Town annual reports of Acton, Massachusetts 1951-1955, Part 25

Author: Acton (Mass.)
Publication date: 1951
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Amendment lost by a hand vote Yes 103, No 110.


Amendment by Porter Jenks.


Section III Art. 2 Area Regulations be changed from 150 feet or more frontage to 100 feet or more frontage and containing 20,000 square feet or more.


Amendment lost by hand vote Yes 78, No 148


Amendment by Daniel Sweeney.


Section III Art. 2 Area Regulations be changed from 150 feet or more frontage to 125 feet or more frontage and containing 20,000 square feet or more.


Amendment lost.


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Amendment by Mrs. Donald Brazee.


Beginning at the most Southeasterly corner of the piot of land marked A on the Zoning Map; thence due East to the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in East Acton; thence Northerly by the said Railroad 1000 feet; thence due West to the lot marked A on said Zoning Map; thence Southeasterly by the said lot A to the point of beginning.


Amendment lost.


Amendment by Porter Jenks.


That Mohawk Drive as laid out on a plan dated De- cember 22, 1952 recorded with Middlesex South District Deeds as Plan No. 16 of 1953 and that Oneida Road, Seneca Road and a continuation of Mohawk Drive as laid out on a plan dated June 16, 1953, recorded with Middlesex South District Deeds at the end of Book 8094 be shown on the Zoning Map of the Town of Acton, Mass.


Amendment lost.


Amendment by John Mclaughlin.


That the area in Acton Center on the Northerly side of Main Street and between Newtown Road and Nagog Hill Road, presently known as Dewey's Market and including the surroundings of the same ownership, shall be zoned for business and not for residential as shown on the Zoning Map.


Amendment lost.


Amendment by Alan Pederson.


That the following described parcel of land, the prop- erty of Ingeborg Pederson, and presently shown on the Zoning Map of the Town of Acton, Mass. as within a District


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defined as Residential and Agricultural be redistricted as Business. The parcel is bounded and described as follows :-


Being situated about a half a mile northerly of the center village on Newtown Road containing about one and one half acres. Beginning at the Southwesterly corner there- of at said Newtown Road and land of Frank W. Putnam; thence Northerly along Newtown Road to land formerly of Herbert F. Robbins; thence Easterly along Robbins land to land of Frank W. Putnam; thence Southerly on said Putnam land to the said Newtown Road and the point of beginning.


Amendment carried.


Amendment by Edward H. Howard.


That the following described parcels of land, the properties of Margaret C. Bogart, Harold Prentiss, Ed- ward H. Howard and Russell A. Fitz, presently shown on the Zoning Map of the Town of Acton, Mass. as within a Dis- trict defined as Industrial be redistricted as Residential and Agricultural.


Parcel 1 is bounded and described as follows :- Begin- ning at the Northwesterly corner of the parcel at land formerly of the City of Cambridge and Parker Street; thence Southeasterly 447.48 feet by land formerly of the City of Cambridge; thence Southeasterly by land of Frank Simeone 171.63 feet to Concord Street; thence Southwesterly by said Concord Street 699.55 feet; thence Northwesterly by Parker Street 527.31 feet to the point of beginning.


Parcel 2 is bounded and described as follows :-- Begin- ning at the Southwesterly corner of the parcel at High Street; thence Northwesterly by said High Street 453.75 feet to Concord Street; thence Easterly by Concord Street 1915.75 feet; thence Southwesterly by land of Frank Simeone 214.5 feet; thence Southerly by land of Frank Simeone 188.75 feet thence Southerly by land formerly of the Ameri- can Powder Mills to a corner; thence Westerly by land of Neely 1611.5 feet; thence Northerly by land of Berglind


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221.5 feet; thence Westerly by land of Berglind 152.5 feet to said High Street and the point of beginning.


Amendment carried unanimously.


Motion; to vote by ballot on zoning


Hand vote


Yes 84 No 155


Motion lost.


Voted on the original motion as amended Hand vote Yes 133, No 122


Voted to adjourn at 11:54 p.m.


Total number of voters checked 348.


