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FRANK G. HALEY, WILLIAM E. MCCARTHY, JOSEPH L. MARCIONETTE, JR.,
Selectmen of Medfield.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT For the Year 1948
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 Town Clerk of the Town where such 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 there are any errors or omissions, report such at once to the Town Clerk. This is important so that we may have as accurate and complete a record of Vital Statistics as possible.
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Births Recorded in Medfield During the Year 1948
Date
Child's Name
Place of Birth
Parents
1947
Dec. 14 1948
Ruth Anne Hamilton
Natick
Robert and Eleanor Oram
Jan. 15 Mertie Lorraine Scribner
Natick
George and Christine MacLellan
Jan. 24
Paula Marie Kreger
Natick
Francis and Miriam Rossi
Jan. 25 George John Reid Sauer
Natick
John and Elizabeth Kulscar
Feb.
5
Dale Aubrey Tibbetts
Natick Aubrey and Norma Yankee
Feb. 5 Donald Paul Ravinski
Needham
Joseph W. and Ruth E. Arndt
Feb. 6 Kenneth Bruce Higginbotham
Framingham
Harold K. and Alma L. Bailey John W. and Phyllis Meincke
Feb. 21 Nancy Jeanne Koerner
Boston
Lawton B. and Ethel J. Clark
Mar. 20 Robert Dexter Watson, Jr.
Norwood
Robert D. and Barbara A. Jonah
Apr. 10 Richard John Toubeau
Framingham
Robert T. and Anita E. Charles
Apr. 16 Theresa Lee Lyons
Framingham
John J. and Mary T. McCarthy
Apr. 22 Stephen Elliot Berry
Needham
Paul E. and Eileen Coughlan
Apr.
25 Harold Stephen Reinhart
Apr. 30 John Rensforth Yeo
Natick
Natick
George Jr. and Edna Howard
May 9 Barbara Louise Barrett
Norwood
Albert R. and Shirley E. Johnstone
May 9 Charles George Scavey
Norwood
Charles and Mary C. Johnson
May 13 Eugene Edward Sexton
Norwood
Frederick C. and Nathalene Drouin
May
13 Paul Frederick Sexton
Norwood
Frederick C. and Nathalene Drouin
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Feb. 22 Lawton Brightman Kingsbury
Natick
Boston
Harold P. and Antoinette Vasaturo Rensforth and Helen A. Power
May 7 Stephen Hinkley
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Births Recorded in Medfield During the Year 1948
Date
Child's Name
Place of Birth
Parents
1948
May 22
Fay Elizabeth Lewis
Boston
John H. and Elizabeth L. Blackman
May 29 Lois Dorothy Hamilton
Natick
Harvey and Dorothy Stanton
June 4 Dennis Keating
Norwood
James J. and Barbara A. McCarthy
June 8 Lauryn Anne Rossi
Natick
Lawrence and Anna Mezzanotte
June 10 Carol Arlene Craig
Natick
Waldo and Hilda Anderson
June 20 Walter Scott Argo
Natick
Glen and Julia Martin
July
2 Michael Jacob Gorman
Framingham
Michael J. and Helen Catenacci
July
18 Stanley Richard Baker
Natick
Ralph and Anna DeFrancisco
July 23 Kenneth George Crowell
Natick
Kenneth G. and Ellen Gavin
July 26
Juliet Silverman
Boston
Leslie and Eleanor Riffin
July
28 Aileen Kent Sanger
Boston
Kent and Adele R. Wilson
Aug. 20
Nancy Margaret Sullivan
Natick
Owen and Mary Mitchell
Aug. 25
Rachel Florence Smith
Framingham
Philip and Audrey Heustis
Sept. 3
James Hamilton Rayner
Natick
Charles H. and Doris Fenstermacher
Sept. 6
Thomas Eugene Crawford Woods
Norwood
Donald B. and Marie Ceglarski Frederick and Anna Hennehane
Sept. 22 Joel Aldrich Adams
Providence
Dwight and Sally Aldrich
Oct. 9
Gregory Francis Foss
Natick
Clayton and Christina Clark
Oct. 9 Phillip Pember
Natick
Alden and Katherine Kreger
Oct. 12
Arthur Herbert Lill, Jr.
