Town annual reports of Medfield 1920-1929, Part 42

Author: Medfield (Mass.)
Publication date: 1920
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1524


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6


3


Carcinoma of intestins


April 14


James Vincent Morang


82


2


14


Arterio-sclerosis


April 14


Edgar W. Kingsbury


78


7


9


Myocarditis


April 22


Cora C. Black


63


9


15


Influenza


May 9


Edwin J. Keyou


68


6


24


Heart disease


May 14


Rhoda S. Doane


86


11


4


Arterio-sclerosis


May 15


Margaret Allan


87


6


22


Arterio-sclerosis


May 25


Frederic Mason Smith


77


1


22


Chronic myocarditis


July 16


Minnie Taylor


61


6


7


Heart disease


Aug. 26


Sarah E. Howe


85


11


26


Chronic myocarditis


Sept. 8


Raymond B. Blood


39


8


11


Post operative pneu- monia


Oct.


3


Mary A. Barney


65


Cerebral hemorrhage


Nov. 12


Clara Poli


9


Influenza meningitis


Dec. 12


Chester J. Gerry


70


7


10


Heart disease


Dec. 24


Susan Heaton


72


Acute bronchitis


Dec. 24


Charles Leave


68


4


14


Arterio-sclerosis


Dec. 24


James Edward Leary


61


Valvular heart disease


Total number of deaths of residents, 19. Males, 9. Females, 10. Deaths at State Hospital, 87.


Total number of deaths in Town, 106.


MARRIAGES RECORDED IN MEDFIELD DURING THE YEAR 1927


Date


Name


Residence


Where and by Whom Married


Jan. 11


Wesley R. Colwell


Medfield


In Framingham by Rev. Jonathan Cartmill


Jan. 26


Herbert B. Burr


Medfield


In Medfield by Rev. John R. McCool


Feb. 22


Guy W. Bean


Medfield


In Medfield by Rev. Donia W. Boisvert


Feb. 22


James Patrick Laffey Jennie Young


Medfield


In Medfield by Rev. Donia W. Boisvert


Feb. 26


Edgar W. Allen


Medfield


In Boston by Rev. Ovide L. Chaput


Mar. 7


Margaret H. Ferden Archie Charles Daine


Medfield


In Marlborough by Rev. Stanley H. Addison


April 18 Leopold King Gottlieb


Medfield


In Medfield by Rev. Harold L. Pickett


May 21 John Thomas Tubridy


Medfield


In Ashland by Charles S. Brewer, J. P.


June 20 John A. McQuinn


Marion L. Cantelope


June 23 Francis Domnic Kennedy


Medfield


In Dedham by Rev. Henry A. Walsh


June 25


Marie M. Munson


Cambridge


Medfield


In Medfield by Rev. Harold L. Pickett


Natick


In Medfield by Rev. John R. McCool


July 21


Avery L. Kempton Alice J. Fitz


Medfield


Medfield


In Medfield by Rev. John Ř. McCool


Medfield


Medfield


In Boston by Rev. David Klugh


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Thelma Pauline Andrews


Holliston


Halifax, N. S.


Medfield


In Somerville by Rev. George E. Heath


Dedham


Medfield


In Belmont by Rev. Hanning Jacobson


June 29 William H. Graham July 16 Anna D. Sumner Pierse Butler Aline McCarthy


Medfield


Natick


Medfield


In Dedham by Rev. Sherrill Bronson Smith


Framingham


July 23 John Quincy McDonnell Aug. 1 Alma Katherine Bruneck Joseph King Mary Jones


Helen Tower


Medfield


Mary V. Smith


Medfield


Alice Margaret Andrews


Medfield


Medfield


Boston


Marlborough


Gladys May Goodell


Lois Heard


Medfield


Susan E. Driscoll Carl A. Johnson


Aug. 2


George W. Hinkley, Jr. Mary MacDonald Melville John Mills Katherine Shirley McDonald


Medfield Medfield Medfield


In Medfield by Rev. Cornelius J. Cotter In Woonsocket, R. I., by Rev. C. J. Holland In Medfield by Rev. Harold L. Pickett


Aug. 24 Lovid J. Burby Alice M. Bancroft


Dover


In Medfield by Rev. Harold L. Pickett


Sept. 9


Harry Benard Beckwith


Medfield


In Somerville by Rev. Robert M. Pierce


Oct. 5


Michael Joseph McCretton


Medfield


In Milford by Rev. Jeremiah A. Riordan


Oct. 8 Ralph Verne Thayer Helen Hutchins Webb


Medfield


Rev. George H. Coffin, Jr.


