TOWN OF ANDOVER ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Receipts and Expenditures iWIIHIgHM. FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING December 31, 1928. ANDOVER, MASS. SMITH & COUTTS CO. 1929 CONTENTS PAGE PAGE Aiding Mothers 65 Memorial Day 37 Infirmary Expense 64 Memorial Hall Library 66, 108 Relief out of 64 Moth Work 35, 61 Infirmary Statistics 65 Muncipal Buildings 30 Andover Post No. 8 41 Muncipal Properties 69 Animal Inspector 53 Planning Board 46 Appropriations, 1928 19 Police 40, 59 Assessors' Report 67 Pomps' Pond Recreation Com- Assessors' Survey 45, 83 mittee 41, 50 Assets . .., r ._ . ,72 Punchard Free School, Report of Auditors' Certificate 89 Trustees 90 Board of Health 33 Redemption of Bonds 43 Board of Health Nurse 86 Reserve Fund 47 Board of Public Works Appendix Retirement of Veterans 38 Brush Fires 39 Recount 24 Building Inspector's Report 81 Report on Salaries 109 Charities Department 62 Schools 25 Cornell Fund 48 Sealer of Weights and Measures 49, 50 County Tax 37 Smith Hughes Fund 27 Damage to Persons and Property 45 Soldiers' Relief 65 December Assessements 68 Spring Grove Cemetery 36, 57 Dump, Care of 38 State Aid 65 Election and Registration 32 State Taxes 37 Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital 42 Street Lighting 34 Financial Report 25 Tax Collector 70 Fire Department 39, 52 Temporary Loans 43 Finance Committee's Report 98 Town House Art. 4. 31 CAR. Post 99 38 Town Meeting 12 Inspector of Wires 44 Town Officers 4, 28 Insurance 44 Town Physician's Report 85 Interest 42 Town Scales 34 Jury List 54 Town Warrant 7, 94 Liabilities 72 Treasurer's Report 72 Librarian's Report 111 Tree Warden 35, 61 TOWN OFFICERS Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare FRANK H. HARDY, Chairman erni Expires 1929 tt << JEREMIAH J. DALY 1930 a a ANDREW McTERNEN, Secretary 1931 Assessors a a FRANK H. HARDY, Chairman 1929 it tt JEREMIAH J. DALY 1930 ANDREW McTERNEN, Secretary it tt 1931 Town Clerk GEORGE A. HIGGINS Town Treasurer GEORGE A. HIGGINS Tax Collector WILLIAM B. CHEEVER School Committee MARY E. C. GEAGAN Term Expires 1929 FREDERICK E. CHEEVER tt 1929 ERNEST A. JOHNSON tt 1929 LAWRENCE V. ROTH n 1930 MARY W. FRENCH a 1930 ETHEL E. CROSS tt 1930 a MAY D. FOLK 1931 a EUGENE M. WEEKS 1931 a DR. W. DACRE WALKER 1931 Superintendent of Schools HENRY C. SANBORN Board of Public Works and Sinking Fund Commission WALTER I. MORSE Term Expires 1929 GEORGE H. WINSLOW " " 1930 " WILLIAM D. McINTYRE " 1930 " ARTHUR T. BOUTWELL " 1931 " THOMAS P. DEA " 1931 4 Superintendent of Water and Sewer Departments, Highways and Parks CHARLES T. GI-LUARD Chief of Fire Department CHARLES F. EMERSON Board of Health BANCROFT T. HAYNES Term Expires 1929 FRANKLIN H. STACEY " " 1930 CHARLES E. ABBOTT, M.D. " " 1931 Chief of Police FRANK M. SMITH Constables JAMES NAPIER Term Expires 1929 FRANK M. SMITH a a 1929 a a GEORGE N. SPARKS 1929 Trustees of Memorial Hall Library PHILIP F. RIPLEY Term Expires 1929 a tt JOHN C. ANGUS 1930 a a BURTON S. FLAGG 1931 CLAUDE M. FUESS a tt 1932 REV. FREDERICK A. WILSON tt tt 1933 tt tt FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL 1934 tt tt NATHAN C. HAMBLIN 1935 Trustees of Punchard Free School — Terms expire 1931 FREDERIC S. BOUTWELL JOHN H. CAMPION MYRON E. GUTTERSON HENRY G. TYER EDMOND E. HAMMOND Auditors WALTER H. COLEMAN DAVID L. COUTTS HARRY SELLARS Moderator of Town Meetings ALFRED E. STEARNS 5 Trustees of Cornell Fund a. • CHARLES N. MARLAND Term Expires 1929 " DR. WILLIAM D. WALKER ;? " 1930 " JOHN C. ANGUS " 1931 Superintendent of Moth Department and Tree Warden E. BURKE THORNTON Inspector of Buildings EDWARD R. LAWSON Inspector of Plumbing JOSEPH P. NOLAN Inspector of Wires BERTRAND L. GEORGE Registrars of Voters PATRICK J. SCOTT GEORGE A. HIGGINS, Clerk SAMUEL P. HULME JOHN F. HURLEY Trustees of Spring Grove Cemetery — For 3 years WALTER I. MORSE WALTER E. CURTIS FRED E. CHEEVER FRED A. SWANTON EVERETT M. LUNDGREN DAVID R. LAWSON JOHN W. STARK Street Lighting" Committee walter h. coleman george g. brown james c. souter winfield'b. knowlton ;;''•; george l. graham; Finance Committee ARCHIE N. FROST, Chairman JOSEPH H. HIGGINSON CHARLES J. BAILEY, Secretary JOSEPH C. KIMBALL WALTER M. LAMONT JAMES H. EATON / G. EDGAR FOLK Planning Board .IRVING SOUTHWORTH • Term Expires 1929 " GRANVILLE K. CUTLER " 1930 " CHARLES H. FORBES " 1931 ROY E. HARDY " " 1932 EDWARD P. HALL ' - « 1933 : TOWN WARRANT THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Essex, ss. : To either of the Constables of the Town of Andover, Greeting : In the name of the Commonwealth you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said town who are quali- fied to vote in elections and in town affairs to meet and assemble at the