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ANNUAL REPORT
Warrant
No. Payable to
Amount
25 Mrs. Frank Rowley, board and care
20.00
Mrs. J. O'Malley, board and care
64.00
M. T. Sayles, milk
2.34
W. C. Wilkins, glasses
10.00
N. C. Grant, food supplies
8.00
Maplehurst Dairy, milk
7.32
North Attleboro Chronicle, notices
.75
W. H. Riley and Son, coal and wood
17.70
Plainville Coal Co., fuel 49.95
Town of North Attleboro, board and care
192.00
W. A. Bartlett, adm. Kirk estate
10.00
A & P Tea Co., food supplies
8.00
Cash Aid
8.00
Falk and Henrich, food supplies
22.79
Maplehurst Dairy, milk
26.00
Dr. N. C. Bullard, medical aid
23.00
469.85
26 Arthur McGivney, agt. Norton Loan Ass'n.
15.00
Cash Aid
8.00
23.00
27 First National Stores, food supplies
33.00
33.00
$7,498.43
Appropriation
$4,213.00
Received from School Fund
1,406.43
Transferred from Emergency Fund
1,900.00
Total
$7,519.43
Expended
7,498.43
Balance
$21.00
BOARD OF HEALTH
1 City of Quincy
$17.00
$ 17.00
2 Harry Sperry
6.49
6.49
3 W. L. E. Gurley, supplies
5.21
5.21
4 F. W. Averill, trip to Tewksbury
18.00
18.00
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Warrant
No. Payable to
Amount
5 Shepardsville Cemetery Association
8.00
Mass. Agricultural College
2.50
Ernest Tootill, Inspecial of Animals
60.00
Ernest Tootill, Inspector of Slaughter
30.00
Frank E. Whiting, Milk Inspector
50.00
150.50
6 Dr. N. C. Bullard, medical
6.00
6.00
$203.20
Appropriation
$500.00
Expended
203.20
Balance
$296.80
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
1 Cash
$ 36.00
2 Cash
200.00
3 Cash 124.00
4 Cash
200.00
5 Cash
176.00
6 Cash
611.24
7 Cash
228.00
8
Cash 188.00
9 Cash
225.00
10 Cash
192.00
11 Cash
255.00
12 Cash
176.00
13 Cash
211.00
$2,822.24
Appropriation
$3,500.00
Expended
2,822.24
Balance
$677.76
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
1 Cash Aid $ 6.00
Cash Aid 7.00 $13.00
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Warrant
No. Payable to
Amount
2 Cash Aid
30.04
30.04
3
Cash Aid
12.00
12.00
4 Cash Aid
42.00
Cash Aid
12.00
54.00
5 Cash Aid
9.50
9.50
6
Cash Aid
5.00
5.00
7 Cash Aid
47.50
State Aid
9.00
56.50
8 Cash Aid
41.50
41.50
9 Cash Aid
5.00
5.00
10 Cash Aid State Aid
9.00
50.50
11 Cash Aid
5.00
State Aid
9.00
14.00
12 Cash Aid
46.50
46.50
13 Cash Aid State Aid
51.50
9.00
60.50
14 Cash Aid
56.25
56.25
15
Cash Aid
5.00
5.00
16 Cash Aid
47.50
State Aid
9.00
56.50
17 Cash Aid
21.50
21.50
18
Cash Aid
21.50
21.50
19 Cash Aid
27.50
27.50
20 Cash. Aid
9.50
9.50
21 Cash Aid
26.25
State Aid
9.00
35.25
22 Cash Aid State Aid
27.50
9.00
36.50
41.50
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Warrant
No. Payable to
Amount
23
Cash Aid
58.50
58.50
24
Cash Aid
24.00
24.00
25 Cash Aid
12.00
12.00
26 Cash Aid
3.75
3.75
27 Cash Aid
31.50
31.50
28
Cash Aid
$824.79
Appropriation
$1,000.00
Refund checks
15.00
Total
$1,015.00
Expended
824.79
Balance
$190.21
27.50
27.50
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Norfolk, ss.
To either of the Constables of Plainville, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabi- tants of the Town of Plainville qualified to vote in Town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall, in said Plainville, on
MONDAY, the FIFTH DAY of MARCH, A. D. 1934
at nine o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following Articles, viz :
Article 1. To choose all the necessary Town Officers.
Article 2. The following to be chosen by ballot, viz : Three Selectmen, three Overseers of Public Welfare, one Treasurer, one Town Clerk, one Auditor, one Collector of Taxes, one Trustee of Public Library for three years, one Water Commissioner for three years, one member of School Committee for three years, one Assessor for three years, one Tree Warden, one Moderator for one year, one Park Commissioner for three years, and three Constables.
All officers, except the above named, are to be chosen for one year.
Polls will be open at six o'clock A. M. and may be closed by vote at two o'clock P. M.
Article 3. To consider and act on the reports of the Selectmen, Treasurer, and other Town Officers.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to postpone action on all Articles calling for appropriations to an
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adjourned meeting to be held Monday evening. March 5. 1934, at 7:30 P. M., in the Town Hall.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 81 of the General Laws and make an appropriation therefor.
Article 6. To appropriate and raise by borrowing or otherwise such sums of money as may be required to defray Town charges for the financial year ending Dec- ember 31. 1934. and expressly for the following purposes. to wit :
1. For the support of the Public Library.
2. For the Selectmen's current expenses and salaries.
3. For the Treasurer's current expenses and salary.
4. For the Town Clerk's current expenses and salary.
5. For the Assessors' current expenses and salaries.
6. For the Tax Collector's current expenses and salary.
7. For the Board of Registrars' current expenses and salaries.
8. For the salary of Town Auditor.
9. For Sealer of Weights and Measures' current ex- penses and salary.
10. For the payment of Insurance.
11. For Welfare work and Mothers' Aid.
12. For Old Age Assistance.
13. For Soldiers' Relief.
14. For Highways and Bridges, excluding Chapter 81.
15. For State and Military Aid.
16. For Memorial Day.
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17. For Interest on Temporary Loans and Maturing Debt.
