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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 said meeting.
Given under our hands at Braintree, this seventh day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven.
JONATHAN W. FRENCH SHELLEY A. NEAL, EDWARD AVERY, Selectmen of Braintree.
A true copy. Attest :
JOHN J. HEANEY,
Constable of Braintree.
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Braintree, Mass., February 11, 1927.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant, I hereby notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Braintree, qualified as expressed therein, to meet at the time and places mentioned for the purposes theerin mentioned.
JOHN J. HEANEY,
Constable of Braintree.
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Jury List
As prepared by the Selectmen, February 1st, 1927
Adams, Clarence B. E., 78 Front Street, salesman. Allen, Frank, Central Avenue, railroad employe. Anderson, Conrad A., 246 Washington St., draftsman. Angier, George A., 46 Central Avenue, shoeworker. Appleyard, James T., 119 Shaw Street, carpet layer. Atkinson, Courtenay, 14 Union Street, clerk. Bailey, Charles H. H., 6 Taylor Street, postmaster. Bean, Irving M. 61 Mt. Vernon Avenue, manager. Bennett, Charles M., 33 Cochato Road, clerk. Bates, C. Irving, 10 Shaw Street, manager. Bloom, Morris, 19 Commercial Street, merchant. Brady, Walter C., 11 Claremont Street, manager. Binney, Henry D., 33 Mt. Vernon Street, clerk. Buckley, George T., Oak Street, conductor. Bunker, Will A., 144 Middle Street, machinist. Burns, Frank W., 46 Prescott Lane, teamster. Cahill, Edward D., 65 Hobart Street, grocer. Cain, Theron I., 44 Plymouth Avenue, artist. Cassell, William H., 179 Commercial Street, shoecutter. Cook, Philip R., 16 Ardmore Street, salesman. Cassidy, Clarence W., 92 Argyle Road, bursar. Donnelly, Robert J., Sterling Street, carpenter. Delorey, Walter E., Front Street, shoeworker. Dosenberg, Carl, 4 Marietta Avenue, machinist. Ellis, Fred R., 26 N. Bowditch Street, moulder. Ellsworth, Alfred E., Hilltop Road, clerk. Faulkner, Frank L., Faulkner Place, real estate. Faustini, Luigi, Quincy Avenue, carpenter. Fuglested, J. Alfred, Venus Road, painter. Gogan, George L., 30 Robinson Avenue, clerk.
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Goodnow, Fred, 1350 Washington Street, musician. Hale, Thomas I., 33 Adams Street, machinist. Hastings, Arthur H., 70 Hollis Avenue, clerk. Hollis, Albert F., 39 Taylor Street, janitor. Jones, Jesse W., Washington Street, electrician. Kiley, Patrick, 23 Commercial Street, clerk. King, Herbert W., Somerville Avenue, carpenter. Lord, Frank P., 11 Stetson Street, clerk. Matthews, Charles W., 244 Liberty Street, farmer. Mattie, James F., 670 Commercial Street, farmer. McRae, Edward A., 124 Hobart Street, painter. Miller, Charles O., 38 Liberty Street, banker. Monaghan, Paul, 125 Plain Street, mason. Morrison, Archie, 7 Liberty Street, clerk.
Mulligan, Thomas, Jr., 221 Commercial St., R. R. em. Pearson, Isaac E., 231 Franklin St., custom house em. Powers, William J., 84 Front Street, plumber. Robery, John P., 304 Liberty Street, farmer. Saunders, Howard M., 130 Phillips Street, shoeworker. Sprague, George T., Bellevue Road, clerk. Stackhouse, Gordon, 18 NC. Bowditch St., nainter. Stevens, George W., 75 Tremont Street, jeweiler. Sullivan, John J., 321 ommercial StCreet, laborer. Temple, Charles C., 69 Liberty Street, builder. Thayer, Louis W., 71 Tremont Street, clerk. Tobey, Charles H., Washington Street, accountant. Vinton, Harry F., River Street, insurance. Walker, Frank H., 35 Hollingsworth Ave., bookkeeper. Walker, George A., 15 Lincoln Street, manufacturer. Wentworth, Frank E., 381 Liberty Street, retired. Wilkins, Benjamin T., 508 Commercial Street, teamster. Tagen, Thomas H., 2 Liberty Street, auditor. Tarbox, Charles F., 22 Miller Avenue, teamster. Tardif, Philemon, 23 Hobart Street, painter.
