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TEACHERS, JANUARY 1, 1918.
School
Grade
Name
Date of Appointment
Where Graduated, Highest Institution (Also Other Courses).
Winslow
3
Mary A. Ahern
Sept. 1911
Plymouth, N. H., Normal School.
Fitchburg Normal School.
Balch
Prin.
Katharine L. Carbee
Sept. 1901
Plymouth, N. H., Normal School. Hampshire State Normal School.
Course at New
7
Florence M. Lakin
Sept. 1917
Boston University, two years. Salem Normal School,
one year. Summer course at Columbia University.
6
Katherine T. Conley
Jan.
1916
5
Julia A. Barrett
Sept. 1914
Framingham Normal School.
4
Lizzie E. Hadley
Sept. 1901
4
Marian E. Lynch
Nov. 1917
3
Mary A. Hadley
Sept.
1914
Bridgewater Normal School. North Adams Normal School.
Summer course at
3
Charlotte H. Thompson
Sept. 1914
2
Christine Buffum
Sept. 1914
Farmington, Me., Normal School. Course at Miss Norton's Kindergarten School.
2
Maude E. Dalton
Jan. 1907
Sharon High School, Rhode Island Normal School, one year. Bridgewater Normal School.
A. Agnes Curtin
Sept. 1903
1
E. Louise Ward
May? 1902
Boston Normal School. Page Kindergarten Normal School. Framingham Normal School.
Sept. 1917
Bridgewater Normal School.
Sept. 1916
Quincy Training School. Summer course at Salem Normal School.
1
Martha B. Parker
Sept. 1884
Bridgewater Normal School.
184
East
2
Gladys Huntoon
Sept. 1915
1
Gertrude D. Cuff
Sept. 1914
Framingham Normal School.
Notre Dame College, A. B. New Rochelle College, A. M. Courses at Mass. Normal Art School and St. Joseph's College, Md.
Templeton High School.
Bridgewater Normal School.
Fitchburg Normal School.
1 Spec. 2
Elizabeth C. Costello
Sept. 1917
Bertha E. Day
A. Louise McManus
West Drawing
2-3 Louise H. Borchers 1 Helen F. McCarthy Bessie M. Parker
Nov. 1915
Fitchburg Normal School. Symonds Kindergarten Training School.
April 1908
Feb. 1905
Boston Art Museum, two years. Course at Art Stu- dent's League, New York City. Rhode Island Normal School, one year. Courses at Hyannis Normal School, and School of Decorative Design. Course on Munsell Color System.
Asst.
Aline L. Morgan
Oct. 1917
Massachusetts Normal Art School. Graduate course four years, Massachusetts Normal Art School.
Music
Frieda Rand
Feb.
1912
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.
Penmanship Household arts
Josephine A. Heagney Agnes M. Bridges
Jan.
1918
Framingham Normal School.
Sept. 1911
Asst.
Lucy E. Steele
Oct.
1917
Framingham Normal School, Household Arts De- partment. Summer course at Columbia University. Framingham Normal School, Household Arts De- partment.
Manual Arts
Edward E. Parlin
Sept.
1917
Fitchburg Normal School. Course at Rhode Island School of Design.
Physical Train. Nurse
Erna H. Kiley
Oct.
1915
Sargent School of Physical Education.
Mary L. Bowker
Sept.
1916
Lowell General Hospital.
Nurse
Adele J. Fairbrother
Sept.
1917
Waltham Training School for Nurses.
185
186
LIST OF GRADUATES - GRAMMAR SCHOOL. June 21, 1917.
