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Article 23. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $900.00 for the purchase of necessary equipment for the Fire Department, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To transfer from the Surplus Revenue Account the sum of Nine Hundred (900) dollars for the purchase of necessary equipment for the Fire Department.
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Article 24. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $2,500.00 from the Surplus Revenue Account for the purchase of hose for the Fire Department, or act any- thing thereon.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of Two Thousand Five Hundred (2,500) dollars from the Surplus Revenue Account for the purchase of hose for the Fire Department.
Article 25. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $450.00 for the purchase of two oxygen masks for the Fire Department, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hun- dred Fifty (450) dollars for the purchase of two oxygen masks for the Fire Department.
Article 26. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $6,000.00 from the Surplus Revenue Account for the purchase of an emergency service truck for the Fire Depart- ment, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To transfer from the Surplus Revenue Account the sum of Six Thousand (6,000) dollars for the purchase of an emergency service truck for the Fire Department.
Article 27. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell or dispose of the old fire truck, Engine No. 1, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell or dispose of the old fire truck, Engine No. 1.
Article 28. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Selectmen and their successors in office, to sell at public auction or private sales, any property heretofore or hereafter acquired by the town under the title proceedings, to impose thereon such restrictions, reservations, or conditions as they may deem expedient and to execute, acknowledge, and deliver in the name and under the seal of the Town, deeds or other instruments therefor, or take any other action relative thereto, to do or act thereon.
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Motion: To authorize the Selectmen and their succes- sors in office, to sell at public auction any property heretofore or hereafter acquired by the Town, under the title proceedings, to impose thereon such restrictions, reservations, or condi- tions, as they may deem expedient and to execute, acknowl- edge, and deliver in the name and under the seal of the Town, deeds or other instruments therefor.
Amendment: The Board of Selectmen is hereby author- ized to sell at public auction or at private sale all or any property heretofore or hereafter acquired by the Town by virtue of sale for non-payment of taxes, which sales have been confirmed by the Land Court or the Tax Commissioner, and to give proper deeds therefor and to impose thereon such restrictions, reservations, or conditions as they may deem expedient.
Amendment did prevail.
Voted: To authorize the Board of Selectmen and their successors in office, to sell at public auction or at private sale all or any property, heretofore or hereafter acquired by the Town by virtue of sale for non-payment of taxes, which sales have been confirmed by the Land Court or the Tax Commis- sioner, and to give proper deeds therefor and to impose thereon such restrictions, reservations, or conditions as they may deem expedient.
Article 29. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $3,500.00 from the Overlay Surplus as a Reserve Fund or act anything thereon.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of Three Thousand Five Hundred (3,500) dollars from the Overlay Surplus as a Re- serve Fund.
Article 30. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 from the Surplus Revenue Account. This sum to be used for the payment of inspection fees for the Slaughtering Inspector and that fees received by the Town Treasurer for the slaughtering of animals be credited back to the Surplus Revenue Account, or act anything thereon.
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Voted: To appropriate the sum of One Thousand (1,000) dollars from the Surplus Revenue Account. This sum to be used for the payment of inspection fees for the Slaughtering Inspector and that fees received by the Town Treasurer for the slaughtering of animals be credited back to the Surplus Revenue Account.
Voted: To adjourn.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
BIRTHS
Whole number recorded 77
Born in Acton
2
Mixed Parentage
8
Males
31
Native Parentage
68
Females
46
Foreign Parentage
1
MARRIAGES
Whole number recorded 41
Residents of Acton 54 Residents of other places 28
DEATHS
Whole number recorded 39
Residents of Acton 35 Residents of other places 4
Occurring in Acton 25 Occurring in other places 14
Average Age - 67
HARLAN E. TUTTLE Town Clerk
BIRTHS REGISTERED IN 1947
Date
Place
Name of Child
June 8 Concord
Abbt, Susan Edith
Feb. 4 Boston
Barker, Mary Louise
Dec. 8 Concord
Barker, Peter Lee
Nov. 28 Concord
Bateson, JoAnne
Apr. 9 Concord
Beach, Charles Ernest
Apr. 16 Concord
Bean, Martha Elaine
Oct. 28 Concord Boardman, Mary Donnell
Mar. 16 Boston
Burke, Gregory Hayward
Apr. 13 Concord
Bursaw, Charles Edward
Jan. 28
Concord
Charter, Christine Elizabeth
Apr. 10 Concord Charter, David Franklin
Jan. 4 Concord
Cullinane, Gail Louise
Oct. 5 Concord
Davis, Alfred William
Oct. 24 Concord Davis, Jacqueline
Apr. 2 Concord Davis, Janet Arene
Mar. 11 Concord
DiDuca, Vincent Salvatore
Oct. 12 Acton Dingee, Jean Ann
Feb. 15 Concord Dudley, Richard Spencer, Jr.
