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·The program was begun at the opening of school this year, Sep- tember 1953, and has progressed as reported below. To those who know about the program and have been waiting for their child to be tested and to get help by remedial reading lessons, the wait may seem long and the progress slow, but it must be remembered that this is only the beginning of the program and the diagnostic testing of children is lengthy. We must know what the troubles are before we can start to correct them. Below is a report of what has been done so far. An initial plan was set up as follows:
1. Examination of the April, 1953, achievement tests for the pur- pose of selecting students to be tested to see if remedial read- ing would be of benefit to them.
2. Distribution of referral blanks to the teachers so that they might help select those students who in their estimation might benefit from remedial reading.
3. The testing of the students as chosen above.
4. The formation of remedial reading groups as a result of the testing.
Steps number one and two have been completed. Step number three and step number four are now in progress.
Since all group tests are based upon the ability to read, poor readers would not get scores that were a true measure of what they knew. How could children who were not reading up to their ability be found by an examination of the records. An answer is partially found in looking over achievement scores in all school subjects. If a child has a high arithmetic fundamentals score and a low reading
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score, he is usually a candidate to be tested. Also those reading below their ability scores were chosen to be on the list of initial examinees. Next on the list were placed all those who were low in reading.
Below is a breakdown of figures based upon an examination of achievement testing records of April 13, 1953. The number is very low and is a credit to the school system.
SHAWSHEEN
Pupils with a high arithmetic and a low reading score 30
Pupils reading below ability scores 14
All others reading one grade or more below grade level 69
This means that only 69 out of a total of approximately 380 pupils were below grade in reading because of ability. This is a very, very low figure.
NORTH STREET
High arithmetic - low reading 33
Average and average plus ability - low reading 36
All others reading one grade or more below grade level 32
Tests are not foolproof. Help of the teacher is essential. She knows the pupils. She hears him recite and knows him well. Here is a boy or girl who is reading way below what would seem to be what he should be doing. The teacher refers these students whom she thinks should be tested. Combining the results of both the study and the referrals, the students are chosen and testing begins. As time progresses, all children indicated will be tested. Time is the only limiting factor.
The testing consists of four tests. First, each student is admin- istered the Wechsler Intelligence Test for Children. Since there is no reading nor writing to do, children with reading trouble can give a fair indication of their ability. Administration time is one and one half hours or more. Scoring and write up takes thirty minutes to one hour. After the lapse of one or two days, the child returns for two tests. First an oral reading test is given. This is based upon the number of errors per page of a graded reader. At this time the test administrator also looks for habits that the child has formed, both good and bad: word by word reading or grouping, finger following, attack upon words, reversals, etc. After fifteen to thirty minutes, a silent reading test is given. The test administered will vary according to the results of the oral reading test just administered. While the student is working, the administrator of the test watches to pick up head movements, lip movements, vocalization, finger following, etc.
One or two days later, the fourth and last test is given. This is a diagnostic reading test which breaks reading down into many of its component parts. Through this test the administrator is able to find where the students are having their trouble, especially when one
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part of reading is giving more trouble than the rest of the skills and developed abilities. This last test requires one and one half to two hours to administer and approximately one hour to score.
Thus through the use of testing, the ability of the students is ascertained, his level of reading is determined, and what his troubles are to a certain degree. It takes approximately one school day or more of time for testing each student with two or three hours for scoring and writing up the report after school. It is short enough time to find out so important an answer.
Eye and ear screening tests are given as a part of this program.
At the present time, two remedial reading groups are in progress at the Shawsheen School and one at the North Street School. As test- ing continues and children fit into various groupings according to how they are in reading, more groups will be formed.
As can be seen above, the testing is carefully done and as much effort as is possible is given to each individual chosen. Time allows only so much to be done. Each child who needs it will be tested. Time is the only factor.
When the testing is completed, conclusions drawn, and a report written, a separate report will be made available to the parents with individual conferences where practical. Each teacher will receive a report as well as the principal. As the actual remedial reading pro- gresses, both the home and the teacher will be kept informed about progress.
