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300.00
300.00
300.00
300.00
21
Band Concerts
400.00
400.00
400.00
400.00
22
Evergreen on Common
50.00
50.00
Unclassified-7.02%
3-21
Commemoration of Memorial Day
282.09
343.74
400.00
400.00
3-22
Publishing of Town Report
795.57
995.28
1,000.00
1,000.00
3-23
Fire and Other Insurance
3,237.80
4,376.02
4,500.00
4,500.00
3-26
Street Lights
6,953.49
7,156.61
7,495.00
7,495.00
49-54
Street Lights
216.00
198.00
3-27
Finance Board Reserve Fund
2,673.83
2,528.04
5,000.00
5,000.00
3-28
Outstanding Bills
1,849.58
1,257.57
19
Landscaping World War II Monument
200.00
200.00
24
Plaques for Veterans
60.00
60.00
25
Additional Janitor Service (Nabnasset)
300.00
200.00
30
Reconstruction of Water Hole
CA
500.00
$ 300.00
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Article Appropriation
Ave. Expenses 1945-1948
Expenses 1949
Amt. Asked for 1950 100.00 2,313.00 10.00
Recom- mended for 1950 100.00 2,313.00
38 Regional School District Planning Board
42 Middlesex County Retirement System
1,525.95
47 Extension Service
10.00
10.00
Cemeteries-1.29%
3-25
Salaries and Wages
3,204.75
3,841.09
4,000.00
4,000.00
Maturing Debt and Interest-0.01%
3-24 Interest Revenue Loans
25.00
25.00
$312,776.68
$310,098.68
State and County Taxes
15,800.00
Estimated Receipts
152,000.00
Amount to be Raised by Taxes
$173,898.68
The Finance Committee has made its recommendations on articles involving the expenditure of money as listed above. The various articles have been listed under the appropriate classifications. Listed below are the recom- mendations on other articles.
Art. 4. The authorization of the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anti- cipation of revenue is recommended.
Art. 34. The Finance Committee at the time this report was written has not had sufficient information to make any recommendation on this article.
$325,898.68
Art. 38. The Finance Committee recommends the creation of a special unpaid Board to be known as the Regional School District Planning Board to study this development, but is not convinced that a regional school is necessarily the proper solution to the Westford school problem.
Art. 39. The Finance Committee has been advised that the passage of this article recommending the change of the name of a street in Nabnasset, is not legal.
Art. 40. The acceptance of Hillside Ave. by the Town is recommended.
Art. 43. The passage of this article to permit the Town to buy police and firemen's uniforms is not recommended at this time.
Art. 45 &
Art. 46. The Finance Committee has been advised that these articles providing a beach at Long-Sought-For-Pond and a development of a parking lot there are not legal.
Art. 48. The Finance Committee recommends that the gift of the Solomon Hyams Fund, Inc. be accepted and that a vote of appreciation be extended to the donors.
Art. 56. The authorization of the Assessors to use as cash the sum of Eight Thousand Dollars to be applied in determining the tax rate of 1950 is recommended.
If the above recommendations of the Finance Committee are adhered to the tax rate based on a valuation of $4,065,321 will be approximately $42.75 per thousand of valuation. For every increase of $1,000 in expenditures the tax rate will increase approximately 241/2 cents.
E. KENT ALLEN HERFORD ELLIOTT OTIS DAY ALBERT FORTY ALLISTER MacDOUGALL WILLIAM E. WRIGHT
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. Legion Hall, Graniteville.
PRECINCT 3. Nabnassett School, Brookside.
PRECINCT 4. Abbot Hall, Forge Village.
MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1950
being the first Monday in said month, at 12:00 o'clock noon for the following purposes :
To bring in their votes for the following officers:
One member of Westford Housing Authority for four years. (to fill vacancy).
One member of Westford Housing Authority for five years.
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 Constable.
One Town Treasurer.
One Tax Collector.
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FOR ONE YEAR
One Tree Warden.
