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1956 ANNNAL REPORT
Town of SWAMPSCOTT One Hundred and Fifth Year
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Town of SWAMPSCOTT Massachusetts
1956 ANNUAL REPORT
Town of Swampscott
352 SW 1956-60
Index
Appeals, Board of
57
Assessors, Board of
57
Balance Sheet
69
Building Code Advisory Board
56
Building Inspector
80
Civil Defense, Department of
84
Contributory Retirement System
81
Dog Officer
83
Fire Department
87
Health, Board of
82
Housing Authority
90
Information, General
112
In Memoriam
95
Jury List
96
Library, Public
107
Planning Board
81
Police Department
88
Public Library
107
Public Welfare, Board of
93
Public Works, Board of
72
School Department
101
Superintendent of Schools, Report of
102
Pupils Enrolled
106
Selectmen, Board of
9
Taxes, Collector of
58
Town Accountant
60
Town Clerk, Records of
11
Town Warrant, March 19, 1956
11
Annual Town Meeting. March 19, 1956
21
Adjourned Annual Town Meeting, March 27, 1956
24
Adjourned Annual Town Meeting, April 3, 1956
38
Warrant for Presidential Primary, April 24, 1956
41
Presidential Primary, April 24, 1956
41
Warrant for State Primary, September 18, 1956
45
State Primary, September 18, 1956
45
Warrant for Special Town Meeting. October 16. 1956
48
Special Town Meeting. October 16, 1956
State Election, November 6, 1956 54
Town Counsel
111
Town Meeting Members
6
Town Officers Appointed
3
Town Officers Elected
3
Town Telephone Numbers
Inside Back Cover
Treasurer's Report
59
Veterans' Services, Department of
86
Weights and Measures, Sealer of
80
Where Money Came From
60
Where Money Went 62
Wires, Inspector of 85
World War II Memorial Fund
51
71
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1956 Annual Report
Town Officers - 1956
ELECTED
MODERATOR SELECTMEN
Edward K. Hempel
TOWN CLERK AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES TOWN TREASURER ASSESSORS
Ernest Manchin, 1957
BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS Roger R. Williams, 1957
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Lillian I. White, Secretary, 1957 George A. Chadwell, 1957
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY Ruth M. Barry, 1957, Secretary
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE Paul C. Curtis, 1958
BOARD OF HEALTH
E. Wallace Donald, 1958
CONSTABLES Leonard H. Bates
PLANNING BOARD
James R. Maddock, 1957, Secretary Gordon L. Brown, 1956*
COMMISSIONER OF TRUST FUNDS Dana V. Humphrey, 1957
SWAMPSCOTT HOUSING AUTHORITY John A. Massey, 1958 Eugene S. Moreau, 1959 Gerald H. Pashby (State Appointee) 1956 Deceased ** Appointed Resigned
APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN
SECRETARY OF SELECTMEN TOWN COUNSEL TOWN ACCOUNTANT DIRECTOR OF CIVIL DEFENSE FOREST WARDEN MOTH SUPERINTENDENT BUILDING INSPECTOR ASSISTANT BUILDING INSPECTOR
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
CUSTODIAN OF ADMINISTRATION BUILDING ASSISTANT CUSTODIANS
DOG OFFICER
FENCE VIEWERS
MEASURER OF LUMBER SHELLFISH CONSTABLES
