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We have our first Infant and Pre-School well child clinic spon- sored by the State Dept. of Health and carried on by the local Board of Health, January 12, 1944.
Respectfully submitted, ,
EDITH E. HAINES, R. N.
School Nurse
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REPORT OF SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC
To Mr. Stephen G. Bean and Members of the School Committee:
The results which have been attained in the short time I have supervised music in the High School of Tewksbury have been encourag- ing both to the students and myself. In fact I am hoping that the enthusiasm will carry through for next year in which case, I would like to have music touch each and every student of Tewksbury High. Now more than ever do we need courage, in order that we may sur- vive in this great struggle for existence. I can think of no better way of giving this extra strength to our youth, both mentally and physically than through music. Music has enough variation so that it can pro- vide for every type of individual need, the tendency in these days being music that is diverting, soothing or stimulating.
In the months to come the work has been planned in such a way that the Spring Concert will be the actual result of all our daily work. Our choice of songs lean mostly on the side of light Ballads, well known folk songs, and a combination of song and dance. The students and I promise a very delightful evening for those who will attend. This Music Festival of song and dance will be presented in May, 1944.
In closing, I wish to thank Mr. David Lynch, principal of the High School, and Miss Kay Chandler for their untiring spirit, of which they have so much to offer.
Respectfully submitted,
EVELYN MEKELATOS,
Music Supervisor.
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ROSTER OF SCHOOL EMPLOYEES as of December 31, 1943
Name
School or Dept.
Address
Act. Prin.
David Lynch
High Tewksbury
Teachers
Kathryn Chandler
High-Comm.
Tewksbury
Catherine Maguire
High-Fr. and Math. Lowell
Marjorie Stanley
High-Comnı. Lawrence
Vera C. Allen (Mrs.)
High-Science
Tewksbury
Joan Holt
High-English
Tewksbury
Mary P. Keefe
High-Soc. Sc.
Tewksbury
Marie B. L'Esperance
High-Home Ec. Tewksbury
Rita Sullivan Lillian Schwartz
High-Eng. & Soc. Sc. Lowell High-Latin and
Math. Tewksbury
Principal Ethelyn Howard
Foster 8
Tewksbury
Teachers Ruth Lyons (Mrs.)
Foster 7
Lowell
Elizabeth Flynn
Foster 6
Chelmsford
Marion Piper
Foster 5
Lowell
Doris Blake
Foster 4
Wamesit
Winifred Colbath (Mrs.)
Foster 3
Tewksbury
Virginia Cunningham
Foster 2
Lowell
Catherine Meloy
Foster 1
No. Tewksbury
Act. Prin.
Anne Washburne (Mrs.)
Shawsheen 7-8
Wilmington
Grace Hobart (Mrs.)
Shawsheen 6-7
Lowell
Josephine Hedstrom (Mrs.)
Shawsheen 5
Wilmington
Dorothy O. Barry (Mrs.)
Shawsheen 4
Tewksbury
Eileen Flynn
Shawsheen 3
Tewksbury
Mary Katherina
Shawsheen 2
Tewksbury
Louise F. Wood
Shawsheen 1
Stoneham
Principal
Eva L. Hersey
Helle Generales
Ella Flemings 5-8 No. Tewks.
Ella Flemings 1-4
Lowell
Supervisors Mary Shea
Drawing
Salem
Alice Sturtevant (Mrs.)
Evelyn Mekelatos
Music Elementary
Lowell
Music High
Lowell
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Health
Herbert M. Larrabee, M. D. Physician
Edith E. Haines, R. N. Nurse
Tewksbury Tewksbury
Janitors
Homer Darby
High
Tewksbury
Walter Lavelle
Foster
Tewksbury
George Garland
Shawsheen
Tewksbury
Bronslaw Kohanski
Ella Flemings No. Tewksbury
Trans.
Austin French (For Rita Furtado)
Tewksbury
Fred Garlick
Tewksbury
Omer Blanchard
No. Tewksbury
Supt.
