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WEYMOUTH TOWN REPORT 1959
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Annual report of the town of Weymouth,
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PRESENTED BY.
Town of Weymouth
ANNUAL REPORT
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CONTAINING THE REPORT OF SELECTMEN, TOWN TREASURER, TOWN CLERK, TOWN ACCOUNTANT, ASSESSORS AND OTHER OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1959-60
Elected By Ballot
TOWN CLERK
HARRY CHRISTENSEN
Tenure of Office
TOWN TREASURER
HARRY I. GRANGER
Term expires March 1962
SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
FRANKLIN FRYER, Chairman
RALPH J. AMABILE, JR., Clerk
EVERETT E. CALLAHAN
ROBERT S. CARTER
Term expires March 1962
JAMES T. O'SULLIVAN
Term expires March 1960
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS
JOSEPH M. NOVER, JR., Chairman
ALLAN R. MCKINNON, Vice-Chairman
JOHN E. McCAFFREY, Clerk
ROBERT G. AHLSTEDT
Term expires March 1960
GEORGE F. BRADY
Term expires March 1962
GEORGE E. LANE
Term expires March 1961 Term expires March 1961
ASSESSORS
CHARLES W. BURGESS, Chairman JOSEPH CREHAN, Executive Secretary GEORGE H. BELL, JR.
EDWARD F. BUTLER
JOHN W. HEFFERNAN
Term expires March 1961 Term expires March 1960
Term expires March 1962
Term expires March 1961 Term expires March 1962
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
FRANK W. HOLBROOK
Term expires March 1962
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Term expires March 1961 Term expires March 1962 Term expires March 1960
EVERETT J. McINTOSH
Term expires March 1961
Term expires March 1961 Term expires March 1962
PARK COMMISSIONERS
OTTO C. MASON, Chairman
CHESTER L. BOYLE DAVID W. KELLY WILLIAM G. RENNIE, JR.
JOSEPH D. SLATTERY, Clerk
Term expires March 1961
Term expires March 1962
Term expires March 1961
Term expires March 1960
Term expires March 1962
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
HENRY HOFFMAN, Chairman
WALLACE H. DRAKE
Term expires March 1962
THEODORE L. HANABURY
Term expires March 1961
EDWARD J. HOWLEY
Term expires March 1961
HAROLD B. NASH
Term expires March 1960
N. ROBERT OLANDER, Vice-Chairman
Term expires March 1962
THOMAS F. SHIELDS, Clerk
Term expires March 1961
TRUSTEES OF TUFTS LIBRARY
FRANKLIN N. PRATT, Chairman
ALICE E. FULTON, Clerk
Term expires March 1961
WALLACE H. DRAKE
Term expires March 1960
FRANCIS N. DROWN
Term expires March 1962
HENRY F. GODIN
Term expires March 1960 Term expires March 1960
WALTER G. GUTTERSON
PHILIP T. JONES
Term expires March 1962
RICHARD REIDY
Term expires March 1961
