Norwood annual report 1911-1914, Part 31

Author: Norwood (Mass.)
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1828


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6-7


Mary L. Reid


Sept.


1908


Westfield Normal School.


6


Mary C. Fleming


Sept.


1910


Lowell Normal School.


5-6


Emma C. Taylor


Sept.


1911


Farminton, Me., Normal School.


5


Margarita E. Burns


Oct.


1904


Bridgewater Normal School


4


Mary W. O'Brien


Sept.


1907


Framingham Normal School.


3


Julia I. Drummy


Sept.


1909


Framingham Normal School,


Colby College, A. B. Course at Harvard Summer School. Harvard College, A. B.


Asst.


Emily B. Etzensperger


Jan.


1913


Wellesley College, A. B.


course at Salem


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Shattuck


1-2 1 Prin. 6


Estelle M. Mahoney Alice S. Houston Helen F. McCarthy Emmeline E. Wilson


Jan. 1903


Framingham Normal School.


Jan. 1910


Plymouth, N. H., Normal School.


Apr. 1908


Symonds Kindergarten Training School.


Mar. 1912 Farmington, Me., Normal School.


Oct.


1909


Cortland, N Y., Normal School. Courses in New York University, School of Pedagogy.


Sept. 1911


Lowell Normal School.


6


B. Marion Harmon


Sept. 1912


Farmington, Me., Normal School.


5


Martha E. Mahony


Sept. 1909


Bridgewater Normal School.


Florence Hill


Jan. 1881


Norwood High School.


4 3


Mary A. Burnham


Sept.


1912


2


Maude A. Woods


Sept. 1899


1


Emma F. Niles


Apr.


1903


Norwood High School. Wellesley College. 1 year Course at Hyannis Normal School.


Prin.


Katharine L. Carbee


Sept.


1901


Plymouth, N. H., Normal School. Course at New Hampshire State Normal Summer School.


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Georgie B. Collins


Sept. 1912


Maude L. Fuller


Sept. 1910


4-5 4


Marguerite E. Mahoney


Sept. 1907


Bridgewater Normal School.


3


M. Louise Mahoney


Sept. 908


Bridgewater Normal School.


2-3


Bertha L. Brown


Feb. 1907


Farmington, Me., Normal School.


2


Mary A. Ahern


Sept. 1911 Plymouth, N. H., Normal School.


1


E. Louise Ward


May


1902


Boston Normal School. Page Normal Kindergarten School.


East


3-4


Marion H. Bartlett


March 1911


Plymouth, N. H., Normal School.


1-2


Martha B. Parker


Sept. 1884


Bridgewater Normal School


Balch


Maude E. Dalton


Jan. 1907


Sharon High School, Rhode Island Normal School, 1 year.


A. Agnes Curtin


Sept. 1903


Bridgewater Normal School.


West


Elizabeth C. Oldham


Sept. 1911


Framingham Normal School.


Emma K. Richardson


Sept. 1912


Plymouth, N. H., Normal School.


Unassigned


Ethel M. Lindsay


Sept.


1911


Farmington, Me., Normal School.


37 Hyannis Normal School. Framingham Normal School.


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Lizzie E. Hadley


Sept. 1901


Templeton High School.


Winslow


3 2


1-2 1 3-4


1-2


George W. Allen


Marie H. Sorensen


Course at University of Maine. Salem Normal School.


Wheelock Kindergarten Training School.


TEACHERS, JANUARY 31, 1913-Continued


School


Grade


Name


Date of Appointment


Where Graduated, Highest Institution (Also Other Courses)


Unassigned Music


Alice L. Collins Frieda Rand


Sept. Feb.


1912 1912


Hyannis Normal School. Mt. Holyoke College, A. B. Courses at The New Eng- land Conservatory of Music, The Institute of Music Pedagogy and The American Institute of Normal Methods.


Drawing


Bessie M. Parker


Feb.


1905


Boston Art Museum, 2 years. Rhode Island Normal


Sewing P'nm'nship


Agnes M. Bridges Lena F. Neall


Sept.


1911


Sept.


1912


School, 1 year. Courses at Art Students' League, New York City, and Hyannis Normal School Framingham Normal School, Household Arts Dep't. Lynn English High School, Courses at Salem Normal School.


