Town of Arlington annual report 1957, Part 1

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Publication date: 1957
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151st ANNUAL REPORT OF THE

TOWN OFFICERS

OF THE

TOWN OF ARLINGTON

MASSACHUSETTS

AND

THE TOWN RECORDS

FOR THE

YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1957

977.44 Helingtren

1,50 GIFT

ARLINGTON

"The Defense of Liberty is our Ancestral Heritage"

1955

1950

1945

1940

Population

47,148

44,353

43,414

40,013

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

Assessed Valuation-$77,901,300.00 Tax Rate-$70.40

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

77.84 miles

Private Streets open for travel

36.90 miles

Private Streets proposed

5.09 miles

State Highways and Parkways

5.87 miles

Sewer Mains

106.71

Water Mains

117.51

Storm Drains

61.54

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

147.51 acres of Parks and Playgrounds Schools - Class A

TOWN RECORDS

TOWN OFFICERS

ELECTIVE

Moderator

Lawrence E. Corcoran Term expires 1959

Town Clerk

James J. Golden Term expires 1960

Board of Selectmen

Marcus L. Sorensen .Term expires 1958

George A. Harris, Vice-Chairman .Term expires 1958

Franklin W. Hurd

Term expires 1959

Thomas R. Rawson, Chairman .Term expires 1960

Joseph P. Greeley Term expires 1960

Assessors

William O. Hauser, Chairman Term expires 1958

Walter S. Cooledge, Jr. .Term expires 1959

Leonard D. Wood Term expires 1960

Treasurer and Tax Collector

Francis A. Coughlin Term expires 1960

School Committee

David J. Ashton, Chairman Term expires 1958

Carl F. Allen

Term expires 1958

Mary E. Porteus Term expires 1958

Mary K. Boyd

Term expires 1959

John P. Morine, Vice-Chairman

Term expires 1959

M. Norcross Stratton Term expires 1959

Richard W. Baker

.Term expires 1960

Arthur F. Coughlin, Jr. Term expires 1960

Bernard A. Forest

Term expires 1960

ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT

Housing Authority

Cornelius J. Brosnan, Chairman Term expires 1958

James A. Coffey

.Term expires 1959

Joseph S. Vahey

.Term expires 1960

Myron D. Chace

Term expires 1961

(appointed by State Housing Board for term ending 7-16-61)

Measurers of Wood and Bark (Elected Annually)

Edward L. Kelley

Thomas J. Toye

Personnel Board (Appointed by Moderator)

* Hugh Farrington

Term expires 1958

xPaul E. Widder

Term expires 1958

Warren E. O'Leary

Term expires 1958

William J. Fallon

.Term expires 1959

William J. Frost, Chairman Term expires 1959

John J. Kelliher

Term expires 1960

Trustees of Elbridge Farmer Fund ( Not Elective)

Edward P. Clark

Francis Keefe

Arthur O. Yeames

Edmund L. Frost

Everett C. Bryant Gardner C. Porter

APPOINTED BY TOWN MANAGER

Tree Warden

George M. Dolan Term expires

Board of Commissioners of Trust Funds

Joseph McHugh, Chairman Term expires 1958

Ira M. Jones

.Term expires 1959

John J. Stanton Term expires 1960

Commissioners of Sinking Fund

Harold A. Yeames

.Term expires

Edward P. Clark

Term expires

William J. O'Brien, Jr. Term expires

Trustees of Pratt Fund

Edward P. Clark, Chairman

.Term expires

Ernest L. Parsons

Term expires

Walter T. Chamberlain

Term expires

*Norman C. Jenkinson

.Term expires

* Resigned

x Appointed

John P. Kedian

TOWN RECORDS

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

Edward P. Clark, Chairman .Term expires

Walter T. Chamberlain

.Term expires

Harold A. Yeames

.Term expires

Ernest L. Parsons

Term expires

Trustees of Francis E. Thompson Scholarship Fund

Arthur O. Yeames, Chairman

Term expires

Harold A. Cahalin

Term expires

Edward A. Bailey

Term expires

Planning Board

*Elinor I. Jennings

Term expires 1958

xMurdena A. Campbell

.Term expires 1958

John B. Byrne, Jr., Chairman

.Term expires 1958

Fozi M. Cahaly

.Term expires 1959

Wallace J. Flynn

.Term expires 1959

Thomas D. Kenna, Jr.

