Annual report of the town officers of the town of Springfield, Vt. for the year ending 1920, Part 5

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Publisher: Springfield, Vt. : Reporter Publishing Co.
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We recommend that a salary of not less than $3500.00 be paid to a suitable person.


While we believe there is no question about the beneficial results to be obtained from the Town Manager system, we realize that it will take time to get this system into operation, and we recommend to the voters of the Town that if they favor this plan they prepare to stand back of it for a period of three years.


J. E. STETSON


D. S. BROWNELL


FRANK ABBOTT


B. W. BROWN W. M. WHITE


Committee


Chapter 174


General Town Manager


Definition


Sec. 4053. Town Construed. The word "town" as used in this chapter shall be construed not to in- clude a city.


Manager


Sec. 4054. Appointment. The selectmen of towns adopting the provisions of this chapter as herein provided, shall, forthwith thereafter, appoint a general town or municipal manager, who may or may not be a resident of the town for which he is ap- pointed.


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Sec. 4055. Qualifications; authority of select- men. Such a manager shall be elected with special reference to his education, training and experience to perform the duties of such office and without refer-


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ence to his political belief, and shall, in all matters be subject to the direction and supervision and shall hold office at the will of such selectmen, who may, by majority vote, remove said manager at any time for cause.


Sec. 4056. Oath; bond. Before entering upon his duties, said appointee shall be sworn to the faith- ful and impartial performance thereof, and shall exe- cute a bond in favor of the town for the faithful per- formance of his duties, in such sum and with such surety or sureties as may be approved by the select- men.


Sec. 4057. General Authority. Subject to the additional or varied requirements of this chapter, said general manager shall have general supervision of the affairs of the town, be the administrative head of all departments of the town government and shall be responsible for the efficient administration there- of within the scope conferred by this chapter.


Sec. 4058. Powers and Duties in Particular. Said manager shall have authority and it shall be his duty :


I. To cause duties required of towns and town school districts and not committed to the care of any particular officer, to be duly performed and executed.


II. To perform all duties now conferred by law upon the selectmen except that he shall not prepare tax bills, draw orders, lay out highways, establish and lay out public parks, make assessments, award damages, act as member of the board of civil author- ity nor make appointments to fill vacancies which the selectmen are now authorized by law to fill; but he shall, in all matters herein excepted, render the selectmen such assistance as they shall require.


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III. To be the general purchasing agent of the town and purchase all supplies for every department thereof ; and purchases of supplies for departments over which said manager is not given control shall be made only upon requisition therefor by said de- partments.


IV. To have charge and supervision of all pub- lic, town and school buildings and other town and school property and of all repairs thereon; and all buildings done by the town or town school district shall, unless otherwise specially voted, be done under his charge and supervision.


V. To perform all the duties now conferred by law upon the road commissioner of the town.


VI. To perform all duties now conferred by law upon the overseer of the poor of the town.


VII. To have charge, control and supervision of the following matters :


a. The police department, if any, and shall ap- point and may remove the officers thereof and shall fix their salaries.


b. The fire department, if any, and shall ap- point, fix the compensation of and may remove all officers and employees thereof.


c. The system of licenses, if any, not otherwise regulated by law.


d. The system of sewers and drainage, if any, except the making of assessments therefor.


e. The lighting of streets, highways and bridges.


f. The sprinkling of streets and highways and laying of dust, except the making of assessments therefor.


g. The maintenance of parks and playgrounds.


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Sec. 4059. Same; Examination of Departments. Said manager or the selectmen may cause the affairs of any division or department under their control, or the conduct of any officer or employee thereof, to be examined, and may compel the attendance of wit- nesses and the production of books, papers and oth- er evidence. Said manager shall have access to all town books and papers for information necessary for the proper performance of his duties.


Sec. 4060. Additional Duties. The powers, du- ties and liabilities imposed upon any other depart- ments of the town or town school district inconsis- tent with the provisions of this chapter shall be sus- pended and shall be conferred and imposed upon said manager, if appointed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.


Sec. 4061. Compensation ; How Fixed. Said gen- eral manager shall receive such pay as may be fixed by the selectmen, unless otherwise specifically voted by the town.


