Town annual report of Plymouth, MA 1926-1927, Part 18

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Publication date: 1926
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When the harmful effect of these defects is generally understood and they become less common, the number of deaths from heart disease will decline.


CONTAGIOUS DISEASE


Chicken-pox appeared at Russell Mills last February and there have been an increasing number of cases throughout the year, fifteen having been reported by the Board of Health in November, after which the number of cases began to decline, only nine being reported in De- cember.


The new "Minimum Requirements for Contagious Di- sease" adopted by the Associated Boards of Health of Massachusetts and approved by the Health Council will


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do much to help the school attendance, with which this disease so seriously interferes on account of the exclusion of contacts, which, as there is no quarantine, serves no useful purpose.


STATISTICS


Number or inspections 1,419


Number of examinations 2,414


Number of notices sent to parents 964


Number of pupils referred to nurse 74


Number of permits signed by school physician .. 1,201 Number of permits signed by other physicians ..


141


Number of pupils excluded


61


Number of corrections


571


Number of partial corrections


201


Defects found for which notices were sent to parents :


Eye


33 Scalp 1


Ear


22 Skin 5


Gland


8 Teeth


343


Lung


4 Throat 445


Heart


2 Unclassified


60


Nose


97


Orthopedic


266 Total 1,286


Respectfully submitted, (Signed) J. HOLBROOK SHAW, M. D.,


School Physician.


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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT


The Number of Pupils in Each School and Grade as of Dec. 31, 1926 Grade


School


1


|2 |3 |4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12


Total


High


148|129|72|61


410


Junior High


215 196


411


Hedge


43


3.4


41


35


42


35


452


35


33


42


43


42


27


Knapp


30


37


39


39


24


26


279


15


16


28


25


37


40


42


35


37


Cornish


37


260


32


Burton


30


36


133


31


36


Mt. Pleasant


34


26


41


33


42


44


220


Cold Spring


34


20


54


Oak Street


19


15


22


9


65


Lincoln St.


17


14


31


Manomet


7


3


12


4


7


8


41


Wellingsley


4


5


7


16


Cliff St.


2


4


3


7


4


20


Russell Mills


5


10


6


5


26


Chiltonville .


4


4


4


3


7


4


26


Cedarville


1


3


5


5


2


16


Alden St.


27


27


South St.


32


32


Fresh Air


2


5


3


2


12


Total


312|275|282 251|311 279|215|196|148|129|72 61


2,531


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EMPLOYMENT OF MINORS


1925


1926


I. S.


I. S.


Certificates to Minors 14 to 16. .


74


38


84 73


Certificates to Minors 16 to 21 .... 80


202 75 278


There were 151 minors between fourteen and sixteen years of age who, within the calendar year 1926, were employed while schools were in session.


Note: I-Initial or first working certificate issued to minor. S-Subsequent-two or more certificates issued to each minor.


SCHOOL CENSUS


Males


Females


Total


Persons 5 to 7 years


197


217


414


Persons 7 to 14 years


838


832


1,670


Persons 14 to 21 years


195


197


392


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REPORT OF ATTENDANCE OFFICER 1


My dear Mr. Handy :


I respectfully submit the following report from Jan- uary 1, 1926 to January 1, 1927.


Absentee Sickness Truancy Total


Burton School


3


6


1


10


Cold Spring School


6


· ·


. .


6


Cornish School


15


7


4


26


Hedge School


28


15


4


47


Knapp School


8


3


2


13


Lincoln St. School


4


1


2


7


Mt. Pleasant School


9


1


1


11


Nathaniel Morton School


(Junior High)


63


51


12


126


Oak St. School


1


. .


. .


1


Russell Mills School


1


. .


. .


1


South St. School


17


18


3


38


South Spooner St. School 1


. .


. .


-


155


102


30


287


Cases investigated for Superintendent's Office


25


Employment certificates investigated


24


Investigated for Night School


6


Number of homes visited


342


Visits to schools


28


Children found on street and taken to school


11


Total number of investigations


381


Once again I wish to thank the Superintendent and teachers for the kind assistance which they have given in the general routine of work during the past year.


Respectfully submitted,


JOHN ARMSTRONG, Attendance Officer.


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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES (*) New teachers Employed in 1926


Anson B. Handy Alice Murphy


Office Supt. of Schools 5 Bay View Ave.


Secretary 167 Court St.


High School


George C. Marsden


Prin. 100 Allerton St.


