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Wilmington Memorial Library. Wilmington, Mass.
ANNUAL REPORT of the
TOWN
OF WILMINGTON
or the Financial Year Ending December 31
1953
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132 This is YOUR Community
MESSAGE FROM THE TOWN MANAGER
o the citizens and taxpayers of Wilmington:
The third year of the selectmen-manager plan saw the reatest improvement in municipal operation in the recorded history f Wilmington. The major problems of equitable assessing, mili - int collection of taxes and solidification of our financial base have ow been solved. Each Wilmington taxpayer paid less for more municipal services because of our decreased rate which was due to more even distribution of the tax burden, the inclusion of more nd better homes and a growing industrial community.
Indicative of the growing prosperity of Wilmington and the nproved community spirit of its citizens is the improvement in ilmington square. What were vacant or gutted stores three years go are now modern, thriving commercial establishments. We may ow show proudly our police and fire headquarters, adequately staff - d with correctly uniformed men. By next fall a large portion of ur elementary school children will be taught under modern stand- rds in pleasant, safe buildings.
I am happy to have been a part of reviving this spirit of le citizens of Wilmington. I believe that the selectmen-manager lan has brought continuing and lasting improvements as well as xpanded municipal services which have attracted new industries and new citizens to our Town of Wilmington. Under continued care - il and progressive leadership, the future of Wilmington is assured.
Very truly yours,
Dean C. Cushing Town Manager
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Message from Town Manager. 1
Directory of Officials . 3
1953 Accomplishments 6
Plans for 1954
7
Town Collector 8
Town Clerk
9
Board of Registrars
11
Board of Assessors
12
Town Counsel 14
18
Dog Officer
20
Police Department
21
Fire Department
24
Highways.
26
Water Commissioners
29
Tree Warden
32
Sealer of weights and measures
34
Board of Health
35
Health Agent and Sanitarian
36
Public Health Nurse
38
Inspector of Animals
40
Inspector of Slaughtering
40
Middlesex County Extension Service
41
Building Department 42
National Service Officer .
43
S. D. J. Carter Committee
43
Board of Public Welfare
44
Cemetery Commissioners 45
45
Housing Authority 46
47
Town Meeting Record
48
Constable
59
Warrant for Annual Town Meeting 60
Town Accountant 68
Veterans Agent. 44
Planning Board .
Jury List
Public Library
DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS
Officers and Department Heads
Accountant
Robert H. Peters Oliver 8-3313
Animal Inspector
Ralph B. Odiorne
Oliver 8-4524
Building Inspector
Ernest B. Rice, Sr.
Oliver 8-3313
Cemetery Superintendent
Ernest W. Eames Oliver 8-4639
Clerk
Mary E. Gilligan
Oliver 8-3312
Collector
Miriam H. Ware
Oliver 8-3312
Constable
Harry J. Ainsworth Oliver 8-4468
Counsel
Philip B. Buzzell
Oliver 8-2026
Dog Officer
Leo E. LeBlanc
Oliver 8-3770
Dump Custodian
David Brabant Oliver 8-3794
Extension Service Director
John R. Evans
Oliver 8-4474
Fire Chief
(FIRE)
Oliver 8-3200
Forest Fire Warden
Arthur J. Boudreau
Oliver 8-3346
Health Agent
Patrick A. Thibeau
Oliver 8-3312
Highway Superintendent
James H. White
Oliver 8-4481
Librarian
Clara Chipman
Oliver 8-2967
Manager
Dean C. Cushing Oliver 8-3311
Milk Inspector
Patrick A. Thibeau
Oliver 8-3312
Moderator, Town
Ralph R. Currier Oliver 8-3323
National Service Officer
James J. Sayre Laf. 3-8600
Nurse, School
Esther Nichols, R. N. Oliver 8-4744
Nurse, Town
Ann E. Butters, R. N.
