Town annual reports of the selectmen, overseers of the poor, town clerk, and school committee of West Bridgewater for the year ending 1925-1929, Part 15

Author: West Bridgewater (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1925
Publisher: Town Officers and Committees
Number of Pages: 946


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In closing I want to thank the organizations and indi- viduals who have given me their loyal support.


Respectfully submitted,


LILLIAN M. HEWITT,


School Nurse.


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TEACHING FORCE, 1926-27


Howard High School


Teachers


When Ap'd.


Subjects


Where Educated


Earle H. Macleod


1923


Mathematics


Tufts


Arthur Frellick


1925


Science


Mass. Ag. College


Miriam A. Nichols


1926


History


Radcliffe


Eve G. Dill


1925


Comm. Subj.


Burdett


Margaret D. Hayes


1926


Comm. Subj.


Salem


Evelyn S. McNally


1926


English


Univ. of Manitoba


Ruth Owen


1926


French and


Agnes Scott College


Latin


Elementary Schools


Teachers


When Ap,d.


Where Educated


Rose L. MacDonald


1890


Bridgewater Normal


Theresa Miller


1917


Brockton Business Univ .*


Gertrude Pillsbury


1919


Warren High Schoolt


Margaret E. Buckley


1924


Bridgewater Normal


Elizabeth Worthing


1922


Bridgewater Normal


Florence Chaffin


1921


Westfield Normal


Margarette C. Riley


1919


Bridgewater Normal


Gertrude Ward


1923


Leslie Normal


Cecelia M.+ Beattie


1913


Bridgewater Normal


Elizabeth Eastman


1919


West Paris, (Me.) High


Marion Shaw


1926


Bridgewater Normal


Ora Howe


1926


Castine Normal


Mary Kent


1926


Hyannis Normal


Kathryn McEvoy


1926


Bridgewater Normal


Mary Noel


1926


Bridgewater Normal


Margarita Halgren


1925


Mass. Normal Art


Lois J. Snow


1921


Am. Inst. of Music, Hyannis Normal


*Saturday course at Boston University. Summer work at Hyannis and Saturday course at Boston University. #Attended Hebron Academy.


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TEACHERS IN SERVICE, JAN. 4, 1927


