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Annual Report
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF
WILMINGTON, MASS.
GTON
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WHITEFIELD ELM
for the FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1943
PRESS OF BALFE SERVICE CO. Lowell, Mass.
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ELECTED AND APPOINTED
TOWN OFFICERS, 1943
SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF SURVEY
CHARLES H. BLACK, Chairman JOHN D. COOKE FRANK W. DAYTON
Term expires 1944 Term expires 1945 Term expires 1946
OLIVE M. SHELDON, Clerk
Moderator PHILIP B. BUZZELL
Town Counsel PHILIP B. BUZZELL
Town Clerk WILLIAM S. CAVANAUGH
Honorary Treasurer FRANK L. EAMES
Treasurer ALFRED S. ALLEN
Collector of Taxes GEORGE W. BUCK
Town Accountant
Harry R, Deming
Term expires 1946
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Board of Public Welfare (Three Years)
WALTER G. BUCKLE ROY A. BOUSFIELD, Chairman STEVEN COLUCCI
Term expires 1944
Term expires 1945
Term. expires 1946
Assessors (Three Years)
JOHN D. COOKE GEORGE W. BUCK WILLIAM H. DOUCETTE
Term expires 1943 Term expires 1945
Term expires 1944
Constable Elected HARRY J. AINSWORTH
Chief of Police HARRY J. AINSWORTH
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Deputy Chief FRANCIS S. HOBAN
Sergeant TALBOT SIDELINKER
Board of Health BOARD OF SELECTMEN
CHARLES H. BLACK, Chairman JOHN D. COOKE GERALD FAGAN, M. D. (Agent Board of Health) WILLIAM S. CAVANAUGH, (Special Agent B. of H.)
FRANK W. DAYTON
Inspector of Slaughtering RALPH B. ODIORNE
Inspector of Animals RALPH B. ODIORNE
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Chief of Fire Department EDWIN L. DAY
Assistant Chief Fire Department WINFRED W. RICE
Forest Fire Warden EDWIN L. DAY
Deputy Forest Fire Wardens
WINFRED W. RICE ERNEST W. EAMES
CHESTER HORTON
EDMOND SARGENT H. C. BARROWS CHARLES H. BLACK
GEORGE S. CUSHING
Forest Fire Patrol
ERNEST W. EAMES
JAMES CASTINE
Water Commissioners
CALEB S. HARRIMAN, Chairman
Term expires 1945
LOUIS T. McMAHON ALDEN N. EAMES
Term expires 1944 Term expires 1946
Superintendent of Water Department EDMUND H. SARGENT
Cemetery Commissioners
LOUIS T. McMAHON GUY E. NICHOLS DAVID MARTIN
Term expires 1944 Term expires 1945 Term expires 1946
ERNEST W. EAMES, Superintendent
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School Committee
AUGUST G. MACLEOD VILMA BEDELL CHARLES A. BALDWIN ERNEST M. CRISPO ADAM GALKA BURT E. TILLEY
Term expires 1944
Term expires 1944
Term 'expires 1945
Term expires 1945
Term expires 1946
Term expires 1946
Superintendent of Schools STEPHEN G. BEAN
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Attendance Officer ERNEST CAIL
Inspector of Buildings CHRISTOPHER BOUSFIELD
Police Officers
George Fuller
Frank Gammons
Special Police
Lawrence Babine
Harry J. Frotton
Edward Lyons
Walter Babine
Harry Goodearl
Joseph Marsi
Truman Bennett
Francis Gratcyk
Clyde M. Martin
Ralph Bigger
Harry P. Hemeon
Frank Miller
Aristide Brabant
John F. Hartnett
Garnet Mills
Stanley Cady Ernest Cail
Horace Huntley
H. Oliver Newcomb Ralph Odiorne
Sumner S .Currier
John Imbimbo
Edmund Palace
Harry J. Cutter
Jolın W. Joy
Charles Penny
Simon Cutter
Arthur Kelley
Gardner I. Richie
George H. Cushing
Roger Kenney
Harold Sims
John H. Doyle Frank Farrell
Adam Koslowski Paul Spence
Walter A. Surrette
Walter Smith
William Rogers
Harold Trainor
Howard J. Richards
John L. Wilson
Harold Woodman
Stanley Webber
Joseph Galka
Joseph McManus
