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12.71
High School English Fund Income
7.20
Post War Rehabilitation Fund Income
11,108.25
Harriet W. Lane Fund Income
20.00
Henry O. Peabody Fund Income
23,264.52
County Tax
2,395.18
State Assessments
916.68
Library Film Lending Service
261.00
Cemetery Available Receipts
66,139.23
Reserve Fund, Overlay Surplus
9,768.10
Overlay-1945
2.00
Overlay-1946
2.00
Overlay-1948
7,377.11
Departmental Revenue
31,034.97
Motor Vehicle Excise Revenue
1,677.79
Special Assessments Revenue
104.29
Tax Title Revenue
8,832.67
Tax Title Possessions Revenue
27,458.66
Electric Light Revenue
18,693.62
Water Revenue
23,817.76
Excess and Deficiency
407,251.14
Apportioned Sewer Assessments-Not Due
411.98
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due in 1949
190.14
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due in 1950
159.42
Apportioned Sewer Assessments Due in 1951
62.42
Apportioned Street Betterment Assessments-Not Due
461.30
Apportioned Street Betterment Assessments due in 1949
104.09
Apportioned Street Betterment Assessments due in 1950
104.09
Apportioned Street Betterment Assessments due in 1951
104.08
Apportioned Street Betterment Assessments due in 1952
37.26
Apportioned Street Betterment Assessments due in 1953
37.26
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Debits
Credits
Apportioned Street Betterment Assessments due in 1954 Apportioned Street Betterment Assessments due in 1955
37.26 37.26
Net Bonded Debt-Inside
26,000.00
Net Bonded Debt-Outside
129,000.00
School Loans-Inside
8,000.00
Sewer Loans-Inside
18,000.00
School Loans-Outside
94,000.00
Sewer Loans-Outside
15,000.00
Water Loans-Outside
10,000.00
Municipal Relief Loans-Outside
5,000.00
Emergency Storm Loans-Outside
5,000.00
Trust Funds Cash and Securities
928,481.06
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
75,934.92
Anna M. Day Fund
5,000.00
High School English Fund
500.00
Warren H. Cudworth Fund
500.00
Municipal Light Consumers' Trust Fund
11,400.00
Alice H. Plimpton Fund
11,000.00
E. Florence Morse Fund
500.00
William T. Whedon Fund
500.00
Harriet W. Lane Fund
800.00
Post War Rehabilitation Fund
52,500.00
Henry O. Peabody Fund
769,846.14
$2,268,047.67
$2,268,047.67
MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC LIGHT DEPARTMENT Plant Investment Account
Book Value Jan. 1, 1948
Additions During Year
Deprecia- Book Value tion Dec. 31, 1948
Total Cost
$9.636.68
Land
$9,636.68
$9,636.68
80,514.93
Structures
41,604.21
$4,025.75
37,578.46
205,630.08
Transformer Station Equipment
69,047.04
$1.149.38
10,330.30
59,866.12
240,523.09
Poles, Fixtures and Conductors
62,610.54
4,718.55
12,008.95
55.320.14
48.200.19
Underground Conduits
25,379.21
1,587.53
3,131.27
24,636.11
59.949.63
Underground Conductors
38,479.15
1,575.44
2,918.72
37,135.87
68.814.44
Consumers Meters
15,539.17
95.22
3,435.96
12,198.43
38,892.05
Consumers Meters Installation
28,355.58
3,870.70
1.751.07
30,475.21
59.234.33
Line Transformers
16,559.12
1,081.01
3,024.55
14,614.48
18.983.49
Transformer Installation
11,797.83
3,293.20
858.15
14,232.88
35.548.49
Street Light Equipment
10,241.63
607.72
1,817.44
9,031.91
$865,927.40
$329,249.06
$17.978.75
$42.501.52
$304.726.29
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
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COMPARATIVE BALANCE SHEET STATEMENT
Assets
Jan. 1, 1948
Investments $329,249.06 Plant Investment 16,791.76 General Equipment
Dec. 31, 1948 $304,726.29 18,840.36
Increase
Decrease $24,522.77
$2,048.60
Current Assets
13,844.94
Special Deposits
$16,232.41
$2,387.47
16,830.24
Accounts Receivable
18,693.64
1;863.40
10,501.42
Materials and Supplies
4,787.80
$5,713.62
230.16
Prepaid Insurance
230.16
77,901.66
Depreciation Fund
96,286.19
18,384.53
$465,349.24
$459,796.85
$5,552.39
Liabilities
$13,844.94
Consumers Deposits
$16,232.41
$2,387.47
216,808.00
Loans Repayment ..
