Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1926-1930, Part 17

Author: Acton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1926
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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


Several Official Boards


OF THE


TOWN OF ACTON


MASSACHUSETTS


FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1928


R


ATED


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-1735.


ACTON.


THE NEWS-ENTERPRISE HUDSON. MASS. 1929


TOWN OFFICERS, 1928


MODERATOR Allen Brooks Parker


SELECTMEN


Howard J. Billings


. Term expires 1929


Waldo E. Whitcomb


Wendell F. Davis


Term expires 1930 Term expires 1931


TOWN CLERK Horace F. Tuttle


TOWN TREASURER Frank W. Hoit


ASSESSORS


Arthur W. Emerson . Term expires 1929


Henry L. Haynes Term expires 1930


Warren H. Jones Term expires 1931


BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE


Howard J. Billings Term expires 1929


Waldo E. Whitcomb . Term expires 1929


Wendell F. Davis Term expires 1929


COLLECTOR OF TAXES Charles A. Durkee


TREE WARDEN James O'Neil


CONSTABLES


Michael Foley John T. McNiff


Alan B. Frost Charles A. Durkee


CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS Fred W. Green . Term expires 1929


Wendell F. Davis Term expires 1930 Horace F. Tuttle Term expires 1931


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SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Spencer H. Taylor


Term expires 1929


Lulu L. Clark


Term expires 1929


Alice M. Carlisle


Term expires. 1930


Frank Toohey


.Term expires 1930


Louisa N. Wood


Term expires 1931


Edgar H. Hall


Term expires 1931


TRUSTEES OF MEMORIAL LIBRARY


J. Sidney White Term expires 1929


Lucius A. Hesselton Term expires 1930


Horace F. Tuttle Term expires 1931


BOARD OF HEALTH


Raymond F. Durkee . Term expires 1929


Frank E. Tasker


Term expires 1930


George H. Tuttle Term expires 1931


TRUSTEES OF THE ELIZABETH WHITE FUND


Warren H. Jones


Term expires 1929


Waldo E. Whitcomb


Term expires 1930


William H. Kingsley Term expires 1931


TRUSTEES OF THE WEST ACTON FIREMAN'S RELIEF FUND


C. D. Cram . Term expires 1929


Edgar H. Hall . Term expires 1930


A. N. Hederstedt Term expires 1931


TRUSTEES OF GOODNOW FUND


Charles E. Smith Term expires 1929


Charlotte Conant Term expires 1930


Horace F. Tuttle Term expires 1931


Appointments by the Selectmen


FINANCE COMMITTEE Murray Brown Frank W. Hoit Alfred W. Davis


William Rawitser, George A. Richardson, Webster S. Blanchard


SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS Albert H. Perkins


TOWN ACCOUNTANT Howard L. Jones


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REGISTRARS OF VOTERS


Charles J. Holton


Term expires 1929


Daniel W. Sheehan, Jr.


