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One Hundred and Ninth ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Enmn of Sanoolpli For the Year Ending December 31 1944 S531 One Hundred and Ninth ANNUAL REPORT of the Selectmen and Overseers of Public Welfare, Town Clerk and Treasurer, Assessors, Board of Health, School Committee, Tax Collector, Fire Department, Highway Surveyor, Police Department of the TOWN OF RANDOLPH Together with the Reports of Town Accountant, The Trustees of the Stetson School Fund, The Trustees of the Turner Free Library, Water Com- missioners, Sealer of Weights and Measures, Animal Inspector, Milk Inspector, Plumbing Inspector, Inspector of Slaughtering, Public Safety Committee, Emer- gency War Board, Tree Warden for the Year Ending December 31, 1944 CIS J UN 8 1363^ ; Annual Report of the Town of Randolph TOWN OFFICERS, 1944 Elected Moderator (elected annually) —Walter F. Stephens. Town Clerk and Treasurer (elected annually) —Marion L. Bailey. Selectmen and Overseers of Public Welfare (elected an- nually) —Charles F. Blakely, Theodore S. Luddington, Ralph H. Hutchinson. Assessors (elected for 3 years) —Theodore S. Luddington, term expires 1945; Frank F. Teed, term expires 1946; James P. Duffy, term expires 1947. School Committee (elected for 3 years) —Philip L. Boyle, term expires 1945; John E. Kelley, term expires 1945; William G. Billingham term expires 1946 (resigned) Sidney Fletcher, appointed for remainder of year; Ralph H. Hutchinson, term expires 1946; Frank H. Linfield, term expires 1947. Trustees of Stetson School Fund (elected for 3 years) Philip L. Boyle, term expires 1945; Ralph H. Hutchinson, term expires 1946; Frank H. Linfield, term expires 1947. Board of Health (elected for 3 years) —Fred A. Diauto, term expires 1945; Frederick J. Driscoll, term expires 1946; George H. Heney, term expires 1947. Tax Collector (elected annually) —Clara F. Kennedy. 3 ONE HUNDRED AND NINTH ANNUAL REPORT Water Commissioners (elected for 3 years) —Frederick D. Driscoll, term expires 1945; Richard F. Smith, term expires 1946; William F. Maguire, term expires 1947. Highway Surveyor (elected annually) —John A. Frederick- son. Tree Warden (elected annually) —John T. Moore. Planning Board (elected for 3 years) —Carroll L. Paine, term expires 1945; Harry Williamson, term expires 1945; Russell W. Bennett, term expires 1946; Eugene L. McAuliffe, term expires 1946; Walter B. Downs, term expires 1947. Constables (elected annually) —Russell W. Bennett, Herman H. Bertram, Russell W. Dixon, Ralph H. Hutchinson, Frank H. Linfield, William H. Mahoney, Russell L. Towns. Appointments by Selectmen Town Accountant (appointed for 3 years) — William J. McLaughlin, term expires 1945. Registrars of Voters (appointed for 3 years) —Dennis J. Murphy, term expires 1945; Elizabeth Cunningham, term expires 1946 ; Mrs. Mildred B. Taber, term expires 1947; Marion L. Bailey, Town Clerk ex-officio. Chief of Police—Patrick T. McDonnell (Chapter 31, Sec- tion 49.) Chief of Fire Department—Harold L. Bailey (Chapter 48, Section 42.) Forest Fire Warden—Harold L. Bailey. 4 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Inspector of Buildings—Harold L. Bailey. Keeper of the Lock-up (appointed annually) —William H. Mahoney. Fence Viewers—Frank Esposito, Joseph O'Mahoney and Frank C. Wales. Surveyors of Wood and Bark—John T. Moore, Edwin Soule, and Charles H. Truelson. Field Drivers—William Carroll, William Corrigan, Timothy Lyons, Jr., and Michael J. Kiley. Sealer of Weights and Measures—Daniel P. Lyons. Public Weighers—Frank Diauto, Michael Diauto, Ruth Diauto, Fred Kennedy, Francis Leahy, Dennis Murphy, John White and Arthur Doody. Inspector of Milk—Henry W, Merrill. Inspector of Animals—Charles H. Truelson. Inspector of Slaughtering—Weston L. Mann. Moth Superintendent—John T. Moore. Dog Officer—Herman H. Bertram. Board of Appeals, Zoning Laws—George H. Chase, term expires 1945; William S. Condon, term expires 1945; John E. Kelley, term expires 1946 ; George A. Franken- berger, term expires 1947 ; Edgar B. Cole, term expires 1947, Eugene L. McAuliffe, associate member. Emergency War Board—Walter J. Good, James D. McKin- non, Attorney George N. Welch, Albert C. Wilde and Martin E. Young. 