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Section 2. A license under the preceding section shall be granted only to a person who is or has declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States.
Section 3. Any person who is a hawker or peddler under the provisions of Section 17 of Chapter 101 of the General Laws shall con- duct his business in such a manner and at such a time as not un- reasonable to disturb the comfort and peace of any person within the Town.
Section 4. Every violation of any by-law in this article shall be punished by a fine of not less than $2 nor more than $20.
ARTICLE VIII. - Junk Dealers and Collectors
Section 1. The Selectmen may license such persons as they deem suitable to be dealers in and keepers of shops for the purchase, sale or barter of junk, old metals or second hand articles within the Town; and as junk collectors, to collect, by purchase or otherwise, junk, old metals and secondhand articles from place to place within the town, subject to the provisions of Section 54 of Chapter 140 of the General Laws, provided, nevertheless, that all licenses thus granted shall con- tain a clause that the person thus licensed agrees to abide by and be subject to all the provisions of the by-laws, or any by-laws which may be adopted by the town relating to dealers in and keepers of shops licensed for the purpose, and to junk collectors licensed as aforesaid.
Section 2. All persons licensed as aforesaid, shall keep a book in which shall be written at the time of every purchase of any such article, a description of the article or articles purchased, the name, age and residence of the person from whom, and the day and hour when such purchase was made; such book shall at all times be open
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to the inspection of the Selectmen or any other person by them au- thorized to make such inspection; every keeper of such shops shall put in a suitable and conspicuous place on his shop a sign having his name and occupation legibly inscribed thereon in large letters; such shop, and all articles of merchandise therein, may be at all times ex- amined by the Selectmen, or by any person by them authorized to make such examination; no keeper of such shop or junk collector shall directly or indirectly, either purchase or receive by way of barter or exchange any of the articles aforesaid of a minor or appren- tice knowing or having reason to believe him to be such, and no ar- ticle purchased or received by such shopkeeper shall be sold until at least 30 days from the date of its purchase or receipt has elapsed; such shops shall be closed from 6 o'clock in the evening to 6 o'clock in the morning, and no keeper thereof and no junk collector shall pur- chase any of the articles aforesaid between six o'clock in the evening and six o'clock in the morning.
ARTICLE IX. - General
Section 1. All penalties recovered for violation of any of the foregoing by-laws shall be paid into the treasury of the town.
Section 2. The records,of the town and all important papers shall be kept in a fireproof safe.
Section 3. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Treasurer shall have custody of deeds, bonds, contracts, insurance policies, and other similar documents owned by the town, except that the bonds given by the Treasurer and the Collector of Taxes to the town shall be in the custody of the Selectmen.
Section 4. The by-laws may be amended at any annual meeting, providing notice has been properly given in the warrant for said meet- ing.
Section 5. All by-laws heretofore adopted by the town are here- by repealed, except the so-called Zoning By-Laws.
Section 6. These by-laws shall take effect ten days after ap- proval by the Attorney General and publication by the same as pro- vided in Section 32 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws.
ART. 12 To see if the Town will vote to purchase the "Annotated Laws of Massachusetts" and appropriate the sum of $125 .- to cover the cost of the same or take any other action relative thereto. Board of Selectmen.
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ART. 13. To see if the Town will vote to transfer from un- appropriated available funds in the treasury a sum equal to the amount that is allotted to the town by State and County as their share in Highway work done in conjunc-
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tion with the town, to meet the State's and County's share of the work, the reimbursement from the State and Coun- ty to be restored upon their receipt to unappropriated available funds in the treasury : George A. Marshall ART. 14. "To see if the town will vote to release to Claude J. Bromley and Julia Bromley, the present owners, all the right, title and interest it holds on or in Lot No. 558 on a plan of land known as "Lakeview Park" and to au- thorize the Selectmen and Treasurer to sign the proper instrument of release." George A. Marshall
ART. 15. To see if the town will vote to convey to Italio J .. Davoli and Henry Davoli the present owners, all the right, title and interest it holds in Lots Nos. 650-651 and 652 on a plan of land known as "Riverview", said lots being the same ones formerly owned by one Annie Shep- herd and which were purchased by the said Italio J. Davoli and Henry Davoli from her and to authorize the Selectmen and Treasurer to sign a deed with Quit claim covenants conveying the same to the present owners. George A. Marshall.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $3,500.00 or any other sum for the im- provement of Whipple Road : 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.
