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HEREOF FAIL NOT.
And make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at or before the time for the meet- ing aforesaid.
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Given under our hands this twenty-first day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.
CHARLES S. SMITH, JOHN F. FARRAR, ROBERT D. DONALDSON, Selectmen of Lincoln.
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The following return is on the back of the Warrant :
Lincoln, February 24, 1919.
I have served this Warrant by posting an attested copy in each of the Post Offices and in the Railroad Station seven days before the date of said meeting.
JOHN J. KELLIHER, Constable of Lincoln.
Pursuant to the above Warrant the meeting was called to order by the Town Clerk at 11.45 A. M., who read the War- rant.
ARTICLE 1. Voted to choose Sumner Smith, Moderator of this meeting. (Sworn.)
The Moderator then appointed the following: Herbert G. Farrar, Robert R. Hunter, Tellers. (Sworn.) Thomas J. Dee, Ballot Clerk. (Sworn.)
The polls were opened at 12 o'clock noon. Voted: That when this meeting adjourn, it do so to meet again in Bemis Hall Saturday, March 8 at 1 o'clock P. M.
Voted to adjourn at 6.45 P. M.
ART. 2. The result of the Ballot was as follows:
Town Clerk .-
William C. Peirce (Sworn) 93 votes 20
Blanks
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Selectman, for three years .-
John F. Farrar (Sworn) Blanks 20 “
93 votes
Assessor, for three years
William C. Peirce (Sworn) Blanks
90 votes 23 “
Treasurer .-
C. Lee Todd (Sworn)
Blanks
91 votes 22
Collector of Taxes .-
Thomas S. Giles (Sworn)
98 votes 15
Blanks
Auditor .-
James W. Lennon (Sworn)
94 votes
Blanks 19
Constables .-
George E. Cunningham (Sworn)
90 votes
Blanks
23 “
John J. Kelliher 92 votes
Blanks 21
School Committee, for three years .-
Anthony J. Doherty (Sworn) 83 votes
Roderick B. Laird Blanks 8
22 "
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Water Commissioner, for three years .-
John J. Kelliher (Sworn) Joseph S. Hart Blanks 26 66
86 votes 1
Board of Health, for three years .-
Martin M. Welch
Blanks
94 votes 19
Tree Warden .-
John J. Kelliher
Blanks
93 votes 20 66
Cemetery Commissioner, for three years .-
Edward F. Flint
88 votes
Blanks
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Commissioner of Trust Funds .-
C. Lee Todd for three years 89 votes
Blanks
24 "
Donald Gordon for one year 89 votes
Blanks 24
Trustee for Bemis Fund for Free Public Lectures .-
C. Lee Todd for three years 87 votes
Blanks
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Donald Gordon for one year
87 66
Blanks 26
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Question .-
Shall License be granted for the sale of Intoxicating Liquors in this Town:
Yes 19 votes 61 33 66
No
Blanks
The meeting was called to order the following Saturday at 2 P. M. by the Moderator, who read the result of the ballot. The following officers were then chosen :
Field Drivers .-
Warren A. Sherman, Phillips Bradley.
Fence Viewers .-
John F. Farrar (Sworn.)
William H. Sherman (Sworn.)
Surveyor of Lumber .-
Samuel Farrar
Measurers of Wood and Bark .-
Samuel Farrar. John F. Farrar (Sworn.)
Trustees of Grammar School Fund .-
Conrad P. Hatheway. John T. Clark.
ARTICLE 3. Voted : That all the Reports of Town Of- ficers as printed in the Town Report be accepted.
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ART. 4. The following appropriations were voted : For Schools $14,000.00
For Transportation of Children 4,000.00
For Support of Poor 500.00
For Highways and Bridges 10,000.00
Voted, That a sum not exceeding $9,000.00 be appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen in con- junction with the State Highway Commission and the County Commissioners in rebuilding a portion of the South Great Road, so-called. The appropriation taken from money now in the Treasury.
For Library. The Dog tax and $ 500.00
For Interest 500.00
For Cemeteries. (Taken from Cemetery fund) 500.00
For Board of Health 200.00
For Tree Warden 500.00
For Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths .. 1,500.00
For Miscellaneous Expenses 6,000.00
For Hydrants and other Water Service 2,400.00
For Waltham Hospital Free Bed 250.00
For Street Lamps 1,600.00
For Fire Department 200.00
For Payment of Schoolhouse Bonds 1,814.34
For Interest on Schoolhouse Bonds 660.00
For Payment of Water Bonds (from Water Works Income ) 1,000.00
Voted, That the sum of $4,787.51 be transferred from the Water Works Treasury during the ensuing year, if such sum is available in the Water Works Treasury.
