Town annual report of Andover 1945-1949, Part 11

Author: Andover (Mass.)
Publication date: 1945
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 942


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Balance Sheet


84


Board of Appeals 96


Board of Health


49,117


Board of Public Welfare


54, 108


Aid to Dependent Children


54


Infirmary


56, 112


Moth Suppression


48, 122


Old Age Assistance


55


Veterans' Services


57, 109


Board of Public Works 137


Accounts Receivable 76


Assessments and Receipts


73


Highways 52


Sewers 51


Snow Removal and Sanding 53


Water Maint. and Construction 65


Bonds, Redemption of See Town Debt


Building Inspector 47, 119


Cemetery Funds


78


Civilian Defense 44


Damages to Persons and Property 63


Departmental Accounts Receivable 75


Dog Officer 43


Election and Registration 43


Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital 50


Excess and Deficiency Account 76


Expenditures for 1946 40


Finance Committee 42


Finance Committee Recom- mendations 151


Fire Department 45, 113


Forest Fires 49


General Government


Election and Registration 43


Highways 52


Insurance


63


Interest 69


Jury List 127


Memorial Day


64


Memorial Hall Library 60, 131


Library Statistics 136


132


Report of Librarian Trustees


131


Milk Inspector


118


Moderator


42


Moth Assessments 73


Motor Vehicles Excise Tax 73,90


Municipal Buildings 44


Municipal Properties and Public Improvements 94


Old Age Assistance


55


Overlay 74


Parks and Playgrounds 60


Planning Board 43, 95


Playground Committee 61, 101


Police Department 45, 114


Pomps Pond Bathing Beach 61, 103


64


Public Dump 51


Receipts for 1946 38


Reserve Fund 70


Retirement Report 106


*School Department 58


Sealer of Weights and Measures 47, 125 40


Selectmen


Sewers


51


Assessments 73


Snow Removal and Sanding


53


Spring Grove Cemetery 69, 124


*Also see School Report


2


Printing Town Reports


PAGE


PAGE


*Trustees of Punchard Free School 80


Water Accounts Receivable 76


Town Clerk 36, 42


Town Counsel 42


Town Debt


83


Town Infirmary


56, 112


Town Meetings


Proceedings Warrants 9,151


14


Town Accountant


37, 40


Accounting Taxes and Assessments


71


Appropriations for 1946


38


Balance Sheet


84


Trust Funds 79


*Trustees of Punchard Free School 80


Veterans' Services 57, 109


Excess and Deficiency Account


76


Vital Statistics


36


Expenditures for 1946


40


John Cornell Fund


77


Water Accounts Receivable 76


Maturing Debt


70


Water and Sewerage Investigation 97


Receipts for 1946


38


Wire Inspector


47, 126


Reserve Fund


70


Town Debt


PAGE


State Guard


46


Street Lighting


54


Tax Collector 41,90


Summary of Tax Collector's Cash Account 91


Tax Title Account 72


Three Hundredth Anniversary 44, 99


Town Officers 4


Town Scales 64


Treasurer


40, 89


Tree Warden


48, 120


Board of Public Works Accounts Receivable 76


Departmental Accounts Receivable 75


Overlay


74


Water Maint. and Construction 65


83 *Also see School Report


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Town Officers


ELECTED AND APPOINTED


MODERATOR . Frank E. Dunn


BOARD OF SELECTMEN AND PUBLIC WELFARE


Roy E. Hardy, Chairman


Term expires 1948


J. Everett Collins, Secretary Term expires 1947


Howell F. Shepard


Term expires 1949


George H. Winslow, Clerk


Arthur W. Cole, Agent, Bureau, Old Age Assistance, Welfare Board


Francis P. Markey, Veterans' Affairs Agent


BOARD OF ASSESSORS


Roy E. Hardy, Chairman J. Everett Collins Howell F. Shepard


Term expires 1948


Term expires 1947 Term expires 1949


TOWN CLERK


George H. Winslow


Term expires 1948


COLLECTOR OF TAXES


James P. Christie


Term expires 1949


TREASURER


Thaxter Eaton


Term expires 1947


TOWN ACCOUNTANT George C. Napier


TOWN COUNSEL Walter C. Tomlinson


BOARD OF RETIREMENT


George C. Napier, Chairman Edmond E. Hammond George H. Winslow, Secretary


Term expires 1949 Term expires 1949


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BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS


