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Summer Term :
Begins May 7, 1934; ends June 29, 1934
Fall Term :
Begins September 4, 1934; ends December 21, 1934 Winter Term:
Begins December 31, 1934; ends February 22, 1935 Spring Term:
Begins March 4, 1935; ends April 26, 1935
Summer Term:
Begins May 6, 1935; ends June 28, 1935
OTHER SCHOOLS
Winter Term :
Begins January 2, 1934; ends February 23, 1934 Spring Term:
Begins March 5, 1934; ends April 27, 1934
Summer Term:
Begins May 7, 1934; ends June 29, 1934
Fall Term:
Begins September 4, 1934; ends December 21, 1934 Winter Term:
Begins December 31, 1934; ends February 22, 1935 Spring Term :
Begins March 4, 1935 ; ends April 26, 1935
Summer Term:
Begins May 6, 1935; ends June 14, 1935
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VACATIONS-ALL SCHOOLS
Winter-
February 24, 1934, to March 4, 1934, inclusive
Spring-
April 28, 1934, to May 6, 1934, inclusive
Summer-
(Grades) :
June 16, 1934, to September 3, 1934, inclusive (High) :
June 30, 1934, to September 3, 1934, inclusive
Falls-
December 22, 1934, to December 31, 1934, inclusive
Winter-
February 23, 1935, to March 3, 1935, inclusive
Spring-
April 27, 1935, to May 5, 1935, inclusive
Summer-
(Grades) :
June 15, 1935, to September 2, 1935, inclusive (High) :
June 29, 1935, to September 2, 1935, inclusive
HOLIDAYS
Washington's Birthday, Patriot's Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Cenvention Day, Armistice Day, Thanksgiving (with day following).
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Report of Superintendent of Schools
To the School Committee of the Town of Palmer:
I herewith present my twenty-third annual report as Superintendent of Schools in Palmer. This is the forty-first in the series of reports issued by the superin- tendents of the Town.
ATTENDANCE
The attendance statistics for the school year of 1932- 33 were as follows :- Enrollment, 2,493; Average Mem- bership, 2,275.023; Average Attendance, 2,198.399; Per Cent. of Attendance, 96.63; Tardinesses, 343.
Our percentage of attendance has always been high. When the State Department of Education made state- wide comparisons, we ranked between fourth and six- teenth out of the three hundred fifty-five cities and towns. Our average percentage during my incumbency of twenty-two years has been 96.08%. Ideal attendance conditions are supposedly existent when 95% is attained. Over the same period, our average tardinesses have been 315.
HEALTH WORK
The usual standard of health work has been main- tained. A state health official who knows says that no
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school department in the western end of Massachusetts does a better health job than Palmer.
PROMOTIONS
The promotion statistics in the grades for the last school year were as follows :- Number of Pupils, 1,713; Promoted Unconditionally, 1,405-Percent., 82.02; Pro- moted Conditionally, 192-Percent., 11.21; Not Promoted, 116-Percent., 6.77.
SCHOOL SAVINGS
The report of school savings for the last school year, September, 1932, to July, 1933, is as follows :- Number of Collections, 274; Number of Deposits, 16,967; Amount of Deposits, $4,137.87.
The combined School Savings from date of inception, November 1, 1921, to July 1, 1933, are :- Number of De- posits, 279,117; Amount of Deposits, $76,565.03.
ENROLLMENT
The total enrollment in September, 1933, was less than that of the same month in 1932. In 1932, it was 2,335; in 1933, 2,171-a shrinkage of 164. There was a loss of 230 in the grades, a gain of 66 in the high school. The grade enrollment was 1,553; the high school, 618.
The grade loss was due to several main factors :- 60 pupils were accelerated from grades to high school ; some 60 to 80 pupils were prevented from entering first grade by the raising of entrance age six months; some 60 pupils moved out of town. There has been a drop in birth rate not only locally, but throughout the country. First grades are getting smaller everywhere.
The high school enrollment has increased greatly in the past four years-approximately 100%. This increase
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has been taken care of without much ado. The high school building, with a normal capacity of 400 pupils, and four rooms in the old high school are carrying the load. Six additional teachers-four new and two borrowed from the grades-are handling the added 300 pupils (one teacher for every 50 pupils.) Such an increase could not be absorbed in a more economical way. In times like these, Palmer is fortunate that such a situation has not entailed a great deal more expense.
