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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
Voted: (Unanimously) That the Town make the following revisions and additions to the Zoning By-laws. Strike out and delete Section 15 (f), Strike out and delete Section 5 (m), add to Section 5 a new clause to read: "(m) Sand or gravel pits or the removal of soil, loam, sand or gravel from a property not in public use provided that a permit has been issued by the Building Inspector after a public hearing has been held by the Board of Appeals and the Board shall have approved such activities and found that they will not be detrimental to the public good. The Board shall specify limitations and safeguards as it may deem appropriate. This provision shall not limit the removal of excess material from the property when it is incidental to the construction of a building, for which a permit has been issued or to the construction of a street or way in a sub-division which has been approved condi- tionally by the Planning Board." Add to Section 5 a new clause to read: "(n) Such accessory uses as are customarily incidental to any of the above uses."
Article 4. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appro- priate the sum of $1,000.00 to be used by the Planning Board to employ professional assistance in a complete review and study of the Zoning By-Laws, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That the Town appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 to be used by the Planning Board to employ professional assistance in a complete review and study of the Zoning By- Law said sum of $1,000.00 to be taken from Free Cash. A motion to amend the motion by adding the following ex- pression of belief, was unanimously adopted: "The present zoning by-law has for the most part successfully protected the town from exploitation and it is the desire of the town that the Planning Board take this opportunity to rewrite and clarify the wording of the by-law but not as an instruction to change the present general zoning plan."
The meeting adjourned at 9:50 P.M.
WILLIAM H. DAVIS,
Town Clerk.
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TOWN OF LINCOLN
STATE ELECTION November 7th, 1950 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 7th, at 12 o'clock Noon, to give in their votes for the following officers viz: Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Secretary; Treasurer; Auditor; Attorney General; Representa- tive in Congress, 5th Congressional District; Councillor, 3rd Councillor District; Senator, 5th (Middlesex) Senatorial Dis- trict; Representative in General Court, 10th (Middlesex) Representative District; District Attorney, Northern Middle- sex District; County Commissioner, Middlesex County; Sheriff, Middlesex County.
All officers enumerated above are to be designated and voted for on one ballot, and also the questions:
Question No. 1
Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the constitution summarized below which was approved by the General Court in a joint session of the two branches held June 9, 1947, received 244 votes in the affirmative and 0 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two branches held June 8, 1949, received 242 votes in the affirmative and 7 in the negative?
Summary
This proposed amendment of the Constitution provides for the time when the respective terms of office of the governor, lieutenant-governor and councillors shall begin and the time
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when their respective terms shall end. It also makes provi- sion relative to the succession to the office of governor in the event of the death of the governor elect before qualification for the office of governor; and it further makes provision rel- ative to the succession to the office of governor in the event of the death of both the governor elect and the lieutenant- governor elect before qualification for their respective offices.
Question No. 2
Do you approve of the adoption of an amendment to the constitution summarized below which was approved by the General Court in a joint session of the two branches held June 4, 1948, received 154 votes in the affirmative and 44 in the negative, and in a joint session of the two branches held June 8, 1949, received 160 votes in the affirmative and 93 in the negative?
Summary
This proposed amendment to the Constitution provides for an increase in the number of signatures of qualified voters required upon an initiative or upon a referendum petition, and it further makes provision for changes in legislative pro- cedures thereon with reference to dates upon, or within which, acts shall be done in the various stages necessary to be taken upon such petitions.
Question No. 3
Do you approve of a law summarized below on which the House of Representatives did not vote and on which the Senate did not vote?
Summary
This measure provides for minimum payments of seventy- five dollars per month, or eighty-five dollars per month if blind, as assistance to deserving aged persons who have reached the age of sixty-three years or over and are in need of relief and support.
Question No. 4
Do you approve of a law summarized below on which the House of Representatives did not vote and on which the Sen- ate did not vote?
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Summary
This measure provides for the creation of a Massachusetts commission for the purpose of conducting once every month a lottery drawing to raise additional funds by means of tickets sold to the public, within the Commonwealth, the net pro- ceeds to be divided as follows: 50 per cent to the winners as prizes, 35 per cent for assistance to needy aged persons, 712 per cent for assistance to needy blind persons, 71/2 per cent for assistance to dependent children.
