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Then, in August the new dormitory for student nurses was opened with a well attended open house. The School of Nursing can now accommodate 70 students and the steady increase in qualified applicants shows that the enlarged facilities will soon be fully utilized. The building was jointly financed by a federal grant and a long-term, low cost federal loan.
Also, two areas were remodeled into new facilities. The need for additional labor beds in the maternity wing became critical to the point of having to enlarge the existing labor suite from four to eight beds. This in turn brought about a new entrance and parking lot. Also, new shower facilities were added on the patients' floors. In spite of these renovations a new maternity facility will become a neces- sity in the near future.
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Last year also saw the inauguration of a Meditation Room for the use of patients and visitors. It is hoped that this facility will be used as a quiet retreat for meditation and prayer. These two remodeling projects were completed by the hospital's own maintenance department.
The people who deserve a very special thanks for providing the Attleboro area with such an up-to-date health facility are the members of the Board. To them and the Chairman, Mr. C. W. Cederberg, may I extend my sincere personal thanks for their unfailing support and guidance during my first year as Adminis- strator of Sturdy Hospital. I am indeed most grateful.
Respectfully submitted, Henry Veldman, Director
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REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD 1961
To the Honorable Mayor and Municipal Council Attleboro, Massachusetts
Gentlemen:
The central matter of interest this year was the unfolding study of the Master Plan for Attleboro being made by the Blair Associaties.
The final report on the development of the Central Business District was given at a well attended meeting of City Officials, business and professional men and other interested people, held in the Council Chamber on Monday, Feb- ruary 6, 1961. It was presented in the form of an attractive blue and white bro- chure of 74 pages with an appendix of 22 pages and well illustrated with maps and pictures.
Fifty copies were available for reference while Mr. Blair and Mr. Stein made a running commentary illustrated by lantern slides.
The brochure contained chapters entitled: Background, Statement of Policy, The Plan, and The Urban Renewal Program. Our problems are simply stated: How to get traffic in and out and around the City with the least friction. How to furnish ample parking space and commercial buildings to attract customers, and How to finance the works.
The studies now being made are intended to be guide lines for the City as it faces the five vital questions of existence: What? Why? When? Where? How?
The Attleboro Chamber of Commerce acquired three hundred copies of this brochure for future distribution.
At its meeting on February 20, 1961 the following Vote was passed: VOTED: That the Planning Board approves the plan for the development of the Central Business District as submitted by the Blair Associates and recommends its adoption by the Honorable Mayor and Municipal Council.
The revision of the Zoning Ordinance and map adopted in 1942, and the Com- prehensive Plan for the entire City has been under constant study and discussion and the final reports have not been made at the close of the year.
In the course of these studies the Honorable Mayor and Municipal Council, the Attleboro Chamber of Commerce, the South Attleboro Businessmen's Asso- ciation, the Development and Industrial Commission and the Zoning Board of
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Appeal have been consulted. Questionnaires have been taken from merchants in the Central Business District and the South Attleboro area.
Twenty-five meetings were held during the year with an average attendance of 76%.
The Blair Associates were represented at every meeting by at least one member and at some meetings two, three and four members of their staff were present. Nine different members of their staff appeared at our meetings during the year and were available as consultants.
The Board welcomes all information, suggestions and criticism pertinent to the development of our city so as to make it a good and ever better place in which to live and do business.
We thank all of you who have so generously helped us during the year.
Respectfully submitted,
ATTLEBORO PLANNING BOARD
Frank L. Briggs, Chairman
Robert W. Mawney, Secretary
J. Burleigh Moulton
John A, Cummings Clifford A. Swanson
Harold E. Washburn
Charles A. Smith
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CONCERNING STREETS
Woodbine Street in Oakland Plat from Holly Street southerly from Mendon Road to Rossman Street. Construction nearly completed, $1, 700. 00 performance security not released.
Jencks Road suggested for name of new access road connecting Turner Street to Bacon Street westerly of Washington Street.
Robert F. Toner Boulevard suggested as new name for Commonwealth Avenue.
Rathbun Willard Drive from Dennis Street westerly for 2, 600 feet. Accepted April 18, 1961. Approved April 24, 1961.
Biltmore Street from Williams Street northerly for 460 feet recommended acceptance in accordance with Section 5 of Ordinance on Street.
Cambria Street good gravel road constructed by owner of land on northerly side of street.
Hope Street Relocation at Holden Street recommended to permit Holden Street Railroad Bridge to be raised 2 1/2 feet.
