ment of the citizens relative to the advisability of establish- ing a highway to and on a portion of Sandy Neck, and to make plans for the future development of this area for pub- lie uses. Respectfully submitted, F. HOWARD HINCKLEY, Chairman, MABEL K. BAKER, ROBER'T F. CROSS, WILLIAM L. FITZGERALD, HENRY P. LEONARD, MARY MORTIMER, L. FRANK PAINE, Town of Barnstable Planning Board. HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT ,ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SURVEYOR OF HIGHWAYS OF THE Town ®f Barnstable FOR THE YEAR 1928 THE ro�� IBAflb3TABLE, y MABB. p� i639• 4� , MAY REPAIRS ON ROADS AND BRIDGES SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL NEW ACCEPTED STREETS RECONSTRUCTION SIDEWALKS DRAINAGE OF PARKWAY PLACE CRAIGVILLE ROAD AND ENTRANCE WORK ORDERED BY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS and REPORT OF ROAD COMMITTEE 149 REPAIRS ON ROADS AND BRIDGES Appropriated $35,000 00 Expenditures: Labor, Teams and Truck Hire $15,129 98 Cinders, Stone, Shells, Freight, etc. 2,597 03 Drainage 1,158 20 Dust Layers 1,426 67 Fences 759 65 Grand Island Bridge and Draw- tender 1,178 30 Rent of Garage and Land 570 00 Salary of Surveyor of Highways 3,500 00 Supplies, Repairs, and New Trucks 6,959 18 Unclassified 260 30 Widening and Patching 1,422 78 Total $34,962 09 Balance to Treasury 37 91 $35,000 00 SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL Appropriated $3,000 00 Reserve Fund 689 11 $3,689 11 Expenditures': Repairs and Supplies for Plows $259 80 Labor, Teams and Trucks 3,429 31 $3,689 11 150 NEW ACCEPTED STREETS Appropriated $4,150 00 Expenditures: Power Shovel, Labor and Trucks $2,984 02 Cinders, Gravel, Pipe, etc. 434 29 Brusbing 381 50 $3,799 81 Balance in Treasury 350 19 $4,150 00 RECONSTRUCTION Appropriated $60,000 00 Appropriation for Mill Way 1927 unexpended 1,993 98 $61,993 98 Expenditures: Cemetery Road, Osterville Grading $240 76 326.59 Tons surfacing @ $6 1,959 53 $2,200 29 Mill Way, Barnstable Grading, Walls and Fences $3,021 42 562.71 Tons surfacing @ $6 3,376 27 $6,397 69 r 151 Newtown Road, Marstons Mills Grading $2,337 92 701.56 Tons surfacing @ $6 4,209 36 $6,547 28 North Street, Hyannis Grading $401 15 644.56 Tons surfacing @ $6 3,867 38 $4,268 53 Phinney's Lane, Centerville Grading $223 19 2400 sq. yds. surfacing @ $1 25 3,000 00 $3,223 19 Race Lane Grading $4,713 15 Bridge 1,109 25 608.34 Tons surfacing @ $6 3,650 04 $9,472 44 Rushy March Road, Cotuit Hardening ' $1,228 93 488.99 Tons surfacing @ $6 2,933, 93 $4,162 86 152 Sandy Street, West Barnstable Grading , $532 84 8864.4 sq. yds. surfacing @ $.625 5,540 25 $6,073 09 Scudder Avenue, Hyannis Grading $121 72 1654.725 Tons surfacing @ $6. 9,928 35 $10,150 07 Seal Coating 1927 _Construction $3,380 60 Washington, Lafayette, and Winchester Ave. Grading $593 59 912.337 Tons surfacing @ $6. 5,474 02 $6,067 61 Grand Total $61,943 65 Balance to Treasury 50 33 $61,993 98 SIDEWALKS Appropriated $10,000 00 Expenditures: Excavation Jones' Corner $979 60 Grading for Asphaltic Sidewalks 634 32 153 3198.5 yds. Asphaltic Sidewalk 3,198 50 Kyanized Curbs and Labor 356 70 ' Steel Forms for Concrete 11027 69 Grading for Concrete Sidewalks 436 90 Cement, Sand, and Stone 848 56 Rent of barn to store cement 50 00 Labor and Mixers 2,233 18 Tools and Repairs 100 91 $9,866 36 Balance to Treasury 133 64 $10,000 00 DRAINAGE OF PARKWAY PLACE Appropriated $2,000 00 Expenditures: Pipe and Labor $1,391 24 Mason and Supplies 208 32 $1,599 56 Balance in Treasury 400 44 $2,000 00 CRAIGVILLE ROAD AND ENTRANCE Appropriated $1,500 00 Expenditures: Grading $79 85 1136.08 sq. yds. Asphaltic Surfacing 1,420 15 $1,500 00 154 WORK ORDERED BY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Appropriated $12,000 00 Expenditures: Hyannisport Curves Grading and Culvert $2,694 78 , 458.368 Tons Asphalt surfacing 2,750 20 Total $5,444 98 Bumps River Road Grading $4,455 31 Concrete Culvert 768 80 Gravel and Trucking 1,308 11 Total $6,532 22 Grand Total $11,977 12 Balance to Treasury 22 80 $12,000 00 lda To the Voters and Taxpayers of Barnstable: I herewith submit to you my sixth annual report of the Highway Department. Labor, Teams and Trucl.i: I-Iire This past year we have inaugurated the employment of help by the month instead of itinerant labor. In my opinion this is one of the best moves ever made in this department. I am satisfied that the results obtained thereby have been far superior to the old method. Some question the ability to find work to keep the Wien busy during the winter months, but this seems to be a need- less worry as we are now far behind in the work needed. Hundreds of loads of gravel have been used this winter and as much more is needed to keep the muddy roads passable at all times. Brush that was cut last fall is to be burned and removed. Miles of roads need cutting out and brushing., Wet days the men are employed in mending and sharpening tools, in overhauling trucks and tractors, and in keeping the drains and streets clear. Better service can be given the public by men who are accustomed to their Nvork and who have a knowledge of the proper methods to use. The men selected for these positions have been chosen for their dependability, conscientious ef- forts, and all-round ability. Cinders, Stone, etc. We have.practically abandoned the use of loam in dirt road repairs as it makes sections impassable when the frost 156 is coming out. Cinders have been used somewhat but are expensive