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Fred W. & Eva P. Wadsworth
100.00
Stephen W. Gifford
200.00
G. F. & L. W. Peterson
600.00
Martin Sampson
200.00
Raymond H. Foss
200.00
Minnie B. Figmic
200.00
Hester L. Gardner
200.00
John F. McAloon
200.00
Myron S. & Ida C. Holman
50.00
George J. Newitt
100.00
Edward S. O'Neil
400.00
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Laura E. Benedict
400.00
Joseph V. Minelli
200.00
Fred V. Hunt
200.00
Robert G. Millar
400.00
Genevieve E. Read
200.00
James T. O'Neil
200.00
Marian A. Crockett
100.00
Ethel M. Hall
200.00
Mayflower Cemetery Fund
150.00
Total Additional Funds
$8,800.00
$3,610.00
$12,410.00
Interest Added in 1965
9,295.30
$246,397.71
Interest Withdrawn For Cemetery Use
9,295.17
Balance December 31, 1965
$237,102.54
Total Funds
$232,707.87
Accumulated Interest
4,394.67
Balance December 31, 1965
$237,102.54
These Funds are in five Banks, a total of 893 Bank Books.
Respectfully Submitted,
MAURICE H. SHIRLEY,
Treasurer.
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Report of the Trustees of the Jonathan and Ruth Ford Fund
To the Citizens of Duxbury:
The following is a statement of the operations of the principal and income account of the Jonathan and Ruth Ford Fund for the year 1965:
Balance December 31, 1964
Income for 1965
Principal $25,000.00
Income $6,812.49 968.81
Total
$7,781.30
Paid in 1965 for relief of worthy cases:
197.03
Balance December 31, 1965 $25,000.00 $7,584.27
Respectfully submitted,
PHILIP W. DELANO
JAMES H. W. JENNER CHARLES M. TENNEY, JR. Selectmen
MAURICE H. SHIRLEY
Treasurer
Report of the Trustees of The Lucy Hathaway Fund
To the Citizens of Duxbury:
The following is a statement of the operations of the principal and income accounts of the Lucy Hathaway Trust Fund for the year 1965:
Principal Income
Stock
Cash
On Hand 12/31/64
$24,884.53 $72.44 $5,073.30
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5/6/65-Sold 2/10's share *1
+8.35
8/12/65-Purchased 1/2 share *2 +31.69
-31.69 Income 1965:
On Investments Savings Banks, Int.
2,561.30
202.58
Totals
$24,916.22 $49.10
$7,837.18
Distributed as per Trust
(See page 77 of the 1964 Town Report)
7,600.00
Balance 12/31/1965
$24,916.22
$49.10
237.18
Note $1: 48 shares of The National Shawmut Bank of Boston exchanged for 67 shares of the Shawmut Assoc., Inc. and a check for $8.35. ($9.55 less $1.20 agent's fee).
Note *2: Stock Dividend of the First National Bank of Boston, 1 new share for each 2 shares owned, giving the Fund a one-half share. Used $31.69 of the Cash Principal to purchase another one- half share.
Respectfully submitted, PHILIP W. DELANO
JAMES H. W. JENNER
CHARLES M. TENNEY, JR. Selectmen
MAURICE H. SHIRLEY,
Treasurer.
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Cemetery Flower Funds
Name of Fund
Amount Expended $31.00
Balance 12/31/65 $1,119.69
George H. Wood
Minerva L. Sherman
11.00
342.13
Grace & Gertrude Myrick
15.00
326.31*
George Chandler
3.00
113.38
Forrest & Helen Partch
13.00
330.79
*An addition of $150.00 was made to this Fund in 1965.
Respectfully submitted,
MAURICE H. SHIRLEY, Treasurer
Conservation Commission Fund
Balance December 31, 1964
$1,442.12
Added by Appropriation
$2,500.00
Interest Income
133.75
Total Additions 2,633.75
Balance December 31, 1965
$4,075.87
Respectfully submitted,
MAURICE H. SHIRLEY Treasurer
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Thomas D. Hathaway Fund
Balance December 31, 1964 Income
Principal $2,000.00
Income $364.04 67.32
Total
$2,000.00
$431.36
Paid Out*
245.98
Balance December 31, 1965
$2,000.00
$185.38
*Used to purchase shade and ornamental trees and shubbery, on and in the several town ways and highways in said Town of Duxbury.
