Town of Arlington annual report 1958, Part 1

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ROBBINS LIBRARY, ARLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS 3 4860 00738 8942

TOWN OF ARLINGTON ANNUAL REPORT 1959

152nd ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TOWN OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF ARLINGTON AND THE TOWN RECORDS FOR THE YEAR ENDING December 31, 1958

arlington, Mass. Selectmen.

152nd ANNUAL REPORT OF THE

TOWN OFFICERS

OF THE

TOWN OF ARLINGTON

MASSACHUSETTS

AND

THE TOWN RECORDS

FOR THE

YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1958

mr 59

Ar linton 209464

ARLINGTON

"The Defense of Liberty is our Ancestral Heritage"

HISTORICAL

COTISATION

Arlington

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 - $81,959,000.00 Tax Rate- $71.20

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

78.95 miles

Private Streets open for travel

36.38 miles

Private Streets proposed.

5.53 miles

State Highways and Parkways

5.87 miles

Sewer Mains

107.69

Water Mains

118.74

Storm Drains

62.64

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

Franklin W. Hurd Term expires 1959

Thomas R. Rawson

Term expires 1960

Joseph P. Greeley, Chairman Term expires 1960

Daniel J. Buckley, Jr.

Term expires 1961

Arthur D. Saul, Jr., Vice Chairman

Term expires 1961

Assessors

Walter S. Cooledge, Jr., Chairman Term expires 1959

Leonard D. Wood Term expires 1960

William O. Hauser Term expires 1961

Treasurer and Tax Collector

Francis A. Coughlin Term expires 1960

School Committee

John P. Morine, Chairman Term expires 1959

M. Norcross Stratton, Vice Chairman .Term expires 1959

Mary K. Boyd .Term expires 1959

Richard W. Baker .Term expires 1960

Arthur F. Coughlin, Jr. .Term expires 1960

Bernard A. Forest Term expires 1960

Carl F. Allen Term expires 1961

Mary E. Porteus .Term expires 1961

Charles R. Kent

Term expires 1961

# Deceased

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Housing Authority

James A. Coffey, Chairman

Term expires 1959

Joseph S. Vahey

.Term expires 1960

Myron D. Chace

.Term expires 1961

Edward J. Doherty

Term expires 1963

John P. Kedian

(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 )

William J. Frost, Chairman

Term expires 1959

William J. Fallon

Term expires 1959

John J. Kelliher

.Term expires 1960

Warren E. O'Leary

Term expires 1961

Paul E. Widder

Term expires 1961

Trustees of Elbridge Farmer Fund (Not Elective)

Edward P. Clark

Francis Keefe

Arthur O. Yeames

Everett C. Bryant

Edmund L. Frost

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

Ira M. Jones

.Term expires

John J. Stanton

Term expires

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

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

Fozi M. Cahaly

Term expires 1959

* Wallace J. Flynn

Term expires 1959

xMilton H. Anderson

Term expires 1959

Thomas D. Kenna, Jr.

Term expires 1960

Murdena A. Campbell

Term expires 1961

John B. Byrne, Jr., Chairman

Term expires 1961

Park Commissioners

John F. McGann, Chairman Term expires 1959

Frank J. Hughes

Term expires 1960

Edward D. Buckley

Term expires 1961

Cemetery Commissioners

John H. Callahan Term expires 1959

Arthur L. McAvoy .Term expires 1960

T. Gordon Smith Term expires 1961

Trustees of Robbins Library

Hugh A. Mallon, Jr. Term expires 1959

J. Milton Washburn

Term expires 1959

Molly F. Yood, Chairman Term expires 1960

Robert J. Brosnan

Term expires 1961

Margaret H. Spengler

Term expires 1961

Board of Health

Ralph L. LaValle Term expires

Paul F. Burke, Chairman Term expires 1959

Carl E. Barstow Term expires 1960

* Resigned

x Appointed.