and unendurable. Gravel is the best material for patching and for making the dirt roads passable. Shells are very scarce but are necessary for patching the few re- maining shell roads. Crushed stone has been used for pat- ching and for surfacing the dirt sidewalks, but is very ex- pensive, the freight on it being nearly double the cost of the stone. Drainage This item is still a big problem and requires consider- able thought. As most of the drainage lies underground and is hard to reach I have considered it the best policy to build for endurance and have studied carefully the amount of water the pipes would be called upon to carry. Wherever it has seemed that a greater capacity would be needed in the future the pipes have been installed with that point in view. We are replacing where needed all broken tile and stone cul- verts with metal and concrete pipes. Many places need the present systems rebuilt. In Hyannis one catch basin has two twelve inch pipes leading into it and but one twelve inch pipe for an outlet. Another example is at Barnstable where a pipe under the road was installed at such a pitch that when an extension of twenty feet was needed it brought the outlet five feet below the bottom of the ditch. This meant that the road had to be dug up, the small pipe removed and replaced with concrete pipe of greater capac- ity laid at a proper grade to secure efficient drainage. Dust Layer A carload of calcium chloride was used on the roads this year, but owing to the unusual amount of rainfall was 157 not as lasting as in previous years. This chemical has to be used on the shell roads as a dust preventive instead of oil which is injurious to the shells. Several truck loads of light oil were used as a dust preventive on dirt roads. I have been asked to oil many roads next year which have never received any treatment of this kind. Fences Several hundred feet of fencing was painted and some new erected, but this item seems to get neglected in the stress of more urgent work. However, considerable fence should be replaced in dangerous spots in 1929 for the safe- ty of the public. Grand Island Bridge A great increase in travel. across this bridge has been. brought about by the Oyster Harbors Development and be- fore long a request will probably be made for au improved draw in this bridge. Words seem inadequate to describe the miserable type of draw that now exists there. Yearly- expensive rrepairs are needed to keep it operating properly. This :Last summer it was out of commission for three weels during the height of the season waiting for parts to be made for it. During the five month period from May 15th to Oc- tober 15th the draw was raised over fifteen hundred times for passage of boats. The steel superstructure requires painting every other year and on the alternate year the draw has had to be replanked. Rent The same garage and land for storage purposes prev- iously used in. Hyannis was rented again this year. In ad- i 15.8 dition storage was secured in Osterville for the two trucks kept in that village. I feel that the old Town House should be turned over to the Highway Department and an appropriation made to alter it for our needs. Supplies, Repairs, etc. Out of this item two new Graham Bros. trucks were purchased at a cost of about $3500. Various tools needed for the workmen were secured, new parts for trucks and tractors, gasoline and oil and all small items in the line of equipment. The Fordson Tractor in the Grader was a heavy drain on this item it having arrived at the point of many repairs. This should be replaced with a new one early nest spring. Unclassified Telephone, office supplies, postage, printing, advertise- ments, etc., come under this head. Widening and Patching This item includes mainly repairs on asphalt roads, and includes the hardening with asphalt of the space between road and gutter and where traffic has cut corners. Snow and Ice Removal New rollers and blades were secured for the Truck Plows and a set of new shoes for the Alead-Morrison Plow. The cash balance on hand at town meeting time was wiped 159 out and an additional sum secured from the Reserve Fund to pay for the removal,of snow that fell in late March. About two thousand feet more of snow fence should be pur- chased for drift prevention. Fencing with posts costs about 17 cents per linear foot. New Layouts The new roads accepted by the 'Town last March have all been brushed so that good visibility has been secured. Cinders, sand and gravel have been replaced in wet and muddy spots, practically all have been worked and graded and in two cases considerable excavation has been accom- plished. At Newtown the removal of earth was extremely difficult and expensive, owing to the many locust and cherry trees which had to be removed from the new layout. On the Sandy Street extension large rocks added to the ex- pense. Reconstruction The Cemetery Road at Osterville was built'as far as the main entrance of the cemetery. This road is two inches thick and offers a big relief to those who use this road. Owing to the fact that no money was expended on hill Way of that appropriated in 1927, the unexpended balance was available for use this year. Considerable retaining wall had to be built to prevent the tide from sweeping away the fill and several hundred feet of fencing was necessary. The fill across the marsh on the north side of the bridge has settled'somewhat, but a few loads of asphalt will easily fix the depressions. 