Town of Agawam, Massachusetts annual report 1936-1940, Part 13

Author: Agawam (Mass. : Town)
Publication date: 1936
Publisher: Agawam (Mass. : Town)
Number of Pages: 840


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Respectfully submitted,


LOUIS H. MOSELEY, Agricultural Instructor.


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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL HEALTH DEPARTMENT


To the Superintendent of Schools :


Herewith is submitted the annual report of the Health Department of the town schools.


Dr. Wheeler's medical inspection found the following : Number of children examined, 940; having no defects, 400; enlarged tonsils, 178; defective teeth, 392; enlarged glands, 183; poor nutrition, 102; heart disease, 21; poor posture, 69; fallen arches, 2; speech defects, 9.


The following is a summary of the activities of the school nurse during the year: Home visits, 508; number of children weighed, 1,044; number of visits to schools, 527 ; number of health inspections, 1,286; number of pupils taken to physician, 22; number of pupils taken for eye examinations, 16; number of pupils taken to hospital, 4; arrangements made at hospitals for removal of tonsils and adenoids, 39; taken to Westfield Sanatorium for examina- tion and X-Ray, 10.


Infectious diseases reported for the school year: whooping cough, 32; scarlet fever, 16; measles, 28; chicken pox, 47; impetigo, 23 ; scabies, 6; pediculosis, 22.


Dr. R. C. Merrill conducted Dental Clinics in the ele- mentary schools. All of the children attending school were examined and upon consent of the parents treatment was given. Dental certificates were given to each child who had dental work completed.


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A Vaccination Clinic was held on June 16 for children entering school the following September, at which 68 child- ren were vaccinated.


During the summer eight children were again taken to Camp Frederick Edwards.


I wish to acknowledge gratefully the splendid coopera- tion I have received throughout the year.


Respectfully submitted,


VERA P. KELLOGG, School Nurse


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TEACHERS' APPOINTMENTS AND RESIGNATIONS-1937


APPOINTMENTS


Name


School


Subject or Grade


Began Service


Helen A. Henderson


Junior-Senior High Shorthand and typewriting


Sept., 1937


Arthur B. Oulton


Sept., 1937


Richard A. Wilkinson


Junior-Senior High


Sept., 1937


Agawam Center


Grade I


Sept., 1937


Agawam Center


Grades III-IV


Sept., 1937


Feeding Hills


Grades II-III


Sept., 1937


RESIGNATIONS


Name


School Subject or Grade


Service Ended


Clara L. McIntire


Junior-Senior High Shorthand and Typewriting


June, 1937 March, 1937


Jean Carman


Junior-Senior High Social Studies


Junior-Senior High


History-Hygiene


June, 1937


Annette E. Deely Anna C. Barberis Jeanie A. Provost


Agawam Center


Grades III-IV


June, 1937


Agawam Center


Grade I


June, 1937


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Ruth G. Eldridge Harriet A. O'Keefe Hazel K. Ridgway


Junior-Senior High History-Hygiene Social Studies


TEACHERS UNDER APPOINTMENT


DECEMBER 31, 1937


Superintendent Benjamin J. Phelps


Subject or Grade


Education Yale College, B.A. Columbia University, M.A.


Began Service in Agawam


Supervisors


Mary M. Crowley


Art


Mass. School of Art, B.S. Sept., 1926


Ruth A. Perry


Music


Keene Normal School


Boston University, B.S. Sept., 1926


Junior-Senior High School


F. Earl Williams


Principal


Mass. State College, M.S. Sept., 1927


Mrs. Hazel C. Aldrich


Domestic Science Manual Training


Skidmore College of Arts


Sept., 1922


Frederick T. Dacey


Fitchburg State College, B.S.


Sept., 1922


Dorothy R. Hastings


Bouve Boston School of Physical Education Sept., 1936


Am. International College B.A. Y. M. C. A. College Sept., 1924


Harmon A. Smith


Louis H. Moseley


Gertrude M. Belyea


Physical Training and Coach of Girls' Athletics Physical Training and Coach of Boys' Athletics Agriculture Commercial


Mass. State College, M.S. Sept., 1929 Nasson Institute Sept., 1930


July, 1922


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TEACHERS UNDER APPOINTMENT-(Continued)


Subject or Grade


Flory G. Costa


Ruth E. Dickerman


Allan M. Hadley


Helen A. Henderson


Typewriting and Shorthand English French


University of Maine, B.A. Smith College, B.A. Smith College, B.A.


