Town annual reports of Medfield 1940-1949, Part 25

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


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Engineers of the Fire Department


ALLAN A. KINGSBURY *EDGAR W. ALLEN KENNETH R. CLARK


** Resigned. *Serving with U. S. Forces under leave of absence.


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Burial Agent AMOS C. KINGSBURY


Pound Keeper


WILLIAM S. BLANCHARD


Field Drivers and Fence Viewers


ALLAN A. KINGSBURY FRED C. CHICK COLEMAN J. HOGAN


Police Officers


FRED C. CHICK LINDSEY N. RIPLEY


FRED. M. SPEAR


FRANCIS D. WALSH ARTHUR V. KENNEDY EARL A. BEATON


JOHN E. VARNUM


Keeper of the Lockup Dog Officer


LINDSEY N. RIPLEY


COLEMAN J. HOGAN


Measurers of Wood and Bark


DENNIS LUCY


GEORGE L. L. ALLEN


Public Weighers


JOHN R. BERNDT


EUGENE L. TEBBETTS


Superintendent of Moth Work GEORGE L. L. ALLEN


Forest Warden ALLAN A. KINGSBURY


Sealer of Weights and Measures GAIL E. COSGROVE


Special Officers


CHARLES W. BROOKS MICHAEL HORGAN CHARLES W. BROWNING MYRON D. PLACE


WALTER REYNOLDS DANIEL C. HINKLEY


EDWIN F. PENNIMAN WALTER M. LOKER JOHN CAMPBELL


RODMAN C. NOWERS LEON BLAISDELL


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Town Accountant


*FRANCIS M. BIBBY LESLIE J. HOWLETT * Deceased.


Term expires 1945


Town Counsel FRANK D. MCCARTHY


Finance Committee


ALEXANDER MacLEAN


Term expires 1944


WILLIAM L. CONRICK


Term expires 1944


SYDNEY L. TAYLOR


Term expires 1944


J. STANLEY KELLY


Term expires 1945


CHARLES F. ALLEN


Term expires 1945


JOHN A. NEWELL


Term expires 1945


JJOSEPH L. MARCIONETTE, JR.


Term expires 1946


CARLTON W. KINGSBURY


Term expires 1946


Chief of Police CÓLEMAN G. HOGAN


* Resigned.


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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN


To the citizens of the Town of Medfield, the Board of Select- men respectfully submit a resume of the events of the past year.


Organization


The Board of Selectmen organized March 3, 1943, with Frank G. Haley, Chairman, Charles W. Haigh, Clerk, and Robert H. Fraser.


The Selectmen have held many hearings on various matters during the year and have attended many meetings and conferences outside of the town on municipal affairs. The work of the Select- men has increased tremendously through the acceptance of various duties thrust upon them by the Federal and State Governments.


Highways


Physically, all highways and streets in the State belong to one system. The motoring public recognizes no political bound- aries nor is the motorist concerned if he leaves one class of high- way to travel on another. He expects to find them serviceable. Each road in the public highway system depends upon other roads to justify its existence because each highway receives or delivers its traffic from or to some other highway. With this responsibility in mind the highway department exerts every effort to furnish well maintained roads to the public.


Regular maintenance, such as cleaning catch basins, patching, gravelling, and repairing shoulders was performed. Twelve com- plete roads and portions of nineteen received applications of tarvia with sand cover.


Sections of Route 109 were coated with asphalt, covered with stone and rolled.


The remaining sections should be similarly treated in order to preserve the surface.


Drainage pipe was laid along Hospital Road to prevent re- currence of frost upheavals in the spring.


Several culverts were constructed on Granite Street. The County Commissioners were petitioned for a lay-out of Granite Street from Forest Street to the Walpole Line. This road was laid out in 1742 but no definite bounds were determined or recorded at that time. Although little travelled it is necessary to main- tain this road in a passable and safe condition.


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Many road signs were renewed and railway distant signs were repainted.


A welding machine and sand spreader were purchased. Elec- tric lights were installed in the Store House and a new wire brush drag was built by the highway department.


