Town annual reports of the officers of the town of Pepperell, Mass 1951, Part 9

Author: Pepperell (Mass.)
Publication date: 1951
Publisher: [Pepperell, Mass.] : [Town of Pepperell]
Number of Pages: 238


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.20


Levy of 1938,


.29


Levy of 1939,


28


Levy of 1940,


32


Levy of 1941,


2.17


Levy of 1942,


2.35


Levy of 1943,


2.35


Levy of 1944,


2.24


Levy of 1945,


2.27


Levy of 1946,


2.41


18.34


563,723.19


$563,723.19


205


DEBT ACCOUNTS


$8,000.00


Net Funded or Fixed Debt,


$186,000.00


Water Main and Equipment Loan, Water Construction Loan 1950, 150,000.00


Shattuck School-Remodeling Loan, Groton Street School- Remodeling Loan,


14,000.00


14,000.00


$186,000.00


$186,000.00


TRUST AND INVESTMENT ACCOUNTS


Trust and Investment Funds, Cash and Securities,


$118,509.49


Lawrence Library Funds,


$54,466.66


Edmund P. Farrar Flag Pole Fund,


305.69


Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds,


21,317.16


Woodlawn Cemetery Fund, 19.98


Post-War Rehabilitation Fund,


42,400.00


$118,509.49


$118,509.49


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Report of the Finance Committee


To the voters of the Town of Pepperell:


The Finance Committee submits, herewith, its recom- mendations for the year 1952.


It has been the aim of the Committee, to endeavor to keep the 1952 Tax Rate as low as possible without lowering the present standards of operating the various Depart- ments of the Town. Any increase in the appropriations over what we recommend will increase the Tax Rate ap- proximately 33c for every $1,000.00 raised and appropriated.


We reserve the right to change these recommendations at Town Meeting, because complete information is not avail- able as this report goes to press.


ANNUAL TOWN MEETING - FEBRUARY 18, 1952


ARTICLE 5.


Salaries-Elected Officers-Included in Department Appropriations


Officers


* We Recommend for 1952


Salaries 1951


Selectmen


Chairman of Board


$300.00


$300.00


Second Member


200.00


200.00


Third Member


200.00.


200.00


Town Clerk


500.00


350.00


Treasurer


800.00


800.00


Assessors


Chairman of Board


500.00


500.00


Second Member


500.00


500.00


Third Member


500.00


500.00


Welfare Board


Chairman of Board


100.00


100.00


Second Member


100.00


100.00


Third Member


100.00


100.00


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Officers


We Recommend for 1952


Salaries 1951


Cemetery Commissioners


Chairman of Board


50.00


50.00


Second Member


50.00


50.00


Third Member


50.00


50.00


Trustees of Library


6 Members


None


None


Constable


None


None


Tree Warden


75c per hr.


75c per hr.


Water Commissioners


Chairman of Board


100.00


100.00


Second Member


100.00


100.00


Third Member


100.00


100.00


School Committee


Chairman of Board


60.00


60.00


Second Member


60.00


60.00


Third Member


60.00


60.00


Highway Surveyor


1.25 per hr.


1.250 per hr.


* The above amounts to be effective as of March 1, 1952.


ARTICLE 6.


All sums mentioned in Article 6 to be raised and appropriated


Part One


Appropriations


Line


Appropriation


We recom- mend for 1952


plus Transfers 1951


Balance 1951


No.


or Account


$1,200.00


$1,200.00


$ 22.26


1 Selectmen


1A Salary of Clerk and Office Expense


1,500.00


1,500.00


172.64


2 Legislative


1,000.00


825.00


24.20


3 Law


750.00


1,250.00


257.75


4. Health


1,700.00


1,580.35


None


4A Dental Clinic Fund


2,500.00


3,100.00


701.15


5 Garbage &


Rubbish Collection


2,800.00


2,750.00


5.22


6 Veteran's Benefits


2,000.00


3,010.00


1,991.48


7 Street Lights


5,500.00


5,500.00


166.00


8 Insurance


2,300.00


3,600.00


944.03


9 Town Hall


2,500.00


2,500.00


.10


10 Common


150.00


150.00


25.95


11 Contingent Fund


400.00


400.00


319.65


12 Police Department


10,950.00


9,555.00


13.68


12A Police Dept .- 2 way radio 1,000.00


1,000.00


None


208


Officers


* We Recommend for 1952 Salaries 1951


Appropriations


Line


Appropriation


We recom- mend for


plus Transfers 1951


Balance


No.


or Account


1952


1951


12B Police Dept. Special Tele-


phone line to Groton Radio Station


290.00


None


None


13 Fire Department


4,500.00


4,700.00


13.36


13A Fire Dept .- 2 way radio


570.00


None


None


14 Fire Hose Fund


250.00


250.00


250.00


15 Forest Warden


500.00


500.00


15.47


16 Sealer of Weights & Meas.


170.00


150.00


2.90


17 Dog Officer Account


400.00


300.00


19.55


18 Civilian Defense Fund


500.00


500.00


337.95


ARTICLE 6.


