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Robert Whittemore Woodward
Brockton
Robert W. and Virginia K. (Hogan) Woodward
14
Kathleen Monaghan
Weymouth
Thomas F. and Violet E. (Fransoso) Monaghan
21
17
Maureen Elizabeth Murray
20
Rosemarie Kellstrand
10
David Lynch
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF ROCKLAND FOR THE YEAR 1942 - Continued
Date
Name
Birthplace
Parents
Sept.
16
Walter David Bryant
Weymouth
Charles O. and Gladys M. (Zeoli) Bryant
18
Judith Ann Coit
Rockland Manuel P. and Ethel I. (Delano) Coit
19
Beatrice Isabelle Dupuis
Weymouth
Harvey J. and Beatrice (Farrar) Dupuis
19
Allan Lloyd Beausang, 2nd
Weymouth
Edward A. and Mary F. (Cummings) Beausang
25
Gordon Fred Bowles
Weymouth
Chester F. and Celestine E. (Schleiff) Bowles
25
Betsey Soule
Brockton
Howard C. and Ruth (Andrew) Soule
29
Richard Russell Cormier
Quincy
William R. and Esther L. (Lavangie) Cormier
Oct.
3
Geraldine Frino
Brockton Gerald and Marion (Celia) Frino
6
Diane Lee DelPrete
Weymouth
Albert F. and Christine (Carpenter) DelPrete
6
Sandra Lou DelPrete
Weymouth
Albert F. and Christine (Carpenter) DelPrete
11
Esther Marie Gobeille
Brockton
Camille A. and Jeannette F. (Angeline) Gobeille
12
Peter Spence Crawford
Brockton
George H. and Jeannette A. (Reed) Crawford
15
Nioma Hester Liska
Rockland
Amon L. and Hester N. (Sledge) Liska Frederick J. and Lillian M. (Geever) Boudreau Frederick M. and Mary J. (McInnis) Delay
17
Frederick Joseph Delay
Weymouth
20 Charles Arthur Leach
Brockton
Charles A. and Hannah I. (Rock) Leach
21
Judith Althea Zambruno
Brockton
22
Bernard Vincent DeLory
Weymouth
Fred J. and Johanne (Johnson) Zambruno Bernard V. and Helena (Burns) DeLory
23
Kathleen Ann O'Brien
Weymouth
George L. and Dorothea T. (MacDonald) O'Brien
Nov.
2 Richard Irvin Little
Weymouth
Irvin R. and Lillian F. (Tilden) Little
5 Joseph Clifton Nightingale
Weymouth Clifton E. and Julia M. (Ferron) Nightingale
5 Jean Frances Craig
Weymouth
Lawrence E. and Dorothy (Johnson) Craig Joseph P. and Rose G. (Costello) Lanzillotta
18 Joseph Paul Lanzillotta
20
Robert Ivan Ford
Brockton Brockton
Robert C. and Helen D. (Kovalchuk) Ford
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SIXTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
17 Raymond Norman Boudreau
Weymouth
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF ROCKLAND FOR THE YEAR 1942 - Continued
Date
Name
Birthplace
Parents
23
Richard Alan Campbell
Weymouth
Herbert W. and Lois F. (Walker) Campbell
24
Lorraine Alice Owen
Rockland
George F. and Irene (Gagne) Owen
25
Kenneth Warren Blenis
Brockton
George W. and Ellen (Benoit) Blenis
27
Janice Marie Condon
Weymouth
Joseph L. and Elizabeth M. (Strahan) Condon
Dec.
1
Maurice George Zeeman
Weymouth
Ira P. and Nellie L. (Sirois) Zeeman
2
Rosanne Jones
Brockton
James R. and Mary M. (Packard) Jones
5
Richard Lee Bowser
Rockland Kenneth S. and Lillian M. (Davis) Bowser
6
Robert Malcolm Doherty
Brockton Arthur E. and Elizabeth (Pope) Doherty
0
Peter Edward Crowell
Weymouth
. John and Claire B. (Wheeler) Crowell
9
Mary Louise Burton
Weymouth
Joseph P. and Ellen L. (Keegan) Burton
9
Janice Louise Parker
Brockton
Bernard R. and Muriel (Pennini) Parker
10
Stillborn
12
Janice Marie LaBelle
Brockton Harold E. and Ruth (Wade) LaBelle
13 John Henry Clifford
Brockton
John H. and Florence H. (McGee) Clifford
14 Kenneth Roger Clifford
Weymouth
Kenneth E. and Frances L. (Bullard) Clifford
17
Joseph Michael Cifello
Weymouth
Michael J. and Mary E. (Gilmartin) Cifello
25
Paul Francis Wolfe
Brockton
James W. and Cordelia M. (Cushing) Wolfe
29
John Francis O'Brien
Brockton
Robert W. and Alice (Murrill) O'Brien
TOWN OF ROCKLAND
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DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF ROCKLAND FOR THE YEAR 1942
Date
Name
YM D
Cause of Death
Birthplace
Jan.
