Official reports of the town of Wayland 1942-1944, Part 9

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


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1944


Nelson D. Phelps


1944


Howard S. Russell


1944


Frank S. Tarr


1944


CONSTABLES


John P. Butler


1944


George A. Celorier


1944


Wilfred L. Celorier


1944


Ernest H. Damon


1944


Charles F. Dusseault


1944


John J. Linnehan


1944


Frederick H. Perry


1944


COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS


John W. Leavitt


1944


J. Reed Morss


1945


J. Sidney Stone


1946


TRUSTEES OF THE ALLEN FUND


John Connelly


1944


Llewellyn Mills


1944


Ernest E. Sparks, M.D.


1944


FENCE VIEWERS


Selectmen


1944


FIELD DRIVERS


Constables


1944


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Term Expires


SURVEYORS OF LUMBER


Thomas F. Linnehan


1944


Melville Loker


1944


Arthur F. Marston


1944


MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK


Thomas F. Linnehan


1944


Joseph Decatur


1944


Arthur F. Marston


1944


MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE


SPANISH WAR VETERANS


Frank C. Moore


1944


William Hardy, Sr.


1944


WORLD WAR VETERANS


Earl G. Barry


1944


James J. Bennett


1944


Gustaf Blomgren


1944


Frank A. Burke


1944


William G. Curley


1944


August Dath


1944


John W. Leavitt


1944


Parker H. Groton


1944


Joe Perodeau


1944


Cornelius J. Maguire


1944


Percy Steele


1944


DOG OFFICER


Harry W. Craig


1944


INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS


Warren F. Lawrence


1944


DISTRICT NURSE


Mary E. McNeil 1944


SUPERINTENDENT MOTH EXTERMINATION


Charles L. Fullick 1944


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Term Expires


SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


Albert B. Marchand 1944


PUBLIC WEIGHER 4 1944


Thomas Francis Linnehan


FOREST FIRE WARDEN


Theodore H. Harrington 1944


FINANCE COMMITTEE


August Dath (Resigned)


1944


Donald B. MacClellan ( Appointed to fill vacancy ) 1944


Robert M. Morgan 1944


Gerald Henderson


1945


Thomas F. McManus 1945


Ronald S. Campbell


1946


INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING


Warren F. Lawrence 1944


REGISTRARS OF VOTERS


M. Alice Neale, Rep. 1944


Charles F. Whittier, Rep. (Resigned) 1944


Arthur W. Atwood ( Appointed to fill vacancy )


1944


Joe Perodeau, Dem. 1945


Joseph Zimmerman, Dem.


1946


BURIAL AGENT


John W. Leavitt


1944


STATE AND MILITARY AID


John W. Leavitt 1944


SOLDIERS' RELIEF AGENT


John W. Leavitt 1944


ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT


Theodore H. Harrington, Chief


1944


George F. Dickey, District Chief 1944


Ernest H. Damon, Clerk and Deputy Chief 1944


Thomas E. Hynes, Engineer


1944


Homer L. MacDonald, Electrician


1944


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ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS


L. Frank Perkins 1944


Robert M. Morgan


1945


Roger E. Ela


1946


TOWN COUNSEL


J. Sidney Stone


0 1944


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WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION AGENT


J. Sidney Stone 1944


BUILDING INSPECTOR


Homer L. MacDonald 1944


INSPECTOR OF WIRING


Homer L. MacDonald 1944


INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING


J. C. Massie 1944


ELECTION OFFICERS


PRECINCT 1


George F. Dickey, Warden


1944


Thomas E. Wentworth, Clerk 1944


Charles R. Harrington, Inspector 1944


: Michael J. Dimodica, Inspector


1944


James J. Bolton, Deputy Warden


1944


Ethel H. Edwards, Deputy Clerk


1944


Philip Burbank, Deputy Inspector


1944


Francis M. Dowey, Deputy Inspector


1944


PRECINCT 2


Albert B. Marchand, Warden


1944


Mary K. Derrick, Clerk


1944


Alvin B. Neale, Inspector


1944


Sebastian Selvitella, Inspector


1944


Parker H. Groton, Deputy Warden


1944


Arthur C. Wallace, Deputy Clerk


1944


Arthur E. Peck, Deputy Inspector


1944


Charles L. Smith, Deputy Inspector


1944


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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 6, 1944


