Town Annual Report of the Officers of the Town of Milford, Massachusetts 1929, Part 8

Author: Milford (Mass.)
Publication date: 1929
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 282


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Oliver Street school :-


Brick and stone work in basement whitened.


South school :-


Front and two side blackboards done over in each room.


Fountain Street school :-


Painted outside one coat; smaller blackboards done over.


Plains Primary school :-


Boys' play room whitened ; black work of heating system repainted .- E. F. Porter, Contractor for all of above group, (lowest bidder) $74.00.


Claflin school :-


Painted one coat outside; walls of school room painted one coat.


Bear Hill school :--


Painted one coat outside ; walls and ceilings of hallways tinted one coat water color ; new division fence at rear of building painted.


Hoboken school :-


Blackboards done over.


High school :---


Basement lockers painted one coat; door to girls' toilet


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room painted; fresh air shafts in both basements whit- emed; Chemical laboratory tables dressed with hot lin- seed oil .- Casey & Dewing, Contractors for all of above group, (lowest bidder) $405.65.


MASON WORK


'Cement curb under, up to and securing wire fence at Chapin Street school .- G. Sabatinelli, $90.00.


PLUMBING AND HEATING


The usual summer overhauling of heaters and ordinary repairs during the year.


NEW FENCING


New Page wire fences were installed in front of the Purchase Grammar school, as well as in front and along the north side of the Fountain Street school for 75 feet .- A. P. Clarridge, $490.00.


EMERGENCY REPAIRS


Just before the opening of the fall term of school it was found that in an orgy of window breaking mostly in one district, over 300 panes of glass of various sizes had been broken out. All were reset in time for the opening of school.


Late in the fall term, Laboratory No. 19 in the High school was flooded and about two-thirds of the ceiling in Room 10 fell or had to be taken down.


SPECIAL REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS


Chapin :street school.


The modernization of the Chapin Street school was completed, a new Mills sectional boiler was installed as vrell as a Univent indirect heater and direct wall coils in each of the three rooms. Contractor, M. S. McMahon; contract price, $3,650; R. A. Cook and W. T. Phillips, Associated, Architects, $223.00. New slate blackboards wyere installed in all the rocms.


Bear Hill school.


Jacketed heating system with turbine ventilator in-


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stalled at the Bear Hill school. F. A. Gould, Contractor, $110.00. (Nearly new heater already in use, part of the equipment.)


Resurfacing playground at the South school.


During the summer vacation of 1929 the playground at the South school was rolled, resurfaced and rerolled. The yard was regraded and given a gentle slope from the front of the building to the street, establishing a proper grade for a play- ground and giving it sufficient pitch to carry off surface water. There was used in this reconstruction 180 yards of gravel pur- chased of Byrne & Varney, $198.00, 80 yards of stone and 78 yards of sand purchased of Melvin Sand Co., $277.00, and labor, $60.50; total, $535.50. The material was graded and rolled un- der the direction of Mr. George Anderson, janitor of the South school.


ACCOMPLISHED DURING THE YEAR EDUCATIONAL


1. The High school is still in Class A.


2. Milford students won all four Patrick peace prize essays last Spring.


3. Milford students won 28 prizes and honorable men- tions in the M. S. P. C. A. and American Humane Educa- tion prize poster contest.


4. A Milford High school student shone in the Traveler short story contest.


5. One hundred and forty-eight children won honor certificates (20 books-5 non-fiction) in the library course.


6. The school children saved $16,111.87 during the year.


7. A complete introduction of new mathematics text in the Stacy school and a nearly complete introduction of new music text in the grade schools.


MATERIAL


1. The Chapin Street school was completely modern- ized.


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2. The Bear Hill school was equipped with a heating unit similar to those at Fountain Street and Braggville.


3. New steel fence's have been installed at Fountain Street and the Purchase Grammar school.


4. The resurfacing of the yard at the South school was completed.


5. A second Physical laboratory has been installed in the basement of the Stacy school building.


CLERICAL


A new system of permanent records of pupils has been worked out and installed in the Stacy school.


