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Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to donate to the Government scrap heap the two cannons located at the
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entrance to Brook Park. and act fully the co
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of four hundred and fifty ($450.00) dollars, for the benefit of the Chase Library, West Harwich.
$450.00 appropriated.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Six Hundred ($600.00) Dollars for the benefit of the Harwich Port Library Association.
$600.00 appropriated.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to expend the refunded dog tax for the year 1942 for the support of Brooks Library.
Accepted and adopted.
Article 15. To see what action the Town will take in regard to fixing the Salary of the Surveyor of Highways and act fully thereon.
Salary was fixed at $1,300.00 a year
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to increase the wage for Town labor to Sixty ($.60) Cents per hour.
Voted to pay 60 cents an hour for town labor.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Fifty ($50.00) Dollars for the feed- ing and propagation of game within the Town limits and that a Committee of three be appointed by the chair to have charge of the work.
$50.00 was appropriated. W. R. Orton, C. H. Taylor, R. W. Doane ; Committee.
Article 18. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the Herring Fisheries for the year 1943.
It was voted to sell the herring privilege at this meet- ing to the highest bidder, with Selectman C. T. Chase as auctioneer. The fisheries were sold to Gershom D. Hall for $111.00
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and
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appropriate the sum of Five Hundred ($500.00) Dollars for the purpose of keeping the beaches clean and for the care and repairs of the raft at the end of Bank Street and the floats at Wychmere Harbor, Harwich Port and at Round Cove, East Harwich and act fully thereon.
Voted to raise $500.00
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to reduce the number of elected Constables from three to one.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the moderator to appoint a committee of five members to study ways and means of reducing the cost of street- lighting to the town, including the possible elimination of some lights, said committee to report its findings and re- commendations for the action of the next annual Town Meeting and act fully thereon.
Accepted and adopted. Committee; Henry F. Smith, Sheldon Thayer, Thos. S. Taylor, Thomas M. Wright and J. T. Wood.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money not to exceed Nineteen Hun- dred and Thirty-one ($1,931.00) Dollars or any part there- of, for the purpose of reimbursing Harold E. Stanwood for money expended in building a bulk-head and rip-rapping the bank at the end of Quason Lane at Harwich Port, and act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 23. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars to lay out and build a Rifle Range in the basement of Exchange Hall for Harwich Co. 55, Mass. State Guard.
$200.00 appropriated.
Article 24. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to purchase a Sand Bank with land adjacent to same for the construction and maintenance of highways and other purposes for the Town of Harwich, and the sum of
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Eight Hundred and Fifty ($850.00) Dollars be appropri- ated for same.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to erect and maintain one street light on Main Street, North Harwich, opposite the residence of Mrs. Nellie Raneo Fortes, and act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred ($400.00) Dollars for the purchase of a snow fence, and act fully thereon.
Indefinitely postponed.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Eight Hundred ($800.00) Dollars to remodel and equip an available section of the old High School Building for use as a Cafeteria.
$800.00 appropriated.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate Three Thousand ($3,000.00) Dollars for operat- ing expenses of the cafeteria mentioned in the previous article, all receipts from the sale of lunches to be returned to the Town.
$3,000.00 appropriated.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money not to exceed Sixteen Hun- dred ($1600.00) Dollars, under the provisions of sub Sec- tion 21, of Section 1 of Chapter 371 of Acts of 1921, and any and all amendments thereof and additions thereto for the employment of a nurse through the Harwich Visiting Nurse Association Inc.
$1,600.00 appropriated.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise an.l appropriate a sum not to exceed One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars to be paid to the Cape Cod Hospital for the es- tablishment and maintenance of a free bed in the Hospital
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for care and treatment of persons certified by the Selec :- men to be residents of the Town and unable to pay for such care and treatment, in accordance with Section 74 of Chap ter 111 of the General Laws, or take any action in relation thereto, and act fully thereon.
$1,000.00 appropriated.
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars to continue the work on Assessors' Maps, begun in 1942, and act fully thereon.
$200.00 appropriated.
Between the discussion of Art. 7 and 8 Mr. James A. Price presented the following motion: "Resolved; that we, the voters of the town of Harwich, request the Select men to advise and authorize the Treasurer of the town to purshase $5,000.00 worth of War Bonds."
The Moderator entertained the resolution and the vot- ers accepted it unanimously and with strong emotion. It was agreed that $5,000 be taken from available funds -- otherwise from the "Free Cash".
