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ALBERT A. HILDRETH,
Sealer of Weights and Measures
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Report of the Overseers of the Department of Charity
Number of inmates during the year 8 Number of inmates December 31 6 Number of travelers during the year 5 Number in lockup during the year 20
There have been two deaths of inmates.
Repairs .- Only few repairs of Home buildings have been made. Shingled henhouse with asphalt shingle roof and sides. Expense of one hundred dol- lars. To comply with instruction of State Inspector the boiler in basement used for heating the Home has been carefully looked over and new attach- ments connected and approved by Inspector. Expense Eighty Seven dollars.
For the past two years a mother and four dependant children (feeble mind)-have been given support outside of the Home, three oldest of these children have been admitted to the School for Feeble Mind at Waverly. The mother and youngest child is now at the Home, this child will also be ad- mitted to the School soon as eligible by age.
We regret to learn from our Superintendent that we cannot consider his service or Mrs. Kendall as Matron of the Home the coming year.
Not wise we believe to change those that have care of the Home and have given satisfaction only when advisable. Mrs. Kendall has been kind to the inmates, used proper discipline, Economy of Expenses, Sanitary Condi- tion of the Home. We hardly know where we can equal her as Matron.
Mr. Kendall has given good satisfaction as Superintendent, upkeep of the farm product of farm and dairy, we consider quite pleasing.
WESLEY O. HAWKES, Chairman
PERLEY E. WRIGHT, Secretary.
CHARLES A. BLODGETT,
Overseers.
SCHEDULE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY AT HOME FARM
December 26, 1925
25 Bu. Potatoes
$56.25
Vegetables and Apples
23.00
12 Bed and Bedding
230.00
Oil Stove
20.00
Kitchen Range
95.00
4 Small Stoves
10.00
9 Rocking Chairs
18.00
Clocks
10.00
12 Ton Coal
176.00
1
60
100 Quarts Canned Vegetables and Fruit
68.00
Groceries
50.00
Beans
10.00
2 Bushels Cranberries
6.00
10 Cord Wood in Shed
120.00
Balance of Personal Property in Home
89.80
$982.05
14 Cords Wood in Woods
$100.00
Land Roller
18.00
Hay Wagon
15.00
212 M Shingles
19.25
Lumber
70.00
1 Bull
45.00
12 Cows
1,025.00
2 Horses
400.00
Manure Spreader
70.00
1 Two Horse Wood Wagon
70.00
1 2-Horse Mowing Machine
70.00
1 2-Horse Cultivator
38.00
Wood Sled
40.00
Gas Engine .
60.00
Cut-away Harrow
20.00
25 Tons Hay
625.00
21 Hens
36.00
80 Bags Grain
176.00
Tip Cart (new)
140.00
Express Harness
23.00
Double Harness
50.00
Hay Fork
46.00
400 Ft. Fire Hose Nozzles
50.00
Balance of Personal Property in Outbuildings.
354.25
$3,560.50
Total
$4,542.55
Signed
W. OTIS DAY, SAMUEL H. BALCH,
WILLIAM HUNT,
Appraisers.
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Report of Forest Warden
During the year there has been 51 Forest Fires.
I have issued 190 Fire permits. I have examined all fire extinguishers in town and recharged them. Put on new hose and gaskets where they were needed. Found them all in very good shape, only one being frozen.
A list of persons with whom fire extinguishers have been placed and a list of forest fires are herewith submitted.
HARRY L. NESMITH.
