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Frank A. Brooks
received 136 votes
Margaret McGill
24
66
Sylvester Kaufman
8
Russell A. Wood
66
25
Blanks 30
For Senator, 5th Middlesex District -
George G. Moyse
Blanks
received 181 votes 42
For Representative in General Court -
George G. Tarbell John F. Farrar Blanks 13
received 209 votes 1
For District Attorney Northern District -
Warren L. Bishop Blanks 28
received 195 votes
28
For Clerk of Courts, Middlesex -
Ralph N. Smith Blanks
received 188 votes 35
For Register of Deeds, Middlesex Southern District -
Thomas Leighton George LeRoy Woods Blanks
received 164 votes
15
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For County Commissioner, Middlesex County -
Smith J. Adams
received 42 votes
George H. Brown
66
29
Wesley G. Collings
Harry J. Gilmore
18 66
Francis F. Griffith
1
Victor Francis Jewett
80
Blanks
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For Associate County Commissioners, Middlesex -
John Alfred Broadbine
received 24 votes
Robert D. Donaldson
66
170
66
Melvin G. Rogers
103
Carroll E. Scott
22
Blanks 127
For Sheriff, Middlesex County -
Howe Coolidge Amee
received
11 votes
Joseph G. Bates
Harry Dunlap Brown
84
1 66
George Groombridge
John W. Justice
0
Clarence P. Kidder
11
Joseph M. McElroy
36
Ralph W. Robart
6
9
Wendell D. Rockwood
3
George A. C. Stone
6
66
Henry L. Walker 30 Blanks 29
4
7
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DEMOCRATIC
For Governor -
Charles H. Cole James M. Curley Frank A. Goodwin Blanks
received
17 votes
27
7
1
For Lieutenant Governor
Joseph L. Hurley Francis E. Kelly Blanks
received
35 votes
15 "
2
For Secretary -
Joseph Santosuosso
received
26 votes
James P. Blake
0
5
1
3
Clement A. Riley
2
66
William F. Sullivan
4
Blanks
11
For Treasurer -
Charles F. Hurley
Blanks
received
44 votes
8
For Auditor -
Thomas H. Buckley Leo D. Walsh Blanks
received
35 votes
11
6
For Attorney General -
Paul A. Dever John Martin Boyle Philip A. Chapman Harold W. Sullivan Blanks
received
28 votes
5
3
8
8
John J. Buckley
James Joseph Dugan John D. O'Brien
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For Senator in Congress -
David I. Walsh Edward P. Barry William Donahoe Blanks
received
41 votes
66
6
0
5
For Congressman, 9th District -
Albert L. Brophy
received
9 votes
Richard M. Russell Frank L. White Blanks
. . 6
27 "
6
66
10
For Councillor, 3rd District
Timothy E. Carroll
received
10 votes
William J. Coughlan
3
9
15
For Senator, 5th Middlesex District -
P. Gerard Cahill received Joseph A. O'Dea Blanks 10
29 votes
13
For Representative in General Court 13th Middlesex -
Gordon H. Wilson received A. J. Doherty George G. Tarbell 1 Blanks 42
7 votes
2
Bernard M. Cronin John P. Hennessey Blanks
15
31
For District Attorney, Northern District -
James J. Bruin John A. Crowley John F. Daly Joseph M. Gavan Blanks
received
12 votes
13
8
60
4
15
For Clerk of Courts Middlesex -
John J. Brennan received Edward L. Ford 66 John D. Madeiros Blanks 16
24 votes
6
6
For Register of Deeds, Middlesex Southern District -
John Gordon Duffy received John I. Ford Blanks 21
20 votes
11
For County Commissioner, Middlesex County -
Thomas B. Brennan
received
22 votes
10
Robert F. Donovan Lewis F. Stuart 1 66 Blanks 19
For Associate Commissioners, Middlesex County -
Charles R. Brunelle Edward L. Harley Francis R. King Thomas Murray
received 7 votes
5
66
5
11
John A. Sweeny Blanks 58
18
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For Sheriff, Middlesex County --
Patrick J. Brennan
received
12 votes
66
Michael DeLuca
0
Charles P. Fox
0
William R. Griffin
0 66
John C. Kelleher
6.
5
Daniel P. Leahey
4
66
Ralph W. Robart
3
Patrick Henry Ryan
1
William H. Walsh
16
Blanks
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WILLIAM H. DAVIS,
Town Clerk.
