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Hedge School Cornish Shool
Grade 2 60%
Grade 1 77%
Grade 2 55%
Grade 1 52%
Grade 3 65% Grade 2 55% Oak Street School
Grade 3 .57% Grade 2 50%
Grade 4 73%
Grade 5 63%
Grade 4
57%
Grade 6
54%
Grades 1, 2 60%
Grade 5 59% Manomet School
Grades 3, 4
57%
Grade 6
57% Grades 1, 2 58%
Grade 6
51%
Grades 3, 4 50%
Mt. Pleasant School
Grade 4 52%
Grade 5 56%
Grades 1, 2 76%
Cold Spring School
Parent education is given through the well-child con- ferences and pre-school examinations. At the well-child conference the mother is told that her child should begin going to the dentist as soon as he has twenty baby teeth. Due to the service of these conferences it is hoped that there will be a vast improvement in the mouths of those entering first grade.
Well-child conferences attended by dental hygienist. . 5
Mothers interviewed 55
Pre-school examinations, May, 1944:
Number of inspections by the dental hygienist 93
Children found to be free from defects 33
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ANNUAL EXAMINATIONS
The annual examinations were conducted by the school dentist. They found that a large majority of the pupils had had dental work done. This was especially notice- able in high school, probably due to improved economic conditions and the demand for sound teeth in the mili- tary services.
Pupils examined in Elementary schools and Junior High 1651
Pupils found to have all needed corrections made 447
Pupils holding certificate from family dentist 57
Pupils examined in Senior High School
406
Pupils found to have all needed corrections made 163
FOLLOW-UP WORK
Oral hygiene talks given to pupils in the classroom 310 Home visits 2
DENTAL WORK AT CLINICS
Pupils having teeth cleaned 1018
Permanent teeth filled (six-year molars) 125
Permanent teeth extracted (six-year molars) 2
Baby teeth extracted 80
Treatments 79
Pupils having all corrections made 48
Pupils having had part of corrections made
4
Amount received for cleaning of teeth $ 97.70
Amount received for filling and extractions 13.60
Amount received from sale of toothbrushes 44.90
Total amount received at clinic
$156.20
JANE B. BRADFORD,
Dental Hygienist.
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REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF ATTENDANCE
Absences Referred to Supervisor
Sickness
Truancy
Others
Total
Elementary Schools 13
41
23
87
Junior High School
30
35
41
106
Senior High School
3
5
3 11
Employment certificates inspected for validity
308
Employment certificates found to be invalid
140
Minors found working without employment certifi- cates 48
Cases of habitual absence investigated for Superin- tendent's Office 51
Newsboys' licenses investigated and reported upon. . 62
Truants found on streets and taken to school 16
Appearances at court cases 4
Total cases investigated
645
Total visits to homes
329
Total visits to schools
192
RALPH F. MATINZI,
Supervisor.
EMPLOYMENT OF MINORS
1941
1942 1943 1944
Certificates to minors 14 to 16 years
42
55
126
216
Certificates to minors 16 to 21 years 427
564
531
414
Totals
469 619
657
630
SCHOOL CENSUS, 1944
Males
Females
Totals
Persons 5 to 7 years
153
149
302
Persons 7 to 16 years
842
705
1547
Totals
995
854
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT -DECEMBER 1944
SCHOOL
ELEMENTARY GRADES
JUNIOR HIGH
SENIOR HIGH
-
il
1
2
3
4
5
6
P.A. |J.P.A.|7 | 8
9
10
11
12
P.G. Total
Senior High
- 170
141
114
2|
427
Junior High
= 39
208
165
170
-
-
32
29
29
27
29
24
34
32
33
26
29
27
14
365
Cornish
35
41
38
31
36
39
30
250
Burton
(12
27) (26
35 11)
23
134
Mount Pleasant
35
35
36
40
32
31
209
Cold Spring
-
(16
14)
(19
12)
61
Oak Street
(10
17)
(17
17)
61
Manomet
(11
14)
(13
11)
(7
11)
67
TOTAL
209
194
200
179
174
154
37
39
208
165
170
170
141
114
2
2156
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=
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Grade groups enclosed in parentheses are taught by one teacher.
