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100.00
City of Worcester, Old Age Assistance
95.06
Town of Medway, Old Age Assistance
285.00
Town of Ayer, Old Age Assistance
352.33
Page's Drug Store, Old Age Assistance Rec'y
6.60
Town of Westford, Tuition
1,088.57
Heirs of Franklin Lovering, Tax Title
269.03
Heirs of Franklin Lovering, Interest
48.70
Commercial Insurance Co. Teacher's Ins.
51.05
A. Vigeant & Sons, Fire Dept.
1.80
Acton-Boxborough Regional School District, Blanchard Auditorium 6,075.14
ESTATE OF JENNIE TUTTLE
Varnum Tuttle Fund
$10,000.00
Georgia E. Whitney Memorial Fund
15,000.00
Center Fire Co., Relief Fund
85.00
South Fire Co., Relief Fund
90.00
West Fire Co., Relief Fund
95.00
192
224th ANNUAL REPORT OF
Nathan Kepnes, Tax Title
49.28
Nathan Kepnes, Interest
3.62
Town of Boxborough, Tuition
428.55
Flagg Hill Estates, Planning Board
27.00
J. F. Cahill Const. Co., Planning Board
52.50
A. B. Conant Trust, H. S. Library Fund
2,500.00
Town of Concord, Lieu - Land Tax
29.91
Field & Cowles, Premium Refund
96.84
Chester Robbins, Premium Refund
1,336.69
West Acton Women's Club, Blanchard Hall
115.00
$215,576.25
Perpetual Care - Woodland Cemetery
Francis Carroll
$200.00
Belle Hinckley
200.00
Jessie Christofferson
100.00
B. Esther Hurley
100.00
Ina Lawson
100.00
Estate Serena Keyes
300.00
Estate A. B. Conant
500.00
Conant Family
1,000.00
Verna Medlar
200.00
$2,700.00
Perpetual Care - Mt. Hope Cemetery
Gertrude Shattuck
$125.00
Mrs. Harry Gibbs
150.00
Euseba Reed
100.00
Eleanor Laffin
200.00
Ruth French
100.00
Alice Murray
150.00
Pauline Mead
300.00
Ruth Scanlon
200.00
Estate William Hoyt
400.00
Louise Cook
200.00
Edna Perry
200.00
Elliot Parks
200.00
Kathleen Kelly
50.00
Warren Costello
200.00
Estate William Feltus
150.00
Caroline Wetherbee
100.00
George Loggie
100.00
$2,925.00
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Transfers to Town Account
Robert Davis Fund
$25.00
Frank Knowlton Fund
25.00
Carrie Wells Fund
25.00
Georgia E. Whitney Cemetery Fund
50.00
Sarah Watson Fund
50.00
Luke Blanchard Cemetery Fund
55.00
Henry S. Raymond Fund
75.00
J. Roland Wetherbee Fund
100.00
Georgia E. Whitney Fund
287.00
Memorial Library Fund
500.00
Elizabeth White Fund
975.00
Cemetery Fund
1,000.00
Memorial Library - Tainter Fund
1,000.00
Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund
1,500.00
$5,667.00
Trust Fund Income
Betsey M. Ball Fund
$327.59
Cemetery Fund
2,419.25
Elizabeth White Fund
840.80
Georgia E. Whitney Fund
454.17
Frank C. Hayward Fund
31.25
Hoit and Scott Fund
12.50
Luke Blanchard Fund
27.02
Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund
2,739.96
J. Roland Wetherbee Fund
312.51
Memorial Library Fund
597.39
Memorial Library - Tainter Fund
496.33
Acton High School Library
43.13
Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
213.61
George T. Ames Fund
13.37
Robert Davis Fund
35.00
Georgia E. Whitney Cemetery Fund
50.62
Mrs. Harry O'Neil Fund
10.70
Henry S. Raymond Monument Fund
23.63
Henry S. Raymond Fund
80.18
Sarah Watson Cemetery Fund
84.38
Carrie Wells Fund
97.50
Frank Knowlton Cemetery Fund
32.50
Stabilization Fund
105.00
$9,048.39
Total Receipts for 1959
$1,378,485.42
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224th ANNUAL REPORT OF
Cash Balance January 1, 1959
557,584.68
$1,936,070.10
Paid Selectmen's Orders for 1959
$1,494,739.66
Cash Balance December 31, 1959
$441,330.44
OUTSTANDING NOTES AND BONDS
Elementary School Bonds, Chapter 44,
General Laws 36 to 90 due 1960 to 1970, Julia McCarthy School $55,000.00