As a part of the overall testing program for the elementary schools, during this period, group intelligence tests were administered to seven students at Shawsheen School and seven at North Street School. Twenty individual Achievement Tests were also administered.
Respectfully submitted,
FRED C. BURNABY
Remedial Reading Supervisor
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RINEHART FUNCTIONAL HANDWRITING SYSTEM
To the Superintendent of Schools of the Town of Tewksbury:
I am pleased to submit the following report on the operation of the handwriting program in the Tewksbury schools for the school year of 1952-1953.
In the initial handwriting tests administered to your elementary school pupils in September 1951, 3.3% of the pupils received a grade of "A" (Excellent); 25.9% received a grade of "B" (Good); and 70.8% scored less than "B." In the tests administered in June 1953, 87.8% of the pupils received a grade of "A"; 7.6% received a score of "B"; and 4.6% scored less than "B." In the tests administered to the high school students in June 1953, 85% scored "Satisfactory." Handwriting certificates were awarded to 68% of your eighth grade pupils and to 72% of your high school students.
During the school year we graded approximately 8500 formal and 20,000 informal handwriting samples for your pupils. A formal test was administered monthly and a report was furnished each teacher giving a careful diagnosis of the handwriting of each pupil in her room.
We furnished the following instructional materials: monthly teachers' outlines, pupil folder outlines, room motivation certificates, handedness tests, individual handwriting certificates to pupils who qualified, monthly and term envelopes, graphs, seals, etc.
My supervisors join with me in expressing our appreciation for the splendid cooperation we have received from you and your teach- ers at all times. We are very pleased with the results obtained in your schools.
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM L. RINEHART Director
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL NURSE
To the Superintendent of Schools of the Town of Tewksbury:
Before her resignation, effective September 1st of this year, Mrs. Jean Mann, R.N., accomplished many things in addition to caring for sick children in the schools and general first aid.
Physical examinations were completed on all first grade pupils by Dr. Herbert Larrabee during January and February. In order that they might obtain the full benefit of these examinations, the parents of the children examined were invited to be present.
At the Spring Clinic, a total of 64 children were vaccinated, 36 children were given a complete series of diphtheria antitoxin and 23 more were given booster shots.
The Massachusetts audiometer equipment was used in grades 1 through 4. The Massachusetts vision testing machine was used in all elementary grades.
In the fall, 198 physicals were completed at the High School by Dr. Morris Kelman. All students participating in athletics, the sopho- more class, and all physically handicapped pupils were examined.
Six groups of children were taken to the Forsythe Dental Clinic for cleaning of teeth. Each child paid for his own transportation and cleaning fee.
Children of all first grades have been weighed and measured and their eyes tested preparatory to complete physicals soon to be done.
Throughout the year many children have been taken to the North Reading Sanitorium for routine rheumatic fever and chest x-ray checkups. Several accident cases were taken to St. John's Hos- pital for x-ray and treatment.
In preparation for the testing program of our State Department of Measurement and Guidance, numerous home visits were made to obtain information pertinent to the success of these examinations which were conducted in June and again in October and November, by the State Traveling School Clinic.
Respectfully submitted,
ORA MACLAREN, R.N. School Nurse
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REPORT ON DENTAL CLINIC
To the Superintendent of Schools of the Town of Tewksbury:
The period beginning January 7, 1953 through December 31, 1953, found the following work accomplished in the school dental clinic: 320 fillings and extractions
1,000 pupils examined and cards sent to their parents.
Frederick Hickey, D.M.D., conducted the clinic from January until October, L. Rodger Currie, D.D.S., from October through De- cember.
Mrs. Ora Maclaren, School Nurse, in addition to assisting the school dentist, also arranged appointments for cleanings at the Forsythe Dental Clinic in Boston. Mrs. Maclaren went by bus with a combined total of 200 students to this clinic.
Respectfully submitted,
L. RODGER CURRIE, D.D.S. School Dentist
ROSTER OF SCHOOL EMPLOYEES As of December 1, 1953
Lawrence McGowan, Ed. M.
