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Feb.
(Died un-named) Mitchell
72
1
9
Term. Broncho pneumonia
3
Jane C. Mann
74
2
16
Arterio sclerosis
4
Catherine McQueeney
78
2
28
Cerebral apoplexy
4
Charles Clark Brown
89
6
24
Term. broncho pneumonia Myocarditis
Rockland
8
Mary J. Gallagher
83
7
19
Cerebral hemorrhage
North Abington
18
Michael J. Dunn
47
8
21
Coronary thrombosis
Lawrence
21
Donald Carlton Adamson
45
6
-
Mar.
2
Louis O. Muti
69
2
2
3
Mary E. Kelliher
74
-
-
16
Ernest Bent
84
2
22
Arterio sclerosis
17
Annie E. Rooney
76
6
18
Cerebral thrombosis
20
Michael J. O'Brien
83
8
19
General arteriosclerosis
1
TOWN OF ROCKLAND
Italy Hanover East Weymouth Bellingham Duxbury Abington
10
John Quinn
73
21
Coronary thrombosis
Rockland
7
Annie Mahar
55
3
28
18
Arthur J. Downey
Coronary thrombosis
South Weymouth
-
1
14
Rockland
28
Robert N. Parker
1
Cerebral hemorrhage
1
Brockton Lexington Rockland
Providence, R. I.
Myocarditis Broncho pneumonia
23
Myocarditis
DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF ROCKLAND FOR THE YEAR 1945
Date
Name
AGE Y M D
Cause of Death
Birthplace
Apr.
2
Gertrude G. Dudley
84
9
1
5
Fannie K. Studley
69
10
27
Myocarditis Chr. myocarditis Frac. Rt. Femur
Rockland Rockland
10
Charles A. Phillips
64
5
15
Cerebral hemorrhage
South Weymouth
10
Marion A. Brown
78
2
2
1
Acute cardiac dilatation
Plymouth
14
Arthur Thomas Bryant
87
3
24
Arterio sclerosis
Quincy
17
Joe Kai Hong
40
Pulmonary tuberculosis
China
17
Walter Nathaniel Beal
79
7
1
21
Adelard O. Durand
71
8
20
Acute coronary occlusion Coronary sclerosis
Rockland Marlboro
May
Waldo Leroy McPhee
69
7
24
Coronary thrombosis Coronary thrombosis Toxic myocarditis hepatitis and nephritis
Framingham Nova Scotia
8
Olive M. Tower Helen Bacon
58
4
26
11
John J. Dillon Katherine Backus
62
10
5
Chr. cardio vascular disease Acute cardiac dilitation with pulmonary edema Mitral stenosis
Boston
13 Annie Molander
60
5
15
Pulmonary embolism
Sweden
16 William James Worsh
37
8
19
Coronary thrombosis
19 Ina Frances Keene
41
8
19
21 Margaret E. Arkell
61
9
24
28 Elmer Morris Harrington
69
5
25
29 Elsie May Stringer
68
10 -23
Diabetes mellitus
30
Sarah Eudora Stevens
94
9
6
Hemorrhage of the brain
Scotland Fitchburg St. John, N. B. Rockland
SEVENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
24
Ireland
12 Edward S. Stewart
43
2
6
9
Marlboro, N. H. Stoughton
60
12
St. John's, N. B. Rockland
Broncho pneumonia Multiple sclerosis, Cerebral hemorrhage Gastric Carcinoma
-
Arteriosclerosis and myocarditis North Attleboro
11 Lawrence Clough
47
6
79
DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF ROCKLAND FOR THE YEAR 1945
Date
Name
AGE. YMD
Cause of Death
Birthplace
June
5
Fred T. Atwood
59
5
11
Compound fracture of skull, Frac. rt. ribs - rt. leg
5
Margaret E. Mansfield
91
11
24
Arterio sclerosis
7
Austin Woodbury Marks
68
9
11
Chr. myocarditis
8
Florence J. Corkery
69
7
5
Congestive Heart failure
9
Mary Jane Riley
80
8
Arterio sclerosis
11
George P. Bogoslawski
35
11
1
Multiple sclerosis
13
Lucy A. Healey
76
Hypertensive heart disease
18
Jennie S. Whiting
85
1
21
Coronary thrombosis
20
Evelyn E. Keene
25
3
3
Epidural abscess of lumbar segnents
25
George H. Benoit
75
2
25
Coronary thrombosis
27
Katherine E. Crockett
69
Arteriosclerotic heart disease
27
Charles Elbridge Lander
60
7
24
Coronary thrombosis
30
Gertrude E. Bowser
65
11
Myocarditis
Nova Scotia Auburn, Maine Dorchester, N. B.
