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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Weymouth
CONTAINING THE REPORTS OF SELECTMEN, TOWN TREASURER, TOWN CLERK, TOWN ACCOUNTANT, ASSESSORS AND OTHER OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31
1933
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1933-1934
TOWN CLERK CLAYTON B. MERCHANT Town Hall
Term expires 1934
. TOWN TREASURER EDWIN R. SAMPSON Town Hall
SELECTMEN *EVERETT E. CALLAHAN, Chairman JOSEPH CREHAN, Chairman WILLIAM A. CONNELL, ** H. FRANKLIN PERRY JOSEPH A. FERN, Clerk Town Hall
ASSESSORS
CHARLES W. BURGESS, Chairman JOHN F. DWYER, Clerk HARRY E. BEARCE, ORIS B. TORREY JULIAN R. MERCHANT Town Hall
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
PRINCE H. TIRRELL, Chairman, 167 Pleasant St., South Weymouth ETHEL G. TAYLOR, Secretary 44 Tower Ave., South Weymouth FRANCIS W. REA, JOHN P. HUNT, J. HERBERT LIBBY EDWIN R. SAMPSON ·
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PARK COMMISSIONERS
FRANCIS W. REA, Chairman 706 Pleasant St., East Weymouth CHARLES W. BURGESS .+ 32 Pearl St., North Weymouth
EVERETT J. McINTOSH
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WATER COMMISSIONERS
GEORGE E. BICKNELL, Chairman
24 Prospect St., Weymouth
HOWARD M. DOWD
GEORGE W. PERRY
*EVERETT E. CALLAHAN
Chairman of the Board of Selectmen
JOSEPH CREHAN Chairman of the Board of Selectmen EDWIN R. SAMPSON Treasurer of the Town, Clerk
TAX COLLECTOR
FRANK W. HOLBROOK Town Hall
BOARD OF HEALTH
JOSEPH CREHAN, Chairman 20 King Ave., Weymouth DR. FREDERICK L. DOUCETT, Clerk, 675 Broad St., E. Weymouth THOMAS J. McDONALD
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS LIBRARY
CLARENCE P. WHITTLE, Chairman
115 Front St., Weymouth
GERTRUDE C. ANDREWS, Secretary, 134 West St., S. Weymouth
WILLIAM H. HATHAWAY
JOHN B. HOLLAND
KENNETH L. NASH
JOSEPH KELLEY
ARTHUR E. PRATT
FRANKLIN N. PRATT
BOARD OF SELECTMEN, ex-officio
EDWIN R. SAMPSON, Town Treasurer, ex-officio
TREE WARDEN
CHARLES L. MERRITT
44 Highland Pl., South Weymouth
PLANNING BOARD
FRANK A. PRAY, Chairman
Term expires 1934
97 Broad St., Weymouth
RALPH H. HASKINS
18 Lafayette Ave., East Weymouth
ARTHUR I. NEGUS
1934
RUSSELL H. WHITING
1935
JOHN GRIFFIN
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1936
THOMAS J. KELLY
1936
JOSIAH B. REED
1935
ANNUAL MODERATOR
GEORGE L. BARNES
830 Main St., South Weymouth
1935
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TOWN MEETING MEMBERS Precinct 1, term expires 1934
JOHN L. BASTY
OBERLIN S. CLARK
CHARLES W. BURGESS
FRED H. CLIFFORD
WILLIAM H. CHERRINGTON
ROBERT H. BUCHAN
*** FRANK D. EVERTON
E. LEO MADDEN
ELLIOT C. SABENS
HAROLD W. WHITE
EDWARD P. McNAMARA A. WESLEY SAMPSON WILLIAM G. LYONS
Precinct 1, term expires 1935
CARLTON C. CHAMBERS
WALLACE H. DRAKE
JOHN GRIFFIN
ALTON W. JONES
ARCHIBALD J. MCLELLAN