COST
The annual report of the State Department of Edu- cation for the year ending November 30, 1933, shows some interesting facts regarding educational costs.
A state wide comparison is made, based upon sworn uniform blanks gotten out by the State Department, and submitted to it by every town and city in the state. This method of comparison is purely business-like; purely scientific. Every business analyzes its cost per unit in like manner. In the textile business, the unit is the cost per yard produced; in the steel business, the cost per ton fabricated; in the coal business, the cost per ton mined. In the school business, it is the pupil handled. or the cost per pupil educated during the year.
In this State Report, statistics are given for every one of the 355 towns and cities in the State, which are divided into four groups : Group I, Cities (There are 39.) ; Group II, Towns of 5,000 Population or over-Palmer is a member of this group (There are 83.) ; Group III Towns of less than 5,000 Population and maintaining high schools (There are 108.) ; Group IV, Towns of less than 5,000 Population and not maintaining high schools (There are 123.).
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The average cost per pupil based on net average membership for each Group, the State, and Palmer is as follows :
Group I,
1931 $103.01
1932
$ 95.46
Decrease $7.55
Group II,
93.11
87.90
5.21
Group III,
97.14
90.58
6.56
Group IV,
105.94
101.73
4.21
State,
100.38
93.58
6.80
Palmer,
80.08
71.16
8.92
Palmer's cost for the fiscal year of 1932 is $24.30 less than that of Group I; $16.74 less than that of Group II, her own group; $1942 less than that of Group III; $30.57 less than that of Group IV; $22.42 less than that of the state.
Palmer's cost for 1932 is $8.92 less than that of 1931. Her decrease is greater than that of any Group or the State.
Compared over a period of the past fifteen years, the average cost per pupil based on average membership for each Group, the State, and Palmer was:
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TOTAL COST PER PUPIL
Year
Gr. I Gr. II Gr. III Gr. IV State Palmer
1917
$ 47.68 $43.55 $46.20 $ 51.40 $ 46.82 $30.44
1918
52.25
46.39
50.21
*
*
34.35
1919
58.07
53.96
58.44
56.66
57.20
38.58
1920
73.65
67.78
71.64
69.19
72.12
44.99
1922
81.38
76.02
80.87
83.58
80.35
73.59
1923
85.13
78.40
82.79
86.58
83.65
77.55
1924
88.43
80.19
85.39
89.03
86.54
79.07
1925
90.09
82.72
88.78
92.88
88.52
78.87
1926
95.32
85.13
90.74
95.00
92.77
76.09
1927
100.19
87.53
92.34
97.24
96.72
81.77
1928
101.24
89.61
94.60
100.53
98.15
83.28
1929
103.61
91.91
97.40
102.13
100.50
85.84
1930
103.82
92.30
98.18
105.59
100.82
84.44
1931
103.01
93.11
97.14
105.94
100.38
80.08
1932
95.46
87.90
90.58
101.73
93.58
71.16
Average
$85.29 $77.10 $81.69 $ 88.32 $ 85.58 $68.00
* Missing in State Report.
Compare Palmer's average-$68.00-of the average costs for the fifteen years with that of each Group and of the State. It is $17.29 less than that of Group I; $9.10 less than that of Group II; $13.69 less than that of Group III; $20.32 less than that of Group IV; $17.58 less than that of the State.
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On the basis of relative rank for the 355 towns and cities in the State, Palmer, for 18 years, ranked as fol- lows :
Year
Rank
1913
334
1915
335
1917
342
1918
339
1919
342
1920
346
1921
347
1922
230
1923
216
1924
229
1925
258
1926
293
1927
259
1928
261
1929
253
1930
274
1931
304
1932
325
Average Rank-18 years 293
During these 18 years, Palmer ranked 67th in pop- ulation, and only 293rd in cost per pupil. In other words, while ranking practically in the first sixth in the State in population, Palmer has ranked practically in the last sixth in cost per pupil.
