Town annual report of Andover 1930-1934, Part 25

Author: Andover (Mass.)
Publication date: 1930
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 954


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The rain storm of November 10th was one of the worst en- countered in this section for many years. The rainfall from the 7th to the 10th of November was 4.65 inches. A number of coun- try roads were washed out and in some places to a depth of three feet. For a week after the heavy rainfall it was necessary to light many of the roads where these washouts occurred, so as to give proper warning to traffic. A section of culvert on Whittier Court near the property of Mr. Andrew Basso that was washed out has been repaired. The sides were relaid and the old flagstone top was removed and replaced with a reinforced concrete slab.


The barn and steam roller shed was given a coat of stain and the trimmings were painted. All the snow plows were recondi- tioned and the truck plows were overhauled and repaired.


To provide for adequate Highway Maintenance for 1933, we recommend an appropriation of $60000.00 to be divided sub- stantially as follows :


Maintenance


Salaries, labor, teams and truck hire


$23350.00


Tarvia, oil and asphalt


7500.00


Gravel, ashes, sand, stone and patch 6500.00


Scarifying and scraping roads and equip- ment for same 2300.00


Upkeep of horses and wagon 600.00


Gas, oil and auto maintenance


1500.00


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Catch basins and drains


1700.00


500.00


Street signs, fences and stone bounds Bridges Sidewalks


1500.00


1000.00


Tools, supplies, equipment and miscel.


1700.00


$48150.00


Truck hire, materials, etc. (Jan. 1,- April 1) $1850.00


Truck hire, materials, etc. (April 1- December 31)


10000.00


11850.00


$60000.00


The Board of Public Works has increased the Highway Main- tenance budget for the year 1933 as follows: first by $1850 to work in conjunction with labor supplied by the Welfare Depart- ment and the Emergency Committee up to April 1st; (this was the consensus of the Special Town Meeting held January 25, 1933) ; second by $10000 to satisfy the same purpose from April 1st to December 31st.


The following is a list of Highway work that the Board of Public Works considers worthy of consideration :


Salem Street (a section) $ 6000.00


Morton Street (from School Street to Bartlet Street) 1156.00


Chestnut Street (from Central Street to Main Street)


744.00


Florence Street


800.00


Park Street (a section)


1300.00


Hidden Road from Main Street to Porter Road,


and Porter Road from Hidden Road to Woburn Street


7066.00


Curbing one side of High Street between Harding Street and Burnham Road


1288.00


Lewis Street 2500.00


Greenwood Road and Chandler Road (gravel- ling, shaping and tarring) 17300.00


Dascomb Road, (gravelling, shaping and tarring)


2666.00


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FINANCIAL STATEMENT


Appropriation March 1932


$58600.00


Approved bills :


Sidewalks


$ 1175.51


Bridges


263.97


Fences and Bounds


351.01


General Maintenance


45945.66


Catch Basins and Drains


841.94


Tools, Supplies and Equipment


1420.39


Ferndale Avenue


1402.74


Juliette and Topping Streets


7197.26


58598.48


Balance


$ 1.52


Snow Removal:


Appropriation March 1932


$12000.00


Approved bills


11156.75


Balance


$ 843.25


Article No. 7 Special Town Meeting (Unexpended balances of Articles No. 8 and No. 9)


Appropriation


$1665.27


Approved bills


1644.68


Balance


$


20.59


SEWER DEPARTMENT


Four hundred and forty-two feet of six-inch sewer main were laid on Ferndale Avenue. This sewer line connects to the 8" sewer line on Poor Street. This installation was made possible by the additional $8600 that was added to the Highway maintenance appropriation. The cost of the above was $636.20, or $1.44 per foot.


Seven hundred and forty-seven feet of six-inch sewer main were laid on Stratford Road which runs between Chestnut Street and Summer Street. This sewer line connects with the six-inch sewer line on Chestnut Street. This work was done under Article No. 9


14


of the 1932 Warrant. The cost of the above work was $1246.69, or $1.67 per foot.


Three applications have been filed for sewer house services during 1932, making a total of 1082 in use January 1, 1933.