Richard B. Johnson George B. Thomson, Chairman Vincent P. O'Brien Malcolm F. MacLean, Jr., 1959; 1958 Robert G. Byrne, 1959 Anthony F. Pierre, 1958, Chairman Thomas P. Collins, 1959, Secretary Harold C. Hudson, 1959, Chairman Alfred N. Frazier, 1958 William H. Rothwell, II, 1958, Chairman Osmond O. Keiver, Jr., 1959 Theodore C. Sargent, 1959 George W. Howe, 1958, Chairman Andrew R. Linscott, 1959 Norbert A. Ulman, 1957, Chairman Donald Redfern, 1959 Dr. Robert C. Thompson, 1957, Chairman Dr. Robert H. Bessom, 1959 John J. Mattera Wayne Anderson Harold M. King, 1958, Chairman Ralph L. Williams, 1959 Alexander B. Way, Jr., 1960 Henry S. Baldwin, 1958 Harold R. Austin, 1959 Thomas W. Duncan, 1960, Chairman Martin C. Goldman (State Appointee) 1961 David F. Doherty, 1961
Richard A. Wales Lester B. Morley I. Murray Adams Robert O'Neill Walter M. Champion, Jr. Frederick C. Burk Raymond O. Doane Lawson H. O'Brien George A. Holt, Sr. John G. McLearn Leonard H. Bates John Cameron John J. Mattera* John A. Boston* Raymond O. Doane Howard L. Hamill Harold O. Durgin Stanley G. Potier John. J. Mattera
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DIRECTOR OF VETERANS' SERVICES and BURIAL AGENT
Newton S. Courtney Robert M. Leonard
TRUSTEES OF WORLD WARD II MEMORIAL FUND
Philip H. Stafford, 1957 John R. Cooper, 1957 Albert F. Pashby, 1958 Benjamin Goldberg, 1958
Ernest Manchin, 1959, Chairman Clement Kennedy, 1959 David F. Doherty, 1959
BOARD OF REGISTRARS Donald L. Sawyer, 1957 Dorothy M. Collins, 1958
Frederick R. Champion, 1959, Chairman Malcolm F. MacLean, Jr., Clerk Ex-Officio
SMOKE INSPECTOR
Raymond O. Doane
INSPECTOR OF WIRES
Fred Sargent
CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
Walter M. Champion, Jr.
CHIEF OF POLICE and KEEPER OF LOCKUP
Francis P. Wall Cedric L. Arnold
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION AGENT
BOARD OF APPEALS
Eustis B. Grimes, 1957
CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT BOARD Harold R. Austin, 1958
John G. McLearn, 1959, Chairman I. Murray Adams, Secretary
VETERANS' DAY COMMITTEE Austin D. Mosco Norman C. Whitten Joseph E. Shanahan
Albert F. Pashby Jennie Burke Nellie M. Beadle
FOURTH OF JULY COMMITTEE
Antonio Parletta
Edward F. Flynn, Jr.
Francis P. Wall, Chief of Police
Frank G. Colletti
Michael M. Ingalls
MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE
George E. Hutchinson Norman C. Whitten
BUILDING CODE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
David J. Abrahams, 1960 John J. Milo, 1959
Donald C. Goss, 1958 Edwin A. Fuller, 1957
TAX REVENUE STUDY COMMITTEE
Thomas C. Barrett Mrs. Israel Bloch John Der Bogosian George Boston John Cameron William K. Cobbett
John P. Drislane A. Bruce Durkee Loring R. Frazier Ralph L. Dennis
Harrison J. Lesses Austin Mosco
ECONOMY PLANNING COMMITTEE
T. Murray Adams Thomas D. Foy Samuel Freedman Leon A. Hackett T. G. Sughrue
Richard P. Breed, Jr. Robert C. Hunt Gardiner S. Lawson Harold M. King Edward Weinshanker
CITIZEN'S HIGHWAY SAFETY COMMITTEE
Joseph Bradley Karl Johnson Earl Abrams George Hambrecht Arthur Burt John Clarke Kane
Robert C. Hunt Carl Gershman Thomas Barrett Maxwell Field Charles E. Donovan Richard B. Johnson
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Michael S. Pagnotta Frederick C. Burk Lawrence O. Witter
Walter M. Champion, Jr., Fire Chief
Harry M. Shanahan
C. Glover Bowes, 1959, Chairman T. Paul Corcoran, Jr., 1958
1956 Annual Report
COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE SPECIFICATIONS
David F. Doherty Felix E. Dine Raymond P. Miller
Raymond J. Bufalino E. Benjamin Redfield, Jr.
INSURANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE - General Insurance Richard P. Breed, Jr. Raymond P. Miller
Daniel W. Wormwood Martin Sylvester
INSURANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE - Group Insurance Harold Willett William H. Rothwell John G. MeLearn
Felix E. Dine Edward F. Flynn, Jr. Joseph C. Cardillo
BOSTON AND MAINE RATE STUDY COMMITTEE Dr. Howell E. Estey
Ervin D. Remick
WASTE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL COMMITTEE John E. LaPlante Douglas F. Allen
John Palmer Ingalls, Jr.
APPOINTED BY MODERATOR
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Howell E. Estey, 1958 Richard G. Appell, JJr., 1957 Martin Kirkpatrick, 1958 Herbert Heggie, 1957
Harry G. Davis, 1957
Jacob Shactman, Chairman, 1957 Selden P. Hulquist, 1957 Francis N. Lang, Secretary Harvey P. Newcomb, 1959
BUILDING BY-LAWS REVISION COMMITTEE David J. Abrahams Donald C. Goss John F. Milo
Raymond O. Doane Edwin A. Fuller
WAGE COMMITTEE Frederick N. Balsor Harvey P. Newcomb Stanley Metz
Norman Randell William E. Carey Gerald Pashby
BY-LAWS COMMITTEE James W. Santry, Jr. Frank B. Wallis Paul C. Stevens
Richard Blake, Chairman Malcolm F. MacLean, Jr. William Carey
COMMITTEE TO STUDY BEACH RIGHTS
Anthony F. Pierre Dr. Charles E. Donovan
COMMITTEE TO STANDARDIZE BUDGETS
David F. Doherty Eugene L. Abrams
John J. Foley Norbert Ulman Harold R. Austin, Chairman I. Murray Adams Charles L. Blatchford
CENTRAL FIRE STATION COMMITTEE Charles H. Lampard John F. Milo J. Campbell Deveney
David S. Kunian Harold M. King
HADLEY SCHOOL BUUILDING COMMITTEE Roger G. Skinner Thomas Duncan
Burt Harding, Chairman George Knowlton Lillian White
HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE Madeline Clark Frederick Broughton Charles M. Ewing Richard Coughlin Lawrence MeGinn
George Chadwell John Lilly John Donovan Herbert Klein
POST OFFICE COMMITTEE Vincent P. O'Brien Edward K. Hempel Otto Friedman
George B. Thomson, Chairman Lewis Athanas Theodore C. Cooke Kenneth W. Ulman
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Town Meeting Members
PRECINCT ONE
Expiration 1957
Reno S. Bisegna
Thomas J. Boyce, Jr.
Theodore A. Brown Mary A. Cappucio
Joseph Fiore
Nicholas Gallo
Eric A. Holmgren Selden D. Hulquist
Ralph H. Jackson, Jr.
Hazel I. Johnson
John E. LaPlante
Doris B. Linden Davis A. Nickerson
Raymond H. Nickerson Charles P. Picariello Joseph S. Rodrick
Arthur Ventre Ralph W. Wade
Expiration 1958
Frederick N. Balsor Gertrude P. Balsor J. Dane Chandler Laura M. Cole
Anthony M. D'Agnese Thomas Douglas Geremia Foglietta
Lillian T. Friedman Bennett Gallo
Robert B. Hegarty William A. Hinch Karl V. Johnson
Kenneth T. Johnson
Robert A. Linden tFrank R. Roach Woodbury L. Rodrick, Jr. t Charles E. Snow
Carl F. Turner
Expiration 1959
I. Murray Adams Leonard H. Bates
Leonard H. Bates, Jr.
