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Temporary Loans
108,857.19 136,857.19
INTEREST
School Addition Loan 1950
1,715.00
School Addition Loan 1956
5,400.00
Fiire-Highway Building Loan
168.75
Fire Truck Loan
315.00
Temporary Loans
1,142.81
8,741.56
Total Municipal Indebtedness Expenditures 145,598.75
AGENCY, TRUST AND INVESTMENT
State Parks and Reservations
1,612.69
County Tax 9,772.29
Dog Licenses to County
945.75
Withholding Tax Deductions State 1,705.54
Withholding Tax Deductions
Federal 25,786.30
Retirement Fund Assessment
5,454.70
Retirement Fund Deductions
4,087.21
Meter Deposits
955.00
Beverage License 10.00
Perpetual Care Funds
1,045.00
Auditing Muncipal Account
1,611.55
52,986.03
52,986.03
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REFUNDS-TRANSFERS
REFUNDS
1959 Excise Tax
762.52
1960 Excise Tax
1,434.00
1960 Poll Tax
6.00
1960 Real Estate Tax
724.98
Public Service Enterprises
18.60
2,946.10
Total Refunds
2,946.10
Total Expenditures
1,021,690.53
Cash Balance December 31, 1960
142,070.81
1,163,761.34
TRANSFERS FROM RESERVE FUND
Police Expenses
.15
Snow Removal
1.19
Park Expenses
2.92
Memorial Day Expenses
19.96
Assessor's Expenses
26.65
Police Salaries
63.25
Counsel Expenses
100.00
Street Numbering
116.00
Town Report
160.15
Town Hall Expenses
192.77
Memorial Hall Expenses
261.36
Veterans Aid
389.58
Tree Warden Expenses
600.00
1,933.98
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APPROPRIATIONS-TRANSFERS-EXPENDITURES
Recapitulation of Appropriation, Transfers and Expenditures
Appropriation and Transfer 50.00
Expended 50.00
Unexpended Balance
Moderator, Salary
Finance Committee Expenses
100.00
45.00
55.00
Selectmen, Salaries
1,500.00
1,500.00
Expenses
500.00
427.45
72.55
Clerk Salary
450.00
450.00
Perambulating
150.00
150.00
Accountant, Salary Expenses
1,600.00
1,600.00
34.15
Treasurer, Salary
1,600.00
1,600.00
Expenses
932.00
921.67
10.33
Tax Title Expenses
750.00
728.72
21.28
Collector, Salaries Expenses
980.00
901.12
78.88
Assessors, Salaries
1,800.00
Expenses 1,000.00
Transfer
26.65
1,026.65
1,026.65
Revaluation
10,000.00
7,650.00
2,350.00*
Counsel, Salary
Expenses 150.00
250.00
190.45
59.55
Transfer 100.00
700.00
700.00
Expenses
350.00
349.71
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Elections and Registrations
Salaries
400.00
400.00
Expenses
1,800.00
1,491.73
308.27
Planning Board Expenses
500.00
175.93
324.07
Town Hall Salary
Expenses
650.00
Transfer
192.77
842.77
842.77
Memorial Hall Salary
480.00
Expenses 2,000.00
Transfer
261.36
2,261.36
2,261.36
Special
500.00
475.11
24.89
Painting
1,000.00
1,000.00
Constable Salary
35.00
35.00
2,640.00
2,640.00
1,000.00
Clerk Salary
480.00
480.00
125.00
90.85
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APPROPRIATIONS-TRANSFERS-EXPENDITURES
Appropriation and Transfer
Expended
Unexpended Balance
Police Chief Salary
5,200.00
5,200.00
Wages
3,900.00
Transfer
63.25
3,963.25
3,963.25
Expenses
2,695.00
Transfer
.15
2,695.15
2,695.15
Civil Defense
100.00
84.21
15.79
Fire Salaries
3,500.00
3,200.00
300.00
Expenses
8,805.00
8,729.34
75.66
Building Inspector Salary
500.00
500.00
Expenses
200.00
200.00
Printing Building Laws
160.00
160.00*
Board of Appeals
Expenses
450.00
398.41
51.59
Wire Inspector Salary
300.00
300.00
Expenses
130.00
130.00
Sealer of Weights .
