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Dear Sir:
I have the honor to submit my eleventh annual report as Super- visor of Art.
Evidence is to be found on every hand that the public has come to the conviction that art is not one of the fads, but that it is essential in the cultivation of good tastes and pleasurable surroundings. The graceful lines of the latest automobile, simple and well designed furn- iture, tasteful home decoration, clothes of suitable texture and color, posters, well designed hardware, and the innumerable items that enter into our every day life, all indicate the real and practical expressions of art.
It is but natural, therefore, that the public looks to the school to offer the pupil some opportunities in art education. Doubtless the con- tribution that art education can make to the largest number is to develop the desire and capacity to enjoy the beautiful things and to develop a discriminating taste in the matters of form, design, and color which enter into the pupil's daily living.
I have planned a course including these phases of drawing, which I outline for the teachers. My schedule for the »rades is the same as in other years. I teach one forty-five minute period once in two weeks in every room. At least three lessons are planned by me to be taught by the regular teacher in between my visits.
Last year I undertook another very large project, correlating art with geography on "Industries of the United States". It was drawn in mural form, and each class, from grades two to six, made one industry which was as large as the width of their class-room. The project started with a large map of the United States including small illustra- tions of the different industries pasted on each state where they are to be found. Each class had one industry to develop in a big drawing including Farming, Dairying, Wheat, Cotton, Lumbering, Oil, Fishing, Sugar, and the History of American Transportation illustrated with four periods, "Pioneer," "Colonial", Early Modern", and "Modern".
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These were all joined together and exhibited around the High School gymnasium on Thursday, June the first, from two to five in the after- noon and seven-thirty to nine in the evening. A large number of parents attended this exhibition, and a great deal of enthusiasm was shown for this particular project, as well as for a great many more drawings. Having it in the evening as well as the afternoon, gave more people a chance to enjoy it.
The freehand drawing class of the High School made posters ad- vertising each industry included in the project. Their work also in- cluded flowers drawn with pastels, figure drawing, pencil technique, head-dress designs done by the free-brush work method, and creative drawings in water colors. This class as well as one in mechanical drawing meets after school the same as they have for the past five years.
The first and second grade drawings in the exhibition had to be shown in two of the classrooms upstairs in the High School as there wasn't room in the gymnasium. It included lessons in story illustra- tions, animal drawings, and paper-cutting and pasting lessons for spe- cial days such as: Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, and Christmas. Also, they have learned many of the geometric shapes, and how to combine them into well balanced designs.
The seventh and eighth grades have made their designs by the free-brush work method, which is all painting and no drawing first. They have, also, made several drawings of the figure from models and in poster form, lessons on perspective, water color landscapes, and large illustration done in pastels.
The North School is still a class of all boys, so it remains advisable to teach them only mechanical drawing in which they are extremely interested, and it is surprising that they can not only copy many of the problems, but can work out the missing views themselves.
Art has continued to establish itself more and more as a con- structive force in our educational, social, and industrial life, largely because the public school art influence has woven itself into the fabric of our school, home, and community life. It is by means of a gradual improved taste and right choices that one cultivates sensitiveness which will reflect itself in personal appearance, better home condi- tions, and in the quality of merchandise produced and purchased.
In conclusion, I wish to express my sincere thanks to Mr. Bean, principals, teachers, and pupils, for their loyalty, cooperation and activity in making my work successful.
Respectfully submitted,
SHIRLEY H. GULLIVER,
Art Supervisor.
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REPORT OF THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION SUPERVISOR
Mr. Stephen G. Bean, Superintendent of Schools, Wilmington, Mass.
Dear Sir:
I have the honor to submit my first annual report as Supervisor of Physicial Education.
If Physical Education is to maintain its proper place in the schools of our nation it must be considered as a contributing factor not only to the physical health of the child, but also to his educational and social well-being. "Childhood is the source of the nation, and health is the most important resource of the nation." This being true, then child health is the corner stone of the edifice of public health and community welfare. With these facts in mind, I am anxious to present to the Town of Wilmington this report of the program that I have developed with a sincere feeling that it is educationally sound, practical, and graded.
Good posture is the foundation for a healthy and well poised body. Posture examinations and explanations of the essentials of good pos- ture were given at the beginning of the school year, and the physical defects detectable without the use of mechanical apparatus were noted. Individual correction and class instruction were given. The essentials of good posture are stressed constantly by the grade teacher, who is acquainted with the various individual weaknesses. Each girl in the High School has a group of exercises that will be of the most benefit. to her individual postural defects.
