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Questions In all Cities and Towns
Question No. 1. Law Proposed by Initiative Petition
Shall the proposed law which defines and legalizes the practice of chiro- practice, establishes a board of registration of chiropractors and defines the number, mode of appointment, tenure, qualification and compensa- tion of its members, and its powers and duties; provided for the prelim- inary qualifications, examination, certification, original registration and annual license of chiropractors, and regulation of their practice, and defines the mode, subjects and fees for examination, the mode of practice and penalties; and other matters related thereto, which are chiefly as follows: - That chiropractice be "the science or practice of locating and
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adjusting by hand the malpositions of the articulations of the human spine." That any person, with one preceding year's residence in this Commonwealth and with degree from a qualified chiropractic school received at least one year prior to the date when this law takes effect, may, within ninety days after such date, be certified by the board at its discretion without examination. That otherwise no person, except a member of the board of registration, shall practice chiropractice unless, being over twenty-one years of age, of good moral character and graduated from a reputable chiropractic school after personally attending courses of at least twenty-two hundred sixty minute daylight hours given to per- sons qualified to graduate from a public high school, he shall qualify by examination, pay a fee of twenty-five dollars and be registered and certified; except that any person licensed in another State maintaining standards equal to those of this Commonwealth may be registered without examination. That the examination be scientific and practical in charac- ter, in subjects including anatomy, physiology, symptomatology, hygiene, sanitation, chemistry, histology, pathology, chiropractic analysis, and the principles and practice of chiropractics. That the board may, after hearing, revoke a certificate for cause. That the board shall make an annual report and shall keep public records of its proceedings and of the names of persons examined or registered by it, and of the names and addresses of all registered chiropractors, who shall pay an annual license fee, promptly notify the board of any change in address and furnish such other information as the board may require. That the board consist of three members, residents of the Commonwealth for three years, graduates of a chartered chiropractic school having power to confer degrees in chiro- practic, to be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Council, for a term of three years. That the board have authority to administer oaths, summon witnesses, and take testimony and adopt reasonable rules and regulations pertaining to their duties, and that they pay into the State treasury fees received by them, and that they receive compensation and reimbursement for expenses in such amounts as may be annually appropriated therefor, not exceeding the amount of such fees. Penalties are provided for practicing chiropractic without holding a certificate or for using the words "Chiropractic Practitioner," the letters "D. C.," or any title or letters indicating engagement in such practice, or for buying, selling, or fraudently obtaining any diploma or record of registration. It is further provided that the present law relating to the registration of physicians and surgeons and providing penalties for the unauthorized practice of medicine shall not be held to discriminate against registered chiropractors; but no chiropractor, unless registered as a physi- cian or surgeon, may practice obstetrics, or administer drugs, or perform surgical operations by the use of instruments, or hold himself out as and
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for other than a chiropractor, which was disapproved in the House of Repre- sentatives by a vote of fifty in the affirmative and one hundred and fifty-one in the negative, and in the Senate by a vote of thirteen in the affirmative and twenty-one in the negative, be approved?
YES NO
In all Cities and Towns Question No. 2. Law Proposed by Initiative Petition
Shall the proposed law which provides for an additional method of nominating candidates for nomination, at the State primaries in Septem- ber, by members of political parties, for those offices to be filled by all the voters of the Commonwealth at a State Election. It provides that the State conventions of the political parties, in each State Election year, shall be held before and not after the State primaries, as now, namely, not later than June 15th, in order to elect delegates to such party con- ventions, party primaries are established to be held on the last Tuesday in April. Among other things, these State conventions may endorse candidates for offices to be filled by all the voters and to be voted upon at the State primaries. Such endorsement places a candidate in nomina- tion, at such State primaries, without the necessity of filing nomination papers. The name of the endorsed candidate is to be placed first on the ballot and against his name is to be placed the words "Endorsed by (the name of political party) convention," in addition to the eight-word state- ment now authorized by laws. Candidates endorsed by a party con- vention may accept said endorsement within ten days, and having so accepted may not withdraw. It also provides for the election of district members of State Committees, and members of ward and town committees at the proposed party primaries in April, as well as delegates to the State party conventions instead of at the State primaries in September, as now. It also provides for the election of delegates to national conventions (to nominate candidates for President) at the proposed party primaries in- stead of at the primaries, now especially held for that purpose, and which existing law requires to be held on the last Tuesday in April (the same day proposed for the proposed party primaries). It also provides for cer- tain other new provisions of law and certain changes in existing laws, relating to holding State conventions and party primaries, the number and election of delegates to State conventions, the number of members at large of a State committee and other matters, which in more detail chiefly are as follows: State conventions are to be composed solely of delegates elected at the party primaries, and the number is to be one
