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Merrill, Carl B., So. Main St. Salesman
Morgan, Henry V., Warren St. Accountant
Mullen, James A., Union St. Retired
Mullins, Timothy R., School St. Retired
Murphy, Dennis J., Warren St. Real Estate Dealer
O'Brien, Thomas S., South St. Shoeworker
O'Leary, Timothy M., Plain St. Shoeworker
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O'Mahoney, Joseph W., Pleasant St. Shoeworker
Packard, Lester R., No. Main St. Broker
Pelissier, M. Frank, North St. Shoeworker
Piper, Carleton F., Main St. Auto Dealer
Powderly, Charles T., No. Main St. Shoeworker
Reynolds, O. E., No. Main St. Merchant
Riley, J. Edward, Liberty St.
Shoeworker
Sawyer, George F., Liberty St.
Shoeworker
Shedd, George W., Main St.
Retired
Shepard, H. Joseph, Howard St.
Shoeworker
Stetson, Thomas L., North St. Retired
Sullivan, George A., Maple St.
Shoeworker
Sullivan, M. F., South St. Shoeworker
Teed, Frank F., Oak St. Carpenter
Vaughn, Elmer P., Plain St.
Electrician
Wilde, Albert C., Liberty St. Salesman
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TOWN MEETING WARRANT
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Norfolk, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Randolph, in said County, Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Randolph qualified to vote in Elections and Town Affairs to assemble at Stetson Hall, in said Town, on Monday the second day of March, 1925, at 5:45 o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to act on the following articles, viz. :
Artcle 1. To choose all such Town Officers as are required by law to be chosen by ballot, namely: A Moderator for one year; a Town Clerk for one year; a Town Treasurer for one year; three Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor for one year; one Member of School Committee for three years; one Trustee of Stet- son School Fund for three years; a Collector of Taxes for one year; one Assessor for three years; one Water Commissioner for three years; three Auditors for one year; one Tree Warden for one year; one Highway Surveyor for one year; seven Constables for one year.
Also on the same ballot to vote "Yes" or "No" in answer to the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxicating beverages in this Town?"
Article 2. To hear and act on the report of the Town officers.
Article 3. To raise and appropriate money to de- fray the general town expenses for the current year.
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Article 4. To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary for the support of schools, including Stetson High School, and also for the con- veyance of pupils.
Article 5. To hear and act on the report of any committee and choose any committee the Town may think proper.
Article 6. To see what action the Town will take in relation to repairs on the Turner Free Library Build- ing and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Article 7. To see what action the Town will take in regard to raising and appropriating money for the Randolph Visiting Nurse Association.
Article 8. To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for lighting the streets by electricity.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to build per- manent sidewalks and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to pay the insurance on the Town Treasurer's bond for the year 1925-1926, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article 11. To see what compensation the Town will allow for the collection of taxes.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to pay the insurance on the Tax Collector's bond for the year 1925-1026, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article 13. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the Fire Department and raise and ap- propriate money therefor.
Article 14. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to bor-
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row money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1925, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said municipal year.
Article 15. To see if the Town will appoint the Selectmen to be the agents and attorneys of the Town to prosecute, defend and compromise any and all suits in which the Town may be in any manner interested as a party or otherwise, except so far as the same re- lates in any manner to the water supply, and to em- ploy counsel if necessary.
Article 16. To see if the Town will authorize and appoint the Water Commissioners to be the agents and attorneys of the Town, to prosecute, defend, compro- mise and settle any and all suits and proceedings in which the Town may be interested as a party or other- wise so far as the same in any manner relates to the taking and use of the water of Great Pond, or in the construction of the water works, either jointly or sepa- rately, as authorized under Chapter 217 of the Acts of 1885, and to employ counsel if necessary.
Article 17. To see if the Town will make an appro- priation for the' decoration of Soldiers' Graves under the direction of Capt. Horace Niles Post 110, G. A. R.
Article 18. To see if the Town will raise and ap- propriate money for the planting of shade trees as pe- titioned for by the Tree Warden and others.
Article 19. To see what action the Town will take relative to medical attendance on the poor and raise and appropriate money for the same.
