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Henley, Russell James, Jr.
Russell J. and Mary McFarland
Jan.
16 Concord
Higgins, Sarah Merle
Edwin M., Jr. and Joyce M. Wilcox
Jan.
18 Ayer
Baron, Mark Edward
John and Patricia A. Darrah
Jan.
18 Concord
Peters, Barbara Theresa
Joseph R., Jr. and Rose-Marie DiDonato James J. and Virginia A. Olsen
Jan. 22 Concord
Corrigan, Lynn Anne
Jan. 23 . Concord
Chamberlain, Virginia Bartlett
Charles W., Jr. and Susan H. Moore
Jan.
24 Concord
Hamlin, Diane Louise
Edward B. and Ruth E. Gustin
Jan.
24 Arlington
Walker, Lynne Elizabeth
David G. and Ada E. Grant
Jan.
27 Concord
Jeanson, Kathy Eva
Oliver and Virginia M. Butler
21
Date
Place
Feb. 1 Concord
Hochard, Thomas Edward
Feb. 1 Boston
Lombardo, Gail Lynn
Feb. 2 Groton Wall, Kathleen Frances
Feb.
3 Concord
Kelley, Edward Scott
Feb. Feb. 4 Lowell Feb. 9 Concord
MacDonald, Christine Gail Guenard, Bruce Edward
Hartwell, Lynne Eleanor
Feb. 10 Concord
Mott, Thomas Roy
Feb. 17 Concord
Lende, Karen Angela
Feb. 17 Concord
Martin, William Edward, Jr.
Feb. 17 Concord
Roche, John Patrick
Feb. 21 Concord
Hillman, David Deane
Feb.
24 Concord
Bachrach, Ronald
Feb.
24 Concord Pedersen, David Andrew
Mar.
2
Boston
Morrison, Julie
Mar.
3 Concord
King, Benjamin Arthur
Mar. 8 Newton
Corwin, Scott Edgar
Mar.
11 Concord
Moore, Susan Bartlett
Mar. 13 Concord
Huebsch, Gretchen Wheeler
Mar. 13 Concord
Lambert, Mark Francis
Mar. 15 Concord
Tremblay, Joseph Arcade, III Fairbrother, Bruce Lane
Mar. 21 Concord
Mar. 22 Concord
Porrazzo, Armand John
Mar. 27 Concord
McIlhatten, Carolyn White
Casey, Patrick Elliot
Name of Parents
22
Robert D. and Theresa L. Couture Charles and Muriel G. Smith Francis E. and Mary K. Sullivan John J. and Clare A. Bentley Robert B. and Florence C. Lawson Arthur H. and Marlene Chateauneuf David W. and Barbara E. Baker Ian M. and Janet L. Nickerson Paul R. and Joan MacDonald Phillip C. and Joanne Stevens William E. and Barbara M. Hartwell George L. and Lucy H. Romard Charles W. and Felicia DePratti Theodore N. and Virginia Raider Clifford N. and Leone E. Redden
Ralph J. and Virginia E. Mills Hobart T. and Helen B. Soubosky Norman E., Jr. and Nancy Gelotte Herbert B. and Martha M. Fay Roger M. and Susan F. Smith Francis C. and Valarie Medlar Joseph A., Jr. and Dorothy L. Woodbury Byron L. and Bernice Yarnell Armando and Lorraine A. Russell Edgar P. and Roberta A. Brandt Robert F. and Elaine Bartel
223rd ANNUAL REPORT OF
Mar. 31 Concord
Name of Child
3 Concord
Feb. 15 Concord
Vigliotti, Paula Kim
April 4 April 5 Concord
April 9 Concord
April 11 Concord
April 13 Concord
15 Concord
April April 16
Concord
April 17 Concord
Howe, Susan Mae Major, Cynthia Joy Heustis, Nancy Carol
April 19 Concord
Pipes, Jacqueline Day
April 23 Concord
Nelson, Mark Bradford
April 28 Concord
Wall, Timothy Ralph
April
30 Concord
Thompson, Deborah Ann
May
1 Concord
Costello, Michael Anthony Ryan, Mary
May
1 Boston
May
2 Boston
McNeish, Robert Woodbury Brown, Vicki Frances
May
5 Concord
May May
5
Concord
Joyal, Louise Alice Marie
Sheehan, Christopher William
May May
16 Concord
Cummings, Cathy Lynn Ames, Warren, III
May
19
Newton
Gunter, Tod David
May
20 Concord
Kennedy, Richard Scott
May
