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WEYMOUTH
TOWN REPORT
1947
PROPERTY OF THE
TUFTS LIBRARY
WEYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS
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1948 Ref W.C Author Weymouth, Mass
Class No. 352
1947 B Title Town reports
Presented by
Town of Weymouth
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE.
TOWN OF WEYMOUTH Mass. Town reports
CONTAINING THE REPORTS OF SELECTMEN, TOWN TREASURER, TOWN CLERK, TOWN ACCOUNTANT, ASSESSORS. AND OTHER OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
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BORARE VINCERE MASSACHUSETTS
TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1947-1948
Elected by Ballot
TOWN CLERK
CHESTER L. BOYLE
Term expires March 1949
TOWN TREASURER
HARRY I. GRANGER
Term expires March 1950
SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
HARRY CHRISTENSEN, Chairman
EVERETT E. CALLAHAN
JOSEPH CREHAN
Term expires March 1948 Term expires March 1948 Term expires March 1948
RAYMOND D. MORGAN
Term expires March 1948
SANDY ROULSTON
Term expires March 1948
ASSESSORS
CHARLES W. BURGESS, Chairman
Term expires March 1949
HARRY E. BEARCE, Clerk
Term expires March 1948
FRANCIS A. GUNN JOHN W. HEFFERNAN
Term expires March 1950
FRANK A. PRAY
Term expires March 1950 Term expires March 1949
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
FRANK W. HOLBROOK
Term expires March 1950
PARK COMMISSIONERS
EVERETT J. McINTOSH, Chairman
FRANCIS X. KELLY, Clerk
THOMAS A. MCGRATH
Term expires March 1948 Term expires March 1950 Term expires March 1949
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
JOSEPH W. MAHONEY, Chairman ETHEL G. TAYLOR, Clerk DR. WALLACE H. DRAKE CLAYTON W. NASH WILLIAM F. SHIELDS DR. HAROLD A. SPALDING
Term expires March 1949 Term expires March 1950 Term expires March 1950 Term expires March 1948
Term expires March 1949
Term expires March 1948
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WATER COMMISSIONERS
STANLEY T. TORREY, Chairman HARRY I. GRANGER, Clerk ex-officio HARRY CHRISTENSEN, ex-officio JOHN HORACE CLARENCE W. TAYLOR
Term expires March 1950
Term expires March 1950
Term expires March 1948
Term expires March 1948 Term expires March 1949
SEWER COMMISSIONERS
J. HERBERT LIBBEY, Chairman
JOHN W. FIELD, Clerk
CHARLES Y. BERRY
Term expires March 1949 Term expires March 1948 Term expires March 1950
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS LIBRARY
CLARENCE P. WHITTLE, Chairman
Term expires March 1949
FRANKLIN N. PRATT, Clerk
Term expires March 1949
HARRY I. GRANGER, Treas. ex-officio
Term expires March 1950
BOARD OF SELECTMEN, ex-officio
Term expires March 1948
DR. WALLACE H. DRAKE
Term expires March 1948
FRANCIS N. DROWN
Term expires March 1950 Term expires March 1949
ALICE E. FULTON
FRANCIS C. HAVILAND
Term expires March 1948
PHILLIP T. JONES
Term expires March 1950
LEIGHTON S. VOORHEES
Term expires March 1948
H. FORREST WILSON
Term expires March 1950
BOARD OF HEALTH
THOMAS J. MacDONALD, Chairman DR. LEWIS W. PEASE, Clerk
PAUL V. COFFEY
Term expires March 1949 Term expires March 1948 Term expires March 1950
PLANNING BOARD
ROY H. ROSEWELL, Chairman
Term expires March 1952
HENRY R. SARGENT, Clerk
Term expires March 1949
FRANCIS A. FARR
Term expires March 1949
CHARLES GRIFFIN
Term expires March 1950
WALTER B. HEFFERNAN
Term expires March 1948
THOMAS J. KELLEY
Term expires March 1950
RICHARD E. MATHEWSON
Term expires March 1951
TREE WARDEN
V. LESLIE HERBERT
Term expires March 1948
ANNUAL MODERATOR
DANIEL L. O'DONNELL Term expires March 1948
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
Precinct 1, Term expires 1948
ALFRED W. CADMAN
WARREN W. MacCALLUM
DAVID M. EDELSTIEN
JAMES F. FITZPATRICK
CHARLES C. HEARN
THURSTON F. KOOPMAN
R. CHESTER LOPAUS RAY E. LOUD
JOSEPH E. MacDONALD ROBERT L. PALMER CARL S. PAULSON ALICE M. SALZGEBER JOHN H. SALZGEBER HENRY O. TUTTY
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Precinct 1, Term expires 1949
PERCIVAL A. AMES
JOSHUA P. HOLBROOK
OBERLIN S. CLARK
WILLIAM E. KEZER
GEORGE C. CLEAVES, Jr.
