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Again this past year, as in previous years, the Local Tuberculosis Committee presented our schools with a set of health books, making our library of health books more up to date and more complete.
I wish to express my thanks and appreciation to all of my co- workers for their splendid cooperation during the past year.
Respectfully,
E. ALTHEA KNOX,
School Nurse.
ROSTER OF SCHOOL EMPLOYEES As of January 1, 1948
Principal
Lawrence McGowan
Teachers John W. Lough
Kathryn Chandler
Lillian Schwartz
High-Comnı. Tewksbury High-Latin, French, Spanish Tewksbury
Marjorie Stanley Emily Lefebvre
High-Comm. Lawrence
High-Home Economics
Ballardvale
Rita Sullivan
High-English Tewksbury
Elsie Barrows
High-Soc. Science
Wilmington
Etta Lapniewski (Mrs.) Mary Stevens (Mrs.)
High-English and Soc. Science Lowell
Principal Teachers
Everett Thistle
Foster 8 Middleton
Ruth Lyons (Mrs.)
Foster 7 Lowell
Elizabeth Flynn
Foster 6 Chelmsford
Marion Piper
Foster 5 Lowell
Winifred Colbath (Mrs.)
Foster 3 Tewksbury
Helen Stewart (Mrs.)
Foster 4 Lowell
Virginia Cunningham
Foster 2 Lowell
Barbara Christiansen (Mrs.)
Foster 1 Chelmsford
Principal
Margaret Delaney
Shawsheen 8 Lowell
Teachers
Anne Washburn (Mrs.)
Shawsheen 5
Wilmington
Grace Hobart (Mrs.)
Shawsheen 6
Lowell
Gilberta Roy
Shawsheen 4
Lowell
Mary Shelvey
Shawsheen 3
Lowell
Mae Kane (Mrs.)
Shawsheen 1
Lowell
Marion McKiernan (Mrs.)
Shawsheen 2
Lawrence
Principal Eva L. Hersey
Ella Flemings 5-8
No. Tewksbury
Teacher Dorothy Higgins (Mrs.)
Ella Flemings 1-4
W. Concord
Supervisors Evelyn Andersen ( Mrs.)
Art
Wilmington
Alice Sturtevant (Mrs.)
Music-Vocal Lowell
Harold MacDonnell
Music-Band Methuen
Health Herbert M. Larrabee, M. D. Physician
Tewksbury
E. Althea Knox, R. N.
Nurse
Billerica
Janitors Homer Darby
High Tewksbury
Walter Lavelle
Foster Tewksbury
Earl Sands Bronslaw Kohanski
Ella Flemings No. Tewksbury
Transportation John Furtado Fred Garlick Omer Blanchard
Snpl.
Stephen G. Boan
Shawsheen So. Tewksbury
Tewksbury Tewksbury No. Tewksbury Wilmington
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High-Science Tewksbury High-Manual Arts Methuen
