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Edward S. Taylor
1960
Russell P. Mahan
1961
TREE WARDEN
Albert S. Brooks
1959
BOARD OF HEALTH
Gordon A. Donaldson, Chairman
1961
Lucy E. Bygrave
1960
Walter L. Hill (Resigned)
1959
William Halsey (Appointed)
1959
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OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
Term Expires
REGIONAL DISTRICT SCHOOL COMMITTEE
Kenneth Bergen
1959
Ellen DeN. Cannon
1960
Victor A. Lutnicki
1961
CEMETERY COMMISSIONERS
H. Arnold MacLean, Chairman
1961
Warren F. Flint
1960
James DeNormandie
1959
PLANNING BOARD
Katharine S. White, Chairman
1960
Walter F. Bogner, Clerk 1961
Alan McClennen 1959
George H. Kidder
1962
Paul Brooks
1963
MEASURERS OF WOOD AND BARK
Albert S. Brooks
1959
C. Lee Todd
1959
COMMISSIONERS OF TRUST FUNDS
William T. King, Chairman
1960
Richard F. Schroeder
1959
Clement C. Sawtell
1961
TRUSTEES OF BEMIS FUND FOR FREE PUBLIC LECTURES
Christopher W. Hurd, Chairman 1961
Paul Brooks
1960
Mabel H. Todd
1959
TRUSTEES OF LINCOLN LIBRARY
Life Trustees
Edwin M. Cole, Chairman
Alice G. Meriam
Roland C. Mackenzie
A. Bradlee Emmons (appointed by the Selectmen) 1960
Morley M. John (appointed by joint School Committees) . 1961
DeCORDOVA AND DANA MUSEUM AND PARK
A Directors
John Quincy Adams
1960
Paul W. Cook, Jr.
1959
A. Bradlee Emmons
1961
Elizabeth J. Snelling
1962
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GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Term Expires
DeCORDOVA AND DANA MUSEUM AND PARK B Directors
Stanley Heck (appointed by Library Trustees) 1961
George Wells (appointed by Selectmen)
1960
William N. Swift (appointed by School Committee) 1959
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN
ACCOUNTING OFFICER AND EXECUTIVE SECRETARY
1959
M. Elizabeth Causer
SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS
1959
Raymond Maher
CHIEF OF POLICE
Leo J. Algeo
1959
POLICE OFFICERS
Lawrence P. Hallett
1959
Daniel A. MacInnis, Jr.
1959
Frank W. Gordon, Jr.
1959
Michael McHugh
1959
CONSTABLES
Leo J. Algeo
1959
Lawrence P. Hallett
1959
Daniel A. MacInnis, Jr.
1959
DOG OFFICERS
Leo J. Algeo
1959
Lawrence P. Hallett
1959
Daniel A. MacInnis, Jr.
1959
SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Andrew J. Dougherty
1959
MOTH SUPERINTENDENT
Albert Brooks
1959
PETROLEUM INSPECTOR
Andrew J. Dougherty
1959
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M. Elizabeth Causer
PUBLIC WELFARE AGENT
1959
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OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
Term Expires
SPECIAL POLICE
Elliott V. Grabill
Ernest L. Johnson
Frank Gordon, Sr.
William T. King
Harry B. Knowles, Jr.
Harry B. Knowles, 3rd
Karl F. Lahnstein
Edward D. Rooney
D. Everett Sherman, Jr.
Carl Smith
William Dean James DeNormandie
William Doherty
Andrew J. Dougherty Henry Draper
Henry Warner
Warren F. Flint
Francis T. Gilbert
John T. Gilbert
FIRE ENGINEERS
Andrew J. Dougherty
1959
Frank W. Gordon
1959
William M. Dean
1959
FOREST WARDEN
Andrew J. Dougherty
1959
DEPUTY FOREST WARDEN AND TRAINING OFFICER
William M. Dean
1959
DIRECTOR OF CIVIL DEFENSE
Eveleth R. Todd
1959
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CIVIL DEFENSE 1959
William M. Dean
BUILDING INSPECTOR
1959
PLUMBING INSPECTOR
Daniel J. Murphy 1959
WIRING INSPECTOR
William M. Dean
1959
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John T. Algeo Robert H. Booth Jeanette Bradley Floriy Campobasso Joseph Campobasso John Ciraso John Cook Joseph Cotoni Elaine Courtney Alan Crockett
Charles K. Fitts
Francis J. Smith Sumner Smith David Spooner Alanson H. Sturgis, Jr.
