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5
41
19
22
1
40
Ruth Rogers
5
40
24
19
40
Flora L. Wade.
4-5
38
15
23
38
Ethel M. Keefe.
4
43
23
21
42
Delia A. Lydon.
4
41
25
18
1
41
Katherine W. Porter.
4
42
26
18
43
Maude E. Dalton.
3
40
20
21
39
Margaret Flaherty
3
39
23
16
39
Ruth Vance.
3
37
23
18
37
Margaret Donovan
2-3
34
15
19
28
Mary A. Hadley
2
38
17
23
30
8
Cecilia L. Mitchell.
2
40
19
21
29
9
Bertha H. Wahl.
2
38
21
19
29
9
Rachel J. Ellis
1
29
15
16
4
24
Jennie W. Mann.
30
17
18
5
23
Josephine MeCabe
1
29
14
15
3
25
Evangeline Ryan.
30
17
14
2
26
Josephine Fokes
Spec.
10
10
1
1
9
Annie M. Thompson
Beacon
6
32
21
12
1
31
Inez H. Sanford
5
32
15
17
32
Roxane Eldredge
4
27
20
9
27
Jessie D. Cushman
=
1
34
17
17
1
33
Minnie C. Cole
R
Spec.
14
6
8
4
10
Vina G. Freeman
Guild
6
35
18
19
33
Myrtle R. LeCompte
6
36
18
18
18
C. Joyce Cooney .
R
5-6
31
19
12
1
30
Edna E. Frost ..
5
37
15
22
38
Ethel A. Overlock.
=
5
37
15
26
35
Gertrude Crowell.
4
36
21
15
35
Ina B. Talbot. .
4
34
18
18
1
35
4
Louise McManus
2-3
38
18
20
33
5
16 years
No. 5 years to
R
R
R
16
Balch
=
1
1
291
ENROLLMENT AND ATTENDANCE-Continued
NAME
School
Grade
State Enrollment
Boys
Girls
No. 14 years to
16 years
14 years
7 years
Estelle M. Callahan.
3
40
19
21
37
Julia I. Drummy
3
38
18
21
39
Julia A. Sheehan
2
33
22
13
27
10
Lucy H. Brooks.
1
39
30
12
6
34
Alice M. Reddy
Shattuck
6
33
19
14
1
32
Hannah McGuire.
5
34
20
18
34
Anna E. Nelson
4-5
24
13
11
24
Jessie Webster
4
35
18
18
37
Mary F. Duffy
3
34
21
14
34
Mary A. Dean.
2-3
31
13
18
31
Maude A. Woods
R
1
22
17
6
4
18
Gladys H. Warfel.
East
2
35
24
14
26
9
Hittie B. Mcintyre.
1
37
24
13
7
29
Agnes H. Hedberg.
Winslow
6
41
18
23
1
40
Mary C. Fleming
5
40
22
21
39
Edna S. Leonard.
5
40
19
21
1
39
Bertha L. Brown.
4
33
14
19
32
Katie M. Hunt.
4
33
18
17
33
Irene Hall.
3
28
12
16
26
Helen L. Nickerson
3
31
17
14
31
Florence A. Baker.
2
34
16
18
27
6
Gertrude D. Cuff .
1
37
15
23
1
36
Elizabeth O. Costello.
West
2
26
19
11
19
7
Grace Franklin.
1
35
14
21
35
3359
1755
1697
532
2140
398
2
30
16
15
19
9
Emma F. Niles.
R
No. 7 years to
No. 5 years to
TEACHERS, JANUARY 1, 1928
School
Grade
Name
Date of Appointment
Where Graduated
Senior High
Principal
Herbert H. Archibald
Sept.
1927
Mass. Agricultural College
History
Dorothy W. Abbott
Sept.
1922
Radcliffe, A. B. Harvard Ed. M.
Mathematics
Sarah A. Blake
Sept.
1918
Smith College, A. B.
Commercial
Mary E. Coughlin
June
1923
Chandler Normal School
Commercial
Irene L. Doyle
Sept.
1924
Salem Normal School
Science
James C. Geer
Sept.
