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Term expires 1950
Board of Appeals Appointed by Selectmen
HARLAND B. NEWTON
Term expires 1948
ANTHONY J. DOHERTY
Term expires 1949
JAMES DENORMANDIE Term expires 1950
FRITZ CUNNERT . Term expires 1946
D. EVERETT SHERMAN, JR.
Term expires 1947
Associate Members
HENRY HOOVER Term expires 1948 JOHN SMITH Term expires 1946
Measurers of Wood and Bark
HERMON T. WHEELER HAROLD S. COUSINS
Deceased.
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Trustees of Grammar School Fund
CLEMENT C. SAWTELLE HENRY DEC. WARD LEONARD C. LARRABEE
Trustees of Lincoln Library
GEORGE G. TARBELL ROLAND F. BEERS ROLAND C. MACKENZIE (Chairman) SUMNER SMITH (Chairman Selectman ex-officio) ROLLIN J. FAIRBANKS (Chairman School Committee ex-officio)
Registrars Appointed by Selectmen
MANLEY B. BOYCE
Term expires 1946
ANDREW J. DOUGHERTY, JR. Term expires 1947
HENRY J. DAVIS .
Term expires 1948
WILLIAM H. DAVIS (Town Clerk ex-officio)
Finance Committee Appointed by Moderator
GEORGE G. TARBELL (Chairman)
Term expires 1946
F. WINCHESTER DENIO
Term expires 1948
GUILBERT WINCHELL . Term expires 1947
Population - 1,998 by 1945 census.
Town Area - 8,572 acres.
1945 Tax Rate $25.00 per $1,000.00 valuation.
Annual Town Meeting: - First Monday in March - March 4, 1946. Annual Election of Town Officers: - On Saturday following Town Meet- ing - March 9, 1946.
Registration of new voters: - On Wednesday, February 20, 1946, from 12 noon until 10.00 p.m.
Qualifications for Registration: - Twelve months continuous residence in the State of Massachusetts prior to March 4, 1946, and six months continuous residence in Town of Lincoln prior to March 9, 1946.
Town office open daily 9.00 A.M. to 4.30 P.M. Saturdays 9.00 A.M. to 12 Noon.
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OFFICERS APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Superintendent of Streets - Thomas W. Coan.
Sealer of Weights and Measures - John J. Kelliher.
Forest Warden and Moth Superintendent - John J. Kelliher.
Weigher of Coal, Hay and other Commodities - Patrick Cotter.
Clerk of Selectmen - M. Elizabeth Causer.
Inspector of Animals - Daniel E. Sherman.
Member of District Nursing Committee - Emily K. Kubik.
Inspector of Slaughtering - John J. Kelliher.
Registrar for three years - Henry J. Davis.
Dog Officer - John J. Kelliher.
Member of Board of Appeals for five years - James DeNormandie. Petroleum Inspector - Matthew H. Doherty.
Burial Agent - George E. Cunningham.
Surveyor of Cord Wood - Harold S. Cousins.
Fence Viewers - John J. Kelliher, Thomas Coan.
Field Drivers - James DeNormandie, Otto Hagmann, John Herman.
Bureau of Old Age Assistance - Anthony J. Doherty, John J. Kelliher, M. Elizabeth Causer.
Fire Engineers - Matthew H. Doherty, Joseph Tracey, John J. Kelliher, Andrew J. Dougherty, Jr., Harold S. Cousins, John Smith, Charles K. Fitts.
Caretaker of Town Hall and Library - Patrick J. Lennon.
Property Officer - John J. Kelliher.
Constables - John J. Kelliher and George E. Cunningham.
Special Police - James V. David, Thomas Dee, William DeFord, An- thony J. Doherty, Matthew H. Doherty, Andrew J. Dougherty, Herbert G. Farrar, Frank Gordon, Otto Hagmann, Lawrence Hallett, Patrick J. Lennon, Isaac Langille, Joseph Newell, John F. Peterson, Walter Porter, Daniel Ryan, James Ryan, Sumner Smith, Francis J. Smith, John Smith, Joseph Tracey, Henry Warner and Hermon Wheeler.
Special and Auxiliary Police - Alfred F. Anderson, Robert H. Booth, Medford E. Huntley, Harry B. Knowles, Waldo Langille, Robert H. Morris, Roland Robbins, Harold B. Sears, D. Everett Sherman, Howard S. Snelling, Joseph Cotoni.
Building Inspector - Cyrus W. Murphy.
Caretaker of DeCordova Estate - Povl Bang.
