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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
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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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progress
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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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)
Term Expires
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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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5.2 %
town collector
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
4
7
70
6 4
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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
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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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