Howard High School


Teachers


Address


Earle H. Macleod, Principal


West Bridgewater


Arthur Frellick


West Bridgewater


Eva Dill


West Bridgewater


Evelyn McNally


West Bridgewater


Ruth Owen


· West Bridgewater


Miriam Nichols


Margaret Hayes


West Bridgewater West Bridgewater


Center School


Rose L. MacDonald, Principal, Grade VIII,


449 West Chestnut St., Brockton


Theresa Miller, Grade VII


8 Wall St., Brockton


Margaret C. Riley, Grade VI Bridgewater


Elizabeth Eastman, Grade IV and V


Bridgewater


Marion Shaw, Grade II and III West Bridgewater


Gertrude Pillsbury, Grade I and II


West Bridgewater


Sunset Avenue School


Ora Howe, Principal, Grade VII and VIII


West Bridgewater


Mary Kent, Grade V and VI


West Bridgewater


Elizabeth Worthing, Grade III and IV


West Bridgewater


Florence Chaffin, Grade I and II


West Bridgewater


Cochesett School


Cecilia M. Beattie, Principal, Grade IV, V, and VI


Bridgewater


Margaret E. Buckley, Grades I, II, III Bridgewater


184 Matfield School


Mary Noel, Grades IV, V, VI, VII


Gertrude Ward, Grades I, II, III


East Bridgewater East Bridgewater


Jerusalem School


Kathryn McEvoy, Grades I-IV Brockton


Music Supervisor


Lois J. Snow Raynham Centre


Drawing Supervisor


Margarita Helgren


2 Decker St., Milton


School Nurse


Lillian M. Hewitt


Raynham Centre


MEMBERSHIP BY GRADES, JAN. 3, 1927


GRADES


HIGH


SCHOOLS


| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |10 | 11 | 12 | Totals


High


41 |44 |23 |23


131


Centre VIII


32


32


Centre VII


34


34


Centre VI


26


26


Centre IV-V


14


23


37


Centre III


23


23


Centre I-II


27


23


50


Sunset Ave. VII-VIII


15 |21


36


Sunset Ave. V-VI


19


18


37


Sunset Ave. III-IV


19


16


35


Sunset Ave. I-II


20


24


44


Cochesett IV-VI Cochesett I-III


9


12


10


31


Matfield IV-VII


8


4


6


8


26


Matfield I-III


10


8


7


25


Jerusalem I-VI


5


3


8


4


4


2


26


Totals


71 70 67 54 |56 |58 |57 |53 |41 |44 |23 |23


617


185


6


24


12


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Articles in Town Warrant.


1. To choose a Moderator to preside at said meeting.


2. To elect the following Town Officers by Official Bal- lot: A Town Clerk for one year, one Assessor for one year and one Assessor for three years, one Selectman for three years, one Overseer of the Poor for three years, one Treasurer for one year, one Tax Collector for one year, one Water Com- missioner for three years, two School Committee for three years, two Trustees of Public Library for three years, one Tree Warden for one year, two Constables for one year.


Polls will be open for the purpose of the Article imme- diately after the choice of said Moderator, and will be closed at 8 o'clock p. m.


In accordance with the Town By-Laws the following Articles will be acted on by adjournment to Monday, March 14, 1927, at 7.30 p. m.


3. To choose Town Officers for the ensuing year not elected on the Official Ballot.


4. To hear the reports of all Town Officers and Com- mittees and act thereon.


5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of the revenue of the current year.


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6. To raise such sums of money as may be necessary to defray the Town charges for the ensuing year, and make appropriation for the same.


7. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for a new floor in the lower Town Hall.


8. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for shingling the roof of the Town Hall.


9. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for improvements on Belmont and Matfield Streets providing the County will expend a sum also. 10.000


10. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to purchase land adjoining and near Town Hall lot of the Samuel G. Copeland estate.


11. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purchase of a Wher Grader. 350


12. To see if the Town will purchase a Piano for the Town Hall and appropriate money for the same. 1


13. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for a traffic signal at Elm Square. 260


14. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for land damage on East Center Street.


15. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for land damage on corner of River and Main Sts.


16. To see if the Town will accept Maolis Avenue as laid out by the Selectmen.


17. To see what action the Town will take in regard to the renting of the Town Hall.


18. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to continue the sidewalk on North Main Street to Pine Hill Cemetery.


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19. To see if the Town will adopt by-laws providing for the appointment and duties of an Appropriation, Advisory or Finance Committee, pursuant to the provisions of Section 16 of Chapter 39 of the General Laws, as amended by Chapter 388 of the Acts of 1923, or amend present by-laws to that end, or act anything relative thereto.


20. To see if the Town will install a hydrant on South Main Street near Larkins Turnout and appropriate money to maintain the same.


21. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to extend the water main on South Elm Street to the premises of A. G. Alexander. Ve


22. To see what the Town will do towards joining with the County or State or both to build a permanent road in South Elm Street from Elm Square to Lincoln Street.


23. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Select- men to appoint a Committee to investigate the advisability of establishing a Town Forest, or to take any action thereon.


24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum not exceeding $100.00 for the use of the Plymouth County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture and choose a Town Director as provided in Sections 41 and 45 of Revised Chapter 128 of the General Laws and act thereon.


25. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to establish and maintain a Household Arts Course with or without State Aid or anything relative thereto No


26. To see if the Town will authorize the School Com- mittee to establish and maintain State Aid Vocational Educa- tion in accordance with the provision of Chapter 74 General Laws and Acts and amendatory thereto or dependent thereon and to appropriate a sum of money for the purpose, or any- thing relative thereto.


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27. To see if the Town will return to the Pleasant Hill Cemetery Association, certain lots in Pleasant Hill Cemetery known as Town Lots, deeded to the Town by said Associa- tion. By Petition.


28. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate $3,750.00 for hydrants.