2
Clarissa Torrey
95
4
16
Broncho pneumonia
Rockland Abington Rockland
9
Frederick W. Freeman
67
6
28
Carcinoma of mouth
10
John Joseph Norton
53
Coronary sclerosis
North Abington
14
Maurice A. Murphy
84
Cerebral hemorrhage
Rockland Rockland
15
Herbert Lincoln Stoddard
82
2
1
Myocarditis
17
George H. Mann
74
5
26
Coronary occlusion
18
Mary Emma Smith
84
6
14
Hypertensive Heart Disease
Feb.
Richard Peter Marcotte
75
5
14
Cardiac Failure
15
Nahum F. Leavitt
89
8
26
Coronary sclerosis
20
Charles L. Crocker
53
1
4
Myocarditis
20
Charles D. Stringer
71
1
18
Coronary sclerosis
Leicester, Eng.
22 Ellen Noonan
91
3
15
Arterio sclerosis
Ireland
22
Charles Sumner Tilden
81
17
Myocarditis
24
Julia E. Flynn
70
2
23
Coronary thrombosis
Rockland
25
Daniel Webster Ford
79
4
25
Coronary thrombosis
Rockland
March
13
Emma J. Richards
77
11
5
19
Albert N. Boynton
68
11
13
Generalized Carcinomatosis
23
Matthew F. O'Grady
56
7
11
Coronary thrombosis
25
Thomas Michael O'Brien
1/3
Prematurity
27
Stillborn
30
Barbara Cook
4
11
11
31
(Male) Genereaux
1/24
Acute Streptococcic pneumonia Prematurity
Brockton Boston
-
26
Fracture Right Femur-accidental fall
6
Margaret Shea
78
-
-
7
Diarrhea of new born
Brockton
14
19
Georgianna R. Poole
Hanover Rockland Weymouth
Peru, Ill.
Obstructive Jaundice
North Hanover Jefferson, Me. Rockland Brockton
SIXTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
Hanover Belfast, Me.
DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF ROCKLAND FOR THE YEAR 1942 - Continued
Date
Name
YMD
Cause of Death
Birthplace
April
Mary A. DeYoung
68
7
12
Cardio-Renal Disease
10
Albert F. Shanahan
71
3
21
Carcinoma of Lung Prematurity
11
Marilyn Ruth Bailey
72
1
Pulmonary edema Cerebral hemorrhage
Rockland
16
Catherine M. Conroy
83
-
22
Ernest Delbert Stetson
63
-
Coronary sclerosis
28
Annie E. Mansfield
78
-
-
Cerebral hemorrhage
May
4
Maria Jenkins
90
6
9
Myocarditis Myocarditis
11
Rosilla L. Callahan
66
8
20
Myocarditis
19
Josephine Rushlow
64
7
Carcinoma Uterine cervix
20
John Sheehan
66
11
3
Pernicious anemia
21
Chester Arthur Woodward
57
1
Carcinoma of Rectum
26
Antoin J. Vargus
61
7
7
Carcinoma Mediastinum
June
1
Charles H. Derby
45
3
9
Cerebral hemorrhage
5
George Easton Clark
55
13
Cardio Vascular Disease
10
John F. Norton
. 80
3
16
Hypostatic pneumonia
18 Mary A. Murray
82
Cerebral hemorrhage
22
Josephine Galinis
68
Cancer of lung
23
John W. Kivinen
56
9
18
Coronary sclerosis
27
Lucy Estelle Hatch
77
10
-
Myocarditis
Abington Boston Cambridge Rockland Lithuania Finland Rockland
July 1
Leonard Joseph Foster
62
6 22
Coronary sclerosis
Provincetown
25
TOWN OF ROCKLAND
Nova Scotia Rockland South Weymouth Ireland
13
Margaret Brady
Whitman
Rockland
18
Grace Alma Vining
68
-
Rockland West Hanover Rockland St. Albans, Vt. Quincy Reading Boston
6
26
DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF ROCKLAND FOR THE YEAR 1942 - Continued
Date
Name
Y MD
Cause of Death
Birthplace
July
7
Amy Agusta Cobb
54
9
3
Carcinoma of Intestines
8
John O'Donoghue
74
6
5
Hypostatic pneumonia Acute Endocarditis
9
Joseph Wainshilbaum
75
85
Coronary occlusion
18
Sarah Jane Brooks
88
1
14
Cerebral thrombosis Myocarditis
Boston
20
Katherine Ahearn
72
Carcinoma of colon
Ireland
21
Joseph E. Czarmick
53
4
8
Asphyxiation by suspension
Poland
24
Mitchell J. DeCota
76
5
30
Coronary thrombosis
Canada
31
James Vincenzo Ricca
63
4 13
Coronary sclerosis
Italy
Aug.
