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TOWN OF WAYLAND
FOR ITS ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTIETH MUNICIPAL YEAR
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EAST SUDBURY 1780
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FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1949
Printed for the Town of Wayland by THE SUBURBAN PRESS Natick, Massachusetts 1950
OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF WAYLAND
Term Expires
MODERATOR
Howard S. Russell 1950
TOWN CLERK
M. Alice Neale
1950
SELECTMEN
John W. Leavitt 1950
William A. Loker
1951
Gerald Henderson
1952
TOWN TREASURER
Frank G. Mackenna 1950
TAX COLLECTOR
Theodore H. Harrington
1950
TOWN ACCOUNTANT
Mabel T. S. Small (Retired)
1950
Ethel C. Damon 1950
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Carlisle D. Scotland 1950
Gustaf M. Blomgren
1951
J. Sidney Stone
1952
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Allan R. Finlay 1950
Cornelius J. Maguire 1951
Harvey C. Newton 1952
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Term Expires
ASSESSORS
1950
1951
1952
CLERK OF BOARDS
Dorothy W. Harrington 1950
WATER COMMISSIONERS
Fern A. Taylor
1950
Alfred C. Damon
1951
Charles E. Potter
1952
TRUSTEES OF PUBLIC LIBRARY
Helen C. Morgan
1950
J. Sidney Stone
1950
Arthur H. Dudley
1951
Hugh F. Colliton, Jr.
1951
George G. Bogren
1952
Theone H. Morgan
1952
CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS
Martin R. Edwards
1950
Warren D. Valentine
1951
Ernest W. Schleicher
1952
TREE WARDEN
Charles L. Fullick
1950
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR
Albert E. Potvin
1950
BOARD OF HEALTH
Ernest H. Damon
1950
Thomas Francis Linnehan
1951
Waldo L. Lawrence
1952
PARK COMMISSIONERS
Alton L. Flanders, Jr. 1950
Nathaniel Hamlen
1951
Frank S. Tarr
1952
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Charles M. Mathews Willard C. Hunting J. Fred Wheeler
Term Expires
ROAD COMMISSIONERS
Alvin B. Neale Joseph H. Decatur Gustaf M. Blomgren
1950
1951
1952
PLANNING BOARD
Carl T. Emery 1950
B. Allen Benjamin
1951
Frank S. Tarr
1952
Gerald B. Liscombe
1953
Howard S. Russell
1954
Frank W. Cannell (Resigned) -
1954
CONSTABLES
Clarence O. Baker
1950
John P. Butler
1950
George A. Celorier
1950
Wilfred L. Celorier
1950
Alfred C. Damon
1950
Ernest H. Damon
1950
Thomas Francis Linnehan
1950
COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS
John W. Leavitt 1950
J. Reed Morss 1951
J. Sidney Stone 1952
TRUSTEES OF THE ALLEN FUND
John Connelly
1950
Frederic A. Gibbs
1950
George W. Shepard
1950
FENCE VIEWERS
Selectmen
1950
FIELD DRIVERS
Constables
1950
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Term Expires
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER
Thomas F. Linnehan 1950 Melville Loker 1950
Arthur F. Marston
1950
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK
Joseph Decatur 1950
Thomas F. Linnehan
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Arthur F. Marston
1950
MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE
Frank C. Moore
James J. Bolton
Richard M. Francis
Wallace E. Decker
William G. Curley
Charles T. Morgan
B. Allen Benjamin
Cornelius J. Maguire
John C. Bryant
Charles L. Fullick
F. Clifton Haynes
Kenneth C. Ringer
DOG OFFICER
Ernest H. Damon 1950
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
Warren F. Lawrence 1950
DISTRICT NURSE
Mary E. McNeil 1950
SUPERINTENDENT MOTH EXTERMINATION
Charles L. Fullick (Retired) 1950
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Edward T. Damon 1950
PUBLIC WEIGHER 1950
Thomas Francis Linnehan
FOREST FIRE WARDEN
Theodore H. Harrington 1950
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Term Expires
FINANCE COMMITTEE
George V. Deverell
1950
Robert M. Morgan
1950
John R. McEnroy
1951
James Otis Post
1951
John F. Yeager
1952
INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
Warren F. Lawrence 1950
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
M. Alice Neale, Rep.
1950
Waldo H. Russell, Rep.
