Town annual reports of the officers of Longmeadow Massachusetts for the year ending 1956, Part 7

Author: Longmeadow (Mass.)
Publication date: 1956
Publisher: [Longmeadow, Mass. : The Town]
Number of Pages: 248


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Voted: That the Town receive a report of the planning Board relative to the subject matter of Article 43.


TOWN OF LONGMEADOW PLANNING BOARD


Board of Selectmen 20 Williams Street Longmeadow 6, Mass.


February 2, 1956


Gentlemen :


The Planning Board hereby approves the discontinuance as a Town way of that portion of the Town Way accepted by the Town of Springfield, March 31, 1755 commencing at the easterly end of the discontinuance thereof by the Town of Longmeadow voted under Article 25 of the Town Warrant on February 23, 1955 and approximate opposite station 66 and 95 and running thence east- erly to the East Longmeadow Town line, to the Extent that the same is outside of the location of Williams Street by the County Commissioners of Hampden County on September 27, 1933 all as in Article 43 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting to be held February 21, 1956.


Very truly yours, Planning Board by Ethan D. Bassett Matthew D. Arnold William J. Quinn Edson R. Dorman


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ARTICLE 43. Voted: That the Town discontinue as a Town way, that portion of the Town way accepted by the Town of Springfield March 31, 1755 commencing at the easterly. end of the discontinuance thereof by the Town of Longmeadow voted under Article 25 of the Town Warrant on February 23, 1955 and approx- imately opposite Station 66 and 95 and running thence easterly to the East Longmeadow Town line, to the Extent that the same is outside of the location of Williams Street by the County Commis- sioners of Hampden County on September 27, 1933. (The motion was carried by unanimous vote.)


ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING-FEBRUARY 23, 1956


ARTICLE 1. Voted: That Article 1 be taken from the table and acted upon.


At this time the Moderator stater that two members of the Appropriations Committee, Harlan A. Sears and Quentin Rey- nolds, were retiring from the Board and expressed appreciation for their faithful services.


The Moderator then appointed Chester J. Chambers and Windsor Sturtevant to the Appropriations Committee for the term of three years each.


Article 1 was then acted upon as follows :


Voted: that the following items be approved, raised and appropriated. Item 1 Moderator $50.00; Item 2 Appropriations Committee $150.00; Items 3 and 4 Selectmen $2,700.00; Item 6 Auditor $50.00; Items 7, 8 and 9 Treasurer, Totalling $8,820.00; Items 11, 12 and 13 Collector of Taxes, totalling $9,018.00.


At this time there was a motion made and seconded for the townspeople to scrutinize in detail each item. This motion was voted.


Voted: That the following items be approved, raised and appropriated. Items 15, 16, 17 and 18, Assessors, totalling $12,500.


Voted: That the following items be approved, raised and appropriated. Items 20, 21 and 22, Law Department, totalling $3,350.00; items 24, 25 and 26, Town Clerk, totalling $5,325.00; items 28 and 29 Election and Registration totalling $4,350.00; items 31 through 35 inclusive, Town Hall, totalling $7,450.00; item 37 Planning Board $300.00; item 38 Zoning and Building Boards of appeal $200.00, for a total of $54,263.00 for General Government.


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It was moved and seconded to amend item 29, Election and Registration, expenses to $1500.00. Upon being put to vote, the motion was lost.


The original motion was voted as made.


Voted: That the following items be approved, raised and appropriated. Items 40 through 43 inclusive, $14,600.00 for Fire Department.


Voted: That the following items be approved, raised and appropriated. Items 45 through 56 inclusive, $86,086.00 for Police Department; items 58 and 59 $200.00 for Sealer of Weights and Measures; item 61 Fish and Game Warden $50.00; items 62, 63, 64, 65 and 66 $7,800.00 for Building Department; items 68, 69, 70, 71 and 72, $14,980.00 for Forestry Department; items 74 and 75 $10,150.00 for Insect Pest Control; item 77 Forest Fires $800.00; item 78 $13,000.00 for Insurance, for a grand total of $147,666.00 for Protection of Persons and Property.


Voted: That the following items be approved, raised and appropriated. Items 80 through 84 inclusive, $45,100.00 for Health Department.


Voted: That the following items be approved, raised and appropriated. Items 86 through 90 inclusive, $49,800.00 for Sewer Department, for a grand total of $94,900.00 for Health and Sani- tation.


Voted: That the following items be approved, raised and appropriated. Items 93 through 113 inclusive, $128,466.00 for Highways.


