Town of Wilmington Annual Report 1919-1920, Part 1

Author: Wilmington (Mass.)
Publication date: 1919
Publisher: Town of Wilmington
Number of Pages: 336


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WILMINGTON, MASS.


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS


FOR THE


FINANCIAL YEAR, ENDING DECEMBER 31


1919


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WHITEFIELD ELM


BOSTON C. M. BARROWS CO. 1920


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TOWN OFFICERS 1919


Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor


RODNEY E. BUCK FRANK W. DAYTON CHARLES F. PERRY, Chairman


Assessors


JAMES E. KELLEY MILTON T. HOLT J. HOWARD EAMES


Term expires 1920


Term expires 1921 Term expires 1922


Toun Clerk JAMES E. KELLEY


Treasurer FRANK L. EAMES


Collector of Taxes


WALTER L. HALE


Town Accountant HARRY R. DEMING


Constable


WALTER A. HILL


Chief of Police


WALTER A. HILL


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Special Police


ALBERT D. BUTTERS


ORA HOLBROOK


WELLINGTON S. BRAZEL


ALEXANDER BRABANT


CARROLL A. HORTON


FRANK W. DAYTON


MELVIN W. BROWN OTIS A. ELLIS


ARTHUR W. GIROUX JOHN F. DUNN WALTER H. DOE ERNEST R. CURRIER


Board of Survey SELECTMEN


Registrars of Voters


JOSEPH PATCHETT


Term expires 1920


ALDICE G. EAMES


PETER F. McMAHON


Term expires 1921 Term expires 1922


JAMES E. KELLEY, Clerk of Board


Keeper of Lock-up WALTER A. HILL


Fence Viewers


CHARLES F. PERRY FRANK W. DAYTON


RODNEY E. BUCK


Field Drivers


MICHAEL J. McMAHON FRANCIS NICHOLS


MELVIN W. BROWN ALBERT D. BUTTERS


ERNEST R. CURRIER


Surveyors of Lumber


HERBERT C. BARROWS JAMES E. KELLEY


SCHAMIEL R. McINTOSH EDWARD N. EAMES


FRANK L. EAMES ARTHUR W. EAMES


WALTER L. HALE THOMAS T. SIDELINKER HARRY R. DEMING


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Surveyors of Wood and Bark


JAMES E. KELLEY


HERBERT C. BARROWS


SCHAMIEL R. McINTOSH


EDWARD N. EAMES ARTHUR W. EAMES


FRANK L. EAMES


HARRY R. DEMING WALTER L. HALE


THOMAS T. SIDELINKER


Measurers of Leather


J. ARTHUR TAYLOR


ARTHUR F. BLAKE HARRY R. DEMING


Public Weighers


J. ARTHUR TAYLOR


GEORGE A. HART


FRED W. CARTER WALTER L. HALE


FRANK L. EAMES HARRY R. DEMING JOHN F. DUNN


Sealer of Weights and Measures


ERNEST R. CURRIER


Janitor of Town Hall OLIVER A. McGRANE


Pound Keeper MELVIN W. BROWN


Superintendent of Town Farm MELVIN W. BROWN


Superintendent of Streets


WILLIE B. McINTOSH (Resigned)


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Board of Health


SELECTMEN


DR. D. T. BUZZELL, Agent


Inspector of Animals


CALVERT H. PLAYDON, M. D. V.


Inspector of Provisions MELVIN W. BROWN


Forest Fire Warden EDWIN L. DAY


Deputy Forest Fire Wardens


H. C. BARROWS W. B. McINTOSH


ARTHUR W. GIROUX


M. W. BROWN ERNEST W. EAMES EDWARD F. FORTIS


Fire Department EDWIN L. DAY, Chief


SELECTMEN


Cemetery Committee ALBERT D. BUTTERS, Superintendent


Common Committee


EDWARD N. EAMES JOB P. ESTES JAMES E. KELLEY


Term expires 1920 Term expires 1921 Term expires 1922


School Committee


PHILIP B. BUZZELL ELLEN S. PERRY CHARLES C. ALDEN


Term expires 1920 Term expires 1921 Term expires 1922


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Undertaker EDWARD M. NICHOLS


