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Equipment
125.00
Truck
50.00
All other
25.00
Health and Sanitation
General administration
501.00
Hospitals and all other
1,500.00
Garbage
2,500.00
Inspector of animals
250.00
Inspector of Meats and Pro- visions
50.00
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Inspector of slaughtering
Farm Slaughtering 250.00 Slaught'r Ho'se Insp. 600.00 Transportation 100.00
950.00
Vital Statistics
15.00
Sewer entrances and surface drainage
8,500.00
Diphtheria Clinic
100.00
14,366.00
Highways
Maintenance
16,000.00
Oiling
5,000.00
Snow Removal
7,000.00
Sidewalks
250.00
Lighting
12,000.00
Road Machinery Account
4,500.00
44,750.00
Schools
246,347.00
Water Department
Salary of Commissioners
330.00
Salary of Superintendent
2,974.00
Salary of Collector
715.00
Contract for water cons'ption
16,000.00
New Construction
5,000.00
All other
31,749.60
56,768.60
Charity
General Relief
Salaries
1,500.00
Relief
14,000.00
All other
250.00
Old Age Assistance
Relief
23,000.00
Administration
2,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children
Relief
11,500.00
Administration
300.00
52,750.00
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Engineering Department Building Department Salary All other
7,300.00
1,000.00
1,120.00
Plumbing Inspector
Labor
1,850.00
All other
150.00
4,120.00
Veterans
Benefits
6,000.00
Administration
2,750.00
All other
325.00
9,075.00
Libraries
Salaries
552.00
Light and Heat
200.00
All other
100.00
852.00
Planning Board
800.00
Board of Appeals
600.00
Unclassified
1,300.00
North Cemetery
50.00
Town Cemetery Lot Care
50.00
Maple Grove Cemetery
30.00
Houghton Cemetery
25.00
Interest on Bonded Debt Annuities
1,200.00
Debt Bond Payment
20,000.00
$545,885.73
Voted under previous articles
43,839.00
Total appropriations
$589,724.73
Article 19. Voted to authorize the assessors to use a sum of $25,000 from available funds for the reduction of the amount to be raised by taxation during the current year.
Article 20. Voted that the sum of $50,000. be ap- propriated from the Post War rehabilitation fund for
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750.00
sewer construction and surface drainage and pending the maturity of the war bond, the sum of $50,000 be trans- ferred from unappropriated available funds in the Treas- ury to meet the cost of said sewer construction, the pro- ceeds from the Series C War Bond to be restored upon their receipt to unappropriated available funds in the Treasury.
Atricle 21. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,160 for School Traffic Officers.
Article 22. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,729.00 for the contributory retirement system of the Town.
Article 23. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $15,500 for the purchase of a new fire truck for the North Agawam Fire Station. This was a rising vote of - Yes 140, No 79.
Article 24. Voted to take no action on the increase of the permanent fire force.
Article 25. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,100 to be expended by the Parks and Playgrounds Commission.
Article 26. Voted to accept the report and recom- mendations of the Feeding Hills School Building Commit- tee, and the Committee be instructed to proceed with plans and specifications, ask for bids on same and report at a Special Meeting.
Article 27. Voted to transfer the sum of $684.20 paid to the Town in settlement of damage done by fire to the Katherine G. Danahy School, to the School Depart- ment.
Voted to adjourn meeting to 1 o'clock P. M. March 6, 1948.
MARCH 6, 1948
Adjourned Meeting Meeting called to order by the Moderator George W. Porter, a quorum declared present and under
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Article 28. Voted to pass over the request by the School Department for the sum of $3,000.00 for the pur- chase of additional bleacher seats, for Memorial Field.
Article 29. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500.00 for the improvement of the plumbing and sanitary facilities in the girl's section of the High School.
Article 30. Voted that the Town Clerk and Treas- urer be elected for a term of three years, beginning with the Annual Election of 1949. Amendment, voted that all previous votes inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
Article 31. Voted that the Town Offices be closed all day Saturday in compliance with Chapter 265, Acts 1947.
Article 32. & 33. Voted to consider these as one article.
Voted to continue the Committee and authorize them to complete the work of codifying the Town by-laws and statutes, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $400.00 for their expenditures, the Committee to report at a Special Town Meeting during 1948.
Article 34. Voted to pass over changing the time of Annual Election.
Article 35. Voted - 54 yes, 26 no - to pass over the changing of time of the Annual Town Meeting.
Article 36. Voted to accept the provisions of Sec- tion 103A of Chapter 54 of the General Laws making pro- visions of said Chapter relating to absent voting applica- ble to regular Town Elections held in Agawam.
