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Voted to adjourn to March 11, 1951 at 1:00 P. M.
ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING MARCH 10, 1951
Article 57. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum
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of $500.00 for the purchase of seedlings for use by the Forestry Department.
Article 58. Voted unanimously to raise and appro- priate the sum of $86.32 for miscellaneous bills con- tracted in 1950, but received in 1951.
Article 59. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,300.00 for increases granted retroactively to the teachers (not yet paid) and approved by the School Board.
Article 60. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $514.00 to compensate certain employees for increases in wages granted retroactively (not yet paid) by the Personnel Board.
Article 61. Voted to discontinue all that land on both sides of Elm Street from Main Street to Silver Street, lying between the present private property lines and the boundaries of the County layout adopted in 1926.
Article 62. Voted to authorize the Board of Select- men to appoint a committee of five to make a study of the advisability of a centralized purchasing system for the Town.
Article 63. Voted to pass over.
Article 64. Voted not to change, (the vote: Yes 95 - No 58) from Residence A2 to Business A Land located at 464 Main Street presently known at Lauriente Nurs- eries, Inc.
Article 65. Voted unanimously to change the zon- ing of the following described property from Residence A2 to Business A. The Planning Board held a hearing on this petition March 2, and recommended this zone change.
Starting at the intersection of Cooper and Rowley Street and running thence westerly along the southerly side of Rowley Street, two hundred (200) feet; thence southerly in a line parallel to and two hundred (200) feet from Cooper Street to Greenacre Lane; thence east- erly by the northerly side of Greenacre Lane, two hun- dred (200) feet to Cooper Street and thence northerly
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along the westerly side of Cooper Street to the point of beginning.
Article 66. Taken up after Article 56.
Article 67. Report of the Planning Board - The Planning Board held a hearing on this petition February 2. 1951. Recommended - the Board unanimously rec- ommends this zone change, and moves the adoption of this article.
Voted: Yes 91 - No 28 to change from Residence A2 and Business A to Business B the following described property: Beginning at a point in the westerly line of Main Street, distant seven hundred sixty-two and 40/100 (762.40) feet more or less, from the Massachusetts High- way bound located at the intersection of the northerly line of Cooper Street and the westerly line of Main Street and running thence south 63 deg. 00 min. 27 sec. west, two hundred five (205) feet to a point; thence south in a line parallel to and distant two hundred (200) feet from the westerly line of Main street to the northerly line of Cooper Street and thence easterly by the northerly line of Cooper Street to the said Massachusetts Highway Bound as mentioned above; thence northerly by the westerly line of Main Street, seven hundred sixty-two and 40/100 (762.40) feet to the place of beginning.
Article 68. Voted that the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to execute and deliver a deed ratify- ing and confirming a prior deed from the Town of Aga- wam to Nelson G. King, dated March 28, 1947 and re- corded with Hampden County Registry of Deeds, Book 1859, Page 54 on a certain parcel of land known as the school property situated on North West Street bounded and described as follows:
Westerly, eight (8) rods on land now or formerly of one Freeland; southerly in a line parallel with West Street, five (5) rods; easterly eight (8) rods to the high- way; and thence northerly along the highway, five (5) rods to the point of beginning.
Article 69. Voted that the Town authorize the Board of Selectmen to execute and deliver a deed ratify- ing and confirming a prior deed from the Town of Aga- wam to Raymond P. and Madeline A. Negrucci, dated
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April 18, 1947, recorded with Hampden County Registry of Deeds, Book 1864, Page 5 known as the school house property on Suffield Street, bounded and described as follows :
Beginning at the southeasterly corner of property of one Hinshaw and running thence westerly along said Hinshaw land, eight (8) rods to a point; thence southerly five (5) rods along property of one Halloway to a point ; thence easterly, eight (8) rods to the westerly line of Suffield Street thence northerly, five (5) rods along the westerly line of Suffield to the point of beginning.
Article 70. Voted to accept the report of the com- mittee as a report of progress and said committee be continued in office.
Article 71. Voted Yes 92: No 55: not to bond the Town for the construction of an addition to the Katherine G. Danahy School.
Article 72. Voted to pass over this article and that the subject matter be included in the warrant for the Town Meeting at which the proposed high school will be considered and that this article be listed after said high school article.
Article 73. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,197.09 under the provisions of Chapter 658 of the Acts of 1950, to defray the cost of High School Athletics incurred in previous years.
Vote - Yes 93-No 4.
Article 74. Voted to accept the report of the High School Planning Committee as a report of progress.
