Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1941-1945, Part 30

Author: Acton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1941
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I herewith submit my report, concerning the work of the Highway Department for the year of 1945.


The regular maintenance and work of cleaning and patching was carried on. Extensive brush cutting was done.


Ten miles of road received surface treatment which included two miles of mixed in place.


Concrete posts and guard rails were erected at Homestead and Willow Streets.


Guard rail posts were set on Hosmer Street at Coles Brook for a distance of 230 feet.


The work on Concord Road at Ice Pond, started in the fall of 1944, was completed. Walls were built, extending and strengthening the culverts. Gravel was put on the shoulders, thus widening the road. Concrete posts and guard rails were erected on both sides of the causeway. The road was graded and surfaced. This project relieved a very dangerous situation.


Respectfully submitted,


RUSSELL C. BERRY,


Superintendent of Streets.


REPORT OF WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION AGENT


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


I am pleased to state that there were no accidents reported to me during the year ended December 31, 1945.


HOWARD L. JONES


Compensation Agent.


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FOREST WARDEN'S REPORT


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Your Forest Warden submits the following report for the year ending December 31, 1945:


Total number of brush and grass fires responded to 35


This has been an exceptionally light year for brush fires, and it was not necessary to put on a forest fire patrol.


The equipment is in good condition, but I would like to rec- ommend purchasing a new forest fire truck this year to replace the old one. I feel that the tax payers living outside the water district deserve-and should have the best protection we can possi- bly give them. The proposed new truck will carry 500 gallons of water, a pump and other modern equipment which we do not have on the present truck.


This truck has more territory to cover than all the other trucks together and most of this territory is in the rural district with no hydrant service.


Respectfully submitted, H. S. MacGREGOR, Forest Warden.


REPORT OF DOG OFFICER


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


I herewith submit my report for the year 1945.


Number of dogs disposed of in accordance with law 42


Number of dogs reclaimed by owners in accordance with law 10


Number of calls answered for dog nuisance 93


Warnings to delinquent owners to get licenses 103


Appropriation $250.00


42 dogs at $3.00 for six days 126.00


42 dogs disposed of


42.00


Gentlemen:


I recommend the appropriation for the year 1946 be $250.00. Respectfully submitted,


ARTHUR FRASER,


Dof Officer.


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REPORT OF TREE WARDEN


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


I hereby submit. the following report for the year ending December 31, 1945.


An appropriation of $1000 was made for this work last year. This money was for emergency work such as removing dead, broken and dangerous trees. Seven hundred dollars was used for wages and $300 for expenses.


The trees are in very bad condition and should be taken care of this coming year.


An appropriation of $250 was made for the replacement of shade trees. The expense was about $166 and the balance was used for labor. We need a number of trees replaced this coming year.


I, therefore, recommend that an appropriation of $1000 be made for the care of shade trees in 1946. Under a special article I recommend that an appropriation of $250 be made for the replacement of shade trees throughout the town.


Respectfully submitted, JAMES J. KNIGHT, Tree Warden.


· REPORT OF SEALER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


The following is the report of your Sealer of Weights and Measures for the year 1945.


I examined 342 weighing and measuring devices, sealing 340, and 2 not being in use were not sealed.


Fees collected $65.42.


The Bureau of Standards loaned equipment for measuring gas and oil tank trucks. This was a great accommodation to the dealers saving them the time and expense of going to Lowell or Waltham.


Our merchants were very co-operative and their equipment in good order.


Respectfully submitted, CARL E. ANDERSON, Sealer of Weights and Measures.


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REPORT OF MOTH SUPERINTENDENT


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


I hereby submit the following report for the year ending December 31, 1945.


An appropriation of $1500 was made for the moth work last year. The cost of spraying material and running expense of a sprayer and truck was about $800. This money was used for spraying through the town once for pest control, and a second spray for pest control and elm leaf beetle through part of the town.


I, therefore, recommend that an appropriation of $1500 be made for the suppression of gypsy moth and elm leaf beetle and for other work that should be done.