and Measures Salary
175.00
175.00
Expenses
75.00
75.00
Moth Expenses
1,200.00
1,200.00
Tree Warden
Expenses
1,500.00
Transfer
600.00
2,100.00
2,089.16
10.84
Dutch Elm Disease Control
1,500.00
1,496.14
3.86
New Trees
300.00
298.00
2.00
Dog Officer Salary Expenses
240.00
228.00
12.00
Health Salaries
320.00
320.00
Expenses
3,500.00
2,692.01
807.99
Dental Clinic Expenses
1,500.00
1,218.15
281.85
Community Health Program
2,500.00
2,500.00
Inspector of Animals Salary Expenses
100.00
100.00
Inspector of Slaughtering
Salary
50.00
50.00
Road Machinery Fund
Balance 2,572.98
Receipts 3,998.00
6.570.98
6,192.85
378.13*
Highway Truck
3,500.00
3,500.00
Expenses
6,500.00
6,490.90
9.10
Chapter 81 5,875.00
State
9,075.00
14,950.00
14,950.00
Chapter 90 Construction
20,026.88
19,186.40
840.48*
100.00
100.00
200.00
200.00
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APPROPRIATIONS-TRANSFERS-EXPENDITURES
Appropriation and Transfer 3,000.00
Expended 3,000.00
Unexpended Balance
Chapter 90 Maintenance
Chapter 718 Mt. Vernon St.
6,622.74
6,622.74*
Snow
Removal 12,500.00
Transfer 1.19
12,501.19
12,501.19
Storm Drains
1,000.00
997.77
2.23
Street Lighting
5,000.00
5,000.00
Street
Numbering 300.00
Transfer 116.00
416.00
116.00
300.00*
Maple St. Speed Signs
400.00
400.00
Middleton Sq. Parking Signs
100.00
100.00*
Public Welfare Salaries
800.00
800.00
Expenses
200.00
123.86
76.14
Central Essex Welfare Dept.
Administration
1,445.00
1,445.00
General Relief
Aid
7,000.00
Transfer 2,000.00
9,000.00
8,273.65
726.35
Old Age
Assist.
28,500.00
Refunds
202.46
Federal Grant
21,740.80
17,049.35
4,691.45*
Aid Dependent
Children 10,000.00
Refunds 144.80
10,144.80
4,589.92
1,754.88
Federal Grant
7,762.84
6,376.24
1,386.60*
Disability
Assistance 2,000.00
Transfer 1,800.00
3,800.00
3,792.78
7.22
Federal Grant
1,233.11
877.12
355.99*
Veterans Agent Salary
250.00
250.00
50.00
Aid
9,000.00
Transfer
389.58
9,389.58
9,389.58
School Salaries
114,215.00
112,072.68
116.86
Expenses 31,262.00
Refund
92.30
Transfer 2,025.46
33,379.76
33,379.76
Supt. out of State Travel
200.00
200.00
Regional School District Lunch
215,761.51
215,761.51
18,660.53
17,467.02
1,193.51*
Federal Grant
2,279.34
331.23
1,948.11*
28,702.46
28,702.46
Expenses
50.00
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APPROPRIATIONS-TRANSFERS-EXPENDITURES
Appropriation and Transfer
Unexpended Balance
Vocational Education
1,500.00
Expended 668.20
831.80
Library Salaries
1,900.00
1,840.00
60.00
Expenses
2,876.97
2,791.63
85.34
Park
Expenses 1,400.00
Transfer 2.92
1,402.92
1,402.92
Equipment
475.00
465.00
10.00
Christmas Lighting
50.00
40.93
9.07
Retirement Assessment
5,454.70
5,454.70
Printing Town
Reports
1,100.00
Transfer 160.15
1,260.15
1,260.15
Memorial Day
Expenses
425.00
Transfer
19.96
444.96
444.96
Insurance
5,950.00
5,325.62
624.38
Motor Vehicle Liability
2,750.00
2,347.91
402.09
Electric Salaries
9,700.00
9,700.00
Wages
20,000.00
18,378.52
1,621.48
Energy
122,500.00
116,558.53
5,941.47
Expenses
20,067.28
18,545.17
1,454.08
Line Clearance
1,800.00
1,600.59
199.41
Essex St. Lights
2,200.00
2,200.00
Lakeview Ave. Light
300.00
300.00
Park Ave. Light
300.00
300.00
Land Purchase
500.00
500.00*
Depreciation
9,468.03