Burial Agent MILTON T. HOLT Trustees of Public Library


D. FRED WAITE


Term expires 1920


CALEB S. HARRIMAN


Term expires 1920


GUY E. NICHOLS


Term expires 1921


DANIEL T. BUZZELL


Term expires 1921


EDWARD N. EAMES


Term expires 1922


EDWARD A. WOODSIDE


Term expires 1922


Trustees of Trust Funds


FRED A. EAMES


Term expires 1920


DUDLEY B. PURBECK


Term expires 1921


CALEB S. HARRIMAN Term expires 1922


Tree Warden OLIVER A. MeGRANE


Superintendent for Suppressing Moths OLIVER A. McGRANE


Sarah D. J. Carter Lecture Fund Committee


DANIEL T. BUZZELL


Term expires 1920


GUY E. NICHOLS


Term expires 1921


EDWARD N. EAMES


Term expires 1922


JOHN W. HATHAWAY


Term expires 1923


JAMES E. KELLEY


Term expires 1924


Ballot Clerks and Tellers


JOHN E. DENEHY OTIS GOWING THOMAS J. MORLEY WARREN EAMES . FRANK W. KIDDER EUGENE G. SHAW EBER P. MELZER EUGENE F. GALLAGHER


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JURY LIST, TOWN OF WILMINGTON


Revised July 15, 1919


Street


Occupation


Arthur W. Giroux


Swain Road


Printer


Clarence W. Buck


Wildwood Street


Provision Dealer


Arthur W. Eames


Woburn Street


Farmer


Daniel R. Carter


Shawsheen Avenue


Salesman


Harry R. Deming Samuel F. Cole Frank J. Webber Joseph Patchett


Federal Street


Bookkeeper Currier


Thurston Avenue


Salesman


George W. Buck


Church Street


Retired


M. Herbert Foskett


Ballardvale Street Grove Street


Printer


John E. Denehy


Harnden Street


Farmer


Irvin Eames


Woburn Street


Tel. Operator


Samuel F. Perry Harold Fay


Woburn Street Shawsheen Avenue


Electroplater


Clarence E. Carter


Salem Street


Bookkeeper


Arthur B. Eames


Woburn Street


Farmer


J. Henry Buck


Woburn Street


Farmer


Charles E. Carter


Shawsheen Avenue


Laborer


Frank E. Day


off Marion Street


Retired


Peter F. McMahon


Middlesex Avenue off Ballardvale Street Signalman


Provision Dealer


Arthur S. Williams


Federal Street


Crossing Tender


Percy P. Kidder


Adams Street


Mechanic


Owen Devine


Mystic Avenue


Section Man


High Street


Pattern Maker


Farmer


William T. Henderson


Glen Road


West Street


Tax Collector


Insurance Agent


Christian Neilson


Walter Blaisdell


(Signed) CHARLES F. PERRY, Chairman of Selectmen.


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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT


Records of Warrants and Proceedings of Town Meetings, Births, Marriages and Deaths, with a Statement of Money Paid to the County Treasurer on account of Dog Licenses


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TOWN WARRANT


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss


To Walter A. Hill, Constable of the Town of Wilmington. Greeting :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and in the manner prescribed in the By-Laws of said Town, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, to meet and as- semble at the Town Hall on Monday, the third day of March next, at six o'clock in the forenoon, the polls to be opened at 6.15 a. m., and may be closed at 4 p. m., for the election of Town Officers and to act on the following articles, namely :


Article 1. To elect by ballot a Moderator to preside at said meeting.


Article 2. To bring in your votes on one ballot for three Selectmen who shall also be Overseers of the Poor and Board of Survey; one Assessor for three years; Town Clerk, Treas- urer, Collector of Taxes, Constable, three Fence Viewers, one School Committee for three years; one School Committee for one year; two Trustees of the Public Library for three years ;


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one Trustee of the Public Library for one year; one member of the S. D. J. Carter Lecture Committee for five years ; one Tree Warden; one Trustee of Trust Funds for three years; also to vote on the following questions, to wit: Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town ? "Yes" or "No."


And at ten o'clock in the forenoon to act on the following articles :


Article 3. To choose all other Town Officers for the ensu- ing year.


