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All who pass the High School must be conscious of the great improvement made in the appearance of the build- ing by the work done under the W. P. A. project. A thorough renovation of the grounds was undertaken by filling in the house and barn cellars, building of a parking space, construction of lawns front of the school building and placing of field stones as a curbing along the drive-
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ways. This has provided a splendid setting for the building, which has been further enhanced by the plant- ing of shrubs.
The building has been used regularly by the Boy Scouts, Parent-Teachers' Association, Boys' Club, and Badminton Club, beside its use on one occasion by the Fire Department to entertain the Plymouth County Fire Wardens and the American Legion upon the occasion of the Armistice Day Ball. This is as it should be. Mem- bers of all these organizations who are paying for its construction, should have access to it either as a gymna- sium or a meeting place for gatherings either too large or of a character such as may not be accommodated in Cushing Memorial Town Hall. The Committee feel such use of the building has resulted in a better community spirit.
Many members of the other organizations worked with the Parent-Teacher group last Spring to put across the "Sample Fair," from the proceeds of which a 16 m.m. moving picture machine was purchased for the school.
With the acquisition of this machine a series of pic- tures adapted to the age and need of the pupils has been arranged for each class in the building, covering all phases of life and industry.
There is a definite need for an orchestra in the High School, to enrich the program of entertainments. Lessons should be given by the school, in return for which the pupils would give their services in an orchestra.
Norwell High School wishes to launch a football team in the Fall. Ours is the only High School in the vicinity without such a team. The Committee have a ruling which reads "The Norwell High School may sponsor a football team, when and if sufficient funds are available for proper equipment." A committee has been appointed to judge the equipment, and the team will not be allowed
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to play until it is equipped in such a manner as to mini- mize danger of injury. It is hoped the townspeople will lend all possible financial and moral support to the project.
In June Mr. Daggett, principal of the High School, left us, and the vacancy was filled by Gordon Thayer, who seems to have the situation well in hand. Mr. Daggett's many friends will be interested to know he is now em- ployed by the U. S. Government as instructor in the Civilian Conservation Corps.
In December the joint Committee of the Superinten- dency Union of Hanson, Hanover and Norwell received the resignation of Superintendent Spalding, who had accepted the Assistant Superintendency in Belmont. Mr. Spalding leaves us after six years of service, and carries with him the best wishes of the district for suc- cess in his new position.
Upon his resignation, agitation was immediately started by certain individuals in Hanover, for that town to withdraw from the union. Its withdrawal would leave three courses open for Hanson and Norwell.
1. Each town to hire a superintendent of its own.
2. Hanson and Norwell hire a superintendent jointly, or
3. Each of the two remaining towns hire a super- vising principal. The first two courses named were too expensive and the last course judged a step backward in our estimation. The Hanover School Committee, realiz- ing the position in which Hanover's withdrawal would place the other two towns, and wishing to be fair and honorable, voted to retain the union as established many years ago. After interviewing many candidates, the joint committee elected as the new Superintendent
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Thomas E. Rush of Belmont. Mr. Rush comes to us with a splendid background for his duties, having had experi- ence in all grades from the kindergarten up. When he decided to take up superintendency, he deliberately took an elementary principalship in Belmont, to get thorough knowledge of that phase of the work.
The enrollment in the primary schools was so large in September, particularly in the first grades, as to necessi- tate the removal of the fourth grade from each building and the placing of the second and third grades together in the upper room, leaving the first grade alone with a teacher in the lower room of each building.
The fourth grades were united and placed in the manual training room at the High School building, in charge of Mrs. Ella Osborn. Miss Helen Carleton was elected as teacher of the second and third grades at Nor- well Center.
We do not feel alarmed at this increase but think it will adjust itself without any great anxiety for some years to come.
As a whole, we feel the progress of the schools has been very satisfactory. Several departments gave an exhibi- tion of their work at a regular meeting of the Parent- Teachers' Association which was enthusiastically re- ceived. The Art Department exhibited with unusual success at Marshfield Fair and the Home Economics Department held two very successful exhibitions of the practical work accomplished in the clothing classes. These exhibitions are well worth your while to attend, as
they give to you concrete evidence of the work accom- plished in your schools.
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With earnest solicitation of your continued interest, we submit this report.
