Town of Westford annual report 1956-1962, Part 64

Author: Westford (Mass.)
Publication date: 1956
Publisher: Westford (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 1048


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At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Westford, qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, held at Westford Academy on Saturday, March 10, 1962 at 1: P.M., the following business was transacted:


Ben W. Drew, Town Moderator, called the meeting to order, a quo- being present.


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Carl O. Benson, Robert V. Cassidy, Dorothy I. Mann and Helen T. Desmond, Election Officers using Voting Lists, acted as Tellers at the doors. The attendance was 182.


Rev. Virgil E. Murdock gave the invocation.


In the absence of Charles L. Hildreth, Town Clerk, because of illness, Alice A. Hildreth, Assistant Town Clerk, acted as Clerk.


The canvass of the votes cast at the Annual Town Election on March 5, 1962 was read by the Assistant Town Clerk.


Voted unanimously that the meeting extend sincere wishes of Godspeed and good health to the Town Clerk who is hospitalized be- cause of illness and that the Assistant Town Clerk write a letter to him expressing this action.


Voted to dispense with the reading of the Warrant in its entirety.


ARTICLE 1. Richard S. Emmet, Jr., read the Final Report of the Elementary School Building Committee, appointed under Article 3 of


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the Warrant for the Special Town Meeting held on November 25,1958. Voted sincere thanks for a job well done and completed by said Committee.


Elroy A. Field gave the Report of the Building Code Committee, which was accepted as a report of progress.


The Appraisal of the Town Infirmary by Kenneth P. Harkins, one of the Appraisers appointed by the Selectmen, was read by William C. MacMillan, of the Welfare Board, and placed on file with the Town Clerk.


The Secondary School Building Committee Report was given by William J. Parker, Jr., and was accepted as a report of progress.


ARTICLE 2. Voted unanimously that the following sums be raised and appropriated for the several specific purposes hereinafter desig- nated, and that the said sums be expended for such purposes under the direction of the respective Officers, Boards and Committees:


A. SALARIES AND COMPENSATION OF ELECTED OFFICERS


Effective as of January 1, 1962 (except as otherwise indicated)


1. Selectmen


Chairman $ 550.00


Other two members


500.00 each


2. Board of Public Welfare Chairman Other two members


100.00


75.00 each


3. Treasurer-Collector (effective March 5, 1962)


100.00 per week


4. Town Clerk


1,600.00


5. Water Commissioners


200.00 each


6. Tree Warden


1.75 per hour


7. Assessors


2.25 per hour


B. GENERAL GOVERNMENT


1. Selectmen


3,652.00


2. Town Accountant


2,444.00


3. Town Treasurer


572.62


4. Tax Collector


913.91


5. Treasurer-Collector


7,350.00


6. Assessors


6,919.00


7. Town Counsel


1,267.50


8. Town Clerk


2,485.00


9. Election and Registration MISCELLANEOUS :


5,296.00


10. License Expense $ 300.00


11. Tax Title Expense


1,100.00


12. Tax Possession Sale Committee 200.00


13. Finance Committee Expense 225.00


500.00


14. Miscellaneous Fees & Expenses Total Miscellaneous


2,325.00


Total General Government


$ 33,225.03


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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


15. General Expenses


16. School Bank & Athletic Program


17. Vocational School Tuition Total School Department


$ 647,140.00 7,012.00 4,700.00


$ 658,852.00


POLICE DEPARTMENT


18. Total Expense


44,175.00


FIRE DEPARTMENT


19. General Expense


17,230.00


20. Switchboard Operator


1,250.00


21. New Fire Hose


1,500.00


22. New Tires


400.00


23 Miscellaneous Equipment & Supplies Total Fire Department


1,000.00


21,430.00


FOREST FIRE DEPARTMENT


24. General Expense


2,500.00


25. New Forestry Hose Total Forest Fire Department


600.00


3,100.00


HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT


26. Snow and Ice Removal


42,000.00


27. Town Roads


25,000.00


28 Drainage of Town Roads


7,500.00


29. Road Signs


950.00


30. Painting Traffic Lines


900.00


31. Repair of Sidewalks


1,000.00


Total Highway Department


77,350.00


WATER DEPARTMENT


32. Total Expense


42,005.00


HEALTH DEPARTMENT


33. Total Expense


6,550.00


WELFARE DEPARTMENT


34. Old Age Assistance )


Aid to Dependent Children )


