Town annual reports of Medfield 1940-1949, Part 11

Author: Medfield (Mass.)
Publication date: 1940
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1594


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Dec. 17 Tamara Fay Walker


William and Linda Healy


Dec. 31 Sandra Mae Blaisdell


Norman and Sadie Ekstrom


Louis L. and Aileen D. Yorsten


Total number of Births, 39. Females, 21. Males, 18.


IMPORTANT NOTICE Chapter 46 of the General Laws of Massachusetts requires that every physician


Dec. 31 Shirley Marie Morganti


George J. and Gertrude H. Helsch M. A. Orlando and Raffaella Santulla


Arthur and Carrie Ballou


Lawrence O. and Anna M. Wills


Feb. 12 Judith Ann Baker


Joseph S. and Gladys M. Emerson John and Beulah Kelly


John and Marcella Lavin


J Arthur and Isabel W. Nickerson Richard W. and Charlotte Cabot Harland and Lelia Case


Ernest L. and Doris E. Howlett Michael J. and Helen L. Catenacci


Oct. 5 Linda Charlotte Cain


Charles C. and E. Augusta Simpson Earle F. and Marion R. Clarry


Lewis and Iva Peterson


Frank R. and Barbara Kingsbury


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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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Marriages Recorded at Medfield During the Year 1941


er, en


Date


Name


Residence


Where and By Whom Married


1941


un. 4


Herbert Frederick Link Beulah Marilyn McDonald Robert Edward Peters Margaret Darling Place Harvey Mills Hamilton Dorothy Mary Stanton Thomas Alexander Tapley Mary Elizabeth Miller Benedict Patrick Devine Mary Agnes Finn Thomas Dudgeon Cook Evelyn Frances Bibby


Medfield Medfield


New Bedford


Medfield


Rev. Oscar J. F. Seitz


eb. 15


Medfield


In Neponset Rev. John F. Connors


eb. 15


Medfield


In Foxboro


Rev. Arthur C. Lambourne


[ar. 1


Medfield


In Needham Winthrop M. Southworth, J. P.


pril 27


Anthony Isaiah Buzzell Beryl Agnes Smith Frank Grugnale Helen D'Argenio


Medfield


In Foxborough


Curtis S. Miller, J. P.


[ay 16


Edward Taylor Elizabeth Lucille Crombie


Ashburnham


In New Boston, N. H. Rev. Louis W. Swanson


une 19


Edward Theobald Murphy Helen Winifred Scott


Medfield


In Somerville Rev. David Fraser


ine 7 Russell John Schroeder Marie Louise Jaques


Norwood


In Medfield Rev. Oscar J. F. Seitz


une 8 Roy Mason Lee Anne Margaret Giandomenico Walpole


Medfield


In Walpole Rev. Thomas L. Burns


Louis Lawrence Morganti Aileen Dorothy Yorston


Walpole


In Walpole


Rev. Bennet J. O'Brien In Quincy Rev., Eric Alton Ayer


une 14


Walter Leroy Jackson Ruth Cole


Medfield


In North Falmouth Rev Allen C. Best


une 21


Clarence Herbert Bailey Berta Leonora Field John William Lynch Vilja Rose Bell


Medfield


Medfield


Hopedale


In Hopedale Rev. John P. Donahue In Medfield


une 26


une 21 William Arthur Le Vangie Loretta Ann Kublicke Gerald John Morgan Beatrice Gertrude Bennett une 27 Arthur Michael Keefe Josephine Mary Tobin une 28 Andrew David Ehnes


Dedham


Medfield


Medfield


In Medfield Rev. Francis L. Shea In Scituate


Medfield


Medfield


William M. Wade, J. P.


Geneva Anne Wilcox


Medfield Medfield


In Dedham Rev. J. Frank Robinson


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n


In Dedham


Rev. J. Frank Robinson In Medfield


in. 17


Dorchester


Norwood


In Hingham Rev. Edwin T. Anthony


[ay 11


Conway, N. H. In Medfield


Fryeburg, Me.


