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ROBBINS LIBRARY, ARLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS 3 4860 00739 3355
ROBBINS LIBRARY
Property of Robbins Library
ARLINGTON, MASS.
Founded by DR. EBENEZER LEARNED, 1835
Endowed by DR. TIMOTHY WELLINGTON, 1853 NATHAN PRATT, 1875 HENRY MOTT, 1889 ELBRIDGE FARMER, 1892
Building Erected by MARIA C. ROBBINS
IN MEMORY OF ELI ROBBINS, 1892
138th ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
TOWN OFFICERS
OF THE
TOWN OF
ARLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS
AND
THE TOWN RECORDS
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FOR THE
YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1944
Arlington, Mass. Selectmen ...
HEREDITASKA
THE HAMPSHIRE PRESS, Inc. Cambridge, Mass.
111702 Apr. 45 ARLINGTON
COLLECTION
74.44 Arlington
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"The Defense of Liberty is our Ancestral Heritage"
1940
1930
1920
Population
40,013
36,094
18,665
Settled-1630-part of Cambridge (known as Menotomy)
Incorporated-1807-West Cambridge
1867-name changed to Arlington Assessed Valuation-$56,098,950. Tax Rate-$32.00
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Area in acres 3,517.5
Area in square miles 5.5
Extreme length in miles
3.47
Extreme width in miles
2.32
Public Streets
66.55 miles
Private Streets open for travel 36.48 miles
Private Streets proposed 8.32 miles
State Highways and Parkways 5.87 miles
Sewer Mains
86.50 miles
Water Mains
97.91 miles
Storm Drains
48.59 miles
Located 6 miles northwest of Boston; Latitude-42°, 25", north; longitude-71°, 09", west
Highest elevation-377 feet above mean tide Lowest elevation-4 feet above mean tide 127.03 acres of Parks and Playgrounds Schools-Class A
TOWN OFFICERS
ELECTIVE
Moderator Ernest W. Davis (Term expires 1947)
Town Clerk Earl A. Ryder (Term expires 1945)
Selectmen and Board of Public Welfare
William C. Adams, Chairman Term expires 1945
*William F. Davis, Jr. Term expires 1946
¡Harold M. Estabrook
Joseph Peterson Term expires 1947
Board of Public Works
James R. Smith, Chairman Term expires 1945
Loren W. Marsh Term expires 1946
Willard A. Wallace Term expires 1947
Assessors
Arthur W. Sampson, Chairman Term expires 1945
William O. Hauser .Term expires 1946
David A. Wilcox Term expires 1947
Treasurer and Tax Collector
*J. Wilbert Anderson Term expires 1945 "Edward A. Bailey
School Committee
Harold A. Cahalin Term expires 1945 James W. Kidder, Chairman Term expires 1945
* Military Service
+ Military Substitute
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Katherine W. Lacey Term expires 1945
Clement J. Beaudet
.Term expires 1946
Therese N. Turner Term expires 1946
Joseph J. Bevins
Term expires 1946
John P. Morine Term expires 1947
Michael A. Fredo Term expires 1947
M. Norcross Stratton
Term expires 1947
Planning Board
Charles H. Bowker Term expires 1945
Herbert M. Dutcher
Term expires 1946
Serovp P. Basmajian
Term expires 1946
Frank L. Lincoln Term expires 1947
Harold C. Knight, Chairman
.Term expires 1947
Park Commissioners
Everett J. Henderson, Chairman Term expires 1945
Edward D. Buckley Term expires 1946
Nils G. Anderson Term expires 1947
Board of Health
Carl E. Barstow .Term expires 1945
John S. Crosby Term expires 1946
Ernest R. Brooks, Chairman Term expires 1947
Commissioners of Sinking Fund
