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Joseph V. and Mary E. Bachrach Howard P. and Avilda D. Wilson Francis M. and Betty A. Koe Richard V. and Elizabeth M. Helly David G. and Mary E. Byrne Robert G. and Sondra Lee Adkins Bruce A. and Kim Kil Soon Carleton E. and Sally J. Cummings
Edwin and Margaret Wright George R. and Barbara J. Hawley Warren R. and Clare V. Wait
July 5 Concord
Name of Child
Grzegorowicz, John Bruce Costello, Daniel Joseph, Jr. Hill, Peter Frank Kroon, Jane Elizabeth Clewley, John Ballard
Beaudoin, Patrice Georgianna
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Scandariato, Rosellyn Whittle, Leslie Caroline Hancock, Kathleen Jean
Mills, James Harrison Scott, Cheryl Jean
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July 5 Concord
July 6 Boston
July 10 Concord Lamphere, Scott James
July 13 Concord
July 14 Concord
Jeanson, Michelle Louise Kelley, Susan Elizabeth
July 14 Winchester
Campbell, Lori Diane
July 16 Concord
Phipps, Stephanie Ann Marie
July 17 Concord
July 18 Concord
Goodreau, Edward A., Jr. Lewis, Patricia Ann
July 18 Boston Ruze, Elizabeth Marie
July 22
Concord
Smith, Bruce Vernon
July 22
Cambridge Kelley, William Arthur
July 23
Concord
Crowley, Robert
July
27
Concord
Larson, Karen Tyler
July
29 Concord
Lahar, Stephanie Anne
July 31 Concord
Sweeney, Cheryl Anne
Aug. 1 Concord
Cavanagh, Alden Burr Kellogg, Craig Matthew
Aug. 3 Concord
Aug. 5 Waltham Guba, David Frederick
Aug. 10 Concord
Grekula, Sharon Alice
Aug. 16 Concord
Seabrooke, Denise Elaine
Aug. 19 Concord
Aug. 24 Concord
Poitras, Sandra Jean Gallant, Ned Richard
Aug. 25 Concord
LeBlanc, Linda Suzanne
Aug. 25 Concord
Loring, Sharon Ann
Aug. 25 Concord
Flood, Bryan William Lyons, Kathleen
Coughlan, Kathleen
Harold W. and Jeanne D. Bradfield Donald G. and Mary L. Fallon James A. and Lois J. Poirier Patrick E. and Joyce I. Limoge John T. and Elizabeth A. Kiniry Kenneth M. and Carole B. Hebb Robert L. and Ruby O. Sundeen Edward A. and Dora V. Mauro James P. and Pauline V. Elliott John and Rose L. Perry Ronald V. and Shirley M. Kennedy William T. and Marie J. Parks Francis R. and Muriel E. Peterson Richard J. and Jacquelyn T. Paradis Henry L. and Priscilla Moore Robert and Marilyn Thomson
Paul D. and Lindsay A. Hooper Christopher C. and Margaret M. Forrester Robert F. and Ann Kroeck Teuvo A. and Mabel A. Leusher Russell F. and Ernestine L. Metays David C. and Therese M. Castellano Richard A. and Edith G. Nilges Oliver W., Jr. and Barbara L. Reed Howard G., Jr. and Janice T. Champagne Joseph J. and Margaret M. Corcoran
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Date Place Aug. 30 Waltham
Name of Child Turnbull, Nancy Lee
Sept. 2 Concord
Sept. 5 Concord
Sept. 5 Concord
McKelvie, Cynthia Anne
Sept. 10 Concord
Blanchard, Keith Lewis
Sept. 19 Concord
Page, Cynthia Lee Powers, Janet Lee
Sept. 20 Concord
Palaima, Cheryl Ann
Sept. 23
Concord
Young, Martha Marie
Sept. 24
Concord
Pacy, Donna
Sept. 29
Concord
Mahar, Gary Brian
Oct. 4 Concord
Hopkins, Gail Susan
Oct. 5 Concord
Penney, Janet Lee
Oct. 10 Concord Sarno, Barbara Jean
Oct. 11 Concord Ashline, John Paul, Jr.