TIMOTHY G. MCCARTHY
RUSSELL DeCOSTE
JOHN F. NEWTON
ARTHUR H. DESMOND
MURRAY G. PARKER
RICHARD DOREY
GERALD B. PROCTER
MABELLE L. GLADWIN
BERNICE STILES
Precinct 1, Term expires 1950
JOHN L. BASTEY
E. LEO MADDEN
JOHN A. CARTER
BRADFORD H. MATHEWSON
PEARSON F. CAZEAULT
RICHARD E. MATHEWSON
HERMAN A. COLLYER
WARREN F. ROULSTON
LAUGHTON B. DASHA
RUSSELL A. STILES
WILLIAM B. DASHA
STANLEY T. TORREY
WALLACE H. DRAKE
RUSSELL H. WHITING
Precinct 2, Term expires 1948
PRESTON DEPLACIDO
HAROLD GOULD
HARRY F. DUNCAN
JAMES H. O'CONNOR
FRANCIS L. GAUGHEN
ELLSWORTH J. OUR
WILLIAM J. GAUGHEN
ORAL A. PAGE
FRED W. WEBB
Precinct 2, Term expires 1949
RUSSELL F. COWING
THOMAS J. KELLY
RALPH HASKINS
PETER F. KENDRICK
EDWARD P. HUNT, Jr.
HARRY A. MATTSON
EMILY M. JACKSON
JOSEPH B. NOSIGLIA
OLIVE D. SYLVESTER
Precinct 2, Term expires 1950
HARRY E. BEARCE
JOHN L. GALLANT
PAUL V. COFFEY
CHARLES R. DENBROEDER
EVERETT T. GARDNER FREDERICK V. NOLAN
RODERICK P. ELLS
CARL A. ZOLLIN
Precinct 3, Term expires 1948
ALBERT E. AHLSTEDT
THOMAS O. SCHULZ
ROBERT J. CASEY
RICHARD L. TAYLOR
SETH H. CUSHING
ELLIOT P. THAYER
DAVID KELLEY
JOHN F. TRACEY
TIMOTHY G. OSBORN
HAROLD J. TRASK
CARL H. PETERSON
EDMUND WHITE
JOHN SANTRY
WILBUR F. WEEKS
Precinct 3, Term expires 1949
CORNELIUS M. AHERN
JOHN C. HUNT
LAWRENCE E. BICKNELL
JOHN A. HUTCHINS JOHN J. KELLEY
HAROLD F. DOWD
EDWARD M. KEOHAN
GEORGE C. FOSTER
LEO A. HEFFERNAN
FRANCIS M. LOUD HAROLD B. STONE EDMUND L. WARD
NORMAN E. DOREY
WALTER B. HEFFERNAN
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Precinct 3, Term expires 1950
CHARLES Y. BERRY HARRIET S. BERRY HARRY L. BLOOM
CHARLES A. COYLE
HAROLD A. DAY
WILLIAM F. DESMOND
FRANCIS N. DROWN
EDWARD A. HUNT FLURENCE I. LYONS GEORGE J. McGLONE ABBIE W. PEASE FRANK A. PRAY WILLIAM F. SHIELDS THOMAS G. WALLACE
Precinct 4, Term expires 1948
HENRY F. GIGUERE KENNETH O. HANSON
GEORGE W. HUNT, JR.