By Board of Road Commissioners.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $500 for the Annual Memorial Day Observances, and appoint a 3 man committee to make arrangements for same or take any other action relative thereto. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will authorize the dismantling and disposal of the bandstand on the common opposite the Town Hall so that a suitable park might be provided for the erection of the Town's memorial to its war dead. American Legion & Veterans of Foreign Wars.
ART. 19. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $300, or any other sum, to move the bandstand on the park opposite the Town Hall to another location so that a suitable park might be provided for the erection of the Town's memorial to its war dead.
American Legion & Veterans of Foreign Wars.
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ART. 20. To see what sum the Town will raise and appro- priate for the suitable landscaping of the common op- posite the Town Hall, in addition to any sum already available for that purpose, or take any other action re- lative thereto.
American Legion & Veterans of Foreign Wars. ART. 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sum not exceeding $1800 for a new truck for the Tree Department, the Board of Selectmen and Tree Warden to purchase same and dispose of 1918 Stewart and 1928 Reo which this truck is to replace, or take any other action relative thereto. Harris M. Briggs.
ART. 22. To see what rate of compensation the Town will vote to pay the Tree Warden or take any action relative thereto. Harris M. Briggs.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to appoint a Town Accountant in accordance with the provisions of Section 55, Chapter 41, General Laws, or take any other action relative thereto. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 24. To see if the Town will vote to direct the Select- men to petition the Director of Accounts of the Depart- ment of Corporations and Taxation for the installation of an accounting system, in accordance with the provi- sions of Section 35 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, or take any action relative thereto.
Board of Selectmen.
ART. 25. To see if the Town will vote to abolish the office of Town Auditor upon the establishment of the Town Accountant and to apply any unexpended balance of the salary account of the Auditor to the salary account of the Town Accountant. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 26. To see if the Town will vote to choose by ballot at the Annual Town Meeting in February 1949, two Se- lectmen and two members of the Board of Public Welfare, one to serve three years, and one to serve two years ; and, each succeeding year to choose by ballot, one Selectinan, one member of the Board of Public Welfare, to serve for the period of three years, or take any other action rela- . ive thereto. Edward J. Walsh.
ART. 27. To see if the Town will vote to establish a play- ground in South Tewksbury or take any other action thereto. Daniel J. McLean and Petitioners,
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ART. 28. To see what sum the Town will raise and appro- priate for article 21. . Daniel J. McLean and Petitioners.
ART. 29. To see if the Town will vote to accept Mississippi Road as laid out by the Road Commissioners with the Boundaries and measurements as shown on the plan on file with the Town Clerk. Road Commissioners.
ART. 30. To see if the Town will vote to accept Erlin Ave- nue as laid out by the Road Commissioners with the Boundaries and measurements as shown on the plan on file with the Town Clerk. Road Commissioners.
ART. 31. To see if the Town will vote to accept Cottage Street as laid out by the Road Commissioners with the boundaries and measurements as shown on the plan on file with the Town Clerk. Road Commissioners.
ART. 32. To see if the Town will vote to accept Green Street as plan attached and filed with the Road Commis- sioners, on January 3, 1948.
So. Tewksbury Betterment Association.
ART. 33. To see if the Town will vote to have Assessor's new report book printed on real estate valuations and distributed to the townspeople.
So. Tewksbury Betterment Association.
ART. 34. To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate for Article 33.
So. Tewksbury Betterment Association.
ART. 35. To see if the Town will vote to install in South Tewksbury a "No School" signal of distinctly different tone than the fire whistle.
So. Tewksbury Betterment Association.
ART. 36. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to carry out Article 35.
So. Tewksbury Betterment Association.
