Town annual reports of Medfield 1960-1966, Part 27

Author: Medfield (Mass.)
Publication date: 1960
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 1530


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1


24


Sept. 27


Pliny Jewell


85


2


13


Oct. 2


Alice Mitchell


85


-


-


Oct. 12


Andre William Reggio


76


9


2


Carcinoma of the Lung


Medfield


Oct. 20


Katherine M. Murphy


98


8


7


Bronchial Pneumonia


Natick


Oct. 21


Charles H. Sweeney


69


-


Pulmonary Tuberculosis


Westboro


Oct. 22


Richard W. Mitchell


18


5


27


Gunshot Wounds


Medfield


Nov. 1


Margaret S. Long


87


5


18


Bronchial Pneumonia


Medfield


Nov. 4


John Arthur Sullivan


55


27


Fractured Skull, Auto Accident


Grafton


Nov. 14


Mary V. Burr


55


2


14


Heart Disease. Sudden Death


Medfield


Nov. 15


William Winberg, Jr.


66


7


12


Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage


Natick


Nov. 20


Mary G. Cutter


77


6


14


Bronchial Pneumonia


Natick


Dec. 14


Margaret Keough


90


8


15


Bronchial Pneumonia


Medfield


Dec. 19


Harry R. Houston


81


4


23


Bronchial Pneumonia


Natick


Dec. 28


Grace Darling Pooler


72


7


25


Bronchial Pneumonia


Medfield


Total number of Deaths 144. Residents of Medfield 43.


Non-resident in Medfield 9. Medfield State Hospital 92.


Recent Myocardial Infarct. Metastatic Carcinoma Arteriosclerotic Heart Dis. Bronchial Pneumonia Atalectasis. Prematurity Bronchial Pneumonia Uremia. Renal Insufficiency


Framingham Medfield Medfield Medfield


Medfield


Belmont Wrentham


Hypostatic Pneumonia


WARRANT


for


ANNUAL TOWN MEETING


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 elec- tions and in town affairs, to meet at the Memorial School in said Medfield on Monday the fifth day of March, A.D. 1962 at 12:00 Noon then and there to act on the following articles:


Article 1. To choose all Town Officers required to be elected annually by ballot, viz:


One Moderator, One Town Clerk, One Treasurer, all for one year.


One Member of the Board of Public Welfare for two years.


One Selectman, One Assessor, One Collector of Taxes, Two Trus- tees of the Public Library, Two Members of the School Committee, One Member of the Board of Health, One Cemetery Commissioner, One Member of the Water and Sewerage Board, One Member of the Board of Public Welfare, One Member of the Park Commission, Three Constables, all for three years.


One Member of the Planning Board for five years.


The Polls to be opened at 12:00 Noon and shall be closed at 8:00 o'clock P.M.


Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to accept the reports of the several Town Officers for the past year.


Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate. and/or transfer such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the following departmental and other expenses of the Town for the ensuing year, and to fix the salary and compensation of all elected officers of the Town as provided for in Section 108, Chapter 41 of the General Laws.


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GENERAL GOVERNMENT


Item


1961 Appro- priated


1961 Expended


1962 Recommended by Department


1. $


$


Moderator


$


Selectmen


2.


375.00


375.00


Salary-Chairman


375.00


3.


350.00


350.00


Salary-Clerk


350.00


4.


350.00


350.00


Salary-Third Member


350.00


5.


7,410.00


*7,588.76


Departmental Expenses


8,545.00


6.


8,485.00


*8,663.76


Total


9,620.00


7.


2,200.00


*2,365.39


Legal


2,500.00


Treasurer


8.


1,100.00


1,100.00


Salary-Treasurer


2,600.00


9.


1,500.00


1,465.80


Departmental Expenses


1,425.00


10.


2,600.00


2,565.80 Total


4,025.00


Collector


11.


2,200.00


2,200.00


Salary-Collector


2,560.00


12.


2,800.00


*3,228.04


Departmental Expenses


3,035.00


13.


5,000.00


*5,428.04 Total


5,595.00


Town Clerk


14.


1,200.00


1,200.00


Salary-Town Clerk


1,200.00


15.


325.00


324.29


Departmental Expenses


325.00


16.


1,525.00


1,524.29


Total


1,525.00


Assessors


17.


375.00


375.00


Salary-Chairman


375.00


18.


350.00


350.00


Salary-Clerk


350.00


19.


350.00


350.00


Salary-Third Member


350.00


20.


