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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
10 352 W55
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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.
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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
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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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