5 ONE HUNDRED AND NINTH ANNUAL REPORT Special Officers (to serve without pay) —Francis N. Belcher, Russell Bennett, Herman Bertram, Ernest J. Beswick, Frank W. Billingham, William Billingham, William Blake, Gansevoort Boyd, Edmund J. Brady, Chester Claff, C. Lloyd Claff, Clifford G. Clapp, George Condon, William S. Condon, Leo H. Connors, Merrill Coombs, James Cotter, Edmund Derocher, Russell Dixon, Lau- rence Doherty, Harry Dolan, Myles Dupras, Harold B. Emery, Perley Evans, Daniel Evans, Emery Erickson Edward Fahey, Emery Ferris, Thomas G. Fogo, Charles Forrester, George Frawley, John Frederickson, Thomas H. Good, Kenneth Gray, Howard Harris, Stephen J. Hart, George Heney, Irving Hill, Ralph Hutchinson, Lester Hattenburg, Albert Hoxie, Robert Imrie, Silas Jameson, John Jablonski, Albert Johnson, William R. Leavitt, Frank Linfield, Raymond E. Lyons, Daniel P Lyons, Culbert Macy, William Mahoney, Charles Main, Herbert Mixer, Howard C. P. Morgan, Eugene Mc- Auliffe, John A. McLeod, Patrick T. McDonnell (Con- stable), Alfred Nelson, James O'Kane, Thomas O'Riley, Ainslie K. Payne (Constable), E. Clifton Payne (Con- stable,), Joseph Rowe, Marshall Roth, Albert Schmidt, Henry Schultz, James Shea, Herman Smith, Alexander Squire, Florence Sullivan, Benjamin Schifino, Clifford Sampson, Percy Thomson, Robert Torrance, John M. Wade, Walter Wells, Clarence Whynot, Elmer Whynot, Wallace Whynot, Edward Willis, Frank Yundt. Committees Appointed by Moderator Committee of nine to serve on Finance Committee—George H. Chase, Frank J. Curran, Irwin T. Dorch, terms expire 1945; Edmund R. Flaherty, Ernest C. Martin, Carl E. Reichert, terms expire 1946, Sidney Fletcher (resigned), Edward Fahey, Walter H. Billingham, terms expire 1947. Building Laws Committee Russell W. Bennett, Helen M. Haney, Olga C. Howard, Wal- ter B. Downs, William J. Leahy, Theodore S. Luddington, 6 TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. Isaac R. Mann, Royal E. Mann, Eugene L. McAuliffe, Carroll L. Paine, G. Henry Tangen, Harry Williamson. Rehabilitation Committee Russell W. Bennett, Charles F. Blakely, Dr. William E. Buck, Lawrence Chatfield, Edgar B. Cole, William S. Cole, John J. Collins, William S. Condon, Arthur L. Doody, Frank M. Downes, Girard A. Essiembre, Perley R. Evans, Edmund R. Flaherty, Frank R. Gaffney, Walter J. Good, Herman H. Heim, Francis S. Hicks, Dr. George V. Higgins, William L. Hurley, John W. Hurry, Ralph H. Hutchinson, John E. Kelley, Murray Lewis, Theo- dore S. Luddington, Roland H. Marden, Ernest C. Mar- tin, Eugene L. McAuliffe, Arthur V. McKenna, Eliza- beth Merrikin, Herbert L. Mixer, Carroll L. Paine, Alice W. Randall, Ellsworth Randall, Mae V. Scott, Richard F. Smith, Mrs. Bertha E. Soule, Walter F. Stephens, Albert C. Wilde, Harry Williamson, George N. Welch, Martin E. Young. Victory Committee Mrs. Una Belcher, Charles F. Blakely, Edmund Brady, Philip Burns, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Byron, Ethel Chatfield, C. Lloyd Claff, Edgar B. Cole, William S. Cole, Thomas J. Collins, Marie Cormey, Eileen Courtney, Lou Courtney, Benjamin P. Crowell, John Deitrick, Elmer Delorey, Ed- mund Derocher, Charlotte Diauto, Michael Diauto, Frank Dillon, Helen E. Donovan, James V. Donovan, Marguerite Donovan, Frank Downes, Violet Downs, George H. Eldridge, Rea Forrest, George Frawley, John A. Frederickson, Herman W. French, Frank R. Gaffney, Hubert Gilgan, Anna Good, Walter J. Good, Glenda Har- kins, Jean Harkins, J. Frank Harkins, Virginia Harkins, Frank Hess, Waldon Hezlitt, Joseph Hurley, J. Frank Higgins, Ralph Hutchinson, Harry C. Isaac, Mary G. Jones, Walter Kane, Alice Kelley, Clara Kennedy, Doro- 7 ONE HUNDRED AND NINTH ANNUAL REPORT thy LaBelle, William J. Leahy, Murray Lewis, Theodore S. Luddington, Timothy Lyons, Jr., James D. McKinnon, Charles Main, Roland H. Marden, Mrs. Elizabeth Mer- ricken, Eugene L. McAuliffe, Charles H. McGrath, Ar- thur McKenna, Maude McQuarry, Clara M. Nickerson, Mary S. O'Riley, Thomas O'Riley, Chester W. Payne, Edward Pelissier, Alice W. Randall, Orrin E. Reynolds, Viola Ruggles, Bertha Salamone, Thomas Scannell, Isa- belle Schulz, Mae Scott, Alice Shea, Joseph Simmons, Richard Smith, Bertha E. Soule, Walter F. Stephens, Augustus H. Sullivan, Helen Sullivan, Marie Sullivan, Arthur Trinque, George N. Welch, Mildred Welch, Sal- ly Williamson, Ruth Wright and Martin E. Young. Representatives to General Court from Fourth Norfolk Representative District Josiah Babcock, Milton, Mass.; Roy C. Smith, Holbrook, Mass. Representative to Congress from Thirteenth Congressional District Richard B. Wigglesworth, Milton, Mass. 8 :: : : TOWN OF RANDOLPH, MASS. ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 6, 1944 Article 1. Voted unanimously: That the Town Treas- urer, with the approval of the Selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow money from time to time in antici- pation of the revenue of the financial year beginning Jan- uary 1, 1944, 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 2. Voted to raise and appropriate money to defray the General Town Expenses for the current year, under the following headings: GENERAL GOVERNMENT Moderator Salary $65.00 Selectmen Salaries $1,600.00 Expenses (General) 500.00 Election Expenses 1,500.00 Street Lighting 10,910.92 Expense Rehabilitation Committee 200.00 14,710.92 Accountant Salary 2,070.00