1925
Tufts College, B. S.
English
Laura B. Gilmore
Sept.
1927
University of New Hampshire, B. A.
Mathematics
Ruth M. Gow
Dec.
1918
Boston University, A. B.
English
Orrelle J. Gray
Sept.
1927
Emerson College of Oratory, B. L. I.
Library
Mary F. Hubbard
Sept.
1926
Bridgewater Normal School, B. S. E.
292
English
Bessie James
Sept.
1925
Boston University, M. A.
Modern Language
Ruth Johngren
Sept.
1927
Radcliffe College, A. B.
66
66
Mary R. Mackedon
Sept.
1926
Radcliffe College, A.B. Harvard
Ed. M.
Commercial
Grace C. McGonagle
Nov.
1917
Boston University, B. B. A.
History
Lucy T. Nordon
Sept.
1927
Jackson College, B. S.
Latin
Dorothy Norris
Sept.
1927
Smith College, A. B
English
Dorothy Pollard
Sept.
1927 Wheaton College, A.B.
Science
Wallace W. Sawyer
Sept.
1927
University of New Hampshire, B. S.
Commercial
Rose C. Smith
Sept.
1927
Chandler Normal School
Commercial
Marie A. Watson
Sept.
1925
Salem Normal School
Science
Robert I. Woodbury
Sept.
1926
Bates College, B. S.
English
George D. Yantis
Oct.
1927
Boston College, A. B.
Harvard University, A. M.
Junior High Principal
Geo. W. Allen
Oct.
1909
Cortland Normal School
9
K. Waltrude Collins
Sept.
1924
Bridgewater Normal School
9
Catherine J. Cooney
Sept.
1926 Bridgewater Normal School
9
Mary C. Cullinane
Sept.
1926
Hyannis Normal School
9
Helen P. Gale
Sept.
1921
Farmington Normal School
9
Florence MacNamara
Sept.
1922
Bridgewater Normal School
9
Ruth G. Manchester
Sept.
1920
Western Normal School
9
Mildred I. O'Donnell
Sept.
1925
Bridgewater Normal School
8
Marie S. Brown
Sept.
1922
Lowell Normal School
8
Kathryn R. Byrne
Sept.
1924
Bridgewater Normal School
8
Marion F. Clapp
Feb.
1922
Hyannis Normal School
8
Emma W. Elliott
Sept.
1925
Boston University, B. A.
8
Hazel S. Fraser
Sept.
1925
Bridgewater Normal School
8
Esther A. Griffin
Sept.
1927
Fitchburg Normal School
8
Mary H. Nichols
Feb.
1921
Farmington Normal School
8
Marion E. Smart
Sept.
1921
Farmington Normal School
8
Abby L. Smith
Sept.
1926
Farmington Normal School
7
Mary N. Callahan
Sept.
1923
Bridgewater Normal School
Elvira L. Cook
Nov.
1924
Bridgewater Normal School
Florence M. Hayes
Jan.
1919
Gorham Normal School
7
Gertrude M. Shaw
Sept.
1919
Aroostook Normal School
7
Grace M. Everett
June
1919
Pottsdam Normal School
7
Martha R. French
Sept.
1927
Boston Normal School
7
M. Gretchen Hamilton
Sept.
1926
Farmington Normal School
6
Lizzie E. Hadley
Sept.
1901
Templeton High School
6
Mary C. McLaughlin
Sept.
1926
Salem Normal School
293
Balch
Principal
Katharine L. Carbee
Sept.
1901 Plymouth Normal School
M. Agnes McCarthy
Sept.
1910
Quincy Training School
TEACHERS, JANUARY 1, 1928
School
Grade
Name
Date of Appointment
Where Graduated
6
Mildred L. Morse
Sept.
1919
Fitchburg Normal School
6
Flora L. Wade
Sept.
1925
Bridgewater Normal School
5
Grace M. Beverly
Sept.
1922
Johnson, Vt., Normal School
5
A. Estelle Child
Sept.
1927
Lowell Normal School
5
Ruth Rogers
Sept.
