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100.00
28.29
Leighton, Amos
Merr
W1
23
50.00
1.37
Leighton, Amos L.
Home
W1
24
100.00
4.47
Leighton, Francis
L 5c
W1
164
50.00
4.29
Leighton, Isaiah
L 5c
Fv
48 W. Div.
100.00
48.95
Leighton, Reuben
L 5c
W1
25
50.00
1.16
Lord, David
Merr
Fv
49 New
50.00
1.14
Lord, Frank M.
Prov
Fv
33 E. Div.
100.00
.83
Louther, Frank
Cent
Fv
213 E. Div.
50.00
7.03
Martin, John
B 5c
Fv
13 E. Div.
50.00
2.02
Mazuzan, Whitney
City
Fv
28-29 E.
200.00
188.90
Metcalf, William
L. Inst.
Fv
59 O. W.
50.00
48.15
Mills, Edward M.
B 5c
Fv
8112 New
50.00
2.02
Mills, Hugh
L 5c
Fv
261 E. Div.
50.00
3.41
Moore, George C.
City
Fv
343 E. Div.
100.00
8.70
Moran, Mary A.
Merr
Fv
81 O. W.
50.00
3.38
Morin, Joseph
Merr
Fv
350 E. Div.
50.00
3.38
Moss, J. W.
L. Inst.
Fv
242 E. Div.
100.00
16.00
Nelson, Oscar A.
Merr
Fv
360 E. Div.
50.00
1.12
Nesmith, Harry L.
Merr
Fv
264 E. Div.
50.00
9.23
Northup, A. S.
Prov
Fv
331 E. Div.
100.00
Nutting, Edrick
Merr
Hill
68
50.00
11.14
O'Brien, James
Home
Fv
216 E. Div.
50.00
1.85
O'Brien, John
B 5c
Fv
181 E. Div.
150.00
6.08
Orange, Abe
.City
Fv
48 E. Div.
50.00
.59
Osgood, John A.
L. Inst.
Fv
77 O. W.
50.00
24.49
Osgood, John M.
L 5c
Fv
5-6 E. Div.
95.25
3.58
88
Name
Bank
Cemetery Lot
Fund Income
Parker, James M.
Merr
Fv
53 W. Div.
50.00
38.37
Parker, Nellie S.
.City
Fv
299 E-58 O. W. 100.00
19.73
Parker, W. G .- Gates
City
Fv
76 W. Div.
100.00
4.86
Peckins, Fletcher
Cent
Fv
104 W. Div.
50.00
30.38
Perkins, Ella
City
Fv
27 New
100.00
28.69
Perkins, Joseph, Sr.
Merr
Fv
288 E. Div.
50.00
Perkins, Joseph, Sr.
Merr
Fv
297 E. Div.
50.00
.53
Pethrick, William H. City
Fv
339 E. Div.
50.00
.59
Precious, Sarah & Coreline
Merr
Fv
47 E. Div.
50.00
17.18
Precious, William C.
Cent
W1
14
100.00
10.62
Prescott & Babbitt
L 5c
Fv
171-172 E.
100.00
50.46
Prescott, Abram
L 5c
W1
121
50.00
1.72
Prescott, Charles H.
L 5c
W1
174
100.00
36.93
Prescott, Joseph A.
Merr
W1
21
50.00
1.37
Prescott, Luther
Merr
172
100.00
5.69
Prescott, Nathan
L. Inst.
Fv
347 E. Div.
50.00
42.03
Prescott, Noah A.
Cent
Fv
167-168 E.
150.00
40.55
Prescott, Sam. and Parazina
.Home
Fv
125
100.00
3.25
Prescott, Samuel
City
W1
125
50.00
Prinn, C. M.
Cent
Fv
67 W. Div.
50.00
7.03
Putnam, Mary A.
Merr
Hill
19-33-32-20
100.00
43.13
Pyne, James W.