at six o'clock in the forenoon, there and then to bring in their ballots for a Moderator, Town Clerk, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Tree Warden, one member of the Board of Public Welfare, one member of the Board of Health, one member of the Planning Board and seven Constables, all for one year ;


One Water Commissioner and one member of the Plan- ning Board 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, one Com- missioner of Trust Funds and one member of the Planning Board, all for three years ;


One member of the Planning Board for four years ;


And two members 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


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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1944


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.


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, 1944, 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 $350 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 1943 in accordance with Chapter 114, Section 15, of the General Laws, or do or act.


The Finance Committee recommends the approval of this article.


Article 6. To see if the Town will appropriate funds for :


(1) "Water Main Extension Notes Maturing in 1944"-pay- ment of principal-$2,000;


(2) "Water Main Extension Notes Maturing in 1946"-pay- ment of interest due in 1944-$200;


(3) "Water Department Maintenance"-$7,200;


(4) "Construction of a new eighteen-inch Well"-$1,000; the entire amount to be taken from "Water Available Surplus," or do or act.


The first three items need no explanation. The transfer of $1,000 may have to be increased, depend- ing upon figures to be obtained before the Town Meet- ing. The six-inch well, dug in 1933, can no longer be relied upon as one of our principal sources of water. To safely carry the system through a dry season and


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insure an adequate supply, it will be necessary to either repair the existing well or dig a new one. The Finance Committee expects to have a more complete story at the time of the Town Meeting.


Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money to purchase a site upon which to con- struct at a later date, following the close of the war, a build- ing to provide quarters for the branch of the Public Library, for the Fire Department and for other municipal purposes, such a civic centre building to be located in the Village of Cochituate and will vote to appoint a committee authorized to do all things necessary and appropriate thereto, with such power to act as may seem to the Town desirable, or do or act.


The Village of Cochituate has for some years needed a civic building to house a number of Town departments which are now located in various rented quarters. Improved facilities are needed for hearings, meetings of small groups and gatherings which are largely civic in character. The Fire Department and the principal units of the fire alarm system are now housed in an old frame structure lacking modern fire protection. The branch of the Library and the Wel- fare Department, now charged with administering Old Age Assistance, are permanent and both occupy rented quarters. The Finance Committee feels that the con- struction of a civic building to accommodate these facilities should be undertaken following the close of the war, as one of the Town's principal post-war pro- jects. At the time of writing this recommendation, the Finance Committee has grounds for believing that an option can be securede by the Town on the site owned by the Boston and Middlesex Street Railway across from Legion Hall.


This article covers a proposed purchase of vacant land having a frontage of 200 feet on Cochituate Road, 338 feet on East Plain Street, 200 feet on Leary Street, containing about 1.54 acres, at a cost of $2,500. After studying the matter from a number of different angles, including location of the present population, areas of probable future residential development, access to through-streets and roads, nearness to the school, convenience to public transportation, accessi- bility for pedestrians, space for parking, topography


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of the lot, drainage possibilities, shape and size of the lot for any projected building and finally, price of the land itself, the Finance Committee feels that the option should be exercised and the land purchased at this time, preparatory to going ahead with the actual con- struction after the war.


Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money for the purchase of a lot of land, for municipal purposes, now owned by James Martin, adjoining that owned by the Town, on which the Town Highway Depart- ment garage is located, the lot containing about 58,000 square feet, more or less, and having a frontage of 100 feet on Main Street and a depth of 580 feet, or do or act.