The cost per pupil in net average membership for the fiscal year of 1932 in towns and cities within an ap- proximate radius of twenty-five miles was as follows:
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Agawam
$79.07
Holyoke
98.98
Amherst
98.79
Longmeadow
129.27
Barre
80.32
Ludlow
86.55
Belchertown
89.48
Monson
86.95
Brimfield
147.34
Montague
90.69
Brookfield
95.27
North Brookfield
94.80
Chicopee
78.69
Palmer
71.16
Dana
163.62
Spencer
74.17
East Brookfield
79.37
Springfield
119.94
Easthampton
73.04
Sturbridge
86.64
East Longmeadow
95.68
Wales
138.02
Enfield
117.91
Ware
82.37
Greenwich
168.24
Warren
82.56
Hardwick
98.08
West Brookfield
100.62
Hampden
128.44
West Springfield
91.96
Holland
173.47
Wilbraham
99.71
These towns and cities are taken on basis of dis- tance-not cost. Palmer's cost is the lowest.
The cost per pupil in the grades was $5897 in 1931; $51.49 in 1932-a decrease of $7.48. The cost in the high school was $109.18 in 1931; 92.25 in 1932-a decrease of $16.93.
A study of costs per pupil in average membership in the high school, elementary school, and all the schools over a period of the past eight years shows that, from 1930 to 1933, there has been a marked decrease in all.
HIGH SCHOOL
ELEMENTARY
ALL SCHOOLS
Year
Total
Cost
Membership Average
Cost
Per Pupil
Total
Cost
Average
Membership
Cost
Per Pupil
Average
Membership
Cost
Per Pupil
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1926
$45,323
276
$163
$113,647
1,933
$58.78
2,210
$75.60
1927
44,588
289
153
116,941
1,917
60.99
2,206
76.66
1928
46,532
286
162
115,058
1,828
62.93
2,105
82.03
1929
47,370
302
156
114,757
1,763
65.06
2,066
82.76
1930
50,937
353
144
115,543
1,718
67.23
2,072
84.95
1931
55,972
448
124
109,791
1,740
63.09
2,189
79.07
1932
51,793
498
103
98,727
1,765
55.91
2,264
69.48
1933
53,439
551
96
92,720
1,672
55.45
2,223
68.09
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The high school cost has dropped by leaps and bounds since 1928. It has fallen from $162.00 in 1928 to $97.00 in 1933, a fall of $65.00 or 40%. The element- ary-school cost has dropped from $67.23 in 1930 to $55.45 in 1933, a drop of $11.78 or 21%. The fall in the cost for the entire system has been from $84.95 in 1930 to $68.09 in 1933, a shrinkage of $16.86 or 20%.
The appropriation last year was $151,670.00; the expenditures were $151,378.18; the balance was $291.82.
The appropriation was nearly 25% less than what would have been requested were times normal.
The re-imbursements and revenues received and re- ceivable during 1933 were :- General School Fund (State), $24,500.00; Vocational School (State), $297.10; State Wards' Tuition, $2,191.28; Other Tuition, $4,279.31; Rentals, etc., $369.91; Other, $14.64; Total, $31,652.24. The amount spent from money raised by town tax was $119,725.94.
In 1932 school expenditures amounted to $157,331.31. Re-imbursements and receipts were $35,198.48. The net direct cost was $122,132.83.
ECONOMY
Economy, with as little impairment of efficiency as possible, has been the watchword the past few years. There has been some loss, of necessity; yet, it can be stated without possibility of refutation that Palmer's loss has been as small as, if not smaller than, that of any com- munity in this part of Massachusetts.
This economy has been effected mainly through these means : (1) 10% salary reduction (roughly, $13,500.00) ;
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(2) change in transportation (roughly, $7,000.00) ; (3) reduction in insurance coverage of $100,000 and in rate of premium; elmination of music and art supervisors, (3,450.00) ; not filling four vacancies (roughly $5,200.00) ; purchase of only minimum quantities of supplies of all kinds ; use of books in a condition that ordinarily would have seemed to demand replacement; raising first-grade entrance age six months; gradual elimination of ninth grade; provision of space for over-crowding in high school.
Where actual money value can be attached to sav- ings effected, about $30,000.00 can be shown. To this, can be added several other thousands of dollars.
The School Department has been pleased to co-oper- ate in the attempt to keep expenditures at a minimum during these trying depression days. Our regret is that we have not been able to do more.
CONCLUSION
Brevity has been our aim in this report. Where pos- sible, facts have been reduced to figures. Any further information will be supplied upon request.
Full appreciation is hereby expressed to all who have, by word or deed, helped education in Palmer.