Part Two


1 Town Treasurer


$1,405.00


$1,370.00


$ 12.38


2 Tax Title Expense


300.00


300.00


3.80


3 Interest


600.00


300.00


19.05


4 Town Accountant


1,050.00


1,040.00


11.75


5 Town Clerk


752.50


558.00


1.05


6 Registrars


216.00


295.00


5.99


7 Listing


500.00


415.00


None


8 Election Officers


1,000.00


250.00


32.34


9 Assessors


1,700.00


1,700.00


29.94


10 Tax Collector


2,500.00


2,200.00


None


11 Finance Committee Expense


50.00


75.00


56.13


ARTICLE 6.


Part Three


1 Tree Warden


500.00


300.00


2.30


2 Moth Control


800.00


800.00


None


3 Highways


5,000.00


5,000.00


30.91


3A Railroad Square Highway Improvements


1,000.00


1,000.00


1.85


3B Vacation Pay-Highway


800.00


700.00


152.00


4 Town Dump


400.00


300.00


None


5 Workmen's Compensation Fund None


None


1,900.00


6 Memorial Day


275.00


225.00


None


7 Playgrounds


700.00


700.00


.12


8 Cemeteries


1,900.00


1,900.00


15.12


8A Concrete. Liners


100.00


None


None


9 Soldiers' Graves


400.00


400.00


.25


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Officers We Recommend for 1952


Salaries 1951


Appropriations


We recom-


Line Appropriation


No. or Account


mend for 1952


plus Transfers 1951


Balance 1951


10 Library


3000.00


3,300.00


None


11 District and School Nurse


1,200.00


1,200.00


None


ARTICLE 6.


Part Four


Public Schools plus Dog Tax


Regular Budget


117,390.00


113,563.81


549.18


Shattuck School Loan 4,000.00


4,000.00


Shattuck School Loan Int.


120.00


Groton Street School


Loan


4,000.00


Groton Street School Loan Int.


470.00


$121,390.00 $122,153.81


$549.18


In accordance with Chapter 70, Section 10 of the General Laws, as amended, with the information we have, we estimate that of this $121,390.00 appropriation, the sum of $37,006.84 will be received as School Aid or reimbursement from the Com- monwealth and other estimated receipts, and that the balance of $84,303.16 will be raised by local taxation.


ARTICLE 6.


Part Five


1 Public Welfare


6,000.00 11,000.00


3,531.72


2 Assistance to Disabled Persons


5,000.00


Incl. under Pub. W'f're


3 Assistance to Disabled Persons Admin.


100.00


Incl. under Pub. W'f're


4 Old Age Assistance


55,000.00


55,439.55


144.07


5 Old Age Assistance Admin. 200.00


200.00


.60


6 Aid to Depend. Children


11,500.00


11,551.55


1,514.42


7 Aid to Dependent Children Admin.


100.00


100.00


37.37


$77,900.00 $78,291.10


$5,228.18


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Articles 7, to 39


Article 7. Recommendation not necessary from Fi- nance Committee.


Article 8. We recommend that the sum of $245.84 be raised and appropriated for the purposes stated in this Article.


Article 9. We recommend that the sum of $750.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose stated in this Article.


Article 10. We recommend that the sum of $700.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose stated in this Article.


Article 11. We recommend that the sum of $2500.00 be transferred from available funds for the purpose stated in this Article.


Article 12. We recommend that the sum of $29,305.99 be appropriated from the Water Department Receipts for the purpose stated in the Article.


Article 13. We recommend that the sums of $7,123.71 and $3,205.57 be transferred from Water Department Sur- plus and Special account for the purpose stated in this Article.


Article 14. We recommend that the sum of $87.50 be transferred from available funds for the purpose stated in this Article.


Article 15. Recommendation later.


Article 16. We recommend that the sum of $8,000.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose stated in this Article.


Article 17. We recommend that the sum of $7,000.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose stated in this Article.


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Article 18. We recommend that the sum of $3,000.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose stated in this Article.


Article 19. We recommend that the sum of $3,000.00 be transferred from available funds for the purpose stated in this Article.


Article 20. We recommend that the sum of $1,600.00 be transferred from the Machinery Fund.


Article 21. We recommend that the sum of $2,000.00 be transferred from available funds for the purpose stated in this Article.


Article 22. We recommend that a sum not exceed- ing $4,000.00 to purchase one truck and equipment for the Highway Department be transferred from available funds.