1924
Hyannis Normal School
4
Ethel M. Keefe
Sept.
1918
Plymouth Normal School
4
Delia A. Lydon
Sept.
1923
Fitchburg Normal School
4
Katherine W. Porter
Sept.
1923
Framingham Normal School
3
Maude E. Dalton
Jan.
1907
Sharon High School
3
Margaret A. Donovan
Sept.
1926
Fitchburg Normal School
3
Margaret M. Flaherty
Jan.
1921
Framingham Normal School
3
Ruth Vance
Sept.
1922
Fitchburg Normal School
2
Mary A. Hadley
Sept.
1914
Bridgewater Normal School
2
Cecilia L. Mitchell
Aug.
1920
Wheelock Training School
2
Bertha H. Wahl
Sept.
1923
Framingham Normal School
1
Rachel J. Ellis
Dec.
1921
Hyannis Normal School
1
Jennie W. Mann
Sept.
1919
Perry Kindergarten School
1
Josephine C. McCabe
Sept.
1922
Bridgewater Normal School
1
Evangeline A. Ryan
Nov.
1920
Gorham Normal School
Special
Josephine Fokes
Nov.
1921
Boston Normal School
Unassigned
Harriet C. Burton
Sept.
1927
Bridgewater Normal School
6
Annie M. Thompson
Oct.
1919
Fitchburg Normal School
5
Inez H. Sanford
Sept.
1920
Castine Normal School
4
H. Roxane Eldredge
Sept.
1924
Bridgewater Normal School
294
Beacon
Principal
Julia I. Drummy
Sept.
1909
Framingham Normal School
295
Manual Arts
Clifford H. Wheeler
May
1923
Fitchburg Normal School
Assistant
Manual Arts
Thomas R. Bowler
Sept.
1926
Fitchburg Normal School
Assistant
Manual Arts
Gustave A. Larson
Sept.
1924
Fitchburg Normal School
Assistant
Manual Arts
Francis McAuliffe
Sept.
1927 Fitchburg Normal School
Assistant
Manual Arts
William J. Wynaught
Dec.
1927
Gorham Normal School
Music
Jean V. Dethier
April
1925
Royal Conservatory of Music, Liege,
Belgium
Health Supervisor
Vera H. Brooks
Sept.
1926
Lowell General Hospital
Nurse
Mary A. Canning
Jan.
1927
Mass. General Hospital
Nurse
Sadie E. Downs
Sept.
1922 Morton Hospital, Taunton
Phys. Ed. (Girls)
Erna H. Kiley
Oct.
1915
Sargent School of Physical Education
Asst. Phys. Ed. (Girls)
Hope Jewett
Sept.
1927
Boston School of Physical Education
Phys. Ed. (Boys)
H. Bennett Murray
Sept.
1921 Boston College
Asst. Phys. Ed. (Boys) Clair H. Lewis
Sept.
1927
Springfield College
Supervisors
Americanization
Wilda L. Vose
Sept. 1913 Castine Normal School
and Special
Drawing
Helen L. Arnold
Dec.
1921
Massachusetts Normal Art School
Teachers
Asst. Drawing
Ethel H. Cook
Dec.
1924
Massachusetts Normal Art School
Assistant
Household Arts
Lucy E. Steele
Oct. 1917
Framingham Normal School
Assistant
Household Arts
Elizabeth H. Chase
Sept.
1927
Framingham Normal School
Assistant
Household Arts
Georgia Gutterson
Sept.
1926 Framingham Normal School
Assistant
Household Arts
Ruth C. Morland
Sept.
1927 Framingham Normal School
Household Arts
Agnes M. Bridges
Sept.
1911
Wheelock Training School
1
Gertrude D. Cuff
Sept.
1914 Framingham Normal School
West
2
Elizabeth O. Costello
Sept. 1922 Framingham Normal School
Grace Franklin
May 1920
Perry Kindergarten School
1
Katie M. Hunt
Sept. 1921 Bridgewater Normal School
Bertha L. Brown
Feb. 1907
Farmington Normal School
3-4
Elizabeth C. Tolman
Sept. 1927 Bridgewater Normal School
Helen L. Nickerson
Sept.
