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TOWN OF WAYLAND MASSACHUSETTS
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TOWN OF WAYLAND
MASSACHUSETTS
FOR ITS
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SECOND
MUNICIPAL YEAR
FOR THE YEAR ENDING, DECEMBER 31, 1951
Murphy & Snyder, Inc. Maynard, Mass.
OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF WAYLAND
Term Expires
MODERATOR
Howard S. Russell 1952
TOWN CLERK
M. Alice Neale
1952
SELECTMEN
Gerald Henderson 1952
John W. Leavitt 1953
William A. Loker 1954
TOWN TREASURER
Frank G. Mackenna (Resigned August 1, 1951)
1951
Dorothy Small Damon (Appointed to fill vacancy) 1952
TAX COLLECTOR
Theodore H. Harrington 1952
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Dorothy M. Harrington
1952
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
J. Sidney Stone 1952
Carlisle D. Scotland 1953
Ronald H. Wood
1954
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Harvey C. Newton 1952
Allan R. Finlay 1953
Cornelius J. Maguire
1954
ASSESSORS
George C. Lewis 1952
Charles M. Mathews 1953
Archibald Cox 1954
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Term Expires
WATER COMMISSIONERS
Charles E. Potter 1952
Fern A. Taylor
1953
Alfred C. Damon
1954
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
George G. Bogren 1952
Theone H. Morgan 1952
Helen C. Morgan 1953
J. Sidney Stone
1953
Hugh F. Colliton, Jr. 1954
Arthur H. Dudley
1954
CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS
Ernest W. Schleicher 1952
Ralph H. Yetton
1953
Warren D. Valentine
1954
TREE WARDEN
Charles L. Fullick
1952
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR
Albert E. Potvin 1952
BOARD OF HEALTH
Waldo L. Lawrence 1952
Norman G. Fair
1953
Katherine S. Andrews
1954
PARK COMMISSIONERS
Frank S. Tarr
1952
Thomas F. Murray
1953
Nathaniel Hamlen
1954
ROAD COMMISSIONERS
Gustaf M. Blomgren 1952
Ronald S. Campbell
1953
Joseph H. Decatur
1954
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Term Expires
PLANNING BOARD
Frank S. Tarr 1952
Gerald B. Liscombe 1953
Katharine Hodges 1954
Leo F. McKenney
1954
Carl T. Emery
1955
Ralph D. Pillsbury
1956
CONSTABLES
Clarence O. Baker 1952
John P. Butler 1952
George A. Celorier 1952
Wilfred L. Celorier
1952
Alfred C. Damon
1952
Ernest H. Damon
1952
Thomas Francis Linnehan 1952
COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS
J. Sidney Stone 1952
John W. Leavitt 1953
J. Reed Morss 1954
TRUSTEES OF THE ALLEN FUND
John Connelly 1952
Frederic A. Gibbs
1952
George W. Shepard
1952
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK
Joseph Decatur 1952
Thomas F. Linnehan
1952
Arthur F. Marston
1952
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER
Thomas F. Linnehan 1952
Melville Loker
1952
Arthur F. Marston
1952
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Term Expires
FENCE VIEWERS
Selectmen
1952
FIELD DRIVERS
Constables
1952
MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE
Cornelius J. Maguire
James J. Bolton Edward Perry
Frank S. Tarr
F. Clifton Haynes
George J. Monreau, Jr.
Charles L. Fullick
DOG OFFICER
Ernest H. Damon 1952
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
Warren F. Lawrence 1952
DISTRICT NURSE
Mary E. McNeil 1952
SUPERINTENDENT MOTH EXTERMINATION
John E. Nelson 1952
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Charles L. Smith 1952
PUBLIC WEIGHER
Thomas Francis Linnehan 1952
FOREST FIRE WARDEN
F. Clifton Haynes
1952
FINANCE COMMITTEE
John F. Yeager
1952
George V. Deverell 1953
Robert M. Morgan 1953
Charles Y. Wadsworth
1954
Frederick S. Whiteside 1954
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Term Expires
INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
Warren F. Lawrence 1952 ...