Meeting adjourned Tuesday at 12:45 P.M.
HENRY K. BEARSE, Town Clerk.
BIRTHS RECORDED IN THE TOWN OF HARWICH-1943
No.
Date
Name
Place of Birth
Parents
1
Jan.
4 Mary Anna Gomes
Harwich,
Frank Gomes
Mass.
Mary Rose
2
Jan.
6 Kerry Ross Hibbert
Harwich,
Francis J. Hibbert Julia Higgins
3
Jan. 6 Richard Ray Stevenson
Barnstable, Mass.
Richard R. Stevenson Shirley L. Blanding David K. Henderson Ruby M. Ellis
5 Jan. 7
Perkins
Barnstable, Mass.
Linda H. Matson
6 Feb. 19 Winthrop Alton Lee .
Harwich, Mass.
Robert E. Lee Lillian A. Wade
7 Mar. 12
Harwich,
Mass.
8 Apr. 27 Stillborn
9 May 20 Nancy Joanna Small
10
Mar. 2 Sally Jeanette Dybing
Harwich, Mass. Barnstable, Mass
Barnstable, Mass.
Barnstable, Mass.
13 Apr. 28 Faith Gabrielle Henry
Barnstable, Mass.
14
May 9 Janis Louise Grace
Harwich, Mass.
Lawrence Small Eleanor Chase Edwin W. Dybing Sarah J. Nickerson John H. Doane Doris M. Doane Juanario F. Almeida Marion Lopes James W. Henry Anna M. Connors Arthur D. Grace Louise Thatcher
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11 Mar. 26 Paul Vincent Doane
12 Apr. 22 Elaine Carol Almeida
Harwich,
Mass.
Edward L. Perkins, Jr.
4 Jan. 7 Peter Lowell Henderson
Mass
BIRTHS-Continued
No. Date
Name
Place of Birth
Parents
15
May 13 Julia Myrna Grace
Harwich, Mass. Harwich,
Mass.
17 June 2 George Ernest Vieria
Harwich,
Mass.
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June 9 Wilma Carol Rocheteau
Harwich, Mass.
19
May 21 Bonnie Louise Joy
Barnstable, Mass.
20
July 19 Joseph Phillip Macomber, Jr.
Barnstable,
Mass.
21
July 21 George Richard Stearns
Harwich, Mass.
22 July 27
Carlton Lenwood Ellis, Jr.
Barnstable, Mass.
?? Aug. 10 Frances Theresa D'Elia
Barnstable,
24 Sept. 6 Paula Cyril Cayouette
Mass. Harwich, Mass.
25
Sept. 3 Nancy Merrill Bradshaw
- Barnstable, Mass.
26 Sept. 3 Donna Lucille Stanford
Barnstable, Mass.
27 Sept. 16 Robert Edward Votapka
Barnstable, Mass.
28 Sept. 21
Gloriann Lee Straughn
Barnstable, Mass.
Julio Grace Charlotte Piper Antone Sentio Dorothy Fernande Manuel Vieria Evelyn, Gonsalves William C. Rocheteau Senna Fernandes Stanley R. Joy Barbara Armstrong Joseph P. Macomber Florence E. Dumont Robert S. Stearns Lois A. Johnson Carlton L. Ellis Mary L. Ryder Arthur J .: D'Elia Helen B. Tirrell Napoleon A. Cayouette Gwendolyn Chipman Thornton F. Bradshaw . Sally B. Davis
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Harry D. Stanford Alice L. Harvey Frank G. Votapka Ardell McCoy Norman M. Straughn Gloria E. Bassett
16 May 31 John Santos Sentio:
BIRTHS-Continued
No. Date
Name
Place of Birth
Parents
29
Oct.
28
Joseph Fernandes, III
Barnstable, Mass.
30
NOv.
6
Patricia Louise DeGrace
Barnstable,
Mass.
31
Nov. 11
Marilyn Ethel Enos
Barnstable,
Mass.
32
Dec.
7 James J. Monterio
Harwich,
Mass.
Adeline Fernandes
33
Dec. 23 Edward Walter Strout
Barnstable,
Donald W. Strout Evelyn W. Anderson
Mass.
Joseph Fernandes, Jr. Jennie E. Sylvia John DeGrace, Jr. Lucy Fernandes Henry B. Enos Ethel M. Boyce Frank J. Monterio
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MARRIAGES IN THE TOWN OF HARWICH-1943
No. Date
Names
Age
Residence
Place of Marriage
1
Jan.