High School
Tewksbury
Teachers
John W. Lough
High-Manual Tr'ning No. Andover
Max Leiter, Ed. M.
High-Science N. Wilmington
Kathryn Chandler
High-Commercial Tewksbury
Jennie Basile (Mrs.) A.M.
High-Languages Lawrence
M. Clare Murray, B.S. Ed.
High-Commercial Lowell
Emily Doucette, B.S.
High-Household Arts Tewksbury
Rita Sullivan, A.B.
High-English
Tewksbury
Elsie B. Woolaver (Mrs.) A.B.
High- Social Sciences
Wilmington
Etta Lapniewski (Mrs.) A.B.
High-Mathematics
Lowell
Mary Stevens (Mrs.) A.B.
High-English
Lowell
Anibal Oliver, B.S.
High-Grade 8
Lowell
Margaret Keith, B.S.
High-Grade 8
Reading
Hamlin Smith, A.M.
High-Grade 8
Cambridge
Andrew Melnicki, B.S.
High-Grade 8 Methuen
Supervising Principal
Everett Thistle, Ed. M.
North Street School
Tewksbury
Teachers
Helen Hunter, (Mrs.) B.S. Ed.
North St .- Grade 6
Tewksbury
Marie Lapniewski, B.S.
North St .- Grade 6
Lowell
Marion McGrath (Mrs.)
North St .- Grade 5
Lowell
Principal
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Helen Cogswell (Mrs.) B.S. Ed. Caroline Fiedler (Mrs.) Martha Quinn, B.S. Ed.
Phyllis Daw (Mrs.) B.S. Ed. Winifred Colbath (Mrs.) Ellen Kennerly (Mrs.) B.S. Ed. Anna Shelvey, B.S. Ed. Ann Scandura, B.S. Ed.
North St .- Grade 3 North St .- Grade 3 North St .- Grade 2 North St .- Grade 2 North St .- Grade 2
Charlotte Johnson (Mrs.) B.S. Ed. North St .- Grade 1 Ruth Anderson (Mrs.)
North St .- Grade 1 North St .- Grade 1
Tewksbury Andover Lowell Lowell Tewksbury Lowell Lowell Lawrence Tewksbury Tewksbury Lowell
Marie Torpey, B.S.
Shawsheen-Grade 5 Shawsheen-Grade 5
Lawrence No. Chelms
Blanche Perzel (Mrs.)
Hazel Neal (Mrs.) B.S. Ed.
Shawsheen-Grade 4
Lowell
Gilberte Roy
Shawsheen-Grade 4 Shawsheen-Grade 3
Lowell Lowell
Mary Shelvey, B.S. Ed.
Teresa Hey (Mrs.)
Shawsheen-Grade 3
Lawrence Lowell
Kathleen Mangan, B.S. Ed.
Shawsheen-Grade 2
Joan F. McGlinchey, B.S. Ed.
Shawsheen-Grade 2
Lowell
Barbara Hill (Mrs.) B.S.
Shawsheen-Grade 2 Nashua, N.H.
Thea Dantos
Shawsheen-Grade 1
Andover
Mary Rock (Mrs.) B.S. Ed.
Shawsheen-Grade 1
Woburn
Mae Kane (Mrs.)
Shawsheen-Grade 1
Lowell
Kenneth Young, Ed. M.
Foster-Grade 7
Lowell
Catherine Collins (Mrs.)
Foster-Grade 7
Brookline
Henry Mroz, B.S.
Foster-Grade 7 Lowell
Elizabeth Flynn
Foster-Grade 6
Chelmsford
Katherine O'Rourke (Mrs.)
Special Class
Tewksbury
Special Class Supervisors
Roberta Thresher (Mrs.) B.S. Ed. Art Edgar Beal, B.S.
Vocal and Instrumental Music Wakefield
Nicklos Andronikos, B.S.
Physical Education
Peabody
Fred C. Burnaby, B.S.
Remedial Reading
Lowell
William L. Rinehart, Dir.
