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Omun af Saugus Commonwealth of Massachusetts
TOWN DOCUMENTS
ONE HUNDRED NINETEENTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Saugus, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1934
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LOCAL HISTORY
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Umum of Saugus Commonwealth of Massachusetts
TOWN DOCUMENTS
ONE HUNDRED NINETEENTH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Saugus, Mass.
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1934
SAUGUS PUBLIC LIBRARY 295 Central St. Saugus. MfAs-1906
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INDEX
Reports of Departments and Committees
PAGE
Accountant's Report
267
Annual Town Meeting
21
Appointed Town Officers
15
Assessors
165
Board of Appeals
212
Board of Fire Engineers
188
Board of Health
206
Board of Public Welfare
170
Cemetery Commissioners
214
Chief of Police
184
Collector
Elected Town Officers
5
Forest Fire Warden
193
Harbor Master
183
Inspector of Buildings
182
Investigator and Visitor
174
Library Trustees
216
Planning Board
210
Presidential and State Election
149
Primary Party Election
104
Public Works
176
Report of Finance Committee
217
School Report following page
296
Selectmen
197
Special Town Meeting, March 12, 1934
94
Special Town Meeting, July 23, 1934
114
Special Town Meeting, August 20, 1934
120
Special Town Meeting, November 1, 1934
143
Special Town Meeting, December 4, 1934
162
State Primary Election
126
Superintendent of Fire Alarms
194
Town Clerk
228
Town Meeting Members
7
Town Officers
30-39
Financial Departments
Receipts :
General Revenue
Taxes
267
Commercial Revenue
Agency and Trust 271
Cemetery
270
46-52
Saugus Safety Committee
218
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
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PAGE
Charities and Soldiers' Benefits
269
Education
270
General Government
268
Health and Sanitation
269
Highway
269
Indebtedness
271
Insurance Receipts
271
Interest
270
Protection of Persons and Property
268
Refunds
271
Water Department
270
Expenditures :
Charities
281
Education and Libraries
283
General Government
272
Health and Sanitation
279
Highways
280
Protection to Persons and Property
276
Unclassified
284
Enterprises and Cemeteries :
Agency and Trust 288
Cemetery Department
287
Interest and Maturing Debt
288
Water Department
286
Balance Sheet
289
Outstanding Bonds
291
Summarized Statement Appropriation, year ending Dec. 31, 1934 268
Trust Funds
232
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ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS
1934]
Elected Town Officers, 1934
Town Clerk
WALTER A. WILSON
Term expires February, 1935
Selectmen
HARRY WOODWARD, Chairman Term expires February, 1935
C. CAROLL CUNNINGHAM .
"
"
" 1935
GEORGE H. QUARMBY .
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„
1935
Assessors
JOHN J. MULLEN, Chairman
Term expires February, 1935
WASHINGTON L. BRYER .
"
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"
1936
DANIEL B. WILLIS .
"
"
" 1937
Board of Public Welfare
GEORGE H. AMES, Chairman .
Term expires February, 1935
ARTHUR C. DUNK .
1935
ERNEST M. HATCH
"
1935
Treasurer
HAROLD E. DODGE . Term expires February, 1935
Constable
W. CHARLES SELLICK
Term expires February, 1935
Collector of Taxes
WALTER A. WILSON Term expires February, 1935
Trustees of Public Library
JOHN B. LANG, Chairman
Term expires February, 1937
"
"
"
1937
WILLIAM E. MEAD
"
"
1936
WALTER D. BLOSSOM
1936
KALER A. PERKINS
"
"
"
1935
AUGUSTUS B. TRIPP
1935
JOHN HUSLER
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Board of Health
HENRY O. WESTENDARP, Chairman Term expires February, 1935 MYRON H. DAVIS " " " .
1937
RICHARD J. SPENCER
"
" 1936
School Committee
WALDO B. RUSSELL, Chairman
HARRY WENTWORTH
.
