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June 4 Berard, Joseph Louis-husband of Jeanne (Carrignan) 48
71
2 9
Nov. 5 Doucette, Ludger
Jan. 14 Dubinski, Joseph P .- husband of Mary (Ivanauskas) 63
Sept. 13 Dumont, Marie Ann (Beaudette)-wife of Ernest 55
4 27
Oct. 15 Edgar, James-husband of Ophelia M. 78
Aug. 20 Forson, Annie (Precknik)-wife of Anthony 70
Dec. 30
George, Dolphine (Theriault)-widow of Frank 60
11 6
Aug. 13 Hall, Frances Isabelle (Jouett)-wife of Morris A. 81
7
13
Apr. 3 Hanley, Mary F.
82
5 18
Nov. 27 Harrington, Mary Alice
80
11
17
Apr. 6 Jarvis, Everett Paul-husband of Florence (Blaisdell) 75
6
4
Mar. 24 Kazeniac, Alexandria (Maskiewicz)-wife of Stanley 62
June 8 Lawrence, Edith G. (Richardson)-widow of Sumner B. 78
9 7
Oct.
24 Leclerc, Joseph Adrian-husband of Eugenie (Pare) 69 83
18
Feb. 26 Lowther, Francis
10
28
Sept. 3 Mason, John-widower of Annie (Gilroy) 64
22
11
10
Feb. 5 May, Thomas E .- husband of Elizabeth (Kelly) 63
10
15
Aug. 10 Oldham, Ellen Ann 63
3 21
July 27
Oliver, Rachel (Oliver)-wife of Joseph 73
Apr. 28 O'Neill, Bridget (O'Hara)-widow of John P. 82
5 23
Aug. 11 Orblonis, Joseph Sylvester
14
Feb. 17 Pickup, Thomas W .- widower of Clara M. (Maillard) 80
6 14
Feb.
24 Porter, Mary Virginia (Carter)
8 28 wife of Clarence Owen 34
1
11
6
Feb. 18 Browne, Bertha May (Carter)-widow of Walter S. 72
17
July 7 Massicotte, Jacques
Date of Death
Name
Yrs. Mos. Days
Dec.
28 Sienkewicz, John-husband of Bronislawa (Puczilowska)
64
11 28
Feb.
21
Smith, David H .- husband of Elva B. (Walker) 73
10
11
May
23 Smith, Gertrude (Faulkner)-wife of George E. 57
6
5
May
8 Spalding, Fannie Bethiah (Prescott)-widow of Oscar Richardson
78
10
Nov.
26
Thompson, Mary Agnes
60
3
Feb. 23
Wasileuskas, Jon Roland
4
10
6
Mar. 18
Whidden, Walter A .- husband of Bessie (Parker)
81
3
16
Jan.
13 Whitney, Graham
5
1
1
July
19 Whitney, Harry Gordon-husband of Ellen (Lundstrom)
33
6
15
Feb.
15
Whitney, Sarah (Gray)-widow of Julian A.
91
1
8
Jan.
8 Wright, Charles
31
2
2
Male
Female
Total
Total Number Recorded
21
19
40
Deaths in Westford
11
9
20
Residents of Westford
18
19
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NOTE
All persons are respectfully requested to examine the foregoing reports of births, marriages and deaths and report to the Town Clerk any errors or omissions that may be discerned therein, so that the records may be corrected. An error in the record, other than a mis- take in copying a certificate or return, can be corrected only in ac- cordance with a deposition under oath made by one who is required by law, to furnish the information for the original record or by one or more creditable persons having knowledge of the case.
(See General Laws, Chapter 46, Section 13 as amended.)
Births occurring late in the year are sometimes returned without the Christian name. In such cases parents should return the name to the Town Clerk as soon as selected, as incompleteness of the rec- ord may occasion trouble in the future.