Rev. Oscar J. F. Seitz


[ay 16


Medfield


Medfield


Somerville


Dover


une 9 une 13 Daniels Hamant Muriel Larsen


Medfield


Medfield


Quincy


Walpole


Norwood


In Porter, Maine Rev. Ernest C. Flood


une 21


Rev. Francis L. Shea


Wellesley


Medfield


Hanover Medfield


Marriages Recorded at Medfield During the Year 1941-Continued


Date


Name


Residence


Where and By Whom Married


1941


June 29 Frank Anthony Ferrone Josephine Iarrobino


Dover


Medfield


Medfield


Rev. J. Arthur Budding In Medfield


July 19 Jedediah Russell Higgins Agnes Julia Marcionette


Medfield


Medfield


Medfield


Rev. Lyman V. Rutledge In Medfield Rev. John T. Dunne In Natick


Aug. 3


Louis Howard Flynn Edith Ramsay Smith


Medfield


Rev. R. F. McHale


Aug. 16


Avery Waldo Cook Mary Veronica McCarthy


Medfield


Rev. Francis L. Shea


Aug. 22


Charles Francis Coleman


Milford


In Hopedale Rev. J. B. Tegarden


Aug. 30


John William Morrissey Mary Catherine Sweeney


Worcester


Medfield


In Canton Rev. F. H. Murray


Sept. 11


Howard Vincent Doyle Eleanor May Suprinkofsky Arnold Urbald Giard


Medfield


In Medfield


Sept. 23


Justina Winifred Schaeffer Frank S. Walker, Jr. Marguerite R. St. Martin


Medway


In Medfield Rev. Oscar J. F. Seitz


Sept. 25


John Henry Roskilly, Jr. Virginia Haskell


Boston


Rev. Lawrence W. Abbott


Sept. 26


George Waldo Knehr Mary Frances Gruttner


Medfield


In Medfield Rev. John T. Dunne


Sept. 27


Royden Bertram Cheney Mary Madeline Ryan


Medfield


Frank E. Sanderson, J. P.


Oct. 3 John Henry Johnston Harriet Ola Foster


Medfield


In Reading Rev. W. C. Arnold


Oct. 4 Dana Franklin Lincoln Laverne Bishop Menard


Medfield


In Medfield Rev. James C. Marshall


Oct. 4 Peter Fay Williams Marietta Rhoda Marshall


Medfield


In Arlington Rev. Frank J. Landalt


Oct. 5 Joseph Lawrence Branagan Mary Helen McFaden


Medfield


Medfield


Oct. 11 Harold Paul Reinhart Antonette Pauline Vasaturo


Medfield


Oct. 12 Melvin John Procaccini Theresa Claire Iafolla


Medfield


Rev. Francis L. Shea


Oct. 14 Stephen Galandzi


Medfield


In Clinton Rev. Daniel M. Welch


Jayne Lucretia Lowe


Medfield


In South Natick


Rev. James F. Cassidy In Medfield


July 8 Harry Lee Mansfield Mabel Florence Jones


Dover


July 25 Adin Lee Whitney Mary Elizabeth Shields


Natick


Medfield


In Medfield


Antionette Mary DeFlumero


Medfield


Medfield


In Rindge, N. H. Rev. Robert Fletcher


Sept. 1


Canton


Medfield


Rev. Neil J. Giard


Millis


Medfield


In Roslindale


Medfield


Hudson


In Maynard


Medfield


Medfield


Arlington


Framingham


In Medfield


Rev. Francis L. Shea In Medfield Rev. Oscar J. F. Seitz In Medfield


Walpole


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Medfield


Marriages Recorded at Medfield During the Year 1941-Continued


Date


Name


Residence


Where and By Whom Married


1941


ct. 25 George Francis Miller Gertrude Estelle Maguire


Medfield


In North Attleboro


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Tov. 1 Oscar Raymond Kramer Edith Arlene Rawding


