Town annual report of Chelmsford 1957, Part 1

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ANNUAL REPORT


FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31,


1957


ANNUAL REPORT


OF THE


Town of Chelmsford


FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1957


SULLIVAN BROS. LOWELL, MASS.


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ANNUAL TOWN REPORT


Report of the Town Clerk


ELECTED TOWN OFFICIALS


MODERATOR Edward J. Desaulnier, Jr. (Term Expires 1960)


TOWN CLERK Charlotte P. DeWolf (Term Expires 1960)


SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE


Daniel J. Hart


Term Expires 1958


Edgar P. George


Term Expires 1959


Robert F. McAndrew


Term Expires 1960


TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR Charlotte P. DeWolf, Temporary


BOARD OF ASSESSORS


Claude A. Harvey


Term Expires 1958


Warren Wright


Term Expires 1959


John J. Dunigan


Term Expires 1960


TREE WARDEN Myles J. Hogan (Term Expires 1960)


BOARD OF HEALTH


Oliver A. Reeves


Term Expires 1958


William R. Greenwood Term Expires 1959


Edmund J. Welch


Term Expires 1960


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SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Arthur S. Russell


Term Expires 1958


Allan D. Davidson


Term Expires 1959


Henrick R. Johnson


Term Expires 1960


PARK COMMISSIONERS


Bradford O. Emerson


Term Expires 1958


Ralph E. House


Term Expires 1959


Arthur L. Bennett


Term Expires 1960


CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS


Arne R. Olsen


Term Expires 1958


Frank H. Hardy


Term Expires 1959


Arthur J. Colmer


Term Expires 1960


TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARIES


Ethel Booth Terms Expire 1958 Roger P. Welch


Eustace B. Fiske


Terms Expire 1959 Marjorie B. Scoboria


Raymond S. Kroll


Terms Expire 1960 Howard D. Smith


SINKING FUND COMMISSIONERS


Harold A. Fraser


Term Expires 1958


Daniel E. Walker


Term Expires 1959


Eustace B. Fiske


Term Expires 1960


PLANNING BOARD


George R. Dupee


Term Expires 1958


Carl A. E. Peterson


Term Expires 1959


Charles D. Harrington


Term Expires 1960


Harold E. Clayton, Jr.


Term Expires 1961


Allan A. Ludwig


Term Expires 1961


Claude J. Harvey


Term Expires 1962


Harold J. Pearson


Term Expires 1962


CONSTABLE William G. Jones (Term Expires 1958)


VARNEY PLAYGROUND COMMISSIONERS


John W. Dixon


Term Expires 1958


Bernard F. McGovern Term Expires 1959


Rudolph T. Hansen


Term Expires 1960


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APPOINTED TOWN OFFICIALS


TOWN ACCOUNTANT Lewis I. Hilton (Term Expires 1960)


BOARD OF SELECTMEN RECORDING CLERK Alfred H. Coburn (Term Expires 1958)


FINANCIAL CLERK Frances B. Cummings (Term Expires 1958)


FINANCE COMMITTEE


Hans H. Schliebus, Chairman


Term Expires 1958


M. Weldon Haire


Term Expires 1958


Carleton J. Lombard


Term Expires 1958


Richard T. McDermott


Term Expires 1958


John W. McNally


Term Expires 1958


SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS Frederick R. Greenwood (Term Expires 1958)


CHIEF OF POLICE Ralph J. Hulslander


INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS Dr. Winslow E. Merrill (Term Expires 1958)


FIRE CHIEF Allan Kidder


REGISTRARS OF VOTERS


Edward T. Brick


Term Expires 1958


John J. Carr


Term Expires 1959 Term Expires 1960


Dorothy Borrows


Charlotte P. DeWolf


Ex-Officio


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TOWN COUNSEL John H. Valentine (Term Expires 1958)


JANITORS OF PUBLIC HALLS


LaForrest E. Field


Center Town Hall


Joseph L. Larocque North Town Hall


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES Anthony C. Ferreira (Term Expires 1958)


SUPERINTENDENT OF BURIALS OF INDIGENT SOLDIERS AND SAILORS Cortlandt J. Burkinshaw (Term Expires 1958)


DOG OFFICER Frank Wojtas (Term Expires 1958)


