Town annual report of Chelmsford 1955, Part 9

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REPORT OF THE TAX COLLECTOR For the year ending December 31st, 1955


POLL TAXES 1954


Outstanding as per list January 1st 1955 $ 10.00


Taxes overpaid (Page 2 Line 36) 2.00


$ 12.00


Taxes abated by the Board of Assessors


$


12.00


$ 12.00


POLL TAXES 1955


Committed by Assessors Jan. 19, 1955 $ 952.00


Committed by Assessors Jan. 19, 1955 6,202.00


Committed by Assessors Jan. 31, 1955


2.00


Committed by Assessors Oct. 6, 1955


48.00


Taxes refunded after payment


10.00


$


7,214.00


Cash Paid Treasurer


$


5,938.00


Abated by the Board of Assessors


1,272.00


Refund of Refund after Payment


4.00


$


7,214.00


PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES 1954


Outstanding as per list January 1, 1955


$


5.40


$ 5.40


Cash paid Treasurer $ 5.40


$ 5.40


PERSONAL PROPERTY TAXES 1955


Committed by the Board of Assessors


May 6, 1955 $ 82,293.59


Refunded after payment


26.10


$ 82,319.69


Cash paid Treasurer


$ 78,179.94


Abated by the Board of Assessors 356.70


Outstanding as per list January 1, 1956


3,783.05


$ 82,319.69


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REAL ESTATE TAXES 1954


Outstanding as per list January 1, 1955


944.20


Taxes Refunded after payment 103.00


Tax overpaid .10


$


1,052.30


Cash paid Treasurer $


938.90


Taxes abated by the Board of Assessors


113.40


1,052.30 $


REAL ESTATE TAXES 1955


Committed by the Board of Assessors


$718,350.42


Refunded after payment


3,425.80


Taxes overpaid 42.70


$721,818.92


Cash paid Treasurer


$684,240.90


Abated by the Board of Assessors


25 245.21


Taxes outstanding as per list


12,332.81


$721,818.32


MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES 1954


Outstanding as per list January 1, 1955 $ 2,944.62


Committed by the Board of Assessors in 1955


2,829.93


Refunded after payment 762.16


Abatements cancelled 229.92


$ 6,766.65


Cash paid Treasurer


$


5,394.33


Abated by the Board of Assessors


1,372.30


$


6,766.63


MOTOR VEHICLE EXCISE TAXES 1955


Committed by the Assessors


(24 Committments) $127,235.35


Refunded after payment


8,972.68


$136,208.03


Cash paid Treasurer


$123,605.44


Abated by the Board of Assessors


9,748.99


Outstanding as per list January 1, 1956


2.763.60


$136,208.03


HAROLD C. PETTERSON


Collector of Taxes.


December 31, 1955


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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ASSESSORS


To the citizens of the Town of Chelmsford:


We submit herewith our Annual Report for the year ending De- cember 31, 1955.


TAX RATE $58.00 per $1,000.00


Value of Assessed Property Excluding


December Assessments


Value of Land, excluding Buildings $ 2,237,200.00


Value of Buildings, excluding Land 10,122,750.00


Total Value of Real Estate $12 359.950.00


Value of Tangible Personal Estate $ 1,418,855.00


Total Value of Real and Personal Estate $13,778.805.00


Value of Assessed Property, December Assessment


Real Estate $ 6,525.00


Personal Estate none


Value of All Assessed Property Excepting Automobiles in the Year 1955


Value of Land excluding Buildings $ 2,239,025.00


Value of Buildings excluding Land 10,127,450.00


Total Value of Real Estate $12,366.475.00


Value of Tangible Personal Estate $ 1,418.855.00 Total Value of All Assessed Property.