160 The bridge at Common Fields should be widened to al- low the passage of more than one vehicle at a time. With eighteen foot roads on either side, this bridge being only thirteen feet wide is very dangerous. The Newtown Road was extended to the junction of the Bog Road. This extension was built over the worst section. North Street was built full width and several catch basins installed. Phinney's Lane was extended about a quarter of a mile and the headwalls of the stone culvert at the Herring Brook were rebuilt and enlarged. Race Lane was extended across the fields on the new layout thus cutting off a very dangerous corner. A large cattle pass was necessary and headwalls of field stone built, which adds much to the appearance of the road. Rushy Marsh Road had to be hardened and reshaped before the surface coating could be applied. This road lies mainly across a marsh and requires considerable filling to make wider shoulders. Sandy Street received another layer of surfacing and the curve near the residence of Thornton Jenkins was wid- ened. Scudder Avenue received a second layer of asphalt and is now a fine road. If a wider layout could be obtained one curve should be widened as several accidents have oc- curred there although they were mainly due to excessive speed. 161 The roads built in 1927 were sealed with an application of one-half gallon of bituminous material to the yard and coated with sand. Washington, Lafayette and Winchester Avenues in Hy- annisport were built with two layers and full width. Con- siderable marking was noted on these roads owing to early parking of cars before the proper set had taken place. A small amount of material placed in these holes before seal- ing will improve these roads. Sidewalks In accordance with the vote of Town Meeting the road was widened and a sidewalk constructed at Jones Corner.' The added visibility secured on the curve alone made the ex- penditure worth while. Over three thousand square yards of asphalt sidewalk was constructed in the Town, the work being done in the villages of Cotuit, Barnstable, Centerville and Osterville. While this type of sidewalk may not be all that is desirable, it is a great aid in keeping .pedestrians off the streets and allows, them to pass dry shod. Asphalt sidewalk-, could be improved if they were rolled with a six ton roller instead of by hand. However, in many places there is not room for a six ton roller between fences and trees. In Barnstable a temporary plank curb was erected to, prevent damage by running `eater. This should be replaced with concrete and the space between curb and road should be hardened. This area is used as a parking space by the many who visit the Court House, and it seems to me that the County should pay part of the construction costs. 162 A big item in concrete construction has .always been the cost of lumber and labor in erecting forms. This year I have purchased several hundred feet of steel curb and side- walk'forms, some of which is flexible making it possible to turn curves of any radius. These forms are usable over and over again, and are easily erected by driving three wedges on steel pins set in the ground. While the initial cost is fairly large the saving over a period of years will more than offset this. A bad corner near East Bay Lodge, Osterville, was widened and a concrete curb erected making this spot much safer than before. A nearly continuous concrete sidewalk was built on Main Street, Hyannis from Sea Street to Winter Street. Several types of approaches for driveways have been tried out and some proved impractical so that they had to be replaced, but I think now we have a uniform type that meets all requirements, excessive slants must be avoided, and driveway inlets, which cause the pedestrian to step up and down should never be built if possible to avoid doing so. I have tried to build concrete sidewalks of quality and believe that I have done so, but it must be remembered that they may crack, may be uplifted by tree roots or frost, or Split by extreme heat. We have tried to avoid all these possibilities by removing loam and roots and by allowing generous expansion joints. As this work is of a permanent nature considerable study and surveying has been done be- fore establishing the line and grade of the curbs. Some criticism has been offered because the large por- 163 tion of our money for concrete sidewalks was spent in Fly- a.nnis. I wish to state that had application been received from the residents of the other villages offering to pay one- half of the cost, they would have received consideration. I would say in this connection that wherever a concrete side- walk now exists that preference will be shown in extending that wally rather than a checker board of many pieces on many streets and roads. The average cost this year has been $2.50 per square yard for a 4 inch thickness of concrete sidewalk and fifty cents per linear foot for curb, of which amount the policy has been for the Town to pay one-half and the abettor to pay the other half. The manner of collecting and disbursing the abuttor's share has been objectional to me and probably not strictly legal. Therefore, I suggest that the Town finance the en- tire cost and receive as donations the abuttor's share here- after. Drainage of Parkway Place A pipe to carry surface water was placed from'the de- pression near the residence of Mervyn Eldredge along Parkway Place to the catch basin at the foot of Bay View Street, near the Yarmouth Line where the `eater then runs to the cranberry bogs. Both catch basins at the north end were raised and others installed at the southerly end of Parkway Place. With a few more cinders added to the sur- facing to aid drainage the situation which has existed there so long will be eliminated. 