Harrie H. Dadmun, Chairman .Term expires 1945
Roy B. Crosby Term expires 1946
Harold A. Yeames Term expires 1947
Trustees of Pratt Fund
Ernest H. Freeman Term expires 1945 xEdward A. Bailey Term expires 1946
Harold A. Yeames .Term expires 1947
x Resigned
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Roscoe R. Perry Term expires 1948
Harrie H. Dadmun Term expires 1949
Trustees of Robbins Library
xFrederick W. Hill Term expires 1945
#Edmund L. Frost
Arthur Glines
Term expires 1945
Mary Helen Teele
Term expires 1946
Wilson D. Clark, Jr., Chairman Term expires 1946
Francis Keefe Term expires 1947
Sarah R. Vaughn
Term expires 1947
Trustees of the Edwin S. Farmer Poor Widows' Fund and Trustees of the Edwin S. Farmer Fund for Needy Persons
Roscoe R. Perry Term expires 1945
Harold A. Yeames
Term expires 1946
xEdward A. Bailey Term expires 1947
Ernest H. Freeman
Term expires 1948
Harrie H. Dadmun
Term expires 1949
Trustees of Elbridge Farmer Fund (not elective)
James A. Bailey
John G. Brackett
§John A. Bishop William D. Elwell Frederick W. Hill
Cemetery Commissioners
J. Edwin Kimball, Chairman Term expires 1945
Ralph S. Stevens .Term expires 1946
xFrederick W. Hill Term expires 1947
#Sylvester A. Keaney
x Resigned § Deceased
# Appointed (to serve until next annual election)
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Tree Warden (1 year) George M. Dolan
Measurers of Wood and Bark (elected annually) Patrick F. Brosnahan Charles E. Hale Horace W. Peirce
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APPOINTED OFFICERS
Agent, Clerk, Board of Health J. Philip Bower
Agent, Soldiers' Relief Department Clifford W. Cook
Board of Appeal
Thomas J. Donnelly, 1945 Alton F. Tupper, Ch., 1946 xFrederick F. Low, 1947 #Harold C. Knight Earle C. Hopkins, Associate
Burial Agent Archibald F. Bullock
Chief, Fire Department Daniel B. Tierney
Chief of Police Archibald F. Bullock
Constables
Radph T. Atwood J. Philip Bower Archibald F. Bullock Joseph M. Cormier William F. Duggan James J. Golden, Jr. Gerald A. Tobin
Contributory Retirement Board ..
Harold A. Cahalin Clarence Needham Arthur F. Wells
Custodian in Charge of Town Houses James Carmody
Dog Officer
Samuel F. Femia
Fence Viewers § Herbert L. Hutchinson 1 Paul H. Mossman
Field Drivers
L Daniel P. Barry Archibald F. Bullock Charles E. Carroll Edwin C. Jacobs
Forest Warden Daniel B. Tierney
Inspector of Animals Dr. Chester L. Blakely
Inspector of Buildings Paul H. Mossman
Inspector of Milk
J. Philip Bower
x Resigned
# Appointed
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Inspector of Plumbing and Gas George W. Day Inspector of Slaughtering J. Philip Bower Inspector of Wires Robert L. Reid
Keeper of Lockup Archibald F. Bullock
Librarian, Robbins Library Lucinda F.Spofford
Moth Superintendent George M. Dolan
Old Age Assistance Bureau
* William F. Davis, Jr. +Harold M. Estabrook Joseph Peterson xSemira E. Perry #Bertha L. Murphy
Old Age Assistance Bureau, Agent
Clifford W. Cook
Registrars of Voters
Timothy J. Buckley, Ch., 1945 Arthur P. Wyman, 1946 Dennis I. Donahue, 1947 Earl A. Ryder, Clerk
Secretary, Agent, Bd. of Public Welfare .... Clifford W. Cook Secretary, Head Clerk, Bd. of Assessors Arthur F. Wells
Secretary, Head Clerk, Bd. of Public Works S. Alfred Benson
Secretary, Board of Selectmen James J. Golden, Jr.
Secretary, Board of Survey James J. Golden, Jr.
