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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
ALSO
Warrant for Annual Meeting
OF THE
Town of Tewksbury
OF TEV
S
TOWN
BURY
INCOR
734.
RATED
For the Year Ending December 31, 1945
BALFE SERVICE CO., PRINTERS 430 BROADWAY LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS
Town of Tewksbury
LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS-1945
MODERATOR MELVIN G. ROGERS
SELECTMEN IRVING F. FRENCH, Chairman
BERNARD H. GREENE EDWARD J. SULLIVAN
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE EDWARD J. SULLIVAN, Chairman
IRVING F. FRENCH BERNARD H. GREENE
BOARD OF HEALTH BERNARD H. GREENE, Chairman
EDWARD J. SULLIVAN IRVING F. FRENCH
ASSESSORS AUSTIN F. FRENCH, Chairman
ETHEL M. PHILLIPS HARRY P. NASH
TOWN CLERK ALICE A. PIKE
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TREASURER GEORGĖ A. MARSHALL
COLLECTOR OF TAXES HARRY C. DAWSON
TOWN AUDITOR ROBERT E. GAY
SCHOOL COMMITTEE MAY L. LARRABEE, Chairman J. HARPER GALE
RALPH S. BATTLES
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS STEPHEN G. BEANE
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY HARRY PRIESTLY, Chairman
RUTH SMITH HAROLD J. PATTEN MARIAN FRENCH EDGAR SMITH
DOROTHY FITZGERALD
LIBRARIAN ABBIE M. BLAISDELL
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ROAD COMMISSIONERS THOMAS P. SAWYER, Chairman CHESTER M. ROPER THOMAS F. SULLIVAN
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS RICHARD F. O'NEILL
TREE WARDEN HARRIS M. BRIGGS
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS HERBERT A. FAIRBROTHER, Chairman ALICE A. PIKE, Clerk WILLIAM H. BENNETT GEORGE J. McCOY
CONSTABLES
CYRIL L. BARKER LAUCHIE McPHAIL
JEREMIAH J. HOULIHAN
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS HORACE P. SWEET
WEIGHERS
GEORGE B. TANNER GEORGE K. JAMES
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SURVEYOR OF LUMBER GEORGE K. JAMES
MEASURER OF WOOD GEORGE K. JAMES
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES VICTOR N. CLUFF
FENCE VIEWERS
BOARD OF SELECTMEN
POLICE DEPARTMENT
CYRIL L. BARKER, Chief
C. ABBOTT BATTLES
WALTER LAVELL
LEROY CURSEADEN
LAUCHIE McPHAIL
GEORGE A. GALE
JAMES MANLEY
GEORGE M. HAZEL
ROSS E. SARGENT
JEREMIAH J. HOULIHAN DANIEL J. SHEEHAN ARTHUR La FLEUR JOSEPH A. VIVIER
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AGENT BOARD OF HEALTH HERBERT M. LARRABEE, M. D.
UNDERTAKER AND AGENT FOR BURIAL INDIGENT SOLDIERS
H. LOUIS FARMER, JR. (Reg. Embalmer)
FOREST FIRE WARDEN ALDEN S. HAINES
$DEPUTY FOREST FIRE WARDENS
WILLIAM I. BAILEY
JOHN SMITH, JR.
INSPECTOR OF MEAT AND PROVISIONS HORACE P. SWEET
LOCAL AGENT FOR SUPPRESSION OF BROWN TAIL AND GYPSY MOTHS HARRIS M. BRIGGS
PARK COMMISSIONERS THOMAS C. McCAUSLAND
HARRIS M. BRIGGS WALTER ROBERTS
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CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT ALDEN S. HAINES
APPRAISERS BOARD OF SELECTMEN
JANITOR OF TOWN HALL GEORGE K. JAMES
FINANCE COMMITTEE (Term expires 1948)
PHILIP M. BATTLES EVERETT H. KING, Sec'y MARK ROPER
ALBERT GILLISSEN
(Term expires 1947)
SAMUEL CROWN WINTHROP S. BEAN ELMER OLSON FRED A. DUGAU
(Term expires 1946)
WALTER R. ACKLES KARL HEIDENRICH
WILLIAM H. BENNETT ALLEN C. WILSON
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TRUST FUND COMMISSIONERS FREDERICK M. CARTER
EDWIN W. OSTERMAN H. LOUIS FARMER, JR.