Respectfully submitted,
MAURICE H. SHIRLEY,
Treasurer
William Penn Harding Library Fund
Balance December 31, 1964
Principal $1,000.00
Income $501.76 50.87
Income
Total
$1,000.00
$552.63
Disbursements: To Library Trustees - Purchase of Books
501.76
Balance December 31, 1965
$1,000.00
$50.87
Respectfully submitted,
MAURICE H. SHIRLEY, Treasurer
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Myles Standish Homesite Fund
Balance Dec. 31, 1964
Gifts $1,450.60 2.00
Accum. Interest $517.93 79.96
Total $1,968.53 81.96
Income 1965
Balance Dec. 31, 1965
$1,452.60
$597.89
$2,050.49
Agnes S. Ellison Trust Fund
Balance Dec. 31, 1964
Gifts $1,000.00
Accum. Interest $470.02 63.14
Total $1,470.02 63.14
Income 1965
Balance Dec. 31, 1965
$1,000.00
$533.16 $1,533.16 Respectfully submitted, MAURICE H. SHIRLEY
Treasurer
Benjamin M. Feinberg Trust Fund
Balance Dec. 31, 1964
Gift $1,500.00
Accum. Interest $271.37 70.76
Total $1,771.37 70.76
Income 1965
Total
$1,500.00
$342.13
$1,842.13
Paid to University of Mass.
to the credit of Gerald A. Dexter
250.00
250.00
Balance Dec. 31, 1965
$1,500.00
$92.13
$1,592.13
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Marieta F. Russell School Library Fund
Gift
Accum. Interest
Balance Dec. 31, 1964
$1,500.00
Total $1,500.00
Income 1965
$43.97
43.97
Balance Dec. 31, 1965
$1,500.00
$43.97
$1,500.00
Marieta F. Russell Science Material Fund
Gift $500.00
Accum. Interest
Total
Balance Dec. 31, 1964
$500.00
Income 1965
$13.81
13.81
Balance Dec. 31, 1965
$500.00
$13.81
$513.81
Respectfully submitted,
MAURICE H. SHIRLEY,
Treasurer
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Report of the Police and Fire Study Committee
SUMMARY OF REPORT
The Police and Fire Study Committee created by the March 1965 Town Meeting has completed its investi- gations and makes the following recommendations.
That a new Police Station be constructed on the cor- ner of St. George Street and Alden Street directly behind the Abbott House, so called, which now houses the Police Department, and that upon completion of the new station and as soon as adequate alternate facili- ties are provided for the other existing occupants of the building, that it be disposed of or demolished as the Selectmen see fit.
The Study Committee also recommends that a new Central Fire Station be constructed on the property now owned by James Wills on the corner of Tremont Street and Mayflower Street, and that the town acquire a piece of land in the vicinity of Franklin Street and Congress Street for the erection of a necessary sub- station in the near future.
Detailed estimates will be presented in time for the March 1966 Town Meeting.
AUTHORIZATION
The Moderator of the 1965 Duxbury Town Meet- ing was authorized to appoint a committee of five citi- zens to further study the needs of the Police and Fire Departments, and particularly, the urgent need for new Police quarters, and to bring in recommendations at a special town meeting, or not later than our regular Town Meeting of March 1966, and the sum of $1000 - be ap- propriated from available funds in the Treasury for this purpose.
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The Moderator appointed the following men to serve on this committee: Eben Briggs, Bud Goodrich, George Brown, David Marshall and Carl Santheson, with Da- vid Marshall named Chairman pro tem.
Dave Marshall was elected the permanent chairman and George Brown was appointed secretary.
Meetings were held generally on a weekly basis and conferences were held with the Police Chief, members of the Police Department, Fire Chief, a committee of volunteer firemen, the Officers of the Fire Department, the men of the Fire Department - as a whole, the chair- man of the previous study committee Earl Grenquist, Mr. John Anderson of the insurance underwriters, Mr. Harris the Town Plumber, members of the Planning Board, members of the School Committee and Dr. Handy, a member of the Library Building Committee and the Selectmen.
The Finance Committee has not been consulted as of January 10, 1966, the date this report had to be sub- mitted to the printer, due to the fact that detailed cost estimates had not been compiled at this time. It is anti- cipated meetings with the Finance Committee could be held the latter part of January.
The Committee visited numerous Police and Fire Stations in surrounding communities within a thirty- mile radius of Duxbury.
Public hearings are planned for sometime before the March 1966 Town Meeting.