Cent
Fv
265 E. Div.
50.00
7.03
Quigg, Polly
L 5c
Fv
33 W. Div.
50.00
33.25
Rapson, James
L Inst
Fv
62 E. Div.
50.00
1.47
Reed, Abijah C.
Merr
Fv
29 R 13
50.00
36.44
Reed, Alonzo B.
Merr
W1
10
100.00
2.96
Reed, Aman
Cent
W1
16
50.00
.17
Reed, Barnard
Merr
WI
198-203
100.00
2.16
Reed, J. Henry
L Inst
Fv
54-55 E.
100.00
4.82
Reed, Sarah S.
Cent
W1
102
100.00
61.23
Richardson, Alma & S. Minet .. L 5c
Fv
44-45 W.
100.00
2.77
Richardson, Iva & Annie
L 5c
Fv
74 W. Div.
50.00
16.92
Richardson, Joseph City
Fv
65 E. Div.
100.00
29.53
Richardson, Olive A. L 5c
Fv
291 E. Div.
50.00
27.39
Richardson, Sarah Cent
Fv
68 O. W.
100.00
.64
Richardson, Sarah & Samuel .. L 5c
Fv
Tomb
50.00
19.67
Richardson, Selmon & SamuelCent
Fv
Tomb
50.00
19.78
Sanborn, Margaret
Merr
Fv
324 E. Div.
50.00
Sargent, Nancy
L 5c
Fv
59 W. Div.
50.00
26.53
Searles, Martha W.
L 5c
Fv
66 W. Div.
50.00
11.82
Seifer, C. Frederick
Cent
Fv
150 E. Div.
50.00
36.53
89
Name
Bank
Cemetery Lot
Fund Income
Shattuck, David L.
Cent
Fv
322 E. Div.
50.00
.76
Shea, Frank
Merr
Fv
362 E. Div.
50.00
1.19
Sherburn, Thomas J.
Merr
Hill
88
100.00
6.96
Skidmore, Gertrude
City
Fv
14A O. W.
50.00
.59
Smith, Clara
L 5c
Fv
95 W. Div.
50.00
23.49
Snow, Levi
Merr
Fv
6 0. W.
100.00
100.61
Snow, S. L.
Merr
Fv
89 W. Div.
100.00
102.98
Spinner, John City
Fv
226 E. Div.
50.00
2.46
Stephen, Ephraim Merr
Fv
23 E. Div.
50.00
21.83
Stone, Samuel Merr
W1
67
100.00
28.22
Stone, Gilman City
W1
23 A
50.00
2.22
Streeter, Burton H. B 5c
Fv
14 E. Div.
50.00
2.02
Stuart, James N.
City
Fv
411/2 O. W.
100.00
23.08
Sutherland, Alonze H.
B 5c
Fv
285 E. Div.
50.00
1.84
Sweatt, Fred A. Merr
Fv
9512 E. Div.
50.00
1.15
Sweatt, Samuel Prov
Fv
254 E. Div.
50.00
Swettzer, Nathaniel-Judson .. City
Fv
149-237 E.
100.00
4.34
Symmes, Edward-Thomas L 5c
Fv
171/2 R 5
200.00
29.43
Symmes, Nancy A.
B 5
Fv
370 E. Div.
50.00
4.06
Taylor, William
Cent
Fv
101 W. Div.
50.00
2.27
Tower, Eli
Cent
Fv
3 W. Div.
100.00
3.47
Trumbull, Sarah H.
L 5c
Fv
21 O. W.
100.00
30.10
Tuttle, A. & N. S.
L 5c
Fv
7&8 E. Div.
50.00
.68
Walkden, James A. City
Fv
15 E. Div.
50.00
1.99
Webb, Clara A.
B 5c
Fv
270 E. Div.
50.00
2.02
Wells, O. V.
Merr
Fv
187 E. Div.
50.00
5.31
Wells, E. P .- J. Carver
L. Inst
W1
22
100.00
22.78
Wendell, Jacob L 5c
Hill
15
100.00
16.89
Waller, Nettie
Merr
Fv
356 E. Div.
100.00
2.51
Wheeler, Mary J.