Oct. 11 Concord
Lent, Diane Elaine
Oct. 12 Concord
Mutty, Jacqueline Marie
Oct. 19 Concord
Oct. 20 Concord
Oct. 22 Concord
Little, Douglas Adams O'Clair, Kevin Louis Greenough, Vicky Lynn Farrell, Patricia Alden
Oct. 25 Concord
Oct. 28 Concord
Christian, Ronald Lawrence
Oct. 30 Concord
Batson, Sandra Marlene
Oct. 31 Concord Allen, Rhonda Lee
Name of Parents
Richard K. and Nellie E. Kibilda
Ralph R. and Mary J. O'Donoghue Nicholas and Isabelle I. Chase William A. and Marion M. Harrison Albert W., II and Constance L. G. Congdon Daniel A. and Helen L. Calder Peter L. and Constance M. Bryant Stanley J. and Dorothea M. Morey Henry M. and Helen M. Todisco Richard D. and Myrna J. Ingham James E. and Anna G. Johnson
Richard C. and Eleanor M. McHugh George T. and Stella J. Clark Michael A. and Emma V. D'Ambrosio John P. and Helen A. Erkkinen Charles B. and Joanne E. Acorn Lewis D. and Jessie W. Knippel Richard E. and Susan W. Lowell George R. and Barbara A. Roberts Charles F. and Juanita G. Young Richard N. and Barbara A. Davis Raymond V. and Alice F. Brown Donald A. and Vera M. MacPhail Richard W. and Pauline R. Poirier
Sept. 19 Concord
Haynes, Nancy Lee Albanese, Elizabeth Emilie
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Oct. 31 Concord
Oldenquist, Edward Charles
Nov. 5 Concord
Durand, Richard Paul Jackson, Mark Frederick
Nov. 8 Concord
Nov. 10 Concord
Conrad, Claudia Ann
Nov. 10 Concord
Hibbard, Craig Alan
Nov. 13 Concord
Dowling, Matthew Lescher
Nov. 13 Concord
Fenton, Judith Irene
Nov. 14 Concord
Walker, Brian David
Nov. 20 Concord
Evangelos, James, Jr.
Nov. 29 Concord
Kivikoski, Alan Peter
Dec.
1 Concord
Rhodes, Sheryl Ann
Dec. 2 Concord
Callahan, William Anthony
Dec. 3 Concord Watkins, Lewis Grant, Jr.
Dec. 3 Lowell Grey, Raymond Paul
Dec. 12 Concord
Mansfield, Robert Akester, Jr.
Dec. 13 Concord
Scribner, Caroline Tompkins
Dec. 13 Concord
Farnsworth, Judith Ellen
Dec. 15 Concord
Crory, John William
Dec. 21 Concord
Waite, Christine Ann
Dec. 23 Concord
Nelson, Rebecca Lynn
William H. and Angelina M. Lombardo
Robert I. and Virginia M. Subick Booth D. and Betty C. Nolan Gordon R. and Jill A. Reynolds Wayne A. and Clara Gangloff Kenneth T. and Susan M. Mills Chauncey R., Jr. and Dorothy M. Hoffman Robert H. and Barbara L. MacEwan James and Helen T. Checani Paul L., Jr. and Mary C. Boyle
Richard A. and Helen L. Wetherbee Edward F. and Mary T. Humphries Lewis G. and Beverly E. Davis Raymond J. and Catherine F. Richards Robert A. and Sylvia M. Jewell Alfred I. and Paula C. Manion Calvin M. and Lois M. Nelson William D., Jr. and Maru P. Leary Richard A. and Marie T. Macaulay John E. and Jacqueline McCabe
RECORD OF TOWN ELECTION HELD MARCH 4, 1957
Pct. 1 Pct. 2
Pct. 3 Total
Whole number of votes cast 200 211
370 781
MODERATOR, one year
Albert P. Durkee
166
176
322
664
Sworn by Town Clerk, March 5, 1957
Scattered
1
1
2
Blanks
33
35
47
115
TOWN CLERK, one year
Charles M. MacRae
180
189
336
705
Sworn by Moderator, March 5, 1957
Scattered
3
1
4
Blanks
17
22
33
72
SELECTMAN, three years
Victor E. Cornellier
5
10
6
21
Frank R. Dickinson
19
16
43
78
Aubrey C. Kretschmar
110
128
184
422
Sworn by Town Clerk, March 5, 1957
Martin S. Meigs, Jr.
