Town annual reports of the officers of the town of Pepperell, Mass 1932, Part 6

Author: Pepperell (Mass.)
Publication date: 1932
Publisher: [Pepperell, Mass.] : [Town of Pepperell]
Number of Pages: 170


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88.20


Ray Murrey


24.00


George Chambers


53.65


George Gilbert


39.60


Charles Williams


32.00


William Sliney


16.00


James Trites


4.00


George Brew


8.00


Charles Dow


28.00


Frank Chase


4.00


George Colbert


3.60


$4,545.83


Unexpended balance


1.59


$9,000.00


GENERAL HIGHWAY


Appropriation $1,000.00


Middlesex County Electric Co.


$6.75


Arthur W. Bartlett


94.86


George A. Shattuck


17.00


Sheldon's Express


5.05


Pepperell Water Department


12.00


Proctor Bros. Co.


4.07


Boston & Maine R. R.


14.92


Edward Glow


1.20


Dyar Sales Machine Co.


8.20


Pepperell Garage


4.55


Edward E. Iten


2.85


130


Bertha T. Boynton


40.00


Arthur A. Charbonneau


17.40


Railway Express Co.


1.55


2.00


Archibald G. Pike D. E. Weston


7.63


$240.03


W. E. Chapman


11.60


Trucks


139.00


Glen Parker, Trucks


23.00


F. O. Parker, Teams


102.80


Victor Geiger, Teams


124.60


Harry Dow


7.20


William Dwyer


62.20


John Horan


37.00


Charles Dow


24.00


Donald Parker


29.00


Everett Smith


12.00


William Dunham


28.35


James Winch


39.60


J. J. Sullivan


43.20


Jerry Sullivan


25.20


Beecher Cotton


14.40


Alexander Jerszyk


10.80


Bernard Cunniff


7.20


Wendall Messer


7.20


Leonard Dow


3.60


$751.95


$991.98


Unexpended balance


8.02


$1,000.00


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CHAPTER 81, MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION


State $6,800.00; Town, $8,500.00


George A. Shattuck


6.00


Dyar Sales Machine Co.


83.00


L. P. Richardson


35.56


Amos Boulia


120.41


William J. Chase


40.27


Conant Machine Steel Co.


193.15


F. A. Stockley


78.00


Arthur A. Charbonneau


23.20


Edwin E. Iten


33.73


Pepperell Garage


10.85


Charles F. Maynard


4.15


Standard Oil Co.


203.33


P. I. Perkins


42.03


Koppers Products Co.


1,802.51


Texas Oil Co.


18.19


Attridge Bros.


15.00


Harry Hobart


208.80


Ernest Blood


8.70


Laura Blood


212.70


Solway Sales Corp.


183.51


Paramount Steel Co.


