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Miscellaneous
The N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. abolished all passenger train service in and out of Medfield in July 1938. The Selectmen are actively working with adjoining town committees and the Legislative Commission to restore this service.
The room in the Town Hall formerly used for the Post Office has been converted into a Community Room. Its use has been donated to all local organizations.
A Christmas party was held in the Town Hall for the children this year. The music was furnished by the Drum & Bugle Corps and local talent. Carols were sung by the group. Candy and oranges were given to each child. The Welfare Board distributed candy and oranges to some of our needy citizens. We are in hopes, that if the economic conditions improve and the citizens favor this ac- tivity, we may repeat the celebration next year.
The Board of Selectmen have endeavored to operate the departments under their direction economically and in a business like manner.
Respectfully submitted,
December 31, 1938.
WILLIAM S. FARMER, FRANK G. HALEY, ALFRED HEWINS.
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APPROPRIATIONS REQUESTED BY DEPARTMENTS FOR 1939
Executive
$ 2,190.00
Treasurer
750.00 1,600.00
Collector
Assessors
700.00
Town Clerk
400.00
Election and Registration
260.00
Town House
2,550.00
Police
3,800.00
Fire
3,500.00
Sealer
150.00
Moth
800.00
Health and Sanitation
1,600.00
Tree Warden:
Cutting Roadside Brush
1,000.00
Care of Shade Trees
1,000.00
Spraying Elms
250.00
Planting Trees
200.00
Sewer
900.00
Highways
6,500.00
Snow
3,000.00
Sidewalks
400.00
Bridges
100.00
Guard Rails
300.00
Street Lighting
4,755.00
Public Welfare
7,500.00
Old Age Assistance
10,000.00
Soldiers' Benefits
1,500.00
Aid to Dependent Children
2,500.00
Old Age Assistance-Administration
250.00
Aid to Dependent Children-Administration
100.00
District Nurse
450.00
Schools
31,425.00
Library, including Dog Tax
1,800.00
Park and Planning Board
600.00
Memorial Day
225.00
Contingent
650.00
Liability Insurance
800.00
County Hospital
1,035.48
Reserve Fund
2,000.00
Water
5,800.00
Notes
22,000.00
Interest on Notes and Bonds 1-1-39 to 1-1-40
5,236.75
Interest on Anticipation Loans
763.20
Board Public Welfare-Salaries
500.05
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TOWN WARRANT COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETT
Norfolk, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Medfield, in said County, greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth you are directed to notify and warn the nhabitants of the Town of Medfield, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Medfield on Monday the 6th day of March A.D., 1939 at 6:00 A.M., then and there to act on the following articles:
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 Member of the School Committee, all for one year.
One Selectman, One Assessor, One Member of the School Committee, Two Trustees of the Public Library, One Member of the Board of Health, One Ceme- tery Commissioner, One Member of the Water and Sewerage Board, One Member of the Board of Public Welfare, all for three years.
One Member of the Planning Board for five years.
The polls to be opened at 6:00 A.M. and may be closed at 2:00 P.M.
Article 2. To choose Fence Viewers, Field Drivers and Pound Keeper.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to accept the reports of the several Town Officers for the past year.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses for the ensuing year.
Executive
$2,190.00
Treasurer
750.00
Collector
1,600.00
Assessors
700.00
Town Clerk
400.00
Election and Registration
260.00
Town House
2,550.00
Police
3,800.00
Fire
3,500.00
Sealer
150.00
Moth
800.00
Health and Sanitation
1,600.00
Tree Warden:
Cutting Roadside Brush
1,000.00
Care of Shade Trees
1,000.00
Spraying Elms
250.00
Planting Trees
200.00
900.00
Sewer
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Highways
6,500.00
Snow
3,000.00
Sidewalks
400.00
Bridges
100.00 300.00
Guard Rails
Street Lighting
4,755.00
Public Welfare
7,500.00
Old Age Assistance
10,000.00
Soldiers' Benefits
1,500.00
Aid to Dependent Children
2,500.00
Old Age Assistance-Administration
250.00
Aid to Dependent Children-Administration
100.00
District Nurse
450.00
Schools
31,425.00
Library, including Dog Tax
1,800.00
Park and Planning Board
600.00
Memorial Day
225.00
Contingent
650.00
Liability Insurance
800.00
County Hospital
1,035.48
Reserve Fund
2,000.00
Water
5,800.00
Notes
22,000.00
Interest on Notes and Bonds 1-1-39 to 1-1-40
5,236.75
Interest on Anticipation Loans
763.25
Board Public Welfare-Salaries
500.00
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to 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, 1939, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Chapter 44, Section 17, General Laws.