164 PARKWAY PLACE BEFORE DRAIN WAS INSTALLED Craigville Road and Entrance This piece of road was constructed in two layers and furnished a big improvement in this section. Work Ordered by County Commissioners The work near the riding aea.demy at Hyannisport or- dered by- the commissioners was completed, but had a few feet'more of land been taken for location, the alignment could have been improved and the reconstructionwould have cost the Town less. At Bumps River the Commissioners ordered a new bridge built on a location several. feet further upstream. This was an expensive project but a great improvement. Many curves and banks were removed. Nearly four thous- and feet of fencing was ordered but none was erected as the other work used up the appropriation. 165 It is with much pride that I look back upon the six years that I have served you as Surveyor of Highways. I feel pleased that you have had confidence`in me .and in my methods. I am proud that you have allowed me to con- struct over a half million dollars worth of new roads in these six years. I appreciate your generous appropriations for sidewalks, for new and expensive snow fighting equip- ment and for the many other requests you have granted to my department. It is only by this cooperation between you and the Highway Department that we are able to point with pride to our roads as the equal of any throughout the coun- try. Respectfully submitted, LAUCHLAN M.,CROCKER, Surveyor of Highways. 166 CATTLE PASS, RACE LANE. PASS 7 FEET IN DIAMETER. n a 4.. r PLACING FILL AROUND FOUR-FOOT CONCRETE PIPE AT BUMPS RIVER. 167 4 a° A CONSTRUCTING CONCRETE SIDEWALK, MAIN ST., HYANNIS. (Note Steel Forms in place) a T k ' e NEW LOCATION OF RACE LANE 16S Report of Road Committee To the Voters: Your committee has examined the roads constructed by the contractors in 1928, and are satisfied that the Town has received full value for the money expended. The few minor defects we have noted was brought to the attention of the Surveyor of Highways, and he has assured us that he has remedied the matter or will have the necessary repairs made• before sealing the roads next April. We have viewed many miles of roads, and have received several requests and petitions for new roads submitted_to us. We have carefully considered all these suggestions and after considering both the financial aspects and the needs of the Town we recommend the appropriation of sixty-five thous- and ($65,000.00) Dollars for roads to be reconstructed irn 1929. This amount- to be expended approximately as fol- lows: Seal Coating $4,000 00- Railroad Ave., Barnstable 3,000 00 Commerce Road, Barnstable 5,000 00 Sandy St., W. Barnstable 8,000 00, Fish Lane, W. Barnstable 3,000 00 Newtown Rd., M. Mills 5,000 00 Little River Rd., Cotuit 2,500 00 Rushy Marsh Rd., Cotuit 5,000 00 Pond St., Osterville 3,000 00 Long Beach Rd., Centerville 5,500 00 169 Pbinneys Lane, Centerville 3,000 00 Willow St., Hyannis 2,500 00 Chase, Harvard and Pine Streets, Hy. 6,500 00 Irving Ave., Hyannisport 5,000 00 Squaw Island Road, Hyannisport 4,000 00 $65,000 00 ` We have the promise of the residents of Squaw Island that if the town will appropriate $4,000.00 that they will con- tribute $3,000.00 towards the construction of this road. We submit below a list of roads reconstructed since 1923 furnished us by the Surveyor of Highways. We are in- corporating this list in our report thinking that it may be of interest to the town. We realize however that this list covering a six year period may appear somewhat unfavor- able towards certain sections, but .we wish-to remind you that considerable money was expended in the Osterville and Cotuit sections for the roads leading ,to West Barnstable previous to 1923.• Our recommendations have not been made with the idea of building roads by sections, but with the view of what served the Town of Barnstable best was best for all. Hyannis: 1923 Yarmouth Road $15,997 69 Barnstable Rd. (1/2 Cost) 23,880 10 ' 1924 - 1925 Hawthorn Ave. 2,683 22 South Street 35,828 19 Center Street 5,878 18 170 1926 High School Road 3,732 89 Widening Ocean St. and Craigville Road 12,804 00 Pearl Street 1,243 90 Pine Street. 1,965 50 School Street 2,788 90 South Street 5,117 50 Winter Street 14,497 53 1927 Bay View Street 3,735 70 Camp Street 5,954 75 1928 North Street 4,268 53 Scudder Ave. 10,150 07 Washington, Lafayette, Winchester Ave. 6,067 61 $156,594 2,6 Centerville: 1923 1924 Centerville-West Barnstable Road (1/2 cost) $19,375 53 1925 Centerville-West Barn- stable Road 40,190 07 1926 Phinney's Lane 8,424 43 1927 Long Beach Road 6,022 73 1928 Phinney's Lane 3,223 19 $77,238 95 171 Osterville: 1923 1924 Wianno Ave. $28 740 90 1925 West Bay Road 4,000 00 Eel River Road 5,000 00 1926 Bridge Street 10,018 12 Bates Ave. 1,992 50 1927 Bay Street 1,627 76 Bridge Street 9,299 12 1928 Cemetery Road 2,200 29 $62,878 69 Through Routes: 1924-1927 Hyannis-West Barnstable $44,861 67 1927-1928 Race Lane 16,36,4 08 $61,225 75 Seal Coating 1923 $6,242 10 1924 7,502 05 1925 6,360 11 1926 12,605 85 1927 7,013 75 1928 3,380 60 $43,104 46 172 Barnstable 1923 Hyannis-Barnstable Road (1/2 cost) $23,880 10 