1950
Joe Perodeau, Dem.
1951
Charles F. Goodale, Dem.
1952
BURIAL AGENT
John W. Leavitt 1950
AGENT VETERANS' BENEFITS
John W. Leavitt 1950
ENGINEERS OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
F. Clifton Haynes, Chief 1950
Homer L. MacDonald, Asst. Chief
1950
Frank H. Carter, Deputy Chief 1950
Parker H. Groton, Deputy Chief
1950
Ernest H. Damon, Clerk
1950
COMMITTEE FOR VETERANS' SERVICES
Ronald S. Campbell, Chairman
J. Fred Wheeler
Sara H. Stites
J. Penteado Bill
Carlisle D. Scotland
J. Reed Morss
Richard M. Francis
J. Otis Post, Jr.
Frederick S. Whiteside
J. Warren Olmstead
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Term Expires
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
Archibald Cox Roger E. Ela George G. Bogren
1950
1951
1952
ASSOCIATE MEMBER ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS Kimball G. Powning
TOWN COUNSEL
Roger E. Ela
1950
BUILDING INSPECTOR
Homer L. MacDonald
1950
INSPECTOR OF WIRING
1950
INSPECTOR OF PLUMBING
J. C. Massie 1950
ELECTION OFFICERS
PRECINCT 1
Willard B. Dik, Warden
1950
Elizabeth C. Raymond, Clerk 1950
Charles R. Harrington, Inspector 1950
Annie R. Costello, Inspector
1950
James J. Bolton, Deputy Warden
1950
Ethel H. Edwards, Deputy Clerk 1950
Philip Burbank, Deputy Inspector 1950
Francis M. Dowey, Deputy Inspector
1950
PRECINCT 2
Alvin B. Neale, Warden
1950
Madeline T. Hampstead, Clerk
1950
Orpha E. Bradshaw, Inspector
1950
Sebastian Selvitella, Inspector
1950
Parker H. Groton, Deputy Warden
1950
Frank S. Tarr, Deputy Clerk
1950
Arthur E. Peck, Deputy Inspector
1950
Charles L. Smith, Deputy Inspector
1950
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Homer L. MacDonald
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, Pre- cinct 1 in the Town Hall, Precinct 2 in the Legion Hall, on
MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1950
at six o'clock in the forenoon, there and then to bring in their ballots for a Moderator, Town Clerk, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, Assessor, Tree Warden and seven Constables, all for one year ;
One Selectman, one member of the Board of Public Wel- fare, one member of the School Committee, one Assessor, one Water Commissioner, two Trustees of the Public Library, one Cemetery Commissioner, one member of the Board of Health, one Park Commissioner, one Road Commissioner, one Com- missioner of Trust Funds, all for three years ;
One member of the Planning Board for four 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 7:00 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 High School Gymnasium on
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1950
at 7:45 P. M., then and there to act on the following articles.
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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 Report.
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to fix the salary and compensation of all elective officers of the Town, as pro- vided by Section 108, Chapter 41, General Laws, as amended, and set the effective date of such salary and compensation.
In 1947, the Legislature passed an act requiring the town meeting to fix annually the salary or compensa- tion of each and every elective officer and further re- quiring that, if the salary be effective from January 1, the town so state.
The Finance Committee recommends that the sal- aries for the elective officers be set as indicated in the budget and that they be effective from January 1, 1950.
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell or otherwise dispose of the present police car in connection with the purchase of a new car pro- vided for in the budget of the department, or do or act.
Sale or disposal of equipment requires a vote of the Town.
The Finance Committee recommends the approval of the article.
Article 6. To see if the Town will authorize the Treasurer, 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, 1950 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 the article.
Article 7. To see if the Town will appropriate sums of money for the following: (1) water coupon notes, water bonds and water registered note-maturing in 1950-payment of principal; (2) water coupon notes, water bonds and water regis-
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tered note-payment of interest due in 1950; (3) Water De- partment maintenance; (4) Town office and clerical expense- the entire amount to be taken from "Water Available Surplus," or do or act.
