Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1941-1945, Part 29

Author: Acton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1941
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Motion : That the vote be taken by ballot did not pre- vail.


Voted: By a standing - Yes, 148, No 18 - to raise and approprate the sum of Seventy-Seven dollars and Eighty Cents ($77.80) to pay the balance due on the installation of fluorescent lighting in the elementary schools and that the Board of Selectmen shall not approve for payment said bal- ance due until said installations are approved by the state wiring inspector. (Tellers for above vote - Everett Put- nam, Porter Jenks, Howard Billings and James W. Baker).


Art. 16. To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the additonal sum of $1550.00 to complete the fluorescent lighting in all elementary classrooms, or act anything thereon.


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Voted: To raise and appropriate the additional sum of Fifteen Hundred and Fifty (1550) dollars to complete the fluores cent lighting in all elementary classrooms.


Art. 17. To see what sum of money the town will vote to raise and appropriate to defray the necessary and usual expenses of the several departments of the town and deter- mine how the same shall be raised.


Voted: That the following sums of money be raised and appropriated for several specific purposes hereinafter designated and that the same be expended only for the pur- poses under the direction of the respective boards, commit- tees, or officers of the town, as follows:


Moderator


$ 25.


Finance or Advisory Committee Ex-


penses


200.


Selectmen, Salaries & Wages


1,800.


Expenses 100.


Town Accountant, Salaries & Wages


650.


Expenses 40.


Treasurer, Salaries & Wages Expenses 200.


650.


Collector, Salaries & Wages Expenses


1,250.


Assessors, Salaries & Wages


1,500.


Expenses


75.


Town Clerk, Salaries & Wages


350.


Expenses 150.


Elections & Registration


Salaries & Wages


550.


Expenses


300.


Buildings & Grounds


Salaries & Wages


900.


Expenses 2.800.


Total Buildings & Grounds


3,700.


Protection of Persons & Property Police


Chief's Salary .....


1,800.


200.


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Chief's War Bonus 300.


Special Officers 400.


Expences including Cruiser 850.


Fire Department


Salaries & Wages


1,900.


Expenses


1,100.


Fire Hydrants (Rental)


3,453.


Forest Fires 1,200.


Sealer of Weights & Measures


Salaries & Wages


200.


Expenses 15.


Moth Dept., Salaries & Wages


700.


Expenses 800.


Tree Warden, Salaries & Wages 700


Expenses


300.


13,718.


Health & Sanitation


Health, Salaries & Wages


3.650.


Expenses


400.


Inspection of Animals


125.


Highways


Salaries & Wages


900 .-


Expenses 550.


Chapter 81


7,125.


Chapter 90


2,500.


Snow Removal & Maintenance


of Equipment


10,000.


Street Lighting


3,525.


General Relief


Salaries & Wages


625.


Expenses


4,000.


Old Age Assistance, Expenses


20,000.


Aid to Dependent Children


2,000.


Veterans Benefits


Salaries & Wages


50.


Expenses


1,000.


4,175. .


24,600 ..


26,625.


1.050.


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Education :


Supt., Principals' & Teachers' Salaries & Janitor Wages


50,020.


Fuel


2,180.


Mass. Teachers' Retirement Fund 217.50


General & Miscellaneous Expense Supplies, including new text books


5,100.


Transportation.


5,000.


Vocational Education


100.


Janitors' Supplies & Power


1,400.


General Repairs & Outlays


1,950.


Waterproofing North Wall High School


1,600.


Libraries


Salaries & Wages


700.


Expenses


800.


Books


200.


69,267.50


$151,175.50


Recreation


Playgrounds


200.


Miscellaneous Expenses


500.


Town Reports


400.


Workmen's Compensation


600.


Committee on Public Safety


400.


Surety Bonds


280.


Rationing Board


1,300.


3,680.


Cemeteries


Salaries & Wages


2,400.


Expenses


400.


2,800.


Maturing Debt


3,000.


Interest, Maturing Debt


250.75


3,250.75


160,906.25


Special Articles : raise and appropriate


Art. 6-Dog Officer 250.


8-Town Forest 500.


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10-Town Roller 550.


