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32 33
32 32
35 35
39 38
17
423
Cornish
37 34
(20
14)
(14
19)
36 37
.
247
372
Burton
36
37
33
19
125
Mount Pleasant
36
29
28
32
29
34
188
Cold Spring
(17
9)
(15
13)
54
Oak Street
(16
16)
(16
9)
57
Manomet
12
(19
14)
(22
18)
(14
11)
110
Total
240
200
195
170
168
195
36
39
190
190
171
185
149
125
2
2255
Grade groups enclosed in parentheses are taught by one teacher
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CHANGES IN SCHOOL STAFF
Resigned or on Leave Name
School
Taught
Years Served in Plymouth
*Amaral, Marie S.
Cornish
Office
2
Anderson, Emma H.
Manomet
Grades 1 and 2
9
Anifantis, Eleanor
All Schools
Vocal Music
2
Garvin, Beatrice E.
Jr .- Sr. High
Phys. Educ., Girls
22
Keene, Flora A.
Cornish
Grade 2
35
Lang, Katherine J.
Senior High
Type., Ec. Geog., Prob. of Dem.
17
*Matthews, Edith E.
Hedge
Grade 1
1
Morton, Dorothy E.
Hedge
Grade 3
2
#Peck, Evelyn L. Perrier, Helen F.
Hedge
Grade 4
19
Grade 3
25
#Viets, Marjorie D.
Junior High
English, Latin
7
New Appointees Name
School
Subjects
Training
Years of Experience
*Bissonnette, Barbara R.
Cornish
Office
Plymouth High School
1
Connolly, Mary A.
Senior High
English, Prob. of Dem.
Boston T. C.
5
Fabian, Jeanne
Jr .- Sr. High
Phys. Educ., Girls
Posse School
0
Gellatly, Evelyn M.
Burton
Grade 3
Lowell Normal
11
*Higgins, Gladys S.
Manomet
Grade 1 (Ass't.)
Lowell Normal
7
McNamara, Ann
Manomet Senior High
Physics, Radio, Chemistry
Harvard University
11
*Parkhurst, Amedea G.
Hedge
Grade 2
Bridgewater T. C.
3
*Patenaude, Jean W.
Junior High
English, Latin
Bridgewater T. C.
3
*Picard, Frances
All Schools
Vocal Music
Boston University
13
*Shaw, Jeanette M. Swett, Maxine
Hedge
Grade 4
Bridgewater T. C.
1
Hedge
Grade 3
Hyannis and B. U.
15
*Watkins, Rose
Oak Street
Grades 1 and 2
Keene, N. H. Normal
23
*Substitute
** Returned from Service
#On Leave
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Grades 1 and 2
Bridgewater T. C.
0
** Packard, John
Cornish
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES December 31, 1947
Burr F. Jones Elinor B. Sanderson
Barbara M. Gunther
OFFICE
Superintendent of Schools Secretary Clerk
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Edgar J. Mongan
Iris E. Albertini
Helen M. Bagnall, Mrs.
Ec. Geog., Type. I
English II, Prob. of Democracy World History
Sten., Cler. Prac., Off. Pr., Type.
Auto Mech., Biology, Mach.
English II, III
French I, II, III
Type. I, II, Bookkeeping
Bookkeeping I, Bus. Ec.
Household Arts
Mathematics III, IV, Geometry Physics, Radio, Chemistry
U. S. History
English IV
Basic Mathematics I, II
Driver Training and Education
English III, IV
Latin II, III, IV
Biology
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Mary M. Dolan
Beatrice M. Arthur
Grace Blackmer
Clothing
Civics, Guidance-Boys
Science Algebra, Math.
English, French
Shop, Drafting
Household Arts, Foods
Jr. Prac. Arts, Rem. Reading Social Studies English Math., Reading Jr. Prac. Arts, Math., Soc. St. General Science Shop, Drafting
Latin, English Civics, English
Social Studies, Library
Social Studies English, Guidance-Girls
English, Reading Latin, English (On Leave) Mathematics
*New Employees, 1947
Principal
Bus. Trg., Math.
Lawrence M. Bongiovanni
Louis L. Cappannari Esther M. Chandler Mary Cingolani Deane E. Eldridge Irene M. Golden
Alice Graeme-Harrison, Mrs.
