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Joseph H. Masse, Jr.
Arthur L. Coe
Betty Lou Morrell
Raymond L. Columbe
George Harvey Newton
Frances Lee Conway
Robert V. O'Connell
Charles Thomas Cutter
Jean Carol Otto
Arthur Davis
Gloria Jean Parker
Michael J. DiModica, Jr.
Robert W. Peirce, Jr.
Thomas A. D. Dudley
Ann Louise Pillivant
Joanna Grace Duggan
Spencer Clark Richardson
Lael Elizabeth Dumaine
Karl Burton Schneider
Lois Elaine Dunklee Cynthia Joyce Dunnan
June Mary Silva Agnes Louise Smith
Bruce Arthur Dusseault
Judith Ann Smith
Linda Lee Dusseault
Dorothy Lillian Thompson
Bruce Richard Eckler
Carolyn Mae Thorne
Caryl Jean Fahey
Mary Ann Turner
Janemary Ferguson
Ann Marie Walsh
Peter Jay Gierasch
Joan Roberta Walston
Donna Sigrid Herland David E. Hollis
Robert Alan Wildman
Beverly Jean Holmes
Patricia Ann Wilkinson
Pauline Ann Honen
Noel Willard
Maryrose Hoven
Barbara Ann Wood
MARSHALS
Brooke Gregory
Gayle Marilyn Dashiell
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Jean Allan Wesley
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
Good Citizenship Award to Kate Vickery Howe and Peter Jay Gierasch.
Charles H. Alward Social Studies Award to Peter Clarence Baker.
The Bausch and Lomb Award to Peter Jay Gierasch.
Dictionary Awards to: Kate Vickery Howe, Joseph H. Masse, Jr., Carolyn Mae Thorne, Jean Allan Wesley, Frances Lee Conway, Raymond L. Columbe, Robert Barry Bruce, Betty Lou Morrell.
Art Scholarship Award to Maryrose Hoven.
Cochituate Mothers' Club Scholarship to Joan Roberta Walston.
Wayland Woman's Club Scholarship to Peter Jay Gierasch and Ann Marie Walsh.
Kiwanis Club Scholarship to Ann Marie Walsh.
Wayland Junior-Senior High School P. T. A. Scholarship to Jean Carol Otto and Robert E. Lucey.
Cochituate P. T. A. Scholarship to Jean Carol Otto.
Bi-Phi-Chem Club Scholarship to Robert E. Lucey and George Harvey Newton.
Veterans of Foreign Wars Scholarship to Raymond L. Columbe.
Frank I. Schofield and Lura E. Schofield Scholarship to Robert Alan Wildman.
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INDEX
Animal Inspector, Report of 114
Board of Assessors, Report of the Statistical Report 136
134
Fire Chief, Report of 119 Location of Fire Alarm Boxes Red Sheets
Board of Health, Report of the 122
Board of Public Welfare, Statistical Report 128
Board of Selectmen, Report of the
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Building Inspector, Report of
115
Cemetery Commissioners, Report of the
110
Chief of Police, Report of
129
Civil Defense Director, Report of
133
Commissioners of Trust Funds, Report of
132
Dental Health Program 125
Executive Secretary's Report 184
Highway Surveyor, Report of 126
Inspector of Plumbing, Report of 131
Jury List - 1958
105
Mosquito Control
123
Moth Superintendent, Report of
127
Officers of the Town of Wayland
3
Park Department, Report of
131
Planning Board, Report of
112
Public Health Nursing Service
124
Public Library, Report of the 111
Results of Town Election, March 3, 1958 10
Results of State Primary
71
Results of State Election 75
Road Commissioners, Report of 127
Sanitation Inspector's Report
122
School Department Report:
School Committee 200
School Organization, 1958 - 1959 201
Organization of Teaching Staff, January 1, 1959 202
Superintendent of Schools, Report of 204
Enumeration of Children 207
Membership by Age and Grade 208
Class of 1958, Wayland High School 210
Awards and Scholarships 211
146
Tax Collector, Report of the
Town Accountant, Report of the:
Receipts
149
Expenditures
154
Recapitulation
175
Reserve Account
177
Excess and Deficiency
178
Water Available Surplus
179
Water Rates and Meter Accounts Receivable
179
Water Miscellaneous Accounts Receivable 179
Balance Sheet
180
Town Clerk's Report :
Births
91
Marriages
99
Deaths
102
Dog Licenses - 1958
104
Town Treasurer, Report of
138
Trust Fund Accounts 139
Maturing Debt and Interest
143
Tax Titles
145
Insurance 145
Tree Warden, Report of 132
Votes Enacted at the Annual Town Meeting, March 5, 1958 12
Votes Enacted at Adjourned Annual Town Meeting, March 12, 1958
43
Votes Enacted at Adjourned Annual Town Meeting,
March 19, 1958
51
Votes Enacted at Special Town Meeting, December 3, 1958
79
Water Commissioners, Report of 118
Apr 21 82
ANNUAL REPORTS
P
A
1635.