PROCEEDINGS AT STATE ELECTION November 6, 1934
WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
MIDDLESEX, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Lincoln :
GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Lincoln, duly qualified to vote in the election of State and County Officers, to assemble at the Town Hall on Tuesday November 6th, at 7 o'clock in the forenoon, to give in their votes for the following officers: - viz; Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary, Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney General, Senator in Congress, Congressman, Councillor, Senator, Rep- resentative (1), District Attorney, Clerk of Courts, Register
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of Deeds, County Commissioner (1), Associate County Com- missioners (2), Sheriff, and any other officers required by law to be chosen in the month of November, of the current year. All officers enumerated above are to be designated and voted for on one ballot, and also the questions: Question No. 1, Shall a law described as follows; This law amends General Laws, Chapter 131, as previously amended, by repealing Section 105A thereof and adding thereto three new sections, 105B, 105C, and 114A. Section 105B provides that, whoever uses any trap or other device for capture of fur bearing animals, which is not designed to kill such animals at once or to take it unhurt and which is likely to cause continued suffering to an animal caught therein, shall be fined $50.00, but traps or other devices for protection of property, set no more than fifty yards from any building, cultivated plot, or enclosures used for rear- ing poultry or game birds, to the use of which the presence of vermin may be detrimental, are excluded from the application of this Section.
Section 105C provides for the submission to the voters at a Municipal election in any City or Town, upon petition, of the question of whether the operation of section 105B shall be suspended, or if it has been already suspended, of the question whether it shall again be operative in such City or Town.
Section 114A, provides that the Commissioner of Conserva- tion may suspend the operation of Section 105B for a period not exceeding thirty days within any specified territory, under the control of his department. The law also provides, for the submission, by the Selectmen to the voters at a Special Town Meeting in the current year, upon petition, of the question as to whether the provisions of section 105B shall be suspended in any Town; and which was approved by both branches of General Court by vote not recorded, be approved.
YES. NO.
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To obtain a full expression of opinion, voters should vote on both of the following questions; (a) If a voter desires to permit the sale of any and all alcoholic beverages in this Town, he will vote "Yes" on both questions, (b) If he desires to permit the sale of wines and malt beverages only herein he will vote "No" on question 1, and "Yes" on question 2. (c) If he desires to prohibit the sale of any and all alcoholic beverages herein, he will vote "No" on both questions.
Question No. 1. Shall licenses be granted in this Town for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whiskey, rum, gin, malt beverages, wines, and all other alcoholic beverages)?
YES. NO.
Question No. 2. Shall licenses be granted in this Town for the sale therein of wines and malt beverages (wines and beer, ale, and all other malt beverages)?
YES. NO.
No. 1. Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on licensed horse races be permitted in this County?
YES. NO.
No. 2. Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on licensed dog races be permitted in this County?
YES. NO.
The Polls to be opened at 7 o'clock A.M., and may be closed at 7 o'clock P.M., and you are directed to serve this Warrant by posting an attested copy thereof in each of the
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Post Offices, and in one other public place, seven days at least before the day appointed for said meeting, and to make sea- sonable return thereof with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk.
HEREOF FAIL NOT
Given under our hands this twenty-sixth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and thirty four.
(Signed) SUMNER SMITH, ROBERT D. DONALDSON, HERBERT G. FARRAR. Selectmen of Lincoln.
On the reverse of the above Warrant is the following :
Lincoln, October 29, 1934.
I have served this Warrant by posting an attested copy in each of the Post Offices and one at the Railroad Station seven days before date of said meeting.
JOHN J. KELLIHER, Constable.
In accordance with the provisions of the foregoing Warrant the meeting was called to order by Sumner Smith, the Warrant was read, Ballot box inspected, and the following were sworn as Ballot Clerks, Alfred C. Coughlan, John Todd, D. E. Sherman, Jr., Thomas Norton, Lorrin W. Ferdinand, Ray- mond E. Hagerty, Allan Dougherty, and Thomas J. Dee, the Polls were declared open at 7 A.M., and closed at 7 P.M.
The result of the Balloting is as follows.