Phyllis M. Johnson Alice Lema Bertha E. McNaught
Loring R. C. Mugford Jeffrey T .. Nunez Hector E. Patenaude *Jean W. Patenaude Virginia Pekarski Barbara E. Pioppi, Mrs. Marian E. Radcliffe Sara B. Sharkey, Mrs. Doris G. Smith, Mrs. Marjorie D. Viets, Mrs. Catherine D. Welsh
Principal
English II, Psychology
*Mary A. Connolly Ellen M. Downey Lydia J. Gardner, Mrs. Carlo T. Guidoboni Roland W. Holmes Jeannette C. Jacques Helen C. Johnson
Elizabeth C. Kelly
Virginia H. Kingman, Mrs. Nellie R. Locklin John Packard Arthur G. Pyle Miriam A. Raymond, Mrs.
Mario J. Romano Richard Smiley
Alice F. Urann, Mrs.
Margie E. Wilber
Claiborne H. Young
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HEDGE, CORNISH-BURTON, COLD SPRING, OAK STREET SCHOOLS .
Franklyn O. White
Principal HEDGE SCHOOL
Olga Anderson, Mrs.
Grade I
Kathryn H. McCarthy
Grade I
Margaret L. Christie
Grade II
Grade II
*Amedea Parkhurst, Mrs. Dolores Cappannari, Mrs.
Grade III
*Maxine Swett Mary E. Kennedy Evelyn L. Peck
Grade IV
Grade IV (On Leave)
*Jeannette M. Shaw, Mrs.
Grade IV
Sara F. Doten, Mrs.
Grade V
Madeline A. Johnson
Grade V
Susan M. Beauregard, Mrs.
Grade VI
Florence Giberti
Grade VI
Frances Donahoe
Practical Arts
CORNISH-BURTON SCHOOL
Louise E. Tosi
Grade I
Gertrude W. Zahn
Grade I
Dorothy A. Judkins
Grade II
Janet Broadbent.
Grades II, III
*Evelyn Gellatly, Mrs.
Grade III
Esther A. Maloni, Mrs.
Grade IV
Helen F. Holmes
Grades IV, V
Bertha H. Perkins, Mrs.
Grade V
Charlotte E. Lovering
Grade VI
Ruth H. Tolman
Grade VI
Carolyn L. Avanzini, Mrs.
Practical Arts
Mary G. Perkins, Mrs.
Remedial Reading
COLD SPRING SCHOOL
Mora E. Norton
Grades I, II Grades II, III
OAK STREET SCHOOL
*Rose B. Watkins, Mrs.
Grades I, II
Eleanor L. White, Mrs. Grades III, IV
MOUNT PLEASANT SCHOOL
Helen S. Manchester, Mrs. Principal, Grade VI
Gladys L. Simmons, Mrs. Grade I
Marjorie J. Cassidy Grade II
M. Louise Peterson Grade III
Mabel R. Mitchell, Mrs.
Grade IV
Esther M. Ward
Grade V
Helen H. Linnell
Grade VI (Part-time)
MANOMET SCHOOL
Elouise E. Cashin, Mrs.
*Ann McNamara
*Gladys Higgins, Mrs. Selma W. Arruda, Mrs.
Principal, Grades V, VI Grades I, II Grade I
Grades III, IV
"New Employee, 1947
Sarah S. Bent
Grade III
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SPECIAL TEACHERS
Hazel M. Bates
Art-Elm., Jr. High
Margaret E. Brown, Mrs.
Art-Jr .- Sr. High
*Jeanne Fabian
Phys. Ed .- Jr .- Sr. High Girls
Supv. of Instrumental Music
Phys. Ed .- Elementary
Supv. of Vocal Music
Phys. Ed-Jr .- Sr. High Boys
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
Frank J. Abate, Jr., M.D.
Medora V. Eastwood, M.D.
Jane B. Bradford
Dental Hygiene Teacher
Priscilla M. Crawley
Assistant to Nurse
Hilda R. Swett
School Nurse
CLERKS
Ruth F. Bailey, Mrs.
Senior High School
Cornish School
Hedge School
Frances C. Carletti, Mrs.
Junior High School
SUPERVISOR OF ATTENDANCE
Ralph F. Matinzi
SUPERVISOR OF SCHOOL BUILDINGS Thomas A. Bodell
JANITORS
Joseph Borella
David Briggs
Cold Spring, Oak, Cornish Schools Manomet School
Leo Callahan
Hedge School
Peter A. Dries
Cornish-Burton School
Aroldo Guidoboni
Jr .- Sr. High School
Wilson Farnell
Jr .- Sr. High School
Jameg Martin
Mount Pleasant School
Adelard Savard
Senior High School
Fred J. Smith
Junior High School
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LUNCHES
Sylvia Smiley, Mrs., Director Cornish School Marie Rose, Mrs. "
Barbara B. Bartlett, Mrs.