Walter Fitch
Edward Lee
Joseph Farrell
Police Women
Myrtle Shaw
Viola Staveley
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Forest Hewitt
Benjamin Solow
Keeper of the Lock-up HARRY J. AINSWORTH
Registrars of Voters
JAMES J. GILLIGAN
VINAL E. LEWIS
CHARLES T. HUBBARD
Term expires 1946 Term expires 1944 Term expires 1945
WILLIAM S. CAVANAUGH, Clerk of Board
Surveyors of Wood, Bark and Lumber
WILFRED A. ANDREWS
FRANK PATCH
HERBERT C. BARROWS
CHARLES D. REILLY ARTHUR W. EAMES
HARRY R. DEMING
John W. Babine
Measurers of Leather
LAWRENCE W. HARRIMAN
PAUL CHISHOLM
CHARLES HEMBREE
RUSSELL J. GRACIE
REGINALD J. FROTTON
Public Weighers of Merchandise
EDWARD HASKELL ALGOT L. OSTERMAN
WALTER L. HALE, Jr. HARRY R. DEMING WILBER STAVELY
FRED W. CARTER
Sealer of Weights and Measures SAMUEL P. PIKE, Sr.
Superintendent of Streets JAMES H. WHITE
Funeral Directors
WILLIAM S. CAVANAUGH JOSEPH B. McMAHON GUY E. NICHOLS
Burial Agent JOSEPH B. McMAHON
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Trustees of Public Library
EDWARD N. EAMES PETER NEILSON PHILIP B. BUZZELL
HELEN H. BUCK CHARLOTTE HATHAWAY
LOUIS T. McMAHON
Term expires 1946
Term expires 1946
Term expires 1945
Term expires 1945
Term expires 1944 Term expires 1944
Trustees of Trust Funds
CALEB S. HARRIMAN PHILIP B. BUZZELL EDWARD N. EAMES
Term expires 1946 Term expires 1945 Term expires 1944
Tree Warden JOHN W. BABINE
Superintendent for Suppression of Moths JOHN W. BABINE
Board of Appeal
FRANK HADLEY, Chairman JOHN H. DOYLE STANLEY WEBBER
Associate members HERBERT HIGGINBOTHAM LOUIS L. KLEYNEN
Sarah D. J. Carter Lecture Fund Committee
JOHN W. HATHAWAY MILDRED E. NEILSON FOSTER B. BALSER ALICE M. ALLEN ANNA R. BARRY
Term expires 1948 Term expires 1947 Term expires 1946
Term expires 1945
Term expires 1944
Planning Board
HERBERT R. BOUTWELL STANLEY CADY LAWRENCE H. CUSHING
Term expires 1946 Term expires 1945 Term expires 1944
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Finance Committee
HERBERT C. BARROWS (Chairman)
HAROLD E. MELZAR
Term expires 1944
JOSEPH P. RING
Term expires 1944
JOSEPH M. GRIMES
Term expires 1945
KENNETH J. CHASE
Term expires 1945
WALTER FITCH
Term expires 1945
Term expires 1946
Term expires 1946
WILLIAM P. CURTIN
Term expires 1946
Ballot Clerks and Tellers
Rose Cavanaugh
Justice Balser
Susan Esler
Grace Thurston
Olive Sheldon
Daisy Sciarappa
Helen Gammons
Edgar Shaw
Natalie Giroux
Irene Elfman
Mary B. Wilson
Ernest Eames
Frederick Burbank
John Denehy
Custodian of Town Hall
ERNEST W. EAMES
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Term expires 1944
CHARLES F. PERRY THOMAS C. DALY
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
Record of Warrants and Proceedings of the Town Meetings, Summary of Births, Marriages and Deaths with a Statement of Money Paid the Town Treasurer on Account of Dog Licenses, also Statements of Money Paid Division of Fisheries and Game and Money Paid Town Treasurer.
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
To Harry J. Ainsworth, a Constable of the Town of Wilmington:
Greetings: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and in the manner prescribed in the By-Laws of said Town, yon are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town quali- fied by law to vote in Town affairs to meet and assemble at the Town Hall on Monday, the First Day of March next, at 9:45 o'clock in the forenoon, the polls to be open at 10:00 A. M., and shall be closed at 8:00 P. M., for the election of Town Officers.