H. FORREST WILSON
Term expires March 1962
BOARD OF HEALTH
FRANCIS R. CASHMAN, Chairman NORMAN J. REILLY, Clerk
PAUL V. COFFEY
Term expires March 1961 Term expires March 1962
PLANNING BOARD
WALTER B. HEFFERNAN, Chairman
Term expires March 1963
FRANK G. HALE, JR., Secretary -
Term expires March 1964
MERLE S. AVERILL
Term expires March 1960
FRANK J. HOMEYER
Term expires March 1960
RALPH A. LARSEN
Term expires March 1962
JOHN F. NEWTON
Term expires March 1961 Term expires March 1964
ANNUAL MODERATOR
DANIEL L. O'DONNELL
Term expires March 1960
HOUSING AUTHORITY
JAMES FASINO, Chairman BERTIE J. BLANCHARD ALFRED W. CADMAN FRANCIS H. MAGUIRE
PLUMER E. POPE
Term expires 1961
Term expires March 1964 Term expires March 1963 Term expires March 1960 Term expires March 1961
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WILLIAM F. WHITE
Term expires March 1960
Term expires March 1961
Term expires March 1960
TOWN MEETING MEMBERS Precinct 1, Term expires 1960
CLIFFORD O. BATES 1 RICHARD W. BLAZO 4
THOMAS A. BOYLE 1
EVELYN V. FOWLER 3 WILLIAM E. IRISH 4
JAMES F. SULLIVAN 1
ALEXANDER J. TANGUY 4
Precinct 1, Term expires 1961
OBERLIN S. CLARK 3
FRANCIS J. CONROY 4
ROBERT F. COUGHLIN 2
RICHARD A. DEWEY 0 ALLAN R. MCKINNON 3 GERALD B. PROCTER 4
JOSEPH M. NOVER, JR. 4
Precinct 1, Term expires 1962
LAUGHTON B. DASHA 4 R. CHESTER LOPAUS 4 WILFRED B. MATHEWSON 3
CHARLES C. HEARN 4
JOSEPH E. HILL 1 ANNE McKINNON 2
EVELYN M. YOUNG 4
Precinct 2, Term expires 1960
WILLIAM H. BROCKLESBY 1
WYMAN S. ELDREDGE 3
HAROLD C. GOULD 3 ELLSWORTH J. OUR 3
WILLIAM J. GAUGHEN 1
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RALPH S. WILDER, JR. 2
Precinct 2, Term expires 1961
GEORGE F. GARDNER 3
EMILY M. JACKSON 3
EDWARD P. HUNT, JR. 4 ELMER G. JOHNSON 4 FRANCIS H. MAGUIRE 3
ROBERT D. HUNT 4
OLIVE D. SYLVESTER 4
Precinct 2, Term expires 1962
HARRY E. BEARCE 2
PAUL V. COFFEY 3
WILLIAM A. DWYER 2
HENRY W. GUERNSEY 4 ALPHONSO JOHNSON 1 FREDERICK V. NOLAN 4 WENDELL R. TOTMAN 1
Precinct 3, Term expires 1960
ROBERT E. CLARK 4
HAROLD F. DOWD 1
HENRY J. LARAMEE 4
F. RANDALL POWERS 3 THOMAS O. SCHULZ 3 E. BIDEN WHITNEY 2
Precinct 3, Term expires 1961
FRANCIS C. DALEY 3 WILLIAM F. DONOGHUE 2 RUTH M. POPE 3
NORMAN J. REILLY 3 RICHARD L. TAYLOR 3 WILBUR F. WEEKS 0
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Precinct 3, Term expires 1962
HARRY BLOOM 3 DOROTHY A. CHRISTENSEN 3
JOSEPH H. COLERAN 4
CHARLES A. COYLE 4 JOSEPH D. SLATTERY 1 JOHN F. TRACY 3
Precinct 4, Term expires 1960
ALBERT E. AHLSTEDT, JR. 3
ROBERT T. ALLEN 4
SIDNEY DeBOER 4
HENRY F. GIGUERE 1 WILLIAM E. LEARY 2 ALFRED K. MARTIN 4