Oliver 8-2211
Police Chief
Paul J. Lynch Oliver 8-3331
Sanatarian
Patrick A. Thibeau
Oliver 8-3312
School Superintendent
Clifford J. Good
Oliver 8-2052
Sealer Weights and Measures
Samuel Pike
Herbert Thrush
Oliver 8-2264
Treasurer
Grace Tilley
Oliver 8-3313
Tree Warden
John Wm. Babine Oliver 8-3321
Veterans' Agent
Frederick Horton Oliver 8-2994
Water Superintendent
Edmund H. Sargent Oliver 8-4711
Welfare Agent
Walter G. Buckle Oliver 8-2211
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Slaughtering Inspector
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
Oliver 8-463
Appeal, Board of
Winston.S. Chamberlin, Member
Roland D. Fuller, Associate Member Walter L. Hale, Jr., Associate Member Joseph A. Maynard, Chairman Russell E. Pilling, Associate Member Howard Woolaver, Member
Assessors, Board of
Oliver 8-331
Louis T. Doucette Olive M. Sheldon Frank F. Walters, Prin. Assessor
Carter Lecture Fund Com. Oliver 8-467
Alice M. Allen
Anna R. Barry Helen Hayward Mildred E. Neilson Guy E. Nichols, Chairman
Cemetery Commissioners Oliver 8-474
William S. Cavanaugh Joseph B. McMahon Guy E. Nichols, Chairman
Finance Committee Oliver 8-449
Charles Allgrove Herbert C. Barrows, Chairman William P. Curtin, Secretary
Frank J. Hadley John G. Hayward
Ralph M. Kelmon
Hobart W. Spring
Frank P. Stevens
Stanley Webber
Health, Board of
Oliver 8-479
Francis J. Haggerty, Secretary Vinal E. Lewis, Chairman Edward J. Shelley
Oliver 8-267
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Housing Authority
William A. Anderson, Chairman Fred T. Corum, Vice Chairman Ralph R. Currier, Secretary James M. Pipes Gardner I. Ritchie, Treasurer
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BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
Oliver 8-2026
Frankline E. Allen, Secretary Isabelle Botos Philip B. Buzzell, Chairman May Hadley Esther C. Hall Evelyn Norton
Oliver 8-4627
Claude Helwig
Norman W. Perry, Chairman John A. Ritchie
Edwin J. Twomey
Elmer H. Woller, Secretary
Registrars, Board of
Oliver 8-3312
William I. Coffin
F. Talbot Emery Mary E. Gilligan, ex officio
Joseph P. Ring
chool Committee
Oliver 8-2052
Ernest M. Crispo
Eleanor F. Grimes
Ruth Gratcyk John F. Hartnett
Arthur V. Lynch, Chairman
Warren Willis, Secretary
electmen, Board of
Oliver 8-3313
Charles H. Black, Chairman
Henry James Lawler Kenneth M. Lyons Frederic P. Melzar
Joseph H. Woods
rustees of Trust Funds Oliver 8-2026
Philip B. Buzzell, Chairman Harold E. Melzar Edward M. Neilson
ater Commissioners
Oliver 8-4711
Alden N. Eames Harold E. Melzar
elfare, Board of
Florence Balkus Andrew P. Ring
Oliver 8-2211
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Library Trustees
Planning Board
1953 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
..... employed a full time Accountant.
. expanded our public safety departments to meet the growing requirements of a larger community.
. . continued work on real estate tax equalization.
completed and adopted new health regulations.
..... employed a full time town Sanitarian with a view to expanded control of drainage.
.... new elementary school on Wildwood Street under construction.
. . .new plant of Unit Packet Company under construction.
. collection of taxes has equalled 92. 8% - the highest percentage in the history of our town. The Town of Wilmington and our tax collector have been complimented by the Department of Taxation and Corporations for this outstanding achievement.
.. completed the new combined Police -Fire Station which is now occupied by both departments.
. ... conducted land sale of town-owned land with a view to make as much land as possible - revenue producing.
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PLANS FOR 1954
.. continue our industrial expansion program which has been so beneficial to the Town.
. . set-up a co-ordinated operation of the Police -Fire Station.
.. obtain a new and larger water supply by purchase of new well fields, and determine sound methods for financing its expansion.
. . work out a plan to decrease school bus transportation by con- structing a walk from Federal Street to Wildwood Street School.
.. continue land drainage program.
.. continue the program of street construction; road widening and straightening; culvert relocation, enlargement, and lowering.
. . continue land reclamation program.
.. continue to strengthen our financial structure by effective collection of taxes and water bills.
.. reduce unit costs of Town Hall departments by operation of new Addressograph machines.
.. continue work on clearing tax-title accounts.