Term expires 1930


Edwin A. Phalen


Term expires 1931


Horace F. Tuttle, ex-officio


ELECTION OFFICERS


Precinct 1


Warden James W. Coughlin


Deputy Warden


George A. Murphy


Clerk


Arthur W. Wayne


Deputy Clerk Spencer H. Taylor


Inspector Arthur F. Davis


Deputy Inspector . Willis L. Holden


Inspector


Leo F. McCarthy


Deputy Inspector Harold Coughlin


Precinct 2


Warden


Lucius A. Hesselton


Deputy Warden


Theron F. Newton


Clerk


John J. Manning


Deputy Clerk


. Thomas Murray


Inspector Lewis C. Hastings


Deputy Inspector


Frank A. Merriam


Inspector . Timothy Hennessey


Deputy Inspector


.James Brown


Precinct 3


Warden . Bertram D. Hall


Deputy Warden


Fred S. Whitcomb Clerk David R. Kinsley


Deputy Clerk Frank McDonald


Inspector


A. R. Beach


Deputy Inspector


. Harry Holt


Inspector . James Kinsley


Deputy Inspector Guy P. Littlefield


CATTLE INSPECTOR Fred S. Whitcomb


FIRE ENGINEERS Frank W. Hoit, Chief


ASSISTANT ENGINEERS Precinct 1 Alan B. Frost


Precinct 2 John J. Manning


Precinct 3 Alfred W. Davis


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FOREST WARDEN Alan B. Frost


SUPERINTENDENT OF MOTH WORK James O'Neil


POLICE OFFICERS Chief, Michael J. Foley


John T. McNiff Jesse Briggs


DIRECTOR MIDDLESEX COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE Charles B. Willett


Jury List Revised 1928


Precinct 1


Arthur Emerson David Morrison Albert P. Durkee Frank E. Parsons Spencer H. Taylor


Edward M. Little James W. Coughlin George S. Tucker Samuel E. Knowlton


Precinct 2


Edward F. Nealey Theron A. Lowden Charles Miles Herbert A. Thayer Clarence Chickering


L. Edward Laird Patrick J. Foley Carl Flint James Brown


Precinct 3


Allen B. Parker David R. Kinsley William Johnson Henry L. Haynes Howard C. Tracy


James E. Kinsley James A. Grimes G. Howard Reed John T. McNiff William J. Benere


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TOWN WARRANT


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Middlesex, ss.


F


OONI


-1735.


ACTON.


"To either of the Constables of the Town of Acton, in said County, GREETING :


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required to notify the legal voters of said town of Acton, qualified to vote at town meetings for the transaction of town affairs, to meet in their respective precincts, to wit :


Precinct 1-Town Hall in said Acton.


Precinct 2-Universalist Church, South Acton.


Precinct 3-Fire House, West Acton.


At 12 o'clock noon, on Monday, the fourth day of March, 1929, by posting a copy of this warrant, by you attested, at each of the places as directed by vote of the town, seven days at least before the said fourth day of March.


To bring in their votes on one ballot for the following town officers : One moderator for one year, one town clerk for one year, one selectman for three years, one assessor for three years, three


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for department of public welfare for one year, one treasurer for one year, one collector of taxes for one year, four constables for one year, two for school committee for three years, one for board of health for three years, one cemetery commissioner for three years, one trustee Memorial library for three years, one tree warden for one year.


The polls will be open at 12 o'clock noon, and close at 7 o'clock p. m.


You are further requested in the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, to notify the legal voters of said town of Acton, as aforesaid, to meet at the town hall in said Acton, on Monday, March 11th, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon. Then and there to act on the following articles :


Article 1. To choose all necessary town officers and committees, and fix salaries of all town officers.


Article 2. To see if the town will vote to accept the several reports of the town officers.


Article 3. To hear and act upon the reports of any committees chosen at any previous meeting that have not already reported.


Article 4. To see what sum of money the town will appropriate to defray the necessary and usual expenses of the several departments of the town and determine how the same shall be raised.


Article 5. To see what sum of money the town will raise for the observance of Memorial day.


Article 6. To see what action the town will take in regard to the collection of taxes.


Article 7. To see what sum of money the town will raise and appropriate for the maintenance of the fire department, or vote anything thereon.


Article 8. To see if the town will pay for fighting brush fires and fix price thereon.


Article 9. To see what action the town will take toward the suppression of the brown-tail and gypsy moth.


Article 10. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money to insure the employees of the town, or act anything thereon.


Article 11. To see what amount of money the town will


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appropriate for the payment of premiums on the treasurer's and collector's bonds, or act anything thereon.


Article 12. 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 the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1st, 1929, 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 13. To see if the town will vote to employ a public health nurse, and appropriate a sum of money for the mainten- ance of the same.


Article 14. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $300, or some other amount, and elect a director, the money to be expended by, and the director to serve in cooperation with the Middlesex county trustees for county aid to agriculture in the work of the Middlesex County Extension Service, under the provisions of Sections 40 to 45, Chapter 128, General Laws of Massachusetts.