Nellie C. Allen


Span., Hist.


13 Whiting St.


Ruth E. Cummings


Dom. Sci.


17 Allerton St.


Marjorie E. Darling


Com.


17 Pleasant St.


*Erma R. Fash


Eng.


13 Whiting St.


Frank E. Fash


Sci.


11 Mt. Pleasant St.


Paulyle W. Flavell


French


8 Park Ave.


Dorothy A. Goodenough Hist.


17 Pleasant St.


Helen Johnson Com.


Miriam A. Johnson


Eng.


4 Bay View Ave.


M. Elizabeth Mackenzie Com.


11 Sever St.


Edgar J. Mongan


Civ., Salesman- ship 220 Sandwich St.


Richard Smiley


Biology, Eng.


236 Sandwich St.


Helen F. Swift


Eng., Dean


14 Clyfton St.


Marjorie White


Math.


22 Allerton St.


Julia B. Wood


Latin


11 Jefferson St.


Edwin B. Young


Gen. Sci.


4 Maple Pl.


Junior High School


Katharine A. O'Brien


Prin. 23 Nelson St.


*Helen Baker


Eng. Cook. 4 Cushman St.


Sadie H. Barrett


Eng., Hist., 35 Mayflower St.


Music Dom. Sci. 4 Cushman St.


Pauline M. Bittinger


M. Agnes Burke


Eng. Geog. 11 Lothrop St.


Esther M. Chandler '


Gladys L. Cobb


Eng., Hyg., Math. 35 Mayflower St. French, Eng. Music 4 Cushman St.


13 Whiting St.


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Beatrice T. Curran


Math., Sci.


78 Sandwich St.


Mary M. Dolan


Math., Hist.


11 Lothrop St.


Ellen M. Downey


Hist., Music


19 Oak St.


*Margaret K. Elliott


Math., Hist.


20 Allerton St.


Sci. Geog.


35 Mayflower St.


Manuel Tr.


45 Pleasant St.


Com.


13 Whiting St.


*Estelle Smith


Eng. Hist.


18 Allerton St.


Hedge School


Elizabeth H. Sampson Marion B. Babcock


Prin.


Clifford Rd.


Grade V


23 Samoset St.


Hazel Bates


Grade I


30 Pleasant St.


Florence B. Corey


Grade VI


133 Court St.


Lucy L. Hildreth


Grade IV


133 Court St.


Lulu M. Hoyt


Grade III


13 Whiting St.


Cora M. Irwin


Grade I


11 Sever St.


Edith C. M. Johnson


Grade II


13 Whiting St.


Myrtie E. Marland


Grade V.


13 Whiting St. Clifford Rd.


Susan M. Quinn


Grade VI


147 Main St., Kingston


Mildred A. Soule


Grade II


21 Chilton St.


Ethel D. Tolman


Grade III


21 Chilton St.


Knapp School


Grade VI


70 Sandwich St.


Grade III


37 Union St.


Margaret L. Christie


Grade II


401 Court St.


Grade I 14 Jefferson St.


Grade V 261 Court St.


Grade VI


79 Court St.


Grade IV


12 Washington St.


Flora A. Stevens


Grade I


6 North Park Ave.


Katherine G. Zahn


Grade V


320 Court St.


Cold Spring School


Mabel F. Douglas Irene Pioppi


Grade II


Grade III 4 Nelson St. 29 Alden St.


Wm. I. Whitney, Prin. Annie S. Burgess


Lucy E. Cummings Lydia E. Holmes Maude H. Lermond Helen F. Perrier


Grade IV


Mary F. Perkins


*Una Kelleher Edward Lewis Edith S. Newton


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Emily C. Burgess Mildred R. Randall


Oak Street School Grades I, II Grades III, IV


11 Allerton St.


79 Court St.


Cornish School


Grade VI 115 Court St.


Grade III 33 Russell St.


Grade I


4 Sever St.


*Jessie A. Dix


Grade VI


118 Court St.


*Eunice Harvey Flora A. Keene


Fresh Air


45 Allerton St. Sever St.


Charlotte E. Lovering Anne P. Wilson


Grade V


17 Sever St.


Burton School


Grade V 28 Chilton St.


Bertha E. McNaught


Grade V


Teresa A. Rogan


Grade IV


35 Russell St. Newfields St.


Ruth H. Tolman


Grade IV


21 Chilton St.


Mt. Pleasant School


Helen H. Linnell, Prin. Grade VI


72 Warren Ave.


* Arline S. Anderson


Grade IV


13 Whiting St.


Elsie C. Muir


Grade V


13 Whiting St.


Gladys M. Sargent


Grade I 13 Whiting St.


