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SWAMPSCOTT PUBLIC LIBRARY
Desk
1957 ANNUAL REPORT
Town of SWAMPSCOTT
Jackson & Phillips, Inc., Printers 24-68 Mt. Vernon St., Lynn, Mass.
DO 33 COVER PHOTO - Courtesy of Robert G. Byrne, Jr.
SETTLED A.D. 1629.
INCORPORATED
TT. A. D. 1852.
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Town of SWAMPSCOTT Massachusetts
1957 ANNUAL REPORT
Town of Swampscott
Index
Appeals, Board of
55
Assessors, Board of
56
Balance Sheet
109
Building Code Advisory Board
56
Building Inspector
88
Civil Defense, Department of
82
Contributory Retirement System
12
Dog Officer
70
Fire Department
87
Health, Board of
80
Housing Authority
106
Information, General
110
In Memoriam
89
Jury List
103
Library, Public
98
Planning Board
86
Police Department
100
Public Library
98
Public Welfare, Board of
84
Public Works, Board of
71
School Department
90
Superintendent of Schools, Report of Pupils Enrolled
97
Selectmen, Board of
10
Taxes, Collector of
57
Town Accountant
59
Town Clerk, Records of
13
Town Warrant, March 18, 1957
13
Special Town Meeting, February 11, 1957
13
Adjourned Special Town Meeting, March 26, 1957
28
Adjourned Annual Town Meeting, April 2, 1957
38
Special Town Meeting, May 21, 1957
44
Special Town Meeting, October 29, 1957
51
Special Town Meeting, December 3, 1957
53
Town Counsel
78
Town Meeting Members
7
Town Officers Appointed
3
Town Officers Elected
3
Town Telephone Numbers
111
Treasurer's Report
58
Veterans' Services, Department of
82
Weights and Measures. Sealer of
83
Where Money Came From
59
Where Money Went
61
Wires, Inspector of
6
World War II Memorial Fund
86
91
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1957 Annual Report
Town Officers - 1957
ELECTED
MODERATOR
SELECTMEN Edward K. Hempel
TOWN CLERK AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES TOWN TREASURER ASSESSORS Anthony F. Pierre, 1958 BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS Harold C. Hudson, 1959
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
William H. Rothwell, 2nd, 1958 Lillian I. White, 1960
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY Andrew R. Linscott, 1959
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE Paul C. Curtis, 1958
BOARD OF HEALTH
E. Wallace Donald, 1958
CONSTABLES John J. Mattera
PLANNING BOARD Alexander B. Way, Jr., 1960 Ralph L. Williams, 1959
COMMISSIONER OF TRUST FUNDS Harold R. Austin, 1959
SWAMPSCOTT HOUSING AUTHORITY John A. Massey, 1958 Eugene S. Moreau, 1959 Gerald H. Pashby ***
*Deceased ** Appointed
Richard B. Johnson George B. Thomson, Chairman Vincent P. O'Brien
Malcolm F. MacLean, Jr., 1958; 1959 Robert G. Byrne, 1959 Thomas F. Collins, 1959, Chairman Ernest Manchin, 1960, Secretary Alfred N. Frazier, 1958, Chairman Roger R. Williams, 1960 Theodore C. Sargent, 1959, Chairman Osmond O. Keiver, Jr., 1959 George A. Chadwell, 1960 George W. Howe, 1958, Chairman Ruth M. Barry, 1960, Secretary Norbert A. Ulman, 1960, Chairman Donald Redfern, 1959 Dr. Robert C. Thompson, 1960, Chairman Dr. Robert H. Bessom, 1959 Leonard H. Bates Wayne Anderson Harold M. King, 1958, Chairman John F. Milo, 1961 James R. Maddock, 1962, Secretary Henry S. Baldwin, 1958* Albert F. Pashby, 1960 Thomas W. Duncan, 1960, Chairman Martin C. Goodman (State Appointee) 1961 David F. Doherty, 1961 Leonard H. Bates, Jr., 1958 ** *** 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
