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Ann E. Paddock 1964
APPOINTED BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH
Alice E. Garrison, R. N. COMMUNITY NURSE
1964
BURIAL AGENT
William H. Davis
1964
INSPECTOR OF ANIMALS
George U. Browning, Jr.
1964
APPOINTED BY SELECTMEN, SCHOOL COMMITTEE AND MODERATOR
TOWN BUILDING COMMITTEE
Guilbert S. Winchell
1964
Winthrop B. Walker
1965
Eleanor Wilson
1966
E. Karl Bastress
1967
John Pike
1968
APPOINTED BY THE MODERATOR
FINANCE COMMITTEE
Ernest P. Neumann
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1964
Paul L. Norton, M. D.
1965
George H. Kidder (resigned)
1966
Joseph A. Vitale
1966
Richard B. Bailey (appointed)
1966
John B. Tew, Chairman
1965
LONG-TERM CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS COMMITTEE
Russell L. Haden, Jr., Chairman
1965
Richard C. B. Clark, Secretary ·
1964
Robert D. Donaldson, Jr.
1966
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OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES
Term Expires
MEMORIAL DAY COMMITTEE
James DeNormandie
1964
Metro Fedock
1964
Charles M. Styron
1964
Barbara K. Warner
1964
Alfred D. Weiss
1964
FOURTH OF JULY COMMITTEE
Julie Courtney
1964
William R. Doherty
1964
Annette E. Gras
1964
Daniel A. MacInnis, Jr.
1964
E. Donlan Rooney
1964
SCHOOL BUILDING NEEDS COMMITTEE
Winthrop B. Walker
1964
Donald J. Natoli
1964
Malcolm L. Donaldson
1964
Secor D. Browne
1964
Eleanor Wilson
1964
HARTWELL SCHOOL ADDITION COMMITTEE
William N. Swift
1964
Helen Gilfoy
1964
Eugene Mellish
1964
Gerard Henderson
1964
INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL EXCHANGE COMMITTEE
Eleanor Wilson
1964
Ann S. Monks
1964
Saville R. Davis
1964
RECREATION STUDY COMMITTEE
Gardner Jackson, Jr.
1964
J. Bertram Kessel
1964
Robert A. Lemire
1964
Daniel A. MacInnis,
Jr.
1964
Albert E. Nelson
1964
David Webster
1964
Lucy J. Young
1964
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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 certifi- cates. His duties include recording the proceedings at Town Meetings and Elections, and notifying 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 communicate with the clerk.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING March 18, 1963
Pursuant to a Warrant duly served, the meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Mr. Charles Y. Wadsworth. The return of the Warrant was read and the invocation was given by Reverned Father James J. McDevitt. The Modera- tor then called attention to Article 1 (Election of Offi- cers) and, a quorum being present, the following business was transacted:
Article 2. To bring in their votes for any com- mittees, commissioners, trustees, and other officers re- quired by law to be elected by ballot or otherwise. VOTED : That Albert Brooks be elected Measurer of Wood and Bark for the ensuing year.
Article 3. To hear and act upon the reports of Town Officers, Commissioners, Committees and Trustees. VOTED : That the reports of the Town Officers, Commissioners, 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 contin- ued : Hartwell School Addition Committee, School Needs Committee.
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 auth- orized to employ for additional compensation any of its
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members and to fix additional compensation of such mem- bers.
VOTED : That the salaries of the elected offi-
cers of the Town for the current year be fixed at the fol- lowing amounts respectively : Selectmen, each $ 100.00
Treasurer
200.00
Collector of Taxes
2,950.00
Town Clerk 600.00
Assessors, Chairman 200.00
Assessors, other members, each 175.00
Tree Warden 200.00
Water Commissioners, each 75.00
and that the Board of Selectmen be authorized to employ one of their members at a rate of $35.45 per diem; that the Tree Warden be authorized to work for the Park Depart- ment at a rate of $2.75 per hour, and that the Board of Assessors be authorized to employ one or more of their members at a rate of $25.00 per diem.
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 consideration of this matter be postponed until an adjourned meeting be held at 7:30 P.M. Monday, April 15, 1963, in this hall, and that in the meanwhile this matter be referred to the finance committee with directions to reduce the budget by an aggregate amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00), the reduction to be made in such items as the finance committee may de- termine.
