Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1926-1930, Part 9

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Publication date: 1926
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Article 30. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of four hundred and fifty dollars for nine band concerts to be given by the Acton Cadet band, three each in the villages of South, West and Acton Center, or act anything thereon.


Article 31. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of one thousand dollars to gravel Arlington street in West Acton, starting at Elm street and continuing in an east- erly direction, or act anything thereon.


Article 32. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars to rebuild Nagog Hill road from Littleton line to Acton Center, provided a like sum is allotted the town by the state and a similar sum by the county of Middlesex, or act anything thereon.


Article 32. To see if the town will vote to instruct the selectmen to confer with the officials of the Boston & Maine R. R., and see if something cannot be done to replace the high wooden fence on the west side of the R. R. bridge at South Acton with a lower metal or wire fence, and to reduce the height of the wooden fence on the northerly side of Maple street.


Article 33. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of five hundred dollars to purchase a road scraper for the road department, 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 as aforesaid.


Given under our hands at Acton, this eighteenth day of February, 1928.


MURRAY BROWN, HOWARD J. BILLINGS, WALDO E. WHITCOMB,


Selectmen of Acton.


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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN


We herewith submit to you for your approval the reports of the various departments of town for the year ending, Dec. 31, 1927.


Acting under Article 19, we entered into an arrangement with A. W. Davis, and had the water fountain in West Acton moved to a new location on Central street.


Under Article 22 the matter of changing the name of the lo- cal telephone exchange from West Acton to Acton was taken up with the officials of the Telephone Company and this change will be made and take effect about March 1, 1928.


Six additional street lights have been installed, these will bring our annual bill for 1928 street lighting up to $5,000.00. We do not recommend any further installations.


Under Article 25, we have petitioned the county commis sioners to make a taking of land at the southwesterly point at Kelly's Corner in order to improve this sharp turn. We recom- mend that the amount appropriated for this work which was not spent be reappropriated.


Twenty-three hundred feet of snow fence was purchased and erected at various points, where the drifting of snow has been noticed.


A new fire house has been built in South Acton. A report of the committee that had charge of this work will be found else- where in this book. The fire department seems now to be in first-class condition, well housed and well equipped. The one weak spot being the lack of a suitable alarm system. We recom- mend that the West Acton fire house be painted.


Much road work has been done through the year, with the completion of Main street, as soon as weather permits, as far as the State road, and Central street in West Acton to the village limits ; also the rebuilding of Willow street in West Acton up to the point of the old oiled surface. We feel that our main roads are in excellent shape, and that the town should not be called upon for so much new construction, and we recommend that the customary $6,000 that we have been appropriating for special road work, be cut to $4,000.00, and that this be spent in contin- uing the work on School street and Laws Brook road in South Acton, where it appears that the bridge will have to be rebuilt at considerable expense.


It is regrettable that our tax rate should have jumped to over $30.00 and we feel that the voters should bear in mind that we still have large sums of money which have been borrowed for highway construction and fire department purposes, besides our


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high school bonds, which must be repaid each year. There are road notes outstanding amounting to $15,650.00 and fire depart- ment notes amounting to $5,100.00, of these amounts $10,250.00 must be paid in 1928. It would seem that we should practice economy in all our departments and use care in our annual ap- propriations, and for this reason the selectmen are not recom- ding that we embark on any new projects at present.


An audit of the town books was made by the state authori- ties, and their report is printed in full in this book.


The town's finances are in a very healthy condition, and a study of the reports of the treasurer and town accountant is urged upon all who receive this report.


Respectfully submitted, MURRAY BROWN, HOWARD J. BILLINGS, WALDO E. WHITCOMB,


Selectmen.


REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE


To the Citizens of the Town of Acton :


We have been called upon during the year to render aid in four different cases, which promise to be of a permanent nature. Two of these are elderly persons, who are being boarded in pri- vate families; the third consists of a mother and two children, who are being aided in their own home, and the fourth, of two children, who have been placed with the State Department of Public Welfare.


We are also furnishing continuous support for one child, who has a settlement in a neighboring town. Our town is being reimbursed for this case.


In addition to these cases, we have rendered temporary aid to three other persons during the year.


HOWARD J. BILLINGS,


MURRAY BROWN,


WALDO E. WHITCOMB, Department of Public Welfare.