Richard A. Wales Lester B. Morley *** Richard Coughlin I. Murray Adams Robert O'Neill *** Forrest E. Mason, Jr. 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 Raymond O. Doane Howard L. Hamill Harold O. Durgin
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Town of Swampscott
SHELLFISH CONSTABLES Stanley G. Potier
DIRECTOR OF VETERANS' SERVICES and BURIAL AGENT TRUSTEES OF WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL FUND Benjamin Goldberg, 1958 Ernest Manchin, 1959 Clement Kennedy, 1959
James W. Buchanan* Joseph C. Cardillo
Robert M. Leonard
Albert F. Pashby, 1958 Philip H. Stafford, 1960 John R. Cooper, 1960 David F. Doherty, 1959
BOARD OF REGISTRARS Dorothy M. Collins, 1958
SMOKE INSPECTOR INSPECTOR OF WIRES CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT CHIEF OF POLICE and KEEPER OF LOCKUP
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION AGENT
BOARD OF APPEALS T. Paul Corcoran, Jr., 1958
C. Glover, Bowes, 1959, Chairman Eustis Grimes, 1960
FOURTH OF JULY COMMITTEE
Antonio Parletta Edward F. Flynn, Jr. Francis P. Wall, Chief of Police Frank G. Colletti
Ralph I. Lindsey Michael S. Pagnotta Frederick C. Burk Lawrence O. Witter
Walter M. Champion, Jr., Fire Chief Harold Norton
John G. McLearn, 1959, Chairman I. Murray Adams, Secretary
MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE Joseph E. Shanahan Howard M. Vatcher
Harry M. Shanahan
VETERANS' DAY COMMITTEE Austin D. Mosco Howard M. Vatcher Wendell F. Jones
Grace J. Holden Albert F. Pashby Catherine Valleriani
BUILDING CODE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Donald C. Goss, 1958 Edwin A. Fuller, 1958 Raymond O. Doane
David J. Abrahams, 1960 John J. Milo, 1959
BOSTON AND MAINE RATE STUDY COMMITTEE
Dr. Howell E. Estey Samuel Freedman
Ervin D. Remick
CITIZEN'S HIGHWAY SAFETY COMMITTEE Arthur Burt Dr. Charles E. Donovan Donald D. Durkee
Joseph Bradley, Chairman Maxwell Field George Hambrecht John Clarke Kane Richard P. Symmes
ECONOMY PLANNING COMMITTEE
Robert C. Hunt R. W. Hubbs Donald Sullivan Richard P. Breed, Jr. Gardner S. Lamson
ELECTRICAL CODE ADVISORY COMMITTEE Walter M. Champion, Jr. Lester Farwell Fred D. Sargent
Samuel Freedman I. Murray Adams Edward Weinshanker Harold M. King Thomas D. Foy
Paul Nestor Thomas J. Cahill
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Frederick R. Champion, 1959, Chairman Donald L. Sawyer, 1960 Malcolm F. MacLean, Jr., Clerk Ex-Officio Raymond O. Doane Fred Sargent Walter M. Champion, Jr. Francis P. Wall I. Murray Adams
Michael M. Ingalls
CONTRIBUTORY RETIREMENT BOARD Harold R. Austin, 1958
1957 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 Felix E. Dine Martin Sylvester
INSURANCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE - Group Insurance Harold Willett William H. Rothwell
Edward F. Flynn, Jr. Joseph C. Cardillo John G. MeLearn
FIRE STATION STUDY COMMITTEE George J. Burke
John S. Humphrey Felix Marino
WASTE COLLECTION AND DISPOSAL COMMITTEE Thomas E. Burke, Jr. Douglas F. Allen
John Palmer Ingalls, Jr. Sydney Parlow Roger A. Williams, Jr.