Excepting Automobiles


$13,785,330.00


Taxes Committed to Collector Excluding December Assessments Levy of 1955


Tax on Real Estate $ 716,877.10


Tax on Personal Estate 82,293.59


Tax on Polls, 3578 @ $2.00


7.156.00


Total


$


806,326.69


Taxes Committed To Collector December Assessments- Levy of 1955


Tax on Real Estate $ 378.45


Taxes on Personal Estate 00.00


Tax on Polls, 24 Polls @ $2.03


48.00


Total


$ 426.45


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All Taxes Excepting Automobile Excise Committed to Collector-Levy of 1955


Tax on Real Estate $ 717,255.55


Tax on Personal Estate 82,293.59


Tax on Polls, 3602 Polls $2.00 7,204.00


Total of all Real Estate, Personal and Poll Taxes Committed to Collector in 1955 $ 806,753.14


1955 RECAPITULATION


Town Appropriations:


(a) To be raised by Taxation $ 1,309.615.56


(b) To be taken from Available Funds 90,740.40


Debt and Interest Charges 630.24


Deficits Due to Abatements in Excess of


Overlay of Prior Years 1,618.33


Hurricane 36,491.70


State Tax and Assessment


3,656.73


County Tax and Assessment


29,549.24


Overlay of Current Year


24,965.05


Gross Amount to be raised


$ 1,497,267.25


Estimated Receipts and Available Funds


Income Tax


$ 93,635.26


Corporation Taxes


47,741.96


Old Age Tax (Meals) Chapter 64B, S 10


4,688.65


Motor Vehicle and Trailer Excise


104,700.00


Licenses


9,000.00


Fines


300.00


General Government


1,300.00


Protection of Persons and Property


1,700.00


Health and Sanitation


400.00


Highways


400.00


Charities


25,000.00


Old Age Assistance


90,000.00


Veterans' Services


5,000.00


Schools


27,000.00


Libraries


400.00


Cemeteries


4,100.00


Interest: on Taxes and Assessments-


Deposits


5,000.00


State Assistance for School Construction


44.437.15


Hurricane


32,842.53


Total Estimated Receipts $ 497,645.55


Overestimates County Tax


$


2,554.61


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Amount from Available Funds 190,740.40


Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds $ 690,940.56


Net Amount to be raised by taxation on Polls and Property


$ 806,326.69 Total Valuation :


Personal Property $ 1,418,855.00


At Tax Rate of


58.00 82,293.59


Total Valuation:


Real Estate


$12,359,950.00


At Tax Rate of


58.00 716,877.10


December Assessments


Total Valuation:


Personal


Property


none


Total Valuation:


Real Estate $ 6,525.00


At Tax Rate


58.00


378.45


Number of Polls, 24


@ $2.00


48.00


Total Taxes Levied on Polls and Property $ 806.753.14


Abatements of Poll, Personal and Real Estate Taxes in 1955


Levy of 1954


Polls


$ 12.00


Personal Property


0.00


Real Estate


113.40


Total


$ 125.40


Levy of 1955


Polls


$ 1,274.00


Personal Property


356.70


Real Estate


25,245.21


Total


$ 26,875.91


Number of Persons Assessed on


Pesonal Estate only


163


Number of Persons Assessed on Real Estate only


3,132


Number of Persons Assessed on


392


Both Personal and Real


.


Total number of Persons Assessed . . 3,687


Number of Polls, 3578 @ $2.00 $ 7,156.00


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Number of Horses assessed


93


Neat Cattle:


Cows


592


Yearlings, Bulls & Heifers, etc.


101


Number of Swine Assessed


112


Number of Sheep Assessed


27


Number of Fowl Assessed


34,855


All Other Animals Assessed


63


Number of Dwelling Houses Assessed


3,303


Number of Acres of Land Assessed


13,813.59


Motor Vehicle Excise Tax of 1955 Committed to Collector in 1955


Number of Vehicles Assessed


5,169


Total Valuation of Vehicles


Tax Committed to Collector


$ 2,672,179.00 $ 127,235.36


Excise Tax Rate in 1955-$53.37


Levy of 1954 Committed to Collector in 1955


Number of Vehicles Assessed 389


Total Valuation of Vehicles Assessed $ 195,170.00


Tax Committed to Collector $ 2,829.92


Excise Tax Rate in 1954-$51.86


Abatements of Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes


Levy of 1954 $ 1,372.30


Levy of 1955


9,748.99


Exempt Property 1955


Value of Land $ 161,574.00


Value of Buildings 2,178,000.00


Total Value of Exempt Property


$ 2,339,574.00


Area of Exempt Property 528.10 Acres


The regular meeting time of the Board of Assessors is on the first Tuesday of each month from 3:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.


