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February 12-William C. Kendrick, Workmen's Compensation Agent for town.
March 12-Charles R. Donnell, Constable for period ending May 1, 1935. March 19-Albert Fales, Inspector of Animals for year ending March 31, 1936; re-appointment by the Director of Division of Live Stock Disease Control.
April 23-Appointments for term of one year beginning May 1, 1935, as follows: Charles R. Donnell, William J. Barrett and Thomas C. Lydon, Field Drivers; re-appointments as to Messrs. Barrett and Lydon. William P. Nickerson, Louis D'Espinosa and John J. Flaherty, Fence viewers; re-appointments. Forrest M. Douglass, Inspector of Build- ings; re-appointment. Walter S. Bagley, Thomas C. Lydon, Thomas J. Foley, Patrick J. Coyne and Peter N. Curran, Constables; re-appoint- ments as to Messrs. Bagley, Lydon and Foley. Charles E. Houghton, Thomas M. Flaherty and Arthur J. Forrest, Board of Appeal under Building By-Law; re-appointments. William J. Barrett, Lock-up Keeper; re-appointment. James A. Halloran, Town Counsel; re-ap- pointment. Dr. George Klein, Town Physician; re-appointment. Stephen R. Goggins, Registrar of Voters for term of three years; re- appointment.
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April 30-M. Joseph Roache, Clement A. Riley and Margaret Giinthner, Board of Public Welfare; re-appointments.
May 28-George H. Lynch (vice Henry T. McAuliffe, resigned as of June 1) dog officer; such appointment for period beginning June 1 and ending April 30, 1936.
October 1-Joseph S. Crowley (vice Harry J. Korslund, resigned) Member of Planning Board (to fill vacancy until next annual meeting).
There were also appointed election officers for annual town meeting, various special police officers at large and at particular premises and sworn weighers, surveyors of lumber, and measurers of bark.
From time to time on application therefor and report thereon licenses and permits were granted for various activities as permitted by law as follows, namely,
Miscellaneous Licenses
Lodging house; intelligence office; pool room; inn-holder; sale of firearms; junk collector; common victualers; sales of fruit, ice cream and confectionery on the Lord's Day; public amusement; Sunday moving pictures; Sunday entertainment in keeping with significance of the Christian festival of Christmas; taxi-cab operators; third class licenses to purchase, sell and exchange motor vehicles or parts thereof; sale of fire- arms and ammunition (Maxwell M. Greene, licensee, representing Sears Roebuck & Company), firearms not to include pistols and revolvers, to expire May 1, 1935; class I license for the purchase, sale or exchange of second hand motor vehicles or parts thereof; storage of gasoline in under- ground tank; auctioneers licenses granted to Carroll H. Woods, John J. Bennett, Thomas Hayden, J. Alexander Abdallah and John J. Riley; sale of gasoline; construction of a garage for storage of not more than three motor vehicles.
Carleton J. Greenman, 220 Nahatan Street, granted on January 2, license for year ending December 31, 1935, to purchase old metals and second hand articles, subject to provisions of by-laws and the condition that a return in the form of a report be made by him to the Chief of Police of all sales and business done by him similar to returns made by pawn shops in Boston each day and subject to further condition that all scales to be used shall have first been inspected by the Sealcr of Weights and Mcasurcs.
License to Holliston Mills, Inc. to install a plant to recover solvents now used in processing, and license to Holliston Mills, Inc. amended as to thick- ness of metal of tanks for storage.
Permits
Public dances; carnivals; public meeting; public exhibitions in which children under sixteen years of age appcar; strcet sales; tag day; street parades; concerts, and sales at band concerts; attachment of banners to
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poles on Washington Street and installation of amplifiers; use of social hall at Civic property for rehearsal purposes; use of third floor of Mu- nicipal Memorial Building temporarily in connection with carillon con- certs; Sunday entertainment (grant to School Department); maintenance of a ballyhoo wagon; travelling circus one-day exhibit; demonstration of operation of motor vehicles by radio; but made subject to conditions in certain instances which it appeared desirable to impose, such as proper supervision by police officers, location, limitation of hours and character of activities.
