Town of Arlington annual report 1954, Part 1

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Publication date: 1954
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ROBBINS LIBRARY, ARLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS 3 4860 00739 3488

Reference

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

148th ANNUAL REPORT

OF THE

TOWN OFFICERS

OF THE

TOWN OF ARLINGTON

MASSACHUSETTS

AND

THE TOWN RECORDS

FOR THE

YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1954

Arlington, Mass. Selectmen. 111

Basement Reference

175930

974.44 Arlington ARLINGTON C2 "The Defense of Liberty is our Ancestral Heritage"

1950

1945

1940

1930

Population

44,353

43,515

40,013

36,094

Settled-1630-part of Cambridge (known as Menotomy) Incorporated-1807-West Cambridge 1867-name changed to Arlington

Assessed Valuation-$71,749,300.00 Tax Rate-$54.40

Area in acres

5.5

Area in square miles

3.47

Extreme length in miles

2.32

Extreme width in miles

73.99 miles

Private Streets open for travel

37.67 miles

Private Streets proposed

6.17 miles

State Highways and Parkways

5.87 miles

Sewer Mains

102.37

Water Mains

112.53

Storm Drains

57.00

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

148.24 acres of Parks and Playgrounds Schools-Class A

3,517.5

Public Streets

TOWN RECORDS

TOWN OFFICERS ELECTIVE

Moderator

Harold E. Magnuson Term expires 1956

Town Clerk

James J. Golden Term expires 1957

Board of Selectmen

George A. Harris, Chairman Term expires 1955

Marcus L. Sorensen, Vice-Chairman .Term expires 1955

Franklin W. Hurd Term expires 1956

Joseph P. Greeley Term expires 1957

Thomas R. Rawson Term expires 1957

Assessors

William O. Hauser, Chairman Term expires 1955

Walter S. Cooledge, Jr. Term expires 1956

Leonard D. Wood Term expires 1957

Treasurer and Tax Collector

J. Wilbert Anderson Term expires 1957

School Committee

Joseph J. Bevins, Chairman Term expires 1955

Carl F. Allen, Vice-Chairman Term expires 1955

Mary E. Porteus Term expires 1955

M. Norcross Stratton

.Term expires 1956

Mary K. Boyd

Term expires 1956

John P. Morine

Term expires 1956

Eleanor J. Strong

Term expires 1957

William J. O'Brien, Jr. Term expires 1957

Arthur F. Coughlin, Jr. Term expires 1957

Housing Authority

Joseph S. Vahey, Chairman Term expires 1955

Myron D. Chace

Term expires 1956

Cornelius J. Brosnan

Term expires 1958

James A. Coffey

Term expires 1959

John P. Kedian

(appointed by State Housing Board for term ending 7-16-56)

Measurers of Wood and Bark (Elected annually)

William C. Scannell Thomas J. Toye

Personnel Board (Appointed by Moderator)

Hugh Farrington Term expires 1955

Warren E. O'Leary

Term expires 1955

Samuel R. Carlisle Term expires 1956

Arthur J. Mansfield, Chairman Term expires 1956

Patrick F. Reddan

Term expires 1957

ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT

Trustees of Elbridge Farmer Fund (Not Elective)

* James A. Bailey *John G. Brackett

#Edmund L. Frost

ĮFrancis Keefe

+Frederick W. Hill Edward P. Clark

¿Everett C. Bryant Gardner C. Porter

Arthur O. Yeames

APPOINTED BY TOWN MANAGER

Tree Warden

George M. Dolan Term expires 1955

Commissioners of Sinking Fund

Edward P. Clark, Chairman

.Term expires 1955

Harold A. Yeames

Term expires 1956 Term expires

William J. O'Brien, Jr.

Trustees of Pratt Fund

+Robert L. Moore

Term expires 1955

Edward P. Clark

Term expires 1956

Ernest L. Parsons

.Term expires 1957

Norman C. Jenkinson

.Term expires 1958

Walter T. Chamberlain

Term expires

Trustees of the Edwin S. Farmer Poor Widows' Fund and Trustees of the Edwin S. Farmer Fund for Needy Persons

