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Our SUMMARY: The entire town will, in the opinion of the com- mittee, profit by the erection of such a centralized unit. The need is ap- parent for more class rooms but is not confined to any one area of the township.
Respectfully submitted,
WALTER TYRRELL (Chairman) FREDERICK LOEFFLER ALBERT H. PICKERING JAMES F. HARKINS, SR. HOWARD S. SMART (Secy.) NORMAN E. DAY
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REPORT OF THE WESTFORD BOARD OF HEALTH
The Board of Health submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1955:
The Westford Board of Health organized March 14, 1955 with Cyril A. Blaney, M.D., as Chairman, Dwight W. Cowles, M.D, as Secretary and Ralph E. Cole, M.D., as the third member.
The services of the Sanitation Officers of the Nashoba Associated Boards were in great demand due to the construction of many new homes in this town.
Again this year, Mrs. Janet Lorman, Dental Hygienist on the staff of the Nashoba Associated Boards of Health, gave sodium fluoride treat- ments to children in grades 2, 5, and 8.
The members of this board were sorry to hear of the death of Charles A. Blodgett in September. Mr. Blodgett had served as Animal and Slaughtering Inspector for many years. Kenneth A. Wilson was appointed to fill this vacancy.
Winifred Whitton, as caretaker of the public dump, has done an excellent job, as in past years. This dump, however, is rapidly reaching its capacity and we are very anxious to find land for a new dump that will be agreeable to all citizens of the town.
An anti-rabic clinic was conducted by Dr. Jonathan P. Hall of Lowell. A number of dog owners availed themselves of the opportunity of having their dogs vaccinated.
In May, Westford took part in the national immunization program against poliomyelitis. 185 children in the first and second grades were given the first dose of the Salk Polio Vaccine by members of this board.
Following are the reports of the public health nurse and the Nashoba Associated Boards of Health.
Respectfully submitted,
Westford Board of Health CYRIL A. BLANEY, M.D. DWIGHT W. COWLES, M.D. RALPH E. COLE and
We were deeply shocked to hear of the death of Dr. Cyril A. Blaney on January 18, 1956. This was a great loss to the board of health, and to the town as a whole, as Dr. Blaney had been a member of this board for the past 31 years and took a keen interest in all town affairs.
DWIGHT W. COWLES, M.D. RALPH E. COLE, M.D.
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REPORT OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE
Dwight W. Cowles, Chairman
Westford Board of Health
Westford, Massachusetts
Dear Sir:
Following is the report of the public health nurse from January 1, to December 31, 1955:
Children taken home from school because of illness 96
Children taken to school physician 27
Home Visits:
Acute Communicable 65
Tuberculosis:
Case 154
Suspect
2
Contact
7
Crippled Children
5
Children under 1 month
2
Children 1-12 months
48
Children 1 year-school
53
School age children
4
To Crippled Children's Clinic at St. Joseph's Hospital
1
To Lowell General Hospital for Treatment 3
To St. Joseph's, Hospital for Treatment
To Doctor's Offices
12
To Middlesex County Sanatorium for X-ray
13
To Middlesex County Sanatorium for Treatment
45
Conferences and Meetings Attended 50
Well Child Conferences Conducted by Dr. David L. Smith 11
99 children made 177 visits and received 140 immunizations 57 children were referred to their family doctors
Immunization Clinics conducted by the Board of Health: Number of Children Vaccinated 35
Number of Children receiving Polio Vaccine
185
Dangerous Diseases Reported to Board of Health:
Chicken Pox 35 Meningococcal Meningitis 1
Dog Bite 23
Mumps 3
German Measles 6 Scarlet Fever 2
Hepatitis, Infectious 3
Pulmonary Tuberculosis 1
Measles 47 Whooping Cough 1
Adults 287
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I wish to thank you and the other members of the Board of Health for your cooperation at all times.
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I also wish to thank the Westford Visiting Nurse, Mrs. Ruth Hall, R.N., and the members of the Visiting Nurse Committee for their valuable assistance at the Well Child Conferences.
Respectfully submitted, DOROTHY A. HEALY, R. N.