RECOMMENDATIONS


Educational :-


1. Introduce a new set of Hygiene books into the schools. schools.


2. Employ a Penmanship supervisor.


Material :-


3. Put steel fences along the streets at Braggville and Chapin Street.


4. Paint the Park school and the three buildings in the Plains district.


5. Modernize the Purchase Grammar school.


6. Resurface the yards at Hoboken, Chapin Street and the Plains district.


Educational and Material :-


7. Build a new High school.


In conclusion, I thank all my associates for faithful service (under adverse conditions in many cases.) I beg, at this point, to express a word of gratitude to your com- mittee for continued consideration, and appreciation of your repeated efforts to provide more and better school- rooms.


Respectfully submitted,


ALMORIN O. CASWELL, Superintendent of Schools.


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Report of the School Physicians.


Milford, Mass., January 13, 1930.


To the School Committee of Milford :


Herewith we submit the report of our findings in our annual inspection of the schools of Milford for the year, 1929, as follows :-


PRIMARY DEPARTMENT, Number of Pupils, 1257


No. of normals, 153, or 12 percent


No. having only slight defects, 434, or 35 percent


No. having serious defects, 670, or 53 percent


No. having mouth and teeth defects, 816.


No. having nose and throat defects, 682.


No. having miscellaneous defects, 35.


GRAMMAR DEPARTMENT, Number of Pupils, 1082


No. of normals, 311, or 29 percent


No. having only slight defects, 271, or 75 percent


No. having serious defects, 500, or 46 percent


No. having mouth and teeth defects, 595.


No. having nose and throat defects, 418.


No. having miscellaneous defects, 20.


HIGH SCHOOL, Number of Pupils, 506


No. of normals, 253, or 50 percent


No. having only slight defects, 79, or 16 percent


No. having serious defects, 174, or 34 percent


No. having mouth and teeth defects, 188,.


No. having nose and throat defects, 101.


No. having miscellaneous defects, 26.


WHOLE SCHOOL, Number of Pupils, 2845


No. of normals, 717, or 25 percent


No. having only slight defects, 784, or 28 percent


No. having serious defects, 1344, or 47 percent


No. having mouth and teeth defects, 1599.


No. having nose and throat defects, 1173


No. having miscellaneous defects, .. ..... 81.


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Obviously, it is difficult to estimate the exact effects of subnormal physical condition upon scholastic progress as there are other factors bearing quite as heavily upon it. Large classes and crowded rooms, shortened school per- iods due to the numerous double platoons are still some- what in evidence, as well as alluring outside attractions and even a lack of parental co-operation in some cases.


Some investigations have been carried on this year with regard to heating and ventilation of the school- rooms. It appears to be impossible to heat and ventilate well all the rooms in a building with any automatic sys- ten of control. Some rooms were found to have a temper- ature of 84 F. degrees and a relative humidity as low as 21%. Fortunately, this combination was rare as it surely must affect the health as well as the mental activity of the pupils. Other rooms in the same building were quite comfortable with a temperature of 70 degrees and a rel- ative humidity between 40 and 50%. Pupils in the latter rooms appear brighter and more alert and probably do better work with less effort. In very few rooms were the temperature and humidity up to standard requirements.


There seems to be a growing inclination among school architects to heat and ventilate each room independently, depending upon the judgment of the teachers for proper regulation. This system is quite satisfactory but not in- expensive.


Further investigations will be made with a view to hav- ing some definite suggestions to make to your committee in connection with the planning of any new buildings which may be erected.


JOHN M. FRENCH, M. D. JOHN V. GALLAGHER, M. D., School Physicians.


CLASS


1929


HE CONQUERS WHO ENDURES


Cummenerment Hrugram


Milford high School


June 26, 1929.


EVELYN M. MERRILEES


TOWN HALL Wednesday Evening, June 26, 1929.


PROGRAM.


March


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M. H. S. Orchestra. John Joseph Costrino, Leader.


Entrance of Senior Class escorted by Junior Class


Selection Orchestra.