20 Concord
Perry, Mark Albert Kneeland, Donna Lee
May May
22
Concord
23 Concord Garland, Paul Russell
May
24
Stoneham
Ladeau, Andrew Russell
May
25 Waltham
Graves, Paula Anne
May
27 Concord
Case, Karla Jean
Edwards, Mara Magna Harnum, Donna Louise
Janson, Richard Alan
Leone, Kathleen
Frank T. and Mary E. Lehto Howard R. and Dawn V. Dagenais Neil J. and Anna M. Novak Richard C. and Rae E. Mitchell Gerald M. and Corinne M. Romley Robert J. and Leona M. Moreau Robert R. and Margaret C. Whiteneck Robert C. and Carol E. Jantz Robert I. and Norine V. Thomas Eliot D. and Joan E. Christiansen Henry J. and Mary M. McElaney Donald R. and Dorothea A. Hamlin
Daniel J. and Giulia R. Zaffuto James E. and Barbara Wallace Donald W. and Barbara A. Barry Robert F. and Corinne M. Massie Maurice W. and Pauline L. Gendron Thomas M. and Lillian E. Gross William J. and Sarah E. McManus Warren, Jr. and Marilyn Taylor Otis D. and Doris Waterhouse Ernest S. and Elsie Johnson Albert C. and Valerie Huskamp Donald H. and Evelyn M. Nix Russell A. and Lois H. Bonnar Gerald A., Jr. and Wilma G. Holt William B. and Agnes P. Keplinger Edmund A. and Nancy C. O'Neil
THE TOWN OF ACTON
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Concord
6
Concord
7 Medford
Caracciolo, Greg
Date
Place
Name of Child
May
28
Concord
Benedict, Paul Stephen
May
29
Concord
Haigh, Nancy Jean
May
31
Malden
Lynch, William Joseph
June 1 Concord
LeGault, Lawrence Michael
June
2 Concord
Chapman, Laurie June
June
4 Concord
Dargin, Michael Joseph
June
4 Concord
Wallerstein, Nicholas Perry
June 12 Concord
Spencer, Anne Frances
June
14 Concord
Marcus, Ann
June
14 Concord
Prentiss, Kevin Mark
June
17 / Concord
Kangas, Howard Stephen
June 17 Concord
MacMullen, Andrew
June
22 Concord
Galluzzo, Anthony
June
24
Concord
Regan, Brian Joseph
June
28 Concord
Petrucci, Jill Elaine
June
29
Fitchburg
Hartwell, Cheryl Ann
July
3 Concord
Oliveira, Richard Michael
July
7 Somerville
Nadeau, Jeanne Marie Beaudoin Nancy Mary
July
14 Concord Barry, David Matthew 16 Concord Cullinane, Chris Charles 18 Newton Downey, Walter John
July
18 Concord
Riordan, John Francis Files, Darlene Leslie
July
22 Concord Panetta, James Charles
Name of Parents
David C. and Charlotte A. Williams Robert A. and Mary Bond George F. and Alice T. Shea
Henry V. and Claire T. Brennan William A. and June E. Minkley John T. and Carol M. Larsen Edward P. and Jennifer Dole Charles W., Jr. and Mary E. McBreen Frank I. and Janet B. Geller Harold O., Jr. and Dorothy V. Rahberg Veli R. and Irene Dargiewicz Alexander, Jr. and Margaret A. Sandler Charles and Jean T. Marella Joseph and Joan Breton Stephen J., Jr. and Mary M. Scida Robert and Victorine Gitschier
Frank M. and Marion A. Gray Earl and Marie Boutin Rene A. and Patricia F. Mullen David M. and Doris R. MacGregor Cornelius C. and Margaret M. Gallagher John H. and Joyce Schofield Francis J., Jr. and Dorothy A. Hawkins Donald L. and Doris E. Morse Charles J. and Patricia C. Dumond
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223rd ANNUAL REPORT OF
July
12 Concord
July July
July
20 Concord
July
25 Worcester
July 25 Concord
July 28 Concord
July
30 Concord
Chambers, Brian Cole
Zimmer, Kieth Howard
Aug.