BENJAMIN LORING, Chairman JOHN LIND NELLIE L. SPARRELL, Sec.
FINANCIAL REPORT
· January 1, 1938, to January 1, 1939
Expenditures
TEACHERS' SALARIES
Phillbrook Daggett
$ 1,400.00
Gordon Thayer
766.64
Leonard Allen
1,233.28
Norman Sipple
1,273.28
Henry Farr
1,366.64
Lois C. Turner
1,500.00
Marion Hurley
1,450.08
Marion Gowdey
166.64
Martha Harris
724.14
· Choris Jenkins
1,116.56
Grace Cole
1,200.00
Florence Pinson
1,200.00.
Ella Osborn
1,200.00
Alice Brown
905.00
Edith Robertson
1,016.56
Alma Ames
870.75
June Sherman
333.28
Helen Carleton
145.81
Marion Merritt
90.00
Annie Richmond
25.00
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Ethel Sproul
25.00
Virginia Kingman
10.00
Gunnar Millbury
120.00
Ruth Lawrence
15.00
$18,153.66
SUPERVISORS AND EXPENSES
Rodman Booth, salary
$ 656.60
Travel
60.00
Pansy Stetson, salary
399.84
Travel
35.64
Ann Thayer
15.00
Norman Sipple, travel
8.82
1,175.90
JANITORSHIP
M. A. Bruce, Dist. No. 5
$ 229.00
Richard Whiting, Dist. No. 1 . . 231.64
Frank Lind, High School
1,800.00
2,260.64
TRANSPORTATION
Herbert Joseph $ 975.00
John H. Sparrell, two routes
2,535.00
Minot F. Williamson
1,092.00
4,602.00
FUEL
Penn Oil Co., High School
$ 720.73
John S. Fitts, Dists. 1 and 5 . 469.06
1,189.79
LIGHTS, TELEPHONE, GAS
Edison Co.
$ 906.83
Brockton Gas Co.
98.39
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co.
128.46
1,133.68
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TEXT BOOKS
Scott Foresman
243.96
American Book Co.
88.59
World Letters
19.85
Beckley Cardy Co.
99.48
Chas. Scribners Sons
45.92
Noble & Noble
7.96
J. B. Lippincott
2.66
Benjamin Sanborn
2.81
Henry Holt
6.14
Ginn & Co.
217.21
Clarence Dill
1.66
Welles Pub. Co.
14.00
Circle Book Co. 11.74
Allyn & Bacon
62.08
Gregg Pub. Co.
64.20
World Book Co.
10.00
Harper Bros.
1.82
Lyons & Carnahan
9.30
College Entrance Exams.
8.81
Houghton Mifflin
52.99
Boston Music Co.
45.20
Bellman Pub. Co.
5.15
Frontier Press
15.50
R. R. Bowker
1.00
Johnson Pub. Co.
1.60
John C. Winston
118.40
Macmillan Co.
10.76
Doubleday Doran Co.
1.80
G. M. Wilson
2.40
D. Appleton Century
5.33
D. C. Heath Co.
52.03
McGaw Hill Book Co.
1.60
University of Chicago Press
1.67
American Educational Press . .
3.87
Harvard University Press
1.21
Educational Test Bureau
18.98
Encyclopedia Brittanica
162.85
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Jr. Literary Guild
65.54
Waters & Schindler
1.80
Silver Burdett
49.25
S. W. Pub. Co.
13.37
Levison & Blythe
12.74
Bureau of Publication
2.35
Associated Press
.60
Yale University Press
18.30
Public School Pub. Co.
.31
Children's Nature Digest
2.10
A. S. Barnes
3.77
$ 1,590.66
SUPPLIES
Milton Bradley
$ 424.86
J. L. Hammett Co.
291.33
Henry S. Wolkins Co.
145.79
Gledhill Bros. Co.
156.95
Edw. E. Babb Co.
182.08
Rand McNally
99.66
Phillips Paper Co.
23.32
Cambosco Chemical Co.
359.48
A. P. W. Paper Co. 75.20
Horace Partridge Co. 37.60
Gaylord Bros.
12.00
E. M. F. Camera Exchange .
21.67
$ 1,829.91
SUPPLIES AND INCIDENTALS
C. B. Dolge Co.
$ 383.18
Masury Young
14.43
Mass. Reformatory for Women
30.00
Kenneth Torrey
4.00
Rockland Trans. Co.
