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R974.45 1950-1954 A 552 PROPERTY OF THE MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY ANDOVER, MASS. copy 2
MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY Andover, Massachusetts 475-6960
TOWN OF
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ANNUAL REPORT
of the TOWN OFFICERS
For the Fiscal Year Ending DECEMBER 31, 1950
INDEX
PAGE
PAGE
Accounting Taxes and Assessments 90
General Government
Election and Registration 59
Animal Inspector 58
Municipal Buildings 59
Town Officers 4
Armistice Day 84
Assessors 57,116
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
91
Housing Authority 123
Insurance 84
Interest 89
Balance Sheet 105
Board of Appeals 126
65, 144
Board of Public Welfare
73, 118
Aid to Dependent Children
73
Infirmary
75, 138
Old Age Assistance Veterans' Services
76, 121
Board of Public Works 166
Accounts Receivable 95
Administrative and Office
81
Assessments and Receipts
92
Bridges
68, 71
Highways
67
Sewers
66
Sidewalks
69
Snow Removal and Sanding
72
Superintendent's Report
167
Town Engineer 175
Trucks, Garage and Repair Shop 68
Water Maint. and Construction 85
Bonds, Redemption of See Town Debt
Building Inspector 61, 146
Cemetery Funds 99
Civilian Defense
55
Damages to Persons and Property 83
Departmental Accounts Receivable 95
Director of Accounts 47
Dog Officer 58
Election and Registration 59
Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital 65
Expenditures for 1950 55
Finance Committee 58
Fire Department 61, 140
Forest Fires 64
Old Age Assistance
74
Overlay
97
Parks and Playgrounds 81
Planning Board 59, 129 Police Department 60, 141
Public Dump 66
Punchard Athletic Association 80
Receipts for 1950 52
Recreation Committee 82, 135
Reserve Fund 89
Retirement Report 112
*School Department 76
School Lunch 79
Sealer of Weights and Measures 62, 148 Selectmen 55
Sewers 66
Assessments 92
Snow Removal and Sanding
72
*Also see School Report
Jury List 153
Maturing Debt 89
Memorial Day 84
Memorial Hall Library 80, 104, 157
Library Statistics 165
158
Report of Librarian Trustees
157
Milk Inspector
145
Moderator
57
Moth Suppression 62, 151
Moth Assessments 92
Motor Vehicles Excise Tax 91
Municipal Buildings 59
Municipal Properties and Public Improvements 117
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Aid to Dependent Children 73
Appropriations for 1950
52
Highways 67
Municipal Properties and Public Improvements 117
Board of Health
74
PAGE
Town Clerk
46, 57
Town Counsel
58
Town Debt
111
Town Infirmary
75, 138
Town Meetings
Proceedings 14
Summary of Tax Collector's Cash
Account 115
Tax Title Account 90
Town Accountant
51, 56
Town Reports
85
Accounting Taxes and Assessments 90
Appropriations for 1950
52
Balance Sheet 105
Board of Public Works Accounts Receivable 95
Departmental Accounts Receivable 95
47
Expenditures for 1950
55
John Cornell Fund 98
Maturing Debt 89
Overlay 97
Receipts for 1950
52
Reserve Fund
89
Surplus Revenue
97
Town Debt 111
*Trustees of Punchard Free School 101 Water Accounts Receivable 95
PAGE
Spring Grove Cemetery State Election Street Lighting
88, 120
34
72
Tax Collector 56, 114
30
Special Warrants 9, 186
Town Officers
4
Town Scales
85
Treasurer
56, 113
Tree Warden
63, 149
Trust Funds 100
*Trustees of Punchard Free School 101
Veterans' Quarters 83, 84
Veterans' Services 76, 121
Vital Statistics 46
Wages and Salaries Survey 131
Water Accounts Receivable 95
Water and Sewerage Investigation 137
Water Maint. and Construction 85 Wire Inspector 62, 147
*Also see School Report
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88270
Director of Accounts
Town Officers
ELECTED AND APPOINTED
MODERATOR Arthur Sweeney
BOARD OF SELECTMEN AND PUBLIC WELFARE
Roy E. Hardy, Chairman
Term expires 1951
J. Everett Collins, Secretary
Term expires 1953
Sidney P. White
Term expires 1952
George H. Winslow, Clerk
Arthur W. Cole, Agent, Bureau, Old Age Assistance, Welfare Board
Francis P. Markey, Veterans' Affairs Agent
BOARD OF ASSESSORS