Total number of votes cast 697
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For Governor -
John W. Aiken Gasper G. Bacon James M. Curley Freeman W. Follet Frank A. Goodwin Alfred Baker Lewis Edward Stevens Blanks
received
1 votes
461
195
3
27
2
1
7
For Lieutenant Governor -
Elizabeth Donovan
received
1 votes
John W. Haigis
479
2
196
4
2
13
For Secretary -
received
3 votes
Walter Burke Frederick W. Cook
480
George L. McGlynn 2 Leslie A. Richards 2 Joseph Santosuosso 5 William B. Taylor Blanks 29
176
For Treasurer -
Oscar U. Dionne William R. Ferry Thomas Gilmartin Charles F. Hurley Harry Maltzman Frederick S. Reynolds 2 Blanks 32
received 432 votes
10
0
219
2
66
Horace I. Hillis Joseph L. Hurley Florence L. Lawton Horace Riley Blanks
37
For Auditor -
Henning A. Blomen
Thomas H. Buckley Alonzo B. Cook Walter S. Hutchins Paul Skers Blanks
received
4 votes
240
404
66
10
12
37
For Attorney-General -
Morris Berzon
received 2
66
Paul A. Dever
185
Charles A. Flaherty George F. Hogan
9
Fred E. Oelcher
1
Joseph E. Warner Blanks
466
30
For Senator in Congress -
Albert Sprague Coolidge W. Barnard Smith David I. Walsh Robert M. Washburn
received
5 votes
6 “
291
371
Albert L. Waterman Paul C. Wicks Blanks
22
For Congressman - Robert Luce Richard M. Russell Blanks
received 429 votes
232 "
36
For Councillor - Frank A. Brooks William J. Coughlan Blanks
received 472 votes
171
54
4
0
66
2
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For Senator - P. Gerard Cahill George G. Moyse Blanks
received 207 votes 435 “ 55
For Representative in General Court -
George G. Tarbell Gordon H. Wilson Blanks
received 513 votes 153
31
For District Attorney - Warren L. Bishop James J. Bruin Richard S. McCabe Blanks
received 478 votes 167
16
36
For Clerk of Courts - John J. Brennan Ralph N. Smith V. Philip Torigian Blanks
received 184 votes 455
5 66
53
For Register of Deeds - John Gordon Duffy Thomas Leighton Blanks 60
received 180 votes 457 -
For County Commissioner -
Thomas B. Brennan Earl C. Hamilton Victor Francis Jewett Blanks 67
received 177 votes 66 8
445
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For Associate Commissioners -
Robert D. Donaldson Edward L. Harley Thomas Murray Alfred H. Pigott Melvin G. Rogers John G. Sexton Blanks
received 428 votes
147
121
19
327 66
7
345
For Sheriff -
Donald P. Hurd
received
6 votes
Joseph M. McElroy
458
Ascanio DeRago
1
Ralph W. Robart
178
Blanks
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Question Number 1 -
Yes
received 181 votes
No
417
Blanks
99
Question Number 2 -
Yes
received 248 votes
No
341
Blanks
108
Trapping Referendum -
Yes No
received 282 votes
189
Blanks
226
Pari Mutuel -
(Horse Racing)
Yes No Blanks
received 322 votes
254
121
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Pari Mutuel (Dog Racing)
Yes
received 225 votes
No Blanks
318
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WILLIAM H. DAVIS, Town Clerk.
TOWN CLERK'S MEETING November 16, 1934
Vote of Middlesex District Number 13, for Representative in General Court as determined and declared at the Town Clerk's meeting held at Concord, November 16, 1934.
Con- cord
Lin- coln
Sud- bury
Way- Wes- land ton
George G. Tarbell of Lincoln
1827
513
447
679 1182
Gordon H. Wilson of Sudbury
875
153
188
472
314
Blanks
153
31
25
110
96
Totals
2855
697
660 1261 1592
George G. Tarbell
4648
Gordon H. Wilson
2002
Blanks 415
Total
7065
Two certificates of the election of George G. Tarbell of Lincoln were prepared and signed by the Town Clerks for transmission to the Secretary of the Commonwealth and the Representative elect.
William D. Cross, Town Clerk of Concord.
William H. Davis,
Town Clerk of Lincoln.
1
Frank F. Gerry, Town Clerk of Sudbury.
M. Alice Neale, Town Clerk of Wayland.
Brenton H. Dickson, Jr., Town Clerk of Weston.
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November 13, 1934
On petition for recount of ballots cast for office of Senator at State Election November 6th, 1934, same was held this day by the Registrars, result, same as original.
WILLIAM H. DAVIS,
Town Clerk.
December 11, 1934
On petition for recount of ballots cast for the office of State Secretary at State Election, November 6, 1934, same was held this day by the Registrars, result, same as original.
WILLIAM H. DAVIS, Town Clerk.
