Town of Norwell annual report 1930-1939, Part 31

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Publication date: 1930
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166.52


Taylor Coal Co.


346.62


Rockland Coal & Grain Co.


312.50


Lyman Lincoln


10.00


Basil Simmons


89.25


$1,004.67


BOOKS


Welles Pub. Co.


$5.00


Gregg Pub. Co.


42.68


Gledhill Bros. Co.


113.59


Allyn & Bacon


113.29


Beckley Cardy Co.


47.48


Arlo Pub. Co.


6.20


Doubleday Doran


13.53


Lyons & Carnahan


8.37.


Silver Burdett Co.


140.01


Chas. Scribner Sons


105.84


D. C. Heath Co.


127.13


Iroquois Pub. Co.


10.93


MacMillan Co.


136.84


Benjamin Sanborn


37.07


American Book Co.


38.30


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Rand McNally Co.


8.67


Ginn & Co.


646.57


World Book Co.


19.68


Henry Holt


14.52


R. R. Bowker


.50


John C. Winston Co.


108.89


Harcourt Brace


7.23


Houghton Mifflin Co.


25.29


Webster Pub. Co.


7.69


South Western Pub. Co.


105.90


Scott Foresman Co.


572.15


Noble & Noble Pub. Co.


51.22


$2,514.58


SUPPLIES


Edw. E. Babb


$255.31


J. L. Hammett Co.


215.74


Milton Bradley Co.


141.09


Fort Hill Paper Co.


23.23


Boston Music Co.


14.24


School Forum Pub. Co.


.96


Horace Partridge Co.


7.18


Wm. Westland


7.01


James W. Brine Co.


36.19


Underwood Elliott Fisher Co.


85.00


A. B. Dick Co.


1.08


Geo. F. Cram Co. .


8.38


Standard Modern Print


15.33


L. C. Smith Corona Co.


90.00


$900.74


SUPPLIES AND INCIDENTALS


S. S. Kresge


$5.20


Houghton & Dutton


69.26


Phillips Paper Co.


7.20


Cup Container Service Co. 13.98


N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co. 117.73


Abington Electric Light Co. 128.55


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Arthur Turner 10.00


C. B. Dodge Co. 64.43


Fred Delay 13.20


Josselyn's Market


60.40


Mackay Newcomb Co. 28.55


John Hood Co. .60


Rockland Trans. Co.


10.50


Freeman's Motors, Inc.


1.80


Frank Costa


5.00


Geo. Beach


137.71


Oliver Tootacher


63.75


Rockland Standard


.85


Ernest Branch


12.00


Bound Brook Press


7.50


Carrie M. Ford


13.00


Welch Co. .


16.37


Dr. J. F. Reynolds


7.00


Automatic Appliance Co.


13.50


J. Corner-Jones Power & Pump Co. 12.60


Samuel Allen, M. D.


3.00


H. H. Arnold


1.04


Benjamin Loring


59.44


Nellie L. Sparrell


27.00


Gertrude Dyer 21.10


Willard Spalding 6.20


Hall & Torrey


16.14


F. T. Bailey & Co. 25.00


W. C. Soule . 6.60


F. M. Barnicoat


28.00


L. Grossman Sons


75.92


Sears Roebuck Co.


7.83


N. R. Molla


48.00


Wesley Osborne


50.00


Howard Young


47.00


Dr. Edmund Fitzgerald 40.00


Dr. Willis B. Parsons 38.50


Ward's 25.00


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Wright & Potter


10.41


J. H. Sparrell


65.51


Jordan Marsh Co.


8.28


Sparrell's Funeral Service


10.00


Franklin Pub. Co.


3.32


Rome Bros.


14.02


Campbell Machine Co.


33.12


Marion Appleford


2.50


E. P. Joseph


120.50


Bureau of Publication


6.95


Marion Chandler


5.00


Edison Electric Co.


170.72


Andrew Maxwell


30.80


Walton Sproul


21.33


Abington Coal Corp.


200.00


Howard Delano


76.74


R. W. Macdonald


2.00


John Wyatt


11.25


Sanderson Bros.


