Town of Tewksbury annual report 1955-1960, Part 12

Author: Tewksbury (Mass.)
Publication date: 1955
Publisher: Tewksbury (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 1222


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Mr. McGowan has released two teachers, Mrs. Woolaver and Mrs. Stevens, for one period a day to help with the guidance pro- gram in the high school. Because our long-range objective is to provide guidance services for the entire school system, the help of these two teachers brings that goal a little closer to realization.


Many more of our eighth grade students went to Lowell Trade High School this year. It might be well to note that Lowell Trade does grant a high school diploma. Where a student's interest and aptitudes fit him for training in one of the skilled trades, it seems the intelligent decision would be to allow him to go to trade school.


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In some instances denial has resulted in a student losing interest in an academic course and eventually dropping out of school. From latest reports of school officials and several students, our boys are happy in their choice and doing rather well for the most part.


Because of the experience gained by working closely with students, listening to their problems in counseling interviews, and analyzing test results, I should like to make the following recom- mendations for your consideration:


1. Reading:


Release an interested High School English teacher from one of her regular classes so that she can devote her time to im- proving the speed and comprehension of reading of both college preparatory and non-college preparatory students.


2. Speech:


More colleges are emphasizing public speaking. It is not possible to adequately provide this training in a regular English class because of the many other skills that must be taught. Perhaps a teacher could be provided that could com- bine the special reading class above and speech classes.


3. Summer School:


The majority of our students travel to and from school on busses. Because of this, very few students remain after school for remedial work in the various subject fields. A summer school devoted exclusively to remedial instruction in the tool subjects would fill an existing need. Only one school building need be used and many of our teachers would welcome the opportunity of working with their students during the summer.


JOSEPH E. BASTABLE Guidance Director


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REPORT OF ART SUPERVISOR


In the elementary schools the aim of the art department is to combine the practical with the aesthetic. The creative imagination of the child is stimulated, and he is encouraged to develop and put to use his own ideas rather than copying and relying on readymade adult concepts.


Everyone is aware of the contributions of art to daily life. Many things, from us ourselves to our public buildings, speak eloquently of the presence of artistic arrangements, or more loudly, perhaps, of the lack of it. It is essential that the early training of the child preserves his innate artistic abilities and encourages them through creative activities so that he can make use of them naturally in later life. Many practical things come into this category, such as manual dexterity, inventiveness, ability to work with a group and evalua- tion of ideas and results. Art in the classroom gives a unique op- portunity for this, as well as the more artistic achievements of color appreciation, graphic skills, design, and use of varied materials. In the classroom art is also helpful when integrated with other subjects, such as social studies and literature, and used in projects, murals, and other visual methods. Children remember best something they have themselves created.


The high school art program is an elective subject for pupils with special talent or interest in art. The concentration is on the specific rather than the general; more technical subjects are in- cluded, such as color theory, perspective, and techniques of drawing and painting. However, there is only one art period a week, and although the students are eager and the supply of materials excel- lent, the space is inadequate and periods too short and too far apart to accomplish the amount of study that a high school art class should maintain.


The art schedule from January to June consisted of weekly visits from the supervisor to grades one through three, with visits on alternate weeks to grades four through eight. From September through December, with the double sessions, the classes at the North


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Street and Shawsheen Schools have been visited by the supervisor every other week, and the classes at the Foster and Ella Flemings Schools every third week, with assignments given the teachers to be done between visits. This increase of classes to be visited leaves very little time for teacher-supervisor consultations and for the many other activities that should be an essential part of the school art program.


It has always been a pleasure to work with the teachers of Tewksbury, but since the general tightening-up brought about by the double sessions, their initiative and pleasant cooperation has been particularly appreciated and has helped greatly in making the art program effective.


ROBERTA THRESHER


Art Supervisor


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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL NURSE


The physical and mental well-being of each school child is a major concern of everyone associated with the Tewksbury Schools. Whether for treatment of minor abrasions or severe emotional upset on his first day in school, the child is in constant contact with the school health services, which are of greatest importance as health and good citizenship are inseparable.


In April, 100 pre-school children were successfully vaccinated against smallpox at the clinic conducted by Dr. Jose Ruisanchez of the Board of Health. On May 1st, 362 children of grades 1 and 2 were given the first in a series of three polio inoculations.