COMPULSORY VACCINATION OR QUARANTINE AGAINST RABIES
WARRANT COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
MIDDLESEX, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Lincoln in said County: GREETINGS:
Be it ordered that each and every dog within the limits of the Town of Lincoln shall be restricted from running at large for a period of ninety (90) days from and after December 24, 1934; Provided, however, that this order shall not apply to any dog over three months old which has been vaccinated against rabies within the past six months or if hereafter so vaccinated if for each such case a vaccination certificate
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issued by a licensed veterinary, is filed with or exhibited to the agent of the Board of Health of the Town of Lincoln, or if, further, the dog bears a tag evidencing the fact of such vaccination, and be it hereby further ordered that a warrant be issued to the Constables of the Town of Lincoln that they shall after the 29th day of December, 1934, kill or cause to be killed all dogs found running at large contrary to said order.
Hereof fail not, and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk on or before December 29, 1934.
Given under our hands this 24th day of December, 1934.
SUMNER SMITH, R. D. DONALDSON, H. G. FARRAR, Selectmen of Lincoln.
Lincoln, December 26, 1934.
I have served this Warrant by posting an attested copy in each of the two Post Offices.
JOHN J. KELLIHER, Constable.
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Vital Statistics
There have been recorded for the year ending December 31, 1934, 17 Marriages, 29 Births, and 16 Deaths.
Marriages
Date of Marriage
Names
Residence
Jan. 7, 1934
John Joseph Rooney Margaret C. Hennessey
Lincoln Lincoln
Jan. 9,1934
Richard Diamond
Ilene May Hines
Lincoln Newton
April 4, 1934
Joseph Henry Gilbert
Mary J. McCall Delory
Lincoln Lincoln
June 22, 1934
Robert Bigelow Merriman, Jr. Frederika Warner
North Andover Lincoln
June 30, 1934
Donald Price Donaldson Astrid Linnea Lorentzson
Lincoln Dorchester
July 14, 1934
James Gilman Swain Helen Louise Sweatt
Newton Woonsocket, R. I.
Aug. 21, 1934
Walter A. Peterson Audhild B. Hansen
East Williston, L. I. Lincoln
Sept. 1,1934
Joseph Muscato Mary Cotoni
Concord Lincoln
Sept. 6, 1934
Joseph McIvor Doris A. Butcher
Lincoln Lincoln
Sept. 22, 1934
Basil Livingstone Macassey Mary Clarissa Vance
London, England Lincoln
Nov. 2, 1934
Henry Warner Ruth Preble Ware
Lincoln Westwood
Nov. 10, 1934
Donald Morey Spooner Lily Topliss Chapman, 2nd
Lincoln Lincoln
Nov. 16, 1934
Franklin M. Mann Mary A. Williams
Lincoln Ashland
Nov. 24, 1934
Henry Lee Higginson Dorothy Hedden Fulton
Lincoln Cambridge
Nov. 27, 1934
George Lewis Catlin Mildred Criss McGuckin
Boston Lincoln
Dec. 18, 1934
Medford E. Huntley Blanche L. Mandigo
Lincoln Waltham
Dec. 27, 1934
Murlin Hirtle Helen LaRoche
Lincoln Cambridge
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Births
Date of Birth
Naine of Child
Name of Parents
Dec. 14, 1933
Faith Greely
Dana M. and Deborah Greely Edward M. and Edith C. Stone
Jan. 9, 1934
Caroline Snelling Stone
Jan. 9, 1934
Malcolm Rodman Stone
Mar. 22, 1934
Theresa Mary Ann Argento
Mar. 26, 1934
Matthew Francis Dougherty
Mar. 27, 1934
Catherine Marie McFarland
Mar. 30, 1934
Marjorie Ober Bean
Elmer A. and Muriel M. Bean
Apr. 18, 1934
Michael Cuthbert Wheelwright
George W. and Gertrude Wheelwright
Apr. 20, 1934
Marvin Wilbur Gerhard
Martin N. and Ruth H. Gerhard
Apr. 21, 1934
Herbert Charles Goodale
May 6, 1934
Donald Joseph Cronin
June 10, 1934
Joseph Lyons Snider
June 12, 1934
James Charles Reiss
June 27, 1934
Shirley Joan Craig
July 10, 1934
Edward David Lennon
July 15, 1934
James Sperry Tebbutt
July 18, 1934