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Town Officers for 1926
Moderator WILLIAM F. ROGERS
Town Clerk
HENRY A. MONK
Town Treasurer OTIS B. OAKMAN
Selectmen, Highway Surveyors and Overseers of the Poor JONATHAN W. FRENCH SHELLEY A. NEAL EDWARD AVERY
Assessors
EDWARD AVERY
Term Expires 1927
WALTER O. HASTINGS
CHARLES S. HANNAFORD
Term Expires 1928 Term Expires 1929
Auditors
RALPH W. ARNOLD PAUL MONAGHAN
HERBERT W. CURTIS
Water Commissioners and Commissioners of Sinking Funds
CHARLES B. CUMMINGS
WILLIAM C. HARRISON
GEORGE H. WALKER
Term Expires 1927 Term Expires 1928 Term Expires 1929
Municipal Light Board
ALEXANDER A. CARSON CHARLES T. CRANE
NORTON P. POTTER
Term Expires, 1927 Term Expires 1928 Term Expires 1924,
Board of Health
WILLIS H. MARTIN JOSEPH G. BAILEY PERCY T. RICHARDS
Term Expires 1927 Term Expires 1928 Term Expires 1929
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School Committee
RALPH W. WOODSUM
Term Expires 1929
CARRIE F. LORING
Term Expires 1929
ALIDA N. STEVENS
Term Expires 1928
HENRY D. HIGGINS
Term Expires 1928
FRANKLIN H. MERRIAM
Term Expires 1927
C. FREDERICK TARBOX
Term Expires 1927
Trustees of the School Funds Term Expires 1928
HERBERT F. KNEELAND
ELMER E. ABERCROMBIE OTIS B. OAKMAN
ARTHUR L. HALE
WILLIAM H. HEATH
HENRY F. ARNOLD
JOHN HARDING
Park Commissioners
ALBERT F. HOLLIS Term Expires 1929
LAWRENCE A. TRAINOR
Term Expires 1928 Term Expires 1927
JOHN N. RODGERS
Trustees of Thayer Public Library
ALBERT E. AVERY
HERBERT F. KNEELAND
JOHN W. HARDING
Term Expires 1927 Term Expires 1927
AMY C. MANNING
Fence Viewers
THOMAS F. CROKE ALBERT R. QUALEY HARRY C. LAKE
Tax Collector, OTIS B. OAKMAN
Tree Warden, CLARENCE R. BESTICK Treasurer, OTIS B. OAKMAN
Constables
HARVEY J. ANNIS
CLARENCE R. BESTICK
JOHN J. HEANEY
MARK HENNEBURY
AUGUST JOHNSON
JEREMIAH F. GALLIVAN CHRISTOPHER M. GARLAND CHARLES S. HANNAFORD CHARLES A. HOBART JOHN P. SHAY HARRY F. VINTON
N. ERIC NELSON
THOMAS SLAVIN AUGUSTUS T. WENTWORTH WALTER S. BELYEA W. GORDON STACKHOUSE
Surveyors of Wood and Weighers of Hay CHARLES G. SHEPPARD WILFORD F. WOODSUM
FRED W. PERCY
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Measurers of Lumber
HERBERT W. BORDEN SHELLEY A. NEAL CHARLES O. MILLER Planning Board
THERON I. CAIN ARTHUR G. CHAPMAN
WALLACE WILSON
MARK HENNEBURY MERTON A. TURNER
OFFICERS APPOINTED
Police JEREMIAH F. GALLIVAN, Chief
AUGUST JOHNSON
JOHN P. SHAY
HARVEY J. ANNIS
JOHN J. HEANEY NELS E. NELSON WALTER S. BELYEA CHRISTOPHER M. GARLAND
JOHN J. HEANEY, Appt. Chief
Measurer of Leather, EDWARD H. DRINKWATER
Field Drivers
CHRISTOPHER M. GARLAND
THOMAS SLAVIN
JOSEPHUS SAMPSON
Engineers of Fire Department FRED A. TENNEY, Chief
J. SAMUEL HILL
Deputies FRANK O. WHITMARSH
Superintendent of Fire Alarm, FRED B. LAWRENCE
Moderator WILLIAM F. ROGERS
Town Clerk HENRY A. MONK
Town Treasurer
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OTIS B. OAKMAN
Selectmen, Highway Surveyors and Overseers of the Poor JONATHAN W. FRENCH SHELLEY A. NEAL
EDWARD AVERY
Assessors
EDWARD AVERY
Term Expires 1927
WALTER O. HASTINGS
Term Expire's 1928
CHARLES S. HANNAFORD
Term, Expires 1929
Auditors
RALPH W. ARNOLD' PAUL MONAGHAN
HERBERT W. CURTIS
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Board of Registrars
WILLIAM ALLEN CHARLES B. CUMMINGS JOSEPH DRINKWATER
Sealer of Weights and Measures, CHARLES S. HANNAFORD
Inspector of Animals, JOSEPHUS SAMPSON
Assistant Inspector of Animals, ALFRED H. HOLBROOK
Inspector of Meats and Provisions, JOHN J. HEANEY Inspector of Plumbing, J. EDWARD LUDDEN Forest Warden, FRED A. TENNEY
Local Moth Superintendent, WILLIAM J. McCUSKER
Burial Agent, CHARLES S. HANNAFORD
Superintendent of Braintree Home, JAMES T. CHRISTIAN
Superintendent of Streets, FRED AUSTERBERRY
Pound Keeper, JAMES T. CHRISTIAN
Inspector of Wires, AUGUSTUS T. WENTWORTH
Appropriation Committee
EDWARD J. SULLIVAN
WALTER R. HOWLAND
JOSEPH LANDERS
ISAAC PEARSON
