Town of Agawam, Massachusetts annual report 1936-1940, Part 25

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


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Respectfully submitted, HARMON A. SMITH, Supervisor of Boys' Physical Education


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TEACHERS' APPOINTMENTS, RESIGNATIONS AND TRANSFERS - 1939 APPOINTMENTS


Name


School Subject or Grade


Began Service


Vivian E. Cordes


Springfield Street


Sept., 1939


Margaret B. Millane


Feeding Hills


Grade IV Grades I-II


Sept., 1939


Raymond J. Montagna


Junior-Senior High Commercial Subjects


Sept., 1939


Miriam H. Staples


Junior-Senior High Shorthand and Typewriting


Sept., 1939


RESIGNATIONS


Name


School Subject or Grade


Service Ended


Helen A. Henderson


Junior-Senior High Shorthand and Typewriting


June, 1939


George L. Reynolds


Junior-Senior High


Commercial Subjects


June, 1939


Della M. Lamson


North Agawam Grades III-IV


June, 1939


Hazel K. Ridgway


Feeding Hills


Grades I-II


June, 1939


TRANSFERS


Name


From To


Elizabeth C. McCormick Springfield Street North Agawam Special Class


Date


June, 1939


Grade IV


LEAVE OF ABSENCE


Name


School Dorothy M. Emerson


Springfield Street Grade V


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TEACHERS UNDER APPOINTMENT


DECEMBER 31, 1939


Superintendent Benjamin J. Phelps


Subject or Grade


Began Service in Agawam


Supervisors


Mary M. Crowley


Art


Mass. School of Art, M.S.


Sept., 1926


Ruth A. Perry Music


Keene Normal School


Boston University, B.S. Sept., 1926


Junior-Senior High School


Frederick T. Dacey


Principal


Fitchburg State College, B.S. Sept., 1922


Mrs. Hazel C. Aldrich


Domestic Science Manual Training


Fitchburg State College, B.S.


Sept., 1930


Raymond E. Harris Dorothy R. Hastings


Physical Training


Bouve Boston School of Physical Education Sept., 1936


Harmon A. Smith


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


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


Louis H. Moseley · Agriculture Commercial


Mass. State College, M.S. Nasson Institute


Sept., 1929 Sept., 1930


Gertrude M. Belyea


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


July, 1922


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Skidmore College of Arts Sept., 1922


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TEACHERS UNDER APPOINTMENT-(Continued)


. Subject or Grade


Flory G. Costa


Geog. and History


Ruth E. Dickerman


English


Allan M. Hadley


Science


Paul R. Langlois


English


Sept., 1936


Smith College, B.A.


Sept., 1930


Smith College, B.A.


Sept., 1928


Raymond J. Montagna Katharine M. Phealan John M. Quirk Eleanor H. Smith


Commercial English Science Mathematics


Am. International College, B.S. Sept., 1939 Smith College, B.A. Sept., 1927


Middlebury College, B.S. Jan., 1923


Smith College, B.A.


Columbia University, M.A. Sept., 1922 Salem Teachers College, B.S. Sept., 1939


Miriam H. Staples Marjorie Ward .


Typewriting and Shorthand History


Smith College, B.A. Columbia University, M.A. Sept., 1922


Westfield State College


Sept., 1922


Cora M. Barnes Eleanor C. Daly Henry H. Baker


Sept., 1923


Sept., 1938


Mae P. Lynch Emily M. McCormick


History English Westfield State College Science and ManualFitchburg State College, B.S. Training Mathematics Westfield State College Westfield State College Mathematics


Sept., 1919 Sept., 1924


Sept., 1936 Sept., 1933 Sept., 1927


Elaine W. Mansfield French Eleanor B. Miller Latin and Mathematics


Education Mass. State College, B. S. Mt. Holyoke College, B.A. Clark University, B.A. University of Maine, B.A.


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


Viva M. Potter


Keene Normal School


Sept., 1925


Catherine T. Powers


Social Science


Westfield State College


Sept., 1917


Boston University, B. S.


Providence Normal Sept., 1929


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


Sept., 1930


Nora M. Chandler


Grade IV


Farmington Normal


Sept., 1927


Beatrice A. Rogers


Grades IV-V


Westfield State College, B.S.


Sept., 1938


Merriam S. Weeks


Grade III


Westfield State College


Sept., 1926


Cecily C. Pratt


Grade II


Fitchburg State College


Sept., 1928


Harriet A. O'Keefe


Grades I-III


Westfield State College, B. S.