GEORGE W. NASH
DAVID A. TOBIN JOHN THOMSON
JOSEPH U. TEAGUE
CHARLES P. SHEPPARD
RAYMOND P. STEIN
MARTIN J. WALSH
SAMUEL G. YOUNG
Precinct 1, term expires 1936
THOMAS H. CALNAN JOHN A. CARTER
EMERSON J. COLDWELL
WILLIAM B. DASHA
JOSEPH A. DELOREY
CHARLES C. HEARN
GEORGE W. HUNT DeFOREST JONES
R. CHESTER LOPAUS ROLAND T. SEABURY
WARREN F. ROULSTON
CHARLES E. STILES
WILBUR F. WOODWORTH
CORYDON S. YORK
Precinct 2, term expires 1934
GEORGE L. BATES
MELZAR S. BURRELL
HENRY C. COTTELL
EVERETT T. GARDNER
*GEORGE F. FARRAR
HAROLD F. LOUD
DAVID F. McMORROW
JAMES I. PEERS
ARTHUR H. PRATT
MARSHALL F. SPEAR
JOHN P. LOVELL
Precinct 2, term expires 1935
WINFRED C. BONNEY
JOSEPH J. CONROY
WILLIAM P. DENBROEDER
RALPH H. HASKINS
PETER A. GALLANT FREDERICK V. NOLAN
JOSEPH B. NOSLIGLIA
ERNEST A. SMITH
WILLIAM A. THURSTON
GEORGE W. VENTRE
Precinct 2, term expires 1936
MONTAGUE A. BETTENCOURT
JAMES D. BOSWORTH
THOMAS A. BOYLE STUART H. BRIGGS
THOMAS J. KELLY
FRANCIS H. MAGUIRE. Jr.
HARRY A. MATTSON ROBERT E. MITCHELL ALBERT R. SCHOFIELD BENJAMIN B. SYLVESTER
ROY A. WHEATON
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Precinct 3, term expires 1934
CHARLES W. BAKER
FREDERICK J. COYLE
WALLACE H. BICKNELL
RAYMOND O. HOLLIS
ALBERT L. JEWELL ARTHUR J. HASSETT
JOHN J. NORTON
CLARENCE M. PRICE
BURTON F. JOHNSON
WALLACE H. WHITTLE
GEORGE S. PETERSON WILLIAM E. PRAY WILLIAM W. WAKEMAN
Precinct 3, term expires 1935
J. RALPH BACON
CHARLES Y. BERRY
FRANK M. CHUBBUCK
LESLIE CLOUGH
CHARLES A. COYLE
MICHAEL L. FLYNN
TIMOTHY L. GANNON
WALTER E. GUTTERSON
EDWARD A. HUNT
EVERETT J. McINTOSH
PAUL J. WORCESTER
LESTER W. TISDALE
Precinct 3, term expires 1936
C. LINCOLN ABBOTT
GEORGE H. BICKNELL
LEON P. BOURKE
WINFRED A. BROWN WILLIAM J. COYLE
A. WARREN CLAPP
NORMAN T. CRAIG
FRANCIS M. DODGE
JOHN C. HUBBARD
*ROY C. LUCAS
THOMAS SWEENEY
JOHN F. TRACY
Precinct 4, term expires 1934
CHARLES H. DeRUSHA
IGNATIUS MELVILLE
J. FREDERICK PRICE
JOSIAH F. MARTIN BLANCHE L. PRICE JOHN F. SULLIVAN
Precinct 4, term expires 1935
GERTRUDE C. ANDREWS
JOHN W. KNOX *CARL F. ELSNER
HAROLD A. CONDRICK ALFRED K. MARTIN JOSEPH T. SMITH
Precinct 4, term expires 1936
CHESLEY CORMACK MERTON L. LOUD THERON L. TIRRELL
RICHARD HALLORAN
ARTHUR B. TIRRELL
TIMOTHY G. MCCARTHY CHARLES W. O'CONNOR WILLIAM D. PARKER
SAMUEL F. CUSHING FREDERICK H. HALL EDWARD W. HUNT FLURANCE I. LYONS *WILLIAM B. THOMAS
HARRY L. BLOOM
HENRY A. COTE
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Precinct 5, term expires 1934
ERNEST G. CROWTHER WILLIAM G. PARK
DANIEL B. SANTRY
MARCUS L. TIRRELL
ARTHUR W. HARKINSON THOMAS A. PICKET
PORTER W. THOMPSON ALBERT L. THIBEAULT
Precinct 5, term expires 1935
WALLACE A. BICKNELL
MINOT E. HOLLIS
WILLIAM E. MacCAULEY
WALLACE S. RAYMOND
FRANK G. HALE, Jr. PHILLIPS B. HUNT ARTHUR I. NEGUS
RALPH E. TAYLOR
Precinct 5, term expires 1936
EDGAR C. ALGER