1925 Bridgewater Normal School
3 2
Ruth C. Lennon Sept.
1927
5 4
Framingham Normal School
INDEX
Page
Accountant's Report
55
Assessors, Report of
67
Appropriations, Report of
100
Showing receipts and disbursements and balances
Board of Health, Report of
152
Cemetery Trust Funds
107
Finance Commission
161
Indebtedness, The Limitation of
55
Librarian, Report of.
176
Library Trustees, Report of.
174
Municipal Light Department
110
Payments
Agency Trust and Investment
92
Armory
72
Assessors
67 90
Certification of Notes
68
Charities
81
Education
82
Election and Registration
67 110
Engineering
68
Finance Commission
Financial Statement
Fire Department
General Manager
Health
Highways
Inspector of Buildings
Library
Memorial Office Building
68
Moth Suppression
Police Department
Parks
Planning Board
Public Works Overhead
90
Sealer of Weights and Measures
72
Sewer Construction
75
Cemeteries
Electric Light
67 67 71 66 73 77 72 85
72 69 85 68 80
Real Estate
II
Payments (continued)
Page
Sewer Maintenance
74
Soldiers' Benefits
81
Town Clerk and Accountant
66
Town Counsel
68
Town Office Building
68
Town Physician
81
Town Reports, Printing of
8
Treasurer and Collector
66
Unclassified
86
Water Department
88
Receipts
Agency, Trust and Investment Transactions
65
Cemeteries
63
Charities
61
Education
62
Electric Light
63
Fines and Forfeits
56
Fire Department
59
General Revenue
56
Health
60
Highways
61
Interest
64
Libraries
62
Licenses and Permits
57 57
Moth Suppression
64
Police
59
Real Estate
63
Refunds
64
Sanitation
60
Sealer of Weights and Measures
59
Town Clerk and Accountant
58
Treasurer and Collector
58
Water
63
Recapitulations of Expenditures and Receipts. 96-97
General Manager
118
Inspector of Buildings
178
Inspector of Milk 157
School Committee, Report of
183
Selectmen, Report of
132
Study of School Building Situation
201
Statement of Money Borrowed
54
Total Fixed Debt
50
Town Accountant, Remarks of
116
Municipal Indebtedness
III
Page
Town Counsel, Report of
167
Town Debt, Classified Statement of
50
Town Game Warden
179
Town Manager, Report of
118
Treasurer and Collector, Report of.
158
Tuberculosis Clinic
157
Vital Statistics
20
Public Property Account
112
TOWN OFFICIALS For the Year Ending December 31, 1927
(Continued from inside of front cover)
Board of Relief: JENNIE F. FALES, Chairman; JOHN R. PARKER and MARY G. MILLETT.
Board of Assessors: PATRICK J. LYDON, Chairman; KEN- NETH MCKENZIE, EDWARD A. FLAHERTY, and JAMES E. PENDERGAST, Clerk.
Board of Health: WILLIAM P. NICKERSON, Chairman; JOHN A. SHANNON, JOSEPH J. HAGERTY, M.D., and JAMES E. PENDERGAST, Clerk.
Agent and Inspector of Milk and Inspector of Slaughtering: JAMES J. MULVEHILL, V.M.D.
Chief of Fire Department: JOHN J. HANNIGAN.
Town Physician: HENRY M. FIELD, M.D.
Inspector of Animals: ALBERT FALES.
Board of Trustees of Morrill Memorial Library: WILLARD W. EVERETT, 1926-1929; MAUDE A. SHATTUCK, 1926- 1929; WALTER BLAIR, 1927-1930; JULIA A. Mc- CARTHY, 1927-1930; WILLIAM T. WHEDON, 1925- 1928; A. MARION SWAIN, 1925-1928.
Librarian: JANE A. HEWITT.
Registrar of Voters: JOHN P. CURRAN, Chairman; STEPHEN R. GOOGINS, KENNETH MORROW, and JAMES E. PENDERGAST.