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TOWN OF LINCOLN
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
Annual Town Meeting Monday, March 5th, 1945 WARRANT
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLESEX, ss.
To either of the Constables of the Town of Lincoln in said County: GREETING:
In the name of the Commonwealth,of Massachusetts, you are hereby required to notify the legal voters of said Town of Lincoln, qualified to vote in Town Meeting for the transaction of Town affairs, to meet in the Town Hall in said Lincoln, on Monday, the fifth day of March next at 7.30 o'clock P.M., then and there to act on the following Articles, except Article 1, and also to meet in said Town Hall on Saturday, the tenth day of March, next at 12 o'clock Noon, then and there to act on the following Article 1, by posting a copy of this Warrant, by you attested in each of the Post Offices, and in some other public place in said Town seven days at least before the fifth day of March next. The polls for voting the Australian ballot on Saturday, March tenth, will be open at 12 o'clock Noon, and may be closed at 7 o'clock P.M.
Article 1. To bring in their votes for the following Town Officers and any other officers required by law, to be elected by Australian Ballot, viz .:
One Moderator for one year.
One Town Clerk for one year.
One member of the Board of Selectmen for three years.
One member of the Board of Assessors for three years.
One Treasurer for one year.
One Collector of Taxes for one year.
One Auditor for one year.
One member of the School Committee for three years.
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One member of the Board of Water Commissioners for three years.
One member of the Board of Health for three years.
One Tree Warden for one year.
One member of the Trust Fund Commissioners for three years.
One member of the Trust Fund Commissioners for one year.
One member of the Trustees of the Bemis Fund for Free Public Lectures for three years.
One member of the Board of Cemetery Commissioners for three years.
One member of the Planning Board for five years.
Article 2. To bring in their votes for any committees, commissioners, trustees and other officers, required by law to be elected by ballot or otherwise.
Article 3. To hear and act upon the reports of Town Officers, Committees, Commissioners and Trustees.
Article 4. To fix the salaries and compensation of the several elective officers of the Town and to determine whether any Department, Board or Committee shall be authorized to employ for additional compensation any of its members and to fix the additional compensation of such members.
Article 5. To raise and appropriate money for the neces- sary and expedient purposes of the Town, and enact anything in relation to the same.
Article 6. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer, with the approval of the Selectmen, to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1945, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 7. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $40,000 from free cash for the purchase of war bonds or
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other bonds that are legal investments for savings banks, in order to establish a post-war rehabilitation fund, in accord- ance with the provisions of Chapter 5, Acts of 1943, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 8. To see if the Town will accept $12,000 as a gift from Julian DeCordova, Esq., $10,000 of the above sum to be turned over to the Trust Fund Commissioners under the following conditions:
This sum shall be invested and the income shall accumulate . and be invested from time to time. Upon and after my decease the Trust Fund Commissioners shall pay over such amount from the Fund out of income, principal or both, from time to time as the Selectmen in their sole judgment shall requisition for the purpose of making repairs or improvements to and for maintaining and operating the property heretofor conveyed by me to the Town (subject to a life interest in myself) for use of the Town as a Museum and Park, until the fund hereby created is exhausted.
The other $2,000 to be paid in to the General Funds of the Town.
Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $1,250 due the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts arising from the accidental death of William H. Ryan, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 10. To see if the Town will authorize the Select- men to repair the buildings on the Pierce property; cost to be defrayed by Robert Pierce under arrangements similar to those proposed under the rental agreement; or if necessary the cost to be defrayed from accumulated income of the John H. Pierce Fund, or take any action relative thereto.
Article 11. To see if the Town will accept as a public way the private road known as Cedar Road as shown on a plan on file in the Land Registration Office being plan numbered 1146 and approved by the Board of Survey of the Town of Lincoln, October 21, 1941, this acceptance being subject to the pay- ment to the Town of an amount sufficient to properly surface the road or take any action relative thereto.
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HEREOF FAIL NOT
and make due return of this Warrant with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk, at or before the time for the meeting aforesaid.
Given under our hands this 12th day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and forty-five.
SUMNER SMITH, HERBERT G. FARRAR, ALBERT SCHAAL, Selectmen of Lincoln.
On the reverse of the Warrant is the following:
February 23, 1945.
I have served this Warrant by posting attested copies at both Post Offices, the Railroad Station and Town Hall seven days before the date of said meeting.
JOHN J. KELLIHER, Constable.