EAST
OUNDED
SUDBURY
183
Town of Wayland
MASSACHUSETTS
FOR ITS ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTIETH MUNICIPAL YEAR
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST
1959
-
ANNUAL REPORTS
RPO
ATED
LA
1635.
EAST
FOUNDED
SUDBURY
17
8
1835
Town of Wayland
MASSACHUSETTS
FOR ITS ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTIETH MUNICIPAL YEAR
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST
1959
MURPHY & SNYDER, INC.
MAYNARD, MASS.
OFFICERS OF THE TOWN OF WAYLAND 1959
MODERATOR
Term Expires
Roger P. Stokey
1960
TOWN CLERK
Leila Sears
1960
SELECTMEN
Frank S. Tarr
1960
Thomas Francis Linnehan
1961
Archibald Cox
1962
TOWN TREASURER
Dorothy Small Damon
1960
TOWN COLLECTOR
Walter A. Cheslak 1960
TOWN ACCOUNTANT EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
Norman E. Taylor 1960
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Ronald H. Wood
1960
J. Sidney Stone
1961
Carlisle D. Scotland
1962
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Eleanore C. Benjamin 1960
Douglas M. Surgenor 1960
John Bernard Butler
1961
John W. Arnold
1961
Gregory B. Wolfe
1962
ASSESSORS
B. Allen Benjamin
1960
George C. Lewis
1961
William S. Lewis
1962
WATER COMMISSIONERS
Alfred A. Damon
1960
George K. Lewis
1961
Fern A. Taylor
1962
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TRUSTEES OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
Hugh F. Colliton, Jr.
1960
Ruth K. Newton
1960
George C. Bogren 1961
Theone H. Morgan
1961
Helen C. Morgan
1962
William A. Waldron
1962
CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS
Warren D. Valentine (deceased) 1960
Gustaf M. Blomgren (appointed to fill vacancy) 1960
Walter A. Cheslak
1961
Willis B. Ryder
1962
TREE WARDEN
Charles L. Fullick 1960
HIGHWAY SURVEYOR
Albert E. Potvin 1960
BOARD OF HEALTH
Norman G. Fair 1960
John Gordon Freymann
1961
David R. Corey
1962
PARK COMMISSIONERS
Nathaniel Hamlen 1960
Frank S. Tarr
1961
Thomas F. Murray
1962
ROAD COMMISSIONERS
Robert N. Elwell 1960
Robert M. Carson
1961
Charles H. Peters
1962
PLANNING BOARD
Frederick G. Perry, Jr. 1960
George F. Bowers, Jr.
1961
Edward F. Thorburn
1962
Gordon E. Gott
1963
L. William Bertelsen, III
1964
Katharine Hodges
1964
COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS
Allan R. Finlay
1960
J. Sidney Stone
1961
Thomas B. Gannett
1962
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CONSTABLES All until 1960
Edward J. Burke George J. Butler John P. Butler
Ernest H. Damon Robert L. Groton Richard L. Hewitt
Thomas Francis Linnehan
TRUSTEES OF THE ALLEN FUND
John Bryant Benjamin W. Johnson, III
1960
George Shepard
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK
Joseph H. Decatur
Thomas F. Linnehan
1960
Arthur F. Marston
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER
Thomas F. Linnehan
Arthur F. Marston
1960
FENCE VIEWERS
Board of Selectmen
1960
FIELD DRIVERS
Constables
...
1960
MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE
Ronald H. Wood, Chairman Representing American Legion
Robert G. Lewis
1960
Paul E. Kohler
1961
Roy J. Van Wart
1962
Representing V. F. W.