July 12
Janie Ferguson
60
2
2
Fractured neck of Rt. Femur Parkinson's Disease
19
Daisy J. B. Holloway
69
5
1
Cerebral apoplexy
20
Lucy W. Underhill
74
6
14
Carcinoma of both breasts Broncho pneumonia
Weymouth
Aug.
3
Charlotte Mevill Leck
79
3 -
Acute dilatation of heart and gangrene of foot Arterio sclerotic heart disease
Philadelphia, Pa.
7
Mary Elizabeth Crane
77
5
17
Leicester, England
25
TOWN OF ROCKLAND
Port Hood Isl'd, N. S. W. Hartlepool, Eng. England
31
John H. Kendall
-
21
E. Pembroke Ireland Calais, Maine Rockland Abington Boston Rockland
Bridgewater Rockland Methuen
-
DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF ROCKLAND FOR THE YEAR 1945
Date
Name
AGE Y M D
Cause of Death
Birthplace
10
Lawrence Hillary
89
-
Cerebral hemorrhage
Ireland
23
Anthony Spoziani
52
1
Multiple frac. and subdural hemorrhage
Italy
31
Alonzo Hiram Wood
66
3
16
Coronary thrombosis
Kentville, N. S.
Sep.
6
Laura Jane Stoddard
93
1
21
Coronary thrombosis
24
James B. Nagle
58
1
24
Carcinoma of bowel
26
Mary Sciarappa
48
10
5
Cancer of stomach
27
James Smith
88
11
29
Pulmonary Edema
29
James Leroy Smith
62
-
Oct.
1
Frank Eugene Mayberry
85
3
11
Coronary Heart disease Myocarditis
2
Peter J. Lukaszewicz
67
8
3
.
Herbert S. Fletcher
50
5
14
Coronary occlusion
5
Ernest Irving Rogers
73
7
21
Coronary thrombosis
5
Charles E. Gibbons
83
1
Cancer of stomach
7
Mary Umbrianna
73
3
2
Myocarditis
11 Jennie E. Phair
74
12
Cerebral hemorrhage
16. Hattie M. Nightengale
76
9
25
Pernicious anemia
16
Martin R. Noren
68
7
2
18
Emma M. Morrow
75
18
Fred Stevenson
60
2
24
21
Clarence B. Bowser
79
7
25
25
Nellie Aurelia Hersey
68
8
6
Carcinoma of breast
27
Celia M. Cobbett
89
9
13
Chr. nephritis
29
Patrick J. Ford
68
31
Charles Lincoln Fearing
66
-
9
Coronary thrombosis
Cumberland, Md. S. Hingham
26
SEVENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
Oneonta, N. Y. Ireland Italy Presque Isle, Maine
-
.
Coronary occlusion Arterio-sclerotis heart disease
-
Coronary thrombosis Arterio-sclerosis
Rockland Sweden Boston England Sackville, N. B. Lawrence Rockland
Coronary thrombosis
Rockland Almonte, Canada Italy
Montreal, Canada Oxford, N. Y.
Coronary thrombosis
Windham, Maine Poland Rockland
3
DEATHS REGISTERED IN THE TOWN OF ROCKLAND FOR THE YEAR 1945
Date
Name
AGE YMD
Cause of Death
Birthplace
Nov.
1
Marguerite Flavell
55
2
17
Cancer of uterus
4
John M. Gorman
83
11
20
Carcinoma of stomach
5
Weltha Electra Partch
93
10
17
Myocardial disease
12
Henry G. Lombard
64
Drowned when boat overturned Coronary embolus
Hanover
15
Abbie M. Stetson
79
2
17
16
Sara W. Kelley
88
7
23
16
Julia Annie Riordan
72
6
4
21
John D. Carney
89
11
11
Arterio sclerosis
Dec.