7.40


Estate of Henry Sweet


150.00


Kenneth Mesheau


5.00


Sten Sanstrom


4.00


Robert Goosby


25.00


Nelson Bennett


4.00


G. P. Williamson


6.00


Mass. Com. Public Safety


7.87


Donald Merritt


23.00


$2,671.17


SUMMARY


Teachers


$17,267.01


Superintendent


1,272.35


Janitorship


1,817.70


Transportation


4,602.00


Fuel and Fitting


1,004.67


Books


2,514.58


Supplies


900.74


Supplies and Incidentals


2,671.17


$32,050.22


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RECEIPTS


Dog tax


$227.79


Town Hall receipts


50.80


Mass. Sch. Fund


4,419.04


Supt. Union


644.82


High School grant


1,162.50


Tuition state wards


474.75


Chap. 70


2,610.00


$9,589.70


Net cost


$22,460.52


INDEX


Assessor's Report 39


Auditor's Report 67


County Aid to Agriculture 75


Fire Department 61


Forestry 45


Health, Board of


46


Highway Surveyor


62


Jurors 43


Moth Superintendent


57


Ridge Hill Library


44


School Committee


77


School Dentist


95


School Home Economics


94


School Nurse


96


School Principal 90


School Superintendent 81


School Supervisor of Music 92


Selectmen's Report 27


Tax Collector 68


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Town Clerk


Town Officers 3


Treasurer's Report 51


Tree Warden 59


Trustees' Report 40


Visiting Nurse Association 71


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WILLIAM J. LEONARD Selectman, Assessor, Board of Public Weltare 1919 - 1935 Trustee Ridge Hill Library 1920 - 1936


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This Town Hall was given by FLORENCE M. CUSHING in memory of her father HAYWARD PIERCE CUSHING and her uncle NATHAN CUSHING


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Town Officers


Selectmen, Assessors and Board of Public Welfare CLIFTON S. DEANE RALPH H. COLEMAN HERBERT A. LINCOLN


Town Clerk JOSEPH F. MERRITT


Treasurer HERBERT E. ROBBINS


Tax Collector ALFRED H. PROUTY


School Committee BENJAMIN LORING JOHN M. LIND MRS. NELLIE L. SPARRELL


Highway Surveyor PERRY H. OSBORN


Board of Health JOSEPH F. MERRITT MINOT F. WILLIAMSON HORACE D. GAUDETTE


Trustees of Ridge Hill Library ALFRED H. PROUTY PAULINE W. LEONARD WILLIAM O. PROUTY


Tree Warden JOHN T. OSBORN


Constables


J. WARREN FOSTER JOHN T. OSBORN


BERT I. RICHARDSON FREDERICK H. HALL LLOYD B. HENDERSON


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Field Drivers THE CONSTABLES OFFICERS APPOINTED BY SELECLMEN


Town Accountant SCHUYLER DILLON


Cemetery Committee W. WALLACE FARRAR WILLIAM D. JACOBS WILFRED C. BOWKER


Sealer of Weights and Measures I. AUSTIN LINCOLN


Town Weigher JOHN A. DAVIS


Advisory Board


Term Expires Dec. 31, 1938 Term Expires Dec. 31, 1937


JARED A. GARDNER JAMES H. BARNARD


W. WALLACE FARRAR FRED R. BURNSIDE


WILLIAM D. JACOBS ALBERT L. SYLVESTER


Term Expires Dec. 31, 1939 DR. MARSHALL H. BAILEY HENRY C. FORD ALAN C. VIRTUE


Board of Fire Engineers


LIONEL D. FORKEY JAMES A. LIDDELL


CHARLES M. WILLIAMSON EDWARD B. HASKINS JOHN T. OSBORN


Town Forest Committee WATER C. BARNARD CLIFTON S. DEANE CHARLES A. BRUCE


Report Of Town Clerk


SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, JANUARY 6, 1936


Pursuant to a warrant under the hands of the Seiect- men, duly executed and return thereof made by John T. Osborn, a Constable of Norwell, the qualified voters met at the First Parish Church at the time stated and took the following action on the articles contained in the war- rant :


Article 1. To choose a Moderator.