The purchase of another loading machine to replace the one on hand is recommended as soon as government priorities are released. This machine is eighteen years old and beyond the stage where repairing is economical.


Highway appropriations in 1943 were the lowest in years. The department had $2750.00 less to spend than in 1942 despite the fact that maintenance, cost of equipment, wages and cost of materials advanced anywhere from 25% to 75%.


Sidewalks


Sidewalks were repaired as efficiently as obtainable materials would permit. Barrelled tar was purchased this fall after priori- ties were removed and it is hoped that the apparatus necessary to apply it may be borrowed from neighboring towns this summer.


Bridges


New planking was laid where necessary on several bridges. The under-pinning of the Noon Hill Road bridge spanning Stop River shall have to be renewed and the bridge reconstructed.


Post-War Public Works


At the request of the Governor a municipal post-war public works program has been undertaken by the Selectmen and the following committee has been named to formulate plans:


Myron H. Smith, Richard E. Huebener, Carlton W.


Kingsbury, Charles W. Haigh and Frank G. Haley.


The function of municipal post-war public works is to give consideration to providing employment for the men and women who will be released from the armed forces and from war industry, until such time as peacetime industry can absorb them. It is as- sumed that these projects will be financed by the Federal, State, County and Town governments and shall be selected by the voters of the Town at a Town Meeting.


The following projects are being considered and plans and specifications are in process:


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Sewer Extensions


Miller Street from collecting wells to Oak Street.


Oak Street from Miller Street to South Street.


Oak Street from Miller Street to Park Street. Pleasant Street, Oak Street to old school lot. South Street from Main Street to Oak Street. Park Street from Main Street to Oak Street.


Frairy Street from Railroad to Dale Street including automatic lifting pump and collecting pump.


South Street from Pound Street to Pleasant Street.


Pleasant Street at the South Street end.


Pleasant Street from Oak Street to bend at playground.


Pleasant Street from bend at playground toward South Street.


Collecting well and automatic pump to be installed.


Water 1


High Street extension 8" x 6" on High and Plain Streets. Pine Street to Olyott's barn.


Nebo Street to Phillip Street.


Highway


Improvement and reconstruction of Pine Street from Winter Street to the Dover Line.


Granite Street from Forest Street to the Walpole Line.


Metacomet Playground


Construction of additional tennis courts, relocation of base- ball and football fields and general landscaping.


Sidewalks


Reconstruction of bituminous sidewalks on numerous streets.


The Selectmen recommend that at the conclusion of war the town engage a heating expert to survey and recommend to the town an improved heating system for the Town House. They believe that changes can be made to give a more satisfactory distribution of heat at lower fuel cost.


January 1, 1943, the Selectmen ordered an Honor Roll to be affixed to the front of the Town House as the most feasible and prominent location possible. 10% of the town population was considered a reasonable estimate of the number of names recorded on it but, to take care of any contingency, the Selectmen provided space to accommodate 15% or 283 names. At this date that space is inadequate owing to the increase in the number of persons in-


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ducted in service, inclusion of women and the large enlistment of the Medfield State Hospital. Plans are underway to add two smaller rolls to be affixed to the columns on each side of the present Roll. It is believed that this will make an attractive ar- rangement and amply take care of all future enlistments for the duration.


The Selectmen and the various departments of the Town have practised economies and eliminated everything but war time essentials from their budgets to give the Town the lowest tax rate since 1938 despite the additional expense of the new school building.


The Selectmen have great admiration for the splendid re- sponse of the men and women of Medfield in answer to the country's "Call to Arms." They also, in behalf of the Town wish to asknowledge the patriotism and fortitude of their relatives in cooperating with the war effort in addition to pursuing their daily tasks.


During the year it has been necessary for the Selectmen to appoint a number of committees for local, state or federal affairs. In a good many instances considerable work was involved. Not one of the persons appointed refused to serve. We are proud of this record and wish to acknowledge that such a cooperative attitude is greatly appreciated by your Selectmen.


The fine spirit of cooperation shown by the various depart- ment heads is to be commended. As we all know, this town, as well as all others, suffered from a serious shortage of labor. A good proportion of our labor was shifted from one department to another as contingencies arose and, in that way, we managed to get the essential work completed.