The sums of money required in the above article are as follows: (1) Water Department-payment of principal $10,000; (2) Water Department-interest $2,865; (3) Water Departm't-maintenance $16,000; (4) Town office and clerk-expense $1,500. The ap- propriations requested are for the normal operation of the Water Department, which, together with the $5,000 appropriated under "Hydrant Rental," accounts for the full amount of funds needed by the Water Department for the year 1950.
The Finance Committee recommends the approval of the article.
Article 8. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money for the reconstruction and improvement of Chapter 90 roads, said money to be used in conjunction with any money which may be allotted by the State or County, or both, for this purpose, the work to be done under the super- vision of the Road Commissioners, or take any action in rela- tion thereto.
During 1949, the Highway Department completed the work on the Chapter 90 job on Old Connecticut Path. In addition, substantially all the work was completed on the rebuilding of Main Street in Way- land Center, with only a small amount of work re- maining to be done in the spring.
In 1950, it is proposed that a start will be made on the reconstruction of Main Street, Cochituate from the Natick line to the Legion Hall. The County and the State have approved the entire project and it is contemplated that the job, which will include a sub- stantial amount of drainage, will require more than one year to complete. The Town petitioned the County and State on the basis of a Town contribution of $8,000, but the allocation already made has been on the basis of but $4,000. Judging from our exper- ience in previous years, it is quite possible that the County and State might have some extra funds for a supplemental allocation and on this basis, there is a
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possibility that we might be able to use as much as $6,000 of Town money.
The Finance Committee has always felt that it is good business for the Town to do as much Chapter 90 work as possible. The Finance Committee therefore recommends the appropriation of $6,000 and the ap -. proval of the article, the work to be done under the supervision of the Road Commissioners.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to cancel the authorization for expenditure and borrowing of $10,000 of the $20,000 voted under Article 6 of the Special Town Meeting of April 28, 1948 and Article 1 of the Special Town Meeting of November 30, 1949.
Subsequent to the Special Town Meeting last fall, the Town Treasurer borrowed $10,000 and set this amount up in a fund to be used for water extension in existing town roads. The use of the money is limited to extensions which will fit into the long-term development of the Water Department system, in accordance with the engineering survey made for the Water Department some years ago. Each extension must be recommended by the Water Department and approved by the Selectmen and Finance Committee. It is now contemplated that $10,000 will be a sufficient sum for use in the immediate future and it is the Treasurer's suggestion that the balance of the appro- priation be cancelled.
The Finance Committee recommends the approval of the article.
Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and raise a sum of money for the installation of fire sprinkler systems in any or all of the school buildings and determine how the money shall be raised, by assessment, transfer, borrowing or otherwise, or do or act.
The Finance Committee, together with the Select- men and the School Building Committee, have con- tinued their joint study of the advisability of installing sprinklers in the Town's school buildings, following their report on this matter at the last Annual Meeting.
The Finance Committee will present a further report on this subject at the Annual Meeting this year,
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but does not contemplate at this time recommending the appropriation of any funds under this article.
Article 11. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the purchase of a bulldozer for the Highway Department and appropriate and assess a sum of money for the purpose, or do or act.
This article stems from a request by the Highway Department for an appropriation of $10,800 for a medium-sized caterpillar-bulldozer, designed to carry either a bulldozer blade or a cubic-yard loading shovel and trailer for transportation. The Highway Com- missioners are unanimous in their feeling that there would be sufficient work to warrant the investment. The types of work in which the bulldozer would be useful are Chapter 90 reconstruction, betterment con- struction and rebuilding of existing Town roads. In addition, they feel that the loader would enable them to use sand from the Town-owned pits, thus reducing purchases of this nature.
The Finance Committee feels that an expenditure for this type of heavy equipment can only be justified when the records of the Department's expenditures prove that it would be cheaper to own than to rent. There is nothing in its operating expense records to prove the need. In 1949, when some $80,000 was spent by the Highway Department for all purposes, the rental for all types of equipment, except trucks, came to but $2,100, of which but $562 was for bull- dozer rental.
The Finance Committee has steadily concurred with the Highway Department in recommending the replacement of a truck each year to the end that the truck equipment is renewed every five years, kept up- to-date and expensive repairs kept to a minimum. This, the Finance Committee feels, has proved to be a sound policy. It has therefore included in the budget for this year, 1950, $3,500 under "New Equip- ment" which would enable the Department to replace its 1945 Ford 2-ton truck.