Cecil E. Whitney was chosen Moderator, by ballot, and was sworn by the Town Clerk.


Article 2. Will the town vote to instruct the Select- men to endeavor to have the P. W. A. grant extended for use on its new school building ?


Voted : Not to ask for extension.


Article 3. Will the town vote to erect its new. build- ing entirely by funds raised by the town ?


Voted : That the new building be built by funds raised by the town.


Article 4. Will the town vote to erect its new school building on the present site or take any action relative thereto ?


Voted: To instruct the building committee to bring in one or more sites for the proposed school building.


Article 5. Will the town vote to appoint a building committee consisting of the school committee and four other members or take any action relative thereto.


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Voted : That the Moderator appoint a building com- mittee. He appointed, J. Lyman Wadsworth, chairman; A. R. Gordon, Charles H. Pike, William D. Jacobs, Mrs. Gertrude L. Dyer, Benjamin Loring, Mrs. Nellie L. Spar- rell.


Article 6. Will the town give the committee any in- structions ?


Voted: That the committee be instructed to bring in plans for a building that will be fireproof with the others.


Article 7. Will the town vote to raise a sum of money for the use of the new building committee to enable them to inspect buildings of the type needed in this town or take any action relative thereto?


Voted: To appropriate $100.00 for this purpose.


Article 8. Will the town vote to raise a sum of money for the use of the building committee in hiring an archi- tect to draw tentative plans or take any action relative thereto.


Voted: To lay this article on the table.


Article 9. Will the town vote to raise a sum of money to pay for the services of the architect in connection with the formerly proposed addition to the old school building?


Voted: To appropriate $2400.00 to pay the archi- tect's bill.


Article .10. Will the town vote to have the Moderator elected for the year at the regular March election ?


Voted : That the Moderator be elected for the year at the March meeting.


Voted: That the thanks of the town be extended to the Town of Hanover for use of its school building.


Voted: That the thanks of the meeting be extended to the First Parish for the use of its building.


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Voted: That the thanks of the town be extended to the past building committee for its work in connection . with the proposed addition.


Voted: That the meeting be dissolved.


JOSEPH F. MERRITT,


Town Clerk.


ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 2-7, 1936


Pursuant to a warrant, duly executed and return made by John T. Osborn, a constable of Norwell, the qualified voters met at the First Parish Church on Monday, March 2, at 7 p. m., and took action on twenty-one articles in the warrant as follows :


Article 1. To choose a Moderator.


Cecil E. Whitney was chosen Moderator, by ballot, and was sworn by the Town Clerk.


Article 2. To hear the reports of the several boards of officers and committees of the town and act thereon.


The building committee, by its chairman, Mr. Wads- worth, made a report of its findings and action taken in regard to new school building and asked for unanimous consent to have Mr. Deane given the privilege of the floor to explain the tentative plans which they had in view and the probable cost of the work. After much discus- sion in regard to the location, and other matters, the fol- lowing votes were passed :


Voted: Not to build on the old site-92 in favor, 188 against.


Voted : That the same committee be continued and have charge of the construction of the new building.


Voted: Not to use fireproof construction.


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Voted: On motion of Mr. Deane to accept the pro- vision of Chapter 63, Acts of 1936.


Voted: On motion of Mr. Deane to build the new building on the land across the way, now owned by Mrs. Ada Sydloski and that the committee be authorized to acquire this land for the above purpose.


Voted: That the building committee be instructed to give citizens of Norwell, so far as possible, work on the new building.


Voted : That the report as printed be accepted.