Article 37. Voted to approve an extension of the Agawam Center Cemetery. That the Town hereby approves of the Agawam Cemetery Association enlarging their present cemetery by adding thereto a tract of land in the rear thereof belonging to the Heirs of Edward K. Bodurtha, being all that part of said land situated south- erly of a line beginning at a stone bound in the west line of Main Street, running southerly 84 degrees 12 minutes, 30 seconds west 284.14 feet to a stone bound; thence northerly 3 degrees, 35 minutes, 30 seconds east 40 feet
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to a stone bound; thence southerly 84 degrees, 3 minutes west 463.17 feet to an iron pipe at land now or formerly of one Fairbank, thereby extending the present north line of the Cemetery about 190 feet westerly.
Article 38. Voted to accept the report of the Airport Committee as read.
The committee found that the wording of its appoint- ment gave no power to actually make a definite recom- mendation as to how the property and buildings should be disposed of. We had no authority to ask for bids on the entire tract or any part thereof or no authority to con- tact any prospective purchasers.
As a result the following report is a listing of general recommendations arrived at after several lengthy discus- sions by the committee.
(1) Until the present buildings are sold for salvage purposes or occupancy use, the Town should receive rental fees, when leased for private use, equal, at least, to the sum of taxes the building would bring. The rental fee should, therefore, be increased accordingly.
(2) The question of the Town operating the tract facilities as a Stadium for sporting events was rejected by a majority vote.
(3) A majority vote was recorded in opposition to disposing of the tract for general Airport use.
(4) The maintenance costs of existing buildings on the tract precluded their use for Town purposes.
(5) A favorable vote was noted on the sale of the Grand Stand, Field Administration Bldg., Club House and other out buildings to the highest bidder for removal purposes.
(6) The possible sale of the Hangar Bldg. with enough surrounding land for utilization received approval.
(7) The sale of the 22 acre tract on Shoemaker Lane, now used as the Town dump, is recommended.
(8) The retention of the 28 acre tract on the south side of Silver St. for future Town use is also recommended.
(9) A majority vote favored the rezoning of the entire tract inside the fence (300 acres) from Business to Industrial A.
(10) The possibility of the tract being sold and cut
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up as a residential division was discussed and received an approving vote.
Fire and windstorm insurance on the grandstand, airport administration building and Hangar seem advis- able but the Town may wish to assume the responsibility rather than the expense of insurance.
Voted : That the Committee be discharged, and a new committee consisting of five members be appointed by the moderator, said Committee to be duly authorized to receice proposals, and negotiate, subject to approval of the Town, for the sale of the Airport property, in whole or in part, and to recommend to the Town at a duly called Town Meeting, such action as it deems advisable and desirable in the interest of the Town. The Moderator appointed the following committee: Chairman Edw. W. Talmadge, Jerrie Cavanaugh, Francis Cleary, Andrew Chriscolo, James W. Cesan.
Article 39. Voted to pass over the article to authorize the Board of Selectmen, Treasurer and Finance Committee to sell, for removal from the premises, the grandstand, club house, restaurant and wooden office building located on property owned by the Town and known as the "race track" for not less than the sum of $25,000.
Article 40. Voted to pass over. Note Article 41.
Article 41. Voted to consider Article 41 before Article 40.
Voted that the Moderator appoint a committee con- sisting of three members and that this committee is here- by ordered to secure the services of an expert or experts to investigate and study the present and future building needs of the school department and bring in a report of the investigation before a special town meeting to be held not more than thirty days after the receipt of this re- port; and that the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) be and hereby is appropriated from the Ex- cess and Deficiency Fund for the use of this committee.
Article 42. Voted unanimously that the Board of Selectmen appoint a committee of six to act as a Finance Board; two for the term of three years two for the term of two years, and two for the term of one year, the
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present elected members of the Finance Committee to be appointed for the balance of their terms.
Article 43. Voted that the Moderator appoint a committee of fifteen members consisting of five members of the Republican party, five members of the Democratic party, and five members who are independent voters, to study the Town Manager form of Government for adop- tion by Agawam, to initiate any necessary legislative action, and to report its recommendations and/or actions thereon at a subsequent Town Meeting, but not later than the Annual Town Meeting in 1949; and to appropriate the sum of $300.00 to be taken from Excess and Deficiency Fund for expenses for this committee.
Article 44. Voted to postpone indefinitely the re- quest that the Board of Selectmen reconsider its action and grant a drug store liquor license to Anthony Pasquale doing business as Agawam Pharmacy.
