Town of Wilmington Annual Report 1923-1924, Part 7

Author: Wilmington (Mass.)
Publication date: 1923
Publisher: Town of Wilmington
Number of Pages: 320

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Article 2. To choose all other Town Officers for the ensuing year.

Article 3. To hear the reports of Committees and act thereon.

Article 4. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the following items:

General Government Public Library

Protection of Life and Property

Cemetery

Tree Warden

Notes Payable

Forest Fires

Street Lights

Health and Sanitation

Printing

Street Department

Care of Town Clock

Support of Poor

Finance Committee

Dependent Widows

Reserve Fund

Soldiers' Relief

School Department

Interest

Article 5. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the observance of Memorial Day, and to determine how the same shall be expended.

Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of sixty (60) dollars for re-grading the Graves of Civil War Veterans who have no living relatives, or do anything in relation thereto.

Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to set aside sufficient lots in the Cemetery to be known as the "Soldiers' Lot" and in which the Veterans of any Wars will be entitled to burial, and to raise and appro- . priate the sum of $100 for the grading of this lot, and to make it a duty of the Town to keep the said lot in perpetual care, or do anything in relation thereto.

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Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of revenue of the present financial year.

Article 9. To see what method the Town will adopt for the collection of taxes and to determine the compensation of the Collector.

Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of fifty (50) dollars, for the up-keep of Regan Park and Harold Rogers Park, or do anything in relation thereto.

Article II. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred ($200) dollars or any other amount, and elect a director, the money to be expended by said director, who shall serve in cooperation with the County Agricultural Trustees of the Middlesex County Bureau of Agriculture and Home Economics under the provisions of Section 40 to 45, Chapter 128, General Laws of Massa- chusetts.

Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand ($1,000.) dollars for Public Health Work, or do anything in relation thereto.

Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of four hundred ($400.) dollars to paint, decorate and repair the interior of the Town Hall, or do any- thing in relation thereto.

Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred twenty-five ($125.) dollars for the purchase of an Accounting Machine for the use of the Town Officers, or do anything in relation thereto.

Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article 2, Section 5, of the Town By-Laws, relating to the Trustees of Trust Funds, or do anything in relation thereto ..

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Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 3 of the Building Laws by adding the following at the end thereof: "on the payment of a fee of one dollar for new construction, and fifty cents for alterations."

Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 94, Section 120, General Laws, which is as follows :- "In towns having less than ten thousand inhabitants, which accept this section, or, have accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws at any Annual Town Meeting, the annual license fee for carrying on the business of slaughtering meat cattle, sheep or swine; shall be such sum not exceeding one hundred ($100) dollars as the Selectmen fix."

Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred fifty ($150) dollars, as its proportionate share, toward the erection of a Fire Tower in the Town of Andover, or do anything in relation thereto.

Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of forty two hundred ($4200) dollars for additional motor apparatus for the Fire Department, and building an addition to Engine House No. 1 to house the same, or do anything in relation thereto.

Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of installing a system of fire alarm boxes at the High, Walker and Whitefield Schools, or do anything in relation thereto.

Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of three thousand ($3000) dollars to continue the work of providing a water supply for the schools, as much of this sum to be expended as may be found necessary by the special committee appointed for this purpose, or any- thing in relation thereto.

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Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate any sum for the erection of new school buildings, or for the alterations of present buildings, to provide additional school accommodations, or do anything in relation thereto.

Article 23. To see what action the Town will take in reference to disposing of the North, East and West District School Buildings.

Article 24. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred ($500) dollars to be expended by the School Committee in repairing the North, East and West District School Buildings, or do anything in relation thereto.

Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of two thousand dollars ($2000) to be expended by the School Committee for the transportation of school children of the first four grades living one and one-half miles and under two miles from the school they are entitled to attend, or do anything in relation thereto.

Article 26. To see if the Town will pass an ordinance requiring a Fire Drill to be held in all the schools once a week, or do anything in relation thereto.

