Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1946, Part 2

Author: Reading (Mass.)
Publication date: 1946
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 332


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Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to amend the third para- graph of Section 1 of the By-laws by striking out in the third line there- of, the word "second" and substituting in place thereof the word "third": -so said paragraph will read as follows :


Upon completing the election and counting the votes and declaring the result thereof, the meeting shall stand adjourned until the third Monday of March, at such time as the Selectmen shall name in the warrant calling the meeting for the transaction of all other business that may be properly brought before the meeting. Board of Selectmen


Article 20. To see what sum the Town will vote to appropriate from the Cemetery Reserve for the permanent development of Laurel Hill and Forest Glen Cemeteries, or what it will do in relation thereto. Cemetery Trustees


Article 21. To see what sum the Town will vote to appropriate from available funds for the purpose of maintaining, repairing, pur- chasing and operating road machinery and equipment for the use of, and under the direction of the Board of Public Works, or what it will do in relation thereto. Board of Public Works


Article 22. To see what sum the Town will vote to appropriate by transferring from available funds for the purpose of constructing an addition to the Municipal Garage located on John Street for the Water Department and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to accept on behalf of the Town for use in carrying out such project any Federal Funds which may be granted therefor, or what it will do in relation thereto. Board of Public Works


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Article 23. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of improving and constructing a portion of Main Street from Washington Street Northerly toward Reading Square under Section 34, Chapter 90 of the General Laws, together with such sums as may be provided by the State and County, or what it will do in relation thereto. Board of Public Works


Article 24. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of improving and constructing a portion of Charles Street from Pearl Street Northerly toward Haverhill Street under Sec- tion 34, Chapter 90 of the General Laws, together with such sums as may be provided by the State and County, or what it will do in relation thereto. Board of Public Works


Article 25. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of improving and constructing a portion of Lowell Street from Grand Street Southeasterly toward Reading Square under Section 34, Chapter 90 of the General Laws, together with such sums as may be provided by the State and County, or what it will do in relation thereto. Board of Public Works


Article 26. To see what sum or sums the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the purpose of completing the construction of West Hill Circle, Wescroft Road and Springvale Road laid out by the Town at the Annual Town Meeting held March 17, 1941 under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments or what it will do in relation thereto. Board of Public Works


Article 27. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Board of Public Works upon the laying out as a public highway of a private way known as Cape Cod Avenue, under provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, such highway being laid out in accordance with plan duly approved by the Board of Survey and filed in the office of the Town Clerk in accordance with statutory require- ments, and to see if the Town will accept the public way laid out by the Board of Public Works as Cape Cod Avenue, and to see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the said laying out and the construc- tion of said way, or what it will do in relation thereto.


Board of Public Works


Article 28. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Board of Public Works upon the laying out as a public highway of a private way known as Wood End Lane, under provisions of law author- izing the assessment of betterments, such highway being laid out in accordance with plan duly approved by the Board of Survey and filed in the office of the Town Clerk in accordance with statutory require- ments. and to see if the Town will accept the public way laid out by the Board of Public Works as Wood End Lane, and to see what sum the


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Town will raise and appropriate for the said laying out and the con- struction of said way, or what it will do in relation thereto.


Board of Public Works


Article 29. To see what sum the Town will raise in part from the Tax Levy and in part by transferring from available funds and appropri- ate, for the purpose of erecting a flagpole on Reading Common or what it will do in relation thereto. Board of Public Works


Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Works to demolish, sell or otherwise dispose of for demolition upon such terms and conditions as they may determine the Barn, so-called, in Memorial Park and to further authorize and empower said Board to execute in the name and behalf of the Town any and all instruments which may be necessary to effectuate such demolition or what it will do in relation thereto. Board of Public Works


Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article X of the By-laws by adding after Section 5 a new Section to be known as Section 5A.


Section 5A. The Superintendent of the Board of Public Works, for the purpose of removing or plowing snow, or removing ice, from any way within the limits of the Town, may remove or cause to be removed to some public garage or other convenient place, any vehicle parked upon such highway in such a manner so as to interfere with such work, and the storage charges and other cost of such removal shall be borne and paid by the owner of such vehicle. Board of Public Works


Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Works to sell upon such terms and conditions as they may determine the machinery and equipment located in the Mill Street Pumping Station or what it will do in relation thereto.