Article 1. To bring in your votes on one ballot for one Select- man for three years, who shall also act as a member of the Board of Survey; one Assessor for three years; Town Clerk; Treasurer; Col- lector of Taxes; Constable; Board of Public Welfare, one member for a term of three years; two members of School Committee for three years; two Trustees of the Public Library for three years; one member of the S. D. J. Carter Lecture Committee for five years ; one Water Commissioner for three years; Planning Board, one mem- ber for three years; Tree Warden; Moderator; one Trustee of Trust Fund for three years.
You are also further required and directed to notify and warn the said inhabitants of the Town of Wilmington, who are qualified to vote on elections and town affairs therein, to assemble subsequently and meet in Town Meeting at the Grange Hall, Wildwood Street, in said Town of Wilmington, on Monday, the Seventh Day of March, A. D., 1943 at eight o'clock P. M., then and there to act on the following Articles :
Article 2. To choose all other Town Officers for the ensuing year.
Article 3. To hear the reports of Committees and act thereon.
Article 4. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the following items :-
General Government
Cemetery
Protection of Person and Property
Interest
Schools
Highways Charities Soldier's Benefits
Library Recreation
Unclassified
Memorial Day
Water Department
Maturing Debt Reserve Fund . Insurance
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Article 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 of the financial year be- ginning January 1, 1943 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.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to pay for affecting in- surance providing indemnity for the protection of the officers and employees of the Highway, Cemetery and Police Departments of the Town against loss by reason of their liability to pay damages to others for bodily injuries, including death, at any time resulting therefrom, caused by the operation, within the scope of their official duties or employment of motor vehicles owned by the Town, to an amount not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5000.00) on account of injury to or death of one person, in accordance with the provisions of Section 5, Chapter 40 of the General Laws, as amended, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) for the observance of Memorial Day, and that the Moderator appoint a committee who shall arrange and have charge of such observance, or do anything in rela- tion thereto.
Article 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Board to sell at public auction in the evening, properties taken by the Town under Tax Title foreclosure procedure, and be authorized to execute all documents necessary to carry out the purpose of this vote, provided however, that before any sales are made due notice of the time and place of sale shall be given by advertising in the local paper and Lowell Sun at least fourteen (14) days before the sale and deeds executed hereunder must be recorded within twenty (20) days of their execution.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to purchase two (2) trucks for the use of the Highway Department and raise and appro- priate any sum of money for the purchase of same, also authorize the Moderator to appoint a committee of three persons to purchase the same, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1325.00 to pay Welfare bills incurred in previous years, due other Cities and Towns, or do anything in relation thereto. Re- quest of Board of Public Welfare.
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Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $61.83 for 1942 unpaid Police Department bill and $39.00 for 1942 unpaid Health and Sanitation bill, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred Dollars, ($100.00) or some other amount. The money to be expended under the direction of the 4 H Town Com- mittee, serving in co-operation with the Middlesex County Extension Service under the provisions of Section 40 to 45, Chapter 129, General Laws of Massachusetts. .
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Welfare to appoint one of its members as agent for the Board and fix the salary of such agent in accordance with the provi- sions of Section 4-A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws. Request of the Board of Public Welfare.
· Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate any amount for the purpose of civilian defense, and for the protection of the people and property in the town, as set forth in and authorized by Chapter 487 of the 'Acts of 1941, or do anything in relation thereto. Request of Defense Committee.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to purchase the so-called Roman property on Church Street, consisting of about eighteen acres of land with buildings thereon, for school or other municipal pur- poses, and to raise and appropriate the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or any amount, for such purposes. Request of August G. Macleod.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the School Committee to sell to theUnited States Government or to any agency or department thereof, such number of typewriters, the property of the School Department of the Town, as in the discretion of the Committee can be spared from said Department, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to accept Brand Avenue from Richmond Street to Baker Street as laid out by the Board of Survey, a distance of One Thousand Eight Hundred (1800) feet, more or less, or do anything in relation thereto.
