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APRIL 16, 1948: continued
UNION SCHOOL - DISPOSAL:
The Lawrence Building and WreckingOompany of 99 Union Street, Lawrence are
interested in bidding fo9 the razing of the Union School if and when the Selectmen
decide to dispose of it. This request will be kept'on file.
LAWRENCE GAS &ELECTRIC COMPANY:
Mrs. John McGuire complained that the shade on the street lifht at the corner
of Maple Avenue and Stonington Street makes a very dark section in front of
her home and she recently fellthere because of this darkness. We had previously
received a reques~ to have the shade adjusted so that the light would not sh~ne
into the window of Mr. Arnold Salishury, s home. A letter will be sent to the
Gas Company to see what can be done to clear this situation and at thesame time
please both the families involved. Mr. McGuire lives at 13 StoningtonStreet.
APRIL 20,1948:
COLLEC~0R,S BOND:
A bond for $1500 for the tax collector for Uncollected recon~,itted taxes was
si~ned'-by the board, Bond #65-34864, Aetna. Casualty and Surety Company.
A special meeting of the board of Selectmen was hild at 2:0~ P.M. at which time~
the' Merrimack School Building and a portion of the land thereto was transferred
to ~he archdiocese of Boston for the sum of $47~038.28 and a strip of land
adJacen~~ to th~, Methodist Church was-transferred to the First Methodist ~hurch
for the sum of $1084.80. The follewing persons adjourned to the court room in
the' Town Building where the transfer took pla'ce. Those present were Judge' John
Fenton,'.. ~ Special. Justice William H. Duly. Rev~. Fran
_0!~Connor, .Rev. Father Loughlin. Tr al [~,~.,~.~,- -~ .cis _L. S.h~ea a~d. Rev. Father
, _ . i ........ ~ ~P. ar~es Tromo£ Jo.~n ~os ' '
Town Clerk ~ohn ~., Y, . k~.ng,
~: .... ;..~ .. . . _.Lyons, Maurice.Ravich, 'Attorney Cornelius J. Maho .
...... ~ ~ua~'a ox -~e-eczmen, Arthur Ag Thomson, Chairman~
JosephM. 'Finneran and. Andrew F. Coffin. The deed states that the town of North
Andove~iwill continue to use the Merrimack School until the new so-called Merrii
~ackrCenter School is constructed and ready for occupancy. As the Zransfer
~was,~.. ·,.~':made"a:, picture. 'of. the.. group was taken by the reporter, George Cullen.
JUROR**DRAWN: -
Andrew F. Coffin drew the name of James J. Regan to serve as a" Juror at* Newbury-.
po~t' on..May 17, 1948.
VETERANS HOUSING:
The Board discussed Chapter 200, Acts"of 1948 relative ~o Veterans Housing.'
~.'M~ T~sbn' Stated that this hoard .has been confronted with this r
".un,ts,at rents to be afforded by veterans, providing that application for, a
portico'of.this amount is requested by ~he town. Mr. Thomson then read a letter.
. ?f~the State Board of Housing.giving informationas to,the porti5n each city .
-'oz~town may requestto be allocated, which is approximately three per 6ant of
',the assessed valuation and this.means that North Andover will be eligible for
~bou~,$225,000. The 'letter stated that there must. be a Housing Authority,
t~':be[g~pointed by the town and a fifth ,member by the State. Cornelius J.
-. ahoneyjbelieves: . . that a Special. Town Meeting will' benneceasary relative to t
appointmen~ of. a Housing Authormty and he will check on this and report to · he
boa~d~at.a 'later date.
~?'~;':'C6'~fim~'andfor"t "~ Mr. Finneran s:$ted that they were~in~favor of applying at once
.' he. allocation for the town a~ there is definitely a housing shortage.
fA 'moti0n"was made by Mr. Coffin'that this board make application of the State
B6~rd of Housing forthe full amount of. $225,000 as the town's .share of the
$2~000,000 recently set upfor this purpose and approved on April 6, 1948.Unan.
A letter will be sent to Albert S.' Bigelow, Chairman of the State Board of
.Housing requesting the above amount· for North Andover,
TRANSFER FROMRESERVE:
T~eSe!ectmen voted to request a transfer sf $124. 50 from the Reserve Fund to
cover a deficit in the Annual Town Reports Appropriation tocover the cost
of 2525 copies of Advisory Board'Reports for April 10, 1948,
Publishing Company.
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payable to the Bee
APPOINTMENTS:
TheBoard voted unanimously to appoint John J. Dolan 'of 10 Ashland Street to
be'the Dog Officer for the coming year.
'Th~ Board Voted unanimously to appoint Martin J. Law!or as Building Inspector
forths coming year. Mr. Lawlor lives at 290 Stevens Street.