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A motion by the Finance Committee to indefinitely postpone was lost.
On motion by Mr. Young:
Voted: That it is the sense of this meeting that the Board of Public Welfare be instructed that no recipient of aid shall be placed at work in any of the various Town Departments unless he shall be paid the pre- vailing rate of wage.
ARTICLE 38
Art. 38. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Board of Public Welfare to issue its orders for aid without designation of merchant to whom orders be taken for merchandise or provisions .- Rena M. Colson and others.
Motion by Mrs. Colson:
That the town instruct the Board of Public Welfare to issue its orders for aid without designation of merchant to whom orders be taken for merchandise or provisions.
A motion by Mr. Heywood, to indefinitely postpone, was lost.
The motion by Mrs. Colson was then voted.
ARTICLE 39
Art. 39. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Municipal Light Board to allow discount on bills of needy or unemployed who are unable to pay on specified time or what it will do about it .- Herbert Stoddard and others.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the subject matter of this article be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 26
Voted: That Article 26 be taken from the table.
Mr. Bridge for the Planning Board reported against any change in Zoning.
A motion by Mr. Fazio, that the town amend its Zoning By-Laws, as per Article, was lost. Affirmative, 51; Negative, 177.
ARTICLE 27
On motion by Mr. Drugan :
Voted: That Article 27 be taken from the table.
No objections to the change in Zoning By-Laws having been filed with the Town Clerk, and the Planning Board, through Mr. Bridge, reporting in favor of the change,
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On motion by Mr. Drugan, it was
Voted: That the town amend its Zoning By-Laws by changing from a general residence district to a business district that part of the town adjacent to the property of the Boston and Maine Railroad Co., further bounded and described as follows: Northerly by land of Killorin, eighty- eight and fifty-five hundredths (88.55) feet; easterly by land of Boston and Maine R. R. Co., three hundred seventy-one and five-tenths (371.5) feet; Southerly by land now or formerly of Crystal Oil Company, eighty-eight and fifty-eight hundredths (88.58) feet; westerly by a Private Way called North Emerson Street, three hundred sixty (360) feet. Containing thirty- three thousand (33,000) square feet, more or less. Affirmative, 218; Nega- tive, 28.
On motion by Mr. Gardner:
Voted: That this meeting stand adjourned to Monday evening, March 27, at 7.30 o'clock. Adjourned at 10.15 o'clock. Attendance 600.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, March 27, 1933
Meeting called to order at 7.30 o'clock P.M., by Moderator O'Connell, Article 40 being in order.
Mr. Dellinger reported for the committee.
On motion by Mr. Morgan:
Voted: That the report of the committee be accepted and adopted.
ARTICLE 41
Art. 41. To see if the town will vote to amend its vote passed Nov. 7, 1894, whereby it voted that a certain sum ($552.00) from the estate of Cornelius Sweetser "be set aside and used only for such deficits as may arise from subsequent courses of lectures" and provide that any part of the accumulated income from said $552.00 be transferred to the Treasury of the town and voted for any legitimate purpose .- J. William O'Connell.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the subject matter of this article be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 42
Art. 42. To hear and act upon a report of the committee appointed under Article 35 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1932 .- William E. Eaton and others.
Mr. Eaton reported for the committee.
Voted: That the report be received and accepted as a report of progress.
ARTICLE 43
Art. 43. To see if the town will raise and appropriate a sufficient sum
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of money to carry out the recommendations of the committee reporting under the previous article .- William E. Eaton and others.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $50 to carry - out the purposes of Article 43.
ARTICLE 15
Voted: That Article 15 be taken from the table.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That town raise and appropriate the sum of $4,800 for the pur- poses outlined in Article 15 provided the State and County each contribute -an equal amount.
ARTICE 6
Voted: That Article 6 be taken up.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $136,370 to be "apportioned as follows:
Welfare Department:
Salaries of Board
$ 270.00
Outside Relief
96,000.00
Infirmary Expenses
9,700.00
Soldiers' Benefits:
Relief Agent
360.00
Relief Agent's Expenses
40.00
State Aid
1,500.00
Military Aid
500.00
Soldiers' Relief
28,000.00
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town transfer the sum of $185.76 from the Public Welfare (Outside Relief Unpaid Bills Account of 1932) to the Public Wel- fare Infirmary Unpaid Bills Account of 1932.
ARTICLE 44
Art. 44. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $500 for nursing, the same to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen, as salary to the nurse employed by the Wakefield Visiting Nurse Associa- tion, in aid of its nursing work among the people of Wakefield .- Ardelle .R. MacWhinnie and others.