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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT


Births


Whole number recorded


40


Born in Acton


16 Native parentage 27


Males 22 Foreign parentage 5


Females 18 Mixed parentage 8


Marriages


Whole number recorded


30


Residents of Acton 40 Residents of other places, 20


Deaths


Whole number recorded


35


Residents of Acton 34 Residents of other places, 1


Occurring in Acton 27 Occurring in other places, 8


Average age in years, 51 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 1927


No. Date of Birth


Place of Birth


Name of Child


Name of Parents


1.


Feb. 25.


Acton Baker, Milton Osborne


2. Sept. 9. Concord .Bancroft, Gladys .


3. Nov. 29. Concord .Batstone, Benjamin Stanley


... Benjamin Stanley and Lucy Stockbridge


4. July 6.


Acton . Beach, Charles Archibald


.John Ernest and Marion Louise Cook


5. Sept. 17.


Acton


Birch, Warren Frederick


. Alfred and Esther May Quimby


6.


May 11.


Concord


.Boxill, Cyril William .Bowen, Sarah


. Robert M. and Marguerite Waldmyer . Jesse Alton and Adelaide Melisson Wambolt


10. Dec. 31.


Concord


. Chaplin, Donald Emerson


. Henry Eugene and Beatrice Jane Prescott . Harold Francis and Florence M. Davis


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11. Dec. 2. Concord .. Christofferson, Helen Elizabeth . Edwin and Gladys Hansen


12. July 3.


Acton .Cullinane, Catherine Elizabeth . Cornelius Charles and Grace Julia Ineson


13. Aug. 21. Acton . Deane, Leroy Thomas . . Thomas Edward and Amanda Devilia


Schoffield


14.


Aug.


4. Concord ... Durkin, Nancy Eleanor


. William Joseph and Ruth Elizabeth Riley


15. .July 5 Brockton ... Goucher, June Elizabeth . Edward S. and Lillian C. Peterson


16. Aug. 23. Southboro ... Forrest, Eleanor Carey . Lewis A. and Marjorie L. Bond


17. Oct. 7. Acton . Harnden, Ernest Franklin . Ernest Franklin and Blanche Gertrude


Farris


18. July 16. Acton .Hollowell, Doris Elizabeth ... Elwin H. and Edith M. Frost 19. Oct.


7. Concord


Howard, John Cleveland .. .. Clarence Reynolds and Pearl Hattie Leslie


20. Dec. 6. Acton .Jones, Martha Ann . Ralph T. and Mary Tobin


. Cyril and Evelyn Brown


7. June 14.


Boston


8. Nov. 4.


Acton . Briggs, Curtis Milton


9. May 11 Concord . Bursaw, Barbara Rose


. Ruman Stubbard and Addie Viola Goucher . Clesson Albion and Gladys Morse


21. June 14. Acton .. Kent, Marjorie Betty . ...... . Lawrence Moulton and Mariel Enid Smith 22. May 30. Acton . LaTulippe, Joseph Douglas . John B. and Katie Octavia Wheelock 23. May 6. Concord ... Leard, Frances Loraine . . Frank Dayson and Gertrude Irene Goodearl


24. July 4. Concord .... Nelson, Robert Gordon . Emery Daniel and Margaret Jennie Christofferson


25. Feb. 14. Concord .... Newsham, Ronald Lee . Charles Henry and Helen Louise Marchant


26. Oct. 13.


Concord .. Pendergast, Robert William ... Edward L. and Martina Benere


27. May 19. Acton . Penniman, Leonard George ... . Leonard William and Mary Louise


Hyndman


28.


Oct. 1. Concord .. Peterson, Norma Eda


. Edwin and Eda Nelson


29. Feb. 28.


Acton . Price, Richard Abel


. Clifford Abel and Thelma Robbins


30. Mar. 30.


Concord .. Reed, Barbara Lillian


. George Howard and Marion Thompson Cole


31. Jan. 2.


Concord ... Reed, Jane .Otis Joshua and Evelyn Kimball


32. Nov. 12. Acton . Schofield, Theresa Gertrude . Clifford and Mary Dubec


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33. July 31.


