Town annual report of Plymouth, MA 1934-1936, Part 32

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Publication date: 1934
Publisher: Town of Plymouth
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Grades III, IV


133 Court Street 76 Oak Street


Mt. Pleasant School


Principal (also Hedge)


Cadet Teacher


Grade I


Grade VI


11 Washington Street


Grade IV


16 Lothrop Street


Grade II


11 Sandwich Street


31/2 Mayflower Place 26 Whiting Street


Wellingsley School


Grades I-IV


10 Holmes Terrace


Manomet School


Principal, Grades V, VI Grades I, II Grades III, IV


Manomet, Mass. Manomet, Mass. Long Pond


Individual School


Principal, Ungraded Ungraded


9 Sever Street 34 Court Street


Special Teachers


Drawing-Elem., Jr. High Supervisor of Sewing Supervisor of Music


Clifford Road 210 Sandwich Street Howes Lane


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Mabel F. Douglas Mora E. Norton


Dorice A. Knowles Mildred R. Randall


*Coburn W. Tripp Dolores Guidoboni *Dorothy C. Harmon


*Helen S. Manchester Bertha M. Mitchell Grace R. Moor M. Louise Peterson Maxine Swett


Muriel G. Bradford


Elouise E. Ellis Estella Butland Mabel R. Woodward


Mary L. Jackson Carolyn L. Avanzini


Hazel Bates Grace Blackmer *Dr. Howard C. Davis


Grade III


Grade V


47 Union Street 6 Suosso Lane


13 Whiting Street


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*Eileen C. Dennehy Virginia Dowling Beatrice E. Garvin *Henry T. Knowlton


Louis B. Hayden, M. D. Hilda Swett Hazel E. Bruce Jane Bradford


Barbara M. Coombs Marion Bennett


Music, Gr. I-VI (pt. time)


47 Samoset Street


Drawing-Jr .- Sr. High 35 Mayflower Street Phys. Ed .- Elem. H. S. gls. Sandwich Street Phy. Educ .- Jr. & Sr. High 11 Allerton Street


Health Department


School Physician


School Nurse


Assistant to Nurse


Dental Hygiene Teacher


79 Court Street 26 Whiting Street 301/2 South Street


26 Allerton Street


Clerks


Principals' Office-High 3 Goddard Court Principal's Office-Jr. High 76 Sandwich Street


Supervisor of School Buildings


Thomas A. Bodell


24 Royal Street


Janitors


Andrea Busi


South St. & Lincoln St.


Leo Callahan


Hedge


Warrick Cleveland


Manomet


Cornish and Burton


1 Royal Street


Wilson Farnell


High Mt. Pleasant


31/2 Sagamore Street 32 Whiting Street


Cold Spring


22 Davis Street


21 Oak Street


High and Junior High


15 Royal Street


14 Mt. Pleasant Street


14 Atlantic Street


Knapp


Junior High


15 Lincoln Street 103 Court Street Manomet


Peter A. Dries, Jr.


James Martin John F. McArdle George F. Merrill Arthur Poirier Winslow E. Rickard Sebastian Riedel Fred J. Smith


Oak Street


Wellingsley


85 Sandwich Street


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REPORT OF THE TOWN


OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR


1936


ANNUAL REPORT


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For the Year Ending December 31, 1936


LINOTYPED, PRINTED AND BOUND BY THE MEMORIAL PRESS PLYMOUTH. MASS.


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INDEX TO TOWN REPORT


Page


Accountant 183


Schedule A 187


Schedule B 214


Adjourned Special Town Meeting, Dec. 21, 1936 24


Agriculture, County Aid to 170


Annual Town Meeting, Mar. 28, 1936


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Adjourned Town Meeting, April 13, 1936 15


