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Holmes, George W., 22 Myrtle street, gardener. Hunt, Horace F., 92 Tremont street, retired. Illingworth, John W .. 1724 Washington street, lineman. Jennings. George W., 317 Washington street. engineer. / Jordan, Charles G., 155 Allen street, grain dealer. / Jordan, Frank H., 210 Commercial street, grocer. Keating, Edward C., 7 Wilson place, bank teller. Keith, Arza H., 8 Washington place, Fore River. Knight. George R., 10 Morrison road. wire chief. Landrey, Urban T .. 110 Pond street, piano worker. Learned, Frank E., 507 Washington street, stenographer. Levangie, Wilfred C., 308 Franklin street, chauffeur. Loring, Edwin S., 684 Washington street, printer. Lothrop, Charles M., 12 French avenue, merchant, Luce, Charles F .. 14 Fountain street, shoeworker. Ludden, George E., 226 Shaw street. real estate. MacDonald, George O., 175 Franklin street, sale man. Macomber, Ellwood G., 16 Highland avenue, machinist. Marsh. Moses, 72 Franklin street. machinist. ( McCue, Daniel E .. 71 Hobart street, barber. McInnis, George A .. 169 Hancock street, carpenter. /McMahon, John R., Hobart street, electrician.
( McRae, Augu tus, Prospect street, carpenter. / Mulligan, Thomas F., Jr .. 221 Commercial street, R. R. employe. Ness. Thomas W., 95 West street, machinist.
/ Osborne. Arthur J., 16 Brookside road, time keeper.
Osborne, Walter S., Liberty street, shoeworker. Parker, Herbert L., 97 Hancock street, painter. Parsons, Jamste. Pro pect street, paper hanger.
Pratt, Stillman F., 365 Washington street, editor. -
Reed, Bert H., 17 Academy street, agent.
Remick, Clifton P .. 20 Lisle street, R. R. employe. 1 Sampson, George E., 25 Hobart avenue, real estate.
/ Scollard, Nicholas F., 11 Bowditch street, shoemaker. Sears, Thomas E., 35 Mt. Vernon street, engineer. Senecal, Alfred J., 15 Frederick road. shoeworker. Snow, Harry S., 220 Tremont street, salesman.
/ Stackhouse, Edward, 131 Liberty street, carpenter.
Starr. Leo F., 318 Commercial street, clerk. Sullivan, John F., 36 Oak street. painter. Swallow, Fred A., 45 Fountain street, shoeworker. Tardif, Philemon, 23 Hobart street, painter. ,
Thayer, Stephen E., 83 Plain street, clerk. Vinton, Harry F., 38 River street. engineer. Watkins. Edwin F., 569 Wa hington street, R. R. employe. Watson. Fred B., Union street, shoeworker. Welch, George Jr., 105 Tremont street, shoeworker. White. Hartley L., 40 Maple street. civil engineer. Wilken, Andrew H., 259 Union street, printer. 215
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TOWN OFFICERS FOR 1917
Moderator Benjamin H. Woodsum
Town Clerk HENRY A. MONK
Treasurer OTIS B. OAKMAN
Selectmen. Highway Surveyors and Overseers of the Poor GEORGE H. HOLBROOK, *HENRY M. STORM,
*B. HERBERT WOODSUM. BENJAMIN H. WOODSUM,
EDWARD AVERY .. Assessors
HENRY W. MANSFIELD, ALBION C. DRINKWATER,
Term expires 1919.
*HENRY M. STORM,
Term expires 1918.
Auditors
FRANK W. COUILLARD,
PAUL MONAGHAN,
C. FRED TARBOX
Water Commissioners and Commissioners of Sinking Funds
JOHN KELLEY,
WILLIAM C. HARRISON.
JAMES T. STEVENS,
Term expires 1920. Term expires 1919. Term expires 1918.
Municipal Light Board
NORTON P. POTTER.
Term expires 1920.
CHARLES T. CRANE.
ALEXANDER A. CARSON,
Board of Health
WALTER B. SKINNER,
Term expires 1920.
JOSEPH G. BAILEY,
Term expires 1919.
F. HERBERT GILE.
Term expires 1918.
School Committee
WILLIAM W. GALLAGHER,
Term expires 1920.
CARRIE F. LORING,
Term expires 1920.
ANN. M. BROOKS,,
Term expires 1919.
FREDERICK C. FOLSOM,
Term expires 1919.
