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148
ANNUAL REPORT
Date of Voucher To Whom Payable
Amount
Total
Jan. 21-Cash Aid
30.00
Cash Aid
20.00
50.00
Feb. 16-Cash Aid
30.00
Cash Aid
20.00
50.00
Mar. 16-Cash Aid
45.00
Cash Aid
20.00
65.00
Apr. 6-Cash Aid
30.00
Cash Aid
20.00
50.00
Apr. 20-Cash Aid
20.00
Cash Aid
30.00
50.00
June 2-Cash Aid
22.50
Cash Aid
20.00
42.50
June 15-Cash Aid
22.50
Cash Aid
20.00
42.50
July 6-Cash Aid
22.50
Cash Aid
20.00
42.50
July 20-Cash Aid
22.50
Cash Aid
20.00
42.50
Aug.
3-Cash Aid
22.50
Cash Aid
20.00
Reeves Pharmacy, Prescriptions
.85
43.35
Aug. 17-Cash Aid
20.00
Cash Aid
22.50
42.50
Sept. 21-Cash Aid
20.00
Cash Aid
22.50
42.50
Oct. £ 6-Cash Aid
20.00
Cash Aid
22.50
42.50
Oct. 20-Cash Aid
20.00
Cash Aid
22.50
42.50
Nov. 3-Cash Aid
20.00
Cash Aid
22.50
42.50
$740.85
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Date of Voucher To Whom Payable
Amount Total
Total Expended for General Welfare
$3,140.53
Total Expended for A. D. C. 740.85
Total Welfare and Aid to Dependent Children $3,881.38
Appropriation $4,000.00
Expended
3,881.38
Balance
$118.62
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN, FEDERAL GRANT
Date of Voucher To Whom Payable
Amount
Feb. 2-Cash Aid $50.00
Mar. 2 -- Cash Aid 50.00
May 4-Cash Aid 35.00
June 1-Cash Aid 42.50
Sept. 8-Cash Aid 42.50
Nov. 18-Cash Aid 42.50
Dec. 8-Cash Aid 42.50
Dec. 22-Cash Aid
20.00
$325.00
Balance forwarded
$ 91.40
Received from Federal Gov., 1938 295.96
$387.36
Expended
325.00
Balance
$62.36
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Date of
Voucher To Whom Payable
Amount
Total
SOLDIERS' RELIEF
Jan. 8-Cash Aid
$ 3.75
Cash Aid
10.00
$13.75
Jan. 21-Cash Aid
7.50
Cash Aid 10.00
A. & P. Tea Co., Food Supplies
9.00
26.50
Feb. 2-Cash Aid
7.50
Cash Aid
10.00
17.50
Feb. 16-Cash Aid
7.50
Cash Aid 10.00
Pondville Hospital, Services
145.00
162.50
Feb. 28-Cash Aid
10.00
10.00
Mar. 2-Cash Aid
7.50
Cash Aid
10.00
17.50
Mar. 16-Cash Aid
10.00
10.00
Mar. 16-Cash Aid
7.50
Cash Aid
15.00
22.50
Apr.
6-Cash Aid
11.25
Cash Aid
10.00
A. & P. Ted Co., Food Supplies
7.00
28.25
Apr. 20-Cash Aid
10.00
Cash Aid
7.50
Cash Aid
10.00
27.50
May 5-Cash Aid
7.50
7.50
May 5-Cash
Aid
5.00
5.00
May 20-Cash Aid
7.50
7.50
June 2-Cash Aid
7.50
7.50
June 15-Cash Aid
7.50
7.50
July 6-Cash Aid
11.25
11.25
July 20-Cash Aid
7.50
7.50
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Date of
Voucher To Whom Payable
Amount
Total
Aug. 3-Cash Aid
7.50
7.50
Aug. 17-Cash Aid
7.50
7.50
Sept. 8-Cash Aid
11.25
11.25
Sept. 21-Cash Aid
7.50
7.50
Oct. 6-Cash Aid
7.50
7.50
Oct. 20-Cash Aid
7.50
7.50
Nov. 3-Cash Aid
7.50
7.50
Nov. 18-Cash Aid
7.50
7.50
Dec. 8-Cash Aid
11.25
11.25
Dec. 22-Cash Aid
10.00
10.00
Dec. 22-Cash Aid
7.50
First Nat'l Store, Food Supplies
20.00
27.50
Dec. 31-Cash Aid
3.75
3.75
$496.00
Appropriation
$500.00
Expended
496.00
Balance
$4.00
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
Jan. 21-Cash Aid
$762.00
$762.00
Feb. 16-Cash Aid
792.00
792.00
Mar. 16-Hobbs and Warren, Supplies
8.96
8.96
Mar. 31-Cash Aid
812.00
812.00
Mar. 31- Cash Aid
2.49
2.49
May 20-Cash Aid