Article 23. We recommend that the sum of $2,000.00 be transferred from available funds for the purpose stated in this Article.


Article 24. We do not recommend any expenditure this year for the purpose stated in this Article.


Article 25. Rrecommendation later.


Article 26. Recommendation later.


Article 27. We recommend that the sum of $450.00 be transferred from available funds for the purpose stated in this Article.


Article 28. We do not recommend an expenditure this year for the purpose stated in this article.


Article 29. Recommendation not necessary from Fi- nance Committee.


Article 30. Recommendation later.


Article 31. Recommendation later.


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Article 32. We do not recommend this Water Ex- tension at this time.


Article 33. We do not recommend this Water Ex- tension at this time.


Article 34. We recommend that the sum of $1700.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose stated in this Article.


Article 35. Recommendation later.


Article 36. Recommendation not necessary from Fi- nance Committee.


Article 37 to Article 40. Recommendation not nec- essary from Finance Committee.


ERNEST A. BARTLETT


CARLTON A. BURNEY


CHARLES A. McGRAW


PAUL R. TAYLOR


Finance Committee


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TOWN WARRANT


TOWN OF PEPPERELL, MASSACHUSETTS


February 18, 1952


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 Commit- tees for the ensuing year not required to be elected by bal- lot, or act in relation thereto.


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


Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to fix the salary and compensation of all elective officers of the town as provided by Section 108 of Chapter 41 General Laws, as amended.


Article 6. To determine what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer, to defray the expenses of the Public Schools, Department of Public Welfare, and various other departments and special accounts.


Article 7. To determine what method the Town will adopt for the collection of Taxes for 1952.


Article 8. To determine if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $237.84 to pay commission due. the Tax Collector for collection of 1951 taxes, and the sum of $8.00 for 1951 Tax Title expense.


Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize


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the Board of Public Welfare to appoint an agent subject to Civil Service laws and rules and to raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 793, Acts of 1950, or act in relation thereto.


Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Welfare to appoint one of its own mem- bers to act as Agent and to fix the salary and to raise and appropriate the same; in accordance with the provisions of Section 4A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, or act in relation thereto.


Article 11. To determine if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $2,500.00 from available funds to a fund to be known as the "Reserve Fund" in accordance with Section 6 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, or take any other action in relation thereto.


Article 12. To determine if the Town will vote to ap- propriate the sum of $29,305.99 from Water Department Receipts, to pay operating and maintenance cost of the de- partment for the current year.


Article 13. To determine if the Town will vote to transfer from "Water Department Surplus" the sum of $7,123.71 and from an account called "Water Department Special" the sum of $3,205.57 to a special account to be called "Water Department-Bond Account" to be used in retiring Bonds of Pepperell Water Loan, Acts of 1950 when due.


Article 14. To determine if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $87.50 from Surplus Revenue to "Water Department-Bond Account," this sum being the amount received as a premium by the Town by sale of Bonds of "Pepperell Water Loan, Act of 1950."


Article 15. To determine what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from available funds, for Hydrant Rental to be paid to the Water Department for 1952, or take any other action in relation thereto.


Article 16. To determine what sum of money the


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Town will vote to raise and appropriate for removal of snow and ice, or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 17. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $7,000.00 for repairs and improvements on outlying roads under the provisions of Section 26 through 29, Chapter 81 of the General Laws, as amended, or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 18. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $3,000.00 for maintenance of Chapter 90 Roads, money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by State or County, or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 19. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of $3,000.00 for construction of Chapter 90 Roads or other Town Roads; money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 20. To determine if the Town will vote to transfer from Machinery Fund Reserve the sum of $1600.00 to a workable fund.


Article 21. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of $2,000.00 for a special project to remove dead trees and dangerous limbs, this work to be done under the supervision of the Selectmen and the Tree Warden.


Article 22. To determine if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a sum not exceeding $4,000.00 to purchase for the Highway Department one truck and equipment, or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 23. To determine if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a sum not exceeding $2,000.00 for renovations in Prescott Hall in Town House, or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 24. To determine if the Town will vote to au-


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thorize the Selectmen to turn in the present Police Cruiser and purchase a new car at a net cost not to exceed $475.00, this sum to be transferred from Surplus Revenue.


Article 25. To determine if the Town will vote to instruct the Assessors to take from Surplus Revenue a sum not exceeding $10,000.00 to reduce the Tax Rate for the current year.


Article 26. To determine if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds, the sum of $7,150.00 to be expended under the joint direction of the Assessors and Selectmen for a revaluation of the town by a firm of outside Appraisers.


