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VETERANS' BENEFITS
Payments
4,953.70
To Revenue
1,046.30
6,000.00
Appropriation
.
6,000.00
SCHOOL COMMITTEE - SALARIES
Clerk
300.00
Members
300.00
600.00
Appropriation
600.00
SCHOOLS - GENERAL CONTROL
School Committee Expenses
136.82
Superintendent's Salary
2,667.00
Superintendent's Expenses
531.50
Superintendent's Clerks
1,266.40
Superintendent's Office Machine & Supplies
93.96
Attendance Officer
50.00
Census
100.00
4,845.68
Appropriation To Revenue
5,016.00
170.32
5,016.00
2,366.37
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - ' - INSTRUCTION
Principal's Expense
101.54
Principal's Clerks
3,333.46
Dual Control Car
1,180.77
Teachers' Salaries
195,266.49
Books and Supplies
12,354.95
Science Fair
127.72
Shop Supplies
1,243.07
213,608.00
Appropriation
213,608.00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - OPERATION
Janitor's Services
14,857.00
Fuel
9,003.66
Light and Power
6,668.08
Telephone
863.91
Water
658.15
Janitors' Supplies and Equipment
3,419.86
Rubbish Removal
759.00
Snow Plowing
50.00
36,279.66
To Revenue
818.34
37,098.00
Appropriation
37,098.00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - MAINTENANCE
Repairs
1,277.21
To Revenue
1.85
1,279.06
Appropriation
219.64
Dog Tax Refund
1,059.42
1,279.06
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - AUXILIARY AGENCIES
Health
641.16
Transportation
29,233.23
Physical Education and Athletics
3,761.90
Insurance
4,257.59
Library Books
54.70
Supervisor - Lunchroom
2,880.00
181
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Lunch Rooms Equipment Miscellaneous
1,193.20
809.51
To Revenue
893.71
43,725.00
Appropriation
43,725.00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - OUT OF STATE TRAVEL
C. E. Bradley
21.21
To Revenue
18.79
40.00
Appropriation
40.00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - CAPITAL OUTLAY
Equipment
1,404.39
To Revenue
1,068.61
2,473.00
Appropriation
2,473.00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - PUBLIC LAW 874
Repairs
2,755.74
Equipment
761.36
Grounds
444.25
Licenses
40.00
Books and Supplies
1,200.89
Teachers' Salaries
6,343.79
Principals' Expense
47.68
Dual Control Car
159.28
Vocational-Transportation and Training
332.70
12,085.69
Balance December 31, 1957
944.74
13,030.43
Balance January 1, 1957
3,880.94
Receipts
9,149.49
13,030.43
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - GEORGE-BARDEN ACCOUNT Teachers' Salaries 573.00
Balance December 31, 1957
379.50
Balance January 1, 1957
552.50
Receipts
400.00
952.50
952.50
42,831.29
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND TRANSPORTATION
Payments
1,111.69
To Revenue
38.31
1,150.00
Appropriation
1,150.00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT ADULT PRACTICAL ART CLASSES
Payments
211.88
To Revenue
468.12
Appropriation
680.00
Payments
32,851.23
Balance December 31, 1957
2,967.05
Balance January 1, 1957
1,281.63
Receipts
34,536.65
35,818.28
SCHOOL ATHLETICS
Payments
505.96
Balance December 31, 1957
422.63
928.59
Balance January 1, 1957
412.59
Receipts
516.00
928.59
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - PERMANENT SCHOOL BLDG. COMMITTEE EXPENSE
Printing
12.70
To Revenue
17.80
30.50
Balance January 1, 1957
30.50
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RIDGE HILL
Construction
82,275.01
Architects Fees
6,000.00
Equipment
31,593.42
Moving and Storage
35.50
680.00
SCHOOL LUNCH
35,818.28
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Insurance
290.92
Landscaping
750.00
Fencing Labor and Equipment Rental
650.50
1,086.85
122,682.20
Balance December 31, 1957
2,649.14
125,331.34
Balance January 1, 1957
125,331.34
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - NORWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ADDITION - PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS
H. C. Knight Associates
2,000.00
Balance December 31, 1957
500.00
2,500.00
Appropriation
2,500.00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT PLANNING COMMITTEE EXPENSE
