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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1947-03-24i~foderator: ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Held at'Dreamland Theatre; Nantucket I¥[arch 24, 1947~at '7:30 p. m. i have been advised tbs "Come to order, Please. we have received s request from the pupils of' two classes in the' high school that they have permission to have four pupils "from one class and three from another class in civil government to attend this meeting. There are ample seats for everybody so af:parently I can see no reason why this assembly cannot give yermission to the high school students who will be in charge of i¥',r. Baker, uhetr teache~. Is that your pleasur, Ail those in favor say 'aye' "Aye" Those opposed, 'nay' (None) Mr. Chadwick, will you admit the students? Mr. Baker you will instruct the students they will take no part in the voting. :'The hour has now arrived, we will hear the reading of the minutes by the Town Clerk. Report of election read by Town Clerk. "The next thing to come before the meeting is Article 2 which is: 'To receive' reports of the various departments and committees which shall come before this meeting.' The recommend- ation.'~of the Finance Committee is: 'We recommend that the reports o£ the various departments and co.'~mittees be received. ' Harold W. Killen: "Mr. i~[oderator. l~'ioderator: "Mr. Killen. Harold Killen:"i present the Finance Committee report. Moderator: "The report of the Finance Co,mit tee is now 'in ' hand.. From this point on if anybody wants to take up any special article, all they have to do ~ is to request that the 'blank'. article be t~ken ~ ~ from the report and'taken separately. Then the articles will be taken up in numerical order. Parker G~aY: "Article 37. Archibald Cartwright:."Articl'e 8. Nicholas Norton] "One part of Article 8. Leo Desrocher:~,,~rticle.74. Willard McKinstry: "Police Budget~ Article 8. Preston Manchester: "Article ~0. H. Osgood Bennett: "Article ~0. Moderator: "Are~there any other articles? O. H~y'~iorris: ~,,if you want any section do you have to s-oecify Moderato'~: "The who!~ 'a~ticle is open. Anyone can talk on ,,.:a any item in Article 8. "Are theee the only articles to be taken out from the warrant? 417 418 Moderator: "We are going to take Out Articles, 8, 30, 3'?, 60, and 74. These are the only. articles that will'be taken up for. separate discussion on the floor. Article 8 is now before the assembly. ~ Mr. Cartwright: "Mr. Moderator. Moderator.: Cartwright: "Ivlr. Cartwright. "in Artioie 8, under'ForeSt Fires the Finance Comm.- ittee has recommended ~ 50 ---~50 for salary, and 100. for labor, and equipment. I have spent stout 150. already and I'll have nothing to go through the year. i don't imagine that'the Finance Committee f'oresaw the number of fires we would have this spring. The dry season is yet to come. I move that ~ ;~500. be approprlated bo include salary, and equipment, and wages. We have to have some equipment an5 it has already been ordered, i think if there is any part unused it will be turned back. "I second the 'motion." Moderator: "Was that motion seconded? Moderator: Modemat or: :'The Finance gommittee re~;ort recommended that be appropriated for this work. It is now moved that the sum of ~$500. be raised and appropriated to cover salary and expenses of fighting forest fires. "Ail those in flavor say ~aye' .... "~YE" "Those opposed, 'nay' (none) "The 'ayes'hava i't. "Any other part of'Article 8~ N. Norton: "I would like to know if it is legal to combine the Harbor Master, Yacht Garbage Removal, and Shellfish Znspector. I understand t~]at when you put in an application to the Selectmen they a~e going to give the three jobs to one man. i think they should be given to three men. I would 'like your opinion Charles Blount:.~ "I Wo~ld like to ask the last 'speaker, is ~i800. going to be the salary £~r the three people? ~oderator: C. Biount: N. Norton: "I don't know anything about that. I think that the Shellfish, Yacht Garbage, & HsrborMaster should' be separate, i don~t think one man should h2ve three jobs. C. Blouat: "I am not' s~eaking~bout three jobs. I am just asking if that is going to be the salary. "Do you~ wish to i.nquire of the Finance Committee? "I think the Fin~nce~ ommzttee t~ought they. would~ save some money. Matthew Jaeckle: "Mr. Moderator, on this appropriation of ~1800.. salary, it says this includes Harbor Master, and Yacht Garbage Removal. In regard to the three positions the Finance Committee found out through various conver- sations that they would save .money by combining these three positions. One of these positions might amount to $100. which is hardly worth one man's time end boer. But by combining the three and making the sai~ry worth- while we would save the town three or four hundred dollars, it seemed to be agreeable to everyone we mentionned it to. Th~t~s the only reason. There was nothing personal about it or anything like that. N. Norton: "Is it legal?, RIode~.'ator: "There is~;t anytlihg[.'in the jobs that the statute governs. There is-no reason~wb.y they could not be combined.