Fence Viewers: AUSTIN L. MADDOX, CHARLES O. LITTLE- FIELD, and JOHN JOSEPH FLAHERTY.
Planning Board: CHARLES E. HOUGHTON, Chairman; ELI L. CHAMBERLAIN, FRANK B. COUGHLIN, AUSTIN L. MADDOX, and THOMAS U. MAHONEY.
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NORWOOD
MASSACHUSETTS
ITS MUNICIPAL STORY FOR 1928
TOWN OFFICIALS
For the Year Ending December 31, 1928
Selectmen: THOMAS B. MULVEHILL, 1928-1931, Chairman; ED- MUND G. DALTON, 1926-1929; ARTHUR J. FORREST, 1926- 1929; HERBERT H. MILLER, 1928-1930; HAROLD W. BAKER, 1927-1930,
Finance Commission: CHARLES J. PRESCOTT, 1926-1929, Chairman; FRED R. ELLIS, 1927-1930; JOHN J. COAKLEY, 1928-1931.
Moderator: JAMES A. HALLORAN, 1928.
Town Counsel: JAMES A. HALLORAN.
Town Clerk and Accountant: JAMES E. PENDERGAST.
Assistant: CHARLES P. STONE, January 1, 1928-April 1, 1928.
Assistant Town Clerk: AGNES M. COUGHLIN, January 1, 1928-De- cember 6, 1928.
Assistant Town Clerk: CATHERINE M. MOHAN, December 7, 1928. Assistant Accountant: WALTER A. BLASENAK, April 1, 1928.
Treasurer and Collector: HAROLD W. GAY, 1928.
General Manager: LEWIS D. THORPE, January 1, 1928-March 15, 1928. General Manager: CLARENCE A. BINGHAM, April 1, 1928-Decem ber 31, 1928.
Superintendent of Public Works: JOHN E. COLBURN. Superintendent of Public Works: JOSEPH E. CONLEY.
Superintendent of Municipal Light: FRED S. BARTON.
Superintendent of Cemetery: GEORGE ALFRED SMITH.
Town Engineer: GEORGE A. SMITH, January 1-16, 1928.
Town Engineer: ALBERT W. THOMPSON, January 16, 1928-Decem- ber 31, 1928.
Chief of Police: WILLIAM H. SULLIVAN.
School Board: FREDERICK A. CLEVELAND, 1927-1930, Chairman; JULIA R. O'BRIEN, 1926-1929; CHRISTINE PROBERT, 1926- 1929; CHARLES J. RICH, 1928-1931; ARTHUR S. HARTWELL 1927-1930; JOHN J. RILEY, 1928-1931.
Superintendent of Schools: LEONARD W. GRANT.
Sealer of Weights and Measures: HARRY M. KING.
Building Inspector: FORREST M. DOUGLASS.
Board of Relief: JENNIE F. FALES, Chairman, JOHN R. PARKER and MARY G. MILLETT.
Board of Assessors: PATRICK J. LYDON, Chairman; KENNETH MCKENZIE, EDWARD A. FLAHERTY, and JAMES E. PEN DERGAST, Clerk, to October 1, 1928; AGNES M. COUGHLIN, Clerk, from December 6, 1928.
Board of Health: JOSEPH J. HAGERTY, M. D., Chairman; JOHN A. SHANNON, HAROLD L. ALDEN, and JAMES E. PENDER- GAST, Clerk, to October 1, 1928; CLARISSA G. MAIER, Clerk November 1, 1928.
Agent and Inspector of Milk and Inspector of Slaughtering: JAMES J. MULVEHILL, M. D. V.
Chief of Fire Department: JOHN J. HANNIGAN.
(Continued on inside of back cover)
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MUNICIPAL WING OF NEW MEMORIAL MUNICIPAL BUILDING AT NIGHT OF DEDICATION NOVEMBER 11, 1928.
1
Building Committee
FRANCIS J. FOLEY, Chairman
NELLIE P. MORROW FRANCIS E. BERNIER GLADWIN M. NEAD
CLIFFORD B. SANBORN
ALFRED N. AMBROSE* JAMES A. HARTSHORN* * deceased.