Roy E. Hardy, Chairman J. Everett Collins Sidney P. White
Term expires 1951
Term expires 1953
Term expires 1952
TOWN CLERK
George H. Winslow Term expires 1951
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
James P. Christie
Term expires 1952
TREASURER
Thaxter Eaton
Term expires 1953
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
George C. Napier
TOWN COUNSEL Walter C. Tomlinson
BOARD OF RETIREMENT
George C. Napier, Chairman
Term expires 1952
Edmond E. Hammond David L. Nicoll, Secretary
Term expires 1952 Term expires 1953
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BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
Sidney P. White, Chairman
Term expires 1953
P. Leroy Wilson
Term expires 1951 Term expires 1951
Edward A. Doyle, Secretary
John H. Kelly
Term expires 1952
Alexander H. Henderson
Term expires 1952
Warren O. Petersen, Town Engineer
Edward R. Lawson, Superintendent
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Dorothy T. Partridge
Term expires 1953
Anna M. Greeley
Term expires 1953
Katharine A. Baldwin
Term expires 1952
William A. Doherty, Secretary
Term expires 1952
Gordon C. Colquhoun, Chairman
Term expires 1951
Kenneth L. Sherman, Superintendent
SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
C. Carleton Kimball, Chairman Kenneth L. Sherman, Secretary Herbert P. Carter
Roy E. Hardy
Harold T. Houston Gordon L. Colquhoun
Stanley F. Swanton
ATTENDANCE OFFICER John Campbell
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN Philip W. Blake, M.D.
ATHLETIC MEDICAL DIRECTOR
SCHOOL NURSE
John J. McArdle, Jr., M.D. Ruth E. Westcott, R.N.
DIRECTOR, CONTINUATION SCHOOL Carl M. Gahan
BOARD OF HEALTH
Percy J. Look, M.D., Chairman Term expires 1952
William V. Emmons Term expires 1953 Charles O. McCullom Term expires 1951
Lotta M. Johnson, R.N., Nurse and Agent
Robert A. Walsh, Milk Inspector
INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING Ray S. Youmans
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INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS Ralph W. Coleman
INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING Alexander Thomson
PLANNING BOARD AND BOARD OF SURVEY
Sidney P. White, Chairman
Term expires 1952
Leon A. Field
Term expires 1953
Walter Tomlinson
Term expires 1954
Frederick E. Cheever
Term expires 1955
Kirk R. Batcheller
Term expires 1951
INSPECTOR OF WIRES
William J. Young
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Joseph Serio Wilson Crawford, Deputy
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS Hartwell B. Abbot
TRUSTEES OF MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY
Winsor Gale, Chairman
Term expires 1955
Arthur W. Reynolds, Treasurer
Term expires 1957
William N. Perry, Secretary
Term expires 1954
Ernest D. Walen
Term expires 1951
Leo F. Daley
Term expires 1952
Alan R. Blackmer
Term expires 1953
Caroline P. Leavitt
Term expires 1956
TRUSTEES OF PUNCHARD FREE SCHOOL
Rev. Frederick B. Noss, President
Rev. John S. Moses
Rev. John G. Gaskill
Edmond E. Hammond, Clerk and Treasurer Term expires 1952 Fred W. Doyle Term expires 1952
Term expires 1952
Roy E. Hardy Harry Sellars
Term expires 1952
C. Carleton Kimball
Term expires 1952
TRUSTEES OF CORNELL FUND
Edward P. Hall Arthur W. Cole Frederick E. Cheever, Treasurer
Term expires 1953 Term expires 1951 Term expires 1952
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TRUSTEES OF SPRING GROVE CEMETERY
Frank R. Petty, Chairman
Term expires 1951
Term expires 1953 Term expires 1951
Term expires 1952
Frederick E. Cheever
Term expires 1952
BOARD OF REGISTRARS
Ralph A. Bailey, Chairman
Term expires 1951
Walter F. McDonald
Eugene A. Zalla
Term expires 1953 Term expires 1952
George H. Winslow, Clerk
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Howell M. Stillman, Chairman
George E. Abbot
Stanley F. Swanton, Secretary
Harold G. Bowen Louis E. Gleason
Victor Mill, Jr.
Fred W. Doyle
RECREATION COMMITTEE
Stafford A. Lindsay, Chairman
Alan F. Dunlop
George A. Stanley, Jr.