Sept., 1936


Sept., 1930


Sept., 1928


Katharine M. Phealan


English


Smith College, B.A.


Sept., 1927


John M. Quirk


Science


Middlebury College, B.S. Jan., 1923


George L. Reynolds


Commerical


Amherst College, B.A.


Sept., 1933


Eleanor H. Smith


Mathematics


Smith College, B.A.


Columbia University, M.A.


Sept., 1922


Marjorie Ward


History


Smith College, B.A.


Columbia University, M.A.


Sept., 1922


Cora M. Barnes


History


Westfield State College


Sept., 1922


Eleanor C. Daly


English


Westfield State College


Sept., 1923


Raymond E. Harris


Science and Manual Fitchburg State College Training Mathematics


Mae P. Lynch


Emily M. McCormick


Geog. and History English Science


Education


Mass. State College, B. S.


Sept., 1936 Sept., 1933


Mt. Holyoke College, B.A. Clark University, B.A.


Sept., 1927


Salem Teachers College, B.S.


Sept., 1937


Paul R. Langlois Elaine W. Mansfield Eleanor B. Miller


Latin and Mathematics


Mathematics


Westfield State College Westfield State College


Sept., 1930


Sept., 1919 Sept., 1924


Began Service in Agawam


TEACHERS UNDER APPOINTMENT-(Continued)


Arthur B. Oulton


Subject or Grade History and Hygiene English


Education


Began Service in Agawam


Fitchburg State College, B.S. Sept., 1937


Keene Normal School


Sept., 1925


Catherine T. Powers


Social Science


Westfield State College


Sept., 1917


Mrs. Marion C. Smith Special Class


Providence Normal Sept., 1929


Richard A. Wilkinson Social Science


Fitchburg State College, B.S.


Sept., 1937


Agawam Center School Mary E. McDowell


Principal and Grade VI


Eastern State Normal


Sept., 1926


Dorothy E. Hansen


Grade VI


Westfield State College


Nov., 1932


Marguerite C. Kramer


Grade V


North Adams State College Farmington Normal


Sept., 1930


Nora M. Chandler


Grade IV


Sept., 1927


Merriam S. Weeks


Grade III


Westfield State College


Sept., 1926


Harriet A. O'Keefe


Grades III-IV


Westfield State College, B. S.


Sept., 1937


Cecily C. Pratt


Grade II


Fitchburg State College


Sept., 1928


Barbara B. Halladay


Grades I-II


Westfield State College


Sept., 1936


Grade I


Framingham State College


Sept., 1937


Ruth G. Eldridge North Agawam School


Katherine G. Danahy Principal and Grade VI Grade VI


Westfield State College Sept., 1899


Kathryn M. Roache


Westfield State College Sept., 1922


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Viva M. Potter


Boston University, B. S.


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TEACHERS UNDER APPOINTMENT-(Continued)


Subject or Grade


Education


Alice B. Connolly


Grade V


Fitchburg State College


Alice Mckeown


Grade IV


Olive A. Fox


Grade III


Sept., 1914


Julia A. O'Connell


Grade II


April, 1927


Della M. Lamson


Grades II-III


Sept., 1935


Jennie M. Lucas


Grade I


Sept., 1900


Julia R. Chriscolo


Special Class


Sept., 1934


Springfield St. School Faolin M. Peirce


Principal and Grade II


Sept., 1909


Mrs. C. W. Southworth


Grade VI


Sept., 1932


Dorothy M. Emerson Grade V


Springfield Normal Fitchburg State College University of Vermont Training Class Westfield State College


Sept., 1925


Elizabeth C. McCormick Grade IV


Ruth M. Cassidy


Grade III Grade I


Westfield State College Westfield State College


Sept., 1936


Feeding Hills School Mrs. Madrine W. Allen


Principal and Grade VI Grade V


Sept., 1934


Ruth M. Ripley HazelK. Ridgway


Grade IV


Sept., 1925


Grades II-III


Elizabeth A. Wyman


Grades I-II


Plymouth, N. H. Normal Westfield State College Castine Normal School Fitchburg State College, B.S. Westfield State College


April, 1933


Marguerite A. Coyle


Sept., 1927


Wilhelmina I. Rura


Sept., 1929


Sept., 1937 Sept., 1934


Westfield State College Westfield State College Springfield Kindergarten Westfield State College Southington Training Westfield State College


Began Service in Agawam


Dec., 1929 Sept., 1923


Articles in Warrant FOR TOWN MEETING FEBRUARY 12, 1938


Article 1. To choose two or more Fence Viewers, and two or more Field Drivers.