JAMES C. FAIRWEATHER
JACOB DENBROEDER
ARTHUR F. SARGENT
WILLIAM M. CHANCE GUY W. C. HARTT R. CRAIG PIERCE HOMER C. WADMAN
Precinct 6, term expires 1934
EDWARD F. BUTLER
JAMES H. HANLEY
WILLIAM A. HODGES
DAVID F. KEARNS
ALBERT HUMPHREY
PASQUALE SANTACROCE
RICHARD J. WHITE
BENJAMIN SANTACROCE ALFRED SHEEHY THOMAS J. TERRY
Precinct 6, term expires 1935
BARTHOLOMEW COUGHLIN
FREDERICK L. DOUCETT
*NICHOLAS GORAFALO
FREDERICK HUMPHREY
ANNIE J. LIBBY
ANDREW T. MOORE
FRANKLIN N. PRATT
DANIEL REIDY EGBERT V. WARREN
Precinct 6, term expires 1936
JOHN A. AHERN
CHESTER L. BOYLE
LOUIS A. CIPULLO
CHARLES T. COTTER GEORGE E. CURTIN
GEORGE E. CUNNIFF
JAMES E. DOWNES L. HENRY GODIN
PHILIP T. JONES
JOHN H. MORAN
JOHN H. REIDY
SHELDON W. LEWIS HENRY C. PRATT ROBERT T. WHITMARSH
Precinct 7, term expires 1934
WILLIAM B. CHALKE, Jr. MATTHIAS E. DOYLE GEORGE H. MCKINLEY
ELLSWORTH W. CURTIS RONALD A. MacDONALD JOHN W. THORP
JOHN W. KENNEDY JOHN O. GUNVILLE
H. FRANK HOLMES ROBERT MITCHELL. JOHN E. MULLIGAN
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Precinct 7, term expires 1935
HELEN E. DOBLE IRVING E. JOHNSON ALSTON A. SHAW
WILLIAM A. FERGUSON LLOYD W. MORRILL
Precinct 7, term expires 1936
CLYNE W. BIGELOW
CHARLES J. DOWNING
WARREN E. GAREY
WILLIAM T. RYAN
RAYMOND D'AMBROSIA CHARLES E. EDDY E. LILLIAN REA
Precinct 8, term expires 1934
PRESCOTT B. BROWN
HARRY E. JOHNSON
EDWIN R. FARREN FREDERICK E. LUNT
Precinct 8, term expires 1935
RUFUS E. BATES
ARTHUR H. HAYWARD
ALLAN C. EMERY PARKER T. PEARSON
Precinct 8, term expires 1936
JOHN W. COYLE EDWIN R. HANSON
WILBUR T. ROBERTS
BENJAMIN M. GOWAN PAUL A. NEWSOME CHARLES H. WILDER
Precinct 9, term expires 1934
MARY W. BAUER
DAVID N. CRAWFORD
JOHN W. FIELD SIMON L. GALLANT
RITCHIE T. HOWE
JOHN W. O'DONNELL
GEORGE W. HUSBAND FRED H. OLIVER PRINCE H. TIRRELL
JAMES B. WEST
STANLEY HEALD
Precinct 9, term expires 1935
MELVILLE F. CATE
HARRISON I. COLE
FRANK M. FERNALD FRANCIS A. GUNN FRANK W. HOLBROOK JOSEPH W. KOHLER MATTHEW O'DOWD CHARLES H. PUTNAM JOSIAH B. REED ARTHUR R. TAYLOR
THOMAS M. WELCH
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS BY VIRTUE OF THEIR OFFICE
C. LINCOLN ABBOTT
GEORGE L. BARNES
WILLIAM A. CONNELL
CHARLES W. BURGESS
GEORGE E. BICKNELL
ALBERT E. BARNES FREDERIC G. BAUER JOSEPH CREHAN
EVERETT E. CALLAHAN HOWARD M. DOWD
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EMERSON R. DIZER WILLIAM A. HANNAFORD RALPH H. HASKINS ARTHUR R. LOHNES CHARLES L. MERRITT
SANDY ROULSTON EDWIN R. SAMPSON
MARSHALL F. SPEAR FRANK A. PRAY
CLARENCE P. WHITTLE
DANIEL P. SULLIVAN
JOHN W. HEFFERNAN NEWLAND H. HOLMES FRANK W. HOLBROOK CLAYTON B. MERCHANT OAKLEY KUNZ FRANCIS W. REA ROLAND M. SMITH KENNETH L. NASH STANLEY T. TORREY JOSEPH A. FERN A. WESLEY SAMPSON
APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE
Term expires 1936
A. WESLEY SAMPSON
MARSHALL F. SPEAR
