SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
Everything Asked for was Given By
Eighteen Voters Present
The eighteen voters present at the
special town meeting in Hammond
Hall last Wednesday afternoon were a
calm and orderly lot and gave every
thing asked for^ by the selectmen.
Ex-Mayor Edward Mullan was appoint
ed chairman after Town Clerk David
Flagg had read the call. The officials
of the town were authorized to borrow
the sum of $55,000 appropriated by
the voters last fall for the new high
school building. The sum of $6,000
for the town's share of eliminating the
grade crossing at the Wheaton farm
and $5,000 for improvements at the
Smith street school, together with a
sufficient sum to meet the running
expenses of the town until the taxes
are collected were all put in charge
of the selectmen with authority to
borrow.