Sidney P. White, Chairman


Term expires 1947


Fred W. Doyle


Term expires 1948


Edward A. Doyle


Term expires 1949


John H. Kelly


Term expires 1949


Sanborn A. Caldwell, Secretary


Term expires 1949


Charles T. Gilliard, Town Engineer


Edward R. Lawson, Superintendent


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Dorothy T. Partridge


Term expires 1947


Katharine A. Baldwin


Term expires 1947


Gordon M. Thompson


Term expires 1947


Arthur R. Lewis, Chairman


Term expires 1948


Gordon C. Colquhoun


Term expires 1948


Barbara A. Loomer


Term expires 1948


William A. Doherty, Secretary


Term expires 1949


John S. Moses


Term expires 1949


Malcolm B. McTernen


Term expires 1949


Kenneth L. Sherman, Superintendent


ATTENDANCE OFFICER John Campbell


SCHOOL PHYSICIAN Philip W. Blake, M.D.


ATHLETIC MEDICAL DIRECTOR


Harry C. East, M.D.


SCHOOL NURSE Ruth E. Westcott, R.N.


DIRECTOR, CONTINUATION SCHOOL Carl M. Gahan


BOARD OF HEALTH


Percy J. Look, M.D., Chairman


Term expires 1949


William V. Emmons


Charles O. McCullom


Term expires 1947 Term expires 1948


Lotta M. Johnson, R.N., Nurse and Agent


Alfred C. Stacey, B.T.C., Milk Inspector


INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING Ray S. Youmans


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INSPECTOR OF BUILDINGS Edward R. Lawson


INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING Alexander Thomson


PLANNING BOARD AND BOARD OF SURVEY


Sidney P. White, Chairman


Term expires 1947


Leon A. Field


Term expires 1948


Walter Tomlinson


Term expires 1949


Frederick E. Cheever


Term expires 1950


Kirk R. Batcheller


Term expires 1951


INSPECTOR OF WIRES SEALER OF WEIGHTS & MEASURES


William J. Young George W. Baker, Deputy


Lewis N. Mears Wilson Crawford, Deputy


INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS Hartwell B. Abbot


TRUSTEES OF MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY


Winsor Gale, Chairman


Term expires 1948


Arthur W. Reynolds, Treasurer


Term expires 1950


William N. Perry, Secretary


Caroline P. Leavitt


Term expires 1947 Term expires 1949


Henry G. Tyer


Term expires 1951


Leo F. Daley


Term expires 1952


Alan R. Blackmer


Term expires 1953


Miriam Putnam, Librarian


TRUSTEES OF PUNCHARD FREE SCHOOL


Rev. Frederick B. Noss, President


Rev. John S. Moses


Rev. Leslie J. Adkins


Edmond E. Hammond, Clerk and Treasurer


Term expires 1949 Term expires 1949


William A. Trow


Roy E. Hardy


Term expires 1949


Henry G. Tyer


Term expires 1949


Charles C. Kimball


Term expires 1949


TRUSTEES OF CORNELL FUND


Edward P. Hall Arthur W. Cole Frederick E. Cheever, Treasurer


Term expires 1947 Term expires 1948 Term expires 1949


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TRUSTEES OF SPRING GROVE CEMETERY


Frank R. Petty, Chairman


Term expires 1948


Term expires 1947


Term expires 1948


Term expires 1949


Frederick E. Cheever


Term expires 1949


BOARD OF REGISTRARS


Ralph A. Bailey, Chairman John W. Stark Eugene `A. Zalla


Term expires 1947 Term expires 1949


George H. Winslow, Clerk


FINANCE COMMITTEE


Arthur Sweeney, Chairman


Stanley F. Swanton, Secretary


Victor Mill, Jr.