WELFARE INVESTIGATOR Civil Service Arthur Cooke


SLAUGHTERING INSPECTOR Spencer F. Chamberlin (Term Expires 1958)


AGENT OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH John W. Maxwell (Term Expires 1958)


SCHOOL NURSES Helen M. Jewett Jessie M. Groves (Terms Expire 1958)


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BUILDING INSPECTOR Ralph R. Cole (Term Expires 1958)


MILK INSPECTOR John W. Maxwell (Term Expires 1958)


PLUMBING INSPECTOR George E. Gagnon Civil Service


TOWN FOREST COMMITTEE


Arthur M. Batchelder


Term Expires 1958


Edward B. Russell


Term Expires 1958


BOARD OF HEALTH PHYSICIANS Raymond J. Horan Benjamin J. Blechman (Term Expires 1958)


MOTH SUPERINTENDENT Myles J. Hogan (Term Expires 1958)


ZONING APPEAL BOARD


Frank A. Woodhead


Term Expires 1958


Richard Carr


Term Expires 1959


Willis E. Buckingham


Term Expires 1960


Charles Egerton


Term Expires 1961


Louis L. Hannaford


Term Expires 1962


ALTERNATES


Eliot W. Remick


Term Expires 1958


Paul W. O'Neil


Term Expires 1958


James O. Robinson


Term Expires 1958


George Archer


Edward G. Krasnecki


VETERANS EMERGENCY COMMITTEE (Terms Expire 1958) Joseph Sadowski George F. Waite


Perry Snow Alfred H. Coburn


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Robert M. Hood


HONOR ROLL COMMITTEE (Terms Expire 1958) George R. Dixon Thomas E. Firth, Jr.


Bertram T. Needham


CIVIL DEFENSE COMMITTEE (Term Expires 1958) William Edge Charles Koulas


VETERANS' AGENT Gordon P. DeWolf (Term Expires 1958)


CONSTABLE Ralph J. Hulslander (Term Expires 1958)


MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE (Terms Expire 1958) Post 212


Norman LaRock


John Leonard Post 313


Wayne Gray


Donald Rafferty


B. C. Smith


Stephen J. Bomal


Post 366


Francis Cunningham


Kenneth E. Lawson


Charles J. O'Neil


PERSONNEL BOARD


Robert H. Goldman, Chairman


Term Expires 1958


Charles E. Cooke, Jr.


Term Expires 1958


Gerard A. Vayo


Term Expires 1959


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ANNUAL TOWN REPORT


WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING


MARCH 4, 1957 and MARCH 11, 1957


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


Middlesex, ss.


To William G. Jones, Constable, or any suitable person of the Town of Chelmsford:


GREETING:


In the name of the Commonwealth aforesaid, you are hereby re- quested to notify and warn the legal voters of said Chelmsford to meet in their several polling places, viz:


Precinct. 1. Fire House, Chelmsford Center


Precinct 2. Town Hall, North Chelmsford


Precinct 3. Fire House, West Chelmsford


Precinct 4. School House, East Chelmsford


Precinct 5. Liberty Hall, South Chelmsford


Precinct 6. Westlands School House


On Monday, the fourth day of March, 1957, being the first Monday in said month, at 10 o'clock a.m., for the following purposes:


To bring in their votes for the following offices.


One Moderator for three years.


One Selectman for three years.


One Member of the Board of Public Welfare for three years. One Town Clerk for three years.


One Town Treasurer and Tax Collector for three years.


One Member of the Board of Assessors for three years.


One Member of the School Committee for three years.


One Member of the Board of Health for three years.


One Tree Warden for three years.


One Cemetery Commissioner for three years.


One Park Commissioner for three years.


Two Public Library Trustees for three years.


One Sinking Fund Commissioner for three years.


Two Members of Planning Board for five years.


One Member of Planning Board for four years.


One Constable for one year.