*Abely, Mary Josephine Anderson, Ingeborg Louisa
*Bagley, Marion Alma
*Banks, Ruth
*Barrett, Philip
*Bistor, Amelie Ruth
*Blanehard, Hazel Beatrice
+*Bullard, Katharine Burke, Olive
*Burton, Doris Elizabeth
*Butler, Evelyn
*Calnan, Helen Elizabeth
*Carberry, Margaret Josephine
*Carlson, Ruth Vietoria
*Cavanaugh, Margaret *Chadbourne, Freeman Neal *Clem, Julia Beatrice
*Colburn, Cynthia Louise
*Conley, Joseph Michael
*Connelly, John Joseph
*Connelly, Susie Marion Connolley, Patrick
'Connolly, Hannah *
*Connolly, Thomas
*Connolly, Thomas James
+*Corcoran, John Joseph
*Costello, Rose Irene
*Curran, Agnes Cecilia
*Curran, Michael Joseph Cushman, Daniel Ferdinand
D'Espinosa, Joseph Donovan, Mary Eileen
*Dowdie, Catherine *Elston, Louise Anna
*Everett, Carl Perey
*Fairbanks, Mary Loretta
*Feeney, Margaret *Flaherty, James
*Flaherty, Thomas
*Flansbury, Harry Dinne
*Flower, Frank Whitfield
*Folan, Catherine Louise *Folan, Julia Folcy, Catherine Eleanor
*Foren, Marian Margaret +*Foster, Beatrice Helen Fulton, Edward
*Galway, Loretta *Garnham, Hannah
*Gifford, Franees Catherine
*Goggin, Kathryn Loretta
*Graney, Mary Winifred
*Griffin, Florenee Katherine Hale, Aliee Roosevelt Hayes, James Franeis
*Hennessey, John Michael
*Hennessey, Raymond John
*Howard, Samuel Abdallah
*Hurley, Lillian Katherine
*Hurst, Jaek
*Kady, Caroline Eleanor Keefe, Joseph Kelleher, Ellen Gertrude
*Kelley, Charles
*Kenefiek, Martha Josephine
*King, Mary Josephine Knoll, George
*Lackey, Elmer Arthur
*Lebline, Gertrude Julia
*Letts, Louisa Vietoria
*Littlefield, William Robinson Lydon, Mary Ann
*Lydon, Mary Ellen Lyons, Florence Mildred
*MacLean, Dorothy Campbell
*Mahoney, Catherine Maki, Tyne Elvira Masce, Michael
+Mattson, Helga Mathilda Meyer, Frederiek Rudolph
*Meyer, Mildred Louise
*Miehie, Edgar William +*Milesky, Fannie Rebeeea
*Mitehell, Wilfred Lawson Monetti, Arnold Ernest
*Murphy, Cornelius
*Murphy, Mary Gertrude Murphy, Mary Teresa
*Museillo, Helen
** O'Connell, Margaret
*O'Dell, Enid Anna *Ostergren, Eugene Godfrey
*Owens, Richard
*Pendergast, Richard Petersen, Aliee
*Quinn, Mary Irene
*Rafuse, George Arthur, Jr.
*Riley, Mary Louise
*Sehell, William Louis
*Smith, Margaret Sullivan, Mortimer Joseph
*Thompson, George Magnus
*Tomm, Richard Habib Tracy, Catherine Louise
*Vietze, Frank Henry
*Wagner, Howard
*Ward, John Howe Robinson, Jr. ** Wenzel, Thomas Edward, Jr.
*Zalesky, Helen Annie
*Entered Norwood High School, September, 1917.
tJohn C. Lane Medal Winners.
187
PROMOTED FROM EIGHTH GRADE TO HIGH SCHOOL.
Mary Bridget Burke
Louise Gertrude McCormack Alice Martin
Elsie Marie Carlson
Ernest William Carlsen
Edmund Warren Mathews
Genevieve Savalla McWhirter
George D. Mihlberger
James Brennan Doherty Norman Shaw Downey Sophie Mary Eppich
Esther Kathryn Murphy
Lillian Gertrude Fairbanks
Thomas Francis O'Donnell
Frank Walter Garner
John Beaumont Pennington Henry Louis Peterson Albert Edward Rafuse
Hope Jewett
Claire Hazel Johnson
Claes Evan Johnson, Jr.
Ruth Bronson Kinney
John Alexander Knox
Daniel Koplan
James Louis Thompson
Florence Louise Lappin
David Norman Walker
James Hasbrouck LeFevre
Gerald Stanley Wellman
Carlton Ellis Littlefield
Ellen Baxter Whittier
PROMOTED FROM VACATION SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL. Ninth Grade Pupil. Elizabeth Mary Hefferan.