Jan. 24 Concord England, William Francis, Jr.
Oct. 31 Concord Enneguess, Rita Frances
Sept. 4 Concord Erkkinen, Vivian Ellen
Name of Parents
Frederick W. and Florence C. Olson Richard H. and Mary Broderick Richard L. and Alice M. Shannon Robert D. and Madeline F. Curley Charles A. and Norma J. Thompson Forrest E. and Frances E. Balsor Donnell W. and Elizabeth F. Hazelton Robert J. and Virginia Hayward Edward W. and Sonya Farley John W. and Eleanor D. Brackett Franklin H. and Elizabeth Jones
Cornelius C., Jr. and Margaret M. Gallagher Warren L. and Ethel A. Fitzgerald Irving W. and Rose Best Richard C. and Marjory J. McAdoo Vincent and Concetta Iasevoli John A. and Genevieve A. Statkun Richard S. and Alice P. Higgins William F. and Mabel E. Watkins John T. and Mary G. Ployart Paavo J. and Vieno E. Maki
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Date Place
Name of Child
Apr. 5 Concord
June 26 Boston
July 13
Concord
Apr. 28 Concord
July 9 Boston
Aug. 30 Concord
Gilbert, Mary Ann Gordeuk, John Alexander Haynes, Nancy Jeanne
Dec. 27
Concord
Feb. 6 Concord
Hogan, Edward Michael
Mar. 16 Concord
Hollowell, David Elwin
May 19 Concord
Imbimbo, Penny Marjorie
Lec. 18 Acton Jackson, Donna Christine
Mar. 28 Clinton Johnston, Wayne David
Oct. 1 Concord Jones, Barbara Alice
Aug. 1 Concord Kangas, Barbara Ann
Oct. 9 Concord
Larsen, Beverly Jane
Dec. 14 Concord
Liebfried, Charles Warner
Mar. 26 Concord
Liebfried, Gail Ellen
Dec. 23 Concord
Lowd, Linda Jean
Apr. 18 Concord
Lowden, David Matthew
Dec. 5 Concord MacPherson, Charles David, Jr. Charles D. and Patience Hosmer
Apr. 1 Boston Manosh, Larry Wayne
Sept. 6 Boston McPhee, Thomas Charles
Name of Parents
Homer C. and Pauline F. Flerra George L., Jr. and Marion F. Beach Alden C., Jr. and Carol Hansen Malcolm E. and Meimi K. Tervo Alfred G. and Mary F. Kelley Alexander and Eline R. Rademacher Albert L. and Barbara J. Hamlin Edward J. and Marguriette D. Waever
Harry M. and Jean B. Sullivan Mark A. and Marjorie Larsen Donald B. and Ruth A. Putnam James and Lucille Annis Charles H. and Alison E. Massie Waino J. and Vally C. Stefanowicz Leslie and Margaret A. Hansen Walter H. and Virginia F. Fisher George F. and Helen I. Knowlton Edward E. and Florence E. Harriman Richard A. and Martha I. Sarvela
Kenneth G. and Jeanne Lawrence Carroll E. and Barbara R. Jenks
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Feltus, Christina Flerra Fitts, George Lewis, III Flagg, Wendie Lucinda Fullonton, Diane Ruth
Date
Place Name of Child
Sept. 22
Concord
Feb. 22
Waltham
Mitchell, Maureen Delores Morrison, Wayne Russell Murphy, Thomas Francis, Jr.
