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Northerly by land of the Town of Wakefield, two hundred and sixty- one (261) feet, more or less; westerly by land now or formerly of Florence G. Patterson et al, seventy-five feet; southerly by land now or formerly of Irving J. Patterson et ux, and Norman P. and Marion J. Hamlin, two hundred and forty-five (245) feet, more or less; easterly by land now or formerly of Christian R. Fischer et ux, and Richard M. Springer et ux, one hundred (100) feet.
Said parcel being the northerly parts of Lots A6A and A7 on Plat 37 of the Assessors' Plans, said lot A6A supposed to be owned by Irving J. and Pearl R. Patterson and said Lot A7 supposed to be owned by Norman P. and Marion J. Hamlin. And, to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to carry out the purposes of this article .- Elementary School Plan- ning Committee.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: To authorize the Board of Selectmen to purchase or take by eminent domain under Chapter 79 of the General Laws, for school pur- poses, a certain parcel of land in the town lying southerly of and adjoining the present Montrose School site and bounded and described as follows:
Northerly by land of the Town of Wakefield, two hundred and sixty- one (261) feet, more or less; westerly by land now or formerly of Florence G. Patterson et al, seventy-five feet; southerly by land now or formerly of Irving J. Patterson et ux, and Norman P. and Marion J. Hamlin, two hun- dred and forty-five (245) feet, more or less; easterly by land now or for- merly of Christian R. Fischer et ux, and Richard M. Springer et ux, one hundred (100) feet.
Said parcel being the northerly parts of Lots A6A and A7 on Plat 37 of the Assessors' Plans, said Lot A6A supposed to be owned by Irving J. and Pearl R. Patterson and said Lot A7 supposed to be owned by Norman P. and Marion J. Hamlin, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,- 500.00 to carry out the purposes of this article.
The vote in the affirmative was-Yes 288; No 23.
ARTICLE 59
To see if the town will vote to build and equip with original equipment and furnishings, a four classroom addition to the Harris M. Dolbeare School to be erected upon land now owned by the town and raise and ap- propriate a sufficient sum of money therefor and/or authorize the treas- urer, with the approval of the selectmen, to issue notes or bonds of the town therefor and authorize the moderator to appoint a committee of nine citizens with authority to contract for the construction of said addi- tion and the purchase of said equipment and furnishings and authorize said committee to engage such professional services that they may deem necessary .- Elementary School Planning Committee.
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On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: To build and equip with original equipment and furnishings a four-classroom addition to the Harris M. Dolbeare School to be erected on land owned by the town, said addition increasing the floor space there- of, and, to pay the cost of said construction and equipment and furnish- ings, the treasurer, with the approval of the selectmen, be and hereby is authorized to borrow the sum of $120,000.00 and issue notes or bonds of the town therefor, payable in annual installments within 20 years from their date or at such earlier time as the treasurer and selectmen may de- termine, and that the moderator appoint a committee of nine to contract for said construction and purchase said equipment and furnishings, and that said committee be and hereby is authorized to engage such professional services as they may deem necessary.
The vote in the affirmative was unanimous.
ARTICLE 60
To see if the town will vote to authorize and instruct the Board of Se- lectmen to purchase or take by right of eminent domain under Chapter 79 of the General Laws, for school purposes, a certain parcel of land in the town, bounded and described as follows:
Easterly by Montrose Avenue by a curved line, four hundred (400) feet, more or less; northeasterly by land now or formerly of Victor and Mary Kuklinsky, three hundred and fifty-nine (359) feet; westerly by land now or formerly of Anna Kuklinska, eight hundred and thirty-nine (839) feet; southerly by land now or formerly of Kerr Building Trust, four hun- dred and twenty-seven (427) feet; southeasterly by land now or formerly of Jennie H. Perkins' Heirs, one hundred and forty-seven (147) feet.