Article 6. To determine in what manner the taxes shall be collected for the ensuing year, also determine what percentage shall be allowed the Collector for the ensuing year.
Article 7. To see what compensation the Town will allow the members of the Fire Department for the ensuing year.
Article 8. 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.
Article 9. To see how much per hour the Town will allow for work on the highways for the ensuing year.
Article 10. To see if the Town will authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to appoint one of its members as Water Registrar.
Article 11. To see what compensation the Town will allow the Water Registrar for the ensuing year.
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Article 12. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate to be used in conjunction with W.P.A. projects, under the direction of the Selectmen, or act in any manner relating thereto.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the care of the Town Dump.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a committee of Five (5) and authorize it to make arrangements and spend money appropriated under Article 4 for the observance of Memorial Day.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of Chapter 90 Roads, said money to be used in con- junction with any money allotted by the State or County, or both, for this pur- pose, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $50 for salary of the Dog Officer.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $417.70 for Public Liability Insurance to cover the following motor vehicles owned by the town: 1 White truck, 1 International truck, 1 Waco grader, 3 fire trucks, 1 police car and 1 Ford truck.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to abolish the citizens Caucus, or act in any manner relating thereto.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000 for the maintenance of Vine Lake Cemetery; also to transfer the sum of $185 from the Sale of Cemetery Lots Fund for the purpose of developing the new part of the cemetery.
Article 20. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to appoint two citizens to act with the School Committee as a building committee to present plans and recommendations for needed school construction, or do or act anything relating thereto. (School Committee)
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum not eexceding $3,000 for said building committee to employ an architect, this payment to con- stitute part of his commission if he is later employed to construct a school building, or do or act anything relating thereto. (School Committee)
Article 22. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the tuition of Medfield students in trade schools as required by the provisions of Chapter 471 of the Acts of 1911, or do or act anything relating thereto. (School Committee)
Article 23. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of $250 for the support of athletic activities in the schools, or do or act anything relating thereto. (School Committee)
Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to hear the report of the School Com- mittee under Article 2 of the Special Town Meeting of July 28, 1938, authorizing them to employ a consultant to assist in making a survey of all our public schools as to adequate equipment and buildings, and do or act anything in relation thereto.
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Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for land damages awarded by the County Commissioners in the taking of land for the widening and straightening of Pine Street, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Ethel B. Houdlette
$100.00
Vincent Mick
50.00
Knute Johnson
1.00
Richard E. Gorman
1.00
Richard Gorman
5.00
Ruth N. Wheelwright
1.00
Heirs of George Ellis
1.00
Alexander E. Wight
1.00
Michael Kelleher
10.00
Wardner Farm Trust Co.
25.00
William B. MacGregor
25.00
Arthur L. Lewis
50.00
Ernest Olyott
1.00
Harriet A. Frothingham
1.00
Dorothy B. MacAusland
1.00
Katherine R. Bath
1.00
$274.00
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to transfer a sum of money from the Road Machinery Fund to the Highway Machinery Operating account to defray expenses for operation and maintenance of Highway Machinery during the year 1939.
Article 27. To hear and act on the report of the committee appointed under Article 5 of the Special Town Meeting, July 28, 1938:
1. To confer with the official of the Johnson Bus Lines for the purpose of council- ing that the weekly tickets to Boston and Forest Hills be priced as formerly.