July 18
Concord
Sept. 26 Concord
Nichols, Mary Elizabeth
Oct. 20 Nov. 14 Concord
Concord
Palmer, Thomas Lee Pederson, Donna Louise
July 30 Concord
Pederson, Randall George
May 16
Newton
Putnam, Harry Ames
July 23 Concord
Nov. 7 Concord
Richardson, Helen Olivia Roy, Kathryn Hollis
Aug. 5
Waltham Shomphe, Deborah Ann
Apr. 4 Concord
Staples, Patricia Anne
Apr. 6 Concord Stevens, Linda Diane
Feb. 16 Concord
Stow, Robin Corwin
Sept. 24 Concord
Sturdivant, Sharon
Charles V. and Eleanor Davis
Feb. 27 Concord Sweeney, Jean Katherine
Feb. 2 Boston
Sweeney, Mary Bridget
Oct. 15 Arlington Sweetser, Charlotte Anne
Dec. 1 Concord Thatcher, Nancy Eileen
Jan. 13 Concord Thompson, Audrey Marie
Feb. 15 Concord Thurston, Margaret Louise
Jan. 18 Concord Veasie, John Corbett
Name of Parents
Donald F. and Jean M. Thurston Burton W., Jr. and Florence E. Orleans Thomas F. and Barbara A. Collins Orla E., Jr. and Dorothy M. Minasian Francis J. and Doris E. Rickbeil Ingvald and Blanche M. Rouillard George and Marjorie F. Reed Eugene E. and Dorothy Matteson Paul I. and Tenette Lavender Raymond G. and Hilda B. Hollis George J. and Ann M. Pierce Howard R. and Anne T. Quinn Woodbury H. and Marion E. Phalon Robert M. and Rita C. Corwin
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Eugene A. and Katherine Bonugli Daniel J. and Lucy Joyce Philip S. and Charlotte Wunderly Leo F. and Rita Herlihy Melville A. and Laura R. Beaudry Michael J. and Catherine A. Schofield Stanley R. and Minnie E. Corbett
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Date Place Name of Child
Name of Parents
July 15 Cambridge Waterhouse, Lynne
Dec. 5 Concord Wayne, Lawrence James
Feb. 25
Newton Williams, Sara Elizabeth
May 19
Concord Wilson, Marilyn Ruth
Harry F. and Judith Hendrickson Burton H. and Joan M. Saynor Theodore G. and Florence Brown Frank J. and Ruth E. Clark
1946 Dec. 11 Waltham Peterson, Suzanne
Robert N. and Kathryn L. MacDougall
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MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN 1947
Date
Place
Name
Nov. 29
Sudbury
June 28 Acton
Aug. 23
Acton
Anderson, Charles R.
Stevens, Eleanour V.
Baker, Milton O.
Fairbanks, Eileen P.
Dec. 27 W. Acton
Beaudoin, Rene A. Mullen, Patricia F.
W. Acton
Sept. 14 Boston
Brown, William Joseph, Jr.
Humphrey, Mary H.
Caldwell, George Wyllys
Torrey, Phyllis Ruth
Littleton W. Acton Bedford
Carlin, Ralph Schnair, Elizabeth C.
W. Acton Maynard
Christian, Albert Thomas
Smith, Ethel Woodcock
Claflin, Leon Nathan Fuller, Geraldine Ada
S. Acton S. Acton Walpole, N. H.
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S. Acton Dorchester
Oct. 17 Acton
Nov. 30 Concord
Feb. 15 Acton
Jan. 10 Charlestown, N. H.
Abbott, George Wells
Donnelly, Dorothy Allen, James E. Jr. Bancroft, Gladys
Residence
Grafton S. Acton Methuen Acton Acton Acton Acton Maynard W. Acton
June 15 Maynard
Date Place
Aug. 30 W. Hartford, Conn.
Aug. 23 W. Acton
May 17 Boston
May 31 W. Acton
Aug. 16 Acton
Sept. 28 Stow
May 24 W. Concord
Sept. 20 Maynard
Apr. 12 W. Acton
Nov. 15 W. Acton
Nov. 16 Newton
Name
Clapp, Robert Edward Garrett, Priscilla Frances Drury, William Weston Campbell, Jean Elizabeth Evans, Albert W. Shurtleff, Hester A. Flaherty, John Anthony Jones, Martha Ann
Hartwell, David W.