Being Lot 12 on Plat 39B of the Assessors' Plans and containing 5.34 acres according to said plans. Said parcel is supposed to be owned by David N. Perkins. And, to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to carry out the purposes of this article .- Elementary School Planning Committee.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 60 be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 61
To see if the town will vote to authorize and instruct the Board of Selectmen to purchase or take by right of eminent domain under Chapter 79 of the General Laws, for school purposes, a certain parcel of land in the town, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point on Greenwood Street at the northeasterly corner of Lot L66 as shown on Plat 25 of the Assessors' Plans, thence the line runs by said Greenwood Street in a general southwesterly direction five hundred and eighty-one (581) feet, more or less, to the southwesterly corner of Lot L45 as shown on said Plans; thence turning and running southeasterly, crossing Valley Drive, to the northwesterly corner of Lot L37 on said plans; thence turning and running southeasterly again by Lots Lc and Lb on said plans, ninety-eight and 50/100 (98.50) feet; thence turning and running westerly by said Lot Lb on said plans, eighty-one and 75/100
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(81.75) feet; thence turning and running southerly by said Lot Lb and Lot La on said plans, one hundred and twenty-five (125) feet, thence con- tinuing in the same course; southerly across Cooper Street as shown on said plans, forty (40) feet, more or less, to a point on the northerly bound of Lot M52 on said plans; thence turning and running easterly by said Lot M52 and Lot M51 on said plans, seventy (70) feet, more or less, to the northwest corner of Lot 39 as shown on said plans; thence turning and running southerly by said Lot M51 on said plans, one hundred and forty (140) feet, to Crystal Street; thence turning and running easterly by said Crystal Street and Lot 45A as shown on said plans, eighty-two (82) feet; thence turning and running northerly by Lot 40 as shown on said plans, one hundred and forty (140) feet, thence turning and running northeasterly, crossing said Cooper Street, to a stone bound at the northwesterly corner of Lot 35G as shown on said plans; thence turning and running easterly by said Lot 35G, two hundred and sixty (260) feet to the southeasterly corner of Lot L15 as shown on said plans; thence turning and running northerly by Lot L85A as shown on said plans, one hundred and thirty-one and 75/100 (131.75) feet; thence continuing northerly, crossing Mountain Drive as shown on said plans, to the southwesterly corner of Lot L20; thence turning and running northeasterly by said Mountain Drive, one hundred and eighty (180) feet to the northeasterly corner of said Lot L20; thence continuing northeasterly crossing Valley Drive as shown on said plans, to the southeasterly corner of Lot L75; thence turning and running northerly by Lots L83, L82, L81 and L80 as shown on said plans, one hun- dred and forty-six (146) feet to the northeasterly corner of said Lot L75; thence turning and running southwesterly by Lots L76, L74, L72, L70 and L67 as shown on said plans, one hundred ninety-eight and 8/10 (198.8) feet to the northwest corner of Lot L68 as shown on said plans; thence turning and running northerly by said Lot L67 one hundred thirty-six and 65/100 (136.65) feet to said Greenwood Street at the point of beginning; excepting therefrom Lots L17, L18, L19, L20, L21, L23, L25, L28, L30, L31, L33, L35, L37, L45-L59 inclusive and L63-L66 inclusive all as shown on said plans, but including the fee in all the streets and ways or parts thereof within the parcel above described.
The lots included within the above parcel together with their supposed owners are as follows:
L15 and L16: Enoch C. Huff.
L22 and L24: Eb V. Yeuell.
L26: Edith V. Duffy.
L27 and L29: Enoch C. Huff.
L23, L34, L36 and L38, David G. and Janet A. Merry.
L39: Carlos A. Monge.
L60, L61, L62, L68, L69, L71, L73, L75: Ivan and Mary G. Blanchard.
39: Hans A. and Marion E. Bratt.
39A: Wesley S. and Elizabeth W. Coleman.
And to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to carry out the purpose of this article .- Elementary School Planning Committee. On motion of Finance Committee:
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 61 be indefinitely postponed. The vote to indefinitely postpone was-Yes 201; No 161.
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ARTICLE 62
To see if the town will vote to authorize and instruct the Board of Selectmen to perform such acts and to complete and deliver such written instruments as may be necessary to transfer to the jurisdiction of the School Committee certain parcels of land held by the custodian of tax titles, said parcels being the following lots shown on Plat 25 of the Asses- sors' Plans:
L17, L18, L19, L20, L21, L23, L25, L28, L30, L31, L33, L35, L37, L45- L59 inclusive and L63-L66 inclusive .- Elementary School Planning Com- mittee.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 62 be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 63
To hear and act upon a report of the committee appointed under Article 6 of the Special Town Meeting of August 13 1956 .- Junior High School Building Survey Committee.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the report of the committee be accepted as a report of progress.
