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The vote in the affirmative was: Yes, 499 - No, 1.
ARTICLE 33
To see if the town will vote to purchase or take by right of eminent domain for construction of a sewerage pumping station and its appurten- ances the following described parcel of land; beginning at a P.C. of a curve of 20 foot radius at the intersection of Farm and Water Streets, thence northeasterly by said curve 31.49 feet to a P.T., thence along the westerly sideline of Farm Street S-28-13-W 150.78 feet to the centerline of the re- located Mill River, thence westerly by said centerline of the Mill River about 140 feet, thence northerly by land now or formerly of Willard D. & Alice I. Buckless about 86 feet, thence northeasterly in two courses by land now or formerly of George M. & Eleanor L. Lilly about 55 feet, and 58.5 feet respectively to the southerly sideline of Water Street, thence S-62-00-E by said sideline 88.83 feet to the point of beginning. The above described parcel is shown on Assessors' Plat No. 32, of the Town of Wake- field as Lot 56B, and contains about 20,200 square feet .- Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: To purchase or take by right of eminent domain for construction of a sewerage pumping station and its appurtenances the following de- scribed parcel of land: beginning at a P.C. of a curve of 20 foot radius at the intersection of Farm and Water Streets, thence northeasterly by said curve 31.49 feet to a P.T., thence along the westerly sideline of Farm Street S-28-13-W 150.78 feet to the centerline of the relocated Mill River, thence westerly by said centerline of the Mill River about 140 feet, thence northerly by land now or formerly of Willard D. & Alice I. Buckless about 86 feet, thence northeasterly in two courses by land now or formerly of George M. & Eleanor L. Lilly about 55 feet, and 58.5 feet respectively to the southerly sideline of Water Street, thence S-62-00-E by said side- line 88.83 feet to the point of beginning. The above described parcel is shown on Assessors' Plat No. 32, of the Town of Wakefield as Lot 56B, and contains about 20,200 square feet. And to provide therefor the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.
The vote in the affirmative was unanimous.
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ARTICLE 34
To see if the town will vote to purchase or take by right of eminent domain for protection of the town's watershed and/or wellfields a parcel of land lying north of Nahant Street and described as follows: beginning at a point about 206 feet northeast of the intersection of the centerline of a brook and the easterly sideline of Valley Street, thence northeasterly along the centerline of said brook by about 520 feet by other land of Town of Wakefield shown as Lot 31, to the intersection with the centerline of Mill River, so-called, thence southeasterly along the centerline of said river by land of Nicola & Filomena Cresta to a point of intersection with the line dividing Lot 32 and other land of the town shown as Lot 33, thence southwesterly along this lot line about 411 feet to a point. thence north- westerly about 437 feet over land now or formerly of Katherine C. Landers to the point of beginning. The above described parcel is a portion of Lot 32 as shown on Assessors Plat 32 of the Town of Wakefield .- Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted Unanimously: To purchase or take by right of eminent domain for protection of the town's watershed and/or wellfields a parcel of land lying north of Nahant Street and described as follows: Beginning at a point about 206 feet northeast of the intersection of the centerline of a brook and the easterly sideline of Valley Street, thence northeasterly along the centerline of said brook by about 520 feet by other land of Town of Wakefield shown as Lot 31, to the intersection with the centerline of Mill River, so-called, thence southeasterly along the centerline of said river by land of Nicola & Filomena Cresta to a point of intersection with the line dividing Lot 32 and other land of the town shown as Lot 33, thence southwesterly along this lot line about 411 feet to a point, thence north- westerly about 437 feet over land now or formerly of Katherine C. Landers to the point of beginning. The above described parcel is a portion of Lot 32 as shown on Assessors Plat 32 of the Town of Wakefield. And to pro- vide therefor the town raise and appropriate the sum of $500.
ARTICLE 35
To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Works to accept on behalf of the town conveyances or easements from time to time, giving the town the right to slope land back from the street lines and to construct retaining walls .- Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the Board of Public Works be authorized to accept on behalf of the town, conveyances or easements from time to time, giving the town the right to slope land back from the street line and to construct retaining walls, such authorization to extend until the next annual town meeting.