FREDERICK G. SPENCER 4
Precinct 4, Term expires 1961
HARRY N. CALL, JR. 3
WILLIAM F. DWYER 0
ROBERT J. FOLEY 4
JOHN E. McCAFFREY 4 JAMES A. McKENNA 4 JOHN A. QUIST 2
CHARLES B. TURNESA 2
Precinct 4, Term expires 1962
HARRISON L. BUCK, JR. 3
FRANCIS J. BUTLER 4
FRANK CALLAHAN 4
CHARLES H. DeRUSHA 1 LOUIS H. ELLS 4 JOHN W. HEFFERNAN 1
ALVA L. PECKHAM 4
Precinct 5, Term expires 1960
ERNEST A. BAKER 4
DAVID W. KELLEY 3
WILLIAM H. LOUD 3
HENRY I. MANSON 4 CLARENCE W. TAYLOR 4 WILFRED W. TAYLOR 3
Precinct 5, Term expires 1961
JAMES F. ALLISON 3
FREDERICK W. DRIVER, JR. 3
MARIE T. McCAW 3
ROBERT L. PARK 3 CARL C. SHERMAN 4 JOSEPH T. WOOD 2
Precinct 5, Term expires 1962
CHARLES E. ADAMS, JR. 4
WILLIAM A. DONOVAN 1
EARL F. HANNAFIN 3
OTTO C. MASON 2 EDWARD F. SHIELDS 3 HENRY P. TILDEN JR. 4
Precinct 6, Term expires 1960
RUTH E. ALLEN 3 PETER F. KENDRICK 2 JOHN E. BUTLER 1 JOHN D. MCLELLAN 1
JOSEPH ALOYSIUS CAHALAN 2 ** THOMAS J. PLOURDE 4 ** BURTON F. PLUMMER 0
DONALD R. CARLSON 2
ORLANDO N. CAVALLO 2 EDWARD L. MADDEN, JR. 3
CLARENCE T. SHERMAN 2 CEDRIC D. WATSON 3
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Precinct 6, Term expires 1961
EDWARD ALEMIAN, JR. 3 W. NORMAN BATES 2 LESTER L. BELCHER 1 LAURENCE J. CULLIVAN 2 **
JAMES J. CUNNIFF 1
ROBERT H. GAUGHAN 2
RICHARD REIDY 4
DANIEL J. SLATTERY 4 GEORGE E. STOKES 2
GERALD P. SULLIVAN 1
Precinct 6, Term expires 1962
GEORGE F. BRADY 4
HENRY F. GODIN 1
EDWARD F. BUTLER 4
JOHN W. CICCHESE 3
RALPH T. CIPULLO 3
EDWARD V. COYLE 2
PHILIP T. JONES 4 JOHN E. REIDY 3 JOHN H. REIDY 4 ALFRED C. SHEEHY 4
Precinct 7, Term expires 1960
WILLIAM B. CHALKE, JR. 3 JOHN J. FITZGERALD 2
FRANKLIN FRYER 4
CHARLES A. FLYNN 1
ROBERT E. GAULEY 3 THOMAS J. LINDSAY 3
RICHARD F. PATTISON 2
Precinct 7, Term expires 1961
ROBERT S. CARTER 4
BERNARD S. ERICSON 2
ADOLPHUS W. GILLIS 4 HERBERT F. HIGGINS 3
THOMAS J. FINLEY 2
ELMER S. LOUD 2
ARTHUR THORP 4
Precinct 7, Term expires 1962
CHESTER L. BOYLE 1
HOWARD T. ALBION 3
ANDREW A. CHISHOLM 3
V. LESLIE HEBERT 0 KARLE G. LOVELL 4 JOHN C. NOURSE 2
LOUIS T. POMPEO 4
Precinct 8, Term expires 1960
MERLE S. AVERILL 33
PAUL C. CLEAVES 3
JOHN W. COYLE 4
WILLIAM F. CROCKER 3
EDWARD J. DOWLING 1 WALTER F. JOHNSON 3 GEORGE F. KEATING 4 WILLIAM B. SIMPSON, JR. 2 THOMAS L. STETSON 1
Precinct 8, Term expires 1961
H. GLENN ALLEN 3 ROBERT A. BUTLER 2 THERON L. CAIN 4 JOHN P. CURLEY, JR. 2*
EDWARD T. HENLEY 2 RAYMOND O. HOLLIS 4 ROBERT I. JOHNSON 1
RITA M. LANE 4
CARL H. PETERSON 3
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Precinct 8, Term expires 1962
N. HERBERT ALMQUIST 4
PHILIP W. HENLEY 4
PRESCOTT B. BROWN 4