Elementary School Bonds, Chapter 645, Acts of 1948, 71 to 200 due 1960 to 1972, Julia McCarthy School 130,000.00
Elementary School Bonds, Chapter 44, Section 7, Clause 3, 31 to 240 due 1960 to 1977, New School 210,000.00
Elementary School Bonds, Chapter 645, Acts of 1948, 61 to 600, due 1960 to 1977, New School 540,000.00
Fire Station Notes, Chapter 44, General Laws, 314 to 349, due 1960 to 1962 .... 36,000.00
Acton High School Library Fund
Balance January 1, 1959
Principal Fund
$1,500.00
Income Balance
256.31
$1,756.31
Received Interest for 1959
$50.92
A. B. Conant, bequest
2,500.00
$2,550.92
$4,307.23
Balance December 31, 1959
Deposits in Savings Banks $4,307.23
THE TOWN OF ACTON
195
Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
Balance January 1, 1959
Principal Fund
$6,550.00
Income Balance
1,926.80
$8,476.80
Received to Fund in 1959
Company Salaries
$270.00
Interest
277.35
$547.35
$9,024.15
Balance December 31, 1959
Deposits in Savings Banks $9,024.15
George T. Ames Fund Balance January 1, 1959
Principal Fund
$465.49
Income Balance
.10
Received Interest for 1959
13.50
$479.09
Balance December 31, 1959
Deposits in Savings Banks $479.09
Betsey M. Ball Fund
Balance January 1, 1959
Principal Fund
$10,095.26 2,744.44
Income Balance
$12,839.70
Received Interest for 1959
413.42
$13,253.12
Balance December 31, 1959
Deposits in Savings Banks
$13,253.12
$465.59
196
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Cemetery Surplus Balance January 1, 1959
Principal Fund
$248.35
Received Interest for 1959
7.82
$256.17
Balance December 31, 1959
Deposit in Savings Bank $256.17
Cemetery Fund
Balance January 1, 1959
Principal Fund
$74,447.21
Income Balance
12,769.99
$87,217.20
Received for Perpetual Care
$4,625.00
Received Interest for 1959
2,806.41
$7,431.41
$94,648.61
Balance December 31, 1959
Deposits in Savings Banks
$89,148.61
U. S. Savings Bonds
4,500.00
Transfers to Town Account
1,000.00
$94,648.61
The A. B. Conant Cemetery Fund
Principal Fund
Balance December 31, 1959
Deposit in Savings Bank
$1,000.00
Dr. Robert I. Davis Fund
Balance January 1, 1959
$1,000.00
Income Balance
64.42
$1,064.42
Received Interest for 1959
37.46
$1,101.88
Principal Fund
$1,000.00
THE TOWN OF ACTON
197
Balance December 31, 1959
Deposits in Savings Banks
$1,076.88
Transfer to Town Account
25.00
$1,101.88
Elizabeth White Fund
Balance January 1, 1959
Principal Fund
$25,000.00
Income Balance
1,697.17
Received Interest for 1959
$26,697.17 879.36
$27,576.53
Balance December 31, 1959
Deposits in Savings Banks
$26,601.53
Paid Trustee's Orders for 1959
975.00
$27,576.53
Georgia E. Whitney Memorial Fund
Principal Fund
$15,000.00
Balance December 31, 1959
Deposit in Savings Bank
$15,000.00
Georgia E. Whitney Fund
Balance January 1, 1959
Principal Fund
$14,073.70
Income Balance
173.20
Received Interest for 1959
464.94
$14,711.84
Balance December 31, 1959
Deposits in Savings Banks
$14,424.84
Paid Trustee's Orders for 1959
287.00
$14,711.84
$14,246.90
198
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Georgia E. Whitney Cemetery Fund Balance January 1, 1959
Principal Fund
1,500.00
Income Balance
273.53
Received Interest for 1959
58.92
$1,832.45
Balance December 31, 1959
Deposits in Savings Banks
$1,782.45
Transfer to Town Account
50.00
$1,832.45
Frank C. Hayward Fund
Balance January 1, 1959
Principal Fund
$1,000.00
Income Balance
302.31
Received Interest for 1959
40.85
$1,343.16
Balance December 31, 1959
Deposits in Savings Banks $1,343.16
Hoit and Scott Fund
Balance January 1, 1959
Principal Fund
$500.00
Income Balance
141.98
Received Interest for 1959 ...