L 5c
Fv
77 W. Div.
50.00
1.74
Wheeler, T. J.
L. Inst
Fv
105 W. Div.
100.00
17.93
White, William
Cent
Fv
96 W. Div.
50.00
.03
Whitney, Hiram
L 5c
Fv
100 W. Div.
100.00
51.89
Whitney, Nathaniel
L 5c
Fv
69 O. W.
50.00
.66
Wiley, Clara M.
Merr
Fv
74 O. W.
100.00
85.91
Wilkins, Luther E.
Merr
Fv
88 W. Div.
75.00
51.64
Willard, E. M. 'Hosley
L 5c
W1
124
100.00
1.26
Williams, T. R.
Prov
Fv
319A-E. Div.
100.00
2.0
Willis, Samuel
Cent
Fv
20 W. Div.
50.00
1.99
Willis, W. L.
L. Inst
Fv
19 E. Div.
100.00
17.44
Wilson, James H.
City
Fv
303 E. Div.
50.00
1.03
Wilson, John
L 5c
Fv
146 E. Div.
50.00
31.43
Wood, Henry O.
Home
Fv
309 E. Div.
100.00
3.61
:
90
Name
Bank
Cemetery Lot
Fund Income
Woodbury, Alfred
Home
Fv 311 E. Div.
50.00
1.74
Woodward, Oliver
Cent
Hill
63
100.00
26.00
Wright, Asa
Home
Wright 20
200.00
8.63
Wright, G. T. & A. S. L 5c
Fv 28-29 W. Div.
100.00
2.21
Wright, Bradley
L. Inst
Wright 11
50.00
1.70
Wright, Erastus
L. Inst
Wright 73
100.00
14.07
Wright, Eugene
L. Inst
Wright 76
100.00
12.92
Wright, Capt. Ezchiel
L 5c
177
50.00
1.90
Wright, Frank A.
Merr
Fv
280 E. Div.
50.00
1.64
Wright, F. C.
City
Fv
58 E. Div.
50.00
3.71
Wright, Gilman
City
Wright
75
100.00
4.12
Wright, Gilbert F.
City
Fv
102 W. Div.
150.00
88.12
Wright, G. P.
City
Fv
25 E. Div.
50.00
.85
Wright, Hammett D.
Cent
Wright
3
100.00
11.07
Wright, Janet
.Merr
Fv
9
New
100.00
6.27
Wright, J. E. .City
W1
53
50.00
2.22
Wright, N. H.
.Merr
Fv
46-47 W. Div.
100.00
3.42
Wright, Perley E.
.Prov
Fv
New
100.00
Wright, Sidney W.
L. Inst
Fv
127 E. Div.
50.00
1.79
Wright, Varnum B. Cent
Fv
44 Old W.
25.00
11.89
Wright, Walter P.
L. Inst
Fv
57 New
100.00
11.24
Wyman, Walter W.