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 anticipa- tion of the revenue of the financial year beginning Janu- ary 1, 1964, 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. VOTED : That the Town Treasurer, with the ap- proval of the Selectmen, be authorized to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of revenue of the finan- cial year beginning January 1, 1964, 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, Gen- eral Laws.
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Article 7. To determine whether the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $25,000.00 to be added to the Stabilization Fund established pursuant to the vote of the Town under Article 23 of the Annual Meeting of March 16, 1959, or take any other action relative thereto. VOTED : That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $20,000.00 to be added to the Stabilization Fund established pursuant to the vote of the Town under Article 23 of the Annual Meeting of March 16, 1959.
Article 8. To determine whether the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $10,000.00 to be added to the Stabilization Fund established pursuant to the vote of the Town under Article 23 of the Annual Meeting on March 16, 1959, or take any other action relative thereto. VOTED: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000.00 to be added to the Stabilization Fund established pursuant to the vote of the Town under Article 23 of the Annual Meeting on March 16, 1959.
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 $250.00, or any other sum, or take any action relative thereto. VOTED : That the Moderator be authorized to appoint a committee 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 $250.00 for the use of such committee in connection with the exercises.
Article 10. To determine whether the Town will vote to celebrate 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 committee of five to plan and carry out a cele- bration for Independence Day, the fourth of July, and that the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 to be used by the Committee, together with $250.00 from the Donald Gordon Fund.
Article 11. To determine whether the Town will vote to request the Trustees under the will of Julian DeCordova to pay over to the DeCordova and Dana Museum and Park one hundred per cent (100%) of the B Trust net income for the year 1963, or take any other action relative thereto. VOTED: That the Town request the Trustees under the will of Julian DeCordova to pay over to the DeCordova
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and Dana Museum and Park one hundred per cent (100% ) of the B Trust net income for the year 1963.
(At this point Mr. Elliott V. Grabill spoke of the many years of service Mr. John Quincy Adams, president of the DeCordova and Dana Museum and Park corporation, who announced his retirement from the Board, had given the Town. Whereupon the entire audience rose with prolonged applause. )
Article 12. To determine whether the Town will auth- orize the Board of Selectmen and the School Committee to continue its annual contract with the U. S. Commissioner of Education to operate the elementary school at L. G. Hanscom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts. VOTED : That the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen and the School Committee to continue its annual contract with the U. S. Commissioner of Education to operate the elementary school at L. G. Hanscom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts.
Article 13. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00, or any other sum, for the purchase of a police cruiser to replace exist- ing equipment, or take any other action relative thereto. VOTED : That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 for the purpose of purchasing and equip- ping a police cruiser to replace existing equipment.
Article 14. To determine whether the Town will vote to appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 for permanent improve- ments in the Cemeteries, said sum to be taken from the Cemetery Investment Fund, or take any other action relative thereto. VOTED : That the Town appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 for permanent improvements in the Cemeteries, said sum to be taken from the Cemetery Investment Fund.
Article 15. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000.00, or any other sum, to make necessary repairs to the outside of the Town Hall, or take any other action relative thereto. VOTED : That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $5,000.00 to make necessary repairs to the outside of the Town Hall.
Article 16. To determine whether the Town will vote to convey to Dorothy S. F. M. Codman, et als, Trustees, four parcels of land and buildings thereon, constituting what is known as the South School, on Lincoln Road, Lin-
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coln, Massachusetts, said parcels being described in three deeds from Ogden Codman to the inhabitants of the Town of Lincoln, recorded in the Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds in Book 1927, at Pages 534 to 537, and Book 2207, at Page 358; or take any other action relative thereto. VOTED : That the Selectmen be and hereby are authorized on behalf of the Town to convey in fee for such consideration as they, in their discretion, deem adequate, the land and buildings thereon, constituting what is known as the South School, on Lincoln Road, Lincoln, Massachu- setts, to Dorothy S. F. M. Codman, et als, Trustees, said land consisting of four parcels as follows:
Parcel #1, containing one acre, according to and as described in deed from Ogden Codman to the inhabitants of the Town of Lincoln, dated August 14th, 1889, recorded in Middlesex South District Deeds, Book 1927, at Pages 534 and 535;
Parcel #2, containing approximately 80 square rods, according to and as described in a second deed from Ogden Codman to the inhabitants of the Town of Lincoln, dated August 14th, 1889, recorded in said Deeds, Book 1927, at Pages 536 and 537;
Parcel #3, containing 5,431.5 square feet, and Parcel #4, containing 2,722.5 square feet, both according to and as described in one deed from Ogden Codman to the inhabitants of the Town of Lincoln, dated June 27th, 1893, recorded in said Deeds, Book 2207, at Pages 385 and 386; The School Committee of the Town of Lincoln having notified the Selectmen that said land and buildings are and for over one year have not been used or needed for school purposes.
