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Last September this committee called the Tree Warden's atten- tion to necessity for action by him to remove dead branches from many trees and try and check further decay.
Since that time wind and ice storms have broken down many branches, but much remains to be done.
We hope that next spring the Tree Warden will be able to take care of this situation. We shall be glad to cooperate with him in every way we can.
JOHN FISHER, CHARLES L. HILDRETH, MORRIS A. HALL,
Whitney Playground Committee.
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WESTFORD WATER COMPANY
CONSTRUCTION ACCOUNT
Balance January 1, 1942
$174,856.59
Additions during the year 1942
7,950.63
$182,807.22
STATEMENT OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FROM JANUARY 1, 1942 TO DECEMBER 31, 1942
RECEIPTS
Hydrants
$ 2,905.00
Public Buildings, Playgrounds, etc.
394.42
Subscribers
14,827.47
Interest
154.60
Service
210.82
Miscellaneous
46.76
$ 18,539.07
EXPENSES
Wages and Salaries
$ 3,447.57
Expense Account and Supplies
1,768.53
Service
388.02
Electric Light and Power
1,519.44
Taxes
3,463.85
Depreciation
3,154.28
$ 13,741.69
Net Gain for the year ending December 31, 1942 .. $ 4,797.38
WILLIAM R. TAYLOR,
Treasurer.
Westford, Massachusetts,
January 16, 1943.
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 Westford Water Company to January 1, 1943 and the Receipts and Expenditures from January 1, 1942 to December 31, 1942, before me.
FREDERIC A. SNOW,
Notary Public.
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WESTFORD RATIONING BOARD 332
January 18, 1943
To the Citizens of Westford:
Early in January 1942 the selectmen were asked by Governor Salt- onstall to appoint three citizens to act as a rationing board for the town of Westford, the original reason being that practically all sup- plies of rubber were cut off by the capture by the Japanese of the rub- ber producing islands of the Pacific.
Late in 1941 all tire and tube supplies held by dealers and indi- viduals were frozen by order of the Federal Government. After the rationing started and during the greater part of 1942 tires and tubes were allowed only to various selected classes such as doctors, nurses, clergymen, farmers, and defense workers.
Early in May the rationing of gasoline was added and for this a registration of all car owners was held at the schools under the super- vision of the Superintendent of Schools, then Roger K. Poole, and the teachers of the town.
Next in line was the registration of all citizens of the town for the War Rationing Book, commonly called the Sugar Rationing Book. This, also, was held entirely under the Superintendent of Schools and teach- ers of the town.
A third registration of all users of fuel oil was held in October under the supervision of Superintendent of Schools, Chester V. Sweatt, and the teachers, aided by some of the citizens.
As the year progressed typewriters, bicycles, certain types of rub- ber boots, coffee, and heating stoves were added to the rationed list. The superintendent of schools, teachers, and citizens who helped in the registration were very cooperative.
The original rationing board consisted of Edward T. Hanley, Wil- liam G. Chace and Victor G. Doucette. Due to the additional work, par- ticularly by the adding of the rationing of fuel oil and other commodities, William E. Wright, John Fisher, Oliver A. Reeves and
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James L. Knowlton were added to the board. They have lightened the labor of the other members by giving very generously of their time.
Mr. Chace has resigned from the board as of January 15th, 1943 to accept a commission in the U. S. Naval Reserves as Lieutenant Junior Grade. His efficient services were much appreciated by the members of the board.
At the original formation of the board it was found necessary to have a place to meet and a clerk to follow up the many details as outlined by the Office of Price Administrator and Director of State Rationing Boards. Mrs. Hilda I. Bosworth was appointed Clerk of the Board and the work was carried on at her office. As the work in- creased it became necessary to appoint an additional clerk and the board secured the services of Miss Blanche J. Wilk. The Federal Government has been paying for most of this work, with the Town making up a small deficit.
Mrs. Bosworth and Miss Wilk have given unsparingly of their time in preparing hundreds of forms and giving out certain information made necessary by the demands of the citizens.
