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Marjorie Betty Jarvis
Hilda Botelho Cecelia Silveira Souza
Grace Priscilla Rice Lillian Viveiros
Balbina (Lemos) Smith
Alice Ann (Hall) Rimmer
Lorraine Beatrice Boucher
Jennie Theodore Priestly
Theodora Marian Quirk Annie Ogden Starkie Rose Clara Brito Jeanne Janette Lyonnais Rita Couto
157
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN FAIRHAVEN - 1950-(Cont.)
Date
Groom
Bride
20 Laurent Norbert Gregoire
20 William Bommer
27 Steven John Enrico Bastoni
27 John Correia Daniel
Mary Elizabeth Singleton
27 William Whittaker
Evelyn Mary Spaniel (Malaguti)
June 3 Roger Charles Christensen
3 Donald Frank Cleveland
3 Joseph Paul Machado
3 John Robert Baylis
3 James Houghton Hinman
10 Carl William McDermott
10 Harold Rogers
13 Frank Sylvia Jr.
15 Preston Winslow Gifford Jr.
16 Thomas A. Smith
16 Thaddeus Alexander Seniow
17 Edmund Medeiros
17 Robert Ellsworth Pierce
17 Eric Egas Moniz
24 William Edward Mansfield
24 Joseph Fernandez
24 Normand Joseph Antoine Roy
24 James Mello
24 Stephen Anthony Chmiel
24 Normand Reni Desroches
24 Henry Leopold Sawicki
24 Harold Charles Hutchins
24 Frank Arruda
Dorothy Jessie Reed
Janet Barros
Agnes Mary Waite
Wladyslawa Lipinski
Phyllis Harriet (Day) Eldred
Shirley Pearson
Marie Thelma Gertrude Jusseaume
Lillian Florida Martin
Therese Francelina Mayo
Barbara Turner
Martha Ann Wardick
Margaret Haworth
Felisbella d'Almeida (Rezio) Sa Oliveira Gilda Perez
4 Benedict John Harrison
4 Charles Chapman Durrigan
5 Howard Robert Reeves
6 Eldon Andrew Hopkins Jr.
6 Frederic Jason Quintin
8 John Joseph Brennan
Laura Amaral
Therese Juliette Blanchette
Barbara Boucher
Marjorie Willis Wilbor
Gladys Elizabeth Poenack
Elizabeth Ellen Denault
Priscilla Amey Turner
Irene (Tetrault) Thibault
Barbara Jean Boutwell Alma Mckay
Edna Clara Manchester
Helena Josephine Niemiec
Nancy Luella Owen
Eleanor Ventura
Irene McCarthy
Dorothy O'Gara
24 Alfred Aguiar
Silvina Lourdes Rego
Madeline May Braley
Alice Coelho
Emily Felipe Venceslau
Mary Constance Claire Dubois
Priscilla Pauline Furtado
Doris Holt
24 John Andrade
25 Joseph Arthur Healy Jr.
25 Charles Joseph Rutkowski Jr.
26 Francis Adelbert Magune
July 1 Joseph Patrick Martin 1 John Joseph Calnen
1 Arthur Christo Stamo
1 John Hathaway
1 Welton Richard Ballard
1 Arthur Gail Maloney Jr.
3 William Thomas Blackburn
3 John Ferreira Rebello
Evelyn Edith (Jones) Leger
Agnes Mildred Pflug
Edna Ruth Stephenson
Helen Ann Wisniewski
Patricia Shirley Smith
158
Marie Therese Anita Choquette
Shirlee Norcross Collens
Eunice Racine
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN FAIRHAVEN - 1950-(Cont.)