216,808.00
32,724.15
Appropriated for Construction Repayment
32,724.15
201,972.15
Profit and Loss Balances
194,032.29
$7,939.86
$465,349.24
$459,796.85
$5,552.39
'OPERATING REVENUE STATEMENT
Increase
Decrease
Metered Sales to Private Consumers
$385.055.37
$41,683.31
Street Lighting Revenue .
15,242.50
1,615.50
Other Municipal Revenue
23,114.90
4,082.23
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INCOME STATEMENT
Operating Revenues
Operating Expenses
$423,412.77 399,432.88
$47,381.04 44,220.05
Net Operating Revenue
$23,979.89
$3,160.99
Merchandise and Jobbing Revenue
489.50
78.17
Interest Income
250.00
250.00
Gross Income ..
$24,719.39
$3,489.16
Interest on Bonds and Notes
353.14
77.37
Ineome Balance Transferred to Profit and Loss
$24,366.25
$3,411.79
PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENT
Credits
Credit Balance at Beginning of Year . .
$201,972.15
Credit Balance Transferred from Income Account
24,366.25
$226,338.40
Debits
Deduction from Surplus
$32,306.11
Balance Profit and Loss December 31, 1948
194,032.29
$226,338.40
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
299
300
OPERATING EXPENSE
Increase Decrease
Electric Energy Purchased
$251,012.18
$34,581.86
Operation :
Transformer Station Labor
15,554.00
435.53
Transmission and Distribution Lines
9,876.48
240.70
Inspecting and Testing Mcters .
1,073.39
317.95
Removing and Resetting Meters
1,550.82
283.14
Removing and Resetting Transformers
1,585.85
1,585.85
Maintenance :
Transformer Station Structures
738.83
$1,042.50
Transformer Station Equipment
2,568.50
1,124.88
Transmission and Distribution Lines
24,493.57
8,076.10
Underground Conduits
114.87
98.84
Underground Conductors
55.88
12.60
Consumers Meters
498.21
75.06
Transformers
132.34
1,073.64
UTILIZATION
Operation of Municipal Street Lamps
1,026.01
Maintenance of Municipal Street Lamps
$4,130.45
611.65
Maintenance of Consumers Installation
2,122.04
40.55
TOWN OF NORWOOD
COMMERCIAL
Salaries (Services by Other Departments ) Advertising
$22,150.00 653.98
552.95
MISCELLANEOUS
Salary of Superintendent
$4,600.00
$300.00
Other General Department Salaries
2,627.97
466.25
Office Supplies and Expenses
440.33
92.07
General Office Rents
1,800.00
Pensions
2,755.58
50.85
Insurance
1,568.52
488.01
Transportation
2,060.40
215.93
Inventory Adjustments
856.96
Maintenance of General Structures
1,696.72
355.73
Depreciation
43,362.40
1,396.29
Miscellaneous General Expenses
209.57
277.25
Total Operating Expenses
$399,432.88
$44,220.05
REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
301
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WATER DEPARTMENT
Cash Received at Office of Town Treasurer :
Water Rates
$102,933.29
Fees
84.00
Service and Materials
1,251.59
Sale of Water-Veterans' Project
480.00
Hydrant Rental
6,692.00
Water Liens added to 1948 Taxes
722.83
Water Liens added to 1947 Taxes
111.50
Balance 1947 Maintenance and Construction
16,995.81
$129,271.02
Disbursements
Maintenance and Operation
$55,250.03
Extension of Mains (Construction)
28,435.40
Service Charges from Other Departments
16,950.00
Debt and Interest Charges
3,225.00
Reserved Balance December 31, 1948
Appropriations for :
Extension of Mains (Construction)
7,221.55
Water Maintenance
788.10
Water Operation
391.37
$112,261.45
Cash Returned to Town Treasury
17,009.57
$129,271.02
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE BEQUESTS 1948
Total of Bequests to January 1, 1948
$78,516.42
Received during year 1948 :
Lot No.
