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The following sidewalks were repaired: westerly side of Bartlet Street from Chestnut Street to Morton Street; Whittier Street, westerly side from Summer Street to Park Street; a section of Park Street near Bartlet Street and a section of Bartlet Street easterly side from Chestnut Street to culvert.
In November six hundred and fifty (650) yards of sand were hauled from the Essex Sand & Gravel Company to the Town Yard to be used for the sanding of roads and sidewalks. This sand has been mixed with two bags of calcium chloride to three cubic yards of sand. A loader hired from Ellsworth Lewis was used to pile the sand.
Eleven (11) sand boxes were installed in December at various street intersections and at the top of heavily traveled grades.
To provide for adequate Highway Maintenance for 1947, we recommend an appropriation of $50,000.00.
TRUCKS, GARAGE AND REPAIR SHOP MAINTENANCE
To provide for adequate Trucks, Garage and Repair Shop Maintenance, we recommend an appropriation of $10,000.00.
SEWER
To provide for adequate Sewer Maintenance and Construction for 1947, we recommend an appropriation of $5,800.00.
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PARK DEPARTMENT
The work of cleaning the park and playsteads started April 1st.
The running track at the playstead has been filled in with ashes in places and rolled.
The baseball diamond at the playstead has been covered with marl and rolled.
Considerable work was done in conjunction with the Ter- centenary Celebration.
At the request of the V.F.W. the German cannon at the Park was given a coat of paint.
The baseball diamond at the corner of Andover and Woburn Streets was shaped up, given an application of marl and calcium chloride.
One section of the baseball bleachers at the playstead has been renewed. This work was done by Mr. Fred W. Doyle under Article 14 of the 1946 Warrant.
After the football field at Ballardvale was lined out, a roller hired from Lewis & Scott was used to roll the field.
PARK MAINTENANCE
To provide for adequate Park Maintenance for 1947, we recommend an appropriation of $4,600.00.
LIGHTING COMMITTEE
Street Lights Requested
Location
Number and Size
Date Authorized
Salem Street
14 - 1000 lumen units
10/23/45
Lowell Street
15 - 1000 lumen units
8/ 1/45
Andover Street
12 - 1000 lumen units
9/ 7/45
Clark Road
1 - 1000 lumen unit
9/ 7/45
River Street and-
Lowell Junction Road
14 - 1000 lumen units
3/26/46
Sweeney Court
1 - 1000 lumen unit 5/21/46
Park opposite High School
2 - 1000 lumen units 6/ 4/46
Andover Playstead
1 - 1000 lumen unit
7/16/46
High Street
1 - 1000 lumen unit
9/23/46
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William Street
2 - 6000 lumen units 10/18/46
Foster Circle 1 - 1000 lumen unit 12/ 4/46
Abbot Street (13N-3571) Inc. 1 - 1000 to 2500 lumen 12/ 4/46
Cost for Above Lights:
62 - 1000 lumen lights @ $18/year $1,160
2 - 6000 lumen lights @ $65/year 130
1 - 2500 to replace a 1000 additional cost per year 17
$1,307
Relocations Requested During Year
Enmore Street Relocation of pole requested 4/9/46 Completed
Argilla Road Relocation of pole 1004 requested 5/7/46 Completed Maple Avenue Lawrence Gas & Electric Company wishes to abandon pole 1929 and re- locate light on pole 3332. Town has not approved this change.
Fine Street Relocation of light from pole 1461 to pole 1460, requested 12/4/46 Not completed Summer Street Relocation of light from 172 Summer Street to pole 1634, requested 12/4/46 Not completed
To provide for adequate lighting for 1947, we recommend an appropriation of $20,000.00.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD R. LAWSON, Superintendent
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1947 Town Warrant
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
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, Four, Five and Six, viz: The Central Fire Station in Precinct One; the Square and Compass Hall in Precinct Two; the Sacred Heart School, 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 third day of March, 1947 at 7.00 o'clock, A.M., to act upon the following articles :
ARTICLE 1-To elect a Moderator for one year, a Town Treasurer for three years, a Selectman for three years, an Assessor for three years, one member of the Board of Public Works for three years, a member of the Board of Health for three years, three members of the School Committee for three years, a mem- ber of the Planning Board for five years, a Trustee of Memorial Hall library for seven years, a Tree Warden for three years, three Constables for one year, and all town officers required by law to be elected by ballot.
