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Term Expires 1959
Harold W. Flood
Term Expires 1960
Charles Judd Farley
Term Expires 1961
John H. Loring
Term Expires 1962
** David P. Tinker
Resigned *
* Elected to replace
Trustees of Elizabeth White Fund
Helen B. Wood
Term Expires 1958
Hazel P. Vose Term Expires 1959
Thelma M. Blood Term Expires 1960
Trustees of West Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
James B. Wilson Term Expires 1958
Arno H. Perkins Term Expires 1959
H. Stuart MacGregor Term Expires 1960
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Trustees of Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
Herbert W. Merriam
Term Expires 1958
Frederick T. Kennedy
Term Expires 1959
Clarence Frost
Term Expires 1960
Trustees of Goodnow Fund
Thelma L. Boatman
Term Expires 1958
*Frank E. Greenough
Term Expires 1959
Roy H. Linscott
Term Expires 1960
* Deceased
APPOINTMENTS MADE BY SELECTMEN - 1957
Executive Clerk Virginia Milbery
Finance Committee
Robert T. Lund
H. Bradford Sturtevant, III Arthur W. Lee
Roger M. Myrick
*John M. Goddard *David H. Lovejoy
** Allen G. Moody ** Thomas M. Rogers
Resigned
Appointed to replace
Board of Appeals
Hayward S. Houghton Term Expires 1958
Edward M. Ferry Term Expires 1959
Otto O. Pasanen Term Expires 1960
Associates
Donald W. Parker Term Expires 1958
John W. Lothrop Term Expires 1960
Superintendent of Streets
Benjamin F. Rice
Registrars of Voters
Julia A. Barry Term Expires 1958
James B. Wilson
Term Expires 1959
Grace J. Cullinane
Term Expires 1960
Charles M. MacRae
Ex-Officio
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Town Accountant
Donald O. Nylander Term Expires 1959
Chief of Fire Department (Permanent) H. Stuart MacGregor
Election Officers
Precinct I
Warden - Irene F. Mclaughlin
Clerk - Paul C. Cornwall
Inspector - Marion C. Jewell
Deputy Warden - John F. Mclaughlin
Deputy Clerk - Helen R. Edwards
Deputy Inspector - Edith M. Hollowell
Deputy Inspector - Alice C. Duren
Teller - Inga Frost
Teller - Katherine M. Condon
Precinct II
Warden - Margaret Larsen
Clerk - Bertha Carr Tucker
Inspector - Martha I. Lowden
Inspector - Sophia Walsh
Deputy Warden - Lucille Cunningham
Deputy Clerk - Phyllis M. Moyer
Deputy Inspector - Hazel P. Vose
Deputy Inspector - Michael J. Walsh
Teller - Elsie T. Winslow
Teller - Mabel S. McKelvie
Precinct III
Warden - Barbara J. McPhee
Clerk - Phyllis K. Sprague
Inspector - Barbara Nylander
Inspector - Martin J. Duggan
Deputy Warden - Harry E. Holt Deputy Clerk - Stanley A. Nedza
Deputy Inspector - Elsie M. Godfrey
Deputy Inspector - Genevieve L. Hatch
Teller - Minnie C. Veasie
Teller - Mary H. Prentice
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Acton -- Boxborough Regional District School Committee Elizabeth H. Boardman
Thomas E. Wetherbee
Inspector of Animals Arno H. Perkins
Dog Officer Carl W. Flint
Sealer of Weights and Measures James E. Kinsley
Town Forest Committee
Arno H. Perkins
Emery D. Nelson
Term Expires 1958 Term Expires 1959
Franklin H. Charter Term Expires 1960
Surveyors of Wood and Lumber
Oliver D. Wood
E. John Torkelsen
Fence Viewers
Laurence Hadley
Louise F. Leveroni
Allan R. Murray
Fire Alarm Operator Frederic W. Rimbach
Field Drivers
Arno H. Perkins
George Kemp
Superintendent of Moth Work Franklin H. Charter
Burial Agent Ian M. Mott
Veterans' Agent
Ian M. Mott
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Director of Veterans' Services Ian M. Mott
Inspector of Wires Leslie F. Parke
Police Officers *Edward J. Collins, Jr., Chief *Chauncey R. Fenton, Jr., Sergeant
*Warren F. Birch
Louis F. Leveroni
*David W. Scribner
John F. Canessa
William J. Durkin, Jr.