Appropriation March 1932 Approved bills


$5600.00


5542.26


Balance


$


57.74


Article No. 9, March 1932 (Stratford Road)


Appropriation


$2000.00


Approved bills


1246.69


Balance


$ 753.31


To provide for adequate sewer maintenance and construction we recommend an appropriation of $5373.00 to be divided sub- stantially as follows:


Power


$2100.00


Salaries, labor, etc.


2573.00


Sewer, pipe, tolls, etc.


400.00


Maintenance of buildings and equipment


300.00


$5373.00


PARK DEPARTMENT


A section of the Playstead south of the football bleachers that was regraded last summer has been flooded. This provides an ideal area for skating.


Sections of the bleachers that showed signs of weathering were painted.


The baseball backstop of the Town Playstead has been en- larged thus giving added backstop facilities. The wire on the baseball backstop at the Ballardvale Playstead was renewed.


Appropriation March 1932


$4000.00


Approved bills


3997.54


Balance $ 2.46


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To provide for adequate Park maintenance for 1933 we recom- mend an appropriation of $4794. to be divided substantially as follows:


Labor


$3060.00


Lawn mowers, repairs, etc.


100.00


Seed, fertilizer, loam, tools, etc.


534.00


Relocating baseball diamond


1100.00


$4794.00


Respectfully submitted,


CHARLES T. GILLIARD


Superintendent


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COMPARATIVE STATISTICS, Approved to January 1, 1933