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TOWN OF LINCOLN
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Monday, March 5, 1945
In accordance with the above Warrant the meeting was called to order by the Moderator at 7.30 P.M. The return of the Warrant was read, and the Moderator called attention to Article 1.
Article 2. Voted: That Hermon T. Wheeler and Harold S. Cousins be elected Measurers of Wood and Bark for the ensuing year.
Article 3. Voted: That the reports of the Town Officers, Committees, Commissioners and Trustees be accepted, and that the report of the Committee appointed for studying the needs of the Lincoln schools regarding building facilities and equipment be accepted as an interim report and that the Committee be continued in effect for further consideration of the matter and shall report at the next regular Town meeting or to any earlier meeting called to consider the Committee report.
Article 4. Voted : That the salaries of the elected officers of the Town for the current year be fixed at the following amounts respectively :
Selectmen each
$200 00
Treasurer
200 00
Collector of Taxes
1,375 00
Town Clerk
250 00
Assessors, Chairman
200 00
Assessors, other members each
175 00
Auditor
150 00
Water Commissioners, each
75 00
and that the Water Commissioners be authorized to employ one of their members as Superintendent of the Water Depart- ment at a salary of $400.00 per year, and that one or more Cemetery Commissioners be authorized to work on the Cemetery grounds at the rate of $1.00 per hour.
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Article 5. Voted: That the following appropriations be made:
Cemeteries
$1,200 00
Elections
75 00
Fire Department
2,500 00
Health, Board of
2,640 00
Highways.
15,500 00
Hifhways Chapter 90
3,240 00
Highway Machinery Account
2,250 00
Highway Machinery Fund
1,000 00
Insurance
3,151 00
Interest
350 00
Library and Dog Tax
1,490 00
Miscellaneous
3,413 00
Payment Town Bonds.
5,000 00
Planning Board
400 00
Police
2,800 00
Public Safety
200 00
Public Welfare
1,000 00
Aid to Dependent Children
1,000 00
Old Age .
10,581 00
Veterans Aid
500 00
Reserve
1,000 00
Salaries
3,625 00
Schools
50,175 00
Schoolhouse Plans
500 00
Street Lights
4,200 00
Summer Playground
500 00
Town Hall
2,755 00
Tree and Moth
2,375 00
Bonus
2,250 00
$125,670 00
Water Works
14,175 00
Voted: That the appropriations for Water Works be taken from the Water Works Treasury until the same is exhausted, and balance from current year's receipts, and for other appropriations the sum of $7,000.00 be taken from Free Cash.
Voted: (unanimously) That $76.35 be appropriated to pay the Building Inspector's salary for the year 1942.
Voted: That $2,160.00 State and County share for Chapter 90 work be appropriated from Surplus Revenue, and repaid
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to that account when received from the Commonwealth and County.
At this time a motion to reconsider the cemetery appropria- tion under Article 4 was lost.
Article 6. Voted: That the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1945, and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year, in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws.
Article 7. Voted: (unanimously) That the Town appro- priate the sum of forty thousand ($40,000) dollars to be taken from Free Cash, for the purchase of war bonds or other bonds that are legal investments for savings banks, in order to establish a post-war rehabilitation fund, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 5, Acts of 1943, and that the issue or issues of bonds so purchased be determined by the Trust Fund Commissioners.
Article 8. Voted: (unanimously) That the Town accept $12,000.00 as a gift from Julian DeCordova, Esq., $10,000.00 of the above sum to be turned over to the Trust Fund Com- missioners under the following conditions: This sum shall be invested and the income shall accumulate and be invested from time to time. Upon and after my decease the Trust Fund Commissioners shall pay over such amount from the fund out of income, principal, or both from time to time as the Select- men in their sole judgment shall requisition for the purpose of making repairs or improvements to and for maintaining and operating the property heretofor conveyed by me to the Town (subject to a life interest in myself) for use of the Town as a Museum and Park until the Fund hereby created is exhausted. The other $2,000.00 to be paid into the General Funds of the Town.
Article 9. Voted: (unanimously) To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,250.00 due the Commonwealth of Massachusetts arising from the accidental death of William H. Ryan.
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Article 10. Voted: That the Town authorize the Select- men to repair the buildings on the Pierce property, cost to be defrayed by Robert Pierce under arrangements similar to those proposed under the rental agreement: or if necessary the cost to be defrayed from accumulated income of the John H. Pierce Fund.
Article 11. Voted: To postpone indefinitely.
Voted to adjourn at 9.30 P.M.
WILLIAM H. DAVIS, Town Clerk.