EXPENSE HEALTH DEPARTMENT 1955
Salaries:
Nurse
$2,800.00
Chairman
50.00
Secretary
50.00
Dairy Inspector
50.00
Clinics
50.00
Supplies, Medical and Office
308.01
Telephone
31.62
Inspections
42.00
Car, Repair, gas and oil
283.17
Board and Treatment of Tuberculosis and Contagious Patients
723.36
Dump, Caretaker
546.00
Dump, Bulldozing
305.00
Advertisements
21.00
Car, Insurance
78.57
Remove Deceased Animals
48.00
Total
$5,386.73
Balance
$1,813.27
OTHER APPROPRIATIONS
Nashoba Associated Boards of Health
$3,091.69
Animal Inspector
200.00
New Car
990.00
BOARD OF HEALTH RECEIPTS 1955
Milk Dealers' Permits
$ 21.50
Oleomargarine Permits
6.00
Camp Licenses
2.50
Permits to Manufacture Ice Cream
10.00
Methyl Alcohol Permits
14.00
State Subsidy on Tuberculosis Patients
673.57
$ 727.57
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NASHOBA ASSOCIATED BOARDS OF HEALTH AYER, MASSACHUSETTS
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To all residents of the Town of WESTFORD
It is imperative that: You consult your Health Department, at once, if you intend to build in this Town.
A Health Department permit be issued before a new home is built.
Signed Dwight W. Cowles Chairman, Board of Health
Board of Health Westford Massachusetts
Gentlemen,
Twenty-fve years have come and gone since Nashoba was launched as a Health District in 1930, and your town has been an important integral part of the unit since 1948. The year just ended has been an exciting one, and saw a health survey of men over forty, a diabetes survey conducted in the offices of the physicians, a twenty-fifth anniversary open house during the week ending the 30th of September, and a vigorous on-going, general program of health services. For the sum of $3,091.69 spent by your town as its share of the support of the district, the town received the following services :- Sanitation and Laboratory Services:
Sanitation service during 1955 has been highly monopolized by the demand for inspection of new sewage disposal installations. As a result other services have suffered to a great degree.
With the accelerated construction of new homes in Nashoba requiring a corresponding increase in inspection of sewerage and water systems, it has been beyond the efforts of two men to cope with the demand. Therefore, member towns have provided a third man to start January 3, 1956 in order to accomplish this work.
The problems created by the present surge of building are many. Number one item seems to be lot size. In the great majority of cases building lots are much too small. If lots are adequate, soil conditions reasonable, sewage disposal systems properly designed and installed,
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there should be little need of public sewers in the near future. It is Nashoba's recommendation that all member towns consider passing a by-law requiring a lot to be at least 30,000 square feet with at least 150 feet frontage.
To have a restful community with proper environmental sanitation the builder and home owner must plan carefully; community agencies must watch out that the future of the town is guarded; that every new lot and sub-division is designed and developed as it should be.
We are building communities for tomorrow. All must work together to the end that our children will be proud of their home town.
Reorganization of the sanitation department has made it possible for the bacteriologist to remain in the laboratory all day, five days a week. This has given the laboratory greater independence, and means that it is able to perform more precise, conscientious work in both sanitary and diagnostic bacteriology. It also means that the laboratory is open for service at all times during the week. As in the past the bacteriologist maintains a subsidiary laboratory in her own home, and in emergencies, citizens of Nashoba, through their private physicians, can get 24 hour, seven day week service.
Milk samples collected 174
Tests made on milk 469
Visits to plants processing milk
29
Diagnostic cultures for doctors
55
Restaurant and food establishment inspections
2
Camp and cabin inspections
3
Bathing beach water samples
11
Nursing home inspections
1
Private water supplies examined
24
Laboratory water tests
52
Visits regarding sewage disposal
112
Investigation of nuisance complaints
5
Housing problems
4
Alcohol licenses issued (Anti-freeze)
8
Camp licenses issued
4
Oleomargarine licenses issued
12
Milk licenses issued
43
Conferences with Board of Health members
15
Conferences with other town officials
1
Board of Health meetings
3
Sub-divisions 7
3
To people not at home
Methyl Alcohol inspection visits 15
Ice Cream plants visited
2
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Nursing and Preventive Dental Services:
Miss Healy and Mrs. Hall, your nurses, continued to work closely with each other and to provide competent nursing service to your town in spite of its growing population with the attendant increase in work for the nurses.