Numerous public hearings were held from time to time as required by law, upon various petitions for licenses, permits, locations, lay-outs and the like, which it does not appear to be necessary to detail in this report.
All citizens who desired to be heard with respect to alleged grievances or other matters were given full opportunity to present the same even where in some instances such matters were not proper subjects for action by Selectmen, and thereafter such matters so heard had due consideration.
Oliver J. Barr Resolution
On April 2, 1935, upon notice of the death of Oliver J. Barr, former Selectman, the following resolution was unanimously adopted, namely, WHEREAS, Oliver J. Barr, a former Selectman of the Town of Norwood and a distinguished citizen died on Sunday, March 31, 1935, BE IT RE- SOLVED by the Selectmen in meeting assembled that in the death of Oliver J. Barr the Town of Norwood and its citizens generally have suf- fered a great loss. His keen sense of honor, his great civic interest, his long and useful service as Selectman, his important business and social positions and activities, and his fine Christian life made him an outstanding and invaluable citizen of the Town during the many years of his residence in Norwood, and are widely recognized and appreciated, and his loss will be mourned by all who had the opportunity and pleasure of knowing and dealing with him, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that our sympathy be extended to his surviving wife and that this resolution be spread on the records of the meeting and a copy sent to Mrs. Barr and a copy furnished to the Norwood Messenger for publication.
Textile Industry Resolution
On April 23, a resolution in the following form was unanimously adopted and the Clerk of the Selectmen was requested to bring the subject matter to the attention of the persons named therein.
Help Save New England's Textile Industry
The undersigned Selectmen of the Town of Norwood, Massachusetts in the belief that what affects adversely the great cotton textile industry in New England, but particularly in Massachusetts, affects adversely the
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general welfare of our section of the country, and, as to Massachusetts municipalities not in the textile group, tends indirectly at least, to add to the financial and social burdens already heavily existing in such mu- nicipalities, join in the protest against the present cheap foreign com- petition, the processing tax and the wage differential which threaten the very life of the cotton textile industry, and extend our earnest support and offer our cooperation to Governor Curley, the Mayors of the various Massachusetts textile centers and all the other leaders in the political, civic and industrial fields in voicing demand on the Federal Government to take prompt and adequate steps to remedy the situation and to that end heartily endorse the movement of the Boston American as to the action to be taken by the citizens of New England through the form of protest and request suggested by that newspaper and urge the officials of all other municipalities as well as all the citizens of the Town of Nor- wood to join in this most important undertaking and thus making known in vigorous terms to our President and to our Senators and Representa- tives in Congress the seriousness of the situation and dire need for im- mediate relief.
HARRY B. BUTTERS, PETER J. FEENEY, DANIEL COLLINS, CHARLES F. HOLMAN, STURE NELSON.
On February 12, 1935, regulations governing the conduct of the game called "BEANO" were adopted as follows:
Regulations prescribed by the Selectmen of Norwood under the authority of Chapter 371, Acts of the General Court of Massachusetts for the year 1934, with respect to the licensing and conduct of the game commonly called BEANO or substantially the same game under another name and effective on and after 1935.
1. Applications for licenses shall be in writing and filed with the General Manager at his office in the Municipal Building and shall state specifi- ally the permissible purposes solely for which the proceeds of the charges for admission to and /or participation in such games are to be donated.
2. Licenses will be granted only to bona fide residents of Norwood.
3. No licenses will be granted for the conduct of such games on the Lord's Day.
4. The fee of each license will be fifty cents to be paid at or before the time the license is issued.
5. Licenses will be issued by the General Manager who is hereby author- ized to do so in behalf of the Selectmen.
6. No such games shall be conducted at an hour later than 12:00 o'clock
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midnight except that on a Saturday, no such games shall be conducted later than 11:30 o'clock P. M.
On March 6, 1935, regulations concerning the conduct of carnivals were adopted as follows:
1. The carnivals must be set up on Monday morning and dismantled upon closing on Saturday night, where the carnival period is for one week.
2. The carnivals must close at 11:00 o'clock at night.
3. The Selectmen have requested the cooperation of various parties to whom licenses have been granted to hold their feature act or so-called "free act" at an earlier hour than has been the case in the past and this has been agreed upon.
