Town of Wilmington Annual Report 1960-1961, Part 1

Author: Wilmington (Mass.)
Publication date: 1960
Publisher: Town of Wilmington
Number of Pages: 290


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HOW WIL MINGTON'S TAX RATE COMPARES WITH OTHER TOWNS


TOWN


1950


1960


INCREASE IN TAX RATES 1950-1960


WILMINGTON


56.00


64.00


NORTH ANDOVER


43.00


54.00


11.00


NATICK


45.60


63.00


17 40


DANVERS


49.00


68.00


NEEDHAM


38.00


58.00


READING


43.00


64.50


LEXINGTON


43.00


68.00


25 00


BRAINTREE


44.00


69.10


25.00


STONEHAM


50.00


76.00


WAYLAND


49.00


78.00


CHELMSFORD


53.00


87,00


SAUGUS


41.00


76.40


3500


CONCORD


53.00


93.00


TEWKSBURY


40.00


83.00


13.00


BILLERICA


34.00


97.00


63.00


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TAX RATE ANALYSIS


1950


1956


1957


1958


1959


1960


Assessed Valuation


7, 865, 913.00 440,491. 13 56. 00


15, 341, 686. 00 895, 593. 73 58.00


16, 774, 982.00 1,059,522.87 62.80


19,228,670. 00 1,275, 344. 22 66.00


23,855, 002. 25 1, 533,156. 14 64. 00


24,269,675. 00 1,553,259.00 64. 00


Tax Rate


Net Cost from Taxes:


Schools


135,293. 70


469,616. 09


585,822. 89


650, 711.00


804, 669.00


887,137.00


Town Government


275, 723. 43


405, 782. 67


447, 569. 02


599, 247. 66


692, 625. 92


641,844. 11


State, County Agencies


28,474.00


20,194. 98


26, 130. 96


25,385. 56


35,931. 61


24,277. 89


TOTAL TAX LEVY


440,491. 13


895, 593. 73


1,059,522.87


1,275, 344. 22


1, 533, 226. 53


1,553,259.00


School Tax Rate


17. 20(30.7%)


30. 61 (52. 3%)


34. 75(55.0%)


Town Tax Rate


35. 20(63.0%)


26. 07(45.9%)


26. 44 (41. 32%)


State, County Tax Rate


3. 60 ( 6. 3%)


1.32 ( 2. 3%)


1. 55 ( 2.4%)


1. 50 ( 2. 34%)


1.00( 1.56%)


TOTAL TAX RATE


$56. 00


$58.00


$62.80


$66. 00


$64. 00


$64. 00


33. 68(51.02%) 31. 01( 46. 99%) 1.31( 1.99%)


33. 59 (52. 49%) 28.91(45.17%)


36. 56(57. 12%)


26. 50 (42. 6%)


Tax Levy


26. 00


29.00


35.00


90.00


19 00


20.00


21 50


8.00


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INDEX


Page


Accepted Streets


58


Animal Inspector


52


Board of Appeals


26


Board of Assessors


16


Board of Health


46


Board of Public Welfare


53


Board of Selectmen


2


Boards, Committees, and Commissions


8 30


Building By-law Committee


31


Carter (Sarah D. J. ) Lecture Fund


45


Cemetery Commissioners


43


Constable


21


Directory of Officials


6


Dog Officer


23


Elections:


Presidential Primary (4/26/60)


97


State Primary (9/13/60)


102


Election (11/8/60)


109


Fire Department


34


Fire Department Personnel


71


Highway Department


40


Housing Authority


56 66


Library Trustees


44


Permanent Building Committee


38 22


Plans for the Future


5


Police Department


32


Police Department Personnel


70


Progress - 1960


4


Recreation Commission


25


Registrars of Voters


15


School Committee


73


School Maintenance Department


82 57


Superintendent of Schools


75


Town Accountant


120


Town Clerk


14


Town Collector


12


Town Counsel


18


Town Engineer


24


Town Manager


9


Town Meetings:


Annual Town Meeting - Mar. 5, 1960 85


Special Town Meeting


- Sept. 19, 1960


106


Special Town Meeting - Nov. 28. 1960


113


Special Town Meeting (Adjourned) - Dec. 5, 1960


116


Warrant Annual Town Meeting - Mar. 4, 1961


117


Town Treasurer


11


Tree Department


35


Veterans' Agent


65


Water Department


36


Wilmington's Skating Star - Jeanne Ashworth


Front Cover - St. Thomas Catholic Church (upper left)


St. Dorothy's Catholic Church (lower right)


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Jury List


Planning Board


Sealer of Weights & Measures


Building Inspector


board of selectmen 1960


Mrs. Wavie M. Drew


Charles H. Black


Nicholas L. DeFelice (Chairman)


John D. Brooks


Donald C. Kidder


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CORPORAL


TOWN OF WILMINGTON MASSACHUSETTS


BOARD OF SELECTMEN


To the Citizens of Wilmington:


It would be wise for the citizens of Wilmington to make a personal re-assessment of their community; and to re-evaluate for themselves the unique privilege, which is theirs, to take such an immediate part in the conduct of their own local affairs.


This is no time for public apathy.


Tremendous changes have taken place in the life of this community during the past ten years. More drastic changes are ahead. The expansion of the "fifties" was due to popu- lation surges from outside the community; the changes of the "sixties" must originate with our own people, within our own town.


This will require wisdom, vision, and sound judgment; it will demand not only the efficient operation of the town government, but also the intelligent, effective, and whole-hearted cooperation of the townspeople, themselves.


New schools, expanded municipal services, better roads - these are costly. But they can be had, if the citizens of the town are prepared to pay the price - not necessarily in dollars - but in a cooperative effort to attract new enterprise and diversified industry as an expanded base of tax revenue.


To reduce a national need to more modest and familiar proportions, it must not be "What the Town Can Do for Us" but rather, what we, as individuals, can do for the community at large.


Our "NEW FRONTIERS" are here at home.


Respectfully submitted, Board of Selectmen


Nicholas L. DeFelice, Chairman Charles H. Black John D. Brooks Wavie M. Drew Donald C. Kidder


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WHAT WE DID IN 1960


. construction of Boutwell Street School.


initiated program for our police officers to receive training at State Police Academy. The two men that we sent finished at the top of their class.


. developed our sidewalk program, and purchased sidewalk roller and sidewalk plow.


. completed and moved into our new Police Station.


. completed and moved into our new Public Works Garage.


. completed and moved into our new Public Health Laboratory.


. over $1, 000, 000 of new assessed valuation.


. industrial expansion continues with several new industries intending to locate in Wilmington in 1961.


. increased facilities at Silver Lake.


. resurfaced twenty miles of streets.


construction of Concord Street.


drainage on Adams Street, North Street, Grove Avenue, Shawsheen Avenue, Burlington Avenue, Pineridge Road, Carolyn Road and Pinewood Road.


. new equipment purchased: two police cruisers, rotomist sprayer for Tree Department, automobile for the Welfare Department, three trucks for the Highway, Fire, and School Maintenance Department


. paved several avenues in the cemetery.


. voted $1, 050, 000 for new Intermediate School in North Wilmington to be ready for occupancy in September, 1962.


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the job ahead


WHAT WE PLAN FOR THE FUTURE


. continue efforts to attract new industry.


initiate tree planting program.


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construct Pineridge Road .


construct Carolyn Road . ..


. ... provide new Town Hall facilities.


... adopt revised building code.


... develop wells at new wellfield site.


... mechanize town bookkeeping system.


continue procedure to correct street drainage problems.


continue our expanded street program.


continue our program for proper street lighting.


. initiate and develop municipal owned and operated sanitary landfill operation for disposal of rubbish.


. continue our sidewalk program. .


... erect street signs for renamed streets.