Voted: That $1,050.00 covering items 115 and 116 Welfare Department; $20,445.00 covering items 118 and 119 Old Age Assistance ; $300.00 covering items 121 and 122 Aid to Dependent Children ; $4,600.00 covering items 124 and 125 Disability Aid, be approved, raised and appropriated, making a total of $26,395.00 for Charities and Welfare.


Voted: Items 128 and 143 inclusive, totalling $627,254.00 Schools, as recommended by Appropriations Committee, be ap- proved, raised and appropriated.


Voted: Items 145 to 149 inclusive, Library, totalling $18,- 835.00, less receipts from Dog Tax $1,225.00, making a net total of $17,611.00, be approved, raised and appropriated.


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Voted: That the following items be approved, raised and appropriated. Items 153 to 159 inclusive, $17,180.00 for Commun- ity House; items 161 to 166 inclusive, $21,580.00 for Recreational Activities and items 168 to 171 inclusive $20,218.00 for Park Department, making a total of $58,978.00 for Recreation and Parks.


Voted: That the following items be approved, raised and appropriated. Items 174 to 182 inclusive, $8,909.00 for Unclassi- fied ; items 184 to 186 inclusive, $31,400.00 for Pensions, Sick Leave and Vacations.


Voted: That the following items be approved, raised and appropriated. Item 188 to 199 inclusive, totalling $101,350.00 for water Department.


Voted: That the following items be approved, raised and appropriated. Items 201 to 203 inclusive, totalling $129,720.00 for Maturing Debt and Interest.


ARTICLE 44. Voted : That the Town appropriate the sum of $75,000.00 from available funds now in the treasury of the Town to be applied and used for the current year and direct the Assessors to use said sum in calculating the Tax Rate.


It was then voted to adjourn sine die.


FRANK E. SMITH


Town Clerk


March 14, 1956


Under date of March 14, 1956, Robert W. Bodfish, Moderator, appointed the following persons to constitute a Building Com- mittee, in accordance with the Provisions of the vote taken under Article 31 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting.


Graham King, Chairman


Robert W. Poole Alonzo L. Neal


Milton Kalischer


Mrs. Douglass N. Ellis


Gordon C. Kibbe Mrs. Albert C. Mayer, Jr.


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SUMMARY OF APPROPRIATIONS


GENERAL GOVERNMENT


Moderator


$50.00


Appropriations Committee


150.00


Selectmen


2,700.00


Auditor


50.00


Treasurer


8,820.00


Collector of Taxes


9,018.00


Assessors


12,500.00


Law


3,350.00


Town Clerk


5,325.00


Election and Registration


4,350.00


Town Hall


7,450.00


Planning Board


300.00


Zoning and Building Boards of Appeal


200.00


Total for General Government


$54,263.00


PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY


Fire Department


$14,600.00


New Aerial Ladder Truck


34,000.00


Police Department


86,086.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures


200.00


Fish and Game Warden


50.00


Building Department


7,800.00


Forestry Department :


Spraying Trees


$1,500.00


Gypsy Moth and Japa-


nese Beetle Extermi- nation


900.00


Planting


2,160.00


Trimming and Removal


8,650.00


Fertilizer


1,770.00


$14,980.00


Insect Pest Control :


Dutch Elm Disease


$8,350.00


Aerial Mosquito


1,800.00


$10,150.00


Forest Fires


$800.00


Insurance


13,000.00


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Total for Protection of Persons and Property $181,666.00


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HEALTH AND SANITATION


Health Department :


Inspection of Milk and Animals


$300.00


Dental Clinic


1,000.00


Removal of Ashes, Rub-


bish and Garbage


43,000.00


Medical Aid and Other Expense


300.00


Hospitalization


500.00


$45,100.00


Sewer Department :


Sewer Connections


$21,800.00


Sewer Maintenance


6,000.00


Sewer Extensions


7,000.00


Drains Maintenance


7,000.00


Drains Extensions


8,000.00


Consultant Fees-Plans-


proposed Sanitary sewer


Longmeadow Brook


Valley


8,500.00


Auxiliary sewer siphon


Longmeadow Street


7,700.00


Shaker Road Sanitary


Sewer


12,000.00


$78,000.00


Total for Health and Sanitation


$123,100.00


HIGHWAYS


Salary-Superintendent


$3,500.00


Salary-Clerk


1,456.00


Maintenance


20,800.00


Tar Roads


13,800.00


Roadside Care


5,500.00


Snow Removal


15,000.00


Engineering


9,000.00


Street Signs


600.00


New Sidewalks


3,500.00


Sidewalk Repairs


2,500.00


Street Lights


19,000.00


Traffic Control


4,200.00


New Truck and Equipment


3,900.00


Chapter 90 Maintenance


6,000.00


Chapter 90 Construction-Williams St.


