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Voted: YES-thirty-three hundred and seventy-one (3371) votes NO-thirteen hundred and forty-two (1342) votes BLANKS-seventeen (17)
QUESTION No. 2. Shall the Town vote to approve the action of the Representative Town Meeting whereby it was voted under Article 2 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting held September 6, 1956 that the sum of $11,000.00 be appropriated for sewer construction and to meet the aforesaid appropriation the sum of $11,000.00 be borrowed under the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws for a period not to exceed ten years.
Voted: YES-thirty-three hundred and seventy-six (3376) votes NO-thirteen hundred and thirty-two (1332) votes BLANKS-twenty-two (22)
QUESTION No. 3. Shall the Town vote to approve the action of the Representative Town Meeting whereby it was voted under Article 3 of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting held September 6, 1956 that the sum of $19,000.00 be borrowed under the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws for a period not to exceed ten years.
Voted: YES-thirty-three hundred and seventy-four (3374) votes NO-thirteen hundred and thirty-five (1335) votes BLANKS-twenty-one (21)
Attest: WALTER A. BLASENAK Town Clerk and Accountant
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING October 25, 1956
On a warrant duly issued by the Selectmen under the date of October 9, 1956, and signed by Alonzo F. Swift, Jr., Charles L. Rich, James J. Drummey, John A. Abdallah and Harry B. Butters, Selectmen of Norwood, the meeting was called to order by the Moderator pro tem, Daniel E. Callahan, Jr. The proper service of this warrant was duly attested by James E. Quinn, Constable of Norwood.
The articles contained in the warrant and the action thereunder is as follows:
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ARTICLE 1. To see if the Town will vote to amend the building by-laws by adding to Section 10 thereof the following:
Concrete Slab Type Houses
Slab type houses shall have foundations extending 4' below finish grade and 8" above finish grade. Finish grade shall slope away from foundation walls to insure proper drainage of lot.
All bearing partitions shall be supported by an 8" foundation extending 4 feet below finish grade or by grade beams supported by concrete piers ex- tending down to the grade of bottom of foundation walls. Piers shall be 10' on center maximum. All grade beams shall be reinforced to the satisfaction of the Inspector of Buildings. Grade beams shall be constructed according to good engineering practice.
No concrete shall be poured for footings or foundations without concrete forms. Concrete footings; constructed according to good engineering practice; shall be required where the soil will not properly sustain the weight of the proposed structure. No concrete shall be poured without first notifying Inspector of Buildings and receiving approval for same.
The Building Inspector may require a concrete inspector who shall be paid by the Builder.
Rigid insulation shall be installed on inside of foundation wall and under concrete slab adjacent to wall.
Specified depth of foundation and piers shall be considered as minimum.
The sill on this type of construction shall be 4" x 4" and shall be properly bolted to the foundation.
No concrete walls, footings or piers shall be poured on filled ground. Concrete walls, footing and piers shall rest on undisturbed soil.
Voted: To so amend.
ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Moderator to appoint a committee to study a plan classifying any or all positions, other than those filled by popular election and those under the direction and con- trol of the school committee, into groups and classes doing substantially similar work or having substantially equal responsibilities, and a plan estab- lishing minimum and maximum salaries to be paid to employees in positions so classified, such board to report to a Town Meeting on or before April 30, 1957, with recommendations of a proposed by-law embodying such plans as authorized by the provisions of the General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 108A. (On petition of the Charter Committee)
Voted: To so authorize the Moderator to appoint such committee; to report to a Town Meeting on or before January 31, 1957.
ARTICLE 3. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Election and Registration Incidentals, said sum to be in addi- tion to sums heretofore appropriated for said purpose; determine whether the money shall be provided from available funds in the Treasury or otherwise.
Voted: The sum of $1,800.00 by transfer from Surplus Revenue.
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ARTICLE 4. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Maintenance and Control, Police Department Incidentals, said sum to be in addition to sums heretofore appropriated for said purpose; determine whether the money shall be provided from available funds in the Treasury or otherwise.
Voted: The sum of $3,000.00 by transfer from Surplus Revenue and ap- propriated for Maintenance and Control, Police Department Incidentals.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will authorize the Moderator to appoint a committee of five to study the need for the construction of a new central fire station and that the said committee be instructed to report back at the annual town meeting of 1957 with recommendations as to site, together with preliminary plans and estimates of the cost of the erection and furnishing of a new central fire station, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for said purpose; determine whether the money shall be provided for from available funds in the Treasury or otherwise.
