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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
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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
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8 Cemeteries
1,900.00
1,900.00
15.12
8A Concrete. Liners
100.00
None
None
9 Soldiers' Graves
400.00
400.00
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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
220
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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