Official reports of the town of Wayland 1942-1944, Part 17

Author: Wayland (Mass.)
Publication date: 1942
Publisher: Printed at the Middlesex Freeman Office
Number of Pages: 594


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HOMER L. MacDONALD, Building Inspector.


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REPORT OF WAYLAND COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC SAFETY


To the Selectmen of the Town of Wayland this report is submitted with thankful appreciation of the ready and complete cooperation which has been given by them throughout the year to the Wayland Committee on Public Safety.


This committee has found all town departments working in harmony of understanding and helpfulness in every situation. The quiet which has been granted us here on the home front has yet found all branches of Civilian Defense vigilant and faithful in their attitude and prepared to give themselves to any emergency which might require their services but fortunately did not appear. Any problems except such as those of the routine collection of salvage through that department and the occasional distribution of information through our Block System when called upon by our state organizations have been largely a matter of continued preparedness with some drills and some paper-work.


The efficiency of the regular, established services of the town such as the Fire Department and the Police have given a security that was felt by all our workers and fellow townsmen. Many of our auxiliary firemen have been taken into the regular fire department as replacements for enlistments in the armed forces. The whole system of Wardens and similar Civilian Defense workers are prepared to give what aid they can before and after the arrival of the regular fire department. Extra apparatus has been received through national Civilian Defense as appears in the report of the Board of Fire Engineers and at this writing more is expected. This will add equipment for use both here and in Mutual Aid in other localities if called out by state coordinators.


It should be noted that most of our workers are quietly and without publicity working hard and faithfully in activities strictly outside C. D. organization but very important to the war effort; in war factories, in Army camp activities, in care


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of local distress of soldiers and their dependents and in brighten- ing the lives of service men and women here and abroad in every way possible. The Red Cross interlocks with Civilian Defense in personnel and in function and deserves mention in this report with the highest compliments of those of us who know of their generous giving of themselves to the help of all of us.


Commendation is offered here to every worker in Civilian Defense for their participation, often routine and even tedious, but always willing, unstinted and competent. Only those who do the work can appreciate what is involved in getting out the "Village Bugle" for servicemen and the "All Clear" for Civilian Defense personnel. To single out any one for special praise would be impossible and odious. Reference to the complete roster of C. D. workers might not recognize even then all those who have helped in this important matter but sometimes remain anonymous.


It seems fitting because of the special information of cur- rent interest to add directly beneath this a special report just made to this committee, viz :


REPORT OF THE SALVAGE COMMITTEE


The Salvage Committee carried on in 1943 somewhat more quietly than in 1942. The Town collected about 60 tons of metal scrap in Cochituate and 30 tons in Wayland during 1942, thus very substantially exceeding the quota of about 60 tons, and the Committee feels that the volunteers did a magnificent job of turning out to get the scrap. The Boy Scouts profited by the proceeds in large part. The Committee feels that the Town is pretty well cleaned up, except for some farm scrap and for some automobile bodies which are a problem. The regular junk dealers are pretty well taking care of other junk nowadays.


During the entire year 1943 the M. W. D. C. had regular tin collections one day a month in each end of Town, and the Town Highway Department took care of the delivery of accumulated tin to Framingham where it went into railroad cars on its way to the de-tinning plants.


There was one waste-paper collection in Wayland in which there were seven tons collected and the proceeds were paid to the three churches in Town. About ten tons of paper were collected in Cochituate. The Town Highway Department helped out on the Wayland collection. We feel that there is a


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good deal to be done in the way of collecting magazines and cartons.


Also during the year the War Service Division, headed by Dorothy C. Stone, not only supervised the tin collection but also organized the block system and used it from time to time in spreading necessary civil defense information. We feel that they have there a permanent organization which can reach all the Town quicker than any other method of spreading informa- tion.


William J. Scotland is still in charge in Cochituate with George W. Fullick his right-hand man and doing a very thorough job. In the Wayland end of Town Daniel E. Ken- nedy has taken charge, superseding J. Sidney Stone who asked to be relieved from his responsibility. Doubtless there will be other calls for work from time to time. Much of the future is going to be the steady work of everybody, making the small individual efforts pile into a large whole.


Respectfully submitted,


PHILIP BURBANK, Chairman, Wayland Committee on Public Safety.