GEORGE E. LANE 2
ARTHUR A. CICCHESE 3
FRANCIS A. FARR 3
N. ROBERT OLANDER 4
JOHN H. PFLAUMER, JR. 2
Precinct 9, Term expires 1960
EDWIN W. BARNARD 1
DANIEL V. McISAAC 4
HAROLD B. GAMMELL 4
ELIZABETH M. PRUDEN 4
JAMES E. GRIDLEY 3
LINCOLN W. RYDER 2
HENRY HOFFMAN 4
DARRELL D. SMITH 4
Precinct 9, Term expires 1961
GORDON T. BARNES 2
PAUL RECORD 4
BERNICE S. MORSE 4
WILLIAM F. SHIELDS 4
JOHN W. O'DONNELL 2
EDWARD L. THIBEAULT 2
WILLIAM E. PRAY 1
RALPH J. WALO 2
Precinct 9, Term expires 1962
HERBERT W. CAUSER 3
FREDERICK J. HACKETT 3
JOHN W. FIELD 4
ROBERT E. OSGOOD 4
MICHAEL C. GILLEN 2
WILBUR G. TIRRELL 3
FRANCIS A. GUNN 3
ANTRICE VanKEUREN 2
Precinct 10, Term expires 1960
RUSSELL A. CARROLL 2"
DOMINIC S. FUCILE 3
PETER P. FORTUNA 3
GEORGE C. FOSTER 2
WALTER B. HEFFERNAN 4 NATHANIEL G. WETHERBEE 2
Precinct 10, Term expires 1961
CHARLES F. CLEARY 4
WILLIAM E. EDMONDSON 3
CLARENCE H. GOLDTHWAITE 4
JOHN A. HUTCHINS 4 EDWARD M. KEOHAN 3 JOHN R. MacSWAN 1
Precinct 10, Term expires 1962
ROBERT G. AHLSTEDT 4
CELESTINO J. ALLESSANDRINI 3
SUMNER E. BRITTON 2
ARTHUR W. COLLINS 1 JOSEPH F. CUSHING 1 FREDERICK T. HOFFMAN 1
Precinct 11, Term expires 1960
RACHEL C. BLANCHARD 0 GEORGE C. CLEAVES, JR. 2 JOSEPH L. KELLY 2
E. LEO MADDEN 3 DONALD G. PATT 4 BERNICE STILES 3
WILLIS M. WIGHT 4
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ROBERT F. MEADE 2
Precinct 11, Term expires 1961
FREDERICK A. ALLAN 3 LOUIS A. DILLON 4 ROBERT J. GALLAGHER **
RAY E. LOUD 2 JOSEPH W. MAHONEY 4 JOHN F. NEWTON 4
RUSSELL A. STILES 4
Precinct 11, Term expires 1962
PERCIVAL A. AMES 4
HERMAN O. COLLYER 1 WILLIAM B. DASHA 3
MILTON D. BAILEY 4
HENRY F. CLAPP 3
DAVID M. EDELSTEIN 3
GEORGE W. HUNT, JR., 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. 4
ROGER P. LOUD 0
CHARLES W. BURGESS 4
EVERETT E. CALLAHAN 2
JOHN J. CAMERON 4
ROBERT S. CARTER 4
FRANCIS R. CASHMAN 0
HARRY CHRISTENSEN 4
FRANKLIN FRYER 4
LUTHER G. FULTON 4
JAMES FASINO 2
HARRY I. GRANGER 4
WALTER B. HEFFERNAN 4
HENRY HOFFMAN 4
FRANK W. HOLBROOK 4
NEWLAND H. HOLMES 0
G. ELEANOR JORDAN 2 GEORGE F. KEATING 4
ELMER S. LOUD 2
JOSEPH M. NOVER, JR. 4 RICHARD H. O'BRIEN 1 DANIEL L. O'DONNELL 4 JAMES T. O'SULLIVAN 4 ALVA M. PECKHAM 4 RUTH M. POPE 3 FRANKLIN N. PRATT 3 WARREN F. ROULSTON 4 JAMES G. RUSSELL, JR. 4 ALEXANDER J. TANGUY 4 ELLIOT P. THAYER 3 GEORGE H. THOMPSON 0 ARTHUR THORP 4 FRED VALICENTI 2
PATRICK P. WELCH 2
APPOINTEES APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE Term expires 1960
GEORGE F. KEATING ELMER S. LOUD
JOHN F. NEWTON, Secretary ALVA M. PECKHAM
FRED VALICENTI
Term expires 1961
LUTHER G. FULTON THOMAS F. LYNCH, JR.
