Plainville, Massachusetts annual reports 1951-1959, Part 14

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Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $900.00 or any other sum for repair of School Street after water installation or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to continue the water system on Warren Street for 600 feet more or less and raise and appropriate the sum of $1,317.00 or any other sum or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $600.00 or any other sum to repair Warren Street after water installation or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to continue water on Fletcher Street 500 feet more or less and raise and appro- priate the sum of $1,530.00 or any other sum or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 or any other sum to repair Fletcher Street after water installation or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to continue water on East Bacon Street Extension for 900 feet more or less and raise and appropriate the sum of $2,552.00 or any other sum or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $900.00 or any other sum to repair


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East Bacon Street Extension after water installation or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer a sum of money for the purchase of a new supplementary fire truck or do or act in any manner realtive thereto. (Board of Fire Engineers.)


Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer $4,000.00 or any other sum for the building of a sidewalk on the westerly side of South Street from the Town office to the top of Wade's Hill, a distance of a mile more or less, provided the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts will pay for part of the cost of said sidewalk or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer the sum of $300.00 or any other sum for the building and curbing of about 200 linear feet of side- walk along the front of St. Martha's Catholic Church on the easterly side of South Street provided the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will pay for part of the cost of said sidewalk and curbing or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to install one street light on Fletcher Street about in front of the residence of Byron Schofield and the money to pay for same to be raised and appropriated under Section 19 of Article 6 or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to install two street lights on South Street one about in front of the Eastern Tire Sales Co. and one about in front of Alva Paulus' Service Station and the money to pay for same to be raised and ap- propriated under Section 19 of Article 6 or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to install four street lights on Cross Street and the money to pay for same to be raised and appropriated under Section 19 of Article 6 or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the building of a head wall


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about where the new state drain running along the southern boundary of the Quirk property meets the drain on the new Elementary School property or do or act in any manner rela- tive thereto.


Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purchase and installing of about 400 linear feet of six-foot chain link fence on part of the boundary of the new Elementary School land or do or act in any manner relative thereto. (School Committee)


Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for black topping about 22,000 square feet of the new Elementary School yard or do or act in any manner relative thereto. (School Committee)


Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 or any other sum for the treat- ment of tuberculosis patients having a legal settlement in this town as provided for by Chapter 270, Acts of 1952, repealing Chapter 562 of the Acts of 1951, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 40. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Forest Committee with the approval of the Selectmen, to sell a certain piece of land or any part thereof and further author- ize said Town Forest Committee and the Board of Selectmen to sign, acknowledge and deliver any instruments of transfer on behalf of the Town or do or act in any manner relative thereto. This land has a frontage on Route 1 of about 665 feet and a depth of around 300 or 400 feet.


Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to sell a cer- tain piece of land to the John Edward McNeill Post No. 217, American Legion Building Association, and authorize the Board of Selectmen to sign, acknowledge and deliver any instru- ments of Transfer on behalf of the Town or do or act in any manner relative thereto. This piece of land is about 250 feet long by 150 feet wide and is situated off West Bacon Street in the rear of the Whiting and Davis field.


Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell a certain piece of land between Taunton Street and Bartlett Road and also authorize said


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Board of Selectmen to sign, acknowledge and deliver any in- struments of transfer on behalf of the Town or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropiate or transfer from available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for the purchase of war bonds or other bonds that are legal investments for savings banks, and to be placed in a fund known as the Post-War Rehabilitation Fund in ac- cordance with the provisions of Chapter 5, Acts of 1943; this money to be earmarked for the building and equipping of an addition to the new Elementary School building or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 44. To see whether or not the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell, demolish or other- wise dispose of, on behalf of the Town, the old High School building that is no longer being used for school purposes, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 45. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $616.98 representing the proceeds of a reimburse- ment from the insurance company to cover a loss sustained through burglary by the Plainville School Department for the following purposes: Replacement of office safe, $250.00; Re- pairs to building and equipment, $356.98; Replacement of money stolen, $10.00.


Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 537, Acts 1951 of the General Laws. Be it enacted, etc., as follows: "Chapter 31 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after Sec. 47D, inserted by Section 1 of Chapter 402 of the Acts of 1941, the following section:"


Section 47E. Persons holding positions referred to in Section 47C shall be given an annual step-rate increase, to be set forth in the compensation plan established under Sec. 47D, on the first day of July following the anniversary of the date of their receiving the minimum salary for the position which they hold, but such increase shall not entitle such persons to any change of rating or increased authority. Such increase shall be fixed by the board referred to in Sec. 47D and shall


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be paid annually until the maximum salary set forth in the compensation plan established under Sec. 47D for the position so held has been reached. The Superior Court, upon suit by the attorney-general or petition of one or more taxable in- habitants of a city or town in which it is alleged that the pro- visions of this section or sections 47C and 47D are not enforced, may, in law, or equity, enforce said sections. This section shall become effective in a town by a majority vote at an an- nual town meeting."


Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to transfer a sum of money from the Surplus Revenue Account to be used by the assessors for the reduction of the tax rate or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 48. To choose any committee and to hear the re- port of any committee and act thereon.


And you are directed to serve this Warrant, by posting up attested copies thereof in seven (7) Public Places in said town, seven (7) days at least before the time of holding said meeting.


Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at or before the time and place of said meeting as aforesaid.


Given under our hands this fourteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty- three.


ARTHUR W. WASHBURN LEROY B. WILSON NORMAN A. McGILL


Selectmen of Plainville


Index


Animal Inspector's Report


60


Assessors' Report 114


Auditors' Report


124


Board of Health Report


113


Collector of Taxes Report


94


Dutch Elm Control Report


107


Fire Engineers' Report


110


Highway Department Report.


116


Inspector of Milk and Dairies Report


112


Moth Department Report


60


Park and Playground Commissioners' Report


121


Police Department Report


109


Public Library Trustees


108


Registrars' Expenses


58


School Committee


61


Attendance Tables


88


High School Graduation Exercises 85


List of Teachers 91


Membership by Age and Grade 89


Money Available for Schools 65


Money Received From State 66


1953 Estimates


66


Report and Financial Statement of School Planning Committee 92


School Calendar 63


School Committee 64


School Committee Budget 67


School Nurse


84


School Officials


62


Statistics


86


Superintendent of Schools 68


Sealer of Weights and Measures 104


Selectmen's Report 125


Aid to Dependent Children (Federal Grant) 129


Aid to Dependent Children (Fed. Grant Adm.) 129


Aid to Dependent Children (Town Appropriation) 130


Board of Health 127


Current and Incidentals 126


Disability Assistance (Fed. Grant)


129


Disability Assistance (Fed. Grant Adm.) 129


General Welfare 126


Old Age Assistance (Town Appropriation) 130


Old Age Assistance (Federal Grant) 128


Old Age Assistance (Federal Grant) Administrative 128


Town Office Maintenance 128


Tuition


127


Slaughtering Inspector's Report


112


Town Clerk's Report 7


Appointment of Assistant Town Clerk 57


Births Recorded in Plainville During 1952 47


Deaths Recorded in Plainville During 1952 53


Expenses of Town Clerk 57


Jury List 59


Licenses and License Fees Received by Town Clerk 55


Marriages Recorded in Plainville During 1952 50


Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, 1952 7


Warrant for Presidential Primary 24


Warrant for Special Town Meeting, May 19 31


Warrant for State Primary 33


Warrant for State Election 40


Town Officers 3


Treasurer's Report 95


Tree Warden Report 58


Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, 1953 131


Water Commissioner's Report


105


Wiring Inspector's Report 123


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PLAINVILLE FIRE ALARM


A E. FRENCH, Chief-Tel. 8-0283-J


5 Fire Station


6 Center of Town


7 Whiting & Davis Co. (Private)


8 High School


12 South St. & Lincoln Ave.


13 Assembly Call


14 South & Pleasant Sts.


15 Bacon Square


1.6 Bugbee & Washington Sts.


18 South & Everett Sts.


21 Sidney St. & Cooney Ave.


24 Melcher & Pleasant Sts.


25 West Bacon & Fletcher Sts.


26 East Bacon & Grove Sts.


31 West Bacon & Warren Sts.


32 East Bacon & Pleasant Sts.


33 West Bacon & Freemont Sts.


34 South & Broad Sts.


35 Hawkins St., No. Attleboro Line


36 School & George Sts.


38 Washington & George Sts.


4-4-4-4 Forest Fire


.il Walnut & Fuller Sts.


