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Frank F. Vecchiarelli
E. Longmeadow
East Longmeadow Oct. 4
James F. Fenton
Agawam
Agawam
Jacquelyn A. Cowles
Agawam
Oct. 4
Caesar W. Capodagli
Springfield
Agawam
Josephine M. Papacini
Agawam
Oct. 4
Earl A. Rotenbury
Lafayette Hill, Pa.
Springfield
Marion L. Mueller
Agawam
Oct. 11
Peter J. Szezebak
Ludlow
Agawam
Theresa M. Antico
Agawam
Oct. 11
Alfred H. Christopher
Agawam
Springfield Oct. 11
Philip J. Thomas, Jr.
Dalton, Pa.
Agawam Oct. 18
Ronald R. Zerra
Chicopee
Agawam
Dolores L. Gallerani
Agawam
Oct. 20
John F. Ryan
Agawam
Springfield Oct. 25
Lawrence M. Maheu
Agawam
Springfield Nov. 8
Robert W. Touchette
Agawam
Agawam Nov. 8
Charles M. Reid
Marietta, Ga.
Agawam Nov. 10
Albert L. Magistri
Agawam
Elsie I. Malaguti
West Springfield
West Springfield Nov. 13
Carl E. Exline
Indian River City, Fla.
Anne R. Green
Agawam
Agawam Nov. 22
Robert N. Hulse
West Springfield
Springfield
Dorothy J. McHugh
Agawam
Lucy F. Benigni
West Springfield
Marjorie B. Helfrich
Agawam
Rachael J. Bandoski
Springfield
Dorothy N. Scroggins
Agawam
Dorothy Ann Campbell
Springfield
Rita A. Provost
Agawam
Evelyn C. Morin
Agawam
Joanne C. White
Agawam
Sept. 27 West Springfield Sept. 27
Fredrick Gile Cooper Joan Gloria Brayton James William Biglin
241
Nov. 23 Springfield Nov. 25 Agawam Nov. 29 Springfield Dec. 13 Agawam Dec. 20
Donald W. Brooks
Kelloge, Idaho
Helen J. Davis
Agawam
Francis E. Girard
Agawam
Genevieve M. Liquori
Agawam
Thomas F. Campbell
Springfield
Alice Gangloff
Agawam
Phila., Pa.
Dora M. White
Agawam
Raymond F. Hayes
Windsor, Ct.
Agawam
Dorothy A. Merritt
Bloomfield, Ct.
Dec. 20 Agawam Dec. 20 Springfield
Ruth H. Patnode
Agawam
Donald C. Capponcelli
Agawam
Dec. 23
Erwin J. Soper, Jr.
Agawam
Agawam
Lois A. Stuart
Springfield
Dec. 27 Boston
Ruth E. Peterson
Springfield
Dec. 27
Arthur G. Dodge, Jr.
Charlton, Mass.
Agawam
Claire Isabel Shaylor
Agawam
Dec. 29
Harmon A. Smith
Agawam
Springfield
Ernestine V. Canata
Springfield
Barbara J. Skerry
West Springfield
George W. Porter
Agawam
Wendell M. Prior
Agawam
Salvatore J. Christaldi
242
DEATHS REGISTERED IN AGAWAM FOR THE YEAR 1952
Date of Death
Name
Y
M
D
Cause of Death
Jan. 11
Anaecleto Guazzarotti
60
Carcinoma of Stomach
Jan. 14 Archie G. Anderson
69
9
20 Coronary Thrombosis Carcinoma Pulmonary Edema
Jan.
9 Anton Beigert
69
Jan. 14 Ruth H. Hoye
50
1 Multiple Fractures- Hit by auto
Jan. 12 Lena Esempio
69
11
6
Feb.
4 Lena Breuninger
55
Feb. 11 Mary G. Ferranti
69
Cardio Vascular disease Coronary Occlusion
Feb. 13 Jessie L. Dupuis
63
16 Cerebral Hem
Feb.
21 Marie J. Jaycox
84
11
2 Coronary Thrombosis Hodgkins disease Thrombosis
Mar. 4 Mary L. Wood
54
Mar. 12
Adelord DeForge
77
Mar. 15
Percival V. Hastings, Sr.
