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79.93
Bookbinding
3.85
Express
8.98
39,131.03
201
TOWN OF NORWELL
Signs Advertising Inspection fees
25.80
52.87
33.00
To Revenue
2,911.89
45,421.00
Appropriation
45,421.00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - OUT-OF-STATE- TRAVEL
Clifton E. Bradley Appropriation
40.00 40.00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - CAPITAL OUTLAY
Equipment
1,173.83
To Revenue
12.17
1,186.00
Appropriation
1,186.00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - PUBLIC LAW 874
Equipment
2,473.05
Tuitions
273.28
Fuel
698.35
3,444.68
Balance December 31, 1958
8,444.74
11,889.42
Receipts
10,944.68
Balance January 1, 1958
944.74
11,889.42
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - GEORGE-BARDEN ACCOUNT
Teachers' Salaries
540.00
Balance December 31, 1958
269.50
Receipts
430.00
Balance January 1, 1958
379.50
809.50
809.50
42,509.11
202
ONE HUNDRED NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND TRANSPORTATION
Tuitions
2,216.17
Transportation
1,216.27
3,432.44
To Revenue
267.56
3,700.00
Appropriation
3,700.00
SCCHOOL DEPARTMENT - ADULT PRACTICAL ART CLASSES
Teachers' Salaries
270.00
Janitors' Salaries
333.75
To Revenue
386.25
990.00
Appropriation
990.00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - SCHOOL LUNCH
Salaries and wages
11,735.30
Provisions
27,158.69
Equipment
106.65
Supplies
33.02
Express
91.80
Traveling Expenses
25.50
Petty Cash Advances
50.00
39,200.96
Balance December 31, 1958
1,632.53
Balance January 1, 1958
2,967.05
Receipts
37,816.44
Petty Cash Advances
50.00
40,833.49
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - SHOOL ATHLETICS
Officials
600.00
Association dues
5.00
40,833.49
603.75
203
TOWN OF NORWELL
Books
7.75
Equipment
6.00
Balance December 31, 1958
297.08
915.83
Receipts
493.20
Balance January 1, 1958
422.63
915.83
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (G. F. COLE)
J. W. Beals Sons - Architect fees
2,000.00
Equipment
589.05
2,589.05
Balance December 31, 1958
·60.09
2,649.14
Balance January 1, 1959
2,649.14
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ADDITION COMMITTEE EXPENSE
Advertising
53.20
Balance December 31, 1958
346.80
Balance January 1, 1958
400.00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ADDITION - PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS
H. C. Knight Associates
500.00
Appropriation 500.00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ADDITION DRAWING AND FIRM BID
H. C. Knight Associates
10,000.00
Balance January 1, 1958
10,000.00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ADDITION
Edward Goverman - construction
119,013.77 463.20
Advertising
10.00
Painting
110.00
Flowers
10.75
400.00
Insurance
618.75
204
ONE HUNDRED NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
Equipment: Boston Janitors' Supply
297.70
Gledhill Bros.
3,659.19
G. H. Towne Co. 1,101.00
Plymouth Marine Railway
20.88
H. S. Walkins Co.
528.00
S. M. LeVin Co.
270.50
J. L. Hammett Co.
121.65
Field Enterprise Ed. Corp.
116.44
Gills Electric
29.95
125,753.03
Balance December 31, 1958
24,246.97
150,000.00
150,000.00
Appropriation
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REMODELING
H. C. Knight Associates - architect fees
510.98
Edward Goverman - remodeling
14,489.02
15,000.00
Appropriation
15,000.00
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT - HIGH SCHOOL PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE EXPENSE
Schuyler Clapp Co. - surveying and plans
2,000.00
Carr - Bee Test Boring and Construction Co.
