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39 Cemetery Commissioners' Report To the Honorable Board of selectmen and Citizens of the Town of Mashpee We hereby submit our report for the year ending Dec- ember 1961. This department has just been changed and there are three members who are new to this type of work; we are afraid that we got off to a slow start. When work was started in late April we found that all the tools we had to work with were two lawn mowers which were both inoperable. Both were taken to the shop where we were informed that one could be put into operation but, the other was not worth fixing. We then had to borrow two mowers which were loaned to the department with no charge. Also we had to borrow rakes, shovels, pitchforks and a trailer which we used to clean the leaves and brush which had accumulated during the late fall and winter months. We would at this time like to thank the people who were willing to let us use their tools at no charge or gain other than to see their town's cemetery look nice. During the past year we have bought some of the tools that this department needs in order to operate, we are hoping that the town will appropriate a sufficient sum to purchase two mowers and also, to put some gravel on the road which goes from the front door of the Old Indian Church down Route 28. This road is badly in need of repair and depreciates the attractiveness of the Old Indian Cemetery, which, we think the citizens of the Town of Mashpee should be proud of.