Ricard, Doris Luella
Harvey, Kenneth S.
Banks, Anna B.
Holly, William H., Jr.
Walther, Celine M.
Kizik, Victor
Schofield, Catherine A.
La Foley, John R. Lathrop, Betsey Scott
Lerett, E. Russell
Feehan, Kathleen May
Loring, John H., 2nd Farley, Tatiana
Residence
N. Acton Hartford, Conn. S. Acton W. Acton S. Acton W. Roxbury S. Acton S. Acton Acton Lowell S. Acton S. Acton Maynard S. Acton Maynard S. Acton Hudson S. Acton Somerville W. Acton W. Concord Acton
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Date Place
Nov. 23 W. Acton
Apr. 5 Boxborough
Oct. 31 Maynard
Nov. 1 Acton
Oelschlegel, Fritz Frederick
Durkin, Nancy Eleanor
Ogilvie, Elden P.
Prindle, Anne M.
O'Neil, James Edward
Monsen, Edith Evelyn
Paz, Manuel Sousa
Baron, Ella (Maciel)
Penney, David F.
Carey, Annie M.
Peterson, Richard H. Towne, Priscilla R.
Piecewicz, Stanley J. Hume, Jean Nelson
Pyrro, William Richard Christofferson, Helen Elizabeth
Residence
S. Acton S. Acton W. Acton W. Acton Maynard S. Acton W. Acton W. Acton Littleton N. Acton E. Acton W. Concord
Acton Acton Maynard S. Acton Maynard S. Acton
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W. Acton W. Acton
S. Acton Maynard
June 21 Acton
Aug. 23 Maynard
June 22 Concord
Name
Mayo, Robert S. Mauro, Mary Ann McAllaster, Norman F. Wamboldt, Mabel A.
Nevala, Uuno Rahberg, Elizabeth
Dec. 10 Merrimack, N. H.
Dec. 6 Concord
Oct. 26 Arlington
Dec. 31 Tyngsborough
Date Place
June 1 Maynard
June 29 Concord
Oct. 18 Lexington
Aug. 31 Acton
May 24 W. Concord
Apr. 1 Acton
Apr. 6 S. Acton
Sept. 3 Somerville
Sept. 16 Newton
Name
Raymond, George J. Edwards, Priscilla M. Shaw, Harold H. Silva, Ethel
Snyer, Harry, Jr.
Sorenson, Marjorie
Stevens, John N., Jr.
Day, Ardelle M.
Thivierge, Ronald E.
Walther, Clare M.
Torrey, Robert Haskell
Love, Floyce Idelle
Tuttle, David T.
Morse, Eleanor G.
Tuttle, William D.
Paradis, Tyler Dorr
Williams, Harry A.
Henshaw, Florence Fuller
Residence
Acton Maynard W. Acton Lincoln E. Acton Lexington Acton Acton Marlboro S. Acton W. Acton W. Acton
S. Acton S. Acton Acton Mineola, N. Y. Acton Brookline
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Deaths Registered in 1947
Date
Name
Y.
M.
D.
Dec. 24
Bennett, Fannie Ida
90
3
23
Feb. 5 Blaisdell, Edgar I.
70
9
20
June 13
Boyle, Mary (Seeley)
84
0
0
Dec. 17 Brown, William Henry
74
10
16
Nov. 24
Bursaw, Rose Helen
74
11
6
Apr. 11
Campbell, Norman Philip
37
10
20
Dec. 18
Charter, Christine Elizabeth
0
10
20
Sept. 25 Clark, Harriet E.
69
1
27
Jan. 5
Crosby, William C.
64
6
15
Apr. 14
Daley, Daniel J.
54
0
0
Oct. 20
Feltus, Georgianna Lily
83
7
12
Oct. 6 French, Sara (Morley)
76
3
15
Nov.
8
Godfrey, Elizabeth M.
77
10
21
Aug. 6
Hambleton, Harriet L.
81
8
17
May
22 Harris, Mary E.
81
0
0
Mar. 23
Holt, William B.
74
8
15
Sept. 4
Jones, Mary F.