TAX REVENUE STUDY COMMITTEE
Thomas C. Barrett Mrs. Israel Bloch George Boston John Cameron William K. Cobbett Ralph L. Dennis
John Der Bogosian John P. Drislane A. Bruce Durkee Loring R. Frazier Harrison J. Lesses Austin Mosco
APPOINTED BY MODERATOR
CENTRAL FIRE STATION COMMITTEE Charles H. Lampard John F. Milo
David S. Kunian Harold M. King J. Campbell Deveney
COMMITTEE TO STANDARDIZE BUDGETS David F. Doherty Eugene L. Abrams
Harold R. Austin, Chairman I. Murray Adams Charles L. Blatchford
COMMITTEE TO STUDY BEACH RIGHTS Anthony F. Pierre Dr. Charles E. Donovan
John J. Foley Norbert Ulman
COMPENSATION AND SALARIES OF ELECTIVE OFFICERS Harold P. Willett Charles W. Dwyer
Norman J. Randell
FINANCE COMMITTEE Howell E. Estey, 1958 Harvey P. Newcomb, 1959 Martin Kirkpatrick, 1960 Selden D. Hulquist, 1960
Jacob Shactman, Chairman, 1960 Charles M. Ewing, 1960 Richard G. Appell, Jr., 1960, Asso. Chairman Harry G. Davis, 1960 Herbert C. Heggie, Secretary
HADLEY SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE Roger G. Skinner Thomas Duncan
Burt Harding, Chairman George Knowlton Lillian White
HADLEY SCHOOL PLAY AREA George B. Thomson Bradlee M. Backman Leon A. Hackett John F. Milo
Osmund O. Keiver, Jr., Chairman James E. Hanley John Clarke Kane Marshall Kaplan Harold I. Power
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HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
Frederick Broughton Charles M. Ewing Lawrence McGinn Lawrence Burns **
Richard Coughlin*
George Chadwell, Chairman Lucille A. Hinch John Lilly
John Donovan Herbert Klein
JOB CLASSIFICATION AND WAGE SCALE COMMITTEE
Arnold L. Snow George A. Promise Frederick N. Balsor Stanley Metz
John G. MeLearn George Jeffries Harrington William E. Carey
POST OFFICE COMMITTEE
Vincent P. O'Brien Edward K. Hempel Otto Friedman
Theodore C. Cooke, Chairman George B. Thomson Lewis Athanas Kenneth W. Ulman
REAPPRAISAL AND REVALUATION COMMITTEE
Edward K. Hempel
Thomas F. Collins
Andrew B. Holmes, Jr. Thomas M. Newth Austin D. Mosco
F. Martin Kirkpatrick
Alexander B. Way, Jr.
Loring R. Frazier
Mrs. Naomi Feinberg
Mrs. Edith M. Bloch Richard P. Breed, Jr.
STABILIZATION FUND COMMITTEE
Vincent P. O'Brien, Chairman Richard G. Appel, Jr.
APPOINTED BY MODERATOR AND SELECTMEN
SCHOOL SURVEY COMMITTEE
Howell E. Estey Charles W. Eiseman
John Clarke Kane Walter H. Forbes, Jr.
Inspector of Wires
FRED D. SARGENT, Inspector I herewith submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1957. This report covers the period from January 1, 1957 to December 31, 1957.
Permits Issued
Collected
January
42
$ 57.75
February
42
83.50
March
35
39.75
April
37
41.00
May
31
45.00
June
50
58.50
July
23
29.75
August
29
50.00
September
35
36.75
October
39
41.00
November
33
58.75
December
31
37.25
Total
427
$579.00
Frequent inspections are made of electrical installations in new buildings and of changes made in old work. Work performed is in accordance with the require- ments of the Massachusetts State Code.
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Alfred N. Frazier, Secretary
Raymond E. Werner
Fees
Month
1957 Annual Report
Town Meeting Members
Expiration 1958
Frederick N. Balsor Gertrude P. Balsor J. Dane Chandler Laura M. Cole
Anthony M. D'Agnese Lena M. Dennehy Thomas Douglas Abbott W. Fish, Jr. Geremia Foglietta Lillian T. Friedman
Bennett Gallo Robert B. Hegarty William A. Hinch Karl V. Johnson
Kenneth T. Johnson Harold Norton George A. Promise Woodbury L. Rodrick, Jr. Carl F. Turner
PRECINCT ONE
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
John H. Cropley, Jr.
Edward F. Flynn, Jr. Alfred N. Frazier Otto W. Friedman C. Frank Hathaway Andrew B. Holmes, Jr. + Paul L. Koch
J. Richard Maitland Laurence F. Picariello Frank Williams, Jr.
Expiration 1960
Reno S. Bisegna
į
Thomas J. Boyce, Jr.