C. LINCOLN ABBOTT OAKLEY KUNZ
DANIEL P. SULLIVAN Term expires 1935
STANLEY T. TORREY RALPH H. HASKINS : FRANK A. PRAY ROLAND M. SMITH
FREDERICK G. BAUER ~ Term expires 1934
SANDY ROULSTON HOWARD M. DOWD.
ARTHUR R. LOHNES JOHN W. HEFFERNAN ALBERT E. BARNES
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
EMERSON R. DIZER Town Office, East Weymouth
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
THOMAS J. KELLY Town Office, East Weymouth
ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMITTEE
JOSEPH KELLEY, Chairman J. HERBERT LIBBEY, Clerk
WILLIAM B. NASH ALFRED S. TIRRELL L. HENRY GODIN
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
EDWARD P. MURPHY, Chairman CLAYTON B. MERCHANT Clerk
JOHN F. REARDON BASIL S. WARREN
CHIEF OF POLICE
EDWARD F. BUTLER Police Headquarters, East Weymouth
CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
J. RALPH BACON Fire Department, East Weymouth
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SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES CHARLES W. BURGESS 32 Pearl St., North Weymouth
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
JOHN F. DWYER 324 Washington St., Weymouth
INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING
GEORGE MARSHALL 55 Union St., South Weymouth
TOWN ENGINEER
RUSSELL H. WHITING 56 Sea St., North Weymouth
INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS
FLURANCE I. LYONS
Town Hall, East Weymouth
*Resigned ** Deceased Removed from Precinct **** Removed from Town
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Norfolk, ss.
To the Constables of the Town of Weymouth in said County, GREETINGS:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are here - by required to notify and warn the inhabitants of Weymouth afore- said qualified to vote in Town affairs to meet in the hall of the Wey- mouth High School on
MONDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF MARCH, 1933
at seven o'clock and forty-five minutes in the evening, then and there to act upon the following articles, namely :
BUDGET
ARTICLE 1. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate for the salaries, operation and expenses during the current fiscal year of each of the following Town Depart- ments and activities, to wit:
A. General Government
1. Appropriation Committee
2. Selectmen's Department
3. Town Accountant's Department
4. Town Treasurer's Department
5. Collector of Taxes.
6. Assessors' Department
7. Legal Department
8. Payment of damages
9. Town Clerk's Department
10. Elections and Registrations
11. Engineering Department, including Town survey. bound stones, street surveys, and such other engineer- ing work as may be authorized by the Board of Se- lectmen.
12. Planning Board
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13. Maintenance and upkeep of Town Hall and War Me- morial.