Article 27. To see what action the Town will take in regard to fixing the Compensation of the School Committee.

Article 28. To see if the Town will pass an ordinance relative to the acceptance of new streets, or do anything in relation thereto.

Article 29. To see if the Town will raise and appro- priate any sum for the purchase of a motor truck for the Highway Department, or do anything in relation thereto.

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Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to accept Taft Road, from Boutwell Street to Swain Road, or any part thereof as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, or do anything in relation thereto.

Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to rescind the action taken under Article 29 at the adjourned Annual Town Meeting, March 20, 1922, or what it will do in relation thereto.

Article 32. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to renew the contract with the Municipal Light Board of Reading for electric street lights for a term of three years from January 1, 1925, or what it will do in relation thereto.

Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to contract for Electric Lights to be installed on Grove Avenue Extension, or do anything in relation thereto.

Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to contract for Electric Lights to be installed on Swain Road as far as accepted, or do anything in relation thereto.

Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to contract for Electric Lights to be installed on Aldrich Road from Forest Street to the estate of Mr. Bousfield (The old Stokes estate).

Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to contract for Electric Lights to be installed on Grove Street from West Street to the Railroad Crossing, or do anything in relation thereto.

Article 37. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to contract for one Electric Light to be installed on Parker Street near Blackstone Street or do anything in relation thereto.

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Article 38. To see if the Town will vote to set aside that portion of the Town Farm lying south of the Boston & Maine Railroad Southern Division and West of Main Street to be used for Town Forest purposes under Chapter 45, Sections 19-24, both inclusive, of the General Laws of the Common- wealth.

Article 39.

Hereof fail not and make due return of this warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of said meeting.

Given under our hands and seal of said Town this fifteenth day of February, A.D. one thousand nine hundred and twenty- four.

GTO

THE

WHITEFIELD ELM

CARL S. PETTENGILL

ARTHUR W. EAMES

CHARLES F. PERRY

Selectmen of Wilmington

INDEX

Agriculture and Home Economics, Report of Demon-

stration Work in 71

Assessors' Valuation 1923 .

Board of Health, Report of · 72

Building Inspector, Report of 64

Carter Lecture Course Committee, Report of

101

Chief of Police, Report of .

Collector's Account . ·

104

Departmental Recommendations .

143

Fire Department, Report of

Inspector of Animals, Report of

Inspector of Slaughtering, Report of

103 102 9

Jury List

Librarian's Report

List of Library Books

Overseers of the Poor, Report of

142 73

Sealer of Weights and Measures, Report of

Superintendent of Streets, Report of . 99

Town Accountant, Report of

107

Town Clerk, Town Meetings, Report of

66 66 Births Registered . 44 66 66 Marriages Registered 46 66 66 Deaths Registered 50 52

Recapitulation

Treasurer's Report

105 98

Tree Warden's Report

Trustees of Trust Funds, Report of

140

Town Officers, 1923 .

Town Warrant .

145

School Committee, Report of

JOSEPH £ PATCHETT

Born October 4, 1847 Died August 18, 1924 Tax Collector 17 years Assessor - 4 years

WILMINGTON MASS.

ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

TOWN OFFICERS

FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31st

1924

GTO

THC

WHITEFIELD

730

Melrose, Mass. MELROSE FREE PRESS, INC. 1925

12231

ELECTED AND APPOINTED TOWN OFFICERS 1924

Selectmen and Overseers of the Poor FRANK W. DAYTON, Chairman CARL S. PETTENGILL CHARLES F. PERRY