.. . widen and reconstruct Boutwell Street


... dredge, widen, and relocate the Ipswich River


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DIRECTORY OF OFFICIALS - 1960


Term Expire:


Nicholas L. DeFelice, Chairman


1961


John D. Brooks


1961


Wavie M. Drew


1962


Charles H. Black


1963


Donald C. Kidder


1963


Olive M. Sheldon, Clerk


(Francis J. Hagerty, Resigned)


Cecil O. Lancaster


Simon Cutter


(annually)


Henry Sullivan, Chairman


1961


Ernest M. Crispo, Vice Chairman


1963


George G. Robertie, Secretary


1961


Robert F. Hastings


1962


Edward F. Page


1962


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John F. Hartnett


1963


(Arthur V. Lynch, Resigned)


Harold S. Shea (John J. Collins, Resigned)


Leverett Saltonstall of Dover Benjamin A. Smith II of Gloucester


F. Bradford Morse of Lowell


James J. Long 7th Middlesex District 14 Plympton St. , Woburn


Frank D. Tanner 18th Middlesex District 24 Federal Street, Reading


Thomas F. Donahue 18 Middlesex District 75 Pine Street, Woburn


BOARD OF SELECTMEN


TOWN MANAGER


TOWN MODERATOR


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS


U. S. SENATORS:


U. S. REPRESENTATIVE:


STATE SENATOR:


STATE REPRESENTATIVES:


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OFFICERS & DEPARTMENT HEADS


Accountant Animal Inspector Building Inspector Cemetery Superintendent Civil Defense Director Constables Director of Public Welfare Dog Officer Engineer Fence Viewer Fire Chief Highway Superintendent Librarian Maintenance Superintendent Medical Agent, Board of Health Milk Inspector Moth Superintendent Nurse, Public Health Nurse, School Nurse, School


Physicians, School Plumbing Inspector Police Chief Public Health Officer


Sealer Weights & Measures Slaughtering Inspector Town Clerk Town Clerk (Assistant) Town Collector Town Counsel Town Treasurer Tree Warden Veterans Agent Veterans Grave Officer Water Superintendent Wire Inspector


Harry Ainsworth,


Gerald Fagan, M. D.


Robert H. Peters Leo E. LeBlanc Minot J. Anderson Francis Downs Rene J. LaRivee A. John Imbimbo Walter Coleman Leo E. LeBlanc Alphonse Savignac Maurice O'Neil Arthur J. Boudreau James H. White Clara P. Chipman Anton Thiel Gerald Fagan, M. D. Patrick A. Thibeau John W. Babine Ann Butters, R.N. Helen E. Martin, R. N. Sylvia Levine, R.N. Ernest C. MacDougall, M. D. Herbert W. Pickering Paul J. Lynch Patrick A. Thibeau Alphonse Savignac Leo E. LeBlanc Esther L. Russell Sylvia Bowman Miriam H. Ware Philip B. Buzzell Grace H. Tilley John W. Babine Arthur Harper Guy E. Nichols Edmund H. Sargent Charles Webster


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ADVISORY COMMITTEES TO THE TOWN MANAGER


BUILDING BY-LAW


Roland Wood, Chairman Raymond F. Fitzmaurice Garnet Mills


PERSONNEL ADVISORY John Brooks, Chairman Albert Blackburn, Jr. Paul Duggan Carl Gubellini


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BOARDS, COMMITTEES, AND COMMISSIONS


Term Expires


APPEAL, BOARD OF


LIBRARY TRUSTEES


Frankline E. Allen, Chairman


1961


Evelyn Norton


1961


Parker E. Hodgdon


1962


May Hadley


1962


Marjorie M. Emery


1962


Philip B. Buzzell


1963


Elizabeth N. Neilson


1963


(Esther C. Hall, resigned)