63
50
132
245
Scattered
1
1
Blanks
3
7
4
14
ASSESSOR, three years
James W. Baker
174
189
341
704
Sworn by Town Clerk, March 11, 1957
Scattered
1
1
Blanks
25
22
29
76
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE, three years
Lossie E. Laird
180
183
334
697
Sworn by Town Clerk, March 6, 1957
Blanks
20
28
36
84
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE, two years to fill vacancy
Clinton S. Curtis
177
182
324
683
Sworn by Town Clerk, March 15, 1957
Blanks
23 29 46
98
48
TREASURER, one year
Wm. Henry Soar 184 188 Sworn by Town Clerk, March 11, 1957
343 715
Blanks
16
23
27 66
TOWN COLLECTOR, one year
Charles M. MacRae
184 189
336
709
Sworn by Moderator, March 5, 1957
Blanks
16
22
34
72
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, three years
Edmond J. McNiff
159
184
325
668
Elizabeth H. Boardman
147
147
269
563
Sworn by Town Clerk, March 5, 1957 (both)
Scattered
2
2
Blanks
94
91
144
329
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, one year to fill vacancy
Lloyd E. Williamson
170 169
312
651
Sworn by Town Clerk, March 5, 1957
Blanks
30
42
58
130
CONSTABLES, one year
Edward J. Collins, Jr. 174
184
335
693
Sworn by Town Clerk, March 8, 1957
T. Frederick S. Kennedy .... 167
185
320
672
Sworn by Town Clerk, March 4, 1957
Chauncey R. Fenton, Jr. .... 178 192
340
710
Sworn by Town Clerk, March 5, 1957
David W. Scribner
174
185
326
685
Sworn by Town Clerk, March 14, 1957
Blanks
107
9.8
159
364
CEMETERY COMMISSIONER, three years
Ray L. Harris
168
188
334
690
Sworn by Town Clerk, March 13, 1957
Scattered
1
4
5
Blanks
31
23
32
86
BOARD OF HEALTH, three years
Martin J. Duggan
169
185
339
693
Sworn by Town Clerk, March 11, 1957
Blanks
31
26 31
88
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TRUSTEE OF MEMORIAL LIBRARY, three years
Florence A. Merriam 181 195
340 716
Sworn by Town Clerk, March 9, 1957
Blanks 19 16
30
65
TREE WARDEN, one year
Franklin H. Charter
187
194
343
724
Sworn by Town Clerk, March 8, 1957
Blanks
13
17
27
57
PLANNING BOARD, five years
William E. Cowley, Jr.
15
36
38
89
John H. Loring
97
39
214
350
Sworn by Town Clerk, March 11, 1957
David P. Tinker
69
129
106
304
Scattered
1
1
Blanks
19
7
11
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ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING MARCH 11, 1957
Voted : That this meeting adjourn at 11:00 P. M., to complete the article then being acted upon, and reconvene at the Blanchard Auditorium at 7:30 P. M., Monday, March 18, 1957.
Article 1. (Officers) To choose all necessary Town Offi- cers and Committees and fix the salaries and compensation of all the elective officers of the Town.
Chose: Thelma M. Blood trustee of the Elizabeth White Fund for three years and Hazel P. Vose trustee of the Elizabeth White Fund for two years to fill vacancy.
Chose: H. Stuart MacGregor trustee of the West Acton Firemen's Relief Fund for three years.
Chose: Clarence Frost trustee of the Acton Firemen's Relief Fund for three years.
Chose: Roy H. Linscott trustee of the Goodnow Fund for three years.
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Voted: That the salary of the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen be six hundred dollars per annum and the other members three hundred dollars each per annum.
Voted: That the salary of the Town Clerk be one thous- and dollars per annum.
