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I would respectfully call your attention to the appended table of attendance data. The data given here is as of January 4, 1920. The usual teachers' directory is included with this report.
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER E. GUSHEE, Superintendent.
Agawam, January 26, 1920.
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SCHOOL DIRECTORY, JANUARY, 1920
Name
Position
Date of Appointment
Home Address
School Address
Walter E. Gushee
Superintendent of Schools
Dec. 1901
Ludlow
Ralph H. Waterhouse
Assistant Superintendent of Schools
Jan. 1920
Amherst
Ruth H. Cook
Supervisor of Drawing
Sept. 1919
404 Merriam Ave., Leominster
Phoebe Hooper
Supervisor of Music
Sept.
1916
30 High St., Springfield
Lulu Treichler
Teacher of Elocution
Sept.
1917
317 St. James Ave., Springfield
Catherine G. Danahy, Prin.
Mittineague, Grade VIII, IX
Sept.
1899
Mittineague
Mae P. Lynch
Mittineague, Grade VII
Sept.
1919
4 Gunn Sq., Springfield
Katherine T. Powers
Mittineague, Grade VI
Sept.
1917
39 Maple Terrace
Mittineague
Olive A. Fox
Mittineague, Grades IV, V
Sept.
1914
|18 Hampden St., Westfield
Nellie T. Granfield
Mittineague, Grades III, IV
Sept.
1918
14 Genesee St., Springfield
Mary J. Kelly
Mittineague, Grades II, III
Sept.
1919
Lee
Jennie M. Lucas
Mittineague, Grade I
Sept.
1900
|Plantsville, Conn.
Hope Williams
Mittineague, Grade I
Sept.
1919
1138 Riverdale, W. Springfield
Sept.
1917
Route 14, Concord, N. H.
Agawam Agawam
Lillian Hayhurst
Agawam Center, Grades V, VI
Sept.
1918
96 Bay St., Springfield
Lena Collis
Agawam Center, Grades IV, V
Jan.
1917
39 Central St., Palmer
Agawam
Elinor Gibney
Agawam Center, Grade IV
Jan.
1920
Hillsboro Upper Village, N. H.
Agawam
Edith Barr
Agawam Center, Grades II, III
Sept.
1918
28 Windsor St., Springfield
Sarah Wheaton
Agawam Center, Grades I, II
Sept. 1914
15 Hollywood St., Springfield Vernon St., Springfield
Mrs. Zifford Barcomb
Agawam Center, Grade I
Oct.
1919
Sept.
1919
20 Church St., W. Springfield
Myrtle I. Moore
South Street, Grades I-III
Sept.
1919
The Edna, Arnold Circle, Cambridge
Agawam
Madrine L. Wood, Prin.
Feeding Hills, Grades VIII, IX
Apr. 1918
Feeding Hills
Hattie Bolton
Feeding Hills, Grades VI, VII
Sept.
1918
Northfield
Feeding Hills
Cora E. Halladay
Feeding Hills, Grades V, VI
Sept. 1915
Suffield, Conn.
Feeding Hills
Olive C. Duguid
Feeding Hills, Grades III, IV
Sept.
1918
Penacook, N. H.
Feeding Hills
Mabel D. Allen
Feeding Hills, Grades I, II
Jan.
1919
Edna B. Harmon
West Street, Grades I-IV
Sept.
1918
Great Barrington
Faolin M. Peirce, Prin.
Springfield Street, Grade I
Lucy E. Carver
Springfield Street, Grades IV, V
Sept.
1919 Ludlow R. F. D.
Mittineague
Harriet D. Peirce
Springfield Street, Substitute
Hazel M. Sullivan
Springfield Street, Grades II, III
Sept. 1914
11 Smith Ave., Mittineague
Ludlow Mittineague 31 Thompson St., Springfield
85 Spring St., Springfield 1314 Westfield St., Mittineague
Kate Adams, Prin.
Agawam Center, Grades VIII, IX
Agawam Center, Grade VII
Sept.
1917
265 Harvard St., Brookline
Mary Kerr
Helen Ewald
Suffield Street, Grades I-III
248 No. Main St., Springfield
Feeding Hills
Sept. 1909 20 Riverdale St., W. Springfield
20 Riverdale St., W. Springfield
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ENROLLMENT
The following tables shows the enrollment by schools and by grades as of January, 1920.