A motion by Finance Committee to indefinitely postpone was lost.
On motion by Mr. Bemis:
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Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $500 to carry out the purposes of Article 44.
ARTICLE 3
Voted: That Article 3 be taken from the table.
Mr. Lee reported for the committee the following as nominees for the office of Fence Viewers: Allen Drugan, Ernest .Heywood and Joseph W. Monahan.
On motion by Theodore Eaton.
Voted: That the report be accepted and adopted and that the persons so nominated be elected to office.
ARTICLE 45
Art. 45. To see if the town will vote to sell a triangular parcel of land situated in Wakefield between the location of the Boston and Maine Rail- road and North Avenue, bounded and described as follows, to wit: Com- mencing at the southwesterly corner thereof against land formerly of Rogers on the east and land now or formerly of Waterman et als Trustees on the south, the line runs westerly by land of said Trustees forty-one and five-tenths feet more or less to the line of said railroad; thence northerly by said railroad ninety-nine feet more or less to post at land formerly of Morrill late of Rogers; thence turning at an acute angle and running southwesterly by said land formerly of Morrill and of Rogers one hundred thirteen (113) feet to the point of beginning .- George W. Carey and others.
Finance Committee recommended indefinite postponement.
On motion by Mr. Robbins:
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 45 be referred to the Board of Selectmen with authority to act in the matter if they deem advisable.
ARTICLE 46
Art. 46. To seee if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) to be spent under the direction of the Park and Cemetery Commissioners to cover the expense of making a survey, levels and layout for park purposes of the land now owned by the town on the northeast corner of North Avenue and Church Street, or what the town will do about it .- Mabel C. Greenough and others.
A motion by Finance Committee to refer to Board of Selectmen was lost.
On motion by Mr. Whitney :
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $100 to be expended under the direction of the Park and Cemetery Commissioners to carry out the purposes of Article 46.
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ARTICLE 47
Art. 47. To see if the town will authorize the Board of Selectmen or any other body to petition the General Court to annex to the town of Wakefield a section of Saugus situated on the westerly side of Saugus, the new boundary line starting from a point on the Wakefield-Saugus line about 3,000 feet south of the angle in the present line which is directly south of the Greenwood Playground, and running to a point on the pres- ent line about 2800 feet east of said angle, as shown on the map accom- panying this petition .- John J. Round and others.
On motion by Finance Committee :
That the subject matter of Article 47 be referred to the Planning Board for investigation and report at the next Annual Town Meeeting.
Amendment by Mr. Round:
That the words "The next Annual Town Meeting" be stricken out and the words, "This Meeting" be inserted in lieu thereof.
The motion, as amended, was then voted.
Mr. Bridge for the Planning Board made a very comprehensive report upon the subject and recommended that the section be annexed to the Town of Wakefield.
Motion that the report of the Planning Board be accepted and recom- mendations adopted.
By unanimous consent of the meeting, Mr. Owens of Saugus was granted the privilege of the floor.
During further discussion, Mr. Sliney moved the previous question.
This being voted in the affirmative, the motion to accept and adopt report of Planning Board was put to vote and declared carried.
On motion by Mr. Round:
Voted: That the Board of Selectmen be and hereby are authorized to petition the General Court to annex to the Town of Wakefield a section - of Saugus situated on the westerly side of Saugus, the new boundary line - starting from a point on the Wakefield-Saugus line about 3,000 feet south. of the angle in the present line which is directly south of the Greenwood Playground, and running to a point on the present line about 2,800 feet east of said angle as shown on plan of the Planning Board.
ARTICLE 2
Voted: That Article 2 be taken from the table.
Voted: That reports of Town Officers as printed be accepted.
ARTICLE 48
Art. 48. To see if the town will transfer the custody of the portable schoolhouse in the Lincoln schoolyard from the School Committee to the
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Highway Department and to authorize the Highway Department to remove the building at its own expense .- School Committee.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the portable schoolhouse described in Article 48 be trans- ferred to the custody of the Highway Department.
On motion by Mr. Gardner:
Voted: That this meeting be dissolved.
Adjourned at 9.25 o'clock P.M. Attendance 1000.
Finance Committee appointed by Moderator: Albert W. Rockwood, John I. Preston, Harry I. Reed, Virgil F. Cambareri, Harry Marshall.
