Town annual report, town of Athol, Massachusetts 1931, Part 2

Author: Athol (Mass.). Board of Selectmen
Publication date: 1931
Publisher: [Athol, Mass. : The Town]
Number of Pages: 270


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8 Herbert W. Day Eva B. Beauchemin 17


14 Henry J. Frederick Carrie E. Roberts 46


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18 Charles P. Nelson 24


Elisabeth B. Gross 25


19 Earl Rainey 19


Rachel Smith 20 31


21 Edward J. Connors Mary C. Killay 28


26 Herbert B. Hadley 56 Mary E. Whitcomb 44


26 Alfred E. A. Walsh 22 Rev. Wellington C. Pixler


Alice M. Loranger 18


27 Paul P. Paliulis


Anna Kulikowski 22


Rev. C. Ernest Lapierre


Rev. Stephen H. Talbot Orange


Rev. C. Ernest Lapierre


Rev. A. Edward Martin Phillipston


Rev. Reuben J. Davis


Rev. Daniel I. Gross Augusta, Maine


Rev. Wellington C. Pixler


Rev. Michael J. Curran


Rev. Charles O. Eames Ashburnham


33 Rev. Francis W. Strokoskas Lowell


OCTOBER


3 Albert Kenny 25


Marguerite Duguay 23


Rev. C. Ernest Lapierre


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6 Charles W. Leavitt 56 Muriel A. Weed 45