~ Ii'is t:erfectly legal to have one man have all "is there anything else you want ~to Say On that? C. Ray Ivlorris: "Mr. Moderator, i would like' to take up that part of Article 8 that has to do with the Tax Collector. You will note 'that in Article 8 as a whole there have been increases granted to ., practically all but the Tax Collector. Primar- ily that was the fault of the present collector ~ not having put~any increase in the budget that could come before the Finance Committee so that they could act on it. ~odera t or: "I would like to move, Mr'. ~oderator, then that the salary of the Tax Collector be increased retroactive to January lat. "Does anybody else want to speak on this. "Second the motion." Moderator: "There has been a motion made and seconded that the salary of the tax collector be increased ~"$300. and that said increase be retroactive to January 1st of this year. That motion has been made and seconded. Any further discussion? irving Bartlett: "What is the present salary? Josiah Barrett: "Two thousand plus f~.fteen per cent--.~2300. i~oderator: "Are you ready for 'the question? A~ustus'Fisher: "i~seems to me'~hat if you are going to. ~ give raises, I don't know where you will get off. We have got to consider the taxp?,yer who is pay- ing the taxes. I would like to ask if he didn't already get a r:aise lastyyear. "I did not. ~r. Morris ~r. Fisher: ."i feel ne is getting a pretty good salary. I don't think we ought to raise any more salaries this year. "Any further discussion? All those in favor say 'aye' "AYE" Those opposed~,no, "NO" The motion is lost~ i is there any other question under Article 8~to come'up? ~¥ioderator: , Mr. McKinstry: "I would like to speak about the Police DePt. Budget. A group of people in the Civic League . have.thought for'some time that the~Police Dept. 'is in great need of more men on the force, for th reason that q~uite apparently it has teen.quite impossible for the Chief to arrange the schedule so that the desk in the Pollce office is always covered. Sometimes~ people have called up and aren't able to get in touch with anyone. It seem vitally important that 'the Police Dept. should be just as much on call as the Fire Dept., and al- though there is no article in the warrant'i would like to get the Police approprLation increased to cover the cost of having two more men on the 420 McKinstry(cont.): Department so tha~- the'de'~k coul.d.alw~ys Oe covered, i know that this 'is a very sad time to ask fora ~--: such a thing~ it would~increase taxes and be highly unpopular. i would like an opinion from the Finance Commiotee before I make a motion. I~loderator: "You may inquire of the Finance Committee. Mr. J~eckle: "Mr. Moderator, in regal5 to this question the Finance Committee thought ~he Nantucket Police Force'adequat$' to handle necessary callswith the addition of the two state troopers. "First, may i say that the Nantuckst Police force h-~s s cruiser and can talk to t~e State Police cruiser at all times. Many people have the idea that the State Police cannot act in t~e town or something' similar, i would like to add, or let you. know that ~he State Police ~can-act or handle anything in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. if~ at times perhaps the local police desk isn't covered,' I don't think[the State Police would mind anyone calling there. That's what they are here for. Moderator: "Does t~lat answer your question? Mr. McKinstry: "I am very glad to know this. i 5id not know myself that the State Potice were allowed to hantle anything in the limits of ~he town. Since that ;~s so, i would say that. the present police ±'orca is sufficieut~ so that if anyone should call and wasn't able to get the desk they coul5 call the State Police. That' would be the two men for which ws were thinking of as~king., For that reason, I won't go anv~ furt~ler. Moderator: "Anything else in Article 8~ "If nobody has anything to bring up then Article 30 is before the meeting. Ar.,.'Lcle ~,0 says: "To see if the Town will vote to authorize the School ¢' ' ~omm.