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MARCH
8 Gordon L. Hunt, Faith Wade, nee Anderholm, at Wayland, by Rev. Frederick C. Wilson, Clergyman.
12 Theodore Samaros, Marjorie Rita Sherman, at Boston, by Ross H. Currier, Justice of the Peace.
14 David Cameron Mercer, Betty Jean Barry, at Framingham, by Rev. Richard B. Hardy, Minister of the Gospel.
22 Frederick Morton Torrance, Florence Idella McWilliams, at Nashua, New Hampshire, by Rev. Willis Hubert Porter, Minister.
28 George John Bohlan, Louise Hunt, at Wayland, by Rev. George C. Gutekunst, Clergyman.
APRIL
5 Albert Ames, Priscilla Woods, at Wayland, by Rev. George C. Gutekunst, Clergyman.
19 Maurice M. Williams, Jr., Diane Tunnell, at Wayland, by Rev. Raymond G. Manker, Minister.
19 Joseph Bucci, Norma Jean Gladu, at Wayland, by Rev. John T O'Neil, Priest.
19 Francis Stephen Davis, Jean Elenor Merritt, at Boston, by Charles Eliot Worden, Sr., Justice of the Peace.
23 Kendall Franklin Dickey, Blanche Genevieve McManus, at Nashua, New Hampshire, by Rev. Thomas B. Donnelly, Priest.
27 James Phillips Ambrose, Ann Lee Stacy, at Wayland, by Rev. Francis P. Connors, Priest.
MAY
4 Alfred J. Zonghi, Marie Ann McEnroy, at Wayland, by Rev. John T. O'Neil, Priest.
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4 James E. Eagan, Evelyn Caroline Anderson, at Wayland, by Rev. James E. Fahey, Priest.
17 William Augustin Heard, Evelyn Earl Dickins, at Wayland, by Rev. Palfrey Perkins, Clergyman.
17 Placido Joseph Fornaro, Charlotte Anne Ballard, at Wayland, by Rev. John T. O'Neil, Priest.
25 Samuel Stephen Crisafulli, Janet Rose Perodeau, at Wayland, by Rev. John T. O'Neil, Priest.
31 Andrew Paul Dallamore, Barbara Ann Tarr, at Wayland, by Rev. John T. O'Neil, Priest.
31 William Carver Stoddard, Barbara Jean Verity, at Somerville, by Rev Guy H. Warne, Minister.
JUNE
1 Harold Leroy Carver, Helen Susan Lane, at Wilmington, by Rev. Otis A. Maxfield, Clergyman.
8 Irwin K. Rosenberg, Barbara Fay, at Sudbury, by Rev. Raymond G Manker, Minister.
22 Paul Leo Perodeau, Margaret Mary Curley, at Framingham, by Rev. Robert W. Kirchmeyer, Priest.
27 Henry Clifford Boshan, Sara Jane Hammer, at Wayland, by Rev. Morris R. Robinson, Clergyman.
28 Richard Bannister, Ann Morton, at Newton, by Rev. G. F. Chauncey, Clergyman.
29 Robert Gregory Walcott, Rena Irene Albert, at Wayland, by Rev. John T. O'Neil, Priest.
JULY
1 John Creco Peters, Leta Elizabeth Rhoades, at Bangor, Maine, by Rev. Alger W. Geary, Clergyman.
5 Arthur Ivison Schofield, Shirley Ann Buckingham at Wayland, by Rev. George A. Hodgkins, Minister.
6 Francis James Sheehan, Betty Jane Rokes, at Framingham, by Rev. Robert W. Kirchmeyer, Priest.
19 Gerard Robert Frechette, Florence Frances Hynes, at Wayland, by Rev. Francis C. Frechette, Priest.
24 Austin Neil Stevens, Cynthia Fisher, at Lincoln, by Rev. Morris R. Robinson, Clergyman.
AUGUST
9 Joseph Anthony Wenners, Jr., Jean Catherine Fannon, at Wayland, by Rev. Otis F. Kelly, Priest.
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22 Michael C. Moore, Dorothy H. Poirier, at Cambridge, by Rev. William J. Donlon, Priest.