Stephen G. Bean
Wilmington
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SCHOOL CALENDAR 1944
January 3 to February 26-8 weeks
Vacation one week March 6 to April 29-8 weeks Vacation one week
May 8 to June 17-6 weeks-Elementary May S to June 24-7 weeks-High School (if 180 days of school)
Summer vacation-10 weeks
September 6 to December 23-16 weeks Vacation one week
1945
January 2 to February 24-8 weeks
TOWN CENSUS
5-7
7-14
14-15
16-21
Boys
94
258
83
180
615
Girls
73
239
79
164
555
167
497
162
344
1170
Respectfully submitted,
EDITH E. HAINES, R. N.
Census Taker. -
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INDEX TO TEWKSBURY TOWN REPORT YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1943
Reports: PAGE
Agent for Suppression of Gypsy and Brown Tail Moths 115
Assessors 92
Auditor
41
Addition to Shawsheen School Building
66
Aid to Dependent Children
Aid State and Military
Assessors'
Board of Health
Cemetery Trust Funds
55 69
Clerical Services
66 68 64 65
Collection of Taxes
Dog Officer Account
Fire Department
60
General
57
Highways
Highway Machinery Fund.
High School Loan
Incidentals
Interest
Inspection of Meats and Animals
Land Purchases
Library
Maintenance of Athletic Field and Athletics
Maintenance of Legion Hall Building
Memorial Day
Moth Department
Motor Excise Tax Refunds
Municipal Insurance
Old Age Assistance
51
Parks and Commons
60
158
41 44 65 54 59 64 68 56 67 64 55 58 67 68
Civilian Defense
51 52 63
Auditor's Report-Continued
Police 59
Public Welfare
51
Real Estate and Poll Tax Refunds
Registrars, Board of
68 65 72
Reserve Fund
Salaries
52
Schools
Sealer of Weights and Measures.
Shawsheen Building Loan.
Stationery and Printing
56
Summary
70
Tax Title Foreclosures
67
Town Hall
57
Tree Warden
58
Trust Funds 72
70
W. P. A. Fund.
65
Report of:
Assistant Director of Accounts
37
Board of Appraisers 82
Board of Health 111
Board of Public Welfare
108
Chief of Fire Department.
112
Chief of Police.
97
Civilian Defense Committee.
110
Dog Officer
118
Highway Commissioners
100
Honor Roll Committee
116
Inspector of Animals
117
Jury List
119
Librarian
105
Circulation of Books.
106
Park Commissioners
116
Police Department
96
Sealer of Weights and Measures
113
State Director of Accounts .33
Tax Collector
83
Town Clerk
11
Births
27
Deaths
31
159
45 68 69 52
Street Lighting
Unpaid Bills, 1942.
Marriages 28
Financial Report 32
Recapitulation 32
Warrant for Town Meeting, Feb. 3, 1943 12
Annual Town Election, Feb. 3, 1943. 22
Annual Town Meeting, Feb. 10, 1943 22
Treasurer 74
Tree Warden 114
Trustees of Tewksbury Public Library
104
Tables of Estimates. 128
Town Officers 3
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, Feb. 2, 1944 120
INDEX TO REPORT TO TEWKSBURY SCHOOL COMMITTEE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1943
- 146
Age Grade Distribution.
Reports:
Head Master High School 140
School Calendar 1943 157
School Committee 131
School Physician 152
School Nurse 153
Superintendent of Schools 133
Supervisor of Art. 151
Supervisor of Music. 154
Supervisor of Music-Elementary Schools. 148
Roster of School Employees. 155
School Department Officials 130
Teacher-Grade Distribution 147
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
ALSO
Warrant for Annual Meeting
OF THE
Town of Tewksbury
OF TEWKS
TOWN
BURY
NC
0
RP
1734.