Sherman Edward Evans
Aug. 2, 1934
Albert Hall
Aug. 16, 1934
Cynthia Carr
Aug. 25, 1934
William Putnam
Aug. 27, 1934
John Rudolf Snelling
Aug. 30, 1934
John Joseph Rooney
Sept. 16, 1934
Phillip James Coane
Sept. 28, 1934
Joseph Robert Silva
John H., Jr., and Amolia Coane Manuel and Ethyl Silva Francis A. and Harriet Healy Edgar C. and Catherine A. Browning
Oct. 9, 1934 Oct. 21, 1934
George Arthur Browning
Oct. 23, 1934
Richard Ferguson Brooks
Oct. 24, 1934
Edward Coburn Meyer
Albert S. and Maude M. Brooks Reginald L. L. and Elizabeth Meyer Gordon and Agnes Macleod
Dec. 10, 1934
Margaret Macleod
Edward M. and Edith C. Stone Thomas and Rose C. Argento Andrew J., Jr., and Mary G. Dougherty Hugh and Celia McFarland
Lewis H. and Evelyn B. Goodale Joseph F. and Mary M. Cronin Joseph L. and Greta Snider John M. and Clarice E. Reiss Waldo B. and Nellie C. Craig
Joseph A. and Dorothy Lennon Arthur R. and Frances T. Tebbutt Berton S. and Lillian Evans Ralph and Emily Hall Moses F. and Helen M. Carr William P. and Louise M. Putnam Philip R. and Dorothy Snelling John J. and Margaret C. Rooney
Robert Francis Healy
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Deaths
Date of Death
Name
Y
Age M
D
Jan. 4, 1934
Eli: abeth Perkins Bigelow
26
6
16
Feb. 15, 1934
Mary A. Flannery
61
Feb. 26, 1934
Elizabeth J. Moynihan
65
10
22
Mar. 11, 1934
Etta Powers
39
Mar. 16, 1934
Richard Hallinan
33
Apr. 11, 1934
Joseph E. Mahan
68
July 7,1934
William J. Connors
32
July 14, 1934
Frank E. Sousa
32
6
Sept. 1, 1934
Albert G. Enman
53
16
Sept. 11, 1934
Euphemia R. Hunter
72
9
17
Sept. 14, 1934
Charlotte Wheeler
86
6
22
Nov. 14, 1934
Sarah Elizabeth Quinby
68
Dec. 8, 1934
Samuel J. Watson
82
Dec. 14, 1934
Richard Briggs
71
4
Dec. 20, 1934
Clarence A. Brooks
79
9
Dec. 25, 1934
Anna Elizabeth Wellington
82
1 22
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EXTRACT FROM THE REVISED LAWS CHAPTER 29. AS AMENDED BY CHAPTER 280 ACTS OF 1912
Section 6. Parents within forty days after the birth of a child and every householder within forty days, after the birth of a child in his home shall cause notice thereof to be given.
Section 8. A parent. keeper, superintendent or other person who is required by Section 6, to give or cause to be given notice of a birth or death who neglects so to do for ten days after the time limited therefor, shall forfeit not more than five dollars for such offence.
Licenses
Total number of Dog Licenses issued for 1934 - 201. namely, 126 Males, 40 Females, and 35 Spayed Females, for which the sum of $481.80 has been paid into the Treasury.
There have been issued during the year 1934. 27 Fishing, 37 Hunting, 12 Sporting, 5 Minor Fishing, 1 Minor Trapping. and 1 Duplicate Licenses, for which the sum of $162.75 has been paid to the Division of Fisheries and Game.
Signed) WILLIAM H. DAVIS. Town Clerk.
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JURY LIST FOR 1934
Name
Ballou, Clyde D.
Bean, Elmer A.
Boyce, Manley B.
Briggs, Charles V.
Calkins, Thomas A.
South Lincola
South Lincoln
Dougherty, Andrew J., Jr.
Lincoln
Giles, Edmund W.
South Lincoln
South Lincoln
Hunt, Merrill
Kendall Green
Lennon, John B.
South Lincoln
South Lincoln
Lexington, R. F. D.
Norton, John H.
Page, William .N.
Russ, Percy P.
Lincoln
South Lincoln
Lincoln
South Lincoln
South Lincoln
Occupation
Painter Farmer Farmer Chemist
Farmer Chauffeur Farmer
Electrical Engineer
Engineer Manufacturer Gardener Carpenter
Farmer Retired Executive
Manufacturer
Ryan, James
Seegar, Frederic M.
Sherman, Daniel E., Jz.
Stone, Edward M.
Address
South Liacola
Concord, R. F. D.
South Lincoln
Lincola
Corrigan, James M.
Hews, Charles A.
Murphy, George
Neville, James M.
Lincoln
Lincoln
Carpenter Banker Farmer
Civil Engineer
.
