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TOWN OF WEYMOUTH TOWN REPORT 1952
PROPERTY OF THE
TUFTS LIBRARY
WEYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS
Added March 30
W.C. Ref
19 53 Author Weymouth Mass
Class No .. 352 Title Annual report of the town of Weymouth, Massachusetts Presented by Town of Weymouth
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OF WEYMOUTH MASSIMO IŞE
CONTAINING THE REPORTS OF SELECTMEN, TOWN TREASURER, TOWN CLERK, TOWN ACCOUNTANT, ASSESSORS AND OTHER OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1952-1953 Elected by Ballot TOWN CLERK
HARRY CHRISTENSEN
Term expires March 1955
TOWN TREASURER
HARRY I. GRANGER
Term expires March 1953
SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
JOSEPH CREHAN, Chairman
Term expires March 1953
RALPH J. AMABILE, JR.
Term expires March 1953
EVERETT E. CALLAHAN
WILLIAM A. CONNELL, JR.
JOSEPH A. FERN ***
Term expires March 1953
RAYMOND MORGAN
Term expires March 1953
ASSESSORS
CHARLES W. BURGESS, Chairman
HARRY E. BEARCE, Clerk GEORGE H. BELL JOHN W. HEFFERNAN
FRANK A. PRAY
Term expires March 1955
Term expires March 1954 Term expires March 1953 Term expires March 1953 Term expires March 1955
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
FRANK W. HOLBROOK
Term expires March 1953
PARK COMMISSIONERS
EVERETT J. McINTOSH, Chairman JOSEPH SLATTERY, Clerk **** FRANCIS X. KELLY, Clerk Reinstated May 1952 OTTO C. MASON
Term expires March 1954 Term expires March 1953 Term expires March 1953
Term expires March 1955
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
DR. WALLACE H. DRAKE, Chairman WILLIAM F. SHIELDS, Clerk DR. EDWARD J. HOWLEY GEORGE E. LANE HAROLD B. NASH
GEORGE H. THOMPSON
Term expires March 1953 Term expires March 1955 Term expires March 1955 Term expires March 1954
Term expires March 1954
Term expires March 1953
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Term expires March 1953 Term expires March 1953
WATER COMMISSIONERS
STANLEY T. TORREY, Chairman HARRY I. GRANGER, Clerk ex-officio JOSEPH CREHAN, ex-officio JOHN HORACE CLARENCE W. TAYLOR
Term expires March 1953
Term expires March 1953 Term expires March 1953
Term expires March 1954 Term expires March 1955
SEWER COMMISSIONERS
J. HERBERT LIBBEY, Chairman JOHN W. FIELD, Clerk
CHARLES J. MASTERSON
Term expires March 1955 Term expires March 1954 Term expires March 1953
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS LIBRARY
FRANKLIN N. PRATT, Chairman
ALICE E. FULTON, Clerk
HARRY I. GRANGER, Treasurer, ex-officio
BOARD OF SELECTMEN, ex-officio
DR. WALLACE H. DRAKE
FRANCIS N. DROWN
WALTER C. GUTTERSON
PHILIP T. JONES
Term expires March 1953
LEIGHTON S. VOORHEES
H. FORREST WILSON
Term expires March 1955 Term expires March 1955 Term expires March 1953 Term expires March 1953 Term expires March 1954 Term expires March 1953 Term expires March 1954
Term expires March 1954 Term expires March 1953
BOARD OF HEALTH
PAUL V. COFFEY, Chairman FRANCIS H. CASHMAN, Clerk
NORMAN J. REILLY
Term expires March 1953 Term expires March 1954 Term expires March 1955
PLANNING BOARD
JOHN F. NEWTON, Chairman WILLIAM B. HARTY, Secretary FRANK G. HALE, JR.
WALTER B. HEFFERNAN
GEORGE P. MAPES
JOSEPH M. NOVER, JR.