Also to vote Yes or No on the following question :
Shall the provisions of section forty of chapter seventy-one of the General Laws, as amended relative to equal pay for men and women teachers be in force in this town?
All the above candidates to be voted for on one ballot. The polls will be open from 7:00 o'clock A.M. to 7:00 o'clock P.M.
After final action on the preceding Article 1, the said meeting shall stand adjourned by virtue of Section 20, Chapter 39 of the General Laws, to Monday, March 10th at 7:00 o'clock P.M. at the Memorial Auditorium, then and there to act upon the follow- ing articles, namely :
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ARTICLE 2-To elect all other offices not required by law to be elected by ballot.
ARTICLE 3-To establish the salary of elected Town Officers for the ensuing year.
ARTICLE 4-To determine what sums of money shall be appro- priated for the following purposes :
Appropriation for the Assessors, Board of Selectmen, and all Departments under their control:
American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Armistice Day. Memorial Day, Aid to Dependent Children, Old Age Assistance, Public Welfare, Veterans' Service, Retirement Fund, Damages to Persons and Property, Elections and Registration, Insurance, Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital, Recreation, Public Dump, Printing Town Report, Town Officers, Town Scales, Inspector of Wires, Sealer of Weights and Measures, Municipal Buildings, Infirmary, Moth Suppression, Police Department, Fire Depart- ment, Brush Fires, Interest, and Retirement of Bonds. Appro- priation for Tree Warden, Appropriation for the Board of Health. Care of Tubercular patients, Appropriation. for Trustees of Me- morial Hall Library. Appropriation for Trustees of Spring Grove Cemetery. Appropriation for School Committee. Appropriation for all Departments under the control of the Board of Public Works; Highway Maintenance, Water Maintenance, Sewer Maintenance, Parks and Playgrounds, Snow Removal and Sand- ing, Trucks, Garage and Repair Shop Maintenance, Street Lighting. Appropriation for any other Town Charges and Expenses.
ARTICLE 5-To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of fourteen thousand ($14,000.00) dollars for the purpose of installing a new pump intake suction pipe at the Haggetts Pond Pumping Station in accordance with plans of Weston and Sampson, Engineers, 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 Committee.
ARTICLE 6-To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds in the treasury, or raise by
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issue of bonds or notes, the sum of $45,000 for the purpose of extending or improving the sewer system of the Town of An- dover in accordance with the plans of Weston and Sampson, Engineers, 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 of each of the following boards: The Board of Public Works, The Board of Selectmen and the Finance Committee.
ARTICLE 7-To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $1,200.00 with the turn in of the 1942 Ply- mouth Sedan, for a new automobile for the Police Department, on the petition of Chief George A. Dane.
ARTICLE 8-To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $480.00 for the purchase and installation of new underground conduit and cables at the Main and Chestnut Street Traffic Lights, on petition of Chief George A. Dane.
ARTICLE 9-To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of eighteen hundred dollars ($1,800.00) to cover. the purchase price of an automobile for the chief of the Fire Dept.
ARTICLE 10-To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $1000.00 for the purchase and installation of a new fire alarm transmitter, on petition of the Chief of the Fire Department.
ARTICLE 11-To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $1500.00 for the purchase and installing of oil burners in the Central Fire Station and the Ballardvale Station. on petition of the Chief of the Fire Department.
ARTICLE 12-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell the property known as the Osgood School.
ARTICLE 13-To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to use the land between town owned property at the junction of High Street and Burnham Road for a Vet- eran's Housing Project.
ARTICLE 14-To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $4000.00 for grading, installation of water and sewer and incidental expenses in connection with the develop- ment of the area included in Article 13.
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ARTICLE 15-To see if the Town will accept a deed of certain tracts of land and rights of way located on and to the east of Haggetts Pond Road in the town of Andover for reservoir pur- poses.
ARTICLE 16-To see if the town will vote to sell certain parcels of land acquired by tax taking, recorded at the North Essex Registry of Deeds in Book 681 on the following pages 572, 574, 575, 576, 577, 578 and 579 and to authorize the Board of Select- men to execute a deed in behalf of the town.