3,300.00


*3,592.59


Departmental Expenses


4,200.00


21.


4,375.00


*4,667.59


Total


5,275.00


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1961 Appro- priated


1961


Expended


1962 Recommended by Department


Planning Board


22.


Salary-Chairman


23.


Salary-4 Members


24.


915.00


758.80


Departmental Expenses


975.00


25.


915.00


758.80


Total


975.00


Park Commission


26.


Salary-Chairman


27.


Salary-Clerk


28.


Salary-Third Member


29.


1,450.00


1,415.96


Departmental Expenses


1,200.00


30.


1,450.00


1,415.96


Total


1,200.00


31.


1,475.00


1,445.21


Elections and Registrations


2,800.00


32.


7,850.00


7,486.08


Town Hall


7,992.00


33.


275.00


253.00


Finance Committee


275.00


34.


500.00


446.56


Town Meeting Expenses


500.00


35.


10,100.00


9,639.05


Total


11,567.00


HIGHWAYS


36.


32,470.00


*34,377.46


General Highways


44,500.00


37.


6,750.00


6,750.00


Chapter 81


.6,750.00


38.


1,500.00


4,500.00


Chapter 90


39.


2,000.00


1,968.54


Cutting Brush


2,200.00


40.


1,000.00


907.94


Sidewalks


1,000.00


41.


30,000.00


*38,718.25


Snow and Ice


42.


73,720.00


*87,222.19


Total


54,450.00


PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY


43.


51,500.40


51,500.40


Police


58,870.82


44.


250.00


250.00


Dog Officer


250.00


45.


8,855.00


*15,803.00


Fire


11,193.05


46.


727.19


Civilian Defense


1,000.00


47.


1,325.00


1,300.89


Building Inspector


1,325.00


48.


775.00


757.00


Plumbing Inspector


775.00


$49.


300.00


271.85


Gas Inspector


450.00


50.


675.00


661.96


Wiring Inspector


675.00


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Item


51.


700.00


649.39


Board of Appeals


650.00


52.


165.00


161.81


Sealer


175.00


53.


2.20


2.20


Tree Warden-per hour


2.30


54.


3,500.00


3,499.89


Care of Trees


3,500.00


55.


4,000.00


3,998.19


Dutch Elm Disease


4,000.00


56.


1,000.00


998.80


Moth


1,000.00


57.


500.00


498.57


Planting Trees


500.00


58.


200.00


198.98


Destroying Ivy


200.00


59.


1,800.00


*1,804.20


Mosquito Control


2,000.00


60.


10,034.00


9,390.18


Street Lights


10,050.00


61.


85,579.40


92,472.30


Total


96,613.87


HEALTH AND SANITATION


62.


Board of Health


Salaries-Three Members


63.


2,000.00


1,233.13


Departmental Expenses


3,000.00


64.


1,200.00


1,200.00


District Nurse


1,200.00


65.


1,000.00


1,000.00


Dental Clinic


1,000.00


66.


1,380.00


1,380.00


Ambulance


1,560.00


67.


400.00


200.00


Norwood Mental Health Center


400.00


Sanitation


68.


1,500.00


*2,194.51


Public Dump


2,500.00


69.


4,000.00


4,000.00


Garbage Disposal


6,000.00


70.


3,450.00


*5,366.33


Sewer


6,434.00


71.


14,930.00


16,573.97


Total


22,094.00


PUBLIC WELFARE


72.


312.50


312.50


Salary-Chairman


312.50


73.


187.50


187.50


Salary-Clerk


187.50


74.


125.00


125.00


Salary-Third Member


125.00


75


4,725.00


4,249.09


General Relief


3,000.00


76.


100.00


100.00


General Relief-Admin.


100.00


77.


11,000.00


11,000.00


Old Age Assistance


9,000.00


78


1,700.00


1,700.00


Old Age Assistance-Admin.


1,700.00


79.


6,000.00


4,408.04


Disability Assistance


1,000.00


80.


200.00


200.00


Disability Assistance-Admin.


200.00


81.


2,500.00


2,500.00


Aid to Dependent Children


1,500.00


82.


400.00


400.00


Aid to Dep. Children-Admin.


400.00


83.


20,000.00


20,000.00


Medical Assistance to Aged


15,000.00


84.


100.00


100.00


Medical Assist. to Aged .- Admin.


400.00


85.


47,350.00


45,282.13


Total


32,925.00


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Item


1961 Appro- 1961 priated Expended


1962 Recommended by Department


VETERANS


86.