Attention is particularly called to the following extracts from the General Laws:
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GENERAL LAWS, CHAPTER 46
Section 1. Each city and town clerk shall receive or obtain and record * * * facts relative to the births * * * in his city or town.
Section 3. Every physician or medical officer registered shall keep a record of the birth of every child in cases of which he was in charge and * * * shall, within fifteen days after such birth, mail or deliver to the clerk or registrar of the town where such birth occurred, a report * * * if the child is illegitimate, the name and other facts relating to the father shall not be stated except at the request in writ- ing of both father and mother filed * * * Upon presentation to him of a certificate of the town clerk stating that any such birth has been duly reported, the town treasurer shall pay to such physician or officer a fee of twenty-five cents for each birth so reported * * A physician or any such officer violating any provision of this section shall for- feit not more than twenty-five dollars
Section 4. A member or servant of a family in which a child is born, having knowledge of the facts required * shall furnish the same upon request of the clerk of the town * * * or of any person authorized by him. (Penalty for refusing, not more than ten dollars.)
Section 6. Parents within forty days after the birth of a child, and every householder within forty days after a birth in his house shall cause notice thereof to be given to the clerk of the town where such a child is born.
GENERAL LAWS, CHAPTER 207
Section 36. If a marriage is solemnized in another state between parties living in this Commonwealth, who return to dwell here, they shall within seven days after their return, file with the clerk or reg- istrar of the town where either of them lived at the time of their marriage, a certificate or declaration of their marriage including the facts required in a notice of intention of marriage.
Section 55. Whoever violates Section 36 shall forfeit ten dollars.
The Town Clerk hereby gives notice that he is prepared to furnish parents, householders, physicians and registered hospital medical offi- cers applying therefor, with blanks for return of births as required by law.
CHARLES L. HILDRETH, Town Clerk.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT ON DOGS
Number of Dog Licenses issued from January 1, 1951 thru De- cember 31, 1951:
293 Males @ $2.00 $ 586.00
61 Females @ $5.00 305.00
118 Spayed Females @ $2.00 236.00
1 Kennel @ $50.00
50.00
1 Kennel @ $25.00
25.00
5 Kennel @ $10.00
50.00
1 Transfer
480 Total
$1,252.00
Clerk's fees @ .20 on 479 Licenses $ 95.80
Paid to Town as per Treasurer's Receipts 1,156.20
$1,252.00
The attention of owners and keepers of dogs is called to the fol- lowing extracts from Chapter 140 of the General Laws as amended:
Definition: "License period," the time between April first and the following March thirty-first, both dates inclusive.
Section 137. A person who at the commencement of a license period is, or who during any license period becomes, the owner or keeper of a dog when it becomes three months old during a license period, shall cause it to be registered, numbered, described and li- censed until the end of such license period, and the owner or keeper of a dog so registered, numbered, described and licensed during any license period, in order to own or keep such a dog after the begin- ning of the succeeding license period, shall, before the beginning there- of, cause it to be registered, numbered, described and licensed for such a period .- The registering, numbering, describing and licensing of a dog-shall be-if kept in any town-in the office of the clerk thereof.
The license shall be in a form prescribed by the director, upon a blank furnished,-by the county in which the town is located, and shall be subject to the condition expressed therein that the dog which is the subject of the license shall be controlled and restrained from killing, chasing or harassing livestock or fowls. The owner or keep- er of a licensed dog shall cause it to wear around its neck or body a collar or harness of leather or other suitable material, to which shall be securely attached a tag in a form prescribed by the director, and upon which shall appear the license number, the name of the town issuing such license and the year of issue. Such tags shall be fur-
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nished in the same manner as the license blanks, and if any such tag shall be lost the owner or keeper of such dog shall forthwith secure a substitute tag from the town clerk-at a cost of ten cents which, if received by a town clerk, shall be retained by him unless otherwise provided by law.