17.00
$658.98
Balance December 31, 1959
U. S. Savings Bond
$500.00
Deposit in Savings Bank
158.98
$658.98
$1,302.31
$641.98
$1,773.53
THE TOWN OF ACTON
199
Mrs. Harry O'Neil's Fund
Balance January 1, 1959
Principal Fund
$372.39
Income Balance
7.68
Received Interest for 1959
$380.07 10.83
$390.90
Balance December 31, 1959
Deposits in Savings Banks $390.90
Frank R. Knowlton Cemetery Fund
Balance January 1, 1959
Principal Fund
$1,000.00
Income Balance
64.34
Received Interest for 1959
$1,064.34 34.68
$1,099.02
Balance December 31, 1959
Deposits in Savings Banks
$1,074.02
Transfer to Town Account
25.00
$1,099.02
Luke Blanchard Cemetery Fund
Balance January 1, 1959
Principal Fund
$22,385.09
Income Balance
4.06
Received Interest for 1959
80.56
$2,469.71
Balance December 31, 1959
Deposits in Savings Banks
$2,414.71
Transfer to Town Account
55.00
$2,389.15
$2,469.71
200
224th ANNUAL REPORT OF
Henry S. Raymond Fund Monument Perpetual Care Balance January 1, 1959
Principal Fund
Income Balance
$700.00 269.56
Received Interest for 1959
32.89
$1,002.45
Balance December 31, 1959
Deposits in Savings Banks $1,002.45
Henry S. Raymond Fund
Balance January 1, 1959
Principal Fund
$2,000.00 362.73
Income Balance
$2,362.73
Received Interest for 1959
80.18
$2,442.91
Balance December 31, 1959
Deposits in Savings Banks
$2,367.91
Transfer to Town Account
75.00
$2,442.91
Susan Noyes Hosmer Fund
Balance January 1, 1959
Principal Fund
$82,238.95
Income Balance
9,753.60
Received Interest for 1959
$91,992.55 3,072.46
Balance December 31, 1959
Deposits in Savings Banks
$93,565.01
Transfer to Town Account 1,500.00
$95,065.01
$95,065.01
$969.56
THE TOWN OF ACTON
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Varnum Tuttle Memorial Fund
Principal Fund $10,000.00
Balance December 31, 1959
Deposit in Savings Bank
$10,000.00
J. Roland Wetherbee Fund
Balance January 1, 1959
Principal Fund
$10,000.00
Income Balance
1,659.50
Received Interest for 1959
$11,659.50 365.10
$12,024.60
Balance December 31, 1959
Deposits in Savings Banks
$11,924.60
Transfer to Town Account
100.00
$12,024.60
Wilde Memorial Library Fund
Balance January 1, 1959
Principal Fund
$31,879.64
Income Balance
636.91
Received Interest for 1959
1,102.49
$33,619.04
Balance December 31, 1959
Deposits in Savings Banks
$31,869.09
West Shore R. R. Bond
1,000.00
Transfer to Town Account
749.94
$33,619.04
Sarah A. Watson Fund
Balance January 1, 1959
Principal Fund
$2,500.00
Income Balance
42.33
$2,542.33
Received Interest for 1959
86.23
$2,628.56
$32,516.55
202
224th ANNUAL REPORT OF
Balance December 31, 1959
Deposits in Savings Banks
$2,578.56
Transfer to Town Account
50.00
$2,628.56
West Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
Balance January 1, 1959
Principal Fund
$944.32
Received Interest for 1959
30.92
$975.24
Balance December 31, 1959
Deposit in Savings Bank $975.24
Stabilization Fund
Balance January 1, 1959 $ 0
Principal Fund
Income Balance
$931.36
Received Interest for 1959
136.81
Article 9 Town Meeting
6,000.00
$6,136.81
$7,068.17
Balance December 31, 1959
Deposits in Savings Banks $7,068.17
Carrie Wells Cemetery Fund
Balance January 1, 1959
$3,000.00
Income Balance
1.80
Received Interest for 1959
$3,001.80 97.50
$3,099.30
Balance December 31, 1959
Deposits in Savings Banks
$3,074.30
Transfer to Town Account
25.00
$3,099.30
Respectfully submitted, WILLIAM HENRY SOAR, Town Treasurer.