ART. 5. Voted that the taxes be collected in the same · manner as last year.
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ART. 6. Voted that the compensation of the collector of taxes be 13/4%.
ART. 7. Voted that the Town authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the Municipal year beginning January 1, 1919, in anticipation of the collec- tion of taxes for the said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the Town, but not exceeding the total tax levy for the said year, giving the notes of the Town in payment thereof, payable in one year from the date thereof, all debts incurred under authority of this vote shall be paid from taxes of the present municipal year.
ART. 8. Voted to pass over the article.
ART. 9. Voted to appropriate $25.00 for the Middlesex County Farm Bureau.
Voted to adjourn this meeting.
Attest :
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE,
Town Clerk.
March 11, 1919.
Herbert G. Farrar was this day sworn as Special Police for the remainder of the year by
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE,
Town Clerk.
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March 14, 1919.
Isaac Langille was this day sworn as Special Police for the remainder of the year by
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE, Town Clerk.
March 14, 1919.
Lorenzo E. Brooks was this day sworn as Special Police for the remainder of the year by
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE, Town Clerk.
March 14, 1919.
John J. Kelliher was this day appointed Sealer of Weights and Measures, also appointed Forest Warden.
Attest :
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE, Town Clerk.
March 18, 1919.
Winslow A. Eaton was this day sworn as Special Police for the remainder of the year by
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE, Town Clerk.
June 3, 1919.
John Campbell, Supt. Special Service Department, was ap- pointed Special Police for the Town of Lincoln, by The Edi-
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son Electric Illuminating Company. Sworn by Edward S. Mansfield, Notary Public.
Attest :
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE, Town Clerk.
August 13, 1919.
John F. Farrar was this day sworn as weigher of stone and other commodities for the South Great Road construction.
Attest :
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE, Town Clerk
August 13, 1919.
Thomas L. Giles was this day sworn as Deputy to John F. Farrar as weigher of stone and other commodities.
Attest :
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE, Town Clerk.
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Proceedings of the State Election, held November 4, 1919
WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. MIDDLESEX, SS.
To any Constable in the Town of Lincoln in said County.
GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Lincoln duly qualified to vote in the election of State and County Officers to assemble in Town Hall on Tuesday, November 4th, at seven o'clock in the forenoon to give in their votes for the following officers, viz .: Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney General, Councillor (one), Senator (from the fifth Middlesex District) (one), Representative in General Court (from the · Thirteenth Middlesex District), County Commissioner, Asso- ciate County Commissioner (two), District Attorney, and any other officer required by law to be chosen in the month of November of the current year.
All officers enumerated above are to be designated and voted for on one ballot, and also the following questions :
QUESTIONS.
Acceptance of the rearrangement of the Constitution of the Commonwealth submitted by the Constitutional Convention.
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Acceptance of Chapter 311, General acts of 1919 entitled, "An Act relative to the establishment and maintenance of con- tinuation. schools and courses of instruction for employed minors."
Acceptance of Chapter 116, General Acts of 1919, entitled, "An Act to authorize savings banks and institutions for sav- ings, and trust companies having savings departments, to place deposits on interest monthly." (Referendum.)
Question of Public Policy under Chapter 819 Acts of 1913, "Shall the Senator from this District be instructed to vote for legislation to regulate and license the manufacture and sale of beverages containing not over four per cent of alcohol by weight and to define same to be non-intoxicating."
The polls to be opened at seven o'clock A. M. and may be closed at seven o'clock P. M. or earlier, and you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting an attested copy thereof in each of the Post Offices and in one of the Churches or in some other public place, seven days at least before the day appointed for said meeting and to make reasonable return thereof with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk.
HEREOF FAIL NOT.
Given under our hands this twenty-seventh day of October in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred nineteen.
CHARLES S. SMITH, JOHN F. FARRAR, ROBERT D. DONALDSON. Selectmen of Lincoln.
The return on the back of the Warrant is as follows :
Lincoln, October 28, 1919.
I have served this Warrant by posting an attested copy in
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each of the Post Offices and one in the Railroad Station seven days before said meeting.
JOHN J. KELLIHER, Constable.