Grades 1-6
Each room in the grade schools is visited once every two weeks for a period of thirty minutes. The remainder of the time the grade teacher spends in perfecting the work that has been introduced.
The program consists of marching, Swedish and Danish gymnas- tics, folk dancing, corrective exercises, rhythms, mimetics, and games. The Center School children are fortunate in being so near the High School, and they find the work in the gymnasium very inspiring.
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Grades 7-8
On Monday afternoon of each week the seventh grade children have classes in physical education in the High School gymnasium. The eighth grades meet every Friday. During the warm weather the girls' classes, and also the boys' classes met on the common. The boys played volley ball, and a series of competitive games were arranged between the two grades. The girls were taught the fundamentals of field hockey and several lessons were spent in the actual playing of the game. The girls too played off a series of games. Both the eighth grade boys and the girls were victorious.
They have also had classes in Swedish gymnastics, marching, var- ious relay games, and at present the pupils are learning the funda- mentals of basketball.
High School
Every Tuesday and Thursday physical education classes are held at the High School. The periods are forty minutes in length, and five classes are held each day.
Each afternoon coaching in competitive sports is given for a period of an hour.
In the regular gym classes the girls have received instruction in the following: marching, German and Danish gymnastics, which are new to the girls and from which much benefit is derived, modern danc- ing, also new to the girls and very beneficial in developing grace, poise, and other attributes necessary to women, ballroom dancing, tap danc- ing, Swedish work, and hockey and basketball technique.
The girls reacted very enthusiastically to the call for field hockey candidates, and a total of sixty-three girls reported. A schedule of seven games was played. We played the Stoneham, Tewksbury, Read- ing, Melrose, and Malden varsity teams, and remained undefeated. Inter-class games provided an opportunity for numerous girls to par- ticipate in the sport. The season was brought to a gala close with the Community Banquet and the presentation of awards.
For all the boys interested ballroom classes are held every other Wednesday. The boys seem to appreciate this opportunity and over seventy-five have received instruction.
The basketball season began very early in December. A group of forty-five girls reported for practice. The regular basketball schedule with the Lowell Suburban League is being followed.
I feel sure that all people interested in the physical education pro- gram are acquainted with the inadequate playing facilities that con-
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front us, but the wonderful traditional spirit that is a part of each girl of the squad does a great deal to overcome this handicap.
The dressing rooms for the students have always been criticized, but this year I feel we have made a definite step toward the actual bettering of them. With the help of the girls, the old cafeteria has been made into the much needed dressing room.
I wish to thank Mr. Bean, the teachers, students and friends, for cooperating and working with me in helping to make this, my first year as a teacher, a successful and happy one.
Respectfully submitted,
EVELYN D. WELLS,
Supervisor of Physical Education.
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REPORT OF THE SUPERVISOR OF MUSIC
Mr. Stephen G. Bean, Superintendent of Schools, Wilmington, Massachusetts.
Dear Sir:
I have the honor to submit my fifth annual report as Supervisor of Music.
In the past year, the music performances reached the highest in number. The response to these music activities were most enthusiastic and the results gratifying.
Another piano has been added to the school system. It is now in the Silver Lake School. Every school building now has a well-work- ing piano with the exception of the Maple Meadow, West and North Schools. These schools will have pianos as soon as it is possible.
Last May the High School Girls' and Boys' Glee Club participated again in the Massachusetts Music Festival held at Belmont. The re- sults from this festival were most satisfactory not only musically but from the standpoint of the high school students. It is with great an- ticipation that the students go to the Festival because it is there that they themselves can judge and compare their work with other high school music groups of their class.
The high school and elementary schools will give their annual concerts in the Spring.
