Town annual reports of Medfield 1960-1966, Part 47

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


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Article 1. The original motion "That the sum of $1,400,000.00 be appropriated for the purpose of constructing, originally equipping and furnishing an addition to the Junior-Senior High School off Pound Street, and for the purchase of final plans and drawings for the same, and that to meet said appropriation the sum of $30,000.00 be transferred from the unexpended balance of an appropriation made under Article 8 of the Special Town Meeting of September 17, 1962 and that the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorizd to issue $1,370,000.00 in bonds or notes of the Town under the provisions of Chapter 645 of the Acts of 1948 as amended" was defeated as shown by the following results of a secret written ballot:


208 voted in favor of passage


399 voted against passage


Voted that this article be dismissed


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1964


Following the foregoing action on Article 1, it was voted to adopt this Resolution:


"That the permanent School Planning and Building Committee study plans for developing a school on the elementary level, both one story and two story buildings, and to report back to the Town at a special meeting to be called as soon as said committee has sufficient information to present."


Article 2. Voted that this article be dismissed as failure to pass article 1 nullified its purpose.


Article 3. Voted that this article be dismissed wherein authorization to acquire land for school purposes was sought.


Article 4. The following motion failed to pass as the results of a secret written ballot showed that a two thirds majority necessary for passage was not obtained:


Moved - To amend the Zoning By-Law and Zoning Map of the Town of Medfield by removing the premises herinafter described from the provisions of Section 4, Business District Uses and placing the same under the provisions of Section 2, "AA", "A", and "C" Residence Dis- trict 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:


Northerly by Main Street, 303.27 feet;


Westerly by land now or formerly of Dyer, 500 feet;


Southerly by a line 500 feet southerly from and parallel to Main Street, 365 feet more or less;


Easterly by Parcel "B" and by land marked Keigwin and Meaney and by land of Hillcrest Development Corporation, 500 feet more or less.


319 Voted in favor of passage


196 Voted against passage


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1964


Article 5. Voted to authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint a committee for the purpose of securing recommendations for the pur- chase of a new ambulance, and to submit their report at the Annual Town Meeting.


Article 6. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $145.00 for the purpose of indemnifying Officer Earl Nina Iafolla for expenses and injuries sustained by him while acting as a Police Officer, under the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 14, Section 100.


Article 7. Voted unanimously to raise and appropriate the sum of $615.00 for the purpose of paying the following unpaid bills incurred in the year 1963:


Charles W. Keirstead


$204.00


Joseph A. Roberts


63.00


Benjamin Brock


348.00


Article 8. Voted that this article be dismissed wherein a sum of money was sought to chlorinate the effluent from the sewer beds.


Article 9. 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:


Bradford Curtis Lot.


$250.00


Bradford A. Cimino, Jr. Lot


200.00


Edwin H. Gronberg Lot


250.00


Robert D. Hersee Lot


100.00


Mrs. James Murphy Lot


100.00


John J. O'Leary Lot


100.00


Francis A. O'Neill Lot


100.00


Amy S. Rowe Lot


500.00


Voted that the meeting be dissolved.


A true copy attest:


CHARLES W. KEIRSTEAD, Town Clerk


112


TOWN OF MEDFIELD


1964


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 elections and in town affairs, to meet at the Memorial School, in said Medfield on Monday, the second day of March A.D. 1964 at 12:00 Noon then and there to act on the following articles :


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


One Moderator, One Town Clerk, One Member of the School Com- mittee, all for one year.


One Assessor for two years.


One Selectman, One Assessor, Two Trustees of the Public Library, One Member of the School Committee, One Member of the Board of Health, One Cemetery Commissioner, One Member of the Water and Sewerage Board, Two Members of the Park Commission, One Member of the Board of Public Welfare, One Tree Warden, 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.


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1964


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.


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


Item


Expended Expended Requested


No.


1962


1963


1964


1. Moderator


$. . .. . .