Henry I. Llewellyn
83
-
-
23
Respiratory paralysis
8
Thomas A. Leary
81
4
Broncho pneumonia
9
Cornelius J. Coughlin
69
10
25
Hemorrhage of the Brain
12
Jennie Alberta Unangst
83
11
16
Coronary sclerosis
13
Thomas O'Brien
65
8
2
Pulmonary edema
17
Maybell Boccacini
64
7
14
Coronary thrombosis
19
John W. Johnston
74
4
11
Carcinoma Bladder
20
Helen F. Mock
37
1
15
Comp. fract. legs - Accident
23
Katie Frances Grant
67
9
29
Congestive heart failure
25
Thomas Gleason
68
Apoplexy
27
William Henry Bell
67
6
11
Coronary thrombosis
Mass. North Abington Lawrence Ireland
8
Eleanor P. Bryant
32
Coronary occlusion
7
Franklin Fall River Dartmouth
Glasgow, Scotland
Ireland
North Sydney, N. S. Cashel, Ireland Swanton, Vermont
27
TOWN OF ROCKLAND
Marshfield Rockland Bristol, Vt. South Truro
Frac. left femur and left wrist Uremia renal origin
Rockland Rockland Chelsea
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SEVENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 5, 1946
Pursuant to the foregoing 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 by the Moderator, Magorisk L. Walls.
Rev. Alfred M. Longmire offered the invocation which included prayer in memory of the fifteen men from Rock- land who have given their lives in the service of their country and the two who are missing in action. Also petitioned was God's loving care and protection for the three who are prisoners of war and for all men and women serving in the armed forces of our country and its allies with supplication that they be returned to their homes speedily and safely.
The warrant and Constable's return of service thereof was read by the Town Clerk.
Upon their need the Moderator appointed the following to act as tellers for the meeting: Elisabeth Loring, John A. Dunn, Michael Mastrodomenico, Roland T. Phillips. They were sworn to the faithful performance of their duties by the Town Clerk.
Article 1. Voted to lay on the table and later voted to take from the table. Then it was voted to accept the re- ports of the various town officers and committees as pub- lished in the Town Report.
Article 2. Voted to raise and appropriate the follow- ing amounts for the purposes named :
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Moderator, Salary $ 75 00 Selectmen's Department
Salary, Chairman 2 600 00
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Salary, Clerk of Board
500 00
Salary, Associate Member
400 00
Legal Services Sundry Expense
200 00
150 00
Auditors
Salary, Chairman
160 00
Salaries, Associate Members (2)
300 00
Sundry Expense
10 00
Treasurer's Department
Salary, Treasurer
2 000 00
Clerical Assistance
832 00
Sundry Expense
497 00
Assessors Department
Salary, Chairman
2 100 00
Salaries, Associate Members (2)
1 366 00
Salary, Chief Clerk
1 560 00
Clerical Assistance
228 00
Auto Expense Allowance
208 00
Sundry Expense
646 72
Collectors Department
Salary, Collector
2 400 00
Clerical Assistance
400 00
Sundry Expense
1350 00
Town Clerk's Department
2 000 00
Salary, Town Clerk Sundry Expense
200 00
Registrars Department
Salaries Registrars (4)
1 200 00
Clerical Assistance
650 00
Auto Expense Allowance
100 00
Sundry Expense
150 00
Town Offices
Salary, Janitor
972 00
Rent
1 800 00
Sundry Expense
500 00
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Elections Expense
1 000 00
Town Report and Poll Book
2 400 00
Insurance Town Property
2 600 00
Reserve Fund
5 000 00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
Fire Department
Salary, Chief
$ 2 600 00
Salary, Deputy Chief
250 00
Salary, Supt. Fire Alarm
500 00
Salaries, Permanent Men (4)
9 348 00
Auto Expense Allowance
250 00
Substitute Driver
320 00
Sundry Expense
5 975 00
Forest Fires
Sundry Expense Call Men
1 000 00
Repairs and Supplies
100 00
Police Department
Salary, Chief
2 600. 00
Salaries, Patrolmen (5)
11 180 00
Auto Expense Allowance
260 00
Sundry Expense
3 379 23
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Salary, Sealer
500 00
Sundry Expense
155 00
Tree Wardens Department - Sundry Expense 1 920 00
Moth Department - Sundry Expense 1 085 00
HEALTH AND SANITATION
Board of Health Salary, Secretary
100 00
Salaries, Associate Members (2)
100 00
Salary, Dental Hygienist
1 500 00
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Salary, Food Inspector
1 200 00
Sundry Expense (including slaughtering permits)
4 750 00
Inspector of Animals - Salary