Voted: To so authorize the Moderator, and further the sum of $1,500.00 be transferred from Surplus Revenue and appropriated for said purpose.
ARTICLE 6. To hear and act on the progress report of the Committee of Nine.
Voted: On amended motion, the verbal report of Mr. Carlson, Chairman of Commtitee be accepted as a report of progress and the Committee of Nine be instructed to report its final report on or before December 1, 1956.
Meeting dissolved at 10:00 P.M.
Attest: WALTER A. BLASENAK Town Clerk and Accountant
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS TOWN OF NORWOOD
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WARRANT FOR STATE ELECTION
Norfolk, ss.
To either of the Constables in the Town of Norwood in said County, Greetings:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Norwood, quali- fied to vote in elections and town affairs, to assemble in the State Armory on Nahatan Street, Norwood, on Tuesday, the sixth day of November A.D. 1956, at 5:45 o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to give in their votes for: Presidential Electors of President and Vice President of the United States;
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Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Secretary; Treasurer; Auditor; Attorney General; Representative in Congress, Thirteenth District; Councillor, Second District; Senator, Second Norfolk District; Two Representatives in General Court, Seventh Norfolk District; Two County Commissioners for Norfolk County; Sheriff for Norfolk County; and to vote on the following question:
QUESTION NO. 1
A. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whiskey, rum, gin, malt YES beverages, wines and all other alcoholic beverages) ?
NO
B. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale therein of wines and malt beverages (wines and beer, ale and YES all other malt beverages) ?
NO
C. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages in packages, so called, not to YES be drunk on the premises?
NO
The polls shall be opened at 6:00 o'clock in the forenoon and shall be kept open until 8:00 o'clock in the afternoon when they shall be closed.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof in ten public places in this town seven days at least before the time and day of said meeting. Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Selectmen on or before the day and time of said meeting.
Given under our hands at Norwood this twenty-fourth day of October, A.D. 1956.
ALONZO F. SWIFT, JR. HARRY B. BUTTERS CHARLES L. RICH JAMES J. DRUMMEY JOHN A. ABDALLAH
Selectmen of Norwood
Norwood, Norfolk, ss.
By virtue of the within warrant I have posted the same as directed. The posting was completed October 29, 1956 at 7:30 P.M.
JAMES E. QUINN Constable of Norwood
Attest: WALTER A. BLASENAK Town Clerk and Accountant
STATE ELECTION November 6, 1956
The warrant calling the meeting was read by Town Clerk and Accountant, Walter A. Blasenak. The Election Officers who were notified to be present were sworn by Town Clerk and Accountant, Walter A. Blasenak. The presid-
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ing election officer, Alonzo F. Swift, Jr., declared the polls open for the recep- tion of ballots at 6:00 o'clock in the forenoon. The polls were declared closed at eight o'clock in the afternoon.
The votes were canvassed and the following result announced in open meeting.
