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ANNUAL TOWN ~ETTNG .,
Feb. 17, 1942.
Annual Town Meeting opened at~7:30 P.M. at Red Ments Hall,"
Tuesday, February 17, 1942, with Moderator, Roy E. Sanguinetti,
presiding. ~ .~ .... ~.~ .~ , ~ ;
Town C erk, Irk off n swears in Moderator. "
Town Clerk reads report of Annual Election. ~,;.-
Moderator: Article 2 of the .Warrant - To receive the reports
-~-i~· :3 ~.u!iLiof the various'Departments and Committees which
.....~s~$~15. shall come befo~b the meeting. .:~
"~,,.!','~,..: ............. :....~....~,t.~ep 1~4~
Earl Ray: I present to~yoQ the 0rt and recommendations
si-;:.-, ~,, . ~of the Finance Committee for the Town of Nahtu~ket,
-'-"-~'.. ,': for the yea~'lg~9~'"',.. . ,-.'
Moderator: From thfs.p~int'on'there are vaious ar~i~le~.'that
'% ..... ' "anyone who wishes'may.talk on and they. have"a' '
perfect r~ght to request to have them withdrawn.
My idea wbuld be that it would be'in order to
':' ..,accept t~e report Of the Finance Committee excepting
:"~ .~ " therefrom any article,which you care to discuss.'
~., ~. ,',In'theory it will:be Before %he meeting that we hav~
~., :... .before us the report, of the Finance'Committee. If
· " '.you care,to take'.up.~ny article you move to.am~d t~at
the Finance~Cbmmittee!s Report be accepted and to be'
'.'~ ~'., ,.' -excluded this or that-number. '~-.-
Charles Seldon: .I do nbt'~i~h'.~oi~xcept or withdr~'anY ~t~cl. ,
I want to know if, however, the report is accepted
':~:,',.-:.-~ :,'can anyone.afterwards take up a matter?
Moderator: After all the business that is before this Committe,
is taken care of, it is perfectly possible to discuss
anything, it will only have concensus of meeting,
:s:':'' :-have'not other bearing,than that.~ ,j '' ....,.,~,...
-',.'.~. ',.":,. ':., ,'Any other'~artf¢les before this-meeting which any one
",:'i,~''' ... ~,w0uld care to'discuss and care to have'taken out?
':' -.-" ,'-'If so make a motion this article be tabled.
F..Hill:,, ~I'move.that:.~e'repo~t.of~the:Finance Committee be
~ ::-' .:: .... '. ,_ accepted and approved as submitted.
O..Pisher:~;,Under-Article 8,.Item 19. .'-,..--
.N."Norton::. Artfcle:Zz. -'
R.'Morris: icle,3 for correction. ' - ~2..'
,Modera gr:.:A; icle'S _ To'aeg d "on- the.mode. f collecting the
.... ': '.:_ :, :'.taxes during, the ensuing year;'to see.if the Town
.,will authorize the Collector_of Taxes to use all
'",......' means'for collectinglthe Taxes which a Town Treasurer
..... may use when'appointed. Collector.
~e recOmmend that the same mode of collecting taxes
- -~'z.: 2,.be'.adopted the.coming year as heretofore, namely:
That the Collector be paid a specified salary and
allowed costs and charges, other than interest
' ' '~' 'collected'from delinquents;~that the Collector be~'
· 'authorized'to use all means for collectin~ taxes
' ' that a Town Treasurer may use when appointed Collector,
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and that interest at a rate of 6~ per annum dating
from October lst~ be charged after November 1st on
all unpaid taxes.
R. Morris: Correction is ~ate'of interest should be at rate
of-4% per annum instead'of~6%.
Moved and seconded that recommendation of Finance
Committee be approved with change that instead of
rate of interest 6~ it be 4~.
Moderato'~: Article 8, Item 12. TO see wh~t sums the~ Town will
vote to raise and appropriate for the support of
· We recommend'the following amoun'ts be raised and'.";
appropriated :-
, General"Goverr~nent -.To~n Buildings (Salary Janitor,
Sanford House, $40~per month; 'Janitor, Town Building,
$12 O0 per th ' $1 ~85 O0
O~ Fisher: L There must b~ an errror'in the finanCial recommenda-
tion, they reco. mmended a salary for the Janitor of
the Sanford House Of $40 per month, makes $480 a
~year. ~The Janitor for the'Town Building get~ $12.~
per month, $144 pst year, maktng'a total of $624.
