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22,225.02
23,500.00
58. Public Welfare Adm.
748.86
1,000.00
59. Veterans' Aid
28.00
23,001.88
500.00
25,000.00
TOTAL FOR AID TO CITIZENS
23,001.88
25,000.00
EDUCATION Schools (Lincoln School Committee)
60. General Control
14,179.52
15,900.00
61. Out of State Travel
205.00
62. Instruction
95,099.34
120,841.00
63. Operation
19,853.18
21,475.00
64. Maintenance
3,927.97
5,955.00
65. Auxiliary Agencies
56,108.12
59,786.00
66. Vocational
1,241.62
1,383.00
67. New Equipment
1,975.11 192,384.86
1,438.00
226,983.00*
* $37.28 to be taken from Grammar School Fund account
Regional High School 68. Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School District 15,000.00
15,000.00 10,692.00
10,692.00
Total for Schools
207,384.86
237,675.00
Library
69. Salaries
4,270.00
4,300.00
70. Books
1,363.62
1,375.00
71. Supplies & Misc.
839.21
907.00
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FINANCE COMMITTEE
Expenditures 1954
Recommendations 1955
46.40
6,519.23
228.00
6,810.00*
72. Repairs
* $200 to be taken from free cash and returned thereto when received from Library Trustees and $751.32 to be taken from County Dog tax receipts.
TOTAL FOR EDUCATION
213,904.09
244,485.00
RECREATION
73. Salaries and Wages
1,297.80
74. Supplies and Misc.
713.41
2,011.21
1,450.00 1,020.00
2,470.00
TOTAL FOR RECREATION
2,011.21
2,470.00
CEMETERY
75. Salaries
150.00
150.00
76. Labor, Maint. and Interments
2,385.50
2,500.00
77. Supplies & Misc.
71.58
2,607.08
100.00
2,750.00
TOTAL FOR CEMETERY
2,607.08
2,750.00
UNCLASSIFIED
78. Middlesex County Pension
Fund
2,165.45
2,891.60 1,040.00
79. Town Reports
1,245.65
80. Rent and Maint. of
Dump
1,673.13
1,575.00
81. Insurance
5,241.73
5,700.00
82. Rent of Hydrants
3,195.00
13,520.96
3,195.00
14,401.60
TOTAL FOR UNCLASSIFIED
13,520.96
14,401.60
TOWN DEBT SERVICE
83. School Building Bonds
33,000.00
33,000.00* 8,417.50
84. Int. on School Bonds
8,995.00
85. Highway Equip. Bldg. Bonds
4,000.00
4,000.00
86. Int. on Highway Bldg.
Bonds
350.00
87. Water Works Bonds
3,000.00
280.00 3,000.00 ***
88. Int. on Water Works Bonds
261.25
178.75 **
350.28
49,956.53
700.00
49,576.25
89. Interest on Tax Notes $25,000 to be taken from free cash
** To be taken from Water Works Treasury
TOTAL FOR TOWN DEBT SERVICE
49,956.53
49,576.25
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FINANCE
Expenditures 1954
Recommendations 1955
RESERVE FUND
90. Reserve Fund
8,000.00
8,000.00 ***
* Transfers from 1954 Reserve Fund of $7,085.40 (of which $378.72 is to be returned by Water Department) are in- cluded in expenditures listed above.
** To be taken from Overlay Surplus, any unexpended balance to be returned thereto.
TOTAL 1954 EXPENDITURES
397,665.43
TOTAL RECOMMENDED FOR 1955
479,030.88
WATER WORKS (from Water Works Treasury
91. Salary and Wages
9,903.72
9,225.00
92. Supplies, Maint. &
Rentals
8,026.97
9,200.00
93. Meters, Operating Expense & Misc.
5,890.43
6,753.72
94. Bond Service
3,261.25
28,424.37
3,261.25
28,439.97
TOTAL FOR WATER WORKS
28,424.37
28,439.97
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Warrant 1955
NOTICE
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 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 Charles S. Smith School in said Lincoln, on Monday the twenty-first 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 the Town House on Saturday, the 26th 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 twenty-first day of March next.