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Hedge
CHANGES IN SCHOOL STAFF
Resigned or On Leave Name
School
Taught
Years Served in Plymouth
¿Corey, Florence B.
Hedge
Grade V
25
*Corey, Madeline S.
Mt. Pleasant
Grade IV
1
Denault, Edna F.
Oak Street
Grades III, IV
2
+Kingman, David R.
Senior High
Biology
1 yr., 7 months
Longever, Marion F.
Senior High
Clerk
10 months
General Science
1
*Rowley, Irene Smith, Lemira. C.
Junior High
Junior Business Training 6
*Steeves, Reginald V. T.
Senior High
Chemistry, Physics,
Aeronautics
2
New Appointees
Name
School
Subjects
Training
Years of Experience
Arthur, Beatrice M.
Junior High
Mathematics
Salem
13
Bailey, Ruth F.
Senior High
Clerk
New Bedford High
21
Bongiovanni, Lawrence M.
Junior High
Social Studies, Civics
B. U.
6 months
Giberti, Florence C.
Oak Street
Grades III, IV
Bridgewater
8
Johnson, Madeline A.
Hedge
Grade IV
Lowell
8
Madow, Bella F.
Junior High
Science
Salem
0
*Patenaude, Jean W.
Junior High
English
Bridgewater
2
*Rowley, Irene
Mt. Pleasant
Grade IV
B. U.
23
*Smiley, Richard
Senior High
Biology
Colgate University
21
Smith, Doris A.
Junior High
Jr. Practical Arts
Lowell
6
*Young, Claiborne H.
Senior High
Chemistry, Physics
Univ. of N. H.
15
* Substitute
i On Leave
# Deceased
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Junior High School
Mathematics and
Junior Business Tr.
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES DECEMBER 31, 1944
Burr F. Jones Ruth F. Trask
OFFICE
Superintendent of Schools Clerk
Edgar J. Mongan
Principal
Iris E. Albertini
English, French
Helen M. Bagnall
English, History
Louise H. Bearse
English
Viola M. Figueiredo
Household Arts
F. Olive Hey History
Jeannette C. Jacques
French
Helen C. Johnson
Typewriting, Bookkeeping
Stenography, Typ'g., Clerical Practice
Elizabeth C. Kelly
Bookkeeping, Business Problems
David R. Kingman
Biology (On leave)
Katherine J. Lang
Typ'g., Geog., Problems of Democracy
Nellie R. Locklin
Mathematics
Theodore Packard
Amy M. Rafter
Miriam A. Raymond
Mario J. Romano
Alice F. Urann
Margie E. Wilbur
*Claiborne Yonng
*Richard Smiley
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Mary M. Dolan
Principal
Mathematics, Business Training Clothing
Social Studies, Civics
Mathematics, Algebra
English, French
Social Studies
Manual Training
Household Arts
Manual Training
English
General Science, Mathematics
Mathematics, English
Jr. Practical Arts Science
English Civics Social Studies, Literature, Library English, Guidance Jr. Practical Arts
English, Latin
Mathematics
Social Studies, English (part time)
*New Employees, 1944
Radio, Elect., Machines, Auto. Mech. U. S. History English, Guidance
Basic Mathematics
English
Latin, History
Chemistry, Physics, Aeronautics Biology (Substitute)
*Beatrice M. Arthur Grace Blackmer
*Lawrence Bongiovanni Esther M. Chandler Mary Cingolani Ellen M. Downey Deane E. Eldridge Irene M. Golden Paul B. Goodwin Alice Lema
*Bella F. Madow Bertha E. McNaught Loring R. C. Mugford Joffrey T. Nunez
*Jean W. Patenaude Virginia Pekarski Barbara E. Pioppi Sara B. Sharkey *Doris G. Smith 1 Marjorie D. Viets Catherine D. Welsh Mary Foley