Appropriations 289


Assessors, Board of 109


Births 73


Buildings, Inspector 152


Cemetery Commissioners 150


Coastal Fisheries, Regulations 166


Deaths 80


Engineer, Town 168


Fire Commissioner 144


Fisheries, Inland 165


Forest Fire Warden


163


Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth


161


Harbor Master


160


Health, Board of


135


Jurors, List of


175


Library Report


118


Milk Inspector


141


Officers, Town, 1936


5


Old Age Assistance, Bureau of


116


Park Commission 173


125


Planning Board


143


Police Department


102


Report of Advisory and Finance Committee on


Articles in Town Warrant, Mar. 28, 1936 26


Report of Advisory and Finance Committee on


Marriages 61


Plumbing, Inspectors of


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Articles in Town Warrant, Dec. 14, 1936 42


Representative Town Government, Committee on 128


Sanitary Inspector 139


Selectmen, Board of


49


Slaughtering, Inspector of 140


Special Town Meeting, December 14, 1936 23


Streets and Sewers, Superintendent of 53


Town Forest 164


Tree Warden 162


Water Commissioners


92


Water Superintendent 99


Weights and Measures, Sealer of 153


Welfare, Board of Public 112


Wood and Bark, Measurer of 159


INDEX TO SCHOOL REPORT


Page


Budget for 1937


6


Calendar, 1937


1


Census


71


Elementary School


41


Employees


73


Employment of Minors


71


Enrollment


72


Financial, General


5


Financial, Senior-Junior High


8


Health Department


64


Individual School


49


Junior High School 38


Memorial to Lydia E. Holmes 32


Officers


3


Oral Hygiene and Dental Clinic 67


School Committee


9


Senior High School


33


Superintendent 21


Supervisor of Attendance 70


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TOWN OFFICERS, 1936


Selectmen: James A. White, William H. Armstrong, Howard M. Douglas, John H. Murray and Amedeo V. Sgarzi.


Clerk of Selectmen: Elmer R. Harlow.


Town Clerk: Herbert K. Bartlett.


Town Treasurer: Herbert K. Bartlett.


Collector of Taxes: Herbert W. Bartlett.


Town Accountant: Elmer R. Harlow.


Assessors: Thomas L. Cassidy, chosen 1934 for three years; Fred A. Sampson, chosen 1935 for three years; Charles H. Sherman, chosen 1936 for three years.


Overseers of the Public Welfare: Thomas W. Loft, chosen 1934 for three years; William H. Beever, chosen 1935 for three years; James Rae, chosen 1936 for three years; Mr. Rae resigned Nov. 16, 1936 and Harvey S. Hatch was appointed to fill the vacancy.


Water Commissioners: John H. Damon, chosen 1934 for three years; William R. Morton and Richard T. El- dridge, chosen 1935 for three years; Frank D. Bartlett and John L. Morton, chosen 1936 for three years.


School Committee: Edward W. Bradford and Edward A. Buttner, chosen 1934 for three years; Harry W. Burns and J. Frankland Miller, chosen 1935 for three years ; Fannie T. Rowell and E. Harold Donovan, chosen 1936 for three years.


Cemetery Commissioners : Richard T. Eldridge, chosen 1934 for three years ; Edward R. Belcher, chosen 1935 for three years; Arthur E. Blackmer, chosen 1936 for three years.


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Burial Hill Committee: Cemetery Commissioners.


Agawam and Halfway Pond Herring Fishery Com- mittee: Emil C. Birnstein, Jr., Elmer P. Boutin and Paul H. Manion.


Park Commissioners: Myron L. Smith, chosen 1934 for three years; James T. Frazier, chosen 1935 for three years; Ernest C. Dunham, chosen 1936 for three years.


Board of Health: Andrew J. Carr, chosen 1934 for three years; Herbert S. Maxwell, chosen 1935 for three years ; Thomas F. Kilkelly, chosen 1936 for three years.


Surveyors and Measurers of Lumber: Warren S. Bumpus and Alvin A. Hall.


Surveyor of Wood and Bark: Daniel J. Sullivan.


Town Director to County Aid to Agriculture: James S. A. Valler, appointed May 11, 1936.


Planning Board: Arthur E. Blackmer, Aldo Giovanetti, George L. Gooding, Francis C. Holmes and Allen D. Rus- sell.


Field Drivers and Fence Viewers: Charles H. Ray- mond, Lewis F. Smith and Chester A. Torrance.


