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WEYMOUTH
TOWN REPORT
1954
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ANNUAL REPORT
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TOWN OF WEYMOUTH
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 1954-1955
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 CRFHAN. Chairman
RALPH J. AMABILE, JR.
WARREN P. BURRELL
RAYMOND MORGAN
JAMES T. O'SULLIVAN
Term expires March 1955 Term expires March 1955 Term expires March 1955
Term expires March 1955 Term expires March 1955
ASSESSORS
CHARLES W. BURGESS, Chairman HARRY E. BEARCE. Executive Secretary GEORGE H. BELL ***
Term expires March 1955 Term expires March 1957 Term expires March 1956
EDWARD F. BUTIER
JOHN W. HEFFERNAN
FRANK A. PRAY
Term expires March 1955 Term expres March 1956 Term expires March 1955
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
FRANK W. HOLBROOK
Term expires March 1957
PARK COMMISSIONERS
EVERETT J. McINTOSH, Chairman OTTO C. MASON JOSEPH D. SLATTERY
Term expires March 1957 Term expires March 1955 Term expires March 1956
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
GEORGE H. THOMPSON, Chairman WILLIAM A. CONNELL, JR., Clerk DR. WALLACE H. DRAKE DR. EDWARD J. HOWLEY HAROLD B. NASH
WILLIAM F. SHIELDS
Term expires March 1956 Term expires March 1957 Term expires March 1956 Term expires March 1955
Term expires March 1957
Term expires March 1955
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WATER COMMISSIONERS
STANLEY T. TORREY, Chairman HARRY I. GRANGER, Clerk ex-officio JOSEPH CREHAN, ex-officio JOHN E. HORACE CLARENCE W. TAYLOR
Term expires March 1956
Term expires March 1956 Term expires March 1955
Term expires March 1957 Term expires March 1955
SEWER COMMISSIONERS
J. HERBERT LIBBEY, Chairman JOHN W. FIELD, Clerk CHARLES J. MASTERSON
Term expires March 1955 Term expires March 1957 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
FRANCIS 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 1955 Term expires March 1957 Term expires March 1956 Term expires March 1957
Term expires March 1957 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 1957 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 1959 Term expires March 1959
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 1955
HOUSING AUTHORITY
BERTIE J. BLANCHARD, Chairman HENRY PILATO, Vice-Chairman PLUMER E. POPE, Treasurer ALFRED W. Cadman, Asst. Treasurer HENRY T. CALNAN
Term expires March 1959 State appointee 1956 Term expires March 1956 Term expires March 1958 Term expires March 1955
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TOWN MEETING MEMBERS Precinct 1, Term expires 1955
JAMES BOWES EVA E. CHUBBUCK OBERLIN S. CLARK
RUSSELL E. DeCOSTE MABELLE L. GLADWIN GERALD B. PROCTOR
JOSEPH W. SIMS
Precinct 1, Term expires 1956
HERBERT A. CHUBBUCK
LAUGHTON B. DASHA
CHARLES HEARN
JOSEPH E. HILL R. CHESTER LOPAUS EDWARD L. MADDEN, JR.
WILFRED B. MATHEWSON
Precinct 1, Term expires 1957
CLIFFORD O. BATES
ALBERT L. BOLIN **
EVELYN V. FOWLER
THOMAS A. BOYLE ALEXANDER J. TANGUY GERALD K. HACKETT
CHARLES P. WOLFE
Precinct 2, Term expires 1955
RUSSELL F. COWING
RALPH H. HASKINS ***
EDWARD P. HUNT, JR.
ROBERT D. HUNT
EMILY M. JACKSON ** PETER F. KENDRICK OLIVE D. SYLVESTER FRANK A. THIBODEAU
Precinct 2, Term expires 1956
HARRY E. BEARCE
PAUL V. COFFEY
JOHN F. CRONIN
CHARLES R. DENBROEDER
PRESTON A. DePLACIDO EVERETT T. GARDER ** FREDERICK S. INGRAM FREDERICK V. NOLAN
Precinct 2. Term expires 1957
WILLIAM H. BROCKLESBY
EILEEN L. FOWLER
WILLIAM J. GAUGHEN
HAROLD C. GOULD
JOSEPH B. NOSIGLIA ELLSWORTH J. OUR ORAL A. PAGE RALPH S. WILDER, JR.