.75
Lois Turner
1.79
C. D. Davis
10.00
Raymond Vinal
40.00
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Willis Parsons
33.25
Sparrell's Funeral Service
8.00
Spalding, Mass.
6.58
Robert Macdonald
.75
Wright & Potter
8.16
First National Stores
6.56
Thomas Campbell
3.50
Sanderson Brothers
8.43
A. B. Dick Co.
6.57
Royal Typewriter Co.
54.00
L. C. Smith-Corona
104.00
Sears Roebuck Co.
1.29
Cellar Print
11.74
Commonwealth Mass.
34.33
George Jenness
150.50
Josselyn's Market
51.06
Robert Montgomery
27.14
School Service Co.
1.01
National Municipal League
.45
Rome Bros.
40.81
Hall & Torrey
73.72
W. G. Ford
7.50
N. F. D. Auxiliary
135.00
Reed Lumber Co.
2.10
Welch Co.
183.11
Phillips Bates Co.
36.38
Grossman's Sons
11.38
W. Scott · Osborn
258.00
J. H. Sparrell
19.77
Robert Goosby
2.50
Enterprise Dept. Store
.59
Union Glass Co.
1.60
J. Fred Haskins
1.05
Delay Drug Co.
29.49
Fuel Testing Laboratory
19.00
George Beach
74.82
Russell Sproul
4.00
Plymouth Co. Health Asso.
1.00
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Raymond Beach
3.00
"Doc" Sproul
6.50
Benjamin Loring
25.85
John Lind
61.20
Carrie Ford
30.75
E. P. Dutton
21.60
Wesley Osborn
80.00
Arthur Turner
27.50
W. C. Soule
26.45
Ideal Motor Sales
7.95
Com. Public Safety
5.00
Ladies' Home Journal
.90
Longman Green
2.05
Raymond's
14.94
South Weymouth Laundry
30.00
Electrolux
65.50
Bemis Drug Co.
1.80
Student Council
5.00
Donald Merritt
3.00
A. Maxwell
136.00
Gorham Fire Equip. Co.
7.50
Harold Osborn
92.00
James Eustis
14.00
Bay State Nurseries
7.20
Perry H. Osborn
19.00
I. Austin Lincoln
1.50
Public Affairs Com.
2.00
Webster Thomas
6.00
Henry Far
11.09
Ralph Litchfield
2.00
Helen Osborn
50.00
Gordon Thayer
17.50
Nelson Spinney 87.20
Norwell High School
7.96
Rockland Standard
3.33
R. H. White Co.
16.28
McKnight & McKnight
3.69
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Nellie L. Sparrell
30.00
Keep Klean Apron Co.
7.40
H. J. Dowd Co.
1.65
A. S. Peterson
1.25
Fred Burnside
26.30
Norwell Motor Sales
1.50
J. S. Fitts
51.91
A. Culver Co.
6.00
Rome Bros.
6.10
A. J. Mitchell
59.00
Homestead Farm
150.00
Madeline Paradise
2.00
Alice Swiriduk
1.48
John Wyatt
58.50
$ 3,209.83
SUMMARY EXPENDITURES
Teachers' Salaries
$18,153.66
Supt. and Expenses
1,457.70
Supervisors and Expenses
1,175.90
Janitorship
2,260.64
Transportation
4,602.00
Fuel
1,189.79
Lights, Gas and Telephone
1,133.68
Text Books
1,590.66
Supplies of Instruction
1,829.94
Supplies and Incidentals
3,209.83
$36,603.80
Appropriated by Town
36,605.82
Unexpended Balance
$ 2.02
RECEIPTS FROM COMMONWEALTH OF MASS.
Part I, Chapter 70
$ 2,585.00
Part II, Chapter 70
5,607.65
High School Grant
1,250.00
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Aid of Supt. Union
655.95
Tuition of State Wards
235.76
10,334.36
Net cost of schools to Town .