Assessors

JOSEPH PATCHETT J. HOWARD EAMES JAMES E. KELLEY

Died August 18, 1924 Term expires 1925 Term expires 1926

Town Clerk JAMES E. KELLEY

Treasurer FRANK L. EAMES

Collector of Taxes GEORGE W. BUCK

Town Accountant HARRY R. DEMING

Constable WALTER A. HILL

Police Department WALTER A. HILL, Chief

Special Police

COLEMAN J. DeKORTE

ALBERT J. SPAULDING

WALTER J. HARRISON

WALTER F. ELLSWORTH

ALEXANDER BRABANT

OTIS A. ELLIS

GEORGE S. FOOTE

ARTHUR W. GIROUX

EDWARD HARRIS EDWARD S. LEWIS CARROLL D. A. GRAY ROBB W. HAUCK CHARLES D. REILLY JOHN H. DAVITT MORRIS NEWMAN

HARRY G. PIERSON

CHARLES H. CUSHING

Keeper of Lock-up WALTER A. HILL

Board of Survey SELECTMEN

Registrars of Voters

MAURICE P. GALLAGHER

HARLAND J. SAVORY

ALDICE G. EAMES

Term expires 1925 Term expires 1926 Term expires 1927

JAMES E. KELLEY, Clerk of Board

Fence Viewers BOARD OF SELECTMEN

Field Drivers

*MICHAEL J. McMAHON ALBERT D. BUTTERS *ERNEST R. CURRIER

EDWARD W. TAYLOR

*Did not accept.

Pound Keeper

CHARLES D. REILLY

Surveyors of Wood, Bark and Lumber

HERBERT C. BARROWS

EDWARD N. EAMES

SCHAMIEL R. McINTOSH

ARTHUR W. EAMES

WALTER L. HALE THOMAS T. SIDELINKER ARNOLD D. CARTER

HARRY R. DEMING

Measurers of Leather

J. ARTHUR TAYLOR

ARTHUR F. BLAKE HARRY R. DEMING

Public Weighers of Merchandise

ARTHUR F. BLAKE

FRANK FURLAN

FRED W. CARTER

AUSTIN C. TAYLOR

HARRY R. DEMING JOHN A. HOWE WALTER L. HALE

J. ARTHUR TAYLOR

Sealer of Weights and Measures ERNEST R. CURRIER

Janitor of Town Hall OLIVER A. McGRANE

Superintendent of Streets GEORGE S. FOOTE

SELECTMEN

Board of Health DR. DANIEL T. BUZZELL, Agent

Inspector of Animals CALVERT H. PLAYDON, M. D. V.