The Finance Committee therefore does not recom- mend the approval of this article.
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Article 12. To see whether the Town will vote to author- ize the Board of Park Commissioners, with the approval of the Selectmen, on behalf of the Town, to enter into an agreement with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for leasing by the Town of land along the shore of Lake Cochituate near the westerly end of Shawmut Avenue.
This article authorizes the Town to take the neces- sary further steps toward the completion of the Lake Cochituate recreational area project and will serve to complete the tentative arrangements already made with the Massachusetts Department of Conservation.
The Finance Committee recommends the approval of the article.
Article 13. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the appropriation for and transfer to "Park Department : Expense" the sum of $989.31 remaining in the account voted under Article 7 at the Special Town Meeting of April 28, 1948 for the construction of toilet facilities at Baldwin's Pond, said sum to be used, together with funds provided in the budget for the Park Department, for the installation of facilities and improve- ments at the Lake Cochituate beach.
Prior to the decision of the Town at the Special Meeting in November, 1949 to purchase land on Lake Cochituate and establish a bathing beach at that loca- tion, there was appropriated a sum of money for the erection of toilet facilities at the bathing beach at Baldwin's Pond and there remains of that fund $989.31 unexpended. This coming summer, the Park Department proposes to consolidate at Lake Cochitu- ate the beach activities supported by the Town, and the Red Cross has indicated that it proposes to give instruction only at the Lake Cochituate location. Under the circumstances, it seems desirable for the Town not to go forward with the erection of toilet facilities at Baldwin's Pond, but to transfer the funds previously voted for that location for use at Lake Cochituate.
The Finance Committee therefore recommends the approval of the article.
Article 14. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess a sum of money for the purchase of a truck for the joint use of the Cemetery and Park Departments, or do or act.
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The Cemetery Department and the Park Board have, for some years, each had need of light trucking equipment to transport equipment now owned, from one section to another. Under the present circum- stances, the two departments operate with a joint superintendent. The Park Department is faced with a substantial expansion of activity in the Lake Cochit- uate area, and the Cemetery Department will have to develop its recently purchased land in the Lakeview section to make it ready for burial lots. There is, in the opinion of the Finance Committee, therefore, a sound basis for the purchase here requested.
The Finance Committee recommends the appro- priation of $1,500 and the approval of the article, the purchase to be made with the approval of the Select- men.
Article 15. To see if the Town will vote to sell the tri- angular area of land forming the extreme southern end of the "Extension" so-called, of the North Cemetery, beyond the area now developed for cemetery use; or to exchange this area for an equivalent area now owned by Ralph Stewart and forming a part of the tract which the Town is in the process of pur- chasing ; or otherwise act thereon.
This article was inserted by the Cemetery Com- missioners. It provides for the exchange of a piece of land located at the rear corner of the North Ceme- tery which is not suitabe for cemetery expansion, for a piece of land adjoining that which the Town will purchase, as authorized under Article 20 of the Special Meeting of November 30, 1949. The owner and the Cemetery Commissioners have agreed on an even swap of this small piece without exchange of money.
The Finance Committee recommends the approval of the article.
Article 16. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess the sum of $3,400 to replace the fire alarm system in Wayland, or do or act.
At the time of writing this report, the Finance Committee had not had sufficient opportunity to fully review with the engineers of the Fire Department its requirements for capital improvements over a period
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of time and the Committee will, therefore, defer mak- ing a report on this article until the time of the Town Meeting.
Article 17. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess the sum of $520 for the purchase of a fire alarm box and the necessary material for its installation, at the intersec- tion of Valley View Road, Timberlane and Oak Street, or do or act.
This article contemplates the extension of the fire alarm system from Commonwealth Road East, south on Oak Street, to the intersection of Valley View Road and Timberlane and the installation of a fire alarm box at that point. During recent years, some 26 houses have been built in the immediate vicinity and there are lots available for the construction of an additional 20 houses. The area is one which is stead- ily expanding for residential use. The Fire Depart- ment approves of the installation.
The Finance Committee recommends the appro- priation of $520 and the approval of the article, the work to be done under the supervision of the engi- neers of the Fire Department.