Article 75. Voted to pass over.
Article 76. Voted to pass over with the understand- ing that this article will appear in a forth-coming town meeting.
Article 77. Voted to pass over.
Article 78. Voted to adjourn at 3:20 P. M.
BRANDON N. LETELLIER Town Clerk
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Special Town Meeting
APRIL 12, 1951
Meeting called to order by the Moderator, a quorum declared present the call of the warrant read by the Town Clerk and under:
Article 1. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $150.00 for Election & Registration Salaries, due to the recount and extra street listing work.
Article 2. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $350.00 for Election and Registration, all other account, due to the recount and extra street listing work.
Article 3. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $114.40 for Selectmen's Clerk.
Article 4. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 for Tax Title Foreclosure.
Article 5. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 for snow removal.
Article 6. Voted Yes 72-No 13 to amend the Building Code by inserting therein the following new paragraph :
"Until proper study can be made, the erection of prefabricated houses in the Town is hereby prohibited." said study to be made by the Planning Board.
Article 7. Voted Yes 60- No 33. Voted not to amend the Zoning By-Law by adding the following sen- tence at the end of Section 4 (a) (6) : "Unregistered automobiles may not be parked in the open on the premises."
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Article 8. Voted to pass over.
Article 9. Voted to pass over.
Article 10. Voted to accept the report of the Busi- ness Expansion Committee as read.
Article 11. Voted to accept an act passed by the General Court in the year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-One entitled "An act authorizing the Town of Agawam to borrow money for school purposes."
Article 12. Voted to accept Spencer 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.
Article 13. Voted to transfer the sum of $10,000 from Overlay Reserve to the Reserve Fund.
Article 14. Voted to authorize the Board of Select- men to appoint a committee of seven, one to be chosen from each representative district of Town, to study the centralization of the Fire Department and its manpower, both permanent and volunteer, and report its recommend- ations thereof at a subsequent town meeting, but not later than the next annual Town Meeting.
Article 15. Voted to authorize the Board of Select- men to appoint a committee of seven, one to be chosen from each representative district of Town to study the creation of a Board of Public Works, to coordinate the work and activities of the Highway, Sewer, Engineering, and Water Departments and report recommendations at a subsequent Town Meeting but not later than the next annual Town Meeting.
Article 16. Voted to pass over.
Article 17. Voted to adjourn at 8:45 P. M.
BRANDON N. LETELLIER Town Clerk
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Special Town Meeting
JUNE 15, 1951
The meeting convened at the time and place specified in the warrant and was called to order by the moderator, a quorum declared present, the call of the warrant read by the town clerk and under:
Article 1. Voted to transfer from Police - All Other to Police - Out of State Travel, the sum of $100.
Article 2. Voted that the sum of $175.00 be trans- ferred from the Excess and Deficiency Fund to Police Other. Said sum being for the purchase of a new genera- tor for the ambulance.
Article 3. Voted to transfer the sum of $59.91 from Civil Defense Control Center to Civil Defense All Other.
Article 4. Voted to transfer $289.60 from Civil Defense Communications and Radio to Civil Defense All Other.
Article 5. Voted to pass over.
Article 6. Voted unanimously to authorize the Board of Health to pay a 1950 bill to the City of Spring- field in the amount of $175.90 from the 1951 appropriation.
Article 7. Voted to transfer the sum of $889.79 from the Excess and Deficiency Fund to Unclassified for the following - $197.19 for Finance Committee Reports ; $692.60 balance due on the printing of the Town Reports.
Article 8. Voted that the Board of Selectmen are hereby authorized to sell the old Federal truck formerly used by the Welfare Department.
Article 9. Voted to accept Norman Terrace as laid out by the Board of Selectmen in accordance with Plans
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of Layout and Survey now on file with the Town Clerk of the Town of Agawam.
Article 10. Report of the Planning Board - on peti- tion of Mrs. Nora T. Caldon for a change of zone from Residence A2 to Business B. The Planning Board held a hearing on this petition May 3, 1951. Recommendation - The Board unanimously recommends this zone change, and moves the adoption of this article.
Voted Yes 202-No 13 to change the following described property from Residence A2 to Business B: Beginning at a point in the northerly side of Adams Street, said point being distant one hundred twenty-two and 73/100 (122.73) feet from the westerly line of Main Street, thence south 56 deg. 20 min. west, two hundred thirty-eight and 95/100 (238.95) feet, thence north 12 deg. 44 min. 42 sec. west, two hundred ninety-two (292.) feet, more or less ; thence north 87 deg. 19 min. 9 sec. east, two hundred sixty-eight and 49/100 (268.49) feet; thence south 1 deg. 46 min. west, one hundred sixty-four and 41/100 (164.41) feet to the point of beginning.