The polls for voting the Australian ballot on Saturday, March twenty-sixth 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 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 Auditor for one year.
One member of the School Committee for three years. One member of the Regional District School Committee for three years.
One member of the Regional District School Committee for two years.
One member of the Regional District School Committee for one year.
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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 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. One director of the deCordova and Dana Museum and Park for four years.
ARTICLE 2. To bring in their votes for any committees, com- missioners, trustees, and other officers, required by law to be elected by ballot or otherwise.
Selectmen
ARTICLE 3. To hear and act upon the reports of Town Officers, Committees, Commissioners and Trustees.
Selectmen
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 com- pensation any of its members and to fix additional compensation of such members.
Selectmen
ARTICLE 5. To raise and appropriate money for the necessary and expedient purposes of the Town and enact anything in relation to the same .
Selectmen
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, 1955, 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.
Selectmen
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ARTICLE 7. 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, 1956, 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.
Selectmen
ARTICLE 8. To see if the Town will vote to conduct services on Memorial Day, the thirtieth of May, appoint a committee, raise and appropriate money, or take any other action relative thereto.
Selectmen
ARTICLE 9. To see if the Town will vote to celebrate Independence Day, the 4th of July, appoint a committee, raise and appropriate money, or take any other action relative thereto.
Selectmen
ARTICLE 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $710.51 to pay the following unpaid 1954 bills: Water Department $386.43
School Department
10.90
Library
75.04
Fire Department
4.54
Cemetery Department
233.60
Treasurer
ARTICLE 11. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to purchase the following town vehicles to replace existing equipment: Police Dept., Police car; Board of Health, Nurse's car.
Selectmen
ARTICLE 12. To see if the Town will vote to acquire by purchase, gift, eminent domain or any other way, a parcel of land located on Bedford Road, south west of the intersection of route 2 and Bedford Road, containing 22,000 square feet more or less, raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor or take any action relative thereto.
Selectmen
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ARTICLE 13. To see if the Town will vote to continue a committee of five appointed by the Moderator, for the purpose of keeping the Town informed of developments of Bedford Airport as they may affect the Town, and to represent the Town in matters relative to Bedford Airport, with the approval of the Selectmen, as occasion may arise; to raise and appropriate the sum of five hundred dollars ($500.) for the use of said committee, or take any other action relative thereto.
Air Port Committee
ARTICLE 14. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the School Committee and the Board of Selectmen to make the facilities of the South School available to the Town of Sudbury for school purposes from September 1, 1955 to June 30, 1956, or take any other action relative thereto.
School Committee
ARTICLE 15. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $6,150.00, of which the sum of $284.77 shall be taken from the funds of the Town in the hands of the State Reclamation Board; the appropriation to be used for mosquito control by joining the East Middlesex Mosquito Control District, or take any other action relative thereto.
Mosquito Control Committee
ARTICLE 16. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,300.00 for mosquito control; the appropriation to be expended for spraying or dusting by means of aircraft, or take any other action relative thereto.
Mosquito Control Committee
ARTICLE 17. To see if the Town will instruct the Board of Water Commissioners to extend the water pipes on Concord Road approximately 225 feet to the Lincoln Stand, appropriate money for the same, or take any other action relative thereto.
By Petition
ARTICLE 18. To see if the Town will vote to appropriate a sum of money for the purpose of extending the water pipe from the junction of Weston and Conant Road, along Conant Road to the Weston line, or take any action relative thereto.
By Petition.
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ARTICLE 19. To see if the Town will vote to discontinue as a public highway that portion of the Old Bedford Road, beginning at the Bedford-Lincoln town line and extending in a southwesterly direction for a distance of about 850 feet to a point where said Old Bedford Road intersects with the substitute way constructed by the Federal Government, or take any other action relative thereto.
Selectmen.
ARTICLE 20. To see if the Town will instruct the Moderator to appoint a committee to report to the Town on the advisability of creating a Department of Public Works and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the use of such committee or take any other action relative thereto.
Selectmen ..
ARTICLE 21. To see if the Town will instruct the Moderator to appoint a committee to report to the Town on its long term capital requirements and raise and appropriate a sum of money for the use of such committee or take any other action relative thereto.