Oct. 22


Ludwig Jacobs


Medfield


In Boston by Rev. William R. Campbell


Oct. 24


Amy Karle Lyman S. Griffin


Boston


In Medfield by Rev. Jason George Miller


Nov. 5


William G. Boudreau


Medfield


In Medfield by Rev. John R. McCool


Nov. 12 Harold C. Morse


Ashland


In Medfield by Rev. Jason George Miller


Nov. 14


Edith May Mills Joseph E. Hebert


Medfield


In Medfield by Rev. Cornelius J. Cotter


Nov. 17 Everett K. Dewar


Medfield


In Cambridge by Rev. Alex. L. Mckenzie


Dec. 17


Fred M. Smith


Medfield


Gertrude Ella Vorce


Medfield


Dec. 19


James P. Tubridy


Medfield


In Framingham by Rev. James H. Flannery


Agnes M. Gorman


Framingham


Total number of marriages, 31. Married in Town, 15. Married out of Town, 16. Residents of Town, 44. Non-resi- dents, 18.


WILLIAM H. EVERETT, Toun Clerk.


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Rose Monahan


Medfield


Medfield


Helen O'Toole


Medfield


Freda V. Walker


Walpole


In Medfield by Rev. Jason George Miller


Aug. 6


Medfield


Aug. 7 Byron Bartlett Lantz


Medfield


Pearl Isabelle MacDonald


Medfield


Dover


Priscilla Golding Doe


Medfield


Margaret R. Irvin


East Boston


East Walpole


In North Reading


Medfield


Inez E. Norman


Boston


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SPECIAL MEETING


January 24, 1927


Pursuant to a Warrant issued by the Selectmen, the inhabi- tants of the Town of Medfield, duly warned and notified in the manner prescribed by law, met at the Town Hall in said Medfield on the twenty-fourth day of January, 1927, at 7.30 p. m., and the following action was taken on the articles con- tained in the Warrant:


Article 1. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $3,307.31 to pay the Town's proportion of a new Cement Bridge over Charles River, including the change of grade on Forest Street, Millis, and Orchard Street, Medfield, or do or act anything relating thereto.


Voted, that the sum of $3,307.31 be raised and appropriated, $2,000.00 to be taken from the free cash in the treasury, and the balance, $1,307.31 be taken from this year's tax levy.


Article 2. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $22,000.00, in addition to the amounts previously appropriated at the Town Meeting held June 14, 1926, for the purpose of constructing a school building for all grades, or do or act anything thereto.


Voted, that votes to appropriate money be taken by ballot.


Under Article 2. Upon the motion to appropriate an addi- tional sum of $22,000.00, 130 voted in the affirmative and 142 in the negative.


Article 3. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate any additional sum of money to be added to the amounts previously appropriated at the Town Meeting held June 14, 1926, for the purpose of constructing a school building for all grades, or do or act anything relating thereto.


Upon the motion to appropriate an additional sum of $16,- 000.00 113 voted in the affirmative and 138 in the negative.


Article 4. To see if the Town will amend the votes passed at the Town Meeting held June 14, 1926, by striking out the


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words "All Grades" and inserting the words "Grammar School" in place thereof, or insert the words "High School" in place thereof.


Voted, that the vote taken under Article 1, of the meeting of June 14, 1926, be amended by striking out the words "All Grades" and inserting in place thereof the words "High" or "Grammar School."