.. continue the intensive program of preventative maintenance and repairs in our public buildings, especially schools.
. . make plans for a new commercial center, including a new rail- road station.
.. continue land sales of town-owned land taken for non payment of taxes - with a view to make it revenue producing.
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TOWN COLLECTOR
1953 brought the greatest improvement in the collection of property taxes in the history of the town. 92. 8% of the real estat taxes were collected during the year as compared with 86. 3% dur ing the year 1952. A complete schedule of collections and balanc is shown in the accountant's report.
It should be remembered that taxes remaining unpaid after November 1st are subject to 4% interest from October 1st. The Town of Wilmington, under Chapter 60, Section 37, General Law: plans to advertise all unpaid 1953 real estate taxes on or about June 1, 1954. Notices will be mailed to all delinquent taxpayers April 1, 1954.
Excise tax payments are still unsatisfactory. Cards for each car registered are sent by the Registry of Motor Vehicles to the State House where valuations of the automobiles are determin and the cards are then sorted and mailed to the Board of Assesso of the various cities and towns. The Assessors then make up a commitment for the Collector. Many of these commitments come at the end of the year. In December 1953, taxes amounting to $11, 290. 52 were mailed, $6, 564. 94 being dated December 31, 1. Excise cards were received by the Assessors from the State as la as January 28, 1954 for 1953 registrations amounting to $4, 379. Bills were mailed immediately upon receipt of these commitment. from the Assessors.
In these December commitments many cars are listed whi were registered on the first of January, 1953. In various cases, people have moved from Wilmington, many leaving no forwarding address. Because of this, it is necessary to turn all unpaid taxes over to a Deputy Collector for collection shortly after fourteen da have expired from the date of demand. If no attention is paid to tl notice of the Deputy Collector, the local Collector must now notif. the Registry of Motor Vehicles to cancel the plates of delinquent taxpayers, under Chapter 339 of the Acts of 1953. In 1953, the names of all persons owing 1952 Excise bills were sent to the Reg istry, and these people received notice of the suspension of their plates for 1953. In 1954, all names of delinquent taxpayers for th year 1953 will be sent to the Registry, and their 1954 plates will 1 cancelled unless payment covering taxes and all costs is received by the Collector within the time alloted by the Registry. The cor rect administration of this new law will greatly help the collectior of excise taxes during the year 1954.
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TOWN CLERK
Vital Statistics: - Chapter 46, General Laws as amended
All Births, Deaths and Marriage records have been brought up to date, listed in the card index file and the special books which ist the births, deaths and marriages alphabetically by years.
Births recorded in 1952 were 194, although the number listed in the 1952 Town Report was 153. This is due to the late returns from some cities and towns.
Births recorded in 1953 were 203. This figure will be increased when final reports are in.
Marriages recorded in 1953 were 90.
Deaths recorded in 1953 were 73.
Chapter 46, Section 15:
The Town Clerk will furnish to parents, householders, mid- wives and physicians applying therefor, blanks for return of births is required by law.
Three of the compiled records of Births, Death and Marri- ages from 1730 to 1898 have been sold, leaving a balance on hand January 1, 1954 of seventy-two. By a vote of the Selectmen these records are on sale at $1. 00 each.
Street Records:
All plans have been brought from the Water Department and are now in the Town Hall. A start has been made in numbering and Indexing.
Subdivision Control Law: - Chapter 674, Acts of 1953
The new subdivision control law which went into effect January 1, 1954 has many features which affect the Town Clerk as well as the Planning Board.
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Town Records :
Another volume has been added to the bound Town Reports for the years 1901 to 1909 inclusive. We are indebted to Mr. Err Eames for many old Town Reports but still need those for the yea previous to 1891. Even one single report would be appreciated.
Of Persons Listed by the Board of Registrars, we do not have any previous to 1914. We also need those for the years 1916 1917, 1918, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1940, 1941, 1942 and 1943. Receipt of any one of these would be appreciated.
Also, we would like to have Valuation books on Real and Personal Property for the years 1905, 1915, 1930 and 1935 and a before 1905.
Chapter 114, Section 45.
Thirty-eight burial permits have been issued by the Town Clerk as Special Agent for the Board of Health.
Chattel Mortgages recorded 214
Chattel Mortgages discharged 62
Dogs licensed 782
Kennels licensed 18
Licenses - Fish & Game 398
Permits for storage of inflammables, and the renewal of such permits are now issued from this office.