Medfield


Rev. J. Arthur Budding


Tov. 1 Charles Henry Bothfeld Norma Louise Sawyer


Medfield


Rev. John R. Montgomery


Tov. 8 Ralph Clinton Curtis Katherine Mary Blood


Holliston


In Medfield Rev. Oscar J. F. Seitz


Jec. 27 Howard Norman Kane


Bloomfield, N. J. In Medfield


Dorothy Johnson


Medfield


Rev. Eric Alton Ayer


Dec. 27


Chester Ellsworth Gilmore Helen Frances Latour


Medfield


In Lowell


Rev. Thomas H. Heagney


Dec. 27


Martin Doliner Victoria Catenacci


Medfield


Winthrop M. Southworth, J. P.


Dec. 31


Arthur Logan Krum, Jr. Florence Ethel Dewar


Medfield


Medfield


In Norwood Rev. F. Gerald Ensley


Total number of Marriages, 50. Married in Town, 19. Married out of Town, 31. Resident f Medfield, 62. Non-resident, 38.


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North Attleboro


Rev. P. E. McGee


Leominster


In Medfield


Sherborn


In Quincy


Medfield


Lowell


Millis


In Needham


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Deaths of Residents of Medfield During the Year 1941


Date of Death


Name


Age Y. M. D.


Cause of Death


1941


Jan. 1


Augustine Bombelli


34


-


Melastis Carcinoma


Jan. 2 Elizabeth Donlan


87


3


24


Broncho Pneumonia


Jan. 4 Nettie F. Hamant


71


9


22


General Arteriosclerosis


Jan.


9 Daniel W. Warren


67


- Cerebral Hemorrhage


Jan. 29


Mary Ella Kibbe


87


19


Broncho Pneumonia


Feb. 8 John S. Hughes, Jr.


34


3


27


Accidental Drowning


Mar. 11


Caroline Newell


91


Broncho Pneumonia


Mar. 15


Lura Ellen Bruce


80


4 25


Cardiac Dilatation


Mar. 16


William J. Davis


59


9


16


Uremia


Mar 22


Alexander Allan


65


4


22


General Anasarca


April 15


Amie Isabelle Newell


73


1


7


Broncho Pneumonia


May 9


William H. Bullard


75


Chronic Myocarditis


June 10


George D. Wright


64


9


26


Cerebral Thrombosis


June 16


Ethel F. Williams


54


9


16


Aplastic Anemia


June 21


Albert Carlson


75


0


8


Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease


June 25


John Lorie Smith


53


Uremia


July 24


Arthur Smith


21


3


25


Asphyxiation-Accidental


Sept. 13


Harry C. Patten


71


3


27


Arteriosclerotic Gangrene


Oct.


4


George Herman Powers


63


9


21


Acute Pulmonary Oedema


Oct. 5


Elgin Healy


89


3


Multiple Injuries, Auto Ac- cident


Oct. 15


Frank Horace Greenman


57


2


Coronary Thrombosis


Nov. 15


Francis Green


34


Sinus Cavernous Thrombosis


Nov. 22


John Edward Leary


47


11


6


Tuberculosis


Dec. 10


George Harding Smith


82


9


22


Multiple Injuries, Auto Ac- cident


Dec. 19


Amanda Dunn


92


9


3


General Arteriosclerosis


Dec. 26 Emma L. Bent


78


-


Chronic Myocarditis


-


Total number of deaths, 124. Residents of Medfield, 26. Medfield State Hospital, 97. Non-resident in Medfield, 1.


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ANNUAL MEETING March 3, 1941 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 and warn 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 3rd day of March A.D., 1941 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 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.


