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In the Aid to Dependent Children category, we were aiding only four cases at the end of 1957, the smallest case load since 1932. As a result we will be able to decrease our appropriation for 1958.
While we are only aiding four cases at the end of 1957, under the Disability Assistance program, one case is a very expensive one. We will, however, be able to reduce our appropriation in 1958.
General Relief has been quite light during 1957, but in Novem- ber there was some unemployment, which may affect our 1958 budgets.
Our total appropriation for all forms of public assistance, other than veterans' aid, will be $98,140, but the Commonwealth of Massachusetts will return about $56,000, which will go into Free Cash.
We wish, at this time, to thank all citizens and private organizations who have assisted our department, and contributed to the welfare of our citizens.
Respectfully submitted, Sidney P. White, Chairman Stafford A. Lindsay William V. Emmons
Arthur W. Cole, Welfare Agent
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Report of Trustees of Spring Grove Cemetery
The Trustees of Spring Grove Cemetery submit their Annual Report for the year of 1957.
During the year we had 66 interments and sold 19 lots, all of which are under perpetual care. From the sale of these lots and from 7 perpetual care contracts secured on old lots we turned over to the Town Treasurer $3773. These moneys are deposited by the Treasurer in a special fund, now amounting to $126,078. and the income from this is used to reduce the cost to the Town of operating the Cemetery. The income from these funds amounted to $3420.28 in 1957.
A total of $3431.42 was received from the sale of lots, interments, sale of vaults, care of lots, monument found- ations and other services furnished by the Cemetery. The general income and the investment income totalled $6852.85 that was returned to the Town this year. Because of this, although $21269 was appropriated at the Town Meeting, the actual cost .of operating the Cemetery to the Town was $14,416. We do not believe it is generally realized that 80% of our appropriation goes for the payment of wages.
During the year we added 588 feet to our hard-surfaced roads. We now have a year-round usable road circling the Cemetery with connections to both entrances. Many of these roads had quite steep slopes and the reduction in maintenance costs from washouts on them is noticeable. We plan to have future extensions of this type, mainly on the steepest grades to continue this cost reduction .. The new road across the railroad uniting the two sides of the Cemetery is nearly completed and is now in use. We plan next year to open a connecting road into our Plate Section so this also will be accessible on a hard surfaced road. The walls of the addition to the garage have been erected and we hope to complete this in 1957. Half of the brook going through the east side had to be put in pipe because of the collapsing of the retaining walls and we plan to complete the remainder of this during the coming year.
Fred E. Cheever, Chairman Albert E. Curtis, Secretary Malcolm E. Lundgren William D. McIntyre Irving J. Whitcomb
Trustees of Spring Grove Cemetery
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Office of Veterans' Service
As we submit this annual report on Veterans' Services and Rehabilitation, we come to the end of the first year under the new rules and regulations governing the Service- mens' Indemnity and Social Security Benefits. During the year the income to local veterans and their dependents from outside sources, such as Compensation, Pension, Insu- rance, Retirement and Allotments amounted to $54,691.99. Without these State and Federal monetary allowances, our local expenditures for direct aid to our needy veterans would have been greatly increased.
The case load for the year covering only personal conferences, consultations and filing of applications of various forms was as follows:
Allotments and Allowances-137, Bonus Applications-44, Burials-19, Compensations-40, Employment-39, Education and Job Training-158, Hospitalization-77, Housing-49, Insu- rance-37, Loans (VA)-16, Medical and Dental-83, Photosta- tic Copies of Discharge Papers and other Records-659, Pensions-92, Social Security-41, Vital Statistics-125 and Miscellaneous Categories-376.
Deaths during the year were Spanish War-1, World War One-12, World War Two-5 and Korean Campaign-1.
The normal let down in employment during December was somewhat higher this year, which added new, but temporary, recipients to our rolls. Medical and hospital bills have steadily increased and will continue to do so each year, as the veterans' families increase and the veterans' pa- rents reach the age of 65 with insufficient income to meet the necessities of life.
We wish to thank all local Veterans Organizations, the Red Cross Chapter, Andover Charitable Organizations and the Board of Selectmen for their understanding sympa- thy and ever ready cooperation to assist us in bringing relief and aid to our veterans and their dependents in need.
Respectfully submitted,
Sydney P. White, Chairman Stafford A. Lindsay, Secretary Dr. William Emmons
Francis P. Markey, Agent Office of Veterans Services
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Ninth Annual Report of the Andover Housing Authority
The Authority this year was confronted mostly with maintenance and repair problems and housing for the elderly.