RESULT OF SPECIAL ELECTION HELD JUNE 13, 1933
As Canvassed by the Board of Selectmen
Delegates Opposed to Ratification:
1
Pre. 1
Pre. 2
Pre. 3
Total
Stanley W. Hatch, Saugus
406
270
164
840
Jessie L. Leonard, Winthrop
396
268
161
825
Guy Newhall, Lynn
399
269
162
830
Delegates Favoring Ratification:
Rena M. Colson, Wakefield
944
272
551
1767
Harold E. Russell, Lynn
968
278
548
1794
Michael F. Shaw, Revere
965
274
546
1785
Blank
314
100
169
583
Shall Licenses Be Granted in This Town for
the Sale Therein of Wines and Malt Beverages?
Yes
1008
271
573
1852
No
414
295
175
884
Blank
42
11
19
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TOWN MEETING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1933
Meeting called to order at 7.45 o'clock P. M., by Moderator O'Connell, who read the call for the meeting.
On motion by C. F. Young :
Voted: That further reading of the warrant with the exception of the (Constable's Return, be omitted.
Constable's Return read.
ARTICLE 1
Article 1. To see if the town will authorize the Water and Sewerage Board of the town of Wakefield to replace the cement water pipes of six to twelve inches in size inclusive, with iron water pipes
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throughout the town or in certain sections or streets, and (b) appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay for such work as may be authorized under clause (a) herein, such sum to be obtained by grant from the Federal Government so far as possible, the balance to be obtained by issuing bonds or notes or other evidence of indebtedness of the town and authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to issue such bonds or notes or evidence of indebtedness .- Board of Selectmen.
The Finance Committee reported in favor of this article, recommend- ing acceptance of the following motion:
Motion: That the Water and Sewerage Board be authorized to replace cement water pipes of six to twelve (inclusive) inches with iron pipes of the sizes and in the sections and streets of the town as set forth in the schedule hereto annexed and made a part hereof, and that the town appro- priate the sum of one hundred thousand dollars therefor. All money re- ceived from the Federal Government under the National Industrial Re- covery Act on account of the foregoing work above authorized shall be applied to meet the appropriation herein made, and to meet the balance of said appropriation the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, is hereby authorized to borrow not exceeding seventy thousand dollars and to issue notes, bonds or other evidence of indebtedness of the town therefor, said notes, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness to be pay- able in accordance with the National Industrial Recovery Act in so far as not inconsistent with said Act and in accordance with Chapter 366 of the Acts of Massachusetts of 1933 and Chapter 44 of the General Laws. The whole loan shall be payable in not more than five years or at such period as may be determined by the Emergency Finance Board, referred to in said Chapter 366 of the Acts of 1933.
The Board of Selectmen are hereby authorized and directed to make application on behalf of the town for a grant of money, the same not to be repaid, under said National Industrial Recovery Act.
All work done under authority of this vote shall so far as reasonably feasible be done by human labor and not by machines and shall be done under Federal and State laws governing the same.
This vote is conditional upon the Federal Government agreeing to or making a grant to the town of not less than 30 per centum of the cost of labor and materials employed in the performance of the work above authorized. The work hereunder shall not be let out by contract.
This motion was put to vote with the following result: Affirmative, 199; Negative, 1. Necessary two-thirds being attained, the motion was declared carried.
Schedule
I. 6" Pipe
Auburn Street, from Emerson Street to Cedar Street, approximately
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475 feet. Franklin Street from Main Street to Nahant Street, approxi- mately 960 feet. Spaulding Street from Lake Avenue westerly to dead end, approximately 400 feet. Spring Avenue from Water Street southerly to dead end, approximately 400 feet. Total, 2,235 feet.
II. 8" Pipe
Bartley Street from Lake Street to Albion Street, approximately 1,635. feet. Broadway from Lake Street to Albion Street, approximately 2,200 feet. Cedar Street from Auburn Street to Prospect Street, approximately 1,650 feet. Crescent Street from Eaton Street to Center Street, approxi- mately 450 feet. Foundry Street from Albion Street southerly, approxi- mately 1,000 feet. Gould Street from Albion Street westerly to Walnut Street, approximately 1,200 feet. Lake Avenue from Church Street north- erly approximately 600 feet. Maple Street from Lake Street to Foundry Street, approximately 400 feet. Otis Street from Crescent Street to Pleas- ant Street, approximately 500 feet. Pleasant Street from Vernon Street to Eaton Street, approximately 1,000 feet. Richardson Street from Main Street to Melvin Street, approximately 1,845 feet. Salem Street from Main Street to Pleasant Street, approximately 810 feet. Traverse Street from Nahant Street to Bennett Street, approximately 795 feet. Vernon Street from Water Street northerly, approximately 1,320 feet. Vernon Street from Emerald Street northerly, approximately 2,444 feet. Total, 17,849 feet.
