Town of Reading Massachusetts annual report 1948, Part 6

Author: Reading (Mass.)
Publication date: 1948
Publisher: The Town
Number of Pages: 246


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Thence turning and running S. 84°-06'-20" E., by the Southerly terminus of said Public Way known as Oak Ridge Road, a distance of 40.00 feet to the point of beginning.


The above described lines being more fully shown on a Plan en- titled "Oak Ridge Road, Reading, Mass." dated February, 1948, Board of Public Works, Philip Welch, Supt., said Plan being a part of this description and being on file in the Office of the Board of Public Works of the Town of Reading.


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. All acts in connection with said laying out are done under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments, and betterments are to be assessed therefor.


This laying out so made by us, we hereby report to the Town for acceptance and recommend that said way shall thereafter be known as a Public Town Way and named Oak Ridge Road, and that the sum of Nine Hundred and Seven ($907.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for said laying out and for the construction of said way.


HAROLD W. PUTNAM, Chairman ALEXANDER LINDSAY WILLIAM J. WEBB Members of the Board of Public Works


Town of Reading


Article 25. On motion of Harold W. Putnam it was voted that Article 25 be indefinitely postponed.


Article 26. On motion of Harold W. Putnam it was voted that the Town accept the report of the Board of Public Works on the relocation or altering of the location lines of a portion of Washington Street on the Northerly side line between Ash Street and High Street and adopt the recommendations contained therein and that the sum of Four Thousand ($4,000.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the re- locating and construction of said street, said sum to be apportioned as follows: Two Thousand and One Hundred Dollars ($2,100.00) for salaries and One Thousand Nine Hundred ($1,900.00) Dollars for expenses.


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Commonwealth of Massachusetts


Middlesex, ss.


Town of Reading, March 1948


Report of The Board of Public Works on the Relocation or Alteration of The Northerly Line of Washington Street between Ash Street and High 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 highways be laid out, relocated or altered as and in the location hereinafter described, having complied with all require- ments 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 hearing, and then and there heard all persons present who desired to be heard have laid out, relocated or altered as public highways for the use of the Town, the Northerly line of Washington Street between Ash Street and High Street. The boundaries and measurements of said highways as so laid out, relocated or altered are as follows:


Beginning at a point on the North-Easterly side line of said High Street, said point being further designated as being S. 48°-40'-00" E., a distance of 444.46 feet measured along said North-Easterly side line of High Street from a Stone Bound set at a point of curve with the Southerly side line of a public town way known as Green Street;


Thence S. 48°-40'-00" E. along said North-Easterly side line of High Street, a distance of 34.65 feet to a Stone Bound set at the intersection of said North-Easterly side line of High Street with the Northerly side line of said Washington Street;


Thence turning and running S. 88°-20'-00" E., along said Northerly side line of Washington Street, a distance of 254.01 feet to the point of intersection of said North-Easterly side line of Washington Street with the Westerly side line of said Ash Street;


Thence N. 12°-14'-30" E., along said Westerly side line of Ash Street, a distance of 26.86 feet to a point;


Thence by a curved line running in a South-Westerly direction, hav- ing a radius of 25.00 feet, through lands of Arthur L. Gray, Inc., a length of 34.65 feet to a point of tangent;


Thence N. 88°-20'-00" W., still through lands of said Arthur L. Gray, Inc., a distance of 216.36 feet to a point of curve;


Thence by a curved line to the Right, running in a North-Westerly direction, having a radius of 70.00 feet, still through lands of said Arthur L. Gray, Inc., and lands of Leo O. Arsenault, a length of 48.46 feet to the point of beginning.


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The approximate area taken is One Thousand Seven Hundred and Five and Eighty One Hundredths (1705.81) square feet.


The above described lines being more fully shown on a Plan entitled "Relocation of the Northerly Line of Washington Street between Ash Street and High Street, Reading, Mass." dated January 1948, Board of Public Works, Philip Welch, Superintendent, said Plan being a part of this description and being on file in the Board of Public Works of the town of Reading, Mass.


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.


