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Two Hundred and Twenty - Third
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
BOR
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IN NOV. 18, ED 1717.
MASS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
December 31, 1940
Chronotype Printing Company Westborough, Mass. 1941
Two Hundred and Twenty - Third
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
STBOR
WEST
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C ORFOR ATED
H.
IN NOV. 18, 1717.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING
December 31, 1940
Chronotype Printing Company Westborough, Mass.
1941
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Town Officers for 1940
Town Clerk
ANNIE A. DUNNE
Moderator
ELLWOOD N. HENNESSY
Selectmen
WENDELL F. HAYWARD Term expires 1941
ELMER W. BENNETT Term expires 1942
CHRISTOPHER J. TYRRELL Term expires 1943
Assessors
CLEON C. SWEET Term expires 1941
WILLIAM M. CROSBY Term expires 1942
LAWRENCE F. FALES Term expires 1943
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Treasurer GUSTAF H. CARLSON
Tax Collector
NOAH F. TRANK
Town Accountant
WILLIAM P. MCGAHEY Term expires 1941
Board of Public Welfare
ALBION F. HITCHCOCK Term expires 1941
WILLIAM M. BUXTON Term expires 1942
JOHN R. HALEY Term expires 1943
School Committee
HARRY E. BURROUGHS Term expires 1941
CHARLES A. KIMBALL Term expires 1942
SARA A. MASON Term expires 1943
Board of Health
WILLIAM M. ELLIOTT Term expires 1941
RUSSELL E. WILLIAMS Term expires 1943
PHILIP J. BUTTERFIELD Term expires 1942
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Trustees of Public Library
ESTHER CAPRON Term expires 1941
LUCY G. NASON
.Term expires 1941
CHARLES H. REED
Term expires 1941
FLORENCE F. AYER Term expires 1942
HAROLD G. CHAMBERLAIN Term expires 1942
FRANK W. FORBES Term expires 1942
KATHARINE MAYNARD
Term expires 1943
FRANCIS X. REILLY
Term expires 1943
RUFUS M. SHAW
Term expires 1943
Chief of Police THOMAS W. HUMPHREY
Constables
GEORGE W. APTT
WALTER A. McTAGGART
EDWARD BRALEY
CHARLES A. PERRON
GEORGE F. HIGGINS
WINTHROP H. SPINNEY
ROBERT J. HIGGINS MEREDITH W. VINTON
THOMAS W. HUMPHREY
Trustees of Cemeteries
WILLIAM H. SANFORD Term expires 1941
NATHAN E. ANDREWS Term expires 1942 E. IRVING HULBERT Term expires 1943
PAUL F. BRIGHAM Term expires 1944
JAMES S. HUNTER
Term expires 1945
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Water Commissioners
CHARLES A. KIMBALL
Term expires 1941
MAURICE C. LAMB
.Term expires 1942
ELMER W. BENNETT
Term expires 1943
Sewer Commissioners
CHARLES A. KIMBALL Term expires 1941
MAURICE C. LAMB
Term expires 1942
ELMER W. BENNETT
Term expires 1943
Planning Board
WILLIAM C. BLOIS Term expires 1941
RUFUS M. SHAW
Term expires 1941
WILLIAM C. LIBBEY Term expires 1942
FRANK W. FORBES Term expires 1943
VICTOR G. OTTO
Term expires 1943
Tree Warden GEORGE E. HAYDEN
Superintendent of Streets
ROBERT B. JOHNSON
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Registrars of Voters
ROBERT L. DEARMOND Term expires 1941
HUGH McCAFFREY
.Term expires 1942
ADA F. FENNO Term expires 1943
ANNIE A. DUNNE, Clerk of Board, ex-officio
Finance Committee
LOUIS A. FAIRBANKS Term expires 1941
B. HOWARD FAY
Term expires 1941
ALBERT E. LEWIS Term expires 1941
NOAH NASON .Term expires 1942
DR. ROLAND S. NEWTON .Term expires 1942
D. AMBROSE WHELAN
Term expires 1942
HOWARD P. GILMORE Term expires 1943
LEONARD M. KRULL Term expires 1943
RALPH S. TYLER Term expires 1943
Town Forest Committee
WILLIAM C. BLOIS Term expires 1941
JAMES S. HUNTER Term expires 1942
NOAH NASON Term expires 1943
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Appointments
Herbert D. Adams
Charles Mitton
Noah Nason Measurer of Wood
Herbert D. Adams
Measurer of Wood
Charles Houlden
Measurer of Leather
Lester L. Richards
John W. Casey
Robert E. Werner
Robert B. Johnson
Superintendent of Streets
Charles H. Reed
Inspector of Animals
Charles H. Reed
Inspector of Slaughtering
Charles H. Reed.