DOG OFFICER GERALD J. FINNERAN
CARETAKER OF SOLDIERS' LOT WINTHROP S. JONES
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
Records of Warrants and Proceedings of the Town Meetings. Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths.
Statement of Money Paid the Town Treasurer and to the Division of Fisheries and Game.
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Middlesex, ss :
To either of the Constables of the Town of
Tewksbury, in said County :
Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Tewksbury, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet and assemble at Town Hall in said Tewksbury on Wednesday, February 21, at 7.30 o'clock P. M. to act on the following articles, except Article 1, and you are also hereby further required and directed to notify and warn the said inhabitants of the Town of Tewksbury, who are qualified to vote on elections and town affairs, there in to assemble subsequently and meet in town meeting at the Town Hall in said Town of Tewksbury, on Wednesday, February 28, 1945, at 10 o'clock A.M., then and there to act on the following Article 1.
The polls for the election of Town Officers to be opened at ten o'clock A. M. and to be closed at 8 P. M.
ART. 1. To choose all necessary Town Officers, to choose by ballot a Moderator, Town Clerk, one Selectman to serve three years, one member of the Board of Public Welfare to serve three years, one member of the Board of Health to serve three years, a Town Treasurer, an Auditor, a Collector of Taxes, a Tree Warden, and three Constables, all to serve one year. One Highway Commissioner to serve three years, one Highway Commissioner to serve one year, one member of the School Committee to serve three years, two Trustees of the Public Library to serve three years, one Park Commissioner to serve three years, one Assessor to serve three years, one Assessor to serve one year, and one Commissioner of Trust Funds to serve three years.
ART. 2. To hear reports of Town officers and committees and act thereon.
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ART. 3. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise by taxation to defray necessary expenses for the current year, and make appropriations for the same.
ART. 4. To see if the Town will vote the money arising from licensing dogs, for the ensuing year to aid in sup- port of the Public Library.
ART. 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the town treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue on the financial year beginning January 1, 1945, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
VOTED: That the town treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1945, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
ART. 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $350.00 for the proper observance of Memorial Day, and appoint a committee to expend the money. Said committee to be taken from members of Spanish War Veterans, American Legion, or Sons of Veterans.
ART. 7. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to institute suits on behalf of the Town or defend any suits that are, or may be brought against the Town, and to sign any contracts or agreements in behalf of the Town.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,390.05 to pay the County of Middlesex, as required by law, the Town's share of the net cost of the care, main- tenance, and repair of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital, as assessed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 111 of the General Laws and Acts in amend- ment thereof and in addition thereto including Chapter 400, Section 25 G (6) (a) of the Acts of 1936 or take any action in relation thereto.
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ART. 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen and the Treasurer to foreclose either through the Land Court or by affidavit of the Commis- sioner of Corporations and Taxation, any Tax Title held by the Town for more than two years, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate therefor or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum not exceeding $400 for repairs to and main- tenance of the athletic field and structures thereon at the High School and for the maintenance of athletics at the High School.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Se- lectmen to sell, after first giving notice of the time and place of sale by posting such notice of sale in some con- venient and public place in the town fourteen days at least before the sale, property taken by the town under tax title procedure provided that the selectmen or whom- soever they may authorize to hold such public auction may reject any bid which they deem inadequate, or take any action relative thereto.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Board of Select- men to sell any parcel or parcels of land acquired by the Town through Tax Title foreclosure proceedings whose Tax Title value is less than $75.00. for whatever sum it may be in their judgement to the best interest of the Town, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $2,000. for the Maintenance of Chapter 90, Highways : said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 14. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to gravel and otherwise repair Robinson Avenue, which has been accepted by the Town by vote of a previous town meeting; and furthermore to have the Road Commis- sioners and Board of Selectmen show cause if any why this thoroughfare should not be repaired and maintained whether an appropriation is made under this article or not.
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ART. 15. To see if the Town will vote to pay to the abutters on Robinson Ave., all land damages, and appro- priate money for same.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will vote to continue the Highway Machinery Fund as established at the last annual Town meeting, and to appropriate an additional sum including the unexpended balance of the 1944 High- way Machinery account to be added to the amount al- ready accredited to this fund, for highway machinery purposes, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 17. To see what sum the Town will vote to appro- priate from the Highway Machinery Fund for the pur- chase, repair and maintenance of road machinery equip- ment for 1945, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will vote to convey to Harris M. Briggs of Tewksbury, Massachusetts all the rights, interest and title it holds on Lot 173, Chandler Park, containing 1,800 square feet of land; also Lots 117 and - 118, Chandler Park, containing 3,600 square feet of land, and authorize the Selectmen and Treasurer to make out and sign a deed with Quitclaim Covenants on behalf of the Town making the conveyance confirming a conveyance made on behalf of the town by the town treasurer.