III. 12" Pipe
Crescent Street from Main Street to Eaton Street, approximately 450 feet. Eaton Street from Crescent Street to Pleasant Street, approximately 850 feet. Main Street from Yale Avenue to Pearl Street, approximately 680 feet. North Avenue, Albion Street to Yale Avenue, approximately 1,050 feet. Oak Street from Green Street northerly, approximately 1,985 feet. Pleasant Street from Eaton Street to Salem Street, approximately 1,100 feet. Prospect Street from Cedar Street to Parker Road, approxi- mately 2,115 feet. Total, 8,230 feet.
ARTICLE 2
Art. 2. To see if the town will vote to transfer the unexpended balance of the 1930 Montrose Avenue Construction account amounting to $636.16 to an account to be known as the Crescent Street Water Construction Account and authorize the use of said sum in replacing existing pipes in said Crescent Street with iron pipes .- Water and Sewerage Board.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town transfer $636.16 from the Montrose Avenue Water Construction Account to an account to be known as the Crescent Street Water Construction Account, for the purposes outlined in Article 2.
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ARTICLE 3
Art. 3. To see if the town will vote to transfer one hundred (100) dol- lars from the Garbage Collection Account of the Board of Health to the Care of Dumps Account of said Board .- Board of Health.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the subject matter of this article be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 4
Art. 4. To see if the town will vote to transfer eight hundred (800) dollars from the Garbage Collection Account of the Board of Health to the Departmental Account of said Board .- Board of Health.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the sum of $500 be transferred from the Garbage Col- lection Account to the Department Expense Account of the Board of Health.
ARTICLE 5
Art. 5. To see if the town will vote to increase the number of mem- bers of the Board of Public Welfare from three to five, determine the term of office of members of said Board and provide that provision be made through the next Annual Town Meeting for carrying out such votes as may be passed hereunder and for any further legal action under this article .- Frank P. Wakefield and others.
Motion by Mr. Frank Wakefield:
That the number of members for the Board of Public Welfare be in- creased from three to five and that provision be made in the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting in 1934 to provide for such increase.
A motion by Mr. Bowman to indefinitely postpone was lost.
Mr. Wakefield's motion was then put to vote and declared carried.
ARTICLE 6
Art. 6. To see if the town will vote to rescind the authority given the Board of Selectmen, Board of Public Welfare, and Planning Board acting jointly under Article 9 of the warrant of the Spring Town Meeting, March 13, 1933, or what it will do about it .- W. C. Robbins and others.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 6 be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 7
Art. 7. To see if the town will vote to rescind the action taken under Article 10 of the warrant of the Spring Town Meeting, March 13, 1933, or what it will do about it.W. C. Robbins and others.
On motion by Finance Committee:
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Voted: That the subject matter of Article 7 be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 8
Art. 8. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Welfare to use any or all of the town farm property for non-commercial farming for welfare purposes only, or what it will do about it .- W. C. Robbins and others.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 8 be indefinitely postponed.
On motion by Mr. Clemons:
Voted: That this meeting stand adjourned to Monday evening, Septem- ber 11, at 7.45 o'clock.
Adjourned at 9.40. Attendance 250.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, September 11, 1933
Meeting called to order at 7.45 o'clock P. M., by Moderator O'Connell. No action on articles being desired.
On motion by Mr. Stantial:
Voted: That this meeting stand adjourned to Monday evening, Sep- tember 18, at 7.30 o'clock.
Adjourned at 7.48. Attendance 8.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, September 18, 1933
Meeting called to order at 7.30 o'clock P. M., by Moderator O'Connell. No action on articles being desired.
On motion by Mr. Clemons :
Voted: That this meeting stand adjourned to Thursday evening, Sep- tember 21, at 7.30 o'clock.
Adjourned at 7.35. Attendance 12.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING, September 21, 1933
Meeting called to order at 7.30 o'clock P.M., by Moderator
O'Connell
ARTICLE 1
On motion by Mr. Clemons:
Voted: That Article 1 be taken up. Unanimously voted.