Upon the motion that the vote taken under Article 4, of the meeting of June 14, 1926, be amended by striking out the "$100,000.00," and inserting in place thereof "$80,000.00," and by striking out the "$90,000.00," and inserting in place thereof "$70,000.00," 124 voted in the affirmative and 88 in the negative.


Article 5. To see if the Town will rescind the whole or a part of the action taken relative to a new school house at the meeting held June 14, 1926.


Voted, that the article be dismissed.


Article 6. To see if the Town, having failed to make pro- visions for an additional school building under the previous articles, will now do or act anything relating thereto.


Voted, that the "Building Committee" be restricted to the expenditure of the sum of $80,000.00 (Unanimous).


Voted, that the building be a High School.


Voted. that the meeting be dissolved.


Attest:


WILLIAM H. EVERETT,


Town Clerk.


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SPECIAL MEETING


March 3, 1927


Pursuant to a Warrant issued by the Selectmen, the inhabi- tants of the Town of Medfield, duly warned and notified in the manner prescribed by law, met at the Town Hall in said Medfield on the third day of March, 1927, at 7.30 p. m. and the following action was taken on the article contained in the Warrant:


Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to rescind all action it has taken relating to a new School House, at Special Town Meetings held June 14, 1926 and January 24, 1927, being Articles 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the Special Town Meeting held June 14, 1926, and Articles 4 and 6 of the Special Town Meeting held January 24, 1927.


Voted, that the article be dismissed, 253 voting in the affirma- tive and 144 in the negative.


Voted, that the meeting be dissolved.


Attest:


WILLIAM H. EVERETT,


Town Clerk.


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ANNUAL MEETING


March 7, 1927


Pursuant to a Warrant issued by the Selectmen, the inhabi- tants of the Town of Medfield, duly warned and notified in the manner prescribed by law, met at the Town Hall on the seventh day of March, 1927, at six o'clock in the forenoon; and the following action was taken upon the several articles in the Warrant :--


Article 1. To choose all Town Officers required to be elected annually by ballot; to wit:


One Moderator, One Town Clerk, One Treasurer, One Collector of Taxes, Three Constables, One Tree Warden, One Assessor, all for one year; One Selectman, One Assessor, One School Committee, Two Trustees of Public Library, One Member of Board of Health, One Cemetery Commissioner, One Member of Water and Sewerage Board, all for three years; One Member of Planning Board for five years.


The polls to be opened at 6.15 a. m. and may close at 2 p. m.


The ballot box was examined and found in good working order and at close of voting agreed with the check lists in the number of ballots cast.


The following named persons appointed by the Selectmen and sworn by the Town Clerk were assigned to duty as follows: Charles L. Bullard and Alida S. Pear to distribute ballots; Richard E. Conrick and Mary A. Weiker to check at ballot box; Albert L. Clark, Alex. Allan, Marian J. Peirce, Helen F. Skinner, Alex. A. MacLean, Arthur W. Hobbs, Michael J. English, George L. Bent, Tellers; Constable Lawrence M. Dewar in charge of ballot box.


Cards of Instruction and Specimen Ballots were posted as required by law. The polls were opened at six fifteen o'clock in the morning and closed at two o'clock in the afternoon.


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The ballots were counted in open meeting and the total vote cast was 576.


The following named persons having received the largest number of votes were declared elected to the several offices:


Moderator, one year, Frank D. McCarthy.


Town Clerk, one year, William H. Everett.


Selectmen, three years, Frank G. Haley.


Treasurer, one year, Lewis K. Conant.


Tax Collector, one year, Amos C. Kingsbury.


Tree Warden, one year, George L. L. Allen.


Constables, one year, Lawrence M. Dewar, Coleman J. Hogan, Walter E. Wilbur.


Assessor, one year, Carlton W. Kingsbury.


Assessor, three years, Raymond B. Blood.


School Committee, three years, Orion Wight.


Water and Sewerage Board, three years, Ira F. Penniman. Cemetery Commissioner, three years, Joseph A. Roberts.


Board of Health, three years, Sidney W. Stevens.