Donor
1174 Mary Giampietro
$150.00
1652 Harry Flansbury
125.00
1696
Catherine Wozniak
125.00
1654
John Baltadonis
125.00
2318
Gerda Carlson Palleson
125.00
1692
Joseph Uzdawinis
125.00
1538
Charles Mickunas
150.00
1568
Peter Rukstalis
125.00
1694
Thomas R. Bowler
125.00
1236
Frank W. Fowler
150.00
726 James F. Keating, Adm.
150.00
2314
Mary Babel
125.00
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1046
Charles J. O'Connor
150.00
557 William J. Day 150.00
1167 Josephine M. Bassett 125.00
2592 Sophia Aukstolis
150.00
1023
Mary E. Pope
150.00
313 State Street Trust for Fred H. Richwein 150.00
Single Graves
3018-3019 Ann Huggard 50.00
3422 Joseph Johnson 25.00
$81,066.42
CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT - 1948 Membership
Active Membership, December 31, 1947 : Group A - Male 99, Female 36
Group B - Male 25 Total 160
Enrolled during 1948 : Group A - Male 9, Female 3
Group B - Male 10 Total 22
Withdrawals and Retirements : Group A - Male 4, Female 3 Group B - Male 1 Total 8
Active Membership December 31, 1948 : Group A - Male 104, Female 36 Group B - Male 34 Total 174
Pensions
Inactive Membership December 31, 1947 : Group A - Male 24, Female 6 Group B - Male 4 Total 34
Retirements during year 1948 : Group A - Male 2 Total 2
Deaths of Retired Members during year Group A - Male 2 Total 2
Inactive Membership December 31, 1948 Total Active and Inactive Membership on
Total
34
December 31, 1948 :
Group A- Male 128, Female 42
Group B - Male 38
Total 208
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TOWN OF NORWOOD .
CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT - 1948
Income
From Members :
Group A
$19,554.56
Group B
2,986.37
$22,540.93
From Town :
Appropriation as Contributors
Pension Fund
$22,296.58
Administration Expenses
1,000.00
$23,296.58
From Interest :
On Bonds and Stocks
$5,701.90
On Deposits in Banks
290.90
$5,992.80
From Other Sources :
Sale of Bonds
$2,000.00
Annuity Paid
96.00
$2,096.00
$53,926.31
Disbursements
Annuity Payments :
Group A
$1,276.66
Group B
1.80
$1,278.46
Pension Payments :
Group A
$20,249.87
Group B
1,112.64
$21,362.51
Refunds :
Group A
$2,202.15
Group B
531.66
To Massachusetts Teacher's Retirement Fund. . 13.02
$2,746.83
Investments
$27.693.75
Acerued Interest
74.69
$27.768.44
Administrative Expenses :
Salary of Clerk
$1,000.64
Printing and Stationery
60.40
Travel and Member's Association Expense
156.23
Postage and Incidentals
38.15
$1,255.42
$54.411.66
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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Assets
Bonds and Stocks at Book Value
$211,065.23
Cooperative Bank Shares Book Value
6,000.00
Deposits in Banks not at Interest
8,295.71
Deposits in Banks at Interest
13,545.00
Interest Due and Accrued December 31, 1948
1,595.37
$240,501.31
Liabilities
Annuity Savings Fund
$135,768.78
Annuity Reserve Fund
13,609.56
Special Fund for Military Service Credit
2,510.72
Pension Fund
88,110.16
Expense Fund
502.09
$240,501.31
The Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Gentlemen :
The foregoing is submitted as the report of the Town Clerk and Accountant for the year ending December 31, 1948, setting forth abstracts of the records of town meetings and elections, vital statistics and statements of the appropriations and expenditures and the receipts from each source of income, also statement of funded debt, information relative to maturities and debt, the balance sheet showing the assets and liabilities at the close of the fiscal year.
I certify that I have examined the securities and savings deposits of the Trust Funds in the hands of the Town Treasurer and find them to be correct as shown in the following schedule :
TRUST FUND SECURITIES - DECEMBER 31, 1948 Retirement Fund
Westchester Lighting 31/2s 1967 Nos. 8017-18. J & J 1 2,000.00
U. S. Savings Bonds-Series G
V13 129, May 1953.