$


$


Selectmen


2. Salary-Chairman


$ 375.00


375.00


375.00


3. Salary-Clerk


350.00


350.00


350.00


4. Salary-Third Member


350.00


350.00


350.00


5. Payroll


5,238.00


6,362.00


6,350.00


6. Other Expenses


832.00


944.00


800.00


7. Salary-Town Accountant


1,800.00


1,900.00


2,000.00


Total


8,945.00


10,281.00


10,225.00


Town Counsel


8. Salary


2,000.00


3,000.00


3,000.00


9. Expenses


104.00


602.00


500.00


Total


2,104.00


3,602.00


3,500.00


Treasurer


10. Salary


1,500.00


2,000.00


2,600.00


11. Payroll


650.00


650.00


600.00


12. Other Expenses


775.00


1,147.00


900.00


Total


2,925.00


3,797.00


4,100.00


Tax Collector


13. Salary - Collector


2,560.00


3,000.00


3,000.00


14. Payroll


1,762.00


2,350.00


15. Other Expenses


2,838.00


1,636.00


1,690.00


Total


5,398.00


6,398.00


7,040.00


8


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TOWN OF MEDFIELD


1964


Item


Expended Expended


No.


1962


1963


Requested 1964


Town Clerk


16. Salary


1,200.00


1,200.00


1,500.00


17. Expenses


324.00


299.00


500.00


Total


1,524.00


1,499.00


2,000.00


Assessors


18. Salary-Chairman


375.00


375.00


375.00


19. Salary-Clerk-Second Member


350.00


350.00


350.00


20. Salary-Third Member


350.00


350.00


350.00


21. Payroll


3,541.00


4,000.00


22. Other Expenses


4,118.00


1,125.00


1,400.00


23. Clerk-Per Hour


2.00


2.00


Total


5,193.00


5,741.00


6,475.00


Planning Board


24. Salary-Chairman


25. Salary-4 Members


26. Other Expenses


830.00


663.00


1,095.00


Total


830.00


663.00


1,095.00


Park Commission


27. Salary-Chairman


28. Salary-Clerk


29. Salaries-3 Members


30. Expenses


1,652.00


1,885.00


31. Payroll-Swimming Pool


5,459.00


5,500.00


32. Expenses-Swimming Pool


1,413.00


1,360.00


Total


6,941.00


8,524.00


8,745.00


Election and Registration


33. Salaries-Registrars


275.00


275.00


275.00


34. Other Expenses


2,755.00


1,263.00


3,325.00


Total


3,030.00


1,538.00


3,600.00


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Town Hall


35. Salaries


4,450.00


4,730.00


36. Utilities


3,243.00


3,275.00


37. Other Expenses


351.00


660.00


Total


7,480.00


8,044.00


8,665.00


38. Town Meetings


474.00


456.00


1,000.00


39. Finance Committee


277.00


632.00


400.00


40. Personnel Board


590.00


Highway Department


41. Payroll-General Highway


42,784.00


30,529.00


38,058.00


42. Materials and Supplies-Machinery


22,312.00


18,300.00


43. Chap. 81-Repair and Maint.


6,750.00


6,900.00


7,200.00


44. Chap. 90-Maintenance


45. Removing Brush


2,014.00


1,984.00


2,000.00


46. Sidewalks


1,068.00


996.00


1,000.00


47. Snow and Ice


39,654.00


41,797.00


40,000.00


Total


92,270.00


104,518.00


106,558.00


Police Department


48. Salary-Chief


6,516.00


6,727.00


49. Salary-Sergeant


5,500.00


5,949.00


50. Salaries-7 Officers


30,627.00


37,100.00


51. Payroll-Part Time


2,788.00


2,345.00


52.