Date
Groom
Bride
10 William Harris Rapp
11 Robert Stephen Provost
15 Ernest Brownell Parker Jr.
15 Roger Joseph Mayer
19 Thorold Robert Hendricks
24 Donald Holden Hall
25 Robert Furtado
Alice Lee Wheatley
Loretta (Chevalier) Paradise
Pauline Muriel Dextradeur
Rita Louise Benac
Dora Louise Johnson
Audrey Sigrid Knudsen
Amy Louise Morang
Aug. 5 Stanley James Murray
12 Eryk Thomas Szatek
19 Joseph Henri Roy
26 Raymond Joseph Harding
26 Frank Bernard Goulart
Sept. 2 Joseph Camacho
2 Antonio Teixeira
2 Antonio Paiva
2 Ernest Driesen
2 Albert Sylvia
2 Franklin Allen Simmons
2 Antonio Lopes
2 Gardner Luther Fassett Jr.
4 Elliot Harvey Macomber
4 Frederick Nazarchyk
9 Arthur Borges Cabral
9 Paul Isidore Lequin
9 Deniz Mello
9 Roger Pinard
9 Adolfo Pacheco Mello, Jr.
9 Joseph Raymond Dufour
9 Anthony Couto
16 Michael Soares
16 Gerald Gibbs Delano
22 John Angus Campbell Gilbert Morris
23 23 Roger Hobart Bourne, Jr.
26 Roy Wood Miller
30 Laurent Wilfrid Audette
30 Arthur Mello Cunha
Oct. 3 William LaPointe
7 Julio Carvalho Alua 7 Joseph Anthony Donnelly 7 Leopold Louis Roy
7 Arthur Tripanier
7 Thomas Carr Pollard
12 Donald Vernon Fournier
12 Newton Smith Jr.
14 Edwardo Leitao 15 Charles Henry Collins
Eunice Shirley Robbins
Rose Pearl Yvonne Days
Marie Helene (Arsenault) Dias
Mary Terese Johnson
Jeanette Suzanne Cormier
Anna Farias Borges
Eveline Gilchrist
Claire Laura Lucille Cormier
Jane Doris Cormier
Elizabeth Costa
Joan Dorothea Hobson
Eugenia Marcelino
Barbara Ann Walker
Grace Ann Pfaffenzeller
Alice Viveiros
Irene Santos
Leonie Therese Lacasse
Gloria Coulombe
Irene Rego
Lylia (Carreiro) Vieira
Irene Almeida
Florence Ilonka Zurick
Barbara Eleanor Johnson
Agnes Olivia Broadland
Shirley Marie Knowles (Thompson)
Elaine Doris Souza
Jean Etta St. Germain
Shirley Mae Hartley
Margaret Santos
Viola Pearl Caron
Shirley Ann Mello Silvana Arruda
Dorothy Ann Hann
Rhea Mary St. Amand
Dorothy Lois Bedard (Adams)
Priscilla Ann Bender
Helene Dorothy Costa
Emily Helen Kolaczewski
Alsira Matoso
Alice Louise Jones
159
MARRIAGES RECORDED IN FAIRHAVEN - 1950-(Cont.)