Selectmen.
ARTICLE 22. To see if the Town will raise and appropriate a sum of money to reconstruct a partition in the pumping station, move and enclose the heater and install fire doors, as recommended by the office of the Massachusetts Fire Marshall and the Chief of the Lincoln Fire Department, or take any other action relative thereto.
Water Commissioners.
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 24th day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty-five.
Edmund W. Giles Henry DeC. Ward John O. Wilson Selectmen of Lincoln.
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Report
of the Officers and Committees of the
Cown of Lincoln
FOR THE YEAR 1955
LINCOLN, MASSACHUSETTS.
CALENDAR
SELECTMEN -- Second and fourth Mondays of each month 8 P.M. at the Town House, Clearwater 9-8111.
SCHOOL COMMITTEE -- First Tuesday of each month 8 P. M. at the Charles Sumner Smith School, Cl. 9-8333.
BOARD OF ASSESSORS -- First Wednesday of each month 8 P.M. at the Town House, Clearwater 9-8111.
WATER COMMISSIONERS -- Meetings by appointment, call Sumner Smith, Clearwater 9-8213.
BOARD OF HEALTH -- Meetings by appointment, call Dr. Gordon Donaldson, Clearwater 9-8192.
BOARD OF APPEALS -- Meetings by appointment, call Town House, Clearwater 9-8111.
PLANNING BOARD -- Second Wednesday of each month 8 P. M. at the Town House, Clearwater 9-8111.
Population -- 2,949 by 1955 census.
Town Area -- 8,572 acres.
1955 Tax Rate -- $54.00 per $1,000 valuation.
Annual Town Meeting -- First Monday in March after the fifteenth - March 19, 1956.
Annual Election of Town Officers -- Saturday following Town meeting - March 24, 1956.
Qualifications for Registration - Twelve months continuous residence in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts prior to March 19, 1956, and six months con- tinuous residence in the Town of Lincoln prior to March 19, 1956.
Town Office -- Open daily 9:00 A.M. to 4: 30 P.M., Saturday 9:00 A.M. to 12 noon. Closed Saturdays during June, July and August.
Town Dump -- Wednesdays 1:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M., Saturdays 9:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M., Sundays 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M.
Contents
TOWN CALENDAR
TOWN GOVERNMENT
Officers and Committees
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Selectmen
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Town Clerk
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Town Meetings
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Elections
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Special Town Meeting
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Licenses
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FINANCE
Auditors
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Treasurer . o
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Collector of Taxes
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Assessors
45
Finance Committee Recommendations
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PROTECTION
Police Department
47
Fire Engineers .
48
Inspector of Animals
49
Civil Defense Agency
50
Tree Warden
51
HEALTH AND WELFARE
Board of Health
53
Nursing Committee
55
Public Assistance Agent
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Mosquito Control . o
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Bedford Airport Committee .
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PLANNING AND PUBLIC WORKS
Planning Board .
62
Board of Appeals
64.
Water Commissioners
67
Inspectors .
68
Highway Department
69
Cemetery Commissioners
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Public Works Department Committee
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Capital Requirements Committee
Public Land Committee 74
School Building Committee 75
EDUCATION AND RECREATION
Library Trustees
76
Bemis Free Lectures
79
Middlesex County Extension Service
80
Recreation Committee
81
deCordova and Dana Museum and Park
82
Regional School District 87
School Committee
90
STATISTICAL INFORMATION
Vital Statistics
116
Valuation List
121
Trust Funds
140
Fire Calls 148
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OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
ELECTED TOWN OFFICERS
MODERATOR
Term Expires
Donald P. Donaldson
William H. Davis
TOWN CLERK
1956
SELECTMEN AND BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE
Edmund W. Giles, Chairman 1956
Henry DeC. Ward 1957
William T. King
1958
ASSESSORS
George G. Tarbell, Jr., Chairman
1956
Arthur W. Rice, Jr.
...... 1957
Frederick H. Greene, Jr. ..... 1958
TREASURER
Frederick B. Taylor
1956
COLLECTOR OF TAXES
William H. Davis
1956
AUDITOR
Louis C. Farley, Jr. .... 1956
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
John W. Carman, Chairman
1956
Elizabeth C. Donaldson .....