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ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION Saturday, March 10, 1945
In accordance with Article 1 of the Warrant the Polls were declared open at 12 o'clock Noon by the Moderator, the ballot box was inspected and the following ballot clerks were duly sworn: Bertha V. Bowles, Helena A. Dee, Joseph Frazier, Howard Snelling, Manley B. Boyce, and D. Everett Sherman, Jr. The Polls were declared closed at 7 o'clock P.M. Total votes cast 644 with the following results:
MODERATOR (1 Year)
Donald P. Donaldson 579
Blanks 65
TOWN CLERK (1 Year)
William H. Davis 607
Blanks 37
SELECTMAN (3 Years)
L. Foster Bunker 21
Charles K. Fitts 207
H. Bigelow Hills 257
Philip R. Snelling 151
Blanks 8
ASSESSOR (3 Years)
Robert P. Condit 206
Cyrus W. Murphy 361
Scattering 2
Blanks
75
TREASURER (1 Year)
Frederick B. Taylor
528
Scattering
1
Blanks 115
COLLECTOR OF TAXES (1 Year)
William H. Davis
599
Blanks 45
AUDITOR (1 Year)
James W. Lennon
579
Blanks 65
.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE (3 Years)
Helen P. Wiley 518
Scattering 5
Blanks 121
WATER COMMISSIONER (3 Years)
Roland F. Beers
69
Scattering 27
Blanks
548
BOARD OF HEALTH (3 Years)
Dr. Robert L. DeNormandie 471
Scattering
5
Blanks
168
TREE WARDEN (1 Year)
John J. Kelliher 562
Blanks
82
COMMISSIONER OF TRUST FUNDS (1 Year)
Clement C. Sawtell 484
Blanks
160
COMMISSIONER OF TRUST FUNDS (3 YEARS)
Leonard C. Larrabee 514
Blanks 131
TRUSTEE OF BEMIS FUND (3 Years)
Saville R. Davis
258
Leonard C. Larrabee 281
Scattering
1
Blanks
104
CEMETERY COMMISSIONER (3 Years)
Robert D. Donaldson 529
Scattering
1
Blanks 114
PLANNING BOARD (5 Years)
William DeFord 412
Pearson Hunt. 160
2
Scattering
Blanks
70
WILLIAM H. DAVIS, Town Clerk.
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Licenses
Total number of Dog Licenses issued during the year 1945 - 235: namely, 144 Male, 37 Female, 51 Spayed Female and 3 Kennel, for which the sum of $603.00 has been paid to the Treasurer.
Sporting, etc., issued during the year 1945 - 41 Fishing, 52 Hunting, 53 Sporting, 22 Minor Fishing, 2 Citizens Trap- ping, 1 Non-Resident Military and 1 Duplicate, for which the sum of $361.00 has been paid to the Division of Fisheries and Game.
WILLIAM H. DAVIS, Town Clerk.
JURY LIST, 1945
Name
Occupation
Algeo, John O.
Retired
Anderson, Lawrence
Architect
Bernson, Bob
Laundry Business
Brinkerhoff, Robert H.
Advertising
DeFord, William
Investment Counsellor
DeNormandie, James
Farmer
Farnsworth, Murray P.
Salesman
Fleck, Richard C.
Investment Officer
Flint, Henry R.
Farmer
Herman, Edwards W.
Physician
Hinds, Horace S.
Manager
Kargaard, Alfred
Piano Technician
Loud, John F.
~ Investment Counsellor
Lovejoy, Walter E.
Salesman
Michel, Jules
Retired
Snelling, Howard
Road Surveyor
Spooner, Frederick C.
Salesman
Broker
Thomas, C. Lloyd Whittemore, Lester B. Wiley, G. Arnold
Salesman
Engineer
Appointed June 25th, 1945.
WILLIAM H. DAVIS, Town Clerk.
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Vital Statistics
27 Births, 17 Marriages, and 34 Deaths were recorded during the year ending December 31st, 1945.
Births
Date of Birtlı
Name of Child
Names of Parents
Nov. 8, 1944 Constance Anne Parks
Henry A. and Harriett (Mills) Parks
Dec. 27, 1944 Dianne Carol Cotoni
Joseph D. and Santa G. (Messina) Cotoni
Jan.
1, 1945
Barbara Lynn Avery
Albert M. 3rd and Barbara G. (Tead) Avery
Jan.