Question No. 5
Do you approve of a law summarized below which was dis- approved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 77 in the affirmative and 139 in the negative and in the Senate by a vote of 13 in the affirmative and 25 in the negative?
Summary
The proposed measure strikes out the first sentence of section 113B of chapter 175 of the General Laws (Tercenten- ary Edition) as most recently amended by section 4 of chapter 459 of the acts of 1935, and inserts in place thereof a sentence which provides that the Commissioner of Insurance shall annually, on or before September fifteenth, after due hearing and investigation, fix and establish fair and reasonable classi- fications of risks and adequate, just, reasonable and non-dis- criminatory premium charges to be used and charged by in- surance companies in connection with the issue or execution of motor vehicle liability policies or bonds, as defined in section 34A of chapter 90 of the General Laws, for the ensuing calendar year or any part thereof, but said classifications and premium charges shall be uniform throughout the Common- wealth and shall not be fixed or established according to districts or zones.
Question No. 6
A. Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on licensed horse races be permitted in this county?
B. Shall the pari-mutuel system of betting on licensed dog races be permitted in this county?
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Question No. 7
A. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages (whisky, rum, gin, malt beverages, wines and all other alcoholic beverages)?
B. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale therein of wines and malt beverages (wines and beer, ale and all other malt beverages)?
C. Shall licenses be granted in this city (or town) for the sale therein of all alcoholic beverages in packages, so called, not to be drunk on the premises?
Local Question
(a) If a voter desires that this city (or town) shall declare by popular referendum that a shortage of rental housing accommodations exists which requires the continuance of federal rent control in this city (or town) after December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and fifty, and until the close of June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, in accordance with the provisions of the Housing and Rent Act of 1950, he will vote "YES" on said question. (b) If he desires that federal rent control shall cease to be in effect in this city (or town) at the close of December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and fifty, he will vote "NO" on said question. If a majority of the votes cast in any such city or town in answer to said question is in the affirmative, such city or town shall be deemed to have declared by popular referendum, pursuant to the Housing and Rent Act of 1950, that a shortage of rental accommodations exists which requires the continuance of federal rent control in such city or town after December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and fifty, and until the close of June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, in accordance with the provisions of said act. If a majority of the votes cast in any such city or town in answer to said question is not in the affirmative, such city or town shall be deemed not to have declared by popular referendum, pursuant to the Hous- ing and Rent Act of 1950, that a shortage of rental accommoda- tions exists which requires the continuance of federal rent control in such city or town after December thirty-first, nine- teen hundred and fifty.
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Shall a declaration be made by popular referendum, pur- suant to the Housing and Rent Act of 1950, that a shortage of rental housing accommodations exists which requires the continuance of federal rent control in this city (or town) after December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and fifty and until the close of June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifty-one, in accordance with the provisions of said Act?
The polls will be opened at 12 o'clock noon 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 Post Offices, and in one other public place, seven days at least before the day appointed for said meeting, and ·to make seasonable return with your doings thereon to the Town Clerk.
Hereof fail not. Given under our hands this twenty-eighth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty.
EDMUND W. GILES, H. BIGELOW HILLS, JOHN O. WILSON, Selectmen of Lincoln.
On the reverse of the Warrant is the following:
I have served this Warrant by posting attested copies at both Post Offices and the Town Hall seven days before the date of said meeting.
JOHN J. KELLIHER, Constable.
In accordance with the provisions of the above Warrant the polls were declared open at 12 o'clock Noon by Mr. H. Bigelow Hills, the ballot box had been previously inspected and the following ballot clerks duly sworn : Helena A. Dee, Bertha V. Bowles, William O. Causer, Manley B. Boyce, Martin Corrigan and D. Everett Sherman, Jr., at 4 o'clock P.M., the following additional ballot clerks were duly sworn: Helen M. Dougherty, Alice M. Boyce, Howard Snelling and Henry J. Davis. At 6:55 P.M. it was moved, seconded and so voted: That the polls be kept open until 8 o'clock P.M., at
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which time they were declared closed by Mr. John O. Wilson. Mr. Edmund W. Giles officiated as Warden during the after- noon. The following is the result of the balloting: Total number of ballots cast 1061.
