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Article 28 (Fire Alarm System) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500.00 or any other sum, for the extension of the Fire Alarm System from Acton Center along Concord Road and Great Road to the Acton-Concord line, then back along Great Road (Route 2) to Davis Road, then to Brook Street, along Brook Street to Main Street and along Main Street to Acton Center with four or more fire alarm boxes, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty- Five Hundred (2500) dollars for the extension of the Fire Alarm System from Acton Center along Concord Road and Great Road to the Acton-Concord line, then back along Great Road to Davis Road, then to Brook Street, along Brook Street to Main Street and along Main Street to Acton Center with four or more fire alarm boxes.
Article 29. (Power Mower) To see if the town will vote to appropriate the sum of $300.00 from the Surplus Revenue Account for the purchase of a power mower for the playgrounds, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To transfer the sum of Three Hundred (300) dollars from the Surplus Revenue Account for the purchase of a power mower for the playgrounds.
Article 30. (Town Hall Chairs) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $350.00 for folding chairs for the lower hall of the Town Hall, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of Three Hundred Fifty (350) dollars for folding chairs for the lower hall of the Town Hall.
Article 31. (High School) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for com- pleting the refinishing and repainting of the High School interior, or act anything thereon.
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Voted: To transfer from the Surplus Revenue Account the sum of One Thousand (1000) dollars for completing the refinishing and repainting of the High School interior.
Article 32 To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $4,000.00 (additional funds) for the installation of a new state approved school type heating unit at the Center School, or act anything thereon.
Voted : That the sum of Four Thousand (4000) dollars be transferred from the Surplus Revenue Account for the installation of a new state approved school type heating unit at the Center School.
Article 33. (High School Fire Insurance) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $120.00 to renew the $10,000.00 fire insurance policy on the Acton High School for three years, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of One Hun- dred Twenty (120) dollars to renew the $10,000.00 fire in- surance policy on the Acton High School for three years.
Article 34 (Insurance) 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 re- port at the next annual or a special town meeting or act anything thereon.
Voted: To instruct the Moderator to appoint a com- mittee of three to investigate and recommend the advisa- bility of insuring all or any part of the town buildings or equipment and report at the next annual town meeting.
Committee appointed by Moderator :
Howard J. Billings Benjamin J. Ineson
Wilson D. Sked
Article 35. (Town Hall) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $450.00 for repairs to the fire escape on the Town Hall, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of Four Hundred Fifty (450) dollars for repairs to the fire escape on the Town Hall.
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Article 36. (Water Tax Assessment) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate a sum of money to cover the water tax assessment on all town owned buildings and land or act anything thereon.
Voted : To pass over the Article
Article 37. (Forest Fire Pump) To see if the town will vote to appropriate from the Surplus Revenue Account the sum of $900.00 for the purchase of a new portable forest fire pump, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To transfer from the Surplus Revenue Account the sum of Nine Hundred (900) dollars for the purchase of a new portable forest fire pump.
Article 38. (Town Hall) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,100.00 for the painting of the exterior of the Town Hall, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To transfer from the Surplus Revenue Account the sum of Twenty One Hundred (2100) dollars for the painting of the exterior of the Town Hall.
Article 39. To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $700.00 to pay the cost of effecting insurance providing indemnity for or protection to any officer or employee of the Town against loss by reason of his liability to pay damages to others for bodily injuries, in- cluding death at any time resulting therefrom, or for damage to property, caused by operation, within the scope of his official duties or employment of motor or other vehicles owned by the Town as provided by the provisions of General Laws (Ter.Ed.) Chapter 40, Section 5, Subsection 1, as amended, or act anythig thereon.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of Seven Hundred (700) dollars to pay the cost of effecting insurance providing indemnity for or protection to any officer or em- ployee of the Town against loss by reason of his liability to pay damages to others for bodily injuries including death at any time resulting therefrom, or for damage to property caused by operation, within the scope of his official duties or employment of motor or other vehicles owned by the Town as
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provided by the provisions of General Laws (Ter.Ed.) Chap- ter 40, Section 5, as amended.
Article 40. (Fire House) To see if the town will vote to rescind the action under Article 27 at the annual town meet- ing, held March 13, 1950, or act anything thereon, said article having read as follows: to see if the town will vote to ap- propriate the sum of $45,000.00 or any other sum, for the construction of a new fire house in Acton Center on the present fire house location, according to plans submitted by the fire house committee, and determine how the same shall be raised, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To pass over the Article.