842.00
842.00
June 15-Cash Aid
33.75
33.75
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Date of
Voucher To Whom Payable
Amount
Total
July 20-Cash Aid
737.00
737.00
Aug. 3-Joseph F. Casey, Jr., Ambulance
15.00
15.00
Oct. 20-Cash Aid
842.00
842.00
Nov. 18-Cash Aid
417.80
417.80
$5,265.00
Appropriation
$5,250.00
Refund
15.00
$5,265.00
Expended
. $5,265.00
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE, FEDERAL GRANT
Apr. 7-Hobbs and Warren, Inc. $ 2.15
$ 2.15
Apr. 20-Cash Aid
15.00
15.00
Apr. 20-Cash Aid
787.10
787.10
June 15-Cash Aid
767.00
767.00
June 27-Cash Aid
99.00
99.00
Aug. 17-Cash Aid
707.00
707.00
Sept. 21-Cash Aid
742.00
742.00
Nov. 18-Cash Aid
15.00
15.00
Nov. 18-Cash Aid
394.20
394.20
Dec. 8-Cash Aid
20.00
20.00
Dec. 22-Cash Aid
812.00
812.00
$4,360.45
Received from Federal Gov. $4,661.12
Expended 4,360.45
$300.67
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Date of
Voucher To Whom Payable
Amount Total
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE, FEDERAL GRANT Administrative
Jan.
8-Clerk Special
$ 8.00
$ 8.00
Feb.
2-Clerk Special
16.00
16.00
Mar. 2-Clerk Special
16.00
16.00
Apr. 7-Clerk Special
24.00
24.00
May 5-Clerk Special
18.00
18.00
July
1-Clerk Special
16.00
16.00
July 6-Clerk Special
8.00
8.00
Aug.
3-Clerk Special
16.00
16.00
Sept.
8-Clerk Special
8.00
8.00
Oct.
6-Clerk Special
16.00
16.00
Dec.
3-Clerk Special
16.00
16.00
Dec. 8-Clerk Special
8.00
8.00
$170.00
Balance
15.37
Received from Federal Gov.
during 1938
155.34
$170.71
Expended
170.00
$.71
TOWN HALL
Feb. 2-Eugene Brodeur, Janitor $ 10.00 $ 10.00
Feb. 16-Plainville Coal Co., Fuel Oil 15.75
Maynard & Co., Inc., Service 8.97
Charles S. Cobb, Labor on Oil Burner 3.50 28.22
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Date of
Voucher To Whom Payable
Amount
Total
Mar. 2-Eugene Brodeur, Janitor
10.00
10.00
Mar. 16-Plainville Coal Company, Fuel Oil
19.25
19.25
Apr. 7-Eugene Brodeur, Janitor 10.00
Eugene Brodeur, Supplies
.45
10.45
Apr. 20-Plainville Coal Company, Fuel Oil Schofield Hardware Co., Heating 15.00 Clinton E. Barton, Labor and material 10.10
3.25
28.35
May 5-Eugene Brodeur, Janitor 10.00
Plainville Coal Co., Fuel Oil and labor
19.73
29.73
May 20-George W. Hudson, Tuning and Repair- ing Piano
3.00
3.00
June 2-Eugene Brodeur, Janitor
10.00
10.00
July 6-Eugene Brodeur, Janitor
10.00
Eugene Brodeur, Supplies
.15
10.15
Aug. 3-Eugene Brodeur, Janitor
10.00
Eugene Brodeur, Supplies
.15
10.15
Sept. 8-Eugene Brodeur, Janitor
10.00
10.00
Oct. 6-Eugene Brodeur, Janitor
10.00
10.00
Oct. 20-Maynard Company, Inc., Service 4.75 Schofield Hdwe. Co., Labor & Material 1.50
6,25
Nov. 3-Schofield Hardware, Glass 4.05
Clinton E. Barton, Labor & Material 11.55
Eugene Brodeur, Janitor 10.00
25.60
Dec. 7-Eugene Brodeur, Janitor
10.00
10.00
Dec. 31-School Committee, Town Hall Lights 116.16 116.16
$347.31
Appropriation
$350.00
Expended
347.31
Balance
$2.69
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Date of Voucher To Whom Payable
Amount
Total
STREET LIGHTS
Feb. 16-Union Light & Power Co. $335.13
$335.13
Mar. 16-Union Light & Power Co.
