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Article 16. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate such sums of money as may be necessary to de- fray the cost of rent, janitor service and maintenance of the town offices in the Holbrook Building.
Article 17. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 to help defray the cost of maintaining the District Nurse.
Article 18. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate money under the authority of Section 22 of Chap- ter 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 19. To see what action the town will take in relation to sewers.
Article 20. To see what action the town will take in regard to sidewalks and curbing.
Article 21. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate any sum of money to be paid to the Wing Memori- al 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 support or care for themselves, or take any action rela- tive thereto.
Article 22. To see if the town will vote to author- ize the treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money as permitted by law to meet any appropri- ations made or expenses incurred under any of the ar- ticles of this warrant.
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Article 23. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum of money for the granting of ade- quate assistance to deserving citizens of the town in need of relief and support sixty-five years of age or over un- der 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 24. To see if the town will vote to author- ize the selectmen to sell at public auction, after first giv- ing 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 tak- en by the Town under tax title procedure, provided that the selectmen or whomsoever they may authorize to hold such auction may reject any bid which they deem inade- quate, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 25. 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 Shear- er's Corner upon which the General Knox Marker is lo- cated, and the memorial plots in the several villages of the town.
Article 26. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum of money for the operation and maintenance of Burleigh Park, Legion Field and the Eag- er Playground in the Depot Village, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 27. (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
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labor and materials and tools for use in connection with the Department of the Tree Warden.
Article 28. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate, or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 29. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum of money to be expended for the burial of soldiers or sailors, their wives and dependent children, or other members of the Armed Forces of the United States under the provisions of Chapter 115 of the General Laws.
Article 30. To see if the town will vote to pay a salary to members of the Board of Public Welfare chos- en to serve in the Division of Old Age Assistance, in ad- dition to the salary received by them as members of said Board of Public Welfare, fix the amount thereof, and raise and appropriate any money for the same, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 31. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate any sum of money for the maintenance of the Veterans' Service Center.
Article 32. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum of money for the granting of assis- tance under the provisions of the Massachusetts Aid to Dependent Children Law, Chapter 118 General Laws, and for expenses to be incurred in connection with the grant- ing of such assistance, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 33. To see if the town will vote to con- struct a new bridge over the Quaboag River in Main Street in the Village of Three Rivers and appropriate and raise by taxation or otherwise any sum of money there-
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for, said sum to be used in conjunction with any money alloted for this purpose by the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts and the County of Hampden, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 34. To see if the town will vote to sell, at private sale or public auction, upon such terms as the selectmen shall deem for the best interests of the town, a certain tract of land situate in Palmer Center, in said Palmer, and being a portion of the Town Farm land, bounded and described as follows :
Beginning at the point of intersection of the easter- ly line of the highway leading from Palmer Center to Brimfield with the southerly line of Smith Road, so-called, thence EASTERLY along the southerly line of said Smith to land now or formerly of the Boyle Realty Company ; thence S. 29° W. along last named land three hundred seventy-six (376) feet to a corner; thence N. 74° W. along last named land four hundred sixty-eight (468) feet to the easterly side of said Palmer Center-Brimfield Road; thence NORTHERLY along the easterly line of said road to the place of beginning; being a portion of the pre- mises described and conveyed in deed of Ralph Green to the Town of Palmer dated November 12, 1863, and recorded with Hampden County Deeds, Book 223, Page 145;
and authorize the selectmen, in the name and behalf of the town to execute, acknowledge and deliver a deed con- veying said land.
Article 35. To see if the town will vote to accept the following perpetual care funds which have been giv- en to it during the year: Emma J. Rouvellat $100.00; Mabel B. Hamilton $200.00; Lena L. Maxwell $100.00; Lewis R. Holden $200.00; Louise Moore Welsh $200.00; William E. Breckenridge $300.00; Fred H. Dow $200.00;
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Marion R. Moore $200.00; William E. and Ellen Taylor $200.00; Harold C. Parkhurst $200.00; John C. Picking $100.00; Albert A. Brown $100.00; Blanche H. Rathbone $400.00; Hubert M. Sedgwick $200.00.
Article 36. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum of money for the purpose of mak- ing external and internal repairs to the Memorial Hall Building in the Depot Village, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 37. To see if the town will vote to accept Section 4B of Chapter 136 of the General Laws, provid- ing for the licensed operation on the Lord's Day of bowl- ing alleys.
Article 38. To see if the town will vote to adopt a by-law prescribing regulations relative to the construc- tion, alteration, repair and inspection of all plumbing work within the town, as required by Section 13 of Chap- ter 142 of the General Laws.
Article 39. 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 #1813, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States for the year 1947, authorize the selectmen to negotiate and execute, in the name of the town, a lease for the same, and raise and appropriate money for repairs to said quarters and for the rental thereof.