High-Mathematics Lowell
AGE-GRADE DISTRIBUTION October 1, 1947
Gr/Age
5
6
7 |8
9
10
11
12 | 13
14
15
16
17
18 |
19
-
T
I
23
38
12
1
74
II
22
33
6 |2
63
III
16
39
18
5
1
79
IV
26 |
29
10
6
1
72
V
13
38
14
7
5
77
VI
16
37
11
5
4
3
76
VII
16
34
10
10
4
74
VIII
1
18
19
2
2
42
T
23
| 60
61
72
62
69
75
71
39
16
9
557
IX
2
16
33
6
4
61
X
2
17
28
4
2
53
1 4
14
22
4
2
2
48
15
15
6 |
36
T
2
18
54
48
45
21
8 | 2
198
G. T.
23 60
61
| 72 |62 69 75 |73 57 70 57
45
21
8 |2
755
SCHOOL GRADE DISTRIBUTION October 1, 1947
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII VIII IX
X
XI
XII
T
Foster
37 | 28
35
32
30
36 |45 | 37
280
Shawsheen -
31
30
43
36
40
39
25
244
Ella Flemings
6
5
1
4
7
1
4
5
33
High School
61
53
48
36
198
Total
74 | 63
79 |72 |77 |76 |74 | 42
61 53
48
36
755
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XI
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INDEX TO TEWKSBURY TOWN REPORT
Year Ending December 31, 1947
Page
Reports of:
Assessors
81
Auditor
Aid to Dependent Children
Aid, State and Military and Veterans' Relief
Assessors
Athletic Equipment
64
Balance Sheet
68 49
Board of Health
Card System Installed
64
Celebration for Returning Veterans
64
Cemetery Trust Funds
Chapter 81
Chapter 90, Maintenance
Collection of Taxes
Dog Officer Account
Fire Department
General
Highways
Highway Machinery Fund
High School Loan
Incidentals
Interest
Inspection of Animals
Inspection of Slaughtering
Library
Maintenance of Legion Hall Building
Maintenance of Stadium
Memorial Day
Memorial Monument to World War II Veterans
Moth Department
Motor Excise Tax Refunds
Municipal Insurance
Old Age Assistance
Parks and Commons
54
Police
Public Welfare
53 46
64 35 37 58 59 54 52 33 36 59 48 54 58 58 50 59 60 50 65 52 61 62 46
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33
46 47 57
Reports of: Auditor-Continued
Refunds:
Real Estate and Poll Tax
62
Care of Dogs
63
Registrars, Board of
Reserve Fund
Salaries
School Lunch Project
Schools
Sealer of Weights and Measures
62 60 47
Stationery and Printing
Street Lighting
50
Summary
65 61
Tax Title Foreclosures
51
Treasurer's Account
59 52 70
Trust Funds
Vocational School
45
Zoning Laws
65
Board of Appraisers
74
Board of Health
93
Board of Public Welfare
98
Bylaw Committee
84
Chief of Fire Department
101
Chief of Police
85
Dog Officer
104
Extension Work
100
Health Department
92
Highway Commissioners
94
Inspector of Animals
103
Inspector of Slaughtering
103
Jury List
105
Librarian
90
Circulation of Books
91
Park Commissioners
83
Planning Board
97
Repairs to Field House at Stadium
63
Sealer of Weights and Measures
104
Stadium Commission
88
Tax Collector
75
Town Clerk
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Annual Town Election, Feb. 28, 1947
20
Annual Town Meeting, Feb. 19, 1947
16
60 67 48 63
39
Shawsheen School Heating System
Town Hall
Tree Warden
Reports of :
Town Clerk-Continued
Births
25
Deaths
30
Marriages
27
Financial Report
32
Recapitulation 32
Special Town Meeting August 27, 1947 24
Warrant for Special Town Meeting August 27, 1947 23
Warrant for Town Meeting, Feb. 19, 1947
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Zoning Bylaws
24
Selectmen 79
Treasurer 71
Tree Warden and Superintendent of Moth Dept. 102
Trustees of Tewksbury Public Library
89
Table of Estimates 106
Town Officers
3
Veterans' Agent 37
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, Feb. 18, 1948
107
INDEX TO REPORT OF TEWKSBURY SHOOL COMMITTEE
Year Ending December 31, 1947
Page
Age Grade Distribution
144
Reports :
Head Master, High School 133
School Nurse 142
Superintendent of Schools 128
Supervisor of Art 141
Supervisor of Music 138
Roster of School Employees 143
School Calendar for 1948 126
School Census 126
School Department Appropriations 127
School Department Officials 126
ANNUAL REPORT
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LIST OF TOWN OFFICERS-1948
MODERATOR JAMES J. GAFFNEY, JR.