EDWARD T. HANLEY VICTOR G. DOUCETTE JOHN FISHER WILLIAM E. WRIGHT OLIVER A. REEVES JAMES L. KNOWLTON
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CEMETERY LOT CARE FOR 1942
Wm. Thompson, 1941 $ 2.00
Lester Prescott 39, 40, 41, 42 8.00
Eva Courchaine
2.00
Wm. Buckingham 2.00
Mrs. Frank Miller 2.00 Mabel Mann 2.00
Edward Downing 2.00
Walter Smith 4.00
C. A. & F. R. Blodgett 4.00
W. S. and Winfield S. Guild,
Mrs. Oscar R. Spalding 2.00
Jr. 2.00
Lizzie Scrutton
2.00
Peter Reid 2.00
Arthur Wilson
2.00
Joseph Walker 2.00
Edmund Pendlebury 2.00
Alvan Fisher, 2nd 2.00
Susan Osgood 2.00
Nelson O'Clair 2.00
Adelia Martin 2.00
Sebastian Watson 2.00
Theresa Lowther
2.00
Mrs. Sebastian Watson 2.00
Sophia Hanson
2.00
Winfred Whitton 2.00
Elizabeth McAdoo
2.00
Saul Gordon 2.00
Carl Hanson
2.00
Jessie Weaver 2.00
Gertrude Athorn
2.00
George Weaver 2.00
Mary Bunce
2.00
Hattie Prescott
2.00
Amy Irish
4.00
Annie Hamlin
2.00
Gladys Burne
2.00
C. Frank Dupee, 41 and 42 ..
4.00
Carroll Rollins
2.00
Mrs. Asa Robinson
2.00
Charles Blodgett
2.00
Jessie Sherman 4.00
Elliott Humiston
2.00
John F. Spalding 4.00
Wm. Hosmer
2.00
Clara Kierstead 4.00
W. R. Taylor, 41 and 42
4.00
Herman E. Lawton 2.00
Julian A. Cameron
4.00
Eric Anderson 2.00
Chester Blodgett
2.00
Mrs. Norman Phillips 2.00
Wm. Blodgett
2.00
Flora Edwards 2.00
Dr. Charles Worcester
2.00
Viola Hitchcock 2.00
Walter Steele
2.00
Jeanette Feeney 2.00
Valentine Friedrich
2.00
Ellen McLeod 4.00
Marden Seavey
2.00
Augustine Carkin 2.00
Sarah Whitney
2.00
Edward Leavitte
2.00
Arleen S. Paul
2.00
Philip Bergstrom, 39, 40, 41, 42 8.00
Eleanora Colburn
2.00
Amos Polley
2.00
Domenica Zanchi
2.00
Annie Kimball 2.00
Fred Naylor
2.00
Luanna DeCatur 4.00
Frank Johnson
2.00
Don Judd 2.00
Mary Mack
2.00
Charles L. Hildreth 2.00
James Kimball, 41 and 42.
4.00
Sarah Gardell 2.00
Ethel Shannon 2.00
Finnemore Morton 2.00
E. A. Scott. 42 & 43, 1/2 Lot
2.00 Lottie E. White 2.00
Wm. Brown
2.00
Elizabeth Catchpole 2.00
Mrs. Charles Brooks
2.00
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Lewis B. Palmer, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43 10.00
Harry Whitney, 40, 41, 42. 6.00
John Howard 2.00
George Binns 2.00
Ida Allen 2.00
Frederick G. Sargent's
Heirs 2.00
Mary E. Reed 4.00
Charles Flanagan 2.00
Robert Orr 2.00
George Goucher
2.00
John Mattson, Jr. 2.00
Frances Regnier
2.00
Mrs. Claude Day
2.00
Harold Bucket, 41 and 42. 4.00
Henry White, 41 and 42 4.00
Walter Longbottom
2.00
Dr. C. A. Blaney
2.00
Thomas Curley 2.00
Leon Hildreth 2.00
Forest Andrews, 37, 38, 39, 42
8.00
Althea Dudley 2.00
Howard Ferguson
2.00
Harry Whitney 2.00
Edward Fisher
2.00
Carroll Sawyer, 1941 2.00
Arthur Hildreth
2.00
Roy Blanchard 4.00
Frank Bales, 41 and 42
4.00
John Edwards 2.00
John Martin, 40 and 41
4.00
Wm. Lackey 2.00
M. L. Boyden 2.00
Mrs. Stephen Haley
2.00
C. C. Caviness 2.00
Wm. F. Wing
2.00
Raymond Prescott 2.00
Everett E. Miller 2.00
Mrs. E. B. Currier 2.00
Wm. Wyman 2.00
Thomasina Hughes, 1941 2.00
Fred Schill, 41 and 42 4.00
John Chandler
2.00
Jennie Ferguson 4.00
John Fisher 2.00
2.00
Frances Fisher 2.00
Wm. Johnson, 41 and 42 4.00
Richard Picking 2.00
Mary A. Girard
2.00
Gregory Wolkowicz 2.00
Gustaf Swanson, 42 and 43
4.00
John Mattson, Sr.