67
17
Cerebral Hemorrhage Pulmonary Embolism
Mar. 17
Joseph Delevo
74
Mar. 24
Frederick W. Egbert
44
10
13 Posterio Coronary In- farction
Mar. 24
Andrew Nacewicz
62
Coronary Thrombosis
Mar. 26
Laura S. Worden
70
1
24
Carcinoma
Mar. 28
Frank E. Mix
76
Gun Shot Wound
Mar. 30
Benny Husson
44
Hypertension
April 11
Raymond G. Guy
59
20
Coronary Occlusion
April 7
Josephine A. Johnson
77
4
29
Myocarditis Broncho Pneumonia
April 19
John B. Fleming
60
11
17
April 23
Harry W. Gordon
55
7 10 Essential Hypertension
April 30
George A. Wilson
81
2
24 Bronchopneumonia
April 13
Olive A. Story
69
6 25
April 24
Thomas J. Photias
59
April 26
Ada S. Lyman
7
14
Grippe
April 4 Marvin F. Masterson
80
6
7
May
6
Joseph Delucchi
61
May 18 William F. Gemme
74
May 19 Rosa Morassi
85
Coronary embolism
May 17 Linda M. Balboni
6
Pancreatic Fibrosis
May 29 Anna V. Schilling
79
Cardio Vasc Failure
June 19
Federico S. Borgatti
76
Coronary Thrombosis
June 21
George H. Reed
82
7
1 Uremia Coronary Thrombosis
June 23
Charles M. Prescott
66
1
19
Bronchopneumonia Cancer
April 7 David E. Consolati
85
April 15
Maryann D. Tyburski
75
17 Meningitis Pulmonary Edema Arteriosclerotic Heart disease
Feb. 23 Beatrice B. Hart
50
Feb. 24
Urban V. Letellier
58
Mar. 1 Mark Wrisley
47
Generalized Anasarca Carcinoma
Feb. 15 Antonia J. Belanger
60
Jan. 27
Bedar S. Ramah
84
Cancer Carcinoma
Virus Bronchopneumonia Thrombosis Arterio sclerosis
243
June 30 Joseph W. Kloiber 69
July 5 Ludger A. LeClerc 49
July 10 Walenty P. Gula 77
July 22 Vincenzo Boccasile
69
July 23 Antonio Danton
79
10
July 24 Nellie B. Gemme
76
July 25 Henry N. Boyer 61
July 27 Gladys M. Freeman
59 67
Aug. 15 Felix DeClementi
59
Aug. 23 George J. Beauchane
59
Aug. 25
Joseph Duhaime
60
Sept. 1
Ella M. Morrison
57
8
Sept. 16 Minnie L. Maranville
81
Sept. 18 Marion L. Bannerman
61
Sept. 21
Roderick H. Roy
46
Sept. 22
Eva B. McKay
53
Acute Lymphoblastic leukemia
Sept. 27
Colburn H. Scott
59
Oct. 1 Louis Scarpa
64
Oct. 5 Esther M. Haynes
56
Oct.
5 June I. Bradish
27
5
5 Acute Lymphocytic leukemia
Oct. 9 Pasquale Santaniello
66
Cardio vasc Failure
Oct. 13 Joseph P. Neura
64
6 28
Cancer
Oct. 14 Ruth Merrell
71
9
28 Coronary Thrombosis Acute Pulmonary Edema Cerebral Thrombosis
Oct.
23 Edward S. Warren
71
5 23
Coronary Thrombosis
Oct. 26 Alsus F. Hurd
72
4
3 Coronary Thrombosis
Oct. 30 Douglas R. Robinson
4
8
26
Oct.