Article 4. To hear the reports of Committees and act thereon.


Article 5. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for General Government, Protection of Life and Property, Health and Sanitation, Tree Warden, Forest Warden, Highways, Roads and Bridges, Support of Poor, Dependent Widows, Soldiers' Relief, Schools and Main- tenance, including Tuition at Vocational Schools, Public Li- brary, Cemetery, Interest, Notes Payable, Street Lights, State and County Tax, Printing Town Reports, Care of Town Clock, Contingent Fund, and Tax Abatements.


Article 6. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the observance of Memorial Day, and to determine how the same shall be expended.


Article 7. To see how much money the Town will vote to pay the Collector of Taxes for his services.


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Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to bor- row money in anticipation of the revenue of the present finan- cial year.


*Article 9. To see what action the Town will take in re- gard to establishing a permanent memorial for the soldiers and sailors of this Town who have served in the war with Germany.


*Article 10. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to be used in conjunction with the funds of the local Red Cross for public health service.


Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of fifteen dollars for the upkeep of the grass plot at the junction of High Street and Middlesex Avenue, or do anything in relation thereto.


*Article 12. To see if the Town will lay out the following streets as shown on a plan known as Wilmington Square Park: Beginning at a point on Beacon Street, as much of Belmont Avenue as runs to State Street, and State Street to the north and west corners of Fairview Avenue, and that the Town appropriate a sum of money sufficient for laying out such streets.


*Article 13. To see if the Town will instruct the Select- men to contract for electric lights to be installed on Railroad Avenue.


*Article 14. To see if the Town will accept Parker Street, between Sheldon Avenue and Blackstone Street, as laid out


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by the Board of Selectmen or what they will do in relation thereto.


Article 15. To see what action the Town will take in re- gard to the purchase of suitable motor equipment for the fire department and the care thereof, or what they will do in re- lation thereto.


Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $1,000, under Chapter 525, Acts of 1910, to be expended under the direction of the Massachusetts High- way Commission for the completion of the macadam on Lowell Street to the Reading Town line, or what they will do in re- lation thereto.


*Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to contract for electric street lights to be installed on Main Street, from the existing lights to the North Woburn line, or what they will do in relation thereto.


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Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $600 to provide a suitable reception for the returning soldiers, the same to be expended by the com- mittee appointed by the Town at the Special Town Meeting, December 23, 1918, or what they will do in relation thereto.


*Article 19. To see if the Town will install street lights on Lake Street from Shawsheen Avenue to the Tewksbury line, or do anything in relation thereto.


Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to transfer to the credit of the Excess and Deficiency Account the balance now


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standing to the credit of the account of fencing the White- field and West Schools.


*Articles inserted on petition.


Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of said meeting.


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Given under our hands and the seal of said Town this the seventeenth day of February, A. D., one thousand nine hun- dred and nineteen.


GTO


WHITEFIELD ELM


HERBERT C. BARROWS, CHARLES F. PERRY, FRANK W. DAYTON,


Selectmen of Wilmington.


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TOWN MEETING


Record of Proceedings of Annual Town Meeting, March 3rd, 1919


In accordance with the directions of the foregoing Warrant, . the voters assembled on the above date. The votes as de- clared by the Moderator are as follows :


The meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk, and the warrant read as far as Article 3. On motion, it was voted to dispense reading the balance.


Article 1. Edward N. Eames was elected Moderator, the vote being taken by ballot and the check list being used.


Article 2. The Moderator read Article 2 and then exam- ined the Ballot Box, which was found empty, the register in- dicated 0000, the box was locked and the key delivered to the Constable. The Ballot Clerks and Tellers having been sworn, the official ballots were delivered to the Ballot Clerks, a receipt for the same being taken by the Town. Clerk. The Moderator announced that the polls for the election of officers were open and that balloting might proceed. Later on it was voted that the polls for the election of officers be closed at 4.15 p.m. At the appointed time the Moderator declared the polls closed. The names checked upon the lists numbered four hundred and seven (407) and eighty-seven (87) specials for


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"School Committee Only," and the ballots as counted from the Ballot Box numbered four hundred and seven (407) regular and eighty-seven (87) specials, and the register indi- cated four hundred and ninety-four (494).


