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(On petition of James A. Hartshorn and others.)
Art. 3. To see if the Town will vote to extend the sewer system in Highland street between Elliot street and Walnut avenue and raise or borrow and appropriate money for said purpose or take any other action in the matter.
(On petition of S. A. Perkins and others.)
Art. 4. To see if the Town will vote to extend the water main westerly along Lincoln street between the present ends of the main on the proposed Cypress street and on Elm street and raise or borrow and appropriate money for said purpose, subject to the usual guaranty, or take any other action in the matter.
(On petition of Herbert W. Rhodes and others.)
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Art. 5. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a committee to investigate the matter of the purchase of a moderate priced piece of auto apparatus for the fire department, said committee to report at the next annual town meeting, or take any other action regarding said matter.
Art. 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate moneys for the following purposes, the same to be in addition to moneys heretofore raised and appropriated for said purposes and each of them:
(a) Repairs of highways; highway equipment; operation of stone crusher and removal of snow and ice.
(b) Maintenance of town office building.
(c) Support of the poor.
(d) Expense of the construction of the parallel highway, so-called, extending northerly from Washington street near Prospect street to Clapboardtree street on the westerly side of the location of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Rail- road Company.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the support of the evening school the same to be in addition to the moneys heretofore appropriated for such purpose or take any other action in the matter.
Art. 8. To hear and act upon the report of the Town Plan- ning Committee with reference to the location and erection of a new high school building.
Art. 9. To see if the Town will vote to select a site for a new high school building and appoint a committee to obtain plans and estimates for a suitable building and to report thereon and to raise or borrow and appropriate money for the use of said committee or take any other action in said matters.
Art. 10. To see if the Town will vote to purchase a portable building or buildings for school use in connection with the present high school building, and raise or borrow and appropriate money for said purpose or take any other action in the matter.
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Art. 11. To see if the Town will vote to change and amend the by-laws relating to the Highland Cemetery as follows:
Sec. 1. By striking out said section and substituting therefor the following:
Sec. 1. "The Selectmen shall have the sole care, superin- tendence and management of the Highland Cemetery, but the exercise of the powers and the performance of the duties hereby given and imposed, except as herein otherwise provided, shall be delegated by the Selectmen to the General Manager who shall be the administrative head of the cemetery department, but subject, however, to the direction and supervision of the Select- men; and said Selectmen shall in all respects and for all purposes whatsoever be the lawful successors of the Board of Cemetery Commissioners and the offices of Cemetery Commissioners are hereby abolished."
Secs. 2, 3 and 4 are hereby amended by striking out the words "Board of Commissioners," "Commissioners" and "Board," wherever they occur in said sections and each of them and sub- stituting therefor the word "Selectmen."
Sec. 5. By striking out said section and substituting therefor the following:
Sec. 5. "Said Selectmen shall annually report in writing to the Town, at or before the annual town meeting, of their acts and proceedings and of the condition of the cemetery with an account of the receipts and expenditures for the same, and the funds subject to their orders as of the thirty-first day of Decem- ber of the year previous.
Art. 12. To see if the Town will vote to adopt as by-laws the following, viz:
Street Traffic By-Laws.
Sec. 1. All drivers of vehicles shall keep on the right hand side of the roadway, except when prevented from doing so by reason of excavations or other obstructions, and as near to the
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right hand curb as possible, and in overtaking and passing other vehicles, shall pass on the left.
Sec. 2. Such drivers turning to the right into another street shall turn the corner as near to the curb as practicable and if turning to the left into another street, shall pass to the right of and beyond the centre of the street intersection before turning and all drivers shall stop their vehicles with the right side to the curb, except when prevented from doing so by reason of ex- cavations or other obstructions.
Sec. 3. Such drivers in crossing from one side of the street to the other shall first signal by raising the left arm and then by turning to the left so as to head into the same direction as the traffic on that side of the street.
Sec. 4. Unless in an emergency or to allow another vehicle or pedestrian to cross his path, such drivers shall not stop in any street until they have drawn close to the curb line and shall not stop within ten feet of an intersecting street.
Sec. 5. Vehicles moving slowly shall be kept as close as possible to the curb line on the right hand in order to allow faster moving vehicles free passage on the left.
Section 6. Such drivers of vehicles shall at all times comply with any direction by voice or hand of any policeman as to stopping, starting, approaching, or departing from any place, the manner of taking up or setting down passengers, and of loading or unloading goods in any public place.