Hilda Lewis, Mrs.
Annie L. Vaz, Mrs.
Hedge School
Dorothy E. Bartlett, Mrs.
Manomet School
STATE-AIDED VOCATIONAL EDUCATION Katharine Alden
Pottery School
*New Employees, 1947
John Pacheco Carolyn E. Parren
*Frances B. Picard, Mrs. John H. Walker
School Physician-Boys School Physician-Girls
*Barbara R. Bissonnette Gloria A. Botieri
INDEX TO TOWN REPORT
Part I
Aid to Dependent Children
151
Annual Town Meeting, March 22, 1947 ... ...
6
Assessors, Board of ...
120
Buildings, Inspector of 105
Cemetery Commissioners 153
Community Nurse
165
Engineer, Town
136
Fire Commissioner
137
Fisheries, Inland
135
Forest, Town Committee
140
Forest Warden
139
Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth
135
Harbor Master ..
134
Health, Board of
101
Jurors, List of ...
160
Library
124
Officers, Town 1947
3
Old Age Assistance
148
Park Commissioners
106
Planning Board
155
Police Department
140
Public Welfare
145
Report of Advisory and Finance Committee, March 22, 1947 25
Report of Advisory and Finance Committee, September 8, 1947 ....
..... 45
Retirement, Board of 141
Sealer of Weights and Measures
159
Selectmen, Board of
49
Special Town Meeting
24
State Audit
169
Streets and Sewers, Superintendent of
98
Town Clerk's Report ...
51
Births
67
Deaths
85
Marriages
52|
Summary
97
Tree Warden 134
Veterans' Advisory Committee
103
Water Commissioners 110
Water Superintendent ...
115
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INDEX-Continued Part II
INDEX TO TOWN ACCOUNTANT'S REPORT
Report of Town Accountant 3
Schedule A (Cash Receipts and Payments) 5
Schedule B Appropriations (Additions to and Pay- ments from) 33
Schedule C (Estimated Receipts)
91
Schedule D (Revenue Account)
93
Schedule E (Excess and Deficiency)
96
Schedule F (Balance Sheet) 97
Schedule G and H (Funded Indebtedness) 100
Schedule I (Trust Funds) 101
Schedule J (Calculation of Credit)
128
Part III
INDEX TO SCHOOL REPORT
Administration .............. 3
Attendance, Supervisor of
50
Calendar
4
Census 50
Committee
3
Elementary Schools, Principal's Report
35
Employees
53
Employment of Minors 50
Enrollment
51
Financial
5
Health Department
45
Hygiene and Dental Clinic
47
Junior High School, Principal's Report
33
School Committee Report
11
Senior High School, Principal's Report
31
Special Departments
37
Superintendent's Report
17
Members of School Department Staff Resigned or Granted Leave 52
New Appointments to School Staff 52
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Annual Report of the
Town Officers
PLYMOUTH
1948
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ANNUAL REPORT
TOWN OFFICERS
of the
Town of Plymouth
1020.
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For the Year Ending December 31, 1948
Printed by THE MEMORIAL PRESS Plymouth, Mass.
In Memoriam
WILLIAM T. ELDRIDGE Selectman - 1914 to 1932 Died - December 5, 1948
HENRY WALTON
Fire Commissioner - 1925 to 1947 Died - August 13, 1948
A. PERRY RICHARDS
Town Counsel - 1925 to 1946 Died - March 17, 1948
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TOWN OFFICERS
Selectmen: James T. Frazier, Chairman, Charles I. Bagnall, Sumner A. Chapman, Jr., Herbert H. Lanman and George A. White.
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: Robert A. Carr, Chairman, William H. Bar- rett and Carl W. Raymond.
Overseers of Public Welfare: Harold G. Roberts, Chair- man, Gordon S. McCosh and Andrew Rae.
Water Commissioners: Edward R. Belcher, Chairman, Arthur Addyman, Richard T. Eldridge, C. Brooks Hudson and Daniel F. Mulcahy.
School Committee: E. Harold Donovan, Chairman, William H. Armstrong, Signe L. J. Borghesani, David A. Cappannari, William E. Curtin and Ralph C. Weaver.
Cemetery Commissioners: Arthur E. Blackmer, Chair- man, Richard T. Eldridge and John B. Finney.
Burial Hill Committee: Cemetery Commissioners.