11-Highway Dept. Repairs


on bldgs. 1,000.


12-Board of Public Welfare


13-Fire Department 100.


1,000.


16-Fluorescent lights


1,550.


19-Board of Health (Gar- bage) 1,800.


20-Tree Dept. (Replace- ment ) 250.


21-Power Traction with at- tachments 600.


22-Compressor-Cemeteries 400.


250.


8,000 .. 250.


4-Memorial Day


15-Fluorescent lighting 77.80


77.80>


Total voted to be raised and ap- propriated


$169,234.05.


Transfers:


Art. 7-Machinery Fund to Ma- chinery Account


875.


9-Surplus Revenue Ac- count to Post War Com- mittee 500.


32-Overlay Surplus to Re- serve Fund 2,500. 33-Surplus Revenue Ac- count on account of State and County allot- ments for Highways 10,725. 14,600.


$183,834.05,


Art. 18. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Board of Selectmen to have an annual audit of the various accounts of the town or act anything thereon.


Voted: To instruct the Board of Selectmen to have' an annual audit of the various accounts of the town.


Art. 19. To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $1800.00 so that the Board of Health


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may contract for the collection and disposal of garbage for the period of one year, or act anything thereon.


Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of Eighteen Hundred (1800) dollars so that the Board of Health may contract for the collection and disposal of garbage for the period of one year.


Art. 20. To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $250.00 for the Tree Department for the replacement of shade trees, or act anything thereon.


Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of Two Hun- dred and Fifty (250) dollars for the tree department, for the replacement of shade trees.


Art. 21. To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $600.00 for the purchase of a power tractor and attachments for the Highway Department, or act anything there.


Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of Six Hun- dred (600) dollars for the purchase of a power tractor and attachments for the Highway Department.


Art. 22. To see if the town will vote to raise and ap- propriate the sum of $400.00 for a compressor for the Ceme- tery Department, or act anything thereon.


Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hun- dred (400) dollars for a compressor for the Cemetery De- partment.


Art. 23. To see if the town will vote to accept the Honor Roll which was presented to the citizens of the Town of Acton on November 28, 1943, or act anything thereon.


Voted: To accept the Honor Roll which was presented by the citzens of the Town of Acton on November 28, 1943.


Art. 24. To see if the town will vote to accept the gift of $1500.00 made to the Town of Acton by the will of the late Miss Charlotte B. Conant. Said sum to be kept as a


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fund and the income thereof used for the purchase of new books for the High School Library to be selected by the principal and the heads of the English and History Depart- ments of the High School, or act anything thereon.


Voted: To accept the gift of Fifteen Hundred (1500) dollars made to the Town of Acton by the will of the late. Miss Charlotte B. Conant. Said sum to be kept as a fund and the income thereof used for the purchase of new books for the High School Library to be selected by the principal and the heads of the English and History Departments of the High School.


Art. 25. To see if the town will accept as a town way or street, that road known as Pine Street, westerly about 250 feet off Main Street, as shown on a plan filed in the office of the town clerk, or act anything thereon.


Voted: To pass over the article.


Art. 26. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Moderator to appoint a committee of three to report at the next annual or special town meeting regarding the ad- visability of purchasing a truck for the Highway Depart- ment, or act anything thereon.


Voted: To instruct the Moderator to appoint a commit- tee of three to report at the next annual or special town meeting regarding the advisability of purchasing a truck for the Highway Department. Committee: Edward J. Bursaw, Frank B. Roche, and G. Howard Reed.


Art. 27. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Moderator to appoint a committee of five to be known as the Acton War Record Committee, whose duty it shall be to compile a permanent record of all men and women of Acton in the military service of the United States or of any of its Allies in the present World War. This committee to have full power of filling vacancies or enlarging the mem- bership of the committee and that such moneys for the use of the committee as the Selectmen deem necessary from time to time be made available to the committee by the


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Selectmen or the Finance Committee from any funds within their control. This committee to report at the next annual town meeting, or act anything thereon.


