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10 For the payment of Insurance.
11. For Welfare.
12. Aid Dependent Children.
13 For Old Age Assistance.
14. For Soldiers' Relief.
15 For Highways and Bridges, including Chapter 81.
16 For Highways and Bridges, center of Town.
17. For Memorial Day.
18. For Interest on Temporary Loans and Maturing Debt.
19. For Fire Department for current expenses and sal- aries.
20. For Street Lights.
21. For Water Department incidentals, pumping, and salaries.
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 Town Hall.
28. For Park Commissioners.
29. For Support of School and salaries of School Com- mittee.
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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, 1942 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 $800.00, 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 :-
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.
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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 raise and appropriate a sum of money for one of the three following projects:
a. For the erection of a fire engine house.
b. For the erection of a fire engine house and town of- fices combined.
c. For repairs to the present fire engine house, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $578.63, the amount apportioned to Plainville for repairs and maintenances of the Norfolk County Hospital.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following bill:
The number of voters necessary to constitute a quorum at any town meeting shall be twenty-five (25), provided however that a number less than a quorum may from time to time adjourn the same.
This section shall not apply to such parts of meetings as are devoted exclusively to the election of town officers.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 for the purpose of hiring an 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.
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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Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to be used in conjunction with the W. P. A. or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $50.00 for the planting of public shade trees as recommended by the tree planting committee of 1940, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 19. (Petition ) To see if the Town will accept Witherell Place as an accepted street either in its present location, or as a continuation of Pleasant Street. Also install a water main for same.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used by the School Committee for the installation of hot water and showers in the school toilets.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for the improvement of East Bacon Street; said sum, or any portion thereof, to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to extend the six inch water main on South Street to The Colonial Inn and connect with four inch main, the houses on the west side of South Street and appropriate the sum of twenty-one hundred ($2100) dollars, or any other sum, for this purpose.
Article 23. (Petition ) To see if the Town will authorize and appropriate a sum of money to install and operate a street light in front of the residence of John Feid on High Street.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 90 of the General Laws and raise and appropriate $500.00 for maintenance of Chapter 90 roads or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 25. To choose any committee and to hear the report of any committee and act thereon.
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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.
Given under our hand and the seal of the Town of Plain- ville, this fourteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-One.
(Seal)
ARTHUR L. CROWLEY, ALPIN CHISHOLM, EARLE F. BARNEY,
Selectmen of Plainville
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INDEX
Town Officers 3
Town Clerk's Report 7
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, 1940 7
Warrant for Presidential Primary 22
Warrant for Special Town Meeting, May 2 30
Warrant for Special Town Meeting, June 6 32
Warrant for State Primary 35
Warrant for State Election
42
Meeting of Town Clerks of the Ninth Norfolk District 50
Warrant for Special Town Meeting, November 2 52
Births Recorded in Plainville During 1940 56
Marriages Recorded in Plainville During 1940 57 60
Deaths Recorded in Plainville During 1940
Licenses and License Fees Received by Town Clerk 62
Report of Town Clerk's Expenses
63
Report of Board of Registrars' Expenses 63
Jury List 64
Report of Audit of the Accounts of the Town of Plainville
65
Report of Tree Warden
92
Report of School Committee
93
School Officials
94
School Calendar
95
School Committee
96
School Committee Budget
99
Report of Superintendent of Schools 100
High School Graduation Exercises 115
Grammar School Graduation Exercises 117
Statistics 118
List of Teachers 119
Membership by Age and Grade 120
Attendance Table 122
Report of the Assessors 123
Report of Town Burial Agent and Vets' Grave Inspector 125
Report of Inspector of Animals 125
Report of the Moth Department 126
Report of Town Forest Committee 127
Report of Inspector of Milk and Dairies 127
Report of Inspector of Slaughtering 128
Treasurer's Report 129
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Report of the Sealer of Weights and Measures 139
Report of Collector of Taxes 140
Report of the Water Commissioners 141
Report of the Police Department 144
Report of Trustees of Public Library 148
Report of Fire Engineers 151
Report of Highway Department 155
Report of Playground and Park Commissioners 165
Auditor's Report
167
Report of Selectmen
168
Current and Incidentals
169
Clerk Special
173
Insurance
174
W. P. A. Special (Highway)
174
W. P. A. Special (Nursery School)
175
W. P. A. Special
176
Norfolk County Hospital
176
Memorial Day
177
Bonds of Town Officers
177
Town Auditor
177
Board of Health
177
General Welfare 178
Aid to Dependent Children 184
Truck Purchase
185
Repairs to Town Hall and High School Building 185
Soldiers' Relief
186
Military Aid
189
Old Age Assistance 189
Old Age Assistance (Federal Grant) 190
Old Age Assistance (Federal Grant) Administrative . 191
Aid to Dependent Children (Federal Grant) 193
Town Hall 193