ANALYSIS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT NEEDS
The existing Fire Department is housed in a three- space Central Fire Station on Chestnut Street, at Hall's Corner in South Duxbury and was constructed in 1927 under the guidance of Hortence Merry, who was the Fire Chief at this time, and the fact that it has served
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the needs of this community for close to forty years is a tribute to his far-sighted planning.
Additional spaces are rented in a building at the rear of the fire station owned by Gordon Cushing plus a garage owned by Elmer Glass. The rescue boat is housed in a space in the basement of the Central Fire Station, and one vehicle is parked outside for lack of garage space.
In addition there are two existing sub-stations. One on Washington St., housing one vehicle at the Blue Fish River site, and the other in North Duxbury at the junc- tion of Lincoln and Franklin Streets housing one vehicle.
The present Central Fire Station is a wood frame building with a wooden floor and to quote the under- writer who examined the building, in spite of the I beams reinforcing the wooden floor the building would appear to be in danger of collapsing when the vehicles are leaving or entering the floor.
Aside from the consideration that the department has long ago outgrown the existing structure, and due to the growth of the town, it is no longer in the proper location for a Central Station, the committee feels to continue to house expensive fire department vehicles, that at today's replacement cost would run between $20,000 - to - $30,000 - apiece, on wooden floored structure, is sheer folly.
The underwriter has informed us that for various reasons such as location and lack of reliable manpower response, we will no longer get credit for our existing sub-stations. To continue as will be required in the fu- ture to sink more money into these existing buildings would seem most unwise.
The department at the present time has eleven pieces of apparatus plus a boat. There are two pumpers
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designed for fighting structural fires. One of these is twenty years old this year and should be replaced. The underwriter has advised us that a community our size should have three pumpers so the committee endorses the departments request for a new pumper this year.
We trust the voters will support the recommenda- tions of this committee and the men of the fire depart- ment for to postpone or delay action on meeting this obligation can only result in additional overall cost.
In addition, the underwriter advises us that the town should purchase an aerial ladder truck as soon as is practical in the near future. We also have at present in addition four (4) tankers often referred to as combina- tions because they are capable of fighting both forest fires and house fires, two rescue vehicles, one ambul- ance and a boat. At the present time the Chief fur- nishes his own vehicle and is partially reimbursed by the town for this expense.
Many of these vehicles will become obsolete because of their age within the next few years and a close analy- sis of this problem with a view to a planned replacement program would seem to be in order.
Much of the signal and communications equipment could be reused in a new facility, but some of the equip- ment such as the emergency generator would appear to have passed its reliable usefulness.
The present interconnected communications system between the Police and Fire Departments is a desirable feature and an additional reason why these two depart- ments can operate in separate facilities efficiently.
The committee, after taking all factors into consid- eration, recommends that the town appropriate the ne- cessary funds this year to purchase a plot of land owned by James Wells on the corner of Tremont and May-
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flower Streets which is the same site recommended by last year's study committee and erect a nine-bay central fire station and administration wing essentially as shown on drawings as prepared by Oliver L. Barker, Architect. We also recommend in addition that the town acquire a plot of land under the direction of the Selectmen in the vicinity of Franklin and Congress Streets for the erection of a two-bay sub-station in the near future.
Either the present Central Fire Station or the two existing sub-stations would have to continue in use to house the present vehicles until the new sub-station was built.
We wish to acknowledge at this time the splendid service rendered to the town by the men of the Volun- teer Department over the past years, and some of the features designed in the proposed plans for the new station reflect our belief that the volunteer concept should be encouraged in every possible way in the future.
The Committee would also like to pay tribute to the untiring efforts of Mr. Oliver Barker for the many dif- ferent plans and proposals rendered to the committee on such short notice for a token fee.
POLICE FACILITIES ANALYSIS
The Police Department is presently housed on the first floor of the Abbott House along with the building Department, Planning Board and Welfare Department, and to a certain degree, because of cramped quarters, the personnel of the departments are intermingled. A condition we find most objectionable due to the confi- dential nature of the Police business as a whole.
The second floor of the building, which is even more run down and dilapidated than the first floor, serves the needs of the Veterans' Agent, Conservation Com-
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mission, Sealer of Weights and Measures and the former District Nurse. Also serves the needs of the Welfare Department when a private conference area is required. It is also used for general storage purposes for all de- partments within the building.
The Committee feels that if new Police facilities are to be provided that a three-cell lockup should be an integral part of this facility. Last year there were over fifty lockups, and as the population increases the number of lockups will also increase. The length of time of an individual lockup varies with the nature of the crime. The Plymouth authorities have advised us they can give no assurance as to how long in the immediate future they can continue to serve our needs as their own facili- ties become overcrowded.