Nurse


Mary Mackie


Sept.


1912


Newton Hospital.


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REPORT OF TRUANT OFFICER AND CENSUS ENUMERATOR.


The truant officer has rendered no report for the year ending January 31, 1913.


To the Superintendent of Schools:


I submit my report as Census Enumerator for the year 1912. I have taken a house to house canvass as required by law.


Number of children between 5 and 15, 1577


Number of boys between 5 and 15,


786


Number of girls between 5 and 15,


791


Number of boys between 7 and 14,


626


Number of girls between 7 and 14,


640


Number of illiterate minors over 14, 31


Number of male illiterate minors over 14, 22


Number of female illiterate minors, over 14, 9 Respectfully submitted, THOMAS F. HOLMAN,


Enumerator.


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SCHOOL PHYSICIAN. Dr. A. S. Hartwell, 90 Winter street.


TRUANT OFFICER. James W. Lavers, 88 Cottage street.


JANITORS.


John P. Oldham, 260 Pleasant street; High, Everett. John J. Fitzgerald, 24 Myrtle street; Guild. Michael H. Dyer, 68 Chapel street; Balch. Frank Laidlaw, 16 Hoyle street; Winslow, West. Darby Foley, 17 Myrtle street; Shattuck, East.


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ROLL OF HONOR


The Following Pupils Have Been Neither Absent nor Tardy For the Length of Time Specified.


For the Year Ending June 23, 1911. (Omitted from 1912 Report.)


Three Years:


Evelyn Butler, Shattuck, Grade 3.


One Year:


George Burke, Winslow, Grade 6.


For the Year Ending June 21, 1912.


Four Years:


Anna C. Lydon, High, Class of 1912.


Robert Drummey, High, Class of 1915.


Margaret Murphy, High, Class of 1915.


Albert Smith, Shattuck, Grade 7.


Alvar Svenson, Winslow, Grade 4.


Three Years:


Mary S. Breen, High, Class of 1913.


Glen Macleod, Everett, Grade 9.


Two Years:


Russell E. Clark, High, Class of 1914. Carl Smith, High, Class of 1915. Clara Burke, Everett, Grade 9. John Sogard, Everett, Grade 9. George Burke, Guild, Grade 7.


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Helen Betts, Guild, Grade 5. Patrick Devine, Shattuck, Grade 6. Mary Hefferan, Shattuck, Grade 4. Mary Graney, Winslow, Grade 4. Olive Burke, Winslow, Grade 4. Ruth Carlson, Winslow, Grade 3. Carl Hanf, Balch, Grade 2. Myrtle Readel, West, Grade 3.


One Year.


High School:


Class of 1912.


Rachel J. Ellis


Class of 1913.


Douglass Huntoon Endicott Low Karl Spearwater


Class of 1914.


Marion Bateman Emily Fielding Theodore Grant Marjorie Spear


Class of 1915.


Sherman Layton Henry Saumsiegle James Walker


Everett School:


Grade 9.


Roy Anderson William Bailey Arthur Maxner Arthur Perkins


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Grade 7. Herbert Koch Margaret Murphy Miriam Sandiford


Guild School:


Grade 7.


Helen Perkins


Grade 6.


Joseph Drummey Richard Murphy John Smith


Grade 5.


Eva Ferrara Louis Larson


Grade 4.


Harry Flansbury


Grade 2.


Dorothy Bemis Ruth Rowe


Edmund J. Shattuck School:


Grade 5.


Mildred Rock


Grade 3. Joseph Curran John Knox


Winslow


Grade 6. Ellen Anderson


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Grade 5. Frank Clem John Eppich


Grade 4.


Albin Kainulaine Onnie Lamminen Mildred Meyer


Grade 3. John Boyden Mary Costello


East School:


Grade 3.


Ernest Karlsen


Grade 1.


Nora Cronan Dorothy Flansbury


Balch School:


Grade 1.


Irene Gottberg


West School:


Grade 4. Helen Muscillo


Grade 2. Sten Carlson


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GRAMMAR SCHOOL GRADUATION


Everett Hall, Norwood, Thursday, June 20, 1912. " Success is the Reward of Industry."


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PROGRAM.