T. Frederick S. Kennedy
Norman L. Roche
Carl W. Flint
Richard N. Farrell
Ray L. Harris
Irving W. Davis
Franklin H. Charter
William S. Kendall
Orma L. Clark
Benjamin F. Rice
Edward R. Kelly
James P. Conheeney, Jr.
James C. Howe
Civil Service
Superintendent of Jones Memorial Field Frederic W. Rimbach
Superintendent of Goward Field Frederic W. Rimbach
Workmen's Compensation Agent Theron A. Lowden
Director of Civil Defense Harry L. Stiegler
Deputy Director of Civil Defense Allen C. Beddoe
Public Weighers
William Braman G. Howard Reed A. W. Davis Philip Newell Carl W. Flint
Harold A. Merriam * Deceased
*Frank E. Greenough Otis J. Reed
Harold Whitney
Robert Greenough
Oliver W. LeBlanc, Jr.
Barbara LeBlanc
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Counsel to the Board of Selectmen John J. Sheehan
Building Inspector Albert E. Foster
Deputy Building Inspector H. Stuart MacGregor
Archives Committee
T. Frederick S. Kennedy Joyce C. Woodhead Donald P. Felt
Town Report Committee
Richard A. Bodge * John H. Loring
E. Clayton Steeves ** Philip C. Lende
* Resigned * Appointed to replace
Personnel Board
Douglas M. MacGregor
H. Edward Wrapp
Peter Gray
Industrial Development Committee
Stephen P. Lord Richard J. O'Neil
Ellen D. Lothrop *Paul J. Sweeney ** Frederick H. Bubier
Paul H. Lesure
John M. Whittier
Resigned
Appointed to replace
Town Building Committee
James E. Kinsley
Term Expires 1957
Kenneth E. Jewell
Term Expires 1958
Lloyd W. Priest Term Expires 1959
Norman McIntosh
Term Expires 1960
Recreation Commission
Frederick T. Heyliger Patience H. MacPherson
Margaret J. Lundberg Nicholas Albanese
Earl F. Hayward, Jr.
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REVISED JURY LIST - 1957
Precinct I
Rusell C. Berry, 54 Hosmer Street, retired E. Clayton Steeves, 49 Taylor Road, supervisor Juluis Roth, 777 Main Street, factory manager Thomas N. Rogers, Coughlin Street, sales mfg. repr. Walter L. Perrault, off Concord Road, laboratory technician David L. May, 11 Nagog Hill Road, insurance agent Alexander A. Morrissette, 495 Main Street, dept. director Clark C. McElvein, 460 Main Street, salesman Alfred Spence, Pope Road, factory worker Louis H. Vigliotti, 260 Great Road, pump man Robert E. Woodbine, 44 Brook Street, printer John W. Lothrop, 485 Main Street, engineer
Precinct II
Sylvester P. Condon, 2 Martin Street, General Motors John A. Flaherty, 11 Chadwick Street, rigger George W. Larrabee, 37 Liberty Street, equipment operator Galen R. Mclaughlin, 31 Prospect Street, tool maker Arthur McKelvie, 48 Main Street, plumber Edwin B. Murdough, 87 School Street, civil engineer Frederick F. Lawrence, 49 Main Street, electric welder Warren Ames, Jr., 76 Robbins Street, office work Milton H. Auffinger, Piper Road, dispatcher Russell C. Balduf, Laws Brook Road, West Acton Canteen William S. Boyd, 80 R. Liberty Street, asst. prod. engineer Frank G. Buhrig, 88 Central Street, mechanical engineer
Precinct III
Ernest K. Anderson, 251 Newtown Road, postal clerk Irving O. Berlied, 74 Summer Street, carpenter George H. Locke, Jr., 235 Arlington Street, assembly man Clyde J. Horne, 13 Orchard Drive, assistant plant manager Donald J. MacLennan, Nash Road, engineer John Fitzallen Moore, 47 Mohawk Drive, scientist Edward M. Kelly, 15 Mohegan Road, assistant manager Hervey Gauvin, 7 Mohegan Road, physicist Robert B. Lightbody, 3 Lillian Road, manager
William P. McDonald, 58 Seminole Road, engineer Matthew D. Freeman, Prospect Street, plumber
Thomas M. Sheehan, 596 Mass. Avenue, construction worker
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ACTON TOWN REPORT COMMITTEE
To the Honorable Board of Selectmen:
We do not feel it necessary to make a detailed report since we believe the work of the committee is self-evident. How- ever, we do wish to record a few thoughts as to future plans of the committee and we hope that the citizens will express any ideas or suggestions to the committee. While we will welcome any criticisms, in our opinion the time of Town Meeting should not be utilized as a forum for the expression of ideas for future Town Reports.
