Official reports of the town of Wayland 1957-1959, Part 10

Author: Wayland (Mass.)
Publication date: 1957
Publisher: Printed at the Middlesex Freeman Office
Number of Pages: 662


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20,000.00


Widows (Real Estate)


16,700.00


Veterans (Real Estate)


353,550.00


Blind (Real Estate)


2,000.00


Pressure Aqueduct


36,167.10


Weston Aqueduct


1,759.06


$445,676.16


Town - Personal and Real:


Schools


$1,789,800.00


Parks


52,900.00


Fire Department


20,100.00


Police Department


300.00


Water Department


352,400.00


Sealer of Weights and Measures


500.00


Town Hall - Equipment


233,453.00


Highway Department


47,155.00


Library and Books


57,100.00


Cemeteries


12,450.00


Cochituate Civic Centre


52,500.00


Tax Title Possessions


19,950.00


2,638,608.00


Churches and Parsonages :


Church Property


$144,550.00


Parsonages


19,725.00


First Parish Church School


6,000.00


170,275.00


Church Cemetery


2,000.00


Fraternal Societies :


Newton Y. M. C. A.


$7,200.00


Pequod Lodge, I. O. O. F.


200.00


Natick Girl Scouts Association


5,500.00


12,900.00


Corporations :


Hannah Williams Playground


$5,400.00


Wayland and Cochituate Legion Building Association, Inc.


15,500.00


Vokes Players, Inc.


4,200.00


Wayland Post #6260 VFW


6,500.00


Parmenter Health Center, Inc.


155,308.00


Sudbury Valley Trustees, Inc.


200.00


187,108.00


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1956 (Complete)


4,619


Tax Levy of 1957


Appropriation for 1957


$1,583,306.05


Overlay for 1957


33,197.54


1,616,503.59


State Parks Tax


$2,688.04


State Audit


765.03


3,453.07


County Tax


$19,858.32


T. B. Hospital Tax


3,685.15


Retirement System


8,759.17


32,302.64


AMOUNT TO BE RAISED


$1,652,259.30


Estimated Receipts and Available Funds :


Income Tax


$78,022.79


Corporation Tax


22,842.44


Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise


105,000.00


Licenses


14,000.00


Fines


400.00


Health and Sanitation


900.00


Highways


500.00


Special Assessments


10,000.00


General Government


85.00


Old Age Assistance


45,000.00


Old Age (Meals)


2,175.96


Veterans' Benefits


1,700.00


Schools


23,000.00


Libraries


700.00


Cemeteries


3,000.00


Interest on Taxes and Assessments


1,000.00


In Lieu of Taxes


2,398.94


Charities


16,000.00


Chapter 645, Acts of 1948


69,000.00


Available Funds and Over-Estimate


147,224.29


Recreation


1,000.00


Farm Animal Excise Tax


110.36


$544,059.78


To be levied on Polls and Property


$1,108,199.52


Assessed on Polls


$4,928.00


Assessed on Personal Property


68,516.26


Assessed on Real Estate


1,034,755.26


$1,108,199.52


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Tax Interest


Total


Street Betterments


$2,648.00


Water Betterment


315.90


$1,072.95 42.53


$3,720.95 358.43


Total Betterments


$4,079.38


TOTAL AMOUNT COMMITTED TO COL- LECTOR - June 13, 1957


$1,112,278.90


Overlay - 1957


$33,197.54


Abatements and Exemptions 1957 Levy


23,950.10


Overlay - Balance $9,247.44


1957 - Tax Rate on Property $62.00


1957 - Tax Rate on Motor Vehicles


57.10


For detail of Abatements, see Collector's Report.


Note: It is to be noted that the tax on State Owned Land is reflected in estimated receipts - "In lieu of Taxes."


GEORGE C. LEWIS, Chairman B. ALLEN BENJAMIN WILLIAM S. LEWIS Board of Assessors of Wayland.