In regard to the truck for the town sprayer-it needs a new clutch and quite a few other repairs. I do not think the clutch can be obtained as the truck is an old model, 1924 Reo. The truck is not heavy enough and therefore not safe with the loads it has to carry. It is a question whether we can get it registered this year as it will not stand the test.


Therefore,I recommend a different truck which is heavier and has dual wheels.


Respectfully submitted,


JAMES J. KNIGHT,


Moth Superintendent.


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LIBRARIAN'S REPORT


Accessions-Number of volumes in Library January 1, 1945, 21,916. Increase by purchase, 261. Increase by gift, 604. Total increase, 865. Withdrawn from circulation, 977. Total number of volumes in Library, January 1, 1946, 21,804.


Circulation-Number of days Library was opened, 102 days. Number of volumes circulated, 9,282.


Largest daily circulation, 304, December 8.


Smallest daily circulation, 13, December 19.


Daily average circulation, 91.


Received from fines, sale of magazines and books and miscellaneous, $125.62.


In addition to these statistics, I wish to record that the hours have been changed so that the Library is now open on Wednes- days and Saturdays from 2-6 and from 7-9:30. We hope this will be more helpful to the public than the former hours.


With the approval of the Trustees, I have organized State Certificate Reading for the pupils of Grades 4, 5, and 6. They seem to enjoy it and I hope the experience will help them when they begin to work on Book Reports at High School.


Over a year ago, it was decided that, inasmuch as the Library is a Town organization, and because it supports the South and West Branches, it was only fair to distribute new reading mate- rial as evenly as possible over the town. So that now, a third of each purchase stays at the Center, a third goes to West Acton and a third to South Acton. These Branch books remain six months, then reverse positions for another six months and then return to the Center.


In the matter of fines, I have made no change, following the original rules of 1890. I have enforced these quite strictly for three reasons. The first is that it is my duty as a Town official. The second is that a rule is made to be kept and not broken; and the third is that I feel it to be a very good way to train children as they begin community life, in promptness, in a sense of respon- sibility and in principle in financial dealings. I gather that the original purpose of imposing fines was not to punish the public, but to hasten the return of books in order that others might enjoy them. This also increases the circulation, whereby we get a better rating with the State.


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The matter of reserving books has been taken up by the Trustees and judged not to be advisable in a Library which is not open daily.


As for circulation, you will note that during the past year, we have put out 1863 more books than in 1944 and 1127 more than in 1943.


An appeal came for books for Russia to help replace those destroyed by the Germans. I collected 87, nearly all from Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. White and Capt. Walter C. White, Jr. to whom we give thanks. Also our gratitude goes to the John Peder- son Trucking Company for transporting these books to Boston free of charge.


Mrs. Ralph Piper and Miss Jennie Reed have helped me in lifting and bundling books to be taken to Fort Devens or to be sold to Mr. Rubin, and I acknowledge their help with gratitude. The Branch Librarians in West and South Acton have never failed in their loyalty and co-operation and we are all indebted to them for their able assistance.


MARY LOTHROP,


Librarian.


Gifts of books have been received from the following sources; we accept these donations with thanks: Westinghouse Company, 1; Janet Gould, 2; Mildred Pope Moore, 77; State of Massachu- setts, 5; Anne Rimbach, 1; Ruth Ann Tobin, 1; Laura Forbes, 6; E. H. Washburn, 1; R. W. Robbins, 3; The Insurance Company of North America, 1; Junior Literary Guild, 4; Fred Kiley, 1; C. Douglas, 6; Capt. Walter C. White, Jr., 3; The Chrysler Corpora- tion, 1; Stuart Allen, 420; Howard J. Billings, 1; Mrs. Maynard Harris, 18; Warren Hutchinson, 34; Mrs. Henry Hopkinson, 1; Mrs. Walter C. White, 1; Mrs. Burton Harvey, 3; Anonymous, 13. Total, 604.