JAMES G. RUSSELL, JR. ELLIOT P. THAYER, Chairman ARTHUR THORP
Term expires 1962
G. ELEANOR JORDAN RUTH M. POPE
RICHARD H. O'BRIEN ALEXANDER J. TANGUY, Vice-Chairman PATRICK P. WELCH
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THOMAS F. LYNCH, JR. 4 OTTO C. MASON 2 JOHN F. NEWTON 4
ELECTRIC LIGHT COMMITTEE
RALPH T. CIPULLO
J. HERBERT LIBBEY, Clerk
CHARLES B. TURNESA
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
JOHN J. SANTRY, Chairman HARRY CHRISTENSEN, Clerk
MRS. HELEN R. CORRIDAN
EDWARD C. McINTOSH
Term expires 1961 Tenure of Office
Term expires 1962 Term expires 1960
BOARD OF APPEAL
ROBERT H. GAUGHAN JAMES T. O'SULLIVAN J. WARREN HEFFERNAN, Alternate RALPH J. AMABILE, JR., Alternate FRANK S. LAGROTTERIA JOHN H. MORSE, Alternate
RETIREMENT BOARD
WARREN F. ROULSTON THOMAS WELCH
ERLE R. STARRATT
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
JOHN J. CAMPBELL, Chairman
BART J. EPSTEIN
WILLIAM N. FLYNT JOSEPH E. HILL
HERBERT J. KLASSON
CONSTABLES
HAROLD F. DOWD EDWARD A. HUNT
NORMAN F. KEITH FRANCES T. KOHLER, Substitute
PERSONNEL BOARD
EDWARD F. BUTLER, Chairman and Clerk
ANDREW A. CHISHOLM
JOSEPH F. HARRAGHY
FRANCIS L. KELLEY
Term expires March 1960 Term expires March 1962
WILLIAM A. TAYLOR, Personnel Officer
TRUSTEES OF THE LABAN PRATT HOSPITAL
FRANKLIN FRYER. Chairman
HARRY I. GRANGER, Treasurer
WARREN F. ROULSTON, Ex-officio HARRIET S. BERRY
LAUGHTON B. DASHA MARTIN F. DAVIS, Vice-Chairman FRANCIS A. FARR, Clerk ELEANOR C. JACK GEORGE F. KEATING
Term expires March 1960 Term expires March 1961 Term expires March 1962
WILBUR WEEKS
Term expires March 1961 Term expires March 1962
Term expires February 1964 Term expires February 1961 Term expires February 1962 Term expires February 1961 Term expires February 1960 Term expires February 1962
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ROGER P. LOUD, Chairman ARTHUR W. SARGENT
ROY F. KENDALL LUCY P. MAHONEY KENNETH L. NASH ELIZABETH M. PRUDEN JAMES P. REILLY ROLAND T. SEABURY MARGUERITE W. SHAFTOE OLIVE D. SYLVESTER GEORGE H. THOMPSON
Term expires February 1961 Term expires February 1963 Term expires February 1964 Term expires February 1964 Term expires February 1963 Term expires February 1963 Term expires February 1960 Term expires February 1962 Term expires February 1960
FENCE VIEWERS
MICHAEL BARTSCH GEORGE J. HUSBAND
RAY J. LAYSAKOWSKI ALFRED F. MURRAY
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 PUBLIC WORKS SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
SUPERINTENDENT OF SEWER DEPT. SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER 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 MOTH SUPERINTENDENT TREE WARDEN
CUSTODIAN OF TOWN HALL CUSTODIAN OF VETERANS' GRAVES HARBOR MASTER
SHELLFISH CONSTABLE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION AGENT SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES RECREATION DIRECTOR
JOSEPH B. O'KANE JOSEPH B. O'KANE WALTER R. MURRAY WALTER R. MURRAY WARREN F. ROULSTON DANIEL L. O'DONNELL FRANK S. LAGROTTERIA ARTHUR J. BILODEAU DANIEL J. SLATTERY ELMER S. MAPES NORMAN M. SMITH **** SIDNEY C. BEANE HENRY P. TILDEN, JR. THOMAS P. DELAHUNT FLURANCE I. LYONS ANDREW A. CHISHOLM THOMAS J. McDONALD JOSEPH W. ROSS HENRY F. GODIN JOHN H. REIDY JOHN H. REIDY JOHN H. REIDY V. LESLIE HEBERT V. LESLIE HEBERT
ELLSWORTH J. OUR WILLIAM A. CONNELL, SR. CECIL L. EVANS CHARLES W. McMURRAY THOMAS M. WELCH JOHN R. SHEEHAN WILLIAM E. KIRRANE
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COMMITTEES APPOINTED BY THE MODERATOR Observance of Memorial Day and Veterans' Day Committee (Art. L, Items 29A and 29B, A.T.M.)