John C. Bryant
1960
William R. Gauthier
1961
Edward R. Connelly
1962
DOG OFFICER
Ernest H. Damon
1960
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS INSPECTOR OF SLAUGHTERING
Warren F. Lawrence 1960
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HIGHWAY SURVEYOR
Albert E. Potvin 1960
SEALER OF WEIGHT AND MEASURES
Edward T. Damon
1960
FIRE CHIEF (G. L. Ch. 48, Section 42-44, Incl.) FOREST FIRE WARDEN OIL BURNER INSPECTOR
Francis J. Hartin Permanent
FINANCE COMMITTEE
George V. Alstad ( Resigned)
Francis A. Fisher ( Appointed to fill Vacancy)
William A. Loker
Dominic L. Bartholomew
Charles R. Jameson 1 1961
Frank A. Smith
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Robert M. Morgan 1
John B. Wilson
1962
BURIAL AGENT AGENT VETERANS' BENEFITS
William J. Hall 1960
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS PLANNING BOARD OF APPEALS
Roger E. Ela
1960
George G. Bogren
1961
Andrew R. Cay
1962
Associate Members
Ettrick A. Lacey 1960
Kimball C. Powning
1961
ZONING BOARD INSPECTOR WIRING INSPECTOR BUILDING INSPECTOR
Homer L. MacDonald 1960
PLUMBING INSPECTOR
Timothy John Daly, deceased 1960
Paul C. Hooper, appointed to fill vacancy to 1960
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1960
PERSONNEL BOARD
Thomas J. McGrath
1960
Edwin W. Marston
1961
John Simoni Charles E. Cochrane
1962
1963
Warren T. Cronin
1964
TOWN COUNSEL WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION AGENT
Frank W. Kilburn 1960
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
Leila Sears, Clerk (Republican) 1960
Grace I. Courchine (Democrat) 1960
William R. Gallagher (Democrat)
1961
Waldo H. Russell (Republican)
1962
ELECTION OFFICERS (All until 1960)
Precinct 1
Willard B. Dik, Warden
1960
Claire T. Keller, Clerk
1960
John Dunning, Inspector
1960
Daniel H. Sheehan, Inspector
1960
Willis B. Ryder, Deputy Warden
1960
Enid M. Bentley, Deputy Clerk
1960
Robert J. Dorey, Deputy Inspector
1960
Charles N. Gillespie, Deputy Inspector
1960
Precinct 2
Alvin B. Neale, Warden
1960
John J. McCann, Clerk
1960
Frank A. Burke, Inspector
1960
Mary E. Payson, Inspector
1960
Parker H. Groton, Deputy Warden
1960
Genevieve Knaack, Deputy Clerk
1960
N. Lawrence Ekdahl, Deputy Inspector
1960
Joseph Germano, Deputy Inspector
1960
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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN - 1959
Archibald Cox of Glezen Lane was elected a new member of the Board at the annual election on March 2, 1959. At the organization meeting Frank S. Tarr was elected Chairman and Thomas Francis Linnehan, Clerk.
All appointments were made as provided by law. The names of the appointees are shown elsewhere in the Town Report together with other officials.
A few changes deserve special mention. George Vinsonhaler and Georgia V. Alstad were unable to continue their valuable service on the Finance Committee. The Selectmen take this opportunity to express appreciation of their work. Frank A. Smith and Francis A. Fisher were named to succeed them. Andrew R. Cay became a member of the Zoning Board of Appeals in place of Mr. Smith.
Timothy John Daly, who had served Wayland since 1952 as Plumbing Inspector, died during the year. Throughout his service the Town benefited from his knowledge, helpfulness and impartial admin- istration of the Plumbing and Building Codes. We shall all miss his vigorous personality. The position has been temporarily filled by volun- teers pending the required State examinations. The Selectmen feel strongly that it will be in the best interests of the Town to appoint a Wayland resident who qualifies in the examination.
The jury list was drawn and listed as required by law. The list will be found in a separate section in the Town Report. The following were drawn as jurors:
William Marquis
51 Edgewood Road
Cochituate, Mass.