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from each ward and Town and one additional for every fifteen hundred votes or major fraction thereof above the first fifteen hundred votes cast at the preceding State Election in such ward or Town for the politi- cal party candidate for Governor, instead of a number now fixed by the State committee of each party (not less than one from each ward or town) and certain members designated by existing laws. The time, for notice to the State Secretary by Aldermen or Selectmen of their determination to hold primaries by wards, precincts, or groups of precincts, to be March 1, instead of August 1, as now. The names of candidates for election for delegates, to a State convention and for district members, of a State committee to be arranged individually by alphabet instead of in groups arranged by lot, as now. Vacancies in the office of delegate to a State or National convention not to be filled except in case of a tie vote, and then by delegates from the same district, within ten days, and if no other delegate or if not so filled, then by a State committee, rather than solely by the remaining members of the delegation; and statement of filling of such vacancy to be filed with the State Secretary. Seating of delegates. at State conventions to be in groups by senatorial districts, and order of business at said conventions defined. Voting on candidates, by a con- vention to be by roll call if more than one candidate for the office, or by groups of delegates unless any member of such group objects. The num- ber of members at large of a State committee of a political party to be fixed by the State convention of a party instead of by the State com- mittee, as now. The existing provisions as to preparation and filing of nomination papers, objects to nominations, preparation, number, sub- stance, arrangement and form of ballots, hours during which polls shall be open, opening of ballot boxes, canvass and return of votes, return and certification of votes, now applicable to State primaries to be applicable to the proposed party primaries. The power of a State committee to fix the number of delegates to a National convention to be continued, but the date, of giving notice to the State Secretary, of such fixations to be March 1 instead of on or before the third Wednesday in March, as now. The power of City and Town committees to fix the number of members of ward and Town Committees to be continued, but the date, of giving notice to the State Secretary, of such fixations to be March 1 instead of August 1, as now, which was approved in the Senate by a vote of twenty-one in the affirmative and seventeen in the negative, and was disapproved in the House of Representatives by a vote of sixty-two in the affirmative and one hundred and thirty-eight in the negative, be approved?
YES NO
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In all Cities and Towns
Question No. 3. Proposed Amendment to the Constitution of the United States
Is it desirable that the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States -
Article
Section I. The terms of the President and Vice-President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Repre- sentatives at noon on the 3rd day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this Article had not been ratified, and the terms of their successors shall then begin.
Section II. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall begin at noon on the 3rd day of January, unless they shall by law appoint a different day.
Section III. If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of President, the President-elect shall have died, the Vice-President-elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President-elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice-President-elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law pro- vide for the case wherein neither a President-elect nor a Vice-President- elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice-President shall have quali- fied.
Section IV. The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them, and for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the Senate may choose a Vice-President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them.
Section V. Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect on the 15th day of October following the ratification of this Article.
Section VI. This Article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three- fourths of the several states within seven years from the date of its sub- mission - be ratified by the General Court?
YES NO
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Question No. 4
Shall the Representative in the General Court from the Thirteenth Middlesex District be instructed to vote to request the President and the United States Senate to enter into full co-operation and membership in the League of Nations, with the explanatory reservation that the United States shall not engage in War with any Nation, except by vote of Con- gress, as provided in the United States Constitution, and such other reservations as they deem wise.
All the above candidates and officers are to be voted for upon one ballot.
The polls will be open from 7 A.M. to 7.30 P.M. And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof seven days at least before the time of said meetings as directed by vote of the Town.
Hereof fail not and make return of this Warrant with your doings thereon at the time and place of said meeting.
Given under our hands this twenty-ninth day of October, A.D., 1932.
(Signed) GEORGE G. TARBELL, R. D. DONALDSON, HERBERT G. FARRAR, - Selectmen of Lincoln.
On the reverse of the above Warrant is the following:
November 1st, 1932.
I have served this Warrant, by posting an attested copy in each of the Post Offices and one at the Railroad Station, seven days before date of said meeting.
(Signed) JOHN J. KELLIHER, Constable.
In accordance with the provisions of the foregoing Warrant the meeting was called to order by Robert D. Donaldson who read the Warrant. The following were appointed and
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sworn as Ballot Clerks and Tellers - Raymond Hagerty, Thomas Norton, Andrew Dougherty, Jr., Thomas Dee, Edmund Giles, Alfred Coughlan, D. Everett Sherman, Jr., L. Ferdinand.