List of Fire Extinguishers in Town of Westford
No 1 David Gregg
40
W. Butterworth
2 Geo. A. Drew
41 E. Jarvis
3 Eben Prescott 42 C. M. Griffin
5 John Flynn
43 Sullivan Bro.
6 L. J. Ellisin
44 W. Seifer
7 Charles Edwards
45 John O'Brien, Vose Rd.
9 Walter Whidden
46
A. Blaisdell
15 Charles Lundburg
48 N. Decatur
16 Nat Whitney
17 Graniteville Fire House
50 Mrs. A. McDonald
51 Charles Wright
19 Jim O'Brien
53 Albert Flagg
21 Brookside Fire House
54 Cal Howard
55 Jim Wilson
23 Graniteville Fire House
56 Alex McDougle
24 Frank Banister
57 Otis Day
25 Charles Couture
59 Parkerville Fire House
27 Gilman Wright
61 Mabel Drew
28 Horace Gould
62 O. R. Spaulding
30 J. M. Booke
31 Ed. Keyes
33 J. A. Healy, Dunstable Rd.
34 J. Willard Fletcher
35 J. Willard Fletcher
68 A. Duralt
69 Bruce Whitmore
70 Tim Sullivan
71 Blodgett Bro.
39 J. F. Sweetser
67 A. Jordan
36 H. Wilder
37 F. Suegue
38 Geo. Kimball
72 John Sullivan
47 A. Burnham
18 Graniteville Fire House
49 Thomas Kalis
20 W. Williams
22 M. McGlinchy
60 Warren Sweetser
26 Alex Lundburg
63 Graniteville Fire House
65 John McIntosh
66 Guy Decatur
62
73 Frank Wright
86
A. Vose
77 F. McCoy
87 Bruce Whetmore
78 Geo. Hartford 88
79 E. Mountain
89
Graniteville Fire House
80 Westford Water Co.
91 Claude Johnson
81 R. Prescott
95 W. Whitten
82 F. Burbeck
96
Henry Murphy
83 A. O'Brien
97
84 Frank Hildreth
Instructions for Taking Care of Fire Extinguishers.
1. Any person who is loaned a Fire Extinguisher by the Town of Westford for use at brush or house fires must be responsible for same.
2. After using and before refilling the extinguisher should be thoroughly washed out to prevent corroding. The hose and nozzle also should be washed. Make sure the hole in the nozzle is clear.
3. Always wash and refill immediately. There may be another fire.
4. In winter the extinguisher should be put near a stove or in a warm place, to prevent freezing. Otherwise it should be emptied and washed out.
5. By putting into the extinguisher 34 of a cup of salt and stirring until dissolved, the extinguisher will not freeze so easily. It cannot, however, be left in a wholly unheated building.
6. All persons having extinguishers, who close their homes for the winter, or who leave town, should notify the Forest Warden, Harry L. Nesmith, by telephone, and give the extinguishers to him.
7. Every spring the extinguishers should be discharged, washed out and refilled.
8. Any extinguisher that is lost or becomes defective should be re- ported to the Forest Warden.
9. Each person taking an extinguisher to a fire should take his own extinguisher home.
10. Know the number of your own extinguisher.
11. Any person allowing an extinguisher to freeze must pay for having it repaired.
Per Order,
BOARD OF ENGINEERS,
Town of Westford.
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Forest Fires
Date
Owner
Acres
Damage
Town Expense $780
Railroad Expense
Mar. 26
H. Russell
3
$30
Mar. 27
Anderson
4
10
9.30
Apr. 3 H. Fletcher
2
10
7.50
Apr.
4
A. Fletcher
1/2
5
2.20
Apr. 6
Mrs. Reed
3
5
4.25
Apr. 7
Scribner Hill
10
140
13.85
Apr. 8
J. F. Sweetser
3
40
58 15
Apr. 8 D. Sherman
10
100
$32.30
Apr. 9 Harris
20
100
42 15
Apr. 9
W. Butterworth
4
15
5.20
Apr. 9
C. Morris
1
5
5.50
Apr. 12
B. Flynn
2
10
5.15
Apr. 18
H. E. Fletcher
1/2
5
3.40
Apr. 23
H. Parkhurst
5
25
10.20
Apr. 24
G. Jackson
2
5
8.55
Apr. 24
H. E. Fletcher
1
0
5.80
Apr. 25
A. Patnoid
1
5
13.15
Apr. 26
A. Patnoid
4
20
16.35
Apr. 27
Sullivan Crossing
1
5
5.50
Apr. 24
A. Patnoid
1
10
9.75
Apr. 29
C. Morris
2
10
8.20
May 2 C. Morris
2
10
12.90
May 2
A. Patnoid
3
15
10.85
May
3 A. Patnoid
2
10
15.00
May 3 W. Sweetser
1/2
5
8.15
May 5 W. Butterworth
1
8.40
May 6
I. Webster
3
5
7.55
May 7
N. Decatur
1/2
3.30
May 8
J. F. Sweeter
1
5
5.50
May 9 G. Smith
1/2
2.20
May 10
Keyes
1
5
4.95
May 11
W. Butterworth
1
5
6.60
May 14
Gage
1
2.85
May 17
M. Downe
5
25
17.90
May 17
Lawson
1
5
4.50
May 17
Murphy Camp
1/2
2.75
May 22
D. Gagnon
1
5
12.05
June 4
C. Morris
1
5
4.40
June 6
O. Rouke
2
5
13.50
June 7
Ward Ledge
12
100
41.40
June 9
Ward Ledge
1
5
3.95
Apr. 27
A. Patnoid
5.80
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Date
Owner
Acres
Damage
Town Expense
Railroad Expense
June 11
J. Sargent
1
$ 5
$ 4.50
June 22
Groton Rd.