Voted: To instruct the Moderator to appoint a com- mittee of five to be known as the Acton War Record Com- mittee, whose duty it shall be to compile a permanent record of all men and women of Acton in the military service of the United States or of any of its Allies in the present World War. This committee to have full power of filling vacancies or enlarging the membership of the committee and that such moneys for the use of the committee as the Select- men deem necessary from time to time be made available to the committee by the Selectmen or the Finance Committee from any funds within their control. This committee to re- port at the next annual town meeting. Committee. Ralph P. Marble, Herbert L. Leusher, Theron A. Lowden, Prentice W. Blood, and Mrs. Marjorie J. Davis.


Art. 28. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Moderator to appoint a committee of five to investigate and submit a set of Zoning Laws at the next annual or a special town meetng, or act anything thereon.


Voted: To instruct the Moderator to appoint a com- mittee of five to investigate and submit a set of Zoning Laws at the next annual or a special town meeting. Committee: Maynard L. Harris, Clare A. Milbery, Charles J. Farley, Porter Jenks, and James H. Connolly.


Art. 29. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Moderator to appoint a committee of five to investigate and submit a set of Building Laws at the next annual or a special town meeting, or act anything thereon.


Voted: To instruct the Moderator to appoint a com- mittee of five to investigate and submit a set of Building Laws at the next annual or a special town meeting and that the committee appointed to act on Article 28 be the commit- tee to act on Article 29. .


Art. 30. To see if the town will vote to elect by the


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town meeting a school Building Committee of three, working with the School Committee and the Superintendent, to sur- vey the elementary school needs of the town, secure plans, and discover the cost of a central 8-grade elementary school, including sub-primary department, and the cost of three new 8-grade elementary schools, including sub-primary de- partment, one in each precinct; and to see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500.00 for the use of the School Building Committee, and instruct it to report to the town at the next annual or a special town meeting, or act anything thereon.


Voted: To lay the article on the table until some future date.


Art. 31. To see if the town will vote to instruct the Moderator to appoint a committee of three to investigate and recommend the advisability of insuring all or any part of the town buildings or equipment and report at the next annual or a special town meeting, or act anything thereon.


Voted: To pass over the article.


Art. 32. To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $2500.00 from the Overlay Surplus as a Reserve Fund, or act anything thereon.


Voted: To appropriate the sum of Twenty-Five Hun- dred (2500) dollars from the Overlay Surplus as a Reserve Fund.


Art. 33. To see if the town will appropriate from the Surplus Revenue Account the amount of the State's and County's allotments for Highways under Chapters 81 and 90, provided that the reimbursement from the State and County be credited back to the Surplus Revenue account or act anything thereon.


Voted: To appropriate from the Surplus Revenue Ac- count the sum of Ten Thousand Seven Hundred Twenty-Five (10,725) dollars the amount of the State's and County's allot- ments for Highways under chapters 81 and 90, provided that the reimbursement from the State and County be credited back to the Surplus Revenue Account. .


Voted: To adjourn.


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TOWN CLERK'S REPORT


BIRTHS


Whole number recorded


47


Born in Acton


1 Mixed Parentage 5


Males


31


Native Parentage


41


Females


16 Foreign Parentage 1


MARRIAGES


Whole number recorded


38


Resident of Acton 42 Resident of other places 34


DEATHS


Whole number recorded 33


Resident of Acton 27 Resident of other places 6


Occurring in Acton 25 Occurring in other places 8


Average age in years, 67 plus


DOG LICENSES


308 Licenses at $2.00 $616.00


57 Licenses at $5.00 285.00


1 License at $50.00


50.00


1 License at $25.00


25.00


2 Licenses at $10.00


20.00


20 Free Military Licenses


$996.00


Deduct fees 369 Licenses at 20 cents ...


73.80


Paid to Town Treasurer $922.20


NOTICE


All licenses expire March 31.


Dogs must be licensed on or before April 1, or the own ers or keepers thereof are liable to a fine.


The law applies to all dogs three months old or over, regardless of the time of year ownership is acquired. No tax bills are sent to owners of dogs.


HARLAN E. TUTTLE


Town Clerk


BIRTHS REGISTERED IN 1945


Date


Place


Name of Child


Nov. 19


Concord


Andersen, Karl Richard


May


29


Boston


Banquer, Jane


Dec. 8 Concord Barry, Richard Anthony


Aug. 17 Concord


Bean, Frances Elizabeth


Sept.