Concord


. . Sironen, Robert Mattie


. Mattie and Tyyne Mary Lehto


34. Nov. 5. Concord


... Tracy, Alfred H. .. . Alfred H. and Gladys Schnair


35. Oct. 12.


Concord


. Tucker, John Lawrence . Lawrence and Bertha Carr


36. Sept. 15.


Acton . Tupper, Donald George . Arthur Francis and Emma Grace Bayeur


37. June 24. Concord . Turner, James Alden .. . George Charles and Ruth Elmira Berry


38. Oct. 28. Concord Zanceiwicz, Wladyslaw Juzef . . Stanley and Josephine Wasik


Marriages Registered in 1927


Place of


No.


Date Marriage


1. Dec. 10. Somerville


2. Oct. 22. Acton


Names Residence


. Barker, Thaddeus Liscom Acton Sawyer, Clara Evelyn Somerville ยท


. Barry, Colin: William Boston


Farrar, Evelyn Maud Acton


3. June 12. Acton . Braman, Frank Stacy Acton


Lowden, Dorothy Acton


4. Sept. 30. Boston . Braugh, Sidney James Cohasset Prentiss, Marion Arlene Acton


5. Dec. 1. Concord Carter, Roger Sherman Concord


Fox, Ruth Haley ....


Acton


6. July 7. Acton


Clark, Orma Lawrence Acton Whipple, Marion Janvrin Acton


7. Nov. 19. Fitchburg . Clayton, John Acton


Gray, Esther Elizabeth Acton


8. Nov. 1. Lowell


Christiansen, Alvin A. Acton


Bentley, Frances I. .. Lowell


9. Dec. 28. Newton . Daniels, Howard Bigelow Acton


Bodman, Pauline Gertrude


Concord


10. Jan. 22. Acton . Drury, Warren Hackett, Alice


Acton


Glen Falls, N. Y. Northboro


11. June 30. Concord . Fairley, John Tuttle, Gertrude M. Acton


12. May 21. Concord . Fletcher, JJohn Lester Acton


Corkum, Mary Ellen Concord


13. Sept. 18. Maynard . Foley, Patrick J. Acton


Johnston, Laura Maynard


14. July 1. Acton


French, Kenneth Gordon Acton


Harlow, Ethel May . Acton


15. Oct. 12. Maynard


Fullonton, Donald F. Acton


Heath, Laura C. Acton


16. June 29. Maynard


Grinnell, William H.


Acton


Harmon, Evelyn Badger


. Ayer


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17. July 9. Acton Hardy, Francis Ernest Acton


18. Nov. 19. Harvard


Haskell, Andrew LeRoy Acton


Elliott, Helen May Acton


19. Nov. 18. Marlboro . LaTulippe, John Acton


Morey, Alice G. Auburn, Me.


20. Jan. 11. Acton


. Leard, Frank Dayson Acton


Goodearl, Gertrude Irene Acton


21. Dec. 24. Acton MacGregor, H. Stuart Acton


Hewitt, Ruth Helen Peabody


22. June 17. Arlington Mekkelsen, Soren Martin Acton


Duggan, Anna Dorothy Arlington


23. Apr. 18. Maynard Puffer, Edward Ellsworth Maynard


Kearnan, Mary Ann . Acton


24. July 1. Acton


. Reynolds, Arthur P. Acton


Whitney, Miriam Olive Acton


25. Oct. 27. Carlisle Robbins, Clarence Ralph Acton


Tuttle, Mildred Harris Acton


26. June 16. Concord


. Schnair, Havelock Jeffrey Acton


Desmond, Florence Gertrude Concord


. Boston


27. Nov. 16. Acton


. Shields, Olen Arthur Evans, Clara Florence Acton


28. May 21. Groton . Spinney, Orland E. . Acton


Downs, Katharine Tresa Groton


29. Aug. 28. Maynard


Towler, Michael Joseph


Concord


Enneguess, Mary Ellen


. Acton


18


Morison, Lillian Shirreffs Acton


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Deaths Registered in 1927


No.


Date of Death


Name


Yrs.


Age Mos. Days


1. Dec. 24.


Balch, Legurtha Mae


45


5


27


2. Jan. 9


Bampton, Joseph Milton


1


10


3. Aug. 5.


Bancroft, Albion


2


3


-


4. Mar. 13. Case, Lily Clark


70


9


11


5. Apr. 10.


Chickering, Ida L.


53


1


13


7. Apr.


1. . Dike, Charles Nicholas Dike, Ida


62


9.