Repairs to concrete steps and asphalt walks, insulating. around the chimney in apartment 11, and to the heating plant were done this year. The problems ahead will be a heating survey, correction of steam escaping to vacum pumps, sewer line correction and replacement of storm doors.
After a great deal of study given to housing for the elderly the Andover Housing Authority concluded that there was an apparent need for this type of housing. It was voted to insert appropriate articles in the Annual Town Warrant asking the town to approve the erection of a Project 667 in Andover.
In the Chapter 200 Project, there are Fifty Six tenants and all apartments are occupied, with a substantial waiting list.
There has been eleven families that moved from the Project and three that moved to larger apartments within the Project this year.
The payment to the Town of Andover in lieu of taxes for the year 1957 was $ 1,876.00.
The members of the Andover Housing Authority as of December 31, 1957 are as follows:
George Noury, Chairman
Roy A. Russell, Vice Chairman
Thomas R. Wallace, Treasurer Thomas P. Eldred, Assistant Treasurer
Edward D. Johnston, Assistant Secretary
Ernest N. Hall, Executive Director and Secretary
James E. Manning, Manager
A balance sheet and statement of operations for the period ending December 31 is attached.
Respectfully Submitted
Ernest N.Hall Executive Director
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ANDOVER HOUSING AUTHORITY
PROJECT 200-1
BALANCE SHEET - December 31, 1957
Assets
Cash - Andover Savings Bank
$ 7,513.13
Cash - Essex Savings Bank
3,223.89
Cash - Administration Fund
14,444.60
Cash - Security Deposit Fund
920.00
Accts. Receivable - Tenants
$ 26,101.62 152.70 8,638.96
Debt Service Fund - 2nd Bank - State St. Trust Co.
Debt Service Trust Fund
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688.60
Investments
10,000.00
Investment- Debt Service Trust Fund - 2nd Bank --- State
1.000.00
Prepaid Insurance
527.09
Development Costs
$626,000.00
Less; Devel. Cost Liquidation
53,000.00
Total Assets
573,000.00 #520,108.97
Liabilities, Reserves, & Surplus
Liabilities
Income Tax Withholdings
$ 48.07
Pension Fund Deductions
17.00
Accrued Pilot
140.00
Matured Interst & Principal
11,291.26
$ 11,496.33
Tenants' Security Deposits
920.00
Tenants' Prepaid Rents
171.50
Bonds Authorized
$626,000.00
Less: Bonds Retired
53,000.00
573,000.00
Reserves
Debt Service Reserve
$11,448.01
Unamortized Bond Prem.
1,688.60
Reduction of Annual Contribution
994.35
Operating Reserve (See Schedule #2)
12,193.09
Surplus - Current Year
26,324.05 $ 8,197.09
Total Liabilities, Reserves, & Surplus
$620,108.97 .
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Board of Appeals Report
To the Board of Selectmen:
The Board of Appeals under the Zoning By-Law of the Town of Andover has the following members: James S. East- ham, Chairman, term expiring May 1, 1958; Edward P. Hall, Secretary, term expiring May 1, 1960; and Alfred W. Fuller, term expiring May 1, 1959; and three associate members, Hugh Bullock, Leon A. Field and Walter C. Tom- linson, all of whose terms expire May 1, 1958.
