USA > Massachusetts > Hampden County > Wilbraham > Wilbraham annual report 1956-1960 > Part 19
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45
CAPTAIN ROBERT C. DIETZ
ITEMIZED ACCOUNT
Appropriation Transferred from Reserve
$16,362.00 66.41
$16,428.41
Expenditures
16,428.41
Unexpended Balance
$0.00
EXPENDITURES: (total, $16,428.41) PAYROLL - Robert Dietz, $3,000.00; Gardner Files, $3,640.00; Ernest L. Bacon, $3,640.00; W. Pollitt, $3,340.13; John Chrzanowski, $95.00; Alton MacDonald, $66.50; Stephen Lopata, $169.00; Carl Martens, $21.00; Paul Fisher, $3.00; Wellington Rose, $3.00; Thaddeus Bierowka, $3.00; George Boyer, $3.00; Donald Bump, $3.00; Joseph Crespi, $3.00; Edward Dearborn, $3.00; Paul Douillard,
97
champ, Doris Grandchamp, Mrs. Ivan Hackney, Joyce Hackney, Mrs. Ruth Hanford, Mrs. C. W. Heiden, Mrs. Edward J. Luff, Mrs. Franklin F. Pierce, Mrs. Raymond Riddle, Judith Rice, Mrs. June Rice, Wayne Rice, Mrs. C. J. Smith, Jr., and Mrs. Dante Tassinari.
The above leaders incurred the following expenses, either for travel or for the purchase of material needed to carry on the various projects under their direction: -
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
1957 Appropriation
$150.00
1956 Unexpended Balance
47.08
Total Available for 1957
$197.08
Total Expenditure in 1957
88.46
1958 Balance Available $108.62
1958 Recommended Appropriation
$100.00
NOTE: Any appropriation made to the Trustees for County Aid to Agriculture by the Town is deposited with the County Treasurer and held to the credit of the Town for reim- bursing local town leaders for their necessary expenses in conducting such work as may be assigned to them.
ALBERT H. FULLER, Clerk
ITEMIZED ACCOUNT
Appropriation
$150.00
Expenditures
150.00
Unexpended Balance
$0.00
EXPENDITURES : (total, $150.00) Hampden County League, $150.00.
Election Expense ITEMIZED ACCOUNT
Appropriation
$500.00
Transferred from Reserve
17.63
$517.63
Expenditures
517.63
Unexpended Balance
$0.00
EXPENDITURES: (total, $517.63) A. H. Bartlett Co., $128.10; Pond- Ekberg Co., $11.00; Jerry Donohue, $18.00; P.T.A., $28.25; Wesley Holdridge, $19.38; Wm. Dempsey, $23.35; Mary E. Kilburn, $11.00; Pauline Hamburger, $11.00; Helen D. Starczewski, $13.20; Theresa Boden,
100
Return to HISTORY Wilbraham, Mass.
$11.55; Helen Bernard, $11.55; Helen Laurino, $16.50; Helen Panek, $13.20; Helen Workum, $13.20; Victoria Bobowiec, $13.20; Beulah Wahlberg, $13.20; Wanda Gurski, $13.20; Julia Szczebak, $13.20; Doro- thy Reidy, $15.95; Filomena Gilbert, $15.95; June Rice, $15.95; Anna Tupper, $15.95; Marion Converse, $13.75; Coralie Gray, $13.75; Ernest L. Bacon, $12.75; Newton Goewey, $9.75; Alton L. McDonald, $21.75.
Flood Damage Claim ITEMIZED ACCOUNT
Appropriation
$1,432.00
Expenditures
1,432.00
Unexpended Balance
$0.00
EXPENDITURES: (total, $1,432.00) Joseph F. Austin, $1,432.00.
Insurance and Bonding ITEMIZED ACCOUNT
$3,500.00
From Reserve
1,456.53
$4,956.53
Expenditures
4,956.53
Unexpended Balance
$0.00
EXPENDITURES : (total, $4,956.53) Peerless Co., J. William Cunliffe, $463.60; Wm. F. Logan, $4,436.34; Lloyd M. Hoover, $56.59.
Memorial Day ITEMIZED ACCOUNT
Appropriation
$250.00
Expenditures
240.78
Unexpended Balance $9.22
EXPENDITURES: (total $240.78) Valley Cinema, Inc., $15.00; Marty's Beverages, $9.72; H. P. Hood & Sons, $13.60; American Legion Post No. 286, $40.00; Henry Martens & Son, $40.00; Allied Baking Co., $5.50; Springfield News Co., $21.00; H. L. Handy Co., $11.16; Edward Pease Post No. 418, $84.80.