Each pupil now has an annual examination of his eyes and ears in a manner precribed by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Pupils of grades 1, 4, 7 and 10 are examined by Dr. Larrabee or Dr. Kelman and notices sent home for all children needing medi- cal care. More rigid examinations are given to all students partici- pating in athletics.


In our dental clinics at the North Street and Shawsheen Schools, a survey examination shows that more than 80% of these children are in need of dental care, some pupils having as many as 18 defec- tive teeth. Arrangements can be made for only a very small num- ber of these to be cared for by the school dentist.


Although the school provides doctors, a dentist and nurses to discover physical defects in our students, it should be remembered that these examinations are of real value to the child only when he has been taken to his own physician or dentist for adequate correction.


ORA MacLAREN, R. N.


School Nurse


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ROSTER OF SCHOOL EMPLOYEES


As of December 1, 1955


Principal


Lawrence McGowan, M. Ed. High School Tewksbury


Teachers


Kathryn Chandler


High-Commercial


Tewksbury


Stanley Suchodolski, B. S.


High-Manual Tr'n'g Fitchburg


Max Leiter, M. Ed.


High-Science No. Wilmington


Jennie Basile (Mrs.) M. A.


High-Languages Lawrence


High-Commercial Lowell


High-Household Arts Andover


High-English Tewksbury


Elsie Woolaver (Mrs.) B.A.


Etta Lapniewski (Mrs.) B.A.


Mary Stevens (Mrs.) B.A.


High-English Lowell


High-Science & Math.


Lowell


High-English & French Salem Depot, N. H.


High-Math. & Science Wollaston


Francis Sheehan, B.S.


High-Commercial Tewksbury


Joseph Crotty, M.A.


High-Social Sciences Winthrop


High-Girls' Phys. Ed.


Medford


Principal


Francis Ciarfella, B.S.


Foster School and Ella Flemings School


Billerica


Teachers


Foster-History


Lowell


Norma McCabe (Mrs.) B.S. Ed.


Foster-English Lowell


Edward Pelletier, M.A.


Foster-Science Lowell


Ruth Cullinan (Mrs.) B.A.


Foster-Mathematics Lowell


George Abodeely, B.S. Ed. Ann Reilly, B.A.


Foster-Geography


Lowell


Foster-Science Lowell


Foster-History


Tewksbury


Frederick Peterson, M.A.


Foster-Geography Lowell


Foster-English Lowell


Eileen Cullinan (Mrs.) B.S. Henry Mroz, B.A.


Foster-Mathematics


Lowell


M. Clare Murray, M. Ed. Jeannette Brattin, B. S. Rita Sullivan, B.A.


High-Social Sciences Wilmington


High-Mathematics Lowell


Anibal Oliver, B.S.


Ruth O'Connor (Mrs.) B.A.


William Campbell, M. Ed.


Marie Butler, B.A.


Kenneth Young, M. Ed.


Donald Currier, B.S. Ed.


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Elizabeth Flynn Virginia Gauthier, B.S. Ed.


Katherine Donovan (Mrs.) B.A. Helen Hunter (Mrs.) B.A.


Chelmsford Foster-Grade 6 Foster-Grade 6 Lowell Foster-Ungraded Class Lawrence Ella Flemings- Ungraded Class Tewksbury


Catherine O'Brien (Mrs.) B.S. Ed. Ella Flemings-


Ungraded Class Charlestown


Principal


Everett G. Thistle, Ed. D.


North Street School


Tewksbury


Teachers


Norma Simard (Mrs.) B.S. Ed.


North St .- Grade 6


Lowell


Richard Gesner, B.S. Ed.


North St .- Grade 6


Charles Ellison, B.A.


North St .- Grade 6


Marion McGrath (Mrs.)


North St .- Grade 5 North St .- Grade 5


Martha Downey, B.A.


Maryjane Larocque, B.S. Ed.


North St .- Grade 5 North St .- Grade 4


Martha Quinn, M. Ed.


Patricia Gill (Mrs.) B.S. Ed.


North St .- Grade 4


Jean Watt (Mrs.) M. Ed.


Mary Burke (Mrs.). B.S. Ed.


Winifred Colbath (Mrs.)


Phyllis Daw (Mrs.) B.S. Ed.


Mae Kane (Mrs.)


Caroline Fiedler (Mrs.)


Marjorie Messina (Mrs.) B.S. Ed.


