Norwood annual report 1951-1953, Part 44

Author: Norwood (Mass.)
Publication date: 1951
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1128


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7,166.03


71,109.74


76,429.69


Line Transformers


20,114.65


2,202.48


3,711.36


18,605.77


17,620.19


Transformer Installation


29,419.77


9,402.68


1,910.88


36,911.57


89,505.63


Street Light Equipment


48,877.09


5,039.48


4,223.31


49,693.26


$1,209,953.61


$415,749.63


$90,651.77


$55,483.25


$450,918.15


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


295


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COMPARATIVE BALANCE SHEET STATEMENT


Assets


Jan. 1, 1952


Investments


Dec. 31, 1952 $450,918.15 30,508.33


Increase $35,168.52


Decrease


$415,749.63


Plant Investments


32,526.14


General Equipment


$2,017.81


Current Assets


25,223.91 Special Deposits


65,484.46


40,260.55


32,743.80


Accounts Receivable


45,488.44


12,744.64


12,090.55


Materials and Supplies


3,151.18


8,939.37


335.00


Prepaid Insurance


214.07


120.93


254.42


Depreciation Fund


11,012.53


10,758.11


$518,923.45


$606,777.16


$87,853.71


Liabilities


Appropriation for Construction


79,975.39


79,975.39


25,223.91


Consumers Deposits


27,664.79


2,440.88


216,808.00


Loans Repayment


216,808.00


32,724.15


Appropriated for Construction Repayment


32,724.15


244,167.39 Profit and Loss Balance


249,604.83


5,437.44


$518,923.45


$606,777.16


$87,853.71


OPERATING REVENUE STATEMENT


Metered Sales to Private Consumers Street Lighting Revenue


$560,365.69


$38,132.85


16,870.50


848.70


Other Municipal Revenue


29,651.38


212.95


296


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


INCOME STATEMENT


Dec. 31, 1952


Increase


Decrease


Operating Revenue


$606,887.57


$39,194.50


Operating Expenses


521,052.36


39,348.31


Net Operating Revenue


$85,835.21


$ 153.81


Merchandise and Jobbing Revenue


2,009.73


6,805.74


Interest Income


475.00


91.67


Gross Income


$88,319.94


$6,867.88


Interest on Bonds and Notes


643.68


50.02


Income Balance Transferred to Profit and Loss


$87,676.26


$6,817.86


PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENT


Credits


Credit Balance at Beginning of Year


$244,167.39


Credit Balance Transferred from Income Account


87,676.26


$331,843.65


Debits


Deductions from Surplus Balance Profit and Loss December 31, 1952


$ 82,238.82


249,604.83


$331,843.65


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


297


298


OPERATING EXPENSE


Dec. 31, 1952


Increase


Decrease


Electric Energy Purchased


$333,347.03


$20,285.64


Operation:


Municipal Street Lamps


2,672.59


746.60


Transformer Station Labor


17,109.51


72.77


Transmission and Distribution Lines


13,118.06


2,207.98


Inspecting and Testing Meters


533.59


251.45


Removing and Resetting Meters


1,900.75


95.55


Removing and Resetting Transformers


725.51


43.68


Maintenance:


Transformer Station Structures


1,609.95


69.93


Transformer Station Equipment


2,643.71


388.38


Transmission and Distribution Lines


25,349.42


8,544.56


Underground Conduits


123.76


68.88


Underground Conductors


4,196.92


4,095.48


Consumers Meters


1,309.19


600.69


Transformers


1,051.43


1,001.03


UTILIZATION


Maintenance of Municipal Street Lamps


$3,862.81


$635.19


Maintenance of Commercial Lighting Equipment


334.90


334.90


Maintenance of Consumers Installation


4,044.25


1,162.85


TOWN OF NORWOOD


COMMERCIAL


Dec. 31, 1952


Increase


Decrease


Salaries (Services by Other Departments) Advertising


$25,480.86


$955.05


1,970.24


175.51


MISCELLANEOUS


Dec. 31, 1952


Increase


Decrease


Salary of Superintendent


$6,000.00


226.03


Other General Department Salaries


2,622.00


627.09


Office Supplies and Expenses


814.14


339.61


General Office Rents


1.800.00


Insurance


1,266.18


136.39


Pensions


5,646.48


216.52


Transportation


1,448.45


295.08


Maintenance of General Structures


2,119.32


80.09


Depreciation


57,501.06


4,092.08


Miscellaneous General Expenses


450.25


257.12


Total Operating Expenses


$521,052.36


$39,348.31


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


299


300


TOWN OF NORWOOD


CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE BEQUESTS 1952


Total of Bequests to January 1, 1952


$90,891.42


Received during year 1952:


Lot No. Donor


2601


Gustaf and Aliina Altonen


$125.00


1506


William Lewicki


125.00


1710


Thomas H. O'Toole, M.D.