Article 17. To determine whether the Town will vote to amend the Zoning Map of Lincoln, Massachusetts, dated February 2nd, 1953, as heretofore amended, to include with- in the B-2 Service Business District certain parcels of lan located on the northwest side of Lincoln Road and west of the right of way of the Boston & Maine Railroad, shown as B-1 to B-2, and R-1 to B-2, on a plan entitled "Proposed Zoning Changes - Plan C", prepared by Cleverdon, Varney & Pike, and dated February, 1963; and to include within the R-1 District a parcel of land shown as B-1 to R-l on said plan entitled "Proposed Zoning Changes - Plan C", or take any other action relative thereto. VOTED : (331 for; 14 against) That .the Zoning Map of the Town of Lincoln dated February 2nd, 1953, as heretofore amended, be, and it hereby is, further amended as follows : (1) To include within the B-2 Service Busi- ness District established under Section V-B-2, of the
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Zoning By-Law of the Town certain parcels of land located on the northwest side of Lincoln Road and west of the Bos- ton & Maine Railroad, shown as B-1 to B-2 and R-1 to B-2 on a plan entitled "Proposed Zoning Changes - Plan C", pre- pared by Cleverdon, Varney & Pike, dated February, 1963, and heretofore published and posted; and to include within the R-1 Single Family Residence District established under Section V-A-1 of said Zoning By-Law that parcel of land similarly located and shown as B-1 to R-l on said plan en- titled "Proposed Zoning Changes - Plan C".
FINAL REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD OF THE TOWN OF LINCOLN TO THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING, MARCH 18, 1963
In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 40A, Section 6 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Mass- achusetts, the Planning Board presents herewith its final report to the Annual Town Meeting on its proposal to amend the zoning map of Lincoln, Massachusetts, dated February 2, 1953, and thereafter amended, to extend the B-2 Service Business District by including certain parcels of land with- in the B-2 Service Business District established in Section V-B-2 of the Zoning By-Law of the Town, and also to include certain parcels of land within the R-l Single Residence District established in Section V-A-1 of the Zoning By-Law
of the Town. These parcels of land are shown as Parcels B-1 to B-2, R-1 to B-2, and B-1 to R-1 on a plan entitled "Proposed Zoning Changes, Plan C, South Lincoln", prepared by Cleverdon, Varney & Pike for the Lincoln Planning Board, dated February, 1963, copies of this plan having been post- ed in the Town and published in advertisement of the stat- utory public hearing on the proposed amendments which was held at the Town Hall on March 15, 1963. No material The changes to the amendments were made at this time. Planning Board strongly recommends the rezoning of these parcels in furtherance of a long range plan for the area, the purpose of which is to unify the B-1 Retail District, and to separate the Retail and Service Business areas. This proposed extension of the B-2 Service Business Dis- trict will provide an appropriate amount of additional land for Service Business use to meet the needs of the Town.
The Board further recommends the rezoning of the par- cel entitled B-1 to R-1 so that this parcel, which lies within rights-of-way for highway purposes, will conform with Section 11, D, 1, of the Zoning By-Law of the Town of Lincoln which reads "Where boundary lines are shown upon said map within the side lines of public and private ways,
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the center lines of such ways shall be the boundary lines."
The Planning Board unanimously recommends the adoption of these proposed zoning map changes.
