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Article 4. On motion of Carl W. Goodridge, it was voted to take this article from the table.
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Article 4. On motion of Carl W. Goodridge, it was voted by a vote of "Yes" 152 and "No" 37 that the sum of of twenty-four thous- and ($24,000.00) dollars be raised and appropriated for W. P. A. ex- penses, including administrative, truck hire, equipment and materials and to meet said appropriation the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow twenty-four thous- and ($24,000.00) dollars under authority of and in accordance with Chapter 72 of the Acts of 1939, and to issue bonds or notes therefor, said bonds or notes to bear on their face the words "Town of Reading, Municipal Relief Loan, Act of 1939" and to be payable in accordance with Chapter 44 of the General Laws and said Chapter 72 of the Acts of 1939, so that the whole loan should be paid in not more than ten years from the date of issue of the first bond or note, or at such earlier time as the Emergency Finance Board may determine.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Special Drainage Committee to petition the General Court for special legisla- tion providing for the drainage of the low area situated in the Town adjacent to Lake Quannapowitt and to ratify and confirm any action of the Special Committee or the members thereof, relating to the filing of such petition with the General Court or what it will do in relation thereto.
Special Drainage Committee.
Article 7. On motion of Wendell P. Davis, it was unanimously voted that the Special Drainage Committee be and hereby is authorized and empowered in behalf of the Town to petition the General Court for special legislation providing for the drainage of the low area situa- ted in the Town adjacent to Lake Quannapowitt, and that any previous action of the Committee or the members thereof in connection with the filing of such petition be and the same hereby is ratified and con- firmed.
Article 5. On motion of Carl W. Goodridge, it was voted that the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized and empowered to sell upon such terms and conditions as they may determine, de- molish or otherwise dispose of the town farm building located on the Easterly side of Pearl Street and to dispose of the furnishings and per- sonal property located therein by removing the same to some other building owned by the Town.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available assets, the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) to publish a street list for the year 1939, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Registrars ..
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Article 8. On motion of Ralph S. Keneeley as amended by John L. Devaney, it was voted, 84 "Yes" and 58 "No" that there be raised and appropriated the sum of $250.00 to pay for publishing a Street List for the year 1939, said sum to be expended under the direction of the Board of Registrars.
On motion of Carl W. Goodridge it was voted to adjourn sine die. Attest : MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Security Hall, Woburn Street, June 20, 1939
Pursuant to the warrant and the Constable's Return thereon, a town meeting was held at the time and place appointed and was called to order by the Moderator, Charles P. Howard. The warrant was partially read by Town Clerk, Millard F. Charles, when on motion of Newell H. Morton, it was voted to dispense with further reading ex- cept the Constable's Return which was duly read by the Town Clerk.
Article 1. To hear and act on the reports of Town Officers and special committees and to choose all necessary committees and deter- mine what instructions, if any, shall be given Town Officers and special committees.
Article 1. On motion of Newell H .Morton, it was voted to lay this article on the table.
Article 2. To see what sum the Town will appropriate from avail- able funds for the dedication of the World War Memorial or what it will do in relation thereto.
World War Memorial Committee.
Article 2. On motion of Newell H. Morton, it was voted that the sum of one hundred eighty-nine and 57/100 ($189.57) dollars be appro- priated from the unexpended balance of the appropriation for the World War Memorial and transferred to the appropriation for the dedication exercises of the World War Memorial voted at the annual meeting held on March 13, 1939, and that the Town Accountant be and he hereby is authorized to make the necessary transfer to carry out the purpose of this vote.
Article 3. To see what sum the Town will raise by borrowing or otherwise and appropriate for the acquisition by purchase, eminent domain, lease or otherwise of land and buildings suitable for the offices and showrooms of the Electric Light Department and the construction and equipment of the necessary buildings or the remodeling, repair or improvement of such buildings or structures, and to see if the Town will vote to let or lease any portion of the premises so acquired, and what action will be taken relative to the control, operation and manage- ment of such premises, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Municipal Light Board.