1 Concord
Aug.
1 Acton
Rioux, Dennis Paul
Aug.
6 Concord Mercurio, Margaret Patrice
Aug. 8 Concord
Pensyl, John Michael
Aug. 12 Concord
Carlson, John William
Aug. 16
Concord
O'Connor, Christopher Collins
Aug.
18 Concord
Aug. Aug.
19
Acton
Aug. 19 Acton
Colwell, Carol Virginia Andrade, Lisa Gerardine
Aug. 25 Concord
Mclaughlin, Maureen Frances
Aug. 27 Concord
Siciliano, Marie Anne
Aug. 28 Waltham
Delaney, Debora Ann
Aug. 31 Concord
Haller, Robert John
Sept. 1 Concord
Brown, Todd Raymond
Sept. 3 Concord
Carroll, Elise Anne
Sept. 5 Concord
Hagy, Jill
Sept.
5
Concord
Perry, Scott Wesley
Baldwin, Steven Jeffrey
Charles R. and Marion Swenson Howard P. and Avilda D. Wilson George W. and Marjorie Metzler
Edward A. and Virginia A. Cole Sumner D. and Dorothy M. Hardy
Edwin B., Jr. and Patricia A. Walsh Lee and Doris M. Hartley Anthony A. and Bertha E. Salo Joseph S. and Rita Venezia John F. and Rosemary A. Chukinas Arthur F. and Millicent A. Fish Jay P. and Jacqueline Montgomery Peter M. and Ann J. Freeman John L. and Joan F. Booth George B. and Sally A. Hennessy Leonard J. and Ada E. Linson Leonard J. and Ada E. Linson Joseph and Irene Rezendes John F. and Irene F. White Salvatore V. and Mary G. Marrocco Joseph W. and Emily M. Cotton John T. and Marjorie L. Watson
Donald W. and Eleanor M. Justice Francis L. and Theresa M. Angers Clayton L. and Marjorie Clark Hubert C. and Violet M. Squires Keith M. and Wilma A. Coleman
THE TOWN OF ACTON
25
Sept. 8 Concord
Aldrich, Paul Taylor Whittle, Kristen Palmer Hodgman, Cheryl Ann
Klein, Wendy Lee Underhill, Beth
Aug. 18 Concord
Thurmond, George Bruce, II
Colwell, Ann Elizabeth
Aug. 25 Concord
18 Worcester
Brown, Douglas Alan Lennon, Jody Laurence
Aug. 5 Concord
July 30 Concord
Date
Place
Sept. 11
Concord
Sept. 18
Beverly
Page, Madelyn Fredriksen
Sept. 20 Concord
Desrochers, Michael Jon
Sept.
21 Concord
Sept. 21 Concord
Sept. 21 Concord
Sandberg, David Alan
Connolly, Kevin Francis
Sept. 24 Concord
Halloran, Carol Lee
Sept. 26 Concord
Jackson, Sybil Lorena
Sept.
28 Lowell
Goetze, Rebecca Jean
Sept. 30 Concord
McDowell, Peter James
Oct. 2
Concord Goodreau, Elizabeth Angela
Oct.
2 Cambridge
Hryniewich, Geraldine
Oct.