The committee has envisioned the Town Reports on a five-year rotation plan whereby the major departments in the Town will be given special pictorial and literary coverage. We also expect a minor coverage will be given to certain other Town services and officers, such as the special library historical report included; however, you will note several reports of appointed officials are omitted. These reports have been filed with the Selectmen and are available for inspection at the Town Hall.
We are continuing our investigation of the various printing methods in order to take advantage at all times of any economies that can be accomplished. The committee is striv- ing also to improve the general style and content of the Town report.
The members of the committee would like to acknowledge their appreciation for the able assistance of Miss Virginia Milbery and the cooperation of the various department heads.
Respectfully submitted,
RICHARD A. BODGE E. CLAYTON STEEVES PHILLIP C. LENDE
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Special Fire Department Report
ON THE MOVE!
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H. S. MACGREGOR Chief
In the course of a personal interview with Hanson S. MacGregor, your Acton Town Report Committee learned that this gentleman is now serving his 25th year as a Chief of the Acton Fire Department. The members of this com- mittee join all the Town's citizens, I am sure, in wishing Mr. MacGregor well in his future years of service.
Hanson Stuart MacGregor could be described as an Actonian through and through. He was born on Arlington St. in West Acton on Nov. 2, 1902. His early life was spent in West Acton. While his mother is a native-born West
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Actonian, his father came from Canada. There are no brothers in the family, but he has two sisters, one born in Concord and one in West Acton. Both sisters are married.
Chief MacGregor attended Acton grade schools. After two years at Concord High he studied to be a machinist for two years at the Lowell Vocational School. The job of railroad crossing attendant at Hapgood's Crossing in West Acton was his first. His father died when Chief MacGregor was 16 years old, and the Chief took over this attendant's job after his father's death.
Later he worked at Fitzgerald's Garage as a mechanic's helper. Next we find him a private chauffer in Sharon and then in Brookline. After that he was a radio parts assembler at Clapp-Eastman. It was as a foreman that he returned to Fitzgerald's. Then in 1919 he started a garage of his own, a place which was formerly an old Cooper Shop which specialized in the making of apple barrels.
In 1922 he built a garage known at that time as the Acton Motor Company. This garage is now called the A & M Motors, and it is operated by his son, Malcolm. In 1953 he built the Amoco Station on Massachusetts Ave. In 1956 his ownership of the building and property was retained when he leased the facilities in order to devote full time to his duties as Fire Chief.
Hanson MacGregor was appointed permanent Fire Chief of Acton on April 1, 1956. Prior to that his record is an interesting one as a volunteer fireman. On July 24, 1924 he put in his first day as a volunteer. A lieutenant he be- came in March of 1927; Captain in March, 1929; District Chief on May 1, 1930; and Call-Chief on May 1, 1933.
Ruth Helen Hewitt became his wife in Acton on December 24, 1927.
Chief MacGregor has served the Town well and faithfully and certainly deserves a vote of thanks. Among his many other duties he has always kept abreast of modern improve- ments, and he has attended the International Fire Chief's Association Convention in Portsmouth, N. H. for ten con- secutive years.
Best of luck to you, Mac!