Inspector of Meats and Provisions ARTHUR W. SPRAGUE

Chief of Fire Department EDWIN L. DAY

Forest Fire Warden EDWIN L. DAY

Deputy Forest Fire Wardens

OLIVER A. McGRANE

WINFRED W. RICE

OTIS A. ELLIS GEORGE S. FOOTE

Cemetery Committee

SELECTMEN

GEORGE F. NEWCOMB, Superintendent

Common Committee

CALEB S. HARRIMAN

EDWARD N. EAMES

CHARLES F. PERRY

Term expires 1925

Term expires 1926 Term expires 1927

School Committee

PETER NEILSON

HOWARD M. HORTON

HELEN H. BUCK

OLIVIA H. NORCROSS

JOHN W. HATHAWAY HARRY W. DeLORIEA

Term expires 1925

Term expires 1926

Term expires 1927 Term expires 1927

Inspector of Buildings

WINFRED W. RICE-Resigned WILLIAM J. SCHNERING-Appointed

Board of Appeal HARRY R. DEMING ARTHUR W. EAMES LOUIS T. McMAHON

Undertakers EDWARD M. NICHOLS JOSEPH B. McMAHON

Burial Agent JOHN H. SIMPSON

Trustees of Public Library

EDWARD N. EAMES

Term expires 1925

PETER NEILSON

Term expires 1925

CHARLES C. ALDEN

Term expires 1926

CALEB S. HARRIMAN

Term expires 1926

DANIEL T. BUZZELL

Term expires 1927

HELEN H. BUCK

Term expires 1927

Trustees of Trust Funds

CALEB S. HARRIMAN

Term expires 1925

EDWARD N. EAMES

Term expires 1926

PHILIP B. BUZZELL

Term expires 1927

Tree Warden OLIVER A. McGRANE

Superintendent for Suppressing Moths OLIVER A. McGRANE

Sarah D. J. Carter Lecture Fund Committee

FRANK A. ROMAN ARTHUR F. BLAKE

Term expires 1925 Term expires 1926

MILDRED E. NEILSON

Term expires 1927

JOHN W. HATHAWAY

Term expires 1928

GERALD F. FRAZEE

Term expires 1929

Finance Committee

CALEB S. HARRIMAN

Term expires 1925

FRANK M. TIFFANY

Term expires 1925

THOMAS C. DALY

Term expires 1925

OSCAR A. LUNDGREN

Term expires 1926

LOUIS T. DOUCETTE

Term expires 1926

GEORGE H. VOTER

Term expires 1926

WALDO L. DEAN

Term expires 1927

LOUIS T. McMAHON

Term expires 1927

HERBERT C. BARROWS

Term expires 1927

Ballot Clerks and Tellers

JOHN E. DENEHEY

HAROLD SWAIN

EBER P. MELZAR

JOHN F. MUSE

HENRY A. McMAHON

MARGARET W. DeLORIEA

ELEANOR M. LIVINGSTON

EUGENE G. SHAW JOSEPH H. SURRETTE JOHN W. SIMPSON MARY L. CAIL ROSE T. CAVANAUGH

JURY LIST, TOWN OF WILMINGTON

Revised by Board of Selectmen July 28, 1924

Blaisdell, George L. Blaiseell, Walter Buck, Roger S.

Carter, Wm. Warren Colgate, Donald K.

Church St.

Painter

Cotton, Joseph A.

Off Thurston Ave.

Shawsheen Ave.

Switchman

Signalman

Eames, Irving Eaton, Irven C.

Andover St.

Crossing tender

Foskett, M. Herbert

Ballardvale St.

Printer

Currier

Salesman

Plumber

Baggage master .

Grocer

McMahon, Joseph B.

Middlesex Ave.

Clerk

Nichols, Herbert E. Perry, Charles F.

Church St.

Janitor

Rhine, Leon A.

Woburn St.

Laundryman

Rodden, William J.

Savory, Harland J.

Main St.

R. R. employe

Sheldon, Asa G. Swain, Harold

Titcomb, Sumner A.

Railroad Ave.

Brakeman

Williams, Arthur S. Wyman, Fred U.

Clark St.

Railroad man

Federal St.

Woburn St.

Machinist

Middlesex Ave.

Retired

Currier, Ernest R.

Woburn St.

Middlesex Ave.

Goodearl, Henry E.

Goodson, Charles F. Harrison. Walter J.

Livingston, Charles A.

Burlington Ave.

Salem St.

Farmer

Ballardvale St.

Superintendent

Provision dealer

Main St.

Middlesex Ave.

Laborer

Wilmington Jet. Church St.

Signalman Clerk

Gallagher, Maurice P.

Federal St.

Woburn St.

Andover St.

Real Estate

Crossing tender

TOWN CLERK'S REPORT

Records of Warrants and Proceedings of Town Meetings, Births, Marriages and Deaths, with a Statement of Money Paid to the County Treasurer on account of Dog Licenses

TOWN WARRANT

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS

Middlesex, ss.

To Walter A. Hill, Constable of the Town of Wilmington,

Greeting:

In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and in the manner prescribed in the By-Laws of said Towns, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, to meet and assemble at the Town Hall on Monday, the third day of March next, at 5.45 o'clock in the forenoon, the polls to be opened at 6 a.m. and may be closed at 4 p.m., for the election of Town Officers.