Lydia E. Judd
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
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HEDGE SCHOOL
William I. Whitney
Principal
Dorice A. Knowles
Grade I
Kathryn H. McCarthy
Grade I
Olga D. Anderson
Grade II
Margaret L. Christie
Grade II
Leella F. Leonard
Grade III
Mary A. Ryan
Grade III
Eleanor E. Evans
Grade IV
Evelyn L. Peck
Grade IV
Mary A. Guidoboni
Grade V
*Madeline A. Johnson
Grade V
Susan M. Beauregard Maude H. Lermond
Grade VI
Grade VI
Frances Donahoe
Practical Arts
CORNISH AND BURTON, SCHOOLS
Franklyn O. White
Principal
Louise E. Tosi
Grade I
Gertrude W. Zahn
Grade I
Flora A. Keene
Grade II
Dorothy A. Judkins
Grades II, III
Helen F. Perrier
Grades III, IV
Esther A. Maloni
Grade IV
Helen F. Holmes
Grades IV, V
Bertha H. Perkins
Grade V
Charlotte E. Lovering
Grade VI
Ruth H. Tolman
Grade VI
Carolyn L. Avanzini
Practical Arts
Mary G. Perkins
Building Assistant
COLD SPRING SCHOOL
Sarah S. Bent
Mora E. Norton
Grades III, IV Grades I, II
OAK STREET SCHOOL
Marjorie J. Cassidy
*Florence C. Giberti
Grades I, II
Grades III, IV
MOUNT PLEASANT SCHOOL
Helen S. Manchester
Principal, Grade VI
Gladys L. Simmons
Grade I
Dolores Cappannari
Grade II
M. Louise Peterson
Grade III
Grade IV
Grade V
Grade VI (part-time)
MANOMET SCHOOL
Elouise E. Cashin Janet Broadbent Clementine L. O'Neill
*Irene M. Rowley Esther M. Ward Helen H. Linnell
Principal, Grades V, VI Grades I, II Grades III, IV
*New Employees, 1944
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SPECIAL TEACHERS
Hazel Bates
Margaret E. Brown
Beatrice E. Garvin
Beatrice A. Hunt
Carolyn E. Parren
Louis C. Rudolph
Amelia B. Vincent
Art-Elementary, Junior High
Art-Junior-Senior High
Physical Ed .- Junior-Senior High Girls
Supervisor of Music
Physical Education-Elementary
Physical Ed .- Junior-Senior High Boys Instrumental Music
STATE-AIDED VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
Katharine L. Alden
Louise A. Chrimes
Pottery School Handicraft
ON LEAVE IN MILITARY SERVICE
Charles I. Bagnall
Hector E. Patenaude
Louis L. Cappannari
Arthur G. Pyle
Carlo T. Guidoboni
John H. Walker
Phyllis Johnson
Alba Martinelli (resigned) John W. Packard
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Frank J. Abate, Jr., M.D. School Physician-Boys
Medora V. Eastwood, M.D. School Physician-Girls
Jane B. Bradford
Hilda Swett
Dental Hygiene Teacher School Nurse
Priscilla Crawley
Assistant to Nurse
Frances C. Carletti *Ruth F. Bailey
Junior High School Senior High School
SUPERVISOR OF ATTENDANCE
Ralph F. Matinzi
SUPERVISOR OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS Thomas A. Bodell
David Briggs
JANITORS Manomet School
Leo Callahan
Hedge School
Peter A. Dries
Cornish and Burton
Wilson Farnell
Junior-Senior High
James Martin Arthur Poirier
Mount Pleasant School
Senior High School
Adelard Savard
Fred J. Smith
Charles Temple
Cold Spring, Oak Street, Cornish Junior High School Junior-Senior High
CORNISH SCHOOL LUNCH
Jennie C. Lanman Marion F. Holmes
Barbara B. Bartlett
*New Employees, 1944
CLERKS
John Pacheco
INDEX TO TOWN REPORT