Selectmen (To act as Overseers of the Poor and Board of Survey)


Herbert C. Barrows had one hundred eighty-one votes 181


George W. Buck had one hundred nine votes 109


Elected, Rodney E. Buck had two hundred twenty- seven votes 227


Elected, Frank W. Dayton had one hundred ninety- five votes 195


Elected, Charles F. Perry had one hundred ninety- two votes 192


Asa G. Sheldon had one hundred eighty-five votes 185


Blanks, one hundred and fourteen 114


Assessor (Three Years)


Elected, J. Howard Eames had two hundred eighteen votes 218


Chester T. Horton had one hundred sixty votes


160


Blanks, twenty-nine 29


Town Clerk


Elected, James E. Kelley had three hundred forty-six


votes


346


Blanks, sixty-one 61


Treasurer


Elected, Frank L. Eames had three hundred forty- three votes 343


Blanks, sixty-four 64


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Collector of Taxes


Elected, Walter L. Hale had two hundred thirty-nine votes 239


James E. Kelley had one hundred fifty-eight votes 158


Blanks, ten 10


Constable


Elected, Walter A. Hill had three hundred twenty- nine votes 329


Blanks, seventy-eight 79


Fence Viewers


Herbert C. Barrows had one hundred seventy-four votes


174


Elected, Rodney E. Buck had two hundred thirty-two votes 232


Joseph A. Caron had sixty-three votes 63


Elected, Frank W. Dayton had one hundred ninety votes 190


Elected, Charles F. Perry had one hundred ninety-five votes 195


Asa G. Sheldon had one hundred seventy-one votes 171


Blanks, one hundred ninety-six 196


School Committee (Three Years)


Elected, Charles C. Alden had two hundred forty votes 240


Howard M. Horton had two hundred twenty votes 220


Blanks, thirty-four 34


School Committee (One Year to Fill Vacancy) Elected, Philip B. Buzzell had four hundred and three votes 403


Blanks, ninety-two 92


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Trustees of Public Library (Three Years)


Herbert C. Barrows had one hundred fifty-seven votes 157


Elected, Edward N. Eames had one hundred ninety- seven votes 197


Ellen S. Perry had one hundred seventeen votes


117


Elected, Edward A. Woodside had one hundred fifty-


nine votes 159


Blanks, one hundred eighty-four 184


Trustee of Public Library (One Year to Fill Vacancy)


Walter L. Hale had one hundred thirty-two votes 132


Elected, Caleb S. Harriman had two hundred twenty- one votes 221


Blanks, fifty-four 54


S. D. J. Carter Lecture Committee (Five Years)


Elected, James E. Kelley had three hundred twenty- four votes 324


Blanks, eighty-three 83


Trustee of Trust Funds (Three Years)


Elected, Caleb S. Harriman had three hundred sixteen votes 316


Blanks, ninety-one 91


Tree Warden


Elected, Oliver A. McGrane had three hundred thirty- six votes 336


Blanks, seventy-one 71


License Vote


Yes had seventy-eight 78


No had two hundred and forty-two 242


Blanks, eighty-seven 87


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At ten o'clock, the hour stated in the Warrant the meet- ing for the consideration of the other Articles was called to order.


Article 3. On motion it was voted : That a committee of three be appointed by the Moderator to bring in a list of names as nominations for the several offices to be filled under the article. Moderator appointed Herbert C. Barrows, John W. Hathaway and Charles F. Perry, who submitted the fol- lowing list, which on motion was accepted and adopted and the nominees declared elected.


Field Drivers


Michael J. McMahon Francis Nichols Albert D. Butters Melvin W. Brown Ernest R. Currier