~ttee to alcpo_~.nt.a Community [ec~.eation Committee to pl~,n and orgsntze a' co~munity-- wi~e program of recreation and to supervise the work off e £ull- [.ime Director of ~ a--o · ,e~re.,tion if and when appointed.",' The recom- m'endation of the Finance ~ommzttee is: "We do not recommend." Parker Gray: "i woult' like to re, qubst permission to give me about ~"ive to seven mlnutes of t;his floor to stz'~,ighten out something that has been said that i have said. Moderator: "Just so long as it ~ertaias to this article and the a~s,~,~biy has no objections. ~;~r__2_. Gray: i have been accused of ,-0eking a statement to the ell'act that theft ti~e Parent Teachers Assn. is. composed of Communists. i say now: At no time have i accused'them of Communism. Also, i wisi~ to state at this time that i ,, at no time have ever r.~entionned the National Recreation Assn., or accused them of anything. 'f~nat I did say was that the program sponsored by the P,~remt Teachers Assn. could be the first step in Communism here in Nantucket. Communism is a secret movement in the interest of a fore~gn power--Russia. There are many men and women in all walks of life. in the pa~ers you will find they are attemFt[ng to put:ge Civil Service of Communists and sympathisers, i have seen con- siderable ~throughout the U. S. and the universe as t-o how the Communist ~arty works. They are not, as i sa[d, interested in grownups, they are interested in our. children. I want to say right now, you saw what bai;p~ned.in Norway, and that hs~spened ~twen~y .~.ears ago. There are~.those who ~et up and say Russia can't fight a war. They said Germany couldn't fight a war and that Japan couldn't fight a war, but i think they fought s pretty good war, and a lot of fellows here and some that are.~'t here 5oday can tell you the same thing. "They have people in ail walks of life., i don't know whether the Recreation Leader would be a Communists, that remains to be seen. i would say ~hat with Nantucket beLug composed of more or,less rugged individualists they would get rid of him if [] ,Gray (cont.): he did.come down here. .in favor of~Article $0 i think the' town should ask the Selectmen to appoint a committee to look into this further. Thank you,,Mr. Moder- ator and Ladies and Gentlemen. .. Paul Kl-ngeliu,.s.' ~ .~ . "Apparently the Communists are working in ~ such a way that they always deny that they belong to tt~eI party.: How do we know that this genbi=man 6oas not belong 'to the party~ How do you know i don't belong to the party? H.' 0[ Bonnett: ~"May I speak'for the Parent Teachers Assn. who inserted that article that is now before you. A study has been made over' several months of the recreation -program. There are over one tho~sand such progra~,s in communlties all over the countr, y. The committ.-~e feels that. the program would be of g~-eat benefit to Nantucket, helping to keep the people happy and satisf'ied. There is no chance for. the in- roads of Communism among satisfied people. We feel there is a need for further study of this matter . We feel there is a nee~ for furth~r study of Nantucket's need for further forms of recreation and it should be carried on un5er an official cormmittee appointed by the school board of our tow~ it's only fair to mention that it will nol~ cost tt~e town one cent. Frederick Hill: "I~'~r. Moderator. ~ioderator: "l~.,ir. Hill ~ir. Hill: "i fl,,ink the town generally doesn't quite under-'~ stand trois article, it sounds as if the ~chool Con~nittee were asking for-money. They are not. Ail they.are asking is to have the aut~ori~y to appoint a comr~ittee to make a study of tl~e subject and to, if possible, ~hink up a good scheme that will be within our means to provide, because '-~h~re~ is, absolu~ely~:nocouestion,~ but what the town is short on such facilities. That is shown almost every day. ' "i know a great deal of t~e trouble is accused of being in the home, but wherever it is, the trouble is there. Ther~ is a gl'eat deal of malicious mischief that goes on constgntlF because ther~ isn't anything else to do. They are going to do something, that is human nature. If the community could think up some method of hanO!ing this it will be reported later on Lo the town. it would have to be in order to get any appropriation. Let us give them a chance. I'm not on the,school committee, I guess-~t's 9 good thing for them, but if ~hey a~'.point a committee I would like to see them appoint, say three or five, whichever they want, and have at least one.member of t~at committee Who is not entirely in favor with them. it's always helpful to have a little oppo- sition.~I've tries it on myself. I think if ~hey would appoin~t .two that are strongly in favor of this end one who is lukewarm, it might he l~eipful. I hope the meeting will give tl~em a chanc.e. That's only fair play. Kent Kin.~: "Mr. ~,~oderator. k:oderat0r- "i~r ~ King ~r. King: "Now that Mr. Hill has'clarified the situation, if ii, is article is passed it will not cost the' town oneecent, it seems to me, then the preceding article woul5 be out of orSer fo? this year and i would like to ask if it is too late to br~.ng that up. "In other words, we are getting at cross-purposes on two diFI'er, ent funds. One they will work for- nothing and the ot-h~ they want some money from the town. .