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ARTICLE 36
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the following purposes:
a. Fencing at Maple Way Playground.
b. Fencing at Highway Building on North Avenue .- Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 to carry out the purposes of Article 36, paragraph A.
ARTICLE 37
To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Public Works to take by right of eminent domain rights and easements necessary to slope land back from the street lines in connection with the accomplishment of the purposes of Article 47 of the warrant of the Annual Town Meeting of 1957 .- Board of Public Works.
Voted Unanimously: That the Board of Public Works be authorized to take, by right of eminent domain, rights and easements necessary to slope land back from the street line as required in the accomplishment of the purposes of Article 47 of the warrant of the Annual Town Meeting of 1957, and to provide therefor the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1.00.
ARTICLE 38
To see if the town will vote to accept the provisions of General Laws Chapter 40, Section 42a to 42f inclusive, sometimes referred to as the Water Lien Act .- Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted Unanimously: That the Town accept the provisions of Gen- eral Laws, Chapter 40, Sections 42a to 42f inclusive, sometimes referred to as the Water Lien Act.
ARTICLE 39
To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to abandon for nominal consideration a portion of an easement in land owned by Irene Hermann, taken by the Town of Wakefield for the con- struction, maintenance and repair of public sewers and drains by instru- ment dated April 18, 1956, recorded as Document 305,247, April 20, 1956, and noted on Certificate of Title No. 52,739 in the South Registry District for Middlesex County, Book 352, Page 149, and shown on "Plan of Land in Wakefield, Mass., Land Court Case No. 13,353B, showing land taken by the Town of Wakefield, by Camp, Dresser & McKie, Consulting Engineers," dated October 28, 1956 and being Land Court Plan 13,353C2. The portion
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of said easement to be abandoned, being no longer required for public purposes, is bounded and described as follows:
"Beginning at a point on the Northerly sideline of Spring Street said point lying one hundred sixty-seven and 99/100 feet (167.99') Easterly of a Stone Bound at the Noreheast corner of Spring and Greenwood Streets; thence Northeasterly over land N/F of Irene Hermann seventy feet (70.00) to a point, thence at right angles in a Northeasterly direction for twenty feet (20.00') to a point, thence at right angles and in a Southwesterly di- rection seventy-five and 55/100 (75.55') to the said northerly sideline of Spring Street, thence Northwesterly along this sideline to the point of beginning, for twenty and 76/100 (20.76')."-Board of Public Works.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted Unanimously: To authorize the Board of Selectmen to abandon for nominal consideration a portion of an easement in land owned by Irene Herman, taken by the Town of Wakefield for the construction, maintenance and repair of Public Sewers and drains by instrument dated April 18, 1956, recorded as Document 305,247, April 20, 1956, and noted on Certificate of Title No. 52,739 in the South Registry District for Middle- sex County, Book 352, Page 149, and shown on "Plan of Land in Wakefield, Mass., Land Court Case No. 13,353B, showing land taken by the Town of Wakefield, by Camp, Dresser & McKie, Consulting Engineers," dated October 28, 1956, and being Land Court Plan 13,353C2. The portion of said easement to be abandoned, being no longer required for public pur- poses, is bounded and described as follows:
"Beginning at a point on the Northerly sideline of Spring Street, said point lying one hundred sixty-seven and 99/100 feet (167.99') Easterly of a stone bound at the Northeast corner of Spring and Greenwood Streets; thence Northeasterly over land N/F of Irene Herman seventy feet (70.00') to a point, thence at right angles in a Northeasterly direction for twenty feet (20.00') to a point, thence at right angles and in a Southwesterly direction seventy-five and 55/100 feet (75.55') to the said Northerly side- line of Spring Street, thence Northwesterly along this sideline to the point of beginning, for twenty and 76/100 feet (20.76')."
ARTICLE 40
To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of fifteen hundred dollars for nursing, the same to be expended under the direction of the Selectmen as salary of the nurse 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: To raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500 to carry out the purposes of Article 40.