L. Inst
Fv
376 E. Div.
50.00
2.52
Wyman, George
L. Inst
Fv
276 E. Div.
50.00
2.52
91
CEMETERY LOT CARE FOR 1941
Aaron Tuttle, Pd. in 1940 $2.00
Mrs. Asa Robbins 2.00
Theresa Lowther
2.00
Mary H. Reed 2.00
Frederic Davis 2.00
Sebastian Watson 2.00
Annie Hamlin 2.00
Mrs. Sebastian Watson 2.00
Fred Picking 2.00
Jeanette Feeney 2.00
Fred G. Sargent's Heirs 2.00
Mrs. Joseph Walker 2.00
John F. Spaulding 4.00
Walter Steele 2.00
Fred Naylor 2.00
Elizabeth Catchpole, 1941
2.00
Everett Miller
2.00
Winfred Whitton
2.00
Lizzie Scrutton
2.00
Mrs. Chester Blodgett. 2.00
Mrs. Frank Miller
2.00
William Blodgett 2.00
Julian A. Cameron 4.00
Clarence O. Pirrington 2.00
Augustine Carkin
2.00
Mrs. Claude Day 2.00
Alvin Fisher, Jr 2.00
Sarah Whitney
2.00
W. S. Guild 2.00
Edward Fisher
2.00
Joseph Bennett
2.00
Walter Smith
4.00
Mrs. Harry N. Jaques
2.00
Mrs. Florence Wright 2.00
Susan Osgood
2.00
Walter Longbottom 2.00
Elizabeth McAdoo
2.00
Frances Fisher
2.00
Elliot Humiston 2.00
William Buckingham
2.00
Sophia Hanson
2.00
Amos Polley
4.00
Sarah Denio
2.00
William Brown
2.00
Carl Hanson
2.00
Clara Kierstead
4.00
Hilda Bosworth 2.00
Eric Anderson
2.00
William Wyman
2.00
Saul Gordon
2.00
Mrs. Edward F. Hall 2.00
Mrs. Charles T. Brooks
2.00
Mrs. Louis Schworer
2.00
John Edwards
2.00
Mrs. George E. Harris
2.00
Frank C. Johnson
2.00
Adelia Martin
2.00
Domenica Zanchi
2.00
May Atwood
2.00
William Hosmer 2.00
Mary Bunce
4.00
Jessie Sherman
4.00
Gertrude Athorn 2.00
Charles Flanagan 2.00
Noram A. Phillips 2.00
Mrs. Stephen Haley. 2.00
Dr. C. A. Blaney
2.00
Mrs. Nathan Prescott 2.00
Lionel Goucher 2.00
Ella Perkins 2.00
Valentine Friederich
2.00
Mrs. James Stuart 2.00
Ethel Shannon 2.00
J. E. York. 4.00
Gladys Burns
2.00
Frank P. Hawkes
2.00
Eleanora Colburn 2.00
L. Boyden
2.00
Don Judd 2.00
Charles Blodgett 2.00
92
C. A. and F. R. Blodgett 4.00
Elizabeth Catchpole, 1940 2.00
Luanna De Catur 4.00
Ida Allen 2.00
George Binns
2.00
James D. Wilson, '41-'42. 4.00
Harold Anderson
2.00
Howard Ferguson 2.00
Amy Irish
4.00
George Weaver 2.00
James Crocker 2.00
Jessie Weaver
2.00
Arthur Wilson
2.00
William F: Wing
2.00
Hazel Blades
2.00
Margaret Cavanaugh, '40-'41
4.00
Mrs. Joseph Regnier.
2.00
Walter Fletcher 2.00
Dr. Chas. Worcester, '40-'41
4.00 Roy Blanchard 4.00
Mary Mack
2.00
John Chandler 2.00
Freda Prescott
2.00
Viola Hitchcock 2.00
John Mattson, Sr
2.00
Edson G. Boynton 4.00
Mrs. Ellen McLeod, '40-'41
8.00
Annie Draper 2.00
Ruth Jones, '40-'41.
2.00
Raymond Prescott 2.00
Lillian Marinel, '40-'41
2.00
Mrs. E. B. Currier 2.00
Mary A. Girard.
