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542.00
89,441.09
Reserved for Petty Cash
175.00
Surplus Revenue (E.&D. Acct)
468,916.68
Total Assets
$1,612,867.44
Total Liabilities and Reserves
$1,612,867.44
Debt Accounts
Net Funded or Fixed Debt:
Inside Debt Limit -
General
$ 746,000.00
Serial Loans :
Inside Debt Limit -
General
Fire Stations
$
21,000.00
Outside Debt Limit -
General
3,265,000.00
Schools
655,000.00
Highway Garage
70,000.00
$ 746,000.00
Outside Debt Limit - General
School
$3,265,000.00
Total Net Funded or Fixed Debt
$4,011,000.00
Total Serial Loans
$4,011,000.00
Trust Accounts
Trust and Investment Funds:
In Custody of Library Trustees:
Library Funds :
Frances Clark $ 542.99
Joseph Warren 593.14
Adams-Emerson 75.00
Selina G. Richardson 200.00
A. H. Davis
354.15
Aaron George Cemetery Care
1,080.85
George Memorial Hall
2,248.87
Cash and Securities :
In custody of Library Trustees --------- $ 46,270.32
In custody of
Board of Selectmen 210.92
In custody of Sinking Fund Commissioners ---- 53,214.57
In custody of Veterans' Emerg. Fund Committee 3,429.67*
In custody of
Town Treasurer
103,532.08
A. F. Adams 12,126.44
Mary P. Proctor 11,821.01
Charles B. Flint 1,774.56
Clement 8,597.49
Nathan B. Edwards 961.74
Victor E. Edwards 1,070.94
General Fund
4,823.14
$ 46,270.32
In Custody of Selectmen: Emma Gay Varney Playground 210.92
In Custody of Sinking Fund Commissioners: Insurance Investment Fund 53,214.57
In Custody of Veterans'
Emergency Committee: Emergency Fund 3,429.67*
In Custody of Town Treasurer:
Stabilization Fund-General $ 867.06
Roby Cemetery Fund 123.99
Adams-Emerson Cemetery Care Fund 278.76
Cemetery Perpetual Care
Bequest Fund 92,183.57
Stabilization Fund -
Fire Equipment
10,078.70
103,532.08
Total Trust and Investment Funds $ 206,657.56
* This amount does not include $236.38 in General Fund.
Total Trust and Investment Funds $ 206,657.56
* This amount does not include $236.38 in General Fund.
Balance 12/31/60
New Funds & Income
Payments
Balance 12/31/61
Custody of Library Trustees:
Frances Clark
$ 521.93
$ 21.06
$
$ 542.99
Joseph Warren
1,141.81
43.21
591.88
593.14
Adams-Emerson
299.34
11.30
235.64
75.00
S. G. Richardson
416.90
15.75
232.65
200.00
A. H. Davis
340.41
13.74
354.15
A. George Cemetery Care
1,123.33
42.52
85.00
1,080.85
George Memorial Hall
2,723.63
100.24
575.00
2,248.87
A. F. Adams
11,593.75
532.69
12,126.44
Mary B. Proctor
11,357.10
463.91
11,821.01
Charles W. Flint
1,902.55
72.01
200.00
1,774.56
Clement
8,129.93
467.56
8,597.49
N. B. Edwards
926.68
35.06
961.74
V. E. Edwards
1,029.38
41.56
1,070.94
General Funds
4,635.92
187.22
4,823.14
Custody of Town Treasurer:
Stabilization Fund - General
833.40
33.66
867.06
Stabilization Fund - Fire Equipment
5,125.01
7,653.70
2,700.01
10,078.70
Robey Cemetery Fund
119.49
4.50
123.99
Adams-Emerson Cemetery Care
268.62
10.14
278.76
Cemetery Perpetual Care Bequests
85,880.37
10,303.20
4,000.00
92,183.57
Custody of Sinking Fund Commissioners:
Insurance Investment Fund
50,581.24
2,633.33
53,214.57
Custody of Veterans' Emergency Committee:
3,300.96
128.71
3,429.67*
Custody of Board of Selectmen:
203.00
7.92
210.92
Emma Gay Varney Playground Fund
$192,454.75
$ 22;822.99
$ 8,620.18
$206,657.56
December 31, 1961
TRUST AND INTEREST ACCOUNT
* This amount does not include $236.38 which is in General Cash Fund.