RATED
For the Year Ending December 31, 1944
BALFE SERVICE CO., PRINTERS 430 BROADWAY LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS
Town of Tewksbury
LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS-1944
MODERATOR MELVIN G. ROGERS
SELECTMEN IRVING F. FRENCH, Chairman
BERNARD H. GREENE EDWARD J. SULLIVAN
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE EDWARD J. SULLIVAN, Chairman
IRVING F. FRENCH
BERNARD H. GREENE
BOARD OF HEALTH BERNARD H. GREENE, Chairman
EDWARD J. SULLIVAN
IRVING F. FRENCH
ASSESSORS BUZZELL KING, Chairman
AUSTIN F. FRENCH
HARRY P. NASH
TOWN CLERK ALICE A. PIKE
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TREASURER GEORGE A. MARSHALL
COLLECTOR OF TAXES HARRY C. DAWSON
TOWN AUDITOR ROBERT E. GAY
SCHOOL COMMITTEE MAY L. LARRABEE, Chairman J. HARPER GALE
RALPH S. BATTLES
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS STEPHEN G. BEANE
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
HARRY PRIESTLY, Chairman
RUTH SMITH HAROLD J. PATTEN MARIAN FRENCH EDGAR SMITH
DOROTHY FITZGERALD
LIBRARIAN ABBIE M. BLAISDELL
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ROAD COMMISSIONERS THOMAS P. SAWYER, Chairman CHESTER M. ROPER
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS RICHARD F. O'NEILL
TREE WARDEN HARRIS M. BRIGGS
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS HERBERT A. FAIRBROTHER, Chairman ALICE A. PIKE, Clerk WILLIAM H. BENNETT GEORGE J. McCOY
CONSTABLES
CYRIL L. BARKER LAUCHIE McPHAIL JEREMIAH J. HOULIHAN
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS HORACE P. SWEET
WEIGHERS
GEORGE B. TANNER GEORGE K. JAMES
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SURVEYOR OF LUMBER GEORGE K. JAMES
MEASURER OF WOOD GEORGE K. JAMES
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES VICTOR N. CLUFF
FENCE VIEWERS BOARD OF SELECTMEN
POLICE DEPARTMENT
CYRIL L. BARKER, Chief
C. ABBOTT BATTLES
EDWIN W. OSTERMAN
PHILIP M. BATTLES
MARK ROPER
GEORGE A. GALE
PHILIP W. ROUNSEVELL
GEORGE M. HAZEL
ROSS E. SARGENT
JEREMIAH J. HOULIHAN DANIEL J. SHEEHAN ARTHUR La FLEUR
DANIEL D. STERLING
LAUCHIE McPHAIL HERBERT L. TRULL
JAMES MANLEY JOSEPH A. VIVIER
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AUXILIARY POLICE
WINTHROP S. BEAN
GEORGE J. McCOY
HAROLD M. CARSON.
JOHN A. MCLELLAN
VICTOR N. CLUFF
HUGH MCPHEE
HOWARD COLLINS
GEORGE O'CONNELL
ROY H. PENNOCK
MERTON CURTIS WALLACE A. FISKE JOHN J. FURTADO J. HARPER GALE CORNELIUS L. GLEN CLIFFORD GREENO FRANCIS P. JOHNSON
THOMAS D. RAY
ROBERT C. RENFREW
WILLIAM A. SCARLETT
JOHN D. SCOTT
STEPHEN H. SCRIBNER
LEWIS E. SMALL
HAROLD F. SMITH
WALTER JOP UEL H. KINNEY
WILLIAM A. SMITH
ROY LANNER
EDWIN M. THORENSON
ENOCH LUNN
GEORGE E. TOLSTRUP
ROBERT J. MARTIN
JOHN A. TRULL
AGENT BOARD OF HEALTH
HERBERT M. LARRABEE, M. D.
UNDERTAKER AND AGENT FOR BURIAL INDIGENT SOLDIERS H. LOUIS FARMER, JR. (Reg. Embalmer)
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FOREST FIRE WARDEN ALDEN S. HAINES
DEPUTY FOREST FIRE WARDENS
WILLIAM I. BAILEY JOHN SMITH, JR.