Committee on Inland Fisheries: Warren S. Gale, Geof- frey D. Perrior and Michael D. Welsh.


Committee on Town Forest: Abbott A. Raymond, Charles T. Stevens and Adrian P. Whiting.


Board of Registration: Harold P. Sears, appointed 1934 for three years; Enrico Ferrari, appointed 1935 for three years; J. Ernest Beauregard, appointed 1936 for three years.


Committee on Sewers: Selectmen.


Sexton: Edward G. Ellis.


Pound Keeper: Russell L. Dickson.


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Article Eight :


On motion of Ralph L. Drew, Voted: That the Town appropriate the sum of $100.00 for the use of the Plym- outh County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture, and choose a Town Director.


No nominations made.


Article Nine :


On motion of Ralph L. Drew, Voted: That the Town appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the purpose of main- taining, during the ensuing year, the mosquito control works as estimated and certified to by the State Reclama- tion Board.


Article Ten :


On motion of Ralph L. Drew, Voted: That the Town appropriate the sum of $175.00 for Rifle Range Expenses.


Article Eleven :


On motion of Ralph L. Drew, Voted: That the Town appropriate the sum of $400.00 for the observance of Memorial Day.


Article Twelve:


On motion of Ralph L. Drew, Voted: That the Town appropriate the sum of two hundred and fifty (250) dol- lars for the observance of Armistice Day.


Article Thirteen :


Mr. Ralph L. Drew moved: That the Town appropri- ate the sum of seven hundred and fifty (750) dollars for observance of July Fourth, to be expended by the Board of Selectmen.


Mr. Philip Jackson moved to substitute: That the Town appropriate the sum of One hundred and fifty


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(150) dollars for the observance of July Fourth. said money to be expended by the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Plymouth, as follows: Such part of said one hundred and fifty dollars as is necessary to aid in the building or to build two municipal bonfires, one in the north and one in the south part of the town, the balance of said appropriation to be used to promote, and as prizes for sports, etc., provided that no part of said balance shall be paid to any person over twenty-one years of age, but the motion was lost.


Mr. Drew's motion was then put before the meeting and carried.


Article Fourteen :


On motion of Ralph L. Drew, Voted: That the Town appropriate the sum of one thousand (1,000.00) dollars to employ a District Nurse.


Article Fifteen :


To see if the Town will vote to extend the Town Forest by purchase of adjacent woodland and appropriate for that purpose a sum not exceeding two hundred (200) dollars.


On motion of Ralph L. Drew, Voted: That the Town take no action under Article 15.


Article Sixteen :


On motion of Ralph L. Drew, Voted: That the Town appropriate the sum of seven hundred and fifty (750) dollars for the cultivation, propagation and protection of shellfish, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen. Two hundred sixty-five voting in the affirmative, and fifty-one in the negative, the neces- sary two-thirds having voted in the affirmative, the mo- tion was carried.


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Article Seventeen :


Mr. Ralph L. Drew moved: That the Town appropriate the sum of one thousand (1000.00) dollars for compensa- tion and expense of the Dog Officer. Two hundred eighty- eight voting in the affirmative and one hundred thirteen voting in the negative, the motion was carried.


Article Eighteen :


Mr. Allen D. Russell moved: That the Town adopt the zoning map and by-laws as prepared by the Planning Board, and published in the Old Colony Memorial and circulated through the town, but with the following cor- rections :


1. The area between Bourne Street, Cherry Street, Standish Avenue, and Court Street now zoned for gen- eral residence to be changed to Business except for the property of Mrs. Mary Brown as shown on the assessors maps.


2. The East side of Standish Avenue beginning at Savery's Lane, 100 feet deep, extending northerly to a point 273 feet from Cherry Street, changed to Business.


3. Each corner of the intersection of Samoset Street, and the Westerly Route, as laid out on the Zoning Map, shall be zoned for Business as follows: each area to ex- tend one hundred feet on each Street or Route and extend back one hundred feet therefrom.


4. The area on the zoning map between Sandwich Street, Lincoln Street, Union Street and the business area, now zoned for Single Residence to be changed to General Residence.


The motion was lost.