..~ They recommended $1278. '
G. Jones: I think I can~explain that. ~The added'expenses takes
.. '' into account the added aupplies we buy, which is gas
: ~. or. co&l for the Sanford House and Town Building,
.... ~ "'anything bought for the upkeep of those buildings.
.. .We hhv~ spent so~e time figuring out that expense.
Moderator: A~y' further-discussion on bhist.~.Is.there a motion
in order that the report of the Finance Committee
Moved and seconded'th~t.the~report or-the Finance
Committee be accepted and adopted.
Following a Town by-law to'supersede any conflicting
· ~. Town by-law:.That no annual Town Meeting or adjourn-
.... ment:of the~same, no Special Town Meeting or adjourn-
ment of same,~shall appropriate any money for any
article unless there be a quorum of one hundred and
fifty legal'voters.at the opening of the meeting;
the voters to'be.checked from the voting lists at
the door, one woman qhecker for the women and one
man checker for the men, each to. receive two dollars
a meeting from the-Selectmen's expense fund or any
fund provided for such, and'the Selectmen'to appoint
such. At the opefiing of the meetihg the checkers
to notifj the presiding Town Clerk and'~the.TowB'Clerk
the voters the number checked, and if there is a
quorum or not.~ At the end of any. meeting, the~checked
lists are to ~e turned over to the Town Clerk as a
,,,, public record and a part of such meeting. ~Any-person
not a voter allowed to attend the meetings can do so
only by being in'a place assigned to them which must
" be apart from the'legal voters. No person not a
voter shall be allowed to speak on any article unless
by 'consent of the majority of the voters.
We do no~ recommend the acceptance~of this Article in
its ~resent form
N. Norton:~. I would ~ike. to 'seelthis art~cle. B~ought up on the
~Town Meeting floor and talked about a'little bit. I
think it should be changed somehow so that we should
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..... 'like to have some one talk on it." 1
Moderator: ~ ~ like'b~'~talk ~ ~ ..... on rti 37
N. No~toh~: "i~ ~0uld li~e to m~ke a ~otion to chang~ A~ticle to
....... read first ~eight lines and first three'~wo~ds in
~ .L_~,~9th line. ~
G. Jones:, ~e reason Finance Co~itt~e' rec0~ended as it did
~-~ ~.~iS due to wording in these ~ery lines, ~ I~ says
~ ~ .~.~there shall be 150 voters at opening of meeting.
..... If'fire'alarm rang and 80 left would not have a
Noderat0~: 'Loads of t0wn~ have minima quos for a town meet-
.. ._,~ -"" lng.' I'think'it is a good .idea to have a minima
~ '.' quo~ to spend money, an~ raise money for town.
,~ ~ ~, ~ ~,?~L~ ~is indicates however that there should be a quo~
~ ....... ' .... 0f 150 legal'voters,~each to receiverS2.00, so say
~,' ~ ~. English~ teachers at school. ~ ~Will~ not be approved
~ ~ .~j~_, ~_~by~the Attorney~General,~as~all byLlaws have to be
~ .... ~., "approved by him. He~.looks over, proposed by-laws an~
~ ~ J ~ ~_j~ ~ j ,send back hi4'legal-'men willLapprove. ~As far a a
~" ~ ~ '~ J minimom quor~ I think it~is a very g~$d idea. I
do not think in its p~esent~ form, ~ven if it is the~
, ~ ~ Town's desire at this meeting to approve Article 33~
~ ~ it would be~ome~a~by-law in this To~.'
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Gl'Jones: Would li~s t~ know-'about his question if 150 legal
voters were in hall at opening of meeting and 50
'~' left, would it be'legal.". ......
Nodera~0r~['If 150' voters come in at the doo~'-and:were checked,
could still vote if some left~'i~ 150'has checked
.... at door.
~ % ~Woul~' ~n one else'care to discuss article 33?
"''' '-~oti0n of ~." ~o:ton to amend the reco~endations
:'-" ' ..... '"'of Finance ~o~ittee has not be seconded.
,. ,, Secgnded. -:--:,
F.:~Hill': ' Ma~'I a~k for. an opinion? Wh~ is the Part out out
............... .~ . Where a person who is not a voter' may not speak.
. j.~:.,: v: :...~old To~ Meeting I could 'speak with permission when
: .... ~...~ ,-I was not a' voter; I would like an-explanation.