The polls will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and to meet in the High School Auditorium at Chelmsford on the following Monday, the eleventh day of March, 1957 at 7:30 o'clock in the evening, then and there to act upon the following articles, viz:


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ANNUAL TOWN REPORT


ARTICLE 1. To hear reports of Town Officers and Committees: or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 2. To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 24, subtitled, "Job Titles and Standard Rates for Wages and Salaries of the Personnel, Wage and Salary By-Law" to read as follows:


A. ADMINISTRATIVE AND CLERICAL


Minimum


Maximum


Increment


1956


1957


*1. Agent, Veterans'


Services


$ 600.00


$ 750.00


$ 50yr-3yrs


$ 750.00


750.00


2. Senior Clerk- Ass't. Assessor


2,800.00


3,000.00


100yr-2yrs


2,600.00


2,800.00


2a. Senior Clerk --


Ass't. to Tr. & Coll. 2,800.00


3,000.00


100yr-2yrs


2,600.00


2,800.00


3. Clerk, Senior


2,400.00


2,600.00


100yr-2yrs


2,500.00


2,600.00


4. Clerk


2,100.00


2,300.00


100yr-2yrs


2,100.00


2,200.00


5. Town Accountant


4,000.00


4,600.00


200yr-3yrs


3,800.00


4,000.00


*6. Town Counsel


500.00


500.00


500.00


*7. Selectmen's Recording Clerk


600.00


450.00


600.00


*8. Board of Registrars'


Clerk


250.00


250.00


250.00


*9. Clerk (Part Time) ..


1.10hr


1.05hr


1.10hr


10. Planning Board


Clerk


1.10hr


1.05hr


1.10hr


B. CONSERVATION AND CEMETERY


1. Cemetery Superin-


tendent 3,650.00


3,950.00


100yr-3yrs


3,500.00


3,650.00


2. Moth Superintendent


300.00


300.00


300.00


*3. Laborer, Park.


1.50hr


1.40hr


1.50hr


*4. Laborer, Skilled, Tree Climber


1.65hr


1.55hr


1.65hr


C. CUSTODIAL AND MAINTENANCE


*1. Clock Winder


80.00


80.00


80.00


2. Custodian


2,430.00


2,730.00


100yr-3yrs


2,600.00


2,730.00


3. Custodian


27.30wk


30.30wk


1wk-3yrs


1,352.00


1,420.00


(26.00wk)


(27.30wk)


D. HEALTH AND SERVICES


1. Nurse


3,000.00


3,300.00


100yr-3yrs


3,000.00


3,200.00


*2. Physicians


150.00


150.00


150.00


3. Sanitarian


3,900.00


4,200.00


100yr-3yrs


3,700.00


3,900.00


E. LIBRARY


1. Librarian, Adams ... 1,600.00


1,800.00


100yr-2yrs


1,800.00


1,800.00


*2. Librarian, Mackay ..


840.00


708.00


840.00


*3. Assistant Librarians


1.10hr


1.00hr


1.10hr


F. MECHANICAL AND CONSTRUCTION


1. Highway Superin- tendent


4,700.00


5,000.00


100yr-3yrs


4,500.00


5,000.00


2. Motor Equipment


Operator, Truck Driver


1.70hr


1.60hr


1.70hr


3. Tractor Operator 1.80hr


1.70hr


1.80hr


4. Roller Operator 1.80hr


1.70hr


1.80hr


5. Grader Operator 2.15hr


2.00hr


2.15hr


6. Shovel Operator


2.15hr


2.00hr


2.15hr


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7. Laborer 1.50hr


1.40hr


1.50hr


8. Laborer, Skilled


Mason Carpenter


1.65hr


1.55hr


1.65hr


9. Repairmen, Mechanic 2.00hr


1.80hr


2.00hr


10. Working Foreman ... 1.90hr


1.70hr


1.90hr


11. Foreman-Truck Driver (ashes & waste) 1.90hr


1.60hr


1.90hr


G. PUBLIC SAFETY AND INSPECTION FIRE


1. Chief 4,700.00


5,000.00


100yr-3yrs


4,500.00


5,000.00


2. Captain, Permanent. 4,150.00


4,450.00


3,800.00


4,450.00


*3. Captain, Call


200yr


200yr


200yr


& 1.85hr


& 1.85hr


& 1.85hr


4. Lieutenant,


Permanent 4,050.00


4,350.00


3,700.00


4,350.00


*5. Lieutenant, Call


100yr


100yr


100y


& 1.75hr


& 1.75hr


& 1.75hr


6. Regular Firefighter .. 3,700.00


4,000.00


100yr-3yrs


3,600.00


4,000.00


*7. Firefighter (call) . .