Milk Inspector Public Weigher
Noah Nason
J. Shannon Nason
Clifford Thorpe
Guy Hutt
Raymond L. Whitney
Edward O'Kennedy
William H. Gibbons 1
George Bain
Ralph E. Taylor
Ralph N. Fales
", Joseph L. Zeni.
Ray E. Mason
William C. Blois
George F. Higgins
Daniel P. Moynihan
Ada F. Fenno Registrar of Voters - 1943
Ralph W. Frantz
Chief, Fire Department Fire Engineer Fire Engineer
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Fence Viewer Fence Viewer
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George W, Aptt Dog Officer
Robert C. Harrington
Fish and Game Warden
William C. Blois. Forest Warden
Edward Goggin Burial Agent
Christopher J. Tyrrell .... Correspondent - State and Military Aid
Howard P. Gilmore
Moth Superintendent
Thomas W. Humphrey Chief of Police
George W. Aptt. Night Watchman Constable
Henry J. Hayden
Cornelius Teasdale
Janitor of Town Hall
Edna H. Bullen
Referral Agent, W. P. A.
Aptt, George W.
Police Officer
Bean, C. Elton
Belaska, John.
Blenkhorn, Harold
Braley, Edward
Braley, Gibbs.
Campbell, Donald
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Connors, William F
Cooper, Oliver
Cuppaidge, Henry A
Dantsizen, John C.
DeArmond, Robert G
DeBoer, Samuel
Devin, William
Dodd, Francis W
Enman, Ernest L
Fallon, Frank
Farnsworth, Louis
Farrar, Robert
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Ford, William
Frantz, Ralph
Fryer, Thomas
Goodwin, Herbert F ,
Graves, E Ellsworth
Haley, John R
Haley, William J
Hanavan, John
Hanlon, Matthew J
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Harrington, Robert C
Hayden, Francis X
Hayden, Henry J
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Hayward, Wendell F
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Heald, Raymond P
Hennessy, Norman
Henry, Thomas J.
Higgins, George F
Higgins, James H
Higgins, Robert J
Hoffman, Louie F
Hooper, William
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Humphrey, Walter
Jackson, Maurice W
James, George P
Johnson, Robert
Johnson, William E
Jones, Edward H
Jordan, Walter F
Kemp, Erford C
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Lang, Walter E
Lebeau, Francis
Lebeau, George
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Lynch, Thomas
Marsh, Irving L
Marshall, William
McCaffrey, Hugh
McDaniels, Alexander
McPherson, David
McTaggart, Walter A
Meighan, Henry
Miller, William, Jr
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Mollard, Robert S.
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Morrison, Harold E
Murphy, William H
Naples, Charles.
Nourse, Irving
Osman, Paul J
Packard, George W., Jr
Perron, Charles L.
Pratt, Earle E
Pulaski, Stephen
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Shipman, Roy S.
Spinney, Winthrop H.
Statzell, Guilford I
Ladish, George O
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Stockbridge, Clarence
Stockwell, Frank.
Stone, J. W. Dewey
Teasdale, Cornelius
Trank, Noah F
Tyrrell, Christopher J
Varner, Eldon
Vinton, Meredith W
Walsh, Patrick J
Ward, George
Ward, James.
Wheble, William J
White, Irving.
Whitney, Raymond L
Wiley, P. I.
Winslow, Henry
Westborough, Mass., February 13, 1940.