SANDY ROULSTON
HENRY R. SARGENT*
Term expires March 1956 Term expires March 1954 Term expires March 1953 Term expires March 1953 Term expires March 1955 Term expires March 1957 Term expires March 1955 Term expires March 1954
TREE WARDEN
V. LESLIE HEBERT
Term expires March 1953
ANNUAL MODERATOR
DANIEL L. O'DONNELL
Term expires March 1953
HOUSING AUTHORITY
PLUMER E. POPE, Chairman HENRY T. CALNAN, Vice-Chairman BERTIE J. BLANCHARD, Treasurer HENRY PILATO, Asst. Treasurer JOHN H. CANNIFF* OLINDO S. GAROFALO
Term expires March 1956 Term expires March 1955 Term expires March 1954 State Appointee 1956 Term expires March 1953 Term expires March 1953
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TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
Precinct 1, Term expires 1953
JOHN A. CARTER 0
E. LEO MADDEN 3
PEARSON F. CAZEAALLT
2
BRADFORD H. MATHEWSON
0
HERMAN O. COLLYER
2
LAWRENCE M. PITTS 0
LAUGHTON B. DASHA
5
WARREN F. ROULSTON
5
WILLIAM B. DASHA
5
GEORGE W. HUNT, JR. 5
CHARLES A. LOWE, JR.
2
RUSSELL A. STILES 5 HOWARD THOMPSON 5 WILLIAM K. WEBB 2 RUSSELL H. WHITING 4
Precinct 1, Term expires 1954
RACHEL C. BLANCHARD 3
RAY E. LOUD 1
ALFRED W. CADMAN
4
WARREN W. MacCALLUM
0
HENRY F. CLAPP
4
JOSEPH E. MacDONALD
5
DAVID M. EDELSTEIN
4
ROBERT L. PALMER
1
CHARLES C. HEARN
2
JOSEPH L. KELLEY
1
THURSTON F. KOOPMAN 3
CARL S. PAULSON 0 GERALD L. RICHARDS 0 ALICE M. SALZGEBER 0 JAMES O. STEVENS 2
Precinct 1, Term expires 1955
PERCIVAL A. AMES 5
MABELLE L. GLADWIN 2
THOMAS A. BOYLE
0
WILLIAM H. MCCURDY
1
HENRY T. CALNAN
3
JOHN F. NEWTON
3
OBERLIN S. CLARK
5
MURRAY G. PARKER
4
GEORGE C. CLEAVES, JR. 3
GERALD B. PROCTOR 4
RUSSELL E. DeCOSTE 4
RICHARD DOREY 1
FRANK A. RINELLA 1 SANDY ROULSTON 5
BERNICE STILES 4
Precinct 2, Term expires 1953
HARRY E. BEARCE 4
JOHN L. GALLANT 0
PAUL V. COFFEY 4
EVERETT T. GARDNER
0
JOHN F. CRONIN 2
FREDERICK S. INGRAM
2
CHARLES R. DENBROEDER
1
FREDERICK V. NOLAN
4
Precinct 2, Term expires 1954
WILLIAM H. BROCKLESBY 0
JOSEPH B. NOSIGLIA 3
EILEEN L. FOWLER 2
ELLSWORTH J. OUR
5
WILLIAM J. GAUGHEN 2
ORAL A. PAGE
4
RALPH S. WILDER, JR.
2
Precinct 2, Term expires 1955
RUSSELL F. COWING 3
EMILY M. JACKSON
4
RALPH HASKINS 3
PETER F. KENDRICK 5
EDWARD P. HUNT, JR.