23 Richard Warren Little, Sandra Lee Stewart, at Weston, by Rev. G. F. Chauncey, Clergyman.
23 Whitney Blair, Susan Bridge, at Rockingham, Vermont, by Rev. Robert S. Kerr, Clergyman.
28 James George Marcantonio, Fern Olive Wood, at Framingham, by Rev. Ivan C. Bys, Minister.
SEPTEMBER
7 Domenic Soldicick, Frances M. Krivicick, at Wayland, by Rev. Otis F. Kelly, Priest.
7 Joseph R. Tierney, Louise J. Cafarella, at Watertown, by Rev. George T. Carrozza, Priest.
1.3 Charles Allen McKenney, Margaret Janet Heavey, at Wayland, by Rev. James E. Fahey, Priest.
18 John Stanley MacArthur, Mary Margaret Flanagan, at Newton, by Rev. Francis X. Bramfield.
20 Malcolm Albert Tenney, Martha Mary Dudley, at Waltham, by Rev. Donald W. Lawson, Minister.
27 Donald M. Larson, Dorothy E. Povall, at Boston, by Rev. Eason Cross, Clergyman.
OCTOBER
4 James L. Burbridge, Annie Rose Morrissey, at Needham, by Win- throp M. Southworth, Justice of the Peace.
12 Andrew L. Burke, Anita V. Paganelli, at Marlboro, by Rev. Francis L. Gallagher, Priest.
19 Paul Edward Carter, Dora Mary Dischino, at Wellesley, by Rev. Robert H. Lord, Priest.
19 Herbert Donald Place, Bette Louise Richardson, at Wayland, by Rev. David M. Angell, Clergyman.
20 John O'Connor, Elizabeth Jane (Lewis) Diggins, at Wayland, by Rev. Raymond G. Manker, Minister.
25 John Lawrence Daly, Catherine M. Heavey, at Framingham, by Rev. John J. Connoly, Priest.
26 Paul Edward Kohler, Joann Dorothy Gleason, at Framingham, by Rev. George D. Cleland, Jr., Minister.
26 Libero C. Georgini, Josephine A. Mascia, at Wayland, by Rev. John T. O'Neil, Priest.
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NOVEMBER
15 Calvin H. Hollowell, Muriel L. Taylor, at Wayland, by Rev. George C. Gutekunst, Clergyman.
23 Richard Alfred Gladu, Janet Marie Byrne, at Natick, by Rev. John J. McNally, Priest.
23 Henry Albert Ulrich, Marie Adeline Richardson, at Wayland, by Rev. William J. Carty, Priest.
26 William Gene Schneider, Kathryn Jean Kiefer, at Weston, by Edward M. Dickson, Justice of the Peace and Town Clerk of Weston.
29 Joseph W. Lydon, Jr., Helen Agnes Gladu, at Wayland, by Rev. Bernard A. St. Hilaire, Priest.
29 Joseph S. York, Jr., Gertrude Belle (Carter) Johnson, at Framingham, by Rev. Robert L. H. Miller, Clergyman.
DECEMBER
8 Edward Joseph Flynn, Helen Mae Sellar at Manchester, New Hamp- shire, by Rev. Harold W. Woodbury, Minister.
20 Gary Charles Foreman, Patricia Emily Mclellan, at Wayland, by Rev. John T. O'Neil, Priest.
27 James J. Brown, Mary T. Coyle, at Wayland, by Rev. Otis F. Kelly, Priest.
27 Joseph Michael Angelosanto, Margaret Marie Dimodica, at Wayland, by Rev. John T. O'Neil, Priest.
28 John Melville Dahlan, Shiela P. Noonan, at Wayland, by Rev. Otis F. Kelly, Priest.
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JURY LIST - 1952
AHLMAN, ARTHUR L.
East Road Wayland
ALDRICH, WILLIAM F .*
Edgewood Road Cochituate
CUTLER, SAMUEL A. Pelham Island Road Wayland
AMES, OLIVER E. 60 Main Street
Cochituate
DAME, IRVING L. 39 Wallace Road Cochituate
BALLARD, LEWIS A.
5 Pleasant Street
Cochituate
BERG, FRED N. Lake Shore Drive Cochituate
DINSMORE, ALDEN C.
Cochituate Road Cochituate
BERRY, KENNETH V.
Main Street Cochituate
BOURETTE, LOUIS A.
Willard Street Cochituate
BOWERS, GEORGE F., JR. Concord Road Wayland
ELLIS, ARTHUR N., JR.