2. To study the transportation problem in an endeavor to secure a bus line from Medfield Square to some railroad station either on the N. Y. N. H. & H. R. R. or the B. & A. R. R.
3. To cooperate with committees from adjacent towns to learn if we can join forces for the purpose of improving both from the angle of cost and service, every means of transportation to and from Medfield Square.
Article 28. To hear and act on the report of the committee appointed under Article 6 of the Special Town Meeting of April 21, 1938 to investigate the im- mediate needs and arranging a long term program of adequate athletic facilities for the Medfield High School Student Body and the citizens of the town.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to accept the revised Town By-Laws, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 30. To hear and act on the report of the committee appointed under Article 28 of the Annual Town Meeting March 7, 1938 to inquire into the feasi-
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bility of establishing a bathing place within the town limits, submit plans and estimate costs.
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,400 for trucking out sand and gravel at the Sewers Beds for the purpose of rebuilding the beds, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 32. To hear and act on the report of the committee appointed under Article 4 to have the Selectmen appoint a committee to investigate the com- pensation of the Registrar of Voters.
Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of additional fire apparatus and to authorize the sale or trade of the Howe-Reo pump, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the payment of outstanding bills incurred by the following departments :
Board of Health, Norfolk County Hospital
$ 80.60
Board of Health, Mass. Memorial Hospital
109.00
Board of Health, City of Quincy
248.90
Board of Health, City of Cambridge
159.00
Board Public Welfare, State Dept. Public Welfare
184.00
Highway Department, Mass. Broken Stone Co.
14.55
Highway Department, N. E. Asphalt & Tar Co.
11.00
Highway Department, Ashland Sand & Gravel Co.
25.75
Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to accept the following named sums as Perpetual Trust Funds for the care of lots in the Vine Lake Cemetery, the interest thereof or as may be necessary to be used for said care, viz:
M. Howard Blood Lot $150.00
William Kennedy Lot 100.00
Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to hear the report of the survey of the Water Commissioners to find ways and means of placing the Water Department on a self supporting basis.
Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Water Com- missioners, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for Fire Insurance, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to transfer $300 from the Overlay Reserve for 1934 Overlay. (Board of Assessors)
Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $2,250.00 received from State Gas Tax distribution under Chapter 500, Acts of 1938, to be expended for Highway purposes as provided by Chapter 2, Acts of 1939, for any of the purposes authorized by said Chapter.
Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for re-surfacing the Town Hall roof and make such repairs to the side-
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walls, steps and ceilings as may be necessary, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to lease two acres of land owned now or formerly by the Water Commission located on Green Street for the purpose of raising poultry and make a charge for same of $10.00 per year, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Petition)
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting an attested copy thereof, in the usual place for posting Warrants in said Medfield, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon, unto the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this 20th day of February, A.D. Nineteen Hundred and Thirty-nine.
WILLIAM S. FARMER, FRANK G. HALEY, ALFRED HEWINS, Selectmen of Medfield.
FRED C. CHICK, Constable of Medfield.
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TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS for the Year 1938
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Births Recorded in Medfield During the Year 1938
Date
Child's Name
Parents
1933
June 10 Norma Fay Cantoreggi
1937
Nov. 16 Arthur Wallace Milton
Nov. 20
Anna Teresa O'Brien
1938
Jan. 15 Robert D'Antonio
Hugo and Regina Iafolla
Feb. 14 Claire Ann Flaherty
Michael J. and Katherine Kennedy
Feb. 22
Louise Adele Mailhot
Joseph and Leontine Gagne
Nicholas and Pearl Rossi
Herbert W. and Doris Sawyer
May 12 Hugh Darrell Mick
Cecil V. and Floris Laverty Ralph E. and Thelma Taylor
May 15 Edward Bell Messinger
May 23
Darel Clark Nowers
May 23 David Gilford Nowers
May 31 Robert Harding Waters
June 3
Paul Richard Cox
June 24 Elinor Jane Spring
July 10 Norman Harris Lougee
Sept. 12 George Edward Weiss
Sept. 13 John Belmont
Sept. 14 Marie Louisa Carr
Sept. 23 Patricia Ann Naugle
Oct. 15 Thomas Vincent Sweeney, Jr.