348.00
2,348.00
Balance December 31, 1958
8,652.00
11,000.00
Appropriation
11,000.00
W. J. LEONARD MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Librarians
351.68
Books
358.51
Periodicals
4.80
Stationery, printing and postage
17.48
To Revenue
17.53
Appropriation
732.47
750.00 750.00
test boring
205
TOWN OF NORWELL
JAMES LIBRARY
James Library Appropriation
1,200.00
1,200.00
AID TO AGRICULTURE
100.00
100.00
CIVIL DEFENSE
Insurance
113.76
Traveling Expenses: Helen E. Norris
48.11
W. C. Atwater
15.00
Food
9.69
Garage
25.00
Telephone
162.25
Equipment and repairs
529.34
Ammunition
41.12
Gas, oil and repairs
104.25
Lumber
11.88
Balance December 31, 1958
216.67
Appropriation
1,250.00
Balance January 1, 1958
27.07
1,277.07
MEMORIAL DAY
Provisions
104.45
Printing
28.00
Wreaths
26.70
Ammunition
31.50
Flowers
69.60
Flags
49.50
Band
25.00
Grave Markers
16.35
Transportation
10.00
361.10
To Revenue
23.92
385.02
Appropriation
375.00
Refund
10.02
385.02
1,060.40
1,277.07
County of Plymouth Appropriation
206
ONE HUNDRED NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT - PROUTY AVENUE
Equipment
235.00
Grading and sand
40.00
275.00
Balance December 31, 1958
84.70
359.70
Balance January 1, 1958
359.70
PLYMOUTH COUNTY RETIREMENT FUND
Plymouth County Retirement Association
4,602.80
Lester West
100.00
4,702.80
Appropriation
4,702.80
RECREATION COMMISSION EXPENSES
Stationery, supplies
39.80
Equipment
56.50
96.30
To Revenue
3.70
100.00
Appropriation
100.00
TOWN REPORTS AND BUDGET
Printing
1,915.70
Postage
113.05
2,028.75
To Revenue
471.25
2,500.00
Appropriation
2,500.00
WORKMAN'S COMPENSATION INSURANCE
Andrew G. Gordon
1,668.71
To Revenue
831.29
2,500.00
Appropriation
2,500.00
207
TOWN OF NORWELL
WATER COMMISSIONERS' SALARIES
Jacob. L. Turner
25.00
Augustine J. Thibodeau
25.00
Edward F. Walsh
25.00
75.00
Appropriation
75.00
WATER DEPARTMENT - CLERK SALARY
Jean L. Cleary
90.00
Emily J. Paradise
371.64
Vivian J. Walsh
136.50
To Revenue
25.86
624.00
Appropriation
624.00
WATER DEPARTMENT - EXPENSES
J. L. Turner , supervision
150.00
J. L. Turner, expenses
241.00
A. J. Thibodeau, supervision
898.00
A. J. Thibodeau, equipment rental
189.00
A. J. Thibodeau, expenses
17.10
E. F. Walsh, supervision
315.00
E. F. Walsh, expenses
43.00
Clerk hire
108.25
Payroll - labor
· 2,509.25
Contractors: George Legg
42.00
J. F. Pilalas
45.50
Edmund Carriere
317.00
J. H. Gould
12.00
H. DeTullio & Sons
250.00
J. K. Mesheau
5.00
R. S. Allen
591.28
Telephone
95.92
Light and Power
2,203.53
Mileage
78.03
Equipment and repairs
413.10
Town of Hanover Water
1,200.00
Snow Plowing
4.00
Fuel
297.80
598.14
208
ONE HUNDRED NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
Maps and plans
199.76
Pipe and fittings
985.47
Meters
632.88
Advertising
27.25
Sand and gravel
18.00
Hydrant parts
308.45
Pump parts
219.32
Typewriter rental
12.00
Printing, stationery and postage
102.50
Electrical supplies
51.11
Gas and oil
10.62
Insurance
157.74
Engineering services
50.50
Association dues
15.00
Building materials
507.19
Heater
210.00
Express
10.10
Asphalt
14.95
13,559.00
To Revenue
1,362.93
14,921.93
Appropriation
14,921.93
WATER DEPARTMENT - SERVICES
Augustine J. Thibodeau, supervision
344.00
Augustine J. Thibodeau, equipment rental
90.00
Edward F. Walsh, supervision
50.00
Contractors: Lester Robinson
19.00
R. S. Allen
893.13
Town of Hanover
10.00
G. E. Legg
35.50
Gino Rugani
20.00
J. F. Pilalas
56.00
Edmund Carriere
435.93
Payrolls - labor
294.00
Mileage
19.53
Gas and oil
2.00
209
TOWN OF NORWELL
Concrete and asphalt
103.47
Pipe and fittings
752.50
To Revenue
3,024.94
6,150.00 6,150.00
WATER DEPARTMENT - TEST WELL DEVELOPMENT
Payrolls - labor
33.00
Mileage
5.67
Layno N. Y. Co. Inc.