Board of Public Works


Article 33. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of conducting and promoting recreation, play, sport, physical education and other social, educational and recreational activi- ties upon such land and buildings as defined in Section 14 of Chapter 45 of the General Laws, or what it will do in relation thereto.


Recreation Committee


Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to acquire by purchase, eminent domain or otherwise, six parcels of land, together with build- ings thereon, lying northerly and being adjacent to the present Senior High School lot and situated on Linden, Lowell and Sanborn Streets, for construction of Senior High School, and to see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate, by borrowing or otherwise, for such purchase or taking or what it will do in relation thereto. School Committee


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Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to acquire by purchase, eminent domain or otherwise, certain tract or tracts of land, with the buildings thereon, in or adjoining Birch Meadow, so-called, and to dedi- cate certain other parcels of land now owned by the Town and situated in or near Birch Meadow, as the School Committee may deem advisable, for the construction of Senior High School, and to see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate by borrowing or otherwise, for such purchase or taking or what it will do in relation thereto.


School Committee


Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to acquire by purchase, eminent domain or otherwise, certain parcels of land in Birch Meadow, so-called, being lots 45, a portion 61 and 61A. 62, 63, 65, 99 and 99A, as shown on Town of Reading Assessors' plat 35, for the construction of an elementary school building, and to see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate, by borrowing or otherwise, for such purchase or taking or what it will do in relation thereto.


School Committee


Article 37. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the preparation of plans, surveys and specifications and the archi- tectural and engineering services which may be necessary for new Senior High School building or what it will do in relation thereto.


School Committee


Article 38. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the purchase and installation of additional bleachers for the Junior High School Athletic Field or what it will do in relation thereto.


School Committee


Article 39. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the transportation of school children for the year 1946 or what it will do in relation thereto. School Committee


Article 40. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate to provide for cafeterias in the Highland and Pearl Street schools or what it will do in relation thereto. School Committee


Article 41. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate to pay into the teachers retirement system for the benefit of teachers on military leave of absence during the year 1945 as provided for and under authority of Chapter 419 of the Acts of 1943, or what it will do in relation thereto.


School Committee


Article 42. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the payment of certain unpaid bills for the year 1945 in the School Department Tuition Account in accordance with the provisions of Chap- ter 179 of the Acts of 1941, or what it will do in relation thereto.


School Committee


Article 43. To see what action the Town will take regarding the installation of additional street lights on the public streets during the year 1946, or what it will do in relation thereto. Municipal Light Board


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Article 44. To see if the Town will authorize the Municipal Light Board to sell upon such terms and conditions as they may determine the generating equipment at the power station, or what it will do in relation thereto. Municipal Light Board


Article 45. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the general expenses of the Capital Expenditures Planning Com- mittee or what it will do in relation thereto.


Capital Expenditures Planning Committee


Article 46. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars ($100), and the Selectmen appoint a Director, the Director to cooperate with the Middlesex County Trustees for the County Aid to Agriculture and work of the Middlesex County Extension Service and the 4-H Clubs, under provisions of Section 40 to 45 Chapter 128, General Laws of Massachusetts, or what it will do in relation thereto. Lois M. Connor and others


Article 47. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Library Trustees to obtain an advance from the Federal Government for the preparation of Plans and Engineering services for the addition and extension to the Public Library Building and to further authorize and empower the chairman of the Board of Library Trustees to execute for and in behalf of the Town such applications, agreements and other documents with the Federal Works Agency Bureau of Community Facilities which may be necessary for the purpose of securing such advance or what it will do in relation thereto.


Board of Public Library Trustees


Article 48. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of providing by lease or otherwise suitable headquarters for Reading Post 685 Veterans of Foreign Wars or what it will do in relation thereto. Lester W. Edwards and others


Article 49. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the purpose of providing by lease or otherwise suitable headquarters for Reading Post 62 of the American Legion or what it will do in relation thereto. Charles A. Moores and others


Article 50. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of four hundred dollars ($400.00) for Child Welfare Work, to be expended under the direction of the Reading Visiting Nurse Association and the Board of Health or what it will do in relation thereto.