Article 8. To see if the town will vote to appropriate and either raise or transfer a sum of money for the Acton Members of the Nagog Regional School District Committee and authorize them to appoint one of their members as agent to familiarize the members with the arrangement and construction of the Blanchard Auditorium as may pertain to the future operation and maintenance thereof and fix the compensation of said Agent, or act anything thereon. (In- serted in warrant at request of the Acton members of the Nagog Regional School District Committee.)


No Action taken.


Article 9. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate ($2,000) two thousand dollars or any other sum to be expended under the direction of the Board of Health, for a Board of Health Office to be maintained at 193 Central Street, West Acton, with a full time clerk or act anything thereon. (Inserted in warrant at request of the Board of Health.)


No Action taken.


Article 10. To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money for the collection of garbage


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under new State Health Department Regulation requiring the cooking of garbage, or removing collected garbage from the Town of Acton for disposal, to be effective January 1, 1954, or act anything thereon. (Inserted in warrant at request of the Board of Health.)


No Action taken.


Article 11. To see if the town will vote to transfer the sum of $615.00 from the State Sanitorium appropriation account to the following accounts of the Board of Health.


Medical supplies 25.00


Town Nurse, Salary 15.00


Garbage Collection 50.00


Board of Health, Expenses


375.00


Inspector, Milk and Food, Salary, 65.00


Inspector, Milk and Food, Expenses 85.00


$615.00


or act anything thereon. (Inserted in warrant at request of the Board of Health.)


No Action taken.


Article 12. To see if the town will vote to transfer the sum of $25.00 from the Expense Account of the Board of Elections and Registrations to the Salaries Account, or act anything thereon.


No Action taken.


A true copy. Attest : HARLAN E. TUTTLE,


Town Clerk


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The following recommendations of the Finance Com- mittee pertain to the Articles considered at the Town Meet- ing of December 16, 1953.


Articles 1 thru 6.


Inasmuch as there is no present provision for the cost of finishing these streets being assessed against the owners, the Finance Committee does not favor the acceptance of these articles unless the abutting owners assume their pro- portionate share of the entire cost, including surfacing, of laying out the roadway in accordance with the requirements of Articles 11 and 12 of the town by-laws.


Article 7.


The Finance Committee favors the immediate adoption of suitable zoning by-laws in the interest of orderly future development of the town.


Article 8.


In view of the delay of the construction of the Blan-


chard Auditorium, it is not expected that these services will be required during the first two or three months of 1954. Therefore, the Finance Committee considers it unnecessary to appropriate any money under the article at the present time.


Article 9.


The Finance Committee has not had sufficient time to make a favorable recommendation on this article. The com- mittee believes this subject should be considered at the an- nual town meeting in March.


Article 10.


The Finance Committee favors this article.


Article 11.


The Finance Committee favors this article.


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TOWN ELECTION, MARCH 2, 1953


Pct. 1 Pct. 2


Pct. 3


Total 1292


Whole number of ballots cast . 394 MODERATOR, one year


Albert P. Durkee.