14. Maintenance and upkeep of Civil War Soldiers Monu- ment and other memorials in charge of Selectmen.
B. Protection of Persons and Property.
15. Police Department
16. Fire Department
17. Building Inspector
18. Sealer of Weights and Measures
19. Gypsy Moth and other Insect Pest Extermination
20. Care of shade trees
21. Street Lighting
22. Harbor Master
C. Health and Sanitation
23. Board of Health
24. Employment of Nurses, including the determination of the way in which said nurses shall be employed, whether by contract or otherwise.
25. Maintenance of Norfolk Tuberculosis Hospital 26. Garbage Disposal
D. Relief Activities
27. Charities, including
(a) Relief given by the Town of Weymouth to per- sons having a legal settlement in said Town;
(b) Relief given by the Town of Weymouth to per- sons not having a legal settlement in said Town;
(c) Reimbursement of other cities and towns for re- lief given to persons having a legal settlement in the Town of Weymouth.
28. Old Age assistance under Chapter 118A of the General Laws.
29. Pensions
30. Soldiers' Benefits, including;
(a) State Aid;
(b) Military Aid;
(c) Soldiers' Relief and the Burial of Indigent Sol- diers and Sailors.
E. Miscellaneous
31. Highway Department
(a) General Maintenance, including salaries
(b) Snow and ice
(c) Construction
(d) Sidewalk construction (e) Purchase and Maintenance of Equipment
32. Schools
33. Libraries
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34. Observance of Memorial Day under General Laws Tercentenary Edition,
Chapter 40, Section 5,
Clause 12.
35. Parks and Playgrounds
36. Miscellaneous Expenses
37. Unpaid bills
38. Overdrafts under General Laws, Chapter 44, Section 31.
F. Public Service Enterprises
39. Water Department
(a) Minor Construction
(b) Maintenance and operation
(c) Replacements
(d) Equipment
(e) Commercial Expenses
(f) Salaries
(g) Interest
(h) Debt
(i) Acquisition of land bordering Pond, as author- ized by vote of previous Town Meetings.
40. Alewife Fishery
G. Care of Graves
41. Care of Soldiers' Graves.
H. Interest and Debt Requirement.
42. Interest Requirement
43. Bonds and Notes due in 1933
I. Insurance
44. Municipal Buildings Insurance Fund
45. Fire and other insurance
J. 46. Reserve Fund
and to determine in each case how and under whose direction the money shall be expended, to impose any conditions and restrictions thereon which the Town may see fit; to determine how much money so appropriated shall be available for expenditures under Clause (34) of Section 5 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws as amended by Chap- ter 36 of the Acts of 1928; to determine what, if any, sums so appro- priated shall remain available after December 31, 1933; to fix the terms and conditions of any loan or loans authorized to procure any of such funds and to authorize the issue of bonds or notes for the same, and fix the term and rate of interest of any such bonds or notes; to fix such salaries as require to be fixed by the Town Meeting; and to impose such conditions upon the drawing of compensation from the Town as the Town may see fit; or take any other action in refer- ence to any of the foregoing subjects.
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COMMITTEE REPORTS
(By direction of the Selectmen)
ARTICLE 2. To take any action that the Town may think proper upon the reports of the several Town Boards and Committees and appoint or change any committee that the Town may think proper.
TOWN FINANCES (By direction of the Selectmen)
ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize its Treas- urer, with the approval of its Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipa- tion of the revenue of the current financial year.
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize its Treas- urer, with the approval of its Selectmen, on and after January 1, 1934 to borrow in anticipation of the revenue of the year 1934.