Early in 1955 the dental program was completed with more than 83% of the eligible pupils participating as compared with 80% the previous school year. For the 1955-1956 school year 93% have received parental permission to take advantage of this treatment which consists of cleaning, examination and four applications of sodium fluoride solution.
Medical Social Work:
After a lapse of nine months from the time Miss Amy Greene resigned a new Medical Social Consultant was appointed. The medical Social Work program has been re-activated along the same lines as originally instituted by Miss Greene. Consultation with citizen groups, schools, churches, physicians, and others regarding social problems in the community, and social case work on selected cases by request have been the major areas of activity for the Medical Social Consultant.
Since the present Medical Social Work program is on a twenty hour a week basis, rather than the original forty hour week, there has not been as much time allocated to attending community or educational programs. However, the Medical Social Consultant was invited to attend a three day institute at the Harvard University School of Public Health in September. The subject was "Normal Adolescence" and it was most helpful to all the social workers, pediatricians and educators who attended. The Medical Social Consultant was particularly interested to see how enthusiastic everyone was regarding the Nashoba social work program and the many references that were made during the discussion period to Nashoba as a splendid example of a successful pioneering health program.
Preventive Medical Services:
Communicable diseases were more prevalent than usual this year, measles being particularly so, and septic sore throat also causing some anxiety. Of all these diseases however, as in the previous year, polio- myelitis caused the most anxiety, there being in the district a total of 13 cases, the same as last year. However, the disease took a more serious form than in 1954, as there were two deaths. During the year the district took part in the national immunization program against the disease, over 2,000 children in the first and second grades receiving the first dose of the Salk Polio Vaccine. No subsequent doses have been given during the year as expected on account of the advice given by the State Polio Advisory Committee to postpone public health clinics until further notice, while study was made of the outbreak in the State
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and the effects of the vaccination program as well as of the vaccine itself. In your town 184 children were immunized with the new vaccine. The following is a list of the diseases reported in your town during the year:
Chicken pox
35
German measles
6
Measles 47
Infectious Hepatitis
3
Meningitis
1
Mumps
3
Scarlet Fever
2
Tuberculosis
1
Whooping cough
1
Dog bite
23
The regular immunization programs went on as usual at the monthly Well Child Conferences, and during the year 99 children made 177 visits and received 140 immunizations at 10 Well Child Conferences. Dr. David L. Smith served these Well Child Conferences. Fifty-seven children were referred to their family doctors.
The tuberculosis clinic held in co-operation with the Middlesex County Sanatorium was well attended and 126 Middlesex County patients made 144 visits. Worcester County patients are seen as usual at the Worcester County Sanatorium.
The Medical Director continues to serve on committees of the Middlesex Health Association, the Massachusetts Tuberculosis League, the Massachusetts Mental Health Association, the Massachusetts Public Health Association, the Mental Health Association of North Central Massachusetts and others. This helps the health district, through him, to keep in touch with current progress and events in the health fields. His services are available on a consultant basis to physicians and hospitals in the district, and he continues to serve as a member of the Courtesy Staff of the Community Memorial Hospital, Ayer, where during the year he helped develop policies regarding the admission of cases of communicable diseases to the hospital. In December of this year he was elected a member of the Courtesy Staff of the Groton Hospital.
Health work being team work, the district is in close contact and works in close liason with such other health organizations as the State Health Department, and the professional psychiatric team headed by Dr. Warren T. Vaughan, Director of the Division of Mental Hygiene of the State Department of Mental Health, which has been provided to serve cities and towns in the area in the field of Mental Hygiene.