20 Melrose


Brackett, Beverly Lauretta


June 5 Plymouth


Bradford, Phyllis Lorraine


Dec. 11 Concord


Brewer, William Thomas, 3rd


Jan. 28 Concord


Callahan, Hilary Iris Nadine


Jan. 21 Concord


Sept.


10 Concord


Canessa, John Francis, Jr.


Sept. 4 Concord


Charter, Jacqueline. Rae


April 16 Concord


Charter, John Franklin


July 16 Concord


Claflin, Robert Edwin


Oct.


19 Concord


Conquest, Glenn


Mar. 6 Somerville


Conquest, Ronald Joseph


Jan. 1 Concord


Costello, Matthew


Dec. 15 Concord


Douglas, John Edward


Dec. 17 Concord Feltus, Alexander William Flerra


Sept. 16 Concord Ferguson, Donald Arthur


July


11 Concord Fitts, Mary Judith


Name of Parents


Karl and Olga Pederson Harold Y. and Janice Borenstein David A. and Julia A. Kearney Forrest E. Jr. and Frances E. Balsor Robert D. and Marjorie McLean Richard E. and Ida L. Knight William T. Jr. and Hazel L. Knight Richard E. and Jane F. Gwynn Norman P. and Ella E. Perkins John F. and Inez M. Smith Wesley D. and Mary A. Hause John W. and Eleanor D. Brackett Edwin F. and Ethel G. Dustin Arthur J. and Emily Soubasky James H. and Mary J. Sweeney Matthew F. and Dorothy N. J. Bogart Hugh A. J. and Marion E. Nichols Homer C. and Pauline Casimera Flerra Gardner C. and Elizabeth V. Hughes Warren H. and Jane A. Cadieux


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Campbell, Phyllis Elaine


Date


Place


Name of Child


Nov. 22


Concord


Flint, David Clement


Dec. 16


Concord


Foley, Michele Ann


Nov. 16 Waltham


Galluzzo, Joseph


Oct.


23 Concord


Garthe, Janice Ann


Feb. 16 Concord


Grandine, Joseph Daniel, 3rd


July 21


Concord


Hall, Bruce Allen


Feb. 22 Concord


Hatch, George William


May 19 Newton


Jewell, Martha


July


2


Concord Kinsman, Roland Lee


Jan. 1 Concord


Kolenda, Anthony Edward


May


13 Concord


Liebfried, Donald


Feb.


14 Malden


Magnuson, Walter Arved


June


27 Concord


Mauro, Marion


Dec.


4 Concord


MacPhee, John Paul


July


30 Concord


Nickerson, Leighton Munroe


April


26 Concord


Nordberg, Judith Ann


May 20 Concord


O'Neil, James Francis


Aug.


24


Concord


Pederson, John, Jr.


Aug. 22 Concord


Perkins, Brian Mark


Oct. 28 Concord Prentiss, Larry Gerald


Oct. 17 Waltham


Richner, John Stephen


Nov. 5 Concord


Rondeau, Alexander Lucien, Jr.


Name of Parents


Carl W. and Vera M. Cunningham James M. and Anna C. Downey Calogera and Jean Marella Norman and Lillian M. Bulette Joseph D. 2nd and Florence A. Rouillard Allie L. and Barbara A. Carter Harold F. and Helen E. Piecewicz


Kenneth E. and Marion Crittenden Grover C. and Ruth Harvey Anthony E. and Eleanor L. Larrabee George F. and Helen I. Knowlton Arved E. and Ruth F. Meuse Libby and Mary J. Ciolfi Kenneth D. and Mary L. Aldred Harold E. and Lillian R. Briggs Harold F. and Helen W. Robinson Richard J. and Gertrude M. McVey John and Anna C. Larsen Raymond C. and Grace M. Hamm Wentworth and Geraldine Clapp Robert R. and Barbara M. Uttine Alexander L. and Doris E. Peterson


30


Date


Place


Name of Child


Sept. 25


Concord


Sisson, Richard Towner


Dec.