20,000.00


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Whitmun Road Improvement


18,600.00


Ferncroft Street Improvement


12,800.00


Franklin Terrace and Ferncroft Street Land Damages


1.00


Hazardville Road Sidewalk


8,000.00


Burbank Road Sidewalk


4,800.00


Laurel Street Improvement


24,800.00


Church Parking Areas


3,600.00


Public Service Building


25,710.00


Total for Highways


$227,067.00


CHARITIES AND WELFARE


Welfare Department:


Aid


$1,000.00


Administration


50.00


$1,050.00


Old Age Assistance :


Aid


$19,000.00


Administration


1,445.00


$20,445.00


Aid to Dependent Children :


Aid


$300.00


Administration


$300.00


Diability Aid :


Aid


$4,500.00


Administration


100.00


$4,600.00


Total for Charities and Welfare $26,395.00


SCHOOLS


Maintenance


$627,254.00


Plans for Elementary School


10,000.00


Total for Schools


$637,254.00


RICHARD SALTER STORRS LIBRARY €


County Dog Money


$1,397,87


Appropriations


17,611.00


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Total for Richard Salter Storrs Library $18,918.87


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RECREATION AND PARKS


Community House


$17,180.00


Recreational activities


21,580.00


Park Department


20,218.00


Legal fees-Property


for Playground


purposes


100.00


Total for Recreation and Parks


$59,078.00


UNCLASSIFIED


Printing and Delivering Town Reports


$2,800.00


Damages


250.00


Memorial Day Observance


450.00


Veterans


1,409.00


Hampden County Safety Council


25.00


County Aid to Agriculture


25.00


Maintenance, 30 Williams Street


150.00


Veterans Service Administration


300.00


Veterans Service


3,500.00


1954 Taxes and Interest-Property pur-


chased from Valentine B. Libbey


24.00


Total for Unclassified


$8,933.00


PENSIONS AND VACATIONS-SICK LEAVE


Sick Leave


$6,000.00


Vacations and Paid Holidays


13,400.00


Pensions


12,000.00


Total for Pensions, Sick Leave


and Vacations


$31,400.00


WATER DEPARTMENT


Salary-Commissioners


$750.00


Salary-Superintendent


3,500.00


Salaries-Clerks


3,500.00


Salary-Meter Reader


2,550.00


Connections


23,500.00


Mains Maintenance


3,100.00


Mains Extensions


14,000.00


Supply


38,500.00


Meters


6,250.00


Hdyrants


2,500.00


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New Equipment and Truck Replacement


2,300.00


Bliss Road auxiliary water main 26,000.00


Other Expense


900.00


Total for Water Department - $127,350.00


MATURING DEBT AND INTEREST


Maturing Notes and Bonds


$97,000.00


Interest-Town Debt


31,720.00


Interest-Temporary Loans


1,000.00


Total for Maturing Debt and Interest


$129,720.00


RESERVE FUND


Reserve Fund


$30,000.00


Total Appropriations as voted at Annu- al Town Meeting, February 21, 1956 and adjourned Meeting, February 23, 1956 $1,655,144.87


To be Taken from Receipts (County Dog Money ) $1,307.87


Voted from Overlay Reserve


$30,000.00


Voted from Available Funds (Surplus) : Article 11 Chapter 90 Maintenance $4,000.00


Article 12 Chapter 90 Construction 15,000.00


$19,000.00


Voted from Available Funds in Surplus for Assessors use in fixing the Tax Rate $75,000.00


FRANK E. SMITH


Town Clerk


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PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY


APRIL 24, 1956


Result of Vote


REPUBLICAN


DELEGATES AT LARGE AND ALTERNATE DELE- GATES AT LARGE TO NATIONAL CONVENTION


Christian A. Herter 238


Leverett Saltonstall 235 1


Joseph W. Martin, Jr. 230 I 1


Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.


