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Voted That after the interest of the said Robert M. Pierce is satisfied, in accordance with the previous vote, that any net income received by the Town on account of the Real Estate in question shall be paid by the Town to the Wal- tham Hospital for the benefit of such citizens of the Town of Lincoln as may be in need of free hospital treatment.
Voted to adjourn.
Attest :
THOMAS L. GILES,
Town Clerk.
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Proceedings at a Special Town Meeting held on July 16, 1927
WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
MIDDLESEX, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Lincoln in said County : GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify the legal voters of said Town of Lincoln, qualified to vote in Town Meeting for the transaction of Town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall in said Lincoln on Saturday, the sixteenth day of July next at eight o'clock P. M., then and there to act on all of the following Articles, by posting a copy of this Warrant, by you attested, in each of the Post Offices and in some other public place in said Town seven days at least before the sixteenth day of July next :
ART. 1. To choose a Moderator.
ART. 2. To see if the Town will accept the legacies provided in the will of the late John H. Pierce and in the will of the late Miss Elsie Pierce, or take any action in regard to the same.
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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 meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this 8th day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven.
CHARLES S. SMITH, C. LEE TODD, ROBERT D. DONALDSON, Selectmen of Lincoln.
Lincoln, July 9, 1927.
I have served this Warrant by posting an attested copy in each of the Post Offices and at the Railroad Station seven days before date of said meeting.
JOHN J. KELLIHER, Constable.
In accordance with the provisions of the foregoing War- rant, the meeting was called to order at 8 o'clock P. M. by the Town Clerk, who read the Warrant and presided at the election of the Moderator.
ART. 1. George G. Tarbell was elected Moderator.
Voted that the rules be suspended to allow free discus- sion of the matter contained in Article 2.
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ART. 2. Voted that the Town accept the legacy of the late John H. Pierce with grateful acknowledgement of his generous benefaction.
Voted that the Town accept the provisions of the will and the gift of the late Elsie Pierce with grateful acknowl- edgement of her generous benefaction.
Voted that a Committee of five be appointed by the Chair to carry out the vote of the Town at a previous meeting, relative to modifications in the wills of the late John H. Pierce and the late Elsie Pierce.
The Committee appointed were as follows, viz .:-
Bertha Scripture George G. Tarbell F. Winchester Denio
C. Lee Todd
Anthony J. Doherty
Voted to adjourn.
Attest :
THOMAS L. GILES,
Town Clerk.
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Vital Statistics
There have been recorded during the year ending Dec. 31, 1927, 9 Marriages, 17 Births and 14 Deaths.
Marriages Registered
Date of Marriage
Names
Residence
Mch. 9, 1927
Robert R. Hunter
Jessie Raymond Simonds
Lincoln Lincoln
Apr. 12, 1927
Lester W. Pearson Elizabeth S. Guy
Lincoln Saugus
Apr. 30, 1927
Edward F. Stewart Mary J. Calkins
Waltham Lincoln
June 16, 1927
William MacDonald
Jennie Butcher Pearson
Lincoln Lincoln
July 21, 1927
Walter G. Hallett Helen E. Pierce
Lincoln Concord
Sept. 18, 1927
Francis Joseph Corrigan Doris Rosanna Lamothe
Lincoln Waltham
Aug. 27, 1927
John Penketh Evelyn Lenora Heffer
Lincoln Waltham
Nov. 25, 1927
John P. Howard Elizabeth F. Giles
Weston Lincoln
Dec. 7, 1927
George D. Pace Marion Martin
Allston Lincoln
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Births Registered
Date of Birth
Name
Names of Parents
Jan. 1, 1927 Alice Mary Dickson
Jan. 23, 1927 Marilyn Orton Porter
Walter J. and Mildred F.
Jan. 30, 1927 Thelma Violet Walters
John J. and Lottie H.
Mch. 11, 1927 William Harry Pike
Richard G. and Helen H.
Apr. 9, 1927 John Daniel Hancock
George W. and Gladys S.
May
15, 1927 Alfred Grant Davis
Alfred M. and Ethel B.
May 15, 1927 Ernest H. MacFarland
Ernest H. and Ingar S.
May 24, 1927 Infant Howard
Lawrence W. and Emily F.
June ยท 4, 1927 Charles Waldo Smith
Sumner and Alice Wiggin
Cornelius T. and Katherine N.
July
19, 1927 Martin Corrigan
Martin and Anna D.
Olin A. and Agnes E.
William T. and Grace M.
Aug. 12, 1927 Helen Pearson
Lester Lyman and Elizabeth S.
