Official reports of the town of Wayland 1929-1930, Part 8

Author: Wayland (Mass.)
Publication date: 1929
Publisher: Printed at the Middlesex Freeman Office
Number of Pages: 468


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Briggs, L. B. R. The sphinx garrulous. 793 B76S


Brooks, Alfred M. Architecture and the allied arts. 720 B79


Buranelli, Prosper and others. The cross word puzzle book.


793 B93


Cave, Edna S. Craft work.


740 C31


Dearmer, Percy and others. The Oxford book of carols.


784 D34


Glass, F. J. Modelling and sculpture.


730 G46


Halsey, R. T. H. The homes of our ancestors.


749 H16


Hayden, Arthur. Chats on old prints.


760 H32


Holloway, Edward S. American furniture and decoration, colonial and federal. 749 H72


Lacoste, J. R. Lacoste on tennis.


796 L11


Mantle, Burns. American playwrights.


792 M31


Mason, James. The principles of chess.


794 M38


Rochemont, Ruth de. Evolution of art.


709 R59


Roosevelt, Theodore and Kermit. Trailing the giant panda. 799 R673T


Weitenkampf, Frank. How to appreciate prints. 760 W43 Wren, Lassiter. The second baffle book. 793 W92


Gardening


Cotter, James L. A simple guide to rock planting.


716 C82


Craig, William N. Lilies and their culture in North America. 716 C84


Holland, Leicester B. The garden blue book. 716 H71


Hill, Amelia L. Garden portraits. 716 H55


Hottes, Alfred C. The book of annuals.


716 H79A


A little book of climbing plants.


716 H79C


A little book of perennials. 716 H79B


Jacob, Joseph. Hardy bulbs for amateurs.


716 J15


Jekyll, Gertrude. Colour schemes for the flower garden.


716 J38


Lay, Charles D. A garden book for autumn and winter. 716 L45


McLean, F. T., and others. The gladiolus book. 716 M22


Mckinney, Ella P. Iris in the little garden. 716 M21


MacSelf, A. J. Hardy perennials. 716 M24


Orloff, Henry S. A garden bluebook of annuals and biennials. 716 OR8


157


Palmer, F. E. Milady's house plants. 716 P18


Rockwell, F. F. The book of bulbs. 716 R59B


Rock gardens. 716 R59R


Shelton, Louise. Continuous bloom in America.


716 SH4C


The seasons in a flower garden. 716 SH4S


Volz, Emil C. Home flower-growing.


716 V88 Wilson, Ernest H. The lilies of eastern Asia. 716 W69L Wister, John C. The iris.


716 W76


Wright, Richardson. The practical book of


outdoor flowers. 716 W93


Useful Arts


Babbitt, Harold E. Plumbing.


696 B11


Baldwin, W. H. The shopping book.


647 B19


Cushing, Harvey. Consecratio medici and


other papers.


610 C95


Eddy, Sarah J. Alexander and some other cats. 636.2 ED2


Fansler, P. E. House heating with oil fuel.


697 F21


Gilfillan, Archer B. Sheep.


636.3 G39


Gilman. A. Practical bee-keeping.


638 G42


Haldane, J. B. S. Callinicus; a defence of chemical warfare. 623 H12


Hawes, John B., 2nd. You-and the doctor. 613 H31


Hodgkins, Eric. Sky high.


629 H66


Inglee, Charles T., and others. Pure-bred dogs. 636.1 IN4


McGrew, Thomas F. Practical poultry. 636.5 M17


Park, William H. Who's who among the mi- crobes. 616 P21


Fellett. Frank C. . Beginner's bee book. 638 P36


Porter, Victor W. Practical candy making. 642 P83


Sewall, Charles H. Lessons in telegraphy. 652 SE8 Whiting, Gertrude. Tools and toys of stitchery. 646 W59


Willoughby, Malcolm F. Lighthouses of New England. 627 W68


Miscellaneous


Dimnet, Ernest. The art of thinking.