AArticle 18. To see if the Town will vote to accept Grant Street from Federal Street to land of the Boston & Maine Railroad, as laid out by the Board of Survey, a distance of Seven Hundred Eighty (780) feet, more or less, or do anything in relation thereto.
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Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to accept Wilson Street from Federal Street, to land of the Boston & Maine Railroad, as laid out by the Board of Survey, a distance of Seven Hundred and Sixty (760) feet, more or less, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to accept Lincoln Street from Federal Street to land of the Boston & Maine Railroad, as laid out by the Board of Survey, a distance of Seven Hundred Twenty (720) feet, more or less, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to accept Pershing Street from Federal Street to land of the Boston & Maine Railroad as laid out by the Board of Survey, a distance of Seven Hundred Twenty (720) feet, more or less, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to accept Liberty Street from Federal Street to land of the Boston & Maine Railroad as laid out by the Board of Survey, a distance of Seven Hundred Forty (740). feet, more or less, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to accept Mackey Road from Federal Street for a distance of Two Hundred Fifty (250) feet, more or less, as laid out by the Board of Survey, or do anything in relation thereto.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant, or a certi- fied copy thereof, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, as soon as may be and before said meeting.
Given under our hands and Seal of Said Town this Tenth Day of February, A. D., One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-Three.
FRANK W. DAYTON, Chairman. CHARLES H. BLACK. JOHN W. COOKE
Selectmen of Wilmington.
Middlesex ss;
This is to certify that I this day posted attested copies of this WARRANT in accordance with the by-laws of the Town of Wilmington.
HARRY J. AINSWORTH, Constable of Wilmington.
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TOWN MEETING
RECORDS OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING HELD MARCH 1, 1943
In accordance with the foregoing Warrant, the Voters assembled at the Town Hall on the above date. The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Mr. Philip B. Buzzell.'
On motion of Ernest W. Eames, it was voted to dispense with the reading of the Warrant.
The Moderator examined the ballot box which was found empty, the register indication 0000, the ballot box was then locked and the key delivered to the Constable.
The ballot clerks and tellers being duly sworn, the official ballots were then delivered to the ballot clerks and receipts were taken by the Town Clerk.
At ten o'clock A. M. the Moderator declared the polls open.
At eight o'clock P. M. the Moderator declared the polls closed.
The names checked on the check list numbered seven hundred and eighty three, (783), and the register indicated seven hundred and eighty three (783).
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The following is the vote for the Town Officers as announced by the Moderator:
SELECTMAN (To Act as Board of Survey Three Years)
Voted
Elected Frank W. Dayton, four hundred six
406
Samuel G. Grant, three hundred twenty-one
321
William E. Rogers, forty
40
Blanks, sixteen 16
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ASSESSORS . (Three Years)
Elected
John D. Cooke, five hundred ninety-two
592
Blanks, one hundred eighty-seven
James Burns, one John Horton, one Melvin Southmayd, one Dorothy M. Allen, one
187
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TOWN CLERK
Elected William S. Cavanaugh, six hundred ninety 690
92
Blanks, ninety-two Dorothy Killam, one
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TREASURER
Elected
Alfred S. Allen, six hundred eighteen
618
Blanks, one hundred sixty-two
162
Wright Eisenhaur, one
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John Dukas, one Oliver Newcomb, one
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TAX COLLECTOR
Elected
George W. Buck, six hundred thirty-eight
638
Blanks, One forty-two
142
Madeline Southmayd, one
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Henry Morgenthau, Jr., one
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Ned Nolan, one
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CONSTABLE
Elected
Harry J. Ainsworth, six hundred sixty-five
665
Blanks, One hundred fifteen
615
Chester Nimitz, one
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Betty Wendell, one
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Edward Lee, one
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BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE (3 Years)
Votes
Elected
Steven Collucci, four-hundred thirty-nine
439
Maurice O'Neil, two hundred twenty-four
224
Blanks, one hundred nineteen
Frederick L. Kleynen, one
119
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE (3 Years)
Elected Adam T. Galka, five hundred forty-five 545
Elected Burt E. Tilley, four hundred eighty-seven 487
Blanks, Five hundred thirty
530
Gus Blaisdell, one
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Joseph P. Ring, Jr., one
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Dorothy M. Allen, one
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Herbert R. Boutwell, one
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TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY (3 Years)