"
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"
1935
MARIA E. SMITH
.
"
"
1936
Cemetery Commissioners
HENRY A. B. PECKHAM, Chairman
Term expires February, 1936
WILLIAM E. LUDDEN
BENJAMIN F. FULLERTON . ·
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1937
Tree Warden
THOMAS E. BERRETT Term expires February, 1935
Planning Board
BARNET SHAPIRO, Chairman
Term expires February, 1935
"
" 1935
ALVAH L. RICH .
"
"
" 1936
WILLIAM H. ROBINSON
"
„
"
1936
WILLIAM H. ARMSTRONG
"
"
1937
Playground Commission
GEORGE W. NICHOLSON, Chairman
Term expires February, 1935
"
1935
MARY McD. PENNY
"
"
" 1935
Moderator
FRANK P. BENNETT, JR.
.
Term expires February, 1937
1937
GEORGE A, McCARRIER
.
"
1936
FREDERICK B. WILLIS
1935
CHARLES H. L. KAHLER
EDWIN M. HOLMES
Term expires February, 1935
1934]
Town Meeting Members PRECINCT ONE
Term Expires
Walter T. Brander
30 Prospect Street
1935
Fred C. Cheever
275 Central Street
1935
Arthur D. Hitchings
17 Prospect Street
1935
Wallace E. Long
14 Vine Street
1935
Gordon C. Marr
21 Highland Avenue
1935
George A. McCarrier
29 Prospect Street
1935
Henry A. B. Peckham
329 Central Street
1935
W. Charles Sellick
43 Main Street
1935
Charles Wilson
302 Central Street 1935
Clarence M. Davis
24 Main Street
1936
Walter A. Graham
58 Summer Street
1936
George I. Hull
15 Pleasant Street
1936
John F. Mccullough, Jr.
280 Central Street 1936
Welcome W. Mccullough
280 Central Street
1936
Alan F. Sawyer
5 Newhall Avenue
1936
Frederick L. Sawyer
1 Austin Street 1936
Harry F. Wentworth
7 Emory Court
1936
Bertrand D. Westendarp
59 Main Street
1936
Timothy J. Bannon
269 Central Street
1937
Thomas E. Berrett
8 Franklin Street
1937
Paul E. Boyle
311 Central Street
1937
L. Elmer Day
19 Emory Street
1937
George H. Durgin
41 Main Street 1937
63a Main Street 1937
26 Prospect Street
1937
Henry A. Mccullough
280 Central Street 1937
Ellery E. Metcalf
47 Howard Street 1937
Karl O. A. Ryman
Broadway 1937
7
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Walter S. Dyer
Elmer R. Emmett
40 Pleasant Street 1936
Frank N. Lendall
304 Central Street 1935
Lewis O. Gray
8
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
PRECINCT TWO
Term Expires
Benjamin Q. Belonga
24 Jackson Street
1935
H. Warren Butler
11 Jackson Street 1935
Bertram E. Dexter
12 Ernest Street
1935
Charles E. Flynn
38 Jackson Street
1935
Ernest A. Hodgdon
11 Kent Street
1935
Clarence O. Martin
2 Trull Circle
1935
Harry T. Turner
274 Lincoln Avenue
1935
James J. Fox
13 Central Place 1936
Clarence W. Howard
12 Smith Road 1936
Emma B. Hughes
16 Kent Street
1936
Anstrice Carter Kellogg
332 Lincoln Avenue 1936
Robert J. Maher
473 Central Street
1936
Russell R. Peterson
1 Overlook Terrace
1936
Samuel A. Phinney
42 Clifton Avenue
1936
Charles B. Pugsley
380 Lincoln Avenue
1936
John Willis White