Peck Avenue Cochituate
BROWN, WILLIAM J. Rear, 95 Main Street Cochituate
EMMONS, ARTHUR W. Concord Road Wayland
FISHER, FRANCIS L. School Street Cochituate
FLECK, GEORGE R. 4 Leary Street Cochituate
COLLINS, LAWRENCE F.
Glezen Lane Wayland
DELOREY, EDGAR R. 1 Cochituate Road Cochituate
DONOVAN, JOHN J., JR. Blossom Lane Wayland
ELKERTON, WILLIAM 17 Pemberton Road Cochituate
BULLOCK, ROBERT P. Riverview Avenue (R. F. D. Saxonville) Wayland
BUSTIN, HUGH J. 23 Commonwealth Road East Cochituate
COOK, CHARLES W. Castle Gate South Cochituate
FOSTER, RICHARD W. Glezen Lane Wayland
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GELINAS, FRED J. 40 Pemberton Road Cochituate
KING, SYLVESTER H. 146 Hemlock Road Cochituate
LANDRY, DONALD F. Crest Road Cochituate
GREGORY, JOHN B. Concord Road Wayland
LIGHT, DONALD W. Old Connecticut Path Wayland
HAMPARTZOOMIAN, HOVSEP M.
49 Commonwealth Road, West
Cochituate
HANDLEY, THURBER L.
Lakeview Road
Cochituate
Cochituate
HANLON, ROBERT
Moore Road
Wayland
McKNIGHT, LAWRENCE W. Cochituate Road Wayland
HECKELSMILLER, WILLIAM J. McMILLEN, JOHN E.
King Street Cochituate
Pine Ridge Road Cochituate MORAN, JOHN J.
HILLIER, EDWIN A.
2 Pleasant Street
16 Commonwealth Road, West Cochituate
HOLMES, GORDON
NELSON, DAYTON G.
Bennett Road
2 Damon Street Cochituate
JOHNSON, ROBERT F. West Plain Street
Concord Road
Cochituate
(R. F. D., South Lincoln) Wayland
KENT, ROBERT J.
Bent Avenue
Cochituate
O'KEEFE, JOHN W. Glen Road Wayland
KICILINSKI, STEFAN Ox Bow Road
(R. F. D., South Lincoln) Wayland
PEARCE, GEORGE Quincy Road Cochituate
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GRAVES, VICTOR F. 48 Lake Road Cochituate GRAY, LESTER H., JR. Fuller Road Cochituate
LEEDS, JOHN H. Concord Road (R. F. D., South Lincoln) Wayland
LYONS, MAURICE J. Old Connecticut Path Cochituate MARSTON, HAROLD A. Lake Shore Drive
Cochituate
Wayland
NULTER, WIRT L.
PETRONIO, GREGORY V. Castle Road Cochituate
PINKUL, JOHN E. 6 Damon Street Cochituate
POUTASSE, PHILIP G. Plain Road Wayland
TASHJIAN, VAHE STONE Ox Bow Road (R. F. D., South Lincoln) Wayland
REIDY, JOHN T.
Dudley Road Cochituate
VACARO, JOSEPH S. River Road Wayland
REVELL, HARRY J.
Pemberton Road
WEITZ, EMIL A.
Cochituate
ROCHE, PATRICK
48 West Plain Street
Cochituate
Winthrop Road
SARSFIELD, WILLIAM E.
Bow Road
Wayland
Wayland
SCHMELTZ, ANTHONY O.
56 West Plain Street
Cochituate
* Deceased
DOG LICENSES - 1952
Males
402
@
$2.00
$804.00
Females
87
@
5.00
435.00
Females, Spayed
223
@
2.00
446.00
Kennels
1
@
50.00
50.00
Kennels
1
@,
25.00
25.00
Kennels
9
@
10.00
90.00
Total
723
$1,850.00
Fees deducted
723
@
.20
144.60
$1,705.40
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SIOK, STANLEY F. Castle Gate South Cochituate STEWART, DAVID C. Rice Spring Lane Wayland
Overlook Road (R. F. D., Saxonville) Wayland WILKINSON, W. FLOYD
REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE For the year ending December, 1952
Drunkeness
25
Driving under the influence
5
Driving so as to endanger
14
Speeding 35
Operating without a license
10
Operating after revocation of license
2
Leaving the scene after causing property damage
1
Operating recklessly
1
Failure to sound horn
1
Failure to stop at Stop Sign
1
Failure to give hand signal
1
Operating with improper number plate
1
No Sticker
5
Compulsory insurance
3
Driving unregistered car
7
Improper equipment
1
Failure to use care in turning
2
Trucking on Lord's Day
1
Working on Lord's Day
5
Carrying a dangerous weapon
2
Non-Support
4
Vagrancy
5
Inter lead to a pipe
1
Distrurbing the peace
1
Assault and Battery
7
Search Warrants
2
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This list includes arrests made by the State Police.