Article 11. Report of the Planning Board - On petition of I. S. Kimball for a change of zone from Busi- ness B to Industrial. The Planning Board held a hearing on this petition, June 1, 1951. Recommendation - The Board unanimously recommends this zone change and moves the adoption of this article.
Voted unanimously to change the following described property from Business B to Industrial: Beginning at a point approximately 2352 feet from the intersection of Shoemaker Lane and South Westfield Street, to an iron rod marking the southeasterly boundary of the petitioner ; thence north 8 deg. 30 min. west 80.5 feet; thence north 9 deg. 48 min. east to an iron rod for a distance of 73.5 feet; thence north 60 deg. 45 min. west for a distance of 224.7 ft. to an iron rod in line with the center line of a one rod right of way; thence north 82 deg. 9 min. east along said center of a one rod right of way for a distance of 74.3 feet to an iron rod; thence north 53 deg. 44 min. east along said center line of a one rod right of way 58.45 feet to an iron rod; thence north 36 deg. 4 min. east along said center line of a one rod right of way 250.05 feet to an iron rod; thence north 67 deg. 50 min. east along center
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line of a one rod right of way 63.76 feet to an iron rod in the westerly line of said South Westfield Street; thence south 7 deg. 44 min. west along said westerly line of South Westfield Street 469.35 feet to an iron rod the point of beginning.
In addition to this there is another small parcel of property adjourning the above property and described as follows :
Beginning at a point 110.50 feet West from the point of beginning previously mentioned; thence south 81 deg. 30 min. east 30 feet to an iron rod; thence north 9 deg. 48 min. east for a distance of 73.50 feet, thence running north 60 deg. 45 min. west 100 feet to a point; thence south at an angle and in a straight line to the point of beginning of this description.
Article 12. Voted to pass over.
Article 13. Voted to pass over.
Article 14. Voted to transfer the sum of $6,835.27 from the Post War Rehabilitation Fund, plus whatever available funds there may be from accumulated interest to be applied July 10, 1951, to the Main Street Sanitary Sewer Construction from Cooper Street northerly, ap- proximately 1000 feet, said construction to be done under the Betterment Act.
Article 15. Voted to transfer the sum of $11,880. from the Excess and Deficiency Fund to the Account of the School Department for Salary Increases granted to Department Employees for the balance of the fiscal year beginning June 1, 1951.
Article 16. Voted to accept the report of the Com- mittee for the addition to the Katherine G. Danahy School as read.
Article 17. Voted unanimously to take by eminent domain the parcel of land hereinafter described, the said land to be used for school purposes and to transfer as compensation for said taking the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) from the Excess and Deficiency Fund.
Beginning at the north easterly corner of property of the Town of Agawam on the southerly line of Maple
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Street and running thence south 38 deg. 9 min. 24 sec. east 292.11 feet to a point ; thence north 88 deg. 35 min. 30 sec. east 34.89 feet to a point on the northerly line of Summer Street; thence north 1 deg. 24 min. 30 sec. west 36.82 feet to a point; thence north 38 deg. 9 min. 24 sec. west 282.89 feet to the southerly line of Maple Street; thence south 65 deg. 22 min. west 5.12 feet along the southerly line of Maple Street to an angle point ; thence south 51 deg. 4 min. 30 sec. west 45.02 feet to the point of beginning. Being a portion of land conveyed to Henry D. and Ina F. Man- chester by Grace M. A. VanDeusen and recorded in Hamp- den County Registry of Deeds, Book 1718, Page 138.
Article 18. Voted to pass over.
Article 19. Voted unanimously to appropriate the sum of $70,000. to be used for the construction and equip- ment of an addition to the Katherine G. Danahy School to be spent under the direction and supervision of the Board of Selectmen and a Building Committee, appointed by the Moderator, of 6 citizens of the Town, 3 of whom shall be members of the Katherine G. Danahy Parent- Teacher Association and one a member of the School Committee, in accordance with plans and specifications prepared by Benjamin R. Bushey, and that to meet said appropriation there be transferred from the Sale of Real Estate Fund the sum of $20,000. and the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $50,000. and to issue bonds therefore; said bonds to be payable in accordance with provisions of General or Special Laws and Acts in amendment therefore or in addition thereto so that the whole loan will be payable in not more than 10 years from the date of issuance of the first bond. Said bonds shall be denominated "The Katherine G. Danahy School Extension Bonds of 1951" and shall bear interest payable semi-annually at a rate not exceeding 3% per annum, the interest rate to be fixed by the Town Treasurer, and the bonds to payable at such place as shall be designated by the Town Treasurer.