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Article 20. To see what action the Town will take relative to repairs on highways and raise and appro- priate money for the same.
Article 21. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to appoint a Special Police Officer or Officers to enforce the laws and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Article 22. To see what action the Town will take relative to the pay of town laborers.
Article 23. To see if the Town will authorize the Tax Collector to use the same means which a Town Treasurer may use when acting as Tax Collector.
Article 24. To see if the Town will raise and ap- propriate money for the care of the clock in the spire of the First Congregational Church.
Article 25. To see what action the Town will take relative to abatements of taxes and raise and appro- priate money therefor.
Article 26. To see what action the Town will take in relation to rebuilding Warren Street from the Rail- road to Main Street, in conjunction with the County and State, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Article 27. To see what action the Town will take relative to resetting the curbing on Warren Street, in connection with the rebuilding of Warren Street, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Article 28. To see what action the Town will take relative to raising and appropriating money for the suppression of the gypsy and brown tail moths, as recommended by the State Forester.
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Article 29. To see if the Town will raise and ap- propriate the sum of $1,295 from which there shall be paid to the Brockton Hospital such amount as the Board of Selectmen shall determine to be not more than the ordinary and reasonable compensation for care and treatment actually rendered by said Hospital to such persons, residents of the Town of Randolph, as may be in whole or in part unable to pay for such care and treatment.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to amend By-Law No. 21, adopted at the Annual Town Meeting May 5, 1913.
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Water Commissioners to extend the water main from the junction of High and Gold Streets in a north- erly direction on High Street to the residence of Thomas Kiley, as petitioned for by John Henry De- Classant and others and to raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to extend the water main from the extension of Centre Street through to Mill Street to the residence of Mrs. Nancy A. Gould, a distance of five hundred (500) feet, and raise and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by Allan B. Gould and others.
Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to extend the water main 550 feet westerly on Grove Street and raise and appropriate money for same, as petitioned for by C. Esten Soule and others.
Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to extend the water main on North Main Street from Hall Street.
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"to Jane Street, and raise and appropriate money there- for, as petitioned for by Waldo E. Mann and others.
Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate the sum of $2,603.42, the sum being the amount returned to the Town under the provisions of Chapter 480 of the Acts of 1924 (An act providing for the re- turn to the cities and towns of certain surplus funds collected to provide suitable recognition of those resi- dents of Massachusetts who served in the army and navy of the United States during the War with Ger- many), for the purpose of erecting a suitable memorial to those residents and to provide for the appointment of a committee to accomplish this purpose, as peti- tioned for by Marshall W. Leavitt and others.
Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to rescind the action of a Special Town Meeting held June 29, 1923, adjourned from June 25, 1923, whereby the Town voted that money in the hands of the Treasurer of the Welcome Home Committee be turned over to a com- mittee of seven to be appointed by the moderator to erect a permanent memorial bandstand in Stetson Park, and vote that this sum be turned over to the committee appointed under Article 35 for the purpose of erecting a suitable memorial, as petitioned for by Marshall W. Leavitt and others.
Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to install two electric lights on Orchard Street to complete the lighting system on Orchard Street from the residence of James P. Duffy to the junction of Oak and Orchard Streets, as petitioned for by Andrew F. Hewins and others.
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Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to install electric lights on Oak Street extending from the resi- dence of Weston L. Mann to Pine Avenue, and raise and appropriate money therefor as petitioned for by Walter Furness and others.
Article 39. To see if the Town will authorize the in- stallation of electric lights on High Street between Can- ton and Chestnut Streets, as petitioned for by John Henry DeClassant and others and raise and appropri- ate money therefor.
Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to install ten (10) lights on North Main Street from Pole 43 to the Randolph-Quincy line, as petitioned for by P. J. Foley and others, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to install two electric lights on Center Street, at intersections of Alden Avenue and Druid Hill Avenue, and raise and appropriate money for the same, as petitioned for by Leonard E. Clifford and others.
Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to place four electric lights on Mill Street, as follows: One at the corner of Fairfield Road and Mill Street; one at the corner of Wyman Road and Mill Street; one in front of the residence of William G. Lightfoot; and one at the corner of Wilmarth Road and Mill Street, and raise and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by Allan B. Gould and others.
Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to install a fire signal box on Union Street, opposite the store at the junction of Centre Street, and raise and appro-
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priate money therefor, as petitioned for by Allan B. Gould and others.
Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Trustees of the Stetson Fund to remodel the lower floor of Stetson Hall so as to provide suitable office space for the various town departments for the transac- tion of the Town's business. Also to provide adequate vault facilities for the preservation of the Town's records. Further, that whereas the money is available in that the Stetson Fund of $10,000 now amounts to more than $20,000 through the accumulation of inter- est, that the sum necessary to provide these facilities be taken from the interest accumulation which will avoid raising the money through the tax levy. Also that one of the objects of the fund created by Amasa Stetson was to provide such facilities, as petitioned for by Henry V. Morgan, James H. Hurley and others.
Article 45. To see if the Town will vote to have the Town surveyed and maps made, indicating the location and ownership of each parcel of land with the buildings situated thereon. That only a section of the Town be so surveyed each year until the entire Town is surveyed and that the sum of $500 be raised and appropriated for this purpose in 1925 to be ex- pended under the direction of the Board of Assessors as petitioned for by James H. Hurley, Henry V. Mor- gan and others.
Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate a certain amount of free cash in the Treasury for use of the Assessors in connection with the 1925 tax levy as petitioned for by Henry V. Morgan, James H. Hurley and others.
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Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to complete · certain unfinished work at the North Randolph School, and raise and appropriate money therefor, as peti- tioned for by Linwood Brown and others.
Article 48. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the Stetson High School Building includ- ing the completion of the present building and the erection of an addition, in accordance with plans al- ready adopted by the Town; also the acceptance of legislation by the present General Court in connection therewith, and make the necessary provision to carry such action into effect, as petitioned for by Joseph T. Leahy and the Building Committee.
Article 49. To see what action the Town will take relative to equipping and furnishing the Stetson High School, including the new addition, and raise and ap- propriate money therefor, as petitioned for by the School Committee.
Article 50. To see if the Town will raise and ap- propriate money to purchase a Fordson tractor and equipment for snow removal and other uses, as peti- , tioned for by William H. Quigley and others.
Article 51. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $1,500 for use on Centre Street, to buy tarvia and sand, and perform labor to complete the permanent road, as petitioned for by Clarence Rowe and others.
Article 52. To see if the Town will vote to repair - the drain under the street at 39 Lafayette Street, and raise and appropriate money therefor as petitioned for :by Edwin F. Engle.and others.
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Article 53. To see if the Town will vote to repair- Liberty Street from the part repaired in 1924 to North Street, and raise and appropriate money therefor, as. petitioned for by Albert C. Wilde and others.
Article 54. To see what action the Town will take relative to repairing or rebuilding South Street, com- mencing at Union Street, and raise and appropriate money for the same as petitioned for by Fannie E. Knight, Joseph J. McMahon and others.
Article 55. To see what action the Town will take in regard to removing the tracks and fixing the side- walk on West Street, opposite the old car barn at the corner of Silver Street, and raise and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by Hannah C. Grady and others.
Article 56. To see if the Town will vote to accept Section 63 of Chapter 41 of General Laws, and elect three Road Commissioners for one, two and three year terms, and their salary not to be exceeding fifty dollars ($50) a year each, as petitioned for by William S. Condon and others.
Article 57. To see what action the Town will take relative to the collection and disposition of garbage and to raising and appropriating money therefor as peti- tioned for by Fannie E. Knight and others.
Article 58. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $332.80, to settle a judgment obtained by the Attorney General in the Suffolk Superior Court on an unpaid bill of the year 1918 for care of a patient. at the Rutland Sanatorium.
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Article 59. To see if the Town will raise and appro -- priate the sum of $147.43 to settle an unpaid bill con- tracted in 1918 for the care of another patient at the Rutland Sanatorium.
Article 60. To see if the Town will raise and ap- propriate the sum of $500 to pay William J. Good for professional services for settling four suits against the Town, resulting from an automobile accident and deaths in Crawford Square in 1917; the services rendered covering the period from April 15, 1917, the date of the accident out of which said suits arose, to October 6, 1924, when said suits were dismissed.