AGAWAM PRECINCT
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
Total
Room A
13
13
Room 1
22
11
33
Room 2
10
27
37
Room 3
35
35
Room 4
16
18
15
25
20
16
9
23
32
Suffield
15
9
5
29
South
7
7
8
22
Totals
57
37
40
51
33
25
20
25
23
311
MITTINEAGUE PRECINCT
I
II
III
IV
-
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
Total
Office
20
20
Room 1
43
43
Room 2
12
30 19
23
30
35
35
Room 6
34
34
16
14
30
Totals
63
12
49
35
30
35
34
16
14
288
FEEDING HILLS PRECINCT
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
Total
Room 1
25
1'
42
Room 2
17
18
35
Room 3
22
12
34
Room 4
12
24
36
Room 5
11
19
30
West Street
5
4
3
8
20
Totals
30
21
20
26
22
24
24
11
19
197
SPRINGFIELD ST. SCHOOL
1
I
II
III
IV
V | .VI
VII
VIII |
IX
Total
Room 1
38
38
Room 2
29
29
Room 3
23
7
30
Room 4
21
18
39
Totals
38
29
23
28
18
136
Grand Total
188
99
132
140
103
84
78
52
56
932
34
Room 5
40
Room 6
36
Room 7
42
Room 3
42
Room 4
12
42
Room 5
Room 7
St. William's Parochial: Boys-80, Girls-67, Total, 147.
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Articles in Warrant for Town Meeting March 3, 1920
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
Art. 2. To choose two or more Fence Viewers, and two or more Field Drivers.
Art. 3. To hear and act upon the reports of the Town Officers.
Art. 4. To see what method the Town will adopt for the support of the Poor for the ensuing year.
Art. 5. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the observance of Memorial Day, and provide for its expenditure.
Art. 6. To see if the Town will vote the School Commit- tee any compensation for their services.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the payment of a proper charge of an insurance company for acting as surety on the official bond of its officers.
Art. 8. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for liability insurance of its employees.
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Art. 9. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $300 or any other sum, to be expended by the Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture of Hampden County in ac- cordance with the provision of chapter 273 of the Acts of 1918, or take any action thereon.
Art. 10. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $10,000 or any portion thereof, for the purpose of construct- ing permanent pavement on Springfield Street, and authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow said sum or any portion thereof, or act in any way relating thereto.
Art. 11. To see if the Town will authorize its Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow during the current municipal year, beginning January 1st, 1920, in anticipation of the revenue for said year, such sums of money as may be necessary for the current expenses of the Town.
Art. 12. To see if the Town will make any by-law rela- tive to the operation of motor vehicles, or take any other action relating to the same.
Art. 13. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for sidewalks in Mittineague.
Art. 14. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for macadam work on Meadow Street.
Art. 15. To see if the Town will vote to continue the work of the District Nurse, or make an appropriation for the same.
Art. 16. To see if the Town will vote to build a sewer on Suffield Street and appropriate money for the same.
Art. 17. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to rent, lease or release any right it may have in any land within the Town.
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Art. 18. To see if the Town will instruct the Assessors to prepare, print and publish the real estate valuation list for the year nineteen hundred and twenty.
Art. 19. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $50 for the payment of Fish and Game Wardens.
Art. 20. To see if the Town will instruct the Selectmen to take any measures providing for a walk on Agawam Bridge.
Art. 21. To see if the Town will instruct the School Committee not to pay for more than four years of high schooling for any one pupil.
Art. 22. To see if the Town will vote to take land for the high school building, make an appropriation therefor, and provide for the payment of the same by the issuance of bonds.
Art. 23. To see if the Town will take any action toward the establishing of a high school.
Art. 24. To hear the report of the Special Committee on schoolhouse needs, to take any action thereon, appropriate money for the carrying out of any such action and provide for the payment of the same.
Art. 25. To transact any other business that may legally come before said meetings.
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ANNUAL REPORTS
of
TOWN OFFICERS
of the Town of
AGAWAM, MASS.