Handwriting
Waltham
Charles Hazel
Physical Education and Coach
Tewksbury
Janitors
Andrew Kohanski
High School
Tewksbury
Harry Currier Earl Sands
Shawsheen School
Tewksbury
Bronslaw Kohanski John Smith
Foster School
Tewksbury
Utility
Tewksbury
Attendance
Earl Sands
Tewksbury
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Medford
North Street School
Tewksbury
Barbara Christenson (Mrs.) B.S. Ed.
North St .- Grade 5 North St .- Grade 4 North St .- Grade 4
GENERAL INDEX
Page
Animal Inspector, Report of
6
Appeals Board, Report of 6
Assessors, Report of 26
Assets
47
Audit, Division of Accounts 53
Auditor, Report of
28
Births
69
Balance Sheet, Auditor 47
Balance Sheet, Division of Accounts 57
Building Inspector, Report of
67
Civil Defense Department, Report of
7
Deaths
76
Debt Accounts
61
Dog Officer, Report of
8
Election Results
106
Expenditures, General
32
Fire Department, Report of 8
Health Agent, Report of 10
Health, Board of, Report of
10
Highway Department (Road Commissioners), Report of
11
In Memoriam
124
Jury List 68
Liabilities and Reserves 47
Librarian
13
Library Trustees
12
149
Marriages 73
Middlesex County Extension Service, Report of 15
Moth Department, Report of 67
Park Department, Report of
16
Planning Board, Report of
17
Police Department, Report of
18
Public Welfare Board, Report of
20
Registrars of Voters, Report of
21
Revenue Accounts
47
Road Commissioners (Highway Department), Report of
11
Schools
125
Age - Grade Distribution
134
Age of Admission
134
Art Department, Report of
140
Dental Clinic, Report of
147
Employees Roster
147
High School Principal, Report of
135
Household Arts Department, Report of
139
Music Department, Report of
141
No School Signals
127
Remedial Reading Department, Report of
142
Reimbursement
130
Rinehart Handwriting System
145
School Census
127
School - Grade Distribution 134
School Budget
129
School Committee, Report of
128
150
School Lunch Program 132
School Nurse, Report of 146
Superintendent, Report of 131
Selectmen, Report of
22
Table of Estimates 65
Town Collector, Report of
63
Town Clerk, Report of
25
Town Meeting, Annual
78
Town Meeting, Special June 1953
101
Town Meeting, Special November 1953
103
Town Officers, List of
3
Treasurer, Report of
65
Treasurer's Receipts
29
Tree Department, Report of (same page as Moth Dept.
67
Trust Funds
62
Veterans Agent, Report of
25
Vital Statistics
68
Warrant, Annual Town Meeting 1953
78
Warrant, Annual Town Meeting 1954 109
Warrant, Special Town Meeting, June 1953
101
Warrant, Special Town Meeting, November 1953
103
Water Commissioners, Report of
25
151
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TOWN OFFICERS - 1954 (Date indicates expiration of term)
Assessors
Austin F. French, Chairman (1956) Ethel M. Phillips (1955) Edward J. Sullivan (1957) Thomas J. Berube (1955)
Auditor
Board of Health
John D. Sullivan (1956) Joseph J. Whelan (1955) Victor N. Cluff, Chairman (1957)
Board of Public Welfare
Joseph J. Whelan (1955) John D. Sullivan, Chairman (1956) Victor N. Cluff (1957)
Board of Selectmen
Joseph J. Whelan, Chairman (1955) Victor N. Cluff (1957) John D. Sullivan (1956)
Constables
Moderator
Walter A. Jop, Victor N. Cluff, Jr., Phillip D. Bradanick (all 1955) James J. Gaffney, Jr. (1955)
Park Commissioners
Frank P. Sherlock, Chairman (1957) Phaida J. Roux (1955) Leslie Collins (1956)
Planning Board
John J. Belton, Chairman (1955)
John J. Cooney (1958)
Thomas K. Mckenzie (1957)
Edward B. Stevens (1956)
Wiliam B. Carter (1959)