Architect WILLIAM G. UPHAM
Contractor EDWARD F. MINER BUILDING COMPANY
FIFTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT
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1872
NC . FEB . 23
ANNUAL REPORT
OF
Town Officials
NORWOOD
MASSACHUSETTS
Year Ending December 31, 1928
. Ambrose Press, Inc., Norwood 1929
TOWN OF NORWOOD, MASS. ORGANIZATION CHART AND STATISTICS PREPARED BY TOWN MANAGER, FEBRUARY 1, 1929
5800
VOTERS
FINANCIAL
BUDGET (1928)
POPULATION 16000 AREA . 10 4 5Q, MI PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS 30 ACPES
PART TIME MAXIMUM
PERMANENT MINIMUM
ANNUAL PAYROLL % NET BUDGET
GEN'L GOV'T
14
10
22500
2.9
PUBLIC WORKS
150
145000
188
ELECTRIC
18
12
34000
4 4
LA
37000
4 8
FIRE
36
CEMETERY
8000
FORESTRY
5100
[CLERKY
I DEPUTY 2 CLERKS
SECRETARY (PART TIME)
LIBRARIAN ASSISTANTS
HEALTH
8
5
/
9600
I PLBG INSP 1 MILF INSP
I NURSE I GARBAGE COL
TOTALS
281
93
291.000
37.6
OALLONS WATER 420. 000.000
ENTIRE BONDED DEBT
NET INVESTMENT
WATERWORKS $ 65,000
$630,000
ELECTRIC SYSTEM 5,000
470.000
SEWER SYSTEMS146,000
920 000
TOWN ENGINEER
3000
2700 TREAS & COLLECTOR 2750
FIRE CHIEF
CEMETERY SUPT
2100
LIBRARIAN
SUPT OF ELEC. DEPT
LABORERS
LABORERS
JANITOR MATRON TEL OPERATOR PART TIME GUIDES
3 ASSISTANTS! 6 LINEMEN
1 CLERK 3 OPERATORS
Z READERS LABORERS
.
SECRETARY OF ZONING APPEAL BOARD
SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
ELECTRICAL INSPECTION FIRE AND POLICE SIGNALS STREET LIGHTING
6 ADDITIONAL PERMANENT MEN REQUESTED THIS YEAR
COST CLERK
ASSISTANT AND CLERK
STOCK CLERK
CLERICAL
ONE EACH AT $2200, 2000, 1900 $1600 1200. 900. THREE AT $1500 TWO AT $ 1300 AND THREE AT $1000 TOTAL' 14 FOR $19 900 PART TIME OFFICIALS
ASSESSORS (3) $ 2000
TOWN COUNSEL 1750
CLINIC DENTIST 1500 HEALTH INSP 1000
BLOG. INSP 600
PLUMBING INSP 600
SEALER WTS & MEAS. 500
BOARD OF HEALTH(3) 250 TOWN PHYSICIAN 200
$8600
3t
DEBT & INT 151 319
945 4 71 48 00
5)
6
5
SELECTMEN
SCHOOL BOARD
BOARD OF HEALTH
TREASURER AND COLLECTOR
FINANCE COMMISSION
LIBRARY TRUSTEES
PLANNING BOARD
LIBRARY
7
8800
150 EMPLOYEES
RECREATION
10
2500
03
GIVES327. WATER & # SZ. ELECTRIC PER SERVICE ) KILOWATTS PER YEAR 7 300.000
VALUATION · $$8.000 000 $1750
3 BOARD OF WELFARE
3 BOARD OF ASSESSORS
TOWN MANAGER
TOWN CLERK AND
TOWN PHYSICIAN
ACCOUNTANT
CLERK
CLERK
I DEPUTY 2 CLERKS
I BILL SUPERV 4 CLERKS
1928 SALARIES
TOWN MANAGER
5000
4250 TOWN CLERK & ACC'T ELECTRIC SUPT 3750
SUPT PUBLIC WORKS 33
CHIEF OF POLICE
3200
1.410,400
SCHOOL BLOGS 627,600 MUNICIPAL BLDG302.000 ALL OTHERS 37.000
400,000 37, 000
$1.182.600 $3.867,400
PIRE CHIEF
CHIEF OF POLICE
TOWN ENGINEER
BUILDING INSPECTOR
MUNICIPAL MEMORIAL BUILDING
SCALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
FORESTRY SUPT
CEMETERY SUP'T
4 MOTOR DRIVERS
I DEPUTY SO CALLMEN
1 SERGEANT 17 PATROLMEN 2 RELIEF
ASSISTANT AND RODMEN
PUBLIC BUILDINGS
SEWER DIVISION
HIGHWAY DIVISION
WATER DIVISION
MUNICIPAL GARAGE
PARKS
LABOR
Z FOREMEN
2 FOREMEN
LABOR
I CRUSHER MAN
Z PUMP ENG'RS
1 COMPRESSOR MAN
I ROLLER ENGR LABORERS
1 METER MECH LABORERS