Medfield
Thomas E. and Eileen F. Cronin
Sept. 7 Sept. 15 Terri-Anne Rogers
Natick
Framingham
Arthur H. and Evelyn F. Powell
Births Recorded in Medfield During the Year 1948
Date
Child's Name
Place of Birth
Parents
1948
Oct. 19
Michael Joseph Kreger
Norwood
John T. and Elizabeth McGuinness
Nov. 11 Leonard Paul Johnson
Natick
Frithof and Rita Croteau
Nov. 22
Robert Francis Saleda
Brookline Francis J. and Theresa E. Regan
Dec. 3 Lynne Bryant
Natick Preston and Laverne Dewar
Dec. 5 Pamela Ruth Smith
Natick
Philip and Glenice Paananen
Dec. 6 Christine Louise Stevens
Natick
Richard E. and Dorothy Nicholson
Dec. 24
Joseph Edward Morganti
Norwood
Louis L. and Aileen Yorston
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Dec. 28
James Vincent Mott
Norwood
Harold S. and Ann M. Bravo
Total number of Births-48. Females 17-Males 21.
Marriages Recorded in Medfield During the Year 1948
Date
Name
Residence
Where and By Whom Married
1948
Feb. 8
Vincent Bravo Nancy Antonina Lampasona
Medfield
In Framingham Rev. Joseph F. Berton
Feb. 16
Harry R. Brushingham
Medfield
In Boston
Laura Frances MacKey
Medfield
Rev. Henry E. Helnos
Feb. 28
Eugene Edward Monohon
Medfield
Medfield
In Worcester Rev. Clement F. Haher
Mar. 20
Raymond Barrett Fay Muriel Tremble Child
Medfield
Rev. John E. Morgan
Mar. 21
John Allan Beaton
Medfield
In Needham Rev. Harold H. Cramer
Apr. 3
Robert Kenneth McCarthy Ruth Lorraine Zizza
Medfield
Rev. Frederick T. Burke
Apr. 25 Francis James Cassidy Eileen Gloria Mckeown
Medway
In Medfield Rev. John W. Garrick
Apr. 29
Gail Fisher Clark Marjorie Virginia Farris
Boston
In Boston Rev. Arlington Booker
May 13
Russell L. Hammond Marion M. Hodgdon
Medfield
Medfield
In Pawtucket, R. I.
June 1 Alexander MacLean Alice Agnes Murphy
Pawtucket, R. I.
Rev. J. A. Toohey
June 9 Clyde Oscar Deering, Jr. Ann Faris
Woburn
Medfield
In Milford Rev. Eric Alton Ayer
Dorothy Eleanor Bancroft
Westboro
In East Walpole
Doris Elizabeth Tucker
Medfield
Medfield
In Medfield
Medfield
Medfield
Medfield
In Needham Winthrop M. Southworth, J.P.
Framingham
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Marriages Recorded in Medfield During the Year 1948
Date
Name
Residence
Where and By Whom Married
1948
June 19
Robert Cutler Bryant Dorothy Romines
Medfield
In Westwood
Westwood
Rev. Leland L. Maxfield
June 20
Charles Peter Mills
Medfield
In Medfield
Rev. John W. Garrick
June 26
Vernon Harold Patten
Medfield
In Medfield Rev. Arthur S. Payzant
June 26
Donald Henderson Lee Lillian Catherine Rapson
Medfield
In Medfield Rev. Arthur S. Payzant
Aug. 8 William Thomas Stone
Quincy
In Boston Rev. Eric Alton Ayer
Aug. 15
Charles Murray Boehm
Malden
In Medfield
Alice Mae Hood
Medfield
Rev. Jefferson H. Smith
Aug. 20
Robert Mackin Travers Barbara Joan Hull
Medfield
In No. Weymouth Rev. Gordon G. Newell
Sept. 4 Robert Edward Rooney
Danvers
In Medfield Rev. John W. Garrick
Sept. 8 David Percival Bramman
Medfield
In Medfield Rev. Frederick T. Burke
Sept. 11
John Francis Kenny Mary Clara Hibbert
Medfield
Rev. John W. Garrick
Sept. 16 Warren Edgar Getchell Mary Ann Cassidy
Medfield
In Medfield
Rev. Edward G. Alexander
Sept. 19 Daniel Henry Donahue
Wellesley
In Medfield
Mary Jeanette Matthews
Medfield
Rev. John W. Garrick
Helen Maude Lee
Medfield
Medfield
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Signe Virginia Kiniry
Medfield
Medfield
Janet Mary Larkin
Medfield
Catherine Marie Ramsdell
Medfield
Livingston, N.J. In Medfield
Sherborn
Margaret Mary Dean
Medfield
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Marriages Recorded in Medfield During the Year 1948
Date
Name
Residence
Where and By Whom Married
1948
Sept. 24
Sheldon Richard Carlson
Medfield
In Sherborn
Rev. Michael J. Horrigan
Sept. 24
Preston Annis Nowell
Medfield
In Medfield
Margaret Clark
Medfield
Rev. Edward G. Alexander
Oct. 9
Dexter George Dey
Medfield
In W. Springfield Rev. John H. Miller
Oct. 10
Raymond Pease
Dover