Aug. 28, 1927 Mildred Gertrude Prescott Howard Johnson and Edith Butcher
Aug. 11, 1927 Terese Agnes Delory
William B. and Mary J. 1 Nov. 22, 1927 Lawrence Russell
Walter and Elsie A.
EXTRACT FROM THE REVISED LAWS Chap. 29 AS AMENDED BY CHAP. 280, ACTS OF 1912
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
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.
July 16. 1927 Michael Cornelius Shea
July 27, 1927 Kenneth Henry Jensen
Aug. 1, 1927 Harold Conrad Kearsley
Stewart G. and Christine B.
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Deaths Registered
Date of Death
Name
Y.
M.
D.
Jan. 5, 1927
William H. Davis, Jr.
12
8
9
Jan. 6, 1927
Adelbert S. Hamilton
63
Jan. 7, 1927
Francis Campobasso
2
Jan.
9, 1927
Lucy A. Griffin
80
5
4
Jan. 14, 1927
Jeanette Holman Butcher
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9
28
Jan. 14, 1927
Andrew Kilfoye
69
Mch. 13, 1927
George Peters
1
11
15
Mch. 15, 1927
Mary Ann Riley
72
7
10
Apr. 14, 1927
Marcus Morton Russell
86
7
6
Apr. 25, 1927
Jane M. Lennon
77
22
Aug. 28, 1927
Charles Sumner Smith
69
8
9
Nov. 3, 1927
Mary J. Burgess
85
6
Nov. 9, 1927
Martha Melinda Watson
78
7
15
Dec. 30, 1927
William M. Hilliard
48
8
15
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JURY LIST FOR 1927
As prepared by the Selectmen of Lincoln
Name
Address
Occupation
Bowen, David
Lincoln
Clerk
Bowman, Robert A.
South Lincoln Salesman
Coburn, Edward S.
South Lincoln
Farmer
Codman, Hugh
Lincoln
Retired
Cousins, Harold S.
Lincoln
Farmer
Dean, Clarence H.
Lincoln
Carpenter
DeNormandie, William J.
Lincoln
Farmer
Farrar, John F.
South Lincoln
Farmer
Flint, Edward T.
Lincoln
Farmer
Giles, Thomas L.
South Lincoln
Town Clerk
Hartwell, J. Redman
Concord, R. F. D.
Farmer
Higginson, Henry L.
Lincoln
Farmer
Hill, Irving S.
Lincoln
Insurance
Johnson, Walter W.
Lincoln
Farmer
Lunt, Byron
Lincoln
Farmer
McHugh, John E.
Concord, R. D.
Farmer
Nelson, John W.
Lincoln
Farmer
Page, William P.
Lincoln
Insurance
Robus, William C.
Lincoln
Tel. Repairman
Tarbell, George G.
Lincoln
Farmer
Wheeler, C. Edgar
Lincoln
Farmer
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Licenses Issued in 1927
There have been 83 Dog Licenses issued to Dec. 31, 1927-63 males, 19 females and 1 Kennel License, for which the County Treasurer has been paid $251.40.
There have been 51 Resident Citizen's Sporting Licenses issued, 1 Resident Citizen's Trapping License, 11 Minor Trapper's Licenses and 1 Duplicate License for the year 1927, for which the sum of $110.00 has been paid to the Division of Fisheries and Game.
Attest :
THOMAS L. GILES, Town Clerk.
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN
The Selectmen present the following report for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1927 :
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.
Forest Warden and Moth Superintendent, John J. Kelliher.
Weigher of Coal, Hay and other Commodities, Elmer A. Rollins.
Inspector of Animals, John J. Farrar.
Janitor of Public Buildings and Caretaker of Public Grounds, Edward Bannon.
Special Police, Herbert G. Farrar, J. Redmond Hartwell, Henry Warner, Andrew J. Dougherty, Jr., John Adams, Henry Adams, Daniel Ryan, Richard Hartnett.
District Nurse Committee, George G. Tarbell, Robert D. Donaldson, Mrs. Edith B. Farrar.
Inspector of Slaughtering, J. J. Kelliher.
Special Police and Game Warden, Isaac Langille.
Fire Engineers, M. H. Doherty, Thomas Dee, J. J. Kel- liher, H. G. Farrar, A. J. Dougherty, H. S. Cousins, Sumner Smith.