BENJAMIN HAWES.
Term expires 1918.
FRANK A. REED,
Term expires 1918.
Trustees of the School Fund Term expires 1919
GEORGE H. ARNOLD, ELMER E. ABERCROMBIE, BENJAMIN F. DYER. ARTHUR L. HALE, HERBERT F. KNEELAND, OTIS B. OAKMAN
B. HERBERT WOODSUM. Park Commissioners
HARRY L. CHASE, J. FREDERICK KEMP, JAMES H. STEDMAN,
Term expires 1920. Term expires 1919. Term expires 1918.
Trustees of Thayer Public Library
ALBERT E. AVERY, BENJAMIN F. DYER,, ALVA MORRISON, WILLIAM GALLAGHER. Term expires 1919. Term expires 1919.
WILLIAM C. HARDING, *Deceased.
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Term expires 1919. Term expires 1918.
EDWARD AVERY,
Term expires 1920
Fence Viewers
GEORGE E. FOGG. CHARLES S. HANNAFORD. ALBERT R. QUALEY. Tax Collector, ALLEN LAWSON Tree Warden, CLARENCE R. BESTICK Constables
CLARENCE R. BESTICK, JOHN KELLEY,
JEREMIAH F. GALLIVAN.
CHARLES A. HOBART,
HORACE F. HUNT,,
JOHN W. ILLINGWORTH.
AUGUST JOHNSON,
ISAAC L. JONES.
WILLIAM E. MAYBURY, JOSEPH F. MOHAN, JAMES R. QUALEY, JOHN P. SHAY. THOMAS SLAVIN. EDWARD F. STARR,
HARRY S. TARBOX Surveyors of Wood and Weighers of Hay J. MARCUS ARNOLD.
CHARLES G. SHEPPARD,
WILFORD F. WOODSUM Surveyors of Lumber
HERBERT W. BORDEN, GEORGE H. HOLBROOK,
CHARLES O. MILLER OFFICERS APPOINTED Police JEREMIAH F. GALLIVAN. Chief.
AUGUST JOHNSON.
GEORGE W. REVIERE,
JOHN P. SHAY. Extra Patrolmen
PHILIP J. KROHN, AUGUST JOHNSON,
PETER J. WARD
Measurer of Leather. EDWARD H. DRINKWATER.
Field Drivers
JOSEPH ALLEN. CLARENCE R. BESTICK
JOSEPHUS SAMPSON. Engineers of Fire Department
J. SAMUEL HILL, Clerk,
GEORGE H. HOLBROOK,
FRED A. TENNEY. Chief, HENRY M. STORM, FRANK O. WHITMARSH, B. HERBERT WOODSUM.
Superintendent of Fire Alarm, FRED B. LAWRENCE. Board of Registrars
WILLIAM ALLEN. CHARLES B. CUMMINGS, Term expires 1919. Term expires 1918.
Term expires 1920.
WALTER N. MCKEAN,
Sealer of Weights and Measures. CHARLES S. HANNAFORD.
Inspector of Animals. JOSEPHUS SAMPSON.
Inspector of Meats and Provisions. EDWARD O. PIERSON. Inspector of Plumbing. J. EDWARD LUDDEN Forest Warden, JAMES M. CUTTING Local Moth Superintendent, CLARENCE R. BESTICK. Superintendent of Plain Street Cemetery, JAMES M. CUTTING. Burial Agent, HENRY A. MONK. Superintendent of Braintree Home, AMOS L. JOHNSON. Keeper of Lockup, AMOS L. JOHNSON. Pound Keeper. AMOS L. JOHNSON.
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Norfolk, ss. To either of the Constables of the Town of Braintree. Greeting :
In the name of the Comonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabi- tants of the Town of Braintree, qualified to vote in elec- tions therein, to meet at the polling places in their re- spective Precincts, to wit:
Polling place in Precinct No. 1, Town Hall.
Polling place in Precinct No. 2, Hose House, Hollis Avenue.
Polling place in Precinct No. 3, Hose House, Allen Street.
On Monday, the fourth day of March, 1918. at five forty-five o'clock in the forenoon, then and there to bring in to the Wardens of their respective Precincts their votes on the official ballot for a Town Clerk, a Town Treasurer, three Selectmen, one member of the Board of Assessors for a term of three years, three Over- seers of the Poor, three Highway Surveyors, three Au- ditors, three Fence Viewers, a Tax Collector, a Tree Warden, two members of the Board of School Commit- tee for a term of three years, one member of the Board of Health for a term of three years, one Water Com- missioner and Commissioner of Sinking Funds for a term of three years, one Electric Light Commissioner for a term of three years, one Park Commissioner for a term of three years, and fifteen constables.