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APPOINTED OFFICERS

Agent, Clerk, Board of Health. J. Philip Bower

Boards of Appeals

Robert W. Blaisdell 1959

Ralph H. Seabury 1960

Daniel A. Healy, Jr., Chmn. 1961

Russell D. Wedge, Assoc. 1959

Philip D. O'Neill 1959

Philibert L. Pellegrini, Chmn. 1960

Zoning

Robert W. Blaisdell 1961

Gilbert F. Dillon, Assoc. 1960

Robert F. Welch, Assoc. 1960

Board of Public Welfare

William J. Mckeever Cornelius F. Collins * Bertha M. Murphy xWalter T. Kenney

Burial Agent. Charles R. Armour

Chief, Fire Department Thomas H. Egan

Chief, Police Department.

Albert E. Ryan

J. Philip Bower Frank K. Nicksay Albert E. Ryan Martin Cicatelli

William F. Duggan

Constables

Vincent P. FitzGibbons

Francis W. O'Connell

Nicholas P. Ryan

Lawrence F. Viola

Manuel F. Sopas, Jr.

Contributory Retirement Board

Harold A. Cahalin Carmen T. Foritano 1 Warren E. O'Leary

Custodian in Charge of Town Houses Daniel J. Canniff

Director, Civil Defense Philip A. Sweeney

Director, Housing Authority Robert Hauser

Director, Veterans' Services Department .. Charles R. Armour

Dog Officer Samuel F. Femia

Fence Viewers James C. McCabe 1 James J. Dolan

Resigned

x Appointed

Building.

TOWN RECORDS

Field Drivers.

Albert 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

Joseph H. Cormier 1959

Registrars of Voters. 1 Timothy J. Buckley, Chmn. 1960

Arthur P. Wyman 1961

# 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 H. Roby

Town Manager Edward C. Monahan

Town Physician. Dr. Edward W. Feeley

Water Registrar

David P. Geary

# Deceased

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 Frank J. Phillips Joseph P. Greeley Torsten H. Reenstierna Clifford E. Lansil

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

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 Horace H. Homer Samuel Lanza Edward C. Monahan

*Mortimer H. French xRichard W. Baker David J. Ashton

* Resigned

x Appointed

TOWN RECORDS

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 Quarters for Organizations Now Occupying the Old Town Hall Vote of April 2, 1956

Joseph S. Vahey

Cornelius J. Brosnan

Harry C. A. Behr Mary E. Leverone Daniel A. Healy, Jr.

Louis S. Osborne Elizabeth H. Barney

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

John P. Morine Donald O. Johnston Harold A. Holbrook

Committee on the High School Additions and Reconstruction Vote of April 4, 1956 Eugene A. Leonard Edward G. Grey M. Norcross Stratton Edward C. Monahan

# Deceased

ARLINGTON TOWN REPORT

Arlington Development Commission Vote of March 25, 1957

* Harold E. Magnuson *Edwin R. Gilliland

William A. McMahon

Warren S. Berg

xKarl E. Weiss

Francis A. O'Hearn

xAllan B. Igo

John B. Fox John Mirak

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

Joseph P. Greeley

Percival E. Richardson

# George A. Harris Zelda Govenar

xDaniel J. Buckley, Jr. Thomas R. Guinan

Beverley S. Brinkerhoff

Edward C. Monahan

Committee to Investigate, Consider and Make Recommendations as to the Advisability of Installing Voting Machines in any or All of the Precincts of the Town Vote of March 21, 1958

Leona R. Wilkins William A. Barnstead

Agnes J. Reardon George J. Remmert # James J. Golden

* Resigned x Appointed # Deceased

TOWN RECORDS

Records of Elections and Town Meetings During the Year 1958

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 THIRD DAY OF MARCH, 1958

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

Article 1. To elect by ballot the following Town Officers: Two Selectmen for three years; one Assessor for three years; three members of the School Committee for three years, and one member of the Arlington Housing Authority for five years; also, in accord- ance 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, one such member for one year, one such member for two years and five such members for three years; in Precinct 2, one such member for one year and six such members for three years; in Precinct 3, four such members for three years; in Precinct 4, six such members for three years; in Precinct 5, six such members for three years; in Precinct 6, one such member for two years and five such members for three years; in Precinct 7, one such member for one year, one such member for two years and five such members for three years; in Precinct 8, six such members for three years; in Precinct 9, one such member for one year and six such members for three years; in Precinct 10, one such mem- ber for one year, one such member for two years and six such

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members for three years; in Precinct 11, one such member for one year, one such member for two years and six such members for three years; in Precinct 12, six such members for three years; in Precinct 13, six such members for three years; in Precinct 14, eight such members for three years.