M & N 1
5,000.00
M70 598, 599, 600, M73 201, 202, May 1953. M & N 1
5,000.00
M226 767, 768, 769, Sept. 1953 M & S 1 3,000.00
X181 352, X170 194, May 1954. M & N 1
20,000.00
M740 324, July . 1954. J & J 1
1,000.00
X280 180, X279, 703, April 1955. A & 0 1
20,000.00
M2 682, 496, 497, 498, March 1956 M & S1
3,000.00
X482 378, June 1956 J & D 1
10,000.00
M3 374 217, 218, December 1956. J & D 1
2,000.00
V575 516, June 1957
J & D 1
5,000.00
X790 674, 675, June 1959 J & D 1
20,000.00
V892 554, June 1960 J & D 1
5,000.00
10 Pd. up shares Merrimac Co-op. Bank No. 1358. . F, M, A, & N 1
2,000.00
10 Pd. up shares Norwood Co-op. Bank No. 233. . . J, A, J & O 1 2,000.00
2,000.00
10 Pd. up shares Hyannis Co-op. Bank No. 1209. . J, A, J & O 18 Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe 4s 1995 RB3166. . A &01
5,000.00
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N. Y. Central & Hudson River 31/2s 1997
Reg. M8 800, 1, 2, 3, 4, M9 463, 4, 5. J & J 1 8,000.00
Reg. X7 509 J & J 1 10,000.00
Northern Pacific Prior Lien 4s 1997 Reg. 9654. J, A, J & O 1 10,000.00
Reading Co. 31/8s 1995 63393-63407 incl. M & N 1 15,000.00
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis 3s 1986
13594-13603 incl. F & A 1
10,000.00
American Tel. & Tel. Co. 234 s 1980
87428-32 incl.
F & A 1
5,000.00
109982-86 incl. F & A 1 42015-19 incl. F & A 1
5,000.00
American Tel & Tel. Co. 25/8 s 1986 38251-65 incl ... J & J 1
15,000.00
Naragansett Electric Co. 3s 1974 21391-95 incl. . M & S 1
5,000.00
Montana Power Co. 27/8s 1975 2707-11 incl. A & 01
5,000.00
Ohio Power Co. 3s 1978 19211-215 incl.
(Temp. Bonds) A & 01
5,000.00
100 Shares First National Bank of Boston
No. 236748 J & J 1
4,912.50
Dedham Institution for Savings No. 72229 M & N 10
4,000.00
East Boston Savings No. 120970 J & J 15
1,005.00
Malden Savings No. 155338 A & O 10
4,040.00
Danvers Savings No. 6994. A & O1
2,500.00
Natick 5c Savings No. 59334
M & N 12
1,000.00
Newton Savings No. 85338.
J & J 10
1,000.00
50 Shares First National Bank of Boston No. 238466 J & J 1 2,537.50
$230,995.00
High School English Prize Fund
27/8 Treasury Bonds 1955-60 199157H, 58J, 59K.
60L, 61A M & S 15
500.00
E. Florence Morse Library Fund
U. S. Bond Series G D440133, October 1954. .A & 01 500.00
Anna M. Day Fund
U. S. Bond Series G V252070, April 1955. A & O 1 5,000.00
William T. Whedon Fund
U. S. Bond Series G D349400, August 1954. .F & A 1 500.00
Harriet W. Lane Fund
U. S. Bonds Series G D744212, May 1955 M & N 1 500.00
C1 472 468, 69, 70, May 1955. M & N 1 300.00
$800.00
5,000.00
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Electric Service Deposits
U. S. Bonds Series G M69932, 33, 34, 35, May 1953M & N 1
4,000.00
M160 068, M802 844, July 1954. . J & J 1
2,000.00
M2810 077, 078, May 1956 M & N1 2,000.00
M3501 483, May 1957. M & N 1
1,000.00
Norfolk County Trust Co. Checking Account.
U. S. Bonds Series G M6 202 563G, M6 201 985G March 1940 A & S 1 2,000.00
$11,400.00
Alice H. Plimpton Fund
U. S. Bonds Series G M178 138, 39, 40, 41, 42
August 1953
F & A 1 5,000.00
M2 769 479, April 1956. A & O1 1,000.00
M2 806 226, 27, 28, 29, 31, April 1956. A &O1 5,000.00
$11,000.00
Post War Rehabilitation Fund
U. S. Bonds Series G X278729, 30, 31, 32, 33
April 1955
A & O1
50,000.00
M2 807 709, May 1956. M & N 1
1,000.00
C2 736 532, C2 736 816, May 1956. M & N 1
200.00
D1 527 366, October 1956. A & O1
500.00
C3 100 255, October 1956.
