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ARTICLE 53. To see if the Town will vote to purchase or take by eminent domain a certain parcel or certain lots of land for a site for a: Public Library, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That there be raised and appropriated the sum of $11,- 050.00 for purchase, or taking by eminent domain, of an area of land situated on Washington Street on either or both sides of Washington Park Road for a site for Public Library.
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ARTICLE 54. To see what action the Town will take relative to the erection of a permanent stadium, to be built with locker rooms and toilet facilities on Hollis Field, Braintree, to be known as the "Hollings- worth Memorial"; determine how the money shall be provided for, by borrowing, by appropriation from available funds in the Treasury, by appropriation from the Post-War Rehabilitation Fund, by appropriation from the Hollingsworth Fund, and/or from the Stabilization Fund, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That a committee of five be appointed by the Moderator to investigate the advisability of the erection of a permanent stadium at Hollis Field, and report their recommendations at the next Annual Town Meeting.
ARTICLE 55. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds for the im- provement of the land at the corner of Pond and Washington Streets owned by the Town and known as Miller Park, or take any action rela- tive thereto .- No action.
ARTICLE 56. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds for the purchase or taking by eminent domain, for park or playground purposes, land on Common Street, being Plots No. 2 and 3 on Assessors' Plan 2063, con- taining about 23.29 acres of land, or take any action relative thereto .- No action.
ARTICLE 57. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from Tax Title property, so-called, to the custody and control of the Park Com- missioners land on the Easterly side of Faxon Street, being Plot No. 65 on Assessors' Plan 3022, or take any action relative thereto .- So voted. .
ARTICLE 58. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen in its behalf to convey out about 6,000 square feet of land on the south- easterly side of Arlington Street which land was formerly a portion of Parker Street, so-called, and is now a part of the Town Forest and accept therefor a conveyance of Plot No. 37 on Assessors' Plan 1090 and/or such other consideration as the Town shall determine, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: To authorize the Selectmen to convey out about 6000 square feet of land on the southeasterly side of Arlington Street, which land was formerly a portion of Parker Street, so-called, and accept therefor a conveyance of Plots 40 and 73 on Assessors' Plan 1090 and such other consideration, if any, as they may in their discretion de- termine.
ARTICLE 59. To see if the Town will transfer back to the Tax Title Account. any or all of the following parcels of land each of which is now a part of the Town Forest: "Plot 14 on Assessors' Plan 1097 on the west side of Southview Avenue, so called: Plots 12, 13, 15 and 18 on Assessors' Plan 1090 on the south side of Peach Street, on the south- east side of Arlington Street and on the northwesterly side of Cochato Street: Plots 8, 9, 10 and 11 on Assessors' Plan 1096 on the east side of Liberty Park Road .- So voted.
ARTICLE 60. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds a sum of money for the main- tenance of "The First Parish Cemetery," so-called, on Elm Street, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 114 of the General Laws, or take any action relative thereto.
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Voted: That the sum of $250.00 be raised and appropriated for the care of "The First Parish Cemetery," so-called, on Elm Street, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 114, Section 16 of the Gen- eral Laws.
'ARTICLE 61. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds a sum of money to feed and water the large oak tree in the circle at Washington Park Road, or take any action relative thereto .- Voted reference to the Highway Department.
ARTICLE 62. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds a sum of money for the care of trees on the grounds of the Town Hall and Thayer Public Library, or take any action relative thereto .- Voted reference to the Highway Department.
ARTICLE 63. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds a sum of money for the purpose of chlorinating that portion of Sunset Lake comprising the bathing area during the summer of 1948 and designate the Department which shall be responsible for the expenditure of such appropriation, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That the sum of $1,765.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of chlorinating that portion of Sunset Lake comprising the bathing area during the summer of 1948, same to be expended under the direction of the Water Commissioners.
ARTICLE 64. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate by borrowing, or otherwise provide, a sum of money for the pur- pose of providing housing for veterans of World War II under the pro- visions of Chapter 372 of the Acts of 1946 and of any act in amend- ment thereof or in addition thereto, or under the provisions of any other acts pertaining to housing for such veterans, or act otherwise thereon .- Voted no action.
ARTICLE 65. To see what sums the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds to enable the members of the Municipal Retirement System to be covered by Group Life Insur- ance, as defined in Section 133 of Chapter 175 of the General Laws as most recently amended by Chapter 346 of the Acts of 1946, or take any action relative thereto .- Voted no action.