Citizens' knowledge of what Nashoba offers remains important, and even more so now that all these new homes are being erected in such
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large and growing numbers. A good house is a fine thing. Our job is to see that it is being built on a proper fit site, that the soil is suitable for sewage disposal and that a proper and efficient sewage disposal system is being provided. No house may even be started without clear- ance by your health department. Although this may appear to be an imposition to some, it is for your ultimate protection. In the long run you will live to bless the foresight of your town in enacting these regulations. Citizens should feel free to call at, or telephone the Health Center in Ayer (Spruce 2-3561) and ask for the service or information they desire.
Respectfully submitted,
KENNETH I. E. MACLEOD, M.D., M.P.H. Director
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REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE
Honorable Board of Selectmen,
Westford, Massachusetts
Dear Sirs:
The following is the report of the Finance Committee for 1955 with its recommendations to the Town for 1956.
During the year the following transfers were made from the Reserve Fund of $5,000, appropriated for the use of the Committee to meet emer- gencies causing overdrawn departmental budgets.
RESERVE FUND
Fire Department
$ 1,184.65
School Department
900.00
Machinery and Equipment Account
644.78
Police Department
550.00
Old Age Assistance
491.88
Forest Fires
134.03
Street Marking
41.80
Town Forest
12.95
Registration and Election
8.24
Moth Department
8.00
$ 3,976.33
Unexpended Balance
1,023.67
$ 5,000.00
ESTIMATED TAX RATE
Based on recommended expenditures, we estimate that there will be approximately an Eighteen Dollar increase in the Tax Rate for the year 1956.
Total Expenditures Recommended $546,890
Debt and Interest Charges 57,280
State, County and Other Charges 30,000
1955 Appropriations to be Raised in 1956 14,500
$648,670
Estimated Receipts Including $25,000
Transfer from Free Cash 225,000.
Net Amount to be Raised by Taxation
$423,670
Tax Rate based on $5,450,000 assessed valuation $
78.00
GENERAL COMMENTS 1955 was a difficult year for the Town of Westford and many things
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happened that have pyramided problems for 1956. Mounting costs can only be checked by the voters, not by the finance board.
It was known that the new Westford Academy building would add to the tax rate but maintenance costs were underestimated and on top of that, the teachers' salary schedule was radically changed during the year, so that the total school budget presented is very heavy.
The Selectmen deemed it advisable to increase the hourly rate in the Highway Department to $1.50 per hour for regular men and $1.65 to $2.00 per hour for others in the department. Now it is found that all de- partments have either granted an increase to $1.50 an hour or are re- questing it for 1956.
The Police Department has included in their 1956 budget an increase of $520 for the chief and $260 for the assistant, bringing the total salary to $4,680 and $4,160 respectively. The expense for special police went up over $1,000 in 1955 and another $400 is asked for 1956.
The Highway Department obtained late in 1955 at a Special Town Meeting against the unanimous opposition of the Finance Board an ap- propriation of $14,500 for two pieces of equipment that will have to be paid out of 1956 tax income. A bill of $500 incurred cutting brush last summer was brought in after the books were closed for 1955 and in ex- cess of the 1955 budget that will also add to the 1956 expense. These items with a high labor budget and a request for more money for town roads would make an excessive high cost to the town for highways in 1956.
In fairness to certain departments it can be said that they were con- servative in administration of town affairs but many spent their money with little regard to the classification of their budget, or their total budgets.
With the budgets as presented by many of the departments for 1956, the Finance Board can only say that the voters will have to decide whether they want conservative spending with a reasonable increase in the tax rate or whether they want liberal spending and a very high tax rate.
The Finance Board would like to express their appreciation for the generous and efficient services rendered their board by the late George F. Walker, who served nearly three years as their secretary and counsel. He gave of himself way beyond the call of duty, working for the best interests of the citizens of Westford.