The Ballot Box was inspected and found to be in good working order.
The Polls were declared open at 7 A.M., by R. D. Donald- son who presided until 9.45 A.M., George G. Tarbell then took charge until 12.45 P.M., R. D. Donaldson then took charge assisted by Herbert G. Farrar. Polls were declared closed at 7.30 P.M. The result was read by the Town Clerk at 8.15 P.M., and was as follows:
Total number of ballots cast 689.
Electors of President and Vice-President -
Foster and Ford
received 0
Communist
Hoover and Curtis
462
Republican
Reynolds and Aiken
1 Socialist Labor
Roosevelt and Garner
200
Democratic
Thomas and Maurer
15
Socialist
Upshaw and Regan Blanks 8
66
3 Prohibition
For Governor -
John J. Ballam
received 0
235
Democratic
Alfred Baker Lewis
66
4
Socialist
Charles S. Cram
66
1 Socialist Labor
William Sterling Youngman
66
434
Republican
William Ferry
66
2
Blanks
13
Communist
Joseph B. Ely
45
For Lieutenant Governor -
Gaspar G. Bacon
received 465
Republican
Morris I. Becker
1 Socialist Labor
James W. Dawson
0 Communist
Walter S. Hutchins John E. Swift Dr. David L. Martin Blanks
66
7 Socialist
181
Democratic
66
2
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For Secretary -
John F. Buckley
received 177
Democratic Republican
Albert S. Coolidge Max Lerner
66
0 Communist
Albert L. Waterman 66 Blanks 30
1 Socialist Labor
For Treasurer -
Domenico A. Digirolamo
received 0
Eva Hoffman
66
0
191
Democratic
Glen Trimble 7 66 Blanks 41
For Auditor -
Jule Babbitt Daniel F. Blessington
received 0 Communist
1 Socialist Labor
Alonzo B. Cook
395
Republican
David A. Eisenberg
9 Socialist
Francis X. Hurley 66 Blanks 46
238
Democratic
Frederic W. Cook
474
7 Socialist
Charles F. Hurley Francis Prescott
448
Republican Socialist
Socialist Labor Communist.
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For Attorney General -
John P. Buckley
received 173
Democratic
Maria C. Correia
1 Communist
Fred E. Oelcher
0 Socialist
George E. Roewer
8 Socialist
William R. Scharton
0 Independent
Joseph E. Warner Blanks
472
Republican
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For Congressman, 9th District -
Frederick S. Deitrick
received 192
Democratic
Robert Luce
418
Republican
William Barnard Smith
18 Prohibition
Blanks
61
For Councillor, 3rd District -
Esther M. Andrews
received 396
Republican
Jessie Waterman Brooks
211 Democratic
Blanks 82
For Senator, 5th Middlesex District -
Paul A. Mogan
George G. Moyse
received 187 Democratic 431 Republican
Blanks 71
For 'Representative in General Court, 13th Middlesex District - Anthony J. Doherty
received 245 Democratic 393 Republican
B. Farnham Smith Blanks 51
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For County Commissioners (2) -
Nathaniel I. Bowditch
received 350
Republican
Thomas J. Brennan
66
154 Democratic
109 Democratic
George C. MacMenimen Walter C. Wardwell
371
Republican
Blanks
394
For Sheriff Middlesex County -
John R. Fairbairn
received 454
Republican
Stephen C. Garritty
171
Democratic
Blanks
64
Question No. 1 -
Yes
123
No
317
Blanks
249
Question No. 2-
Yes
.304
No
84
Blanks
304
Question No. 3-
Yes
388
No
38
Blanks
263
Question of Public Policy -
Yes
296
No
140
Blanks
253
WILLIAM H. DAVIS,
Town Clerk.
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November 18, 1932.
Vote of Middlesex District No. 13 for Representative in General Court as determined and declared at the Town Clerk's Meeting held at Concord, November 18, 1932.
Con- Lin-
cord coln
Sud- bury
Way- land Weston Totals
Anthony J. Doherty, Lincoln
940 245
89
430
338 2042
B. Farnham Smith, Concord Blanks
1832 393 452
759 1085 4521
240
51
66
140
124
621
Totals
3012 689 607 1329 1547 7184
Two certificates of the election of B. Farnham Smith of Concord were prepared and signed by the Town Clerks for transmission to the Secretary of the Commonwealth and the Representative Elect.
William D. Cross, Town Clerk of Concord.
William H. Davis,
Town Clerk of Lincoln.
Frank F. Gerry,
Town Clerk of Sudbury.