Nellie L. Shaw


Grade III


21 Chilton St.


A. Ruth Toombs


Grade II 41 Mayflower St.


Individual School


Dorothy L. Burnett


Mary L. Jackson Ungraded


Ungraded 10 Clyfton St. 9 Sever St.


Grace R. Moor


Lincoln Street Primary Grades I, II 11 Sandwich St.


Alden Street School Grade I 115 Court St.


*Nora Morton


*Gladys L. Brownell


Wellingsley School Grades I-IV 5 Stephens St.


*Jessie L. Boyd Alice H. Bishop Edna M. Brown


Grade II


Grade VI


21 Vernon St.


Helen F. Holmes


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Gertrude W. Zahn


Cliff Street School Grades I-VI 320 Court St.


*Marie R. Freeman


Chiltonville Primary Grades I-VI 182 Court St.


Russell Mills School


Clementine L. Ortolani Grades I-IV 8 Cherry St.


Estella Butland Mary E. Robbins


Manomet School


Grades I-III 4 Massasoit St.


Grades IV-VI 102 Allerton St.


*Hilda L. Feener


Cedarville School Grades 1-VIII Bournedale, Mass.


Special Teachers


Frances I. Bagnell


Grade VI-Corn- ish-Knapp-Mt.


Pleasant


5 Spring St., No. Ply.


* Vivian Dix


Supervisor of Music 118 Court St.


Beatrice Emerson


Supervisor of Phys. Ed. Ele-


mentary schools 21 Clifford Rd.


* Amy L. Hammond


Supervisor of Sewing 15 Allerton St.


*John H. Smith


Supervisor of Phys. Ed., High and Junior High 5 Winter St.


Faith C. Stalker


Supervisor of Drawing 133 Court St.


Elsie R. Stevens


Drawing, Junior High and High 35 Mayflower St.


*Mrs. Lee Jarrett


General Substitutes High, Jr. High and Elementary Kingston, Mass.


Mrs. Jennie E. Taylor


High and Ele- mentary 42 Stafford St.


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Medical Department


J. Holbrook Shaw, M.D. School Physician 43 Court St. Susie Macdonald


*Bessie Fenton Gladys S. White


Nurse Ass't


Dental Hygienist


18 Allerton St. High St.


144 Spruce St., No. Abington, Mass.


Janitors


High 237 Sandwich St.


Junior High


17 Mt. Pleasant St.


Mt. Pleasant


9 Robinson St.


Cornish, Burton


1 Royal St.


Knapp


23 Atlantic St.


Hedge


24 Hall St.


Alden St., Cold Spring Standish Ave. Oak St.


Oak St.


Lincoln St., South St.


6 South St.


Wellingsley


223 Sandwich St. Clifford Rd.


William Nickerson


Russell Mills


Russell Mills


Manomet


Manomet


Cedarville


Cedarville


Cliff St.


Sandwich Rd.


Charles Coates John R. Yates


William H. Raymond Peter A. Dries, Jr. Sebastian Riedel Leo Callahan Nelson Pero


George F. Merrill


George A. Burgess


Winslow Rickard


Mrs. F. Goodwin


Chiltonville


W. Cleveland John S. Dunn Elliott F. Swift


School Nurse


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INDEX


Abstracts of Records of 1925


6


Appropriations on Warrant for Annual Town Meeting


198


Assessors' Report


207


Balance Sheet


69


Births


254


Board of Health


185


Bonds


228


Building Inspector


231


Cemetery Funds


186


Deaths


77


Fire Commissioner


248


Forest Fire Warden


227


Forestry Committee


226


Inspector of Milk


259


Inspector of Plumbing


261


Inspector of Slaughtering


258


Jurors


Licenses Issued


244


Marriages


60


Measurer of Wood and Bark


224


Moth Suppression 229


210


Park Commissioners


215


Playgrounds


215


Police Department


202


Public Library


234


Report of Advisory and Finance Committee


20


Report of Relocation Committee


50


Report of Supt. of Streets and Town Engineer 42


Report of Town Clerk 59


School Report


277


Sealer of Weights and Measures


218


Selectmen's Report


38


State Auditor's Report


87


Tree Warden 230


Town Accountant


99


Town Officers, 1925


3


Town Planning Board 54


Water Commissioners 264


Special index for school reports on the following page.