Article 15. To see if the town will vote to instal three (3) additional street lights on Central street in South Acton, between Martin street and the residence of Sidney Richardson, or act anything thereon.


Article 16. To see if the town will vote to condition Martin street from Maple street to Stow road, by re-surfacing, grading and coating with tarvia, supplying new catch basins and culverts where necessary for complete drainage, or act anything thereon.


Article 17. To see if the town will vote to erect a light pole, twenty feet or thereabouts, north of the bridge crossing the stream on Martin street and on the east side of above street, and maintain a light on said pole, or act anything thereon.


Article 18. To see if the town will vote to instruct the board of health to arrange to keep open for not more than two days in each week, the public dump in precinct one, or act anything thereon.


Article 19. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $300, to be used, or any part of it, to grade the now aban- doned dump in precinct one, opposite the cemetery, or act anything thereon.


Article 20. To see what amount of money the town will raise and appropriate, to repair Harris street in the northerly part of the town.


Article 21. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the unexpended balance of $655.95 from the surplus war bonus fund to fix up the Common at Acton Center, or act anything thereon.


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Article 22. To see what action the town will take with regard to electric street lighting.


Article 23. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500 to continue the re-construction of Laws Brook road to the Concord line, provided a like sum is allotted the town by the State Department of Public Works, and a similar sum by the County of Middlesex, or act anything thereon.


Article 24. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500 to continue the re-construction of School street from its intersection with Laws Brook road to the State highway, provided a like sum is allotted the town by the State Department of Public Works, and a similar sum by the County of Middlesex, or act anything thereon.


Article 25. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) to gravel Arlington street from Elm street, going east.


Article 26. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $1,000 for the purpose of re-building the road extending from Fletcher corner to the Maynard line, or act anything thereon.


Article 27. To see if the town will vote to raise a sum of money to repair Summer street from Willow street to the Boxboro line.


Article 28. To see what action the town will take with regard to the purchase of new road machinery.


Article 29. To see if the town will vote to accept the ladder truck which has been constructed by the members of the South Acton fire department, said truck to be a part of the fire fighting equipment of the town of Acton, but to be housed at the South Acton Fire House, in charge of the South Acton fire department.


Article 30. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $500 to continue the re-construction of Nashoba road.


Article 31. To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $300 for town forest work.


Article 32. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand dollars to lay out and build a road from Massachusetts avenue, West Acton, to the driveway leading to Mr. Orla Nichol's house, following the line of the abandoned electric car road, or act anything thereon.


Article 33. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000 for the purpose of macadamizing


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Stow street from the Main street bridge to the lumber-yard, or act anything thereon.


Article 34. To see if the town will establish and maintain a street light, at or near the houses of A. C. Jones, E. H. Hall, Jr., and B. E. Hall, on Arlington street.


Article 35. To see if the town will establish and maintain a street light near the high school building, at the corner of Mass- achusetts avenue and the Cutler road, so-called.


Article 36. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars to grade the west corner of the Cutler road. so-called, where it enters Massachusetts avenue.


Article 37. To see if the town will re-appropriate the sum of $1,500 from cash on hand in the treasury for the purpose of re-constructing the Nagog Hill road from the Littleton line to Acton Center, and instruct the selectmen to obtain an allotment from the County of Middlesex on this project if possible, or act anything thereon.


Article 38. To see if the town will vote to authorize the selectmen to sell the unused gravel-pit, located on the State road, about one mile north of East Acton village.


Article 39. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000 to develop the high school athletic field, or act anything thereon.


Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the town clerk at or before the first time of meeting aforesaid.


Given under our hands at Acton, this sixth day of February, 1929.


HOWARD J. BILLINGS, WALDO E. WHITCOMB, WENDELL F. DAVIS,


Selectmen of Acton.