Article 2. To hear and act upon the reports of the Town Officers.


Article 3. To see what method the Town will adopt for the support of Public Welfare for the ensuing year.


Article 4. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the proper observance of Memorial Day, and provide for its expenditure.


Article 5. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the payment of a proper charge of an Insur- ance Company for acting as surety on the official bond of its officers.


Article 6. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for Liability Insurance of its employees.


Article 7. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for enforcement of the dog law.


Article 8. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for overdrafts of 1937 Unclassified.


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Article 9. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for overdrafts of 1937 Water Department.


Article 10. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for overdrafts of 1937 Water Construction.


Article 11. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for employment of a District Nurse.


Article 12. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $100.00 to be expended in the Town of Agawam by the Hampden County Trustees for Aid to Agriculture in ac- cordance with the provisions of the laws of the Common- wealth.


Article 13. To see if the Town will reappropriate from the Town Treasury the sum of $300 balance of 1937 ap- priation for the Police Department.


Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to amend its Zoning By-Laws by changing the following parcel from Residence A to Business Zone of the petition of Margaret J. Avezzie :


The said parcel is situated on the corner of Main Street and Henshaw Avenue being Seventy and 4/100 (70.04) feet frontage and Four Hundred Forty-five (445) feet in depth.


Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to amend its Zoning By-Laws by changing the following described par- cel of land from Residence A to Business Zone on the Petition of Floyd E. and Jessie M. Boyer :


Said property designated as Lots No. 11 and No. 12 as shown on a plan in Hampden County Regis- try of Deeds, book G of plans, page 44, with the exception of the Southerly 50 feet of said lots ; beginning at the intersection of the Southeasterly line of Adams Street with the Westerly line of


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Ridge Avenue; and running thence Southwesterly on said Adams Street 142.80 feet; thence Southerly by lot No. 13 on said plan 110.66 feet ; thence East- erly by the remaining portions of said lots No. 11 and No. 12 on said plan 100 feet; and thence Northerly by Ridge Avenue 212.60 feet.


Lot designated No. 13 on said plan : beginning at the point where it joins lot No. 12 on Adams Street and running thence Southwesterly on said Adams Street 81.79 feet, thence Southerly 93.48 feet; thence Easterly 50 feet to lot No. 12 as shown on said plan and thence Northerly by Lot No. 12 as shown on said plan 160.66 feet.


Article 16. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 for Chapter 90 work on Suffield Street.


Article 17. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $1,250.00 for Chapter 90 maintenance on Spring- field Street.


Article 18. 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, 1938 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 of the General Laws.


Article 19. To hear and act upon the report of a Build- ing Committee appointed at a special town meeting held May 13, 1937, to bring in plans and estimates for an addi- tion to the present school building at Agawam Center of a new building.


Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to construct, equip and furnish a new building at Agawam Center, or an addition to the present building with needed alterations


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therein as outlined by plans presented by a special com- mittee on schoolhouse needs, or take any action regarding the same.


Article 21 To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $145,000 or any part thereof for the purpose of constructing, equipping and furnishing a new school building at Agawam Center, or an addition to the present building with the necessary alterations therein, and auth- orize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow said sum or any part thereof, or act in any way relating to the same.


Article 22. To see if the Town will appoint a commit- tee to consider the improvement of mail facilities of the Town and report at a future town meeting.


Article 23. To make the necessary appropriations for the ensuing year.


Article 24. To transact any other business that may legally come before said meeting.


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INDEX


Articles in Warrant 154


Accounting Officer's Report


44


Assessors' Report 70


Auditor's Report 63


Births 29


Board of Public Welfare


64


County Aid to Agriculture


73


Deaths 36


Fire Engineers


68


General Accounts, Balance Sheet


96


Gypsy Moth Control


77


Highway Department


81


Liabilities


41


Library Trustees


76


Marriages


32


Officers, Town


3


Police Chief


67


Public Welfare, Agent's Report


65


School Department


101


Attendance 119


Calendar


104


Committee's Report 105 Financial Statement


108


High School Cafeteria


123


Junior-Senior High 124


School Doctor and School Nurse 147


Superintendent 110


Teachers' Appointments and Resignations 149


159


Sealer of Weights and Measures 88 Tax Collector's Report 42


Town Clerk's Report 7


Election, Town, February 1, 1937 7


Meeting, Annual, February 6, 1937 10


Meeting, Special, May 13, 1937 22


Treasurer's Report 38


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Annual Report of Town Officers


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For the Year Ending December 31 1938


LOTHROP PRESS 28 FORT ST. SPRINGFIELD. MASS.