ART. 37. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the money necessary to install an automatic heat- ing system in the Town Hall or take any other action relative thereto. Helen B. Ward & Ethel M. Phillips. ART. 38. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a com- mittee to see what can be done to eliminate the Foster School and to improve the grade School building situa- tion in general or to take any other action relative there- to. Also to see what sum of money shall be appropriated to carry out the purpose of this article.
Harold Vinecour.
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ART. 39. To see if the Town will vote to Establish a Plan- ning Board under the provisions of Sections 81 A to 81 Y of Chapter 41 of the General Laws as amended. Also determine the number of members thereof and elect the same at the next annual town meeting or take any other action relative thereto. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 40. To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate by borrowing or otherwise for the pur- chase or taking of eminent domain for school purposes the land now owned by William B. Carter, Frederick M. Carter, John P. Carter and Ruby F. Bruneau which ad- joins the high school side on the west or take any action relative thereto. Special Building Com.
ART. 41. To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate by borrowing or otherwise for the con- truction of a school building on Pleasant Street in said town, or take any other action relative thereto. Special Building Com.
ART. 42. To see what sum the Town will raise and appro- priate for the remodeling or altering of the present high school building, by borrowing or otherwise or what other action the Town will take relative to said altering or re- modeling. Special Building Com.
ART. 43. To see if the Town will vote to install the Plan- ning Board as a permanent Town body or take any other action relative thereto. Special Building Com.
ART. 44. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $500 in addition to any unexpended balance for the use of the Planning Board or take any other action relative thereto, Special Building Com.
ART. 45. To see if the Town will appropriate $250 and the unexpended balance of $9.82 to complete the repairs on the Field House at the Stadium. Stadium Com.
ART. 46. To see if the Town will appropriate $500 and the unexpended balance of $8.66 for the usual Maintenance of the Stadium. Stadium Committee.
ART. 47. To see if the Town will vote to have a committee appointed which will recommend at the next annual Town Meeting a simplified code of Building Laws and provi- sion for their enforcement, or take any other action rela- tive thereto. Ralph S. Battles.
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ART. 48. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $500 for the purchase of an A-Label Safe for the preservation of Vital Records in the Town Clerk's Office. Alice A. Pike.
ART. 49. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $6,080 to be used for the Hot Lunch Projects in the Public Schools, or take any other action relative thereto. Loella F. Dewing, Director of School Lunch.
ART. 50. To see what salary or rate of compensation the Town will vote to pay the Assessors, or take any action relative thereto. Board of Assessors.
ART. 51. To see if the Town will vote to gravel and oil Court Street from Washington Street to Old Boston Road and to see what sum the Town will appropriate therefor. Bernard Bennett.
ART. 52. 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 Coun- ty Extension Service, said money to be spent under the direction of the local director or take any other action thereto. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 53. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 140, Section 132-136 inclusive G. L. as amended in the Acts and Resolves of 1947 Chapter 492, Section 1-4 in- clusive. Harold J. Patten
ART. 54. To see if the Town will vote to accept the Select- men's report on Insurance, and a committee of three com- posed of the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, Chair- man of the School committee and the Town Treasurer have charge of all Municipal Building Insurance and adopt the Five Year plan or take any other action relative thereto. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 55. To see what sum of money the Town will raise and appropriate to carry out article 54. Board of Selectmen. ART. 56. To see if the Town will vote to continue the High- way Machinery Fund as established at the last annual Town meeting, and to appropriate an additional sum including the unexpended balance of the 1947 Highway. Machinery account to be added to the amount already accredited to this fund, for highway machinery purposes, or take any other action relative thereto.
By Board of Road Commissioners,
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ART. 57. To see what sum the Town will vote to appro- priate from the Highway Machinery Fund for the pur- chase, repair, and maintenance of road machinery equip- ment for 1948, or take any other action relative thereto. By Board of Road Commissioners.
ART. 58. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $1,000.00 for the Maintenance of Chap- ter 90, "Highways": said money to be used in conjunc- tion with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose, or take any other action relative thereto.