2, 1945 William Earl Harnish
Jan. 6, 1945 Diana Baxter
Jan. 25, 1945 Karen Swanson
Feb. 12, 1945 Francis Douglas Adams
Mar. 17, 1945 Nancy Hayden Bygrave
Mar. 17, 1945 Linda Courtney
Mar. 19, 1945|
William Allen Sloane
Mar. 31, 1945 Priscilla Fay Burns April 7, 1945
April 28, 1945 David Grahame Tripp
May 9, 1945 Richard Holland Ladd
May 19, 1945
Jeanne Clapp Healey
May 29, 1945
Arlie Mae Welch
June 2, 1945 Manley Edward Boyce, Jr.
July 6, 1945 Roger VanDyke Bergen
July 8, 1945 Tatiana Pertzoff
July 18, 1945 Frank Munro Foreman
Aug. 1, 1945 Robert John Swinconeck
Aug. 15, 1945 Diana Elizabeth Woodington
Aug. , 194 James Gregory Lucas Aug. 21, 1945 Sybil Anne Voos
Sept. 23, 1945 Carl Daggett Smith, 2nd
Oct. 6, 1945
Gail Ann Morrissey
Nov. 24, 1945 Alan Locke Donaldson
Charles F. and Gladys C. (Rockwell) Foreman
John J. and Sophie S. (Nedneski) Swin- coneck
Walter G. and Mary L. (Rand) Wood- ington
Ernest W., Jr., and Lily (Stelfox) Lucas Kenneth C. and Barbara H. (Whitte- more) Voos
Carl D. and Florence (Coburn) Smith
John J. and Elizabeth A. (Cox) Mor- rissey
Malcolm L. and Eleanor (Locke) Don- aldson
Ezra W. and Eugenia M. (Drago) Har- nish
David W. and Catharine D. (Temple) Baxter
John E. and Elizabeth (Ferris) Swanson
Thomas B. and Ramelle F. (Cochrane) Adams Robert and Lucy E. (Denio) Bygrave
Paul D. and Julie (Denio) Courtney
Douglas and Rosemary (Washburn) Sloane
Melvin and Elizabeth (Fay) Burns Lawrence B. and Maurine (Schaal) Reed
Russell M. and Catherine G. (Burr) Tripp
Edward H., Jr., and Agnes E. (Holland) Ladd
Harry R., Jr., and Jeanne(Clapp) Healey Maynard H. and Doris E. (Grover) Welch
Manley E. and Alice B. (Byrne) Boyce
Kenneth W. and Emily K. (Fetter) Bergen Constantin A. and Olga (Monks) Pertzoff
Kenneth Michael Reed
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Marriages
Date of Marriage
Names
Residence
Jan. 20, 1945
Arthur H. Mullen Gertrude M. Wheeler
Newton Lincoln
Feb. 11, 1945
Watson M. Shurling Emily T. Silva
Harrison, Georgia Lincoln
Feb. 18, 1945
Carmello C. Messina Lucy I. O. Cotoni
Watertown Lincoln
Mar. 25. 1945
Roland F. Beers, Jr. Helen C. Rogers
Lincoln Wellesley Hills
Centralia, Pa. Lincoln
Medford Lincoln
Lincoln
Everett
Roxbury Roxbury
Freeland, Pa .. Lincoln
Lexington Lincoln
Lexington Lincoln
Bogota, N. J. Lincoln
Wayland Lincoln
Lincoln Monument Beach
Conocrd Lincoln
Oct. 17, 1945
Edward D. Corrigan Ellen N. Reardon
Lincoln Brockton
Nov. 21, 1945
Ernest Thompson Smith Hazel Louise Brooks Jones
Sambton, N. H. Lincoln
April 28, 1945
Metro Feddock Hazel A. Macleod
May 14, 1945
Francis Woodtke Helen Elizabeth Lawson
May 26, 1945
John D. Costello Rita E. Fall
June 3, 1945
Joseph F. Phillips Elizabeth M. Williams
June 16, 1945
Donald John Greene Dorothy Doremus Lee
June 19, 1945
Irving Bowen Pierce, Jr. Ann Elizabeth Nielsen
July 15, 1945
James A. H. Ward Wilda M. Murray
July 30, 1945
Donald S. Bradshaw Joanna C. Pierce
Aug. 19, 1945
Leo W. Gaffey. Lucy O. Rogers
Sept. 8, 1945
Frederick C. Kinsler Harriet D. Wheeler
Sept. 23, 1945
John Frederick Horne Florence Louise Gormley
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Deaths
Date of Death
Name
Y.
Age M.
D.
Nov. 10, 1944
Helen J. Storrow, Sr.