Year


Received from water rates


Net cost of maintenance


Cost of pumping


by total


by cost maintenance of pumping


Received per million gallons


Gallons pumped


No. of service pipes in use


Meters in use


No. of h'd'nts


Miles of main pipe


1889


Work commenced


2999 99


1776 21


52 85


27 97


82 81


64,595,597


462


122


165


21.50


1892


5977 41


3491 22


2185 83


40 77


25 53


68 42


85,618,190


542


171


174


22.37


1893


7647 95


3792 56


2408 20


36 42


23 13


73 46


104,123,285


601


204


178


23.50


1894


8378 44


4514 47


3354 04


38 31


28 47


71 27


117,847,305


654


237


178


23.53


1895


8434 15


4380 13


3151 33


37 32


26 87


71 81


117,354,950


706


278


180


24.00


1896


9052 31


4627 53


2557 61


37 47


20


71


78 79


123,476,542


752


326


184


24.12


1897


*8011 87


4336 58


2383 71


37 67


20 71


69 61


115,094,527


789


486


184


24.16


1898


7792 40


3662 43


2196 31


32 33


19 38


68 78


113,287,775


819


571


193


24.91


1899


9376 29


4471 04


2656 42


31 21


19 24


65 45


143,260,253


845


616


194


25.12


1900


10668 57


4915 23


3158 50


33 07


21 25


71 78


148,618,935


876


641


196


25.83


1901


¥8941 83


7955 34


3430 35


45 44


19 59


51 00


175,062,920


897


670


196


25.84


1902


11805 21


5787 44


3035 47


40 59


25 63


100 01


118,031,451


834


701


205


29.69


1903


11563 79


7389 44


2922 36


55 52


21 96


86 89


133,085,521


958


722


219


30.17


1904


11818 53


6378 96


3004 34


44 25


20 84


81 98


144,164,563


981


757


221


30.49


1905


12409 79


7228 82


3426 98


44 03


20 87


75 60


164,150,879


1013


791


223


30.95


1906


13516 47


8121 39


3054 09


45 39


17 29


76 48


176,717,579


1036


813


224


31.03


1908


14908 89


7419


65


3750 29


39 52


19 97


79 41


187,750,372


1101


884


257


35.22


1909


16407 21


7499 95


3967 72


36 96


19 55


202,885,685


1147


926


273


38.07


1910


17613 66


8378 32


3234 61


36 50


18 50


228,939,882


1187


977


290


40.81


1911


18515 99


7974 79


4585 62


39 21


17 62


203,401,371


1245


1023


321


44.34


1912


19687 47


8117 57


39 58


17 48


95 99


205,097,460


1304


1081


344


46.99


1913


22739 88


8412 89


3471 18


36 84


19 58


96 58


228,344,927


1353


1146


351


47.70


1914


19614 00


10306 80


43 86


18 86


83 47


1405


1195


364


49.64


1915


22451 01


9982 98


4464 45


42 49


18 55


93 32


1465


1262


369


50.08


1916


23496 87


11998 60


4842 20


46 67


21 91


94 02


1492


1290


377


51.19


1917


24780 82


11538 26


52 95


25 06


113 72


1503


1311


377


51.19


1918


27053 04


15838 48


10092 80


58 93


37 56


100 67


+268,733,008


1470


1328


378


51.19


1919


23864 58


18257 99


83 64


37 72


91 46


+218,279,797


1521


1370


378


51.19


1920


31416 47


19924 11


9949 64


78 23


39 06


08


+254,727,887


1594


1460


378


51.19


1921


28013 36


17745 39


9083 83


89 65


41 44


127 80


219,172,467


1557


1562


388


52.44


1922


31831 38


22627 77


8788 98


86 32


33 54


121 46


262,098,700


1800


1745


414


55.15


1923


37718 68


21729 12


10133 57


65 30


30 48


113 47


332,409,160


1950


1856


462


57.84


1924


42284 32


33222 26


98 37


44 49


125 21


337,717,247


2044


1929


478


59.47


1925


41616 62


30852 65


88 79


44 60


121 05


343,769,471


2088


1963


493


60.42


1926


40697 46


29992 61


14444 00


89 97


43 33


122 09


333,352,823


2137


2011


507


61.87


1927


38711 37


29989 72


12550 13


99 75


41 74


128 76


300,642,752


2207


2081


515


62.65


1928


36971 20


29999 05


13699 73


96 16


43 91


118 51


311,948,552


2253


2129


528


63.94


1929


41213 79


29997 35


14665 35


95 02


46 45


130 55


315,698,839


2287


2163


530


64.40


1930


40978 41


29973 81


12979 96


100 46


43 50


137 34


298,367.269


2351


2227


560


66.76


1931


42573 20


29151 70


12105 62


94 89


39 41


138 59


307,191,424


2384


2261


602


68.78


1932


43641 07


27939 10


13259 40


88 80


42 14


138 71


314,601,000


2396


2271


611


69.68


1891


5349 32


3399 93


1806 93


*Regulations and rates changed


¡No allowance for slippage


17


1907


17267 86


8112 47


4825 63


33 34


19 94


75 48


242,025,757


1060


848


227


31.35


1890


$3106 38


24,911,445


309


80


163


20.50


6 months


46


16


+240,599,178


+220,945,880


+217,894,123


81 16


76 93


91 03


3583 45


4434 65


234,973,550


5460 42


7093 30


81


15025 88


15334 50


Cost per million gal'ns


TOWN OF ANDOVER


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


Receipts and Expenditures


RPORATED MAY 6. 1


MOI


6. 1646.


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TTS


MASSACHUSE


FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING


December 31, 1933


PRINTED BY THE ANDOVER PRESS, ANDOVER, MASS. 1934


INDEX


PAGE


PAGE


Accounting Taxes and Assess- ments


86


American Legion Quarters 78


Andover Post 2128 V. F. W.