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FICTION


Aldrich, B. S. Aldridge, J. Almedingen, E. M.


Ashton, H. Bailey, T.


Barber, W. A. and Schabelitz, R. F.


Barrett, M.


Bassett, S. W.


Bauer, F. M.


Bayer, O. W.


Blackmore, R. D.


Lorna Doone


Primer for Combat


Button, Button


Silvertip's Search


Case of the Giant Killer


Buffalo Coat


What Became of Anna Bolton


Jane Eyre The Manatee


Portrait of a Marriage


The Frightened Pigeon Rooster Crows for Day


Along These Streets


Magic Makes Murder


Tomorrow Sometimes Comes


Hilltop in the Rain Death Comes as the End


Towards Zero


The Ox-Bow Incident


The Outsider


Silver Shoals


Day in Paradise


The Frontier Legion


Green Hazard The Red Haired Lady


The Black Rose The Indigo Necklace Murder Before Midnight Dead Man's Float .


Buck, P.


Burke, F. R.


Burman, B. L.


Burt, S.


Campbell, H. R.


Carfrae, E.


Childers, J. S. Christie, A.


Clark, W. T.


Cleaton, I. Cochran, H. Cohen, O. R. . Cole, J. Coles, M. Corbett, E. Costain, T. Crane, F. Cunningham, A. B. Dean, A.


The Cutters The Sea Eagle Dasha Frossia


Joanna


Red Fruit Drawn Conclusion


Murder at Belle Camille


Silver Moon Cottage


Behold Your King


An Eye for an Eye


Boyle, K. Bramhall, M.


Brand, M.


Branson, H. C.


Brink, C.


Bromfield, L.


Bronte, C.


Bruff, N.


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Deeping, W. Disney, D. C. Downes, A. M. Eberhart, M. G. Ermine, W. Faulkner, W. Fenisong, R. Ferber, E. Field, P.


Foley, M., Ed.


Fontaine, R. Forbes, K. Forester, C. S.


Frank, B. Franken, R. Gardner, E. S.


Gibbs


Gilbert, A.


Glasgow, E.


Gordon, C. Gould, C. Govan, C. N. Graham, G.


Graves, R. Gregory, J. Gruber, F. Gunther, J.


Halliday, B.


Hanlin, T. Hard, M.


Heberdeen, M. V. Hemingway, E. Hewlett, M. Heyer, G.


Slade The 17th Letter Heartwood Wings of Fear Buckskin Marshall


Go Down, Moses Jenny Kissed Me Great Son Death Rides the Night


The Road to Laramie Best American Short Stories 1943 The Happy Times


Mamma's Bank Account


Commodore Hornblower


Rifleman Dodd and the Gun


The Days of the King


Another Claudia


The Case of the Gold-digger's Purse


The Case of the Half-wakened Wife


The Battle Within


The Interpreter


The Scarlet Button


The Woman in Bed


The Miller of Old Church


The Women on the Porch


Dick Tracy, Ace Detective Jennifer's House


Earth and High Heaven Wife to Mr. Milton


The Hermit of Thunder King The Silver Tombstone


The Troubled Midnight


Murder is my Business


Once in Every Lifetime This is Kate Murder Goes Astray For Whom the Bell Tolls Open Country Penhallow


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Heym, S. Hichens, R. Hilton, J. Hobart, A. T. Holding, E. S. Horan, K. Hugo, V. Hutchinson, B. Irwin, M. Janeway, E.


Judah, C. B.


Karig, W. Kent, L. A.


Keyes, F. P. King, B.


King, L. D.


Knight, C.


Knight, K. M.


Landi, E.


Langley, A. L.


Lawrence, H.


Lee, E. Lehmann, R. Lewis, S. Locke, W. J. Lomax, B.


Loring, E. Lutz, G. L.


Lyon, D. McCue, J. W. MacDonald, W. C. MacInnes, H. MacLean, S. R. MacLennan, H. Maier, W.