The House by the Side of the Road Gulesian-Gaines M. H. S. Glee Club.


Salutatory-"The Short Story : a Brief Analysis" Lewis Jesse Clark.


Roll on Silver Moon Sloman Waitin' in the Shadows . Wellesley Boys' Glee Club.


Oration-"O. Henry, the Yankee Maupassant"' Gordon Adams Shaw.


A-Hunting We Will Go Bucalossi-Page M. H. S. Glee Club.


Valedictory-"Edgar Allen Poe, 'The Hamlet of America' " James Albert Sibson.


Presentation of Diplomas


Hon. John C. Lynch. Chairman of the School Committee.


Class Ode


Award of Prizes


Selection


.


Orchestra. . .


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CLASS ODE. Tune: By-Gone Days. We will ne'er forget pleasant high school days, When our youthful hearts were light, And those comrades tried with their cheery ways, Whom we've cherished with delight. And those friendships true we will ne'er forget For we'll think of them with glee,


Whether far or near, whether far or near, On land or sea.


On this parting day, as we wend our way To the future bright and fair, May we ever find in this world so gay All our hopes and wishes there. We will win the strife if we do and dare, When upon life's waves we're cast, For we'll seek thy care, we will seek thy care As in the past. We will always hold to the standards bold, In the years which seem secure, That we'll e'er be true to our motto old : He will conquer who endures. Alma Mater dear, we will promise here That we'll ever love thy name; And we'll hold you dear, and we'll hold you dear, Farewell, Farewell.


-Natalie Marden Cumming.


Ilugo Adam Andreotti Paul Joseph Apicella, Michael Arthur Bibbo Anna Catherine Boyle Joseph Russell Brown Phyllis Gertrude Brown Adelbert Bullard Hazel Bernadette Burns Gertrude Jean Christie Lewis Jesse Clark


CLASS OF 1929. Lucy Rita Cornacchia John Joseph Costrino Chester William Cox Natalie Marden Cumming Grace Claire De Vanuto Harry Roger Egan Walter Louis Fitzgerald Sara Christine Foye Alberta Rosanna Garland Laurence Frederic Granger


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Lloyd Stanfield Griswold Verne Ross Griswold Michael Ernest Iacovelli Louis James Iadarola Dominic Alfred Kaizzi Lucy Marie King Clyde Leland Kizer Robert Henry Knight Lily Elvera Lawson Magaret Irene Macini Marguerite Louise Macuen Charles Lloyd Magee Nellie Antoinette Mazzarelli Frederick Daniel McDonough Royce Carlton McNamara Evelyn Mitchell Merrilees George Anthony Mongiat Edwin Thomas Moore Phyllis Marie Moore Mary Lillian Morcone Raymond Arthur Morey Norman Ellsworth Morse George Winslow Mosher Isabella Margaret Murphy Doris Gertrude Nash Esther Beatrice Nigro


Oliver Emil Nixon Grace Barbara Oliveri


Louise Mary Parente


Raymond Peterson Frederick Richard Porter Mary Gertrude Pyne Jessie Dorothy Rebecchi Rena May Richards Edward John Rizoli John Harold Rizoli Helen Louise Rockwood George Lawrence Rooney Pearl Werber Rose Enrico Louis Ruggiero Dominic Anthony Sauchelli Frank Albert Seastrom Gordon Adams Shaw Mae Eleanor Sherman Dorothy Irene Shirland Francis William Shurtleff James Albert Sibson Philip Monroe Smith, Jr. Evelyn Charlotte Solari Josephine Anna Tacconi Viola Mae Tenney Guido Mario Todino


Emma Marie Trotta John Jerry Trotta


John Villani


Addison Howard Wheeler


Theron Wheelock Harry Linwood Williams


CLASS OFFICERS.


President, Gordon Adams Shaw Vice-President, Josephine Anna Tacconi Secretary, Evelyn Charlotte Solari Treasurer, James Albert Sibson


Class Colors: American Beauty and Silver Class Flower: American Beauty Rose Class Motto: He Conquers Who Endures


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GIRLS' CONTINUATION SCHOOL- FALL CANNING EXHIBIT, 1929.