Sept., 1937


Barbara B. Halladay


Grade I


Westfield State College


Sept., 1936


North Agawam School


Katherine G. Danahy Principal and Grade VI


Westfield State College


Sept., 1899


Kathryn M. Roache Grade VI


Westfield State College


Sept., 1922


Mrs. Marion C. Smith Special Class Richard A. Wilkinson Social Science


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TEACHERS UNDER APPOINTMENT-(Continued)


Subject or Grade


Education


Began Service in Agawam


Alice B. Connolly


Grade V


Fitchburg State College


Dec., 1929


Alice Mckeown


Grade IV


Westfield State College


Sept., 1923


Julia R. Chriscolo


Grade III


Westfield State College


Sept., 1934


Julia A. O'Connell


Grade II


Springfield Kindergarten


April, 1927


Jennie M. Lucas Grade I


Southington Training


Sept., 1900


Elizabeth C. McCormick Special Class


Westfield State College


Sept., 1927


Springfield St. School Faolin M. Peirce


Principal and Grade II


Springfield Normal


Sept., 1909


Mrs. C. W. Southworth


Grade VI


Fitchburg State College


Sept., 1932


Grade V


Westfield State College, B.S.


Sept., 1939


Mary E. Corcoran Vivian E. Cordes


Grade IV


Westfield State College, B.S.


Sept., 1939


Ruth M. Cassidy


Grade III


Westfield State College


Sept., 1929


Elizabeth A. Wyman


Grade I


Westfield State College, B.S.


Sept:, 1934


Feeding Hills School Mrs. Madrine W. Allen


Principal and Grade VI


Marguerite A. Coyle Ruth M. Ripley Margaret B. Millane


Grade V Grades III-IV Grades I-II


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


April, 1933


Sept., 1934 Sept., 1925


Sept., 1939


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Articles in Warrant


FOR TOWN MEETING February 10, 1940


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 In- surance 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 employment of a District Nurse.


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Article 9. 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 Com- monwealth.


Article 10. 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, 1940 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 11. To see if the Town will reappropriate from the Town Treasury the sum of $1,579.70, balance of 1939 appropriation for Tax Title Foreclosure.


Article 12. To see if the Town will pass any vote regulating the calling and holding Town Elections and Meetings and also establish a matter of quorums.


Article 13. To see if the Town will take any action preparatory to the adoption of a Plumbing Code of By- laws.


Article 14. To see if the Town will assume liability in the manner provided by section 29 of Chapter 91 of the General Laws and Chapter 513 of the Acts of 1939, for all damages that may be incurred by work to be per- formed by the Department of Public Works of Massachu- setts in rivers and streams of the town in accordance with the provisions of said Chapter 513, and authorize the Se- lectmen to execute and deliver a bond of indemnity there- for to the Commonwealth.


Article 15. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not to exceed $2,000.00 for Chapter 90 work on Springfield Street, provided the County and State will each give a like amount.


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Article 16. To see if the Town will install a stop light at the corner of School and Main Streets for the protection of pedestrians, and provide for payment of same.


Article 17. To see if the Town will take any action in regard to garbage being brought into Agawam from other cities and towns.


Article 18. To see if the Town will make any change in letting contracts or purchasing materials or machinery for any department of the Town.


Article 19. To see if the Town will accept any or all of the following Streets; Royal, Randall and Kensing- ton Streets, as public streets.


Article 20. To see if the Town will take any action toward adopting the Federal Food Stamp plan.


Article 21. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Welfare to comply with any regulations that may be set up by the Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare for the purpose of assuring the Town of the continuance of Federal Grants.


Article 22. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen acting as a Board of Sewer Commis- sioners, under and pursuant to Chapter 79 of General Laws and Acts and Amendments thereof and in addition there- to, to take on behalf of the Town an easement of 16 feet in width in and over the following described parcels of land, 1 to 9, both inclusive, as shown on the plan entitled "Easement Plan ofWestfield River Trunk Sewer, For the Town of Agawam, Mass., Tighe & Bond, Consulting En- gineers, Holyoke, Mass., Scale: 1"=200', Dec. 22, 1939" on file with the Town Clerk, for a public purpose, to wit, the construction and maintenance of a Public sewer, or take any action relative thereto.


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Article 23. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate a sum of money for the payment of damages in connection with the taking of an easement in land for the construction and maintenance of Westfield River Trunk Sewer, in accordance with plans and specifications prepared by Tighe and Bond, Consulting Engineers, made Decem- ber 22, 1939, or take any action relative thereto.


Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to appro- priate the sum of $2,325.25 for overdrafts in the Law De- partment for the year 1939.