S Donald G. Collins 24 Merle E. Woodward 20


10 Wallace B. Strong 20 Annie E. Upham 17


10 Willis H. Ballard 24 Ruth F. Blood 21


12 George R. Parker 24


Helen E. McKnight 20


12 Emilien J. Losier 27


Beatrice M. Soucie 21


12 Rodman Fournier 23


Lillian A. Sweeney 19


12 Richard A. Martin 24


Priscilla S. Ball 23


19 Erwin A. Wright 29 Zelma B. Scott 28


22 Herman E. King 21


29 Alden MacDonald 21 Hazel P. Simpson 22 .


Rev. Daniel I. Gross


Rev. Wellington C. Pixler


Rev. Daniel I. Gross


Rev. Daniel I. Gross


Daniel P. Kimball, Town Clerk and J. P. Rev. C. Ernest Lapierre


Rev. Charles H. Dolan


Rev. Wellington C. Pixler


Rev. Wellington C. Pixler Rev. Wellington C. Pixler


Dorothy C. Beers 22 Rev. Wellington C. Pixler


NOVEMBER


8 Wesley B. Widdison 23 Josephine E. Fucks 22


9 Joseph E. Houde 33 Stella M. Stone 32


11 Herbert L. Totman 19 Dorothy Thompson 16


17 Glenn A. Bancroft 27 Vera B. McLane 25


Emily V. Kubelinus 20


26 Emory B. Hastings 24 Natalie R. Hobbs 19


Rev. Daniel I. Gross


Rev. P. Juraitis


Rev. Frederick C. Rolls Belchertown


Rev. Wellington C. Pixler


23 James W. Deleo 21 Rev. P. Juraitis


Rev. Daniel I. Gross


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DECEMBER


3 Earl Hadley Reed 24


Irene Theresa Miner 18


16 Blair P. Williston 19


Elsie V. Cassidy 22


24 Ralph M. Kittredge 46


Beatrice A. Burnham 28


26 Joseph L. Libbey 26


Rose A. LaCoste 32


Rev. Reuben J. Davis


Rev. Clarke R. Trumbore


Rev. Reuben J. Davis


Rev. Wellington C. Pixler


Deaths Recorded in Athol in 1931


Age of deceased omitted if less than one month,


Date


Name


Age


Cause


JANUARY


10 Roland Simmonetti


11


13


Multiple burns


19


Neipris


Acephalia


20 Roy Edward Boutell


3


1


8 Tubercular men-


(ingitis


23 Stillborn


24 Cyrus M. Peirce


79


8


24


Grippe


25 Everette Roussell


24


- Epileptic


convul-


(sions


29


Edwin F. Moulton


62


9


19


Apoplexy


29 William A. Fisher


55


6


26


Carcinoma


-


-


33


FEBRUARY


9 Emil Wilhelm Freitag 56 5


16


Phthisis Pulm. - Acute endocarditis


9 John Gallien


4


6


10 Annie R. Sawyer


68 3


22 Carcinoma


13 Mary I. Young 55 3 16 Cerebral hemor- (rhage


16 John S.Gould


87


16 Ralph L. Farr


43


Heart disease Hypertrophy of (prostrate


17 Lucretia M. Beaman


89


11


1 Chronic myocard-


(itis


19 Roland A. King


58


7 23 Chronic myocard- (itis


20 Lilla L. Burt


69


4


2


Apoplexy


27 Joseph Miller


87


8


22


Broncho pneu-


(monia


27 Richard S. White


52


5


6 Valvular heart dis- (ease


MARCH


3 Selanire Hamel


71


Arterio sclerosis -


10 Almond Smith


85


14 Myocardiel degen- (eration 20 Carcinoma


15 Catherine A. Olds


71


9


20 Cancer


21 Maude E. Ellis


60


2


27 Cerebral


hemor- (rhage


26 Rose A. Bourree


56


1 16 Tuberculosis of


(lungs


28 Clare Thompson


29 Walter A. Emmett, Jr. -


7


20


Premature birth Intestinal influ- (enza


29 Mary E. Norcross


59


9


9 Chronic cholecy-


(stitis


31 Irma S. Hood -


Spina Bifida


4 4


19 Katherine J. Hayden


41


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31 John S. Nelson, Jr. 65 11 26 Valvular heart (disease