Agawam and Halfway Pond Herring Fishery Commit- tee: Emil C. Birnstein, Charles C. Chandler and Arthur W. Lovell.
Park Commissioners: John A. Siever, Chairman, Ed- ward J. E. Hand and Arthur Sirrico.
Board of Health: Medora V. Eastwood, Chairman, Paul W. Bittinger and Herbert S. Maxwell.
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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. Douglas.
Committee on Town Forest: James A. White, John A. Kennedy and George L. Gooding.
Board of Registration: Enrico Ferrari, Walter R. Rob- erts and Joseph R. Stefani.
Committee on Sewers: Selectmen.
Sexton: Paul H. Ziegengeist.
Pound Keeper: Russell L. Dickson.
Sealer of Weights and Measures: Harold E. Giles. Superintendent of Streets: Elmer C. Chandler.
Superintendent of Water Works: Theodore Brink. Beach Committee: Selectmen.
Collector of Water Rates: Harold W. Baker.
Harbor Master: Elmer P. Boutin.
Members of Retirement Board: Russell P. Dearborn, Herbert K. Bartlett and Cora B. Grady.
Superintendent of Oak Grove and Vine Hills Ceme- teries: Howard L. Priestley.
Superintendent of Chiltonville Cemetery: Charles B. Howland.
Superintendent of Manomet Cemetery: Gordon S. McCosh.
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Superintendent of Infirmary: Russell L. Dickson. Fire Commissioner: John J. Magee. Town Engineer: Edward Chase. Chief of Police: Russell P. Dearborn. Tree Warden: John A. Kennedy. Forest Warden: Everett B. Wood. Local Moth Superintendent: John A. Kennedy. Town Counsel: Hugh R. Maraghy.
Building Inspector: Edwin H. Cunningham. Dog Officer: James Raymond. Inspector of Animals: Frederick Bradley. Inspector of Slaughtering: Hillery J. Bergman. Chief of Fire Department: Everett B. Wood.
Constables: Russell P. Dearborn, Robert M. Fogarty, Leo M. Murphy.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
MARCH 27, 1948
AMEDEO V. SGARZI, Moderator
Article Three:
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.
Mr. A. Linwood Ellis read the report of the Special Survey and Coordinating Committee, which was 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, 1949, 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 accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article Five:
Voted: That the salaries of elected town officers be set as follows:
Chairman of Selectmen $726.00
Other Selectmen (each) 363.00
Chairman of Assessors 2,871.60
Other Assessors (each) 2,429.60
Town Clerk 2,230.00
Town Treasurer 2,230.00
Collector of Taxes
3,470.00
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Article Six:
Mr. Joseph H. Nogueira moved: That the Town vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds the sum of $1,365,810.84 to defray the expenses of the Town and for other purposes, of which $582,016.86 shall be for salaries and personal services, and $783,793.98 shall be for other expenses, all as contained in the printed recommendations of the Advisory and Finance Com- mittee.
Salaries $6,433.45
Expenses $1,715.00
Selectmen's Dept.
Selectmen's Dept., Out-of-State Travel
150.00
Accounting Dept.
4,645.00
500.00
Treasury Dept.
4,081.50
1,100.00
Tax Collector's Dept.
5,460.00
1,431.25
Assessors' Dept.
9,480.00
500.00
Law Dept.
1,450.00
150.00
Town Clerk's Dept.
4,033.00
250.00
Engineering Dept.
1,400.00
200.00
Planning Board
50.00
Election and Registration
2,778.00
1,200.00
Town House Maintenance
1,343.50
1,835.00
Old High School Maintenance
2,088.31
1,800.00
Town Hall Maintenance
5,289.50
2,500.00
Town Hall Maintenance, Fuel
2,900.00
Police Dept.
59,538.00
5,770.00
Police Dept., Out-of-State Travel
125.00
Fire Dept., including Manomet
71,210.00
8,275.00
New Hose for Fire Dept.
1,300.00
Fire Dept., Out-of-State Travel
100.00
Fire Station Repairs
500.00
Inspection of Buildings
600.00
35.00
Sealing Weights and Measures
1,854.00
300.00
Moth Suppression
2,046.05
5,030.00
Tree Warden's Dept.
1,000.00
5,550.00
Forest Warden's Dept.
640.00
1,935.00
Forest Fire Payrolls
1,800.00
Liability Insurance on Forest Fire Trucks
643.95
New Hose for Forest Fire Dept.
450.00
Inland Fisheries
300.00
Health Dept.
9,810.35
12,124.25
Sewers
.. .