Printing, Stationery and Postage
320.95
Balance December 31, 1957
279.05
600.00
Appropriation
600.00
W. J. LEONARD MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Salaries
343.48
Books and Periodicals
390.07
Printing, Stationery and Postage
14.01
747.56
To Revenue
2.44
750.00
Appropriation
750.00
JAMES LIBRARY
James Library
1,000.00
Appropriation
1,000.00
AID TO AGRICULTURE
County of Plymouth
100.00
Appropriation 100.00
184
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CIVIL DEFENSE
Clerk Hire
5.00
Labor
156.00
Traveling Expenses
30.00
Express
77.60
Telephone
128.83
Equipment and Repairs
589.33
986.76
Balance December 31, 1957
27.07
1,013.83
Balance January 1, 1957
13.83
Appropriation
1,000.00
1,013.83
MEMORIAL DAY
Flowers and Wreaths
95.70
Flags
54.50
Transportation and Express
15.00
Printing
28.00
Supplies
91.71
To Revenue
90.09
375.00
Appropriation
375.00
PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT
J. L. Hammett Co.
440.30
Balance December 31, 1957
359.70
Appropriation
800.00
PLYMOUTH COUNTY RETIREMENT FUND
County of Plymouth
3,780.20
Lester D. West
100.00
Appropriation
3,880.20
RECREATION COMMISSION EXPENSE
Printing
20.00
Lease
1.00
3,880.20
800.00
284.91
185
TOWN OF NORWELL
Surveying
25.00
To Revenue
4.00
50.00
Appropriation
50.00
TOWN REPORTS AND BUDGETS
Printing
2,200.05
Postage
39.13
Delivery
95.00
2,334.18
Appropriation
2,175.05
Transfer - Reserve Fund
159.13
2,334.18
UNPAID BILLS OF 1956
Payments
5,056.50
Appropriation
5,056.50
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION INSURANCE
A. G. Gordon
1,565.03
To Revenue
934.97
2,500.00
Appropriation
2,500.00
CARE OF VETERANS GRAVES
Payments to Cemeteries
340.00
To Revenue
60.00
400.00
Appropriation
400.00
WATER DEPARTMENT - COMMISSIONERS' SALARIES
Members
75.00
Appropriation
75.00
WATER DEPARTMENT - CLERK'S SALARY
Emily J. Paradise 572.00
Appropriation 572.00
46.00
186
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WATER DEPARTMENT - EXPENSES
Payrolls - Labor
3,092.25
Mileage
350.71
Light and Power
2,038.81
Insurance
149.56
Water
420.00
Telephone
68.40
Supervision
591.50
Commissioners' Expenses
244.58
Equipment Rental
72.12
Express
4.94
Equipment and Repairs
563.95
Books, Maps and Plans
11.82
Pipe and Fittings
582.12
Meters
165.62
Gas and Oil
4.50
Fuel
263.63
Clerk Hire
78.08
Contractors
1,231.01
Surveying
24.40
Stationery, Printing and Postage
89.15
Laboratory Fees
1.00
Rubbish Collection
6.75
Asphalt
155.62
Concrete
24.98
Association Dues
15.00
10,250.50
Appropriation
7,750.00
Refunds
5.75
Transfer Reserve Fund
1,000.00
To be raised in 1958 Levy
1,494.75
10,250.50
($1,500.00 Legal Overdraft Authorized)
WATER DEPARTMENT - SERVICES
Sand, Gravel and Material
91.96
Labor
183.75
Mileage
17.37
187
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Contractor Pipe and Fittings
3,663.22
242.00
Meter
51.00
4,249.30
Appropriation
3,750.00
To be raised in 1958 Levy
499.30
4,249.30
($500.00 Legal Overdraft Authorized)
TEST WELL DEVELOPMENT
Contractor
2,200.50
Equipment
146.07
Express
6.45
Equipment Rental
33.00
Gas, Oil and Repairs
44.32
Pipe and Fittings
82.98
Supervision
67.38
Commissioners' Expenses
9.09
2,589.79
Balance December 31, 1957
899.22
3,489.01
Balance January 1, 1957
3,489.01
WATER DEPARTMENT - ARTICLE 14
Construction
96.00
Electrical Work and Supplies
43.74
Fencing
952.00
Door
60.00
1,151.74
Balance December 31, 1957
3,949.16
5,100.90
Balance January 1, 1957
5,100.90
WATER DEPARTMENT - ARTICLE 16
Equipment
984.72
Transfer to Wells and Well Fields
2,000.00
Balance December 31, 1957
25,707.05
28,691.77
Balance January 1, 1957
28,641.77
Refund
50.00
28,691.77
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WATER DEPARTMENT - ARTICLE 17
Labor and Equipment Rental
221.50
Balance December 31,1957
840.95
1,062.45
Balance January 1, 1957
877.45
Refunds
185.00
1,062.45
1956 WATER LOAN PREMIUM
Rockland Trust Co.