Respectfully submitted,


FRANK G. HALEY, CHARLES H. HAIGH,


Selectmen of Medfield.


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CIVILIAN DEFENSE


Many changes have taken place since our organization was begun in the dark days of December 1941. While we were ac- tually organized some time before Pearl Harbor, yet it was more or less in skeleton form until the war was forced upon us. Since that time, material changes, to conform with current conditions, have been adopted. Consolidation has been necessary in view of the fact that three hundred of the townspeople have been called into the service, which has greatly depleted our ranks. We all realize that the removal of 15% of the cream of our manpower leaves a considerable burden on those remaining at home. Our government considers it essential to continue with our work and until we receive orders to the contrary we will carry on to the best of our ability.


Our Report Center is still on a twenty-four hour basis. We realize that, at this time, this is monotonous work and much credit is due Mrs. "Jo" Colt for the splendid attendance which she and her fine corps of assistants are maintaining. It should be under- stood that the Police Department handles the Report Center be- tween the hours of 6:30 P. M. and 7 A. M. This splendid coopera- tion is typical of this Department.


Our present need is more volunteers, who can and will spend an hour or two a week at the Report Center. We have some faithful workers who have been carrying a heavy load but they need assistance. Bring your fancy work and also a friend and spend a sociable hour.


Our Transport and Canteen Units, under the direction of Captain Frothingham, Lieutenant Howlett and Lieutenant Penni- man are, as usual functioning in an efficient manner. These units have been working in co-operation with the State Guard, Red Cross, and the primary grades of our school. Lieutenant Howlett and Sergeant Wills especially, have been doing "WAAC" duty, assisting in many ways with the multitudinous details con- nected with State Guard work. The Transport Unit has been used in convoying the State Guard to the Wakefield Rifle Range and have used the range also. They have been taught by com- petent army men how to shoot rifles, shotguns and sub-machine guns and have thoroughly enjoyed the experience. The Canteen has fed the State Guard at this camp several times which has been excellent experience for them. In addition, there have been mobilizations and parade work. This training has made them fit and ready for any emergency job which may arise out of war or disaster.


BLOOD DONATIONS are the most important contribution today. We recognize this, as you all do, and consequently we have put in a large part of our time on this most important


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function. This work, of course, comes under the direct supervision of the Red Cross and not the Civilian Defense, but it has been a pleasure and a privilege to assist in this work. You will recall last July a Blood Bank was held in Millis and we assisted both in the transportation of the blood donors and in the clerical work involved. We were very gratified at the excellent showing of the Medfield people. In addition we are ready at any time to arrange for transportation to Boston of any person who desires to donate blood at the headquarters on Boylston Street.


During the summer months arrangements were made for a Community Market. This was a new venture for Civilian Defense, and, on the whole, worked out very satisfactorily. Next year, with the experience gained during the past summer, we feel that arrangements can be made so that many more people will benefit.


Arrangements were made last fall with the Grammar School for the serving of hot soup to the younger school children dur- ing their noon recess. The Red Cross gladly joined with us in this work and these two organizations are doing this work, each taking their weekly turn.


During the year there has been several salvage drives. Metals of all kinds, old clothes, papers and tin cans are all essential for the war. Not only Civilian Defense and Red Cross workers have assisted but many others not connected with any organization, have joined with us in this important work and have done a grand job. Medfield's record is high in this respect and the people should be complimented on their fine spirit, and willingness to dig in and keep the wheels turning.


The State Guard has now been operating for approximately a year and a half. This unit is composed of men from both Millis and Medfield. One of the finest honors which can be given to a military unit is to be named as "Color Guards" in parades or reviews. Medfield has had this honor, not once, but three times. We do not think it necessary to say any more except, "Keep up the fine work. You are a credit to any community and we are proud of you." In addition to this our State Guard made a mass pilgrimage to donate blood to the Red Cross Blood Bank.