Dale Avenue from County Street easterly for 780 feet to Woodcrest Drive. Recommended for acceptance as a public way June 15, 1961.
Hill Street in Highland View Plat dated 1925. From Rosewood Avenue north- erly for 400 feet more or less to Sweetland Avenue. Good gravel road built and drainage plan furnished by owner of certain lots.
Anderson Avenue from Thacher Street northerly toward site of new High School. A paper street in Thacher Terrace Plat, not under Subdivision Control Law. Owners of certain lots will build acceptable gravel road from Thacher Street northerly for 225 feet.
Lathrop Road, new access road from West Street to South Avenue. Name recommended in honor of former owner of the land and one-time selectman.
Brander Road from North Avenue easterly. Owner of lot builds acceptable gravel road from point of last acceptance at Gray Street along the frontage of his lot.
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Stobbs Drive. Name proposed for the access road B from the dead end of Commonwealth Avenue on the easterly side of Route 95 running southerly to North Avenue in honor of the former owner of the land.
Washburn Street from North Avenue westerly for 750 feet with dead end at Route 95. Voted to recommend acceptance of this street as a public way as it will be needed for site of trunk sewer line for the area westerly of Route 95.
Sherman Street from Washburn Street northwesterly for 600 feet with dead end at Route 95. Recommended for acceptance as a public way as it will be need- ed as site of a trunk sewer line.
Field Road. Petition for increasing from 25 feet to 30 feet two entrances to Field Road from Forest Street. Recommendation made that petition be granted.
Walton Street from North Avenue westerly for 615 feet. Necessary as the main entrance to the City's Industrial Park. Recommended for acceptance as a public way.
Hall Avenue from Robinson Avenue easterly to Gardner Street. Not recom- mended for acceptance as a public way on account of drainage problem between Brown Street and Pine Road.
Camp Street. Petition for acceptance as a town way from South Main Street southerly across Dailey Street to Arnold Street for a distance of 800 feet. Not recommended for acceptance at this time because of the drainage problem in this area.
RECOMMENDATIONS ON PROPOSED ADMENDMENTS TO ZONING ORDINANCE.
To rezone from General Residence to Business District P Use land on the northeasterly corner of James and East Streets now having a non-conforming use as a Grocery and Meat Market, and shown on Assessors' New Plat #42 as Lots #292-293.
Recommendation that petition be denied.
To rezone from Single Residence to Industrial District P Use land on the southerly side of Pleasant Street extending to the northerly side of the Taunton Branch Railroad and shown on Assessors' New Plat #56 as Lots 12, 13 and 15, and on Assessors' New Plat #57 as Lots 13A and 15.
Recommendation that Lots 12, 13 and 15, Assessors' New Plat #56 be rezoned from Single Residence to Business District P Use beginning at a line 280 feet southerly of Pleasant Street and parallel to it, and that Lots 13A and 15, Asses- sors' New Plat #57 be rezoned to Industrial District P Use.
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To rezone from General Residence to Business District P Use land on the easterly side of Washington Street and the westerly side of Gray Street and shown on Assessors' New Plat #18 as Lots #240-247 inclusive and Lots #217-222 in- clusive, and Lot #238.
Recommendation that the petition be granted.
To rezone from Single Residence to Business District P Use land on westerly side of Washington Street between May Street and Cumberland Avenue and shown on Assessors' New Plat #15 as Lots #244 and 245.
Recommendation that petition be denied.
To rezone from General Residence to Industrial District P Use about eight acres of land on the southerly side of Thacher Street between Fisher Street and the Boston and Providence Railroad. This is the location of "glacial rock". Recommendation that the petition be denied.
To rezone from General Residence to General Residence District P Use land on the westerly side of South Main Street across from the First Baptist Church and shown on Assessors' New Plat #32 as Lot #125. To be used for temporary parking of automobiles.
Recommendation that the petition be granted.
To rezone from General Residence District Use to General Residence District P Use the land on the easterly side of Ellis Street and shown on Assessors' New Plat #35 as Lots 128, 135 and 136.
Recommendation that the petition be granted. Adopted by Council October 17, 1961; approved by Mayor, October 26, 1961.
To rezone from General Residence to Business District P Use land on the northwesterly corner of Sanford and Bank Street and shown on Assessors' New Plat #31 as Lots #16 and 18.
Recommendation: Leave to withdraw petition without prejudice.
To rezone from General Residence to Business District P Use land on the southerly side of West Street and shown on Assessors' New Plat #41 as Lots #100 and 100D.