Operation of Chapter


Sec. 4062. How Effected. The provisions of this chapter shall not become operative in a town unless and until the same are approved and adopted by a majority of the legal voters of such a town pres- ent and voting at an annual or special meeting duly warned and holden as hereinafter provided.


Sec. 4063. Petition; Warning. If voters, in number equal to four per cent of the total vote cast for governor in said town at the last election, peti- tion the selectmen therefor in writing, said select- men shall cause to be inserted in the warning for the annual town meeting, or in the warning for a spe- cial town meeting which shall be called upon such petition, an article in substantially the following


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form: "To see if the town will vote to take advantage of the provisions of chapter one hundred and seven- ty-four of the General Laws, and authorize the se- lectmen to employ a general town or municipal mana- ger."


Sec. 4064. Restriction. A vote shall not be tak- en under the provisions of this chapter unless such article is inserted in the warning for such meeting.


Sec. 4065. Revocation. A town that has adopt- ed the provisions of this chapter may reject the same by a majority vote of the legal voters present and voting at an annual meeting, provided, however, a proper article is inserted in the warning for such meeting.


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Vital Statistics


BIRTHS


Date Name of Child


Jan. 1919


1


S Harold Charles


1


S Howard Frank


2


d


Frank A. Magwire Frank A. Magwire Frank C. Slade John Chikinowicz


3


d Josephine


3


S Francishek


Joseph Yaroshevich


7


S Kenneth Arnold


Eldridge Patenaude Edward Stankawicz William E. Corliss


16 d Priscilla Jane


19 S Chester Carmi


Emery T. Duval


19


S William Dorchester


20


d Doris Elizabeth


20 S Louis Frederick


21 S Francis Harold


24


d Thelma Harriett


27


d


30


S Herbert Edward


Feb. 2


d Ruth Mirianı


5


d Kuscha


9 S Wladimir


10 d Yadviga


Nicholas Johnson Ignatci Dubaniewicz Andri Ripchick William Dubaniewicz John Gelowski Norman J. Russell


14


d Mary


Jim Lazzac


16


S Wadislawa


17 S Vernon Walter


Joseph Lahotko Robert C. Scott Joe Kozook


19 d Nina


19 d Doris Nellie DeCamp


22 S Joe Maximowicz


23


S Albert Raymond


25 S Charles Raymond


26


d Emma Mattie


Walter Snow Aleck Maximowicz Albert J. Lavigne Davis D. Phelps Elwin Fuller


11 S Stanislaw


12 d Mary Adams


Robert Haensel Arthur L. Brown Frederick W. Chase Harold W. Devoid Walter L. Regan Joe Dubaniewicz Arthur Raymond Mason


7 S Bolieslaw Julian


Name of Father


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Mar.


6 d Louise Frances


6


d Gwendolyn Ellen


7


d Nina Waida


9 d Ruth Olive


11 d


Avis Arvilla


15 d Perley


16


d Welma Mary Alice


16


d Wiktoriya


18 d Marilynn


19 d


20


S Howard Benjamin


21


d Ruth Emma


22


d Muriel Pauline


24


S Adam


24 d Eve


Hipolitt Tarojikoski


27


S Francis Eugene


28


d Wolkha


30


d Helen


30


S Ralph Raymond


Apr.


5


S


Victor


6


d Eileen May


6


S Clifford Francis


9


S Edmoont


10 d Eileen Rose


11 d Winifred Mary


11 S Alexander


12


S Robert Edward Gilson


14 d Marjorie Hayes


17


d Wiktoria


18


S Arthur Joseph


19 d Mary


S Danol Francis Farnum


20 21 d Charlotte Ann


22


S Harland Edgar


23


S


23


S d Aleksandreva


25 25


d Luba


25


S Gilbert Edward


John Krasowski John A. Morrison Alonzo Currier Joe Borak


Fred H. Gosselin Robert Durgin Jemis Viltowski Daniel Doroughty


Hollis C. Wright Joseph Osadwick Peter A. Rivard George Zulesky


James A. Page Sumner F. Whitcomb Harold R. Shaw Harold R. Shaw Boris Lenanowicz M. Corjini Lenanowicz William E. Turner


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Harry M. Lasell George B. Race Joe Waida Kenneth W. Raymond Clarence W. Randall


Everett N. Jackson Alden J. Belcher Vincent Malko Edward W. Miller Henry Rogers George Aiken Fred Roy Smith Lawrence A. Grover Hipolitt Tarojikoski


Frank Hoissington Peter Kuzell William Casparvwich Howard E. Evans


May 2


d Sofia W.