Article 27. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds, the sum of $450.00 for the following items to be used in connection with the work of the Pepperell District Nurse:


a. Vision Testing Machine $125.00


b. Audiometer Sonatone 225.00


c. Set of 10 ear phones 100.00


$450.00


or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds, the sum of $1,200.00 for installing a fluoridation system in the Pep- perell town water supply, or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 29. To determine if the Town will vote to give permission to the Lion's Club to plant a permanent Christ- mas tree in the vicinity of the Traffic Circle, all expenses of installing the tree to be borne by the Lion's Club, or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to recom- pense Harold G. Gilbert for extra services performed by him, in transportation of school children; to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $4,584.00 therefor, or taken any action in relation thereto.


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Article 31 (By Petition) To determine if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from avail- able funds a sum not exceeding $3,500.00 for a new drainage system on Townsend Street, for a length of approximately 1200 feet; the work to be done under the supervision of the Highway Superintendent, or take any other action in rela- tion thereto.


Article 32. (By Petition) To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the exten- sion of a water main of not less than eight inches in diame- ter on River Road, so-called, from the end of the existing line on said River Road near the Keyes Farm, so-called, to the residence of Harlow Campbell on said River Road; de- termine whether the money shall be provided for by taxa- tion, by appropriation from available funds in the Treasury, by borrowing under authority of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, or take any action relating thereto.


Article 33. (By Petition) To determine if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $135,000.00 for the extension of a water main of not less than six inches in diameter starting on Jewett Street and running along Jewett Street, Shattuck Street, Townsend Street, and on South Street to the Groton-Townsend line and to the brick School house, so-called, on said South Street; and to meet said appropriation that the treasurer, with the ap- proval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $135,000.00 and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor under the authority of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, payable in accordance with the pro- visions of said Chapter 44, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than fifteen (15) years from the date of issue of the first bond or note.


Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1700.00 for an account to be known as the School Athletic Account, or take any action thereto.


Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds, the sum of $433.26 to weatherstrip the doors and windows at the Groton Street School, or take any action in relation thereto,


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Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to accept the gift of the Shattuck property on West Street, left to the Town under the will of Ida E. Shattuck; to authorize the Selectmen to sell and dispose of the same, or take any action in relation thereto.


Article 37. To determine if the Town will vote to accept the sum of $150.00, the income therefrom to be ex- pended for Perpetual Care of the Charles F. Marshall lot, No. 521, Section G in Woodlawn Cemetery.


Article 38. To determine if the Town will vote to accept the sum of $150.00, the income therefrom to be ex- pended for Perpetual Care of the Harry E. Lynch lot, No. 182, Section E, in Woodlawn Cemetery.


Article 39. To determine if the Town will vote to accept the sum of $200.00, the income therefrom to be expended for Perpetual Care of the Frank D. Farley lot, No. 401, Section G, in Woodlawn Cemetery.


Article 40. To determine if the Town will vote to accept the sum of $200.00, the income therefrom to be ex- pended for Perpetual Care of the Charles H. Swasey lot No. 83, Section C, in Woodlawn Cemetery.


RAY M. NEWELL LEONARD J. DAVIS ROBERT N. TURNER, JR. Board of Selectmen.


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INDEX


Action on Warrant for February 19, 1951


49


Aid to Dependent Children


112


Assessors 126


Board of Health


14


Board of Public Welfare


107


Cemetery Commissioners


115


Civil Defense Committee


154


Collector of Taxes


119


Dental Clinic


17


District Nurse


20


Dog Officer


129


Election Officers


8


Finance Committee


207


Fire Department


59


Forest Fire Warden


61


Highway Surveyor


63


Jurors, Town of Pepperell


19


Librarian


72


Library Treasurer


70


Library Trustees


69


Licenses Granted


11


List of Insurance


12


Middlesex County


Extension Service


117


Milk Inspection


14


Moth Superintendent


67


Officers Appointed


5


Officers Elected


3


Old Age Assistance


110


Playground Committee


128


Police Department


56


School Department


75


Art Supervisor


95


Budget Proposed for 1952


83


C. M. Shattuck School Principal


90


Groton Street School Principal


92


High School Principal


86


Music Supervisor


96


Nurse


98


Organization


78


School Census


104


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INDEX (Continued)


School Department (Continued)


School Committee


79


Sewing Supervisor


94


Superintendent


84


Teachers in Service


106


Sealer of Weights and Measures


62


Selectmen


9


State Audit


156


Town Accountant


130


Town Clerk


Births


29


Deaths


33


Dog Laws


37


Financial Report


36


Marriages


22


Town Counsel


152


Town Treasurer


122


Town Warrant for February 18, 1952


214


Town Warrant for February 19, 1951


40


Tree Warden


66


Veteran's Benefits Report


18


Water Department


68


Welfare Agent's Report


114


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