Article 25. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $100.00 for the publishing of a history of the Town prepared by the W. P. A.


Article 26. To make the necessary appropriations for the ensuing year.


Article 27. £ To transact any other business that may legally come before said meeting.


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INDEX


Articles in Warrant 129


Accounting Officer's Report


39


Assessors' Report


63


Auditor's Report


57


Births


24


Board of Public Welfare


58


County Aid to Agriculture


66


Deaths


32


Fire Engineers


62 72 71


Highway Department


75 36


Library Trustees


69


Marriages


27 3


Old Age Assistance


60


Police Chief


61


Public Welfare, Agent's Report


59


School Department


87


Agricultural Department


116


Art Department


119


Attendance


105


Calendar


90


Committee's Report


91


Domestic Science Department 113


Financial Statement 94


High School Cafeteria 115


High School Principal 107


Industrial Arts Department


120


Music Department


118


Forestry Department


Gypsy Moth Control


Liabilities


Officers, Town


133


Organization 89


Physical Training, Boys


123


Physical Training, Girls


122


School Health Department 111


Superintendent


96


Teachers' Appointments and Resignations


124


Sealer of Weights and Measures


83


Tax Collector's Report 37


Town Clerk's Report


7


Election, Town, February 6, 1939


7


Meeting, Annual, February 11, 1939


10


Meeting, Special, May 8, 1939


18


October 24, 1939


21


December 12, 1939


23


Town Nurse 73


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Annual Report of Town Officers


of the Town of Agawam Massachusetts


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LOTHROP PRESS 28 FORT ST. SPRINGFIELD, MASS.


Town Officers 1940


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


CLIFFORD M. GRANGER Term Expires 1941


LESLIE C. MILLER Term Expires 1941


EDSON A. FERRELL Term Expires 1942


SIDNEY F. ATWOOD


Term Expires 1942


WARREN C. BODURTHA Term Expires 1943


GRACE B. REED Term Expires 1943


Assessors


ADOLPHUS PROVOST Term Expires 1941


FRED A. RAISON Term Expires 1942


CHARLES W. HULL Term Expires 1943


Auditor HENDRICK FICKWEILER


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Library Trustees


EVA S. KERR


Term Expires 1941


IDA BERNATCHEZ Term Expires 1942


ANNA H. RUDMAN Term Expires 1943


Water Commissioners


LOUIS MERCADANTE


Term Expires 1941


DUDLEY K. BODURTHA


Term Expires 1942


DENNIS M. CROWLEY Term Expires 1943


Board of Public Welfare


OSCAR T. BARKER


Term Expires 1941


FRANK W. KELLOGG Term Expires 1942


JERRIE CAVANAUGH Term Expires 1943


Cemetery Commissioners


JOHN J. KANE


Term Expires 1941


ALVIN R. KELLOGG Term Expires 1942


GEORGE H. REED Term Expires 1943


Trustees of Whiting Street Fund CHARLES W. BROWN Term Expires 1941


GEORGE A. TOUSSAINT .Term Expires 1942


Tree Warden DANIEL DI DONATO


Constables


DUDLEY K. BODURTHA ALVIN R. KELLOGG FRANKIE H. CAMPBELL DAVID E. CESAN HORACE A. MAROTTE CHARLES M. ROBINSON DANIEL O. CESAN GEORGE H. TALMADGE CHARLES H. WYMAN


