Official reports of the town of Wayland 1936-1938, Part 14

Author: Wayland (Mass.)
Publication date: 1936
Publisher: Printed at the Middlesex Freeman Office
Number of Pages: 678


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Framingham Union Hospital


123.20


State Hospital at Norfolk


102.50


City of Waltham


46.08


Town of Clinton


226.60


City of Quincy


155.25


771.36


Vocational Tuition


City of Newton


474.75


Water Department


William Morrissey


$ 5.00


Red Hed Manufacturing Company


188.10


Standard Oil Company of New York 27.19


220.29


$1,742.82


Voted unanimously that the Town appropriate and assess the sum of $1,742.82 to pay unpaid bills of 1934, 1935 and 1936 as listed in the article and an additional sum of $248.75 to pay the following bills of 1933, 1935 and 1936


City of Quincy 1933 Bills $59.00


W. P. A. Expense 1935


Sidney N. Shurcliff 30.65


Martin A. Holmes 50.00


High School Financing 1935 & 1936 The Second National Bank of Boston 50.00


Legal Claims 1936


Chamberlin, Stone & Bosson 32.55


Public Welfare 1936


Spencer Oil Products 13.50


Framingham Union Hospital 10.00


Old Age Assistance 1936 B. W. Johnson, Jr. 3.05


$248.75


which were presented for payment after the warrant went to press, a total of $1,991.57 and to also include compromise bill of Dr. Henry J. Lupien, of Brockton, for $1,000 rent accounts these unpaid bills to be paid providing they are approved by the Selectmen, Town Counsel and Welfare Board.


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Article 7. To see if the Town will accept the following : Gift of $100 received from Annie B. Bent to establish the "James A. Bent Fund," income from which to be used for perpetual care of lot No. 63, Section B, Lake View Cemetery. Bequest of $200 received from Blanche D. Schleicher, Execu- trix, to establish the "Erwin W. Schleicher Fund," the in- come from which to be used for perpetual care of lot No. 18, Section E, Lake View Cemetery.


Gift of $100 received from Nathaniel R. Gerald to establish the "Nathaniel R. Gerald Fund," income from which to be used for the perpetual care of lot No. 14, Section B, Lake View Cemetery.


Gift of $150 to establish the "Samuel H. Mackenna Fund," income from which to be used for the perpetual care of lots No. 175 and 177 in the North Cemetery.


Voted unanimously to accept the foregoing gifts.


Article 8. To see if the Town will appropriate $258 for general improvement in any of the Cemeteries, same to be taken from money in the Town Treasury received from the sale of Burial Lots in 1936 in accordance with Chapter 114, Section 15, of the General Laws, or do or act.


Voted unanimously that the Town appropriate $258 for general improvements in any of the Cemeteries, same to be taken from money in the Town Treasurey, received from the sale of Burial Lots in 1936, in accordance with Chapter 114, Section 15, of the General Laws.


Article 9. To see if the Town will appropriate for pay- ment of Water Main Extension Notes maturing in 1937 the sum of $4,500 to be taken from "Water Available Surplus," or do or act.


Voted unanimously that the sum of $4,500 be appropriated for payment of Water Department Extension Notes of that amount maturing in 1937, said amount to be taken from "Water Available Surplus."


Article 10. To see if the Town will appropriate for pay- ment of interest due in 1937 on Water Extension Notes the sum of $1,345 same to be taken from "Water Available Sur- plus," or do or act.


Voted unanimously that the Town appropriate for pay- ment of interest due in 1937 on Water Main Extension Notes the sum of $1,345 same to be taken from "Water Available Surplus."


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Article 11. To see if the Town will appropriate for "Water Department Maintenance" the sum of $6,589.22 to be taken from "Water Available Surplus," or do or act.


Voted unanimously that the Town appropriate for "Water Department Maintenance" the sum of $6,589.22 same to be taken from "Water Available Surplus."


Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to adopt a By- Law to make the Tax Collector Town Collector, or take any action relative thereto.


Voted that a committee of three, consisting of one member of the Board of Selectmen, one member of the Finance Com- mittee and the third member to be chosen by the two, study the advisability of having a Town Collector.


Article 13. To see if the Town will accept the gift of land situated on the Westerly side of the Mill Pond near Wayland Centre formerly owned by Mary A. Brackett and more recently owned by Sophia W. Sears, said property to be used for park purposes, and will authorize the Board of Selectmen to accept the gift of said property, subject to any outstanding taxes, to be used as aforesaid, or do or act.