9,468.03
Reserve Fund
1,000.00
1,000.00
Water Salaries
300.00
300.00
Adm Expenses
300.00
80.99
219.01
Maintenance
3,500.00
2,560.32
939.68
King St. Special
2,000.00
Cemetery Salaries
90.00
90.00
Expenses
6,000.00
Income
991.68
6,991.68
6,543.70
322.58
Graves
900.00
1,025.40
1,025.40
Hot Top
500.00
499.80
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Municipal Indebtedness
Loans
28,000.00
28,000.00
Interest
8,750.00
8,741.56
8.44
Temporary Loans
110,000.00
110,000.00
2,000.00*
Transfer
125.40
Balances Carried Forward
Balance Sheet 1960
BALANCE SHEET DECEMBER 31, 1960-GENERAL ACCOUNTS ASSETS LIABILITIES
Cash
142,070.81
84.84
Petty Cash Advance
260.00
142,330.81
Lands Low Value Fund Lots and Graves Fund
925.00
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE Taxes-1960
Ambulance Fund 70.80
Road Machinery Fund
378.13
Poll 92.00
Mansfield Fund Interest
1,726.79
Personal Property 1,116.36
Real Estate 22,384.19
46.75
Motor Vehicle Excise 8,581.33
Farm Animal Excise 17.37
32,191.25
Electric Department Meter Deposits 990.00
TAX TITLES & POSSESSIONS
Tax Titles
7,447.39
Surplus 49,578.78
87,399.97
Tax Possessions
2,546.16
9,993.55
Appropriation Balances
22,448.88
DEPARTMENTAL
Public Welfare 2,322.60
Old Age Assistance 556.30
Fire-Highway Building 1,983.32
2,385.53
Aid Dependent Children 1,457.57
Reserve Fund-Overlay Surplus
3,276.40
Disability Assistance 29.15
Reserve for Petty Cash Advance 260.00
Public Health
86.43
4,452.05
Tailings (Uncashed checks)
194.00
MUNICIPAL LIGHT
Rates
12,903.20
Miscellaneous
599.48
13,502.68
AID TO HIGHWAYS
Departmental 4,138.72
County
2,500.00
Tax Titles 9,993.55
State
13,002.31
15,502.31
Municipal Light 13,502.68
Aid to Highways
15,502.31
52,049.29
BALANCE SHEET
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Cemetery Perpetual Care Interest
593.51
Dog Licenses Due County
Depreciation Fund 36,831.19
Non-Revenue Balances School Addition 402.01
Revenue Reserved until collected Motor Vehicle Excise Tax 8,581.33 Farm Animal Excise Tax 17.37
DEFICIT 1960 Overlay State Parks
470.61
347.37
817.98
Overestimate County Tax Surplus Revenue
187.10
187.10 46,763.84
$218,796.63
$218,796.63
BALANCE SHEET - DEBT AND TRUST ACCOUNTS DEBT ACCOUNTS
TRUST AND INVESTMENT FUNDS
David Cumming Fund
$ 6,607.46
In custody of Town Treasurer
45,581.46
In custody of Library Trustees
8,842.70
Cemetery Perpetual Care Fund Charles L. Flint Library Fund
5,784.97
In custody of Naumkeag Trust Co.
10,108.60
Mary E. Emerson Library Fund B. F. Emerson Library Fund
10,108.60
$ 64,532.76
$ 64,532.76
TRUST FUNDS
LIABILITIES
$239,000.00
School Addition 1950
$ 88,000.00
School Addition 1956
140,000.00
$239,000.00
Fire-Highway Building
5,000.00
Fire Truck
6,000.00
$239,000.00
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BALANCE SHEET
ASSETS Net Funded or Fixed Debt
38,974.00
3,057.73
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PAYROLL ANALYSIS
PAYROLL ANALYSIS
HIGHWAY AND PARK DEPARTMENT
Paul Angers
Labor 4.65
Truck
Charles Baker
13.10
Ralph Baldwin
23.25
Leopold Blais
3,689.40
Opal Blais
1,262.00
Robert Bouchard
9.30
Joseph Cameron
180.00
William Cashman
33.00
George Cassidy
12.40
Raymond Colby
4,329.60
Raymond Colby Jr.