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
SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 1950
at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, then and there to act upon the following articles viz .:
ARTICLE 1. To hear the reports of Town Officers and Com- mittees; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 2. To determine the salary and compensation of elect- ed officers and officials as provided by law.
ARTICLE 3. To appropriate money to meet the costs and ex- penses 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.
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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. Fire and other insurance.
24. Interest on Revenue Loans.
25. Cemeteries.
26. Street Lights.
27. Finance Committee Reserve Fund.
28. Unpaid bills of previous years.
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ARTICLE 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 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.
ARTICLE 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate, or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the Treas- ury, a sum of money for Chapter 81 Highways; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate, or transfer from unappropriated available funds in the Treasury, a sum of money for Chapter 90 Highway maintenance; or act in re- lation thereto.
ARTICLE 7. To see if the Town will vote to transfer a certain sum of money from the Machinery Fund to the Highway Equipment Account; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Two Thousand ($2,000) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of reconstructing North Street contingent upon the State and County contributing towards the cost of said reconstruction; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of One Thousand ($1,000) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of reconstructing the Town Farm Road contingent upon the State and County contributing towards the cost of said recon- struction; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sufficient sum of money for the purpose of purchasing for the Highway Department a snow plow for the grader, said purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Five Hundred ($500) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of purchasing road signs, said purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sufficient sum of money for the purpose of purchasing a new pump for the Highway Department, said purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to sell the old sand spreader now used by the Highway De- partment and apply the sum received therefor against the purchase price of the new pump; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 14: To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sufficient sum of money for the purpose of repairing the present fence, or constructing a new fence, on the bridge over Stony Brook in Nabnassett, said sum to be expended under the supervision of the Highway Department; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Five Hundred ($500) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of painting traffic lines and signals on the public ways in said Town, said sum to be expended under the supervision of the Police Department; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Se- lectmen on behalf of the Town to settle a claim for damages against the Town resulting from a taking by the County Commissioners of certain land on North Street; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 17. In the event of an affirmative vote under Article 16, to see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hundred ($200) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of paying the amount of such settlement and expenses incurred in con- nection therewith; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Five Hundred ($500) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of repairing certain public sidewalks; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Two Hundred ($200) Dollars, or some other sum for the purpose of landscaping the grounds around the World War II Monument in Graniteville, said work to be done under the supervision of the Tree Warden; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Three Hundred ($300) Dollars, or some other sum, for the care of the Whitney Playground; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Four Hundred ($400) Dollars, or some other sum, for the Band Concerts during the current year; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sufficient sum of money for the purpose of purchasing and planting an evergreen tree on the Common, said purchase to be made and planting done under the supervision of the Tree Warden, or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Five Hundred ($500) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of continuing the survey and maps of the Town under the supervision of the Board of Assessors; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sufficient sum of money for the purpose of purchasing plaques
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and flags therefor to be used for the decoration of graves of persons who have served in the Armed Forces of the United States; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Three Hundred ($300) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of defraying the cost of additional janitor service at the Nabnassett School, said sum to be expended under the supervision of the School Committee; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sufficient sum of money for the purpose of purchasing a new automobile for the Health Department, said purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Health; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 27. In the event of an affirmative vote under Article 26, to see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Health to transfer by a good and sufficient Bill of Sale title to the automobile now used by the Board of Health and apply the sum received therefor against the purchase price of the new automobile; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sufficient sum of money for the purpose of purchasing five hundred 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.
ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sufficient sum of money for the purpose of making repairs, alterations or improvements to the Fire House Cottage; or act in re- lation thereto.
ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Five Hundred ($500) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of reconstructing the water hole on Nonset Brook in Parker Village; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sufficient sum of money for the purpose of purchasing 1500 feet, or some other quantity, of hose to be used by the Forest Fire Department, said purchase to be made under the supervision of the Forest Warden; or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sufficient sum of money for the purpose of purchasing a new truck for the Welfare Department for use at the Town Infirmary, said purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Public Welfare; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sufficient sum of money for the purpose of purchasing a new gas stove to be used at the Town Infirmary, said purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Public Welfare; or act in re- lation thereto.