3 Concord Dodson, Kenneth Grant
Oct.
3 Concord Gravlin, Jeffrey Lee
Oct.
4 Concord
Andersen, Virginia Rae
Oct.
4 Concord
Penney, Sharron Lynn
Oct.
10
Concord
O'Neill, Bonnie Catherine Johnson, Eric
Oct. 12 Concord
Oct. 20 Concord
Sweeney, Theresa Marie
Oct. 25 Concord Nichols, Lance Sherwood
Oct.
29 Concord Woodward, Loralyn Marie
Oct.
31 Concord
Rodgers, Margaret Winfield
Nov. 3 Concord
Nov. 3 Concord
Nov. 3 Concord
Berlied, Judith Mary Hunt, Philip Charles Mutty, Janice Wilhelmina
Name of Parents
Arthur P. and Mary L. Ryan
Bryant R. and Thelma Nielsen
Gerald R. and Charmayne J. Spitzer Gerald P. and Sarah E. Garrity Stephen G. and Patricia M. Barry Bruce A. and Nancy J. Loring Michael G. and Edel F. Willard Ralph D. and Margaret T. Murphy David A. and Sybil C. Higgins Dieter and Cynthia C. Fox Arnold N. and Eleanor Bailey
Edward A. and Dora V. Mauro Joseph F. and Rosemary Tusing Grant M. and Anita E. Lagerstrom Douglas A. and Elisabeth Byam Willard A. and Angelina Rogers George T. and Stella J. Clark Jeremiah J. and Bonnie V. Banks Charles B., Jr. and Gwendolyn A. Morrill Robert E. and Marilyn A. Thomson Lawrence S. and Beverly A. Gratto Arnold E. and Barbara V. Hughes Walter I., III and Margaret A. Bennett
Irving O. and Frances G. Shymonowicz Philip W. E. and Evelyn E. Roessler Lewis D. and Jessie W. Knippel
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223rd ANNUAL REPORT OF
Name of Child
Charbonneau, Mary Louisa
O'Neil, Mark David
Peterson, Stephen Gary, Jr.
Sept. 24 Concord
Nov.
4 Concord
Gerow, David George
Nov. 7 Concord
Nov. 7 Concord
Nov. 10 Concord
Nov. 11 Concord
Nov. 12 Concord
Hampson, Kenneth Alan, Jr.
Nov. 13 Concord
Nov. 14 Concord
Murray, Judith Ann Chase, Sherry Lynne
Nov. 16 Acton
Nov. 18
Concord
McBride, James Edward
Nov. 20 Concord
Shields, Jeffrey William
Nov. 22 Concord
Grandy, Nancy Jean
Nov. 26 Concord
Dickson, Alexander MacPhee
Nov.
27 Concord
Moller, Annette
Nov. 30 Concord
Noftle, Sally Jane
Dec.
5 Ayer
Arthur, Wendy Linn
Dec.
7 Concord
Sturdevant, Scott Arthur
Dec. 8 Concord
Lombardo, Gerald Leroy
Dec. 9 Concord
Durling, Gerrett Lang
Dec. 13 Concord
Ward, Patricia Marie
Dec.
