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WEYMOUTH TOWN REPORT 1953
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OF WEYMOUTH , MED
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 1953-1954 Elected by Ballot TOWN CLERK
HARRY CHRISTENSEN
Term expires March 1955
TOWN TREASURER
HARRY I. GRANGER
Term expires March 1956
SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
JOSEPH CREHAN, Chairman
RALPH J. AMABILE, JR.
WARREN P. BURRELL
EVERETT E. CALLAHAN
RAYMOND MORGAN
Term expires March 1954 Term expires March 1954 Term expires March 1954 Term expires March 1954 Term expires March 1954
ASSESSORS
CHARLES W. BURGESS, Chairman HARRY E. BEARCE, Executive Secretary GEORGE H. BELL JOHN W. HEFFERNAN
FRANK A. PRAY
Term expires March 1955 Term expires March 1954 Term expires March 1956 Term expires March 1956 Term expires March 1955
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
FRANK W. HOLBROOK
Term expires March 1954
PARK COMMISSIONERS
EVERETT J. McINTOSH, Chairman OTTO C. MASON JOSEPH D. SLATTERY
Term expires March 1954 Term expires March 1955 Term expires March 1956
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
WILLIAM F. SHIELDS, Chairman GEORGE H. THOMPSON, Clerk DR. WALLACE H. DRAKE DR. EDWARD J. HOWLEY GEORGE E. LANE HAROLD B. NASH
Term expires March 1955 Term expires March 1956 Term expires March 1956 Term expires March 1955 Term expires March 1954 Term expires March 1954
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WATER COMMISSIONERS
STANLEY T. TORREY, Chairman HARRY I. GRANGER, Clerk ex-officio JOSEPH CREHAN, ex-officio JOHN HORACE CLARENCE W. TAYLOR
Term expires March 1956
Term expires March 1956 Term expires March 1954
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 1956
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
FRANSIS N. DROWN WALTER C. GUTTERSON PHILIP T. JONES
Term expires March 1956
LEIGHTON S. VOORHEES
H. FORREST WILSON
Term expires March 1955 Term expires March 1955 Term expires March 1956 Term expires March 1954 Term expires March 1954 Term expires March 1956 Term expires March 1954
Term expires March 1954 Term expires March 1956
BOARD OF HEALTH
PAUL V. COFFEY, Chairman FRANCIS H. CASHMAN, Clerk
NORMAN J. REILLY
Term expires March 1956 Term expires March 1954 Term expires March 1955
PLANNING BOARD
JOHN F. NEWTON, Chairman WALTER B. HEFFERNAN, Secretary FRANK G. HALE, JR.
Term expires March 1956 Term expires March 1958 Term expires March 1954 Term expires March 1954
WILLIAM B. HARTY
GEORGE P. MAPES
Term expires March 1955
JOSEPH M. NOVER, JR.
SANDY ROULSTON
Term expires March 1957 Term expires March 1955
TREE WARDEN
V. LESLIE HEBERT
Term expires March 1956
ANNUAL MODERATOR
DANIEL L. O'DONNELL
Term expires March 1954
HOUSING AUTHORITY
HENRY T. CALNAN, Chairman BERTIE J. BLANCHARD, Vice-Chairman HENRY PILATO, Treasurer PLUMER E. POPE, Asst .- treasurer ALFRED W. CADMAN
Term expires March 1955 Term expires March 1954 State appointee 1956 Term expires March 1956 Term expires March 1958
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TOWN MEETING MEMBERS
Precinct 1, Term expires 1954
ALBERT L. BOLIN 3 THOMAS A. BOYLE 3
PAUL J. HUGHES 1
EVELYN V. FOWLER 3
LAWRENCE M. PITTS 0 ALEXANDER J. TANGUY 3 CHARLES P. WOLFE 3
Precinct 1, Term expires 1955
JAMES BOWES 2 EVA E. CHUBBUCK 1
RUSSELL E. DeCOSTE 3
MABELLE L. GLADWIN
5
OBERLIN S. CLARK 6
GERALD B. PROCTOR
6
JOSEPH W. SIMS
1
Precinct 1, Term expires 1956
WALTER E. AIKENS*
0
HERBERT L. HANSON
3
HERBERT A. CHUBBUCK
CHARLES HEARN
3
LAUGHTON B. DASHA 6 R. CHESTER LOPAUS 3
EDWARD L. MADDEN, JR. 2
Precinct 2, Term expires 1954
WILLIAM H. BROCKLESBY
1
EILEEN L. FOWLER 6
JOSEPH B. NOSIGLIA 3
ELLSWORTH J. OUR
6
WILLIAM J. GAUGHEN 1
ORAL A. PAGE
6
RALPH S. WILDER, JR.