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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN


We herewith submit for your approval the reports of the various departments of the town, for the year ending December 31, 1928 :


Acting under Article 16 the selectmen have sold the old fire- house in South Acton at public auction, and the building has been removed.


Under Article 25 of the 1927 warrant the work of widening Kelley's Corner has been completed.


Under Article 29 the selectmen appointed a committee to act with them in studying the electric street lighting problem. The report of this committee will be found elsewhere in this town report.


Under Article 32, we have finally succeeded in having the wooden fence on the west side of the R. R. bridge at South Acton replaced by a wire fence, and the selectmen have decided to replace the wooden fence on Stow street with a wire fence as soon as possible.


The new bridge on Laws Brook road has been completed, but owing to the fact that the state did not let this contract until very late in the year, it was not possible to finish an additional section of this road. The money which was left after the completion of the bridge was expended in drainage and in graveling a consid- erable section of the road. An additional appropriation of $1500 by the town will be necessary to complete this project to the Concord line.


An appropriation of $1500 was made to re-build a section of the Nagog Hill road, contingent upon the state and county contri- buting a like amount. The state refused to enter into this pro- ject; consequently, the money was not expended.


In carrying out the expenditure of the appropriation for the general maintenance of roads, under Article 4, we have endeavored to give special attention to the roads named in Arti cles 18, 19, 20, 26 and 31 so far as possible. It must be borne in mind, however, that money expended under this appropriation is largely spent under the direction of the Department of Public Works.


The financial condition of the town is improving each year, and we urge upon every citizen the necessity of carefully study- ing the reports of the treasurer and town accountant, as well as that of the finance committee, in order that we may co-operate in keeping our tax rate at a reasonable level.


Respectfully submitted,


HOWARD J. BILLINGS, WALDO E. WHITCOMB, WENDALL F. DAVIS.


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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT


Births


Whole number recorded


42


Born in Acton


15 Native parentage 26


Males 21 Foreign parentage 5


Females


21 Mixed parentage 11


Marriages


Whole number recorded


32


Residents of Acton 41 Residents of other places, 23


Deaths


Whole number recorded


35


Residents of Acton 35 Residents of other places, 0


Occurring in Acton 20 Occurring in other places, 15


Average age in years, 66 plus.


The town clerk requests information of any errors, or omis- sions in the list of births, marriages and deaths.


The town clerk hereby gives notice that he is prepared to furnish blanks for the return of births and deaths.


HORACE F. TUTTLE, Town Clerk.


Births Registered in 1928


No. Date of Birth


Place of Birth


Name of Child Name of Parents


1. Jan. 17. Concord


. Anderson, Helen Elizabeth ... John and Olga Ostborg


2. Aug. 28.


Boston Barrow, Frances Arnelia . . Frederick Gordon and Marjorie Clara Fields


3. Mar. 30. Acton . Brindley, Warren Milton ..


. Charles Randolph and Carrie William


Christie


4. May 23. Carlisle .. Cann, Richard Allen . George A. and Hazel May McCready


5. April 16. Concord . Christofferson, Nancy Anne .. Allen M. and Anne F. Russell


6. June 2. Concord . Cobleigh, William Lewis, Jr. .. William Lewis and Harriet Adeline Fogg


7. April 20. Concord . Conquest, Ellen Arline . .


. . William Francis Edward and Mary Etta Lucas


8. Aug. 30. Acton . Dow, Gladys Gertrude .. .. David S. and Gladys Murray


9. July 31. Concord Durkee, Florence Elizabeth ... Albert Porter and Florence E. White


10. July 24.


Concord . Durkin, William Joseph, Jr. .. William Joseph and Ruth Elizabeth Riley


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11. May 21.


Acton .. Fairley, Arthur Tuttle ..