Voted unanimously that the Town gratefully accept the gift of the land situated on the westerly side of the Mill Pond near Wayland Centre, formerly owned by Mary A. Brackett and more recently owned by Sophia W. Sears, said property to be used for park purposes, and the Board of Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to accept a deed of said property subject to any outstanding taxes, to be used for park purposes as aforesaid.


Article 14. To see if the Town will accept the following bequest under the will of the late Francis Shaw: "To the Trustees of the Wayland Free Public Library, Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000) the income only thereof to be used for the general expenses of the said Library, preferably for the upkeep of its buildings," or do or act.


Voted unanimously that the Town gratefully accept the bequest under the will of the late Francis Shaw : "To the Trus- tees of the Wayland Free Public Library, Five Thousand Dol- lars ($5,000) the income only thereof to be used for the general expenses of the said Library, preferably for the upkeep of its buildings."


Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate


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and assess a sum of $6,000 for the reconstruction and improve- ment of Concord Road, said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose, or do or act.


Voted unanimously that the Town appropriate and assess the sum of $6,000 to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen for the purpose of relocating and recon- structing a portion of the Concord Road, according to plans to be recommended by the County Engineers, with the condition that the work be done in a manner not involving over $500 of land damage, all of said sum to be expended in co-operation with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the County of Middlesex in accordance with the provisions of the General Laws, Chapter 90.


Article 16. To see if the Town will appropriate and as- sess a sum of money to be used in connection with W. P. A. or similar Federal or State projects, or do or act.


Voted unanimously that $11,218.04 be appropriated and assessed which together with the unexpended balances from the 1936 appropriations namely :


Unspecified $3,057.66


Gravelling Glezen Road 2,965.00


Grading about High School 750.00


Water Main-Dudley Road 10.75 Water Main-Hemlock Road, etc. 198.55 Water Main-Oak St. and Valley Road 1,800.00 makes a total of $20,000 to be administered by the Selectmen to provide for materials, trucking or other necessary expenses on the part of the Town in connection with work projects where labor is provided by the Federal government under W. P. A. or similar agency. Projects shall include those specified above with the amounts designated therefor and all other projects voted under other articles in the warrant calling for labor ex- cept Article 15.


Article 17. To see if the Town will extend a six-inch water main with four hydrants, gates and fittings along Rice Road, beginning at Commonwealth Road for a distance of 3,000 feet at an estimated cost of $4,000 to the Town, labor to be supplied by the Federal Government under a Federal Pro- ject.


Voted to pass over the Article.


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Article 18. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess a sum of money to replace the Fire Alarm System in Cochitu- ate and extend one circuit to Wayland Village, and install necessary Boxes and Transmitter in Wayland, or do or act.


Voted to refer the matter of installing a new Fire Alarm System to a committee of three composed of the Fire Chief, Chairman of the Finance Committee and Chairman of the Board of Selectmen to report at the next annual meeting.


Vote : Yes 147 No 103


Article 19. To see if the Town will appropriate and as- sess a sum of money to install Fire Alarm Boxes in the school buildings, or do or act.


Voted to pass over the Article.


Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to provide a drainage system for the land surrounding the grade school in Cochituate south of West Plain Street and west of Main Street : make provision to carry out the work under the direc- tion of the Selectmen as a W. P. A. or other Federal or State project; authorize the taking by eminent domain of any neces- sary land or easement ; and make appropriation therefor, or do or act.


Voted that the Town provide a drainage system for the land surrounding the grade school in Cochituate south of West Plain Street and west of Main Street as a W. P. A. or similar Federal or State project and that the Town's share of the expense be taken from Article 16 appropriation provided for such work.


Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to provide a drainage system for East Plain Street : make provision to carry out the work under the direction of the Selectmen as a W. P. A. or other Federal or State project; and make appropriation therefor, or do or act.


Voted that the matter be left with the Selectmen as admin- istrators of the W. P. A. as provided in Article 16.


Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to provide a drainage system for West Plain Street : make provision to carry out the work under the direction of the Selectmen as a W. P. A. or other Federal or State project; and make appropriation therefor, or do or act.


Voted that the matter be left with the Selectmen as admin- istrators of the W. P. A. as provided in Article 16.


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Article 23. To see if the Town will vote to accept as Town ways, Pine Ridge Road, Pine Ridge Road extension, and a portion of Lake Path to the intersection of Hemlock Road, or any portion therefor, all situated within or adjacent to Wood- land Park Development, as laid out and filed by the Board of Selectmen substantially in accordance with plans prepared under the direction of the Planning Board by E. Worthington, C. E., dated August 9, 1935, and on file with the Town Clerk; work to be done under the Betterment Act, and authorize the Select- men to acquire any necessary land by eminent domain, pur- chase or otherwise appropriate a sum of money for acquiring such land and for building said ways, or do or act.