Ann Jannetti (Mrs.) B.S. Ed. Anna Shelvey, M. Ed.


North St .- Grade 2


Lowell


Suzanne Moynahan, B.A.


North St .- Grade 2


Lowell


Alice Mercier (Mrs.) B.S. Ed.


North St .- Grade 2


Lowell


Barbara Christenson (Mrs.) B.S. Ed.


North St .- Grade 1


Tewksbury


Ruth Anderson (Mrs.) Patricia Burke, B.S. Ed. · Charlotte Johnson (Mrs.) B.S. Ed. North St .- Grade 1 Mildred Bates (Mrs.) B.S. Ed. North St .- Grade 1 Elizabeth Barrett, B.S. Ed. North St .- Grade 1


North St .- Grade 1


Tewksbury


North St .- Grade 1 Lawrence


Tewksbury Tewksbury


Lowell


Principal


Harold Hershfield, M. Ed.


Shawsheen School


Lowell


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Lowell Cambridge


Lowell Lowell Dracut E. Chelms. Chelmsford Chelmsford Lowell Tewksbury Lowell


Lowell Andover


Lowell Lawrence Lowell


Joyce Gramas, B.S. Ed.


North St .- Grade 4 North St .- Grade 4 North St .- Grade 3 North St .- Grade 3 North St .- Grade 3 North St .- Grade 3 North St .- Grade 3 North St .- Grade 2 North St .- Grade 2


Teachers


Francis Treanor, M.A.


Shawsheen-Grade 6


Malden


Ruth Alward (Mrs.) B.S. Ed.


Mary Murphy (Mrs.) M. Ed. Blanche Perzel (Mrs.) Gilberte Roy


Mary Connors, B.A.


Shawsheen-Grade 4


Lowell


Hazel Neal (Mrs.) B.S. Ed.


Shawsheen-Grade 4


Mary Locicero (Mrs.) B.A.


Rose Sullivan (Mrs.) B.S.


Lowell


Lila Counter, B.S. Ed.


Shawsheen-Grade 3


Lowell


Virginia Garland (Mrs.) B.S. Ed.


Shawsheen-Grade 3


Lowell


Mary Coughlin, B.S. Ed.


Shawsheen-Grade 3


Lowell


Teresa Hey (Mrs.)~


Shawsheen-Grade 3 Shawsheen-Grade 2


Lowell


Kathleen Mangan, B.S. Ed.


Shawsheen-Grade 2


Lowell


Catherine Rivet (Mrs.) B.S.


Shawsheen-Grade 2


Lawrence


Marion Hickey (Mrs.) B.S. Ed. Constance Croushorn (Mrs.) B.S. Ed.


Virginia Quinn, B.S. Ed.


Shawsheen-Grade 1


Lowell


Helen Reardon (Mrs.) B.S. Ed.


Shawsheen-Grade 1


Tewksbury


Alice McGrath (Mrs.)


Shawsheen-Grade 1


Dracut


Alice Lurvey


Shawsheen-Grade 1


Dracut


Jane Keddie (Mrs.) B.S. Ed.


Shawsheen-Grade 1


Tyngsboro


Shawsheen-Grade 1


Lowell


Shawsheen-


Ungraded Class Chelmsford


Special Class Supervisors


Roberta Thresher (Mrs.) B.S. Ed. Art


Melrose


Joseph Bastable, M. Ed.


Guidance


Tewksbury


Dolores Donnelly, B.S. Ed.


Music


Lowell


Joseph Camara, B. Mus.


Music


Lowell-


Daniel Kelly, B.S. Mus.


Music


Forge Village


Nicklos Andronikos, M.A.


Physical Education Peabody


Charles Hazel


Phys. Ed. and Coach


Tewksbury


William L. Rinehart, Dir.


Handwriting


Waltham


Attendance


Earl Sands


Tewksbury


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Lawrence


Joan Kavanagh (Mrs.) B.S. Ed.


Shawsheen-Grade 2


Lowell Shawsheen-Grade 2 Chelmsford


Helena Murphy (Mrs.) B.S. Ed. Charlotte Bovill (Mrs.)