Recommended for 1941


Executive


$ 2,400.00


Treasurer


750.00


Collector


1,600.00


Assessors


850.00


Town Clerk


400.00


Election and Registration


275.00


Town Hall


2,650 00


Police


3,809.00


Fire


3,000 00


Sealer


150 00


Moth


800 00


Health and Sanitation


1,600.00


Tree Warden


Cutting Roadside Brush


1,000.00


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Care of Trees


Spraying Elms Planting Trees


400.00


400.00


100.00


Sewer


900.00


Highways


8,000.00


Snow


Sidewalks (General Maintenance)


400.00


New Construction-Sidewalks


Main St. from South St running easterly about 300'


175.00


South St. from Main St. running southerly about 400'


222.00


Brook St., continue present walk 250'


139 00


North St. from Janes St. to Green St. 1000'


955.00


North St. from Dr. Clough's to Dale St. 370'


175.00


Bridges


100 00


Guard Rails


300.00


Street Lighting


4,850 00


Public Welfare


5,000.00


Old Age Assistance


12,000.00


Aid to Dependent Children


1,000.00


Old Age Administration


250.00


Aid to Dependent Children-Administration


100.00


Soldiers' Benefits


2,300.00


Public Welfare Salaries


250 00


District Nurse


450.00


Schools


34,618 00


Library, plus Dog Tax


1,800.00


Park and Planning Board


500.00


Memorial Day


225.00


Contingent


750.00


Liability Insurance


850.00


County Hospital


1,001.48


Reserve Fund


2,500.00


Water


6,750.00


Notes


18,000.00


Interest


4,100.00


Cemetery-See Article 28


2,500.00


Fire Insurance


850.00


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, 1941, 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 members of the Fire Department for the ensuing year.


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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 allow 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.


Article 12. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate 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 a sum of money for the purchase of additional Fire Apparatus, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Fire Engineers)


Article 17. To see if the Town will authorize the sale or trade of the Howe-Reo pump, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Fire Engineers)


Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to transfer $122.13 from the Sewer Beds account for trucking and supervision to the regular Sewer Beds appropria- tion, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Water and Sewerage Board)


Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to hear and act on the report of the Town Forest Committee appointed under Article 33 of the Annual Town Meeting held March 4, 1940.


Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to hear and act on the report of the Transportation Committee appointed under Article 24 of the Annual Town Meeting held March 4, 1940.


Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for a new Police Car, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 for the support of athletic activities in the schools, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (School Committee)


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Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $390.00 for the tuition of Medfield pupils in the Trade Schools as required by provisions of Chapter 471 of the Acts of 1911, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (School Committee)


Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2691.84 to condition the present High School to serve as a grade school next fall, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (School Committee)


Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a committee to meet with the Department of Mental Health for the purpose of arranging a new contract with the Town for the purchase of Water, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $6900.00 to lay sewer pipe on Friary Street from the Railroad Bridge to Dale Street, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Petition)


Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $100.00 to bind the original Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates and rebind the old Record Books (Chapter 66, Section 9, General Laws), or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $2500.00 for the maintenance of Vine Lake Cemetery; also to transfer the sum of $355.00 from the Sale of Cemetery Lots Fund for the purpose of developing the new part of the cemetery.


Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 to put in permanent stone bounds on the cemetery line, or do or act any- thing in relation thereto. (Cemetery Committee)


Article 30. 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:


Alphonso L. Allen Lot $100.00


Article 31. 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 the operation and maintenance of Highway Machinery during the year 1941.


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 doings thereon, unto the Town Clerk at the time and place of meeting aforesaid.


Given under our hands this seventeenth day of February, A.D. 1941.


FRANK G. HALEY, ROBERT W. FRASER, SR., CHARLES W. HAIGH, Selectmen of Medfield


FRED C. CHICK, Constable of Medfield


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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


Norfolk, ss.


February 19, 1941


By virtue of this warrant, I have notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Medfield qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the time and for the purpose named, by posting attested copies of said warrant in not less than five public places in the town at least seven days before the time of holding the meeting.