800.00
Equipment
2.80
Balance December 31, 1958
57.75
899.22
Balance January 1, 1958
899.22
WATER DEPARTMENT - RIVER STREET MAINS
Jacob L. Turner, supervision
100.00
Edward F. Walsh, supervision
62.00
H. DeTullio & Sons, Inc., contractor
7,782.38
Surveying
79.85
Pipe and fittings
21,077.40
Payrolls - labor
677.50
Hydrants
918.75
Asphalt
21.85
30,719.73
Balance December 31, 1958
2,280.27
Appropriation
33,000.00 33,000.00
WATER DEPARTMENT - LAND AND RIGHTS
Jennie Capillo
5,637.25
Balance December 31, 1958
2,362.75
8,000.00
Balance January 1, 1958
8,000.00
841.47
Appropriation
3,125.06
210
ONE HUNDRED NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
VETERANS GRAVES
First Parish Cemetery Assoc.
175.00
Church Hill Cemetery Corp.
63.00
Pinehurst Cemetery
52.50
George W. Bennett
108.50
399.00
To Revenue
1.00
400.00
Appropriation
400.00
WASHINGTON STREET CEMETERY - EXPENSE
George W. Bennett - labor
794.50
Equipment rental
38.00
Lumber
9.60
Fertilizers
18.00
Gasoline, oil and repairs
36.49
To Revenue
1.41
899.00
Appropriation
800.00
Transfer from Reserve Fund
99.00
899.00
INTEREST - ANTICIPATION OF REVENUE LOANS
Merchant National Bank
180.45
Rockland Trust Co.
353.89
534.34
To Revenue
465.66
1,000.00
Appropriation
1,000.00
INTEREST - MATURING DEBT
Rockland Trust Co.
25,858.75
Appropriations :
High School Addition
5,062.50
Elementary School
4,050.00
G. F. Cole School
9,300.00
1947 Water Loan
2,193.75
897.59
211
TOWN OF NORWELL
1951 Water Loan
157.50
1955 Water Loan
1956 Water Loan
4,510.00 585.00
25,858.75
PRINCIPAL - TEMPORARY LOANS IN ANTICIPATION OF REVENUE
Merchants National Bank
50,000.00
Second Bank-State Street Trust Co.
100,000.00
150,000.00
Loans
150,000.00
PRINCIPAL - MATURING DEBT
Rockland Trust Co.