ARTICLE 34. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen, in the name and behalf of the Town, to sell for such sum as said Selectmen deem sufficient two or more acres of land owned by the Town and situated on West Street in Graniteville, and to execute, acknowledge and deliver in the name and behalf of the Town a good and sufficient deed thereof; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate a sufficient sum of money for the purpose of painting the ex- terior of the Town Hall; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 36. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Se- lectmen to sell the old boiler now in the basement of the Town Hall; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 37. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Twelve Hundred ($1200) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of making certain improvements to the Cameron School; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 38. To see if the Town will vote to create a special unpaid Board to be known as a Regional School District Planning Board as provided for in Chapter 638 of the Acts of 1949 of the General Laws, to consist of three members, including one member of the School Committee, to be appointed by the Town Moderator, to report at the next special or regular Town meeting, and to appropriate the sum of One Hundred ($100) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of defraying the expenses of said Board; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 39. To see if the Town will vote that the name of the Town Road now known as "Off Nabnassett Street" in that section of Westford called Nabnassett be named by sign and recorded as Jonas
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Road, Nabnassett, Westford, Mass., and that each domicile on said Road or street be numbered; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 40. To see if the Town will vote to accept Hillside Avenue as laid out by the Selectmen as shown by the report and plan duly filed in the office of the Town Clerk; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 41. To see if the Town will vote to have a hydrant installed on Hillside Avenue for the purposes of fire protection; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 42. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Twenty-Three Hundred Thirteen ($2313) Dollars for the purpose of paying to the Treasurer of the Middlesex County Re- tirement System the amounts allocated to the Town of Westford by the County Commissioners in accordance with the provisions of Chap- ter 32 of the General Laws, as amended; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 43. To see if the Town will vote to accept the pro- visions of Chapter 40, Section 6B, of the General Laws; or act in re- lation thereto. (Chapter 40, Section 6B-uniforms for police and fire- men-A city or town which accepts this Section may appropriate money for the purchase of uniforms for members of its police and fire departments.)
ARTICLE 44. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Two Hundred Twenty-Five ($225) Dollars, or some other sum, for the purpose of purchasing new uniforms for the two regular police officers, said purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 45. To see if the Town will vote that the beach on Long-Sought-for-Pond at the junction of Dunstable Road and Long- Sought-for-Pond Road be closed to the general public and be declared open only to residents of Westford, the term residents to include per- manent residents and Summer campers and their guests); or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 46. To see if the Town will vote that the parking of automobiles be restricted in the following manner.
(a) A parking area for not more than twenty-five cars be set aside for residents, in a suitable spot near the beach.
(b) That general parking be prohibited on Dunstable Road and Long-Sought-for-Pond Road within a half mile of the beach. or act in relation thereto.
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ARTICLE 47. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of Ten ($10) Dollars and elect a Director, under the provisions of Sections 40 to 45 of Chapter 128 of the General Laws, as amended; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 48. To see if the Town will vote to accept a gift made to it during the year 1949 by the Solomon Hyams Fund, Inc., or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 49. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to install one street light on Depot Road, near the northerly side of the Stony Brook Railroad crossing, where it will adequately light the area where passenger trains take on and let off passengers, and where United States mail is put on and taken off; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 50. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to install one street light on Chamberlain Road north of Main Street at pole No. 11-34; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 51. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to install one street light on Tyngsboro Road in front of the house of John Psarias; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 52. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to install one or more street lights on Plain Road; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 53. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to install one or more street lights on Oak Hill Road; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 54. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to install one street light on Pond Street in Forge Village; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 55. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to install two street lights on Abbot Street; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 56. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Assessors to use as free cash the sum of Eight Thousand ($8,000.00) Dollars, or some other sum, said sum to be applied in determining the tax rate for the year 1950; 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-third day of February in the year of our Lord, 1950.