Oct. 15 Janet Mae Burgess
Oct. 24 Ivan Cebrowski
Nov. 4 Arthur Ritchey Stagg
Nov. 17 Philip Brett Secrist
Nov. 30 Patricia Claire Sproul
Dec. 27 Marilyn Ruth Daine
Dec. 29 Janet Elizabeth Button
Carl I. and Florence E. Maller
Total number of births, 28. Females, 13. Males 15.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Chapter 46 of the General Laws of Massachusetts requires that every physician shall within fifteen days after a birth at which he has officiated, report the same to the city or town in which the birth took place.
Parents within forty days after the birth of a child, and every householder, within forty days after a birth in his house shall cause notice thereof to be given to the clerk of the town where such child is born.
Failure to give such notice is punishable with a fine.
Blanks for the return of births may be obtained upon application to the Town Clerk.
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§ Rodman C. and S. May Paddock Rodman C. and S. May Paddock Edwin J. and Violet Keirstead Charles F. and Catherine Farrell Rennie J. and Katherine Ehnes Kenneth E. and Villa Bailey George J. and Ruth Baker John and Georgia DeAngelo Allison T. and Gladys Lantz Emerson R. and Mary Lowe
Thomas V. and Elizabeth Hinkley
Edgar C. and Ruth Stultz Ewan and Elizabeth Gormley A. Ritchey and Kathryn Bolster Horace A. and Helen Sawyer William and Christine Forrester Archie C. and Gladys Goodell
Pasquale A. and Enid Baker
John L. and Helen Hart William F. and Catherine Grady
Feb. 27 Joanne Frances Gugliotta
Apr. 1 Joan Isabelle Frink
Marriages Recorded at Medfield During the Year 1938
Date
Name
Residence
Where and By Whor Married
1938
Jan. 19 Charles Clifford Brock Margaret Alice Allen
Walpole Medfield
In Medfield
Rev. Thomas M. Webb In Medfield
Jan. 19 Clarence Merton Plimpton Pauline Isabel Carlson
Medfield
Rev. Thomas M. Webb In Lowell
Feb. 4 Raymond I. Gleason Jeanette R. Chasse
Lowell
Rev. Alexander Hender
Feb. 5 Harry J. Benson A. Elizabeth Abrahamsen
Medfield
Medfield
Rev. Harvey M. Eastm In Medfield
Mar. 16
Linneus Carleton Whitaker Addie May Blood Joseph Romeo Paris Marie Louise Despres
Hooksett, N. H.
Rev. Thomas M. Webb
Apr. 19
John Francis Ridge Marie Therese Sullivan
Medfield
Rev. Thomas P. Ridge In Boston
Apr. 23
Ewan Cebrowski Elizabeth Mary Gormley Harrison Bird Child
Roxbury
Freeman O. Emerson, J In Malden
May 5
Muriel Tremble Holmes
Malden
Rev. Robert K. Gumm In Brockton
May 6 Charles Cummings Cain Edna Augusta Simpson
Brockton
Rev. Joseph Cooper
May 14
John Davis Williams Beatrice Eaton Beckwith
So. Sudbury
In So. Sudbury Rev. Thomas Street In Medfield
May 18
Camille George Roy Irene May Glidden
Dedham
Rev. Oscar J. F. Seitz
May 31
Lawrence DeFlumero Violet Rooks (Barnes)
Medfield
Rev. William Turkingt In Medfield
June 4 Guido Joseph Alonzo Helen Lucy Catenacci
Medfield
Rev. Francis S. Keaney
June 4 Richard Harrison Hartford Alice Margaret Mattson
Waltham
Rev. Francis D. Taylor In Millis
June 23 Harry Clayton Hart Hazel May Dawson
Medfield
July 2
Robert Jerome Marcionette Lucille Powers Simpson
Medfield
Bucksport, Me.