1924 1925 1926 Scudder's Lane 7,289 63 1927 1928 Mill Way 6,397 69 $37,567 42 West Barnstable: 1923 1924 Centerville West Barn- stable Rd. (1/2 cost) $19,378 53 1925 1926 1927 Sandy Street 7,781 34 1928 Sandy Street 6,073 09 $33,232 96 Cotuit: 1923 Santuit Road $19,783 92 1924 1925 1926 High Street 6,019 25 1927 Little River Road 2,788 60 1928 Rushy harsh Road 4,162 86 $32,754 63 173 Marston's Mills: 1923 $ 1924 1925 1926 1927 Newtown Road 5,076 10 1928 Newtown Road 6,547 28 $11,623 38 1923 - 1928 Grand Total $516,220 50 Besides the above a portion of Mill Way, and Wachusett Ave., Hyannisport, was reconstructed from the Repairs on Roads Fund. Respectfully submitted by the ROAD COMMITTEE J. Milton Leonard John C. Bearse Chester E. Bearse S. Fremont Crocker J. Wendall Hamblin George C. Seabury Fred. S. Jenkins 174 HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT INVENTORY Item Appraised Value Shovels $54 00 Picks 18 00 11Ia.ttox 20 00 Forks 9 00 Hoes 5 Q0 Axes 12 00 Rakes 7 00 Br000ms 27 00 Brush Hooks 14 00 Scoops 10 00 Scyths 14 00 Snaths 16 00 Pails 10 00 Saws 6 00 Maul 6 00 Tampers 9 00 Ash Cans 14 00 Hand Roller - 35 00 Wheel Barrows 20 00 Tar Heater 17 00 Tar Pots 10 00 Sand Screen 3 00 Lanterns 24 00 Hose 36 00 Forge 34 00 Grindstones 35 00 Catch Basin Covers 80 00 - 175 Steel Culverts 20 00 Cold Patch 90 00 Cedar Posts 190 00 Lime Spreader 100 00 Cold Patch Mixer 100 00 Crushed Stone 325 00 Road Drags 70 00 Horse Graders 800 00 Motor Grader and parts 800 00 Graham Bros. Trucks 4,700 00 Miscellaneous Supplies and Tools 400 00 Steel Fence Wire 450 00 Sidewalk Equipment Hose 28 00 Mixer 270 00 Steel Forms 1,000 00 Wheel Barrows 12 00 T000ls, Screens, etc. 20 00 Snow Equipment Tractor 4,750 00 Steel Plow 1,250 00 5 Truck Plows 1,375 00 Sidewalk Plows 900 00 Snow Fence 510 00 $18,705 00 1 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS OF THE Town of Barnstatle FOR THE YEAR 1928 # i i BASBSTABLE, o MASS. 900 i639. D MAY PRINTED ON CAPE COD BY F. B. &F. P.GOSS, HYANNIS 1 178 Report of the School Committee To the Citizens of the Town of Barnstable: We respectfully submit the following report on the �.. ';.c Schools. At a meeting held on Tuesday, January 22 it vv-. voted that the Report of the Superintendent of Schools as amended, be accepted by the School Committee and or ;red printed in the Town Report. STUART F. SCUDDER, RICHARD COBB, EDWARD C. HINCKLEY. f I School Committee Stuart F. Scudder, Chairman Osterville, Mass. Term expires 1930 Richard Cobb Barnstable, Mass. Term expires 1929- , Edward C. Hinckley Hyannis, Mass. Term expires 1931 ISO School Calendar Winter Term January 2, 1929, to February 21, 1929 Spring Term -March 6, 1929, to April 26, 1929 Summer Term May 6, 1929, to June 21, 1929 Fall Term—High and Junior High September 4, 1929, to December 20, 1929 Fall Term—Elementary Schools September 9, 1929, to December 20, 1929 School Committee Meetings Town Building, alternate Thursday evenings, at 7.30 o'clock. 179 Superintendent of Schools Carlon E. Wheeler Residence, Harbor Bluffs Road, Hyannis Telephone 314-4 Office, Town Building Telephone 505 Office hours: 8.30-9.00 a. m. on school days. Clerk Dorothy E. Reckendorf Residence, 11 Camp Street, Hyannis Telephone 483-3 Office hours: 8.30-11.45 a. m.; 1.15-4.30 p. m. on school days. Saturdays, 9.00 a. m. to 12 In. School Physician Dr. A. P. Goff, Main Street, Hyannis Telephone 593-3 Office, Town Building Telephone 593-2 School Nurse Helen Y. Upham, R. N. Residence, Centerville Telephone 495-12 Office, Town Building. Telephone 766 Office hours: 8.45-9.15 a. m. Attendance Officers I. F. Ellis Barnstable, Mass. William E. Lake West Barnstable, Mass. A. Seabury Childs Cotuit, Mass. T. V. Nest Centerville, Mass. Chester L. Baker Osterville, Mass. Owen J. 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Additional Schoolrooms At the annual town meeting in March the citizens ac- cepted the recommendations of the Joint Committee, ap- pointed a Building Committee and appropriated $175,000 for an addition to the present high school building. It is ex- pected that the addition -,will be completed during the fall of 1929. A year ago it was estimated that there would be an en- rollment in the Junior-Senior High School of from 485 to ' 535. The present enrollment of 531 is nearly equivalent to the upper limit predicted and emphasizes the fact that the additional facilities will be furnished none too soon. Because of the increased enrollment at Marstons Mills it has been found necessary to make this a school for the first four or five grades only. Temporarily it has been pos- sible to take care of the older pupils at Osterville or West Barnstable without an additional teacher. .Whenever an- other teacher is needed, the extra room at Osterville may be used for this purpose. 