Of Smiling Peace Young Mrs. Brand So Well Remembered The Peacock Sheds His Tail Net of Cobwebs Remember the Day


Les Miserables The Hollow Men


Young Bess


Daisy Kenyon Tom Bone


Lower than Angels The Country Mouse


The River Road The Happy Isles


Bermuda Burial The Affairs of the Dead Stranger Intrigue for Empire


The Pear Tree


A Lion is in the Streets Blood upon the Snow


The Needle's Eye


The Ballad and the Source


Cass Timberlane The Usurper Outlaw River


Beyond the Sound of Guns By the Way of the Silver Thorns A Girl to Come Home to It's My Own Funeral Cape Cod Doctor Cartridge Carnival While Still we Live A Moment of Time Two Solitudes Spring Flight


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Mally, E. L. Manning, R. Marsh, N. Marshall, B.


Martin, A. E. Maugham, S. Michel, M. S.


Moore, H. F. S.


Morton, J.


Blackbirds on the Lawn


The Scarlet Lily


Ship to Shore Cabbages and Crime


Neumann, D.


Now that April's Here


The Port of Missing Men


The High Barbaree


Morris, K.


Burned Fingers


Storm Tide


Thunderhead


Cats Don't Smile


Ostenso, M.


O! River, Remember


Parrish, A.


Poor Child


Petersen, H.


Country Chronicle


Phillpotts, E.


They Were Seven


The Terhoven File


Pick, R. Pinckney, J.


· Three O'Clock Dinner Colcorton Papa was a Preacher


Lay that Pistol Down


Miss Dilly Says No


The Handwriting on the Wall


Punshon, E. R.


Queen, E.


The Murderer is a Fox


Raddall, T. H.


Roger Sudden Six Mrs. Greenes


Rinehart, M. R.


The Yellow Room


Roberts, C.


The Labyrinth


Robinson, C.


Fire-bell in the Night


You'll be Sorry


Rogers, S. Ross, N. W.


Take the Lightning


Rutledge, N.


Sabatini, R.


The Mocking Bird is Singing Trigger Trail Died in the Wool The World, the Flesh and Father Smith Sinners Never Die


The Razor's Edge


Sweet Murder


Death at 7.10


Murphy, E. F.


McFee, W. Nash, A.


Nicholson, M.


Nordhoff, C. and Hall, J. N.


Ogilvie, E. O'Hara, M. Olsen, D. B.


Pope, E.


Porter, A.


Powell, R.


Pratt, T. Propper, M.


The Conqueror Inn


Rea, L.


Blood on the Cat


Birth of Mischief


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Sale, E. Sharp, M. Shaw, L. Shay, E. and Smith, K.


Shellabarger, S. Sherman, R. Sherriff, R. C. Short, L.


Shute, N.


Simonov, K. Stafford, J. Stevens, S. S.


Stevenson, D. E. Stone, I.


Stout, R.


Street, J.


Swinnerton, F.


Tarkington, B.


Taylor, R. Teilhet, D. L.


Thane, E.


Thirkell, A.


Tompkins, W. A.


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Texas Tumbleweed


Wolf Pack of Lobo Butte


The White Tower


Unless the Wind Turns


Walpole, H:


Wells, H. G. Wentworth, P.


Westcott, G.


Westmacott, M.


Wickenden, D. Williams, B. A.


Willock, R. Willoughby, B. Wilson, M. Wright, R. Wynne, A.


Recitation from Memory --


Cluny Brown Rickshaw Boy Private Adventures of Capt. Shaw Captain from Castille


The Unready Heart Chedworth And the Wind Blows Free


Pastoral


Days and Nights


Boston Adventure


Rey Ryder and the Secret of Wolf Canyon


Listening Valley


Immortal Wife


Not Quite Dead Enough


The Gauntlet


A Woman in Sunshine


Image of Josephine


Ridin' the Rainbow


Odd, but Even So


Odd Man Pays


Ever After The Headmistress


Tuttle, W. C.