91
5
29
Mar. 1 Lawler, William Henry
73
0
19
Aug. 22
Lawton, Mary Aurelia
92
2
5
Dec. 28
McCaffrey, John J.
69
11
14
Mar. 13
Merriam, William Thomas
73
1 10
Apr. 23
Moody, George Thomas
54
5
27
Jan. 2
Morrison, Emmeline
93
7
7
June
2 Murphy, Kenneth F.
25
3
29
Nov. 16
Pederson, Donna Louise
0
0
2
Oct. 3
Reid, Evelyn A.
58
1 25
July 3
Rugg, George Daggett
67
9
14
Jan. 5 Sanderson, Emma W.
75
9
14
July 25
Sennott, John J.
59
0
0
Oct. 21
Smith, Alma W.
85
4
16
Jan. 1 Taylor, Walter I.
68
7
29
Dec. 8
Temple, Elizabeth Maria
95
9
7
Aug. 16
Tolman, Henry Everett
66
3
23
Mar. 22
Tuttle, Thelma May
40
4
22
June 18
Williams, Hazel W.
58
7
20
Dec. 25
Wamboldt, Harry L.
66
0
0
NON-RESIDENT BURIALS IN 1947
Date of Death
Name
Age Y. M. D.
Place of Death
Place of Burial
Nov. 11
Ball, Reno
76
0
0 Cambridge, Mass.
Woodlawn Mt. Hope
Apr. 5
Brown, Roger W.
48
7 25
Boston, Mass.
Sept. 29
Campbell, Flora B.
85
0
7 Brookline, Mass.
Woodlawn Woodlawn
June 11
Conant, Elfletah L.
77 0
0 Gastonia, N. Carolina
Mar. 17
Durkee, Minnie B.
76
4 15
Marblehead, Mass.
Mt. Hope
June 6
Earls, Edward O.
74
4 22 Fitchburg, Mass.
Mt. Hope Woodlawn
May 25
French, William A.
0
7
17
Beverly, Mass.
Mt. Hope
Mar. 25
Gardner, Caroline E
88
3
24
Boston, Mass.
Mt. Hope
June 2
Hastings, Emma F.
89
11
19
Groton, Mass.
Mt. Hope
Nov. 29 Jones, Grace E.
87
4
28
Reading, Mass.
Woodlawn
Jan. 20
Kelley, Clarence A.
63
0
1
Arlington, Mass.
Woodlawn
July 19
Kenny, William G.
68
0
17
Arlington, Mass.
Mt. Hope
Oct.
7
Layton, Ira
74
0
0
Worcester, Mass.
Woodlawn
Feb. 14
Leahy, George
47
5
()
Townsend, Mass.
Mt. Hope
Dec. 28
Pond, Winthrop A.
68
1
8
Florida
Woodlawn
Feb. 10
Richardson, Grace A.
74
0
8
Northfield, Mass.
Mt. Hope
Sept. 26
Schnair, P. Joseph
57
4
26
Maynard, Mass.
Mt. Hope
Jan. 22
Walker, Cheryl L.
0
11
4 Somerville, Mass.
Woodlawn
Aug. 16
Washburn, George B.
74
10
1 Danvers, Mass.
Woodlawn
Dec. 7
Fitzgibbon, Joseph T.
57
0
0
Cambridge, Mass.
47
.
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List of Persons Having Dogs Licensed in 1947
Owner
Tag No.
Owner
Tag No.
Frederick Tuttle
1
Robert A. McAdoo 37
Raymond L. Hatch
2
George W. Mortimer 38
Mary H. Lothrop
3
Joseph Perry
39
Benjamin J. Ineson
4
Tony Perry
40
Hazel G. Blanchard
5
Paul I. Richardson
41
Lowell Cram
6
Roger Mason
42
Franklin D. Shores
7
James Maglione
43
Ingeborg Pederson
8
Mary Johnston
44
Robert M. Bowen
9
Ben. Smalley
45
Robert M. Bowen
10
Ben. Smalley
46
D. F. Hogan
11
Craig Sweet
47
Dr. Paul Gates
12
Richard H. Peterson
48
Olivia Connor
13
Sina Waterhouse
49
Gertrude Stiles
14
A. C. Gravlin
50
Robert Farquhar
15
A. C. Gravlin
51
James S. Goodwin
16
James Conquest
52
Fred L. Ratta
17
John W. Charter
53
Jennie McClure
18
John W. Charter
54
Safford Sweatt
19
William D. Tuttle, Jr.
