This was one of many poles that toppled during the forementioned storm throughout the town of Hingham, MA. Despite the great amount of damage, service was restored to most of the town's customers within two to three days. Fallen trees were the principal cause of harm to the municipality's poles and lines. The town had been graced with old, majestic elms and this event unfortunately brought down most of the few remaining ones that did not succumb to prior storms and Dutch Elm disease (1952-53). Mr. Clyde H. Curtis was the recently appointed general manager of the Hingham Light Plant at the time. He received much praise for his exemplary leadership by the townspeople soon after power restorations were complete. Mr. Curtis started with the department in 1941 digging pole holes. He worked his way up to general manager in 1957 and retained that position until he retired in 1981.

The town's municipal light board stated: "The Board feels it must always be prepared to take care of extraordinary conditions, such as blizzards and severe electrical storms, etc., without calling for special appropriations from the Town, and feels that no criticism can be made of its policy in keeping the Department in sound financial condition."

The above excerpt is from the Hingham Municipal Light Board's 1926 Annual Report. Given the fact that storm repairs and service restoration was completed in a timely fashion when looking back at the 1960 and prior severe weather events/disasters, it can be safely said that the utility's management always kept these words of a dedicated mission statement in mind. And from what I gather, they still do.