334.81
334.81
Apr. 20-Union Light & Power Co. 334.81
334.81
May 5-Union Light & Power Co. 334.81 334.81
July 6-Union Light & Power Co. 669.62
669.62
Aug. 17-Union Light & Power Co.
334.81
334.81
Sept. 8-Union Light & Power Co.
334.81
334.81
Oct. 20-Union Light & Power Co.
334.81
334.81
Dec. 8-Union Light & Power Co.
334.81
334.81
Dec. 22-Union Light & Power Co.
294.39
294.39
Dec. 31-Union Light & Power Co.
334.81
334.81
$3,977.62
Appropriation
$4,026.00
Expended
3,977.62
Balance
$48.38
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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 inhabitants of the Town of Plainville qualified to vote in Town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall, in said Plainville, on
MONDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF MARCH 1939, A. D.
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: One Treasurer, one Town Clerk, one Auditor, one Collector of Taxes, one Tree Warden, and one Moderator, for one year. One Selectman and one Overseer of Public Welfare, one Trustee of Public Library, one Water Commissioner, one member of School Committee, one Assessor and one Park Commissioner for three years. Three constables for one year.
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 four 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 other articles to an adjourned meeting to be held Monday evening, March 6, 1939 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.
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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 December 31, 1939 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 Assessor's 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 expen- ses and salary.
10. For the payment of Insurance.
11. For Welfare and Mother's Aid.
12. For Old Age Assistance.
13. For Soldiers' Relief.
14. For Highways and Bridges, including Chapter 81.
15. For Highways and Bridges, center of Town.
16. For Memorial Day.
17. For Interest on Temporary Loans and Maturing Debt.
18. For Fire Department for current expensese and sal- aries.
19. For Street Lights.
20. For Water Department incidentals, pumping, and salaries.
21. For Board of Health current expenses and salaries.
22. For Police Department including Street Patrol.
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23. For Forest Fires.
24. For Tree Warden.
25. For Removal of Snow.
26. For Maturing High School Addition Note.
27. For Town Hall.
28. For Park Commissioners.
29. For Support of School and salaries of School Com- mittee.
30. Town Forest Committee.
31. For State and Military Aid.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to have the surety of the Collector of Taxes, Deputy Collector of Taxes, Treasurer, Town Clerk, and Secretary of the Water Commis- sioners 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 vote to authorize the town treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1940 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $811.00, or any other sum for the carrying on of the Moth work for the coming year.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for a Reserve Fund to provide for extraordinary unforseen expenses, as authorized by Section 6, Chapter 40, General Laws, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 11. 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 :-
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1. Parent-Teacher Association, two evenings.
2. Plainville Fire Department, six evenings.
3. Alumni Association, two evenings.
4. Plainville Grange, three days and 12 evenings.
5. Plainville M. E. Church, two days and eight evenings.
6. John Edward McNeil Post 217, ten evenings.
7. Girl Scouts, one evening.
8. Athletic Association, one evening each week during 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.
12. Church basketball team, six evenings.
13. Garden Club, two days and one evening.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and raise the sum of $375.00 for the purchase of a truck or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $598.28, the amount apportioned to Plainville for repairs and maintenance of the Norfolk County Hospital.
Article 14. To see what action the Town wishes to take on the balance of $5,150.00 which was voted at the Special Town Meeting held on September 23rd to be used for School Sanitation, known as Project No. 1568F, and passed under Article 1 at said Town meeting.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $600.00 to be used in conjunction assistant to act as clerk and agent for the Board of Welfare, for the current year, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
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Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the operation of Road Machinery or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $600.00 to be used in conjunction with the W. P. A. or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 18. (Petition ) To see if the Town will vote to extend the water main on Fremont Street from West Bacon Street or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $925.90 from the Water Extension Reserve account to be used for the new Water extension known as the Fremont Street Extension, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $223.31, the balance of Special Highway Fund, Chap- ter 500, to general highways appropriation, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the following sums of money to pay overdrafts made during the year of 1938:
For Snow Removal $173.04 Hurricane 740.51
$913.55
or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of improving or changing the sanitary condition of the schools, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 23. To choose any committee and 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 conformity with the Public Statutes at or before the time of said meeting.
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Given under our hand and seal of the Town of Plain- ville, this fifteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Thirty-Nine.