President and Vice President
Eisenhower and Nixon had sixty-one hundred and seventy-seven (6177) votes
Hass and Cozzini had fourteen (14) votes
Holtwick and Cooper had two (2) votes
Stevenson and Kefauver had forty-three hundred and sixty-seven (4367) votes
Blanks, one hundred and fifty-seven (157)
Governor
Foster Furcolo had sixty-one hundred and six (6106) votes
Sumner G. Whittier had forty-four hundred and sixty-nine (4469) votes
Henning A. Blomen had thirteen (13) votes
Mark R. Shaw had five (5) votes
Blanks, one hundred and twenty-four (124)
Lieutenant Governor
Charles Gibbons had forty-five hundred and six (4506) votes
Robert F. Murphy had fifty-eight hundred and eighty-nine (5889) votes Harold E. Bassett had seventeen (17) votes
Francis A. Votano had thirty-eight (38) votes
Blanks, two hundred and sixty-seven (267)
Secretary
Edward J. Cronin had sixty-one hundred and twenty-seven (6127) votes Richard I. Furbush had forty-two hundred and thirteen (4213) votes Earl F. Dodge had twenty-one (21) votes Lawrence Gilfedder had twenty-five (25) votes
Blanks, three hundred and thirty-one (331)
Treasurer
John F. Kennedy had fifty-seven hundred and twenty-six (5726) votes Robert H. Beaudreau had forty-six hundred and four (4604) votes
Isaac Goddard had twenty-five (25) votes Willy N. Hogseth had twenty-nine (29) votes
Blanks, three hundred and thirty-three (333)
Auditor
Thomas J. Buckley had sixty-five hundred and seventy-three (6573) votes Joseph A. Nobile had thirty-seven hundred and thirty-nine (3739) votes John R. Lauder had thirteen (13) votes Anthony Martin had twenty-five (25) votes Blanks, three hundred and sixty-seven (367)
Attorney General
George Fingold had forty-five hundred and forty-five (4545) votes Edward J. McCormack, Jr., had fifty-eight hundred and eighty-eight (5888) votes
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Fred M. Ingersoll had nineteen (19) votes
Howard B. Rand had nine (9) votes
Blanks, two hundred and fifty-six (256)
Congressman - Thirteenth District
Richard B. Wigglesworth had forty-nine hundred and sixteen (4916) votes Richard E. McCormack had fifty-five hundred and twenty-nine (5529) votes
Blanks, two hundred and seventy-two (272)
Councillor - Second District
Charles J. Gabriel had forty-four hundred and sixty-six (4466) votes Joseph F. X. Doherty had fifty-seven hundred and sixty-four (5764) votes Blanks, four hundred and eighty-seven (487) votes
Senator - Second Norfolk District
Leslie B. Cutler had forty-seven hundred and one (4701) votes Henry G. Martin had fifty-six hundred and thirty-six (5636) votes Blanks, three hundred and eighty (380)
Representatives in General Court
Charles F. Holman had eighty-four hundred and twenty-three (8423) votes William D. Morton, Jr., had sixty hundred and fifty (6050) votes Blanks, sixty-nine hundred and sixty-one (6961)
County Commissioners
Russell T. Bates had forty-three hundred and eighteen (4318) votes Clayton W. Nash had thirty-eight hundred and fifty-four (3854) votes John J. McKenna had forty-eight hundred and seventy-four (4874) votes Howard Haines Murphy had fifty-seven hundred and ninety-seven (5797) votes Blanks, twenty-five hundred and ninety-one (2591)
Sheriff
Samuel H. Wragg had forty-eight hundred and eight (4808) votes Peter M. McCormack had fifty-three hundred and sixty (5360) votes Blanks, five hundred and forty-nine (549)
Question No. 1 - Alcoholic Beverages "A"
YES, seventy four hundred and forty-six (7446) votes NO, nineteen hundred and sixty-nine (1969) votes Blanks, thirteen hundred and two (1302) "B" YES, seventy-three hundred and twenty-six (7326) votes NO, eighteen hundred and fourteen (1814) votes Blanks, fifteen hundred and seventy-seven (1577) "C"
YES, seventy-eight hundred and ninety-three (7893) votes NO, fourteen hundred and twenty-two (1422) votes Blanks, fourteen hundred and two (1402)
Attest: WALTER A. BLASENAK Town Clerk and Accountant
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING December 5, 1956
On a warrant duly issued by the Selectmen under the date of November 20, 1956, and signed by Alonzo F. Swift, Jr., Charles L. Rich, James J. Drummey and John A. Abdallah, Selectmen of Norwood, the meeting was called to order by the Moderator pro tem Daniel E. Callahan, Jr. 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 meeting was opened with a prayer by Most Rev. J. F. Minihan.
The articles contained in the warrant, and action thereunder being as follows:
ARTICLE 1. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to meet the further expense for Particular Sewers, said appro- priation to be provided for by transfer from Surplus Revenue, and or from available balances in existing appropriations for the current year.
Voted: The sum of $2,200.00 by transfer from "Engineers Personal Ser- vices" and the sum of $800.00 by transfer from "Printing of Annual Town Reports."
ARTICLE 2. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to meet the further expense for Vacations and Pensions, said appropriation to be provided for by transfer from Surplus Revenue, and or from available balances in existing appropriations for the current year.
Voted: The sum of $2,000.00 by transfer from "Improvement of Parking Areas rear of Theatre and adjacent to the Municipal Building."