Veterans' Emergency Fund
DEBT STATEMENT
Construction
Interest
Outstanding 12/31/60
Paid in
Outstanding 12/31/61 $ 310,000.00
Principal Due in 1962 $ 30,000.00
Due in 1962
North School
1.70%
$ 340,000.00
$ 30,000.00
$ 5,015.00
Center Fire House
2.10%
20,000.00
5,000.00
15,000.00 380,000.00
5,000.00
315.00
Center School
2.70%
435,000.00
55,000.00
55,000.00
10,260.00
North Fire House
3.25%
7,000.00
1,000.00
6,000.00
1,000.00
195.00
High School #1
3.50%
850,000.00
50,000.00
800,000.00
50,000.00
27,125.00
High School #2
3.20%
1,570,000.00
90,000.00
1,480,000.00
90,000.00
45,920.00
Highway Garage
3.40%
75,000.00
5,000.00
70,000.00
5,000.00
2,295.00
Boston Road School
3.50%
950,000.00
50,000.00
32,375.00
$3,297,000.00
$ 236,000.00
$4,011,000.00
$ 286,000.00
$ 123,500.00
Interest
Loan
Rate
1961
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POLICE DEPARTMENT Ralph J. Hulslander, Chief
To The Honorable Board of Selectmen Town of Chelmsford
Gentlemen:
I hereby submit my report of the Police Department and Roster for the year ending December 31, 1961.
Chief of Police Ralph J. Hulslander
Sergeants
Raymond E. Harmon Basil J. Larkin
Richard F. Campbell
Leslie H. Adams, Jr.
Patrolmen
Allan H. Adams
Thomas A. Palmer
Charles H. Hadley
Donald J. Butler
Walter W. Edwards, Jr. Louis J. Capodilupo
James J. Kerrigan
Peter F. Fitts
William A. Anderson
Robert E. Germann
Barnard L. George
Edwin R. Hodgson John P. Campbell
John J. Bell
Intermittent Patrolmen
Henry F. Mullen
Ronald E. Leach John B. Sousa
Robert F. McAndrew
Pennryn D. Fitts
Frank Baran
William L. Reid
Henry R. McEnany
William F. McAllister
James F. Midgley
John J. O'Rourke
Robert G. Peterson
Intermittent Policewoman Christina N. Park
Crimes Against Person 22
Crimes Against Property
39
Crimes Against Public Order 171
Total 232
DISPOSITIONS - Released, 18; Fined, 88; House of Correction, 9; Turned over to Lowell, 22; Probation, 42; Dismissed, 5; Not Guilty, 7; House of Correction (Susp.), 2; No Bill, 2; Filed, 25; Turned over to Newton Police Dept., 1; Bridgewater State Farm, 2; Indef. term Concord, 1; Turned over to Bedford, 1; Turned over to Lawrence, 2; Middlesex County School, 1; Fernald School, 2; Worcester State Hospital, 1; Returned to Bedford Veterans Hospital, 1 ;- Total 232.
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Statistics of the Police Department for the year 1961. Number of Accidents and Persons claiming injuries in 1961 .- January, 40, Injured 23, Fatal 1; February, 31, Injured 19; March, 27, Injured 19; April, 28, Injured 26; May, 19, Injured 20; Fatal 1; June, 23, Injured 17; July, 17, Injured 11; August, 26, Injured 14; Sept., 23, Injured 19; Fatal 1; October, 23, Injured 15; November, 26, Injured 29; December, 44, Injured 30. Total accidents, 327; Injured 242, Fatals 3.
Police answered 3,333 calls in 1961, served 532 summons for out of Town Police Departments, recovered 20 Stolen Cars, business places found unlocked 97, number of arrests, 232. The three cruisers patrolled 194,767 miles in 1961. 106 Motorist Licenses were suspended for motor vehicle violations.
The year 1961 has been a very busy year for your Police Department as you can see by the preceding Statistics. As the Town grows a greater demand is placed on the department for various services, in particular the number of homes to be checked when the residents are on vacation has grown at a rapid rate. This is a very important phase of police work and I urge all residents to notify the Police Department when they are leaving for vacation, so that we may better serve you.