JOHN W. KNOX ALFRED K. MARTIN FREDERICK G. SPENCER
Precinct 4, Term expires 1949
GERTRUDE C. ANDREWS
CHESLEY CORMACK
WILLIAM F. DWYER
MARION L. NASH
Precinct 4, Term expires 1950
HENRY C. BLENIS, Jr.
HAROLD C. CONDRICK
SIDNEY DeBOER
CHARLES H. DeRUSHA LOUIS H. ELLS JOHN W. HEFFERNAN
Precinct 5, Term expires 1948
MADELINE F. CHANCE
WILLIAM H. LOUD
ERNEST D. MITCHELL
HENRY R. SARGENT CLARENCE W. TAYLOR PORTER W. THOMPSON
GEORGE S. WILSON
Precinct 5, Term expires 1949
WINSTON A. HOWE OAKLEY A. KUNZ
SIGVARD C. MELIN
IVA A. NELSON CARL C. SHERMAN REGINALD P. TIRRELL
HOMER C. WADMAN
Precinct 5, Term expires 1950
WILLIAM M. CHANCE, Sr.
FRANK E. DUNN
HARRY FEKKES
CHARLES A. JORDAN ARTHUR I. NEGUS WILLIAM G. B. PARK
Precinct 6, Term expires 1948
FRANCIS R. CASHMAN
ROBERT E. MITCHELL
BERNARD S. ERICKSON THOMAS J. PLOURDE GEORGE L. FOSTER EDGAR E. RABIDEAU FOREST D. HOLT DANIEL REIDY CARL H. KLASSON CLARENCE T. SHERMAN
CEDRIC D. WATSON
Precinct 6. Term expires 1949
W. NORMAN BATES FREDERICK T. HOFFMAN LESTER L. BELCHER MINOT L. MATHEWSON GEORGE H. BICKNELL GEORGE J. MCCARTHY ROBERT H. GAUGHEN DANIEL J. SLATTERY GEORGE F. GILLMAN GERALD P. SULLIVAN
THOMAS M. WELCH
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MERTON L. LOUD GEORGE H. MELVILLE
Precinct 6, Term expires 1950
EDWARD F. BUTLER JOHN W. CICCHESE RALPH T. CIPULLO GEORGE E. CUNNIFF HENRY F. GODIN
PHILLIP T. JONES EUGENE E. O'LEARY JOHN E. REIDY JOHN H. REIDY ALFRED C. SHEEHY
GEORGE WOOTEN
Precinct 7, Term expires 1948
RALPH J. AUSTIN
ELLSWORTH W. CURTIS
ELMER F. DeRUSHA
WARREN E. GAREY GENEVA M. MONTEITH RICHARD F. PATTISON
Precinct 7, Term expires 1949
ALBERT BIAGI ALICE W. CHAPLIN
NORMAN E. CHAPLIN
ROBERT E. GAULEY IRVING E. JOHNSON EVERETT E. KENERSON
Precinct 7, Term expires 1950
WILLIAM B. CHALKE, Jr. LAURI JERPI ANDREW A. CHISHOLM KARL G. LOVELL RALPH P. COBB JOHN D. McKENNA
Precinct 8, Term expires 1948
SIDNEY W. BUCKMAN
ANTHONY L. CASSESE .
WILLIAM H. CORKEY JOHN W. COYLE
PAUL COLLINS RICHARD O. HOWES
HOWARD PFLAUMER
Precinct 8, Term expires 1949
H. SCOTT BROWN THERON I. CAIN ,
SIDNEY F. PATRIDGE PLUMER E. POPE
RAYMOND A. HOLLIS HERBERT B. SHAFTOE JAMES F. STEELE
Precinct 8, Term expires 1950
HERBERT ALMQUIST PRESCOTT BROWN ARTHUR A, CICCHESE
ALLAN C. EMERY FRANCIS A. FARR GEORGE E. LANE
Precinct 9, Term expires 1948
EDWIN W. BARNARD, Sr.
LESTER W. COOCH
JOSEPH W. KOHLER
GEORGE S. NOYES, Jr.