233


Sinclair Weeks


227


Elmer C. Nelson


223


Ralph H. Bonnell I


220


Esther W. Wheeler


220


Robert F. Bradford


224


Thomas Pappas 215


Blank


275


Total


2540


ALTERNATE DELEGATES


Basil Brewer 213


Bruce Crane 228


I Katherine G. Howard 213


Charles J. Innes


211


Daniel J. Lynch 212 I


Maxwell M. Rabb


216


Richard F. Treadway 1


219


John A. Volpe 214


William White 213


Sumner G. Whittier


226


Blank


375


Total


2540


DISTRICT DELEGATES AND ALTERNATE DIS- TRICT DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTION DELEGATES GROUP 1


Charles R. Clason


152


D. Joseph St. Germain


124


124


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DELEGATES GROUP 2


Viola M. Powell


32


Stuart G. Waite


43


Blank


157


Total 508


ALTERNATE DELEGATES GROUP 1


Arthur Davenport 114


Anna M. Ratell 118


ALTERNATE DELEGATES GROUP 2


Theodore A. Weil


50


Bernice C. Smith


52


Blank


174


Total


508


STATE COMMITTEE-MAN


Henry Clay


80


Samuel Thompson


142


Blank


32


Total


254


STATE COMMITTEE-WOMAN


Anna M. Ratel


217


Blank


37


Total


254


TOWN COMMITTEE


Merle J. Duryea I


213


Clara McDonald Brand


224


Betty B. Hunt


222


Gertrude E. Holmer


229


Donald E. Temple


224


Graham King 222 1


Daniel E. Burbank, Jr. 1


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228


Chester J. Chambers


227


Scott M. Stearns 232


Robert B. Rush


227


Edwin H. Lyman, Jr.


226


George C. Keady, Jr.


1


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220


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125


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James A. Reed


220


Robert M. Brigham


226


Eunice B. Burbank


223


Elizabeth W. Low


222


Arthur H. Preston


220


William M. Barnard


220


Herbert M. Wilson


219


Russell P. Dale


223


Carl J. Bullock


222


1 Charles H. Stonerod 224 1 1 I I 1


Homer N. Chapin 1


224


Robert A. Johnson, Jr. I


220


Richard C. Streeter


231


Rowland MacDonald


218


Russell F. Hoag


222


John Soglia 218 L I 1 1


Stuart R. Darnley I


221


Charles E. Stryker


220


J. Robert Montgomery, Jr.


227


Edward C. Lincoln, Jr. 226


Foster W. Doty 230


Pearl S. DeForest


222


Bernice C. Smith


226


Blank


1054


Total


8890


PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE


Dwight D. Eisenhower


190


William F. Knowland


1


Adlai Stevenson


3


Richard M. Nixon


1


Blank


1


1


1


59


Total


254


DEMOCRATIC


DELEGATES AT LARGE AND ALTERNATE DELE- GATES AT LARGE TO NATIONAL CONVENTION DELEGATES


John F. Kennedy


17


Paul A. Dever


16


John W. McCormack 17 I I


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John B. Hynes 15


William H. Burke, Jr.


17


Margaret M. O'Riordan 14 I


James M. Curley


15


Johnas J. Buckley


17


Edward J. Cronin


17


John E. Powers


15


Michael F. Skerry


14


Albert S. Previte, Jr.


15


John A. Callahan


14


J. William Belanger


15


Daniel Rudsten


14


Ida R. Lyons


14


Garrett H. Byrne


14


Daniel B. Brunton


19


James D. O'Brien


15


John F. Kane


15


Howard W. Fitzpatrick I


14


John S. Begley


17


James J. Corbett


14


Jackson J. Holtz


14


Blank


184


Total


552


ALTERNATE DELEGATES


Joseph A. DeGuglielmo


14


J. Henry Goguen


14


Chester A. Dolan, Jr.


15


Michael LoPresti


14


Peter J. Rzezmikiewicz


14


Francis E. Lavigne


14


Salvatore Camileo


14


Leonard J. Warner


15


Silas F. Taylor


14


Mary A. Tomasello


15


Hugh J. Mclaughlin


14


Doris M. Racicot


14


Anna Sullivan


15


Mary Depaszuale Murray


14


Charles N. Collatos


14


Anthony M. Scibelli


17


Matthew L. McGrath, Jr. 1


14


Joseph Carczynski, Jr.


