Town of Wilmington Annual Report 1947-1948, Part 10

Author: Wilmington (Mass.)
Publication date: 1947
Publisher: Town of Wilmington
Number of Pages: 374


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Approved.


Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to accept the provisions of Chap- ter 6 of the Acts of 1947, which reads as follows :


Section 1. The Town of Wilmington may continue to maintain its fire de- partinent notwithstanding the failure of the Town, prior to the establish- ment of said department, to accept the provisions of sections forty-two to forty-four, inclusive of chapter forty-eight of the General Laws, or corresponding provisions of earlier laws, and all acts and proceedings of said town and of its officers in rela- tion to the fire department, so far as they were invalid by reason of said failure, are hereby validated and con- firmed, and the chief and other offi- cers and members of said department shall have the retirement and other rights to which they would be en- titled if it had been originally estab- lished in the manner prescribed by law.


Section 2. This act, if accepted by the Town at its next annual town meeting, shall take full effect on July first, nineteen hundred and forty- seven.


Approved.


Article 36. To see if the Town will vote that the Town Clerk, Town Treas- urer and Tax Collector shall hereafter be elected for a term of three (3) years, or do anything in relation there- to.


No Action.


Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant, or a certified copy thereof, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk as soon as may be and before said meeting.


Given under our hands and seal of said Town this Day of February, A.D., One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-seven.


Chairman


Selectmen of Wilmington


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Annual Report


OF THE


TOWN OFFICERS OF


WILMINGTON, MASS.


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for the FINANCIAL YEAR ENHING DECEMBER 31, 1948


BALFE SERVICE CO., PRINTERS LOWELL, MASS.


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ELECTED AND APPOINTED


TOWN OFFICERS, 1948


SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF SURVEY


WAVIE M. DREW CHARLES H. BLACK FRANK W. DAYTON


Term Expires 1949 Term Expires 1950 Term Expires 1951


OLIVE M. SHELDON, Clerk


Moderator PHILIP B. BUZZELL


Town Counsel PHILIP B. BUZZELL


Town Clerk MARY E. GILLIGAN


Honorary Treasurer


FRANK L. EAMES


Treasurer GRACE H. TILLEY


Collector of Taxes GEORGE W. BUCK


Town Accountant HARRY R. DEMING


Assessors


STEVEN COLUCCI SUSAN T. ESLER LOUIS T. DOUCETTE


Term Expires 1919 Term Expires 1950 Term Expires 1951


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LOUIS KLEYNEN


Board of Appeal JOSEPH SLATER


STANLEY WEBBER


Associate Members


JOHN HARTNETT


WILLIAM ANDERSON


Board of Health BOARD OF SELECTMEN GERALD FAGAN, M. D., Agent LORETTA THIEL, Nurse


Board of Public Welfare


MAURICE D. O'NEIL ALLAN MacMULLIN FLORENCE BALKUS


Term Expires 1943 Term Expires 1950 Term Expires 1951


WALTER G. BUCKLE, Agent


Planning Board


EDWARD F. PAGE FREDERICK A. HORTON


Term Expires 1950 Term Expires 1951


Board of Registrars


JOSEPH I. DONOVAN, Jr.


Term Expires 1949


WILLIAM I. COFFIN


Term Expires 1950 Term Expires 1951


MARY E. GILLIGAN, Clerk


Cemetery Commissioners


DAVID L. MARTIN


LOUIS T. McMAHON


GUY E. NICHOLS


Term Expires 1949 Term Expires 1950 Term Expires 1951


ERNEST W. EAMES, Superintendent


Funeral Directors


WILLIAM S. CAVANAUGH JOSEPH B. MCMAHON


GUY E. NICHOLS


Burial Agent JOSEPH B. McMAHON


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TALBOT F. EMERY


Term Expires 1949


EDWARD C. MANNING


Finance Committee


WILLIAM P. CURTIN ALVIN W. RICHARDSON


Term Expires 1949


Term Expires 1949


HOBART W. SPRING


Term Expires 1949


HERBERT C. BARROWS, Chairman


Term Expires 1950


HAROLD E. MELZAR


Term Expires 1950


JOSEPH P. RING


Term Expires 1950


MINOT J. ANDERSON


Term Expires 1951


RALPH E. CURRIER


Term Expires 1951


STANLEY WEBBER


Term Expires 1951


Fire Department WINFRED W. RICE, Chief and Forest Fire Warden HAROLD F. CAIL RALPH M. PLUMER, Jr.


