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147 00
Mowing Bushes
806 57
Squares and Triangles
298 75
Tree Warden
7 75
Forestry
138 50
3 455 77
Sundry Account
Plymouth County Hospital Maintenance
556 66
Memorial Day Appropriation 227 72
Aid to Agriculture
150 00
Care of Sawyer Lot
10 00
Deposited in So. Scituate Savings
Bank for Permanent care of Lots 350 00
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Deposited money received for
Sale of Lots
55 00
Labor Washington Street Cemetery
135 90
Town Hall
807 75
James Library Appropriation
200 00
Ridge Hill Library
95 19
Excise Tax Refunds
80 85
National Bank Tax
13
Pedler's License Refunded
5 00
Repairs and Snow Removal, State Road
463 70
Park Appropriation
131 50
3 269 40
Taxes Paid
Commonwealth
2 465 00
County of Plymouth
4 198 95
Town of Scituate
10 08
6 674 03
Loans and Interest Paid
Anticipation Notes 40 000 00
High School Bond
2 000 00
Discount on Anticipation Notes. . 1 951 29
Interest 1 355 00
Cost of Certifying Notes
20 00
45 326 29
$134 023 58
Total Payments Cash on Hand to Balance General Funds 17 228 62
Sawyer Lot Income
18 81
17 247 43
$151 271 01
Respectfully submitted, HERBERT E. ROBBINS, Town Treasurer
STATEMENT OF TOWN DEBT, DECEMBER 31, 1929
Amount Purpose of Issue
Number 48-60
Rate Date of Issue
$26 000 00 Central School Building
4.25 July 15, 1922
10 000 00 Anticipation of Revenue
108
5.50 April 20, 1929
10 000 00 Anticipation of Revenue
114
4.95 June 8, 1929
Date of Maturity July 15, 1930-42 February 20, 1930 February 20, 1930
10 000 00 Anticipation of Revenue
115
5.60 July 15, 1929
February 20, 1930
1 500 00 Fire Equipment
109
5.00
May 1, 1929
May 1, 1930
1 500 00 Fire Equipment
110
5.00
May 1, 1929
May 1, 1931
1 500 00 Fire Equipment
111
4.50 May 1, 1929
May 1, 1932
1 500 00 Fire Equipment
112
4.50 May 1, 1929
May 1, 1933
1 000 00 Fire Equipment
113
4.50 May 1, 1929
May 1, 1934
$63 000 00 Total Indebtedness
HERBERT E. ROBBINS Town Treasurer
TOWN OF NORWELL
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Highway Surveyor
GENERAL ACCOUNT
Perry H. Osborn
Inspecting Roads $ 2 25
Road Meeting 4 50
Express 5 35
Oil 1 85
Freight
21 33
Cement
4 65
Sand 1 05
Stationery 2 00
Telephone 6 05
3 16
Measuring Gravel 4 25
$
56 44
John H. Sparrell, Supplies
3 00
Lester S. Nash & Son, Tools
42 95
Herbert E. Joseph, Gas and Oil
27 75
Whitman C. Soule, Paint
73 95
Robert W. MacDonald
29 05
Dyar Sales & Machine Co. 262 67
Fred M. Barnicoat, Paint
23 80
Phillips Bates & Co. 59 10
New England Road Machine Co.
29 00
Pierce Hardware Co. 2 20
The Bond Co.
10 00
Dr. T. B. Alexander 28 00
The George F. Welch & Co. 6 30
$ 654 21
Postage
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SUMMARY OF STREETS
Main
$ 3 225 78
Cross
442 08
Winter
692 20
Circuit
815 79
Mt. Hope
67 73
School
285 58
Green
230 75
Pine
617 52
Jacobs Ave
203 87
Mt. Blue
933 31
Norwell Ave
1 261 32
Brush
14 50
Labor on Scraper
22 50
·West
30 25
Grove
1 307 65
Prospect
795 92
South
72 38
Pleasant
692 00
Culverts
111 13
Lincoln
314 47
Parker
83 67
Common Street
29 55
Common Avenue
48 17
Church
124 03
Tiffany
74 18
Stetson
817 08
Forest St.
214 89
Forest Ave.