Pursuant to the above Warrant the meeting was called to order at seven o'clock A. M. by the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, who read the Warrant and administered the oath to George G. Tarbell and Thomas J. Dee as Ballot Clerks, and to Thomas L. Giles as Teller. The polls were then de- clared open. At 6.30 o'clock P. M. the polls were closed by a unanimous vote. There were 224 ballots cast and the total agreed with the counter on the ballot box and with the check list used by the Teller. After counting, the ballots were given to the Town Clerk. The result of the ballot was read in open meeting after which the meeting was dissolved. The result of the ballot was as follows :
FOR GOVERNOR .-
Calvin Coolidge, of Northampton (R.) 181 votes
Richard H. Long, of Framingham (D.) 43
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR .-
Channing H. Cox, of Boston (R.) 169 votes
John F. J. Herbert, of Worcester (D.) 43 Blanks 12
FOR SECRETARY .-
Albert P. Langtry, of Springfield (R.) 165 votes
Charles H. McGlue, of Lynn (D.) 38
Harry W. Bowman, of Boston (P.) 2 66 James Hayes of Plymouth (S.L.) 2 Herbert H. Thompson, of Haverhill (S.) 1 Blanks 16 66
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FOR TREASURER .-
Fred J. Burrell of Medford (R.) 135 votes
Chandler M. Wood, of Winchester (D.) 69
2 66 Charles D. Fletcher, of Somerville (P.) Blanks
18 66
FOR AUDITOR .-
Alonzo B. Cook, of Boston (R.) 155 votes
Arthur J. B. Cartier, of Fall River (D.)
45
Henry J. D. Small, of Boston (P.) 3 Oscar Kinsalas, of Springfield (S.L.) 2 Walter P. J. Skahan, of Springfield (S.) Blanks 17 66
2 66
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL .-
J. Weston Allen, of Newton (R.) 163 votes
Joseph A. Conry of Boston (D.) 34
Conrad W. Crooker, of Melrose (P.I.P.)
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66
Morris I. Becker, of Chelsea (S.L.)
1 vote
William R. Henry, of Lynn (S.) 1 Blanks 19
FOR COUNCILLOR, (Sixth District) .-
James G. Harris, of Medford (R.) 165 votes 59 66 Blanks
FOR SENATOR, (Fifth Middlesex District) .-
John M. Gibbs of Waltham (R.) 166 votes 41
Warren L. Bishop of Wayland (D.) Blanks
17 66
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FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN GENERAL COURT, (Thirteenth Middlesex District) .-
Benjamin Loring Young, of Weston (R.) 157 votes
John C. Dolan, of Concord (D.) 57
Blanks 10
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER, (Middlesex County) .-
Erson B. Barlow, of Lowell (R.) 153 votes
Charles J. Barton, of Melrose (D.) 36
Blanks 35 66
FOR ASSOCIATE COMMISSIONER, (Middleser County) .-
Frederic P. Barnes, of Newton (R.) 145 votes
H. Harding Hale, of Hudson (R.) 90
FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, (Northern District ) .-
Nathan A. Tufts, of Waltham (R.) 168 votes
William E. Russell of Cambridge (D.) 45
Blanks 11 66
Questions .-
Shall the arrangement of the Constitution of the Common- wealth submitted by the Constitutional Convention be approved or ratified :
Yes-75 No-31 Blanks-118
"Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year nine- teen hundred nineteen entitled "An Act relative to the establish-
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ment and maintenance of continuation schools and courses of instruction for employed minors" be accepted :
Yes-93 No-22 Blanks-109
Shall Chapter 116 General acts of 1919 approved by the General Court without division, which provides that deposits in savings banks and savings departments of trust companies may be placed on interest once a month and not oftener; that divi- dends on such deposits may be declared semi-annually and not oftener, and that interest shall not be paid on any such deposit withdrawn between dividend days, be approved.
Yes-78 No-39 Blanks-107
"Shall the Senator from this district be instructed to vote for legislation to regulate and license the manufacture and sale of beverages containing not over four per cent of alcohol by weight and to define same to be non-intoxicating :
Yes-109 No-70 Blanks-45 Attest :
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE, Town Clerk.
At a meeting of the Town Clerks of the Thirteenth Repre- sentative District of Middlesex County held at Concord, No-
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vember 14, 1919, the vote for Representative in the General Court was determined as follows :
CONCORD
LINCOLN
SUDBURY
WAYLAND
WESTON
TOTAL
John C. Dolan, of Concord. .366
57
38
162
26
649
Benjamin Loring Young, of Weston 669
157
177
247
383
1633
Blank
38
10
6
14
15
83
Total
1073
224
221
423
424
2365
Two certificates of the election of Benjamin Loring Young of Weston were prepared and signed by the Clerks for trans- mission to the Secretary of the Commonwealth and to the Representative elect.