153 D59


Durant, Will. The mansions of philosophy. 109 D93M


Eddington, A. S. The nature of the physical world. 501 ED2


Stone, John T. Everyday religion. 240 ST7


158


Kittredge, George L. Witchcraft in Old and New England. 133 K65


Luyten, Willem J. The pageant of the stars. 520 L59


Maynard, Charles J. Vocal organs of talking birds. 598 M45V


Taintor, Sarah A., and others. The secretary's handbook. 425 T13


Worcester, Elwood. The allies of religion. 252 W89


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M353H


Marshall. Edison. The Fish Hawk.


M3545FI


Masefield. John. The hawbucks.


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M384B


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M384WI


Merwin. Samuel. Lady can do.


M556L


Monroe, Anne S. The world I saw.


M757W


Montgomery, L. M. Magic for Marigold.


M762M


Morley. Frank. East south east.


M8233


Morrow. Honore W. Splendor of God.


M686S


Norris, Kathleen. Red silence.


N795RE


O'Brien. Edward J .. ed. The best short stories of 1929. OB650


Ogden. George W. Sooner Land.


OG24S


Oppenheim. E. Phillips. Mr. Bellingham, the marquis and Madelon.


OP55MB


The treasure of Martin Hews. OP55T


The Glenlitten murder. OP55GL


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Oskinson, John M. A Texas Titan.


Payne, Elizabeth S. Hearthstones.


Pedler, Margaret. The guarded halo. P346G


Porter, Jeannette Stratton. Freckles comes home.


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Priestly, J. B. The good companions.


P934G


Raine, William M. The fighting tenderfoot.


R136F


Rice, Alice H. The buffer.


R362B


Richmond, Grace S. At the South Gate.


R413A


The Listening Post.


R413LI


Rinehart, Mary R. The romantics. This strange adventure.


R473RO


Rosman, Alice G. Visitors to Hugo.


R736V.


Sabatini, Rafael. The romantic prince.


SA13R


Sassoon, Siegfried. Memoirs of a fox-hunting man.


SA77M


Sawyer, Ruth. Four ducks on a pond.


SA98F


Sayers, Dorothy L. The Dawson pedigree.


SA99D


Scanlon, William T. God have mercy on us!


SCA66


Scott, Mansfield. The black circle.


SCO844B


Sedgwick, Anne D. Dark Hester.


SE23D


Seltzer, Charles A. The raider. The red brand.


SE45RE


Slosson, Annie T. Fishin' Jimmy. Story-Tell Lib. SL44S


SL44F


Smith, Harriet L. Pollyanna's debt of honor.


SM54PD


Pollyanna's jewels.


SM54PJ


Pollyanna's western adventure.


SM54PW


Tarkington, Booth. Penrod Jashber. Young Mrs. Greeley.


T174Y


Tracy, Louis. Number seventeen.


T672N


Vachell, Horace A. The leading man.


V135L


Van Dine, S. S. The bishop murder case.


V282BI


Vance, Louis J. The lone wolf.


V276L


Wallace, Edgar. The face in the night.


W1553FA


Mammoth mystery book.


W1553MA


Walpole, Hugh. Hans Frost. W164HA


Wharton, Edith. Hudson River bracketed. W554HU


Williams, Ben Ames. Death on Scurvy Street.


W671DE


Williamson Henry. The beautiful years. The pathway.


W6725P


Willoughby, Barrett. The trail eater.


W684T


Wilson, Harry L. The lone tree.


W6913L


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Wodehouse, P. G. Fish preferred. W814F W926S


Wren, Percival C. Soldiers of misfortune.


Zweig, Arnold. The case of Sergeant Grischa. Z95C


Books for Boys and Girls


Allee, Marjorie H. Susanne and Tristram. jAL52


Armitage, Harold. Three hundred things a bright


boy can do. j790 AR5


Aulnoy, M. C., comtesse d'. The white cat.


j398 AU5


Bacon, Peggy. Mercy and the mouse. jB137M


Ball, Walter S. Carmelia commands. jB212C


Barbour, Ralph H. Grantham gets on. jB236GR


Bartlett, Arthur C. The runaway dog team. jB282R


Bates, Katherine L. Little Robin Stay-Behind, and other plays in verse for children. j812 B31 Beale, Harriet B. The beginnings of chemistry. j540 B36 Beard, Daniel C. Buckskin book for buckskin


men and boys. j790 B38BU


Bill, Alfred H. The red prior's legacy. jB495R


Borski, Lucia M. The jolly tailor. j398 B64


Brann, Esther. Nanette of the wooden shoes. jB736N


Brock, Emma L. The runaway sardine. jB783


Bryant, Sara C. Gordon in the great woods. jB842G


Burgess, Thornton W. The Burgess seashore book for children j590 B91


Calvin, Jack. Square-rigged. jC137S


Cannon, Cornelia J. The pueblo girl.