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Article 3. On motion of Herbert G. Evans, it was voted that the sum of thirty-six thousand dollars be and the same is hereby raised and appropriated for extending and enlarging the Municipal Light Plant by the acquisition and improvement of suitable quarters for the offices and showrooms of the Electric Light Department, and the Municipal Light Board be and they hereby are authorized, empowered and directed to purchase or take by right of eminent domain, upon such terms, conditions and awards as they may determine, a parcel of land with the buildings thereon located in said Reading on the South- erly side of Haven Street, the Easterly side of High Street and the Northerly side of Green Street, containing approximately 25,573 square feet of land and being the premises known as the Black's Block prop- erty and numbered 1 to 43 Haven St., 33 High Street and 8 Green Street, and to demolish the whole or any part of the buildings now located on said land, and to erect thereon, a building suitable for such quarters and to equip the same, and to remodel, repair or otherwise improve any of the remaining buildings or structures remaining there- on, and the Municipal Light Board be and they hereby are further authorized and empowered to let or lease upon such terms and condi- tions as they may determine any portion of the said premises, and to control and operate and manage the land, buildings and structures so acquired; and the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Board of Selectmen be and is hereby authorized to borrow for the above pur- pose the sum of thirty-six thousand ($36,000.00) dollars and to issue therefor bonds or notes of the Town in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 44 of the General Laws and Acts amendatory thereof, and in addition thereto, so that the whole of the said loan shall be paid in not more than twenty years or at such earlier time as the Treasurer and the Board of Selectmen may determine, and said bonds or notes shall be signed by the Treasurer and countersigned by the Selectmen.
Two hundred seventy-nine voted "Yes" and one hundred thirty- one voted "No" so it was carried by five votes making the two-thirds majority needed.
Article 3. On motion of Newell H. Morton, it was voted to lay Article 3 on the table.
Article 4. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the Snow and Ice Account, or what it will do in relation thereto. Board of Public Works.
Article 4. On motion of Wendell P. Davis, it was voted that the sum of four thousand ($4,000.00) dollars be raised and appropriated for the removal of snow and ice of which amount one thousand eight hundred ninety and 72/100 ($1,890.72) dollars is to balance the deficit to date in said account.
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Article 5. To see what sum the Town will appropriate from avail- able funds for the Water Department, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works.
Article 5. On motion of Wendell P. Davis, it was voted that this article be indefinitely postponed.
Article 1. On motion of Newell H. Morton, Article 1 was taken from the table and indefinitely postponed.
Article 3. On motion of Newell H. Morton, Article 3 was taken from the table. Result of vote, 279 "Yes" and 131 "No".
On motion of Newell H. Morton, it was voted to adjourn sine die. Attest : MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
SPECIAL DRAINAGE REFERENDUM
Security Hall, Woburn Street, October 2, 1939.
Pursuant to the warrant and the Constable's Return thereon, a special town meeting on the question of drainage of lowlands adjacent to Lake Quannapowitt was held at the time and place therein specified and was called to order by the Moderator, Charles P. Howard. The warrant and Constable's Return were duly read by the Town Clerk, Millard F. Charles. The meeting then proceeded to ballot with the following result :
Three hundred (300) voted "Yes" and one hundred thirty-eight (138) voted "No" so that the vote was carried.
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk. Attest :
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Security Hall, Woburn Street, October 17, 1939.
Pursuant to the warrant and the Constable's Return thereon a town meeting was held at the time and place therein specified and was called to order by Charles P. Howard, the Moderator. The warrant was partially read by the Town Clerk Millard F. Charles, when on motion of Carl W. Goodridge it was voted to defer further reading except the Constable's Return which was duly read.
Article 1. To hear and act on the reports of Town Officers and special committees and to choose all necessary committees and deter- mine what instructions, if any, shall be given Town Officers and special committees.
Article 1. On motion of Carl W. Goodridge, it was voted to lay this article on the table.
Article 2. To see what sum the Town will vote to appropriate from available funds and transfer to School Department Maintenance Account, or what it will do in relation thereto.
School Committee.
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Article 2. On motion of Frank D. Tanner, it was voted that the sum of $2,000.00 be appropriated from the unexpended balance in the School Committee General Salaries Account for the School Committee General Maintenance Account, and that the Town Accountant be and he hereby is authorized and instructed to transfer said sum to the said account.
Article 3. To see what sum the Town will vote to raise, by bor- rowing or by transfer from available funds or otherwise and appropri- ate for Public Welfare General Aid, Administrative, General Aid and Old Age Assistance, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Welfare.
Article 3. On motion of Edward E. Harnden, it was voted that the following transfer be made to Welfare Department Account: To General Aid Administrative Account from Old Age Assistance Adminis- trative Account, one hundred fifty dollars.