Sealer of Weights and Measures §Herbert L. Hutchinson
¿Allan E. Cowie
Superintendent, Cemetery Dept.
Wathen B. Henderson
Superintendent, Fire and Police Signal System Daniel B. Tierney
Superintendent, Public Parks Dept. George D. Higgins
Superintendent of Schools Clifford R. Hall
* Military Service
¡ Military Substitute
x Resigned
# Appointed
On leave of absence
§ Temporary appointee
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Superintendent of Streets
Edward J. O'Brien
Town Accountant Clarence Needham
Town Counsel Russell T. Hamlet
Town Engineer James M. Keane
Town Physician Dr. Edward W. Feeley
Water Registrar
David P. Geary
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COMMITTEES APPOINTED IN PURSUANCE OF TOWN MEETING VOTES
TOWN YARD COMMITTEE Vote of March 24, 1919 F. Hedley Barnhill James R. Smith Joseph Peterson
PARK AND PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENT COMMITTEE
Vote of March 30, 1938
William S. Patterson, Ch.
William C. Adams
Arthur J. Mansfield
Elizabeth Rice
· Dr. William T. McCarty Harold C. Knight
Daniel M. Hooley
COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE ADVISABILITY OF A CENTRAL PURCHASING DEPARTMENT
Vote of April 1, 1940
Fred R. Buckley
Russell T. Hamlet
Timothy F. Creedon
George A. Harris
xHenry E. Halpin, Ch. Harold E. Magnuson
Curtis L. Varner
COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE ADVISABILITY OF CONSTRUCTING A PLANT TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY
Vote of March 19, 1941
Malcolm G. Dodge Hollis M. Gott
P. Joseph McManus Geoffrey A. Sawyer Curtis L. Varner
x Resigned
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COMMITTEE ON CLASSIFICATION OF POSITIONS, ETC .; TOWN DEPARTMENTS Vote of March 15, 1943
W. D. Clark, Jr.
xFrancis O'Hearn
Franklin Moore
#Harold N. Anderson
Clarence Needham
Robert W. Pond
COMMITTEE-RE: MEMORIAL FOR VETERANS OF WORLD WARS
Vote of March 24, 1944
Jeremiah J. Donahoe
Ernest P. Foley
George H. Greim
John G. Brackett
Felix V. Cutler
Edna E. Donnelly
COMMITTEE ON ADVANCED PROGRAMMING AND BUDGETING Vote of March 24, 1944
Warren A. Seavey
John L. Murphy
Earle C. Hopkins Hallam T. Ring Harold C. Knight
x Resigned
# Appointed
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RECORD OF TOWN MEETINGS AND ELECTIONS DURING THE YEAR 1944
TOWN WARRANT
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Middlesex, ss.
To the Constables of the Town of Arlington, in said County :
Greeting:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the polling places designated for the several pre- cincts in said town on Monday, the sixth day of March, 1944 at seven o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following Articles, namely :
Article 1. To elect by ballot the following Town Offi- cers : a Moderator for three years; a Selectman for three years; a member of the Board of Public Works for three years; one Assessor for three years; three members of the School Committee for three years; two Trustees of the Robbins Library for three years; one Trustee of the Rob- bins Library for one year; one member of the Board of Health for three years; one Park Commissioner for three years; two members of the Planning Board for three years; one Commissioner of the Sinking Fund for three years; one Trustee of the Pratt Fund for five years ; one Trustee of the Pratt Fund for three years; one Trustee of the Edwin S. Farmer Poor Widows' Fund and Trustee of the Edwin S. Farmer for Needy Persons for five years; one Trustee of the Edwin S. Farmer Poor Widows' Fund and Trustee of the Edwin S. Farmer Fund for Needy Persons for two years; one Cemetery Commissioner for three years; one Cemetery Commissioner for two years; a Tree Warden for one year ; also, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 43A of the General Laws, in each precinct the number of
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Town Meeting Members as hereinafter specified: in Precinct 1, five such members for three years and two such members for one year; in Precinct 2, seven such members for three years; in Precinct 3, four such members for three years and one such member for one year; in Precinct 4, six such mem- bers for three years' and one such member for one year; in Precinct 5, five such members for three years ; in Precinct 6, six such members for three years and one such member for two years; in Precinct 7, six such members for three years; in Precinct 8, six such members for three years, one such member for two years and one such member for one year; in Precinct 9, five such members for three years and one such member for one year; in Precinct 10, six such members for three years; in Precinct 11, six such members for three years, one such member for two years and two such members for one year; in Precinct 12, seven such members for three years; in Precinct 13, six such mem- bers for three years and one such member for one year; in Precinct 14, six such members for three years and one such member for two years; and to see if the Town will accept the provisions of Section 6C of Chapter 40 of the General Laws, which authorizes towns to appropriate money for the removal of snow and ice from private ways therein open to public use.