. John and Gertrude Mavis Tuttle


12. Nov. 6. Concord .Foley, Mary Patricia


. Patrick J. and Laura Johnston


13. Sept. 5. Acton . Forrest, Frank Melbourne . . Louis Arnold and Margery L. Bond


14. Aug. 21. Concord . Goucher, Edward Stanley, Jr .. Edward Stanley and Lillian Peterson


15. Aug. 10.


Acton . Hardy, Walter Nelson .....


.. George Melvin and Beulah Hazel French


16. Oct. 30. Acton . Hollowell, Mildred Evelyn


. Elwin and Edith Frost


17. April 28.


Waltham Jenks, Hazel Albert R. and Mabel Geer


18. Nov. 19. Acton . Jensen, Edith . Christian and Bertha Munson


19. Mar. 27.


Concord . Kennedy, Thomas Frederick Stewart, Jr ...


Thomas Frederick Stewart and Marjorie


Rachael Banks


20. Mar. 27. Concord . LaFollette, James Ernest ... .. Dwight Edgar and Margaret Louise Clapp


21. June 12. Acton . . Lysko, Lydia :. George and Tina Sawicka 22. Feb. 21. Concord . MacDougal, Esther Ann .. . Daniel Norman and Eva Louise Perkins


23. Oct. 31. Concord . MacGregor, Malcolm Stuart .. Hanson Stuart and Ruth Helen Hewitt


24. Oct. 24. Acton Mills, Charles, Jr.


. Charles and Myra Zeta Proctor Frank and Filamino Cantino 25. Oct. 19. Acton . Napolitano, Ckiara 26. April 27.


Concord .Nichols, Richard Walter .. Orla Ezra and Mary A. Briggs


27. July 13.


Acton . Pedreira, John Alfred . .Joseph Valado and Emiline Langlois . Iner and Helen Beatrice Robbins


28. Sept. 25. Concord . Peterson, Warren Robbins


29. Mar. 14. Acton Priest, Kenneth Elmer . . Clarence Irving and Fanny Dorothy Braman


30. June 1. Concord . Puffer, Barbara Mary


31. June 11. Acton Roach, Doris Phylis


. Dominick P. and Jesse Lambert Pushard


32. Nov. 21.


Concord . Schofield, Joseph Ronald


Dayson .. Clifford Osborn and Mary Dube . Havelock Jeffery and Florence Gertrude


33. Sept. 24. Concord .. Schnair, Dorothy Alice ..


Desmond


34. Feb. 18. Concord . Strout, Doris Arlene .. Winslow and Gladys Grant 35. July 12.


Acton . Swanson, John Alfred Axel and Mary Brennan


36. Sept. 27.


Concord . Tuttle, Pauline Gertrude . Harlan Emery and Gertrude Phillips


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37. May 28.


Acton .. Troup, John James . . James John and Marie Ingrid Bengston


38. Aug. 25.


Concord . Walther, Celine . Augustine J. and Mary Murphy


39. Aug. 25. Concord . Walther, Clare . Augustine J. and Mary Murphy


1917.


40, Feb, 1. Acton Armstrong, George Gordon, Jr. George Gordon and Bessie Nixon


Edward Ellsworth and Mary Kearnan


Marriages Registered in 1928


Place of


No. Date Marriage


Names Residence


1. June 6. Acton


Andersen, Karl


. Acton


Pedersen, Olga . . Acton


2. Dec. 9. Ayer


..


Blaisdell, Warren Francis


Acton


McGovern, Jane Ann Littleton


3. July 29. Claremont, N. H. .. Briggs, Charles Romeo


Acton


Anderson, Gunda . Claremont, N. H.