ASSESSORS, BOARD OF


Stanley Webber, Principal Assessor Olive M. Sheldon


Maurice D. O'Neil


Paul H. Niles, Secretary 1963


Raymond G. McClure 1961


Vincent R. McLain


1961


Joseph F. Courtney


1962


PLANNING BOARD


William A. Beers, Chairman 1963


Raymond Fitzmaurice, Secretary


1962


Joseph Slater


1961


James F. Banda


1962


A. Daniel Gillis


1964


Herbert Nickerson


1964


John R. Evans


1965


ELECTION OFFICERS


Harold E. Melzar, Warden


1961


Stanley Webber, Deputy Warden


1961


Simon Cutter, Clerk 1961


Frances R. Cleveland, Deputy Clerk


1961


Mildred A. Dolan, Inspector


1961


Olive M. Sheldon, Inspector


1961


Donald F. Hebsch


Florence Balkus, Deputy Inspector 1961


Elizabeth Cavanaugh, Deputy Inspector


1961


FINANCE COMMITTEE


Herbert C. Barrows, Honorary for Life


William P. Curtin, Chairman


1961


Robert B. Michelson, Vice Chairman 1963


Phyllis O'Leary


1962


Carl E. Gubellini, Secretary


1963


Cornelius F. Joyce


1961


William A. Stickney


1961


TRUSTEES OF TRUST FUNDS


Philip B. Buzzell, Chairman 1963


Harold E. Melzar 1961


Edward M. Neilson


1962


Ralph H. Biggar


1963


(John D. Brooks, resigned)


HEALTH, BOARD OF


Augustus C. Walker, Chairman


1962


Marion C. Boylen


1961


Erving S. Pfau


1963


Patrick Thibeau, Public Health Officer


(Vinal E. Lewis, resigned)


HOUSING AUTHORITY


William F. Smith, Chairman 1961


Ernest B. Rice, Vice Chairman 1955


M. Flora Kasabuski, Secretary 1961


James P. Donahue, Treasurer 1962


Edward Sullivan, State Member


1963


(Frank H. McLean, resigned)


(Alan E. Fenton, State Member, resigned)


WATER & SEWER COMMISSIONERS, BOARD OF


Harold E. Melzar, Chairman 1963


Waldo A. Stevens 1961


Arnold C. Blake


1962


WELFARE, BOARD OF PUBLIC


Maurice D. O'Neil, Chairman


Florence A. Balkus


Anna M. Low 1961


Walter F. Coleman, Director & Secretary


(Andrew P. Ring, Director & Secretary, resigned)


PERMANENT BUILDING COMMITTEE


Erwin Hanke, Chairman 1963


CARTER LECTURE FUND COMMITTEE


Guy E. Nichols


1961


Mildred E. Neilson


1962


Helen P. Hayward


1963


Madelon C. Slater


1964


CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS


Joseph B. McMahon, Chairman


1962


William F. Cavanaugh


1961


Guy E. Nichols


1963


(Howard C. Woolaver, resigned)


RECREATION COMMISSION


Maybelle A. Bliss, Chairman


Lawrence H. Cushing, Director


Carl A. Backman


Edward M. Nichols


Norbert L. Sell


REGISTRARS, BOARD OF


Joseph P. Ring, Chairman


1961


F. Talbot Emery 1963


Esther L. Russell, Clerk


John G. Hayward


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Dr. John P. Silvers


1962


George W. Boylen, Jr.


1962


Louis E. Gage, Chairman


1961


Bruce MacDonald


1963


C. Homer Coursey, Associate


1961


Henry R. Hesse, Associate


1961


(Almerico T. DiCampo, resigned)


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Town Manager, Cecil O. Lancaster


To the Citizens of Wilmington:


It is with pleasure that I present the 1960 Annual Report of the Town of Wilmington covering the tenth year of operation under the Town Manager form of government.


Your 1960 tax dollar supported a year of carefully-planned municipal improvements. Despite rising costs, the Town of Wilmington was able to complete a variety of important capital-improvement projects with- out an increase in the tax rate.


In all of its efforts to improve Wilmington, your town government was "cost conscious". To under - take these improvements, and to continue all the established services which the community expects to enjoy, without an increase in taxes, are major accomplishments. This was not the work of a single individual. Such benefits are achieved only through the cooperative efforts of all town employees and officers.


Therefore, I wish to express my sincere appreciation to the Board of Selectmen, to the conscientious unpaid municipal boards, and to our loyal town employees. Without their continuing cooperation and interest, his could not have been possible.


Respectfully submitted,


Cecil O. Lancaster Town Manager


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WILMINGTON'S SKATING STAR


Fination


Jeanne Ashworth


In an age of motion, Wilmington's twin symbols of speed are the Avco nose cone and Jeanne Ashworth.


Sometime in the next decade, a giant U. S. missile, tipped by a friction impervious Avco nose cone, may well lead the way to Mars or some other far distant planet.


In the meantime, Jeanne is setting a pace far too speedy for the rest of the world's women skaters to match.