designated polling places in Precincts One, Two, Three and Four, viz : The Town House in Precinct One ; the Old School House, Ballardvale, in Precinct Two ; the Boys' Club House, Shawsheen Village, in Precinct Three; and the Phillips Club House, School Street, in Precinct Four, in said Andover, on MONDAY, THE FIFTH DAY OF MARCH, 1928, at 6 o'clock a.m., to act on the following articles Article 1. — To elect a Moderator for one year, Town Clerk for one year, Treasurer for one year, Collector of Taxes for one year, one member of the Board of Selectmen for two years (to fill vacancy), one member of the Board of Assessors for two years (to fill vacancy), one member of the Board of Selectmen for three years, one member of the Board of Assessors for three years, one member of the School Committee for two years (to fill vacancy), three members of the School Committee for three years, two members of the Board of Public Works for three years, one member of the Board of Health for three years, three Auditors of Accounts for one year, three Constables for one year, one Trustee of Memorial Hall Library for seven years, one Tree Warden for one year, five Trustees of Punchard Free School for three years, and all town officers required by law to be elected by ballot. All to be voted for on one ballot. The polls will be open from 6 o'clock a.m. to 6.30 o'clock p.m. After final action on the preceding Article One, the said meeting shall stand adjourned by virtue of Section 20, Chapter 39, of the General Laws, to Monday, March 12th, at 1.30 o'clock p.m. at the Town Hall, then and there to act upon the following articles, namely: Article 2.— To elect all other officers not required by law to be elected by ballot. Article 3. — To determine what sums of money shall be ap- propriated for Infirmary Expenses, Outside Relief, Aiding Mothers with Dependent Children, Board of Health, Damages to Persons and Property, Brush Fires, Fire Department, Town Scales, Highway Department, Insurance, Interest, Memorial Hall Library, Memorial Day, Post G. A. R., Andover Post No. 8, Am- erican Legion, Parks and Playsteads, Police, Printing, Election and Registration, Essex County Tuberculosis Hospital Main- tenance, Public Dump, Retirement of Veterans, Reserve Fund, Redemption of Water, Sewer, High School, Library, Essex Sanatorium, and Shawsheen School Bonds, Schools, Sewer Maintenance, Soldiers' Relief, Spring Grove Cemetery, State Aid, Street Lighting, Town Officers, Town House, Tree Warden and Moth Department, Water Maintenance and Construction, and other town charges and expenses. Article 4. — To see if the Town will appropriate a sum not exceeding $9000, for the purpose of re-arranging the offices in the Town House to provide for new sanitaries, increased vault room, more office room and equipment for same, on petition of the Board of Selectmen. Article 5. — To see if the Town will appropriate a sum of money not exceeding $5000.00 provided, however, a like amount of money is appropriated by the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts and the County of Essex, for improvement of River Road in West Andover so-called, on petition of the Board of Public Works. 8 Article 6. — To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $5500.00 to erect bleachers and fence on the play- stead, on petition of the Board of Public Works. Article 7. —- To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $2500.00 to grade grounds around back of the School property to meet work already done on playstead, according to plan of Morse & Dickinson, on petition of School Committee and Board of Public Works. Article 8. — To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the Water Main on Lowell Street from its present dead-end near the residence of Charles Eaton, a dis- 1 tance of 3200 feet, and appropriate the sum of $9000.00 for same, on petition of Board of Public Works. Article 9. — To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Public Works to extend the water main on Stinson Street from its present dead-end near the property of H. B. Lewis, a distance of 1000 feet, and appropriate the sum of $2000.00 for same, on petition of Board of Public Works. Article 10. — To see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $3500.00 for the laying of a 6-inch Water Main on Washington Avenue to take the place of a 4-inch now in use, and make the necessary changes, on petition of James C. Souter and others. Article 11. — To see if the Town will authorize the School Committee to employ an architect to examine the school lot on Bartlet Street and make preliminary plans for a school building or an addition to a building thereon, and appropriate a sum not exceeding $1000.00 therefor, on petition of Elsie Pitkin Poynter and others.