Road construction on Routes 3 and 495 has been completed with the exception of the section of 495 that crosses Carlisle and Gorham Streets. The opening of Route 3 North of the Rotary at Drum Hill which by-passes Vinal Square brought a welcome relief from the many traffic problems we have encountered the past few years in this busy square.
Additional man power will be needed this coming year, due to the many more streets to patrol, increase in business establishments, new homes and another new school this year, the number of calls for our services are increasing each year. Our arrests are on the increase as well as the time we have to spend on investigations. If we do not ask for and receive the additional men needed we are spreading the line too
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thin, as we are unable to put the time in on many of our investigations that should be due to many times having to leave an investigation to answer an accident call or some other call of an emergency nature. Many new business places have been built during the past year and requires a lot of attention by the night patrols, less and less time is spent on routine patrolling on our town streets, so I feel that I need four more patrolmen this year. This will add one patrolman to the day shift and three on the night shift, which will give the town people a greater feeling of security with an adequate Police Department, which will be better able to provide this additional protection which is so necessary in a growing town such as Chelmsford. This would add one man to the day shift and one of the officers would be classified as an Inspector and would handle the bulk of the Criminal Investigations. Three men would be added to an 8:00 P.M. to 4:00 A.M. night shift which would give the department one Sergeant and four patrolmen from 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M .; and from 8:00 P.M. to 1:00 A.M. we would have one Sergeant and six patrolmen; from 1:00 A.M. to 4:00 A.M. we would have one Sergeant and five patrolmen and from 4:00 A.M. to 9:00 A.M. one Sergeant and three patrolmen. This would give us three cruisers with two men in each cruiser during the busy hours of 8:00 P.M. to 1:00 A.M. and the Sergeant would be riding alone in the fourth cruiser. From 1:00 A.M. to 4:00 A.M. we would have three cruisers working with two men in each, one of which would be a Sergeant; from 4:00 A.M. to 9:00 A.M. we would have two cruisers working with two men in each, one of which would be a Sergeant. This would give us a well balanced Police Department and enable us to give the town excellent protection. I am also asking for an additional Cruiser, which will be necessary to take care of 8:00 P.M. to 4:00 A.M. Shift.
The Auxiliary Police Band under the able direction of Sergeant Basil Larkin plans to continue the Band Concerts again this year, as they have the past several years which he feels brings a great deal of enjoyment to young and old alike.
At the present time we have thirty Auxiliary Police Officers, completely uniformed and well trained in all phases of police work which they would be called upon to perform in case of an emergency. Sergeant Basil Larkin is in charge of the Auxiliary Police Unit.
I wish to express my thanks to the Board of Selectmen and all other Town Officials and Employees and also to the general public for the cooperation given to the Police Department during the past year.
Signed, RALPH J. HULSLANDER, Chief of Police.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT 1 Ernest G. Byam, Chief
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
Each year since I was appointed Chief has shown an increase in the demands on your Fire Department, and 1961 has maintained this trend.
This past year has been the most disastrous in the history of the Town as far as fire loss and major fires is concerned. We had four General Alarm fires during the year as follows: Godin's Store, Frontier Research, Molders Foundry and the DeAmicis Apartment Building.
All of these fires were of major proportion and the loss on each one was extremely heavy, but the courage and training of all firefighters both Permanent and Volunteer enables us to control these fires before they could spread to adjoining property, and I as Chief take this oppor- tunity to express my appreciation to all connected with the Department for their fine cooperation during the past year.
A new Station Wagon to be used as a Chief's Car was delivered to us and the sum of Five Thousand ($5,000) Dollars was added to the Stabilization Fund.
CHELMSFORD FIRE DEPARTME
HEIMSFORD
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A considerable amount of repair and maintenance work on all Five Stations as well as on the Fire Apparatus was accomplished this year, most of which was done by the regular firefighters on their tour of duty.
A great deal of work had to be done on our alarm system again this year because of continued highway construction, and this took a great amount of time for the men on duty to accomplish. During the year the State reimbursed the Town the sum of $2,135.25 for labor and bills incurred because of this road-building interfering with our Alarm System.