jC168P


Carter, Russell G. A patriot lad of old Sara- toga. jC245PS


Three points of honor. jC245T


Case, John F. Banners of scoutcraft.


jC264B


Charnley, Mitchell V. The boys' life of the Wright brothers. jB W935C


Chilton, A. W. A West Pointer's honor. jC437W


Coatsworth, Elizabeth. The cat and the captain. jC632C Crew, Helen C. Alanna. jC868


Curtis, Alice T. A frontier girl of Virginia. jC944VF


A little maid of South Carolina. jC944S


De La Mare, Walter. Stories from the Bible.


j220 D37


Dennis, Clara S. The all-holidays book of Jane and John. jD426


De Segur, Madame. Sophie.


jD473


Douglas, R. B., Jr. Three Boy Scouts in Africa. j916 D74


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- -. A boy scout in the grizzly country. j917.9 D74 Drummond, Henry. The monkey that would not kill. jD845M


Eaton, Walter P. Boy Scouts at Crater Lake. jEA86C Boy Scouts in the Dismal Swamp. jEA86D


Boy Scouts in Glacier Park. jEA86G Boy Scouts in the White Mountains. jEA86W .


. The Boy Scouts of Berkshire. jEA86B


.


Boy Scouts of Wildcat Patrol. jEA86WI Boy Scouts on Katahdin. jEA86K


Boy Scouts on the Green Mountain


trail.


jEA86GR


Peanut-cub reporter. jEA86P


Edgeworth, Maria. Tales.


jED34TA


Elias, E. L. The young folk's book of polar exploration. j919.8 EL4


Evans, Hubert. Derry's partner. jEV14D


Everson, Florence M. Early days in Ohio. jEV23E


Eyton, John. Kuller and the elephant. jEY86K Field, Rachel. Hittie, her first hundred years. jF457H


Flores, Augusto. My hike. j918 F66


Fuller, Halsey O. Halsey in the West Indes. j917.2 F95


Gag, Wanda. The funny thing. jG123F


Garis, Howard R. Chad of Knob Hill. jG183C


Gordon, Dorothy. Sing it yourself. j784 G65


Guerber, H. A. Story of the Romans. j937 G93


Hauck, Louise P. The gold trail. jH294G


Harper, Theodore A. Forgotten gods. jH232F


Harper, W. The girl of Hilltop, and other stories. jH2324 Harrower, Molly. Plain Jane. j821 H24


Hillyer, V. M. A child's geography of the world. j909 H55C


Hinkle, Thomas C. Bugle. jH595B


Holland, Rupert S. Drake's lad. jH715D


Horth, A. C. 101 things for a boy to make.


j790 H78


Huld, Palle. A Boy Scout around the world. j910 H87


Jekyll, Grace B. Two boys in South American jungles. jJ387


Jenkins, MacGregor. The last cruise of the Panther. jJ418L Shiner Watson. jJ418S


Karig, Walter. "Hungry" Crawford. JK144H


King, Elizabeth. Today's A B C book. jK5863


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King, Julius. Familiar birds in rhyme. j598 K58


More birds in rhyme. j598 K58M


Knipe. E. B., and A. A. Lost-a brother. jK746LT The pirate's ward. jK746PI


Lippincott. Joseph W. Long Horn, leader of the deer. jL663L


Lisle, Clifton. Hobnails and heather.


j914 L68


Lofting. Hugh. Noisy Nora.


jL826N


Loomis. Alfred F. Troubled waters. Walt Henley Overseas. Walt Henley skipper.


jL875T


jL875WO


jL875WS


McNeely, Marian H. The jumping-off place.


