Town annual report of the officers of the town of Plymouth, Massachusetts for the year ending 1947, Part 18

Author: Plymouth (Mass.)
Publication date: 1947
Publisher: Plymouth [Mass.] : Avery & Doten
Number of Pages: 770


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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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IN


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S.L.


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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