Article 20. Voted to pass over.
Article 21. Voted 146 yes to 48 no, to authorize the
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construction and to equip an addition to the Benjamin J. Phelps School and to make necessary changes in the existing school building, under the supervision and direc- tion of a Building Committee of 5 to be appointed by the Moderator, substantially as shown on plans and specifications prepared by Paul B. Johnson, Architect, and transfer therefore the sum of $25,000. from the Ex- cess and Deficiency Fund, and borrow, pusuant to the authority duly granted by a special act of the General Court, Chapter 435, Acts of 1949, a sum not greater than $200,000., and to issue bonds therefore, as provided in said special act.
Article 22. Voted to pass over.
Article 23. Voted 236 yes - 167 no, not to con- struct and equip a High School.
Article 24. Voted yes 70-no 87 not to take by eminent domain the property described in the Warrant.
Article 25. Voted to transfer the sum of $1,595.80 from the Excess and Deficiency Fund for the installation of 2300 feet of 6" water pipe on Cooper Street and 636 feet of 6" water pipe on Senator Avenue; said funds to be reimbursed to Joseph P. Ramah, who installed these mains in 1946 and 1947 at a cost of $4,197.49.
Article 26. Voted to pass over.
Article 27. Voted to adjourn at 12.00 P. M.
BRANDON N. LETELLIER Town Clerk
Special Town Meeting
AUGUST 20, 1951
Meeting called to order by the Moderator at the time and place specified, a quorum declared present, the articles of the warrant read by the Town Clerk and under:
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Article 1. Voted that the sum of $1,200.00 be trans- ferred from Excess and Deficiency Fund to Mittineague Bridge, Chapter 90 Maintenance, said sum having been granted by the State and is to be reimbursed to the Town.
Article 2. Voted to transfer the sum of $245.00 from Civil Defense Power Auxiliary Unit to Civil De- fense All Other.
Article 3. Voted that the sum of $100.00 be trans- ferred from Sealer of Weights and Measures, All Other to Sealer of Weights and Measures, Out of State Travel.
Article 4. Voted that the sum of $124.00 be trans- ferred from Excess and Deficiency Fund to Police Other for payment of a hospital and doctor bill for injury in- curred to a department employee, in the line of duty.
Article 5. Voted that the sum of $8,000.00 be trans- ferred from Excess and Deficiency Fund to Wyman Street Surface Drainage, from Edward Street to Albert Street, said construction to be done under the Betterment Act.
Article 6. Voted that the Town take by eminent domain under the authority of General Laws an easement for surface water drainage thirty (30) feet wide over property of Patsy Spinetti and Carmella Spinetti, said easement to begin at the southerly line of Mill Street and run thence southerly to a pond about four hundred forty-five (445) feet, all as shown on a plan entitled "Proposed Easement, Town of Agawam, drawn by the Engineering Department, dated August, 1951, scale 1 inch 40 feet", said plan being approved by the Board of Select- men.
Article 7. Voted to transfer the sum of $500.00 from Excess and Deficiency Fund as damages for the taking by eminent domain of an easement for surface water drainage of land of Patsy and Carmella Spinetti.
Article 8. Voted that the sum of $7,000.00 be trans- ferred from the Excess and Deficiency Fund to Kensing- ton Street Surface Drainage, said construction to be done under the Betterment Act.
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Article 9. Voted to accept the report of the By- Laws Committee as a report of progress.
Article 10. Voted to authorize the Board of Select- men to appoint a committee of five to study the advis- ability of re-districting of the Precincts in the Town; said committee to make a report not later than the next annual Town Meeting.
Article 11. Voted to accept the report of the Kathe- rine G. Danahy School Building Committee as read.