.Term expires 1960

Park Commissioners

Edward D. Buckley .Term expires 1958

John F. McGann

Term expires 1959

Frank J. Hughes, Chairman Term expires 1960

Cemetery Commissioners

John R. Keefe, Chairman Term expires 1958

*Ralph La Valle

.Term expires 1959

xJohn H. Callahan

Term expires 1959

+Wathen B. Henderson

Term expires 1960

xArthur L. McAvoy

Term expires 1960

Trustees of Robbins Library

Robert J. Brosnan, Chairman Term expires 1958

Margaret H. Spengler

Term expires 1958

Hugh A. Mallon, Jr.

Term expires 1959

*Robert H. Marsh .Term expires 1959

xJ. Milton Washburn .Term expires 1959

Molly F. Yood

Term expires 1960

Board of Health

*John S. Crosby Term expires 1958

xRalph L. LaValle Term expires 1958

Paul F. Burke, Chairman Term expires 1959

Carl E. Barstow Term expires 1960

* Resigned

X Appointed

៛ Deceased

ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT

APPOINTED OFFICERS

Agent, Clerk, Board of Health J. Philip Bower

Boards of Appeals

Daniel A. Healy, Jr., Chmn. 1958

Robert W. Blaisdell 1959

Building

Ralph H. Seabury 1960

Russell D. Wedge, Assoc. 1958

Robert W. Blaisdell 1958

Philip D. O'Neill 1959

Philibert L. Pellegrini, Chmn. 1960

Zoning

Gilbert F. Dillon, Assoc. 1958

*Robert F. Welch, Assoc. 1958

xRalph H. Seabury 1958

Board of Public Welfare

Bertha M. Murphy William J. Mckeever Cornelius F. Collins

Burial Agent. ..

Charles R. Armour

Chief, Fire Department.

Thomas H. Egan

Chief of Police

Albert E. Ryan

J. Philip Bower Frank K. Nicksay Albert E. Ryan Martin Cicatelli William S. Craig William F. Duggan

Vincent P. FitzGibbons

Leonard P. Miller

Francis W. O'Connell Nicholas P. Ryan

Contributory Retirement Board.

Harold A. Cahalin Carmen T. Foritano Warren E. O'Leary

Custodian in Charge of Town Houses Daniel J. Caniff

Director, Civil Defense Philip A. Sweeney

Director, Housing Authority Robert Hauser

Director, Veterans' Services Department. Charles R. Armour

Dog Officer Samuel F. Femia

James C. McCabe James J. Dolan

Fence Viewers.

* Resigned

x Appointed

Constables.

TOWN RECORDS

Field Drivers

Albert E. Ryan James J. Flynn Ferdinand A. Lucarelli Thomas F. Sullivan Charles O. Toomey

Forest Warden. Thomas H. Egan

Inspector of Animals.

Dr. John J. Murphy, Jr.

Inspector of Buildings. James C. McCabe

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. Albert E. Ryan

Librarian, Robbins Library Judith E. Stromdahl

Moth Superintendent. George M. Dolan

Arthur P. Wyman 1958 Joseph H. Cormier 1959

Registrars of Voters

Timothy J. Buckley, Chmn.

1960

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 Thomas H. Egan

Superintendent, Parks and Recreation William F. Canty

Superintendent of Schools.

Clifford R. Hall

Superintendent of Public Works Francis N. O'Hara

Supervisor of Custodians and Maintenance. George H. Greim

Town Accountant. Carmen T. Foritano

Town Counsel

Joseph A. Purcell

Town Engineer Wilbur S. Roby

Town Manager Edward C. Monahan

Town Physician Dr. Edward W. Feeley

Water Registrar.

David P. Geary

ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT

COMMITTEES APPOINTED IN PURSUANCE OF TOWN MEETING VOTES

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

Maurice G. Wedge

Joseph A. Keefe

John B. Byrne, Jr. Alfred Camarano

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

Abner P. Wyman

Richard J. Tierney

Edward M. Cartullo Wilbert H. Connor David Govenar

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

Robert F. Douglas Joseph P. Greeley

Frank J. Phillips Torsten H. Reenstierna Clifford E. Lansil

Joint Planning Committee Vote of March 23, 1953

Edward P. Clark

Maurice L. Hatch

Harold Clare

Harold B. Gammell

John B. Byrne, Jr. Murdena A. Campbell Fozi M. Cahaly Wallace J. Flynn

Thomas D. Kenna, Jr.