LIST OF TEACHERS, JANUARY 1, 1930.


School.


Teacher's Name.


An Sal.


Residence.


Tel.


Ap.


Subject


Grade.


High-


*Thomas J. Quirk


$3400 23 So. High St.


576-R


1917


Phyics Algebra Geometry


XI. IX.


High -


F. C. Berry


2800 86 High St.


718-M


1914


Algebra


IX.


High-Teachers


Miss Mary B. Ford


1700 21 West Pine St.


921-R


1906|Chemistry


XII,


Algebra


XII.


Solid Geometry


XII.


Trigonometry


XII.


Geometry


X .. XI. 49


Miss Marion A. Ryan Miss Hannah E. Callanan


1700 276 Main St.


1913 History


X. X.


Miss Margaret A. Pianca


1700 44 Mendon St ..


896


1913 German French


XI., XII XI., XII. ...


Miss Lillian L. Egan


1700 15 South Main St.


417-J


1924 Typewriting Stenography


XI,. XII.


Miss Agnes R. Lvnch


1700 41 Hayward St.


1014-R


1918 Typewriting, Bookk'p'g X., XI.


Miss Catherine E. Curtin


1700 16 Parker Hill Ave.


I22


(927 Commercial Arithmetic IX. Penmanship Bookkeeping


IX. X., XI,


Miss Mae A. Comba


1700 28 Pearl St.


177


1930 History


XI., XII


Principal


X.


Sub-Master


1700 298 Main St.


1493 920


English


XII.


French


Hopedale


XII. -


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LIST OF TEACHERS, JANUARY 1, 1930-CONTINUED.


School.


Teacher's Name.


Sal.


Residence.


Tel.


|Ap.


Subject.


Grade.


High -- Teachers


Fred A. Metcalf


$1400 2 Mendon Street,


489- R


1927


Physics


XI.


Miss Loretta E. Murray


1700 127 South Main St.


1629-R 341-M


1922 English


X.


XI., XII.


Miss Elizabeth A. Doyle


1700 36 Church St,


143


1923 English


XI.


Miss Marie Cenedella


1600 68 School St.


977


1925 English


IX.


Miss Elizabeth B. Rourke


1700 36 Church St.


143


1923 Algebra


IX.


Miss Rita M. Connors


1600 35 Congress St.


496-MM


1925 History


XI.


English


X.


Miss Margaret E. Feige Miss Regina C. Curley


1400 54 Bancroft Ave.


467-J


1927| Latin, English


IX.


1300 10 Congress St.


133


1928 Latin, English


X.


Miss Catharine A.Somers


1600 36 Church St.


143


1925 Science


IX.


Miss Inez E.Sanclemente MissM. Gertrude Cahill


1300 14 Cedar St.


527~M


1928 Civics


IX.


1400 2 Gibbon Ave.


430


1927 History, Com'l English X. Penmanship


IX.


#Miss Josephine Calarese Albert D. Riopel


600 10 Union St.


1673M


French


X.


# Part-time Substitute.


Hopedale


Geometry


X.


1922 Latin


X., XI., XII.


Miss Sadie A. O'Connell


1700 42 Prospect St.


Expression


50


-


Stacy School


*John L. Davoren


1700| 290 Main St.


1157-M | 1927| Special Classes Mathematics English History


VII. VIII.


Miss Mary E. Kelley


1400 18 Cherry St.


1400 57 Congress St.


1915 Mathematics


Miss Rita K. Fitzpatrick


1150|312 Main St.


78-R 1912 | English 74-W 519-W 1926 Hist., Eng.


VIII. VIII. VII. VII.


Miss MargaretM. Gilroy


1000 14 Vine St.


963-M 1929 Mathematics


Miss Mary E. Mullane


1400 I Draper Park


1251-] 1925 Mathematics


Miss Rose Bertorelli


1400, 15 East Walnut St.