Section 139. Fees for licenses. The fees for every license shall, except as otherwise provided, be two dollars for a male dog and five dollars for a female dog, unless a certificate of a registered veter- inarian who performed the operation that said female dog has been spayed and has thereby been deprived of the power of propagation has been filed with the town clerk, in which case the fee shall be two dollars. A certified copy of such certificate on file in the office of any town clerk within the Commonwealth may be accepted as evi- dence that the said operation has been performed.
DOG LICENSES ISSUED THRU DECEMBER 31, 1951
Abbot, Edward M. & Edward M. Jr. (k10)
Abbott Jessie (s)
Abrahamson, Robert M. (2m)
Abreu, Anthony (m)
Abreu, Vera A. (m)
Aguiar, Manuel & Bouvier David Z. (m)
Alcorn, C. Arthur (f)
Alcorn, Frederick H. (m)
Allen, E. Kent (s)
Alling, Francis W. (m)
Anderson, Howard V. (m)
Anderson, John W. (m)
Antonelli, John (2m 1f)
Boisvert, Roland E. (s) Boisvert, Roland J. (s) Boisvert, William J. (m) Bolger, David E. (m) Brady, Beulah (1m 1f) Brewster, Carl S. (m)
Antonelli, Peter (m) Atwood, Florence E. (m) Baker, Edwin L. (f)
Brittain, Josephine T. (f)
Balas, Mitchell F. (f)
Broughton, Geoffrey (s)
Basinas, Antonia (f)
Basinas, James V. (1m 1f)
Baum, Reginald S. (m)
Beebe, Alma L. (m)
Beebe, Willard W. (m)
Buckshorn, Teresa M. (m) Budge, William K. (1f 1s)
Belida, Wasil (m)
Bunker, Louis F. (f)
Belinsky, Anthony (m)
Burke, George H. (m)
Bell, Robert H. (m) Bellemore, Arthur J. (m) Berchtold, Otto H. (m) Bergsten, Frank A. (m) Beskalo, S. Dennis (m) Billman, George L. (m) Black, Francis (m) Blaney, Cyril A. (m) Blott, Leonard F. (s) Bobryk, Peter (m) Boisvert, Lionel J. (m)
.
Barretto, John J. (s)
Brown, Ellsworth H. (f) Brule, Edmond (f) Brule, Josephat (s) Bubeshko, Alexander (m)
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Burnham, David A. (f) Byron, Edward J. (s) Caless, Chester A. (s) Caless, Sybell L. (m) Carlsen, John (s) Carmichael, Charlotte (f) Carter, W. Wallace (s) Cassidy, Robert V. (m) Castanza, Joseph J. (m)
Chace, Helen S. (f)
Dubey, George F. (m)
Dubey, Joseph T. (m)
Dubinski, Joseph P. (m)
Dubinski, Joseph W. (s) Dundas, David J. (m) Dunn, Kenneth (m)
Dupras, Carl P. (m)
Dupras, Fred L. (m)
Dureault, Joseph V. (m)
Eaton, Charles W. (1m 1f)
Elliott, Augustus, Jr. (m)
Elliott, Priscilla B. (m)
Ellison, Jacob E. (m)
Ennis, Richard F. (m)
Erwin, Charles M. (m)
Fallon, Owen P. (m)
Farrell, Donald F. (s)
Farwell, Lawrence W. (m)
Fellows, Herbert E. (s)
Field, Elizabeth B. (m)
Finnila, Robert (m) Finnila, Weikko R. (1m 1f)
Fitzpatrick, Frederick J. (m)
Fletcher, George S. (s)