In Medfield
Alice Virginia Suereth
Medfield
Rev. Alfred S. Kline
Oct. 29
Morris Geller
Medfield
In Framingham
Monya Hyman
Brookline
Rev. Yeshaia Miller
Oct. 31
Joseph Glogowski
Medway
In Medfield Rev. Arthur S. Payzant
Nov. 6
Robert Wood Fenton
Medfield
In Medfield Rev. Eric Alton Ayer
Nov. 7
Horace Miller Thayer Elspet Ruth Murray
Medfield
In E. Walpole Rev. John E. Morgan'
Nov. 11
Walter Francis Reynolds, Jr. Helen Marie Flynn
Natick
Rev. Francis S. Keaney
Nov. 14
Albert Kenneth Harring
Everett
In Medfield
Mary Gertrude Dean
Medfield
Rev. John W. Garrick
Bridget Cordero
Medway
Mary Eleanor Simpson
Walpole
Walpole
Medfield
In Natick
Total number of Marriages-33. Married in Town-16. Married out of Town-17. Resident of Medfield-43. Non-Resident-23.
Ann Marie Lyons
Sherborn
Nancy Priscilla Prouty
Longmeadow
Deaths of Residents of Medfield During the Year 1948
eath ate of
Name
Y.
Age M D.
Cause of Death
1948
in.
9
ELizabeth F. Adams
86
8
18
Cerebral Thrombosis
n. 19
Alphonse J. Lausman
62
4
9
Coronary Occlusion
ır.
5
William E. Bosselman
53
73
7
19
Carcinoma of Esophagus
ır. 19
r.
3
Carrie L. Playse
90
13
Chronic Myocarditis
br.
15
Frances A. Dewar
82
11
22
Coronary Thrombosis
br.
17
Charles Milton Newell
40
11
15
Cerebral Arterio Sclerosis
ay
19
Emma Ward Fitts
76
4
ay
27
Clara G. Wood
70
Carcinomatosis
ay
29
William J. Hayward
87
11
16
Cerebral Hemorrhage
8
Murdock Lamont
90
Broncho Pneumonia
1g.
22
Mary E. Harding
79
1
14
Coronary Thrombosis
ug. 25
Flora Tidd Flower
76
2
24
ug. 29
Annie Z. Matanis
77
Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease
Orthostatic Pneumonia
pt. 10
Albert Warren Adams
51
10
12
Chronic Nephritis
ct. 16
Rosabelle W. Stevens
83
1
12
Bronchial Pneumonia
ov. 10
Earl Kendall Holt
59
9
19
Coronary Occlusion
ov. 21
Mary Livia Rossi
60
5
24
Coronary Thrombosis
ec.
13
Amelia C. Wright
78
-
-
-
ug. 29
George Thomas Holmes
82
2
27
Arteriosclerotic Heart
Disease
Total number of Deaths-155. Residents of Medfield-15. Medfield State Hospital-135. Non-Resident in Medfield -- 5.
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Uremia
James Glassett
Bronchial Pneumonia
Bronchial Pneumonia
ily
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 fifth day of January, A.D. 1948 at 7:30 P.M. then and there to act on the following articles:
Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from available funds in the Treasury a sum of money for the purpose of paying 1947 bills for snow removal 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 29th day of December A.D. Nineteen hundred forty seven.
Frank G. Haley William E. McCarthy Jos. L. Marcionette Selectmen of Medfield
Coleman J. Hogan Constable of Medfield
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
NORFOLK, SS:
Medfield, Massachusetts December 29, 1947.
By virtue of this warrant, I have 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 post- ing attested copies of said warrant in not less than five public
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places in the Town at least seven days before the time of holding the meeting.
Coleman J. Hogan Constable of Medfield
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
January 5, 1948.
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant a meeting was held in the Town Hall at 7:30 P.M. and after reading the article therein, the following action was taken:
Article 1. Voted unanimously to transfer the sum of $2,150.00 from available funds in the Treasury for the purpose of paying 1947 bills for snow removal.
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 first day of March A.D. 1948 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, Three Constables, One Tree Warden, all 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 Cemetery Commissioner, One Member of the Water and Sewer Board, One Member of the Board of Public Welfare, One Member of the Park and Planning Board, all for three years.