REPORT OF THE PLUMBING INSPECTOR


Lakeshore Drive Cochituate, Massachusetts


The Board of Selectmen Town of Wayland Massachusetts


Dear Sirs:


The following is the report of the Plumbing Inspector to the Town of Wayland, for the year 1957:


196 permits were issued, for which the sum of $1,699.00 was col- lected and turned over to the Town Treasurer.


There were 8 violations of the plumbing code. These have been corrected.


Respectfully submitted,


T. JOHN DALY, Plumbing Inspector.


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REPORT OF THE ROAD COMMISSIONERS


It was necessary to postpone the completion of Old Sudbury Road in 1957 because of the urgency of rebuilding Loker Street in Cochituate. Loker Street is the main access to the new Loker school and required a major job of widening and rebuilding of culverts to make it suitable for the increased traffic. This work has been done up to the point of grading the shoulders and applying the final course of hot-top. The Sudbury Road project will be resumed this year together with a major project on Moore Road, which will take two years to complete.


A new piece of heavy equipment was acquired by trading the "Deisel crawler" for a "Michigan" 4 wheel tractor loader. This has proved to be one of the best machines we have ever had.


We hope to trade the 1930 road roller this year. Large expenses for repairs and maintenance make this imperative.


The addition to the Town Garage is progressing as rapidly as the weather will permit. Because the present heating plant in the old building is inadequate, by reason of age and size, it will be necessary to provide a complete new system for the entire building and funds should be granted for this purpose.


In the absence of large betterment projects, the department hopes to be able to do much more work on our old Town roads.


GUSTAF M. BLOMGREN, RONALD S. CAMPBELL, ROBERT N. ELWELL, Road Commissioners.


REPORT OF THE HIGHWAY SURVEYOR


Under the general Highway appropriation, in addition to regular maintenance work, 45,000 gallons of asphalt were used for surface treatments on Town Roads. A mile of Rice Road has been surfaced.


Approximately 25 miles of roadside were sprayed for Brush control.


Sidewalk construction consisted of hot-top surfaces on Concord Road, at the Library, in Wayland, and on sections of Main Street, Commonwealth Road West, and Pemberton Road in Cochituate.


Betterment Construction on Lee Road, Wheelock Road, Glover Road and Leary Street has been completed. A small amount of loaming and seeding remains to be done on Springhill Road, Rich Valley Road Extension and Winthrop Road.


A section of Millbrook Road was reconstructed, lowering the grade to conform to the new Town Office Building.


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Drainage was installed in the section of Loker Street not included in the Chapter #718 project, along with a new culvert in Thompson Street.


In addition to the Michigan tractor, the appropriation for new equipment was used to purchase a Tail-gate sand spreader, a steam cleaner, a roadside mower attachment and a rotary drag broom.


Respectfully submitted,


ALBERT E. POTVIN, Highway Surveyor.


REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS


Once again, as during the preceding year, rising interest rates, until very late in the year, gave us an opportunity to make new investments at a substantially increased rate of return.


During the year two purchases were made as follows:


Feb. 28 $5,000 Southern California Edison, Series H, 414s, 1982 May 29 $5,000 Central Maine Power Company, Series W, 47ss, 1987


These two purchases make it possible for us to insure a good rate of return for a substantial length of time.


Other than the foregoing investments, the work was mostly routine. The details as to trust funds and other investments will be found in the Report of the Town Treasurer, as usual.


At the suggestion of the Town Treasurer and in order to make the work of the Town Treasurer less burdensome, subject to the approval of the State Auditors, we have voted to authorize the Treasurer to consolidate the Trust Funds within any Town department, such as Library and Cemetery, and to allocate the income therefrom rateably, or in any other manner that seems equitable. This we believe to be a step toward more modern practice.