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A CALL FOR HELP!
C. FROST
FIRE ENGINEERS L. PRIEST
A. PERKINS
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ACTON CENTER COMPANY
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SOUTH ACTON COMPANY
WEST ACTON COMPANY
THE ACTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
In the 1956 annual reports for the Town of Acton it was shown how the Town boundaries were determined by the weather vane on top of historic Acton Centre Congregational Church. This sub-division of Acton into North, East, South and West brought an independence within the volunteer fire departments, an independence which caused a great rivalry between each volunteer section of Town. Therefore, the single fire department we now have is a combination of three separate volunteer departments which were located at Acton Centre, West Acton and South Acton. Today, the station houses located in these sections of Acton are under one chief, one administration, and serve one cause.
In the early days of Acton, and, in fact, for quite a few years thereafter, the three departments were true, bitter rivals. This bitterness and independence made it a disgrace to call on one another for help. If assistance were needed by any one section, chances are that the help came from Concord, Littleton or Maynard, rather than from, " one of those other Acton Departments."
On March 29, 1915, the Town voted authorization to the Selectmen to organize a single fire department, appoint en- gineers, and establish pay of firemen. Four hundred dollars was appropriated for this purpose, and the first fire chief of Acton, William H. Kingsley, was appointed. In succeeding years Clarence D. Cram of West Acton (1924), Frank W. Hoit of South Acton (1927), George K. Hayward of South Acton (1931), and Hanson S. MacGregor of West Acton (1933), were appointed as Fire Chiefs for the Town of Acton. In 1955 the position of fire chief was put on a per- manent basis with tenure in office.
Today, fifty-eight personel form what is known as the Town of Acton Volunteer Fire Department; fifty-eight people, your friends and neighbors, who actively give their time.
Just what is a volunteer fireman? What makes him a volunteer and what does he do when there are no fires to be checked, no maintenance to be made, or none of the sundry other duties to be performed? As opposed to the regularly employed fireman who is a thinking, working and sleeping fire department, the volunteer must adjust himself to become a fireman at the sound of the alarm. Regardless of time of day or weather, regardless of his present occu-
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pation, the volunteer must cease what he is doing and proceed immediately to the station or fire.
To the uninterested it must seem like quite a responsibility, especially since little or no pay is involved. Why do they do it? Because they want to, because of the public service that is rendered, and because they like it.
Training is on a volunteer basis. Saturday afternoons when the cool beaches sound their beckoning call, on Sunday when gardening and golf are the predominant occupation, and in the evenings when TV in the form of delightful plays brings its enjoyment, that is when the Acton volunteers have their training. This is not to say every spare moment is spent in training, but they are training when one of you is engaged in an activity mentioned above. Their time is given, and given freely, when those of you who are protected by their energies are enjoying yourselves with peace of mind and confidence, formed in no little part due to the experience and capabilities of your Acton Volunteer Fire Department.
Effective training is dependent upon the seasons. Summer- time sees the volunteers, one to four nights a month, with the trucks and equipment acquainting themselves under conditions likely to arise in their lives as volunteer firemen. During the inclement conditions of winter, the men hold monthly meetings reviewing past experiences and training. Problems are discussed and experts in the field of fire fighting lead discussions, narrate movies, and lecture on improvements in methods and equipment. Every few years a thorough refresher course is held, comprised of eight lessons con- ducted by an instructor supplied by the state. These eight lessons and drills are as follows:
1. The proper method of dressing hydrants and the laying of 21/2 inch hose (from hydrant to fire and from fire to hydrant).
2. Setting up pumps to draft and the operation of charged lines.
3. The raising and climbing of ladders (leg lock).
4. Artificial respiration, both manual and mechanical.
5. The raising of roof ladders and the fireman's carry.
6. Salvage operations.
7. The proper use of gas masks under smoke conditions.
8. The proper use of fog nozzles, CO2 and foam extin- guishers on oil and gasoline fires.
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The first Acton fire station was constructed in 1903. Located in West Acton on Windsor Avenue one block from the Town center, this white, wooden structure is still in use today. However, under construction and to be completed in the Spring of 1958, is a new building which will replace the fifty-five year old Windsor Avenue station. This new and modern structure will be a distant cry from the first of the Acton stations, which, incidentally, was built at a cost of $1,313.00 and used to house a hand drawn chemical tank, a hand drawn hose reel and a horse drawn ladder wagon.