Precinct 3. Term expires 1955
CHESTER L. BOYLE
FRANCIS C. DALEY
WILLIAM F. DONOGHUE
RUTH M. POPE NORMAN J. REILLY RICHARD L. TAYLOR
WILBUR F. WEEKS
Precinct 3, Term expires 1956
HARRY BLOOM CHARLES A. COYLE JOSEPH C. DESMOND
** DOROTHY I. POPE FRANK A. PRAY JOSEPH D. SLATTERY
JOHN F. TRACY
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Precinct 3, Term expires 1957
ALBERT E. AHLSTEDT, JR. HAROLD F. DOWD JOHN J. KELLEY
F. RANDALL POWERS THOMAS O. SCHUTZ HAROLD J. TRASK
E. BIDEN WHITNEY
Precinct 4, Term expires 1955
HARRY N. CALL HARRY N. CALL. JR. CHESLEY CORMACK
WILLIAM F. DWYFR MARION L. NASH CHARLES B. TURNESA
Precinct 4, Term expires 1956
HENRY C. BLENIS, JR .***
FRANCIIS J. BUTLER
WILLIAM A. CONNELL, JR.
CHARLES H. D~RUSHA LOUIS H. ELLS JOHN W. HEFFERNAN
Precinct 4, Term expires 1957
ROBERT T. ALLEN HENRY F. GIGUERE
JOHN W. KNOX
WILLIAM E. LEARY ALFRED K. MARTIN FREDERICK G. SPENCER
Precinct 5, Term expires 1955
WINSTON A. HOWE ** IVAN A. NELSON JAMES G. RUSSELL, JR.
CARL C. SHERMAN REGINALD P. TIRRELL GEORGE T. WILKINSON
Precinct 5. Term expires 1956
FRANK E. DUNN
HARRY FEKKES
EARL F. HANNAFIN
OTTO C. MASON ARTHUR I. NEGUS WILLIAM G. B. PARK
Precinct 5, Term expires 1957
EARNEST A. BAKER
GEORGE H. BELL ***
HAROLD M. CANAVAN
MADELINE F. CHANCE WILLIAM H. LOUD CLARENCE W. TAYLOR
Precinct 6. Term expires 1955
EDWARD ALEMIAN, JR.
W. NORMAN BATES
ROBERT H. GAUGHAN JOHN J. LYNCH RICHARD REIDY
LESTER L. BELCHER
GEORGE H. BICKNELL
JAMES J. CUNNIFF
DANIEL J. SLATTERY GERALD P. SULLIVAN
Precinct 6. Term expires 1956
GEORGE F. BRADY
EDWARD F. BUTLER
JOHN W. CICCHESE
RALPH T. CIPULLO
HENRY F. GODIN PHILIP T. JONES JOHN E. REIDY JOHN H. REIDY
GEORGE E. CUNNIFF
ALFRED C. SHEEHY
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Precinct 6, Term expires 1957
JOSEPH ALOYSIUS CAHALAN
FRANCIS H. MAGUIRE
RUTH EDNA ALLEN
THOMAS J. PLOURDE
DONALD R. CARLSON
CLARENCE 1. SHERMAN
DOMENIC A. SPANO
CEDRIC D. WATSON
Precinct 7, Term expires 1955
STANLEY B. CHALKE HERBERT F. HIGGINS
ELMER S. LOUD
IRVING E. JOHNSON
ROLAND A. MacDONALD ARTHUR THORP
Precinct 7, Term expires 1956
HOWARD T. ALBION
RALPH P. COBB
RICHARD H. CHASE
ANDREW A. CHISHOLM
KARLE G. LOVELL LOUIS T. POMPEO
Precinct 7, Term expires 1957
WILLIAM B. CHALKE, JR. JOHN J. FITZGERALD
CHARLES A. FLYNN
FRANKLIN FRYER ROBERT E. GAULEY RICHARD F. PATTISON
Precinct 8, Term expires 1955
H. GLENN ALLEN
ARTHUR L. BICKFORD
THERON I. CAIN
GEORGE M. ELKIN
ELLSWORTH W. GARRISON RAYMOND O. HOLLIS RITA M. LANE CARL H. PETERSON
Precinct 8, Term expires 1956
HERBERT ALMQUIST
PRESCOTT B. BROWN
ARTHUR A. CICCHESE
FRANCIS A. FARR
JOHN M. GALLAGHER PHILIP W. HENLEY GEORGE E. LANE JOHN H. PFLAUMER, JR.
Precinct 8, Term expires 1957
MERLE S. AVERILL
ANTHONY L. CASSESE
PAUL C. CLEAVES
WILLIAM H. CORKEY
JOHN W. COYLE WILLIAM F. CROCKER *CHARLES H. DOWNS WILLIAM B. SIMPSON, JR.