There has been a reduction this past year in the number of Air Raids as compared with the previous year and as a result our Air Raid Wardens, Auxiliary Police and Auxiliary Firemen have not been called to duty as much in the past. We know, how- ever, that they are ready and would be on the job if the occasion demanded.


We have striven during the past year toward the accomplish- ment of the fundamental things of this changing world of ours and my hearty thanks and appreciation go to the people who have assisted to make these things possible.


CHARLES W. HAIGH,


Chairman Civilian Defense.


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TOWN CLERK'S RECORDS For the Year 1943


Births Recorded in Medfield During the Year 1943


Date


Child's Name


Place of Birth


Parents


1942


Dec. 30 1943


Barbara Jean Wilbur


Norwood


Melvin I. and Ethel Calthorpe


Jan. 7 James Reginald Carr, Jr.


Boston


James R. and Martha Van Vasburgh


Jan. 12 Charlotte Branda Ellen Clark


Natick


Lewis and Eva Hinchcliffe


Jan. 18 Thomas Lawrence Morganti


Norwood


Louis L. and Eileen D. Yorston


Jan.


21 Beverly Mae Owen


Natick


Roy and Mabel Lindsay


Mar.


1 George Owen Sweeney


Framingham


Thomas V. and Elizabeth Hinkley


Mar. 10 Beverly Ann Smith


Boston


Norman J. and Grace E. Cockerill


Mar. 11 Linda Joyce Palumbo


Natick


Rebel and Catherine Collari


Mar. 28 Margaret Ann Travers


Framingham Frank L. and Genevieve Mooney


Apr. 15 Deborah Sue Haskell


Norwood Malcolm R. and Dorothy G. Winter


May 2. George Richard Oja


Norwood George J. and Anna C. Carlson


May 9 Marjorie Ann Hanson


Natick


Otis and Mildred Clark


May 22 Teresa Ellen Thibeau


Framingham


Melvin J. and Margaret E. McGowan


Norwood


William S. and Ruth L. Pohlman Stanley C. and Lydia Pratt


June 12 John Charles Kennedy


Natick


Joseph S. and Gladys M. Emerson


June 20 June Yvonne Meyer


Needham


Carl H. and Agnes B. Rouzaut


June 24 David Edward Ruth Swallow


Framingham


John H. and Sylvia E. Critchley


June 26 James Edgar Burgess


Natick


Edgar and Ruth Stultz


June 27 Adele Helen Rouzaut


Boston John F. and Lena A. Bullard


Aug. 27 David Waters


Boston


Bertram G. and Elena Brown


Sept. 19


Lois Mae Kuhlken


Framingham


Herman R. and Winifred M. Nelson


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May 23 Bertha Louise Moses


June 11 Robert Stanley Fisher


Norwood


Oct. 7 Deborah Anna Clancy


Natick


Oct. 15 Jay Jerard Francis Jennings


Natick


Oct. 27 Sandra Mae Frink


Framingham


Nov. 1 Dorothy Louise Alger


Framingham


Natick


Edwin C. and Aurora Palumbo


Nov. 4 Michael Ronald Rothman


6 Jane Dart


Boston


Paul J. and Anne Jefferson Justin W. and Jane O'Brien


Nov. Nov. 8 Margaret Anne Young


Boston


Robert J. and Anne F. Miret


Nov. 12


Paul Edward Hinkley


Framingham


George W. and Edna M. Howard


Nov. 12 Peter Stephen Hinkley


Framingham


George W. and Edna M. Howard


Nov. 16 Mary Christine Seeley


Boston


Paul E. and Margaret A. Rasmusen


Dec. 2 Mary Elizabeth McCarthy


Norwood


Robert K. and Helen G. Rouzaut


Dec. 12


Alvin Scott Faris


Norwood


Robert A. and Ann Crosby


Dec. 23


Christopher Bowie Clifton


Brockton


Richard M. and Marion A. Bowie


Dec. 24 Anne Carol Bailey


Norwood


Dec. 27 Paula Lee Maus


Needham


John J. and Ethel Robicheau Richard and Pauline E. Just


Dec. 28


David Stevenson Kerr


Natick


George E. and Inez S. Stevenson


Total number of Births, 38. Females, 21. Males, 17.