For these purposes, the polls will be opened at seven o'clock A. M. and remain open until eight o'clock P. M., at each of the polling places designated, viz; Precinct One, in the Crosby School Building, entrance on Winter Street; Precincts Two and Four, in the Hardy School Building, en- trance on Lake Street; Precincts Three and Five, in the Junior High School Building East, entrance on Tufts Street ; Precincts Six and Eight, in the Town Hall; Precincts Seven and Nine, in the Russell School Building; Precinct Seven, en- trance on Medford Street; Precinct Nine, entrance on Mys- tic Street; Precincts Ten and Twelve, in the Cutter School Building, entrance on Robbins Road; Precinct Eleven, in the Highland Hose House, entrance on Massachusetts Ave- nue; Precinct Thirteen, in the Peirce School Building, en-
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trance on Park Avenue North, Heights; Precinct Fourteen, in the Locke School Building, entrance on Park Avenue, Heights.
You are, also, required to notify and warn the said inhabitants to meet at the Town Hall, in said Town on Wednesday, the fifteenth day of March, 1944, at eight o'clock in the evening, at which time and place the follow- ing articles are to be acted upon and determined exclusively by town meeting members, in accordance with, and subject to, the referenda provided for by Chapter 43A of the Gen- eral Laws.
Article 2. To choose and appoint all other usual Town officers not hereinbefore mentioned, in such manner as the Town may determine.
Article 3. To hear and act on the reports of the per- manent committee under vote of the Town passed March 24, 1919, on the Town Yard; of the committee under vote of the Town passed March 30, 1938, to investigate the parks and playgrounds within the Town and to report and make recommendations for their development and improvement; of the committee under vote of the Town passed April 1, 1940, to study the advisability of creating a central pur- chasing department; of the committee under vote of the Town passed March 19, 1941, to study the advisability of constructing a plant to generate electricity ; of the commit- tee under vote of the Town passed March 15, 1943, for the purpose of investigating the advisability of insuring all or part of the Town's property with mutual insurance com- panies; of the committee under vote of the Town passed March 15, 1943, to investigate and study the advisability of establishing a classification of positions and a plan for a standardization of wages and salaries for all departments of the Town; and of other Town Boards and officers and of the Finance and other committees heretofore appointed.
Article 4. To see if the Town will make an appropria- tion or appropriations for the payment to the County of
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Middlesex of amounts assessed upon or otherwise payable by the Town for: (a) the Town's share of the care, main- tenance and repair of Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospi- tal during the last preceding calendar year, including in- terest on temporary notes issued therefor in accordance with sections of Chapter 111 of the General Laws applicable thereto; (b) the Town's share of any and all other expenses in connection with said hospital, including expenses under section 25G (6) (a) of Chapter 32 of the General Laws inserted by Chapter 400 of the Acts of 1936; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating to said hospital or any other thing herein mentioned.
