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"Beginning at a point in the northwesterly side line of Lin- coln Road 232 feet southwesterly from the intersection of said northwesterly side line of Lincoln Road and the boundary line between land now or formerly of Harold S. Cousins, and land of Sumner Smith; thence the line runs northwesterly 152 feet more or less to a point; thence northwesterly 156 feet more or less to a stone bound; thence northwesterly 70 feet to a point; thence northwesterly, northerly and northeasterly 102 feet more or less to a stone bound; thence northeasterly 161 feet more or less to a stone bound; thence northeasterly 431.26 feet to a stone bound; thence northeasterly 225.65 feet to a stone bound; thence northwesterly 250.54 feet to a stone bound; thence northwesterly 349.68 feet to a point; thence southwesterly 46.16 feet to a point; thence southwesterly 612.59 feet to a stone bound; thence southeasterly 237.83 feet to a stone bound; thence southwesterly 166 feet more or less to a stone bound; thence southwesterly, southerly and south- easterly 143 feet more or less to a brook at land now or form- erly of the estate of William C. Peirce, the last fourteen courses and distances being by land of the Town of Lincoln; thence southwesterly by said brook by said land now or formerly of the estate of William C. Peirce, 29 feet more or less to a point at land now or formerly of the estate of Helen O. Storrow; thence north 61° 38' 55" west passing through a
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stone bound, 109 feet more or less to a stone bound; thence north 85° 23' 00" west 410.43 feet to a stone bound; thence north 11° 14' 30" west 217.80 feet to a stone bound; thence north 22° 08' 40" west 26.11 feet to a stone bound; thence north 4° 48' 50" west 165 feet to a stone bound; thence north 44° 58' 50" east 260.70 feet to a stone bound; thence north 2º 46' 50" east 238.60 feet to a stone bound; thence north 12° 22' 00" east 278.52 feet to a stone bound; thence north 7º 03' 10" west 98.21 feet to a stone bound; thence north 19º 55' 30" east 132 feet to a stone bound; thence northeasterly to the brook; the last eleven courses and distances being by said land now or formerly of the estate of Helen O. Storrow; thence easterly by the center line of said brook to the stone wall at land now or formerly of Palmer; thence southerly by said stone wall to a drill hole at a point where said stone wall joins another stone wall; thence casterly by said other stone wall 230 feet to the brook; the last two courses and distances being by said land now or formerly of Palmer; thence in a general southeasterly, easterly, southerly and southwesterly direction by the center line of said brook, by land of Sumner Smith and land now or formerly of Harold S. Cousins 1,500 feet more or less to a point 40 feet northeasterly from the southwesterly boundary of land of the Town of Lincoln over which the road to the ball field runs; thence southeasterly in a straight line to a point in the northwesterly side line of Lincoln Road 40 feet northeasterly from the stone wall at the intersection of the boundary line between land now or formerly of the estate of William C. Peirce and land of the Town of Lincoln with said northwesterly side line of Lincoln Road; thence south- westerly by said northwesterly side line of Lincoln Road, to the point of beginning; all of the described premises supposed to be owned by Sumner Smith; or however said premises may be bounded, measured and described; that there be and there is hereby appropriated for said purposes the sum of $12,000.00" and that the vote of June 28th, 1946, as so altered and amended be adopted and confirmed.
Article 19. Under this Article the main motion under Article 18 was carried by a vote of, For 309, Against 104.
Voted: That the matter of studying the advisability of pur- chasing the Town barn so called or purchasing land and
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erecting a building thereon to house highway and other equip- ment be referred to the Planning Committee, with instruc- tion's to report at the next Town Meeting, and that the sum of $1,000.00 be appropriated for their use.
Article 20. Voted: To postpone indefinitely.
Article 21. Voted: That the Town instruct the Selectmen to take such action as may be necessary, by litigation, by peti- tion for legislation or by other lawful means (unless legal ad- vice which they shall first secure shall be to the effect that there is no reasonable chance of such actions being successful) to enable the Town to use the annual income under the wills of John H. Peirce and Elsie Pierce and under the decree of the Supreme Judicial Court dated March 8, 1930, and in- come accumulated thereon to provide (1) medical and hospi- tal care and treatment for such inhabitants of the Town as the Selectmen or the Board of Health may deem to be de- serving, (2) such dental care and treatment for inhabitants of the Town of high school age and under as the Board of Health may deem to be reasonable, (3) such other facilities and services as the Board of Health may deem suitable gen- erally to maintain, improve or maintain and improve the health of the inhabitants of the Town or a substantial num- ber thereof, and (4) for maintenance of the property as a park, as in their discretion the Selectmen shall consider ad- visable, and that the sum of $1,000.00 be raised and appro- priated for such actions.