15 46
River
158 59
Oak
83 50
Central
966 55
Dover
194 49
Summer
274 40
High
714 40
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Cedar 19 69
Pond 63 20
Bridge
13 00
Barstow
15 25
General Account
654 21
$16 701 04
Refunds
294 30
$16 406 74
Appropriation
Town $ 7 000 00
Town and State 4 700 00
Received from State 4 700 00
$16 400 00
Exceeded $
6 74
HIGHWAY PAYROLL AND EXPENDITURES
Perry H. Osborn, 166 days 7 hrs $ 750 95
General Account 56 44
Man and large truck, 47 days, 5 2-3 hrs 1 145 00
2 men and 2 small trucks 70 days 1-3 hours 1 681 00
Man and small truck, 99 days, 5 hrs 1 195 50
2 men and 2 teams, 2 days 36 00
Man and team, 73 days, 6 hours .
663 75
3 men, 9 days 108 00
2 Men, 44 days, 1 hr 353 00
Man, 68 days 1 hour 272 50
Herbert E. Joseph, gas and oil 27 75
Boston Sand and Gravel 13 48
Whitman C. Soule; paint 73 95
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Robert MacDonald 29 05
Burton Keene, 64 days, 7 1-2 hrs
259 75
Perley Keene, 80 days
320 00
William Maynard, 15 days 5 1-2 hrs
62 75
Chester Bell, 15 days 5 1-2 hrs ..
62 75
Charles Bates, 53 days 2 hrs .
213 00
Everett W. Osborn, 26 days
104 00
Henry Leavitt, 22 days 6 1-2 hrs
91 25
William Smith, 33 days 2 1-2 hrs
133 25
L, Walter Jacobs, 35 days 7 hrs .
143 50
Frank McManus
16 00
Harry A. Henderson, 13 days 4 hrs
54 00
'Joseph Briggs, 23 days 1 hr.
92 50
J. H. Sparrell
3 00
New England Metal Culvert Co.
536 26
Harold Mckay, 22 days 1-2 hr. ..
88 25
Lester S. Nash
42 95
Lincoln Bates, 12 days 2 1-2 hrs . .
49 25
New Eng. Rd. Mach. Co.
29 00
Robert Goosby, 25 days 2 hrs
102 00
The Barrett Co.
4 098 30
Joseph F. Merritt 24 37
Dyar Sales and Machinery Co. .. 262 67
Joseph Sousa, 9 days 2 hrs 38 00
Weymouth Washed Sand 112 65
Natale Molla 15 00
J. Warren Sparrell and truck 6 days 4 hrs 71 50
‘Phillips Bates and Co. 59 10
Alfred Bates, 15 days
60 00
T. W. Pierce Hardware Co.
2 20
Lyman W. Lincoln Jr.
7 days 2 hours 29 00
Frank L. Thomas
8 80
Charles H. Smith Jr., 5 days . . 20 00
Charles H. Smith, 45 days, 4 hrs
182 00
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Lyman W. Lincoln and truck,
59 days 3 hours 653 13
Robert Leavitt, 9 days 5 hrs 38 50
Lyman Weatherby and truck 50 days 4 hours
555 50
Henry T. Gunderway,
26 days 4 hours 146 00
Arthur G. Clark, 19 days 6 hrs 79 00
Lester Litchfield, 1 day 4 00
Robert Spovild, 30 days
120 00
Natale Molla and truck
15 days 6 hrs 173 25
Charles Williamson and Truck
14 days 6 hours
162 25
E. P. Joseph and truck
11 days 1-2 hour
121 69
Fred M. Barnicoat
23 80
Armand Charpentier, gravel
5 00
Edward Tindale, gravel
258 80
Lyman Weatherby, gravel
285 00
Robert Molla, gravel
131 40
The Bond Co.
10 00
Matthew Brown, 4 days
16 00
Dr. T. B. Alexander
28 00
The George F. Welch Co.
6 30
Harry G. Pinson, sand
51 40
Andrew J. Litchfield, sand
38 60
$16 701 04 -
Refunds
294 30
$16 406 74
Appropriation
16 400 00
Transfer Reserve Fund $ 6 74
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SPECIAL APPROPRIATION TIFFANY ROAD $500.00
Perry H. Osborn, 1 day 3 hrs .. $ 6 19
Man and small truck
1 days 7 hrs.