~:ioderator: :'Article 29 wasn't taken out, so that we cannot discuss it. The Finance Gomm~otee's recommendation of 'Do not recommend. ' stands. Joseph Cochrane: "Mr. Moderator. 422 -' i~ioder'ator: ,"Mr. C0chrane. ~Ir." Cochran~: "I understnad ~that Articles .29, 30; anS;?.l'were all preDared by the representatives of'tP.e Parent'Teachers' Assn. While I do not pretend to read into:the minds~of the ~Finance Committee I am inclined to think the:committee took· the three articles as one unified program and therefore did not feel.they could recommend something that was'part'of an entire program comprising Articles ~9, 30, and 31'. ~'I am de- lighted to find those who have criticized th~s effort,are now intthe same camp with~those who believe we should.~do the best we can in ti~e way of an educational recreation pro.,gram. Since last year we appointed a Tree Commission to assess~..,.the~damage to the trees of Nantucket, it seems to me it would ',be splendid .~for you to assess the damage to the youth. Geo~...~e .W. Jones: "Mr. Moderator. Moderator: "Mr. Jones. Mr. Jones: "I understand that the program of ii, is cpmmitte~ is a recreation program for adults as well as chilSren of school age. Is that right i~r. Bermett',~ ~r. Bennett: "Right. : Mr. Jones: "On that assumption I would like to say that the community has no responsibility to.pay for the recreation of persons old enough to earn ti~eir own living, if they are in school they are the responsibility of the community; we are supposed to give them physical as well as mental education. We are supposed to take care of them until they ,becomeof.'age bo suDpo~b themselves. I don't think any community shoul5 be burd?,ned with th,~ cost of enterta'._ning other members of 'the same cormnunity. "Look at the cost of recreation in the scho~is today and we find they are doing something. According to ~he propao4anda I h~v.e seen out on ~he Recreation Program people have a lot of opportunity for doing nothing.' Looking at r~he cost of ~t.~e schools for this last year I find that the cost of equipment of teams have cost about .~1000. Rental of ~ennett H~ll another ~1000. Salary of' Ehor~a~ion instructor (~roportional part-- less than half) ~.~1500., making e toual of ~500.00 for recreation in the school, i unflersband ~he proposed program would include the use of the library, so with ti~e cost of the library, ..~nclud- lng the cost of the beaches, our ~iayground at Sconset and of ~' 018 spent for Parks, the expenses for uhe year come to recreation for this town last~'Year--about ~1.00 on the tax rate. Mr. Hill: "If~we admit what fir. Jones has just said,;I think we are getting off very cheaply at one dollar on the tax'rate. if we can do all that for our young people I think that is a very moderate amount. But this article does not call, for any expenditure and'£ think we should vote on this motion. i,~oderator: "I haven't received any motion. i~lr. Hill: "Then I make a motion that the committee b$ appointed as outlined in Article 30. Mr. Fisher: "~!r. Moderator; i~loderator: "Mr. Fisher. R~r. '~'isher: "I have before'me one of 2he programs . At the bottom of this program the Parent Teachers Assn. says i.t won'~ false the ta~ rate only ~5~. Now i would like to know who is responsible for s.~reading such propaganda around the town. it will be twenty-five dollars in a little while if it's allo~/~,ed ~, Finance Committee's to go ahead, i make an amendment that '- o report be accepted and their recommendations adopted. "Second the motion." Ernest Lema: "i remember a few years ago when they wanted to put an addition with a gymnasium on the-North School and there Lama (cont'[) : wssn,t a voter that :got up end spoke against .'." i~. They hsd the.plans all drawn. 'Mr. F~sne~' ' · got up and took the floor and helped our past members Arthur Norcross and Alfred Smith try to put ~.hat vote over.: I got up and said that we had a White Elephant up there and that:if there was any money to build a gymnasium was to put it down at. the .Cyrus Peirce School. i may be the one who defeated it because the progrsr~ could t~ave been made a good thing in the right style. "As for- ~57J or ~1., there are a lot of people that haven't brought up any children, have had no interference from the out- side world,-an~ ~on't.know responsibility. I've brought up a family of six, have had more~ or less responsibility and i know that if i could have had a little more cooperation i might have done better, if there had been something like that in my day I might have progressed a little more myself. Mr. McKin~try: i don't know whether Mr. Hill's mot~.on was seconded or not. If it is in .order i would like to second that motion. As Mr. Bennett mentionned.this isn't going to cost the town anything. Ail it does is ask .the school committe to appoint a Community Recreation Committee. i'here is nothing in this article that requires antibody to appoint a paid Directo~ I don'tthink any objections are, on that ground, really valid. £ would like to second ~lr. Hill's motion. ,"Some tilm~ ago I got a letter fr~m someone off island who seemed to think i was on the committee. The writer[was very anxious there should be some program, particularly ~_uring the summer for seopie who come ~o work in the restaurants.and hotel~, many of them away from home for the first time and tricing to, earn their way throu.gh college and hav~ nothing ~o do in their off hours. ~ Er. Jones: "L~ss I be misunderstood, I would like to say I am not ,o~posed to recreation in the ~ schools, fha only reason i read t~ose figures was ,to give the meeting som~ idea of what ~ecrsation costs now ann what it would cost to enlarge it to incl~de adults as well as school children~ ~r 'Hill: "I think Mr. I,:~cKinstry in seconding mymo~ion~. ~ has covered the subject pretty, well and I think there are enough fair-minded people in thisttown to give them a chance to stow if they can think up any scheme. Moderator: "Are you ready for the question? ~¢Ir.~Fisher: "Nobody has ans~,ered my question. -I want to know who spread this £:ropaganda about ~5~ tax rate. [¥lr. Gray:- . There was an amendment made and seco'ndeS. I want t¢ make i~ clear to everyone-- - Moderator: "I am about to do that. "You have before you to come up now a motion to amend the recommemdations of the Fin. Uomm. That .is wh~t you are actually going to vote on. if you vote 'aye' you will be recommending the recommendation of' the Finance Committe, which is: 'We do not recommend." Then if that is voted on sad the'~ayes'prevail that wiil be all, and if the 'ayes'~ don't prevail th~en we take up ~h~, motion of ~lr. Hill that the Committee be appointed. ? ~,]r. Fisher: "The:amendment co~es first. Eoderator': On the floor is Mr. Hill's motion .that the cormmittee be appointed and that in turn was amended by ~,~r. Fisher's ..mot [on the Finance Co~nittee's re_commendation be acce~ted, which has been seconded. The recommendation of the Finance Committee is: 'We do not reco~mnend.' Ail those in favor say Jaye' "Aye" - All those opposed ~nay' "Ns?,~ The hayes have it. We now have before the meeting the motion of l,~r. Hill which ;~as seconded that. a con~ittee be a~poinl, ed by the School tp plan and organizer's community-wide program of recreati~n'~,~nd to sui~'ervise'the work of a full time Director or Recreation if and when appointed.~ ''~ ~ ..... . -' ~ "All those in favor 0f this motion say 'aye' "AYE" ~' "Those opposed 'nay~ '" "NAY" -~ " "The chair is in'doubt. ': .... '"Ail those in favor say 'aye' "AYE" "Those.opposed ~nay~ "NAY" .... Joseph Cochrane: "I would like to ask for a risings vote. [¥ioderator: "Al!'those in'favor'of this motion raise hands. "Those op!~osed ra. is~ their hands. " ~ (Tellers Driscoil and Appleton counted 146 in favor 'and 137 opposed.) "Since there are 146 in the affirmative and '137 in n~gauive tn~ mo~ion is ~aPri~d. "Article 57 is b~fore the m~eting. T'h~ articl,~ %s ss follows: 'To see if th~ Town will voCe to raise ~:~nd n?propriste the sum of Ten T~ousand~oilars (:$10,000.00) for bituminous 'concrete surfacing on the Fai~ Ground Road.' The'recom~endat]_on of the FinanceComm-~ttee' is: 'We recommend that the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00)~be ap~Fropriated. , " , ~fw. Gray:' "Article 37 is for the Fair Ground Road'and. I want to say that the Finance Committee works h~rd and-long on the articles of this warrant. I would like very much~ to have the recommendations stand but it will cost a total o~. ~%21,000.00 to complete that entix;e road. You can a!l see ~)m[a~t.about how. far one thousand dollars would'go. I could a!mos-~[jump that ~ farl Two cars can't pass, if you do get out of the"~&mts you stand an excellent chan~e of getting stuck. If they['~an't see .~ fit to pave it partway i would just as soon the town Save~%1. ,000.'. and don't even start because the thousand dollars won'~ pave anything. '~' for bituminous concrete surfacing on the Fair Ground roa~t['~.be appropriated. [ "Second." Moderator': Anyone else want to be heard? ., :_::,:<'" i~/~r. Lema: "if we've got :~10,000. to lay on a new road it seem's to me that we ought to lay it on Sparks Avenue' which is going to take a 10t of traffic-~ away from the center of the 'town., .... l'here were two people caught out theme and if it hadn't been for t!