Dr. Harry V. Byrne


Hugh Bullock Louis S. Finger Ellsworth H. Lewis


RECREATION COMMITTEE (including Pomp's Pond)


Stafford A. Lindsay, Chairman


Alan F. Dunlop Frank McBride


George A. Stanley, Jr.


Edward J. Lefebvre


SUPERINTENDENT OF MOTH DEPARTMENT


George R. Abbott Appointed Annually


TREE WARDEN


George R. Abbott


Term expires 1947


BOARD OF APPEALS


James S. Eastham, Chairman Term expires 1949


Roy E. Hardy, Secretary Edward P. Hall


Term expires 1947 Term expires 1948


Walter C. Tomlinson, Associate Member


Leon A. Field, Associate Member


FIRE DEPARTMENT Charles E. Buchan, Chief Charles E. Buchan, Forest Warden


*Deceased


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Malcolm E. Lundgren *Fred G. Cheney Clifford E. Marshall


Jesse E. West, Superintendent


Term expires 1948


POLICE DEPARTMENT George A. Dane, Chief George A. Dane, Dog Officer


TOWN OF ANDOVER Population-1945 Census 11920 Registered Voters 1946-7048


POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS INCLUDING ANDOVER


SENATORS


Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. Beverly Leverett Saltonstall, Newton


FIFTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT


Edith Nourse Rogers, 444 Andover St., Lowell


FIFTH COUNCILLOR DISTRICT


Alfred G. Gaunt, 56 Pleasant Street, Methuen


FOURTH ESSEX SENATORIAL DISTRICT Philip K. Allen, 1 Highland Road, Andover


REPRESENTATIVES


J. Everett Collins, 35 Summer Street, Andover


Frank S. Giles, 375 Lowell Street, Methuen Raymond W. Schlapp, 19 Hemenway Street, Methuen ESSEX COUNTY COMMISSIONERS


Arthur A. Thompson, Methuen


C. F. Nelson Pratt, Saugus


J. Fred Manning, Lynn


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Annual Town Meeting MARCH 4, 1946


Agreeably to a Warrant signed by the Selectmen, February . 4th, 1946, the Inhabitants of the Town of Andover, qualified to vote in Election and Town Affairs, met and assembled at the designated polling places in Precincts One, Two, Three, Four, Five and Six, viz: The Central Fire Station in Precinct One; the Square and Compass Hall in Precinct Two; the Administration Building Balmoral Street, Shawsheen Village, in Precinct Three; the Andover Grange Hall in Precinct Four; the Old School House, Ballardvale, in Precinct Five; and the Peabody House, Phillips Street, in Precinct Six, in said Andover, on Monday, the fourth day of March, 1946 at 7:00 o'clock A.M.


ESSEX, SS. ANDOVER, FEBRUARY 28, 1946


Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I, the subscriber, one of the Constables of the Town of Andover have notified the Inhab- itants of said town, to meet at the time and places and for the purposes 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 warrants have been posted and published seven days.


GEORGE N. SPARKS, Constable


Took up Article One and proceeded to vote for Town Officers. The ballot boxes were found to be empty and registered 0000. The polls were opened at seven o'clock a.m. and closed at seven o'clock p.m. The total number of ballots cast was 3510-viz: Precinct One-936, Precinct Two-757, Precinct Three-578, Precinct Four-340, Precinct Five, 323, Precinct Six-576.