209


253


219


681


Craig E. Lundberg


178


181


221


580


Blanks


7


16


8


31


TOWN CLERK, one year


Harlan E. Tuttle


374


424


421


1219


Blanks


20


26


27


73


SELECTMAN, three years


William L. Chipman


120


143


114


377


Robert S. F. Rhodes


85


138


137


360


Lawrence Donnelly


172


145


160


477


Blanks


17


24


37


78


ASSESSOR, three years


Albert P. Durkee


350


377


391


1118


Blanks


44


73


57


174


BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE, three years


Walter B. Stevens


348


388


405


1141


Blanks


46


62


43


151


TREASURER, one year


William Henry Soar


365


404


408


1177


Blanks


29


46


40


115


COLLECTOR OF TAXES, one year


Ethel A. Davis


121


128


182


431


Rose Davis


43


139


46


228


Charles M. MacRae


152


. . 161


211


524


Ella Perrault


73


15


7


95


Blanks


5


7


2


14


SCHOOL COMMITTEE, three years


Mary E. Crighton


172


155


165


492


Leo C. Cunningham


229


312


312


853


Thomas E. Wetherbee


272


306


273


851


Blanks


115


127


146


888


450


448


66


SCHOOL COMMITTEE, two years


Frederick W. Abbt


280


237


211


728


Stella M. French


79


155


211


445


Blanks


35


58


26


119


CONSTABLES, one year


Edward J. Collins


343


384


405


1132


Michael Foley


338


390


399


1127


T. Frederick S. Kennedy


342


367


401


1110


Ivar Peterson


358


365


395


1118


Scattered


0


1


1


2


Blanks


195


293


191


679


CEMETERY COMMISSIONER, three years


Harry E. Holt


358


396


413


1167


Blanks


36


54


35


125


BOARD OF HEALTH, three years


Herbert L. Leusher


361


389


390


1140


Blanks


33


61


58


152


TRUSTEE OF MEMORIAL LIBRARY, three years


Vesta B. Thompson


358


381


410


1149


Blanks


36


69


38


143


TREE WARDEN, one year


Franklin H. Charter


355


390


411


1156


Blanks


39


60


37


136


QUESTION


"Shall the town accept the provisions of sections sixteen to sixteen I inclusive, of chapter seventy-one of the General Laws, providing for the establishment of a regional school district, together with the town of Littleton, and the con- struction, maintenance and operation of a regional school by said district in accordance with the provisions of a pro- posed agreement filed with the selectmen ?" [Yes] [No]


Yes


Pct. 1 229


Pct. 2


Pct. 3


Total


177


223


629


No


137


226


195


558


Blanks


28


47


30


105


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SELECTMEN'S REPORT


To the Citizens of the Town of Acton, we hereby sub- mit reports of the several departments under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen.


During the year 1953, we held 52 regular meetings and 9 special meetings.


Warrants with articles were prepared during the year for one annual town meeting and seven special town meetings.


Numerous meetings were held with the Department of Public Works, Department of Public Safety, Division of Accounts and County Commissioners regarding matters of interest to the Town.


During the year, the exterior of the West Acton Fire Station and the interior of the South Acton Fire Station were painted.


We are placing articles in the Town Warrant for the purchase of an additional cruiser for the Police Department ; radios for the Fire Department; pump for the Forest Fire truck; tractor-loader for the Highway Department; and heating system for the South Acton Fire Station. We are also including in the Police Department budget sufficient money to include two additional regular patrolmen. We are recommending this due to additional work and to take care of the numerous complaints which the present force is not able to take care of. We are also recommending the purchase of the several pieces of equipment mentioned above to in- crease the efficiency of the several departments.


The matter of the agreement between the Town and the Nagog Regional School District concerning the use of the Blanchard Auditorium by the District gave rise to some misunderstanding on the part of the citizens of Acton.


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On May 25th, a special town meeting authorized and directed the Selectmen to lease or license the building to the District. Shortly thereafter the District submitted to the Board a lease by the terms of which the District, to all intents and purposes, would have become the owner of the building and grounds, leaving the Town in the position of a stranger to the building which had been primarily intended for the civic benefit of Acton citizens, with special emphasis upon the Acton school children. The Blanchards' generous gift had been made upon those terms and the Town had accepted that gift and had made substantial additional ap- propriations with those conditions in mind. When this draft lease was submitted, Acton was committed to build a struc- ture which would cost at the very least $300,000. By the terms of the proposal, which was suggested to run for 99 years at $1.00 per year, the Town was asked to give away this memorial to one of the substantial families of the town for a period far beyond the life expectancy of most living men.


This proposal did not appeal to your Board as some- thing desirable for those persons who are presently living or for those to come after. The Board was also advised that the Town could not legally divest itself of this public build- ing. A counter proposal, wherein the Town offered to per- mit the District to use the building during all necessary school hours but reserving the ownership and control to the Town, was then submitted to the District. Some considerable time elapsed during which the District could not bring itself to accept these terms. Finally the District insisted that it could not accept this proposal until the Town had voted to place the control of this building in a committee composed of the Acton members of the Nagog Regional School Dis- trict Committee. This provision, so far as the Selectmen were concerned, had from the start been satisfactory. When a special Acton Town Meeting authorized the control be removed from the hands of the Board of Selectmen and be vested in its special committee, the contract was signed and is now in effect.