Elected Edward N. Eames, five hundred fifty-seven 557
Elected Peter Neilson, four hundred ninety-six 436
Blanks, five hundred nine
509
Allen Riley, one
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Herbert R. Boutwell, one
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Domenick Himmler, one
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Erwin Rommell, one
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S. D. J. CARTER LECTURE COMMITTEE (5 Years)
Elected John W. Hathaway, four hundred eighty-three 485
Blanks, two-hundred ninety-five 295
Howard Bedell, one
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Ernest Woodside, one
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Philip B. Buzzell, one
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Erwin Rommel, one
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Frank Knox, one
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WATER COMMISSIONER (3 Years)
Elected Alden N. Eames, five hundred seventy-five 575
Blanks, two hundred four 204
Arthur Williams, one
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Carl Chapman, one
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Dwight Eisenhauer, one
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John Ducas, one 1
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PLANNING BOARD (3 Years)
Elected
Herbert R. Boutwell, ninety-two
92
Blanks, six hundred fifty-six
656
J. Howard Eames, one Mary Bemis, one Walter Geswell, one
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Burt Froton, one
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James H. Taylor, eight
S
Edward Neilson, two
2
Harry Goodearl, one
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Edward Manning, three
3
Truman Bennett, one Walter G. Buckle, one
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- Susan T. Esler, one Alfred S. Allen, one
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Horace Huntley, two
2
Daniel Ross, one
1
Ray Hines, one
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Louis McMahon, one
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Justice Balser, one
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Louis Elfman, one
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William E. Rogers, one
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Walter Fitch, one
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Frank Patch, one
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Edwin Forest, one
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Fred Cain, one
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David Elfman, one
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TREE WARDEN
Elected John W. Babine, five hundred ninety-nine
599
Blanks, one hundred eighty-two
182
Elmer Nary, one
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Betty Grable, one
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MODERATOR
Elected Philip B. Buzzell, six hundred seven
607
Blanks, one hundred seventy-four
174
Alec Morrison, one
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Joseph Martin, Jr., one
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TRUSTEE OF TRUST FUNDS (3 Years)
Elected Caleb S. Harriman, five hundred fifty-seven
557
Blanks, two hunded twenty-four
224
Herman Bischoff, one
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Edmond Waters, one
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The meeting then adjourned until March 8, 1943. Attest, WILLIAM S. CAVANAUGH, Town Clerk.
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RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS OF THE ADJOURNED ANNUAL TOWN MEETING HELD MARCH 8, 1943
At eight fifteen P. M. the Moderator called the meeting to order.
Article 2. On motion of Herbert C. Barrows, 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 this article.
The following list was submitted as nominations:
SURVEYORS OF WOOD, BARK AND LUMBER
Wilfred A. Andrews
Frank Patch
Herbert C. Barrows
Charles D. Reily
Harry R. Deming
Arthur W. Eames
John W. Babine
MEASURERS OF LEATHER
Lawrence W. Harriman
Charles Hembree
Paul Chisholm Russell J. Gracie
Reginald J. Frotton
PUBLIC WEIGHERS OF MERCHANDISE
Edward Haskell
Walter L. Hale, Jr.
Algot L. Osterman
Harry R. Deming Clayton F. Lyon
Fred Carter
Wilbur Stavely
CEMETERY COMMISSIONER (3 Years) DAVID MARTIN
On motion of Charles H. Black, it was voted to instruct the Town Clerk, to cast one (1) Ballot and declare the nominees elected.
REPORT OF COMMITTEES
In regard to the Bingham Survey :- Of All Town Departments.
This matter was taken up by the Finance Committee primarily to provide a complete investigation of conditions existing in the Walfare Department, and Soldiers Relief, on the Question of cost for this Sur- vey we found that the Welfare investigation would be the chief cost and a survey of conditions in the other Department would add a very little to the expense, consequently we advised a survey of all Depart- ments which was voted by the Town.
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The Welfare Department was at this time in a most deplorable condition. Records of case histories were not complete or missing altogether, reports to the State were not made as requested and much money was being lost to the Town by lack of proper notification to other Cities and Towns of aid rendered persons who had no settlement here, a proper checkup was not being made on cases through lack of visits at regular intervals.