29. To see if the Town will install three street lights on Crescent Street between North Elm Street and Cochesett and appropriate money for the same.


30. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to install one street light on Matfield Street west of Railroad Crossing.


31. To see if the Town will install seven street lights on West Centre Street between Ryder's Corner and the West- dale Station and appropriate money for the same.


32. To see if the Town will install three street lights on North Elm Street: One between Maolis Avenue and Spring Street, one between Sinnott Street and the Brockton line, and one on the hill near Frank Pillsbury's property.


33. To transact any other business that may legally come before the meeting.


Contents.


Assessors' Report,


28


Births, .


20


Board of Health,


122


Collector of Taxes, Report,


118


Collector of Water Rates, Report,


120


Deaths,


25


Extension Service,


144


Fire Department,


135


List of Jurors, .


17


List of Tax Payers,


32


Marriages,


22


Moth Report,


73-133


Police Department Report,


140


Report of Inspector of Animals,


76


Report of Public Library,


146


Report of Sealer of Weights and Measures,


75-130


Report of Superintendent of Streets, .


124


Report of Town Accountant, .


81


Report of Tree Warden,


74-129


State Auditor's Report,


105


Selectmen's Report,


77


Town Clerk's Report,


7


Town Officers for 1926,


3


Town Treasurer's Report,


118


Water Commissioners' Report,


139


School Committee's Report,


155


Superintendent of Schools, ·


Town Warrant, .


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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


Town Officers


and Committees


OF THE TOWN OF


West Bridgewater


1927


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ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


Town Officers and Committees


OF THE TOWN OF


WEST BRIDGEWATER


FOR THE YEAR 1927


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Town Officers for 1927.


TOWN CLERK Edward H. Crocker


TOWN ACCOUNTANT Arthur C. Peckham


SELECTMEN AND OVERSEERS OF THE POOR


Howard C. White Walter C. Whiting James A. Hemenway


Term expires 1928


Term expires 1929


Term expires 1930


ASSESSORS


Joseph C. Howard


Term expires 1928


Albert Manley (Chairman)


Term expires 1929


Edwin H. Thayer


Term expires 1930


TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR Catherine M. Howard


WATER COMMISSIONERS


Warren P. Laughton Hervey Dunham Frank G. Chadwick (Chairman)


Term expires 1928


Term expires 1929


Term expires 1930


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Corelli C. Alger (Secretary)


Term expires 1928


Walter C. Whiting


Term expires 1928


Edith M. Alger


Term expires 1929


Harold S. Lyon


Term expires 1929


Frank G. Chadwick


Term expires 1930


Edwin H. Thayer (Chairman)


Term expires 1930


TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY


Louis P. Hayden


Term expires 1928


Martha B. Mason


Term expires 1928


Edith F. Howard (Chairman)


Term expires 1929


Daniel J. Lothrop


Term expires 1929


Lewis B. Codding


Term expires 1930


Ada M. Wood


Term expires 1930


CONSTABLES


Ervin W. Lothrop William A. Hambly


SURVEYORS OF WOOD AND LUMBER


Edwin H. Thayer, Charles T. Cunningham, James A. Hemenway, Chester R. Ripley, John Rosen.


FENCE VIEWERS


George F. Ryder Albert A. Howard Christopher Read


FIELD DRIVERS


Charles E. Kinney Curtis W. Washburn


TREE WARDEN Christopher Read


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OFFICERS APPOINTED BY THE SELECTMEN SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS Eliot B. Holmes


CHIEF OF POLICE Warren P. Laughton


SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS


Christopher Read Robert A. Roberts


REGISTRARS OF VOTERS


Francis A. Mahoney


Term expires 1928


John L. Sullivan E. Lester Crocker


Term expires 1929


Term expires 1930


FOREST FIRE WARDEN Warren P. Laughton


DEPUTY FOREST FIRE WARDENS Arthur Bellenvance, William S. Irwin, Edward L. Bourne, Ervin W. Lothrop, Levi T. Nute, Albert Manley.