INSPECTOR OF MEAT AND PROVISIONS HORACE P. SWEET
LOCAL AGENT FOR SUPPRESSION OF BROWN TAIL AND GYPSY MOTHS HARRIS M. BRIGGS
PARK COMMISSIONERS THOMAS C. McCAUSLAND
HARRIS M. BRIGGS WALTER ROBERTS
CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT ALDEN S. HAINES
APPRAISERS BOARD OF SELECTMEN
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JANITOR OF TOWN HALL GEORGE K. JAMES
FINANCE COMMITTEE
(Term expires 1947)
SAMUEL CROWN
WINTHROP S. BEAN
ELMER OLSON
FRED A. DUGAU
(Term expires 1946)
WALTER R. ACKLES KARL HEIDENRICH
WILLIAM H. BENNETT ALLEN C. WILSON
(Term expires 1945)
PHILIP M. BATTLES
EVERETT H. KING, Sec'y
ALBERT GILLISSEN MARK ROPER
TRUST FUND COMMISSIONERS FREDERICK M. CARTER
EDWIN W. OSTERMAN H. LOUIS FARMER, JR.
DOG OFFICER GERALD J. FINNERAN
CARETAKER OF SOLDIERS' LOT
WINTHROP S. JONES
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REPORT OF TOWN CLERK
Records of Warrants and Proceedings of the Town Meetings. Records of Births, Marriages and Deaths.
Statement of Money Paid the Town Treasurer and to the Division of Fisheries and Game.
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Middlesex, ss :
To either of the Constables of the Town of Tewksbury in said County :
Greeting :
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Tewksbury, qualified to vote in Town Affairs, to meet and assemble at Town Hall in said Tewksbury on Wed- nesday, February 2, 1944, at ten o'clock A. M., to act on the following articles :
ART. 1. To choose all necessary Town Officers, to choose by ballot a Moderator, Town Clerk, three Selectmen- one to serve one year, one to serve two years, one to serve three years ; three members of the Board of Public Wel- fare-one to serve one year, one to serve two years, one to serve three years; three members of the Board of Health-one to serve one year, one to serve two years, one to serve three years ; a Town Treasurer ; an Auditor, a Collector of Taxes, a Tree Warden and three Constables, all to serve one year ; one Highway Commissioner to serve three years; one member of the School Committee to serve three years; two Trustees of the Public Library to serve three years ; one Park Commissioner to serve three years; one Assessor to serve three years; one Commis- sioner of Trust Fund to serve three years.
The polls for the election of Town Officers to be opened at ten o'clock A. M. and to be closed at 8 P. M.
And you are also hereby further required and directed to notify and warn the said inhabitants of the Town of Tewks- bury, who are qualified to vote on elections and Town affairs, therein to assemble subsequently and meet in Town Meeting at the Town Hall in said Town of Tewksbury on Wednesday, February 9, 1944, at eight o'clock P. M., then and there to act on the following articles :
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ART. 2. To hear reports of Town officers and committees and act thereon.
ART. 3. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise by taxation to defray necessary expenses for the current year, and make appropriations for the same.
ART. 4. To see if the Town will vote the money arising from licensing dogs, for the ensuing year to aid in sup- port of the Public Library.
ART. 5 To see if the Town will vote to authorize the town treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1944, and to issue a 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 accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
VOTED: That the town treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1944, and to issue a 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 accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
ART. 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $350.00 for the proper observance of Memorial Day, and appoint a committee to expend the money. Said committee to be taken from members of Spanish War Veterans, American Legion, or Sons of Veterans.