"The Twenty-third Psalm" Mendelssohn Air from Midsummer Night's Dream Class Chorus


Class Roll Call


a. English Section


b. Latin Section


"Water Lilies" Karl Linders


Class Chorus


Essay-"A Historical Sketch of Norwood" Glen Macleod


"The Minstrel Boy"-Irish Folk Song Class Chorus


Essay-"Norwood in War" Clara Burke


Piano Solo-"Valse des Papillons" William Bailey


Behr


Essay-"The Presses of Norwood" Amy Barr


Essay-"The Printing Ink Industry of Norwood" Arthur Perkins


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"Voices of the Woods"


Rubinstein


Class Chorus Essay-"Leather Manufacturing in Norwood" Neil Johnson


Piano Solo-"Grand Military Galop" Bohn


Mollie Hayden


Essay-"The Growth of the Norwood Schools" Florence Hennessey


Presentation of Medals Isaiah A. Whorf, Principal


Class Chorus Gounod "Praise Ye the Father"


Presentation of Diplomas


George Harding Smith, Chairman, School Board


LIST OF GRADUATES


Anderson, Alexander


Anderson, James Alexander


Anderson, Roy Herman Appleby, Madelein Estey Bailey, William Currie Barr, Amy Luella Barrett, Michael Joseph


Bernier, Leo Raphael


Billings, James Henry


Boutilier, Thomas Henry Breen, George Joseph


Burke, Clara Lucy Cashman, Lillian Mary


Church, Hannah Weston


Kelley, Bartley Joseph Keohane, Mary Teresa Letts, Bessie Edith


Lydon, Ellen Elizabeth Lydon, Festus Joseph MacLeod, Glen Wilton Manimon, William Andrew Maxner, Arthur Renwick McDonough, Joseph McMahon, Edward Francis Metcalf, Mildred Florence Miller, Francis Bertha Nordstrom, Ethel O'Brien, Edward Aloysius


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Church, Helen Hill Coughlin, Margaret Teresa Douglass, Henry Frye Edmonds, Ruth Lillian Elston, Mary Elizabeth Erickson, Emil Ephraim Everett, Edward Pierce Fay, Louise Helen Fitzgerald, James Valentine Flaherty, William Francis Folkins, Edna Mary Fulton, Patrick Hayden, Mary Theresa Hayes, Lawrence Joseph Hennessey, Florence Cecilia Hogan, Elizabeth Joaletter Hogan, Francis Joseph Johnson, Neil Sherman


O'Brien, Leo Frederick Oldham, Mary Louise Parker, Anna Frances Partridge, Harold Collins Perkins, Arthur Hunter Peterson, Herbert John Probert, Walter Handford Readel, Howard Winfred Robidou, Lettie Harriette Roche, Lillian Rose Russell, John Ransom Smith, Jessie Sarah Sogard, John Mikelsen Steele, Robert Hugh Sundqvist, Carl Verner Thompson, Oscar Frederick Walker, Margaret Jane Walsh, Nora Agnes


Warde, Warren Edward


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HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION


Everett Hall, Norwood, Friday, June 14, 1912. PROGRAM.


March


Orchestra


Prayer


Rev. A. H. Pingree


Chorus-The Prophet Psalmist Farmer I. A Supplication II. Praise for Deliverance III. The Lord Our Shepherd


Essay-Haunts of Wild Flowers Helen Eulalia Oldham


Chorus-The Magnet and the Churn Sullivan


Essay-Advantages of Modern Modes of Travel Rachel Johnson Ellis


Chorus-The National Game Suppe


Essay-Shakespeare's Fools Elias Stanley Pratt


Chorus-Call to Battle Verdi


Essay-Our Woodland Friends Mary Daphne Taylor


Chorus-The Navy Suppe The Army Jacobowski


Essay-The Lure of Mystery


Phyllis Bigelow


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Chorus-O, Italia Beloved


Donizetti


Award of Honors


Mr. Nathaniel A. Cutler


Presentation of Diplomas


Mr. George Harding Smith Song -- America Accompanist, Phyllis Bigelow


LIST OF GRADUATES.