A
ICOR
5.1855
RE
RATED
For the Year Ending December 31
1920
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Town Officers 1920-1921
Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor, and Board of Health JOHN R. LLOYD GILES W. HALLADAY H. PRESTON WORDEN
Town Clerk, Treasurer and Tax Collector HENRY E. BODURTHA
School Committee
J. ARSENE ROY . Term expires 1921
CLIFFORD M. GRANGER Term expires 1923
PERCIVAL V. HASTINGS Term expires 1922
Assessors
R. MATHER TAYLOR Term expires 1921
AMOS GOSSELIN Term expires 1923
WM. H. PORTER Term expires 1923
Auditors
EDWARD W. PILLSBURY WILLIAM H. SEAVER
Library Trustees
HENRY L. TOWER Term expires 1921
RALPH PERRY Term expires 1922
CLARENCE H. GRANGER Term expires 1923
Trustees of Whiting Street Fund
FREMONT H. KING Term expires 1921
ALBERT H. BROWN Term expires 1922
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Cemetery Commissioners
ROBERT ELY
Term expires 1923
EDWIN LEONARD
Term expires 1921
DELOS J. BLOOM
Term expires 1922
Water Commissioners
JAMES H. CLARK . Term expires 1923
DENNIS M. CROWLEY Term expires 1922
JOHN L. BURKE
Term expires 1921
Tree Warden EDWIN M. HITCHCOCK
Constables
WALTER E. ALLEN
DWIGHT E. BAILEY
EDWARD S. CONNOR
CHARLES H. WYMAN
RILEY S. FARNSWORTH CLARK B. JONES ALVIN R. KELLOGG
DENNIS M. CROWLEY LEO J. ROY SUMNER C. SCHWARTZ
Game and Fish Wardens
LEVI RIVERS CHARLES H. WYMAN
ARTHUR H. ROWLEY
Surveyors of Lumber
EDWARD A. KELLOGG CHARLES W. HASTINGS
FRANK W. KELLOGG GEORGE H. TAYLOR
Measurers of Wood
CHARLES W. HULL, JR. NELSON G. KING LEE S. JENKS
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Public Weighers
HARVEY E. PORTER
FRANK WHITTAKER
WINFIELD S. SAFFORD JAMES D. CLEARY
Sealer of Weights and Measures EDWIN U. LEONARD
Registrars of Voters
EMILE A. ROY
Term expires 1923
CHARLES W. HULL, JR. Term expires 1921
JAMES D. CLEARY Term expires 1922
Inspector of Animals EDWIN LEONARD
Inspector of Meats EDWIN U. LEONARD
Fire Engineers
WILLIAM H. PORTER JAMES H. CLARK J. ARSENE ROY
Fence Viewers
SANFORD H. SAWYER WILLARD C. CROUSS
Field Drivers
WILLIAM S. HALLADAY
CHARLES W. HULL, JR.
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Town Clerk's Report
TOWN ELECTION, MARCH 1, 1920 Precinct A
B C
Total
Number of ballots cast
194
145
126
465
RESULT OF THE COUNT OF BALLOTS
For Selectmen, Overseers of the Poor and Board of Health :
James D. Cleary
61
73
24
158
Daniel J. Collins
113
42
55
210
Giles W. Halladay
68
82
73
223
John R. Lloyd
106
77
114
297
H. Preston Worden
97
70
92
259
Blanks
137
91
17
245
For Town Clerk, Treasurer and Tax Collector :
Sidney F. Atwood
32
41
4
77
Henry E. Bodurtha
118
85
114
317
Blanks
44
19
7
70
Assessor for three years :
Amos C. Gosselin
111
75
93
279
Florence J. Sullivan
69
50
25
144
Blanks
14
20
7
41
School Committee for three years :
Clifford M. Granger
128
120
114
362
Caroline S. Leanord
0
1
0
1
Blanks
66
24
12
102
Water Commissioner for three years :
James H. Clark
93
64
65
222
Edward A. Kellogg
67
69
51
187
Blanks
34
12
9
55
Auditors :
Raymond F. Finnegan
103
39
11
153
Frank T. Goss
27
29
45
101
Edward W. Pillsbury
92
78
75
245
William H. Seaver
49
77
99
225
Blanks
117
67
20
204
Tree Warden :
Edwin M. Hitchcock
129
113
114
356
Blanks
65
32
11
108
Trustee Whiting Street Fund :
Albert H. Brown
104
110
108
322
Blanks
90
35
17
142
Library Trustee :
Clarence H. Granger
79
83
94
256
John A. Warner
53
38
17
108
Blanks
62
24
14
100
Cemetery Commissioner :
Robert Ely
116
96
103
315
Blanks
78
49
22
149
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Constables :
Walter E. Allen
64
62 .