This list does not include juvenile arrests.
The Wayland Police served during 1952, One Hundred and nineteen summonses, Fifteen subpoenas, Eight summonses to show cause, Two summonses to children and Twelve warrants.
The total number of automobile accidents has again increased over the past year; however, again fatalities are recorded. In an attempt to decrease the accident rate additional directional and warning signs have been conspicuously posted along our roads.
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It was an honor, indeed, for me to receive last October a certificate bearing recognition of our 1951 safety record. The award was made by the Governor's 6th Highway Safety Conference to the Town of Wayland because there was not a single motor vehicle fatality during the twelve month period. Let us strive to maintain this record which - at the present writing is still unmarred. Already large, thought provoking safety calen- dars have been purchased and distributed through the courtesy of the Wayland Lumber Company.
With great anticipation I watch the construction of the Town's first police station. As the building is progressing - so is the Town - not only in population but in its forward thinking ideas. It is sincerely hoped that upon completion of the station the total number of permanent police officers will be changed from one to three. Surrounding towns of com- parable size do employ this many policemen. It goes without saying that with a larger department more beneficial services can -- not only be expected - but rendered.
I wish to thank Chief Shea and the Natick Police Department, my fellow officers, the various department heads and the loyal citizens of Wayland for their tolerance and continued cooperation. It is this type of stimulated cooperation combined with an integration of efforts that makes it possible for me to say to all - "a job well done." Again accept my sincere thanks and my pledge that ever continuing advances will be made by the department which I so proudly head.
Respectfully submitted,
ERNEST H. DAMON, Chief of Police.
REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS
During the past year no changes in investments have been made.
The only new funds received have been Cemetery perpetual care funds which funds have been deposited in approved savings banks.
Full information relating to income and expenditures and the invest- ments of the fund will be found in the Report of the Town Treasurer.
JOHN W. LEAVITT, Chairman J. REED MORSS, J. SIDNEY STONE.
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF FIRE ENGINEERS
Number of Alarms answered by
Cochituate Wayland
Cat in tree
1
1
Chimney
1
1
Washing Machine
1
1
Grass
25
15
Resuscitator
3
House
7
5
False
12
7
Car
2
1
Pump out Cellar
1
2
Oil Burner
6
2
Dog in Lake
1
Brush
4
12
Garage
1
1
Woods
17
7
Rubbish
2
5
Building
1
1
Call for Lighting Plant
1
Dump
2
1
Call to Natick
1
1
Leaves
1
Electric Refrigerator
2
Truck
3
1
Drowning
1
1
Barn
1
2
Rescue
1
Lost Boy
1
Blow Torch
1
Electric Stove
1
Fire Place
1
Call to Sudbury
1
Incinerator
1
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99
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The Board of Engineers, as members of the Special Fire Survey Committee, have spent much time and thought in developing the pro- gram, authorized at the last annual town meeting, for the better fire protection of Wayland. To carry out this program, the town meeting
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voted the money to purchase two new fire trucks, one for Cochituate and one for Wayland, to construct and equip a fire station in Cochituate, and to extend the fire alarm system from the Center to the Weston line. It was voted also at this time that all the Board of Engineers be members of the Special Fire Survey Committee.
Many trips were made to neighboring towns and cities to view the Jatest in fire trucks and fire stations. These trips were time consuming, and so it was late summer before the Board of Engineers and the rest of the Survey Committee were acquainted fully with the various makes of fire trucks and types and construction of fire stations. Then three separate proposals were drawn up with the aid of the Town Counsel, and duly advertised in the local paper for bids.
The bid for the two fire trucks, each of 750 gallon pumping capacity, was awarded to the Mack Motor Truck Company for the sum of $34,519.90 on June 10, 1952. This company is an old established concern in the motor truck field, with one of its divisions of manufacturing devoted solely to the fire truck industry. Moreover this concern manufactures its own trucks, and does not make a composite truck from assembled parts of various makes. Another favorable point in awarding this bid to the Mack Truck Company, is the fact that it has a sales and parts department in Boston with twenty-four hour service.