This laying out, relocation or alteration so made by us, we hereby report to the Town for acceptance and recommend that when this report is accepted and adopted by the Town, that said public highway shall therefore be laid out, relocated or altered in accordance with said plan.


HAROLD W. PUTNAM, Chairman ALEXANDER LINDSAY WILLIAM J. WEBB Members of the Board of Public Works


Town of Reading


Article 27. On motion of Stanley H. Beaman it was voted that Article 27 be indefinitely postponed.


Article 28. On motion of Newell H. Morton it was voted that the sum of Four Thousand Five Hundred ($4,500.00) Dollars be raised and appropriated for the purpose of conducting and promoting recreation, play, sport, physical education and other social, educational and recre- ational activities upon such land and building as defined in Section 14 of Chapter 45 of the General Laws, with authority to exercise all powers conferred therein including the purchase of the necessary equipment and the employment of teachers, supervisors and other officers and employees and the fixing of their compensation.


Article 29. On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted that a new committee consisting of the members of the Board of Selectmen, Charles F. Trevor and Herbert K. Miller be established for the adminis- tration and expenditure of the Salvage Fund for the purposes set forth in the Motion adopted by the Town under Article 12 of the Annual Town Meeting held on March 18, 1946.


Article 30. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that the sum of Twenty-five Hundred (2500) Dollars be raised and appropriated for remodeling the building formerly used by the Welfare Department


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and located on the Easterly side of John Street for the purpose of garaging the trucks and equipment of the Moth Department.


Article 33. On motion of Lloyd David it was voted that Article 33 be indefinitely postponed.


Article 34. On motion of Lloyd David it was voted that article 34 be indefinitely postponed.


Article 35. On motion of Louis Ellenwood it was voted that the subject matter of Article 35 be referred to the Municipal Light Board, and that said Board be, and it hereby is, authorized to install such ad- ditional street lights, as in its judgment are required, and to make such changes in the size, type, and location of existing street lights, as it may deem advisable, the expense of same to be paid from the income of the Plant.


Article 36. On motion of Lloyd David it was voted that the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500) be raised and appropriated for the general expenses of the Capital Expenditures Planning Committee.


Article 37. On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted that the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) be raised and appropriated under the provisions of Section 40 to 45 of Chapter 128 of the General Laws, and that the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are author- ized to appoint a 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.


Article 38. On motion of Charles W. H. Smith it was voted that the sum of Six Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($650.00) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of providing by lease or otherwise suitable headquarters for Reading Post 685, Veterans of Foreign Wars.


Article 39. On motion of Charles W. H. Smith it was voted that the sum of One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) be raised and appropriated for the purpose of providing by lease or otherwise suitable headquarters for Reading Post 62 American Legion.


Article 40. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that the sum of Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) be raised and appropriated for Child Welfare Work, to be expended under the direction of the Reading Visiting Nurse Association and the Board of Health.


On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted that Article 2 be taken from the table.


On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted that Article 2 be indefinitely postponed.


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On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted that Article 3 be taken from the table.


On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted that Article 3 be indefinitely postponed.


On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted that Article 4 be taken from the table.


On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted that Article 4 be indefinitely postponed.


On motion of Charles E. Wilkinson it was voted to adjourn sine die. Adjourned 9:35 P.M. Attendance 126.


A true record. Attest:


GUY W. ELLISON


Town Clerk


TOWN WARRANT For Presidential Primary


Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Seal)


Middlesex, ss.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Reading, Greeting:


In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Reading, qualified to vote in primaries, to meet in Odd Fellows Building, Woburn Street, in said Reading, as the polling place designated for the four precincts in said Town, on Tuesday, The Twenty-seventh Day of April, 1948 at two o'clock in the afternoon, for the following purposes:


To bring in their votes to the Primary Officers for the Election of Candidates of Political Parties for the following offices:


7 Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Republican Party.


7 Alternate Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Republican Party.


16 Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party.


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16 Alternate Delegates at Large to the National Convention of the Democratic Party.


2 District Delegates to the National Convention of the Republican Party-8th Congressional District.


2 Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Republican Party-8th Congressional District.