600.00


1238


Nellie Naughton


150.00


2022


Beruta Shergals


150.00


1411


George Wersiackas & Mary Glebus


150.00


2427


Edith M. Sundquist


125.00


2395


Fannie E. Kaski


125.00


2218


Mary F. Maier


125.00


1062


Concetta Carchedi


225.00


1647


Mary Raymond


125.00


2259A


Esther J. Chitty


125.00


1442


Ethel Aulenback


125.00


510


Joseph Mccarthy


150.00


364


Mary Garner White


150.00


329 Estate of Thomas O. Metcalf


250.00


1736


William Burke & Ellen Cleary


125.00


Single Graves:


1800-1801 Catherine McHugh


$50.00


1791 Estate of Alexander Welkish (Wilkish)


25.00


$93,916.42


CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT - 1952


Membership


Active Membership December 31, 1951: Group I-Male 105, Female 42 Group II-Male 42 Total 189


Enrolled During 1952: Group I-Male 8, Female 1


Group II-Male 4 Total 13


Withdrawals, Deaths, Retirements: Group I-Male 6, Female 2 Group II-Male 1 Total 9


Active Membership December 31,1952: Group I-Male 107, Female 41 Group II-Male 45 Total 193


REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


301


CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT - 1952


Pensions


Inactive Membership December 31, 1951:


Group I-Male 18, Female 4 Group II-Male 2 Total 24


Retirements During 1952: Group I-Male 4 Total 4


Deaths of Retired Members During 1952:


Group I -- Male 1 Total


Inactive Membership December 31, 1952:


Group I-Male 21, Female 4


Group II-Male 2


Total 27


Total Active and Inactive Membership December 31, 1952: Group I-Male 128, Female 45


Group II-Male 47


Total 220


Income


From Members:


Group I


$25,094.92


Group II


6,440.51


$31,535.43


From Town:


Appropriation as Contributor Pension Fund


20,777.00


Administrative Expense


2,000.00


22,777.00


From Interest:


On Bonds and Stocks


9,990.00


On Deposits in Banks


381.16


10,371.16


Sale of Stocks and Bonds


16,396.25


Military Service Credit


195.88


Workmen's Compensation


313.94


16,906.07


$81,589.66


Disbursements


Annuity Payments:


Group I


$2,111.82


Group Il


1.80


Payments under Option B.


580.27


$2,693.89


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CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT - 1952


Pension Payments:


Group I


22,613.76


Group II


1,301.85


23,915.61


Refunds:


Group I


2,313.32


Group II


133.99


2,447.31


Investments


47,550.00


Accrued Interest


164.32


Administrative Expense:


Personal Services


1,113.02


Printing and Stationery


62.95


Travel, Members Association Expense


218.34


Postage, Incidentals


32.00


Medical Fees


60.00


1,486.31


Assets


Bonds and Stocks at Book Valne


$282,597.75


Cooperative Bank Shares at Book Value


75,000.00


Deposits in Banks Not at Interest


12,840.11


Deposits in Banks at Interest


13,545.00


Interest Due and Accrued December 31, 1952


2,007.31


$385,990.17


Liabilities


Annuity Savings Fund


$240,251.73


Annnity Reserve Fund


22,721.10


Special Fund for Military Service Credit


3,749.11


Pension Fund


116,495.76


Expense Fund


2,458.53


Workmen's Compensation Fund


313.94


$385,990.17


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, 1952, setting forth abstracts of the records of town meetings and elections, vital statistics and statements of the appropriations and expenditures and the receipts from cach 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:


$78,257.44


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REPORT OF TOWN ACCOUNTANT


TRUST FUND SECURITIES - DECEMBER 31, 1952


Interest Dates


Post War Rehabilitation Fund


U. S. Bonds Series G


X278 729, April 1955


1&01


$10,000.00


C2 736 816, May 1956


M &NI


100.00


C3 100 255, October 1956


A & O1 100.00


C3 487 836, 837, May 1957


M & NI


200.00


$10,400.00


High School English Prize Fund


27/s Treasury Bonds 1955-60


199 157H, 158], 159K, 160L, 161A


M & S 15


500.00


E. Florence Morse Library Fund


U. S. Bonds Series G D440 133, October 1954


A &O1


500.00


Anna M. Day Fund


U. S. Bond Series G V252 070, April 1955 A&O1 5,000.00


William T. Whedon Fund


U. S. Bond Series G D349 400, August 1954


F &A1


500.00


Harriet W. Lane Fund


U. S. Bonds Series G D774 212, May 1955


M &N1


500.00


C1 472 468, 469, 470, May 1955


M & N1


300.00


$800.00


Electric Service Deposit Fund


U. S. Bonds Series G


M699 32, 33, 34, 35, May 1953 M &NI 4,000.00


M160 068, M802 844, July 1954 J & J 1


2,000.00


M2 810 077, 078, May 1956 M & N1


2,000.00


M3 501 483, May 1957 M & N1


1,000.00


M6 202 563, MG 201 958, March 1960 M & S1


2.000.00


M7 345 567, 568, December 1961 J & D1


2,000.00


M7 780 318, 319, October 1962 A& 01


2,000.00


Union Savings Bank of Boston 1719 M & N 20


8,000.00


Norfolk County Trust Co. Checking Account 400.00


$23,400.00


Warren H. Cudworth Fund


Dedham Institution for Savings 62375 M & N 10 500.00


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Interest Dates


Alice H. Plimpton Fund


\ U. S. Bonds Series G


M178 138, 39, 40, 41, 42, August 1953 F & A1


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


Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund


27/s Treasury Bonds 1955-60


179 298J, 277 430L


M & S 15


$2,000.00


288 698J, 99K, 199 162B, 63C, 64D M & S 15


500.00


10 Paid up shares Forest Hills Co-op. Bank FMA &N1


2,000.00


10 Paid up shares Hyde Park Co-op. Bank MJS &D1


2,000.00


U. S. Bonds Series G


M178 143, August 1953


F & A1


1,000.00


D57 565, August 1953 F &AI


500.00


V126 633, May 1954


M &NI


5,000.00


M692 051, 052, May 1954


M &NI


2,000.00


X279 701, April 1955


A & O1


10,000.00


V252 067, April 1955


A & O1


5,000.00


Cl 231 737, April 1955


A & O1


100.00


MI 635 743, 44, 45, 46, April 1955


A & O1


4,000.00


DI 320 213, April 1956


A &O1


500.00


M2 731 593, April 1956


A &O1


1,000.00


M2 988 147, June 1956


J & D 1


1,000.00


C2 829 358, 359, 360, June 1956


J & DI


300.00


C3 161 643, 644, November 1956


M &N1


200.00


M3 178 352, November 1956


M &NI


1,000.00


M3 499 020, May 1957


M &NI


1,000.00


DI 822 644, May 1957


M &NI


500.00


C3 487 834, 835, May 1957


M &NI


200.00


M4 166 577, November 1957


M & N]


1,000.00


D2 100 144, November 1957 M &NI


500.00


C3 908 904, 905, November 1957 M & N1


200.00


M5 056 763, 764, 765, November 1958


M & NI


3,000.00


C4 477 665, 666, 667, November 1958


M &NI


300.00


M5 637 759. 760. July 1959 J & JI


2,000.00


M6 666 005, 6, 7, November 1960


M &N1


3,000.00


M7 345 569, 570, December 1961


J &DI


2,000.00


D3 267 504, December 1961 J & DI


500.00


C5 733 699, 700, 701, December 1961 J & D1


300.00


M7 780 316, 317, October 1962 A & O1


2,000.00


Dedham Institution for Savings 70351


M & N 10


6,418.00


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Interest Dates


Wildey Savings Bank 169733


M & N 25


4,000.00


Brookline Savings Bank 105782


J & J 20


1,450.00


Charlestown 5c Savings Bank 227562


A & O 15


4,000.00


Boston 5c Savings Bank 1147096


A & O 15


4,000.00


Franklin Savings Bank 199149


F & A 10


2,000.00


Boston Penny Savings Bank 235356


A & O 12


4,616.92


Union Savings Bank of Boston 1718


M & N 20


7,500.00


$88,584.92


RETIREMENT FUND SECURITIES December 31, 1952


Bank Stocks:


100 First National Bank of Boston 236748 J & J 1


$4,912.50


50 First National Bank of Boston 238466 J & J 1


2,537.50


100 First National Bank of Boston 242340 J & J 1


4,815.35


200 National Shawmut Bank 59044 & 59047 JAJ &O1


5,800.00


100 Manhattan Co. of N. Y. C66267


JAJ &O1


3,000.00


200 Irving Trust Co. 109983, 984 JAJ &O1


3,925.00


100 National City Bank of N. Y. C189343 JAJ &O1


4,500.00


100 Chemical Bank & Trust Co. 67732 JAJ &O1


4,550.00


Co-operative Bank Paid up Shares:


10 Merrimac Co-operative 1358 FMA &N1


2,000.00


10 Norwood Co-operative 233 JAJ &O1


2,000.00


50 Norwood Co-operative 3159 JAJ &01


10,000.00


10 Hyannis Co-operative 1209


JAJ &O1


2,000.00


20 Hyannis Co-operative 3350


JAJ &O1


4,000.00


30 Hyannis Co-operative 3925


JAJ &O1


6,000.00


20 Sandwich Co-operative 2903


JAJ &O1


4,000.00


40 Lincoln Co-operative 2879


JAJ &01 8.000.00


30 Walpole Co-operative 1279


M J S & D 15


6,000.00


20 Middleborough Co-operative 6020


FM A & N 20


4,000.00


10 Mattapan Co-operative 5733


M J S & D 15


2,000.00


40 Needham Co-operative 5117


M & N 10


8.000.00


40 Stoneham Co-operative A1467 M & N 10


8.000.00


40 Framingham Co-operative 6565


FMA &NI


8,000.00


5 Marblehead Co-operative 142


1,000.00


Savings Bank Accounts:


Dedham Institution for Savings 72229


M & NIO


4.000.00


East Boston Savings Bank 120970 J & J 15


1,005.00


Malden Savings Bank 155338 A & O 10


4,040.00


Danvers Savings Bank 6994


A & O1


2,500.00


Natick 5c Savings Bank 59334


M & N 12


1.000.00


Newton Savings Bank 85338


J & J 10


1,000.00


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Interest Dates


U. S. Savings Bonds, Series G:


V13129, May 1953


M & NI


5,000.00


M70 598, 599, 600, M73 201, 202, May 1953 M &NI


5,000.00


M226 767, 768, 769, September 1953 M & S1


3,000.00


X181 352, X170 194, May 1954 M & N1


20,000.00


M740 324, July 1954 J & J I


1,000.00


X280 180, X279 703, April 1955


A & OI


20,000.00


M2 682 496, 497, 498, March 1956


M & S1


3,000.00


X482 378, June 1956 J & DI


10,000.00


M3 374 217, 218, December 1956 J & DI


2,000.00


V575 516, June 1957


J & DI


5,000.00


X790 674, 675, June 1959


J &DI


20,000.00


V892 554, June 1960


J & D 1


5,000.00


XI 123 403, 404, May 1961


M &N1


20,000.00


XI 176 389, May 1962


M &NI


10,000.00


Bonds:


Westchester Lighting Co. 31/2 1967 8017-18 J &J1


2.000.00


Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe 4 RB3166 A&O1


5,000.00


N.Y. Cent. & Hudson River 31/2 1997 Reg. X7 509 .. J & J 1 M8 800, 1, 2, 3, 4, M9 463, 4,5 J & J1


10.000.00


Northern Pacific Prior Lien 4 1997 Reg. 9654


JAJ&01


10,000.00


Reading Co. 31/8 1995 63393-63407 Incl.


M & NI


15,000.00


Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis 3 1986 13594-603 Incl.