ARTICLE 5. To see what sum of money the Town will vote from surplus for the use of the Assessors in determining the tax rate for the year 1933
ARTICLE 6. To determine in what manner taxes shall be col- lected during the current year, and fix the rate of interest on all taxes remaining unpaid after the time fixed for payment.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select- men to sell or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property of which the Town may be possessed or seized and for which it has no further use, including all real estate of which the Town has possession or title for non-payment of taxes; to see if the Town will vote to au- thorize any other department to sell or otherwise dispose of any per- sonal property in its possession and to determine the manner or condi- tions of such sales, or take any other action in reference thereto.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize its Board of Selectmen to accept conveyances or mortgages of any real or per- sonal property belonging to persons receiving poor relief from the Town and to dispose of said property in the manner they may adjudge for the Town's best interest, and to authorize them to discharge any encumbrances on said property if they consider it for the best interest of the Town so to do, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the discharging of such encumbrances.
ARTICLE 9. To see what disposition the Town will make of any insurance money which may be recovered from the loss or damage by fire of any Town property and to see what action the Town will take in reference to paying from the Municipal Building Insurance Fund any such losses on property not covered by insurance.
GOVERNMENTAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Se- lectmen to execute agreements with certain abutters on Broad Street to waive damages in case of a widening in all future cases where public
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improvements are under consideration, or take any other action in ref- erence thereto.
WATER DEPARTMENT
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will authorize the appropria- tion of not to exceed $10,000 from the General Fund of the Water De- partment for carrying on necessary work for private parties, payment for such work to revert to said General Fund, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to reaffirm the action taken under Article 35 of the warrant of 1928, authorizing the Board of Water Commissioners to acquire by gift or purchase, or take by right of eminent domain for the purpose of protecting the Town's water supply, certain land lying within the water shed of Great Pond and not already owned by the Town, and will authorize the appropriation of not to exceed $15,000 from the General Fund of the Water Depart- ment, for said purpose, or take any other action in relation thereto.
STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
ARTICLE 13. (By direction of the Selectmen and on petition of abutters on the several streets hereinafter named). To see if the Town will accept the several reports of the Selectmen laying out as Town ways the following designated private ways and parts of ways, or any of them, to wit:
Interval Road from Glen Road to Lake Shore Drive.
Glen Road from Lake Shore Drive near Middle St., to Lake Shore Drive near Mill River.
Pine Ridge Road from Glen Road to Lake Shore Drive. Lake Shore Drive from Middle St. to land of Howe & · · French Inc., including branch to Mill River.
Westminster Road from end of 1932 layout to a point near division line between land of Bater and land of Klosson.
Robinswood Road from Pine Circle to Lakewood Road and from Lakewood Road to land of Sargent.
Canacum Road from Cliff St., easterly to land of Amer- ican Agricultural Chemical Co. and from Cliff St. westerly to land of Bradley.
Upland Road from Circuit Ave. near Middle St. run- ning northwesterly to another part of Circuit Ave.
Circuit Ave. from Middle St. to swamp at end of pro- posed layout as shown on plan filed at town office.
Seminole Ave. from Pleasantview Ave. easterly to Tref- ton Ave. and from Idlewell Boulevard westerly a distance of 140 feet.
Hibiscus Avenue from Idlewell Boulevard westerly a distance of 290 feet.
Hunt Ave. from Central St. 693.86 feet northerly.
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or any portion of said ways and will authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift or purchase or take by right of eminent domain an easement for all purposes of a public street and highway in and over each of said streets as so laid out and accepted, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the working of each of the above named streets including the acquisition of the casements above referred to and for the building of any bridges, drains and conduits which may be necessary in connection therewith and to see whether the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to accept deeds of any reservation strips existing in connection with any of said streets, or to take any other action in reference thereto.
(At the request of Joseph Fern and others)
ARTICLE 14. To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate to relocate the street lines of Pleasant Street in East Weymouth between the location of the Weymouth Police Headquar- ters and the junction of Water and Pleasant Streets, or take any other action thereto.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will accept the report of the Selectmen relocating the following streets and portions of streets in the Town or any portions of said relocations, to wit:
Forest Street between Randolph Street and Columbian Street.