43.40
Dennis Currier
12.40
James Currier
37.20
Paul Dane
15.50
David Diamond
18.60
James Donovan
3,092.20
William Fielder
12.40
Alton Goodale
83.70
Raymond Gould
643.50
Earl Jones Jr.
3.10
Peter Kasenenko
26.00
George Kimball
43.40
Ted Klosowski
2,068.00
David Leary
17.05
Raymond LeColst
29.45
Dana Luscomb
6.20
Douglas MacMillian
566.30
Misone Constuction Co.
2,936.00
Jerry Moscarito
9.30
980.00
Charles Mansfield
24.80
Allan G. Marshall
4,725.25
Harold Moore
40.00
Paul Nelson
13.95
No. Shore Excavating Co.
408.00
Stewart Nieforth
849.41
James Ogden
31.00
165.00
Donald Osgood
153.45
Robert Peachey
194.00
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PAYROLL ANALYSIS
Robert Page
43.40
Charles Phaneuf
23.25
Foster Pickard
760.40
Edward Richardson
1,188.45
9.30
William Rooney Jr.
15.50
H. K. Richardson
78.00
Charles Rubchinuk
195.00
Richard Sanborn
24.80
George Snow
15.50
Robert Saulinier
46.50
Gordon Sheldon
829.50
Leo Walfield
237.15
Norman Welch
40.00
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PAYROLL ANALYSIS
ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT
Charles Clinch
5,043.69
Charles Clinch III
22.10
Frank Dow
23.80
George Dow
18.25
James Donovan
45.60
George Nash
27.56
Carl Peterson
4,012.25
Foster Pickard
748.80
Joseph Pickard
4,773.39
Wilbur Witham
4,553.95
Robert Young
25.44
FORESTRY DEPARTMENT
Ralph Baldwin
150.35
Leopold Blais
57.75
Raymond Colby
163.55
James Donovan
902.50
Robert Fuller
67.65
William Johnson
44.40
Ted Klosowski
8.00
Douglas MacMillian
7.75
Stewart Nieforth
413.85
Donald Osgood
14.40
Foster Pickard
1,272.60
Edward Richardson
204.60
10.80
Royce Schuman
6.20
Leo Walfield
60.45
CEMETERY DEPARTMENT
Charles Baker
2,534.80
197.00
Clarence Baker
46.80
Clarence Baker Jr.
598.75
Albert Brunit
322.50
Vernon Coffin
327.50
Ralph Currier
1,299.20
David Miller
366.63
Jeames Peart
162.50
Allie Paige
1,253.00
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TREASURER'S REPORT
TREASURER'S REPORT
Edward H. Leary, Treasurer in account with the Town of Middle- ton, Massachusetts.
Balance of cash in Treasury, January 1, 1960 Receipts for the year 1960
$ 120,718.95
1,043,042.39
Total Receipts
$1,163,761.34
Payments for the year 1960
$1,021,690.53
Balance of cash in Treasury December 31, 1960
142,070.81
Total
$1,163,761.34
CASH IN BANKS
Arlington Trust Company, Middleton, Mass.
$ 135,448.49
Merchants Warren National Bank, Salem, Mass.
2,530.56
2,293.80
Arlington Trust Savings, Middleton, Mass. Cash on hand
1,797.96
Total cash
$ 142,070.81
A Complete report of all Trust Funds in custody is shown on the following pages.
I wish to express my thanks and gratitude for the co-operation of the Town officials, Committees and Citizens.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD H. LEARY
Town Treasurer
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TREASURER'S REPORT
DAVID CUMMINGS FUND
Balance January 1, 1960
$
5,822.75
United Shoe Machinery Corp. Shares
975.00
6,797.75
RECEIPTS:
U.S.M.C. Dividends
$
107.27 165.13
Arlington Trust Co. Interest
Total Receipts
$ 272.40
Trustee's Orders
-462.69
Balance
$ 6,607.46
Arlington Trust Company, Checking Acct.
$ 255.89
Arlington Trust Company, Savings Acct.
5,376.57
United Shoe Machinery Corp. Shares
975.00
6,607.46
Respectfully submitted,
EDWAD H. LEARY
Town Treasurer
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TREASURER'S REPORT
Land Owned By the Town of Middleton December 31, 1960
HASWELL PARK:
Lots 134-135, 146, 147, 152, 153, 155, 165, 166, 286-290 inclusive.