WALTER F. ELLSWORTH


Deputy Forest Fire Wardens


HERBERT C. BARROWS


JOSEPH J. BARTON


ARISTIDE A. BRABANT, Jr.


ERNEST W. EAMES RALPH M. PLUMER, Jr. EDMOND SARGENT


ERNEST W. DOWING


ARTHUR S. WILLIAMS


Highway Department JAMES H. WHITE, Superintendent


Police Department FRANCIS S. HOBAN, Acting Chief PAUL J. LYNCH, Chief TALBOT SIDELINKER, Sergeant


CALVIN E. DREW GEORGE FULLER


FRANK GAMMONS JOHN IMBIMBO EDWARD A. WELLING, Jr.


ALBERT PALACE, Temporary LEO E. LeBLANC, Dog Officer


MYRTLE SHAW, Policewoman


GEORGE CUSHING, Town Park only


VIOLA STAVELEY, Police- woman HARRY J. AINSWORTH, Constable


ERNEST W. EAMES, Cemetery only


FRANCIS S. HOBAN, Acting Keeper of the Lock-up


JOHN MADIGAN. Town Dump only


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SCHOOL DEPARTMENT


School Committee


ADAM T. GALKA


MARY T. WELLING


JOHN J. FARRELL


ARLAND V. WHITTRIDGE


ERNEST M. CRISPO


JOHN F. HARTNETT


Term Expires 1951


STEPHEN G. BEAN, Superintendent ERNEST E. MacDOUGALL, M. D., School Physician ESTHER NICHOLS, School Nurse ERNEST CAIL, Attendance Officer


Water Commissioners


ALDEN N. EAMES


Term Expires 1949


WILLIAM M. SHAUGHNESSEY


CALEB S. HARRIMAN, Chairman


Term Expires 1950 Term Expires 1951


EDMUND H. SARGENT, Superintendent


Inspector of Animals and Slaughtering RALPH B. ODIORNE


Inspector of Buildings LEO E. VanSTEENSBURG


Sealer of Weights and Measures SAMUEL P. PIKE, Sr.


Superintendent for Suppression of Moths Tree Warden JOHN W. BABINE


Sarah D. J. Carter Lecture Fund Committee


ANNA R. BARRY


Term Expires 1949 Term Expires 1950


ALICE M. ALLEN


GUY E. NICHOLS


Term Expires 1951


MILDRED E. NEILSON


Term Expires 1952


*JOHN W. HATHAWAY


Term Expires 1949


Term Expires 1949


Term Expires 1950


Term Expires 1950


Term Expires 1951


Term Expires 1953


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Surveyor of Wood and Lumber ERNEST W. EAMES


Trustees of Public Library


MERVIN CURL FRED MELZER MAY HADLEY


LOUIS T. McMAHON


PHILIP B. BUZZELL


ALONA S. DELANEY


Term Expires 1949


Term Expires 1949


Term Expires 1950


Term Expires 1950


Term Expires 1951


Term Expires 1951


Trustee of Trust Funds


CALEB S. HARRIMAN EDWARD M. NEILSON PHILIP B. BUZZELL


Term Expires 1949


Term Expires 1950 Term Expires 1951


Ballot Clerks and Tellers


Florence A. Balkus


Katherine Downing


Daisy Sciarappa


Anna Barry


Ernest Eames


Olive Sheldon


Mary E. Biggar


Helen Gammons


Miriam Sullivan


Robert Butters


Margaret Imbimbo


Grace H. Tilley


Rose Cavanaugh


Mary J. Johnston


Grace Thurston


Pauline A. Curtin John E. Dennehy


Susan Larsen


Helena T. Twomey


Ann A. Palmer


Mary B. Wilson


Custodian of Town Hall


ERNEST W. EAMES


*- DECEASED


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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT


Record of Warrants and Proceedings of the Town Meeting, Summary of Births, Marriages and Deaths with a Statement of Money Paid the Town Treasurer on Account of Dog Licenses, also Statements of Money Paid Division of Fisheries and Game and Money Paid Town Treasurer.


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TOWN OF WILMINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS


WARRANT SPECIAL TOWN MEETING


To Harry J. Ainsworth. Constable of the Town of Wilmington:


GREETINGS: In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts 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 qualified by law to vote in Town affairs to meet and assemble at the Town Hall on Monday, the Nineteenth Day of January next at 8:00 P. M., to consider and act on the following ARTICLE


ARTICLE 1. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to pay unpaid bills of the Highway Department for 1947 and raise the same by taxation or transfer from any available funds, or do anything in relation thereto.