Again this year I have requested and earnestly urge the purchase of a 75' Aerial Ladder Truck. Space does not permit me to list all the advantages of this type of equipment, but I would like to point out that with the rapid growth of the Town, and with new Churches, Industrial Buildings, and Apartment Houses being built we need this truck not only for the fire fighting advantages it offers, but for the life saving features which we should no longer take a chance on doing without.
The following amounts of explosives of all classes stored in the Town of Chelmsford are: Magazine No. 1, 44,000 lbs .; Magazine No. 2, 42,000 lbs .; Magazine No. 3, 1,100 lbs.
Ernest G. Byam, Chief
BOARD OF APPEALS
Louis L. Hannaford, Chairman (Resigned Nov. 1961)
Paul W. O'Neil . Richard B. Carr
Charles E. Egerton Willis E. Buckingham
James O. Robinson, Alt. Member Thomas Green, Clerk (Resigned)
Stanley J. Polak, Alt. Member Walter R. Wilkins
During the past year the Board of Appeals held 32 hearings, a decrease of 6 from the previous year.
Disposition of the 32 hearings was as follows:
Number of Variances Granted 25
Number of Variances Denied 4 Number Withdrawn 3
The Board of Appeals wishes to take this occasion to thank the Board of Selectmen and other Town Officials for their cooperation during the past year. The Board of Appeals wishes to express its regret over the resignation of Thomas Green, Clerk of the Board, and Louis L. Hannaford, Member of the Board.
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TREASURER AND TAX COLLECTOR Walter R. Wilkins, Jr. Town Treasurer and Tax Collector
To Whom it May Concern:
The following is the information for the 1961 Town Report: Employees
Expenditures
1957 2 full time
1 part time
$12,920.00
1958 2 full time
1 part time
14,024.00
1959 2 full time
1 part time
13,858.00
1960 2 full time No part time
10,177.33
1961 2 full time
1 part time
11,020.63
The expenditure column includes the salary of the Treasurer- Collector.
The report of the Treasurer and Tax Collector for the year 1961 calls attention to the growth of the Town of Chelmsford as evidenced by the increase in total valuation in the short space of one year. The following comparison may be of interest.
Assessed value of Personal Property
1960
1961
and Real Estate
$19,408,335.00
$22,351,965.00
Tax Levy
1,631,254.20
2,065,380.78
WIRE INSPECTION DEPARTMENT
Harold M. Tucke, Jr.
The following is a report of the Wire Inspection Department for the year 1961.
There were 789 applications for inspection issued. Sixteen of these were in the commercial, industrial category, 528 for new homes or older homes rewired. The remaining 245 were issued for minor installa- tions and service changes.
Total collected for the year was $3,263.
Respectfully submitted,
HAROLD M. TUCKE, JR., Wire Inspection.
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BOARD OF ASSESSORS Warren Wright, Chairman
Charles A. House
Claude A. Harvey
Employees
Budget
Expenditures
1920
3
$ 3,100.00
$ 2,606.35
1930
3
2,350.00
2,471.20
1957
5
14,200.00
13,718.60
1958
5
14,520.00
14,281.13
1959
4
16,675.00
19,108.61
1960
5
23,186.80
22,564.36
1961
5
24,950.00
24,143.40
During the period from 1950 to 1961 the taxable valuation of the town has increased from $9,450,990 to more than $22,351,965.
RECAPITULATION -1961
Town Appropriations :
(Voted by Town Meetings)
$2,863,707.74
Deficits Due to Abatements (Prior Years)
21.90
State Assessments
8,755.94
County Tax and Hospital Assessments
56,068.56
Overlay
79,896.60
Gross Amount to be Raised
$3,008,450.74
ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
Town (All Revenue Derived from Water Department, Hospital, Motor Vehicle Excise, Etc.) $ 214,823.00
Income Tax (Collected by State and Returned to Town)
186,811.49
Corporation Tax (Collected by State, Etc.)
59,351.96
Meals Tax (Collected by State, Etc.)
7,769.07
Available Funds (From Excess and Deficiency $ 468,755.52
Account: Unexpended balance from Previous Years) $ 473,792.44
Total Estimated Receipts and Available Funds
$ 942,547.96
$2,065,902.78
Total to be Raised by Taxation $2,065,902.78 To Be Raised on Poll, Personal and Real Estate Taxes (Levied and Collected by the Town).
