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Article 21. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 to defray expenses of sending out postal cards notify- ing voters of Special Town Meetings.
Article 22 .ยท Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 for the systematic removal of garbage.
Article 23. Voted to accept the report of the committee appointed under Article 40 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1946 (Project of grading and seeding the New Athletic Field) and have said committee continue its work and report at a future town meeting.
Article 24. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,555.00 which is to be used for the improvement of the High School Athletic Field.
Article 25. Voted that the citizens of the Town of Med- field accept with thanks the gift of a Chain Link Fence donated by Mrs. Joel E. Goldthwait.
Article 26. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 for Evening Vocational Classes for Women.
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Article 27. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $750.00 for tuition to State-Aided Vocational Schools.
Article 28. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $861.98 to pay the following unpaid bills of the School Depart- ment for the year 1948:
Boston Edison Company
$233.55
Boston Music Co.
1.50
Broadhead-Garrett Co.
6.65
Electro-Vox
6.70
Fisher Coal Co.
257.88
Ginn & Company
195.51
Johnson Service Co.
25.05
McCormick Mathers Pub. Co.
5.50
National Solvent & Engineering Co.
54.39
Medfield Water Dept.
13.90
Medfield Water Dept.
29.68
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
20.17
Arthur E. Wills
11.50
$861.98
Article 29. Voted to transfer the sum of $198.94 from funds in the Treasury to the Library Board, the same being the amount of fines collected by the Library during the year 1948.
Article 30. Voted to place the sum of the Dog Tax at the disposal of the Library Board.
Article 31. Voted to petition the Boston Edison Company to install a street light on Pleasant Street, the cost of installa- tion to be taken from the appropriation for street lighting under Article 4.
Article 32. Voted that this article be dismissed wherein the installation of electric lights on Nebo and the corner of Nebo and Millbrook Streets was petitioned.
Article 33. Voted to petition the Boston Edison Company to install a street light on the corner of Janes Avenue and Main Street, the cost of said installation to be taken from the appropriation for Street Lighting under Article 4.
Article 34. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $785.66 for the Norfolk County Retirement System.
Article 35. Voted to authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to appoint one of its members as Water Superintendent.
Article 36. Voted that the sum of $1.40 per hour be paid the Water Superintendent.
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Article 37. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $175.00 to purchase a Novo-Portable Ditch Pump for the Water Department.
Article 38. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,200.00 for the maintenance of Vine Lake Cemetery plus the amount from the sale of Cemetery Lots.
Article 39. Voted 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:
Mark Woodbine Lot $100.00
Charles S. Ficicchy Lot
100.00
Vincent Mick Lot
100.00
Edward Wood Lot
100.00
Article 40. Voted against appropriating the sum of $2,- 643.00 to defray the cost of land damages awarded by the County Commissioners in the taking of land for the relocation of North Street.
Vote-In favor 53; Against 72.
Article 41. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 to install a transmitter with cables and control head in the Police Car.
Article 42. Voted to make preparations for the celebra- tion of the 300th Anniversary of the incorporation of the Town of Medfield by appointing a committee to consist of the Board of Selectmen and such person or persons as they see fit to appoint on the Committee to work with them, having due regard in such appointments for all churches and organiza- tions within the town.
Article 43. Voted that this article be dismissed wherein the sum of $150.00 was asked for the purpose of repairing the float on Kingsbury's Pond.
Article 44. Voted that the sum of $580.00 be raised and appropriated to purchase four smoke masks for the Fire De- partment.
Article 45. Voted that the sum of $1.25 per hour be paid the members of the Fire Department while working at fires.
Article 46. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $6,000.00 for the purchase of a new fire truck, and to meet such appropriation the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen is hereby authorized to borrow in accordance with Chapter 44, General Laws the sum of $5,000.00 and to issue
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bonds or notes of the Town therefor. Such bonds or notes to be paid in not more than five years from date of issue of the first bond or note or such earlier time as the Treasurer and the Selectmen may determine. The balance of $1,000.00 to be paid out of the current taxes of the present year. (132 voted in favor of the article and 40 against it.)
Article 47. Voted that the citizens of the Town of Medfield accept with thanks the lot of land donated to the Town, located on Adams, North and Dale Streets.