99
225
Dwight E. Bailey
56
75
88
219
Charles A. Barden
41
39
62
142
Edward S. Connor
140
75
76
291
Dennis M. Crowley
92
49
41
182
Thomas Daley
60
32
49
141
Jasper J. DeForge
80
36
15
131
William DeForge
64
26
15
105
Riley S. Farnsworth
66
88
72
226
Charles E. Hunt
46
16
20
82
Clark B. Jones
47
44
85
176
Alvin R. Kellogg
75
104
77
256
Joseph Plouff
26
14
25
65
Arthur H. Rowley
20
30
73
123
J. Leo Roy
82
47
31
160
Winfield S. Safford
32
74
28
134
Sumner C. Schwartz
33
41
79
153
Charles H. Wyman
57
99
61
217
Blanks
859
499
254
1612
Shall License be Granted for the Sale of Intoxicating Liquors in this Town?
Yes
144
78
44
266
No
20
42
60
122
Blanks
30
25
21
76
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Annual Town Meeting
AGAWAM TOWN HALL
March 3 and 24, 1920
Article 1. To choose a Moderator to preside in said meeting.
Result of ballot :
Whole number of votes cast 11
W. H. Porter received 10
John R. Lloyd received 1
Art. 2. To choose two or more Fence Viewers and two or more Field Drivers.
Result of action: Sanford H. Sawyer and Willard C. Crouss were elected as Fence Viewers. William S. Halladay and Charles W. Hull, Jr., elected as Field Drivers.
Art. 3. To hear and act upon the reports of the Town Officers.
Voted : That the report of the Town Officers be accepted as printed, errors and omissions excepted.
Art. 4. To see what method the town will adopt for the support of the poor for the ensuing year.
Voted : That the care of the Poor be left in the hands of the Overseers of the Poor.
Art. 5. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the observance of Memorial Day and provide for its expenditure.
Voted : To appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars for the observance of Memorial Day; to be expended by the Sons of Veterans in Agawam and by the Legion Post in Feeding Hills.
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Art. 6. To see if the Town will vote the School Com- mittee any compensation for their services.
Voted: That the School Committee be paid at the rate of three and fifty one hundredths dollars per day, for time actually spent.
Art. 7. To see if the Town will Appropriate a sum of money for the payment of a proper charge of an Insurance. Company for acting as surety on the official bond of its officers.
Voted : To appropriate one hundred dollars for the pay- ment of a proper charge of an Insurance Company for acting as surety on the official bond of its officers.
Art. 8. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for liability insurance of its employees.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of two hundred dol- lards for the liability insurance of its employees.
Art. 9. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $300 or any other sum to be expended by the Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture of Hampden County in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 273 of the Acts of 1918, or take any action thereon.
Voted: To postpone indefinitely.
Art. 10. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of ten thousand dollars or any portion thereof for the purpose of constructing permanent pavement on Springfield Street and authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Select- men to borrow said sum or any portion thereof or act in any way relating thereto.
Voted: That the Town appropriate the sum of ten thousand dollars for the purpose of constructing permanent
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pavement on Springfield Street, and that the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and is hereby authorized to borrow such sum and issue bonds or notes of the Town there- fore, said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provisions of Section 14 of Chapter 719 of the Acts of 1913, and Acts in amendment thereof, or in addition thereto, so that the whole loan shall be paid in not more than five years from the date of issue of the first bond or note, or at such earlier dates as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine. (Voted unanimously.)