Minot P. Edwards, Chairman, 26 Hilltop Road, North Weymouth Bartlett Bulman, 12 Georgia Road, South Weymouth Earl D. Saley, 31/Suwanee Road, East Weymouth Owen Garber, 130 Thicket Street, South Weymouth Charles R. Heger, 983 Commercial Street, East Weymouth Gordon G. O'Brien, 28 Adorn Street, Weymouth Frank J. Purpura, 48 Blackstone Road, North Weymouth Mrs. Hazel A. Theriault, 408 North Street, North Weymouth Robert W. Pratt, 120 Oak Street, South Weymouth
Committee to Secure Bids on Alterations to Police Station, Including Parking Area
(Art. 38, Annual Town Meeting)
Walter B. Heffernan, 41 Kingman Street, Weymouth, Chairman Chief Joseph B. O'Kane, 84 Central Street, South Weymouth, Secretary Louis A. Dillon, 40 Sea Street, North Weymouth
John E. Horace, 76 Reed Avenue, South Weymouth
George B. Mapes, 83 Epping Street, East Weymouth, Vice-Chairman
Committee to Study the Use of the Laban Pratt Fund (Art. 63, Annual Town Meeting)
Martin P. Davis, 32 Garfield Avenue, Weymouth
Francis A. Farr, 33 Mt. Vernon Road East, East Weymouth Franklin Fryer, 362 Ralph Talbot Street, South Weymouth Lucy P. Mahoney, 21 Pierce Court, North Weymouth
Olive D. Sylvester, 1267 Commercial Street, East Weymouth
Committee Relative to Executive Secretary of the Board of Assessors and the Number of Assessors
(Art. 70, Annual Town Meeting)
Francis L. Kelly, 19 Alden Road, Weymouth, Chairman Harry E. Bearce, 41 Laurel Street, East Weymouth Charles W. Burgess, 32 Pearl Street, North Weymouth
Warren F. Roulston, 35 Pierce Court, North Weymouth
Alexander J. Tanguy, 48 Bradley Road, North Weymouth, Clerk
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Committee to Investigate the Safety of Ralph Talbot School Walkway (Art. 51, Annual Town Meeting)
Thomas F. Weathers, 15 Meadow Lane, South Weymouth, Chairman Arthur J. Bilodeau, 402 Essex Street, Weymouth
Joseph B. O'Kane, 84 Central Street, South Weymouth Louis T. Pompeo, 576 Ralph Talbot Street, South Weymouth Thomas F. Shields, Torrey Street, South Weymouth
Committee re the Naming of the Green Street School (Art. 7, Special Town Meeting, June 15, 1959)
Franklin Fryer, 363 Ralph Talbot Street, South Weymouth
Wallace H. Drake, 88 Sea Street, North Weymouth
Ralph A. Larsen, 17 Weyham Road, North Weymouth
Committee for the Transfer of Land from Park Department for Library (Art. 33, Annual Town Meeting)
Honorable Newland H. Holmes, Senator
George H. Thompson, Representative
Herbert B. Hollis, Representative
Carl R. Johnson, Representative
Committee to Study the Need for a Council for the Aging in Weymouth (Art. 8, Sp. T. M., 11/2/59)
Ruth K. Cain, 15 Candia Street, East Weymouth, Chairman
Thomas P. Delahunt, 168 Pond Street, South Weymouth, Vice-Chairman James J. Fasino, 164 Cornish Street, Weymouth, Clerk Otto C. Mason, 210 Pond Street, South Weymouth Ruth M. Pope, 140 Webb Street, Weymouth
*Resigned
** Moved
*** Deceased
Retired
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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 Wey- mouth, on
MONDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF MARCH, 1959
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, 1959
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 seventeenth day of February, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and fifty-nine.