Disability Assistance ) Temporary Aid )


Medical Assistance for the Aged)


56,230.00


35. Town Infirmary Total Welfare Department


1,000.00


57,230.00


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VETERANS ' BENEFITS


36. Total Expense


$ 7,000.00


OTHER


37. Dog Officer


$ 900.00


38. Tree Warden


5,000.00


39. Moth Department, Dutch Elm Disease 2,500.00


40. Cattle Inspector


200.00


41. Sealer of Weights and Measures


250.00


42. Wire Inspector


800.00


43. Fire Hydrants


7,875.00


44. Town Forest


400.00


45. Conservation Commission


250.00


46. Plumbing Inspector


900.00


47. Gas Inspector


450.00


48. Civil Defense


Total Other


19,525.00


PROPERTY, PLAYGROUNDS AND RECREATION


49. Town Hall


4,417.00


50. Care of Common


1,000.00


51. Whitney Playground


1,000.00


52. Recreation Commission Total Property, Playgrounds & Recreation


2,000.00


8,417.00


53. J. V. FLETCHER LIBRARY - Total Expense


(Together with Dog Receipts for 1961)


10,437.00


ZONING AND PLANNING


54. Board of Appeals


500.00


55. Enforcement of Zoning & Building Permits 400.00


56. Planning Board


500.00


Total Zoning and Planning


1,400.00


CEMETERIES


57. Cemeteries - Total Expense


UNCLASSIFIED


58. Finance Committee Reserve Fund


5,000.00


59. Development and Industrial Commission


1,000.00


60. Commemoration of Memorial Day 500.00


61. Town Reports, Printing & Distribution


1,500.00


62. Insurance - Fire, Compensation, Liability, Collision, etc.


11,000.00


63. Revenue Loans


1,000.00


64. Nashoba Associated Boards of Health


7,012.32


65. Middlesex County Retirement System


10,610.74


66. Street Lights


10,201.25


6,700.00


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67. Unpaid Bills of Previous Years:


Planning Board:


$ 6.75 Lowell Sun


Town Hall :


Henry J. Cormier, Inc. 64.00


Wire Inspector:


Norman E. Day 179.60


Tree Department:


Cross Electric & Marine Co. 23.30 $ 273.65


Total Unclassified


$ 48,097.96


ARTICLE 3. Voted unanimously that the Town Treasurer be author- ized, 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 re- new 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.


ARTICLE 4. Voted unanimously that the Town further amend its Protective By-Law and Protective By-Law Map by rezoning from a Resi- dence B District to a Business District two certain parcels of land situated in Nabnasset, belonging to Clifford H. McGee, Jr., and Barbara Ann McGee, being shown as Parcel A and Parcel B on a Plan en- titled "Subdivision Plan of Land in Westford, Mass., belonging to John J. and Edna S. Macleod, dated February 1961, Richard L. McGlinchey, Surveyor" and thus bounded and described:


Southeasterly and easterly by Brookside Road, by three courses, seventy-five and 74/100 (75.74) feet, twelve (12) feet and one hundred twenty-one and 84/100 (121.84) feet, respectively; Southwesterly by Parcel C on said Plan, two hundred and 59/100 (200.59) feet;


Southeasterly again by said Parcel C, one hundred ten (110) feet;


Southwesterly again by land now or formerly of Stuart H. and Elizabeth R. Murphy, as shown on said Plan, one hundred forty- five and 55/100 (145.55) feet;


Northwesterly by land now or formerly of Andruskiewicz and Edward J. and Joan T. Hopf, as shown on said Plan, one hundred sixty-six and 55/100 (166.55) feet; and


Northerly and northeasterly by land now or formerly of Austin H. and Firiminia L. Pease, as shown on said Plan, by two courses, one hundred sixty-one and 16/100 (161.16) feet and one hundred forty-five and 52/100 (145.52) feet, respectively; containing, according to said Plan, 62,826 square feet of land, more or less.