1014-J


1918|History, Geography


Miss Rose M. Gagliardi


1400 24 Mechanic St.


III7 1664-W


1893|English


VII.


Miss Gertrude A. Wallace


I200 100 Spruce St.


1214-W


1925. History


VII.


Miss Rita M. Daigle


1300/11 Parker Hill Ave.


678- W


1924|English


Miss Nina H. Mazzarelli


I200 71 East Main St.


1203-J


1925 Math., Eng.


VII.


Miss Miriam G. Kirby


1 300 12 Leonard St.


526-W


1924 Geography


Miss Alice Birmingham


I200 87 Congress St.


714-M


1925 (reography


VIII.


Miss Alice Barlow


115c 66 High St.


194-M


1927 Geography


VII.


Spruce St.


* Miss Ellen M. Waters


1475 104 Spruce St.


275


1887


III.


Miss ( 'ath. M. McNamara


1400 91 West St.


903


1919


Miss Irene K. Gallagher


1400 104 Spruce St


275


1907


Miss Eva M. Kennedy


1400 26 CedarSt .. Hopkia'n 89-5


1919


Miss Maude D. Frost


1400 30 Church St.


508-R


1920


1.


Park


* MissAgnesS.McDermott Mrs. Catherine R. Cronin Mis, Agnes A, McManus


1485 96 Spruce St.


1489


1897


VI.


1400,10 Parker Hill Ave. 1400 5 West St.


795-R


1911


V.


VI.


-


VII., VIII. VIII. VII., VIII.


Miss Mary H McDermott


[400 26 Pearl St.


1922 | History


1


VII., VIII.


51


VII.


IV.


1


II.


1.


Mrs. Helen W. Bird


LIST OF TEACHERS, JANUARY 1, 1930 .- CONTINUED.


School.


Teacher's Name.


An. Sal.


Residence.


Tel.


Ap


Subject.


Grade.


Park


Miss Anne A. Mulligan


$1300 Whitinsville, Mass.


14-3


1924


Park Portables


Miss Grace F. Brown


1100 38 Spring St.


857-W


1927


Miss Margaret M. Scully


1150 16 Gibbon Ave.


416-R


1925


V.


South


* Miss Kath.G. McDermott Miss Mary E. Finnigan


1455 96 Spruce St.


1489


1893


V.


Miss Rita Scully


I200 16 Gibbon Ave.


416-R


1925


VI.


Miss Viola F. Leland


1400 12 Gibbon Ave.


783-J


1922


V.


Plains Grammar


* Miss Mary F. Ranahan


1485 25 South High St.


576-J


1906


VI.


Miss Mary F. Lynch


1400 41 Hayward St.


1014- R


1911


V.


Miss Irene C. Hogan


973-W


1912


V.


Miss Anna A. Calabrese


1400 15 Free St.


738-W


1920


Plains Annex


Miss Martha C. Toher


1400 Hopkinton


157


1903


IV.


Miss Margaret M. Cochran


1400 14 West Pine St.


466-M


1919


IV.


Plains Primary


*Miss Jennie F. McGann Miss Rose E. Keany


1505 145 Congress St.


1455-W 124


1888


I.


I.


Miss Susan E. Ranahan


1400 25 South High St.


576-J


1905


Miss Irene M. Meighan


1400 41 Jefferson St.


719-R


1913


Miss Grace M. Carron


1400 63 South Bow St.


156-W


1920


Miss Margaret E. Roche


1400 7 Orchard St,


1078-J


1917


Miss Lillian Bellofatto


1000 19 Pond St.


11 38 -. M


1930


Miss I. C. Ma :Lachlan


1050 16 Granite St.


1239-M


1928


Specia'


-


F


-


VI.


V.


VI.


1400 33 Grant St.


1595


1915


52


VI.


1400 Hopkinton


1902


II.


II.


III.


III.


VI.


1400 6 Oliver St.


Claflin


*Miss Catherine F. Tully Miss Mary A. Parks Miss Dorothy V. Cahill Miss Ruth M. Edwards Miss Marion B. Greeley Miss M. Avis Moran


Oliver St.