5
Precinct 2, Term Expires 1955
RUSSELL F. COWING
4
EMILY M. JACKSON
5
RALPH HASKINS - 0
PETER F. KENDRICK
3
EDWARD P. HUNT, JR. 4
OLIVE D. SYLVESTER
4
ROBERT D. HUNT 4
FRANK A. THIBODEAU
3
Precinct 2, Term Expires 1956
HARRY E. BEARCE
5
PRESTON A. DePLACIDO
3
PAUL V. COFFEY
4
EVERETT T. GARDNER
6
JOHN F. CRONIN 4
FREDERICK S. INGRAM
3
CHARLES R. DENBROEDER 3
FREDERICK V. NOLAN
6
Precinct 3, Term expires 1954
ALBERT E. AHLSTEDT, JR. 2
JOHN J. KELLEY
4
ETHEL M. DONAHUE **
2
THOMAS O. SCHULZ
5
HAROLD J. TRASK
3
HAROLD F. DOWD 2
E. BIDEN WHITNEY 2
Precinct 3, Term expires 1955
CHESTER L. BOYLE
1
FRANCIS C. DALEY
2
RUTH M. POPE 3
WILLIAM F. DONOGHUE
5
NORMAN J. REILLY
4
RICHARD L. TAYLOR
2
WILBUR F. WEEKS 5
5
HAROLD C. GOULD
6
Precinct 3, Term expires 1956
HARRY BLOOM 4 CHARLES A. COYLE 4
DOROTHY I. POPE 3
FRANK A. PRAY 4
JOSEPH C. DESMOND 3
JOSEPH D. SLATTERY 6 JOHN F. TRACY 4
Precinct 4, Term expires 1954
ROBERT T. ALLEN 6 HERBERT L. CALDWELL
JOHN W. KNOX 3
HENRY F. GIGUERE 3
ALFRED K. MARTIN 4 FREDERICK G. SPENCER 4
Precinct 4, Term expires 1955
HARRY N. CALL 5
WILLIAM F. DWYER 4
HARRY N. CALL, JR. 5
MARION L. NASH 4
CHESLEY CORMACK 2
CHARLES B. TURNESA 5
Precinct 4, Term expires 1956
HENRY C. BLENIS, JR.
4
CHARLES H. DeRUSHA 2
FRANCIS J. BUTLER 3
LOUIS H. ELLS 4 JOHN W. HEFFERNAN 6
Precinct 5, Term expires 1954
GEORGE H. BELL
5
CLARENCE W. TAYLOR 6
MADELINE F. CHANCE 3
GEORGE T. WILKINSON 1
WILLIAM H. LOUD 5
Precinct 5, Term expires 1955
HAROLD M. CANAVAN
2
JAMES G. RUSSELL, JR. 5
WINSTON A. HOWE 5
CARL C. SHERMAN 4 REGINALD P. TIRRELL 6
Precinct 5, Term expires 1956
WILLIAM M. CHANCE, SR .***
3
OTTO C. MASON 3 FRANK E. DUNN 6
ARTHUR I. NEGUS
6
WILLIAM G. B. PARK
6
Precinct 6, Term expires 1954
RUTH EDNA ALLEN 6
FRANCIS H. MAGUIRE 5
FRANCIS R. CASHMAN
0
THOMAS J. PLOURDE
6
GERLERMO V. CAVALLO 5 ยท CLARENCE T. SHERMAN 6
GEORGE L. FOSTER 0
ROBERT E. MITCHELL 6
JOHN G. THOMPSON 4 CEDRIC D. WATSON 4
Precinct 6, Term expires 1955
EDWARD ALEMIAN, JR. 2 W. NORMAN BATES 3
JOHN J. LYNCH 2
LESTER L. BELCHER 0 GEORGE H. BICKNELL 6
JAMES J. CUNNIFF 4
ROBERT H. GAUGHAN 5
RICHARD REIDY
5
DANIEL J. SLATTERY
6
GERALD P. SULLIVAN
3
6
WILLIAM A. CONNELL, JR. 6
IVAN A. NELSON 2
HARRY FEKKES 5
Precinct 6, Term expires 1956
GEORGE F. BRADY
4
EDWARD F. BUTLER