Date
Groom
Bride
17 George Adam Bettencourt
21 William Correia
21 Robert Earl Newling
23 Leon Morris Huggins
26 Maurice Kapp
28 George Frederick Braley, Jr.
Frances Jane Wilde
Nov. 4 Joseph Lewis
4 Joseph Braga Almada
4 Rowland Scott Bevans
5 William Bradford Canedy
9 Kenneth Vincent Vallett
11 Stephen Frank Gonet
11 Carlos Vieira
Izaura Ramos
11 John Brennen Sweeney
11 James Henry Scott Jr.
14 Edward Sandve
18 David Wilbur Sibor
18 Jose Teixeira Neves Jr.
21 Thomas Edward Dussault
22 John Bollea
23 Normand Edmond Audet
23 Benjamin Barriero
23 Albert Francis Leonardo
23 Carlos Luiz DeFreitas
23 Edward Russell Brown Jr.
23 Francisco Ernest Salles
25 Fernando Campos
Dec. 2 Joseph Colbert Charles Emile Messier
10 Joseph P. Rapoza Jr.
16 Raymond Harrison Shurtleff
23 George Alden Hayward
26 Truman Dexter Emery
30 Gerald Leonard Baber
30 Walter Hartley Clayton Jr.
Genevieve Rapoza
Mary Elizabeth Furtado
Jean Frances Fallow
Eva Ann Haskell
Helena (Adamowicz) Sullivan
Lydia Mary Hathaway
Elizabeth Theresa Meehann
Anna Louise Marsh
Bertha (Bowman) McCarty
Dorothy Claire Richard Rachel Gregoire
Carolyn Bertha Chase Ruth May Hathaway
Eva Claire Lequin
Elsie Dolores Gracia
Mary (Lopes) Cunha
Leonor Nobrega
Dorothy Emily Fontes
Constance Beatrice Leach
Louise Joaquim
Maria Borges
Cremilda Mendes
Janice Nye Haydon
Marilyn Jean Eldridge
Carol Marion Thomassen
Irene Jean Fredette
Lucille Jeanne Dion
160
Doris Patricia Robins
Jacqueline Joaquin
Lucille Jeanne Dyer
Hope (Lincoln) Colley
Sarah Cohen (Grosman)
DEATHS RECORDED IN FAIRHAVEN - 1950
Date
Name
Yrs.
Mos. Days
Jan. 1 Lillian F. Wilbar
83
5
19
1
Clifton W. Bartlett
83
0
26
2
Shirley Correia De Mello
7
.
3 John T. Atsatt
67
3
18
6 Edward F. Dahill
87
11
10
8
Alfred A. D'Amaral
40
. .
. .
15
Weber Rego Torres
46
4
2
17
Patrick Downey
76
. .
. .
24
Anna B. Trowbridge
85
2
1
Feb.
1
Joseph S. Porte
58
.
7
Archie Auffrey
67
6
14
9
Josephin (Lavoie) Bissonnette
67
13
Emma Frances Bennett
84
6
11
15
Anna C. Fernandes (Cardoza)
69
. .
. .
18
Stillborn
74
0
28
22
Elizabeth C. Crowell
63
3
26
23
Abby S. Howland
88
7
28
23
Sarah C. Burke
78
7
12
24
Jessie Poulton (Mackie)
52
11
27
24
Annie Henshaw (Wormold)
86
6
9
Mar. 1
Mary Barabe (Bourassa)
69
5
27
1
Emmeline Hillman (Avila)
73
3
Eliza A. Baker
93
5
11
7
Rose A. (Graham) Boyle
83
7
Mary Catherine Perry
7 hours
8
Stillborn
63
8
11
15
Arvella H. Smith
96
5
5
18
Edward T. Pierce
66
4
19
18
Robert Leatherbarrow
62
9
27
24
Sarah D. (West) Slvia
63
. .
. .
24
Edward J. Doran
74
.
25
William F. Bergen
50
5
17
25
Mabelle J. Brown (Provoost)
71
4
11
27
William L. Pearson Sr.
60
8
19
27
Leslie Goodwin
35
28
Julia St. Aubin
86
0
16
29
Manuel Medeiros
74
1
0
30
Exina Dextraze
71
6
7
Apr. 1
George F. Thompson
76
10
30
2 Atwell Tucker
96
9
5
3
Delia (Beauregard) Arnold
79
. .
. .
5 William T. Quirk
85
. .
. .
·
16
Florence H. Brown
74
20 Manuel Elario
79
23
Antoni Slowik
53
20
William H. B. Harlow
15
Manuel Souza Laronda
. .
161
DEATHS RECORDED IN FAIRHAVEN - 1950-(Cont.)
Date
Name
Yrs. Mos. Days
5
Manuel Machado
35
.
6
Louisa F. Adshead
76
11
6
6 Barry Golas
1
11
14
6 Sandra Golas
7
9
27
6 Diane Golas
5
7
24
6 Barbara F. Golas
27
8
9
6
Walter J. Golas
30
9
2
10
Antone Correira Ladeira
65
0
29
13
William D. Champlin
76
5
16
13
Manuel Francisco Rose
62
13
Mary Govoni ( Barberi)
74
. .
18
Mary Elizabeth (Dillon) Smith
73
. .
. .
20
Mary Diogo (Sylvia)
68
.
.
. .
24
John Knowles
65
. .
26
Constance (Felstead) Jordan
59
5
19
28
Mandius Ferkingstad
56
4
30
Elizabeth C. Waldron (Holmes)
76
1
8
May 4
Florence M. Durant (Plass)
65
. .
6
Elizabeth V. Rayner (Burgess)
91
.