1
Carrie F. Josselyn
77
5
14
Suicidal drowning Coronary thrombosis
Farmington, Me. South Scituate
3
Henry Franks
92
11
-
4
Stillborn
36
9
11
Post Partum Hemorrhage
11
Elizabeth M. Woodward
75
11
8
Coronary occlusion
21
Joseph D. O'Hayre
77
9
19
Coronary heart disease
Sept.
8 Julia A. Torrey
79
5
23
Myocarditis
10
Annie L. Coffey
66
9
23
Carcinoma left breast
10
Catherine Isabella Ridgeway
77
Coronary sclerosis
12
George M. B. Miller
67
8
21
Carcinoma of lung
16
Marian L. Belanger
64
6
2
Coronary sclerosis
21
Edith L. Poole
77
8
-
Broncho pneumonia
22
Ozroe A. Wyman
74
6
13
Coronary thrombosis
Peru, Me.
26
Katherine M. Croak
77
-
-
Arterio sclerosis
Rockland
SIXTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
Rockland Ireland Russia Rockland Rockland
13
Mary Ellen Smith
18
Catherine F. Mulready
78
-
4
Blanche Wyatt
Abington Derby, Eng. Rockland
Rockland Rockland Hanover New York, N. Y. Rockland Rockland
-
DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF ROCKLAND FOR THE YEAR 1942 - Continued
Date
Name
Y M D
Cause of Death
Birthplace
26
Daniel A. Field
79
7
-
28
Arthur Duhamel
60
9
19
Coronary thrombosis Pulmonary embolus
Lewiston, Me. Canada
Oct.
3
William C. Mason
54
58
10
21
13
Leonce Miles Rabouin Ashton Blanchard Kierstead
52
11
16
Conorary thrombosis
19
Annie E. Rierdon
71
3
17
Conorary thrombosis
22
Harriet F. Alden
77
9
7
Angina Pectoris
27
Arthur W. Ellis
65
8
Cerebral hemorrhage
28
William E. Vining
78
3
17
Coronary thrombosis
Nov.
11
Michael L. Haggerty
86
Hypostatic pneumonia Cerebral apoplexy
21
William H. Flynn
61
6
24
25
Elizabeth A. Madigan
85
9
1
Cardio-vascular disease
Dec.
13
Julia A. Gay
79
Coronary sclerosis
19
Sophia Mary Kennedy
64
9
13
Coronary sclerosis
23
Charles Frederick Kramer
65
2
26
Mitral Stenosis
23
Arthur L. Poole
66
-
Acute dilation heart
25
Jessie Blanche McConney
65
11
Arterial hypertension
27
Bridget E. Higgins
85
6
- . Chronic cardio-vascula disease
-
Ireland Marlboro Rockland
Rockland Presque Isle, Me. Colchester, Conn. Worcester California Boston
27
TOWN OF ROCKLAND
Arterio sclerosis Pulmonary Tuberculosis
North Grafton Boston Rockland Rockland
16
East Bridgewater Rockland Rockland
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SIXTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 2, 1942
Pursuant to the warrant a meeting was held in the Rockland Opera House, beginning at 7:30 P. M. and the following votes were passed and action taken.
The meeting was called to order at 7:30 P. M. by the Moderator, Magorisk L. Walls.
The warrant and Constable's return of service thereof was read by the Town Clerk.
Article 1. Voted to lay on table and later voted to take from table and then voted to accept the reports of the various town officers and committees as published in the Town Report.
Article 2. Voted to raise and appropriate the follow- ing amounts for the purposes named.
