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Dorothy Beatrice Gosselin Irene J. Hulslander
Myles Alan Kiberd
Donna Ruth Knox
Ralph Douglas Logan Arthur Loring Miller Barbara Ann Nadeau
"Henry Albert Paquette Theresa May Patenaude Louise Ethel Peverill Jean Russon
Thomas Henry Vennard Alva Lucy Young
Westlands School
Edward Anthony Buonopane James Chandler Buzzell, Jr. Marjorie Ann Carr Muriel Fern Cole Veronica A. DeSaulnier Maurice William Dumais Virginia Ann Enis Virginia Brent Etzel Petrick Flynn Elizabeth Anne Gannon
Ruth Marie Hamel Rita Helen Hayes Charles R. Hayward Clark Lind Joyce Elizabeth Mann Beverly J. McMaster
Phyllis Ann Palmgren Lester Raymond Parker Donald Lee Reid Paul Francis Vayo Raymond Edward Williams
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
McFarlin School
Doris Myrtle Adams Richard Baldwin Doris Mae Beausoleil Maureen Bishop Erving Andrew Blaisdell Nancy Ann Campbell Charles Luther Cashin, Jr. Dorothy Frances Cummings Nancy Joyce Curtis Donald Douglas Dearth Eddy Lawriston DeLong, Jr. Ronald Clyde Densmore Joyce Audrey Dryden Alma Joan Ducharme Elizabeth Ross Durkee Georgia Emanouil Constance Ann Greenwood Elizabeth Hardy Margaret Ann Jenkins Chester Kelly Nancy Vee Lamb Harold Ernest LeBrun
Lucie Eva Lessard Richard D. Lombard Warren Paul McHugh John H. Marshall, Jr. Howard William Marshie Ann Sherman Mills William Allan Mor gan Robert Louis Norton Alice Irene Oczkowski Lois Beverly Parsons Shirley Mae Pedersen William Clarence Rawnsley Sybil Wilkins Sargent Nancy Priscilla Shea John James Spanos Esther May Spaulding James Arthur Twohey David Ralph Webster Elizabeth Ann Wilder Eugene Zabierek Paul Zousas
High School
Donald Myrle Adams Leslie Hunter Adams, Jr. Kathryn Palmer Allen William Allen Barton Mary Lorraine Beaubien William Charles Bellegarde Doris Mae Berubee Jean Marie Bettencourt Marion Ruth Bicknell Carroll Deane Brown, Jr. Ina Lorraine Butterfield Philip Joseph Campbell Richard Rancis Campbell Helen. Elizabeth Cofran William James Coluchi Leonard James Colwell Janice Alberta Corey Lovis James Croft, Jr. Russell James Cummings Gordon Parker DeWolf, Jr. Bernard Edmund Drauch Jane Munroe Dryden Rose Helen Dulgarian Robert Melvin Edwards Constance Emanouil Donald Henry Eriksen Rita Dolores Geudette Gabrielle Gonsalves Leonard Ernest Haberman
Estelle Marion Hunt Fred William Johnson Ruth Barbara Knox Raymond Edison Lakin Paul Vernon L'Heureux Eleanor Ruth Lovett Ruth Elizabeth MacPhee Theresa Marie Mercier Dorothy Rita Miner Richard Douglas Mochrie Florence Lillian Monsen Gladys Evelyn Monsen Thelma Ann Noon Evelyn Mae Nystrom Donald Alvin Pierce Marian Louise' Pike Robert Armour Pontefract Richard George Proulx Stuart Chandler Ross Melvin Floyd Russon Priscilla Andrews Sargent Carol Laurance Shawcross Vincent Houston Shea, Jr. William Henry Shedd Richard Ivan Small Clarice Louise Sousa ® Weldon Merton Stevens Kathleen Patricia Twohey Edward Richard Valentine
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REPORT OF' THE SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Warren Francis Hall Doris Marion Hankinson Robert Leonard Harmon Winifred May Horne
Robert Martin Welch Kenton Parker Wells Robert Charles Yates Helen Elizabeth Zabierek
Graduation Exercises Class of 1945 Chelmsford High School
Program
Class March
Chelmsford High School Band
Invocation
Rev. Thomas O'Toole
Essay - American Journalism Serves
Kenton Parker Wells
Essay - From Soldier to Civilian
Carol Laurane Shawcross
Music - American Prayer - Lyn Murry Graduating Class
Essay - Music, Man's Fourth Need
Marion Louise Pike
Evelyn Mae Nystrom
Graduating Class
Essay - Religion, A Reservoir
Florence Lillian Monsen
Presentation of Class Gift
Kenton Parker Wells
Acceptance
Mrs. Marjorie M. Kiberd
Music - "Lustpiel" Overture Kelar-Bela
Chelmsford High School Band
Awards Announced by Superintendent George S. Wright
Conferring of Diplomas
Mrs. Marjorie M. Kiberd
Benediction
Rev. Lawrence W. Fairchild
Class Ode
Graduating Class
Graduation March
Chelmsford High School Band
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Essay - New Educational Horizons for Business
Music - A Perfect Day Carrie Jacobs Bond
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
To the Citizens of the Town of Chelmsford
The board organized for the year 1945 with Harry L. Shedd Jr. as chairman; Raymond H. Greenwood as Secretary; and with. B. Murtaugh Borrows as third member.