This committee wishes to emphasize and stress the opinion that the citizens of Duxbury are entitled to the maximum of privacy in their dealings with the Police Department, a condition totally lacking at the present time. This is one of the main reasons why we recom- mend separate Police and Fire facilities.
The Officers and men of both departments felt that separate facilities would serve their department needs better, and the cost differences were so small as not to be a determining factor.
The site recommended is the one originally intended for the Police Department, and several years ago the Selectmen moved in an Article in the warrant that the Abbott House be removed, but no funds were provided so it has continued to exist as an inefficient poorly located structure that hardly meets the needs of a growing community.
One solution to additional town space requirements might be to use the present central fire station facilities when the new central fire station was completed. An-
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other solution would be for the town to acquire addi- tional property to meet the growing town office space needs either on a temporary or permanent basis.
All of these ideas have been discussed in a general way with the Selectmen and the Planning Board.
This committee concurs with the previous study committee that it would not be a wise investment of town funds to try to remodel either the Abbott House or the existing Central Fire Station for the use of a per- manent Police Department.
This location as shown on the plot plan would not interfere with the expanding needs of the Library or the School Department playing fields. A small visitors' parking area could be provided on the foundation site of the present Abbott Building for off-street parking.
Much of the existing communication system of the present Police Department could be re-used in the new building, but practically all new furnishing would be required inasmuch as they have been using old hand-me- downs from other departments over the past years.
We the undersigned, do urge the voters of Duxbury to provide the necessary funds this year to meet the urgent needs of the Duxbury Police Department.
Respectfully submitted, GEORGE A. L. BROWN, Secretary EBEN N. BRIGGS BENJAMIN F. GOODRICH, JR. CARL J. SANTHESON DAVID H. MARSHALL, Chairman
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Report of the Planning Board
Statistics:
The Board regularly meets on the second and fourth Mondays of each month. In addition to the regular meet- ings during 1965 three (3) hearings on Plans were held and twelve (12) Definitive Plans were approved, includ- ing approvals for minor subdivisions into not more than three lots under SECTION 2 Paragraph C of our "Rules and Regulations." Thirty (30) plans were endorsed as not requiring approval under the Subdivision Control Law. There were ten (10) new lots created in the one (1) major Subdivision approved by the Board. The thirty plans endorsed as not requiring Subdivision approval included some 10 which involved twenty-three (23) new house lots on existing Town Highways.
Planning:
Recommendations for items to be included in the Contract with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, oper- ating on behalf of the Federal Government, to up-date Duxbury's Long-Range Plan, have been agreed upon by the Division of Planning of the Massachusetts Depart- ment of Commerce, the Planning Board Representative of the Duxbury Finance Committee, the Planning Board, and our Professional Consultant.
The proposals for the Contract have been reviewed and approved by the Regional Office of the Federal Government in New York and the papers forwarded to Washington for preparation of the Contract. We expect the Contract for signature shortly. The Commonwealth has billed us for the Town's portion, one third, amount- ing to $4,300 and the money will be held in escrow by the State to be available when the Contract arrives for signature.
Note: Certain additional work was required by the
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Federal Government and Massachusetts to meet the qualifications for two-third assistance. This should make for better Long Range Planning and the necessary addi- tional funds were made available by a Reserve Fund transfer by the Finance Committee.
In the meantime our Consultant, James L. Harris, has, at our request, assisted two (2) Committees who are involved in planning three (3) new buildings for the Town's future and he will continue this assistance as needed. Also, he is in the process of preparing a projec- tion of future revenues and operating expenses for the Town in order that the impact of the proposed construc- tion and other capital expenditures on the financial affairs of the Town may be evaluated.
The study of possible areas for multiple family dwellings is to be part of the overall Long Range Plan contemplated under the Contract as are recommenda- tions for additional business zoning.
In conjunction with the long range study to be un- dertaken under the Contract, the Board recommends that future Committees set up, by Town Meeting Vote or otherwise should be requested or required to consult with the Planning Board so that the activities of all the Committees in Town will be coordinated with the overall General Plan for the Town.
Respectfully submitted,
DUXBURY PLANNING BOARD
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Report of Library Study & Advisory Committee
In compliance with authority given by vote of the citizens of Duxbury at the annual meetings held March 13 and 27, 1965, the Moderator, May 7, appointed a Study and Advisory Committee to develop architectural plans for enlarging the Public Library Building and to report its findings and recommendations at the next annual meeting.