175.11


$3,498.20


W. E. Chapman


348.70


Trucks


1,518.32


Tractor


112.50


Frank Ford, Truck


970.75


Glen Parker, Truck


979.56


Howard Trites, Truck


1,001.44


Thomas Cody, Truck


912.74


Jerry Lorden, Truck


328.40


Andrew Blood, Tractor


300.00


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Irwin Wilkins, Tractor


17.50


Victor Geiger, Teams


26.10


Harry Dow


361.40


James Winch


287.50


Harry Warren


318.60


Peter Fitzpatrick


303.50


J. J. Sullivan


190.75


John Horan


274.60


Jerry Sullivan


127.50


Bernard Cunniff


202.05


Leonard Dow


14.40


James Lynch


135.00


Ernest Nichols


107.45


Harold Herbert


33.85


Leslie Parker


112.80


Louis Nutting


183.20


William Dwyer


140.70


Donald Parker


487.70


Andrew Blood


226.90


James Trites


22.80


Julius Greenwood


194.35


Wendall Messer


81.00


William Clapp


39.60


Francis Lorden


160.60


Dennis O'Brien


43.20


Edward Drinan


70.00


Patrick Hally


195.25


Everett Smith


41.60


Fred O. Parker


41.40


Harold Lynch


223.40


Declan S. Lynch


34.00


Frank Chase


14.70


John K. O'Neill


161.35


Harold Toomey


7.20


Leon P. Richardson


7.20


Daniel Driscoll


7.20


Harold Copp


1.80


133


F. W. Morse


4.05


Joseph Davis


10.80


Charles Dow


61.50


Charles Williams


32.00


William Monahan


8.00


Beecher Cotton


32.00


E. G. Hammond


28.00


Pete Gilman


29.50


William Attridge


16.00


Timothy Lorden


8.00


Frank Markham


4.00


Martin Newmire


26.00


Ray Murray


4.00


William Sliney


8.00


George Brew


16.00


¿ lexander Jerszyk


8.00


Joseph McGrath


8.00


Charles Goodwin


36.00


James Cush


4.00


Leon Breen


8.00


Walter Hackett


28.00


Lester Blood


16.50


Jerry Murphy


4.00


Halley Sartelle


26.55


Louis Pisoneault


4.00


$11,801.46


$15,299.66


Unexpended balance


.34


$15,300.00


SNOW APPROPRIATION $1,000.00


26.34


Amos Boulia George E. Hallbourg 5.00


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George A. Shattuck


16.00


Railway Express Agency


.38


Middlesex County Electric Co.


1.75


Henry Baron


2.50


Archibald G. Pike


2.00


Deveny & Mason


.40


P. I. Perkins Co.


1.27


Arthur W. Bartlett


1.95


Pepperell Garage


5,32


Dyar Sales Machine Co.


22.20


Sheldon Express


.50


$85.61


W. E. Chapman


$130.00


Tractor


20.00


Trucks


385.50


Glen Parker, Trucks


12.00


Ernest Blood, Team


86.50


Victor Geiger, Team


121.08


F. O. Parker, Team


60.00


Harry Dow


71.70


Henry Wilson


28.50


Silas Nokes


8.50


Alfred Parker


15.00


Glen Parker


22.00


Julius Greenwood


6.00


Arthur Greenwood


14.00


James Winch «


6.50


George Brew


6.00


Charles Goodwin


8.50


J. K. O'Neill


10.50


Andrew Blood


8.00


.


$1,020.28


$1,105.89


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Overdrawn


$105.89


TOWN DUMP


Appropriated


$50.00


To Labor


11.20


$11.20 $38.80


Unexpended balance


Respectfully submitted,


W. E. CHAPMAN,


Highway Surveyor.


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Report of the Board of Health


The Board of Health herewith submits its report for the year ending December 31, 1932:


The local Board of Health this last year has functioned with and through the Nashoba Health Unit. A report of this unit follows and embodies all of the important work carried on by the local Board.


Communicable Diseases Reported in 1932:


Whooping Cough 2


Tuberculosis 2


Chicken Pox 5


Diphtheria 1


Measles


1


Mumps 9


Scarlet Fever


4


To the Board of Health:


:


1


Gentlemen:


I submit herewith for your consideration a very brief report of the work done by the Nashoba Health Unit in the Town of Pepperell.


Other than mumps and possibly chicken pox, Pepperell has been comparatively free from contagious diseases. Our ser- vices, to the Board of Health in the control of these dis- eases, has been available.


We have continued our program of diphtheria immuniza- tion and feel that we have been fairly successful in this field


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although we would like to have more and more infants and younger children attend our clinic.


In Pepperell, the nurse, along with every nurse in the Nashoba District, has had, through the Unit, certain advant- ages of belonging to a group. Thus meetings have been held in which programs and problems have been discussed. In va- rious ways the big problem of keeping up with professional advancement has been met. The Unit also helps with cleri- cal work for nursing service, in tabulating statistics and col- lecting and analyzing data for a cost per visit study. Vaca- tion relief was arranged with Tyngsboro and Dunstable. We have helped the nurse on various instances when her work was unusually heavy.


There has been established a tuberculosis diagnostic clinic at the Ayer Community Memorial Hospital under the direction of the Unit which serves all of the towns in the Area. This clinic is staffed by a clinician and an X-ray tech- nician from the Middlesex County Sanatorium and has given valuable service since its organization.


We were able to secure Dr. Fredrika Moore, State De- partment of Public Health, to give a series of six lectures to the teachers on health education. We feel that this was of considerable advantage to those attending in helping them to be posted on the most up-to-date information regarding health education for schools. This was held in the new Spaulding Memorial School in Townsend and attended by a large group of teachers from surrounding towns. The teach- . ers in Pepperell took advantage of this opportunity.


The following table gives in statistical form the amount . of work done in the field of milk inspection and sanitation:


Dairy farm inspections 80


Milk and cream sample collected and analyzed 77


138


Milk and cream licenses or permits issued


18


Water supplies examined 2


Water samples collected and analyzed 2


Private sewage systems examined 13


Food handling establishments inspected 12


Schools inspected


1


3


Nuisances investigated


13


Fees collected and turned over to Town Treas., $7.00


During the early part of the year, in addition to the work tabulated above, practically all cattle owners in the Town were visited and a petition of the tuberculin testing of dairy cattle was circulated among them. Sufficient signatures were secured to assure that at a later date all cattle will be tubercu- lin tested under the supervision of the State Division of Ani- mal Industry and the Federal Bureau of Animal Industry. Considerable testing has already been done in town among some of the herds. The eradication of tuberculosis from the dairy cattle of the town is a significant step toward insuring a safer milk supply.