Also to vote "Yes" or "No" upon the question, "Shall licenses be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors in this Town?"
The polls will be opened at five forty-five o'clock in the forenoon and will be closed at one-thirty o'clock p. m.
You are further directed to notify and warn said inhabitants qualified to vote as aforesaid to meet at the Town Hall in said Braintree on Monday, the eleventh day of March, 1918, at seven and one-half o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles, namely :
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Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.
Article 2. To choose all other Town Officers ex- cept those elected by ballot.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to author- ize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current financial year.
Article 4. To see if the Town will hold its Treas- urer harmless on his bond from any loss which may arise from the failure of any National Bank or Trust Company in which the funds of the Town may be on de- posit, said Bank or Trust Company being designated by the Selectmen.
Article 5. To hear and act upon the reports of the several boards of Town Officers and any committee, and to choose any committee the Town may think prop- er.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Article 6. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the salaries of the Town Officers and the expenses of the several depart- ments, including the accounting department, the bond of the Town Treasurer and the bond of the Tax Col- lector.
Article 7. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the expenses of Registration and Elections.
Town Hall
Article 8. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support and maintenance of the Town Hall, and for the services of a Janitor.
Police Department
Article 9. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the salaries and expenses of its Police Department and for the neces- sary expenses required for the enforcement of the law, including Court expenses.
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Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to accept the part of Section 37, Chapter 19, of the Revised Laws and amendment thereto, that applies to placing the Po- hice Force under the Civil Service.
Fire Department
Article 11. To see what sums of money the Town will vete to raise and appropriate for the support and mai.1 -nance of the Fire Department, for hydrant ser- vice, and maintenance of the Fire Alarm System.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for a fire alarm box at or near the corner of Holmes Street and Independence Avenue.
Inspection
Article 13. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the sealing of Weights and Measures.
Forestry
Article 14. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the suppression of gypsy and brown tail moths, care of trees, and forest fires.
Health
Article 15. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the salaries and expenses of the Board of Health, including fumigation, contagious diseases, vital statistics, collection of gar- bage, care of dumps, inspection of milk, animals, slaughtering, meat and provisions and plumbing.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the collection of ashes.
Sanitation
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen and a committee of seven, to provide necessary plans and estimates for a sewerage system.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to take care of the water on Middle Street, west of Arnold Street.
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Highways
Article 19. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the Highway Department, repairs of highways, town ways and bridges; also for repairs and building side- walks, stone roads, removal of snow, watering and oil- ing streets, and street lighting.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to au- thorize the Selectmen to enter into a contract with the Massachusetts Highway Commission to lay out and construct a piece of State Highway, on a part or on all of the streets, Washington, Franklin and Granite, run- ning between the corner of Hancock and Washington Streets and the Quincy line, and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same; also to indemnify the Commonwealth against claims for land and grade damages on account of such laying out and construc- tion, and raise and appropriate the sum of $4,591.00 for the same; also to reappropriate the sum of $5,000.00 to be expended in carrying out the construc- tion of a portion of said State Highway.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to widen such parts of Washington, Hancock and Franklin Streets, made necessary by the construction of the State highway and to construct sidewalks and drains on or in the same.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to in- struct the Selectmen to lay out as a town way Smith Street, so called, leading westerly from Hancock Street.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to in- struct the Selectmen to lay out as a town way Lincoln Street, so called, leading easterly from Liberty Street.
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to build a new bridge on Union Street, over the Monatiquot River, and reap- propriate the sum of $650.00.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to build a sidewalk on Plain Street from the railroad crossing to a point about 200 yards easterly thereof.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to build a sidewalk on Fairmount Avenue.
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Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for a topographi- cal survey of Standish, Park and Arbutus Avenues and avenues leading therefrom upon property of A. B. Hay- ward.
Charities
Article 28. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the poor, and the maintenance and repairs of the Braintree Home.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be expended under Chapter 763, Acts of the year 1913.
Soldiers' Benefits
Article 30. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the payment of State aid, and soldiers' burials and soldiers' relief. .
