Town of Westford annual report 1942-1946, Part 35

Author: Westford (Mass.)
Publication date: 1942
Publisher: Westford (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 756


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MRS. WARREN NIXON,


Director.


79


REPORT OF THE WESTFORD PLAYGROUND COMMITTEE


There has been no change in the routine activities of this Com- mittee since the last annual report.


Care and upkeep of the Lawns and shrubbery, as well as Tennis Court and Baseball field has been attended to in the usual efficient manner of Mr. John D. Peterson whose long service merits our com- mendation.


The financial report of your committee is shown in the Town Accountants record.


New equipment for the Tennis Court, painting the flag pole and fixing up the baseball diamond were additional items of expense this year.


Increased labor costs are items of additional expense that your committee may have to deal with during the ensuing year.


JOHN FISHER, CHARLES L. HILDRETH, MORRIS A. HALL. Whitney Playground Committee.


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REPORT OF THE WESTFORD WATER COMPANY


CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT


Balance December 31, 1945


$191,530.39


Additions during year 1946


3,290.16


$194,820.55


By Credits during year 1946


1,011.66


$193,808.89 STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FROM JANUARY 1, 1946 TO DECEMBER 31, 1946 (Cash Basis)


RECEIPTS


Hydrants


$ 3,290.00


Public Buildings, Playgrounds, etc


368.08


Subscribers


17,324.52


Service


256.71


Sundry Receipts


319.70


Interest


455.70 $ 22,014.71


EXPENSES


Wages and Salaries


$ 5,910.25


Expense Account and Supplies


6,244.18


Electric Power and Light


2,224.79


Taxes


3,624.22


Service


607.90


Depreciation


3,448.14


Interest


126.73 $ 22,186.21


Net Loss for the year ending December 31, 1946


$ 171.50


WILLIAM R. TAYLOR,


Treasurer.


Westford, Massachusetts, January 20, 1947


Commonwealth of Massachusetts.


Middlesex, ss.


Then personally appeared William R. Taylor and made oath that the above is a true statement of the cost of construction of the West- ford Water Company to December 31, 1946 and of the Receipts and Expenditures from January 1, 1946 to December 31, 1946, before me, WINTHROP W. SARGENT,


Notary Public.


81


REPORT OF JOINT COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE NEED OF NEW SCHOOLS IN WESTFORD


The Committee centered its inquiry around three questions:


1. What is the physical condition of our school building?


2. Is the available space adequate for a good school program?


3. Will the present buildings be adequate five or ten years from now?


It has obtained the data presented below through interviews with the school principals, a thorough investigatory tour of the Acad- emy building, and through Committee discussions. What is the condition of our present plant?


Our school buildings are in about as good condition as the age and type of structure permits. All buildings are relatively old, being built about fifty years ago though remodelling was done at the Academy in 1927, Cameron School in 1927, Frost School in 1938, and Sargent School in 1924.


Is the available space adequate for a good school program?


The answer to this question for the Academy is definitely neg- ative. In the elementary schools the answer is mostly in the affirma- tive.


Academy


Here we find a building which was built for an enrollment of about eighty pupils serving an enrollment of one hundred eighty-six today. This building is definitely over-crowded and will be more so in the near future.


Classrooms


There are only four good classrooms. In addition there is a small laboratory and three improvised classrooms which were made by partitioning the old gymnasium on the third floor. None of the latter can be called adequate.


Areas and capacities of various rooms:


Room


Dimensions Pupil stations


1


Sup'ts office


2


small conference room


3


32 x 25 35


4


32 x 25 35


82


5 6


32 × 25


35


32 × 25


35


7


small laboratory


8


commercial room


18


9


24 × 18


25


10


25 x 25 (available space)


25


Total


208


Lunch rooms


No space is available for a lunch room. Pupils bring their lunches and eat them in the classrooms. A cafeteria is badly needed as only a handful of pupils live near enough to go home for a warm lunch.


Study halls


The only space available for study purposes is the gymnasium- auditorium. This forestalls any chance of having physical edu- cation classes and seriously interferes with the use of the room for school assemblies, athletics, music, dramatics, and other school ac- tivities where an auditorium is needed.


Gymnasium


The gymnasium is inadequate. The floor space would serve fairly well if other space were available for seating the spectators who at- tend athletic games. The crowded conditions at basketball games create serious problems for which there is no solution other than the banning of all spectators except the Academy pupils. Inasmuch as a large part of the athletic program is financed through basketball game admissions, such action would create financial difficulties and also be next to impossible to enforce.