Francis L. Caverly
Alco E. Taylor
SUPERINTENDENT OF MOTH DEPARTMENT
George R. Abbott Appointed Annually
TREE WARDEN
George R. Abbott Term expires 1953
BOARD OF APPEALS
James S. Eastham, Chairman
Term expires 1952
Roy E. Hardy, Secretary
Term expires 1953
Edward P. Hall
Term expires 1951
Walter C. Tomlinson, Associate Member
Leon A. Field, Associate Member
ANDOVER HOUSING AUTHORITY
Douglas Crocket, Chairman Term expires 1951
Stanley Swanton, State Member, Vice Chairman
Winthrop Newcomb, Treasurer Ernest Hall, Assistant Treasurer Charles Hatch, Secretary
Term expires 1952 Term expires 1953 Term expires 1954 Term expires 1955
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Malcolm E. Lundgren Albert E. Curtis Clifford E. Marshall
Jesse E. West, Superintendent
FIRE DEPARTMENT Charles E. Buchan, Chief Charles E. Buchan, Forest Warden
POLICE DEPARTMENT George A. Dane, Chief George A. Dane, Dog Oficer
CONSTABLES
George A. Dane George N. Sparks J. Lewis Smith
Term expires 1951 Term expires 1951 Term expires 1951
TOWN OF ANDOVER Population, 1945 Census - 11920 Registered Voters 1950-7277
POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS INCLUDING ANDOVER
SENATORS
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., Beverly Leverett Saltonstall, Dover
FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT Edith Nourse Rogers, 444 Andover St., Lowell FIFTH COUNCILLOR DISTRICT Cornelius J. Twomey, 176 Phillips St., Lawrence
FOURTH ESSEX SENATORIAL DISTRICT John W. Coddaire, Jr., 33 Westland Terr., Haverhill
FOURTH ESSEX REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT
J. Everett Collins, 35 Summer St., Andover Frank S. Giles, 373 Lowell St., Methuen William Longworth, 27 Stevens St., Methuen
ESSEX COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
Arthur A. Thompson, Methuen C. F. Nelson Pratt, Saugus J. Fred Manning, Lynn
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Annual Town Meeting MARCH 6, 1950
Agreeably to a Warrant signed by the Selectmen, February 6th, 1950, the Inhabitants of the Town of Andover, qualified to vote in Elections and Town Affairs, met and assembled at the designated polling places in Precincts One, Two, Three, Four, Five and Six, viz: The Central Fire Station in Precinct One; the Square and Compass Hall in Precinct Two; the Sacred Heart School, Balmoral Street, Shawsheen Village, in Precinct Three; the Andover Grange Hall in Precinct Four; the Fire Station, Bal- lardvale, in Precinct Five, and the Peabody House, Phillips Street, in Precinct Six, in said Andover on Monday, the sixth day of March, 1950, at 7:00 o'clock A.M. to act upon the following articles :
ESSEX, SS. Andover, March 6, 1950
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I, the subscriber, one of the Constables of the Town of Andover, have notified the in- habitants of said town, to meet at the time and places and for the purposes stated in said warrant, by posting a true and attested copy of the same, on the Town House, on each Schoolhouse and in no less than five other public places where bills and notices are usually posted and by publication in the Andover Townsman.
Said warrants have been posted and published seven days.
GEORGE N. SPARKS, Constable
ARTICLE 1. Election of Officers
Took up Article 1 and proceeded to vote for Town Officers. The Ballot boxes were found to be empty and registered 0000. The Polls were opened at seven o'clock A.M. and closed at seven o'clock P.M. The total number of ballots cast was 3344-viz: Precinct 1-921, Precinct 2-675, Precinct 3-493, Precinct 4- 347, Precinct 5-259, Precinct 6-649.