Edward P. Clark Term expires 1955

Harold A. Yeames

Term expires 1956

Ernest L. Parsons

Term expires 1957

+Robert L. Moore

.Term expires 1958

Walter T. Chamberlain 1

.Term expires

Trustees of Francis E. Thompson Scholarship Fund

Edward A. Bailey

Term expires 1955

Arthur O. Yeames

Term expires 1956

Harold A. Cahalin

Term expires

Planning Board

John B. Byrne, Jr., Chairman

Term expires 1955

William R. Dunn

.Term expires 1955

Robert H. Zwicker

.Term expires 1956

William P. Murray

.Term expires 1956

Carol Thomas

.Term expires 1957

Park Commissioners

Edward D. Buckley Term expires 1955

Francis A. Coughlin Term expires 1956

Everett J. Henderson, Chairman Term expires 1954

* Deceased

¿Appointed

+ Resigned

TOWN RECORDS

Cemetery Commissioners

Nils G. Anderson

Term expires 1955

Arthur R. Kimball

Term expires 1956

Wathan B. Henderson, Chairman Term expires

Trustees of Robbins Library

Robert J. Brosnan

Term expires 1955

+Mark W. Bradford

.Term expires 1955

Hugh A. Mallon, Jr., Chairman .Term expires 1956

Edmund L. Frost

.Term expires 1956

Molly F. Yood Term expires 1957

Board of Health

John S. Crosby, Chairman .Term expires 1955

Paul F. Burke Term expires 1956

Carl E. Barstow

Term expires

+ Resigned

APPOINTED OFFICERS

Agent, Clerk, Board of Health J. Philip Bower

Richard Donovan, Chairman 1955

Robert W. Blaisdell 1956

Building.

Clifford E. Lansil 1957

William F. Larkin, Jr., Associate 1955

Boards of Appeals

Robert W. Blaisdell 1955

Clifford E. Lansil 1956

Zoning Philibert L. Pellegrini, Chairman 1957

Harvey C. Abbott, Associate 1956

Ralph H. Seabury, Associate 1956

Board of Public Welfare

Margaret H. Spengler Bertha M. Murphy William J. Mckeever

Burial Agent

Chief, Fire Department

Charles R. Armour Richard J. Tierney

Chief of Police

* * Archibald F. Bullock Albert E. Ryan, Acting Chief

Constables

Contributory Retirement Board

J. Philip Bower * Archibald F. Bullock įAlbert F. Ryan Frank K. Nicksay Joseph G. Bourgeois William F. Duggan William S. Craig Vincent P. Fitzgibbons Nicholas P. Ryan Harold A. Cahalin Carmen T. Foritano (J. Wilbert Anderson

* * Retired #Appointed

ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT

Custodian in Charge of Town Houses James Carmody

+ Daniel

J. McFadden

Director, Civil Defense

įPhilip A. Sweeney

Director, Housing Authority Robert Hauser

Director, Veterans' Services Department Charles R. Armour Dog Officer Samuel F. Femia

Fence Viewers

James J. Dolan *Herbert J. Leary #James C. McCabe

Field Drivers

Archibald F. Bullock #Albert E. Ryan Thomas F. Sullivan James J. Flynn Thomas F. Meagher Richard J. Tierney Dr. John J. Murphy, Jr.

Forest Warden

Inspector of Animals

Inspector of Buildings

{ *Herbert J. Leary #James C. McCabe, Acting Inspector

Inspector of Milk J. Philip Bower

Inspector of Plumbing and Gas John B. Byrne

Inspector of Slaughtering J. Philip Bower

Inspector of Wires .Robert L. Reid

Keeper of Lockup * Archibald F. Bullock #Albert E. Ryan

Librarian, Robbins Library Judith E. Stromdahl

Moth Superintendent George M. Dolan

Arthur P. Wyman 1955

+Ernest Hesseltine

1956

Registrars of Voters ĮJames B. Wilcox 1956 Timothy J. Buckley, Chairman. 1957 James J. Golden, Clerk

Secretary, Agent, Board of Public Welfare George V. Morse

Secretary Board of Assessors Arthur F. Wells

Secretary, Board of Selectmen Frank K. Nicksay

Secretary, Board of Survey Frank K. Nicksay

Secretary, Personnel Board A. Lee Morris

Sealer of Weights and Measures James J. Dolan Superintendent, Fire and Police Signal System .... Richard J. Tierney

Superintendents, Parks ,¡Daniel J. McFadden

and Recreation .. )¿William F. Canty, Acting Superintendent

Superintendent of School Clifford R. Hall

Superintendent of Streets William J. Toomey

Town Accountant Carmen T. Foritano

|+Russell T. Hamlet

Town Counsel

#Joseph A. Purcell

Town Engineer James M. Keane

Town Manager Edward C. Monahan Dr. Edward W. Feeley

Town Physician

David P. Geary Water Registrar

+ Resigned

* Deceased

#Appointed Retired

TOWN RECORDS

COMMITTEES APPOINTED IN PURSUANCE OF TOWN MEETING VOTES

Committee on Advanced Programming and Budgeting Vote of March 24, 1944

David A. Wilcox Charles R. Thomas, Jr.