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The following table gives the appropriations made by the Town during the year 1927 and the appropriations recommended by the Board to be made at the next Annual Meeting :
Appropriations for 1927
The Selectmen recommend the following appropriations for the ensuing year
For Schools
$34,500
$36,500
Support of Poor
1,000
1,400
Highways and Bridges
15,000
14,000
and receipts
and receipts
Station Road (taken from money in
Treasury)
7,500
7,500
Library and Dog Tax
1,000
1,250
Cemeteries
500
500
For preliminary work on recently purchased cemetery land
200
Board of Health
700
1,100
and receipts
Tree Warden
1,000
800
and receipts
Moth Work
500
500
Miscellaneous Expenses, including Police Expenses
8,500
9,000
Hydrants and other Water Service
2,400
2,180
Waltham Hospital Free Bed
400
400
Street Lights
2,100
2,100
Fire Department
1,000
1,000
Middlesex Extension Service
200
200
Water Sinking Fund
To be taken from Water Works
income
827
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Finances
The last of the outstanding Schoolhouse Bonds were pre- sented for payment on Jan. 1, 1928, leaving a balance in that sinking fund of $2,730. The Selectmen recommend the transfer of this balance plus accrued interest to the treasury.
The outstanding indebtedness on account of the Water Works is $69,000.00, an increase of $8,500.00 over last year. This is due to the issue of $9,000.00 in notes to care for the renewal of the main on the station road, less the payment of $500 in bonds maturing. The notes of $9,000.00 are to be cared for through receipts of the Water Works or by taxation. This leaves an outstanding indebtedness of $60,000.00 against which the sinking fund shows a balance on Jan. 1, 1928, of $44,837.79. This balance, plus accrued interest, less the payment of bonds as they mature, leaves a deficit of approximately $7,500.00 on the amount neces- sary to pay all outstanding bonds. To care for this the Selectmen recommend an annual appropriation from the Water Works Treasury of $827 to be paid into the Water Works Sinking Fund. This will enable the sinking fund to retire all bonds as they mature.
Attention is directed to the small amount of money avail- able for the treasury. Uncollected taxes of $10,720.84, less the cash deficit of $873.42, leaves only $9,847.42 available in the treasury which may be used to reduce the amount to be raised by taxation.
The Concord-Wayland Road was completed during the past year, the total co'st being divided between the State, County and Town.
On the Station Road the new water main has been suc- cessfully laid, and the Town has already started the work of rebuilding this road from Blodgett Corner to the
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Library. Next year it is proposed to continue rebuilding from the Library to the Lexington line.
The State and County have been petitioned to share in the expense of rebuilding this road and have given the Town a hearing on the matter, but up to the time of this report going to the printer, the Commissioners had not made known their decision.
The roof of the Town Hall, which has caused trouble of late years on account of hidden leaks, has been repaired at a cost of about $1,400.00. It was found on inspection that a large number of the slates had cracked and fallen off ; these have been replaced. We feel, however, that the only permanent way of preventing future leaks is to reslate the roof with Monson Maine slate. The deck and base of the cupola, where most of the trouble of leakage centered, have been entirely renewed, and a copper covering has been built over the whole deck; the posts and railing have been rebuilt and painted. These repairs having been made, the cupola should be protected from the elements. It was found necessary partially to rebuild the chimneys and top them with cement caps ; this has been done in a substantial way. The ventilators have been repaired and painted, and the weather vane, which was damaged by lightning, has been made over and regilded.
The Town at the present time is without a flag pole, and the selectmen recommend that a committee be appointed to consider erecting one as a suitable memorial to the men who took part in the World War. We suggest that the base of the flag pole be of such form and design that the names of the men may be inscribed thereon.
Through the kindness and foresight of the late Hon. Charles Francis Adams, there was recorded in the 1926 Town report a valuable record of the names of the dead
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in the old cemetery adjoining the Common. The stones and markers in this burial ground have been defaced by time, and the Selectmen hope that the Town will make an appropriation sufficient to defray the cost of replacing these stones.
We feel that it is the duty of the citizens of today to re- spect and keep in order the resting place of the early settlers and inhabitants of the Town.
C. LEE TODD, ROBERT D. DONALDSON, Selectmen of Lincoln.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE JOHN H. PIERCE LEGACY
Your Committee reports that the services of Counsel, Mr. B. Loring Young of Weston, have been retained to take the necessary legal steps to carry out the wishes of the Town. Being a legal matter it will doubtless take some time to arrive at a decision, at which time the Committee will report further to the Town.
C. LEE TODD ANTHONY J. DOHERTY MISS BERTHA SCRIPTURE F. WINCHESTER DENIO GEORGE G. TARBELL
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
The Board of Health presents the following report for the year ending December 31, 1927.
The Board was organized by the choice of George G. Tarbell. Chairman, and Donald Macomber, Secretary.