1957
Ernest P. Neumann .... 1958
WATER COMMISSIONERS
Sumner Smith, Chairman
1956
Edward S. Taylor
1957
Henry Warner
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TREE WARDEN
Daniel A. MacInnis, Jr. (Resigned) .
1956
Robert Ralston (Appointed by Selectmen) 1956
BOARD OF HEALTH
Gordon A. Donaldson, Chairman
1958
Warren F. Flint ... 1956
Ellen DeN. Cannon
1957
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TOWN GOVERNMENT
REGIONAL DISTRICT SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Term Expires
Malcolm L. Donaldson 1956
William A. Wilson 1957
Victor A. Lutnicki 1958
CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS
George E. Cunningham, Chairman 1956
Robert D. Donaldson 1957
H. Arnold MacLean 1958
PLANNING BOARD
Arthur T. Howard, Chairman 1957
Everett A. Black, Clerk 1958
Richard J. Eaton 1956
Alan McClennen 1959
Katharine S. White 1960
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK
Albert Brooks 1956
C. Lee Todd 1956
COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS
Clement C. Sawtell, Chairman 1958
William DeFord 1956
William T. King
1957
TRUSTEES OF BEMIS FUND FOR FREE PUBLIC LECTURES
Christopher W. Hurd, Chairman 1958
Mabel H. Todd . 1956
Leonard C. Larrabee 1957
TRUSTEES OF LINCOLN LIBRARY
Roland C. Mackenzie, Chairman
George G. Tarbell
Alice G. Meriam
Edmund W. Giles, Chairman, Selectmen, ex-officio
John W. Carman, Chairman, School Committee, ex officio
deCORDOVA AND DANA MUSEUM AND PARK
A. Directors
John Q. Adams 1956
Charles H. Blake 1957
Elizabeth J. Snelling 1958
Polly F. Brown
B. Directors 1959
Helen Wiley - appointed by School Committee 1956
Arthur E. Thiessen - appointed by Selectmen 1957
Stanley Heck - appointed by Library Trustees 1958
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OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Term Expires
Leslie M. Willard 1956
CLERK OF SELECTMEN AND PUBLIC WELFARE AGENT M. Elizabeth Causer 1956
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
Clifford H. Bradley (Resigned) 1956
Raymond P. Maher (Appointed) ·
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CHIEF OF POLICE
Leo J. Algeo
1956
POLICE OFFICERS
Lawrence P. Hallett
1956
James J. Diamond .
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Daniel A. MacInnis, Jr. . 1956 O
CONSTABLES
Leo J. Algeo
1956
Lawrence P. Hallett
1956
John J. Kelliher (Deceased) 1956
George E. Cunningham 1956
James J. Diamond 1956
DOG OFFICERS
Leo J. Algeo
1956
Lawrence P. Hallett
1956
James J. Diamond 1956
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Orrin C. Wood .
1956
SPECIAL POLICE
John T. Algeo
Harry B. Knowles, Jr.
Robert H. Booth
Harry B. Knowles, 3rd.
Floriy Campobasso
Joseph Campobasso
Karl F. Lahnstein Edward D. Rooney Carl Smith
John Cook Joseph Cotoni
Francis J. Smith
Henry J. Davis
Sumner Smith
James DeNormandie
David Spooner
William Doherty
Henry Warner
Francis T. Gilbert John Gilbert
Leslie M. Willard
Orrin C. Wood
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TOWN GOVERNMENT
FIRE ENGINEERS
Term Expires
Andrew J. Dougherty
1956
Frank W. Gordon
1956
William M. Dean
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FOREST WARDEN
Andrew J. Dougherty .