The bid of $43,900 for a brick colonial fire station in Cochituate was awarded on September 25, 1952 to Dan Canning of Natick. This con- tractor has had twenty-five years experience in general contracting, and this has included the construction of many public buildings.
The bid for the mutual aid circuit to Weston was awarded for $4,780 to Louis Bills of Lexington on September 9, 1952. The contract called for four fire alarm boxes to be installed on State Road East, and three fire alarm boxes on Plain Road, with a mutual aid circuit joining the Wayland and Weston Fire Departments alarm systems.
At the time of the writing of this report in December 1952, the work on the fire station in Cochituate is reaching the half way mark, and should be completed, barring adverse weather conditions by the last of February. Delivery of the fire trucks is expected also at this time. The line construc- tion on the mutual aid project has been installed, and sometime in January, with the alarm boxes installed and the electrical equipment in the Town Hall completed, this system should be in working order.
During the summer the Fire Department was badly hampered by children on bicycles and automobiles getting in the way of the fire trucks and call firemen, who respond to the alarms in their own cars. The situation
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became so serious, that the Board of Engineers asked the clergy of their respective churches to speak of this problem and explain it to their parish- ioners. Scout officials were asked to co-operate also, and to explain the seriousness of obstructing the Fire Department when answering an alarm. This difficulty has been experienced in other towns and cities, and as a result the following legislation was passed by the General Court this year.
An Act Further Restricting The Use Of Ways In Case Of Fire
[CHAP. 172]
AN ACT FURTHER RESTRICTING THE USE OF WAYS IN CASE OF FIRE. Be it enacted, etc., as follows:
Chapter 89 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out section 7A, as appearing in the Tercentenary Edition, and inserting in place thereof the following :-
Section 7A. - Upon the approach of any fire apparatus which is going to a fire or responding to an alarm, every person driving a vehicle on a way shall immediately drive said vehicle as far as possible toward the right-hand curb or side of said way and shall keep the same at a standstill until such fire apparatus has passed. No person shall drive a vehicle over a hose of a fire department without the consent of a member of such department. No person shall drive a vehicle within three hundred feet of any fire apparatus going to a fire or responding to an alarm, nor drive said vehicle, or park or leave the same unattended, within eight hundred feet of a fire or within the fire lines established by the fire department, or upon or beside any traveled way, whether public or private, leading to the scene of a fire, in such a manner as to obstruct the approach to the fire of any fire apparatus or any ambulance, safety or police vehicle, or of any vehicle bearing an official fire or police department designation. Violation of any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
Approved March 25, 1952.
In the spring, at a date to be announced later, open house will be held at both fire stations. Members of the Fire Department will be present and will be pleased to have the citizens inspect the new equipment and the new station in Cochituate, and the new equipment in Wayland Center.
For the past four years an oil storage tank and oil burner inspection program has been in progress by this department. Every house, apartment,
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store and public building has been visited. Where the oil equipment was found to be in order a permit was issued. In cases where the equipment was defective, the permits were withheld until the necessary repairs were made. In January oil dealers will be notified not to put oil in any storage tank unless there is an inspection slip posted near the tank. This oil burner inspection has been conducted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 148 of the General Laws.
There were 729 oil storage inspections made this year, plus 202 new installations; 52 installations were found defective and permits were denied until repairs were made by the owner. Fees collected from new oil burner permits for 1952 amounted to $101, and have been turned over to the Town.
The Board of Engineers, with the rest of the Fire Survey Committee, have spent many hours during the past two years on the program outlined above, and 1953 brings many more problems. The biggest one facing the Board of Engineers is the change to be made in the telephone system in Wayland. In the past the telephone operators have done an outstanding job in handling the fire calls, but with the introduction of the dial system a change must be made in this method of fire calls. Some system will have to be worked out for fire calls, and when it is, each citizen will be notified by letter as to the change.
It was unfortunate that due to the early morning hours, the fire at St. Ann's Rectory was not observed, nor reported, until the interior of the house was consumed entirely in flames. The death of Rev. Father James E. Fahey in this fire was felt deeply by the Department, for in the short time he had lived here, he had become interested in the Fire Depart- ment and the work of its Relief Association.