Shawsheen-Grade 5 Tewksbury Shawsheen-Grade 5 Tewksbury Shawsheen-Grade 5 Chelmsford Shawsheen-Grade 4 Lowell


Lowell Shawsheen-Grade 4 Tewksbury Shawsheen-Grade 3


Custodians


Francis McCusker


Supervisor


Tewksbury


Andrew Kohanski


High School


Tewksbury


Harry Currier


North St. School


Tewksbury


Harold Gath


North St. School


Tewksbury


Earl Sands


Shawsheen School


Tewksbury


John Burris


Shawsheen & Foster Schools


Tewksbury


Richard Thoresen


Foster School


Tewksbury


John Smith


Utility


Tewksbury


Norman McGrath


Utility


Tewksbury


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General Index


Page


Appeals Board, Report of


73


Appropriation Statement


106


Assessors, Report of


71


Assets


109


Auditor, Report of


86


Births


46


Balance Sheet, Auditor


109


Building Inspector, Report of


73


Board of Health, Report of


76


Civil Defense


64 57


Deaths


Dog Officer, Report of


66


Election Results


30


Expenditures, General


90


Fire Department, Report of


62


Health Agent, Report of


77


Highway Department (Road Commissioners), Report of


66


Industrial Commission


142


Inspector of Slaughtering, Report of


60


Jury List


80


Liabilities and Reserves


109


Librarian


69


Library Trustees


69


Marriages 52


Moth Department, Report of 60


Planning Board, Report of 74


Playground Commission 65


Police Department, Report of 67


Public Welfare Board, Report of 62


Registrars of Voters, Report of 79 Revenue Accounts 109


Road Commissioners (Highway Department), Report of 66


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181


Schools 145


Age-Grade Distribution


155


Age of Admission


155


Art Department, Report of


174


Calendar


146


Elementary Vocal Supervisor, Report of


166


Employees Roster


177


Foster School, Report of Principal


163


Guidance Director, Report of


171


High School Principal, Report of


156


Household Arts Department, Report of


165


Music Department, Instrumental, Report of


169


North St. School, Report of Principal


160


No School Signals


146


Physical Education, Report of Supervisor


170


Reimbursement


152


School Census


146


School-Grade Distribution


155


School Budget


151


School Committee, Report of


148


School Nurse, Report of


176


Shawsheen School Principal, Report of


161


Superintendent, Report of 153


167


Selectmen, Report of


82


Table of Estimates


115


Town Collector, Report of


84


Town Counsel, Report of


78


Town Clerk, Financial Report


59


Town Meeting, Annual


9


Town Officers, List of


3


Treasurer, Report of


72


Treasurer's Receipts


83


Tree Department, Report of (same page as Moth Dept.) 60


Trust Funds


103


Vital Statistics


46


Warrant, Annual Town Meeting 1955


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Warrant, Annual Town Meeting 1956


113


Water Commissioners, Report of


63


Warrant, Special Town Meeting, Jan. 6, 1955 6


Warrant, Postponed Special Town Meeting, Jan. 10, 1955 7


Warrant, Special Town Meeting, March 30, 1955 33


Warrant, Special Town Meeting, Sept. 22, 1955 37


Warrant, Special Town Meeting, Dec. 21, 1955 45


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Vocal and String Supervisor, Report of


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Town of Tewksbury


TOWN OFFICERS - 1956


(Date indicates expiration of term)


Assessors


Austin F. French, Chairman (1959) Ethel M. Phillips (1958) Edward J. Sullivan (1957)


· Auditor


Thomas J. Berube (1958)


Board of Health


Thomas A. Abbott, Chairman (1959) Joseph J. Whelan (1958) Victor N. Cluff (1957)


Board of Public Welfare


Everett H. King, Chr. (1959) deceased Joseph J. Whelan (1958) Victor N. Cluff (1957)


Board of Selectmen


John D. Sullivan (1959)


Joseph J. Whelan (1958)


George A. O'Connell (1958)


Victor N. Cluff, Chairman (1957)


John H. Hart (1959)


Moderator


James J. Gaffney, Jr. (1957)


Park Commissioners


Leslie Collins (1959) Phaida J. Roux (1958) Francis P. Sherlock, Chairman (1957)


Planning Board


Roger F. Lafreniere (1961)


John J. Belton (1960) Chair. resigned William B. Carter, Chairman (1959) John J. Cooney (1958)


Thomas P. Sawyer (1957)


David J. Beattie (1957) appointed


Road Commissioners


George R. Gray, Chairman (1959) Thomas F. Sullivan (1958) Chester M. Roper (1957)