Article 45. Voted that Homer Street, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, in accordance with Plans of Lay- out and Survey now on file with the Town Clerk of the Town of Agawam, be and the same is hereby accepted as a public street.
Article 46. Voted that Hall Street, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, in accordance with Plans of Lay- out and Survey now on file with the Town Clerk of the Town of Agawam, be and the same is hereby accepted as a public street.
Article 47. & Article 48. Voted that Franklin Street, and Pomeroy Street as laid out by the Board of Selectmen in accordance with Plans of Layout and Survey .now on file with the Town Clerk of the Town of Agawam, be and the same is hereby accepted as a public street.
Article 49. Voted Yes 108, No 0, to change the zone from Residence A and Residence B to Business, beginning at the northerly end of the present business zone on the easterly line of Suffield St. 380 ft. northerly of the inter- section of Suffield and Cooper Sts. thence running north- erly on the easterly line of Suffield St. 362 ft. more or less to the southwesterly corner of land on one Ramah; thence easterly along the southerly line of said Ramah's land 200
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ft .; thence southerly in a line parallel with the easterly line of Suffield St. about 345 ft. to a point 50 ft. northerly of the present Business Zone; thence easterly about 64 ft. in a line parallel with the northerly line of the present Business Zone to the northerly line of Cooper St .; thence southwesterly along the northerly line of Cooper St. about 50 ft. to the present Business Zone; thence northwesterly along the northerly line of the present Business Zone about 250 ft. to the easterly line of Suffield St. at the point of beginning.
Article 50. Voted: Yes 91, No 28, to change the zone from Residence A and Residence B to Business be- ginning at a point on the westerly line of Main St. about 300 ft. southerly of the intersection of Main and Elm Sts. (said point being the intersection of the westerly line of Main St. and the southerly line of the present Business Zone), thence running southerly along the west- erly line of Main St. about 375 ft. more or less to the northerly line of property of the Agawam Cemetery Association ; thence running westerly along the northerly line of land of said Association about 127 ft .; thence run- ning northerly in a line parallel with the westerly line of Main St. and distant 127 ft. westerly thereof to the south- erly line of the present Business zone thence easterly along the line of the present Business Zone 127 ft. more or less to the point of beginning.
Article 51. Voted to pass over the request for change in zoning of the land adjoining the present Busi- ness Zone at the intersection of Main and Cooper St. on the northerly side.
Article 52. Voted that the Zone be changed from Residence B to Business beginning at a point on the south- erly line of Springfield St. at the intersection of said line ' and the westerly line of the present Business Zone (said point being about 740 ft. westerly from the intersection of the southerly line of Springfield St. and the westerly line of Mooreland St.) ; thence westerly along Springfield St., 183.8 ft. to land now or formerly of one Cross; thence along said Cross land 102 ft. more or less; thence north- easterly 161 ft. more or less along other property of George J. Shortt to the southwest corner of the present Business Zone; thence northwesterly 100 ft. along the
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westerly line of the present Business zone to Springfield St. at the point of beginning.
Article 53. Voted unanimously to change the zone from Business to Industrial A the property beginning at the point of intersection of the northerly line of Silver and the southerly line of Garden St., thence running southwesterly along the northerly and northwesterly line of Silver St. about 4500 ft. to the intersection of the westerly line of Silver St. and the northerly line of Shoe- maker Lane; thence running westerly along the northerly line of Shoemaker Lane 500 ft .; thence running northerly and northeasterly along a line parallel with the north- westerly and northerly line of Silver St. and distant 500 ft. therefrom to the southerly line of Garden St. thence running southeasterly along the southerly line of Garden St. about 500 ft. to Silver St. at the point of beginning.
Article 54. Voted that the Moderator secure the services of two pages to act at future meetings.
Voted to adjourn at 3:05 P. M.
BRANDON N. LETELLIER Town Clerk
According to Article 41 of the Warrant of the ad- journed Town Meeting held March 6, 1948 the following committee was appointed by the Moderator, to investigate School needs, etc.
Arthur T. Garvey Leslie C. Miller Raymond E. Harris
According to Article 43 of same warrant the follow- ing committee was appointed by the Moderator:
Republican : Harold E. Walker, Chairman; Wendell M. Gosse, Mrs. Irene Phelps, Mrs. Mary Oehlers, Earl C. Bradway.
Democratic: Joseph Sliva, Paul J. Parent, Jr., Ray- mond J. Deloghia, Mrs. Jessie M. Boyer, Gerald B. Cleary.