Sec. 7. In slowing up or stopping, a signal shall always be given to those behind by raising the hand vertically or to the' side.
Sec. 8. Drivers or others loading or unloading vehicles shall not permit such vehicles to so obstruct any street as to interfere with free passage of other street traffic for a longer period than three minutes, and shall not permit such vehicles to be or remain at right angles to the curb line of any street while any portion
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of such street at that point is lawfully occupied by a street car or other vehicle.
Sec. 9. In passing street cars which are receiving passengers or from which passengers are departing, such drivers shall pass to the right at a reasonable distance from such cars and at a slow rate of speed.
Sec. 10. Whoever violates any provision of these by-laws shall be punished by a fine not exceeding Twenty Dollars ($20) for each offense.
Art. 13. To see if the Town will vote to extend the sewer system on Everett avenue and raise or borrow and appropriate money for said purpose or take any other action in the matter.
(On petition of W. D. Huntoon and others.)
Art. 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate a sum of money to complete the construction of Roosevelt avenue, the same to be in addition to sums of money heretofore appropriated for said purpose.
Art. 15. To see if the Town will vote to adopt a by-law pro- viding for a curfew to be sounded at nine o'clock every night ยท and that no boy or girl sixteen years of age or under be allowed on the streets of Norwood after the sounding of the curfew unless accompanied by a parent or some adult. And that the police shall have authority to see that all children sixteen years of age and under be taken to their homes. And that parents shall be subject to a fine if their children are on the streets after nine P. M.
(On petition of Austin H. Fittz and others.)
Art. 16. To see if the Town will vote to accept under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments a new town way, as laid out by the Selectmen, to be known as Bond street or other name, said way extending in a north- westerly direction from the junction of Washington and Winter
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streets to the existing Bond street, and raise or borrow and ap- propriate money to pay land damages and to construct the same, or take any other action in the matter.
Art. 17. To see if the Town will vote to accept and allow under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of better- ments, the alteration by widening of a portion of Bond street as made by the Selectmen, and raise or borrow and appropriate money to pay land damages and make such alterations, or take any other action in the matter.
Art. 18. To see if the Town will vote to discontinue a por- tion of Winslow avenue lying southerly from Bond street as recommended by the Selectmen and shown on a plan filed with the Town Clerk and Accountant, or take any other action in the matter.
Art. 19. To see if the Town will vote to discontinue a por- tion of Bond street as recommended by the Selectmen and as shown on a plan filed with the Town Clerk and Accountant, or take any other action in the matter.
Art. 20. To see if the Town will vote to accept and allow a new town way, as laid out by the Selectmen, to be known as Highland street and extending northeasterly from the end of the existing Highland street, or take any other action in the matter.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to extend the water main on Broadway and Nahatan street from the end of the present main on Broadway to the corner of Market and Nahatan street, and appropriate money for the said purpose.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies in ten public places in this Town, seven days at least before the day of said meeting. Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereof to the Selectmen on or before the time and day of said meeting.
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Given under our hands at Norwood this third day of Novem- ber, 1915.
FRANK G. ALLEN, JOHN GILLOOLY, PATRICK J. LYDON, OLIVER J. BARR, Selectmen of Norwood.
Norfolk, ss.
By virtue of this warrant I have served the same by posting attested copies thereof in ten public places in the Town of Norwood seven days before the date of said meeting.
WILLIAM C. BREEN, Constable of Norwood.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Norfolk, ss.
In pursuance of the foregoing warrant the inhabitants of the Town of Norwood, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs, met in Everett Hall, in said Town, on Thursday, the eleventh day of November, A. D. 1915, at seven thirty o'clock in the afternoon and were called to order by the Moderator, James A. Halloran. The warrant was read by Town Clerk and Accountant and the Moderator declared the meeting opened and called for action on the warrant.
Article 1. Moved by Mr. Oliver J. Barr.
That the by-laws as presented relating to hawkers and pedlers be adopted.
Voted: That the matter be laid on the table.
Amendment offered by Thomas F. Holman and later with- drawn by consent of the meeting.
On motion by Thomas F. Holman.
Voted: That the by-laws as presented be not adopted.
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The article was laid on the table and further amendments offered by Thomas F. Holman and withdrawn by consent of the meeting.