Ullman, J. R.


Walker, M.


Prelude to Adventure Joan and Peter She Came Back


Apartment in Athens


Absent in the Spring The Wayfarers


Leave Her to Heaven


5.30 to Midnight


The Golden Totem


The Devon Treasure Mystery Black Boy Emergency Exit


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Adamic, L. Aksakor, S. Baker, R. S. Bean, L. L. Berezowsk, A. Blanchard, A. A. Blanchard, H. F.


Bodley, R. V. C.


Bolitho, W.


Borden, L. P.


Bradbury, W. F. Bromfield, L. Brooks, vanW.


Burt, C. B.


Caverly, D. P. Cerf, B. Chamberlain, E. Chase, M. E.


Clark, F. G. Cowles, E. S., M.D. Crane and Kieley Dallin, D. J. Ehrlich, L. Eliot, C. and Stover, F. Gann, E. K. Gatti, A. Gibbings, R. Government Printing Office


Graham, F. Hahn, E.


Hamlin, H. Harding, B. Hayes, R. Hibben, P. Hicks, Capt. James E. Hinshaw, D.


A Nation of Nations A Russian Gentleman An American Chronicle Hunting, Fishing and Camping Duet with Nicky Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry Motor's Auto Repair Manual Wind in the Sahara Twelve Against the Gods Francesca Cabrini Practical Arithmetic Pleasant Valley The World of Washington Irving Proceedings of Encampment Dept. Mass. 1945 A Primer of Electronics Try and Stop Me Appointment in Manila The Bible and the Common Reader How We Live


Don't Be Afraid


U. S. Naval Academy The Big Three


God's Angry Man


Manual of Inorganic Chemistry Island in the Sky South of the Sahara Lovely is the Lee Rules for Management and Cleaning of Rifle Musket Model 1863 Descriptive Springfield Rifle The N. Y. Yankees China to Me The Soong Sisters Nine Mile Bridge The Lost Waltz Angel Mo' and her Son


Henry Ward Beecher Fire-arms 1702


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Huie, W. B. Huxley, A.


Jennison, K. Jonas, C.


Kane, H. T. Karski, J.


Korson, G.


Lattimore, O.


Lauterbach, R. E. Lieb, F. G.


Logan, R. W. McCoster, M. J.


MacDonald, B. McNaughton, F. and Hehmeyer, W. Marlowe, G. F.


Marshall, Gen. George A.


Mason, A. T.


Mauldin, B. Miller, H. W. Moats, A. L. Moore, F. J. Neblette, C. B. O'Brien, J. J.


Orcutt, R. Orcutt, W. D. Papashvily, G. and H. Parker, R. Pearson, E.


Pearson, H. S. Peattie, D. C.


Pepper, G. W. Poor, H. V. Post, E.


A Man from Kansas Can Do! A Story of the Sea Bees


Perennial Philosophy


New Hampshire


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Beachhead on the Wind


Deep Delta Country


Story of a Secret State At His Side Solution in Asia These are the Russians Connie Mack


St. Louis Cardinals


What the Negro Wants


Historical Collection of the Insurance Company of America The Egg and I


This Man Truman Coaching Roads of New England Report on the Winning of the War Bureaucracy Convicts Itself Up Front All Our Lives


Blind Date with Mars


Outlines of Organic Chemistry


Elementary Photography


How to Run a Lathe Merchant of Alphabets From my Library Walls Anything Can Happen Headquarters Budapest Studies ın Murder Country Flavor Immortal Village Journey into America Philadelphia Lawyer An Artist Sees Alaska Eitquette


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Pyle, E. Ratcliff, J. D.


Reck, F. M.


Robbins, R. W. Robeson, E. G. Rockwell and Grayson Rogers, A.


Roth, A.


Santayana, G. Sherrod, R. Shipton, C. K.


Singer, K.


Skomorovsky and Morris Smith, H. Smyth, H. D. Snow, E. R.