150 00
Visiting Nurse Association Part Payment Nurse's Salary
1 500 00
Dog Officer
250 00
Clean-up Week Expense
250 00
HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE
Highway Department
Snow Plow
400 00
Salary, Surveyor
1 800 00
Auto Expense Allowance
250 00
Sundry Expense - Highway Repairs
6 000 00
Catch Basins and Drains
850 00
Tarvia and Road Binder
6 000 00
Sidewalk Repairs
600 00
Snow Removal
13 500 00
Cleaning Union Street
1 685 00
Street Lighting
9 625 00
Guide Boards and Signs
150 00
Beacons Maintenance
425 00
CHARITIES, OLD AGE ASSISTANCE AND SOLDIERS' BENEFITS
Support of Poor and Infirmary
23 000 00
Old Age Assistance
70 000 00
Old Age Assistance Administration
700 00
War Veterans Benefits
5 000 00
Aid to Dependent Children
7 000 00
Care of Town Cemetery
60 00
Care of Soldiers' Graves
150 00
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SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES
Massachusetts Industrial Schools 1 100 00
Memorial Library 6 021 39
(see additional amount (Dog Fund) transferred from available funds) $533 61 School Department 142 553 72
INTEREST AND MATURING DEBT
Maturing Debt and Interest charges 20 400 00
RECREATION AND UNCLASSIFIED
Park Department
4 310 00
Rent of Quarters, American Legion
900 00
Rent of Quarters, Spanish-American War Veterans 288 00
Observance Memorial Day
600 00
Compensation Insurance
1 000 00
Liability Insurance
200 00
Maintenance Reed's Pond Swimming Pool
1 500 00
Garbage Collection
5 000 00
Rationing Board Expense
800 00
Secretary Finance Committee
50 00
Miscellaneous Unclassified
550 00
Total raised and appropriated under this article 420 245 06
SENSE OF MEETING VOTES
Under Article 1.
Voted that the Finance Committee be instructed that in the future they submit a detailed report that shows the amount appropriated in the preceeding year for the dif- ferent items, the amount asked for in the current year and the amount approved by them for the current year. This detailed report to include all town departments.
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Under Article 2.
Voted that the salary of the Town Treasurer be estab- lished at $2,000.00 per year.
Voted that from the increased amount voted for Police Department, Sundry Expense, that the following amounts be used for the purposes named below
Locating Police Hdqtrs. in basement of present Town Offices $350 00
Renovating Lock-up 450 00
Janitor Service (Lock-up and Hdqtrs) 200 00
Voted that the pay of the Tree Warden and Moth Super- intendent be established at 95c per hour.
Voted that the Board of Health appoint a Food Inspec- tor who shall frequently make inspections of all places, including Soda fountains, in the Town of Rockland where food and drink are sold or distributed that he may legal- ly enter, and that he be paid a yearly salary of $1,200 (dollars) from the funds raised and appropriated for the purpose in the budget of the Board of Health under Ar- ticle No. 2.
A motion that Clean-up week be had monthly and that $1250 be raised and appropriated for the purpose was voted in the negative.
Voted that the salary of the Highway Surveyor be es- tablished at $1,800.00 per year.
A motion that the sum of $27,000.00 be appropriated under Highway Department, Sundry Expense - Highway Repairs - said amount to include the purchase of a "snow fighter" truck and a "snow fighter" tractor and that the amount of Six thousand Dollars ($6,000.00) be raised in the current tax levy and that the amount of Twenty-one thousand Dollars ($21,000) be transferred from the Ex- cess and Deficiency Account to this account and that the Moderator appoint a committee of three (3) to purchase the equipment described above was voted in the negative.
Affirmative votes 59 Negative votes 92
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Voted that the Moderator appoint a committee of three (3) to report at the next Annual Town Meeting on the equipment needed by the Highway Department and that they prepare the necessary articles for insertion in the Town Warrant relative to the purchase of same.
Committee : William Bell William A. Eamon Abraham Lelyveld
Voted that from the funds appropriated for the Memo- rial Library that the following amounts be used for the salaries of the persons named:
Salary, Librarian $1 650 00
Salaries, Assistants (2) 2 080 00
Salary, Janitor 1 300 00.