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Moderator, Salary
$50.00
Selectmen's Department
Salary-Chairman
2,200.00
Salary-Associate member
300.00
Salary-Clerk of Board
400.00
Legal Services
200.00
Sundry Expense
150.00
Auditors
Salary-Chairman
110.00
Salaries-Associate members (2)
200.00
Treasurer's Department
Salary-Treasurer
1,500.00
Clerical Assistance
468.00
Sundry Expense
450.00
Assessors' Department
Salary-Clerk of Board
1,584.40
Salaries-Associate members (2)
1,166.00
Chief Clerk
945.45
Clerical Assistance
100.00
Auto Expense
208.00
Sundry Expense
430.00
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TOWN OF ROCKLAND
Collector's Department
Salary-Collector
1,800.00
Clerical Assistance
400.00
Sundry Expense
1,350.00
Town Clerk's Department
Salary-Town Clerk
800.00
Sundry Expense
350.00
Registrars' Department
Salaries-Registrars (4)
800.00
Clerical Assistance
150.00
Auto Expense
100.00
Sundry Expense
225.00
Town Offices
Salary-Janitor
648.00
Rent
1,800.00
Sundry Expense
520.00
Elections Expense
1,600.00
Town Reports and Poll Books
1,600.00
Insurance Town Property
1,900.00
Reserve Fund
5,000.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Fire Department
Salary-Chief
$2,200.00
Salary-Deputy Chief
200.00
Salary-Regular Men (2)
4,118.40
Salary-Additional Regular Man
1,350.00
Salary-Superintendent of Fire Alarm
400.00
Use of Chief's Car
250.00
Compensation Insurance
330.00
Sundry Expense
7,000.00
Forest Fires
Call Men
1,000.00
Equipment
100.00
Police Department
Salary-Chief
2,200.00
Salaries-Patrolmen (5)
8,157.50
Use of Chief's Car
260.00
Criminal Cases
50.00
Sundry Expenses
1,625.00
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Sealer of Weights and Measures
Salary-Sealer
500.00
Sundry Expense 115.00
Tree Warden Sundry Expense and Labor
1,300.00
Moth Department Sundry Expense and Labor
1,100.00
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Board of Health
Salary of Secretary
$100.00
Salaries-Associate members (2)
100.00
Salary-Dental Hygienist
1,100.00
Sundry Expense and Hospitals
4,700.00
Cleaning Union Street (Salary)
1,320.00
Inspector of Animals (Salary)
150.00
Visiting Nurse (Part Payment of Salary)
1,500.00
Clean Up Weeks (May and September)
250.00
Plymouth County Hospital, Maintenance
4,915.80
HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE
Highways
Salary-Surveyor
$1,500.00
Use of Surveyor's Car
250.00
Sundry Expense
5,000.00
Catch Basins and Drains
750.00
Tarvia and Road Binder
5,000.00
Sidewalk Repairs
500.00
Street Lighting
9,580.00
Guide Boards and Signs
100.00
Beacons
350.00
Snow
5,000.00
CHARITIES, OLD AGE ASSISTANCE AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
Support of Poor and Infirmary
$30,000.00
Old Age Assistance
72,000.00
Old Age Assistance, Administration 300.00
State Aid 400.00
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TOWN OF ROCKLAND
Soldiers' Relief
4,500.00
Mothers' Aid
10,000.00
Care of Town Cemetery
60.00
Care of Soldiers' Graves
150.00
Commodities Expense
500.00
SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES
School Department
$124,806.77
Massachusetts Industrial Schools
1,400.00
Memorial Library 5,000.00
(Also the proceeds of the Dog Fund the
amount of which is $408.50.)
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT
Maturing Debt, Interest and Charges $36,700.00
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED
Park Department
$3,625.00
American Legion Post No. 147, Rent
900.00
Veterans Spanish American War, Rent
288.00
Observance Memorial Day
500.00
Observance Tri-Town Armistice Day
500.00
Compensation Insurance
1,300.00
Liability Insurance
200.00
Miscellaneous Unclassified
700.00
Total Amount Raised under this Article $397,756.32
SENSE OF MEETING VOTES
Voted to change the status of the Fire Chief from that of a Call Chief to Full Time Chief.
Voted that the Police Department consist of five patrol- men instead of four as at present.
Voted that there be two clean-up periods each year, one in May and the other in September.
Voted to pass over the raising and appropriating of any amounts for Military Aid and Soldiers' Burials.
Voted that the increase voted in the budget for the Memorial Library be used for increasing the salary of the Librarian from $1,200.00 to $1,300.00 per year, and
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the salary of the Janitor from $900.00 to $1,040.00 per year.