Leona Frances Aiken Oliver James Barr, Jr. Phyllis Bigelow Frederick William Borchers


Louise Henrietta Borchers


Emma Frances Chamberlain


Rachel Johnson Ellis Charles Henry Flood Mary Bernadette Foley Pauline Elona Heath Harold Austin Johnston


William Leo LeClair


Anna Cecilia Lydon Carroll Plimpton Nead Robert John O'Brien Helen Eulalia Oldham Alice Montgomery Partridge


Florence Russell Powers Elias Stanley Pratt Bertha Lucy Smith Mary Daphne Taylor Albert William Thompson Annie Marie Thompson Helen Dorothy Warde


Marion Reynolds Wolfe


Town Meeting Warrant.


TOWN MEETING WARRANT.


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Commonwealth of Massachusetts.


Norfolk, ss.


To either of the Constables in the Town of Norwood, in said County:


Greeting:


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Norwood, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, to assemble in Village Hall, in said town, on Monday, the third day of March, A. D. 1913, at fifteen minutes before six o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, namely:


Article 1. To choose all necessary town officers. The fol- lowing are to be chosen by ballot, namely: Three Selectmen, who shall be Overseers of the Poor and Surveyors of Highways; one Town Clerk, one Town Treasurer, one Collector of Taxes, three Park Commissioners, six Constables, one Tree Warden, one Moderator, all for one year; one Assessor for three years;


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one Sewer Commissioner for three years; one member of the Municipal Light Board for three years, and one member of the Municipal Light Board for two years; one member of the Board of Health for three years; one Water Commissioner for three years; two members of the School Committee for three years; two trustees of the Morrill Memorial Library for three years, and one trustee for the Morrill Memorial Library for two years; and also upon the same ballot to vote upon the fol- lowing question: "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of in- toxicating liquors in the town?"


Art. 2. To hear and act on reports of town officers and com- mittees.


Art. 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, or a majority thereof, to borrow during the municipal year, beginning Feb. 1st, A. D. 1913, in anticipation of the collection of taxes of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the town, but not exceeding the total tax levy for said year, giving the notes of the town therefor, payable within one year from the date thereof. All debts incurred under authority of this vote shall be paid from the taxes of the present municipal year.


Art. 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Col- lector of Taxes to use the same means as a Town Treasurer may use when acting as collector.


Art. 5. To see what disposition the Town will make of money received as excise tax from street railway companies.


Art. 6. To see what disposition the town will make of money received for dog licenses.


Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote to fix the time within which taxes assessed therein for the year 1913 shall be paid and that on all taxes remaining unpaid after such time or a certain


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time, interest shall be paid at a specified rate not exceeding six per cent a year and such interest be added to and be a part of such taxes.


Art. 9. To see if the Town will vote that all sidewalk assess- ments sliall bear interest at the rate of 6 per cent per annum from the 30th day after such assessments become due until paid in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 49 of the Revised Laws.


Art. 10. To see what sum or sums of money the town will raise and appropriate for the current fiscal year, for the follow- ing purposes, or take any other action in the matter.


1-Abatement of Taxes.


2-Appropriation Committee Expense.


3-Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and Surveyors of Highways:


a Salaries.


b Incidentals.


4-Town Accountant and Bookkeeper :


a Salary.


b Incidentals.


5-Treasurer:


a Salary.


b Incidentals, including premiumn on suretyship bond.


6-Collector of Taxes:


a Salary.


b Incidentals, including premium on suretyship bond.


7-Assessors:


a Salaries.


b Incidentals.


8-Assessors' Plans.


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9-Certification of Bonds and Notes.


10-Town Clerk:


a Salary.


b Incidentals.


11-Law:


a Salary.


b Incidentals.


12-Election and Registration:


a Salary.


b Incidentals.


13-Town officers and Municipal Buildings:


a Salaries.


b Incidentals.


14-Police Department. Prosecution of Illegal Sale of Liquor.


15-Fire Department.


a Salary.


b Incidentals.


15 1-2-Maintenance of Fire Alarm System.


a Salary.


b Incidentals.


16-Inspector of Buildings.


a Salary.


b Incidentals.


17 Inspector of Cattle.


18-Sealer of Weights and Measures:


a Salary.


b Incidentals.


19-Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth and other Insect Pest Extermination.


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20-Care and Planting of Shade Trees.


21-Board of Health:


a Salaries.


b Contagious diseases, refuse and garbage disposal, maintenance of town dump, and incidental expenses.