During the year 1957, the twenty-second year of the Zoning By-Law, the Board decided sixty cases as follows:
Petition of Raymond A. Hoyer and Mary J. Hoyer, de- cided on January 25, for a variance to permit the opera- tion of a dog kennel on the northwest corner of Wildwood Road and the Andover By Pass. Denied (2 to 1)
Petition of Herbert F. Rines, decided on January 25, for a variance to permit a subdivision of land on Smith Circle relocating lot lines on a recorded plan. Granted
Petition of Andover Country Club, decided on March 4, for a permit to remove for sale sand and gravel from land between the end of Canterbury Street and Beacon Street. Granted
Petition of Board of Public Works, decided on March 4, for a permit to remove sand and gravel from land on the west side of Haggett's Pond. Granted
Petition of Hervey W. Croteau and Wilfred Croteau, decided on March 4, for permission to remove for sale sand and gravel from land at 180 Beacon Street. Granted
Petition of Chester D. Abbott, decided on March 11, for permission to remove for sale sand and gravel from land east of the Boston & Maine Railroad tracks off Andover Street. Granted
Petition of John L. Cyr, decided on March 11, for permission to remove for sale sand and gravel from property on the east side of Beacon Street next to the Lawrence-Andover town line. Granted
Petition of John L. Cyr, decided on March 11, for permission to remove for sale sand and gravel from land on the west side of Woburn Street near the Andover- Wilmington town line. Denied
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Petition of John L. Cyr, decided on March 11, for per- mission to remove for sale sand and gravel from property south of the intersection of Rattlesnake Hill Road and Old County Road near Foster's Pond. Granted
Petition of George R. Cairns and Loretta R. Cairns, decided on March 11, for a permit to remove for sale ex- cess materials consisting of sand and gravel from land west of the end of Cornell Avenue and Shawsheen Heights. Granted
Petition of Chester D. Abbott, decided on March 11, for permission to remove for sale sand and gravel from land at 3 Andover Street. Denied
Petition of Alexander H. Henderson, decided on March 11, for permission to remove for sale sand and gravel from land north of Central Street. Granted
Petition of James Bateson, Jr. and Mary K. Bateson, decided on March 11, for permission to remove for sale sand and gravel from land on the southwest side of Cutler Road and along Old County Road. Granted
Petition of John F. Foster and William P. Foster, decided on March 11, for a permit to remove for sale sand and gravel from land south and in the rear of 96 Central Street. Granted
Petition of Alcide J. LeGendre and Beatrice LeGendre, decided on March 11, for a variance to permit a sub- division of land at 136 Chestnut Street resulting in lots not having the required frontages and areas. Denied
Petition of Albert G. Carlson and Gertrude A. Carlson, decided on March 11, for a permit to convert a single family residence at 11 Shawsheen Road into a two apart- ment house. Granted
Petition of Hovsep Vartabedian and Baysar Vartabedian, decided on March 18, for a permit to remove for sale sand and gravel from land on the south side of Bellevue Road near Haggett's Pond. Granted
Petition of Edna S. Grover and Dorothy M. Andrews, decided on March 18, for a variance to permit the opera- tion of an antique business at the southeast corner of Center and Tewksbury Streets. Granted
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Petition of Joseph Cardella. and Rose M. Cardella, do- cided on March 18, for a permit to convert a one family house at 6 Punchard Avenue into a two family house. Granted
Petition of Ralph A. Kimball and Armand J. Ratte, de- cided on March 18, for a permit to remove for sale sand, gravel and loam from land on the west side of Argilla Road. Granted
Petition of Sarkis Krikorian, decided on April 15, for a permit to remove for sale sand and gravel from property on the southwest side of Gleason Street. Granted
Petition of Roger C. Davideit, decided on April 15, for a variance to permit the removal of a home onto a parcel of land between the present location of High Plain Road and the new location of State Highway Route 28: Granted
Petition of Frederick 0. Davideit, decided on April 22, for a permit to remove for sale sand and gravel from land on High Plain Road east of the new location of State Highway Route 28. Granted
Petition of Arthur Tisbert, Jr. and Olivine Tisbert, decided on April 22, for a permit to remove for sale sand and gravel west of Greenwood Road on both sides of the new location of State Highway Route 28. Granted
Petition of Henry Bailey Estate, decided on April 22, for a permit to remove for sale sand and gravel from land west of Greenwood Road on both sides of the new location of State Highway Route 28. Granted
Petition of Sarkis Krikorian, decided on April 22, for a permit to remove for sale sand and gravel from property on the southwest corner of the intersection of Gleason Street and High Plain Road. Granted
Petition of Fred E. Cheever, decided on April 29, for a variance to permit a subdivision of land on the north side of Summer Street resulting in a lot with less than the required area. Granted
Petition of Robert Van Coppenolle, decided on April 29, for a permit to remove for sale loam from property at 90 North Street. Granted
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Petition of Peter B. Olney, Jr. and Elinor P. Olney, decided on May 13, for a permit to convert a garage with a single family dwelling at 79 Shawsheen Road into a five- room apartment and a two-stall garage. Denied
Petition of Development Corporation of Andover decided on June 3, for a permit to remove for sale sand and gravel from land located on Gleason Street, High Plain Road and Greenwood Road. Granted
Petition of Martin Cornel and Lorraine S. Cornel, de- cided on June 3, for a variance to permit the location of a single family dwelling on a lot off Salem Street with no frontage on any street. Denied
Petition of Lawrence Construction Company, decided on June 3, for permission to remove for sale gravel and fill from property in the area northeast of the junction of Lowell and Lincoln Streets. Granted
Petition of Augustine J. Connolly and Helen M. Connolly decided on June 3, for a variance to permit extension of the side porch of their residence at 25 Avon Street to a point 8 feet from the lot line. Denied
Petition of William R. Thomas, Jr. and Dolores J. Thomas, decided on June 3, for a variance to permit a re- location of the west boundary line of a lot on the south side of Rocky Hill Road. Granted
Petition of The Lanam Club, Inc., decided on June 10, for permission to maintain a private club at 260 Main Street. Granted
Petition of Francis P. Viera and Juanita M. Viera, de- cided on July 29, for permission to erect a private green- house across the street from 119 Andover Street. Granted
Petition of Richard C. Simmers, decided on July 29, for a permit to subdivide property at 93-95 North Main Street into two lots with less than the required areas and frontages .. Granted
Petition of Herbert F. Rines, decided on July 29, for a variance to permit a further subdivision of land on Smith- shire Estates. Granted
Petition of Merrimack Mutual Fire Insurance Company, decided on July 29, for a variance to permit the parking of automobiles on vacant land on the easterly side of
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North Main Street.