July 8 James Earl Freshour Hazel Bertis Jardine
Medfield
July 10 Anthony Ercole Marion Iafolla Florence Clara Cella
Medfield Boston
Rev. W. Randolph Tho In Boston Rev. Carlo Celotto
Medfield
In Medfield
Medfield
Rev. Thomas M. Webb
Millis
In Medfield
Medfield
Rev. Thomas J. Burns
Apr. 18
Hooksett, N. H.
In Medfield
Chelsea
In Medfield
Medfield
Medfield
Medfield
Medfield
Dover
Medfield
In Holliston
Berlin, N. H.
Medfield
In Watertown
Millis
Rev. Thomas M. Webb In Bucksport, Maine Rev. Emerson F. Blodg In Stoneham
Medfield
July 11 Francis Evarts Shea Karolyn Laura Bajak July 30 Henry Albert Morgan, Jr. Laverne Mary Palumbo
Medfield
Medfield
In No. Smithfield, R. I.
Berkley
Medfield
Rev. Thomas M. Webb
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Marriages Recorded at Medfield During the Year 1938-Continued
Date
Name
Residence
Where and By Whom Married
1938
.ug. 23
Carl Victor Pearson Zella Ethel Sibbins
Medfield
Rev. Charles F. Richmond In Medfield
.ug. 23
Hiram Leroy Mills
Helena Marie Mathews
Medfield
Rev. Thomas J. Burns
ug. 28
William Francis O'Reilly Helen Elizabeth Sullivan
Mattapan
Rev. F. J. Ryan
ept. 1
Frank Wardwell Hurd Mary Gustine Kenerson
Medfield
Rev. Francis G. Ricker
ct. 1
Dominick Delfino
W. Concord
In Medfield Rev. Thomas J. Burns
Nov. 10
Josephine Christine Colicchio Ralph Emerson Hardy
Medfield
In Malden
Margaret Oressa Waterman
Medfield
Rev. Robert K. Gumm
Nov. 11
Charles Edward Whitney Viola Florence Wicker
Medfield
Rev. Frank L. Briggs
Nov. 11
John Joseph Hibbert Harriett Ruth Mullane
Medfield
In Marlborough
Nov. 24
Ernest Lincoln Spencer Doris Emily Howlett
Medfield
Rev. Oscar J. F. Seitz In Dorchester
Nov. 26
Lawton Brightman Kingsbury Ethel June Clark
Needham
Rev. Clarence W. Dunhan In Medfield®
Nov. 30
Michael Angelo Orlando Rossi Raffaela Santullo
Medfield
Rev. Francis S. Keaney
Dec. 12
Paul Edward Cheney
Medfield
In Medfield Rev. Francis G. Ricker
Dec. 17
George William Hinkley Edna Mae Howard
Dedham
Rev. George P. O'Conor
Dec. 25 Harry Pierce Murphy Harriet Jane Riley
Richmond, Va. Medfield
In Medfield
Jane Margaret Mientka
Amherst
Medfield
In Dedham
Rev. Oscar J. F. Seitz
Total number of Marriages, 35. Married in Town, 16. Married out of Town, 19. Resident of Medfield, 43. Non-resident, 27.
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Norfolk
In Franklin
Medfield
Medfield
In Boston
Medfield
In Medfield
Medfield
Marlborough
Rev. John J. Fletcher In Medfield
Walpole
Medfield
Medfield
In Attleboro
Medfield
Deaths of Residents of Medfield During the Year 1938
Date of Death
Age Y. M. D.