APRIL


3 William E. Rice


68


-


19 Unknown,


found (dead


8 Delia Rushford


69


2


11


Uremic coma


12 Jemina A. Quinn


72


8


4 Coronary heart (disease


14 Hattie R. Swan


68


4


7 Pulmonary embol-


(ism


18 Elmer P. Bedell


68


-


Pulmonary odema


18 Clara A. Bodwell


84


8


16


Apoplexy


26 Elizabeth D. Brasky


about 65


30 Archie Isrow, Jr.


Cerebral embolism Premature birth


MAY


5 Simon E. Quinn


40


4


28


Tuberculosis


8 Matilda Henry


51


Intestinal obstruc-


(tion


13 Anne J. Kendrick


53


15


Cerebral hemor-


(rhage


16 Mary A. Mowry


80


Arteriosclerosis


16 Stillborn


17 Dora E. King


69


8


17


Suicide


17 Stillborn


18 Fannie H. Jordan


76


3


22


Cancer


19 Lawrence Michalak


51


8


Suicide


JUNE


4 George H. Fletcher


56


10


19


Cancer


5 Frank W. Cooley


72


1


6


Myocarditis


14 Stephen P. Williams


49


Valvular heart


(disease


-


-


-


-


35


28 George Knappe


27


6


Epilepsy


30 Fred B. White


41


8


2 Cerebral hemor- (rhage


JULY


7 Stillborn


10 Fidelia P. Drury


64


2


15


Thermic fever Intestinal hemor-


11 Helen Gatautis


(rhage


12 Selden L. Pierce


71


3


Apoplexy


12 Luidvikui Misiunui


71


Chronic myocard-


(itis


17 Bastista Casali


60


11


2 Acute myocarditis


19 Nellie M. Earle


71


2


24 Tuberculosis


27 George A. Powers


71


7


3 Hit by automobile


AUGUST


1 Daniel H. Noyes


66


8 20


Embolus Epilepsy


4 Charles F. LaFarr


6


10


19


9 Mary.H. Searles


70


14


Arterio sclerosis Apoplexy


13 Horace P. Barker


69


9


7


26


Cancer


23 Richard J. Carney


17


7


23


Mumps


27 Dorothy S. Lund


10


10


12Pernicious anaemia


28 Leonard W. Hause


Premature birth


30 Hiram W. Todd


91


6 Broncho pneu- (monia


SEPTEMBER


1 William L. Carey


56


8 26


2 Addie S. Brown


80


4


3


About 5 Martha Kling 6 Louis H. Perley


60


4


13


Found dead


59


10


15


Enlargement of (heart


-


14 Lorana L. Bryant


66


10


Myocarditis Old age


36


10 Corrie S. Tatro


69


3


25


11 Herbert White


71


12 Lucy B. Sanders


78


9


15


Cancel Arterio sclerosis Enlargement of (heart


Coronary heart (disease


OCTOBER


5 Augusta E. Carrick


66


7


6


5 John C. Leopold


59


11


5


Cancer Carcinoma Heart disease


Apoplexy


12 Malvina Fredette


65


7


5 Acute heart failure


16 Joseph D. Pero


88


12


Uremia


17 Nellie L. Smith


78


3


3


Valvular heart


(disease


22


Elizabeth B. Towers


71


2


27


Heart disease


22


Gertrude A. Hatch


59


3


1 Acute appendicitis


22 Hattie P. Thayer


67


6


28 Asphyxiation


26 Richard H. Young


6


5


8


Diabetes mellitus


29 Florence V. Paliulis


21


5


5 Broncho pneu- (monia


NOVEMBER


1 Walter P. Foster


63


8


5


Apoplexy Premature child


1 Frank E. Rich, Jr.


3 Jesse T. Dennis


82


8


1


Carcinoma


5 Ward H. Newton


4.4


9


11


Scarlet fever


14 Thomas J. Manly


81


-Acute heart failure


14 Elizabeth D. Davis


63


7


27 Apoplexy


19 George B. L. Hinckley 74


10


- Coronary heart (disease


-


Heart disease Entero colitis


15 Loren R. Taintor, Jr.


1


8


15 John F. Richards


72


10


10


Cystitis


23 Thomas Franklin


68


-


21


5 John E. Johnson


49


7 John Tucker


81


8


12


13 Elisha H. Martin


41


9


37


25 George H. Butterworth 60 5


26 Axel E. Benson 64 1


3 Carcinoma 21 Progressive mus- (cular atrophy


13 Mary Diana LaChance 27 8 27 Pulmonary tuber- (culosis 60 6 14 Apoplexy


27 Mary A. Cotton


27


Illegitimate


DECEMBER


1 Joseph J. Goddard 70 8 12 Chronic myocard- (itis


10 Alfred F. Cote 84 9 --- Cerebral hemor- (rhage 17 Louise (David) Chaisson 68 17 Addie (Butler) Simonds 58 8 9 Broncho pneu- (monia Acute heart fail- (ure


21 Lyman H. Grover 47 10 1 Broncho pneu- (monia 25 Wealthy J. Battersby 87 Apoplexy Chronic myocard-


28 Katherine (Stanton) Franklin 70 (itis 30 Lawrence W. Maher 1 5 12 Accidental poiso"


31 Joseph P. E. Nault


(ing Acute inanition


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Record of Town Meetings, 1931


Warrant for Election on February 2, 1931 TOWN WARRANT


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


Worcester, ss.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Athol in the County of Worcester, Greeting:


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Athol, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet in their respective precincts in said Athol, at the following places designated and appointed as polling places, to wit:


Precinct One, at the Town Hall; Precinct Two, at Memorial Building.


Monday, the second day of February, next, it being the first Monday in said month, at six o'clock in the forenoon, to bring in their votes to the Election Officers for Moderator, Treasurer, Highway Surveyor, Collector of Taxes, Tree Warden, three Constables, all for one year; Selectman, Assessor, Member Board of Public Welfare, Sewer Commissioner, Sinking Fund Commissioner, Water Commissioner, Park Commissioner, Member Board of Health, two Members of School Committee, two Library Trustees, all for three years; one Cemetery Commissioner


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for five years; one Cemetery Commissioner for four years; one Cemetery Commissioner for three years, all on one ballot.


The meeting for transaction of town business will be held on Monday, the sixteenth day of February, next, at six-fifteen o'clock in the evening in Memorial Building.


The polls will be opened at six o'clock in the forenoon, and may be closed at four o'clock in the afternoon.


And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant by posting up attested copies thereof, in each of the Post Offices in said town, seven days at least before the time for holding said meeting and by publishing a like copy in one or more of the newspapers published in said town two days at least before the time for holding said meeting.


Hereof fail not, and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, unto the Town Clerk, at the time and place of meeting as aforesaid.


Given under our hands, this twenty-first day of January, in the year one thousand nine hundred and thirty-one.


CHARLES H. COOKE, GEORGE W. GRANT, RALPH S. STONE,


Selectmen of Athol.