Article 48. After hearing the report of the School Build- ing Committee appointed by the town on March 8, and Novem- ber 15, 1948 there was considerable discussion on its recom- mendations. Subsequently the following five part motion was made and separately acted upon:
Moved:
1. That the report and recommendations of the Committee be accepted, and
2. That the Selectmen be authorized to petition the Legis- lature in behalf of the Town for authority to borrow the sum of $100,000.00 in excess of the statutory debt limit for the purpose of constructing and financing on a 20-year basis a five room single story Elementary School Building on the land re- ferred to in Article 47, and
3. That the present committee consisting of Dana B. Jeffer- son, Jr., Alden H. Pember, Joseph S. Kennedy, Enid Cantorregi, Richard E. Johnson, Richard H. Hager and John D. Williams, Chairman, and the School Committee be constituted as a build- ing committee and that the sum of $2,000.00 be appropriated for the use of this committee for the purpose of obtaining architect's preliminary sketches and plans for said purpose, and
4. That said committee report to the town at a Special Town Meeting to be held for the purpose, and
5. That the sum of $4,500.00 be appropriated for the re- roofing of the present Grammar School Building.
The Town voted on the foregoing motion as follows:
1. Voted to accept the report of the committee. (The recommendations of the committee were not accepted as shown by the adverse action taken on part 2 and 5 of this motion. )
2. Voted that this part of the motion be dismissed.
3. Voted that the present committee consisting of Dana B. Jefferson, Jr., Alden H. Pember, Joseph S. Kennedy, Enid
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Cantorregi, Richard E. Johnson, Richard H. Hager, and John D. Williams, Chairman, and the School Committee be con- stituted as a Building Committee and that the sum of $2,000.00 be raised and appropriated for the use of this committee for the purpose of obtaining architect's preliminary sketches and plans for said purpose.
4. Voted that said committee report to the Town at a Special Town Meeting to be held for the purpose.
5. Voted that this part of the motion be dismissed wherein the sum of $4,500.00 was asked for re-roofing the present Gram- mar School.
A. Upon a vote for the reconsideration of Part 2, of the foregoing motion under this article the following action was taken:
VOTED to authorize the Selectmen to petition the Legis- lature to borrow for the purpose of constructing a School Building or constructing an addition to existing school build- ings and of originally equipping and furnishing the same to the Town of Medfield may borrow from time to time within a period of five years from the passage of this act such sums as may be necessary not exceeding in the aggregate, $100,000.00 and may issue bonds or notes therefor, which shall bear on their face the words "Medfield School Building Loan Act." Each authorized issue shall be paid in not more than 20 years from their dates. Indebtedness incurred under this act shall be in excess of the statutory limit but shall, except as herein provided be subject to Chapter 44 of the General Laws ex- clusive of the limitation contained in the first paragraph of Section 7 thereof.
139 voted in favor-3 voted against.
Article 49. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 to provide post quarters for the Beckwith Post No. 110 American Legion as provided under Chapter 40, Section 9, General Laws.
Voted that the meeting be dissolved.
A true copy attest:
CHARLES W. KEIRSTEAD
Town Clerk.
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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 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 fourteenth day of March A.D. 1949 at 10 P. M. then and there to act on the following article:
Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Assessors to use a sum of money not to exceed $15,000.00 from free cash in the Treasury for the reduction of the 1949 Tax Rate.
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 7th day of March A.D. Nine- teen hundred forty-nine.
FRANK G. HALEY WILLIAM E. MCCARTHY JOSEPH L. MARCIONETTE
Selectmen of Medfield.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Medfield, Mass. March 7, 1949
NORFOLK, SS.
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 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.
COLEMAN J. HOGAN
Constable of Medfield.
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING March 14, 1949
Pursuant to the foregoing warrant the meeting was called to order by the Moderator at 10:00 o'clock P. M. and after reading the warrant, the following action was taken on the article therein:
Article 1. Voted to authorize the Board of Assessors to use a sum of money not to exceed $15,000.00 from free cash in the Treasury for the reduction of the 1949 Tax Rate.
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 10th day of October A.D. 1949 at 7:30 P. M. then and there to act on the following articles:
Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article 1 of the warrant for the Town Meeting held August 12, 1947 so as to read as follows: To raise and appropriate $3,790. for a tractor and sidewalk plow and bulldozer unit, and to meet said appropriation that $520. be transferred from the balance of an appropriation voted under Article 13 of the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting in 1948, that $755. voted from Surplus Revenue under Article 1 of the Warrant for meeting held August 12, 1947 be re-appropriated, that an additional amount of $15. be appropriated from Excess and Deficiency Fund, and that the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and is hereby authorized to borrow $2,500. and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, payable in not more than five years in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws.
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Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to dispose of miscellaneous worn out equipment, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 3. 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 oper- ation and maintenance of Highway Machinery.
Article 4. To see if the Town will appropriate $575. for the purchase of an E. & J. Resuscitator and to meet said appropriation that $285 be transferred from the balance of an appropriation voted under Article 44 of the warrant of the Annual Town Meeting; that an additional amount of $290 be appropriated from the Excess & Deficiency Fund, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $650. from available funds in the Treasury for the purchase of a new police car and authorize the old car to be turned in as part of the purchase price, or do or act anything in relation thereto.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money from available funds in the Treasury for the hire of an ambulance for Town use, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Board of Health).
