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CONCLUSION
Those in charge of your schools are trying to give good, honest, and conscientious service. They are ac- tuated only, insofar as humanly possible, by a spirit of frankness, fairness, and friendliness. They are human and, as such, subject to all the human frailities.
Due acknowledgment is here given to the School Committee for its strong support and wide latitude; to the teachers for their loyal, active and co-operative sup- port; to the public for its general fairness and patience.
Respectfully submitted, CLIFTON H. HOBSON
Superintendent of Schools.
Palmer, Mass., January 18, 1940.
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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 inhabitants 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 the 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. 1940, at six o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to give in their votes on one ballot to the precinct officers of the several voting precincts of said town, for the following officers, to wit: 3 Select- men, a Town Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, 3 Auditors, 5 Constables, 3 License Commissioners, a Tree Warden, all for the term of one year; 1 Assessor, 1 Member of the Board of Public Welfare, 1 Member of the Board of Health, 1 Cemetery Commissioner, 2 Members of the Planning Board, and 1 Member of the School Committee, all for the term of three years. Also to vote by ballot, which shall be "Yes" or "No" upon the following ques-
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tion: "Shall an Act passed by the general court in the year nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, entitled 'An Act establishing in the town of Palmer representative town government by limited town meetings', be accepted by this town ?"
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 Corners in said Palmer, on Monday, the twelfth day of February, A D. 1940, 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 appropria- tions to defray the expenses of the town for the ensuing year.
Article 5. To see if the town will vote to authorize the town treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1940, 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 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws.
Article 6. To hear and act on reports of commit- tees.
Article 7. To choose committees and give them instructions.
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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 relative to suits and claims now pending against the town.
Article 14. To see if the town will raise and appropriate money for the care and improvement of cemeteries.
Article 15. To see if the town will appropriate money for the suppression of the gypsy, brown-tail and satin moths and elm tree beetles, and other insect pests.
Article 16. 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.
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Article 17. 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 18. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate the sum of $75.00, 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 19. To see if the town will appropriate money under the authority of Section 22 of Chapter 115 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 20. To see what action the town will take in relation to sewers.
Article 21. To see what action the town will take in regard to sidewalks and curbing.
Article 22. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate any sum of money to be paid to the Wing Mem- orial Hospital Association for the charitable purposes of said association in this town, or for the care and sup- port in said hospital of persons wholly or in part unable to support or care for themselves, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 23. To see if the town will vote to authorize the treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money as permitted by law to meet any appro- priations made or expenses incurred under any of the articles of this warrant.
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Article 24. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum of money for the granting of adequate assistance to deserving citizens of the town in need of relief and support sixty-five years of age or over under the provisions of Chapter 118A of the Gen- eral Laws, and for expenses to be incurred in connection with the granting of such assistance, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 25. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate any sum of money to provide and maintain quar- ters for Edward T. Goodreau Post, No. 1813, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States for the year 1940.
Article 26. 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 provi- sions of Section 4A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws.
Article 27. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum or sums of money to enable the town to cooperate with the Federal Government in unemployment relief and other projects of direct or in- direct benefit to the town, or its inhabitants or take any action relative thereto.
Article 28. To see if the town will vote to pur- chase or lease any land or buildings for use as a town barn or yard, appropriate any sum of money therefor and raise said sum by taxation or otherwise, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 29. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell, after first giving notice of the time and place of sale by posting such notice of sale in some convenient and public place in the town fourteen days at least before the sale, property taken by the town under tax title procedure provided that the Selectmen or whomsoever they may authorize to hold such auction
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may reject any bid which they deem inadequate, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 30. To see what action the town will take relative to the care and preservation of the Memorial Approach to the High School, the plot of land at Shearer's Corner upon which the General Knox Marker is located, and the memorial plots in the several villages of the town.
Article 31. To see if the town will vote to accept the following perpetual care funds which have been given to it during the year: E. L. Wright $100.00; John W. Baldwin $200.00; Annette A. Reed $200.00; Alice C. Waite $100.00; Weldon E. Smith $100.00; Frank L. Mor- way $100.00; George W. Camp $100.00; Sarah E. Ward $300.00; John J. Helliwell $200.00; Abbie J. Collis $100.00.