SELECTMEN VICTOR N. CLUFF, Chairman WILLIAM B. CARTER EDWARD J. SULLIVAN
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE EDWARD J. SULLIVAN, Chairman VICTOR N. CLUFF WILLIAM B. CARTER
BOARD OF HEALTH WILLIAM B. CARTER, Chairman VICTOR N. CLUFF EDWARD J. SULLIVAN
ASSESSORS AUSTIN F. FRENCH, Chairman
ETHEL M. PHILLIPS
HARRY P. NASH
TOWN CLERK ALICE A. PIKE
TREASURER GEORGE A. MARSHALL
COLLECTOR OF TAXES WILLIAM J. HOULIHAN
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TOWN AUDITOR ROBERT E. GAY
SCHOOL COMMITTEE LOELLA F. DEWING, Chairman - RALPH S. BATTLES J. HARPER GALE
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS STEPHEN G. BEANE
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
HARRY PRIESTLY, Chairman
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RUTH SMITH HAROLD J. PATTEN
MARIAN FRENCH EDGAR SMITH
DOROTHY FITZGERALD
LIBRARIAN ABBIE M. DEMPSEY
ROAD COMMISSIONERS THOMAS P. SAWYER, Chairman CHESTER M. ROPER THOMAS F. SULLIVAN
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
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CONSTABLES
CYRIL L. BARKER
LAUCHIE McPHAIL GEORGE HAZEL
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS GEORGE R. GRAY
WEIGHERS
GEORGE B. TANNER
GEORGE K. JAMES
HELEN L. BE. N
SURVEYOR OF LUMBER GEORGE K. JAMES
MEASURER OF WOOD GEORGE K. JAMES
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES LESLIE COLLINS
FENCE VIEWERS BOARD OF SELECTMEN
POLICE DEPARTMENT
CYRIL L. BARKER, Chief
WILLIAM A. CHANDLER
ARTHUR La FLEUR
LEROY CURSEADEN
WALTER LAVELL
GEORGE A. GALE
EUGENE MANLEY
LOUIS C. HAAS
JAMES MANLEY LAUCHIE McPHAIL
RICHARD E. HAINES
GEORGE M. HAZEL
JAMES P. KANE
ROSS E. SARGENT JOSEPH A. VIVIER
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AGENT BOARD OF HEALTH JOSEPH E. RISOLI, M. D.
UNDERTAKER AND AGENT FOR BURIAL INDIGENT SOLDIERS H. LOUIS FARMER, JR (Reg. Embalmer)
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 FRANK P. SHERLOCK
LESLIE COLLINS
PHAIDA J. ROUX
CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT ALDEN S. HAINES
APPRAISERS BOARD OF SELECTMEN
JANITOR OF TOWN HALL GEORGE K. JAMES
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FINANCE COMMITTEE
(Term expires 1951)
LENOX A. KARNER, JR.
C. ABBOTT BATTLES ALBERT GILLISSEN CHARLES A. DOUCETTE
(Term expires 1950)
REX O. READ ELMER OLSON
THOMAS A. BEBBINGTON ·
ARTHUR W. WELLS, Jr.
(Term expires 1949)
WALTER R. ACKLES KARL HEIDENRICH
HOWARD H. LEIGHTON ALLEN C. WILSON
TRUST FUND COMMISSIONERS FREDERICK M. CARTER
EDWIN W. OSTERMAN ROY G. LANNER
DOG OFFICER GEORGE R. GRAY
BOARD OF APPEALS JOHN J. COONEY, Chairman DANA F. PERKINS HAROLD F. HANSON
ATTENDANCE OFFICER
EARL R. SANDS
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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.
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 Wednesday, February 18, 1948 at 7:30 o'clock, P. M. to act on the following articles, except Article 1, and you are also hereby further required and directed to notify and warn the said inhabitants of the Town of Tewksbury, who are qualified to vote on elections and town affairs, there in to assemble subsequently and meet in town meeting at the polling places in said Town of Tewksbury, on Wednesday, February 25, 1948 at 10 o'clock A. M., then and there to act on the following Article 1.
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.