31
Patrick J. Coughlin
53
Nov. 10 Herman H. Meyer
74
Nov. 11 Tirzah K. Lane
83
Arteriosclerosis of heart
Nov. 11 Peter Wojtyna
70
Coronary Thrombosis
Nov. 14 Celestine M. Provost
47
Rheumatic Heart disease
Nov. 25 David A. Trehey
57
Dec. 12 Pauline Kaplan
42
Coronary Thrombosis Uremia
Dec. 15 Otto Elmer Slade
58
11
1 Pulmonary Emphysema
Dec. 22 John Hall
81
3 24 Carcinoma
Dec. 26 Robert C. Banks
77
6 22 Uremia
Dec. 28 John G. Williams
83
1 20 Arteriosclerotic heart disease
2 Cardio Vasc Collapse Coronary occlusion Carcinoma
Cancer
Leukemia aleukemic Coronary Thrombosis Carcinoma
Oct. 20 Everett N. Coffin
46
Oct. 21
Andrew Cornfoot
60
6
Interstitial Pneumonitis Coronary heart failure Arteriosclerotic heart disease
244
Coronary Thrombosis Coronary Thrombosis Cerebral hemorrhage Coronary Thrombosis
24 Pneumonia Cerebral Thrombosis Carcinoma Coronary heart disease Cachexia Coronary Thrombosis Cerebral hemorrhage Coronary Thrombosis
Aug. 6 Isaac J. Nolin
Articles In Warrant For Town Meeting
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Hampden ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Agawam in said County. Greetings :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby directed to warn and notify the inhabitants of the Town of Agawam qualified to vote in Town Affairs, to meet in the auditorium of the High School Building on Saturday, the 7th day of March, 1953, at 1 o'clock P.M., then and there to act on the following articles :
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, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $450.00 or any other sum for the proper ob- servance of Memorial Day, details of which are to be handled by the Board of Selectmen in cooperation with the American Legion and the Veterans of Foreign Wars, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $647.25 or any other sum for the payment of a proper charge of an Insurance Company for acting as Surety on the official bond of its officers, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $4,968.88 or any other sum for the Liability Insurance of its employees, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
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Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum of money for enforcement of the Dog Law, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $20,000.00 from the Overlay Reserve to the Reserve Fund, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 9. 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, 1953, 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 less than one year, in ac- cordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $3,187.60 for insurance of Town Vehicles, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Assessors to use a sum not exceeding $25,000.00 from Available Funds for the reduction of the amount to be raised by taxation during the current year, pass any vote or take any action rela- tive thereto.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $100.00 to be expended in the Town of Agawam by the Hampden County Trustees for Aid to Agricul- ture in accordance with the provisions of the Laws of the Com- monwealth, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $10,805.65 for the Contributory Retirement System of the Town, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $500.00 or any other sum for Foreclosure of Tax Titles, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to fix the salary and compensation of all elective officers of the Town as pro- vided by Section 108 of Chapter 41, General Laws, as amended, effective from January 1, 1953 pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
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Article 16. To make the necessary appropriations for the ensuing year.
1952 Expended
1953 Recom- mendation
I. GENERAL GOVERNMENT:
LEGISLATIVE:
1. Salary - Moderator ....
$ 25.00 $
25.00
Total
25.00
25.00
SELECTMEN:
2. Salaries :
Chairman
821.00
821.00
Second Member
738.00
738.00
Third Member
738.00
738.00
3. Clerk
2,555.00
2,555.00
4. Out of State Travel
225.00
5. All Other
447.00
1,160.00
Total
5,324.00
6,237.00
ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT:
6. Salary
3,490.00
3,732.00
7. All Other
439.00
380.00
Total
3,929.00
4,112.00
TREASURER :
8. Salary
1,590.00
1,703.00
9. Clerk
1,259.00
1,371.00
10. All Other
1,565.00
1,297.00
Total
4,414.00
4,371.00
COLLECTOR:
11. Salary
3,726.00
3,951.00
12. Clerk
2,517.00
2,741.00
13. All Other
2,136.00
1,880.00
Total
8,379.00
8,572.00
ASSESSORS:
14. Salaries :
Chairman
3,016.00
3,241.00
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1952 Expended
1953 Recom- mendation
Second Member Third Member
1,000.00
1,200.00
15. Clerk
2,517.00
2,741.00
16. All Other
725.00
1,700.00
Total
8,258.00
10,082.00
LAW:
17. Salaries :
Town Counsel
500.00
1,500.00
Town Prosecutor
510.00
500.00
18. Appraisals
600.00
19. All Other
2,374.00
800.00
20. Damage to Persons & Property ..
..