William Whalen
Orrin C. Wood
William M. Dean
GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Term Expires
CONSERVATION COMMITTEE
Charles P. Kindleberger
1959
John B. French
1959
Quincy Wales
1959
BOARD OF APPEALS
John W. White (Resigned)
1962
Charles Y. Wadsworth (Appointed)
1962
William N. Swift
1961
Warren F. Flint (Resigned)
1961
Hans Van Leer
1960
Thomas B. Adams
1959
Henry B. Hoover
1963
Betty L. Lang, Associate Member
1959
James Jagger
1960
BUILDING CODE BOARD OF APPEALS
Lawrence B. Anderson, Chairman
1960
Stephen Herthel
1959
William A. Halsey
1961
Associate Members
Robert Bygrave
1959
Walter Belanger
1959
Donald Loveys
1959
REGISTRARS OF VOTERS
Manley B. Boyce
1961
Henry J. Davis (Deceased)
1960
Andrew J. Dougherty
1959
William H. Davis, Town Clerk, ex officio
1959
MEMBER OF DISTRICT NURSING COMMITTEE
Louise H. McClennen
1959
FENCE VIEWERS
George G. Tarbell
1959
Guilbert Winchell
1959
FIELD DRIVERS
Richard Bailey
1959
Richard Paige
·
1959
SURVEYOR OF CORD WOOD
Albert Brooks
1959
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OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
Term Expires
RECREATION COMMITTEE
Albert Avery, III, Chairman
1959
John M. Barnaby
1959
Mary Belanger
1959
Ruth Burk
1959
John B. Garrison
1959
Ernest L. Johnson
1959
Joseph B. Kessell
1959
Elin Lennon
1959
James W. Mar
1959
Earle B. Street
1959
VETERANS' AGENT
Joseph Campobasso
1959
ROADSIDE BEAUTIFICATION COMMITTEE
Alice Smith
1959
Anne Black
1959
Mabel H. Todd
1959
Louise H. McClennen
1959
Freda Osborne
1959
BUILDING CODE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Walter L. Hill (Resigned)
Stanley D. Porter (Appointed)
Ernest L. Johnson George H. Kidder
BY-LAW COMMITTEE
Frederick B. Taylor
Kenneth Bergen
Charles Y. Wadsworth
EXECUTIVE BOARD OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL AT BEDFORD AIR BASE
Sumner Smith William M. Rand
Anthony Faunce
Ernest Fuller
George G. Tarbell, Jr.
SELECTMEN'S CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
F. Marsena Butts George G. Tarbell William M. Rand Robert H. Booth
Sumner Smith Malcolm Donaldson James DeNormandie Arthur E. Thiessen
LEGAL ADVISOR
John W. White
INSURANCE COMMITTEE
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Edith B. Farrar (Resigned) Richard Bailey (Appointed)
TOWN HISTORIAN
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JURY LIST, 1958
Name
Residence
Occupation
Stuart B. Avery Edith Bogner
Woods End Road
George A. Browning, Jr.
Conant Road
Warren Carstensen
Old Concord Road
Beaver Pond Road
Port Engineer Manufacturer
Robert P. Condit
Concord Road
Weston Road
Housewife
Dorothy B. Crawford Elinor S. DeFord
Weston Road
Housewife
Elizabeth H. Doherty Eliot DuBois
Sandy Pond Road
Engineer Investments
Norman W. Fradd
Grasshopper Lane
Physical Director
Mary H. Gradeski Frederick W. Greer
Huckleberry Hill Weston Road
Manufacturer
Russell Haden, Jr.
South Great Road
Asst. Manager
Maurice K. Herlihy Stephen W. Herthel Harrison Hoyt Lucretia B. Hoover Eliot Hubbard, 3rd Irma Kistiakowsky Emily K. Kubik
Huntley Lane
Asst. Manager Housewife
Buyer
South Great Road
Housewife
Lincoln Road
Housewife
James V. Lennon
Lincoln Road
Accountant
Harold S. Liddick
Juniper Ridge
Chemist
Giles Road
Asst. Off. Mgr.