Voted to adjourn at 12.15 A.M.
WILLIAM H. DAVIS, Town Clerk.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
ANNUAL TOWN ELECTION Saturday, March 8, 1947
In accordance with Article 1 of the Warrant for the Annual Town Meeting the Polls were declared open at 12 o'clock Noon by the Moderator, the ballot box had been previously in- spected and the following ballot clerks duly sworn, Helena A. Dee, Bertha V. Bowles, Manley B. Boyce, Joseph Frazier, William O. Causer and Howard Snelling. The Polls were declared closed at 7 o'clock P.M., with the following result. Total number of ballots cast 630.
MODERATOR (1 Year)
Donald P. Donaldson
595
Scattering
1
Blanks 34
TOWN CLERK (1 Year)
William H. Davis 609
Scattering
2
Blanks
19
SELECTMAN (3 Years)
577
Scattering
6
Blanks
47
ASSESSOR (3 Years)
Philip R. Snelling
567
Scattering
1
Blanks 62
TREASURER (1 Year)
Frederick B. Taylor
566
Scattering
6
Blanks
58
COLLECTOR OF TAXES (3 Years)
William H. Davis
598
Scattering
2
Blanks
30
AUDITOR (1 Year)
James W. Lennon
583
Blanks 47
John Todd
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE (3 Years)
Malcolm L. Donaldson. 317
Rev. Rollin J. Fairbanks 307
Blanks 6
WATER COMMISSIONER (3 Years)
Sumner Smith
505
Scattering
1
Blanks 124
WATER COMMISSIONER (1 Year)
Robert W. Scott 539
Scattering
1
Blanks 90
BOARD OF HEALTH (3 Years)
Dr. Paul L. Norton.
567
Scattering 4
Blanks 59
TREE WARDEN (1 Year)
John J. Kelliher
558
Blanks 72
COMMISSIONER OF TRUST FUNDS (3 Years)
Henry DeC. Ward
556
Scattering 1
Blanks 73
TRUSTEE OF BEMIS FUND (3 Years)
Mabel H. Todd
554
Blanks 76
CEMETERY COMMISSIONER (3 Years)
George E. Cunningham
572
Blanks 58
PLANNING BOARD (5 Years)
476
Henry Warner 127
Blanks 27
Question (Equal pay for men and women teachers)
Yes 196
No 313
Blanks 121
WILLIAM H. DAVIS,
Town Clerk.
Eveleth R. Todd
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March 17th, 1947.
A recount of the ballots cast at the Annual Town Election for the office of School Committeeman was held this date at the Town Hall, with the following result:
Malcolm L. Donaldson . 317
Rev. Rollin J. Fairbanks 308
Blanks
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WILLIAM H. DAVIS,
Town Clerk.
JURY LIST, 1947
Name
Occupation
James L. Cunningham
Farmer
Philip A. Davis
Junior Engineering Aid
Malcolm L. Donaldson
Salesman
Roger N. Faber
Radio Service Man
Norman W. Fradd John B. Garrison
Salesman
Robert W. Gray
Shipping Manager
Alex W. Hammer, Jr.
Insurance
Edmund S. Kelley, Jr.
Treasurer
H. Arnold Maclean
Salesman
John P. Monks Robert H. Morris
Photographer
Walter N. Nelson
Executive
Arthur W. Rice, Jr.
Sales Engineer
Leonard A. Rooney
Electrician
Orrin T. Savage John C. Tead
Accountant
Clerk
David Todd
Personnel Manager
Henry DeC. Ward
Investment Counsellor
Henry Warner
Real Estate
Frederick C. Weld
Clerk
Charles L. Westman
Electrical Contractor
Appointed June 23rd, 1947.
WILLIAM H. DAVIS,
Town Clerk.
Physical Director
Physician
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Licenses
Total number of Dog Licenses issued during the year 1947, - 286; namely 179 Male, 43 Female, 61 spayed Female and 3 Kennel for which the sum of $697.80 has been paid to the Town Treasurer.