Article 41. (Cemetery Land) To see if the town will vote to authorize the Cemetery Commissioners to purchase for burial purposes, two parcels of land, approximately 42 acres, adjoining and near Woodlawn Cemetery in the easterly part of Acton, Mass., as described in the "Description of Parcels" in the report of the Cemetery Commissioners in the town report for the year 1950; and to raise by taxation or appropriate from the Surplus Revenue $8,200.00 or any other sum, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To authorize the Cemetery Commissioners to purchase for burial purposes, two parcels of land, approxi- mately forty-two (42) acres, adjoining and near Woodlawn Cemetery in the easterly part of Acton, Mass., as described in the "Description of Parcels" in the report of the Cemetery Commissioners in the town report for the year 1950; and to transfer from the Surplus Revenue Account Eight Thousand Two Hundred (8,200) dollars for the purchase of the same.
Article 42. (Cemetery Land) To see if the town will appropriate the sum of $1,500.00 from the Cemetery Land Fund to be divided as follows: $1,000.00 for Woodlawn Cemetery, and $500.00 for Mt. Hope Cemetery, for the purpose of clearing, grading and laying out new sections for cemetery lots, and to authorize said Cemetery Com- missioners to do anything necessary, proper, or expedient for carrying out the above purposes or act anything thereon.
Voted: To transfer the sum of Fifteen Hundred (1500)
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dollars from the Cemetery Land Fund to be divided as follows: One Thousand (1000) dollars for Woodlawn Ceme- tery, and Five Hundred (500) dollars for Mt. Hope Cemetery, for the purpose of clearing, grading and laying out new sections for cemetery lots, and authorize said Cemetery Commissioners to do anything necessary, proper or expedient for carrying out the above purposes.
Article 43. (Orchard Drive) To see if the town will vote to accept as a town way, the laying out by the Board of Selectmen of a road in West Acton extending in an east- erly and northerly direction from Central Street, a distance of approximately 900 feet by land of Sked, French, Smith, Hitchcock, and others, a plan of which is filed in the office of the Town Clerk, said way to be named Orchard Drive, or act anything thereon.
Voted : That Orchard Drive as shown on a plan of land of Albert R. Jenks, dated September 1, 1949 and filed in the Town Clerk's office, be accepted as a town way.
Article 44. (Traffic Signs) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 for the purchase and erection of traffic zone speed signs for Main Street from the Maynard line to Route 2; and from the Concord-Acton line to the Acton-Maynard line on Route 62, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand (1000) dollars for the purchase and erection of traffic zone speed signs for Main Street from the Maynard line to Route 2 and from the Concord-Acton line to the Acton-Maynard line on Route 62.
Article 45. (By-Laws) To see if the town will vote to amend Section two (2) of the Town By-Laws by adding the following articles, or act anything thereon.
Article 11. Every way that shall be laid out for the acceptance of the town as a town way, shall be laid out forty feet or more in width, with twenty-four feet or more of approved road building materials that shall meet the re- quirements of the Planning Board.
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Article 12. If an existing private way shall be laid out for the acceptance of the town as a town way, such way shall not be accepted unless and until the Planning Board shall have certified in writing that such way meets the re- quirements of Article 11.
Motion did not prevail.
Article 46. (Union Health Departments) To see if the town will vote for the Moderator to appoint a committee of five to investigate and study the provisions of Chapter 662 of the Acts of 1949, the act relative to the organization of union health departments, and determine the desirability of (Town) Acton, Mass., joining with one or more of the follow- ing towns: Concord, Carlisle, Maynard, Littleton, Westford, Stow, Bedford, Sudbury, Lexington or others, to form a union health department. This committee to report its findings to the next town meeting.
Voted: That the Moderator appoint a committee of five to investigate and study the provisions of Chapter 662 of the Acts of 1949, the act relative to the organization of union health departments and determine the desirability of (Town) Acton, Mass., joining with one or more of the following towns: Concord, Carlisle, Maynard, Littleton, Westford, Stow, Bedford, Sudbury, Lexington or others to form a union health department. This committee to report its find- ings to the next town meeting. Committee appointed by the Moderator: Ellis C. Johnson, Lossie E. Laird, Arno H. Perkins, Allen M. Christofferson, and Clarence Frost.
Article 47. (Civil Defense) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $8,000.00 or any other sum for the Civil Defense Agency of the Town of Acton, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of Four Thousand (4000) dollars for the Civil Defense Agency of the Town of Acton.