Article 1. To bring in your votes on one ballot for three Selectmen, who shall also be Overseers of the Poor and Board of Survey: one Assessor for three years; Town Clerk; Treasurer; Collector of Taxes; three Fence Viewers; two School Committee Members for three years; One School Committee Member for two years; one School Committee Member for one year; two Trustees of the Public Library for three years; One Trustee Public Library for one year; one member of the S. D. J. Carter Lecture Committee for five years; one Tree Warden; one Moderator; one Trustee of Trust Funds for three years; also to vote on the following question, to wit: "Shall Licenses be granted for the sale of certain non-intoxicating beverages in this Town?" Yes or No.

You are also hereby further required and directed to notify and warn the said inhabitants of the Town of Wilmington, who are qualified to vote in elections and Town affairs therein,

to assemble subsequently, and meet in Town Meeting at the Grange Hall, Wildwood Street, in said Wilmington, on Monday, the tenth (10) day of March next, A.D. 1924, at eight (8) o'clock p.m., then and thereto act on the following articles:

Article 2. To choose all other Town Officers for the ensuing year.

Article 3. To hear the reports of Committees and act thereon.

Article 4. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the following items:

General Government Protection of Life and Property

Public Library

Cemetery

Tree Warden

Notes Payable

Forest Fires

Street Lights

Health and Sanitation

Printing

Street Department

Care of Town Clock

Support of Poor

Finance Committee

Dependent Widows

Reserve Fund

Soldiers' Relief

School Department

Interest

Article 5. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the observance of Memorial Day, and to determine how the same shall be expended.

Article 7. To see if the, Town will vote to instruct the Selectmen to set aside sufficient lots in the Cemetery to be known as the "Soldiers' Lot" and in which the Veterans of any Wars will be entitled to burial, and to raise and appro- priate the sum of $100 for the grading of this lot, and to make it a duty of the Town to keep the said lot in perpetual care, or do anything in relation thereto.

Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money in anticipation of revenue of the present financial year.

Article 9. To see what method the Town will adopt for the collection of taxes and to determine the compensation of the Collector.

Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of fifty (50) dollars, for the up-keep of Regan Park and Harold Rogers Park, or do anything in relation thereto.

Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of two hundred ($200) dollars or any other amount, and elect a director, the money to be expended by said director, who shall serve in cooperation with the County Agricultural Trustees of the Middlesex County Bureau of Agriculture and Home Economics under the provisions of Section 40 to 45, Chapter 128, General Laws of Massa- chusetts.

Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one thousand ($1,000) dollars for Public Health Work, or do anything in relation thereto.

Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of four hundred ($400) dollars to paint, decorate and repair the interior of the Town Hall, or do any- thing in relation thereto.

Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of one hundred twenty-five ($125) dollars for the purchase of an Accounting Machine for the use of the Town Officers, or do anything in relation thereto.

Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to amend Article 2, Section 5, of the Town By-Laws, relating to the Trustees of Trust Funds, or do anything in relation thereto.

Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to accept Chapter 94, Section 120, General Laws, which is as follows :- "In towns having less than ten thousand inhabitants, which accept this section, or, have accepted corresponding provisions of earlier laws at any Annual Town Meeting, the annual license fee for carying on the business of slaughtering meat cattle, sheep or swine, shall be such sum not exceeding one hundred ($100) dollars as the Selectmen fix."

Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of forty-two hundred ($4200) dollars for additional motor apparatus for the Fire Department, and building an addition to Engine House No. 1, to house the same, or do anything in relation thereto.

Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of three thousand ($3,000) dollars to continue the work of providing a water supply for the schools, as much of this sum to be expended as may be found necessary by the special committee appointed for this purpose, or any- thing in relation thereto.

Article 23. To see what action the Town will take in reference to disposing of the North, East and West District School Buildings.

Article 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of two thousand dollars ($2,000) to be expended by the School Committee for the transportation of school children of the first four grades living one and one-half miles and under two miles from the school they are entitled to attend, or do anything in relation thereto.