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One Member of the Park and Planning Board for five years.
Special Notice
The following question of public policy to be voted on at the March 1, 1948 election was received from the Secretary of State too late to be printed in the warrant. Therefore it is hereby inserted as a part of Article 1 and will be voted on by Official Ballot:
Chapter 47.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
"An Act to authorize the placing of the positions of the Regular or Permanent Members of the Police Force of the Town of Medfield under the Civil Service Laws"
Section 2. This act shall be submitted for acceptance to the voters of said town at the Annual Town Meeting in the current year in the form of the following question, which shall be placed upon the official ballot to be used for the election of Town Officers at said meeting :- "Shall an act passed by the General Court in the year nineteen hundred and forty eight, entitled, 'An Act to authorize the Placing of the Positions of the Regular or Permanent Members of the Police Force of the Town of Medfield under the Civil Service Laws,' be accepted?"
If a majority of the votes in answer to said question is in the affirmative, then this act shall thereupon take full effect, but not otherwise.
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 re- ports of the several Town Officers for the past year.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the expenses for the ensuing year.
Appro- riated 1947
Expended 1947
Recom- mended 1948
Executive
$3,275.00
$2,905.26
$3,034.00
Treasurer
750.00
745.64
250.00
Collector
1,900.00
1,900.00
2,100.00
Assessors
1,600.00
1,596.83
1,100.00
Town Clerk
500.00
498.57
100.00
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Election and Registration
485.00
474.51
900.00
Town Hall
3,885.00
3,871.75
3,885.00
Police
6,288.00
6,676.47
7,427.00
Dog Officer
100.00
100.00
100.00
Fire
3,500.00
5,599.54
5,000.00
Sealer
150.00
137.94
150.00
Moth
1,200.00
1,199.70
1,200.00
Care of Trees
1,500.00
1,411.70
1,500.00
Cutting Brush
1,000.00
1,045.34
1,000.00
Spraying Elms
400.00
400.00
1,000.00
Planting Trees
200.00
130.00
200.00
Destroying Ivy
1,675.00
1,290.63
1,675.00
District Nurse
550.00
550.00
550.00
County Hospital
2,272.41
2,272.41
1,877.28
Public Dump
300.00
425.00
500.00
Highways
13,000.00
12,954.51
13,000.00
Contingent
1,320.00
989.93
1,320.00
Veterans' Benefits
6,000.00
3,435.56
5,000.00
Veterans Service Admir
150.00
109.19
900.00
Guard Rails
300.00
299.15
300.00
Bridges
200.00
198.90
300.00
Sidewalks
500.00
353.12
500.00
Sewer
1,275.00
1,228.02
1,300.00
Street Lighting
5,079.00
5,614.50
5,174.00
Public Welfare
4,500.00
4,543.52
4,500.00
Old Age Assistance
22,000.00
21,528.72
22,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children
2,000.00
1,958.88
2,500.00
Old Age Administration
350.00
350.00
350.00
Aid to Dependent Children, Adm. 100.00
78.25
100.00
Public Welfare - Salaries
500.00
500.00
Schools
55,000.00
55,676.94
62,721.00
Library
3,094.11
500.00
Park and Planning Board
600.00
599.91
900.00
Memorial Day
300.00
467.38
500.00
Liability Insurance
950.00
974.54
1,050.00
Fire Insurance
1,950.00
1,904.72
1,565.00
Boiler Insurance
806.40
Reserve Fund
2,500.00
2,499.83
3,000.00
Water
9,075.00
6,670.97
11,400.00
Notes
21,000.00
21,000.00
21,000.00
Interest
4,032.50
4,005.56
3,800.00
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to fix the salary and compensation of all elective officers of the Town as pro- vided by Section 108, Chapter 41, General Laws, as amended.
Town Moderator
Town Clerk
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Snow
8,000.00
11,827.33
300.00
Health
Chairman Board of Selectmen
Clerk Board of Selectmen Third Member Board of Selectmen
Chairman Board of Assessors Clerk Board of Assessors
Third Member Board of Assessors
Chairman Board of School Committee
Clerk Board of School Committee
Third Member Board of School Committee
Chairman Board of Health
Clerk Board of Health
Third Member Board of Health
Chairman Board of Cemetery Commissioners
Clerk Board of Cemetery Commissioners Third Member Board of Cemetery Commissioners
Chairman Board of Water Commissioners Clerk Board of Water Commissioners
Third Member Board of Water Commissioners Chairman Board of Public Welfare
Clerk Board of Public Welfare Third Member Board of Public Welfare
Chairman Park and Planning Board Clerk Park and Planning Board
Other Three Members Park and Planning Board Chairman Trustees of the Public Library
Clerk Trustees of the Public Library
Other Four Members Trustees of Public Library Tree Warden
Constables, and raise and appropriate a sum of money thereto.