2


S Tony


4


S Israel


5


S Robert Lewis


6 d Alice Sorraine


15 d Ruth Irene


19 S William Casimir


27 d Velma Eliza


29


S Dennis Rattie


30 d Marguerite Helen


Victor Neronsky Joe Urawicz Kien Chorney Charles R. Wilkismann Ernest L. Roberts Earle Nailor William C. Templeton J. Merton Giddings Dennis Rattie Jerry H. Carroll


June 5 d Pearl Vesta


Henry Howard Cady Royal C. Butler


6


S Malcomb Joseph


8


S Lawrence Earle Davis Merton Grimes


13


S Kenneth Theodore


17


S Vernon Frederick


17


d Waliatina


18


S James Thomas


19 d Helen Janice


July 4


S Gordon Arland


6


S


Lloyd Raymond


12 S d Mana


15


23


S


Waslaw


25


d Mavis Alice


27


S Henry August


Aug. 3


d Eva Laura


10


d Janina


12


S William Abbotts


18


d Imogene Gertrude


Joseph Gosselin Kastanty Lefko Harry S. Roberts Alfred J. Watson Charles D. Heald Charles A. Lee


20 25 20


d Gwyneth Winifred


28


S Constantine


Charles B. Tarbell Mike Kozak Mark S. Scofield


Sept. 1


S John Arthur


John Pelitz


12 d Marguerite Elizabeth


Arthur L. Hicks John J. Sheehan


14 S Kenneth Edward


16 d Tvomsvorka Konstanti Haynes (Hegna)


d Marion Agusta


S Tarbell, Howard Hart


29 S Ronald Mark


Ernest W. Hutchinson Fred G. Cluff George Scalaba James T. Kenney Carrel H. Drury


Leland H. Green Denis H. Raymond Antoine Martell Alphonse Sider Antonia Smolnick Erwin L. Clay Harry Rinkin


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18 d Bernice Evelyn


19


S Sierheij


19


d Sara Marion


19 S Raymond Leslie


20 d Doris Templeton


23 S Raymond Johnson


23


S Ellsworth Frank


24 d Iva May


24 d Baby


26 S Robert David


29


S Roland Eastin


29


S Raisa John


29


S Victor Raymond Eli Wilson


Oct. 3


S Russell William Lockwood


6


d


Nina Kolida


6


S


8 S Wincenty Albert


10 d Winifred


12


S No name


Burnham Bibens


14 S Carrol Granville


17 d Elizabeth Clematine


18 d Lavega


20 S Robert Leon


21


d Ina Marie


21 S Harol J.


22


S Herbert Edmund


27


S Arthur Clayton John


27 S


28 d Isabel Margaret


29


S Wendell William


31 d May Emma


Nov. 5


d Virginia Helen


5


S


James Michael


5 d Florence Amona


5


S Stanley


5


d Anna Shaluka


7


d Marya Taralta


7


S John Sarkovich


11


d Bronislaw


15


S Hudson Manning Baldwin Albert M. Baldwin


19


S Roy Dana


Edward W. Parker


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William Savill Joe Ankuda Frvin C. Balch George Leslie Thomas Charles H. Winkler Fred J. Clark Walter W. Westney Arthur James Hall Elmer Johnson Carrol R. Putnam Edward J. Abbott John Leovreninch


W. A. Lockwood Alphonso Kolida Jerry J. Cocklin Ignatci Lipiniki Nathan G. Graves


Roy Dressel Robert W. Foster Bromis Asevowitz


Ailyn E. Bruce George N. Snell Joe Hyrckiewictz Everett Grant A. Clayton Roberts Tony Yasinski Charlie D. Charlton Ralph H. Carlisle Clarence Lindsay


Luther M. Baker Canadins C. Murphy Jacob Kisler Adam Pavlowski Joseph Shaluka Joseph Ankuda Alex Sarkovich Tony Walosewich


19 S Dimitry


Sam Woronick


20


d Mary


Joseph Ordintz


21 S Joseph Alfrid Vitol Blais Duncan McDonald 22 d Ola Katherine Cleon G. Rice


23 d Shirley Mae


27


S Stanley


Joe Abrahamanowicz


28 d Georgia


Nicolini Romanoli Julius Ordintz


Dec.