4. Children not accompanied by parents or adults are not to be allowed to remain on the carnival premises later than a reasonable hour.
On December 17, 1935, regulations in the following form were adopted with respect to through ways subject to the approval of the Department of Public Works of the Commonwealth, namely,
Stop Before Entering a Through Street
(a) Railroad Avenue at the intersection of Adams Street and Lenox Street, and Nahatan Street at the intersection of Central Street with respect to south bound traffic on Central Street, are hereby declared to be Through Strects for the purpose of this regulation.
(b) When stop signs are erected upon highways intersecting a Through Street at the entrances thereto or at the entrance to any intersection, every driver of a vehicle shall stop at every such sign or at a clearly marked stop line before entering the intersection except when directed to proceed by a police officer or traffic control signal.
Lay Outs and Orders of Taking
On March 16, order of taking was adopted for acquiring by right of eminent domain for school purposes land owned by Nicolai Hellsten as authorized by vote of town meeting on December 31, 1934.
On April 2, order of taking adopted for acquiring by right of eminent - domain an easement in land for an extension of Savin Avenue under lay out accepted at special town meeting on March 25.
On April 16, orders adopted for street lay outs as follows: Andrews Street from Monroe Street westerly; Rock Court from Rock Street southcrly to proposed Andrews Street; Vernon Street Extension from existing lay out westerly to property of Town acquired for playground purposes; Stone Circle from Rockhill Street northerly, and alteration by widening of Wal- pole Street and Fisher Strcet at intersection, and orders of taking of ease- ments for these ways adopted on May 21 following acceptance of lay outs.
On April 16, the Clerk directed to proceed with the levy of assessments made for the construction of Hawthorne Street sewer.
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On January 18, attention given to the question of releases to the town and procedure in the matter of construction of certain proposed town ways northerly from Nichols Street as laid out by the Selectmen and accepted by the town on December 31, 1934, including the form of release with respect to all claims for damages and indemnification also the matter of prosecuting the work, and on February 15, it was voted that if and when entry was made on the premises for the purpose of constructing said town ways, that it be on the basis that the construction work be performed by the town in conjunction with labor available from the E. R. A. and with such funds as may be available.
On July 3, lay out adopted of alteration of easterly line of Nichols Street, also lay out of a new town way westerly of Nichols Street and southerly of the Senior High School land under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments and on August 6, following acceptance of lay outs, orders of taking adopted of easements in land for new town way purposes extending westerly from Nichols Street a distance of four hundred and forty feet southerly from Senior High School land, and of an easement in land providing for an alteration by widening of the easterly line of Nichols Street.
On October 1, adopted order of taking of easements for sewer purposes by right of eminent domain in land easterly of Shaw Street and for drainage purposes in land of Lela A. Talbot.
On October 29, adopted order of taking by right of eminent domain of an easement for drainage purposes in land easterly of Walpole Street.
On November 12, considered petition received from Bird & Son, Inc. for lay out of new town way running generally northerly from Morse Street, westerly of an underpass to the Wrentham Branch of the Old Colony Rail- road, then turning and running generally westerly to an existing town way laid out as St. Joseph Avenue, petitioners agreeing to release to the town the necessary easements and indicating its desire to have Morse Street abandoned through the limits of Bird & Son, Inc. property from a point near the railroad location towards Short Street and the objective being to by-pass the public traffic claimed to interfere at times with use by it of Morse Street for factory trucks transporting finished floor covering products from processing plant on south side of Morse Street to storage room on the north side of Morse Street. On November 19, conference with Planning Board as to subject matter and further study agreed upon with respect to alternative plan suggested.
Employment Relief Projects
During the year active interest was taken and due consideration given and appropriate action taken with respect to the relief employment of citizens on various projects as to which approval was sought and in many instances obtained and where Federal and State funds were available for the purpose.
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On January 2, new State E. R. A. projects were approved for submission to the E. R. A. Administration, such as the Prospect Street drain, shaping out street and sidewalk on Washington Street and Short Street south to private road on Highview Street, shaping up street and sidewalk on Pleasant Street from Hillside Avenue south to Sumner Street, and thinning out and clearing out underbrush at White Mike's Field.