Article 6 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 finan- cial year beginning January 1, 1948, 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 7. To determine in what manner the taxes shall be collected for the ensuing year; also determine what per- centage shall be allowed the Collector for the ensuing year.
Article 8. To see what compensation the Town will allow the Members of the Fire Department for the ensuing year.
Article 9. 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 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to appoint one of its members as Clerk of the High- way Department, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
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Article 11. To see what compensation the Town will allow the Clerk of the Highway Department for the ensuing year.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the improvement of Chapter 90 Roads, said money to be used in conjunction with any money allotted by the State or County or both for this purpose, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to purchase a truck (and plow) for the Highway Department and to finance the foregoing pur- chase, raise a portion of said sum of money by taxation and authorize the Treasurer to borrow the balance and issue notes to be paid in not more than five years from date of issue to defray said balance.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to transfer a sum of money from the Road Machinery Fund to the Highway Operating Account to defray the expenses of the operation and maintenance of Highway Machinery.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to construct an asphalt sidewalk on the west side of the road connecting Mitchell and Cottage Streets, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to construct an asphalt sidewalk on the north side of West Main Street from the tracks of the N.Y., N.H. & H. R.R. Co. to the stone bound located on the property of William and Violet Blake, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to construct an asphalt sidewalk on the west side of Vinald Road, or do or act anything in re- lation thereto.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a com- mittee of five and authorize it to make arrangements to spend money appropriated under Article IV for the observance of Memorial Day.
Article 19. To hear and act on the report of the commit- tee appointed under Article 48 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1947 for the purpose of arranging a new contract with the Department of Mental Health for the purchase of water.
Article 20. To hear and act on the report of the Commit- tee appointed under Article 36 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1947 "To look into the advisability of installing about 11,600 feet of 8 inch and 6 inch water mains from the corner of South Street and High Street southeast on High Street to the Walpole line and on parts of Granite and Plain Street."
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Article 21. To hear and act on the report of the Commit- tee appointed under Article 27 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1947 "to work in conjunction with the Fire Engineers and the Park and Planning Board for further study of a suitable location for a new fire station not only to meet present needs but with a view to the future and submit plans and details."
Article 22. To hear and act on the report of the Commit- tee appointed under Article 20 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1946 "to present plans and recommendations at a future Town Meeting for an appropriate War Memorial for World War II Veterans."
Article 23. To hear and act on the report of the Com- mittee appointed under Article 27 of the Annual Town Meet- ing in 1946 "to inquire into the advisability of selecting and procuring a suitable location for new permanent Honor Rolls for Civil War, Spanish War, World War I and World War II Veterans."
Article 24. To hear and act on the report of the Com- mittee appointed under Article 33, of the Annual Town Meet- ing of 1946 empowered to act on making arrangements for the erection of a permanent Honor Roll to be located at Baxter Park in honor of World War II Veterans.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to defray the expenses of send- ing out postal cards notifying. the voters of Special Town Meetings, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the systematic collection and removal of garbage, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of making repairs in the room of the Medfield Memorial Library now occupied by the Medfield Historical Society, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following By-Law: "No person or corporation shall construct, alter or remodel a building in Medfield without first securing a permit for such construction, alteration or remodelling from the Board of Selectmen" or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to establish a Planning Board under Chapter 41, General Laws, Section 81A, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote that the members of the existing Planning Board shall serve as members of the new board until the next Annual Town Meeting.
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Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the new Planning Board to act as Park Commissioners.
Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the improvement of the High School Ath- letic Field, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for Evening Vocational Classes for Women and take any other action thereto.
Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for tuition to State Aided Voca- tional Schools, or take any action thereon.
Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to replace the roof of the ele- mentary school building. To appoint a committee to work with the School Committee for this purpose or take any other action thereon.
Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate one thousand dollars to be used for grading, walks, and playground equipment on the school lot or take any other action thereon.
Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from the High School Building Fund the sum of $116.47, to be used as a part of Article 36 or take any action thereon.
Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from funds in the Treasury to the Library Board the sum of $196.75, the same being the amount of fines collected by the Library during the year 1947, or do or act anything in relation there- to. (Trustees of the Public Library.)
Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $632.80 the 1947 Dog Tax Return to the Library or School Department, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to install one electric light on pole No. 5 on Dale Street, or do or act any- thing in relation thereto.
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