Recommendation that petition be granted for land beginning at the end of the pres- ent Industrial District on West Street and running southeasterly along West Street for 200 feet and a frontage on Mechanics Pond of 215 feet.
To rezone land on the easterly side of Newport Avenue northerly of the Boston and Providence Railroad from Single Residence to Business District P Use and shown on Assessors' New Plat #27 as Lots 4-35, 37-65 inclusive. Land to be used as the site of a motel of the Holiday Inn chain of motels.
Recommendation that petition be granted on condition that an adequate right of way be provided to connect County Street with Newport Avenue and adequately serve vehicular traffic, water mains and sewage mains and that all sanitary facilities be approved by the Department of Health. Adopted by the Council on November 7, 1961 and approved by the Mayor November 10, 1961.
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To rezone from Single Residence to Industrial District P Use land on the westerly side of Newport Avenue at Collins Street and shown on Assessors' New Plat #20 as Lots #398 and 400.
Recommendation that the petition be granted. Adopted by Council November 21, 1961 and approved by Mayor November 27, 1961.
To rezone from Single Residence to General Residence District P Use land on the easterly side of Thacher Brook from Maple Street to Ingraham Street and shown on Assessors' New Plat #46 as Lots #312, 355-410 and on Assessors' New Plat #53 as Lots #207-215, 240-249, 260-269, 304-322, 332-343, 373-393, 402- 415, 439-468, 475-480, 487-511, 516.
Recommendation pending at close of year.
To rezone from Single Residence to Industrial District P Use land northerly of Walton Street so-called, and westerly of North Avenue and shown on Assessors' New Plat #89 as Lots 6A, 6B, 6C, 6D, 7-12, 14-17, and 60. Recommendation pending at close of the year.
PLATS
Brookfield Acres Plat on the westerly side of Pike Avenue southerly of the Taunton Branch Railroad. W. A. Dalton & Son, Inc. owners, 97 Bellevue Ave- nue, Pawtucket, R. I. W. T. Whalen Engineering Company, surveyors. Formerly the property of the Giusti Construction Company, Inc. and known as Pike Farm Es- tates Plat Section 1. Approved for the following 12 lots: #39-47, 69-71 on January 16, 1961 after public hearing. $2, 000. 00 performance bond furnished.
Brookfield Acres Plat Section 2, tentatively approved on December 4, 1961 after public hearing for the following 13 lots: #48-55, 57-58, 72-74. Performance bond for $2, 000. 00. Action pending at end of the year.
A portion of Clement Heights Plat with a frontage of 200 feet on Highland Avenue and 440 feet on the westerly side of Buena Vista Avenue (a paper street). Roger DesVergnes, Stead Avenue, Attleboro, Mass., owner. E. Otis Dyer, Rehoboth, Massachusetts, engineer. 3 lots. $800. 00 performance bond given for construction of gravel road. Approved on January 20, 1961.
Palva Plat on easterly side of Newport Avenue, northerly of Route 95, owner, Joseph Picard. Approved December 5, 1955. Bond for $2, 000. 00 for construction of Picard Road which has not been completed. Action pending.
Westchester Plat on easterly side of Kelley Boulevard near North Attleboro line. Norman A. Courtois, owner. Approved April 10, 1956. Performance bond for $6, 000. 00 given for construction of roads. Bond held pending approval of road construction.
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Portion of Highland View Plat, (John Carr and Caleb Orr, original owners, 1925) on westerly side of Washington Street. Lots on Hill Street and unaccepted portion of Sweetland Avenue acquired by Harold England who has constructed Hill Street as a gravel road. Approved by the Board and arrangements made for drain- age with the State Department of Public Works.
Revised Knott Plat Section 2 from Park Street westerly. Kelley & Tatarian, owners. Turn-around at end of the street moved a few feet westerly so as to clear lots K-32 and K-33. Approved by the Board on May 1, 1961.
Stephen Pitas Plat on the southerly side of Pitas Avenue and the easterly side of the Seven Mile River. Lot divided so as to require street to serve the rear lot. Good gravel road constructed for 362 feet. Approved by Board on June 19, 1961.
Thayer Farms Plat Extension, Lots 24-41, situated between Pike Avenue and Steere Street. Owners, Frank J. Ryder, Jr. and Jane F. Ryder. Public hearing held on December 4, 1961. Further action pending at end of year.