Sporting, etc., issued during the year 1947 - 51 Fishing, 54 Hunting, 60 Sporting, Minor Fishing 16, Citizens Trapping 1, Non-resident Hunting 1, 3 duplicate for which the sum of $396.25 has been paid to the Division of Fisheries and Game.
WILLIAM H. DAVIS, Town Clerk.
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VITAL STATISTICS
48 Births, 24 Marriages, and 20 Deaths were recorded dur- ing the year ending December 31st, 1947.
Births
Date of Birth
Name of Child
Names of Parents
Nov. 4, 1946
Robert Stetson Gorham, Jr.
Robert S. and Lorraine W. Gorham
Dec. 21, 1946 Christopher Lloyd Garrison
David L. and Alice E. Garrison
Dec. 23, 1946 Helen Lanigan
Francis W. and Sarah C. Lanigan
Jan. 2. 1947 Helen Gilbert
John W. and Josephine L. Gilbert
Jan. 17, 1947 David Eugene Bardsley
Theodore J. and Doris A. Bardsley Holgar J. and Grace A. Jensen
Jan. 19, 1947 Donald Niels Jensen
Jan. 20, 1947
Robert Bryant Billings
James B. and Marion B. Billings Stanley and Mary H. Heck Frederick H. and Helen H. Greene, Jr.
Feb. 8. 1947 Sibyl Baldwin Greene
Feb 17, 1947
Kathleen Alice Davis
Francis J. and Shirley H. Davis
Mar. 24, 1947
Patricia Ann Malloy
Robert J. and Terese A. Malloy
Mar. 29, 1947 William Michael Dean, Jr.
April 3, 1947
Sanford Saylor Winchell
William M. and Madelyn L. Dean Guilbert S. and Amy J. Winchell John P. and Alice M. Moses
May 2, 1947 Catherine Cantrell Foos
Caldwell B. and Louise C. Foos
May 7, 1947 Elaine Hamblen Peterson
May 24, 1947 John Roper Scott
Robert W. and Anne U. Scott
May 30, 1947 James Vincent Lennon
May 20, 1947
Mary Jane Gillis
May 31, 1947
Mary Sweetser Watson
Lester H. and Anne N. Watson
Hermon H. and Eleanor M. Scott
June 6, 1947 David Field Winchell
June 14, 1947 Carol Thiessen
June 25, 1947|Alexander Troup Dalgnault, Jr.
June 26, 1947 Richard Duwaine Potter, 11
Richard P. and Martha F. Winchell Arthur E. and Laura E. Thiessen
Alexander T. and Elizabeth B. Dalgnault
Richard D. and Dolores I. Potter
James V. and Elin E. Lennon Niel and Jane M. Gillis
May 31, 1947 Jane Alden Scott
Edward H. and Virginia M. Peterson
April 12. 1947 Susan Jaye Moses
Jan. 30, 1947 Mary Neally Heck
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Births - Continued
Date of Birth
Name of Child
Names of Parents
July 18, 1947 Paul William O'Reilly
Aug. 2, 1947 Diane Heath Cousins
Aug. 11, 1947 Christine Babcock
Aug. 19, 1947 Dana Marion Haden
Aug. 23, 1947 Robert Adams Lorrey
Sept. 2, 1947 Hathaway Tew
John B. and Valerie H. Tew
Sept. 3, 1947 Richard Bernard Campobasso
Sept. 5, 1947 Frank Wright Garrison, II
Sept. 8, 1947
Cynthia Edna Nystrom
Sept. 10, 1947 Electa White Kane
Sept. 18, 1947 Braden Greenleaf Woodhull
Sept. 25, 1947 Priscilla Heath Hedge
Sept. 29, 1947 Nancy Elizabeth Bergen
Sept. 30, 1947 Ann Middleton Bradshaw
Oct. 11, 1947 Joseph Dominic Gentile
Oct. 15, 1947 Philip Yardley DeNormandie
Oct. 17, 1947 James Larry Park
Oct. 18, 1947 Ephraim Bemis Flint, II Oct. 19, 1947 Jane Alice LeBlanc
Oct. 25, 1947 Walter Leo VanWart, Jr. Nov. 12, 1947 Judith Anne MacInnis
Nov. 13, 1947 Bayard Francis Tracy Nov. 16, 1947 Donna Lee Goodale