1956
DEPUTY FOREST WARDEN
Frank W. Gordon
1956
MOTH SUPERINTENDENT
Daniel A. MacInnis, Jr. (Resigned) 1956
Robert Ralston (Appointed) . 1956
PETROLEUM INSPECTOR
Andrew J. Dougherty
DIRECTOR OF CIVIL DEFENSE
1956
Eveleth R. Todd
BUILDING INSPECTOR
1956
Walter Bergquist
PLUMBING INSPECTOR
1956
Daniel J. Murphy
WIRING INSPECTOR
William M. Dean
1956
BOARD OF APPEALS
Elliott V. Grabill, Chairman 1956
Elmer H. Ziegler 1960
Henry B. Hoover 1958
John White · 1957
Thomas B. Adams 1959
William Dean, Associate Member 1957
Hans Van Leer, Associate Member 1956
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
Manley B. Boyce . 1958
Andrew J. Dougherty 1956
Henry J. Davis .
1957
William H. Davis, Town Clerk, ex-officio 1956
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OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
MEMBER OF DISTRICT NURSING COMMITTEE
Term Expires
Louise H. McClennen .
1956
FENCE VIEWERS
George G. Tarbell .
1956
John J. Kelliher (Deceased)
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FIELD DRIVERS
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RECREATION COMMITTEE
Ethan Murphy, Chairman
1956
Albert Avery, III.
1956
John W. Carman
1956
Astrid L. Donaldson
1956
Roland Robbins
1956
Edward D. Rooney
1956
Sadie J. Sherman
1956
David Todd O
1956
SURVEYOR OF CORD WOOD
Clifford Bradley
1956
VETERANS' AGENT
Edmund W. Giles .
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CARETAKER OF TOWN HALL
Orrin C. Wood
1956
JURY LIST, 1955
Name
Lawrence B. Anderson Richard B. Ayer
Theodore C. Baker
John M. Barnaby Walter B. Belanger
Cambridge Turnpike
Gertrude C. Bliss Robert P. Brown John J. Connair Gilmore B. Creelman, Jr.
Sandy Pond Road Page Road Lincoln Road South Great Road Beaver Pond Road Lincoln Road Sandy Pond Road
Engineer Housewife Architect Retired Bank Teller Printer
D. Bradford Davis Murray P. Farnsworth
Salesman
Invest. Officer
Richard C. Fleck William L. Grinnell
Beaver Pond Road
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Occupation
Architect Engineer Asst. Manager Coach
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Name
Stanley Heck Gerard C. Henderson
Kenneth C. Hess
*Lucretia J. Hoover Emily K. Kubik Lecnard C. Larrabee Robert L. Niles Elliott F. Page
Frederick P. Walkey
John G. Webb
G. Arnold Wiley Guilbert Winchell
Appointed June 27th, 1955
Residence
Bedford Road
Beaver Pond Road Tower Road Trapelo Road
Lincoln Road
Bedford Road Blueberry Lane Beaver Pond Road South Great Road
Weston Road Lexington Road Concord Road
Occupation
Purchasing Agt. Advertising Executive Housewife Research Asst.
Treas. Office Salesman Engineer Museum Dir. Banker
Engineer Retired
William H. Davis, Town Clerk
APPOINTED BY THE TREASURER
ASSISTANT TREASURER
Term Expires
M. Elizabeth Causer 1956
APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH
COMMUNITY NURSE
Marian N. Ober 1956
BURIAL AGENT 1956
William H. Davis
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
Andrew J. Dougherty
1956
APPOINTED BY THE MODERATOR
FINANCE COMMITTEE
F. Winchester Denio, Chairman. 1957
Paul L. Norton 1956
Thomas J. Rouner 1956
Charles K. Fitts
1957
William N. Page
1958
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OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE
Term Expires
Secor D. Browne
1956
Christine Denio
1956
Katherine O'Sullivan
1956
David B. Spooner
1956
Rev. Charles M. Styron
1956
FOURTH OF JULY COMMITTEE
Everett A. Black
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Evelyn Carstensen
. 1956
Thelma Cibel
1956
William M. Dean
1956
Edward D. Rooney
1956
BUILDING CODE COMMITTEE
Norman F. Brisson Robert Bygrave
William M. Dean Manning W. MacRae
Henry B. Hoover
BEDFORD AIRPORT COMMITTEE
Thomas B. Adams
Kenneth W. Bergen
Walter E. Belanger Richard J. Eaton
Katharine S. White
LIAISON COMMITTEE
(Appointed by Airport Committee and Board of Selectmen) Victor A. Lutnicki William Rand
Sumner Smith
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING NEEDS COMMITTEE Andrew J. Dougherty Stanley Heck Elliott V. Grabill Ernest P. Neumann
Elizabeth J. Snelling
SCHOOL LAND COMMITTEE
Andrew J. Dougherty
Elliott V. Grabill
Stanley Heck Elizabeth J. Snelling
MOSQUITO CONTROL COMMITTEE
Charles H. Blake
John B. Tew
Barbara. K. Warner