2.00
Homer Seavey 2.00
A. D. Taylor.
2.00
Mrs. Gregory Wolkowicz 2.00
Flora Edwards
2.00
Herbert Pike, '40-'41 4.00
H. W. Hildreth 2.00
Harold Wright, '37-'38-'39-'
E. J. Hunt
4.00
40-'41 20.00
Althea Dudley 2.00
Mrs. Fred McCoy
2.00
Peter Reid
2.00
Thomas Curley 2.00
John Howard 2.00
Arleen S. Paul
2.00
Robert Orr
2.00
E. A. Scott
2.00
Sigard Peterson
2.00
Edward A. Downing
2.00
Gustaf Swanson
2.00
Mrs. Charles Bicknell
2.00
Nelson G. O'Clair
2.00
Edmund Pendelbury
2.00
Oscar R. Spalding 2.00
Jennie Ferguson 4.00
M. L. Boyden 2.00
Edward Leavitte 2.00
Flora Chamberlain
2.00
Arthur Hildreth 4.00
Mabel Mann 2.00
Charles L. Hildreth 2.00
Edmund Rogers 2.00
Daniel C. Staples, '40-'41 4.00
Annie Kimball
2.00
John Fisher 2.00
Richard Picking, '38-'39-'40- '41 8.00
Sarah Gardel 2.00
Leon F. Hildreth 4.00
Forest Andrews
2.00
Arthur Alcorn, '39-'40-'41 6.00
Minnie Palmer, '41, Paid in Advance '42-'43 6.00
Wilbur Magoon 2.00
93
REPORT OF THE TOWN FOREST COMMITTEE
No money was spent on the Town Forest in the year 1941 but the Committee feel that in 1942 we should reset about two acres of pine on that part of the forest situated on Forge Village Road, and have some of the lower branches removed from the young pine now grow- ing there.
Respectfully submitted,
W. E. WRIGHT, E. H. GOULD
94
REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE
The Finance Committee has held the customary meetings and given all the articles in the warrant careful con- sideration and recommended the appropriation of the various sums as tabulated below:
Voted and Transfrd. 1941
Amount Expended
Amt. Asked for 1942
Recom- mended
Article Appropriation
3-1 General Government
Selectmen
550.00
$ 494.87
$ 600.00
600.00
License Expenses
75.00
65.18
75.00
75.00
Town Treasurer
900.00
899.24
1,050.00
1,050.00
Town Accountant
875.00
854.17
975.00
975.00
Assessors
1,200.00
1,197.28
1,200.00
1,200.00
Tax Collector
1,950.00
1,760.20
1,600.00
1,600.00
Town Counsel
200.00
200.00
200.00
200.00
Tax Title Expenses
200.00
80.00
300.00
300.00
Town Clerk
400.00
332.13
400.00
400.00
Election and Registration
800.00
663.75
1,000.00
1,000.00
3-2
Town Hall
General Expenses
1,975.00
1,962.74
2.500.00
2,500.00
Alterations
1,500.00
Protection of Persons and Property
3-3
Police Department
General Expenses
5,781.00
5,776.42
5,975.00
5,800.00
Safety Signs
100.00
98.05
100.00
Road Marking
250.00
249.86
250.00
250.00
Radio
900.00
899.90
New
Car
450.00
450.00
Voted and Transfrd. 1941
Amount Expended
Amt. Asked for 1942
Recom- mended
Article Appropriation 3-4 Fire Department
General Expenses
4,775.00
4,774.93
4,500.00
4,000.00
Fire Hose
925.00
862.77
500.00
500.00
Air Horn
1,600.00
1,600.00
Permanent Man
500.00
416.67
500.00
500.00
Forge Village Fire House
7,200.00
7.200.00
New Fire Truck
3-5
Hydrants
3,185.00
3,185.00
3,185.00
3,185.00
3-6
Sealer of Weights and Measures
125.00
113.25
125.00
125.00
3-7
Fish and Game Warden
75.00
75.00
75.00
75.00
Forestry
3-8
Forest Fires
6,050.00
5,967.35
1,000.00
1,000.00
3-9
Town Forest
100.00
100.00
100.00
3-10
Tree Warden
250.00
242.14
250.00
250.00
3-11
Moth Department
900.00
899.54
1,838.17
900.00
Moth Department Chassis
250.00
247.97
3-12
Health Department
General Expenses
3.500.00
3.448.63
3,500.00
3,500.00
3-13
Cattle Inspector
150.00
150.00
150.00
150.00
3-14
Highways