5
ROBERT D. HUNT
OLIVE D. SYLVESTER 5 FRANK A. THIBODEAU 2
HAROLD C. GOULD
3
5
Precinct 3, Term expires 1953
GRAYDON L. ABBOTT 5
PAUL L. GOODHUE 4 HARRIET S. BERRY 1
EDWARD A. HUNT 2
FLURENCE I. LYONS
4
GEORGE J. McGLONE
2
FRANK A. PRAY 4
THOMAS G. WALLACE 0 FRANCIS N. DROWN 1
Precinct 3, Term expires 1954
ALBERT E. AHLSTEDT 0
TIMOTHY G. OSBORN 1
ROBERT J. CASEY 2
THOMAS O. SCHULZ 5
WILLIAM F. DONOGHUE
4
JOSEPH D. SLATTERY
0
HUGH R. FERGUSON
3
RICHARD L. TAYLOR
0
ROGERS B. FINCH 1
PETER P. FORTUNA 4
WILLIAM D. MICHAEL, JR. 2
ELLIOT B. THAYER 5 JOHN F. TRACEY 4 WILBUR F. WEEKS 4
Precinct 3, Term expires 1955
CORNELIUS M. AHERN
2
WALTER B. HEFFERNAN 2
LAWRENCE E. BICKNELL **
0
JOHN C. HUNT
1
HAROLD F. DOWD
1
JOHN A. HUTCHINS
5
WILLIAM H. ERWIN
2
JOHN J. KELLEY
2
GEORGE C. FOSTER
2
EDWARD M. KEOHAN 5
GEORGE H. GALVIN 0
LEO A. HEFFERNAN 3
NORMAN J. REILLY 3 GEORGE W. TRACY 2
Precinct 4, Term expires 1953
HENRY C. BLENIS, JR. 4
CHARLES H. DeRUSHA
1
HAROLD A. CONDRICK 3
SIDNEY DeBOER
3
LOUIS H. ELLS
3
JOHN W. HEFFERNAN
4
Precinct 4, Term expires 1954
ROBERT T. ALLEN 5
JOHN W. KNOX
4
HERBERT L. CALDWELL 0
ALFRED K. MARTIN
2
FREDERICK G. SPENCER
3
Precinct 4, Term expires 1955
HARRY N. CALL 5
WILLIAM F. DWYER
4
HARRY N. CALL, JR.
2
MARION L. NASH
2
CHESLEY CORMACK
3
CHARLES B. TURNESA
4
Precinct 5, Term expires 1953
WILLIAM M. CHANCE, SR. 5
OTTO C. MASON
5
FRANK E. DUNN
5
ARTHUR I. NEGUS
5
WILLIAM G. B. PARK
5
Precinct 5, Term expires 1954
GEORGE H. BELL 5 MADELINE F. CHANCE 5
HENRY R. SARGENT 0
WILLIAM H. LOUD
2
CLARENCE W. TAYLOR
5
PORTER W. THOMPSON **
1
6
HARRY L. BLOOM 3 JOHN H. CANNIFF ** 0
CHARLES A. COYLE 5
WILLIAM F. DESMOND 1
HENRY F. GIGUERE
3
HARRY FEKKES
4
Precinct 5, Term expires 1955
GARLAND G. BELL ** 3 WINSTON A. HOWE 5
IVAN A. NELSON 4
JAMES G. RUSSELL, JR. 2
CARL C. SHERMAN 3 REGINALD P. TIRRELL 4
Precinct 6, Term expires 1953
GEORGE F. BRADY
4
EDWARD F. BUTLER 5
HENRY F. GODIN 1
PHILLIP T. JONES 5
JOHN W. CICCHESE 5
EUGENE E. O'LEARY
1
RALPH T. CIPULLO 3
GEORGE E. CUNNIFF
4
ALFRED C. SHEEHY 4
Precinct 6, Term expires 1954
RUTH EDNA ALLEN 2
FRANCIS H. MAGUIRE 5
FRANCIS R. CASHMAN
0
THOMAS J. PLOURDE 4
GERLERMO V. CAVALLO
4
CLARENCE T. SHERMAN
2
GEORGE L. FOSTER 0
JOHN G. THOMPSON 1 CEDRIC D. WATSON 3
Precinct 6, Term expires 1955
EDWARD ALEMIAN, JR. 0
ROBERT H. GAUGHEN 3
W. NORMAN BATES
0
JOHN J. LYNCH
2
LESTER L. BELCHER 2
GEORGE H. BICKNELL 4
RICHARD REIDY
2
DANIEL J. SLATTERY
5
GERALD P. SULLIVAN
3
Precinct 7, Term expires 1953
HOWARD T. ALBION
3
LAURI JERPI
3
ANDREW A. CHISHOLM
3
RALPH P. COBB
5
KARL G. LOVELL
4
JOHN E. PETERSON
2
Precinct 7, Term expires 1954
WILLIAM B. CHALKE, JR.