50.00y


35.00yr


50.00yr


& 1.65hr


& 1.65hr


1.65hr


8. Janitor


140.00


140,00


140.00


POLICE


9. Chief


4,700.00


5,000.00


100yr-3yrs


4,500.00


5,000.00


10. Sergeant


4,150.00


4,450.00


4,000.00


4,450.00


11. Patrolman


3,700.00


4,000.00


100yr-3yrs


3,700.00


4,000.00


*12. Special Police


1.50hr


1.50hr


1.50hr


*13. Animal Inspector


500.00


500.00


500.00


*14. Building Inspector


1,400.00


1,300.00


1,400.00


*15. Beach Attendant


48.00wk


46.00wk


48.00wk


*16. Dog Officer


325.00


325.00


325.00


*17. Sealer of Weights


and Measures


275.00


275.00


275.00


H. ELECTED OFFICIALS.


1. Moderator


75.00


75.00


2. Town Clerk


550.00


550.00


3. Selectmen:


500.00


750.00


Chairman Members (2)


375.00ea


500.00ea


4. Treasurer & Collector


3,700.00


3,700.00


5. Assessors: Chief


3,700.00


4,100.00


Board Members (2)


2,300.00


2,400.00


6. Tree Warden


Allowed to collect rate per hour.


295.00


300.00


Board Members (2).


275.00ea


275.00ea


8. School Committee-No Salary


9. Park Commissioners-No Salary


10. Cemetery Commissioners Secretary Board Members (2).


55.00


55.00


90.00


90.00


11. Trustees Public Libraries-No Salary


12. Sinking Fund Commissioners-No Salary


13. Planning Board-No Salary


14. Constable-Fees *Part time


or act in relation thereto.


7. Health Chairman


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REPORT OF THE TOWN CLERK


June


1 Susan Mary Urbanowicz


2 Peter Frederick Edwards


3 Arthur Bradley Archer


3 Joyce Cassidy


6 William Martin Bacon


11 Ellen Murdock Dillon


14 Bruce Edward McCrady


18 James Robert St. Germain


20 Milton Hatfield Kinney


22 David Peter Slaney


23 Janice Elaine Giffin


24 Mary Rebecca Gallagher


25 Marion LeBourdais


27 Stillborn


30 Richard Andrew Stockton


James J. and Mary H. (Patenaude) Walter W. and Barbara M. (Todd) George S. and Yvonne (Bachelder) David T. and Annie (Binns) Alberton W. and Barbara E. (Davis) Robert F. and Maureen V. (Chagnon) Douglas L. and Shirley M. (Hoffman) Philip Fabien and Anna M. (Fleming) Milton H. and Dorothy A. (Ramsey) Harold L. and Ethel L. (Black) Ralph W. and Ruth M. (Drosos) John B. and Ruth (Higgins) Armand W. and Marion (Connors)


Frederick W. and Ruth E. (DeBow)


July


2 Judith Ann Ducharme


5 Albert Raymond Fournier


6 Cheryl Lorraine Fishburne


6 Jane Frances Beaubien


6 Daniel Thomas Lane


8 Sandra Leigh Greenwood


8 Paul Eric Lund


9 William Bernard Trainor


11 Brian Thomas Angus


13 James Pitts Emerson


13 Janet Marie LeClair


16 William Michael Gallagher


25 Anne Marie Hehir


26 Julia Augusta Christenson


29 Phillis Arline Lovett


29 Thomas Ward


Joseph L. P. and Avis G. (Marshall) Raymond J. and Bertha J. (Benton) Harry G. and Isabell (Martell) Donald J. and Beatrice E. (Hamblett) Frederick L. and Mary M. (Rooney) Arthur C. and Marion H. (Crain) Winthrop E. and Isabelle E. (Otis) William B. and Mildred (Pope) Alfred J. and Gladys M. (Bridgeford) James P. and Faye (Baker) George A. and Eleanor H. (Mochrie) William M. and H. Pauline (Greeley) John J. and Margaret (Connors) Henry R. and Barbara L. (Maxfield) ยท George S. and Phillis A. (Burton) John Norman and Phyllis G. (Hall)


Aug.