3
Rudolph Grossman
30
Billings, Mont.
West Harwich
Sylvia Bassett
18
Chatham, Mass.
2
Jan. 23
Biddle R. Thompson, Jr.
26
Harwich Port
Harwich Port
Adelaide B. Kershaw
26
Harwich Port
3
Feb.
14
George Clayton Thurston
28
Chatham, Mass.
West Harwich
Helen Mario Goodspeed
30
Chatham, Mass.
4
Feb. 28
Burton Wiswell Story
22
Chatham, Mass.
West Harwich
Anne Marie Smith
22
Chatham, Mass.
5
Mar. 14
Thomas Egan
21
West Harwich
West Harwich
Sadie Agnes White
22
Hartford, Conn.
West Harwich
6 Mar. 18
George E. Parmenter Doris K. Howes
28
Dennis, Mass
7
Mar. 21
Lucile Brett Tobey
20
Harwich Center
8
Mar. 20
Rodman Tuttle Small
27
Harwich Center
So. Hadley Falls, Mass.
Elizabeth Chapin Lamb
38
So. Hadley Falls, Mass.
9 Apr.
6
Hartson William Morey
40
Plymouth, Mass.
10
Apr. 25
Katherine M. Nickerson
58
Harwich Center
11
May 20
Eugene Harrington Winston, Catherine Louise Shannon Fred Gonsalves
24
Harwich Center
North Harwich
12
May 22
Pearl Roma Lombard
21
North Harwich
13 May
22
John Francis Sullivan
47
Milton, Mass.
West Harwich
Marion Catherine Larkin;
37
South Harwich
14 June 19
Dudley Buck, Jr.
31 Harwich Center
Harwich Port
Huldah Brewer Lang
30
Boston, Mass.
15
July 5
Thomas Patrick O'Malley
21
St. Louis, Mo.
West Harwich
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Nashua, N. H.
Charlotte Warren Maxwell
30
Harwich Port
Edmund D. Kendrick
70
Chatham, Mass.
Harwich Center
Jr. 22
Harwich Port
West Harwich
23 Harwich Port
Delmer Faunce Jones
33
Harwich Port
Harwich Center
24
Pensacola, Fla.
MARRIAGES-Continued
No. Date
Names
Age
Residence
Place of Marriage
Claudiene Vivian Harper
19
St. Louis, Mo.
16
July
10
Bradford Gardner
27
Centerville, Mass.
17
July
12
Manuel Dias Andrade
21
Falmouth, Mass.
Falmouth, Mass.
Madeline Rose
20
Pleasant Lake
18
Aug.
8
Howard Edward Staats, Jr.
22
Newport, R. I.
Harwich Center
19
Aug.
8
Walter Vernon Whiteley
19
East Harwich
West Harwich
Mary Genevieve Spinney
17
East Harwich
20
Aug. 26
Kenneth M. Matteson Helen T. Eldredge
21
Harwich Port
21
Sept.
4
Hugo Rehling Pruter Nancy Lee Taylor
24
Harwich Port
22
Sept.
5
Joseph Paul Garcia
22
Eastham, Mass.
West Harwich
Ruth Eliza Young
21
Orleans, Mass.
23
Sept. 11
Lorin Lawrence Homer Edna May Wyeth
27
Newtonville, Mass.
24
Sept. 18
Joseph P. Walker Alice Ellis
20
Dennis, Mass.
25
Oct.
31
Warren Gideon Porter
22
Chatham, Mass.
West Harwich
Ethel Grant Forgeron
19
Chatham, Mass.
26
Dec. 4
William Oliver King
53
Quincy, Mass.
West Harwich
Marie Monsoni (Davis)
50
Quincy, Mass.
27 Dec.
27
Peter Roderick
27
Marston's Mills, Mass.
West Harwich
Elizabeth Eileen Roderick
24
Harwich Center
Harwich Port
Helen Otis Baker
25
Harwich Port
Eunice Geneva Moody
21
Harwich Center
Chatham, Mass.
Scituate, Mass
23
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Brookline, Mass.
23
Harwich Port
Harwich Port
24
Dennis, Mass.
` West Harwich
23
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DEATHS RECORDED IN THE TOWN OF HARWICH-1943
No
Date
Name
Age
Disease
Place of Death
1
Jan.