Printing Town Reports ITEMIZED ACCOUNT
Appropriation
$1,850.00
Transferred from Reserve
423.00
$2,273.00
Expenditures
2,273.00
Unexpended Balance
$0.00
EXPENDITURES: (total, $2,273.00) The Pond-Ekberg Co., $2,195.00; Howard C. Bogue, pictures, $25.00; Warren H. Ashley, $8.00; Margaret L. Hichie, $45.00.
101
Appropriation
Parks ITEMIZED ACCOUNT
Appropriation Expenditures
$370.00 368.60
Unexpended Balance $1.40 EXPENDITURES: (total, $368.60) Jerry Donohue, $350.00; Cutler Grain & Coal Co., $18.60.
Selectmen's Contingent Expenditures ITEMIZED ACCOUNT
Appropriation
Expenditures
$1,500.00 1,040.16
Unexpended Balance $459.84 EXPENDITURES: (total, $1,040.16) L. R. Berger, badge case, $0.88; The Lawyer's Co-operative Publishing Co., law books, $45.00; Weidenmiller & Magovern Co., repairing mower, $66.73; The Price & Lee Co., direc- tory, $30.80; The Pond-Ekberg Co., printing, $10.78; Springfield Type- writer, Inc., B D C Duplicator, $220.00, stencils, ink, $9.00; Lyon's, Inc., supplies, $55.39; Commonwealth of Massachusetts, license blanks, $27.15; Charles L. Merrick, reimb. for supplies, $24.06; Thacker-Craig Paper Co., towels, $6.34; Massachusetts Weights & Measures Assoc., dues, $2.00; F. C. Taplin Co., $34.52; C. E. Anderson Associates, surveys, $70.00; Conklin Office & School Supply Co., Inc., supplies, $15.30; Springfield Newspapers, advertising, $64.06; A. R. Reid, supplies, $5.85; Charles H. Clougherty Co., $10.70; Hobbs & Warren, Inc., supplies, $36.14; John P. Lynch, registrar, recording liens, $110.80; Massachusetts Selectmen's Association, dues, $35.00; Hampden County Selectmen's Association, dues, $6.00; Association of Town Finance Committees, dues, $25.00; Stanbrook Stationery Co., Inc., $34.48; A. H. Bartlett Co., Inc., supplies, $61.30; Miscellaneous, box rent, postage, etc., $32.89.
Street Lights Expenditures ITEMIZED ACCOUNT
Appropriation
$4,700.00
Expenditures
4,278.18
Unexpended Balance $421.82 EXPENDITURES : (total, $4,278.18) Worcester County Electric Co., $4,278.18,
Town Office and Building Maintenance ITEMIZED ACCOUNT
Appropriation
$4,200.00
Transferred from Reserve
20.02
Expenditures
4,220.02
Unexpended Balance
$0.00
$4,220.02
102
EXPENDITURES : (total, $4,220.02) New England Tel. & Tel. Co., $1,031.28; Worcester County Electric Co., $359.00; Skorupski Bros., oil, $627.44; Town of Wilbraham, water, $40.00; Belcher Bros., gas, $11.15; Leonard's, supplies, $3.84; New England Storm Window, Inc., windows, $300.00; J. O. Young Co., Inc., eave troughs, $97.00; W. C. Rackliffe & Son, $10.25; J. I. Holcomb Mfg. Co., $7.25; Royal McBee Corp., type- writer, $318.00; A. C. Winckel, shades and roller repairs, $17.75; Roger T. Hintze, reimb. for files, $60.00; Cosman & Decorie, electrical, $6.00; Robert H. Savoy, typewriter, $90.00; Jeremiah Donohue, janitor, $106.50; Norman Farnsworth, janitor, $72.40; Ida Smith, cleaning, $161.47; Mor- gan & Green, storm porch and bulkhead, $350.00; Thacker-Craig Paper Co., $18.61; Pitney Bowes, Inc., mailing machine, $107.85; Norman Ellis, hot water system, $296.50; Hiersche & Son, electrical, $20.98; Merrick Farm, lock and material for door, $41.65; Monsanto, cups, $3.60; Spring- field Window Cleaning Co., $20.00; Larro's, supplies, $41.50.