ARTICLE 64
To see if the town will vote to instruct the moderator to appoint a committee of eleven consisting of two members of the School Committee, the Superintendent of Schools, and eight other citizens to be authorized on behalf of the town to make and execute such agreements for architec- tural and technical advice as may be necessary to make studies and sketches sufficiently complete so that cost estimates may be obtained for the erection of a new Junior High School building including original equipment therefor, said committee to consult with the School Committee on any action proposed before reporting to a future town meeting, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to be expended by the committee to carry out the purpose of this article or any vote passed there- under .- Junior High School Building Survey Committee.
After a motion to invoke the "Previous Question" by George Smith of Lowell Street at 10:32 P. M., which was voted in the affirmative by a vote of-Yes 237; No 114, on motion by the Finance Committee, it was
Voted: To refer the subject matter of Article 64 to a future town meeting.
ARTICLE 65
To see if the town will vote to transfer control and jurisdiction from the selectmen and/or other town departments to the School Committee of the Town of Wakefield a section of the so-called town farm property de- scribed as follows: Lying easterly of the land conveyed to the School Com- mittee under Article 53 of the Town Meeting of 1955 and northerly of the easement conveyed to the Metropolitan District Commission under Article 72 of the Town Meeting of 1954, being further described as follows:
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Beginning at a point in the easterly line of Farm Street, where the southerly line of the parcel of land owned by the Town of Wakefield, the control and jurisdiction of which was conveyed to the Wakefield School Department by Article 53 of the Annual Town Meeting of the year 1955, intersects the easterly line of Farm Street, thence the line runs easterly 500' by the southerly line of the above mentioned parcel, thence running northerly by the same above mentioned parcel 750', thence running easterly by a line parallel with the first mentioned 500' line a distance of about 150' to land now or formerly of Irene H. Astle, thence the line runs south- easterly along land of said Astle, land now or formerly of Rufo or Ruffo and land formerly of New England Provision Company, Inc., now Town of Wakefield, a distance of about 1050' to the northerly line of a proposed taking by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, M.D. C. Parks Division, be- ing a proposed way 60' wide leading easterly from Farm Street as shown on a plan recorded in South Middlesex District Registry of Deeds in deed book 8544, Page 274, thence the line runs westerly along the northerly line of said proposed taking in various courses, a total distance of 1273.59' to the easterly line of Farm Street, thence running northerly along said easterly line of Farm Street about 175' to the point of beginning; contain- ing approximately 12.5 acres .- Junior High School Building Committee.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 65 be indefinitely postponed. On motion by Gaston Loubris :
Voted: That this meeting be adjourned to Monday evening, April 15, 1957 in the Memorial High School auditorium at 7:30 P. M.
Meeting adjourned at 10:45 P. M.
Attendance-375
A True Record :
Attest: CHARLES F. YOUNG, Town Clerk
Adjourned Session, April 15, 1957
Meeting called to order at 7:35 P. M. by Moderator Roger H. Wingate at the Memorial High School auditorium.
ARTICLE 66
To hear and act upon the report of the committee of five appointed under Article 64 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1956, for the purpose of studying the advisability of engaging consulting services relative to the purchasing of equipment, materials and supplies for the various depart- ments of the Town of Wakefield .- Purchasing Study Committee.
Lewis Day read the report of the committee, which stated that the service available was unproven in a town the size of Wakefield, and at best was only advisory and had definite limitations as to possible savings.
The report was signed by Lewis Day, chairman, William T. Thistle, William W. Allyn, Thomas W. Ackerson, and Fred A. Beyer, Jr.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the report of the committee be accepted as a report of progress.
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ARTICLE 67
To see if the moderator will appoint a committee of five (5) including one member each from the Board of Selectmen, the School Committee and the Board of Public Works and two others for the purpose of studying the possible advantages of establishing a centralized purchasing system for the purchase of equipment, materials and supplies for the various depart- ments of the Town of Wakefield .- Purchasing Study Committee.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the moderator appoint a committee of five (5) including the member each from the Board of Selectmen, the School Committee, and the Board of Public Works, and two others for the purpose of studying the possible advantages of establishing a centralized purchasing system for the purchase of equipment, materials and supplies for the various departments of the town.