Mary A. Cappucio
Herbert Dennehy
Joseph Fiore Nicholas Gallo Eric A. Holmgren
George A. Holt
Selden D. Hulquist
Ralph H. Jackson, Jr.
John E. LaPlante
Davis A. Nickerson Raymond H. Nickerson Charles P. Picariello Richard S. Rawding Joseph S. Rodrick Arthur Ventre
Ralph W. Wade
Expiration 1958
Charles L. Blatchford Howell E. Estey Cecelia H. Flynn Joseph F. Flynn Stuart W. Graham Edward P. Hannon Semah M. Klein Michael Lerner Robert P. Loring John A. Massey Elmer E. Morley Gerald H. Pashby Anthony F. Pierre Jean W. Potter Walter L. Ranger Joseph P. Ryan Kenneth W. Ulman Norbert A. Ulman
PRECINCT TWO
Expiration 1959
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 James D. McCarriston
Thomas M. Newth Albert F. Pashby Irvin R. Patten Donald J. Stinson Richard P. Symmes Richard A. Wales
Expiration 1960
James E. Champion
John R. Daley
David F. Doherty
Herbert F. Frazier, Jr.
Leo W. Frechette
William S. Healy
Herbert C. Heggie Harold M. King Cleo Leawood John J. Monahan James E. Pashby Philip H. Stafford
George J. Stinson John Stone Donald J. Warnock
John H. Watts Norman C. Whitten Philip M. Whitten
Town of Swampscott
Expiration 1958
Eugene L. Abrams Ezra Andelman John Cameron
Charles F. Chapman
Howard E. Dow Ann V. Enholm Donald W. Fessenden Leon A. Hackett
Roger W. Henry
George D. Horton
Harold C. Hudson
Arthur T. Lees Ralph I. Lindsey
Charles Losano, Jr. Joseph F. Massidda James J. McCarriston Austin D. Mosco Lawrence O. Witter
PRECINCT THREE
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
Marshall Kaplan
John J. Lally
Patsy J. Losano
Priscilla O. Newcomb
Spencer E. Olson James H. Pedrick
Margaret M. Scanlon
Harry M. Shanahan Roger G. Skinner George W. Smith
Expiration 1958
Barbara Bailey Benjamin Benson Benjamin B. Blanchard William E. Carey Edward P. Carroll Doris A. Coletti John R. Cooper Ethel M. 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 Robert L. Yasi
PRECINCT FOUR
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. Thomson
Expiration 1960
Edward R. Butterworth
Richard F. Coletti
Harry G. Davis
Joseph W. Dilk Ralph B. Earle Loring R. Frazier
George W. Howell
Harold G. Hussey Robert M. Leonard
James R. Maddock
Harris T. Phinney Harold I. Power +Arthur Shulkin Willard F. Stearns
Hatherley A. Stoddard, Jı B. Shapleigh Symonds Davis S. Thomson
Roger A. Williams, Jr.
Expiration 1960
Alfred F. Chatterton
Roland N. Devitt
Lester B. Farwell
Ralph E. Gould
Vernon M. Hawkins, 3rd
John Clarke Kane
Francis A. Losano
John G. McLearn
Dorothy W. Mills Ernest O. Mills Edward E. Moore
Ernest Manchin
Daniel J. Myers
Harvey P. Newcomb
Arnold L. Snow
Pearl A. Snow
Norman S. Stone
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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 Hartman F. Schmidt Harold P. Willett
PRECINCT FIVE
Expiration 1959
Carl A. Ackermann
Thomas A. Bailey Israel Bloch
Dorothy M. Booma
Ronald C. Booma
James W. Buchanan
Thomas F. Collins
Donald E. Costin
John P. Costin Samuel S. Fallon
John F. Grynkraut
Roger N. Howes
Edward D. Loveday
Francis H. Maitland
Ralph Mayo Marion Doen Morse Vincent P. O'Brien James W. Santry, Jr.
Expiration 1960
David J. Abrahams
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Bernard L. Baker
Edith M. Bloch
Joseph Braccio Frederick C. Burk
Maxwell Field
Michael M. Ingalls
F. Martin Kirkpatrick
Sidney R. Lewis
John J. Mattera.