. I~foderato~: .. Any further discussion?
... Question:'1 Ab0~t eaay to: Vote'oh" ko t0n'a
3~"' '" ;'"motion to ~end the reco~enda~on 0f .the Finance.
0o~tttee Are 'you acquainted with' M~.' Norton's.
motion? . . .-
~ Vote - No.
;k.. ...- .._ . ....
:,..,,.:, : ..... -...=, report, of' the Finance 0o~ittee. "
Ri Morris: I move that ~eport 0f Finance Oo~ittee be adopted
and' its ueco,~aendat ions. aco~pted;- '- '" ~
Moderator: '"Any further dis&re,ion 'On-'any article. ' '
............ Q~eation: ._
... tot~'- A~e:- UnuimoUa.": ---"-"'
Did you Wish to s~y Something NP. Seldon:
S.'Selden'~j~ ~.' Mode~at0r: ' May'~i have ~the
floor for just a-
........ moment. I do not intend to f~d fault~with anybody
or anything.'~0n,the contrary~I~wantrto praise
" Somebody~and something with a~very few.words and
then with a brief resolution. :Although we have
adopted all.the excellent recommendations,or,the
Finan6e Committee'and the business of the warrant
~ ~-~-, ,i ~is finished, what I have in mind is relevant to :
.... ','~ the matter 6f~aving ~own money in which we~all
are interested~ ..... /~ ~ ~ ~ .~.. ~i;~
This finance committee report~'i~ a:splendid
· ,~ ~piece~of~work. It starts out with a preamble~,~
~ 'concerning ~thei~ar And-the war-'time necessity of
economy and'then practices what it preaches by ..
~ ,giving.us genuine~economy in'its.recommendations.
There is'also another suggesti6n from the report
or,the Finance Committee, consideration of which
~by this~meeting would be worth while.~-I wish to
~ i~iii 'read a paragraph in the~report of t~Finan~e~
~ ,~Committees~public hearing as~publish~d~in the
~Inquirer and~Mirror of~January Gl. It.says: "Of
~ ~ ~ ~" ~the $33,000 appropriated· for the Welfare Department
.... last year Mr. Ramsdell~saved over $5,000. Mr. Jones
-, ,ttDur. .
stated: :- zng mY ekperience on this'Committee,
· this~is ,the~first time I can recall a department's
~' ~ '~ekpe~diture as.being under th~ amount appropriated,
.... ~.and~I~think Mr. Ramsdell~deserves the thanks of the
towns-people" ~'
-'There'~are many taxpaYers and V&ters ~n this Town who
agree with Chairman Jones that Mr.'Ramsdell deserves
~ ~the thanks of the Town, The only way in which~those
,- ~ ,, thanks can be given is by vote'of Town ~eeting and'
by open, public expression of the wish that Mr.~
Ramsdell be reappointed.~ '"
,~. . ~.,Therefore, Mr. Moderator, I offer the following -
~ ...... resolution and ask that. i~be~ read by the Town Clsrk.
Town Clerk: Whereas the efficient service of Marcu's Ramsdell as
~-the Dispensing Officer of the Welfare Board has saved
a considerable sum Of the Town's money and V~ereas
the Chairman of the Finance Committe~ has publicly
.... commended the work or, this Dispensing Officer and
~declared that He'deserves the th~nks of the Towns-
people. , .... ,
Be. it resolved, and it hereby ~i~'~es~lved, that it
is the. sense of this Tovm Meeting that Mr. Ramsdell
~ ' ~'~'should ontinue this work'ahd it is also the desire
of'this.Town'Meeting that he be heappointed to the
~ .~'i.~i!?0ffice'of~Dispenser by. the' Board of Selectmen ac~ing
...... in their capacity as the Board of Public Welfare.