Thacher Brook Manor Plat, situated on land bounded on the east by land of the LaSalette Shrine, on the west by Thacher Brook, on the north by Maple Street and on the south by Dexter Street. Owner, William Pitas. Public hearing held on October 2, 1961. Mr. Pitas given sufficient time to complete necessary de- tails of plan. Plans and proffiles submitted December 18, 1961. Action pending at end of year.
Lynwood Park Plat (36 lots) situated on the southerly side of Wilmarth Street, owned by the Westwood Park Realty Company, Attleboro, Mass. E. Otis Dyer, Rehoboth, Mass., engineer. A new drainage plan was submitted by Mr. Dyer on December 18, 1961 which was taken under advisement and action was pending at the close of the year.
PLANS OF LAND BELIEVED NOT TO BE UNDER SUBDIVISION CONTROL LAW.
January 16, 1961.
Plan of land of George I. Spatcher in Attleboro adjacent to the Chartley Pond and Taunton Branch Railroad. 2. 6 acres.
City of Attleboro plan of land of Laurier Avenue from Mendon Road easterly crossing Central and Robinson Avenues.
City of Attleboro plan of land of Alder Street to Woodcrest Drive, formerly Elm Court.
City of Attleboro plan of land of Mckay Street from Newport Avenue westerly to Buffington Street
Plan of land of Dorothy Kendall on the northeasterly corner of Peck Street and westerly side of Pleasant Street.
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Plan of C. E. and Helen MacDonald on the northwest side of Clifton Street. February 20, 1961.
Land of Gertrude Welcome on the southerly side of Emory Street.
Land of Dorothea Brown on the northerly side of Hillcrest Drive.
Land of William Edinberg on the northerly side of O'Donnell Drive.
March 6, 1961.
Land of William B. Pitas on the westerly side of Locust Street adjacent to Locust Valley Plat.
Land of John Kidd on the southerly side of Hillcrest Drive, Lots #25A, 26, 26A, 27.
March 20, 1961
Land of John Benaski on the northerly side of Thurber Avenue.
Land of John Walsh on the southerly side of Milk Street between State and Water Street.
April 3, 1961.
Land of Viking Construction Company on the easterly side of Beagle Club Road. April 17, 1961.
Land of Camille I. and Jacqueline R. Ouimet situated on the northerly side of West Street.
Land of Balfour Realty Trust situated on the northerly side of Rathbun Willard Drive.
Land of Henry I. McDeed, being lots A and B on the northerly side of Park Circle in Pitas Acres Plat.
Land of Andrew I. Charron located at the corner of Newport Avenue and Mc Kay Street and abutting lots on Orr Street.
May 1, 1961.
Land of Donald K. and Elizabeth H. Phillips situated on the northerly side of Musket Road.
Land of William P. Maynard situated on the easterly side of Clifton Street, shown as Lot #12 on Assessors' New Plat.
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Land of Roger L. and Jacqueline D. Achin, situated on the northerly side of Cummings Street.
May 15, 1961
Land of Attleboro Trust Company and Howard Connor, executors for Irma Ingraham situated on the northerly side of Mechanics Street and westerly side of North Main Street (3 houses on one lot given to three different people).
Land of Cyril K. and Dorothy C. Brennan situated on the westerly side of Lindsey Street about 100 feet south of the North Attleboro line.
Land of City of Attleboro being the relocation of Hope Street from Holden Street northerly.
Land of the City of Attleboro being Rathbun Willard Drive from Dennis Street westerly for 2600 feet.
Land of James N. and Helen Shamey on the northerly corner of Rathbun Willard Drive at Dennis Street.
June 5, 1961.
Land of Walter Stott, 777 Thacher Street, shown as Lot #4E on Assessors' New Plat #81A, situated on the easterly side of the new service road from West Street to South Avenue.
Land of Margaret Eden, Lots #116 and 117 on the southerly side of Eden Court.
Land of Union Realty Trust, 21 Park Street on the westerly side of Union Street, northerly of the brick factories and easterly of the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad.
Land of the Attleboro Housing Authority between South Avenue and Thacher Street.
Land of William T. Stubler situated on the easterly side of Fontneau Avenue and southerly side of Magee Street.
June 19, 1961.
Land of Donald R. LaChance, being a plan and profile of Brander Road, from the end of the 1955 acceptance for 200 feet easterly and 40 feet wide to the land of Olive Daggett Howard.
Land of Donald R. LaChance situated at the intersection of the northerly side of Brander Road and the easterly side of Gray Street.
Land of Paul S. Welch situated on Handy Street adjacent to land of Albert Mullaney and wife.