One of the greatest drawbacks in the present gymnasium is the impossibility of shutting it off from the rest of the building thus making adequate policing next to impossible. The same toilet facil- ities are used by both teams and the general public, and access to them is possible only through the team locker rooms, an intolerable situation with a large crowd.


Locker and shower rooms


Shower and locker rooms are altogether inadequate. Visiting and home teams have to use the same locker room which is too small for even one team. Only two shower stalls are available, six or eight are needed. These rooms are impossible to heat in the cold weather. The above describes both the boys' and girls' facilities.


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Domestic science rooms


There is a real need and demand for courses in domestic science subjects. At present there isn't a room that can be made available for these courses.


Manual arts


Many of our pupils need prevocational training. No space is available.


Cameron School


For the most part space is available in this building. The build- ing can care for 240 pupils. The present enrollment is 161 pupils housed in eight rooms.


The one big lack in Cameron School is the absence of auditorium space. It is important to hold school assemblies on various occasions for various purposes but such gatherings are impossible in Cameron School as no large room is available.


Sargent School


This building has eight rooms with a capacity of 240 pupils and has an enrollment of 202. In general this building is fairly adequate.


Frost School


Frost School has six rooms, none of which should house more than 25 pupils. Thirty or more pupil stations are jammed into these classrooms and when fully occupied make the rooms uncomfortably crowded.


The problem in Frost School is the housing of eight grades in six rooms. When any two classes, such as grades 3 and 4, have over 15 pupils in each, it becomes next to impossible to seat the children. A run of relatively large consecutive classes would create serious difficulties and such may well happen.


Nabnasset


This building has two excellent classrooms each capable of seat- ing thirty pupils.


Will the present buildings be adequate five or ten years from now?


In all probability this question can be answered in the affirmative in Sargent and Cameron Schools. In the Academy and Frost Schools the answers are definitely negative.


The Academy building has a maximum homeroom seating space of 208 pupils without further cutting down the already limited work- ing space. The present registration in lower grades indicates an Academy enrollment of 236 pupils five years from now. Westford is due to grow as a residential town and any growth at all will create an enrollment jam that cannot be handled in our present Academy building.


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The present enrollment of 186 pupils is close to maximum seating conditions and a few more pupils will create an intolerable situation in the scheduling of rooms for classes.


Enrollment by grades October 1, 1946


Grade


1


2


3


4


5


6


7


8


9 10


11 12 PG Totals


Cameron


13


20


25


24


23


17


21


18


161


Frost


21


28


22


20


16


17


19


12


155


Sargent


20


28


31


28


26


28


22


19


202


Nab.


8


9


5


22


Academy


53


49


42


38


4


186


Totals


62


85


83


72


65


62


62


49


53


49


42


38


4


726


Frost School has six classrooms housing eight grades. A contin- ued entering class of twenty-five pupils for three years would make it impossible to crowd eight grades into this building.


Conclusions


More schoolroom space is needed now and will be needed 1. badly in the near future as Westford increases in population.


2. Several additions to the school program are needed; manual arts, domestic science, a cafeteria, and better gymnasium facilities. None is possible under the present conditions.


3. While it was not the duty of our Committee to plan a build- ing or school program, our discussions constantly arrived at the need for concentrating our school facilities. The anticipated crowding at Frost School could be averted by the construction of a six-year second- ary school.


4. A building committee should be appointed at once as it will take several years to prepare adequately for a new building. Good planning is important and should be carefully done.


Serving on JOINT COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE NEED OF NEW SCHOOLS IN WESTFORD


Chester V. Sweatt, Chairman.


Edward Harrington


Frederick Gatenby


E. Kent Allen


William Kelly


Oliver A. Reeves


F. Stanley Smith


Nicholas Sudak, Sr.


Robert Hunter


H. Arnold Wilder


Edgar Peterson


Appointed by Moderator Ben Drew


School Board


85


REPORT OF CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS


The Westford Cemetery Commissioners submit the following report for the year ending 1946.


The fence at Westlawn Cemetery has been completed at an expense of $1117.75. We have taken in the additional land belonging to the Cemetery and have graded and seeded same.


The other Cemeteries have been taken care of as well as possible under the prevailing labor situation.