(Seal)
EARLE F. BARNEY, ARTHUR L. CROWLEY, HERBERT M. THOMPSON,
Selectmen of Plainville
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INDEX
Town Officers 3
Town Clerk's Report
7
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, 1938 7
Appointment of Assistant Town Clerk 21
Warrant for Special Town Meeting, August 24 22
Warrant for Special Town Meeting, September 6 26
Warrant for State Primary 30
Warrant for Special Town Meeting, September 23 38
Warrant for State Election 41
Meeting of Town Clerks of 11th Norfolk District
49
Licenses and License Fees Received by Town Clerk 51
Births Recorded in Plainville During 1938 52
Marriages Recorded in Plainville During 1938
53
Deaths Recorded in Plainville During 1938
56
Report of Town Clerk's Expenses
57
Report of Board of Registrars Expenses
57
Jury List 58
Report of School Committee 59
School Officials
60
School Calendar 61
62
School Committee Budget
65
Report of Superintendent of Schools
66
High School Graduation Exercises 80
Grammar School Graduation Exercises 82
Perfect Attendance Record 83
Statistics 83
Membership by Age and Grade
84
Attendance Table 85
List of Teachers 86
Report of Collector of Taxes
87 88
Report of Tree Warden
89
Report of Town Forest Committee
91
Report of Inspector of Animals 92
Report of Inspector of Slaughtering 93
Report of Town Burial Agent and Veterans' Grave Inspector 93 Report of Milk Inspector 94
Report of the Assessors 95
Report of the Water Commissioners 97
Report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures 99
School Committee
Report of the Moth Department
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Report of the Police Department
100
Report of Trustees of Public Library
104
Report of Fire Engineers 107
Report of Playground and Park Commissioners
111
Report of Highway Department
114
Treasurer's Report
124
Auditor's Report
132
Report of Selectmen
132
Current and Incidentals
133
Clerk's Special
138
Insurance
138
W. P. A. Special
139
Memorial Day
140
Norfolk County Hospital
141
Bonds of Town Officers
141
Town Auditor
141
Board of Health
141
Hurricane
142
Welfare Department
143
Aid to Dependent Children
147
Soldier's Relief
150
Old Age Assistance
151
Town Hall
153
Street Lights
155
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, 1939
156
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TOWN OFFICERS
MODERATOR-One Year
WILLIAM H. NASH
TOWN CLERK-One Year ARTHUR W. WASHBURN
TOWN TREASURER-One Year
EDWARD E. OSTERHOLM
SELECTMEN, WELFARE BOARD and BOARD OF HEALTH
HERBERT M. THOMPSON ARTHUR L. CROWLEY EARLE F. BARNEY
Term expires 1940 Term expires 1941 Term expires 1942
ASSESSORS
CHARLES J. QUIRK EDWIN W. PINK WILLIAM E. BLANCHARD
Term expires 1940
Term expires 1941 Term expires 1942
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
HENRY S. TAMBLYN
Term expires 1940
FRANK O. CORBIN SIDNEY A. MADDOCKS
Term expires 1941 Term expires 1942
WATER COMMISSIONERS
RICHARD F. BERKLEY
HARRY B. THOMPSON
FRANK V. HENRICH
Term expires 1940 Term expires 1941 Term expires 1942
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
ARTHUR W. WASHBURN ALICE PEASE FRED W. NORTHUP
Term expires 1940 Term expires 1941 Term expires 1942
TAX COLLECTOR-One Year OLIVER P. BROWN
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PARK COMMISSIONERS
META A. SCHUBERT CHARLES G. HAYES CLARENCE F. TELFORD
Term expires 1940 Term expires 1941 Term expires 1942
AUDITOR-One Year ALICE E. RIBERO
CONSTABLES-One Year CHESTER A. MEYER
HERBERT A. MORSE ELMER C. PEASE
TREE WARDEN-One Year GEORGE H. SNELL
FENCE VIEWERS and FIELD DRIVERS-One Year
CHESTER A. MEYER HERBERT A. MORSE
ELMER C. PEASE
MEASURERS OF WOOD, BARK and LUMBER
GEORGE B. GREENLAY HENRY I. RILEY
HARRY O. PROAL ERNEST E. MUNROE
CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT CHRISTIAN F. HENRICH
ACTING CHIEF OF POLICE
CHESTER A. MEYER
APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN Superintendent of Streets HARRY O. PROAL
Milk Inspector
FRANK E. WHITING
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Fire Engineers CHRISTIAN F. HENRICH
CHESTER A. MEYER
ALTON FRENCH
Forest Warden CHRISTIAN F. HENRICH
Official Weigher ADRIAN WHEELER
Town Burial Agent FRED W. NORTHUP
Special Police
EUGENE BRODEUR CLINTON BARTON ARCHIE L. WALDEN
GEORGE H. SNELL
CLARENCE AVERY GEORGE B. GREENLAY CHARLES J. QUIRK ARTHUR L. CROWLEY
Fire Police CHARLES J. QUIRK
LEON PARMENTER
HERBERT MORSE
Inspector of Animals EARL B. THOMPSON
Dog Officer
HERBERT A. MORSE
Moth Inspector
GEORGE H. SNELL
Sealer of Weights and Measures ADRIAN WHEELER Registrars of Voters
FRANK KING HAROLD ANDERSON FRED W. NORTHUP
Term expires 1940 Term expires 1941 Term expires 1942
ARTHUR W. WASHBURN
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Night Patrolman ELMER C. PEASE
Welfare Agent GLADYS H. McQUADE