Denied
Petition of Colombo & Sons Creamery Association, Inc. decided on August 19, for permission to construct a small addition to its dairy at 99 Argilla Road. Granted
Petition of Allen T. Perry and Norma A. Perry, decided on August 19, for a permit to convert a single residence on Ballardvale Road into a two-apartment house. Denied
Petition of The Wardens and Vestry of Christ Church, decided on August 19, for a permit to convert a single family residence at 25 Central Street into a twooapart- ment house. Granted
Petition of Andover JEM Realty Corporation, decided on August 19, for a variance to add a porch, breezeway and garage to a residence on the northeasterly side of Brown Street to a point nearer than 50 feet to the street line. Granted
Petition of Caroline Peterof, decided on September 5, for a variance to permit the removal of her home to a lot on the north side of Chandler Road with less than the required frontage. Granted
Petition of Frederick 0. Davideit, decided on Septem- ber 5, for a variance to permit a subdivision of property on the north side of High Plain Road resulting in a lot with less than the required frontage. Granted
Petition of Ernest Couture, decided on September 5, for a variance to permit the operation of a gasoline service station at 128 Lowell Street. Denied
Petition of James Bateson, Jr. and Mary K. Bateson, decided on September 16, for permission to erect a five- stall garage for business purposes on property at 221 Argilla Road. Denied (2 to 1)
Petition of Doris Bacon, decided on September 16, for a permit to erect a modern gasoline service station on the southwest corner of South Main Street and Rattle- snake Hill Road in substitution for an existing station. Granted
Petition of De Jon Realty Trust, decided on September 16, for a permit to remove for sale loam, sand, gravel, quarried stone and other materials from land north of Andover Street. Denied
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Petition of Board of Public Works, decided on Septem- ber 16, for a permit to remove sand and gravel from land owned by the Town of Andover on the west side of Red Spring Road.
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Petition of Teresa R. Gleason, decided on September 16, for a variance to permit a subdivision of land on the east side of Woodland Road resulting in a lot with less than the required, frontage. Granted
Petition of Carmelo Cultrera and Josephine Cultrera, decided on September 16, for permission to build a single- stall garage at the corner of Woodcliff Road and Rock Ridge Road ten feet from the lot line. Granted
Petition of Robert B. Sawyer, decided on November 18, for a permit to convert a lodging house at 4 Locke Street into an apartment house. Granted
Petition of Munro Leaf, decided on December 9, for a variance to permit the building of a single family resi- dence with private garage on a lot of land on the north side of Salem Street with less than the required frontage. Granted
Petition of W. Verne Porter, decided on December 9, for a variance to permit a subdivision of land at 139 Chestnut Street resulting in lots with less than the re- quired frontages. Denied
Petition of Joseph E. Burns and Eleanor M. Burns, de- cided on December 9, for permission to build a breezeway and single-stall garage at the corner of Brookfield Road and Fox Hill Road nearer than 20 feet to the street line. Granted
Petition of Fred McCollum, decided on December 9, for a variance to permit a subdivision of land on the east side of Lincoln Street resulting in a lot with less than the required frontage and area. Granted
Petition of William F. D'Annolfo, decided on December 16, for a variance to permit the moving of two boundary lines of two lots of an existing subdivision of land on the east side of South Main Street and approximately 400 to 500 feet south of the intersection of Rocky Hill Road and South Main Street. Granted
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Petition of Richard D. Lindsay, decided on December 17, for a modification of the restrictions imposed by the Board of Appeals in its decision of March 12, 1956, granting a permit to maintain an animal hospital on the north side of Lowell Street near Cutler Road. Granted
Petition of George F. Dufton and Virginia R. Dufton, decided on December 17, for a permit to add an 8-apartment building to an apartment house at 7 Argyle Street. Denied
Respectfully submitted,
James S. Eastham, Chairman Edward P. Hall, Secretary Alfred W. Fuller
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Planning Board Report
During 1957, the Planning Board considered a total of 10 subdivision plans; preliminary plans showed a total of 108 house lots at this first stage.