89,000.00
Appropriations :
High School Addition
15,000.00
Elementary School
15,000.00
G. F. Cole School
25,000.00
1947 Water Loan
5,000.00
1951 Water Loan
3,000.00
1955 Water Loan
21,000.00
1956 Water Loan
5,000.00
89,000.00
AGENCY, TRUST AND TRANSFERS
County T. B. Hospital Assessment
6,287.02
County Tax
12,659.69
County Dog Tax
1,490.25
State Parks and Reservations
1,764.93
State Audit
1,127.32
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund Expenditures
753.67
Cemetery Perpetual Care Transfers
700.00
Washington Street Cemetery Transfers
100.00
Withholding Taxes
49,616.06
Retirement Fund
4,392.50
Blue Cross
3,221.55
School Employees Protection Plan
385.20
Land Damage Awards
75.00
82,573.19
212
ONE HUNDRED NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
REFUNDS
Taxes
4,279.80
Motor Vehicles Excise Taxes
3,466.90
Water Rates
5.56
Water Connections
50.00
7,802.26
Total Payments
1,238,261.07
RECAPITULATION
Cash on hand January 1, 1958
250,178.19
Receipts
1,261,261.83
1,511,440.02
Payments
1,238,261.07
Cash on hand December 31, 1958
273,178.95
1,511,440.02
TRANSFERS FROM RESERVE FUND
Accountant's Expenses
156.00
Town Hall and Annex Custodian's Overtime
320.00
Police Cruiser Expense
125.00
Dog Officer
48.00
Highways - Sand Spreader
1,994.30
Washington Street Cemetery Expense
99.00
To Revenue
2,742.30
7,257.70
Appropriation
10,000.00 10,000.00
213
TOWN OF NORWELL
TOWN OF NORWELL BALANCE SHEET As of December 31, 1958
ASSETS
273.178.95
Accounts Receivable :
1957 Personal Property Taxes
259.84
1958 Personal Property Taxes
975.24
1957 Real Estate Taxes
96.38
1958 Real Estate Taxes
28,628.90
1957 Poll Taxes
8.00
1958 Poll Taxes
66.00
1957 Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
697.10
1958 Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes
4,961.50
Tax Titles
4,465.52
Tax Possessions
904.24
Departmental :
Public Welfare
45.05
Old Age Assistance
72.62
Aid to Dependent Children
420.53
Wash. St. Cemetery
196.00
734.20
Water Rates
3,555.90
Water Liens
221.10
Underestimates :
1958 T. B. Hospital Assessment
674.83
To be raised in the 1959 Levy:
1956 Overlay
18.35
1957 Overlay
312.00
330.35
Fixed Debt:
Debt Accounts
Inside Debt Limit
235,000.00
Outside Debt Limit
890.000.00
1,125,000.00
Trust Accounts
In Custody of Treasurer
35,376.89
In Custody of State
200.00
35,576.89
1,207,155.99
1,480.334.94
Cash
214
ONE HUNDRED NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
LIABILITIES AND RESERVES
Agency and Trust Reserves :
C. H. Pike Fund Income 1.97
Sawyer Fund Income 13.17
Land Damage Awards - Town
100.00
Land Damage Awards - County
167.50
Tailings (unclaimed checks)
1.93
Old Age Assistance Recoveries
2,546.26
2,830.83
Overestimates :
1958 State Parks & Reservations
20.03
1958 County Tax
1,190.07
1,210.10
Overlay Surplus
1,941.78
1958 Overlay
2,016.66
Unexpended Balances :
1955 Treasurer's Tax Title Acct. 955.05
Assessor's Maps 2,611.37
F. M. Cushing Fund 4,448.06
Town Hall Annex Renovations 1,800.00
Town Hall and Annex Parking Area 1,000.00 Fire & Police Bldg. Comm. Expense 850.00
Permanent Drainage Comm. Expense 500.00
Highways:
Union Bridge
15,000.00
Central Street
8.08
Central Street
107.23
Pleasant Street 1.95
Doris Ave. W. E. & Duncan
1,874.48
Doris Ave. E. S. & Leigh
251.31
Doris Ave. W. E.
21.03
Doris Ave. E. E.