Apr. 2. Dunn, Charles H.


64


11


10. Sept. 21.


Ericksson, Hanna W.


52


8


25


11. May 29.


Fiske, Abbie


67


6


18


12. Oct. 22.


Frost, Lillian Elizabeth


71


9


25


13. July 9.


Holley, Nancy


77


10


21


14.


Mar. 26.


LaBlanc, John Joseph


3


1


15. June 8.


LaTulippe, Octavia Kate


31


9


9


16.


Oct. 30. Mackenzie, Irvine Kemp


72


7


7


17. Feb. 3. Maddox, Charles Edward


67


7


18. June 10. Manion, Thomas J.


49


1


2


19.


Apr. 9.


Mead, Lucy Maria


88


9


8


20. July 2.


Mills, Charles Winwood


4


2


11


21. Dec. 11. Morse, Ernest Snow


62


8


27


22. Dec. 19.


Pendergast, Robert William


2


6


23.


Oct. 1.


Porter, Isabelle Mae Shimka, Marka


50


11


25


25.


July 1. Stiles, Katherine J.


82


6


5


26. Feb. 3. Teele, Ernest R.


49


27. May 18.


Tenney, John Priest


69


3


28. May 8. Tracy, Bessie Louisa


41


7


12


29.


Dec. 12.


VanLul, Leon Ernest


92


4


25


30.


June 16. Vose, Nancie Swallow


9


10


26


32. Oct. 1. Waite, Louise Lowrey


36


3


4


33. May 21. Webster, Eva Orpha


45


25


34.


Mar. 8. Welch, Hulda Jane


76


7


1


-


6. Aug. 1. DeSouza, Benjamin


54


10


10


72


3


1


8. Apr. 20.


24.


43


73


S


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31. Oct. 1. Waite, Kenneth Allen


Non-Resident Burials in 1927


Date of


Age


No. Death


Name


Yrs.


Mos. Days


Place of Death


Place of Burial


1. Nov. 22.


Ames, Elvira


80


9


14


Brattleboro, Vt. . Mt. Hope


2. Apr. 5.


Booker, Hannah


93


5


11


Westboro . Woodlawn Somerset, Md. . Mt. Hope


3. May 15.


Charles, Harriet Eliza


92


4. July 10.


Chaplin, William


87


2


22


Concord, Mass. . Mt. Hope


5. Sept. 6.


Flanders, Elvira L.


78


6


15


Lowell . Woodlawn


6. Dec. 27.


Fookes, Hecxley V.


50


10


24


Groveland


. Woodlawn


7. Mar. 31.


Ford, Harden Bradley


51


2


11


Holliston


. Woodlawn


8. June 20.


Ford, G. R. .


64


7


20


McAllen, Tex. . Woodlawn


9. Apr. 29.


Gibbs, Walter H.


61


Clinton


. Woodlawn


10. Oct. 10.


Kolb, Florence D.


5


10


8


Cambridge


. Woodlawn


11.


Aug. 21.


McDonald, Arthur H.


59


1


22


Lexington


. Mt. Hope


12. May 27.


Nickerson, Frank H.


61


6


25


Quincy


. Mt. Hope


13. Sept. 5. Randall, Lena Alice


70


Cambridge


. Mt. Hope


14. Feb. 10.


Robbins, Lucy .


80


Worcester


. Woodlawn


15. Mar. 26.


Shattuck, Clayton S.


51


7


13


Waltham


. Mt. Hope


16. Feb. 19.


Smith, Nona P.


28


Somerville


. Woodlawn


17. Apr. 25.


Stodder, Natie H.


83


Boston


. Mt. Hope


1918.


18. Jan. 23. Tuttle, Herbert A.


66


7


7


Boston


. Woodlawn


19. Jan. 5.


Turner, John A.


64


St. Elizabeth, D. C. . Woodlawn


20. Dec. 14. Wheeler, Lincoln E.


84


9


Cambridge . Woodlawn


21. Sept. 11. Whitcomb, James Hayward


80


4


18


Newton . Mt. Hope


22. Nov. 27. Whitney, Emma W.


74


4


16


Athens, Ga. . Woodlawn


23. July 13. Wood, Josephine G.


77


Lowell


. Woodlawn


24. Aug. 12. Wood, Winthrop E.


89


3


6 Concord


. Woodlawn


25. Nov. 25. Woodward, Caroline B. . .


89


9


2. Fitchburg . Mt. Hope


-


-


-


-


-


-


20


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Abstract of the Proceedings of the Annual Meeting Held March 14, 1927


The meeting was called to order by Moderator Allen Brooks Parker.