Principal Fund
SECTION F
Town Officers and Appointments
.203
Jury List 210
Federal and State Officers 211
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THE TOWN OF ACTON
TOWN OFFICERS
Moderator James Edward Kinsley
Selectmen
Martin S. Meigs, Jr.
Charles D. MacPherson
Lawrence Donnelly
Town Clerk
Town Treasurer
Charles M. MacRae
William Henry Soar
Assessors
James W. Baker Carl C. Flint
Term Expires 1960 Term Expires 1961 Term Expires 1962
Albert P. Durkee
Town Collector
Tree Warden
William Henry Soar
Franklin H. Charter
Board of Public Welfare
Lossie E. Laird
Raymond A. Gallant
Clinton S. Curtis
Term Expires 1960 Term Expires 1961 Term Expires 1962
Cemetery Commissioners
Harlan E. Tuttle
Howard F. Jones
Harry E. Holt
Term Expires 1960 Term Expires 1961 Term Expires 1962
Constables
T. Frederick S. Kennedy
Edward J. Collins, Jr.
Chauncey R. Fenton, Jr.
David W. Scribner
Trustees of Memorial Library
Florence A. Merriam
Term Expires 1960
Frederick T. Heyliger
Term Expires 1961 Term Expires 1962
Florence W. Durkee
Term Expires 1960 Term Expires 1961 Term Expires 1962
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224th ANNUAL REPORT OF
Local and Regional School Committees
Edmond J. McNiff
Term Expires 1960
Elizabeth H. Boardman
Term Expires 1960
George E. Neagle
Term Expires 1961
Lloyd E. Williamson
Term Expires 1961
Evelyn N. MacLean
Term Expires 1962
Thomas E. Wetherbee
Term Expires 1962
Board of Health
Martin J. Duggan
Term Expires 1960
Donnell W. Boardman
Term Expires 1961
Robert C. Heustis
Term Expires 1962
Planning Board
Harold W. Flood Term Expires 1960
Charles Judd Farley
Term Expires 1961
John H. Loring
Term Expires 1962
David P. Tinker
Term Expires 1963
David G. Stuart
Term Expires 1964
Trustees of Elizabeth White Fund
Eleanor P. Wilson
Term Expires 1960
Helen B. Wood
Term Expires 1961
Hazel P. Vose
Term Expires 1962
Trustees of West Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
H. Stuart MacGregor Term Expires 1960
James B. Wilson Term Expires 1961
Arno H. Perkins Term Expires 1962
Trustees of Acton Firemen's Relief Fund
Clarence Frost Term Expires 1960
Herbert W. Merriam Term Expires 1961
Frederick T. Kennedy Term Expires 1962
Trustees of Goodnow Fund
Roy H. Linscott Thelma L. Boatman Term Expires 1961
Term Expires 1960
James N. Gates Term Expires 1962
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THE TOWN OF ACTON
APPOINTMENTS MADE BY SELECTMEN - 1959
Executive Clerk Virginia Milbery
Finance Committee
Thomas N. Rogers
Term Expires 1960
Edward B. Apel
Term Expires 1960
Allen G. Moody
Term Expires 1961
H. Bradford Sturtevant, III
Term Expires 1961
Arthur W. Lee
Term Expires 1962
H. Calvin Gaebel
Term Expires 1962
Board of Appeals
Otto O. Pasanen
Term Expires 1960
Carol H. Flagg
Term Expires 1961
Craig E. Lundberg
Term Expires 1962
Associates
Herschel N. Hadley
Term Expires 1960
Hayward S. Houghton
Term Expires 1961
Superintendent of Streets Benjamin F. Rice
Registrars of Voters
Grace J. Cullinane
Term Expires 1960
Julia A. Barry
James B. Wilson
Term Expires 1961 Term Expires 1962
Charles M. MacRae
Ex-Officio
Town Accountant
Donald O. Nylander Term Expires 1962
Chief of Fire Department (Permanent)
H. Stuart MacGregor
Town Forest Committee
Franklin H. Charter Term Expires 1960
Arno H. Perkins Emery D. Nelson
Term Expires 1961 Term Expires 1962
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224th ANNUAL REPORT OF
Election Officers
Precinct I
Warden - Irene F. Mclaughlin
Clerk - Inga Frost
Inspector - Alice H. May
Inspector - Alice C. Duren