A & O 1
100.00
D1 822 645, May 1957. M & N 1
500.00
C3 487 836, 837, May 1957
M & N 1
200.00
$52,500.00
Warren H. Cudworth Fund
Dedham Institution for Savings No. 62375. 500.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund
278 Treasury Bonds 1955-60, 179 298J, 277 430LM & S 15 2,000.00 288 698J, 99K, 199 162B, 63C, 64D M & S 15 500.00
10 Pd. up shares Forest Hills Co-op. Bank No. 614F, M, A & N 1 2,000.00
10 Pd. up shares Hyde Park Co-op. Bank No. 1776M, J, S & D 1 U. S. Bonds Series G
2,000.00
M178 143, August 1953 F & A 1 1,000.00
D57565, August 1953. F & A 1
500.00
V126 633, May 1954.
M & N 1
5,000.00
M692 051, 052, May 1954
M & N 1
2,000.00
X279 701, April 1955.
A & O 1
10,000.00
V252 067, April 1955
A & O1
5.000.00
C231 737, April 1955.
A & O1
100.00
M1 635 743, 44, 45, 46, April 1955
A & O 1
4,000.00
D1 320 213, April 1956.
A & O1
500.00
400.00
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M2 731 593, April 1956 A & O 1
1,000.00
M2 988 147, June 1956 J & D 1
1,000.00
C2 829 358, 359, 360, June 1956. J& D 1
300.00
C3 161 643, 644, November 1956. M & N 1
200.00
M3 178 352, November 1956 M & N 1
1,000.00
M3 499 020, May 1957. M & N 1
1,000.00
D1 822 644, May 1957.
M & N 1
500.00
C3 487 834, 835, May 1957
M & N 1
200.00
M4 166 577, November 1957
M & N 1
1,000.00
D2 100 144, November 1957
M & N 1
500.00
C3 908, 904, 905, November 1957.
M & N 1
200.00
M5 056 763, 764, 765, November 1958
M & N 1
3,000.00
C4 477 665, 666, 667, November 1958
M & N 1
300.00
M5 637 759, 760, July 1959
J & J 1
2,000.00
M6 666 007, 6, 5, November 1960.
M & N 1
3,000.00
Dedham Savings No. 70351
M & N 10
6,068.00
Wildey Savings No. 169733
M & N 25
4,000.00
Brookline Savings No. 105782.
J & J 20
1,450.00
Charlestown 5c Savings No. 227562.
A & O 15
4,000.00
Boston 5c Savings No. 1147096.
A & O 15
4,000.00
Franklin Savings No. 199149.
F & A 10
2,000.00
Boston Penny Savings No. 235356
A & O 12
4,616.92
$75,934.92
WALTER A. BLASENAK. Toren Clerk and Accountant
February 8, 1949
Norfolk, ss.
Then personally appeared the above named Walter A. Blasenak and made oath that the foregoing statement is true.
CARL P. HAUCK, Notary Public
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INDEX
GENERAL
Page 114
Jury List
Officials, Appointed
4
Officials, Elected
3
Town Meeting Records
9
EXECUTIVE REPORTS
Animal Inspector 162
Assessors, Board of
147
Building Inspector
146
Cemetery Department
142
Clerk, Town
Records of Town Meetings and Elections
9
Vital Statistics - Births
52
Deaths 92
Marriages
75
Counsel, Town
118
Dog Officer
239
Engineering Department
126
Finance Commission
235
Fire Department
151
General Manager
124
Health, Board of
155
Library, Morrill Memorial
270 - 173
Light Department, Municipal
135
Norwood Housing Authority
171
Old Age Assistance
154
Physician, Town
102
Planning Board
180
Playgrounds, Summer
163
Police Department
143
Publie Works Department
129
Purchasing
125
Recreation Department
103
Sehool Department
183
Sealer of Weights and Measures
150
Seleetmen, Board of
103
Veterans' Housing Board
172
Welfare Board
152
INDEX
311
FINANCIAL REPORTS
Accountant, Town
Page 241
Appropriation, Revenue
280
Balance Sheet
288
Cemetery, Perpetual Care Bequests 302
Debt Accounts
291
Debt Statements
243
Expenditures
Municipal Light Department, Financial Statements
254 297 287
Operating Accounts, Other
Receipts
246
Revenue Accounts, Deferred
292
Summary of Receipts and Expenditures
278
Trial Balance
294
Trust Fund Securities
305
Trust Investment and Retirement Funds
293
Water Department, Financial Statements
302
Collector of Taxes
240
Contributory Retirement Board
303
Finance Commission, Reserve Fund
235
Treasurer, Town
236
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ANNUALREPORT
1949
NORWOOD MASSACHUSETTS
SEVENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT
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TOWN OF NORWOOD MASSACHUSETTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31
1949
Seated: Harry B. Butters; Sture Nelson; Walter J. Dempsey, Chairman; George C. O'Brien; C. Lothrop Rich. Standing: Francis C. Foley, Town Counsel; Albert W. Thompson, Acting Town Manager; and Walter A. Blasenak, Town Clerk and Accountant.