Voted that the proceeds of the Dog Fund ($408.50) be turned over to the Library Trustees in addition to the regular Library appropriation.
A motion to return to Item No. 6, Schools and Libraries, in Article No. 2 was not agreed to.
Article 3. Voted to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the finan- cial year, beginning January 1, 1943, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew such 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 4. Voted to raise and appropriate two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) to be used by the School Com- mittee to pay the expense of heating, lighting and casualty insurance of Junior-Senior and Mckinley School Build- ings as well as additional expense for janitors when the buildings are used by individuals and associations for educational recreational and like purposes under the pro- vision of Chapter 71, Section 71 of the General Laws, and acts in amendment thereof.
Article 5. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) to pay for the expense of heating, lighting, janitor service, gas and removal of garbage in the Mckinley School building and other school buildings when the building is used by the Nursery, Sew- ing and Recreational projects of the Works Progress Ad- ministration and National Defense Program as well as by the Civil Aeronautics and other recreational projects.
Article 6. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of seven hundred dollars ($700.00) to be expended for im- provements, maintenance, and cost of supervision at Reed's Pond and supervision be delegated to the Board of Selectmen.
Article 7. Voted to pass over the raising and appro- priating the sum of thirty-nine hundred and fifteen dol-
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lars ($3,915.00) to defray the cost of bringing up to date the Assessors' Map.
Article 8. Voted to pass over the raising and appro- priating the sum of fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00) to publish a list of the valuations of Real Estate as called for under Article 9, Section 1, of the Town By-laws.
Article 9. Voted to lay on table and later voted to pass over the raising and appropriating the sum of twenty-one hundred eighty-eight dollars and ten cents ($2,188.10) to reimburse the Federal Works Agency for overdraft on official Project 665-14-1-98.
Article 10. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred ninety-three dollars and twenty-six cents ($393.26) to pay in part for administrative expenses of the Surplus Commodities Division.
Article 11. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of four hundred dollars ($400.00) to pay the expense of fore- closing tax titles in the Land Court and cost of sale of lands of low values acquired by the town by tax sales without foreclosure, and other expenses, in connection with the preservation, care and maintenance and insur- ance of the town's interest in properties thus acquired.
Article 12. Voted to authorize the Board of Select- men to convey to the United States of America for pur- poses of National Defense, such land within the area acquired for the Naval Lighter-than-Air Base in Rockland as it owns under foreclosure of tax titles, and such rights to effect foreclosure as it may have on such properties now held under tax title.
Article 13. Voted to pass over the raising and appro- priating of the sum of thirty-one hundred and fifty dol- lars ($3,150.00) for a two-way radio system for the bene- fit of the Police, Fire and Water Departments, and auth- orize the Police, Fire and Water Departments jointly to purchase and install the same.
Article 14. Voted to accept as a town way Florence
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Street, as laid out by the Selectmen and filed in the office of the Town Clerk, from Green Street easterly a distance of approximately 512 feet.
Article 15. Voted to install a street light on Florence Street at the corner of Lancaster Street and the sum of fifteen dollars ($15.00) be taken from the amount raised and appropriated under Article 2 for Street Lighting, to pay for the cost of same.
Article 16. Voted to accept as a town way Stanton Street Extension, as laid out by the Selectmen and filed in the office of the Town Clerk, from Liberty Street east- erly a distance of approximately 384 feet.
Article 17. Voted to construct a roadway on Stanton Street Extension and the sum of three hundred dollars ($300.00) be taken from the amount raised and appro- priated under Article 2, Highway Sundry Expense to cover the cost of same.
Article 18. Voted to accept as a town way an exten- sion of Carey Court as laid out by the Selectmen and filed in the office of the Town Clerk. Said extension being from present terminus of Carey Court northerly to North. Avenue, a distance of approximately 507 feet. The entire way upon acceptance of this extension is to be known as Carey Street.
Article 19. Voted to construct a roadway on Carey Street and the sum of three hundred dollars ($300.00) be taken from the amount raised and appropriated under Article 2, Highway Sundry Expense, to cover the cost of same.
Article 20. Voted to accept the provisions of Chapter 31, Section 49 of the General Laws, relative to placing the Chief of Police under Civil Service Laws.
Article 21. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars ($300.00) to install a catch basin and drain on the northerly side of East Water Street from the corner of Union Street to the Wainshilbaum Furniture
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Store, a distance of approximately 300 feet. Voted to take up Article 35.