The Board of Engineers would like to thank the neighboring Towns of Natick, Weston, Framingham, Sudbury and Lincoln for their mutual aid service. The Board extends also its thanks to the men who have so loyally served the Department, and to those citizens who, from time to time, have offered their services in times of emergency.
Respectfully submitted,
F. CLIFTON HAYNES, Chief H. L. MacDONALD, Assistant Chief FRANK H. CARTER, Deputy Chief PARKER H. GROTON, Deputy Chief ERNEST H. DAMON, Engineer Board of Fire Engineers.
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CIVIL DEFENSE ANNUAL REPORT
REMEMBER RED ALERT - short blasts for 3 minutes on the fire alarm.
REMEMBER
ALL CLEAR - 5-5 repeated 3 times at two minute intervals.
Much has been accomplished, thanks to the interest and loyal support of many of our citizens, during this first year of civil defense activity and we can say with some confidence that our organization is already prepared, if necessary, to cope with a natural or military disaster. Nevertheless, much remains to be done.
We have followed the excellent and thoughtful report prepared by the Civil Defense Planning Board. It was the concensus of the Board that Wayland should not, at present at least, attempt to prepare against direct enemy attack, there being no military target close to our town of sufficient importance to merit bombing with atomic weapons. This is admittedly a gamble, or perhaps better, a calculated risk which we are taking. Hence our efforts have been directod toward planning and building an organization and educating our people to protect life and property in our town, to handle refugees who pass through our area, to care for those who can go no further, and finally to send aid to other areas hardet stricken than our own under orders of our Regional Director of Region III -- Worcester. Likewise, we have attempted to formulate a program which would not unduly tax the time and good nature of our personnel, believing that if we have our plans made, essential equipment on hand, and leaders trained, the additional man-power we need can be quickly mobilized when and if the time comes. With respect to equipment, we have adopted the principle that nothing should be purchased which will not be of permanent use to the town, even after our organization has been disbanded in a more peaceful time.
With this background there follows a brief statement concerning each of the different phases of our activities.
REPORT CENTERS - COMMUNICATIONS
The civil defense report center, in time of crisis, will be the heart of our organization. The office and principal report center, now virtually complete, is located in a specially constructed room in the basement of the Public Library. A secondary command post has been built in the basement of Legion Hall in Precinct 2. Both centers are equipped with essential furnishings and telephone service. The files are maintained at the principal office, but, if necessary, control of operations could be had from either
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center. Two complete radio stations, one in each center, have been acquired for communications, both within the town and within our regional headquarters. Emergency electric plants will permit operation of these stations should Edison power fail. It is contemplated that an additional small number of portable radio units will be acquired to work with the existing fixed stations from any desired locations. One of our radio stations has already been on the air in civil defense service. The radio equipment will always be available for emergency and for police and fire communica- tions as the town grows. Certain of the radio amateurs through their untiring efforts and generosity, have made possible the successful estab- lishment of our emergency radio communications network.
PERSONNEL - MAN-POWER SURVEY
The deputies and assistants of each department are representative leaders of the town and our program would have failed without their enthusiastic support. At the commencement of our program we mailed a questionnaire to every adult resident of the town. The response has been excellent. Returned questionnaires show a wealth of talent capable of mobilization for almost any type of emergency service. These questionnaires have been studied and classified for ready reference. The head of each department has available a list of all residents who either expressed an interest or indicated previous experience in the work of such department. It must be evident that Wayland might be severely handicapped by a man- power shortage should a disaster occur during a business day since most of its male population is employed elsewhere. Residents who have not returned questionnaires, and new residents, are therefore urged to contact the Director so that their names and talents may be added to our files. Oaths of office of 115 persons are already on file.
AUXILIARY POLICE
Recruiting, equipping and training of an adequate auxiliary police force built about a nucleus of special officers with previous experience during World War II has top priority in our program. Two platoons now stand organized, one for each precinct, and as of December 31st approximately 35 applications had been received from each precinct, bringing us well toward our immediate goal of 100 men. Under the Civil Defense Act those men who qualify will receive commissions as auxiliary police officers with police authority when called to active duty by the Chief of Police in an emergency. Experience has shown that such an emergency may arise from other than military causes and the Wayland Auxiliary Police should never be permitted to lapse.
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