6
JOHN W. CICCHESE
6
RALPH T. CIPULLO
0
GEORGE E. CUNNIFF 3
HENRY F. GODIN 3
PHILIP T. JONES 6
JOHN E. REIDY 6 JOHN H. REIDY 4 ALFRED C. SHEEHY 5
Precinct 7, Term expires 1954
WILLIAM B. CHALKE, JR. 2
CHARLES A. FLYNN
ELLSWORTH W. CURTIS
1
JOHN J. FITZGERALD 5
ROBERT E. GAULEY 3 RICHARD F. PATTISON 3
Precinct 7, Term expires 1955
STANLEY B. CHALKE
2
ELMER S. LOUD
5
HERBERT F. HIGGINS
5
IRVING E. JOHNSON
3
ROLAND A. MacDONALD
6
ARTHUR THORP
4
Precinct 7, Term expires 1956
HOWARD T. ALBION
3
RALPH P. COBB
5
RICHARD H. CHASE 3
KARLE G. LOVELL
5
ANDREW A. CHISHOLM 5
LOUIS T. POMPEO 2
Precinct 8, Term expires 1954
SIDNEY W. BUCKMAN
3
JOHN W. COYLE 6
. ANTHONY L. CASSESE
5
WILLIAM F. CROCKER
5
PAUL C. CLEAVES
4
CHARLES H. DOWNS 5 WILLIAM B. SIMPSON, JR. 5
Precinct 8, Term expires 1955
H. GLENN ALLEN
6
ARTHUR L. BICKFORD
3
ELLSWORTH W. GARRISON 3
THERON I. CAIN 6
GEORGE M. ELKIN 3
RAYMOND O. HOLLIS 6 CARL H. PETERSON 6 PLUMER E. POPE 3
Precinct 8, Term expires 1956
HERBERT ALMQUIST
6
JOHN M. GALLAGHER 4
PRESCOTT B. BROWN
5
PHILIP W. HENLEY
6
ARTHUR A. CICCHESE 6
GEORGE E. LANE 5 JOHN H. PFLAUMER, JR. 6
Precinct 9, Term expires 1954
EDWIN W. BARNARD, SR.
4
ELIZABETH M. PRUDEN 4
WILLARD M. BOND 1
GEORGE REED 0
ALFRED C. HURST 6
DARRELL D. SMITH
3
JOHN Q. TORREY
4
Precinct 9, Term expires 1955
GORDON T. BARNES
4
GEORGE E. PRUDEN 0 HELEN BOHM 1
WILLIAM F. SHIELDS
2
RALPH A. KLINGEMAN 4
JOHN W. O'DONNELL
5
WALTER M. SMITH 3 EDWARD L. THIBEAULT 4
7
WILLIAM H. CORKEY 6
FRANCIS A. FARR 3
GEORGE S. NOYES, JR. 5
Precinct 9, Term expires 1956
HERBERT W. CAUSER 5 EARL E. CURTIN, SR. 1 JOHN W. FIELD 6
FRANCIS A. GUNN 4
JAMES L. NEARY 6
ROY V. NELSON 0
ROBERT B. OSGOOD 5 WILBUR G. TIRRELL 1
Precinct 10, Term expires 1954
RUSSELL A. CARROLL
3
CHARLES H. PRAY 1
ROBERT E. EMERY 2
DONALD R. TAYLOR, JR.
2
WALTER B. HEFFERNAN 2
NATHANIEL G. WETHERBEE 3
Precinct 10, Term expires 1955
DAVID W. DOUGLAS 2
JOHN A. HUTCHINS 6
WILLIAM E. EDMONDSON 3
EDWARD M. KEOHAN 6
CLARENCE H. GOLDTHWAITE 3
CLARE V. NASH 3
Precinct 10, Term expires 1956
GRAYDON L. ABBOTT
4
JOSEPH F. CUSHING
3
CHARLES F. ALLEN 2
PAUL L. GOODHUE
3
SUMNER E. BRITTON 2
WALTER C. GUTTERSON 3
Precinct 11, Term expires 1954
RACHEAL C. BLANCHARD
3
E. LEO MADDEN 4
GEORGE C. CLEAVES, JR.
6
DONALD G. PATT
2 .