Governor
Paul A. Dever, Democratic 263
Arthur W. Coolidge, Republican 788
Horace I. Hillis, Socialist Labor
2
Mark R. Shaw, Probibition 1
Blanks
7
Lieutenant Governor
Charles F. Jeff Sullivan, Democratic 227
Laurence Curtis, Republican. 819
Lawrence Gilfedder, Socialist Labor 5
Blanks 10
Secretary
Edward J. Cronin, Democratic 237
Russell A. Wood, Republican 774
Ellsworth J. M. Dickson, Prohibition
7
Fred M. Ingersoll, Socialist Labor 6
Blanks 37
Treasurer
John E. Hurley, Democratic 372
Fred J. Burrell, Republican
613
Henning A. Blomen, Socialist Labor
5
Harold J. Ireland, Prohibition 9
Blanks
62
Auditor
Thomas J. Buckley, Democratic 308
William G. Andrew, Republican . 712
Robert A. Simmons, Prohibition
2
Francis A. Votano, Socialist Labor 3
Blanks 36
Attorney General
Francis E. Kelly, Democratic 200
Frederick Ayer, Jr., Republican 830
Anthony Martin, Socialist Labor 11
Howard B. Rand, Prohibition. 2
Blanks 18
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Congressman, 5th District
Edith Nourse Rogers, Republican 849
Clement Gregory McDonough, Democratic 160
Blanks 52
Councillor, 3rd District
Otis M. Whitney, Republican 894
John A. Dolan, Democratic. 142
Blanks
25
Senator, 5th Middlesex District
Richard I. Furbush, Republican. 871
James J. Vahey, Democratic 160
Blanks
30
Representative in General Court, 10th Middlesex District
Howard S. Russell, Republican 856
P. Joseph Murphy, Democratic 170
Blanks
35
District Attorney, Northern District
George E. Thompson, Republican 827
John F. Kelley, Democratic 203
Blanks
31
County Commissioner, Middlesex County
Melvin G. Rogers, Republican 793
Thomas B. Brennan, Democratic 216
Blanks
52
Sheriff, Middlesex County
Howard W. Fitzpatrick, Democratic 238
A. Warren Stearns, Republican
791
Blanks
32
Question No. 1
Yes 765
No
113
Blanks 183
Question No. 2
Yes.
681
No 196
Blanks 184
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Question No. 3
Yes. 254
No .
691
Blanks
116
Question No. 4
Yes.
128
No
827
Blanks
106
Question No. 5
Yes
40
No
956
Blanks
65
Question No. 6 (horses)
Yes.
236
No
720
Blanks
105
Question No. 6 (dogs)
Yes
206
No
710
Blanks
145
Question No. 7 (Alcoholic Licenses)
(1) Yes 176
No .
786
Blanks
99
(2) Yes 175
No
769
Blanks
117
(3) Yes 245
No
718
Blanks
98
Question No. 8
Yes.
440
No
428
Blanks
193
WILLIAM H. DAVIS, Town Clerk.
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TOWN OF LINCOLN
JURY LIST, 1950
Name
Occupation
Thomas B. Adams
Executive
Harold T. Ashworth
Radio Engineer
Paul Brooks
Publisher
Thomas J. Carney
Clerk
George A. Cunningham
Fireman
Richard Eaton
Retired
Harry Cook
Farmer
Laurence Cousins
Plant Superintendent
Sherman P. Davis
Farmer
James Diamond
Police Work
Edward Danosky
Farmer
Charles K. Fitts
Buyer
Frank Gordon
Milkman
Thomas A. O. Gross
Electrical Engineer
Arthur T. Howard
Printer
Merrill Hunt
Executive
Karl F. Lahnstein
Museum Work
Apostle Lavrakas
Mechanic
Alexander Martin
Poultryman
Louis E. Paddock
Industrial Engineer
Robert Pellandini
Pay Roll Clerk
Roland W. Robbins
Painting Contractor
Ehlert W. Seeckts
Assistant Manager
John B. Tew
Investment Analyst
Frederick P. Walkey
Museum Director
Appointed June 26th, 1950
WILLIAM H. DAVIS, Town Clerk.