Cossar, George A. Jr. (f)
Cote, Paul A. (m)
Coupal, Napoleon (s)
Courchaine, Donald E. (m)
Courchaine, Joseph R. (m)
Couture, Laura M. (m)
Gantzel, John H. (f)
Crocker, Alan N. (m)
Gatenby, Frederick W. (s)
Gelinas, Fernand R. (2m)
Daley, Edward L. (m)
Davis, Lawrence S. (m)
Day, Avis E. (m)
Day, Norman E. (1m 1s)
Decato, Herbert C. (m) Degagne, Samuel J. (m) DeLaHaye, Evelyn M. (s) Denisevich, Joseph (s) Denisevich, Zachary (1m 1s) Donnelly, Harry G. (m) Doucette, Victor G. (m) Drew, Ben W. (m) Dubey, Frank T. (m)
Chagnon, Dewey B. (s)
Chamberlain, Jean M. (f) Chandler, John D. (m) Chandonait, Alice V. (f) Chandonait, Alphonse A. (m)
Chandonait, Francis H. (s)
Chandonait, Homer O. (m)
Chapin, Priscilla K. (m)
Charette, Andrew J. (k4) Charlton, Arthur L. (m)
Charlton, Elizabeth B. (m)
Charlton, Joyce & Juanita (m)
Chisholm, Nelson A. (m)
Chisholm, Walter E. (f)
Clements, Edna Kittredge (s) Cole, Ralph E. (s)
Comeau, Eugene W. (m)
Comey, Gertrude E. (m)
Condon, Garrett J. (1m 1s)
Connell, George E. (m)
Connolly, Robert J. (m)
Conrad, John T. (m)
Corkum, Bennett S. (m)
Fletcher, Walter W. (f) Fleury, Richard E. (m) Fritz, Otto A. (2m) Frost, Alice E. (s)
Gagnon, Francis J. (m)
Gelinas, Hervey J. (s)
Gibbons, James W. (m)
Gilson, George & William (s) Gormley, Lawrence G. (f)
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1
Crocker, Bryce H. (m)
Gould, Edwin H. (m) Gourley, Kirkland S. (s) Greenough, Caroline G. (m) Greenslade, Shirley V. (m) Gross, Robert G. (s) Gustafson, William F. (s) Haberman, Diane (s) Hadley, Doris J. (s) Hall, Albert L. (f)
Hall, John H. (m)
Hall, Philip G. (m)
Hall, Richard W. (m) Hanson, Edna (m)
Hanson, Rene M. (m)
Hanson, Richard E. (m)
Lamie, Adeline M. (m).
Harrington, William C. (m)
Hartford, Hazel B. (s)
Lamson, Edward N. (f) Lamson, Wetherbee (m)
Hartley, Joseph D. (m) Healy, Anne G. (m)
Lamy, Napoleon (m)
Healy, Richard J. (m)
Helmboldt, Charles L. (m)
Heman, Robert J. (m)
Hildreth, Albert A. (m) Hildreth, Arthur G. (m)
Leedburg, Waldo S. (s)
Hildreth, Charles L. (m)
Lefebvre, Dorothy S. (m)
Hildreth, Stuart B. (m)
Hodgson, Eileen M. (m)
Hodgson, Harry '(m) Holmes, James (m) Hook, Bette R. (s) Horner, Frederick (m)
Legree, William J. (m) Levasseur, Louis (m) Lewis, Carl F. (m) Lewkowicz, John (m) Loeffler, Frederick C. (m) Long, C. Paul (k10)
Hudgings, Thyra L. (m)
Lowney, Edmund P. (m)
Ingalls, Harry M. (f)
Loynes, Frank (m)
Lukas, Charles A. (2m)
Lund, Betty (s) MacArthur, Nelson P. (s)
Macauley, Cynthia R. (m)
MacMillan, William C. (s)
MacPhail, Lillian P. (s)
MacQuarrie, William Q. (m) Maffini, Virginia (2m) Maguire, Francis C. (s)
Mann, Dorothy I. (f)