Eighth Grade Pupils.
Stephen Joseph Curran
Earl John Haley Catherine Claire Praino
Roland Ernest Gustafson
Herbert Austin Wiggin
Received Grammar School Diplomas from Evening School. Ellen Carlson
Joseph Praino James Readle
Elizabeth Pennie
AWARDED PRIZES FOR EXCELLENCE IN DRAWING.
Ninth Grade. Program cover design - Evelyn Butler. Highest average for the year - Freeman Neal Chadbourne.
Eighth Grade. First prize - Sophie Eppich. Second prize - Margaret Folan Seventh Grade. First prize - Hermione Guillo Second prize - Margaret Lydon
Catherine Marie Costello Marion Hutchinson Davidson
Minnie Milesky
George Walter Newman
Mary Ethel Garner
Anna Gertrude Hopkins
Aldona Mary Jarosh
Alfred Lewis Rafuse Elizabeth Marie Readel
Gladys Rita Russell William Edward Russell
David Seiden
Jane Margaret Sullivan
188
LIST OF GRADUATES - HIGH SCHOOL. June 15, 1917.
Mildred Allen
¡ ¡ Elsie Viola Barr Catherine Helen Callahan
Mildred Sophie Gustafson
Dorothy Louise Chapman
Hannah Weston Church
Alice Winifred Conley Mary Agnes Conley Francis Vincent Connolly
James Henry Hocking Emily Winifred Johnston Willard Porter Knight Herbert Adolphus Landry Festus John McDonough Theodore Billings Maddern Pauline Aureca Millett
Mary Esther Corcoran
*** Amy Louise Cottrell
Marion Louise O'Brien
Jeremiah Thomas Coughlin
Nora Cecilia Curran
William Joseph O'Donnell Hazel Starr Parker ttGladys Abbie Partridge
tįBertha Dolores Dion Forest Mortimer Douglass, Jr. Cornelius Francis Timothy Drummey Edith Maria Peterson Minnie Frances Eppich
William John Flynn
Alice Louisa Gilliland
Herbert John Peterson Minnie Louise Readel Lucy Hale Wheeler
*Berwick English Prize Scholar. ¡John C. Lane Medal Winner. #Plimpton Drawing Prize Winner.
ttNot absent or tardy during course.
SCHOOL CALENDAR. 1917-1918.
Winter Term.
First half. Wednesday, January 2, to Friday, February 15. Second half. Monday, February 25, to Thursday, April 18.
Spring Term. Monday, April 29 to Friday, June 21. .
Fall Term.
Wednesday, September 4, to Friday, December 20.
1918-1919. Winter Term.
First half. Monday, January 6, to Friday, February 21. Second half. Monday, March 3, to Friday, April 25.
Holidays.
October 12, Thanksgiving Day and the following Friday, Good Friday, April 19, May 30, June 17.
Harold Joseph Greenwood
Esther Agnes Griffin
INDEX
Page
Accountant's Trial Balance
93
Assessors, Report of . .
162
Appropriations, Report of
98
Showing receipts and disbursements and balances
Automobile Accounts. 113
Board of Health, Report of 171
Building Inspector, Report of
168
Cemetery Department 136
Cemetery Trust Funds .
114
Finance Commission .
158
Indebtedness, The Limitation of
53
Librarian, Report of .
172
Library Trustees, Report of .
172
Municipal Light Department
105
Payments
Aid for Dependent Mothers
82
Assessors .
69
Cemeteries
Certification of Notes .
Charities
Education .
Election and Registration
Electric Light.
Engineering .
Evening School,
Finance Commission
Financial Statement.
Fire Alarm System
Fire Department .
General Manager
Health .
Highways
Inspector of Buildings
Inspector of Cattle
Interest
Library
86
Moth Suppression .
73
Municipal Indebtedness
92
88 70 82 83 70 69 84 68 00 92 73 72 68 74 78 73 73 92
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Payments (cont.)