Education
Article 31. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the support of the Public Schools, and for transporting pupils to and from the same.
Article 32, To see if the Town will vote to in- crease the maximum pay of grade teachers to $800. and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the same.
Article 33. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for repairs at the Noah Torrey School, and improvement of the grounds.
Article 34. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for additional facili- ties for housing pupils.
Article 35. To see what sum the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the Penniman School.
Library
Article 36. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the expenses of the Thayer Public Library, for the distribution of books and for the services of a janitor.
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Recreation
Article 37. To see what sums of money the Town will raise and appropriate to be expended upon Parks, Playgrounds, and public lands of the Town, under the direction of the Park Commissioners.
Unclassified
Article 38. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for miscellaneous ex- penses, including an emergency war fund.
Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to assist Post 87, G. A. R., in detraying expenses Memorial Day.
Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for insurance under the Employees' Compensation Act.
Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 for water service at Hollis Fountain, Storr's Square, for the years 1916, 1917 and 1918.
Electric Light Department
Article 42. To see if the Town will appropriate from the income of the Electric Light Department the sum of $3,593.52 for the Depreciation Fund; the sum of $300.00 for the salaries of the Municipal Light Board and the balance together with any unexpended balance of the year 1917 for operating expenses, re- pairs, renewals and new construction.
Water Department
Article 43. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to be expended under the direction of the Water Commissioners for the exten- sion of water mains, and expenses of said department.
Cemetery
Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to be expended on the Plain Street Cemetery and for the services of a super- intendent.
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Interest. Municipal Indebtedness
Article 45. To sec if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be neces- sary for the payments due on the municipal indebted- ness and for the payment of interest on Town debt and on loans in anticipation of revenue.
Sinking Fund
Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be neces- sary for the Water Loan Sinking Fund.
Miscellaneous
Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to elect its Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor for a term of three years beginning at the annual meeting in 1919 as provided by Section 339, Chapter 11 of the Revised Laws, as amended.
Article 48. To see if the Town will instruct its Selectmen to control and regulate the taking of clams within the waters of the Town, as provided by Section 85, Chapter 91 of the Revised Laws, and Acts in amendment thereof.
Article 49. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money toward defraying the expense of the District Nurse.
Article 50. To see if the Town will amend Sec- tion 1, Article VII, of the by-laws, by striking out the second paragraph thereof and amending same by giv- ing the Selectmen authority to limit the number of li- censes and receiving bids for the same.
Article 51. To see if the Town will vote to ac- cept the provisions of Chapter 254, General Acts of 1917, entitled :
"An act to authorize cities and towns to pay to their employees who enlist in the service of the United States the difference between their military and their muni- cipal compensations."
You are directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof in three public places in each Precinct in said Town of Braintree, seven days at least before said fourth day of March, 1918, and by publish- ing the same once in the Braintree Observer-Reporter and Braintree Bee.
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Hereof fail not, and make due return of this war- rant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk be- fore the twenty-eighth day of February, 1918.
Given under our hands at Braintree this first day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen.
GEORGE H. HOLBROOK, Benjamin H. Woodsum, EDWARD AVERY, Selectmen of Braintree.
A true copy. Attest :
JEREMIAH F. GALLIVAN, Constable of Braintree
Braintree, February 15, 1918
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I hereby noti- fy and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified as therein expressed, to meet at the time and place for the purposes therein mentioned.
JEREMIAH F. GALLIVAN, Constable of Braintree
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INDEX
Assessors' Report
69
Auditors' Report
158
Balance Sheet
126
Births in 1917
51
Board of Health, Report of
207
Deaths in 1917
64
Dog License Account
50
Fire Department, Report of
149
Funded Debt of the Town
137
Hunters' License Account
51
Inspector of Animals
209
Inspector of Meat
208
Inspector of Plumbing
207
Insurance Account
163
Jury List
214
Library, Report of Trustees of Thayer
167
Marriages in 1917
57
Municipal Light Board, Report of the
151
Park Commissioners, Report of Board of
211
Police Department
148
Recapitulation
122
Report of Audit
141
Report of Sewer Committee
148
School Committee, Report of
189
Sealer of Weights and Measures
146
Selectmen, Report of
79
Sinking Funds Account
131
Superintendent of Schools, Report of
191
Tax Collector's Account
164
Town Clerk's Report
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Town Officers
216
Treasurer's Report
127
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting of 1918 218
Water Commissioners, Report of 171
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