Surveyors of Lumber, Wood and Bark


Herbert C. Barrows


Arthur W. Eames


Edward N. Eames Schamiel R. McIntosh


Thomas T. Sidelinker Frank L. Eames


James E. Kelley Harry R. Deming


Walter L. Hale


Measurers of Leather


J. Arthur Taylor Arthur F. Blake


Harry R. Deming


Public Weighers


Warren Eames


George A. Hart


J. Arthur Taylor Walter L. Hale


Fred W. Carter Arthur F. Blake


Frank L. Eames Harry R. Deming


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Common Committee


James E. Kelley


Edward N. Eames


Article 4. Rev. Halah H. Loud, Chairman of the Public Improvement Commission, reported as follows: In behalf of the Public Improvement Commission created at the last an- nual Town Meeting of Wilmington, I would report that the Commission has been duly organized and has had several meetings. Various interests of the town have been consid- ered, and recently a conference was held at the High School Hall with a member of the faculty of the Massachusetts Agri- cultural College, and a member of the Middlesex County Bu- reau. On account of a number of resignations from the Com- mission, and also of the great epidemic, the Commission has been hampered in undertaking new work. In the near future it expects to develop its plans. This report, then, is one of progress.


Respectfully submitted,


HALAH H. LOUD, Chairman.


Mr. H. C. Barrows requested that the report of the com- mittee on Motor Fire Equipment be made under Article 15 of the warrant, the Chief of the Fire Department not being pres- ent at this time.


Article 5. Motion : That the town raise and appropriate the several and respective sums recommended by the Select- men on page 104 of the printed Reports, and that the motion be divided and put upon each item separately and subject to amendment. Voted in the affirmative.


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General Government


Selectmen-salaries and expenses $850.00


Town Accountant-salary and expenses 450.00


Treasurer-salary and expenses 450.00


Collector-salary and expenses


1,000.00


Assessors-salaries and expenses


925.00


Town Clerk-salary and expenses 120.00


Election and Registration-salaries and expenses


300.00


Town Hall-Janitor, fuel, light and repairs 200.00


Town Constable 50.00


Protection of Life and Property


Police Department-receipts, etc., and $1,500.00


Fire Department-receipts, etc., and 1250.00


Mr. C. J. Sargent moved that as the Supt. of Moths was not present, that action on the appropriation be deferred and laid on the table. Voted in the affirmative. Later taken from the table and voted to raise and appropriate $1,200.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures-receipts, etc., and 75.00


Tree Warden-receipts, etc., and 300.00


Forest Fires-receipts, etc., and 500.00


Health and Sanitation


Board of Health Agent's Salary, quarantine wages, Inspector of Animals, Inspector of Meats and Provisions, Vital Statistics-receipts, etc., and $300.00


Motion made and voted in the affirmative that the words "including Street Railroad Excise and Franchise Tax" be stricken out-as amended voted to raise and appropriate for Highways. Roads and Bridges $7,500.00


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Motion made that the appropriation for Street Lights be laid on the table until after action on Articles 13, 17 and 19. Voted in the affirmative.


Charities


After some questions in relation to the appropriation for the Poor, which were answered by Mr. Bar- rows, voted to raise and appropriate $1,500.00


Aid for Dependent Mothers-receipts and


200.00


Town Indebtedness


Bonds Nos. 9 and 10, account of High School $1,750.00


Contingent Fund 1,000.00


Soldiers' Benefits


State Aid-Appropriated $500.00


Soldiers' Relief 48.00


Education


Schools, including salaries, books and supplies, re- pairs, fuel, furnishings, tuition at vocational schools, outside tuition, transportation, including estimated receipts $25,533.00


Library


Receipts, and $300.00


Cemetery


Receipts, and $500.00


Unclassified


Printing Town Reports, care of Town Clock, etc.


$500.00


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Interest


On Loans for general purposes, receipts and $450.00 1,265.00


On High School Loan


Abatements


Abatements $100.00


Art. 6. Voted : To raise and appropriate $200.00, and that a committee of three be appointed by the Moderator, consist- ing of one German War Veteran, one Civil War Veteran and one Spanish War Veteran. Moderator appointed as said com- mittee : Lieut. Joseph W. Strong, Job P. Estes and Walter L. Hale.


Art. 7. Voted : To pay the Collector of Taxes two per cent. on taxes by him collected.


Art. 8. Voted: That the Town Treasurer, with the ap- proval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to bor- row money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1st, 1919, and to is- sue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year. Any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.


Art. 9. Motion : That the committee appointed Dec. 23rd, 1918, be a committee to report at a meeting held later what would be suitable. Voted in the affirmative.