13.80
Balance January 1, 1957
13.80
WASHINGTON STREET CEMETERY - EXPENSES
Labor
649.41
Equipment Rental
95.75
Seeds and Flowers
21.41
Gas, Oil and Repairs
33.28
To Revenue
.15
800.00
Appropriation
800.00
WASHINGTON STREET CEMETERY - ROADS
P. Lanzillotta and Sons
350.00
Transfer from Washington Street Cemetery
Permanent Fund
350.00
INTEREST - MATURING DEBT
Rockland Trust Co.
27,950.25
Appropriations :
High School Addition Loan
5,437.50
Elementary School Loan
4,387.50
Ridge Hill Elementary School Loan
9,758.33
1947 Water Loan
2,306.25
1951 Water Loan
210.00
1955 Water Loan
4,994.00
1956 Water Loan
715.00
Transfer - Reserve Fund
Ridge Hill Elem. School
141.67
27,950.25
799.85
189
TOWN OF NORWELL
REFUNDS
Taxes
3,756.59
Motor Vehicle Excise
3,604.31
Water
28.69
Overpayments to Collector
111.62
7,501.21
TOTAL PAYMENTS $1,082,573.33
RECAPITULATION
Cash on Hand January 1, 1957
$323,518.42
Receipts
1,009,233.10
$1,332,751.52
Payments
1,082,573.33
Cash on Hand December 31, 1957
250,178.19
- $1,332,751.52
RESERVE FUND TRANSFERS
Election Officers
120.00
Interest on Temporary Loans
806.25
Selectmen's Sign Account
565.10
Interest Ridge Hill Elementary School Loan
141.67
Incidentals
81.80
Fire Department - Payroll
3,258.15
Tree Warden - Chain saw
439.25
Moderator
30.00
Town Hall Janitor - Overtime
389.00
Town Reports and Budgets
159.13
Selectmen's Expense
250.00
Water Department - Expenses
1,000.00
Town Hall Annex Expense
50.00
School Dentist Salary
160.00
Collector's Expense
121.00
7,571.35
To Overlay Surplus
428.65
$8,000.00
Transfer Overlay Surplus
$8,000.00
190
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INTEREST
Interest on Temporary Loans
792.81
Interest on Real Estate Taxes
9.11
801.92
To Revenue
4.33
806.25
Transfer Reserve Fund
806.25
PRINCIPAL - MATURING DEBT
Rockland Trust Co.
89,986.20
Appropriations :
High School Addition Loan
15,000.00
Elementary School Loan 15,000.00
Ridge Hill Elementary School Loan
25,000.00
1947 Water Loan
5,000.00
1951 Water Loan
3,000.00
1955 Water Loan
22,000.00
1956 Water Loan
4,986.20
89,986.20
PRINCIPAL - TEMPORARY LOANS
Second Bank-State Street Trust Co. 74,955.21
AGENCY, TRUST AND TRANSFERS
State Parks and Reservations
1,069.68
State Audit
59.40
County T. B. Hospital Assessment
5,500.70
County Tax
13,182.51
County Dog Taxes
1,468.20
Washington Street Cemetery Transfers
150.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund Payments
285.11
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund Transfers
845.00
Trust Fund Payments
300.00
Withholding Taxes
44,673.21
Retirement Fund
4,219.36
Blue Cross
3,039.50
School Employees Protection Plan
412.95
75,205.62
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TOWN OF NORWELL BALANCE SHEET - December 31, 1957
ASSETS
Cash
$250,178.19
Accounts Receivable:
1957 Personal Property Taxes
1,497.44
1956 Real Estate Taxes
31.20
1957 Real Estate Taxes
29,188.06
1956 Poll Taxes
2.00
1957 Poll Taxes
52.00
1957 Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
7,258.78
1957 Moth
3.00
Tax Titles
5,272.91
Tax Possessions
868.34
Departmental:
Old Age Assistance
210.97
Aid to Dependent Children
375.39
Washington St. Cemetery
94.50
Libraries
8.26
689.12
Aid to Highways:
State
13,750.00
Water Rates
4,134.02
Water Liens
39.90
Underestimates:
1957 State Parks &
Reservations
49.16
1957 County Tax
2,149.65
1957 T.B. Hosp. Assess.
584.31
2,783.12
To be raised in 1958 Levy:
1955 Overlay
54.00
1957 Overlay
2,322.82
Fire Dept. - Payroll
1,762.60
Fire Alarm System
1,011.00
Water Dept. - Expenses
1,494.75
Water Dept. - Services
499.30
7,144.47
192
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DEBT ACCOUNTS
Fixed Debt:
Inside Debt Limit
250,000.00
Outside Debt Limit 879,000.00 - 1,129,000.00
TRUST ACCOUNTS
In custody of Treasurer
34,209.61
In custody of State
200.00
34,409.61
1,236,123.97
$1,486,302.16
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Agency and Trust Reserves :
Dog Licenses due County
$3.50
C. H. Pike Fund Income 9.07
Sawyer Fund Income 8.17
Land Damage Awards-Town 137.50
Land Damage Awards-County 205.00
Tailings ( unclaimed checks) 1.93
Old Age Assistance Recoveries 4,046.26
4,411.43
Overlay Surplus
1,941.78
1956 Overlay
33.20
Unexpended Balances:
1957 Tax Title Account
217.58
1955 Tax Title Account 960.05
Assessors Maps
2,720.17
Planning Board Report
2,250.00
Planning Board Bond
400.00
F. M. Cushing Fund
3,054.52
Police Dept .- New Cruiser
121.00
Fire Dept .- New Truck
182.62
Fire and Police Building Committee Expense
850.00
Union Bridge
15,000.00
Highways:
Central Street
107.23
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Doris Ave. W. E.
233.03
Doris Ave. E. E.
353.40
Leigh Road
153.42
Drainage
1,846.00
Entrances
119.30
Leigh Road Drainage
587.50
Main & South Sts.
6,000.00
Old Meeting House Lane
28.10
Old Oaken Bucket Road
16.66
Pleasant Street
507.42
South Street
15.91
Washington Park
410.43
Ridge Hill Elem. School
2,649.14
Elementary School Addition Committee Expense
400.00
Elementary School Addition
Plans & Specifications
500.00
Elementary School Addition Firm Bid
10,000.00
Regional School Planning Committee Expense
279.05
Civil Defense
27.07
Playground Equipment
359.70
Water Department:
Test Wells
899.22
Well Fields
2,000.00
Article 14
3,949.16
Article 15
8,000.00
Article 16
25,707.05
Article 17
840.95
Article 19
88.91
Article 20
34.06
91,868.65
Special Accounts:
School Lunch
2,967.05
School Athletics
422.63
3,389.68
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Federal Grants:
School Dept. P. L. 874 944.74
Bookbinding 81.50
School Dept. Geo. Barden Fund 379.50
Old Age Assistance Aid 11,218.44
Old Age Assistance Adm. 3,590.04
Aid to Depend't Children Aid 2,570.09
Aid to Depend't Children Adm. 3,088.60
Disability Assistance Aid 1,459.57
Disability Assistance Adm. 1,133.00
24,383.98
Revenue Reserved Until Collected:
Motor Vehicle Excise
Tax Revenue
7,258.78
Special Assessment Revenue 3.00
Tax Title Revenue 6,141.25
Departmental Revenue
689.12
Aid to Highways Revenue
13,750.00
Water Revenue 4,173.92
32,016.07
Excess and Deficiency
164,847.76
DEBT ACCOUNT
Elementary School Loan
180,000.00
High School Addition Loan
210,000.00
Ridge Hill Elementary School Loan
400,000.00
1947 Water Loan
100,000.00
1951 Water Loan
9,000.00
1955 Water Loan
205,000.00
1956 Water Loan
25,000.00
1,129,000.00
195
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TRUST ACCOUNTS
Annabel Wakefield Library Fund
114.75
Annabel Wakefield Charity Fund
1,900.92
Abigail T. Otis Charity Fund
2,436.35
Abigail T. Otis Cemetery and Tomb Fund
1,703.51
Fred B. Clapp Cemetery Fund
1,000.00
Sawyer Cemetery Lot Fund
200.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
18,176.14
Washington St. Cemetery Permanent Fund
4,545.60
Coffin Cemetery & Charity Fund
2,820.84
Post War Rehabilitation Fund Income
1,511.50
34,409.61
1,486,302.16
Respectfully submitted, HARRY L. CHASE, JR. Town Accountant.