Voted: That the salary of the Town Treasurer be four- teen hundred dollars per annum.
Voted: That the salary of the Chairman of the Board of Assessors be three thousand dollars per annum and the other members eight hundred dollars each per annum.
Voted: That the salary of the Town Collector be two thousand dollars per annum.
Voted: That the salary of the Chariman of the Board of Public Welfare be one hundred twenty-five dollars per annum and that of the other members seventy-five dollars each per annum.
Voted: That the salary of the Moderator be fifteen dollars for one evening and twenty-five dollars for two evenings for the Annual Town Meeting and ten dollars for each special meeting.
Voted: That the salary of the Tree Warden be fixed at $1.75 per hour plus 75 cents per hour for use of a truck.
Voted: That the salary of the Chairman of the Board of Health be one hundred twenty-five dollars per annum and that of the other members seventy-five dollars each per annum and that the Board of Health be authorized to appoint one of its own members as an assistant agent and assistant custodian of the Town Dump at the rate of $1.25 per hour in accordance with the provisions of Section 4A of Chapter 41 of the General Laws.
Article 2. (Reports) To see if the Town will vote to accept the several reports of the Town Officers and Boards, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: To accept the several reports of the Town Officers and Boards.
Article 3. (Reports) To hear and act upon the reports of any Committees chosen at any previous Town Meeting that have not already reported.
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Report of War Memorial Committee
The committee to study, investigate and make recom- mendations for a suitable memorial to Acton Veterans who served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America or its Allies during World War II or Korean Conflict, after lengthy investigation and discussions feel, because of im- proving plans that seem to be in the future planning which may have considerable bearing on our recommendations for this memorial that it would be inopportune to report a spe- cific project at this moment. We feel that further study of these plans as they develop is essential for the best interest of the Veterans to be so honored as well as the Town, there- fore report progress at this time.
Respectfully submitted,
CLYDE J. HORNE, Chairman
LOUIS C. SCHWAAB, Secretary
CARL W. BERGMAN THERON A. LOWDEN LESLIE E. PARKE
Voted: £ That this report be accepted as a report of progress.
Article 4. (Budget) To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to defray to neces- sary expenses of the several departments of the Town and determine how the same shall be raised.
Voted: That the following sums of money be appropriated for the several purposes hereinafter designated and that the same be expended only for those purposes under the direction of the respective boards, committees, or officers of the Town as follows, and that the total money shall be made available by a transfer of $74,000.00 from the Surplus Revenue Ac- count and the remainder to be raised in the 1957 Tax Levy.
General Government
1 Moderator
$75.00
2 Finance Committee Expense
75.00
3 Selectmen's Salaries
1,200.00
4 Selectmen's Expenses
500.00
5 Town Office -- Clerk Personnel Wages
10,800.00
6
Town Account - Salary
1,400.00
7 Expenses 350.00
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Treasurer - Salary
1,400 .. 00
Expenses 400.00
Town Collector - Salary Expenses
850.00
Assessors' Salaries 4,600.00 Expenses 400.00
1,000.00
350.00
1,500.00
700.00
17 18 Legal Services - Board of Select- men 500.00
19 Planning Board - Expenses 350.00
20 Service Fees
1,650.00
21 Total General Government
$30,100.00
Buildings and Grounds
22 Buildings and Grounds - Wages $3,280.00
23 Expenses 4,730.00
24 Total Buildings and Grounds $8,010.00
Protection of Persons and Property
25 Police - Salaries and Wages $31,185.00
26 Expenses - including Cruiser Operation and Uniforms ..
5,315.00
27 Fire Department - Salaries and Wages 13,050.00
28 Expenses
9,680.00
29 Fire Alarm System - Salaries
and Wages
4,680.00
30 Expenses
1,045.00
31 Fire Hydrant Rental
10,900.00
32
Sealer Weights and Measures Salary 250.00
33 Expenses
50.00
Moth Department Chapter 666 Wages 1,125.00
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Expenses including Poison Ivy
2,000.00
36
Dutch Elm Disease Control - Chapter 761
1,500.00
37 Town Forest - Maintenance 100.00
38 Shade Tree Replacement 250.00
39 Tree Warden - Wages
2,225.00
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34
2,000.00
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Town Clerk - Salary Expenses 15 16 Elections and Registrations Salaries and Wages Expenses