Article 40. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate money for the improvement of highways as follows: (a) Improve the highway running from the Four Corners-Bondsville Road at Fuller's Corner, so- called, to its intersection with Pine Street; (b) Improve that portion of Main Street, Three Rivers, formerly oc- cupied by the trolly tracks, from the bridge to the Polish
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Hall; (c) Improve Water Street in the Depot Village from the end of the present hardened surface to Dublin Street, a distance of about 850 feet; (d) Improve and wi- den Breckenridge Street from its intersection with the Ware Road at Palmer Center to its intersection with Pin- ney Street.
Article 41. To see if the town will vote; to improve North Main Street in the Depot Village from the end of the present improved road about opposite the residence of Frank Williams, northerly about 400 feet, and appro- priate and raise by taxation or otherwise, or by transfer from available funds, any sum of money therefor, said sum to be used in conjunction with any money alloted for this purpose by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the County of Hampden, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 42. To see if the town will vote to improve Bridge Street and the Palmer Road in Three Rivers, from its intersection with Springfield Street to the railroad underpass, and appropriate and raise by taxation or oth- erwise, or by transfer from available funds, any sum of money therefor, said sum to be used in conjunction with any money alloted for this purpose by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the County of Hampden, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 43. To see if the town will vote to improve the River Road, formerly known as the West Ware Road, in Bondsville, from the end of the present hardened sur- face to the Ware town line a distance of about 2400 feet, and appropriate and raise by taxation or otherwise, or by transfer from available funds, any sum of money there- for, said sum to be used in conjunction with any money alloted for this purpose by the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts and the County of Hampden, or take any ac- tion relative thereto.
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Article 44. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate money for the construction of new sewers and catch basins as follows: (a) Sewer in Griffin Street, Bondsville, starting at the last manhole in said street and running easter'y about 78 feet; (b) Sewer in Wood- land Street in the Depot Village; (c) Sewer in Salem Street, Depot Village, running southerly about 150 feet from South Main Street to a point near the residence of Warren E. Tyler; (d) Sewer in North Street, Three Rivers, from the end of the present sewer northerly a distance of about 400 feet; (e) Sewer in George Street, Depot Village, from the end of the present sewer near the residence of William J. Taylor northerly a distance of about 500 feet.
Article 45. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate money for the construction of new sidewalks as follows: (a) Install concrete curbing on Main Street, . Bondsville, along the property of John Duda, a distance of about 65 feet; (b) Walk in Church and Pleasant Streets, Thorndike, from the corner of Main and Church Streets to present walk near property of one St. Amand; (c) Walk on High Street, Thorndike, from the intersec- tion of Church and High Streets at Lake Junction a dis- tance of about 2610 feet to the intersection of High and Commercial Streets; (d) Walk, with curbing, on Main. Street, Bondsville, in front of the Lincoln Block; (e) Walk on the southerly side of Main Street, Thorndike, from property of one Jorczak to property of one Sanford.
Article 46. To see if the town will vote to install. and maintain additional electric lights as follows: (a) 2 lights on Longview Road in the Depot Village.
Article 47. To see what action the town will take relative to providing larger and more adequate quarters for the offices of town clerk and collector of taxes in the Holbrook Building.
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Article 48. To see if the town will vote to include the school teachers of the town within the terms "labor- ers, workmen and mechanics" as used in Sections 68 to 75, inclusive, of Chapter 152 of the General Laws, as per- mitted by Section 69 of said Chapter.
Article 49. To see if the town will lease the Weni- messet School Building in Three Rivers to the American Veterans Committee, Inc. Romuald Renaud Chapter #468, for a term of five years, at a rental of $1.00 per year, for use as quarters and for recreational facilities.
Article 50. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate any sum of money for the repair and maintenance of the Wenimesset School Building in Three Rivers.
Article 51. To see if the town will establish a com- munity recreational center in the Wenimesset School in Three Rivers, and raise and appropriate money for the same, or authorize the selectmen to lease said building to any association or organization for the purposes of a recreational center to be maintained by such organiza- tion or association.
Article 52. To see if the town will authorize the selectmen to buy or lease a tract of land from one Fila on the Bondsville Road, near Fuller's Corner, for a town dump, and raise and appropriate money therefor.
Article 53. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $153.02 to pay Faulkner Hard- ware Company for materials furnished the highway de- partment.
Article 54. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $835.00 to pay the Construction Equipment Company of Hartford, Conn., for one heavy duty reversible moldboard with flareplate standard lift
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frame and underframe mounted, sold to the town for use by the highway department.
Article 55. To see if the town will vote to rent any portion of the old engine house on Park Street, Depot Village, to the Palmer Athletic Club and to the Boy Scouts.
Article 56. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum of money for repairs to the old en- gine house on Park Street, Depot Village.