197 Another teacher will be needed in the Training School if the numbers in the primary grades continue to increase. There has been a total increase of 92 pupils throughout the town within the last year, 65 of whom are in the High and Junior High schools. With an estimated increase in the High and Junior High School of 25 more next year it is very desirable that one or two more teachers be provided for the latter unit. Playgrounds The Town possesses good playgrounds adjacent to the High. School., at Osterville, and could easily have suitable grounds at West Barnstable if a part of the Town Farm might be used for this purpose. The grounds at the Train- ing School, Barnstable Village, Cotuit, Marstons Mills and Centerville are of varying degrees of. suitability. Condi- tions at the Training School, Cotuit, and Barnstable are the worst. Perhaps definite action should be taken at Cotuit and Hyannis first because of the urgent needs and possi- bilities of improvement and enlargement. Following is a statement from the princip-al. of the Normal School relative to the use of the State grounds: "In the matter of the use of the Normal School grounds the coming fall and winter by the pupils of the Training School for physical recreation purposes, permit me to say that we shall be willing to give them this opportunity. You will recall that a year ago I suggested to you such ,use of our grounds for one year, in the confident hope that during that time the town would put the Training School • grounds in creditable and suitable condition for use as a 198 playground. The offer is now repeated, but with the priviso, that it Shall be understood that this permission is not to be again extended. I feel that the town should through its proper 'channel provide reasonable recreational facilities by greatly improv- ing the present Training School grounds." ' At Cotuit the better building is on the poorer grounds and the poorer building is on the better grounds. The pres- ent elementary school building is an excellent building and. and should serve the community for many years to come. If the lower area of land at the rear of the present grounds can be readily made suitable for playground purposes it would seem to be advisable for the Town to purchase it. On advice of the Town Counsel the Selectmen have been ad- vised of the situation relative to the Elizabeth Dowell High r School grounds and they will take care of the Town's inter- est in this property. Special Class A school was established in September in the Training School building for certain pupils in the town who profit most by special-methods of instruction. The teacher is able. to make small divisions in the academic work and to cor- relate this work more closely with certain kinds of hand- work. The teachers in the regular rooms have more time to devote to the pupils who can profit most by the usual:. methods of instruction. ' Pre-School Clinic The first pre-school clinic held in May was a success due- to the intereset taken by all concerned. Parent were ad-- 199 wised of the defects found and were urged to have their chil- dren. vaccinated, early in the season. This resulted in less disturbance at the opening of the school year. Provision should be made for a more thorough examination of the eyes and ears at the May clinic. Entrance to First Grade Under the present regulations of the School Committee all children who will be six years old before January 1 may be admitted in September. Last September the parents of 45 children who were five years old before July 1 petitioned for entrance under the new plan. Nearly one- half of these were admitted on the recommendation of our examiner, Mr. Morrill. It appears that, with one or two ex- ceptions, all of them are doing the work of the first grade satisfactorily. Tuition Pupils On June 28 a joint meeting was held with representa- tives from Yarmouth and Dennis relative to the attendance at the Barnstable High School of all the high school pupils of Yarmouth and Dennis. It was agreed among the repre- sentatives present that each Town would place such articles in its respective warrant for the next annual Town Meeting as may be necessary for the complete fulfillment of the pro- posed plan. It was the expressed opinion of the Barnstable School Committee that the Barnstable Building Committee might have this matter under consideration in connection with the proposed addition. It is doubtful if Barnstable could accommodate a hundred or more tuition pupils for any length of time.without more classrooms than were proposed in the orginal plans. 200 Transportation There are many activities at the high school including various athletic sports and games, rehearsals of the band, orchestra and chorus which take place after three o'clock. Under the present arrangements also, it is difficult to assist ' bus pupils after school in any of their studies. It is evident that the bus pupils are at,a disadvantage in several respects. Your proposed plan of routing one bus to each' part of the town an hour of two later than usual should pro- vide opportunities for pupils who have these varied after- school interests to return home later. It will be difficult to manage the daily loading of the busses but the plan is worth a good trial. Courses of Study Last year the report contained a statement relative to the Courses of Study that were being developed. The same type of work is now being continued in several of the de- partments. The work in music has been augmented by in- struction in instrumental music which will show result's in. the years to come. Mr. Griffiths, in addition to his work with. the larger groups, will give the beginners lessons in as small groups as it will be possible for him to arrange. Consider- able progress may be made by the members of these small. groups if the pupils become sufficiently interested to prac- tice daily at home. Organization On July 12 the School Committee voted unanimously to approve the outline of Duties and Responsibilities of the Suupervisor and Principal of the High School which is. printed below. Acceptance of these definitely defined duties. and responsibilities has brought about a very good working organization, and the school may be said to be running smoothly and to be making very good progress. 