ART. 7. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to institute suits on behalf of the Town or defend any suits that are, or may be brought against the Town, and to sign any contracts or agreements in behalf of the Town.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,142.72 to pay the County of Middlesex, as required by law, the Town's share of the net cost of the care, main- tenance, and repair of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis
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Hospital, as assessed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 111 of the General Laws and Acts in amend- ment thereof and in addition thereto including Chapter 400, Section 25 G (6) (a) of the Acts of 1936 or take any action in relation thereto.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen and the Treasurer to foreclose either through the Land Court or by affidavit of the Commis- sioner of Corporations and Taxation, any Tax Title held by the Town for more than two years, and to see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate therefor or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum not exceeding $400 for repairs to and main- tenance of the athletic field and structures thereon at the High School and for the maintenance of athletics at the High School.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Se- lectmen to sell, after first giving notice of the time and place of sale by posting such notice of sale in some con- venient and public place in the town fourteen days at least before the sale, property taken by the town under tax title procedure provided that the selectmen or whom- soever they may authorize to hold such public auction may reject any bid which they deem inadequate, or take any action relative thereto.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Board of Select- men to sell any parcel or parcels of land acquired by the Town through Tax Title foreclosure proceedings whose Tax Title value is less than $75.00. for whatever sum it may be in their judgment to the best interest of the Town, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will vote to establish a Road Machinery Fund and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of purchasing, repairing and operating road ma- chinery ; to which fund shall be accredited-in addition to the sum appropriated-such sums as may be allotted for the use of town-owned highway equipment operated for highway purposes in conjunction with the State and County, or take any other action thereto.
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ART. 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $2000. for the Maintenance of Chapter 90, Highways : said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 15. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to gravel and otherwise repair Robinson Avenue, which has been accepted by the Town by vote of a previous town meeting; and furthermore to have the Road Commis- sioners and Board of Selectmen show cause if any why this thoroughfare should not be repaired and maintained whether an appropriation is made under this article or not.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer to discharge the Tax Titles on Real Estate in said Town which appear to be of doubtful validity and on which it appears the Town has no claim or interest as follows :
1. Jesse E. Kemp, Trull Street land and buildings, 12 acres, described in a deed, recorded November 28, 1923 Middlesex North District Registry of Deeds, Book 699, Page 324.
2. Annie E. Hurley, Lot 35, Clatur Plan, described in a deed, recorded November 28, 1923 Middlesex North District Registry of Deeds, Book 699, Page 20.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $1,000.00, said sum to be used to continue the school lunch program, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will make the following ad- dition to its by-laws :
At least ten days before the annual business meeting of the Town, the Board of Selectmen, the Board of Public Welfare, the Board of Health, the Assessors, the Town Clerk, Collector of Taxes, the School Board, Town Auditor, Chief of Police, Chief of the Fire Department, Tree Warden, and the heads of other town departments shall submit in writing to the Secretary of the Finance Committee an estimate of the prospective expenditures of his or their respective
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departments. Such estimates shall contain a breakdown of the principal items of proposed expenditures, includ- ing wages, salaries, equipment, supplies and such other items as may be deemed advisable by the department.
If the estimate for wages or salaries includes com- pensation for employment additional to the employment for the previous year, or any reduction or increase of salary or wages is contemplated, such estimates shall state the work contemplated to be performed by such additional employees, and the reduction or increase in compensation of any employee or officer of the depart- ment shall be stated in the estimate.
Unless such estimates are submitted at the time and in the form provided, no appropriation in excess of the appropriation for the previous year of the department failing to file the estimates as above provided shall be made at the annual town meeting.
Upon request of the Chairman of the Finance Com- mittee such officials and heads of the above named de- partments shall appear before the Finance Committee to explain the reasons for their respective estimates.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will vote that all Motor Ve- hicles, owned by the Town of Tewksbury, shall be let- tered with the name of the Department to which the vehicle belongs, or take any action relative to same.
ART. 20. To see if the Town will vote to abolish the Finance Committee or take any other action.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will vote that beginning with the Annual Town Meeting in February, 1945; the An- nual Town Meeting be held on the first Wednesday in February at eight o'clock P. M. And, that any article may be acted upon, except Article One, the election of Town Officers by ballot, which shall be acted upon on the following Wednesday at ten o'clock A. M., at which time the polls will be opened, and will remain open until eight o'clock P. M. of the same day.
ART. 22. To see if the Town will vote to furnish the tele- phone for the Collector of Taxes, and authorize the ex- penditure for same to be paid from the appropriation for Collection of Taxes, or take any other action relative thereto.