Respectfully submitted,
CLIFTON H. HOBSON,
Superintendent of Schools
Palmer, Massachusetts, January 11, 1934.
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COST LESS REIMBURSEMENTS AND REVENUES RECEIVED AND RECEIVABLE
1933
*General School Fund
$24,500.00
*Vocational School
297.10
Tuition :
*State Wards
2,191.28
Towns
4,279.31
Rentals
369.91
Telephones
6.00
Sale of Merchandise
8.64
$ 31,652.24
Expenditures
$151,378.18
Reimbursements and Receipts 31,652.24
Net Direct Cost $119,725.94
Average Membership 2,223.12 Cost Per Pupil Based On Average Membership $ 53.15 **
From State of Massachusetts.
This, in reality, is the cost per pupil based on money raised by taxation. The appropriation was $151,670.00 A balance of $291.82 was unexpended, making the total expenditure $151,378.18. Our reimbursements and re- ceived and receivable revenues were $31,652.24. The amount spent, therefore, from money raised by taxation was $119,725.94.
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FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR YEAR-1933
Appropriation
Expended
Balance
Commercial
$ 7,335.00
$ 7,784.77
$
-449.77
Fuel and Light
6,016.00
7,680.44
-1,664.44
Furniture and
Furnishings
450.00
695.66
-- 245.66
General Expenses
7,353.00
7,167.69
185.31
Janitors' Salaries
10,104.00
10,068.26
35.74
Maintenance of Bldgs.
and Grounds
2,160.00
2,261.16
-101.16
Music, Manual Train-
ing and Drawing
315.00
269.76
45.24
Other Expenses
6,007.00
5,699.80
307.20
Repairs
1,350.00
1,661.81
-311.81
Teachers Salaries
95,605.00
92,775.65
2,829.35
Textbooks and
Supplies
5,400.00
5,491.78
-- 91.78
Transportation
9,575.00
9,821.40
-246.40
$151,670.00
$151,378.18
$ 291.82
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Town Warrant
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
County of Hampden
Town of Palmer
To either of the Constables of the Town of Palmer, in said County, GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn all the in- habitants of the Town of Palmer, qualified to vote in elections of town officers, to meet at the several polling places in said Palmer, designated by the Selectmen, to wit: In Precinct A, in the High School Gymnasium on Converse Street in the Depot Village; in Precinct B, at Thorndike Grammar School in Thorndike; in Precinct C, at the Three Rivers Grammar School in Three Rivers, and in Precinct D, at the Bondsville Grammar School in Bondsville, on Monday, the fifth day of February, A. D. 1934, at six o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to give in their votes on one ballot to precinct officers of the several voting precincts of said town, for the follow- ing officers, to wit: Three Selectmen, a Town Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, three Auditors, five Constables, three License Commissioners, and a Tree Warden, all for the term of one year; one Assessor (to fill vacancy) for the term of one year: one Member of the Board of Health (to fill vacancy) for the term of one year; one Member of the Board of Public Welfare, one
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Assessor, one Member of the Board of Health, one Cemetery Commissioner, two Members of the School Committee and two Members of the Planning Board, all for the term of three years.
The polls will be open at six o'clock in the forenoon and will be closed at five o'clock in the afternoon.
And you are further hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Palmer, qualified to vote in town affairs, to meet at the Town House at Four Cor- ners in said Palmer, on Monday, the twelfth day of Febru- ary, A. D. 1934, at seven o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles, viz :
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Article 2. To choose all other usual town officers.
Article 3. To act on the reports of the town officers.
Article 4. To raise money and make appropriations to defray expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
Article 5. To see if the town will authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the ensuing financial year, in anticipation of the revenue of said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for current expenses of the town, but not exceeding in the aggregate the amount permitted by law, giving the note or notes of the town therefor, payable within one year from the date thereof, all debts incurred under authority of this vote to be paid from the revenue of the said financial year.
Article 6. To hear and act on reports of committees.
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Article 7. To choose committees and give them in- structions.
Article 8. To determine the manner and state the terms and conditions of collecting the taxes for the en- suing year, and fix the compensation of the collector of taxes.
Article 9. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate money to convey pupils to and from public schools, and instruct the school committee as to the manner of letting the contract for such conveyance.
Article 10. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate money for the Young Men's Library Association, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 11. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate money for the observance of Memorial Day.