Town Officers' and Employees' Salaries ITEMIZED ACCOUNT
Appropriation $29,000.00 Expenditures 27,287.09
Unexpended Balance $1,712.91
EXPENDITURES: (total, $27,287.09) SELECTMEN - Roger Hintze, $650.00; Jesse L. Rice, $600.00; Richard L. Danforth, $600.00. ASSESSORS - Allan R. Kinney, $300.00; G. Alden Safford, $322.50; E. Ray Pease, $1,003.50. TOWN COLLECTOR - Lillian E. Thompson, $2,750.00. TOWN CLERK Doris G. Cochran, $1,300.00. TOWN TREASURER - Doris G. Cochran, $1,300.00. AUDITOR - William T. Payne, $200.00. WELFARE AGENT - Helen C. Boden, $4,150.00. BOOKKEEPER AND ASSESSORS' CLERK - Josephine M. Pease, $3,900.00. CLERK TO THE SELECTMEN - Doris G. Cochran, $1,040.00. SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES - Charles L. Merrick, $275.00. WATER COMMISSIONERS - Walter L. Woods, $150.00; Everett P. Pickens, $150.00; John F. Baldwin, $150.00. BUILDING INSPEC. TOR - George Herter, $1,350.00; Ernest L. Bacon, $450.00. MILK IN- SPECTOR - Ernest L. Bacon, $50.00. ANIMAL INSPECTOR - Ernest L. Bacon, $65.00. SLAUGHTERING INSPECTOR - Ernest L. Bacon, $50.00. DOG OFFICER - Ernest L. Bacon, $150.00, use of car, $24.00. REGISTRARS William L. Dempsey, $166.50; George E. Egan, $15.00; Harold R. Porter, $49.50; Bert Nietupski, $12.00; Nelson I. Bradway, $306.00; Wesley H. Holdridge, $156.00. MODERATOR - Frank Auchter, $50.00; Ernest W. Furnans, $15.00. CLERICAL - Barbara Nygren for the Treas- urer and Town Clerk, $2,109.00; Alexina Holdridge, office in general, $1,564.89; Filomena Gilbert, for the Collector, $297.00. PAYROLL - Spe- cial Town Meeting, $13.20. CLERK - Walter F. Berry, $1,553.00.
Wilbraham Contributory Retirement Account (Town's Portion)
Appropriation Expenditures
$5,411.66 5,411.66
Unexpended Balance $0.00 EXPENDITURES : (total, $5,411.66) Treasurer Hampden County, $5,411.66.
103
Report of Annual Town Meeting MARCH 16, 1957
In accordance with the warrant as posted, the voters of the Town assembled in the Wilbraham Memorial School Auditorium, Wilbraham.
The polls were declared open at 8:30 a. m. by Warden Wes- ley Holdridge, who had been sworn in by Town Clerk Walter F. Berry. Ballot Clerks and Tellers sworn in by the Town Clerk were: Anna Tupper, Dorothy Reidy, Theresa Boden, Helen Laurino, Helen Panek, William Dempsey, Helen Bernard, Helen Workum, Victoria Bobowiec, Helen Starczewski, Beulah Wahl- berg, Wanda Gurski, Filomena Gilbert, Coralie Gray, June Rice, Julia Szczebak, Mary E. Kilburn, Marion Converse, Pauline Ham- burger. Special Police were: Alton McDonald and Ernest Bacon.
The meeting was called to order by Moderator Frank Auchter at 10:00 a. m., but was recessed until 10:30 as a quorum was lacking. At 10:30, with 54 registered voters present, the meet- ing was resumed. Because of Mr. Berry's absence Mrs. Doris Cochran was elected as temporary Town Clerk, by a written ballot of 39 votes; and duly sworn into office.
ARTICLE 1. Town Officers elected by unanimous vote were:
Poundkeeper Jerry Donohue Measurers of Wood and Charcoal
Walter H. Clark Henry Hyde
Surveyors of Lumber
Walter H. Clark Jesse Rice
Field Drivers
Jerry Donohue Alvin A. Richmond Leonard F. VonFlatern, Sr. Weighers of Grain Weldon Jameson
Jesse Rice
ARTICLE 2. Voted unanimously that the Town accept the reports of the Selectmen, Board of Public Welfare, School Com- mittee, Town Collector, Town Treasurer, Water Department, Assessors, Town Clerk and other Town officials or Committees, as printed in the Town Report.