School Committee


Francis X. Kelley (1959) Loella F. Dewing (1958) John P. Murphy, Jr., Chairman (1957)


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Town Clerk


Alice A. Pike (1957)


Town Collector


Treasurer


Tree Warden


Louis H. Amiot (1957) William J. O'Neill (1957) Walter R. Doucette (1957)


Trust Fund Commissioners Frederick M. Carter (1959) Edwin W. Osterman (1958) Roy G. Lanner (1957)


Trustees Public Library


Marian E. French (1959) Harry Priestly (1959) Harold H. Sloan, Chairman (1958) Edgar Smith (1958) Harold J. Patten (1957) Dorothy Fitzgerald (1957)


Charles R. Carter (1959) John J. Cooney (1958) Eben A. Prescott (1957)


Animal Inspector Appeals Board


APPOINTMENTS


Gardner G. Hague


John J. Cooney (1959)


Phaida J. Roux (1958)


Dana F. Perkins (1957)


Edgar G. Hinton, Associate Member Daniel Walker, Associate Member


Appraisers


Victor N. Cluff John H. Hart George A. O'Connell John D. Sullivan Joseph J. Whelan


Attendance Officer Building Inspector


Earl R. Sands


Ralph W. Peters


George A. McDermott, resigned Joseph C. Lombardi, appointed


Phillip D. Bradanick Walter Jop John F. Sullivan


Dog Officer


Leslie Collins


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Water Commissioners


Civil Defense Director


Constables


Fence Viewers


Finance Committee


Fire Chief and Forest Fire Warden


Health Agent


Highway Superintendent Librarian


Measurer of Wood and Surveyor of Lumber


Moth Suppression Agent


Police Chief


Public Welfare Agent


Registrars of Voters


Sealer of Weights and Measures


Sanitary Inspector


Slaughtering Inspector Superintendent of Schools Town Hall Custodian


Undertaker and Agent for Burial Indigent Soldiers


Victor N. Cluff John H. Hart George A. O'Connell John D. Sullivan Joseph J. Whelan


Stanley W. McCausland (1959) Arthur W. Wells, Jr. (1959) Herbert L. Mulno, Sr. (1959) resigned O. Rex Read (1959) Edward M. Martin (1958)


Anthony F. Anderson (1958)


Howard R. Collins (1958) Allen C. Wilson (1958) Lenox S. Karner, Jr. (1957)


Walter C. Wilson, Jr. (1957) Chairman


Ralph Josselyn, Secretary (1957) Jean Loucette (1957)


Anthony Obdens


Jose M. Ruisanchez, M. D.


Richard J. O'Neill


Abbie M. Dempsey


George R. Collins


Walter R. Doucette


John F. Sullivan John J. Kelley


Herbert A. Fairbrother, Chair. (1959) William H. Bennett (1958) George J. McCoy (1957) Alice A. Pike, Clerk ex-officio


Frank J. Sullivan, Jr.


Ralph W. Peters (temporary)


John J. Gray


Dr. Everett G. Thistle


George R. Collins


HI. Louis Farmer, Jr. (Reg. Embalmer)


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Veterans' Agent Water Superintendent


John K. Eaton


Charles F. Kent


Weighers


George McFadyen Coleman A. McFarlane


Wire Inspectors


Herbert G. Carlson James W. Midgeley


Industrial Commissioners


Loyal Robinson (1961) John A. Quinn, Jr. (1961) George McDermott (1961) James J. Gaffney, Jr., Chairman (1960) resigned


John J. Belton, Chairman (1960) John H. Hart (1960)


Maurice Condrey (1959)


Ralph S. Battles (1959) resigned


Allan C. Osterman (1959) appointed John K. Eaton (1959)


Alfred R. Bachman (1958) Raymond A. Webb (1958) John J. Nolan (1958)


Joseph A. Killeen (1957)


Edward B. Stevens (1957)


Raymond P. Bates (1957)


POSTPONED SPECIAL TOWN MEETING


Warrant and action thereon January 11, 1956


Middlesex ss.


To either of the Constables of the Town of Tewksbury in the County of Middlesex.


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, the 21st day of December, 1955 at eight o'clock P. M. to act on the following articles.