Page 71
Police Department
88
Real Estate
73
Sealer of Weights and Measures .
68
Selectmen .
76
Sewer Maintenance
75
Soldiers' Benefits .
82 69 70
Town Counsel .
70
Town Physician.
Town Reports, Printing of
Treasurer and Collector
Trees, Care of
86
Unclassified .
89
Water Department .
Receipts
Agency, Trust and Investment Transactions
67
Cemeteries .
64
Charities
61
Departmental Receipts
64
Education .
65
Electric Light.
59
Fines and Forfeits .
62
Fire Department.
58
General Revenue.
Grants and Gifts
59 63
Health
Highways
63 66 64
Libraries
Licenses and Permits
Moth Suppression .
Municipal Indebtedness
Privileges
Real Estate
67
Refunds
63
Sanitation .
62
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
66
Sinking Fund .
64 61
Town Clerk and Accountant
61
Treasurer and Collector .
65
Water
60
Watering and Treating Streets
Recapitulations and Expenditures
96-97
Town Clerk and Accountant.
Town Office Building
82 86 70 73
Sewer Construction .
65
Interest
59 62 66 60 65
Soldiers' Benefits.
III
Receipts (cont.) Page
School Committee, Report of
174
Selectmen, Report of 145
Sewer Department. 110
Sinking Fund Commissioners, Report of
115
Statement of Money Borrowed.
55
Tax Collections 149
Total Fixed Debt.
57
Town Accountant, Remarks of .
119
Town Counsel, Report of
165
Town Debt, Classified Statement of .
54
Town Manager, Report of
120
Treasurer and Collector, Report of
150
Unpaid Bills .
116
Water Works
108
47TH
ANNUAL REPORT
Town of Norwood
MASSACHUSETTS
For Year Ending December 31,
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1918
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MASS
1872
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NORWOOD, MASS. AMBROSE BROTHERS, PRINTERS 1919
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TOWN OFFICIALS. For the Year Ending December 31, 1918.
Selectmen: FRANK G. ALLEN, Chairman; OLIVER J. BARR, Secretary; WALTER F. TILTON, PATRICK J. LYDON, JOHN E. FOLAN.
Finance Commission: FRANCIS J. FOLEY, Chairman; HER- BERT H. MILLER, Secretary; FRANK A. FALES.
Moderator: CLIFFORD B. SANBORN.
Town Counsel: JAMES A. HALLORAN.
Town Clerk and Accountant: JAMES E. PENDERGAST. Treasurer and Collector: HAROLD W. GAY.
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General Manager: WILLIAM P. HAMMERSLEY.
Superintendent of Public Works: JOSEPH E. CONLEY. Superintendent of Municipal Light: FRED S. BARTON. Superintendent Cemetery: GEORGE ALFRED SMITH. Town Engineer: GEORGE ALBERT SMITH.
Chief of Police: HARRY W. SWIFT.
School Board: CORNELIUS M. CALLAHAN, Chairman; ALFRED N. AMBROSE, HENRY CROSBY, JULIA R. O'BRIEN, HENRY I. EVERETT, HARRIET W. LANE.
Superintendent of Schools: AUSTIN H. FITTZ. Sealer Weights and Measures: HARRY M. KING. Building Inspector: H. FRANK WALKER.
(Continued on inside of back cover)
47TH
ANNUAL REPORT
Town of Norwood
MASSACHUSETTS
For Year Ending December 31,
1918
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W. GUILD. APRJS 1775
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NORWOOD, MASS. AMBROSE BROTHERS, PRINTERS 1919 /
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK AND ACCOUNTANT.
ABSTRACTS OF RECORDS OF TOWN MEETINGS AND VITAL STATISTICS.
RECORD OF TOWN MEETINGS.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Monday, January 21, 1918, and adjournment to March 7, 1918.
On a warrant duly issued by the Selectmen, under date of January 7, 1918, and signed by Frank G. Allen, George K. Bird, John E. Folan, Pat- rick J. Lydon and Oliver J. Barr, Selectmen of Norwood, the proper service of which warrant was duly attested by Harry W. Swift, Constable of Norwood.