18. For Fire Department for current expenses and salaries.
19. For Street Lights.
20. For Water Department incidental and pumping and salaries.
21. For Sidewalks.
22. For Board of Health current expenses and salaries.
23. For Police Department including Street Patrol.
24. For Forest Fires.
25. For Tree Warden.
26. For Removal of Snow.
27. For Maturing Water Bonds.
28. For Maturing Municipal Land Loan note.
29. For Maturing High School Addition note.
30. For Maturing Fire Equipment Bonds.
31. For Town Hall.
32. For Park Commissioners.
33. For Support of School and salaries of School Com- mittee.
34. Town Forest Committee.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to have the surety of the Collector of Taxes, Treasurer, Town Clerk and Secretary of the Water Commissioners bond placed with a fidelity or guarantee company, and appropriate a sum of money to pay for the same.
Article 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to bor-
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row money after January 1st. 1935, in anticipation of the revenue of 1935.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250 .- 00) to continue the Town Plat, or do or act in any man- ner relative thereto.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $796.05. or any other sum, for the carrying on of the moth work for the current year.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money or a reserve fund to pro- vide for extra-ordinary or unforseen expenses, as author- ized by Section 6. Chapter 40. General Laws.
Article 12. To see if the Town will grant the use of the Town Hall at a minimum charge of five dollars ($5.00) per day to :-
1. Parent-Teacher Association, two evenings.
2. Plainville Fire Department, six evenings.
3. Alumni Association, two evenings.
4. Plainville Grange, three days and three evenings.
5. Plainville M. E. Church, three days and three eve- nings.
6. John Edward McNeill Post 217. ten evenings.
7. Girl Scouts, one evening.
8. Athletic Association, one evening each week dur- ing basketball season.
9. Boy Scouts, two evenings.
10. Board of Trade, two days and two evenings.
11. Plainville Homing Club, one afternoon and one evening.
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Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to appropri- ate the sum of $381.33, the amount apportioned to Plain- ville for repairs and maintenance of the Norfolk County Hospital.
Article 14. (Petition) To see if the Town will vote to grant the use of the Town Hall free of charge to the Plainville Garden Club for two days and one evening or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 15. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to renew any or all of the revenue loans of 1934, issued for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Section 17. Chapter 44, General Laws, the same to be paid from the revenue of 1934, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 16. (Petition) To see if the Town will vote to establish a foundation planting of evergreen trees on the front grounds of the Town Hall and appropriate a sum of money therefor, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 17. (Petition) To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and raise the sum of $1,000 for the purpose of hiring an assistant to act as clerk and agent for the Selectmen and Board of Welfare for the coming year, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 18. (Petition) To see if the Town will vote to elect one Selectman for one year, one for two years, one for three years at the annual meeting and thereafter to elect one Selectman each year to serve for a period of three years as allowed in the General Laws of Massa- chusetts.
Article 19. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to use in conjunction with C. W. A. projects if and when the same are extended, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
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Article 20. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars to purchase a piece of land bordering the north boundary of the Town Park now owned by Wm. S. Metcalf, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 21. To choose any committee to hear the report of any committee and act thereon.
Hereof fail not to make due returns of this Warrant and your doings thereon to the Town Clerk in con- formity with the Public Statutes at or before the time of said meeting.
Given under our hand and the seal of the Town of Plainville, this fourteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty- four.
[SEAL]
ARTHUR L. CROWLEY, MILLARD M. RINES, WILLIAM H. NASH, Selectmen of Plainville.
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INDEX
Town Officers
3
Town Clerk's Report
8
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, 1933
8
Warrant for Election of Constitutional Delegates
24
Assistant Town Clerk
28
Notification of Vote Passed by Board of Selectmen
29
Licenses Received by Town Clerk for 1933
30
Births Recorded in Plainville during 1933
31
Marriages Recorded in Plainville during 1933
33
Deaths Recorded in Plainville during 1933
35
Town Clerk Expenses
36
Board of Registrars
Jury List
Report of School Committee
School Officials
School Calendar, 1933 - 1934
School Committee
1933 State Report
Report of School Superintendent
Pupil Marking System
Commencement Exercises, High School
Graduation Exercises, Grammar School
Perfect Attendance Record
Statistics
List of Teachers
64 65
Membership by Age and Grade
Attendance Table
66 67
Report of Trustees of Public Library
70
Report of Inspector of Animals
74 75
Report of Town Burial Agent and Veterans' Grave Inspector
75
Report of Tree Warden
76
Report of Town Forest Committee
77
Report of Collector of Taxes 78
79
Report of Moth Department
80
Report of the Assessors
82
Report of Water Department
84
37 38 39 41 42 43 46 47
50 . 58 60 61 62
Report of Park and Playground Commissioners
Report of Inspector of Slaughtering
Report of Milk Inspector
Convention
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Treasurer's Report
Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures
97
Report of the Police Department
98
Report of the Highway Department
105
Report of the Forest Warden
106
Report of Fire Engineers
109
Auditor's Report
110
Report of Selectmen
111
Current and Incidentals
115
Norfolk County Hospital
115
Memorial Day
115
Bonds of Town Officials
115
Insurance
115
Ballot Box Special
116
Street Lighting
117
Town Hall
118
Charles Wilson Special
118
Land Damage
118
Welfare Department
125
Board of Health
126
Soldiers' Relief
126
Old Age Assistance
·Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, 1934
129
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