42 Spring & Cottage Sts.


13 Walnut & High Sts.


45 Hancock St., Wrentham Line


16 South & Fuller Sts.


48 George & Wampum Sts.


51 Warren & High Sts.


52 South & Cross Sts.


53 High & Chestnut Sts.


54 South & Green Sts.


56 Berry St., Wrentham Line


58 East Bacon & Washington Sts.


61 Plainville Stock Co., (Private)


62 Wilkins' Four Corners


64 Taunton & Washington Sts.


72 Mirmichi Pond South


74 Taunton & Shepard Sts.


76 Mirmichi Pond North


82 Belcher & Madison Sts.


84 Washington St., Wrentham Line


115 Elementary School (Private)


113 Out of Town


2 Recall IN CASE OF FIRE CALL: Chief A. E. French, Tel. Home 8-0283-J or Factory 8-0024


1st Assistant C. F. Henrich, Tel. Home 8-0654-R 2nd Assistant C. A. Meyer, Tel. Home 8-1540 or Factory 8-0024


Raymond Cobb, Tel. Home 8-1123-W or Garage 8-015-i Everett W. Skinner, Tel. Home 8-1147-R Elmer C. Pease, Tel. Home 8-1148-W


Fire Station trom 11:00 P.M. to 6:00 A.M. 8-0176-M Sun., Mon., Tues., Wed., Thurs., Fri., Sat.


Fire Station from 6:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. 8-0176-M Tues., Wed., Thurs., Fri., Sat. except holidays


The Plainville Engine Co., will report to the Central Station, North Attleboro on Second Alarms of the following box numbers: Located in North Attleboro: 5-6-7-8-21-24-33-34- 51-65-81-82-83-86-151-216-218-612-812-813.


NO SCHOOL SIGNALS


7:30 A.M. Three double blasts on Fire Alarm System signifies no school for all pupils for the day.


7:45 A.M. Same signal signifies no school for primary school pupils.


11:45 A.M. Same signal signifies no school in the afternoon and all pupils will stay in school one hour longer than the usual morning session and then be dis- missed for the day.


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1954


TOWN OFFICERS


MODERATOR-One Year CHARLES O. PEASLEY


TOWN CLERK-One Year ARTHUR W. WASHBURN CHARLES S. COBB, Assistant Clerk


TOWN TREASURER-Three Years EDWARD E. OSTERHOLM, Term expires 1956


SELECTMEN, WELFARE BOARD and BOARD OF HEALTH


ARTHUR W. WASHBURN


Term expires 1954


NORMAN A. McGILL


LEROY B. WILSON


Term expires 1955 Term expires 1956


ASSESSORS


FRANK V. HENRICH


Term expires 1954


CHARLES J. QUIRK


Term expires 1955


SYDNEY J. ANDREWS


Term expires 1956


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


HELEN A. SMITH


Term expires 1954


CLINTON E. BARTON


Term expires 1955


EDWARD H. HEMMINGSEN


Term expires 1955


ROBERT W. ROOT


Term expires 1956


CHARLES O. PEASLEY


Term expires 1956


WATER COMMISSIONERS


GORDON S. PROAL


Term expires 1954


ALTON E. FRENCH


Term expires 1955


DAVID B. LOMASNEY


Term expires 1956


TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY


ALICE M. PEASE


Term expires 1954


ARTHUR W. WASHBURN


Term expires 1955


BARBARA P. FLUCK


Term expires 1956


TAX COLLECTOR-Three Years


THEODORE A. WICKMAN Term expires 1956


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PARK COMMISSIONERS


ARTHUR W. MYERS, JR.