M. Alice Neale,
Town Clerk of Wayland.
Brenton H. Dickson, Jr., Town Clerk of Weston.
WILLIAM H. DAVIS, Town Clerk.
November 19, 1932.
The Board of Registrars met at the Town Hall on the above date for the purpose of recounting the ballots cast at the State Election, November 8, 1932, for the office of Lieu- tenant Governor, no errors were discovered, and the original count stands.
WILLIAM H. DAVIS,
Town Clerk.
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December 8, 1932.
The Board of Registrars met at the Town Hall on the above date for the purpose of recounting the ballots cast at the State Election, November 8, 1932, for the office of Secre- tary of State, the recount resulted as follows:
Recount
John F. Buckley
178
Original 177
Frederic W. Cook
472
474
Albert S. Coolidge
7
7
Max Lerner
0
0
Albert L. Waterman
1
1
Blanks
31
30
689
689
WILLIAM H. DAVIS,
Town Clerk.
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Vital Statistics
There have been recorded for the year ending December 31, 1932, 12 Marriages, 22 Births, and 11 Deaths.
Marriages
Date of Marriage
Names
Residence
Feb. 21, 1932
Leo W. Corrigan Sylvia Esther Linna
Lincoln Maynard
June 15, 1932
Jean Frederic Wagniere Margaret Warner
Bellevue, Switzerland Lincoln
July 24, 1932
Thomas J. Dee
Helena A. Lennon
Lincoln Lincoln
July 28, 1932
Lloyd Vincent Pugsley Helen Mary Rooney
Somerville Lincoln
Sept. 24, 1932
George Morton Chase Esther Linnell Presby
Rochester, N. Y. Lincoln
Oct. 20, 1932
Everett Wallace Armstrong Annie Penketh
Weston Lincoln
Oct. 27, 1932
Edward Stanley Hobbs, Jr. Mabel Isabel Humphrey
Lincoln Newton
Nov. 15, 1932
Daniel E. Sherman, Jr. Sadie R. Jacobs
Lincoln Concord
Dec. 10, 1932
Harry Bradbrook Alice S. Downey
Lincoln Centerdale, R. I.
Dec. 15, 1932
Alexander Casale Annie Clarice Nicholson
Cambridge Lincoln
Dec. 16, 1932
Reginald Meyer Elizabeth E. Coburn
Needham Lincoln
Dec. 28, 1932
Oliver Cope Alice DeNormandie
Boston Lincoln
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Births
Date of Birth
Name of Child
Names of Parents
Jan. 11, 1932
Alfred Manley Bartlett, Jr. Courtney Charles Comeau
Alfred M. and Iona Bartlett Charles C. and Millie Comeau John F. and Mary Corrigan
Feb. 17, 1932 Mar. 4, 1932
Aristedes Burton Demetrios Anne Marie Dougherty Calvin Halsey Cassedy
Andrew J., Jr., and Mary Grace Dougherty
Mar. 21, 1932
Elizabeth Delia Stuart John David Ballou
Clyde and Bertha S. Ballou W. B. Shubrick and Anita Clymer Adam and Mary Gradeski
May 23, 1932
Mary Willing Clymer Pauline Ann Gradeski
June 13, 1932
Dorothy Zella Marshall
June 14, 1932
Ann Davis McIntire
June 26, 1932
Priscilla Nancy Chapin
July 13, 1932
Charlotte Louise Giles
July 13, 1932
James Robert Browning William Arthur Browning
George U. and Isabelle F. Browning George U. and Isabelle F. Browning Paul and Gerda C. Bang
July 15, 1932 July 21, 1932
Gerda Juliet Bang Ronald Frank Wood
Ronald H. and Mildred F. Wood Luigi and Felomena Florio
Aug. 27, 1932
Luigi Amdonio Florio
Sept. 6, 1932
Maurine Elna Urpin
George A. and Marguerite V. Urpin
Oct. 28, 1932
Mildred Agnes Sherman
George N., Jr., and Lois Sherman
Nov. 23, 1932
Ann Farrar Giles
Edmund W. F. and Muriel A. Giles
Jan. 18, 1932
Feb. 3, 1932
Joan Corrigan
George and Virgina Lee Demetrios
Anthony B. and Caroline W Cassedy Edward T. and Mary Stuart
Apr. 2,1932
Apr. 22, 1932
Apr. 24, 1932
Kenneth W. and Bertha B Marshall John Augustus and Bertha M. McIntire Leroy F. and Dorothy M. Chapin Thomas T. and Stella A. Giles
July 13, 1932
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Deaths
Date of Death
Name
Y
Age M
D
Jan. 12, 1932
Patricia Ann Corcoran
4
8
0
Apr. 7,1932
Ann Diamond
20
0
21
Apr. 21, 1932
Laura Ann Burgess
77
11
16
May 18, 1932
Sarah Ann Haynes
76
0
21
June 12, 1932
Ernest Cook
19
0
18
June 26, 1932
Bessie Butcher
58
3
9
Aug. 27, 1932
Newton S. Hoar
21
6
12
Sept. 23, 1932
Bridget Roache
80
0
0
Nov. 28, 1932
Mildred E. Ayer
18
0
0
Dec. 24, 1932
Stillborn Pugsley
Dec. 28, 1932
Maria Louise Reed
89
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EXTRACT FROM THE REVISED LAWS CHAPTER 29 AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 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 home 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 offense.