14 Acton
Nichols, Philip Sean
Dec. 14 Concord
Thompson, Pamela Marie
Donald G. and Diane B. Wilder John F. and Henrietta J. Landry Donald W. and Avis J. Putonen Raymond J. and Rose M. Mauro Edward T. and Margaret M. Bradley Kenneth A. and Jean L. Caldwell Allan R. and Laura E. MacLalan Melvin O. and Loraine C. Russell Leo W. and Marjorie V. Henley James P. and Barbara R. Bowse Paul W. and Christine R. Koester Charles C. and Goldie A. Lee Stuart G. and Harriet C. Broadwater Borge and Edith A. M. Pedersen Samuel J. and Virginia C. Parker
THE TOWN OF ACTON
Perley H. and Lillian E. Hollowell Leslie J. and Phyllis A. Reynolds Charles and Muriel G. Smith Hubert R., Jr. and Barbara A. Thompson Francis G. and Florence M. Bone Richard W. and Lois A. Allard William R. and Bernice L. Conner
27
Deveau, Bruce Edward Waite, Walter William Rouillard, Ron Raymond Hughes, Kathleen Marie
Robinson, William John
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223rd ANNUAL REPORT OF
RECORD OF TOWN ELECTION HELD MARCH 3, 1958
Pct. 1
Pct. 2
Pct. 3
Total
Whole number of votes cast
313
403
563
1,279
MODERATOR, one year
William B. Clewley
38
91
56
185
James Edward Kinsley
137
194
281
612
Craig E. Lundberg
125
104
218
447
Blanks
13
14
8
35
TOWN CLERK, one year
Charles M. MacRae
277
366
507
1,150
Scattered
2
2
Blanks
36
37
54
127
SELECTMAN, three years
Charles D. MacPherson
215
258
380
853
John F. Canessa
93
139
175
407
Blanks
5
6
8
19
ASSESSOR, three years
Carl C. Flint
249
360
417
1,026
John W. Mahoney
53
41
135
229
Blanks
11
2
11
24
BOARD OF PUBLIC WELFARE, three years
Raymond A. Gallant
287
368
538
1,193
Blanks
26
35
25
86
TREASURER, one year
William Henry Soar
281
365
528
1,174
Scattered
1
1
Blanks
32
38
34
104
TOWN COLLECTOR, one year
Charles M. MacRae
277
364
520
1,161
Scattered
1
1
Blanks
36
39
42
117
29
THE TOWN OF ACTON
SCHOOL COMMITTEE, three years
George E. Neagle
224
292
403
919
Lloyd E. Williamson
237
274
383
894
Arthur W. Letzeisen
73
100
217
390
Blanks
92
140
123
355
CONSTABLES, one year
Edward J. Collins, Jr.
275
370
516
1,161
Chauncey R. Fenton, Jr.
290
362
530
1,182
T. Frederick S. Kennedy
273
357
503
1,133
David W. Scribner
285
357
517
1,159
Scattered
1
4
5
Blanks
128
166
182
476
CEMETERY COMMISSIONER, three years
Howard F. Jones
287
362
516
1,165
Blanks
26
41
47
114
CEMETERY COMMISSIONER, two years to fill vacancy
Harlan E. Tuttle
278
376
531
1,185
Blanks
35
27
32
94
BOARD OF HEALTH, three years
Donnell W. Boardman
165
168
285
618
Edward J. Higgins
66
155
130
351
John F. Mclaughlin
68
67
139
274
Blanks
14
13
9
36
BOARD OF HEALTH, one year to fill vacancy
Clayton L. Hagy
142
175
129
446
Robert C. Heustis
106
153
347
606
Blanks
65
75
87
227
TRUSTEE OF MEMORIAL LIBRARY, three years
Roland R. Maclean
266
354
501
1,121
Blanks
47
49
62
158
TRUSTEE OF MEMORIAL LIBRARY, one year to fill vacancy
Florence W. Durkee
188
197
266
651
Louise M. Gardiner
88
88
160
336
Norman R. Veenstra
24
103
115
242
Blanks
13
15
22
50
30
223rd ANNUAL REPORT OF
PLANNING BOARD, five years
David P. Tinker
276
363
496
1,135
Scattered
1
4
5
Blanks
37
39
63
139
PLANNING BOARD, one year to fill vacancy
Edward W. Mann
198
194
145
537
David G. Stuart
95
152
370
617
Blanks
20
57
48
125
TREE WARDEN, one year
Franklin H. Charter
293
369
539
1,201
Blanks
20
34
24
78
ABSTRACT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING MARCH 10, 1958
Article 1. To choose all necessary Town Officers and Committees and fix the salaries and compensation of all the elective officers of the Town.
Chose: Helen B. Wood trustee of the Elizabeth White Fund for three years.