ARTICLE 66. To see if the Town will vote to use all or part of. the Post-War Rehabilitation Fund established under the authority of Section 1 of Chapter 5 of the Acts of 1943 to meet appropriations voted . under any of the articles of this warrant for any purpose permitted by said Chapter 5 .- No action necessary.
ARTICLE 67. To see what distribution the Town will vote to make of the income of the Thayer Fund .- No action necessary.
ARTICLE 68. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds to meet the payment of certain bills contracted prior to January 1, 1948, or take any action relative thereto .- Voted no action.
ARTICLE 69. To determine what amount, if any, of the balance in the Electric Light Operation account at the close of the year 1947 or what amount in the Construction 'Account if the operation balance has been closed, shall be paid into the general funds of the Town, and what
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disposition shall be made of the amount so paid. (Action taken in con- junction with Article 7-Item 35).
ARTICLE 70. To see what sums of money, in addition to that appropriated under any other article the Town will vote to raise or borrow and appropriate for Land Damages.
Voted: That in addition to that appropriated under any other article, there be raised and appropriated the sum of $900.00 for Land Damages.
ARTICLE 71. Will the Town adopt a resolution affording the people of Braintree an opportunity to express to their representative in Congress, in the Executive Department of the United States and in the United Nations, their deep feeling regarding war and peace and requesting such representatives to take such steps as may be necessary to make the United Nations into a World Government capable of enact- ing, interpreting and enforcing world law to prevent war.
Voted to adopt the following resolution: WHEREAS, Modern science has now produced means by which mankind can destroy itself; and, WHEREAS, the United Nations was created as an instrument to preserve peace and its charter is capable of amendment so as to make it effective for the maintenance of world order; and, WHEREAS, Dis- armament and world peace can only be achieved by world order, world law and some measure of world government; and, WHEREAS the people of Braintree have since 1640 been happy to delegate certain functions of government to their' town government, other functions to their state government and still other functions to their national govern- ment and are now' willing to delegate further limited functions of government to a world government for the purpose of maintaining peace; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the people of Brain- tree, Massachusetts, in Town Meeting assembled, that they call upon their representatives in the Congress, in the Executive Department of the United States and in the United Nations, to take note of these truths and forthwith to take such steps as may be necessary to have our delegates to the United Nations present or support amendment of the Charter for the purpose of making the United Nations into a world government capable of enacting, interpreting, and enforcing world law to prevent war; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to both Senators from Massachusetts, the Congressman from the 13th Congressional District, the President of the United States, the Secretary of State and the United States rep- resentatives in the United Nations.
ARTICLE 72. To see if the Town will vote to accept section 1.03-A of Chapter 54 of the General Laws, relative to absentee voting at regular town elections .- Voted no action.
Appropriations to be raised by taxation $1,613,917.32
'Appropriations not in tax levy 1,395,121.73
Total appropriations $3,009,039.05
Special Town Meeting
March 22, 1948
ARTICLE 1. To see if the Town will vote to amend the vote passed under Article 1 of the Warrant of the Special Town Meeting held
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December 29, 1947, whereby it was voted to appropriate a sum of $770,000.00 for the purpose of constructing an annex to such school, and for originally equipping and furnishing the addition and the annex, by increasing the amount of the appropriation from $770,000.00 to $920,000.00, so as to read as follows: Voted :- That the sum of $920,000.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of constructing an addition to the High School, and for the purpose of constructing an annex to said school at the present location thereof, and for originally equipping and furnishing said addition and annex, and to meet the said appropriation that the sum of $10,000.00 be appropriated from available funds in the Treasury, and the sum of $100,000.00 be appropriated from the Post-War Rehabilitation Fund, and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $810,000.00, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than 20 years from the date of issue of the first bond or note or at such earlier time as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine, and that the Committee appointed pursuant to vote under Article 28 of the Warrant for the 1946 Annual Town Meeting, be and hereby is authorized to act for and in behalf of the Town with full power to employ architects, secure bids, and let contracts in the name of the Town, and to do all and any acts necessary to construct and equip said addition and said annex within the aforesaid appropriation .- So voted.
ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town will vote to amend the vote. passed under Article 1 of the Warrant of the Special Town Meeting held December 29, 1947, whereby it was voted to appropriate the sum of $770,000.00 for the purpose of constructing an addition to the High School and for constructing an annex to such school, and for originally equipping and furnishing the addition and the annex, by reducing the amount of the appropriation from $770,000.00 to $600,000.00 and by eliminating the construction of an annex and equipping said annex, so as to read as follows: Voted :- That the sum of $600,000.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of constructing an addition to the High School, and for originally equipping and furnishing said addition, and to meet the said appropriation that the sum of $10,000.00 be appro- priated from available funds in the Treasury, and the sum of $100,000.00 be appropriated from the Post-War Rehabilitation Fund, and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is author- ized to borrow the sum of $490,000.00, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than 20 years from the date of issue of the first bond or note or at such earlier time as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine, and that the Committee appointed pursuant to vote under Article 28 of the War- rant for the 1946 'Annual Town Meeting, be and hereby is authorized to act for and in behalf of the Town with full power to employ archi- tects, secure bids, and let contracts in the name of the Town, and to do all and any acts necessary to construct and equip said addition within the aforesaid appropriation .- Voted no action.
ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will vote to amend the vote passed under Article 1A of the Warrant of the Special Town Meeting held December 29, 1947, whereby it was voted to raise and appropriate $200,000.00 for the purpose of remodeling or reconstructing the High School Building by reducing the amount of appropriation from $200,- 000.00 to $180,000.00, so as to read as follows: Voted :- That the sum of $180,000.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of remodeling or constructing the High School Building and to meet the said appro-
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priation, that the sum of $30,000.00 be appropriated from available funds in the Treasury, that the sum of $10,000.00 be appropriated from the Post-War Rehabilitation Fund, and that the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to. borrow the sum of $140,000.00 and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, payable in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than 10 years from date of issue of the first bond or note or at such earlier time as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine, and that the Committee appointed pursuant to vote under Article 28 of the Warrant for the 1946 Annual Town Meeting, be and hereby is authorized to act for and in behalf of the Town with full power to employ architects, secure bids, and let contracts in the name of the Town, and to do all and any acts necessary to remodel or reconstruct said building within the aforesaid appropriation .- Voted no action.
ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate a sum of money for the purpose of equipping and furnishing that part of the High School Building for which an appropriation has been voted for remodeling or reconstructing; determine whether the money shall be provided for by taxation or by transfer from available funds in the Treasury, or take any action in relation thereto.
Voted: That the sum of $50,000.00 be raised and appropriated for equipping and furnishing that part of the High School Building for which an appropriation was voted under Article 1A of the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting held December 29, 1947, and that to meet said appropriation the sum of $50,000.00 be transferred from available funds in the Treasury.
Presidential Primary
April 27, 1948
The result of the ballot was as follows:
Number of Republican ballots cast 460
Number of Democratic ballots cast 66
Total number of ballots cast
526
REPUBLICAN PARTY
DELEGATES AT LARGE TO NATIONAL CONVENTION
Robert F. Bradford 406
Leverett Saltonstall 423
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. 419
Joseph William Martin, Jr.
407
Clarence A. Barnes 391
Katherine G. Howard 371
Edwin L. Olander 363
'ALTERNATE DELEGATES
Esther W. Wheeler 365
Carroll L. Meins 355
Clara F. Roberto 346
Richard B. Wigglesworth
412
Florence G. Claussen
354
Anne M. Zyfers 344
Milton P. Higgins 352
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DISTRICT DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTION THIRTEENTH DISTRICT GROUP I
Charles W. Hedges 203
Mason Sears 175
GROUP II
Charles W. Williams 90
A. Wendell Clark 114
ALTERNATE DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTION
GROUP I
Louise A. Prince
173
Roy C. Smith 177
GROUP II
Eben G. Townes 97
Merle G. Summers 92
STATE COMMITTEE-Male
William R. Abbott
247
Louis K. Badger 144
STATE COMMITTEE-Female
Emma S. Tousant 360
TOWN COMMITTEE
Albert L. Rice
375
Jessie MacGregor
379
Walter B. Skinner
395
W. Edwin Skinner
John Alden 372
369
Angelina M. Galotti 358
Joseph M. Magaldi 349
Archie T. Morrison
389
Arthur L. Hale 372
Harry A. Simonds 365
Doris E. French
367
Gertrude H. Rae
357
Helen M. Ellsworth
382
Mabel L. Kinna
371
Muriel A. Bestick
367
William G. Iliffe
381
Herbert B. Hollis
387
Herbert P. Sheldon
358
Evelyn M. Stevens
371
William J. Stevenson 369
John M. Corcoran 368
Martha C. Rice
352
Doris W. Stone
353
Walter E. Delory 368
359
Ruby Keigan 364
Josephine G. Cahill 376
Frank H. Diekmeyer 369
Margaret C. Palmer 374
Howard R. Beaver
John H. Stenberg 360
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Howard B. Blewett 374
Pearl E. Crooker 363
Norris H. Pinault 376
Lucy D. Derby 368
Richard Williams 364
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
DELEGATES AT LARGE TO NATIONAL CONVENTION
GROUP I
John W. McCormack 44
James M. Curley
41
Thomas J. Buckley
40
William J. Foley
40
Chester A. Dolan Jr.