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Thomas and Anna Kelley Jay J. and Frances Hayes Herbert W. and Doris E. Sawyer Lawrence O. and Anna M. Wills


Nov. 4 Edwin Charles Flaherty, Jr.


Natick


VITAL STATISTICS 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 Town Clerk of the 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 may be obtained upon application to the Town Clerk.


Parents and others are requested to carefully examine the following lists and if any errors or omissions are discovered report them at once to the Town Clerk, that the record may be corrected, as it is very important that the record of Vital Statistics be ac- curate and complete.


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Marriages Recorded in Medfield During the Year 1943


Date


Name


Residence Where and By Whom Married


1943 Feb. 13 Giuseppe Ferrone Maria Menotte


Feb. 16 Edward Walter Quinn


Alice Cecilia Stead


Somerville


Feb. 20 Carleton Robert Chick


Medfield


Medfield Rev. Francis L. Shea


Mar. 3 John James Pasquantonio Marion Winnifred Hazel


Franklin


In Camp Edwards Rev. Mathias A. Wiar


Apr. 17


John William Schaeffer


Walpole


In Medfield Rev. Francis L. Shea


May 1


Philip Frederic Wangner Anita Wheeler


Newton


In Medfield Rev. Eric Alton Ayer


May


1 Francis William Martin Elizabeth Blanchard Allen


Norwood


In Medfield Rev. Francis L. Shea


May 9 Lawrence R. Curtis Lillian Grace Seaborn


No. Easton


In Medfield Rev. Theodore Goodale


May 14 Willard Putnam Davies Marion Kathleen Kingsbury


Foxborough


In Foxborough Rev. Raymond G. Worster


May 22 Leo Ernest Odett Olive Margaret Wiehn


June 6


Harold Benedict Morrissey Edna Elizabeth Tapley


Medfield


Norfolk


Pauline Ella Hood


Medfield


Millis


Medfield


In Millis Rev. Frederick J. Mulrey In New London, Conn. A. A. Washton, J. P. In Medfield


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Margaret Eileen Hinshon


Medfield


Bloomfield, N. J.


Medfield


Medfield


Medfield


Medfield


Medfield


In Framingham Rev. Harry L. Mayer


Dorchester


In Medfield Rev. Francis L. Shea


June 26 George Field Gehman


Medfield


In Millis


Rev. Howard P. Bozarth


Beatrice Therese Hinkley


Medfield


Marriages Recorded in Medfield During the Year 1943


Date


Name


Residence


Where and By Whom Married


July 3


Ensign Fullar Dickinson Jennie Eva Judkins


Medfield


In Medfield


Framingham


Rev. Eric Alton Ayer


July


7 Richard Winslow Breck, Jr.


Medfield


In Boston


Sylvia Thorington


Baltimore, Md.


Rev. Arthur S. Payzant


July 17 Edward C. Kreger


Medfield


In Lowell Rev. Francis L. Shea


Aug. 7 Robert Russell Palson


Pauline Nancy Iafolla


Medfield


In Medfield Rev. Francis L. Shea


Aug. 21 Francis James Brock Elinor Jane Barr


Dedham


In Dedham Rev. John D. Lyons


Sept. 10 James Floyd Ours Wretha Alma Snyder


Medfield


Rev. Eric Alton Ayer


Oct. 2 Dwight Eugene Adams Sally Marcia Aldrich


Medfield


Rev. Eric Alton Ayer


Oct. 3 Andrew Louis Massa Alice Louise De Lorme


Medfield


Rev. John T. Dunne In Medfield


Oct. 5 John Daniel Coughlan


Marcia Ellen MacDonald


Medfield


Rev. Francis L. Shea


Oct. 15 Ralph Myron Crosby


Walpole


In E. Walpole Rev. J. Roy Packard


Marilyn Ruth Yorston


Medfield


Oct. 16 John Joseph Corkery


Allston


In Allston


Catherine Myra Rokes


Medfield


Rev. George F. Sullivan


Total number of Marriages, 23. Married in Town, 12. Married out of Town, 11. Resident of Medfield, 27. Non-resident, 19.