Article 61. To see if the Town will raise and ap- propriate money for the expenses of the Assessors' Department.
Article 62. To see if the Town will raise and ap- propriate money to cover the expense of furnishing the State Tax Commissioner a copy of the Assessors valuation records for the year 1925, as petitioned for by Henry V. Morgan for the Board of Assessors.
Article 63. To see if the Town will raise and ap- propriate money to cover expense of the Assessors De- partment for 1925 to cover the cost of obtaining records of conveyances from the County Registry, Probate Court records, etc., as petitioned for by Henry V. Mor -. gan for the Board of Assessors.
Article 64. To see if the Town will vote to make certain repairs at the Belcher Grammar School and raise and appropriate money therefor, as petitioned for by the Special School Investigating Committee. through James H. Hurley.
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Article 65. To see if the Town will authorize the Tax Collector to charge interest at the rate of six per cent. per annum on all taxes remaining unpaid on and after October 1, 1925.
Article 66. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the drainage on Woodlawn Street, and raise and appropriate money for same, as petitioned for by Charles A. Mather and others.
The polls will be open from 5:45 o'clock A. M. to 2:00 o'clock P. M.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by post- ing attested copies thereof at five or more public places in said Town, seven days at least before the day and hour for holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk on or before the day and hour appointed for said meeting.
Given under our hands at Randolph, this tenth day of February, 1925.
RICHARD F. FORREST, ERSKINE H. COX, JAMES E. FOLEY, Selectmen of Randolph.
A True Copy. Attest :
PATRICK T. McDONNELL, Constable.
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INDEX
Almshouse . 31
Appropriation Table
74-75-
Assessors, Report of
5-26
Balance Sheet 184-186
Births
134-137
Board of Health, Report of
30
Deaths 142-144
Diseases, Classification of. 145
Fire Department, Report of
191-203
Highway Surveyor, Report of 266
Highways 48-53
Jurors, List of 267-269
Marriages 138-141
Moth Superintendent, Report of 204
Overseers of the Poor, Report of 27, 62-63
Police Department, Report of 76
Recommendations 11, 31, 203, 204, 205, 217, 232 Reports :
Assessors 5-26
Board of Health 30
Fire Department 191-203
Highway Surveyor 266
Moth Superintendent 204
Overseers of the Poor 27, 62-63
Police Department 76
School Committee
207-250
Sealer of Weights and Measures 206.
Selectmen 27-73.
283
Reports-(Continued)
Superintendent of Schools 227-233
Tax Collector 262-265
Town Clerk 77-151
Town Treasurer
175-188
Tree Warden 205
Trustees Stetson School Fund 247-250
Turner Free Library
251-261
Water Commissioners
153-174
School Committee, Report of
207-250
Selectmen, Report of. 27-73
State Election 123-131
Stetson School Fund, Report of Trustees 247-250
Superintendent of Schools, Report of 227-233
Tax Collector, Report of 262-265
Town Clerk, Report of
77-151
Town Meetings :
Annual Town Meeting 79-102
Special Town Meetings 102, 108, 113, 121
Town Notes, Provision for Payment of 189
Town Officers
3-4
Town Treasurer, Report of
175-188
Tree Warden, Report of.
205
Turner Free Library, Report of
251-261
Librarian's Report
256-258
Statistical Report
258
Treasurer's Report
259-261
Trustees' Report
253-255
Valuation 16, 22-24
Vital Statistics 146
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting 1925 270-281
Water, Regulations for use of 168-174
Water Commissioners, Report of 153-174
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NINETIETH
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
Town of Randolph
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For the Year Ending December 31, 1925
Ninetieth Annual Report
of the
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor, Assessors, School Committee, Police Department, Engineers of the Fire Department, Highway Surveyor, Board of Health, Town Clerk, Tax Collector, and Town Treasurer
of the
TOWN OF RANDOLPH
together with the reports of The Trustees of the Stetson School Fund The Trustees of the Turner Free Library The Water Commissioners
for the
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1925.