Road Commissioners
George R. Gray (1956)
Thomas F. Sullivan (1955)
Chester M. Roper, Chairman (1957)
School Committee
John P. Murphy (1957) Loella F. Dewing, Chairman (1955) Joseph A. Aubut (1956)
Town Clerk
Alice A. Pike (1957)
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Town Collector
Louis H. Amiot (1957)
Treasurer
Tree Warden
Trust Fund Commissioners
Frederick M. Carter (1956) Edwin W. Osterman (1955) Roy G. Lanner (1957)
Trustees Public Library
Harold H. Sloan, Chairman (1955) Edgar Smith (1955) Harry Priestly (1956) Harold J. Patten (1957)
Marion E. French (1956) Dorothy Fitzgerald (1957)
Water Commissioners
Eben A. Prescott (1957) John J. Cooney (1955) Charles R. Carter, Chairman (1956)
Animal Inspector Appeals Board
APPOINTMENTS
Gardner G. Hague
Phaida J. Roux, Chairman
John J. Cooney
Dana F. Perkins
Edgar G. Hinton, Associate Member Appointed July 13, 1954
Daniel Walker, Associate Member Appointed July 13, 1954
Appraisers
Joseph J. Whelan
Victor N. Cluff
John D. Sullivan
Earl R. Sands
Henry J. Patenaude
Civil Defense Director
George A. McDermott
Leslie Collins
Joseph J. Whelan Victor N. Cluff John D. Sullivan
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Attendance Officer
Building Inspector
Dog Officer Fence Viewers
Wiliam J. O'Neill (1957) Walter R. Doucette (1957)
Finance Committee
Lenox S. Karner, Jr. (1957) Walter C. Wilson, Jr. (1957) Albert Gillissen (1957) Jean Doucette (1957) Harold J. Patten (1955) Anthony F. Anderson (1955) John F. Gleason, Secretary (1955) Allen C. Wilson (1955) Lester W. Bell (1956) Arthur W. Wells, Jr. (1956) Herbert L. Mulno, Sr. (1956) O. Rex Read, Chairman (1956)
Fire Chief and Forest Fire Warden Health Agent
Highway Superintendent
Librarian
Measurer of Wood and Surveyor of Lumber
Moth Suppression Agent
Police Chief
Public Walfare Agent Registrars of Voters
Anthony Obdens
Jose M. Ruisanchez, M. D.
Richard F. O'Neill Abbie M. Dempsey
George R. Collins
Walter R. Doucette
John F. Sullivan
John J. Kelley
Herbert A. Fairbrother, Chairman Alice A. Pike, Clerk William H. Bennett George J. McCoy
Frank J. Sullivan, Jr.
Edward J. Sullivan John J. Gray (appointed Oct. 6, 1954)
Thomas L. Rivard
George R. Collins
H. Louis Farmer, Jr. (Reg. Embalmer)
John K. Eaton
Charles F. Kent
George McFadyen Coleman A. McFarlane
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Slaughtering Inspector
Superintendent of Schools
Town Hall Custodian
Undertaker and Agent for Burial Indigent Soldiers Veterans Agent Water Superintendent Weighers
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING AND ACTION THEREON
February 17, 1954
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 17, 1954, at 7:30 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 therein, to assemble subsequently and meet in town meeting at the polling places in said Town of Tewksbury, on Wednesday, February 24, 1954, at 10:00 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 8:00 P. M.
Town Hall, Tewskbury, Mass.
February 17, 1954
The annual Town Meeting was called to order at 7:30 P. M. by Moderator James J. Gaffney, Jr. Rev. Clarence E. Southard, pastor of the North Tewksbury Baptist Church offered an opening prayer which was followed by a moment of silence in memory of Dr. Joseph Risoli, who passed away on July 30, 1953.
Malcolm D. Buchanan and John F. Gleason were sworn as tellers by the Moderator and the meeting proceeded.
Motion was made and seconded that the reading of the articles by Mr. Gaffney be waived.