MIDDLETON PINES:
Lots 2, 3 4, 351-355 incl., 456, 504, 505, 532-535, inclusive.
RECREATION PARK:
1st lot of 9th parcel - Book 2253, Page 381
14th parcel - Book 2253, Page 381 2nd pasture, Woodland and Meadow
Elliott Lot, Island Pasture, Smith Lot, Sutton Lot Lots G & H, Lots 61-68 incl. 69, 70, 128-130 incl. 231-236 incl.
SUMMIT VIEW PARK:
Lots 28, 30-34 incl. 35, 36, 51, 57, 58, 91-93 incl. 94-97 incl. 136-148 incl. 149, 40, 151, 153-156 incl. 157-163 incl. 164-169 incl. 212, 213, 215-218 incl. 219-221 incl. 238, 239, 242-251 incl., 257-270 incl., 279-85 incl., 288-301 incl., 307, 308, 311-318 incl., 326-337 incl., 376, 378-382 incl., 385-398 incl., 322, 323 324.
WOODLAND PARK:
Lots 107, 108, 109-112 incl., 113-117 incl., 135-138 incl., 332, 523, 576.
MISCELLANEOUS:
G. A . Fuller, Meadow 14 acres (Cranberry Bog) Joseph Whittier Estate, Woodland (Approx. 8 acres)
EDWARD H. LEARY
Town Treasurer
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TREASURER'S REPORT
Town of Middleton CEMETERY ENDOWMENT ACCOUNTS
Balance New Accts. Interest With- 1959 added
drawals
Balance 1960
Individual
Accounts
$36,493.53
$1,000.00
$755.29
$755.54
$37,493.28
Sec. C.
Oakdale Cem.
1,478.81
45.00
22.17
65.26
1,480.72
Totals
$37,972.34
$1,045.00
$777.46
$820.80
$38,974.00
Reports of the Various Departments 1960
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PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT
FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY Treasurer's Report
Appropriation for Salaries Salaries :
$ 1,900.00
Librarian
$ 900.00
Assistants to Librarian
860.00
Janitor
80.00
Total Salaries
1,840.00
Balance, Returned to Revenue
$ 60.00
Appropriation for Expenses Add-Dog Tax
$ 2,000.00
876.97
Total
$ 2,876.97
Expenses
Fuel
$ 395.71
Light
78.96
Water
20.00
Insurance
206.40
Building Maintenance
768.02
Supplies
70.90
Janitor
400.00
New Books
252.53
Land Title Expense
139.80
Miscellaneous
459.31
Total Expenses
$ 2,791.63
Balance, Returned to Revenue
$ 85.34
B. F. EMERSON TRUST FUND
Received from Naumkeag Trust Co., Salem (Trustee) $ 482.99
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PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT
MARY ESTEY EMERSON FUND
E. O. Campbell, Jr., in account with Flint Public Library:
Mary Estey Emerson Fund, principal On deposit in Danvers Savings Bank, Dec. 31, 1960
$ 2,500.00
$ 3,057.73
FLINT PUBLIC LIBRARY FUNDS
Balance, Jan. 1, 1960
$ 1,073.54
Income:
Book Fines
$ 185.00
B. F. Emerson Fund
482.99
Charles L. Flint Fund
206.66
Mary Estey Emerson Fund
110.82
Miscellaneous
4.17
989.64
Total Income
$ 2,063.18
Expenses :
New Books
$ 711.46
Bindings of Books
90.46
Magazines
33.25
Total Expenses
$ 835.17
Balance, December 31, 1960
$ 1,228.01
CHARLES L. FLINT FUND
E. O. Campbell, Jr., in account with Flint Public Library:
Charles L. Flint Fund, principal On deposit in Banks, Dec. 31, 1960: Salem 5c Savings Bank $ 986.88
$ 5,000.00
Salem Savings Bank
510.73
Danvers Savings Bank
1,420.40
Broadway Savings Bank 1,866.96
Essex Savings Bank
1,000.00
Total
$
5,784.97
Respectfully submitted,
E. O. CAMPBELL, JR., Treasurer Library Trustees
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PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT
LIBRARIAN'S REPORT
The Flint Public Library has been open 14 hours a week, from 2 to 9 Tuesdays and Friday, during the past year. If funds are appro- priated at the Town Meeting in March, the Library will be open another day each week, except for the summer months.