ART. 19. . To see if the Town will vote to convey to Ada Adalman of 268 Windsor Street, Cambridge, Massachu- setts, all the rights, interest and title it holds on Lot 624, Shawsheen River Park, containing 2,000 square feet more or less, and authorize the Selectmen and Treasurer to make out and sign a deed with Quitclaim Covenants on behalf of the Town making this conveyance.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer to discharge the Tax Title on Real Estate in the Town of Tewksbury, which appears to be of doubtful validity and on which it appears the Town has no claim or interest, as follows ;
Matilda Weinfield, Lots 191 to 194 inclusive, also lot 250 on a Plan of Land known as "Plan A, Oakland Park", described in a deed recorded with Middlesex North District Registry of Deeds, Book 721, Page 103.
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ART. 21. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,500.00, said sum to be used to continue the school lunch program; or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 22. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $173.03 for unpaid bills of 1944 of the School Department.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $301.97, said sum to be used for purchase of equip- ment for the gymnasium at the High School.
ART. 24. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $1,200.00 to be used for repairing Pickering Hall, Fire- proofing Air Ducts and Installing Water Bubblers or take any other action thereto.
ART. 25. To see if the Town will vote to install one light on South Street near the residence of Richard O'Neill or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 26. To see if the Town will vote to install one light on South Street, near the residence of Mrs. Hallett.
ART. 27. To see if the Town will vote to install one light on South Street, near the residence of Walter Hilliard and Frank Stout.
ART. 28. To see if the Town will vote to install one light at the corner of Water and South Street, also one at the corner of Bond Street and Lakeview Ave.
ART. 29. To see if the Town will vote to install one light on French Street, near the residence of Mrs. Eaton.
ART. 30. To see if the Town will vote to install one light on Sunnyslope Ave., near residence of Joseph Dubuque.
ART. 31. To see if the Town will vote to install one light on Clark Rd., near the residence of Thomas Bebbington.
ART. 32. To see if the Town will vote to cause the School Committee to hold their business meetings publicly and at specified and advertised dates, or take any other action relative thereto.
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ART. 33. To see if the Town will vote to have the Moderator name a committee of five for the purpose of outlining and defining a set of zoning by-laws to be acted upon at the next town meeting, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 34. To see if the Town will vote to direct the Select- men to prepare the lines and boundaries necessary to make all of the town south of the line through the center of Shawsheen Street into a voting precinct according to General Laws, Chapter 54, Section 6, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 35. To see if the Town will reconsider the action taken on Article No. 43, passed at the Town Meeting held on February 11, 1942, appropriating $5,500.00 for the purchase of a fire engine, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 36. To see if the Town will vote that all Motor Vehicles, owned by the Town of Tewksbury, shall be lettered with the name of the Department to which the vehicle belongs, or take any action relative to same.
ART. 37. To see if the Town will vote to set aside $15,000, from the fund set up under Section 1 of Chapter 4 of the Acts of 1942, for the erection of a Memorial Library after the termination of the existing state of war.
ART. 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $500 for the obtaining of preliminary plans for a Memorial Library, expenditure of said money to be made by the trustes of the Public Library, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 39. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a "Public Service Relations Committee" to represent the Town in regards to rates, schedules, and services as offered to the Town by the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway, The New England Telephone & Telegraph Co., The Auto Insurance Companies as controlled by the Commonwealth or any other public service performed in Tewksbury by any outside company, with the authority to demand public hearings, petition the the General Court or take any other suitable action necessary to obtain proper consideration. Also to appropriate a sum of money to cover necessary expenses or to take any other action relative thereto.
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ART. 40. To see if the Town will vote that the following Noisome Trades within the borders of the Town shall be licensed Annually by the Board of Health, or Board of Selectmen; (Slaughter Houses, Commercial Piggeries, Rendering Works) and to provide that any License issued by such Board permitting a person, firm, Association, or Corporation to operate any such noisome trade named HEREIN, shall become void and shall be revoked by such Board, IMMEDIATELY upon the receipt by such board of a written complaint, or petition, which is signed by a majority of the inhabitants residing within the area affected by such noisome trade, or to make any other rules, or regulations relative to the licensing, operation, and restriction of noisome trades named HEREIN within the borders of the Town.