The following appointements were made :
Miss Christina N. Simpson, R.N. -- Agent for the Board of Health also School Nurse. Mr. Daniel Haley, Inspector of milk Mr Geo. E. Gagnon, Inspector of plumbing
Mr. Patrick Haley, Inspector of meat Mr. Gilbert Perham, Asst. Inspector of meat. Board of Health Physicians : Dr Arthur Scoboria Dr. J. Edmund Boucher
The usual routine business of this department was handled throughout the year and it is the opinion of the members of the board that they have attended to these matters to the best interests of the townspeople; they also feel that their appointees have done likewise.
Our expenditures have not exceeded our 1945 appropriation.
Parents are requested by the Board to cooperate with the physicians and school nurse. If children are sent home from school it is for their own good as well as for the health of their schoolmates.
Children absent from school 5 days or more must have a "certificate of health" from one of the health physicians. Miss Simpson has been working hard with the members of the board in securing a high standard of health for the entire town.
The mass X-ray Projects in our fight against tuberculosis were conducted suc- cessfully at Chelmsford High School.As we go topress, plans are being made for mass X-Raying of the Geo. C. Moore Scouring Hills and the Southwell Wool Combing Co. We wish to thank the Chelmsford Tuberculosis Committee for their support and co-operation.
The contract for the collection and disposal of garbage was awarded to C. J. Harvey. The townspeople seem to be very grateful for this service end many notes of praise have reached this department.
We have received many inquiries from nearby towns relative to the merits of this service.
Several conferences concerning health topics with State and County officials have been held by your local board.
The Board is presenting at the Annual Town Meeting an article calling for an appropriation to cover the services of the Assistant Meat Inspector during busy periods at the slaughtering houses. We also have another article stating that a certain fee shall be levied upon each head of cattle to be slaughtered. This is a suggestion by the State Department of Public Health and all cities and towns are urged to accept it. The members of the Board wish for favorable action on these two articles by the voters.
Our meetings are open to all citizens of the town.
To those officials of other departments for their cooperation during the year, we extend our thanks.
Respectfully submitted
H. L. Shedd Jr. Chairman
R. H. Greenwood, Secretary B.M. Borrars
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH AGENT AND SCHOOL NURSE
Mr. Harry Shedd Jr. Chairman Board of Health,
Chelmsford, Mass.
Following is a list of the diagnosed contagious diseases reported for the year 1945.
Chickenpox
1
Lobar Pneumonia
2
Mumps 13
Epidemio Cerebraspinal Meningitis 1
Dogbite
11
Scarlet Fever
4
Whooping Cough
2
Tuberculosis (pulmonary)
2
Diptheria
3
People were cooperative with the Board of Health in matters of quarantine etc. with the result no serious epidemic started. Once again it is hoped that the townspeople will cooperate with the physicians and Board of Health, being sure that communicable diseases are reported promptly.