jM234J


Marie, Queen of Roumania. The magic doll of Roumania. jM334


Mathiews, Franklin K., ed. The Boy Scouts' year book. j796 M43


Mee. John L. The three little frogs. jM473


jM475CR


Meigs, Cornelia. The crooked apple tree. The pool of stars. jM475P


Milne. A. A. The Christopher Robin story book. j821 M63S


Mirza. Y. B. Myself when young. jM678


Morrison. Lucile. The attic-child. jM8354


Moulton, Nathalie F. Buddie and Blossom. jM863


Mukerji, Dhan G. The chief of the herd. jM895C


Nordhoff. Charles and Hall, James N. Falsons of France. jN754F


North. Robert C. Bob North with dog team and Indians. j917.1 N81D


Norwood. Edwin P. The circus menagerie. j590 N83


Patch. Edith M. Holiday Pond. j590 P27


Patterson, Henry W. Frenchman's Island.


jP278F


Perkins. Lucy F. Kit and Kat. jP416K


Petersham, Maude and Miska. Miki. jP443


Pier, Arthur S. The captain. jP613CA


The rigor of the game. jP613R


Potter. Beatrix. The fairy caravan.


jJ852FA


Potter. Miriam C. Sally Gabble and the fairies. j398 P85 Rhvs. Mimpsy. Mr. Hermit Crab. jR348M


Schultz. James W. Skull head the terrible. jSCH83SK


Sheakespeare, William. Three comedies. j823.3 SH1TH


Showalter, Hazel F. The box book. j790 SH8


Singmaster, Elsie. You make your own luck. jSI65Y


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Virginia's bandit. jSI65V


Shumway, Harry I. The wonderful voyages of


Cap'n Pen. jSH94W


Smith, Susan. Made in America. j920 SM64


Snell, Roy J. Icebound in the South Polar seas. jSN26


Spyri, Johanna. Boys and girls of the Alps. jSP94B


In the Swiss mountains. jSP94I


Stewart, Jean. Three hundred things a bright girl can do. j790 ST4


Swezey, Goodwin D. Boys' book of astronomy. j523 SW4


Swift, Hildegarde H. Little Blacknose. jSW52L


Theiss, Lewis E. Trailing the air mail bandit. jT345T Ticknor, Caroline. The book of famous horses. j636.1 T43


Thomas, Lowell. The hero of Vincennes. jB C546T


Thompson, Mary W. My grandpa's farm.


jT377


Walker, M. Benson. "Scottie."


jW1542


Wallace, Dillon. Kidnapped by air.


jW155K


Wells, Rhea. Coco the goat. jW467C


White, Eliza O. Sally in her fur coat. jW582S


White, Trentwell M. Three rookies at Morton. jW2332


Wilder, James A. Jackknife cookery. j641 W64


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COUNTY EXTENSION SERVICE


In boys' and girls' 4-H Club work a total of forty- eight girls and boys were enrolled in the clothing, handi- craft, poultry, garden and canning clubs. Mrs. Richard Ames, Mrs. Mary Kerr, Mr. James Morton and Reverend William Kelly assisted as local leaders.


The girls of Station W O R K Club worked during the clothing club season on articles for a sale which was held during the year and netted $125.00 for a community project.


The Cochituate Toolcraft Club was one of the best handicraft clubs in the county. Henry Hardy was award- ed a week at the State 4-H Camp at the Massachusetts Agricultural College for being county handicraft cham- pion. Henry did excellent work in the poultry club as well.


Elmer Bigwood won first prize at the Grange Fair for his canning exhibit and was also awarded a Two Day Trip to the Massachusetts Agricultural College for doing outstanding garden club work.


Wayland clubs exhibited their products at the Hud- son 4-H club rally and received first prize for having a well set-up exhibit.


Two very active groups of homemakers in Wayland carried on the Living-room Improvement program and thirty-five of the women reported definite changes as a result of this program. These same two groups, Cochi- tuate Mothers' Club and Tower Hill group, also were in- terested in the vegetable preparation program, developed during the fall.


Professor William R. Cole of the Massachusetts Agri- cultural College gave a canning demonstration for the benefit of the Wayland homemakers.


In agriculture most of the service rendered during the year has been answering requests for individual


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assistance. Forty-nine farm visits were made answering these personal requests, largely on dairying, fruit, poultry and vegetable farming.