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VITAL STATISTICS
44 Births, 23 Marriages and 23 Deaths were recorded during the year 1950.
Births
Date of Birth
Name of Child
Names of Parents
Nov. 21, 1949 Frederick Hartwell Greene, 3rd
Frederick H. and Helen Greene
Dec. 27,
1949 John Cummings MacLean
Henry A. and Corinne T. MacLean
Jan. 10, 1950 David Wade Phoenix
Jan. 14, 1950 Kathleen Anne Dow
Jan. 22, 1950 Catherine Tlumacki
Jan. 28, 1950 Lois Creighton Cory
Robert H. and Sara P. Cory, Jr.
Feb. 11, 1950
Joseph Dennis Algeo
John T. and Catherine R. B. Algeo
Feb. 24, 1950 Peter Steen Knollenberg
Mar. 17, 1950 Paul Alan Nystrom
Foster H. and Edna S. Nystrom
April 1, 1950 Elaine Carol Davis
April 4, 1950 Alan Stanley Heck
April 13, 1950 Caroline Whitlock Clark
April 22, 1950 Paul Jordan Shick
May 3, 1950 Nancy Hamilton Lawson
May 15, 1950 Arthur Richard Cotoni
May 16, 1950 Christopher George Murphy
May 20, 1950 Holly Ann Linscott
May 23, 1950
William David Langton
William G. and Jane G. Langton
May 31, 1950 Nancy Bulkley Gilfoy
June 2, 1950 Linda May Dean
June 5, 1950 Brian Joseph Lyons
June 23, 1950 Paul Vincent Moynihan, Jr.
June 28, 1950 Rebecca Parker Crawford
July 7, 1950 Phyllis Ann Belanger
July 26, 1950 Steven Daniel Lennon
Francis J. and Shirley H. D. Davis Stanley and Mary H. Heck W. Van Alan and Mary F. H. Clark, Jr. Abraham S. and Angela M. Shick. Harold E. and Wanda E. Lawson Joseph D. and Santa G. Cotoni
Edward W. and Marjorie A. Murphy
Donald A. and Grace M. Linscott, Jr.
Donald A. and Helen B. Gilfoy
William M. and Lorraine M. Dean John J. and Ann T. Lyons Paul V. and Rita Y. M. Moynihan John D. and Joanna W. Crawford Walter E. and Mary F. Belanger
James V. and Elin E. Lennon
Russell O. and Catherine M. F. Phoenix Everett C. and Joline A. G. Dow Michael and Margaret P. S. Tlumacki
Bernhard W. and Pauline Knollenberg
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Births - Continued
Date of Birth
Name of Child
Names of Parents
July 27, 1950 Paul Francis Ledbetter
Aug. 14, 1950 Christopher James Kinsler
Aug. 23, 1950 Carolee Johnson
Sept. 1, 1950|Allan George Brooks
Sept. 3, 1950 Peter Stephen Aveni
James N. and Stephanie P. Aveni
Sept. 3, 1950 Patricia Anne Buerger
Martin J. and Lila M. Buerger
Sept. 13, 1950 Arlene Hanson
Everett O. and Doris A. Hanson
Sept. 18, 1950 Edward Kurt Czarnowski
Sept. 25, 1950 Nancy Sherry Hoyt
Oct. 9, 1950 Guilbert Davidson Winchell
Oct. 11, 1950 Russell Landram Haden, 3rd
Oct. 19, 1950
William Howe Lutnicki
Oct. 23, 1950 Susan Mae Parker
Nov. 21, 1950 Patricia Anne Russes
Nov. 30, 1950 Mary Ellen Ladd
Dec. , 1950 David John Parker
Dec. 6, 1950
Winston Wilson
Dec. 16, 1950 Thomas Edward Moreau
Dec. 17, 1950 Dennis James Corrigan
.
William H. and Mary G. Ledbetter Frederick C. and Harriet W. Kinsler Ernest L. and Grace M. Johnson George W. and Rose P. Brooks
Edward J. and Gertrude A. Czarnowski Harrison and Shirley E. Hoyt Guilbert S. and Amy Jane Winchell Russell L. and Constance E. Haden Victor A. and Harriet H. Lutnicki Warren R. and Frances A. Parker Anthony L. and Frances D. Russes Edward H. and Agnes E. Ladd, Jr. William J. and Evangeline C. Parker, Jr. Montgomery and Mary Ann W. Wilson Leon Joseph and Mary J. D. Moreau, Jr. Philip C. and Muriel A. K. Corrigan
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Marriages
Date of Marriage
Names
Residence
Jan. 18, 1950
James John Ryan Helen May Buckley
Lincoln Waltham
Jan.