Art. 10. On the invitation of the Moderator, Mrs. Tyler A. Stevens, President of the Wilmington Red Cross, explained about the advantages of having a Visiting Nurse and that the Red Cross had finished their war work, with money in the treasury, which they intended to apply to aid the Public


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Health Service. A motion was then made that the sum of $500 be raised and appropriated by the town to be used in conjunction with the funds of the local Red Cross; and that the same be expended by a committee of five to be appointed by the Moderator. Voted in the affirmative. Moderator ap- pointed the following committee : Chairman of the Board of Health, Mrs. Tyler A. Stevens, Mrs. Ellen S. Perry, Mrs. Her- bert C. Barrows and Mrs. A. Chandler Manning.


Art. 11. Voted : On motion made to raise and appropriate the sum of $15.00.


Art. 12. On motion : Voted to pass by the article.


Art. 13. On motion : Voted to instruct the Selectmen to contract for one light on Railroad Avenue and appropriated $14.50.


Art. 14. On motion : Voted to accept Parker Street Ex- tension between Sheldon Avenue and Blackstone Street, as laid out by the Selectmen. At this time a recess was taken until 1.30 p. m.


Art. 15. Voted: To lay the article on the table.


Art. 16. On motion : Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000, under Chapter 525, Acts of 1910, to be expend- ed under the direction of the Massachusetts Highway Com- mission for the completion of the macadam on Lowell Street to the Reading Town line.


Art. 17. On motion : Voted to instruct the Selectmen to contract for 17 lights on Main Street, to the Woburn line, and appropriated $246.50.


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Art. 18. Resolutions were then read by Mr. Charles C. Alden and on motion were accepted and adopted and that the same be spread upon the minutes of the town and inserted in the Town Report. Resolution : Whereas, When a ruthless and destructive war arose between Christian nations and it was looked upon at first by Christless peoples as the failure and the natural consequences of Christian civilization; and Whereas, Finally, when the United States, looking neither for territory nor indemnity, cast her lot with the Allies for the liberation of the oppressed and for the freedom of the world; and Whereas, The Red Cross and the Junior Red Cross of Wilmington, impressed with the loving, unselfish, self-sacri- ficing spirit of Christianity, gave generously of their time and resources for the comfort of mankind and denied themselves to feed and clothe the oppressed; therefore, be it Resolved, That it seems fitting and proper to acknowledge the great debt of the citizens of Wilmington to the officers and mem- bers of the Red Cross and its auxiliary, the Junior Red Cross, for the magnificent work they have done. Be it further Re- solved, That a copy of these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of the town and inserted in the Town Report.


R. G. FRAME, C. C. ALDEN, MRS. C. S. HARRIMAN.


Whereas, Our soldiers have revealed the American char- acter to the world and have justified the faith we have al- ways had in a democratic form of government; and Whereas, Our soldiers, so hurriedly trained, have displayed to the world as great success, endurance and valor as the trained soldiers of any nation have ever shown; and Whereas, The splendid courage and valiant spirit of our soldiers have dem- onstrated to the world the bedrock of our republican institu- tions, therefore be it Resolved, That it is suitable and proper for the citizens of the town to express to the soldiers of Wil-


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mington their gratitude and pride for their unselfish sacrifice for liberty. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of the town and inserted in the Town Report. Be it further Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to each soldier.


R. G. FRAME, C. C. ALDEN, MRS. C. S. HARRIMAN.


A motion was then made to raise and appropriate $600.00 for the purpose named in the article and that the same be ex- pended by the committee appointed at the Special Town Meeting, December 23rd, 1918. Voted in the affirmative.


Art. 19. On motion : Voted to instruct the Selectmen to contract for five lights on Lake Street and appropriated $72.50.


Art. 20. On motion : Voted to transfer the balance of the appropriation named in the Article to the Excess and Defi- ciency account.


Motion to take Article 15 from the table, so voted. The Chief of the Fire Department made a report on prices on dif- ferent makes of trucks and on invitation, Mr. Baker, a repre- sentative of motor equipment, spoke of a truck which could be seen at Wenham, Mass., and said he would be pleased to demonstrate the working of one, to our satisfaction; on mo- tion that the committee be continued and report at a future meeting within four months, it was voted in the negative. Motion the committee be continued and report at a future meeting ; so voted.




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