Article 12. To see what action the town will take in respect to lighting the streets and whether it will authorize the selectmen to make contract therefor, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Article 13. To see what action the town will take in reference to the planting and preservation of shade trees.
Article 14. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate money for the improvement of cemeteries.
Article 15. To see what action the town will take relative to suits and claims now pending against the town.
Article 16. To see if the town will appropriate
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money for the suppression of gypsy, brown-tail and satin moths and elm tree beetles, and other insect pests.
Article 17. To see if the town will appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the cost of rent, janitor service and maintenance of the town offices in the Holbrook Building.
Article 18. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1000 to help defray the cost of maintaining the District Nurse.
Article 19. To see if the town will vote to main- tain police in the several villages, authorize the selectmen to make rules and regulations for the government of all the police officers of the town, and raise and appropriate money for the same.
Article 20. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate money to meet the town's share of the cost to the County of Hampden for providing adequate hospital care for consumptives under the provisions of Chapter 111 of the General Laws.
Article 21. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate the sum of $500.00, or any sum, to be expended within the town under the direction of the Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture, for the promotion of boys' and girls' work in agriculture, home making and country life in the town, including agricultural demonstration work on land owned by the town, or owned by any resi- dent of the town, in accordance with the provisions of Section 45 of Chapter 128 of the General Laws.
Article 22. To see if the town will appropriate money under the authority of Section 22 of Chapter 115
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of the General Laws for the care of graves of persons who served in the Army, Navy or Marine Corps of the United States in time of war or insurrection and were honorably discharged from such service.
Article 23. To see if the town will appropriate money, to be expended in the discretion and under the direction of the Selectmen, for the repair and mainten- ance of the clock in the Universalist Church tower in the Depot Village, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 24. To see what action the town will take in relation to sewers.
Article 25. To see what action the town will take in regard to sidewalks and curbing.
Article 26. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate any sum of money to be paid to the Wing Memorial Hospital Association for the charitable purposes of said association in this town, or for the care and support in said hospital of persons wholly or in part unable to sup- port or care for themselves, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 27. To see if the town will vote to appro- priate any sum of money for the granting of adequate assistance to deserving citizens of the town in need of relief and support seventy years of age or over under the provisions of Chapter 118A of the General Laws, and for expenses to be incurred in connection with the granting of such assistance, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 28. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money not to be paid from the revenues of the
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current financial year, to meet expenses incurred or ap- propriations made under any of the articles of this war- rant.
Article 29. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate the sum of $150.00 to provide and maintain quar- ters for Edward T. Goodreau Post No. 1813, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States for the year 1934.
Article 30. To see if the town will authorize the school committee to appoint any member thereof to the office or position of school physician and determine and fix the salary of any such appointee under the provisions of Section 4A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws.
Article 31. To see if the town will authorize the selectmen to petition the Legislature for legislation to enable the town to reimburse Anthony and Katherine Ylewicz the sum of thirty and 50/100 dollars ($30.50), the amount paid by them to the town as a tax on property wrongly assessed to them in 1932, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 32. To see if the town will vote to sell and convey to Palmer Fire District Number One of Palmer a tract of land, with the buildings thereon, known as the Engine House property, situate on the southerly side of Park Street in the Depot Village, bounded Northerly by Park Street 30 feet, Easterly by land of Frank S. Keith 83 feet, Southerly by land of one Hurlburt 30 feet and Westerly by land of one Hurlburt 83 feet, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 33. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum of money to lay out and construct lots and driveways in the recent addition to the Four Corners Cemetery.
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Article 34. To see if the town will vote to sell and convey the Shorley District Schoolhouse and lot, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 35. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be required to meet the town's share of the C. W. A. allotments for town projects and other expenses connected therewith.
Article 36-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum of money for the purchase of the following equipment for the use of the highway de- partment: (a) 3-ton truck; (b) tractor and snow plow; (c) York road grader; (d) small snow plow.
Article 37. To see if the town will vote to build an improved highway in Park Street in the Depot Village from the end of the present state highway to Thorndike Street, appropriate the sum of $10,000.00 therefor, and raise said sum by taxation or otherwise, upon the condi- tion that the County of Hampden and Commonwealth of Massachusetts each make a contribution toward the con- struction of said improved highway, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 38. To see if the town will vote to build an improved highway in Thorndike Street and the Thorn- dike Road from Main Street in the Depot Village to the end of the new construction in said road near the entrance to St. Thomas' Cemetery, appropriate the sum of $15,000 therefor, and raise said sum by taxation or otherwise, up- on the condition that the County of Hampden and Com- monwealth of Massachusetts each contribute a like amount for said purpose, or take any action relative thereto.