William D. Cross, Town Clerk of Concord.
William C. Peirce, Town Clerk of Lincoln.
Frank T. Gerry, Town Clerk of Sudbury.
Warren L. Bishop, Town Clerk of Wayland.
Brenton H. Dickson, Jr., town Clerk of Weston.
Attest :
WILLIAM C. PEIRCE,
Town Clerk.
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JURY LIST FOR 1919
As prepared by the Selectmen of Lincoln
Name
P. O. Address
Occupation
Adams, John
Bamforth, Fred J. D.
Lincoln
Farmer
Brooks, Lorenzo E.
Concord, R. F. D.
Farmer
Calkins, T. Alonzo
So. Lincoln
Farmer
Crook, Russel G.
So. Lincoln
Sculptor
Farnsworth, Charles P.
So. Lincoln
Farmer
Farrar, Herbert W.
So. Lincoln
Farmer
Farrar, John F.
So. Lincoln
Farmer
Flint, Ephraim B.
Lincoln
Farmer
Gordon, Donald
So. Lincoln
Lawyer
Foreman, Charles F.
So. Lincoln
Carpenter
Harding, William A.
So. Lincoln
Carpenter
Johnson, Walter W.
Lincoln
Farmer
Clerk
Lennon, James W.
So. Lincoln
Clerk
Martin, Owen E.
So. Lincoln
Farmer
McAskill, Dan A.
So. Lincoln
Blacksmith
McHugh, John E.
Concord, R. F. D.
Farmer
Neville James M.
Concord, R. F. D.
Farmer
Welch, Martin M. Wheeler, Abner S.
So. Lincoln
Farmer
So. Lincoln
Clerk
CHARLES S. SMITH JOHN F. FARRAR
ROBERT D. DONALDSON Selectmen of Lincoln.
So. Lincoln
Business Man
Laird, Ludwig V. A.
Lincoln
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There have been recorded during the year ending December 31, 1919, 7 Marriages, 11 Births, 9 Deaths.
Births Registered
Date of Birth
Name of Child
Name of Parents
Nov. 19, 1902
Margaret Elizabeth Frazier
Jan. 3, 1918]
Manley Edward Boyce
Jan. 22, 1919
Olive Foreman
Jeoffrey D. and Margaret Delory Frazier Manley B. and Alice M. Gorvette Boyce Charles F. and Annie Simond Foreman John and Ethel Haines Gibson
Jan.
30, 1919| Frederick Gibson
April 4, 1919
Henry Allen Butcher
May 26, 1919
Frank Ciraso
May
31, 1919
Louizi Nicassio Soutedicola
Henry A. and Bessie Holman Butcher Michael and Amelia Marganella Ciraso Nicassio and Froncisco Diodata Soutedicola
Aug.
1, 1919
Madeline Coan
Aug. 23, 1919 Evelyn Louise Graham
Dec.
14, 1919
Warren Eugene Sherman
Thomas F. and Anna A. Crowley Coan James W. and Harriet E. Tuttle Graham Warren A. and Margaret D. Nutting Sherman
Dec. 18, 1919 Still-born Newman
Alva and Clara E. Eaton Newman
EXTRACT FROM THE REVISED LAWS Chap. 29 AS AMENDED BY CHAP. 280, ACTS OF 1912
Sect. 1. Physicians and midwives shall, within forty- eight hours after the birth of every child in cases of which they were in charge, mail or deliver to the clerk or registrar of the city or town in which the birth occurred a notice stating the date and place of the birth, giving the street number, if any, the number of the ward in a city and the family name. Failure to mail or deliver the said notice shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars for each offence. The notice required by this Section need not be given if the notice required by the following Section is given within forty-eight hours after the birth occurs.
Sect. 6. Parents, within forty days after the birth of a child, and every householder, within forty days after the birth of a child in his house, shall cause notice thereof to be given
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to the clerk of the City or Town, in which such child is born.
Sect. 8. A parent, keeper, superintendent or other person who is required by Section 6 to give or cause to be given notice of a birth or death, who neglects so to do for ten days after the time limited therefor, shall forfeit not more than five dollars for such offence.
Marriages Registered
Date of Marriage
Marriage Registered
Residence
May
28, 1919
S
Edward Stanley Hobbs, Jr. Laura Ann Burgess
Weston Lincoln
June
18, 1919
S
Francis Patrick Reynolds, Jr.