Respectfully submitted WARREN WRIGHT JOHN J. DUNIGAN CLAUDE A. HARVEY


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REPORT OF THE WELFARE AGENT


During the past year 141 applications for assistance were made and after due investigation by Agent or Social Worker a total of 128 applications were approved and aid granted, 8 applications were denied due to ineligibilty and 3 withdrew voluntary, on January 1, 1956 two Old Age Assistance cases Were pending.


31 applications for Old Age Assistance were approved.


8 applications for Aid to Dependent Children were approved.


4 applications for Disability Assistance were approved.


86 cases were aided with funds from General Relief Program and were mostly of a temporary nature.


AID TO DEPENDENT CHILDREN Case load for 1954-21 for 66 persons Case load for 1955-21 for 68 persons 1954 1955


Expended (Cash and Medicals) $ 19,120.59 $ 16,470.95


OLD AGE ASSISTANCE


Cash and Material Grants Other


1954 1955


Cities and Towns $116,510.12


$119.387.97


23 cases are being aided in Convalescent Homes or receiving equivalent care in their own homes.


The following amounts were recovered from:


Leins


$ 21,132.83


Refunds


982.60


Mortgage Bonds


515.00


Childrens Contributions


111.00


Total recoveries


$ 22,741.43


WELFARE


Case Load for 1954-51 for 94 persons Case Load for 1955-29 for 56 persons


EXPENDED


1954


1955


1


Cash Grants


$ 10,560.80


$ 7,551.93


Material Grants


5,843.17


3,730.56


State Institutions


478.82


145.28


Other Cities and Towns


2,200.95


765.37


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DISABILITY ASSISTANCE


1954


1955


Case Load


15 15


1954


1955


Cash and Material Grants and


State Institutions $ 11,416.58 $ 12,524.45


I wish to take this opportunity to express my appreciation for the cooperation of The Board of Public Welfare and the staff of the Welfare Office.


Respectfully submitted,


ARTHUR COOKE, Agent


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REPORT OF THE CHELMSFORD LIBRARY TRUSTEES


To The Honorable Board of Selectmen:


The Chelmsford Library Trustees met monthly during the year of 1955, with meetings being held in the Adams and Mackay Libraries.


At the April meeting officers for the year were elected as follows:


Chairman: Marjorie B. Scoboria


Secretary: Roger P. Welch


Treasurer: Eustace B. Fiske


Purchasing Committee: Howard Smith, Miss Ethel Booth, Ray- mond S. Kroll, Miss Bertha Whitworth, Mrs. Lester Ball and Mrs. Edith Pickles.


Members of the Staff were appointed as follows:


Adams: Librarian: Mrs. Lester Ball


Assistants: Mrs. Edith Pickles, Mrs. Dorothy B. Greene


Clerk: Miss Linda Patton Janitor: Mr. Douglas Lane


Cleaning Woman: Miss Ducharme


Mackay: Librarian: Miss Bertha Whitworth Clerk: Miss Sylvia Ostman Janitor: Mr. Thomas Roach


Carrier to East: Mrs. Edward G. Russell


Mrs. Greene and Miss Patton left during the year and Miss May Files and Miss Judith Kroll were appointed to fill the vacancies.


During the year, repairs were made to doors, insulation, boiler room and roofs of both buildings. Work was started on the installa- tion of toilet facilities at the Adams.


A new typewriter, unabridged dictionary and stand, and a set of Comptons encyclopaedia were added at the Anna C. Mackay Memor- ial Library.


Yew trees, presented by the Chelmsford Garden Club, were planted in front of the Adanis Library during the Tercentenary celebration and the facilities of George Hall were used by the Ter- centenary Committee during the eventful program.


Exhibits displayed at the Adams Library during the year and their donors were as follows:


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January: Painted Trays-Mrs. William Howard Fulton


Feb. 1 to March 12: Old Cameras-Mr. Chester Runels (Lowell) March 12 to Apr. 15: History of Costume-Mrs. Lydwin Bat- chelder


April 15 to May 15: Stamps of the British Isles-Mr. Paul Spencer


May 15 to July 15: Antiques-Historical Society


July 15 to Sept. 15: Antiques-Historical Society


Sept. 15 to Nov. 1: Horsemanship-Silver Spurs Horse Club


Miss Kathryn Thomas and Miss Ann Whalen


Nov. 1 to Dec. 10: Souvenirs from Japan-Miss Rella Park and Mrs. Paul McLaughlin


Dec. 10 to Jan. 1: Craft Work-Mrs. Maxwell Carter


Dec. 12 to Dec. 23: Christmas Seals from Many Lands Middlesex Health Association


The Trustees, in closing, wish to express their appreciation to the residents, officials and town departments for their cooperation and assistance during the year.