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Land of Charles S. Summersall situated on the easterly side of Lindsey Street, parcel A containing 16, 450 square feet.
Land of Viking Construction Company on the easterly side of Beagle Club Road.
August 7, 1961.
Land of Paul L. Taylor situated on the northerly side of Patterson Street.
Land of Charles S. Summersall, Parcel A and Parcel B situated on easterly side of Lindsey Street.
Land of Alan and Janice Semple on the easterly side of Clifton Street.
August 21, 1961
Land of John A. A. and Irene G. N. Garland on the northeasterly side of Tiffany Street, opposite Curtis Street (so-called).
September 18, 1961
Land of Edward C. and Rose LaPierre at Stone-e-lea Golf Club on County Street.
Land of William I. Young westerly of Clifton Street and northerly of the Rifle Range.
October 16, 1961
Land of Jesse J. Arnell, Jr. on easterly side of Pullman Avenue between Bacon and Scott Street.
Land of John A. Caponigro et al on northerly side of Pearl Street westerly of Tappan Avenue.
Land of City of Attleboro, Lot #1, Assessors' New Plat #85 on South side of South Avenue and westerly side of Hanisch Road.
Land of Antonio C. and Louise M. Lima on Dunham Street, second lot from Park Avenue.
Land of Edith F. Eden et al on southerly side of Sixth Street.
November 6, 1961
Land of Carlingay Realty Co. , Inc. situated on northerly side of West Street.
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Land of Cournoyer between Clayton Avenue and Hudson Street.
Land of David L. and Annie E. Dupee on the northerly side of Crossman Avenue.
Land of Marion B. Sweetland on easterly side of Newport Avenue.
December 4, 1961.
Land of Jose Gonsalves on southerly side of Oak Hill Avenue.
December 18, 1961.
Land of Achin H. and Marilyn L. Edwards on the easterly side of Richard- son Avenue.
Land of Hebron Building and Improvement Associates at the southerly and northerly corner of Knight Avenue and Goff Street.
Land of the Shrine and Seminary of LaSalette off Park Street.
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REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT 1961
To His Honor, the Mayor, and the Municipal Council:
Gentlemen:
The tabulated operations data of the Public Works Department for the year 1961 covers completely the many phases of the required work.
The ever present handicapbecause of insufficient labor was more acute than in the past, due to the increased schedule of maintenance and construction of streets and the many small repair jobs on fences, bridges, culverts and drains that cannot be scheduled and are consuming of time and men. Vacations of three weeks for seven of the key men, plus sick leave, with no available replacement results in a great loss of man hours through the year.
It is an accepted axiom in construction and is a basic precept in the military, that in a group of men, however small, assigned to a specific mission, one man must be in charge and responsible for receiving and following instructions to achieve the planned result.
This Department intends to begin a reclassification of Employees to apply the above principle to our daily operations.
The beginning was made by promoting Mr. Philip L. Proulx, a veteran em- ployee, a power shovel operator of considerable experience and a See Bee Veteran of the Pacific Theatre, to the position of General Highway Foreman.
This has proven to have been an excellent decision, which the many work accomplishments, under his direct supervision, will substantiate. The excellent cooperation of the majority of all the Department Employees with the Foreman contributed to the remainder of the successful work end result.
It is proposed in 1962 to carry on the reclassification by promoting men, showing interest and ability, to the position of Sub-Foremen, with added respon- sibility and a slight increase in pay, commensurate with the duties. The plan is to assign a Sub- Foreman and at least two Laborers to the duty of cleaning and maintaining in operating condition the sewer and many surface drainage systems with catch basins within the City.
Specifically there is, in round numbers, thirty-five miles of sanitary sewer mains, fourteen miles of surface drain lines and six hundred seventy catch basins. Obviously this is a full time job and, emergencies excepted, must be carried on in a systematic manner. The Sub-Foreman is capable of keeping cleaning records and has sufficient construction knowledge to observe and report any condition re- quiring attention beyond the usual routine operation. A Sub-Foreman for street construction should be the power grader operator, a long term employee of skill and experience. His duty would be responsibility for labor and equipment sched- uling on the actual field construction in addition to the operation of his grader.
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Road oiling supervision and allied maintenance would also be expected of him. Again, a reasonable differential in wages should be realized.
Next, it is proposed to have a Sub-Foreman in charge of sewer and drain construction for jobs too small to contract and to make underground repairs or pipe improvements necessary. A man, with some engineering experience and sufficient knowledge to set grades, schedule material and record installation, is available within the Department and could be promoted as supervisor.
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