26 Western Avenue
1936
William H. Armstrong
8 Palmer Avenue
1937
C. Carroll Cunningham
240 Lincoln Avenue
1937
Paul J. Hayes
19 Smith Road
1937
Frank A. Hill
3 Oak Hill Road
1937
Charles M. O'Connor
14 Ernest Street
1937
Richard J. Spencer
271 Lincoln Avenue
1937
Chauncey V. Whittredge
8 Kent Street 1937
Edwin E. Walker
242 Lincoln Avenue 1937
1934]
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
9
PRECINCT THREE
Term Expires
Ester A. Borjeson
15 Fairmount Place 1935
Charles A. Charles
11 Vincent Street 1935
Vernon W. Evans
88 Chestnut Street
1935
George F. Gosselin
17 Chestnut Street 1935
John W. Hitchings
48 Chestnut Street 1935
William E. Ludden
56 Lincoln Avenue 1935
Daniel M. Radford
51 Lincoln Avenue
1935
Lincoln D. Robbins
71 Chestnut Street 1935
Lewis O. Stocker
53 Chestnut Street 1935
Frederick B. Willis
5 Willis Street
1935
Arthur R. Armstrong
1 Springdale Avenue
1936
Dorothy J. Eyre
29 Vincent Street 1936
Bertram C. Farnham
14 Wendall Street 1936
John R. Gifford
10 Hemingway Road
1936
Paul F. Neal
12 Richard Street 1936
Mabel I. Nelson
37 Spencer Avenue 1936
Kaler A. Perkins
5 Vincent Street
1936
'William H. Robinson
78 Ballard Street 1936
William E. Snow
11 Wakefield Avenue 1936
Charles E. Thrasher
80 Lincoln Avenue 1936
William T. Allan
66 Spencer Avenue 1937
Philip A. Farnham
1 Wakefield Avenue 1937
Stanley W. Hatch
20 Bailey Avenue 1937
Frank Hutchinson
1 Evans Street 1937
Reginald Hutton, Sr.
15 Pratt Street 1937
Herbert B. Newhall
66a Lincoln Avenue 1937
Walter L. C. Niles
50 Chestnut Street 1937
Sanford S. Searles
15 Springdale Avenue 1937
Chester G. Starkey
22 Stocker Street 1937
Samuel M. Wortman
47 Springdale Avenue 1937
10
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
PRECINCT FOUR
Term Expires
William C. Banks
38 Vine Street 1935
Arthur B. Barnes
16 Golden Hills Road 1935
George H. Blood
34 Felton Street 1935
Robert Henry Evans
70 Vine Street
1935
Edward Gibbs, Jr.
79 Vine Street
1935
Elmer E. Gray
7 Hayden Road Hayden Road
1935
Horace C. Ramsdell
106 Essex Street
1935
Frank B. Sloan
117 Essex Street
1935
Crawford H. Stocker
107 Essex Street
1935
Charles W. Gibbs
14 Hayden Road
1936
Fred M. Hall
8 Hayden Road
1936
Walter S. Hamilton
185 Essex Street
1936
Lloyd M. Hendrick
15 Pleasant Avenue 1936
Bessie I. Neale
10 Tuttle Street 1936
Frank Reppuci
25 Farrington Avenue
1936
Marion P. Russell
6 Anawan Avenue 1936
Waldo B. Russell
6 Anawan Avenue 1936
Sydney Smith
14 Anawan Avenue
1936
Ernest F. Tarbox
15 Hayden Road 1936
Mabel L. Carter
128 Essex Street
1937
Chester F. Cross
9 Holden Avenue
1937
Paul A. Haley
116 Essex Street
1937
Fred L. Hawkes
72 Denver Street
1937
Ray H. Hyde
2 Norman Road 1937
Harold P. Rice
123 Essex Street 1937
Lewis E. Richardson
234 Essex Street
1937
James O. Smith
141 Essex Street 1937