HOUT
IN
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BOARD OF REGISTRARS
In accordance with Section 1, Chapter 3, of the Town by- 3 laws, meetings of the Board of Registrars have been held once a month.
A new, more streamlined system of listing is to be put into effect in 1954. This involves extra expense in setting up the system, but will give a complete, convenient listing available by streets as well as alphabetically.
The street list will not be published, but the information will be on file at the Town Hall.
This year a note will be made of the ages of all those under twenty years of age, and this should enable us to get a fairly ac - curate census of the town.
January 1, 1953 there were listed in the town 2443 men and 2345 women, a total of 4788, twenty years old and over. This is over 400 more than were listed in 1952.
TREASURER'S REPORT
Cash in Treasury, January 1, 1953
$ 204,021.67
Receipts Sundries
1,940,588.58
Receipts Collector
527, 703. 29
$2,672, 313. 54
Less Treasury Warrants
2, 125,593. 68
Cash in Treasury, January 1, 1954 $ 546, 719. 86
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BOARD OF ASSESSORS
Valuation of Taxable Property as of January 1, 1953
Real Estate Personal Property
$9,611,440.00 657, 436. 00
RECAPITULATION
Real Estate Tax
442, 126. 24
Personal Property Tax
30, 242.05
Poll Tax
4, 792. 00
Excise Tax (Estimated)
860, 572. 08
Total Appropriation
6, 352. 70
State Audit
556. 05
State Parks and Reservations
11,527. 60
Tuberculosis Hospital
4,519. 24
Amount of Overlay
25,170. 28
Gross amount to be raised
915,592. 61
Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds
438, 432. 32
Total Arnount Levied on Polls and Property and commited to the Collector in 1952
477,160. 29
Tax Rate per $1,000. 00 for 1953 - $46.00
TABLE OF AGGREGATE FOR WILMINGTON OF POLLS, PROPERTY AND TAXES, AS ASSESSED January 1, 1953
Compiled from the figures entered in the Valuation List not including figures relating to Exempted Property or to the Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise.
Number of Persons Assessed
Individuals
All Others
Total
On Personal Estate Only
25
18
43
On Real Estate Only
3422
44
3466
On Both Personal and Real Estate
108
14
122
Total number of Persons assessed
3631
Total number of Polls assessed
2396
Value of Assessed Personal Estate
Stock in Trade
$ 97,878.00
Machinery
54,800.00
Live Stock
63,983.00
All Other Tangible Personal Property
440, 775. 00
Total Value of Assessed Personal Estate
$657,436. 00
Value of Assessed Real Estate
Land exclusive of Buildings
1,690. 380.00
Buildings exclusive of Land
7,921.060.00
Total Value of Assessed Real Estate
9,611,440.00
Total Valuation of Assessed Estate
10, 268, 876. 00
Tax Rate per $1,000 - $46.00
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32,000. 00
Middlesex County Pension Fund
2,413. 7]
County Tax
xes for State, County, and City or Town Purposes, including Overlay On Personal Estate On Real Estate On Polls
$ 30,242.05 442, 126. 24
4,792. 00
otal Taxes Assessed
$477, 160. 29
Limber of Live Stock Estimated Under Sec. 36, Chap. 59
Horses (1 yr. old, or over)
40
Neat Cattle : (1 yr. old, or over)
Cows (Milch)
79
Bulls 4, Oxen 0, Yearlings: steers 5, heifers 45
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Swine (6 months old, or over)
600
Sheep (6 months old, or over)
27
Fowl
15,128
All Other
4,184
amber of Acres of Land Assessed
10,014
umber of Dwellings Assessed
2,481
TOWN OWNED PROPERTY - REAL ESTATE
ater Department - 150 acres of land and buildings
$416,000. 00
hools - Approx. 34 acres of land and buildings
630, 800. 00
own Park - Approx. 50 acres of land
4,500. 00
lver Lake Beach
500.00
own Hall - 1/4 acre of land and building
8,000.00
emetery - Land and Building
23,800. 00
ibrary - 1/16 acre of land and building
2,000.00
irehouse - 1/8 acre of land and building
2,750.00
oth House - 6, 694 sq. ft. land and building
700.00
ighway Building - 15, 500 sq. ft. land and building
5,000.00
ommon and Flag Staff - 2 acres of land
2,500.00
TOWN OWNED PROPERTY
Land and Buildings
Furniture and other Property
Total
own Hall
8,000.00
2,500.00
10,500.00
olice Department
3,875.00
3,875.00
ire Department
2,750.00
27,900.00
30,650. 00
galer of Weights and Measures
1,300.00
1,300.00
ree Warden's Department
700. 00
1,800.00
2,500.00
ighway Department