1


d Viola Hattie


George S. Potter


2


S Charles Richard


Matthew Johnson


2


S Raymond Lewis


Clifford V. Young


3


d Ethel Alma


Allen D. Hawthorne


5


d


Mary Helen


George Frank Sanderson / Roscoe Drown


8 d


10 S


Raymond Herman


Herman Krook


14 S George Thomas


Clinton Chancy Farrow


14 S Robert Harold


Walter H. Rowe


29


S Roger William


30 d


Alfred Fred Putnam John Dywaltowski


MARRIAGES


Jan. 1919


13 Alfred U. Normandie and Arlene Mildred Stev- ens


15 Lewis Fredric Pelton and Miss Alice Royce Hess


27 Rufus Henderson Smith and Hazel E. Coburn


30 Merle Bertram Gove and Hazel Ruth Worden


30 Leslie DeWitt Willis and Vina Allen


31 William Casimir Templeton and Dorothy Mar- guerite Bemis. ,


Feb.


1 Arthur James Hall and Alice Ella Dimick


3 Jusef Hryckiewicz and Anicia Gintof


5 Walter A. Livingston and Rena M. Brown


18 Milton Charles Baker and Gladys Mayora Chap- man


March


2 William Joseph Alarie and Julia Mary Curran Russell


2 Joseph Ludgr Alarie and Ada Mary Curran


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30 S Tony


Pearl Bernice


2 Charles Sumner Johnson and Senter


3 Burt Alvin Codding and Charlote Bowen


24 Frank C. Spaulding and Ethel Griffeth


29 Leslie Alexander Stewart and Cleora Abbott


31 Foster George Butterfield and Elsie Gertrude Hallett


April


12 Winfield Scott Manchester and Mildred Laura Strong


16 Leon Ervin Goodwin and Bertha Grace Nutter


16 Ralph Herbert Parker and Margery Edna Gallup


16 Floyd Chandler Young and Miriam Chase Has- kell


26 Irving Lovell Douglas and Ina May Poquett


28 John Henry Sloan and Daisy Bernice Demary May


4 Konstanty Stankiewiczand Sofia Maxsimovich


12 Merton Edward Hall and Myla Abigail Eaton


13 James Joseph Kane and Hetty LaFountain


19 Henry Castor and Bertha St. Clair Austin


19 William Andrew Mcllwaine and Georgia Elis- abeth Gifford


24 Arthur James Sloan and Olivia A. Lashua


26 Anthony Albert Re and Margaret Moynihan


29 Alva Theodore Goodrich and Addie May Rhoade


June


7 Milton Henry Jones and Mary Treasa Massey


17 Byrd D. Goss and Carrie Elvira Davis


18 Fayette Brumley Kingsbury and Ethel M. Staf- ford


21 Rufus O. Estey and Fanny Alice Whitcomb


23 John Raymond Bohen and Lillian May Jarvis


23 James Francis Donahue and Helen Elizabeth Halligan


28 William Asa Fuller and Alice Allen


July 2 Floyd Melvin Banister and Clara Marion Hook


7 Ralph Lionel Parker and Mildred H. Stockwell


7 Wilfred A. Dashner and Irene Mae Lefebvre


8 Ellsworth Sheldon Johnson and Fulalee Jose- phine Leonard


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20 William Joseph Bean and Pearl Hazel Emerson David Raymond Linekin and Mildred Mae Bar- ber