Approved by Planning Board.


ARTICLE 5. Voted that the Town become a member of the Lowell . Regional Planning District pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 40B of the General Laws.


Denis Maguire, Esq., gave the Report of the Planning Board.


ARTICLE 6. Voted unanimously that the Town further amend its Protective By-Law by striking out the sixth sentence of paragraph 1 of SECTION 9, which now reads as follows: -- If the Board of Health


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neither approves nor disapproves a written application for approval of such sanitary system within ten days of the receipt thereof by the Board of Health, it shall be presumed that such approval has been pro- cured, and the Selectmen may then issue a permit for such construction or alteration. - - and inserting in place thereof the following new sentence: - If the Board of Health neither approves nor disap- proves a written application for approval of such sanitary system within ten days of the receipt thereof by the Board of Health, the Selectmen may then issue a permit for such construction or alteration without such approval.


Approved by Planning Board.


ARTICLE 7. Voted unanimously that the Planning Board be and it hereby is authorized, in the name and behalf of the Town, to acquire such options as it, in its discretion, shall deem to be in the best interests of the Town for the purchase of land for municipal use in- cluding, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, parks, municipal buildings and wild life refuges.


Approved by Planning Board and Finance Committee.


ARTICLE 8. Voted unanimously that the sum of $10,250.00 be raised and appropriated to meet the Town's share of the cost of Chap- ter 81 Highways and that, in addition, the sum of $22,550.00 be trans- ferred from Unappropriated Available Funds in the Treasury to meet the State's share of the cost of the work, the reimbursements from the State to be restored, upon their receipt, to Unappropriated Available Funds in the Treasury.


Approved by Finance Committee.


ARTICLE 9. Voted unanimously that the sum of $1,500.00 be raised and appropriated for Maintenance of Chapter 90 Roads on condi- tion that like amounts be contributed by either or both the State and County respectively, to be used in conjunction therewith and that, in addition, the sum of $3,000.00 be transferred from Unappropriated Available Funds in the Treasury to meet the State's and County's shares of the cost of the work, the reimbursements from the State and County to be restored, upon their receipt, to Unappropriated Available Funds in the Treasury.


Approved by Finance Committee.


ARTICLE 10. Voted that the sum of $21,000.00 be raised and ap- propriated and be deposited in and become a part of the Stabilization Fund created under Article 19 of the Warrant for the Annual Meeting of 1961.


Approved by Finance Committee.


ARTICLE 11. Voted unanimously that the sum of $636.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of defraying the cost of constructing a new platform, steps, roof and handrails at the entrance of the Police Office in the Town Hall, said sum to be expended and said pro- ject to be under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen.


Approved by Finance Committee.


ARTICLE 12. Voted unanimously that the sum of $4,000.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of defraying all expenses


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incidental to the repair of the bridge on Broadway in Graniteville, said sum to be expended and said project to be under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen.


Approved by Finance Committee.


ARTICLE 13. Voted unanimously that the sum of $8,850.00 be raised and appropriated to meet the Town's share of the cost of Chap- ter 90 Highway Construction on Concord Road, Carlisle Road, Groton Road, Depot Street and Hildreth Street, contingent upon either or both the State and County contributing towards the cost thereof, and that the additional sum of $26,550.00 be transferred from Unappropriated Available Funds in the Treasury to meet the State's and County's shares of the cost of said construction, the reimbursements from the State and County to be restored, upon their receipt, to Unappropriated Available Funds in the Treasury.


Approved by Finance Committee.