ART. 41. To see if the Town will vote to purchase additional burial ground in the Tewksbury Cemetery, adjacent to the soldiers' lot, and to make appropriation for same, for the purpose of enlarging the present soldiers' lot to provide burial space for ex-service men and women who have entered the armed services of the United States, from Tewksbury, or who have become residents of the Town, and may desire to be buried in the soldiers' lot in Tewksbury, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 42. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- propriate or transfer from available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for the purchase of war bonds or other bonds that are legal investments for savings bank, in order to establish a post-war rehabilitation fund, in ac- cordance with the provisions of Chapter 5, Acts of 1943.
ART. 43. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $50.00 in support of the Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture, through the Middlesex County Extension Service, said money to be spent under the direction of the local director or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 44. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for necessary expenses of the Civil- ian Defense Committee, or take any other action thereto.
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ART. 45. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for a reserve fund under Section 6 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws or take any other action thereto.
ART. 46. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $44.00 to be paid to the Dog officer for the keeping of dogs.
ART. 47. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $13.13 to pay Robert A. Haines for services as a Call Fireman from April 9, 1944 to April 29, 1944.
ART. 48. To see what salary or rate of compensation the Town will vote to pay the Assessors, and Tree Warden, or take any action relative thereto.
ART. 49. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $300. for clerical services in the office of the Town Treasurer for the year of 1945 or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 50. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $117.14 for the payment of amounts due to the City of Lowell for the board, care and treatment for inhabitants of Tewksbury at the Isolation Hospital in Lowell.
ART. 51. To see if the Town will confirm the action of the Selectmen in granting an easement to the Beacon Oil Co. for installing of an oil line, or take any action relative to same.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting up attested copies thereof, one at each of the Public Meeting Houses, one at the Town Hall, one at each of the Post Offices, and leave one hundred copies for the use of the citizens at the Post Offices in said Town, 8 days at least, and over two Sundays, before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due returns of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of Meetings as aforesaid :-
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Given under our hands, this 20th day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and forty-five
IRVING F. FRENCH, BERNARD H. GREENE, EDWARD J. SULLIVAN,
Selectmen of
Tewksbury.
A true copy attest : CYRIL L. BARKER Constable of Tewksbury
Saturday, February 3, 1943
February 21, 1945
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex ss.
I have served the within Warrant by posting up attested copies thereof, one at each of the Public Meeting Houses one at the Town Hall, one at each of the Post Offices, and by leaving 100 copies for the use of the Citizens at the Post Offices in said Town, eight days at least and over two Sundays, before the time of holding said meeting.
CYRIL L. BARKER, Constable of Tewksbury.
Filed at Town Clerk's Office at 7:30 P. M. February 21, 1945. A true copy. Attest :
ALICE A. PIKE, Town Clerk.
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ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION Town Hall, Tewksbury, Massachusetts, February 28, 1945
Middlesex ss.
At a meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Tewksbury qualified to vote in Town Affairs, held this day, at the Town Hall, the following business was transacted. The Warrant was read by the presiding Election Officer, Irving F. French. Mr. French then administered the oath of office to the following tellers: William H. McGowan, Anna E. McPhillips, Harry A. Treadwell, Rose Furtado, Malcolm D. Buchanan and Jesse J. French. The Town Clerk was given a receipt for 2000 ballots. Register showed 0000 on the Ballot Box, check lists were in order and the Polls were opened at Ten o'clock A. M.
The Polls were officially closed at Eight o'clock P. M. with the register showing 802 names checked as having voted, which number agreed with ballots counted.
Following is official result of count.
Selectman for Three Years
Edward J. Sullivan 651 Elected and sworn
Harry P. Nash
2
Robert Gray
1
Cameron
2
Fr. Curtin
1
Blanks
145
Board of Public Welfare for Three Years
Edward J. Sullivan 638 Elected and sworn
Duncan J. Cameron
3
Ethel M. Phillips
1
Robert E. Gay
1
Blanks
159
Board of Health for Three Years
Edward J. Sullivan
625
Elected and sworn
Robert E. Gay
1
Chester M. Roper
1
Cameron
2
Blanks
173
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Assessor for Three Years
Harry P. Nash 629 Elected and sworn Blanks 173
Assessor for One Year
Ethel M. Phillips 608
Elected and sworn Blanks 194
Town Clerk for One Year
Alice A. Pike 682 Elected and sworn
Blanks 120
Treasurer for One Year
George A. Marshall 686
Elected and sworn
Blanks
116
Auditor for One Year
Robert E. Gay 649
Elected and sworn
Blanks
153
Moderator for One Year
Melvin G. Rogers 681 Elected and sworn
John Belton
1
Blanks
120
Tax Collector for One Year
Harry C. Dawson
650
Elected and sworn
Blanks
152
Tree Warden for One Year
Harris M. Briggs
675 Elected and sworn
Romeo Roberts
1
Blanks
126
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Trust Fund Commissioner for Three Years