Definitive subdivision plans numbered 9 and showed a total of 86 house lots. The Planning Board approved these 9 plans, with restrictions, to be lifted only when adequate bond is posted or until the utilities are com- pleted to the satisfaction of the Board as provided by law. The house lots, broken down by precinct are as follows :
PRECINCT
NO. OF LOTS 8
1
2
8
3
9
22
5
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Total
86
One preliminary plan, containing 22 house lots, (Precinct 4) never reached the definitive stage.
The Planning Board signed 60 plans "believed not to require the approval of the Planning Board" i.e. plans of lots on accepted streets or changes in existing lots. Of the sixty plans signed, 24 plans were involved as follows :
Perimeter plans 4
Landtaking plans
7
Re-location plans 2
Landcourt plans 5
Lot line changes
6
24
The remaining 36 plans contained house lots broken down by precinct as follows :
PRECINCT
NO. OF LOTS
1
2
2
2
3
2
4
32
5
8
24
Total
70
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The number of new lots approved for building purposes in the year 1957, totalled 156.
There were 117 building permits signed by the Plan- ning Board in 1957.
The Board held a total of 12 public hearings; nine for subdivisions and three for zoning changes. In Feb- ruary, 1957, at the request of the Board of Selectmen, the Planning Board held a hearing for amending the article concerning "gravel pits".
On September 10th, 1957, public hearings were held for the zoning changes that were to appear in the warrant of the Special Town Meeting, September 16th, 1957. These articles were withdrawn by the Board.
At their meeting of October 23rd, 1957, the Planning Board unanimously adopted the suggestion to hold informal regional hearings to help the citizens understand the reasoning and need behind the re-zoning of certain areas. Hearings were then scheduled to take place in different parts of town; the first in West Andover on November 26th, the second in Ballardvale on December 11th and the final one taking place in the Central Auditorium on January 8th, 1958. From the many suggestions and comments compiled from the notes taken from these meetings, the Planning Board was guided in preparing their final articles for the forthcoming town meeting.
The Planning Board has met with the Industrial Committee, School Committee, Board of Trade and the Board of Selectmen to discuss their various problems and to lend assistance whenever required.
A large 6 x 12 foot map of the town, showing all streets, subdivisions, utilities, ponds, swamp areas, waterways and all other major features of the town has been ordered and is in preparation. Upon completion, this map will be posted in the Planning Board office for the use of the Board members and the public.
The contract between the Town of Andover and the Planning & Renewal Associates, under the Urban Renewal Plan, terminated, July 1st, 1957. The Proposed General Plan for the town has been abridged in booklet form so that the residents of the town may read and foresee some of the long range planning so necessary for the preserva-
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tion of Andover as the attractive town it now is. The need for public interest and concern becomes evident as the report unfolds the problems that must be faced and the many obstacles to be overcome as Andover continues to expand.
Anyone wishing further detailed information may call at the Planning Board office and view the detailed maps and documents that are available to the public at all times.
Mr. Preble continued his service to the Board as its engineer.
Mr. Lee E. Noyes, elected Chairman of the Board, both in 1956 and 1957, informed the members that he would not seek re-election.
Mr. John N. Cole,2nd Was elected to the Planning Board in March, 1957 for a five year term.
Respectfully submitted,
Lee E. Noyes Virginia H. Hammond Donald S. Thompson Fredric S. 0'Brien John N. Cole, 2nd
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Report of Recreation Committee
PLAYGROUND'S
The Central, Ballardvale, Indian Ridge, North Dis- trict and Shawsheen Playgrounds carried the usual program as in former years with The Annual Picnic at Canobie Lake and the Field Day at Central again being occasions of a nice get-to-gether of the children from all sections of town. The attendance on all the playgrounds showed & marked increase over former years. In 1958 we hope to re- open the West Center play area and the folks in the vicin- ity of Cuba Street have requested the razing of the Indian Ridge School, the bulldozing of the land and the erection of a small recreation building, similar to the one in Bal- lardvale. These requests will come before the next town meeting under special articles. The Indian Ridge Play- ground is now very poor and hazardous and we believe this area should have suitable and adequate recreational facil- ities.
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