On motion of Edward E. Harnden, it was voted that the following transfers be made to Welfare Department Accounts :
To General Aid Account, forty-nine hundred dollars ($4,900.00) as follows : from Aid to Dependent Children Account, twenty-five hundred dollars, ($2,500.00); from Aid to Dependent Children Administrative Account, four hundred dollars ($400.00) ; from Board of Public Works Special Labor Appropriation Account, two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), and that the Town Accountant be and he hereby is authorized and instructed to transfer said sums to said account.
Article 3. On motion of Edward E. Harnden, it was voted by a vote of eighty-four (84) "Yes" and none (0) "No" the same being an unanimous vote, that the sum of eight thousand dollars ($8,000.), De raised and appropriated for the Public Welfare as follows: for General Aid, seventy-five hundred dollars ($7,500.00), for Old Age Assistance, five hundred dollars ($500.00), and to meet said appropriation the Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is auth- orized to borrow eight thousand dollars ($8,000.00), under authority of and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter Seventy-two (72) of the Acts of 1939, and to issue bonds or notes of the Town therefor pay- able in not more than five (5) years from the date thereof.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Ten Thousand ($10,000) Dollars under authority of Chapter 458 of the Acts of 1939 for the purpose of securing the engineering service, surveys and the design of the drainage system by the State Department of Public Works for draining the low lands adjacent to Lake Quannapowitt, and determine whether the money shall be pro- vided by borrowing or by transfer from available funds or otherwise or what it will do in relation thereto.
Drainage Committee.
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Article 4. On motion of Wendell P. Davis, it was voted by a vote of eighty-three (83) "Yes" and fifteen (15) "No" that the sum of ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars be raised and appropriated for the purpose of securing the engineering service, surveys, and design of the drainage system by the State Department of Public Works, for drain- ing the low lands adjacent to Lake Quannapowitt as provided in Chap- ter 458 of the Acts of 1939; and to meet said appropriation the Treas - urer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen be and hereby is authorized to borrow nine thousand ($9,000.00) dollars under authority of and in accordance with the provisions of said Chapter 458 of the Acts of 1939 and Chapter 44 of the General Laws, and to issue bonds or notes of the town therefor payable in not more than five years from the date thereof, such bonds or notes shall bear on their face the words "Town of Reading, Drainage Loan Act of 1939", and the sum of one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars be transferred from the unexpended bal- ance of the appropriation of $2,500.00 voted at the Special Town Meet- ing held March 20, 1939 for studying and investigating the drainage conditions and that the Town Accountant be and hereby is authorized and instructed to transfer said sum as above provided and the Treas- urer is further authorized and empowered to pay into the State Treas- ury said sum of $10,000.00 in accordance with the provisions of said Act and for the purposes herein set forth.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 195 of the Acts of 1939, being an Act Relative To Charges For Connecting Estates With The Common Sewers, or what it will do in relation there- to.
Board of Public Works.
Article 5. On motion of Harold W. Putnam, it was voted that the provisions of Chapter 195 of the Acts of 1939, being an Act relative to Charges for Connecting Estates with the Common Sewers in the Town of Reading be, and the same hereby are accepted.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Board of Public Works on relocating or altering a portion of the southerly location line of Haven Street, between High Street and Gould Street, said location line being relocated or altered in accordance with plan duly approved by the Board of Public Works and filed in the office of the Town Clerk in accordance with the statutory requirements and to see if the Town will accept the relocation or alteration of the said location line as shown on said plan, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Board of Public Works
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Article 6.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Town of Reading.
Middlesex ss.
Report of the Board of Public Works on the Relocation or Altera- tion of a portion of Haven Street.
The Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading having deter- mined and adjudged that common convenience and necessity require that the public highway be laid out, relocated or altered as and in the location hereinafter described, having complied with all requirements of law relating to notice to owners of land thereof and of a hearing thereon, and having met at the time and place appointed for such hear- ing and then and there heard all persons present who desired to be heard, have laid out, relocated or altered as a public highway for the use of the town, a portion of the Southerly sideline of Haven Street between High Street and Gould Street. The boundaries and measure- ments of said public highway as so laid out, relocated or altered are as follows :
Beginning at a spike set in said Southerly sideline of Haven Street, said spike being N. 61 degrees-53'-10" E. a distance of 25.0 feet, from a stone bound set at the Northerly terminus of a curve having a radius of 22.16 feet and a length of 34.14 feet at the junction of Haven and High Streets;
Thence N. 61 degrees-53'-10" E. along said Southerly line of Haven Street and by land of the Town of Reading a distance of 165.97 feet to a stone bound at an angle point.