22 50
2 men, 1 day, 4 hrs
12 00
Burton Keen, 3 hours 1 50
Joseph Briggs, 3 hours 1 50
Harold Mckay, 4 hours
2 00
Perley Keene, 4 hours
2 00
The Barrett Co. 457 60
$
505 29
Appropriation
500 00
Transfer Reserve Fund $ 5 29
SNOW ACCOUNT 1929
Perry H. Osborn $ 65 10
Man and large truck
412 00
2 men and 2 small trucks 15 00
Man and small truck
18 00
2 men 32 00
Man
31 50
Truck to Boston
10 00
Truck to Scituate
2 00
Express
1 04
Supplies
4 25
Brazing
2 75
I. Austin Lincoln
3 89
E. P. Joseph
2 men and large truck 74 25
Man and large truck 110 00
Truck 33 75
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Percy E. Joseph
13 25
John T. Osborn
5 00
Arthur E. Jackman
41 75
Herbert E. Joseph
4 00
Robert W. MacDonald
26 20
Boston Tractor Co.
96 30
Good Roads Mach. Co.
103 70
Lyman W. Lincoln
20 50
Lyman W. Lincoln Jr.
7 50
Douglas Mitchell
3 75
$ 1 137 48
Appropriation
1 500 00
Balance
$ 362 52
PERRY H. OSBORN, Highway Surveyor
Trustees Ridge Hill Library
Books and Supplies $ 76 14
Mrs. Thomas S. Cann, services 14 00
$ 90 14
Appropriation
75 00
Transfer, Reserve Fund
$ 15 14
The circulation for the year was 1204, 964 fiction and 239 non-fiction.
We have acquired 150 new volumes. 75 by purchase and 75 by gift.
We are indebted to the State Library Commission and to several friends for their interest and generosity and to the Massachusetts Library Association, and the James Library for loans of books.
ALFRED H. PROUTY, WVM. J. LEONARD, WM. O. PROUTY,
Trustess
Moth Superintendent
MOTH ACCOUNT
F. M. Curtis, 67 days, 4 hrs at $4.50 $299 25 John Martin, 48 days, 2 hrs at $4.00 193 00
Charles Bruce, 21 days, at $4.00 . 84 00
Harry Henderson, 17 days at $4.00 . . 68 00
Harry V. McHugh, 4 days at $4.00 16 00
Douglas Mitchell, 13 days at $4.00 . . 52 00
Donald Merritt, 2 days at $4.00 8 00
Charles Bates, 25 days, 2 hrs at $4.00 101 00
Frank Cromwell, 21 days 6 hrs at $4. 87 00
Lincoln Bates, 7 days at $4.00 28 00
Alfred Bates, 20 days, 6 hrs at $4 .. 83 00
Robert Sprovild, 10 days at $4.00 . .
40 00
Charles Smith, 4 days at $4.00
16 00
Russell Tower, 5 days at $4.00
20 00
Charles Smith Jr., 5 days at $4.00 20 00
Elmer Hunt, 5 days at $4.00 20 00
Lester West, 28 days at $4.00 112 00
Alvin Spencer, 8 days, 4 hrs at $4.80 40 80
Henry Leavitt, 20 days at $4.00 . 80 00
John H. Sparrell, carting Lime Sulphur 2 00
Freight on Lime Sulphur 2 57
Wadsworth and Lincoln Register Truck 2 00
Frost Insecticide Co., 600 1bs
Lime Sulphur 54 00
John H. Sparrell, carting Lead 2 00
John H. Sparrell, Labor and supplies 61 11
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F. M. Curtis, Carting Creosote 2 00
American R. R. Express 49
John H. Sparrell, Labor and Supplies
15 85
Carrie M. Ford, Printing
7 75
Big truck, 8 days 4 hrs at $9.00.
76 50
F. M. Curtis, truck 18 days 4 hrs at $8.00 148 00
F. M. Curtis, truck, 18 days at $2.00
36 00
F. M. Curtis, truck, 44 days, 4 hrs at $3.00
133 50
Frank Cromwell, use car 2 days at $2.00
4 00
Lincoln Bates, truck, 5 days at $2.00 10 00
$ 1 925 82
Private Work $ 214 73
Spraying .