JASPER DEFORGE


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Finance Committee


FRANK W. KELLOGG Term Expires 1941


HERMAN A. MUTTI Term Expires 1941


HAROLD C. ATWATER Term Expires 1942


GEORGE N. RILEY Term Expires 1942


WARREN E. JEWETT Term Expires 1943


JOSEPH L. ROY Term Expires 1943


Moderator GEORGE W. PORTER


Welfare Agent WALTER S. KERR


Surveyors of Lumber CHARLES W. HULL NELSON G. KING


Measures of Wood


WILLARD C. CROUSS FREMONT H. KING


CHARLES W. HULL NELSON G. KING


Public Weighers HERBERT BRIGGS PRENTISS JENKS KENNETH KANE


Sealer of Weights and Measures FRANK DRAGHETTI


Chief of Police PERLEY J. HEWEY


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Registrars of Voters


PHILIP D. BARRY PHILIP W. HASTINGS HOWARD W. POND HENRY E. BODURTHA


Inspector of Meats HERBERT G. TAYLOR


Animal Inspector ANDREW CHRISCOLO


Superintendent of Highways WILLIAM D. RISING


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


Field Drivers WILLIAM S. HALLADAY GEORGE H. REED


Fence Viewers WILLIAM H. LESTER JAMES W. CESAN


Dog Officer PERLEY J. HEWEY


Burial Agent EDWIN B. SPRING


Town Counsel THOMAS H. KIRKLAND


Zoning Committee


JEREMIAH J. CAVANAUGH Term Expires 1941


WARREN F. HOYE Term Expires 1941


ARTHUR W. TAYLOR Term Expires 1942


ELMER F. BODURTHA


Term Expires 1942


FRANCIS F. CLEARY Term Expires 1943


JOSEPH J. BORGATTI Term Expires 1943


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Town Clerk's Report


TOWN ELECTION, FEBRUARY 5, 1940 RESULT OF COUNT OF BALLOTS


Precincts


A. 874


B. 669


C. 817


Total 2360


Number of Ballots Cast


Town Clerk and Treasurer :


Henry E. Bodurtha


633


501


723


1857


John R. Lloyd


0


0


3


3


Blanks


241


168


91


500


Selectmen ; Board of Health :


Herman A. Cordes


351


409


671


1431


Clarence A. Duclos


522


207


235


964


Giles W. Halladay


342


476


570


1388


Francis S. Murphy


330


229


188


747


Edward W. Talmadge


471


401


550


1422


Philip Barry


0


0


1


1


Blanks


606


285


236


1127


Collector :


Raymond F. Finnegan


720


307


355


1382


Frederick A. Raison


126


345


441


912


Blanks


28


17


21


66


Assessor :


Charles W. Hull


254


374


540


1168


Arthur A. Randall


494


237


251


982


Blanks


126


58


26


210


School Committee :


Warren E. Bodurtha


377


430


578


1385


Helen M. Kilty


423


181


283


887


Willard W. Parker


331


142


169


642


Grace B. Reed


290


395


500


1185


Blanks


327


190


104


621


7


A.


Precincts B.


C.


Total


Board of Public Welfare :


Jerry Cavanaugh


652


268


324


1244


William A. Roleau


177


340


447


964


Blanks


45


61


46


152


Auditor :


Hendrick Fickweiler


524


493


708


1725


Blanks


350


176


109


635


Library Trustee :


Helen D. Keefe


481


211


231


923


Anna H. Rudman


264


378


557


1199


Blanks


129


80


29


238


Water Commissioner :


Dennis M. Crowley


627


346


440


1413


Horace A. Marotte, Jr.


214


291


350


855


Blanks


33


32


27


92


Trustee of Whiting Street Fund :


Leonard W. Bennett


534


283


234


1051


George A. Toussaint


200


310


551


1061


Blanks


140


76


32


248


Tree Warden :


Daniel DiDonato


364


502


606


1472


John Rossi


427


124


164


715


Frank Randall


0


0


2


2


Blanks


83


43


45


171


Cemetery Commissioner :


George H. Reed


515


504


701


1720


Blanks


359


165


116


640


Finance Committee :


Warren E. Jewett


223


366


537


1126


John J. Kane


449


206


263


918


Richard G. Reardon


406


171


188


765


Joseph L. Roy


354


393


510


1257


Blanks


316


202


136


654


8


Precincts


A.


B.


C.


Total


Moderator :


Frank E. Dugan


497


193


191


881


George W. Porter


282


396


589


1267


Blanks


95


80


37


212


Constables :


Edward Bazinet


224


291


455


970


Arthur J. Berthiaume


401


153


239


793


Dudley K. Bodurtha


281


382


620


1283


Frankie H. Campbell


244


343


552


1139


Daniel O. Cesan


225


368


494


1087


David E. Cesan


207


359


479


1045


Joseph Chagnon


393


207


180


780


John R. Daly


397


156


321


874


Jasper P. DeForge


545


269


306


1120


William DeForge


484


192


212


888


William H. Dugan


401


148


171


720


Edward A. Hatmaker


287


144


126


557


Alvin R. Kellogg


249


414


505


1168


Harold D. Landers


212


103


210


525


Horace A. Marotte, Jr.


287


333


411


1031


Samuel Prova


390


159


191


740


Leo Racicot


331


157


118


606


Charles M. Robinson


188


309


494


991


George H. Talmadge


343


386


489


1218


Charles H. Wyman


240


414


488


1142


Blanks


2411


1403


1109


4923


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Annual Town Meeting


February 10, 1940


Annual Town Meeting assembled in the Auditorium of the High School at one o'clock P. M. according to the call of the 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.


William H. Lester and James W. Cesan were chosen as Fence Viewers.


William S. Halladay and George H. Reed were chosen as Field Drivers.