Article 32. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum of money for the operation and maintenance of the Legion Field and the Eager Play- ground in the Depot Village, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 33. (a) To see what action the town will take with reference to the planting and preservation of shade trees; (b) To see if the town will vote to deter- mine and fix the salary of the tree warden and raise and appropriate money for the same; (c) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum of money for labor and materials and tools for use in con- nection with the Department of the Tree Warden.
Article 34. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate money for the improvement of highways as follows: (a) Harden or otherwise improve the road leading from Whipple's Bridge to Bondsville; (b) Oil the Enfield Road, leading from the Bondsville Road near Whipple's Bridge northerly past the airport to the Ware
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town line; (c) Oil and otherwise improve the Ware- West Warren Road; (d) Oil the road leading from the Boston Post Road past the property of V. V. McNitt in the Depot Village.
Article 35. To see if the town will accept and allow a town way in the Village of Three Rivers, as shown on p'an entitled "Plan of Monat Street, Three Rivers, Palmer, Mass., as laid out by the Selectmen", dated December 23, 1939, made by Nathaniel Clapp, C. E., as laid out by the Selectmen, according to the fol- lowing description: Beginning at the point of curve of first course in hereindescribed layout, said point being in the southerly line of the 1921 county layout of East Main Street and South 62° 37' West eight hundred and 2/10 (800.2) feet, more or less, from the intersection of said southerly line of East Main Street with the westerly line of the 1935 county layout of Sykes Street, commonly known as the Bondsville Road; thence curving southerly twenty-eight and 31/100 (28.31) feet along the arc of a circle having a radius of twenty (20) feet bounded by land of Joseph and Anna Krzynowek to a point of tangency to be marked by a concrete bound ; thence South 18° 29' East three hundred forty-nine and 24/100 (349.24) feet, more or less, by land of said Krzynowek, passing over an iron pin at the south- westerly corner of said Krzynowek's land and continuing by the land of Frank and Teofila Wysmulek and land of Edna E. and William E. Hallez to a point of curve to be marked by a concrete bound; thence curving easterly ten and 47/100 (10.47) feet, more or less, along the arc of a circle having a radius of ten (10) feet by land of said Hallez to a point of reverse curve; thence one hundred forty-eight and 09/100 (148.09) feet, more or less, around the perimeter of a turning circle having a radius of thirty (30) feet and its center point ten (10) feet of the range of the previously described east line of herein described street, by land of said Hallez, land
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of Noe L. Monat and land of Delphis Dupont to the point of intersection with the westerly line of herein described street, said point to be marked by a concrete bound; thence North 18° 29' West three hundred fifty-two and 2/10 (352.2) feet, more or less, parallel to and thirty- two (32) feet westerly from the previously described east- erly line by land of said Dupont, land of Stanley H. and Pearl M. Gwozdz and land of Bronislaus and Antonina Siechowski to a point of curve to be marked by a concrete bound, this course extended passing over an iron pin at the northeasterly corner of said Siechowski's land which is included in herein described layout; thence curving westerly thirty-four and 52/100 (34.52) feet, more or less, along the arc of a circle having a radius of twenty (20) feet by land of said Siechowski to a point of tangency with the southerly line of said East Main Street, said point being North 62° 37' East seven hun- dred seventy-two and 6/10 (772.6) feet, more or less, from a stone bound at an angle point in the southerly line of said 1921 county layout of East Main Street; thence North 62° 37' East seventy-two and 88/100 (72.88) feet, more or less, by said East Main Street to the point of beginning. The bearings given in this description are computed from true meridian bearings shown on 1936 survey of East Main Street by Massachusetts Depart- ment of Public Works. Said town way is laid out over land belonging to Noe L. and Nellie J. Monat, Bronislaus and Antonina Siechowski, Stanley H. and Pearl M. Gwozdz, Delphis Dupont, Edna E. and William E. Hallez and Joseph and Anna Krzynowek, and is to be known as Monat Street.