In March, the Center School presented "Hansel and Gretel". The program was as follows:
CHARACTERS
Peter-a binder of brooms
Edward Nichols Gertrude-his wife Marie Baldwin
Their Children
Hansel Francis Peters
Gretel Eugenia Melzar
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ANGELS
June Rice Phyllis O'Brien
Helen Hughson
Clara Gragham
Evangeline Eaton
Frances Blackburn
Frances Haley
Dorothy Weatherbee
Helen Brennan
Mary Tessicine
Dorothy Killam
Virginia Beerris
SAND-MEN
William Coffin Francis Canelas
Cornelius Joyce Jacob Malvin
Charles Dillaway
DEW-MEN
Norman Leet
Vincent Yentile
Charles Sullivan Anthony Amoroso
WITCHES
Barbara Lewis
Marjorie Garland
Christine Swenson
COOKIE CHILDREN
Evelyn Button
Louise Weatherbee
Harold Carta
Harry Stewart
William Weatherbee
George White
Mildred Garland
John Barry
Harold Hillson
Norma McCurdy
Robert Esty
Richard Neilson
Irene Stankiowicz
Theresa Lienbard
Music
Anna Waters
Costumes
Grace Boehner
Scenery
John Credeford
Advertisement
Ruth Kidder
The Fourth Annual Concert of the High School was held on April 18, 1939 in the Grange Hall. The program was as follows:
PROGRAM
Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming. Praetorius As Torrents in Summer Elgar
Star Lullaby Polish Folk Song
Where Is the Cheshire Cat? Brown
Freshmen-Sophomore Girls' Glee Club
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Jean Douglas Elaine Murray
Melodie
Romance Ritual Fire Dance
Gluck-Kreisler Wieniawski De Falla-Kochauski
Margaret Carabello, Violinist Madeline Meredith at the Piano
As Torrents In Summer Elgar
Czecho-Slovakian Dance Song
Folk Song
Ave Maria Bach-Gounod
Violin Obbligato, Margaret Carabello Junior-Senior Girls' Glee Club
Water Boy
Work Song
The Owl and the Pussy Cat
De Koven
The Pilot
Protheroe
The Boys' Glee Club
INTERMISSION
Regimental Parade Ertl La Cumparsita
Rodriguez
Tschaikowsky Themes arr. Sanders
Orchestra
Folk Songs of Spain Nin
Murcil
Catalonia Morro Castle
Margaret Carabello, Violinist Madeline Meredith at the Piano
The Beautiful Blue Danube Strauss Jacob's Ladder Negro Spiritual The Omnipotence
Schubert
Soloists : Barbara Clinch-Barbara Turner Mixed Chorus ACCOMPANISTS Miss Anne Buzzell-Miss Jean MacLeod Mr. Thomas Cavanaugh-Mr. Charles Black, Jr.
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On May 12, 1939 the elementary schools gave their third annual concert. The program was as follows:
WALKER SCHOOL
THIRTY MINUTES WITH STEPHEN FOSTER by G. L. Bland CHARACTERS
STEPHEN FOSTER
Wilber Sheldon
MRS. FOSTER, his mother
Muriel Martin
JEANIE, his sweetheart
Virginia Day
SUZANNA, a family friend
Patricia Coulter
MIRANDA, the house maid
Roberta Ware
STEVE'S FRIENDS
Richard Blake
Robert Swain
John Carter
William Buck
Raymond Carter
James Welling
Robert Newhouse
STREET SINGERS
Dorothea Frotten
Barbara Buck
Marjorie Wood
Ethel Cain
Helen Mae Elsworth
Donald Blake
Gertrude White
Patricia Hahmer
Nancy Odiorne
Mary Ellen Bennett
Gordon Pearson
Evelyn McDonough
Richard Day
Virginia Hood
Norma LaCreta
June Johnston
Mary Bedell
FAMILY FRIENDS
Burtt Holmes
Laura Overton
Helen Bedell
John Regan
Martina O'Hara
Dorothy Oman
Eileen Porter
Julia Webber
Julia Dayton
Geraldine Porter
Madeline Lyons
John O'Connell
Edith Blackburn
Eleanor Preston
Robert Findlay
PLANTATION PLAYERS
Margaret Hembree
Patricia Reagan
Beatrice McSheffry
Frances Starr
Roberta Hadley
Marion Foley Alice Galka
Eleanor Cuoco
MUSIC AND COACH
Miss Harriet G. Donehue
SCENERY
Mrs. Osborne Wiberg Miss Desire Goldsmith
COSTUMES
ADVERTISEMENT
Mrs. Olive Oman
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WHITEFIELD SCHOOL CINDERELLA IN FLOWERLAND by Marion Loder
CHARACTERS
CINDERELLA
Julia Zanotti
PROUD SISTERS
Mildred Waisnor, Isabel Macleod
GODMOTHER
Joanne Foster
PRINCE SUNSHINE
James Pipes
BUTTERFLIES
Phyllis Cavagnaro
Mildred Giles Shirley Wilkish