Joseph J. and Camilla M. O'Reilly Ashley B. and Doris A. Cousins
Basil P., Jr., and Eleanor E. Babcock
Russell L. and Constance E. Haden Robert H. and Katie L. Lorrey
Anthony B. and Dora M. Campobasso John B. and Barbara F. Garrison Foster H. and Edna C. Nystrom
Henry B. and Elizabeth C. Kane
Dean H. and Martha D. Woodhull Elliott R. and Mary F. Hedge Kenneth W. and Emily K. Bergen Donald S. and Joanna C. Bradshaw Joseph F. and Kathleen P. Gentile James and Martha P. DeNormandie James E. and Josephine R. Park Warren F. and Margaret S. Flint Alphonse J. and Alice M. LeBlanc Walter L. and Mary C. VanWart Raymond A. and Shirley A. MacInnis Charles A., Jr. and Mary J. Tracy Winfield G. L. and Florence M. Goodale
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
Marriages
Date of Marriage
Names
Residence
Jan. 14, 1947
Elmer A. Rollins Gladys Snow Fitch
Lincoln Cambridge
Feb. 1, 1947
Leo John Valliere Mary Elizabeth Harrington
Lexington Lincoln
Feb. 14, 1947
Irving Hanson Chase Anne O. Crane
Worcester Lincoln
Mar. 8, 1947
James E. Park Josephine Kathleen Rando
Boston Lincoln
April 5, 1947
George E. Ferriss Virginia A. Goodell
Lincoln Newton
April 16, 1947
Edward B. Cunningham Elizabeth Coletta
Lincoln Lincoln
April 27, 1947
Francis Umbrello, Jr. Florence M. Patriacca
Lincoln Newton
April 24, 1947
Curtis R. Knight, Jr. Nathalie C. Pearl
Lincoln Pelham
May 3, 1947
William George Murphy Jeanette Eleanor Kerrigan
Lincoln Manchester
June 9, 1947
Raymond Alfred MacInnis Shirley Anna Giles
Lexington Lincoln
June 14, 1947
John S. Cowles Eveleth T. Cooper
Ipswich Florida
June 16, 1947
Walter Herbert Baldwin Ethel Louise Roulliard
Lincoln Arlington
June 29, 1947
Harold Herman Shaw Ethel Constance Silva
West Acton Lincoln
July 19, 1947
Donald Eugene Love Dorothy Ann Winchell
California Lincoln
Aug. 1, 1947
Thomas Mott Osborne, 2nd Victoria Lee Henderson
Michigan Lincoln
Aug. 2, 1947
Jerome Roman Smith Frances Gertrude Murphy
Lincoln Lincoln
Aug. 24, 1947
Robert Jolın Lawson Jean P. Nyholm
Concord Arlington
Sept. 6, 1947
John Prentice Denio Nancy Hall
Lincoln Wellesley Hills
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Marriages - Continued
Date of Marriage
Names
Residence
Sept. 7, 1947
Joseph Mannarino Florence Ann Brandolino
Lincoln Watertown
Sept. 20, 1947
Milliage E. Morris Beatrice May Menard
Lincoln Philadelphia, Pa.
Sept. 27, 1947
Charles Lewis Forberg Beate Eveline Gropius
Cambridge Lincoln
Oct. 11, 1947
Edward Warren Mann Esther Louise McMorran
Lincoln
Boston
Oct. 18, 1947
Philip A. Davis Priscilla Pratt
Lincoln Concord
Nov. 26, 1947
David Knox Langstaff Barbara Helen Beers
New York Lincoln
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Deaths
Date of Death
Name
Y.
Age M.
D.
Jan. 10, 1947
Sarah Emma Laird
90
0
5
Jan. 22, 1947
Harold Gardner
60
0
0
Feb. 14, 1947
Maria Octavia Gunneson
68
8
0
Mar. 29, 1947
Marjorie Anna MacAskill
70
4
3
Mar. 14, 1947
Niels Jensen
82
11
17
Mar. 26, 1947
Ellen E. Martin
79
0
0
May 10, 1947
Addie Groves
93
9
2
May 29, 1947
John Howard Wilkins
66
6
21
June 3, 1947
Anders Pedersen
72
4
24
June 11, 1947
William Michael Dean, Jr.