Independent: Harlan S. Atwood, Wm. S. Crittendon, Mrs. Audrey M. Blake, Irving R. LaFleur, Kenneth I. Morley.
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Special Town Meeting
JUNE 16, 1948
Meeting was called to order at 8:05 P. M. by the Moderator George W. Porter, a quorum declared present, the warrant was read by the Town Clerk and under
Article 1. Voted unanimously that the provisions of Chapter 121 of General Laws as amended by Chapter 574 of the Acts of 1946, and Chapter 200 of the Acts of 1948 with reference to the establishment of a Veteran's Hous- ing Authority, be adopted and that the Board of Select- men be authorized to appoint four (4) members to serve, until the next annual meeting, as a housing authority for the Town of Agawam and that the sum of Three Hundred ($300) dollars, the same to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Fund, be and hereby is appropri- ated for such expenses as may be incidental in carrying out their duties in co-operation with the State Authorities.
The Committee appointed was:
Raoul Charpentier, Chairman James Kane Paul Ezekiel Robert Hackett
Article 2. Voted that the sum of $740.00 be trans- ferred from the Road Machinery Fund to the Highway Truck Account.
Article 3. Voted that the sum of Two Thousand ($2,000) dollars be transferred from the Excess and De- ficiency Fund and appropriated to the use of the Road Machinery Account, for the purpose of satisfying a de- ficiency during the current year in that account.
Article 4. Voted to appropriate the sum of two hundred dollars ($200.) from the Excess and Deficiency Fund to pay for a survey of the Fire Dept. by an impartial board. This board shall be hired by a Committee of three
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appointed by the chair. One of this Committee shall be from the Board of Selectmen, one from the Board of Fire Engineers, and one from the Board of Finance. The duties of this board of survey shall be to ascertain the best interests of the Town pertaining to the location and amount of apparatus, the number and location of build- ings, and the number and location of permanent firemen, call or volunteer firemen. The Committee appointed as follows :
Riley Farnsworth Edward Talmadge Arthur Johnson
Article 5. Voted that Sherman Avenue as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, in accordance with Plans of Layout and Survey now on file with the Town Clerk of the Town of Agawam, be accepted as a public street.
Article 6. Voted that Annable Street as laid out by the Board of Selectmen in accordance with plans of Lay- out and Survey now on file with the Town Clerk of the Town of Agawam, be accepted as a public street.
Article 7. Voted that Washington Ave. as laid out by the Board of Selectmen in accordance with Plans of Layout and Survey now on file with the Town Clerk of the Town of Agawam, be accepted as a public street.
Article 8. Voted that Colonial Avenue as laid out by the Board of Selectmen in accordance with Plans of Lay- out and Survey now on file with the Town Clerk of the Town of Agawam, be accepted as a public street.
Article 9. Voted that an Extension of Franklin Street as laid out by the Board of Selectmen in accordance with Plans of Layout and Survey now on file with the Town Clerk of the Town of Agawam, be accepted as a public street.
Article 10. Voted to change the property described in Article 10 of the Warrant, from Residence B to Busi- ness Zone. Voted unanimously.
Article 11. Voted unanimously to change the prop- erty described in Article 11 being property on the south-
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erly side of Springfield at the intersection of Mill and Springfield Sts. from Residence A to Business Zone.
Article 12. Voted unanimously to change the prop- erty described in Article 12, being property on corner of Line and Mill Sts., westerly and northerly sides. From Residence A to Business Zone.
Article 13. Voted that future warrants and official notices of the Town be posted in the Riverview Market formerly known as Vincent's Market.
Voted to adjourn 8:50 P .M.
BRANDON N. LETELLIER Town Clerk
Special Town Meeting
SEPTEMBER 30, 1948
Meeting was called to order by the Moderator George W. Porter, according to the call of the warrant, a quorum declared present and the articles in the warrant read by the Town Clerk and under
Article 1. Voted Yes 84, No 88 on acting upon the report of the Airport Committee. No action taken.
Article 2. Voted to accept the committee report as an interim report of the Feeding Hills School Building Committee.
Article 3. Voted unanimously, the sum of $2000. be appropriated for Highway Maintenance, the same to be taken from Excess and Deficiency Fund.
Article 4. Voted to pass over the appropriation of $2500 for Highway Oiling.
Article 5. Voted unanimously to appropriate $2000 for sewer maintenance, the same to be taken from Excess and Deficiency.
Article 6. Voted unanimously that the sum of $50
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be transferred from Health Doctor account to Plumbing all other account, and the sum of $150. from Health Doc- tor account to the Town Nurse account.