F&AI


10,000.00


Am. Tel. & Tel. 234 1980 RX110


F &AI


10,000.00


RV30 F &A1


5,000.00


Am. Tel. & Tel. 25/8 1986 RX110


J & JI


10.000.00


RV30 J & J I


5.000.00


Am. Tel. & Tel 27/8 1987


4-562, 563, 41-472, 42-086, 48-408 J & DI


5,000.00


New Eng. Tel. & Tel. 3 1974 27582 to 586 Incl. M & S 15


5,000.00


Narragansett Electric 3 1974 21391-95 Incl. M & S1


5,000.00


Montana Power Co. 27/8 1975 2707-11 Incl. A &OI


5,000.00


Ohio Power Co. 3 1978 29256-260 Incl. A &OI


5,000.00


Total


$366,585.35


WALTER A. BLASENAK Town Clerk and Accountant February 16, 1953


Norfolk, ss.


Then personally appeared the above named Walter .\. Blasenak and made oath that the foregoing statement is true.


RAYMOND T. HALLORAN


Notary Public


My commission expires February 15, 1957.


8,000.00


307


REPORT OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE


Report of COMMITTEE FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT Town of Norwood


The Committee for Industrial Development of the Town of Norwood which has functioned continuously for the past two and one-half years hereby tenders its first public report. The Committee was organized in the summer of 1950, acting on the authority of the selectmen.


The organization of the Committee is patterned along the sound principles and structure of any good business, with an executive head, or chairman, an executive committee called a steering committee, and a board of directors composed of the steering committee and chairmen of the subcommittees. The detail of the work is divided up among the usual business departments represented by subcommittees of finance, statistics, publicity, sales, and so forth. The general committee furnishes the personnel pool and functions as the stockholders of an ordinary business.


The primary and permanent program of the Committee is to interest the desirable kind of new industries in coming to Norwood, and to preserve and assist those industries which we now have. In doing so, unemployment is minimized and an everincreasing tax revenue is assured for the town.


The Committee has accumulated in its files, available for any good purpose, a wealth of statistics and factual information relating to the town which has never before been studied and coordinated in such detail. This information is dis- seminated wherever it will do the most good. An attractive folder, advertising Norwood as a desirable place for business or home has been prepared and dis- tributed, and a new brochure, revised and brought up to date, is now in the printer's hands.


Contact is maintained with the Massachusetts Industrial Commission, the New England Council, the Boston Chamber of Commerce, and Industrial Department of the New Haven Railroad, and other agencies interested in working for the healthy industrial growth of Massachusetts communities.


Locally the Committee cooperates closely with the selectmen, the engineering department, the planning board, the board of assessors, and the Chamber of Com- merce of the town on all industrial problems or developments.


For a snapshot of the type of activity engaged in by this committee in its efforts to serve the best interests of the town, brief mention might be made of the following more obvious examples.


The tannery situation-Contacts with Armour and Co., real estate agencies, potential buyers, recruiting small business enterprises to utilize vacant tannery property.


Norwood Press-Conference with management and labor, efforts to solve mutual problems, to interest new purchaser, etc.


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Cooperation with Control Engineering to help establish them in Norwood in a new plant at Neponset Street and Route 1.


Work with Francis H. Leggett and Co., resulting in the new plant adjacent to the Nowood freight station.


Dealing with the Neilson Pattern Works for the construction of a new factory adjacent to the Norwood Press property.


Cooperation with Laminated Sheet Products-new plant just completed off Route I and Neponset Street.


Conferences with Factory Mutual relative to their expansion problems.


The accomplishments and efforts of the Committee for Industrial Development over a period of two and one-half years have resulted in minimum expense to the town. During this period a total of $1,100 has been appropriated for the use of this Committee, and $344.37 was turned back unspent at the end of 1952, leaving the modest sum of $755.63 for expenses. During this same period largely or partly through the efforts of the Committee more than one and one-half million dollars in new construction for industry has been spent or committed in Norwood, which might well have gone elsewhere. From this the Town of Norwood will realize a worthwhile additional tax revenue, new citizens, new taxable private property, new business for local merchants, and a considerable gain in employment.


We believe that the Committee for Industrial Development fills an important need in this community and that its influence is bound to become broader and more effective as time goes on.