583 80
Town's Liability
861 61
Spraying and Creosoting Stat : Highway 77 52
Sale of Lead
29 56
Received from State
150 00
$ 1 917 22
Due from State $ 8 60
FRED M. CURTIS Moth Superintendent
Tree Warden
F. M. Curtis $2 25
John Martin 2 00
Henry Leavitt 2 00
F. M. Curtis, truck 1 50
-$
7 75
Appropriation
75 00
Unexpended
$
67 25
FRED M. CURTIS, Tree Warden
SQUARES AND TRIANGLES
F. M. Curtis, 8 days at $4.50 $ 36 00
John Martin, 9 days at $4.00 36 00
Charles Bates, 4 days, 4 hrs at $4.00 18 00
Alfred Bates, 2 days 4 hrs at $4.00
10 00
Frank Cromwell, 5 days at $4.00 .. 20 00
Donald Merritt, 1 day 4 hrs at $4.00 6 00
James Carey, 1 day 4 hrs at $4.00. . 6 00
Lester West, 1 day 4 hrs at $4.00 .. 6 00
Henry Leavitt, 4 days 4 hrs at $4.00 18 00
Joseph Totoman, 1 day at $4.00 . 4 00
F. M. Curtis, truck, 2 days 4 hrs at $2 5 00 F. M. Curtis, truck, 9 days at $3.00 27 00
Austin Lincoln, labor (1928) 5 00
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J. W. Foster, charening lawn mowers 3 00
Rome Bros., Lawn Mower 11 25
E. R. Jones, Labor 10 00
Austin Lincoln, Labor (1929) 5 00
Church Hill Improvement Society
25 00
F. M. Curtis, Cash Paid, 3 cords Dressing 36 00
-
$ 287 25
Appropriation
300 00
Unexpended
$
12 75
FRED M. CURTIS, Tree Warden
MOWING AND BURNING
F. M. Curtis, 38 days, 7 hrs at $4.50 $ 183 94 John Martin, 43 days, 3 hrs at $4 173 50
Charles Bates, 1-2 day at $4 2 00
Lester West, 13 days at $4 52 00
Henry Leavitt, 44 days 7 hrs at $4. . 175 50
Frank Cromwell, 12 days 3 hrs at $4 49 50
Joseph Totman, 6 days at $4 24 00 F. M. Curtis, truck, 44 days 7 hrs at $3.00 134 63
Phillips Bates & Co., 2 Scythe Snathes 3 30
Rome Bros., 2 Scythes. 3 90
Hall & Torrey, 4 Scythe Stones 1 00
-$ 803 27
Appropriation
800 00
Exceeded
$ 3 27
FRED M. CURTIS, Tree Warden
Plymouth County Aid To Agriculture
Submitted by Louis H. Ogden, Norwell Director,
The Plymouth County Extension Service cooperated with citizens in every town in the county this past year in bringing to them information about agriculture and home- making. Local and county-wide meetings were held for this purpose. Through the meetings and by means of cor- respondence, press notices, and by individual service, thou- 'sands of men, women, boys and girls, were instructed in the better performance of farm operations and home duties.
Norwell Poultrymen usually were well represented at the meeting. Personal assistance was given several of them during the year by the county agent. To sixty persons in Norwell the Extension Service sent frequent notices and circulars bearing agricultural information.
During the last year the county home demonstration pro- gram has stressed nutrition and clothing projects and has also devoted time to problems of Child Development, Home Management, and Home Ground Improvement. Help along these lines is at all times available to Norwell home-makers, many of whom have participated in the county program.
Four-IL club members in Norwell belonged to the lunch box. canning, garden, and room improvement clubs this
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year. Gertrude Gauley, the outstanding canning club girl in the county, won the Brockton section of a state-wide canning judging contest. She also led a canning and a lunch box club. Some of her canned goods were exhibited at Atlantic City.
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Visiting Nurse Association
The District Nursing Association has had a busy year. We have continued the dental clinic, and have started a thriv- ing baby clinic where children under five years of age may come for examination and treatment by a specialist.