$26,269.44
BENJAMIN LORING, Chairman NELLIE L. SPARRELL, Sec. JOHN M. LIND
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INDEX
Page
Assessors
48
Board of Health
54
County Aid to Agriculture
77
Fire Department
65
Forest Fire Warden
67
Forestry
53
Highway Surveyor
68
Payrolls and Expenditures
70
Jurors
51
Moth Superintendent
64
William J. Leonard Memorial Library
52
Selectmen's Report
37
Aid to Agriculture
40
Animal Inspection
40
Armistice Day
45
Dental Clinic
41
Incidentals
38
Insurance
44
James Library
42
Memorial Day
41 40
Mosquito Control
43
School and Visiting Nurse
40
School Physician
42
Sealer
40
Sign Boards
41
Soldiers' Relief
42
Soldiers' Graves
45
Street Lighting
41
Town Office
39
Town Officers
37
W. P. A. 43
131
1
Reserve Fund
Not for Circulation
Page
Schools
92
Art
98
Committee
118
Dentist
101
Directory
92
Financial
122
Music
96
Department of Physical Education
95
Nurse
102
Physicians
105
Principal of High School
105
Staff
103
Superintendent
112
Tax Collector
84
Town Accountant
74
Balance Sheet
74
Cash Statements
80
Expenditures
77
Town Clerk's Report
6
Annual Town Meeting, March 7-12, 1938
6
Special Town Meeting, Oct. 10-24, 1938
20
State Election, Nov. 8, 1938
23
Births
33
Burials (From out of Town)
36
Deaths
34
Dog Licenses
29
Marriages
30
Sportsman's Licenses
29
Town Officers
3
Town Treasurer
56
Expenditures
56
Trust Funds
57
Tree Warden
60
Visiting Nurse Association
8'7
132
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CLIFTON S. DEANE Selectman, Assessor, Board of Welfare 1922 - 1930 1932 - 1939
BENJAMIN LORING School Committee 1895 - 1939
TOWN OFFICERS
Selectmen, Assessors and Board of Public Welfare
CLIFTON S. DEANE* RALPH H. COLEMAN A. LESTER SCOTT
HERBERT A. LINCOLN
Town Clerk JOSEPH F. MERRITT
Treasurer HERBERT E. ROBBINS
Tax Collector ALFRED H. PROUTY
School Committee
THOMAS F. CANN 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 William J. Leonard Memorial Library
ALFRED H. PROUTY PAULINE W. LEONARD WILLIAM O. PROUTY
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Tree Warden JOHN T. OSBORN
Moderator CECIL E. WHITNEY
Constables
J. WARREN FOSTER JOHN T. OSBORN
BERT I. RICHARDSON FREDERICK H. HALL LLOYD B. HENDERSON
Field Drivers THE CONSTABLES
Officers Appointed by Selectmen
Chief of Police
A. LESTER SCOTT
Town Accountant
KENNETH A. TORREY
Cemetery Committee
W. WALLACE FARRAR WILLIAM D. JACOBS WILFRED C. BOWKER
Sealer of Weights and Measures
I. AUSTIN LINCOLN
Town Weigher JOHN A. DAVIS
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Advisory Board
Term Expires Dec. 31, 1940 JARED A. GARDNER
W. WALLACE FARRAR
WILLIAM D. JACOBS
Term Expires Dec. 31, 1941
JAMES H. BARNARD
FRED R. BURNSIDE
THEODORE M. DYER
Term Expires Dec. 31, 1942
HENRY C. FORD ALAN C. VIRTUE J. LYMAN WADSWORTH
Board of Fire Engineers
LIONEL D. FORKEY
JAMES A. LIDDELL
FRED H. HALL EDWARD B. HASKINS
JOHN T. OSBORN
Town Forest Committee
WALTER C. BARNARD
CHARLES A. BRUCE
CLIFTON S. DEANE* LESTER D. WEST
Fish Warden
MILTON H. BIRD Custodian of Town Hall LESTER D. WEST
Measurer of Wood and Bark
BERT I. RICHARDSON
Registrars
WILLIAM O. PROUTY HARRY G. PINSON EDWARD B. HASKINS JOSEPH F. MERRITT, Clerk
*Deceased
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
Annual Town Meeting, March 6 and March 11, 1939
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 met at the Cushing Memorial Town Hall, Monday, March 6, at 7:30 P. M., and took action as follows, on the articles in said warrant:
Article 1. To hear the reports of the several boards of officers and committees of the town and act thereon.