2
13
June 12, 1947
Martha Howard
3
July 17, 1947
Levagge Attardo
55
0
0
July 31, 1947
Barbara Sutherland
90
9
12
Aug. 2, 1947
Everett Elmer Ryan
66
10
16
Sept. 1, 1947
Jalyosis Kalnanos
61
0
0
Sept. 6, 1947
Mary A. Wilson
55
0
0
Oct. 21, 1947
John E. McHugh
64
1
2
Oct. 23, 1947
Patrick Dolan
82
6
13
Nov. 8, 1947
John Misseri
74
0
0
Dec. 29, 1947
Owen E. Martin
76
3
20
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THE STATE OF THE TOWN
In reviewing the months of 1947, the Selectmen cannot help but reflect a sense of well being regarding the state of the community generally. The Town departments coming within our jurisdiction have operated, we believe, efficiently and smoothly. The Highway Department performed its main- tenance and construction work diligently and intelligently and has shown that it is equipped with the apparatus and ability to handle the extraordinary snow conditions of recent weeks. Fire losses for the past year have been relatively low and we consider that the skill and alertness of the Fire Department coupled with the commendable fire mindedness of the towns- people contributed greatly to the prevention of a major loss during the drought last fall. Praise is extended to the Police Department which, in the Selectmen's opinion, has handled capably the duties which have been imposed upon it. The accomplishments of the aforementioned departments and others, such as the Town Hall and Ball Field, whose work has been appreciated, have been effected, we believe, without undue burden to the taxpayers.
While we report on the past year with a feeling of gratitude for our seemingly satisfactory state, we cannot, we believe, look toward conditions next year, or, in the years to follow, with complete equanimity. Lincoln, as we all know, is grow- ing. We believe that its growth will continue at a steady pace in coming years. The Zoning Laws provide, to be sure, an ultimate check on the Town's building expansion, but, at some stage prior to maximum growth we shall find, we think, that the general character of the community has undergone significant changes.
We have been operating until recent years at least, on a "shoestring." The agricultural nature of the Town with its resultant scattered population, permitted frugality in its government. The Town Hall and Library erected in the last century and the elementary school constructed in 1908 have. sufficed because, while undergoing certain functional obso- lescence as the years went by, they still offered adequate space and essential appurtenances for people, books and pupils in
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accordance with their respective purposes. For a similar reason it has been possible to house Town vehicles and ma- chinery in privately owned buildings. From the time the horse drawn apparatus of the Highway Department was given up, we have been able to crowd into the space which thereto- fore had been occupied by horses, carts, and pungs, sufficient mechanized equipment to build and maintain our roads.
The old way of operating ended, according to some citizens, with the construction of the Concord Turnpike. In 1936, the Zoning Laws, thought radically rigid in 1929, were made more stringent. Commencing about that time we started to enter a second period - the years of slow, but steady, population expansion. During this period we have used the same facili- ties built and enjoyed in the past. We have become aware, however, that while we have gotten along with what has been handed down to us, part of our legacy, at least, has been wearing out. Our school problem has clearly brought this home to us. The Town Barn situation is another shadow of coming events. The second period is, we think, about over and we are about to enter a third. This we might refer to as the period of modern Lincoln. Modern in the sense that all of the facilities and services which we have inherited, and at this writing are still using, must sooner or later, in view of our anticipated increased population, be replaced one by one. Our schools, we all agree, must be our first concern, but we cannot escape the fact that we shall have other problems. With no thought of the order in which they will arrive, we think of water supply and service, of playground planning, of a town hall and auditorium, enlargement of the library, ex- pansion of the Police and Fire Departments, the improvements of our roads, at least some of which (and we hope it may be delayed as long as possible) must be widened and straightened to carry the heavier traffic burden to come, and other problems of lesser, but significant importance.
We mention these things which have already come, we are sure, to the minds of most citizens, to emphasize that we stand on the dividing line between the old and the new. To use a figure of speech, the watering trough in the Library square, which to many symbolizes the old Town, is now in every sense an antique. Why, you are asking, are we bring- ing up problems which will not have to be faced for fifteen
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years or more? Our answer is, so that every citizen will be continually thinking about them. We say every citizen rather than every board and committee because the improve- ments effected in the next few years will be used, enjoyed, and paid for by everyone. We start the period of modern Lincoln with very little in the way of material things. We have, as residents of a relatively attractive community, an enviable challenge. Starting close to the bottom as we do, we can plan and build its physical facilities and shape its services as we choose. Work alone will not assure success. Foresight and a clear understanding of the entire Town pic- ture is also required. If we visualize future perplexities and prepare to meet them now, we shall attack them with confi- dence when they arrive.