It is gratifying to us to note that there has been an in- crease in the amount of work done compared with last year. It is our earnest desire to be of service in matters pertaining to general sanitation.


Respectfully submitted, DR. G. FLETCHER REEVES,


Director Nashoba Associated Boards of Health


FINANCIAL REPORT


For the Year Ending December 31, 1932


EXPENDITURES


Board and Treatment


$239.28


139


Printing


5.01


Recording Births


2.75


Inspection of A. and S. All other


300.00


31.62


RECEIPTS


Milk Licenses


$6.00


Alcohol Licenses


7.00


Reimbursement from State


120.71


Expenditures less Receipts


444.87


$578.58


Appropriation


$700.00


Expense


578.58


Balance


$121.42


Respectfully submitted,


OTTO B. OLSEN


GEORGE P. PARKER


WARREN C. FULLER


Board of Health


$578.58


$133.71


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Report of Tax Collector


1930 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE


Balance to collect


$71.65


Error in taking abatement


.84


Overpayment to Treasurer


.27


Total outstanding


$72.76


Cash collected


$2.00


Abated by order of Tax Commissioner


70.76


.


$72.76


Interest Collected .08


1930 POLL TAX


Balance to collect


$108.00


Cash collected


$92.00


Abated


16.00


$108.00


1930 MOTH TAX


Balance to collect


$3.00


Cash collected


$3.00


1930 REAL AND PERSONAL TAX


Balance to collect


$11,518.76


Cash collected


$11,108.66


Abated 342.85


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By Tax Title 47.25


Collected and held on order Town Counsel 20.00


$11,518.76


Interest collected on 1930 Taxes $2,013.76


1931 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE


Balance to collect


$621.71


Warrant of Jan. 20, 1932


21.26


$642.97


Cash collected


$562.05


Abatements Issued


3.49


$565.54


Balance to collect


$77.43.


1931 POLL TAX


Balance to collect


$152.00


Cash collected


$110.00


To be abated


42.00


$152.00


1931 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TAX


Balance to collect


$154.00


Cash collected


$88.00


To be refunded from State


66.00


154.00


1931 REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE TAX Balance to collect $54,952.83


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Cash collected


$38,705.36


By Previous Tax Title


51.64


Abatements Issued


630.49


$39,387.49


Balance to collect


$15,565.34


Interest collected on 1931 Taxes


1,817.63


Unassessed Tax Voluntarily paid


38.65


1932 POLL TAX


Warrant to collect


$1,878.00


Cash collected


$1,762.00


Abatements Issued


42.00


$1,804.00


Balance to collect


$74.00


Interest collected


.07


1932 OLD AGE ASSISTANCE TAX


Warrant to collect


$958.00


Cash collected


$882.00


Balance to collect


$76.00


Interest collected


.02


1932 MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE


Warrant to collect


$4,404.15


Cash collected


$3,964.06


Abatements Issued


91.83


$4,055.89


Balance to collect


$348.26


Refunds issued and Paid


51.46


Refunds issued but Unpaid


7.39


Interest collected


7.74


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1932 REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE TAX


Warrant to collect


$91,023.42


Cash collected


$44,002.66


Abatements Issued


171.30


By Previous Tax Titles


137.25


$44,712.21


Balance to collect


$46,712.21


Interest collected


38.48


Respectfully submitted


RAY M. NEWELL,


Collector of Taxes


144


Report of Moth Superintendent


To the Citizens of Pepperell, Mass., and all others who may be interested:


I submit my report for the work of this Department end- ing December 31st, 1932:


During the year of 1932 I have painted moth eggs and sprayed to the extent that the very small appropriation for this department would permit. I desire to bring to the atten- tion and serious consideration of the citizens, that, due to the shrinkage of the appropriation year after year, the work of this department is placed at a serious disadvantage, as lack of necessary funds compels the neglect of work that should be attended to at once. Thus, the good work of previous years amounts to very little. The moths are increasing and unless the work is done now, the expense in the near future will be greater. I, therefore, recommend the appropriation for this department for 1933 be not less than $1,500.00.