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TOWN OF NORWELL
Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Ninth Congressional District Donald W. Nicholson, Wareham
Second Councillor District Charles J. Gabriel, 179 Main Street, Hingham
Norfolk and Plymouth Senatorial Districts Newland H. Holmes, 83 Webb Street, Weymouth
Third Plymouth Representative District T. Clark Perkins, Hingham
County Commissioners Leo F. Nourse, Chairman Bridgewater
Norman G. MacDonald . Hanson
Elva M. Bent Brockton
Population, 1955 State Census, 4,127
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TOWN OF NORWELL
Elected Town Officers
Selectmen
THOMAS S. CANN, Chairman Term Expires 1959
EARLE F. ALLEN Member Clerk Term Expires 1960
THOMAS T. BARSTOW Term Expires 1961
Assessors
EARLE F. ALLEN, Chairman and
Member Clerk . Term Expires 1960
W. CLARKE ATWATER Term Expires 1961
THOMAS S. CANN Term Expires 1959
Board of Public Welfare
RALPH H. COLEMAN, Chairman Term Expires 1961
EARLE F. ALLEN
Term Expires 1960
THOMAS S. CANN
Term Expires 1959
Town Treasurer Town Collector
MARGARET CROWELL
DONALD C. WILDER
Town Clerk
Moderator
NELLIE L. SPARRELL
HERBERT A. LINCOLN
Highway Surveyor
Tree Warden
PERRY H. OSBORN
WESLEY H. OSBORNE, Jr.
School Committee
ERNEST W. HASKINS, JR., Chairman Term Expires 1961
NELLIE L. SPARRELL, Secretary Term Expires 1959
GUNVOR N. ARMSTRONG Term Expires 1960
WILLIAM G. VINAL Term Expires 1959
GEORGE H. WHITCHER, JR.,. Term Expires 1960
Lard of Health
AUGUSTINE J. THIBODEAU, Chairman Term Expires 1959
LORING L. WADSWORTH, Clerk Term Expires 1960 HARLAND W. FARRAR Term Expires 1961
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Water Commissioners
JACOB LEE TURNER, Chairman Term Expires 1959
AUGUSTINE J. THIBODEAU Term Expires 1960
EDWARD F. WALSH Term Expires 1961
Trustees of William J. Leonard Memorial Library
MILDRED M. CARR
Term Expires 1960
ALFRED H. PROUTY Term Expires 1961
WILLIAM O. PROUTY Term Expires 1959
Planning Board
RALPH H. COLEMAN, Chairman Term Expires 1959
GEORGE E. JOSEPH, Clerk Term Expires 1963
§H. PHILLIP CAUSER Term Expires 1960
JOSEPH P. PARADIS Term Expires 1962
FREDERICK C. TRUELOVE
Term Expires 1961
§ Resigned
Appointed Town Officers
Town Accountant Veterans' Benefits
HARRY L. CHASE, Jr. WILLIAM G. SPRADLIN, Agent
Town Counsel JOSEPH K. COLLINS
Board of Registrars
HARRY G. PINSON, Chairman Term Expires 1961
RUTH M. MURRAY Term Expires 1960
CHARLES G. PROUTY Term Expires 1959
NELLIE L. SPARRELL, Clerk
Welfare Agent HELEN E. NORRIS
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TOWN OF NORWELL
Chief of Police Regular Police Officer THEODORE A. BALDWIN
KENNETH J. BRADEEN
Matron and Policewoman CARMELLA MOLLA
Constables
GEORGE F. CAVANAGH HARLAND W. FARRAR
Police Officers
GEORGE F. CAVANAGH
HARLAND W. FARRAR ALBERT GUNDERWAY ELLSWORTH G. KEENE
ROBERT L. MOLLA AUSTIN S. REYNOLDS §RICHARD W. SOUTHER LOYLD S. WEST
§ Resigned
Special Police Officers
W. CLARKE ATWATER CHESTER A. BELL LLYOD B. HENDERSON
Civil Defense Director W. Clarke Atwater
Auxiliary Police Officers
ALPHONSE BALUNAS
RALPH C. BASSETT
RALPH H. COLEMAN
FREDERICK H. HALL
CHARLES T. HIGGINS PHILLIP JOSEPH STANLEY D. LAWRENCE WILLIAM F. LAVERY JOHN N. MESHEAU
JOHN D. MURPHY
ARNOLD PACK JAMES E. POWER PAUL C. RASMUSSEN THOMAS M. ROBINSON ULMER R. ROBINSON LEONARD ROWE C. PHILIP SNOW PAUL R. SORENSON, JR. HUMPHREY W. TURNER ALAN C. VIRTUE GEORGE W. OSBORNE
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ONE HUNDRED NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
Washington Street Cemetery Comm.