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 exped- ient for the following purposes :


Public Welfare, Old Age Assistance, Support of Schools, Vocational Training, Highways, Article 4, Streets (General Purposes), Pine Street, Sign Boards, Removing Snow, Snow Plow, Notes, Interest, State and County Taxes, Town Officers, Town Hall, Incidentals, School and District Nurse, Transportation of Nurse, Dental Clinic, County Hospital, State Aid, Board of Health, Electric Lights, Tent Caterpillar, Gaffield Park, Tree Warden, Mowing Bushes, Squares and Triangles, Spraying Elms, Gypsy Moth, Fire Department, Fire Equipment, Mosquito Control, Insurance, James Library, Ridge Hill Library, Soldier's Relief, School Physician, Memorial Day, Sealing Weights and Measures, Inspec- tion of Animals, Washington Street Cemetery, Plym- outh County Aid to Agriculture, Care of Veterans Graves, and Town Forest.


The following amounts were appropriated :


Dept. of Public Welfare $6,000.00


Old Age Assistance 7,500.00


Schools 36,000.00


Vocational Training 500.00


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Highway Joint Account :


State and Town


4,700.00


General Purposes


7,625.00


Sign Boards


50.00


Snow Removal


2,100.00


Snow Plow


375.00


Notes


2,000.00


Interest


1,380.00


State and County Taxes


7,500.00


Town Officers


3,750.00


Incidentals


1,500.00


School and District Nurse


1,400.00


Transportation of Nurse


200.00


Dental Clinic


700.00


County Hospital Maintenance


929.74


State Aid


480.00


Board of Health


1,000.00


Electric Lights


545.00


Tent Caterpillar


100.00


Gaffield Park


50.00


Tree Warden


150.00


State Request for Triming Shade Trees


100.00


Mowing Bushes


200.00


Squares and Triangles


150.00


Spraying Elms


225.00


Gypsy Moth


865.73


Gypsy Moth, stock and Private work


800.00


Fire Department


1,500.00


Fire Department Equipment


975.00


Mosquito Control


450.00


Insurance


365.00


James Library


200.00


Ridge Hill Library


100.00


Soldiers' Relief


600.00


School Physician


100.00


Memorial Day


250.00


Sealing weight and measures


150.00


Inspector of Animals 75.00


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Washington St. Cemetery 150.00


(50.00 of this amount to be taken from


Cemetery Fund).


Town offices expenses 1,100.00


Town offices, furniture and fixtures 900.00


Plymouth County Aid to Agriculture 100.00


Reserve Fund 3,000.00


Care of Veterans' Graves 50.00


Town Forest 50.00


W. P. A. Expense and delivery of material 500.00


Voted: The dog tax refund be appropriated for use of schools.


Voted, That the money required to carry out the ap- propriations not otherwise provided for, be raised by taxation and assessed on the polls and estates of residents and on the non-resident proprietors.


Article 4. Will the town raise and appropriate the sum 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) .


This appropriation made under Article 3.


Article 5. To see if the town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for a reserve fund to be provided for by transfer from overlay surplus.


This appropriation made under Article 3.


. (Approved by Advisory Board.)


Article 6. Will the town vote to raise and appropriate for the use of Plymouth County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars and choose a Town Director as provided in Sections 41 and 45 of Chapter 128 of the General Laws?


This appropriation made under Article 3. Louis H. Ogden named Town Director.


(Approved by the Advisory Board).


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Article 7. To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $450 for the purpose of maintain- ing, during the ensuing year, the mosquito control works as estimated and certified to by the State Reclamation Board in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 113, Acts of 1931.


This appropriation made under Article 3.


(Approved by the Advisory Board).


Article 8. Will the town vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for supplies for Works Progress Admin- istration Projects and expenses of distribution of Sur- plus Commodities, so-called.


This appropriation made under Articles 3.


(Approved by Advisory Board).


Article 9. To see if the town will vote to rescind the vote passed under Article 5 of a special town meeting held October 21, 1935, authorizing an appropriation and a loan for the purpose of constructing an addition to a school building.


It was voted that the action taken under Article 5 of the Special Meeting October 21, 1935, authorizing an ap- propriation and loan for constructing an addition to school building be rescinded.


Article 10. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of acquiring land for and the construction of a new school building and originally equipping and furnishing the same, and to appropriate the amount of $40,000, received from fire in- surance on account of the loss by fire of the high school and town hall, and authorize the treasurer, with the ap- proval of the selectmen, to borrow an additional sum under any general or special law authorizing the bor- rowing for said purpose, or to take any action relative thereto.