ARTICLE 17-To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90, Highway maintenance, or take any action in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 18-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to purchase an automobile and appropriate the sum of twelve hundred ($1,200.00) dollars therefor, and that the price allowed for the old Plymouth coupe purchased in 1938 be used as part payment for the new car on petition of the Board of Public Works.
ARTICLE 19-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to build new sidewalks and appropriate the sum of five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars therefor, at the discretion of and on the petition of the Board of Public Works.
: ARTICLE 20-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to purchase a dump truck and appropriate the sum of four thousand ($4,000.00) dollars therefor, and that the price allowed for the old Ford dump purchased in 1938 be used as part- payment for the new dump truck on petition of the Board of Public Works.
ARTICLE 21-To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars to continue the enclosing of Rogers Brook, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
ARTICLE 22-To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of eighty-five hundred ($8,500.00) dollars to re- rebuild the Stevens Street Bridge on petition of the Board of Public Works.
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ARTICLE 23-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to erect a garage at the bottom of Lewis Street to provide additional storage and appropriate the sum of forty-five hundred ($4,500.00) dollars therefor, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
ARTICLE 24-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to establish an engineering department and ap- propriate the sum of five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars therefor and adopt this item as part of the regular budget, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
ARTICLE 25-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to install a fifteen-inch drain pipe from Lowell Street through the property of Mr. Norman Morgan a distance of approximately 210 feet and appropriate the sum of seven hundred and fifty ($750.00) dollars therefor, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
ARTICLE 26-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to widen Shawsheen Road on the westerly side between Essex Street and Cuba Street and appropriate the sum of twenty-five hundred ($2,500.00) dollars therefor, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
ARTICLE 27-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to improve the Ballardvale playground on An- dover Street, opposite the Fire Station and appropriate the sum of fifteen hundred ($1,500.00) dollars therefor, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
ARTICLE 28-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to straighten and rebuild a section of Greenwood Road between High Plain Road and Lowell Street and appro- priate the sum of one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars therefor, on petition of the Board of Public Works.
ARTICLE 29-To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of six hundred ($600.00) dollars to purchase from the Stack Estate a triangular piece of land at the end of Lewis Street des- cribed as follows: Beginning at the northerly corner of the lot by land of Town of Andover, Mass., at a point 4114 feet distant from the centre line of said location : thence southwesterly parallel
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with and 411/4 feet distant from said centre line three hundred and thirty feet more or less to land of Stack Estate: thence easterly by land of said Stack Estate one hundred sixty-three and one-half feet more or less to land of said Grace Cavanaugh as the stone wall now stands, thence northerly by said Cavanaugh's, Lewis Street and town property two hundred and ninety feet more or less by stone wall to point of beginning (containing 54/100 acres), on petition of the Board of Public Works.
ARTICLE 30-To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of four hundred and ninety-seven dollars and sixty-four cents ($497.64) to pay vacation allowances earned in 1942 to certain employees of the Board of Public Works within the dis- cretion of said Board of Public Works.
ARTICLE 31-To see if the town will vote to authorize the School Committee to continue to maintain State-aided vocational education in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 74, General Laws, and Acts amendatory thereto, or dependent there- on, and further raise and appropriate the sum of nine hundred dollars ($900.00) therefor.
ARTICLE 32-To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $2,500.00 to be used as follows: to grade and pave a playing surface for the Shawsheen Village School yard. This money would be spent under the direction of the School Committee. (This project has the approval of the School Com- mittee.) On petition of Shawsheen Village Parent Teacher Association and others.
ARTICLE 33-To see if the town will vote to accept the pro- visions of Chapter 559 of the Acts of 1946, an act authorizing increases in the amounts of pensions payable to certain former public employees who have been retired.
ARTICLE 34-To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate six hundred dollars ($600.00) for the purchase of a new power lawn mower for Spring Grove Cemetery, on petition of the Trustees of Spring Grove Cemetery.