All of the requirements of the Statutes and By-laws relating to elections and Town Meetings having been complied with, the meeting was called to order, the articles contained in the warrant and the action thereunder being as follows:
Article 1. To choose all necessary Town Officers. The following are to be chosen by ballot, namely : Two Selectmen for three years (who shall be Overseers of the Poor and Surveyors of Highways); one Town Treas- urer and Collector of Taxes for one year; one Finance Commissioner for three years; one Moderator for one year; one Member of the Board of Health for three years; two Members of the School. Committee for three years and one Member for two years to fill vacancy; two Trustees of the Morrill Memorial Library for three years and one Member for two years to fill vacancy; two Members of the Planning Board for three years and two Members for two years and one Member for one year; six Constables for one year; and also upon the same ballot to vote upon the following question :
"Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the Town?" Two Selectmen for three years.
Frank G. Allen had two hundred ninety-five (295), elected, sworn by the Town Clerk and Accountant.
Walter F. Tilton had two hundred seventy-two (272), clected, sworn by the Town Clerk and Accountant.
Blank, fifty-one (51).
Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes for one year.
Harold W. Gay had two hundred seventy-eight (278), elected, sworn by the Town Clerk and Accountant.
Scattering, one (1).
Blank, thirty-two (32).
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Finance Commissioner for three years.
Herbert H. Miller had two hundred sixty-six (266), elected, sworn by the Town Clerk and Accountant.
Blank, forty-five (45).
Moderator for one year.
. Clifford B. Sanborn had two hundred seventy-four (274), elected, sworn by the Town Clerk and Accountant.
Two Members of the School Committee for three years and one Member for two years to fill vacancy.
Alfred N. Ambrose had two hundred seventy (270), elected, sworn by the Town Clerk and Accountant.
Henry Crosby had two hundred sixty (260), elected, sworn by the Town Clerk and Accountant.
Julia R. O'Brien (for two years to fill vacancy) had two hundred sixty- eight (268), elected, sworn by the Town Clerk and Accountant.
Blank, one hundred forty-four (144).
Two Trustees Morrill Memorial Library for two years and one Member for two years to fill vacancy.
Walter Blair had two hundred fifty-four (254), elected, sworn by the Town Clerk and Accountant.
A. Agnes Curtin had two hundred sixty-five (265), elected, sworn by the Town Clerk and Accountant.
Maude A. Shattuck (for two years to fill v .. cancy), elected, sworn by the Town Clerk and Accountant.
Blank, one hundred fifty-six (156).
One Member of the Board of Health for three years.
John A. Shannon had two hundred fifty-four (254), elected, sworn by the Town Clerk and Accountant.
Blank, fifty-seven (57):
Town Planning Board.
George F. Willett (for three years) had two hundred sixty-one (261),
elected.
William P. Kelley (for three years) had two hundred forty-four (244), elected.
Peter Fisher (for two years) had two hundred fifty-nine (259), elected. W. Eldon Smith (for two years) had two hundred fifty-two (252), elected. Frank B. Coughlin (for one year) had two hundred forty-eight (248), elected.
Scattering, two (2).
Blank, one hundred sixty-three (163).
Constables for one year.
Harry W. Swift had fifteen (15), elected, sworn by the Town Clerk and Accountant.
Walter S. Bagley had fourteen (14), elected, sworn by the Town Clerk and Accountant.
Edward H. Loring had fourteen (14), elected, sworn by the Town Clerk and Accountant.
Charles R. Donnell had fourteen (14), elected, sworn by the Town Clerk and Accountant.
John A. Donahoe had fourteen (14), elected, sworn by the Town Clerk and Accountant.
William C. Breen had fourteen (14), elected, sworn by the Town Clerk and Accountant.
Scattering, two (2).
Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the Town? Yes. Sixty (60).
No. Two hundred forty-four (244).
Blank. Seven (7).
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The following officers were elected by voice of the meeting assembled : Pound Keeper. Harold L. Alden.
Field Drivers.