EQUIPMENT ON HAND


1 Grindstone


1 Cross-cut Saw


2 Axes


3 Iron Rakes


2 Pairs Climbers


1 30-ft Extension Ladder


2 Cant Hooks


2 Hand Saws


3 Iron Wedges


100 feet Rope


2 Four-tine Forks


2 Pairs Clippers 5 Bush Scythe Snaths


10 Bush Scythe Blades


4 Brown-tail Cutters


6 Creosoting Poles, brushes


2 Long-handled shovels


HAROLD COPP,


Moth Superintendent


1 Power Sprayer (22 h.p.)


700 feet of 5-8-in hose.


50 feet Suction Hose


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Report of Tree Warden


To the Citizens of Pepperell, Mass., and all others who may be interested :


I submit my report for the work of this department ending December 31st, 1932:


The work of this Department has been very little as there was not sufficient funds to take care of this work.


Throughout the Town are many trees that should be taken down and dead limbs removed, as they are a menace to the safety of the public, and I have had numerous com- plaints from citizens on account of the dangerous condition of these trees and limbs, but I cannot attend to this neces- sary work without the money to pay for it.


I, therefore, recommend an appropriation for the year of 1933 of $400.00.


EQUIPMENT ON HAND


1 Ford Truck


1 40-foot Extension Ladder


1 Pair Blocks and Falls


1 Pair Tree Climbers


1 Cross-cut Saw


1 Hand Saw


HAROLD COPP,


Tree Warden


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Report of the Trustees of Lawrence Library


The trustees of Lawrence Library respectfully submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1932:


ORGANIZATION


Chairman,


A. G. PIKE


Secretary,


L. P. RICHARDSON


Executive Committee,


GLADYS JOHNSON L. P. RICHARDSON A. G. PIKE


Finance Committee,


C. B. TAFT L. P. RICHARDSON A. G. PIKE


Book Committee, MARTHA E. SMITH MARION C. FULLER GLADYS JOHNSON


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LIBRARY HOURS


Mondays and Thursdays, 9:00 to 12:00 A. M .; 2:00 to 5:30 P. M. Wednesday and Saturdays 9:00 to 12:00 A. M .; 2:00 to 5:30 P. M. 6:30 to 9:00 P. M.


The Treasurer's account will be found on a separate page of this report.


We are here giving comparative figures showing the in- crease in circulation over a period of five years, also the average annual expense for the same period.


CIRCULATION


1928


16,618 Volumes


1929


17,474 Volumes


1930


19,191 Volumes


1931


23.095 Volumes


1932


27,586 Volumes


Average annual expense, $3,385.35.


The Library is being used very extensively by the pupils of both the Grammar and High Schools, and we hone will so continue. 1


The Library received a bequest during the year from the executor of the will of Ida M. Shattuck amounting to $2,660.19 of which $2,459.73 has been permanently invested in the purchase of Government Bonds, $58.83 transferred to the Savings Bank Account and the balance was used for neces- sary repairs ; the main one being the installation of an electri- cally operated blower which makes it possible to burn buck- wheat coal at a saving of about $5.00 per ton.


The income from our investments has been reduced and


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based on the present figures the income for 1933 will be $2,254.00. Therefore, your Trustees are asking for $1,000.00 to meet expenditures for the year.


The Trustees wish here to express their thanks to all who have in any way aided in making the past year so suc- cessful.


Respectfully submitted,


A. G. PIKE, Chairman.


LIBRARIAN'S REPORT


January 1, 1933.


To the Trustees of the Lawrence Library:


The librarian respectfully submits the following report for the year 1932:


STATISTICS


Circulation


Number of days the Library was open 202


No. of books and magazines circulated during year, 27,586


Average daily circulation 137


Number of new patrons registered during year 135


Classified circulation of adult books :


General works


7 Literature 474


Philosophy


History 317


Religion


28


Travel 459


Fine Arts


117


Biography


542


Useful Arts


154


Foreign books 17


Social science


125


Periodicals 1,742


Language


3


Fiction


16,253


Science 90


149


Classified circulation of juvenile books


General works


79


Fine arts


33


Philosophy


2


Literature


82


Religion


29


History


250


Folklore


215


Travel


109


Science


159


Biography


118


Useful arts


58


Fiction


6,051


The adult circulation was 20,401 and the juvenile 7,185, making a gain of 4,624 in the adult over that of last year while there was a decrease in the juvenile of 133.


ACCESSIONS


Volumes in library, January 1, 1932


21,443


Volumes added in 1932:


By purchase 345


By gift 74


By binding St. Nicholas magazines 4


Volumes in library, January 1, 1933


21,866


LIST OF DONORS OF BOOKS


Drama Class, P. W. C.


Rockwood, Mrs. A. P.


Eaton, Miss Nancy


Rockwood, Miss C. B.