Payroll-Vacation and Holidays


3,636.00


2,000.00


53. Payroll-Sick Leave


1,100.00


1,100.00


54. Cruiser Expenses


2,273.00


2,150.00


55. Telephone, Radio and Teletype


1,368.00


1,446.00


56. Uniforms


472.00


975.00


57. Police Schools


690.00


600.00


58. Other Expenses


925.00


1,085.00


59. One Additional Officer


3,292.00


60. Court Pay


500.00


Total


51,816.00


55,945.00


65,269.00


Fire Department


61. Salaries-Officers


1,125.00


1,125.00


62. Payroll and Other Salaries


6,692.00


15,780.00


63. Supplies


1,349.00


3,500.00


1964


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1964


Item


Expended Expended 1962


1963


Requested 1964


64. Other Expenses


1,833.00


1,888.00


65. Utilities


1,899.00


2,500.00


Total


14,069.00


15,898.00


24,793.00


Tree and Moth Department


65. Tree Warden (per hour)


2.30


2.50


2.75


67. Mosquito Control


1,402.00


978.00


63. Care of Trees


3,497.00


3,497.00


4,700.00


69. Dutch Elm


4,000.00


3,993.00


4,000.00


70. Moths


986.00


980.00


1,000.00


71. Planting Trees


500.00


597.00


700.00


72. Destroying Ivy


200.00


140.00


150.00


Total


10,585.00


10,185.00


10,550.00


Inspectors


73. Building


1,287.00


1,265.00


1,325.00


74. Plumbing


750.00


750.00


775.00


75. Gas


350.00


350.00


450.00


76. Wiring


650.00


693.00


675.00


77. Sealer of Weights and Measures


164.00


174.00


175.00


Total


3,201.00


3,232.00


3,400.00


Other


78. Dog Officer


250.00


250.00


250.00


79. Civilian Defense


113.00


500.00


80. Board of Appeals


632.00


646.00


650.00


81. Street Lights


10,059.00


10,561.00


11,490.00


Total


11,054.00


11,457.00


12,890.00


Board of Health


82. Salaries-3 Board Members


83. Department Expenses


1,349.00


2,014.00


3,000.00


Total


1,349.00


2,014.00


3,000.00


No.


.