55
Christian Carlson
20
Norman Livermore
56
Fred S. Kennedy
21
Norman Livermore
57
Rudolph Ornberg
22
Frank Greenough
58
Shirley & Barbara Dubee 23
Fred Richards
59
Rose Snyer
24
Carrie F. Wells
60
Rose Snyer
25
Barbara Allen
61
William B. McCrudden
26
Carol Cooper
62
Hazel Hughes
27
Harold Justason
63
Kay Graham
28
Leslie G. Elmes
64
Joan Christofferson 29
Roland Livermore
65
William L. Cobleigh, Jr. 30
William Tillson 66
A. Hazelton Perkins 31
W. Stuart Allen
67
A. Hazelton Perkins 32
Wilmer Laffin
68
Harold White 33
John Torkelson
69
Harry E. Fannon
34
Oilva Eilertsen
70
Mildred Pope Moore
35
W. W. Smith
71
Percy H. Hutchinson 36
W. W. Smith
72
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Owner
Tag No.
Owner
Tag No.
Mrs. J. A. Dingee 73
Fraser Laffin 112
Albert M. Nickerson 74
Charles K. Lawton 113
Albert M. Nickerson 75
Raynold Dagenais 114
George W. Loggie 76
Otis J. Reed
115
John J. Crighton 77
Otis J. Reed 116
Lloyd Priest 78
Robert Young
117
Noe J. Richards
79
Harold Y. Banquer
118
A. L. Kleinfelder
80
John E. Moore, Jr. 119
Cyrus J. Downey 81
Charles D. Manter
120
Orson K. Miller
82
Alan Pederson
121
Walter C. Williams
83
John J. Onslow
122
Howard L. Jones
84
J. Henry Engman
123
David Penney
85
Malcolm Fullonton 124
Leo McCarthy
86
Lucille Cunningham
125
Lucretia Conheeney
87
Curtis Briggs 126
Daniel Sweeney
88
Ralph Phalon
127
Stuart Farquhar
89
Everett Maynes
128
Mrs. F. W. Putnam, Sr. 90
Eva Hampson
128
F. Wendell Putnam, Jr. 91
Joseph Curtis
130
Elmer Hill
92
Edward A. Schmitz
131
R. Arthur Lowden
93
David Lawson
132
John LaTulippe
94
A. C. Gravlin
133
John LaTulippe
95
Zillah Gates
134
John LaTulippe
96
Edwin A. Hall
135
Arthur Jalonen 97
Edwin A. Hall
136
Walter N. Stevenson
98
Edward J. Higgins
137
John M. Pettingell
99
William S. Jones
138
George W. Turnbull
100
Millard J. Landry
139
Carl R. Godfrey
101
Maynard Harris 140
Dorothy Rahberg
102
Florence Rooney
141
Arlene McAvenia
103
Harold J. Hennelley 142
Albert Reynolds
104
Claire Garceau
143
Paul A. Coughlin
105
Frances C. Day
144
George Roe 106
Harold Nicola
145
Lawrence Donnelly
107
William P. Cameron
146
Eva C. Shapley
108
Harry Waterhouse 147
Edward L. Forbes
109
Medville L. Clark 148
Edward L. Forbes
110
Harold Merry
149
Charles Galluzzo
111
Earl G. Morris
150
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Owner
Tag No.
Owner
Tag No.