ARTICLE 14. Voted unanimously that the sum of $1,519.00 be raised and appropriated for the purchase of two new Snow Plows for the Highway Department, said purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen.


Approved by Finance Committee.


ARTICLE 15. Voted unanimously that the sum of $3,750.00 be raised and appropriated for the purchase of a new Dump Truck for the Highway Department, said purchase to be made under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen and that said Board be and they hereby are au- thorized, in the name and behalf of the Town, to transfer by a good and sufficient Bill of Sale title to one of the trucks now being used by said Department and apply the sum received therefor against the purchase price of the new Dump Truck.


Approved by Finance Committee.


ARTICLE 16. Voted unanimously that the sum of $3,000.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of paying the annual rental of a new Street Sweeper under the terms of a rental-purchase agreement to be executed by the Town; said agreement to be executed and said sum to be expended by the Board of Selectmen.


Approved by Finance Committee.


ARTICLE 17. Voted unanimously that the sum of $7,979.90 be transferred from the Highway Machinery Fund to the Highway Equipment Account.


Approved by Finance Committee.


ARTICLE 18. Voted that the sum of $3,400.00 be raised and appro- priated for the purchase of a new Sprayer for the Moth Department, said sum to be expended and said purchase to be made by the Tree Ward- en and that said Tree Warden be and he hereby is authorized, in the name and behalf of the Town, to transfer by a good and sufficient Bill of Sale title to the old Sprayer now being used by the Moth Department and to apply the sum received therefor against the purchase price of the said new Sprayer.


Approved by Finance Committee.


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ARTICLE 19. Voted unanimously that the sum of $2,800.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of purchasing two new Cruisers for the Police Department, said purchases to be made under the super- vision of the Board of Selectmen and that said Board be and they here- by are authorized, in the name and behalf of the Town, to transfer by a good and sufficient Bill of Sale title to one or both of the Cruis- ers now being used by said Department, and to apply the sum or sums received therefor against the purchase price of the said new Cruisers. Approved by Finance Committee.


ARTICLE 20. Voted to dismiss this Article relative to the Town extending its water mains and water supply system in Nabnasset in and along Sycamore Road, Endmoor Road and Lake Shore Drive South.


ARTICLE 21. Voted to dismiss this Article relative to the Town extending its water mains and water supply system in and along por- tions of Concord and Howard Roads.


ARTICLE 22. Voted unanimously that the sum of $500.00 be raised and appropriated for the purchase of furniture and equipment for the Treasurer-Collector's Office, said purchases to be made by the Treas- urer-Collector.


Approved by Finance Committee.


ARTICLE 23. Voted unanimously that the Town further amend its By-Laws by adding after SECTION 9 of ARTICLE I, the following new Section:


SECTION 10. No vote taken at an Annual or Special Town Meeting, or at an adjourned session of any such meeting, shall be reconsidered at any adjourned session of such meeting, except upon the affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3rds) of the meeting assembled.


ARTICLE 24. Voted unanimously that the Board of Fire Engineers be and they hereby are authorized, in the name and behalf of the Town, to execute a renewal of the lease of quarters at Nabnasset in which two of the fire trucks are stationed, and that the sum of $600.00 be raised and appropriated for the rent of said quarters.


Approved by Finance Committee.


ARTICLE 25. Voted unanimously that the sum of $645.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of defraying the expenses of repair- ing the base of and resetting the flag pole on the Town Common in Westford Center, said sum to be expended and said project to be under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen.


Approved by Finance Committee.


ARTICLE 26. Voted unanimously that the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized and directed to appoint a Committee whose func- tion and duty shall be to investigate the advisability of building a new Firehouse in Nabnasset, to determine the availability of a site for any such firehouse and to procure any and all other facts and in- formation in connection therewith, said Committee to report its find- ings and recommendations to the Town at the next Annual Town Meeting or, in its discretion, at any Special Meeting held prior thereto.