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Tax Rate $92 per $1,000
Poll Taxes, 4,761 @ $2.00 (Levied Against
All Males 20 Years and Older, with certain exceptions) $ 9,522.00
Personal Property, $2,479,505
@ $92 per $1,000 228,114.46
Real Estate $19,872,460
@ $92 per $1,000 1,828,266.32
Total Taxes Levied on Polls and Property $2,065,902.78 Office open every Monday evening from 7 P. M. to 8 P. M. with the exception of the months of July and August.
PARK COMMISSIONERS
David P. Ramsay, Chairman
Arthur L. Bennett Ralph E. House
To The Board of Selectmen
Chelmsford, Mass.
In the Spring, the Park Board organized for 1961. David P. Ramsay was re-elected chairman by members Arthur L. Bennett and Ralph E. House. Harold E. Eriksen was re-appointed superintendent.
The usual Spring clean-up was followed by the setting in of plants and the re-conditioning of the lawns. The flag poles in Chelmsford Center, North and East Chelmsford were painted and a new flag pole was installed in West Chelmsford.
The park at North Road and Worthen Street necessitated repair when the State deemed it necessary to remove a few of the fence posts at the park in conjunction with the Route 495 Highway project. Curb stone was installed at this park by the State. However, the Park Board required assistance from the Finance Committee to have some of the stone posts relocated and the wooden timbers replaced.
Purchases during the year were a power mower and a lawn sweeper along with additional hose and sprinklers.
Since approval was granted at a Special Town Meeting for the Jaycees to erect a band stand on the park in Chelmsford Center, the Commissioners sat in on several meetings with officers of this group.
Appreciation is expressed by the Commissioners to members of Box Seven Associates for their assistance in the completion of a number of projects during the year.
Respectfully Submitted,
DAVID P. RAMSAY ARTHUR L. BENNETT RALPH E. HOUSE
WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Arthur Cooke, Director Robert F. McAndrew, Chairman Raymond J. Greenwood Edgar P. George
In 1961 the cost of Welfare was $315,944.67 as compared to $304,155.74 in 1960. The Town was reimbursed from Federal, State and other sources in the amount of $230,697.94. There were 89 new cases, 2 denied, and one case was withdrawn.
Total Spent
Cost to Ret. to Town Chelmsford U.S. Grants
State
Other Cities and Towns
Old Age Assistance and Medical
Aid to Aged
$216,716.08
$ 45,008.30
$108,642.26
$ 58,888.08
$ 4,177.44
General Relief
12,039.18
10,999.34
1,039.84
Aid to Dependent Children
40,576.68
13,990.43
14,355.00
12,231.25
Disability Assistance
19,270.10
4,950.82
10,334.00
3,985.28
Administration Expenses
27,342.63
10,297.84
11,361.44
5,683.35
Recoveries on Liens
$ 17,755.83
TOTALS
$315,944.67 $ 85,246.73 $144,692.70 $ 81,827.80 $ 4,177.44
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HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Frederick R. Greenwood, Supt. of Streets
To the honorable Board of Selectmen:
Year
No. of Highway Employees
1945
10
1950
16
1955
21
1960
22
1961
23
The above figures do not include waste collection employees. The following is a breakdown for waste collections.
Year No. of Waste Col. Employees
Labor Expended
1954
3
$ 8,104.30
1957
5
19,955.78
1959
7
24,514.87
1960
10
32,556.77
1961
12
42,100.31
The rapid growth of the town has again necessitated the Highway Department to increase the personnel of the waste collections in 1961. In November, several routes had to be rescheduled because of the large increase in the number of pickups. A new truck will have to be purchased in 1962 due to this increase.
Twenty-eight new streets or 5.73 miles were accepted this year.
Under Construction projects, portions of Boston Road, Acton Road and Billerica Road, or approximately a total of 5500 feet were hot topped. A section of Spaulding Road was widened, gravelled, graded and oiled. Four hundred feet of 12" pipe was installed on this street and an old culvert was replaced. A seepage bed was built on Linwood Street to take care of the surface water on that street. Old Middlesex Turnpike was built and constructed to Rainbow Avenue and a 41' 27" x 14" pipe arch was installed. Arbutus Avenue, Sycamore Street and Abbott Lane were reconstructed. These streets were excavated, gravelled, graded and
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oiled. The bridge on Boston Road was resurfaced. New concrete berms were installed and the guard rail was removed and rebuilt. Two hundred feet of 10" pipe and four catch basins were installed on Graniteville Road at School Street.