14


Edward Krock 14 1


James R. Carter


14


Thomas J. Hannon


14


Harry L. Silva


14


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Jean S. LeCompte 14


John F. Cahill 14


Blank 209


Total


552


DISTRICT DELEGATES AND ALTERNATE DIS- TRICT DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTION DELEGATES GROUP 1


James Cahillane 10


Thomas F. Moriarty


12


Stephen A. Moynahan


15


John F. Thompson


11


DELEGATES GROUP 2


Raymond F. Sullivan


6


Edward F. O'Neil


2


Roland A. Brooks


1


Donald J. Swords


3


Blank


32


Total 92


ALTERNATE DELEGATES GROUP 1


Francis G. Gregory


9


Raymond J. Rosa


10


ALTERNATE DELEGATES GROUP 2


Janet S. Aaron


1


Loretta V. Pendergast


4


Blank


22


Total 46


STATE COMMITTEE-MAN


Athan Catjakis


0


Harold J. Hooper Walsh


12


Thomas P. Sullivan


7


Blank


4


1


Total 23


128


STATE COMMITTEE-WOMAN


Mary Shaw MacNally


14


Blank


9


Total


23


TOWN COMMITTEE


James J. Ward


19


James F. Murray


18


Raymond Bean


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18


Mary D. Moynihan


21


Margaret C. Bean


18


Blank


136


Total


230


PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE


Estes Kefauver


1


W. Averill Harriman


1


John W. McCormack


9


Adlai Stevenson


2


Blank


10


Total


23


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FRANK E. SMITH


Town Clerk


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Special Town Meeting


JUNE 19, 1956


WARRANT


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


HAMPDEN ss.


To Frank E. Smith, Collector of Taxes or to either of the Constables of the Town of Longmeadow, in said County :


GREETING :


In the name of the Commonwealth you are directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Longmeadow, qualified to vote in elections and in Town affairs, to meet in the COMMUN- ITY HOUSE in said Town on TUESDAY, the NINETEENTH day of June, 1956 at 7:30 o'clock in the evening, and if the main hall of the Community House shall not, in the opinion of the Moderator, be adequate to contain said Inhabitants who shall meet, then to meet also in the hall in the basement of said Community House, at such time and places then and there to act on the follow- ing articles, to wit :


ARTICLE 1. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to accept from Lorena B. Booth, a deed con- vening an easement for purposes of a surface water drain from Englewood Road to Russell-Rooney Brook so-called, said deed to be in such form as said Board may approve; to raise and appro- priate $2,000.00 or other sum of money to construct a surface water drain within the location of said easement; or take any other action relative thereto. (Recommended by Appropriations Com- mittee.)


ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town will vote to hear the report of the Building Committee appointed by the Moderator pursuant to the vote adopted under Article 31 of the Warrant for the 1956 Annual Town Meeting, and, if deemed advisable, to take action thereon.


ARTICLE 3. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate


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the sum of $416,000.00 or a greater or lesser sum of money for the purpose of constructing, originally equipping and furnishing an Elementary School Building, and determine how any such appro- priation shall be raised, whether by borrowing, by taxation, by transfer from available revenue funds, or otherwise; authorize the Moderator to appoint a Building Committee, with full power and authority to make contracts for and to have charge and supervision of the construction, originally equipping and furnishing of a new Elementary School Building, the said building to be erected upon the land of the Town lying northerly of Bliss Road and comprising about 10 acres in area acquired by the Town from the Burbank Realty Company pursuant to a vote taken under Article 11 of the Special Town meeting of June 21, 1955, or take any other action relative thereto. (Recommendation by Appropriations Committee reserved.)


ARTICLE 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate $1,250.00 or other sum of money to pay the cost of the prep- aration, certification and advertising of the School Bonds, said amount to be taken from the unexpended balance of money now in the Treasury appropriated for a similar purpose at the Special Town Meeting of June 21, 1955, voted under Article 8 of said meet- ing; or take any other action relative thereto. (Recommended by Appropriations Committee.)


ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to accept as a public way or street Blueberry Hill Road northerly from Bliss Road a distance of about 1025 feet as laid out by the Selectmen and establish the grade thereof in accordance with a plan dated May 31, 1956 on file in the office of the Town Clerk and authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire by Eminent Domain, purchase or otherwise, slope rights of excavation or embankment along the easterly and westerly boundary lines of said way as so laid out; to drain, grade and harden said street; to install a sanitary sewer in said street and in Bliss Road westerly about 465 feet to the easterly end of the present sanitary sewer; to install a water main in said Blueberry Hill Road to connect with the present water main in Bliss Road; to install a surface water drain in said Blueberry Hill Road and running southerly across Bliss Road, thence easterly parallel to the southerly line of Bliss Road in land of the Town of Longmeadow about 746 feet to a point, thence southerly and south- westerly across land of the Town of Longmeadow to Williams Street, thence southwesterly and southeasterly to a point in Will- iams Street at about Station 68 + 20; to construct a concrete side- walk on the easterly side of Blueberry Hill Road from Bliss Road northerly about 1025 feet and on the northerly side of Bliss Road from said Blueberry Hill Road westerly a distance of about 415 feet; to raise and appropriate $88,000.00 or other sum of money


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for the foregoing purposes; and authorize the assessment of better- ments for said sanitary sewer to be installed in Bliss Road, and the assessment of a reasonable amount, not exceeding 1/2 the cost for the construction of the sidewalk in Bliss Road; or take any other action relative thereto. (Recommendation by Appropriations Com- mittee reserved.)