FRED C. CHICK,


Constable of Medfield


ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION


March 3, 1941


The following named persons, appointed by the Selectmen and sworn in by the Town Clerk were assigned to duty as follows:


Louise Brennan and Eugene Munson distributing ballots, Laura Atherton, Margaret Kennedy, Arthur Kennedy, Edward Sweeney, John Hammond, Joseph Grogan, Alexander MacLean and Richard Conrick as tellers, Anne Young and Abbie Sheahan checking at the Ballot Box and Cloeman J. Hogan, Constable at the Ballot Box.


The ballots were counted in open meeting and the total vote cast was seven hundred and twenty-two (722).


After the ballots had been counted and tabulated the presiding officer, Frank D. McCarthy, announced the results as follows:


MODERATOR (one year)


Article 1.


Joseph S. Kennedy


253 Blanks 46


Frank D. McCarthy


423


TOWN CLERK (one year)


Charles W. Keirstead


616 Blanks 23


Edward W. Lefebre 83


Bessie L. Hamant


TREASURER (one year) 583 Blanks


139


COLLECTOR OF TAXES (one year)


Amos C. Kingsbury


600 Blanks 122


George L. L. Allen


TREE WARDEN (one year) 568 Blanks 154


CONSTABLES (one year)


Fred C. Chick


548 Fred M. Spear


572


Coleman J. Hogan


580 Blanks 466


SELECTMEN (three years)


Robert H. Fraser, Sr.


443 John R. Sauer


127


Mathew Molloy 146 Blanks


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ASSESSOR (three years) 572 Blanks 150


Harry E. Conway


MEMBER OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE (three years)


Mignonette S. Mortimer


357


Blanks 55


Terrence B. Quarton 310


WATER AND SEWERAGE BOARD (three years)


Myron H. Smith 515 Blanks


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TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY (three years)


Frank H. Clough, M.D.


521


Blanks


384


Anne C. Donlan 539


MEMBER OF BOARD OF HEALTH (three years)


A. Ritchey Stagg, M.D.


589


Blanks


135


CEMETERY COMMISSIONER (three years)


Joseph A. Roberts, Jr. 565 Blanks 157


BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE (three years)


Richard E. Husbener 535 Blanks


187


MEMBER OF PLANNING BOARD (five years)


Joseph L. Marcionette, Sr. 536 Blanks 186


A true copy attest :


CHARLES W. KEIRSTEAD, Town Clerk


ANNUAL TOWN MEETING FOR THE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS


March 10, 1941


The meeting was called to order by the Moderator at 7:30 P.M. and the remain- ing articles in the Warrant were taken up and acted on as follows:


Article 2. Voted that Fence Viewers, Field Drivers and Pound Keeper be appointed by the Selectmen.


Article 3. Voted that the reports of the several Town Officers be accepted for the past year as submitted.


Article 4. Voted that the following sums be raised and appropriated to defray expenses for the ensuing year:


Executive


$ 2,400.00


Treasurer


750.00


Collector of Taxes


1,600.00


Assessors


850 00


Town Clerk


400.00


Election and Registration


275.00


Town Hall


2,650.00


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Police


3,809.00


Fire Sealer


3,000.00


150.00


Moth


800.00


Health and Sanitation


1,600.00


Tree Warden:


Cutting Roadside Brush


600.00


Care of Trees


400.00


Spraying Elms


400.00


Planting Trees


100.00


Sewer


900.00


Highways


8,000.00


Snow


3,700.00


Sidewalks (General Maintenance)


400.00


Sidewalks (New Construction) :


Main St. from South St. running easterly approximately 300 feet North St. from Dr. Clough's to Dale St. 370 feet