Anne Wills
ROBIN RED Norman Sharp
VIOLET Phyllis O'Leary
SWEET BRIER .... Marie Luciani
MIGNONETTE Ann Doucette
LILY BELL Geraldine Fitch
SWEET PEA Lois Blake
NARCISSUS .... Beverly Gaudreau
SUNBEAMS
Nancy Marshall Joan Pasquale Ellen Frolio
Marie Chisholm
Marion Sharp
Anne Chipman
Marie Dec Irene Loftus
RAINDROPS
James Landers Edward Mottau
Albert Goss
Peter Goff
David Landers
Alex Quandt
Paul Berrigan
Paul Doucette
FAIRIES
Mary Murray
Concetta Gaglione
Joan Reekie
Verda Deveau Janet Brabant Elizabeth Burns
Chorus from the Fourth and Fifth Grades
MUSIC AND COACH
Miss Olive Littlehale
COSTUMES SCENERY ADVERTISEMENT
Miss Barbara Purbech Miss Leana Doucette
Miss Estelle Horton
Lyman Washburn
PAGES
William Chisholm
POPPY Eleanor Ferguson
BUTTERCUP ... Joanne Plimpton
PANSY Gertrude Richards
DAFFODIL .. .Barbara Gammons
Thelma Hiscock
Helen Kristansen
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SOUTH AND MAPLE MEADOW SCHOOLS
PETER RABBIT by Henry P. Cross
Characters
PETER
Robert Pipes
FLOPSY
Virginia Nitchie
MOPSY
Claire Bishop
COTTON TAIL
Guy Clinch
MOTHER
Barbara Bertwell
MR. MCGREGOR
James Terricone
GARDEN VEGETABLES
PEAS
Bartholomew Donahue Joanne Murray
Raymond Burns
Vonnie Wicks
Nichoa Calendrello
Phyllis Muse
Thelma Murray
LETTUCE
Rita Burns
Jean Saunders
Theresa Yentile
Pauline Cail
Ethel Henderson
Mildred Sargent Ann Hancox
Barbara Redmond
CARROTS
Ronald White Frank Darling
Malcolm Malloy
James Doucette
Rocco Yentile
Morten Davis
Robert Drew
MUSIC AND COACH Miss Doriscey Florence-Miss Carol Brink
COSTUMES Miss Doriscey Florence-Miss Carol Brink
DANIEL T. BUZZELL SCHOOL
The Daniel T. Buzzell School presented "THE MIKADO", an oper- etta in two acts by Gilbert and Sullivan on June seventh in the Grange Hall. The program was as follows:
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CHARACTERS
THE MIKADO OF JAPAN
Edward Welling
NANKI POO-Son of the Mikado, disguised as a wandering
minstrel, and in love with Yum-Yum. Robert Young
KO-KO-Lord High Executioner of Titipu Edward Lawson
POOH-BAH-Lord High Everything Else. George Shepard
PISH-TUSH-A Noble Lord Raymond Hitchcock
YUM-YUM Maude Clinch
PITTI-SING
Isabel Cavanaugh
PEEP-BO
Dorothy Franz
Three Sisters-Wards of Ko-Ko
KATISHA-An elderly lady in love with Nanki-Poo
Helen Zengalowski
CHORUS OF SCHOOL GIRLS
Eleanor Grimes
Ruth Schact
Edith Carlon
Shirley Bedell
Frances Ellis
Elizabeth Button
Margaret Carter
Barbara Blaisdell
Dorothy Dahlin
Gertrude Donovan
Christine Edwindson
Gwendolyn Holland
Carol Hanson
Mildred Gallagher
NOBLES
Robert Cavanaugh
Thomas Hill
Donald Waters
Willard Richards
Harry Campbell Donald Mackenzie
Robert Barry
COOLIES
Harold Cail
Carl Rizzo
Raymond Goss
Howard Esty
George Webber
Louis Lameroux
GUARDS
John Nee
Forest Eaton
assisted by THE BUZZELL CHORUS MISS DORIS GROESBECK at the piano
I should like to express my appreciation to Miss Doris Groesbeck of the Daniel T. Buzzell School for her great assistance with the pro- duction of The Mikado, and the teachers of the elementary schools for their whole-hearted cooperation. Last but not least to you Mr. Bean my sincere gratitude for your understanding of my school problems.
Respectfully yours,
ANGELICA CARABELLO,
Music Supervisor.
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WARRANT For Annual Town Meeting
To HARRY J. AINSWORTH, Constable of the Town of Wilmington: GREETINGS :- In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and in the manner prescribed in the By-Laws of said Town, you are hereby directed to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town qual- ified by law to vote in Town affairs to meet and assemble at the Town Hall on Monday, the fourth day of March next at 9.45 o'clock in the forenoon, the polls to be opened at 10.00 A. M., and shall be closed at 8.00 P. M., for the election of Town Officers.