Page


94


Cemetery Department


244


Overseers of the Poor


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SCHOOL REPORT CONTENTS


Page


School Calendar


278


School Directory 279


Report of School Committee


280


Financial Report 283


283


Budget for 1927 286


Superintendent's Report


Conditions in Senior and Junior High Schools 286-287


Health Department 287


Individual School 287


Condition in Grades 288


Retardation in Grades I to VI 288


Results in Language Test


290


Results in Reading Test 292


Results in Arithmetic Test


294


Results of Intelligence Test


297


General Summary


299


A Study of Retarded Children


299


Conclusion of Survey 301


Comparative Costs


301


To the Parents 303


Report of Senior High School Principal


305


Report of Junior High School Principal


Reports of Supervisors of Physical Education 310


Report of Music Supervisor 317


Report of Drawing Supervisor 319


Report of Americanization Director 321


Report of Principal of Summer School 324


Reports of School Physician, School Nurse and School Dentist 327 School Enrollment 347


School Census 348


Employment of Minors 348


Report of Attendance Officer 349


School Department Employees 350


312-315


Conditions in Rural Schools


300


AANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


1927


Town Officers


OF THE


Town of Plymouth


For the Year Ending December 31st


1927


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REPORT OF ADVISORY and FINANCE COMMITTEE on the ARTICLES in the TOWN WARRANT MARCH 26, 1927


The Committee submits its report and recommenda- tions on the several articles on the warrant.


The usual series of meetings has been held at each of which some of the boards of officers and heads of depart- ments have been present, their budgets or appropriation items considered, and such questions answered and ex- planations made as have seemed necessary.


Representative petitioners have been heard on articles inserted in the warrant by petitions.


Article 5. To make the necessary appropriations to defray the expenses of the Town, and for other purposes, and to raise such sums of money as the Town shall deem expedient. Recommended


By


By


Departments


Committee


Selectmen's Department,


$3,200.00


$3,200.00


Accounting Department,


2,550.00


2,550.00


Treasury Department,


1,925.00


1,925.00


Tax Collector's Department,


2,700.00


2,700.00


Assessors' Department,


6,000.00


6,000.00


Assessors' Plans,


1,000.00


1,000.00


Law Department,


1,200.00


1,000.00


Town Clerk's Department,


1,650.00


1,650.00


Engineering Department,


1,000.00


1,000.00


Planning Board,


1,500.00


1,500.00


Election and Registration,


700.00


700.00


Maintenance of Town House,


3,000.00


3,000.00


Maintenance of Town Hall,


9,000.0


9,000.00


Police Department,


27,000.00


27,000.00


Fire Department,


36,605.82


36,000.00


Sealing Weights and Measures,


2,600.00


2,600.00


Moth Suppression,


5,000.00


5,000.00


Tree Warden's Department,


2,500.00


2,500.00


Forest Warden's Department,


4,000.00


4,000.00


Inland Fisheries,


250.00


250.00


Plymouth County Hospital Maintenance, Health Department,


18,000.00


18,000.00


Public Sanitaries,


3,100.00


2,200.00


Sewers,


6,000.00


6,000.00


Street Cleaning,


5,000.00


5,000.00


Roads and Bridges,


40,000.00


40,000.00


Hard-Surfacing Streets,


7,500.00


7,500.00


Bridge on Brook Road, Manomet,


500.00


500.00


Gurnet Bridge Tax,


773.62


773.62


Sidewalks,


7,000.00


7,000.00


Sidewalks; Granolithic,


6,000.00


6,000.00


Snow and Ice Removal,


16,000.00


12,000.00


Street Sprinkling,


6,000.00


6,000.00


Street Lighting,


19,000.00


19,000.00


Harbor Master,


150.00


150.00


Pensions for Town Laborers,


800.00


800.00


Poor Department (Including Mothers' Aid)


26,000.00


26,000.00


Soldiers' Benefits (Overdrafts from 1926)