Alden C. Flagg, Jr. 151
Beverly Gallagher 190
Stanley Veasie 152
John Waluk 191
Howard J. Billings 153
John Waluk 192
Modesto Simeone 154
H. J. Schnair 193
Herbert L. Leusher 155
Arthur Conquest 194
Burton H. Wayne
156
Clifford Armstrong 195
Antonia Benere 157
Clifford Armstrong 196
Paul Cornwall
158
Richard K. Stuart 197
William J. Durkin
159
Howard M. Dowd
198
John L. Fletcher
160
Howard M. Dowd 199
Ormal S. Laffin 161
Leslie H. Lewis
200
L. H. Campbell
162
John H. Watkins Elvin Jensen
202
Ralph Littlefield
164
Stanley Drake
203
James Farrar
165
James P. Edney
204
Gardner C. Ferguson
166
Chester Jordan, Jr. 205
Hilda Anderson
167
Alfred Birch
206
Hilda Anderson
168
George Rugg
207
Avis Kroon
169
Bradford S. Leach
208
John T. McNiff
170
Clinton S. Curtis
209
H. D. Flanagan
171
Clinton S. Curtis
210
Thomas Motley, 2nd
172
Clinton S. Curtis
211
Margaret W. Larrabee 173
James H. French, Jr.
212
William Meppen
174
Herbert Pratt
213
Hugh Hodgen
175
Ruth Foster
214
Glenna Wise
176
Marion F. Hayes
215
Porter Jenks
177
George Horton
216
Carl Flint
178
Orla Nichols
217
Ethel C. Robbins
179
Dr. W. F. Davis 218
219
Dr. Donnell Boardman 181
Russell Berry
220
Charles J. Farley
182
Harry A. Williams
221
Charles J. Farley
183
Roderick D. Macleod
222
Mrs. Robert Reid
184
Warren Hartwell
223
Gordon Shaw 185
Francis D. Roche
224
George A. Rifford
186
Helen Bacher
225
Rev. F. C. Egan
187
Mildred Gallant
226
Benjamin Rice
188
Richard Flint 227
C. C. Cullinan
189
F. Roy Mackinnon
228
Cecile Coles
180
Fred Heyliger
201
Ralph Littlefield
163
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Owner
Tag No.
Eileen Rolfe
229
Margaret Sexton 268
John Murray
230
Henry Erikson
231
Helen A. Knowlton 270
John J. Duggan 271
Rachel Haynes
233
Arthur D. Raymond 272
Philip Rimbach
234
Mrs. Jean Davis
273
Leonard Colwell
235
Helen Pederson
274
Ruth Ann Tobin
236
Libby Mauro
275
Allie Hall
237
M. A. Thompson
276
Alden Flagg, Sr.
238
Churchill Newman
277
A. Perry Marble
239
Roger Crafts
278
Elizabeth A. Duggan
240
Charles R. Briggs
279
Charles E. Bartlett
241
Cecil Balcom
281
Ernest Simpson
243
John Fisher
282
F. Wendell Putnam, Jr. 244
Howard Staples
283
Paul Post
245
Douglas A. Gravlin 284 William King 285
Benjamin A. King
246
Charles MacRae
247
Woodbury Stevens
286
Charles H. Liebfried
248
Beatrice Parsons 288
Ralph Parsons
249
Martin Holland
289
A. W. Marsh
250
Irving Duren 290
Benjamin Bancroft
251
Benjamin Bancroft 252
Ethel L. Todd 253
Ethel L. Todd
254
Ethel L. Todd
255
Ethel L. Todd
256
Ethel L. Todd
257
Wallace T. Clark
258
E. C. Johnson
297
C. Youngren
259
Arthur McKelvie
298
Olin R. Bradbury
260
Mrs. Vinnie Crosby 299
John H. Costello
261
James W. Baker
262
Margaret Hickey
301
Frank E. Balsor
263
Cleon Phelps
302
George Lamont
264
Norman Garthe 303
James Murgatroyd
265
Frederic W. Hopkins 304
Fred Harris
266
Frederic W. Hopkins 305
Henry Teele
267
Frederic W. Hopkins
306
J. Harry Conquest 292
Sherman McGreen 293
Pauline Bursaw 294
Joseph Lemoine 295
John C. Howard 296
John B. Byers 300
Owner
Tag No.
Glenn C. Gould 269
Ralph I. Smith
232
Cecil Balcom 280
Edwin A. Anderson 242
Warren F. Blaisde'l 287
H. Stuart MacGregor 291
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Owner
Tag No.