TOWN OFFICIALS 1949-1950
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ELECTED
Board of Selectmen Walter J. Dempsey, 1950, Chairman
Harry B. Butters, 1951
Sture Nelson, 1950
George C. O'Brien, 1951 C. Lothrop Rich, 1952
Town Treasurer and Collector Edmund F. Sullivan
Finance Commission Daniel E. Callahan, Jr., 1950, Chairman
Thomas F. Riley, 1951
John W. Ahearn, 1952
School Committee John F. Kiley, 1950, Chairman
Edward H. Thompson, 1952 John F. Reynolds, 1950 John J. Cavanaugh, 1952 Thomas R. Bowler, 1951 John J. Cook, 1951
Board of Health John P. Dixon, 1951, Chairman
James F. Foley, 1952 Charles L. Lynch, M.D., 1950
Board of Trustees, Morrill Memorial Library Maude A. Shattuck, 1950, Chairman
Francis J. Doran, 1951 Mary L. Dunn, 1951
Eugene A. Nelson, 1950 Rachel P. Martin, 1952
George H. Welles, 1952
Planning Board Patrick Long, 1951, Chairman
Rosewell A. Norton, 1950
Lester N. Lechter, 1950
Hazis Kelley, 1951 Charles S. Ennis, 1952
Town Moderator Francis C. Foley
Norwood Housing Authority Frank B. Coughlin, 1954, Chairman
Arthur Gleichauf, 1951
John E. Bamber, 1950
Lawrence J. O'Brien, 1951 Daniel Collins, 1953
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TOWN OF NORWOOD
APPOINTED
Constables
Frederick C. Kern Thomas J. Foley Anthony Grinavic
Peter Wenton Ernest Mike Harry A. Smith
James J. Keating
Town Counsel Francis C. Foley
Town Clerk and Accountant Walter A. Blasenak
Superintendent of Schools Lincoln D. Lynch
Librarian, Morrill Memorial Library Edna Phillips
General Manager Edward C. Monahan
Town Engineer Albert W. Thompson
Superintendent of Public Works John E. Gahagan
Superintendent of Municipal Light Department Joseph W. Price
Superintendent of Recreation Richard E. Ready
Superintendent of Cemeteries Louis J. D'Espinosa
Chief of Police Department Thomas C. Lydon
Chief of Fire Department Alonzo N. Earle
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TOWN OFFICIALS
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Assessors Edward A. Flaherty, 1951, Chairman William J. Dalton, 1952
Richard D. Northrop, 1950
Board of Public Welfare Alonzo F. Swift, Jr., Chairman
John J. McGarry Martin J. Foley
Registrars of Voters John P. Crowley, 1952, Chairman
Henry A. Holman, 1951
John P. Folan, 1950
Walter A. Blasenak
Building Inspector Henry C. Cronan
Board of Appeal Clement A. Riley, Chairman
Francis J. Doran
James Callahan
Sealer of Weights and Measures Frederick F. Brown
Dog Officer George H. Lynch
Inspector of Animals Thomas U. Mahoney
Fish and Game Warden James E. Bunney
Superintendent of Moth Suppression Edward C. Monahan
Fence Viewers
George DeAlmeida
William O'Brien
Lewis J. Danovitch
Public Health Nurse Marie Lyons
Inspector of Plumbing Harry A. Shannon
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Health Agent Bartley J. King
Inspector of Milk Leonard E. Curran
Town Physician John J. O'Day, M.D.