163.90
Leigh Road Drainage
373.50
Drainage Norwell Ave. & Main
.25
Leigh Road Drainage 373.50
Entrance Franklin & Gerard
119.30
Main at South & Prospect
.71
Old Meeting House Lane
750.00
215
TOWN OF NORWELL
Old Meeting House Lane
28.10
Drainage Pine Street
13.34
Drainage Washington Park 2,938.10
Washington Park
410.43
Civil Defense
216.67
Playground Equipment Prouty Ave. 84.70
Water Department
Test Well Development
57.75
Wells and Well Fields
2,000.00
River Street Mains
2,280.27
Land and Rights
2,362.75
Ridge Hill Elementary School 60.09
Elementary School Addition
Comm. Expense 346.80
Elementary School Addition
24,246.97
High School Plan. & Bldg. Commn. Expense
8,652.00
Regional H. S. Plan. Comm: Exp: 279.05
74,914.66
Special Accounts :
School Lunch
1,632.53
School Athletics
297.08
1,929.61
Federal Grants:
Old Age Assistance - Aid
14,899.05
Old Age Assistance - Adm.
2,621.16
Aid to Dependent Children- Aid 3,794.89
Aid to Dependent Children- Adm. 3,855.06
Disability Assistance - Aid
1,675.27
Disability Assistance-Adm.
1,090.32
Public Law 874 8,444.74
George-Bardon Account
269.50
36,649.99
216
ONE HUNDRED NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
Revenue Reserved Until Collected :
Motor Vehicles Tax Revenue
5,658.60
Tax Title Revenue
5,369.76
Departmental Revenue
3,777.00
Water Revenue
3,777.00
15,539.56
Tax Title Premiums
31.10
Excess and Deficiency
182,693.76
Debt Account
Elementary School Loan
165,000.00
Elementary School Addition
85,000.00
High School Addition
195,000.00
Ridge Hill Elem. School Loan
375,000.00
1947 Water Loan
95,000.00
1951 Water Loan
6,000.00
1955 Water Loan
184,000.00
1956 Water Loan
20,000.00
1,125,000.00
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Trust Accounts
Annabel Wakefield Library Fund
118.49
Abigail T. Otis Charity Fund
2,516.16
Annabel Wakefield Charity Fund
1,963.18
Fred B. Clapp Cemetery Fund
1,000.00
Sawyer Cemetery Lot Fund 200.00
Cemetery Perpetual Care Funds
18,750.96
Wash. St. Cemetery-Permanent Fund
4,794.52
Coffin Cemetery & Charity Fund
2,913.24
Abigail T. Otis Cemetery & Tomb Fund 1,759.31
Post War Rehabilitation Fund Income
1,561.03
35,576.89
1,480,334.49
Respectfully submitted,
HARRY L. CHASE, JR.
Town Accountant
INDEX
Assessors' Report 130
Board of Health 99
Civil Defense 102
Dog Officer 116
Fire Department 108~
Grace Farrar Cole School Report
155
Highway Surveyor
141
Inspector of Animals
116
James Library Committee
107
Planning Board
137
Police Department
105
Public Welfare
139
Recreation Commision
117
School Committee
163
Calendar
145
Elementary School Addition Building Committee
168
Enrollment
159
High School Principal's Report
150
Lunch Program
167
School Dept.