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On the completion of twelve, eleven and ten years of consecutive service, the Board of Selectmen has enjoyed the prompt and active co-operation of the various Town Officials, Boards. Committees and Departments and we wish to ex- press our thanks and appreciation to all of them. The Citi- zens, as well, have been most co-operative in our relations with them and we extend to them our sincere appreciation for their assistance.


Respectfully submitted,


-


ARTHUR W. LEE


GEORGE S. BRAMAN LAWRENCE DONNELLY


Board of Selectmen


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TOWN OFFICERS


Moderator


Albert P. Durkee


Selectmen


Arthur W. Lee George S. Braman


Term Expires 1954


Term Expires 1955


Lawrence Donnelly Term Expires 1956


Town Clerk


Harlan E. Tuttle


Town Treasurer William Henry Soar


Assessors


Term Expires 1954


James W. Baker Carl C, Flint Term Expires 1955 Albert P. Durkee Term Expires 1956


Collector of Taxes


Charles M. MacRae


Tree Warden


Franklin H. Charter


Board of Public Welfare


Lossie E. Laird A. Perry Marble . Term Expires 1955


Term Expires 1954


Walter B. Stevens Term Expires 1956


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Constables


T. Frederick S. Kennedy Ivar Peterson


Michael Foley Edward J. Collins


Cemetery Commissioners


Ray L. Harris Term Expires 1954


Howard F. Jones Term Expires 1955


Harry E. Holt Term Expires 1956


School Committee


*Gertrude P. Tuttle Term Expires 1954


Dana B. Hinckley


Term Expires 1954


Frederick W. Abbt


Term Expires 1955


Leonard A. Godfrey, Jr.


Term Expires 1955


Thomas E. Wetherbee


.Term Expires 1956


Leo C. Cunningham


Term Expires 1956


* *Edmond J. McNiff


*Resigned * Elected to replace


Trustees of Memorial Library


Florence A. Merriam Term Expires 1954


Frederick T. Heyliger Term Expires 1955


Vesta B. Thompson Term Expires 1956


Board of Health


Martin J. Duggan


Term Expires 1954


O. Lawrence Clark Term Expires 1955


Herbert L. Leusher Term Expires 1956


Agent of Board of Health


Edward J. Higgins


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Trustees of Elizabeth White Fund


Thelma M. Blood


Term Expires 1954


Helen B. Wood


Term Expires 1955


Clara L. Sawyer


Term Expires 1956


Trustees of West Acton Firemen's Relief Fund


H. Stuart MacGregor Term Expires 1954


James B. Wilson


Term Expires 1955


Arno H. Perkins Term Expires 1956


Trustees of Acton Firemen's Relief Fund


Clarence Frost . Term Expires 1954


Herbert W. Merriam


Term Expires 1955


Frederick T. Kennedy Term Expires 1956


Trustees of Goodnow Fund


Roy H. Linscott


Term Expires 1954


Horace F. Tuttle


Term Expires 1955


Frank E. Greenough Term Expires 1956


APPOINTMENTS MADE BY SELECTMEN-1953


Executive Clerk Virginia Milbery


Office: Town Hall


Hours: 8 A.M. to 4 P.M.


Meetings: Board of Selectmen, Tuesday evenings at 7:30


Board of Public Welfare


First and third Mondays at 1:00 P.M.


Finance Committee


Robert F. Charles Bradford S. Leach Herbert W. Merriam


Aubrey C. Kretschmar Norman McIntosh John M. Whittier


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Superintendent of Streets Russell C. Berry