Elihu N. Morse Carl J. Pagano Ervin D. Remick, Jr. Jacob Shactman
Richard D. Stevenson
Harold P. Symmes
Donald S. Whidden
Thomas B. White, Jr.
PRECINCT SIX
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.
Expiration 1960
Dorothy K. Allison
Richard G. Appel, Jr.
Bradlee M. Backman
Richard E. Blake
Philip N. Clerke Donald D. Durkee
Charles M. Ewing
George J. Harrington
Robert U. Ingalls
Bertram C. Jacobs Harold A. Johnson Thomas Nevils Arnold C. Reynolds George F. Vincent
Frank B. Wallis
Lillian I. White
Grace C. Whiteacre Robert I. Williams
Expiration 1958
Douglas F. Allen Donald W. Blodgett Dorothy S. Breed Fred S. Brennan
Bernard F. Carey Andrew H. Cox Constance B. Cox J. Campbell Deveney Charles E. Donovan Josephine E. Hanson William H. McCarty Allen Myers William W. Prichard Joel W. Reynolds Albert N. Rothermel Theodore C. Sargent A. Hall Stiles, Jr. Marjorie C. Sites Kenneth T. White Dorothy J. Whitehouse Ralph L. Williams
+Moved #Deceased
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Town of Swampscott
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 have continued to maintain high standards of performance in providing fire protection to our citizens and their property. Deserving of special attention is the emergency work performed during last year's forest fires, particularly in Manchester, Massachusetts, and the protection of adjoining buildings during the Ionic Club fire.
The Selectmen appointed a special Fire House Study Committee to review the Central Fire Station situation. As a result, repairs to the existing building will be made in 1958 to maintain it for its present or other future town use. Another re- commendation will result in a report in the near future, relative to the possibility of constructing needed new facilities consistent with the Town's fiscal situation.
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Our police organization has continued its fine work, and in the area of traffic safety, received during the year another annual award for its pedestrian safety record in 1956.
Chief Wall and his department also performed invaluable service in assisting the Citizens' Traffic Safety Committee and the Massachusetts Safety Council in preparing their report and recommendations referred to below.
Continuing the practice of sending men to the State Police School for special training and courses, Harold J. Keating, who graduated May 2, 1957, and Joseph P. Ryan, who graduated October 30, 1957, attended this year.
TRAFFIC AND DRIVING PROBLEMS
The special attention given to this matter during the past two years by the Selectmen has resulted in a detailed and constructive report from the Massachusetts Safety Council, based on Police Department records and a study by our Citizens' Traffic Safety Committee.
The Board of Selectmen adopted virtually all of the program recommended, and as a result, Swampscott has been commended by the Safety Council as the Massachu- setts municipality which has given the most complete cooperation they have received in this vital field. Many evidences of the changes to be made will be visible in 1958 when State agencies give final approval of the new regulations and physical changes.
As a result of a tragic bus accident during the year, changes relative to bus stops and procedures have been effected in the Monument and other areas.
There will be an article in the 1958 warrant, calling for the establishment of a permanent Traffic Safety Committee to give the Town an official body to continue this important work.
STREET LIGHTING
In a field related to traffic safety and the protection of lives and property, the Board continued its improvement of the Town's street lighting system.
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Burrill Street and Humphrey Street, from Lynn to Marblehead, have new lights in operation, and the Board has authorized work on the replacement of lights on Paradise Road with modern equipment.
These major projects are over and above the lighting of new streets and the correction of local situations.
As an indication of the success of this program, an article appeared in the local press during the year, complimenting Swampscott in its handling of its street lighting.
STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
As a basis for a long range program proposed jointly by the Boards of Selectmen and Public Works, the Public Works Department is preparing a list of all streets and sidewalks to be arranged in order of priority by age, use, and condition.
It is proposed to put all streets and sidewalks in good condition according to an orderly annual program, selecting top priority streets for work in each precinct each year.
If followed, this approach will introduce a systematic and logical basis for future street and sidewalk work.
GROUP INSURANCE
Following a review of the general insurance setup, coverages have been main- tained consistent with present replacement values.
Improvements have been made in our Group Insurance program and sub- stantial dividends have been received as a result of an excellent record among our employees.