The possibility of the purchase of this piece of property has been under discussion off and on for the last five or six years. The rear of the lot contains a substantial amount of gravel, which, because of its location, could be used to advantage by the Highway Department, both in its regular work and as top fill for the dump located to the north of the Highway garage. The present garage is very close to the southerly boundary of the property owned by the Town. The purchase of this additional piece of land would pro- vide suitable space for ultimate expansion of the Town's garage facilities. The price at which the owner is willing to sell is reasonable.


The Finance Committee therefore recommends the approval of the article and the appropriation of $500 for the purpose.


Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money for the construction and equipment of a one-room addition to the Grade School at Wayland Centre, the appropriation to also cover the cost of architect's plans, or do or act.


The purpose of this article is to provide the space and the facilities for improving the instruction at the Centre Grade School. The addition would do for the Centre School what the extra first floor room, for which the Town provided funds a number of years ago, has done for the Cochituate Grade School. The room is needed to give special help to those who have fallen behind, either through absence or because of


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subject matter and to those who should have advanced work. This addition would further serve to relieve the pressure in the grades, where the classes are now at or are approaching capacity, thus in effect increasing the capacity of our grammar school system as a whole at relatively small cost. It is contemplated that the room would be used as a special help room, not as a home room. Preliminary plans indicate that the addition could be built and equipped for about $6,500. The Finance Committee feels that this is a project for which the School Committee could have plans drawn this year and be ready to go forward with the work upon the lifting of building restrictions or immediately following the close of the war. Funds, if voted, could be carried over pending their use.


The Finance Committee therefore recommends the appropriation of $6,500 for the purpose, this sum to be used for plans and specifications, construction and equipment, the work to be done under the super- vision of the School Committee.


Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to increase the salary of the Chief of Police, appropriate the sum of $400 for the same, or otherwise act thereon.


This and the following two articles would cost the Town $5,500 this year, or about one dollar on the tax rate and would cost about $4,500 permanently each year thereafter. The office of the Chief of Police is now protected under Civil Service and any increase made in the salary becomes permanent and cannot be reduced, except under unusual circumstances. The Finance Committee has made an investigation of the salaries paid for this position in towns of our size and resources, on the basis of which, it has recommended in the budget that a permanent increase in the Chief's salary be granted whereby his salary will be increased from $1,800 to $2,000. This would mean a total increase of $380 in the past two years, or something over 23%. In addition, the position is included under those full-time employees of the Town for whom the Finance Committee is recommending a bonus for the year 1944 or 5%, or in this case, about $100 additional.


The Finance Committee feels that the salary of


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the position has been adequately taken care of and therefore does not recommend the approval of the article.


Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to appoint two additional full-time policemen, appropriate the sum of $3,600 to pay for same, or otherwise act thereon.


The duties of the permanent Police Department have decreased within recent years. The trend in the number of arrests has been downward, much of the seasonal property is now occupied by permanent year- round residents. Neither the Selectmen nor the Finance Committee find any sentiment whatsoever in the Town for any increase in the size of the police force. An increase in the number of full-time patrol- men would become a permanent addition to the Town's expense, which the Finance Committee feels is in no way justified. This matter has previously come before the Town and has been overwhelmingly rejected.


The Finance Committee therefore does not rec- ommend the approval of the article and feels that it should be passed over.


Article 12. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of inôney, not to exceed $1,500, to purchase and equip a police cruiser, or otherwise act thereon.


Prior to 1935, there was no very satisfactory arrangement for handling the automobile expense of the Chief of Police. The matter was gone into thoroughly at that time and beginning in 1936, the Town set up for the exclusive use of the Chief of Police, $400 per year to be paid monthly to cover gas, oil, tires, repairs, insurance and depreciation of the car. This amount has been voted regularly ever since. It was agreed at the time that from the amount so paid, the Chief would, from time to time, at his own discretion, buy his own new automobile. The arrange- ment was satisfactory to him in that it gave him definite expense money which he could count on and was satisfactory to the Town in that it knew definitely what the transportation costs of the Police Depart- ment would be. The Finance Committee feels that there is no occasion at this time for a request for the money here asked.