Chose: James B. Wilson trustee of the West Acton Firemen's Relief Fund for three years.
Chose: Herbert W. Merriam trustee of the Acton Firemen's Relief Fund for three years.
Chose: Thelma L. Boatman trustee of the Goodnow Fund for three years and James N. Gates trustee of the Goodnow Fund for two years to fill vacancy.
Voted: That the salary of the Moderator be fifteen dollars for one evening and ten dollars for each subsequent evening of the annual meeting and ten dollars for each special meeting.
Voted: That the salary of the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen be six hundred dollars and the other members three hundred dollars each for the calendar year 1958.
Voted: That the salary of the Town Clerk be one thousand seventy- five dollars for the calendar year 1958.
Voted: That the salary of the Town Treasurer be fourteen hundred seventy-five dollars for the calendar year 1958.
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Voted: That the salary of the Chairman of the Board of Assessors be three thousand dollars and the other members eight hundred dollars each for the calendar year 1958.
Voted: That the salary of the Town Collector be twenty-one hundred fifty dollars for the calendar year 1958.
Voted: That the salary of the Tree Warden be fixed at $1.75 per hour for the first three months and $1.85 per hour for the last nine months plus 75 cents per hour for use of truck for the calendar year 1958.
Voted: That the salary of the Chairman of the Board of Public Welfare be one hundred twenty-five dollars and the other members seventy-five dollars each for the calendar year 1958.
Voted: That the salary of the Chairman of the Board of Health be one hundred twenty-five dollars and the other members seventy-five dollars each for the calendar year 1958.
Article 2. 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 Unanimously: To accept the several reports of the Town Officers and Boards.
Article 3. To hear and act upon the reports of any Committees chosen at any previous Town Meeting that have not already reported.
Report of War Memorial Committee read.
Voted: That this report be accepted as a report of progress.
RESOLVED: That it shall be the sense of this meeting that the citizens of the Town of Acton at the Annual Town Meeting, March 10, 1958, wish to be recorded as extending their sincere thanks to Mr. Albert P. Durkee for his faithful and patient service as Town Moderator from 1933 to 1958.
Above was voted unanimously.
Charles D. MacPherson, of the Board of Selectmen, presented Mr. Durkee with a gavel in recognition of his service to the Town.
Article 4. To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate to defray the necessary expenses of the several departments of the Town and determined 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
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shall be made available by an appropriation of $56,600.00 from the Surplus Revenue Account and that the remainder be raised in the 1958 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 750.00