C. LOTHROP RICH, Chairman


Committee for Industrial Development


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INDEX


GENERAL


Page 120


Jury List


Officials, Appointed


4


Officials, Elected


3


Town Meeting Records


9


EXECUTIVE REPORTS


Animal Inspector 151


Assessors, Board of


139


Building Inspector


138


Cemetery Department


134


Civilian Defense


163


Clerk, Town


Records of Town Meetings and Elections


9


Vital Statistics-Births


56


Deaths


100


Marriages


84


Counsel, Town


124


Dog Officer


167


Engineering Department


180


Finance Commission


233 142 150


Game Warden


General Manager


128


Health, Board of


168


Industrial Development Committee


307


Library, Morrill Memorial


157


Light Department, Municipal


130


Norwood Housing Authority


151


Old Age Assistance


145


Planning Board


165


Playgrounds, Summer


149


Police Department


135


Public Works Department


175


Purchasing


129


Recreation Department


146


School Department


187


Sealer of Weights and Measures


137


Selectmen, Board of


109


Veterans' Housing Board


155


Welfare Board


143


Fire Department


311


INDEX


FINANCIAL REPORTS


Page


Accountant, Town


241


Appropriation, Revenue


Balance Sheet


278 287 300


Cemetery, Perpetual Care Bequests


Debt Accounts


290


Debt Statements


241


Expenditures


Municipal Light Department, Financial Statements


Operating Accounts, Other


244


Revenue Accounts, Deferred


291


Summary of Receipts and Expenditures


276


Trial Balance 292


Trust Fund Securities 303


Trust Investment and Retirement Funds


290


Collector of Taxes 239


Contributory Retirement Board


300


Finance Commission, Reserve Fund 233


Treasurer, Town 234


252 295 285


Receipts


Norwood Printing Co.


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ANNUAL REPORT


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EIGHTY-SECOND ANNUAL


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TOWN OF NORWOOD MASSACHUSETTS


FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31


1953


Board of Selectmen-SITTING: Harry B. Butters; Daniel E. Callahan, Jr; Chairman Charles L. Rich; Alonzo F. Swift, Jr .; and Walter J. Dempsey. STANDING: Town Counsel Francis C. Foley; General Manager John B. Kennedy and Town Clerk & Accountant Walter A. Blasenak.


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TOWN OFFICIALS 1953-1954


ELECTED


Board of Selectmen Charles L. Rich, 1955, Chairman


Harry B. Butters, 1954


Walter J. Dempsey, 1956


Daniel E. Callahan, Jr., 1956 Alonzo F. Swift, Jr., 1954


Town Treasurer and Collector Edmund F. Sullivan


Finance Commission Andrew Monahan, 1954, Chairman


James J. Hawley, 1955


Ambrose J. Kelly, 1956


School Committee John F. Kiley, 1956, Chairman


Thomas R. Bowler, 1954


Frances Blanchot, 1954


Edward H. Thompson, 1955 John J. Cavanaugh, 1955


Cornelius J. Cleary, 1956


Board of Health John P. Dixon, 1954, Chairman


John Foley, 1956


John J. Bayer, 1955


Board of Trustees, Morrill Memorial Library Maude A. Shattuck, 1956, Chairman


Rachel P. Martin, 1955


Vern H. Richards, 1955


Mary L. Dunn, 1954 Martin B. Curran, 1954


Eugene A. Nelson, 1956


Planning Board James J. Drummey, 1955, Chairman Rosewell A. Norton, Deceased June 28, 1953 John E. Bamber, 1957 Albert P. Nelson, 1954


George J. Devlin, 1954, Appointed July 28, 1953 Robert F. Gallivan, 1958


Town Moderator Francis C. Foley


Norwood Housing Authority Daniel Collins, 1958, Chairman


John E. Bamber, 1956 Roger J. Connolly, 1956


John J. Mulvehill, 1956 Francis J. Duncan, 1954 Appointed July 28, 1953


Frank B. Coughlin, 1954, Resigned, May 31, 1953


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APPOINTED


Constables


Thomas V. Walsh


William Travers, Jr.