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 Alfred A. Scott

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

Donald O. Johnston

Florence I. Bretscher

John P, Morine

Effie M. Kirkpatrick Edward G. Grey Clifford R. Hall

Edward C. Monahan

Marat E. Santini M. Norcross Stratton

Committee to Procure Plans and Estimates for the Construction of a School Building in the North Union Street Area Vote of March 22, 1954 Edward H. Stacey Robert Hauser Edward C. Monahan

TOWN RECORDS

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 David J. Ashton Samuel Lanza 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 R. Wright Edward D. Buckley John N. Loud 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

Committee on the Improvement of the Peirce School Playground Vote of March 25, 1955

Shelton B. Wicker Richard E. Rice

Frances T. Giles George M. Bilafer Robert J. Croak

Arlington Brotherhood Committee Vote of March 28, 1955

Leonard D. Wood Clarence Richmond L. Curtis Foye

James J. Golden David Govenar John F. McGann Ferdinand A. Lucarelli

Committee on the 150th Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town of Arlington Vote of April 2, 1956 Carl A. Johnson Irene B. Chaves Robert J. Mahoney

William J. Mckeever

Mary Corbett Burns

Joseph S. Vahey Cornelius J. Brosnan

Committee on Quarters for Organizations Now Occupying the Old Town Hall Vote of April 2, 1956 Harry C. A. Behr Mary E. Levereone Daniel A. Healy, Jr.

ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT

Committee on the Improvement of the Acoustics in the Robbins Memorial Town Hall Auditorium Vote of April 2, 1956 William E. Collins A. P. Gardner Hanson Robert L. Reid

Louis S. Osborne

Elizabeth H. Barney

Committee on the High School Additions and Reconstruction Vote of April 4, 1956

John P. Morine Donald O. Johnston

Harold A. Holbrook

Eugene A. Leonard Edward G. Grey M. Norcross Stratton Edward C. Monahan

Arlington Development Commission Vote of March 25, 1957

Harold E. Magnuson John Mirak

John B. Fox

William A. McMahon Warren S. Berg Francis A. O'Hearn

Edwin R. Gilliland

Committee to Study, Investigate, Consider and Make Recommenda- tions Relative to the Use of the Area in the Rear of the Junior High School West for the Parking or Passage of Motor Vehicles for the Relief of Traffic Congestion Vote of March 25, 1957

Franklin W. Hurd Bernard A. Forest William F. McClellan Creelman F. Mckenzie Edward C. Monahan

Committee to Investigate and Make A Study of the Land Owned By the Town of Arlington in the Town of Lexington Known as the Great Meadows Vote of March 27, 1957 George A. Harris Percival E. Richardson

Joseph P. Greeley Thomas R. Guinan

Beverley S. Brinkerhoff Zelda Govenar

Edward C. Monahan

TOWN RECORDS

Records of Elections and Town Meetings During the Year 1957

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 precincts in said Town on

MONDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF MARCH, 1957

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 Selectmen for three years; one Assessor for three years; and three members of the School Committee for three years; also, in ac- cordance with the provisions of Chapter 43A of the General Laws, in each precinct the number of Town Meeting Members as here- inafter specified: in Precinct 1, one such member for one year and five such members for three years; in Precinct 2, one such mem- ber for one year and six such members for three years; in Pre- cinct 3, four such members for three years; in Precinct 4, six such members for three years; in Precinct 5, one such member for one year and six such members for three years; in Precinct 6. five such members for three years; in Precinct 7, one such mem- ber for two years and five such members for three years; in Pre- cinct 8, one such member for one year and six such members for three years; in Precinct 9, one such member for one year, one; such member for two years and six such members for three years; in Precinct 10, six such members for three years; in Precinct 11, six such members for three years; in Precinct 12, one such mem- ber for two years and six such members for three years; in Pre- cinct 13, six such members for three years and in Precinct 14, two such members for one year and eight such members for three years.

ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT

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 East Arlington Branch Library, entrance on Massachusetts Avenue; Precincts Two and Four, in the Hardy School Building, entrance on Lake Street; Precinct 3, in the Junior High School Building East, entrance on Tufts Street; Precinct 5, in the Thompson School Building, en- trance on North Union Street; Precincts Six and Eight, in the Town Hall; Precincts Seven and Nine, in the St. Agnes Parochial School Building; Precinct 7, side entrance on Medford Street; Precinct 9, entrance on Compton Street; Precincts 10A and 12A, in the Cutter School Building, entrance on Robbins Road; Pre- cincts 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, Park Avenue Congregational Church, en- trance on Paul Revere Road; Precinct Fourteen B, in the Dallin School Building, entrance on Florence Avenue.