10
9
Maria E. Oliveira (Escobar)
76
1
21
10
Roza T. F. Medeiros
77
11
Theron A. Kelley
75
1
22
13
Amelia A. Turner (Hersey)
98
9
23
16
Caroline N. Tilden
81
10
21
18
Mary E. (Farrell) Archambault
63
9
13
20
Belmira (Martins) Pacheco
45
.
23
29
Albert H. Reed
56
9
8
31
Helen Branchaud (Bergeron)
81
4
20
June 1
Nelson Leb. Shurtleff
8.3
5
15
2
Frank E. Dunn
75
1
12
9 Manuel Parente
57
. .
. .
9
Maria daConceicao Botelho Moreira
71
16
Manuel C. Botelho
59
18
Siskin
1 hour
18
Siskin
65
6
22
30
John Costa
58
9
5
July
1
Alice T. Barrows (Almond)
8-1
2
6
3
Elda I. Richards (Chausse)
58
..
. .
4 Katherine M. (Costello) Holland
71
·
5
25
10
Edith I. Gardiner
54
6
4
10
Alexander Norwood Sr.
72
·
11 Manuel Soares
62
:
26
. .
24
Michael Czarkowski
66
14
28
Hattie B. Mathews
83
27
James Hargraves
70
6
. .
1 hour
20
Harold B. Dutton
5 Alexsendrina (Pelland) LaPlante
79
162
DEATHS RECORDED IN FAIRHAVEN - 1950-(Cont.)
Date
Name
Yrs.
Mos. Days
22
Margaret A. Cunningham (Sloane)
79
5
6
30 Joseph Green
83
3
27
31 Manuel Antonio Mendes
65
. .
. .
Aug. 2
Sophia P. Wilson (Davis)
91
8
21
4
Manuel S. Perry
73
4
Stanislaw J. Misiaszek
71
7
Hattie Kean (Cornell)
71
9
13
7 Carl Edin
66
6
22
8
Arthur C. Robertson
88
8
29
11
Frances V. Channing (McNulty)
54
8
16
13
Walter Stowell
71
8
28
14
William A. Reynolds
77
11
6
16
Roy C. Walls
65
11
16
18
Edith Rose Fauteux
:
6
25
25
Leo LaChappelle
49
3
11
26
Mary O'Donnell
96
. .
. .
. .
27
William T. Hernon
52
·
27
Arman Ledoux
53
8
20
Sept. 4
Stillborn
76
.
8
Harriet Amanda Allen
89
5
28
9
Frank Borsari
77
. .
. .
. .
17
Patrick Thomas O'Shea Bariteau
7 hours
26
Frank Patrick Mellody
14
3
23
27
Manuel Bartlett
72
. .
Oct. 3
Bernard J. Jennings
62
10
12
5
Mary Mello Martin
75
6
Armas Phaneuf
63
10
25
13
Donna May Cabral
8
17
22
Fanny Warwick (Myers)
76
6
22
26
Lena Martin
58
9
1
27
Mary (Pragana) Costa
51
·
29
31
Helen D. Packard
69
9
11
Nov. 1
Ralph W. D. Sweet
48
2
19
13 Philip C. Randall
75
7
26
14
Charles Henry Lawton
66
0
25
14 Josephine Alexander
52
7
9
15
Joseph Gonsalves
76
16
James Turner
77
2
14
. .
22
Mary Flannery
77
. .
·
26 Jane G. Stafford
83
27
Samuel W. Jackson
74
9
2
20
John Oliveira
24
27
Rose A. (Medeiros) Massa
75
15
Herbert W. Lovejoy
49
76
22
6
Mary Jane (McMahon) Kenny
..
163
DEATHS RECORDED IN FAIRHAVEN - 1950-(Cont.)
Date
Name
Yrs.
Mos. Days
19
Mary L. Marra
67
3
11
22
Mary Rezendes
73
7
23
Abbie M. Allen
78
8
10
28
Albina Gautreau
75
. .
10
28
Jake Nourjin
76
·
. .
29
Albert G. Braley
84
0
30
Dec.