40 Expenses
1,200.00
41 Wire Inspector - Salary and
Travel
750.00
42 Expenses
100.00
43
Building Inspector - Wages and Travel Expenses
1,250.00
44
100.00
45 Dog Officer
350.00
46
Building Committee - Expenses
500.00
47 Total Protection ....
$87,605.00
Health and Sanitation
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Board of Health - Salaries
$275.00
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Expenses
950.00
50 Secretary - Salary
2,645.00
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Town and School Nurse - Salary Expenses
3,640.00
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960.00
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Assistant Nurse - Wages
800.00
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Board of Health Agent and As- sistant Agent - Wages
2,000.00
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Inspector Milk and Food
300.00
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Custodian - Town Dump -
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Assistant Custodian - Town
Dump - Wages
648.00
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Expenses
1,200.00
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State Sanitorium and Hospital Bills
2,000.00
61 Medical Supplies
150.00
62 School Clinic
1,600.00
63 Garbage Collection
8,400.00
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Inspector of Animals - Salary
150.00
65 Expenses
30.00
66
Plumbing Inspector - Wages
1,000.00
67 Total Health and Sanitation
$31,136.00
Highways
68 Village Highways
$5,500.00
69 Drainage
5,300.00
70 Chapter 81 Highways
8,700.00
71 Chapter 90 Highways
2,000.00
72 Snow Removal
30,000.00
73 Traffic Signs - Lines
1,000.00
55 Expenses
500.00
Wages
3,888.00
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74 Highway Vacations and Holidays 1,690.00
75 Street Lighting
7,300.00
76 Total Highways
$61,490.00
Charities
77 Welfare District Administration
and Welfare Board Salaries
$2,400.00
78 General Relief and Disability As- sistance
5,000.00
79 Old Age Assistance
31,000.00
80 Aid to Dependent Children 6,500.00
81 Total Charities
$44,900.00
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Veterans' Benefits - Salary
$200.00
83 Expenses 250.00
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Veterans' Benefits Expenditures
8,000.00
85
Veterans' Services
600.00
86 Total Veterans' Aid
$9,050.00
Education
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Instruction - Local
$131,047.00
Regional
109,995.84
Textbooks and Supplies - Local 5,264.00 Regional 5,969.52
Plant Operation - Local
23,530.00
Regional
16,453.72
Blanchard Auditorium
10,500.00
Maintenance - Local 3,375.00
Regional
439.00
Auxiliary Agencies - Local
12,125.00
Regional 16,721.92
6,575.00
General Control - Local Regional
5,850.16
Outlay - Local
1,500.00
Regional
175.60
Contingency Fund - Local 400.00
103
Regional
175.60
104 Total Local School Budget $194,316.00
105 Total Regional School Budget 155,781.36
88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 9.6 97 98 99 100 101 102
106 Total Education $350,097.36
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Libraries
107
Libraries - Salaries and Wages
$4,000.00
108 Expenses 1,100.00
109 Books
660.00
110 Total Libraries
$5,760.00
Recreation
111
Playgrounds - Wages
$1,000.00
112 Expenses
500.00
113 Total Recreation
$1,500.00
Cemeteries
114 Cemeteries - Salaries and Wages $12,350.00
115 Expenses
2,500.00
116 Total Cemeteries $14,850.00
Other Classified Expenses
117 Town Reports
$1,828.05
118 Workmen's Compensation
2,700.00
119 Surety Bonds
675.00
120 Archives Committee - Expenses
500.00
121 Fire Insurance - Town Buildings 122 Memorial Day
1,810.00
600.00
123 Pension Fund
4,439.95
124 Pension Fund Expense
226.30
125 Military Service Fund
33.72
126 Board of Appeals - Expenses
50.00
127 Miscellaneous
1,500.00
128 Total Other Classified Expenses
$14,363.02
Amortization and Interest Requirements for the Bonded Indebtedness of the Town and the Regional School District
129 Elementary and High Schools Maturing Debt