Part I
Advisory and Finance Committee, Report of 17
Aid to Dependent Children 116
Annual Town Meeting, March 25, 1944
6
Audit of Accounts of the Town 113
Assessors, Board of
94
Buildings, Inspector of
77
Cemetery Commissioners
118
Engineer, Town
101
Fire Commissioner 102
100
Forest, Town Committee
105
Forest Fire Warden
104
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth
100
Harbor Master
99
Health, Board of
72
Jurors, List of
124
Library
97
Officers, Town, 1944
3
Old Age Assistance
115
Park Commissioners
78
Planning Board
120
Police Department
106
Public Welfare 112
Retirement, Board of
108
Sealer of Weights and Measures
123
Selectmen, Board of
32
Streets and Sewers, Superintendent of
69
Town Clerk's Report
37
Births
47
Deaths
58
Marriages
38
Summary 68
Tree Warden 99
Water Commissioners
81
Water Superintendent
90
Fisheries, Inland
INDEX-Continued
Part II
INDEX TO ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Report of Town Accountant
3
Schedule A (Cash Receipts and Payments) 5
Schedule B (Appropriations, W.P.A. Projects) 33
Schedule C (Estimated Receipts) 77
Schedule D (Revenue Account)
79
Schedule E (Excess and Deficiency)
80
Schedule F (Balance Sheet) 82
Schedule G and H (Funded Indebtedness)
86
Schedule I (Trust Funds) 87
Schedule J (Calculation of Credit)
112
Part III
INDEX TO SCHOOL REPORT
Administration
3
Attendance, Supersisor of
47
Calendar
4
Census
47
Changes in School Staff:
Resigned or On Leave
49
New Appointments to School Staff
49
Committee 3
Elementary Schools, Principal's Report
33
Empoyees 50
Employment of Minors
47
Enrollment
48
Financial
7
Health Department 42
45
Hygiene and Dental Clinic
Junior High School, Principal's Report 30
Memoriam 5
School Committee Report 12
Senior High School, Principal's Report 27
Special Departments 34
Superintendent's Report 15
ANNUAL REPORT
of the
TOWN OFFICERS
of the
Town of Plymouth
1020
For the Year Ending December 31, 1945
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ANNUAL REPORT
of the
TOWN OFFICERS
of the
Town of Plymouth
1020
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For the Year Ending December 31,
1945
PRINTING AND BINDING BY
THE
MEMORIAL PRESS
PLYMOUTH, MASS.
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TOWN OFFICERS, 1945
Selectmen: John A. Armstrong, Howard M. Douglas, James T. Frazier, Hugh R. Maraghy and Herbert H. Lan- man.
Clerk of Selectmen: Norman W. Gray.
Town Clerk: Herbert K. Bartlett.
Town Treasurer: Herbert K. Bartlett.
Collector of Taxes: Harold W. Baker.
Town Accountant: Mrs. Cora B. Grady.
Assessors: Thomas L. Cassidy, chosen 1943 for three years; George E. Blackmer, chosen 1944 for three years; Robert A. Carr, chosen 1945 for three years.
Overseers of Public Welfare: Gordon S. McCosh, chos- en 1944 for three years; A. Rodman Hussey, Jr., chosen 1945 for three years; Harold G. Roberts, chosen 1945 for one year.
Water Commissioners: Edward R. Belcher, chosen 1943 for three years; Richard T. Eldridge and Daniel F. Mul- cahy, chosen 1944 for three years; Arthur Addyman and C. Brooks Hudson, chosen 1945 for three years.