Licenses
There have been issued for 1932, one Kennel License and 207 Dog Licenses - 144 Males, 32 Females and 30 Spayed Females, for which a total of $516.60 has been paid into the treasury.
There have been issued for 1932, 83 Resident Citizens' Sporting Licenses for which the sum of $207.50 has been paid to the Division of Fisheries and Game.
WILLIAM H. DAVIS, Town Clerk.
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JURY LIST FOR 1932
Name
Address
Occupation
Briggs, Charles V.
Lincoln
Chemist
Cousins, Harold S.
Lincoln
Farmer
DeNormandie, James
Lincoln
Farmer
Dougherty, Andrew J., Jr.
Lincoln
Farmer
Dee, Thomas J.
Concord, R. F. D.
Farmer
Donaldson, Robert D.
Lincoln
Contractor
Ellms, Charles W.
South Lincoln
Carpenter
Hews, Charles A.
South Lincoln
Engineer
Hill, Irving S.
Lincoln
Insurance
Hunt, Merrill
Kendall Green
Manufacturer
Johnson, Walter W.
Lincoln
Farmer
Lahey, James E.
South Lincoln
Carpenter
McHugh, John E.
Concord R. F. D.
Farmer
Russ, Percy P.
Lincoln
Manufacturer
Ryan, James
South Lincoln
Carpenter
Seegar, Frederic M.
Lincoln
Banker
Sherman, Daniel E., Jr.
South Lincoln
Farmer
Sherman, Warren A.
South Lincoln
Farmer
Smith, Sumner
Lincoln
Farmer
Whitney, Harold P.
Lincoln
Secretary
Woodworth, Lewis P.
South Lincoln
Farmer
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN
The Selectmen present the following report for the year ending December 31, 1932 :
The Board was organized by the choice of George G. Tarbell, Chairman, and Robert D. Donaldson, Secretary.
The appointments made by the Selectmen are printed with the list of Town officers.
Public Buildings and Grounds
During the past year the upper and lower halls of the Town Hall have been redecorated. The outside walls of the lower hall were furred and plastered. This was made neces- sary due to the orignal plaster having been laid directly on the brick, with the result that dampness had so deteriorated the plaster that it crumbled badly in many places. Before completion of the painting the roof was carefully gone over, but even so, new leaks seemed to appear too frequently. We are afraid that properly to stop future leaks the roof should ' be reshingled.
The work for the new asbestos and decorative curtains was contracted for, but due to many delays and trouble in ob- taining the specified material for the velour curtain, this work has not been completed. When it was seen that a delay would ensue your Board insisted on the installation of a temporary curtain at no expense to the Town.
The new baseball field is well under way. During the fall the field was graded so that the diamond follows a true grade. The field was seeded and a very fine catch resulted. With
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good luck in the spring weather and no unreasonable amount of winter-kill the field should be ready for use during 1933. The road to the field is rough graded and will be scraped, rolled and oiled in time for the opening of the field. If in the future more funds are available to provide a "skinned" dia- mond, the grading can be carried well beyond the infield by using loam from the parking area for this purpose. This would improve the parking area as the subsoil is gravel. Sufficient funds remain to build a first-class back-stop. In addition, players' benches have been donated, to be erected in the spring. With the exception of the road, all this has been made possible by contributions from interested citizens to whom this Board has extended its sincere appreciation on behalf of the Town.
During the fall the corner field of the John H. Pierce Park was prepared and seeded. It was found necessary to re-lay most of the drain pipe as it had become clogged in many places. We plan to carry on the planting of the Park so that it will always be a simple and dignified bit of New England scenery, using only those trees or shrubs indigenous to New England.
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