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ARTICLE 41
To hear and act upon the first report of the Montrose Fire Station Study Committee, appointed under Article 70 of the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting for the year 1956 .- Montrose Fire Station Study Committee. Report read by John Heslin.
On motion by Finance Committee.
Voted: That the report of the Committee be accepted as a report of progress.
ARTICLE 42
To see if the town will vote to construct a sidewalk with granite curb- ing on the north side of Lowell Street from Magnolia Terrace to the exist- ing sidewalk of the Dolbeare School, said work to be done under the pro- visions of the Betterment Act, and that the town raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to provide therefor or to see what the town will do about it .- Norman Friedman and others.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 42 be indefinitely postponed.
ARTICLE 43
To hear and act upon the report of the Town Hall Building Com- mittee .- Town Hall Building Committee.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the report of the Committee be accepted as a report of progress, and that a final report be made at a future town meeting.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted Unanimously: To take up Article 47.
ARTICLE 47
To hear and act upon the report of a committee appointed under Articles 5 and 6 of the warrant for the Annual Town Meeting for the year 1957 and reappointed by the Board of Selectmen for the study of off-street parking .- Parking Committee, John V. Clancy, Chairman.
The report of the Committee was read by John V. Clancy. It was a lengthy report covering many sites that might be utilized for parking, and, finally, recommending that the Town Hall site, and the Miller Build- ing site be considered, and that a committee be appointed to maintain contact with the program.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the report of the Committee be accepted as a report of progress.
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ARTICLE 44
To see if the town will vote to demolish the present Town Hall and prepare the site for parking purposes and to provide therefor, that the town raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to carry out the purposes of this article, and further that the Moderator appoint a committee to accommodate the action of the town meeting .- Town Hall Building Com- mitee.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $18,000 to provide for the demolition of the present Town Hall building and to prepare the Town Hall site as a temporary parking facility and that the Board of Public Works be directed to take such action as is required to carry out these purposes, and that the Board of Public Works be appointed by the Mod- erator to serve as a committee for this.
ARTICLE 45
To see if the town will vote to elect seven members of a Recreation Commission, provided for in Chapter 45, Section 14, General Laws as amended, by ballot beginning at the Annual Town Meeting in March of 1959 .- Linwood F. Young and others.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: To elect seven members of a Recreation Commission provided for in Chapter 45, Section 14, General Laws as amended, by ballot begin- ning at the Annual Town Meeting of March of 1959.
The vote in the affirmative was: Yes, 381 - No, 322.
ARTICLE 46
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money for the proper development of the Col. Edward J. Connelly Recreation area on Lowell Street .- Eugene J. Sullivan and others.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the Board of Public Works be authorized and directed to carry out the purposes of Article 46 and to provide therefor the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $1,500.
ARTICLE 48
To see if the town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen to peti- tion the General Court for the enactment of legislation to erect and con- stitute in Wakefield a City government .- Philip L. McAuliffe and others.
Motion by Finance Committee:
That the subject matter of Article 48 be indefinitely postponed.
At 10:30 P. M. a motion by Orrin Hale for the "previous question" was voted in the negative.
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A motion by Albert J. Petrucci, at 10:37, to adjourn was voted in the negative.
On motion by Thomas E. Bates, at 11:18 P.M., the "previous question" was voted in the affirmative.
At 11:32 P.M., on a count by the tellers, it was
Voted: As moved by the Finance Committee, - that the subject mat- ter of Article 48 be indefinitely postponed.
On motion duly made and seconded,
Voted: That this meeting be adjourned to next Thursday evening, March 20, 1958, at 7:30 P.M., in the auditorium of the Memorial High School building.
Meeting adjourned at 11:32 P.M.
Attendance:
Prec. 1
205
Prec. 2
130
Prec. 3
285
Prec. 4
175
Prec. 5
65
Total
860
A True Record:
Attest:
CHARLES F. YOUNG,
Town Clerk
Adjourned Session, March 20, 1958
Meeting called to order at 7:32 P.M. in the auditorium of the Mem- orial High School building by Moderator Roger H. Wingate.