* Miss Evelyn C. Curran


Miss Frances H. Kearnan


Miss Claire F. Hogan


1400 6 Oliver St.


1200 25 Emmons St.


788-M


1926


1400 58 West St.


704-R


1917


I400,43 High St.


1695


1918


Chapin St.


* Miss Alice M. Ames


1455 14 Fruit St.


297-W


888,


Miss Florence N.Aldrich


1400 48 Claflin St.


522-M


1907


Miss Evelyn M. Beckett


1300 20 Grant St.


259-W


1924


West St.


* Miss Mary T. Gilmore Miss Regina M. Swift Miss Mae K. Miller


1465 141 West St.


37-R


1901


I200:43 High St.


1695


1925


1300 Uxbridge


255-4


1924


Miss Rita J. Edwards


II50 26 Pearl St.


225-R


192 )


Miss Blanche E. Rooney


I200 5 Hollis St.


1548


1927


Miss Julia J. McCarthy


1400, Westboro, Mass.


390


1915


1100 24 Mechanic St.


1117


1927


Purchase Gram.


1150 290 Main St.


1157-M


1928


Purchase Prim. Bear Hill


Miss Margaret Davoren Miss Ada Di Giannantonio Miss Mary C. Edwards


1150 17 Free St.


738-M


1926


I .- VI.


Braggville


1400 26 Pearl St,


225-R


1917


III.


IV. II.


I.


III.


Special


IV.


IV.


III.


III.


II.


1.


III. 11.


53


II.


11.


II.


I.


I.


I. I., II.


Miss Esther L. Gagliardi Miss Mary Davoren


1400 63 Pearl St.


IOII


1 896,


III., IV. IV., V. I., II., III.


I .- IV.


1485|6 West Pine St. 1300 128 W. Spruce St. 1400 19 West Pine St.


|1238-W 1216-W


1889 1924


542-W 1922


I200 40 Bancroft Ave.


1041-M 1925


1350 81 West St.


995-W 1923


1000 15 Fayette St.


914-J


1930


1485 59 High St.


194-R


1908 1924


1300 44 Adin St., Hopedale 569-W 973-W


1918


Miss Flora M. Youngson


Miss Mabel A. Kenney Miss Anna H. Swift


Hoboken Fountain St.


LIST OF TEACHERS, JANUARY 1, 1930-CONTINUED.


School.


Teacher's Name.


An. Sal.


Residence,


Tel.


Ap.


Subject.


Grade.


Special H. S. Portable Supervisor of


Miss Mary K. Casey Miss Florentia H.Sennott


$1050 35 Sumner St. 1000 4 State St.


1239-W 1139-M


1929


Music


Miss Helena F. Swift


2000 83 High St.


359-W


1900


Supervisor of Drawing Assistant Phys'l Director


Miss Dorcas Whipple Miss Margaret V. Condon Albert D. Riopel


1800 20Church St 1300; 17Greene St. 2500 54 Maywood St.,


85-M 1654-M Park Worcester, Mass. 1788-M


1922 1926 1924


Continuation School-Boys Girls


Albert W. Chilson Miss Ellen R. Quirk


1500 35 ChestnutSt. 1300 21 Franklin St.


48-W I74


192 1 1928


* Principal.


§ Substitute.


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LIST OF JANITORS, JANUARY 1, 1929.


SCHOOL.


NAME.


RESIDENCE.


TEL.


APP.


SALARY .


High George E. Stacy Spruce H. S. Portables


Frank L. Cahill


21 West Pine St.


542-W


1917


1924.00


South


George Anderson


23 Emmons St.


222-R


1919


1560.00


Oliver Street


Chapin Street


Claflin


Walter Burns


134 East Main St.


501-M


1917


1820.00


Hoboken


Park


Park Portables


Plains Grammar


Charles Frascotti


9 Reade St.


1929


1664.00


Plains Annex


Plains Primary


West Street


Mrs. George F. Huskins


108 West St.


1062-W


1916


390.00


Fountain Street


Mrs. Peter Consigli


Purchase St.