Town Forest Committee
GEORGE H. SNELL OSWIN C. WOODWARD GEORGE B. GREENLAY
Term expires 1942 Term expires 1940 Term expires 1941
APPOINTED BY SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Superintendent LAURENCE G. NOURSE
Principal of High School HARRY L. DIXON
School Physician DR. H. IRVING BIXBY
School Nurse
RUAH M. HARRIS
APPOINTED AT ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Advisory or Financial Committee
ARTHUR C. MATHEWSON LESLIE G. YOUNG ALBERT MORSE
LEE R. HIGGINS RUFUS KING HERBERT M. THOMPSON
EDWARD E. OSTERHOLM
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Town Clerk's Report
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 inhabitants of the Town of Plainville qualified to vote in Town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall, in said Plainville, on
MONDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF MARCH 1939, A. D.
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: One Treasurer, one Town Clerk, one Auditor, one Collector of Taxes, one Tree Warden, and one Moderator, for one year. One Selectman and one Overseer of Public Welfare, one Trustee of Public Library, one Water Commissioner, one member of School Committee, one Assessor and one Park Commissioner for three years. Three constables for one year.
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 four 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 other articles to an adjourned meeting to be held
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ANNUAL REPORT
Monday evening, March 6, 1939 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.
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 December 31, 1939 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 Assessor's 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 expen- ses and salary.
10. For the payment of Insurance.
11. For Welfare and Mother's Aid.
12. For Old Age Assistance.
13. For Soldiers' Relief.
14. For Highways and Bridges, including Chapter 81.
15. For Highways and Bridges, center of Town.
16. For Memorial Day.
17. For Interest on Temporary Loans and Maturing Debt.
18. For Fire Department for current expenses and sal- aries.
19. For Street Lights.
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20. For Water Department incidentals, pumping, and salaries.
21. For Board of Health current expenses and salaries.
22. For Police Department including Street Patrol.
23. For Forest Fires.
24. For Tree Warden.
25. For Removal of Snow.
26. For Maturing High School Addition Note.
27. For Town Hall.
28. For Park Commissioners.
29. For Support of School and salaries of School Com- mittee.
30. Town Forest Committee.
31. For State and Military Aid.
Articlue 7. To see if the Town will vote to have the surety of the Collector of Taxes, Deputy Collector of Taxes, Treasurer, Town Clerk, and Secretary of the Water Commis- sioners 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 vote to authorize the town treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1940 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $811.00, or any other sum for the carrying on of the Moth work for the coming year.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for a Reserve Fund to provide for extraordinary unforseen expenses, as authorized by Section
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6, Chapter 40, General Laws, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 11. 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 12 evenings.
5. Plainville M. E. Church, two days and eight evenings.
6. John Edward McNeil Post 217, ten evenings.
7. Girl Scouts, one evening.
8. Athletic Association, one evening each week during 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.
12. Church basketball team, six evenings.
13. Garden Club, two days and one evening.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and raise the sum of $375.00 for the purchase of a truck or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $598.28, the amount apportioned to Plainville for repairs and maintenance of the Norfolk County Hospital.
Article 14. To see what action the Town wishes to take on the balance of $5,150,00 which was voted at the Special Town Meeting held on September 23rd to be used for School Sanitation, known as Project No. 1568F, and passed under Article 1 at said Town meeting.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $600.00 to be used for the purpose of hiring an assistant to act as clerk and agent for the Board of
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Welfare, for the current year, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the operation of Road Machinery or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
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