201 SUPERVISOR PRINCIPAL 1.Supervision of instruction 1.Official representative in re- and classroom management, lations with other principals, developement or courses of colleges, and State Depart- study, making of program, ment of Education. and conducting teachers' meetings. 2.Charge of discipline of all High School pupils through 2.Supervision of pupil accom- teachers and directly when plishment including standard and where necessary. Co-op- tests and mental measure- eration with Supervisor in ments. Educational guid- the discipline of Junior.High ante. students in halls of High School building. 3.Student accounting includ- ing all records and reports. 3.The official use of data fur- nished by Supervisor in inter- 4.Supervision of extra-curricu- school and college relations. la activities including club work and assemblies. 4.Co-operation with Supervisor in the development of all ex- 5.Responsible to Superintend- tra-curricula activities. ent for reports, requisitions, etc. needed in office. 5.Responsible to Supervisor for reports, requisitions, etc. 6.Responsible to Superintend- needed in Superintendent's ent for proper distribution office. and care of books, supplies and equipment. 6.Responsible to Supervisor for proper distribution and 7.Immediate charge of Junior care of books, supplies and High and Iya.nough buildings equipment. and janitor as set forth in the Rules and Regulations for 7.Immediate charge of High Janitors. School building and janitor as set forth in the Pules and 8.Responsible for all duties as Regulations for Janitors. acting principal and Super- visor of Junior High School. 8.Teacher of Mathematics. 202 9.Member of committee of 9.Member of committee of three—Supervisor; Physical three—Principal; Physical Director,male or female; and Director, male, or female; Principal to govern inter- and Supervisor to govern in- scholastic athletics. Physical terscholastic athletics. Physi- Director shall be clerk of the cal Director shall be clerk of committee and its executive the committee and its execu- and voting representative. tive and voting representa- tive. 10.Co-operation with Principal in care of grounds. 10.Charge of grounds. 11.Co-operation with Principal 11.Co-operation with Supervisor in all his duties. in all his duties. Special Appropriation The Osterville schoolhouse has been in need of exten- sive repairs for several years, especially the roof, the hall and the heating plant. No one has been found who can stop the present roof from leaking and no contractor will repair it and guarantee his work. It is wasteful to spend money on the inside until the roof is permanently fixed; hence, your plan to build a new roof will doubtless be approved by the voters. A new heating plant is also very desirable as the present plant is the old style and will need to be repaired continously without permanent results. An appropriation of $400, should be made under Chap- ter 74, section 8, of the General Laws for tuition of pupils to Vocational Schools. One student entered the Bristol County Agricultural School in September 1928. Respectfully submitted, Carlon E. Wheeler January 23, 1929. , . � . « � � z k k ® � � � r ¥ c 3 � � � . r � � . 7 o � . e . . � y 3 . � � R s � � � , � # w � , � � . � & � � � � � A ® w / � A ~ � � � o � w , r . � 3 a � � � � � � &. @ � � a ¥ . � � ¥ � r « � � ® , c � � � � a � � � . � w � a � ® � 7 © � � . � � � � � ~ % y R � ^ 9 � � ¥ � � � ± � � � r \ � r A � a � � � ¥ 6 \ . . « 6 � � � / c ¥ 6 \ � , � A \ \ . � / \ / ® , _� � 7 � 9 w - » K � � \ \ = \ ® � \ . \ / % \ � � J � � ƒ � » ¢ \ � & \ �� � �7 � � / � � \ . , ƒ � 7 � , . . R 2 Cq = n = = z = c o = a e 5 # a n e e m e rq r CA � e D / e c # m o o m in e Q . � o / 2 2 / ® 3 2 1-0 . Q . @ g g - f \ / ® / ct ® _ $ CO2 Q ` . & 2 cc & f f \ Q \ \ ^\ w \ / g / 2 �. & e • ® ® C\1 \ G/ = e . a / % . . \ ' , Q \ I \ \ { \ / 7 @ G � f t y )( � \ » $ q w < \ / / / / \ . ¥ . r ¥ r g m CA ¥ ¥ « ® k M � ® . # 3 a � 3 ` @ a a a ® a . : ° \ to \ $ . � 206 Barnstable High School GRADUATION PROGRAM March—The Friars Victor Boehnlein - High School Orchestra Invocation Rev. W. F. Geisler Welcome Class President Albert Bartlett Crocker Song, Greeting to Spring Johann Strauss School Former Breakers Vincent Dennis O'Neil To the Sea In Mid-Ocean Edward MacDowell Henry Crocker Fuller Cape Cod in Poetry Madeline Grace Murphy 207 1 Illustrations in chalk by Elsie May Macomber Past,Present and Future Margaret Mary Boston Award of the Alumni Prizes in English Mrs. Charles E. Harris Song, Happy Days are Gliding Emil Pflock Class of 1928 Presentation of Diplomas Mr. Richard Cobb for the School Committee Selection High School Orchestra Director of Music, Gladys Francis A 4. 