Woods End Road
Investment Counsel
Varnum R. Mead
Salesman
Lincoln Road
Business Research
Juniper Ridge
Engineer
Bedford Road
Housewife
Lawrence Moore
Trapelo Road
Executive
Ethan A. Murphy
Pierce Hill Road
Instructor Investments
David D. Ogden
Trapelo Road
Eleanor A. Pallotta
Winter Street
Housewife
Catherine A. Rowe
Winter Street
Real Estate
Clement C. Sawtell
Tower Road
Banking
Mary C. Van Leer Leslie M. Willard
Old Sudbury Road
Housewife
Giles Road
State House
Appointed June 16, 1958
William H. Davis, Town Clerk
Housewife Farmer Retail Fuel
Robert T. Church
Tower Road
Housewife
Harold W. Foley
Mill Street
Sandy Pond Road
Housewife
Production Engineer
Concord Road
General Manager
Trapelo Road Winter Street
Galen D. Light, Jr. John F. Loud Donald C. Loveys Valentine Maroni
Hillside Road Trapelo Road Tower Road
Construction
Housewife
F. Spencer Martin, Jr. John Meyer Ann Monks
Lincoln Road
Civil Engineer
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Term Expires
APPOINTED BY THE TREASURER
ASSISTANT TREASURER
Ann E. Paddock
1959
APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH
COMMUNITY NURSE
Marian N. Ober
1959
BURIAL AGENT
William H. Davis
1959
Andrew J. Dougherty
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
1959
APPOINTED BY THE MODERATOR
FINANCE COMMITTEE
F. Winchester Denio, Chairman
1960
John B. Tew
1959
Paul L. Norton
1959
Leonard C. Larrabee
1960
William N. Page
1961
MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE
Harold L. Cunningham
1959
Corinne MacLean
1959
Geraldine Todd
1959
William B. Whalen
1959
Rev. Charles M. Styron
1959
FOURTH OF JULY COMMITTEE
Thelma W. Cibel
1959
Gertrude W. Fitts
1959
William L. Grinnell
1959
E. Donlan Rooney
1959
George A. Wood, Jr.
1959
LIBRARY ADDITION COMMITTEE
Morley M. John Charles A. Bliss A. Bradlee Emmons, Chairman
Secor Browne Kenneth W. Bergen (Resigned)
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VETERANS' MEMORIAL COMMITTEE
Leo J. Algeo Clifford W. Bradley Edward J. Chisholm
Andrew J. Dougherty E. Donlan Rooney William Whalen
LONG-TERM CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS COMMITTEE
Maurice Shank
Charles P. Kindleberger, Chairman
William M. Rand (Resigned) Ernest Leathem
FIRE STATION PLANS COMMITTEE
Leo J. Algeo Robert H. Booth
Andrew J. Dougherty William N. Swift
Ernest Johnson
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING COMMITTEE
(Hartwell School)
Andrew J. Dougherty
Ernest P. Neumann
Gerard C. Henderson, Jr. Elizabeth J. Snelling
George H. Kidder
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEEDS COMMITTEE
Andrew J. Dougherty Helen Gilfoy
Eugene Mellish Gerard C. Henderson, Jr.
William N. Swift
APPOINTED BY EAST MIDDLESEX MOSQUITO CONTROL COMMISSION
MOSQUITO CONTROL COMMISSIONER
David L. Garrison
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 David Kirkpatrick
John W. Mclellan Thomas R. Morse W. Newton Nelson Foster Nystrom William Powers Roland W. Robbins Allston Riley
Charles A. Snelling Howard Snelling Henry Sturm Didrick Tonseth Robert Thorson John B. Warner G. Arnold Wiley
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OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
Harold Lawson Charles MacFarland H. Arnold MacLean James W. Mar Gerald Fahringer
Edwin L. Williams Arthur Witham Henry Woods Thomas K. Worthington
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TOWN CLERK
William H. Davis
The Town Clerk is the official recorder of Town events and activities and issues licenses and certificates. His duties include recording the proceedings at Town Meetings and Elections, and notify- ing the Selectmen and other officers concerned of appropriations which have been voted.