At a meeting of the Board of Selectmen, at which Deputy Sheriff Banfill and the Town Clerk were present, the name of Winthrop A. Fenno was drawn for Jury Duty. Attest:
ANNIE A. DUNNE, Town Clerk.
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Town Meeting March 4, 1940
TOWN WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Worcester, ss.
To any Constable of the Town of Westborough, in the County of Worcester, Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify and warn the Inhabitants of the Town of Westborough, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall, in Westborough, on Monday, the fourth day of March, A. D. 1940, at eight o'clock in the fore- noon, then and there to bring in their votes for
Moderator, Town Clerk, Treasurer, Tax Collector, nine Con- stables, and Tree Warden, all for one year; one Selectman, one Assessor, one Member of Board of Public Welfare, one Member of School Committee, one Member Board of Health; three Trustees of Public Library, one Water Commissioner, one Sewer Commissioner, and two Members of Planning Board, all for three years; and one Trustee of Cemeteries for five years,
And to act on the following articles:
Article 1. To choose all other necessary Town Officers.
Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to bor- row money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1940, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, in accord-
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ance with General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 17.
Article 3. To hear the reports of the several Town Officers and Committees and act thereon.
Article 4. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the several Town departments for the ensuing year.
Article 5. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the employment of a nurse or nurses to be spent under the direction of the Board of Select- men as provided in General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5, Clause 21, and amendments thereto.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to co-operate with the State under Chapter 81 in regard to the maintenance and repair of the highways of the Town or act anything thereon.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to co-operate with the State and County in maintaining, repairing and improving its Chapter 90 high- ways.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to celebrate the Fourth of July by an exhibition of fireworks, which may be in conjunction with other exhibitions at the discretion of the Selectmen, or act anything thereon.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to print its warrants and its actions thereunder in the annual Town Officers' Report.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to print its valua- tion and tax lists.
Article 11. To see what disposition the Town will make of its Dog Fund.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to choose a di- rector in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 128, Gen- eral Laws, or pass any vote or votes in relation thereto.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priato the sum of Five hundred seventy-five dollars ($575) re- ceived from the sale of lots and graves during the year 1939 for the purpose provided under General Laws, Chapter 114, Section 15.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of Four thousand forty-one and 64-100 dollars ($4,041.64) from the Highway Machinery Fund to the Highway Machinery Account, and to authorize the Selectmen to expend therefrom a sum for the purchase of a truck for use of the highway de- partment, or act anything thereon.
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Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to purchase from the Boston & Albany Railroad. a tract of land adjacent to the Forbes Playground, for the purpose of erecting a building thereon to house the equipment of the Highway, Water, Sewer and other Town De- partments, or act anything thereon.
Article 16. To see if the Town will authorize the Water Commissioners to appoint one of their members to perform certain work in connection with the W. P. A. water project of 1939, and the survey of the needs of the Water Department as authorized by the Town in 1939 and to fix his salary.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Five hundred thirty-one and 87-100 dollars ($531.87), this amount being the deficit on the Flanders Road Improvement Contract of 1937.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money to improve its parking lot on the east- erly side. of the Town Hall, or act anything thereon.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Five hundred dollars ($500) for the purpose of erecting a weather vane and gold-leafing the dome on the Town Hall, or act anything thereon.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to sell to George M. Beede a piece of land on the southerly side of Summer street, formerly known as the old railroad bed, or act any- thing thereon.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Twelve hundred dollars ($1200) to purchase and equip an automobile for the Police Department.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Three thousand dollars ($3,000) for the purpose of employing expert tree surgeons to prune and re- pair the shade trees in the Town, or act anything thereon.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the employment of an engineer to work in conjunction with the W. P. A. Water Survey Project, or act anything thereon.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to install a new primary water supply system as formulated by the firm of Metcalf & Eddy and contained in the report of the Special Committee, appointed by the Moderator, to investigate our future water supply needs, and to raise and appropriate money
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therefor, and determine whether the money shall be raised by borrowing or otherwise, or act anything thereon.
The polls will be open between the hours of 8.00 a. m. and 8.00 p. m.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting up attested copies thereof at the Post-Office and Town Hall in said town seven days, at least, before the day of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk of said Westborough on or before the time of holding said meeting.