John A. Taylor
17 Anawan Avenue 1937
Alfred H. Woodward
94 Adams Avenue
1937
1935
Edwin K. Hayden
1934]
PRECINCT FIVE
Term Expires
Francis W. Comey
32 Walden Pond Avenue 1935
Rosanna M. Gautreau
33 Garfield Avenue 1935
Arthur L. Hawkes
132 Walnut Street
1935
Robert E. Jacobs
48 Broadway
1935
Harry W. Merrill
Water Street 1935
Robert G. Pike
5 Spring Street
1935
Charles E. Stillings
51 Walnut Street
1935
Roswell W. Abbott
35 Walden Pond Avenue
1936
George B. Dixon
52 Walnut Street
1936
Silas H. Dunham
34 Harrison Avenue
1936
Arthur Lee Homan
116 Walnut Street Water Street
1936
Lucy F. Stillings
51 Walnut Street 1936
Edward W. Wilson
133 Broadway Bow Street
1937
Frank H. Collins
35 Central Street Birchwood Avenue
1937
Ernest W. Homan
116 Walnut Street
1937
A. Willard Moses
139 Walnut Street
1937
Otto F. Persson
35 Cleveland Avenue 1937
Andrew Wm. Townsend
48 Blueridge Avenue 1937
1936
Martha R. Merrill
1936
Oren O. Bentley
1937
Chester P. Gibson
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
11
12
TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
PRECINCT SIX
Term Expires
Peter W. Ainslie
241 Lincoln Avenue 1935
Andrew B. Britt
131 Lincoln Avenue 1935
Washington L. Bryer
234 Lincoln Avenue 1935
Agnes B. Dodge
45 Birch Street
1935
William L. Dowling
18 Dustin 1935
W. Ernest Light
7 Sunnyside Avenue 1935
Benjamin A. Ramsdell
28 Madeira Street 1935
Michael Glebus
16 Elaine Avenue 1935
Iona E. Britt
131 Lincoln Avenue
1936
John Bucchiere
144 Lincoln Avenue
1936
George N. McKay
13 Sunnyside Park
1936
Albert J. Manderville
41 Birch Street
1936
Alvah L. Rich
55a Birch Street
1936
Flora L. Russell
147 Lincoln Avenue
1936
George A. Shepherdson
20 Sunnyside Avenue
1936
Charles S. James
5 Walcott Road
1936
Charles T. Anderson
36 Lawndale Avenue
1937
Elizabeth H. Anderson
36 Lawndale Avenue
1937
Oswald C. Anderson
36 Lawndale Avenue
1937
Charles C. DeFronzo
10 Bristow Street
1937
W. George Greenlay
508 Central Street
1937
Marie A. Hamblett
18 Sunnyside Avenue 1937
Edwin M. Holmes
28 Oakwood Avenue 1937
William E. Ludden, Jr.
6 Midvale Avenue 1937
1934]
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
13
PRECINCT SEVEN
Term Expires
Alexander S. Addison
8 Granite Road 1935
Roger P. Beckman
14 Essex Street
1935
George H. Mason
11 Myrtle Street 1935
Herbert P. Mason
21 Myrtle Street 1935
Charles B. McDuffee
10 Essex Street
1935
Grace D. Platt
37 Mount Vernon Street 1935
J. Arthur Raddin
1 Raddin Terrace 1935
Lewis P. Sanborn
12 Myrtle Street 1935
Browning W. Rogers
Myrtle Street
1935
James B. Allen
34 Myrtle Street 1936
William Stewart Braid
4 Allison Road 1936
George H. Crawford
55 Essex Street 1936
Winifred F. Curtis
43 Mount Vernon Street
1936
Frank M. Gracey
14 Myrtle Street 1936
Joseph Haskell
31 Whitney Street
1936
Howard C. Heath
17 Johnston Terrace