W. Glidden: May 'I make an explanation? In s~me ways Mr]~ Ramsdell
..... has,savedmoneM but in other ways it'has been saved
· bY hot so many people being on welfare or moving
. : ...,~. away. r . , - ~ .... .- ,~: :~
C. Selden: I move adoption of resolution.
0. Hull: There is no article in War~ant about this. It cannot
,.., come.up as an article. I do.not like to be on floor
and be against Dhe majority of voCers. 'I have had
A little experience with Mr. Ram~dell; Hc has saved
· ,~:~ ~.: Che town a little,money but wrung it from the poor
~ people.-~ ~.- ~ ,_ .. -- ,
0. Fisher: That .was because so many of them did not get silk,.~
i~stead of cotton. ·
W. Glidden: Would you object to my making a little explanation?
Ladies and gentlemen of the Town Meeting, I was
elected to Board of Selectmen ~in 1941. I sat on
~every Board of Welfare. I think it needs a little
explanation. There were some savings and Mr. Ramsdell
.and Mr. Pease were not a part of it. Some men received
compensation. They might have gone to the Welfare if
they had not received that compensation. .i£ there
'~"~?~ ~'--;~ is~any saving from people who' received'compensation
~-;~:.'~-~' -'-,~that'is~a saving to~Welfare.~':~nst~nces where people
.... might be on Wel£are one year and anothe~ year would
~ ~,' receive~part aid from Town for dependent children. ~
,~ ~,i~c ~% There was a great deal 'of economy in Nantucket lh~t
year~'~ I do not like bo allude~to this as a matter of
~ .... ~'~ ,~- saving it was another instance~of not having to ~ake
,~ ~ ~' ~ ~ care of so many. people. For instance where Selectme~
requested Mr. Tic~ to give work to men who were on
Welfare. As I remember in 1940 there was something
~,~ ~ ~:~ like'$~8,000 a~propriated ~d~$~5,000 8verdrawn~
Last year appropriated SG~,O00 and $~,000 turned
~ back. If anybody thinks Of any people that come to
,~ ~'~ Welfare~For assistance, if they~think that Mr. Pease
and Mr. Ramsdell can sa~e Town $~,000 they ought
better to ~form themselves.
C. Selden: I was careful not to mention any amount, but he save~
'~ '~ ~s°mething.~ 'Think~that Mr. Glidden's reply~is irre£
levant. Resolution just a vote of thanks if he has
done anything.
W. Glidden: ~It occurs~to me I not unf~iendlywith anyone on
Island. A matter of $400 or $500 one year saves
another year.~
Mrs. W. Voorneveld: Has this motion been seconded?
C. Seldon: I understand and ~r. Hull confirms it more or less
that Mr. Ramsdell has a r~p~tation~of~being very
unp0P~lar. He has the Sob because he has a good
mind if unpopular. Everyone is unpopular at some
time with everyone, right at this time I am unpopula~
with Mr. Glidden. I think we should vote~ on.his
efficiency.
W. Glidden: All due respect to Mr. Jones I do not think he knows
all about Board of Welfare any ~ore than Abraham
Lincoln or~ George Washington.
Dr. Cochran: Certain amount of animosity stirred up~ in connectio~
with this resolution. I do not know what is behind
it'all. I do not see why Mr. Glidden or Mr. Hull
should want to kill a resolution of thanks. I do
not see why this motion not impose a'fair vote of
thanks. That resolution involves something more,
it makes it possible for the Selectmen to be in a
mood to favor .Mr. Ramsdell for this office.
0. Hull: Dr. Cochran has submitted certain right to Selectmen,
wants to dictate.
C. Selden: Cannot get dictate out of word desire." It is a
desire.
Moderator: Everything that is before this Town Me'ting in
Warrant has been voted on. Nothing left in Warrant.
Only a consensus of meeting.
W. Glidden: I would like to s.ay I was born on Nantucket and my
father and his father before him. I would like to
say, this in regard to Dr. Cochran talking about
animosity. I have not any,
0. Fisher: I think everybody understands Mr. Selden's resolu-
tion, It is not the first resolution that has been
before the meeting on this floor. Mr.~Hull has
made several.
Moderator: Get back to resolution of Mr. Selden.-~
C. Selden: Assume you are about to read it again, want
Glidden to listen.
E. Lyons: ;'.~:'~ One ~thing we. have not heard abo. ut,~ last ;year, none
o;,~,,.~ 5~"~;,;' of:Flagrant abuses that we ,had in',the,year previous.