1
CHARLES A. FLYNN
2
ELLSWORTH W. CURTIS 3
BERNARD J. GILLIS **
0
RICHARD F. PATTISON
3
Precinct 7, Term expires 1955
STANLEY B. CHALKE
0
ELMER S. LOUD
5
HERBERT F. HIGGINS
2
IRVING E. JOHNSON
2
ROLAND A. MacDONALD
5
ARTHUR THORP
4
Precinct 8, Term expires 1953
HERBERT ALMQUIST
5
PRESCOTT B. BROWN
4
ARTHUR A. CICCHESE
5
FRANCIS A. FARR
3
JOHN M. GALLAGHER 5
PHILIP W. HENLEY
5
GEORGE E. LANE 5
JOHN HENRY PFLAUMER, JR. 2
7
JOHN E. REIDY 2 JOHN H. REIDY 3
ROBERT E. MITCHELL
4
JAMES J. CUNNIFF
2
JOHN J. FITZGERALD
4
Precinct 8, Term expires 1954
SIDNEY W. BUCKMAN
5
ANTHONY L. CASSESE
5
PAUL C. CLEAVES 3
WILLIAM H. CORKEY 4
WILLIAM F. CROCKER 0 CHARLES H. DOWNS 4 WILLIAM B. SIMPSON, JR. 3
Precinct 8, Term expires 1955
H. GLENN ALLEN
5
ARTHUR L. BICKFORD
1
RAYMOND O. HOLLIS 5
CARL H. PETERSON 4
THERON I. CAIN 4
GEORGE M. ELKIN
1
PLUMER E. POPE 4 HERBERT B. SHAFTOE *** 0
Precinct 9, Term expires 1953
HERBERT W. CAUSER 5
JOHN W. FIELD 5
ROY V. NELSON 5 FRANK NESS 3
FRANCIS A. GUNN 3
ROBERT B. OSGOOD
2
RUSSELL N. TIRRELL
3
Precinct 9, Term expires 1954
EDWIN W. BARNARD, SR.
4
ELIZABETH M. PRUDEN
3
WILLARD M. BOND
0
GEORGE REED
0
ALFRED C. HURST 5
GEORGE S. NOYES, JR. 4
ARTHUR R. TAYLOR
0
JOHN Q. TORREY
3
Precinct 9, Term expires 1955
GORDON T. BARNES 5
GEORGE E. PRUDEN
0
HELEN BOHM 2
MALCOLM T. SHAW
3
RALPH A. KLINGEMAN 2
WALTER M. SMITH
2
EDWARD L. THIBEAULT
3
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS BY VIRTUE OF OFFICE
Under Provisions of Sec. 3 of Chap. 61 of the Acts of 1921 as amended
RALPH J. AMABILE, JR. 2
J. HERBERT LIBBEY 5 THOMAS F. LYNCH, JR. 5
DR. JOHN L. BASTEY 4
DOUGLAS R. BUCHANAN
3
JOSEPH A. MacDONALD 5
CHARLES W. BURGESS 2
EDWARD C. MCINTOSH 0 EVERETT J. McINTOSH 4
JOHN H. CANNIFF* 0
RAYMOND MORGAN
1
HARRY CHRISTENSEN 5
KENNETH L. NASH* 4
ARTHUR A. CICCHESE 5
JOHN F. NEWTON
3
PAUL V. COFFEY 4
GEORGE S. NOYES, JR.