ART. 1. To choose all necessary Town Officers, to choose by ballot one Selectman for three years, one member for Board of Health for three years, one member for Board of Welfare for three years, one Assessor for three years, one member for the School Committee for three years, one Water Commissioner for three years, two Trustees for the Public Library for three years, one Road Commissioner for three years, one Park Commissioner for three years, one Trust Fund Commissioner for three years, one Moderator for one year, one Auditor for one year, three Constables for one year, one member of the Planning Board
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for five years, one Town Clerk for three years, one Treasurer for three years, one Town Collector for three years, and one Tree Warden for three years.
Voted to accept this article.
ART. 2. To hear reports of Town Officers and committees and act thereon.
Voted to accept this article and hear the Auditor's report regarding Water Department.
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.
Voted to raise the following sums under this article:
Auditor's Expense Account
$ 350.00
Finance Committee Expense
175.00
Selectmen's Expense
1,469.75
Legal Expense
500.00
Stationery and Printing
2,000.00
Town Hall
5,860.00
Treasurer's Expense
1,172.50
Tax Collector's Expense
1,996.00
Assessor's Expense
644.00
Registrar's Expense
620.00
Town Clerk's Expense
575.00
Board of Appeals
140.00
Planning Board
600.00
Police Dept .-
Personnel
31,910.94
Operating
3,092.00
Capital
930.00
Civil Defense
300.00
Fire Department-
Personnel
19,204.00
Operating
4,255.00
Moth Dept.
2,500.00
Tree Dept.
4,300.00
Dutch Elm Control
1,400.00
Dog Officer Expense
550.00
Water Dept .:
Personnel
12,500.00
Operating
13,550.00
Capital
1,500.00
Building Inspector
1,600.00
Highways
27,675.00
Street Lighting
9,000.00
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Board of Health
5,016.00
Rubbish and Garbage
11,000.00
Dental Clinic 1,500.00
Old Age Assistance plus Federal Grants
54,600.00
Aid to Dependent Children plus Federal Grants 13,800.00
General Relief
11,000.00
Outside Cities and Towns
3,500.00
Disability Assistance
7,200.00
Administration
6,200.00
Veterans' Benefits
7,645.00
Schools
289,385.00
Vocational
5,000.00
Library-plus dog tax
1,300.00
Park Commission
500.00
Stadium Care
700.00
Care of Cemeteries
400.00
Interest on Loans
500.00
Memorial Day
500.00
Municipal Insurance
Blanket Insurance Policy
Art. 20 Voted: That sum of $3,176.00 be raised and appro- priated and the sum of $1,945 be transferred from depart- mental appropriations as follows:
Treasurer's Account
278.50
Collector's Account
444.00
Town Clerk's Account
22.50
Tree and Moth Depts.
25.00
Water Dept.
1,000.00
Highway Dept.
175.00
$1,945.00
Insurance for Fire Men
175.00
$2,120.00
Making a total amount of $5,296.00 available for adminis- tering a Municipal Insurance Fund under the supervision of the Insurance Committee.
Salary Account:
Selectmen
$ 1,100.00
Auditor
1,550.00
Treasurer
1,725.00
Collector
3,162.00
Clerk (plus fees)
1,200.00
Board of Registrars
300.00
Election Officers
200.00
Sealer of Weights and Measures
225.00
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Dog Officer
300.00
Inspector of Slaughtering
1,000.00
Inspector of Animals
200.00
Road Commissioners
400.00
School Committee
225.00
Water Commissioners
400.00
Assessors
5,800.00
Board of Welfare (not to be raised)
500.00
ART. 4. To see if the Town will vote the money arising from licensing dogs, for the ensuing year, to aid in support of the Public Library.
Voted to accept this article.
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, 1954, 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 ac- cordance 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 begin- ning January 1, 1954, 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 Sec. 17, Chap. 44, General Laws.
ART. 6. To see what sum of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for a Reserve fund under Sec. 6 Chap. 40 of the General Laws, or take any other action on same.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $5000 for a Reserve Fund under Sec. 6, Chap. 40 of the General Laws.
ART. 7. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to insti- tute 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.
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