By Board of Road Commissioners.
ART. 59. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $12,000 for a Diesel Power grader with Snow plows, bulldozer blade, scarifier, grader blade com- plete or take any other action relative thereto.
By Board of Road Commissioners.
ART. 60. To see if the Town will vote to install one light on Main Street, opposite Pike Street, or take any other action relative thereto. Edward J. Walsh.
ART. 61. To see if the Town will vote to install one light at the corner of Woburn Street and James Avenue, or take any other action relative thereto.
Conrad E. Martel.
ART. 62. To see if the Town will vote to install one light at the end of Parker Avenue, South Tewksbury, or take any other action relative thereto.
So. Tewks. Betterment Ass'n.
ART. 63. To see if the Town will vote to install one light at the corner of Parker Avenue and Green Street, or take any other action relative thereto. John J. Keough.
ART. 64. To see if the Town will vote to install one light on South Street near the residence of James A. Yorks, or take any other action relative thereto.
Mrs. James A. Yorks.
ART. 65. To see if the Town will vote to install one light on Pole No. 50 on Shawsheen Street, or take any other action relative thereto. William J. Houlihan.
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,
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and leave one hundred copies for the use of the citizens at the Post Offices 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 Meetings as aforesaid :-
Given under our hands, this 4th day of February, in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and forty-eight.
VICTOR N. CLUFF, EDWARD J. SULLIVAN, WILLIAM B. CARTER,
Selectmen of Tewksbury.
A true copy attest :
Constable of Tewksbury
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
Town of Tewksbury®
OF TEWKSB
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Report of Superintendent of Schools
For the Year Ending December 31, 1947
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS
Ralph S. Battles 1945-1948 Chairman No. Tewksbury
J. Harper Gale 1947-1950 Secretary Tewksbury
Mrs. Loella Dewing 1946-1949
Tewksbury
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Stephen G. Bean
Wilmington
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Herbert M. Larrabee, M. D. Tewksbury
SCHOOL NURSE
Mrs. E. Althea Knox, R. N. Billerica
ATTENDANCE OFFICER
Earl Sands
So. Tewksbury
SCHOOL CALENDAR - 1948
January 5 to February 28 - 8 weeks
VACATION ONE WEEK
May 10 to June 18-6 weeks -Elementary May 10 to June 25-7 weeks-High School (if 180 days of school)
Summer vacation 10 weeks
September 8 to December 24 (noon)- 16 weeks
VACATION School commences January 3, 1949
HOLIDAYS
February 22
Good Friday
April 19
May 30
October 12
November 11
November 27 and 28
SCHOOL CENSUS
OCTOBER 1, 1947
Ages
5-7
7-14
14-16
16-21
Totals
Boys
97
233
88
184
602
Girls
89
235
79
169
572
Totals
186
468
167
353
1174
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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Superintendent
$ 1,312.50
Superintendent, Expenses
500.00
School Committee Expenses
225.00
Supervisors
2,940.00
Teachers, Elementary
35,500.00
Teachers, High
26,950.00
Textbooks, Elementary
2,000.00
Textbooks, High
1,000.00
Supplies, Elementary
2,000.00
Supplies, High
1,000.00
Janitors, Elementary
4,672.00
Janitors, High
1,924.00
Fuel, Elementary
3,500.00
Fuel, High
1,200.00
Miscellaneous, Elementary
1,400.00
Miscellaneous, High
1,400.00
Library
250.00
Healthı
2,500.00
Transportation, Elementary
5,770.00
Transportation, High
2,910.00
Insurance, Elementary
400.00
Insurance, High
400.00
Repairs, Elementary
3,500.00
Repairs, High
2,000.00
New Equipment
1,200.00
Athletics
2,400.00
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REPORT OF SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT
To the School Committee Tewksbury, Massachusetts
Madam and Gentlemen:
The following is my seventeenth Annual Report as Superinten- dent of Schools of this town. In it all attempts to create an educa- tional classic are carefully avoided since it is written primarily for the benefit of the citizens of the town.