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


Voted: To accept reports as printed, errors and omis- sions excepted.


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


Voted: To leave 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 $175. for Memorial Day, $150. to be spent in the usual manner, and $25. for the American Legion for markers.


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.


Voted: To appropriate the sum of $650. for a proper charge.


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 $1,000. for Lia- bility Insurance.


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 $200. for the en- forcement of the dog law.


Article 8. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money for employment of a District Nurse.


Voted: To appropriate the sum of $2,350. for a Dis- trict Nurse.


Article 9. 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 Common- wealth.


Voted: To appropriate the sum of $100. to be ex- pended in Town by the Hampden County Trustees for Aid to Agriculture.


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Article 10. 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 1940 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.


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 1, 1940 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 11. To see if the Town will reappropriate from the Town Treasury the sum of $1,579.70, balance of 1939 appropriation for Tax Title Foreclosure.


Voted: To reappropriate from the Town Treasury the sum of $1,579.70, balance of 1939 appropriation for Tax Title Foreclosure.


Article 12. To see if the Town will pass any vote regulating the calling and holding of Town Elections and Meetings and also establish a matter of quorums.


Voted: That hereafter the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting shall be posted fourteen days at least, be- fore said meeting; and for all special meetings, primaries and elections, seven days, at least, before the date of said meetings, primaries and elections. Said warrants shall be posted one in each of the Post Offices in the Town and one in some public place designated by the Selectmen in North Agawam.


The Annual Town Election shall be held on the First Monday in February of each year and the Annual Town


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Meeting on the following Saturday at one o'clock P. M. in the auditorium of the High School.


Fifty legal voters shall constitute a quorum at all town meetings.


1/4 of the voters present may demand a check list vote.


All previous votes inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.


Article 13. To see if the Town will take any action preparatory to the adoption of a Plumbing Code of By- laws.


Voted: That a committee of six men including the Board of Selectmen be appointed to draw up a code that will meet the requirements of the Town. This proposed code to be voted on for acceptance, revision, deletion, or addition thereto at a special town meeting during 1940.


Article 14. To see if the Town will assume liability in the manner provided by Section 29 of Chapter 91 of the General Laws and Chapter 513 of the Acts of 1939, for all damages that may be incurred by work to be performed by the Department of Public Works of Massachusetts in rivers and streams of the Town in accordance with the provi- sions of said Chapter 513, and authorize the Selectmen to execute and deliver a bond of indemnity therefor to the Commonwealth.


Voted: That the Town assume liability in the man- ner provided by Section 29 of Chapter 91 of the General Laws and Chapter 513 of the Acts of 1939, for all damages that may be incurred by work to be performed by the De- partment of Public Works of Massachusetts in rivers and streams of the town in accordance with the provisions of said Chapter 513, and authorize the Selectmen to execute and deliver a bond of indemnity therefor to the Common- wealth.


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Article 15. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not to exceed $2000.00 for Chapter 90 work on Springfield Street, provided the County and State will each give a like amount.


Voted: To appropriate the sum of $1,500. for Spring- field Street, Chapter 90 Maintenance provided the State and County appropriate like amounts.


Article 16. To see if the Town will install a stop light at the corner of School and Main Streets for the protection of pedestrians, and provide for payment of same.


Voted: To pass over.


Article 17. To see if the Town will take any action in regard to Garbage being brought into Agawam from other cities and towns.


Voted: That the Board of Health be instructed to meet with a committee from the Agawam Swine Breeders Association, and to draw up rules regulating garbage; the operation and maintenance of piggeries within the Town, which shall protect the interests of both the swine breeder and the general public, and that such rules shall be en- forced by the Board of Health.


Article 18. To see if the Town will make any change in letting contracts or purchasing materials or machinery for any department of the Town.


Voted: To pass over.


Article 19. To see if the Town will accept any or all of the following streets: Royal, Randall and Kensington Streets, as public streets.


Voted: To accept Royal, Randall and Kensington Streets as public streets upon the filing of the proper papers in the office of the Town Clerk.


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Article 20. To see if the Town will take any action toward adopting the Federal Food Stamp Plan.


Voted: That the Board of Public Welfare be author- ized to make the proper legal application to the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation for adoption of the Food Stamp Plan, provided said board considers this action ad- visable after proper study and consideration.


Article 21. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Welfare to comply with any regulations that may be set up by the Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare for the purpose of assuring the Town of the continuance of Federal Grants.


Voted: That the Board of Public Welfare be and hereby is authorized to comply with any regulations that may be set up by the Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare for the purpose of assuring the Town of the con- tinuance of Federal Grants.




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