Article 12. Voted to amend the Article 19 of the Special Town Meeting held June 15, 1951, to read as follows: (striking out the words "Benjamin R. Bushey" and inserting the words in place thereof "an architect or architects to be chosen by the said committee)
"Voted unanimously to appropriate the sum of $70,- 000.00 to be used for the construction and equipment of an addition to the Katherine G. Danahy School to be spent under the direction and supervision of the Board of Selectmen and a Building Committee, appointed by the Moderator of six citizens of the Town, three of whom shall be members of the Katherine G. Danahy Parent Teacher Association and one a member of the School Committee, in accordance with the plans and specifications prepared by an architect or architects to be chosen by the said Committee and that to meet said appropriation there be transferred from the Sale of Real Estate Fund the sum of $20,000.00 and the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $50,000.00 and to issue bonds there- for, said bonds to be payable in accordance with provi- sions of General or Special Laws and Acts, any amend- ment therefor or any addition thereto so that the whole loan shall be payable in not more than ten vears from the date of issuance of the first bond. Said bonds shall be denominated the Katherine G. Danahy School Ex- tension Bonds of 1951 and shall bear interest payable semi-annually at a rate not exceeding 3% per annum, the interest rate to be fixed by the Town Treasurer and the bonds to be payable at such place as shall be desig- nated by the Town Treasurer."
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Article 13. Voted to authorize the Board of Select- men to execute, acknowledge and deliver a deed ratify- ing and confirming a prior deed from the Town of Aga- wam to William Dennison and Beatrice Dennison, dated November 30, 1943.
Article 14. Voted to adjourn at 8:35 P. M.
BRANDON N. LETELLIER Town Clerk
Special Town Meeting
OCTOBER 1, 1951
Meeting called to order by the moderator, a quorum declared present the articles of the warrant read by the Town Clerk and under:
Article 1. Voted to transfer the sum of $9,000.00 from the Excess and Deficiency Fund to the account of the Water Department, said sum to be used to defray the cost of pipe and the supervision for laying same for a distance of approximately 3,000 feet to serve the North- eastern Gas Transmission Company premises.
Article 2. Voted to authorize the Board of Select- men to petition the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for permission to establish a Better- ment Reserve Fund, whereby all payments of better- ment assessments would be credited to said reserve to be used for future sewer and sidewalk construction.
Article 3. Voted to transfer the sum of $250.00 from the Excess and Deficiency Fund to the Fire De- partment, said sum to be used to repair the damage caused to the Feeding Hills Fire Department Building by fire.
Article 4. Voted to transfer the sum of $400.00 from the Excess and Deficiency Fund to Legal All Other Account.
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Article 5. Voted to transfer the sum of $1,000.00 from the Excess and Deficiency Fund to the account of Engineering Department Betterments Account.
Article 6. Voted that the sum of $300.00 be trans- ferred from the Excess and Deficiency Fund to Plumb- ing - Labor Account.
Article 7. Voted to adjourn.
BRANDON N. LETELLIER Town Clerk
Special Town Meeting
NOVEMBER 9, 1951
The meeting called to order, the articles of the war- rant read by the Town Clerk, a quorum declared present and under:
Article 1. Voted to transfer the sum of $384.30, made up as follows, from the account of Liability In- surance $328.79; from the account of Surety Bonds $30.25; and from the account of Insurance for Town Vehicles $25.26, to the following accounts: Plumbing Inspector, Labor $350.00; Mittineague Bridge, Chapter 90 Maintenance, deficit, $22.56; balance of $11.74 to the Excess and Deficiency Fund.
Article 2. Voted 87 Yes to 1 No to appropriate the additional sum of $50,000.00 to be used for the con- struction and equipment of the Benjamin J. Phelps School, to be spent under the supervision of a Building Committee already named, substantially as shown on plans and specifications as amended, prepared by Paul B. Johnson, and to meet said appropriation to authorize the Town Treasure, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to borrow said sum and to issue bonds or notes there- fore pursuant to Capter 44 of the General Laws, so that
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the whole loan will be payable within ten years of the date of the first bond or note. Said bonds or notes shall be denominated "School House Extension (Bonds) or (Notes) of 1951 and shall bear interest semi-annually at a rate not exceeding 3% per annum. The interest rate to be fixed by the Town Treasurer, and said bonds or notes shall be payable at such place as shall be designated by the Town Treasurer.
Article 4. Voted to adjourn at 8:27 P. M.
BRANDON N. LETELLIER Town Clerk
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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN AGAWAM FOR THE YEAR 1951
Date of Birth
Name of Child
Name of Parents
Jan. 5
Douglas Bryant Cesan
Jan. 5
Nancy Dale Sullivan
Jan. 7
Leona Helen Piekarski
Jan. 8 Laurel June Brooks
Jo-Ann Wilson
Virgil J. and Dorothy B. Brooks John E. and Janet A. Wilson
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