Article 18. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess the sum of $690 for the purchase of a fire alarm box and the necessary material for its installation to be located 2,500 feet in on Dudley Road from Main Street, or do or act.
This article contemplates the extension of the fire alarm system from North Main Street, westerly on Dudley Road to Beachwood Point, a distance of about 2,500 feet. Along the entire distance, there are some 54 houses with a valuation of $103,000. On Beach- wood Point itself there are some 20 houses. The peti- tioners feel that an alarm box located at this point where so many houses are over a quarter of a mile from the nearest point on the alarm system and where the incidence of accidents in the pond is rather high, the box is justified. The Fire Department approves of the installation.
The Finance Committee recommends the appro- priation of $690 for the purpose and the approval of the article.
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Article 19. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and assess the sum of $550 for the purchase of 500 feet of 11/2-inch fire hose, nozzle, spanner wrenches, one reducer, one gate valve and hydrant wrench; this equipment to be placed in the Riverview section of Wayland for the use of the citizens of that area, or do or act.
The residents of Riverview Terrace have peti- tioned for a 500 foot length of 11/2-inch forest fire hose, with nozzles, wrenches, etc. to be installed and housed in Riverview Terrace for supplemental fire protection. A number of the residents have shown considerable interest by taking a training course under the supervision of the Fire Department. This section of the Town is located at considerable distance from either of the fire houses. The Finance Committee feels that in view of the extra protection that would be afforded and in view of the time required by the regular departments to reach the area, and consider- ing small expense involved, this request, which meets with the approval of the Fire Department, should be granted.
The Finance Committee recommends the appro- priation of $550 and the approval of the article, pur- chase and installation to be made by the engineers of the Fire Department at such time as the residents of the district have provided suitable housing for the equipment and set up proper regulations for its use, all to be to the satisfaction of the engineers of the Fire Department.
Article 20. To see whether the Town will vote to amend the Town By-Laws by adding to Article 7 thereof an additional section as follows, or take any action relative to the subject matter thereof :
Section 6. No person shall fire or discharge any fire- arm or explosives of any kind within the limits of any highway, park or other public property, except with the permission of the Board of Selectmen, or on any private property except with the consent of the owner or legal occupant thereof ; provided, however, that this by-law shall not apply to the lawful defense of life or property, nor to any law enforcement officer acting in the discharge of his duties.
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This is a matter on which the Finance Committee prefers to make no recommendation, since it feels it has not had sufficient information from those who might be interested in the passage of the article, or from those who might be opposed to it.
Article 21. To see if the Town will vote to accept as public town ways, under the provisions of the Betterment Act, in that part of the Town known as Riverview Terrace, the roads known as "Riverview Circle" and "Shore Drive," or either of them, or any portion of them, as laid out by the Board of Selectmen, and as shown on a plan, or plans, on file with the Town Clerk; and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to acquire any necessary land by eminent domain, by purchase, gift or otherwise; and to appropriate a sum of money for acquisition of any such land and the construction of such way, or ways, or any portion thereof, and determine how the money shall be raised, or take any action relative thereto.
This article is introduced by the residents of River- view Terrace. It contemplates the continuation of betterment work originally undertaken several years ago. Two sections have already been built. The Finance Committee recommends the continuation of the project for approximately 1,075 feet along River- view Circle, which will make road and water facilities available to the thickly settled immediate area and will omit only low-lying properties largely owned by the Town. Due to the substantial drainage problem in- volved, the Highway Department estimates a total cost for the road of $7,300. The following article provides for the installation of water in the same area.
In view of the substantial improvement already realized in the neighborhood through the joint efforts of the local residents and the Town, the Finance Com- mittee feels that the program should be continued. A substantial portion of the expense is borne by the people of the area in the form of betterment assess- ments and it is felt that the efforts of this group should be encouraged and supported by the Town.
The Finance Committee therefore recommends the appropriation of $7,300 and the approval of the article.
Article 22. To see if the Town will vote to install water pipes and hydrants in the ways named in the foregoing article,
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or in any portion thereof, and to appropriate a sum of money for the expense thereof and determine how the money shall be raised ; and will authorize such sum, or any portion thereof, to be included in any betterments that may be assessed under the preceding article, or take any action relative thereto.
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