SEBASTIAN WATSON, Chairman FRED R. BLODGETT AXEL G. LUNDBERG Cemetery Commissioners


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REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE EMILY F. FLETCHER LECTURE FUND


To the Citizens of Westford,


The bequest received by the town in 1923 from Miss Emily F. Fletcher for lectures on Natural History and Travel enabled the Trustees to present Martin K. Bovey on the afternoon and evening of May the eighth when he showed his colored movies and told of his experience with a pack train in Alberta. These two lectures which he had entitled Timber Line were held in the Westford Town Hall. An audience of one hundred and fifty children enjoyed the privilege of hearing Mr. Bovey due to the efforts of Mr. Sweatt, Superintendent of Schools and the cooperation of the bus drivers. The beautiful pic- tures of mountain peaks, Alpine flowers, birds and animals gave pleasure to all those who attended and the talks were much in ac- cordance with Miss Fletcher's wishes in leaving the bequest.


Fee of Martin K. Bovey $125.00.


Receipts from the lectures $26.65.


Minor expenses $30.07.


Respectfully submitted,


WILLIAM C. ROUDENBUSH WILLIAM R. TAYLOR ALICE M. HOWARD, Secretary MAY E. DAY ALBERT C. COOK


87


REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE OF THE TOWN OF WESTFORD, MASSACHUSETTS


The Finance Committee has held the customary meetings and given all the articles in the Warrant careful consideration and recommend the appropriation of the various sums as tabulated below:


General Government - 5.95% of total


Voted and Transfrd. 1946


Amount Expended


Amt.Asked for 1947


Recom- mended for 1947


Article Appropriation


GENERAL


3- 1


Selectmen


$ 925.00


$ 921.64


$ 925.00


$ 925.00


License Expense


75.00


48.25


75.00


75.00


Accountant


1,175.00


1,144.75


1,175.00


1,175.00


Treasurer


1,850.00


1,848.29


1,850.00


1,850.00


Assessors


1,200.00


1,188.67


1,500.00


1,500.00


Tax Collector


1,850.00


1,825.85


1,750.00


1,750.00


Tax Title Expenses


700.00


533.15


750.00


750.00


Town Counsel


300.00


300.00


300.00


300.00


Town Clerk


750.00


558.60


700.00


700.00


Election and Registration


1,850.00


1,828.60


1,050.00


1,050.00


3- 2


Town Hall


3,400.00


3,321.83


4,300.00


4,300.00


Protection of Persons and Property - 13.47% of total


POLICE


3- 3


General Expenses


6,849.68


6,849.68


7,675.00


7,675.00


.


Voted and Transfrd. 1946


Amount Expended


Amt.Asked for 1947


Recom- mended for 1947


Article


Appropriation


FIRE


Permanent Man


500.00


500.00


500.00


500.00 v


3- 4


General Expense


6,444.27


6,443.93


8,000.00


8,000.00 ₺


3- 8


Forest Fires


1,400.00


1,345.05


1,800.00


1,800.00 /


3-24


Fire Insurance


1,700.00


2,634.45


2,650.00


2,650.00


3- 5 Hydrants


3,350.00


3,290.00


3,350.00


3,350.00


25


Additional Hydrants


105.00


105.00


17


Oil Burner in Westford Fire House


375.00


16


Painting Westford Firehouse Cottage.


400.00


400.00 ₺


18


New Fire Apparatus


...


6,000.00


6,000.00


19


New Pump and Repairs Fire Truck


2,500.00


2,500.00 /


20


Purchase of Fire Hose


625.00


625.00~


3- 6


Sealer of Weights and Measures


125.00


125.00


125.00


125.00 %


3-11


Moth Department


900.00


899.66


1,923.97


900.00 V


3-10


Tree Warden


500.00


496.10


500.00


500.00-


3- 7


Fish and Game Warden


75.00


75.00


75.00


75.00 ~


Health and Sanitation - 1.72% of total


3-12


Board of Health


3,500.00


3,458.97


4,000.00


4,000.00 Y


3-13


Cattle Inspector


150.00


150.00


150.00


150.00 v


Highway Department - 14.66% of total


3-14


Snow and Ice Removal


7,962.86


7,962.86


11,000.00


3-27


Street Lights


7,085.00


6,938.77


7,085.00


7,085.00


27-28-29


Additional Lights


54.00


54.00


11,000.00 75 00


713900


..


Voted and Transfrd. 1946


Amount Expended


Amt.Asked for 1947


Recom- mended for 1947


Article Appropriation


3-14


Town Roads


1,500.00


1,016.88


2,000.00


2,000.00 V


5


Chapter 81 Roads


28,350.00


28,323.56


10,125.00


10,125.00 ₺


6


Chapter 90 Roads


3,000.00


1,500.00


500.00


500.00/000.