Lewis H. Berry
William H. Berry Chester E. Bradley Joseph A. Bradley William J. Carlin
*Frederick R. Champion John H. Cropley, Jr. Alfred N. Frazier Herbert F. Frazier, Jr. Otto W. Friedman
C. Frank Hathaway Andrew B. Holmes, Jr.
Paul L. Koch J. Richard Maitland Frank Williams, Jr.
PRECINCT TWO
Expiration 1958
Charles L. Blatchford
Archie C. Cornish, Jr.
Howell E. Estey 4
Cecelia H. Flynn
Joseph F. Flynn
Stuart W. Graham
Semah M. Klein
Michel Lerner
Harold M. King Cleo P. Leawood
Gertrude G. Massey
John J. Monahan
Gerald H. Pashby
Anthony F. Pierre Jean W. Potter Walter L. Ranger
Joseph P. Ryan Kenneth W. Ulman
Norbert A. Ulman
Expiration 1959
William J. Ahearne
Thomas E. Andresen Frederick P. Brown Thomas J. Cahill Peter Cassidy George A. Chadwell
Harvey A. Craig
Albert E. Devitt Raymond O. Doane Lyndon W. Ellis Edward K. Hempel Harold J. Keating Thomas M. Newth Albert F. Pashby Irvin R. Patten
Donald J. Stinson
Richard P. Symmes Richard A. Wales
Expiration 1957
James E. Champion Jeanne M. Craig John R. Daley + George H. Dee David F. Doherty Leo W. Frechette William S. Healy
Herbert C. Heggie
Robert P. Loring John A. Massey Elmer E. Morley
Philip H. Stafford John Stone
Donald J. Warnock John H. Watts Norman C. Whitten Philip M. Whitten
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Expiration 1957
Alfred F. Chatterton Roland N. Devitt Ralph E. Gould John Clarke Kane John G. McLearn Dorothy W. Mills Ernest O. Mills Edward E. Moore Spencer E. Olson James H. Pedrick Margaret M. Scanlon Harry M. Shanahan Roger G. Skinner George W. Smith Herman E. Zahr, Jr. Henry J. Zimmermann
Vacancy Vacancy
PRECINCT THREE
Expiration 1958
Eugene L. Abrams
Ezra Andelman
Egbert H. Ballard John Cameron
Charles F. Chapman Howard E. Dow
Donald W. Fessenden
Leon A. Hackett
Roger W. Henry
Harold C. Hudson
Marshall Kaplan
Arthur T. Lees Ralph I. Lindsey
John J. Lally Patsy J. Losano
Charles Losano, Jr.
Ernest Manchin
+Fred W. Mahan
Daniel J. Myers
Joseph F. Massidda
Harvey P. Newcomb
Arnold L. Snow
Pearl A. Snow
Norman S. Stone
PRECINCT FOUR
Expiration 1958
Barbara Bailey
Benjamin Benson
Benjamin B. Blanchard
William E. Carey Edward P. Carroll
Doris A. Coletti John R. Cooper Gorham L. Dermody
James E. Hanley Burt F. Harding Carl E. Hardy John P. Ingalls, Jr. Osmund O. Keiver, Jr. Frank G. Melvin Wilbur T. Moulton George J. Place Robert C. Smith Frank S. Stowell
Expiration 1959
Mary E. Benford
Robert L. Benford
Charles H. Bickford
Edward F. Burke
Walter M. Champion, Jr.
Frank G. W. Coletti Richard Coughlin Paul C. Curtis Albert G. Doane
Charles W. Dwyer
Walter H. Forbes, Jr.
Vera F. Gould George E. Hutchinson Andrew R. Linscott
Harry D. Linscott
James H. O'Leary Fred D. Sargent
George B. Thompson
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Expiration 1959
George B. Atkins
Harold R. Austin
Henry S. Baldwin
Adolph J. Benedetto
John A. Boston Philip A. Brine, Jr.