EMPLOYEES
PER CAPITA
217Z
SCHOOLS $347.531
MILEAGE IMPROVED STREETS WATER MAINS 37
SANITARY SEWERS 26
STORM SEWERS 12
WIRES & CONDUITS 34¢ NUMBER OF STREET LIGHTS HYDRANTS 830 340 INCOME FROM WATER DEPT $75,000 ELECTRIC $ 225000 (AVERAGING LARGE INDUSTRIES WITH HOMES
INCOME & RECEIPTS: 558.368
34 90
NET BY TAXATION . 784 497
48 98
TOTAL TAX RATE : $28.95
$ 83 88
(INCL WATER & ELECTRIC). TOTAL $1.342.865
POLICE
22
18500
2 4
10
0.7
11
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SPECIAL REMARKS
Town Manager purchases for all Dept's and repairs all Public Buildings, including Schools and Library
Town Accountant bills and Tressurer collects for cvery Department Fire Chief at present appointed by Selectmen but working thru Manager. Manager's only contact with Health Dept. in Norwood is thru being legally an agent of the Board.
I FOREMAM I PLANT MAN 1 SERVICE MAN LABORERS
I MECHANIC
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SECRETARY PURCHASER
STENOG.
2000 532100
(ALL INCLUOED IN ANNUAL PAYROLL SCHEDULE) TOTAL OFFICIALS SALARIES $ 36 100 of 4 % 7 0 ACTUAL OPERATING EXPENSE OF $768,655 CLERICAL SALARIES ARE 2% %
/100% OF VALUATION)
COMMERCIAL_SERVICE
CHAIRMAN ( FULL TIME )
TOWN COUNSEL
STATISTICS
DEP'T
STATE & CO TAX 75 360
ALL OTHERS 768 655
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK AND ACCOUNTANT
ABSTRACTS OF RECORDS OF TOWN MEETINGS AND VITAL STATISTICS
RECORD OF TOWN MEETINGS
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Monday, January 17, 1928, and adjournment to Wednesday, March 28, 1928.
On a warrant duly issued by the Selectmen, under date of January 3, 1928, and signed by Thomas B. Mulvehill, Edmund G. Dalton, Arthur J. Forrest and Harold W. Baker, Selectmen of Norwood, the proper service of which Warrant was duly attested by William J. Barrett, 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, one Selectman for three years and one Selectman for two years (who shall be overseers of the poor and surveyors of highways); one Town Treasurer 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; two Trustees of the Morrill Memorial Library for three years; one Member of the Planning Board for three years ;. six Constables for one year.
One Selectman for three years.
Thomas B. Mulvehill had seventeen hundred and eighty-five (1785) elected, sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant. -
Joseph F. McManus had one thousand and eight (1008). Scattering, one (1).
Blanks, eighty-one (81).
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One Selectman for two years.
Herbert H. Miller had twenty-one hundred twenty-three (2123), elected, sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant.
Scattering, onc (1).
Blanks, seven hundred fifty-one (751).
Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes for one year.
Harold W. Gay had twenty-two hundred and seventy-four (2274) elected, sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant.
Scattering, three (3).
Blanks, five hundred ninety-eight (598).