Art. 11. To see if the Town will authorize its Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow during the cur- rent municipal year beginning Jan. 1, 1920 in anticipation of the revenue of said year such sums of money as may be neces- sary for the current expenses of the Town.
Voted: That the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and is hereby authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the muni- cipal year beginning Jan. 1, 1920 to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate the sum of the tax levy of 1919 and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year; any debt or debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of said municipal year.
Art. 12. To see if the Town will make any by-laws rela- tive to the operation of motor vehicles or take any other action relating to the same.
Voted: To adopt the following by-laws :
Whoever runs, drives or operates any automobile, motor truck or motor vehicle within the limits of this Town, or any portion of the River Road, Main Street, Walnut Street, Bridge Street, Maple Street or Springfield Street, at a rate of speed greater than 20 miles an hour shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $20.
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Art. 13. To see if the Town will make an appropria- tion for sidewalks in Mittineague.
Voted : To postpone indefinitely.
Art. 14. To see if the Town will make an appropriation for macadam work on Meadow Street.
Voted : To postpone indefinitely.
Art. 15. To see if the Town will vote to continue the work of the District Nurse and make an appropriation for the same.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of sixteen hundred dol- lars to continue the employment of a District Nurse.
Art. 16. To see if the Town will vote to build a sewer on Suffield Street and appropriate money for the same.
Voted : To pass over.
Art. 17. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to rent, lease or release any right it may have in any land within the Town.
Voted: That the Selectmen are hereby authorized to rent, lease or release rights the town may have in land or buildings in the town, at fair compensation therefor.
Art. 18. To see if the town will instruct the assessors to prepare, print and publish the real estate valuation list for the year 1920.
Voted : That the assessors are directed to prepare, print and publish the real estate valuation of the Town for the year 1920.
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Art. 19. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of fifty dollars ($50) for the payment of a Fish and Game Warden.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of fifty dollars ($50) for the payment of a Fish and Game Warden.
Art. 20. To see if the Town will instruct the Select- men to take any measure providing for a walk on the Aga- wam Bridge.
Voted : To pass over.
Art. 21. To see if the Town will instruct the School Committee not to pay for more than 4 years of High School- ing for any one pupil.
Voted : That 4 years shall be the limit for High School instruction paid for by the Town for any one pupil.
Art. 22. To see if the Town will vote to take land for a High School building, make an appropriation therefore and provide for the payment of the same by the issuance of bonds.
Voted : That a committee of 5 be appointed to investi- gate building sites for a High School, and report details at a special meeting to be called within the next two months.
Henry E. Bodurtha, Paul B. Johnson, Clarence H. Granger, Charles W. Brown and Emil A. Roy were appointed as committee.
Art. 23. To see if the Town will take any action toward the establishing of a High School.
Art. 24. To hear the report of the special committee on School House needs, to take any action thereon, appro- priate money for the carrying out of any such action and provide for the payment of same.
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Voted: Under the above 2 articles: To accept the re- port of the special committee on School House needs as a report of progress, and that further consideration shall be . given by them relative to building and they to report at a special meeting.
Art. 23 and 24. Voted: That the Town instruct its Selectmen to petition the General Court for authority to appropriate, borrow and expend money in excess of its present debt limit for a High School building.
Art. 25. To transact any other business that may legal- ly come before the meeting.
Voted : To adjourn.
Art. 2. of SPECIAL MEETING. To see if the Town will ratify the appropriations made at the Town Meeting for 1920 and make other necessary appropriations for the en- suing year.
Voted: To appropriate the following sums for the present municipal year :
Care of the Poor
$ 2,500.00
Highways and Bridges
12,000.00
Schools, Superintendent and Supplies
62,000.00
Town Office
2,500.00
Clerk, Treasurer and Collector
1,600.00
Police, Fines, Fees and
2,200.00
Board of Health
700.00
Assessors
1,200.00
Forestry
800.00
Fire Department, rental of halls and.
1,200.00
Street Lighting
6,500.00
Libraries
200.00
Town Buildings
1,000.00
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Contingencies
600.00
Memorial Day observance
100.00
Surety Bond
100.00
Liability Insurance
200.00
Fish and Game Warden
50.00
District Nurse
1,600.00
Interest
7,500.00
Town Debt
10,000.00
$114,550.00
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Special Town Meeting
May 26, 1920
Article 1. To choose a moderator to preside at said meeting. Whole number of ballots cast 62, of which William H. Porter received 46 and was declared elected.