Respectfully submitted, WESTFORD FINANCE BOARD, ALLISTER F. MacDOUGALL, Chairman LESLIE ATHORN JOHN J. BARRETTO ALBERT G. FORTY
ARTHUR L. HEALY LAWRENCE S. JOHNSTON
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FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
1955
1956
Article No. Department
Expense
Request
1956 Recom- mendations
3- 1
Selectmen
$ 2,257.00
$ 2,555.00
$ 2,425.00
3- 1
Town Accountant
1,224.00
1,699.00
1,439.00
3- 1
Town Treasurer
3,035.00
3,197.00
3,197.00
3- 1
Tax Collector
2,964.00
3,270.00
3,270.00
3- 1
Assessors
3,845.00
4,254.00
3,974.00
3- 1
Town Clerk
1,070.00
1,169.00
1,169.00
3- 1
Registration and Election
1,727.00
3,206.00
3,206.00
3- 1
Tax Title Expense
1,714.00
2,200.00
2,200.00
3- 1
Town Counsel
400.00
400.00
400.00
3- : 1
Finance Committee Expense
160.00
160.00
160.00
5
Planning Board
100.00
100.00
3- 1
License Expense
99.00
150.00
150.00
3- 2
Town Hall
3,715.00
3,856.00
3,856.00
40
New Doors, Rails, etc.
615.00
615.00
TOTAL -GENERAL GOVERNMENT
$ 22,210.00
$ 26,831.00
$ 26,161.00
PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
3-23
Fire and Compensation Insurance
$ 11,241.00
$ 7,218.00
$ 7,218.00
3- 3 Police Department
14,328.00
16,100.00
15,510.00
33 Dog Officer
200.00
250.00
250.00
3- 4
Fire Department
14,374.00
12,450.00
11,850.00
11
Move Nabnassett Siren
300.00
300.00
12
New Equipment (Hats, coats, boots, etc.)
1,117.00
1,500.00
750.00
13
New Fire Hose
775.00
2,500.00
2,500.00
14
Rent Nabnassett Quarters for Fire Truck
450.00
600.00
600.00
3- 6
Hydrant Service
5,567.00
5,580.00
5,580.00
3- 8
Forest Fires
1,531.00
1,815.00
1,815.00
15
New Forestry Hose
500.00
500.00
3-11
Moth Department
2,111.00
2,282.00
2,282.00
3-10
Tree Department
2,124.00
2,325.00
2,325.00
3- 7
Sealer of Weights and Measures
125.00
125.00
125.00
39
Civilian Defense
707.00
3,450.00
875.00
3- 5
Water Department
15,000.00
15,000.00
18
Traffic Signs (Protection of Children)
250.00
250.00
3- 9
Town Forest
13.00
50.00
50.00
TOTAL-PROTECTION OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY
$ 54,663.00
$ 72,295.00
$ 67,780.00
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HEALTH DEPARTMENT
1955
1956
Article No. Department
Expense
Request
1956 Recom- mendations
3-12
Health Department
$ 5,387.00
$ 6,270.00
$ 6,270.00
3-13
Cattle Inspector
200.00
200.00
200.00
TOTAL-HEALTH DEPARTMENT
$ 5,587.00
$ 6,470.00
$ 6,470.00
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
3-26
Street Lights
$ 8,204.00
$ 8,208.00
$ 8,208.00
46-52
New Street Lights (10)
135.00
135.00
3-14
Snow and Ice Removal
12,997.00
13,000.00
13,000.00
3-14
Town Roads Account
9,978.00
20,000.00
15,000.00
7
Chapter 81 Roads
10,250.00
10,933.00
10,933.00
8
Chapter 90 Maintenance
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
9
Highway Equipment Account
1,522.00
2,841.00
2,841.00
10
Chapter 90 Construction
7,000.00
7,000.00
7,000.00
17
Traffic and Road Signs
236.00
500.00
500.00
19
Road Marking
592.00
600.00
600.00
28
Sidewalks
458.00
1,500.00
1,000.00
TOTAL-HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
$ 52,737.00
$ 66,217.00
$ 60,717.00
WELFARE DEPARTMENT
3-15
Temporary Aid
$ 6,603.00
$ 7,000.00
$ 7,000.00
3-15
Town Infirmary
16,006.00
15,000.00
15,000.00
3-15
Disability Allowance
7,000.00
6,500.00
6,500.00
3-15
Old Age Assistance
26,492.00
31,700.00
31,700.00
3-15
Aid to Dependent Children
12,240.00
11,000.00
11,000.00
TOTAL-WELFARE DEPARTMENT
$ 68,341.00
$ 71,200.00
$ 71,200.00
VETERANS' BENEFITS
$ 4,937.00
$ 5,000.00
$ 5,000.00
3-16 Veterans' Benefits
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
3-17
School Department
$204,767.00
$273,051.00
$269,751.00
3-18 Vocational Tuition
6,846.00
7,000.00