Article 48. (Survey, High School) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,000.00 or any other sum, to be expended under the direction of the Special School Building Committee for employing a com-
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petent person or persons to make a survey to determine prob- able enrollment in grades 9 to 12 in 1959 to 1964, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of Two Thou- sand (2,000) dollars to be expended under the direction of the Special School Building Committee for employing a competent person or persons to make a survey to determine probable enrollment in grades 9 to 12 in 1959 to 1964 inclusive.
Article 49. (Planning Board) To see if the town will vote under authority of Chapter 41, Section 81A of the General Laws, to establish a Planning Board to consist of not less than five members and not more than nine; the terms of office to be so arranged that the term of at least one member will expire each year, and their successors shall be elected for terms of five years each, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To pass over the Article.
Article 50. (Planning Board) To see if the town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to act as the Plan- ning Board under Chapter 41, General Laws, Section 81A; until such time as an official Planning Board is elected at a subsequent annual meeting, or act anything thereon.
Voted : To pass over the Article.
Article 51. (Reserve Fund) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $6,000.00 as a Reserve Fund, or act anything thereon.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of Three Thousand (3000) dollars for the Reserve Fund and to trans- fer three thousand (3000) dollars from the overlay surplus for the Reserve Fund.
Voted: To adjourn at 11:30 P.M.
A true copy. Attest : HARLAN E. TUTTLE
Town Clerk
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ABSTRACTS OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SPECIAL TOWN MEETING, APRIL 30, 1951
Article 1. (Center Fire House) To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $8,000.00 or any other sum to finish the interior of the second floor of the new Acton Center Fire House to make it suitable for school class rooms, or act anything thereon. (Requested by the Fire House Building Committee.)
Voted Unanimously: To transfer the sum of Eight Thousand (8000) dollars from the Surplus Revenue Account to the Acton Center Fire House Building Committee for adaptation of the building to school room purposes and for finishing the Center Fire House driveways and grounds.
A true copy. Attest : HARLAN S. TUTTLE,
Town Clerk
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TOWN ELECTION, MARCH 5, 1951
Pct. 1 Pct. 2 Pct. 3 Total
Whole number of ballots cast . 375
424
437
1236
MODERATOR, one year
Albert P. Durkee
354
356
395
1105
Scattered
1
1
Blanks
21
68
41
130
TOWN CLERK, one year
Harlan E. Tuttle
356
377
409
1142
Scattered
1
1
Blanks
18
47
28
93
SELECTMAN, three years
James Edward Kinsley
154
177
218
549
Arthur W. Lee
215
232
207
654
Blanks
6
15
12
33
ASSESSOR, three years
James W. Baker
343
364
407
1114
Blanks
32
60
30
122
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE, three years
Lossie E. Laird
334
343
367
1044
Scattered
2
2
Blanks
41
81
68
190
TREASURER, one year
:
William Henry Soar
345
375
399
1119
Blanks
30
49
38
117
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE, one year
A. Perry Marble
326
335
382
1043
Blanks
49
89
55
193
45
COLLECTOR OF TAXES, one year
Pct. 1 Pct. 2
Pct. 3
Total
Ethel A. Davis
351
375
414
1140
Blanks
24
49
23
96
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, three years
H. Calvin Gaebel
169
246
194
609
Dana B. Hinckley
244
170
218
632
Gertrude P. Tuttle
229
276
286
791
Blanks
108
156
176
440
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, one year
Wilson D. Sked
140
190
219
549
Theodore G. Williams
187
160
192
539
Blanks
48
74
26
148
CONSTABLES, one year
Michael Foley
328
349
389
1066
T. Frederick S. Kennedy
325
328
377
1030
Ivar Peterson
342
335
379
1056
Robert George Willett
325
333
373
1031
Scattered
2
1
3
Blanks
178
351
229
758
CEMETERY COMMISSIONER, three years
Ray L. Harris
341
360
386
1087
Blanks
34
64
51
149
BOARD OF HEALTH, three years
Martin J. Duggan
143
202
253
598
Bradford S. Leach
196
158
155
509
Blanks
36
64
29
129
TRUSTEE OF MEMORIAL LIBRARY, three years
Florence A. Merriam
342
362
380
1084
Blanks
33
62
57
152
46
TREE WARDEN
Franklin H. Charter
133
149
256
538
James J. Knight
195
152
109
456
Michael A. Travers
38
101
52
191
Blanks
9
22
20
51
QUESTION REGIONAL SCHOOL
Yes
136
106
131
373
No
219
281
282
782
Blanks
20
37
24
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RECOUNT
Town Election held March 5, 1951 on School Committee - One Year
We certify that the following is a true record of votes given for School Committee, term one year to fill vacancy, in the Town of Acton, at the election held on the 5th day of March 1951, as determined by a recount held March 16, 1951.