Respectfully submitted,


ROGER P. WELCH,


Secretary


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REPORT OF THE ADAMS LIBRARY LIBRARIAN


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


The Adams Library is serving an increasing number of people each year. It is being used by more and more students from the High School and from other educational institutions.


Two groups of pupils from the elementary grades at Chelmsford Center visited the library during the past year. Mrs. Mary Manning came with the fourth grade in May and Miss Grace Taylor with the fifth grade in November.


In spite of counter attractions, people still read books. The circulation has increased again this year. The statistics follow:


Non-fiction


8,744


Fiction


22,655


Total circulation 31,399


Books purchased


425


New borrowers


340


Histories sold


18


Many of our friends have donated books and magazines. The donors were Mrs. Warren C. Lahue, the Lowell Wellesley Club, Mr. Thomas McCormack, Mrs. Clifford Foucar, Mr. Harold Brown, Mr. Joseph Gill, Mrs. Lillian Ryan, Mrs. Jean Connell, Miss Marjorie B. Scoboria, Mrs. Edith Brookie, Mrs. Edmund Ward, Mrs. Patricia Roberts, Miss Margaret Caddell, Mr. Raymond Kroll, Mrs. Maynard, Mr. George S. Wright.


Because of the tercentenary celebration in June much interest in Chelmsford history was evident during 1955, More than the usual number of histories were sold, not only to towns people but to others as well.


The original greeting sent to Chelmsford, Massachusetts from Chelmsford, England, has been framed and presented to the Adams Library.


As part of the celebration the Chelmsford Garden Club donated two yews which were planted, one at each side of the front steps.


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These were presented with an appropriate ceremony. Another acti- vity of the Garden Club has been the placing of flower arrangements in the reading room. These have added much to its attractiveness. The Christmas decorations were especially beautiful.


The exhibits in charge of Miss Marjorie B. Scoboria have been varied and of much interest.


In closing I thank the Trustees and all others who have helped in any way to make the past year friendly and worth while.


Respectfully submitted,


ADELAIDE W. BALL Librarian


January 1956


REPORT OF THE ANNA C. MACKAY MEMORIAL LIBRARY LIBRARIAN


To the Board of Selecmen:


Circulation:


Fiction


7,226


Non-fiction


1,552


Magazines


1,338


10,116


3


New books


412


New borrowers


114


Respectfully submitted,


BERTHA M. WHITWORTH Librarian


January 4, 1956


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REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT


Board of Selectmen Town Hall Chelmsford, Massachusetts


Gentlemen:


It is with pleasure that I submit my report of the activities of your fire department at the completion of the first year it has func- tioned under the system of the administration of a Fire Chief.


A program was inaugurated in the Fire Department this year for training the personnel, both permanent and callmen, that has proven to be of tremendous value. Drill periods were held every week under a schedule that enabled all firefighters to attend every two weeks. The instruction received was of the latest and of the most up-to-date meth- ods employed by leading firefighting forces.


A maintenance system was started in the department in the past year; whereby, all our minor repairs, testing and recording is being carried out by a department mechanic. All apparatus and equipment in all stations are checked every other day and the departinent mech- anic is available at all times.


Inspection of oil burning equipment, bottled gas installations and all other items that come under the control of the fire department are now being carried out in a most efficient manner.


Improved record facilities liave been instituted and a more closely knitted fire fighting and fire prevention organization is now in opera- tion.


Constant attendance at the telephone switchboard, radio transmit- ter and fire alarm headquarters by a permanent member of the department has been inaugurated since June 1st of 1955.


Another step in centralizing our fire alarm system by tieing the West Chelmsford alarm circuit into the alarm headquarters at 7 North Road has been started, but not completed at this date.


For the most part, all the foregoing improvements in the structure and operation of the Fire Department have been made possible by the


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four additional men that were authorized at the annual town meeting in March of 1955.