2.00
Hazel Blades 2.00
Harold Hildreth 2.00
Lillian Marinel
1.00
Edmund Rogers 2.00
Daniel Carr 2.00
David Scott, 39, 40, 41, 42. 8.00
Mrs. L. Boden 2.00
H. N. Jaques 2.00
Clarence O. Pirrington 2.00
Sigard Peterson 2.00
Mrs. Charles Bicknell 2.00
Alice Socorelis 2.00
Israel Bolyea 2.00
Mrs. Fred McCoy 2.00
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E. J. Hunt 4.00
Florence Wright 2.00
Mrs. James W. Stuart 2.00
Ella Perkins 2.00
James Stuart, 41 and 42
4.00
Mrs. Louis Schworer 2.00
A. D. Taylor
John Duguid, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42 10.00
Annie Draper 2.00
Sarah Atwood 2.00
Ruth Jones 1.00
SEBASTIAN B. WATSON, FRED R. BLODGETT, AXEL G. LUNDBERG,
Cemetery Commissioners.
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J. E. York
4.00
REPORT OF FINANCE COMMITTEE
The Finance Committee has held the customary meetings and given all the articles in the warrant careful consideration and recommended the appropriation of the various sums as tabulated below:
Article Appropriation
Voted and Transfrd. 1942
Amount Expended
Amt. Asked for 1943
Recom- mended
3- 1 General Government
Selectmen
$ 600.00
$ 541.27
$ 750.00
$ 750.00
License Expenses
75.00
52.06
75.00
75.00
Town Treasurer
1,050.00
1,037.37
1,250.00
1,250.00
Town Accountant
975.00
957.95
975.00
975.00
Assessors
1,200.00
1,147.07
1,200.00
1,200.00
Tax Collector
1,850.00
1,694.04
1,650.00
1,650.00
Town Counsel
297.65
297.65
200.00
200.00
Tax Title Expenses
300.00
102.48
300.00
300.00
Town Clerk
400.00
319.91
500.00
500.00
Election & Registration
1,300.00
1,274.99
700.00
700.00
3- 2 Town Hall
General Expenses
2,500.00
2,362.68
2,500.00
2,500.00
3- 3 Police Department
General Expenses
5,975.00
5,953.91
5,925.00
5,925.00
Police Car
450.00
450.00
450.00
450.00
Road Marking
286.00
285.71
350.00
350.00
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..
..
Voted and Transfrd. 1942
Amount Expended
Amt. Asked for 1943
Recom- mended
Article Appropriation
3- 4 Fire Department
General Expenses
4,000.00
3,976.64
4,000.00
4,000.00
Fire Hose
500.00
475.00
Permanent Man
500.00
500.00
500.00
500.00
New Fire Truck
8,500.00
8,500.00
3- 5 Hydrants
..