These reports, coming, as they do, at the close of a fiscal year rather than a school year cover parts of two school years. This fact makes it difficult at times because of the various changes which eventuate during the summer vacation. These are usually changes in personnel but frequently there are changes in policy or procedure which take effect at the opening of a new school year in September. For this reason much of the data which is presented is, in order to keep up-to-date, for the last four months of the fiscal year, i. e. from September to January. Such things as the school census, the mem- bership statistics, the roster of school employees and so on, are as of the current school year. Naturally any discussion of building con- ditions and needs are necessarily based on facts in the present rather than the past.
Of the past we can say that the usual multiplicity of problems have arisen which have been solved to the best of our ability. I say "our ability" advisedly, because the operation of a school system is a joint cooperative operation by the School Committee and the Superintendent; especially in a town like this where the Committee members are obliged, at times, to perform some of the functions of the administrative officer. These are usually emergency activities when "time is of the essence". Generally the activities of each agency are well defined and carefully observed.
For the first time since our country's entrance into the last war we have been able to secure the services of one of the traveling mental clinics which are sent out by the Commonwealth. During the war the physicians and psychiatrists in this branch of the Public Health Service were too busy assisting in the war effort to allow their services to be available. This naturally allowed an unusually large number of retarded pupils to accumulate for the clinic held last spring. These examinations were finally held on April 9, 1947 with the result that twenty-seven pupils were found to be three or more grades mentally retarded. A conference has been held with the representative of the State Department of Education to determine what action must be taken to meet the legal requirements.
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There are two main difficulties to be surmounted to make a Spe- cial Class available. First we must find an adequate place and then we must find a qualified teacher. Either of these presents a real problem; but of the two the element of place or space is the more difficult. Not that it is easy to find properly qualified teachers, but it is easier to get a teacher qualified than it is to find a classroom.
Mrs. Ina Curley, the supervisor of this department for the State, is to make a survey of the whole town setup with a view to de- termining what we shall be obliged to do.
This lack of classroom space leads to consideration of the need for more classrooms, for elementary grades, especially in the Shaw- sheen School. All through the school year ending in June, fourteen pupils from the seventh grade, four pupils from the sixth grade and three pupils from the fifth grade at the Shawsheen School were transported to the Foster School because of crowded conditions in the fifth, sixth and seventh grades at Shawsheen. This fall that same group has again been sent to the Foster School for their eighth grade training. Fortunately this whole eighth grade class is an unusually fine group so that neither the pupils from the Center nor the South will suffer because of the increased enrollment in the grade.
This was the problem solved for the current year, but this solu- tion will not hold for September 1948 and following. A large part of the seventh grade, a few of the sixth grade and, as said before, all of the eighth grade from Shawsheen cannot be accommodated in their logical school building. Next fall when school opens a situa- tion will arise which cannot be met by the current plan. There will be an eighth grade in excess of forty pupils to be cared for by the Shawsheen School in which there are already only seven rooms available and of these seven rooms, one, that of the Principal, Miss Delaney, has a maximum capacity of twenty-five or twenty-six. The six large rooms will all be filled to their desirable capacity by the six lower grades. This will leave thirty-nine seventh grade pupils and over forty eighth graders to be cared for in a room of twenty- five capacity. No more can we transfer to Foster School because every grade there will be as large as can be efficiently handled.
Of course the solution is more room. Where? There are two answers. One is the addition of two more rooms on the second floor of the addition to the Shawsheen School. This is possible. Is it advisable? The other solution is that which is tied in with the plans to be placed before the next (1948) town meeting. This in- volves the building of an additional unit on the high school lot. It will be a combined gymnasium and auditorium. If this is constructed the gymnasium-auditorium in the present High School Building will be converted into classrooms for the seventh and eighth grades, thus creating a six year high school unit.
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Space does not permit a complete exposition of the merits of this plan of organization for the smaller towns where the junior high school plan is not feasible. Suffice it to say that this is an accepted scheme of organization in the field of secondary school ad- ministration.
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