ROBERT L. GALLAGHER 2
BERNICE STILES
3
WILLIS M. WIGHT
3
Precinct 11, Term expires 1955
FREDERICK A. ALLAN 2
JOSEPH W. MAHONEY 3
LOUIS A. DILLON
3
JOHN F. NEWTON
5
MURRAY G. PARKER
4
ROBERT J. GALLAGHER 2
RAY E. LOUD
5
RUSSELL A. STILES 5
Precinct 11, Term expires 1956
PERCIVAL A. AMES
4
MILTON D. BAILEY
3
WILLIAM B. DASHA 6
DAVID M. EDELSTEIN
4
HENRY F. CLAPP 5 HERMAN O. COLLYER 5
SANDY ROULSTON 5
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. 5 DR. JOHN L. BASTEY 4 CHARLES W. BURGESS 3
WARREN P. BURRELL 3 EVERETT E. CALLAHAN 5 HENRY T. CALNAN 6 HARRY CHRISTENSEN 6 ARTHUR A. CICCHESE 6
J. HERBERT LIBBEY 6 THOMAS F. LYNCH, JR. 5
THOMAS A. MacDONALD 6
EVERETT J. MCINTOSH 5 RAYMOND MORGAN 2 JOHN F. NEWTON 5
GEORGE S. NOYES, JR. 5 DANIEL L. O'DONNELL 6
8
GEORGE W. HUNT, JR. 6
JOSEPH L. KELLY 2
PAUL V. COFFEY 4 JOSEPH CREHAN 6 DANIEL F. DENNEHY 4 EMERSON R. DIZER 5
JOHN L. GALLANT 2 OLINDO S. GAROFALO 0
HARRY I. GRANGER 4
G. ELEANOR GRUNDSTROM 2 V. LESLIE HEBERT 3
FRANK W. HOLBROOK 5 NEWLAND H. HOLMES 0 EDWARD M. KEOHAN 6
RUSSELL A. STILES 5 ELLIOT P. THAYER 5 ARTHUR THORP 4 STANLEY T. TORREY 6
Figures denote attendance record (6 Town Meetings)
APPOINTEES
APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE
Term expires 1954
EDWARD M. KEOHAN GEORGE S. NOYES, JR.
WARREN F. ROULSTON, Secretary BENJAMIN SANTACROCE
RUSSELLL A. STILES
Term expires 1955
WILLIAM PERRAULT THOMAS F. LYNCH, JR.
ROBERT L. PARK, Chairman ELLIOT P. THAYER
ARTHUR THORP
Term expires 1956
DR. JOHN L. BASTEY DANIEL F. DENNEHY
G. ELEANOR GRUNDSTROM JOSEPH A. MacDONALD
DANIEL REIDY, JR.
ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMITTEE
OLINDO S. GAROFALO, Chairman ROGER P. LOUD J. HERBERT LIBBEY, Clerk ARTHUR F. SARGENT CHARLES B. TURNESA
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
JOHN J. SANTRY, Chairman HARRY CHRISTENSEN, Clerk
MRS. HELEN R. CORRIDAN
EDWARD C. MCINTOSH
Term expires March 1955 Term expires March 1955 Term expires March 1956 Term expires March 1954
BOARD OF APPEAL
EVERETT E. CALLAHAN ARTHUR A. CICCHESE RUSSELL H. WHITING
RETIREMENT BOARD
EMERSON R. DIZER
THOMAS WELCH
ERLE R. STARRATT
9
ROBERT L. PARK 6
WILLIAM PERRAULT 1
FRANKLIN N. PRATT 5 DANIEL REIDY, JR. 4 WARREN F. ROULSTON 6 BENJAMIN SANTACROCE 5 WILLIAM F. SHIELDS 2
CONSTABLES
NORMAN F. KEITH EDWARD A. HUNT
* CLARENCE L. PRATT FRANCIS A. THIBODEAU
CHARLES P. WOLFE
PERSONNEL BOARD
SANDY ROULSTON, Chairman WILBUR WEEKS
EDWARD F. BUTLER, Clerk WILLIAM A. TAYLOR, Personnel Officer
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
PRESTON A. DePLACIDO
Term expires March 1956
JOHN L. GALLANT
LUCY P. MAHONEY
EMILY L. McGOVERN
KENNETH L. NASH
Term expires March 1954 Term expires March 1954 Term expires March 1958
A. WESLEY SAMPSON
Term expires March 1956
ROLAND T. SEABURY
Term expires March 1958
MARGUERITE W. SHAFTOE
OLIVE D. SYLVESTER
Term expires March 1955 Term expires March 1957
FENCE VIEWERS
RICHARD H. CURTIN AMY HILL DUNCAN
EDWARD P. HUNT, JR. GEORGE J. HUSBAND
WILLIAM T. WHITE
DEPARTMENT HEADS BY APPOINTMENT
CHIEF OF POLICE
KEEPER OF THE LOCKUP
CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
FOREST WARDEN
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
TOWN COUNSEL TOWN ENGINEER
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
SUPERINTENDENT OF SEWER DEPT.
SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER DEPT.
WELFARE AGENT VETERANS' AGENT BUILDING INSPECTOR
INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING
WIRING INSPECTOR
HEALTH AGENT DOG OFFICER INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
EDWARD F. BUTLER EDWARD F. BUTLER WALTER R. MURRAY WALTER R. MURRAY EMERSON R. DIZER ARTHUR A. CICCHESE RUSSELL H. WHITING JOHN J. O'LEARY ELMER S. MAPES NORMAN M. SMITH SIDNEY C. BEANE THOMAS P. DELAHUNT RAYMOND E. STEIN ANDREW A. CHISHOLM THOMAS J. MacDONALD JOSEPH W. ROSS HENRY F. GODIN JOHN H. REIDY JOHN H. REIDY
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Term expires March 1954 Term expires March 1956 Term expires March 1956
CLEMENT N. CURTIS MARTIN P. DAVIS
Term expires March 1957
Term expires March 1957
Term expires March 1955 Term expires March 1958 Term expires March 1955
GEORGE E. PRUDEN JAMES P. REILLY
SLAUGHTER INSPECTOR MOTH SUPERINTENDENT CUSTODIAN TOWN HALL CUSTODIAN OF VETERANS' GRAVES HARBOR MASTER SHELLFISH CONSTABLE SHELLFISH CONSTABLE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION AGENT SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
JOHN H. REIDY V. LESLIE HEBERT ELLSWORTH J. OUR KARL L. O'NEIL CECIL L. EVANS *** JAMES H. AUSTIN CHARLES McMURRAY THOMAS M. WELCH CHARLES W. BURGESS
COMMITTEES APPOINTED BY THE MODERATOR Acquisition of Land for Parking Area, Weymouth Landing (Article 67, Annual Town Meeting-1953) PAUL QUINTEN, Chairman JOHN STRIANO
PETER FORTUNA
Weymouth Youth Commission
(Article 2, Annual Town Meeting-1953)
GEORGE E. LANE, Chairman
ELEANOR C. JACK, Secretary *EDWARD P. BATCHELDER JAMES J. CUNNIFF
THOMAS A. LYONS
REV. FRANCIS G. ROCKWELL
JOSEPH G. ST. JOHN
HAROLD W. WOOD
OTTO C. MASON, Vice-Chairman HARRY ARLANSON EDWARD F. BUTLER REV. JOHN DONELIN E. LEO MADDEN JEAN I. RUDOLPH HELEN D. WHITMAN CHARLES A. LOWE
Supervision of Tree Planting Program
(Article 29, Annual Town Meeting-1953)
EVERETT J. MCINTOSH, Chairman LAURA G. GRANGER, Clerk F. GILBERT HILLS
Purchasing Committee for the Highway Department (Article 1, Item 29, Annual Town Meeting-1953)
ALBERT VINAL, Chairman JOHN J. O'LEARY, Secretary WILLIAM H. DONOVAN
Memorial Day Committee
(Article 1, Item 32, Annual Town Meeting-1953)
VINCENT G. FISHER, Chairman ELMER S. MITCHELL JOSEPH A. RUDOLPH GELORMA V. CAVALLO HAROLD BARNES
SUMNER F. BICKFORD JOSEPH R. NOLET LARS H. LARSON
JOHN FRANCOMANO, JR. HAZEL A. THERIAULT
ROBERT W. PRATT
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Committee to Study Drainage Problems (Article 11, Special Town Meeting-1953)
JOHN J. O'LEARY, Chairman LAURIE J. ESTABROOK, Secretary ANDREW A. CHISHOLM ARTHUR H. MOSHER
EDGAR F. WALKER
Committee to Complete Set of Regulations Governing Plumbing Procedure
(Article 81, Item 5, Annual Town Meeting-1953)
CHARLES F. CREHAN, Chairman PAUL COFFEY ANDREW A. CHISHOLM
House Rock Committee
(Article 7, Special Town Meeting-May 25, 1953)
THERON I. CAIN, Chairman JEANNETTE F. HAWES, Clerk
G. STINSON LORD EVERETT J. MCINTOSH AMY HILL DUNCAN
Continuance of Arrangement on Parking Area in South Weymouth (Article 66, Annual Town Meeting-1953)
JOSEPH CREHAN
WARREN P. BURRELL ARTHUR I. NEGUS
For Establishment of Engineering Department (Article 74, Annual Town Meeting-1953)
JAMES FREDERICK BRITTAIN, Chairman ARTHUR R. HAWES LINCOLN W. RYDER
*Resigned ** Moved *** Deceased
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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 SECOND DAY OF MARCH, 1953
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 second day of March, to meet in adjourned session at the hall of the Weymouth High School, on
WEDNESDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF MARCH, 1953
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 second or action upon which may, at said meeting March second, have been deferred until said adjourned session.