Following the plan proposed at the Annual Town Meet- ing, the Board engaged the services of Mr. H. E. Berger, Health Officer for the towns of Wellesley, Belmont, Weston, and Needham, to make a health survey of the Town. In this work, Mr. Berger was assisted by Pro- fessor C. M. Hilliard, professor of Biology and Public Health at Simmons College. Mr. Berger made a very complete survey of the Town, visiting all piggeries, dairy farms, and roadside stands where food was served. He also surveyed the watershed of Sandy Pond, examined the rec- ords of the Board of Health and of the Health Nurse, and in- terviewed the members of the Board on its work and method in handling the matters which came before the Board. At the conclusion of the survey, Mr. Berger sat with your Board while his recommendations and proposed code of health regulations were discussed. His entire code of health regulations were, with a few minor changes, adopted, published, and are now in force.
One of Mr. Berger's recommendations was that of mak- ing the Health Nurse an agent of the Board, part of her duties being to keep the records of communicable diseases, make the necessary reports to the Department of Health, and enforce the observance of quarantine regulations. This plan has been put into operation and the Health Nurse is now carrying out these duties.
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Mr. Berger further recommended that dairies which come under the jurisdiction of the Board be inspected, that the milk produced be tested periodically, and that the Board require the tuberculin testing of cattle, or pasteurization of milk on farms coming within their jurisdiction. These recommendations have been adopted. Three tests of the milk routes have been made with only one case unsatisfac- tory, that being the sediment from the milk, not the qual- ity or bacteria count. At present there is no milk being retailed in Lincoln which is unsatisfactory in any way. These tests will be continued in the future, arrangements having been made with Mr. Berger to do the necessary laboratory work.
The problem of piggeries has become a serious one. It is a particularly difficult problem in a community more or less evenly divided between farmers and citizens with other occupations. The farmer must have fertilizer. The citizen not connected with farming demands and is entitled to protection against the nuisance caused by bad smelling piggeries or the careless spreading of pig manure. To meet this situation Mr. Berger drew up a proposed set of regulations for piggeries. Before acting upon them your Board held a public hearing on the matter in order to obtain as wide an expression of opinion as possible. Following the hearing a code of regulations was adopted and duly published according to law. These regulations necessitated somewhat extensive alterations in many pig- geries so that your Board extended the time when they would be enforced, insofar as they would be an unreason- able burden before the time of extension. It is believed that these regulations will, with the co-operation of the owners of the piggeries, so work that there will be no un- reasonable nuisance. Without the co-operation of the owners there can be no hope of relief from the nuisance which may ensue except the closing of the piggeries, which
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your Board stands ready to do in any case of unreasonable nuisance. Your Board has, under authority given them by the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, zoned the Town for piggeries, forbidding the intro- duction of piggeries in any part of the Town not now occupied by that industry, and also forbidding the exten- sion of existing piggeries.
In that part of the health survey touching on the work of the Health Nurse and the clinics held for the children, Mr. Berger recommended their continuance as at present. It is the intention of your Board to do so with the help and co-operation of the School Committee and of the Health Nurse Committee.
An interesting point brought out by Mr. Berger was that the appropriations for strictly health work in Lincoln amounted to $1.57 per capita for the year 1927.
There have been few nuisance complaints during the past year. Two cesspools have been rebuilt and one privy vault condemned and rebuilt. There have been two pig- geries complained of, one of which has been closed out and the other warned, there being no further complaints from the latter.
The Town has been fortunately free from epidemics during the past year. Statistics of contagious diseases are as follows :
Chicken Pox
2 | Scarlet Fever 4
Dog Bite 1 Pulmonary Tuberculosis 1
Lobar Pneumonia
1 Typhoid Fever 1
Measles
1 Venereal Diseases 2
Mumps
4 Scabies 2
Your Board has one recommendation which it hopes the Town will see fit to adopt. The work of the Health Nurse is varied, communicable disease control, the follow up of quarantine regulations, the return of quarantined children
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to school, the collection of milk samples, the supervision of clinics, bed-side care, and the position of School Nurse, all are part of the health work of the Town. At present this work is supervised by a Committee of three, appointed by the Selectmen. The duties of the Nurse may in general be divided into three groups, those connected with the Board of Health, with the school, and with bed-side care. It so happens that there are on the Committee a member of the Board of Health, a member of the School Committee, and one other. This is an ideal arrangement for the best co-ordination of health work, and should be made perma- nent. All work of the Health Nurse is in reality a part of the health work of the Town. Your Board therefore recommends that the appropriation for Health Nurse be made a part of the appropriation of the Board of Health, that the expenses of her work be paid through the Board of Health, and that the direction of her work be vested in a Committee of three, one to be chosen from the Board of Health by that Board, one to be chosen from the School Committee by that Committee, and one by the Selectmen.