ELIZABETH PRUDEN GEORGE REED HENRY S. STOWERS ARTHUR R. TAYLOR
JOHN Q. TORREY
Precinct 9, Term expires 1949
SUMNER P. BOWKER
HARRISON I. COLE
RALPH A. KLINGMAN
JOSEPH M. LEAHY
EVERETT W. MOXON JOHN WM. O'DONNELL GEORGE E. PRUDEN WILLIAM RALPH
EDWARD L. THIBEAULT
Precinct 9, Term expires 1950
HERBERT W. CAUSER ALLAN F. CRAWFORD ' ALLEN C. FEARING JOHN W. FIELD
WALTER R. FIELD FRANCIS A. GUNN STANLEY HEALD FRANK NESS
CHARLES B. TURNESA
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TOWN MEETING MEMBERS BY VIRTUE OF OFFICE Under Prov. of Sec. 3 of Chap. 61 of the Acts of 1921 as amended.
Dr. JOHN L. BASTEY
CHESTER L. BOYLE
DOUGLAS R. BUCHANAN
CHARLES W. BURGESS
EVERETT E. CALLAHAN
HARRY CHRISTENSEN
HENRY F. CLAPP JOSEPH CREHAN
DANIEL F. DENNEHY
EMERSON R. DIZER
HARRY I. GRANGER
RICHARD W. HAWKINS
V. LESLIE HEBERT
WILLIAM A. HODGES
FRANK W. HOLBROOK
NEWLAND H. HOLMES, Sr.
GEORGE E. LANE
J. HERBERT LIBBEY THOMAS MacDONALD JOSEPH W. MAHONEY EVERETT J. McINTOSH RAYMOND MORGAN KENNETH L. NASH FRANK W. NESS DANIEL L. O'DONNELL TIMOTHY G. OSBORN J. FREDERICK PRICE DANIEL REIDY, Jr. SANDY ROULSTON BENJAMIN SANTACROCE THOMAS O. SCHULZ RUSSELL A. STILES ALBERT VINAL, Jr. CLARENCE P. WHITTLE
APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE Term expires 1948
HENRY F. CLAPP FRANK W. NESS
BENJAMIN SANTACROCE THOMAS O. SCHULZ
RUSSELL H. STILES'
Term expires 1949
RICHARD W. HAWKINS, Jr. GEORGE E. LANE
WILLIAM A. HODGES
TIMOTHY G. OSBORN
J. FREDERICK PRICE
Term expires 1950
Dr. JOHN L. BASTEY
DOUGLAS R. BUCHANAN
DANIEL F. DENNEHY DANIEL REIDY, Jr.
ALBERT VINAL, Jr.
DEPARTMENT HEADS BY APPOINTMENT
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
JOHN H. REIDY
INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING
GEORGE MARSHALL ANDREW CHISHOLM
BUILDING INSPECTOR
TOWN COUNSEL KENNETH L. NASH
TOWN ENGINEER
RUSSELL H. WHITING
TOWN ACCOUNTANT EMERSON R. DIZER
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS THOMAS J. KELLY
SUPERINTENDENT OF TOWN INFIRMARY FRED P. TOLMAN
WELFARE AGENT THOMAS P. DELAHUNT
SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER WORKS SIDNEY BEANE RAYMOND STEIN
DIRECTOR OF VETERAN SERVICES
ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMITTEE
WALTER R. FIELD OLINDO S. GAROFALO
J. HERBERT LIBBEY ROGER P. LOUD
ALFRED S. TIRRELL
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
JOHN F. REARDON, Chairman LAWRENCE P. CORRIDAN
EDWARD C. McINTOSH
CHESTER L. BOYLE, Clerk
Term expires March 1949 Term expires March 1950 Term expires March 1948 Term expires March 1949
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
MONDAY, MARCH 3, 1947
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Norfolk, ss.