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The Finance Committee therefore does not rec- ommend approval of the article and feels that it should be passed over.


Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to discontinue as a highway, or restrict the use of a portion of Waltham Road near its intersection with Concord Road, or to re-locate said Waltham Road; authorize any action with regard to the real estate involved and any construction required, all in connection with the proposed Kirby Whittier Memorial, authorized at the 1943 Annual Town Meeting, and make an appropriation for these purposes and for said Kirby Whittier Memorial, or do or act.


The general matter covered by this article was referred to a special committee appointed at the last Annual Town Meeting. That committee's recommen -. dation includes: the erection of a simple fieldstone memorial with appropriate shrubbing and grass plot, together with a discontinuance of a portion of the highway and a re-location of the intersection of Wal- tham Road at Concord Road. The projected memorial appears to be appropriate and to be a suitable develop- ment at the centre of what might be termed "North Wayland."


The Finance Committee recommends the approval of the article and an expenditure of $350, the work to be done by the Highway Department under the super- vision of the Kirby Whittier Memorial Committee and the Planning Board.


Article 14. To see if the Town will discontinue as a Town . highway, the northerly fork of Bow Road, or restrict its use or take any action thereon.


Bow Road has two forks as it approaches Con- cord Road. This article refers to the northerly fork. Conditioned upon improvement of the southerly fork and a widening of its intersection at Concord Road, the northerly portion would no longer be needed for highway purposes. Substantially all' the owners of property on Bow Road have been canvassed and a closing of this portion of the highway meets with their approval. From the Town's point of view as a whole, a dangerous intersection at a blind curve can be elimin- ated by the discontinuance of this piece as a Town


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highway. The plans as drawn provide for a foot pas- sage right of way.


The Finance Committee recommends the approval of the article.


Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to relocate a cer- tain portion of Bow Road near its junction with Concord Road, acquire any necessary land by gift, purchase or otherwise, pro- vide for any construction or reconstruction required, make an appropriation therefor or take any action thereon.


This article refers to the southerly fork of Bow Road. The relocation of the entrance of Bow Road onto Concord Road has been studied by the Planning Board for a number of years with a view to eliminat- ing a dangerous, blind curve. A number of alternative . plans have, from time to time, been suggested, but the plans as now drawn meet with the approval of sub- stantially all the owners of property on Bow Road and on Concord Road at the intersection. The owners of the land needed for the relocation have agreed to deed the necessary land to the Town without cost. Only a small amount of highway work is involved.


The Finance Committee therefore recommends the approval of the article and the expenditure of $650 for the work.


Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to accept all or any of the following conveyances, or take any other action in regard thereto :


(1) Conveyance by Reuben T. Palmer, et al of certain rights by instrument dated July 19, 1943, recorded with Middle- sex South District Deeds, Book 6694, Page 557.


(2) Conveyance by Wayland Junior Town House, Inc., of cer- tain rights by instrument dated on or about January 15, 1944 and recorded or to be recorded with said Deeds.


(3) Conveyance by Middlesex Mortgage Corporation of cer- tain rights by instrument dated January 15, 1944 and recorded or to be recorded with said Deeds.


(4) Conveyance by Evelyn M. Jensen of certain land or rights therein in the northerly part of Wayland by instrument recorded or to be recorded with said Deeds.


The first conveyance covers land deeded to the Town as a result of a widening two years ago of Mill- brook Road.


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The second and third conveyances cover land which would come to the Town as a result of the relocation of a certain portion of Bow Road near its junction with Concord Road, as suggested in Article 15


The fourth conveyance covers land which would come to the Town as a result of a discontinuance as a highway of a portion of Waltham Road near its inter- section with Concord Road, as suggested in Article 13.


The matters covered by all the conveyances have been studied and proper plans prepared by the Plan- ning Board.