The meeting was called to order by the Moderator at 8 P. M. Leroy Curseaden and Walter R. Doucette were appointed as tellers by Mr. Gaffney and proceeded to count the voters. There were 210


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present, whereas the required quorum being 179, the meeting proceeded.


ART. 1. To see if the town will vote to accept a deed from Lloyd H. Campbell et als, granting an easement for travel and all highway purposes to a small portion of lots 2, 6 and 7 as shown on a plan entitled "Plan showing easement over lots 2, 6 and 7 on Bailey Road for Town of Tewksbury, Scale 1" = 40', Octo- ber 25, 1955, Dana F. Perkins & Sons, Inc., Civil Engineers and Surveyors, Reading, Mass.," or take any other action in relation thereto. Board of Selectmen


Voted: To adopt this article.


ART. 2. To see if the town will vote to accept a deed from Omer N. Blanchard conveying certain land at the intersection of Andover St. and River Rd., abutting his filling station, in accordance with a deed and plan on file at the office of the Town Clerk, or take any other action in relation thereto.


Board of Selectmen


Voted: To adopt this article.


ART. 3. To see if the town will vote to transfer from available funds the sum of eight hundred dollars ($800) for the purpose of extending or installing water main from Wilson Rd. along Madeline Rd. in the direction towards Shawsheen School, a distance of 180 feet, or do anything in relation thereto. Andrew T. Kilpatrick


Voted: That this article be referred to the Water Commission- ers as suggested by the Town Counsel with a view to drawing up an article for the annual town warrant to take care of this matter.


ART. 4. To see whether the town will vote (1) to ratify and con- firm in its entirety the vote of the town relative to the water system, adopted September 22, 1955 at a special town meeting under Art. V of the warrant therefor, and (2) to ratify and confirm any and all action of the Town and of the Water Com- missioners taken since the date of, and pursuant to, said vote of September 22, 1955. Water Commissioners


Voted: To ratify and confirm in its entirety the vote of the Town relative to the water system, adopted September 22, 1955 at a special town meeting under Art. 5 of the warrant therefor, and (2) to ratify and confirm any and all action of the Town and of the


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Water Commissioners taken since the date of, and pursuant to, said vote of September 22, 1955. In favor 245, opposed 32.


Meeting adjourned at 9:05 P. M.


Attest: ALICE A. PIKE Town Clerk


And you are directed to serve this warrant, by posting attested copies thereof upon the Town Hall and in the Post Office and by leaving at least five hundred (500) copies at the Post Office and the Town Hall in said Town, seven (7) days at least 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.


Given under our hands this sixth day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-five.


JOHN D. SULLIVAN VICTOR N. CLUFF JOSEPH J. WHELAN JOHN H. HART GEORGE A. O'CONNELL Selectmen of Tewksbury


A true copy. Attest : PHILLIP D. BRADANICK Constable of Tewksbury


Tewksbury, Massachusetts, December 10, 1955


Middlesex, ss.


By virtue of this warant, I this day at 11:45 o'clock A. M. served the within warrant by posting up true and attested copies thereof upon the Town Hall and at the Post Office and by leaving at least 500 copies at Post Office and Town Hall in said Town of Tewksbury eleven (11) days before the time of holding said meeting.


PHILLIP D. BRADANICK Constable of Tewksbury


A true copy. Attest: ALICE A. PIKE, Town Clerk


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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING AND ACTION THEREON


Middlesex, ss.


To any 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, March 7, 1956 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 therein, to assemble subsequently and meet in town meeting at the polling places in said Town of Tewksbury, on Wednesday, March 14, 1956, at 10:00 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, Tewksbury, Mass.


March 7, 1956


The Annual Town Meeting was called to order at 7:30 P. M. by Moderator James J. Gaffney, Jr., assisted by John F. Gleason in lower hall. A prayer was offered by Father Thomas McParland, of St. William's Church, after which the assembly stood a moment in silence in memory of Albert Gillissen.


Tellers at this meeting were duly sworn by the Moderator and were as follows: Joseph A. Aubut, John J. Kelley, Walter R. Doucette and John K. Eaton.


It was voted to eliminate the reading of articles by the Moderator.


ART. 1. To choose all necessary Town Officers, to choose by ballot two Selectmen for three years, one member for Board of Health for three years, two members for Board of Public 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,


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one Moderator for one year, one member of the Planning Board for five years and one member of the Planning Board for one year.




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