Frances K. Wright and others


And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting an attested copy thereof in at least three public places in each of the four precincts of the Town not less than seven days prior to March 4, 1946, the date


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set for the meeting in said warrant and to cause this warrant to be published in the Reading Chronicle one day at least prior to said date.


Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at or before the time appointed for said meeting.


Given under our hands this eighteenth day of February A.D. 1946.


KENNETH C. LATHAM HERBERT K. MILLER CHARLES E. WILKINSON


Selectmen of Reading


Officer's Return


Reading, Mass., Feb. 22, 1946


Middlesex, ss.


By virtue of this warrant, I this day, notified and warned the in- habitants of the Town of Reading, qualified to vote in elections and town affairs to meet in Security Hall, Woburn Street in said Reading, as the designated place for the four precincts of the Town, at the time specified in the warrant, by posting attested copies in the following public places within the Town of Reading :


Precinct 1. Austin's Lunch Room, 17 Harnden Street; Danforth's Drug Store, 1 Harnden Street; Central Fire Station.


Precinct 2. Masonic Temple Building; Lyceum Hall Building; M. F. Charles & Sons Store, 610 Main Street; Boston & Maine Railroad Depot.


Precinct 3. Waterhouse Neighborhood Store, 36 Mineral Street : Benny's Neighborhood Store, 168 Lowell Street; Fire Station.


Precinct 4. Municipal Building; Zitzow's Neighborhood Store, 287 Lowell Street; Mclaughlin's Neighborhood Store, 1051 Main Street. the date of posting being more than seven days prior to March 4, 1946, the date set for the meeting in this warrant.


I also caused an attested copy of this warrant to be published in the Reading Chronicle in the issue of March 1, 1946, the same being more than one day prior to the date of said meeting.


LEON G. BENT,


Constable of Reading


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ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION


Pursuant to the warrant and the Constable's Return thereof, a Town Election was held at the time and place specified in the warrant, and was called to order by the Moderator, Samuel H. Davis.


The Clerk partially read the warrant, when on motion of Leon G. Bent it was voted to dispense with the further reading of the warrant except the Constable's Return which was duly read by the Clerk.


The keys to the ballot boxes were turned over to the Constable in charge, the ballot boxes were examined and found to be empty and registered 000.


The polls were then declared open at 7:30 o'clock A.M. and were closed at 8:00 P.M. with the following result :


Prec. Prec. Prec. Prec.


Moderator for one year


1 2


3


4 Totals


Samuel H. Davis, 97 Highland St.


391


415


496


504


1806


Blanks


70


80


72


89


311


461


495


568


593


2117


Town Clerk for one year


Guy W. Ellison, 92 Grand St.


243


300


390


316


1249


Charles W. H. Smith, 155 Wakefield St.


144


130


135


216


625


Ralph E. Wilson, 196 Main St.


63


47


34


40


184


Blanks


11


18


9


21


59


461


495


568


593


2117


Selectman for three years


Carl W. Goodridge, 206 Bancroft Ave ..


194


170


167


225


756


Charles E. Wilkinson, 69 Middlesex Ave.


244


306


391


351


1292


Blanks


23


19


10


17


69


461


495


568


593


2117


Board of Public Welfare for three years


Kittie M. Bangs, 153 Bancroft Ave.


114


114


99


117


411


Miles C. Higgins, 8 Sanborn St.


336


360


456


448


1600


Blanks


11


21


13


28


73


461


495


568


593


2117


Assessor for three years


Arthur S. Cook, 21 Sanborn St.


167


139


150


216


672


Ralph T. Horn, 46 Grand St.


178


204


290


260


932


Carlyle F. Quimby, 42 Pratt St.


106


133


115


105


459


Blanks


10


19


13


12


54


461


495


568


593


2117


23


Treasurer for one year


Preston F. Nichols, 68 Linden St.