Deputy Warden - John F. Mclaughlin
Deputy Clerk - Helen R. Edwards
Deputy Inspector - Adelaide G. Cornwall
Deputy Inspector - Marion E. Stevens
Teller - Edna R. Custance
Teller - Katharine 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
Inspector of Animals Dog Officer
Carl W. Flint Carl W. Flint
Sealer of Weights and Measures George K. Hayward
Surveyors of Wood and Lumber
Oliver D. Wood
E. John Torkelsen
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Recreation Commission
John F. McGrail
Term Expires 1960
Patience H. MacPherson
Term Expires 1961
Nicholas Albanese
Term Expires 1961
Allan R. Murray
Term Expires 1962
Frederick T. Heyliger
Term Expires 1963
Fence Viewers
Laurence Hadley
Louis F. Leveroni
Allan R. Murray
Fire Alarm Operator Frederic W. Rimbach
Field Drivers
William C. Kazokas George Kemp
Superintendent of Moth Work Franklin H. Charter
Burial Agent
Veterans' Agent
Ian M. Mott
Ian M. Mott
Director of Veterans' Services
Inspector of Wires
Ian M. Mott
Leslie F. Parke
Police Officers *Edward J. Collins, Jr., Chief *Chauncey R. Fenton, Jr., Sergeant *Warren F. Birch, Sergeant
*David W. Scribner
Louis F. Leveroni
*William J. Durkin, Jr. T. Frederick S. Kennedy
*Norman L. Roche Carl W. Flint
*William S. Kendall, Jr. Ray L. Harris
*Robert A. Bartlett
Franklin H. Charter
*John V. Gregory Richard N. Farrell
Edward R. Kelly
Ole Garthe
Irving W. Davis Benjamin F. Rice
Carl Simeone
Robert S. Rhodes
James P. Conheeney, Jr.
Civil Service
208
224th ANNUAL REPORT OF
Workmen's Compensation Agent Theron A. Lowden
Director of Civil Defense John F. Mclaughlin
Deputy Director of Civil Defense Donald L. Files
Public Weighers
William Braman
Paul Greenough
G. Howard Reed
Harold Whitney
Oliver W. LeBlanc, Jr.
Robert Greenough
Barbara LeBlanc
A. W. Davis
Carl W. Flint
Arthur P. Genetti
Harold A. Merriam
Alan C. Wagner
Otis J. Reed
Paul M. Wagner, Jr.
Counsel to the Board of Selectmen John J. Sheehan
Building Inspector
Deputy Building Inspector
Albert E. Foster
H. Stuart MacGregor
Archives Committee
Joyce C. Woodhead Term Expires 1960
Walter Warren Custance Term Expires 1961
T. Frederick S. Kennedy Term Expires 1962
Town Report Committee
*E. Clayton Steeves Term Expires 1960
Richard A. Bodge Phillip C. Lende Term Expires 1962
Term Expires 1961
** Louise M. Gardiner * Resigned Appointed to replace*
Personnel Board
Term Expires 1960
Peter Gray Charles W. Whitehead Term Expires 1961 Term Expires 1962
Clyde J. Horne
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Industrial Development Committee
Stephen E. Lord
Term Expires 1960
Allen M. Christofferson
Term Expires 1960
Aubrey L. Beck
Term Expires 1961
Richard J. O'Neil
Term Expires 1961
Paul H. Lesure
Term Expires 1962
Frederick H. Bubier
Term Expires 1962
Town Building Committee
Norman McIntosh
Term Expires 1960
Robert B. Lortz
Term Expires 1961
Kenneth E. Jewell
Term Expires 1962
Lloyd W. Priest
Term Expires 1963
Memorial Day Committee
Mrs. Nathan A. Roberts
Term Expires 1960
Paul K. Zimmer
Term Expires 1960
Theron A. Lowden
Term Expires 1960
William R. Horton
Term Expires 1960
Norman R. Gilbert
Term Expires 1961
Carroll M. Feltus
Term Expires 1961
Stanley A. Nedza
Term Expires 1962
Mrs. Edmond J. McNiff
Term Expires 1962
210
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REVISED JURY LIST - 1959
Precinct I
Louis H. Vigliotti, 260 Great Road, pump man Robert J. Burnup, Pope Road, engineer Richard S. Flint, 11/2 Nagog Hill Road, chemist Charles E. Gillespie, 416 Great Road, electrician Frank G. Justice, 103 Great Road, poultryman George L. Roche, 401 Main Street, instrument assembler Harold A. Buxton, off Great Road, salesman Robert F. Casey, Brabrook Road, consultant