5,600.00
ยท
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.
. .
858.60
Liability Insurance on Fire Trucks
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Garbage Collection
17,169.12
Street Cleaning
5,750.00
Public Sanitaries
4,295.00
400.00
Roads and Bridges
5,738.00
38,450.00
Highway Construction and Reconst.
17,050.00
Setting Boundary Stones
275.00
Repairing Hard-Surfaced Streets
8,375.00
Sidewalks
6,600.00
Granolithic Sidewalks and Curbings
3,875.00
Snow and Ice Removal (Overdraft from 1947)
1,235.66
Snow and Ice Removal
25,000.00
Street Sprinkling
1,500.00
Street Lighting
22,500.00
Traffic Lighting
450.00
Traffic Signs, Painting, etc.
3,725.00
Harbor Master
2,420.00
315.00
Public Welfare Dept.
10,695.00
79,000.00
A. D. C.
50,000.00
O. A. A.
3,250.00
200,000.00
Veterans' Benefits
20,000.00
Veterans' Services
3,625.00
375.00
School Dept.
315,195.00
58,586.00
School Dept., Fuel
5,480.00
12,650.00
Park Dept.
10,080.00
14,150.00
Park Dept., Recreation Project Equipment
447.00
Pensions for Town Laborers
1,747.20
4,200.00
Cont. Retirement System:
Pension Fund
24,422.15
Expense Fund
800.00
Sexton
250.00
Miscellaneous Account
611.00
3,860.00
Historical Signs
500.00
Water Dept. Maintenance
20,550.00
30,331.00
Water Dept. Maint., Emergency Appro.
2,500.00
Water Dept. Regular Const.
7,000.00
Town Wharf Maintenance
250.00
Town Forest Maintenance
750.00
O. G. and V. H. Cem.
5,715.00
10,125.00
Burial Hill
3,000.00
C., M., and S. P. Cems.
2,000.00
Town Debt and Interest
30,000.00
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$586,631.86 $783,793.98
11,000.00
School Lunch
Insurance on all Town Property
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Under "Town Hall Maintenance," Mr. James T. Frazier moved to amend by substituting the figure $5,289.50 in place of $4,819.50, and the motion was carried.
Under "Highway Construction and Reconstruction," Mr. James T. Frazier moved to amend by substituting the figure $26,100.00 in place of $17,050.00, but the motion was lost.
Under "Public Welfare Dept.," Mr. Harold G. Roberts moved to amend by substituting $12,869.97 in place of $10,695.00 for Salaries, and $89,075.00 in place of $79,000.00 for Other Expenses, but the motion was lost.
Under "Aid to Dependent Children," Mr. Harold G. Roberts moved to amend by substituting $56,935.00 in place of $50,000.00, but the motion was lost.
Under "Old Age Assistance," Mr. Harold G. Roberts moved to amend by substituting $3,757.88 in place of $3,250.00 for Salaries and $224,243.00 in place of $200,000.00 for Other Expenses, but the motion was lost.
Mr. Nogueira's motion, as amended, was then put before the meeting and carried.
Article Seven:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $15,321.00 including the dog tax of $1,719.79, in aid of the Plymouth Public Library.
Article Eight:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $4,281.00 to be expended by the Plymouth Public Li- brary for the Loring Library.
Article Nine:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,050.00 in aid of the Manomet Public Library.
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Article Ten:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $650.00 for the observance of Memorial Day, to be ex- pended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
Article Eleven:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,200.00 for the observance of July Fourth, to be ex- pended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen, $150.00 of said amount to be expended for the sponsoring of children's sports.
Article Twelve:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $600.00 for the observance of Armistice Day, said ap- propriation to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
Article Thirteen:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 for the observance of Thanksgiving Day, to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen.
Article Fourteen:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $3,100.00 for the employment of one or more district nurses, said appropriation to be expended under the di- rection of the Board of Selectmen.
Article Fifteen:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $150.00 for the use of the Plymouth County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture and choose a Town Di- rector.
On motion of James T. Frazier, Voted: That Robert B. Bowler, Jr., be appointed Town Director of County Aid to Agriculture.
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Article Sixteen:
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 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:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $660.00 for compensation and expenses of the Dog Officer, as required by Chapter 320 of the Acts of 1934.
Article Eighteen:
Voted: That the Town accept nineteen (19) cemetery perpetual care funds, amounting to $6,100.00 received and deposited in the Plymouth Savings Bank in the year 1947 in accordance with the usual votes of the Cemetery Com- missioners and Selectmen, and listed as new funds in the town report for that year.