On motion by Thomas D. Ackerson:
Voted: That Article 2 be taken from the table.
The Committee on Nominations nominated the following:
Recreation Committee
Patsy Carisella
Joseph J. McMahon
Nicholas P. Mauriello
Linwood F. Young
Mrs. Marjorie McCann Donald T. McAuliffe
John E. Anderson
Surveyors of Lumber
George J. Gould
Harry P. MacIntosh
James E. Hewes
Ralph Morel
George Kerr
Hiram A. Tobey
Field Drivers
Richard Baker Walter J. Doyle
Everett E. Packard
On motion by Evans Fairbanks:
Voted: That the nominations be closed.
On motion by Mr. Ackerson :
Voted: That the town clerk cast one ballot for the persons nominated and that they be declared elected.
The town clerk then cast one ballot for the persons nominated.
A motion by Henry B. McConville to take up Article 25 was voted in the negative.
ARTICLE 70
To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to lease for a period of one year suitable headquarters for the use of the vari- ous veterans' organizations listed below :
Harry E. Nelson Post No. 63, The American Legion, $1,000; Wakefield Post No. 2106 Veterans of Foreign Wars, $1,200; Colonel Allen C. Kelton Detachment Marine Corps League, $600; Sgt. Gerald F. Scott Post No. 145, Amvets, $600.
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And to raise and appropriate the sum of $3,400 to carry out the pur- pose of this article .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $3,400.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 70.
ARTICLE 71
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $380.00 for the proper observance of Veterans' Day, November 11, 1957 to be ex- pended by Corp. Charles F. Parker Camp No. 39, United Spanish War Vet- erans; Wakefield Post No. 2106, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Corp. Harry E. Nelson Post No. 63; American Legion; Marie E. Riess Post No. 376, Ameri- can Legion; Col. Allen C. Kelton Det., Marine Corps League; Sgt. Gerald F. Scott Amvets Post No. 145-Elmer P. Nigro and others.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $380.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 71.
ARTICLE 72
To see if the town will vote to raisse and appropriate the sum of $1,950.00 to be expended by Corp. Charles F. Parker Camp No. 39, United Spanish War Veterans; Wakefield Post No. 2106, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Corp. Harry E. Nelson Post No. 63, American Legion; Marie E. Riess Post No. 376, American Legion; Col. Allen C. Kelton Det. Marine Corps League; Sgt. Gerald F. Scott Amvets Post No. 145; Camp No. 34, Sons of Union Veterans; Wakefield Chapter Gold Star Mothers of Amer- ica, Inc., for the proper observance of Memorial Day, May 30, 1957 .- Elmer P. Nigro and others.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,950.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 72.
ARTICLE 73
To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifteen hun- dred dollars for nursing, the same to be expended under the direction of the selectmen as salary of the nurses employed by the Wakefield Visiting Nurse Association in aid of nursing work among the people of Wakefield .- Marion F. King and others.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 73.
ARTICLE 74
To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to lease to the American Mutual Liability Insurance Company for a nominal consideration, the land known as Quannapowitt Parkway or any portion thereof, acquired by the town from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts acting through the Metropolitan District Commission, by deed dated July 13, 1950, which is not already subject to lease to said company .- Board of Selectmen.
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On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: To authorize the Board of Selectmen to lease for a term of years, to the American Mutual Liability Insurance Company, for a nominal consideration, and upon such further terms and conditions as the board may determine, the land owned by the Town of Wakefield and known as Quannapowitt Parkway, running from North Avenue to Lowell Street, being bounded on the northwest by land owned by the American Mutual Liability Insurance Company, and on the southeast by land owned by the Town of Wakefield and under lease for a term of ninety-nine years to the American Mutual Liability Insurance Company; the further terms and con- ditions heretofore mentioned to include, but not be limited to (1) provision to relieve the town of any responsibility, legal or otherwise, with respect to any part of the premises demised, and (2) provision to save the town harm- less against any and all claims which may arise out of the occupancy and control of the demised premises by the American Mutual Liability Insurance Company.
ARTICLE 75
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay the rental for the year 1957 to the Boston & Maine Rail- road for the land occupied as a parking area at Tuttle, Chestnut and Mur- ray Streets .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $200.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 75.