Hereof fail nor and make Que retmen of this Warrant, or a certi- fied copy thereof with yom doings thereon_ to the Town Clerk. as soon as may be and before said meeting.


Given under our hands and seal of said Town this Seventh Day of January. A. D., One Thousand Ning Hundred and Forty-Eight


JAMES J. GILLIGAN CHARLES H. BLACK WANIE M. DREW


Selectmen of Wilmington


A true copy attested: Constable


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RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS OF SPECIAL TOWN MEETING HELD JANUARY 10, 1948


In accordance with the foregoing Warrant, the voters assembled at the Town Hall on the above date. The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Mr. Philip B. Buzzell.


On motion by James J. Gilligan it was voted to omit the reading of the Warrant.


ARTICLE 1. On motion by James J. Gilligan it was voted to ap- propriate the sum of Three Thousand Seven Hundred Twelve Dollars and Sixty-two Cents ($3,712.62) to pay unpaid bills of the Highway De- partment for 1947 and transfer the same from Excess and Deficiency Fund.


The Moderator announced it was necessary to take a standing vote.


Voted in the affirmative 82; negative 0.


The vote was declared unanimons and carried.


There were 82 voters present.


On motion by James J. Gilligan it was voted to adjourn.


Attest:


MARY E. GILLIGAN, Town Clerk


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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING


To Harry J. Ainsworth, a Constable of the Town of Wil- mington :


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 qualified by law to vote in Town affairs to meet and assemble at the


TOWN HALL Monday, the 1st 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 Offices.


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Article 1. To bring in your votes on one ballot respect- ively for the following names Town Offices, to wit: One Se- lectman, who shall also act as a member of the Board of Sur- vey for the term of three years; one Assessor for the term of three years; a Town Clerk for the term of three years ; a Collector of Taxes for the term of three years; a Constable for the term of one year ; one member of the Board of Public Welfare for the term of three years; two members of the School Committee for the term of three years; two Trustees of the Public Library for the term of three years ; one member of the S. D. J. Carter Lecture Committee for the term of five years; one Water Commissioner for the term of three years ; one Water Commissioner for the term of two years (to fill unexpired term); one member of the Planning Board for the term of three years; one member of the Planning Board for one year (to fill unexpired term) ; one Tree Warden for the term of one year; one Trustee of Trust Funds for the term of three years; one Moderator for the term of one year.


You are also hereby further required and directed to notify and warn the said inhabitants of the Town of Wilming- ton, who are qualified to vote on elections and Town affairs therein, to assemble subsequently and meet on Town Meeting at the Grange Hall. Wildwood Street. in said Town of Wil- mington


on Monday the 8th day of March A. D. 1948 at eight o'clock P. M.,


then and there to act on the following articles :


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


Article 3. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for the following items and fix the salaries and compensation of all elective officers of the town as provided by Section 108 of Chapter 41, General Laws, as amended :


General Government Interest Protection of Persons and Property Highways Unclassified Reserve Fund Health and Sanitation


Charities Veteran's Benefits


Library


Educational


Parks


Water Department


Maturing Debt


Cemetery


Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to bor- row money from time to time in anticipation of the financial year beginning January 1, 1948, 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 18, Chapter 44, General Laws.


Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) to pay for insurance providing indemnity for the protection of the officers and employees of the Highway, Cemetery, Fire and Police Departments of the Town against loss by reason of their liability to pay damages to others for bodily injuries including death and property damage, at any time resulting therefrom, caused by 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.) on account of injury to or death of one person, and property damage, in accordance with the provisions of Section 5 Chap- ter 40, of the General Laws, as amended or do anything in relation thereto.


Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of Four Hundred Dollars ($400.00) for the observance of Memorial Day, and that the Moderator appoint a committee who shall arrange and have charge of such ob- servance, or do anything in relation thereto.


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Article 1. To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell at public auction in the evening, properties taken by the Town under Tax Title foreclosure procedure. and to execute all documents necessary to carry out the pur- pose of this vote, provided however, that before any sales are made due notice of the time and place of sale shall be given by advertising in the local paper and Lowell Sun at least four- teen (14) days before the sale and deeds executed hereunder must be recorded within twenty days (20) of their execution, or do anything in relation thereto.


Article 8. To see how much money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate for Department 194: Unpaid Bills.


Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or some other amount, the money to be expended under the direction of the 4-H Town Committee, serving in co-operation with the Middlesex County Extension Service. under the provisions of Section 40 to 15, Chapter 129, General Laws of Massachusetts.


Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of Seven Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($750.00) for the purpose of renewing, under the authority of Section 9, Chapter 40 of the General Laws as amended, the lease of the American Legion Club House in Wilmington for the purpose of providing suitable headquarters for the Wil- mington Posts of the American Legion and of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States or do anything in rela- tion thereto.


Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectinen to sell and convey, in the name and on behalf of the Town, any portion or the whole of the parcel of land be- longing to the Town on Chestnut Street on which the South School stands, and fix the terms of sale and/or the price, or do anything in relation thereto.


Article 12. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of Thirteen Thousand Four Hundred and Fifty One Dollars Thirty-two cents ($13,451.32) to purchase, two trucks for the Highway Department and/or authorize the sale or turnin of two of the Highway trucks as credit toward such purchase or do anything in relation thereto. Request of the Superintendent of Streets.


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Article 13. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of Eight Hundred Dollars ($800.00) to purchase two (2) land side Baker snowplows No. 313 for the Highway De- partment or do anything in relation thereto. Request of thic Superintendent of Streets.


Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Fourteen Hundred Dollars ($1400.00) for the purpose of installing a two way radio for the use of the Fire Department. Request of the Chief of the Fire De- partment.


Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Six Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($650.00) for the purpose of installing a fire alarm system at the North Wilmington Water Department. Request of the Chief of the Fire Department.


Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Ten Hundred Dollars to install a 21/2 inch pipe from the so-called dam on Salem Street to the Town Dump. Request of the Chief of the Fire Department.


Article 14. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of Seven Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($:50.00) for the purchase of a power lawn mower for the use of the Park Department or do anything in relation thereto. Request of the Planning Board.


Article 18. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($450.00) for the purpose of reconditioning the Town Common and laying out a temporary baseball field or do anything in relation thereto. Request of the Planning Board.


Article 19. To see if the Town will instruct the Modera- tor to appoint two (2) Advisory Members of the Planning Board or do anything in relation thereto. Request of the Planning Board.


Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to accept Jaquith Road for a distance of 500 feet as laid out by the Board of Survey and raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) to put said street into a passable condition.


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Article 21. To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Selectmen to contract for two (?) electric lights to be in- stalled on Nickerson Avenue or do anything in relation there- to. Petition of Judson Arbo and others.


Article 22. To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Selectmen to contract for two (2) electric lights to be in- stalled on Carter Lane, one (1) electric light at the corner of Carter Lane and Norfolk Avenue, one (1) electric light at the corner of Nassau Avenue and Norfolk Avenue and one (1) electric light on Nassau Avenue near the residence of William Kulka. Petition of Bertha J. Quinn and others.


Article 23. To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Selectmen to contract for one (1) electric light to be installed on Hillside Way near the Burlington line or do anything in relation thereto. Petition of Helen L. Whittredge and others.


Article 24. To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Selectmen to contract for one (1) electric light to be in- stalled on Central Street, off Salem Street or do anything in relation thereto. Petition of Harry Solow, Jr., and others.


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Article 25. To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Selectmen to contract for five (5) electric lights to be in- stalled on Burt Road or do anything in relation thereto. Peti- tion of Lester H. Smith and others.


Article 26. To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Selectmen to contract for three (3) electric lights to be installed on Cedar Street or do anything in relation thereto. Petition of Lester H. Smith and others.


Article 27. To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Selectmen to contract for two (2) electric lights to be in- stalled on Harris Street or do anything in relation thereto Petition of Lester H. Smith and others.


Article 28. To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Selectmen to contract for one (1) electric light to be in- stalled on MacDonald Road or do anything in relation there- to. Petition of Samuel Heller and others.


Article 29. To see if the Town will vote to install two


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(2) street lights on Swain Road West, one opposite the rest dence of Francis M. Farrell and one at the intersection of Winston Avenue, or do anything in relation thereto. Petition of Francis M. Farrell and others.


Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to install two (3) street lights on Swain Road, one at the intersection of Roosevelt Road and one at the intersection of Forest Strect, or do anything in relation thereto. Petition of John J. Farrell and others.


Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to install three (3) electric lights as follows: Center of Pine Street, Corner of Pine Street and Hobson Avenue and Hobson Avenue be- tween the homes of Storm and McKenna. Petition of Mary G. Hutchings and others.


Article 32. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of Nine Thousand Six Hundred and Twenty-Five Dollars ($9.625.00) for the purpose of laying a water main from Glen Road northerly down King Street a distance of 1800 feet and Bartlett Street (continuation of King Street) :00 feet, or do anything in relation thereto. Petition of Sylvia M. Ronco and others.


Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety Dollars ($1,890.00) for the purpose of extending the water main from West Street westerly along Nickerson Ave- nue to a point at or near the residence of Edwin J. Watkins or do anything in relation thereto. Petition of Judson Arbo and others.


Article 34. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Nine Thousand Three Hundred and Ninety Four Dollars ($9,394.00) for the purpose of extending the water main from Harris Street along Cedar Street and Burt Road for a distance of 2400 feet or do anything in re- lation thereto. Petition of Edward E. MacPherson and others.


Article 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Thousand and Thirty Seven Dol- lars and Fifty Cents ($5,031.50) for the purpose of extending


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the water main from Middlesex Avenue easterly along North Street approximately 1550 feet or do anything in relation thereto. Petition of Harold E. Carter and others.


Article 36. To see if the Town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of Twenty Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) for the purpose of extending the water main from Forest Street easterly on Swain Road for a distance of approximately six hundred feet (600) or do anything in relation thereto. Petition of Peter W. Mortsell and others.


Article 37. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of Seventeen Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($1.750.00) for the purpose of extending the water main approximately Five Hundred Feet (500) along Brattle Street to the corner of Massachusetts Avenue, or do anything in relation thereto. Petition of Charles F. Jordan and others.


Article 38. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of Three Thousand Two Hundred Dollars ($3,200.00) for the purpose of constructing a sidewalk on Grove Avenue from Main Street to Wild Avenue, a distance of 1500 feet more or less or do anything in relation thereto. Petition of Edward J. Sullivan and others.


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Article 39. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of providing and insuring the privacy of the residents of Wilmington who use Town owned land which in 1941 by vote of the town was established as a Public Park, and is situated in the rear of the Mildred Rogers School and bordering Silver Lake, by grading and enclosing said area. Petition of Francis S. Hoban and others.


Article 40. To see if the Town will vote to accept Section 6B of Chapter 40 of the General Laws which reads :- Section 6B-A city or town which accepts this section may appro- priate money for the purchase of uniforms for members of its Fire and Police Department. Or do anything in relation there- to. Petition of Patrick J. Rooney and others.


Article 41. To see if the Town will set up new hours and wages for the various Departments of the Town, or do anything in relation thereto. Petition of Joseph F. Annino and others.


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Hereof fail not and make due return of this Warrant, or a certified copy thereof, with your doings thereon, to the Town Clerk as soon as may be and before said meeting.


Given under our hands and seal of said Town this 20th Day of February, A. D., One Thousand Nine Hundred and Forty-Eight.


JAMES J. GILLIGAN, Chairman CHARLES H. BLACK, WAVIE M. DREW,


Selectmen of Wilmington


February 20, 1948


Middlesex ss.


I this day posted attested copies of this Warrant in ac- cordance with the BY-LAWS of the Town of Wilmington.


HARRY J. AINSWORTH, Constable of Wilmington.


Attest : MARY E. GILLIGAN Town Clerk


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RECORDS OF PROCEEDINGS OF ANNUAL TOWN MEETING HELD MARCH 1, 1948


In accordance with the foregoing Warrant, the voters assembled at the Town Hall on the above date. The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Mr. Philip B. Buzzell. The Warrant Article I was read by the Town Clerk. On motion of Mr. Ernest W. Eames it was voted to dispense with further reading of the Warrant.


The Moderator examined the ballot box which was found empty, the register indication 0000. The ballot box was then locked and the key delivered to the Chief of Police, Francis S. Hoban.


The ballot clerks and tellers being duly sworn, the official ballots were then delivered to the ballot clerks and receipts taken by the Town Clerk.


At ten o'clock A. M. the Moderator declared the polls open.


At eight o'clock P. M. the Moderator declared the polls closed.


The names check on the check list numbered one thousand five hundred and eleven (1511), and the register indicated one thousand five hundred and thirteen (1513) having jammed several times.


The following is the vote for the Town Officers as announced by the Moderator.


SELECTMEN (To act as Board of Survey, Three Years)


Votes


Elected


Frank W. Dayton, eight hundred seventy-nine S79


James J. Gilligan, five hundred ninty-six 596


Blanks, Thirty-four 34


All others, Two 2


MODERATOR (One Year)


Elected Philip B. Buzzell, One thousand, one hundred ninety 1190


Blanks, Three hundred eighteen 318


All others, Three 3


TOWN CLERK (Three Years)


Elected Marion V. Farrell, Seven hundred three


703


Mary E. Gilligan, Seven hundred two


702


Blanks, One hundred three 103


All Others 3


Amended by Order of the Court


Elected Mary E. Gilligan, Seven hundred five


705


Marion V. Farrell, Seven hundred three




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