2 District Delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party-8th Congressional District.


2 Alternate District Delegates to the National Convention of the Democratic Party-8th Congressional District.


District Members of State Committee (One Man and One Woman) for each political party for the Seventh Middlesex Senatorial District.


25 Members of the Republican Town Committee.


10 Members of the Democratic Town Committee.


The Polls will be open from 2 P.M. to 8 P.M.


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 April 27, 1948, the date 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 5th day of April, A.D., 1948.


CHARLES E. WILKINSON G. LAWRENCE ROBERTS KENNETH C. LATHAM


A true copy. Attest: April, 1948.


Selectmen of Reading


Officer's Return


Middlesex, ss.


Reading, April 24, 1948


By virtue of the within warrant, I, on April 17th, 1948, notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Reading, qualified to vote in primaries, to meet at the time and in the place designated for the four precincts of the Town, by posting an attested copy of this warrant in each of the following public places in said Town of Reading.


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Precinct 1. Austin's Lunch Room, 17 Harnden St .; The Danforth Pharmacy, 1 Harnden St .; Central Fire Station.


Precinct 2. Masonic Temple Building, Lyceum Hall Building, Bos- ton and Maine R.R. Depot, Odd Fellows Building, M. F. Charles and Sons' Store, 610 Main St.


Precinct 3. Waterhouse's Neighborhood Store, 36 Mineral St .; Ben- ny's Neighborhood Store, 168 Lowell St .; Fire Station Engine 2, Woburn St.


Precinct 4. Municipal Building; Zitzow's Neighborhood Store, 287 Lowell St .; Mclaughlin's Neighborhood Store, 1051 Main St.


the date of posting being more than seven days prior to 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 April 22nd, 1948, the date of publica- tion being more than one day prior to the date of the meeting.


LEON G. BENT


Constable of Reading


Presidential Primary Election


Security Hall


April 27, 1948


Pursuant to the foregoing warrant and the Constable's return thereon a Party Primary was held at the time and place specified, and was called to order by the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, Charles E. Wilkinson. The Town Clerk then read the warrant and the officer's return. The ballot boxes were duly examined by the Constable in charge and found to be empty and registered 000.


The polls were then declared open at 2 P.M. and were closed at 8 P.M. with the following result: 26 Democrat Votes and 180 Republican Votes for a total of 206, as follows:


Seven Delegates at Large to the Republican National Convention


Pr. I


Pr. 2


Pr. 3


Pr. 4 Total


Robert F. Bradford


30


38


64


40


172


Leverett Saltonstall


33


40


63


41


177


Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.


31


39


63


40


173


Joseph William Martin, Jr.


31


39


63


40


173


Clarence A. Barnes


30


39


64


40


173


Katherine G. Howard


31


37


64


41


173


Edwin L. Olander


28


36


64


40


168


Blanks


17


12


17


5


51


Total Votes Cast


231


280


462


287


1260


73


Seven Alternate Delegates at Large to Republican National Convention


Esther W. Wheeler


29


36


65


41


171


Carroll L. Meins


28


35


64


40


167


Clara F. Roberto


27


36


64


40


167


Richard V. Wigglesworth


28


36


63


41


168


Florence G. Claussen


27


33


64


40


164


Anne M. Zyfers


28


35


63


40


166


Milton P. Higgins


26


36


65


40


167


Blanks


38


33


14


5


90


Total Votes Cast


231


280


462


287


1260


Two District Delegates to the Republican National Convention Eighth Congressional District


Frederick Bancroft Willis


13


20


30


24


87


Kenneth Hutchins


12


17


30


25


84


Lester W. Bowen


7


0


2


2


11


John W. Justice


4


0


2


2


8


Blanks


30


43


68


29


170


-


Total Votes Cast


66


80


132


82


360


Two Alternate District Delegates to the Republican National Convention Eighth Congressional District