79


Animal Inspector


140


Appropriations for 1933


49


Armistice Day


79


Infirmary


73


Assessments and Receipts


(B. P. W.) 89,90


Assessors' Report 109


Andover Plan of Assessing Real Estate 111


Motor Vehicles Excise Tax


110


Memorial Hall Library 76, 163


Library Statistics 169


Report of Finance Committee 164


Report of Librarian 165


Report of Trustees 164


Board of Health Nurse and Agent 137


Board of Public Welfare 64, 71,133


Charities


50


Infirmary


73


Mothers' Aid


72


Old Age Assistance


73,88


Soldiers' Relief


72


State Aid 74


Board of Public Works Appendix


Accounts Receivable 92


Assessments and Receipts


89,90


Highways 67


Sewers 66


Printing Town Reports 79


Public Dump 80


Receipts for 1933 52


Recreation and Unclassified American Legion Quarters 78


Andover Post 2128 V. F. W. 79


Armistice Day 79


Damages to Persons and Property 78


79


Interest 51,84


78


Parks and Playgrounds 76


Pomp's Pond Bathing Beach 77


Expenditures for 1933 56


Finance Committee Recom-


mendations 149


Fire Department


Forest Fires


61,134


61


General Government Election and Registration 58


59 Municipal Buildings Town Officers 56


Highways 67


Insurance


79


Interest 51,84


Jury List 146


78


Municipal Properties and Im- provements 110


Balance Sheet


102


Moth Superintendent 63, 142


Moth Assessment 89


Mothers' Aid 72


Motor Vehicles Excise Tax 87,110


Municipal Buildings 59


Municipal Properties and Im- provements 110


Old Age Assistance 73,88


Parks and Playgrounds 76


Police Department 59, 135


Pomp's Pond Bathing Beach 77


Snow Removal and Sanding 70


Water Mains and Construction


80


Bonds, Redemption of


See Town Debt


Building Inspector 141


Charities 50


Damages to Persons and Property 78


Departmental Accounts Receivable 91


Election and Registration 58


Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital 65


Memorial Day


Excess and Deficiency Account


92


Printing Town Reports 79


Town Scales 80


School Department 74


Insurance


Memorial Day


PAGE


Sealer of Weights and Measures 62, 145


Sewers


66


Receipts for 1933


52


Reserve Fund


86


Soldiers' Benefits


72


Special Funds


93


Spring Grove Cemetery 84, 143


Water Accounts Receivable


92


Town Clerk


47


Street Lighting


67


Vital Statistics


47


Tax Collector 106


Town Debt


101


Summary of Tax Collector's Cash Account 108


Town Meetings


Proceedings


Warrants


10, 13, 21, 39, 149


Moth Assessments 89


Town Officers 4,56


48


Town Physician 140


Town Scales


80


Appropriations for 1933


49


Balance Sheet


102


Tree Warden 63, 142


*Trustees of Punchard Free School 98


Departmental Accounts Receiv- able


91


Excess and Deficiency Account


92


Water Mains and Construction 80


Expenditures for 1933


56 Wire Inspector 62


*Also see School Report Supplement


PAGE


Maturing Debt Overlay


85


90


Snow Removal and Sanding


70


93


Special Funds Town Debt 101


*Trustees of Punchard Free School 98


State Aid 74


11, 23, 43


Tax Title Account 89


Town Accountant's Report Accounting Taxes and Assess- ments


86


Treasurer's Report 105


Board of Public Works Accounts Receivable 92


Water Accounts Receivable 92


Town Officers ELECTED AND APPOINTED


Board of Selectmen and Public Welfare


FRANK H. HARDY, Chairman


Term expires 1935


ANDREW McTERNEN, Secretary


1934


JEREMIAH J. DALY, M.D.


66 1936


GEORGE H. WINSLOW, Clerk and Agent of Bureau of Old Age Assistance


Board of Assessors


FRANK H. HARDY, Chairman


Term expires 1935


ANDREW McTERNEN, Secretary


1934


JEREMIAH J. DALY, M.D.


66 1936


GEORGE H. WINSLOW, Clerk


Assistant Assessors


WILLIS H. TEWKSBURY


JOHN H. ANDERSON


FRANCIS X. BEIRNE WILLIAM A. RONAN


Town Clerk


Moderator


GEORGE H. WINSLOW


FREDERICK BUTLER


Collector of Taxes


Town Counsel


WILLIAM B. CHEEVER


DANIEL J. MURPHY


Treasurer THAXTER EATON


Town Accountant MARY COLLINS


Board of Public Works


WILLIAM D. MCINTYRE, Chairman


Term expires 1936


FRANK A. BUTTRICK, Secretary


1934


HENRY A. BODWELL


1934


JOHN H. PLAYDON


1936


WALTER I. MORSE


1935


CHARLES T. GILLIARD, Superintendent


EDWARD R. LAWSON, Assistant Superintendent


4


School Committee


FREDERICK C. SMITH, Chairman


Term expires 1935


ELMER J. GROVER, Secretary


66


1936


ARTHUR R. LEWIS


66 1936


MAY EVELYN BARNES


66


1936


WILLIAM A. DOHERTY


66


1934


CLAXTON MONRO


66


66


1934


NATHANIEL STOWERS, D.M.D.