3,700.00


1,765.66


Veterans Benefits


3,000.00


87.


650.00


604.90


Memorial Day


700.00


88.


50.00


50.00


Grave Markers


89.


4,400.00


2,420.56


Total


3,700.00


SCHOOLS


90. 378,530.00


378,425.29


General School Budget


487,955.00


91.


4,810.00


4,090.34


Vocational Education


4,300.00


92.


1,200.00


*1,293.75


School Traffic


1,500.00


93.


384,540.00


383,809.38


Total


493,755.00


LIBRARY


94.


Salaries-Six Trustees


95.


4,400.00


10,860.21


Departmental Expenses


4,400.00


96.


684.62


684.62


Dog Tax Transfer


736.60


97.


733.69


733.69


Library Fines Transfer


790.61


98.


5,818.31


12,278.52


Total


5,927.21


PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISES


99.


Water


Salaries-Water and Sewerage Board-3 Members


100.


31,100.00


*31,538.85


Departmental Expenses


37,800.00


101.


2.20


2.20


Superintendent's Sal .- per hr.


2.30


102.


31,100.00


31,538.85


Total


37,800.00


CEMETERY


103.


Salaries-3 Commissioners


104.


5,980.00


*8,353.63


Departmental Expenses


6,800.00


105.


143.10


143.10


Sale of Lots Transfer


106.


1.80


1.80


Superintendent's Sal .- per hr. 1.80


107.


6,123.10


*8,496.73


Total


6,800.00


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TOWN AND DEBT INTEREST


108.


133,000.00


133,000.00 Notes


131,000.00


109.


70,702.50


69,398.14


Interest


69,394.50


110.


50.00


6.00


Certification of Notes 50.00


111.


203,752.50


202,404.14


Total


200,444.50


INSURANCE


112.


2,171.61


2,326.45


Vehicle Insurance


2,709.11


113.


4,556.25


4,556.25


Workmen's Compensation


5,365.39


114.


8,650.00


8,650.00


Fire Insurance


4,000.00


115.


637.35


*2,181.93


Boiler Insurance


116.


16,015.21


17,714.63


Total


12,074.50


UNCLASSIFIED


117.


1,685.00


1,684.00


Town Report


1,776.00


118.


150.00


*150.58


Town Clock


150.00


119.


8,828.01


8,828.01


County Retirement


9,260.84


120.


8,750.00


8,754.36


Group Insurance


10,000.00


121.


5,000.00


5,000.00


Stabilization Fund


5,000.00


122.


5,000.00


4,927.00


Reserve Fund


10,000.00


123. $29,413.01


$29,343.95


Total


$36,186.84


Article 4. 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, 1962, 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 5. 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 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the reconstruction of a section of High, South, and Spring Streets (Route 27), and Main Street, (Route 109), said money to be used with funds allotted by the County and State, or do or act any- thing in relation thereto.


Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from the Stabilization Fund and/or borrow a sum of money for the reconstruction of Pound Street, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


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Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money and appropriate it to the Street Improvement Account, said funds to be expended for the reconstruction of Cross Street.


Article 9. To see of the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of installing Guard Rail Posts and Cable Fence on the easterly side of the overhead railroad crossing on Curve Street, a distance of approximately 150 feet, or do or act any- thing in relation thereto.


Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article 19 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1961 by deleting the words "on Route 109 and Route 27" from the vote which reads as follows:


"Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 for the purpose of painting the white lines on Route 109 and Route 27."


and substitute the words "public ways" so that it shall read as follows:


"Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 for the purpose of painting the white lines on public ways."


or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,300.00 for the purchase of a Sidewalk Tractor and Plow for the use of the Highway Department, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $17,000.00 for the purchase of a Front-End Loader for the use of the Highway Department, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to accept two drainage easements, the first being a grant of easement by William S. Blanchard and Gertrude C. Blanchard to the Inhabitants of the Town of Medfield by instrument dated October 15, 1959, and recorded with Norfolk Deeds in Book 3774 at Page 248, the second being a grant of easement by Herbert P. Crump and Dorothy C. Crump to the inhabitants of the Town of Medfield by instrument dated October 16, 1959, and recorded with said Norfolk Deeds in Book 3774, Page 247.


Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of extending the drainage in an ease- ment off Bridge Street for a distance of 350 feet, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to increase the term of the office of the Town Treasurer from one (1) year to three (3) years, said three-year term of office to commence in the year 1963, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


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Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of renovating the Town Hall and Offices, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 97, relating to the operation of the Police Department.


Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 97A, relating to the operation of the Police Department.


Article 19. To see if the voters of the Town of Medfield will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 41, Section 108E of the General Laws of Massachusetts as amended pertaining to the minimum annual compensation of Police Officers. (Petition of William H. Mann and others)


Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of a 75 foot Aerial Ladder Truck, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Fire Department)


Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of 500 feet of 21/2" hose, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Fire Department)


Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of changing the radios with the Base Station. (Fire Department)


Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of a new truck for the Tree and Moth Departments and authorize the Tree Warden to trade or sell the exist- ing tree truck, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Tree Warden)


Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to appoint one of its members as Water Super- intendent or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Water Board)


Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of a truck chassis and a utility body to be mounted on the same and authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to trade or sell as part of the purchase price the present 1951 truck, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Water and Sewerage Board)


Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to make an engineering survey for the possible exten- sion and improvement of the Town Water System, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Water and Sewerage Board)


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Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $321.82 for retirement under the provisions of Chapter 708, Acts of 1941, as amended and Chapter 419, Acts of 1943, as amended, relative to teachers entering Military Service. (School Committee)


Article 28. To see what sum the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to renovate various areas in the Dale Street School (old High School) and to equip four (4) classrooms and the cafeteria, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (School Committee)


Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to establish a Permanent School Planning and Building Committee to be composed of five mem- bers to be appointed by the Town Moderator, such a committee to be composed of one member of the School Committee and four members at large. Term of membership shall be for three years except that the initial appointments shall be made as follows: One member for a term of one year, two members for a term of two years, and two members for a term of three years, and to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a sum of money for the purposes of this committee, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (School Needs Committee)


Article 30. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Assessors to appoint one of its members as Clerk, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Board of Assessors)


Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Health to appoint one of its members as Agent for the Board of Health, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Board of Health)


Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Cemetery Commissioners to appoint one of its members as Superintendent, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Cemetery Commissioners)


Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $300.00 such sum to be used for trucking approximately 1500 yards of peat from the Route 27 reconstruction project to the Vine Lake Cemetery, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Cemetery Com- missioners)


Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00, such sum to be used to initiate a program of sur- facing the drives in the Vine Lake Cemetery, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Cemetery Commissioners)


Article 35. To hear and act on the report of any special committee appointed at any previous Special Town Meeting or Annual Town Meeting or appointed by the Moderator or Selectmen as authorized by the vote of the Town.


Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a committee of five (5) members and authorize it to make arrangements and to


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spend money appropriated under Article 3 for the observance of Memorial Day. (Selectmen)


Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $7,850.00 for the purpose of completing the swimming pool and its appurtenances located at Green and Brook Streets, and to authorize the Park Commission to spend said sum of money, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Park Commission)


Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,300.00 for the purpose of operating and maintaining the swimming pond located at Green and Brook Streets, or do or act any- thing in relation thereto. (Park Commission)


Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the purpose of development and maintenance of Little League playing area. (Park Commission)


Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law and Zoning Map of the Town of Medfield by removing the premises hereinafter described from the provisions of Section II. "AA", "A", and "C" Residence District Uses and placing the same under the provisions of Section IV. Business District Uses; That certain parcel of land situated on the southerly side of Main Street in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, and bounded and described as follows:


NORTHWESTERLY by Main Street about 483.23 feet;


NORTHEASTERLY by land owned by Hillcrest Development Corp. measuring about 500 feet;


SOUTHEASTERLY by land now owned by Ruth and Robert Nindel to be distant southerly from Main Street 500 feet and parallel therewith;


SOUTHWESTERLY by land now owned by Helen G. Mc- Carthy measuring 500 ft., or do or act anything in relation thereto. (By Petition)


Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to rescind and repeal Article 18 passed at the Annual Town Meeting held on March 13, 1951 and amended November 26, 1956, and entitled "Earth Removal By- Law". (Planning Board)


Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 8C, Conservation Commission, Establishment, Powers and Duties. (As Mended)


Commission, Establishment, Powers and Duties. (As Amended)


Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following as a By-Law: "Rules and Regulations Governing the Removal of Earth


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and Rock in the Town of Medfield and on file in the Office of the Town Clerk. (Planning Board)


Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to install street lights with shields on Fairview Road on alternate existing poles beginning with pole No. 13579 and ending on pole No. 11, or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Petition of Edward G. Byrnes and others)


Article 45. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 136, Section 4B of the General Laws. (Petition of Thomas F. Clancy and others)