The past year has been a triumphant one for her, as she raced to one victory after another, bringing athletic reknown to Wilmington and her skating club associates.


It used to be that Wilmington, Del. was known as the headquarters of the giant Dupont empire; now it's Wilmington, Mass., the home of Jeanne Ashworth.


To borrow a phrase from the local Boswell, Jeanne is now the Bobby Jones of the skating world. She's the only girl in the U. S. skating history to hold the "Big Four" titles at the same time.


In the past year she won both the National Indoor and Outdoor Speed Championships; and the North American Outdoor and Indoor Speed Championships.


In addition, she won an Olympic bronze medal for the United States by finishing third in the 500 Metres at the Winter Olympics. In that performance she defeated two of Russia's best skaters, including Tamara Rylova, the world record holder.


In that performance, she so won the affection and admiration of the Soviet athletes that she now ranks as one of America's top goodwill ambassadors.


But that will not dull her incentive in international competition. Her next goal is the World Championship.


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TOWN TREASURER Mrs. Grace H. Tilley


Cash in Treasury January 1, 1960


Total Receipts 1960


4, 227,954. 81


4,671,733. 61


Less Payments by Treasury Warrant


4, 332,992. 49


Cash in Treasury January 1, 1961


$ 338, 741. 12


WILMINGTON'S 1960 BUDGET


INCOME


MISCELLANEOUS


INCOME TAXES/SCHOOLS


REIMB. - CHARITIES


CORP TAX 0.7%


REIME, SCHOOL CONST.


3.3%


5. 0%


TRANSFERS FROM SURPLUS


16%


2.9 %


MOTOR


VEHICLE EXCISE


4.8 %


SCHOOLS


5.8 %


PROPERTY TAX


70.7 %


EXPENSES


UNCLASSIFIED & RESERVE


V9%


ALL OTHER TOWN


SCHOOLS


24 3 %


51.1 %


2.4 %


OVERLAY


6.8 %


CHARITIES { VETERANS BENEFITS


PENSIONS 06%


09%


STATE & COUNTY AGENCIES


$$ 3.8%


ALL OTHER DEBTS


8.2 %


SCHOOL DEBT


"INCLUDES - PROTECTION OF PERSONS & PROPERTY, PUBLIC WORKS, GENERAL GOVT., HEALTH f SANITATION, LIBRARY 4 RECR.


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$ 443,778. 80


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Balance 12/31/59


Commitments 1960


Collected


Abatements


Refunds


Tax Title


Bala 12/3


Various Commit. 1957 and prior yrs.


