1956-01-30 Special Town Meeting Minutes

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61 To,.in S'e:'rant an,d Cffirerls 7. tarn Special Toon Meeting In 30, 1956 Precinct ),. "7nnicipel Pulleing Zitzov✓ls Store, 297 Lowell Street TTc LauThlin' s Store, 1051 IT. In Street The date ofposting, being more, than seven days prior to Jnnuary "i0, 195 , the date set for the meeting in this warrant. I also caused an attested cony of this warrant to be pub- lished in the Reading Chronicle in the issue of Jnnuary 26, 1956 the some being more than one day prior to the date of seid meet- Ing. (Signed ) 'Ni1liai E. Deers nap Const,ble of Reading Special Town fleeting January 30, 1956 Piew High School Auditorium In the absence of the Moderator, the Town Clerk, Boyd H. Stewart, called the meeting to order at 8:00 P. M. and asked for nominations for a temporary moderator at this meeting. Kenneth C . Latham moved that Samuel H. Davis be elected to act as temporary moderator at this meeting. On motion of Kenneth C. Latham it was voted that the nominations be closed. .g, On motion of Kenneth C . Latham it was voted that the Town Clerk be instructed to cast one ballot for Samuel H. Davis for Moderator to act at this meeting. The Town Clerk then cast one ballot for Mr. Davis to act as temporary moderator, and declared him elected. Mr. Davis was then sworn in, by the Town Clerk, as temporary Moderator. The warrant was partially read by the Town Clerk when, on motion of Kenneth C. Latham, it was voted to dispense with further reading of the warrant except the Constable' s Return which was then read by the Town Clerk. ARTICLE 1. On motion of Kenneth C. Lathem it was voted that the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are instructed to proceed with the terms of the Vote adopted under Article 10 at the Annual Town I:feeting held March 20, 1950 relating to the disposition by sale, demolition or otherwise of the Center School Building together with the lot of land containing approximately 10,000 square feet. 0motion of Kenneth C . Latham it was voted toplace Article_ on t-4e table . Oaiit,'this sentence. On motion. of Kenneth C. Latham it was unanimously voted that Woodbury C. Titcomb be permitted to read the following report: ARTICLE 1 . Progress Report - Special School and Recreation Site Corunittee as established under Article 33 at the adjourned Annual Town Meeting April 4, 1955, Following an analysis of Readingis existing school and recrea- tional facilities, your com_aaIttee then waded into the problem of what additional facilities will be needed sometime in the future. We have met often, including many field trips and have completed a rough report. We have met with and discussed our problems with your Town boards and committee. At the Town Meeting in March, we