Finance Commissioner for three years.
John J. Coakley had twenty-one hundred eighty-nine (2189), elected, sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant.
Scattering, one (1).
Blanks, six hundred eighty-five (685).
Moderator for one year.
James A. Halloran had twenty-one hundred and forty-eight (2148), elected, sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant.
Scattering, one (1).
Blanks, seven hundred twenty-six (726).
Member of Board of Health for three years.
Harold L. Alden had seventeen hundred and fifty-six (1756), elected, sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant.
William P. Nickerson had nine hundred and seventy (970).
Blanks, one hundred forty-nine (149).
Two members of School Committee for three years.
Charles J. Rich had eighteen hundred and seventy-three (1873), elected, sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant.
John J. Riley had twenty-one hundred and fourteen (2114), elected, sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant.
Scattering, one (1).
Blanks, seventeen hundred sixty-two (1762).
Two Trustees of Morrill Memorial Library for three years.
A. Marion Swain had eighteen hundred sixty-two (1862), elected, sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant. .
William T. Whedon had eighteen hundred eighty-six (1886), elected, sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant.
Blanks, two thousand two (2002).
Member of Planning Board for three years.
George F. Willett had twenty-two hundred and twenty (2220), elected, sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant.
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Scattering, two (2).
Blanks, six hundred and fifty-three (653).
Six Constables for one year.
William J. Barrett, twenty-one hundred forty-one (2141), elected, sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant.
Henry F. Breen had two thousand ninety-seven (2097), elected, sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant.
Patrick J. Coyne had twenty-one hundred twenty-four (2124), elected,- sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant.
Nicholas P. Curran had twenty-two hundred forty (2240), elected, sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant.
Charles R. Donnell had twenty-one hundred and fifteen (2115), elected, sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant.
J. Irving Reid had two thousand seventy-three (2073), elected, sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant.
Scattering, one (1).
Blanks, forty-four hundred fifty-nine (4459).
Article 2. To hear and act on the reports of Town Officers and Com- mittees.
Voted: That Article 2 be laid on the table.
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 Treasurer.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer and Collector of Taxes, with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow money in anticipation 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 for dog licenses.
Voted: That this article be laid upon the table and taken up and acted upon with Article 6, Sub-division D, Section 6.
Article 6. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate for the current fiscal year, for the following pur- poses, or take any other action in the matter.
A. General Government.
1. Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and Surveyors of Highways. (a) Salaries and (b) Incidentals.
Voted: (a) That the Selectmen receive no salaries. (b) By taxation for incidental and personal expenses of the Selectmen the sum of $100.00.
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2. (1) Town Clerk and Accountant and (2) Town Bookkeeper. (a) Sal- aries and (b) Incidentals.
Voted: For salaries $4,250.00 and (b) for incidentals the sum of $11,000.
3. Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes. (a) Salaries. (b) Inci- cidentals.
Voted: (a) For salaries, $2,750.00, and (b) for incidentals the sum of $3,718.00.
4. Assessors (a) Salaries and (b) Incidentals.
Voted: By taxation for salaries, $2,000.00 and incidental expenses $2,800.00.
5. Certification of Bonds and Notes.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $300.00.
6. Finance Commission. (a) Incidentals.
Voted: By taxation the sum of $400.00.
7. Law. (a) Salary and (b) Incidentals.
Voted: By taxation (a) for salary, $1750.00 and (b) for incidental ex- penses, $350.00.
8. Election and Registration. (a) Salary and (b) Incidentals.
Voted: By taxation (a) for salaries, $400.00 and (b) for incidental ex- penses, $1832.00.
9. Town Offices. (a) Incidentals.
Voted. By taxation the sum of $1725.00.
10. General Manager. (a) Salary and (b) Incidentals including pre- mium on suretyship bond.
Voted: (a) The sum of $5,750.00 and (b) for incidentals $100.00.
11. Engineering. (a) Salary and (b) Incidentals.
Voted: By taxation (a) for salary, $2500.00 and (b) for incidental ex- penses the sum of $2,609.00.
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