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REPORT OF BOARD OF SELECTMEN
The Board organized with Sumner Smith, Chairman.
Town Hall
The Selectmen have received a bid of $3,880.00 for heating the upper hall, and one of $126.00 for weather stripping the windows. It is recommended that these sums be appropriated.
Virginia and Bedford Roads
The Town sued the U. S. Government for the loss of the use of parts of these roads. After the war the U. S. Govern- ment released the roads and paid the Town the net sum of $1,350.00 which was sufficient to repair their depreciation.
Town Barn
The Selectmen were required to heat a large part of this building in order to keep the trucks and grader ready for service at any time during cold weather. The Town spent $789.56 to do this and the owner of the barn supplied the heater and radiators. The highway equipment therefore was always ready for use as far as housing and temperature was concerned.
Chapter 90 Roads
This Title applies to roads which the County Commissioners "layout," after a petition signed by five inhabitants has been presented to them.
The form of the petition is:
"That Road is in need of relocation and specific repairs:
"Wherefore we pray you to relocate said way and direct specific repairs thereon."
Routes 117 and 126 were improved according to this pro- cedure and are maintained by funds from State, County and Town. Trapelo Road is a Chapter 90 project from the Center to the Water Basin, and three sections have been finished. If the Town votes the appropriation of $2,000 under Chapter
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90, to which the State adds $4,000 and the County $2,000, the unfinished portion between the work of the last two years will be completed. The Board recommends this appropriation.
Lexington Road is a Chapter 90 road also, and the County has made plans for qualifying Sudbury and Weston Roads as Chapter 90 ways. The Town must appropriate money be- fore the State and County agree to forward their share, and if the Town fails to appropriate, the amount the State and County would forward, lapses.
When Sudbury Road was laid out, the Board thought the possible land damages, which the Town alone agrees to pay, overbalanced the advantages, and the plan was not continued.
Requests came in to make Weston Road safer for traffic, especially on the curves, and the County, after being duly petitioned, made a plan for a fifty-foot way from the Center to the Weston line. Some land takings involved damages, and the Planning Board appropriately volunteered to study the case, and are reporting on it.
The Planning Board and the Selectmen are unanimous in recommending that the Town continue to establish road boundaries until all the Town roads are laid out, and that the roads be physically improved as required.
John H. Pierce Fund
Under article 21, the Selectmen were directed to take court action to broaden the use of the income under the John H. Pierce Will; following is the Final Decree:
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
In Equity No. 2494
Middlesex, ss.
Supreme Judicial Court
Town of Lincoln V.
Robert M. Pierce, et als
Final Decree
This cause came on to be heard at this term and was argued by counsel for the Plaintiff and the Defendants Pierce and Bradshaw and thereupon, upon consideration thereof. it is
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ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED as follows:
1. That the Town of Lincoln be and it hereby is authorized to use the annual income and any accumulated income re- ceived by it under the wills of the late John H. Pierce and the late Elsie Pierce and rent and other income received by it under the authority of the decree of this court of March 8, 1930 in equity No. 2326 as follows:
A. So much thereof as the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Lincoln in their discretion shall consider advisable for the maintenance for park purposes of the real estate devised to the said Town by the said John H. Pierce.
B. From the remainder thereof to provide hospital treat- ment for such inhabitants of Lincoln as in their opinion the said Board of Selectmen shall deem to be deserving.
C. From the remainder thereof to provide such medical and nursing care and treatment as the Board of Health of the Town of Lincoln may recommend and the said Board of Selectmen may approve for such inhabitants of Lincoln as the said Board of Selectmen shall deem to be deserving, including dental care and treatment for school children and expert ex- amination of and advice as to the health of children.
2. This decree shall apply to all income and accumulated income and other receipts referred to in paragraph 1 hereof received by the Town of Lincoln prior to the death of the respondent, Robert M. Pierce, but shall be without prejudice to any rights that the defendants Grace D. Pierce or Joanna Pierce Bradshaw or any other issue of John H. Pierce may have with respect to income thereafter accruing from, or to any principal of, the trust funds under the wills of John H. Pierce or Elsie Pierce.
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