6
Nellie A. Runnels
71
Cancer
West Harwich
2
Jan.
8
Julia A. Bulman
76
Heart disease
Foxborough, Mass.
3
Jan.
17
Sears Linwood Moore
75
Arterio Scelerosis
Barnstable, Mass.
4
Jan.
23
Alonzo F. Jordan
89
Myocarditis
Harwich Center
5
Jan.
23
Agnes Seymore
64
Coronary thrombosis
Harwich Port
6
Feb.
8
Philip L. Nickerson
79
Angina pectoris
Harwich Center
7
Feb.
15
Watson B. Eldredge, Jr.
20
Meningococcus
8
Feb.
17
Everett B. Mecarta
79
Lobar pneumonia
Fairhaven, Mass.
9
Feb.
18
Lillian Josephine Doane
70
Aortic stenosis
Harwich Port
10
Mar.
9
Ernest I. Bassett
59
Endocarditis
Harwich Center
11
Mar.
22
Rosie K. Allen
94
Cerebral hemorrhage
Harwich Port
12
Mar.
26
Maria Louisa Hills
75
Coronorary thrombosis
West Harwich North Harwich
13
Mar.
28
LeRoy F. Hamilton
68
Natural causes
14
Mar.
28
Holland G. Rogers
84
Arterio sclerosis
Brewster, Mass.
15
Mar.
30
Catherine Pena Perry
21
Mitral stenosis
Barnstable, Mass.
17
Apr.
8
Frank F. Rose
70
Pneumonia
Harwich Center
18
Apr.
24
Bertram D. Crosby
63
Chronic endocarditis Stillborn
Harwich Center
19
Apr.
27
. Galvin
20
May
2
David L. Small
90
Arterio sclerosis
21
May
24
Edith A. Sears
83
Interstitial nephritis
22
May
30
John Neckermann
67
Coronary sclerosis
23
May 4
Clara M. Andrus
70
Carcinoma
Barnstable, Mass.
24
June 12
George E. Kendrick
74
Heart disease
25
June
12
Alfred W. Johnson
59
Diabetes millitus
East Harwich
26
June
24
Matilda D. Baker
73
Fractured hip
Taunton, Mass.
27
June 26
Heman, E. Bassett
75
Carcinoma
Barnstable, Mass.
28
July 1
Roy S. Thornton
48
Alcoholism
West Harwich
29
June 28
Stephen D. Ellis
88
Arterio sclerosis
Harwich Center
16
Mar.
1
Susan B. Sewall
76
Hemorrhage
Harwich Center
Harwich Center
North Harwich
West Harwich
Barnstable, Mass.
Brockton, Mass.
New York, N. Y.
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DEATHS-Continued
No
Date
Name
Age
Disease
Place of Death
30
July
10
William T. Dowling
71
Sudden death in bathing
Harwich, Mass.
31
July
11
John Joseph Pierce
76
Accidental drowning
West Harwich
32
Aug.
6
Joao F. Moraes
55
Hemorrhage
West Harwich
33
Aug.
13
Lizzie B. Nickerson
67
Carcinoma
West Harwich
34
Aug.
23
Mary Etta Mulcay
79
Carcinoma
Harwich Center
35
Aug.
31
Susie F. Mitchell
77
Seniel dementia
East Harwich
36
Aug.
27
Manuel Lopes
56
Arterio sclerosis
Harwich Center
37
Aug.
28
Marshall E. Chase
85
Arterio sclerosis
Brewster, Mass.
38
Aug.
31
Sunie D. Hardie
58
Cancer
West Harwich
39
Sept. 1
Lucy F. Cahoon
84
Cancer
Pleasant Lake
40
Sept. 5
Donald Holmes Barrett
18
Accident
Florida
41
Sept.
12
Joseph G. Edwards
82
Arterio sclerosis
West Harwich
42
Oct.
1
Charles L. Ingalls
77
Broncho pneumonia
43
Oct.
17
Emily G. Harrison
75
Heart disease
Bourne, Mass.
45
Oct.
6
Anthony Saunders
43
General paresis
Taunton, Mass.
47
NOv.
9
Josephine T. Bill
92
Arterio sclerosis
48
Nov.
15
Henry A. Bragg
68
Gastric Ulcer
49
NOV.
17
Russell L. Stetson
50
Carcinoma
50
Nov.
25
Joshua P. Mckinley
70
Myocarditis
Barnstable, Mass.
51
NOV.