FRED L. HAYDEN BERNARD R. ANDREWS WALTER K. CARSON HARRY F. ARNOLD GEORGE L. ANDERSON JOHN W. HARDING CHARLES O. MILLER J. HERBERT WALSH
CHARLES A. POWERS
PERCY A. GIBSON
HENRY McCUSKER WILLIAM D. AITKEN
INDEX
Accountant's Report 176
Assessor's Report 237 Balance Sheet 214 82 Births in 1926 227
Board of Health, Report of
Deaths in 1926
Dental Clinic,. Report of
Dog License Account
81
Electric Light Department, Report of
319
Expenditures
184
Fire Department, Report of
Funded' Debt of Town
Friendly Aid Association
Highway Department, Report of
Hunter's License Account
Inspector of Animals, Report of
Inspector of Meats, Report of
Inspector of Milk, Report of
Inspector of Plumbing, Report of
Inspector of Buildings
Jury List
Marriages of 1926
Park Commissioners, Report of Board of
Planning Board, Report of 165 Police Department, Report of 124 Recapitulation Table 217 176
Receipts
School Committee, Report of
265
Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of
Selectmen, Report of
223 176 68
State Primaries, Report of
Tax Collector's Report
109
Thayer Public Library, Report of Trustees of
246 3
Town Officers for 1926
357
Treasurer's Report 111
Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of 1927 331
Water Commissioners, Report of 129
Welfare Worker 234
155 119 121 250 81 126 127 232 231 236 355 91 172
Town Clerk's Report
102 121
RULES AND DIRECTIONS IN CASE OF FIRE.
To give an alarm of Fire, open door, pull hook down once and let go; then shut door, stay at box and direct the Firemen to the fire.
Second alarm is to be given by the Chief or some one in authority. It is to be given by repeating the first.
Two Blows, fire all out.
Two Blows at 12:00. noon test.
Three Blows, Chief's Call.
Four Blows, to open draw bridge. One Blow, call lineman.
2-2-2, Lost child call.
Box test, at noon Saturdays.
Five Blows, woods fire, So. Brain- tree district.
Six Blows, woods fire, Braintree district.
Seven Blows, woode 9ta, Eu Braintree district.
Out-of-town callo: Qmoney ho Weymouth, 66; Randolm, TT, Hol brook, 88. Vacancy of apparcon answering call to be comted by Squad A.
Do not pull box for woode art. call Central Stalin. No School BU nal on stormy days, 3-2-4 toll! 6 sounded on the fire alarm ; no es um for all grades at ' 7:30 A. M. No session for first four odes 2:00 no session for all groot= 11:30: 00 session for fint four srud The Chief's Res. T-L 0010.
Central Fire Station. 081%. East Braintree Station. 0260
NUMBER AND LOCATION OF BOXES
Precinct 1.
41 Union and Middle Sts.
42 Union and Wash. Sts.
43 Pearl and Wash. Sts.
45 Pearl St., Opp. Shoe Factory.
46 Hancock St., Hollings'h Estate.
47 Pond St., near She'd's Ice House 48 Five Corners.
51 Hancock St. and Highland Ave.
52 Wash. St. and Standish Ave.
53 Norfolk County Hospital.
54 Wash. St. and Division St.
143 WasVingion ung Panw 815
145 Fount in St.
146 Plain and Grove Sma
147 Pond and Town Fu
441 Franklin St. wod Conkri J
411 Liberty and Mildie 8
442 Tremont St. and Hotons Mir 444 Reclamation Plant
446 Monatige// Rabber Od
471 Pond and Granite Bu.
511 Peach und Liperly &
Precinct 2.
31 Elm and Middle Sts.
32 River and Middle Sts.
34 Washington and Elm Sts.
35 Washington and West Sts.
36 Ash St. and Hollis Ave.
37 Walnut St. and Hollis Ave.
38 Wash. St., opp. Monatiq't Sch.
131 'Cedar and Slowseul 8
134 Washington and Conimmen de
135 West and On. Vorne SI
351 Clark St.
511 Elm St. Drinkwoby" TRAN
312 Holmes St.
Precinct 3.
21 Quincy Ave. and Hnyward St.
23 Quincy Ave. and Comm'l St. 24 Elliot St.
25 Allen and Commercial Sts.
26 Allen and Shaw Sts.
27 Commer'l St. and Factory Hill.
29 Commercial and Elo Sta.
123 Beechwood and Arthur Sie
125 Liberty and Lisle Sts.
221 Hayword And Flowand Se
211 Edgemont Road.
223 Pleasant View Non
225 Liber y S .. (Rhine Given
246 Shaw St. and Citron Av.
227 Hobart and Prospect Sol
231 Comma'l St. am Elm Koel LA
232 Union St. Cottaure Tiom
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