Town Accountant


Donald O. Nylander .Term Expires 1956


Registrars of Voters


Grace J. Cullinane Term Expires 1954


Julia A. Barry


Term Expires 1955


James B. Wilson


Term Expires 1956


Harlan E. Tuttle


Ex-Officio


Election Officers


Precinct I


Warden-Irene F. Mclaughlin


Clerk-Paul C. Cornwall


Inspector-Marion C. Jewell


Inspector-Paul A. Coughlin


Deputy Warden-Mary F. McCarthy


Deputy Clerk-Helen R. Edwards


Deputy Inspector-Edith M. Hollowell


Deputy Inspector-Leo T. McCarthy


Teller-Inga Frost


Teller-Katherine M. Condon


Precinct II


Warden-Doris Soar


Clerk-Gladys M. Connolly


Inspector-Marian L. Piper Inspector-Sophia Walsh


Deputy Warden-Margaret Larsen Deputy Clerk-Bertha Carr Tucker


Deputy Inspector-Hazel P. Vose Deputy Inspector-Marie S. Whouley


Teller-Martha I. Lowden


Teller-Mabel S. McKelvie


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Precinct III


Warden-Marion C. Reed Clerk-Phyllis K. Sprague Inspector-Barbara J. McPhee Inspector-Martin J. Duggan Deputy Warden-Harry E. Holt Deputy Clerk-Annie E. McCarthy Deputy Inspector-Barbara Nylander Deputy Inspector-Genevieve L. Hatch Teller-Minnie C. Veasie Teller-Mary H. Prentice


Fire Engineers


H. Stuart MacGregor, Chief Engineer Clarence Frost, Asst. Engineer - Precinct I Lloyd W. Priest, Asst. Engineer - Precinct II Arno H. Perkins, Asst. Engineer - Precinct III


Inspector of Animals Arno H. Perkins


Forest Warden H. Stuart MacGregor


Dog Officer


Arthur Fraser


Sealer of Weights and Measures A. Perry Marble


Town Forest Committee


Franklin H. Charter . Term Expires 1954


Arno H. Perkins Term Expires 1955


Emery D. Nelson Term Expires 1956


Surveyors of Wood and Lumber


Oliver D. Wood E. John Torkelsen


Fence Viewers


Robert G. Willett Louis F. Leveroni


Foster R. Mackinnon


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Field Drivers


Arno H. Perkins


George Kemp


Superintendent of Moth Work Franklin H. Charter Inspector of Wires Byrd D. Goss Police Officers *Michael Foley, Chief


Edward J. Collins, Jr.


Benjamin F. Rice


Chauncey R. Fenton, Jr.


Roy H. Linscott


Viola M. Foley


Ray L. Harris


Benjamin H. Sawyer


Edward J. Higgins


Warren F. Birch


Carl W. Flint


Louis F. Leveroni *Civil Service-Permanent Burial Agent Edward J. Higgins


Veterans' Agent


Edward J. Higgins


Superintendent of Jones Memorial Field Frederic W. Rimbach


Superintendent of Goward Field Frederic W. Rimbach


Workmen's Compensation Agent Theron A. Lowden Director of Veterans' Services Theron A. Lowden Public Weighers


William Braman G. Howard Reed A. W. Davis Philip Newell Thomas Hearon


Albert R. Jenks


Porter G. Jenks


Louise Garceau


Ruth Durkin


Otis J. Reed


Carl W. Flint Fire Alarm Operator Frederic W. Rimbach Town Counsel Albert W. Wunderly


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REPORT OF POLICE DEPARTMENT


To the Board of Selectmen


Acton, Massachusetts


Gentlemen :


I herewith submit my twenty-seventh annual report for the Police Department for the year ending December 31, 1953. Said report includes all arrests made within the town during the past year.


Arrests and prosecutions for the following offenses :


Drunkenness 17


Operating under influence


10


Operating to endanger 25


School Bus law violations


13


School Bus failing to stop at R.R. Crossing


1


Operating an unregistered motor vehicle 7 . Operating an uninsured motor vehicle 6


Speeding


168


Red light violations


6


Failing to keep to right of road 4


Stop Sign violations


11


Operating a motor vehicle without a license


12


Operating without license in possession


1


Operating a motor vehicle after suspension of license


4


Operating uninspected motor vehicles 4


Attaching plates


1


No rear light


1


Passing on wrong side


1


Defective brakes


1


Going away after causing damage to property .