The Finance Committee recommends the approval of the article.


Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to accept Sections 1 to 3, inclusive, of Chapter 139 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth and Sections 6 to 11, inclusive, of Chapter 143 of said General Laws or any of said sections, or do or act.


Neither the Selectmen nor the Building Inspector at present has authority to require owners of buildings which are creating nuisances in a neighborhood to remove or make their properties safe. There are a number of summer camps which have been partially burned or allowed to fall into a bad state of repair, which need immediate attention or removal. The per- manent residents of each of the districts involved have repeatedly expressed a desire for better Town legis- lation on this point. By the Town's accepting the sec- tions here mentioned, the Selectmen or the Building Inspector, after written notice to the owners of burnt, dilapidated or dangerous buildings and after a hearing, may make an order adjudging the property to be a nuisance to the neighborhood or dangerous and pre- scribing its disposition, alteration or regulation. The owners' rights are protected through a right of appeal to the Superior Court. It appears to the Finance Com- mittee that there is little or no good reason why the Town should not accept this article, for the power needed is not covered by powers voted in recent years to the Town Treasurer. His authority extends over only properties which the Town itself acquires through tax title.


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The Finance Committee therefore recommends the approval of this article.


Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money to purchase for recreational pur- poses all or any part of the lots of land in that part of the Town known as "Riverview Circle" and shown on a plan entitled, "Wayland, Mass. Plan of Riverview Terrace, Edward Howard, C. E." dated May, 1924, and recorded with Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Plan Book 339, Plan No. 41 and authorize the Board of Selectmen, upon recommendation by the Planning Board, to accept a deed or deeds, subject to the approval of the Town Counsel, and pay the purchase price, or do or act.


This matter was fully covered and explained in Articles 9 and 10 in last year's Warrant. The Plan- ning Board and the Selectmen have succeeded in hav- ing a large number of lots deeded to the Town at no cost. At the time of writing this recommendation, the $750 appropriation made last year for the acquisition of certain pieces of land is still unexpended.


The Finance Committee has gone over the matter thoroughly with the Planning Board and is of the opinion that, based on the progress made to date, funds, in addition to those voted last year, should be provided for continuance of the work, feeling that it will be of advantage to the Town as a whole, and to the owners of other property in the Riverview section in particular, for the Town to acquire the ownership of as many intervening lots as possible.


The Finance Committee recommends the approval of the article and the appropriation of an additional $500 for the purpose.


Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a committee to aid members of the armed services in their return to civilian life and will appropriate and assess the sum of $200 for use as expenses of such committee, or do or act.


The Finance Committee recommends the approval of this article and the appropriation of $200 for the purpose of the committee.


Article 20. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate


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and assess a sum of money for the erection of suitable honor rolls, or do or act.


The Selectmen have obtained estimates for the construction of two suitable honor rolls, one to be erected in each village at a combined cost of $1,300, appropriate name plates costing about $425 can be purchased with money held in the Civilian Defense "Show Fund."


The Finance Committee recommends the approval of the article and the appropriation of $1,300.


Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to appoint a committee to make a study and have plans prepared for a memorial to be erected, following the close of the war, to the men and women of Wayland who will have been in the service, the committee to correlate and combine any and all suggestions for a memorial and to be ready to report at the next Annual Town Meeting, or do or act.


There will naturally be brought forward during and following the war a number of suggestions for memorials in commemoration of those who have served their country in time of war. It appears quite desir- able, therefore, to have a proper committee organized at this time to handle the whole problem of bringing together the various suggestions and preparing suitable plans. To function properly in this matter, the com- mittee should be set up to carry on the work for as long a period as is necessary.


The Finance Committee therefore recommends that a committee of five be organized to consist of the following: one member of the Board of Selectmen, one member of the Planning Board and one member of the American Legion, such members to be chosen by their respective groups, and two others to be chosen by the three so designated, the committee to be ready to report at each Annual Town Meeting until the mat- ter has finally been disposed of by the Town.




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