Voted that the proceeds of the Dog Fund $533.61 be turned over to the Library Trustees for the support of the Library in addition to the amount raised and appropriated under Article No. 2 for the Memorial Library.
Voted that the Selectmen be instructed to investigate and report at the next Annual Town Meeting on the pur- chase or taking of a parcel or parcels of land adjoining the Reed Pond property, on the easterly side, for health, parking or recreation purposes.
Article 3. Voted to appropriate the sum of Thirty-two thousand one hundred twenty-four dollars and ten cents ($32,124.10) for the use of the Water Commissioners, and other expenses of the Water Department, the same to be taken from Water Revenue.
Commissioners Salaries $ 1 200 00
Operation and Maintenance 30 924 10
Article 4. 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 fi- nancial year beginning January 1, 1946 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
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less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44 of the General Laws.
Article 5. Voted, providing the Town of Abington does likewise, to authorize the Joint Board of Water Com- missioners to purchase land or other easements, border- ing on the shores of Great Sandy Pond, Pembroke, for the purpose of protecting the water supply, said land to be held jointly by the towns, and to authorize the Water Commissioners to expend therefor a sum, to be taken from Water Revenue, not to exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) in addition to money previously authorized for said purpose. Unanimous vote
Article 6. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of Two hundred sixty-one dollars and twenty-five cents ($261.25) to insure the Firemen of the Town of Rockland so that they may receive compensation in case of accident when on duty.
Article 7. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of Two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) to grade the Lincoln School Playground, south of the Lincoln School building, and transfer the fence from the Webster Street School grounds.
Article 8. Voted to refer this article to the School Committee for them to take action, as to their desires, and they to report at an expected adjourned meeting, however after disposing of the last article in this warrant it was voted to return to this article and it was then
VOTED: that the School Committee be authorized to take whatever action they saw fit relative to the sale at Public Auction of the Webster Street School property, corner East Water and Webster Street, Rockland and the conveying of same.
Article 9. Voted that the Moderator and Clerk appoint a Committee of ten (10) to investigate the possibility of erecting a Memorial Building to the Veterans of our wars. (see concurrent action for this same committee under Ar- ticle No. 31.)
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Committee: James W. Spence, Warren B. Woodward, James B. Gallagher, Carl G. Fass, Harry O. Holmes, Ralph L. Belcher, Michael J. Guilfoyle, Francis J. Geogan, J. Rufus Chilton, R. Stewart Esten.
Article 10. Voted to instruct the Selectmen to accept, as the retiring authority, the provisions of Chapter 32, Sections 56 thru 60 inclusive, and amendments thereto, of the General Laws relative to Retirement Pensions of cer- tain veterans.
Article 11. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of Fifteen hundred dollars ($1,500.00) to be used for ex- pense in connection with the Contributory Retirement Pension.
Article 12. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of Four hundred dollars ($400.00) for the purpose of taking the Census of Massachusetts in the Town of Rockland.
Article 13. Voted to pass over the installing of a 150 watt or larger candle power light at the junction of Web- ster Street and East Water Street.
Article 14. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of Five hundred dollars ($500.00) to build a sidewalk and curb on the West side of Howard Street from Vernon Street to Crescent Street a distance of approximately 500 feet.
Article 15. Voted to install seven (7) catch basing and 1200 feet of pipe on the north side of Central Street from in front of 136 Central Street to the intersection of Cen- tral Street and West Water Street including a catch basin on the south side of Central Street in front of the residence of Leo A. Cull and that the sum of Two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) be transferred from the General W. P. A. Fund to pay for the cost of same.
Article 16. Voted to pass over the raising and appro- priating of a sum of money to install, a catch basin and approximately 125 feet of pipe for a drain on Central Street, the catch basin to be installed in front of the res-
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idence of Leo A. Cull on the south side of Central Street and running west to a catch basin that was constructed when West Water Street was built.
Article 17. Voted to pass over the raising and appro- priating of a sum of money to build a sidewalk and curb on the west side of Hartsuff Street from the Corner of Webster Street to the driveway of Burton Chandler.
Article 18. Voted to pass over the raising and appro- priating of a sum of money to build a catch basin and cross drain on Hartsuff Street near the residence of Roger Ran- som.
Article 19. Voted to pass over the raising and appro- priating of the sum of Ninety-seven dollars and sixty- three cents ($97.63) to pay one-half the cost of building a curbing on Archer Road.