State Aid,


$1,264.00


Military Aid,


155.00


Soldiers' Burials,


60.00


Soldiers' Relief,


3,905.92


5,384.92


5,384.92


School Department,


250,950.00


250,950.00


Sexton,


200.00


200.00


Miscellaneous Account,


3,500.00


3,500.00


Water Department, Maintenance,


28,000.00


28,000.00


Water Department, Construction,


5,000.00


5,000.00


Oak Grove and Vine Hills Cemeteries,


11,500.00


11,500.00


Burial Hill Cemetery,


2,000.00


2,000.00


Chiltonville, Manomet, Cedarville and


300.00


300.00


Town Debt and Interest,


87,000.00


87,000.00


$684,187.72 $678,481.90


Art. 7. Manomet Public Library,


500.00


500.00


Art. 8. Park Department, for Parks, Training Green and Public Camp- ing Places,


10,763.00


8,500.00


Art. 9. Park Department, for Public Playgrounds,


8,970.00


6,500.00


Art. 10. Bath-house at Stephens Field Playground,


2,500.00


2,500.00


Art. 11. Memorial Day,


550.00


400.00


Art. 12. July Fourth and Forefathers' Day,


900.00


900.00


Art. 13. Band Concerts,


500.00


500.00


Art. 14. Plymouth County Aid to Agriculture,


250.00


Art. 15. Rifle Range,


200.00


200.00


Soldiers' Benefits for 1927,


6,000.00


6,000.00


South Pond Cemeteries,


Art. 6. Plymouth Public Library,


7,500.00


7,500.00


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9,148.36


9,148.36


Art. 16. Town Forest for Reforesting and Improvement, 2,000.00


2,000.00


Art. 17. Inspection of Buildings, 1,000.00 . 1,000.00


Art. 18. New Public Sanitary on State Wharf, 5,000.00


. . . . . ·


Art. 19. Repairs to Main Sewer Outlet,


4,550.00


4,550.00


Art. 20. Prince Street,


Damages, $2,080.00


Construction, 2,520.00


4,600.00


4,600.00


Art. 21. New Sewer on Prince Street, Court Street and Hedge's Road,


12,000.00


12,000.00


Art. 22. New Equipment for Highway Department,


7,350.00


7,350.00


Art. 23. Rounding-Off Street Corners,


1,000.00


1,000.00


Art. 24. Sandwich Road Macadam,


8,000.00


8,000.00


Art. 25. Cordage Terrace Extension,


250.00


250.00


Art. 26. New Public Way from Billington Street to land of J. Malaguti off Standish Avenue,


6,500.00


7,000.00


Art. 27. Surfacing and Sidewalk on Grant Street and McKinley Road,


2,500.00


2,500.00


Art. 28. Surfacing on Clifford Road,


2,500.00


2,500.00


Art. 29. Paving Main Street Extension,


10,000.00


Art. 30. Grading on Town Wharf,


1,000.00


1,000.00


Art. 31. Iron Fence on Market Street,


1,000.00


1,000.00


Art. 32. Fire Alarm Signal System,


6,500.00


7,000.00


Art. 33. Asphalt Surface on Shore Road,


2,500.00


2,500.00


Art. 36. Plymouth Beach for Park Purposes, 6,000.00


6,000.00


Art. 38. Addition to Vine Hills Cemetery, 2,500.00


Art. 41. Driveways at Memorial Building,


1,400.00


.


$804,970.72 $776,231.90


Article 6. To take such action as the Town may see fit in aid of the Plymouth Public Library.


The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $7,500.00, including the dog tax for 1926 amounting to $1,790.38, in aid of the Plymouth Public Library.


Article 7. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding five hundred (500) dollars in aid of the Manomet Public Library.


The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $500.00 in aid of the Manomet Public Library.


Article 8. To see what appropriation the Town will make for the care and maintenance and improvement of the parks, Training Green and public camping places.


The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $8,500.00 for the care, maintenance and improvement of the parks, including the Training Green and Public Camping Place.


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Article 9. To see what appropriation the Town will make for the care and maintenance and improvement of the public playgrounds.


The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $6,500.00 for the care, maintenance and improvement of the public playgrounds.


Article 10. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred (2,500) dollars for building a bath-house at the Stephens Field Playground.


The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $2,500.00 for building a bath-house on the Stephens Field Play- ground.


Article 11. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding five hundred and fifty (550) dollars for the observance of Memorial Day.


The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $400.00 for the observance of Memorial Day, $50.00 of this to be apportioned to the United Spanish War Veterans.


Article 12. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money not exceeding nine hundred (900) dollars to pay the expenses of the observance of July 4th, and of an Old Home Day in connection with Forefathers' Day, said money to be expended by the Board of Selectmen.


The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $900.00 for the observance of July Fourth and Forefathers' Day, to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen.