You are, also, required to notify and warn the said inhabit- ants to meet at the Town Hall, in said Town on Monday, the eighteenth day of March, 1957, 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 accord- ance with, and subject to, the referenda provided for by Chapter 43A of the General Laws.

Article 2. To choose and appoint all other usual Town offic- ers not hereinbefore mentioned, in such manner as the Town may determine.

Article 3. To hear and act on the reports of the committee under vote of the Town passed March 24, 1944, on Advanced Programming 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 committee 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 suitable site and for the construction of a new building or reconstruction of an existing building to be used for garaging Town-owned vehicles; of the committee under votes of the Town passed March 20, 1953, and March 24, 1954, to investigate, consider and make recommendations to the Town relative to the construction and operation of refuse disposal in- cinerators; of the Joint Planning Committee under vote of the Town passed March 23, 1953; of the committee under vote of the Town passed March 15, 1954, to investigate and study the adequacy of the present school buildings within the Town and the future locations of new school buildings; of the committee under vote of the Town passed March 22, 1954, to procure plans and estimates for the construction of a school building in the area of North Union Street; of the committee under vote of the Town passed March 24, 1954, to procure plans and estimates for the

TOWN RECORDS

construction of a school building in the area of Florence Avenue, George and Renfrew Streets; of the Parmenter School Addition Committee under vote of the Town passed March 24, 1954; of the committee under vote of the Town passed March 24, 1954, to investigate, study and consider various entrances at the Arlington Heights Reservoir Beach and Playground; of the committee under vote of the Town passed March 24, 1954, to investigate, consider and make recommendations as to the swimming conditions at the Arlington Heights Reservoir Beach; of the Peirce School Play- ground Improvement Committee under vote of the Town passed March 25, 1955; of the Arlington Brotherhood Committee under vote of the Town passed March 28, 1955; of the committee under vote of the Town passed March 28, 1955, to investigate, study, consider and make recommendations of amendments to Chapter 503 of the Acts of 1952, entitled "An Act Establishing a Town Manager Form of Government for the Town of Arlington"; of the committee under vote of the Town passed March 28, 1955, to study, investigate, consider and make recommendations for the revision of the Town's By-Laws; of the committee under vote of the Town passed March 28, 1955, to investigate, study, consider and make recommendations of amendments to the Town's By-Laws as deemed necessary in regard to the aquatic activities and allied conditions on Spy Pond; of the committee on the 150th Anniver- sary of the Incorporation of the Town of Arlington under vote of the Town passed April 2, 1956; of the committee on quarters for organizations now occupying the Old Town Hall under vote of the Town passed April 2, 1956; of the committee to study the Fire and Police Signal System of the Town under vote of the Town passed April 2, 1956; of the committee on the improvement of the acoustics in the Robbins Memorial Town Hall auditorium under vote of the Town passed April 2, 1956; of the High School additions and reconstruction committee under vote of the Town passed April 4, 1956; and of other Town Boards and officers and of the Finance and other committees 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, Sec- tion 1, of the Acts of 1943, for: (A) the Town's share of the maintenance, operation and repair of Middlesex County Tuberculo- sis Hospital 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 Hospital 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 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, 1958, 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 accord- ance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.

ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT

Article 6. To see if the Town will make an appropriation or appropriations to pay the claims or charges of Symmes Arlington Hospital including such claims and charges for aid, relief or care furnished prior to January 1, 1957, to persons falling into distress and standing in need of immediate relief; determine in what man- ner the money shall be raised and expended; or take any action relating thereto.

Article 7. To see if the Town will amend Schedule A of the Classification Plan, and Schedule B of the Pay Plan, as estab- lished by Article 7C, of the By-Laws, by increasing all money figures contained therein by approximately four percent (4% ) to the nearest even dollar or $168.00, whichever is the greater, in the annual salary schedule and $3.20 in the weekly salary sched- ule, and by increasing the compensation of regularly employed part-time employees by approximately four percent (4% ) to the nearest dollar; appropriate the sum of $91,000. to be expended by the various departments affected; and determine in what manner the money shall be raised.