Article 20. Voted to pass over the raising and appro- priating of a sum of money to install three (3) recess curbings to take care of drainage at Liberty Square and Webster Street Brook.
Article 21. A motion to raise and appropriate Two hundred seventy-five dollars ($275.00) for the purpose of this article was voted in the negative and then it was
VOTED to pass over the raising and appropriating of a sum of money to build a sidewalk and curb on the east- erly side of Douglas Street for a distance of approximate- ly 275 feet.
Article 22. Voted to resurface and repair the roadway on Beal Street Extension, a distance of approximately 300 feet and that the sum of Three hundred dollars ($300.00) be appropriated from the amount raised for Highway Re- pairs under Article No. 2 to pay the cost of same.
Article 23. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of One hundred thirty-five dollars ($135.00) to remove the dead limbs from three (3) Elm trees on Webster Street near Nos. 239, 292 and 298.
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Article 24. Voted to pass over the raising and appro- priating of a sum of money to install a street light on Bel- mont Street.
Article 25. Voted to pass over the raising and appro- priating of the sum of Three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) to defray the cost of work on the Assessor's Map.
Article 26. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) to be spent under the di- rection of the Town Clerk for the binding of various town records.
Article 27. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of Seventeen Dollars ($17.00) to install a street light on Douglas Street on the pole located near the residence of Mr. Charles Horn.
Article 28. A motion that the Park Commissioners and Thomas Mahon have supervision of the erection of the building called for in this article was voted in the neg- ative and then it was
VOTED to raise and appropriate the sum of Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) to erect a Bath House and Storage Room at Reed's Pond Playground and that the building be erected under the supervision of Thomas Mahon.
Article 29. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of Seventeen Dollars ($17.00) to install an Electric Street Light on Curry Street at the head of Wright Street.
Article 30. Voted to pass over the raising and appro- priating of the sum of Three hundred twenty-five dollars ($325.00) to paint the Police Station.
Article 31. Voted that the Committee of ten (10) ap- pointed under the vote under Article No. 9 also consider the subject matter of this article relative to the advisi- bility of a proper Police Station for the Town along with the possibility of erecting a Memorial building for the vet- erans of our Wars.
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Article 32. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of Eight hundred dollars ($800.00) to install four (4) catch basins and drain starting at 159 Reed Street Extension and running approximately 400 feet to a brook, two catch basins to be installed on the north side and two catch basins with cross drain on the south side.
Article 33. Voted to pass over the raising and appro- priating of the sum of Eight hundred dollars ($800.00) to build a sidewalk and curb on the easterly side of High- land Street a distance of approximately 800 feet.
Article 34. Voted to raise and appropriated the sum of Four hundred dollars ($400.00) to install two (2) catch basins and cross drains on the Westerly side of George Street at Vernon Street end.
Article 35. Voted to accept a legacy of One thousand dollars ($1,000.00) bequeathed to the Town of Rockland under the will of Harry F. Chute, late of Metheun.
Article 36. Voted to build an asphalt sidewalk and curb on the north side of Florence Street from Green Street to Lancaster Street a distance of approximately 512 feet and that the sum of Six hundred fifty dollars ($650.00) be transferred from the General W. P. A. Fund to pay for the cost of same.
Article 37. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of Four hundred fifty dollars ($450.00) to enlarge the pres- ent Honor Roll, such money to be spend under direction of the Honor Roll Committee.
VOTED to consider Article No. 38 and Article No. 39 together.
VOTED to purchase a sixty-five foot (65) metal aerial ladder truck for the use of the Fire Department.
A motion to finance the purchase of the ladder truck as proposed in Article No. 39 was voted in the negative, and then it was
Under Article No. 39
VOTED to purchase, for the use of the Fire Depart-
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SEVENTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
ment, a sixty-five foot (65) metal aerial ladder truck and to raise and appropriate the sum of Five thousand dol- lars ($5,000.00) in the year 1945 and to transfer the sum of Eleven thousand five hundred dollars ($11,500.00) from the Excess and Deficiency Account and appropriate it, in addition to the amount raised and appropriated, for said ladder truck and equipment and that the Moderator appoint a committee of three (3) to purchase same.
Commitee :
Clyson P. Inkley John A. Dunn Charles E. Orr
VOTED to pass over Article No. 38.
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