As Acton grew so did its need for sufficient fire control. Therefore, in 1925, 1927 and as recently as 1951, additional stations were built at a combined cost of nearly $60,000.00.
One benevolent Actonian, a Mrs. Gertrude C. Daniels of North Acton, presented a gift of her Chalmers touring car as the first motorized fire-fighting vehicle. The year was 1917 and the auto was housed in her own garage and fur- nished with a driver at her own cost. Quite imaginable, the equipment consisted of brooms, shovels and inadequate hand fire extinguishers. Soon thereafter this handsome fire truck was moved to the West Acton station, equipped with two 30-gallon chemical tanks, a booster hose and a 21/2 inch water hose. As unusual as it was efficient, this vehicle was the Town of Acton fire truck until 1924.
It was at this time that the Town allocated $10,000 to purchase three pieces of fire equipment. One, a four cylinder Reo Speed-Wagon chassis replaced the Daniels' Chalmers tour- ing car, adopted its equipment, and was moved to Acton Centre. Two other Reo Speed-Wagons were purchased and placed at the stations in West Acton and South Acton.
In 1930, $2,189.53 was spent to purchase a Model A Ford stake body truck, which was used as a forest fire truck and housed in the Acton Centre station. This truck was equipped with a portable forest fire pump and a 11/8 inch forest fire hose.
In 1934 a new piece of fire apparatus for Acton Centre was purchased for $2,935.00. This was a 11/2 ton Reo chassis equipped with a 500 gallon pump, a 100 gallon booster tank and a booster hose and hose body to carry 1200 feet of 21/ inch hose. This truck is now being used as a spare and as a supplement by the auxiliary firemen.
In 1936 two Reo Seagrave pumping engines were purchased at a cost of $8,000.00. These trucks were equipped with
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500 gallon capacity pumps, 100 gallon booster tanks, reels to carry 400 feet of booster hose, and had the capacity to carry 1200 feet of 21/2 inch hose. One truck was placed in the West Acton station and the other at South Acton, both of which are still in service today.
A Ford ladder truck was purchased for $3,996.50 in 1943 and placed in the South Acton station. This new truck was equipped, in time, with a 2500 watt portable generator, life net, resuscitator, gas masks, flood lights, salvage covers, a radio, a 100 gallon booster pump, a 150 gallon booster tank, a booster hose reel, hose body to carry 1,000 feet of 11/2 inch hose and racks to carry the ladders which were taken off an old Packard Ladder truck originally purchased by the South Acton Fire Company.
In 1947 a new forest fire truck was purchased at a cost of $4,698.50. Still in service today, this truck was obtained as a replacement for the old fire truck at Acton Centre. A 11/2 ton Ford, it is equipped with a 200 gallon booster pump, hose reels to carry 3,000 feet of 11/8 inch hose, a radio, pump cans, a portable pump, a 500 gallon booster tank, and two power hose reels to carry 500 feet of booster hose.
A rescue truck was purchased in 1948 for $6,000.00, con- sisting of 11/2 ton Ford Chassis with a special body to carry the following eqiupment: a 5 kw generator, flood lights, radio, electric saws and drills, jacks of various types, ropes, life belts, resuscitators, smoke ejectors, traffic lights, grap- pling irons, gas masks and rubber suits. This is presently in the West Acton station and replaced the 1924 pump previously mentioned.
The most recent piece of fire apparatus was purchased in 1955. Acquired for $15,000.00 and placed in Acton Centre, this truck is an International 4-ton chassis equipped with a 750 gallon pump, two 400 foot power booster hose reels, 500 feet of 11/2 inch hose, a 500 gallon booster tank, a resusci- tator, gas masks, a portable pump, a radio, a 250 watt transformer, a 30 foot extension ladder, a 14 foot roof ladder, a 10 foot folding ladder and a capacity to carry 1200 feet of 21/2 inch hose.