Respectfully submitted,


ALLAN R. FINLAY THOMAS B. GANNETT, Chairman J. SIDNEY STONE, Secretary


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REPORT OF RECREATIONAL SITE COMMITTEE


This committee was originally organized under Article 19 of the Warrant for the 1953 Annual Town Meeting, its purpose being:


"To make a study of sites for additional parks, playground or recreational facilities and to prepare recommendations for presentation to the Town .. . "


The committee has been continued through the last three Town Meetings and has presented interim reports in 1955 and 1956. This is its final report.


Scope of Study


The committee has reviewed various areas of the Town to pin- point sites potentially valuable for recreational use and has outlined steps that may be taken to preserve these areas. The object of this report is to point out that these areas do exist and that in our opinion steps should be taken to preserve them for their recreational value.


The committee recognizes that the acquisition of recreational sites to fulfill all of the wishes of the Town for a recreational program should be based on the preparation of such a program. The committee has not felt that it was either within its scope or within its ability to prepare a recreational program for Wayland.


A separate committee, organized under Article 28 of the Warrant for the 1955 Annual Town Meeting, is in the process of studying recreational facilities as such, and to the extent that the need for addi- tional sites for these facilities may come to light from that study, this report is incomplete. However, it is believed that land now owned by the Town, including land acquired as school sites, will substantially accommodate any organized recreational program the Town may desire. It is further noted that additional playground areas, as may be needed, may be provided for in new sub-divisions by the Planning Board under provisions of the General Laws, Chapter 41, Section 81U, which permits the Board to set aside areas for recreational purposes in new sub- divisions.


The primary object of the committee was to study the feasibility of utilizing areas of forest land for recreational purposes. Our con- clusion is that large tracts of forested land should be preserved so that the Town's people may be assured that the rural wooded countryside of Wayland will always be available to them, and so that these areas will be protected against the ultimate destruction that would be neces- sary if residential or other development were to be undertaken. The committee has been guided by the following principles :


(a) That areas of forest land having unspoiled natural fea- tures should be selected for preservation for the benefit of the people of Wayland; and


(b) That such land be acquired as far as possible in areas where land values are low to keep the program within the financial abilities of the Town.


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Recommendations


The recommendations of the committee are in two categories. The first concerns the setting aside of forest areas for preservation; and the second deals with the management of such of these areas as may be owned by the Town.


With regard to setting aside forest areas for preservation, the committee feels that the steps of preparing plans of suitable areas, of coordinating these areas with the master planning studies of the Planning Board, and of bringing land acquisitions within the financial program of Wayland, are properly matters for the Planning Board.


The following recommendations are accordingly made with the understanding that the steps of implementing them with action will be matters for the Planning Board.


The committee recommends that forested areas of low lying land not presently suitable for residential development be preserved as a natural forest refuge. These lands have relatively unspoiled natural characteristics which make them ideally suited for recreational use. They are in strategic locations with respect to principal bodies of water, such as the Mill Brook, Pine Brook, and Heard's Pond, and the pre- servation of these bodies of water depends upon an unspoiled water shed. Building activity can ultimately be expected in these areas when land values reach a higher level, but development of these areas could not be carried on without the total destruction of their wilderness values. Finally these areas are currently of relatively low value and their acquisition would not be unduly expensive.


Five tracts of land are considered by the committee as being particularly desirable to preserve in perpetual wilderness. They are located as follows:


1. The low-lying forest and marshlands surrounding the brook between Ox-Bow Road on the west and Red Barn Road on the east.


2. The low land surrounding the upper reaches of the Mill Brook lying generally north of Claypit Hill Road, west of Concord Road, and south of Glezen Lane, being attractive forest and low land including about four acres of cranberry bog and a two-acre pond.


3. Land surrounding Pine Brook lying generally east of Cochituate Road, south of State Road east, west of Pine Brook Road, and north of the Aqueduct, being attractively forested low land through which flows a substantial stream.