ART. 1. To choose all necessary. Town Officers, to choose by ballot a Moderator, Town Clerk to serve three years, three Selectmen to serve one year, three members of the Board of Public Welfare to serve one year, one member of the Board of Health to serve three years, a Town Treasurer, a Collector of Taxes, a Tree Warden, all to serve three years. One Road 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, and one Com- missioner of Trust Funds to serve three years. One Park Commissioner to serve one year, an Auditor to serve one year and three Constables all to serve one year.
ART. 2. To hear reports of Town officers and committees and act thereon. Board of Selectmen.
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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. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 4. To see if the Town will vote the money arising from licensing of dogs, for the ensuing year to aid in support of the Public Library. Board of Selectmen.
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, 1948, 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. Board of Selectmen.
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, 1948, 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. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 6. 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 on same. Board of Selectmen.
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.
Board of Selectmen.
ART. 8. 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 Commissioner of Corpora- tions 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 therefore or take any other action relative thereto. Board of Selectmen. .
ART. 9. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell; after first giving notice of the time and place of sale by posting such notice of sale in some convenient 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 whomsoever they may authorize to hold
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such public auction 'may reject any bid which they deem inadequate, or take any action relative thereto.
Board of Selectmen.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Board of Selectmen to sell any parcel or parcels of land acquired by the Town through Tax Title foreclosure proceedings whose Tax Title value is less than $100.00, for whatever sum it may be in their judgment to the best interest of the Town, or take any other action relative thereto. Board of Selectmen.
ART. 11. To see what action the Town will take relative to amendments or repeal of any of its By-Laws and to hear the report of the committee appointed to make recommendations on amendments and additions to the By-Laws, which report is that the present By-Laws, with the exception of the Zoning By-Laws, be repealed and that new By-Laws be enacted.
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.
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 conjunction with the town, to meet the State's and County's share of the work, the reimbursement from the State and County 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 authorize the Select- men 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 Shepherd 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.
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ART. 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,500.00 or any other sum for the improvement 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 appropriate 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.
ART. 20. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for the suitable landscaping of the common opposite the Town Hall, in addition to any sum already available for that purpose, or take any other action relative thereto.
American Legion & Veterans of Foreign Wars.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate 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 provi- sions 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 Selectmen to petition the Director of Accounts of the Department of Corporations and Taxation for the installation of an accounting system, in accordance with the provisions of Section 35 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws, or take any action relative thereto. Board of Selectmen.
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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 Selectmen 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 Selectman, one member of the Board of Public Welfare, to serve for the period of three years, or take any other action relative thereto. Edward J. Walsh.
ART. 27. To see if the Town will vote to establish a playground in South Tewksbury or take any other action thereto.
Daniel J. McLean and Petitioners.
ART, 28. To see what sum the Town will raise and appropriate for article 27. 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 Bound- aries 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 Avenue 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 Commissioners, 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 Tewks- bury a "No School" signal of distinctly different tone than the fire whistle. So. Tewksbury Betterment Association.
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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 appropriate the money necessary to install an automatic heating 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 committee to see what can be done to eliminate the Foster School and to improve the grade School building situation in general or to take any other action relative thereto. Also to see what sum of money shall be appropriated to carry out the purpose of this article. Harold Vinecour.
ART. 39. To see if the Town will vote to Establish a Planning 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 purchase 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 adjoins 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 construction 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 appropriate 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 remodeling. Special Building Com.
ART. 43. To see if the Town will vote to install the Planning 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.
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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 Com.
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 provision for their enforcement, or take any other action relative thereto. Ralph S. Battles.
ART. 48. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate 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 appropriate 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 appropriate 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. 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 inclusive. Harold J. Patten.
ART. 54. To see if the Town will vote to accept the Selectmen's report on Insurance, and a committee of three composed of the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, Chairman 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.
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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.
ART. 57. To see what sum the Town will vote to appropriate from the Highway Machinery Fund for the purchase, repair, and maintenance of road machinery equipment for 1948, or take any other action relative thereto.
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