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REPORT OF THE TOWN OF WAYLAND WATER DEPARTMENT


To the Inhabitants of the Town of Wayland :


The Board organized with Walter S. Bigwood, Chairman ; Alfred C. Damon, Clerk, and Roger Ela. Alfred A. Lamarine was appointed Superintendent, John Phylis, Assistant Superin- tendent, and Charles Potvin, Engineer. Mrs. Carolyn Lewis was appointed Assistant Clerk.


For your convenience the Water Department Collector will be at the Town Hall, Wayland, on Thursdays ( telephone Way- land 92) and at the Lewis Real Estate Office, 2 Damon Street, Cochituate, on other week days. (Telephone Natick 464-W.)


There were no new extension this year because of the shortage of materials.


Trouble developed in the wells causing discoloration of the water, samples of which were turned over to Weston & Samp- son, Consulting Engineers, for analysis. They submitted the following report :


"As a result of the six samples collected and analyzed, we believe that the 6-inch gravel well is the principal source of your 'redwater' troubles in the distribution system. If the samples taken from this well are truly representative of the water fur- nished by the well under ordinary operation, it will be desirable to discontinue the use of the 6-inch gravel well.


"Before deciding on this step, we suggest that the well be shut off and thoroughly cleaned to remove the deposit of iron oxide that may have accumulated in the bottom of the well since its installation.


"After cleaning, the well should be pumped until the water is clear, and a sample collected for another analysis. The results of this analysis will determine the natural quality of the ground water entering the well without interference from deposits of iron oxide, and should decide whether it will be advisable to permanently shut off this well.


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"We are also advised that in regular pumping from all wells the water in the pumping station is rusty at the start of pumping. It is apparent that the distribution system has accumulated a considerable deposit of iron oxide, especially in the mains nearer the pumping station, which deposit is stirred up and transported to the house service pipes whenever the normal velocity in the pipes is increased by opening hydrants or closing valves.


"As soon as the source of the trouble is eliminated, the mains should be thoroughly flushed out in sections, beginning at the pumping station."


As suggested in the foregoing report, the six-inch well was discontinued and all mains flushed thoroughly, which remedied the situation.


Respectfully submitted, ALFRED C. DAMON, Clerk, WALTER S. BIGWOOD, Chairman, ROGER ELA.


Report of Superintendent of Water Works


The difficulty in obtaining labor and materials has made it necessary to postpone some jobs until they become available. The United States War Production Board has restricted new extensions to 250 feet from any point of supply as follows : "Limitation of Cost of Material. You may not make any exten- sion of service for any purpose the cost of which exceeds $1500.00 for material for underground work or $500.00 for cost of material for above ground work. The order restricts addi- tions to a limit of 250 feet including main and service pipe in any case."


In the early part of the year'dirty water appeared in the mains mostly in the Wayland section. The cause was found to be in some of the wells. These were shut off and the condition stopped. Some of the wells can not be re-conditioned and will have to be replaced.


SERVICES


New installations 1


Renewed in street 15


Repaired 34


MAINS


No extensions were made.


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HYDRANTS Broken by automobile and replaced 1


Leaky hydrants repaired 8


LEAKS


Service pipes in street 24


Mains 1


Calls for leaks in house pipes PUMPING STATION


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Gallons of water delivered to distribution system-143,524,556 Largest week, July 19-25 4,732,810 Smallest week, November 8-14 1,969,032


ALFRED A. LAMARINE.


WATER DEPARTMENT INVENTORY, JANUARY 1, 1944


MAIN PIPE: Cast iron-40 ft. 12-inch, 36 ft. 10-inch, 80 ft. 8-inch, 150 ft. 6-inch. Transite-104 ft. 8-inch.


MAIN PIPE FITTINGS: Gate valves-1 10-inch, 1 8-inch, 1 6-inch, 3 4-inch, 2 21/2-inch. Sleeves-1 12-inch, 3 10-inch, 2 8-inch, 5 6-inch, 2 4-inch. Plugs-1 12-inch, 2 10-inch, 4 6-inch, 2 4-inch. Elbows-2 6-inch 45°, 2 4-inch 90°. Bends- 3 6-inch, 7 12-inch. Tees-1 8x6, 1 8x8, 1 12x6. Gate boxes-14. Gate box extensions-8.