Mann, George W. (m) Mann, Mabel (s)
Jaroma, Frank (m) Jeddrey, John W. (s) Jehu, Leroy (s) . Jewett, Ellsworth J. (m) Johnson, Donald F. (f) Johnston, Carl H. B. (s) Johnston, Lawrence S. (m) Jones, Arthur C. (f) Kane, Lawrence R. (s) Kaplan, Samuel G. (m) Karkota, Frank V. (m) Kavanagh, John F. (s)
Kenny, Brian J. (1m 1s) Killam, John R. (m) Kimball, John A. (1m 1f) King, James A. (m) Knight, Stephen M. (f) Koning, William (m) Kosowicz, Stanley (f) Kostechko, Simon (m) Labbe, Herve R. (m) Labossiere, Arthur J. (f) Lafleur, Hubert (m) Laforge, George (m) Lamb, Kathleen M. (s) Lambert, Benjamin deF. ((s)
Langley, Walter F. (s) Lavertue, Arthur J. (f) LeDuc, Rita M. (s) Leedberg, Clarence O. (m)
LeFebre, Eva A. (m)
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Martin, John A. (2m) Maslin, Victoria A. (s) Matthews, James P. (s) McAvinew, James E. (2m) McCarthy, Arthur (m) McCarthy, Frank G. (k4) McDonald, Annie (s)
Paduano, Frank (1m lf) Palmer, Lewis B. (m) Paul, Robert L. (m) Pearson, M. Lois (m) Perkins, Clifford A. Jr. (m)
Perkins, Robert B. (2m 1f)
McDonald, Barbara B. (f)
McIntosh, John (s)
Peterson, Edgar S. (f) Pettinella, Andrew (m) Phalon, Robert W. (m)
Menard, Roger J. (s)
Phillips, Norman A. (m)
Merrick, Mary (m)
Picking, Albert G. (m)
Miller, Jennie P. (s)
Picking, Frederick H. (m)
Millett, William A. (m)
Pierce, Laurence C (k4)
Milot, Alberic G. (s)
Pine, Thomas A. (m)
Milot, Arthur J. (s)
Milot, Charles C. (s)
Milot, Lucien (m)
Moore, Willard F. (f)
Moran, Paul F. (m)
Moulton, David C. (f)
Mountain, Edward P. (2m)
Prescott, Philip T. (f)
Mulligan, Francis J. (s)
Munroe, Albert H. (m)
Munroe, Howard T. (2s)
Prowten, William E. (m)
Murchie, Adin D. (f)
Psarias, John (2m) Randall, Everett W. (m)
Nesmith, Eva L. (s)
Nesmith, Norman K. (m)
Niemaszyk, Anthony J. (m)
Reeves, Frances L. (1m 1f)
Reeves, George E. (m)
Reynolds, Maxwell W. (m)
Ricciardi, Carl S. (f)
Rice, Raymond P. (m)
Richards, Samuel A. (3m) Riel, Hermas I. (s) Robbins, Catherine E. (m)
O'Connell, William L. (m)
Ohlson, Axel E. (m)
Roberts, Herman S. (1m 1f 1s) Robinson, James (m)
Robinson, Walter H. Jr. (s)
Robinson, William E. (m) Roderson, Virginia S. (s)
Olson, Arthur H. (m)
Olson, Harold A. (f)
Rogers, Edmund D. (m)
Osgood, Earl C. (s) Ouellette, Grace M. (s)
Rollins, Carroll J. (s) Roux, Normand A. (s)
Plummer, William G. (m) Polesayka, John (m) Pope, Charles E. (m)
Porter, Clarence O. (f) Pote, Margaret E. (k4) Poulin, Delia M. (2s)
Profita, Joseph M. (s) Provost, Mary A. (s)
Nelson, Max (s)
Raymond, Hubert J. (f) Reeves, Alfred J. (m)
Nixon, Warren M. (m)
Norden, Sextus E. (1m 1s)