ARTICLE 3. Voted unanimously that the compensation for elected Town Officers be fixed as follows: Town Clerk, $1,300.00 per year (all fees to revert to the Town Treasury); Town Treas-
104
urer, $1,300.00 per year; Moderator, $50.00 Annual Town Meetings, $15.00 Special Town Meetings; Town Collector, $2,750.00 per year (all fees to revert to the Town Treasury) ; Tree Warden, $1.50 per hour (includes use of car); Selectmen, 2 members $600.00 per year, Chairman $650.00; Assessors, $1.50 per hour (includes use of car when needed); Constables, $1.50 per hour when called on duty by Selectmen, plus fees; Auditor, $200.00 per year; School Committee, no salary; Cemetery Com- missioners, no salary, $1.50 per hour for time spent at work; Water Commissioners, $150.00 per year; Library Trustees, no salary; Planning Board Members, no salary; Poundkeeper, Field Drivers, Weighers of Grain, Surveyors of Lumber, Measurers of Wood and Charcoal (all town officers elected otherwise than by official ballot) fees only as fixed by General Laws.
ARTICLE 4. Voted unanimously that the Town Treasurer be authorized, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1957, 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, of the General Laws.
ARTICLE 5. Voted unanimously to raise and appropriate the following amounts for the fiscal year 1957: Aid to Agriculture, $150.00; Aid to Dependent Children, $1,000.00; Aid to Dis- abled, $6,000.00; Assessors Expense Account, $750.00; Board of Health, $6,000.00; Building Inspector's Expense Account, $100.00; Cemeteries, $1,800.00; Civil Defense, $3,000.00; Com- munity Program, Schools, $4,800.00; Dead Wood, Chapter 761, $2,500.00; Dental Clinic, $1,050.00; Election Expense, $500.00; Fire Department, $15,200.00; Forest Warden, $700.00; General Relief, $5,000.00; Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School, $7,286.57; Highways - Miscellaneous, $18,500.00; Insurance and Bonding, $3,500.00; Interest, $50.00; Legal, $1,000.00; Library, $9,171.27; Memorial Day and Independence Day, $250.00; Mosquito Control, $2,250.00; Old Age Assistance, $21,000.00; Parks, $370.00; Pest Control Chapter 660, $2,120.00; Planning Board Expense, $500.00; Playground Ex- pense, $3,152.00; Police, $16,362.00; Printing Town Reports, $1,850.00; Registrars Expense, $75.00; Road Machinery Oper- ating Expense, $4,000.00; Safety Committee Expense, $2,050.00; Schools, $446,951.00; School Bonds and Interest (1949),
105
$21,570.00; School Bonds and Interest (1953), $25,605.00; School Bonds and Interest (1956), $38,037.50; School Interest (Stony Hill Road), 1957, $5,500.00; Selectmen's Contingency Account, $1,500.00; Street Lights, $4,700.00; Town Clerk's Expense Account, $100.00; Town Collector's Expense Account, $650.00; Town Officers and Employees Salaries, $29,000.00; Town Office and Buildings Maintenance, $4,200.00; Town Treasurer's Expense Account, $400.00; Town Treasurer's Ex- pense Account - Land Court, $250.00; Tree Warden's Ex- pense Account, $1,500.00; Veterans' Benefits, $4,500.00; Water Bonds and Interest (1955), $6,942.50; Water Department - Maintenance, $23,000.00; Water Notes and Interest (1953), $11,462.50; Water Notes and Interest (1947), $2,514.07; Well Child Clinic, $900.00; Wilbraham Contributory Retirement Ac- count (Town's Portion), $5,411.66; Total, $776,731.07. Dur- ing the discussion on the Police budget item an amendment to cut the amount 50% was voted down.
ARTICLE 6. Voted unanimously that the Town's share of the Dog Tax of 1956, $950.23, be appropriated and added to the Library Fund, under Article 5.
ARTICLE 7. Voted unanimously that the sum of $8,100.00 be raised and appropriated to meet the Town's share of the cost of Chapter 81 Highway Work, and that in addition the sum of $14,850.00 be transferred 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.
ARTICLE 8. Voted unanimously that the sum of $1,000.00 be raised and appropriated to meet the Town's share of the cost of Chapter 90 Highway Maintenance, and that in addition the sum of $2,000.00 be transferred from unappropriated available funds in the treasury to meet the State and County's share 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.