HYDRANTS: 4 Ludlow. Hydrant parts-3 extension rods for Smith hydrants, 6 hydrant barrell extensions, 3 Class C Smith hydrant operating stems, 3 New York type Smith hydrant operating stems, 3 Class C Smith hydrant leather valves, 4 New York type Smith hydrant leather valves, 18 operating stem pack- ing nuts-Class C Smith, 5 Ludlow valve rubbers.


METERS : 2 11/2-inch, 2 1-inch, 3 34-inch.


SERVICE PIPE AND FITTINGS: 460 ft. 1-inch cement lined iron pipe, 300 ft. 1-inch copper tubing, 50 ft. 34-inch copper tubing. Corporations-2 1-inch for iron pipe, 3 3/4-inch for iron pipe, 4 1-inch for copper, 5 34-inch for copper. Curb stops-1 34-inch for iron pipe. Cellar stops-2 1-inch for copper pipe, 20 34-inch for copper pipe, 2 1-inch for iron pipe, 2 34-inch for iron pipe. Unions-10 1-inch for copper pipe, 6 34-inch for copper pipe. Copper to iron unions-2 11/4-inch, 8 3/4-inch. Unions for iron pipe-1 2-inch, 3 11/2-inch, 1 114-inch, 2 1-inch, 2 34-inch. Couplings-iron pipe-3 2-inch, 12 11/2-inch, 4 11/4- inch, 6 1-inch, 11 34-inch. Main corporation plugs- 7 1-inch,


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5 34-inch. Standard plugs-1 2-inch, 1 11/2-inch, 2 11/4-inch, 9 1-inch, 8 3/4-inch. Elbows-3 2-inch, 3 1-inch, 10 3/4-inch. Tees-2 2x1, 1 2x34, 2 11/2x1, 1 11/4x34, 9 1-inch, 24 3/4-inch. Caps-3 2-inch, 1 11/2-inch, 4 1-inch, 7 34-inch. Reducing couplings-1 11/2x11/4, 2 11/2x1, 5 11/2x34, 5 1x3/4. Elbows 45°-1 11/2-inch, 2 114-inch, 13 1-inch 5 3/4-inch.


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EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS : 1 Dodge truck 1936, 1 diaphram pump, 1 Leadite furnace-gas, 1 plumber's torch, 1 flood light, 1 battery lantern, 1 extension light, 12 lanterns, 2 road horses, 1 chain hoist, 1 block and tackle, 1 tripod, 8 picks, 4 shovels, 3 grubs, 2 sledges, 2 tampers, 1 hoe, 1 rake, 4 drills, 2 tunnel scoops, 1 earth auger, 1 pipe puller, 2 scythes, 1 wheel barrow, 1 magnetic needle, 1 75-ft. tape, 1 water phone, 1 leak sounder, 3 brush clippers, 1 handsaw, 1 'axe, 4 snow shovels, 1 Mueller "B" tapping machine, 1 Mueller "E" tapping machine, 1 pipe cutter 4-inch to 12-inch, 1 pipe cutter 2-inch, 1 3-wheel cutter 2-inch, 1 pipe clamp 4-inch to 10-inch, 1 expansion plug 12-inch, 1 2-inch Toledo die stock, 1 2-inch Reed die stock, 1 3/4-inch Toledo die stock, 1 1-inch Armstrong die stock, 3 hack saws, 1 bench vise, 1 post vise, 1 1-inch reamer, 2 24-inch Stilson wrenches, 1 18-inch Stilson wrench, 1 14-inch Stilson wrench, 1 monkey wrench, 1 3-1b. hammer, 2 lead swedge irons, 2 joint cutting irons, 2 yarning irons, 2 caulking irons, 2 joint runners, 6 joint tunnels, 1 leadite pot, 1 lead pot, 50 lbs. leadite, 100 lbs. lead, 25 lbs. carbide, 10 lbs. lead wool, 2 rolls jute, 2 hydrant wrenches, 2 hydrant repair wrenches, 4 gate valve wrenches, 4 service wrenches, 50 ft. 3/4-inch hose, 100 ft. 21/2-inch hose, 2 pair rubber boots, and 4 service boxes.


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REPORT OF THE CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS


The Board of Cemetery Commissioners respectfully submit the following report for the year 1943.