2
Alton DeMoranville
66
4
7
3
John Cormier
68
5
Peter A. Blier
51
4
2
13
Arthur P. Raiche
54
15
Stillborn
17
Margaret C. Livesey (Corliss)
80
9
5
19
Mark Wagstaff
65
3
25
19
George S. Boisvert
70
24
Clarence F. Gardner
72
8
16
26
Edwin A. Rooney
75
29
Armand Joseph Bonnoyer
43
. .
29
Harry A. Greene
48
6
28
31
Augusto Govoni
79
. .
.
. .
. .
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Annual Town Meeting MARCH 4, 1950
Meeting called to order at 2:10 P.M. by Stuart M. Briggs, Moderator. There were 196 town meeting members present. Harold L. Hoxie and Wendell T. Eldredge were sworn in as tellers.
Invocation was given by Reverend Thomas Lyons of the Sacred Heart Monastery, Fairhaven, Mass.
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK
ARTICLE 1. Voted unanimously to instruct the Selectmen to appoint.
ACCEPTANCE OF REPORT
ARTICLE 2. Voted unanimously to accept.
TOWN CHARGES
ARTICLE 3. Voted that unless otherwise specified all appropriations be put in the Tax Levy of 1950.
Resolution offered by the Finance Committee.
"Resolved-that a cost of living bonus be paid from January 1, 1950 to December 31, 1950 to each of the regular town employees now on the list supplied to the Finance Committee by the Selectmen's Office. The maximum bonus to amount to 10% of the employees' 1948 earnings from the town or $200.00, whichever is the lesser amount. However, in cases where there are automatic increases or step-up raises this bonus shall be the difference between the amount of such a raise and 10% of the employees' 1948 earnings, but in no case shall the total of the increase or step-up raise plus the bonus exceed $200.00. The bonus shall be distributed equally over the regular paydays of each employee."
Unanimous vote on the resolution.
1.) Schools (Elementary & High) $305,000.00
Voted unanimously with exception of one
vote to appropriate the sum of $305,000.
2.) Selectmen's Office Expense 4,500.00
3.) Treasurer's Office Expense 4,800.00
Voted unanimously except for two to ap- propriate $4800.
4.) Collector's Office Expense 3,723.14
5.) Assessor's Office Expense 1,733.00
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6.) Town Meeting Expense 1,250.00
7.) Legal Expense 400.00
8.) Planning Board 220.00
9.) Board of Appeals
75.00
10.) Town Hall 9,500.00
11.) Police Department 34,000.00
12.) Fire Department $26,793.00 and $3,200.00
29,993.00
Motion made and seconded to appropriate
the sum of $3200. in addition to the $26,793.00 to allow the Board of Fire Engineers to hire two new drivers. Seconded.
Voted to appropriate the total sum of $29,993.00
13.) Safety Council
25.00
14.) Building Inspection 2,200.00
15.) Salary of Building Inspector 550.00
16.) Sealer of Weights and Measures
1,500.00
17.) Fire Alarm Maintenance 750.00
18.) Salary of Superintendent of Fire Alarm 360.00
19.) Forest Fires 100.00
20.) Reserve Fund 10,000.00
Voted to appropriate $10,000. to come from
overlay surplus under Chapter 40, Section 6, General Laws.
21.) Hydrant Rental 9,090.00
22.) Care of Trees 4,500.00
23.) Insect Pest Extermination 300.00
24.) Board of Health Maintenance and Administration 4,500.00
1,200.00
25.) Dental Clinic 125.00
26.) Diphtheria Immunization
27.) Shellfish Inspection 1,650.00
28.) Sewer and Water Maintenance 27,000.00
29.) Collection of Rubbish 12,000.00
Voted to appropriate the sum of $12,000. and to take care of East Fairhaven, Sconticut Neck and northeast part of the Town.
30.) Collection of Garbage 4,000.00
31.) Highways 35,000.00
32.) Salary of Superintendent of Highways 2,200.00
33.) Street Lights 11,050.00
34.) Public Welfare Administration 2,950.00
35.) Public Welfare Maintenance 55,000.00
36.) Infirmary 6,500.00
37.) Aid to Dependent Children Administration 1,600.00
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38.) Aid to Dependent Children Maintenance 25,000.00 Voted unanimously to appropriate the sum of $25,000.