On January 15, situation as to recreational E. R. A. projects considered and action withheld until final approval received by State E. R. A. office.
On February 5, it was voted that a schedule of tentative projects be prepared and submitted to the State Engineer's office of the P. W. A. which the Selectmen felt should have consideration as work projects pro- vided that execution of the work could be done by the town on force account.
On February 12, a conference was held with the Planning Board as to possible work to be done on E. R. A. and P. W. A. projects and several proposed plans submitted by the Planning Board were given consideration.
On August 30, approved various items for submission to W. P. A. as projects for approval being other than projects for schools, as follows:
Westover Parkway; Senior High School Tennis Courts; Engincering; Cemetery Improvement, General; Cemetery Improvement, Area Easterly of Main Entrance Southerly of Winter Street; Swimming Pool; Moth Suppression; Neponset Street Drain; Field House at Swimming Pool; Pleasant Street from Sumner Street to Walpole Line; Fire Station, Roof Repairs; Rifle Range; Drain on Nichols Street; Playground, White Mike's Field; Sidewalks and Wading Pools in Various Playgrounds. All as recommended by the General Manager.
Also voted, on August 30, as recommended by General Manager, that applications be submitted for project covering improvement of fire alarm system, estimated cost $16,200 and project for purification of water supply, involving maximum expenditure of $105,000.
On September 3, action was taken as follows:
"Be it resolved by the Selectmen of the Town of Norwood:
Section 1. That General Manager of the Town be and he is authorized to execute and file an application on behalf of the Town of Norwood, to the United States of America for a grant to aid in financing the construc- tion of a purification plant and additional driven wells for supplying the Inhabitants of the Town of Norwood with water.
Section 2. That William C. Kendrick, General Manager, is hereby authorized and directed to furnish such information as the United States of America through the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works may reasonably request in connection with the application which is herein authorized to be filed.
Similar action was taken with respect to existing fire alarm system. On October 15, certificate received from Federal Emergency Adminis- tration of Public Works through which the United States offers aid in the construction of a water system plant and other additions to water works
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and improvements and additions to fire alarm system and building by making grant to the town in the amount of 45 percent of the cost of the project on completion, but not to exceed in any event the sum of $54,540.00. On October 22, a resolution was adopted in the form submitted by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works,with respect to water works and fire alarm system improvement.
On October 1, notice received from Federal Emergency Administration under date of September 28, Public Works Division, approving grant not to exceed $54,540.00 for water tank, so-called, docket Mass. 1317 and requesting immediate action through vote of town meeting to secure proper authority. Thereupon voted a special town meeting be held at the earliest possible date to take necessary action.
On October 15, endorsement voted of procedure suggested by State Director Foy of the W. P. A. for a survey with respect to the Neponset River Drainage proposal, the same to be sent to the County Commissioners of Norfolk County to whom procedure was recommended.
On November 19, notice was received from State Emergency Finance Board of the approval of a borrowing by the town of $65,000.00 for water construction and for improvement purposes and $9,500.00 for fire aların equipment and alterations in connection with Federal grant. On De- cember 3, sale was approved of water purification and central fire alarm equipment loan bonds in sum of $65,000.00 and $9,500.00, respectively, with interest rate 2 percent. On December 3, with respect to water purification plant P. W. A. docket 1317, the General Manager reported that bids were received from four concerns, all running higher than the Consulting Engineer's estimate of $91,500.00 as construction cost. On December 10, approved revised low bid of $88,300.00 resulting from elimination of certain equipment and other items and substitution of other items of lesser cost with respect to proposed water purification plant.
On December 3, the General Manager reported that all uncompleted E. R. A. projects had been transferred to W. P. A. including women's sewing projects, cemetery digging, Westover Parkway, Hawse Brook swimming pool. He also reported the following new projects started under W. P. A. namely; repairs to fire station roof, painting at Day Memorial Chapel, and re-laying stair treads at Winslow School.