Emerson, E.


State of Massachusetts


Groton Public Library


Wady, Miss Pansy


McDermott, P. J.


Washington, D. C.


Merrill, Miss Anetta S.


Wright, Miss Elizabeth


Robinson, Mrs. Anna


HELEN M. WILEY, librarian


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TOWN WARRANT


FOR FEBRUARY 20, 1933


Article 1. To choose a Moderator.


Article 2. To hear and act upon all reports of Town Officers and Committees.


Article 3. To choose all Town Officers and Committees for the ensuing year not required to be elected by ballot or act in relation thereto.


Article 4. To determine whether the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the consent of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of revenue for the current year.


Article 6. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate money for District and School Nursing.


Article 7. To determine what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to defray Town charges; for the support of Public Schools, Department of Public Wel- fare, repairs of highways and bridges, and various other de- partments.


Article 8. To determine whether the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 for Townsend, River, Dunstable, Nashua and Brookline roads maintenance, provid- ing the State and County each appropriate a like amount.


Article 5. To determine what method the Town will adopt for the collection of taxes.


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Article 9. To determine what sums of money the Town will appropriate and raise for general oiling.


Article 10. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 for hydrant ser- vice, or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 11. To determine whether the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $12,000.00 to pay the expense of the Water Department, including bonds and interest, or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 12. To determine whether the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $309.72 to be added to the Water Department surplus, or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 13. To determine whether the Town will vote to accept Section 13 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, relative to establishing and maintaining a municipal buildings and in- surance fund.


Article 14. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 to establish a municipal buildings and insurance fund, or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 15. To determine whether the Town will vote to establish a Board of three Commissioners of Trust Funds.


Article 16. To determine what sums of money the Town will raise and appropriate for Moth work.


Article 17. To determine if the Town will raise and ap- propriate the sum of $6,800, providing the State will expend the sum of $6,800, for repairs and improvements on outlying roads under the provisions of Section 26 through 29, chapter 81 of the General Laws, as amended.


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Article 18. To determine what sums of money the Town will raise and appropriate for snow removal.


Article 19. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00, providing the State and County will each furnish a like amount, to repair Hollis Street, or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 20. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for use of the Tree Warden in taking care of shade trees.


Article 21. To determine whether the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of nine hundred ($900.00) dollars, and appropriate the sum of one hundred ($100.00) Dollars from the surplus fund which is the amount of fines and in- come received during 1932 and could not be used, for the cur- rent expenses of Lawrence Library or take any action in re- lation thereto.


Article 22. To determine whether the Town will vote to appropriate from the Water Department surplus the sum of ten thousand one hundred fifty dollars $10,150.00) for a new pumping unit for Station No. 1, or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 23. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the following sums to care for the sev- eral overdrafts and unpaid bills of 1932; i. e .:


Insurance overdraft


$149.49


Town Hall overdraft


115.66


Unpaid Forest Fire bills


46.50


Killing unlicensed dogs


5.00


Article 24. To determine whether the Town will rise and appropriate the sum of $365 to erect a new fire escape on the Town House, or take any action in relation thereto.


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Article 25. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum sufficient to pay the County of Middlesex, as required by law, the Town's share of the net cost of care, maintenance, and repair of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital and for care and treatment of tubercular patients up to June 30, 1932, under Acts of 1928, Chapter 385, as amended by Acts of 1931, Chapter 60, including interets or discount on temporary notes issued therefor as assessed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 111 of the General Laws and Acts in amendment thereof and in addition thereto or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 26. To determine whether the Town will accept the following sums for the perpetual care of the following Cemetery lots :


$100 for the


$150 for the


$100 for the Jonah Parker Lot


$100 for the Joseph Warner Lot


$50 for the Jennie A. Wright Lot G. A. Mention Lot


$100 for the


E. F. Harmon Lot Henry Conant Lot


Article 27. To determine whether the Town will vote to re-appropriate the unexpended balance of the Forest Com- mittee for their use the coming year.


Article 28. To determine whether the Town will give the free use of the Town Halls twice during the year to the Fire Department and American Legion respectively, or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 29. To determine whether the Town will vote to reduce the salary of all elective officers 10 per cent, or take any action in relation thereto.


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Article 30. To determine whether the Town will vote to construct a fence on the line between the Play Ground and the land of James F. Winch or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 31. To hear the report of the committee ap- pointed by the Selectmen to investigate the light and power rates of the Middlesex County Electric Co., or take any action in relation thereto.


OTTO B. OLSEN GEORGE P. PARKER WARREN C. FULLER


Selectmen of Pepperell


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