Art. 2. To see if the Town will vote to accept and adopt any other name than Mittineague for Precinct A.
Voted: That we accept and adopt the name of North Agawam for Precinct A.
Art. 3. To see if the Town will vote to accept Pliny Place as a public street in accordance with plans on file with the Selectmen.
Voted : To suspend Section 3 of by-laws adopted March 6, 1918 regarding acceptance of streets.
Voted: That we accept Pliny Place as a public street under the name of Central Street all abutters waiving damages.
Art. 4. To see if the Town will vote to extend its water pipe lines on Line Street, Shoemaker Lane, or on any other streets or ways.
Voted : That the subject matter be left with the Water Commissioners.
Art. 5. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $300 or any other sum, to be expended by the Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture of Hampden County, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 273 Acts of 1918 or take any other action thereon.
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Voted: That the Town appropriate the sum of $300 to be expended by the Trustees for County Aid to Agricul- ture for the County of Hampden, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 273 of the Acts of 1918.
Art. 6. To see if the Town will vote to accept the pro- visions of Chapter 240 Acts of 1920 relating to sports on The Lord's Day.
Voted: That we accept the provisions of Chapter 240 Acts of 1920 relating to sports on The Lord's Day.
Art. 7. To see upon what terms and conditions the Town will take over the cemetery on Southwick Street, as a Town cemetery.
Voted: To refer the matter to the Selectmen for fur- ther consideration and investigation.
Art. 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to dispose of the Town road roller and purchase an auto truck with the proceeds of same.
Voted: An indefinite postponement.
Art. 9. To see if the Town will accept a legacy under the will of Whiting Street for the relief and comfort of the worthy Poor of this Town who shall not be in the Alms- house nor Town Paupers.
Voted: To accept the legacy to this Town under the will of Whiting Street late of Northampton, Mass., for the relief and comfort of the worthy Poor of this Town who shall not be in the Almshouse nor be Town Paupers, upon the terms and conditions set forth in said will and to keep the principal fund paid to it good, to expend the income of said fund annually for the purpose mentioned in said will and for no other purpose.
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Art. 10. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men or any other person or persons, to be their agents in all matters relating to said will, with full power to act for the Town.
Voted: That the Selectmen represent this Town as its agents in all matters relating to the will of Whiting Street, with full power to act for the Town as in their judgment may be expedient.
Art. 11. To hear and act on the report of the special committee upon a High School building site appointed under the authority of a vote passed by the Town at its annual meeting in 1920.
Voted: To accept the report of the committee recom- mending the Walter S. Barr property as a site for a High School building.
Art. 12. To hear and act on the report of its commit- tee upon the needs of School buildings.
Voted: To accept the report of the committee recom- mending the Town to take definite action towards the erection of a High School building.
Art. 13. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $250,000 or any part thereof under authority granted it by Chapter 373 of the Acts of 1920 for the purpose of acquiring land and for the construction, equipment and furnishing of a building thereof to be used for High School and other municipal purposes and authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow said sum cr act in any way relating thereto.
Voted : That the Town appropriate the sum of $250.000 for the purpose of acquiring land, and for the construction. equipping and furnishing a building thereon to be used for High School and other municipal purposes: and that the
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Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen, be and is here- by authorized to borrow said sum and to issue bonds or notes therefore under the authority of Chapter 373 of the Acts of 1920 and of authority of Chapter 719 of the Acts of 1913 and Acts in amendment thereof so far as the same may be ap- plicable thereto so that the whole sum shall be paid in not more than 20 years from the date of issue of the first bond or note or at such earlier time as the Treasurer and Selectmen may determine.
(80 voting in the affirmative, 1 in the negative.)
Art. 14. To see if the Town will vote to acquire land on the westerly side of Main Street, commonly known as the Walter S. Barr property or any other land abutting the same for the purpose of constructing, equipping and fur- nishing thereon a building to be used for High School and other municipal purposes for which it has made an appro- priation under Art. 13.
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