4
WILLIAM A. CONNELL, JR. 2
DANIEL L. O'DONNELL 5
JOSEPH CREHAN 5
ROBERT L. PARK 5 WILLIAM PERRAULT
2 0
DR. WALLACE H. DRAKE 2
J. MAXWELL PRESTON *** PLUMER E. POPE 4
JOSEPH A. FERN *** 0
FRANKLIN N. PRATT
3
JOHN L. GALLANT 0
OLINDO S. GAROFALO 2
HARRY I. GRANGER 5
DANIEL REIDY, JR. 3 WARREN F. ROULSTON 5 BENJAMIN SANTACROCE 4
V. LESLIE HEBERT 3
RUSSELL A. STILES 5
FRANK W. HOLBROOK 3
NEWLAND H. HOLMES 0
EDWARD M. KEOHAN 5
ELLIOT P. THAYER 5 ARTHUR THORP 4 STANLEY T. TORREY 5
Figures denote attendance record (5 Town Meetings)
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DANIEL F. DENNEHY
5
EMERSON R. DIZER 4
EVERETT E. CALLAHAN 5
JOHN W. O'DONNELL 3
JAMES L. NEARY
5
JOHN W. COYLE 5
APPOINTEES
APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE
Term expires 1953
DR. JOHN L. BASTEY DOUGLAS R. BUCHANAN
DANIEL F. DENNEHY, Chairman
DANIEL REIDY, JR.
JOSEPH A. MacDONALD
Term expires 1954
EDWARD M. KEOHAN GEORGE S. NOYES, JR.
WARREN F. ROULSTON, Secretary BENJAMIN SANTACROCE
RUSSELL H. STILES
Term expires 1955
WILLIAM PERRAULT THOMAS F. LYNCH, JR.
ARTHUR THORP
ROBERT L. PARK J. MAXWELL PRESTON *** ELLIOT P. THAYER
ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMITTEE
OLINDOS. GAROFALO, Chairman ROGER P. LOUD ARTHUR F. SARGENT
J. HERBERT LIBBEY, Clerk
ALFRED S. TIRRELL
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
EDWARD C. McINTOSH, Chairman
HARRY CHRISTENSEN, Clerk JOHN J. SANTRY MRS. HELEN R. CORRIDAN
Term expires March 1954 Term expires March 1955 Term expires March 1955 Term expires March 1953
BOARD OF APPEAL
EVERETT E. CALLAHAN RUSSELL H. WHITING
KENNETH L. NASH* ARTHUR A. CICCHESE
RETIREMENT BOARD
EMERSON R. DIZER
THOMAS WELCH
ERLE R. STARRATT
CONSTABLES
EDWARD A. HUNT
NORMAN KEITH
CLARENCE L. PRATT
PERSONNEL BOARD
SANDY ROULSTON, Chairman EDWARD F. BUTLER, Clerk WILLIAM A. TAYLOR, Personnel Officer
OAKLEY KUNZ* WILBUR WEEKS
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TRUSTEES OF THE LABAN PRATT HOSPITAL
JOSEPH CREHAN, Chairman CHARLES H. DOWNS, Clerk
HARRY I. GRANGER, Treasurer
EMERSON R. DIZER, ex-officio HARRIET S. BERRY
Term expires March 1954
Term expires March 1957
Term expires March 1957
Term expires March 1956
JOHN L. GALLANT
Term expires March 1955 Term expires March 1953 Term expires March 1953
ROGER P. LOUD
LUCY P. MAHONEY
EMILY L. McGOVERN
Term expires March 1955
KENNETH L. NASH
Term expires March 1954
GEORGE E. PRUDEN A. WESLEY SAMPSON
Term expires March 1956
ROLAND T. SEABURY
Term expires March 1953
MARGUERITE W. SHAFTOE
Term expires March 1955 Term expires March 1957
FENCE VIEWERS
AMY HILL DUNCAN EDWARD P. HUNT, JR.
GEORGE J. HUSBAND VIRGINIA RYDER
DEPARTMENT HEADS BY APPOINTMENT
CHIEF OF POLICE
KEEPER OF THE LOCKUP
CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
FOREST WARDEN
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
TOWN COUNSEL
TOWN COUNSEL
TOWN ENGINEER
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
SUPERINTENDENT OF SEWER DEPT.
SUPERINTENDENT OF SEWER DEPT.
SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER
WELFARE AGENT
VETERANS' AGENT
BUILDING INSPECTOR
INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING
WIRING INSPECTOR
HEALTH AGENT
DOG OFFICER INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
SLAUGHTER INSPECTOR
MOTH SUPERINTENDENT
CUSTODIAN TOWN HALL
CUSTODIAN OF VETERANS' GRAVES HARBOR MASTER
SHELLFISH CONSTABLE
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION AGENT SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
* Resigned
** Moved
*** Deceased
** Replaced Francis X. Kelly while in service
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EDWARD F. BUTLER EDWARD F. BUTLER WALTER R. MURRAY WALTER R. MURRAY EMERSON R. DIZER
KENNETH L. NASH* ARTHUR A. CICCHESE RUSSELL H. WHITING JOHN J. O'LEARY ELMER S. MAPES FRANCIS HAMILTON* NORMAN M. SMITH SIDNEY C. BEANE THOMAS P. DELAHUNT RAYMOND E. STEIN ANDREW CHISHOLM THOMAS J. MacDONALD JOSEPH W. ROSS HENRY F. GODIN JOHN H. REIDY JOHN H. REIDY JOHN H. REIDY V. LESLIE HEBERT ELLSWORTH J. OUR KARL L. O'NEIL CECIL L. EVANS JAMES H. AUSTIN THOMAS M. WELCH CHARLES W. BURGESS
WILLIAM T. WHITE
Term expires March 1954
OLIVE D. SYLVESTER
Term expires March 1953 Term expires March 1956 Term expires March 1953
CLEMENT N. CURTIS MARTIN P. DAVIS PRESTON A. DePLACIDO
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Norfolk, ss.
To the Town Meeting Members of the Town of Weymouth, in said County, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby notified to meet at the hall of the Weymouth High School, East Weymouth, on
MONDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF MARCH, 1952
at seven o'clock and forty-five minutes in the evening, then and there to act upon the following articles (a copy of which is enclosed).
In case all the articles in the warrant shall not have been acted upon at the meeting called for the third day of March, to meet in adjourned session at the hall of the Weymouth High School, on
WEDNESDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF MARCH, 1952
at seven o'clock and forty-five minutes in the evening, then and there to act upon such of the articles as shall not have been acted upon March third or action upon which may at said meeting March third, have been deferred until said adjourned session.
Given under my hand at Weymouth, this 12th day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-two.
HARRY CHRISTENSEN Town Clerk of Weymouth
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
MONDAY, MARCH 3, A.D. 1952
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 aforesaaid qualified to vote in Town affairs to meet in the hall of the Weymouth High School on
MONDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF MARCH, 1952
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 Accountant's Department
4. Town Treasurer's Department
5. Collector of Taxes
6. Assessor's 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 work as may be authorized 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
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PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
15. Police Department
16. Fire Department
17. Inspection Department
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. Garbage Disposal
RELIEF ACTIVITIES
26. Public Assistance
27. Pensions
28. Veterans' Benefits and War Allowance, including the Burial of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
MISCELLANEOUS
29. Highway Department
(a) General Maintenance, including Salaries
(b) Snow and Ice
(c) Construction
(d) Sidewalk Construction
(e) Purchase and Maintenance of Equipment
30. Schools
31. Libraries
32. Observance of Memorial Day under General Laws (Ter. Ed.), Chapter 40, Section 5, Clause 12
33. Parks and Playgrounds
34. Miscellaneous Expenses
35. Unpaid Bills
36. Overdrafts under General Laws (Ter. Ed.), Chapter 44, Section 31
37. Retirement Board
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES
38. 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
(k) New Services
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39. Construction and Operation of System of Sewers
40. Alewife Fishery
CARE OF GRAVES
41. Care of Soldiers' Graves
42. Care of Old Cemeteries under General Laws (Ter. Ed.), Chapter 114, Sections 16 and 18
INTEREST AND DEBT REQUIREMENT
43. Interest and Discount
44. Bonds and Notes due in 1952
INSURANCE
45. Municipal Buildings Insurance Fund
46. Fire and Other Insurance
RESERVE FUND
47. 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, 1952; to 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 relation to any of the foregoing subjects.
ANNUAL VOTES
ARTICLE 2. (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 3. (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, 1953, to borrow in anticipation of the revenue of the year 1953.