Cause of Death
Jan. 24 Ester A. Phelps
91
1 15 Angina Pectoris
Jan. 27 Clara L. Smith
77
10
0 Broncho Pneumonia
Feb. 12
Charles Brooks
62
5
8 Coronary Thrombosis
Mar. 10
Francis J. Gavin
60
10
14
Acute Cardiac Decompensa -. tion
Mar. 13
Matilda E. Hamilton
75
11
14
Coronary Thrombosis
Apr. 2 George L. Hall
62
11
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Lobar Pneumonia
May 1 Lucy A. Germain
81
5 19
Carcinoma of Duodenum and Liver
May 3 Charles A. Wilkinson
56
7 14
Coronary Occlusion
May 6 Susan B. Swanton
82
8 Carcinoma of the Rectum
June 21
George Willis Hardy
57
4 29
Aleukaemic Lymphatic Leu- kemia
July
7 Mary Freeman
53
10 1 Carcinoma of the Uterus
July 8 E. Roy Kerr
51
9 16 Coronary Thrombosis
July 14 Alice Annettea Hayward
78
8
14 Auricular Fibrillation Carcinoma of Cervix Uteri
Sept. 4 Richard Larkin
7
4
17 Medulloblastoma (cerebellar) Sub-dural Hemorrhage
Sept. 8
Mabelle Cady
70
2
Oct. 8 Margaret Plimpton
56
2
18 Carcinoma Recto-Sigmoid Chronic Myocarditis Carcinomatosis
Oct. 22 Margaret Parsons
44
10
Nov. 3
Robert L. Baker
79
5
13 Carcinoma of Ocsophagus
Nov. 28
Ellen Mitchell
77
6
Dec. 7
Henry Herbert Clark
78
25 Chronic Myocarditis Suicide-Gun Shot Wound in Chest
Dec. 8 William Bagford Kilner
75
Hypertensive Heart Disease
Dec. 12 Catherine Roskilly
51
Carcinoma of the Vagina 9 21
Total number of deaths, 107. Medfield State Hospital, 83.
Residents of Medfield, 24.
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Aug. 11 Josephine Ficicchy
44
Oct. 19 Catherine Hinkley
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TOWN WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Norfolk, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Medfield, in said County, greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth you are directed to notify the inhabitants of the Town of Medfield, qualified to vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Medfield on Monday the 7th day of March A.D. 1938 at 6:00 A.M. then and there to act on the following articles:
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, all for one year.
One Trustee of the Public Library for two years.
One Selectman, One Assessor, One Member of the School Committee, Two Trustees of the Public Library, One Member of the Board of Health, One Ceme- tery Commissioner, One Member of the Water and Sewerage Board, One Member of the Board of Public Welfare, all for three years.
One Member of Planning Board for five years.
The polls to be opened at 6:15 A.M. and may be closed at 2:00 P.M.
Article 2. To choose Fence Viewers, Field Drivers, and Pound Keeper.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to accept the reports of the several Town Officers for the past year.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses for the ensuing year:
Recommended for 1938
Executive Department
$ 2,310.00
Treasurer's Department
750.00
Collector's Department
1,600.00
Assessor's Department
700.00
Town Clerk
350.00
Election and Registration
300.00
Town House
2,627.00
Police
4,000.00
Fire
3,000.00
Sealer
150.00
Moth
1,000.00
Health and Sanitation
1,650.00
Tree Warden:
Cutting Roadside Brush
$ 700.00
Care of Shade Trees
250.00
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Spraying Elms Setting out Trees
300.00 100.00 1,000.00 8,000.00
Sewer
Highways
Snow
Sidewalks
400.00
Bridges
100.00
Guard Rails
600.00
Street Lighting
Public Welfare
5,000.00
Old Age Assistance
9,000.00
Soldier's Benefits
2,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children
2,500.00
District Nurse
450.00
Schools
30,450.00
Library, including Dog Tax
2,000.00
Parks
300.00
Memorial Day
225.00
Contingent
650.00
Liability Insurance
850.00
County Hospital
977.96
Reserve Fund
2,000.00
Water
5,500.00
Interest on Notes and Bonds 1/1 /38 to 1/1 /39
5,891.25
Interest on Revenue Loans
808.75
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to 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, 1938 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Chapter 44, Section 17, General Laws.
Article 6. To determine in what manner the Taxes shall be collected for the ensuing year, also determine what percentage shall be allowed the Collector for the ensuing year.
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