On motion by Mr. George F. Willett,
Voted: That a Committee of Three be appointed to investi- gate the matter covered by this article and report to the Town at the next Town Meeting.
Art. 2. On recommendation of the Finance Commission,
Voted: That action under this article be indefinitely post- poned.
Art. 3. On recommendation of the Finance Commission,
Moved to indefinitely postpone. Motion lost.
Voted: That the article be laid on the table.
On motion offered by William P. Nickerson to take from the table and the matter of indefinite postponement reconsidered.
Voted: That action under this article be indefinitely post- poned.
Art. 4. On recommendation of the Finance Commission.
Voted: That the water main be extended westerly along Lincoln street between the present ends of the main upon the proposed Cypress street and Elm street, and that the sum of Two Hundred and Eighty Dollars ($280.00) be appropriated from the Treasury of the Water Commissioners for said purpose.
Art. 5. On motion by Oliver J. Barr.
Voted: That a Committee of Three be appointed by the Moderator to investigate the purchase of a moderate priced piece of fire apparatus for the Fire Department, said committee to report at the next annual town meeting.
Art. 6. On recommendation of the Finance Commission. Voted:
(a) That the sum of $1700.00 be appropriated from the re- ceipts of Excise Taxes for the year 1915 for the repairs of high- ways, highway equipment, operation of stone crusher and re- moval of ice and snow.
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(b) That the sum of $50.00 be appropriated from available receipts in the treasury for the maintenance of Town Office Building.
(c) That the sum of $715.35 be appropriated from available receipts in the treasury for the support of poor.
(d) That the sum of $95.75 be appropriated from the re- ceipts for Excise Taxes for the year 1915, for the expense of the construction of the Parallel Highway, so called, extending northerly from Washington street near Prospect street to Clap- boardtree street, on the westerly side of the location of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad.
All of said appropriations to be in addition to moneys here- tofore appropriated for said purposes.
Art. 7. On recommendation of the Finance Commission,
Voted: That the sum of $500.00 be transferred from the gen- eral appropriation for support of schools, and appropriated for the support of the evening school, same to be in addition to moneys heretofore appropriated for said purpose.
Art. 8. Mr. George F. Willett for the Town Planning Com- mittee reported as follows:
Norwood, Mass., November 11, 1915.
To the Citizens of the Town of Norwood:
The Town Planning Committee have given careful considera- tion to the selection of a site for a new high school building. The entire committee have examined the various places which seemed available and have held several conferences with the School Committee. As a result of our investigation and con- ferences it is the unanimous opinion of the Town Planning Com- mittee, and we feel justified in saying the School Committee as well, that the lot best suited for the purpose is the Bond street lot situated opposite the grounds of the Civic Association and ex- tending from Washington to Hoyle street on a line with the property of Mr. George Bateman and Mr. Cheney Cook.
This recommendation is made subject to the town's action
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in connection with the proposed re-location of Bond street and the discontinuance of a portion of Winslow avenue.
GEORGE F. WILLETT, Chairman.
Voted: That the report of the Town Planning Committee be accepted.
Art. 9. On motion by George F. Willett and amendment offered by George H. Smith.
Voted: That a committee of five be appointed by the Modera- tor, two of whom shall be selected from the present membership of the School Committee, to negotiate for the purchase of land between Washington and Hoyle streets opposite the premises of the Norwood Civic Association as the site for the erection of a new high school building, said committee to report at the next town meeting; and said committee to obtain plans and es- timates for a new high school building and to report thereon at a later town meeting.
Art. 10. On recommendation of the Finance Commission.
Voted: That action under this article be indefinitely post- poned.
Art. 11. On motion by Oliver J. Barr. 1
Voted: That the following be accepted and adopted as amend- ments to the By-laws relating to the Highland Cemetery :
Sec. 1. By striking out said section and substituting therefor the following:
Sec. 1. "The Selectmen shall have the sole care, superin- tendence and management of the Highland Cemetery, but the exercise of the powers and the performance of the duties hereby given and imposed, except as herein otherwise provided, shall be delegated by the Selectmen to the General Manager who shall be the administrative head of the Cemetery Department, but subject, however, to the direction and supervision of the Select- men; and said Selectmen shall in all respects and for all purposes whatsoever be the lawful successors of the Board of Cemetery
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Commissioners and the offices of Cemetery Commissioners are hereby abolished."