4. Land north of the auxiliary Reservoir at Rice Road, lying generally west of Rice Road and south of Mainstone Farm.


5. The low forest land lying between Heard's Pond and the Sud- bury River.


In making these recommendations it is recognized that private organizations may also participate in a forest preservation program, and that to the extent of such participation Town action would not be needed. In this connection the committee is pleased to note that steps


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have already been taken by the Sudbury Valley Trustees, Inc. to acquire a large portion of the area surrounding the upper waters of the Mill Brook as a wilderness area marked for conservation. The work of the Sudbury Valley Trustees has been in co-operation with the efforts of this committee and can be considered as an important step in the fulfillment of the program outlined here.


Recommendations in the second category relate to the management of Town-owned forest land, and are here made because the Town already owns two parcels of forest land. These are located at the Mill Pond and along the Mill Brook between Plain Road and Claypit Hill Road. Steps can be taken immediately to provide a forest management program for these areas as well as for additional areas that may ultimately be acquired by the Town.


The Town Forest Act contemplates Town ownership of forest land and permits towns to acquire and hold land for the culture of forest trees and to preserve the water supply of the town. The law provides that the management of that portion of a town forest which is not part of the water supply is the responsibility of a special Town Forest Com- mittee appointed by the Selectmen. To provide proper management of the town-owned forest land, this committee believes that such land which has not been committed for other uses and which is not used as part of the water supply, should be placed under the provisions of the Town Forest Act, and that a Town Forest Committee should be appointed to manage such land in accordance with recognized forestry principles.


The committee accordingly recommends that the Warrant for the next Town Meeting include an article authorizing the Town to accept the provisions of the Town Forest Act and to place these areas of forest land under that Act.


With the submission of this report this Committee feels that it has fulfilled its mission as far as practical.


Respectfully submitted,


ALLEN H. MORGAN, FERN A. TAYLOR, THOMAS F. MURRAY, WILLIAM A. WALDRON, L. WILLIAM BERTELSEN, Recreational Site Committee.


REPORT OF TREE WARDEN


During the year there has been pruning, and removal of about fifteen old and dangerous trees, on various Town streets.


There were thirty-six Norway Maples set out.


Eighteen were planted in Wayland and the same amount in Cochituate.


Respectfully submitted,


CHARLES L. FULLICK, Tree Warden.


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REPORT OF BOARD OF HEALTH


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


The Board of Health submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1957.


The Board feels that much has been accomplished during the past year due to the fact that other groups with closely allied problems have worked with the Board of Health in close cooperation.


Without the facilities of the Parmenter Health Center and the assistance of its personnel it would not have been possible to provide the schools, the pre-school children, and the aged and ill of the com- munity with all the care which they have received, nor to have had as extensive a program of immunization of the healthy.


Unfit Dwellings


During the calendar year 1957, twenty camps were inspected and recommendations were made to the Board of Selectmen for condemna- tion.


Nuisances


During the calendar year sixty-five complaints were made to the Board, and investigations were made on all complaints including the study of the pollution of the Sudbury River during the summer months. Inspections were made of a land locked water hole in the Winter and South Street area and recommendations were made to the Board of Selectmen.


Polio Vaccine Program


The program for immunization with the Salk vaccine was con- tinued on from 1956. Six clinics were held with resultant inoculation of 1,478 persons.


Asian Influenza Vaccine Program


Injections of vaccine for immunization against Asian Influenza were offered to town employees at three clinics. Injections were given to 111 persons.


School Health Program


The school health program was continued throughout the year as in the past. Complete physical examinations were given to selected grades, to pupils wishing to participate in athletics, and to preschool children; diphtheria-tetanus immunizations and booster injections were administered to the elementary schools; the vision and hearing testing program was continued as usual.


Well Child Clinic


The clinic for well children of the preschool age was continued monthly as previously.


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DENTAL PROGRAM REPORT


During the year a total of 376 visits were made by 155 children. These children received a total of 636 treatments.


Dental clinic was not in operation during a four-month period due to transportation difficulties. As a result there was a decrease from last year's report in the number treated and the number of treatments given.