Norden, Sextus E. & Roman- owsky, Arnold P. (k4) Nowers, Francis L. (s) Nyder, Walter (m)
O'Leary, Charles G. (s) Oliver, Joseph (m) Oliver, Louis F. (m)
Perrins, Robert H. (m)
McLenna, Edward F. (m)
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Roux, William J. (2m) Ryan, James L., Jr. (1m 1f) Sanders, John F. (s) Sawosik, Michael (m) Sawyer, Gracia E. (m) Schill, Frederick (2m) Scott, David C. (f) Scott, Everett A. (m)
Vaughn, Wilbert L. (s) Vervaert, Marcel (m) Verven, Nicholas (m) Visnaskas, John A. (m) Vyskaska, Mary (m) Wajda, Stanley J. (s) Walker, George F. (s) Walker, Robert J. (m) Walsh, Michael J. (s)
Senning, Florence E. (s)
Siemlanski, Edward J. (s)
Warchol, Edward S. (2m)
Sienkewicz, John (s)
Wardrope, William F. (m)
Simons, Sigmund (s) Slatterly, Robert L. (s) Smith, F. Stanley (s)
Webber, Edwin J. (m) Wells, Allan M. (m)
Smith, Paul F. (s)
Smith, Robert G. (s)
Smith, Ruth S. (m)
Stannlonis, Jacob (s)
Whitney, Hamilton E. (m)
Stepinski, Henry J. (m)
Stromsky, Alex (m)
Sudak, Michael P. (m)
Sudak, Peter N. (m)
Sullivan, Daniel W. (s)
Sullivan, Edward T. Jr. (m)
Suzedelys, Stanley (m)
Swanson, Swan G. (m) Szczigla, Anna (m)
Talancy, Mary (s)
Taylor, Clayton T. (s)
Tebbetts, George R. (s)
Wood, Francis C. (m)
Tereshko, Walter (m)
Woodard, Rita A. (s)
Thibault, James F. (m)
Woodard, Shirley A. (m) Woznac, Alexander M. (f) Wright, Claude H. (m)
Todd, Herman- L. (m)
Totton, Irene E. (m)
Wyman, Carl P. (f)
Totton, Thomas F. (m)
Tousignant, Wilfred J. (m)
Wyman, William W. (m) Yarnall, Waldo W. (m) Yeschanin, John (m)
Tuttle, Ruth P. (s)
Young, Beverly J. (m)
Valley, Loren B. (m)
Young, Catherine S. (m)
VanNorden, Lamert A. (s)
Zioto, Adolph J. (m)
Whitney, Harry G. (m) Whitney, John W. Jr. (m) Whitney, Nathaniel R. (m) Whitney, Warren W. (m) Wilder, George S. (1m 1s) Williamson, Charles (m) Wilson, Raymond S. (s) Wilson, T. Arthur E. (m) Winship, Robert L. (s) Wolosewicz, Constantine (m) Wood, Eugene J. Jr. (1m 1f)
Thompson, Raymond E. (m)
Thunberg, Ivan E. (s) Tobin, Ruth B. (f)
Wright, Walter A. (m)
Wyman, Horace F. (1m 1s)
Toy, Hyman H. (1m 1f)
Wetmore, Anna B. (s) Wetmore, Jerome W. (m) White, Helen M. (s) Whitney, Donald A. (m)
NOTE: (m) Male; (f) Female; (s) Spayed Female; (k) Kennel. CHARLES L. HILDRETH, Town Clerk.
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ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION-MARCH 5, 1951
Prec. 1 Prec. 2 Prec. 3 Prec. 4
Total
Whole Number of Ballots Cast. 364 273 133
313
1083
TOWN CLERK-Three Years
Charles L. Hildreth
319
208
123
243
893
Blanks
45
65
10
70
190
SELECTMEN-Three Years
Thomas W. Gower
250
158
63
243
714
Donald H. Hall
51
76
16
28
171
Robert J. Heman, Jr.