Voted to accept the reports as printed in the town re- port.
Article 2. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $5,875.00, to be expended under the provisions of Chapter 81, Sections 26-27, of the General Laws, as amended.
(Not approved by the Advisory Board).
Voted to appropriate $5,875.00 for this purpose under Article 6.
Article 3. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $3,500.00 for the reserve fund, to be provided for by transfer from overlay surplus.
(Approved by the Advisory Board).
Voted to appropriate $3,500.00 for this purpose.
Article 4. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate for the use of the Plymouth County Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture a sum not exceeding one
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hundred dollars and choose a Town Director as provided in Chapter 128, Sections 41 and 45, of the General Laws.
($100.00 approved by the Advisory Board).
Voted to appropriate $100.00 under Article 6 for County Aid to Agriculture and William D. Jacobs was chosen Town Director.
Article 5. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of four hundred dollars for the pur- pose of maintaining during the ensuing year, the mosquito control works as estimated and certified by the State Re- clamation Board in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 112, Acts 1931.
(Approved by the Advisory Board).
Voted to appropriate $400.00 for mosquito control under Article 6.
Article 6. To see if the town will make the 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:
Public Welfare, Old Age Assistance, Aid to Dependent Children, Support of Schools, Vocational Training, High- ways (General Purposes), Sign Boards, Removing Snow. Notes, Interest, State and County Taxes, General Govern- ment Expense, Memorial Town Hall Expenses, Inciden- tals, School and District Nurse, Transportation'of Nurse, Dental Clinic, County Hospital, State Aid, Board of Health, Electric Lights, Tent Caterpillars, Gaffield Park, Tree Warden, Mowing Bushes, Squares and Triangles. Spraying Elms, Gypsy Moth, Fire Department, Fire Equip- ment, Mosquito Control, James Library, Soldiers' Relief. School Physician, Memorial Day, Armistice Day, Sealing Weights and Measures, Inspection of Animals, Washing- ton Street Cemetery, Plymouth County Aid to Agricul- ture, Care of Veterans' Graves and Town Forest, W. P. A.
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Voted to appropriate the following amounts:
Town Hall Expense
$2,150.00
Fire Dept.
1,400.00
Fire Dept. Equipment
500.00
Tree Warden
150.00
Spraying Elms
425.00
Moth
1,375.82
Tent Caterpillar
150.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
250.00
Mosquito Control (Article No. 5)
400.00
County Aid to Agriculture (Article No. 4)
100.00
Board of Health
900.00
Inspector of Animals
75.00
School Nurse
1,400.00
Transportation of Nurse
300.00
Dental Clinic
700.00
Highways-Town
6,000.00
Highways-Joint (Article No. 2)
5,875.00
Sign Boards
75.00
Highway-Snow
2,500.00
Electric Lights
545.00
Public Welfare
6,500.00
Old Age Assistance
12,000.00
Aid to Dep. Children
1,500.00
Soldiers' Relief
550.00
State Aid
120.00
Schools
37,234.32
Vocational Training
350.00
School Physician
150.00
James Library
200.00
W. J. Leonard Library
200.00
Reserve Fund
W. P. A.
550.00
Memorial Day
250.00
Armistice Day
150.00
Town Forest
50.00
Squares and Triangles
150.00
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Mowing Bushes
500.00
Gaffield Park
50.00
Care of Vet. Graves
100.00
Washington Street Cemetery
125.00
Interest
2,640.00
School Notes
7,000.00
Legislative Dept.
275.00
Selectmen Dept.
1,000.00
Accounting Dept.
425.00
Treasury Dept.
900.00
Collector's Dept.
1,300.00
Assessors' Dept.
750.00
Town Clerk's Dept.
680.00
Election and Registration Dept.
425.00
Police and Constables
400.00
Incidentals
250.00
Unpaid Bills (Article No. 14)
344.40
Voted that the money necessary to carry out the appro- priations not otherwise provided for be raised by taxa- tion and assessed on the polls and estates of residents and the estates of non-resident proprietors.
Article 7. Will the town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,250.00 to be used on Chapter 90 work in con- junction with the County and State, or act on anything relative thereto.
(County share, $2,250.00; State share, $4,500.00. Ap- proved by the Advisory Board).
Voted to pass over this article.