Virginia Odell
3 Dean Road Cochituate, Mass.
Fred O. Billings
20 Bow Road Wayland, Mass.
Curtis M. Howland
44 Hawthorne Road Cochituate, Mass.
Robert A. Lindquist
18 Sylvan Way
Wayland, Mass.
Carl A. Palmer
3 Priscilla Path
Cochituate, Mass.
Robert J. Schultz
Thomas A. Brown, Jr.
261 Cochituate Road Cochituate, Mass. 2 Blossom Lane Wayland, Mass.
Robert C. Clark
21 South Street Cochituate, Mass.
Ronald Wood
72 E. Plain Street Cochituate, Mass.
Patricia S. Jandl
13 Bow Road
Wayland, Mass.
Chris P. Chala
73 Maiden Lane
Cochituate, Mass.
The Selectmen met regularly for the transaction of ordinary busi- ness on the first and third Mondays of every month. During these meetings, which often run long past midnight, the Board transacts the usual multitude of Town business - licensing, acting upon complaints, taking land by eminent domain pursuant to the votes of the Town, let- ting contracts, approving warrants for the payment of money, making appointments, conferring with other officials, arranging borrowings, etc. Instead of relating this mass of details the Selectmen wish to use this report as a method of drawing the attention of the Town to a few major items.
1. Administrative Offices
The organization of the office and clerical force in the new Town Office Building has now been completed. We have acquired modern
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office machines which make it possible to do more clerical work with relatively fewer employees. The increasing volume of Town business prevents any reduction in the absolute number of employees, but the selectmen firmly believe that the present office force, using the existing equipment and normal replacements, can keep abreast of the increased volume of work which will inevitably result from the growing population.
The Selectmen and Planning Boards now share their offices with the School Department. The School Department also uses two additional rooms in the Town Office Building. The Selectmen especially appreciate the cooperation of the Planning Board in working out the temporary arrangement. Adequate working space for our future municipal needs will be available when the School Department moves its administrative offices to another location.
2. Police Department
During 1959 the Selectmen accomplished a reorganization of the Police Department and fire and police communications. The Police Sta- tion was reopened for twenty-four hours a day. The Police Department now handles all its own radio communications and emergency calls. The lockup is also available, thus avoiding the necessity for payments and trips to Framingham.
The Board of Selectmen also authorized the appointment of two permanent patrolmen in place of the part-time police officers who had theretofore shared assignments to the police cruisers and traffic duty. This raised the complement from five to seven permanent men without additional cost. Counting four communications officers, the Police Department now numbers eleven men, plus the Chief.
In a further effort to improve public protection the Selectmen have adopted the policy of giving regular police officers the first opportunity to accept special duty which is compensated by private persons, such as directing traffic in front of the new shopping center, at highway con- struction jobs and preserving order at restaurants and other public places. This change is the best means of ensuring that as much police work as possible will be done by trained officers. It also enables the police force to secure from police work earnings more nearly sufficient to maintain a reasonable standard of living, without the necessity of securing part-time employment. In our opinion the Town should look forward to the day when earnings from police work are enough to permit adopting a rule against outside work.
We do not contemplate further increases in the police force.
3. Fire Department
The reorganization of the Police Department was facilitated not only by the work of Police Chief Damon but also by the cooperation of Fire Chief Francis J. Hartin. Under the latter's direction the Fire Department continues to receive all fire alarms, whether by telephone or from an alarm box. Men are now on duty for twenty-four hours a day at the Wayland Fire Station either as full-time employees or as call men. Two call men are on duty at night for nominal compensation under the vote at the 1959 Town Meeting, and a third man will be stationed there under the same conditions as a result of the reorganiza- tion of communications.
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The Selectmen believe that the Town would benefit by extending the arrangement to the Cochituate Fire Station. The availability of men to answer telephone alarms twenty-four hours a day reduces the number of occasions on which the call men must be summoned by public alarm.
The proposal to extend night duty for call men was introduced as part of a planned program developed by Fire Chief Hartin, the Select- men, and Committee on Town Government with respect to both personnel and equipment. The program for the procurement of capital equip- ment, financed by regular additions to a fund, calls for the purchase of a rescue truck during 1960. The recommendation will be brought before the Town at the Annual Meeting.
Finally, it should be observed that the changes made by the Selectmen in the handling of communications did not cause any increase in the cost of operating the Fire and Police Departments and com- munications systems above the 1959 budget.