SUPERINTENDENT OF MOTH EXTERMINATION Christopher Read


CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT Warren P. Laughton


INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS AND SLAUGHTERING David Dailey


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SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Christopher Read


DOG OFFICER Ervin W. Lothrop


Town Clerk's Report.


CONDENSED REPORTS OF TOWN MEETINGS OF THE TOWN OF WEST BRIDGEWATER DURING THE YEAR 1927


ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 7, 1927


Chose Howard B. Wilbur, Moderator.


Whole Number of Ballots Cast, 895.


Elected Edward H. Crocker, Town Clerk. James A. Hemenway, Selectman for three years. Assessor for three years-Edwin H. Thayer.


Assessor for one year-Joseph C. Howard.


Treasurer and Collector-Catherine M. Howard.


Overseer of the Poor for three years-James A. Hemenway.


Tree Warden-Christopher Read.


Water Commissioner for three years-Frank G. Chadwick.


School Committee for three years-Frank G. Chadwick and Edwin H. ... Thayer.


Trustees of Public Library for three years-Ada M. Wood and Lewis B. Codding.


Constables-Ervin W. Lothrop and William A. Hambly.


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ADJOURNED MEETING, MARCH 14, 1927


Chose the following officers:


Surveyors of Lumber and Measurers of Wood and Bark -Edwin H. Thayer, James A. Hemenway, Lester P. kip- ley, Charles T. Cunningham, John Rosen.


Fence Viewers-Christopher Read, George F. Ryder, Albert A. Howard.


Field Drivers-Curtis W. Washburn, Charles E. Kinney.


Pound Keeper-Charles E. Kinney.


Article 5. Voted-"That the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1st, 1927, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year; and debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid for from the revenue of said financial year."


The following sums were raised and appropriated to defray the Town charges during the year 1927:


Moderator


$25.00


Selectmen


900.00


Town Accountant


700.00


Treasurer and Collector


1,500.00


Assessors


1,500.00


Other finance officers and accounts


50.00


Town Clerk


600.00


Law


75.00


Election and Registration


350.00


Town Hall


2,000.00


Police Department


1,500.00


Dog Officer


25.00


Fire Department


2,300.00


Hydrants


1,250.00


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Sealer of Weights and Measures


125.00


Moth Extermination


2,800.00


Tree Warden


500.00


Board of Health


1,200.00


Inspection of Animals


100.00


Inspection of Slaughtering


500.00


Maintenance of Plymouth County Hospital


864.25


Highways


5,850.00


Snow Removal


2,500.00


Street Signs and Bridges


1,000.00


Sidewalks-North Elm Street, $1,000.00-General $250.00


1,250.00


Street Lights


2,000.00


Charities


5,000.00


State Aid


450.00


Soldier's Relief


500.00


Military Aid


100.00


Public Library


905.20


Monument Grounds (care of)


60.00


Flags


50.00


Memorial Day Observance


100.00


Town Reports


482.95


Fire Insurance


600.00


Liability Insurance


400.00


Reserve Fund


2,000.00


Interest


3,000.00


Cemeteries (care of)


100.00


Land Damage on East Centre Street


500.00


Land Damage (corner Central Sq. and So. Main Street)


50.00


School Appropriation


47,750.00


Article 8. Voted-To raise and appropriate the sum of $400.00 to shingle the roof of the Town Hall.


Article 9. Voted-To raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000.00 for improvements on Matfield and Belmont


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Street, providing the County will appropriate a like sum. Yes, 155; No, 28.


Article 10. Voted-That the Town take by right of eminent domain, the land adjoining the Town Hall, known as the "Copeland estate" consisting of twenty acres, more or less, shown on the plans of the Assessors as Plan No. 62, Plot No. 30. And that the sum of $6,000.00 be appro- priated from the "Town Farm Account" to pay for the same.


Article 12. Voted-That a sum of money not to exceed $400.00 be raised and appropriated to purchase a piano for the Town Hall and that it be purchased under the supervision of Edwin H. Thayer, George D. Cogswell and Mrs. Effie W. Hayward.


Article 13. Voted-To raise and appropriate $265.00 for a traffic signal at Elm Square.