Margaret Ann McHugh
Lexington Lincoln
Aug.
3, 1919
George Uberto Browning Isabelle Frances Smith
Lincoln Cambridge
Sept.
16, 1919
Ralph H. Goodno Edna E. Warde
Lincoln Hyde Park
Oct.
5, 1919
S 2
John Joseph Connair Margaret Josephine Casey
Lincoln Waltham
Oct.
8, 1919
S
Edward Francis Gilbert Annie Josephine O'Connel
Lincoln Lincoln
Dec.
3, 1919
George Wallace Brooks Margaret Pauline McDonagh
Lincoln Concord
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Deaths Registered
Age
Date of Death
Name
Y.
M. D.
Jan. 9, 1919
Mary Adeline Lahey
60
4 13
Feb. 3, 1919
James Reginald Keirstead
46
7
13
Feb. 9, 1919
Florence L. Dalby
62
4
9
Feb. 21, 1919
Hannah Maguire
69
9
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April
15, 1919
John Elliot Bryant
65
5
7
Sept. 5, 1919
Mason Parker Hunter
50
11
26
Nov. 7, 1919
Eleanor Goodwin Snelling
42
4
14
Dec.
3, 1919
John Catonia
1
5
9
Dec. 18, 1919
Still-born Newman
0
0
0
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN
The Selectmen present the following report for the fiscal year ending December 31st, 1919:
The Board was organized by the choice of Charles S. Smith, Chairman, and R. D. Donaldson, Secretary.
Appointments
The following appointments have been made during the year :
Sealer of Weights and Measures, John J. Kelliher.
Special Police, Herbert G. Farrar, Isaac Langille, Lorenzo E. Brooks, Winslow A. Eaton and John Campbell.
Forest Warden, John J. Kelliher.
Weigher of Stone and other Commodities for South Great Road construction, John F. Farrar, and Deputy to John F. Farrar, Thomas L. Giles.
Weigher of Coal, Hay and Grain and other Commodities, Elmer A. Rollins.
Inspector of Animals, Martin M. Welch.
Janitor of Public Buildings and Caretaker of Public Grounds, Edward Bannon.
For the purpose of preserving as well as possible the record of the Lincoln men in the various forms of service in the late War, what is believed to be a complete list is found on another page of this report.
On May 3rd, 1919, the Town had formal exercises in con- nection with the Welcome Home Day. A notice sent to all of our citizens was as follows:
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The Town of Lincoln will, on the afternoon of May 3rd, extend formal welcome to the Lincoln men who have been in the Service. The general program for the afternoon will be as follows :
1 O'CLOCK-Parade from the Railroad Station to the Town Hall.
2 o'CLOCK-Exercises in the Town Hall with Gen. Edwards as the principal speaker. After the exercises in the Hall there will be a ball game, with a band concert, on the school house grounds.
6 O'CLOCK-Banquet in the Hall at which the men and im- mediate members of their families will be guests of the Town.
8 O'CLOCK-Dancing in the Hall with full orchestra.
The Committee desires that all citizens of the Town should join enthusiastically in this welcome.
FOR THE COMMITTEE.
And there is printed herewith a complete program of the · exercises :
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THE TOWN OF LINCOLN WELCOMES HER MEN RETURNING FROM THE WORLD WAR
May the Third, Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen
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HONOR ROLL
Benner, Thomas E.
Bamforth, Charles/
Bamforth, Ralph'
Blodgett, Dr. Stephen H.' Boyce, Edward Fv
Boyce, W. James Bradley, Phillips '
Briggs, Richard, Jr./
Brooks, George W.'
Browning, George C/
Burgess, Aubrey W.‘ Coan, Martin /
Cobb, Veranus -
Connair, John J.'
Crowell, Wendell D.'
*Cunnert, Charles ,
Danner, John ‹
Davis, Edward Russell» Delory, James '
Doten, Wallace V.
Dougherty, Matthew F/ Eldredge, Arthur S., Jr! Farnsworth, Murray, Farquhar, Robert ' Foster, Percival H." *Giles, John F. Giles, Thomas T. / Goodno, Ralph HY Hart, Dr. Joseph S .! Higginson, A. Henry ,
Hilliard, William M,
Hutton, Hubert Y!
Jensen, Alexander/
Kenna, John F. Lahay, John B4
Loring, Dr. Robert Gy Lunt, Byron ,
*Marston, Wilder E. Martin, Thomas B. Moynihan, Jeremiah J.‘ Pope, Reginald ·
Rider, Harry-
Rocks, Charles L."