21, 1950
David Baker Spooner Shirley Joan Parker
Lincoln Concord
Jan.
28, 1950
Robert Lester Boyd Elsie Rose Macleod
Concord Lincoln
Feb.
17, 1950
James W. Lennon Flora J. Crowley
Lincoln Lincoln
Feb.
18, 1950
F. Winchester Denio Dora Christine Hallberg
Lincoln Cambridge
April
9, 1950
James Panetta Rosemary Lombardo
Lincoln Concord
April
9, 1950
John Joseph Quinn, Jr. Dorothy Patricia Coan
Hartford, Conn. Lincoln
April 16, 1950
Harry Cook Kathleen G. McGrory
Lincoln Lexington
April
23, 1950
Richard Earl Ingersoll Eva Leina Pahla
Bedford Lincoln
May
27, 1950
Samuel John DeMao Myrtle Jeannette Sorensen
Lincoln Lexington
June
18, 1950
James A. Westcott Jeanette A. Cotoia
Maynard Lincoln
June 21, 1950
Charles Samuel Keevil, Jr. Hannah Mathilda Snider
Auburndale Lincoln
June
22, 1950
Thomas Robeson Morse, Jr. Suzanne Rice
Lincoln Weston
July
1, 1950
William R. Doherty Phyllis M. Lorman
Lincoln Lincoln
July
3, 1950
Daniel Eugene Teabo Beatrice Eileen Boutilier
Lincoln Concord
July
25, 1950
Arthur Coleman Comey Elizabeth Greenleaf Pattee
Lincoln Providence, R. I.
Aug.
6, 1950
Felix S. Rando Josephine Helen Moore
Lincoln Woburn
Aug. 12, 1950
Eugene Upham Roy Nancy Jane Corrigan
Weston Lincoln
.
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Marriages - Continued
Date of Marriage
Names
Residence
Sept. 27, 1950
William Emerson Beggs Carol Elizabeth Ames
Lincoln Osterville
Oct.
29, 1950
George Lewis Perry Nancy Louise Grenier
Concord Lincoln
Nov.
1, 1950
Joseph Zamora Tatjana (Korniljiva) Zauers
Adams Lincoln
Dec.
10, 1950
William Stewart Bowles Elizabeth Alice White
Lincoln Waltham
Dec. 16, 1950
Ralph Howard Kinsler Evelyn Altha Morgan
Lincoln North Smithfield, R. I.
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Deaths
Date of Death
Name
Y.
Age M.
D.
Jan.
6, 1950
Mary Muszynski
84
. .
Jan. 12, 1950
Mary Olizia Black
90
9
29
Jan. 16, 1950
Adella Langille
67
11
23
Jan.
17, 1950
Laurie Thiessen
5
9
14
Feb. 13, 1950
Alice Mabelle Gilman
78
6
4
Feb. 19, 1950
Charles Warren Ellms
88
7
20
Mar. 6, 1950
Leonore Cole
84
5
3
Mar. 9, 1950
Francis S. Dow
61
9
11
April 26, 1950
May Day Burns
73
3
25
May 24, 1950
Paul Dorian
52
. .
May 26, 1950
Rose M. Bertolami
35
. .
. .
June 21, 1950
Adele Miller
66
7
4
June 23, 1950
Mary Lumly Hewitt
76
10
29
July 2, 1950
Ellen L. White
72
6
24
July
4, 1950
George Frederick Key
66
1
3
July
5, 1950
Ellen Hadfield
85
5
4
July 8, 1950
Caroline Elizabeth Carlovitz
70
8
24
July 20, 1950
Charlotte Henrietta Donaldson
78
0
25
Aug.
30, 1950
Byron Clifford Clemons
70
5
3
Sept. 14, 1950
Cecil Chase
49
5
15
Oct. 3, 1950
Raymond E. Hagerty
61
3
28
Oct. 25, 1950
Harriet Lyman Darling Hart
70
2
24
Dec.