143
School Nurse Report
158
School Physician's Report
149
Superintendent's Report
146
Teaching Staff Statistics
160
Sealer of Weights and Measures
109
Selectmen's Report
10
South Shore Mosquito Control Project
119
Town Accountant's Report
171
Balance Sheet 213
Town Clerk's Report :
Annual Town Election 50
Annual Town Meeting Minutes 31
24
Annual Town Meeting Warrant
Adjourned Town Meetng Minutes 40
Article 23, Report
Births
Appointments Recorded 95 Appropriations, List of 43 169 Brought Into Town For Burial 70 84 Deaths 78 Dog Licenses 93 Enrolled Militia 93 Fish and Game Licenses 94 Jurors Drawn 92 86 Jurors, List of Licenses Issued 98 67 Marriages 53 Pension For Recount 93 Registration of Voters Special Town Meeting Jan. 13, 1959 Minutes 17 Special Town Meeting Jan. 13, 1958 Warrant 14 Special Town Meeting, Jan. 27, 1958 Minutes 22 Special Town Meeting, Jan. 27, 1958 Warrant. 20 State Primaries 56 State Primary 58 State Elections 64 61 134
Warrant For State Election
Town Collector's Report
Town Officers Appointed Elected
6 5
Town Treasurer's Report 124
Tree Warden and Moth Superintendent 114
Visiting Nurse Association 110
Washington Street Cemetery 115
Water Commissioners 121
William J. Leonard Memorial Library 106
Zoning Board of Appeals 101
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In Memoriam
Herbert Austin Lincoln Selectman, Board of Public Welfare, Assessor 1931 - 1940
Moderator
1947 - 1950 1953 - 1954 1958 - 1959
Born January 27, 1898 Died August 24, 1959
In Memoriam Harry G. Pinson Board of Registrars 1922 - 1959 Fence Viewer 1944 - 1959
Born September 2, 1878 Died June 17, 1959
Frederick H. Hall
Chief Fire Department 1941 - 1943 Deputy Chief Fire Department 1938 - 1939
Member of Fire Department Combination #2 1925 - 1943
Constable 1933 - 1943
Special Police Officer 1952 - 1958
Born May 17, 1899 Died November 20, 1958
Frederick J. Rosebach
Secretary of Combination #2 1951 - 1954 1957 - 1958
Member of Fire Department Combination #2 1947 - 1959 Born June 26, 1921 Died April 18, 1959
TOWN OF NORWELL Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Ninth Congressional District Hastings Keith, West Bridgewater
Second Councillor District John S. Bottomley, Wellesley
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 Elva M. Bent
Hanson Brockton
Population, 1955 State Census, 4,127
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ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS
Elected Town Officers
Selectmen
G. HERBERT REPASS, Chairman
Term Expires 1962
*THOMAS T. BARSTOW, Chairman Term Expires 1961
EARLE F. ALLEN, Member Clerk Term Expires 1960
*CHARLES H. WHITING Term Expires 1961
Assessors
W. CLARKE ATWATER, Chairman
Term Expires 1961
EARLE F. ALLEN, Member Clerk
Term Expires 1960 Term Expires 1962
PAUL B. MacDONALD
Board of Public Welfare
RALPH H. COLEMAN, Chairman
Term Expires 1961
EARLE F. ALLEN
Term Expires 1960
MINNA R. SENGER
Term Expires 1962
Town Treasurer
Town Collector
MARGARET CROWELL
DONALD C. WILDER
Town Clerk
Moderator
NELLIE L. SPARRELL
** HERBERT A. LINCOLN *JOSEPH M. SILVIA
Highway Surveyor
PERRY H. OSBORN
Tree Warden WESLEY H. OSBORNE, JR.
School Committee
ERNEST W. HASKINS, JR., Chairman Term Expires 1961
NELLIE L. SPARRELL, Secretary
Term Expires 1962
GUNVOR N. ARMSTRONG Term Expires 1960
WILLIAM G. VINAL
Term Expires 1962
GEORGE H. WHITCHER, JR.
Term Expires 1960
Board of Health
LORING L. WADSWORTH, Chairman
Term Expires 1960
KATHERINE R. FULLER, Clerk
Term Expires 1962 Term Expires 1961
HARLAND W. FARRAR
+Resigned ** Deceased
*Elected to fill unexpired term
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ELECTED AND APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS
Water Commissioners
JACOB LEE TURNER, Chairman
Term Expires 1962
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
LORRAINE D. DUTY
Term Expires 1962
ALFRED H. PROUTY
Term Expires 1961
Planning Board
RALPH H. COLEMAN, Chairman
Term Expires 1964
*GILMAN O. WALES, Clerk
Term Expires 1960
GEORGE E. JOSEPH
Term Expires 1963
JOSEPH P. PARADIS
Term Expires 1962
FREDERICK C. TRUELOVE
Term Expires 1961
*Elected to fill unexpired term
Appointed Town Officers
Town Accountant HARRY L. CHASE, JR.