ARTICLE 49
To see what sum the town will raise and appropriate for the observance of the Christmas season of 1958 by the decoration and illumination of public buildings and public streets, and the decoration of Christmas trees upon municipal land, or what it will do in relation thereto .- Wakefield Chamber of Commerce.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $500 to carry out the purposes of Article 49, and that the Board of Selectmen be directed to allocate the expenditure of these funds.
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ARTICLE 50
To see if the town will instruct the Moderator to appoint a committee of five to erect a suitable memorial tablet or tablets designating Moulton playground as such and that the town raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to provide therefor .- Orrin J. Hale and others.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $350.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 50 and that the Moderator be instructed to appoint a committee of 5 to carry out the purposes of this article.
ARTICLE 51
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay the rental for the year 1958 to the Boston & Maine Rail- road for the land occupied as a parking area at Tuttle, Chestnut and Murray Streets .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $200 to carry out the purposes of Article 51.
ARTICLE 52
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sufficient sum of money to pay the rental for the year 1958 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: To raise and appropriate the sum of $300 to carry out the purposes of Article 52.
ARTICLE 53
To hear and act upon the report of the Wakefield High School Build- ing Committee .- Earl L. Bears, Chairman.
Earl L. Bears read the final report of the committee.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: To accept the report as a final report and extend to the com- mittee a rising vote of thanks for a very good job, well done.
ARTICLE 54
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 de- partments of the Town of Wakefield .- Purchasing Study Committee.
The report of the committee was read by Frederick A. Beyers.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the report of the committee be accepted as a final report.
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ARTICLE 55
To hear and act upon the report of the Capital Outlay Committee authorized under Article 59 of the Annual Town Meeting of 1946 .- Capital Outlay Committee.
The report of the committee was read by Walter E. Morton.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the report of the committee be accepted as a report of progress.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That the Annual Town Meeting now be adjourned until the adjournment of the Special Town Meeting called for 8 P. M., March 20, 1958.
Special Town Meeting, March 20, 1958
Meeting called to order in the auditorium of the Memorial High School building by Moderator Roger H. Wingate, who read the call for the meeting.
On motion by Gardner C. Reed:
Voted: That further reading of the warrant, with the exception of the Constable's return, be dispensed with.
The Constable's return was read by the Town Clerk.
The Moderator then called up Rev. Frederick G. Deasy to offer prayer.
On motion duly made and seconded:
Voted: That, on account of the storm, this meeting be adjourned to next Monday evening, March 24, 1958, at 8 P. M., in the auditorium of the Memorial High School building.
Meeting adjourned at 8:09 P. M.
Attendance, 304
A True Record:
Attest:
CHARLES F. YOUNG, Town Clerk
Return to Annual Meeting
ARTICLE 56
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for a stabilization fund under the provisions of Chapter 40, Section 5B of the Mass. General Laws, or to see what they will do about it .- Capital Outlay Committee.
On motion by Walter E. Morton:
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 56 be referred to the next Annual Town Meeting.
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ARTICLE 57
To hear and act upon the report of the Incinerator Committee ap- pointed by the Moderator under Article No. 52 of the Annual Town Meet- ing of 1957 .- Incinerator Committee.
The report of the committee, recommending further study, was read by Lawrence Mccluskey, chairman of the committee.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the report be accepted as a report of progress.
ARTICLE 58
To see if the town will authorize the Incinerator Committee to engage engineering services for the purpose of making a study of the town's in- cineration requirements and to provide therefor, the town raise and appro- priate a sufficient sum of money .- Incinerator Committee.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the subject matter of Article 58 be indefinitely postponed. On motion duly made and seconded, the meeting voted to hear the report of the committee appointed under Article 2.