Quite naturally, a fire department is only as good as its alarm system. In the early days church bells were used, but they were replaced by a siren at West Acton and in- dividual whistles at Acton Centre and South Acton. Although
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adequate for the times, the siren and whistle system of alarm was replaced in 1937 with the installation of air tanks, compressors, a whistle and circuit board, and an alarm transmitter which was installed in the telephone office. This system gave the Actons a 24-hour coverage by the telephone operators.
In 1940 a new whistle and circuit panel were installed in the South Acton station and wired to the West Acton sta- tion. A year later, in 1941, a new whistle and circuit panel were installed in the Acton Centre station and wired to the West Acton circuit; thus all three fire stations were con- nected together so that the alarm sounded in the three sections of Town simultaneously.
In 1952 the old telephone method was abolished and re- placed by the dial system. Consequently, this required a change in the operation of the fire alarm and the transmitter was, therefore, installed in the home of Frederic Rimbach who operates the alarm on a 24-hour basis. Our alarm system has been extended throughout the Town with the addition of street boxes and tappers, and in 1953 a radio was installed in the Rimbach home and in several of the fire trucks giving us a complete communication system.
Not all of the alarms are given because of an uncontrol- lable fire. In fact the service of the fire department is rapidly exceeding that of fire fighting. What other depart- ment in Acton, or any other rural or urban area throughout this vast country can perform the service, mobilize the equip- ment and manpower, and fulfill the need as effectively as your fire department ?
Hurricanes, storms and floods, auto accidents and cave-ins, all possess a need for immediate attention. The rescue of cats from trees and dogs from ponds, bridging water main breaks so that a minimum of residents are without water while repairs are made, the pumping of cellars and the fur- nishing of generated electrical power, heart attack victims and others in need of resuscitators; yes all of these and many more are events that confront your Acton Volunteer Fire Department.
These responsibilities of your fire department, and there- fore of you, present many problems which should be brought to the attention of all Acton residents. Quite predominant is the lack of facilities of the Town to combat a large gasoline fire. To effectively portray our need the following hypothetical situation is presented.
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The ABC Trucking Company with headquarters in Pep- perill has received a request from the Paramount Oil Cor- poration of Lincoln, Mass., to deliver 500 gallons of Hi- octane gasoline. The order is processed and John Doe, age 35, is picked to make the delivery. John has a family, and since this is his son's birthday he is anxious to make quick delivery and return to his home. However, like everyone, John Doe has a bad day now and then and today is one of those times. Ten minutes out of Pepperill he finds the connection between the cab and trailer has loosened. Re- turning to the Pepperill garage, replacing his load and fighting late afternoon traffic, John Doe has lost an hour of his valuable time. Naturally he is in a hurry, and quite naturally John increases his speed. The finish is evident. Speed plus traffic equals accident and 500 gallons of gasoline is erupted into an explosive nightmare of fire and misery. The result? Acton lost 50 acres of wooded land, home loss was threatened, traffic was snarled for hours, and seriously injured John Doe is made responsible for the deed. However, do not discount in a frivolous manner that this loss could have been reduced had the Acton Volunteer Fire Depart- ment possessed adequate equipment with which to combat a blaze of this nature. Similarily, the Town of Acton is on a direct landing approach with Bedford Airport. You have read many times of accidents involving the failure of an aircraft on its landing approach. The consequence? Pos- sible death and destruction by an uncontrollable gasoline and oil fire. The remedy? Better protection in the form of equipment. At the present time we have almost nothing to take care of a fire of these proportions.
But now, what of the future? In addition to our need for sufficient equipment with which to combat a large gasoline fire, the Town of Acton has a long range develop- ment plan which will allow proper growth of the Town, in keeping with the fire underwriter's recommendations. After a fire apparatus becomes 20 years old it is no longer recognized by the underwriters and is considered obsolete. Our plan is as follows :
1958 -Replace the 22-years-old engine number 4 at West Acton with a new pumping engine. Engine 4 to be kept in reserve as a spare and also for use of the Auxiliary firemen.
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