This will not only increase the hours during which books may be borrowed by those whose free time does not coincide with the present hours, but will also make it easier for the pupils at the Masconomet Regional School to meet their daily assignments. Although this school has an excellent library, it serves nearly 1,000 pupils, thus making it difficult for all students to locate there, during the school day, all the material they need. As the budget permits books are being added to our own basic collection, keeping in mind the needs of thse students. The marked increase in the reference work at this age level indicates the need for this material, as well as additional time in which to use it.
The reference work with the grade pupils has also increased this year. An effort will be made to serve this group better and to meet their need for books with a higher reading level than in the past. The Library welcomes visits of school classes providing arrangements are made in advance. Every other Friday since September Mrs. Nanis has brought her third grade class to choose books to supplement their school reading. They have definite ideas of what they wish to read, have learned the arrangements of books on the shelves, and are start- ing to use the catalog.
Around 200 books from the State Regional Library in North Reading are kept on special shelves at the Library. About 60 of these are exchanged every four weeks when the Bookmobile calls at the Library. In 1960, 1570 of these books were borrowed. This service. could be greatly improved if more requests for actual titles or ma- terials on a given subject were left at the desk. This library at North Reading has a large collection of books covering most subjects as well as new fiction. Most requests are filled promptly, the books not im- mediately available being reserved.
The woodwork on the outside of the Library building has been painted and the side door, which had been cracked by the weather, has been replaced. During the summer, inventory of the books in the Library was taken and those no longer of use or in too poor condition to be bound, were discarded.
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PUBLIC LIBRARY REPORT
Gifts of books and magazines presented to the Library have been greatly appreciated.
Mrs. Minnie C. Waitt has continued to serve as assistant librari- an. In the fall Mrs. Helena Coffin joined the staff as a regular substi- tute. Mr. William Martin, Sr. resigned as Janitor. Mr. Richard San- born is now filling his place.
ANNUAL STATISTICS
Volumes in Library, January 1, 1960 .
13,185
Volumes added by purchase
289
Volumes added by gift .
16
Volumes reported discarded .
218
Volumes in the Library, December 31, 1960 .
13,272
Circulation of books 1960
Juvenile .
4,263
Adult
4,663
Total
ยท
8,926
Registration of new borrowers
135
Attendance
6,918
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SELECTMEN'S REPORT
SELECTMEN'S REPORT
To the Citizens of Middleton:
The Board of Selectmen respectfully submit their annual report for the year ending December 31, 1960.
Regular meetings of this Board have been held every Tuesday at 8 p.m. in Memorial Hall.
In its capacity as a Board of Selectmen, Board of Health and Licensing Authority, the Board has had a busy and productive year.
The Board has cooperated with the Planning Board of the Town to facilitate final approval of the sub division at the old Fuller Estate. Several meetings were held with the Planning Board and the develop- ers, Middleton Farms, Incorporated.
During the past year the Board supervised the expenditures of moneys for much needed repairs of Memorial Hall. These included considerable repairs of gutters, downspouts and windows, a new floor in the main entrance hall, and a complete exterior paint job.
The Board cooperated with the County Engineers to complete the layout of the remainder of Forest Street to the North Reading line. This included an open hearing to which all abuttors were invited and heard. Approval was then granted. This road will be rebuilt a section at a time within the next several years.
During the past fall the Board met with all the Selectmen or City Councils of the neighboring towns and cities and preambled the Town boundaries as required by State Law.
In order to obtain uniformity of the license fees charged by the Town, the Board voted to adjust all fees to be thirty per cent of the allowed state maximums. This is the first major revue and adjustment of license fees in over six years.
The Board voted to accept a policy for the layout of Town Ways for acceptance which has been recommended by Mr. Daniel J. Dono- van, Town Counsel. His recommendation is as follows and is now the accepted standard for the town.
"If the way has been, is, or will be a subdivision, compliance with Section 4 of the Planning Board Rules and Regulations entitled "Re- gulations for the Acceptance of Streets" must be complied with.