39.) Old Age Assistance Administration 1,800.00
40.) Old Age Assistance Maintenance 160,000.00
41.) Veterans' Benefits 20,000.00
42.) Election and Registration 6,500.00
Voted unanimously to appropriate the sum of $6500.00, balance to be carried over to 1951 to take care of the cost of re-districting.
43.) Vocational School 7,000.00
44.) Park Department 6,000.00
45.) Debt 11,600.00
46.) Accrued Interest
2,550.00
47.) Interest on Revenue Loans
600.00
48.) Union Wharf 125.00
49.) Salary of Wharfinger 330.00
50.) Bicycle Registration 25.00
Unanimously voted to be raised in the Tax Levy of 1950 with exception of Article 20.
COMPENSATION OF ELECTIVE TOWN OFFICERS
ARTICLE 4.
a.) Salary of Selectmen 1,815.00
b.) Salary of Town Treasurer 2,845.00
c.) Salary of Town Collector 2,845.00
d.) Salary of Assessors 6,053.76
e.) Salary of Auditors
300.00
f.) Salary of Moderator 50.00
g.) Salary of Tree Warden 200.00
h.) Salary of Board of Health 720.00
i.) Salary of Sewer & Water Commissioners
750.00
j.) Salary of Town Clerk Not approved
k.) Salary of Board of Public Welfare Not approved
BORROW MONEY IN ANTICIPATION OF REVENUE
ARTICLE 5: Unanimously voted to adopt the Article.
CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT SYSTEM
ARTICLE 6. Unanimously voted to aprpopriate the sum of 6,776.00
TAX TITLE EXPENSE
ARTICLE 7. Unanimously voted to appropriate the sum of 1,000.00
COGGESHALL STREET BRIDGE
ARTICLE 8. Voted unanimously to lay article on the table.
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MOSQUITO CONTROL MAINTENANCE
ARTICLE 9. Voted unanimously to appropriate the sum of $2,000 for this work 2,000.00
INSURANCE ON TOWN BUILDINGS
ARTICLE 10. Unanimously voted to appropriate the sum of $3,350.00 to purchase $50. deductible 3,350.00
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION INSURANCE
ARTICLE 11. Voted unanimously to appropriate the sum of $1900. 1,900.00
INSURANCE ON EQUIPMENT
ARTICLE 12. Motion made and seconded to appropriate the sum of $1175. Motion lot. Motion amended to $900. Seconded. Article lost. 67 in favor; 77 against.
TOWN HALL REPAIRS
ARTICLE 13. Unanimously voted adoption of the Article and appropriation of $3500. 3,500.00
PURCHASE OF PIANO FOR TOWN HALL
ARTICLE 14. Unanimously voted that a committee be ap- pointed by the Moderator to investigate the situation and report at the next Annual or Special Town Meeting.
PUMPING ENGINE
ARTICLE 15. Voted that Article be indefinitely postponed.
FIREMEN'S WORK WEEK
ARTICLE 16. Article not adopted.
INSTALLATION OF SEVEN NEW FIRE ALARM BOXES
ARTICLE 17. Unanimously voted adoption of the Article and appropriation of the sum of 2,190.95
INSTALLATION OF NEW HYDRANTS
ARTICLE 18. Unanimously voted to appropriate the sum of $135. to install three hydrants on Gelette Road as soon as the water main is installed. 135.00
ACCEPTANCE OF LAND GIFT AT WEST ISLAND
ARTICLE 19. Voted not to accept gift of land at West Island.
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RADIO RECEIVER & RANSMITTER FOR PATROL CAR
ARTICLE 20. Unanimously voted to adopt the Article and appropriate the sum of $550. 550.00
NEW CAR - POLICE DEPARTMENT
ARTICLE 21. Unanimously voted appropriation of $1,600. for purchase of new car for the Police Department to replace the 1948 Ford now in use. 1,600.00
NEW CAR - POLICE DEPARTMENT
ARTICLE 22. Voted to appropriate the sum of $2,100. for purchase of new car. Unanimous with exception of one vote. 2,100.00
HOPKINS STREET
ARTICLE 23. Unanimously voted acceptance of Hopkins Street. Voted to follow recommendations of Finance Committee not to surface same.