4. Redevelopment
The Board of Selectmen continued to press the program of eliminat- ing the substandard dwellings. A Committee was established made up of the Fire Chief, the Building Inspector and representatives of the Board of Selectmen, Board of Health and Finance Committee. A num- ber of unfit buildings were condemned. Others were made safe pursuant to orders issued by the Building Inspector. The Board hopes that the Town will continue to buy substandard lots and unfit dwellings which come upon the market and to condemn those which are truly a hazard to the neighborhood.
Small lots can then be combined for development or sold to abutters. While time-consuming and sometimes annoying to those affected, this program carries great benefit for residents of the Town through the elimination of nuisances and the gradual increase in the value of real estate. A number of articles implementing the program are included in the warrant.
As part of the program the Board of Selectmen has begun to inventory all real property owned by the Town either through tax titles or for municipal use or park purposes. The Town Treasurer is carrying the work forward. A careful study of the character of the Town's hold- ings is essential not only to determine what property should be retained and what should be sold, but also to maintain the properties in such condition that they are not a source of annoyance to the neighbors. Land which the Town does not require for municipal use or park pur- poses should be returned to the tax rolls as promptly as possible, pro- vided that the sale is not to the detriment of the neighborhood. The Selectmen plan to push this project during 1960 with the cooperation of the other boards and committees.
5. Traffic and Bypass
One of Wayland's major problems is the ever increasing traffic through Wayland Center. The best solution - probably the only work- able solution - is the construction of a bypass from Ten Acres to the Raytheon entrance on Route 20. The volume of traffic will become still heavier when the new Raytheon plant in Sudbury is opened.
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At the 1959 Town Meeting a committee was established to promote the bypass. Mr. Tarr served as the Selectmen's representative. He attended its meetings and conferred with State officials. Representative James DeNormandie cooperated with the committee by introducing a bill to authorize construction of the bypass and by endeavoring to persuade the General Court and the Department of Public Works to appropriate the sums necessary for the work. Raytheon Manufacturing Company also worked with the Town officials. We believe that no stone was left unturned - certainly no effort was spared - but the effort failed.
In November the Board of Selectmen and individual members of the Finance Committee explored another avenue. The proposed bypass was opposed by the owner of a sizable parcel of land along the proposed location. The Department of Public Works appears to doubt whether the bypass brings enough benefit to the State to justify the expenditure of funds in Wayland instead of other locations. It seems to the Selectmen that the Town, the abutter and the Commonwealth would all benefit if the bypass could be built and the land immediately to the south of the bypass were re-zoned for limited commercial use by the type of enter- prise now permitted in the zone occupied by Raytheon, both as part of "a single package." The limited commercial use zone is very strict. It would permit the kind of laboratories and insurance company offices observed at Raytheon along Route 128 but not stores, places of enter- tainment, or even ordinary manufacturing.
Accordingly, the Selectmen propose that the Town consider re-zoning the land between the proposed bypass and the aqueduct, provided that work is first begun on the bypass, so that the land will not be re-zoned unless the bypass was actually constructed. The Town would benefit through the construction of the bypass and the addition of at least two and possibly ten million dollars of taxable property. The abutter would benefit by a great increase in the value of his land. The Commonwealth would benefit through the creation of new jobs for Massachusetts citi- zens, an important point in interesting the State administration. The Planning Board has stated opposition to even a conditional re-zoning until the bypass had been begun, the identity of the occupant had been established, and a site plan approved. These conditions cannot be met before the Annual Town Meeting. This blocked the project but the Selectmen hope that the Town will authorize them to see what concrete plans can be developed.
It is quite possible that a majority of the citizens, contrary to the judgment of the Selectmen, would prefer to have no re-zoning and no bypass. The Selectmen will, of course, guide themselves by the wishes of the Town. The Selectmen will also continue to do everything pos- sible to secure the bypass without any commitments on zoning. They deem it their duty to inform the Town, however, that it is highly improbable that the bypass can be secured for several years unless it is made part of a general project tied to a conditional re-zoning.
6. Dudley Pond
At the request of the Dudley Pond Improvement Association the Selectmen investigated the possibility of taking steps to control the growth of weeds. The pond covers approximately 90 acres. It would cost $250. per acre or a total of almost $2500. to make a single applica- tion of the weed killer. The work would be done by the State but Way- land would have to pay the cost.