10


Equipment


4,000.00


2,157.57


276.56


276.56


13


Chapter 90 Construction


2,000.00


19.55


2,000.00


2,000.00


14


New Truck


2,400.00


2,303.03


2,400.00


2,400.00


Charities -


14.68% of total


3-15


Old Age Assistance


16,088.46


16,088.46


17,000.00


17,000.00


Aid to Dependent Children


3,700.00


3,362.64


3,500.00


3,500.00%


Temporary Aid & Infirmary


14,250.00


14,249.68


15,000.00


15,000.00₺


Soldiers Benefits - 1.28% of total


3-16


Soldiers Benefits


3,000.00


1,009.90


3,000.00


3,000.00


36


Director of Veterans Relief


100.00


100.00


Schools - 42.15% of total


3-17


School Department


94,550.88


94,549.48


101,100.00


101,100.00~


3-18


Vocational Tuition


1,000.00


677.20


800.00


800.00 V


Library - 1.32% of total


3-19


Library


3,000.00


3,659.44


3,200.00


3,200.00


33.00,-


Recreation - 0.41% of total


300.00


298.63


300.00


300.00


8


3-20 Care of Common Whitney Playground


300.00


454.09


300.00


300.00 V


9 Band Concerts .....


400.00


400.00


400.00


400.00


1,400.00


Voted and Transfrd. 1946


Amount Expended


Amt.Asked for 1947


Recom- mended for 1947


Article


Appropriation


Unclassified - 3.15% of total


3- 9


Town Forest


100.00


50.00


50.00 **


3-22


Town Reports


655.21


655.21


800.00


-800.00


3-21


Memorial Day


300.00


269.95


300.00


300.00


3-23


Compensation Insurance


879.55


861.57


1,000.00


1,000.00


11


County Extension


10.00


10.00


10.00


10.00 €


22


Celebration of Returned Veterans


1,000.00


1,000.00


3-28


Finance Reserve


3,000.00


2,918.89


3,000.00


3,000.00


3-28


Finance Board Expense


10.00


10.00


10.00


10.00¥


3-29


Outstanding Bills


1,465.64


1,465.64


21


Cleaning & Maintenance of Water Holes


500.00


500.00~


23


Repairing Sidewalks


500.00


500.00


24


Control of Poison Ivy


350.00


350.00


35


Publishing of Town By-Laws


150.00


150.00


3-26 3-25


Salaries & Wages


3,212.46


3,046.52


2,900.00


2,900.00 V


Int. Revenue Loans


25.00


25.00


25.00


$240,314.01


$231,362.54


$244,564.53


$244,415.56


State and County Taxes


12,000.00


$256,415.56


Estimated Receipts


90,000.00


To be raised by Taxation


$166,415.56


..


Cemeteries - 1.20% of total


Maturing Debt and Interest - 0.01%


Art. 4. It is recommended that the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen be authorized to bor- row money from time to time in anticipation of revenue.


Art. 12. It is recommended that the gift in this Article be accepted and that a vote of appreciation be extended to the donor.


Art. 17. The purchase of an oil burner at the Westford Fire House is not recommended for the savings resulting do not seem to warrant the expense at this time.


Art. 26. This article is not recommended by the Finance Committee.


Art. 30. It is recommended that the gift of land and the war memorial in Graniteville, as provided under this article, be accepted by the Town and a vote of appreciation be extended to the donors.


Art. 31. This article is recommended by the Finance Committee.


Art. 32. This article is recommended by the Finance Committee.


Art. 33. This article is not recommended by the Finance Committee as it is the belief that the Excess and Deficiency account should be utilized for Capital expenditures rather than for current expenses.


Art. 35. The Finance Committee recommends that in the event of the passage of a new set of By-Laws, that they be published.


Art. 36. This article is recommended by the Finance Committee only because it is a state law.


If the above recommendations of the Finance Committee are adhered to the tax rate will approximate $44.20 per thousand dollars of valuation. For every appropriation increase of $1,000.00 the tax rate will increase approximately 261/2 cents.