1


Allowing an improper person to operate a motor vehicle 1


Making unsafe turn with motor vehicle


1


Operating a motor vehicle without lights 1


Giving a false name 1


Refusing to stop for a police officer 1


1 Failing to stop at R.R. Crossing (infl. truck) . Non support 2


77


Assault and battery


9


Larceny 1


Fraud. check


Indecent exposure


1 3


Malicious injury to property


2


False fire alarms


1


F & G Laws violations


2


Runaways


2


Vagrancy


1


Escaped prisoners apprehended and turned over to Mass. Ref. 1


Escapees from Shirley Industrial School


apprehended 2


In addition to the above there were also thirteen juvenile cases before the court.


Miscellaneous :


Motorists booked and warned for violations . 704


Cars checked by patrol 267


Summonses served 150


Doors found unlocked by patrol 70


Telephone calls made and received


1920


Complaints received and investigated 410


Property checked at request of owner 99


Cars tagged for all night parking (warnings) . 26


Cruiser ambulance trips to Emerson Hospital . 24


Cruiser ambulance to Eye and Ear Infirmary . 2


Committed to State Hospitals


2


Motor Vehicle accident report :


1952


1953


Total number accidents reported


56


60


Number of occupants injured


39


47


Pedestrians injured


0


2


Bicyclists injured


3


1


Tricyclists injured


0


1


Fatal accidents


0


1


Our accident record was marred this year by a fatal accident on December 17th. This was the first fatal accident in this town since November 25, 1950.


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Recommendations :


Additional Patrolmen :


With the rapid growth of our town and the large in- crease in the number of motor vehicles registered, it must be clear to the average citizen that there is dire need for more police protection. There are at the present time two regular patrolmen and the Chief. The Chief is on duty 60 hours per week and the patrolmen 54 hours. There are 20 1/3 square miles in the town to be policed and about 75 miles of roads to be patrolled. With the population now over 4000 and steadily soaring it figures much less than one officer per each 1000 persons.


The duties of the Chief are varied. In addition to records that must be kept, correspondence taken care of, accident reports checked, advising those who have problems and listening to complaints, the Chief also has investigations to make and is prosecuting Officer for the town on all cases brought into court for trial by this Department. Cases brought to court for trial must be prepared and with these varied duties much time must be spent in the office.


When the Chief, who is on duty alone during the day, has to go to court for summonses, warrants, or on trials, or to the hospital, or out of town on investigations, there is no officer on duty or cruiser available in an emergency. Know- ing these facts, there remains no question as to the need of additional patrolmen.


If but one officer is added it will be necessary to fill in on days off and for vacations with a part time officer, but if two full time patrolmen are added the cost of the part time officer for four days a week plus time for vacations could be elimi- nated and the patrolmen could be rotated to fill in on days off and on vacations. The difference then in the cost to the town for a part time officer and a second full time patrolman would be only about $800.00 The latter plan would seem to me to be most practical. Therefore, I recommend that two additional patrolmen be added to the Department this year.


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Cruiser :


It has been the policy of the town to trade the cruiser for a new car each year. However, I recommend that this year we keep the present cruiser and purchase another cruiser for the Department. I also recommend that our pro- ject of installing Speed Zone Signs be discontinued for this year and that the $1000.00 which would have been spent for these signs be used toward the purchase price of a cruiser. We should then plan to trade one car each year.


Under the present plans for the reorganization of our District Court System the Concord Court, where our cases are now heard, is to be discontinued and we will have to travel either to Ayer or Waltham. If it should happen to be Ayer it will mean a trip to the Concord Lockup in cases of arrests and the transporting of the prisoner back through Acton to the court. This, of course, will mean that your police will be out of town a longer period of time when at- tending court.


Bicycle Registrations :


As the town grows so does the hazard caused by children riding on bicycles. Many parents allow their children to ride after dark on unlighted bicycles. I recommend that if additional personnel is added to the Department that $75.00 be included in the budget for the cost of registering all bi- cycles in the town. The cost of registration is 25c which is paid to the town. The registration of bicycles will compel the owners to have them equipped with light and reflectors.


In closing, I wish to thank all the officers of this depart- ment who co-operated with me in carrying out the duties of the Police Department during the past year. I also wish to express my thanks to the Board of Selectmen for their co- operation and to Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Rimbach for their assistance in relaying calls to us, and to the personnel of the Concord Police Department for their co-operation and radio service. To all others who in any way assisted us, we are grateful.


Respectfully submitted




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