Veterans' Benefits
*WILLIAM G. SPRADLIN, Agent ĮMATHIAS W. BENNER, Agent
Town Counsel JOSEPH K. COLLINS
Board of Registrars
CHARLES G. PROUTY, Chairman Term Expires 1962
** HARRY G. PINSON, Chairman Term Expires 1961
RUTH M. MURRAY Term Expires 1960
ROSALIND F. WHITTEMORE
Term Expires 1961
Welfare Agent HELEN E. NORRIS
Chief of Police KENNETH J. BRADEEN
** Deceased Resigned #Appointed to fill unexpired term
Regular Police Officer THEODORE A. BALDWIN
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TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
Matron CARMELLA MOLLA
Constables
GEORGE F. CAVANAGH HARLAND W. FARRAR
Police Officers
GEORGE F. CAVANAGH
ROBERT L. MOLLA
HARLAND W. FARRAR AUSTIN S. REYNOLDS
ELLSWORTH G. KEENE
LLOYD S. WEST
Special Police Officers
W. CLARKE ATWATER
LLOYD B. HENDERSON
CHESTER A. BELL JOHN N. MESHEAU
ALBERT GUNDERWAY
GEORGE W. OSBORNE
Special Police Officer (June 1, 1959 - October 31, 1959) ROBERT WARD
Civil Defense Director W. CLARKE ATWATER
Auxiliary Police Officers
ALPHONSE BALUNAS JOHN D. MURPHY
RALPH C. BASSETT
GEORGE W. OSBORNE
ARTHUR M. CAPACCIOLI
ARNOLD PACK
RALPH H. COLEMAN
JAMES E. POWER
H. JAMES GORMAN, JR.
PAUL C. RASMUSSEN
CHARLES T. HIGGINS
DONALD G. ROBBINS
PHILIP JOSEPH
THOMAS M. ROBINSON
GORDON A. LAMBERT
ULMER R. ROBINSON
WILLIAM F. LAVERY
LEONARD ROWE
STANLEY D. LAWRENCE
C. PHILLIP SNOW
JOHN MASSON
JOHN N. MESHEAU
PAUL R. SORENSON, JR. HUMPHREY W. TURNER
ALAN C. VIRTUE
Washington Street Cemetery Committee
WILDER A. GAUDETTE
GEORGE W. BENNETT
WILLIAM D. JACOBS
Term Expires 1962 Term Expires 1961 Term Expires 1960
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TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
Advisory Board
ORVILLE E. DEVINE, Chairman
Term Expires 1960
*WILLIAM C. BENNETT, Chairman
Term Expires 1961
MARGARET E. C. REESER, Secretary
Term Expires 1962
PAUL F. BAILEY
Term Expires 1960
JOHN H. CHIPMAN
PAUL G. JEVNE
Term Expires 1961 Term Expires 1962
ĮERNEST J. MILANI
Term Expires 1961
RUTH T. RANKIN
Term Expires 1961
PAUL C. RASMUSSEN
Term Expires 1962
JOHN H. WYLLIE
Term Expires 1960
ĮPHILIP T. YOUNG
Term Expires 1961
Board of Appeals
SANBORN VINCENT, Chairman
Term Expires 1960
fRODERICK B. YOUNG, Chairman Term Expires 1962
EARLE M. NEWTON, Secretary Term Expires 1960
FREDERICK J. HART, JR. Term Expires 1961 STANLEY H. RICHARDS, Associate Member Term Expires 1962 *HENRY J. WALTER, Associate Member . . Term Expires 1962
Recreation Commission
JAMES T. KING, Chairman *WILLIAM G. VINAL
MARY OSBORN KNAPP, JAMES W. ROBERTSON Secretary JOHN J. WINSKE, JR.