500.00
Total
3,384.00
3,900.00
TOWN CLERK :
21. Salary
1,591.00
1,703.00
22. Clerk
1,258.00
1,370.00
23. All Other
315.00
429.00
Total
3,164.00
3,502.00
ELECTION AND REGISTRATION :
24. Salaries :
Registrars
966.00
900.00
Election Officers
1,852.00
646.00
25 All Other
1,634.00
735.00
Total
4,452.00
2,281.00
TOWN BUILDINGS:
Administration Building :
26. Janitor
2,860.00
3,090.00
27. Clerk
2,002.00
2,080.00
28. Fuel, Light, Telephone
3,628.00
4,100.00
29. Painting
775.00
30. All Other
1,886.00
1,780.00
31. Other Town Buildings
738.00
785.00
Total
11,114.00
12,610.00
Total General Government ..
52,443.00
55,692.00
1,000.00
1,200.00
248
1952 Expended
1953 Recom- mendation
II. PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY:
POLICE DEPARTMENT:
32. Salaries
51,852.00
59,560.00
33. Out of State Travel
49.00
100.00
34. New Radio Antenna
500.00
35. All Other
6,452.00
6,200.00
Total
58,353.00
66,360.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT:
36. Salaries - Commissioners
225.00
300.00
37. Permanent Firemen
30,807.00
33,670.00
38. Volunteers
3,198.00
3,700.00
39. Inspector
212.00
40. All Other
6,049.00
6,560.00
Total
40,490.00
44,230.00
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES:
41. Salary
1,000.00
1,200.00
42. Out of State Travel
75.00
43. All Other
580.00
475.00
Total
1,580.00
1,750.00
TREE WARDEN:
44. Salary
825.00
825.00
45. Labor
1,500.00
1,800.00
46. Truck
500.00
500.00
47. Spraying
1.000.00
1,000.00
48. Removal of Dutch Elm Infected Trees (on Town Proprety) ....
1,000.00
500.00
49. Tree Planting
500.00
500.00
50. All Other
199.00
200.00
Total
5,524.00
5,325.00
GYPSY MOTH CONTROL:
51. All Other
500.00
500.00
Total
500.00
500.00
249
1952 Expended
1953 Recom- mendation
FIRE WARDEN:
52. Labor
125.00
150.00
53. Fire Permits
162.00
150.00
54. Equipment
200.00
200.00
55. Truck
50.00
75.00
56. All Other
25.00
25.00
Total
562.00
600.00
CIVIL DEFENSE:
57. Clerical
520.00
530.00
58. Observation Tower
645.00
59. All Other
1,951.00
100.00
Total
2,471.00
1,275.00
Total of Protection & Property
109,170.00
120.040.00
III. HEALTH AND SANITATION:
60. Salaries :
Chairman
239.00
239.00
Second Member
156.00
157.00
Third Member
157.00
157.00
61. Hospitals and Other
3,153.00
3,500.00
62. Garbage
3,500.00
4,000.00
63. Inspection :
Animal
275.00
275.00
Slaughter
807.00
807.00
Meats and Provisions
60.00
60.00
64. Vital Statistics
..
.......
15.00
Total
8,347.00
9.210.00
SEWER AND SURFACE DRAINAGE :
65. Labor
11,000.00
10,500.00
66. Rental, Shovel & Equipment ....
3,500.00
3,500.00
67. All Other
5,625.00
4,625.00
Total
20,125.00
18,625.00
Total Health and Sanitation.
28,472.00
27.835.00
250
1952 Expended
1953 Recom- mendation
IV. HIGHWAYS:
68. Salary (Superintendent)
4,897.00
5,125.00
69. Clerk
2,059.00
2,278.00
70. Maintenance
26,575.00
28,760.00
71. Oiling
11,794.00
14,970.00
72. Snow Removal
6,159.00
8,850.00
73. Sidewalk Maintenance
275.00
1,000.00
74. Road Machinery Account
6,773.00
5,425.00
75. New Oiling
14,582.00
14,484.00
76. Rubbish Collecting
5,379.00
5,950.00
77. Brush Cutting
..