WINSOR STREET, east of Livesey Park
ARTICLE 24. Unanimously voted acceptance of Winsor Street, east of Livesey Park. Voted to follow recom- mendation of Finance Committee not to surface same.
ACCEPTANCE OF KANE STREET
ARTICLE 25. Unanimously voted acceptance of Kane Street.
ACCEPTANCE OF CEDAR STREET
ARTICLE 26. Unanimously voted acceptance of Cedar Street as a 40-ft. way.
ACCEPTANCE OF BUIST AVENUE
ARTICLE 27. Voted not to accept. Not approved by Planning Board as to layout.
ACCEPTANCE OF TIMOTHY STREET
ARTICLE 28. Voted not to accept.
ACCEPTANCE OF DARTMOUTH STREET
ARTICLE 29. Voted to lay on the table pending moving of building.
ACCEPTANCE OF STONE STREET
ARTICLE 30. Unanimously voted not to accept Stone Street.
ACCEPTANCE OF AKIN STREET, South of Washington Street ARTICLE 31. Unanimously voted to postpone this Article.
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ACCEPTANCE OF AKIN STREET, North of Washington Street ARTICLE 32. Unanimously voted to postpone this Article.
SEALING OF CERTAIN STREETS
ARTICLE 33. Unanimously voted to appropriate the sum of $8,750 to do the work, as specified by the Super- intendent of Highways. 8,750.00
HARD SURFACING
ARTICLE 34. Unanimously voted to appropriate the sum of $25.000. to do all streets listed in the warrant with the exception of Doane Street, this money to be taken from E.&D. Account. 25,000.00
NEW TRUCK - HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
ARTICLE 35. Unanimously voted for immediate postponement.
ROAD GRADER
ARTICLE 36. Unanimously voted to appropriate the sum of $11,500 for purchase of a power grader, said sum to be taken from the E.&D. Account. 11,500.00
ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR ALL TOWN DEPARTMENTS
ARTICLE 37. Unanimously voted to appropriate the sum of $2500. for this purpose. 2,500.00
ROAD ROLLER
ARTICLE 38. Unanimously voted to postpone the Article.
CHAPTER 90 MAINTENANCE
ARTICLE 39. Unanimously voted that $1,000 be appropriated from the Tax Levy of 1950 to cover the Town's share and in addition the sum of $2,000. be trans- ferred from available funds in the Treasury to meet the State and County share of the cost of the work, reimbursements from the State and County to be restored upon their receipt to un- appropriated available funds in the Treasury. 3,000.00
CONSTRUCTION OF SCONTICUT NECK ROAD
ARTICLE 40. Unanimously voted to appropriate the sum of $6,500. to cover the Town's share, this money to be taken from the E. & D. Account. 6,500.00
DRAINAGE ON SCONTICUT NECK
ARTICLE 41. Voted to appropriate the sum of $2,000. for drainage on Manhattan Ave. and all side streets in the area under the supervision of the Super- intendent of Streets. 2,000.00
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WIDENING OF CENTER STREET
ARTICLE 42. Unanimously voted to appropriate the suni of $6500. for widening of Center Street. 6,500.00
WIDENING OF MAIN STREET (north from Elm Ave.)
ARTICLE 43. Voted unanimously in favor of widening and ap- propriation of the sum of $20,000. 20,000.00
WIDENING OF MAIN STREET (from Washington to Pease)
ARTICLE 44. Motion made and seconded that Article be post- poned. Voted to take up next week, first article.
GRANOLITHIC SIDEWALKS
ARTICLE 45. Unanimously voted to appropriate the sum of $2,000. 2,000.00
STREET LIGHTS
ARTICLE 46. Unanimously voted to appropriate the sum of $180. to install new street lights as follows : 1 on Grape St .; 2 on Bay St .; 6 from Deane's Barn to Perryville on Sconticut Neck Road and 1 on Turner Ave. 200.00
MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES
ARTICLE 47. Unanimously voted to appropriate the sum of $350. for this purpose. 350.00
VETERANS' MEMORIAL
ARTICLE 48. Voted to take this matter up next week.
Meeting adjourned to March 11, 1950 at 2:00 P.M.