410


429


513


533


1885


Blanks


51


66


55


60


232


461


495


568


593


2117


Collector of Taxes for three years


William E. Morrison, 21 Pilgrim Road


415


441


523


538


1917


Blanks


46


54


45


55


200


461


495


568


593


2117


Municipal Light Board for three years


Louis Ellenwood, 326 Haven St.


393


414


467


510


1784


Blanks


68


81


101


83


333


461


495


568


593


2117


Two Constables for one year


Leon G. Bent, 767 Main St.


386


403


483


497


1769


Arthur L. Harris, 59 Oak St.


347


379


466


464


1656


Blanks


189


208


187


225


809


922


990


1136


1186


4234


Two members of the Board of Public Works for three years


Edward A. Brophy, 942 Main St.


377


405


483


496


1761


Harold W. Putnam, 147 Bancroft Ave. ..


366


388


490


500


1744


Blanks


179


197


163


190


729


922


990


1136


1186


4234


Board of Health for three years


Edward M. Halligan, 37 Salem St.


411


436


519


528


1894


Blanks


50


59


49


65


223


461


495


568


593


2117


Two members of the School Committee for three years


Alexander P. Glover, 158 Prescott St.


373


405


489


485


1752


Gladys F. Milton, 281 Summer Ave.


361


384


479


492


1716


Blanks


188


201


168


209


766


922


990


1136


1186


4234


One member of the School Committee for one year Gould B. Ruggles, 224 High St. 388


407


500


493


1788


Blanks


73


88


68


100


329


461


495


568


593


2117


24


Two Trustees Public Library for three years


C. Nelson Bishop, 55 Lowell St.


374


390


482


492


1738


Sydney M. Hodson, 51 Oak St.


394


414


497


516


1821


Blanks


154


186


157


178


675


922


990


1136


1186


4234


One Trustee Public Library for one year


Neil C. Robinson, 15 Vista Ave.


382


409


501


508


1800


Blanks


79


86


67


85


317


461


495


568


593


2117


Two Trustees Cemeteries for three years


James E. Calvin, 25 Sanborn St.


208


193


231


236


868


Harold F. Davis, 17 Forest Glen Rd.


271


300


357


397


1325


Fred L. Nutter, 47 Linden St.


295


319


403


390


1407


Blanks


148


178


145


163


634


922


990


1136


1186


4234


Two Members Planning Board for three years


Walter D. Berry, 26 Virginia Road


358


384


474


474


1690


Winthrop D. Parker, 1 Charles St.


376


392


479


480


1727


Blanks


188


214


183


232


817


922


990


1136


1186


4234


Question-"An act relative to equal pay for men and women teachers"


Yes


219


195


247


279


940


No


136


172


219


183


710


Blanks


106


128


102


131


467


1


461


495


568


593


2117


Precinct 1


Fifteen Town Meeting Members for three years


Harold M. Rogers, 119 Salem St.


348


Lewis E. Pierce, 13 Elliott St.


344


Karl R. Saunders, 57 Cross St.


343


Lincoln T. Prescott, 28 Thorndike St.


342


Douglas B. Lincoln, 335 Haven St.


340


Harold W. Cogger, 9 Cross St.


337


Harold L. Jones, 19 Belmont St.


337


Thomas A. Ratchford, 19 Wilson St.


336


Robert E. Chapman, 521 Summer Ave.


330


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Louise B. Jenkins, 161 Salem St. 330


Lester W. Edward, 14 Gardner Rd. 323


Ernest T. Wakefield, 42 John St. 319


Mary F. Daniel, 7 Harnden St.


316


Clarence J. Stalliday, 64 Pearl St.


309


Clinton A. Duff, 5 Fairmount Rd. 302


Charles Wilson, 6 Gardner Rd. 247


Blanks 1710


Total


6915


Precinct 2


Fifteen Town Meeting Members for three years


Irving C. Austin, 180 Prescott St. 395


Rudolf Sussman, 187 West St. 387


C. Sumner Teel, 113 Walnut St. 387


Miles C. Higgins, 8 Sanborn St. 387


Lawrence A. Partelow, 17 Pine Ridge Rd.