In March of this year the Chelmsford High School was x-rayed. Let me say at this time that the town is fortunate in having an active T.B. Committee with Mr Donald Dunsford, Chairman and Mr. Harold Hollingworth Treasurer. Plans have been made for the mass x-raying of the employees of the Geo. C. Moore mill and the Southwell Combing Co. in No. Chelmsford.
Number of appointments made for x-ray 20 Number of consultations with T.B. field
nurse 10
Number of T.B. meetings attended 8
During May 1945 the annual free Diptheria olinics were held at the Centre Town Hall with school physicians Drs. Arthur G. Scoboria and Dr. J.E. Boucher in charge. Transportation was provided by school buses.
Number of pre-school children immunized 25
Number of School children immunized 74
I hope that parents will plan to have their children immunized against Dipth- eria. Every child is entitled to this protection. Only continued vigilance can keep the disease at its presnt low level.
Following is a list of school activities :-
Number of students enrolled in the high school 335
Number of students x-rayed 330
Number of adults (teachers ) x-rayed 16
Film spoiled (Retake to be done at next x-raying 1 Number of patients to waltham for x-ray & examination 10
It would be my suggestion that the x-raying of school teachers, janitors, lunch- room workers etc. be made mandatory.
Number of visits to classrooms 500
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Personal hygiene and other talks
185
Sanitary inspections in schools
90
Consultations with parents
480
Consultations with pupils
475
Pupila sent or taken home to physician
325
First Aid Treatment
568
Transportation to hospitals
67
Absenteos visited at home
426
Excluded from school for Impetigo
65
Excluded from school for Ringworm
25
Pupils taken home because of illness
95
I would like to make a recommendation namely, that the present Board of Health office be made an open office with a full time clerk. This would enable physicians and hospitals to report directly to the Board of Health all cases of communi cable disease. It would also be more convenient for townspeople when fil- ing complaints.
In closing I wish to thank the Board of Health for their kindness, and help- fulness while working for higher health standards in the town.
Respectfully submitted,
Christina N. Simpson, R.N Agent and School Nurse
REPORT OF PLUMBING INSPECTOR
BOARD OF HEALTH
CHELMSFORD, MASS.
Gentlemen :
The following is a report of the plumbing work done for the year ending December 31, 1945.
Number of application submitted for permits to do plumbing. 46
Old Houses
46
Inspections
49
Tests
25
Total
74
The following is a list of the various plumb- ing fixtures installed.
Water Closets
27 Repairs om' Sewage 7
Sinka
13
Grease Traps
1
Lavatories
26 Potato Peelers
1
Wash Trays
2 Dish Washer s
1
Comb. Sink & Trays
4 Bubblers 1
1
Bath Tubs
18 Shower Traps Clothes Washers
1
Total
104 Respectfully submitted George E. Gagnon
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH
REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
Board of Selectmen Gentlemen :
The work of this department has proceeded as usual during the past year, under orders of the Division of Livestock Disease Control of the State Department of Agriculture.
During the latter part of the year the tuberculin test was applied to 902 head of cattle in 102 stables and no reactors were found. This is the sixth suc- cessive year that no cattle have been found affected with tuberculosis. Omers of herds that were not tested last fall are requested to notify the Animal Ins- pector. .
15 head of cattle and 1 bull have been shipped into town from without the State, on permits issued by the State Dept. All were released when identified by the proper test charts .Several hundred cattle were shipped into town from other states (with permits) for immediate slaughter, these were trucked to a neighboring tom.
A Virus Disease, that may attack man, although it mainly attacks horses and mules, is now the object of Veterinary research. It is known as Equine-Encepha- lomyelitis and the Bureau of Animal Industry has had reports of more than 500, 000 cases since 1935, in the United States, with a large percentage of deaths in animals not vaccinated. This disease is spread by the mosquito and if mosquito control becomes practical with widespread use of D.D.T. it may help to reduce such losses.
30 Dog bite cases have been reported by the Police, Doctors and Health Auth- orities. All were investigated. 21 Dogs were quarantined for observation .. All were released after a period of 14 days as no rabies developed.
Owners of dogs which have bitten humans are requested not to kill them until inspection has taken place, by your Animal Inspector and he has advised regarding the proper procedure.
Several requests for information about dairy cows coming from State author- ities, have been investigated and reported.