School Committee: David A. Cappannari and William E. Curtin, chosen 1943 for three years; Francis E. LeBar- on, chosen 1944 for three years; Francis E. LeBaron, re- signed 1945. Ralph C. Weaver, appointed to fill vacancy; E. Harold Donovan and Fannie T. Rowell, chosen 1945 for three years; William H. Armstrong, chosen 1945 for two years.
Cemetery Commissioners: Richard T. Eldridge, chosen 1943 for three years; Edward R. Belcher, chosen 1944 for three years; Edward R. Belcher, resigned in 1945. John
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B. Finney, appointed to fill vacancy; Arthur E. Blackmer, chosen 1945 for three years.
Burial Hill Committee: Cemetery Commissioners.
Agawam and Halfway Pond Herring Fishery Commit- tee: Emil C. Birnstein, Elmer P. Boutin and Fred E. Morton.
Park Commissioners: Edward J. E. Hand, chosen 1943 for three years; John A. Siever, chosen 1944 for three years; Arthur Sirrico, chosen 1945 for three years.
Board of Health: Medora V. Eastwood, chosen 1943 for three years; Herbert S. Maxwell, chosen 1944 for three years; Paul W. Bittinger, chosen 1945 for three years.
Planning Board: Arthur E. Blackmer, George L. Good- ing, Francis C. Holmes, Allen D. Russell and Amedeo V. Sgarzi.
Field Drivers and Fence Viewers: William LaRocque, Chester Torrance, and Seth Wall.
Surveyor of Wood and Bark: Harold E. Giles.
Committee on Inland Fisheries: Frank L. Bailey, George L. Gooding and Howard M. Morton.
Committee on Town Forest: James A. White, John A. Kennedy and George L. Gooding.
Board of Registration: Walter R. Roberts, appointed 1943 for three years; Enrico Ferrari, appointed 1944 for three years; Joseph R. Stefani, appointed 1945 for three years.
Committee on Sewers. Selectmen.
Sexton: Paul H. Ziegengeist.
Pound Keeper: Russell L. Dickson.
Sealer of Weights and Measures: Harold E. Giles.
Superintendant of Streets: Elmer C. Chandler.
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Superintendant of Water Works: Theodore Brink.
Beach Committee: Selectmen.
Collector of Water Rates: Addie H. Burgess. Harbor Master: Elmer P. Boutin.
Members of Retirement Board: Russell P. Dearborn, Herbert K. Bartlett, Cora B. Grady.
Superintendant of Oak Grove and Vine Hills Cemeter- ies and Burial Hill: Alexander H. P. Besse.
Superintendent of Chiltonville Cemetery: Charles B. Howland.
Superintendant of Manomet Cemetery: Gordon S. McCosh.
Superintendant of Infirmary: Russell L. Dickson.
Fire Commissioner: Henry Walton.
Town Engineer: Edward Chase.
Chief of Police: Russell P. Dearborn.
Tree Warden: John A. Kennedy. Forest Warden: Henry Walton.
Local Moth Superintendent: John A. Kennedy.
Town Counsel: Alfred P. Richards.
Building Inspector: Thomas A. Bodell.
Dog Officer: John P. Hanson.
Inspector of Animals: Frederick Bradley.
Inspector of Slaughtering: Hillery J. Bergman.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING MARCH 24, 1945
AMEDEO V. SGARZI, Moderator
Article Three:
A report on the Vocational School was read by Ralph H. Gilbert, Acting Chairman of the Committee, and on motion of Mr. Gilbert, it was voted: That this report be accepted and that the committee appointed under Article 72 of the annual town meeting held March 23, 1940, be continued and that the town moderator be empowered to fill vacancies in its membership.
Mr. Harold G. Roberts read the report of the committee on Recreational Commission, and on motion of Mr. Rob- erts, it was voted: That the Committee appointed under Article 22 of the Annual Town Meeting of March 1944, be permitted to continue their studies, at no expense to the Town.