Your Board asks for an appropriation of fifteen hundred dollars plus the receipts from the Health Nurse for the year ensuing, this amount to include the salary for the Health Nurse.
In conclusion, your Board has made arrangements with Mr. Berger for him to attend at least one meeting a year with your Board, at which time the work of the Board for the previous year and its plans for the ensuing year will be thoroughly discussed with the purpose of profiting by the suggestions of a Health Officer of wide experience.
GEORGE G. TARBELL ROBERT D. DONALDSON DONALD MACOMBER
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REPORT OF TOWN NURSE COMMITTEE
To the Board of Selectmen :---
I should like to submit to the Town a brief summary of our Nurse's work during the year ending December 31, 1927. The total number of district calls is 577, which are classified as follows : medical 292, surgical 195, mother and baby cases 43, child-welfare 29, pre-natal 11, social service 3, Board of Health 3, accident 1. In addition the Nurse has carried on the school nursing and the various clinics connected with it, and has taken on some extra duties for the Board of Health. The Nurse has been appointed an agent of the Board of Health at a slight increase in salary, which is to be paid from the Board of Health appropria- tion. This work and the school work are described in detail in the reports of these two departments.
The Nurse's salary has been met as usual from the ap- propriations from different departments and from the re- ceipts from Sudbury. The fees have been sufficient to cover the expenses of operating and storing the car, and of supplies. The arrangement with the John Hancock and Metropolitan Life Insurance Companies has been profitable to the Town,-$101 of our fee money being derived from this class of service.
When all these different forms of activity are added to- gether,-Board of Health work, school work, district work, and the work in Sudbury, which so materially reduces the cost of this service to the Town,-the sum total is one of most creditable achievement, and Lincoln has a right to be proud of the health protection its citizens are receiving.
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In closing, I should like to say a word of appreciation for the Nurse whose faithful service makes this record of accomplishment possible. Officials and citizens alike give testimony to the value and efficiency of Miss Rudolf in performing the duties of her position.
Respectfully submitted,
EDITH B. FARRAR.
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REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR MIDDLESEX COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE
The Town of Lincoln appropriated $200 in support of the Middlesex County Extension Service, through the Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture, for 1927. Following is a report of the work accomplished during the year.
In agriculture individual service was given to thirty-eight local farmers in the form of farm visits giving assistance on poultry work, orcharding, dairying, and field crops. A field meeting was held for the benefit of those farmers in- terested in alfalfa at the farm of Mr. Sumner Smith. Dur- ing the winter a meeting was held for those interested in dairy crops.
A complete mailing list is maintained, and the timely notices on fruit growing, poultry, and gardening which were sent out were received by many Lincoln people.
In Home-Making a talk was given before the Grange on the subject of Convenient Kitchens. In the country-wide Kitchen Improvement contest two local women were en- rolled. A series of Home Improvement meetings have been arranged in South Lincoln. This work will carry over into the coming year.
In Boys and Girls 4-H Club Work forty-four were en- rolled in Clothing, Handicraft, Food, Garden, Poultry and Pig Clubs. Miss Marion Parker, Miss Myrtle Elliott, Miss Emma Clahane, and Mr. La Forest Robinson served as local leaders.
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The girls in the Clothing Club in addition to doing excel- lent individual work co-operated by giving a play at the time of the Annual Meeting of the County Home-Makers held in Waltham. This same play was given locally at an Achievement Club Meeting held in connection with the Educational Motion Pictures. The Lincoln Grange awarded cash prizes for outstanding Garden and Canning Club mem- bers; Ruby Poland won first prize in the Canning Club, and Edward Costello and Clifford Bowles won first prizes in the Garden Club work. Clifford Bowles also received a medal from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society for doing exceptional work in gardening. Edward Flint, Jr., was awarded a two-day trip to the Massachusetts Agricul- tural College for outstanding club work. The boys and girls exhibited their products at the local Grange Fair, and many of them also exhibited at the Acton Fair.
Eight educational motion picture shows were given dur- ing the year to a total attendance of 1,337.
In addition to the local work many Lincoln people at- tended the County Picnic, and the Annual Meeting of the Extension Service, held in Waltham ; also the country-wide meetings in fruit growing, poultry, and dairying which were made available to them.
Yours truly,
HERMON T. WHEELER, Town Director for Lincoln.
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WATER WORKS DEPARTMENT Outstanding Bonds January 1, 1928
Issue of 1900 due 1930 31/2s, J. & D. $10,000.00
Issue of 1900 due 1930 Reg'd 31/2s, J. & D. (name of Com-
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