This my thirty-first annual report is,
Respectfully submitted
by
Arnold C. Perham Inspector
REPORT OF MILK INSPECTOR
To the Board of Health
The following is the Milk Inspector's report for the year ending December 31, 1945. Twenty-eight vehicle licenses, thirty one store licenses were granted for the sale of milk. Three pasteurizing licenses and twelve oleomargarine licenses were granted.
All samples were analyzed by the Howard Laboratories at Amherst, Mass. I have also taken and had analyzed several water samples. Milk Plants and Dairy Farms have been inspected and found satisfactory,
Respectfully submitted Daniel E. Haley
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Maroh 4, 1946 and March 11, 1946 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex, 88.
To Lawrence W. Chute, Constable, or any suitable person of the Town of Chelmsford.
GREETING :
In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid, you are hereby requested to notify and warn the legal voters of said Chelmsford to meet in their several polling pla- ces, viz:
Precinot 1. Town Hall, Chelmsford Centre
Precinct 2. Town Hall, North Chelmsford
Precinct 3. Fire House, West Chelmsford
Precinct 4. School House, East Chelmsford
Precinct 5. Liberty Hall, South Chelmsford
Precinct 6. Golden Cove School House, Westlanda
On Monday, the fourth day of March, 1946, being the first Monday in said Month, at 12 o'clock noon, for the following purposes :
To bring in their votes for the following officers:
Moderator for one year. One Selectman for three years.
One member of the Board of Public Welfare for three years.
One Assessor for three years. One member of the Board of Health for three years.
One School Committee Member for three years.
One Cemetery Commissioner for three years.
One Park Commissioner for three years.
One Park Commissioner for two years.
One Trustee of Adams Library for one year. Two Trustees of Adams Library for three years. One Sinking Fund Commissioner for three years. One Member of the Planning Board for five years. One Constable for one year.
All on one ballot.
The Polls will be open from 12 noon to 8 p.m. and to meet in the High School Auditorium at Chelmsford on the following Monday, the 11th day of March, 1946 at 7:30 o'clock in the evening, then and there to act upon the following articles, vis:
ARTICLE 1.
To hear reports of Town Officers and Committees; or act in relation there- to.
ARTICLE 2.
To raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be required to defray Town charges for the current year; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 3.
To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to act as its agent in any suit or suits which may arise during the current year, with authority, to settle and adjust claims or demands for or against the Town; and to employ counsel whenever in their judgment it is necessary; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 1 ;.
To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of revenue of the current financial year; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 5.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money with which to meet unpaid bills for the year 1945; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 6.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to pay the County of Middlesex, as required by law, the Town's share of the Middle- sex County Tuberculosis Hospital as assessed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 111 of the General Laws; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 7.
To see if the Town will vote to transfer from Overlay reserve Account Two Thousand ($2000) Dollars or some other sum to be used as a Reserve Fund at the descretion of the Finance Committee, as provided in General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 6; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 8.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twelve Hundred ($1200) Dollars for the purpose of foreclosing tax titles held by the Town of Chelmsford; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 9.
In the event that an appropriation is made for Chapter 90 work for the Highway Department, to see if the Town will vote to transfer a sufficient sum of money from the Excess and Deficiency account to balance the amount of money to be contributed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the County of Middlesex, until such time as the said Commonwealth and County have paid into the Town of Chelmsford treasury their respective grants; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 10.
To see if the Town will request the Department of Corporations and Taxa- tion, Division of Accounts, to make an audit of all the town accounts; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 11.
To see if the Town will vote to appoint a committee of seven to investi - gate the equalization of salaries paid to all Town employees. This committee to consist of one member of the Finance Committee and one member to come from each Precinct. No person employed by the Town is to serve on this Committee; or act
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in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 12.
To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Account, the sum of Twenty-three Thousand One Hundred ninety-eight ($23, 198) Dollars or some other sum for the purpose of making major repairs to the MoFarlin School, East Chelmsford School, South Chelmsford School and West Chelmsford School; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 13.
To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Aocount the sum of Five Thousand ($5000) Dollars or some other sum for the purpose of improving the Athletic Field and play areas at the High School and McFarlin School; or aot in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 14.