Article 7. Voted unanimously that the sum of $5000 be appropriated for Old Age Assistance, the same to be taken from Excess and Deficiency Fund.
Article 8. Voted unanimously that the sum of $2000 be transferred from Aid to Dependent Children account to General Relief account.
Article 9. Voted unanimously that the sum of $150 be transferred from Forestry Labor account to Forestry all other account.
Article 10. Voted unanimously the sum of $600 be appropriated for the removal of Poplar trees from South Park Terrace the same to be taken from Excess and De- ficiency Fund.
Article 11. Voted the sum of $300 be appropriated for the removal of Elm trees infected with Dutch Elm disease located on private properties, the same to be taken from Excess and Deficiency Fund.
Article 12. Voted to appropriate the sum of $11,237.33 to the school dept. the same to be taken from Excess and Deficiency Fund.
Article 13. Voted to pass over the request for appropriations for future work on Parks and Playgrounds.
Article 14. Voted to pass over surface drainage on Monroe Street.
Article 15. Voted to pass over placing control of the Veteran's Memorial Field under jurisdiction of the Park and Playground Commission.
Article 16. Voted unanimously the Town amend the by-laws adopted at the Special Town Meeting held on June 16, 1948, whereby it voted to create the Agawam Housing Authority by substituting for said by- laws the following :
"Section 1. That the Town of Agawam hereby determines, finds and declares in accordance with Section 26K of Chapter 121 of the General Laws of the Common- wealth of Massachusetts, that there is need for a housing
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authority in the Town of Agawam for the purpose of pro- viding housing for families of low income.
Section 2. In accordance with the foregoing deter- mination, a housing authority for the Town of Agawam be, and hereby is, authorized to function and to transact business.
Section 3. That the sum of $300 be, and hereby is, appropriated for such expenses of the Agawam Housing Authority as may be incidental in the carrying out of its duties in cooperation with the State Housing Authority and that the same be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Fund.
Section 4. That the Clerk of said Town be, and here- by is, directed to file as soon as possible after appoint- ment and qualification of the members of the housing authority, a certificate of such appointment and qualifica- tion with the State Housing Board and a duplicate thereof in the office of the State Secretary."
Article 17. By a vote of 135 Yes, 26 No - it was voted to change the zone of the parcel described in war- rant at the intersection of Springfield St. and Franklin St. southerly and westerly sides, from Residence A to Residence B.
Article 18. By a vote of Yes 83, No 1 it was voted to change the parcel described in the warrant, westerly intersection of Maple and Moore Sts. from Residence A to Business zone.
Article 19. Voted unanimously to change from Residence A to Business the two parcels described under Article 19 of the warrant, being parcels at the northerly intersection of Adams and Suffield Sts., and the southerly intersection of Adams and Suffield Sts.
Article 20. Voted to reconsider Article 1 again. By Yes 36, No 81 voted to pass over.
Voted that the Committee on Sale of Horse Tract be continued in power and that they present at a future town meeting any propositions for sale of said tract, the same to be legally incorporated in the warrant for said meeting.
Voted to adjourn at 10:16 P. M.
BRANDON N. LETELLIER Town Clerk
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NATIONAL AND STATE ELECTION
NOVEMBER 2, 1948
REPORT OF PRECINCT OFFICERS
Precincts
A
B C
Total
Box Registered, opening of polls
000
000
000
000
Box Registered at closing polls
1356
995
1688
4039
Number of ballots found in box
1356
995
1688
4039
Number checked on list
1356
995
1688
4039
RESULT OF COUNTING BALLOTS
ELECTOR OF PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT
Dewey and Warren, Republican
Precinct A. Four Hundred Nine
409
Precinct B. Five Hundred One
501
Precinct C. One Thousand Seventy-Two
1072
Total-One Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty-Two 1982
Teichert and Emery, Socialist Labor
Precinct A. One
1
Precinct B. Two
2
Precinct C. Three
3
Total-Six 6
Truman and Barkley, Democratic
Precinct A. Nine Hundred Three 903
Precinct B. Four Hundred Sixty-One 461
Precinct C. Five Hundred Sixty-Six 566
Total-Nineteen Hundred Thirty 1930
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Wallace and Taylor, Progressive
Precinct A. Twenty-Four 24
Precinct B. Eleven 11
Precinct C. Seventeen
17
Total-Fifty-Two 52
Watson and Learn, Prohibition
Precinct A. None
0
Precinct B. None
0
Precinct C. One
1
Total-One 1
Thomas and Smith
Precinct C. Four 4
Blanks
Precinct A. Nineteen 19
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