Trustees of Public Library, three years, Ellery C. Crocker, Harold L. Pickett.


Planning Board, five years, George F. Kelley.


The meeting was then adjourned to Monday, March 14, 1927, at 7.30 p. m.


Adjourned Meeting March 14, 1927


The meeting was called to order by the Moderator at 7.30 p. m.


The remaining articles in the Warrant for the Annual Meet- ing were taken up and acted on as follows:


Voted, that no one be permitted to speak more than twice on the same question and not more than five minutes at one time, except that Town Officers and Committees may have. all the time they need to present the requirements of their departments.


Article 2. To choose Fence Viewers, Field Drivers and Pound Keeper.


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Voted, that these officers be appointed by the Selectmen.


The following named persons were appointed as Field Drivers and Fence Viewers:


Nelson G. Tibbetts, George H. Sauer and Joseph E. Allen. Alphonso L. Allen was appointed as Pound Keeper.


Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to accept the reports of the several Town Officers for the past year.


Voted, that the several reports be accepted.


Article 4. To appropriate and grant such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses of the Town for the ensuing year.


Voted, that all recommendations of the Finance Committee be considered as a motion.


Voted, that Article 4 be accepted as recommended by the Finance Committee.


The following sums of money were granted and appropriated to defray the expenses of the ensuing year:


Executive Department. $ 850.00


Treaturer's Department.


500.00


Collector's Department


1,000.00


Assessors' Department.


500.00


Town Clerk's Department.


275.00


Election and Registration


300.00


Town House.


2,750.00


Police Department.


2,500.00


Fire Department.


3,000.00


Sealer's Department.


125.00


Moth Department.


1,000.00


Health and Sanitation


500.00


Tree Warden's Department


200.00


Sewer Department.


900.00


Street Cleaning Department.


300.00


Highways and Tarvia


14,000.00


Cement Sidewalks


500.00


Snow .


3,000.00


Sidewalks.


300.00


Bridges


200.00


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Guard Rails ..


$ 250.00


Street Lighting


4,250.00


Charities.


5,000.00


Soldiers' Benefits


200.00


Schools.


31,000.00


Library, including Dog Tax


1,750.00


Memorial Day .


200.00


Water Department


1,400.00


Interest.


3,500.00


Notes.


2,000.00


Cemetery.


1,200.00


Contingent .


1,000.00


County Hospital


696.66


District Nurse


300.00


Parks.


400.00


Liability and Compensation Insurance


700.00


Cemetery Plan.


260.00


Boiler Insurance.


360.00


Fire Insurance.


4,500.00


Store House, Article 12.


1,500.00


Permanent construction, East Main Street.


20,000.00


Fordson Tractor.


300.00


Tar Heater .


175.00


Green Street Special.


1,000.00


Repainting Street Signs


100.00


Adams and Dale Street Sewer


5,369.76


Elm Street Special


2,000.00


$122,351.42


Article 5. 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 present municipal year, 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 the present municipal year.


Voted, should pass. (Unanimous.)


Article 6. To determine in what manner the taxes shall


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be collected for the ensuing year, also determine what per- centage shall be allowed the Collector for the ensuing year.


Voted, same as last year.


Article 7. To see if the Town will authorize the Collector to use all means in the collection of taxes as the Treasurer might if elected to that office.


Voted, same as last year.


Article 8. To see what compensation the Town will allow the members of the Fire Department for the ensuing year.


Voted, same as last year.


Article 9. To see how much per hour the Town will allow for work on the highways for the ensuing year.


Voted, be left to the discretion of the Selectmen.


Article 10. To see if the Town will grant and appropriate the sum of $600.00 to place an officer in the square to protect school children while passing through the center of town on their way to and from school, or do or act anything thereto. (Petition.)


Voted, should not pass.


Article 11. To see if the Town will grant and appropriate a sum of money to install five electric lights on Pine Street to the estate of Emma P. Ricker, or do or act anything relating thereto.


Voted, should not pass.