1/2
3.30
July 10
A. Fletcher
2
10
17.10
July 20
O. R. Spaulding
2
5
15.45
Oct. 2
O. R. Spaulding
2
10
11.20
Nov. 4
J. McIntosh
1
5
3.95
Nov. 7 H. O'Brien
14
16.45
Nov. 20
A. Fletcher
1/2
3.85
NOV. 26
A. Yecbo
2
10
2.20
Report of Tree Warden
The Tree Warden submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1925.
My work has consisted of removing many dead trees, clearing brush from bad corners and trimming dead limbs from the street trees. I would suggest that $300 be appropriated this year to carry on the work.
HARRY L. NESMITH.
Report of the Engineers of the Westford Fire Department
The Board of Fire Engineers submit the following report for the year ending Dec. 31, 1925.
The companies have responded to 20 fires other than forest fires during the year: 8 building, 11 chimney, 1 truck fire.
The following is a list of the buildings where damage occurred:
Jan. 26-House of Harry L. Griffin, Brookside. Total loss.
Feb. 24-House of Joseph LeClere, Forge Village. Partly burned. May .- House of Angeline Bordeleau, Littleton Road. Total loss. Apr. 8-House and barn of A. Goubnoff. Total loss.
July 29-Cottage of Alexina Nowlan, Nabnasset. Total loss.
Oct. 18-Cottage of Mrs. Franz, Forge Village. Total loss.
Oct. 24-Hen house of Carl Swenson, Littleton Road.
Nov. 29-Cider Mill of David Sherman, Cold Spring Road. Total loss. A combination pumping engine was purchased last spring and placed in the Center Fire house. Also a 2 tank chemical truck was placed in Forge Vil- lage and Graniteville fire houses with these three new pieces of apparatus we feel that the town is very well equipped.
The Fire engineers recommend the sum of $2900.00 be raised and ap- propriated to meet the expenses of the Department for the coming year.
ALONZO H. SUTHERLAND, ALFRED T. W. PRINN, JOHN EDWARDS.
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Report of Town Fish and Game Warden
To the Citizens of Westford :
As usual in my report I will request all of our citizens to take more in- terest in the Fish and Game Laws, as every year there are new recommenda- tions that come before the Legislature for consideration and enactment. In the 1926 Legislature the following Bills will come up to be acted upon. If they are of any interest to you, be sure and tell your Representative and plead your case before it is too late.
BILLS
To require a sporting license to be purchased by all who fish in inland waters today. No license is required in ponds or streams not stocked sub- sequent to January 1, 1910.
To raise the penalty for taking an illegal pickerel from $1.00 to $10.00, making it uniform with other similar laws.
To limit ice fishing on ponds and streams to five traps for each person. To make it possible for Wardens to secure a search warrant to search dwelling houses if illegal fish or game is concealed therein.
To amend the Sporting License Laws by reducing the straight non- resident fee and establishing a special fee for non-residents.
To prohibit the training of all dogs during the period from March 1st to September 1st.
To place a closed season on partridge in Duke's County for five years. To amend the law pertaining to deer to eliminate a technical error con- cerning the possession of deer.
To allow all women to fish in all waters without purchasing a license. To allow children of foreign parents to fish in all ponds and streams.
We have the usual number of small birds although there are some species that were common in some localities a few years ago that have not been seen for a number of years. We have more pheasants and partridges. We re- ceived a lot of pheasants and eggs. The eggs were distributed among land owners in different parts of the town. We expect another lot next spring. Any person wanting some of the eggs, please let me know and I will send them. Once again I ask all persons to keep the house cats and bird dogs shut up during the nesting season.
People that trap should take up their traps at the end of the trapping season. I, find traps that are left out all summer. A nice dog was caught in a trap on Stony Brook last May. The dog was in that trap nearly twenty- four hours before he was liberated. It happened to be near a house where the people heard his cries and reported it to me. Only for that he would have remained there until he starved to death. Some Sport that left that trap set ! We got a lot of fish this last year, mostly brook trout. They were liberated in Nashoba, O'Brien's, Snake Meadow, Town Farm, Boutelle's, Drew's and Tadmuck Brooks. Some were also placed in the head waters of O'Brien's Brook at the Alabama Farm. We liberated 120 cans in all of small trout and 400 adult trout. We got no white perch or bass, but got 400 adult hornpout and seven cans of small hornpout. They were planted in the different ponds of the town.