Given under our hands this twenty-third day of February in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and forty.
ELMER W. BENNETT, WENDELL F. HAYWARD, CHRISTOPHER J. TYRRELL, Selectmen of Westborough.
Westborough, Mass., February 24, 1940.
I have this day served the within Warrant by posting up attested copies thereof at the Post-Office and Town Hall in said Westborough.
THOMAS W. HUMPHREY, Constable of Westborough.
In pursuance with the foregoing warrant, the inhabitants of the Town of Westborough qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, met in the Town Hall at 8.00 a. m. and were called to order by Moderator Ellwood N. (Hennessy.
The Moderator read the Town Warrant.
Article 2. On the motion of Gustaf H. Carlson, it was VOTED, unanimously, that the Town authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1940, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 17.
Election officers; Thomas W. Humphrey, Edward Jones,
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George McDonald, Frank Fallon, Charles Schuhmann, Raymond Gibbons, Michael Comiskey, Francis X. Hayden, John Heffron, Frank Winter, William Buxton, Walter Marsh, Irving Piper, Edward Richard, Sr., Anne Boswell Mabel Achorn, Margaret Hayden, Edith Lewis, Nellie Fryer, Irene Bullard, Emma Haley and Lula Ashworth.
Received of Town Clerk Annie A. Dunne, thirty-one hun- dred twenty (3120) ballots.
The ballot box was examined in the presence of the voters, found and declared empty, was locked and the key given to the Constable, Thomas W. Humphrey.
The ballots were delivered to the ballot clerks, and every- thing being in readiness, the polls were declared open and voting began.
The polls closed at 8.00 p. m.
The Moderator announced that Fifteen hundred and fifty- six (1556) ballots had been cast and counted. The result was declared at 11.40 p. m.
The vote was as follows:
MODERATOR
*Ellwood N. Hennessy 1232
Blanks
321
TOWN CLERK
*Annie A. Dunne 1379
Blanks
177
SELECTMAN (3 years)
B. Howard Fay 561
*Christopher J. Tyrrell 948
Blanks
47
ASSESSOR (3 years)
*Lawrence F. Fales 786
Patrick C. Mooney 726
Blanks
44
TREASURER
* Gustaf H .Carlson 1214
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Blanks
342
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TAX COLLECTOR
* Noah F. Trank 1269
Blanks
287
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE (3 years)
Sylvio DiProfio 228
* John R. Haley 985
William P. Kugler 240
Blanks
103
SCHOOL COMMITTEE (3 years) 1
* Sara A. Mason 1191
Blanks 365
BOARD OF HEALTH (3 years)
Louie F. Hoffman 667
* Russell E. Williams 768
Blanks 121
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY (3 years)
* Katharine Maynard 1145
*Francis X. Reilly 1209
*Rufus M. Shaw 1172
Blanks 1142
CONSTABLES
Raymond H. Anable 369
*George W. Aptt 1015
Alfred R. Barry 162
* Edward Braley 549
Francis X. Casey 273
Clyde J. Furbish 330
*George F. Higgins 1136
*Robert J. Higgins 1012
James E. Hogan 257
*Thomas W. Humphrey 1349
Maurice W. Maddocks. 198
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* Walter A. McTaggart 855
Henry L. Mutti 173
Fred K. Nichols 512
*Charles L. Perron 999
George A. Perry 318
* Winthrop H. Spinney 887
George R. Stockwell 216
Gordon E. Temple 210
* Meredith W. Vinton 635
William J. Wheble 299
Blanks
2250
TRUSTEE OF CEMETERIES (5 years)
*James S. Hunter 1187
Blanks 369
WATER COMMISSIONER (3 years)
*Elmer W. Bennett 1173
Blanks 383
SEWER COMMISSIONER (3 years)
*Elmer W. Bennett. 1145
Blanks 411
PLANNING BOARD (3 years)
*Frank W. Forbes 1161
*Victor G. Otto 1069
Blanks
882
TREE WARDEN
* George E. Hayden 1229
Blanks 326
Scattering 1
* Elected.