Robert F. Driscoll, Taylor Road, contract maintenance
Dana B. Hinckley, 430 Main Street, design engineer
Raymond F. Letts, 35 Great Road, foreman
Carl A. Schontag, 700 Main Street, construction engineer
Precinct II
Warren Ames, Jr., High Street, vice president George R. Cohoe, 95 River Street, retired Frank A. Gillmore, 118 School Street, electronic technician Raymond J. Rouillard, 16 Billing Street, maintenance John R. Thim, Jr., Hosmer Street, sales engineer Aubrey L. Beck, High Street, plant superintendent William L. Chipman, 46 High Street, investments Edwin H. Christofferson, 267 School Street, farmer John J. Crighton, 43 Central Street, salesman Clarence D. Files, 8 Sylvia Street, salesman Howard F. Jones, 17 Central Street, estimator Henry McLaren, 203 Main Street, civil engineer
Precinct III
Matthew D. Freeman, Prospect Street, plumber Robert B. Lightbody, 3 Lillian Road, manager William P. McDonald, 58 Seminole Road, engineer Edward B. Apel, 80 Seminole Road, credit department Robert M. Hayward, 44 Mohawk Drive, plant manager Stanwood K. Bolton, Jr., off Elm Street, insurance adjuster. George Clahane, 412 Central Street, engineer William R. Gothorpe, 274 Central Street, salesman Robert J. High, 133 Willow Street, electric worker Bruce B. Nesary, Elm Street, converter operator Clarence M. Turner, 137 Willow Street, engineer G. Calvert Wilson, 14 Nash Road, coordinator
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THE TOWN OF ACTON
FEDERAL AND STATE OFFICIALS
President of the United States
Dwight David Eisenhower
Vice-President of the United States Richard M. Nixon
United States Senators
Leverett Saltonstall John F. Kennedy
Representative in Congress
Edith Nourse Rogers - Fifth Congressional District
Officials of the Commonwealth
Governor
Foster Furcolo
Lieutenant Governor
Robert H. Murphy
Secretary
Joseph D. Ward
Treasurer
John F. Kennedy
Auditor
Thomas J. Buckley
Attorney General
Edward J. McCormack, Jr.
Governor's Council Third District
Edward J. Cronin Watertown, Mass.
Senator Fifth Middlesex District
William E. Hays Waltham, Mass.
Representative in the General Court Eleventh Middlesex District
Vernon R. Fletcher Chelmsford, Mass.
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ACTON
Town of Acton CITIZEN'S ACTIVITY RECORD
Telephone-Home
Business
Address
1. Interested in (Town Committee) 2.
Amount of Time Dates Available
TOWN OFFICES HELD (in Acton or Elsewhere)
Date Appointed
Office
Term Expired
Present Business Affiliation and Work
Business Experience
Education or Special Training
The filling out of this form in no way assures appointment. All committee vacancies will be filled by citizens deemed most qualified to serve in a particular capacity. (See reverse side list of committees.)
For Additional - Use Reverse Side
Good Government Starts with You
TOWN OFFICES To Which Regular Appointments Are Made
REMARKS:
Town Building Committee Personnel Board Board of Registrars Civil Defense Board of Appeals Memorial Day Committee Recreation Committee Finance Committee Town Forest Committee Archives Committee Special Committees to Study Specific Problems Industrial Development Committee
It would be most helpful if particular fields - such as finance, law, engineering, etc., be emphasized on this form, so that the selections may be made on the best evaluation of interests and special qualifications possible.