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ARTICLE 27. Voted unanimously that the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized and directed, to appoint a permanent Committee of seven (7) members to be known as the School Planning Committee, whose functions and duties shall be to make continuing studies of pu- pil population trends and school housing needs, and to report its findings and recommendations to the Town at least annually; when said Committee is first established, three (3) of the members shall be ap- pointed for terms of three (3) years each, two (2) members shall be appointed for terms of two (2) years each and two (2) members shall be appointed for terms of one (1) year each; and their successors shall be appointed for terms of three (3) years each. A vacancy occurring other than by expiration of term shall be filled in the same manner as an original appointment.


Approved by Finance Committee.


ARTICLE 28. Voted that the sum of $500.00 be raised and appro- priated to defray the expenses of the Building Code Committee. Approved by Finance Committee.


ARTICLE 29. Voted unanimously that the sum of $2,500.00 be raised and appropriated to defray all expenses of the Board of Health in connection with the proposed establishment of a new Town Dump, in- cluding site, development, labor, equipment, materials and supplies. Approved by Finance Committee.


ARTICLE 30. Voted unanimously that the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized and directed, to appoint a Committee whose func- tion and duty shall be to study the advisability of building a new Town Garage, to determine the most practical and convenient location of and the availability of a site for such Garage, said Committee to report its findings and recommendations to the Town at the next Annual Town Meeting.


ARTICLE 31. Voted not to appropriate the sum of $202.00 for de- fraying the cost of repairing a fence on the easterly side of the Frost School and Whitney Playground and for the installation of a new fence in the same general locations.


Finance Committee had disapproved.


ARTICLE 32. Voted unanimously that the Town accept a gift made to it during the year 1961 by the Isabel F. Hyams Fund, Inc., formerly known as the Solomon Hyams Fund, Inc., and that the Town Clerk be au- thorized and directed to extend to said Corporation the appreciation of the Town for said gift.


ARTICLE 33. Voted unanimously that this Article be dismissed as there were no gifts to be accepted at this time.


ARTICLE 34. Voted unanimously that the sum of $300.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of providing suitable quarters for the Nabnasset American Legion Post No. 437 and the Auxiliary of said Post; and the further sum of $300.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of providing suitable quarters for the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 6539 and the Auxiliary of said Post; and that the fur- ther sum of $300.00 be raised and appropriated for the purpose of pro-


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viding suitable quarters for the Frederick S. Healy American Legion Post No. 159 and the Auxiliary of said Post, all for the calendar year 1962.


Approved by Finance Committee.


ARTICLE 35. Voted unanimously that the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to install the following Street Lights:


1. Two lights on Acton Road on Poles numbered 1 and 7


2. Two lights on Concord Road on Poles numbered 6 and 15


3. One light on Old Lowell Road on Pole numbered 23


4. One light on Snow Drive on Pole numbered 9


5. One light on Chamberlain Road on Pole numbered 62}


6. One light on Tadmuck Road on Pole numbered 8


7. Three lights on Myrtle Avenue on Poles numbered 159/3, 159/6 and 11.


Approved by Finance Committee.


ARTICLE 36. Voted unanimously that, to reduce the tax rate, the sum of $51,500.00 be appropriated from Unappropriated Available Funds in the Treasury, to be deducted by the Assessors under the provisions of Section 23 of Chapter 59 of the General Laws, as amended, from the amount required to be assessed by them.


Approved by Finance Committee.


Voted to dispense with the reading of the minutes of the meeting.


Voted to dissolve the meeting.