4. May 3. Acton


Brissette, John B. Acton


Heath, Esther E. Acton


5. Aug. 12. Boston (Brighton) . Buchanan, John J., Jr. Lynn Livermore, Dora Olivia Acton


6. Mar. 7. Concord . Carter, Percy Lewis Concord


Haley, Margaret Frances Acton


7. Oct. 28. Maynard . Champoux, Joseph Gerard . Boston


Coughlin, Mary Virginia Acton


8. Jan. 21. Greenville, N. H. .. Conquest, William Acton


Lucas, Mary Etta Sterling


9. Mar. 3. Boston . Curtiss, George W. Acton


Price, Harriet B. . Boston


10. July 7. Watertown


Davis, Warren L. Acton


Fitzgerald, Ethel Alma Acton


11. Sept. 29. Acton . Edwards, Alfred J. . Acton


Blanchard, Mary Jane Lake Forest, Ill.


12. Dec. 30. Concord Finan, Gerald Herbert Concord


Cummings, Bertha Mildred


Acton


16


13. July 7. Watertown Gravlin, Albert Clarence . Concord, N. H. Wamboldt, Viola May . Acton


14. June 25. Maynard Hogan, Peter J. Charlestown Punch, Margaret M. Acton


15. Dec. 12. Acton . Ingham, Ernest Brownell Concord


Rand, Ada Mabel .


. Maynard


16. May 6. Acton . Kennedy, Thomas Frederick Stewart . Acton Banks, Marjorie Rachel Acton


17. July


8. Braintree


Laffin, Ormal S. R.


.


Branley, Mary M.


Braintree


. Langlois, Joseph A. Acton


Vincent, Marie Yvonne


Acton


Acton


19. Nov. 20. Hill, N. H.


. Leard, Earl A.


Dow, Dorothy E.


Hill, N. H.


17


20.


Aug.


4.


Maynard


. Locke, Albert W.


Acton


Hoar, Annie M. Acton


21. Feb. 1. Concord Mackenzie, Stewart Acton


Brown, Alice Mae


Acton


22. June 10. Acton


. MeBreen, John E. Griffin, Alice Concord


Concord


23. Feb. 16. Concord . Olsen, Oscar Martin Concord


Monroe, Vivian Gertrude Acton


24. Aug. 8. Concord Roberts, Nathan Alfred, Jr. Concord


Franklin, Alice Acton


Soberg, Carl Albert Acton


25. July 11. Somerville


Barker, Carolyn Isabella Acton


26. Sept. 29. Acton . Stewart, Gordon P. Acton


Wallace, Katherine Caroline


Acton


Acton


18. Dec. 22. Acton


27. Aug. 25. Oak Bluffs . . Stuart, Raymond , Acton


Chickering, Grace Eleanor Acton


28. June 24. Newton


. Torsleff, Andrew Jacob Acton


Clark, Henrietta May Acton


29. Aug. 25. Framingham . Tracy, Howard S. . Acton


Hardy, Portia Elizabeth Acton


30. Mar. 10. Maynard Troup, James Acton


Bengtson, Marie I. . Lowell


31. Oct. 6. Concord Tuttle, William Davis Acton


Perry, Thelma May . Concord


32. Aug. 4. Acton


. Wornham, Aubrey Kermit . Lunenburg


Leonard, Elsie Hazel


Townsend


18


19


Deaths Registered in 1928


No.


Date of Death


Name


Yrs.


Mos. Days


1.


Oct. 23.


Adams, Daniel Henry


82


6


3


2. Sept. 19.


Allen, Benjamin Franklin


65


9


3


3. Mar. 16.


Armes, William A.


50


7


10


4. Dec. 14.


Banks, Frank Martin


57


4


30


5.


Apr. 29.


Bedford, Alfred


70


4


10


6. June 26.


Brown, Caroline Lamson


75


11


18


7.


June 4.


Daniels, Gertrude C.


66


1


18


8. Apr. 10.


Fletcher, Belle Cora


53


1


2


10. Dec. 30.


Hanscom, Walter


62


4


18


12.


Nov. 25.


Hayward, Edwin L.


78


6


13.


Aug. 21.


Hosmer, Susan Harriet


80


9


24


14.


Aug. 29.


Jones, William S.


89


3


12


15.


Aug. 15.