Precinct 9, Term expires 1955
GCRDON T. BARNES HELEN BOHM RALPH A. KLINGEMAN
JOHN W. O'DONNELL
GEORGE E. PRUDEN WILLIAM F. SHIELDS WALTER M. SMITH EDWARD L. THIBEAULT
Precinct 9, Term expires 1956
HERBERT W. CAUSER EARL E. CURTIN, SR. JOHN W. FIELD FRANCIS A. GUNN
JAMES L. NEARY ROY V. NELSON ROBERT B. OSGOOD WILBUR G. TIRRELL
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FRANCIS R. CASHMAN **
GERLERMO V. CAVALLO
Precinct 9, Term expires 1957
EDWIN W. BARNARD, SR. ALFRED C. HURST *GEORGE S. NOYES, JR. ELIZABETH M. PRUDEN
GEORGE REED LINCOLN W. RYDER DARRELL D. SMITH IRVING A. WAITZ
Precinct 10, Term expires 1955
DAVID W. DOUGLAS WILLIAM E. EDMONDSON
CLARENCE H. GOLDTHWAITE
JOHN A. HUTCHINS EDWARD M. KEOHAN CLARE V. NASH
Precinct 10, Term expires 1956
GRAYDON L. ABBOTT CHARLES F. ALLEN
SUMNER E. BRITTON
JOSEPH F. CUSHING PAUL L. GOODHUE WALTER C. GUTTERSON
Precinct 10, Term expires 1957
RUSSELL A. CARROLL
ROBERT E. EMERY **
GEORGE C. FOSTER
WALTER B. HEFFERNAN DONALD R. TAYLOR, JR. NATHANIEL G. WETHERBEE
Precinct 11, Term expires 1955
FREDERICK A. ALLAN
LOUIS A. DILLON
ROBERT J. GALLAGHER
RAY E. LOUD
JOSEPH W. MAHONEY JOHN F. NEWTON MURRAY G. PARKER RUSSELL A. STILES
Precinct 11, Term expires 1956
PERCIVAL A. AMES
MILTON D. BAILEY
HENRY F. CLAPP
HERMAN O. COLLYER
WILLIAM B. DASHA DAVID M. EDELSTEIN GEORGE W. HUNT, JR. SANDY ROULSTON
Precinct 11, Term expires 1957
RACHEAL C. BLANCHARD
GEORGE C. CLEAVES, JR.
ROBERT L. GALLAGHER
JOSEPH L. KELLY
E. LEO MADDEN DONALD G. PATT BERNICE STILES WILLIS M. WIGHT
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. DR. JOHN L. BASTEY
CHARLES W. BURGESS
WARREN P. BURRELL
BERTIE J. BLANCHARD
HARRY CHRISTENSEN ARTHUR A. CICCHESE
R. CHESTER LOPAUS ELMER S. LOUD THOMAS F. LYNCH, SR. JOSEPH A. MacDONALD EVERETT J. McINTOSH RAYMOND MORGAN JOHN F. NEWTON
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J. HERBERT LIBBEY PAUL V. COFFEY JOSEPH CREHAN DANIEL F. DENNEHY EMERSON R. DIZER
JOHN L. GALLANT OLINDO S. GAROFALO HARRY I. GRANGER G. ELEANOR GRUNDSTROM
V. LESLIE HEBERT FRANK W. HOLBROOK NEWLAND H. HOLMES EDWARD M. KEOHAN
DANIEL L. O'DONNELL JAMES T. O'SULLIVAN WILLIAM PERRAULT FRANKLIN N. PRATT DANIEL REIDY, JR WARREN F. ROULSTON ELLIOT P. THAYER GEORGE H. THOMPSON ARTHUR THORP STANLEY T. TORREY FRED VALICENTI ROBERT L. PARK WILLIAM A. CONNELL, JR.
APPOINTEES APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE
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.