Henry E. Halpin Herbert M. Dutcher

Committee to Investigate, Consider and Recommend Alterations, Additions or Other Changes to Buildnig Code Vote of March 15, 1946

Robert McIntosh Geoffrey A. Sawyer Stanley M. Ryerson Lindsay Biathrow Arthur J. Mansfield

Alfred C. Bridgens

Arthur Wannlund, Sr.

Town Hall Building Committee Votes of March 14, 1946 & December 27, 1948 Joseph Peterson William R. Dunn Albert J. Platt

William E. Buckley

James J. Golden

Committee to Investigate and Consider the Matter of a Fire Prevention Code Vote of March 28, 1951

Abner P. Wyman Edward M. Cartullo

Richard J. Tierney Wilbert H. Connor David Govenar

Committee on Garaging of Town-Owned Vehicles Vote of March 26, 1952

Robert F. Douglas Frank J. Phillips

Joseph P. Greeley Torsten H. Reenstierna

Clifford E. Lansil

Russell School District Building Committee

Charles P. Bridges

Walter A. Dodge

John B. Byrne, Jr. Joseph J. Bevins

Committee to Investigate and Consider the Pennsylvania Real Estate Tax Plan Vote of March 31, 1952

Robert H. Zwicker Caesare J. Fiorenza

Victoria A. Craig William F. Fletcher James M. Moran

Joint Planning Committee Vote of March 23, 1953

Edward P. Clark Harold Clare Maurice L. Hatch John B. Byrne, Jr. Robert H. Zwicker Harold B. Gammell. William R. Dunn William P. Murray

ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT

Committee to Investigate, Consider and Make Recommendations to the Town Relative to the Construction and Operation of Refuse Disposal Incinerators Votes of March 20, 1953 & March 24, 1954 William H. Borghesani Warren J. Ryan William F. Meade Warren E. O'Leary

Committee to Investigate and Study the Matter of Compensation for All Elected or Appointed Board or Standing Committee Members Serving the Town on a Part-Time Basis Vote of March 15, 1954

* Ernest W. Davis John H. Allison

Walter T. Kenney Herbert O. Alderson Warren H. Daniels

Committee to Investigate the Adequacy of the Present and Future Locations of School Buildings Vote of March 15, 1954

Donald O. Johnston Effie M. Kirkpatrick Florence I. Bretscher Edward G. Grey Clifford R. Hall

John P. Morine

Edward C. Monahan

Committee to Procure Plans and Estimates for the Construction of a School Building in the North Union Street Area Vote of March 22, 1954

Marat E. Santini

Edward H. Stacey

M. Norcross Stratton Robert Hauser

Edward C. Monahan

Committee to Procure Plans and Estimates for the Construction of a School Building in the Florence Avenue Area Vote of March 24, 1954

Mortimer H. French

Horace H. Homer

Joseph J. Bevins

Samuel Lanza

Edward C. Monahan

Committee on the Parmenter School Addition Vote of March 24, 1954

F. Lawrence Doherty Eleanor J. Strong

Robert L. Smith James T. Snow

Edward C. Monahan Committee to Investigate, Study and Consider Various Entrances at the Arlington Heights Reservoir Beach and Playground Vote of March 24, 1954

John N. Loud

John R. Wright

Edward D. Buckley

Sidney C. Lipton

John F. McGann

Committee to Investigate, Consider and Make Recommendations as to the Swimming Conditions at the Arlington Heights Reservoir Beach Vote of March 24, 1954

Percival E. Richardson

Eric Reeves

Everett J. Henderson

Paul A. Dunkerley

John A. Bellizia

TOWN RECORDS

Records of Elections and Town Meetings During the Year 1954

ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 1 and 15, 1954

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 in- habitants of the Town of Arlington, qualified to vote in elections, to meet at the polling places desig- nated for the several precincts in said town on

MONDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF MARCH, 1954

at seven o'clock in the forenoon, to act on the following Articles, namely :