MODERATOR-for One Year
Precincts
1
2
3 416
298
4 5 219
6 590 Arthur Sweeney
769
515
2807
152
160
77
49
40 59 Blanks 537
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TOWN TREASURER-for Three Years
Precincts
1
2
3
4
5
6
804
553
419
297
230
599
Thaxter Eaton
2902
117
122
74
50
29
50
Blanks
442
SELECTMAN-for Three Years
770
501
413
274
218
571
J. Everett Collins
2747
151
174
80
73
41
78
Blanks
597
ASSESSOR-for Three Years
756
482
406
274
209
564
J. Everett Collins
2691
165
193
87
73
50
85
Blanks
653
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS-for Three Years
132
158
103
16
33
58
James V. Irvine
500
211
137
111
63
55
138
Walter E. Mondale
715
538
336
256
254
160
430
Sidney P. White
1974
40
44
23
14
11
23
Blanks
155
BOARD OF HEALTH-for Three Years
782
513
417
296
213
591
William V. Emmons
2812
139
162
76
51
46
58
Blanks
532
TRUSTEE OF MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY-for Seven Years
758
468
399
286
206
557
Arthur W. Reynolds
2674
163
207
94
61
53
92
Blanks
670
TREE WARDEN-for Three Years
694
423
371
275
192
430
George R. Abbott
2386
188
188
86
59
50
208 Thomas D. Blunt
779
38
64
36
13
17
11 Blanks 179
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-Two for Three Years
499
472
296
183
161
357
Anna M. Greeley
1968
545
297
272
193
131
453
Dorothy T. Partridge
1891
68
71
77
57
29
57
Ernest Picard
359
447
236
211
174
109
277 Vincent F. Stulgis
1454
283
274
130
87
88
154
Blanks
1016
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE-One for Two Years Precincts
1
2
3
4
5 125
6
303
225
210
146
300
Katharine A. Baldwin
1309
85
76
47
37
21
69
Persis D. Crawford
335
426
231
188
125
70
226
William P. Hamblet
1266
107
143
48
39
43
54
Blanks
434
PLANNING BOARD-for Five Years
768
493
409
287
222
576
Frederick E. Cheever
2755
153
182
84
60
37
73
Blanks
589
ANDOVER HOUSING AUTHORITY-for Five Years
593
360
336
235
172
428
Charles G. Hatch
2124
196
174
101
62
43
146
William G. Quigley
722
132
141
56
50
44
75
Blanks
498
CONSTABLES-Three for One Year
767
478
402
280
202
555
George A. Dane
2684
391
311
184
135
82
230
Chester J. S. Harnden
1333
550
301
304
215
134
433
J. Lewis Smith
1937
632
430
334
254
228
471
George N. Sparks
2349
423
505
255
157
131
258
Blanks
1729
All the foregoing officers were voted for on one ballot and the check lists were used.
REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT 1
Andover, March 6, 1950
Polls opened at 7 A.M. Warden in charge, Rowland W. Luce. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7 P.M. Ballot box registered when polls closed 921. Number of ballots received 1644. Number of ballots returned 724. Number of ballots cast 921. Police officer on duty, William Tammany. Voted to count ballots at 8:00 A.M.
JOSEPH W. MCNALLY, Clerk
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REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT 2
Andover, March 6, 1950
Polls opened at 7 A.M. Warden in charge, Mark Keane. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7 P.M. Ballot box registered when polls closed 675. Number of ballots received 1568. Number of ballots returned 893. Number of ballots cast 675. Police officer on duty, David Nicoll. Voted to count ballots at 9:00 A.M.
NORMAN K. MACLEISH, Clerk
REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT 3
Andover, March 6, 1950
Polls opened at 7 A.M. Warden in charge, Stafford A. Lindsay. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7 P.M. Ballot box registered when polls closed 493. Number of ballots received 1520. Number of ballots returned 1027. Number of ballots cast 493. Police officer on duty, Frank Koza. Voted to count ballots at 7:25 A.M.
GARRETT J. BURKE, Clerk
REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT FOUR
Andover, March 6, 1950
Polls opened at 7 A.M. Warden in charge, Francis E. Wilson. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7 P.M. Ballot box registered when polls closed 347. Number of ballots received 771. Number of ballots returned 424. Number of ballots cast 347. Police officer on duty, Richard Caldwell. Voted to count ballots at 11:00 A.M.
FREDERICK J. KEARN, Clerk
REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT FIVE
March 6, 1950
Polls opened at 7 A.M. Warden in charge, William Miller, Jr. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7:00 P.M. Ballot box registered when polls closed 259. Number of ballots received 632. Number of ballots returned 373. Number of ballots cast 259. Police officer on duty, George N. Sparks. Voted to count ballots at 1:50 P.M.
EUGENE A. ZALLA, Clerk
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REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT SIX
Andover, March 6, 1950
Polls opened at 7 A.M. Warden in charge, Ralph A. Bailey. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7:00 P.M. Ballot box registered when polls closed 649. Number of ballots received 1160. Number of ballots returned 514. Number of ballots cast 649. Police officer on duty, Roy Russell. Voted to count ballots at 9 A.M.
JOHN M. LYNCH, Clerk
After final action of Article One, the said meeting was adjourned by virtue of Section 20, Chapter 39 of the General Laws to Mon- day, March 13th, at 7 o'clock P.M. at the Memorial Auditorium.