MODERATOR-For One Year


Precincts


1


2


3


4


5 144


6


355


274


208


164


210


Frank E. Dunn


1355


203


230


115


42


70


52


John F. O'Connell


712


352


218


240


111


90


296


Arthur Sweeney


1307


26


35


15


23


19


18


Blanks


136


9


COLLECTOR OF TAXES-For Three Years Precincts


1


2


3 499


290


272


513


James P. Christie


2980


147


140


79


50


51


63


Blanks


530


SELECTMAN-For Three Years


31


25


69


4


9


14


Edward F. Andrew


152


125


187


67


28


23


53


John M. Caldwell


483


459


253


257


158


173


303 Howell F. Shepard


1603


287


265


165


138


111


186


Sidney P. White


1152


Frederick L. Collins


1


34


26


20


12


7


20


Blanks


119


ASSESSOR-For Three Years


36


27


76


7


14


14


Edward F. Andrew


174


131


190


76


32


31


62


John M. Caldwell


522


457


252


241


154


156


288


Howell F. Shepard


1548


272


245


164


127


112


188


Sidney P. White


1108


40


43


21


20


10


24


Blanks


158


BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS-For Three Years


260


228


212


189


106


108


William F. Barron


1103


395


258


245


142


142


367


Sanborn A. Caldwell


1549


369


324


195


88


118


281


John H. Kelly


1375


231


135


145


79


66


88


James P. Scobie


744


367


344


207


114


108


186


P. LeRoy Wilson


1326


250


225


152


68


106


122


Blanks


923


SCHOOL COMMITTEE-For Three Years


735


625


46.7


263


265


470


William A. Doherty


2825


718


511


457.


261


241


480


Malcolm B. McTernen


2668


707


488


451


256


237


482


John S. Moses


2621


1


Elmer Grover


1


1


Stafford A. Lindsay


1


George Napier


1


648


646


359


Blanks


2413


SCHOOL COMMITTEE-For Two Years (to fill a vacancy)


487


253


241


157


123


300


Gordon L. Colquhoun


1561


172


291


168


57


89


99


George Connors


876


199


149


117


72


69


117


Victor J. Mill, Jr. 723


78


64


52


54


42


60


Blanks 350


4


5


6


789


617


1


240


226


294


1


10


BOARD OF HEALTH-For Three Years


Precincts


1


2


3 509


4


5


6


784


633


289


280


525


Percy J. Look, M.D.


3020


152


124


69


51


43


51


Blanks 490


BOARD OF HEALTH-For Two Years (to fill a vacancy)


200


236


204


110


122


146


Benjamin C. Brown


1018


647


434


318


193


158


347 Charles O. McCullom 2097


89


87


56


37


43


83


Blanks


395


TRUSTEES PUNCHARD FREE SCHOOL-For Three Years


677


471


446


251


225


461


Edmond E. Hammond 2531


719


503


463


263


230


473


Roy E. Hardy


2651


673


461


441


252


213


464


Charles C. Kimball


2504


679


471


446


265


223


461


William A. Trow


2545


679


489


439


252


225


471


Henry G. Tyer


2555


Claude M. Fuess 1


1


1253 1390


655


417


499


549


Blanks


4763


TRUSTEE OF MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY-For Seven Years


386


307


300


150


136


360


Alan R. Blackmer 1639


395


272


194


116


102


168


Walter E. Mondale 1247


155


178


84


74


85


48


Blanks


624


TRUSTEE OF MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY-For One Year


(to fill a vacancy)


683


497


450


251


247 473


William N. Perry


2601


1 Theresa W. Richardson


1


253


260


128


89


76


102 Blanks 908


TRUSTEE OF MEMORIAL HALL LIBRARY-For Three Years


(to fill a vacancy)


657


481


446


242


225


458


Caroline P. Leavitt


2509


1


Barbara Merrick 1


1 Walter E. Mondale


1


279


276


132


97


98


117


Blanks


999


PLANNING BOARD-For Five Years


670


503


465


255


228


470


Kirk R. Batcheller


2591


266


254


113


85


95


106


Blanks


919


11


CONSTABLES-For One Year


Precincts


1


2


3


4


5


6


774


587


486


270


262


503


George A. Dane


2882


712


508


463


257


228


475


J. Lewis Smith


2643


720


535


463


260


271


482


George N. Sparks


2731


602


641


322


233


208


268


Blanks


2274


All the foregoing officers were voted for on one ballot, and the check lists were used.


REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT ONE


March 4, 1946


Polls opened at 7 A.M. Warden in charge Rowland L. Luce. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7 P.M. Ballot box registered when polls closed 936. Number of ballots received 1525. Number of ballots returned 589. Number of ballots cast 936. Police officer on duty William R. Hickey. Voted to count ballots at 8 A.M.