$16,000.00
130
Interest 4,615.00
131
Blanchard Auditorium Maturing Debt
20,000.00
Interest
800.00
133
Regional School Maturing Debt .. 15,200.00
132
134 Interest 41,367.75
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135 Surface Drainage Mohawk Drive and Seneca Road Maturing Debt 5,000.00
136
Interest 175.00
137 Anticipation of Revenue Notes Interest 500.00
138 Total Amortization and Interest
Requirements $103,657.75
Total Budget
$762,519.13
Special Articles
Art. 8. Sidewalks, Main Street $6,000.00
Art. 11. Fire Alarm Extension 3,000.00
Art. 14. Elementary School 10,000.00
Art. 15. Vocational Tuition and Trans- portation 2,500.00
Art. 16. Water Safety Account
500.00
Art. 17. Officer and Employee Insur- ance
1,200.00
Art. 18. Boiler and Machinery Insur- ance 778.24
Art. 19. West and South Water Sup- ply District - Hosmer Street 200.00
Art. 20. Stabilization Fund
5,000.00
Art. 22. Memorial Library - Lighting Fixtures 2,000.00
Art. 23. New Chairs and Magazine Rack 250.00
Art. 24. Mosquito Control Spraying ..
2,700.00
Art. 25. Board of Public Welfare Health and Sanitation Improvements 2,304.69
Art. 27. Highway Department
Buildings - Alterations 800.00
Art. 35. Town Hall - Alterations and Furnishings 1,800.00
Art. 39. Brook @ Homestead 14,000.00
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Art. 40. Street Signs - New Street Names 100.00
Art. 51. Unpaid Bills 3,050.52
Total to be raised and appro- priated under Special Articles
$56,483.45
Transfers
Art. 5. New Construction (Main
Street)
$6,000.00
Art. 6. Highways
42,950.00
Art. 7. Machinery Account 6,250.00
Art. 9. School Street Construction .. 10,444.95
Art. 10. Radio and Fire Alarm Trans- mitter
1,100.00
Art. 21. Tree and Moth Department
Truck
3,500.00
Art. 52. Reserve Fund
6,000.00
Total Transfers
$76,244.95
Borrow
Art. 14. Elementary School
(Chap. 645 - Acts 1948) $600,000.00 (Chap. 44, Sec. 7 G.L.) .. 170,000.00
$770,000.00
Grand Total
$1,665,247.53
Article 5. (Main Street) To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds the sum of $6,000.00 for Chapter 90 Construction of Main Street, South Acton from Central Street northerly to Pros- pect Street, a distance of approximately 2,400 feet; said money to be used in conjunction with $6,000.00 to be allotted by the County and $18,000.00 to be allotted by the State, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted unanimously: That the sum of $6,000.00 be appro- priated to meet the Town's share of the cost of Chapter 90
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Highway Construction, and to meet said appropriation the sum of $6,000.00 be transferred from the proceeds received from the State under the provisions of Chapter 718 of the Acts of 1956; said money to be used for Chapter 90 Con- struction of Main Street, South Acton from Central Street northerly to Prospect Street, a distance of approximately 2,400 feet; said money to be used in conjunction with $6,000.00 to be allotted by the County and $18,000.00 to be allotted by the State.
Article 6. (Highways) To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from the Surplus Revenue Account the amount of the State's and County's allotments for highways under Chapters 81 and 90; provided that the reimbursement be credited back to the Surplus Revenue Account, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: To transfer from the Surplus Revenue Account the sum of $42,950.00 provided that the reimbursement be credited back to the Surplus Revenue Account. This sum to be made up as follows:
Chapter 81 Maintenance State
$15,950.00
Chapter 90 Maintenance State
1,500.00
Chapter 90 Maintenance County
1,500.00
New Construction State
18,000.00
New Construction County
6,000.00
$42,950.00
Article 7. (Machinery Fund) To see if the Town will vote to transfer the sum of $6,250.00 from the Machinery Fund to the Machinery Account, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted unanimously: To transfer the sum of $6,250.00 from the Machinery Fund to the Machinery Account.