1936
John B. Lang
20 Mountain Avenue
1936
Lester T. Poole
4 Linwood Street
1936
Frederick J. England
22 Linwood Street
1937
Joseph N. Gamage
62 Essex Street
1937
George F. Gilbert
8 Linwood Street 1937
Samuel E. Gillespie
4 Myrtle Street 1937
Homer D. Kenerson
15 Linwood Street 1937
Emmett R. Nichols
9 Raddin Terrace 1937
Maria E. Smith
51 Essex Street 1937
Harry A. White
17 Whitney Street 1937
Gilbert Wheeler
355 Lincoln Avenue
1937
PRECINCT EIGHT
Term Expires
Charles R. Babcock
31 Clinton Avenue 1935
Victor L. Bent
44 Denver Street 1935
George Diamond
1 Pearson Street 1935
Frank A. Green
6 Denver Street 1935
Walter W. Hanson
28 Pearson Street 1935
Frank F. Humphries
5 Westland Avenue 1935
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Clarence E. March
52 Jasper Street 1935
John W. Murray
43 Denver Street 1935
William J. Robleski
11 Clinton Avenue 1935
Carl A. Sawyer
422 Central Street
1935
Charles B. Pickering
Jasper Street
1935
Alton S. Benson
34 Springdale Avenue 1936
Giles S. Bryer
434 Central Street 1936
Dennis M. Cronin
425 Central Street
1936
David W. Hanson
17 Clinton Avenue
1936
Walter F. Leeman
15 Adams Avenue
1936
Elsie C. Pickering
27 Jasper Street
1936
Harold A. Smiledge
2 Laconia Avenue
1936
Otto W. Thomas
9 Vermont Avenue
1936
Walter R. Ward
8 Makepeace Street
1936
Charles N. Chesley
15 East Denver Street
1937
Ross E. Coon
3 East Denver Street
1937
Laurence F. Davis
38 Pearson Street
1937
James Entwistle
3 Hilldale Terrace 1937
Frank O. Gatchell
9 Denver Street
1937
William C. Humphries
128 Winter Street
1937
John Husler
11 Horton Street 1937
Donald J. Pettito
Tontaquon Avenue 1937
Arthur B. Randall
34 Jasper Street 1937
Ex-Officiis Town Meeting Members
Tony A. Garofano
61 Summer St. £ Rep., Gen. Court
C. F. Nelson Pratt 3 Johnston Ter. Rep., Gen. Court
Frank P. Bennett, Jr.
1 Hayden Rd. Town Moderator
Walter A. Wilson
44 Main St.
Town Clerk, Tax Collector
George H. Quarmby
15 Prospect St.
Selectman
Harry Woodward
72 Spencer Ave. Selectman
Harold E. Dodge
45 Birch St.
Henry O. Westendarp 59 Main St.
George H. Ames 40 Main st
George W. Nicholson
24 Foster St.
Chm., Playg'd Com.
Charles H. L. Kahler
2 Summit Ave.
Chm. Plan. Board
John J. Mullen 169 Main St.
Town Treasurer Chm., Bd. of Health
Chm,, Pub. Welfare
Chm., Bd. Assessors
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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS
1934]
Appointed Town Officers, 1934
Town Accountant
EDWARD GIBBS, JR.
Term expires August 1, 1935
Town Counsel
HERBERT P. MASON
Term expires 1935
Finance Committee
EDWARD GIBBS, JR., Chairman
Term expires 1935
BERTRAND D. WESTENDARP
"
"
1936
LAURENCE F. DAVIS
"
"
1937
CHARLES E. STILLINGS
"
„
1935
CHARLES T. ANDERSON
"
1937
ROBERT J. MAHER .
"
"
1936
FREDERICK J. ENGLAND
1937
LEWIS O. STOCKER .