Respectfully submitted,


E. KENT ALLEN, Chairman W. OTIS DAY HERFORD N. ELLIOTT EVERETT SCOTT ALBERT FORTY JOHN L. SHEA


TOWN OF WESTFORD WARRANT


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,


Middlesex, ss


To the Constable of the Town of Westford, in said County,


GREETINGS:


You are hereby required, in the name of the Commonwealth, aforesaid, to notify and warn all the inhabitants of said Town qual- ified 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 Nabnassett School, Brookside


PRECINCT 4. Abbot Hall, Forge Village


MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1947


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:


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 the Public Library


One Member of the Board of Health


One Treasurer


One Collector of Taxes


For One Year


One Moderator One Constable One Tree Warden


And to vote upon the following question: "Shall the provisions of Section forty of Chapter seventy-one of the General Laws as amended, relative to equal pay for men and women teachers be in force in this Town?"


All on one ballot.


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


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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1947


at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, then and there to act upon the follow- ing articles, viz:


ART. 1. To hear the reports of Town Officers and Committees; or act in relation thereto.


ART. 2. To determine the salary and compensations of elected of- ficers and officials as provided by law.


ART. 3. To appropriate money to meet the costs 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 on Memorial Day


22. Publishing of Town Reports


23. Compensation Insurance


24. Fire Insurance


25. Interest on Revenue Loans


26. Cemeteries


27. Street Lights


28. Finance Committee Reserve Fund


29 Unpaid bills of previous years.


ART. 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the current finan- cial year and to issue a note or notes therefor payable within


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one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Section 17 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws; or act in relation thereto.


ART. 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 81 Highways; or act in relation there- to.


ART. 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway maintenance; or act in relation thereto.


ART. 7. 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 judgment it is advisable so to do; or act in relation thereto.


ART. 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Hundred ($300.) Dollars, or some other sum, for the care of the Whitney Playground; or act in relation thereto.


ART. 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred ($400.) Dollars, or some other sum, for Band Concerts during the current year; or act in relation thereto.


ART. 10. To see if the Town will vote to transfer a certain sum of money from the Machinery Fund to the Highway Equipment Ac- count; or act in relation thereto.


ART. 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Ten ($10.) Dollars and elect a Director, under the pro- visions of Section 40 to 45 of Chapter 128 of the General Laws, as amended; or act in relation thereto.


ART. 12. To see if the Town will vote to accept a gift made to it during the year 1946 by the Solomon Hyams Fund, Inc., or act in relation thereto.


ART. 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Thousand ($2,000.) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of reconstructing Groton Road contingent upon the State and County contributing towards the cost of said recon- struction; or act in relation thereto.


ART. 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty-Four Hundred ($2400.) Dollars, or some other


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sum, for the purpose of purchasing a new truck for the Highway Department, said purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen; or act in relation thereto.


ART. 15. In the event of an affirmative vote under Article 14, to see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell two trucks now used by the Highway Department and apply the sum received therefor against the purchase price of the new truck; or act in relation thereto.


ART. 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred ($400.) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of making repairs to and painting the fire house cottage, so called, at Westford Center; or act in relation thereto.


ART. 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a , sufficient sum of money for the purpose of purchasing and in- stalling an oil burner in the Fire House at Westford Center, said purchase and installation to be made under the supervision of the Board of Fire Engineers; or act in relation thereto.


ART. 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Six Thousnad ($6,000.) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of purchasing a new fire truck having a pumping ca- pacity of five hundred gallons per minute, said purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Fire Engineers; or act in relation thereto.


ART. 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty-Five Hundred $ (2500.) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of purchasing and installing in the fire truck now stationed at Forge Village a new pump having a pumping capacity of five hundred gallons per minute; said pur- chase and installation to be made under the supervision of the Board of Fire Engineers; or act in relation thereto.


ART. 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the purpose of purchasing five hun- dred feet, or some other quantity, of new 21/2 inch double jacket treated fire hose, said purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Fire Engineers; or act in relation thereto.


ART. 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred ($500.) Dollars, or some other sum, for the cleaning and maintenance of the several water holes or reservoirs in the various sections of the Town; or act in relation thereto.


ART. 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand ($1,000.) Dollars, or some other sum, for


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the purpose of celebrating the return of men and women who served in or were affiliated or associated with any branch of the Armed Forces of the United States in World War II; or act in relation thereto.


ART. 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a suf- ficient sum of money for the purpose of repairing certain public sidewalks; or act in relation thereto.


ART. 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Hundred Fifty ($350.) Dollars, or some other sum, for the control of poison ivy in the Town, the said sum to be ex- pended under the supervision of a Committee of three persons to be appointed by the Moderator; or act in relation thereto.




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