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I liberated 30 snowshoe rabbits this season. These rabbits came from Maine. They are collected by dealers and sold to different sporting clubs. They were very tame when first liberated. I ask the hunters in this vicinity to give them a chance to live. Don't shoot them the day after I let them out of the crate. This does not include all the rabbits that were liberated in this town as I know of some of our citizens who liberated 20 on their own account. They cost over two dollars a pair F. O. B. besides paying for express both ways.
This is the list of fish and game received this last year :---
30 adult pheasants.
40 young pheasants.
200 young pheasants that were hatched out liberated.
120 cans of small trout.
400 adult trout.
adult hornpout.
400 7 cans small hornpout.
30 snowshoe rabbits.
Almost all the fish and game we receive comes through the Lowell Fish and Game Association. The officers and members of this association give a lot of their time and money stocking our woods and streams with fish and game. Every one that carries a rod or gun or sets traps should belong to this Association and help a good cause. Don't think because you buy a license, you are doing your share. It costs thousands of dollars to run the Division of Fisheries and Game. The money they receive for licenses does not amount to a drop in the bucket.
During the past year, I have liberated all the fish and game it was pos- sible for me to procure, inspected 37 licenses, investigated all complaints, and made one arrest for illegal fishing. I attended all meetings of the Fish and Game Association and the Warden's Convention at the State House in Boston. Also managed a ball in Town Hall, Westford, for the benefit of fish and made a little over $70.00.
Hoping this report will meet with your approval, I am,
Yours obediently,
JOE WALL, Game Warden.
Report of Finance Committee
The Finance Committee have carefully considered those articles of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting wherein appropria- tions are asked.
We have conferred with Officers of the different departments in regard to their requirements for the year and list herewith the amount requested, and the amount recommended by the committee, also the amount expended in year 1925.
Amount Expended 1925
Amount Amount Requested Recommended Requested Recommended 1926 1926 1926
Article 9. General Government:
Selectmen . . .
$ 415.21
$ 500.00
$ 500.00
Town Accountant .
824.08
825.00
825.00
Town Treasurer
569.33
500.00
500.00
Tax Collector .
1,250.00
1,250.00
1,250.00
Assessors . .
1,367.97
1,000.00
800.00
Town Counsel .
215.00
400.00
400.00
Election and Registration .
399.91
600.00
600.00
Town Clerk.
304.00
325.00
325.00
Town Hall . .
3,027.98
1,500.00
1,500.00
$ 6,900.00
$ 6,700.00
Article 10
Police Department
2,818.22
3,000.00
3,000.00
"
11
Forest Fires . .
732.74
1,000.00
1,000.00
"
12 Tree Warden . .
299.07
300.00
300.00
13 Moth Department .
3,015.15
2,000.00
2,000.00
14 Sealer of Weights and Measures
157.57
150.00
150.00
15 Fish and Game
79.00
100.00
100.00
3
16 Cattle Inspector ..
149.00
150.00
150.00
Amount
Amount
1926
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Article 17 Highways:
Roads. .
.$ 22,155.24
$ 25,000.00
$ 25,000.00
Snow Removal .
1,448.93
2,000.00
2,000.00
Cutting Brush .
493.65
500.00
500.00
Permanent Road .
4,070.05
10,000.00
$ 37,500.00
$ 27,500.00
18 Fire Department
2,533.11
2,900.00
2,900.00
19
Health . .
2,953.87
3,000.00
3,000.00
20
Charities:
Westford Home
5,388.75
6,000.00
6,000.00
Outside Aid .
7,216.51
7,500.00
7,500.00
13,500.00
13,500.00
21 Soldiers' Benefit
2,000.50
2,000.00
2,000.00
22 Schools:
Salaries Supt. and Teachers, and Truant officers.
34,793.60
36,450.00
36,450.00
Transportation . ..
7,211.00
8,500.00
8,500.00
Care and Maintenance of Bldgs.
18,636.93
13,505.00
13,505.00
Text Books and Supplies
5,751.40
3,535.00
3,535.00
Rent .
300.00
300.00
300.00
School Physician .
300.00
300.00
300.00
School Dentist . .
297.00
400.00
400.00
Tuition to other Towns and Vocational Tuition. .