A decided increase in requests for services of the Fire Department is evidenced in the following record of alarms responded to by the Fire Department in 1955.


Automobile Accidents 5


Automobile Fires


27


Building Fires 64


Dump Fires


13


False Alarms - Malicious 3


False Alarms - Accidental 16


Grass & Brush Fires 154


Investigations 32


Out-of-Town Aid Given


8


Out-of-Town Aid Received


13


Resuscitator


8


Miscellaneous Calls 17


The following amounts of explosives of all classes, stored in maga- zines in the Town of Chelmsford are: Magazine No. 1, 46,000 lbs .; Magazine No. 2, 51,000 1bs .; Magazine No. 3, 4,500 lbs.


In the past year, through the splendid cooperation of the Police Department and the Office of State Fire Marshal, much has been ac- complished in the way of fire prevention and the proper disposition of cases of fires of suspicious origin that have occurred in Chelmsford. Court action where necessary has been ably carried out by the Chief of Police.


I shall take this opportunity to thank each and every member of the Fire Department, regardless of his position or duties, for making this record possible.


I also would like to publicly thank the Board of Selectmen and the personnel of all other departments for the splendid cooperation they have given to Fire Department in the year 1955.


Allan Kidder Fire Chief


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REPORT OF THE PARK COMMISSIONERS


To the Citizens of the Town:


It was indeed an honor for us, the members of the Park Com- mission, to have served our Town during the Tercentenary Celebra- tion. This was a small responsibility, but nevertheless it seemed important to us that the parks throughout the town look their very best during this occasion when so many out of town people would be paying us a visit.


The usual program of maintenance and general improvement was successfully carried out. Flowers were set out in the spring which bloomed through Memorial Day and the Tercentenary Cele- bration. The hedge around the Center Common which had long been a collector of leaves and rubbish was removed. A handsome Rock Maple tree was received as a gift from the Town of Billerica in con- nection with the celebration and was placed on the North Common through the courtesy of the Community Tree Service.


Again we extend our thanks to Morton Pickard and Harold Erik- sen for their continued faithful service.


Respectfully submitted,


A'. LOUIS BENNETT, Chairman BRADFORD O. EMERSON, Clerk RUSSELL GREENWOOD


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REPORT OF THE CIVILIAN DEFENSE


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen


Town of Chelmsford, Massachusetts


We, of the Civil Defense Commission, first want to thank the Board of Selectmen, the Chief of Police and the Chief of the Fire Depart- ment, and other public officials for the splendid co-operation we re- ceived during the year 1955.


We first want to discuss the problem of Civil Defense, not so much in terms of budgets, appropriations of money spent, but rather in terms of the internal organization of Town Government at all levels.


We may never entirely achieve the total objective we have in mind, but at least some effort in this direction will indeed improve our chances of achieving a reasonable state of civil defense preparedness.


While our townspeople understand and appreciate civil defense for the most part, the opportunity to translate this enthusiasm i .. to uction has too seldom been provided, only by a few loyal workers, too few indeed.


In order to emphasize our joint responsibilities, we have sought to organize the civil defense in a manner which should prove to be ef- fective to a great extent as the years go by. Our planning for the future will not be complete nor realistic if we point to our civil de- fense organization as a feeble appendage of the town government, rather than an intregated vital clement of planned administration.


We have met as a committee every week. on Thursday in the Center Fire House for the past year. A great deal of planning and thought as well as action has been the result. We now have the following supervis- ors. that have organized their seperate units and meet regularly. Plans and objectives are brought into effect by all these people, and they are the grass roots of the organization here in town,


Mr. Malcolm Bedell Mr. Stanley W. Eaton


Mr. Frederick Meehan, Sr.


Mr. Clarence DeCarteret


Mr. Frederick Meehan, Jr. Mr. Douglas Schliebus


Supervisor of Public Relations Supervisor of Public Health


Supervisor of Auxiliary Police Supervisor of Transportation & Heavy Equipment


Supervisor of Ground Observer Corps Supervisor of Communications


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We have been successful in obtaining matching funds from the State for equipment requested by the Fire and Police Departments. We have returned as a result in the year 1955, the amount of $1,452.14 to the town treasury. In order to obtain these matching funds, many hours of paper work, trips to Natick and Boston were necessary. This work was done by your commissioners in addition to the weekly meet- ings during the year.