3,255.00
3,255.00
3,350.00
3,350.00
3- 6
Sealer of Weights & Measures
125.00
106.95
125.00
125.00
3- 7
Fish & Game Warden
75.00
75.00
75.00
75.00
3- 8
Forest Fires
1,000.00
784.32
1,000.00
1,000.00
3- 9
Town Forest
100.00
100.00
100.00
3-10
Fire Warden
250.00
230.84
1,000.00
250.00
3-11
Moth Department
916.16
916.16
1,838.17
900.00
3-12
Health Department
3,500.00
2,961.06
3,500.00
3,500.00
3-13
Cattle Inspector
150.00
150.00
150.00
150.00
3-14
Highway Department
Snow & Ice Removal
3,000.00
2,268.84
3,000.00
3,000.00
Town Roads
1,500.00
328.80
1,500.00
1,500.00
Chapter 81 Roads
10,375.00
10,375.00
10,375.00
Chapter 90 Roads
3,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
Power Grader
5,750.00
Highway Equipment
4,000.00
2,463.19
3,634.55
3,634.55
Article Appropriation
Voted and Transfrd. 1942
Amount Expended
Amt. Asked for 1943
Recom-
· mended
3-15
Welfare Department
Temporary Aid & Infirmary.
12,300.00
12,131.30
12,300.00
11,550.00
Aid to Dependent Children.
3,500.00
3,311.15
3,500.00
3,500.00
Old Age Assistance
16,500.00
14,588.79
15,500.00
15,500.00
Infirmary Shed
600.00
600.00
3-16
Soldiers' Benefits
4,500.00
2,821.55
3,000.00
3,000.00
3-17
School Department
75,000.00
74,997.69
79,800.00
79,800.00
3-18
Vocational Tuition
500.00
361.36
500.00
500.00
3-19
Library
2,400.00
2,400.00
2,509.29
2,509.29
3-20
Care of Common
250.00
220.95
250.00
250.00
3-21
Commemoration of Memorial Day
250.00
200.83
250.00
250.00
3-22
Publishing of Town Reports
625.00
601.36
750.00
750.00
3-23
Compensation Insurance
1,632.03
1,060.64
1,100.00
1,100.00
3-24
Fire Insurance
1,350.00
1,304.14
3,850.00
3,850.00
3-25
General Loans
9,500.00
8,500.00
3,900.00
3,900.00
3-26
Interest on General Loans
529.12
529.12
243.50
243.50
3-27
Interest on Revenue Loans.
200.00
147.27
250.00
250.00
3-28
Cemeteries
2,500.00
2,413.28
2,000.00
2,000.00
Article Appropriation
3-29
Street Lights
Voted and Transfrd. 1942 6,945.00
Amount Expended 6,930.00
Amt. Asked · for 1943 6,930.00
Recom- mended 6,930.00
3-30
Finance Committee Reserve Fund.
4,229.05
2,100.00
3,000.00
3,000.00
3-31 Outstanding Bills
250.00
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Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital
2,180.29
7 Whitney Playground
300.00
300.00
300.00
300.00
8
W. P. A. Expenses
4,200.00
3,608.48
9
Band Concerts
400.00
400.00
400.00
10 Care of Trees on Common
500.00
500.00
12
Public Safety Committee.
1,500.00
1,399.31
600.00
600.00
13
Rationing Board
1,200.00
1,200.00
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Middlesex County Extension
10.00
10.00
$196,207.63
State & County Taxes
$ 12,000.00
TOTAL TO BE RAISED
$208,207.63
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
$ 84,000.00
To be Raised by Taxation. 1942 Valuation-$3,693,785.00.
$124,207.63
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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 does not recommend this article.
ART. 9. The Finance Committee does not recommend this article.
ART. 10. The Finance Committee recommends this article.
ART. 11. The Finance Committee does not recommend this article.
ART. 12. The Finance Committee recommends this article.
ART. 13. The Finance Committee recommends this article.
ART. 14. The Finance Committee recommends this article.
ART. 15. The Finance Committee recommends this article.
ART. 16. The Finance Committee makes no recommendation on this article.
ART. 17. The Finance Committee recommends this article.
ART. 18. The Finance Committee does not recommend this article. ART. 19. The Finance Committee recommends the Highway Department turn over to the Cemetery Commission a truck to be used by them during that portion of the year when they require a truck for cemetery use.