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RETURN OF CONSTABLE ELMON G. HATCH IN REGULAR FORM


PROCEEDINGS


Precincts


1 881


2


Total


Total number of votes cast


1623


2504


Moderator for One Year


Precincts


1


2


Total


William G. Lord had


688


1117


1805


Blanks


193


506


699


Selectman for Three Years


Precincts


1


2


Total


Charles H. Cooke had


483


1109


1592


Alfred N. Hamlet had


377


473


850


Blanks


21


41


62


Assessor for Three Years


Precincts


1


2


Total


Everett Sawyer had


675


1140


1815


Blanks


206


483


689


Highway Surveyor for One Year


Precincts


1


2


Total


James Cotton had


710


1216


1926


Blanks


171


407


578


41


Board of Public Welfare for Three Years


Precincts


1


2


Total


R. Burton Waterman had


689


1121


1810


Blanks


192


502


694


Treasurer for One Year


Precincts


1


2


Total


Charles W. Faulkner had


680


1097


1777


Blanks


201


526


727


Collector of Taxes for One Year


Precincts


1


2


Total


John F. Hayden had


496


1156


1652


Ernest C. Thatcher had


369


437


806


Blanks


16


30


46


Sewer Commissioner for Three Years


Precincts


1


2


Total


Frank P. Hall had


643


1109


1752


Blanks


238


514


752


Constables for One Year


Precincts


1


2


Total


Herbert S. Goddard had


564


860


1424


Elmon G. Hatch had


602


937


1539


Harry S. Stoddard had


563


840


1403


Blanks


914


2232


3146


Sinking Fund Commissioner for Three Years


Precincts


1


2 Total


Arthur F. Tyler had


648


1028


1676


Blanks


233


595


-828


42


Tree Warden for One Year


Precincts


1


2


Total


Arthur H. Bacon had


647


1089


1736


Blanks


234


534


768


School Committee for Three Years


Precincts


1


2


Total


Alphonso V. Bowker had


430


648


1078


James E. Hastings had


483


545


1028


J. Clarence Hill had


364


744


1108


Alexander Shaw had


219


632


S51


Blanks


266


677


943


Water Commissioner for Three Years


Precincts


1


2


Total


Frank P. Hall had


636


1103


1739


Blanks


245


520


765


Board of Health for Three Years


Precincts


1


2


Total


F. Leon Bruce had


660


1031


1691


Blanks


221


592


813


Library Trustees for Three Years


Precincts


1


2


Total


Pauline C. Allison had


623


1026


1649


Frank E. Weaver had


585


988


1573


Blanks


554


1232


1786


"


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Cemetery Commissioner for Five Years


Precincts


1 2


Total


Frederick H. Lee had


652


1015


1667


Blanks


229


608


837


Cemetery Commissioner for Four Years


Precincts


1


2


Total


Robert L. Dexter had


611


1006


1617


Blanks


270


617


887


Cemetery Commissioner for Three Years


Precincts


1


2


Total


William D. Starrett had


634


1037


1671


Blanks


247


586


833


Park Commissioner for Three Years


Precincts


1 2


Total


William A. Spooner had


648


1069


1717


Blanks


233


554


787


A true record.


ROBERT W. GLASHEEN, Clerk, Precinct No. 1 HIAL O. ROBINSON, Clerk, Precinct No. 2


A true copy.


Attest: DANIEL P. KIMBALL, Town Clerk


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Annual Meeting for the Transaction of Business February 16, 1931 TOWN WARRANT


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


Worcester, ss.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Athol, in the County of Worcester, Greeting:


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Athol, qualified to vote in elections and Town Affairs, to meet at the Memorial Building in said Athol, on Monday, the sixteenth day of February, 1931, at six-fifteen o'clock in the evening, then and there to act on the following articles:


Article 1. To receive and act upon the annual reports of the officers of the Town.


Article 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers not already elected.


Article 3. To hear reports of Committees and act thereon.


Article 4. To see if the Town will choose one or more agents to prosecute and defend lawsuits, compromise and adjust the same.


Article 5. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray Town charges the ensuing year and make appropriations for the same.


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Article 6. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1931, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said financial year.


Article 7. To determine the manner of collecting taxes for the ensuing year.


Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to oil the streets or a portion thereof the present year, raise and appropri- ate money therefor.


Article 9. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate any sum of money for the observance of Memorial Day.


Article 10. To see if the Town will raise and appropri- ate any sum of money for the repair and care of the clock on the Congregational Church in Athol.


Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) for permanent roads for the ensuing year.


Article 12. To see if the Town will raise and appropri- ate the sum of Fifty Dollars ($50) for care of Soldiers' graves or act in relation thereto.


Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the collection of garbage, or act in relation thereto.


Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for expenses of dental clinic for the ensuing year, or act in relation thereto.


Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum for new sidewalks for the ensuing year.


Article 16. To see if the Town will raise and appropri- ate the sum of Two Hundred Dollars ($200) to be paid


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for the Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture in Accord- ance with the provisions of and for the purpose of Chapter 128, General Laws, or for the support of Demon- stration Work under the direction of the Agent or Instructors of the Trustees on land owned by the Town, or any resident thereof.


Article 17. To see if the Town will choose a Director in accordance with the Provisions of Chapter 128, General Laws.


Article 18. To see if the Town will appropriate any sum of money for the expenses of the Water Department for the ensuing year, or act in relation thereto.


Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the collection of rubbish during the ensuing year, or act in relation thereto.


Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the employment of a District Nurse and the maintenance of an automobile for said nurse, or act in relation thereto.


Article 21. To see if the Town will elect at this meet- ing a Recreation Commission of five members to serve without pay. One member to represent the School Depart- ment; one member to represent the Park Commission and three others.


Article 22. To see if the Town will raise and appropri- ate the sum of Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000) to be used by the Recreation Commission to carry on the Five Playgrounds and Two Skating Rinks.


Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($1,250.00) for the laying of a new drain beginning at the present drain running across Old Main Street just north of the Starrett Power House and running westerly on the southerly side of Old Main Street to a point approx- imately parallel to the front of the L. S. Starrett Company


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Power House, thence northerly in front of said Power House, emptying into Millers River below the present Starrett Dam; also for the closing of the present drain crossing Old Main Street where this new drain starts.


Article 24. To see if the Town will raise and appropri- ate the sum of $700.00 to rebuild the Royalston Road in conformity with plans and recommendations of the Worcester County Commissioners, or act in relation thereto.


Article 25. To see if the Town will raise and appropri- ate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.00) to pay Starrett's Band for Band Concerts for the season of 1931.


Article 26. To see if the Town will raise and appropri- ate the sum of $2500.00 to renew the heating apparatus of Lake Park School building.


Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a Committee to review the names of all streets, avenues or public ways of the Town, and recommend at a later meet- ing such changes as may be necessary to avoid present duplication.


Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to discontinue or otherwise care for that part of the Pleasant Street drain now running through the property of Miss Jennie Lawton or act in relation thereto.


Article 29. To see if the Town will continue the survey of real estate made in Athol, commencing at the section completed in 1930, eventually to extend all over the town, prepare plans, maps and titles of the same for the assess- ing department, raise and appropriate One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) for work in 1931, or act in relation thereto.


Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer to cancel $10,000.00 Town of Athol Sewer bonds. Also a note of $3,200.00 issued by the Town, now held by the Sinking Fund Commissioners.


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Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the "National Electrical Code" as a standard for all electrical work, or act in relation thereto.


Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to appoint an electrical inspector to have entire supervision over all outside and inside electrical work, or act in relation thereto.


Article 33. To see if the Town will instruct the Fire Engineers to appoint one (1) additional permanent man to Station Number Two of the Fire Department; raise and appropriate the sum of Fourteen Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($1,450.00) for the same, said sum to be added to the general appropriation for fire department, or act in relation thereto.


Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for new Hydrants, replacements, re-locations and repairs, said sum to be expended under the supervision of the Fire Engineers, or act in relation thereto.


Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to purchase and install a Fire Alarm Box at the corner of Sanders and Smith Streets, raise and appropriate the sum of two hun- dred dollars ($200.00) for the same, or act in relation thereto.


Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Fifteen Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) to extend its sewer system, or act in relation thereto.


Article 37. To see if the Town will raise and appropri- ate any sum of money to purchase a truck for Tree Warden.


Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum of money for the purchase of street signs, with a view to eventually suitably marking all the streets in town.