26


26 Sawa Kudravecz and Catherine Waytsovich August


6 Tracey Burr Thayer and Beatrice Merceedes Roberts


9 Waldemar Perry Sherwin and Ruth Gladys Heald


12 Charles Abbott Hastings and Grace May Tripp


16 William Arthur Hastings and Grace Butler


16 Winfred Harrison Stone and Mary Elizabeth Light


18 Russell Ducham Raymond and Harriett Wil- liams


23 Howard Frank Whipple and Leonella Elvira Barton


September


1 Lester Messinger Richmond and Anna May


Blair


4 Edgar Alvin Gelineau and Pearl Edria Watkins


7 Walter Weston Herrick and Doris Nellie Spaf- ford


8 Edwin Franklin Russell and Ida May Keyser Oscar Mortimer Parkhurst and Mrs. Margaret Whittin


14


15 Walter Otto Schulmann and Evelyn Laundry


23 Joseph Blaine Johnson and Virginia Frances Slack


25 John Blake and Emma Dyer


30 Guy Oliver Wescott and Ellen Elizabeth Davis Oct. 8 Fred W. Cady and E. Gertrude Walker


10 Earl Burt Farnsworth and Wilnier Katherine Willard


11 Alexander McDonald and Lillian E. Gray


11 Albert Alden Herrick and Leona Lyman Neal


22 Cassie Moore Eddings and Dora Julia Gibson


23 Leonard Nelson Gammon and Ninnie Eva Dav- idson


25 Roy E. Crary and Hazel May Butterfield


25 Frederick Gorton and Mildred Hazel Griffith


27 John Edward O'leary and Maude Theresa Trom- bly


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28 Rupert Ira Green and Irene Dashner Nov


4 Raymond Hayford Griggs and Hazel Flora Streeter


8 John L. Randall and Margaret Sarah Howard


15 Clifford Earl Burke and Gladys Mary Fish


15 Charles Henry Spencer and Alice Marie Hamil- ton


17 Rollin Balcom Barlow and Florence Mattie Stew- art


19 Frederick Hyde and Lula May Lockwood


19 Thomas Henry Ruiter and Marion Frances Spindler


23 Merton Osman Gowing and Florence Gladys Grout


24 William Edward Craig and Ruth Elleine Deady Alexander John Ferguson and Amy Pelkey


Dec


4 Fred Lockwood Nutting and Nettie Manning


10 Clyde George Judd and Mabel Putnam


DEATHS


Jan. 1919


Yrs. Mos. Dys.


1 Emily L. Hemenway


74


5 26


2 Albert Benedetto


2 Slade Infant


4 Josephine Landry Root


68


9


29


7 Charlotte Frances Shea Slade


26


9


17


10 Cecil Craigue Aiken


19


11


14


12 Elizabeth H. Stone


66


9


20


15 Lieokadzia Franeiszka Pomiskio


1


8


18 Alice M. Maranville


59


5


19 Harley E. Cook


3


12


Feb.