CLARENCE E. SKINNER, JR.


ROBERT J. FAWCETT


Term expires 1954


Term expires 1955


Term expires 1956


AUDITOR-One Year LAWRENCE H. CARPENTER


CONSTABLES-One Year


HERBERT A. MORSE ELMER C. PEASE


CHESTER A. MEYER


TREE WARDEN-One Year ALEC H. FREDRICKSON


FENCE VIEWERS and FIELD DRIVERS-One Year CHESTER A. MEYER


HERBERT A. MORSE


ELMER C. PEASE


MEASURERS OF WOOD, BARK and LUMBER


GEORGE H. SNELL HARRY O. PROAL


FRANCIS W. SIMMONS EVERETT W. SKINNER


APPOINTED BY FIRE ENGINEERS


Chief of Fire Department ALTON E. FRENCH


APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN Acting Chief of Police CHESTER A. MEYER Superintendent of Streets HARRY O. PROAL


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Fire Engineers


CHRISTIAN F. HENRICH


CHESTER A. MEYER ALTON E. FRENCH


Forest Warden ALTON E. FRENCH


Official Weigher and Sealer of Weights and Measures ADRIAN G. WHEELER


Town Burial Agent WESLEY H. BURTON


Special Police


EUGENE J. BRODEUR


CLINTON E. BARTON


GEORGE A. CLARKE FRANK KING


ALTON E. FRENCH


EVERETT SKINNER


CLARENCE AVERY EARLE F. ROSE


ARCHIE L. WALDEN


ALVA I. PAULUS


CLAYTON E. CATE


STEPHEN S. GUY-New Elementary School Only EVERETT C. DAVIS-Beagle Club property only ERNEST J. LaPORTE-(Limited) HENRY NEVEAUX, JR .- (Limited) CHIEF-PETER J. McKEON, North Attleboro CHIEF-WALTER HOBBS, Wrentham


North Attleboro Officers-Special Police in Plainville CARL MacDONALD


DANA RALPH


JOSEPH MCAVOY


JAMES N. WATTERS


JOSEPH LaCASSE HENRY IRVINE STANLEY H. LYKUS GEORGE ELLIOTT JOHN J. MCCARTHY LEO DESAUTEL LEROY GORDON


ROBERT MORSE


ALEXANDER GRZENDA CARL BEETY HENRY BIBBY DANIEL BRADLEY


Fire Police


GEORGE A. CLARKE CHARLES F. BREEN, JR.


Inspector of Animals EARL B. THOMPSON


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Inspector of Slaughtering EARL B. THOMPSON


Sanitation Inspector PUTNAM STEELE, E. Bridgewater


Dog Officer


HERBERT A. MORSE


Moth Inspector ALEC H. FREDERICKSON


Inspector of Wires CHARLES G. HAYES


Registrars of Voters


DACIA A. ANDERSON FRANK KING


Term expires 1954


HAROLD L. ANDERSON


Term expires 1955 Term expires 1956


ARTHUR W. WASHBURN


Night Patrolman


ELMER C. PEASE


Welfare Agent and Clerk of Selectmen


RUTH R. FULTON


Town Physician


MAURICE D. GRANT, M.D.


Town Forest Committee


GEORGE H. SNELL


Term expires 1954


EDGAR F. BERRY


Term expires 1955


HARRY O. PROAL


Term expires 1956


APPOINTMENT AT ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Advisory or Financial Committee


RALPH E. CROWELL ALPIN CHISHOLM


OLIVER P. BROWN ARTHUR W. WASHBURN


CHARLES F. BREEN, JR. EDWARD E. OSTERHOLM REGINALD B. KEYES (Resigned)


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Town Clerk's Report


WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING


THE 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 High School Auditorium in said Plainville, on


MONDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF MARCH 1953, A.D.


at six-thirty o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following Articles, viz:


Article 1. The following Town Officers to be chosen by ballot, viz: One Moderator, one Town Clerk, one Auditor, one Tree Warden, and three Constables for one year. One Treasurer, one Selectman, Board of Welfare, one Assessor, one Water Commissioner, one Trustee of Public Library, one Collector of Taxes, one Park Commissioner, two members of School Committee for three years, and one member of School Committee for two years.