Wilson D. Sked, 4 Orchard Drive
547
Votes
Theodore G. Williams, 7 Church Street
537
Votes
Blanks
152
Votes
Whole number of ballots cast
1236
Registrars of Voters of the Town of Acton.
James B. Wilson
Julia A. Barry
Grace J. Cullinane
Harlan E. Tuttle
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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 super- vision of the Board of Selectmen.
During the year, the Board held 52 regular meetings and 9 special meetings. The Board has also attended several meetings of the Middlesex County Selectmen's Association, as well as two hearings with the County Commissioners rela- tive to relocation and specific repairs to Hammond Street and River Street.
Additional chairs have been purchased for the down- stairs of the town hall thereby providing adequate seating capacity for meetings.
Repairs were made on the fire escape of the town hall, after which one coat of paint was applied to the whole build- ing. The second coat will be put on next spring.
On April 19th, 1951, the historic "Isaac Davis" Plow was returned to the town. This was made possible through the efforts of the local D. A. R. Chapter and Mr. Allister MacDougall of Westford. The plow was officially presented to and accepted by the town on November 8, 1951.
During the year, the Board met with the School Com- mittee to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Ernest Simpson.
A public hearing was held last fall in the office of the Department of Public Utilities relative to automatic con- trolled gates at the railroad crossings on Mass. Ave. and Arlington Street. A number of townspeople as well as the Board were present and protested the installation of auto- matic gates on Mass. Ave.
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The town lines between Carlisle and Acton, Littleton and Acton, Boxboro and Acton, and Westford and Acton were perambulated during the year. A corner bound between Boxboro, Littleton and Acton has been covered up by the construction of the new road. The County Commissioners have been informed of this situation.
During the year, it became necessary, due to the county pension system, for Mr. Howard L. Jones, town accountant, to retire after 35 years of faithful service to the town. Mr. Donald Nylander has been appointed town accountant to succeed Mr. Jones.
We wish, at this time, to thank all committees, depart- ment heads and town employees for their interest and co- operation during the year 1951.
GEORGE S. BRAMAN ARTHUR W. LEE LAWRENCE DONNELLY
Selectmen of Acton
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TOWN OFFICERS
Moderator
Albert P. Durkee
Selectmen
George S. Braman
Term Expires 1952
Lawrence Donnelly Term Expires 1953
Arthur W. Lee Term Expires 1954
Town Clerk
Harlan E. Tuttle
Town Treasurer William Henry Soar
Assessors
Carl C. Flint Term Expires 1952
Albert P. Durkee Term Expires 1953
James W. Baker Term Expires 1954
Collector of Taxes
Ethel A. Davis
Tree Warden
Franklin H. Charter
Board of Public Welfare
A. Perry Marble Term Expires 1952
Walter B. Stevens Term Expires 1953
Lossie E. Laird Term Expires 1954
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Constables
Ivar Peterson
T. Frederick S. Kennedy
Robert G. Willett Michael Foley
Cemetery Commissioners
Howard F. Jones Harry E. Holt
. Term Expires 1952
Term Expires 1953
Ray L. Harris Term Expires 1954
School Committee
Marion C. Reed Term Expires 1952
Wilson D. Sked
Term Expires 1952
*Ernest Simpson Term Expires 1953
Eleanore H. Hollis
Term Expires 1953
Gertrude P. Tuttle
Term Expires 1954
Dana B. Hinckley
Term Expires 1954
** Leo C. Cunningham
*Resigned * Elected to replace*
Trustees of Memorial Library
Gertrude P. Tuttle
Term Expires 1952
Wendell F. Davis
Term Expires 1953
Florence A. Merriam
Term Expires 1954
Board of Health
O. Lawrence Clark
Term Expires 1952
Herbert L. Leusher
Term Expires 1953
Martin J. Duggan Term Expires 1954
Agent of Board of Health
Edward J. Higgins
Trustees of Elizabeth White Fund
Grace O. Lears Term Expires 1952
Clara L. Sawyer Term Expires 1953
Thelma M. Blood Term Expires 1954
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Trustees of West Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
James B. Wilson . Term Expires 1952
Arno H. Perkins Term Expires 1953
H. Stuart MacGregor Term Expires 1954
Trustees of Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
Herbert Merriam Term Expires 1952