Mail to -
Secretary, Board of Selectmen
Acton
Massachusetts
TOWN OF ACTON . ANNUAL REPORTS SPECIAL REPORT BY SCHOOL COMMITTEE 1960
TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Cost of Learning
2
SECTION A:
Page Number
Selectmen's Report
3
Planning Board Report
6
Industrial Development Committee Report
8
SECTION B
Town Clerk's Report
11
SECTION C
Acton School Department Report and
Acton-Boxborough Regional High School Report
60
SECTION D
Archives Committee
117
Board of Appeals
117
Building Committee
118
Building Inspector
118
Cemetery Commissioners
119
Dog Officer
120
Elizabeth White Fund
120
Engineering Department
121
Fence Viewers
123
Fire Department
123
Goodnow Fund
126
Health
126
Inspector of Animals
134
Inspector of Wires
134
Insurance Committee
135
Library
136
Moth Superintendent
137
Personnel Board
138
Police Department
142
Recreation Commission
145
Sealer of Weights and Measures
146
Superintendent of Streets
146
Town Forest Committee
147
Tree Warden
147
Veterans' Services
148
Welfare
148
Workmen's Compensation Agent
150
SECTION E
Accountant
151
Assessors
168
Collector
169
State Auditor's Report
177
Treasurer
186
SECTION F
Town Officers and Appointments
203
Jury List
211
Federal and State Officers
212
ANNUAL REPORTS
ORATED
INC
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ยท ACTON
Town of Acton MASSACHUSETTS
FOR ITS TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH MUNICIPAL YEAR
FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST
1960
MURPHY & SNYDER, INC.
MAYNARD, MASS.
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225th ANNUAL REPORT OF
THE COST OF LEARNING
Where is the Minuteman? Where is the musket and powderhorn? Where is the tradition and heritage of our New England ancestry? To look at our cover one might ask these questions, for here we have our modern grade school, the carefree children, and a setting not unknown to Cleveland, St. Paul or Denver.
Today, although we cherish our old New England past, we are constructively building for the future. The contemporary look of our schools is not only architectural trend but, with the advent of newer construction materials, has proven to be more economical. This is a form of adult education based upon the mistakes and successes of the past.
The primary and secondary education of our children is the responsi- bility of all people, and their growth to maturity is our insurance of the future. The premiums on this insurance come rather high, as does all the cost of our general town growth. With regard to these costs it would be of distinct interest to all our Acton residents to review some statistics that are related to the cost of our educational system, our increase in population and our general, changing environment.
As an example, in the past 10 year period the following economic changes have occurred: our annual budget has jumped from $295,475 to $1,157,263 while the population has approximately doubled; the tax rate per $1,000. assessment has gone from $47.00 to $76.00; the total school budget has increased from $120,550 to $574,235 while the school population has approximately tripled; and the bonded indebtedness per capita has increased from $2.00 to $294.17!
This is the cost of growth. It should be the responsibility of all Acton residents to become aware of their part in our changing economic and physical environment. It is hoped, therefore, that The Special Report on our school system will prove of particular interest to all residents.
SECTION A
Selectmen's Report 3
Planning Board Report 6
Industrial Development Committee Report.
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THE TOWN OF ACTON
SELECTMEN'S REPORT
TO THE CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF ACTON:
We hereby submit reports of the departments under the supervision of the Board of Selectmen for this, the 225th municipal year of the Town.
During the year 1960, the Board had fifty-one regular meetings, twenty special meetings, plus on location inspection of several problems with other boards.
On March 8, 1960, the Board was re-organized with Charles D. MacPherson, Chairman, Arthur W. Lee, Clerk and Lawrence Donnelly as third member.
A tremendous stride forward, in solving town problems of an engineering nature, was taken on September 6, 1960 with the hiring of Mr. Fred K. Hanack as Town Engineer. Your Board feels that the Town was most fortunate to secure the services of an engineer of Mr. Hanack's background and obvious ability. Even though the Engi- neering Department has been organized only a relatively short time, the advantages of such a town service has been pointed out quite graphically to this Board and we are sure to the Town Planning Board. The Town Engineer works quite closely with the Planning Board and the Highway Superintendent in solving the ever increasing problems of municipal engineering.
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