Wilder A. Caudette, Chairman
Term Expires 1959
George W. Bennett Term Expires 1961
William D. Jacobs
Term Expires 1960
Advisory Board
ORVILLE E. DEVINE, Chairman Term Expires 1960
PAUL C. RASMUSSEN, Secretary Term Expires 1959
PAUL F. BAILEY
Term Expires 1960
SJAMES F. BARRON, Jr. Term Expires 1959
WILLIAM C. BENNETT Term Expires 1961
JOHN H. CHIPMAN Term Expires 1961
PAUL G. JEVNE Term Expires 1959
RUTH T. RANKIN Term Expires 1961
*MARGARET E. C. REESER Term Expires 1959
JOHN H. WYLLIE
Term Expires 1960
§Resigned
* Appointed to fill unexpired term
Board of Appeals
PAUL B. MACDONALD, Chairman Term Expires 1959
FREDERICK R. HART, Jr. Term Expires 1961
EARLE M. NEWTON,
Assoviate Member and Clerk Term Expires 1960
SANBORN VINCENT Term Expires 1960
RODERICK B. YOUNG, Associate Member Term Expires 1959
Recreation Commission
JAMES T. KING, Chairman
MARY OSBORN KNAPP, Secretary
§JOSEPH S. CREEDON WILLIAM G. VINAL
JAMES W. ROBERTSON *JOHN J. WINSKE, Jr.
§Resigned
*Appointed to fill unexpired term
Elementary School Addittion Committee
GEORGE H. WITCHER, Jr. ROBERT H. KROEGER
Chairman CLINTON V. MacCOY
EDMUND V. ANDERSON, Jr. REGINALD S. SMITH
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TOWN OF NORWELL
High School Planning and Building Committee
ARTHUR H. OMAN, Chairman RICHARD D. McMULLAN ROBERT H. KROEGER, Clerk NELLIE L. SPARRELL JOHN B. ARNOLD
By-Law Committee
HERBERT A. LINCOLN SANBORN VINCENT W. BREWSTER SOUTHWORTH Drainage Committee
ROBERT S. LARSEN JOSEPH P. PARADIS AUGUSTINE J. THIBODEAU
Sealer of Weights and Measures JOHN D. DICKMAN
Board of Fire Engineers
WARREN P. MERRITT, Chief FRANCIS FALCONER
FREDERICK K. WILLIAMS, T. CURTIS POWER
Clerk LORING L. WADSWORTH JOHN J. ADAMS
Town Forest Committee
WESLEY H. OSBORNE, Jr. PAUL C. RASMUSSEN
Dog Officer ROBERT L. MOLLA
Inspector of Animals RICHARD E. CUGNASCA, D. V. M.
Moth Superintendent WESLEY H. OSBORNE, Jr.
Forest Fire Warden
WARREN P. MERRITT Fence Viewers HARRY G. PINSON J. BERNARD SCOTT
Burial Agent
WILLIAM G. SPRADLIN
Aid to Agriculture, Agent WILLIAM D. JACOBS Custodian of Town Hall
WALTER L. BROWN
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ONE HUNDRED NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
Report of the Board of Selectmen
To the Citizens of the Town of Norwell:
FINANCIAL
The thirtieth account of the Florence M. Cushing Memorial Fund for the year ending August, 1958 shows the principal amount of $47,071.15 and reported total accumulated income of $6,850.34 and payments of $4,862.60, leaving a balance of income of $1,987.74. Dur- ing this pericd the sum of $4600 was paid to the Town of Norwell from income and placed in the Florence M. Cushing Maintenance Fund. The expenditures from this fund are for unusual maintenance payments as the Selectmen approve.