Snow and Ice Removal
4.000.00
3.443.90
4,000.00
3.000.00
Town Roads
1,500.00
799.18
1.500.00
1.500.00
8,500.00
8,500.00
Article Appropriation
Voted and Transfrd. 1941
Amount Expended 10,240.67
Amt. Asked for 1942 10,240.67
Recom- mended
Chapter 81 Roads
10,250.00
10,240.67
Chapter 90 Roads
3,000.00
2,999.73
3,000.00
3,000.00
Groton Road
1,000.00
999.83
1,000.00
1,000.00
Hildreth Street
1,000.00
1,000.00
1,000.00
Hildreth Street Land Damages
400.00
New Road Grader
6,500.00
Highway Equipment
4,399.67
4,371.03
4,000.00
4,000.00
3-15 Welfare Department
Temporary Aid and Infirmary
14,000.00
12,265.18
13,000.00
12,000.00
Aid to Dependent Children
4,000.00
4,000.00
3,800.00
3,500.00
Old Age Assistance
15,000.00
15,000.00
16,500.00
16,500.00
Federal Stamp Fund
750.00
3-16
Soldiers' Benefits
6,000.00
4,690.24
4,500.00
4,500.00
3-17
School Department
General Expenses
68,000.00
67,975.03
75,000.00
75,000.00
3-18
Vocational Tuition
600.00
500.10
500.00
500.00
3-19
Library
3,200.00
3,200.00
2,400.00
2,400.00
3-20
Care of Common
220.00
213.31
250.00
250.00
3-21
Memorial Day
250.00
216.99
250.00
250.00
3-22
Publishing of Town Reports
550.00
549.68
600.00
600.00
3-23
Compensation Insurance
1,300.00
967.97
1,300.00
1,300.00
-
Article Appropriation 3-24
Fire Insurance
Voted and Transfrd. 1941 1,350.00
Amount Expended 1,234.92
Amt. Asked for 1942 1,350.00
Recom- mended 1,350.00
3-25
General Loans
9,500.00
9,500.00
9,500.00
9,500.00
3-26
Interest on General Loans
846.62
846.62
444.12
444.12
3-27
Interest on Revenue Loans
326.31
326.31
200.00
200.00
3-28
Cemeteries
2,200.00
2,200.00
2,500.00
2,500.00
3-29
Street Lights
6,945.00
6,930.00
6,930.00
6,930.00
3-30
Reserve Fund
3,000.00
2,596.31
4,225.00
4,225.00
3-31
Outstanding Bills 12-31-41
2,159.45
2,131.75
600.00
600.00
7
Whitney Playground
300.00
300.00
300.00
300.00
8
W. P. A. Expenses
5,650.01
5,162.40
5,000.00
4,200.00
9 Shed at Town Farm
900.00
11
C. A. Blaney, M. D., Reimbursement.
800.00
20
Band Concerts
400.00
400.00
400.00
22
Additional Street Lights
229.50
23
Defense Committee
1,000.00
Article Appropriation
27
Additional Hydrants
State and County Taxes (Estimated)
Voted and Transfrd. 1941
Amount Expended
21,300.39
Amt. Asked for 1942 87.50 22,000.00
Recom- mended 87.50 22,000.00
TOTAL TO BE RAISED
$231,062.29
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
87,225.00
$143,837.29
To be Raised by Taxation 1941 Valuation-$3,649,190.00.
ART. 4. The Finance Committee recommends this article.
ART. 5. The Finance Committee recommends this article.
ART. 6. The Finance Committee recommends this article.
ART. 7. The Finance Committee recommends this article.
ART. 8. The Finance Committee recommends that the town appropriate the sum of $4,200.00 for the W. P. A. Luncheon Projects. providing that the project can be put on a contributory basis and be made practically self-supporting.
ART. 9. The Finance Committee does not recommend this article.
ART. 10. The Finance Committee recommends that the town sell and require the removal of the old fire house building at Forge Village.
ART. 11. The Finance Committee does not recommend this article.
ART. 12. The Finance Committee does not recommend the purchase of a new power grader for the Highway Department at this time.
ART. 13. The Finance Committee does not recommend this article.