On motion of Herbert K. Bartlett, Voted: That the re- ports of the several boards of Officers and Committees of the Town be accepted and placed on file. Article Four:
On motion of Herbert K. Bartlett, Voted: That the Town authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year begin- ning January 1, 1946, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in ac- cordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
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Article Five:
Mr. Walder J. Engstrom moved: That the salaries of elected town officers be as follows, together with any bonus that may be voted under another article:
Chairman of Selectmen $ 726.00
Other Selectmen (each)
363.00
Chairman of Assessors
2,371.60
Other Assessors (each) 1,936.00
Town Clerk 1,980.00
Town Treasurer
1,980.00
Collector of Taxes
2,970.00
Chairman of Board of Public Welfare 50.00
Mr. Earl C. Bailey moved to amend Mr. Engstrom's motion: To give all elected town officers of the Town of Plymouth, a 10% increase in their pay, this increase to be retroactive to January 1st, 1945, but the motion was lost.
Mr. Engstrom's motion was then put before the meet- ing and carried.
Article Six:
Mr. Walder J. Engstrom moved: That the town appro- priate the sum of $975,800.87 to defray the expenses of the Town and for other purposes, of which sum $423,828.68 shall be for salaries and personal services, and $551,971.19 for other purposes including labor payrolls, all as printed in the recommendations of the Advisory and Finance Committee.
Mr. Engstrom's motion, as amended by Mr. Armstrong and Dr. Donovan, was then put before the meeting and carried.
Article Seven:
Mr. Walder J. Engstrom moved: That the Town ap- propriate the sum of $20,000.00 to be used for a "Bonus," to be paid in December, at the rate of 10% of annual com-
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pensation, in no case to exceed one hundred (100) dollars, to be paid to each permanent employee, part or full time, receiving not over $1,800.00; each temporary employee working less than a full year and who works at least two months, to receive 10% of the total amount paid, not to exceed a rate of $8.00 per month. In no case shall more than one bonus be paid to any individual.
Mr. James A. White moved to amend Mr. Engstrom's motion: That the Town appropriate the sum of $30,000.00 so that all regular employees of the Town receiving more than $1,000.00 shall be paid a $100.00 bonus. All those re- ceiving less than $1,000.00 shall receive 10% as their bonus and the motion was carried.
Mr. Engstrom's motion, as amended by Mr. White, was then put before the meeting and carried.
Article Eight:
On motion of Walder J. Engstrom, Voted: That the Town appropriate the sum of $9,800.00, including the dog tax of $1,481.40, in aid of the Plymouth Public Libray.
Article Nine:
On motion of Walder J. Engstrom, Voted: That the Town appropriate the sum of $3,560.00 to be expended by the Plymouth Public Library for the Loring Library.
Article Ten:
On motion of Walder J. Engstrom, Voted: That the Town appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 in aid of the Man- omet Public Library.
Article Eleven:
On motion of Walder J. Engstrom, Voted: That the Town appropriate the sum of $400.00 for the Observance of Memorial Day, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
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Article Twelve:
On motion of Walder J. Engstrom, Voted: That the Town appropriate the sum of $600.00 for the observance of July Fourth and that $150.00 of that amount be ex- pended in said observance for the sponsoring of Child- ren's sports, the whole to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
Article Thirteen:
On motion of Walder J. Engstrom, Voted: That the Town appropriate the sum of $300.00 for the observance of Armistice Day, said appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
Article Fourteen:
On motion of Walder J. Engstrom, Voted: That the Town appropriate the sum of $2,500.00 for the employ- ment of one or more District Nurses. Said appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Board of Se- lectmen.
Article Fifteen:
On motion of Walder J. Engstrom, Voted: That the Town appropriate the sum of $150.00 for the use of the Plymouth County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture and choose a Town Director.
On motion of Herbert K. Bartlett, Voted: That James S. A. Valler be chosen Town Director for County Aid to Agriculture.