117


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1964


84. Public Health Nurse


1,200.00


1,200.00


1,200.00


85. Garbage Disposal


6,000.00


10,000.00


10,200.00


86. Mental Health


200.00


735.00


735.00


Ambulance


87. Salaries and Payroll


1,132.00


1,020.00


88. Other Expenses


483.00


293.00


Total


1,459.00


1,615.00


1,313.00


Public Dump


89. Payroll


1,394.00


2,340.00


90. Other Expenses


644.00


3,070.00


Total


2,121.00


2,038.00


5,410.00


Sewer


91. Payroll


2,500.00


3,130.00


92. Other Expenses


897.00


1,650.00


Total


2,531.00


3,397.00


4,780.00


Public Welfare


93. Salary-Chairman


312.00


312.00


312.00


94. Salary-Clerk


188.00


188.00


188.00


95 Salary-Third Member


125.00


125.00


125.00


96. General Relief


3,281.00


2,900.00


4,000.00


97. Old Age Assistance


9,000.00


9,000.00


7,500.00


98. Disability Assistance


1,000.00


1,000.00


4,000.00


99. Aid to Dependent Children


6,500.00


6,500.00


3,500.00


100. Medical Assistance to Aged


15,022.00


12,002.00


12,000.00


101. Administrative Expenses


2,800.00


3,400.00


3,400.00


Total


38,228.00


35,427.00


35,025.00


Veterans


102. Benefits


2,909.00


3,408.00


3,900.00


103. Memorial Day


650.00


631.00


650.00


Total


3,559.00


4,039.00


4,550.00


118


TOWN OF MEDFIELD


1964


Item


Expended Expended Requested 1962 1963 1964


General School Budget


Salaries-Teachers and Principal 333,633.00


423,023.00


488,500.00


Expenses-Teachers and Prin'pals 10,417.00


12,362.00


13,285.00


Textbooks


12,917.00


14,539.00


15,800.00


Buildings-Custodians


28,511.00


32,693.00


37,300.00


Buildings-Fuel


13,610.00


11,017.00


14,325.00


Buildings-Other Expenses


28,131.00


25,712.00


30,495.00


Transportation


19,188.00


19,713.00


22,400.00


Superintendent's Account


15,937.00


18,082.00


23,750.00


Other Department Expenses


22,000.00


31,513.00


36,035.00


104. Sub-Total


484,344.00


588,654.00


681,890.00


105. Vocational Education


3,131.00


2,305.00


2,200.00


106. School Traffic


1,500.00


1,500.00


1,500.00


107. School Planning and Building Committee Expenses


1,000.00


1,000.00


108. Dental Clinic


983.00


1,000.00


1,000.00


Total


490,958.00


593,459.00


687,590.00


Library


109. Salaries-6 Trustees


Payroll


6,778.00


8,200.00


Other Expenses


5,585.00


5,100.00


Total


11,524.00


12,363.00


13,300.00


Less Receipts


110. Dog Tax Transfer


660.00


736.00


696.00


111. Library Fines Other Receipts State Aid


780.00


791.00


937.00


5,684.00


3,331.00


4,167.00


1,505.00


1,500.00


Total


7,124.00


6,363.00


7,300.00


112. Net Department Expense Total


4,400.00


6,000.00


6,000.00


No.


119


ANNUAL REPORT


1964


Water Department


113. Salaries-3 Board Members


114. Superintendent's Salary (per hour)


2.30


2.50


2.75


115. Pumping Costs including payroll


7,264.00


8,286.00


116. Distribution Operations Payroll


12,806.00


14,600.00


117. Distribution Operations Expenses


5,536.00


6,600.00


118. New Services


10,890.00


14,300.00


Total


35,792.00


36,496.00


43,786.00


Cemetery


119. Salaries-3 Commissioners


120. Superintendent's Salary (per hour)


1.80


2.00


2.00


121. Payroll


7,392.00


6,300.00


122. Other Expenses


2,182.00


2,780.00


Total


9,051.00


9,574.00


9,080.00


Less Receipts :


Sale of Lots


310.00


Other Receipts


2,270.00


Total


2,100.00


2,580.00


123. Net Department Expense-Total


6,951.00


6,500.00


Conservation Commission


124. Department Expenses


108.00


125. Conservation Fund


3,000.00


200.00 3,000.00


Total


3,108.00


3,200.00


Town Debt


126. Notes


131,000.00


162,054.00


185,000.00


127. Certification of Notes


38.00


14.00


50.00


128. Interest


66,031.00


73,951.00


85,204.00


Total


197,069.00


236,019.00


270,254.00


120


TOWN OF MEDFIELD


1964


Item


Expended Expended Requested 1962


No.


1963


1964


Insurance


129. Vehicles


2,709.00


2,758.00


3,483.00


130. Workman's Compensation


5,365.00


9,410.00


5,828.00


131. Fire


3,838.00


5,044.00


4,792.00


132. Boiler


2,780.00


133.


Group


9,602.00


11,000.00


11,500.00


Total


21,514.00


28,212.00


28,383.00


Unclassified


134. Town Report


1,638.00


2,109.00


2,200.00


135. County Retirement


9,261.00


11,924.00


12,948.00


136. Stabilization Fund


5,000.00


20,000.00


20,000.00


137. Reserve Fund


4,677.00


9,958.00


12,000.00


Total


20,576.00


43,991.00


47,148.00


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, 1964, 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 the sum of $6,400.00 for the reconstruction and resurfacing of Main Street (Route 109); said money to be used with funds allotted by the County and State, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $7,839.00 from funds received, or to be received, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 822 of the Acts of 1963 for the purpose of improv- ing and widening Main Street (Route 109).


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1964


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 a section of Granite Street, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds and/or borrow a sum of money and appropriate it to a Street Resurfacing Account; said funds to be expended for the resurfacing of North Street between Dover Town Line and School Street, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds a sum of money for the purchase of a Self-Unloading Sand Spreader for the use of the Highway Depart- ment, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer and/or borrow a sum of money for the purchase of a truck and plow for the Highway Department, and authorize the Select- men to trade as part of the purchase price a present Highway Truck, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds a sum of money to purchase and equip a 1964 motor vehicle for use as a Police Cruiser, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds a sum of money to purchase a Radar-Timer for use by the Police Department, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds a sum of money to be used to paint Pavement Markings on public ways, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds a sum of money to defray the cost of a survey of reasonable speeds on Route 109 and Route 27 and for the erection of the necessary signs, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