6 Athena Maria Alexion


7 Cynthia Edith Smith


8 Cynthia Jane Vondal Gillis


12 Robert Arthur McEnaney


15 David Gardner Bovill


22 Judith May McAndrew


22 David Ferreira


23 Gail Ann Thomas


Christos A. and Bessie (Tassios) Arthur F. and Lorraine D. (Fortin) Edward A. and Rachel J. (Bagnell) Vincent J. and Velma (Gauthier) Roland M. and Estelle (Miron) William and Dorothy L. (Humphrey) David F. and Priscilla G. (Trubey) Joseph P. and Mary E. (Vieira) Parker A. and Anna M. (Dion)


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Aug.


23 Patricia Ann Sullivan


23 Virginia Kay Auen


25 David Edgar Theriault


25 Girard Edward Sevigny


26 Robert Francis Cole


27 Joanne Adle


27 Donna Marie Rondeau


29 Julie Ann Harper


William J. and Bertha M. (McKeen) Wayne O. and Florence (Sanford) Edgar H. and Helen (Dziedzic) Girard E. and Eileen P. (O'Neil) Arthur L. and Mary H. (Preston) Paul F. and Janice (Corey) Henry L. and Panagiota (Tsoukleris) Wesley M. and Catherine (Delaney)


Sept.


2 Patricia Lu Hughes


3 Richard Mauritz Johnson


4 Mark Weldon Haire


4 Barbara Helen Clement


5 Carol Ann Zaher


6 Ashlee Welcome


6 Paula Marie Shugrue


7 Joanne Daughraty


8 Carlene Edna Estes


9 David Gordon Kimball


11 Robert Alan Harvey


12 David Newton Rondeau


12 Kathy Ellen Harrington 13 14 Eugene James Fantozzi Knight Donald and Jeanette (Hornbrook) James E. and Concetta M. (Felice) John F. and Pearl M. (Brooks)


17 Brooks Irvin Manahan


20 Tracey Willard Parker


22 Nancy Anne Breen


22. Arthur Marcel Bellemore


22 Bryan Harley George


28 Michael Louis Mauti


Blynn Willis and Lucille Dolores (Nardelli) Henrick R. and Dorothy V. (Hansen) Milton W. and Marcelene L. (Genette) Homer A. and Helen D. (Strobel) Lewis and Madeline T. (McPhillips)


John K. and Geraldine (Smith) Leon T. and Pauline Y. (Dupont) John T. and Gladys (Cormier) Howard R. and Evelyn (Smith) Maxwell G. and Mona E. (Poole)


Claude A. and Esther L. (Smith) Louis R. and Frances W. (Adams) John J. and Muriel (Clark)


Arthur L. and Bertha E. (Tracey) John A. and Edith P. (Lundberg) Marcel A. and Gertrude (Donohoe) Francis S. and Grace M. (Brown) Henry B. and Helen M. (Chenard)


Oct.


1 Joseph Partridge


2 Thomas Francis O'Donnell


3 John Lindsey Balcom


5 Laurel Marie Miller


6 Bernard Robert McHugh


7 Peter Jay Merrill


S Raymond Eugene Harmon


12 Magdalen Mary Grillo


15 Roland Edward Linstad


20 Barbara Joan Harmon


20 Harry Benjamin Webster


Charles and Mary ( Barron)


Thomas F. and Marion H. (Baker) John M. and Jeanne E. (Lindsey) Walter F. and Lorraine M. (Forgays) Bernard R. and Shirley T. (DeLong)


Raymond E. and Alice W. (Ward) Raymond E. and Louise (Hennessy) Jesse A. and Margaret M. (Santos) Russell H. and Claire M. (Rooney) Robert L. and C. Joan (Reeves) Lawrence B. and Mildred A. (Pascall)