22-Sewer Maintenance and Operation and Sewer Com- missioners' Salaries.


23-Sewer Construction.


24-Maintenance and Construction of Main Drains, and cleaning brooks and drains other than Main Drains.


25-Maintenance and repairs of highways, culverts and bridges, paving gutters, building sidewalks, setting edge- stones, removal of snow and ice, sanding sidewalks, street signs and guide boards, and salary of superintendent, and operation of stone crusher.


26 -- Watering and Treating Streets.


27-Support of Poor.


28-Salary of Town Physician.


29-State Aid.


30-Military Aid.


31-Soldiers' Burials.


32-Soldiers' Relief.


33-Support of Schools.


34-Transportation of pupils in outlying districts.


35-Support of Morrill Memorial Library.


36-The use of Geo. K. Bird Post, No. 169, G. A. R., to dec- orate Soldiers' Graves on Memorial Day.


37-Printing and distribution of town reports.


38-Defray incidental and other necessary expense not other- wise provided for.


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39-Electric Light Department:


a Maintenance.


b Operation.


c Depreciation.


d New Construction.


e Repairs ..


40-Water Department:


a Salaries of Board.


41-Cemeteries.


42-Sinking Fund, from the receipts of the Water Department.


43-Interest on:


Loans for general purposes.


Notes and Bonds on Water and Municipal Light Depart- ments.


Sewer bonds.


Loans in Anticipation of Taxes and other Loans.


44-Bonds and notes due in 1913.


45-Insurance on town property.


46-Free band concerts.


47-Contingent fund.


Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to accept Press avenue extension for a distance of about 480 feet to Washington street, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate money for the construction of the same or take any other action in the matter.


Art. 12. To see if the town will vote to accept Lenox avenue, a new way leading from Lenox street, easterly about 450 feet, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate money to construct the same or take any other action in the matter.


Art. 13. To see if the Town will vote to accept Shaw street, a


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new way leading northerly from a new proposed way called Lenox avenue, about 435 feet, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate money to construct the same or take any other action in the matter.


Art. 14. To see if the Town will vote to accept First street, a new way extending southerly about 300 feet from Cross street, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate money to construct the same or take any other action in the matter.


Art. 15. To see if the Town will vote to accept Second street, a new way extending southerly about 350 feet from Cross street, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate money to construct the same or take any other action in the matter.


Art. 16. To see if the town will vote to accept Third street, a new way extending about 400 feet from Cross street, as laid out by the Selectmen, and raise and appropriate money to con- struct the same, or take any other action in the matter.


Art. 17. To see if the town will vote to accept Sturtevant avenue, a new way extending from Washington street to a pro- posed new way called Pond avenue, as laid out by the Select- men, the same to be laid out and constructed under the pro- visions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments and raise and appropriate money to construct the same or take any other action in the matter.


Art. 18. To see if the Town will vote to accept Heaton avenue, a new way extending from Washington street to a pro- posed new way called Pond avenue, as laid out by the Select- men, the same to be laid out and constructed under the pro- visions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments and raise and appropriate money to construct the same or take any other action in the matter.


Art. 19. To see if the town will vote to accept Pond avenue,


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a new way extending from Dean street, to a proposed new way called Heaton avenue, as laid out by the Selectmen, the same to be laid out and constructed under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments and raise and ap- propriate money to construct the same or take any other action in the matter.


Art. 20. To see if the Town will vote to maintain an evening school as provided by law and raise and appropriate money for such purpose or take any other action in the matter.


Art. 21. To see if the Town will vote to abandon the easterly end of East Hoyle street for a distance of 275 feet, in accordance with the detailed plan of same to be presented by the Selectmen, or take any other action in the matter.


Art. 22. To see if the Town will accept and allow the altera- tion and widening of East Hoyle street, made by the Selectmen, as reported by them or take any other action in the matter.


Art. 23. To see if the Town will vote to repair and gravel Highview street and Upton avenue and pave gutters on same, and raise and appropriate money for said purposes, or take any other action in the matter.


(On petition of Carl Schier and others.)


Art. 24. To see if the Town will vote to relocate the water hydrant now situated near the house of Adolph Swanson, and raise and appropriate money for said purpose, or take any other action in the matter.


(On petition of L. Herman Beaver and others.)