Town Officers 1938


Selectmen and Board of Health GILES W. HALLADAY HERMAN A. CORDES EDWARD W. TALMADGE


Town Clerk and Treasurer HENRY E. BODURTHA


Collector RAYMOND F. FINNEGAN


School Committee


EDSON A. FERRELL Term Expires 1939


SIDNEY F. ATWOOD Term Expires 1939


GRACE B. REED Term Expires 1940


WARREN C. BODURTHA


Term Expires 1940


CLIFFORD M. GRANGER Term Expires 1941


LESLIE C. MILLER Term Expires 1941


Assessors


FRED A. RAISON


Term Expires 1939


CHARLES W. HULL Term Expires 1940


ADOLPHUS PROVOST Term Expires 1941


Auditor HENDRICK FICKWEILER


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Library Trustees


IDA BERNATCHEZ


Term Expires 1939


ANNA H. RUDMAN Term Expires 1940


EVA S. KERR Term Expires 1941


Water Commissioners


DUDLEY K. BODURTHA Term Expires 1939


DENNIS M. CROWLEY Term Expires 1940


LOUIS MERCADANTE Term Expires 1941


Board of Public Welfare


FRANK W. KELLOGG Term Expires 1939


JERRIE CAVANAUGH Term Expires 1940


OSCAR T. BARKER


Term Expires 1941


Cemetery Commissioners


ALVIN R. KELLOGG Term Expires 1939


GEORGE H. REED Term Expires 1940


JOHN J. KANE Term Expires 1941


Trustees of Whiting Street Fund CHARLES W. BROWN Term Expires 1939


LEONARD W. BENNETT Term Expires 1940


Tree Warden JAMES F. KIRBY


Constables


WARREN C. BODURTHA ALVIN R. KELLOGG


FRANKIE H. CAMPBELL HORACE A. MAROTTE DAVID E. CESAN CHARLES M. ROBINSON


DANIEL O. CESAN GEORGE H. TALMADGE CHARLES H. WYMAN


JASPER DEFORGE


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Finance Committee


JAMES H. CLARK Term Expires 1939


HAROLD C. ATWATER Term Expires 1939


JOHN R. LLOYD Term Expires 1940


EDWARD W. TALMADGE


Term Expires 1940


FRANK W. KELLOGG .Term Expires 1941


HERMAN A. MUTTI Term Expires 1941


Moderator GEORGE W. PORTER


Welfare Agent WALTER S. KERR


Surveyors of Lumber CHARLES W. HULL NELSON G. KING


Measurers of Wood


WILLARD C. CROUSS


FREMONT H. KING


CHARLES W. HULL NELSON G. KING


Public Weighers


PHILIP D. BARRY PRENTISS JENKS


HERBERT BRIGGS BERTLEY R. JENKS


DAVID W. HASTINGS KENNETH KANE


Sealer of Weights and Measures EDWIN U. LEONARD


Chief of Police PERLEY J. HEWEY


Registrars of Voters PHILIP D. BARRY PHILIP W. HASTINGS


HOWARD W. POND HENRY E. BODURTHA


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Inspector of Meats HERBERT G. TAYLOR


Foreman of Highway Work WILLIAM D. RISING


Fire Engineers EDWARD J. GOSSELIN FRANK T. GOSS RILEY S. FARNSWORTH


Field Drivers WILLIAM S. HALLADAY CHARLES W. HULL


Fence Viewers


WILLARD C. CROUSS JAMES W. CESAN


Dog Officer PERLEY J. HEWEY


Burial Agent EDWIN B. SPRING


Town Counsel THOMAS H. KIRKLAND


Zoning Committee


ARTHUR W. TAYLOR Term Expires 1939


JOHN R. LLOYD Term Expires 1939


FRANCIS F. CLEARY Term Expires 1940


JOSEPH J. BORGATTI Term Expires 1940


JEREMIAH J. CAVANAUGH Term Expires 1941


WARREN F. HOYE Term Expires 1941


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Town Clerk's Report


TOWN ELECTION, FEBRUARY 7. 1938


RESULT OF COUNT OF BALLOTS


Precincts


A.


B. 631


C.