Voted to pass over the Article.


Article 24. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess a sum of money for the purpose of installing a water main in Hawthorne Road from Old Connecticut Path to Beech Street.


Voted to pass over the Article.


Article 25. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess a sum of money for the purpose of installing a water main in that part of Lake Path and Pine Ridge Road Extension to be laid out and accepted as Town ways.


Voted to pass over the Article.


Article 26. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess a sum of money to purchase, or to pay the damages for taking by eminent domain, a piece of land to be used for burial pur- poses to enlarge the Lake View Cemetery, said piece of land now supposed to be owned by the heirs and devises of the late Edward Dammers : said piece of land adjoins the North East boundary of Lake View Cemetery and is described as follows : Starting at a point of the Northeasterly line of present Lake View Cemetery and running approximately 152 feet on un- accepted way, thence at right angle to said way in a northerly direction 322 feet to a bound, then at an approximate right angle in a westerly direction approximately 238 feet to present cemetery property, thence along present cemetery land southerly 341 feet to a point of beginning, or do or act.


Voted not to purchase land described in Article 26.


Article 27. To see if the Town will grant permission that the following described land may be used for burial purposes, that is, Starting at a point of the Northeasterly corner of pres-


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ent Lake View Cemetery and running approximately 152 feet on unaccepted way, thence at right angle to said way approxi- mately 238 feet in a westerly direction to point of beginning, or take other action in regard thereto.


Voted to pass over the Article.


Article 28. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess a sum of money to purchase or take by eminent domain the fol- lowing parcels of land for the Highway Department for use as Town gravel pits: (1) a parcel of land adjoining the Town land now used for Highway Department garage; (2) a parcel of land adjacent to the aqueduct just off Stonebridge Road.


Voted unanimously that the sum of $1,500 be appropriated and assessed for the purchase by the Town of a piece of land to be used as a gravel pit or for any other town purposes, said parcel containing about 22 acres more or less, situated adjacent to and north of Stonebridge Road and north of the, Metropoli- tan aqueduct, said land now owned by Charles F. Stone of Waltham, formerly of Wayland; and that the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized to accept a deed to said property and the Treasurer be and hereby is authorized to pay for the same.


Article 29. To see if the Town will appropriate and assess the sum of $100 to be expended by the Board of Selectmen to erect a flag pole on the Town Hall building and purchase a flag to use on the same, or do or act.


Voted to pass over the Article.


Article 30. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess the sum of $239.68 to pay the 1934, 1935, and 1936 taxes on the land of Charlotte Adams, given to and accepted by the Town of Wayland, subject to outstanding taxes.


Voted to pass over the Article.


Article 31. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money to be used for the preparation of Assessor's plans in such a way as to produce the initial pages of a Town Atlas covering the whole or portions of the more thickly settled districts of Cochituate, Dudley Pond and Way- land Center, or do or act.


Voted that a committee of three be appointed consisting of: one member of the Board of Assessors, one member of the Planning Board and a third member to be chosen by these two,


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said committee to investigate and report to the next annual Town Meeting on the advisability, method of procedure and cost of a town index plan and Assessor's Atlas.


Article 32. To see what action the Town will take, if any, on the question of Building Laws or to authorize the appoint- ment of a Special Committee to investigate Building Codes and to prepare a report with definite recommendations upon which intelligent action may be taken by the Town at a future Town meeting.


Voted to pass over the Article.


Article 33. To see what sum, if any, the Town will vote to transfer from available funds to meet any of the appropria- tions made under the foregoing articles.


Voted to pass over the Article.


Voted to dissolve the meeting at 10.30 P. M.


A true copy ; Attest :


M. ALICE NEALE, Town Clerk of the Town of Wayland.


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VOTES ENACTED AT THE SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, JULY 22, 1937


Town Clerk's Office, Wayland, Massachusetts. July 21, 1937.


Warren L. Bishop. Moderator :


Pursuant to the following warrant the inhabitants of the Town of Wayland met this day and the meeting was duly called and held and the following business enacted.


Article 1. To see if the Town will vote to establish a Road Machinery Fund, to which shall be credited all receipts received for the use or rental of road machinery, the proceeds to be appropriated as voted by the Town for road machinery purposes, or take any other action in relation thereto.