384


Ernest C. Alward, 450 Summer Ave.


377


Esther Goodale, 129 West St.


376


Roger M. Blood, 15 Oak Ridge Rd.


374


Roger P. Eaton, 22 Echo Ave.


373


De Melle G. Garey, 15 Hopkins St. 372


373


Harrison G. Dodge, 228 West St.


Kenneth G. Hulsman, 284 Woburn St.


372


Marion B. Temple, 32 Hillcrest Rd. 371


Herbert G. Evans, 54 Howard St. 367


Frederick D. B. Ingalls, 1 Hopkins St. 366


Blanks 1764


Total 7425


Precinct 3


Fifteen Town Meeting Members for three years


Irving Alger, 144 Woburn St. 433


Melvin S. Crosby, 50 Middlesex Ave. 421


Lester C. Boston, 43 Vine St. 402


Robert F. Perry, 22 Dudley St. 401


Joseph H. Reed, 78 Middlesex Ave. 396


Philip R. White, 189 Summer Ave. 394


Ernest D. Richmond, Jr., 24 Longview Rd. 376


J. Henry Carleton, 163 Woburn St. 373


George B. Pease, 181 Summer Ave.


373


Blanche M. Davis, 155 Woburn St. 372


Harold F. Parker, 76 Vine St. 369


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Clement T. Gleason, 53 Prescott St. 355 Philip E. Mason, 127 Prospect St. 355 Hugh N. Turner, 85 Vine St. 354 William A. Connelly, 129 High St. 321


Stephen A. Abbott, 25 Prospect St. 316


George A. Estabrook, 125 Middlesex Ave. 278


Alfred W. Rooney, 15 Willow St. 267


Philip P. Welch, 10 Lee St. 249


Blanks 1715


Total


8520


Precinct 3


Two Town Meeting Members for two years (to fill vacancy)


Lewis E. Gilman, 119 Summer Ave. 406


John R. Kay, 50 Grand St. 399


Daniel Madio, 24 Pilgrim Rd. 111


Blanks 220


Total


113


Precinct 3


One Town Meeting Member for one year (to fill vacancy)


Newell H. Morton, 198 Woburn St.


499


Blanks


69


Total


568


Precinct 4


Fifteen Town Meeting Members for three years


Florence L. Burnham, 89 Highland St. 402


Robert A. Curtis, 186 Bancroft Ave. 399


William P. Webb, 309 Pearl St. 393


Lawrence E. Frost, 5 John Carver Rd. 386


Robert L. Dean, 561 Pearl St. . 380


E. Whitcomb Woodward, 60 Highland St. 378


Stanley R. Gerard, 101 Hanscom Ave.


373


Charles W. H. Smith, 155 Wakefield St.


370


Dana H. Barber, 12 Hampshire Rd.


370


Walter F. Cutcliffe, 50 Locust St.


370


Benjamin Knudson, Jr., 60 Hanscom Ave. 364 Elbridge A. Lucas, 565 Franklin St. . 361


Lawrence J. Rust, 39 John Carver Rd.


360


Clifford R. Nelson, 83 Hanscom Ave.


358


Arthur B. Eastman, 5 Wells Rd. 309


Earle A. Eastman, 2 Waverly Rd. 260


George E. Durgin, 562 Pearl St. 252


27


Sydney L. Curry, 405 Lowell St. 238


Coleman J. Donahue, 9 Lawrence Rd. 175 Hugh P. McGee, 14 Grove St. 168


Blanks 2230


Total


8895


Precinct 4


One Town Meeting Member for two years (to fill vacancy)


Florence C. Robinson, 1137 Main St.


459


Blanks 134


Total 593


The following persons served as Election Officers :


Precinct 1


Ballot Box


Ballot Clerk Checkers


Jessie N. Thaxter, 11 Winter St.


John W. Goff. 75 Hancock St.


Harriet P. Leuchtman, 18 Belmont St.


Catherine L Doherty, 111 Green St.


Martha Stark, 73 Eaton St.