LONG-TERM CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS COMMITTEE Charles P. Kindleberger William M. Rand
Maurice E. Shank
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TOWN GOVERNMENT
PARKS AND PLAYGROUNDS COMMITTEE Albert M. Avery
Lucy E. Bygrave
Walter F. Bogner Arthur T. Howard
Russell P. Mahan
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE David L. Ammen Sumner Smith
George G. Tarbell
APPOINTED BY THE CIVIL DEFENSE DIRECTOR
MEMBERS OF AUXILIARY POLICE FORCE
Walter Belanger
Walter Bonia
Sheldon A. Briggs
Secor Browne
Stanley Cibel
Robert C. Day
Allen Dougherty
Richard J. Eaton
Warren F. Flint
Donald A. Gilfoy
Lowell Hollingsworth
Eliot Hubbard, 3rd* Medford E. Huntley Ernest L. Johnson
Charles A. Snelling Howard Snelling Henry Sturm Didrick Tonseth Robert Thorson
David W. Kirkpatrick
Harry B. Knowles, Jr. Harold Lawson Charles MacFarland H. Arnold MacLean James W. Mar
John W. Mclellan Thomas R. Morse W. Newton Nelson Foster Nystrom Warren Parker William Powers Roland W. Robbins Allston Riley E. Donlan Rooney
John B. Warner G. Arnold Wiley Edwin L. Williams Arthur Witham
Henry Woods
Thomas K. Worthington
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Cown Government
REPORT OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Police Department
The Police Department has had a number of trying problems and has given a good account of itself. More speed regulation signs are in the budget for the coming year. However, the traf- fic control problem is very difficult because of the ever increasing speed and volume. The new ranch wagon has proven itself most valuable on a number of occasions.
Fire Department
As a result of the vote in the 1955 town meeting, the purchase of land selected as the new Fire Station site on Bedford Road has now been completed and the Selectmen feel that the time has now arrived to consider the erection of a station on this lot in the very near future. We again wish to take this opportunity to thank the Fire Department for their efficiency and effectiveness.
Highways
During the year the regular work of the Highway Department was carried on. £ In September Clifford Bradley resigned as Super- intendent of Streets and Raymond Maher was appointed to succeed him. £ Chapter 90 construction projects for 1956 include the drain- age on Trapelo Road, postponed from 1955, and the reconstruction of this same section of Trapelo Road from approximately the tri- angular cemetery to the center.
Administrative Assistant
Mr. Willard, our Administrative Assistant, tendered his resig- nation effective February 1, 1956, in favor of a more remunerative position with the State. This position was initiated two and a half years ago and our assistant has done innumerable jobs which could hardly have been done without the concentration of time which he alone could give. He has served not only the Selectmen but also the Planning Board, the Board of Health and the Water Board. We are now faced with the necessity of acquiring a new man, but are better equipped to define our exact requirements.
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TOWN GOVERNMENT
Communications
Our communications arrangement with switchboard in the Town Office has worked out quite well. Two additional trunk lines were installed and other minor changes were made. The per- sonnel have performed their duties most efficiently. Our Town offices have been rearranged considerably in the last few years and some of the disadvantages of having the radio and switchboard there are readily apparent. However, some change in the physi- cal set up of the communications system will soon have to be made. Car to car radio facilities and amplifiers for the police and fire vehicles are being provided.
Route 2
The Massachusetts Department of Public Works is definitely planning a limited access divided highway to replace the present Route 2. Three possible locations are being studied, each of which has some advantages and some disadvantages for the Town. At a meeting at Commissioner Volpe's office, the Selectmen were assured that before any plans became final the Town would have an opportunity to see and consider them.
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