541.98


1958


Poll


90.00


30.00


18.00


Personal


655. 54


535. 09


46. 20


Excise


1,749.45


468. 76


573. 25


Real Estate


15,515. 78


12,525.06


342.05


3. 33


2,652.00


1959


Poll


200.00


100.00


36. 00


67


Personal


5,992.80


3,956. 64


1,357.76


Excise


12,477.50


42,715. 96


42,789.20


9,481.33


1,992.53


4,91


Real Estate


77,936. 31


57,769. 17


1,029.86


760. 08


2,820. 48


17,07


1960


Poll


6,730.00


5,576. 00


932.00


12.00


23


Personal


69,429. 76


62,894.80


1,506.24


97.28


5,12


Excise


*167,159.30


115, 758.26


11,494. 75


4,876. 09


44,78


Farm Excise


259. 04


195. 78


6. 25


Real Estate


1, 554, 644. 20


1,422,353. 55


60,334. 64


8,193.29


9,488.00


70, 6


* 26,685.99


in Dec. '60


Water Liens


1958


281.80


223. 16


58. 64


1959


1,393. 19


1,144. 15


21.00


1960


5,598.86


4,343. 26


18. 50


452. 83


Betterments


1958


Deferred Water


Comm. Interest


21. 36


21. 36


Apport. Water


85. 15


55.90


29. 25


Comm. Interest


91.52


68. 24


23. 28


Apport. Street


111. 77


111. 77


Comm. Interest


78. 59


78. 59


83


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7


70


6 4


E


22


82


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Balance 12/31/59


Commitments 1960


Collected


Abatements


Refunds


Tax Title


Balance 12/31/60


Betterments


1959


Apport. Water


447. 04


232. 10


34. 42


29. 11


151. 41


Comm. Interest


501. 50


278. 70


22. 12


200. 68


Apport. Street


237. 84


206. 74


. 54


31. 64


Comm. Interest


176. 76


152. 68


24. 08


Jnapport. Water


44,442. 98


1,748.06


605. 23


Apportioned


1960


Real Est. Tax bills


1960


Apport. Water


4,600. 95


3,488.00


26. 55


60.89


1,078.61


Comm. Interest


2,893.88


2,064. 66


42. 86


786. 36


Apport. Street


1,012.11


860. 23


15. 82


136. 06


Comm. Interest


695. 99


586. 67


11. 39


97.93


Apport. Water


aid in full


2,430.76


2,430. 76


Comm. Interest


35. 42


35. 42


Apport. Street


aid in full


1,651.01


1,654.41


3.40


Comm. Interest


21. 75


21. 75


Inapport. Water


4,559. 65


837. 74


221.50


3,500. 41 To be apportioned 1961 Real Estate Tax Bills


nterest Jemand Charges


3,018. 68


2,346. 20


TOTAL


$1, 864, 438. 64 $1, 751, 503. 52


Lien Certificates Advertising Charges


1,226. 00


32. 25


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TOWN COLLECTOR Mrs. Miriam H. Ware


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Town Clerk Mrs. Esther L. Russell


Vital Statistics - Chapter 46, General Laws as Amended:


BIRTHS - final figure for 1959 - Three hundred and seventy-seven (377)


BIRTHS - actually recorded to date in 1960 - Three hundred and forty-six (346) (This figure will be increased when the final reports are in)


MARRIAGE INTENTIONS - recorded in 1960 - One hundred and ten (110)


MARRIAGES - recorded in 1960 - One hundred and twenty-three (123)


DEATHS - recorded in 1960 - Eighty-nine (89)


Chapter 46, Section 15:


The Town Clerk will furnish to parents, householders, physicians and registered hospital medical officers applying therefor, blanks for the return of births as required by law.


Chapter 114, Section 45:


Forty (40) Burial Permits have been issued by the Town Clerk as Special Agent for the Board of Health. Town Records:


PERMITS AND CERTIFICATES OF REGISTRATION FOR THE STORAGE OF INFLAMMABLES: These licenses must be registered by the owner or occupant of the land, or by the holder of the license in the Town Clerk's office on or before April 30 of each year. Notification will be sent on or about March 15 If not registered as required by law, the license may be revoked by the licensing authority, after a public hearing. Sixty-four (64) permits or new licenses were recorded in 1960.


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registrars of voters


In accordance with Section 1, Chapter 3, of the Town By-laws, meetings of the Board of Registrars are held on the second Monday of each month for the registration and conduct of business. Under Chapter 626 of the Acts of 1958, this meeting is open to the public and the press, and it is so posted in the Town Hall.


Women married prior to January 1 must re-register under their marriage name. Naturalized citizens must have their naturalization papers with them when registering.


New residents are requested to notify the Board of Registrars of the date which they take residence in the town. Any change of address within the town during the year should be brought to the attention of the Board so that your name will not be removed from the voting list in error.


In order to keep the voting list as up to date as possible, this board annually compares the voting list with the yearly street listing. If a voter's name does not appear on the street listing, it is subject to removal from the voting register.


November 1960 registered voters: Democrats - 1198, Republicans - 947, Independents - 3669, Total registered voters - 5814.


Annual Census 1960. 12,764 Federal Census 1960. .12,430


PRINCIPAL ASSESSOR Stanley Webber


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RECAPITULATION - 1960


Total Appropriations (Taxation)


$2,076, 338. 50 104,023.86


2,180,362. 36


Total Appropriations (Available Funds)


Tax Title Foreclosures


216.00


Amount necessary to satisfy final court judgments


1,443.97


Overlay Deficits (Overdrafts)


24,586. 60


Total Deficits (Abatements)


5,053.26


Pension Fund


19,485. 30


Amount certified to Treasurer for Tax Takings (Overdraft)


