Town Report on Lincoln 1956-1959, Part 31

Author: Lincoln (Mass.)
Publication date: 1956
Publisher: Lincoln (Mass.)
Number of Pages: 1026


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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


·


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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OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES


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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GENERAL GOVERNMENT


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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