ARTICLE 6. To see whether the Town will provide by vote for the levy of special assessments to meet the whole or part of the cost hereafter incurred of laying pipes in public and private ways for the conveyance or distribution of water to its inhabitants as authorized by Section 42G of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, or as authorized under Section 42H of said Chapter, said Sections being those along with Section 42I of said Chapter, that were accepted by the Town pursuant to Article 17 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of 1956.


And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting attested copies thereof in three public places in said Town seven days at least before the time of holding of said meeting.


Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon unto the Town Clerk at or before the time of holding said meeting.


Given under our hands this Eleventh day of June, A. D., 1956.


MACK F. WALLACE J. BUSHNELL RICHARDSON, JR. COLIN O. CATHREW


Selectmen of Longmeadow


I hereby certify that I have posted attested copies of the above as directed.


GEORGE A. YARSLEY, JR. Constable June 11, 1956


Acting under the authority of the foregoing Warrant, the qualified voters of the Town met at the time and place appointed. More than a quorum was present and the meeting was called to order by the Moderator.


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It was voted to waive the reading of the Warrant.


ARTICLE 1. Voted : That the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to accept from Lorena B. Booth, a deed conveying an easement for purposes of a surface water drain from Englewood Road to Russell-Rooney Brook so-called, said deed to be in such form as said Board may approve; and that the Town transfer from Free Cash in the Surplus Revenue Account the sum of $2,000.00 to construct a surface water drain within the location of said easement. (This motion carried by unanimous vote.)


ARTICLE 2. Moved: To hear the report of the Building Committee appointed by the Moderator pursuant to the vote adop- ted under Article 31 of the Warrant for the 1956 Annual Town Meeting.


Graham King, Chairman of the Building Committee presented and explained, with the aid of pictures, the Report of the Com- mittee which recommended the construction of the school, to cost $416,000.00. The complete report was distributed to all present in brochure form.


It was voted that the report of the Elementary School Build- ing Committee be accepted and placed on file, but that the approval or disapproval of the recommendations therein be incorporated in the action of the Town under Article 3 of the Warrant for this meeting. (This motion was carried by unanimous vote.)


ARTICLE 3. I move that the sum of $416,000.00 be and is hereby appropriated for the purpose of constructing, originally euipping and furnishing a new Elementary School Building, said building to be erected upon the land of the Town of Longmeadow lying northerly of Bliss Road and comprising about 10 acres in area acquired by the Town from the Burbank Realty Company pursuant to a vote taken under Article 11 of the Special Town Meeting of June 21, 1955.


That for the purpose of meeting the aforesaid appropriation, the sum of $11,000.00 to transferred from available revenue funds held as Free Cash in the Surplus Revenue Account and the balance of said appropriation be borrowed by the issue and sale of general obligation serial bonds of the Town of Longmeadow, as herein- after provided ; and


That the Town Treasurer to and he hereby is authorized with the approval of the Board of Selectmen ;


To borrow the sum of $395,000.00 by the issue and sale of the Bonds of the Town of Longmeadow in that aggregate principal amount under the authority of and in conformity with Chapter


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645 of the Massachusetts Acts of 1948 as amended by Chapter 389 of the Massachusetts Acts of 1952 and other acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto; that the bonds of such bond issue shall bear such date, be payable at such times, bear such rate of interest, and be in such form and issued and sold in such manner (except as herein or by law otherwise provided) as shall be deter- mined by the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen ; and that the Moderator to, and he hereby is authorized to appoint a Building Committee to consist of not less than seven persons, one to be designated as Chairman, with full power and authority to make contracts on behalf of the Town for the construction, originally equipping and furnishing of a new Elementary School to be built on the land of the Town herein before described; and to have charge and supervision of the construction originally equipping and furnishing of said new Elementary School Building; and that any balance of the sum made available for the use of the Elemen- tary School Building Committee appointed by the Moderator under the provisions of Article 31 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting of 1956 shall be available for the use of said Com- mittee for the foregoing purposes.




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