1,000.00
800.00
800.00
Miscellaneous . .
1,210.00
1,210.00
65,000.00
65,000.00
23 Library . .
3,077.20
2,400.00
2,400.00
24 Band Concerts
400.00
400.00
400.00
25 Care of Common .
280.80
200.00
200.00
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Article 26 Town Reports . .
$ 515.30
$ 600.00
$ 600.00
27
Legion Headquarters .
200.00
200.00
200.00
28
Town Scales
25.00
25.00
25.00
29
Liability Insurance .
412.42
500.00
500.00
30
Cemeteries .
1,372.72
1,200.00
1,200.00
31
i arm Bureau .
400.00
400.00
400.00
32
Memorial Day
328.90
300.00
300.00
33
Overdrafts, 1925 .
701.88
701.88
34 Outstanding Bills Dec. 31, 1925
1,670.24
1,670.24
35 Reserve Fund .
2,000.00
2,000.00
38
Reforestation .
200.00
200.00
$148,297.12
$138,097.12
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FIXED CHARGES
Hydrants
$ 2,680.00
Street Lights
4,700.00
General Loans . .
5,500.00
Interest on General Loans
2,717.23
Interest on Revenue Loans .
1,800.00
County Taxes
7,037.97
State Taxes .
10,503.14
$34,938.34
$173,035.46
Corporation and Bank Tax . Income Tax . . .
INCOME
$19,087.75 12,935.98
Poll Taxes
All Other
$ 1,896.00 13,766.07
$ 47,685.80
Available from Surplus .
$125,349.66 8,000.00
Valuation of the Town for 1925-$4,232,234.00.
$117,349.66
Basing our calculations upon the same valuation and the same income as last year and appropriating the sum of $8,000.00 from surplus we estimate that the tax rate will be not over $28.00 per thousand if the amounts as recommended are appropriated. Article 17. We recommend $27,500.00. If the $10,000.00 is appropriated as asked for by the Selectmen for account a permanent road, the tax rate will be increased $2.37 per thousand which we do not deem advisable until further investigation has been made.
Article 43. Electric lights. In regard to additional street lights asked for under this article we recommend that the Selectmen be appointed a Committee to investigate and report at a Town Meeting to be held not later than May 15, 1926.
Respectfully submitted,
SHERMAN H. FLETCHER, ARTHUR H. BURNHAM, HERBERT V. HILDRETH, JULIAN A. CAMERON, P. HENRY HARRINGTON, WILLIAM R. TAYLOR, Finance Committee.
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Westford, Mass., January 15, 1926.
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Warrant for Annual Town Meeting, Westford, Mass.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
MIDDLESEX, SS.
To the Constable of the Town of Westford, in said County: GREETING:
You are hereby required, in the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid, to notify and warn all the inhabitants of said Town quali- fied to vote in elections, and also in Town affairs, to meet in their several Polling Places, viz .:
Precinct 1. Town Hall, Westford Centre.
Precinct 2. Abbot's Hall, Graniteville.
Precinct 3. Abbot's Hall, Brookside.
Precinct 4. Abbot's Hall, Forge Village.
on MONDAY, the EIGHTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1926
being the second Monday in said month, at 6.30 o'clock in the morn- ing, for the following purposes:
To bring in their votes for the following officers:
For Three Years
One Selectman,
One Overseer of the Poor,
One Assessor,
Two Members of the School Committee,
One Commissioner of Public Burial Ground,
One Trustee of Public Library,
One Member of Board of Health.
For One Year
Moderator, Town Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Constable, Tree Warden.
The polls will be open from 6.30 a. m., to 4 p. m., and to meet in the Town Hall at Westford Centre on the following
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MONDAY, the fifteenth day of February, 1926
at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, then and there to act upon the follow- ing articles, viz .:
1st. To hear the report of the Finance Committee.
2nd. To hear the report of the Town Accountant.
3rd. To hear the report of the Selectmen.
4th. To hear the report of the Overseers of the Poor.
5th. To hear the report of the School Committee.
6th. To hear the report of the Trustees of the Public Library.
7th. To hear the report of the Commissioners of Public Burial Grounds.
8th. To determine the compensation of the Tax Collector.
9th. To appropriate money for General Government purposes.
10th. To appropriate money for the Police Department.
11th. To appropriate money for Forest Fires.
To appropriate money for Tree Warden.
12th. 13th. 14th. 15th. 16th. To appropriate money for Cattle Inspector.
To appropriate money for the Moth Department.