7,000.00
6
School Athletic Program
2,257.00
1,500.00
1,500.00
34
Improve Lighting System in Schools
1,000.00
1,200.00
1,200.00
36
High School Cafeteria
6,985.00
1,000.00
$1,000.00
37
Repairs to Westford Academy
3,900.00
3,900.00
TOTAL-SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
$221,855.00
$287,651.00
$284,351.00
1955
1956
1956 Recom- mendations
Article No. Department 3-19 J. V. Fletcher Library Expense (Net)
Expense
Request
$ 4,046.00
$ 4,700.00
$ 4,700.00
CEMETERIES 3-25
Cemeteries
$ 5,325.00
$ 5,050.00
$ 5,050.00
RECREATIONAL AND UNCLASSIFIED
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Whitney Playground
$ 1,123.00
$ 1,670.00
$ 1,670.00
3-20
Town Common
579.00
700.00
700.00
29
Middlesex County Retirement System
2,717.00
3,308.00
3,308.00
3-22
Publish Town Reports
1,423.00
1,583.00
1,583.00
3-21
Memorial Day
332.00
400.00
400.00
3-24
Interest on Revenue Loans
25.00
25.00
3-27
Finance Committee Reserve Fund
*
5,000.00
5,000.00
3-28
Unpaid Bills-Previous Years
2,319.00
700.00
700.00
27
Band Concerts
700.00
700.00
700.00
35
Quarters for Veterans
900.00
900.00
900.00
21
Westford 4-H Clubs
75.00
75.00
26
Tax Possessions Sales Committee
200.00
200.00
41
Erection of Veterans' Memorial
500.00
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44
Development and Industrial Commission
200.00
200.00
TOTAL-RECREATIONAL AND UNCLASSIFIED
$ 10,093.00
$ 15,961.00
$ 15,461.00
LIBRARY
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*As expenditures are made against the Reserve Fund, they are charged to the Expense Account incurred. See Finance Committee Report Text.
GRAND TOTAL ALL DEPARTMENTS
$449,794.00
$561,375.00
$546,890.00
FINANCING
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Interest and Principal Payment School Bonds Interest-Water Bonds
$ 58,240.00
$ 57,280.00
$ 57,280.00
3,653.00
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 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. Nabnasset School, Brookside
PRECINCT 4. Abbot Hall, Forge Village
MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1956
being the first Monday in said month, at 12:00 o'clock noon for the fol- lowing purposes:
To bring in their votes for the following officers:
FOR FIVE YEARS
One Member of the Planning Board
FOR THREE YEARS
One Selectman
One Member of the Board of Public Welfare
One Assessor
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One Treasurer
One Tax Collector
One Constable
Two Members of the School Committee
One Trustee of the J. V. Fletcher Library
One Member of the Board of Cemetery Commissioners
One Member of the Board of Public Health
One Member of the Board of Water Commissioners
FOR TWO YEARS
One Member of the Board of Public Health to fill vacancy
One Member of the Board of Water Commissioners
One Member of the Planning Board to fill vacancy
FOR ONE YEAR
One Tree Warden
One Member of the Board of Water Commissioners
All on one ballot.
The polls will be open from 12:00 o'clock noon to 8:00 P.M., and to meet in the Town Hall at Westford Center on the following
SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1956
at 1:00 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 Committees; or act in relation thereto.
ARTICLE 2. To determine the salary and compensation of elected officers and officials as provided by law.
ARTICLE 3. To appropriate money to meet the costs and expenses of the following departments, officers and purposes:
1. General Government
2. Town Hall
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3. Police Department
4. Fire Department
5. Water Department
6. Hydrants
7. Sealer of Weights and Measures
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