Article 8. (Sidewalks - Main Street) To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from avail- able funds the sum of $6,000.00, or any other sum, for the construction of sidewalks on Main Street in South Acton, in conjunction with the new construction on Main Street in South Acton, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $6,000.00 for the construction of sidewalks on Main Street, South Acton,
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in conjunction with the new construction on Main Street in South Acton.
Moderator called for a hand vote and appointed the fol- lowing tellers : Wentworth Prentiss, Francis W. Seller, Thoron A. Lowden, Peter Smoltees, Allen Moody and Roger Crafts.
Total vote: 362. Yes -243 No-119.
Article 9. (School Street) To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds the sum of $10,444.95 for the permanent construction of School Street, South Acton, or take any other action rela- tive thereto.
Voted: That the sum of $10,444.95 be appropriated for the permanent construction of School Street, South Acton, and to meet said appropriation the sum of $10,444.95 be transferred from the proceeds received from the State under the provisions of Chapter 718 of the Acts of 1956.
Article 10. (Radio and Fire Alarm Transmitter) To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds the sum of $1,100.00, or any other sum, to be expended by the Fire Department for the purchase of a remote control radio and fire alarm transmitter to be installed at the Acton Center Fire Station, or take any other action relative thereto.
Voted: To appropriate the sum of $1,100.00 to be trans- ferred from Surplus Revenue to be expended by the Fire Department for the purchase of a remote control radio and fire alarm transmitter that are to be installed at the Acton Center Fire Station.
Article 11. (Fire Alarm System) To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate or appropriate from available funds the sum of $3,300.00, or any other sum, to be expended by the Fire Department for the extension of the fire alarm circuit to Arlington Street, Agawam Road, Sious Street, Mohegan Road, Quaboag Road, Seminole Road, Seneca Road, Mohawk Drive, Oneida Road and Orchard Drive, and in con- nection therewith to install ten alarm boxes throughout this territory and a master box at the Acton High School, or take any other action relative thereto.
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Voted: To raise and appropriate the sum of $3,300.00 to be expended by the Fire Department for the extension of the fire alarm circuit on Arlington Street to Agawam Road, Sioux Street, Mohegan Road, Quaboag Road, Seminole Road, Seneca Road, Mohawk Drive, Oneida Road and Orchard Drive and in connection therewith to install ten alarm boxes throughout this territory and a master box at the Acton High School.
Article 12. (Land -for Fire Station) To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for the Town for the construction of a fire station thereon a tract of land with the buildings thereon believed to belong to Ormal S. R. Laffin and Mary M. Laffin, located in that part of Acton called West Acton on the Westerly side of Central Street and adjacent to and Northerly of Laffin's Garage; and to see if the Town will appropriate the sum of $7,000.00, or any other sum, therefor to be provided by taxation, by appropriation from available funds in the Treasury or by borrowings under Chapter 44 of the General Laws, or take any other action relative thereto.
Motion: To authorize the Selectmen to purchase, take by eminent domain or otherwise acquire for the Town, for the construction of a fire station thereon, a tract of land with buildings thereon believed to be owned by Ormal S. R. Laffin and Mary M. Laffin, located in that part of Acton, called West Acton, on the Westerly side of Central Street in the Town and shown on a plan entitled "Land in Acton, owned by Ormal S. R. Laffin, Surveyed for the Town of Acton by Harlan E. Tuttle, Surveyor, February 25, 1957" and which tract of land is bounded and described as follows:
Beginning at a point at the Northeasterly corner of said tract of land at Central Street and at land formerly of Clarence V. Twitchell and now of Lillian G. Feltus Gallant, thence running South 17º 27' West along said Central Street, a distance of eighty and fifty-two hundredths (80.52) feet to a point at land now of Ormal S. R. Laffin; thence turning and running North 66° West along said land of Ormal S. R. Laffin a distance of three hundred sixty-one and thirty-five hundredths (361.35) feet to a point at the center line of a Brook, as shown on said Plan; thence turning and running in a Northerly direction on the center line of said Brook, a distance of two hundred and forty (240) feet more or less to a point at the center line of said Brook; thence turning
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