25 Concord


Stapel, Margaret Sylvia


Jan.


16 Concord


Stevens, Bruce Gordon


April 21 Concord


1944


Nov.


20 Concord


Perkins, Edgar Albert, Jr.


Edgar A. and Eleanor Byron


MARRIAGES REGISTERED IN 1945


Date


Place


Name


Residence 31


June 23


Manchester, N. H. Anderson, James M.


S. Acton


Carson, Margaret P.


W. Concord Iowa


Feb. 2 S. Acton


Bailey, David W.


Davis, Margaret E.


S. Acton


Dec.


22 Maynard


Beach, Charles A.


W. Acton


Thompson, Norma J.


W. Acton


July 13 Acton


Bowers, Lloyd K.


E. Akron, Ohio


Acton Waltham


June 3 Watertown


Bradford, Fred W.


.


Butler, Stonnie Y.


S. Acton


Jan. 7 S. Acton


Braman, Albert S.


S. Acton


Munsie, Natalie M.


Name of Parents


Richard C. and Margaret Whitcomb Hugo L. and Mary A Knowles Walter A. and Priscilla H. Bean Martin W. and Ruth B. Marshall


Tobin, Linda Marshall


Date


Place


Name


Hodgen, Mildred F.


Briggs, Russell L.


Hutt, Mary V.


Briley, Havord


Diggs, Laura B.


Burke, James P.


Walther, Meltha E.


Chitty, Marvin L.


Lizotte, Eileen M.


Cronin, Charles W.


Durand, Shirley R.


Davis, Richard C.


July


29 W. Concord


McAdoo, Marjory J. Derby, Richard A. DeMars, Flavia M. Edwards, Howard R. Dagenais, Dawn V. Feltus, Homer C. Flerra, Pauline E.


April 9 Boston


Sept. 8 Acton


Fitzsimmons, Ervin E. Bartlett, June S.


Jan. 26 Concord Harris, Maynard L.


S. Acton W. Acton Wellesley


Harvard


Acton Fall River


S. Acton


S. Dakota


W. Acton


Hudson


32


S. Acton


Bedford


Acton


W.« Acton


W. Concord


Maynard


Acton W. Acton Allston


Maine


Acton


Acton


Residence


Sept. 20 Wellesley


June 5 Acton


Jan. 4 W. Concord


Sept. 3 Maynard


June 10 Maynard


Jan. 30 Bedford


Aug. 31 Maynard


June 30 Maynard


June 7 Lowell


Aug. 12 Concord


Feb. 18 Sudbury


Sept. 30 W. Acton


Hinkley, Grace M. Lowd, Edward E. Harriman, Florence E. Manion, Charles E.


!


W. Acton Acton Concord Portland, Maine


Nov.


10 S. Acton


Sept


22


Concord


Mekkelsen, John O.


Hazel, Margaret F.


May


13 W. Concord


Merriam, Burton A. Gray, Doris . E. Merriam, James A.


W. Concord


Dec.


22


Arlington


Nov. 9 Acton


Cone, Janet Perryman, Warren K.


Benge, Georgia


Randolph, N. H. Littleton S. Acton S. Acton Lowell Everett


Acton


Adams


Acton W. Acton


Oct. 20 Concord


McMillan, Caroline C. Houghton, Richard W. Dowd, Gertrude M. Jones, Howard F. Langan, Zita W. Kroon, Albert J. Spencer, Avis J. Linscott, Donald A. Jr.


Goulding, Anna M. Marsh, John E. Laird, Helen B.


S. Acton Acton Concord S. Acton


S. Acton Arlington


Arlington Ponca City, Okla.


33


Date


Place


Name


Feb. 4 Chelsea


Rosemark, Jacob K. Stein, Beatrice


W. Acton W. Acton


Jan. 14 Maynard


Sawyer, Benjamin H.


McCarthy, Mary Ann


S. Acton


Oct. 28 Woburn Schofield, Clifford A.


Mclaughlin, Mary C.


May 20 Maynard


Shaw, Richard F. Fraser, Mary J.


W. Acton Maynard


Jan. 1 W. Acton


Silva, Warren A.


Brookline


.