Eight educational motion picture shows were given during the year to a total attendance of 1323.


County-wide meetings in poultry, fruit growing and market gardening have been available to the Wayland people and many attended the county picnic held during the summer at Wayside Inn, Sudbury, Mass.


JOHN J. ERWIN Director


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REPORT OF THE WAYLAND WATER BOARD


To the Inhabitants of the Town of Wayland:


The Board organized with Walter S. Bigwood, chair- man; Alfred C. Damon, secretary and collector; A. A. Lamarine reappointed superintendent.


The business of supplying the Village of Cochituate with water was accomplished with some difficulty owing to the severe dry season. The water being very low in the reservoir and having a peculiar taste the Board voted to turn on Wayland water. The connection was made with the Wayland system on Sept. 29 and remedied a very serious situation.


This necessitated more work at the Pumping Station to keep the supply of water in the stand pipe at a safe level. In order to accomplish this both pumps had to be operated at the same time. With Cochituate water on several leaks developed in the wood mains.


The Wayland system was operated with some trouble. The main trouble being in the suction line of the wells. Several wells were discovered to have defective connec- tions. This caused a large amount of air to get into the water about which several complaints were received. The State Board of Health was consulted and samples were obtained for examination. A favorable report was re- turned by them.


At the Special Town Meeting held in October, it was voted "that the Water Board extend a main on Glezen Lane as far as the appropriation was available."


The Board thought it advisable to connect at Moore Road, extend through Glezen Lane and tie in at Concord Road doing away with the dead end. This could not be accomplished with the appropriation, so the Board voted to take the balance from their regular appropriation. The contract was given to Mr. Ducey but owing to weather


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conditions it was necessary to postpone operations until spring.


Balance of water accounts receivable shows a slight increase over that of a year ago. Whereas, there has been a decided gain on back accounts. The large bills are for installations many of which could not be rendered until late in December, payments of which will be credited in 1930. Even one of these bills is equal to many bills for water service. The Jan. 1, 1929 balance consists largely of the latter.


The report of the expenditures of the Board will be found in the accountant's report.


The Board recommends that meters be installed on all services connected with the pumping systems.


WALTER S. BIGWOOD, Chairman ALFRED C. DAMON, Clerk WALTER C. SMITH


Water Accounts Receivable


1929


1929


Jan. 1 Bal. $6,356.85


Mar. 31


Mar. 31 Bills rend. 2,741.00


Abatements $ 26.00


Int. to date 26.60


Mar. 31-Dec. 31 Collections 10,241.61


Dec. 31 Bills rend.


Water rates 3,930.50


Water Install'n


4,123.38


Dec. 31


Balance 6,910.72


$17,178.33


$17,178.33


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SUPERINTENDENT OF WATER WORKS REPORT


To Board of Water Commissioners:


More services were installed the past season than for many years. This was due to the very dry summer, new main extensions and new buildings. The water at the reservoir on Rice Road got very low affecting the quality and pressure on the Cochituate system. The springs sup- plying the reservoir did not dry up but their supply did not equal the amount being used. The connection to the new system came at the right time or it would have been necessary to make arrangements to take water from Natick. The connection of the new system to the old was made by laying about 6000 feet of 8 inch pipe along Con- necticut Path to the pipe of the Cochituate system. This is a 6 inch pipe which extends along Connecticut Path to West Plain Street and then to Memorial Square, a dis- tance of about two miles. This size pipe (6-in.) gives plenty of water for ordinary use but does not give enough for fire purposes. It is still necessary to turn on the emer- gency connection with Natick to get the amount of water required for the pumping engine. The pressure reducer at the connection of the two systems is set at 65 pounds. This about equals the pressure that is had when the Na- tick water is turned on. The full pressure if turned on would be 90 pounds. This is more than some of the plumbing and pipes on the old system would stand. Sev- eral small leaks developed in the wood mains along Con- necticut Path but these were stopped and there has been no trouble since. During the summer trouble developed in the suction lines to the wells at the pumping station grounds. After the tests were made to locate the trouble the connections to the mains and the connections to 20 wells were uncovered. Several small leaks were found in mains and stopped. Five well connections were found in poor condition. These were repaired and the trouble stopped. All of the damaged connections were found in swamp surface ground and had apparently been damaged


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by back-filling at time of installation. There has been no shortage of water from the wells at any time. One hyd- rant was broken by an automobile during the year. The machine got away before the number could be secured. Inspection of hydrants showed 8 with plugged drains, 7 of these were on the Cochituate system. They were re- paired. There were three small joint leaks on mains in new system. These were stopped.