The record of Registered Voters of Lincoln is kept at the Clerk's office. Persons wishing to become voters in the Town should com- municate with the Clerk.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING March 17, 1958
Pursuant to a Warrant duly served, the Meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Mr. Donald P. Donaldson, at 7:30 o'clock P.M. The return of the Warrant was read, and Reverend Morris R. Robinson opened the meeting with prayer. The Moderator then called attention to Article 1 (Election of Officers), and the following business was transacted:
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. Voted: That Albert Brooks and C. Lee Todd be elected Measurers of Wood and Bark for the ensuing year.
Mr. Fitts then called attention to the long and faithful service of Mrs. Farrar as Librarian (27 years) and as recognition presented her with a purse and a television set. There was loud and pro- longed applause.
Article 3. To hear and act upon the reports of the Town Officers, Committees, Commissioners and Trustees. Voted: That the reports of the Town Officers, Committees, and Trustees, as printed in the Town Report, be accepted; and the reports of the following Committees be accepted as interim reports, and that the Committees and their unexpended appropriations be con- tinued: Fire and Police Building Construction Committee, Elementary School Construction Committee, Capital Requirements Committee, Library Building Committee.
Article 4. To fix the salaries and compensation of the several officers of the Town, and to determine whether any Department, Board or Committee shall be authorized to employ for additional compensation
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any of its members, and to fix additional compensation of such members. Voted: That the salaries of the elected officers of the Town for the current year be fixed at the following amounts respective- ly :
Selectmen, each
$200.00
Treasurer
200.00
Collector of Taxes
2,000.00
Town Clerk
450.00
Assessors, Chairman
200.00
Assessors, other
members, each 175.00
Water Commissioners, each 75.00
Tree Warden
200.00
Article 5. To raise and appropriate money for the necessary and expedient purposes of the Town, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: That under Article 5 of the Warrant for this Meet- ing the Town appropriate for the 1958 fiscal year each of the several separate sums as listed and numbered in the printed Schedule attached to the Report of the Finance Committee recommending the same, appear- ing on pages 187 to 195, inclusive, of the Town of Lincoln 1957 Report, except that the several following final amounts shall be appropriated in substitution for the recommended appropriations bearing the same numbers in said printed Report :
Item No.
Increase
Final Amounts
403
Veterans' Services
$900.00
$1,000.00
502 Elementary School
Instruction
2,500.00
198,822.00
904 Town Reports
42.58
1,342.58
and further that all appropriations adopted by this vote be raised by taxation except as follows: (1) Appropriation #905, Reserve Fund, shall be taken from Overlay Surplus account, any balance at the year's end to be returned to that source.
(2) All of appropriations #950 to #956, inclusive, to be taken from Water Works Treasury; and
(3) As to the seven following appropriations, respecting which said Schedule contains notations as to the application of funds thereto from various sources, funds from such sources shall be applied against the respective appropriations in the manner and to the extent respectively indicated in said. Schedule and only the balance, if any, shall be raised by taxation :
Number
Title
210
Garbage Collection
320
Chapter 90 Maintenance
321
Chapter 90 Construction
506
Elementary School Outlay
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Number
520
807
808
Title Library Salaries Water Works Bonds Interest on Water Works Bonds
Article 6. To determine whether 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, 1959, and to issue a note or notes therefor, pay- able 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.
Voted: That the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Selectmen be authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipa- tion of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1959, 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 determine whether the Town will vote to amend the Agreement and Declaration of Trust of the Town of Lincoln, dated April 2, 1956, which establishes the Lincoln Permanent Scholarship Fund, in accordance with the terms of an instrument of amendment to the Trust, a copy of which has been deposited with the Town Clerk and made available for inspection by inhabitants of the Town (said amend- ment providing for a change in the tenure of Members of the Scholar- ship Fund Committee), or to take any other action relative thereto. Voted: That the Agreement and Declaration of Trust, dated April 2, 1956, establishing the Lincoln Permanent Scholarship Fund, be amended, in accordance with the terms of an instrument of amendment, a copy of which is in possession of the Town Clerk (said amendment providing for a change in the tenure of Members of the Scholarship Fund Committee), and that the Selectmen be and they hereby are author- ized and directed to sign, acknowledge, and affix the Town Seal in the name and on behalf of the Town of Lincoln to said instrument of amend- ment.