ARTICLE 3. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to meet the further expense for Sick Leave for Public Works Division employees, said appropriation to be provided for by transfer from Surplus Revenue, and or from available balances in existing appropriations for the current year.
Voted: The sum of $2,500.00 by transfer from the account "Flags for Washington Street."
ARTICLE 4. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to meet the further expense for Water Department House Con- nections, said appropriation to be provided for by transfer from Surplus Revenue, and or from available balances in existing appropriations for the current year.
Voted: The sum of $3,000.00 by transfer from "Repairs to Airport."
ARTICLE 5. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to meet the further expense for Electric Light Department Pur- chase of Electric Energy, said appropriation to be provided for by transfer from Surplus Revenue, and or from available balances in existing appropri- ations for the current year.
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Voted: The sum of $105,415.00 by transfer from the accounts as indicated :
Surplus Revenue
$43,000.00
Schools Instruction Salaries
7,000.00
Schools Janitors Salaries
2,000.00
Light Construction
20,000.00
Light Operation
5,000.00
Light Utilization
5,000.00
Enclosing Culverts Codman Road
2,871.00
Refilling Borrow Pit, Ellis Avenue
5,544.00
Repairs to Airport
15,000.00
ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate an additional sum of money for the acquisition of a land site for off street parking, in the so-called Talbot site, and determine if said appropriation shall be met from taxation, borrowing or otherwise.
Voted: The sum of $25,000.00 to be borrowed under the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws for a period not exceeding four years.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate an additional sum of money for the construction thereon of off street parking facilities, in the so-called Talbot site, and to determine if said appropriation shall be met from taxation, borrowing or otherwise.
Voted: The sum of $35,000.00 to be appropriated for the original con- struction and surfacing of the municipally owned and operated off-street parking area on the so-called Talbot site, said sum to be in addition to the sum heretofore appropriated for the same purpose, and to meet said appro- priation, the sum of $35,000.00 be borrowed under provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws for a period not exceeding four years.
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to amend the existing zoning by-law by altering the district boundaries established under Section 17 of the present Single Residence 2 District, namely that area on the southerly line of Union Street as follows: Beginning at a point on the southerly line of Union Street a distance of 152.54 feet along the present Trunk Highway B Zone from the intersection of said southerly line of Union Street with the easterly line of the Boston-Providence Turnpike, thence running S 27° 26' 30" W, a distance of 74.00 feet, thence southewesterly by a curve of 2690.53 foot radius a distance of 271.00 feet, thence S 51º 35' 40" E a distance of 70.00 feet, thence S 39° 35' 40" E a distance of 485.00 feet, thence N 67° 24' 20" E a distance of 290.00 feet, thence N 18°44' 50" W a distance of 522.81 feet, thence N 73° 02' 00" W a distance of 217.53 feet to the point of beginning, by with- drawing said portion from Single Residence 2 and establishing same as Trunk Highway B as shown by a map thereof to accompany said amendment and made a part thereof and thereby altering the existing map showing existing boundaries to conform to such change of district boundaries.
Voted: Motion declared lost.
ARTICLE 9. To hear and act upon the report of the Committee of Nine appointed to make a survey with reference to the need and location of addi- tional school buildings and to see if the Town will vote to determine a site
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or sites for a new school building or school buildings; to appoint a committee to obtain plans and estimates for a suitable building or buildings on such site or sites as the Town may determine; to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the use of said Committee; to determine whether the money shall be provided by appropriation from available funds in the treasury or other- wise; or to take any other action in relation thereto.
Voted: That the report of the Committee of Nine be accepted and acted upon.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF NINE
to make a survey with reference to the need and location of additional school buildings
Submitted to Special Town Meeting December 5, 1956
This is the report of the Committee of Nine on elementary school needs. Subsequent reports will be made on secondary school needs.
Conclusions and (Recommendations
It is the conclusion of the Committee of Nine that two new elementary schools be built: one on the Nichols st. (Westover) site and one on the Pros- pect Street (Forbes) site and that a Committee of Nine should be appointed in due course to report by October 30, 1959 on the practicability of a third new school on the Neponset Street site or further additions to then existing schools.