1935
Director of State Aid and Soldiers' Relief
CHARLES M. O'CONNOR . Term expires 1935
Dog Officer Chief JOHN T. STUART
Board of Registrars
LEON B. WADE, Chairman
Term expires 1935
"
"
1937
FRANCIS M. HILL
VINCENT G. PENDLETON
"
1936
WALTER A. WILSON, Clerk
"
" 1935
Forest Warden MELLEN R. JOY
Keeper of the Locker JOHN T. STUART
Matron of the Locker ELIZABETH M. COLLINS
Superintendent of Public Works DEXTER G. PRATT
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TOWN DOCUMENTS [Dec. 31
Superintendent of Schools VERNON W. EVANS
Superintendent of Cemeteries GORDON C. MARR
Pound Keeper RALPH E. WHIDDEN
Field Driver WILLIE M. PENNEY
Measurer of Wood and Bark FRANK H. COBURN
Measurer of Leather MARK MARGOLSKEE
Sealer of Weights and Measures ALFRED H. WOODWARD
Cattle and Milk Inspector JOHN W. HITCHINGS
Inspector of Plumbing THOMAS C. SUTHERST
Inspector of Buildings JOHN W. WHITE
Janitor of Town Hall JUSTIN E. MANSFIELD
Clerk of Selectmen PAUL A. HALEY
Public Weighers
CHARLES M. SWEENEY WILLIAM MCGRATH ANNIE MONTEITH
JAMES F. WATSON
JOSEPH LANDERGAN
CRAWFORD H. STOCKER RUTH M. BURNETT WILLARD W. FISKE SYDNEY WALMSLEY JOHN LANDERGAN
GERARD J. SAUNDERS
Civil Constables
STEVEN MURCH CHARLES B. PUGSLEY
BARNET SHAPIRO
17
APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS
1934]
Board of Appeals PAUL A. HALEY, Chairman CHARLES WILSON LEWIS P. SANBORN
Associate Members JOHN T. LYNCH GEORGE B. DIXON (Resigned) HOMER KENERSON KALER A. PERKINS (To fill vacancy)
Sewer Committee CHARLES E. FLYNN, Chairman
WALTER L. C. NILES FRED C. CHEEVER
Assessors Investigating Committee HARRY W. MERRILL, Chairman ARTHUR HITCHINGS FRED C. SMITH
LEWIS O. STOCKER HERBERT L. ROBINSON
Fire Engineers
CHARLES C. DEFRONZO
ARTHUR W. PRICE
ERNEST W. HOMAN GEORGE GOSSELIN
Superintendent of Town Infirmary RALPH E. WHIDDEN
Harbor Master PHILIP FARNHAM
Special Safety Committee JOHN BUCCHIERE, Chairman
JOHN T. STUART VERNON W. EVANS CHARLES M. O'CONNOR
Brook Drainage Committee ERNEST HODGDON
ELLERY METCALF SYDNEY SMITH
Town Engineer JOHN DYER
Assistant Town Clerk RUTH E. GATCHELL
Assistant Tax Collector RUTH E. GATCHELL
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TOWN DOCUMENTS [Dec. 31
Deputy Tax Collectors CHARLES C. DEFRONZO HAROLD MITCHELL RUTH E. GATCHELL
Assessors Office FREDERICK B. WILLIS, Chief Clerk
Board of Public Welfare LILLIAN SHORES, Chief Clerk FRANK GARAFANO, Investigator
Collector of Water Charges WALTER A. WILSON
Collector of Selectmen's License Fees WALTER A. WILSON
Treasurers Office E. LOUISE PRATT, Chief Clerk
Highway and Water Departments
RAYMOND CLARK MARGARET BLAIR
Accountant's Office WILLIS T. DEAN, Assistant
Burial Agent MILDRED FURLONG
Board of Health Office MILDRED FURLONG, Clerk
New High School Addition Building Committee J. ARTHUR RADDIN, Chairman PAUL A. HALEY, Secretary ARTHUR D. HITCHINGS FREDERICK B. WILLIS CHARLES E. STILLINGS
E. R. A. Grievance Committee SAMUEL PARKER, Chairman MRS. MINNIE REICHENBACKER (Resigned) MRS. BLANCHE MAGEE, Secretary (To fill vacancy) OTTO PERSSON WALLACE E. LONG VINCENT PENDLETON (Resigned)