On motion by Mr. Clemons:
Voted: That the town amend the vote passed at a Town Meeting of the Town of Wakefield held on September 5, 1933, while acting under
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Article 1 of the warrant, by striking out at the end thereof the following words:
"This vote is conditional upon the Federal Government agreeing to or making a grant to the town of not less than 30 per centum of the cost of labor and materials employed in the performance of the work above authorized. The work hereunder shall not be let out by contract" so that said vote shall read as follows:
"That the Water and Sewerage Board be authorized to replace cement water pipes of six to twelve (inclusive) inches with iron pipes of the sizes and in the sections and streets of the town as set forth in the schedule hereto annexed and made a part hereof, and that the town appropriate the sum of one hundred thousand dollars therefor. All money received from the Federal Government under the National Industrial Recovery Act on account of the foregoing work above authorized shall be applied to meet the appropriation herein made, and to meet the balance of said appropriation the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen is hereby authorized to borrow not exceeding seventy thousand dollars and to issue notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of the Town therefor, said notes, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness to be payable in ac- cordance with the National Industrial Recovery Act in so far as not inconsistent with said Act and in accordance with Chapter 366 of the Acts of Massachusetts of 1933 and Chapter 44 of the General Laws. The whole loan shall be payable in not more than five years or at such period as may be determined by the Emergency Finance Board, referred to in said Chapter 366 of the Acts of 1933.
"The Board of Selectmen are hereby authorized and directed to make application on behalf of the town for a grant of money, the same not to be repaid under said National Industrial Recovery Act.
"All work done under authority of this vote shall so far as reasonably feasible be done by human labor and not by machines and shall be done under Federal and State laws governing the same."
Amendment being voted in the affirmative, the original motion as amended was put to vote and declared carried by a unanimous vote.
On motion by Mr. Gardner:
Voted: That this meeting be dissolved .-
Adjourned at 7.40 o'clock. Attendance 20.
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Record of Births
Any errors or omissions noted in these records should be reported to the Town Clerk at once.
Date Name of Child
Jan. 1 Harry Nikitin, Jr.
2 Robert Orrin Hale
2 William John Hale
3 Jean Gillespie Leman 4 Edgar Roy Baum, Jr. 6 Scrapetta
7 Marcia Constance Curley 8 Howard Lawrence Deveau ยท 9 Gerald Wallace Shanahan 13 Samuel Anthony Bocelli 13 John Francis Scanlon, Jr. 13 Frank Allen Smith, Jr.
16 Shirley Ann Fawcett
16 Louis Reuben Patch 17 Donald Mack Surrette 18 Stillbirth
19 Downs
21 Warren David O'Neill 23 David William Hurton 23 Allison Hugh Lefavour 23 Janice Lillian Perkins 24 Lorraine Clair Ryan 25 James William Boudreau 25 Eugenio Carrubba 25 Grosser 25 Frances Marion Rice 26 Kenneth Paul Meuse 31 Dyment
Feb. 5 Nancy Jean Phillips 5 John Hale Tilley
10 David Russell Greel
11 Willis Lorne Wheeler, Jr. 12 Ann Melzar
15 Dorothy Ida Salucco
16 Robert Challenger Drew 17 Robert Allen Wall 18 Barbara Anne Mills
18 Sylvia Anne Scandura 19 Stillbirth
Parents
Harry and Takla (Sawecky)
Orrin J. and Elizabeth (Maloney) Orrin J. and Elizabeth (Maloney) Guy R. and Adelene C. (Burrill) Edgar R. and Anna M. (Schleicher) Ernest and Olga C. (DelRossi) Joseph W. and Norma R. (Eaton) George J. and Minnie H. (Doucette) John D. and Annie R. (Coakley) Sorcorso and Rosina (Sateriale) John F. and Lucy F. (Kelley) Frank A. and Isabel M. (Preston) Everett E. and Marjorie L. (Wheeler) Harry W. and Ann S. (Moulasison) Mack and Bertha (LeBlanc)
Glenn and Phoebe (Carpenter) William J. and Edna (Jacobs) William P. and Evelyn M. (Graham) Roy J. and Margaret C. (Mackenzie) Charles W. and Edith E. (Comee) James J. and Lillian A. (Murphy) Martin W. and Corine J. (Melanson) Sebastiano and Concetta (Calderaro) Beaumont W. and Lillian (Willgoose) Charles F. and Catherine A. (Coffey) George A. and Hilda (McKenna) William E. and Isabel C. (McLean)
Herbert I. and Marjorie (Seifridge) Burt E. and Grace (Hale ) Frank W., Jr., and Dorothy M. (Crosby) Willis L. and Blanche M. (Sharron) Lawrence P. and Viola (Taylor) James and Filomena E. (Gardullo) Laurence and Ellen (Nelson) Eugene A. and Miriam L. (Allen) Bertram F. and Merida E. (White) Anthony J. and Loretta (Mazzuli)
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