Robert G. Byrne
Harold G. Enholm
Clarence M. Finch
Austin D. Mosco t Alden B. Sleeper
Lawrence O. Witter
Expiration 1957
Richard B. Coan Harry G. Davis + Edith P. Deutsch Joseph W. Dilk Ralph B. Earle Lester B. Farwell Loring R. Frazier George W. Howell Harold G. Hussey James R. Maddock Harris T. Phinney Harold I. Power Arthur Shulkin Willard F. Stearns Hatherley A. Stoddard, Jr. B. Shapleigh Symonds Robert L. Webster Roger A. Williams, Jr.
Town of Swampscott
Expiration 1957
David J. Abrahams
Bernard L. Baker
Edith M. Bloch Joseph Braccio
Frederick C. Burk
Maxwell Field
Michael M. Ingalls
F. Martin Kirkpatrick
Sidney R. Lewis
James B. Maren
Elihu N. Morse
Carl J. Pagano Ervin D. Remick, Jr.
Harold S. Rubin Jacob Shactman
Francis L. Smith
Harold P. Symmes Donald S. Whidden
PRECINCT FIVE
Expiration 1958
Glenn W. Bartram
C. Glover Bowes
Leslie L. Broadbridge
William D. Brown, Jr.
Charles F. Buckland
Joseph Cardillo Edward D. Cook
Vincent B. Easterbrooks
M. Virginia Fallon
Edwin A. Fuller
Eustis B. Grimes
Walter V. Hatfield
Francis N. Lang
Ralph S. Maxwell June Morse
Anthony J. Queena
William H. Rothwell, 2nd
Harold P. Willett
Expiration 1959
Carl A. Ackermann
Thomas A. Bailey Israel Bloch
Dorothy M. Booma
Roland C. Booma
James W. Buchanan
Thomas F. Collins
Donald E. Costin John P. Costin
Samuel S. Fallon
Roger N. Howes
Edward D. Loveday
Francis H. Maitland Ralph Mayo Marion Doen Morse
Vincent P. O'Brien
t Amos E. Russell James W. Santry, Jr.
Expiration 1957
Dorothy K. Allison
Richard G. Appel, Jr.
Bradlee M. Backman
Richard E. Blake Philip N. Clerke Charles M. Ewing George J. Harrington
Robert U. Ingalls
Bertram C. Jacobs
Harold A. Johnson Thomas Nevils Arnold C. Reynolds Owen J. Southwick George F. Vincent Frank B. Wallis
Lillian I. White
Grace C. Whiteacre Robert I. Williams
* Resigned t Moved #Deceased
PRECINCT SIX
Expiration 1958
Douglas F. Allen
Donald W. Blodgett
Dorothy S. Breed
Fred S. Brennan
Bernard F. Carey J. Cambell Deveney Charles E. Donovan Richard B. Johnson
Forrest E. Mason, Jr.
William H. McCarty, Jr.
William W. Prichard Joel W. Reynolds Albert N. Rothermel Theodore C. Sargent A. Hall Stiles, Jr. #A. Stuart Walker Kenneth T. White Ralph L. Williams
Expiration 1959
John H. Blodgett
John H. Blodgett, Jr.
Richard P. Breed, Jr.
Nelson J. Darling, Jr.
A. Bruce Durkee Paul W. Fitzpatrick
George W. Howe Chloe Johnson Robert F. Kimball Gardner Lamson Laurence B. Leonard
Henry R. Mayo, Jr.
Jeanne W. McCarty Arnold L. Nylander Robert F. O'Neill
Lawrence W. Powers
E. Benjamin Redfield, Jr. Crawford H. Stocker, Jr.
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1956 Annual Report
Board of Selectmen
GEORGE B. THOMSON, Chairman
VINCENT P. O'BRIEN
EDWARD K. HEMPEL
To the Citizens of Swampscott:
We submit the following report for your information and consideration.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
The officers and men of the department continued their fine work through the year in accordance with the high standards to which Swampscott citizens have become accustomed. Last year's report was too late to include richly deserved commendation for the emergency work, so capably performed at the tragic train wreck February 28, 1956.