19
APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS
1934]
Advisory Committee for Fire and Police Station Building PAUL A. HALEY, Chairman C. FRED SMITH, Secretary ARTHUR D. HITCHINGS ARTHUR W. PRICE JOHN T. STUART
1935 Old Home Week FRANK P. BENNETT, JR., Chairman PAUL A. HALEY, Secretary
Local Federal Housing Committee HENRY A. B. PECKHAM, General Chairman
Executive Committee
WILLIAM B. CHISHOLM J. FRANK NEWHALL
CHARLES WILSON
FRED C. CHEEVER ARTHUR W. PRICE PAUL J. HAYES
JAMES L. CONWAY
Advisory Board
MRS. MINNIE REICHENBACKER
CHARLES E. FLYNN
FRED L. GREEN
WILLIAM S. ROCKHILL
ARTHUR E. STARKEY
BENJAMIN Q. BELONGA
MRS. MARY MCCARTHY
WALTER GRIFFIN
REV. BERNARD T. RATTIGAN
REV. ARTHUR A. PITMAN
REV. M. ELIZABETH BEE
REV. EDWARD J. YAEGER
MRS. WESLEY P. HUME BENJAMIN YANOFSKY H. WARREN BUTLER CHARLES S. MASON WALTER LONGFELLOW MRS. BLANCHE MAGEE MRS. WILLIAM E. LUDDEN REV. EDWARD J. CAREY REV. CHARLES B. McDUFFEE REV. THOMAS B. GREEN REV. ALLISTON B. GIFFORD REV. HAROLD T. HANDLEY
MRS. CARL HINKLEY
JOHN WILLIS WHITE JOHN T. STUART MYRON H. DAVIS
HORACE C. RAMSDELL WALTER L. C. NILES DENNIS CRONIN JAMES B. ALLEN JOHN W. PRICE
P. T. A.
MRS. J. EDWARD MANSFIELD
Municipal
VERNON W. EVANS MELLEN R. JOY WALDO B. RUSSELL
Finance
WILLIAM E. SNOW ARTHUR RADDIN KONRAD BERTHOLD WINSLOW D. ADLINGTON WALLACE E. LONG
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TOWN DOCUMENTS
[Dec. 31
Loans
FRANK B. SLOAN CRAWFORD H. STOCKER
JOHN WALKEY ARTHUR D. HITCHINGS
GEORGE C. CRONIN Publicity
PAUL A. HALEY JOHN F. HUNT
ARTHUR E. STARKEY
Building Industry
WILLIAM R. SNOW WALLACE E. LONG
RICHARD J. SPENCER JOSEPH I. SNOW
GEORGE W. GREENLAY General Industry
HELLMER JOSEPHSON WILLIAM BRAID CHARLES CHARLES
J. EDWARD FLAHERTY MORRIS YOUNG SAMUEL SALTER
Planning
CHARLES H. L. KAHLER BARNET SHAPIRO
HENRY O. WESTENDARP
Consultation
DEXTER G. PRATT JOHN WILLIS WHITE
CARL E. CHAPMAN GEORGE H. AMES
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
1934]
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
ESSEX, SS.
To W. Charles Sellick, Constable of the Town of Saugus:
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Saugus, qualified to vote in Town affairs, to meet at the several voting precincts of the Town on Monday, February 5, A.D., Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-four, at Twelve O'Clock M., then and there to bring in their ballots to the Wardens for the following Town Officers:
For One Year: Town Clerk, Three Selectmen, Three Mem- bers of the Board of Public Welfare, Three Playground Com- missioners, Town Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Constable, Tree Warden, Town Moderator, One Town Meeting Member in Precinct Two, One Town Meeting Member for Precinct Six, One Town Meeting Member for Precinct Seven, One Town Meeting Member for Precinct Eight.
For Two Years: One Member of the Board of Health, One Town Meeting Member for Precinct Five, One Town Meeting Member for Precinct Six.