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 John B. Kennedy


Town Engineer Albert W. Thompson


Superintendent of Public Works Albert E. Casey


Superintendent of Municipal Light Department Earle D. Hardy


Superintendent of Recreation Richard E. Ready


Superintendent of Cemeteries Louis J. D'Espinosa


Chief of Police Mark E. Folan


Chief of Fire Department Alonzo N. Earle


Assessors William J. Dalton, 1955, Chairman Edward A. Flaherty, Retired January 15, 1953


Harold A. Young, 1954, Appointed January 26, 1953 Sture Nelson, 1956


TOWN OFFICIALS


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Board of Public Welfare Martin J. Foley, Chairman


Adam Meissner


Richard G. Nead


Registrars of Voters Joseph P. Crowley, 1955, Chairman


Henry A. Holman, 1954


Matthew B. Connolly, 1956 Walter A. Blasenak


Building Inspector Henry C. Cronan


Board of Appeal Francis J. Doran, Chairman


James Callahan


John C. Metters


Sealer of Weights and Measures Frederick F. Brown


Dog Officer Myer Doctorman


Inspector of Animals Thomas U. Mahoney


Fish and Game Warden James E. Bunney


Superintendent of Moth Suppression John B. Kennedy


Fence Viewers Lewis J. Danovitch


George DeAlmeida


William O'Brien


Public Health Nurses Anne Sundgren


Mary Connolly


Inspector of Plumbing Harry A. Shannon


Mary Mckeown


Health Agent Bartley J. King


Inspector of Milk Leonard E. Curran


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TOWN OF NORWOOD


Inspector of Slaughtering Edward T. Desmond


Contributory Retirement Board Frederick W. Kingman, 1955


Louis J. D'Espinosa, 1956


Walter A. Blasenak


Veterans' Grave Custodian Louis J. D'Espinosa


Soldiers' Relief Investigator Thomas A. Rorke


Forest Warden Alonzo N. Earle


William C. Kendrick, 1954 Charles E. Houghton, 1955 Clement A. Riley, 1955 H. William Anderson, 1956


Airport Commission


Charles F. Holman, 1955


Albert W. Thompson, 1956 Thomas Finley, 1956


Edward R. Dytko, 1956


John B. Kennedy, 1955


Norwood Veterans' Housing Board Francis W. Smith, Chairman


Thomas A. Rorke Joseph Long


Walter A. Blasenak Joseph V. Nuttall


Recreation Advisory Committee Esther Deeb, Chairman


Mrs. Edward Chandler


James B. Cuff


George Kozak


William C. Kendrick


Thomas C. Lydon


Joseph Wall


Frances L. Blanchot


Rev. William F. English


Frank Karshis


Mrs. H. B. C. Riemer


Mrs. Frank Lane


Rev. William C. Carroll


REPORT OF TOWN CLERK and ACCOUNTANT


ABSTRACTS OF RECORDS OF TOWN MEETINGS AND VITAL STATISTICS


RECORDS OF TOWN MEETINGS


ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION January 19, 1953


ANNUAL TOWN MEETING


Monday, January 19, 1953, adjourned to March 26, 1953


On a warrant duly issued by the Selectmen under the date of January 5, 1953, and signed by Clement A. Riley, Walter J. Dempsey, Charles L. Rich and Harry B. Butters, 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 warrant calling the meeting was read by Town Clerk and Accountant, Walter A. Blasenak. The articles contained in the warrant, and the action thereunder being as follows:


ARTICLE 1. To choose all necessary Town Officers: The follow- ing are to be chosen by ballot, namely: Two Selectmen for three years; one Selectman for one year (to fill vacancy) ; 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 Finance Commissioner for three years; one member of the Town Planning Board for five years; one member of the Town Planning Board for four years; one member of the Town Planning Board for three years; one member of the Town Planning Board for two years; one member of the Town Planning Board for one year; two members of the School Committee for three years; two Trustees of the Morrill Memorial Library for three years; one member of the Norwood Housing Authority for five years; two Constables for one year; five Town Meeting Members for District One for three years; seven Town Meeting Members for District Two for three years; one Town Meeting Member for District Two for one year (to fill vacancy) ; four Town Meeting Members for District Three for three years; five Town Meeting Members for District Four for three years; seven Town Meeting Members for District Five for three years; seven Town Meeting Members for District Six for three years; one Town Town Meeting Members for District Six for three years; one Town Mceting Member for District Six for one year (to fill vacancy) ; five Town Meeting Members for District Scven for three years; five Town Meeting Members for District Eight for three years.




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