3 Carrie E. Ellison


65


10


22


6 Herbert A. Glynn


39


8


9


15 Phyllis L. Parker


1


2


24


18 Chas. H. Upham


68


8


4


21 George Keith Wyman


62


10


30


22 Mary Lazar


8


26 Dubaniewicz Infant


1


121


23 Edgar S. Persons


24 Mary V. Gould


76


4


12


March


1 Harold Edward Smith


3


4


18


3 Josephine Reiners


44


11


12


10 Raymond Albert Lavigne


15


11 Doris Nellie Snow


20


13 Myrtle Knight


1


7


22


18 Alice C. Conger Rogers Infant


74


9


5


19


Francis Crosby Spellman


70


4


24


20


Frank H. Houghton


31


5


23


20 Perley E. Prevost


19


4


1


21 Frank M. Crandall


35


7


5


21 Rufus Smith


25


2


5


22


Lilliam A. Gilpatric


38


6


15


22


Helena Maxemowicz


1


10


22


23


Amanda McIntyre


66


10


23


24


Esther Dashner Raymond


75


9


6


24


Arthur W. Robinson


44


5


21


25


Richard Thomas Longworth


18


9


9


26


Bert W. Banister


48


3


20


26


Stephen Hulaska


32


16


26 Thelma Marchessalt


10


24


26


John P. Parkhurst


4


10


1


27


Elihu Ebenezer Herrick


73


4


15


27


Minnie Pilver


26


10


12


28


John Calvin Harrington


2


5


8


28


William Jackson Sprague


54


10


4


30


Ellen Murphy Caine


72


3


6


April


2 Alexander O. Ford


45


9 28


2 David Eugene Nailor


1


29


5 Addie E. Duncan


75


22


6 Charles Allen Bixby


75


7


16


10 Agnes R. Odette


46


1


24


10 Lillian May Wilson Pratt


32


10


13


11 Luther H. Knight


63


15


14 Ruth Emma Smith


24


15 Jane Allbee Ball


76


1


20


16 Grace Mae Stickney


32


11


18 Waclau Lohutko


2


2


19 Anna Lazar


27


2


2


122


81


7


14


19


23 Arthur Joseph Rivard


24 Shaw Infant


24 Shaw Infant


26 William A. Firky


42


10


13


May


6 Gibson Infant


24


13 Geo. F. Wiley


74


4


11


15 Della Agnes Camp


27


8


7


28 Ella A. Whitney


66


11


·8


June


23 Lyle F. Cass (Infant)


25 Herman G. Gilson


3


11


17


July


4 Ellen A. Howe


87


3


7


12 Martel Infant


4


18


16 Chas. F. Fenner


22


9


1


29 Anna L. Shaw


34


3


6


Aug.


9 Chas. Blanchard


73


4


9


24 Delia A. Grant


78


25 3 Frederick R. Delaurier


1


1


2


26 Howard Hart Tarbell (Infant)


Sept.


1 John L. Desmond


34


5


9


7 Martha Louisa Smith


64


8


5


9 Ann Eliza (Boynton) Damon


75


11


21


13 Ada E. Zimmerman


75


5


20 Natt Hurd


59


8


9


24 Ella Blanchard Johnson


29


10


26


24 Johnson Infant


20


5


1


Oct.


3 Raymond W. Thomas


14


3 Helen Watkins


77


10


14


6 Cocklin Infant


6 Marcie Wheeler McIntire


82


11


11


31 Michael Zielonko


59


7


16


31 Gladys May Holton


2


11


25


Nov.


14 Vernon Walton Scott


8


28


15 Stanislaw Bulay


25


1


123


.


5


1


1


24 Catherine Lloyd


16 Vitallin Blais


17 Louise Bernice StClair


3


29


Dec.


6 Charles A. Fisher


8 Drown Infant


52


10


4


9 Miss Ruth F. Bemis


83


9


6


13 Clarence C. Cobb


51


8


10


25 Elmer Charles Cady


67


8


20


29 Florence M. Barlow


30 Dywaltowski Infant


17


3


20


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Notification


The inhabitants of the Town of Springfield who are legal voters in the town meeting are hereby noti- fied and warned to meet at the Town hall in said town on Tuesday, the second day of March, 1920, at 9 o'clock in the forenoon to transact the following business :-


Article 1. To receive and act on the reports of the Town officers.


Art. 2. To see if the town will authorize the se- lectmen to appoint one or two road commissioners.


Art. 3. To see if the town will vote to elect two additional selectmen for a term of one year, each year hereafter.


Art. 4. To elect town officers for the ensuing year.


Art. 5. To see if the town will vote to appro- priate a sum of money in addition to the sum now re- quired by law to take advantage of the State Aid law, and if so, how much.


Art. 6. To see if the town will authorize the selectmen to contract with the State Highway Com- missioner for resurfacing state highways and appro- priate a sum not to exceed five hundred dollars for that purpose.


Art. 7. To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money to meet an appropriation that may be made by the state for the improvement of rural highways.


Art. 8. To see what sum of money the town will appropriate for the support of the Springfield Town Library in addition to what the town is al- ready bound by contract to pay.


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Art. 9. To see how much money the town will appropriate, not exceeding five hundred dollars, for a free hospital bed in the Springfield hospital for the period of one year for the use of inhabitants of the town who are entitled to receive assistance by rea- son of the indigent circumstances and provide for paying the same.


Art. 10. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of one hundred dollars to defray the ex- penses of Memorial day.


Art. 11. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars for the support of the Community Club band (by petition) under such con- ditions as to band concerts as the selectmen may prescribe.