Article Nineteen :


Mr. Ralph L. Drew moved: That the salary of the Chairman of the Assessors be raised from $1,440.00 to


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$1,640.00 and that the sum of one hundred and fifty (150) dollars be added to the Assessors' appropriation to provide for paying such increased salary for the re- mainder of the year.


Mr. William H. Armstrong moved to amend: That the salary of the Chairman of the Board of Assessors be in- creased to $1,800.00 and that the sum of $270.00 be add- ed to the Assessors' appropriation to provide payment for such increase in salary, and the motion was carried.


Mr. Drew's motion, as amended, was then put before the meeting and carried.


Article Twenty :


On motion of Ralph L. Drew, Voted: That the Town reimburse the estate of Levy Mayer for loss of a truck in the forest fire of April 28, 1935, and appropriate the sum of six hundred (600.00) dollars for that purpose.


Article Twenty-One:


Mr. E. Harold Donovan moved: That the Town pur- chase the land of Harry Frim and Rebecca Frim on the southerly side of Bradford Street, and appropriate the sum of one thousand two hundred ($1,200.00) dollars therefor, and that the School Committee be authorized to exchange such portion of the Frim land as they may deem wise for such portion of the land of James W. Pratt on said Bradford Street as they may deem wise, and that they be authorized to grant, to said James W. Pratt a right to pass or repass, on foot or by vehicle, over so much of the land so acquired by purchase and exchange as they may determine, the location of such right of way to be fixed by the said School Committee from time to time as necessity may require or the occasion demand, and that the School Committee be authorized to sign, seal, execute and deliver, in the name and on the behalf of the Town all necessary instruments therefor.


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Mr. Charles H. Raymond moved: That this article be indefinitely postponed. Ninety-seven voting in the affirmative and three hundred twenty-nine in the nega- tive, the motion to postpone was lost.


Mr. Donovan's motion was then put before the meeting.


Mr. George A. Davee moved: That the vote be taken by ballot, but the motion was lost.


Three hundred forty-six voting in the affirmative and ninety-eight voting in the negative, the necessary two- thirds having voted in the affirmative, the motion was carried.


Article Twenty-two:


On motion of Ralph L. Drew, Voted: That the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell or otherwise dispose of the Lincoln Street Primary School building after the completion of the new High School.


Article Twenty-Three:


On motion of Ralph L. Drew, Voted: That the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell or otherwise dispose of the portable building on the Lincoln Street lot.


Article Twenty-Four:


To see if the Town will vote to purchase for play- ground purposes, from Elizabeth F. Paty et al., a lot of land containing approximately 169,340 square feet, ad- joining the southerly side of the Mt. Pleasant School grounds and extending to Mt. Pleasant and South Streets, with right-of-way to Whiting Street, and make an ap- propriation therefor not exceeding four thousand (4,000) dollars. (By request of the Park Commissioners.)


On motion of Ralph L. Drew, Voted: That the Town take no action under Article 24.


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Article Twenty-Five :


Mr. Ralph L. Drew moved: That the Town take no action under Article twenty-five.


Mr. John H. Murray made a substitute motion: That the Town appropriate the sum of eleven thousand (11,- 000) dollars for the extension of the Fire Alarm System to that part of Plymouth known as Manomet and White Horse Beach. Two hundred forty-four voting in the affirmative and one hundred sixty-six in the negative, the motion was carried.


On motion of Philip Jackson, Voted: To adjourn to the second Monday in April, at 8 o'clock, P. M.


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ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING APRIL 13, 1936


Mr. Morton Collingwood moved to reconsider action taken by the Town under Article 18. Two hundred eighty-one voting in the affirmative and two hundred sixty-four in the negative, the motion was carried.


The motion of Allen D. Russell was put before the meeting.


Mr. Allen D. Russell moved: That the Town adopt the zoning map and by-laws as prepared by the Planning Board, and published in the Old Colony Memorial and circulated through the town, but with the following cor- rections :


1. The area between Bourne Street, Cherry Street, Standish Avenue and Court Street now zoned for general residence to be changed to Business except for the prop- erty of Mrs. Mary Brown as shown on the assessors' maps.