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ART. 23. To see if the Town will vote to set the salary for the Collector of Taxes, at $2,500. for 1944, and to raise and appropriate that amount for said purpose, or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $300. for clerical services in the office of the Town Treasurer for the year of 1944 or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 25. To see if the voters will instruct the Selectmen to demand that the Trustees of the Eastern Massachu- setts Street Railway Company adjust the zone fare rates in Tewksbury so that each zone will call for a 5c rate as is now in effect in other towns on the Lowell Everett route.
ART. 26. Also to see if the voters will instruct the Select- men, in case the Trustees do not voluntarily adjust the rates as before mentioned, to demand a hearing before the Board of Trustees or take any other action in regards to the operation of Eastern Massachusetts buses in Tewksbury.
ART. 27. To see if the Town will vote to raze the house adjoining the town hall and owned by the town, or take any action relative to same.
ART. 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $50.00 in support of the Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture, through the Middlesex County Extension Service, said money to be spent under the direction of the local director or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 29. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for necessary expenses of the Civil- ian Defense Committee, or take any other action thereto.
ART. 30. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for a reserve fund under Section 6 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws or take any other action thereto.
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ART. 31. To see if the Town will vote to increase the salary of the Inspector of Slaughtering $200.00 per year or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 32. To see what salary or rate of compensation the Town will vote to pay the Assessors, and Tree Warden, or take any action relative thereto.
ART. 33. To see if the town will vote to raise and appro- propriate or transfer from available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for the purchase of war bonds or other bonds that are legal investments for savings bank, in order to establish a post-war rehabilitation fund, in ac- cordance with the provisions of Chapter 5, Acts of 1943.
ART. 34. To see if the Town will amend the by-laws of the Town relating to the time of holding the Annual Town Meeting by striking out such by-laws and substituting the following :
The annual election of Town Officers shall be held on the first Wednesday in February. Polls shall be open from 12 noon to 8:00 P. M. All other business shall be transacted on the second Wednesday in February, com- mencing at 7:30 P. M., or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 35. To see if the Town will vote to finish grading and widening Marston Street from Whipple Road to Rogers Street, make appropriation for same or take any other action relative thereto.
ART. 36. To see if the Town will vote to pay the Town Clerk $1,000. per year, or take any action on same.
And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting up attested copies thereof, one at each of the Public Meeting Houses, one at the Town Hall, one at each of the Post Offices, and leave one hundred copies for the use of the citizens at the Post Office in said Town, 8 days at least, and over two Sundays, before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not and make due returns of this Warrant, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk at the time and place of Meeting as aforesaid :-
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Given under our hands, this 15th day of January, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and forty-four.
IRVING F. FRENCH, BERNARD H. GREENE, EDWARD J. SULLIVAN.
Selectmen of
Tewksbury
A true copy attest : CYRIL L. BARKER,
Constable of Tewksbury Saturday January 22, 1944.
February 2, 1944.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex ss.
I have served the within Warrant by posting up attested copies thereof, one at each of the Public Meeting Houses, one at the Town Hall, one at each of the Post Offices, and by leaving one hundred (100) copies for the use of the Citizens at the Post Offices in said Town, eight days at least and over two Sundays, before time of holding said Meeting.
CYRIL L. BARKER,
Constable of Tewksbury.
Filed at Town Clerk's office 10 o'clock A. M. February 2, 1944.
A true copy. Attest :
ALICE A. PIKE,
Town Clerk.
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1 ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION
Town Hall, Tewksbury, Massachusetts, February 2, 1944
Middlesex ss.
At a meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Tewksbury qualified to vote in Town Affairs, held this day, at the Town Hall, the following business was transacted. The Warrant was read by the presiding Election Officer, Irving F. French. Mr. French then ad- ministered the oath of Office to the following tellers: William H. McGowan, Anna E. McPhillips, Arthur W. Wells, William I. Bailey, Harry A. Treadwell and Rose J. Furtado. The Town Clerk was given a receipt for 1650 ballots. Registrar showed 0000 on the Ballot Box, check lists were in order and the Polls were opened at Ten o'clock A.M. The Polls were officially closed at Eight o'clock P.M. with the register showing 1043 names checked as having voted, which number agreed with ballots counted.
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