JOSEPH W. MCNALLY, Clerk


REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT TWO


March 4, 1946


Polls opened at 7 A.M. Warden in charge Mark Keane. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7 P.M. Ballot box registered when polls closed 757. Number of ballots received 1403. Number of ballots returned 646. Number of ballots cast 757. Police officer on duty John Campbell. Voted to count ballots at 8.45 A.M.


NORMAN K. MACLEISH, Clerk


REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT THREE


March 4, 1946


Polls opened at 7 A.M. Warden in charge Stafford Lindsay. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7 P.M. Ballot box registered when polls closed 578, absentees 2. Number of ballots received 1424. Number of ballots returned 846. Number of ballots cast 578. Police officer on duty Joseph Davis. Voted to count ballots at 7.45 A.M.


VINCENT HICKEY, Clerk


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REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT FOUR


March 4, 1946


Polls opened at 7 A.M. Warden in charge Francis E. Wilson. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7 P.M. Ballot box registered when polls closed 340. Number of ballots received 702. Number of ballots returned 362. Number of ballots cast 340. Police officer on duty David M. May. Voted to count ballots at 10 A.M.


FREDERICK J. KEARN, Clerk


REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT FIVE


March 4, 1946


Polls opened at 7 A.M. Warden in charge Clester E. Matthews. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7 P.M. Ballot box registered when polls closed 323. Number of ballots received 570. Number of ballots returned 247. Number of ballots cast 323. Police officer on duty George N. Sparks. Voted to count ballots at 10.45 A.M.


EUGENE A. ZALLA, Clerk


REPORT OF CLERK-PRECINCT SIX


March 4, 1946


Polls opened at 7 A.M. Warden in charge Ralph Bailey. Ballot box registered when polls opened 0000. Polls closed at 7 P.M. Ballot box registered when polls closed 576. Number of ballots received 1162. A. V. ballots 2. Number of ballots returned 588. Number of ballots cast 576. Police officer on duty James Lynch. Voted to count ballots at 9 A.M.


JOHN M. LYNCH, Clerk


After final action of Article One, the said meeting was adjourned by virtue of Section 20, Chatper 39 of the General Laws to Mon- day, March 11th, at 7 o'clock P.M. at the Memorial Auditorium.


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ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, MARCH 11, 1946


The check lists showed that 1001 persons entered the Audi- torium.


The meeting was called to order by Frank E. Dunn, Moderator at 7 P.M. It was the unanimous consent of the meeting to admit Charles T. Irwin, shorthand reporter, to record the meeting, also Elizabeth Buchan, Andover Townsman representative and Gregory Arabian, a student.


The prayer was offered by the Rev. Frederick B. Noss and was followed by a salute to the flag.


The clerk read the return of the service of the warrant and then read Article 1-To elect a Moderator for one year, a Collector of Taxes for three years, a Selectman for three years, an Assessor for three years, two members of the Board of Public Works for three years, a member of the Board of Health for three years, a member of the Board of Health for two years to fill a vacancy, three members of the School Committee for three years, a mem- ber of the School Committee for two years to fill a vacancy, a member of the Planning Board for five years, a Trustee of Me- morial Hall Library for seven years, a Trustee of Memorial Hall Library for one year to fill a vacancy, a Trustee of Memorial Hall Library for three years to fill a vacancy, five trustees of the Punchard Free School for three years, three Constables for one year, and all town officers required by law to be elected by ballot.


The announcement of the balloting was read by the Clerk and the Moderator declared elected the successful candidates as follows:


Frank E. Dunn, Moderator for one year-declared elected by the Clerk.


James P. Christie, Collector of Taxes for three years.


Howell F. Shepard, Selectman for three years.


Howell F. Shepard, Assessor for three years.


Sanborn A. Caldwell, member Board of Public Works for three years.


John H. Kelly, member Board of Public Works for three years.


William A. Doherty, member School Committee for three years.


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Malcolm B. McTernen, member School Committee for three years.


John S. Moses, member School Committee for three years.


Gordon L. Colquhoun, member School Committee for two years-to fill a vacancy.


Percy J. Look, M.D. member Board of Health for three years.


Charles O. McCullom, member Board of Health for two years- to fill a vacancy.


Edmond E. Hammond, Trustee Punchard Free School for three years.