Edith M. Henderson Constantin A. Pertzoff
Warren R. Dwyer Paul Brooks
R. Langdon Wales Lincoln Planning Board
Article 18. To determine whether the Town will vote to acquire in fee for municipal road purposes by eminent domain, purchase, or any other way, two parcels of land now or formerly of Thomas N. Codman, et als, Trustees, and shown as Parcels One and Three on a plan entitled "Plan of Lewis Street Layout", prepared by Cleverdon, Varney & Pike, and dated January, 1963, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,700.00, or any other sum, therefor, or take any other action relative thereto.
VOTED : (For 275; against 19) That the Select- men be, and they hereby are, authorized in the name and on behalf of the Town to acquire in fee, by purchase, eminent domain, or any other way, for highway and municipal park- ing purposes, subject to such restrictions as they in their discretion deem appropriate, two parcels of land now or formerly belonging to Dorothy S. F. M. Codman, et als, Trustees, being shown as Parcels 1 and 3 on a plan en- titled "Plan of Lewis Street Layout", prepared by Clever- don, Varney & Pike, dated January, 1963, and bounded and described as follows: a ) Beginning at a point on the northerly side of Lincoln Road, which is the northwest corner of the inter- section formed by Lincoln Road and the Boston & Maine Rail- road, and thence running N. 28º 34' 01" W., a distance of two hundred forty-four and fifteen hundredths (244.15) feet to a point; thence running S. 50° 50' 00" W., a distance of fifty and eighty-seven hundredths (50.87) feet to a point; thence turning and running S. 28º 34' 02" E., a dis- tance of two hundred twenty-seven and fifty-four hundredths (227.54) feet to a point; thence turning and running N. 70° 00' 30" E., a distance of twenty-seven and fifty- seven hundredths (27.57) feet to a point; thence running along a curve with a radius of nine hundred forty-five and seventy-six hundredths (945.76) feet, northeasterly to a distance of twenty-two and ninety-seven hundredths (22.97) feet, to the point of beginning; containing 11, 798.19 squar feet, more or less; and
b ) Beginning at a point on the southerly side of the proposed new Lincoln Road, which lies three hundred sixteen and sixty-two hundredths (316.62) feet southwester-
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ly from the southwest corner of an intersection formed by the proposed new Lincoln Road and the Boston & Maine Rail - road, thence running along a curve with a radius of fifty (50.00) feet southerly and southeasterly a distance of one hundred and twenty hundredths (100.20) feet to a point; thence running along a curve with a radius of one hundred eighty-two and fifty-eight hundredths (182.58) feet south- easterly a distance of one hundred forty-six and fifty- eight hundredths (146.58) feet to a point; thence turning and running S. 70° 00' 30" W., a distance of one hundred fifty-three and seventy-nine hundredths (153.79) feet to a point; thence running along a curve with a radius of seven- ty-nine and sixty-five hundredths (79.65) feet northwester- ly a distance of one hundred and fifty-four hundredths (100.54) feet to a point; thence running along a curve with a radius of forty (40.00) feet and northeasterly a dis- tance of sixty-one and seventy-nine hundredths (61.79) feet to a point; thence running N. 50° 50' 00" E., a distance of ninety-eight and thirty-eight hundredths (98.38) feet to the point of beginning; containing 11,623.73 square feet, more or less;
and for said purposes to raise and appropriate the sum of $5,700.00 therefor.
Article 19. To determine whether the Town will vote to accept as a public way the private way known as Twin Pond Lane, as shown on a plan entitled "Subdivision of Land in Lincoln, owned by Olga Pertzoff", drawn by McCarthy Engineering Service, Inc., and dated May 6, 1958. Said plan was approved by the Planning Board of the Town of Lin- coln on June 17, 1958, and recorded with the Middlesex Registry of Deeds on December 12, 1958, as Plan #1643 of 1958.
VOTED : That the Town accept as a public way the private way known as Twin Pond Lane, as shown on a plan en- titled "Subdivision of Land in Lincoln, owned by Olga Pert- zoff", drawn by McCarthy Engineering Service, Inc., and dated May 6, 1958, recorded with the Middlesex Registry of Deeds December 12, 1958, Plan #1643 of 1958.