ARTICLE 76
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay the rental for the year 1957 to Parke Snow, Inc., for the land occupied as a parking area on Center Street as set forth in a lease dated April 16, 1956 .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $600.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 76.
ARTICLE 77
To see what sum the town will vote to return to the town treasury from the balance in the Operating Fund of the Municipal Light Depart- ment, as of December 31, 1956, and authorize the assessors to use said sum in computing the tax rate for 1957, and also to see what sum the town will authorize the Municipal Light Department to transfer from the balance of its Operating Fund as of December 31, 1956 to the Construction Fund of the Municipal Light Department .- Municipal Light Board.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the sum of $70,000.00, being part of the balance of the Operating Fund of the Municipal Light Department as of December 31, 1956, be returned to the town treasury, and the assessors be hereby author- ized to use the same in computing the tax rate for 1957, and authorize the
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Municipal Light Department to transfer from its Operating Fund $82,- 000.66 to its Construction Fund, the latter sum being the remainder of the balance in its Operating Fund as of December 31, 1956.
ARTICLE 78
To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Assessors to use such free cash as may be in the treasury, or any part thereof, in computing the tax rate for the current year .- John J. McCarthy, Town Accountant.
Voted: That the Board of Assessors be authorized to use an amount of free cash in the treasury, not in excess of $65,000.00, in computing the tax rate for 1957, and that the amount to be used as estimated receipts, as a credit in determining the tax rate for 1957, be used by the assessors to the full amount authorized by Statute.
On motion by Harry Marshall:
Voted: That the meeting give a rising vote of thanks to the moderator and the Finance Committee.
On motion by Gardner C. Reed:
Voted: That this meeting be now dissolved.
Meeting dissolved at 8:19 P. M.
Attendance:
Prec. 1 133
Prec. 2
95
Prec. 3
153
Prec. 4
105
Prec. 5
54
Total
540
A True Record:
Attest: CHARLES F. YOUNG,
Town Clerk
Special Town Meeting, June 10, 1957
Meeting called to order at 7:38 P. M. in the Memorial High School audi- torium by Moderator Roger H. Wingate.
ARTICLE 1
To hear and act upon the second report of the committee appointed under Article 6 of the Special Town Meeting of August 13, 1956 .- Junior High School Building Survey Committee.
Report of the Junior High School Building Survey Committee read by Melvin D. Peach, chairman. The report recommended a site on New Salem Street. The committee felt the Town Farm site to be more desir- able but lack of facilities such as sewers and sidewalks prompted the com- mittee to favor its second choice-the New Salem Street site.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the report be accepted as a report of progress.
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ARTICLE 2
To see if the town will vote to build and equip with original equipment and furnishings at a cost not to exceed one million dollars, a new Junior High School Building on land belonging to the town and lying westerly from and to the rear of the present Atwell Junior High School, and to in- struct the moderator to appoint a committee of eleven members consisting of two members of the School Committee, the Superintendent of Schools, and eight other citizens to be authorized on behalf of the town to make and execute such agreements for architectural and technical advice as may be necessary to make studies and sketches sufficiently complete so that final cost figures may be obtained for the erection of the Junior High School building, including original equipment and furnishings therefor, said com- mittee to consult with the School Committee on any action proposed be- fore reporting to a future town meeting, and raise and appropriate a suf- ficient sum of money to be expended by the committee to carry out the purpose of this article or any vote passed thereunder .- Junior High School Building Survey Committee.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 2 be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 3
To see if the town will vote to build, with original equipment and fur- nishings and at a cost not to exceed one million dollars, a new Junior High School Building on a section of the so-called town farm property, and to instruct the Moderator to appoint a committee of eleven consisting of two members of the School Committee, the Superintendent of Schools, and eight other citizens to be authorized on behalf of the town to make and execute such agreements for architectural and technical advice as may be necessary to make studies and sketches sufficiently complete so that final cost figures may be obtained for the erection of the Junior High School Building, including original equipment and furnishings therefor, said com- mittee to consult with the School Committee on any action proposed before reporting to a future town meeting, and raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to be expended by the committee to carry out the purpose of this article or any vote passed thereunder .- Junior High School Build- ing Survey Committee.
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