The past year the Town borrowed $150,000 in anticipation of revenue to meet the Town's obligations.
Free Cash as of January 1, 1958 was $129,309.41. At the Special Town Meeting of January 27, 1958, $60,000 was appropriated from available funds, leaving a balance of $69,309.41.
Approximately $80,000 will be required from the Free Cash Ac- count and the 1959 tax levy to meet the bonded obligations on the Elementary School addition. This will complete the payment of the Elementary School addition and considerable interest money was saved by this method of financing. The Town has been complimented by the State authorities as having been the first Town to take advantage of the state reimbursement on this basis.
Selectmen Allen has attended the forums which have been de- signated as "schools" on municipal finance held at the First National Bank in Boston and directed by Mr. James Agnew, Vice President of the First National Bank and head of its Municipal Bond Department. These forums have been very informative and helpful and are to be continued into 1959.
ROADS
'The Chapter 90 program has continued for the reconstruction of Main Street from Bridge Street to Dover Street. Requests have been made for Chapter 90 funds this year to continue work on Main Street. The State Department of Public Works has said that the amounts would probably be cut.
The drainage project at the corners of Main, South and Prospect Streets has been completed.
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TOWN OF NORWELL
The Selectmen are completing the necessary steps for the accept- ance of Walnut Road, Brantwood Road and Myers Avenue at the Annual Town Meeting.
We have requested Chapter 90 funds for resurfacing Main Street from the Hanover-Norwell line to Prospect Street.
Selectmen Cann and Allen, representing the Board of Selectmen, met with the Planning Board on April 24, 1958 to discuss the General Plan for the Town of Norwell and suggested to the Planning Board that steps should be taken to find out why the proposed Southeast Expressway had been curved into the Town of Norwell instead of following a straight alignment west to the present Route 3, inasmuch as the State Department of Public Works has always been so con- cerned in keeping these express highways in the straightest possible alignment.
The Board of Selectmen have met with the Highway Surveyor on numerous occasions during the past year to discuss the various pro- blems in connection with our Town roads. It is apparent that more layouts should be established on various roads to take advantage of the Chapter 90 method of financing the construction which means that the Town assumes only twenty five per cent of the cost.
A better coordination of the Water Department's excavations and the Highway Department's requirements to maintain the roads at the lowest possible expense is a very important matter to be more formally established.
The Board of Selectmen appointed a Drainage Committee con- sisting of Robert S. Larsen, an engineer experienced in this work; Joseph P. Paradis from the Planning Board; and Augustine J. Thibo- deau of the Board of Health. It is hoped that this Drainage Committee and the Highway Department will be able to develop sufficient informat- ion regarding the drainage problems to guide the Town on this matter economically and efficiently.
The Highway Department has been working on the difficult Wash- ington Park drainage problem, and with the aid of the South Shore Mosquito Control Project assisting in the swamp areas the solution to this problem looks more promising.
TOWN HALL
The four porticoes to the Town Hall have been reshingled this this year and paid for from the Cushing Memorial Fund.
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ONE HUNDRED NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
The requirement for additional space for office use in the Town Hall has been temporarily met by renovations in the first floor foyer area providing additional space for the Town Clerk and the Assessors' and Selectmen's clerks.
'The Selectmen have continued to authorize the use of the Town Hall Auditorium by the various youth groups with no charge for the facilities.
The Town appropriated $1,000 to provide parking facilities in the rear of the Town Hall. Bids were taken, and the figures that were received were so substantially above the funds available that it was decided it would be impossible to carry the project out in its entirety, and the Board is considering providing a much smaller area than origin- ally planned for parking.
TOWN HALL ANNEX
In accordance with the vote of the Town providing funds, the Selectmen took bids on new toilet and sanitary facilities which had been made necessary due to State legal requirements. This work was awarded to George Beach and is now underway.
COMMITTEES
Th Board of Selectmen regret to report that during the year Mr. Joseph S. Creedon resigned form the Recreation Commission and James Frank Barron, Jr. from the Advisory Board. Appointments to fill the above vacancies were made by appointing Margaret E. C. Reeser to the Ad- visory Board and John J. Winske, Jr. to the Recreation Commission.
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