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
Francis M. Dowey, Dem. 1952
M. Alice Neale, Rep. 1952
Waldo H. Russell, Rep. 1953
Joe Perodeau, Dem. 1954
BURIAL AGENT
John W. Leavitt 1952
AGENT VETERANS' BENEFITS
John W. Leavitt 1952
ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
F. Clifton Haynes, Chief 1952
Homer L. MacDonald, Asst. Chief
1952
Frank H. Carter, Deputy Chief 1952
Parker H. Groton, Deputy Chief
1952
Ernest H. Damon, Clerk
1952
COMMITTEE FOR VETERANS' SERVICES
Ronald S. Campbell, Chairman
J. Reed Morss
Carlisle D. Scotland
J. Otis Post, Jr.
Frederick S. Whiteside
J. Warren Olmstead
J. Penteado Bill
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
George G. Bogren 1952
Archibald Cox (Resigned)
1953
Dunbar Holmes (Appointed to fill vacancy) 1953
Roger E. Ela 1954
ASSOCIATE MEMBER ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
Frank A. Larson 1952
Kimball C. Powning 1952
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TOWN COUNSEL
Roger P. Stokey 1952
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION AGENT
Roger P. Stokey .... 1952
BUILDING INSPECTOR
Homer L. MacDonald 1952
WIRING INSPECTOR
Homer L. MacDonald 1952
ZONING BOARD INSPECTOR
Homer L. MacDonald 1952
PLUMBING INSPECTOR
Timothy J. Daly 1952
ELECTION OFFICERS
Precinct 1
Willard B. Dik, Warden 1952
Henry G. Pearson, Clerk 1952
Annie R. Costello, Inspector 1952
James J. Bolton, Deputy Warden
1952
J. Dwight Morton, Deputy Clerk
1952
Thomas L. McManus, Deputy Inspector
1952
Ralph A. Stewart, Deputy Inspector 1952
Precinct 2
Alvin B. Neale, Warden 1952
Madeline T. Hampstead, Clerk 1952
Orpha E. Bradshaw, Inspector 1952
Mary E. Payson, Inspector 1952
Parker H. Groton, Deputy Warden 1952
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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
MIDDLESEX, SS.
WAYLAN ANDY
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To any of the Constables of the Town of Wayland, in said County:
Greetings:
In the name of the Commonwealth you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in town election to meet at their respective polling places, Precinct 1 in the High School Gymnasium, Precinct 2 in the Legion Hall, on
MONDAY MARCH 3, 1952
at six o'clock in the forenoon, there and then to bring in their ballots for a Moderator, Town Clerk, Treasurer, Collector of taxes, Tree Warden and seven Constables, all for one year ;
One Selectman, one member of the Board of Public Welfare, one member of the School Committee, one Assessor, one Water Commissioner, two Trustees of the Public Library, one Cemetery Commissioner, one member of the Board of Heatlh, one Park Commissioner, one Road Com- missioner, one Commissioner of Trust Funds, all for three years ;.
One member of the Planning Board for five years.
All the foregoing to be voted on the official ballot. The polls will be open at 6:00 o'clock in the forenoon and will remain open continuously until 7:00 in the afternoon, when they shall be closed.
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And you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in Town affairs to meet at the High School Gymnasium on
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 1952
at 7:45 P. M., then and there to act on the following articles.
Article 1. To hear reports of the Town Officers, Agents and Com- mittees, and act thereon.
Article 2. To choose all necessary Town Officers, Agents and Committees not elected by the official ballot.
Article 3. To grant money for necessary Town purposes See Finance Committee Report
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to fix the salary and com- pensation of all elective officers of the Town, as provided by Section 108, Chapter 41, General Laws, as amended, and set the effective date of such salary and compensation.
Since 1947, it has been necessary for the Town to fix, annually, the salary or compensation of each elective officer.
The Finance Committee recommends that the salary for the elective officers be set as indicated in the budget and that they be effective from January 1, 1952.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen: (1) to sell, or otherwise dispose of, the present police car in connection with the purchase of a new car; (2) to sell, or otherwise dispose of, the Board of Welfare's present visitor's car in connection with the purchase of a new car; (3) to sell, or otherwise dispose of the Water Department's present 1/2-ton Ford pick-up truck in connection with the purchase of a new 1/2-ton pick-up truck; and (4) to sell, or otherwise dispose of the Highway Department's 1946 11/2-ton Ford in connection with the purchase of a new 21/2-ton truck - the funds for the police car, the visitor's car and the highway truck being provided for in the budget of the respective departments and the funds for the truck for the Water Department being provided for in Article 7, or do or act.