Secs. 2, 3 and 4 are hereby amended by striking out the words "Board of Commissioners," "Commissioners" and "Board," wherever they occur in said sections and each of them and sub- stituting therefor the word "Selectmen."
Sec. 5. By striking out said section and substituting therefor the following:
Sec. 5. "Said Selectmen shall annually report in writing to the Town, at or before the annual town meeting, of their acts and proceedings and of the condition of the cemetery with an account of the receipts and expenditures for the same, and the funds subject to their order as of the thirty-first day of Decem- ber of the year previous."
Art. 12. On motion by Mr. Oliver J. Barr and amendment by Mr. William P. Nickerson that in Section 1 the words "and in overtaking and passing other vehicles, shall pass on the left," be stricken out.
Voted: That the amendment be not accepted by vote of No, 53; Yes, 47; on the original motion as offered.
Voted: That the proposed Street Traffic By-laws be not ac- cepted as by-laws of the Town of Norwood.
The foregoing voted being declared by a rising vote, Fred S. Ellis, John Gillooly and Frank A. Morrill acting as tellers.
Art. 13. On recommendation of the Finance Commission.
Voted: That action under this article be indefinitely post- poned.
Art. 14. On recommendation of the Finance Commission.
Voted: That the sum of $450.00 be appropriated from the available receipts in the treasury to complete the construction of Roosevelt avenue, the same to be in addition to moneys heretofore appropriated for said purpose.
Art. 15. On motion by Ralph E. Bullard.
Voted: That the Town accept the following by-law :
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Curfew Law.
Sec. 1. No person under sixteen years of age shall be or re- main in or upon any of the streets or public places of the town after nine o'clock P. M. unless such person is accompanied by parent, guardian or other person having the. legal custody of such minor person or is in the performance of an errand or a duty directed by such parent, guardian or other person having the legal custody of such minor person.
Sec. 2. No parent, guardian or other person having the legal care and custody of any person under sixteen years of age shall allow any such child, ward, or other person under such age, while in such legal custody, to be in or upon any of the streets or public places of said town after nine o'clock P. M., unless there exists a reasonable necessity therefor.
Sec. 3. Whoever violates the provisions of Section 2 shall be punished by a fine not exceeding ten dollars for each offense.
Art. 16. The layout as prepared by the Selectmen, which layout awards damages and compensation as follows:
Jennie H. Everett, Grace B. Hollis, Dana H. Fisher, Edward L. Fisher, Helen C. Fisher and Lenore N. Fisher in common, $1,850.00.
George F. Willett, Frank G. Allen, and Philip L. Reed, trees, nothing.
James R. and Emily Vance, $1,000.00.
Of the New Way referred to under this article was read in open meeting by the Town Clerk and Accountant.
On motion by Mr. Oliver J. Barr.
Voted: That the Town accept and allow as a new Town Way under the provisions of Law authorizing the assessment of betterments, a new way extending from the junction of Wash- ington and Winter streets to the existing Bond street as laid out and reported by the Selectmen.
Art. 17. The layout as prepared by the Selectmen under this article for the alteration by widening of a portion of Bond street,
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which layout awarded damages and compensation as follows:
Lyman F. Bigelow, $150.00.
George F. Willett, Frank G. Allen and Philip L. Reed, Trustees, nothing.
Emma J. Shattuck.
Was read in open Town Meeting by the Town Clerk and Ac- countant.
On motion by Mr. Oliver J. Barr.
Voted: That the Town accept and allow under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, the alteration of a portion of Bond street by widening as laid out and made and reported by the Selectmen.
Art. 18. On motion by Mr. Oliver J. Barr.
Voted: That the part of Winslow avenue lying southwesterly from Bond street and more fully described in a recommendation by the Selectmen and shown on a plan filed with the Town Clerk and Accountant be discontinued and abandoned as a Town Way. Said discontinued portion being more particulary described as follows:
Beginning at a point in the northwesterly line of said Winslow avenue at the northeasterly corner of land of Ada E. Woodbury and Lillian J. Carter and runs thence northerly 17 degrees, 26 seconds, easterly 175.19 feet, thence turning and running northeasterly and northwesterly by a curve of 40 feet radius a distance of 39.49 feet to a point in the southwesterly line of Bond street.