W. Glidden:~]I was'down to Town Meeting a year ago 1941. When
:: ~,.~., ~ ....... there there .was,some ~talk about Federal cormnodities
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ $ ~ .... ~ ~:~being throw~in street; ~ About t~ee--or fou~ pounds
~ ~- ~ ....':of la~d ~th~own ~in street. ~-Was exaggerated by some
:~ ~ ~ · ~ child, maybe, ~ Do not think ever very.much wasted in
-~,'.. Federal co~odities. : ,~,~' t.~.~ ~ ,.~
. Brount~Mr.~Lyons must'be a~lit~ ,,up
mixed ~ .with co~odities
....... ~and welfare. "~- ~ ', '~ ~
Nr. Fisher~ :Distribution of co~odities reduces welfare if
~" properly handled~ .... ,' '~-~ ~ :'~ ~-:'
~ ~L~~ ..... .~::, · ,.~ .'~ ' :.:
W. Glidden: If properly h~ndled "they
O. Fisher: ~is ha~pehed year befo~ ,Mr. Glidden
· ' on Welfare
_ , . .~ Board.~-, ~'.~ - ,-~' -~,~ - , - ,~,-,
Moderator: This resolution reads
Vote - Aye.
Motion made and seconded that me'ting adjourn.
Meeting ~djourned~at 8:25' P.M. " ;-
~rand jUr~ May 5, 1942. '~' ~ '
.~'"~"BY'~force~6f'a~W~t'~f'Venire Facias'ema~tih~'fr0m our
'~Superior Court for the County of NantucKet, the SelectmeI
the Town Clerk, and James A. Norcross, Deputy Sheriff~
met in the Selectmen's Room Friday April 3, 1942 at 7:30
P.M.'..~iWhereupon Henry B..Coleman,'acting chairman of the
Board of Selectmen, in the presence of the Selectmen,
the Town Clerk and the Deputy Sheriff serving the v~
wrtt,'~rew from the Jury Box the names of the following
persons to act as Grand Jurors at our Superior. Court.to
be held'the 5th day of May, 1942, it being the first
Tuesday,'~to wit:' Willard E. Nickerson-John H.'Hamblin-
~lter J."R~yal-Alfred N. 0rpin-Harry B.'Cady-John B.
Miller-Albert C. Johnsen-Joseph S. Rezendes Jr.-Preston
A. Manchester-Arnold Duce-Clifford H. Morris-Walter F.
Glowacki-Byron Mooney-Theodore C. Wyman-Ralph 0. E.
Dunham-Joseph King-Wallace B. Deacon-Mark Johnson-
-John E. MooreeJr.-Franklin C. Lamb Jr.-William Voorneveld'
Jr-Gilbert E. Burchell-Alonzo E. Chase.
Traverse Jury May 5, 1942.
By force of a writ of Venire Facias emanating from our
Superior Court for the County of Nantucket, the Selectmen
the Town Clerk, e. nd'James A. Norcross Deputy Sheriff,
serving the writ, met in the Selectmen's Rooms Friday
~pril 3,1942 at 7:30-P. M.,whereupon Henry B. Coleman
acting chairman of the Board of Selectmen, in the
presence of the Selectmen, the'Town Clerk, land the
Deputy Sheriff servihg the writ drew from the-Jury Box
the names of the following persons to,act as Traverse
Jurors at the Superior Court to be held on the 5th
day of May 1942, it being ths first Tuesday,~to wit:
James Locke-Harold W. Killen-George A. Studley-0scar
~Eger-Harrison C. Gorman-John G. MacDonald-Antone Foster-
Linwood E. Proctor-Fletcher A. Ross-Manuel Reis-John~L.'
Toner-Orin K. Coffin-Mulford A. Small-Stephen S. Gibbs.
Attest:
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'San~uinet~i' ~ Mod~rato~. ,'
· ~e re~si~ha~ion~'of RoY'~ ' '? ~"
:.Town & uounty. Treasurer ana as Town Coune&l .was receive~
,~ahd accepte~.,~g~. Sanguinetti was called.to duty in,the
'U. S. A~y..,;, "
J~e 10, 19~2.
'' ~1~. Allen
Backu~ ~as appointed 5own'& county~ T~o'a~ure~
by~ _ ~the Selectmen to fill tho ~expired te~.o~.R0~:,~~.
oangu~ne tti., .
, Grace'M. Henry ~as' appointed To~n~Co~s~l".:'; '~ ~'"
February 1V, 194S. 10:55 AN
- The annually elected 'members of the Board of Selectmen
were' sworn into office by the Tovm Clerk.
~r. irving A. Soverino was' elected C'hairman. Henry B.
C$1eman was elected Secretary.
It was voted that Nr.,Sanguinetti be appointed town
'council, and tb~...t the Town Treasurer advance to him the re-
~'k:/ raining fee of ~,~100.00.
· '[[ The meetlng"adjourned at 11:05. ~~Resp ,