2,000.00
Total
78,493.00
88,842.00
V. SCHOOLS:
78. School Budget
420,096.00
467,242.00
79. Out of State Travel
48.00
150.00
Total School Budget
420,144.00
467,392.00
VI. WATER DEPARTMENT:
80. Salaries :
First Commissioner
127.00
127.00
Second Commissioner
127.00
127.00
Third Commissioner
127.00
127.00
Superintendent
3,624.00
3,890.00
Clerk
442.00
500.00
81. Contract, Water Consumption ..
25,605.00
26,000.00
82. New Construction
24,997.00
18,000.00
83. Springfield Tie-In
7,000.00
84. All Other
39,887.00
15,120.00
Total Water Department
94,936.00
100.891.00
VII. CHARITIES:
GENERAL RELIEF :
85. Salaries
1,100.00
1,100.00
86. Relief
14,207.00
16,300.00
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1952 Expended
1953 Recom- mendation
87. 1952 Relief Bills (Other Cities and Towns)
3,751.00
88. All Other
295.00
300.00
Total
15,602.00
21,451.00
DISABILITY ASSISTANCE:
89. Relief
3,485.00
4,000.00
90. Administration
400.00
400.00
Total
3,885.00
4,400.00
OLD AGE ASSISTANCE:
91. Relief
42,126.00
45,000.00
92. Administration
2,420.00
2,420.00
Total
44,546.00
47,420.00
AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN:
93. Relief
10,000.00
11,000.00
94. Administration
880.00
880.00
Total
10,880.00
11,880.00
Total Charities
74,913.00
85,151.00
VIII. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT:
95. Salaries
8,355.00
9,500.00
96. All Other
1,754.00
1,055.00
Total Engineering Dept .......
10,109.00
10,555.00
IX. BUILDING DEPARTMENT: BUILDING INSPECTOR:
97. Salary
1,300.00
1.300.00
98. All Other
594.00
900.00
Total
1,894.00
2,200.00
PLUMBING INSPECTOR :
99. Labor
2,870.00
2,800.00
100. All Other
71.00
75.00
Total
2,941.00
2,875.00
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1952 Expended
1953 Recom- mendation
ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR :
101. Salary
750.00
750.00
102. All Other
238.00
300.00
Total
988.00
1,050.00
Total Building Inspectors ....
5,823.00
6,125.00
X. VETERANS:
103. Salaries
2,860.00
3,090.00
104. Benefits
6,543.00
8,000.00
105. All Other
328.00
400.00
Total Veterans
9,731.00
11,490.00
XI. LIBRARIES:
Salaries :