5,000.00
23, 300. 00
28, 300.00
elfare Department
1,100.00
1,100.00
chools
629,800. 00
90,000.00
719,800. 00
ibrary
2,000.00
2,000.00
4,000.00
arks, Playgrounds, Gymnasium & Bathhouse
7,650.00
850.00
8,500.00
ater Supply System
416,000.00
12,000.00
428,000.00
eme tery
23,000.00
2,000.00
25,000.00
otal
$1, 094, 900. 00 $168, 625. 00 $1, 263, 525. 00
TOWN COUNSEL
In accordance with the requirements of the Town By-Laws, my report as Town Counsel covering the year 1953 follows:
A. On January 1, 1953, there were pending the following actions by or against the Town (exclusive of actions in which the Town was merely summoned as trustee, and in which it had no in - terest, and of tax lien foreclosure proceedings in the Land Court):
City of Lowell v. Town of Wilmington, District Court of Lowell. (Action of contract by City of Lowell to recover the sum of $275. 96 for special vocational training of certain pupils. )
City of Lowell v. Town of Wilmington, District Court of Lowell. (Action of contract by City of Lowell to recover $657. 77 plus interest for aid furnished in a public welfare case. )
City of Lowell v. Town of Wilmington, District Court of Lowell. (Action of contract by City of Lowell to recover $721. 90 for aid furnished in a public welfare case. )
Town of Wilmington v. A Certain Defendant, Fourth Dis - trict Court of Eastern Middlesex. (Action of contract under G. L. Chap. 117, Sec. 5. )
Jacob Levine & Sons v. Town of Wilmington, Fourth Distric Court of Eastern Middlesex. (Action of contract to recover burial expense. )
Town of Wilmington v. Edward N. Gadsby et als, Commiss. ioners of Department of Public Utilities and Boston and Maine Rail. road Company, Supreme Judicial Court, Suffolk County. (Petition to review certain rulings and orders of the Department of Public Utilities in connection with protection at the Middlesex Avenue Grac Crossing of the Boston and Maine Railroad. )
Town of Wilmington v. Arthur S. Flint, Middlesex Superior Court. (Bill in equity to restrain defendant from further prosecutir an action against the Town to recover for flooding of his land. )
Arthur S. Flint v. Town of Wilmington, Middlesex Superior Court. (Action at law to recover for flooding of plaintiff's land. )
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Blanche E. McQuaid v. Ernest Rice, Sr. Building Inspector and Joseph L'. Cunningham et al, Members of the Board of Appeal of the Town of Wilmington, Middle sex Superior Court. (Bill in equity to review action of Board of Appeal denying permit for lunch - room on Grove Avenue. )
Ernest B. Rice, Inspector of Bldgs. of the Town of Wilming - ton v. Myer I. Eilberg, Middlesex Superior Court. (Bill in equity to enjoin certain erections and alterations of the building at the corner of Main and Church Streets without a building permit. )
Town of Wilmington v. Refrigerator Truck Body Inc. and Harold T. Stanton, Middlesex Superior Court. (Action of tort to recover damages to police car resulting from collision with truck. )
City of Boston v. Town of Wilmington, Suffolk Superior Court. (Action of contract to recover for aid rendered various persons whose legal settlement is supposed to be in Wilmington. )
Samuel Freedman v. Town of Wilmington, Suffolk Superior Court. (Action of tort for personal injuries claimed to have result- ed from a defect in the highway. )
Town of Wilmington v. Julia Godzyk, Administratrix of the Estate of Andrew Klebasz, Fourth District Court of Eastern Middle - sex. (Action of contract to recover amounts expended by the Town for support and hospital treatment of decedent. )
Marion J. Murphy v. Ernest Rice, Sr. , Bldg. Inspector et al, Middlesex Superior Court. (Equity appeal to review the action by the Board of Appeal in denying a variance under the Zoning By- Law requested by the petitioner. )
Town of Wilmington v. Estate of a certain recipient of old age assistance, Fourth District Court of Eastern Middlesex. (Action of contract to recover amounts expended for old age assistance to the decedent. )
Town of Wilmington v. City of Cambridge, Middle sex Super - ior Court. (Action of contract to recover for aid furnished in a public welfare case. )
Town of Wilmington v. City of Somerville, Middle sex Super - ior Court. (Action of contract to recover for aid furnished in a public welfare case. )