Article 5. To see if the Town will make an appropria- tion to provide funds to enable the heads of departments to increase the rate of compensation for services rendered and labor performed by elected and appointed officers and em- ployees of the Town, in order to meet the increased living costs; determine in what manner such funds shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
(Inserted at the request of more than ten (10) registered voters)
Article 6. To see if the Town will take any action relative to providing special compensation for elected and appointed officers and employees of the Town; determine in what manner such compensation, if any, shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 7. To make appropriations to defray Town obligations, liabilities, outlay and expenses and especially for or relating to all or any of the boards, departments, pur- poses and matters hereinafter mentioned, and to provide for the disposal of motor vehicles or other personal property belonging to the Town; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Finance Committee; Reserve Fund; Board of Appeal ; Board of Selectmen; Accountant; Contributory Retirement
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System; Town Treasurer and Collector of Taxes Depart- ments; Assessors' Department; Legal Department; Claims ; Town Clerk's Department; Board of Public Works; Engin- eering Work; Elections and Town Meetings (Selectmen) ; Elections and Town Meetings (Town Clerk) ; Planning Board; Board of Survey (Joint Board of Selectmen and Board of Public Works) ; Robbins Memorial Town Hall; Police Department; Fire Department; Fire and Police Sig- nals; Building, Plumbing and Gas Inspection; Wire Depart- ment; Sealer of Weights and Measures; Gypsy and Brown Tail Moth Suppression; Tree Warden's Department; Health Department; Vital Statistics; Inspector of Animals; Sewer- age System Maintenance; Removal of Ashes, Offal and Rub- bish; Highway Division; Snow and Ice Removal; Lighting of Streets and Ways; Traffic Signals; Public Welfare De- partment; Aid to Dependent Children; Old Age Assistance; District and Other Nurses; Soldiers' Benefits (State and Military Aid, War Allowance and Soldiers' Relief and Buri- als) ; Schools ; Robbins Library and Branches ; Parks; Play- grounds ; Pensions; Memorial Day ; Patriots' Day; Printing Town Reports; Insurance ; Workmen's Compensation Insur- ance Fund; Municipal Insurance Fund; Menotomy Hall and Maintenance of Houses Owned by the Town; Water Depart- ment Maintenance; Cemeteries; Interest; Debt.
Article 8. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1945, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes that may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 9. To see if the Town will make an appropria- tion for the Extension of the Sewerage System; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
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Article 10. To see if the Town will make an appropria- tion for the Extension of Water Mains; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 11. To see if the Town will make an appropria- tion for the Extension of Storm Drains; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 12. To see if the Town will make an appropria- tion for the Removal of Snow and Ice from the streets and sidewalks; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 13. To see if the Town will make an appropria- tion for the construction of permanent sidewalks and for the installing of edgestones ; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
Article 14. To see if the Town will make an appropria- tion for maintaining, repairing and improving all or any part of the ways within the town; said appropriation to be used with any sum or sums which may be allotted by the Commonwealth or the County of Middlesex or both for such purpose or purposes ; determine in what manner the money shall be raised' and expended; or take any action in any way relative to all or any of the foregoing.
Article 15. To see if the Town will abandon the laying out of a town way as accepted under Article 14 of the Annual Town Meeting held March 1941, from Sutherland Road to Dundee Road, substantially in the location of the private way known as Aberdeen Road, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Joint Board of Select- men and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments; abandon said way; make an appropriation for abandonment of said way; determine in what manner the money shall be raised; or take any action relating thereto.