ARTICLE 35-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase a parcel of land, known as Pomp's Pond Bathing Beach, and described as follows: Beginning at a wall by
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the Manning Estate on Abbot Street, then N 1412º E 325 feet by Abbot Street; thence N 37° E 205 feet by Abbot Street to a bound; thence S 59° W 587 feet by land of the Girl Scouts,- north of the present driveway and including the same; thence S 82° W 400 feet by the Girl Scouts and driveway to Pomp's Pond; thence N 1434° E 279 fect, along Pomp's Pond to the property of John H. Manning and others, thence in an easterly direction bounded by property of Manning and others to the point of beginning, containing about 8 acres more or less and appropriate the sum of $1000.00 dollars for said purchase, on petition of The Recreation Committee.
ARTICLE 36-To 'sce if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Fifteen hundred dollars ($1500.00) to be expended for a cement floor and foundation for the bath houses at Pomp's Pond, on petition of The Recreation Committee.
ARTICLE 37-To see if the town will accept the completion of Princeton Avenue, Shawsheen Heights, running south from Corbett Street to a point or stone bound, as a public way and shown on plan on file with the Board of Survey, dated November 1941, drawn by John Franklin, C.E., and referred to Annual Town Meeting, on petition of Walter J. Griffin and others.
ARTICLE 38-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to erect a retaining stone wall on Green Street near the corner of Dartmouth Road and appropriate the sum of Fourteen hundred and fifty dollars ($1450.00) therefor, on peti- tion of Walter J. Griffin and others.
ARTICLE 39-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the six-inch water main from the dead end on Beacon Street along Beacon Street to the Lawrence Line, a distance of approximately eight hundred and fifteen feet and appropriate the sum of three thousand dollars ($3000.00) there- for, on petition of Wilfred L. Lamontagne and others.
ARTICLE 40-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the 8-inch water main from the dead end on Blanchard Street near the property of Garabed Dargoonian. along Blanchard Street a distance of 2300 feet, and appropriate the sum of ninety-five hundred dollars ($9500.00) therefor, on petition of Gregory P. Christie and others.
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ARTICLE 41-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water main from the corner of South Main Street and County Road along County Road to the dead end on County Road, a distance of approximately seven hundred fifty-two feet and appropriate the sum of two thousand six hun- dred fifty dollars ($2650.00) therefor, on petition of Henry H. Towne and others.
ARTICLE 42-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to install a water main on Sunset Rock Road from the hydrant in front of the property of Mr. V. E. Nunez to the corner of Hidden Road, a distance of approximately 770 feet and thence along Hidden Road northerly from the corner of Sunset Rock Road to an existing dead end, a distance of approximately 150 feet and appropriate the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars ($3500.00) therefor, on petition of Ralph A. Bailey and others.
ARTICLE 43-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to install a fifteen-inch drain pipe between Avon Street and Stratford Road from Summer Street to Chestnut Street to do away with an open ditch and appropriate the sum of two thousand four hundred and eighty dollars ($2480.00) there- for, on petition of Preston H. Blake and others.
ARTICLE 44-To see if the town will authorize the Board of Public Works to pay an outstanding bill of $49.00 for January, 1943, for snow plowing services, on petition of George M. Squires and others.
ARTICLE 45-To see if the town will vote to reduce the mem- bership of the School Committee from nine to five, to be effected in the following manner:
In 1948-1 Member to be elected for a term of 3 years.
In 1949-1 Member to be elected for a term of 3 years.
In 1950-1 Member to be elected for a term of 2 years, and 2 members to be elected for a term of 3 years. And thereafter 1, 2 and 2 members to be elected in successive years, all for three- year terms, on petition of the Committee appointed by the Selectmen to consider reduction in School Committee Member- ship.
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ARTICLE 46-To see if the town will vote to accept the sum of $3785.00 received in 1946, for the perpetual care of lots in Spring Grove Cemetery, on petition of Thaxter Eaton, Treasurer.
ARTICLE 47-To see if the town will accept the gift of $3834.25 and interest from the Andover Emergency Committee to be used for welfare purposes, under the direction of the Board of Public Welfare, on petition of John F. O'Connell, Claude M. Fuess. Frederick R. Hulme, Mrs. Frank L. Brigham, Philip F. Ripley and others.
ARTICLE 48-To determine what disposition shall be made of unexpended appropriations and free cash in the treasury.
ARTICLE 49-To act upon the report of the Town Officers.
ARTICLE 50-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 and place 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 third day of February, A.D., 1947.