The ballots, used and unused, together with the check lists,
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were sealed, attested by the election officers and delivered to the Town Clerk as the law directs.
Meeting adjourned at 11.50 p. m. to Monday, March 18th, at 7.30 p. m.
Attest:
ANNIE A. DUNNE, Town Clerk.
Westborough, Mass., March 18, 1940.
The inhabitants of the Town of Westborough assembled as per adjournment at 7.30 p. m. and were called to order by the Moderator, Ellwood N. Hennessy.
Article 1. Voted: to pass over this article.
Article 3. Voted: that the report of the Special Water In- vestigating Committee be taken up and read under Article 24; that the reports of the several town officers as printed be ac- cepted, and that the report of the Finance Committee be ac- cepted as printed and acted upon article by article; and that the report of the Committee appointed to investigate the ad- visability and cost of a fireproof addition to the Public Library building to house the property of the Westborough Historical Society be accepted by the Town and incorporated in the an- nual town report together with the sketches shown on the screen.
Article 4. Voted: that the Town raise and appropriate the following sums:
Moderator -- salary
$30 00
Selectmen-salaries
$450 00
Expenses
250 00
800 00
Accounting Department
1,200 00
Town Clerk-salary
$400 00
Fees and expenses
600 00
1,000 00
Town Treasurer-salary
$600 00
Expenses
350 00
Tax Collector-salary
$1,300 00
Expenses
600 00
1,900 00
Assessors-salaries
$1,500 00
Expenses
600 00
950 00
2,100 00
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Certification of Town Notes
30 00
Legal
500 00
Election and Registration
1,800 00
Town Hall
3,600 00
Police Department
4,800 00
Fire Department-salaries.
4,970 00
Incidentals
2,100 00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
135 00
Moth Department
100 00
Game Warden
150 00
Forest Fires
500 00
Dog Department.
50 00
Health Department:
Salary-clerk
$100 00
Expenses
2,400 00
2,500 00
Tree Warden Department
400 00
Animal Inspector
225 00
Garbage Removal
800 00
County Tuberculosis Hospital:
Construction
$1,800 00
Interest on bonds
777 30
Care and maintenance
2,628 99
5,206 29
Sewer Department.
4,000 00
Town Dump
550 00
Highways and Bridges
3,450 00
Snow Removal
12,000 00
Sidewalks
2,000 00
Street Lighting
4,500 00
Welfare Department-salaries
$300 00
Expenses
13,200 00
13,500 00
Old Age Assistance
26,000 00
Aid to Dependent Children.
5,000 00
Soldiers' Relief
4,000 00
Military Aid.
300 00
State Aid
600 00
School Department
67,500 00
Trade School Tuition
1,000 00
Public Library
3,300 00
Printing Town Reports
353 55
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Memorial Day Observance
300 00
Town Insurance
3,500 00
Unpaid 1939 bills
427 00
Unpaid 1935 bill
102 10
Finance Committee
125 00
Reserve Fund
4,000 00
Water Department-salaries
$150 00
Expenses
8,850 00
9,000 00
Cemetery Department:
Salary-clerk
$150 00
Expenses
3,300 00
3,450 00
Interest and discount
200 00
W. P. A .- Selectmen
5,000 00
Total Appropriation under Article 4 $210,003 94
Article 5. Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,200 for the employment of a nurse or nurses to be spent under the direction of the Board of Selectmen as pro- vided in General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5, Clause 21, and amendments thereto.
Article 6. Voted: That the sum of $9,300 be raised and ap- propriated to co-operate with the State under Chapter 81, said sum to be used for highway purposes, provided the Town is not eligible to co-operate with the State under Chapter 81.
Article 7. Voted: That the Town co-operate with the State and County in maintaining and repairing and improving its Chapter 90 highways, and that the sum of $1,000 be raised and appropriated for this purpose.
Article 8. Voted: To pass over this article.
Article 9. Voted: That the Town authorize its Selectmen to print its warrants and its action thereunder in the annual Town Officers' Report.
Article 10. Voted: That the Town authorize the Assessors to print its valuation and tax list.
Article 11. Voted: That the sum of $923.67, which is the amount of the dog fund, be appropriated for the use of the Public Library.