ARTICLE 2
The committee under Article 2 reported the following nominations for those town officers not required to be elected by ballot:
SURVEYORS OF LUMBER
George J. Gould
James E. Hewes
George R. Kerr
Harry R. MacIntosh
Ralph Morel Hiram A. Tobey
36 Church Street 48 Salem Street 60 Madison Avenue 77 Gould Street 7 Humphrey Street 512 Lowell Street
THE RECREATION COMMITTTEE
John E. Anderson
Pasquale Carisella
Mrs. Jean K. Hupprich
Mrs. Marjorie McCann
Donald T. McAuliffe James J. O'Brien Linwood F. Young
75 Montrose Avenue 44 Melvin Street 68 Madison Avenue 602 Main Street 35 Fairmount Avenue 9 Park Street 185 Oak Street
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FOR FIELD DRIVERS
Richard W. Baker Walter J. Doyle Everett E. Packard
39 Vale View Road 19 Pleasant Street 24 Wharton Park
Respectfully submitted, SCOTT A. BULLARD
WILLIAM E. JEFFERSON ALBERT J. PETRUCCI CARL A. PETERSON, JR. ROBERT H. GARDNER
On motion by Albert J. Petrucci:
Voted: That nominations be closed.
On motion by Albert J. Petrucci:
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 candidates so nominated.
ARTICLE 59
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 various veterans' organizations listed below :
Sgt. Gerald F. Scott Amvets Post No. 145, $1,200; Wakefield Post No. 2106 Veterans Foreign Wars, $1,200; Col. Allen C. Kelton Detachment Marine Corps League, $600; Corp. H. E. Nelson Post No. 63 American Legion, $1,000, and to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,000 to carry out the purpose of this article .- Board of Selectmen.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the Town raise and appropriate the sum of $4,000 to carry out the purpose of Article 59.
ARTICLE 60
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,150 to be expended by Corp. Charles F. Parker Camp No. 39, United Spanish War Veterans; Wakefield Post No. 2106 Veterans of Foreign Wars; Corp. H. E. Nelson Post No. 63, American Legion; Marie E. Riess Post No. 376 The American Legion; Col. Allen C. Kelton Detachment Marine Corps League; Gerald F. Scott Post No. 145, Amvets; Camp No. 34, Sons of Union Veterans; Wakefield Chapter Gold Star Mothers of America, Inc., for the proper observance of Memorial Day, May 30, 1958 .- James M. Gibbons and others.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That the town raise and appropriate the sum of $2,150.00 to carry out the purposes of Article 60.
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That Article 9 be taken from the table.
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ARTICLE 9
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: To amend Section 7A of the Classification, Salary and Wage Plan of the Town of Wakefield being Chapter 17 of the By-Laws of the Town of Wakefield, under the authority of Section 108a of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, in the manner following: By adding to "Public Works Occupational Group" of the said section a new classification of W-3A, Rubbish Collector.
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: That Article 10 be taken from the table.
ARTICLE 10
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: To amend Section 7b of the Classification, Salary and Wage Plan of the Town of Wakefield, being Chapter 17 of the By-Laws of the Town of Wakefield under the authority of Section 108A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, in the manner following: By striking out the W-6 scale in Schedule II, Wage Scale of said section and substituting the following :
Pay Scale
Number
Min. 1.77
(1)
(2)
Max.
Range
1.82
1.87
1.92
W-6
70.80
72.80
74.80
76.80
.15
3,682.00
3,786.00
3,890.00
3,994.00
On motion by Finance Committee:
Voted: That Article 11 be taken from the table.
ARTICLE 11
On motion by Finance Committee :
Voted: To amend Section 7b of the Classification, Salary and Wage Plan of the Town of Wakefield, being Chapter 17 of the By-Laws of the Town of Wakefield, under the authority of Section 108A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws, in the manner following :
Pay Scale
Number
Min. 1.62
1.67
1.72
Max. 1.77
Range
W-3a
64.80
66.80 3,474.00
68.80
70.80
.15
3,370.00
(1)
(2)
3,578.00
3,682.00
On motion by Lewis Day:
Voted: That the Finance Committee be given a rising vote of thanks.
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ARTICLE 61
To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $380. for the proper observance of Veterans' Day, November 11, 1958, to be ex- pended 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, The American Legion; Marie E. Riess Post No. 376, the American Legion; Col. Allen C. Kelton Detachment, Marine Corps League; Sgt. Gerald F. Scott Post No. 145, Amvets .- James M. Gibbons and others.
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