ARTICLE 9. Voted unanimously that the sum of $5,000.00 be appropriated to meet the Town's share of the cost of Chapter 90 Highway construction, and to meet said appropriation the sum of $5,000.00 be transferred from the proceeds received from the State under the provisions of Chapter 718 of the Acts of
106
1956; and that, in addition, the sum of $15,000.00 be transferred from unappropriated available funds in the treasury to meet the State's and County's share of the cost of the work; the reimburse- ments from the State and County to be restored, upon their re- ceipt, to unappropriated available funds in the treasury.
ARTICLE 10. Voted unanimously that the sum of $7,792.81 be appropriated from unappropriated available funds in the treas- ury for the permanent construction of Monson Road, the reim- bursements from the State under the provisions of Chapter 718 of the Acts of 1956 to be restored, upon their receipt, to unappro- priated available funds in the treasury.
ARTICLE 11. Voted unanimously to appropriate and transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury the sum of $15,000.00 to be spent by the Water Department for additional household and business installations for water service, the cost of which is to be collected by the Town from the individuals or concerns requesting the installations, and returned to surplus funds.
ARTICLE 12. Voted unanimously that the Selectmen be in- structed to cause a study to be made of the procedure for the holding of the annual town meeting and election of officers, with power, if they see fit, to appoint a committee of citizens to assist them; such a study to include the advisability of a division of the town into convenient voting districts: and to report their recom- mendations at the next annual town meeting or, if they see fit, at the next special town meeting that may be called sooner.
Before action was taken on Article 13 the Moderator appointed and duly swore into office the following tellers: Frederick M. Cohn, Douglas M. Trevallion, and E. L. Pederzani.
ARTICLE 13. Voted unanimously that the Town by-laws be amended to provide for the election of a School Committee of five members who shall hold office for terms of three years, be- ginning with the first annual town election after this amendment; at which election two members shall be elected for a term of three years each and one member for a term of two years.
In favor 110 Opposed 0
(2/3 vote necessary on this Article)
ARTICLE 14. Defeated.
ARTICLE 15. Defeated.
107
ARTICLE 16. Motion was made and seconded that the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $325,000.00, or any other sum, to lay a 16-inch water main from the end of the exist- ing main on South Main Street, westerly on Tinkham Road to Stony Hill Road to the end of the existing 8-inch main; then easterly on Boston Road from the end of the existing 8 inch main to the corner of Main and Maple Streets, and determine whether the money shall be provided for by taxation, by appro- priation from available funds in the treasury, and/or by bor- rowing under authority of Chapter 44 of the General Laws; or take any other action relative thereto.
After discussion on this motion and explanation by Mr. Gale of a more expedient and economical way of laying water mains, the Chair, hearing no objections, declared the motion withdrawn. The following Article 16A was then voted on.
ARTICLE 16A. Voted by a majority to appropriate the sum of $80,000.00 from available funds in the Treasury to lay a 14. inch water main from the existing main at the corner of Main Street and Faculty Street and running westerly on Faculty Street and continuing westerly on Springfield Street to the existing water main at the intersection of Springfield Street and Stony Hill Road; and to lay a 12-inch water main from such intersec- tion northerly on Stony Hill Road a distance of 2,400 feet more or less to the beginning of the present 8-inch water main.
ARTICLE 17. The report of the Board of Fire Commissioners, made in compliance with Article 15 of the March 5, 1955 An- nual Town Meeting, was read by Mr. Chapman. Copy of this report is attached hereto.
ARTICLE 17A. Voted by a majority to table this motion.
ARTICLE 18. Voted unanimously to appropriate and transfer from unappropriated available funds in the treasury the sum of $5,000.00 to pay the garbage collector, with receipts from gar- bage collection subscribers to be restored as received by the Town Collector to unappropriated available funds in the treasury.
ARTICLE 19. Voted unanimously to amend the Zoning By- laws by changing the classification of the property below de' scribed, from Business District and Residence B District to In- dustrial; namely, land owned by Marjorie Harrington, situated on the southerly side of Boston Road; bounded and described as follows: northerly by Boston Road 1169.68 feet, easterly by
108
land now or formerly owned by Giacomo Alberici 406.51 feet and land now or formerly owned by Michael Walsh 444.33 feet; southerly by land now or formerly owned by Jacob & Katarzyna Opalinski 1005.69 feet, to the Springfield City Line, and west- erly by the City Line 184.22 feet.
In favor Opposed
158
0
(2/3 vote was required)
ARTICLE 20. Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 to be expended under the joint supervision of the Plan- ning Board and the Board of Assessors, for the preparation of maps and plans for the use of the Planning Board and the Board of Assessors.
