HomeMy WebLinkAbout1950-09-18 Board of Selectmen MinutesSeptember 18, 1950
- continued
as a member of the Board of Appeals to serve until Janmaryl, 1951, unexpired
term caused by the resignation of Mr. John Alter.
LEO MURPHY:~
Mr. Murphy came before the board and informe~the~ t~at he had purchased some
land i~ Middieton and that there was other land which he.wanted, but was no~
sure whether it was in North Andover or Middteton. Re had two maps to show
the board and after checking each one with Mr. ~urphy, the board decided
torefer the matter to the ASsessors and ask that they find out the correct
information. The board of Assessors came before the board, and the matter
was discussed and the Assessors will contact Mr. ~rasseur to check on the
plans, Plan ~1 by Cry Eng. Evans, 1934 and.Plan ~2 by R, Bramseur 1942.
DIRECTOR*CIVIL DEFENSEs
Acting under Executive Order No.1, signed by Paul A. Dever, the Board
of Selectmen appointed S~"Forbas Rockwell .to serve as. Director of Civil'=
De/~ense in this town.. ' ]he Board first contacted S. F. Rockwell, who had
served in this. capacity during the last war and he felt that he waa too
old and had too many other interests at this time but was greatly appre-
ciative of the honor and'thanked the board.
· S.' Forbes RockweLl ha.~ agreed to accept this position and'his name
-be sent to the Director 'Of'Civil Defense of the .Oommonweslth, State House,
Boston 33, Mass.
· SELECTIVE SERVICE
The f~llowing names were submitted to the Mass. State 'Headquarters to
serve as qualified board members, locally~ Samuel F. Rockwell, Cormalims
~ Mahomey~ ~ouis Saunders afid:HarveFH. Bacon .and..Roger B. Merriman.
The name of Elwyn King was submitted to serve as a government, appeal agent.
PERAMB~LATION BETWEEN ~ANDOVER AND NORTH, AEDOVE~
PERAMBULATION ,BET~'~N .:MIDDLETON AND .NORTH ANDOFER,, ' ' ,
?Sr~.~,are. 11 bounds which were checked ,by-the Andover Select'eno'and
coar= .an~ ,a certified copy of this matter showing location of the bounds:.
is' on ~ile in the folder-Selectmen,s Office.
One bound, was perambulated by the Selectmen of Middleton .and this hoard
and the location of same .is .shown on a certified copy signed,by'all',
members ,present. ,Filed in Selectmen.s File.(."Bounds,
SEPTEMBER 2~,19~0 ~
The regular, weekly meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at 7:00 P.M.
'. 'with' all members present. Weekly bills and payrolls were ,approved.
~,BUILDING CORP.. POST 219: . - -
':James Dooleyl came befor~ the'.board to ack.for .permission ~o conduct a ,scrap
· 'and paper drive on October 8, '1950 to :help ds~ray expenses of repairs on
.the Legion Home; The. board voted unanimously mo grant this permission..
, ~ZECTION: '-
Town. Clerk' John J. Lyons came before the board to inform them that there were
16I~ votes cast at .the recen~ election, the largest number of votes that
North' &ndbver has ever had at a primary election..He explained,that .~.tbere
was very litble confusion du& to. the eecent change .made .in voting places.
CENT~R'SCHOOL~
Fred' Leach had made~ the: suggestion that something be. done about ,.the ~water
being, shut off at the Canter School. The board, discussed,this :but since
the school has not. officially been turned over to the Selectm~n for disposal,
they~ decided to have Mr; 0,Brien con~acted with respect to'this ~ammer.
S~ET LI~HT ~EQUESTS:
'~he ~board' voted .~animcusly to have a 1000 lUmen. light ~nstalled on·pole
~ 4 on Osgood S~reet, which was re~uested by Mrs. ~laine, Griffin of
841 Osgood Street. The .board.viewed the location before making a'dectsion.'
· The board' voted unanimously to have a 1000 lumen light installed on ~pole #3532
on Hemlock Street which was.~ requested .by' Oarmello Gioco. of Heml'ock Street.
Location was viewed ~ board.
The Board voted unanimously to accept the recommendations of the Lawrenc~
G & E Co. w~th respect to lights on Main Street andat the Oenter.. The following
lights will. be installed: At the Center, near McAfee's Store a 2500 lumen light
on pole .1322 and' 2500 lumen lights on polos 2107,2069,391,44~,392~'393,397,39§
and 400. ~o 6000 lumen lights will be removed from poles 391 and 398 and a
1000 lumen light wLll be removed from pole 39~ at the Bradstreet School 'and
there will be fairly even illumination along this section of Main St.