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The sale or disposal of equipment requires a vote of the Town. The police car is regularly purchased on the basis of an annual trade-in. The Welfare Department would like to carry its purchase on the basis of a trade-in every two years - this from money supplied by the Federal Government for administration. The present Water Department truck was purchased in 1946 and the disposal of the highway truck is in line with the regular replacement program.
The Finance Committee recommends the approval of the article.
Article 6. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1952 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than a year, in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
The Finance Committee recommends the approval of the article
Article 7. To see if the Town will appropriate sums of money for the following: (1) Water coupon notes, water bonds and water registered note - maturing in 1952 - payment of principal; (2) water coupon notes, water bonds and water registered note - payment of interest due in 1952; (3) Water Department maintenance; (4) Town office clerical salaries ; (5) purchase of a new truck; (6) installation of a water main connection on Westway Road and State Road East at Plain Road; (7) installation of three new hydrants, one each, on Concord Road, Plain Road and Cochituate Road; (8) construction work on Water Department roads to pumping stations; and (9) the installation of electrical controls between the standpipe and the pumping station, the entire amount to be taken from Water Available Surplus, or do or act.
The sums of money required in this article are as follows: (1) Water Department debt - payment of principal - $13,000.00; (2) Water Department debt - interest - $2,665.00; (3) Water Department maintenance - $30,000.00; (4) Town office clerical salaries - $1,000.00; (5) purchase of new 1/2-ton pick-up truck - $1,600.00; (6) installation of water main connection at Plain Road - $2,150.00; (7) installation of three new hydrants - $1,050.00; (8) construction work on Water Department roads to pumping
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stations - $1,200.00; (9) installation of electrical controls between the standpipe and the pumping station - $4,500.00.
The Finance Committee recommends the approval of this article
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to cancel the authorization for expenditure and borrowing of the unused $10,000.00 of the $20,000.00 voted under Article 6 of the Special Town Meeting of April 28, 1948 and Article 1 of the Special Town Meeting of November 30, 1949, or do or act.
Because of the complications which have arisen in connection with the borrowing under this vote and, since funds have been other- wise provided for, the Finance Committee recommends the approval of this article in order to clear the books of the Town Accountant and the Town Treasurer.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money for the reconstruction and improvement of Chapter 90 roads, said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose, the work to be done under the supervision of the Road Commissioners, or take any action in relation thereto.
The State and County propose to join the Town in the rebuild- ing of Oak Street from the Natick Line to Commonwealth Road East - the Town of Natick having completed, within recent years, its portion of this road from the Turnpike to the Wayland line. The work involves some substantial regrading, lowering of the water line, provided for in the budget, and complete new surfacing. It is estimated that the over-all job will cost between $28-30,000.00. The State and County have allotted respectively, $5,000.00 and $2,500.00, which would call for an appropriation by the Town of $2,500.00, making a total of $10,000.00 for this year. If, as in the past, the State and County are willing to increase their allotments for the current year, it seems desirable that the Town be ready to supply matching funds.
The Finance Committee therefore recommends the appropria- tion of $5,000.00, which would be sufficient to do $20,000.00 worth of work toward the total job of $30,000.00 and would make possible the completion of the work in two years.
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Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a Committee of nine persons, composed of one member from each of the following boards or committees: the Board of Health, Planning Board, Road Com- missioner, Selectmen and the Finance Committee and four persons to be chosen at large by the representatives so designated, to make a study and prepare recommendations for presentation to the Town at the next Special or Annual Meeting, for additional dump facilities in Cochituate, or do or act.
The present dump area behind the highway garage is rapidly being filled and it is imperative that additional facilities be obtained in the immediate future.
The Finance Committee recommends the approval of the article.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the following: (1) purchase of two 750-gallon fire truck pumpers; (2) construction of a garage for the Fire Department, on the easterly portion of Town-owned land at the corner of Lcary Street and East Plain Street, Cochituate; (3) extension of the fire alarm system from Wayland Center to the Weston line; to determine whether the money shall be provided by transfer from other appropriations previously voted, by taxation, and/or by borrowing; and to authorize the committee ap- pointed under Article 12 of the Annual Town Meeting of March, 1951, with the approval of the Selectmen, to purchase the equipment, to con- struct, equip and furnish the fire station and to extend the fire alarm system, and to enter into the necessary contracts and agreements therefor ; or take any other action relative thereto.