Voted unanimously that the Town establish and does here- by establish a Road Machinery Fund, to which shall be credited all receipts received for the use or rental of road machinery, the proceeds to be appropriated as hereafter voted by the Town for the purpose of purchasing, repairing and operating road machinery.


Article 2. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds a sum of money to establish a Road Machinery Account for the purpose of pur- chasing, repairing and operating road machinery, or to take any other action in relation thereto.


Voted unanimously to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000 to establish a Road Machinery Account for the purpose of purchasing, repairing and operating road machinery, and to meet said appropriation the sum of $2,000 be transferred from Surplus revenue.


Article 3. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the necessary amount of money


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to pay the following Public Welfare bills of former years which were presented for payment after the Town books were closed, or authorize the payment thereof from this year's appropriation for Public Welfare, or take any other action in relation thereto.


Framingham Union Hospital $501.80


Voted unanimously that the Public Welfare Board be authorized to pay the Framingham Union Hospital $501.80 in full settlement of all bills incurred prior to 1937, the funds to be taken from the appropriation made at the Town meeting on March 3, 1937, for "Public Welfare: Expense."


Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to amend the vote passed under Article 15 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting held March 3, 1937, relating to the appropriation of a sum of money for the reconstruction and improvement of Con- cord Road, said amendment to abolish or change the amount stipulated to be paid for land damage, or to take any other action relative to said vote.


Voted unanimously that the vote passed under Article 15 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting held March 3, 1937, relating to the appropriation of a sum of money for the reconstruction and improvement of Concord Road be amended by striking out the words "with the condition that the work be done in a manner not involving over $500 of land damage", so that said vote as amended will read as follows :


That the Town appropriate and assess the sum of $6,000 to be expended under the direction of the Board of Selectmen for the purpose of relocating and reconstructing a portion of the Concord Road, according to plans to be recommended by the County Engineers, all of said sum to be expended in co- operation with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the County of Middlesex in accordance with the provisions of the General Laws, Chapter 90.


Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to amend the vote passed under Article 15 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting held March 3, 1937, relating to the appropriation of a sum of money for the reconstruction and improvement of Con- cord Road so as to provide for the expenditure of the sum of $6,000 for the reconstruction and improvement of part of Old Connecticut Path or Old Sudbury Road, or both, or take any other action relative to said vote passed under Article 15 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting.


Voted to pass over the Article.


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Article 6. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to pay for land damages incurred in connection with the reconstruction and improvement of Concord Road, or take any other action in relation thereto.


Voted unanimously that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of Eight Hundred Dollars ($800) for land damages and expenses in connection therewith to be incurred in connec- tion with the reconstruction and improvement of Concord Road, said sum to be expended with the approval of the Board of Selectmen and to meet said appropriation the sum of $800 be transferred from surplus revenue.


Article 7. To see if the Town will purchase from The New England Trust Company, as it is guardian of Francis Shaw, Jr., the water main now laid in Loker Street (main ex- tending from a point opposite the residence of Sidney Loker to the Francis Shaw, Jr., property-approximately 9621/2 feet) for $906, being the cost of the materials used in laying said main, together with hydrant installed at the same time, and appropriate money therefore, or transfer the necessary amount from available funds, or do or act.


Voted No under this Article.


Article 8. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to pay for the expense of special Town Meet- ings, or take any other action in relation thereto.


Voted to pass over the Article.


Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to amend the fol- lowing item contained in the Finance Committee's budget for 1937, and voted at the Town Meeting, March 3, 1937-"Wel- fare-Mothers' Aid and Old Age Assistance Supervisor" to read as follows: "Welfare, Mothers' Aid and Old Age Assist- ance : Assistant."


Voted unanimously that the following item contained in the Finance Committee's budget for 1937, and voted at the Town Meeting, March 3, 1937-"Welfare-Mothers' Aid and Old Age Assistance Supervisor" be amended to read as fol- lows: "Welfare, Mothers' Aid and Old Age Assistance : Assistant."


Article 10. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $500 for painting and repairing school property, funds to be expended under the jurisdiction of the School Committee, or do or act.


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Voted unanimously that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $500 for painting and repairing school property, funds to be expended under the jurisdiction of the School Com- mittee, and to meet said appropriation the sum of $500 be trans- ferred from surplus revenue.


Article 11. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000 to be used for "Old Age Assistance: Ex- pense", or do or act.


Voted unanimously that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000 to be used for "Old Age Assistance: Ex- pense", and to meet said appropriation the sum of $2,000 be transferred from surplus revenue.


Voted to dissolve the meeting at 8.25 P. M.