ART. 20. The Finance Committee does not recommend this article.
ART. 21. The Finance Committee recommends this article.
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ART. 22. The Finance Committee does not recommend this article.
ART. 23. The Finance Committee recommends this article.
ART. 24. The Finance Committee recommends this article.
ART. 25. The Finance Committee recommends this article.
If the above recommendations of the Finance Committee are adhered to the tax rate will approximate $34.00 per thousand dollars of valuation. For every appropriation increase of $1000.00 the tax rate will increase approxi- mately 28c.
Respectfully submitted,
WILLIAM E. WRIGHT, Chairman P. HENRY HARRINGTON, W. OTIS DAY, E. KENT ALLEN, HERFORD N. ELLIOTT,
Finance Committee.
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 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 8, 1943
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 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
For One Year
One Moderator One Constable
One Tree Warden
One Selectman
One Member of the Board of Public Welfare One Assessor All on one ballot.
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The polls will be open from 12 o'clock noon to 8:00 P. M., and
to meet in the Town Hall at Westford Center on the following
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1943
at 1:00 o'clock in the afternoon, then and there to act upon the follow- ing Articles, viz:
ART. 1, To hear reports of Town Officers and Committees; or act in relation thereto.
ART. 2. To determine the salary and compensation 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 of Memorial Day.
22. Publishing of Town Reports.
23. Compensation Insurance.
24. Fire Insurance.
25. General Loans.
26. Interest on General Loans.
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27. Interest on Revenue Loans.
28. Cemeteries.
29. Street Lights.
30. Finance Committee Reserve Fund.
31. 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 financial year 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 Section 17 of Chapter 44 of the General Laws; or act in relation thereto.
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 advisable so to do; or act in relation thereto.
ART. 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a cer- tain sum of money for the purpose of paying the County of Mid- dlesex, as required by law, the Town's share of the Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital as assessed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 111 of the General Laws; or act in relation thereto.
ART. 7. 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. 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a cer- tain sum of money for the purpose of carrying on Federal and State projects, the cost of administration, and the cost of ma- terials and supplies for the same; 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 Con- certs during the current year; or act in relation thereto.
ART. 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred ($500) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of repairing the damages to the trees on the Common caused by ice storms and windstorms; or act in relation thereto.
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ART. 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the purpose of placing War Damage Insurance on some or all of the buildings owned by the Town; or act in relation thereto.
ART. 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of six hundred ($600) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of Air Raid Warning activities, and for the purposes set set forth in Chapter 487 of the Acts of 1941, the said sum to be ex- pended under the direction of the Westford Committee on Public Safety, or act in relation thereto.
ART. 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the purposes of defraying the salaries and expenses of the Ration Board, the said sum to be expended under the direction of the Westford Ration Board; or act in re- lation thereto.
ART. 14. 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. 15. To see if the Town will vote to transfer the amount ap- propriated under Article 3 of the warrant for the Special Town meeting of May 5, 1941, to the account entitled "Welfare Depart- ment Account," as provided in Chapter 65 of the General Laws; or act in relation thereto.
ART. 16. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell for junk or for whatever other sum the said Selectmen may obtain therefor, the cannon and cannon balls on the Common; or act in relation thereto.
ART. 17. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Cemetery Commissioners to sell for junk or for whatever other sum the said Cemetery Commissioners may obtain therefor, the horse-drawn hearse owned by the Town; or act in relation thereto.
ART. 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropria certain sum of money for the purpose of purchasing for the of the Cemetery Department a certain Ford truck which has rented and used by the Cemetery Commissioners during the year, the said purchase to be made under the direction Cemetery Commisioners; or act in relation thereto.
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ART. 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a certain sum of money for the purpose of purchasing a new or used truck for the use of the Cemetery Department, the said purchase to be made under the supervision of the Cemetery Commissioners; or act in relation thereto.
ART. 20. In the event of an aifirmative vote under Article 19, to see if the Town will vote to authorize the Cemetery Commissioners to transfer by good and sufficient Bill of Sale title to the Ford truck purchased under Article 18, and apply the sum received therefor against the purchase price of the truck purchased under Article 19; or act in relation thereto.