ART. 14. The Finance Committee recommends this article.
ART. 15. The Finance Committee recommends this article.
ART. 16. The Finance Committee recommends this article.
ART. 17. The Finance Committee recommends this article.
ART. 18. The Finance Committee recommends this article.
ART. 19. The Finance Committee recommends that a committee be appointed by the Moderator to report at a Town Meeting to be held before June 1, upon the advisability of purchasing a new fire truck and equipment in view of the fact that the Town may be able to obtain a pump from the State or Federal Government and that the Town may be unable to obtain a sufficiently high priority rating.
ART. 20. The Finance Committee does not recommend this article.
ART. 21. The Finance Committee recommends this article.
ART. 22. The Finance Committee does not recommend the addition of any new street lights at this time.
ART. 23. The Finance Committee recommends the appropriation of $300.00 under this article.
ART. 24. The Finance Committee recommends this article.
ART. 25. The Finance Committee recommends that the Selectmen be authorized to enter into a contract with the Abbot Worsted Company for hydrant service at Brookside.
ART. 26. The Finance Committee recommends that the Selectmen be authorized to enter into a contract with the Westford Water Company for hydrant service.
ART. 27. The Finance Committee recommends this article.
ART. 28. The Finance Committee does not recommend this article.
ART. 29. The Finance Committee recommends this article.
ART. 30. The Finance Committee recommends that the amount received by the town from the Solomon Hines Fund, Inc., be transferred to the Finance Reserve Fund to be used if necessary for Civilian Defense.
ART. 31. The Finance Committee recommends that the town appropriate the sum of $3,000.00 together with the amount received by the town from the Solomon Hines Fund, Inc., and that the appropriation be used as a Reserve Fund at the discretion of the Finance Committee.
ART. 32. The Finance Committee recommends this article.
ART. 33. The Finance Committee recommends this article.
If the above recommendations of this Committee are followed at the Town Meeting, the tax rate will be approximately $39.75 per thousand. For every appropriation increase of $1,000.00 the tax rate will increase approxi- mately 28 cents per thousand.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM E. WRIGHT, Chairman P. HENRY HARRINGTON, W. OTIS DAY, E. KENT ALLEN, HERFORD N. ELLIOTT, JOHN B. GRAY,
Finance Committee.
REPORT OF THE WHITNEY PLAYGROUND COMMITTEE
Under the efficient charge of John G. S. Peterson and his assist- ants the playground has been kept in excellent condition during the past year in spite of the severe summer drought.
In May the Apple Blossom Festival was held on the grounds, pro- viding enjoyment for a great many townspeople and visitors. The frequent use of this beautiful playground for events of this sort, as well as a recreation place for school children and others, should con- tinually remind us all of this thoughtful and most generous gift to the Town in 1910 by Mrs. Elizabeth Whitney.
Oscar R. Spalding, who so well and faithfully served as Chairman of the Whitney Playground Committee, was appointed as such by Mrs. Whitney in 1910, in accordance with a vote of the Town at the Annual Town Meeting on March 21st of that year, and until his death on September 28th, 1941, continued to serve in that capacity, giving most generously of his time and services to the supervision of the care of the grounds.
We, as the two remaining members of the present Committee, pay our deep respect to his memory and we know we are expressing the sincere thanks of the townspeople for the love and deep apprecia- tion held by him for the beauties of nature as so well evidenced in his careful oversight of this fine playground.
We deeply mourn his passing.
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN FISHER, CHARLES L. HILDRETH, Whitney Playground Committee.
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TOWN OF WESTFORD WARRANT
THE 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, afore- said, to notify and warn all the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in elections, and also in Town affairs, to meet at their several polling places, viz:
PRECINCT. 1. TOWN HALL, WESTFORD CENTER.
PRECINCT 2. ABBOT HALL, GRANITEVILLE.
PRECINCT 3. NABNASSET SCHOOL, BROOKSIDE.