Term expires 1957
EDWARD M. KEOHAN R. CHESTER LOPAUS WARREN F. ROULSTON, Secretary
*GEORGE S. NOYES, JR. ELMER S. LOUD FRED VALICENTI
ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMITTEE
. ORLINDO S. GAROFALO, Chairman ROGER P. LOUD
J. HERBERT LIBBEY, Clerk ARTHUR F. SARGENT
CHARLES B. TURNESA
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
MRS. HELEN R. CORRIDAN, Chairman HARRY CHRISTENSEN, Clerk
EDWARD C. McINTOSH
JOHN J. SANTRY
Term expires March 1956 Term expires March 1955 Term expires March 1957 Term expires March 1955
BOARD OF APPEAL
WARREN P. BURRELL ARTHUR A. CICCHESE
RUSSELL H. WHITING
RETIREMENT BOARD
EMERSON R. DIZER
THOMAS WELCH
ERLE R. STARRATT
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CONSTABLES
NORMAN F. KEITH EDWARD A. HUNT
FRANCIS A. THIBODEAU CHARLES P. WOLFE
PERSONNEL BOARD
SANDY ROULSTON. Chairman EDWARD F. BUTLER, Clerk
WILLIAM A. TAYLOR, Personnel Officer
JOSEPH F. HARRAGHY WALTER R. MURRAY WILBUR WEEKS
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 CLEMENT N. CURTIS LAUGHTON B. DASHA
Term expires March 1957
Term expires March 1956
MARTIN P. DAVIS
Term expires March 1957
PRESTON A. DePLACIDO
Term expires March 1956 Term expires March 1955
LUCY P. MAHONEY
Term expires March 1953
EMILY L. McGOVERN
Term expires March 1955 Term expires March 1959
GEORGE E. PRUDEN JAMES P. REILLY
Term expires March 1959 Term expires March 1958 Term expires March 1955
A. WESLEY SAMPSON
ROLAND T. SEABURY
Term expires March 1958
MARGUERITE W. SHAFTOE
Term expires March 1955
OLIVE D. SYLVESTER
Term expires March 1957
FENCE VIEWERS
EDWARD O'LEARY 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 POLICE
KEEPER OF THE LOCKUP
CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
FOREST WARDEN
TOWN ACCOUNTANT TOWN COUNSEL
TOWN ENGINEER
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
* ** EDWARD F. BUTLER EDWARD F. BUTLER JOSEPH B. O'KANE JOSEPH B. O'KANE WALTER R. MURRAY WALTER R. MURRAY EMERSON R. DIZER ARTHUR A. CICCHESE RUSSELL H. WHITING **** JOHN J. O'LEARY
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Term expires 1955 Term expires March 1956 Term expires March 1956
Term expires March 1959
JOHN L. GALLANT
KENNETH L. NASH
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
SLAUGHTER INSPECTOR
MUTH SUPERINTENDENT
CUSTODIAN TOWN HALL
CUSTODIAN OF VETERANS' GRAVES
HARBOR MASTER
ELLSWORTH J. OUR KARL L. O'NEIL CECIL L. EVANS
SHELLFISH CONSTABLE
CHARLES McMURRAY
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION AGENT SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
THOMAS M. WELCH CHARLES W. BURGESS
COMMITTEES APPOINTED BY THE MODERATOR
Committee to prepare plans and specifications for school on Ralph Talbot Street site. (Art. 4, Sp. 'Town Meeting 11-9-53)
Francis J. Butler, 77 Mill St., So. Weymouth
Reino Laine, 182 Pleasant St., So. Weymouth
Ronald A. MacDonald, 99 Oak St., So. Weymouth Elmer S. Mapes, Superintendent of Schools
*George S. Noyes, Jr., 75 Blanchard Rd., So. Weymouth
George H. Thompson, 77 Homestead Ave., Weymouth Elliot T. Wilson, 7 Ralph Talbot St., So. Weymouth Joseph A. MacDonald, 38 Kirkland Rd., So. Weymouth
Purchasing Committee for the Highway Dept. (Art. 1, Item 29 Annual Town Meeting 1954)
Albert J. Vinal, Chairman, 197 Columbian St., So. Weymouth John J. O'Leary, 76 Myrtle St., E. Weymouth William H. Donovan, 38 Mt. Vernon Road East, E. Weymouth
Memorial Day Committee (Art. 1, Item 32, Annual Town Meeting 1954) Juseph Holland, Chairman, 393 Ralph Talbot St., So. Weymouth Themas Campoli, 1223 Commercial St., E. Weymouth Vincent G. Fisher, 89 Memorial Dr., E. Weymouth Roy Anderson, 1239 Main St., So. Weymouth John MacDonald, 123 Fuller Rd., No. Weymouth Geleimo V. Cavallo, 73 Lake Street, E. Weymouth Mis. Hazel A. Theriault, 18 High St., Place, E. Weymouth R bert W. Pratt, 120 Oak St., So. Weymouth Harold Barnes, 73 Essex Street, Weymouth
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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 JOHN H. REIDY V. LESLIE HEBERT
Committee to study the taking of land at the corner of Neck and Green Streets (Arts. 43 and 55, Annual Town Meeting 1954)
John F. Newton, 17 Pearl St., No. Weymouth James T. O'Sullivan, 41 Ocean Ave., No. Weymouth Joseph B. O'Kane, 84 Central St., So. Weymouth
Committee to study Town Government (Art. 75, Annual Town Meeting 1954)
Herbert A. Chubbuck, 85 Regatta Rd., No. Weymouth
Mrs. Evelyn V. Fowler, 197 Wessagussett Rd., No. Weymouth
John F. Cronin, 32 Old Country Way, E. Weymouth
Emerson R. Dizer, 103 Chard St., E. Weymouth Ruth M. Pope, 140 Webb St., Weymouth
Thomas O. Schulz, 54 Roosevelt Rd., Weymouth William A. Connell, Jr., 37 Highland Pl., So. Weymouth
Frederick G. Spencer, 52 Circuit Ave., So. Weymouth