Art. 25. To see if the Town will vote to purchase an auto combination fire truck and raise and appropriate money for said purpose or take any other action in the matter.


Art. 26. To see if the Town will vote to purchase the Ledge


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lot at the corner of Myrtle and Prospect streets for the location of the Stone Crusher and raise and appropriate money for said purpose or take any other action in the matter.


Art. 27. To see if the Town will vote to remove the Stone Crusher from its present location to the lot on the corner of Myrtle and Prospect streets and repair the same and equip it to operate by electricity, and raise and appropriate money for said purposes, or take any other action in the matter.


Art. 28. To see if the Town will vote to remodel the old engine house for office purposes and raise and appropriate money therefor or take any other action in the matter.


Art. 29. To see if the town will vote to remodel the Town Lockup and raise and appropriate money for said purpose or take any other action in the matter.


Art. 30. To see if the Town will vote to repair the sidewalk on the easterly side of Warren street, and to construct a gravel sidewalk on the northerly side of Granite street, from Wash- ington street to Warren street, and from the corner of Granite and Warren streets on the westerly side of Warren street to the corner of Philbrick avenue, and raise and appropriate money for same, or take any other action in the matter.


(On petition of Emil O. Patzold and others.)


Art. 31. To see if the Town will vote to remove the trees in Washington street on the easterly portion thereof, from Day street to Railroad avenue, and those opposite the land of L. W. Bigelow & Son, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for said purpose or take any other action in the matter.


(On petition of Albin K. Parker and others.)


Art. 32. To see if the Town will vote to construct a grano- lithic side-walk on the westerly side of Washington street, from the New Odd Fellows Block to Cottage street, and raise


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and appropriate a sum of money for said purpose, or take any other action in the matter.


(On petition of Albin K. Parker and others.)


Art. 33. To see if the Town will vote the following :- That no new street shall be accepted by the Town, until the owner or owners of such street or streets, shall have planted a proper number of shade trees, on both sides of the street, under the right conditions.


Art. 34. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen to petition the County Commissioners on behalf of the Town, to alter and widen Nahatan street, from Prospect street, to Washington street, so that said street between said points shall have a uniform width of fifty (50) feet, or take any other action in the matter.


(On petition of Joseph F. McManus and others.)


Art. 35. To see if the Town will vote to extend the sewer system on Phillips avenue from Winslow avenue to Walpole street and to raise and appropriate money for the same, or take any other action in the matter.


Art. 36. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Sewer Commissioners to construct additional filter beds and raise and appropriate money for that purpose, or take any other action in the matter.


Art. 37. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Sewer Commissioners to extend the system of sewerage of the Town into and throughout the Pleasant Street Pumping Dis- trict, and to take all action necessary and appropriate for said purpose, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 90 of the Acts of the Legislature for the year 1913, or take any other action in the matter.


Art. 38. To see if the Town will vote to issue bonds or notes to the amount of fifty thousand dollars for the extension


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of its system of sewerage into and throughout the Pleasant Street Pumping District and fix the form, amounts, times of payment, and rate of interest thereof, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 90 of the Acts of the Legislature for the year 1913, or take any other action in the matter.


Art. 39. To see if the Town will vote to reimburse A. G. Hyde & Sons to the extent of one-half the cost to it of the con- struction of a pipe drain across Washington street extending from the Cedar street drain to the culvert drain which is a part of the Old Robbins drain, so called, and raise and appropriate money for said purpose, or take any other action in the matter.


Art. 40. To see if the Town will vote to purchase a power sprayer and hose, and raise and appropriate the sum of $1,- 500.00 for said purpose, or take any other action in the matter.


Art. 41. To see if the town will vote to extend the water mains from East Cross street a distance of about 350 feet in Second street, and raise and appropriate money for said pur- pose, said extension to be subject to the usual guaranty.


(On petition of Sigvard Endresen and others.)


Art. 42. To see if the town will vote to extend the water mains on Lenox avenue, subject to the usual guaranty, and raise and appropriate money for said purpose.


(On petition of Edward Nelson and others.)


Art. 43. To see if the town will vote to extend the water mains from East Cross Street in First Street for a distance of about 300 feet subject to the usual guaranty, and raise and ap- propriate money for said purpose.




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