For these purposes, the polls will be open 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; Pre- cinct 3, in the Junior High School Building East, entrance on Tufts Street; Precinct 5, in the Thompson School Building, entrance on North Union Street; Precincts Six and Eight, in the Town Hall; Pre- cincts 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 Build- ing, 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, Park Avenue Congregational Church; entrance 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 inhabitants to meet at the Town Hall, in said Town on Monday, the seventeenth day of March, 1958 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 General Laws.

Article 2. To choose and appoint all other usual Town officers not herein-before 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 Pro- gramming and Budgeting; 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 com- mittee under vote of the Town passed March 26, 1952, to investi- gate, consider and make recommendations for the purchase or tak- ing 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 com- mittee 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 dis- posal incinerators; 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

TOWN RECORDS

North Union Street; of the committee under vote of the Town pass- ed March 24, 1954, to procure plans and estimates for the con- struction of a school building in the area of Florence Avenue, George and Renfrew Streets; 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 Playground 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 on the 150th Anniversary of the Incorpora- tion of the Town of Arlington under vote of the Town passed April 2, 1956; of the committee on quarters for organizations now oc- cupying the Old Town Hall 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 reconstruc- tion committee under vote of the Town passed April 4, 1956; of the Arlington Development Commission under vote of the Town passed March 25, 1957; of the committee under vote of the Town passed March 25, 1957, to study, investigate, consider and make recom- mendations 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; of the committee under vote of the Town passed March 27, 1957, 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; and of other Town Boards and officers and of the Finance and other committees heretofore ap- pointed.

Article 4. To see if the Town will authorize, ratify and cori- 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 main- tenance, operation and repair of Middlesex County Tuberculosis Hospital during the last preceding calendar year, including interest on temporary notes issued therefor in accordance with Sections of Chapter III 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 there- in mentioned.

Article 5. To see if the Town will authorize the Town Treas- urer, 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, 1959, 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.

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Article 6. To see if the Town will make an appropriation or appropriations to pay the claims or charges of Synimes Arlington Hospital including such claims and charges for aid relief or care furnished prior to January 1, 1958, 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 established by Article 7C of the By-Laws, by increasing all money figures con- tained therein by approximately four percent (4% ) to the nearest even dollar or $178.00. whichever is the greater, in the annual salary schedule, excepting the money figures contained in Grades PF 2, PF 3, PF 4, PF 5, and PF 6, and $3.40 or approximately four percent (4% ) to the nearest even daily rate, whichever is the greater, in the weekly salary schedule, and by increasing the com- pensation of regularly employed part-time employees by approxi- mately four percent (4% ) to the nearest dollar; and by striking - out the words and figures "Minimum - $3944.00", "Step 1 $4262.00", and "Maximum-$4606.00", where they appear in Grade PF 2 of said Schedules and inserting in place thereof the words and figures "Minimum - $4102.00", "Step 1 - $4432.00", and "Maxi- mum-$4790.00"; and by striking out the words and figures "Maxi- mum - $5046.00" where they appear in Grade PF 3 of said Schedules and inserting in place thereof the words and figures "Maximum $5248.00"; and by striking out the words and figures "Maximum - $5386.00" where they appear in Grade PF 4 of said Schedules and inserting in place thereof the words and figures "Maximum - $5602.00"; and by striking out the words and figures "Maximum - $5866.00" where they appear in Grade PF 5 of said Schedules and inserting in place thereof the words and figures "Maximum - $6100.00"; and by striking out the words and figures "Maximum - $7122.00" where they appear in Grade PF 6 of said Schedules and inserting in place thereof the words and figures "Maximum - $7406.00"; said amendment to become effective April 1, 1958; appropriate the sum of $78,000.00 to be expended by the various departments affected; and determine how the money shall be raised.