Pursuant to this assignment the Study Committee has taken the following steps: -
1. The first step was to examine the problem and define the requirements of a program.
2. The next step was to select an architect.
3. The third step was to produce a solution to the problem in the form of preliminary draw- ings and estimates of cost.
4. The fourth step was to tap any available financial resources, and
5. We are now engaged in acquainting the peo- ple of Duxbury with the problem and our solution.
1. The program is based on a careful study of re- quirements for an efficiently functioning library in a fast-growing township relying on the Librarian's annual reports, on a special study by a representative of the Massachusetts Department of Education, on published material and on the experience of other communities, and taking into account Duxbury's special needs.
The deficiencies and needs of the Duxbury Library are spelled out in the report by Alice M. Cahill of the Division of Library Extension, Massachusetts Depart- ment of Education, dated June 18, 1963, from which is
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culled the following recommendations on the physical plant: -
There should be:
1. An area for exclusive use of children. (there is no such space now)
2. Reading room for adults. (no separate room at present)
3. Reference room. (none)
4. An adequate circulation desk. (very inadequate now)
5. Work room space for staff. (no separate space now available)
6. Well arranged, easily accessible, well lighted book stacks with space for expansion. (a deplorable situation now exists)
7. Meeting room facilities, story hours, films, art exhibits, special projects. (none)
8. Staff room with facilities for heating food. (none)
9. Off street parking. (nothing now that can be used)
In working on the expansion program, the Cahill report, dealing as it does specifically with Duxbury was, quite naturally relied upon for guidance more than any other source. In addition members of the committee were provided with selected reading matter. Among these a recent publication by UNESCO, "The Small Pub- lic Library Building" by Galvin and Van Buren was especially helpful. A tabulation of recommendations from the Cahill report and from the UNESCO book will
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be found at the end as a supplement. Recommenda- tions and what is proposed for Duxbury are compared.
Another source of information and help came from visits to libraries recently built or now under construc- tion in townships in eastern Massachusetts.
(Townships visited by one or more members of the committee: - Kingston, Sandwich, Scituate, Cohasset, Hingham, Canton, Milton, Putterham Branch Library in Brookline, Lincoln, and Hyannis.)
In setting up the requirements of the program, cer- tain over-all determinations took shape from early graphic studies. It seemed obvious and logical that: -
Expansion should be an addition at the rear.
Parking to the right towards the west.
Children's wing at the rear with separate outside entrance.
Two new entrances - one from the school to the east the other from the parking lot to the west.
Existing building to remain intact as to exterior; restore main story internally to its original condi- tion, re-do basement to serve functional purposes.
II. The next job was the selection of an architect. We sought
a. A firm familiar with this type of problem.
b. A firm of outstanding ability and of a size which would assure individual attention on the part of the principals.
c. Some member of the firm living not too far distant to insure proper supervision.
From three final candidates meeting these condi-
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tions, after interviews and correspondence, we selected the firm of
Morehouse and Chesley, Architects - Lexington, Mass. (John Chesley is a resident of Scituate)
III. Step No. 3 was the working out of a solution of the program by the architects based on our stated requirements and prior determinations. This was carried out by the production of 5 sheets of preliminary draw- ings, outline specifications, and estimate of costs - com- pleted the last week of September.
The five preliminary drawings are: -
1. A perspective of the exterior
2. A plot plan at 1" = 20'
3. First floor plan -1/8" = 1' 0"
4. Basement floor plan at 1/8" = 1' 0"
5. Sections, 1/8" = 1' 0"
(Reproductions of #2, #3, and #4 are attach- ed to this report.)
Estimated cost to include the building of
A new addition
Renovation of existing building
New furnishings and equipment and including archi- tectural fee.
Preliminary estimate: - $213,095.00.
IV. The next step was the preparation of an applica- tion for Federal funds submitted Sept. 30 to the Massa- chusetts Department of Education, Division of Library Extension, the organization which is in charge of dis- bursements, after final approval.
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On account of the number of applications in excess of money available and as other libraries had priority by reason of geography, need, and town appropriations for community services, Duxbury has not been granted Federal Aid for 1966. In an interview with the person in charge, it was emphasized that there was no criticism of the plans presented and we have reason to be opti- mistic that a re-application will be approved next Fall.
The State Office of Library Extension strongly urges that the fiction volumes in the Library be properly cata- logued. They recommended that a trained student or recent graduate librarian from this area be employed for this task and your committee believes that this work should be started this Summer in the best interests of the Townspeople.
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