ARTICLE 4. (By Direction of Selectmen.) 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 1952, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 5. (By Direction of Selectmen.) To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell or otherwise dispose of personal property and any real estate of which the Town has possession or title, including all property taken for non-payment of taxes, all such cases of sale to be made by public auction or private sale as the Selectmen may deem for the best interest of the Town, and that the Board or Officer in charge of any other Town Department may, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, sell at public auction or private sale, as the Board of Selectmen may approve, any personal property belonging to said Depart-
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ment which in the opinion of the Officer or Board in charge of the Department is no longer needed by the Town and which in the opinion of the Selectmen is not needed by any other Department. Provided that in each case involving real estate a majority of the Planning Board and a majority of the Park Commissioners vote to concur in the opinion that the property will not be needed for parks, playgrounds or other public use.
ARTICLE 6. (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 discharging of such encumbrances.
HIGHWAYS
ARTICLE 7. (On Petition and by Direction of Selectmen.) 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:
Danbury Road, from Ralph Talbot Street to a point approximately 770 feet from Ralph Talbot Street.
Roseen Avenue, from 89 Summer Street to Garfield Avenue, ap- proximately 1000 to 1100 feet.
Meredith Way.
Great Hill Drive, from 310 Neck Street to Regatta Road.
Bradmere Road, from 382 Neck Street to 22 Regatta Road.
Jaffrey Street, from Essex Stret.
Colasanti Road, from 454 North Street to 96 Rinaldo Road. Petrell Park, from Belmont Street.
Belmont Street, from a point already accepted to Adorn Street.
Adorn Street, from a point on Belmont Street to a second point on Belmont Street.
Old Country Way, from Academy Avenue to Jaffrey Street. Century Road, from 89 Oak Street, approximately 850 feet. Linda Lane, from 395 Commercial Street.
Priscilla Circle, from Old Country Way.
Doris Drive, from Sunrise Drive, approximately 425 feet. Altrura Road, from 435 Green Street to 20 Colasanti Road.
Marion Road, from 39 Colasanti Road to 62 Rinaldo Road. Mountain View Road, from Westminster Road.
Sunrise Drive, from Green Street, approximately 600 feet. Courier Street.
Moreland Road, from 366 North Street to 359 Green Street. Red Jacket Road, from Constitution Avenue.
Donellan Circle.
Roberts Drive, from 955 Main Street to Keating Circle.
Dana Road, from Summer Street.
Paomet Road, from Wessagusset Road.
Lorraine Street, from Pleasant Street.
Memorial Drive, from 220 Lake Street to 290 Lake Street.
Karen Lane, from Priscilla Circle.
Willow Avenue, from Sea Street to Wessagusset Road.
Soper Avenue, from Commercial Street to N.Y., N.H. & H. R.R. Co. Endicott Street, from South Avenue to a point off East Street.
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Wingate Road. Second Street. Mt. Vernon Road East, 300 foot extension.
First Street. Fourth Avenue
Stanley Street.
Regatta Road, from 440 Neck Street to Baylee Road.
Seaver Road, from 44 Seaver Road to 92 Seaver Road.
May Terrace Extension, from 33 May Terrace.
Knollwood Circle, from Kingman Street.
Healy Road.
Sutton Street, from Cornish Road to Academy Avenue, approxi- mately 600 feet.
Rinaldo Road, from 40 East Street to Moreland Road.
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 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 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 res- ervation strips existing in connection with any of said streets, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 8. (By Direction of Selectmen.) To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to reconstruct, resur- face, widen, straighten, relocate or work
Union Street.
Commercial Street, from Washington Square to Webb Street Railroad Crossing.
Broad Street, from Lincoln Square to Front Street.
Pleasant Street, from Columbian Square to Independence Square. or any portion of said way 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, provided the state, or county, or both, will appropriate a sum of money to help defray the expenses of such work; and transfer from the surplus funds that the Town may have, the county and state share of said cost, the amount of this transfer on reimbursement to be credited to the account from which it came; and will authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by gift, 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 such property as may be necessary, or take any other action in relation thereto.
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