Our nurse has made 433 nursing visits. Her school work has taken care of 351, and she has visited 273 homes.
Both the nurse and the associate committee have worked hard.
Miss Roe is prepared to make pre-natal visits to any who wish.
Any one holding a policy in the John Hancock or Metro- politan Life Insurance Companies, may, if they have had a Doctor, call upon the nurse for attendance.
JOHN H. GUTTERSON
President
TREASURER'S REPORT
RECEIPTS
Subscriptions $ 256 88 Donations 39 10
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Nursing Fees
298 00
Donations and fees, account Dental Clinic 179 25
Bank Interest
9 24
Town Transportation
219 61
Sale of Tuberculosis Stamps
43 55
Well Baby Clinic
360 38
Pre-School Clinic
20 00
. .
$ 1 426 01
Cash January 1, 1929
180 68
$ 1 606 69
DISBURSEMENTS
Dr. Parsons, Account Clinic $ 100 00
Dr. Fitzgerald, Pre-School Clinic
40 00
Dr. Fitzgerald, Well Baby Clinic
100 00
Nurse's Salary
199 97
Auto Insurance and Registration 29 51
Auto Expense, (gas, oil, tires and repairs)
231 90
Postage and Supplies
58 00
Janitor, (annual meeting)
3 00
Scituate Nurse during our nurse's vacation
28 50
$ 790 88
Cash Dec. 31, 1929
815 81
$ 1 606 69
JAMES H. BARNARD, Treasurer
REPORT OF NURSE From January 1, 1929 to December 31, 1929 Number of patients cared for 55
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Number of nursing visits 433
Number of free nursing visits 11
Number of infant welfare visits 121
Number of prenatal visits
11
Number of Tuberculosis visits 16
Number of visits to children of pre-school age 351
43
Number of visits to schools
Number of visits to homes of school children 273
Number of visits to hospitals and clinics 79
Number of sanitary visits
51
Number of friendly visits 213
Number of other visits 163
These visits include, visits made for Board of Health, Se- lectmen, to carry supplies, to give information, to follow-up work for hospitals and clinics and to attend conferences.
Total number of visits 1754
Respectfully submitted,
CATHERINE A. ROE
REPORT OF BABY CLINIC
I have held so few clinics for the Norwell District Nurs- ing Association that it is rather difficult for me to express any ideas about the present or the future of the clinic.
Usually in every community where Child Welfare Clin- ics have been started there has been a definite improvement, both as to the infant mortality and to the infant sickness rate.
Through conversation with the mother an attempt is made to show her the advantages of breast feeding and if breast feeding is impossible, the safety of pasteurized or
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boiled milk. Emphasis is laid on the importance of a care- fully planned formula and a well balanced diet. After em- phasis is laid on the prevention of rickets and scurvy by the routine administration of cod liver oil and orange juice to all bottle fed babies the logic of visits to the clinic with well babies in an attempt to keep them well is emphasized.
I believe that two campaigns should be started in Norwell, first a campaign for a pasteurized milk supply and secondly a campaign for the prevention of diphtheria by means of ad- ministration of toxin anti-toxin. It is true that there is no diphtheria in the community at present, but it has also been true of other districts in the past, although now Norwell has both measles and scarlet fever.
Very truly yours, E. B. FITZGERALD, M. D.
Auditor's Report
I have examined the reports of the Board of Selectmen, Town Treasurer and Tax Collector for the year 1929 and find them correct with vouchers for amounts paid.
G. FRANCIS KNOWLTON
Auditor
Budget for 1930
The following Budget has been approved by the Advis- ory Board. It entails an approximate tax rate of $33.00 'Each additional $1,000.00 raised will add 50 cents to the rate.