At the last Annual Town Meeting, a Special Fire Survey Com- mittee was appointed by the Town and $5,000.00 was voted as a start on replacements and extensions for the Fire Department, but without authorization as to expenditure. The Special Committee has made a full study of the department and its needs and advises the Finance Committee that it proposes the following program: (1) purchase of two new 750-gallon fire truck pumpers at $17,500.00 each to replace the 350-gallon 1925 LaFrance pumper at Cochituate and the 350-gallon 1934 Chevrolet at Wayland Center, both of which are over age and have insufficient pump capacity; (2) erection of a new fire building at a cost of about $46,000.00 at the corner of Leary Street and East Plain Street on town-owned land, the building
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to be of sufficient size to: (a) house three modern-sized fire trucks, (b) provide fireproof space for the alarm system headquarters and (c) provide an office and a room for the fire company personnel; (3) extension of the fire alarm system at a cost of $6,500.00, from the Town Hall to the Weston line and at that point to connect with a mutual-aid circuit, with the Weston Fire Department.
The Finance Committee, for a number of years, has steadily pointed out, in its annual report, that modernization and improve- ments in the Fire Department would have to be undertaken at the earliest possible date. With a comprehensive study of the needs of the department completed, the Finance Committee is of the opinion that the next step is to proceed with the program here outlined. It wishes to refer the Town to the Special Committee's report for the balance of the recommendations.
The Finance Committee recommends approval of the article and that the expenditures be financed as follows: (1) $35,000.00 for two trucks by inclusion of $15,000.00 in the rate for 1952 and $20,000.00 through borrowing for two years, $10,000 payable in 1953 and $10,000.00 in 1954; (2) $45,942.02 for Cochituate Fire Station by placing $5,000.00 in the rate for 1952, $942.02 by transfer from the "Cochituate Civic Center Building" account and $40,000.00 through borrowing over a 20 year period and (3) $6,500.00 for fire alarm extension from the Center to the Weston line by including $500.00 in the 1952 rate, $1,000.00 by transfer from "Fire Department - Truck Overhaul" account and $5,000.00 from "Fire Survey Commit- tee" account.
Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of constructing an addition to the Way- land High School Building, and for originally equipping and furnishing the said addition; determine whether the money shall be provided for by appropriation from available funds in the treasury, by taxation, and/or by borrowing; authorize the committee appointed in accordance with the vote under Article 19 of the Annual Town Meeting of March, 1947 and continued in office by vote under Article 1 of the Special Town Meeting of June 20, 1951, to construct, equip and furnish an addition to the Wayland High School Building and to enter into the necessary contracts and agreements therefor; or take any other action relative thereto.
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The necessity for additions to the school plant were fully re- ported on at the Special Town Meeting of December 19, 1951 and funds for the plans and specifications were voted at that time. The program here requested is that which is proposed by the Special School Building Committee. It calls for the construction of an addition to the high school of eight rooms, six of which are needed in the fall of 1952. The Committee will have final bids for the work by the time of the meeting.
The Finance Committee is satisfied that the plan proposed, by which the Town will obtain classrooms at about $25,000.00 per room, contrasted with normal current costs of about $40,000.00 per room is considerably cheaper than could be obtained under any other plan. No site expense, no additional heating plant and only a minimum of services and landscaping are involved. The proposed addition is part of any long-range program.
The Finance Committee therefore recommends that the work be done at an overall cost of about $215,000.00, the funds for the work to be provided as follows: $200,000.00 through borrowing on 20-year notes; $10,000.00 through funds previously appropriated ; $5,000.00 to be appropriated and assessed.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to establish a Salary and Wage Co-ordinating Committee to consist of one member each from the following boards: Selectmen, School Committee, Water Commissioners, Cemetery Commissioners, Road Commissioners, two members of the Fin- ance Committee and two members-at-large who shall hold no other Town office and who shall be selected by the committee so designated, such committee to act as a coordinating agency to see that standard rates of salaries and wages are being uniformly applied, revised and kept up-to- date, or do or act.