To any of the Constables of the Town of Weymouth in said County, GREETING :-
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of Weymouth aforesaid quali- fied to vote in Town affairs to meet in the Weymouth High School on
MONDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF MARCH, 1947
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 Departments and activities, necessary charges, and for unpaid bills of prior years:
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
1. Appropriation Committee
2. Selectmen's Department
3. Town Acountant'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 engineering work as may be author- ized by the Board of Selectmen
12. Planning Board
13. Maintenance and upkeep of Town Hall and War Memorial
14. Maintenance and upkeep of Civil War Soldier's Monument
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
15. Police Department
16. Fire Department
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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
HEALTH AND SANITATION
23. Board of Health
24. Employment of Nurses
25. Maintenance and Repairs of Norfolk County Tuberculosis Hospital
26. Garbage Disposal
RELIEF ACTIVITIES
27. Public Welfare
28. Old Age Assistance under General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 118A as amended
29. Pensions
30. Soldiers' Benefits including :
(a) State Aid
(b) Military Aid
(c) Soldiers' Relief and the Burial of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
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
34. Observance of Memorial Day under General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chap- ter 40, Section 5, Clause 12 as amended
35.
Parks and Playgrounds
36. Miscellaneous Expenses
37. Unpaid bills
38. Overdrafts under General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 44, Section 31
39. Weymouth Retirement Board
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
40. Water Department
(a) Minor Construction
(b) Maintenance and operation
(c) Replacements
(d) Commercial Expenses
(e) Salaries
(f) Interest
(g) Debt
(h) Equipment
(i) Stock Account
(j) Private Work
41. Sewer Construction
42. Alewife Fishery
CARE OF GRAVES
43. Care of Soldiers' Graves
44. Care of Old Cemeteries under General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 114, Section 16 and 18
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INTEREST AND DEBT REQUIREMENT
45. Interest requirement
46. Bonds and Notes due in 1947
INSURANCE
47. Municipal Buildings Insurance Fund
48. Fire and other insurance
RESERVE FUND
49. For 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 General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 40, Section 5, Clause 34; to determine what, if any, sums so appropriated shall remain available after December 31, 1947; to fix the term and rate of in- terest 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 relation to any of the foregoing subjects.
ARTICLE 2. To see what action the Town will take on salaries and wages of officials and employees.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
ARTICLE 3. (By Direction of Selectmen). To take any action the Town may desire upon the reports of the several Town Boards and Com- 'mittees and to appoint or change any Committee that the Town may think proper.
ARTICLE 4. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see if the Town will vote to authorize its Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, on and after January 1, 1948, to borrow in anticipation of the revenue of the year .1948.
ARTICLE 5. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see what sum of money the Town will vote from surplus for the use of the Assessors in determin- ing the tax rate for the year 1947, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 6. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen 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; and to see if the Town will vote to authorize any other department to sell or otherwise dispose of any personal property in its possession and to determine the manner, or condition of such sales, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 7. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see if the Town will vote to authorize its Board of Selectmen to accept conveyances or mort- gages of any real or personal property belonging to persons receiving relief from the Town and to dispose of said property in the manner they may judge 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 discharge of such encumbrances.
STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
ARTICLE 8. (On Petition of M. Grace Swift and Others). To see if the Town will vote to accept the continuation of Idlewell Blvd. to Circle Drive as a public way, or take any other action in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 9. (On Petition of Knox S. Ruggles and Others). To see if the Town will vote to accept Southern Avenue as a public way, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 10. (On Petition of Charles H. Downs and Others). To see if the Town will vote to accept King Oak Terrace as a public way or take any other action in relation thereto
ARTICLE 11. (On Petition of Alfred W. Betts and Others). To see if the Town will vote to accept Revere Road from Lambert Avenue to Raleigh Road as a public way, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 12. (On Petition of Daniel Barbiere and Others). To see if the Town will vote to accept Oakden Avenue as a public way, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 13. (On Petition of I. John Newton and Others). To see if the Town will vote to accept Harland Road as a public way, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 14. (On Petition of Sydney L. Rosenthal and Others). To see if the Town will vote to accept Lone Pine Path as a public way, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 15. (On Petition of Paul G. Eldridge and Others). To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the purpose of relocating and reconstructing Thicket Street, beginning at the junction of Pond Street and extending west to the Abington line and also to include sidewalk on westerly side extending from Pond Street to the westerly bound of property now owned and occupied by Arthur and Barbara Raymond, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 16. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to reconstruct, resurface, widen, straighten, relocate or work the following streets, provided the State or County or both will appropriate a sum of money to help defray the ex- penses of such work, to wit:
Pearl Street from Norton to Evans Street
Columbian Street from Pleasant to Main Streets
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 in fee or otherwise for all purposes of a public street and highway in and over each of said streets, 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 fee above referred to and for the building of any bridges, drains and conduits or securing easements 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 take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 17. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for resurfacing, repairing or reconstruction by the Street Department or under the provisions of Gen- eral Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 90 for maintaining, repairing and improving the following streets or any portion thereof:
Broad Street from Middle Street to Commercial Square
Washington Street from Washington Square to Lincoln Square or if deemed advisable by the Mass. Dept. of Public Works, any other street in the Town, or take any other action in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 18. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to reconstruct, resurface, widen, straighten, relocate or work that portion of
Commercial Street between Church Street and 695 Commercial Street or any portion of said way and will authorize the Board of Selectmen to , acquire by gift or purchase or take by right of eminent domain in fee or otherwise for all purposes of a public street and highway in and over said street, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the working of the above named street, including the ac- quisition of the fee above referred to and for the building of any bridges, drains and conduits or securing easements 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 said street and in accordance with plan of Russell H. Whiting, dated July 27, 1945, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 19. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see if the Town will vote to relocate, repair and construct that part of Commercial Street from 643 to 686 according to plan of Russell H. Whiting, Town Engineer, dated May 1, 1946, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 20. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see if the Town will vote to accept the plan of Forest Street as laid out by Russell H. Whiting, Town Engineer, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 21. (On Petition of Ralph Cipullo and Others). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to construct a road for the continuation of Whitman Street to Lake street in a southeasterly direction parallel to and outside of the School grounds known as the James Humphrey School on land now recorded as Town property, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 22. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to straighten, relocate and widen Pleasant Street from 1393 Pleasant Street to junction of Water and Pleasant Streets, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 23. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see if the Town will accept a reservation strip on Blanchard Road containing 2600 square feet, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 24. (On Petition of Laurids J. Jorgensen and Others). To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of providing an asphalt sidewalk, curbing and catch basins with proper drainage on Pearl Street, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 25. (On Petition of John L. Knowles and Others). To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to construct a permanent sidewalk on Roosevelt Road, or take any other action in re- lation thereto.
ARTICLE 26. (On Petition of Everett E. Callahan and Others). To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of constructing a sidewalk on the westerly side of Washington Street from Broad Street to Hunt Street, or take any other action in re- lation thereto.
ARTICLE 27. (On petition of Charles C. Peterson and Others.) To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to install sidewalks and curbings on Browning Street, or take any other action in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 28. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $50,000.00 for the construction of permanent sidewalks and curbings throughout the Town, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 29. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for drainage in Columbian Square, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 30. (On Petition of Francis A. Gunn and Others). To see if the Town will vote to provide for the installation of a surface water drain in that section of Pleasant Street, South Weymouth, between the junction of Wilbur Street and the end of the present drainage for Columbian Square section at or about 100 Pleasant Street, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 31. (On Petition of Garland G. Bell and Others). To see if the Town will instruct the Annual Moderator to appoint a committee of seven veterans of World War II to meet with the Planning Board for the purpose of considering the naming of various Weymouth streets after those who made the supreme sacrifice in World War II, and that said committee report back to the Town their recommendations at the next Town Meeting, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 32. (On Petition of Harry W. Caldwell and Others). To see if the Town will vote to name plot of land at junction of Pearl and North Streets known as the Park for the late William C. Caldwell who lost his life in World War II, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 33. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see if the Town will vote to change the name of that portion of Wessagusset Road between Pilgrim Road and 45 Wessagusset Road to Wadaga Road, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 34. (By Direction of Selectmen). To see if the Town will vote to change the name of Raleigh Street in Bartlett Gardens off Union Street, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 35. (At Request of Planning Board). To see if the Town will vote to change the name of a private way sometimes known as Off Humphrey Street between 135 Lake Street and 47 Humphrey Street to Skelley Avenue, or take any other action in relation thereto.
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