35
Joseph E. Casey 31
Charles F. Jeff Sullivan
35
Daniel B. Brunton
30
Margaret M. O'Riordan 33
Roger L. Putnam 33
Maxwell B. Grossman 31
Francis E. Kelly 37
John T. McMorrow
30
David J. Brickley
32
Joseph A. Scolponeti
31
Edward P. Gilgun
28
GROUP II
Thomas P. O'Neil Jr
15
John George Asiaf 10
Stanley Borsa
9
Gerald T. Bowler
9
Jeremiah D. Crowley
8
Joseph T. Conley
8
Walter A. Cuffe
10
C. Gerald Lucey
10
Francis V. Matera
9
Harvey A. Pothier
10-
William H. J. Rowan
11
Colin J. Cameron
10
Charles J. Artesani
9
Francis X. Casey
12
Daniel Rudsten
10
John M. Shea 12
ALTERNATE DELEGATES AT LARGE
TO NATIONAL CONVENTION
GROUP I
William R. Conley
33
Frank T. Y. Goon 29
Michael A. O'Leary
30
Bernard J. Killion
32
Clementina Langone 30
Michael LoPresti 31
Mary E. McDonald
28
Charles H. McGlue
32
Thomas F. Graham
29
Samuel Michelman
28
.
33
Rita M. Moylan
30
Mary Higgins 28
Charles Collatos 29
Silas F. Taylor
30
James T. Violette 31
Daniel F. Donovan
34
GROUP II
James A. Burke 16
Joseph E. Duffy
11
Howard B. Driscoll 11
Gerald P. Lombard
9
John J. Toomey
9
Robert G. Connolly
9
Edward J. Mulligan
13
James J. Twohig Jr. 11
Anthony Parenzo 9
John G. Curley 10
Patrick Cronin
11
Harold C. Nagle
9
Thomas F. Reilly 9
John H. O'Connor Jr.
10
James E. Hannon
10
Frank B. Oliveira
10
DELEGATES NOT GROUPED
James 'A. Bowes .
4
Francis E. Cassidy
3
Lawrence W. Caton 3
Joseph H. Downey 4
Leo A. Gosselin
2
Thomas A. Keating
3
Mathias LaPierre
3
Leo F. McGrath
1
James Leo O'Connor
2
James F. Reynolds
3
George W. Stanton 2
Alice D. Sullivan 5
2
ALTERNATE DELEGATES NOT GROUPED
Marie F. Akey
1
Thomas B. Brennan 2
Joseph J. Buckley 3
John C. Carr 3
Lawrence E. Corcoran 1
2
Ida C. McDonough
2
Edward Mclaughlin 2
Wilfred J. Paquet 2
Luke Ryan 1
Anna A. Sharry 3
Jacob W. Shinberg 0
Wanda Walczak
2
Scattering
.
2
DISTRICT DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTION THIRTEENTH DISTRICT
James E. Sullivan 3
- Clement Riley 3
Scattering
2
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Scattering
Frederick M. Kelley
ALTERNATE DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTION THIRTEENTH DISTRICT.
Anna M. Whalen 3
G. Luddington 3
STATE COMMITTEE-Male
Arthur L. Morris 34
J. Girard White 18
STATE COMMITTEE-Female
Mary E. Shipsey 34
TOWN COMMITTEE
Raymond J. Brickley
54
Hyman Borax ..
50
Edward M. McMahon
54
Harold J. McCormack
55
Thomas J. Murphy
55
John P. Gallagher
55
Virgie M. Sears
53
M. Joseph Healy
53
Alice G. Lewis
2
Francis M. O'Rourke
2
Francis Maguire
2
Helen McMakin
2
Thomas , H. Barrett
1
Edward Lydon
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Plebescite Election
May 11, 1948
"Shall the metropolitan rapid transit system be extended into this town ?"