Roy E. Hardy, Trustee Punchard Free School for three years.


Charles C. Kimball, Trustee Punchard Free School for three years.


William A. Trow, Trustee Punchard Free School for three years.


Henry G. Tyer, Trustee Punchard Free School for three years.


Alan R. Blackmer, Trustee of Memorial Hall Libarry for seven years.


William N. Perry, Trustee of Memorial Hall Library for one year-to fill a vacancy.


Caroline P. Leavitt, Trustee of Memorial Hall Library for three years-to fill a vacancy.


Kirk R. Batcheller, member Planning Board for five years.


George A. Dane, Constable for one year.


J. Lewis Smith, Constable for one year.


George N. Sparks, Constable for one year.


It was the unanimous consent of the meeting to admit Mary E. Ricker, a teacher and Mr. C. C. Waterman, consulting engineer, to the meeting.


Took up Article 2-To elect all other officers not required by law to be elected by ballot.


Upon motion of Mr. Hardy and duly seconded, it was VOTED -that Frederick E. Cheever be elected trustee of the Cornell Fund for three years.


Article 3-To establish the salary of elected Town Officers for the ensuing year.


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Upon motion made by Mr. Hardy, it was VOTED-that the wage increase not to exceed $2 a week, voted at the 1945 town meeting be incorporated in the basic rates, and that in addition thereto, a general wage increase be granted to all full time em- ployees who have received less than a 25 per cent wage increase since January, 1941. Such general increase is not to exceed 10 per cent, and not to exceed $5 per week to any individual, and is not to result in a total increase, exclusive of step rate or in- dividual merit increases, of more than 25 per cent to any indi- vidual over his or her January 1941 rate. Officials determining amount of increased wages shall make every effort to equalize total wage increases, so that employees of equal merit, and on the same wage basis in January, 1941, will be on the same wage basis on and after April 1, 1946, when this motion shall take effect.


Upon motion of Mr. Hardy, and duly seconded, it was voted to establish the salaries of the elected Town Officers for the ensuing year as follows: (each item being voted on separately)


Chairman, Board of Selectmen, per annum


$ 400.00


Two members at $300. each, per annum


600.00


Board of Assessors


Three members at $400. each, per annum


1200.00


Board of Public Welfare


Three members at $100. each, per annum


300.00


Town Clerk


2400.00


Collector of Taxes


2750.00


Town Treasurer


2750.00


Moth Superintendent and Tree Warden combined salary for both per week


48.00


Board of Health


Three members at $100. each per annum


300.00


Secretary, Board of Public Works


100.00


Treasurer, Library Trustees


100.00


Moderator, per meeting


10.00


Article 4-To determine what sums of money shall be appro- priated for the following purposes:


Upon motion of Mr. Hardy, it was voted to omit reading the


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list and the following sums of money were appropriated, each item being voted on separately :


Appropriations for the Assessors, Board of Selectmen, and all Departments under their control:


American Legion


$ 600.00


Veterans of Foreign Wars


600.00


Armistice Day


150.00


Memorial Day inc. $76.00 for unpaid 1945 bill


1,026.00


Aid to Dependent Children


8,000.00


Soldiers' Benefits


9,800.00


Old Age Assistance


55,000.00


Public Welfare


10,000.00


Retirement Fund


17,591.00


Damages to Persons and Property


500.00


Elections and Registrations


4,500.00


Civilian Defense


250.00


State Guard


250.00


Insurance


11,000.00


Essex Tuberculosis Hospital


10,129.90


Pomps Pond


2,200.00


Public Dump


1,000.00


Printing Town Report


1,053.50


Selectmen


2,380.00


Treasurer


3,440.00


Collector of Taxes


5,556.00


Accountant


3,729.00


Assessors


5,718.00


Town Clerk


3,582.00


Moderator (10.00 per meeting)