Article 20. To determine whether the Town will vote to amend the Town By-Laws for the purpose of establishing a permanent Building Committee of the Town, to consist of five members, one to be appointed by the Selectmen for four years, one to be appointed by the School Committee for two years, and three to be appointed by the Moderator, one for five years, one for three years, and one for one year, or take any other action relative thereto.
VOTED : That the Town amend its By-Laws by add- ing a new section 9 under Article XI, as follows:
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There shall be a permanent Committee known as the Town Building Committee, to consist of five members, the term of office of one of whom shall expire each year. Initially one member shall be appointed by the Selectmen for four years, one shall be appointed by the School Com- mittee for two years, and three shall be appointed by the Moderator: one for five years, one for three years, and one for one year. Thereafter, as each term expires, a successor shall be appointed for a five-year term by the authority making the initial appointment.
Article 21. To determine whether the Town will vote to amend its General By-Laws so that a quorum of not less than four hundred (400) registered voters must be present at any Town Meeting at the time it is proposed to acquire private property by eminent domain, or take any other action relative thereto.
VOTED : The motion was lost, as was also a motion to reduce the figure from 400 to 300. The pro- posed motion was as follows:
To amend Section 5 of Article 11 of the General By- Laws of the Town by inserting after the words "shall be 400" and before the words "this section" the following: "and provided also that at the time of voting on a quest- ion of whether or not to acquire private property by emi- nent domain, without the owner's consent, the number of voters constituting a quorum shall be 400", so that Section 5 shall read as follows:
"The number of voters necessary to constitute a quo- rum at any Town Meeting shall be 100, provided, however, that a number less than 100 may from time to time adjourn the same, and provided that at the time of voting on a question of whether or not to amend the Zoning Map of the Town or any part thereof to permit uses referred to under Section V-B-3 of the Zoning By-Law adopted December, 1960, the number of voters constituting a quorum shall be 400; and provided also that at the time of voting on a question of whether or not to acquire private property by eminent domain without the owner's consent the number of voters constituting a quorum shall be 400. This section shall not apply to such parts of meetings as are devoted to the election of Town Officers."
Article 22. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,550.00, or some other sum, to be added to the Stabilization Fund estab- lished pursuant to the vote of the Town under Article 23 of the 1959 Annual Town Meeting, or take any other action
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relative thereto. VOTED : That there be raised and appropriated for addition to the Stabilization Fund established pursuant to the vote of the Town under Article 23 of the Annual Town Meeting of March 16, 1959, for long-range land acquisition, the sum of $4,550.00.
Article 23. To determine whether the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,550.00, or some other sum, to be added to the Conservation Fund established pursuant to the vote of the Town under Article 13 of the 1961 Annual Town Meeting, or take any other action rela- tive thereto. VOTED : That there be raised and appropriated the sum of $4,550.00 to be added to the Conservation Fund established pursuant to the vote of the Town under Article 13 of the 1961 Annual Town Meeting.
Article 24. To determine whether the Town will vote to acquire for conservation and recreational purposes by eminent domain, purchase, or in any other way, from Joseph and Mira C. Garland, a certain parcel of land on Sandy Pond Road, shown as Lot 3 on a plan entitled "Division of Land in Lincoln, Massachusetts, owned by Joseph and Mira C. Gar- land", recorded with Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds in Book 9955, Page 511, said parcel having an area of 3.2 acres, more or less, and for such purposes to ex- pend from monies in the Conservation Fund established pur - suant to the vote of the Town under Article 13 of the 1961 Annual Town Meeting the sum of $4,000.00, or some other sum, or take any other action relative thereto.
VOTED : That the Selectmen be authorized and em- powered in the name and on behalf of the Town to acquire in fee by purchase, eminent domain, or in any other manner, for conservation and recreational purposes, a certain par- cel of land on Sandy Pond Road belonging to Joseph and Mira C. Garland, shown as Lot 3 on a plan entitled "Division of Land in Lincoln, Massachusetts, owned by Joseph and Mira C. Garland", recorded with Middlesex South District Regis- try of Deeds in Book 9955, Page 511, said parcel having an area of 3.2 acres, more or less, and for such purposes to expend from monies in the Conservation Fund established pursuant to the vote of the Town under Article 13 of the 1961 Annual Town Meeting the sum of $4,000.00.
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