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Adjourned Town Meeting MARCH 13, 1950
The check lists were used for admittance and showed 825 voters present. The meeting was called to order. at 7:00 o'clock P.M. by Arthur Sweeney, Moderator.
Prayer was offered by Rev. Henry B. Smith.
Salute to the flag led by J. Everett Collins.
Unanimous consent of the meeting was voted to admit: Mrs. William T. Rich III, Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. MacMackin, Warren Petersen, Martha Ann Fieldhouse, Mrs. Donald Thomp- son, Mrs. and Miss Coffin, Norman and Gladys M. Barraclough, Everett L. and Elizabeth B. Hull, Dino Olivetti, Douglas N. Howe, Frank E. Whiting, Donald Van Roosen, Louise Coffin, Patricia Walber, Mrs. William Dreyer, Mrs. Mary Deacon, Norman Cormeau, Judy Nowell, Alan Hughes, Marilyn Dixon, Sidney Tavern.
The warrant and return of service by the constable was read by the Town Clerk.
Article 1-To elect a Moderator for one year, Treasurer for three years, Selectman for three years, Assessor for three years, a member of the Board of Public Works for three years, a member of the Board of Health for three years, Trustee of Memorial Hall Library for seven years, Tree Warden for three years, two mem- bers of the School Committee for three years, one member of the School Committee for two years, a member of the Planning Board for five years, a member of the Andover Housing Author- ity for five years, three Constables for one year, and all town officers required by law to be elected by ballot.
All the above candidates to be voted for on one ballot. The polls will be open from 7:00 o'clock A.M. to 7:00 o'clock P.M.
The Town Clerk announced the results of balloting March 6th and declared Arthur Sweeney elected as Moderator for the en- suing year and he had previously been sworn to faithfully perform the duties of that office.
The moderator declared the following elected :
Thaxter Eaton, Treasurer for three years.
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J. Everett Collins, Selectman for three years.
J. Everett Collins, Assessor for three years.
Sidney P. White, Board of Public Works for three years.
William V. Emmons, Board of Health for three years.
Arthur W. Reynolds, Trustee of Memorial Hall Library for seven years.
George R. Abbott, Tree Warden for three years.
Anna M. Greeley, School Committee for three years.
Dorothy T. Partridge, School Committee for three years.
Katharine A. Baldwin, School Committee for two years.
Charles G. Hatch, Andover Housing Authority for five years.
George A. Dane, Constable for one year.
J. Lewis Smith, Constable for one year.
George N. Sparks, Constable for one year.
Article 2-To elect all other officers not required by law to be elected by ballot.
Upon motion of Mr. Hardy and duly seconded, it was VOTED, that Edward P. Hall be elected Trustee of Cornell Fund for three years.
Article 3-To establish the salaries of elected Town Officers for the ensuing year.
It was VOTED to establish the salaries of the elected Town Officers for the ensuing year as follows (each item being voted on separately) :
Chairman, Board of Selectmen per annum $ 400.00
Two members at $300. each per annum
600.00
Board of Assessors
Three members at $400. each per annum
1200.00
Board of Public Welfare
Three members at $100. cach, per annum
300.00
Town Clerk
3434.50
Collector of Taxes
3415.00
Town Treasurer
3340.00
Moth Superintendent and Tree Warden
combined salary for both per week beginning
April 1st 62.00
Board of Health
Three members at $100. cach per annum
300.00
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Secretary of the Board of Public Works $ 100.00 100.00
Treasurer, Library Trustees
Moderator, per meeting
10.00
Article 4-To determine what sums of money shall be appro- priated for the following purposes:
Upon motion made and duly seconded it was VOTED to raise and appropriate the following sums of money, each item being voted on separately :
American Legion
$ 600.00
Veterans of Foreign Wars
600.00
Disabled Veterans
480.00
Armistice Day
150.00
Memorial Day
1250.00
Aid to Dependent Children
13200.00
Veterans Services
13000.00
Old Age Assistance
72500.00
Public Welfare
18000.00
Retirement Fund
21653.00
Damages to Persons and Property
500.00
Elections and Registrations
5185.00
Insurance
18000.00
Essex T. B. Hospital
16942.40
Recreation
9600.00
Public Dump
1500.00
Printing Town Report
1288.50
Selectmen
2655.00
Treasurer
4516.00
Collector of Taxes
7134.00
Accountant
4627.00
Assessors
8305.00
Town Clerk
5606.00
Moderator
30.00
Town Counsel
750.00
Finance Committee
20.00
Planning Board and Survey
200.00
Dog Officer
225.00
Animal Inspector
350.00
Building Inspector
1100.00
Town Scales
200.00
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Inspector of Wires Sealer of Weights and Measures Municipal Buildings
$ 925.00
600.00
6868.00
Infirmary
11100.00
Moth Suppression
7958.00
Police Department (inc. $2000. of Parking Meter receipts)
64688.00
Fire Department
75838.00
Brush Fires
1800.00
Interest
2646.25
Retirement of Bonds
39000.00
Tree Warden
11476.00 5500.00
Board of Health
Care of T. B. Patients
4000.00
Trustees of Memorial Library (plus dog tax)
28334.78
Spring Grove Cemetery
16500.00
School Committee
335273.00
Highway Maintenance
56300.00
Water Maintenance
49450.00
Parks
6200.00
Sewer Maintenance
6350.00
Snow Removal and Sanding (incl. $2000. for equip.