Aid rendered in the form of grocery orders and fuel supplies was not handled in an economical manner and was costing much more than was necessary. This Town has paid the past year over $12,000 in settlement of old bills due other Cities and Towns, quite a part of which could proper notifications and checkups have been made, been avoided.
The present condition of the Welfare Department is very much improved. An office room has been provided and furnished for their use, a paid agent for the board has been appointed, and a trained Social Worker has been hired. These are full time workers, but their combined salaries do not equal what was paid to the Board members in 1940 for travel and clerical expenses for a very inferior administration.
All of these improvements were recommended in the Binghan report and there are others relating to the purchase of supplies which may be adopted later at the discretion of the Board of Welfare.
At the request of the Board of Selectmen and this Board an in- vestigation was made by the department of State Aid and Pensions of all Soldier's Relief cases and a complete report made to the Selectmen of each case with their findings and recommendations thereon which has resulted in a much improved condition in this department.
The Police Department has benefitted by the suggestions made in the survey, confusion of authority has been eliminated and general conditions have been improved.
Recommendations and findings as presented in our 1941 report will in most cases be helpful if adopted,
In conclusion it is our opinion that the improvement in general conditions in the Welfare Department alone are worth more to the Town than the total cost of the Survey as made and will result in sufficient savings in a very short time to offset the cost of the same.
Respectfully submitted, FINANCE COMMITTEE, By Herbert C. Barrows, Chairman.
Mr. Herbert C. Barrows made the above report
On motion of Frank W. Dayton it was voted that the report of the committee be accepted.
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Article 4. On motion of Herbert C. Barrows it was voted that the Town raise and appropriate the several and respected sums as recom- mended by the Finance Committee, each item to be taken up and voted on separately, subject to amendment.
The following sums were raised and appropriated under this article:
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Selectmen:
Salaries
$ 650.00
Expenses
200.00
Town Accountant:
Salary
.... 1,000.00
Expenses
75.00
Treasurer :
Foreclosurers
800.00
Expenses
525.00
Salary
1,000.00
On an amendment offered by Paul D. Emmons, it was voted to increase the salary from $800 to $1,000.00.
Tax Collector:
Expenses
1,000.00
Salary
1,600.00
On an amendment offered by Paul D. Emmons, it was voted to increase the salary from $1,500.00 to $1,600.00.
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Assessors :
Expenses
300.00
Salaries
1,700.00
Finance Committee
100.00
Town Counsel
Expenses
325.00
Salary
300.00
Town Clerk:
Expenses
. 60.00
Salary
400.00
Election and Registration:
Salaries and Expenses
800.00
Town Hall
2,000.00
Planning Board
50.00
$ 12,885.00
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PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Police Department :
Expenses
$ 1,200.00
Salaries and wages
10,320.00
Ambulance
300.00
Constable
50.00
$11,870.00
Fire Department:
Expenses
$ 1,600.00
Salaries and wages
7,350.00
Hydrant Rental
5,720.00
Building Inspection
Expenses
50.00
Salary
300.00
Board of Appeals
50.00
Sealers of Weights and Measurers
Expenses
80.00
Salary
250.00
Elm Leaf Beetle
500.00
Moth Suppression
1,500.00
Tree Warden
800.00
Health and Sanitation
2,000.00
Public Nurse
1,000.00
$ 33,070.00
HIGHWAYS, ROADS AND BRIDGES
Highways, General
$ 20,000.00
Chapter 90, Maintenance
1,000.00
Road Machinery Account
500.00
Street Lights
7,650.00
$ 29,150.00
CHARITIES AND AID
Board of Public Welfare (Administration)
$ 2,000.00
Relief
8,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children
4,800.00
Old Age Assistance (Administration)
1,000.00
Old Age Assistance
24,000.00
State Aid
500.00
Military Aid
100.00
Soldiers' Relief
3,000.00
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$ 43,400.00
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EDUCATION
Schools
Vocational Training
$ 81,500.00 500.00
$ 82,000.00
MISCELLANEOUS
Library
$ 1,000.00
Parks
350.00
Unclassified
1,000.00
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