Article 1. To elect by ballot the following Town Officers: A Town Clerk for three years; a Treasurer for three years; two Se- lectmen for three years; one Assessor for three years; three mem- bers of the School Committee for three years; one member of the: Arlington Housing Authority for five years; also, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 43A of the General Laws, in each precinct the number of Town Meeting Members as hereinafter specified; in Precinct 1, five such members for three years, two such members for two years and one such member for one year; in Precinct 2, seven such members for three years and two such members for two years; in Precinct 3, four such members for three years; in Precinct 4, six such members for three years; in Precinct 5, five such members for three years and one such member for one year; in Precinct 6, five such members for three years and one such member for one year; in Precinct 7, six such members for three years; one such member for two years and one such member for one year; in Pre-

ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT

cinct 8, six such members for three years and two such mem- bers for one year; in Precinct 9, five such members for three years and one such member for two years; in Precinct 10, six such members for three years, one such member for two years and one such member for one year; in Precinct 11, six such members for three years; in Precinct 12, seven such members for three years and one such member for one year; in Precinct 13, six such members for three years and two such members for one year; in Precinct 14, seven such members for three years and three such members for two years.

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, entrance 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; Pre- cincts Seven and Nine, in the Russell School Building; Precinct Seven, entrance on Medford Street; Precinct Nine, entrance on Mystic Street; Precincts 10A and 12A, in the Cutter School Building, entrance on Robbins Road; Precincts 10B and 12B, in the Brackett School Building, entrance on Eastern Avenue; Precinct Eleven, in the Highland Hose House, entrance on Massachusetts Avenue; Precinct Thirteen, in the Peirce School Building, entrance on Park Avenue North, Heights; Precinct Fourteen A, in the Locke School Building, entrance on Park Avenue, Heights; Precinct Four- teen B, in the Brackett School Building, entrance on Fayette Street.

You are, also, required to notify and warn the said inhabitants to meet at the Town Hall, in said Town on Monday, the fifteenth day of March, 1954, at eight o'clock in the evening, at which time and place the following 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 de- termine.

Article 3. To hear and act on the reports of the committee under vote of the Town passed March 24, 1944, on Advanced Pro- gramming and Budgeting; of the committee under vote of the Town passed March 15, 1946, to investigate, consider and recom- mend alterations, additions or other changes to the Building Code; of the Town Hall Building Committee, under votes of the Town passed March 14, 1946, and December 27, 1948; of the committee under vote of the Town passed October 4, 1950, on the Town Man- ager form of government; of the committee under vote of the Town passed March 28, 1951; to consider, investigate and study the use of, or the disposal of, the Junior High School Industrial Arts Building; of the committee under vote of the Town passed March 28, 1951, to consider, investigate and study alterations, improvements or reconstruction of the present Russell School, or the construction of a new building, including furniture and equipment; of the com-

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mittee under vote of the Town passed March 28, 1951, to investigate and consider the matter of a Fire Prevention Code for the town of Arlington; of the committee under vote of the Town passed March 26, 1952, to investigate, consider and make recommendations for the purchase or taking by eminent domain, or otherwise, of a suit- able site and for the construction of a new building or reconstruction of an existing building to be used for garaging Town-owned ve- hicles; of the committee under vote of the Town passed March 26, 1952, for the purposes of preparing preliminary plans for a new school in the Russell School district; of the committee under vote of the Town passed March 31, 1952, to investigate and consider the Pennsylvania Real Estate Tax Plan; of the committee under vote of the Town Passed March 20, 1953, to investigate, consider and make recommendations to the Town relative to the construction and operation of refuse disposal incinerators; of the Joint Planning Committee under vote of the Town passed March 23, 1953; and of other Town Boards and officers and of the Finance and other com- mittees heretofore appointed.

Article 4. To see if the Town will authorize, ratify and con- firm the payment to the County of Middlesex of amounts assessed upon or otherwise payable by the Town under warrant issued by the County Commissioners in accordance with Chapter 500, Section 1, of the Acts of 1943, for: (A) the Town's share of the mainten- ance, operation and repair of Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hos- pital during the last preceding calendar year, including interest 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 hos- pital including expenses under Section 25G (6) (a) of Chapter 32 of the General Laws, inserted by Chapter 400 of the Acts of 1936; or take any action relating to said hospital or any other thing therein mentioned.

Article 5. To see if the Town will amend the Classification Plan, known as Schedule A, under Table I and Table II, of Article 7C, of the By-Laws, by adding or deleting the following classifications in the Library Department:

Junior Assistant, Grade VII-to be added Assistant, Non-Professional (Library), Grade VI-to be added Music Librarian, Grade IX-to be added Library Page, P-T-to be added Junior Assistant, Class 1, Grade VII-to be deleted Junior Assistant, Class 2, Grade VI-to be deleted