Number of Ballots Cast 954


762


Total 2347


Town Clerk and Treasurer :


Henry E. Bodurtha


640


+16


627


1683


Blanks


314


215


135


664


Selectmen ; Board of Health :


Herman A. Cordes


375


389


630


1394


LeRoy A. Fournier


290


174


93


557


Giles W. Halladay


352


449


505


1306


James P. Kane


582


168


215


965


Arthur A. Randall


175


86


156


417


Edward W. Talmadge


403


358


443


1204


Clair W. Trevallion


68


72


34


174


Blanks


617


197


210


1024


Collector :


Raymond F. Finnegan


729


320


313


1362


James N. Reynolds


197


287


430


914


Blanks


28


24


19


71


School Committee for Three Years :


Clarence A. Duclos


568


222


224


1014


John E. Dugan


428


133


141


702


Clifford M. Granger


281


413


533


1227


Leslie C. Miller


277


333


459


1069


Blanks


354


161


167


682


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Assessor for Three Years:


Adolphus Provost


809


513


649


1971


Blanks


145


118


113


376


Auditor :


Hendrick E. Fickweiler


295


386


559


1240


James Nodurf


462


141


128


731


Blanks


197


104


75


376


Library Trustee for Three Years :


Edith Fournier


514


213


190


917


Eva S. Kerr


243


363


+88


1094


Blanks


197


55


84


336


Water Commissioner for Three Years:


George A. Geoffrion


499


138


206


843


Louis Mercadante


303


428


464


1195


Blanks


152


65


92


309


Board of Public Welfare for Three Years:


Oscar T. Barker


268


370


494


1132


Francis J. Maloney


510


178


210


898


Blanks


176


83


58


317


Cemetery Commissioner :


John J. Kane


481


210


321


1012


Herbert W. McCave


289


327


361


977


Blanks


184


94


80


358


Trustee Whiting Street Fund :


Leonard W. Bennett


549


210


249


1008


William A. Roleau


229


327


398


954


Blanks


176


94


115


385


Tree Warden :


James F. Kirby


657


224


216


1097


Frank W. Randall


212


349


500


1061


Blanks


85


58


46


189


8


Moderator :


Frederick L. Bennett


609


216


181


1006


George W. Porter


210


339


518


1067


Blanks


135


76


63


274


Finance Committee :


Rosaire Couture


419


200


147


766


Frank W. Kellogg


257


375


526


1158


Herman A. Mutti


387


303


+08


1098


Alfred St. John


466


195


246


907


Blanks


379


189


197


765


Constables :


Edward Bazinet


341


114


194


649


Arthur Berthiaume


394


128


214


736


Warren C. Bodurtha


308


358


592


1258


Frankie H. Campbell


259


295


523


1077


Daniel O. Cesan


234


341


+60


1035


David E. Cesan


223


334


+49


1006


Joseph Chagnon


402


205


138


745


John R. Daly


392


135


305


832


Jasper DeForge


551


188


272


1011


William DeForge


491


152


220


863


Joseph Ferranti


390


110


129


629


Howard A. Frazer


198


261


384


843


Ernest Hatmaker


258


122


107


487


Alvin R. Kellogg


231


357


455


1043


Horace A. Marotte. Jr.


304


271


358


933


Samuel Prova


388


116


147


651


Leo Racicot


27


130


93


494


Charles M. Robinson


176


268


470


914


George H. Talmadge


384


380


452


1216


Charles H. Wyman


232


380


441


1053


Blanks


3113


1665


1217


5995


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Annual Town Meeting


February 12, 1938


Annual Town Meeting assembled in the Auditorium of the High School at one o'clock P.M. according to call of Warrant, which was read by the Town Clerk, and under


Article 1. To choose two or more Fence Viewers. and two or more Field Drivers.


Willard C. Crouss and James W. Cesan were elected Fence Viewers.


William S. Halladay and Charles W. Hull were elec- ted Field Drivers.


Article 2. To hear and act upon the reports of the Town officers.


Voted: To accept the report of the Town Officers as printed, errors and omissions excepted.


Article 3. To see what method the Town will adopt for the support of Public Welfare for the ensuing year.


Voted: To leave the method of support of Public Welfare in the hands of the Board of Public Welfare.


Article 4. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the proper observance of "Memorial Day" and provide for its expenditure.


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Voted: To appropriate the sum of one hundred and fifty ($150) dollars for the proper observance of Memorial Day, to be expended by the Sons of Veterans and :the American Legion.


Article 5. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for the payment of a proper charge of an In- surance Company for acting as surety on the official bond of its officers.