To accomplish this the following recommendations are made:
1. That a Committee of Seven be appointed:
a. To secure the services of an architect or architects, have preliminary plans and estimates of costs prepared for the two elementary schools to contain 14 classrooms each, two of which would be for kindergarten purposes, with auxiliary facilities and that the committee report to a Town Meeting as soon as possible and not later than June 1, 1957 with these plans and estimates of costs.
b. To proceed, as soon as funds are made available by Town Meeting, with the construction of the school on the Nichols Street site to be opened not later than September 1958 and with the construction of the school on the Prospect Street site to be opened not later than September of 1959.
2. That the committee of 7 confer with the Committee of 9 and have access to its records during the planning stage.
3. That the Moderator appoint a Committee of 9 in January of 1959 to con- sider the school needs as they then exist and to report to Town Meeting not later than October 30, 1959.
The Need
(1) Norwood's present need for additional elementary school classrooms stems basically from two causes: (a) the record birth-rate of recent years, and (b) a significant population growth through real estate development. This growth has been town-wide with no section truly dominating the picture.
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(2) The fifty-three classrooms in elementary school buildings can pre- sently accommodate 1590 pupils in grades 1 through 6, if the desirable num- ber of pupils per class is limited to 30. The total enrollment in these grades as of October 1, 1956 is 1770. This leaves 180 pupils, 114 of whom are being housed in classrooms at the Junior High School and the remainder are dis- tributed throughout the elementary school system by having more than 30 pupils in some classes. In 1958, the projected overage will be 408 and will increase to 656 by 1961.
(3) The following table illustrates how the enrollment pressures will increase significantly over the next five years.
TABLE I Enrollment - public schools only
Actual
Projected
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1st Grade
291
360
394
394
386
421
2nd Grade
334
291
360
394
394
386
3rd Grade
299
334
291
360
394
394
4th Grade
320
299
334
291
360
394
5th Grade
307
320
299
334
291
360
6th
Grade
219
307
320
299
334
291
Total
1770
1911
1998
2072
2159
2246
Kindergarten
481
517
540
558
621
See Exhibit G for complete statistical projection
(4) Allowing for distortions that can enter any method of projecting school population, it is the judgment of this Committee that the figures cited in Table I warrant the conclusion that major additional elementary school facilities should be provided.
The Problem
(5) As previously mentioned the enrollment growth has been town-wide and, as an expediency, temporary use of classroom space for elementary purposes has been made of the centrally located Junior High School building.
(6) Although the conclusion that additional elementary school facilities will be needed shortly is quite apparent, the location of the new facilities to serve best the interests of the entire community has been the primary concern of this Committee.
(7) At the present time the town owns four plots of land for school con- struction purposes-the Nichols Street (Westover) site, the Prospect Street (Forbes) site, the Neponset Street site and the so-called Hennessey Field site. Study has been made of each, as well as a plot of land adjacent to the Fr. MacAleer Playground.
(8) Consideration has been given to the present school population in each of the areas in which these plots lie, the indicated births within each, the rate of building within each and the available but unbuilt-upon house lots in each. Beyond this, this Committee has endeavored to ascertain the probable time element and extent of new dwelling construction on available
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house lots. In short, a systematic analysis has been made to determine not only present need, but probable need for elementary facilities. The following tables set forth the data which was compiled and which would seem to have a significant bearing upon the solution of the problem.
TABLE II Elementary School Population and Normal School Capacity-By Schools October 1, 1956 - Grades 1 through 6 Normal capacity computed at 30 pupils per room
Population Normal Capacity
Shattuck
252
240
Winslow
277
240
West
52
60
Callahan
463
450
Balch
612
600
Junior High
114
0
Total
1770
1590
TABLE III Births-By School Districts-1950-1955
Shattuck
Winslow
Callahan
Total* Balch
Balch
East Rt. 1 Total
1950
105
69
91
92
21
357
1951
122
72
117
123
35
434
1952
152
110
118
137
44
517
1953
138
104
158
140
72
540
1954
136
103
186
133
63
558
1955
148
94
195
184
77
621
Total
801
552
865
809
312
3027
* These figures also include Balch East of Route 1.
TABLE IV New Residential Electric Meters Installed-Jan. 1, 1950 to Jan. 1, 1956 (from Municipal Light Dept. records) Compiled by School Districts
Shattuck
Winslow Callahan
Total Balch* Balch East of Rt. 1
337
294
627
570
442
* These figures also include "Balch East of Route 1"
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