~eir flashlight that I saw flashingthe town- ' ~ m~gb~ bqve,-,., been sued for people catching pneumonia. I'called John Hardy and.we went out and got them. If there is ~10,000. to be ~ ai~propriated i hope they will see fit to put it on Sp~rks Aven~e not F~ir Grounds Road. ,~ M..r Fisher: I make an amendment to tha~ motion, that the ,-'~ recommendation of the Finance Committee be acce~ted. i~ioderator: Is that seconded? , ~ "The motion is made to amend Mr. Graf's motion'by moving that the recommendations of the Finance ~ommittee be acce~ted and ~1,000. be appropriated. ~ "SecOnd." Moderator: . If you are ready for the question, Lt will be on the motion'of Mr. Fisher to amend ~r'. Gray's motion, and that the recommendations of uhe Finance Committeeb-~e ~ccepted and the sum of ~1,000.00 be ~ppropriated. A ~'~ "All those, in favor say 'aye' "AYE': " "Those opposed 'nay' "NAY" · ~ "The 'ayes' have it. Th~ sum of f;1,O00.O0 will be approp- r. iated. I~ir.-Gwa,-y: "N~. {todera~ow, my.mo~ion w~s m~cle ~nd seconded. The vote should' have" been on that. instead: of on Mr. · Fisher ' s mot-ton. A lot of'people didn't understand, i didn't understand it my- self. i~loderat'b~fi "Do you want to move to reconsider that vote? Mr. Gr : "Yes, if you please.' Moderator-: "~lr: Gray would like to have us recons~.der, that vote.,. He is perfectly.in his right. ,_ I am going to have you vote~.again. ~ ~[ou are voting on the motion of i~'ir. Fisher,which amends Mr. Gray's motion. Mr. Fisher's motion is,that the sum of ~1,000. be appropriated for the Fair Ground road. · "Ail tho~ in favor say 'aye' "AYE': "Ail those opposed will say 'nay' ('N6n~) "it is a unanimous vote. '"Article 60 is befo~=e the assembly Article 60 ssvs- ~To see if the Town will vote to accept the provision of Section 4B of Chapter 136 of the General Laws, to allow the granting of licenses for the operation of bowling alleys on the Lord's Day, between the hours of one and eleven post merid- ians, or do o~. act anything relative thereto.' The Finance Committee recommendation is: "We recormnend that this A~'tio'le be refer, red to ~ho Annual Town Meeting." Preston i~lsnchesber: "i make a m~tion that this aru.kcle be approved as read. "Second." Mr. ~sher: am a heavy tax payer~ on Main Street. I don't ,~ant to see Main Str'eet turned into a play ground. 'On six days Shalt thou labor and on the seventh day thou shalt rest.' Let's keep it l:oly. John i~icLau~hlin: ~x'yuf~mng else goes on in Nantucket, 'it's the busiest day of the week--yachting, boating, tennis, golf, bicycling, cribbage, poker, drinking. %~,/aqt's so bad about bowling?· i'll bet if you wanted r,o buy a piece of antique furniture on Sunday he'd darn soon open his shop.' Mr. Fisher: "Sunday is the Lord's Day sad~' unfortunately more ought .to z'ealize it. if you are going to turn this town into a playground .Sunday afternoon with all the racket and confusion. You can turn it into a gambling game if you w~:nt to. I hope the telegraph oompahy won't get into politics. I~[r. Mci~au~hlin: "The hours' that are requested in no way inter- fe~,e with any. church regardless of religion. The hours are sta2ed.~,As I stated befor~ all the other s ct~vities go on on Sunday. it's the busiest day off,he week. "The money derived from the bowling alley remsins here on the island--revenue to the owner, employees, pin-boys. It closes.at eleven at night. I see nothing wrong with~bowllng.~ I make a motion we.refrain from further discussion and vote on this. "Second." Mr]'Lema~: "i~was'~br6ught up as a~good deal of an athlete myself ~ve a'~re~Lated what ~as been handed out. They have bowling six days~ week, and in spit of ~he fact that most of~us are lacking in belief of~the Lord, there ought to be some consider- at[on takeda of i~. Regardless of when Mr. Fisher makes ~ motion sna is laughed at, th~ Lord is his foundation, he has in his mind although he :isn't allowed to illustrate'it~ ~ "I think bowling on Sunday in the t~wn, when there is six days bowling ought to be cut 'out. i followed bowl~n~ f~om a boy of eleven until I was si×t~en years ~old. 'Ther~ has been five bowling alleys on this -,siena. i can tail you ~i~ht where they' were;" . one was right here, ?one' at '-the; At~.~etlc' Club,' ~ "A~: Tom Lewis'had~one down the'street, and'one in Sconset '~' Not one of them 'ever prospered. If they can't make money six' days a week, they can't make money on Sunday. I say there .... should be a motion that bowling on Sun~s.~ should be stopped. Claude Bond: "I have come here thi2~;evening 'planning not to speak but i~ is hard for me to sit here and keep~quiet'wttt~- ?