Appropriated 1929
Recommended 1930
Dept. of Public Welfare
$ 2 000 00
$ 2 000 00
Infirmary
2 300 00
2 300 00
Schools
30 500 00
*33 000 00
Vocational Training
200 00
Highways, Joint Account
** State and Town Article 4
4 700 00
4 700 00
General Purposes
7 000 00
7 950 00
Tiffany Road,
500 00
Sign Boards
300 00
300 00
Snow Removal
1 500 00
1 500 00
Notes
2 000 00
3 000 00
Interest
3 000 00
3 180 00
State and County Taxes
7 500 00
7 500 00
Town Officers
3 300 00
3 300 00
Incidentals
2 000 00
2 000 00
School and District Nurse
1 300 00
1 400 00
Transportation of Nurse
300 00
200 00
Dental Clinic
700 00
700 00
County Hospital Maintenance
632 00
632 00
Insurance, Central School
and Town Hall
1 192 50
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State Aid
400 00
400 00
Board of Health
1 000 00
800 00
Electric Lights
555 00
575 00
Tent Caterpillar
150 00
150 00
Gaffield Park
100 00
100 00
Tree Warden
75 00
75 00
Mowing Bushes
800 00
800 00
Squares and Triangles
300 00
250 00
Gypsy Moth
861 61
861 61
Repairs on Pumper
2 324 00
Fire Department
1 500 00
1 500 00
Fire Dept. Equipment
1 000 00
1 000 00
James Library
200 00
200 00
Ridge Hill Library
75 00
100 00
Soldiers' 'Relief
600 00
600 00
School Physician
200 00
100 00
Memorial Day
250 00
250 00
Sealing Weights and Measures
100 00
100 00
Inspection of Animals
60 00
60 00
Washington Street Cemetery
150 00
150 00
Town Hall
950 00
800 00
Plymouth County Aid
To Agriculture, Article 6
150 00
150 00
Reserve Fund
600 00
600 00
Town Forest
250 00
250 00
Totals
$79 858 61
$87 250 11
* State Credits and dog tax reduce this by $8,000.00 to $25 000 00.
** To be expended under the joint direction of a State en- gineer and the selectmen which insures a grant from the State of $4,700.00 for additional highway work.
Transcript of Articles In Warrant
MONDAY, MARCH 3rd AT 7 P. M.
Article 1. To choose a moderator.
Article 2. To hear the reports of the several board of officers and committees of the town and act thereon.
Article 3. To make necessary appropriations to defray the expenses of the town, and for other purposes and to raise such sums of money as the town shall deem expedient for the following purposes :
Dept. of Public Walfare, Infirmary, Support of Schools, Highways, Vocational Training, Sign Boards, Removing Snow, Notes, Interest, State and County Taxes, Town Of- ficers, Incidentals, School and District Nurse, Transporta- tion of Nurse, Dental Clinic, County Hospital, Insurance, Central School and Town Hall; State aid, Board of Health, Electric Lights, Tent Caterpillar, Gaffield Park, Tree War- den, Mowing Bushes, Squares and Triangles, Gypsy Moth, Repairs on Pumper, Fire Department, and equipment, James Library, Ridge Hill Library, Soldiers' Relief, School Physician, Memorial Day, Sealing Weights and Measures, Inspection of Animals, Washington Street Cemetery, Town Hall, Plymouth County Aid to Agriculture, Reserve Fund, Town Forest.
Article 4. Will the town raise and appropriate the sum
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of forty-seven hundred dollars to be expended on highways under the provisions of Section 26 of Chapter 81 of the General Laws as amended ?
(Approved by Advisory Board. )
Article 5. Will the Town appropriate Eight Hundred ($800.00) Dollars for improving Winter Street, from Main Street to Cross Street? The improvement to include pre- paring the road for, and applying two applications of Tarvia B.
Request of A. W. Pinson.
(Not approved by Advisory Board. )
Article 6. Will the town vote to raise and appropriate for the use of the Plymouth County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture a sum not exceeding $200 and choose a town director as provided in Section 41 and 45 of Revised Chapter 128 of the General Laws?
Article 7. Will the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,465.00 to pay the expenses incident to the ac- cident to Capt. Alvin G. Spencer, of Combination No. 1, Norwell Fire Dept.
Request of John T. Osborn, Chief.
(Approved by Advisory Board.)
Article 8. To make allowences to town creditors.
Article 9. Will the town give any instructions to town officers.
Article 10. Will the town authorize the treasurer with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money on and af- ter January 1, 1931, in anticipation of the revenue of the fin- ancial year beginning January 1, 1931, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year. Any debt or
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debts incurred under this vote to be paid from the revenue of the financial year, beginning January 1, 1931.