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Said way as so laid out is bounded and described as follows :
Beginning at a point on the southwesterly side line of Aberdeen Road at the end of the present accepted portion of said Aberdeen Road, thence northwesterly on said south- westerly side line of Aberdeen Road a distance of 340.15 feet to a point of curve on said southwesterly side line of Aberdeen Road, thence northwesterly, westerly and south- westerly on said southwesterly side line of Aberdeen Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 14 feet a distance of 22 feet to the point of intersection of said southwesterly side line of Aberdeen Road and the southeasterly side line of Dundee Road, thence northeasterly and northerly on said southeasterly side line of Dundee Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 108.88 feet a distance of 88.03 feet to the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Dundee Road and the northeasterly side line of Aberdeen Road, thence southerly and southeasterly on said northeast- erly side line of Aberdeen Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 89.41 feet a distance of 68.11 feet to a point of tangency in said northeasterly side line of Aberdeen Road, thence continuing southeasterly on said northeasterly side line of Aberdeen Road a distance of 326 feet to a point on said northeasterly side line of Aberdeen Road at the end of the present accepted portion of Aberdeen Road, thence southwesterly across Aberdeen Road and by the end of said accepted portion of Aberdeen Road a distance of 40 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington, Mass. entitled: "Board of Survey Plan and Profile of Aberdeen Road, Arlington, Mass., Scale Hor. 1"=40', Ver. 1"=6', Dec. 5, 1917, George E. Ahern, Town Engineer."
Article 16. To see if the Town will abandon the laying out of a town way as accepted under Article 22 of the An- nual Town Meeting held March 1941, from Forest Street to Park Avenue Extension, substantially in the location of the private way known as Huntington Road, as made and filed in the office of the Town Clerk by the Joint Board of Select-
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men and Board of Public Works, under the provisions of law authorizing the assessment of betterments; abandon said way; make an appropriation for abandonment of said way; determine in what manner the money shall be raised ; or take any action relating thereto.
Said way ås so laid out is bounded and described as follows :
Beginning at a stone bound at the point of intersection of the northerly side line of Huntington Road and the west- erly side line of Forest Street, thence southerly on said westerly side line of Forest Street a distance of 48.99 feet to the point of intersection of said westerly side line of Forest Street and the southerly side line of Huntington Road, thence northwesterly and westerly on said southerly side line of Huntington. Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 10.0 feet a distance of 13.67 feet to a point of tangency in said southerly side line of Huntington Road, thence westerly on said southerly side line of Huntington Road a distance of 358.83 feet to a point of curve in said southerly side line of Huntington Road, thence southwest- erly on said southerly side line of Huntington Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 146.05 feet a distance of 85.15 feet to the point of intersection of said southerly side line of Huntington Road and the southeasterly side line of Park Avenue Ext., thence northeasterly on said southeast- erly side line of Park Avenue Ext. a distance of 78.60 feet to an angle point in said southeasterly side line of Park Avenue Ext., thence northeasterly on said southeasterly side line of Park Avenue Ext. a distance of 60.63 feet to the point of intersection of said southeasterly side line of Park Avenue Ext. and the northerly side line of Huntington Road, thence southerly, southeasterly and easterly on said north- erly side line of Huntington Road on a curve to the left with a radius of 10.0 feet a distance of 24.50 feet to a point of tangency in said northerly side line of Huntington Road, thence easterly on said northerly side line of Huntington Road a distance of 321.52 feet to the point of beginning as shown on a plan on file in the office of the Town Clerk, Arlington,
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Mass., entitled: "Plan and Profile of Huntington Road, Ar- lington, Mass., showing proposed lines and grades, peti- tioned for by Jennie M. Varney, Scale Hor. 1"=40', Ver. 1"=6', July 1915, C. H. Gannett C. E., 53 State St., Boston."
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to abandon the exterior lines of Prospect Avenue from Hillside Avenue to the junction of Wachusett and Oakland Avenues as laid out by the Town Engineer January 12, 1932, and approved by the Board of Survey January 18, 1932, and accepted by the Town Meeting of March, 1932; make any appropriation therefor or take any other action relative thereto.
(Inserted at the request of ten (10) registered voters)
Article 18. To see if the Town will make an appropria- tion or appropriations to pay the claims or charges of Sym- mes Arlington Hospital including such claims and charges for aid, relief or care furnished prior to January 1, 1944, to persons falling into distress and standing in need of im- mediate relief; determine in what manner the money shall be raised and expended ; or take any action relative thereto.
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