Article 8. To determine whether the Town will vote to acquire by eminent domain, purchase or any other way, a certain parcel of land now or formerly of Sumner Smith, located at the northwest corner of Lincoln and Ballfield Roads, containing one and one half acres more or less, raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized and empowered in the name and on behalf of the Town to acquire in fee by eminent domain, purchase, or any other way, for school or other authorized purposes, a certain parcel of land in Lincoln on the north- westerly corner of Lincoln and Ballfield Roads, containing one and fifty-six hundredths acres, more or less, as shown on a plan entitled
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"Plan of Land in Lincoln, Mass. To Be Conveyed to the Inhabitants of the Town of Lincoln", dated March, 1958, Snelling, Hilton and Assoc- iates, to be recorded with said Middlesex South Registry of Deeds, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a drill hole on the southwesterly corner of the premises; thence running by land of the Town of Lincoln by two courses N. 60º 30' 00", two hundred fifty one and thirty-six hund- redths feet (251.36) and N. 43º 19' 30" W., one hundred five and fifty- two hundredths (105,52) feet to a brook; thence turning and running northeasterly along the course of said brook one hundred forty-three and five tenths feet (143.5), more or less, to land of the Estate of Harold S. Cousins; thence turning and running by said Estate land S. 68 44' 43" E., three hundred seventy-two and fifty hundredths feet (372.50) to Lincoln Road; thence S. 31º 14' 30" W. two hundred twenty and seventy-eight hundredths feet (220.78) to the drill hole at the point of beginning; and that there be and there is hereby appropriated from available funds in the Treasury for said purposes the sum of thirty-five hundred dollars ($3,500.00).
Article 9. To determine whether the Town will vote to conduct services on Memorial Day, the thirtieth of May, appoint a committee, raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00, or any other sum, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That the Moderator be authorized to appoint a com- mittee of five to plan and carry out exercises on Memorial Day, the thirtieth of May next, and that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 for the use of such Committee in connection with the exercises.
Article 10. To determine whether the Town will vote to celebrate Independence Day, the fourth of July, appoint a committee, raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00, or any other sum, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That the Moderator be authorized to appoint a com- mittee to plan and execute a celebration for Independence Day, the fourth of July, and that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for the use of said Committee.
Article 11. To determine whether the Town will vote to appro- priate the sum of $750.00 or any other sum for the purpose of trans- porting children to Lake Walden for Red Cross swimming classes, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: That the Town appropriate the sum of $750.00 for the use of the Recreation Committee to provide transportation to the Red Cross Swimming Classes at Walden Pond, said sum of $750.00 to be taken from free cash and repaid to the Town, if and when collected from the children transported.
Article 12. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,750.00, or any other sum, for the pur-
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chase of a Police Cruiser to replace existing equipment, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,400.00 for the purchase of a police car to replace existing equip- ment.
Article 13. To determine whether the Town will appropriate the sum of $12,500.00 for the construction of two additional tennis courts at the Ballfield, appoint a committee with full authorization to carry out said construction, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: That the sum of $12,500.00 be raised and appro- priated for the construction of two additional tennis courts at the Ball Field, and that the Moderator appoint a committee of three which shall have full power and authority within the limits of said $12,500.00 to construct said tennis courts. Yes, 292; No, 230.
Article 14. To determine whether the Town will approve the proposed action of the Library Trustees seeking to change the pro- visions under which the Town accepted as a gift in 1884 the parcel of land and building now used as a library, so that the Town may have broader representation on the Board of Library Trustees, and also so that the Chairman of the Selectmen and the Chairman of the School Committee will not be required to serve as Library Trustees, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: (unanimously) That the Town approve the proposed action by the Library Trustees seeking to change the provisions under which the Town accepted as a gift in 1884 the parcel of land and building now used as a Library, so that the Town may have broader representa- tion on the Board of Library Trustees, and also that the Chairman of the Selectmen and the Chairman of the School Committee will not be required to serve as Library Trustees, and Resolved: That it is the sense of the meeting that there be added one or more Library Trustees elected by the Town.