Art. 1. To choose all necessary town officers and commit- tees and fix salaries of all town officers.


Chose, Charles E. Smith, trustee of the Goodnow Fund, for three years.


Chose, Edgar H. Hall, trustee of the West Acton Fireman's Relief Fund, for three years.


Chose, Waldo E. Whitcomb, trustee of the Elizabeth White Fund, for three years.


Voted : To fix the salary of the tax collector at five-eighths of one per cent of the amuont collected.


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


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


Voted : That the salary of the overseers of the poor be seventy-five dollars per annum for the chairman and forty dollars. each per annum for the other members.


Voted : That the salary of town treasurer be five hundred dollars per annum.


Voted: That the salary of the town accountant be four hundred dollars per annum.


Voted : That the salary of the town clerk be two hundred dollars per annum.


Voted: That the salaries of the assessors be six hundred dollars, in the aggregate, per annum, to be apportioned as they may determine.


Voted : That the selectmen be instructed to fix the salaries of all other town officers.


Art. 2. To see if the town will accept the reports of the several town officers.


Voted : To accept the reports of the several town officers.


Art. 3. To hear and act upon the reports of any committtee chosen at any previous meetings.


The article was passed over.


Art. 4. To see what sums of money the town will raise by taxation and appropriate to defray the necessary and usual ex- penses of the several departments of the town.


Under this article and other articles in the warrant it was voted to appropriate for


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Roads, general maintenance


$10,000.00


Roads, Main street, Art. 32


10,000.00


School street, Art. 33 2,000.00


Central street, Art. 34


1,000.00


Willow street, Art. 35


1,000.00


Arlington street, Art. 51


1,000.00


Hosmer street, Art. 36 .


500.00 1,000.00 500.00


High street, Art. 50


Snow removal


Street lighting


5,000.00


Bonds, road payment of


5,900.00


Bonds, high school


6,000.00


Bonds, fire equipment


2,000.00


Interest, high school bonds


2,600.00 475.00


Interest, road bonds


Interest, revenue loans


1,200.00


Schools


44,000.00 2,000.00


High school grounds, grading reappropriated


Memorial library, current expenses


800.00 200.00


Hydrant service


Fires, forest


Fire department maintenance


Fire department, new hose


Fire house, South Acton


Shade trees, care of


150.00 4,600.00


Treasurer's and collector's bonds


175.00 800.00


Cemeteries


1,000.00


Moth work


1,269.59


Memorial day


300.00 800.00


Board of Health


1,200.00 400.00


Reserve fund


1,200.00


Unclassified


500.00


Demonstration work Agriculture


300.00


Poor department


1,800.00


Town nurse


2,200.00


Insurance of employees


500.00


Fountain at West Acton, relocating


100.00


Widening road at Kelley's corner, Art. 25


200.00


Snow, fencing


400.00


Total appropriations


$127,619.59


Memorial library, books


3,150.00 500.00 1,200.00 300.00 4,000.00


General government


Buildings and grounds


Police department


Military and State aid


3,400.00


Concord-Stow road, Art. 49


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Voted to raise by taxation $102,000.00


Voted to raise by borrowing for construction


of Main street 8,000.00


Voted to raise by borrowing for fire house at South 3,100.00


Acton


Art. 5. To see what sum of money the town will raise for the observance of Memorial Day.


Voted : To appropriate three hundred dollars.


Voted: That the moderator be instructed to appoint a com- mittee to take in charge the expenditure of this appropriation and direct the ceremonies of the observance of Memorial Day. The moderator appointed the following committee : Murray Brown, chairman, George L. Towne and Herbert Merriam.


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


Voted: That all taxes, other than poll, shall be payable not later than Oct. 15, 1927 and on all taxes remaining unpaid after Nov. 1, 1927, interest shall be charged at the rate of six per cent per annum from Oct. 15, 1927, until such taxes are paid.


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


Voted : To appropriate $1,200 for maintenance and $300 for new hose.


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


Voted : To appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars, and that the price per hour be fixed by the forest warden.