Street Lights 194
Valuation of Real Estate and Personal Property 197
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, 1941 252
Thirty-seventh Annual Report OF THE
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The Chronicle Press, North Attleboro
1942
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TOWN OFFICERS
MODERATOR-One Year WILLIAM H. NASH
TOWN CLERK-One Year ARTHUR W. WASHBURN CHARLES S. COBB, Assistant Clerk
TOWN TREASURER-One Year
EDWARD E. OSTERHOLM
SELECTMEN, WELFARE BOARD and BOARD OF HEALTH
EARLE F. BARNEY ALPIN CHISHOLM ARTHUR L. CROWLEY
Term expires 1942 Term expires 1943 Term expires 1944
ASSESSORS
WILLIAM E. BLANCHARD
Term expires 1942
CHARLES J. QUIRK FRANK O. PATTON
Term expires 1943 Term expires 1944
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
SIDNEY A. MADDOCKS
Term expires 1942
HENRY S. TAMBLYN
HARVEY C. MORSE
Term expires 1943 Term expires 1944
WATER COMMISSIONERS
FRANK V. HENRICH
Term expires 1942
RICHARD F. BERKLEY
HARRY B. THOMPSON
Term expires 1943 Term expires 1944
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
FRED W. NORTHUP
ARTHUR W. WASHBURN ALICE PEASE
Term expires 1942 Term expires 1943 Term expires 1944
TAX COLLECTOR-One Year
OLIVER P. BROWN
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PARK COMMISSIONERS
CLARENCE F. TELFORD META A. SCHUBERT CHARLES G. HAYES
Term expires 1942 Term expires 1943 Term expires 1944
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 EARL B. THOMPSON
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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
JESSE W. FRANKLIN, JR. GEORGE CLARK
Inspector of Animals MERRILL N. FALK
Dog Officer HERBERT A. MORSE
Moth Inspector GEORGE H. SNELL
Sealer of Weights and Measures ADRIAN WHEELER
Registrars of Voters
FRED A. NORTHUP FRANK KING HAROLD ANDERSON
Term expires 1942 Term expires 1943 Term expires 1944
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 1943 Term expires 1944
APPOINTED BY THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Superintendent LAURENCE G. NOURSE
Principal of High School F. SUMNER TURNER
School Physician DR. JOHN T. COTTER
School Nurse RUAH M. HARRIS
APPOINTED AT ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Advisory or Financial Committee
ARTHUR C. MATHEWSON LESLIE G. YOUNG EDWIN W. PINK
LEE R. HIGGINS RUFUS KING ARTHUR L. CROWLEY
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 THIRD DAY OF MARCH 1941, 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 ibrary, 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 three 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 3, 1941 at 7:30 P. M. in the Town Hall.
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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, 1941 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 expen- ses and salary.
10. For the payment of Insurance.
11. For Welfare.
12. Aid Dependent Children.
13. For Old Age Assistance.
14. For Soldiers' Relief.
15. For Highways and Bridges, including Chapter 81.
16. For Highways and Bridges, center of Town.
17. For Memorial Day.
18. For Interest on Temporary Loans and Maturing Debt.
19. For Fire Department for current expenses and sal- aries.
20. For Street Lights.
21. For Water Department incidentals, pumping, and sal- aries.
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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 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, 1942 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 $800.00, 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.
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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 raise and apppropriate a sum of money for one of the three following projects:
a. For the erection of a fire engine house.
b. For the erection of a fire engine house and town of- fices combined.
c. For repairs to the present fire engine house, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $578.63, the amount apportioned to Plainville for repairs and maintenances of the Norfolk County Hospital.
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Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following bill:
The number of voters necessary to constitute a quorum at any Town meeting shall be twenty-five (25), provided however that a number less than a quorum may from time to time adjourn the same.
This section shall not apply to such parts of meetings as are devoted exclusively to the election of Town officers.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 for the purpose of hiring an 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.
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 $500.00 to be used in conjunction with the W. P. A. or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $50.00 for the planting of public shade trees as recommended by the tree planting committee of 1940, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 19. (Petition) To see if the Town will accept Witherell Place as an accepted street either in its present location, or as a continuation of Pleasant Street. Also install a water main for same.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be used by the School Committee for the installation of hot water and showers in the school toilets.
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Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for the improvement of East Bacon Street; said sum, or any portion thereof, to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to extend the six inch water main on South Street to The Colonial Inn and connect with four inch main, the houses on the west side of South Street and appropriate the sum of twenty-one hundred ($2100) dollars, or any other sum, for this purpose.
Article 23. (Petition) To see if the Town will authorize and appropriate a sum of money to install and operate a street light in front of the residence of John Feid on High Street.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 90 of the General Laws and raise and appropriate $500.00 for maintenance of Chapter 90 roads or do or act in any manner relative thereto.
Article 25. 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.
Given under our hand and the seal of the Town of Plain- ville, this fourteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-one.