July


5 Maynard


Tatler, William D.


Haggarty, Anne M.


Acton E. Acton


Waltham


W. Acton


Waltham


N. Acton


Everett


W. Acton Center Ossipee,


N.H.


34


Taylor, Charles P.


Murchison, Ewena


July 29 Waltham


Sept. 25 Bedford


Herlihy, Rita L. Weitz, Robert E. Skillings, Ethel M.


Sept. 1 Pittsfield, N. H.


Webb, Kenneth L.


Wormstead, Dorothy M.


Residence


S. Acton


S. Acton Woburn


Bancroft, Beryl


W. Acton Stow


Aug. 4 Springfield


Thatcher, Leo F.


35


Deaths Registered in 1945


Date


Name


Y. M. D.


Nov. 13 Balduf, George J.


66


8


6


April 3 Ballou, Bertha S. (Carney)


42


7


3


Sept. 5 Caia, Corridina


86


0


0


June 29 Conant, Edward F.


88


1


16


May 6


Chapman, Herbert F.


65


5


27


July 28


Dickey, Bertrand E.


58


4 29


April 23


Edwardsen, Andrew


78


3


11


Oct. 25


Enneguess, Mary


83


0


0


Oct. 24


French, Walter M.


93


1 25


Oct. 15


Hart, Nelson N.


71


0


0


Aug. 20


Hewitt, Gertrude E.


65


2


13


Nov. 12


Jones, Lawrence W.


56


10 18


July


22


Kinchla, Barbara L.


30


9


28


June 11 Kirk, John


77


7


1


Jan. 27


Lawrence, William G.


63


4


12


March 6


Lunt, Hattie V. (Stearns)


77


5


25


Sept. 10


Maguire, E. Monica (Roche)


· 58


5


2


Jan. 25


Maillain, Mary E.


91


9


0


Oct. 1


Mandell, Winthrop P.


52


3


28


Jan. 15


Merriam, Nellie S. (Whitney)


78


11


14


Aug. 29


Mott, Louella


85


9


11


Aug. 25


Piper, Ellen L.


90


9


27


April 8


Quimby, Emma L. (Billings)


85


6


25


Oct.


14


Reed, Ellen A. (McDaniels)


92


6


14


Feb.


20


Smith, Euphemia


89


11


9


Jan. 11


Starbuck, Amanda V.


84


0


13


Feb. 19


Starch, Ludvig


73


8 30


Aug. 10


Story, Arthur W.


70


6


5


Sept. 22


Taylor, Charles P.


29


1


4


April 18 Tenney, Nelson H.


92


8


1


Oct.


6 Vincent, Dora B.


51


2


21


Dec.


7 Whitcomb, Nettie E.


70


2


11


Nov.


3 White, John S.


79


3


3


LIST OF NON-RESIDENTS BURIALS 1945


Date of Death 1945


Name


Age Y. M. D.


Place of Death


Place of Burial


Jan. 18


Barrows, Mabel E.


74 .0


12


Waltham


May


22


Clifford, Laura B.


61


2


11


Stow


Jan. 29


Davidson, William A.


64


11 25


Chelsea


Mt. Hope


Aug. 15 Evans, John


74


3


8


Keene Valley, N. Y.


April 14


Finnigan, Williard J.


47


1 12


Somerville


Nov. 11


Gillmore, Fred W.


77


6


6


Fitchburg


Sept. 26


Hargood, Edith


67


9


27


Newton


Mt. Hope


April 12


Hayward, Hattie H.


87


0


0


Newton


Mt. Hope


Oct. 3 Hyndman, Edward A.


82


0


3


Maynard


Mt. Hope


April


3


Kazokas, Kathleen


9


5


Maynard


Mt. Hope Woodlawn


Oct.


13


Kimball, Harold A.


49


10


6 Weymouth


May 27


Loomer, Pearl F.


66


0


4


Maynard


Mt. Hope


Oct.


12


Morse, Georgiana B.


68


11


19


Princeton


Mt. Hope


Oct. 18 Pratt, Rueben C.


70


8


20


Shrewsbury


Woodlawn


Mar.