Art. 12. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars for the support of Buz- zel's band (by petition) under such conditions as to band concerts as the selectmen may prescribe.


Art. 13. To see if the town will appropriate a sum of money to be used for free scholarship for Springfield students in state institutions.


Art. 14. To see if the town will authorize the Board of School Directors to continue medical in- spection in the schools.


Art. 15. To see if the town will vote to build a six-room schoolhouse on the East side of the river, in the general vicinity of Summer Hill, Summer and Wall streets, and appropriate the sum not ex- ceeding sixty-five thousand dollars or some other sum for that purpose exclusive of furnishings. To authorize the selectmen to draw orders on the treas- urer for ten per cent of the expenses of building said building and to give notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the town payable in equal payments


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covering the period of ten years, and to elect a com- mittee of three to take charge of said work.


Art. 16. To see if the town will vote to use the town common on the west side of Summer Hill cem- etery for schoolhouse purposes.


Art. 17. To see if the town will vote to buy a tract of land on the east side of the river in the gen- eral vicinity of Summer Hill, Summer and Wall streets, suitable for a new schoolhouse, and if so vot- ed appropriate a sum not to exceed three thousand dollars or some other sum to be raised by taxation or some other way, and elect a committee to pur- chase the land.


Art. 18. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of three hundred and fifty dollars above the present endowment to properly care for the burial lots of the veterans of war.


Art. 19. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of two thousand dollars to cover the expense for the coming year of caring for and improving the various cemeteries.


Art. 20. To see if the town will appropriate the sum of three hundred dollars to aid the Springfield Fair association in paying premiums on agricultural exhibits for the year 1920.


Art. 21. To see if the town will make an appro- priation for maintaining a suitable winter automo- bile road between North Springfield and Springfield village. (By petition).


Art. 22. To see if the town will rescind the vote taken at the special town meeting of November 22, 1919, authorizing the changing of location of the highway crossing the Hartness aviation field near Kendrick's Corners, and appropriation of a sum of money for that purpose. (By petition).


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Art. 23. To see if the town will vote to take advantage of the provisions of Chapter 174 of the General Laws, and authorize the selectmen to em- ploy a general town or municipal manager.


To see if the town will authorize the selectmen to unite with the village trustees in employing the same manager for the town and village of Spring- field, in case the village at its annual meeting, votes in favor of employing a municipal manager, it being understood that the expense will be divided between the Town and Village on an equitable basis. (See Chapter 174 printed in Town Report).


Art. 24. To see if the town will appropriate three hundred dollars for making a survey of a water system for fire and domestic purposes at North Springfield.


Art. 25. To see if the town will appropriate five hundred dollars for getting up plans and specifica- tions for remodeling, improving or rebuilding the Town hall and submit the same to the next annual meeting.


Art. 26A. Shall license be granted for the sale of intoxicating liquors.


Art. 26B. Shall license of the fifth class be granted ?


Art. 26. To see if the town will authorize the selectmen to rent the Town hall for moving picture shows and other purposes, and make a permanent lease for that purpose.


Art. 27. To see if the town will appropriate ten thousand dollars to aid in building a new hos- pital.


Art. 28. To see if the town will appropriate one thousand dollars for putting in an electric lighting system at the Town farm.


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Art. 29. To see if the town will vote to raise a special town tax of eleven cents on the dollar of the grand list for the permanent repair and patrol of un- improved rural highways. (By petition).


Art. 30. To see if the town will vote to make some provisions for fixing salaries of town officers for the ensuing year.


Art. 31. To make appropriations for school, highways, care of the poor, present indebtedness of the town, salaries of town officers and all other pur- poses for which the law requires appropriations or for which the town may legally vote, and to vote rates of taxation for the same.


Art. 32. To see if the town will vote to pay the taxes to the town treasurer.


Art. 33. To see if the town will vote to collect its poll taxes under the provision of Section 867, and the ten following Sections relating to paying poll taxes to the collector of taxes.


Art. 34. To see if the town will authorize the town treasurer to borrow money, subject to the ap- proval of the Selectmen, to meet the requirements of the town for the ensuing year.