15500.00
and plowing private ways as approved)
Trucks, Garage and Repair Shop
10450.00
Street Lighting
23250.00
Administrative and Office
16750.00
Total Departmental $1,026,923.93
Special Articles
Article 5-Two new automobiles, Police Dept. $2266.00
Article 6-Oil burner unit and boiler including fuel tanks, Fire Department 1300.00
Article 7-Two-way radio, Forest Fire Department 500.00
Article 8-Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance 3000.00
Article 9-Improvement of Main Street 4000.00
($12000.00 trans. from surplus revenue and to be returned)
Article 11-Repair and build sidewalks 7500.00
Article 12-Tractor with attachments 2500.00
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Article 14-Land acquisition and construction Chandler Road
$ 450.00
Article 15-Land acquisition and construction North Street 250.00
Article 16-Widening Stevens Street
2500.00
Article 18-Water Department improvement: 34500.00
Article 21-Extending and improving water system
20000.00
Article 22-Control Dutch Elm Disease
4000.00
Article 23-New Truck, Moth and Tree Department (plus turn-in of 1934 truck) 1700.00
Article 24-Vocational Education
980.00
Article 25-Members of Teachers Retirement -- military leave of absence
1585.00
Article 26-Preliminary plans, elementary school buildings
10000.00
Article 27-Eugene V. Lovely retirement
2375.00
Article 28-Converting boiler to oil-
Memorial Hall Library 775.00
Article 30-Improve and Resurface B.V. playground
2350.00
Article 42-Printing the Town By-Laws
350.00
Article 1-Supplementary Warrant
Engine-driven centrifugal pump
15000.00
Total Special Articles
$117881.00
Total Budget and Special Articles
$1144804.93
Article 5-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2266.00 for the purchase of two new automobiles for the Police Department, and use the trade-in value of the 1947 Plymouth Sedan and the 1948 Pontiac Sedan as part of the purchase price.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to accept Article 5 as read.
Article 6-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate $1300.00 to meet the expense of purchase and installation of an oil burner including fuel tanks, at the Central Fire Station.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to raise and appro- priate $1300.00 to meet the expense of purchase and installation of an oil burner unit and boiler, including fuel tanks, at the Central Fire Station.
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Article 7-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate $500.00 to meet the expense of purchase of a two-way radio mobile unit for the Forest Fire Department.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to accept Article 7 as read.
Article 8-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90, Highway Maintenance, or take any action in relation thereto.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to raise and appro- priate $3000.00 for Chapter 90, Highway Maintenance.
Article 9-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of $4000.00 for the improvement of Main Street; said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED that the sum of $4000.00 be raised and appropriated to meet the town's share of the cost of Chapter 90, Highway Construction, and in addition, the sum of $12,000.00 to be transferred from surplus revenue to meet the State and County's share of the cost of the work, the reimbursements from the State and County to be restored, upon their receipt, to surplus revenue.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to take up Article 10, and Article 20 together.
Article 10-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of $2500.00 for the improvement of Lowell Street in the vicinity of Argilla Road; said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to refer Article 10 to Annual Town Meeting, 1951.
Article 11-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Pub- lic Works to repair and build sidewalks and raise and appropriate the sum of $7500.00 therefor.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to raise and appro- priate $7500.00 under Article 11.
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Article 12-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Pub- lic Works to purchase a tractor with attachment for loading back-filling, plowing, etc., and raise and appropriate the sum of $2500.00 therefor.
Upon motion duly seconded it was VOTED to raise and appro- priate $2500.00 under Article 12.
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