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ANNUAL TOWN REPORT


ARTICLE 23. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate Twenty-Two Thousand ($22,000.00) Dollars or some other sum to purchase a Fire Truck for the Fire Department to be purchased under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 24. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Se- lectmen to sell or otherwise dispose of the Fire Truck by good and sufficient Quitclaim deed; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 25. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate a certain sum of money for the purchase of a Waste Collection Truck to be used by the Highway Department and to be purchased under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 26. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell by good and sufficient Bill of Sale, the Waste Collection Truck presently being used by the Highway Department; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 27. To see if the Town will vote to transfer a certain sum of money, namely Ten Thousand Five Hundred ($10,500.00) Dollars from the Road Machinery Fund to purchase a street Sweeper for the Highway Department; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 28. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of Twenty-Three Thousand ($23,000.00) Dollars or some other sum, to purchase a Grader for the Highway Department under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 29. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to accept a certain parcel of land devised to the Town under the will of the late Edith Perham; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 30. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a commit- tee of three members to be named by Selectmen, to study and report back to the voters at a subsequent annual town meeting, the advisibil- ity of revising the printed Annual Town Report; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 31. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and transfer from the sale of lots and graves account, the sum of One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars for the purpose of beautifying the en- trance to Heart Pond Cemetery in South Chelmsford; or act in rela- tion thereto.


ARTICLE 32. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate or transfer from available funds the sum of Nine Hundred ($900.00) Dollars for the purchase of a Roto-tiller for the purpose of regrading sections where needed; or act in relation thereto.


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ARTICLE 33. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate a certain sum of money for the purpose of purchasing three 1957 DeLuxe Tudor Police Cruisers to be used by the Police Department; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 34. In the event of an affirmative vote under Article 33, to see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell the three 1956 Tudor Chevrolet Police Cruisers which are now being used by the Police Department; or act in relation thereto. 1


ARTICLE 35. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of Five Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars for the purpose of mosquito control through aerial spraying; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 36. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Se- lectmen to petition the General Court for the enactment of an act establishing a Selectmen-Town Manager form of government for the Town of Chelmsford; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 37. To see if the Town will vote to accept Sections 47C, 47D, and 47E of Chapter 31 of the General Laws which applies to the Welfare Compensation Plan; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 38. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Tree Warden to work as a Laborer in the Tree Warden's Department and Poison Ivy Control Department at the rate of $1.65 per hour; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 39. To see if the Town will vote to change the name of Park Road, which runs from Acton Road to Byam Road, to Barton Hill Road; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 40. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropri- ate the sum of Four Thousand ($4,000.00) Dollars to be used for legal expenses in the defense of eminent domain proceedings arising out of land seizures for high school purposes; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 41. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a commit- tee to make a study of available business machines suitable to use in transaction of Town business and make recommendations of same at the next Special or Annual Town Meeting; or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 42. To see if the Town will vote to adopt the following by-law:


1. The fee for any license granted to keep, store and sell over five (5) tons of explosives in permanent magazine or magazines, shall be five thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars.


2. The fee for registration of the above license shall be one-half the amount of the fee for such license. or act in relation thereto.


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ARTICLE 43. To see if the Town will vote to amend the by-law adopted by unanimous vote at the 1954 Annual Town Meeting (Ar- ticle 105) as follows:


1. Entire premises shall mean entire licensed premises.


2. Sufficient fence capable of keeping unauthorized persons from said premises and sufficiently fire proof in construction to prevent grass or brush fires entering such premises shall mean, a chain link fence with three (3) strands of barbed wire.


3. Said chain link fence shall be seven (7) feet high including the three (3) strands of barbed wire.


4. Top and bottom selvages to have a twisted and barbed finish.


5. Fence to follow ground line at all times.


6. Not less than two (2) drive gates shall be installed. These gates are to be kept locked at all times, except when in use. The licensee or owner shall furnish keys to the Chiefs of the Fire and Police De- partments.


7. The Chief of the Fire Department shall specify the size and location of all drive gates.


8. One gate may be used for ingress and egress by the owner or the licensee, or their agent.


9. The specifications of the fence shall compare with the Cyclone Invincible fence of the American Steel & Wire Co.


10. Around the entire licensed premises, a strip not less than ten (10) feet wide shall be free of all vegetation, and shall be covered with gravel.


11. This by-law shall be enforced by the Chief of the Fire De- partment.


or act in relation thereto.


ARTICLE 44. To see if the Town will vote to instruct the Board of Assessors to use the sum of Fifty Thousand ($50,000.00) Dollars or some other sum from the Free Cash in the Treasury for the re- duction of the 1957 Tax Rate; or act in relation thereto.