Article 57. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum of money for the repair or replacing of the heating system in the Park Street School in the Depot Village.
·Article 58. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $200,000.00, or any sum, for the purpose of build- ing a living memorial to the veterans of Palmer, said me- morial to be in the form of an addition to the high school building and to include a swimming pool, modern acces- sory rooms, and a large gymnasium capable of seating 750 to 1000 people, and a field house; and raise said sum by taxation or otherwise, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 59. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2500, said sum to be specifically used for the purchase of athletic equipment under the direction of the school committee.
Article 60. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $5000, or whatever sum may be necessary, to purchase portable bleachers to seat 4000 people for use at Legion Field.
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Article 61. To see if the town will vote to appro- priate or transfer from available funds a sum of money for a stabilization fund as authorized by the provisions of Chapter 124 of the Acts of 1945, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 62. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum of money for the purpose of erect- ing an appropriate memorial tablet or marker at Hry- niewicz Park in Three Rivers (formerly known as the Common), said tablet or marker to show that the park was named in honor of Frank Alphonse Hryniewicz, the first Palmer boy to lose his life in World War II.
Article 63. To see if the town will raise and appro- priate any sum of money, to be expended under the direc- tion of the Board of Public Health, for the purpose of giving to the school children attending parochial or pri- vate schools in the town substantially the same medical examinations and tests now afforded to the children at- tending the public schools.
Article 64. To see if the town will vote to sell, at private sale or public auction, upon such terms as the selectmen shall deem for the best interests of the town, a certain tract of land, containing five and three-tenths (5.3) acres, situate near Palmer Center, in said Palmer, and bounded and described as follows:
Beginning on the easterly side of the road leading from the Depot Village to Palmer Center at a stone bound and at corner of land now or formerly of Wil- liam J. and Lucy Nevue, thence S. 58° 12' E. one hundred ninety-eight (198) feet to a stone bound; thence N. 48° 58' E. four hundred fifty-one and 50/100 (451.50) feet to a stone bound; thence N. 89° 13' E. one hundred eighty-six (186) feet to a stone bound ; thence N. 00° 35' E. three hundred thir-
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ty-eight and 40/100 (398.40) feet to a stone bound on the southerly side of the highway leading from the Depot Village to Palmer Center, all of the above courses being along line of land now or formerly of William J. and Lucy Nevue; thence Westerly along the southerly side of said highway one hundred twenty-eight (128) feet to a stone bound; thence Westerly by a curve to the left two hundred ten and 81/100 (210.81) feet to a stone bound; thence South- westerly one hundred twenty-two and 53/100 (122 .- 53) feet to a stone bound; thence Southwesterly by a curve to the left two hundred nine and 26/100 feet to a stone bound; thence S. 23° 28' W. two hundred eighty-six and 80/100 (286.80) feet to the place of beginning. Being the same premises conveyed to the Town by deed of William Burdick dated May 25, 1918, and recorded with Hampden County Deeds, Book 1016, Page 457;
and authorize the selectmen, in the name and behalf of the town to execute, acknowledge and deliver a deed con- veying said land.
Article 65. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be expended for the preparation of a base map and comprehensive zoning by- law for the entire Town of Palmer, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 66. To see if the town will vote to estab- lish a planning board under the provisions of Chapter 41, Section 81A of the General Laws, with all the powers and duties therein, to consist of six members to be elected by ballot at the next annual town meeting; two of said members to be elected for a term of one year, one for the term of two years, one for the term of three years, one for the term of four years, and one for the term of
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five years. and thereafter their successors to be elected annually for terms of five years each.
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- ing and by publishing an attested copy thereof in at least two issues of the Journal-Register, a newspaper publish- ed 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 seventh day of Janu- ary, A. D. 1947.
PETER F. WARAKOMSKI DANIEL W. O'CONNOR GEORGE B. CHENEY
Selectmen of Paimer
A true copy, Attest :
JAMES H. CARTER
Constable of the Town of Palmer
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Index
Animal Inspection 39
Assessor's Report 28
Auditor's Report
69
Balance Sheet for 1946
113
Board of Health
61
Board of Public Welfare
49
Board of Public Welfare for Aid to
Dependent Children
55
Cemetery Commissioners' Report
81
Chief of Police
36
Civilian Defense and Rationing Board
122
Forest Fire Warden
124
Jury List
32
Inspector of Slaughtering
66
License Commission
67
Milk Inspector
66
Moth Department
68
Old Age Assistance
57
Park Commissioners' Report
77
School Committee
127
Sealer of Weights and Measures Report
41
Selectmen
120
Tax Collector's Report
25
Town Bookkeeper's Report
83
Town Clerk's Report
5
Town Officers - Expiration Date
3
Town Warrant
149
Tree Warden
123
Treasurer's Report
27
Trial Balance
118
Veteran's Service Center 45
Young Men's Library Association 74
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