Livermore, Hiram Brooks


88


1


28


16.


Oct. 29.


Livermore, Laura Esther


83


11


13


17.


Dec. 3. Merley, Letitia D.


73


8


26


18.


Dec. 31.


Merriam, Harriet E.


75


5


19


19.


Apr. 27.


McCarthy, John


67


10


20.


Jan. 1.


McGreen, Estella Augusta


62


10


22


21.


Apr. 18.


Morse, Harry Burton


44


2


2


22.


Oct. 4.


Pratt, Mary Bibber


89


6


10


23. Oct. 26.


Reed, Helen Maria


67


2


28


24. Dec. 15.


Rines, Mary Ann


76


7


28


25.


Dec. 19


Scanlon, Thomas


77


26.


Dec. 9.


Stevens, Mary C.


88


6


5


27.


Jan. 7. Swanson, Helen


25


-


- -


28. Aug. 21.


Tully, Joseph C.


58


29. Dec. 11.


Van Lul, Elise


61


7


30. Nov. 9. Waterbury, Edgar Gordon


70


1 10


-


31. Jan. 18. Webster, Everett H.


20


8


32.


Apr. 18. Zancewecz, Josephine


32


-


1 -


-


9. May 28.


Foley, Johanna M.


66


31. Jan. 13.


Harrod, William Judson


66


Non-Resident Burials, 1928


Date of


Name


Age Yrs. Mos. Days


Place of Death


Place of Burial


No. Death 1923 1. Mar. 12. 1927


Ames, William Clinton


73


5


25


Hudson, Mich. . Mt. Hope


2. Dec. 11. Bosworth, Anna Olive


76


11


18


Arlington


Mt. Hope


1919


1.


Bosworth, William H.


73


2


12


Somerville Mt. Hope


4. Nov. 16. Chaplin, Harriet


77


10


8


Concord


Mt. Hope


5. Aug. 26.


Chaplin, Sophia


84


8


25


Concord


Mt. Hope


6. Nov. 13.


Clark, Ida M.


52


4


23


Frankfort, Me. . Mt. Hope


7. Dec. 20.


Hackett, Waldo Adrian


35


8


12


Arlington


. Mt. Hope


8. Feb. 19.


Hayward, Elizabeth C.


75


1


2


Townsend


. Mt. Hope


9. July 1. Hughes, Mary I. A.


70


2


21


Melrose . Woodlawn


10. Oct. 20.


Keyes, B. Marian


81


1


24


Somerville


. Mt. Hope


11. Mar. 19.


Paige, Antoinette S.


82


6


25


Quincy


. Mt. Hope


12 .: Apr. 18. Randall, Robert L.


67


8


22


Hudson . . Mt. Hope


13. Nov. 12. Todd, George W.


64


1


24


Somerville


. Woodlawn


14. Mar. 9. Tuttle, William W.


73


New York City . Woodlawn


15. July 15. Weaver, Georgia A.


64


New Bedford


. Mt. Hope


16. Oct. 18.


Willis, Margaret E.


23


8


18 Rutland


. Mt. Hope


3. July 1928


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Abstract of the Proceedings of the Annual Meeting,


Held March 12, 1928


Article 1. To choose all necessary town officers and com- mittees and fix salaries of all town officers.


Chose, Horace F. Tuttle, trustee of the Goodnow fund, for three years.


Chose, A. N. Hederstedt, trustee of the West Acton Fireman's Relief fund, for three years.


Chose, William H. Kingsley, trustee of the Elizabeth White fund, for three years.


Voted : To fix the salary of the tax collector at five-eighths. of one percent of the amount collected.


Voted : That the salary of the chairman of the selectmen be two hundred dollars per annum and the other members, one hun- dred dollars each per annum.


Voted : That the salary of the moderator be ten dollars per meeting.


Voted: That the salary of the chairman of the board of public welfare be seventy-five dollars per annum; and the other members, forty dollars each per annum.




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