AND YOU ARE DIRECTED to serve this Warrant by posting at- tested copies thereof at the Post Offices in the Center of the Town, South Chelmsford, North Chelmsford and West Chelmsford and at the School House in East Chelmsford, and the Westlands School House, before noon on February 1, 1957.


HEREOF FAIL NOT, and make return of the Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk at the time and place of holding this meeting aforesaid.


GIVEN under our hands this 31st day of January, 1957. DANIEL J. HART ROBERT F. McANDREWS EDGAR P. GEORGE


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ANNUAL TOWN REPORT


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


Middlesex, ss.


January 31st, 1957


Pursuant to the within warrant, I have notified and warned the inhabitants of the Town of Chelmsford by posting up attested copies of same at the following places; to wit: Post Office, Chelmsford Center, Post Office, North Chelmsford; Post Office, West Chelmsford; School House, East Chelmsford; Post Office, South Chelmsford, School House, Westlands; seven days at least before the time appointed for holding the meeting aforesaid.


WILLIAM G. JONES,


Constable of Chelmsford.


TOWN ELECTION, MARCH 4, 1957


Candidate Pr. 1 Pr. 2 Pr. 3 Pr. 4 Pr. 5 Pr. 6 Total MODERATOR


Edward J. DeSaulnier, Jr.,


66 Hornbeam Hill Rd. 1267


901


186


244


195


725


3518


Blanks


181


251


17


41


14


89


593


Total


1448


1152


203


285


209


814


4111


SELECTMAN -- 3 Years


George R. Dupee,


22 Woodbine St.


591


113


58


58


78


419


1317


Robert F. McAndrew, 7 Cottage Row


820


1005


140


216


124


375


2680


Blanks


37


34


5


11


7


20


114


Total


1448


1152


203


285


209


814


4111


BOARD OF WELFARE MEMBER-3 Years


George R. Dupee,


22 Woodbine St.


598


120


60


64


79


416


1337


Robert F. McAndrew,


7 Cottage Row


785


991


137


208


120


368


2609


Blanks


65


41


6


13


10


30


165


Total


1448


1152


203


285


209


814


4111


TOWN CLERK-3 Years


Charlotte D. DeWolf,


12 Park Place


627


379


27


91


117


293


1534


Walter R. Wilkins, Jr., 33 School St.


389


554


152


119


42


269


1525


Julian H. Zabierek,


50 Hildreth St.


428


213


23


71


49


244


1028


Blanks


4


6


1


4


1


8


24


Total


1448


1152


203


285


209


814


4111


18


ANNUAL TOWN REPORT


Candidate


Pr. 1 Pr. 2 Pr. 3 Pr. 4 Pr. 5 Pr. 6 Total


TOWN TREASURER & COLLECTOR OF TAXES


Charlotte P. DeWolf,


12 Park Place


620


370


31


90


116


294


1521


Walter R. Wilkins,


33 School St.


396


551


149


108


44


267


1515


Julian H. Zabierek, 50 Hildreth St.


426


215


22


79


48


239


1029


Blanks


6


16


1


8


1


14


46


Total


1448


1152


203


285


209


814


4111


ASSESSOR-3 Years


John J. Dunigan,


76 Middlesex St.


1260


1012


182


235


186


704


3579


Blanks


188


140


21


50


23


110


532


Total


1448


1152


203


285


209


814


4111


SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEMBER-3 Years


Arthur W. Dawes,


2 Northgate Rd.


587


386


62


109


72


212


1428


Reginald J. Furness,


17 Columbia St.


58


252


17


26


11


30


394


Henrick R. Johnson,


9 Housatonic Ave.


733


432


110


125


122


555


2077


Blanks


70


82


14


25


4


17


212


Total


1448


1152


203


285


209


814


4111


BOARD OF HEALTH MEMBER


Charles K. Gallagher,


13 Rainbow Ave.


206


106


21


49


25


157


564


Dexter W. Laton,


9 Worthen St.


604


101


49


42


81


199


1076


Edmund J. Welch,


3 Jensen Ave.


441


730


84


133


73


326


1787


Kenneth M. Wilson,


8 Amherst St.


123


168




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