For this purpose the polls will open at 6:30 o'clock in the forenoon and may be closed at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.


For the consideration of all other articles in this Warrant the meeting will be adjourned to 7:30 p.m. of said day in the Auditorium of the new Elementary School on South Street in said town.


Article 2. To choose all other necessary Town Officers not named in Article 1, for a term of one year.


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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 accept the provisions of Chapter 81 of the General Laws.


Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to fix the salary and compensation of all elective officers of the Town as pro- vided by Section 108 of Chapter 41, General Laws, as amended, as follows:


Moderator $20.00 each Annual Meeting


10.00 each Special Meeting


Town Clerk


300.00 per year


Town Treasurer


600.00 per year


Selectmen, chairman


300.00 per year


Second Member


200.00 per year


Third Member


200.00 per year


Assessors, chairman


400.00 per year


Second Member


400.00 per year


Third Member


400.00 per year


Tax Collector


600.00 per year


School Committee


40.00 each member


Water Commissioners,


Chairman and Supt.


200.00 per year


Second Member


25.00 per year


Third Member


25.00 per year


Auditor


75.00 per year


Constables


1.00 per hour


Tree Warden 1.00 per hour


or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 6. To appropriate and raise by borrowing or otherwise such sums of money as may be required to defray


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Town charges for the financial year ending December 31, 1953 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 salaries.


5. For the Assessor's current expenses and salaries.


6. For the Tax Collector's current expenses and salary.


7. For the Board of Registrar's current expenses and salaries.


8. For the salary of Town Auditor.


9. For the Sealer of Weights and Measures' current ex- penses and salary.


10. For the payment of Insurance.


11. For Welfare.


12. Aid Dependent Children.


13. For Old Age Assistance.


14. For Veteran's Benefits.


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 salaries.


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 Night Patrol.


23. For Tree Warden.


24. For Removal of Snow.


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25. For Park Commissioners.


26. For Support of School and salaries of School Com- mittee.


27. Town Forest Committee.


28. For heating and maintenance of Fire Station and Town Office Building.


29. For maturing debt.


30. For Welfare Agent.


31. For Wire Inspector, salary and expenses.


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, Secretary of the Water Commissioners and Clerk of the selectmen's 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 bor- row money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1954 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 a sum of money 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 the extraordinary unforeseen 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 vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the operation of Road Ma- chinery or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, and raise and


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appropriate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 81 Highways, or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the care and maintenance of the Town Dump, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,200.00, or any other sum, to con- tinue the drainage program, 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 all control work against the Dutch Elm Disease, as set forth by Section 13, Chapter 761, Act of 1949, to be expended under the direction of the Moth Superintendent, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to accept the continuation of Mathurin Road as a Public Way, when it is brought up to a grade satisfactory to the Board of Selectmen, and a blue-print of the layout and grade furnished to the Town, 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 $1,028.04, this being the amount appor- tioned to Plainville as its share of the cost of the Norfolk County Retirement System, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00, or any other sum, for the use of the athletic department of the schools, as provided for in Chapter 658, Acts of 1950, a revision of Sec. 47, Chapter 71, of the General Laws, or do or act in any manner relative thereto.


Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $2000.00, or any other sum for the purpose of


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carrying out the provisions of Chapter 118D amending 118C, inserted by Chapter 658 of the General Laws, or do or act in any manner relative thereto. This chapter has to do with aid for Disabled persons.


Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 or any other sum, for the carrying out of the State Vocational Education Porgram as provided for in Section 7 and 8 of Chapter 74, General Laws, or do or act in any manner relative thereto. (This account to be handled by the School Committee.)




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