307-R


1920


84.00


Purchase Grammar


C. W. Gordon


Tyler St.


1279-R


1917


240.00


Purchase Primary


Mrs. Chester McMann


294 Purchase St.


239-W


1928


84.00


Bear Hill


John Petroski


Bear Hill


1925


126.00


Braggville


Taimi Helin


Braggville


O


1928


84.00


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TOWN RECORDS.


1929.


TOWN RECORDS.


WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 4, 1929 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


Worcester, ss.


To Either Constable of the Town of Milford, in said County,


GREETING :-


In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town, qualified by law to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said town, on Mon- day, the 4th day of March, A. D. 1929, punctually at 5:45 o'clock in the forenoon to act upon the following articles, namely :-


(The polls may be closed at four o'clock in the after- noon on said day of meeting.) .


Article 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting.


Article 2. To choose all necessary town officers, a Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Tax Collector, three Select- men, a Highway Surveyor (for one year), one Assessor (three years), member of the Board of Public Welfare (three years), member of the Board of Health (three years), member of Board of Health (one year), Sewer Commissioner (three years), two members of the School Committee (three years), two Trustees of Public Library (three years), two Trustees of Vernon Grove Cemetery (three years), Park Commissioner (three years), mem- ber of Planning Board (three years), member of Plan- ning Board (two years to fill vacancy), Tree Warden (one year), five Constables (one year), to be voted for on ballots prepared and furnished in accordance with the


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provisions of Chapter 54 of the General Laws of Massa- chusetts, and Amendments thereto.


Also; upon said ballots the voters will give in their votes "Yes" or "No" on the following questions :-


Question No. 1


Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year 1928, entitled "An Act authorizing the Town of Milford to use certain park land for school purposes," be accepted ?


Question No. 2


Shall the Town accept the act entitled "An Act to per- mit certain sports and games on the Lord's Day," ap- proved at the State election held on November 6, 1928, which provides that it shall be lawful in any town which accepts the act to take part in or witness any athletic out- door sport or game, except horse-racing, automobile rac- ing, boxing or hunting with fire-arms, on the Lord's Day between two and six P. M .; that such sports or games shall take place on such playgrounds, parks or other places as may be designated in a license issued by the licensing authorities named in the act; that no sport or game shall be permitted in a place other than a public playground or park, within one thousand feet of any reg- ular place of worship ; that the charging of admission fees or the taking of collections or the receiving of remunera- tion by any person in charge of or participating in any such sport or game shall not be prohibited; that the license may be revoked, and that in cities and towns in which amateur sports or games are permitted under existing law such amateur sports or games may be held until the act is accepted, or the provisions of the existing law fail of acceptance on resubmission to the people ?


Article 3. To hear and act upon the reports of the Selectmen, Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Tax Collector, Town Accountant, Assessors, Board of Public Welfare, Board of Health, Sewer Commissioner, School Commit- tee, Trustees of Public Library, Trustees of Vernon Grove Cemetery, Park Commissioners, Highway Sur-


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veyor, Chief of Police, Engineers of Fire Department, Town Solicitor, Inspector of Wires, Inspectors of Plumb- ing, Inspector of Animals, Sealer of Weights and Meas- ures, and any other officers or committees of said Town.


Article 4. To raise and appropriate such sum or sums of money as may be necessary to defray town expenses for the financial year beginning January 1, 1929.


Article 5. To determine when all taxes for the year 1929 shall become due and payable, the time from which interest on unpaid taxes of said year shall be charged, and the compensation of the Collector of Taxes for the year ensuing.


Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500) towards defraying the expenses of Memorial Day.


Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money on and after January 1, 1930, in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1930.


Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to take charge of all legal proceedings for or against the Town.


Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to accept the Provisions of General Laws, Chapter 31, Section 48, of the Laws of Massachusetts, vote to restrict the applica- tion of the provisions of said chapter and amendments thereto to the regular or permanent members of the fire force, pass any vote or take any action in relation thereto.




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