Article 46. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds in the Town Treasury for the purpose of procuring a Master Plan (so-called) and Report for the Town of Medfield, and to see what instructions the Town will give the Planning Board in conjunction therewith, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select- men to petition the County Commissioners to relocate North Street between School Street and the Dover Town Line, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 48. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Assessors to use a sum of money from Free Cash in the Treasury for the reduction of the 1962 Tax Rate, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 49. 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:


John D. and Gertrude R. Reilly Lot $100.00


Joseph A. Roberts, III Lot 100.00


Joseph Lessard Lot 50.00


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 thirteenth day of February A.D. Nine- teen hundred and sixty-two.


AUSTIN C. BUCHANAN JOSEPH A. ROBERTS JOSEPH L. MARCIONETTE Selectmen of Medfield


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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


Norfolk, ss.


Medfield, Massachusetts February 26, 1962


By virtue of this warrant, I have notified and warned the inhabi- tants 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 said meeting.


ALLAN A. KINGSBURY, Constable of Medfield


ANNUAL TOWN MEETING FOR THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS


March 5, 1962


Pursuant to the foregoing warrant the meeting was opened at 12:00 o'clock noon by the Town Clerk with the reading of the warrant through Article 1. The ballot had been previously checked and found to be in good working order, instructions to voters and specimen ballots posted at the entrance and within the polling place. The following persons were sworn in and assigned to their duties: Mary Mair Etienne and Mildred Rossi distributing ballots, Anne Young and Anne Donlan checking at the ballot box, Thomas Clancy, Warden, John Gattoni, Deputy Warden, Charles W. Keirstead, Clerk and Marie Burke, Deputy Clerk. The tellers for the counting of ballots after the polls closed were Gladys Clougherty, Charlotte Randolph, Viola Burr, Hildegarde Mun- son, Mary Mair Etienne, Florence Roberts, Elizabeth Ekstrom, Marie Burke, Gertrude Simpson, Mildred Rossi, Evelyn Gronberg, Beatrice Bangs, Letitia McEleney, Alice Hogan, Joan Griffin and Mary Nyren. Thomas Clancy and John Gattoni were in charge of the ballot box.


The polls were declared closed at 8:00 P.M.


The total vote cast was 1465 which was about 58 per cent of the 2525 registered voters.


103


MODERATOR (One Year)


Charles F. Woodard Donald P. Hann Blanks


1072


340


53


TOWN CLERK (One Year)


Charles W. Keirstead


1390


Blanks


75


TREASURER


(One Year)


Walter E. Anderson


1323


Blanks


142


BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE (Two Years)


Edwin S. Mitchell


1304


Blanks


161


CONSTABLES


(Three Years)


Robert W. Brady E. Nina Iafolla


1252


Robert K. McCarthy


1259


Blanks


639


SELECTMAN (Three Years)


Austin C. Buchanan


1144


Richard E. Fenton


62


Matthew J. Tocci


247


Scattered


1


Blanks


11


ASSESSOR (Three Years)


849


Melville J. Mills


577


Blanks


39


COLLECTOR OF TAXES (Three Years)


Charles H. Rayner, Jr. 1321


Blanks 144


104


Harry E. Conway


1245


TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY (Three Years)


Jane G. Cheever


1142


Peter P. Vasaturo


1200


Blanks


588


MEMBERS OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE (Three Years)


James T. Frame, Jr.


1224


Alton H. Hartford


1278


Blanks


428


MEMBER OF BOARD OF HEALTH (Three Years)


Claire H. Smith


1240


Blanks 225


CEMETERY COMMISSIONER (Three Years)


Clifford W. Bosselman


1291


Blanks 174


MEMBER OF WATER AND SEWERAGE BOARD (Three Years)


1274


Scattered


1


Blanks


190


MEMBER OF BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE (Three Years)


1258


Blanks 207


MEMBER OF PARK COMMISSION (Three Years)


1256


Blanks 209


MEMBER OF PLANNING BOARD (Five Years)


759


Burgess P. Stanley


656


Blanks 50


105


Robert L. Coulter


Theodore B. Pederson


Walter M. Frank


Charles C. Cain


After the results were publicly announced, the ballots, tally sheets and master sheet were turned over to the Town Clerk for safe keeping as prescribed by law. A true copy attest:


CHARLES W. KEIRSTEAD,


Town Clerk


ANNUAL TOWN MEETING FOR THE TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS




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