Article 1. To bring in your votes on one ballot for one Selectman for three years, who shall also act as a member of the Board of Survey; one Assessor for three years; Town Clerk; Treasurer; Collector of Taxes; Constable; Board of Public Welfare, one member for a term of three years and one member for two years to fill an unexpired term; two members of School Committee for three years; two Trustees of the Public Library for three years; one member of the S. D. J. Carter Lec- ture Committee for five years; one Water Commissioner for three years; Planning Board, one member for three years, and one member for two years to fill an unexpired term; Tree Warden; Moderator; one Trustee of Trust Fund for three years.
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 on elections and town affairs therein, to assemble subsequently and meet in Town Meeting at the Grange Hall, Wildwood Street, in said Town of Wilmington on Monday, the eleventh day of March, A. D., 1940 at eight o'clock P. M., then and there to 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 Persons & Property High ways Charities
Soldiers' Benefits
Schools
Library Recreation
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Unclassified Memorial Day Water Department Cemetery
Interest Maturing Debt Reserve Fund
Article 5. To see what sum the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate for necessary expenses in connection with Works Progress Administration Projects or other Work Relief Projects, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year be- ginning January 1, 1940, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum suf- ficient to pay the County of Middlesex, as required by Law, the Town's share of the net cost of the care, maintenance, and repair of the Mid- dlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital, as assessed in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 111 of the General Laws and Acts in amend- ment thereof and in addition thereto and including Chapter 400, Sec- tion 25 G (6) (a) of the Acts of 1936, or take any action in relation thereto.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred Eighty Dollars and Eighty-four Cents ($480.84) to pay for effecting insurance providing indemnity for the protection of the officers and employees of the Highway, Cemetery and Police De- partments of the Town against loss by reason of their liability to pay damages to others for bodily injuries, including death, at any time re- sulting therefrom, caused by the operation, within the scope of their official duties or employment, of motor vehicles owned by the Town, to an amount not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) on ac- count of injury to or death of one person, in accordance with the pro- visions of Section 5 of Chapter 40 of the General Laws as amended, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) for the observance of Mem- orial Day, and that the Moderator appoint a Committee who shall ar- range and have charge of such observance, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to authorize a committee composed of the Board of Selectmen, the Town Treasurer and the Tax Collector to sell on any terms which the committee may deem for the
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best interest of the Town any and all property taken by foreclosure proceedings or otherwise, and the Selectmen further be authorized to execute any and all documents necessary to carry out the purposes of this vote, or do anything in relation thereto.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for insurance of town property from which all insur- ance for protection against loss by fire shall be paid, said appropria- tion to be expended by the Selectmen, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to indemnify John Reagan, a member of the Town Fire Department, for expenses or damages sustained by him while acting as a fireman.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to purchase a fire engine and authorize the sale of the old "Reo" fire truck for cash or as part-payment toward the cost of the new engine or take any action relative thereto.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.) or any sum, for the purpose of indemni- fying police officers and firemen of the Town and other persons desig- nated in General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 100, as amended, for ex- penses or damages heretofore or hereafter sustained by them within the preview of said statute, during the current year, said sum to be expended by the Selectmen from time to time in their sole and uncon- trolled discretion, any amounts required for such purposes, up to the total amount of such appropriation, to be transferred from time to time as needed from the Excess and Deficiency Fund, or do anything in rela- tion thereto.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred and Seventy-Five Dollars ($475.00) to erect portable stands on the athletic field of the Town Park, or do anything in relation thereto. Request of Park Commissioners.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Thousand Seven Hundred Dollars ($3,700.00) for the purpose of extending the water main easterly along Lowell Street from its present terminus near the residence of Mr. Dupont to West Street, thence northerly along West Street to or near the residence of Mr. Christopher, or do anything in relation thereto. On petition of Thomas P. Andrews and others.
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Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of not exceeding Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) with the pur- pose of having the Board of Assessors issue an Assessed Valuation Book. On petition of Samuel F. Frolio and others.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to distribute the Town Insurance among its insurance agents or brokers of the Town or do anything in relation thereto. On petition of Samuel F. Frolio and others.
Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to adopt a schedule of Fire Insurance covering all of its Town owned buildings or do any- thing in relation thereto. On petition of Samuel F. Frolio and others.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to have the Board of Se- lectmen act as the Insurance Board to handle the Town Insurance or do anything in relation thereto. On petition of Samuel F. Frolio and others.
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