Voted: To appropriate the sum of six hundred twenty ($620) dollars for the payment of a proper charge of an Insurance Company for acting as surety on the official bond of its officers.


Article 6. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for Liability Insurance of its employees.


Voted : To appropriate the sum of one thousand ($1000) dollars for Liability Insurance of Town employees.


Article 7. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for enforcement of the dog law.


Voted: To appropriate the sum of two hundred and twenty-five ($225) dollars for enforcement of the dog law.


Article 8. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for overdrafts of 1937 unclassified.


Voted: To appropriate the sum of sixty-nine and 37/100 ($69.37) dollars for an overdraft on 1937 unclassi- fied.


Article 9. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for overdrafts of 1937 Water Department.


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Voted: To appropriate the sum of nine hundred sixty- six and 60/100 ($966.60) dollars for overdrafts of 1937 Water Department.


Article 10. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for overdrafts of 1937 Water Construction.


Voted: To appropriate the sum of three hundred thirty-nine and 34/100 ($339.34) dollars for overdrafts on Water Construction of 1937.


Article 11. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for employment of a District Nurse.


Voted: To appropriate the sum of twenty three hun- dred fifty ($2350.00) dollars for employment of a District Nurse.


Article 12. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $100.00 to be expended in the Town of Agawam by the Hampden County Trustees for Aid to Agriculture .. in accordance with the provisions of the laws of the Commonwealth.


Voted: To appropriate the sum of one hundred dol- lars ($100) to be expended in the Town by the Hampden County Trustees for Aid to Agriculture in accordance with the provisions of the laws of the Commonwealth.


Article 13. To see if the Town will reappropriate from the Town Treasury the sum of $300. balance of 1937 appropriation for the Police Department.


Voted: To reappropriate from the Town Treasury the sum of three hundred ($300) dollars balance of 1937 appropriation for the Police Department.


Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to amend its Zoning By-Laws by changing the following parcel from Residence A. to Business Zone on the petition of Margaret J. Avezzie :


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The said parcel is situated on the corner of Main Street and Henshaw Avenue, being seventy and +/100 (70.04) feet frontage and Four Hundred Forty-five (++5) feet in depth.


Voted: To pass over.


Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to amend its Zoning By-laws by changing the following described par- cel of land from Residence A to Business Zone on the petition of Floyd E. and Jessie M. Boyer


Said property designated as lots No. 11 and No. 12 as shown on a plan in Hampden County Regis- try of Deeds, Book G. of plans, page ++, with the exception of the Southerly 50 feet of said lots: be- ginning at the intersection of the Southeasterly line of Adams Street with the Westerly line of Ridge Ave., and running thence Southeasterly on said Adams Street 142.80 feet; thence Southerly by lot No. 13 on said plan 110.66 feet ; thence Easterly by the remaining portions of said lots No. 11 and No. 12 on said plan 100 feet; and thence Northerly by Ridge Avenue 212.60 feet.


Lot designated No. 13 on said plan : beginning at the point where it joins lot No. 12 on Adams Street and running thence Southwesterly on said Adams Street 81.79 feet, thence Southerly 93.48 feet; thence Easterly 50 feet to lot No. 12 as shown on said plan and thence Northerly by lot No. 12 as shown on said plan 166.66 feet.


Voted: To amend the Zoning By-laws by changing the following described property from Residence A. to Business Zone.


Said property designated as lots No. 11 and No. 12 as shown on a plan in Hampden County Regis- try of Deeds, Book G of plans, page 44, with the


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exception of the Southerly 50 feet of said lots: be- ginning at the interesection of the Southeasterly line of Adams Street with the Westerly line of Ridge Avenue, and running thence Southwesterly on said Adams Street 142.80 feet; thence Southerly by lot No. 13 on said plan 110.66 feet; thence east- erly by the remaining portions of said lots No. 11 and No. 12 on said plan 100 feet; and thence North- erly by Ridge Avenue 212.60 feet.


Lot designated No. 13 on said plan : beginning at the point where it joins lot No. 12 on Adams Street and running thence Southwesterly on said Adams Street 81.79 feet, thence Southerly 93.48 feet; thence Easterly 50 feet to lot No. 12 as shown on said plan and thence Northerly by lot No. 12 as shown on said plan 160.66 feet.


Article 16. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 for Chapter 90 work on Suffield Street.


Voted: To appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 as 25 per- cent of the cost for continuation of Chapter 90 Construc- tion work on Suffield Street, in conjunction with appro- priations from the State and County.




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