A True Record, Attest:


Alice A. Hildreth Assistant Town Clerk


RECOUNT - SELECTMAN


This is to certify that at a Recount of the Votes Cast for Selectman, in all four Precincts at the Annual Town Election on March 5, 1962, held at the Town Hall in Westford on March 24, 1962 at 1:00 P.M., the following is the result:


PREC 1


PREC 2


PREC 3


PREC 4


TOTAL


John J. Kavanagh


155


233


220


345


953


George S. Fletcher


370


148


240


190


948


Blanks


4


5


3


8


20


Wilbert L. Vaughn William R. Healy Felix R. Perrault Charles L. Hildreth BOARD OF REGISTRARS OF VOTERS


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SPECIAL TOWN MEETING - JUNE 18, 1962


At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of the Town of Westford, qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, held at the Town Hall on Monday, June 18, 1962 at 8:00 P.M., the following business was transacted:


James Wilkins, Carl O. Benson, Dorothy I. Mann and Sonja A. Loney, Election Officers using Voting Lists, acted as Tellers at the doors. The attendance was 77.


Ben W. Drew, Town Moderator, called the meeting to order at 8:20 P.M. A quorum being present, it was moved and voted that the meeting be adjourned to Westford Academy this same evening at 8:45 P.M. .


The Moderator then called the meeting to order in Westford Acad- emy at 8:45 P.M., a quorum being present.


The same Tellers, as above noted, served at the doors. The at- tendance was 561.


Voted to take up Article 3.


ARTICLE 3. Voted that the Town extend its water mains and water supply system by laying mains of not less than six inches but less than sixteen inches in diameter in and along the following named streets, ways or roads, all situated in Nabnasset, for the approxi- mate distances hereinafter specified: Sycamore Road, 750 feet; Endmoor Road, 1,000 feet; Lake Shore Drive South, 340 feet; Pro- posed Road #3, 435 feet; the entire cost of said extensions to be paid in advance by the takers to be served thereby pursuant to the provisions of Section 5, Clause 3 of the By-Laws governing the opera- tion of the Water Department; and, for the purpose aforesaid, that the sum of Eighty-Eight Hundred Thirty-Seven and 50/100 (8837.50) Dollars be appropriated from the account entitled "Water Extension Deposits".


Finance Committee and Water Commissioners approved.


ARTICLE 4. Voted unanimously that the Town extend its water mains and water supply system by laying approximately 85 feet of mains of not less than six inches but less than sixteen inches in diameter in and along the public way known as East Prescott Street in Forge Village; the entire cost of said extension to be paid in ad- vance by the takers to be served thereby pursuant to the provisions of Section 5, Clause 3 of the By-Laws governing the operation of the Water Department; and, for the purpose aforesaid, that the sum of Three Hundred (300) Dollars be appropriated from the account entitled "Water Extension Deposits".


Finance Committee and Water Commissioners approved.


Article 5. Voted unanimously that Section 1 of the By-Laws governing the operation of the Water Department be amended by strik- ing the last sentence thereof, which now reads: "The Water Commis- sioners shall each receive an annual salary of $100.00."


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ARTICLE 6. Voted unanimously to dismiss this Article relative to salaries of the three Water Commissioners.


ARTICLE 7. Voted that the sum of One Thousand (1,000) Dollars be appropriated from Unappropriated Available Funds in the Treasury for the purpose of defraying the additional expenses of Zoning En- forcement for the balance of the current year.


Finance Committee approved.


ARTICLE 8. Voted that the sum of Sixteen Hundred (1600) Dol- lars be appropriated from Unappropriated Available Funds in the Treasury for the purpose of defraying the additional expenses of the Treasurer-Collector for the balance of the current year.


Finance Committee approved.


Voted to take up Article 1.


ARTICLE 1. After a long discussion on this Article relative to raising and appropriating $1,611,000 for constructing and originally equipping and furnishing an Intermediate School Building, it was voted by secret paper ballots counted by the Tellers at the doors and four additional Tellers appointed by the Moderator, YES 305, NO 226, this not being the necessary two-thirds vote to pass the Article. Voted to reconsider this Article, YES 175, NO 147.


Voted to adjourn this meeting to Monday, June 25, 1962 at 8:00 P.M., in the Westford Academy. Adjourned at 12:00 P.M.


A True Record, Attest:


Charles L. Hildreth TOWN CLERK


ADJOURNED TOWN MEETING - JUNE 25, 1962




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