ยท Article 35. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of eight thousand dollars ($8,000.00) to be spent for the cost of administration, material, bus hire and general expenses under the W. P. A.
Article 22. Voted to install a sidewalk and curbing on the southerly side of Forest Street from Union Street, a distance of approximately 1,200 feet, and that the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) be taken from the amount raised and appropriated under Article 35, for materials, the labor to be furnished by W. P. A.
Article 23. Voted to install a street light on Taunton Avenue opposite the Junior-Senior High School and that the sum of fifteen dollars ($15.00) be taken from the amount raised and appropriated under Article 2 for Street Lighting, to pay for the cost of same.
Article 24. Voted to install a street light on Grove Street in the rear of the Emerson Shoe Factory and that the sum of fifteen dollars ($15.00) be taken from the amount raised and appropriated under Article 2 for Street Lighting, to pay for the cost of same.
Article 25. Voted to install a street light on Reed Street opposite No. 122 and that the sum of fifteen dol- lars ($15.00) be taken from the amount raised and appro- priated under Article 2 for Street Lighting, to pay for the cost of same.
Article 26. Voted to appropriate the sum of thirty- nine thousand seventy-five dollars ($39,075.00) for the use of the Water Commissioners, and other expenses of the Water Department, the same to be taken from Water Revenue.
Salaries of Commissioners $900.00
Operation and Maintenance 38,175.00
Article 27. Voted to appropriate the sum of three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) from Water Reserve for the
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use of the Water Commissioners for the operation and maintenance of the Water Department.
Article 28. Voted, providing the Town of Abington does likewise, to authorize the Joint Board of Water Com- missioners to purchase land or easements, bordering on the shores of Great Sandy Pond, Pembroke, for the pur- pose of protecting the water supply, said land to be held jointly by the Towns, and to authorize the Water Com- missioners to expend therefor a sum not to exceed fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00) in addition to money previ- ously authorized for said purpose. Said fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00) to be taken from the amount appro- priated under Article 26 from Water Revenue.
Article 29. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) to purchase a Tractor for the use of the Highway Department.
Article 30. Voted to authorize the trading-in of the present town tractor as part payment toward a new tractor.
Article 31. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of eighteen hundred dollars ($1,800.00) to institute and maintain by contract, or by town forces, as the Select- men may decide, regular garbage collection and disposal. Collections are to be made twice a week during the sum- mer season and once a week during the winter season unless otherwise voted by the town.
Article 32. Voted to pass over the instituting and maintaining by contract, or by town forces, as the Select- men may decide, regular trash collections. Collections are to be made once a month unless otherwise voted by the town and to raise and appropriate a sum of money to de- fray the expense thereof.
Article 33. Voted to authorize the Board of Select- men to enter into contracts for the collections of garbage for a term not to exceed three years.
Article 34. Voted to establish the day rate of pay for town labor at five dollars ($5.00) per day.
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Article 36. Voted to transfer the following unex- pended balances to the general W. P. A. Fund:
W. P. A. Playground Supervisor $16.00
W. P. A. Vital Statistics 84.76
W. P. A. McKinley School Sewerage 26.69
W. P. A. Myrtle Street Sidewalk
20.63
W. P. A. Reed Street
20.54
W. P. A. Junior-Senior Drive 59.87
W. P. A. Prospect Street Sidewalk 9.49
W. P. A. Engineers Project 5.90
W. P. A. General Sidewalks 8.48
W. P. A. Webster Street Sidewalk .03
$252.39 Article 37. Voted to pass over the establishing and maintaining of a comfort station centrally located and to raise and appropriate a sum of money to defray the ex- pense thereof.
Article 38. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) for the purposes of Civilian Defense. All expenditures to be subject to the approval of the Board of Selectmen, Chairman of the De- fense Committee and Chairman of the Finance Committee. L
Article 39. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) to continue the sys- tematic program of placing caution signs near dangerous intersections of streets under the supervision of the Police Department and with the approval of the Depart- ment of Public Works.
Article 40. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars ($350.00) for medical ex- pense in connection with the National Defense Program. Said sum to be granted to the Weymouth Hospital.
A motion to adjourn was not agreed to.
Article 41. Voted to pass over the raising and appro- priating of a sum of money for the improvement of West Water Street; said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County or both, for this purpose.
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Article 42. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) to adjust pending accident claim for personal injuries and property damage.
Article 43. A motion to pass over was not agreed to and then it was voted to authorize the Board of Select- men and the Chief of Police to institute two hour park- ing within the business district of Union Street during such hours as they may designate.
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