Article 8. Will the town vote to give the use of the Hearing Room at Cushing Memorial Hall, one evening of each month free to the American Legion Auxiliary to Post 192.
(Not approved by the Advisory Board).
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Voted not to give the use of the Hearing Room for this purpose.
Article 9. To see if the town will vote to prescribe the manner of giving notice of town meetings by specifying the number of places where warrants shall be posted.
(Approved by the Advisory Board).
Voted that warrants for town meetings and elections shall hereafter be posted at the following places:
Town Office Building - Norwell Postoffice - Accord Postoffice-Universalist Church or Grounds-I. Aus- tin Lincoln's Store, Lincoln Street-Corner of Cen- tral and Summer Street-Methodist Church on Cor- ner of River and Church Streets - Henderson's Store, Main Street -- Union Athletic Association, High Street -Sargent's Store, Washington Street.
Article 10. To see if the town will transfer the sum of $287.31, the amount being the 1938 Dog Tax Refund, to be used for School purposes in addition to school appropria- tion.
(Approved by the Advisory Board).
Voted to appropriate the 1938 Dog Tax Refund of $287.31 for school purposes in addition to the regular school ap- propriation.
Article 11. Will the town vote to change the Town By- law "governing the number of persons constituting a quorum, or act on anything relative thereto.
(Not approved by the Advisory Board).
Voted not to change the By-law.
Article 12. Will the town authorize the Selectmen to sell real estate held by the town under Land Court title, and land of low value under Tax Title, when real estate so
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acquired becomes property of the town, or act on anything relative thereto.
(Approved by the Advisory Board) .
Voted to authorize the Selectmen to sell land held by the town under Land Court title and land of low values held under Tax Title, when real estate of this nature be- comes property of the town. .
Article 13. Will the town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000, for a new Fire Truck for Norwell Cen- ter, or take any action relative thereto.
(Not approved by the Advisory Board) .
Voted to pass over this article.
Article 14. To make allowances to town creditors.
William O. Prouty, Registrar $ 25.00
Harry G. Pinson, Registrar 25.00
Alfred H. Prouty, Bal. Collector 15.00
Barker, Davison & Shattuck, Board of Health 258.10
City of Boston, Schools, Vocational Training 21.30
$344.40
(Approved by the Advisory Board).
Voted to allow the above bills and appropriate $344.40 for the same.
Article 15. To see if the town will vote to authorize the Town Accountant to close out the unexpended balances on the following appropriations, the purpose of which has been completed.
Fire Department Equipment
10.61
New School Building .20
(Approved by the Advisory Board).
Voted to authorize the Accountant to close out the above appropriations.
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Article 16. 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, 1940, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
(Approved by the Advisory Board) .
Voted to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the ap- proval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning Jnauary 1, 1940, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for less than one year in accord- ance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 17. 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.
(Approved by the Advisory Board).
Voted to continue to act with Hanover in maintaining lights at the above locations.
Article 18. Will the town give any instructions to town officers?
Voted that the Selectmen be instructed to place a dan- ger sign at the corner of Lincoln and Mt. Blue Streets.
Voted that the Board of Health be instructed to conduct a diphtheria clinic this year.
Voted that the Town Clerk have access to the telephone in the Selectmen's office when they are not there or have one in the office occupied by him.
Voted that the Moderator appoint a committee to study
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the welfare situation and report at the next annual meet- ing with any suggestions regarding welfare and taxation.
Committee: CONSTANCE B. BLAKE, Chairman FREDERIC A. FERGER A. RALPH GORDON PAULINE M. LEONARD DONALD C. WILDER
Article 19. What salary and compensation will the town vote to pay all its elected officers in accordance with Section 108, Chapter 41, General Laws?
Voted the following:
Selectmen, per day
$ 5.00
Assessor, per day 5.00
5.00
Board of Public Welfare, per day
Tree Warden, per day
4.50
Highway Surveyor, per day
4.50
Town Clerk
600.00
Town Treasurer
500.00
Tax Collector
800.00
Secretary of School Committee
150.00
Other Members of School Committee
75.00
Secretary Board of Health
100.00
Other Members Board of Health
25.00
Moderator
10.00
The Fish Rights were purchased by J. Lyman Wads- worth $1.00; James H. Barnard $1.00.
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