80
1
19
Jan. 2, 1945
Mary Muldoon
63
7
18
Jan. 6, 1945
Rachel W. Billings
83
2
14
Jan. 9, 1945
Allie H. Claussen
82
-
Jan. 14, 1945
Julia Mahoney
71
3
4
Jan. 21, 1945
Joan C. F. Morris
79
7
21
Jan. 26, 1945
Lona K. S. Bowen
48
5
21
Mar. 7, 1945
Grace M. Rasmusson
52
-
Mar. 9, 1945
Henry P. Neville
62
4
21
Mar. 27, 1945
Howard MacLair
82
6
27
April 28, 1945
Ida L. Rollins
57
9
30
April 30, 1945
John F. Manning
50
6
8
May 12, 1945
Manuel Silva
55
-
-
May 23, 1945
Anderson McBride
69
6
25
June 10, 1945
Harold F. White
46
11
17
July 1, 1945
Bertha Scripture
78
11
7
July 10, 1945
James T. Hogan
27
2
11
July 10, 1945
Charles P. Rogers
24
8
10
July 10, 1945
Howard T. Marshall
23
-
July 10, 1945
Edward T. Luther
24
3
2
July 10, 1945
Wilmer E. Ragsdale
34
5
27
July 15, 1945
Mary J. Tierney
70
Aug. 6, 1945
James L. Bell
44
4
Aug. 12, 1945
Herman J. Stratton
45
6
10
Aug. 18, 1945
Otto A. B. Jensen
50
2
29
Aug. 29, 1945
Mary A. Wheeler
83
9
14
Sept. 14, 1945
Peder O. Christiansen
69
3
7
Sept. 18, 1945
Nellie E. Hatch
76
11
27
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Deaths - Continued
Date of Death
Name
Y.
Age M.
D.
Sept. 25, 1945
Hermon T. Wheeler
59
8
-
Oct. 9, 1945
Mary T. Watson
80
6
-
Nov. 4, 1945
Louisa A. Bilson
87
10
29
Nov. 18, 1945
Mary H. Hennessey
87
3
Nov. 23, 1945
Julian de Cordova
94
-
-
Dec. 14, 1945
John O. Algeo
70
5
0
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REPORT OF SELECTMEN
REPORT OF BOARD OF SELECTMEN
The Board organized with Sumner Smith as Chairman. Appointments made by the Selectmen during the year are printed with the list of Town Officers.
Bedford and Virginia Roads
Nothing has resulted from this action to date.
The State Department of Public Works is holding a hear- ing on the State Highway Layout in the Towns of Lexington, Lincoln, and Bedford on February 6th.
Courts Cases Settled
The Giles case ended when the objects of violation were cleared away in July, 1945.
Murphy and Halloran removed all the pigs by April 1, 1945, and this case was ended.
Fire Chief Resigns
Matthew H. Doherty, who has given many years of valu- able and co-operative service to the Town as Chief of the Fire Department resigned the first of the year because he did not think it sensible for personal reasons to assume the responsi- bility longer, but generously agreed to act until a successor was appointed. The Selectmen appoint the fire engineers, and the latter in turn elect their Chief.
De Cordova Estate
Julian DeCordova gave his Lincoln land, buildings and contents to the Town on November 29, 1930, subject to his own life interest. Upon his death November 26th last, the Town came into actual possession of this property and the Selectmen immediately, but temporarily, covered the con- tents against fire for $250,000. The buildings have been in- sured for $100,000, but the insurance companies have been reluctant to cover the contents permanently without an accurately described inventory and expert appraisal. To ob- tain such an appraisal of the contents of thousands of pieces would cost high, how high no one will estimate, but probably over $10,000. Since the Selectmen have certain restricted
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rights to sell the contents, and buy more specimens, the prin- ciple of screening the contents to keep the best pieces and dispose of the balance was considered. An art expert, who already was quite familiar with the property examined the contents and submitted the enclosed report.
The Selectmen fully realize the responsibility of trying to develop this gift into something useful, interesting, and val- uable and much consideration must be given even the slight- est move to prevent making a mistake that cannot be rectified. For this reason the Board will welcome communications and will be glad to hold meetings or give interviews to all who de- sire information or have constructive ideas to propose on this DeCordova and Dana Memorial.
The present market value of the collateral from which the Town will in time receive income for the benefit of the mu- seum, buildings, and grounds is about $1,800,000, from which will be deducted legacies and expenses. Maintenance of the property is now being charged to funds Mr. DeCordova gave the Town for that purpose.
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