For Three Years: One Assessor, Two Members of the School Committee, One Member of the Planning Board, Two Trustees of the Public Library, One Cemetery Commissioner, One Mem- ber of the Board of Health, Ten Town Meeting Members in Precinct One, Nine Town Meeting Members in Precinct Two, Ten Town Meeting Members in Precinct Three, Ten Town Meeting Members in Precinct Four, Seven Town Meeting Members in Precinct Five, Eight Town Meeting Members in Precinct Six, Eight Town Meeting Members in Precinct Seven, Ten Town Meeting Members in Precinct Eight.
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[Dec. 31
Also to bring in your yes and no on the following questions :
1. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whisky, rum, gin, malt beverages, wines and all other alcoholic beverages) ?
2. Shall licenses be granted in this town for the sale therein of wines and malt beverages (wines and beer, ale and all other malt beverages) ?
Also those qualified to vote in Town Elections and Town Affairs to assemble in the Town Hall, on Wednesday, February 14, Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-four, at Eight O'Clock to hear and act on the following articles, viz:
ARTICLE 1. To hear and act on reports of Committees.
ART. 2. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in an- ticipation of revenue of the current financial year.
ART. 3. To see what sums of money the Town will appro- priate and raise by taxation for Town Charges and for any other purpose for which the Town may legally expend money.
ART. 4. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $5,000, being the portion of the net expense so incurred and appropriated by the County Commissioners upon the inhabi- tants of the Town of Saugus for the care, maintenance, and repairs of the Hospital for the care of persons suffering from Tuberculosis, for the year 1933.
ART. 5. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and raise the sum of $850 for the purpose of maintaining during the ensuing year, the mosquito control works estimated and certified by the State Reclamation Board in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 112, Acts of 1931, agreeable to the petition of the Board of Selectmen.
ART. 6. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $30,000 for the unpaid bills of the various departments for 1933 and prior years, as follows :
Police $ 350.00
Soldier's Relief 6,150.00
Public Welfare
5,846.70
1934]
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Infirmary
700.00
Gypsy Moth 36.00
Public Works (including snow and ice, high-
way, water, ashes, and C.W.A. projects) 4,500.00 Cemetery 127.30
Town Clerk and Tax Collector
100.00
Schools and Trade School Tuition
2,500.00
Health 4,500.00
Fire Department
150.00
Election and Registration
50.00
And Other Departments
0,000.00
$30,000.00
ART. 7. To see if the Town will vote to accept Sections 1, 2 and 3, of Chapter 139 of the General Laws relating to burnt or dangerous buildings; or to see what action the Town will take in the matter.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will vote to accept Section 100A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws as amended by Chapter 318 of the Acts of 1933, said section relating to the indemnification by cities and towns which accept said section of an officer or employee thereof for expenses and damages incurred by him in the defence or settlement of a claim against him for bodily injuries, including death, at any time resulting therefrom, arising out of the operation of a motor or other vehicle owned by such city or town; or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of the Board of Select- men.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will vote to accept the layout of a Town way from Springdale Avenue to a private way known as Grandview Avenue across land of D. B. Willis and others in accordance with a report of the Selectmen and plan filed in the office of the Town Clerk and to raise and appropriate the sum of $710 for land damages; or to see what action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of the Board of Selectmen.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $13,000 for supplies, and/or tools, and/or equipment to be used in connection with Civil Works projects to be carried
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on during 1934 by the highway, water, or any other depart- ment or departments; or to see what, action the Town will take in the matter, agreeable to the petition of the Board of Selectmen.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,200 for the purpose of moving the present fire station to the Town Garage site, constructing a foundation, and making necessary alterations and renovations, agreeable to the petition of the Board of Selectmen.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money for general municipal purposes under authority of and in ac- cordance with the provisions of Chapter 49 of the Acts of 1933, or take any action relative thereto, agreeable to the petition of the Town Treasurer and the Board of Selectmen.
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