ALLAN H. HAKANSON
High School Planning and Building Committee ARTHUR H. OMAN, Chairman JOHN B. ARNOLD ROBERT H. KROEGER, Clerk RICHARD D. McMULLAN NELLIE L. SPARRELL
General School Building Committee
CHESTER A. RIMMER, ROBERT M. GOODE
Chairman BRUNO ILMONEN
EDMUND V. ANDERSON
EMANUEL A. JOSEPH
DUNCAN M. BANKS
CLINTON V. MacCOY
HAROLD E. CRANTON
ARTHUR A. RAYMOND
JOHN O'L. EDMONDS
DAVID L. TURNER
¡Resigned
#Appointed to fill unexpired term
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TOWN OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
By-Law Committee
W. BREWSTER SOUTHWORTH
HORACE ROSS Chairman SANBORN VINCENT
DAVID L. TURNER, Clerk
DONALD C. WHITTEMORE
Permanent Drainage Committee
RICHARD E. SPLAINE, Chairman STERLING MYRICK
WILLIAM RITCHIE, Clerk PERRY OSBORN ROBERT S. LARSEN
Development and Industrial Commission
HENRY ABRAHAMS, Chairman CHARLES H. CROMBIE
JOHN E. ANDREWS, Clerk HERBERT J. LYALL D. FRANK MEDEROS Sealer of Weights and Measures JOHN D. DICKMAN Board of Fire Engineers
WARREN P. MERRITT, Chief T. CURTIS POWER
FREDERICK K. WILLIAMS, Clerk LORING L. WADSWORTH
FRANCIS FALCONER JOHN J. WINSKE
Town Forest Committee
WESLEY H. OSBORNE, JR. ¡PAUL C. RASMUSSEN
Dog Officer ROBERT L. MOLLA
Forest Fire Warden
WARREN P. MERRITT
Inspector of Animals
Aid to Agriculture
R. E. CUGNASCA, D.V.M.
WILLIAM D. JACOBS, Agent
Moth Superintendent WESLEY H. OSBORNE, JR.
Fence Viewers ** HARRY G. PINSON J. BERNARD SCOTT
Burial Agent +WILLIAM G. SPRADLIN ¿MATHIAS W. BENNER
Custodian of Town Hall WALTER L. BROWN
Regional Vocational School District Planning Committee *: * GUNVOR N. ARMSTRONG JOHN O'L. EDMONDS
*FLETCHER BOIG *PAUL C. RASMUSSEN
*Resigned ¿Appointed to fill unexpired term
*** Committee appointed by Moderator
** Deceased
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT
Report of the Board of Selectmen
To the Citizens of the Town of Norwell:
Financial
The thirty first accounting of the Florence M. Cushing Memo- rial Fund for the year ending August, 1959 was reported by the trustees under date of September 21, 1959. The report showed the principal amount of $47,071.15. The income reported for the year was in the amount of $4,715.29. The trustees remitted to the Town the amount of $2,540.00 which can be used by the Select- men for unusual maintenance expenses. The total amount avail- able for the Selectmen to administer as of the first of January, 1960 is $4,275.20. The Selectmen from this fund during the year 1959 authorized the purchase of two water coolers which had been requested by the Town employees and by the general pub- lic for some years past, also some of the renovations which were necessary due to the expansion of the Assessors' office and the Communications Center have been paid for out of this fund and some necessary modifications in the heating system which have been authorized but not completed will be paid from this fund early in 1960.
The past year the Town has borrowed $275,000 in anticipa- tion of revenue to meet the Town's obligations.
The free cash account during the past year has been very heavily encumbered due to the transfers that have been made from it by vote of the Town for various purposes, particularly for school purposes.
On December 11, 1959 the Town received payment from the State as authorized by the School Building Assistance Commis- sion in the amount of $79,786.06, which amount of money repre- sented the State's share of the cost of the Center Elementary School addition which the Town financed on a two-year basis thereby eliminating the heavy interest costs over a bond issue of repayment.
It is the opinion of the Board of Selectmen that the Town should vote to establish a stabilization fund or sinking fund instead of depending on the free cash of the Town to provide funds for capital expenditures in order to reduce the amount of money which must be borrowed and upon which interest must be paid. Prudent administration of finance for the Town cer- tainly indicates that the Town should be obligating itself each
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