Art. 35. To see if the town will authorize the town treasurer to borrow money, subject to the ap- proval of the Board of School Directors, in anticipa- tion of taxes already rated, to meet the require- ments of the Town School District for the ensuing year.


Art. 36. To see if the Town will vote to buy the whole or a part of the Fairbrother gravel pit in Charlestown, and elect a committee for arranging the same.


Art. 37. To see if the town will vote to add two rooms to the present primary building on Park


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street ; to appropriate a sum not to exceed ten thou- sand dollars for this purpose, if so voted to raise such sum by taxation or otherwise. (By petition).


Art. 38. To see if the town will vote to accept the following gifts or trust funds for cemetery pur- poses according to the conditions attached to said gifts or trusts :- From Joseph W. Leland, $100.00; Elias Olney, $50.00 ; A. I. Miller and Jairus Litchfield. $100.00; Alphonso G. Washburn, $50.00; Jane A. Ball, $50.00; Charles O. Fletcher, $100.00; J. R. Phil- brick, Myron Grimes, G. D. DeCamp, J. P. Niles and Gerald DeCamp, $100.00; James M. Warner, $50.00; Oliver Putnam, $50.00; Samuel L. Chipman, $100.00; Bertha Richmond, $100.00; Emma Loveland, $100.00 ; Agnes R. Odette, $50.00.


Art. 39. To see if the town will vote to cover its employees on the liability and under the compen- sation act.


Art. 40. To do any other business that can be legally done under this warning.


Dated at Springfield, this 17th day of February, A. D. 1920.


R. C. ALLEN FRANK D. GILL FRED C. DAVIS


Selectmen Springfield, Vt.


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Index


Selectmen's Report


3


Road Commissioners' Report 26


Overseer of Poor Report


50


School Directors' Report


63


Cemetery Commissioners' Report


78


Francis F. Parker Fund


83


Campbell Fund


86


Statement of Tax Rates


86


Statement of Tax Collectors


87


Statement of Assets and Liabilities


87


Trustees of Public Funds


88


Town Library Statement


91


Librarian's Report


93


Town Treasurer's Report


96


Russian Orphanage


104


Town Trucks


106


Town Management Plan 108


Vital Statistics 114


Notification


125


Town Officers, 1919-1920


Moderator H. H. Blanchard Town ,Clerk M. L. Lawrence Town Treasurer F. W. Wheeler


R. C. Allen, term expires 1920


Selectmen F. D. Gill, term expires 1921 F. C. Davis, term expires 1922


Road Commissioner Alvin W. Lawrence


Overseer of Poor Charles M. Washburn


E. B. Leland, term expires 1920


Listers H. O. Dodge, term expires 1921 R. Ward Dent, term expires 1922 Mrs. Cora F. Bennett, term expires 1920


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School Directors J. E. Stetson, term expires 1921 W. E. Fisher, term expires 1922


W. A. Fuller, term expires 1920


Auditors H. A. Parkhurst, term expires 1921 E. H. Kendall, term expires 1922 E. J. Fullam, term expires 1920 Trustees Public Money M. E. Stearns, term expires 1921 H. H. Blanchard, term expires 1922 [F. H. Spaulding, H. D. Casey Town Grand Jurors E. H. Kendall, ,G. F. Leland


First Constable E. R. Purdy


Second Constable W. L. Fairbanks


Agent to Prosecute and Defend Suits F. C. Davis


Tree Warden George H. Waldron


Cemetery


Commissioners


Trustees Francis F. Parker Fund


Walter E. Dix, term expires 1920 Franklin Barney, term expires 1921 J. T. Jacobs, term expires 1922 J. S. Jacobs, term expires 1923 M. L. Lawrence, term expires 1924 M. E. Stearns, term expires 1920 D. S. Brownell, term expires 1921 F. Z. Preston, terni expires 1922 G. W. Bates, term expires 1920 J. L. Woodbury, term expires 1921 W. J. Ackerman, term expires 1921 G. F. Leland, term expires 1921 F. D. Gill, term expires 1922


Park Trustees


W. H. H. Slack, term expires 1920


Trustees Campbell Fund F. G. Field, term expires 1921 D. J. MacDonald, term expires 1922





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