5 Town Office Clerical - Wages
11,900.00
6 Town Accountant - Salary
1,475.00
7 Expenses
200.00
8 Treasurer - Salary
1,475.00
9 Expenses
400.00
9A Notes and Bonds Issues - Expenses
1,060.97
10 Town Collector - Salary
2,150.00
11 Expenses
850.00
12 Assessors' Salaries
4,600.00
13 Expenses 400.00
14 Town Clerk - Salary
1,075.00
15 Expenses
300.00
16 Elections and Registrations Salaries and Wages
2,740.00
17 Expenses
860.00
18
Legal Services - Board of Selectmen 500.00
19
Planning Board - Expenses 400.00
20 Services and Fees 1,500.00
21 Total General Government
$33,985.97
Buildings and Grounds
22 Buildings and Grounds - Wages $3,450.00
23 Expenses 4,000.00
24 Total Buildings and Grounds $7,450.00
Protection of Persons and Property
25 Police - Salaries and Wages $37,055.00
26 Expenses including Cruiser Operation and Uniforms 6,235.00
27 Fire Department - Salaries and Wages
13,620.00
28 Expenses 9,180.00
29 Fire Alarm System - Salaries and Wages 30 Expenses
1,150.00
31 Fire Hydrant Rental
11,600.00
32 Sealer of Weights and Measures - Salary and Travel 350.00
33 Expenses 50.00
34 Moth Department Chapter 660 - Wages 1,000.00
35 Expenses including Poison Ivy 1,900.00
5,000.00
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36
Dutch Elm Disease Control - Chapter 761 δΈ€ - Wages
1,450.00
37
Expenses
150.00
38
Town Forest - Maintenance 100.00
Shade Tree Replacement
375.00
Tree Warden - Wages
2,550.00
750.00
Wire Inspector - Salary and Travel
900.00
44 45
Building Inspector - Wages and Travel Expenses
100.00
46 47
Building Committee - Expenses
50.00
48 Total Protection
$96,265.00
Health and Sanitation
49
Board of Health - Salaries
$275.00
50
Expenses
950.00
51
Secretary - Salary
2,600.00
52
Town Nurse - Salary
3,640.00
53 Expenses
960.00
54
Assistant Nurse - Wages
500.00
55
Board of Health Agent and Assistant Agent - Wages
3,415.00
57
Laboratory Fees
300.00
58
Custodian - Town Dump - Wages
3,240.00
59
Assistant Custodian - Town Dump Wages
1,248.00
60 Expenses
1,400.00
61
Hospital and State Sanitorium
2,500.00
62 Medical Supplies
175.00
63 School Clinic
1,200.00
64 Garbage Collection
8,845.00
65
Inspector of Animals
150.00
66 Expenses Salary
30.00
67
Plumbing Inspector - Wages
1,200.00
68 Total Health and Sanitation
$33,378.00
Highways
69 Village Highways
$6,500.00
70 Drainage
9,500.00
71 Chapter 81 Highways 9,800.00
72 Chapter 90 Highways
2,000.00
73 Snow Removal 25,000.00
74 Traffic Signs - Lines
1,000.00
39 40 41 Expenses 42 43 Expenses
100.00
2,200.00
Dog Officer - Wages and Travel
400.00
56 Expenses
750.00
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223rd ANNUAL REPORT OF
75 Highway Vacations and Holidays
2,050.00
76 Street Lighting
8,100.00
77 Total Highway $63,950.00
Charities
78 Welfare District Administration and Wel- fare Board Salaries $3,000.00
79 General Relief and Disability Assistance 5,000.00
80 Old Age Assistance 41,000.00
81 Aid to Dependent Children
6,500.00
82 Total Charities
$55,500.00
Veterans' Aid
83 Veterans' Benefits - Salary
$500.00
84 Expenses 250.00
85 Veterans' Benefits Expenditures
10,000.00
86
Veterans' Services
300.00
87 Expenses
25.00
88 Total Veterans' Aid
$11,075.00
Education
Local Schools
89 Instruction
$164,075.00
90 Textbooks and Supplies
8,775.00
91 Plant Operation
18,650.00
92 Blanchard Auditorium
9,380.00
93 Maintenance
2,500.00
94 Auxiliary Agencies
18,970.00
95 General Control
7,400.00
96 Outlay
3,000.00
97 Contingency Fund
400.00
98 Total Local School Budget
$233,150.00
Regional School
99 Instruction
$136,181.01
100 Textbooks and Supplies
8,220.96
101 Plant Operation 27,280.00
102 Maintenance 1,672.00
103 Auxiliary Agencies
11,771.20
104 General Control
7,295.20
105 Outlay
440.00
106 Contingency Fund
176.00
107 Adult Education
108 Total Regional School Budget $193,036.37
109 Total Education
$426,186.37
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THE TOWN OF ACTON