Request of the Building Committee, J. L. Wadsworth. Chairman.


(Approved in part by Advisory Board) .


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"It was voted by a unanimous vote of those present and voting, no one voting in the negative:


That there be raised and appropriated the sum of $130,000.00 for the purpose of acquiring land for and the construction of and originally equipping and furnishing a school building and to meet said appropriation there be transferred from available funds represented by insur- ance money received on account of the loss by fire of the high school and town hall the sum of $40,000.000, and the treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow under authority of Chap- ter 44, General Laws, the sum of $50,000.00, and may also borrow $40,000.000 under authority of chapter 63 of the Acts of 1936, and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor, said bonds or notes to be payable in accordance with the provisions of chapter 44 of the General Laws and chapter 63 of the Acts of 1936, so that the whole loan or loans shall be paid in not more than twenty years or at such earlier dates as the treasurer and se- lectmen may determine."


Article 11. Will the town vote to appoint a commit- tee to bring in Zoning By-Laws at a future meeting or take any action relative thereto.


Request of W. Clarke Atwater and others.


(Not Approved) .


Voted no on this article.


Article 12. To see if the town will vote to instruct its Highway Surveyor to grade and tarvia Pine Street, be- ginning at the residence of Willard Spalding and con- tinuing to residence of Fred Lee.


Request of Jared A. Gardner and others. (Approved by the Advisory Board).


No action taken as the Highway Surveyor had includ- ed this work in his budget.


Article 13. To see if the town will raise and appropriate


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a sum of money for the purchase of furniture and equip- ment for the town offices in the Memorial Town Hall.


(Approved by the Advisory Board).


Appropriation made under Article 3.


Article 14. To make allowances to town creditors. No Bills were presented.


Article 15. Will the town give any instructions to town officers.


Voted: To instruct the Selectmen to direct the ceme- tery committee of the Washington Street Cemetery to es- tablish rules and regulations for the cemetery and to es- tablish prices for the lots in the cemetery, to file the prices rules and regulations with the town clerk and cause them to be published in the next annual report.


Voted: That the Selectmen be instructed to write a letter of appreciation to the Trustees of the Florence Cushing Fund, expressing the thanks of the citizens of the town of Norwell for her generous bequest and their appreciation of the beautiful building which is being erected. And that they be instructed to pass suitable res- olutions for record.


Article 16. Will the town vote to list all applicants for town work and see that the work is divided equally among all eligible applicants in all town departments or act on any thing relative thereto.


Request of Alton Stoddard and others.


(Not Approved).


Voted to indefinitely postpone.


Article 17. Will the town vote to instruct all town of- ficers to prevent any one citizen from using more than one truck on town work, and divide the work equally among eligible applicants or act anything relative there- to.


Request of Alton Stoddard and others.


(Not Approved).


Voted to indefinitely postpone.


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Article 18. 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, 1936, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.


Voted: 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, 1936, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.


Article 19. 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, 1937, and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.


Voted: 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 finan- cial year beginning January 1, 1937, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.


Article 20. What salary and compensation will the town vote to pay all its elected officers in accordance with Section 108, Chapter 41, General Laws.


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Voted the following salaries and compensation :


Selectmen, per day


$5.00


Assessors, per day 5.00


Board of Public Welfare, per day


5.00


Highway Surveyors, per day


4.50


Tree Warden


4.50


Town Clerk


135.00


Town Treasurer


500.00


Collector of Taxes 500.00


Secretary of School Committee


150.00


Other Members of School Committee, each


75.00


Secretary, Board of Health


100.00


Other Members Board of Health, each 25.00


Moderator


10.00


Article 21. Will the town act with the town of Han- over to maintain electric lights at the junction of River Street, Norwell and Broadway, Hanover, and at Assinip- pi ?


Voted : To act with Hanover and maintain lights at these points.


The Fish Rights were purchased by Thomas J. Leavitt, $1.01 for the two.