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Medfield


In Medfield


Milo, Maine


In Medfield


E. Boston


In Medfield


Medfield


Lillian C. Gendron


Medfield


Dover


Medfield


Deaths of Residents of Medfield During the Year 1943


Name


Age Y. M. D.


Cause of Death


7


Catherine V. Mulcahy


59


-


Chronic Myocarditis


Alfred Horatio Jordan


80


11


21


Arteriosclerosis


L


Adolph Carlson


49


-


- Fracture of Skull


7


Lillian Calder


57


9


21


Chronic Interstitial Nephritis


0


John Henry Kiniry


77


10


2 Myocarditis


2


Robert H. Fraser


64


7


23


Carbon Monoxide Poisoning


2


Alfeo Ippoliti


19


4


8


Epilepsy


2


Grace S. Kerr


52


7


4 Secondary Anemia


5


George Edward Mason


33


7


7


Tuberculosis of Lungs


5


Herbert S. Pember


74


4


29


Coronary Thrombosis


1


Michael M. Ryan


75


Heart Disease


8


Christina Platt


100


11


Chronic Myocarditis


3


Anna Garabedian


54


3


23


Structure of common duct


3


Edward James Sheahan


60


5


4


Asthenia


8


Agnes Davenport


70


5


24


Cerebral Embolism


3


Martin F. O'Grady, Sr.


82


5


26


Pernicious Anemia


1


Carrie A. Leahy


85


6


24


Secondary Anemia


5


William Edw'd Mclaughlin


58


2


25


Carcinoma of Stomach


1


Francis Merton Bibby


48


7


13


Broncho pneumonia


8


Fannie A. Codding


81


9


15


Myocarditis


0


Roselma E. Race


70


Chronic Myocarditis


1


John Joseph Toubeau


58


3


25


Cerebral Hemorrhage


6


Marion P. Smith


18


4


13 Congestive Failure


8


James P. Caulfield


55


Coronary Occlusion


17 Hannah Jackson


82


7


10


Metastatic Carcinoma


Total number of Deaths, 195. Residents of Medfield, 29.


Medfield State Hospital, 162. Non-resident in Medfield, 4.


19


9


Eric Alton Ayer, Jr.


11


10


Respiratory Paralysis


Harriet Winslow Gardiner


53


4


25


Carcinoma of Breast


15 George Duke


49


11


2 Broncho pneumonia


Marilla Fairbank


68


7


10


Chronic Hypertensive Heart


TOWN WARRANT


Commonwealth of Massachusetts


NORFOLK, SS:


To either of the Constables of the Town of Medfield, in saic County, greeting:


In the name of the Commonwealth you are directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Medfield, qualified tc vote in elections and in town affairs, to meet at the Town Hall, in said Medfield on Wednesday the third day of February, A.D. 1943 at 7:30 P.M. then and there to act on the following articles:


Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $200.94 to defray the unpaid bills of the School . Building Committee, appointed under Article 7 of the Special Town Meeting held May 14, 1940, and to meet said appropriation the sum of $200.94 be transferred from the unexpended balance of the appropriation voted under Article 3 of the Special Town Meeting held July 10, 1939, for the purpose of laying a 6 inch water main in South Street, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


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 27th day of January A.D. Nine- teen hundred forty three.


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


A true copy attest:


FRED C. CHICK,


Constable of Medfield.


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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


NORFOLK, SS:


Medfield, Massachusetts January 27, 1943.


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


FRED C. CHICK,


Constable of Medfield.


SPECIAL TOWN MEETING February 3, 1943


The meeting was called to order by the Moderator at 7:30 P.M. and the following action was taken on the article in the warrant:


Article 1. Voted unanimously to pass this article as presented in the warrant.


Voted that the meeting be dissolved.


A true copy attest:


CHARLES W. KEIRSTEAD, Town Clerk.


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 8th day of February A.D. 1943 at 8:15 P.M. then and there to act on the following articles:


Article 1. To see if the Town will authorize the School Com- mittee to convert one boiler in the High School from fuel oil to




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