Frank G. Justice 307
Rosemarie DiDuca 308
E. W. Denton 309
Louis A. Flerra
310
Marilyn Clark 335
John Gregory 336
Richard Schnair 312
Richard Bursaw
337
Florence Watkins 313
Jane A. Bolter
338
John F. Coughlin
314
Michael Travers
339
Michael Travers 340
Frank I. Averett 342
Orwald Kienow 343
Kenneth G. Manosh 344
Mrs. H. F. O'Rourke 345
Richard Russell 346
Richard Russell 347
Cecil Balcom 348
Richard S. McCabe
349
Kennels
Edith V. Davis x105
Thomas V. Smith x101
Sherman W. Frost x100
Edwin Anderson x102
Fraser Kennels x106
Mrs. John A. Kelley x103
302 licenses at $2.00 $604.00
53 licenses at $5.00 265.00
1 license at $50.00 50.00
1 license at $25.00 25.00
4 licenses at $10.00 40.00
$984.00
Deduct fees-361 licenses at 20c
$ 72.20
Paid to Town Treasurer $911.80
318
William L. Marshall, Jr. 319
William L. Marshall, Jr. 320
George Ryan 321
John Enneguess
322
Diane Wetherbee
323
Alfred Caouett
324
Karen Anderson
325
Mareta Anderson 326
Burton J. Jones
327
Philip Newell
328
Harold Pellett, Jr. 329
Raymond C. Stinson 330
Clifford A. Schofield 331
Owner Tag No.
C. R. Fenton 332
C. R. Fenton 333
Wesley D. Charter 334
Joseph Kelley 311
Harry V. Scribner
315
Walter Liebfried
316
David Barry 317
John H. Duston
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NOTICE
All dog licenses here listed expire March 31, 1948.
Dogs must be licensed on or before April 1st or the owners or keepers thereof are liable to a fine.
The law applies to all dogs three months old or over, regardless of time of year ownership is acquired. No tax bills are sent to owners of dogs.
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REVISED JURY LIST - 1947
Precinct I
Orson K. Miller, 92 Nagog Hill Rd .- real estate Fred V. Richards, 11 Hosmer St .- milkman E. Clayton Steeves, 49 Taylor Rd .- clerk J. Henry Engman, 54 Great Rd.
Roland O. Livermore, 505 Main St .- trucking John M. Whittier, 582 Main St .- clerk W. Arthur Rayner, 107 Great Rd .- retired Simon D. Taylor, 852 Main St .- clerk E. Everett Putnam, 3 Maple Ave .- poultryman Frederic W. Rimbach, 420 Main St .- machinist
Precinct II
Albert S. Braman, 11 Chadwick St .- truck driver Hugh C. Hodgen, 66 Liberty St .- farmer Theron A. Lowden, 172 Main St .- insurance agent Alfred W. Davis, Jr., 285 School St .- bookkeeper Herbert W. Merriam, 61 Maple St .- superintendent Laurence A. Winslow, 187 Main St .- machinist Alfred M. Olsen, 28 Laws Brook Rd .- farmer Harold F. Nordberg, 62 Main St .- auditor Lloyd W. Priest, 31 Central St .- carpenter David Clayton, 94 Main St .- pressman
Precinct III
George Roe, 565 Mass. Ave .- barber Raymond A. Gallant, 244 Central St .- insurance Ernest E. Allsopp, 88 Summer St .- meat inspector Homer C. Feltus, 160 Central St .- setup man Edward L. Pendergast, 76 Willow St .- guard Leland H. Campbell, 217 Central St .- tel. operator Franklin H. Charter, 596 Mass. Ave .- tree surgeon Philip W. Goldthwaite, 15 Winsor Ave .- office worker Frederick A. Harris, 15 Church St .- granite worker A. Perry Marble, 145 Central St .- poultryman
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REPORT OF AUDIT OF BOOKS AND ACCOUNTS
December 31, 1947
To the Board of Selectmen
Mr. Arthur W. Lee, Chairman Acton, Massachusetts
Gentlemen :
I submit herewith my report of an audit of the books and accounts of the town of Acton for the period from November 7, 1946, to November 8, 1947, made in accordance with the pro- visions of Chapter 44, General Laws. This is in the form of a report made to me by Mr. Herman B. Dine, Assistant Director of Accounts.
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