60


66


1934


MARY E. C. GEAGAN


66


1935


*ANNIE S. ANGUS


66


1934


HENRY C. SANBORN, Superintendent Attendance Officer


School Physician


JOHN CAMPBELL


PHILIP W. BLAKE, M.D. School Nurse EDITH MORETON, R.N.


Board of Health


FRANKLIN H. STACEY, Chairman


Term expires 1936


GEORGE G. BROWN, Secretary


66 1935


WILLIAM D. WALKER, M.D.


1934


Trustees of Memorial Hall Library


NATHAN C. HAMBLIN, Chairman


Term expires 1935


FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL, Secretary


66


1934


PHILIP F. RIPLEY


66


1936


HENRY G. TYER


66


66 1937


BURTON S. FLAGG


66


66


1938


CLAUDE M. FUESS


1939


REV. FREDERICK A. WILSON


66


-


1940


EDNA A. BROWN, Librarian


Trustees of Punchard Free School REV. CHARLES W. HENRY, President EDMOND E. HAMMOND, Clerk and Treasurer


Term expires 1934


FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL


1934


MYRON E. GUTTERSON


66


1934


CHARLES. C. KIMBALL


66


1934


HENRY G. TYER


66


66


1934


REV. NEWMAN MATTHEWS


REV. FREDERICK B. NOSS


*Appointed until election 1934 to fill a vacancy.


Director, Continuation School


CARL M. GAHAN


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Trustees of Cornell Fund WILLIAM D. WALKER, M.D., Treasurer Term expires 1936


*JOSEPH S. CHAMBERS, Chairman


1934


*CHARLES N. MARLAND, Secretary


1935


Trustees of Spring Grove Cemetery Terms Expire 1934


WALTER E. CURTIS, Chairman WALTER I. MORSE


FREDERICK E. CHEEVER, Secretary DAVID R. LAWSON EVERETT M. LUNDGREN AMOS B. LOOMER


FRED A. SWANTON, Superintendent


Board of Registrars


RALPH A. BAILEY, Chairman


Term expires 1936


JOHN F. HURLEY


1934


JOHN W. STARK


1935


GEORGE H. WINSLOW, Clerk


Street Lighting Committee


WALTER H. COLEMAN, Chairman GEORGE L. GRAHAM GEORGE G. BROWN, Secretary HERBERT F. CHASE CHESTER A. JOHNSON


Finance Committee


HUGH BULLOCK, Chairman EDWARD SHATTUCK


HOWELL F. SHEPARD, Secretary JOSEPH M. HARGEDON MITCHELL JOHNSON CHARLES A. BRANTON, O.S.A. HARVEY G. TURNER


Superintendent of Moth Department and Tree Warden RALPH T. BERRY


Pomps Pond Committee


JAMES R. MOSHER, Chairman HERBERT M. WRIGHT


FRANK S. McDONALD HENRY TODD


WILLIAM C. CROWLEY CHARLES A. GREGORY


JOSEPH I. PITMAN WILLIAM A. HARNEDY, Secretary


Inspector of Buildings EDWARD R. LAWSON


Inspector of Plumbing


JOSEPH P. NOLAN


*Deceased


6


Inspector of Wires CHARLES A. HILL


Sealer of Weights and Measures JOSEPH P. LYNCH WILLIAM C. BROWN, Deputy Town Physician JOHN J. HARTIGAN, M.D.


Police Department GEORGE A. DANE, Chief


LEONARD SAUNDERS, Sergeant


JOHN DEYERMOND


JAMES WALKER


THOMAS DAILEY


ARTHUR JOWETT


DAVID GILLESPIE CARL STEVENS FRANK McBRIDE


WILLIAM SHAW *EDWARD O'HAGAN, Dog Officer


Fire Department Central Station-Permanent men CHARLES F. EMERSON, Chief LESTER HILTON, Deputy Chief