2. The East side of Standish Avenue, beginning at Savery's Lane, 100 feet deep, extending northerly to a point 273 feet from Cherry Street changed to Business.


3. Each corner of the intersection of Samoset Street, and the Westerly Route, as laid out on the Zoning Map shall be zoned for Business as follows: each area to ex- tend one hundred feet on each street or Route and extend back one hundred feet therefrom.


4. The area on the zoning map between Sandwich Street, Lincoln Street, Union Street and the business area, now zoned for Single Residence to be changed to General Residence.


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On motion of Michael J. Bagnell, Voted : That the count under Article 18 be taken by ballot.


Three hundred thirty voting in the affirmative and four hundred forty-seven in the negative, the motion was lost.


Article Twenty-Six :


To see if the Town will accept and allow as a town way Manomet Avenue from the end of the 1929 layout of Manomet Avenue, northerly to a point opposite to the . building of Edward T. Longstreth, as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town, and make an appro- priation for damages and expense of acquiring titles not exceeding one hundred (100) dollars. (By Petition).


On motion of Ralph L. Drew, Voted: That the Town take no action under Article 26.


Mr. Charles Moning moved to reconsider action taken under Article 25 and the motion was carried.


Mr. Murray's substitute motion was then put before the meeting.


Mr. John H. Murray made a substitute motion: That the Town appropriate the sum of eleven thousand (11,- 000) dollars for the extension of the Fire Alarm System to that part of Plymouth known as Manomet and White Horse Beach, and the motion was lost.


Article Twenty-Seven :


On motion of Ralph L. Drew, Voted: That the Town accept and allow as a town way Strand Avenue from the junction of the State Highway and the Manomet Point Road to Manomet Avenue, as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town, and appropriate the sum of one hundred (100.00) dollars for damages and expense of acquiring titles in connection therewith. Two hun- dred seventy-nine voting in the affirmative and three


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voting in the negative, the necessary two-thirds having voted in the affirmative, the motion was carried.


Article Twenty-Eight:


On motion of Ralph L. Drew, it was unanimously voted: That the Town accept and allow as a town way Simes Road, from Holmes Road to Manomet Avenue, as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town, and appropriate the sum of one hundred (100) dollars for damages and expense of acquiring titles in connection therewith.


Article Twenty-Nine:


On motion of Ralph L. Drew, it was unanimously voted: That the Town accept and allow as a town way Holmes Road, from Strand Avenue to Simes Road, as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town, and appropriate the sum of one hundred (100.00) dollars for damages and expenses of acquiring titles in connection therewith.


Mr. Philip Jackson moved: That Article 34 be taken up at this time, but the motion was lost.


Article Thirty :


Mr. Ralph L. Drew moved: That the Town appropriate the sum of twenty thousand (20,000) dollars to be set apart and administered as a general unemployment relief fund to be expended with the approval of the Board of Selectmen for the purchase or hire of materials, supplies, and equipment and the employment of labor for the furtherance of, or as the contribution of the Town to any Federal unemployment relief project undertaken or to be undertaken within the town, or, in the event of there being no Federal unemployment relief project un- dertaken, or in the event that all such projects are dis- continued, then to be expended with the approval of the Board of Selectmen by or under the direction of the appropriate boards or officers in charge of the several


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town departments for the construction, improvement or repair of public ways, public parks, sewerage and water supply systems, municipal buildings or other municipal works or undertakings provided that employment shall be given only to those citizens of the town who shall be certified by the Board of Selectmen to be in need of em- ployment. Four hundred forty-nine voting in the affirma- tive, and six in the negative, the necessary two-thirds having voted in the affirmative, the motion was carried.


Article Thirty-One :


On motion of Ralph L. Drew, Voted: That the Town appropriate the sum of thirty-two hundred and fifty (3,250.00) dollars to be used in construction on the Fed- eral Furnace Road to Carver, in conjunction with the State Department of Public Works and the Plymouth County Commissioners.


Article Thirty-Two:


Mr. Ralph L. Drew moved: That the Town take no action under Article thirty-two.