To see if the Town will vote to authorize the School Committee to estab- lish and maintain State aided Vocational Education in accordance with the provis- ions of Chapter 74, General Laws and Aot amendatory thereto, or dependent thereon; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 15.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hund- red ($100) Dollars or some other sum for the purpose of purchasing and installing equipment at the Highland Avenue School Playgrounds, said purchase to be made by the Safety Committee of the Highland Avenue Improvement Association; or act in re- lation thereto.
ARTICLE 16.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate Twelve Hundred Fifty ($1250) Dollars for the purpose of constructing a sidewalk on the southerly side of Middlesex Street for the distance of approximately twenty five Hundred (2500) feet, this being from Highland Avenue to Dartmouth Street; or act in relation there- to.
ARTICLE 17.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to install a street light on the corner of James Street and Larkin Avenue; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 18.
To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Section 120-A of Chapter 94 of the General Laws, which reads as follows:
"Additional Fees in Certain Towns Regulated. -- A Town which accepts this section may, in addition to the annual fee under section one hundred and nineteen or one hundred and twenty for a license to carry on the business of slaughtering neat cattle, horses, mules, sheep or swine, require the payment by the license of a further fee of not exceeding one dollar for each animal slaughtered under such license, but such further fee shall not be required for any animal slaughtered under federal inspection. Additional fees provided for under this section shall be paid to the town treasurer at such times
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and in such manner as the selectmen by vote determine. This section shall not apply to cities.
or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 19.
To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of Two Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty ($2250) Dollars or some other sum for the purpose of re- constructing the Boston Road so called, contingent upon the State and County con- tributing toward the cost of said construction; or act in relation thereto. ARTICLE 20.
In the event of an affirmative action on Article 19, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum sufficient to defray costs of land dam- age occasioned by said reconstruction; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 21.
To see if the Tom will transfer from the Machinery Fund to the Machinery Account, the sum of One Thousand ($1000) Dollars; or act in relation thereto. ARTICLE 22 ..
To see if the Town will vote to accept Ash Street as laid out by the Sel- ectmen as shown by their report and plan, duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 23.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing Ash Street; or act in relation thereto. ARTICLE 24.
To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Clinton Avenue as laid out by the Selectmen and shown by their report and plan, duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 25.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing Clinton Avenue; or act in relation thereto. ARTICLE 26.
To see if the Tom will vote to accept a portion of Varney Avenue as laid out by the Selectmen and shown by their report and plan, duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 27.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing Varney Avenue; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 28.
To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Woodlawn Avenue as laid out by the Selectmen and shown by their report and plan, duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 29.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing Woodlawn Avenue; or act in relatior there- to.
ARTICLE 30,
To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Elliott Street as laid out by. the Selectmen and shown by their report and plan, duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 31.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing Elliott Street; or act in relation there- to.
ARTICLE 32.
To see if the Town will vote to accept a portion of Linwood Avenue as laid out by the Selectmen and shown by their report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 33.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money for the purpose of reconstructing Linwood Avenue; or act in relation there- to.
ARTICLE 34.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate seven hundred ($700) Dollars for the purpose of constructing a sidewalk on the southeast side of Church Street for the distance of twelve hundred and fifty-seven (1257) feet, from Prin- ceton Street to Middlesex Street; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 35.
To see if the Town will vote to make the following repairs in the East Chelmsford Schoolhouse;
1. To add to the present heating system approximately six hundred (600) feet of radiation.
2. To paint the building inside and out.
3. To make necessary repairs to doors.
4. To improve the lighting in the classrooms by installing fluor- esoent fixtures.
or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 36.
In the event of an affirmative vote under Article 35, to see if the Tom will vote to transfer from the Excess and Deficiency Fund the sum of Three Thous- and ($3000) Dollars to defray the cost of repairs under Article 35; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 37.
To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 723 of
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the Acts of 1945, which act is entitled, "An Act Authorizing the Establishment and Maintenance of Municipal Departments and of Districts for Furnishing Informa- tion, Advice and Assistance to Veterans of World War ll or other Veterans"; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 38.
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money for the purpose of employing A Director of Veterans Service in accordance with the provisions of the above act; or act in relation thereto.
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