Thirty-five hundred feet of Class I Bituminous concrete was laid on Acton Road as the Chapter 90, Maintenance project. Our Chapter 90, Construction project included the completion of Concord Road and Sted- man Street. On Concord Road, a total of 2500 feet was completed. This road was excavated, widened and regravelled with 18" of gravel and the installation of 500 feet of 12" pipe was included. A Class I Bituminous Concrete surface was constructed over the bituminous treated gravel surface. On Stedman Street, drainage was installed from Dalton Road to Chelmsford Street. The road was fully excavated and widened, 12" of gravel was placed with a 31/2" bituminous treated crushed stone base for foundation and topped with a Class I Bituminous Concrete surface.
Two new trucks were purchased to replace the old ones which were traded in.
The usual oiling of streets, brush cutting, snow plowing and snow removal, drainage and maintenance was performed throughout the year.
I would like to thank the townspeople for their kind consideration and co-operation and the Police Department for notifying the depart- ment of dangerous conditions on the roads during the winter months.
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CONSERVATION COMMISSION
Clifford J. Holmes, Chairman
Martin K. Bovey Charles A. House Edmund Polubinski
Peter F. Curran Thomas A. Malloy Edwin H. Warren
The Chelmsford Conservation Commission has completed a year of largely organizational work. The Commission, established by vote of the 1961 Annual Town Meeting and appointed by the Board of Selectmen, held its first meeting on April 18, 1961.
Our principle objective in 1961 has been self-education. We have first worked to learn the nature of our duties and obligations. We have tried to find out what other Conservation Commissions in the Common- wealth have accomplished, and what methods have served them in their tasks. Both the Commission and the Town were represented at the first annual meeting of the Massachusetts Association of Conservation Com- missions. Our Commission took part in the Conservation Workshop series of six sessions sponsored jointly by the Department of Natural Resources and the Essex County conservation groups.
By law, the primary function of a Conservation Commission is to acquire land in the name of the Town for conservation purposes. Such purposes may be the establishment or the extension of Green Belt areas, flood plains, waterways areas to prevent pollution, land for public play- grounds or parks, and many others. In preparation for such acquisition, each Commission is urged to catalogue all open land in the Town. Our Commission has only barely started this very considerable task. We have learned that in this vital sector of our functions we shall need active assistance from interested townspeople. This help is hereby earnestly solicited.
The Commission has considered several tracts of land as possible acquisitions over the past year. No action by the Town is recommended at this time.
The Conservation Commission wishes to act in full cooperation with all boards, agencies and individuals in the Town of Chelmsford, govern- mental or private, which have a true interest in the principles of sound conservation. To that end, we have made close contact with the Forest Committee, the Planning Board, and the Chelmsford Land Conservation Trust, the latter being a private organization. We look forward to an ever-increasing circle of cooperating agencies and citizens, all working toward a common goal, the wise use of our natural resources.
We have explored the possibilities of cooperative efforts with regional conservation groups, and hope to have more tangible results to report at the end of our next year.
We have decided to ask the assistance and backing of the Town, and have prepared two articles for the 1962 Annual Town Meeting. Please give them your serious consideration.
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CEMETERY COMMISSION
Frank H. Hardy, Chairman
Arthur J. Colmer Arne R. Olsen
To The Honorable Board of Selectmen
Chelmsford, Mass.
Gentlemen:
The Cemetery Commissioners submit the following report for the year 1961.
The past year was another busy one in the cemetery department with many improvements accomplished.
In the Pine Ridge Cemetery, the new road was cut through and partially graded. Drainage line and two basins were installed. A large section at the point of Billerica and Riverneck Roads was filled in with the fill taken from the Steadman St. projects. A new section was graded along Riverneck Rd. Arrangements were completed for the new gateway which is to be erected in the spring of 1962, a gift to the town by the will of Mrs. Vileata Douglas. The gift of $1,000.00 for the erecting of a wrought iron fencing at Pine Ridge Cemetery will be forthcoming from Mr. George Barris of No. Chelmsford.
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