175.00


Bridges


100.00


Guard Rails


300.00


Street Lighting


4,850.00


Public Welfare


4,000.00


Old Age Assistance


12,000.00


Aid to Dependent Children


1,000.00


Old Age Administration


250.00


Aid to Dependent Children-Administration-Dismissed


Soldiers' Benefits


2 300 00


Public Welfare-Salaries


250.00


District Nurse


450 00


Schools


34,618.00


Library, plus Dog Tax


1,800.00


Park and Planning Board


500.00


Memorial Day


225.00


Contingent


750.00


Liability Insurance


850.00


County Hospital


1,001.48


Reserve Fund


2,500.00


Water


6,750.00


Notes


18,000 00


Interest


4,100.00


Cemetery (see Article 28)


Fire Insurance


850.00


Article 11. Water Registrar


50.00


Article 12. W.P.A. Projects


1,000.00


Article 13. Care of Town Dump


50.00


Article 15. Chapter 90, Roads


1,000.00


Article 16. New Fire Apparatus


3,500.00


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130,578.48


175.00


Article 21. New Police Car


618.50


Article 22. Support of Athletic Activities 200.00


Article 23. Trade School Tuition 390.00


Article 24. To condition present High School


2,691.84


Article 28. Cemetery Maintenance (Voted to transfer $355.00


from Sale of Cemetery Lots Fund)


2,000.00


Total Appropriations


$142,078.82


Article 5. Voted that the Town 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, 1941, and to issue a note or notes thereof, 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. Voted that the taxes shall be paid in two equal payments, July 1, 1941 and October 1, 1941 and that the Collector shall receive 1% of the 1941 taxes.


Article 7. Voted that the members of the Fire Department be paid the sum of $20.75 per year and $1.00 per hour while working at fires.


Article 8. Voted that the Town authorize the Collector to use all means in the collection of Taxes as the Treasurer might if elected to that office.


Article 9. Voted that the compensation for work on the Highways be left to the discretion of the Selectmen.


Article 10. Voted to authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to appoint one of its members as Water Registrar.


Article 11. Voted that the sum of $50.00 be the compensation of the Water Registrar for the ensuing year.


Article 12. Voted that the sum $1,000.00 be raised and appropriated to be used in conjunction with W.P.A. projects, under the direction of the Selectmen.


Article 13. Voted that the sum of $50.00 be raised and appropriated for the care of the Town Dump.


Article 14. Voted that the following committee of five shall be authorized to make arrangements and spend money appropriated under Article 4 for the ob- servance of Memorial Day: Honorary Chairman, Julius A. Fitts; Acting Chair- man, Charles Jones; Frank G. Haley, Joseph Grogan, Louis Connors.


Article 15. Voted that the sum of $1,000.00 be raised and appropriated for the improvement of Chapter 90 Roads, providing the State and County allot like amounts.


Article 16. Voted that the sum of $3,500.00 be raised and appropriated and placed at the disposal of the Fire Engineers for the purchase of a new Fire Apparatus.


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Article 17. Voted to authorize the Fire Engineers to dispose of the Howe- Reo Pump.


Article 18. Voted to transfer the sum of $100 00 from the Sewer Beds Truck- ing and Supervision Account to the Town Clerk's Department for the purpose of binding original Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates and old Record Books.


(b) Voted to transfer the sum of $22.13 from the Sewer Beds Trucking and Supervision Account to the regular Sewer Beds Account.


Article 19. Voted that the report of the Town Forest Committee be accepted as progress.


Article 20. Voted that the report be accepted, and a vote of thanks be ex- tended the Transportation Committee for their efforts. A committee of Mr Orrin Wilkins and the Board of Selectmen continue with any future transportation problems.


Article 21. Voted that the sum of $618.50 be raised and appropriated for the purchase of a new Oldsmobile Police Car, and that the Selectmen be authorized to trade in the present Police Car.


Article 22. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 for the support of athletic activities in the schools.


Article 23. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $390.00 for the tuition of Medfield pupils in the Trade Schools.


Article 24. Voted that the sum of $2,691.84 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of conditioning the present High School to serve as a Grade School next fall.




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