James R. Pendergast, James J. Mitchell, Edward J. Brady, Robert E. Costello, Timothy Coughlin, John J. Kelley, William B. Shyne and James B. Drummey.
Fence Viewers.
H. Frank Walker, Thomas H. Hayden, Emerson B. Webber.
Article 2. To hear and act on reports of Town Officers and Committees. Voted: To accept report of Town Officers.
RESOLUTION
The following resolution offered by Clarence A. Rathbone, was unani- mously accepted :
"RESOLVED: That we, the citizens of this town in Town Meeting as- sembled, realizing the great danger in which Democracy stands at the present time, hereby dedicate ourselves anew to the winning of the war at whatever cost, and will aid by every means in our power the War Savings Plan put before the country by the Secretary of the Treasury, and will en-" deavor to obtain in the Town of Norwood an oversubscription to the Third Liberty Loan to be offered.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Collector of Taxes to use the same means as a Town Treasurer may use when acting as Collector.
Voted: To so authorize the Collector of Taxes.
Article 4. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer and Collector of Taxes, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in antici- pation of the revenue of the current financial year.
Voted: To so authorize the Treasurer.
Article 5. To see what disposition the Town will make of money re- ceived as excise tax from street railway companies.
Voted: That the sum of $1,323.12 be appropriated for the maintenance and repairs of highways, in addition to other amounts appropriated.
Article 6. To see what disposition the Town will make of money re- ceived for dog licenses.
Voted: That the sum of $729.12 be appropriated for the support of the Morrill Memorial Library.
Article 7. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the current fiscal year, for the following purposes, or take any other action in the matter:
1. Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and Surveyors of Highways. (a) Salaries. (d) Incidentals.
Voted: (a) That the Selectmen receive no salaries. (b) By taxation, for the incidental and personal expense of the Selectmen, the sum of $250.00.
2. Town Clerk and Accountant and Bookkeeper. (a) Salaries. (b) In- cidentals.
Voted: Salary of Town Accountant and Bookkeeper $1,900. Salary of Town Clerk $225.00, and for incidental expenses $3,630.00. By taxa- tion. And that all fees received shall be paid into the Town Treasury.
3. Treasurer and Collector of Taxes. (a) Salaries. (b) Incidentals. Voted: Salary of Treasurer and Collector of Taxes $1,000.00. For in- cidentals, the sum of $2,250.00. By taxation.
4. Assessors. (a) Salaries. (b) Incidentals.
Voted: For salaries of Assessors $900.00; for incidental expenses $700.00. By taxation.
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5. Certification of Bonds and Notes.
Voted: The sum of $250.00. By taxation.
6. Finance Commission. (a) Incidentals.
Voted: The sum of $200.00. By taxation.
7. Law. (a) Salary. (b) Incidentals.
Voted: For salary the sum of $900.00, and for incidentals the sum of $100.00. By taxation. ,
8. Election and Registration. (a) Salary. (b) Incidentals.
Voted: For salaries the sum of $300.00, and for incidentals the sum of $630.00. By taxation.
9. Town Offices. (a) Incidentals.
Voted: The sum of $980.00. By taxation.
10. General Manager. (a) Salary. (b) Incidentals including premium on suretyship bond.
Voted: For salary of General Manager $3,000.00; for incidentals $350.00. By taxation.
11. Engineering. (a) Salary. (b) Incidentals.
Voted: For salaries $1400.00; for incidentals $1,000.00. By taxation.
B. 1. Police Department: prosecution of illegal sale of liquor. Voted: The sum of $11,100.00. By taxation.
2. Fire Department. (a) Salary. (b) Incidentals.
Voted: For salaries $5,125.00. (b) For incidentals $3,125.00. By tax- ation.
3. Maintenance and extension of Fire Alarm System.
Voted: The sum of $700.00. By taxation.
4. Inspector of Buildings. (a) Salary. (b) Incidentals.
Voted: For salary the sum of $500.00; incidentals $25.00. By taxa- tion.
5. Inspector of Cattle.
Voted: The sum of $100.00. By taxation.