To appropriate money for Sealer of Weights and Measures.
To appropriate money for the Fish and Game Warden.
17th.
To appropriate money for Highway Purposes.
18th. To appropriate money for the Fire Department.
19th. To appropriate money for the Health Department.
20th. To appropriate money for Charities.
21st. To appropriate money for Soldiers' Benefits.
22nd. To appropriate money for School Department.
To appropriate money for the Public Library.
23rd. 24th. To appropriate money for Band Concerts.
25th.
To appropriate money for the Care of Common.
26th. To appropriate money for Publishing Town Reports.
27th. To appropriate money for the Rent of Headquarters of West- ford Post 159 of the American Legion.
28th. To appropriate money for the care of Town Scales.
29th. To appropriate money for Liability Insurance.
30th. To appropriate money for Cemeteries.
31st. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $400.00 and elect a director under the provisions of Section 40 to 45, Chapter 128 of the General Laws.
32nd. To appropriate money for Memorial Day.
33rd.
To appropriate money for the overdrafts of 1925.
34th.
To appropriate money to pay the outstanding bills Dec. 31, 1925.
35th. To see if the Town, in accordance with the provisions of Section 6 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, will appropriate money as a Reserve Fund.
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36th. To see if the Town will rescind its vote passed under Article 57 at the annual town meeting held February 11, 1924, where- by it authorized the Selectmen to take gravel from the West- ford Home and act in relation thereto.
37th. To see if the Town will accept from Oscar R. Spalding a deed of land near Pine Ridge, so-called, to establish a town forest. 38th. To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $200.00 to be used in establishing Town Forests and act in relation thereto. 39th. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen to borrow money in anticipa- tion of the revenue of the current financial year.
40th. To determine the manner of collecting taxes for the current year, also the rate of interest on taxes remaining unpaid at a time to be fixed by the vote of the Town and when and how said taxes shall be paid into the Treasury.
41st. To see if the Town will vote to accept the legacy of $500.00 bequeathed under the will of Adeline T. Burbeck as a fund for the purchase of books for the J. V. Fletcher Library and act in relation thereto.
42nd. To see if the Town will establish an additional hydrant at Brookside.
43rd. To see if the Town will vote to install additional street lights on North Street, Providence Road, Forge Village Road, Town Farm Road, Chestnut Street, Stony Brook Road, Chamberlain Road and Main Street and extend the lighting system on Main Street to Chamberlain's Corner, on Littleton Road from Minot's Corner, so-called, to the homestead of Mrs. Margaret McDonald and along Pleasant Street to the Beaver Brook Road and act in relation thereto.
44th. To choose all other Town Officers necessary to be chosen.
And you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting up true and attested copies at the Town Hall and each Post Office in said Westford, seven days at least, before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk, at the time and place of holding the first meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands, this fourteenth day of January, in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-six.
FRANK L. FURBUSH, ARTHUR G. HILDRETH, BURTON D. GRIFFITH,
Selectmen of Westford.
ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF WESTFORD, MASS.
WESTFO
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FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1925
Lowell, Mass. COURIER-CITIZEN COMPANY, PRINTERS 1926
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Organization, School Committee
AXEL G. LUNDBERG
Term expires 1928
MINNIE A. PALMER
66
66 1928
ARTHUR G. HILDRETH, Chairman
66 1927
MARTHA G. WHITING
66
1927
EVA F. WRIGHT, Secretary
66
66 1926
EDWARD SPINNER
66
66 1926
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
CHARLES G. CARTER, Westford, Mass. Tel. Residence 125. Tel. Office 41-3 at the Town Hall.
COMMITTEE ON TEXT-BOOKS
EVA F. WRIGHT, Westford, Mass. Tel. 56.
SUPPLY AGENT CHARLES G. CARTER
TRUANT OFFICERS
John Sullivan, Forge Village, Mass. Willard H. Beebe, Graniteville, Mass. Charles Edwards, Nabanssett, Mass. J. A. Healy, Graniteville, Mass. Everett Miller, Westford, Mass.
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
CYRIL A. BLANEY, M. D., Westford, Mass. Tel. 26.
SCHOOL NURSE RUBY MCCARTHY, R. N., Westford, Mass. Tel. Office 41-3. 1925-1926
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Report of School Committee
TO THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF WESTFORD:
We submit herewith the annual report of the school committee and its executive officers for the year of 1925.
The condition of all school buildings, grounds, and general equipment is excellent. The State Board of Education place us as above the average in this respect.
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