Floods sweeping through the northeast United States in the dying hours of Hurricane Diane caused what one official described as "one of the biggest and toughest rehabilitation jobs since Noah". With damage unofficially estimated at more than a billion dollars, the floods were probably the costliest natural disaster in American history. Civil Defense is on record as having played an important part in rehabita- tion, evacuation, communications and many other phases of restoration of this terrible disaster. Let us hope that, we in Chelmsford, never have to experience the disaster or tragedy of such an occurence.


The need for an effective system of civil defense in the Town of Chelmsford is surely beyond dispute. It presents itself today in its noblest aspect, namely the Christian duty of helping fellow mortals in distress. Rescue, salvage, medical, communications, transportation and mass feeding have been the core of Civil Defense, and no family, no town or city, nor any honorable man or woman can repudiate this duty and accept from others help which they are not prepared to fit themselves to render in return.


The principles and purposes, sketchly outlined here, must be, in our judgement, the objectives through the coming months. We are optimistic about your reaction to them, confident of your willingness to support them, and certain of our success if you lend to the task your personal help and support in the year to come.


BERTRAM T. NEEDHAM, Director WILLIAM EDGE, Deputy Director CHARLES S. KOULAS, Deputy Director


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REPORT OF THE PLANNING BOARD


To the Citizens of the Town of Chelmsford:


Gentlemen:


The Planning Board was organized for the year 1955 with Charies D. Harrington as Chairman and Carl A. E. Peterson as Secretary-Clerk and with Harold C. Clayton, Jr., George S. Archer, Harold J. Pearson, George R. Dupee and Claude J. Harvey as members. Charles D. Harring- ton and Claude J. Harvey were newly elected members in 1955; Mr. Harrington taking the place of Arnold C. Perham and Mr. Harvey fill- ing the unexpired term of John L. Dusseault who had served the Board as Chairman for several years.


The Board held thirty-one meetings during the year. There were eleven hearings on subdivisions and four hearings on zoning. There were also various approvals of subdivisions on which previous hearings had been held.


Under authorization by a vote of the 1955 Town Meeting, the Board engaged Nord W. Davis of Shirley, Land Planner, for the purpose of submitting a new Zoning By-Law to the Town including various types of residential zones as well as business and industrial zones. When the new Zoning By-law is finally drafted, the Board will submit its pro- posals under the guidance and recommendations of the Town Planner to the citizens of the Town by means of informal public hearings as well as the required legal notices before submission to the voters at a Town Meeting.


It has been emphasized previously in Planning Board Reports that the trend from the city to the suburbs has added greatly to the prob- lems of the Town and the Planning Board. The Board believes that, if the Town is to continue to grow in an orderly, scientific and health- ful manner, greater emphasis should be given to long range planning.


The Planning Board is very grateful for the cooperation of the Town Officials and the citizens of the Town.


Respectfully submitted,


Charles D. Harrington, Chairman


Carl A. E. Peterson, Secretary-Clerk


Harold C. Clayton, Jr.


George S. Archer Harold J. Pearson


George R. Dupee


Claude J. Harvey


Chelmsford Planning Board


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REPORT OF THE BOARD OF APPEALS


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen


Town of Chelmsford


Gentlemen:


The Board of Appeals received thirty-four applications for vari- ance during the year 1955. It was the largest number of applications received in the history of the department. For each application a filing fee of $10.00 is received and the Board turned over to the Treasurer $340.00 during the year. This sum assists the town a great deal in lowering the cost to the taxpayers of this service.


The disposition of the various applications follow:


Total number withdrawn 1


Total number granted 22


Total number denied 9


Total number pending as of Dec. 31st for disposition during 1956 2


-


Total of applications 34


The members of the Board of Appeals, Charles Egerton, Chair- man, Louis L. Hannaford, Jr., Raymond J. Greewood, Willis E. Buck- ingham, Richard B. Carr and alternate Paul W. O'Neil, wish to extend their appreciation to the Board of Selectmen and other town officials as well as the townspeople for their cooperation and assist- ance during the year in carrying out the duties of this important service to the residents of Chelmsford.




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