Dental screening was conducted in grade 1 through grade 6 by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Dental Hygienist. Progress in the dental health program continues to be on a slow upward trend. The results of the screening program (fall 1957) indicate that there is a need for more dental education and dental care.


It is encouraging to note that during the school calendar year (1956-1957) there was a slight increase over the previous year in the number of children who completed the dental referral resulting from the screening program.


JOSEPH P. FOURNIER, D.M.D., School Dentist.


SANITARY ENGINEER'S REPORT


31 December 1957


Board of Health


Wayland, Massachusetts


Gentlemen :


The following is a report on my activities for your Board for the calendar year 1957 . . .


Sewage Disposal


During the calendar year 1957, one hundred and sixteen (116) permits were issued by your Board for the construction or alteration of sewage disposal systems, after the necessary preliminary inspections and recommendations were made to your Board. In connection with this work, over four hundred (400) inspections were made to insure effective design and construction of the disposal systems involved. After the preliminary inspections prior to the issuance of the permits for the construction of the sewage disposal systems, "in progress" inspections were often made, followed by the final inspections to insure compliance with the approved plans.


Restaurant Sanitation


Some restaurant inspections were made earlier in the calendar year, particularly where known sanitary problems were involved. All res- taurants and eating places were inspected before the end of the year, in preparation for the issuance of operating permits for the new calendar year.


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Milk Inspections


A total of four hundred and twenty (420) samples of milk and cream were collected during the year from the dairies and other outlets selling milk and cream in Wayland, and examined in the laboratory. Tests for total bacterial count, coliform bacteria, and phosphatase were made, and reported to the dairies concerned as required by law.


General Sanitation


During the calendar year, special investigations were made at the request of your Board. Included in these investigations were a study of the pollution of the Sudbury River during the late summer months, a study and design report on the need for an extension of the sewage disposal system at the Center School, and a study of the possible elimi- nation of a land-locked water hole in the Cochituate area.


Respectfully submitted,


THOMAS J. RINALDO


WAYLAND PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING SERVICE


The Wayland Public Health Nursing Service, sponsored by the Board of Health and the Parmenter Health Center, provides total nursing service for Wayland. The nurses participate in the school health program, carry out official agency nursing functions (such as TB control, communicable disease control and premature infant super- vision) and give bedside nursing care.


During the year we assisted with the immunization programs through which 1,478 Salk inoculations were given to children up to 19 years of age and expectant mothers, 268 diphtheria-tetanus inoculations were given to elementary school children, and 111 Asian flu inocula- tionns were given to town employees.


We assisted with the physical examinations of 379 school children (305 of these were pre-athletic examinations, 4 were routine physicals and 70 were for preschool children).


The audio-visual screening program for school children is con- ducted by a trained technician but the final test on all who fail is done by the nurses.


1614 children received the Massachusetts vision test.


63 of these were referred for further evaluation.


30 of the 63 were seen by an eye specialist.


1601 children received a pure tone audiometer test.


56 of these were referred for further evaluation.


25 of the 56 were seen by an ear specialist.


We have participated in the Well Child Conferences conducted monthly to provide health guidance to parents of preschool children.


In comparing reports of the two previous years we note that there has been an increase in the number of bedside nursing care visits and in health guidance visits.


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The following is a breakdown of the number of nursing visits made during the year :


Therapeutic Nursing Care Visits


1,689


Prenatal


16


Postnatal


18


Newborn


18


Health Guidance


119


School Follow-up


161


Tuberculosis Follow-up


6


Communicable Disease Follow-up


3


Total Visits


2,030


Respectfully submitted,


ROBERTA L. JACOBS, Director of Nursing.