On December 30, approved recommendation for the sponsoring of the project involved in the offer of the State Federal Housing Administration to establish a Town Federal Housing W. P. A. project through the Town providing a contribution of $420.00 covering office space, heat, light, telephone and other service and material.
General Manager reported on December 30, that State P. W. A. Di- rector had approved the award of contract for the construction of an iron removal plant at the Ellis Water Pumping Station to James A. Monroe and Company.
On December 30, the General Manager was requested to make a survey of desirable projects and to seek a transfer of funds to meet the cost of
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the same in order to provide employment on a part time basis for a portion of the men now employed in Public Works Department.
Licenses- Alcoholic Beverages
January 2, received approval of A. B. C. Commission under date of December 31, 1934, of application of Norfolk Athletic Association, Inc., for sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises at 1035 Washington Street.
On January 2, club license granted by a divided vote to Town Square Athletic Association, Inc., to sell all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises at 192 Central Street, subject to approval of A. B. C. Com- mission.
On January 2, after hearing voted to re-consider action taken in the matter of license fee with respect to the sale of all alcoholic beverages by clubs and that the license fee be established in the sum of $500.00, except as to the Elks Building Corporation as to which the license fee be fixed in the sum of $250.00.
On January 8, action taken on the application of Harry Levenson, under date of December 18, 1934, granting to him a license for the sale of wines and malt beverages not to be drunk on the premises at 641 Washington Street re-considered and voted to grant applicant a license for the sale of malt beverages only, not to be drunk on the premises, for the year ending December 31, 1935, but subject to the condition that no sales of food to be consumed on the premises be made by licensee during licensed period.
On January 15, notice received from A. B. C. Commission of approval given to licenses granted to Paul Babel for package store sale of malt beverages only at 1068 Washington Street and to Arthur G. Lewis for sale of all alcoholic beverages at restaurant, 95 Central Street.
On February 5, after a hearing held with respect to violations of terms of license by Norbeta Begin, licensee, as reported by A. B. C. Commission, voted to suspend the license for the sale of all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises at 32 Guild Street on and after the close of business on February 8 for a period of seven days, namely, from Saturday, February 9 to Friday, February 15, both inclusive, and that license be surrendered for period of suspension.
On March 12, after hearing held, on complaint reported to the A. B. C. Commission with respect to violations of law as to the sale of alcoholic beverages by the Norfolk Athletic Club, Inc. licensee, that the license to sell all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises at 1035 Wash- ington held by the Norfolk Athletic Club, Inc. be suspended from Friday, March 15 to Thursday, March 28, both inclusive, and that license be sur- rendered for the period of suspension and that if further complaints of violations are presented from the A. B. C. Commission or any law officer the license would be revoked.
On March 12, it was ordered that the necessary notices be given to all clubs licensed by the Selectmen of the requirement that they should file
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with the Seleetmen and the A. B. C. Commission annually within three months after January 1 in each year, the information required by law.
On March 12, additional regulations with respect to exposing for sale and sales of alcoholic beverages by holders of licenses in amendment to regulations adopted on October 8, 1934 and effective as of Friday, March 22, 1935 were adopted as follows:
Regulation No. 5 .- No alcoholie beverages sold by common vietualers licensed to conduct restaurants and by holders of club and hotel licenses shall be consumed on the licensed premises after 12:45 o'clock, A. M. on days other than Saturdays and Sundays, nor after 11:15 o'clock, P. M. on Saturdays and Sundays.
On March 26, the license granted to Arthur G. Lewis for the sale of all alcoholic beverages at 95 Central Street was amended to include the ad- joining premises at 105 Central Street.
On May 7, the license of Louis Joseph to sell all alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises was amended to include that portion of 179 Rail- road Avenue which was not included in original license and the common victualer license granted to said party was amended in like manner.
On May 28, after hearing complaint made by the A. B. C. Commission against Joseph Dundulis for violation of alcoholic beverages law it was voted to suspend the license granted to this party to sell alcoholic beverages to be drunk on the premises at 1118 Washington Street on and after the close of business on Friday, May 31, for a period of seven days, namely, from Saturday, June 1 to Friday, June 7, both inclusive, and that the license be surrendered for that period.
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