HARRY CHRISTENSEN Town Clerk
A true copy. Attest. HARRY CHRISTENSEN Town Clerk
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING MONDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF MARCH, 1959 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 qualified to vote in Town affairs to meet in the hall of the Weymouth High School on
MONDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF MARCH, 1959
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. Assessors' Department
7. Legal Department
8. Payment of Damages
9. Town Clerk's Department
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10. Elections and Registrations
11. Department of Public Works
a. Public Works Office
b. Engineering Division
c. Park Division
d. Sewer Department
e. Street Division
f. Tree Division
g. Water Division
h. Equipment
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
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
15. Police Department
16. Fire Department
17. Inspection Department
18. Sealer of Weights and Measures
19. Street Lighting
20. Harbor Master
HEALTH AND SANITATION
21. Board of Health
22. Employment of Nurses
23. Garbage Disposal
RELIEF ACTIVITIES
24. Public Welfare and Old Age Assistance under General Law (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 118A as amended
25. Pensions
26. Veterans' Benefits and War Allowances including the Burial of Indigent Soldiers and Sailors
MISCELLANEOUS
27. Schools
28. Libraries
29. Observance of Memorial Day under General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 40, Section 5, Clause 12
30. Observance of Veterans Day under General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 40, Section 5, Clause 46A
31. Park Recreation
32. Miscellanous Expenses
33. Unpaid Bills
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34. Overdrafts under General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 44, Section 31
35. Retirement Board
36. Alewife Fishery
CARE OF GRAVES
37. Care of Soldiers' Graves
38. Care of Old Cemeteries under General Laws (Ter. Ed.) Chapter 114, Sections 16 and 18
INTEREST AND DEBT REQUIREMENT
39. Interest and Discount
40. Bonds and Notes Due in 1959
INSURANCE
41. Municipal Building Insurance Fund
42. Fire and Other Insurance
43. 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, 1959; to fix the terms 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 Committees 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, 1960, to borrow in anticipation of the revenue of the year 1960.
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 1959, 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,
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sell at publc 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 which is no longer needed by the Town and which in the opinion of the Select- men is not needed by any other Department, provided that in each case involving real estate, majorities of the Planning Board, Public Works 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, or take any other action in relation thereto.
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 dispose of said property in the manner they may judge for the Town's best interest and to authorize them to dis- charge any encumbrances on said property if they consider it for the best interest of the Town so to do and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the discharging of such encumbrances.
ARTICLE 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:
Alton Terrace At Addington Circle, approximately 500 feet to Dead End.
Atlanta Street - From intersection of Prescott Street to Campbell street , a distance of about 200 feet.
Barnes Avenue - From Campbell Street to Wainwright Avenue. Beecher Street - From Seaver Road to a point at 32 Beecher Street. Campbell Street - From Atlanta Street for 1500 feet or the Patrick H. Mahoney property.
King Philip Street - Approximately 800 feet at Forest Street to a point at Mason Street.
Mason Street - Approximately 400 feet at Fisher Road to a point at King Philip Street.
Newbert Avenue - From end of accepted part of street about 140 feet west to meet Roydon Road.
Oak Cliff Road - From Westminister Road approximately 1,000 feet to Lot 25 Block 396 Page 31 as shown on Assessors Plan.
Roger Street - From Beecher Street to Roger Street at Mill River. Sawtelle Street - At 43 Fort Point Road to Dead End at rear of Parnell Street.
Sutton Street - From Jaffrey Street to Cornish Street.
Welland Circle - Beginning at Welland Road including all of Wel- land Circle.
Winstead Road - Approximately 400 feet from intersection of Hinston Road, each to Dead End.
Parker Road - From Wessagusett Road approximately 600 feet south- easterly to Dead End.
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