20.00


Town Counsel


750.00


Finance Committee


20.00


Planning Board and Survey


200.00


Dog Officer


225.00


Animal Inspector


350.00


Building Inspector


525.00


Town Scales


175.00


Inspector of Wires


425.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures


450.00


Municipal Buildings


5,420.00


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Infirmary


9,800.00


5,830.00


37,324.00 49,843.00


1,925.00


5,716.25


Retirement of Bonds


40,737.42


Tree Warden


8,480.00


Board of Health


4,868.00


Care of T. B. Patients


5,000.00


Trustees of Memorial Hall Library (plus Dog tax)


20,603.00


Spring Grove Cemetery


12,734.60


School Committee


220,978.00


Playground Committee


3,344.00


Department under control of Board of Public Works:


Highway Maintenance


52,300.00


Water Construction Maintenance


48,000.00


Parks


4,600.00


Sewer


5,800.00


Snow removal and sanding 25,000.00


to include $1,500.00 to be used for equipment by


Board of Public Works and including the following amendment moved by Edmond E. Hammond- that the Board of Public Works be instructed to plow each year in the future-the private ways as designated by the Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works in the year 1945-1946.


Trucks, garage and repair shop


9,000.00


Street Lighting 20,000,00


Total Departmental


$758,498.67


SPECIAL ARTICLES


Article 7-300th Anniversary Committee for Cele- bration 5,000.00


Article 8-History of Andover 2,000.00


Article 9-Radio tel. equip. Fire Department 1,800.00


Article 10-Ambulance-Fire Department 4,000.00


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Moth Suppression Police Department Fire Department Brush Fires Interest


Article 12-Repair floor-Fire station Ballardvale 1,000.00


Article 14-Renew paint Bleachers-Playstead 2,000.00


Article 16-New Sidewalks-Board of Public Works 5,000.00 Article 20-Purchase light truck-Water Dept. 1,100.00


Article 21-Purchase motor-driven street sweeper with equip. B.P.W. 5,000.00


Article 24-Roadside tractor mower for use-Tree Department 1,485.00


Article 25-Power spraying machine with equipment for use-Moth Department together with any sum received from an old Bean sprayer traded in. 1,250.00


Article 26-Continuation State-aided Vocational ed- ucation School Committee 900.00


Article 27-Establish and maintain 4 kindergarten grades in the Andover Schools 3,200.00


Article 29-Purchase new power lawn mower for School Department 600.00


Article 30-Purchase of a 600 watt generator to op- erate power equipment-Spring Grove Cemetery 225.00


Article 31-Purchase of a 1946 Ford 112 ton chassis and cab to replace 1934 truck for Spring Grove Cem. 1,500.00


Article 37-Supervised winter recreation program Hussey's Pond-Playground Committee . 450.00


Article 39-Providing ice-skating program and facil- ities Recreation Committee 500.00


Article 43-Water main extension-Blanchard St. 1000 ft. B.P.W. 4,550.00


Article 44-Water main ext. Ballardvale Rd. 225 ft. B.P.W.


1,800.00


Article 46-Water main ext. Salem St. along Vine St. 200 ft. (provided B.P.W. and Selectmen are satis- fied house is constructed) 1,800.00


Article 47-Water main ext. Spring Grove Road. 225 ft. provided B.P.W. and Selectmen satisfied house is constructed-(if job exceeds the amount Henry G. Tyer to pay the difference) 1,250.00


Article 48-Haverhill St. Sewer-construction not to start until approved by B.P.W. and Selectmen and above are satisfied in re: Surface drainage 6,000.00


Article 50-Water main ext. Virginia Road 600.00


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Article 52-Repair fence on W. bank Shawsheen River between Haverhill Street and Lot "B". 2,400.00


Article 55-Install sewer main William Street and to assess betterments against owners abutting property 1,650.00


Article 56-Install water main William Street, con- struction to satisfy Selectmen and B.P.W. 1,950.00


Total Special Articles 59,010.00


Total Appropriated $817,508.67


Article 5-To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds in the treasury, or raise by issuance of bonds or notes, the sum of $150,000. for the purpose of extending or improving the water system of the Town of Andover in accordance with plans of Weston & Sampson, Engin- eers, all work to be done under the supervision of the Board of Public Works; and no work to be started until approved by a majority vote of each of the following boards: The Board of Public Works, The Board of Selectmen and the Finance Com- mittee.




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