Article 13. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money not exceeding five hundred (500) dollars for public band concerts, said money to be expended by the Board of Selectmen.


The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $500.00 for public band concerts.


Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the use of the Plymouth County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture a sum not exceeding two hundred and fifty (250) dollars, and choose a Town Di- rector as provided in Sections 41 and 45 of Revised Chap- ter 128 of the General Laws, and act thereon.


The Committee recommends that no action be taken under this Article.


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Article 15. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding two hundred (200) dollars for Rifle Range expenses.


The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $200.00 for Rifle Range expenses.


Article 16. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding two thousand (2,000) dollars for reforest- ing and improvement in the Town Forest.


The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 for reforesting and improvement in the Town Forest.


Article 17. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding one thousand (1,000) dollars for compensa- tion of the Inspector of Buildings and to defray the ex- penses of that office.


The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for compensation of the Inspector of Buildings and to defray the expenses of that office.


Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to build and equip a public sanitary on the State Reservation on the water front, and appropriate a sum not exceeding five thousand (5,000) dollars for that purpose.


The Committee recommends that no appropriation be made this year for the purpose set forth in this Article.


Article 19. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding forty-five hundred and fifty (4,550) dollars for repairs to the sewer outlet.


The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $4,550.00 for repairs to the sewer outlet.


Article 20. To see if the Town will accept and allow as a Town way Prince Street, from Court Street, easterly, to a point one hundred and twenty feet east of the east- erly line of a private way known as Cordage Street, as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town; and appropriate the sum of forty-six hundred (4,600) dollars for land damages and cost of construction thereof.


The Committee recommends that the Town accept and allow, as a town way, Prince Street as laid out by the Selectmen and re- ported to the Town; that an appropriation in the sum of $2,080.00 be made for property damage thereon; and that an appropriation in the sum of $2,540.00 be made for construction thereof.


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Article 21. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding twelve thousand (12,000) dollars to be used for construction of sewer on Prince Street, Court Street, and Hedge's Road, so called.


The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $12,000.00 to be used for the construction of sewer on Prince Street, Court Street and Hedge's Road.


Article 22. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding seventy-three hundred and fifty (7,350) dollars for purchasing new equipment for the Highway Department.


The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $7,350.00 for purchasing new equipment for the Highway De- partment.


Article 23. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding one thousand (1,000) dollars for widening corners at street intersections, as recommended by the Town Planning Board.


The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for widening corners at street intersections.


Article 24. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding eight thousand (8,000) dollars for macad- amizing on the Sandwich road.


The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $8,000.00 for macadamizing on the Sandwich Road.


Article 25. To see if the Town will accept and allow as a Town way Cordage Terrace Extension as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town, and make an ap- propriation of two hundred and fifty (250) dollars for filling and grading on said way.


The Committee recommends that the Town accept and allow, as a town way, Cordage Terrace Extension as laid out by the Se- lectmen and reported to the Town, and that the sum of $250.00 be appropriated for filling and grading on said way.


Article 26. To see if the Town will accept and allow the layout of a new public way from Billington Street, northerly, to land of Joseph Malaguti off Standish Ave- nue, as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town; make an appropriation not exceeding thirty-five thousand (35,000) dollars for land damages and grading


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on said way ; and authorize the issue of bonds or notes of the Town for that purpose.


The Committee recommends that the Town accept and allow the layout of a new public way from Billington Street, northerly, to land of J. Malaguti, off Standish Avenue, as laid out by the Select- men and reported to the Town. That the Town appropriate the sum of $35,000.00 for construction thereof, $5,000.00 of which shall be for land damages.


That to meet said appropriation there be raised in the levy of the current year the sum of $7,000.00, and that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow the sum of $28,000.00, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town there- for, said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provisions of section 19 of chapter 44 of the General Laws, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than five years from the date of issue of the first bond or note.


Article 27. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of twenty-five hundred (2,500) dollars for surfacing the road and building sidewalk on Grant Street and Mc- Kinley Road.


The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $2,500.00 for surfacing the road and building sidewalk on Grant Street and McKinley Road.


Article 28. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred (2,500) dollars for hard-surfacing on the Clifford Road.


The Committee recommends that the Town appropriate the sum of $2,500.00 for hard-surfacing on the Clifford Road.


Article 29. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding ten thousand (10,000) dollars to be used for paving Main Street Extension with re-enforced concrete or granite blocks on concrete base.




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