Article 16. Voted-To accept Maolis Avenue as laid out by the Selectmen.


Article 19. Voted-That Article 3 (three) of the Town By-Laws be amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section :


Section 6. There shall be a Finance Committee for the Town, which shall perform the duties set forth in the following sections thereof. Said committee shall consist of fifteen citizens of the town, which committee shall be ap- pointed as provided in the following section, and no person holding an elective or appointive Town office shall be eligible for to serve on said committee.


Section 7. The Town shall at the next Town meeting following the adoption and approval of these by-laws ap- point from the floor from the voters of the Town five mem- bers to serve for one year, one from the central district of the Town, one from the northern district, one from the southern district, one from the eastern district, one from


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the western district; five members to serve for two years, one from the central district, one from the northern dis- trict, one from the southern district, one from the eastern district and one from the western district; five members to serve three years, one from the central district, one from the northern district, one from the southern district, one from the eastern district and one from the western district. Thereafter at the annual Town meeting there shall be ap- pointed from the floor, five members to fill the vacancies which will be occasioned by the expiration of the terms of the members whose terms expire by limitation in that particular year. Successive appointments shall (a) be voters of the Town, and (b) appointed in the same num- bers and from the same districts as those whose places they take. The boundary lines of the respective districts shall be determined by a committee of five citizens, to be appointed by the Moderator of this meeting, who shall re- port their determination at the next Town meeting. Said committee shall choose its own officers, and shall serve without pay. Said committee shall cause to be kept a re- cord of its proceedings.


Section 8. To this committee shall be referred all articles relating to finances in any warrant for a Town meeting hereafter issued. The Selectmen after drawing any warrant for a Town meeting shall transmit immedi- ately a copy thereof to each member of the Finance Com- mittee, and said committee shall consider all such articles. After due consideration of the subject-matter in such articles, said committee shall report thereon, in print or otherwise to the Town meeting such recommendations as it deems best for the interests of the Town.


Section 9. It shall be the duty of the Finance Com- mittee to consider the annual estimates and expenditures and prepare a statement giving the amounts which in its opinion should be appropriated for the ensuing year, and shall add thereto such explanations and suggestions in rela-


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tion to the proposed appropriations as it may deem expedi- ent, and report thereon as provided in Section 8.


Section 10. It shall be the duty of said committee to make an annual report of its doings, with recommenda- tions relative to financial matters, to be printed with the annual reports of the Town officers.


The new by-laws as printed were approved by the Attorney-General August 4, 1927. Section 10 was not ap- proved as it was provided for by general law and Section 11 was made Section 10. The committee appointed to di- vide the Town into districts included Harold S. Lyon, Louis P. Hayden, B. Frank Hanscom, Chester Thayer, Daniel A. Penpraese.


Article 24. Voted-To raise and appropriate the sum of $100.00 for the use of the Plymouth County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture and it was also voted that Mrs. Corelli C. Alger serve as Town Director on the above Board.


Article 27. Voted-To return to the Pleasant Hill Cemetery Association twelve (12) lots on the westerly side of East Avenue in said Cemetery, known as Town Lots, deeded to the Town by said Association.


Articles 19, 20, 21, and 22. Voted-To install street lights on Crescent Street between North Elm Street and Cochesett; on Matfield Street west of the railroad; on East Centre Street between Ryder's Corner and the Westdale Station; on North Elm Street, one between Maolis Avenue and Spring Street, one between Sinnott Street and the Brockton line, and one on the hill near Frank Pillsbury's property. Voted-To raise and appropriate the sum of $250.00 to pay for the new street lights.


Voted-That the sum of $10,000.00 be appropriated from the Surplus Reserve Fund and deducted by the Assessors from the Tax Levy of 1927.


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SPECIAL MEETING, MAY 16, 1927


Chose Howard B. Wilbur, Moderator.


Article 3. Voted-That the Town raise and appro- priate the sum of $490.00 to indemnify the abuttor's claims for land, drainage and grade damages caused by or result- ing from the alteration or re-construction of the State Highway or section of State Highway on Main Street in this Town.