Rocks, Frederick A.‹
Rooney, Martin J!"
Robus, Wiliam C. Ryan, Edward H."
Ryan, James T. " Russell, George H.'
Sargent, Francis B. Seeckts, Albert (
Shea, James J.'
Snelling, Harry Courtney Snelling, Howard / Snelling, Samuel W.
Tarbell, George G."
Weir, Robert J. W., Jr. Wheeler, Ruth Alden , Wetherbee, Charles E.
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EXERCISES IN THE TOWN HALL
SONG America
OPENING REMARKS
By the Chairman of Committee of Welcome MR. CHARLES S. SMITH
INVOCATION-REV. EDWARD E. BRADLEY
"To Thee, O Country" SONG SOLO
"When the Boys Come Home" F. J. KIDDER
ADDRESS-MAJOR-GENERAL CLARENCE R. EDWARDS
SONG "Battle Hymn of the Republic"
ADDRESS-BRIG .- GENERAL JOHN H. SHERBURNE
SONG "Ring Out, Sweet Bells of Peace"
PRESENTATION OF SERVICE MEDALS
STAR SPANGLED BANNER
BANQUET-Six O'Clock (Admission only by ticket)
DANCING-Eight O'Clock (Admission only by ticket) MISS DOROTHY PARKER, Pianist MR. ALBERT P. BRIGGS, Director
COMMITTEE
Charles S. Smith
John F. Farrar
Robert D. Donaldson C. Lee Todd
Henry E. Warner
Donald Gordon
Thomas W. Codman Lorenzo E. Brooks
John J. Kelliher
Edward E. Bradley
Arthur S. Eldridge Charles L. De Normandie
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The following table gives the appropriations made by the Town during the year 1919 and the appropriations recom- mended by the Board to be made at the next Annual Meeting :
The Selectmen recommend the following appropriations
Appropriations for 1919
for the ensuing year
For Schools,
$14,000.00
$15,000.00
Transportation for children,
4,000.00
5,000.00
Support of Poor,
500.00
500.00
Highways and Bridges,
10,000.00
12,000.00
Library, Dog Tax,
500.00
700.00
South Great Road (taken from money in treasury )
9,000.00
...
Cemeteries (from Cemetery Fund)
500.00
500.00
Board of Health,
200.00
200.00
Tree Warden,
500.00
500.00
Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths,
1,500.00
1,500.00
Miscellaneous Expenses,
6,000.00
6,000.00
Hydrants and other Water Service,
2,400.00
2,400.00
Waltham Hospital Free Bed,
250.00
300.00
Street Lamps,
1,600.00
1,800.00
Fire Department,
200.00
200.00
Payment of Schoolhouse Bonds,
1,814.34
. . . .
Interest on Schoolhouse Bonds,
660.00
. . . .
Payment of Water Bonds (to be taken from Water Works Income )
1,000.00
1,000.00
Water Works Sinking Fund (to be taken from Water Works Income )
1,500.00
1,500.00
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Of the $9,000 recommended as an appropriation for the South Great Road last year, it later developed that the State and County were only to put in $7,500 each, therefore the Town's contribution, which was to be the same, was reduced to $7,500. Of this amount the Town had paid up to the first of the year upwards of $17,000 and received from the State and County $11,000. The work contracted for and com- pleted amounts to about $20,000, so that the net expenditure of the Town on account of the new construction of this road during the year 1919 will amount to about $6,667.00.
It is expected that the State and County will be willing to continue the new construction of this road on the same basis as during the last year, and the Selectmen recommend that an appropriation of at least $7,500 be made available for the Selectmen to use in conjunction with the State and County during the coming year.
On account of the increased cost of labor and materials the Highway Department has exceeded considerably the appropria- tion made. If the appropriation made had been the same as had been made in previous years, the net excess over the appropriation would have been very small. In other words, the total expenditures by this Department have been about $15,500 and the Department has earned about $3,200, which leaves a net expenditure of about $12,300.
Finances
The bonded debt incurred in connection with the new schoolhouse in 1908 of $55,000 has been entirely liquidated and no appropriation will be necessary this year either for the payment of bonds or for the interest on the same.
The Sinking Fund Commissioners have in their hands $16,994.94 which will be used by them to purchase the remain- ing $15,000 outstanding bonds, and the income from this fund will more than pay the current coupons on said bonds. It has
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not been possible for the Commissioners to purchase these bonds, the owners desiring to keep them.
Otherwise, the financial condition of the Town as of January 1st, 1920, is as follows :
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