16, 1950
Theresa Adelia LeBallister
76
5
18
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TOWN OF LINCOLN
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN
The Selectmen's report is again confined to subjects believed to be of most general interest to the Town not covered by other reports.
The Town vs. Boston Edison Company
The bill introduced in the Legislature last year which would have prevented the erection of overhead high tension wires within twenty-five miles of Boston as reported by the Select- men last year, failed to pass. A bill specifically forbidding such lines between Framingham and Waltham is being intro- duced this year. A more encouraging development during the past year has been the fact that the Boston Edison Com- pany has been exploring alternative routes which might avoid Lincoln entirely.
Natural Gas Pipelines
The North Eastern Gas Transmission Co. has received Federal authority to bring a high-pressure pipeline from the New York State line across Massachusetts to serve the area north of Boston but not the Boston Consolidated Gas Com- pany which provides gas in Lincoln. Their present plans call for the pipeline to pass several miles through the Town. Over fifteen landowners have been approached by the Com- pany and surveys have been made. Several of these owners have had their representative file objections with the Com- pany both because of the defacement of the landscape result- ing from the clearing of a wide right-of-way and because of the danger from breaks and explosions. The Water Com- missioners have filed objections with the Selectmen.
There are recurring rumors that another pipeline designed to serve the Boston Consolidated Gas Co. may attempt to come through Lincoln, but no conclusive information on this is available as yet.
Although not questioning the advantages of having natural gas brought to this area, the Selectmen propose to watch such developments carefully.
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Civilian Defense
Mr. Robert H. Booth was appointed Director of Civilian Defense in September, 1950. The fact that Federal and State plans and organizations are still being worked out has com- plicated his duties tremendously. He is making a separate report to the Town and proposes to mail additional bulletins from time to time.
At this time it is impossible to make an accurate estimate of the funds needed for civilian defense during 1951 even if no attack occurs, because, as noted above, plans on the higher levels are still in the development stage. It is being proposed by special article that $3,000 be appropriated at the Annual Town Meeting for this purpose which sum will take care of presently foreseen requirements. The Finance Com- mittee is asking for a $2,000 increase in the Reserve Fund which would permit them to make that much more available to the Director promptly. It is the opinion of the Finance Committee and Selectmen that any further cash requirements ' should be appropriated by vote of the Town at a Special Town Meeting.
Poison Ivy Control
Under Article 14 at the March, 1950 Meeting, the Town appropriated $500 for poison ivy control. As the work done in 1950 would be largely wasted if additional spraying is not done in successive years and as the Town appeared to be strongly in favor of such control, this same amount has been included in the Tree and Moth Budget for 1951.
Police
On July 24, 1950, Leo J. Algeo was appointed Chief of Police. Both he and Officer Lawrence Hallett attended police school in Boston during the year and Chief Algeo is attend- ing the State's newly organized three weeks' school for city and town police in Framingham during February, 1951. If the State continues the school after this initial course, it is ex- pected that Officer Hallett will attend later in the year. The budget for 1951 provides for additional use of special police particularly during periods when one of the regular force is away on vacation or at school.
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A special police telephone line, LI 6-0174, was established during 1950. Calls to this number ring at the Town House and at the homes of both Chief Algeo and Officer Hallett.
Tennis Courts
Under Article 18 at the March, 1950 Meeting the Town appropriated $1,200 for new surfacing, equipment and main- tenance supplies for the two Town tennis courts. The Select- men appointed a committee to take charge of the resurfacing and to supervise the maintenance and use of the courts for the season and are most happy to publicly acknowledge their appreciation to each member of this committee: Mrs. Lucy E. Bygrave, Theodore H. Davis, William DeFord, Miss Eleanor DeFord, Donald P. Donaldson, Richard J. Eaton, Mrs. Ellen MacLaurin, Dana W. Murphy, Roland W. Rob- bins, and John B. Garrison, Chairman. This committee not only supervised but spent hours themselves applying the new surfaces and maintaining them, in fact the resurfacing was done entirely with volunteer labor organized by the commit- tee. As a result the Town has received for its $1,200 not only new surfaces which have proved highly satisfactory, but new tapes and nets, calcium chloride for both 1950 and 1951, and the lumber and hardware for an adequate practise bang- board which the Summer Playground Committee has also been anxious to have available.
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