Mr. Alton D. Edes made a substitute motion: That the Town adopt Section 85 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws of Massachusetts 1932 Tercentenary Edition, pro- viding for pensions for permanent members of the Police and Fire Departments of Towns. But the motion was lost.


Mr. Drew's motion was then put before the meeting and carried.


Article Thirty-Three:


Mr. Ralph L. Drew moved: That the Town accept the provisions of Section 49 of Chapter 31 of the General Laws, relative to the Chief of the Police Department, and Acts amendatory thereto, but the motion was lost.


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Article Thirty-Four :


Mr. Ralph L. Drew moved: That the Town take no action under Article 34.


Mr. Philip Jackson moved to substitute the following motion: That the Town hereby appropriates the sum of fifty-five hundred dollars for the construction of a sewer in or parallel to Billington and Summer Streets, as per plans of the Town Engineer, preferably, through aid as a W. P. A. project, or by labor sent from the Public Wel- fare Department but the motion was lost.


Mr. Drew's motion was then put before the meeting and carried.


Article Thirty-Five:


Mr. Ralph L. Drew moved: That the Town take no action under Article 35.


Mr. Hugh R. Maraghy made a substitute motion: That the Town hereby appropriate the sum of $4,000.00 to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen for the purchase of property located in the westerly part of the town known as the Craig Farm for use as an airport, including the acquisition of such adjoining land as may be needed for said purpose, but the motion was lost.


Mr. Drew's motion was then put before the meeting and carried.


Article Thirty-Six :


Mr. Ralph L. Drew moved: That the Town take no action under Article 36.


Mr. Morton Collingwood made a substitute motion: That the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to ac- quire for the Town by purchase, gift, eminent domain or otherwise, approximately 28000 square feet of land on the easterly side of School Street for use as a parking space, but the motion was lost.


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Mr. Drew's motion was then put before the meeting and carried.


Article Thirty-Seven:


No motion made under this article in view of the action taken under article 36.


Article Thirty-Eight:


To see if the Town will accept and allow as a town way Margerie Street from Oak Street westerly, as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town, and make an appropriation for damages and expense of acquiring titles not exceeding one hundred (100) dollars. (By Pe- tition).


On motion of Ralph L. Drew, Voted: That the Town take no action under Article 38.


Article Thirty-Nine:


To see if the Town will accept and allow as a town way Benham Street from Margerie Street to Alvin Road, as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town, and make an appropriation for damages and acquiring titles not exceeding one hundred (100) dollars. (By Pe- tition).


On motion of Ralph L. Drew, Voted: That the Town take no action under Article 39.


Article Forty :


On motion of Ralph L. Drew, it was unanimously voted: That the Town accept and allow as a town way Moning Terrace from Standish Avenue southwesterly. as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town, and appropriate the sum of one hundred (100.00) dollars for damages and expense of acquiring titles in connection therewith.


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Article Forty-One:


Mr. Ralph L. Drew moved: That the Town take no action under Article 41.


Mr. Edgar J. Mongan made a substitute motion: That the Town accept and allow as a town way Wellingsley Avenue from Sandwith Street in a southwesterly direc- tion, as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town, and make an appropriation for damages and ex- penses of acquiring titles not exceeding fifty (50) dollars, and the motion was carried.


Mr. Drew's motion, as amended, was then put before the meeting. One hundred fifty-seven voting in the affirmative, and thirty-five voting in the negative, the necessary two-thirds having voted in the affirmative, the motion was carried.


Article Forty-Two:


Mr. Ralph L. Drew moved: That the Town take no action under Article 42.


Mr. Edgar J. Mongan made a substitute motion: That the Town accept and allow as a town way Overlook Road from Wellingsley Avenue in a northwesterly direction, as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town, and make an appropriation for damages and acquiring titles not exceeding fifty (50) dollars, but the motion was lost.


Mr. Drew's motion was then put before the meeting and carried.


Article Forty-Three :


On motion of Ralph L. Drew, it was unanimously voted: That the Town appropriate the sum of eight hun- dred (800.00) dollars to be expended by the Board of Cemetery Commissioners making an addition to Chilton- ville Cemetery, including the purchase of land.




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