Two perpetual care gifts have been received in the course of the year ; the first, a gift of $200.00 from Miss Constance R. Handy to establish the St. Clair-Wade Fund for the per- petual care of lots 131 and 132 in the North Cemetery; the second, a gift of $150.00 from Andrew R. Newton, to establish the Charles H. Newton Fund for the perpetual care of lot 204, North Cemetery. These gifts increase the number of accounts to 130, and the total of invested funds to $23,725.00 providing for the care of 170 lots in all.


Forty-three lot owners paid sums aggregating $168.00 for care of their lots through the season, making the total of 215 lots for which care is provided by the holders. This leaves approximately 1,000 lots in the three cemeteries with no pro- vision for their care other than such as the town may choose to give.


Thirty-nine burials have been made this year; three more than last year. Twenty-five of these were made in Lakeview Cemetery and fourteen in the North Cemetery.


Nine lots were sold, and one single grave, and payment was completed on one previously sold. For these the sum of $350.00 was received and paid to the Treasurer.


Difficulty in securing competent help has hampered the work this year, and made effective work in the rehabilitation of the North Cemetery almost impossible. Some progress has been made however, chiefly in removing and disposing of stumps of trees broken in the hurricane. This work was accomplished at a cost of about $260.00, leaving some $400.00 of the grant for further work as circumstances may render possible. The widen- ing of the entrance and the improvement of the roadway is necessarily carried forward to 1944. In connection with this consideration should be given to recoating the sloping road


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above the tomb in Lakeview Cemetery as the surface is begin- ning to break up.


More land is urgently needed for Lakeview Cemetery and your Commissioners expect to bring a proposition for the pur- chase of additional land before the town in the near future.


JAMES FERGUSON, Chairman, WARREN D. VALENTINE, Clerk, MARTIN EDWARDS,


Cemetery Commissioners, Town of Wayland.


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INDEX


Assessors' Report 121


Board of Fire Engineers, Report of the 131


Board of Health, Report of the 135


Board of Park Commissioners, Report of the 179


Board of Public Welfare, Report of the 138


Board of Selectmen, Report of the 73


Building Inspector, Report of the 180


Cemetery Commissioners, Report of the 189


Chief of Police, Report of the 130


Commissioners of Trust Funds, Report of


113


Committee on Public Safety, Report of 182


District Nurse, Report of


136


Finance Committee, Report of the


21


Budget for 1944 23


Highway Department, Report of the


142


Inspector of Animals, Report of 137


Jury List-1943


Middlesex County Extension Service in Wayland, Report 143


Milk Inspector, Report of 137


133


Officers of the Town of Wayland


3


Planning Board, Report of the


125


Public Library, Report of the Trustees


176


Librarian's Report 176


Results of Town Election, March 1, 1943


54


Road Commissioners, Report of


141


School Department Report :


School Directory and General Information 146


School Committee, Report of the 148


Financial Statement for 1943 151


'Superintendent of Schools, Report of the 153


Principal of the High School, Report of the 156


Program of Studies, High School 158


Graduation Exercises, Class of 1943 163


64


Moth Department, Report of


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Art Supervisor, Report of the 165


Supervisor of Physical Education, Report of the 167 Supervisor of Music, Report of the 168


School Physician, Report of 169


School Nurse, Report of the 170


School Dental Clinic 171


Supervisor of Attendance, Report of the 172


Registration of Minors, October 1, 1943 172


Age and Grade Table, October 1, 1943 173


Organization of Teaching Staff, January 1, 1944 174


Sealer of Weights and Measures 134


State Audit, Report of the


66


Balance Sheet-September 18, 1943 70


Tax Collector, Report of the


114


Town Accountant's Report :


Receipts 77


Expenditures 81


Recapitulation-1943 Receipts


96


Recapitulation-1943 Expenditures 97


Estimated Receipts 98


Reserve Fund 100


Excess and Deficiency 1943


101


Water Accounts Receivable 1943 101


Statement 102


Town Clerk's Report :


Births 56


Deaths


59


Marriages


61


Dog Licenses-1943 63


Town Map, Report on 129


Town Treasurer, Report of 104


Tree Warden, Report of 133


Votes Enacted at the Annual Town Meeting, 1943


35


Warrant for Annual Town Meeting 9


Water Department, Report of the 185


Superintendent of Water Works, Report of 186


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OFFICIAL REPORTS


OF THE


TOWN OF WAYLAND


FOR ITS ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIFTH MUNICIPAL YEAR


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FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1944