The Finance Committee feels that the establishment of such a committee is advisable to maintain uniformity and a proper relation- ship of salaries and wages for all Town employees and therefor recom- mends the approval of the article.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of leasing, renting or otherwise providing suitable
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headquarters for Wayland Post Veterans of Foreign Wars, or otherwise act thereon.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars purchased their present quarters from the Commonwealth on November 6, 1951 through a building corporation - Wayland Post No. 6260 Building Association, Inc., which has leased the building to the local post for five years from January 25, 1952 at $500 per year. There were about thirty-five paid members in 1951. Under the circumstances outlined, if a town so chooses, it is permitted, under state law, to pay rental for post quarters.
Based on these facts and, considering the value of the quarters, the Finance Committee feels that the Town would be warranted in paying the rental involved so long as the active membership justifies the expenditure. The Finance Committee therefore recommends the approval of the article.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and raise a sum of money for the installation of fire sprinkler systems in the high school building and determine how the money shall be raised -- by assessment, transfer, borrowing or otherwise, or do or act.
Two of the three stages of the sprinkler program for the schools have been completed and the present article contemplates the final step at a cost of about $16,000.00 for an installation in the high school building. This is a logical move and would effect a substan- tial saving in the annual fire insurance costs and would also provide better protection. In any normal year, the Finance Committee would recommend this expenditure, the benefits of which would accrue to the entire town. The Finance Committee believes, however, that this is an item which can and should be deferred until a year when there is less capital expenditure called for on the part of the Town.
The Finance Committee does not, therefore, recommend the approval of the article at this time.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money for mosquito control, or do or act.
To be effective, mosquito control should be carried out as a co-operative venture by several adjoining towns under a plan which
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would include drainage and spot spraying as well as general spraying. The program should be on a permanent basis. There are two plans at state level currently being considered - one through the State Health Department and the other through the proposed Sudbury Valley Commission. Under these circumstances and in view of the increases in the Town's regular expenditures, the Finance Commit- tee feels that the $1,500.00 which has been suggested to carry out only a general spray program should not be appropriated by the Town this year.
The Finance Committee does not, therefore, recommend the approval of this article.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to accept as public Town ways, under the provisions of the Betterment Act, in that part of the Town known as "Riverview Terrace," the roads known as "Riverview Circle" and "Shore Drive," or either of them, or any portion of them, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen and as shown on a plan or plans on file with the Town Clerk; and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire any necessary land by eminent domain, by purchase, gift or otherwise; and to appropriate a sum of money for acquisition of any such land and the construction of such way or ways, or any portion thereof, and determine how the money shall be raised, or take any action relative thereto.
This and the succeeding two articles have not been properly pro- cessed under the Betterment Act for consideration by the Town at this meeting. Plans have not been drawn, complete estimates of costs have not been submitted and the project is not ready to be voted on.
The Finance Committee therefore recommends that the article be passed over.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to install water pipes and hydrants in the ways named in the foregoing article, or in any portion thereof, and to appropriate a sum of money for the expenses thereof and determine how the money shall be raised and will authorize such sum, or any portion thereof, to be included in any betterments that may be assessed under the preceding article, or take any action relative thereto.
For the reasons stated respecting the previous article, the Finance Committee recommends that this article be passed over.
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Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to accept as public town ways, under the provisions of the Betterment Act, that portion of Hay- ward Road lying between Rich Valley Road and Sylvan Way which has not been previously accepted, and that portion of Sylvan Way lying between Hayward Road and Lundy Lane, or either of them, or a portion of them, and as shown on a plan, or plans, on file with the Town Clerk, and authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire necessary land by purchase, gift, eminent domain, or otherwise, and appropriate a sum of money for the acquisition of any such land and the construction of such way, or ways, or any portion thereof, and determine how the money shall be raised, or take any action relative thereto.
For the reasons stated respecting the previous article, the Finance Committee recommends that this article be passed over.
Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to accept as public town ways, under the provisions of the Betterment Act, the roads known as "Edgewood Road", "Ridgefield Road", "Fairfield Road" and "Parkridge Road", or any of them, or a portion of them, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, and as shown on a plan, or plans, on file with the Town Clerk, and authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire necessary land by eminent domain, purchase, gift or otherwise, and appropriate a sum of money for the acquisition of any such land and the construction of such way, or ways, or any portion thereof, and determine how the money should be raised, or take any action relative thereto.
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