Ruth C. Thompson


12


17


30


25


84


Aurelia J. Grace


10


15


30


24


79


Carroll B. Bickford


4


0


2


2


8


Charles A. Farley


6


0


2


2


10


Blanks


34


48


68


29


179


Total Votes Cast


66


80


132


82


360


Republican State Committee (Man) 7th Middlesex District


Vincent Hockmeyer


25


29


59


39


152


Blanks


8


11


7


2


28


Total Votes Cast


33


40


66


41


180


Republican State Committee (Woman) 7th Middlesex District


Marion R. Symonds


29


36


60


41


166


Blanks


4


4


6


0


14


Total Votes Cast


33


40


66


41


180


-


-


-


74


Republican Town Committee (Twenty-five Members)


Oliver H. Currier


31


37


62


38


168


Otis L. Anderson


29


36


64


38


167


C. Nelson Bishop


30


37


63


40


170


Marcia C. Foxcroft


31


34


64


39


168


Betty L. Lynch


30


34


64


38


166


Newell H. Morton


33


40


65


40


178


Marion R. Symonds


31


37


65


40


173


Eleanor C. Bishop


30


35


63


39


167


Clarissa P. Blake


30


35


62


37


164


Edward J. Taylor


31


36


63


39


169


Arthur W. Coolidge


32


39


63


40


174


Catherine C. Gordon


31


37


63


39


170


Marjorie L. Schoppelry


31


35


64


39


169


Mollie A. Sweetser


33


38


64


38


173


Alfred H. Dolben


31


37


65


38


171


Madeleine Reed


30


36


63


39


168


George E. Durgin


32


38


64


39


173


Robert S. Ralston


33


39


63


38


173


Henry A. Murphy, Jr.


31


35


63


38


167


Louis Ellenwood


30


36


63


38


167


G. Warren Cochrane, Jr.


29


37


63


38


167


Sara G. Harnden


31


37


63


39


170


Jemima L. Wellman


31


36


63


38


168


Charles S. Hasty


33


36


65


39


173


Frances E. Myott


32


35


62


38


167


Blanks


49


88


64


59


260


Total Votes Cast


825


1000


1650


1025


4500


Sixteen Delegates at Large to the Democratic National Convention


Group 1


Pr. 1


Pr. 2


Pr. 3


Pr. 4 Total


John W. McCormack


3


8


0


1


12


James M. Curley


3


2


0


1


6


Thomas J. Buckley


3


7


0


1


11


William J. Foley


3


2


0


1


6


Chester A. Dolan, Jr.


2


4


0


1


7


Joseph E. Casey


3


3


0


1


7


Charles F. Jeff Sullivan


2


2


0


1


5


Daniel B. Brunton


2


2


0


1


5


Margaret M. O'Riordan


3


4


0


1


8


Roger L. Putnam


2


6


0


1


9


Maxwell B. Grossman


2


1


0


1


4


Francis E. Kelley


2


2


0


1


5


John T. McMorrow


2


2


0


1


5


75


David J. Brickley


2


2


0


1 5


Joseph A. Scolponetti


2


2


0


1


5


Edward P. Gilgun


3


2


0


1


6


Group 2


Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr.