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There is little assurance that one application of weed killer would be effective for any length of time in a spring-fed pond. Although we believe that the Town would probably feel reluctant to appropriate so large a sum for such doubtful results we expect to investigate the problem again from time to time in the hope that a better solution may be developed.
The Board of Selectmen wishes to thank the members of the other boards and committees for their cooperation and especially to express their appreciation of the competent work of the Town employees during 1959.
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK S. TARR, Chairman THOMAS FRANCIS LINNEHAN, Clerk ARCHIBALD COX
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RESULTS OF ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION Held: March 2, 1959
Pr. 1
Pr. 2
Total
Moderator
Roger E. Ela
386
267
653
Theodore R. Magoun
151
312
463
Roger P. Stokey
611
425
1,036
Town Clerk
Leila Sears
1,074
885
1,959
Selectman
Archibald Cox
970
624
1,594
Charles H. Wheelock
191
395
586
Treasurer
Dorothy Small Damon
1,069
868
1,937
Town Collector
Walter A. Cheslak
1,051
904
1,955
Board of Public Welfare
Carlisle D. Scotland
1,028
846
1,874
School Committee
Gregory B. Wolfe
1,019
817
1,836
Assessor
William S. Lewis
751
681
1,432
George V. Deverell
384
322
706
Water Commissioner
Fern A. Taylor
1,055
874
1,929
Trustees of Public Library - For One Year
Lawrence W. Jones
524
326
850
Ruth K. Newton
534
574
1,108
For Three Years (Vote for Two)
Helen C. Morgan
945
759
1,704
William A. Waldron
852
659
1,511
Cemetery Commissioner
Willis B. Ryder
1,058
829
1,887
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Tree Warden
Charles L. Fullick
1,030
867
1,897
Board of Health
David R. Corey
559
644
1,203
Alva J. Armstrong
566
382
948
Park Commissioner
Thomas F. Murray
499
709
1,208
Joseph J. Joyce
592
284
876
Road Commissioner
Charles H. Peters
1,005
815
1,820
Planning Board - (Vote for Two)
L. William Bertelsen, III
954
685
1,639
Katharine Hodges
915
761
1,676
Commissioner of Trust Funds
Thomas B. Gannett
1,024
816
1,840
Constables - (Vote for Seven)
George J. Butler
938
761
1,699
John P. Butler
944
767
1,711
Ernest H. Damon
993
832
1,825
Robert L. Groton
932
792
1,724
Thomas Francis Linnehan
1,014
780
1,794
Edward J. Burke
937
791
1,728
Richard L. Hewitt
23
28
51
Frederick H. Perry
4
10
14
Robert G. Lewis
6
6
Alexander S. MacMillan
5
3
8
There were scattering votes for sundry other persons, each drawing no more than three (3) votes
Grace I. Courchine
5
1
6
Robert C. Orr
6
1
7
Katharine Hodges
7
Total Votes
1,180
1,046
2,226
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VOTES ENACTED AT THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Held: Wednesday, March 4, 1959
Town Clerk's Office Wayland, Massachusetts
Roger P. Stokey, Moderator :-
Pursuant to the Warrant dated February 2, 1959, and signed by John R. McEnroy, Frank S. Tarr and Thomas F. Linnehan, Selectmen, service and return of said Warrant having been duly given by Ernest H. Damon, Constable, the inhabitants of the Town of Wayland qualified to vote in Town Meeting, assembled this day; and at 7:45 P. M. the Moderator called the meeting to order, declared a quorum to be present and the meeting proceeded to transact the following business:
Article 1: To hear the reports of the Town Officers, Agents and Committees and act thereon.
Mr. Archibald Cox read the following
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS Howard S. Russell served the Town of Wayland for twenty-four years as a member of the Planning Board during an important formative period. For six years Wayland and its neighbors benefited from his services as their representative in the General Court. For twenty years as Moderator he presided at Town Meetings with parliamentary skill, wisdom, patience, good humor - and above all with the utmost fairness to every citizen. Although both his position and his choice compelled him to stand above the debate, the weight of his integrity and common sense were constantly felt on the side of the public welfare. For the whole twenty years he was in truth the unani- mous choice for Moderator of every citizen.
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