Given under my hand at Weymouth, this 11th day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-three.
HARRY CHRISTENSEN, Town Clerk of Weymouth.
A True Copy Attest : HARRY CHRISTENSEN
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING MONDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF MARCH, 1953 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 hall of the Weymouth High School on
MONDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF MARCH, 1953
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.
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 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 Soldiers' Monument
15. Police Department
16. Fire Department
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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 Welfare and Old Age Assistance Under General Laws (Ter. Ed.), Chapter 118A as amended
27. Pensions
28. Veterans' Benefits and War Allowances, 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
39. Construction and Operation of System of Sewers
40. Alewife Fishery
CARE OF GRAVES
41. Care of Soldiers' Gravs
42. Care of Old Cemeteries Under General Laws (Ter. Ed.), Chapter 114, Sections 16 and 18
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INTEREST AND DEBT REQUIREMENT
43. Interest and Discount
44. Bonds and Notes Due in 1953
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, 1953; 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 draw- ing of compensation from the Town as the Town may see fit; or take any other action in relation to any of the foregoing subjects.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
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, 1954, to borrow in anticipation of the revenue of the year 1954.
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 1953, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 5. () (By Direction of Selectmen.) That the Selectmen be authorized 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 Department 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 and Sewer Commissioners vote to concur in the opinion that the property will not be needed for parks, playgrounds or other public use.
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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.
STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
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 :-
Abbott Street
Holmes Avenue
Adams Place
Julia Road
Alpine Road
Lakecrest Path
Argyle Court
Lawson Road
Bald Eagle Road
Lindale Avenue
Belmont Street, from No. 111 to No. 146
Lyme Street
Moreland Road
Belmont Street, from Adorn Street to Lot 113
Mount Vernon East, Extension
Berkeley Street
Norma Avenue
Black Hawk Road
Oak Hill Road
Blake Road Extension
Patterson Street
Blossom Lane
Perry Street
Bradford Road Canacum Road Carver Street
Rinaldo Road
Christine Terrace
Ste. Anne Road
Clarendon Street
Constitution Avenue
Cottage Lane
Sanderson Avenue Sanning Road Soper Avenue Stratford Road
Donnellan Circle Elva Road
Thomas Road
Ernest Road
Verndale Road
Frank Road
Vinson Street
Gilbert Road
Wessagussett Road
Harlem Road
Worthen Avenue
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 as laid out and accepted, and 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 ease- ments 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 8. (At Request of Planning Board.) To see what action the Town will take to resurface the following streets: (a) Green Street from North Street to Neck Street; (b) Front Street from Washington Street Street to Glines Avenue; (c) Commercial Street from Washington Street to Thayer's Crossing (so-called), or take any other action in relation thereto.
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Loud Avenue
Bengal Road
Red Jacket Road
Rindge Street
ARTICLE 9. (By Direction of the Board of Selectmen.) To see what sum of money the Town will appropriate to rebuild Green Street to its entire length and said money to be expended under direction of the Board of Selectmen, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 10. (By Direction of the Board of Selectmen.) To see what sum of money the Town will appropriate to finish construction of Carroll Street to its accepted length, or take any other action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 11. (By Direction of the Board of Selectmen.) To see what action the Town will take to relocate at Jackson Square, the island at junction of Broad, Pleasant and Commercial Streets, East Weymouth, or take any other action in relation thereto.
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