ART. 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Ten ($10) Dollars and elect a Dirtctor, under the provisions of Sections 40 to 45 of Chapter 128 of the General Laws as amend- ed; or act in relation thereto.
ART. 22. To see if the Town will vote to accept Oak and Chestnut Streets, as laid out by the Selectmen, as shown by their report and plan duly filed on the Office of Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ART. 23. To see if the Town will vote to discontinue any or all of the following roads:
Desmond Road Granite Street
Flushing Pond Road Cowdrey Hill Road
Vose Road from Old Lowell Road to Griffin Road; or act in relation thereto.
ART. 24. To see if the Town will vote to accept the devise, under the eighth clause of the will of Oscar R. Spalding, late of said West- ford, deceased testate, a certain parcel of land therein referred to containing about one hundred and seven acres and commonly known as the Snow Swamp Lot.
25. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Assessors to use as free cash a sum of money not exceeding ifteen thousand ($15,000) dollars, such amount to be approved by he Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation of the Common- alth, and said sum to be applied to determining the tax rate for current year 1943; or act in relation thereto.
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And you are directed to serve this warrant by posting up true and attested copies thereof at the Town Hall and at each Post Office in said Westford, seven days at least before the time of holding said meeting.
Hereof fail not, and make 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 twenty-sixth day of January in the year of our Lord 1943.
ARTHUR M. WHITLEY ARTHUR L. HEALY CYRIL A. BLANEY
Selectmen of Westford
A true copy. Attest:
Constable of Westford.
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ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
Town of Westford
TOWN OF
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For the Year Ending December 31, 1942
ORGANIZATION-SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Clifford J. Courchaine Term expires 1945
Thomas Curley Term expires 1945
Edward C. Buckingham Term expires 1944
James P. Mulligan, Chairman Term expires 1944
Mrs. Dorothy E. Chandler, Secretary Term expires 1943
Albert G. Forty Term expires 1943
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Chester V. Sweatt, Westford, Mass.
Tel. Residence 616 Tel. Office 561
SCHOOL TELEPHONES
Tel. Cameron School 542
Tel. Nabnassett School 233
Tel. Wm. E. Frost School 230
Tel. Sargent School 553
Tel. Westford Academy 561
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN
Dwight W. Cowles, M. D., Westford, Mass.
Tel. 521
SCHOOL NURSE
G. Veronica Meagher, R. N., Westford, Mass. Tel. Office 391 Town Hall
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REPORT OF SCHOOL COMMITTEE
January, 1943.
Citizens of Westford, Westford, Massachusetts.
I hereby submit my annual report as Chairman of the School Committee for the year 1942:
Mr. Roger K. Poole, our Superintendent of Schools for the past three years, resigned in mid-August. We elected Mr. Chester V. Sweatt, former principal of Sargent School, for a one-year term.
Mr. Thomas Curley and Mr. Clifford Courchaine were elected to fill the vacancies left by Mr. George Gibbons and Mr. Eric Anderson, whose terms expired. At the first meeting of the new board, Mr. James Mulligan was chosen chairman and Mrs. Dorothy Chandler, secretary.
Major repairs were made at Sargent School and Westford Academy. They were badly needed in both schools.
The interior of Sargent School was redecorated, and new curtains and fluorescent lights installed. War Time, with the dark winter morn- ings, is showing constantly how badly these lights were needed. It is regretted that they could not be installed in other schools where they are needed equally as much. Sargent School is now a building of which we can all be proud.
Much badly needed work was done on the Academy. The exterior was reshingled and badly weathered finish work replaced. We adver- tized for painting bids in the fall, but as no replies were received, it was decided to delay the work until 1943. During the Christmas vaca- tion, new stair treads and hall floors were laid. The hall walls and ceilings were refinished to the second landing. Both the latter repair jobs have added greatly to the appearance, safety, and utility of the Academy. The old treads were so thin that they were noisy and dangerous. The new work has eliminated 70 per cent of the noise in the building.
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