Beginning at a point in the southeasterly line of said Winslow avenue southerly 72 degrees, 34 minutes easterly and distant 40 feet from point of beginning of the northwesterly line and runs thence northerly 17 degrees, 26 seconds easterly 114.54 feet thence turning and running northeasterly and south- easterly by a curve of 30 feet radius a distance of 64.63 feet to a point in the southwesterly line of Bond street.
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Art. 19. On motion by Oliver J. Barr.
Voted: That a portion of Bond street lying westerly from Washington street and more fully described in a recommenda- tion by the Selectmen and shown on a plan filed with the Town Clerk and Accountant be discontinued and abandoned as a town way. Said discontinued portion being more particularly described as follows:
The southwesterly line beginning at a point in the north- westerly line of Washington street; and running thence northerly 72 degrees, 07 seconds westerly, a distance of 68.72 feet thence turning and running northwesterly by a curve of 320 feet radius a distance of 184.21 feet; thence running northerly 39 degrees, 08 seconds westerly a distance of 397.83 feet.
The northeasterly line beginning at a point on the north- westerly line of Washington street northerly 17 degrees, 49 seconds easterly and distant 40 feet from point of beginning of southwesterly line, and runs thence northerly 72 degrees, 07 seconds westerly a distance of 68.68 feet; thence turning and running northwesterly by a curve of 280 feet radius a distance of 161.18 feet thence running northerly 39 degrees, 08 seconds westerly to the southwesterly line of a new highway running from the corner of Washington and Winter street to Bond street thence by the said southwesterly line of new highway to the terminus of the first described southwesterly line.
Art. 20. The layout as prepared by the Selectmen under this article was read in open Town Meeting by the Town Clerk and Accountant.
On motion by Mr. Oliver J. Barr,
Voted: That the Town accept and allow as a new Town Way the new way, as laid out by the Selectmen, extending north- easterly from the end of the existing Highland street, said new way to be known as Highland street.
Art. 21. On recommendation of the Finance Commission. Voted: That the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1000.00) be
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appropriated from the receipts of the Water Department, to extend the water main on Broadway and Nahatan street, from the end of the present main on Broadway to the corner of Market and Nahatan streets, subject to the usual guarantee.
Attest: JAMES E. PENDERGAST, Town Clerk and Accountant
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VITAL STATISTICS.
BIRTHS RECORDED IN THE TOWN OF NORWOOD, 1915
Date
Name of Child
Name of Parents
Jan.
4
Michie, Marion Elizabeth
Robert L. and Zilloh
7
Kelly, William Patrick, Jr.
William Patrick and Rosemary
7
Antonovitch (M)
Mike and Mary
8 Folan, Blanche
Michael J. and Blanche
12 Drummy, James Mathew
James and Jennie
14
White, Lawrence Vincent
Michael and Margaret
15
MacSwain, Alfred John
Joseph and Rose
16 Golding, Helen Gertrude
Harrison J. and Amelia M.
17
Clancy, Thomas Patrick
Patrick and Catherine
18 Plouchinsky (F)
James and Epolonia
19 Monahan, Margaret Gertrude
Raymond and Sara
21 Steunis, John
William and Antonina
21 Jordan, Florence Eliza
Charles W. and Evelyn C.
22
Miller, Charles Rumell
Charles and Ida M.
23
Ivers (M)
William J. and Margaret
24
Smith (F)
Albert W. and Mary
26
Walsh, James
James D. and Bridget
27 Donovan, John
28 Stewart, Mildred Dora
28
Groh, Annie
Geza and Annie
2
Andrews, Lloyd William
Charles B. and Marie
2 l'eterson, Victor
Victor and Emma
Mark J. and Catherine
4 Ryan, William Francis (Twin)
Mark J. and Catherine
4 Schaier, Irene Margaret
5 Ridge (M)
Peter and Mary
6 Riemer, Karl
Hugo B. C. and Warner
7 Bobelevitch, Edward
Joe and Mary
Michael P. and Catherine
8 Kadar, Joseph
Stanley and Etta
9 Caspanso, Michael
Joseph and Carrion
9 Younda (M)
Bolislav and Josephine
9 Boranovski, Edward Stanislaus
John and Rosaline
9 Sundquist, Eric
Eric W. and Hulda M.
10 Gulla, Pcarina
Salvatore W. and Rose M.
11 Eddy, Veronica Reta
Joseph H. and Florence M.
Feb.
Makie, Walter Alexander Woods, Shirley
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