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from available funds in the treasury a sum of money to install a light on pole No. 20 on Pleasant street, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Petition).
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from available funds in the Treasury a sum of money to install a light on pole No. 23 on Pleasant Street, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Petition).
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer from available funds in the Treasury $1,000. for the purchase of books for the School Department, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (School Committee)
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $785. for the purchase of new equipment for the Physical Education Program in the High School, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (School Committee).
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $450. for the adjustment of salaries in the schools, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (School Committee).
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $950. for the purchase of a power mower for the
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School Department, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (School Committee).
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the jurisdiction of the Athletic Field, so far as use and maintenance is concerned, to the School Committee and to continue the Committee appointed under Article 40 until further construc- tion details are completed.
Article 14. 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:
George S. Cheney Lot $100.00
William D. R. Owens Lot
100.00
Walter Russell Lot
100.00
James A. Sproul Lot
100.00
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting an attested copy thereof, in the usual place for posting war- rants 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 30th day of September A.D. Nineteen Hundred and forty-nine.
FRANK G. HALEY JOSEPH L. MARCIONETTE WILLIAM E. MCCARTHY Selectmen of Medfield.
COLEMAN J. HOGAN Constable of Medfield.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Medfield, Mass. September 30, 1949
NORFOLK, SS.
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.
COLEMAN J. HOGAN Constable of Medfield.
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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING October 10, 1949
The meeting was called to order by the Moderator at 7:30 P. M. and the following action was taken on the articles in the foregoing warrant:
Article 1. Voted unanimously to amend Article 1 of the warrant for the Town Meeting held August 12, 1947 so as to read as follows:
To raise and appropriate $3,790. for a tractor and side- walk plow and bulldozer unit, and to meet said appropriation that $520.00 be transferred from the balance of an appropria- tion voted under Article 13 of the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting in 1948, that $755. voted from Surplus Revenue under Article 1 of the warrant for meeting held August 12, 1947 be re-appropriated, that an additional amount of $15. be appropriated from Excess and Deficiency Fund, and that the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and is hereby authorized to borrow $2,500. and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor, payable in not more than five years in accord- ance with the provisions of Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 2. Voted to authorize the Selectmen to dispose of any miscellaneous worn out equipment at this time.
Article 3. Voted to transfer the sum of $2,900.00 from the Road Machinery Fund to the Highway Machinery Operat- ing Account to defray expenses for the operation and mainte- nance of Highway Machinery.
Article 4. Voted to appropriate the sum of $575. for the purchase of a Resuscitator (the make to be left to the dis- cretion of the Fire Dept.) and to meet said appropriation that $285. be transferred from the balance of an appropriation voted under Article 44 of the warrant of the Annual Town Meeting of 1949; that an additional amount of $290. be ap- propriated from the Excess and Deficiency Fund.
Article 5. Voted to appropriate the sum of $650. from available funds in the Treasury for the purchase of a new Police Car and authorize the old car to be turned in as part of the purchase price.
Article 6. Voted to appropriate the sum of $250. from available funds in the treasury for ambulance service for the balance of the fiscal year.
Article 7. Voted to appropriate the sum of $17.60 from available funds in the Treasury to install a light on pole No. 20 on Pleasant Street.
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Article 8. Voted to appropriate the sum of $17.60 from available funds in the Treasury to install a light on pole No. 23 on Pleasant Street.
Article 9. Voted to transfer the sum of $1,000. from the balance of the Grammar School Alterations Fund appropriated under Article 5 of the warrant for the June 21, 1948 Town Meeting, for the purchase of books for the School Department.
Article 10. Voted to appropriate the sum of $785. from available funds in the Treasury for the purchase of new equip- ment for the Physical Education Program in the High School and Elementary School.
Article 11. Voted to appropriate the sum of $450. from available funds in the Treasury for the adjustment of salaries in the schools.
Article 12. Voted to appropriate the sum of $950. for the purchase of a power mower for the School Department and to meet said appropriation that $121.51 be transferred from the balance of the School Grading, and Walks Fund of Article 36, 1948 Annual Town Meeting, that $37.91 be transferred from the balance of the Grammar School Alterations Fund of Art- icle 5 of the June 21, 1948 Town Meeting, and that $790.58 be transferred from available funds in the Treasury.
Article 13. Voted to transfer the jurisdiction of the Ath- letic Field, so far as use and maintenance is concerned, to the School Committee and to continue the Committee appointed under Article 40 until further construction details are com- pleted.
Article 14. Voted 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:
George S. Cheney Lot
$100.00
Walter Russell Lot
100.00
William D. R. Owens Lot
100.00
James A. Sproul Lot
100.00
Voted that the meeting be dissolved.
A true copy attest:
CHARLES W. KEIRSTEAD
Town Clerk.
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JURY LIST 1950
Beal, Frank
Salesman
South Street
Bristol, Byron B.