32
27
7
24
90
Clarence O. Porter
19
3
44
9
75
Blanks
12
9
3
9
33
ASSESSOR-Three Years
Carroll J. Rollins
315
186
121
221
843
Thomas Curley
0
1
0
0
1
Blanks
49
86
12
92
239
SCHOOL COMMITTEE-Three Years (Two)
Clifford J. Courchaine
251
199
98
281
829
Edward N. Lamson
271
121
102
133
627
Blanks
206
226
66
212
710
MODERATOR-Three Years
Ben W. Drew
253
114
93
188
648
Thomas A. Pine, Jr.
99
146
40
94
379
Blanks
12
13
0
31
56
TRUSTEE J. V. FLETCHER LIBRARY-Three Years
William R. Taylor
299
203
125
240
867
Walter Beebe
0
1
0
0
1
Blanks
65
69
8
73
215
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE-Three Years
Samuel A. Richards
311
189
118
222
840
Blanks
53
84
15
91
243
26
CEMETERY COMMISSIONER-Three Years
Albert A. Hildreth
321
194
121
236
872
Blanks
43
79
12
77
211
BOARD OF HEALTH-Three Years
Dwight W. Cowles
303
198
111
252
864
Blanks
61
75
22
61
219
TREE WARDEN-One Year
Frederick J. Fitzpatrick
302
193
117
256
857
Vincent Daley
0
1
0
0
1
Linwood Nesmith
0
1
0
0
1
Blanks
62
78
16
58
214
HOUSING AUTHORITY-Five Years
Charles Kibby
0
0
25
0
25
Edward Beebe
0
1
0
0
1
Philip Perrault
1
1
0
0
2
Stanley Smith
0
1
0
0
1
Samuel Fletcher
0
1
0
0
1
Wm. Leo Wall
0
1
0
0
1
C. Rollins
1
0
0
0
1
L. Johnson
1
0
0
0
1
Edward Sullivan
1
0
0
0
1
H. A. Wilder
3
0
0
0
3
Austin Healy
1
0
0
0
1
Arthur Abbood.
1
0
0
0
1
Victor Daly
0
0
0
1
1
George Sedach
0
0
0
1
1
John Mulligan
0
0
0
1
1
Albert Burne
0
0
0
1
1
Edmund Rogers
0
0
0
1
1
James Kelly
0
0
0
1
1
Harold E. Lyons
0
0
0
1
1
Blanks
355
268
108
306
1037
.
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REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT QUESTION
Shall the town accept the provisions of sections sixteen to six- teen I, inclusive, of chapter seventy-one of the General Laws, pro- viding for the establishment of a regional school district, together with the town of Littleton, and the construction, maintenance and operation of a regional school by the said district in accordance with the provisions of a proposed agreement filed with the selectmen ?
YES
163
87
74
122
446
NO
187
163
57
150
557
BLANKS
14
23
2
41
80
We hereby certify that the above is a true Canvass of the Votes Cast at the Annual Town Election held March 5, 1951.
ATTEST:
PAUL L. DUNIGAN, NORMAN E. DAY, JAMES J. McKNIFF, CHARLES L. HILDRETH,
Board of Registrars of Voters-Westford
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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 10, 1951
At a legal Meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Westford, qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, held at the Town House, Sat- urday, March 10, 1951, at 1:00 o'clock P. M., the following business was transacted:
Ben W. Drew, Town Moderator, called the Meeting to order.
Rev. Cletus E. Hirschy gave the invocation.
Albert A. Hildreth and Robert J. Spinner, using Check Lists, acted as Tellers at the doors of the Hall.
Voted to dispense with the reading of the Warrant.
The Canvass of the Votes Cast at the Town Election, March 5th, made by the Board of Registrars of Voters, was read by the Town Clerk.
ARTICLE 1. Voted to accept the Report of the Regional School Committee and that it be placed on file. Voted that the Report of the School Planning Committee, as printed in the Town Report, be accept- ed and that a new Committee of five Voters of the Town, one to be a member of the School Committee, be appointed by the Board of Se- lectmen, said Committee to report its findings and recommendations to the Town at a Special Town Meeting to be called before July 1, 1951. A rising vote of thanks was given to the two Committees.