25
Elizabeth A. Nickerson
88
Fractured hip
Barnstable, Mass.
52
NOV.
27
Charles Kroll
67
Myocardial infarct
Bourne, Mass.
53
Dec.
3
Margaret E. Pierce
77
Harwich Port
54
Dec.
17
Hilda Merchant Ginn
47
Pleasant Lake
55
Dec.
25
Perry A. Borden
56
Peritonitis
Holden, Mass.
56
Dec.
29
Clarenton K. Turpie
85
Pneumonia
Barnstable, Mass. New Bedford, Mass.
57
Dec.
Ida W. Walker
82
Harwich Port Harwich Port
44
Sept.
15
Norman A. Sisson;
47
46
Nov. 5
John M. Perry
53
Dropped dead
West Harwich Brewster, Mass. South Harwich Bourne, Mass.
Cerebral hemorrhage Natural causes
BODIES BROUGHT TO HARWICH FOR BURIAL-1943
No.
Date
Name
Age
Cemetery
Place of Death
1
Feb.
10
Wiliam F. Baker
68 Evergreen, E. H.
Greeneld, Mass. Middleboro, Mass.
2
Feb.
9
George W. Cobb
81 Mt. Pleasant, H. P.
3
Feb.
14
Charles M. Snow
82 North Harwich
4
Mar.
7
James E. Brown
53 Evergreen, E. H.
5
Florence Higgins Leland
46 Island Pond, H. C.
Yarmouth,
6
Mar.
28
Mary Elizabeth Nickerson
46 Evergreen, E. H.
7
Apr.
12
George E. Baker
60 Evergreen, E. H.
Barnstable, Mass. Falmouth, Mass.
9
May
7
Arthur M. Edwards
86 Evergreen, E. H.
10
May
19
Baby girl Weber
.. Evergreen, E. H.
Boston, Mass.
11
July
15
Annie L. Stevens
84 Evergreen, E. H.
12
June
16
Geneva C. Kendrick (Ashes)
66 Evergreen, E. H.
13
July
4
Nellie F. Smith Chase
81 North Harwich
14
July
19
Lawrence M. Rogers
72 Evergreen, E. H.
15
July
27
Hattie F. Nickerson Ellis
71 Evergreen, E. H. . Mt. Pleasant, H. P.
17
Dec.
13
(Ashes) Isabelle Rockwell
79 Island Pond, H. C.
18
Oct.
6
Gertrude L. Phillips
47 Island Pond, H. C.
19
Oct.
19
Adino B. S. Albert
72 South Harwich
20
Oct.
28
Dennis Meunier
70 Catholic
21
Nov.
10
Eunice C. Bassett
76 Island Pond, H. C.
22
Dec.
4
Addison D. Nickerson
76 Island Pond, H. C.
23
Dec.
19
Charles M. N. Loveland
70 South Harwich
24
Dec. 24
Lillian M. Berry
71 Pine Grove, W. H.
25
Dec. 29
Florence B. Ellis Emery
73 South Harwich
Paramus, N. J. Buffalo, N. Y. Barnstable, Mass.
8
Apr.
20
Asenath B. Woodward
42 Mt. Pleasant, H. P.
Philadelphia, Pa. Quincy, Mass.
Barnstable, Mass. California
16
Aug.
7
Revere, Mass. Orlando, Fla. Taunton, Mass. Central Falls, R. I. Hartford, Conn. Newburyport, Mass. Nahant, Mass. Brewster, Mass Bourne, Mass. Elizabeth, N. J.
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Duxbury, Mass. Taunton, Mass. Mass.
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT
FEBRUARY 7, 1944
THE COMMONWEALTHI OF MASSACHUSETTS
Barnstable, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Harwich, in said County, Greetings :-
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the Inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in Elections and Town Af- fairs, to meet in Exchange Hall in said Town on Monday, February 7, 1944, at 9 A.M., then and there to act on the following articles :-
Polls will be open at 9 A.M. and may close at 4 P.M.
Article 1. To choose on one ballot the following Town Officers and Committees : Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, for one year; one Selectman, Overseer of Public Welfare and Board of Health, for three years ; one Assessor for three years; three Herring Committee for one year ; one School Committee for three years : three Con- stables for one year; one Trustee of Brooks Library for three years; one Park Commissioner for three years; one Park Commissioner for two years; Moderator for one year ; one Water Commissioner for three years ; Surveyor of High- ways for one year; one Cemetery Commissioner for three years.