Article 15. To determine whether the Town will accept as a public way the private road known as Acorn Lane, as shown on a plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lincoln, Mass. Rowland A. Barnes & Company, Civil Engineers, dated October, 1955" and filed with South Middlesex District Registry of Deeds as plan #2463 of 1955, recorded in Registry of Deeds Book #8644, Page 70, and approved by the Planning Board of the Town of Lincoln, December 30, 1955, or take any other action rela- tive thereto.
Voted: That subject to the receipt of a deed under easement in form satisfactory to the Selectmen the Town accept as a public way the private road known as Acorn Lane, as shown on a plan entitled "Plan of Land in Lincoln, Mass., Rowland A. Barnes & Company, Civil Engineers, dated October, 1955" and filed with South Middlesex Registry of Deeds as plan #2463 of 1955, recorded in Registry of Deeds Book
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#8644, Page 70, and approved by the Planning Board of the Town of Lincoln December 30, 1955.
Article 16. To determine whether the Town will accept as a pub- lic way the private road known as Woodcock Lane, as shown on a plan entitled "Subdivision Plan of Land in Lincoln, Massachusetts, owned by Olga Pertzoff", dated July 12, 1955, Everett M. Brooks Co., Civil Engineers, recorded with Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 8692, End; approved by the Planning Board of the Town of Lincoln, October 11, 1956, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: That subject to the receipt of a deed under ease- ment, in form satisfactory to the Selectmen, the Town accept as a public way the private road known as Woodcock Lane, as shown on a plan entitled "Subdivision Plan of Land in Lincoln, Massachusetts, owned by Olga Pertzoff", dated July 12, 1955, Everett M. Brooks Co., Civil Engineers, recorded with Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book #8692, End; approved by the Planning Board of the Town of Lincoln October 11, 1956.
Article 17. To see whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 to be used by a committee to be ap- pointed by the Moderator to study further the building needs of the Lincoln Schools.
Voted: That the Moderator appoint a committee to study the building needs of the elementary schools, and make its recommendation to the Town, and that the sum of $5,000.00 be appropriated for the use of this committee for its study and in developing plans and cost esti- mates, if required, said sum to be taken from free cash.
Article 18. To see whether the Town will vote to acquire by eminent domain, purchase, or any other way, a certain additional par- cel of land, now or formerly of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman, Roger B. Tyler, and Benjamin J. Fawcett, as they are Trustees under the will of Ogden Codman, contiguous to land located on the westerly corner of the intersection of Lincoln and Codman Roads, taken by the Town for fire and police station purposes pursuant to an order of taking dated January 14, 1957, and recorded with Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, Book #8890, Page 70, said additional parcel containing twenty-one thousand and ninety-seven (21,097) square feet, more or less; and raise and appropriate a sum of money therefor and for any additional sum required to settle the petition of said Trustees for damages allegedly resulting from the said taking dated January 14, 1957, or take any action relative thereto.
Voted: That the Selectmen be and they hereby are authorized and empowered in the name and on behalf of the Town to acquire in fee, by eminent domain, purchase, or any other way, as a site for a com- bined police and fire station, a certain additional parcel of land in Lincoln, Massachusetts, contiguous to land located on the westerly corner of the intersection of Lincoln and Codman Roads, originally
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acquired by the Town for the same purpose by an order of taking dated January 14, 1957, and recorded with Middlesex South Registry of Deeds, Book #8890, Page 70, said original and additional parcels being shown on a plan entitled "Plan Showing Extra Land to be Acquired by the Town of Lincoln in Lincoln, Mass., Owned by Dorothy S.F.M. Codman, Roger B. Tyler, and Benjamin T. Fawcett, Trustees Under the Will of Ogden Cod- man", dated February, 1958, Snelling, Hilton and Associates, to be recorded with said Middlesex South Registry of Deeds, bounded and des- cribed as follows:
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