Services installed : 1 inch, 56; 11/2 inch, 2; 2 inch, 3; 4 inch, 6; Total, 67.


Service pipe installed : 1 inch, 4980 ft .; 11/2 inch, 600 ft .; 2 inch, 400 ft .; 4 inch, 2421 ft .; Total, 8401 ft.


New hydrants installed: Town 2, private 1, broken hydrant replaced 1, leaky hydrant replaced 1, hydrants repaired 8, services renewed (old system) 4, services re- paired (old system) 9, main leaks stopped 6, hydrant gates installed 4.


Distribution System


Sources of supply : Reservoir, Rice Road (gravity). Driven wells Sudbury Road (pumped).


Storage: 500,000 gallon stand-pipe, Reeves Hill.


Mains: 12 inch, 3104 ft .; 10 inch, 17,905 ft .; 8 inch, 55,092 ft .; 6 inch, 43,229 ft .; 4 inch, 14,954 ft .; 11/2 - 2 inches, 10,000 ft; Total, 27.3 miles.


Hydrants 134, hydrant gates 88, main gates 178, pressure reducing valve 1, services 758.


Pumping Station: Gallons of water pumped from July 1 to December 31:


July


4,869,178


October


*5,688,444


August 4,332,314 "November 5,435,576


September


3,918,847


December


** 6,582,596


* Sept. 23 water turned on to part of Cochituate sys- tem. Sept. 29 water turned on the whole Cochituate system. * * The larger amount in December caused by leaks. At the present time the amount of water being pumped requires the full capacity of one pump running 48 hours a week. December required 51 pump hours a week. In the summer season there is a large increase in the amount of water used varying with the weather conditions.


ALFRED A. LAMARINE


Superintendent


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REPORT OF THE CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS


Three hundred and seventy-five dollars was received during 1929. to establish Perpetual Care Funds to care for burial lots as follows: - $50.00 from Miss Grace A. Heard and $50.00 from Miss Blanche E. Heard for a Fund of $100 to be known as the Newell Heard Fund: $150 from Mrs. Margaret A. Allen for a Fund to be known as the Robert Erwin Fund, and $125 from Mrs. E. P. Loker for a Fund to known as the Cecil I. Flint Fund.


The above kind gifts brought the amount of money invested for a perpetual care of certain burial lots up to $14.635.00 by December 31, 1929. The interest from each Fund assures the lot under perpetual care, most careful attention and improves the general appearance of the Cemetery. It is hoped other owners will notice the con- dition of the lots under Perpetual Care.


Due to the passing by Legislature of Massachusetts, under the Acts of 1929, a statute. No. 371, Chapter 36, Sec. 1, whereby, on and after May 1st. 1929, no Member of the Cemetery Commission holding office could also act as Superintendent of Cemeteries, Mr. Charles L. Fullick resigned from the Cemetery Commission and Mr. Howard W. Parmenter was appointed by the Wayland Selectmen and the remaining members of the Cemetery Commission to fill the vacancy until next Town Election.


Following Mr. Parmenter's appointment. Mr. Charles L. Fullick was appointed Superintendent of all Cemeteries in Wayland, with full charge of all burials, placing founda- tions for monuments or grave stones and their care, The result of this appointment must be very apparent to everyone.


It will be of interest to the Citizens of Wayland to know that all monies received from the sale of burial lots is to be set up in a special fund and at the Annual


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Town Meeting appropriated by a Special Article in the Town Warrant for the beautification and improvement of the Cemeteries-such as planting of trees, improvement of the Fences and general appearance of the Cemeteries.


The availability of water in the North and Center Cemeteries has brought many expressions of satisfaction and appreciation.


For the financial condition of the Cemetery Commis- sion see report of the Town Accountant for the 1929.


Respectfully submitted,


FRANK F. AMES HOWARD W. PARMENTER WILLIAM READ




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