ARTICLE 2. Voted that the Compensation of the Town Officers be as follows and effective as of January 1, 1951:
Selectmen-Chairman $225.00; Other two Members $200.00 each.
Board of Public Welfare-Chairman $20.00; Other two Members $10.00 each.
Town Treasurer-$1,880.00.
Town Clerk-$400.00
Collector of Taxes-$1,800.00.
Tree Warden-$0.90 per hour.
Assessors-$1.10 per hour.
Registrars of Voters-$1.10 per hour.
ARTICLE 3. 1. Voted that the sum of $12,430.00 be raised and appropriated for General Government, divided as follows:
Selectmen-$1,000.00.
License Expense-$100.00.
Town Accountant-$1,175.00.
Town Treasurer-$2,280.00.
Assessors-$2,000.00.
Tax Collector-$2,400.00.
Tax Title Expense-$750.00.
Town Counsel-$300.00.
Town Clerk-$875.00.
Election and Registration-$1,550.00.
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2. Voted that the sum of $3,508.00 be raised and appropriated for the General Expenses of the Town Hall.
3. Voted that the sum of $10,255.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of defraying the Expenses of the Police De- partment.
4. Voted that the sum of $8,500.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of defraying the Expenses of the Fire Depart- ment, divided as follows: General Expenses-$8,000.00. Permament Man-$500.00.
5. Voted to take up this Item relative to Fire Hydrants after Articles 31 and 32 have been acted upon.
6. Voted that the sum of $125.00 be raised and appropriated for the Sealer of Weights and Measures.
7. No action was taken on this Item relative to a Fish and Game Warden.
8. Voted that the sum of $1,500.00 be raised and appropriated to defray the Expenses of Fighting Forest Fires.
9. Voted that the sum of $20.00 be raised and appropriated to defray Expenses of the Town Forest.
10. Voted that the sum of $700.00 be raised and appropriated to defray the Expenses of the Tree Warden.
11. Voted that the sum of $1,300.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of defraying the Expenses of the Moth Department in the suppression or control of insect pests which destroy forest and shade tree foliage, including the Elm Leaf Beetle and the Dutch Elm Disease.
12. Voted that the sum of $5,000.00 be raised and appropriated to defray the Expenses of the Health Department.
13. Voted that the sum of $200.00 be raised and appropriated to defray the Expenses of the Cattle Inspector.
14A. Voted that the sum of $12,000.00 be raised and appropriated for Snow and Ice Removal.
14B. Voted that the sum of $5,000.00 be raised and appropriated for Town Roads.
15. Voted that the sum of $53,700.00 be raised and appropriated to defray the Expenses of the Welfare Department, divided as follows :
Temporary Aid and Infirmary $26,900.00. Aid to Dependent Children-$1,800.00.
Old Age Assistance-$25,000.00.
16. Voted that the sum of $4,000.00 be raised and appropriated for Soldiers' Benefits.
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17. Voted that the sum of $143,939.00 be raised and appropriated to defray the Expenses of the School Department.
18. Voted that the sum of $3,500.00 be raised and appropriated for Vocational School Tuition.
19. Voted that the sum of $3,600.00 be raised and appropriated, together with the Receipts from Dog Licenses in 1950, to defray the Expenses of the J. V. Fletcher Library.
20. Voted that the sum of $300.00 be raised and appropriated to defray the Expenses of the Care of the Common.
21. Voted that the sum of $400.00 be raised and appropriated to defray the Expenses of Commemorating Memorial Day.
22. Voted that the sum of $1,200.00 be raised and appropriated to defray the Expenses of Publishing and Distributing the Town Reports.
23. Voted that the sum of $4,200.00 be raised and appropriated to defray the Expenses of various types of Insurance, including Fire, Compensation, Liability and Collision Insurance.
24 Voted that the sum of $25.000 be raised and appropriated for Interest on Revenue Loans.
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