Article 36. To see if the town will vote to con- struct a hardened road in Oak Knoll Cemetery from the old to the new parts thereof, connecting with the easterly end of Rathbone Street, in accordance with plans sub- mitted by Nathaniel Clapp, C. E., raise and appropriate money for the same, or take any action relative thereto.
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Article 37. To see if the town will appropriate, and raise by taxation or otherwise, any sum of money for repairing its share of the West Brimfield Bridge, so- called, over the Quaboag River, between Palmer and Brimfield.
Article 38. To see if the town will vote to release to Albert Karzmarzyk and Julija Karzmarzyk, any interest it may have acquired under deed of John T. Brown, Tax Collector, dated August 31, 1936, and recorded with Hampden County Deeds, Book 1622, Page 556, in and to that tract of land described in deed of Martin Pilch to said Albert and Julija Karzmarzyk dated October 5, 1928, and recorded with Hampden County Deeds, Book 1406, Page 397.
Article 39. To see if the town will vote to make and adopt a by-law relative to the sale and use of fire- works, firecrackers and torpedoes in the town.
Article 40. To see if the town will vote to make and adopt a by-law prescribing rules and regulations for the installation and inspection of plumbing work, mate- rials and fixtures in the town.
Article 41. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate the sum of $2000.00 for the maintenance and re- pair of Chapter 90 Roads, so-called, said amount to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this pur- pose, or take any other action in relation thereto.
Article 42. To see if the town will assume liability in the manner provided by section 29 of Chapter 91 of the General Laws and Chapter 513 of the Acts of 1939, for all damages that may be incurred by work to be per- formed by the Department of Public Works of Massachu- setts in rivers and streams of the town in accordance with the provisions of said Chapter 513, and authorize
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the Selectmen to execute and deliver a bond of indemnity therefor to the Commonwealth.
Article 43. To see if the town will vote to install and maintain additional electric lights as follows: (a) 1 light on Spring Street Extension in the Depot Village; (b) 1 light on State Street, Bondsville, between proper- ties of Adam Broton and John Kulig; (c) 1 light on Foster Street in the Depot Village, and relocate the present light on said street; (d) 1 light on Randall Street in the Depot Village; (e) 1 light on Charles Street, Three Rivers, between property of one Potvin and Oak Street.
Article 44. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate money for the purchase of a truck and a Case tractor and snow plow, for the use of the highway de- partment.
. Article 45. To see if the town will vote to repair the Summer Street Bridge in Thorndike, over the Massa- chusetts Central Railroad Company's property, raise and appropriate any sum of money therefor, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 46. To see if the town will vote to complete the improvement of the Palmer-Bondsville Road, from Shearer's Corner to Four Corners, and appropriate for that purpose any unused balance in the Dutton Bridge Account and any unused balance of the appropriations heretofore made for the improvement of said road, said sums to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose, 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 public 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-
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ing and by pusblishing an attested copy thereof in at least 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 fifteenth day of January, A. D. 1940.
GEORGE B. CHENEY WILLIAM F. GRISWOLD CHARLES J. FOUNTAIN Selectmen of Palmer
A true copy, Attest : THOMAS W. HOLT Constable of the Town of Palmer
Index
Animal Inspection 100
Assessors' Report 33
Auditors' Report 118
Balance Sheet for 1939 82
Board of Health 89
Board of Public Welfare
37
Cemetery Commissioners' Report
21
Chief of Police
112
Forest Fire Warden 114
Jury List 97
Inspector of Slaughtering
93
License Commission
104
Milk Inspector 93
Moth Department 117
Old Age Assistance 46
Park Commissioners' Report 115
School Committee 127
Sealer of Weights and Measures Report 94
Selectmen and Highway Report 51
Tax Collector's Report 105
Town Bookkeeper's Report 53
Town Clerk's Report
5
Town Officers-Expiration Date 3
Town Warrant 153
Tree Warden 107
Treasurer's Report 49
Trial Balance 87
Young Men's Library Association 108
W. P. A.
80
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