A noteworthy event during the year was the appointment of Town Department Chaplains, Rev. Laurence J. Cedrone and Rev. Howard Andrews.
The outstanding personnel change was the appointment on December 7, 1956 of Deputy Chief Carl Pagano.
On December 14, 1956, Robert E. Donahue was appointed permanent Inter- mittent.
POLICE DEPARTMENT
The effectiveness of our police organization in matters pertaining to traffic safety can best be measured by its receipt of another annual award for its pedestrian safety record. Chief Wall and his department also deserve praise for their exceptional efforts under trying conditions at the train tragedy.
The following personnel changes occurred during the year.
Herbert F. Frazier, Sr. retired after twenty-eight years of outstanding service. Charles Losano, Jr. was appointed permanent patrolman, May 11, 1956.
The practice of sending men to the State Police School for special training and courses was continued. Stephen J. Boraisia, who graduated April 26, 1956, and Charles Losano, Jr., who graduated November 16, 1956, attended this year.
TRAFFIC AND DRIVING PROBLEMS
The Selectmen have given special attention to this vital matter this year. The Massachusetts Safety Council is conducting, at no cost to the Town, a study of our local problems, relating to traffic and parking. A Citizens Traffic Safety Committee was appointed to assemble the thoughts and suggestions of the towns- people on this problem. The Police Department gave its full assistance and cooperation, making available accident records that pointed out the chief trouble spots. Based on suggestions received, action has been taken in several areas. Stop signs have been authorized on all streets intersecting Paradise Road in the Clarke School area. Devens Road has been made one way. It is hoped that as the Massachusetts Safety Council recommendations become available, they can be effectuated to improve our safety picture and the traffic and parking situation.
GROUP INSURANCE
Pursuant to the acceptance by the voters of Life, Casualty, and Sickness insur- ance, for all Town employees, the Board of Selectmen appointed a committee of local insurance men to draw up benefit specifications on which bids were received. A careful study was made of the over twenty proposals received from over forty agents with the aid of experts from the State Insurance Division. With the award to John Hancock and Blue Cross, the consultants felt that Swampscott had received the maximum in employee benefits at the most economical cost to the Town.
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An advisory group insurance committee has been appointed to watch this program with particular attention to possible suggestions for improvements.
GENERAL INSURANCE
With the appointment of a new broker of record, the Town's entire insurance picture has been reappraised. Property no longer in existance has been removed from the list. Replacement values have been brought up to date to eliminate the risk of the Town's becoming a co-insurer in case of loss. In accordance with a vote of the Town Meeting, liability coverage for the Town's vehicles has been initiated and is now in effect.
A General Insurance Advisory Committee has been set up to provide additional suggestions and viewpoints on these matters toward the objective of adequate coverage at minimum cost.
STUDIES OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES
In the belief that the tax rate calls for special effort and attention, the Selectmen set up two committees to study the income and outgo pictures, both of which, it is hoped, will be continued in this critical period of rising costs.
The Economy Planning Committee has been studying government operations with a view to possible economies. Set up with the approval and cooperation of the Finance Committee, to date they have assembled hundreds of pages of facts and figures and made several significant recommendations.
The Tax Revenue Study Committee is investigating the possible benefits of changing land uses by re-zoning, etc., to realize the utmost in net revenue and reduce the proportionate share of the tax burden borne by homeowners.
As noted above, during the year the Board decided to call on a number of citizens of the Town to render public service in helping to solve some of the major problems confronting the Town. The response was extremely encouraging. Studies have been made and excellent reports rendered by the several committees appointed by the Board: Committee on Group Insurance Specifications, Economy Planning Committee, Tax Revenue Study Committee; Group Insurance Advisory Committee, Citizens Traffic Safety Committee, Boston and Maine Rate Study Committee, Waste Collection and Disposal Committee. The individuals serving on these committees are listed on the first pages of the Town Report.