Frederick T. Kennedy
Term Expires 1953
Clarence Frost Term Expires 1954
Trustees of Goodnow Fund
Horace F. Tuttle
Term Expires 1952
Charles E. Smith
Term Expires 1953
Roy H. Linscott Term Expires 1954
APPOINTMENTS MADE BY SELECTMEN - 1951
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
Finance Committee
John M. Whittier Herbert W. Merriam Robert F. Charles
Prentice W. Blood Albert S. Cook Norman McIntosh
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Superintendent of Streets
Russell C. Berry
Town Accountant
*Howard L. Jones . Term Expires 1953
** Donald O. Nylander
*Retired * Appointed to replace*
Registrars of Voters
Julia A. Barry Term Expires 1952
James B. Wilson Term Expires 1953
Grace J. Cullinane
Term Expires 1954
Harlan E. Tuttle Ex-Officio
Election Officers
Precinct I
Warden-Alice C. Duren
Clerk-James A. Wayne
Inspector-Paul C. Cornwall 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-Marion C. Jewell
Teller-Gladys Duston
Precinct II
Warden-Doris Soar Clerk-Gladys M. Connolly
Inspector-Marian L. Piper Inspector-Sophia Walsh
Deputy Warden-Margaret Larsen
Deputy Clerk-Anne R. Christofferson Deputy Inspector-Hazel P. Vose Deputy Inspector-Margaret F. Heath
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Teller-Martha I. Lowden Teller-Mabel S. McKelvie
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. Smith
Deputy Inspector-Barbara Nylander
Deputy Inspector-Genevieve L. Hatch
Teller-Helen G. Phillips
Teller-Margaret H. Allsopp
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
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Town Forest Committee
Arno H. Perkins
. Term Expires 1952
Emery D. Nelson
.Term Expires 1953
Franklin H. Charter Term Expires 1954
Surveyors of Wood and Lumber
Oliver D. Wood
Charles E. Smith
Fence Viewers
Robert G. Willett
Louis F. Leveroni
Foster R. Mackinnon
Field Drivers
Arno H. Perkins Benjamin H. Sawyer
Benjamin E. Derby
Superintendent of Moth Work
Franklin H. Charter
Inspector of Wires
Byrd D. Goss
Police Officers
* Michael Foley, Chief
Edward J. Collins, Jr.
Roy H. Linscott
Chauncey R. Fenton, Jr.
Ray L. Harris
Viola M. Foley
Edward J. Higgins
Benjamin H. Sawyer
Louis F. Leveroni
George A. Morse
Alexander W. Whiteneck
*Civil Service-Permanent
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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
Howard L. Jones
Director of Veterans' Services
Theron A. Lowden
Public Weighers
William Braman
Albert R. Jenks
G. Howard Reed
Porter G. Jenks
A. W. Davis
Louise Garceau
M. B. Ferber
Ruth Durkin
Philip Newell
Otis J. Reed
Thomas Hearon
Carl W. Flint
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REPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen :
I hereby submit my report for the Fire Department for the year ending 1951.
Total number of alarms responded to are as follows:
Residential 13
Manufacturing 4
Mercantile 1 ยท
Miscellaneous 1
Automobile
7
False
1
Emergency
11
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Total loss to Building and Contents $84,785.00
Collected for Automobile Accidents causing damage to Fire Alarm
64.15
Collected for Oil, Gas, Blasting Permits 88.50
The new compressor and air tanks have been installed at the Acton Center Station and passed by the State In- spector.
The new fire alarm extension has been completed in Precinct 1 and is in operation. Also three new alarm boxes were installed, namely No. 13 at the Grammar School, No. 131 at Great Rd. and Keefe Rd., No. 136 at Great Rd. and Davis Road.
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The Fire Department equipment is in good condition except as recommended.
I would recommend an extension of the fire alarm system in West Acton.
This extension to take in Mass. Ave. from Fire Station to Davis Terrace, Arlington St. from Mass. Ave to Homestead St., Willow St. from Laffin's Garage to Homestead St., up half way on Homestead St., and back to Willow. Then up Summer St. to Arlington and back to the Fire Station with four boxes. Also an extension in South Acton from the Acton Supply on Main St. to approximately Laffin's Ice Cream Stand and one box installed.
I would recommend replacing the Air Compressor at South Acton. This air compressor is approximately 25 years old and was second hand when purchased. It has given a lot of trouble in the last few years and certainly is not dependable.
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