(Seal)
ARTHUR L. CROWLEY, ALPIN CHISHOLM, EARLE F. BARNEY, Selectmen of Plainville
A true copy. Attest:
HERBERT A. MORSE, Constable of the Town of Plainville This 22nd Day of February, 1941.
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OFFICER'S RETURN OF WARRANT COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Norfolk, ss.
Plainville, Mass., February 22, 1941
This is to certify that I posted ten copies of the within Warrant in ten public places in the Town of Plainville ten days before the time of said meeting.
HERBERT A. MORSE,
Constable of the Town of Plainville
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 23rd day of February, 1941.
ARTHUR W. WASHBURN,
Town Clerk
PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Town Hall, Plainville, Massachusetts, March 3, 1941
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, the 37th annual Town Meeting was held in the Town Hall, it being the first Monday in March, 1941.
The Ballot Box was inspected, found empty, and locked by the Town Clerk and key turned over to Police Officer.
Ballot Clerks . Elizabeth Nowick and Charles Peasley
Tellers Frank King and Dacia Anderson
Ballot Box and Police Officer Fred Northup
The above having been appointed by Selectmen, were duly sworn to the faithful performance of their respective duties by the Town Clerk.
Warden and Election Officer .. Arthur W. Washburn
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The Town Clerk read the call of the meeting and at 6:00 o'clock A. M. the polls were declared open and voting was in order.
At 9:00 o'clock A. M. the meeting was called to order by Moderator William H. Nash.
Article 1. Motion by Rufus King and unanimously voted that the following named, serve as Fence Viewers and Field Drivers for the ensuing year: Chester A. Meyer, Herbert A. Morse, and Elmer C. Pease.
Motion by Mr. J. M. Bowmar, and unanimously voted that the following named serve as Measurers of Wood, Bark, and Lumber for the ensuing year: George B. Greenlay, Harry O. Proal, Henry I. Riley, and Ernest E. Munroe.
Article 3. Motion by Arthur W. Washburn and unani- mously voted that we accept the reports of the Selectmen, Treasurer, and other Town Officers as printed in the Town Report with the exceptions of any typographical errors.
Article 25. The Moderator appointed the following Com- mittee to bring in names as recommendations for the Finance Committee for the ensuing year: Arthur W. Washburn, Rufus King, J. M. Bowmar, Frank King, and John Kenerson.
Article 4. Motion by John Kenerson and unanimously voted that we postpone action on all other articles to an adjourned meeting to be held Monday evening, March 3, 1941, at 7:30 P. M. in the Town Hall. Adjourned at 9:15 A. M.
By unanimous vote, the polls were declared closed at 3:00 P. M., 93 ballots cast, 93 names checked on the voting lists, and Ballot Box registered 93 ballots.
Article 2. The results of the balloting was as follows, viz:
Moderator for One Year
William H. Nash
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Town Clerk for One Year
Arthur W. Washburn 85
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Town Treasurer for One Year
Edward E. Osterholm 85
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8
Selectman and Welfare Board for Three Years
Arthur L. Crowley 82
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11
School Committee for Three Years
Harvey C. Morse 85
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8
Assessor for Three Years
Frank O. Patton 78
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15
Water Commissioner for Three Years
Harry B. Thompson 79
Lyman Parmenter, Jr. 1
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13
Trustee of Public Library for Three Years
Alice M. Pease 81
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12
Tax Collector for One Year
Oliver P. Brown 88
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5
Auditor for One Year
Alice E. Ribero 87
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Park Commissioner for Three Years
Charles G. Hayes 86
Blanks 7
Constables for One Year
Chester A. Meyer 84
Herbert A. Morse 79
Elmer C. Pease 77
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Tree Warden for One Year
George H. Snell 81
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Article 5. Motion by Alpin Chisholm and unanimously voted that we accept the provisions of Chapter 81 of the General Laws.
Article 6. Unanimously voted that the following amounts of money be raised and appropriated for the following purposes:
Section Motion by Appropriated for Amount
1. Edward Osterholm, Support of Public Library $555.09
2. Alpin Chisholm, Selectmen's Salaries $425.00; Selectmen's Expenses $1,375.00 1,800.00
3. Edward Osterholm, Treasurer's Salary $250.00; Treasurer's Expenses $50.00 300.00
4. Arthur W. Washburn, Town Clery's Salary $150.00; Town Clerk's Expenses $120.00 270.00
5. Edward Osterholm, Assessors' Salaries $550.00; Assessors' Expenses $100.00 650.00
6. Oliver P. Brown, Tax Collector's Salary $400; Tax Collector's Expenses $160.00 560.00
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Section Motion by Appropriated for Amount
7. Harold Anderson, Board of Registrars' Salaries $200.00; Board of Registrars' Expenses $60.00 260.00
8. Alpin Chisholm, Salary of Town Auditor 50.00
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