Many recommendations will therefore be submitted to the next and future town meetings, to be followed, we trust, by favorable action.
It is the Board's intention to continue this practice of calling on the citizens to participate in the study and solution of our common problems, and we wish to publicly thank all those whose fine public spirit has helped us and our Town and contributed so much to the cause of good government.
Our thanks go also to the new superintendent of the Department of Public Works, to all other officials, department heads, and employees of the Town, and to the many citizens, all of whom have cooperated with us during the year - space doesn't permit us to mention by name. It is only by and with this assistance and cooperation that it was possible to accomplish what we have.
Your Board wishes to report that the citizens' interests have been represented at all State Hearings during the year that concerned Swampscott such as on commuter rates, Saturday train service, Dredging the Harbor. All members of the Board have been fortunate enough to be able to attend every meeting during the past year.
We live in a fine Town; one of which we can all feel justly proud, but with continued team work we can make this even a better Town in which to live. This should be our common goal.
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Town Clerk
MALCOLM F. MCLEAN, JR., Town Clerk
TOWN WARRANT Monday, March 19, 1956
Article 1. To choose a Moderator for one (1) year.
To choose three members of the Board of Selectmen for one (1) year.
To choose a Collector of Taxes for three (3) years.
To choose a Town Treasurer for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Public Works for three (3) years. To choose one member of the Board of Public Works for two (2) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Public Works for one (1) year.
To choose one member of the Board of Assessors for three (3) years.
To choose two members of the School Committee for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Trustees of the Public Library for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Public Welfare for three (3) years. To choose one member of the Board of Health for three (3) years.
To choose three constables for one (1) year.
To choose one member of the Planning Board for five (5) years.
To choose one member of the Board of Comissioners of Trust Funds for three (3) years.
To choose one member of the Swampscott Housing Authority for five (5) years.
To choose eighteen representative Town Meeting Members in each Precinct for three (3) years.
To choose one representative Town Meeting Member in Precinct 1 for one (1) year.
To choose four representative Town Meeting Members in Precinct 2 for two (2) years.
To choose one representative Town Meeting Member in Precinct 2 for one (1) year.
To choose two representative Town Meeting Members in Precinct 3 for two (2) years.
To choose three representative Town Meeting Members in Precinct 3 for one (1) year.
To choose one representative Town Meeting Member in Precinct 4 for two (2) years.
To choose two representative Town Meeting Members in Precinct 4 for one (1) year.
To choose one representative Town Meeting Member in Precinct 5 for two (2) years.
To choose two representative Town Meeting Members in Precinct 5 for one (1) year.
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And to vote on the following question :
"Shall chapter thirty-two B of the General Laws, authorizing any county, city, town, or district to provide a plan of life insurance, group accidental death and dismemberment insurance, and group general or blanket hospital, surgical and medical insurance for certain persons in the service of such county, city, Yes ( town or district and their dependents, be accepted by this town?" No ( )
Article 2. To hear and act on the reports of town officials, boards, and committees.
Article 3. To see if the Town will vote to discharge the present Post Office Committee and authorize and direct the Moderator to appoint a new Post Office Committee or take any action relative thereto.
Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to direct the Moderator to appoint a committee to study the question of providing group insurance for Town employees as permitted by Chapter 760 of the Acts of 1955. (Chapter 32B of the General Laws).
Sponsored by the Finance Committee.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in antici- pation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1957, 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 one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen and the Town Treasurer.
Article 6. To see what action the Town will take in relation to the recom- mendations calling for the appropriation or expenditure of money, and creation of a debt, or the disposition of town property as set forth in the report of officers, boards, or committees.
Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to grant Civil Service status and seniority rights to all employees of the Department of Public Works, effective upon the date of its establishment as provided for by Chapter 53 of the Acts of 1956. Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen and Board of Park Commissioners.
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