Printed for the Town of Wayland by THE SUBURBAN PRESS Natick, Massachusetts 1945


OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF WAYLAND


Term Expires


MODERATOR


Howard S. Russell 1945


TOWN CLERK


M. Alice Neale 1945


SELECTMEN


William A. Loker


1945


William F. Hynes


1946


John W. Leavitt


1947


TREASURER


Frank G. McKenna 1945


TAX COLLECTOR


Theodore H. Harrington


1945


TOWN ACCOUNTANT


Mabel T. S. Small 1947


BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE


Gustaf Blomgren


1945


J. Sidney Stone 1946


Carlisle D. Scotland


1947


SCHOOL COMMITTEE


Cornelius J. Maguire 1945


Allan R. Finlay 1946


Charles F. Moore, Jr.


1947


3


ASSESSORS


1945


1946


1947


CLERK OF BOARDS


Dorothy W. Harrington 1945


WATER COMMISSIONERS


Alfred C. Damon 1945


George W. Lewis


1946


Fern A. Taylor


1947


TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY


Hugh F. Colliton, Jr.


1945


Arthur H. Dudley 1945


James R. Martin 1946


Theone H. Morgan


1946


Arthur C. K. Hallock ( Resigned)


1947


J. Sidney Stone


1947


CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS


Warren D. Valentine


1945


James Ferguson


1946


Martin R. Edwards


1947


TREE WARDEN


Charles L. Fullick


1945


HIGHWAY SURVEYOR


Albert E. Potvin


1945


BOARD OF HEALTH


Chester H. Hobbs


1945


Waldo L. Lawrence


1946


Ernest H. Damon


1947


PARK COMMISSIONERS


William J. Lynch 1945


Addison L. Sandford


1946


Elmer W. Bigwood


1947


Willard C. Hunting Daniel Brackett Charles M. Mathews


Term Expires


4


ROAD COMMISSIONERS


Joseph H. Decatur William J. Scotland Alvin B. Neale


Term Expires


1945


1946


1947


PLANNING BOARD


Carl T. Emery


1945


Frederick S. Whiteside


1946


Frank S. Tarr


1947


Allan R. Finlay


1948


Chester H. Hobbs


1949


Howard S. Russell


1949


CONSTABLES


Clarence O. Baker


1945


George A. Celorier


1945


Wilfred L. Celorier


1945


Alfred C. Damon


1945


Ernest H. Damon


1945


Charles F. Dusseault


1945


Thomas Francis Linnehan


1945


COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS


J. Reed Morss


1945


J. Sidney Stone


1946


John W. Leavitt


1947


TRUSTEES OF THE ALLEN FUND


John Connelly


1945


Llewellyn Mills


1945


Ernest E. Sparks, M. D. (Deceased)


1945


FENCE VIEWERS


Selectmen


1945


FIELD DRIVERS


Constables


1945


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Term Expires


SURVEYORS OF LUMBER


Thomas F. Linnehan


1945


Melville Loker


1945


Arthur F. Marston


1945


MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK


Thomas F. Linnehan


1945


Joseph Decatur


1945


Arthur F. Marston


1945


MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE SPANISH WAR VETERANS


Frank C. Moore


1945


William Hardy, Sr.


1945


WORLD WAR VETERANS


Earl G. Barry


1945


James J. Bennett


1945


Gustaf Blomgren


1945


Frank A. Burke


1945


William G. Curley


1945


August Dath


1945


John W. Leavitt


1945


Parker H. Groton


1945


Joe Perodeau


1945


Cornelius J. Maguire


1945


DOG OFFICER


Harry W. Craig 1945


INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS


Warren F. Lawrence


1945


DISTRICT NURSE


Mary E. McNeil 1945


SUPERINTENDENT MOTH EXTERMINATION


Charles L. Fullick 1945


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


Albert B. Marchand ( Deceased ) 1945


Edward Damon 1945


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Term Expires


PUBLIC WEIGHER


Thomas Francis Linnehan 1945


FOREST FIRE WARDEN


Theodore H. Harrington 1945


FINANCE COMMITTEE


Gerald Henderson


1945


Thomas F. McManus


1945


Parran C. Jarboe 1946


George V. Deverell


1947


Robert M. Morgan


1947


INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING


Warren F. Lawrence 1945


REGISTRARS OF VOTERS


M. Alice Neale, Rep.


1945


Joe Perodeau, Dem. 1945


Joseph Zimmerman, Dem.