Jemima W. Clapperton, 161 Pleasant St.


Counters


M. Gertrude Ballou, 71 Green St.


Mary E. Doran. 33 Orange St. Annie C. O'Malley, 74 Minot St.


Margaret J. Curtin, 75 Harrison St.


Precinct 2


George N. Bishop, 60 Hillcrest Rd. Catherine E. Reilly, 64 Minot St.


Harriet R. Cummings, 22 Haven St. Nellie E. Whelton, 7 High St.


Mary C. Barrett, 38 Warren Ave. Catherine A. Greene, 32 School St.


Counters


Sadie D. Kaplan, 93 Washington St. Alberta L. Nichols, 100 Washington St. Rose A. Gadbois, 8 Maple St. Jennie V. Bancroft, 16 Chute St.


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Ballot Box Ballot Clerk Checkers


Ballot Box Ballot Clerk Checkers


Precinct 3


Gladys R. Dickinson, 25 Arlington St. Minnie A. Heselton, 17 Berkeley St.


Rebecca T. Emery, 65 Middlesex Ave. Ina M. Berquist, 3 Berkeley St. Norma P. Perley, 89 Vine St.


Eleanor S. Michelini, 48 Prescott St.


Counters


Catherine V. Wright, 21 Arlington St. Edith Moses, 33 Dudley St. Grace E. Wooldridge, 156 High St. Bertha L. Skinner, 70 Mineral St.


Precinct 4


Ballot Box Ballot Clerk Checkers


Alfred Kimball, 18 Hanscom Ave. Mabel Bennett, 38 Highland St.


Mary C. Horrocks, 63 Highland St. Mary V. O'Brien, 169 Lowell St.


Flora B. Poock, 50 Federal St.


Eva F. Gleason, 37 Woburn St.


Counters


Dorothy Williams, 265 Lowell St.


Elizabeth M. Bates, 23 Nelson Ave. Catherine G. Doucette, 89 Woburn St. Charles C. Wakefield, 22 Mt. Vernon St.


Tabulators


Walter A. Scanlon, 331 Haven St. J. Robert Clark, 81 Ash St. A. L. Mains, 16 Green St. Arthur J. Doucette, 2 Warren Ave.


Harold M. Flater, 33 Minot St. George V. Gaw, 337 Pearl St. William E. Dewsnap, Jr., 326 Franklin St.


Leon G. Bent posted the warrant.


A true record: Attest :


WILLIAM E. MORRISON,


Town Clerk


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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING


March 11, 1946


Security Hall


The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Samuel H. Davis at 7:55 P.M.


The fact that this meeting was an adjourned meeting of the March 4, 1946 meeting, no notice was required by the Town Clerk.


The new Town Meeting Members were requested to stand and be sworn to office by the Town Moderator.


The Town Clerk partially read the warrant when on the motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted to dispense with the further reading of the warrant, except the Constable's Return, which was then read by the Town Clerk.


Article 2. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted to lay Article 2 on the table.


Mr. Kenneth C. Latham announced that inasmuch as the Town Meeting Members did not have sufficient time to study the various budgets of Town Departments, that it be the policy of this meeting to defer the consideration of articles calling for appropriations of money until the adjournment of this meeting, which adjournment was suggested for one week. The Moderator thereupon took the sense of the meeting and it was


VOTED: To adopt the policy suggested by Mr. Latham.


Article 3. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that the following be chosen to serve as Measurers of Lumber for the ensuing year :


Elias B. Currell Fred F. Smith


And that the following be chosen to serve as Measurers of Wood and Bark:


Percy N. Sweetser Elias B. Currell Thomas F. Brogan


Article 3. On motion of Douglas B. Lincoln it was moved and voted that the Municipal Light Board be, and hereby is, directed to co-operate completely with all other Town Boards and with the Finance Committee on the subject of wages and general employment policy.


Article 5. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted to take up Article 5.


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On motion of Leon G. Bent it was moved and voted that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and he hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1947, and to issue note or notes therefor payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year. in accord- ance with Section 17 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws.




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