STATISTICS


Communicable diseases reported to the Board of Health January 1st to December 31st :


Chicken Pox


106


Scarlet Fever


26


Mumps


49


Measles


17


German Measles


216


Dog Bite


41


Tuberculosis


1


Whooping Cough


1


Polio-Nonparalytic


1


Salmonellosis


1


Permits issued by Board of Health, 1957


Restaurants


15


Milk (store permits)


16


Milk (Dairy)


20


Alcohol


15


Ice Cream (manufacture)


1


Septic Tank permits


109


These up to and including December 31, 1957


Premature births 16


Respectfully submitted,


CHARLOTTE STEWART, M.D. DAVID R. COREY, M.D. NORMAN G. FAIR, Clerk.


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REPORT OF THE TOWN ACCOUNTANT FOR THE YEAR 1957


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :


In compliance with the provisions of Chapter 41, of the General Laws and Amendments, I hereby submit the following report of the


Accountant's Department :


1957 January 1 - Cash Balance


$1,757,754.64


1957 Receipts


2,092,764.56


$3,850,519.20


1957 Expenditures


$3,141,250.17


1957 December 31st, Balance


709,269.03


- $3,850,519.20


RECEIPTS


GENERAL REVENUE


Taxes


Poll


Personal


Real Estate


1953


$2.00


1954


$10.80


1955


2,126.61


1956


76.00


$1,215.60


19,329.57


1957


4,426.00


67,471.56


984,323.20


$4,504.00


$68,687.16 $1,005,790.18 $1,078,981.34


In lieu of Taxes ..


3,691.50


ASSESSMENTS


Water Bet.


Street Bet.


Excise


1953


$47.90


1954


7.80


1955


$9.44


60.73


1956


$26.00


255.34


36,251.69


1957


309.62


3,265.31


106,537.21


Betterments paid in Advance


1,491.80


$335.62


$5,021.89


$142,905.33


$148,262.84


Farm Animal Excise


122.73


Tax Title Redemptions


16.35


Fines and Fees


Sealers' Fees


$46.95


Park Fees


2,043.26


Cert. of Municipal Liens


456.03


Court Fines


229.98


Library Fines


884.31


Tax Fees


584.54


Betterment Releases


5.00


4,250.07


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Motor


Licenses and Permits


Liquor


$7,850.00


Restaurant


34.00


Alcohol


13.00


Common Victualers


45.00


Junk


85.00


Class I Dealers


20.00


Class II Dealers


30.00


Dance


3.00


Gasoline


10.00


Sunday Entertainment


108.00


Ice Cream


5.00


Motor Boat


22.00


Milk


17.50


Auctioneer


2.00


Taxi


10.00


Peddlers


10.00


Gun


20.00


8,284.50


Building Permits


Construction


$2,941.00


Wiring Permits


534.00


Septic Tank Permits


206.00


Plumbing Permits


1,699.00


Oil Burner Permits


94.50


5,474.50


Dog License Receipts


2,607.15


Grants and Gifts


Federal


Schools - Public Law 874


$8,362.56


Disability Assistance


1,668.08


Aid to Dependent Children


9,103.15


Old Age Assistance


34,420.23


53,554.02


State


Corporation Tax


$30,746.96


Income Tax


10,302.23


Meal Tax


2,468.38


Highway Chap. 718-Sec. 5 A


17,832.93


61,350.50


County


From 1956 Dog Licenses


2,003.41


School Lunch Account


54,427.99


School Athletic Account


4,267.14


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Departmental Revenue Town Hall


Maps, Zoning, etc.


$110.45


Zoning By-Laws


13.00


Miscellaneous Printing


12.00


Used Furniture


192.43


327.88


School


Telephone


$29.99


Rent


699.00


Shop Fees, etc.


265.10


Library Fines


5.00


999.09


Fees


Nursing


$856.50


Dental


256.50


1,113.00


2,439.97


Reimbursements


Welfare


State - Temporary Aid


$3,294.22


State - Sick, Poor


2,456.30


5,750.52


Aid to Dependent Children, State


5,953.12


Disability Assistance, State


2,128.44


Old Age Assistance


State


$42,868.76




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