PRECINCT. 4. ABBOT HALL, FORGE VILLAGE.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1942
being the second Monday in said month, at 12:00 o'clock noon for the following purposes:
To bring in their votes for the following officers:
The polls will be open from 12 o'clock noon to 8 P. M., and to meet in the Town Hall at Westford Center on the following
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1942
at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, then and there to act upon the following articles, viz .:
FOR THREE YEARS
One Selectman
One Member of the Board of Public Welfare
One Assessor
Two Members of the School Committee
One Member of the Board of Cemetery Commissioners
One Trustee of Public Library
One Member of Board of Health
One Town Clerk
FOR ONE YEAR
One Moderator One Constable One Tree Warden
One Assessor to fill unexpired term
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The polls will be open from 12 o'clock noon to 8 P. M., and to meet in the Town Hall at Westford Center on the following
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1942
at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, then and there to act upon the following articles, viz .:
ART. 1. To hear the reports of the Finance Committee, other Com- mittees, Boards, and Officers and act in relation to the same.
ART. 2. To determine the salary and compensation of elected Officers and Officials as provided by law.
ART. 3. To appropriate money to meet the cost and expenses of the following departments, officers and purposes:
1. General Government.
2. Town Hall.
3. Police Department.
4. Fire Department.
5. Hydrants.
6. Sealer of Weights and Measures.
7. Fish and Game Warden.
8. Forest Fires.
9. Town Forest.
10. Tree Warden.
11. Moth Department.
12. Health Department.
13. Cattle Inspector.
14. Highway Purposes.
15 Department of Public Welfare.
16. Soldiers' Benefits.
17. School Department.
18. Vocational Tuition.
19. Public Library.
20. Care of Common.
21. Commemoration of Memorial Day.
22. Publishing of Town Reports.
23. Compensation Insurance.
24. Fire Insurance.
25. General Loans.
26. Interest on General Loans.
27. Interest on Revenue Loans.
28. Cemeteries.
29. Street Lights.
30. Reserve Fund.
31. Bills outstanding Dec. 31, 1941.
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ART. 4. 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, 1942 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 Chapter 44, Sec- tion 17 of the General Laws.
ART. 5. To see if the Town will authorize the Selectmen to act as its Agent in any suit or suits which may arise during the current year, with authority to settle and adjust claims or demands for or against the Town; and to employ counsel whenever in their judg- ment it is necessary, or act in relation thereto.
ART. 6. To see if the Town will vote to choose a member of the Com- mittee in charge of the Whitney Playground to fill a vacancy.
ART. 7. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of Three Hundred ($300.00) Dollars for the care of the Whitney Playground, or act in relation thereto.
ART. 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money for the purpose of carrying on Federal and State projects, the cost of administration, and the cost of materials and supplies for the same, or act in relation thereto.
ART. 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the purpose of erecting a new shed at the Town Farm, the same to be erected under the supervision of the Board of Public Welfare, or act in relation thereto.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to tear down the old Fire House Building at Forge Village; or to remove the said old Fire House Building from land of the Abbot Worsted Company to other land owned by the Town of Westford; or to sell the said old Fire House Building; or act in relation thereto.
ART. 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to reimburse Cyril A. Blaney for expenses incurred by him in the defense of a certain legal action against the Town and the said Cyril A. Blaney; and to raise and appro- priate a further sum of money to reimburse the said Cyril A. Blaney for the time spent and services rendered by him in con- nection with the defense of said action, or act in relation thereto.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the purpose of purchasing a new power grader for the Highway Department, the same to be pur- chased under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen, or act in relation thereto.
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ART. 13. In the event of an affirmative vote under Article 12, to see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to transfer by a good and sufficient Bill of Sale title to the Fordson Grader and the Holt Tractor that are now used in the Highway Department, and apply the sum received therefor against the purchase of said new power grader, or act in relation thereto.
ART. 14. To see if the Town will vote to transfer not exceeding Four thousand ($4,000.00) Dollars from the Machinery Fund to the Highway Equipment Account,, or act in relation thereto.
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