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1964


Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds a sum of money to defray the cost of having Traffic Control Signal Lights installed at the intersections of South and Main Streets, Main, North and Pleasant Streets, and Main and Spring Streets, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chapter 409, of the Acts of 1962, authorizing the Board of Selectmen to adopt rules regulating the use of pedestrians and providing for the non- criminal disposition of violations thereof, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article 28 of the 1958 Annual Town Meeting which reads: "That each new member shall be given a complete regulation uniform and equipment at the Town's expense, and each regular full time member of the Police Force be granted an allowance not to exceed $50.00 per year for replacement costs. Complete uniforms to be worn at all times when on duty, and not to be used when off duty", (by changing the figures $50.00 to read $100.00), or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/ or transfer from available funds the sum of $1,664.86 for the purpose of paying land damages arising from the relocation of Harding Street, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


(Board of Selectmen)


Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer a sum of money for the purpose of painting the exterior of the Town Hall, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


(Board of Selectmen)


Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer a sum of money for the purpose of providing recreation for the physically and mentally handicapped, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


(Board of Selectmen)


Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to petition the Boston Edison Company to install street lights on the following named street:


4 lights - Winter Street


or do or act anything in relation thereto. (Petition)


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1964


Article 23. 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 24. To see what sum the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate or transfer from available funds in the Treasury and/or borrow or do otherwise for the purpose of purchasing an Ambulance for the use of the inhabitants of the Town of Medfield and to authorize the Selectmen to trade in the present Town Ambulance in connection therewith, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to make an engineering survey for the purpose of drilling test wells in order to seek new water supply, 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 complete Granite Street water extension, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


(Water and Sewerage Board)


Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to relevel seven sewerage beds, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


(Water and Sewerage Board)


Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Water and Sewerage Board to appoint one of its members as Water Superintendent, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 29. 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 30. 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)


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Article 31. 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 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00, such sum to be used for resurfacing the drives in Vine Lake Cemetery, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


(Cemetery Commissioners)


Article 33. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or borrow and/or transfer from available funds in the Town Treasury for the installation of a Portable Electric Lighting Plant at the Fire Station, such appropriation to be expended together with the appropriation made under Article 29 of the Annual Town Meet- ing of 1963 or do or act anything in relation thereto.


(Fire Department)


Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to donate the present Forest Fire Truck to the Trustees of Reservations, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


(Fire Department)


Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or borrow and/or transfer from available funds in the Town Treas- ury a sum of money for the purchase of an emergency truck for the Fire Department to replace the present 1941 emergency truck, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


(Fire Department)


Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or transfer from available funds and/or borrow 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 37. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purpose of making extraordinary repairs to the Fire Department Whistle located at the Town Hall, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


(Fire Department)


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Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $2,700.00 for the purpose of surfacing the Parking Field at the Town Swim- ming Pond on Green Street, and to do or act anything in relation thereto.


(Park Commission)


Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for the purpose of improving the Bakers Pond area, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


(Park Commission)


Article 40. To see if the Town will authorize the Park Commission to disburse from its annual appropriation miscellaneous sums of money for entrance fees, the purchase of prizes and awards and the like in con- nection with the participation of groups sponsored by the Park Commis- sion in meets, contests and competition both within and without the con- fines of the Town of Medfield, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


(Park Commission)


Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $696.00 for the purpose of purchasing a permanent plan file, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


(Planning Board)


Article 42. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise, appropriate, or transfer from available funds in the Town Treasury to the Planning Board for the purpose of providing necessary secretarial help and for the preparation and dissemination of information in connection with the preparation of the Master Plan.


(Planning Board)


Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a committee of five (5) members and authorize it to make arrangements and to spend money appropriated under Article 3 for the observance of Memorial Day.


(Selectmen)


Article 44. 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 1964 Tax Rate, or do or act anything in relation thereto.


Article 45. 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


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1964


Cemetery, the interest thereof or as may be necessary to be used for said care, viz:


Noah Allen and J. S. Daniels Lot $500.00


Frank L. Travers Lot 150.00


Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,100.00 to operate the Adult Education Program for the year 1964, or do or act anything in relation thereto.




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