H. Louis Farmer, Jr.
25 Elected and sworn
Karl Heidenrich
1
Bernard Sherwood
1
Harris M. Briggs
2
George K. James
4
Mark Roper
4
Howard Dewing
1
Robert Gay
1
Malcolm Buchanan
1
Edwin Osterman
2
George A. Marshall
1
James Terry
2
Chester M. Roper
1
Herbert L. Trull
4
George Hazel
2
Fred Goodwin
1
William McGowan
4
Herbert Larrabee 1
Frank E. Sherlock
1
Winthrop Jones 1
Richard Price
1
Thomas Watson
1
Frederick Carter
1
Warren Davis 1
George Tolstrup
1
Jesse French
1
J. J. Finnerty
1
Blanks
735
Constable for One Year
Cyril L. Barker 587
Elected and sworn
Lauchie McPhail
620
Elected and sworn
Jeremiah J. Houlihan 624
Elected and sworn
George Hazel
3
C. Abbott Battles
1
John T. Gale
1
James Bancroft 1
Chester Roper
1
George Gale
1
Blanks
568
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Highway Commissioner for Three Years
James W. Bancroft 213
Chester M. Roper
505 Elected and sworn
Blanks
84
Highway Commissioner for One Year
Michael H. Shanley
149
Thomas F. Sullivan
522
Elected and sworn
John T. Gale
1
Blanks
130
School Committee for Three Years
Ralph S. Battles
420
Elected and sworn
William J. O'Neill
368
Blanks
14
Trustees Public Library for Three Years
Dorothy Fitzgerald
584 Elected and sworn
Harold J. Patten
600
Blanks .420
Park Commissioner for Three Years
Harris M. Briggs 671 Elected and sworn
J. Roux
1
Henry Morris
1
Blanks
129
A true copy. Attest:
ALICE A. PIKE,
Town Clerk.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Town Hall, Tewksbury, Massachusetts
February 21, 1945
At a Meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Tewksbury, qualified to vote in Town Affairs, held this day, at the town Hall, Tewksbury, Massachusetts, the following business was transacted :-
The Meeting was called to order by Moderator Melvin G. Rogers at Seven Thirty o'clock P. M. and was opened by a prayer offered by Rev. S. Nelson Ringsmuth, pastor of the North Tewksbury Baptist Church.
ART. 1 Election of Officers to be voted on February 28, 1945.
ART. 2 Reports of Town Officers and Committees accepted.
ART. 3. Street Lighting
$ 6,300.00
Incidentals
1,300.00
Highways
17,000.00
Schools
74,394.50
Library (Dog Tax)
1,300.00
Police
12,191.00
Stationery and Printing
1,200.00
Board of Health
3,000.00
Park Commission
350.00
Tree Warden
1,500.00
Fire Department
10,330.00
Department of Public Welfare
6,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children (Plus Federal Grants)
4,500.00
Bureau of Old Age Asst. (Plus Federal Grants)
18,500.00
Town Hall
3,650.00
Assessors
3,200.00
Vocational Schools
1,000.00
Inspec. Meat and Animals
-900.00
Aid, State and Military
2,000.00
Interest on Loans 400.00
Collection of Taxes
1,000.00
Municipal Insurance
500.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
225.00
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Dog Officer 200.00
Maintenance, Legion Headquarters
125.00
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths
1,500.00
Board of Registrars
600.00
Additional for Census
250.00
Salaries:
Auditor
1,000.00
Town Clerk (exclusive of fees) 1,000.00
Tax Collector
2,500.00
Selectmen (Chairman $400, other members $350 each)
1,100.00
Road Commissioners (Chairman $200, other members $100 each)
400.00
School Committee ($75 each member)
225.00
Election Officers 75.00
Treasurer
2,000.00
ART. 4. VOTED: To use the money arising from licensing dogs for the ensuing year to aid in support of the Public Library.
ART. 5. VOTED: That the town treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1945, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
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