Contractor
Cheever, Charles W.
Broker
Phillips Street Elm Street Vinald Road
Chick, Fred C.
Retired
Clewes, John
Straw Worker
North Street
Conners, Louis S.
Straw Worker North Street
Conrick, Richard E., Jr.
Shoe Worker
South Street
Conway, Harry E.
Retired
Harding Street
Coulter, Robert
Foreman
South Street
Farmer, William S.
Manufacturer
Farm Street
Frothingham, William B.
Broker
Elm Street
Goring, Dudley J.
Carpenter Broker
Harding Street
Haigh, Charles W.
Supervisor
Hospital Road
Hammond, John M. Hennahane, Michael
Laborer
Hale Place
Howlett, Leslie J.
Bank Personnel
Pleasant Street
Kelly, Delmar M.
Dairyman
South Street
Kennedy, Francis D.
Retired
Pleasant Street
Mckay, Leslie J.
Carpenter
Curve Street
McKinnon, James E.
Machinist
North Street
Molloy, Matthew Morgan, John D.
Straw Worker Brook Street
Reggio, A. William, Jr.
Insur. Investigator Green Street
Ryan, William M.
Retired
Adams Street
Sauer, John R.
Clerk
Pleasant Street
Simmons, Charles W.
Salesman
North Street
Smith, Elwyn A.
Straw Worker
Janes Street
Smith, Myron H.
Chemist North Street
Smith, Norman
Engineer
Miller Street
Spring, Rennie J.
Carpenter Miller Street
Sullivan, John
Retired
North Street
Sweeney, Edward A.
Straw Worker Adams Street
Salesman Frairy Street Miller Street
Proprietor
Investment Broker Elm Street
Broker
North Street
Hospital Road Bridge Street
Custodian Broker Accountant Main Street
Machinist
Pleasant Street
Curve Street
Greenough, David S., Jr.
Machinist
Brook Street
Electrician
Hospital Road
Tollas, Roger Vasaturo, Alfred C. White, James N. Whiteside, Thomas Whittier, J. Fred Whittier, Nathaniel Wilkins, Orrin E. Zizza, Lawrence
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REPORT OF WATER DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
Activities of the Water Department continued to increase during the year ended December 31, 1949, and are expected to continue at a high level in 1950, as indicated by the follow- ing estimate:
Actual 1948
Actual 1949
Estimate 1950
New services installed
Gallons of water purchased
Gallons of water sold
35,585,720
60 43,137,600 35,852,690
60 45,000,000 37,500,000
EXPENDITURES
Cost of water purchased
$4,858.98
$4,829.75
$5,000.00
Salaries and wages
3,151.15
4,204.46
4,250.00
Meters, transportation, mis- cellaneous materials in- cluding service materials for which the town is re- imbursed
3,547.27
4,513.03
4,750.00
$11,557.40
$13,547.24
$14,000.00
REVENUE
Water sold
$12,348.69
$13,186.33
$14,000.00
Service materials, etc. sold
1,163.89
1,418.63
1,500.00
$13,512.58
$14,604.96
$15,500.00
During 1949 we sold the remaining amount of 16 inch surplus pipe which we had on hand leaving some 240 feet of 10 inch pipe, with surplus fittings to be sold.
The 8 inch water main extension on Adams Street was completed early in 1949. A 6 inch water extension totalling about 1035 feet was installed in a private street to serve 12 new families in the new real estate development off North Street; this work was done under our supervision at the ex- pense of the owner of the property. It is anticipated that this main will be extended at least another 1000 feet and possibly twice that amount in 1950 to serve additional lots ready for new homes. This and other new building known to be immi- nent leads us to estimate at least 60 new services in 1950.
Due to the unprecedented number of new services installed in 1949, expenditures of the department overran the amount estimated by about $1,100.00. In addition to the large number
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of services expected in 1950, we also estimate that the amount of water purchased and sold will be considerably increased.
We therefore ask for a somewhat higher appropriation as noted above. We believe that increased revenue will offset this increase in the expenditures.
The ditch pump purchased by the Water Department in 1949 has been used not only by us but also by the Highway Department a great many times during the year and has prob- ably nearly paid for itself in the savings over hand labor and pump rental.
The Water Department truck purchased in 1937 is now eleven years old and major repairs may be expected at any time. Due to the age of the vehicle, repair parts are extremely difficult and costly to obtain, and we feel that the town should consider replacement of this truck in the near future.
Respectfully submitted,
John D. Williams Harry R. Leighton Myron H. Smith Water and Sewer Commissioners.
REPORT OF THE SEWER DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Gentlemen:
The usual routine care was given the sewer beds and em- bankments in 1949 in order to keep them in top condition. Some additional work was done in levelling up those beds which suffer from uneven settlement but more work remains to be done in the future.
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