Inspector of Slaughtering Clement A. Riley
Carrillon Committee Walter F. Tilton
Francis J. Foley
W. Cameron Forbes
Contributory Retirement Board Louis J. D'Espinosa, 1950, Chairman
Frederick W. Kingman, 1952
Walter A. Blasenak
Veterans' Grave Custodian Louis J. D'Espinosa
Soldiers' Relief Agent Walter A. Blasenak
Soldiers' Relief Investigator Thomas A. Rorke
Forest Warden Alonzo N. Earle
Airport Commission
William C. Kendrick, 1951 Charles E. Houghton, 1952 Clement A. Riley, 1952
Charles F. Holman, 1952 Albert W. Thompson, 1950 Arthur J. Forrest, 1950 H. William Anderson, 1950
Norwood Veterans' Housing Board Francis W. Smith, Chairman
Thomas A. Rorke John J. Feeney
Walter A. Blasenak Joseph V. Nuttall
REPORT OF TOWN CLERK and ACCOUNTANT
ABSTRACTS OF RECORDS OF TOWN MEETINGS AND VITAL STATISTICS
RECORDS OF TOWN MEETINGS
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Monday, January 17, 1949, adjourned to March 31, 1949
On a warrant duly issued by the Selectmen under the date of January 4, 1949, and signed by Sture Nelson, Clement A. Riley, George C. O'Brien and W. J. Dempsey, Selectmen of Norwood, the meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Francis C. Foley. The proper service of this warrant was duly attested by James E. Quinn, Constable of Norwood.
All the requirements of the statutes and by-laws relating to elections and town meetings were complied with. The articles contained in the war- rant, and the action thereunder is as follows:
ARTICLE 1. To choose all necessary Town Officers. The following arc to be chosen by ballot, namely: One Selectman for three years; one Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes for one year; one Moderator for one year; one member of the Board of Health for three years; one member of the Town Planning Board for three years; one Finance Commissioner for three years; two members of the School Committee for three years; two Trustecs of the Morrill Memorial Library for three years; four members of Norwood Housing Authority; six Constables for one year.
One Selectman for Three Years.
Charles L. Rich had thirty-five hundred and eighty-eight (3588) votes. Elected and sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant. Clement A. Riley had twenty-one hundred and forty-two (2142) votes. Blanks, fifty-five (55).
One Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes for One Year.
Edmund F. Sullivan had forty-seven hundred and forty-six (4746) votes. Elected and sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant.
Scattering, one (1).
Blanks, ten hundred and thirty-eight (1038).
One Moderator for One Ycar.
Francis C. Foley had forty-six hundred and twenty- eight (4628) votes. Elected and sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant. Blanks, eleven hundred and fifty-seven (1157).
One Member of the Board of Health for Three Years.
James F. Foley had twenty-eight hundred and fifty-nine (2859) votes. Elected and sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant.
Edward V. Paduck had twenty-one hundred and eighty-two (2182) votes. Scattering, one (1) Blanks, seven hundred and forty-three (743).
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One Member of the Town Planning Board for Three Years.
Charles S. Ennis had twenty-nine hundred and seven (2907) votes. Elected and sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant. Ludovic O. Fournier had sixteen hundred and sixty-five (1665) votes. Scattering, twenty-one (21).
Blanks, eleven hundred and ninety-two (1192).
One Finance Commissioner for Three Years.
John W. Ahearn had thirty-seven hundred and seventy-three (3773) votes. Elected and sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant. Edmund J. Cashen had seventeen hundred and fourteen (1714) votes. Blanks, two hundred and ninety-eight (298).
Two Members of the School Committee for Three Years.
John J. Cavanaugh had twenty-five hundred and ninety-three (2593) votes. Elected and sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant. Alexander Macintyre had sixteen hundred and fifty (1650) votes. Anthony F. O'Donnell had twenty-four hundred and forty-three (2443) votes. Edward H. Thompson had three thousand and two (3002) votes. Elected and sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant. Scattering, five (5).
Blanks, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven (1877).
Two Trustees of Morrill Memorial Library for Three Years.
Rachel P. Martin had thirty-six hundred and fifty (3650) votes. Elected and sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant.
George H. Welles had sixty (60) votes. Elected and sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant. Scattering, fifteen (15).
Blanks, seventy-eight hundred and forty-five (7845).
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