Article 2. To choose all other Town Officers and Committees.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1. 1944. and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
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Article 4. To hear the report of all Town Officers and Committees for the year 1943.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate such sums of money as may be necessary to defray Town expenses for the ensuing year, and act fully thereon.
Article 6. To see if the town will vote to instruct its Selectmen to control, regulate and prohibit the taking of Eels, Clams, Quahaugs and Scallops, within the town limits as provided in Chapter 130. Section 57, as amended by Chapter 329 of the Acts of 1933 and to make any regula- tions in regard to such Fisheries as may be expedient, and act fully thereon.
Article 7. To see if the town will vote to transfer from surplus revenue or available funds a sum not in excess of twenty thousand dollars, ($20,000), for the purpose of re- ducing the 1944 tax rate and act fully thereon.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to defray the ex- penses of Harwich Ration Board and to act fully thereon.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the use of Har- wich Post No. 292 American Legion in the proper obser- vance of Memorial Day and Armistice Day ond other proper patriotic purposes.
Article 10. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars ($350.00) for the use of 3rd. Company, 1st Battalion: 30th Infantry, Mass. State Guard; of which $150.00 is for the purchase of radio equipment and $200.00 for the purchase of other articles of equipment or supplies not issued by the State Quartermaster, but needed for the proper performance of its duties.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars for the pur- pose of maintaining shell fish Wardens at Allen's Harbor, Wychmere Harbor, Herring River and Pleasant Bay, and act fully thereon.
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Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to erect and maintain one street light at the junction of Satucket Road and Quason Lane Harwichport, and act fully thereon.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to maintain three street lights on East Harwich road, from the present light East to residence of Frank Votapka and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the same.
Article 14. To see if the town will vote to accept the provisions of Section 69, Chapter 152 of the General Laws, Ter. ed., as amended, providing for the payment of Work- men's Compensation to injured employees of the town.
Article 15. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to continue the side- walk in West Harwich on the North side of the State Highway from the residence of Axel Farham to the drive- way of Orick Hall, and act fully thereon.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money, not to exceed $2000.00 to be used in conjunction with other sums hereinafter sought, for the purpose of rip-rapping and filling the property of Charles E. LeBuff on Herring River in West Harwich, pro- viding the County will furnish and provide a like sum; and the State will furnish and provide a sum not exceeding $4000.00, the whole amount raised and furnished to be used for the purpose aforesaid; and to act fully thereon.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to accept the lay-out in accordance with a plan on file in the Town Clerk's Office, said lay-out being an extension of Shore Road lead- ing easterly, then Northerly parallel with Gray Neck Road, provided the land within the lay-out can be obtained from the owners without cost.
Artice 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) for the purpose of clearing, grading, and hardening with cinders or some other suitable material, Shore Road Exten- sion, so called.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to provide steps at the foot of Quason Lane to give access to the beach at that point.
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Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of fifteen hundred ($1500.00) dollars for Beach erosion to be used with any money that may be contributed by the State and County.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of four hundred and fifty ($450.00) for the benefit of the Chase Library, West Harwich and act fully thereon.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of six hundred ($600.00) dollars for the benefit of the Harwichport Library Association.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of three thousand dollars for the pur- pose of renovating and changing the Town Offices, so they will be more convenient, more modern and up to date, and to act fully thereon.
Article 24. To see if the town will vote to buy fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) of U. S. Government war bonds, the money to be taken from the surplus.
Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Sections 22 to 26 inclusive of Chapter 114 of the General Laws, Ter. ed., and all acts and ammend- ments thereto, pertaining to the powers, duties and author- ity of the Cemetery commissioners, and to act fully thereon.
Article 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two thousand ($2000.00) dollars providing the State and County will contribute a like amount for the purpose of building a new Bridge in place of the so called Allen's Harbor Bridge on Lower County Road, and to act fully thereon.
Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for the purpose of building a substantial raft or float to be located off the Town owned beach at the end of Bank street, Harwichport, and act fully thereon.
Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money not to exceed sixteen hundred ($1600.) dollars, under the provision of sub-section 21 of
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Section 1 of Chapter 371 of Acts of 1921, and any and all amendments thereof and additions thereto for the employ- ment of a nurse through the Harwich Visiting Nurse As- sociation, Inc.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of seven hundred ($700.00) dollars to continue the work on Assessors Maps begun in 1942 and act fully thereon.
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