Libraries
110 Libraries - Salaries and Wages
$4,030.00
111 Expenses 1,400.00
112 Books
660.00
113 Total Libraries
$6,090.00
Recreation
114 Playgrounds - Wages
$1,000.00
115 Expenses
1,000.00
116 Total Recreation ...
$2,000.00
Cemeteries
117 Cemeteries - Salaries and Wages
$13,040.00
118 Expenses
2,500.00
119 Total Cemeteries
$15,540.00
Other Classified Expenses
120 Town Reports
$2,295.00
121 Workmen's Compensation
3,500.00
122 Surety Bonds
800.00
123
Archives Committee - Expenses
500.00
124 Fire Insurance -Town Buildings
2,450.00
125 Memorial Day
650.00
126
Pension Fund
4,338.47
127 Pension Fund Expenses
224.70
128 Military Service Fund
21.77
129 Board of Appeals - Expenses
100.00
130 Miscellaneous
1,500.00
131 Total Other Classified Expenses $16,379.94
Amortization and Interest Requirements for the Bonded Indebtedness of the Town and the Regional School District
132 Julia McCarthy Elementary School Maturing Debt
$15,000.00
133
Interest
4,300.00
134 Blanchard Auditorium - Maturing Debt
20,000.00
135
Interest 400.00
136
Regional School - Maturing Debt Interest
8,672.36
137
39,216.00
138
Surface Drainage Mohawk Drive and
Seneca Road Maturing Debt 5,000.00 Interest 87.50
139
140 Anticipation of Revenue Notes - Interest 800.00
141 West Acton Fire House - Maturing Debt 12,000.00
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142 Interest 1,980.00
143 New Elementary School - Maturing Debt 45,000.00
144 Interest 30,240.00
145 Total Amortization and Interest Require- ments $182,695.86
Total Budget
$950,496.14
Special Articles
Art. 7. Insurance $725.00
Art. 8. Officer and Employee Insurance 1,350.00
Art. 9. Boiler and Machinery Insurance 718.61
Art. 10. New Construction (Main Street) 7,500.00
Art. 14. Sidewalk Repairs 500.00
Art. 17. Painting Town Hall (outside) 2,600.00
Art. 18. Build Conference Room 900.00
Art. 19. Paint exterior Center Fire Station 875.00
Art. 21. Stabilization Fund
6,000.00
Art. 23. Furnish and Complete new Fire Station at West Acton 10,500.00
Art. 25. West and South Water Supply District - Hosmer Street 200.00
Art. 28. Vocational Tuition and Transportation 2,500.00
Art. 29. Water Safety Account 500.00
Art. 32. Mosquito Control Spraying 2,000.00
Art. 34. Unpaid Bill 500.00
Art. 39. Archives Committee 1,000.00
Art. 41. Purchase Cemetery Land (Mt. Hope) 3,000.00
Total to be raised and appropriated
under Special Articles
$41,368.61
Transfers From Overlay Surplus and Surplus Revenue To
Art. 4. Budget $56,600.00
Art.
6. Reserve Fund
6,000.00
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Art. 11. Highways
41,450.00
Art. 16. Truck and Snow Plow 9,950.00
Art. 20. Fire Chief's Car 2,800.00
Art. 24. Auxiliary Power Unit (Fire) 350.00
Art. 26. Police Cruisers 3,500.00
Art. 27. Assessors' Adding Machine 350.00
$121,000.00
Other Transfers: From To
Art. 12. From Machinery Fund To Machinery Account $7,500.00
Art. 15. From Machinery Fund To Purchase Sander Body 2,500.00
Art. 22. From Stabilization Fund To Purchase Fire Truck 16,000.00
Art. 37. From J. McCarthy Elementary School Const. To Acton Elementary School Const. 729.33
Art. 42. From Cemetery Land Fund To Harry R. Grimes 50.00
Art. 42. From Cemetery Perpetual Care To Harry R. Grimes 100.00
Art. 43. Cemetery Land Fund To Benjamin H. Sawyer 10.00
$26,889.33
Total Transfers
$147,889.33
Grand Total
$1,083,154.08
Article 5. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Town Treasurer with the approval of the Board of Selectmen to borrow money from time to time in anticipation of the revenue of the financial year beginning January 1, 1958 and to issue a note or notes therefor, payable within one year, and to renew any note or notes as may be given for a period of less than one year in accordance with Section 17, Chapter 44, General Laws, or take any other action relative thereto.
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