Article Sixteen:
On motion of Walder J. Engstrom, Voted: That the Town authorize the Selectmen to sell, after first giving notice of the time and place of sale by posting such notice of sale in some convenient and public place in the town fourteen days at least before the sale, property taken by
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the Town under tax title procedure, provided that the Selectmen or whomsoever they may authorize to hold such public auction may reject any bid which they deem inadequate.
Article Seventeen:
On motion of Walder J. Engstrom, Voted: That the Town authorize the Selectmen to control, regulate or prohibit the taking of eels and any or all kinds of shellfish and sea worms within the borders of the Town of Plym- outh and such other authority as is provided in Section 52 of Chapter 130 of the General Laws, as inserted therein by Chapter 598 of the Acts of 1941.
Article Eighteen:
On motion of Walder J. Engstrom, Voted: That the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to relinquish con- trol of Holmes Field, Summer Street, and place in the hands of the Park Department for use as a playground.
Article Nineteen:
On motion of Walder J. Engstrom, Voted: That the Town appropriate the sum of $600.00 for compensation and expenses of the Dog Officer required by Chapter 320 of the Acts of 1934.
Article Twenty:
On motion of Walder J. Engstrom, Voted: That the Town vote to accept thirty-five (35) cemetery perpetual care funds, amounting to six thousand nine hundred (6,900) dollars received and deposited in the Plymouth Savings Bank in the year 1944, in accordance with the usual votes of the Cemetery Commissioners and Select- men, and listed as new funds, in the town report for that year.
Article Twenty-one:
On motion of Walder J. Engstrom, Voted: That the
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Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell the build- ings and the land known as the Knapp Schoolhouse and lot, also the portable school building on same lot, at such time and in such way as they deem best for the interests of the Town.
Article Twenty-two:
Mr. Walder J. Engstrom moved: That the Moderator appoint a committee of ten, to be known as the Plymouth Veterans' Advisory Committee, and that the sum of $3,500.00 be appropriated, to be used and expended by said Committee for a paid executive secretary, for nec- essary clerical assistance, for necessary office expenses or for any other expenses which may be necessary for the proper functioning of the Committee. Said Committee to organize and function as it considers in the best interests of the Town and the returning Servicemen.
Mr. John A. Armstrong moved to amend by adding the following: That the term of office of this Committee be limited to a term of one year and that no elected public official of the Town be permitted to serve on this Com- mittee, and the motion was carried.
Mr. Engstrom's motion was put before the meeting and carried.
Article Twenty-three:
On motion of Walder J. Engstrom, Voted: That the Town take no action under Article 23.
Article Twenty-four:
On motion of Walder J. Engstrom, Voted: That the Town appropriate the sum of $250.00 for the purpose of continuing the work of the Honor Roll Committee, said appropriation to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
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Article Twenty-five:
On. motion of Walder J. Engstrom, Voted: That the Town appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the Plymouth War Price and Rationing Board No. 249, said appropri- ation to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
Article Twenty-six:
On motion of Walder J. Engstrom, Voted: That the As- sessors, in making the tax rate for the current year, are authorized to use, for reducing the rate, forty thousand (40,000) dollars from money in the town treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Article Twenty-seven:
On motion of Walder J. Engstrom, Voted: That the Town appropriate from money in the Town Treasury not otherwise appropriated the sum of forty-eight thousand five hundred (48,500) dollars to be invested in United States War Bonds, under the provisions of Chapter 5 of the Acts of 1943.
Article Twenty-eight:
On motion of Walder J. Engstrom, Voted: That the Town authorize the transfer of the sum of fifteen thousand (15,000) dollars from the Reserve from Overlayings of Taxes to the Reserve Account in the hands of the Advis- ory and Finance Committee.
Article Twenty-nine:
Mr. Walder J. Engstrom moved: That the Town take no action under Article 29.
Mr. John Armstrong moved to amend Mr. Engstrom's motion by making the following substitute motion: That the Moderator be instructed to appoint a committee of seven, to study the advisability of having an Inspector of
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