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


Voted : To appropriate $1,269.59 for moth work.


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


Voted : To appropriate the sum of $500.


Art. 11. To see what amount of money the town will ap- propriate for premiums on treasurer's and collector's bonds or act anything thereon.


Voted : To appropriate $175.00.


Art. 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 1, 1927, 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.


Voted: That the town treasurer with the approval of the selectmen, be and is hereby authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year


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beginning January 1, 1927, 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.


Art. 13. To see what sum of money the town will vote to defray the expense of plowing the sidewalks of snow in the three villages, or act anything thereon.


Voted : To dismiss the article.


Art. 14: To see if the town will vote to employ a public health nurse and appropriate a sum of money for the maintenance of the same.


Voted : To take up for joint consideration Art. 23.


Voted : That the town employ a town nurse to be under the supervision of a committee to include Mrs. Eugene L. Hall, Mrs. William Rawitser and Miss Charlotte Conant in conjunction with the board of health and school committee and that twenty-two hundred dollars be appropriated for the salary and expense of the same.


Art. 15. To see if the town will accept the high school building, or act anything thereon.


William Rawitser, chairman of the building committee, pre- sented the following statement, as the final report of the com- mittee :


Final Statement of High School Building Committee Income :


Town appropriation


$100,000.00


Int. on bonds, bonus


1,689.84


Received from building committee for tablet 50.16


$101,740.00


Gifts :


Mr. and Mrs. Wright $2,800.00


Varnum B. Mead


1,000.00


O. W. Mead


1,000.00


F. H. Nash


800.00


E. and B. Hall


400.00


Varnum Tuttle


1,000.00


E. and C. Clark


350.00


Mrs. S. A. Cutler


500.00


Lady Campbell


400.00


A. F. Blanchard, assembly


10,000.00


Conant, library


5,972.40


William Rawitser, lanterns


200.00


Total amount of gifts


$24,422.40


Town appropriation, grading 3,000.00


Grand Total


$129,162.40


Representing the total amount of money invested.


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Expenses :


Kelley heirs, land


$3,100.00


H. A. Wilson, legal 206.20


J.H. Bickford, architect 5,050.00


Duncan Construction Co., contract 70,184.50


J. H. Cabeen, contract


15,016.00


Water installation


100.00


Insurance


550.01


Coal


116.32


Expense of bonds


242.95


Additional for grading out of building fund 300.00


Equipment, etc. 6,496.69


Balance 377.33


$101,740.00


Balance turned over to school committee 377.33


Total expenses $101,362.67


Voted: That the town accept the high school building and discharge the committee as having completed its work in full.


Voted : Unanimously, by a rising vote, that the town extend its thanks to the committee for their services.


Voted: Unanimously, that the town place on record its appreciation of the gifts received from individuals toward the erection and equipment of the building and that the clerk be in- structed to send to the several donors a letter expressing the thanks of the town.


Art. 16. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars, together with the unexpended balance of 1926, for the maintenace of the town forest or act anything theron.


Voted : To pass over the article.


Art. 17. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $1,200 for the purpose of purchasing additional land for a town forest and planting the same or act anything theron.


Voted : To pass over the article.


Art. 18. To see if the town will vote to allow the use of the town hall, by the pupils of the high school for the purpose of playing basketball games, or act anything theron.


A motion that the town allow the use of the town hall for playing basketball, subject to regulations made or approved by the selectmen, did not prevail.


Art. 19. To see if the town will vote to instruct the select- men to move the water fountain in West Acton from its present location to a location on Central street, between Massachusetts avenue and Arlington street, or act anything thereon.


Voted: That the matter be left in the hands of the select-


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men and the sum of $100 be appropriated to defray the cost of relocation.


Art. 20. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of three hundred dollars, or some other amount, and elect a director, the money to be expended by and the direc- tor to serve in co-operation with the Middlesex county trustees for county aid to agriculture in the work of the Middlesex County Extension Service, under the provisions of Sec. 40 to 45, Chap. 128, General Laws of Massachusetts.


Voted : To appropriate the sum of $300.


Art. 21. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars, the same being part of the amount re- turned to the town, under the provisions of Chapter 480 of the Acts of 1924, for the purpose of setting out some shrubbery and otherwise beautifying the grounds immediately surrounding the monument to the World War Veterans.




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