ROY E. HARDY J. EVERETT COLLINS HOWELL F. SHEPARD Selectmen of Andover
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Printed by the Andover Press Andover, Mass.
TOWN OF
ANDOVER MASSACHUSETTS
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ANNUAL REPORT
of the TOWN OFFICERS
For the Fiscal Year Ending
DECEMBER 31, 1947
INDEX
PAGE
PAGE
Accountant 45
Accounting Taxes and Assessments
77
Aid to Dependent Children 61
Interest
75
Andover Post 2128 V.F.W.
70
Jury List
134
Animal Inspector 48
Appropriations for 1946
43
Armistice Day
71
Memorial Day
71
Assessments and Receipts (B.P.W.) 80
Assessors
46, 99
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
79,85
Municipal Properties and Public Improvements
101
Milk Inspector
125
Moderator
47
Balance Sheet 87
106
Board of Health
53, 120
Board of Public Welfare
61, 102
Aid to Dependent Children 62
Infirmary 63, 114
62
Veterans' Services
64
Board of Public Works
147
Assessments and Receipts
56
Highways
57
Planning Board
48, 107
Playground Committee 109
Police Department
49, 117
Water Maint. and Construction 72
Pomps Pond Bathing Beach 69
Printing Town Reports 71
Public Dump 55
Receipts for 1946 43
Recreation Committee 109
Reserve Fund 76
Retirement Report 95
School Department 65
Sealer of Weights and Measures 126
Selectmen 45
Sewers 55
Assessments 79
Snow Removal and Sanding 60
Soldier's Benefits 64
Spring Grove Cemetery 74. 103
Street Lighting 61
Tax Collector 46, 85
Election and Registration 48
Municipal Buildings 49
Town Officers 4
Highways 56
Maturing Debt 75
Memorial Hall Library 6, 7, 138
Library Statistics 146
Report of Librarian 139
Trustees
138
Moth Suppression 52, 129
Moth Assessments 79
Motor Vehicles Excise Tax
78
Municipal Buildings 49
Municipal Properties and Public Improvements 101
Old Age Assistance 62
Overlay 81
Parks and Playgrounds
68
Sewers 55, 112
Snow Removal and Sanding 60
Bonds, Redemption of See Town Debt
Building Inspector 51, 122
Cemetery Funds 74
Damages to Persons and Property 70
Departmental Accounts Receivable 82
Dog Officer 48
Election and Registration 48
Engineering 73, 156
Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital 54
Excess and Deficiency Account 83
Expenditures for 1947 45
Finance Committee 47
Fire Department 50, 116
Forest Fires 53
Forest Products Tax 77
General Government
Summary of Tax Collector's Cash Account 86
Tax Title Account 76
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Insurance 71
American Legion Quarters 70
Board of Appeals
Old Age Assistance
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Town Accountant 42
Warrants
161
Accounting Taxes and Assessments 77
Town Officers
4
Appropriations for 1947
43
Town Scales
72
Board of Public Works Accounts Receivable 79
Treasurer
45, 97
Tree Warden
53, 127
Departmental Accounts Receivable 82
Trucks
56
Expenditures for 1947
45
Trust Funds
92
John Cornell Fund
84
Trustees of Punchard Free School
131
Receipts for 1947
43
Veterans' Services
70, 104
Town Clerk 41, 47
Vital Statistics 41
Town Counsel
47
Town Debt
98
Water Accounts Receivable 83
Town Reports
71
Water Department 72
Town Infirmary
56, 114
Water and Sewerage Investigation
112
Town Meetings
10
Water Maint. and Construction 72
Proceedings
15 Wire Inspector 51, 124
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Town Officers
ELECTED AND APPOINTED
MODERATOR Arthur Sweeney
BOARD OF SELECTMEN AND PUBLIC WELFARE
Roy E. Hardy, Chairman
Term expires 1948
J. Everett Collins, Secretary Term expires 1950
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 1950 Term erpires 1949
TOWN CLERK
George H. Winslow Term expires 1948
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
James P. Christie Term expires 1949
TREASURER
Thaxter Eaton Term expires 1950
TOWN ACCOUNTANT George C. Napier
TOWN COUNSEL Walter C. Tomlinson
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