A true copy ; Attest :


M. ALICE NEALE, Town Clerk of the Town of Wayland.


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RESULTS OF TOWN ELECTION March 1, 1937


Prec. 1 Prec. 2 Total


Moderator


Warren 1. Bishop. Nom. Papers


402


671


1073


Everett Bigwood


1


0


1


James McKay


0


1


1


Frank Nourse


1


0


1


Howard Russell


3


0


3


Town Clerk


M. Alice Neale, Nom. Papers


427


670


1097


Martin Holmes


0


1


1


Waldo Russell


1


0


1


Selectmen


Herman F. Allen, Nom. Papers


208


577


785


Chester H. Hobbs, Nom. Papers


214


490


704


Willard C. Hunting, Nom. Papers


229


305


534


John W. Leavitt, Nom. Papers


197


344


541


J. Fred Wheeler, Nom. Papers


347


356


703


John Holt


0


1


1


Robert Morgan


1


0


1


Treasurer


Frank G. Mackenna, Nom. Papers


428


65


1079


William Eagan


1


0


1


Collector of Taxes


Theodore H. Harrington, Nom. Papers


421


656


1077


Joseph Hallenbrook


0


1


1


Frank Hannon


0


1


1


Malcolm Ide


1


0


1


Roger Mills


1


0


1


68


Prec. 1 Prec. 2 Total


Board of Public Welfare


Erlund Field, Nom. Papers


344


346


690


Martin A. Holmes, Nom. Papers


59


140


199


James L. Murray, Nom. Papers


68


334


402


Arthur Hammond


0


1


1


Assessor


Daniel Brackett, Nom. Papers


408


583


991


Pierpoint Blair


1


0


1


Edward Hutchins


1


0


1


School Committee


Dorothy S. Damon, Nom. Papers


201


360


561


Dorothy C. Stone, Nom. Papers


268


404


672


Gardner Cottle


1


0


1


Water Commissioner


George G. Bogren, Nom. Papers


346


555


901


Samuel J. McDonnell, Nom. Papers


67


201


268


Trustees of Public Library


John H. Knapp, Nom. Papers


381


471


852


James R. Martin, Nom. Papers


319


565


884


Amos Hadley


1


0


1


Board of Health


Waldo L. Lawrence, Nom. Papers


376


595


971


J. P. Bill


1


0


1


William Dahill


1


0


1


Paul Davis


1


0


1


James Murray


0


1


1


Charles Ordway


1


0


1


Park Commissioner


Roger E. Ela, Nom. Papers


330


311


641


Walter E. Smith, Nom. Papers


107


402


509


Surveyor of Highways


Arthur Heard Dudley, Nom. Papers


286


384


670


James Ferguson, Nom. Papers


177


385


562


John Phylis, Nom. Papers


15


51


66


69


Prec. 1 Prec. 2 Total


Cemetery Commissioner


Arthur W. Bradshaw, Nom. Papers


178


513


691


John Upton, Nom. Papers


253


129


382


Commissioner of Trust Funds (One Year)


John W. Leavitt, Nom. Papers


371


560


931


Alfred Alward


1


0


1


Commissioner of Trust Funds (Three Years)


J. Sidney Stone, Nom. Papers


409


562


971


Helen Wheeler


1


0


1


Planning Board


Otto H. Kohler, Nom. Papers


367


509


876


Howard S. Russell, Nom. Papers


394


511


905


Roger Ela


1


0


1


Tree Warden


Clarence O. Baker, Nom. Papers


146


399


545


Charles L. Fullick,. Nom. Papers


306


388


694


Harry Cayo


0


1


1


Roger Ela


1


0


1


Constables


George A. Celorier, Nom. Papers


225


474


699


Wilfred L. Celorier, Nom. Papers


219


484


703


Harry W. Craig, Nom. Papers


324


525


849


Ernest H. Damon, Nom. Papers


311


531


842


Charles F. Dusseault, Nom. Papers


246


483


729


Roger L. Furbush, Nom. Papers


82


151


233


Charles E. Kelley, Nom. Papers


81


182


263


John E. Linnehan, Nom. Papers


352


419


771


Frank C. Moore, Nom. Papers


357


406


763


Charles M. Nelson, Nom. Papers


103


271


374


James H. Noonan, Nom. Papers Arnold Cranston


70


209


279


1


0


1


Nora Linnehan


2


0


2


Roger Mills


2


0


2


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BIRTHS Registered in the Town of Wayland for the Year 1937


Date Name of Child


Name of Parents


JANUARY


15 Franklin John Bigwood Everett Roy, Doris Burnham


26 John Louis Laughlin Edward William, Emily F.




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