A
Number of "Yes" Ballots cast Number of "No" Ballots cast 3206
Precinct
Yes
No
Blanks
Total
1A
25
188
0
213
1B
35
278
0
313
2
63
570
0
633
3
69
663
0
732
4
.
. . .
55
754
0
809
5
44
383
0
427
6
37
370
0
407
328
3206
0
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Special Town Meeting
June 7, 1948
Article 1. To see if the Town will determine that a "Housing Authority" as defined in Section 26J of Chapter 121 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by Section 2 of Chapter 200 of the Acts of 1948, is needed therein in accordance with the provision of Section 26K of said Chapter, as now in effect, and by vote provide for the organization of such an authority.
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1 Voted: That in accordance with the provisions of Section 26K of Chapter 121 of the General Laws as amended, there exists in the Town of Braintree a need for a Housing Authority as defined in Section 26J of said Chapter, and that such Housing Authority be organized in the manner set forth in said Chapter by the appointment of four mem- bers by the Selectmen and the appointment of one member by the State Board of Housing.
Special Town Meeting
July 12, 1948
Article 1. To see if the town will ratify all action taken at the adjourned special town meeting held March 29, 1948, including the vote to raise and appropriate $920,000.00 for constructing an addi- tion to the High School and for constructing an annex to the said school and for originally equipping and furnishing the said annex, such sum to be raised, in part, by the issue of bonds, as stated in the said vote.
Voted: That the Town ratify all action taken at the adjourned Special Town Meeting held March 29, 1948, including the vote to raise and appropriate $920,000.00 for constructing an addition to the High School and for constructing an annex to the said school and for originally equipping and furnishing the said annex, such sum to be raised, in part, by the issue of bonds, as stated in the said vote.
Article 2. To see what sum of money the town will vote to appropriate and transfer from available funds for alterations in the Town House to provide Armory facilities for a unit or units of the National Guard, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That there be appropriated by transfer from available funds in the excess and deficiency account the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars ($2500.00) for alterations in the Town House for the purpose of furnishing armory facilities for a unit or units of the National Guard.
TESTIMONIAL BY SELECTMEN CHIEF FRED A. TENNEY
August 10, 1948
The Selectmen desire to spread upon their records the following memorial of the service of Fred A. Tenney as Chief of the Fire Depart- ment on this the date of his retirement from active duty:
Fred A. Tenney was born in Braintree on August 10, 1883, the son of Michael and Hannah E. Tenney, was educated in the public schools and upon graduation entered the shoe business. He there demonstrated the quality of leadership for which he was to be so conspicuous in after life by being for six years President of Local 143 of the Boot and Shoe Workers' Union, an organization of six hundred members.
He became a call fireman on January 1st, 1902, and was appointed one of the board of Fire Engineers on May 12, 1912.
In 1914 he became Chief and the first full-time, permanent man in the department in which the personnel then consisted of himself and seventy-two call men. There was at that time one piece of motorized apparatus, that before its conversion, had been a Buick touring car.
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On retirement the Chief commanded twenty-seven full-time officers and men and thirty-five call men in a department with nine pieces of modern, motorized fire apparatus and four auxiliary vehicles, housed in three stations.
This progress in personal and physical equipment is a reflection of the Chief's ability, persistence and devotion to duty, and without the Town's realization of his integrity and the presence in him of these other qualities this progress would have been impossible.
By his knowledge, example and quality of leadership, he has built up in his officers and men a degree of morale, efficiency and loyalty that can be safely said to be unsurpassed in any fire depart- ment in the Commonwealth.
It is, therefore, the desire of the undersigned that this shall be a permanent record and the secretary is hereby directed that a copy hereof be furnished to the Town Clerk, that future generations may know of Chief Tenney's accomplishments and of the high regard in which he is held by his fellow Townspeople.
They regret his leaving and wish for him the best of everything and many happy years in his new status.
RAYMOND P. PALMER JOHN W. MAHAR ALBERT E. ROBERTS Selectmen of Braintree
Special Town Meeting
August 23, 1948
Article 1. To see if the Town will appropriate $160,000.00 bonds for remodeling or reconstructing the High School Building, in lieu of those authorized under Article 1A of the warrant for the town meet- ing held December 29, 1947.
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