Thence N. 72 degrees-52'-10" E. along said Southerly sideline of Haven Street and still by lands of the Town of Reading and lands of Mechanics Savings Bank, a distance of 85.79 feet to a stone bound set at the intersection of the Southerly side line of Haven Street and the Southwesterly sideline of Gould Street;
Thence S. 85 degrees-4'-50" E., by said Southwesterly sideline of Gould Street and lands of Mechanics Savings Bank, a distance of 69.06 feet to a point ;
Thence by a curve East to West, having a radius of 200.00 feet, through lands of said Mechanics Saving Bank and lands of the Town of Reading, a length of 92.08 feet to a point of tangent ;
Thence S. 68 degrees-32'-25" W., still through lands of the Town of Reading, a distance of 198.57 feet to the spike at the point of be- ginning.
The above-described lines being more fully shown on a plan en-
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titled "Plan showing widening of a portion of Haven Street, Reading, Mass., as ordered by the Board of Public Works", dated June, 1939, said plan being a part of this description.
We determine that no damages will be sustained by any person or persons in their property by reason of the taking to be made for this improvement.
No betterments are to be assessed for this improvement.
This laying out, relocation or alteration so made by us we hereby report to the Town for acceptance and recommend that when this re- port is accepted and adopted by the Town, that said public highway shall thereafter be laid out, relocated or altered in accordance with said plan.
WENDELL P. DAVIS, Chairman. HAROLD W. PUTNAM, Secretary. ALEX. LINDSAY ALEXANDER WILLIAMSON
Members of the Board of Public Works of Town of Reading.
Article 6. On motion of Wendell P. Davis, it was voted that the Town accept the report of the Board of Public Works on the relocat- ing and altering of a portion of the Southerly location line of Haven Street and adopt the recommendations contained therein.
Article 7. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate by borrowing, transfer from available funds or otherwise for the re- pair, alteration and improvement of the buildings owned by the Town located on Haven, High and Green Streets and for the grading and improvement of the grounds surrounding such buildings and for the demolition of the dwelling house located thereon and being the premi- ses known as 8 Green Street, or what it will do in relation thereto.
Municipal Light Board.
Article 7. On motion of Henry R. Johnson, it was voted that the sum of five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars be appropriated for the repair, alteration and improvement of the Electric Light Building on Haven Street and the other buildings owned by the Town located on Haven, High and Green Streets and for the grading and improvement of the grounds surrounding such buildings and for the demolition of the dwelling house located at 8 Green Street; and to meet said appropria- tion said sum of five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars be transferred from the unexpended balance of the Construction Fund of the Municipal Light Plant and that the Town Accountant be and he hereby is auth- orized and empowered to transfer said sum as above provided.
On motion of Carl W. Goodridge, it was voted to adjourn sine dic. Attest :
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
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NOTICE TO PARENTS, HOUSEWIVES, PHYSICIANS AND MIDWIVES
Your attention is Called to the Section Below Taken from the Revised Laws-Blank Forms for Return of Births Can Be Obtained of the Town Clerk
SECTION 3, CHAPTER 444, ACTS 1897
Section 3. Physicians and Midwives shall on or before the fifth day of each month report to the clerk of each city or town a correct list of all children born therein during the month next preceding, at whose birth they were present, stating the date and place of each birth, the name of the child, if it has any, the sex and color of the child, the name, place of birth and residence of the parents, the maiden name of the mother, and occupation of the father. If the child is illegitimate the name of the father shall not be stated, unless at the joint request in writing of both father and mother, which requests shall be filed with the return of births. The fee of the physicians and midwives shall be twenty-five cents for each birth so reported and shall be paid by the city or town in which the report is made, upon presentation of certi- ficate from the city or town clerk, stating that said births have been reported in conformity with the requirements of this section. Any physician or midwife neglecting to report such list for ten days after it is due shall for each offense forfeit a sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars.
SECTION 6, CHAPTER 444, ACTS 1897
Section 6. Parents and householders shall within forty (40) days after the date of a birth occuring in his house give notice thereof or cause such notice to be given to the clerk of the city or town in which such child is born.