Article 12. Voted: That the Town choose a Director in ac- cordance with the provisions of this article and that same be appointed by the Moderator.
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Article 13. Voted: That the Town appropriate the sum of $575, received from the sale of lots and graves during the year 1939, for the purpose provided under General Laws, Chapter 114, Section 15.
Article 14. Voted: That the sum of $4,041.64 be trans- ferred from the Highway Machinery Fund to the Highway Ma- chinery Account, and that the Selectmen be authorized to ex- pend therefrom a sum of money not to exceed the sum of $1,000 for the purchase of a truck for the use of the High- way Department and that the Selectmen be further authorized to turn in one truck unit at its turn-in value.
Article 15. Voted: To pass over this article.
Article 16. Voted: To authorize the Water Commissioners to appoint one of their members to perform certain work in connection with the W. P. A. Water Project of 1939 and the survey of the needs of the Water Department as authorized by the Town in 1939; the compensation for such services not to exceed the sum of $94.50.
Article 17. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $531.87, this amount being the deficit on the Flanders Road Improvement Contract of 1937.
Article 18. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $950 to improve the parking lot on the easterly side of the Town Hall.
Article 19. Voted: That the sum of $500 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of erecting a weather vane and gold leafing the dome of the Town Hall.
Article 20. Voted: To authorize the Selectmen to sell to George M. Beede a tract of land as described in a plan on file in the office of the Selectmen, containing 222 square feet more or less, abutting Summer street, said sale not to exceed the land now leased to George M. Beede, at a price satisfactory to the Selectmen.
Article 21. Voted: To pass over this article.
Article 22. Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000 for the purpose of employing expert tree surgeons for the purpose of pruning and repairing the shade trees in the Town.
Article 23. Voted: That the sum of $600 be raised and ap- propriated for the purpose of employing an engineer to work in conjunction with the W. P. A. Water Survey Project.
Voted: To adjourn until Monday, April 15th, at 7.30 p. m.,
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and that the reading of the Water Investigating Committee's report and action under Article 24 be taken up at that time.
Judge Lewis gave notice that he would move for recon- sideration of Article 20 at the adjourned Town Meeting to be held on April 15th.
Mr. Walsh gave notice that he would move for reconsidera- tion of the item for Street Lighting under Article 4.
Meeting adjourned at 9.55 p. m.
Attest: ANNIE A. DUNNE, Town Clerk.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO INVESTI- GATE THE ADVISABILITY AND COST OF A FIRE PROOF ADDITION TO THE PUBLIC LIBRARY BUILDING TO HOUSE THE PROPERTY OF THE WESTBOROUGH HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
The Article in the Town Warrant calling for the appoint- ment of a Committee to investigate the advisability and cost of a fire proof addition to the Public Library building to house the property of the Westborough Historical Society, had its in- ception in the minds of some citizens who realized the prac- tical value to Westborough, as to every community, of the close correlation of the activities of its Historical Society, its Public Library and its Public School system. The 1500 and more volumes of the Historical Society library should be readily accessible to patrons of the Public Library interested in the history of this and neighboring towns, in genealogy, music and other subjects. Its collection of manuscripts, print- ed records and relics, which preserve every decade of the Town's history, every period and phase of its life from the first settlement to the present time, should be readily avail- able for exhibits in connection with the celebration of national holidays in the schools, with courses in history, the study of the evolution of home and factory industries, of tools, of heat- ing and lighting apparatus, cooking utensils. Such correla- tion can be effectively carried on only when the three institu- tions are located near one another.
The Committee investigated the possibility of an addition to the Public Library building which would not be out of harmony with its architecture. Such an addition is a possi- bility.
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The Committee then investigated the possibility of a sepa- rate fire proof building for the Historical Society in the vi- cinity of the Public Library and the Schools. And as a means of testing this possibility, the Committee secured, without ex- pense to the Town or to the Historical Society, a plan of such building, slides of which will be thrown on the screen.
It is the judgment of the Committee that such a separate building erected by a fund established by the Historical So- ciety and contributed to by citizens of the Town would best serve the interests of the Town and the Historical Society.
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