Standish, R. Steinman, D. B.


Stewart, G. R.


Stone, Fred


Trumbull, R.


Wallace, L. H.


Weidman, J.


Welles, Sumner, Ed. Wentworth, G. A.


Westinghouse Air Brake Co. Williams, F. Williams, W. Wolfert, I.


Woolf, V. Yang, M. C. Yust, W., Ed. Yutang, Lin


Brave Men Yellow Magic Beyond the Call of Duty. The Minute Man African Journey Flower Arrangements in Color Elements of Industrial Chemistry Dilemma in Japan


The Middle Span


Tarawa, the Story of a Battle.


Roger Conant, a Founder of Mass.


Spies and Traitors of World War 2 The Siege of Leningrad Stina


Atomic Energy


Pirates of the Atlantic Coast",


Romance of Boston Bay


The Small General


Builders of the Bridge


Names of the Land


Rolling Stone


Silversides


Egg Cookery


Letter of Credit


Guide to the Peace


High School Arithmetic


School Algebra Report of 75th Anniversary


War by Revolution


Dusk of Empire


American Guerrilla in the ; Philippines Flush A Chinese Village


Britannica Book of the Year. The Vigil of a Nation


Institutional: Proceedings of the American Legion 1943' Vital Records of W. Springfield, Mass. (2) Manual of the General Court


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JUVENILE LIST


Aesop


Angelo, V.


Atwater, R. and F.


Bailey, C. S.


Baker, E. W.


Baker, R. Bianco, M.


Benz, F. E.


Brown, Helen D.


Browning, Robert


Burton, Jean


Busoni, R.


Carson, J. M. H.


Christman, A. B. Clymer, E.


Coatsworth, E.


Colum, Padraic


Coolidge, Susan


Cote d'Aulaire, I. and E.


Eberle, I.


Flack, M. and Wiese, K. Gag, Wanda


'Garrard, P. Garst, Shannon Grant, Gordon Grimm


Hale, Lucretia Henry, M. Higgins, H. B. Ilin, M. Irving, Washington Jacobs, E. A. Judson, C. I. Keene, C.


Kingman, L. La Prade, E.


Fables The Rooster Club Mr. Popper's Penguins Pioneer Art in America Stocky The First Woman Doctor


The Street of Little Shops Pasteur Little Miss Phoebe Gay Pied Piper of Hamelin Garibaldi Stanley's Africa Son of Thunder, Patrick Henry Shen of the Sea The Grocery Mouse


The Littlest House


Arabian Nights


What Katy Did at School


Rabbit-Go-Lucky Wings for Per The Very Good Neighbors The Story about Ping Gone is Gone


Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs


Running away with Nebby Jack London


Ships under Sail


Tales The Peterkin Papers The Little Fellow Stephen Foster What Time is it?


Rip van Winkle


The Secret Spring


Mary Jane at School The Clue of the Rusty Key The Portrait in the Sand Ilenka Alice in Orchestralia


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Lathrop, W. Leaf, M. Le Blanc, G. Leeming, J. Lefevre, F.


Leighton, M. Lockwood, M. Lloyd, T. McCloskey, R.


MacNamara, J. Malvern, G. Mason, M. E.


Meadowcroft, E. Milne, A. A.


Mirza, Y. B. Molesworth, Mrs. Neville, L.


O'Brien, J. J. Otis, J. Pease, J. V. D.


Roberts, T.


Sackett, B. Seton, E. T.


Seymour, A. H. Stafford and Zibold Stevenson, A.


Stewart, A. B. Stockton, F. R. Swift, J. Tousey, S. Tudor, T. Travers, P. L. Urmston, M. Wagoner, J. B. White, R. M. Wiggins, K. D.