Subsequent Meeting for the Election of Officers in Grand Army Hall on Saturday, the Seventh Day of March. 1936, Then and There to Act on the Following Article:


Article 22. To bring in their votes for a Town Clerk; one Selectmen, one Assessor, and one member of the Board of Public Welfare, for three years; a Treasurer, a Collector of Taxes, a Surveyor of Highways, five Consta- bles, a Moderator and a Tree Warden for one year; one member of the School Committee for three years: one member of the Board of Health for three years ; one Trus- tee for the Ridge Hill Library for three years.


Pursuant to the above article the qualified voters met


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at the Grand Army Hall on Saturday, March 7, 1936, at 11:00 A.M. The Moderator, Cecil E. Whitney, acted as presiding Election Officer. The other Election Officers on duty were Herbert A. Lincoln, Ralph H. Coleman, Carl- ton O. Litchfield, William O. Henderson, Blanche Pinson, Floretta Whiting, Margaret Crowell. The polls were open at 11:00 A. M. and closed at 6:00 P.M. Six hundred names were checked on the voting lists and the ballot box regis- ter and the number of ballots cast agreed. On being canvassed and counted in open meeting they were found to be for the following persons, and the result announced by the Moderator:


MODERATOR (For One Year)


Cecil E. Whitney 480


William J. Leonard 2


Blanks 115


TOWN CLERK, For One Year


Joseph F. Merritt. Candidate for Re-election 528


Charles Baldwin 1


Blanks 72


SELECTMEN, For Three Years


Clifton S. Deane. Candidate for Re-election 519


William J. Leonard 2


Blank 79


ASSESSOR, For Three Years


Clifton S. Deane. Candidate for Re-election 513


William J. Leonard 2


Blanks 85


BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE, For Three Years


Clifton S. Deane. Candidate for Re-election 518


William J. Leonard 2


Blanks 80


TREASURER, For One Year Herbert E. Robbins. Candidate for Re-election. 512


Blanks


88


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TAX COLLECTOR, For One Year


Alfred H. Prouty. Candidate for Re-election 516


Lloyd West 1


Blanks 83


CONSTABLES, For One Year J. Warren Foster. Candidate for Re-election 454


Frederick H. Hall. Candidate for Re-election 459


Lloyd B. Henderson. Candidate for Re-election 470 John T. Osborn. Candidate for Re-election 488


Bert I. Richardson. Candidate for Re-election 474


Arthur Merritt 1


Blanks 654


SCHOOL COMMITTEE, For Three Years Gertrude L. Dyer, Candidate for Re-election 239


John M. Lind 327


Blanks 34


HIGHWAY SURVEYOR, For One Year


Andrew Maxwell


203


Perry H. Osborn. Candidate for Re-election 391


Blanks 6


BOARD OF HEALTH, For Three Years Minot Williamson. Candidate for Re-election 491


Blanks 109


TREE WARDEN, For One Year John T. Osborn. Candidate for Re-election 497


Blanks 103


TRUSTEE RIDGE HILL LIBRARY, For Three Years William J. Leonard. Candidate for Re-election 491


Harry G. Pinson 1


Blanks


108


Meeting dissolved.


Attest :


JOSEPH F. MERRITT,


Town Clerk.


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EIGHTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT


STATE ELECTION, NOVEMBER 3, 1936


Pursuant to a warrant under the hands of the Select- men duly executed and return thereof made by John T. Osborn, a constable of Norwell, the qualified voters of Norwell, met at the Cushing Memorial Town Hall on Tuesday, the third day of November, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon and took the following action: Clifton S. Deane, chairman of the Selectmen, was the presiding election officer. Herbert A. Lincoln, Ralph H. Coleman. Amos H. Tilden, Carlton O. Litchfield, Wm. O. Hen- derson, Floretta Whiting, Alice C. Merritt, Mary De- Marchi and Marion Brainard were election officers. The polls were opened at 11 a. m., and closed at 8 p. m. 899 ballots were cast, seventeen of these being absent vot- ers' ballots. The ballot box register and voting list check agreed. On being canvassed and counted in open meeting the result of the balloting was announced as follows:




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