CYRIL A. BLANEY EDWARD F. HARRINGTON THOMAS W. GOWER
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
NEST
INCORPO
729.
RPORATED
SEP
For the Year Ending December 31, 1949
ORGANIZATION - SCHOOL COMMITTEE
F. Stanley Smith, Secretary Term Expires 1950
James L. Knowlton
Term Expires 1950
H. Arnold Wilder Term Expires 1951
Clifford J. Courchaine Term Expires 1951
Edgar S. Peterson Term Expires 1952
Frederick W. Gatenby, Chairman
Term Expires 1952
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Peter F. Perry
Office-Westford Academy Telephone 561
Office hours: 8:30 A.M .- 4:30 P.M.
CLERK Mrs. Alice Whitcomb
SCHOOL TELEPHONES:
Cameron School 542
Sargent School 553
Wm. E. Frost School 230 Westford Academy 771
Nabnassett School 233
SCHOOL PHYSICIAN Dwight W. Cowles, M. D., Westford, Mass. Tel. 521
SCHOOL NURSE Dorothy Healy, R. N., Westford, Mass. Tel. Office 391, Town Hall
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REPORT OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE
To the Citizens of Westford:
The Superintendent's report has been read and accepted by the School Committee.
The schools of Westford have completed a successful year of operation. We have a reasonably good group of elementary school buildings, well maintained, and an efficient personnel of adminis- trators and teachers, all co-ordinated into a smooth working organ- ization administering to the educational needs of our boys and girls.
It is still our hope and desire that some time in the near future we may have a high school that will be adequate to give the large majority of our students who do not enter institutions of higher learning, the kind of education that is rightfully theirs.
The Committee is asking for the sum of $133,425.00 to operate the schools of Westford for the year 1950 and the sum of $2,500 for vocational tuition.
Under the provision of a new statute, plus the usual reimburse- ment for transportation, out-of-town tuition, and state wards, the Town will receive $41,140.57 which will bring the net expenditure down to about $92,284.43.
Respectfully submitted,
FREDERICK W. GATENBY, Chairman
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REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
To the Westford School Committee:
I herewith submit my second annual report as Superintendent of Schools.
This report is made at a time when the whole world is in a state of unrest, seething with social reforms, economic and political crises such as we have never experienced before; when lack of courage and faith have led us almost to the brink of complete col- lapse. The terrific problem which confronts us today is the problem of securing for ourselves and for all others a free world, where free- dom and respect for the dignity of man shall prevail. "Individual liberty, rooted in human dignity, is man's greatest treasure"; and this treasure must be guarded at all costs if man is to survive.
What steps then shall we pursue in training the young people entrusted to our care ?
(1) First of all, we must train them to have confidence in them- selves and in their ability to face problems that may arise.
(2) We must teach them to think; to be kind; and above all else, to be truthful. The familiar lines
"To thine own self be true And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man"
was never as true as it is today.
(3) We must teach them to have courage; to be able to dis- tinguish right from wrong; honesty from dishonesty; and to take a determined stand on these principles.
(4) We must encourage and help them to develop a solid back- ground of knowledge in respect to the basic fundamentals of our democracy, in order that they may appreciate its value to the utmost.
(5) We must teach them to accept responsibilities bravely; and to help them acquire the right mental and moral attitudes which will serve as a bulwark against any "isms" to which they may be exposed.
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Confidence - ability - honesty - courage - knowledge - character - these are the ingredients we would use in moulding the youth of today into the men of tomorrow. May we have the vision and the strength to so train these young people that they will go forward into the future with an abiding confidence in them- selves and in their fellowmen; and with a burning desire to make the world a better place because they have lived in it. To Mr. Peter F. Perry, Superintendent of Schools, Westford Massachusetts
The following is the annual report of the Westford Academy:
TEACHING STAFF
We were exceedingly fortunate this past year inasmuch as we retained all members of our faculty. This was very gratifying to me as we have a faculty of well-qualified, experienced teachers who are devoted to the educational interests of all our boys and girls.
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