Harry Fekkes, 240 Randolph St., So. Weymouth Reginald P. Tirrell, 71 Swan Ave., So. Weymouth Joseph Crehan, 63 Spring St., E. Weymouth Philip T. Jones, 52 Iron Hill St., E. Weymouth Franklin Fryer, 362 Ralph Talbot St., So. Weymouth Richard F. Pattison, 693 Pleasant St., So. Weymotuh Raymond O. Hollis, 43 Mt. Vernon Road East, E. Weymouth George E. Lane, 92 Mt. Vernon Road West, E. Weymouth Herbert W. Causer, 42 Ralph Talbot St., So. Weymouth John W. Field, 15 Bates Ave., So. Weymouth Graydon L. Abbott, 15 Carson St., Weymouth Joseph F. Cushing, 96 Summer St., Weymouth Percival A. Ames, 44 Sherwood Rd., No. Weymouth David M. Edelstein, 307 North St., No. Weymouth
Committee to prepare preliminary plans for a memorial tablet or tablets relative to World War II and Korean War Veterans (Art. 37, Annual Town Meeting, 1954)
Harold B. Nash, Chairman, 33 Carson St., Weymouth
Francis H. Maguire, 71 Hawthorne St., E. Weymouth Dorothy E. Page, 35 Academy Ave., E. Weymouth
Dewey L. Santacroce, Jr., 972 Commercial St., E. Weymouth Donald V. Slayter, 111 White St., So. Weymouth
Committee to study voting machines (Art. 79 Annual Town Meeting 1954)
Harry Christensen, Chairman, 11 Broad St., Weymouth Robert H. Ryan, 73 Neck St., No. Weymouth Edward L. Thibeault, 23 Chauncy St., So. Weymouth Horace P. Smith, 60 Burton Ter., So. Weymouth Alva L. Peckham, 10 Petrell Park, Weymouth
*Resigned
** Moved Deceased
Retired
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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 FIRST DAY OF MARCH, 1954
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 first day of March, to meet in adjourned session at the hall of the Weymouth High School, on
WEDNESDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF MARCH, 1954
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 first or action upon which may at said meeting March first, have been de- ferred until said adjourned session.
Given under my hand at Weymouth, this second day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-four.
HARRY CHRISTENSEN, Town Clerk of Weymouth.
A True Copy. Attest: HARRY CHRISTENSEN Town Clerk
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING MONDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF MARCH, 1954 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 FIRST DAY OF MARCH, 1954
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 dur- ing 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. 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 author- ized by the Board of Selectmen
12. Planning Board
13. Maintenance and upkeep of Town Hall and Town Hall Annex, and War Memorial
14. Maintenance and upkeep of Civil War Soldiers' 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 Welfare and Old Age Assistance under General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 118A as amended
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, Sec- tion 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.), Chap- ter 114, Section 16 and 18
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 appro. priated shall be available for expenditures under General Laws (Ter. Ed.), Chapter 40, Section 5, Clause 34; to determine what, if any, sums so ap- propriated shall remain available after December 31, 1954; 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, 1955 to borrow in anticipation of the revenue of the year 1955.
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 determin- ing the tax rate for the year 1954, 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 appproval 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 De-
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partment 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, majorities of the Planning Board, Sewer Commissioners, and Park Commissioners respectively, 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 re- lief 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 inter- est 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:
Alpine Road
Appletree Lane
Carver Street & Perry Street
Circuit Road
Courier Street
Meridith Way
Danbury Road
Merilyn Road Nelson Road
Delia Walker Avenue
Dixon Park Road
Endicott Street Estabrook Road
Fallgren Lane & ext. Cornish Street Gale Road Hanian Drive
Holly Hill Circle
Holmes Avenue House Rock Road Julia Road Karlyn Road Kent Road
Sumner Road Valley Road
Ext. of Vinson Street Prince Street
Ledgehill Road Longwood Road Mandalay Road Melody Lane
Overlook Road Patterson Street Pierce Court Plain Terrace Ranger Circle St. Anne Road South Avenue Off Station Street
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 re- ferred 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.
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