North Street lying north of Pilgrim Road and not relo- cated by the vote passed at the annual town meeting in March 1932 but as shown on a Plan of Proposed Relocation of a part of North Street from Weymouth Fore River to Bridge Street (North) Weymouth, Mass. made by Russell H. Whiting, Civil Engineer, dated Jan. 15, 1932
and to see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to ac- quire by gift or purchase or take by right of eminent domain an ease- ment for all purposes of a public street and highway in and over the portion of said streets as so relocated and accepted; to see if the Town will vote to abandon any portion of said streets as formerly laid out which are not within the lines of said streets as so relocated; and to see what sum or sums of money the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate for the working of each of the above streets as so relocated including the acquisition of the easements above referred to and for the building of any bridges, drains and conduits which may be neces- sary in connection therewith, or take any other action in reference thereto.
ARTICLE 16. (On petitions as hereinafter specified). To see what sum or sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate for the construction of permanent sidewalks and curbing on the streets of the Town as hereinafter set forth, or take any action in ref- erence thereto:
(On petition of Matthew O'Dowd and others)
On Pleasant Street from Crawford Machine Works to Independence Square.
(On petition of Harry F. Boyle and others)
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On either side of Commercial Street from Middle to Putnam Streets.
(On petition of P. W. Thompson)
On the north side of Randolph Street running westerly about two hundred and fifty feet from Pond Street be recon- structed.
(On petition of Mary C. Flynn and others)
On the southerly side of Webb Street from Richmond Street to Commercial Street.
(On petition of Rocco Consentino and others)
On the north side of Lake Street from Henry Whiting's to Middle Street.
ARTICLE 17. (On petition of Guiseppe Valicente and others). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate for the continuation of the widening of Iron Hill Street, or take any other action in reference thereto.
ARTICLE 18. (On petition of Marion F. French and others). To see if the Town will take any action upon the report of the Commit- tee on the widening of Broad Street made in the Town Report of the year 1931 and to see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of widening Broad Street or any portion thereof.
ARTICLE 19. (On petition of Louis H. Ells and others). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the grading and drainage of Ells Avenue, South Weymouth.
ARTICLE 20. (On petition of John M. and Gertrude L. Sulli- van). To see if the Town will accept sufficient land on Broad Street to complete a sidewalk on Broad Street between Lincoln Square and Stetson Street.
VETERANS' ORGANIZATIONS
(On petition of Karl O'Neil and others)
ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of fifty dollars, or any other amount, for the purpose of purchasing and installing a bronze tablet on the rear of westerly side of the Memorial Wall, the tablet to be inscribed "Ralph Talbot Am- phi-theatre". The expenditure of the amount to be raised and appro- priated to be under the direction of the school committee.
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will accept the recommenda- tions of the Committee which at the last Annual Town Meeting was instructed to prepare plans for the permanent preservation of the his- toric relics and other Mementos of Reynolds Post 58, Grand Army of the Republic, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purpose of carrying out said recommen- dation, or take any other action in reference thereto.
(On petition of Joseph Fern)
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ARTICLE 23. That the Selectmen be instructed to contract with Wessagusset Post No. 1399 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States for the care and maintenance of certain cemeteries in the Town; namely Old Cemetery off Park Ave .; Old Cemetery on Pleasant Street opposite Fairmount Cemetery; Old Cemetery opposite Pine Street on Pleasant Street and one located off Randolph Street, and that the sum of $600.00 be raised and appropriated to be paid to Wessagusset Post V. F. W. No. 1399 for the care of said cemeteries during the current year.
ARTICLE 24. (On petition of Joseph A. Fern and others). To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of conducting exercises befitting "Armistice Day" or take any other action in regards to perpetuating the termination of the World War.
ARTICLE 25. At the request of the Town Treasurer to see if the Town will vote to convey to Robert W. Jones of Roxbury or James W. Thomson of South Weymouth, the four lots of land on Main St., Pine Grove Park off Union St., numbered 356, 357, 358 and 359, also four lots on Curtis St., Pine Grove Park, numbered 364, 365, 366 and 367; also four lots of land on Curtis St., Pine Grove Park, numbered 441, 442, 443 and 444 for which lots the above-mentioned Jones and Thomson hold receipts, and will authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to execute and deliver the deeds for the same.
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