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REPORT OF THE SELECTMEN
The Board was organized with Sumner Smith, chairman, and Robert D. Donaldson, secretary.
The appointments made by the Selectmen are printed with the list of Town Officers.
Highways
Cost of snow removal and use of trucks and drivers by the ERA lessened the regular highway appropriation by over $4,000.00. ERA money also cut off considerable of a bank curve at the Richard Briggs' place on Weston Road and par- tially filled in the meadow curve at the Dr. Edgerly Place. $200.00 is still available for the fill and it is planned to extend the culvert, finish the fill, and surface in the spring. It is also planned to finish the fill at Wheeler's meadow on Bedford Road.
ERA money also paid for the labor of painting practically all the highway fences.
Chapter 90 money was used to straighten curves on Route 117, and also widen it toward Concord. The amount of money allotted by State and County for construction and mainte- nance along this route is not yet determined, but the following recommendation is on file at the office of the Department of Public Works:
State
County
Town
Construction
$4,000
$2,000
$2,000
Maintenance
1,000
1,000
1,000
The State also allows the Town $5,550 if matched by an equal appropriation by the Town for Chapter 81 roads.
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It is the opinion of the Board that the worst part of Town Hill should be scarified, that some resurfacing should be done on Higginson Road, Trapelo Road and Lincoln Road where the new pipe was laid between Codman's and Farnsworth's Corners. .
Finances
The Finance Committee, necessitated by State Law and appointed for the first time last year, will recommend to the Town specific appropriations for various items of the budget, which heretofore has been done by the Selectmen.
During the last fifty years the tax rate has fluctuated be- tween a low of $4.00 per $1,000.00 to a high last year for all time of $26.00 per $1,000.00. The amount of the appropria- tions is entirely the business of the voters, but from the fact that amounts of uncollected Real Estate and Water taxes are on the increase yearly it would appear that the voters are not much interested in what should be vital to them. As the net amount returned by the State will probably approximate last year's return, the tax rate cannot be reduced from its high unless the budget is substantially cut. A few hundred dollars can be whittled here and there from the smaller items without much effect on taxes, but to make any appreciable saving the large amounts spent last year for Highways and Schools should be examined with the most thorough scrutiny before such ap- propriations are again passed. If the voters can visualize as much service from lesser expense, and if those recommending the appropriations cannot satisfactorily justify them, it is your privilege to appropriate what seems reasonable. If you think money is wasted in any department, Town Meeting is the place to talk about it.
Public Buildings, Grounds and Equipment
One office has been refinished in the Town Hall. Much of the inside of the whole hall sadly needs cleaning and painting,
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and the floor in the main hall needs cleaning and dressing. An ERA project will be sought for this, with the Town paying for the material.
The ERA dug loam from the ball field parking space and spread a good layer on the common, and parts of both school grounds which will be raked, seeded and rolled in the spring with ERA money if that body is functioning. The ERA and the Highway money scraped loam from some of the lower parts of the ball field, hauled back sand and gravel for the field fill and driveway parking space respec- tively, which job it is intended to finish in the Spring with ERA money for labor. The old west boundary wall is also being relaid with ERA money and stones belonging to the abutter.
Most of the dead evergreens in Pierce Park were replaced and many of the other trees were trimmed. The land adjoin- ing the school grounds was drained.
Public Welfare
The Town appropriation for welfare of $4,000.00 was prac- tically all spent on out-of-town cases who had a residence in Lincoln, or on cases who could not physically qualify for work relief. State Road work, Water Works pipe laying, and the ERA kept those able to work on at least part time long enough to keep them out of distress. While these or comparable func- tions operate, the Welfare load should not increase, but if any of these are curtailed to any extent, and those out of work do not find private jobs, there will be an increased burden on the Town, such as has never been before experienced.
The mere fact that a man is out of work does not necessarily qualify him for work or welfare. The general custom is that his family must be near distress, that he must have no one legally responsible for his support who is able to help him, and that, generally, he must have one or more dependents, and no automobile on the road.
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The Silent Poor Fund was drawn on for $564.95 and the Pierce Park Trust for $2,028.19 making the cost of Welfare to the Town $6,610.96 exclusive of work relief.
ERA
Since the. ERA has been the cause of some misunderstand- ings among the inhabitants and among the workers themselves, the Board believes a brief outline of the system should be recorded.
The object of the ERA is to provide work relief and the re- sults for Lincoln have been satisfactory if allowance is made for all the regulations required by Federal rules.
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