Article 4. Voted-That the Town elect its Moderator for the term of one year, on the Official Ballot.


Article 6. Voted-That the Town amend the vote taken at the annual Town meeting whereby the sum of $10,000.00 was appropriated for a road on Matfield and Belmont Streets, if the County would appropriate a similar amount, so that the said appropriation of $10,000.00 shall be on the condition that the State and County shall appro- priate a like amount, instead of upon the condition that the County appropriate a like amount.


Article 7. Voted-To raise and appropriate $300.00 to be expended by the Board of Health for the salary of a part time Visiting Nurse in this Town.


Article 9. Voted-To pay all Town laborers sixty cents per hour.


Article 10. Voted-To install four street lights on (West) Spring Street and $72.00 was appropriated for the same.


Article 11. Voted-$1,000.00 for general repairs on Spring Street, west of North Elm Street.


Article 14. Voted-That the Town Clerk be instructed to write letters of apology to Mrs. Lucy E. Bisemore and Joseph H. Bisemore, Jr., for the acts of Howard C. White and Walter C. Whiting of the Board of Selectmen for injur- ing their good names without justification.


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Article 15. Voted-That the Moderator appoint a committee of five citizens, the same to be appointed within a week to investigate the Water Department, said commit- tee to report their findings to the Selectmen and they to publish said report before the first of July, 1927. The com- mittee as appointed by the Moderator included Arthur E. Ryder, Albert D. Barker, Louis P. Hayden, Forrest R. Roulstone and Christopher Read.


Article 16. Voted-It was voted under this article "That the heads of all departments give an itemized re- port in the Annual Town Report.


Article 17. Voted-That Article 1 of the Town By- Laws be amended by striking out Section 2 and inserting in place thereof the following:


Section 2. All business to be transacted at the annual Town meeting other than the election of such officers and the determination of such matters as by law are required to be elected or determined by ballot shall be considered on the first Monday in March at 7.30 P. M., and the elec- tion of such officers and the determination of such matters as by law are required to be elected or determined by ballot shall be acted upon at adjournment upon the second Mon- day in March. Approved by the Attorney-General, August 4, 1927.


Article 28. Voted-That the Trustees of the Public Library be instructed to leave the list of books out of their printed report in the Annual Town Report.


Articles 29 and 30. Voted-To install street lights on Howard Street and on Bryant Street and $72.00 was ap- propriated to pay for same.


Article 31. Voted-To raise and appropriate $1,300.00 for improvements at the junction of West Centre and North Elm Streets.


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SPECIAL MEETING, OCTOBER 31, 1927


Chose Howard B. Wilbur, Moderator.


Article 2. Harold S. Lyon, chairman of the commit- tee appointed to fix the boundary lines of the districts from which the members of the Finance Committee were to be appointed, made a report for the committee which was as follows:


Eastern District: Beginning at Brockton line in the centre of North Main Street, thence running southerly in the centre of said North Main Street to its intersection with Matfield Street, thence running easterly in the centre of Matfield Street to a point at the northeast corner of premises of the late Louise F. Lyon, thence turning and running southerly to the railroad track known as the Easton Branch in a course which if extended would inter- sect East Centre Street at the southeast corner of premises of Gustaf A. Peterson, thence turning and running easter -. ly by the railroad track to the point where Easton Branch intersects the main line of railroad track; thence by the main line of track southerly to the East Bridgewater Town line, thence turning and running to the Brockton City line, thence running westerly by the Brockton City line to the point of beginning.


Southern District: Beginning at the southwest corner of the East District at the railroad track known as the Easton Branch; thence running in a straight line southerly to the southeast corner of the premises of Gustaf A. Peter- son on East Centre Street; thence continuing southerly to a point in the centre of South Main Street where it is inter- sected by the middle of the Town River; thence running southerly by the centre of South Main Street to the point of its intersection with the centre line of Bryant Street extended; thence turning and running southerly by the centre line of South Street to the point of its intersection by the centre line of Cross Street extended; thence turning




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