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B. (1) During the year 1953 the following new actions were brought by or on behalf of the Town:
Town of Wilmington v. City of Woburn, Middlesex Superior Court. (Action of contract to recover for aid furnished in a public welfare case. )
Town of Wilmington v. John W. O'Brien, Essex Superior Court. (Equity suit to enforce obligation to support. )
Town of Wilmington v. Wendell Phillips, Middlesex Probate Court. (Petition to enforce obligation to support. )
(2) During the year 1953 the following new actions were brought against the Town or its officers or agents:
Rocco and Rose Yentile v. County of Middlesex, Middlesex Superior Court. (Petition for assessment of damages resulting from relocation of Cross Street, the relocation having been made by the County but the Town being liable for any damages which may be assessed. )
Willie B. McIntosh v. County of Middlesex, Middlesex Superior Court. (Petition for assessment of damages resulting from relocation of Cross Street, the relocation having been made by the County but the Town being liable for any damages which may be assessed. )
Elizabeth F. Green v. Town of Wilmington and other defend ants, Middlesex Superior Court. (Action of tort for personal injurie alleged to have been sustained as a result of a defect in Shawsheen Avenue. )
Mary E. Cosgrove v. Town of Wilmington, Middlesex Super ior Court. (Action of tort for trespass and conversion, alleged taking of soil. )
C. During the year 1953 the following actions by or against the Town were finally disposed of:
Town of Wilmington v. Arthur S. Flint, Middle sex Superior Court. (Bill in equity to restrain defendant from further prosecuting an action against the Town to recover for flooding of his land. ) Dis - missed on call of list.
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Arthur S. Flint v. Town of Wilmington, Middlesex Superior court. (Action at law to recover fro flooding of plaintiff's land. ) Dismissed on call of list.
Blanche E. McQuaid v. Ernest Rice, Sr. Building Inspector and Joseph L. Cunningham et al, Members of the Board of Appeal of the Town of Wilmington, Middlesex Superior Court. (Bill in equity to review action of Board of Appeal denying permit for lunch - room on Grove Avenue. ) Dismissed on call of list.
Ernest B. Rice, Inspector of Bldgs. of the Town of Wilming - ton v. Myer I. Eilberg, Middlesex Superior Court. (Bill in equity to enjoin certain erections and alterations of the building at the cor - ner of Main and Church Streets without a building permit. ) Dis - missed on call of list.
Town of Wilmington v. Refrigerator Truck Body Inc. and Harold T. Stanton, Middlesex Superior Court. (Action of tort to recover damages to police car resulting from collision with truck. ) Disposed of by agreed settlement for $600. paid to the Town.
Town of Wilmington v. Estate of a certain recipient of old age assistance, Fourth District Court of Eastern Middlesex. (Action of contract to recover amounts expended for old age assistance to the decedent. ) Disposed of by settlement for $4765. 49 paid to the Town.
D. Compensation was received by the Town Counsel in said matters and in all other matters during the year as follows:
Compensation $575. 00
Disbursements 45. 83
(The above amounts were entirely on account of services rendered and disbursements paid in the calendar year 1952. )
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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT
Books added to the library
620
Books circulated 11,471
Periodicals circulated 338
Borrowers registered 1,565
Fines collected
$174. 19
The library is continuing the program of circulating books among the elementary schools in the town, in the Walker, White - field, West, Maplemeadow, Mildred Rogers, and the Silver Lake Portable school buildings.
From the Merrimac Valley Regional Collection of the Mass. Division of Library Extension, we also have for circulation a numbe of interesting books, mostly non-fiction. This collection is changec every three months. A list of these books and of the new books purchased by the library is published in the Wilmington Crusader soon after they are received. Many other books are available through interlibrary loan.
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