208 MEMBERS OF THE CLASS OF 1928 d John Arthur Anderson Virginia Haskins Hortense Amelia Anderson Ira Lot Hinckley Miriam Lovell Ames Esther Homer Kelley Agnes Teresa Aylmer Elsie Vivian Krook Louise Howard Backus Helen Elizabeth Linnell Richard Harwood Bearse Hollis Cahoon Lovejoy Arthur Henry Behlman Milton Francis Lovell Margaret Mary Boston Sydney Bennett Lovell Lucretia. Jones Burlingame Elsie May Macomber Roger Austin Burlingame Edmund Nichol MacQuade Harriet Davis Butler Orlando Wilmot Marchant Eileen Elizabeth Cammett Ruth Mullaney Louise Janice Cannon Madeline Grace Murphy Clarence Milton Chase, Jr. Peter Ernest Nese Cleone Chase Vincent Dennis O'Neil Albert Bartlett Crocker Marion Winifred Parker Helen Agnes Crocker Juanita Yvonne Reavis Louise Tinkham Crocker Charles Hay Reid Hartley Robinson Davis Adolph Olivan Richards Lillian Iona Dixon Walter George Robinson Robert Giles Dowling Harry Stuart Ryder Henry Crocker Fuller Martha Elizabeth Sarkinen James Satterlee Goff Laura Althea Sears Ella Pease Goodspeed Kendrick Sears Lillian Frances Hamblin Mattie Ada Sturgis Myrtle Elaine Tallman 4. Class Motto: Out of the Harbor Out on the Deep 209 BARNSTABLE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES ENTERING OTHER INSTITUTIONS Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 University of Notre Dame 1 Boston University 1 Cornell University 2 Dennison College 1. Springfield College 1. Massachusetts Agriculture College I ti17b.eaton College 2 Wentworth Institute � 1 " ,y Sargent School of. Physical. Culture 1 New York School of Fine Arts 1 Leslie Kindergarten School _ 2 Fannie Smith Kindergarten School 1 Commonwealth Avenue Hospital 1 Harley Private Hospital 1 H,ya,nnis State Normal School I Dummer Academy 1 Burdett Business College 1 Massachusetts General Hospital 1 INDEX TownOfficers .......................................................................................................................................... 3 Assessors' Report ...................................................................................................:....................... 6 Treasurer's Report ........................................................................................................................... 9 EstimatedReceipts ............................................................................................................ 11 Summary .......................................................................................................................................... 37 Expenditures ................................................................................................................................. 38 Non-Revenue Accounts .............................. .............................................. 40 Burial Lot Funds Held in Trust by the Town Reportof the Audit .......................................................`........................................................ 49 TownClerk's Report .................................................................................................................. 53 AnnualTown Meeting .................................................................................................... 55 — SpecialTown Meeting ................................................................................................ 86- Eirths ................................................................................................................................................... 89 Marriages ............................._......................................................................................................_.. 103 Deaths ................................................................................................................................................... 110 JuryList ...................................................................................................................................................... 120 Barnstable County Health Department ................................................................ 122 Boardof Health Report ......................................................................................................... 125 AMP— Park Commissioners' Report ............................................................................................. 127 Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures ................................................... 128 Reportof Tree Warden .............................................................................:........................... 130 Reportof Moth Department ............................................................................................. 131 ForestWarden's Report ..............................................................................................._........ 133 Report of Town Forest Committee ........................................................................... 135 Claus Warden's Report ............................................................................................................ 136 Report of the Planning Board .......................................................................................... 141 Surveyor of Highways Report .......................................................................................... 147 Report of the Road Committee .................................................................................... 168 Highway Department Inventory ................................................................................. 174 Report of the School Committee ............................................................. 173 .............. . Report of the Superintendent of Schools ......................................................... 196 Barnstable High School Graduation ............................................................ 206 Members of Class of 1923 ....................................................................................... 203 Graduates Attending Other Schools ............................................................ 209