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Paragraph 1 of Section 4 reads, "All streets that are to be considered for acceptance, alteration, or relocation shall be referred to the Plan- ning Board for its approval and shall be constructed under the super- vision of the Superintendent of Streets shall be accurately surveyed, and a petition for the acceptance shall be accompanied by a plan of the street drawn to a scale of 40 feet to the inch; and a profile on the center line drawn to a scale of 40 feet horizontal and 4 feet vertical to the inch. These plans shall contain all dimensions and elevations which may be required to properly define the street at every point." The drafting and procurement of the plans are the responsibility of the petitioner.
After approval of the plans by the Planning Board, the matter is submitted to the Selectmen in the form of a petition for an Article in the Town Warrant. It should read as follows: We, the undersigned, petition the Selectmen to insert in the -- Town Meeting the follow- ing Article: To see if the Town will vote to accept Road as a Town way as laid out by the Board of Selectmen in accordance with a Plan entitled -. A copy of the plan should be attached to the peti- tion.
The Selectmen at least seven days prior to the laying out, reloca- tion, or alteration of the way shall survey it, notice of intention to do so shall be left at the usual place of abode of the owners of the land which will be taken for such purpose or delivered to such owners in person or their tenant or authorized agent. If the owner has no such place of abode in the Town, no tenant or authorized agent therein, the Selectmen may post such notice in a public place in the town seven days at least before the laying out, relocation or alteration of such way. The Selectmen will require easements from those land owners owning the land which will be taken or accepted by the Town as part of the way.
The matter will then come before the Town Meeting for vote, and upon a favorable vote, within seven days the Selectmen shall file the Plan and a description of the Town Way with the office of the Town Clerk."
The Board wishes to make clear that these are requirements of the State Law prior to the acceptance of Town ways, and unless these steps are followed in their proper order, the way cannot be legally ac- cepted.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank our Town Counsel, Daniel Donovan, for the very able assistance given to us during the past year.
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The Board wishes to express its deep appreciation for the assist- ance, cooperation and devotion to public service given so generously by the department heads, by the members, officers and citizens of the Town.
Respectfully submitted, BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Frank T. LeColst, Chairman Robert G. Gowen, Clerk Wilbur C. Rundlett, Jr.
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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
TOWN CLERK'S REPORT
To the Citizens of the Town of Middleton:
I submit for your approval my Report of Vital Statistics Record- ed, Dog Taxes collected and Fish and Games Licenses issued in the Year 1960.
Please report and errors or omissions to the Town Clerk that the record may be corrected.
Marriage Record For 1960
Date
Place of Marriage
Names of Bride and Groom
Residence
Jan. 22
Middleton
Herbert Edward Rowell
Middleton
Anna Taylor
Lawrence
Jan. 29
Salem
Joseph William LeBel
Salem
Feb. 27
Peabody
Allen Donald MacCracken
Middleton
Feb. 13
Woodsville, Robert Warren Page
N.H. Kathryn Janet Boemig
Woodsville, N.H.
Feb. 26
No. Reading Michael Kennedy Hull Virginia Nancy Sanborn
Middleton Middleton
Apr. 2 Lawrence
James Herbert Currier
Methuen
Apr. 17
Danvers
Donald Joseph Chappelle Pauleen Elizabeth Delp
Danvers
Apr. 24
Lawrence
Alexander Ralph D'Urso Carol Shirley Sanborn
Middleton
May 14
Danvers
Burdette Lee Day
Lynn
Mary Jane Pennock
Middleton
May 28
Brockton Robert Delano Witham
Middleton
May 28 Wakefield
Robert Calvin Bixby Wendy Sue Wilbur
Wakefield
June 26
Salem
Donald Clifford Gove
Middleton
Patricia Ann Johnson
Middleton
June 21
Middleton
Addison C. Armstrong Barabara Bergman
Framingham
Grantlake
Stream, Maine
Claire Pauline Levesque
Middleton
Suzanne Gay
Peabody Middleton
North Reading
Carolyn Lois Call
Middleton
Lawrence
Carol Elizabeth Sandstorm
Brockton
Middleton
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Date
Place of Marriage
Names of Bride and Groom Residence
July 3 Middleton
Lonnie Clarence Odom Anne Hazel Marvel
Detroit, Mich.
Middleton
July 13
Boston Thomas Aubrey Hatfield
Middleton
Gertrude Hollander
East Boston
Aug. 6 Gloucester Edward Herbert Townsend Donna May Hunter
Middleton Gloucester Middleton
Aug. 27
Tewksbury Roger Herbert Greeley
Patricia Ann Gray
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