87.00


State Parks and Reservation


3,116.97


State Audit


120. 16


County Tax


18,119.50


Tuberculosis Hospital Assessment


2,921.26


Overlay


42,855. 09


115,005. 11


Gross Amount to be Raised


2,295,367. 47


Less Estimated Receipts and Available Funds:


Income Tax


155,531. 48


Corporation Taxes


18,655.95


Reimbursement Publicly Owned Land


66. 96


Old Age Tax (Meals)


2,726. 58


Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise


136, 342. 87


Licenses


4,000.00


Special Assessments


3,300.00


General Government


5,090.00


Protections of Persons and Property


5,217.00


Health and Sanitation


2,070.00


Charities


16,878.00


Old Age Assistance


39,509.00


Veterans' Services


8,460.00


Schools


45,185.00


Libraries


653.00


Cemeteries


3,219.00


Interest on Taxes and Assessments


5,632.00


State Assistance for School Construction


77, 176. 49


Farm Animal Excise


240.00


Unclassified


2,282. 00


Sewer Bonds and Interest


27,504. 00


Total Estimated Receipts


559,739.33


Overestimate of previous year (County Hospital Assessment)


1,894.08


State Parks and Reservations


348. 44


Voted from Available Funds


104,023.86


106,266. 38


Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds


666, 055.71


Net Amount to be Raised by Taxation


1,629,361.76


2,295,367. 47


Personal Property


1,084,540 @ 64. 00 per M


69,410.56


Real Estate


24, 269, 675 @ 64. 00 per M


1,553,259. 20


Polls


3,346 @ 2.00 each


6,692.00


Total Taxes Levied on Polls and Property


1,629,361.76


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TABLE OF AGGREGATES FOR WILMINGTON OF POLLS, PROPERTY AND TAXES, AS ASSESSED JANUARY 1, 1960


Compiled from the figures entered in the Valuation List:


Number of Persons Assessed:


Individuals


A11 Other


Total


On Personal Estate Only


19


37


56


On Real Estate Only


3938


204


4142


On Both Personal and Real Estate


188


22


210


Total Number of Persons Assessed


4408


Total Number of Polls Assessed


3346


Value of Assessed Personal Estate:


Stock in Trade


$ 102,340.00


Machinery


150,114. 00


Live Stock


39,766.00


All Other Tangible Personal Property


792, 320.00


Total Value of Assessed Personal Estate


1,084,540.00


Value of Assessed Real Estate:


Land exclusive of Buildings


3,009,365.00


Buildings exclusive of Land


21,260,310. 00


Total Value of Assessed Real Estate


24,269,675.00


Total Valuation of Assessed Estate


25,354,215.00


Tax Rate per $1, 000 - $64. 00


Taxes for State, County and Town purposes, including Overlay:


On Personal Estate


69,410. 56


On Real Estate


1,553,259.20


On Polls


6,692.00


Total Taxes Assessed


1,275, 344. 22


Number of Livestock Assessed :


General


Farm Animals Assessed


Horses ( 1 yr. old or over)


48


Neat Cattle ( 1 yr. old or over)


Cows (Milch)


19


63


Bulls 1, Oxen 0, Steers 0, Heifers 12


13


22


Swine ( 6 mos. old or over)


283


1255


Sheep ( 6 mos. old or over)


8


20


Fowl


90


5850


All Other


50,805


14, 669


Number of Acres of Land Assessed:


10,340


Number of Dwelling Houses Assessed:


3,383


17


town counsel


In accordance with the requirements of the Town By-laws, I submit herewith my report as Town Counsel covering the year 1960.


A. On January 1, 1960, there were pending the following actions by or against the Town (exclusiv of actions in which the Town was merely summoned as trustee, and in which it had no interest, 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 District Court of Eastern Middlesex. (Action of contract under G. L. Chap. 117, Sec. 5. )


Jacob Levine & Sons v. Town of Wilmington, Fourth District Court of Eastern Middlesex. (Action of contract to recover burial expense. )


Town of Wilmington v. Edward N. Gadsby et als, Commissioners of Department of Public Utilities and Boston and Maine Railroad 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 Middle - sex Avenue Grade Crossing of the Boston and Maine Railroad. )




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