~ some of the talk that has been going on. Let's keep the question of whether or not 'Sunday is the busiest day out of it. Cer- tainly Sunday could be busier in some ways. I am not opposed to wholesome recreation of any sort on Sunday. I am lopposed to the commercialization of Sunday; commercializat~:bfl which has been sDreading over the whole nation in the last few~years. If the manager wan~s to let peopl~ bowl on Sunday for nothing, if it is for recreation, but it ls the commercialization which is going on which i personally don't want to see anywhere, cer- tainly not in Nantucket. Of course,' you know how I stand as s minister, as a citizen, one who believe when he looks at the o~e day of the week which is free from business that ft is good, especially if you think gb6~t-"it's being free from co~er- cialization. Then i am definitely ~rom that standpoint, '~. regardless of my religious beliefs,' opposed to such a thing.: ' I have had my say, I sit down and rest my case. Clarence Swift: "Mr. ['~oderator. i~ioderator: "I{r. Sw!ft. Mr. Swift: "[~r. McLeughlin stated that the hours did not inter- fere with any church. There is two churches at night, i would like him to understand that. Josep.h Sylvia: "Sunday afternoon the Catho~ic Church has Sunday School~;and church services at night. ]~r.' McLau~hlin: "i meant if you are going to church, lyou are going, regardless of' whether the bowling alley is open. ~¥~r. ~anchester: "With all due respect for .~.lr. Bond, if we s~;opped commercialization there would be a lot of places that would be closed. ~ "With bowling as popular as it is,~ we would have a chance to have other teams fly down who oouldn!t come during the work week but could come on Sunday afternoon. Then in turn we could fly up to see them. "Before we sent this article in~ to the Selectmen~to put in the warrant we sho~ it to the Priest' and mentionned the' fact that we would keep a list of the children that should be in Sunday School which begins at two o'clock and they wouldn't be allowed in-ohere. "We try to keep it's good_ clean sport~ and give the people something to do in.the winter. Vfnen there isn't too much'to do on Sunday it would be something to look forwar¢l to. Mr. Lema: As everybody should know, as long ~s bowling is carried on regardless of weekdays or Sundays there is goi. ng to.be more or less gambling, always betting on strings, pins, betting on the way a man rolls the ball in the alley. "If you allow bowling to be allowed on Sunday you are going to have a bigger welfare list to pay. ~,~en who work weekdays are going to,be down on Main Street bowling. "I would like to make a motion that bowling be prohibited in Nantucket on Sunday. "Second ~,'~r. Manchester: This is not.~ime to bring up personal feelin~.~. but the gentlemmn is doing this just for pe. rsonal feeling which g0'es~b,~ck.to' ~hen iworked'in the First National. ,. He has .- ' never been in' the boY, ling alley:and he has no'ld, ea what goes on. I can't see what he bases his facts on. it's all a per- sonal'feeling on his part. : .. ~' ,~oderator: "The motion was made and seconded-'- ~;Ir. Lema:~ "Can't £ be allowed to defend myself? I have some 'respect for the younger fellow coming along in this life ' I wish i had more help when'i was trying to get an education. I had a boy working for me that when he had five minutes off he was in the bowling alley. ~f ~you check his bank account noon he dr~w ,. and .then Saturday afternoon he made ~Z. ~' betting. 'I say this for the benefit of someboSy who.might be ~ringing up children. "There should be one day in the week that~c~ildren should not have that example before them. I believe there is a motlon on' the floor. ~ · ' ' i',.!oderator: "We are about to vote on the motion which has 0een seconded that' bowling be~prohibited in Nantucket on Sundays. "Ait'those in favor say 'aye' "Those opposed 'nay' "NAY" "The 'ayes' have it. Manchester: "I would like a recount. ~,'ioLau~hlin: '"I think there is a misunderstanding. a recount ? Can we' h~ive i~ioderator' "The motion'Nou are voting on is that bowling on Sunday be prohibited in Nantucket. LeRo~[ Pease: "i would like to ask if one person can ask ~ one-pe~aa~n--~a~-~a~s~ for s recount on something in which so many people showed that they knew what they were voting on. "~ Moderator: "There is no question that the''ayes', had it on that vote. The only question is as to whether or not'the assembly, knew what they were voting on. i will put s motion to the assemOly: Did the 'assembly understand which way you were voting on the l~st motion? : "Tt~o~e Who' did,' say 'aye' ~"AYE" "Those who did not, say 'nay' "NAY" "The vote stands. "Article',,74 is before the ~eeting. "'Tg see if the Town ' will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Fifteen Huadred Dollars ($1500.00) to relay the present sewer pipe in Derry- more Road and extend the pipe to the property of Mr. Leo, Desrocher--650 feet." The recon~endation of the Finance Comm- ittee is: "Due to the'fact that work cannot be done this year we do not 'recommend." Lac Desrocher ~q~laY':I-~a'§k.