1


4


0


3


8


John George Asiaf


1


1


0


3


5


Stanley Borsa


0


1


0


3


4


Gerald T. Bowler


0


1


0


3


4


Jeremiah D. Crowley


1


1


0


3


5


Joseph T. Conley


1


1


0


3


5


Walter A. Cuffe


0


1


0


3


4


C. Gerald Lucey


1


1


0


3


5


Francis V. Matera


0


1


0


3


4


Harvey A. Pothier


0


1


0


3


4


William H. J. Rowan


1


1


0


3


5


Colin J. Cameron


0


1


0


3


4


Charles J. Artesani


0


0


0


3


3


Francis X. Casey


1


2


0


3


6


Daniel Rudsten


0


0


0


3


3


John M. Shea


1


1


0


3


5


Not Grouped


James A. Bowes


0


2


0


0


2


Francis E. Cassidy


0


2


0


0


2


Lawrence W. Caton


0


2


0


0


2


Joseph H. Downey


0


2


0


0


2


Leo A. Gosselin


0


2


0


0


2


Thomas A. Keating


0


2


0


0


2


Mathies LaPierre


0


1


0


0


1


Leo F. McGrath


0


1


0


0


1


James Leo O'Connor


0


3


0


0


3


James F. Reynolds


0


1


0


0


1


George W. Stanton


0


2


0


0


2


Alice D. Sullivan


0


0


0


0


0


Blanks


65


103


32


16


216


Total Votes Cast


112


192


32


80


416


Sixteen Alternate Delegates at Large to Democratic National Convention Group 1


William R. Conley


2


2


0


1 5


Frank T. Y. Goon


3


2


0


1 6


Michael A. O'Leary


2


3


0


1


6


Bernard J. Killion


3


3


0


1


7


Clementina Langone


2


2


0


1


5


Michael LoPresti


2


2


0


1


5


76


Mary E. McDonald


3


2


0


1


6


Charles H. McGlue


2


2


0


1


5


Thomas F. Graham


2


2


0


1


5


Samuel Michelman


2


2


0


1


5


Rita M. Moylan


3


2


0


1


6


Mary Higgins


3


2


0


1


6


Charles Collatos


2


2


0


1


5


Silas F. Taylor


2


2


0


1


5


James T. Violette


2


2


0


1


5


Daniel F. Donovan


3


2


0


1


6


Group 2


James A. Burke


1


2


0


3


6


Joseph E. Duffy


1


0


0


3


4


Howard B. Driscoll


1


0


0


3


4


Gerald P. Lombard


0


0


0


3


3


John J. Toomey


1


0


0


3


4


Robert G. Connolly


0


0


0


3


3


Edward J. Mulligan


1


0


0


3


4


James J. Twohig, Jr.


1


1


0


3


5


Anthony Parenzo


0


0


0


3


3


John G. Curley


1


0


0


3


4


Patrick Cronin


0


0


0


3


3


Harold C. Nagle


1


0


0


3


4


Thomas F. Reilly


0


0


0


3


3


John H. O'Connor, Jr.


0


1


0


3


4


James E. Hannon


0


0


0


3


3


Frank B. Oliveira


0


0


0


3


3


Not Grouped


Marie F. Akey


0


0


0


0


0


Thomas B. Brennan


0


1


0


0


1


Joseph J. Buckley


0


0


0


0


0


John C. Carr


0


2


0


0


2


Lawrence E. Corcoran


0


0


0


0


0


Frederick M. Kelley


0


0


0


0


0


Ida C. McDonough


0


0


0


0


0


Edward McLoughlin


0


0


0


0


0


Wilfred J. Paquet


0


1


0


0


1


Luke Ryan


0


0


0


0


0


Anna A. Sharry


0


0


0


0


0


Jacob W. Shinberg


0


0


0


0


0


Wanda Walczak


0


0


0


0


0


Blanks


66


150


32


16


264


-


-


-


-


Total Votes Cast


112


192


32


80


416


77


Two District Delegates to the Democratic National Convention Eighth Congressional District


Burton F. Faulkner


5


7


2


5 19


John F. Cahill


6


8


2


5


21


Blanks


3


9


0


0


12


Total Votes Cast


14


24


4


10


52


Two Alternate District Delegates to the Democratic National Convention Eighth Congressional District


Fred C. Harrington


6


8


2


5 21


John P. Clair


5


7


2


5


19


Blanks


3


9


0


0


12


-


-


-


Total Votes Cast


14


24


4


10


52


Democratic State Committee (Man) 7th Middlesex District


Frank A. Cassidy


3


4


2


1 10


George B. Murphy, Jr.


2


3


0


2


7


Blanks


2


5


0


2


9


Total Votes Cast


7


12


2


5


26


Democratic State Committee (Woman) 7th Middlesex District


None


0


0


0


0


0


7


12


2


5


26


Blanks


-


-


-


-


-


Total Votes Cast


7


12


2


5


26


Ten Members Democratic Town Committee


None


0


0


0


0


0


Blanks


70


120


20


50


260


Total Votes Cast


70


120


20


50


260


The following persons served as Election Officers:


Precinct 1


Ballot Box


Ola M. Pomfret


Ballot Clerk John J. Murray


Checkers


Catherine L. Doherty


Jessie N. Thaxter


Counters


M. Gertrude Ballou


-


-


-


-


-


78


Mary E. Doran Annie C. O'Malley Margaret J. Curtin


Precinct 2


Ballot Box


George N. Bishop


Ballot Clerk Catherine E. Riley


Checkers Nellie E. Whelton


Mary C. Barrett


Eleanor S. Michelini


Counters


Rose A. Gadbois


Ethel D. Gowing Mary A. Painting


Precinct 3


Ballot|Box


Gladys R. Dickinson


Ballot Clerk Minnie A. Heselton


Checkers Rebecca T. Emery


William M. Thayer


.Counters


Edith Moses


Frank E. Ward


Frances S. Snyder Bertha L. Skinner


Precinct 4


Ballot Box


Bertha A. Perkins


Ballot Clerk Mabel Bennett


Checkers Winifred E. McClintock


Counters


Eva F. Gleason


Dorothy Williams


Elizabeth M. Bates


Catherine G. Doucette


H. Nelson Bates Gooch Sargent


Tabulators Walter A. Scanlon J. Robert Clark


A true record. Attest:


GUY W. ELLISON,


Town Clerk


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TOWN WARRANT


(Seal)


The Commonwealth of Massachusetts


Middlesex, ss.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Reading, Greeting:


In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Reading qualified to vote in elections and town affairs to meet in Security Hall, Woburn Street, in said Reading, on Wednesday, the Sixteenth Day of June, 1948 at eight o'clock in the evening, to act on the following articles:


Article 1. To hear and act on the reports of Town officers and special committees and determine what instructions will be given Town officers and special committees.


Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By- Laws and Zoning Map by changing the area hereinafter described from the A-2 residence district to the business district:


Beginning on the Easterly side of Pearl Street at the Northwesterly corner of the premises owned by Shirley and George R. Dugan, Jr., thence Easterly 200 feet along the Northerly boundary line of said Dugan's land;


thence turning and running southerly by a line parallel with and 200 feet distant from the Easterly boundary line of Pearl Street to the Southerly boundary line of the premises owned by the Town of Reading, Pearl Street School property;


thence turning and running Westerly along the Southerly boundary line of the Pearl Street School premises 200 feet to the Easterly boundary line of Pearl Street; and thence turning and running Northerly along the Easterly boundary line of Pearl Street and the point of beginning so that the above described area shall be re-zoned and changed to and become part of the business district.


Shirley M. Dugan and others


Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to convey or abandon upon such terms and conditions as they may determine the easement consisting of a right of way for foot travel over a strip of land approximately 8 feet in width running in a general Westerly direction from Main Street to the Municipal Parking Area and through land formerly of Emma I. Chamberlain and land now of Aaron L. Levin and to further authorize the Board of Selectmen to execute for and in behalf of the Town such conveyance or abandonment of such easement together with such other instruments and agreements


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which may be necessary in connection therewith, or what it will do in relation thereto.


Board of Selectmen


Article 4. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate from the Tax Levy or from Available Funds for prosecuting or defending the proceedings before the Department of Public Utilities relative to the price of gas sold and delivered in the Town of Reading, or what it will do in relation thereto. Edward C. Emslie and others


Article 5. To see what sum the Town will appropriate from avail- able funds for the payment of a certain unpaid account due in 1947, under authority of Section 64 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, and covering an item for professional medical service for an individual aided by the Town, or what it will do in relation thereto.


Board of Public Welfare


Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to accept the report of the Board of Public Works upon the laying out as a public way of a private way known as John Carver Road under provisions of law authorizing: the assessment of betterments, such highway being laid out in accord- ance with plan duly approved by the Board of Survey and filed in the office of the Town Clerk in accordance with statutory requirements and to see if the Town will accept the public way laid out by the Board of Public Works as John Carver Road and to see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds for the construction of said way, or what it will do in relation thereto.


Board of Public Works


And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting an attested copy thereof in at least three public places in each precinct of the Town, not less than seven days prior to June 16, 1948, the date set for the meeting in said Warrant, and to publish this Warrant in the Reading Chronicle, one day at least prior to said date.




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