17 Preston, Sophia E.


91


3


22


Leominster


‘Mt. Hope


Mar. 26 Rodway, Charlotte E.


70


1


22 Medford


Woodlawn


May


15 Thomas, Florence E.


66


10


13


Waltham


Mt. Hope


May


1 Tuttle, George W.


.


82


6


26


Concord


Woodlawn


Woodlawn Woodlawn


Woodlawn Woodlawn Mt. Hope


36


Date of Death 1945


Name


Age


Y. M. D.


Place of Death


Burial


July 17


Tuttle, Loretta


,


101


6 2 Chelsea


Aug. 7


Wamboldt. Adelbert R.


60


11


1 New Bedford


Sept. 25


Wheeler, Herman T.


59


8


0 Lincoln


Aug. 29


Wheeler, Mary A.


83


9 14 Lincoln


Woodlawn


Jan.


15


Whitcomb. Robert F.


-


6 15 Clinton


Woodlawn Mt. Hope Woodlawn


Mt. Hope


37


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JURY LIST REVISED - 1945


Precinct I


Arthur Freese-40 Wetherbee St.


Roy H. Linscott- 343 Great Rd. Elwin H. Hollowell-13 Wheeler Lane Herbert L. Leusher-84 Woodlawn Lane Foster R. Mackinnon-73 Esterbrook Rd. Orson K. Miller-92 Nagog Hill Rd. Fred V. Richards-11 Hosmer St. E. Clayton Steeves-49 Taylor Rd. J. Henry Engman-54 Great Rd. Roland O. Livermore-505 Main St.


Precinct II


Edward LeClerc-47 School St. David F. Penney-81 Robbins St. Harold C. White-38 Main St. Chester A. Spinney-103 Main St. Lossie E. Laird-2 Fletcher Ct. Harold G. Nicola-86 Concord St. Albert S. Braman-13 Chadwick St. Hugh C. Hodgen-66 Liberty St. Karl R. Jones-154 Main St. Theron A. Lowden-172 Main St.


Precinct III


Bertram D. Hall-39 Windsor Ave. George A. Rifford-186 Central St. Edward A. Schmitz-57 Windsor Ave. Joseph F. Redfern-220 Central St. Harry E. Fannon-249 Central St. R. Almont Lawton-235 Central St. Carl E. Anderson-580 Massachusetts Ave George Roe-280 Arlington St. James E. Kinsley-265 Central St. Raymond A. Gallant-244 Central St.


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SELECTMEN'S REPORT


We submit, herewith, the reports of the various departments of the Town for the year ending December 31, 1945, after the actions under the different articles voted at the last Annual Town Meeting.


The Public Works and County Commissioners notified us that funds will be available for new construction under Chapter 90; the Town appropriates one-fourth, the County one-fourth, and the State one-half. This is the first money since 1941 that has been alloted by the State and County for new work. We recommend that the Town resume the rebuilding of North Main Street from the Carlisle line to the Great Road, "Route #2."


The repairs have been made on the Roller and it should be serviceable for a few more years. Some equipment voted under Special Articles have been ordered and accepted but have not been delivered as yet, on account of the slow up of reconversion.


The building purchased for the Highway Department have been reroofed and doors installed to house the equipment. The sum of $2012.46 was turned over to the Town Treasurer by the Stockholders of the Acton Agricultural Holding Company. Bids were posted for the painting of the West Action Fire House as no bids were received this project will be up for consideration at the next Annual Town Meeting.


Under Chapter 690 on January 1, 1946, the care, control and maintenance of every public highway bridge with a clear span of not less than 20 feet, located on a through route was trans- ferred to the State Department of Public Works and the cost thereof shall be paid out of the Highway Fund; one bridge on route 62 and two bridges on route 27 "The Railroad bridge and the Stone arch bridge at Faulkner Mills, South Acton" were the three bridges transferred to the Department of Public Works.


The Board wishes, at this time, to express its appreciation to all town officers and committees for their support and co-opera- tion in carrying out the duties of their respective offices during the past year.


GEORGE S. BRAMAN ARTHUR W. LEE LAWRENCE DONNELLY


Selectmen of Acton.


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REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen of Acton:




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