ALBERT COLE, Lieutenant RALPH BAKER


KERR SPARKS TIMOTHY MADDEN WILLIAM REA ALEXANDER MACKENZIE HENRY POMEROY


Central Station-Call men


FREDERICK L. COLLINS, Captain


WILLIAM COLLINS WILLIAM ROSS


CHARLES S. BUCHAN


C. EDWARD BUCHAN


EDWARD DOWNS WINTHROP K. WHITE


HERBERT BROWN RAYMOND HICKEY


ARCHIBALD MACLAREN ROBERT JACKSON


Station No. 2-Permanent man LOUIS KIBBEE Station No. 2-Call men JEREMIAH J. CRONIN, Captain JAMES OLDROYD, Lieutenant HENRY PLATT FOSTER MATTHEWS


PATRICK MURNANE HOWARD COLDBATH


Forest Warden-CHARLES F. EMERSON *Resigned


7


Constables Terms expire 1934


GEORGE A. DANE JAMES NAPIER GEORGE N. SPARKS


JOHN TRAYNOR, Civil Constable


Inspector of Animals C. LEROY AMBYE


Inspector of Slaughtering LOTTA M. JOHNSON


Burial Agent, Soldiers and Sailors FRANCIS P. MARKEY


Surveyors of Wood, Bark and Lumber


EDWARD S. HARDY


JOSEPH I. PITMAN


GEORGE M. CARTER SAMUEL H. BAILEY


Public Weighers BENJAMIN JAQUES


JEROME W. CROSS


LOUIS BEAULIEU


HERBERT W. AUTY


ROBERT DOBBIE


RALPH BAKER LESLEY DIETRICK


PHILIP CHURCHILL BERNARD L. McDONALD


ALEXANDER MACKENZIE EDWARD VANNETT


Fence Viewers GEORGE A. DANE CHARLES T. GILLIARD RAYMOND L. BUCHAN


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Town of Andover Population 1930 Census-9969 Registered Voters 1933 Men 2627 Women 2735 Total 5362


Political subdivisions including Andover Seventh Congressional District WILLIAM P. CONNERY, JR., 11 Bellevue Rd., Lynn Fifth Councillor District EUGENE B. FRASER, 8 Sanderson Ave., Lynn


Fourth Essex Senatorial District J. BRADFORD DAVIS, 16 Johnson St., Haverhill


Sixth Essex Representative District JAMES P. DONNELLY, 221 Bailey St., Lawrence THOMAS J. LANE, 92 Abbott St., Lawrence


Essex County Commissioners ROBERT H. MITCHELL, Haverhill FREDERICK BUTLER, Andover RAYMOND H. TREFRY, Marblehead


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Town Warrant


THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


ESSEX, SS .: To either of the Constables of the Town of Andover, GREETING:


In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in Town Affairs to meet and assemble at the Town House in said Andover, on WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY-FIFTH DAY OF JAN- UARY at 7.45 o'clock P.M., to act on the following articles:


Article 1 .- To see if the Town will vote its approval of the con- sideration by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts of the establishment in West Andover, so called, of a State School for the use of the Department of Mental Diseases, upon petition of Joseph S. Chambers and others.


Article 2 .- To elect from the floor, a committee of three, five or more to represent Andover, and request the State authorities to reconsider the Andover project, upon petition of Joseph S. Cham- bers and others.


Article 3 .- To see if the Voters of the Town of Andover ap- prove the granting of a permit for the showing of moving pictures on Sundays; subject to such regulations as the Board of Select- men deem advisable, upon petition of William A. G. Kidd and others.


Article 4 .- To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of Forty-five hundred dollars ($4500.) for the purpose of building a gravel road on Greenwood Road, under the direction of the Board of Public Works, on petition of William A. G. Kidd and others.


Article 5 .- To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of Five thousand dollars ($5000.) for the purpose of building a gravel road on Haggetts Pond Road, under the direction of the


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Board of Public Works, on petition of William A. G. Kidd and others.


Article 6 .- To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of Twenty-five hundred dollars ($2500.) for the purpose of build- ing a gravel road on Dascomb Road, under the direction of the Board of Public Works, on petition of William A. G. Kidd and others.


Article 7 .- To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.


And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies and publication thereof, seven days at least before the time of said meeting as directed by the By-Laws 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 twelfth day of January, A.D., 1933. FRANK H. HARDY ANDREW McTERNEN JEREMIAH J. DALY


Selectmen of Andover


January 25, 1933.


ESSEX, SS.


Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I, the subscriber, one of the Constables of the Town of Andover, have notified the inhabi- tants of said town to meet at the time and place and for the pur- poses stated in said warrant by posting a true and attested copy of the same on the Town House, on each Schoolhouse and in no less than five other public places, where bills and notices are usually posted and by publication in the Andover Townsman. Said war- rants have been posted and published seven days.


GEORGE N. SPARKS, Constable


SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, JANUARY 25, 1933


At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Andover qualified to vote in town affairs convened in the Town House in said Andover on Wednesday, the twenty-fifth day of January, 1933


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at 7:45 o'clock in the evening, according to the requirements of the foregoing warrant, and in the absence of Moderator Alfred E. Stearns, the meeting was called to order by Town Clerk George H. Winslow and the meeting proceeded to elect a temporary Moderator. Frederick Butler was duly nominated, upon motion duly made and seconded; nominations were then voted closed.


Voted: at 7.56 P.M. that the Chairman of Board of Selectmen be instructed to cast one ballot for Frederick Butler as Moderator. One ballot was cast and Frederick Butler was declared elected and after being sworn to the faithful and impartial performance of the duties as Moderator of town meeting, he presided over the meeting, the minutes of which follow:


The Moderator directed the Town Clerk to read the warrant unless the meeting should waiver such reading.


Voted: at 7.58 P.M. to waiver the reading of the warrant and read each article in turn prior to consideration.


Voted: at 8.00 P.M. to take up Articles 1 and 2 collectively.


Took up articles 1 and 2.


Voted: at 8.19 P.M. that this article of the warrant be trans- ferred to the regular ballot to be voted upon at the next town meeting and that our Town Clerk be authorized and instructed to add this article of the warrant to the regular ballot.


Took up article 3.


Voted: at 8.24 P.M. to approve the granting of permits for the showing of moving pictures on Sundays; subject to such regula- tions as the Board of Selectmen deem advisable.


Took up article 4.


Voted: at 8.44 P.M. to take up articles 4, 5 and 6 collectively.


Voted: at 8.45 P.M. that the sum of $2000.00 be appropriated for trucking under articles 4, 5 and 6.


Voted: at 8.48 P.M. to reconsider the votes taken upon articles 4, 5 and 6, and the motion again put by the Moderator as previ- ously voted upon for articles 4, 5 and 6 was lost.


Voted: at 9.02 P.M. that the meeting be dissolved.


The foregoing is a true copy of the warrant and of the officers' return on same, also a true record of the doings of the meeting.


Attest: GEORGE H. WINSLOW, Town Clerk


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Town Warrant


THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


ESSEX, ss .: To either of the Constables of the Town of Andover, GREETING:


In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are qualified to vote in Elections and Town Affairs to meet and assemble at the designated polling places in Precincts One, Two, Three and Four, viz: The Town House in Precinct One; the Old School House, Ballard Vale, in Precinct Two; the Administration Building, Shaw- sheen Village, in Precinct Three; and the Phillips Club House, School Street, in Precinct Four, in said Andover, on MONDAY, THE SIXTH DAY OF MARCH, 1933, at 6.00 o'clock A.M., to act on the following articles:


ARTICLE 1 .- To elect a Moderator for one year, Town Clerk for one year, Treasurer for one year, Collector of Taxes for one year, one member of the Board of Selectmen for three years, one member of the Board of Assessors for three years, three members of the School Committee for three years, two members of the Board of Public Works for three years, one member of the Board of Public Works, for one year, to fill a vacancy, one member of the Board of Health for three years, three Constables for one year, one Trustee of Memorial Hall Library for seven years, one Trus- tee of Punchard Free School for one year, to fill a vacancy, one Tree Warden for one year, one member of the Planning Board for five years, one member of the Planning Board for four years, to fill a vacancy, one member of the Planning Board for three years, to fill a vacancy, one member of the Planning Board for two years, to fill a vacancy, and all town officers required by law to be elected by ballot. Also to vote Yes or No on the following ques- tion :


SPECIAL TOWN MEETING REFERENDUM QUESTION


To see if the town will approve the consideration by the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts of the establishment in West An-


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dover, so called, of a State School for the use of the Department of Mental Diseases.




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