1946


Arthur W. Atwood, Rep.


1947


BURIAL AGENT


John W. Leavitt 1945


STATE AND MILITARY AID


John W. Leavitt 1945


SOLDIERS' RELIEF AGENT


John W. Leavitt 1945


ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT


Theodore H. Harrington, Chief


1945


George F. Dickey, District Chief 1945


Ernest H. Damon, Clerk and Deputy Chief 1945


Thomas E. Hynes, Engineer


1945


Homer L. MacDonald, Electrician


1945


Frank H. Carter 1945


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Term Expires


ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS


Robert M. Morgan George W. Lewis L. Frank Perkins


1945


1946


1947


TOWN COUNSEL


J. Sidney Stone 1945


WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION AGENT


J. Sidney Stone 1945


BUILDING INSPECTOR


Homer L. MacDonald 1945


INSPECTOR OF WIRING


Homer L. MacDonald 1945


INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING


J. C. Massie 1945


ELECTION OFFICERS


PRECINCT 1


George F. Dickey, Warden


1945


Thomas E. Wentworth, Clerk 1945


Charles R. Harrington, Inspector 1945


Michael J. Dimodica, Inspector


1945


James J. Bolton, Deputy Warden


1945


Ethel H. Edwards, Deputy Clerk


1945


Philip Burbank, Deputy Inspector


1945


Francis M. Dowey, Deputy Inspector


1945


PRECINCT 2


Alvin B. Neale, Warden


1945


Mary K. Derrick, Clerk


1945


Orpha E. Bradshaw, Inspector


1945


Sebastian Selvitella, Inspector


1945


Parker H. Groton, Deputy Warden


1945


Arthur C. Wallace, Deputy Clerk


1945


Arthur E. Peck, Deputy Inspector


1945


Charles L. Smith, Deputy Inspector


1945


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WARRANT FOR ANNUAL TOWN MEETING


COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS


Middlesex, ss.


To any of the Constables of the Town of Wayland, in said County:


GREETINGS :


In the name of the Commonwealth you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in town election to meet at their respective polling places on


MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1945


at six o'clock in the forenoon, there and then to bring in their ballots for a Moderator, Town Clerk, Treasurer, Tax Collector, Tree Warden and seven Constables, all for one year ;


One Trustee of the Public Library for two years ;


One Selectman, one Assessor, one member of the School Committee, one member of the Board of Public Welfare, one Water Commissioner, one Cemetery Commissioner, one Road Commissioner, two Trustees of the Public Library, one mem- ber of the Board of Health, one Park Commissioner, and one Commissioner of Trust Funds, all for three years ;


One member of the Planning Board for five years.


All the foregoing to be voted on the official ballot. The polls will be open at 6.00 o'clock in the forenoon and will remain open continuously until 6.00 in the afternoon, when they shall be closed.


And you are required to notify and warn the inhabitants of said Town qualified to vote in Town affairs to meet at the Town Hall on


WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 1945


at 7.45 P. M., then and there to act on the following articles.


Article 1. To hear reports of the Town officers, agents and committees, and act thereon.


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Article 2. To choose all necessary Town officers, agents and committees not elected by the official ballot.


Article 3. To grant money for necessary Town purposes. See Finance Committee's Report.


Article 4. To see if the Town will authorize the Treas- urer, with the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1945, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than a year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.


The Finance Committee recommends the approval of this article.


Article 5. To see if the Town will appropriate $375 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 1944 in accordance with Chapter 114, Section 15, of the General Laws, or do or act.


The Finance Committee feels that the funds received from the sale of lots should be allowed to accumulate for the purchase of additional land in the near future for the Lakeview Cemetery. It feels that this would be a preferable way to handle these funds than for the Town to take them for miscellaneous small improvements which could almost be considered in the nature of ordinary care.


The Finance Committee therefore does not recom- mend the approval of the article.


Article 6. To see if the Town will appropriate funds for : (1) "Water Main Extension Notes Maturing in 1945"-pay- ment of principal-$2,000;




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