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MARCH 11, 1950 Adjournment from March 4, 1950
Present 181 Town Meeting members. Harold L. Hoxie and James W. Parkinson were sworn in as tellers.
MAIN STREET (From Washington to Pease)
ARTICLE 44. Voted at last week's meeting to take up this week. After much discussion article for widening Main Street from Washington to Pease Street was lost.
VETERANS' MEMORIAL
ARTICLE 48. Voted at last week's meeting to take up this week. Article not adopted; 66 in favor,-74 opposed.
BAND SHELL (World War I Memorial)
ARTICLE 49. Motion made and seconded that recommendation of the Finance Committee not to erect a band shell as a World War I Memorial. So voted.
WATER EXTENSION
ARTICLE 50. Unanimously voted to transfer the sum of $10,280. from the Water Loan Account to install water on the following streets : 10,280.00
Bernese St., west from Neck Rd. to Torrington Rd. Raymond St., west side from Neck Rd. to Tor- rington Rd.
Austria Ave. from Neck Rd. to water front. Timothy St. east from Neck Rd. to intersection of Paul St. Grape St. east side distance of about 470 feet. Although Timothy St. had not been accepted, town has easements.
SHELLFISH
ARTICLE 51. Unanimously voted to postpone action on this Article.
ACCEPTANCE OF GIFT FROM WEST ISLAND ASSOCIATES ARTICLE 52. Voted to accept gift of $100.
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WIRE INSPECTOR
ARTICLE 53. Unanimously voted to indefinitely postpone the Article.
TERM OF AUDITORS
ARTICLE 54. Unanimously voted to change term of office of Auditor from one year to three years to begin with the town election of February, 1951; one to be elected for one year, one for two years and one for three years and thereafter as terms expire to be elected for three years.
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
ARTICLE 55. Unanimously voted to adopt the article and appropriate the sum of $2,000. 2,000.00
STANDARDS FOR HOUSING
ARTICLE 56. Unanimously voted to lay article on the table.
UNPAID BILLS OF PRIOR YEARS
ARTICLE 57. Unanimously voted to appropriate the sun of $964.88 for unpaid bills of prior years. 964.88
RE-ZONING - WEST ISLAND
ARTICLE 58. Unanimously voted in favor of adoption of the article.
SCONTICUT NECK AT JERUSALEM ROAD - RE-ZONING ARTICLE 59. Article lost. Unanimous vote not to adopt.
WASHINGTON STREET AT SCONTICUT NECK ROAD RE-ZONING
ARTICLE 60. Unanimous vote in favor of adopting this article.
EASERLY SIDE OF HUTTLESTON AVE .- SOUTH OF BRIDGE ST. - REZONING
ARTICLE 61. Unanimously voted in favor of adoption of the article.
SOUTHERLY SIDE OF HIGHLAND AVENUE - RE-ZONING
ARTICLE 62. Two-thirds vote required. 75 in favor ; 45 opposed. Motion lost.
WASHINGTON STREET - EAST OF NARRAGANSETT BLVD. RE-ZONING
ARTICLE 63. Two-thirds vote required. In favor, 74; opposed, 44. Motion lost.
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WASHINGTON STREET - MILL ROAD - NARRAGANSETT BLVD. - RE-ZONING
ARTICLE 64. Article not adopted. Only 4 in favor.
WASHINGTON STREET AT PERRY STREET - RE-ZONING ARTICLE 65. Unanimous vote for adoption of the article.
OVERDRAFT
ARTICLE 66. Unanimous vote to appropriate the sun of $979.35 to cover overdrafts in Old Age Assist- ance; Veterans' Benefits and Planning Board, to be taken from the tax levy of 1950. 979.35
BUILDING LAWS
ARTICLE 67. Unanimously voted adoption of the article.
AMENDMENT TO BUILDING LAWS
ARTICLE 68. Unanimously voted to adopt the article.
TOWN PROPERTY
ARTICLE 69. Voted to sell property at public auction.
EASEMENT
ARTICLE 70. Unanimously voted to discontinue as a public way land on the south side of Washington Street.
CARE OF WOODSIDE CEMETERY
ARTICLE 71. Unanimously voted to appropriate the sum of $150. for care of Woodside Cemetery. 150.00
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