MAY 14 1963
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1925-1926
Town Clerk and Treasurer John B. McNeill
Moderator James E. Foley
Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor
Richard F. Forrest
Term expires 1926
Erskine H. Cox
Term expires 1926
James H. Hurley
Term expires 1926
Assessors
Henry V. Morgan Term expires 1926
James H. Hurley
Term expires 1927
James E. Foley
Term expires 1928
School Committee
Florence E. Roddan
Term expires 1926
Jesse S. Beal.
Term expires 1927
Charles L. Kiley
Term expires 1928
Water Commissioners
Richard F. Forrest
Term expires 1926
Henry J. Meaney Term expires 1927
John B. McNeill . Term expires 1928
Auditors
Michael F. Cunningham John H. Rudderham James V. Donovan
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Constables
John J. Condon Louis J. Courtney John A. Forrest
Harold W. Macauley William C. Mann Patrick T. McDonnell Martin E. Young
Registrars of Voters
Harold F. Howard Robert T. McAuliffe
Charles R. Powers, Jr. John B. McNeill, ex-officio
Tax Collector Walter H. Lyons
Engineers of Fire Department John J. Condon
Harold W. Macauley Martin E. Young
Finance Committee
Walter R. Cartwright
James V. Donovan
R. Emmett O'Brien
William F. Cunningham Frank M. Condon William H. Leavitt Royal L. Mann
Highway Surveyor James Lynch
Tree Warden John T. Moore
Representative to General Court from 7th Norfolk Representative District George E. Malcolm of Stoughton
Representative to Congress from 14th Congressional District Louis A. Frothingham of North Easton
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
TOWN CLERK 1925
TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS.
Report of the Town Clerk 1925
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING-1925
Randolph, March 2, 1925.
Pursuant to a warrant issued by the Selectmen and dated February 10, 1925, duly posted by Patrick T. McDonnell, Constable, the Voters of Randolph assem- bled at Stetson Hall this second day of March, 1925.
Meeting was, called to order by the Moderator Jamaes E. Foley.
Warrant and Return were read by the Town Clerk.
The preliminaries of law having been complied with the polls were declared open for the reception of bal- lots promptly at 5.45 A. M. and action taken as fol- lows :
Article 1. To choose all such Town Officers as are required by law to be chosen by ballot, namely : A Moderator for one year; a Town Clerk for one year; a Town Treasurer for one year; three Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor for one year; one Member of School Committee for three years; one Trustee of Stet- son School Fund for three years; a Collector of Taxes for one year; one Assessor for three years; one Water Commissioner for three years; three Auditors for one year; one Tree Warden for one year; one Highway Surveyor for one year; seven Constables for one year.
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VOTED, that we proceed to ballot for all such Town Officers as are required by law to be chosen by ballot at the Annual Town Meeting, namely: A Moderator for one year; a Town Clerk for one year; a Town Treasu- rer for one year; three Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor for one year; one member of School Committee for three years; one Trustee of Stetson School Fund for three years; a Collector of Taxes for one year ; one Assesor for three years; one Water Commissioner for three years; three Auditors for one year; one Tree Warden for one year; one Highway Surveyor for one year; seven Constables for one year.
That the polls be kept open until two o'clock P. M. that articles 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, and 66 of this Warrant be referred to the Finance or Appropriation Committee composed of William S. Condon, Herman W. French, Frank D. McCarthy, John E. Kelley, Ellen A. Farrell, Winifred B. Richter, and Robert S. Cutting, said committee to report at an adjournment of this meeting Monday, March 16, 1925, at 7.30 o'clock P. M.
The following persons acted as Election Officers :- Ballot Clerks : Mildred L. Merrill, William F. O'Keefe; Ballot Box officer : John B. Duff; Checkers at Gate: Una C. Belcher, Julia F. Dolan, Helen T. Sullivan, Her- man W. French; Officers at Gates: Leo Kelliher; E. Lawrence Payne; Tellers: Arthur W. Alden, Edmund K. Belcher, Joseph Belcher, Sarah C. Belcher, Alice B. . Burchell, Jessie C. Dunbar, Hannah W. Foster, Alice
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