Northern Trail Adventure. The Story of Ferdinand The Bluebird for Children" Brave Ships of World War 2. The Cock, the Mouse and the Little Red Hen The Singing Cave


Macaroni Sky Highways Homer Price


Extra Jonica's Island


Mark Twain


Young Audubon


Along the Erie Towpath Now we are Six


When we were Very Young The Rug that went to Meccas The Cuckoo Clock


Aviation Dictionary for Boys and Girls


Spike of Swift River


Toby Tyler


This is the World


The Mystery Schooner


Hurricane Treasure


Wild Animals I have Known:


On the Edge of the Fjord


Ling Tang


Abe Lincoln


Ben Franklin


George Carver


The Young Corsicans-


The Bee Man of Orn.


Gulliver's Travels


The Twin Calves


Snow before Christmas


Mary Poppins comes Back- Mystery of the Old Barn Julia Ward Howe


Salute to the Marines The Birds' Christmas Carol.


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REPORT OF THE POST-WAR PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE


To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:


Gentlemen :


The Committee feeling that Acton has had up to this time, no emergency unemployment, and trying to be in a pos- ition to meet any emergency called together, by invitation, all departmental members of the Town of Acton on October 25th 1945. The idea of the meeting was to talk over the needs and projects of the Departments. Sixteen members and the Selectmen with this Committee sat down to a round table discussion of the needs and possible improvements for Acton.


The School Committee suggested an intermediate cen- tralized school building. Plans for such a building at an estimated cost of $165,000, are in their possession. This at no obligation to the Town of Acton.


The Selectmen spoke of need of work on many of our narrow bridges about Town upon which some work has been done, also the drainage problem on Arlington Street, West Acton. They spoke of the need of Playgrounds in all sec- tions of the Town.


The Cemetery Department would like to resurface all roads within the Grounds with a hard surface; and remove many curbs and level many plots in order that, with the help situation as it is, the care of the Cemeteries would be easier and better.


The Welfare Department was represented but did not have anything that they could not cope with.


The Fire Department is most anxious for a drying rack at the South Acton Station and we feel we can recommend one being installed. The Dept. also stated Acton Center Station should be remodeled. Chief MacGregor also stated that Acton would be faced with extension of the Alarm System as soon as the Telephone System completes its Dial System.


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The Board of Health brought out the immediate need' of a Sewerage System for Acton, stating that the State Board might order it done. They impressed all with its urgency. This matter, we feel the people of Acton should. be given the opportunity to act on at once.


The Assessors recommend the immediate extension of the Water District. It was th consensus of opinion of those present, that the time has arrived for Acton to absorb the Water District and make it a Town responsibility. This action would automatically extend the System to cover the Town more completely. They also suggested a mapping of the Town. It was also brought out by them, that the present street lighting was not generally bright enough.


As a result of this general meeting, your Post-War Committee at a later meeting, felt we would make our annual. report a listing of the outcome of this meeting of the De- partments of the Town of Acton and to recommend:


1-The Board of Health take immediate action on the Sewerage System-


2-The Fire Department ask for and receive a drying. rack, same to be constructed by a local Contractor-


3-The extension of the Water District throughout Acton. This to be accomplished by a committee being appoint- ed to work out proper procedure and reporting to the Town of Acton and the West and South Water District of Acton.


4-That immediate action be taken about constructing a sidewalk along Main Street, between the bridge in South Acton and the Maynard line, trying to get Maynard to co- operate, that the walks may be complete to where they now end in Maynard.


Respectfully submitted,


ALBERT R. JENKS, Chairman' FORREST E. BEAN, SR. RICHARD F. DEANE, Secretary:


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ASSESSORS' REPORT - 1945


'Tax assessed as follows: ,


Buildings, exclusive of land


$2,551,450.00


Land 632,525.00


Personal


462,675.00


-$3,646,650.00


Valuation January 1 1944


3,670,905.00


Decrease in valuation


24,255.00


Rate of Taxation, $33.20


Real Estate


$


105,707.99


Personal Estate


15,360.84


Polls


1,578.00


$ 122,646.83


Amount of money raised :


State Tax $ 4,488.00


State Parks Tax




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