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
DOGS LICENSED, January 1, 1939 to Dec. 31, 1939
476 Males @ $2.00
$ 952.00
60 Females @ $5.00 300.00
237 Spayed Females @ $2.00 474.00
4 Kennel Licenses @ $25.00 100.00
$ 1,826.00
777 Fees @ $.20
155.40
Balance Due
$ 1,670.60
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April 7, Paid Town Treasurer
$ 175.20
May 12, Paid Town Treasurer
540.60
June 9, Paid Town Treasurer 262.80
July 7, Paid Town Treasurer 519.80
Aug. 11, Paid Town Treasurer
77.40
Sept. 8, Paid Town Treasurer
42.00
Oct. 13, Paid Town Treasurer
14.40
Nov. 10, Paid Town Treasurer
13.80
Dec. 8, Paid Town Treasurer
5.40
Jan. 6, 1940, Paid Town Treasurer
19.20
$ 1,670.60
MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
SPORTING LICENSES
170 Fishing Licenses
$ 340.00
82 Hunting Licenses
164.00
36 Sporting Licenses 117.00
38 Minor and Female Fishing Licenses
47.50
6 Trapping Licenses
31.50
1 Non-Resident Fishing License
1.50
1 Duplicate License
.50
21 Sporting and Trapping Licenses Free
$ 702.00
33 Fees deducted @ 25c
83.25
Total Paid Fish and Game Comm.
$ 618.75
Jan., Paid Fish and Game Comm.
$ 96.75
Feb., Paid Fish and Game Comm.
13.50
March, Paid Fish and Game Comm.
9.50
Apr., paid Fish and Game Comm.
156.00
May, Paid Fish and Game Comm.
95.00
June, Paid Fish and Game Comm.
59.00
July, Paid Fish and Game Comm.
23.75
Aug., Paid Fish and Game Comm.
12.50
Sept., Paid Fish and Game Commissioner
12.25
Oct., Paid Fish and Game Commissioner
113.00
Nov., Paid Fish and Game Comm.
24.00
Dec., Paid Fish and Game Comm.
3.50
$ 618.75 MILLARD F. CHARLES, Town Clerk.
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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1939
Date
Name
Parents
January
4 Ralph Spencer Henderson
6 Albert Waining Averill, Jr.
6 Richard Harris Curtis
6 Helen Nancy Fitzpatrick
11 Karen Linda Mich
17 Priscilla Burton
19 David Paul Jenney
19 Robert Patterson Mackenzie
20 Allen Richard Dunn
Daniel J. and Evelyn S.
Ewen C. and Viola C.
21 Mark
24 Dorothy Reebenacker
28 Roger Carlyle Quimby
29 Paul Alvin Cotreau
30 David Arthur Drew
31 Mary Coneeney
Thomas J. and Kathleen H.
February
1 Robert Grosvenor Currier, Jr.
9 Janice Frances Doucette
10 Robert Franklin Carr
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11 Curtis George Parker
15 James Fleming Weeks
17 Joan Elizabeth Cummings
18 Christine Ann Doucette
19 Gregory George Jigerjian
19 Jane Aloyse Winchester
23 David Andrew Lee
25 Beverly Mary MacPherson
Robert G. and Ruth F. Jeremiah and Florence D. Franklin and Dorothy M.
George E. and Helen T. Raymond W. and Eileen F.
Bruce R. and Marion C. Edward H. and Louise L.
Paul and Akabie T.
Charles C. and Pauline C.
Henry A. and Gertrude M. Earl C. and Margaret S.
March
2 Alice Eugenie Doucette 2 Maureen Ann O'Donnell
10 Kenneth Brander Woodside
13 Robert Vincent Condon
17 John Muise
19 Daniel Fitzgerald
21 Patricia Diane Poehler
24 Katherine Mary Marinelli
Spencer and Olga S.
Albert W. and Louise D.
George E. and Harriet D.
Thomas J. and Helen D.
Paul and Donna S. Myron S. and Esther S.
Kenneth E. and Margaret D.
William A. and Floris P.
21 Lawson Paul Sencabaugh Whelton David J. and Louise B. Maurice O. and Dorothea H.
Carlye F. and Evelyn D.
George A. and Mary S.
Richard F. and Ethel C.
Eli J. and Mary M. Philip H. and Mary H. Austin C., Jr. and Phillis B. David P. and Florence J. Benjamin and Sylvia D. Maurice T. and Pauline D. Arnold F. and Dorothy S. Dominick and Katherine Z.
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BIRTHS REGISTERED IN TOWN OF READING FOR YEAR 1939 Date
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