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Article 39. To see if the town will vote to install and maintain additional electric lights as follows: (a) 1 light on the southerly side of Spring Street in the Depot Village near the residence of George Collis; (b) 1 light on State Street in Bondsville, between the houses of Adam Broton and John Kulig; (c) 1 light on North Street in Three Rivers, near Pytka's Bakery Shop.
Article 40. To see if the town will vote to construct a cement walk with curbing on the northerly side of the highway leading from the Village of Thorndike to Four Corners from the railroad crossing to the Bondsville Road, raise and appropriate any sum of money therefor, and assess no part of the cost thereof upon owners of abutting land, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 41. To see if the town will vote to construct a cement walk with tree belt and curbing along the north- erly side of Spring Street in the Depot Village from line of land of George Collis northwesterly about 250 feet, raise and appropriate any sum of money therefor, and assess no part of the cost thereof upon owners of abutting land, upon the condition that said owners agree to pay for all the cement which may be used in the construction of said curbing and walk, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 42. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate money for the improvement of highways as fol- lows: (a) Oil or harden or otherwise improve Longview Road in the Depot Village from Squier Street to the resi- dence of Freeman A. Smith; (b) Grade and otherwise improve Spring Street in the Depot Village from Squier Street; (c) Resurface and harden the road from Thorn- dike to Three Rivers; (d) Improve and harden Hill Street in the Village of Thorndike; (e) Improve and harden Hobbs Street in the Village of Thorndike; (f)
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Improve and harden Harding Street in the Village of Thorndike; (g) Improve Charles Street in the Village of Three Rivers; (h) Improve and harden Water Street in the Depot Village.
Article 43. To see if the town will vote to accept from the American Oil Company a deed conveying to it, for highway purposes, a tract of land situate at the corner of Thorndike and Main Streets in the Depot Village, sub- stantially bounded and described as follows, viz: Begin- ning at a stake in the westerly line of Thorndike Street, said stake being 84 feet southwesterly from an iron pin marking the southerly boundary of the land of Jane E. Carpenter ; thence South 40° 6' West 62.61 feet to a point ; thence on a curve to the right, said curve having a radius of 25.63 feet and a length of 50.14 feet, to the northerly line of North Main Street; then South 30° 43' East along the northerly line of North Main Street to the point of tangency of the present curve in the inner side of the sidewalk; thence on said curve, having a radius of 18.04 feet and a length of 39.07 feet to the westerly side of Thorndike Street; thence along the westerly side of Thorndike Street 78 feet to the place or point of be- ginning.
Article 44. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum of money for the making of altera- tions in and improving the highway in Thorndike and Main Streets in the Depot Village at their intersection, or take any other action relative thereto.
And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant by posting up attested copies thereof in some one pub- lic place in each of the four villages of the town known as the Depot Village, Thorndike, Three Rivers and Bonds- ville, seven days at least before the holding of said meet- ing, and by publishing an attested copy thereof in at least
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two issues of the Journal-Register, a newspaper published in said Palmer, the first publication to be not less than seven days before the holding of said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at or before the holding of said meeting.
Given under our hands this seventeenth day of Jan- uary, A. D. 1934.
LUDWIK MARHELEWICZ, DAVID B. SMITH, WILLIAM B. KERIGAN, Selectmen of Palmer 1
A true copy, Attest :
MICHAEL COLLINS Constable of the Town of Palmer
Index to Contents
Assessors' Report -
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Auditors' Report - -
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Board of Health - - - -
Board of Public Welfare - -
Cemetery Commissioners' Report
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Forest Fire Warden - -
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Jury List - - -
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License Commissioners' Report
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School Committee - - - - - 103
Sealer of Weights and Measures Report -
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Selectmen and Highway Report -
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Tax Collector's Report -
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Town Bookkeeper's Report
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Town Clerk's Report -
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Town Officers-Expiration Date
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Treasurer's Report - -
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Trial Balance - - - -
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Young Men's Library Association
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