Article Nineteen:
Voted: That the Town authorize the transfer of $10,- 000.00 from the Reserve from Overlayings of Taxes to the Reserve Account in the hands of the Advisory and Finance Committee.
Article Twenty:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate, or trans- fer from available funds, the sum of $20,000.00 for the improvement of Court Street, under the provisions of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, which provide for con- tributions from the State and County, said contributions to be returned to the Excess and Deficiency Account.
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Article Twenty-one:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate, or trans- fer from available funds, the sum of $2,600.00 for the purchase of a tractor and attachments for the Highway Department.
Article Twenty-two:
Voted: That the Town take no action under Article 22.
Article Twenty-three:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate, or trans- fer from available funds, the sum of $3,000.00 for the continuation of work on the outfall sewer near the foot of Robbins Lane.
Article Twenty-four:
Voted Unanimously: That the Town accept and allow as a town way, Forest Avenue Extension, southwesterly from Spooner Street, as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 for land and property damages and ex- penses of acquiring titles.
Article Twenty-five:
Voted: That the Town take no action under Article 25.
Article Twenty-six:
Voted Unanimously: That the Town accept and allow as a town way, the alteration at the corner of South and Mt. Pleasant Streets, as laid out by the Selectmen and reported to the Town, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 for land and property damages, and ex- penses of acquiring titles.
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Article Twenty-seven:
Mr. Joseph H. Nogueira moved: That the Town take no action under Article 27.
Mr. James T. Frazier moved to amend by substituting the following motion: That the Town acquire the right to lay and maintain sewer, water, surface drains and other services in a strip of land as laid out by the Select- men and reported to the Town, over the property of Elsie M. Paty et als., Lawrence J. Stiles, and Harold J. Baru- faldi, and make an appropriation of $250.00 for land and property damages and expenses of acquiring titles, and the motion was carried unanimously.
Mr. Nogueira's motion, as amended, was then put before the meeting and carried.
Article Twenty-eight:
Mr. Joseph H. Nogueira moved: That the Town take no action under Article 28.
Mr. James T. Frazier moved to amend by substituting the following motion: That the Town appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 for the purpose of installing a sewer in the right of way over the property of Elsie M. Paty et als., Lawrence H. Stiles, Robert Emond and Harold J. Baru- faldi, said appropriation to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account, provided said transfer is ap- proved by the Commissioner of Taxation, otherwise said appropriation to come out of the current tax levy. This appropriation to be spent under the Board of Selectmen, and the motion was carried.
Mr. Nogueira's motion, as amended, was then put before the meeting and carried.
Mr. John A. Armstrong moved that Article 37 be taken up next, and the motion was carried.
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Article Thirty-seven:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate, or trans- fer from available funds, the sum of $3,000.00, to be spent in conjunction with sums to be provided by the Common- wealth of Massachusetts and the County of Plymouth, for the construction of groins or jetties at White Horse Beach, at locations to be determined by the Director of Public Works, for the prevention of shore erosion along said White Horse Beach.
Article Twenty-nine:
Voted: That the Town take no action under Article 29.
Article Thirty:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate, or trans- fer from available funds, the sum of $5,300.00 for Water Department construction and reconstruction in connection with the new by-pass westerly of the Town, as planned by the Commonwealth.
Article Thirty-one:
Voted: That the Town authorize the Water Commis- sioners to lay and maintain new water mains in Avenues B. and C. and adjacent ways at White Horse Beach, together with fire hydrants, services and other appurte- nances as necessary, and to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds, the sum of $10,200.00 there- for.
Article Thirty-two:
Voted: That the Town authorize the Water Commis- sioners to lay and maintain a water main in Margerie Street, westerly from Oak Street, together with fire hy- drants, services and other appurtenances as necessary, and to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds, the sum of $3,000.00 therefor.
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Article Thirty-three:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate, or trans- fer from available funds, the sum of $1,000.00 for the purchase of a new truck for the Water Department and to authorize the Water Commissioners to dispose of the present automobile used by the Superintendent, purchased in 1940.
Article Thirty-four:
Voted: That the Town authorize the Selectmen to have the necessary repairs made to the seawall along Water Street and to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds, the sum of $11,250.00 therefor, to be spent in conjunction with sums to be provided by the State and County, as provided by Chapter 603 of the Acts of 1947; the Town to assume liability as provided by Section 29, Chapter 91, General Laws, for all damages incurred here- under.
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