~.why?[£t' ": .... whom d6:~o~ inquire that? ~t~e Finance Committee. a!re~y e~olained,, ~ l, _-~that~ to Mr. Desrocher.st th~ hearlng. ~ in fact ~e htr the Sewer'. Cb~'issi~e~-:eXp~Ri~-the 'fact'-~that~fNa~ tucka2 'h~s'. apOmt ~-sgme j~lO ~0OO. CO ~ 6f ~gyk- left :'oger-, from .: last ~aa~. ,~hi6h'.has. not 'b-eenZdone] some. that ~ha~ 'been'. threB y~ars that:hRs not-Deeil, done due to the fact that the Sewer Commissim Can't obDain help to do the work. Rather than appropriate mone "AYE" to lay ,over we thought it ,best to leave this article until we can~do the.work and then it can be taken.~ care~of. ,· ,,~_~:, !~r. Desrocher: "There wes a job at Kenneth' Hamblin~s that couldn't be done because it was too deep. Where I am it is only six feet deep. 'i don!t see why it couldn't be done. Mr. Jaeck,~: "According to the Sewer- Oornmissi4n it doesn't make ~ny difference'if it's six feet or twenty feet. They can't obtain the helo to do the work So there is notnxno per~onal about it. ~It was ~xplsined at the hea~.ing end you seemed perfectly satisfied down there. MrS. Desrocher: "Why is it they ,put in places for the summer when we have a year-round residence. They put~ in sewers for ,'~ people who come down for two or three months and are closed'for the rest of t~e time. How is it they cst find half for those places but not for usg Mr. Jaeckle: "i~m sorry you take this view. it wasn't any- thing personal. I,~rs. Desr. ocher: "We really need that sewer. Mr. Jaeckle: "i have no objection. The co~ittee has no objection, I assure you of that. In regard to sur~ner Feop!e you must remember they pay a,big ~tax without,representstion. The particular sewer you refer to, they are building houses there which makes taxable property and they should be given some consideration. Mrs. Desrocher: "They are only open three months. We ps~, taxes too. ' Mr. Jaeckle: "They, pay the same ta~es, g~en if they only spend three days they should be given some, consideration. , Moderator: "Do you want to make any motion? I~'. Desrochel~: "i would like to make a motion if it would do any good. ~omera~or: o you xvant to recommend that the sum b appro- priated? Th e ~'ecommendation of the Finance Committee ~Due to.the f~ct that work cannot be done this ~r~sr~ not recommend. ' ~¥ir. Desrocher: "i move that the sum of ~;1500.00 be a'Fp~.op~iated. i¥ioderagor: "Is that seeonded? "I second the motion." Moderator: "Any further discussion? Mr. Fisher: "i move that the Finance Committee I'e6om.~iendation be ~ accepted and.their re~crt be adopted. I'was st"the hearings every night through the week. They went over every, iota of these articles. They really put in weeks of work on it and 'it seems ~t° me that they know more. about it t~sn one or two pe6ple. ~:~.~derator: "Was that seconded? The only motion before the house that was seconded, there wes no secon~ to Mr. Fisher's motion, that the sum of ~1~00.00 be raise5 and to relay the present sewer in Derrymore Road and extend the' pipe to the property of ~r. Leo Desrocher. "Ail those in favor of that motion, say ~sye~ :'AYE" :'Those opposed, 'nay' "NAY" "The 'ayes' have it, the sum of ^ ~15OO.O0 is aFi:ropristed. Moderator: "The next thing to come before the assembly is a motion that the recommendations of the Finance Committee be accepted. Mr. Jaeckle: "~ir. Moderator, :i wish to make a few corrections. if you will take the warrant we passed to you---everyone turn to Article 8,under Shellfish Department you will find the figure crossed out Somewhere along .the line something ' ~ ' n~ppene and that figure wasn't correct. Ib should be corr-ec~ed before this reoort is accepted. The figure should be ~67~0.00 instead sb.o0. "Then, ii' you will turn to~th:~ next p~ge under Soldiers Benefits you will sse Salary .~800.00. Thst is wrong, that should not be t~ere. The salary is on the next item ~80.00., so cross out the ~$00.00. Mr. Fisher: "i move now that the recommendations of the Finance Cormnittee be accepted and their recommendat[0na be adopted. "Se oo.rld " l~oderator: "~ou have before you the motion that the recommend- ations of the Finance Co~mmittee be adopted and the appropriatio made· "All those in favor Of tn~t motion say 'aye' "AYE" Kent Klng: "~,~ir~. Moderator. l~oderator: "Do you rise to a point of order? ]',~r. King: "~lat about Articles 90 and 917 Moderator: "Appsrontly nobody had suff'icient interest to bring them ~efore the ~loor. if you care to---Nobody has, so we will proceed. "All those opposed say' 'nay' (None.) "The report~adopned. A motion to adjourn is in order. "I make a motion the meeting be'adjourned." "Second." Moderator: "Ail those in favor say 'aye' 'Thoseoooposed '~ay' (none) ..~. "MeetLng is adjourned." "AYE" Meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m. ~ 430~ ' ~ 4~