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Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum of money for working C Street to grade and erect retaining wall, or act in relation thereto.


Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to accept the layout and grade of Twitchell Street as established by the Selectmen, raise and appropriate Five Hundred Dollars, ($500.00) for damages to Mrs. Elizabeth Locke.


Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to accept the layout and grade of Lenox Street Extension as established by the Selectmen.


Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to accept the layout and grade of Lincoln Avenue as established by the Selectmen.


Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to accept the layout and grade of Paige Street as established by the Selectmen.


Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to accept the layout and grade of Franklin Street as established by the Selectmen.


Article 45. To see if the Town will vote to accept the layout and grade of Radcliff Street as established by the Selectmen.


Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to accept the layout and grade of Coolidge Street as established by the Selectmen.


Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to accept the widening of Wilson Avenue as established by the Select- men.


Article 48. To see if the Town will vote to accept the layout of Chester Street as established by the Selectmen, raise and appropriate Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), for land damages to Mrs. Almida Smith,


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Article 49. To see if the Town will vote to accept the layout and grade of Terrace Avenue as established by the Selectmen.


Article 50. To see if the Town will vote to change the name of "Orange Road" to "South Main Street."


Article 51. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum of money to pay the N. D. Cass Co. for loss of water caused by the reconstruction of Freedom Street, or act in relation thereto.


Article 52. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum of money to pay the J. W. Moulton & Son, Inc., for loss of water caused by the reconstruction of Freedom Street, or act in relation thereto.


Article 53. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Seven Hundred Seventy-four Dollars and Thirty-five cents ($1,774.35) in compliance with the provisions of Chapter 212 of the Acts of 1925, same being the amount levied by the County Commissioners for the care of tuberculosis patients in the County of Worcester.


Article 54. To see if the Town will raise and appropri- ate the sum of Two Hundred One Dollars and Thirty Cents ($201.30) to reimburse the City of Worcester for relief extended needy citizens of Athol, or act in relation thereto.


Article 55. To see if the Town will extend the present Main street lighting system westerly on Main Street from its present terminus at Church street to the Millers River bridge or any other continuation that may seem best, raise and appropriate any sum of money for the same or act in relation thereto.


Article 56. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Article added to the Town By-Laws under Article 17 of the warrant adopted February 18, 1924. To wit: By add- ing the following paragraph: "The Memorial Hall Com-


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mittee shall grant the Edward H. Phillips Post, Number 102, American Legion, the use of Memorial Hall on Armistice Day of each year without charge; and also the rentable portions of Memorial Building on one other date of each year without charge, providing said use shall not be for the purposes of revenue or gain," or act in relation thereto.


Article 57. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum of money to buy the following lots at South Park, for the Highway Department, for a gravel bank, etc., or act in relation thereto:


No. 69. H. or D.,-Martin A. Bailey.


No. 62, 63, 78, Formerly owned by Frea Todd.


No. 64, Elouise Whitcomb, H. or D.


Nos. 48-65-66-67-68,owned by the Millers River National Bank.


Nos. 38-39-40-41-42, owned by William G. Lord.


Nos. 32-33-34-43-44-45-46-47-70-71-76-77-79,


owned by Geo. A. Whitney.


Article 58. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) for the purpose of erecting a suitable wire fence around the Old Pleasant Street Cemetery rear No. 69 Pleasant Street, or act in relation thereto.


Article 59. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for the purpose of working Highland Street, or act in relation thereto.


Article 60. To see if the Town will vote to establish a planning board, and elect at this meeting five members to serve in this capacity, this action being necessary in accordance with Section 70, Chapter 41, of the General Laws, or act in relation thereto.


Article 61. To see if the Town will vote to raise by borrowing or otherwise, for all such sums of money as


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may be needed for all and any of the purposes mentioned in the foregoing articles, provision for which has not been made.


The Advisory Committee will be at the Advisory Com- mittee Room, Memorial Building, Tuesday evening, Feb. 10th, at 7:30, to confer with the department heads, and Thursday evening, Feb. 12th, at 7:30 to meet the general public.


And you are hereby directed to serve this warrant by, posting up attested copies hereof, in each of the Post Offices of said town, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting and by publishing a like copy in one or more of the newspapers published in said town two days at least before the time for holding said meeting.




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