Article 12. To see if the Town will grant and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 to erect a building in the rear of the Town House on Town land to house property of the Town, or do or act anything relating thereto.


Voted, should pass.


Article 13. To see if the Town will rescind vote of meeting of November 16, 1926, to borrow $3,000.00 for snow plow, or do or act anything relating thereto.


Voted, to rescind.


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Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to pay for snow plow by using the $2,150.00 extra disbursement received from State, and taking $850.00 from free cash in the treasury, or do or act anything relating thereto.


Voted, should pass.


Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to grant and ap- propriate the sum of $265.00 for the purchase of the Traffic Beacon now installed at the junction of Main and Spring streets, or do or act anything relating thereto.


Voted, should not pass.


Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to grant and ap- propriate the sum of $20,000.00 for a permanent construction of East Main Street from the Dover line running west. Work to be done in conjunction with State and County. The Town to be reimbursed to the extent of $15,000.00.


Voted, that the sum of $20,000.00 be granted and appro- priated for permanent construction of East Main Street from the Dover line running west.


Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and grant the sum of $300.00 for completing purchase of Fordson tractor and Wehr grades, or do or act anything relating thereto.


Voted, should pass.


Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $175.00 for the purchase of a tar heater for use on the highway, or do or act anything relating thereto.


Voted, should pass.


Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to grant and ap- propriate the sum of $2,380.00 to scarify and tarvia Green Street, Vinald Road, portions of Miller and Adams streets, or do or act anything relating thereto.


Voted, that the sum of $1,000.00 be granted and appropriated to scarify and tarvia Green street.


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Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to grant and ap- propriate the sum of $3,150.00 to scarify and tarvia South Street from High Street to the residence of Benjamin Kimball, or do or act anything relating thereto.


Voted, should not pass.


Article 21. To see if the Town will grant and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the purpose of repainting the street signs in anticipation of village delivery of mail, or do or act anything relating thereto; said sum to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen. (Board of Trade.)


Voted, should pass.


Article 22. To see if the Town will accept as a perpetual trust the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.00) presented by Mary Antonette Barney, the interest thereof, or so much as may be necessary, to be used for the care and maintenance of the Thomas F. Barney lot in Vine Lake Cemetery, allowing balance if any to accumulate in the bank for future use on said lot.


Voted, to accept in usual form.


Article 23. To see if the Town will grant and appropriate, in addition to the unexpended balance, two thousand two hundred thirty-four dollars and eighty-eight cents ($2,234.88) from the Adams Street sewer, the sum of three thousand one hundred thirty-four dollars and eighty-eight cents 3,134.88 , in order to complete the 345 feet of sewer in Adams Street, in connection with 991 feet of sewer in Dale Street, from the new school location to the present trunk line going to the sewer beds, the Dale Street portion being laid deep enough to serve quite a large area to the north and east whenever needed, or do or act anything relating thereto.


Voted, should pass.


Article 24. To see if the Town will grant and appropriate the sum of forty-four hundred dollars ($4,400.00) in order to lay 975 feet of 10-inch cast iron pipe in North Street, from


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Green and Cottage Streets to Dale Street, where it would connect with the present 4-inch cast iron line, or do or act anything relating thereto.


Voted, should not pass.


Article 25. To see if the Town will finance the foregoing Water Department Article by three notes, and authorize the Treasurer, with approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money for said purpose, and issue three notes of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) each therefor, the first of said notes being payable in 1928, the second in 1929, and the third in 1930; the balance of fourteen hundred dollars ($1,400.00) to be paid out of the current taxes of the present year, or do or act anything relating thereto.


Voted, that the article be dismissed.


Article 26. To see if the Town will grant and appropriate a sum not exceeding six hundred dollars ($600.00) in order that the Water and Sewerage Board may be in a position to sink or drive a few wells in the vicinity of our springs, in case the State Board of Health should approve, from a sanitary point of view, of our trying for a larger source of supply, at or near our present location, or do or act anything relating thereto.


Voted, should not pass.


Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to accept the Act of 1923, Chapter 391, providing that the water rates and charges not paid within sixty days after the due date shall be a lien upon real estate, in the manner provided for in said Act, or do or act anything relating thereto.


Voted, should pass.


Article 28. To see if the Town will appropriate and grant the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) for the resur- facing of Elm Street from the junction of South Street east, or door act anything relating thereto. (Petition.)


Voted, that the sum of $2,000.00 be appropriated and granted for the resurfacing of Elm Street.


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Article 29. To see if the Town will grant and appropriate a sum of money to install five electric lights on Plain Street to the estate of John A. Holmquest, or do or act anything relating thereto.


Voted, should not pass.


Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to appoint a committee to investigate the advisa- bility of establishing a town forest, or take any action thereon.


Voted, that the article be dismissed.


Voted, that the meeting be dissolved.


Attest:


WILLIAM H. EVERETT, Town Clerk.


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SPECIAL MEETING


July 11, 1927


Pursuant to a Warrant issued by the Selectmen, the inhabi- tants of the Town of Medfield, duly warned and notified in the manner prescribed by law, met at the Town Hall in said Med- field on the eleventh day of July, 1927, at 7.30 p. m., and the following action was taken on the articles contained in the Warrant.


Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to accept Janes Avenue as a Town way.


Voted, to accept Janes Avenue as a Town way.


Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to grant and appro- priate the sum of $1,992.00 to pay land damage on East Main Street, the Town to be reimbursed by the County to the amount of $820.00, or do or act anything relating thereto.


Voted, that the sum of $1,992.00 be granted and appropriated to pay land damage on East Main Street.


Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to grant and appro- priate the sum of $508.00 for the land damage on High Street, the Town to be reimbursed by the County in full, or do or act anything relating thereto.


Voted, that the sum of $508.00 be granted and appropriated to pay Land Damage on High Street.


Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to grant and appro- priate the sum of $50.00 to purchase and erect more Street Signs, or do or act anything relating thereto.


Voted, that the sum of $50.00 be granted and appropriated to purchase and erect more Street Signs.


Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to grant and appro- priate the sum of $150.00 to pay for a Traffic Officer in the


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Town Square on Sundays and holidays, or do or act anything relating thereto.


Voted, that the the sum of $150.00 be granted and appro- priated to pay for a Traffic Officer in the Town Square on Sundays and Holidays.


Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to grant and appro- priate a sum of money to install six electric lights on Plain Street, from High Street to the residence of John A. Holm- quest, or do act anything relating thereto.


Voted, that the sum of $100.00 be granted and appropriated to install six electric lights on Plain Street, under the direction of the Selectmen.


Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to grant and appro- priate the sum of $300.00 in addition to the amount appro- priated for the Police Department, or do or act anything re- lating thereto.


Voted, that the sum of $300.00 be granted and appropriated in addition to the amount appropriated for the Police Depart- ment.


Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to have a Police Officer at Harding, and grant and appropriate a sum of money therefor, or do or act anything relating thereto. (Peti- tion.)


Voted, that the article be dismissed.


Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to grant and appro- priate a sum of money to install five electric lights on Pine Street, or do or act anything relating thereto. (Petition.)


Voted, that the sum of $100.00 be granted and appropriated to install five electric lights on Pine Street.


Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to grant and appro- priate the sum of $850.00 for extending the present six-inch cast iron pipe in Spring Street, four hundred feet, in order to provide for four (4) new services, for which applications are on file, or do or act anything relating thereto. (Petition of Water Commissioners.)


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Voted, that the sum of $850.00 be granted and appropriated to extend the water pipe in Spring Street.


Article 11. To see if the Town will accept the following named sums of money as perpetual trust funds for the care of lots in Vine Lake Cemetery, the interest thereof, or as much as may be necessary, to be used for said care:


Sprague Lot, presented by Joseph M. Lamb $100.00 Amos W. Shumway Lot $150.00


Voted, to accept in usual form.


Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to grant and appro- priate the sum of $2,000.00 for rebuilding High Street near the Walpole town line, the Town to be reimbursed one-half by the State, and one-quarter by the County.




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