Advisory committees have been maintained to assist the Selectmen in over- seeing these programs.
STUDIES OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES
In its continued belief that the tax rate calls for unrelenting special effort and attention, the Selectmen retained the two committees set up in 1956 to study the income and outgo situations.
The Economy Planning Committee, which studied government operations with a view to possible economies, has made several recommendations, the most important of which called for a professional study by municipal consultants to point the way for increased efficiency and cost reductions in town affairs. An article in the 1958 warrant embodies this recommendation.
The Tax Revenue Study Committee, seeking means of improving the Town's income picture, has offered a program of physical and fiscal improvement through a surplus-deficit community resources study, cost reducing changes in the subdivision regulations, and zoning requirements, which, if accepted, should go a long way to resolving some of these problems in the years ahead. These, too, will be considered by the 1958 Annual Town Meeting.
Studies will continue meanwhile to be sure land use is in the best overall interest of the town. In this connection, the preservation of open areas for future town use as parks, playgrounds, school sites, etc., is being considered.
We trust these programs will warrant favorable consideration at the town meeting and will be the basis for an improved physical and financial picture in the future.
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COMMUTER SERVICE
The Selectmen also continued its Boston and Maine Study Committee in the hope that we could effectively register our protests against service cuts and rate increases with the consequent inconveniences to our communities. This committee's report and recommendations were endorsed by the Attorney General of New Hampshire and the Massachusetts Senate Minority Leader. Members of the Board attended hearings on these matters and protests were put in the record.
GENERAL
The Board represented the town at various hearings during the year before various state agencies and elsewhere. We have again been fortunate in having near perfect attendance at regular meetings for the routine business.
The procedure of close cooperation with neighboring communities in matters of mutual concern was continued. The solution of vital problems, such as highways, waste disposal, etc., depends in large part on an extension of this cooperative approach between municipalities.
As noted above, it has been the Board's intention to continue to call on citizens to participate in the study and solution of our common problems. All the public spirited citizens who have helped us and our town by serving on special committees, contributing to the cause of good government, deserve our public thanks. Their names appear elsewhere in the report.
Our gratitude goes also to all officials, department heads, and employees of the Town, and to the many citizens, all of whom have cooperated with us during the year. This assistance and cooperation has made it possible for us to accomplish what we have.
We are fortunate and proud to live in a fine town, but we should keep in mind the common goal of making this an even better town in which to live through continued team work, cooperation, and broader citizen participation, understanding, and interest.
Contributory Retirement System
JOHN G. MCLEARN, Chairman HAROLD R. AUSTIN I. MURRAY ADAMS, Secretary
As of December 31, 1957, assets of the system were $350,794.00, an increase of $40,829.00 over 1956. Pension payments total $37,738.00 compared with $40,489.00 for 1956. This figure includes death benefits to widows whose husbands died as a result of injuries incurred in the line of duty, and which are actually not pensions.
Active members total 164; 1956 163. Pensioners 25 ; 1956, 26.
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Town Clerk
MALCOLM F. MACLEAN, JR., Town Clerk SPECIAL TOWN MEETING Monday, February 11, 1957
Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to authorize and direct the High School Building Committee to prepare detailed plans and specifications and the cost thereof for the construction of an 800-seat auditorium as an alternative to the 350-seat auditorium for the new High School and appropriate the necessary money thereof or take any action relative thereto.
Petitioned for by Ruth P. Pritchard et al.
Article 2. To appropriate and raise by borrowing or otherwise, under any general or special law which authorizes the Town to raise money by borrowing or otherwise, such sum of money as may be necessary for any or all of the purposes mentioned in the foregoing articles.
Sponsored by the Board of Selectmen.
SPECIAL TOWN MEETING Monday, February 11, 1957
The Town Meeting Members were called to order at 8:10 P.M. by the Moderator, Richard B. Johnson. There being no quorum present, it was voted to adjourn to Tuesday, March 26, 1957 at 7:30 P.M.
Attest: Malcolm F. Maclean, Jr. Town Clerk
TOWN WARRANT Monday, March 18, 1957
Article 1. To choose a Moderator for one (1) year. To choose three members of the Board of Selectmen for one (1) year.
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