Article 11. What salary and compensation will the town vote to pay all its elected officers. To conform with Section 108, Chapter 41, General Laws.
Article 12. Will the town act with the town of Hanover to maintain electric lights at the junction of River Street, Norwell, and Broadway, Hanover, and at Assinippi ?
Article 13. Will the town vote to accept Mill Lane as a Town way?
Request of Henry McHugh.
MONDAY, MARCH 10th, 6 to 11 A. M.
Article 14. To bring in their votes for a Town Clerk, for one year; one Selectman, one Assessor, and one member of the Board of Public Welfare, for three years; a Treasurer, a Collector of Taxes, an Auditor, a Surveyor of Highways, five Constables and a Tree Warden for one year; one mem- ber of the school committee for three years; one member of the Board of Health for three years; one Trustee for the Ridge Hill Library for three years.
School Directory
School Committee BENJAMIN LORING, Chairman
MRS. GRACE B. V. DINSMOOR MRS. NELLIE L. SPARRELL, Secretary and Treasurer
Superintendent of Schools HAROLD E. JACKMAN
Supervisors PANSY B. STETSON, (Mrs.) Music RODMAN BOOTH, Drawing
School Physician WILLIAM P. GROVESTEIN, M. D.
School Nurse CATHERINE A. ROE, R. N.
School Dentist WILLIS B. PARSONS, D. M. D.
Attendance Officers JOHN T. OSBORN CATHERINE A. ROE
Janitors RICHARD WHITING GEORGE TURNER MARY BRUCE
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SCHOOL CALENDAR FOR 1930-1931
1930
January 2
Schools open
February 21
Schools close
March 3
Schools open
April 18
Schools close
April 28
Schools open
May 30
Holiday
June 20
School closes
SUMMER VACATION
September 3 School opens
October 13
Holiday
November 11 Holiday
November 27
School closes at noon
December 1
School opens
December 19
Schools closses
CHRISTMAS VACATION
December 29
School opens
1931
February 20
Schools close
March 2
Schools open
April 17
Schools close
April 27
Schools open
June 19
School closes
SCHOOL COMMITTEE REGULATIONS
Children who become five years of age of July first may enter school the following September. The only exception
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to this rule is that under-age children may be admitted to school on the basis of intelligence tests.
No child under seven years of age will be admitted to school for the first time after October first of any year.
A child entering school for the first time is required to present to the teacher a birth certificate and a vaccination or exemption from vaccination certificate.
School Committee
To the Citizens of the Town of Norwell:
The School Comittee herewith submits its annual report, dealing largely with the expenditure of the 1929 appropri- ation and outlining the needs of the schools for 1930.
An honest effort has been made each year to keep within the appropriation. This year the appropriation has been exceeded by $800.74, due to conditions wholly beyond our control. We feel the taxpayers have a right to know why.
In March we were obliged to expend over $300 to repack the furnaces at the Central building. This was to prevent further escape of coal gas in the class rooms, a condition which had caused great discomfort and eventually the clos- ing of some rooms.
During the summer the Committee were requested to ex- tend the bus route over Prospect Street and Jacobs Avenue thus collecting twelve pupils who for years were obliged to walk down to Main street. This added another hundred dollars to the 1929 outlay.
The main item in this unforseen expenditure however, was the payment of an assistant teacher in the Commercial Department of the High School. Mrs. Turner had eleven classes with seven periods in which to teach them. The extra teacher has solved this problem so this most practical course of our High school is functioning splendidly.
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These three examples will help the taxpayers to under- stand how impossible it is to plan in February exactly the correct amount necessary for the year.
Each year a considerable amount is required for repair and upkeep of buildings, particularly the two older struc- tures at Ridge Hill and Norwell Center. An attempt is made to keep these buildings as nearly modern as it is pos- sible to do without rebuilding.
In the near future the lighting system of each must be changed to prevent the cross light, which at present is cor- rected as far as possible by the regulation of shades.
Until such time as this rebuilding may be accomplished, the committee are simply keeping the buildings painted in- side and out and are making all repairs when reported by the teacher in charge.
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