6. Sealer of Weights and Measures. (a) Salary. (b) Incidentals.
Voted: For salary the sum of $300.00, and for incidentals the sum of $25.00. By taxation.
7. Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth and Other Insect Pest Extermination. Voted: The sum of $2,900.00. By taxation.
8. Care and Planting of Shade Trees.
Voted: The sum of $300.00. By taxation.
C. 1. Board of Health. (a) Salaries. (b) Contagious diseases, re- fuse and garbage disposal, maintenance of town dump and incidental expenses.
Voted: For salaries $100.00. (b) For care of contagious diseases, dis- posal of refuse and garbage, maintenance of town dump, and incidental expenses the sum of $4,400.00. By taxation.
2. Sewer Department. (a) Maintenance. (b) Particular Sewers. ' Voted: For maintenance $5,340.00. (b) For particular sewers $1,025.48. Both by taxation.
3. Sewer Construction.
Voted: The sum of $874.52. By transfer.
4. Maintenance and construction of Main Drains, and cleaning of brooks and drains other than main drains.
Voted: The sum of $5,280.00. By transfer from Water Department.
5. Removal of Ashes.
Voted: Indefinitely postponed.
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D. Maintenance and repairs of highways, culverts, and bridges highway equipment, paving gutters, building sidewalks, setting edge- stones, removal of snow and ice, sanding sidewalks, street signs and guide .boards and operation of stone crusher plant.
Voted: That the sum of $22,676.88 be raised and appropriated for the purposes set forth in the foregoing article, of which amount the sum of $1,000.00 be used for the construction of granolithic sidewalks under agreement in all cases with abutting land owners that one-half of the cost shall be borne by owners, which one-half cost shall be paid in advance before any construction shall be begun.
E. (a) Institutional and Outside Relief. (b) Aid for Dependent Mothers. Voted: (a) The sum of $8,000.00, and (b) the sum of $1,700.00 for aid for Dependent Mothers.
F. Salary of Town Physician.
Voted: The sum of $100.00.
G. Soldiers' Benefits.
Voted: The sum of $2,500.00.
H. Support of Schools.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $78,200.00, and $11,500.00 from the funds in the Excess and Deficiency Account.
I. Support of Morrill Memorial Library.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $4,200.00.
J. The use of George K. Bird Post No. 169, G. A. R., to decorate soldiers' graves on Memorial Day.
Voted: The sum of $250.00. By taxation.
K. Recreation and Parks.
Voted: The sum of $370.00. By taxation.
L. Printing and distribution of Town Reports.
Voted: The sum of $550.00. By taxation.
M. Defraying incidental and other necessary expense not otherwise provided for.
Voted: The following sums from the funds in the Excess and Deficiency Account :
$350.00 to meet the expense of calling and conducting town meetings, and any further incidental expenses of the Selectmen not otherwise pro- vided for.
$1732.79 to cover overdrafts of 1916 and 1917.
$74.49 for Tax Title Account.
$250.00 Town Planning Board.
N. 1. Electric Light Department. (a) Maintenance. (b) Operation. (c) Depreciation. (d) New construction. (e) Repairs.
Voted: The following sums from the treasury of the Municipal Light Department: Maintenance and operation, $54,180.00; Depreciation, $4,485.00; New construction, $4,730.00; Repairs, $3,000.00; Interest, $1,370.00; Notes due, $5,458.00.
2. Water Department. (a) Maintenance. (b) Construction.
Voted: From the Treasury of the Water Department for the following purposes: Maintenance, $20,370.00; Construction, $1,630.00; Interest, $2,780.00; Note and Bonds, $5,000.00, and further voted that the sum of $5,000.00 be appropriated from the Sinking Fund for the payment of bonds payable therefrom during the current year.
O. Cemeteries. Maintenance and Improvement.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $1,800.00 and by transfer the sum of $2,700.00.
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P. Interest and Debt Requirements.
1. Sinking Fund from receipts of Water Department.
Voted: The sum of $200.00.
2. Interest Requirements.
Voted: The sum of $22,488.27 by taxation and $3,785.48 by transfer.
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