106. First Librarian
225.00
225.00
107. Second Librarian
225.00
225.00
108. Third Librarian
225.00
225.00
109. Fuel and Light
282.00
300.00
110. All Other
165.00
150.00
Total Libraries
1,122.00
1,125.00
XII. MISCELLANEOUS:
111. Cemetery Maintenance
680.00
800.00
112. Veterans' Graves
216.00
216.00
113. Rebuilding Maple Gr. Cemetery
500.00
114. Rebuild'g Houghton's Cemetery
500.00
115. Annuities
600.00
600.00
116. Recreation, Parks, Playgrounds ..
3,675.00
3,980.00
117. Town Nurse
8,045.00
8,602.00
118. Debt Bond Payment
20,000.00
40,000.00
119. Interest on Bond Debt
9,530.00
11,510.00
120. Street Lighting
19,835.00
23,000.00
121. Planning Board
59.00
600.00
122. Board of Appeals
497.00
550.00
123. Unclassified
2,222.00
2,091.00
Total Miscellaneous
65,859.00
92,449.00
GRAND TOTAL
952,215.00 1,067,587.00
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Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $3,100.00 for School Traffic Officers, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $11,000.00 for a re-survey of the Town and the making up of a new set of Assessor's maps by an outside Engineering Company, said work to be done over a period of three years, and said work to be awarded on a competitive basis. Pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $800.00 or any other sum, toward the pur- chase of one new cruiser for the use of the Police Department. and to authorize the Police Commissioners to trade in one cruis- er to make up the balance of purchase price, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 20. To hear and act upon the report of the Health Survey Committee, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Personnel By-Law adopted June 2, 1952, by inserting in Section 8 thereof under classification Grade S-6 the following weekly pay scale :
Public Health Agent - $63.80; $67.10; $70.40; $74.80. Pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint a Health Agent, and to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the administrative expenses of said office, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for the erection of partitions and the installation of the necessary electrical and sanitary facilities and equipment for a laboratory and office for said Health Agent, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 24. . To hear and act upon the report of the Town By-Laws Committee. Pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 25. To hear and act upon the report of the Public Works Survey Committee, pass any vote or take any action rel- ative thereto.
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Article 26. To hear and act upon the report of the Cen- tennial Committee, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 27. To hear and act upon the report of the Kath- erine Danahy School Committee, pass any vote or take any ac- tion relative thereto.
Article 28. To hear and act upon the report of the Ben- jamin J. Phelps School Committee, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint a committee of five to study a representative form of Town Meetings, said committee to make a report not later than the next annual Town Meeting, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint a committee of five to revise the Building Code of the Town of Agawam, said committee to make a report not later than the next annual Town Meeting, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $300.00 to hire a suitable consultant to assist in conducting the study of said Building Code, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 32. To hear and act upon a report of the commit- tee to consider streamlining our Town Report, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 33. To hear and act upon the report of the Tree Warden Study Committee, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 34. To hear and act upon a report of the Cen- tralized Purchasing Committee, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to accept a be- quest of $284.85 from the Old Cemetery Association, and to provide perpetual care for certain lots in said cemetery, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to accept a be-
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quest of $162.18 from the Feeding Hills Old Cemetery Associa- tion, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint a committee of five to study the advisability of establishing a Community Recreation Center and to make a report not later than the next annual Town Meeting. Pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to accept Walnut St. Extension as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, as a public street.
Article 39. To see if the Town will vote to accept Fair- view Street, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, as a public street.
Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to accept Meadow Avenue, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, as a public street.
Article 41. To see if the Town will vote to accept Lealand Ave., as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, as a public street.
Article 42. To see if the Town will vote to accept Grant Street, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, as a public street.
Article 43. To see if the Town will vote to accept North Alhambra Circle, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, as a public street.
Article 44. To see if the Town will vote to accept South Alhambra Circle, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, as a public street.
Article 45. To see if the Town will vote to accept Ley Street, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, as a public street.
Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to accept Wood- side Drive, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, as a public street.
Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $40,000.00 for Chapter 90 Construction, a portion of which will be spent on Southwick Street, with the understanding that the Town will be reimbursed $20,000.00 by the State and $10,000.00 by the County, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
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Article 48. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $6,000.00 for Chapter 90 Maintenance, $2,000.00 of which will be reimbursed to the Town by the State and $2,000.00 of which will be reimbursed to the Town by the County, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 49. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint a committee of three to select a desirable location for a new Fire Station in Feeding Hills, or make any other recommendations thereto, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 50. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $312.50 for Plumbing Inspections made in 1952, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 51. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $29.34 for a 1952 bill for the Parks and Playgrounds, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 52. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money to remove a tree stump in the public way, in front of the Agawam Center Post Office, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 53. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $1,000.00 to post private ways, under the supervision of the Department of Streets and Engineering, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 54. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate a sum of money for pipe only, for Surface Drainage on North Westfield and South Westfield Streets, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 55. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $3,500.00 from the Road Machinery Fund to the High- way Department for the purchase of Sewer Buckets and Winches, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 56. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $1,250.00 from the Road Machinery Fund to the High- way Department for the purchase of a Stone Spreader Box, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
Article 57. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $634.99 from the Road Machinery Fund, and to trans-
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fer the sum of $6,565.01 from Excess and Deficiency Fund to the Highway Department for the purchase of a five to eight ton Gas Roller, and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to trade in the old roller towards the purchase, pass any vote or take any action relative thereto.
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