ARTICLE 21. Voted to postpone action on this Article 21 until the next Annual Town Meeting, with the understanding that the Insurance Committee of the Civic Survey Committee will study the problem and report at that meeting.
In favor Opposed 39
74
ARTICLE 22. Voted unanimously to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,890.00 to build a sidewalk on Stony Hill Road from the end of the existing sidewalk eastward, a distance of approxi- mately 800 feet, and on Old Boston Road eastward from Stony Hill Road for a distance of approximately 800 feet: and (amend- ment, which was voted unanimously also) in case it does not create a hardship, to put the sidewalk along the property line, instead of adjacent to the road.
ARTICLE 23. Voted unanimously to authorize the Selectmen to sell at public auction, after first giving notice of the time and place of sale by posting such notice of sale in some convenient and public place in the Town 14 days at least before the sale, property taken by the Town under the tax title procedure; pro- vided that the Selectmen, or whomsoever they authorize to hold such public auction, may reject any bid which they deem inade- quate.
ARTICLE 24. Voted unanimously to authorize the Selectmen to institute or defend suits and employ counsel for the purpose of protecting the interests of the Town.
ARTICLE 25. Voted unanimously to appropriate and transfer from the Road Machinery Fund the sum of $5,300.00 to pur-
109
chase a 21/2 ton dump truck for the use of the Highway Depart- ment.
ARTICLE 26. Voted unanimously to raise and appropriate the sum of $580.05 to purchase a 5 H.P. tractor with mowing ma- chine and snow blowing attachments for parks, playgrounds, and sidewalks; to be used under the supervision of the Selectmen.
ARTICLE 27. Voted unanimously to appropriate the sum of $12,000.00 for a Reserve Fund to be transferred from the Over- lay Surplus Account.
ARTICLE 28. Voted unanimously to appropriate from avail- able funds in the treasury the sum of $40,000.00, and raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000.00, to add to the existing Stabi- lization Fund.
ARTICLE 29. Voted unanimously to accept Chapter 401 of the Acts of 1956, which provided that upon its acceptance in a town by vote at an annual town meeting, Civil Defense volun- teers shall be classified as employees of the town for the purposes of General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 5(1), and Chapter 41, Section 100A, relative to insurance and indemnification of em- ployees against damages claimed arising out of the operation of publicly owned motor vehicles.
ARTICLE 30. Voted unanimously to accept as a public way that portion of Brookside Drive now a private way, as shown on plan of Merrill & Sears, dated February 7, 1952, beginning at the now accepted portion of said way and running southerly for a distance of 880 feet more or less; and that the sum of $1,920.00 be raised and appropriated for construction of said Brookside Drive; and that betterment assessments be levied in accordance with the provision of Chapter 80 of the General Laws.
ARTICLE 31. Voted unanimously to accept as a public way that portion of Arbor Lane now a private way, as shown on plan of land of C. E. Anderson, Associates, dated December 1953, beginning at the now accepted portion of said way and running easterly for a distance of 387.82 feet more or less.
ARTICLE 32. Voted unanimously to accept as a public way the private way now known as Hitchcock Road, as shown on a plan entitled "Stony Hill Acres" drawn by Merrill & Sears, dated May 18, 1952; beginning at Stony Hill Road and running westerly for a distance of 642.34 feet more or less, and that the
110
sum of $1,240.00 be raised and appropriated for construction of said Hitchcock Road; and that betterment assessments be levied in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 80 of the General Laws.
ARTICLE 33. Voted unanimously to accept as a public way the private way now known as Lebel Avenue as shown on sub- division plan of "Butler Hill" drawn by John T. Casey, Reg. Land Surveyor, beginning at Boston Road and running northerly for a distance of 650 feet more or less, and that the sum of $1,735.00 be raised and appropriated for construction of said Lebel Avenue, and that betterment assessments be levied in accord- ance with the provisions of Chapter 80 of the General Laws.
ARTICLE 34. Voted unanimously to accept as a public way the private way now known as Duffield Street, as shown on plan of land known as the "Orchards Development," as laid out by C. E. Anderson, Associates, dated July 1953, beginning at Old Orchard Road and running southerly for a distance of 382 feet more or less, and that the sum of $702.00 be raised and appro- priated for construction of said Duffield Street, and that better- ment assessments be levied in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 80 of the General Laws.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.