Official reports of the town of Wayland 1957-1959, Part 27

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


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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


210


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


1


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


6


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.


9.


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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